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THEGENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO MPANY'S splendid end powerful first-class STEAM iII% are appointed to leave— HAMB The Custom House or Tower for— and and carrying her Majesty's Mails—Every Wednesday Saturday Morning. The Caledonia—Saturday, at Two, Morning. From Blacliwall Pier, /IOTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Malls— Every: n, W At edn orni esd ng a . y and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. ANTWERP and the RHINE The Wilberforce, every Thursday, OST komt..- E ---- •-• p verY Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday --us. Saturday, at Five ; Sunday, Half past Six. From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— lIA•VRE—Every Thursday and Sunday, at Nine, Morning. 11 urn_ From London-bridge Wharf, for— t --,4TE—Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morn- KUATsCAL__ LL—..r Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. y —very Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. at si x ll , llO UTH—Reduced Fares—Every Wednesday and Saturday, Evening,. -.SGATE—Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at half- Nine,ran Morning; Blackwall, Quarter-past Ten. E Dl __ From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for H ITIMIIReduced Fares—The Leith, Saturday, at Ten, - gut. dug 29, Sept. 2,5, and 12, at Ten, Night. 3TPtirr, From Colman's Irongate Wharf, for— '• , ASTLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Even- IgIGIITON and DIEPPE—Every day, Sundays excepted. V ER and BOULOGNE—The 3iagician, every day, Sundays excepted. 4 To secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of iparture far es, -- Ar e apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, Wit -circus; and . 3.5, Leadenhall-street. STEAM TO ITALY.—(FLOItENCE, ROME, The and L, TT, P ENINSULAR ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA ta `•-, COMPANY beg to announce that their new Steam ship TIII ER, Captain OLIVE, built and fitted up expressly for this _a, will start from Southampton on WEDNESDAY, the 30th of Sep -I.,.nber, for Genoa, Leghorn, Citiva Vecchia, and Naples ; and thence urard the Company will dispatch a steamer re,ularly on the 15th V i erY month to those ports. n o an dlies travelling to Italy will find this route expeditious, eco cid, and interesting. alZatee, for first-class passengers, servants, horses, and carriages, for goods and parcels, may be had on application at the Corn 'on offices, 51, St. Mary-axe, London. A ug, 19, 1846. ANTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE. CHANGE IN TIME OF STARTING. L op don to Cologne in Thirty Hours.—(Sea Passage Seven Hours only.) attata l he Antwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite (s r o.ANTWERPEN, THOMAS JACKSON Commander w'i s '.nuldly decorated for the season), leaves the St. Katharine's fi n "art Tower, every Sunday morning at Ten o'clock ; returning Antwerp every Wednesday afternoon at One o'clock. By this i;, e4 iner, and the railroad from Antwerp. travellers going tot e may reach Cologne in thirty hours. The general accommoda i.,," for passengers on board this renowned ship, as well as her spacious hor ses and private cabins, are entirely unequalled. Carriages and may be sent to the Wharf up to one hour before the time of ; but all applications for the shipment of goods must be e lkle to the London Agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon, 123, Fen 2rch-street, where, as well as at the Packet Office, 33. Regent- Piccadilly, berths may be secured and every Information ob- lr PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. -12NDON, OXFORD, and CHELTENHAM be eo R AlLWAY.—(Provisionally Registered.)—A Company has on th e "thed to construct a direct and continuous line of the railway 'tau I : a ar ra.., rr' gauge, from Cheltenham to Oxford, to join the Lon direct B irmingham Railway near Tring, thus effecting the most ,_ The / n ia Tanication with London. stibe e ' r n h 'on and North-Western Railway Company have agreed Perpet oit 'ue a large portion of the capital, and to lease the line in Il ae. and at a guaranteed rent of 41. 10s. per cent. on the cost of the Th e w ,'`a equal division of surplus profits. p m , tion Imes of the inhabitants will be consulted in regard to the the to wn " the station at Cheltenham, and the mode of approaching Prost,. Com: C LUB will be pnbliihed in a few days. &gum,. ahications may in the meantime be addressed to the Easton Chelt or t o ..essrs. Newman, Gwinnett, and Ticehurst, solicitors, nh alta or to Mr. James Boodle, solicitor, Cheltenham. 8 116 FFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTE- In RIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY. V irs dance of the Resolution passed at the Meeting of Share hol lienee return to last, b e chic the Albion Hotel, Manchester, on the 20th day of July the Company was dissolved, the Directors have deter any, ° A t er the Shareholders Seventeen Shillings and Six- S hare, and to pay to them a further pro rata division, if alte r _MY balance of the Funds of the Company which may remain F or claims shall have been discharged. appL 4 T , to enable Shareholders to receive the same, may be had on "'"on to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, Leek. Leek By order, R. Y. CLARKE, Secretary. 21st August, 1846. 1,41 1 "„ &rLE- RPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW- Mat e LtIIPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. and L :erPool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction : Arte ne aslilre, and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now t lc° ticga Is tent u , e hereby given, that interest at the rate of four pounds per lat da;',.,ler annum, will be allowed on the present deposits , from the The hi' t July last, and on all future calls from the date of payment. anderest on such deposits to become due on the Ist day ofJanuary, the first day of July, of which due notice will be given. By order, THO 3. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. W. H INGRAM, / Secretaries. 4 4 , 35 t it C. MOORE WILSON, , 1846. .L IV ERPOOL MANCHESTER, and NEW ( Lat e STLE - UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, and 'T' ver Pool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction, Ain e i -a neashire and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now The I,iamated). Dieteci , ?,7 l3 ter of Shares in this undertaking being now nearly com tistratte" holders of scrip who have not yet forwarded the same for re will be n are requested to do so without delay, as the share register !late ail bs°l atalY closed on the Ist day of OCT OBER next, after which th, a shares not transmitted for that purpose will be registered It L'irernes of the original allottees. ter, and quested that the Scrip in the original Liverpool, Muncher ta_llvm,,,lleweastle upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company may be Lile s e - li '. to the Secretary, at 22, Parliament-street, London, and ''''" 11 11 , a -P in t he °Mend Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway nY to the Secretary, at 31, Princess-street, Manchester, who Th. n e 'd an a cknowlegment for the same. ,_ the teads, C ertificates under the common seal of the Company will be : k r delivery in a short time, of which due notice will be given ".areholders. By order, (Si gned) THOS. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. AQ W. H. INGRAM: } Becretaries. C. MOORE WILSON Ij SKINGIIAMSHIRE RAILWAY, n 'uttpe t ,CKINGTIAM and BRACKLEY, and OXFORD and 'ihtra,,` , F.Y JUNCTION RAILWAYS. -teed Four per Cent., and Half Surplus Profits, by the London and North Western Railway Company. NOTICE TO SCItIPHOLDERS. Consequence of Acts of Parliament having been obtained for the ' ,i nstruction of part only of the lines deposited, the capital of this Undertaking has been reduced to 45,428 shares of 171. 10s. each, Making a total capital of 795,0001, divided as under : Buckinghamshire and Itrackley £200,000 Oxford and lit letch:ey . .......... •• • • 595,000 £795,000 These shares will be appropriated to the scripholders, In the pro 14rtion of one share of 171. 10s. for every two shares of 201. sub scribed for, the full deposit being returned on fractional allotments. ...Credit will be given for a payment of 41 . 4 s. on account of each 1 11 .10 s. share, and interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum w ill "a Paid from the Ist of July, 1846, on this deposit, and on fixture tans from the time of payment. One share in the Buckingham and Brackley line will be allotted to ev e r y three shares in the Oxford and Bletchley line. REGISTRATION OF SCRIP. : par ties claiming to be registered, or holding scrip or bankers' re re of thi s C ompany, are required to transmit the same for reg i s- Znon to the Secretary, at the office, 29, Great George-street, West eouster, on or before Monday, the 15th day of September next, raistnied by an application to be registered of the proper form, _2 o 9 e i E s it annexed, and of which copies can be obtained at the office, George-street, Westminster . Mr. Ashworth, 13, Nor -1_11! street, Manchester ; Mr. B. Wood, 3, India-buildings, Liverpool; 411:hat 24, Waterloo -street, Birmingham. 15% in respect of which scrip is not received on or before the te rm .'3' of September will (at the option of the pi rectors) be zygis poratle nUme of the original allottees. i _ne sake of security parties are recommended to send their tor in registered letters, writing across each certificate " Sent in t ars , oftsiration,” with date and address, and informing the Secre- Re tw ! h . e numbers of the scrip so sent by a separate post letter. Three" sr the scrip will be acknowledged, and certificates of 11,4.'.2_ under the seal ef the Compan stdill be issued to the share- Bys af ter the completion of the reg order of the Board of Directors, HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. tt? ltt ee l‘ 29, .. , Great George-street, Westminster, Aug. 10, 1846. v. '4 APPLICATION TO BE REGISTERED TO ACCOM iye PANT SCRIP. 44 „EY, A ~,'- k /iISHIRE RAILWAYS.—OXFORD AND BLETCH miL,,,,—...D BUCKINGHAM AND BRACKLEY JUNCTION I h et ..," " silare7 7 t request to be registered as the proprietor of such number With th the above undertaking as lam entitled to in accordance Of e term s [scrip f of the advertisement of the 10th August, in respect 201. shares, viz.:— Seth) for One Share '• ” Five Shares ~ Ten Shares .. il Fifty Shares Denoting Numbers. From I To i I aZ Sem, request you to issue to me sealed certificates, in which de °re as follows ; - -.. Christian name in full .• .. • • Surname ... Description Udreis • • • • • • toW,I 43 fitness my hand this day o? ~.....:_____4Secretary of the Buckinghamshire Railway. 1816. VIE CHAMPIONSHIP of the THAMES. The triumph of Coombes at the late Thames regatta Is certainly not a contemptible matter ; On the day of the contest, vast crowds took a ramble, • To witness the struggle of Coombes and of Campbell ; And the beats and the steamers were throng'd to excess To see how the long-look'd-for match would progress. And who was the winner? why Coombes to be sure, From the drat of the struggle his fame was secure ; His SUCCB3S Is applauded, and no one contemns The glorious champion of old Father Thames. And now having told how the race has been won. Let us draw a reflection for MOSES and SON, Who long on account of the efforts they've made, Have been crown'd with the championship of the trade. 'The trade may be view'd as a river, and here It depends how you " pull," it dependsihow you " steer." Here MOSES and SON have been champions at will, Having " feather'd" their oars with remarkable skill, And none on the river of trade can you catch With courage sufficient to venture a match, IVhile MOSES and SON, through the efforts they've made, pAre roclaim'd by the public the " Champions of Trade !" di N ew Work, entitled " Past, Present, and Future," with full to rw :!°,.ns for self-measurement, may be had on application, or {weed Post Free." LIST OF PRICES. MDT MADE. X s. d. t e ed Taglion! ....... ................ from 0 7 6 72terfitld and Codrinaton Taglionis ................ 0 18 nler Coats in every description and make, including the registered Coat • • .... ••.•• • • • • ............... 1 2 0 g„Tites in every material ...... ••• . • ....... . from 0 2 3 eLe‘lidid pattern Summer Vests ....................0 2 3 Itin_alere and Persian ditto, in endless variety • • .... 0 4 G I , . ‘ " e '• and Fancy Satin, ditto ........ ..... 0 6 0 .. 0 4 6 b ack, q i t to... 0 0 6 .I "ne reas coats 1 0 0 k ditto . . Coat.. MADE TO MEMOIRS. ,--;: of every material adapted for the season, in any 16 0 ""etY of style and fashion, to order .... ••• • • • fro m , 0 0 19 0 Quilting,,‘ Vests, 6s. 6d. each, or three for. .. • • • • • • . s'7,"nlore ditto, in every variety of pattern ........... 0 8 Cie 0 14 6 nit ditto. plain and fancy bitto, Cloth or Casimere ditto — •••• :::::: :::: :: •••• ..............: 0 8 0 0 13 6 5 h ,.,. Black Single-milled ditto ...• •••• • • • • •••• ...... 0 10 6 Rp•riig Trousers, in every pattern. • • .. • • •• • • ...... 0 19 0 R:g_ e-Milled and Albert Victoria ditto •••• • • • • . .1 6 0 1 ,7 , Mack Dress ditto • • • • .. • • • • • • ** " ' • .• • • .• ... 1 12 0 ttoDress Coats..... .. ———••— • • 215 0 Pro e i manufactured • • .. ••••• • • • • • Ditt o ,oats ................................. cr .. om .. 3 1 15 3 0 0 . beat manufactured •• ••••**•••• s • • • • • • • • • . An Mourning, to any extent, at five minutes notice. ~i Y article purchased or made to measure, if not approved of, be i,„ _ °bee•-" leul atelY exchanged, or the money returnet4. tire, ~:"—E• MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. obii.,,,Vothiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be th a rl, to guard the public against imposition, but, having learned th,..,:;"0 untr adesmanlike falsehood of • being connected with e t Z ,, _ or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many in any oth e rnd for obvious reastmaz, they have no connexion with Anti tl house in or out of London. di„,_ . ose who desire ceamine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent I.4onint.. a — eut• call at or send to the Id:Dories, and Aldgate, City, . l i , and Bk,r,utfitters end .-. ' - ' 0 .9 and SON, Tailors Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, • Nos. 154 155 156, ' 157, Adlnories, and 83, 84, 85, NeTicikidgate, City, London. ' Alog ate - . The entrance to the Bespo'ke Department is at 84, Ile b„.. id... "'noes transacted this Establislaccnt from sunset on tin —•., eveni ng eft, at 'I tingt v 0 . mu Sunset on kturday evciling, whet It IS resumed 410011, A POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE. and VIGOUR of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. NINETEETH EDITION, price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Pest (In a Sealed Envelope) 3s. 6d., 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, Royal 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 form 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 suffering. The CORDIAL BALM OF sYRIACCM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual del,llity, irregularity, weakness, bar renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits. and debili ties arising from venereal excesses, Sto. Price I Is. and 335. per bot tle. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. 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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. SELF• 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 Mid Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA . MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the Univ't"rsity of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Mediaftl society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. riArrEn 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its llindfaUCes and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions:--, ('uAvrEa 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their fanctions, 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. CUAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CnAvrzus 5 and 6. On the Disorders arising, from Indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorheea, Glect, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. REVIEWS OF THE WORN. "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 question! , natty be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. /Published by the Author, and may be lied 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. 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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 " elite" of the Aris tocracy and " liaute Voles," 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.--Priee 4s. 6d. and Ss. fid. per bottle. *,,," Beware of spurious "Kalydors " containing mineral astrin gents utterly nainotte to the complexion, and which, by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words •. hOWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Ilatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissiomr,) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. _ _ . _ Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per• tamers. All other " Kalydors" are fraudulent counterfeits. • of*t. s r:4 a lit) 04) - • - • Atti • < ry o 41 45), p , ••••,.. , 4 0 1)/ e• walrft: • 4. 4 rg7 - - -. 7.4-j • • to 1.. 141 I • / / II , . 4 0 %1 . 1 itle ja ::;7:- • . 1 t& , : so ) • • 1 , 1v ,i art. AN 4". ?;:!,•• / 41. S Nig AUG UST 26, 1846. No. 16, _B -) 8 . LON DON, WEDNESDAY E POSES PL ASTIQUE, HALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL STREET,. Haymarket. Tins DAY, August 26, a GRAND MORNING REHEARSAL of MOVING TABLEAUX VIVANS, entitled Poses Plastlque, never before attempted. Doors open at Half-past Two o'clock. Rehearsal commence at a Quarter past Three. To render this entertainment peculiarly dis tingue, the prices of admission on this occasion will be—Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. Evening performance—Doors open at Eight, Performance commence at flalf-past Eight. The unequalled Tableaux, Venus Rising from the Sea, with the White Maid of Avenel, and the Rainbow Nymphs, &c, Stalls, 2s. ; Boxes, Is. Gd. ; Fit, Is. Tickets and Programmes of the Grand Rehearsal to be had at the Ilall daily from Two to Five o'clock. INVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK ING 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 appotntment of DEMONSTRATOR in MECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to the 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. R. BEARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRA JL PHIC PORTRAITS are TAKEN DAILY, at 85. King William-street. City, 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; and the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street. " A great improvement has been effected by the patentee."—Times. " The portraits in colours, by their singularly close approximation to nature, no less delighted than astonished us." —Morning Herald. " We would especially notice the admirable effect of the flesh tints, which appear embodied in the miniature, and not, as we generally see them, spread on the surface."—Art Union. REMOVAL. DR. CIILVERWELL has REMOVED to No. 10, ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-STREET, (leading to Great Marlborough-street,) where he may be consulted, as usual, Daily till Three, and in the Evening from Seven till Nine ; and where else his several publications, of which entirely new and en larged editions have recently been published, may be obtained. PUBLICATIONS. TO SPORTSMEN IN THE HIGHLANDS. This Day is published,.post Bvo.. ss. Q,HORT SKETCHES of the WILD SPORTS ►.. and NATURAL HISTORY of the HIGHLANDS. From the Journals of CHARLES ST. JOHN, Esti. • John Murray, Albemarle-street. NEW WORK ON MESMERIS Just published in 1 vol. foolscap Bvo price 6s. 6d. cloth, MEgMERISM in INEIIACand its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine. Ey JAMES ES DAILE, M.D.,Civil Assistant Surgeon, 11.C.5., Bengal. " Goed books on Mesmerism are so rare that when we dnd one we can afford to dwell upon it longer than upon works of general literature ; and we need not say that this is one of the most valuable of modern contributions to the science, because it is a record of facts."—Critic. .15 , ,tfel London : Longman, Brown, Green, ani Longmans. WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c. One Shilling each, by post One and Sixpence. 1. O N 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 Influeitee—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience, acc. Bcc. 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 conceal'd, and disappointments keen, Whicn 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." WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID With Diet Tables for all Complaints. Contents :—How to ensure perkigt digestion, tranquil eelings, a good night's rest, a clear head, a contented mind. By an ob servance of the instructions herein container: 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 hearing upon subjects of very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be found of Immea surable and general utility, for 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 now hidden truths of nature, of human 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 own organisation, 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 lii<e advantages on our offspring to follow, and finally by the cultivation sf 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 best 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 ; llannay, 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 Nina. The Third Edition, just published, priee 55., APRACTICAL TREATISE on STRICTURE of the URETHRA ; its Causes, Varieties, and Cure ; by AN IMPROVED METHOD of TREATMENT, of such efficacy, that by Its adoption Urethral Contractions that had resisted' for periods varying from ten to twenty years, all the ordinary means of cure, have been in a few weeks completely and permanently removed. The mode of cure is illustrated by numerous cases, showing every peculiarity incidental to each variety of stricture to which the Urethra is liable, and the modifications in the treatment consequent thereon. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L. Published and Sold by H. Bailliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent street, London; Messrs. Maclachlan, Stewart, and Co., Edinburgh; W. Strong, Bristol ; Hedges and Smith, and Famin and Co., Dublin ; Simms and Denham, Manchester ; W. Grapel, Liverpool; and all Booksellers in town and country. Just published, price 55.,, free by post, 6s. 6d. FRANKS on UnINO-GENITAI:. 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, Landon; and may be had of Johnston, 68, Coruhill; Starkie, 4, Strand; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; and by order of all booksellers. NOTICES Of THE PRESS. _ _ From the Mark-lane Express.—" The work now before us will be 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 carefully 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 treatise to those who, suffering under deserved penalties, wish to pay them off as speedily and ssfely as possible, without haying recourse to the ruinous banks founded by manslaughtering quacks." _ . . From the London Mercantile Journal.—` - ‘ Mr. Franks is evidently an orightal 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." CAUNT Y REGISTRATION. The Chairman of the Anti-Corn-Law League having offi cially announced that it is the intention of the Council strictly to adhere to the resolution of not interfering further with the registra tion of County Voters, but at the same time strongly recommending that an appeal should be made 0 the Liberal and Free Trade party to mature and defend the claims of voters made through their ex ertions; arrangements have been made for continuing the London County Registration Offices; and as funds will be required to defray the necessary expenses, it is hoped that all Liberals and Free Tra ders will aid the committee by a subscription to the fund. As it is found that all the votes obtained through the agency of the Anti- Corn-Law League are objected to, it is desirable that this appeal should be promptly responded to. Subscriptions may be paid at the offices, or at the Bankers, Messrs. Drewett and Fowler,Princes-street, Bank, to be placed to the account of " The Liberal and Free Trade County Registration Fund." By order of the Committee, W. 11. JAMES. Offices—East Temple Chambers, 2, Whitefriars-street, Fleet street, London. MIDLAND RAILWAY. EXPRESS TRAINS BETWEEN LONDON AND NEW- CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, The public are respectfully informed that, on and after the let of SEPTEMBER next, an Express Train, conveying First-Class Passengers only, will leave the Euston Station, at half-past Nine in the Morn ing, stopping only at Wolverton, Rugby, Derhy, Masborougis, Nor mouton (for Leeds and Hull), York, Darlington, and arrive at New castle at Seven in the Evening; leaving Newcastle at a quarter past Eleven o'clock in the Morning, stopping only at the above sta tions, and reaching the Euston Station at Nine o'clock in the Evening. A Second-Class Carriage will be attached for the servants of pas sengers, but neither private carriages or horse-boxes can on any ac count be conveyed by this train August 24, 1846. ATIOXAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL LONDON. Capital £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, Attila last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. " , t 1 a '''./ 'l 2 * 4 Bonus Bonus in Assured Premium. 2 = added. Cash. c o maY 0 g Borrow. • 2. ,-. 1 £ £s.d. 60 1 1000 34 1 1837 1838 1839 1849 1841 £217 15 1' 192 3 0 165 11 10 , 116 7 6' 111 6 81 'XIOO 0 11' 87 1 4 1 , 74 1 9 54 0 10 49 10 0, Xl6 0 4' 1 13 10 2' 11 3 1 7 18 10, , 710 41 'X445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGIJSON CAMROUX, Secretary. U NITED 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 lIANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Aamuel 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 pe•fect 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,f 00/. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class from the time they were effected. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De camber, 1840, is as follows: — Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. £5,000 •• • • 6 years 10 months .... £683 6 8 5,000 .. .. ••• • 6 years .............. 600 0 0 5,000 ••• • 4 years .............. 400 0 0 5,000 •••• • • 2 years 200 0 0 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. I-lOT WEATHER.—TRAVELLING.—SEA SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in Loudon, only at 22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and the chief Llama Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." SILVER PLATED CORNER DISHES.- ►.? A. B. SAVORY and SONS. Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit the prices of the following Patterns of strongly PI .ATED CORNER DISHES, with silver hin.iles and edges, and silver shields for engraving the crest or coats of arms, viz.:— The Gadroon Pattern. Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers .. • • .. • • £lO 10 0 The Shell Pattern. Four Extra-strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers •• • • .£l4 3 0 LP the Show-rooms a variety of Patterns are exhibited, at prices ♦arying from 7 guineas to 18 guineas the set of four. N.B. The Covers are made with moveable handles, so as to form extra cliches. Drawings of the above forwarded to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free. THE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER 30 to 50 per Ccnt. 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, 26th May, 1846, Sir JOHN RaNsua,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 stem of the button, was heated, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and impinging 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, Me Moll, 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, ROBT. LONGBOTTOSI, Secretary, CERTIFICATE. " In a series of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s Patent Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta blished in economy arid 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, No. 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 BURNER is used nightly at the Poly technic Institution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the Patentees, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters in London. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—A public meeting of the friends of this Association was held yesterday, in the large room, Exeter Hall, every portion of which was completely full. The Chevalier Bunsen, the Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Noel, Rev. Dr. Beecher (from the United States), Professor Tholoch (of the College of Halle), and numerous ministers of every denomination of Protestantism, and from various parts of Europe and America, were present on the platform. Sir Culling Eardley Smith took the chair, and from his speech, and those of the gentlemen who followed him, it appeared that the great object of the meeting was the acknowledgment of what was termed " the unity of the Christian Church." A history of the Evangelical Alliance was entered into, and its great era was declared to be the conference which took place at Liverpool. It had been convened at the invitation of some gentlemen in Scotland, and members of seven churches of England, Wales, and Ireland, had, through dele gates, met their Scottish brethren on that occasion. Several " topics" were dilated upon, this principle being involved in all of them, viz., , that the minor differences which existed between the different sects of Christians ought not to prevent them uniting in one great alliance. NOBLE C ONDUCT.—C HATHAM, AUGUST 24.—We have much pleasure in recording the following humane act of an officer of the Hound, in rescuing a fellow-creature from drowning. This afternoon (Monday), about four o'clock, a seaman on board her Majesty's ship Hound, fitting for sea it Sheerness, accidentally fell overboard from the gangway into the sea. The Commander, G. 11. Wood, at the time was in his cabin, and seeing the man struggling in the water, sprang on deck, and, without taking off any of his uniform, precipitated himself into the sea, and succeeded in saving the life of the sailor; but the gallant officer was much exhausted when he was got on board, and the seaman's life was nearly gone. TAY SALMON FL9HERIE S. —The fishing season is now drawing fast to a close, and has every appearance of being below an average year. The arrivals at Billingsgate, from 27th July to Bth August inclusive :—From the Tay, 668 boxes ; Spey, 1,213 boxes ; Aberdeen, 706 boxes; Montrose, 1 390 boxes; Berwick, 265 boxes ; from Ireland, 499 boxes; and from Norway, 3 boxes. Grand total at the London market for 13 days—Scotland, 3,230 boxes ; Ireland, 499 boxes ; and from foreign, 3 boxes.—Edinburgh Watson. ROBBERY OP RAILWAY SC RIP. —Yesterday the police received information that a gentleman had had his pocket picked of a letter containing sixty-five shares in the Edin burgh and Peebles Railway. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, August 25. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) JOHN EDEN SPALDXNG'S INSOLVENCY. . . . _ Thii insolvent, who is highly related, appeared before the Court on his adjourned interim order. The former proceedings in this case huve been fully reported. Mr. PETERSDORFF said he appeared on behalf of Mrs. Evans Gordon, who claimed part of the property supposed to belong to the insolvent, and also a sum of ey. Mr. COOT E (for the insolvent) asked Mr. Petersdorff whether he meant to say that Mrs. Gordon was a creditor ? Mr. LEWIS for several c r e ditors, objected to Mr. Petersdorff being heard at all till he proved that his client possessed a locus standi as a creditor. Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said he must hear part of Mr. Petersdorff's statement before he could decide whether he was in a right position or not. Mr. PETERSDORFF then procc;eded to state that Mrs. Gordon did elahn to be a creditor for a large sum of money, as well as heiress to part Of the property supposed to belong to Mr. John Spalding. The claim arose in this way : As long ago as the year 1794 a Mr. Alexander Spalding, who held large est rtes in Scotland, unfortunately met his death in a duel. Dr. Spalding, a physician, who was at the time in an extensive practice in London, being the succeeding heir, did not choose to take plssession, but alio xed a younger brother, Mr. Samuel Spalding, who had returned from India with a large fortune, to do so under certain arrangements. Now Mrs. Gordon claimed as the heiress of Dr. Spalding, the rightful successor to the property. Mr. CooKE—That does not show you to be a creditor. It may he a subject for a suit in Chancery. Mr. LEWIS again objected to Mr. Petersdorff's pro. ceedings. If he were suffered to make these statements, they would be perhaps prejudicial in their effect not only to the insolvent, but also to the creditors. The body of creditors having agreed to a certain arrangement, it was possible that it might be interfered with on a future oc casion by some new creditor, who, if he imagined Mr. Spalding's account of his property incorrect, would per haps start up in opposition. Mr. Commissioner HolaiorD again said he must hear Mr. Petersdorff out. Mr. PE FERSDORFF said he did not wish to prejudice the insolvent either in the mind of the Court or of his cre ditors. Under the arrangements made between Dr. Spalding and Mr. Samuel Spalding, Mrs. Gordon, ac cording to the Scottish law, was the heiress to the property • and, besides claimino: it, she also made a lemand for any moneys that might have been received by Mr. Spalding during the time it had been under his control. All, however, that Mrs. Gordon now asked, without desiring in the least to interrupt the proceedings of the Court, was that her claim to this property, and the funds received, might be registered, to show that she had taken the proper steps to make known her preten sions in her future proceedings in the Scottish courts, without being an acquiescing party for or against the terms of arrangement between Mr. Spalding ant his creditors. Mr. CuoKE—I have no remark to make, your Honour. You'll see the case at onc., I'm sure. Mr. Commissioner HoLnoYD—I don't tee that I can grant the application. If you claim the estates, you must proceed elsewhere. No creditor opposing, a day was named for the final order. - FENTON'B INSOLVENCY. This insolvent came before the Court on his final order. He was opposed by Mr. Sturgeon, Mr. Dowse, and Mr. Parry fur various creditor:, and supported by Mr. Cooke. It appeared, in the course of a longexamination, that he was originally a solicitor at Leeds. Lie had married three times, and with each wife he received considerable property. Having lived in a style of great extravagance in Brussels and Calais, as well as in England, he had spent all the money acquired by his marriages, and was now in debt to the extent of 19,0001. without assets to pay them. He had been engaged in some bill transac tions with Peter Harris Abbott, but tliot.gh he admitted visiting races, he denied betting to any extent, or loss of money by gambling. He was once victimised to the extent of 3001. by a set of swindlers at a private house, but he never frequented public gaming tables. It ap peared his only prospect of liquidating this heavy amount of liabilities was a contingent interest in some lawsuits. Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said, it was very evident the insolvent bad contracted a large amount of debt without the reasonable means of discharging it, and had lived far beyond his means both at home and abroad. Under these circumstances he should order an adjourn ment of two years, with liberty to the insolvent to come up again when that period had expired. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) Joseph Dean, aged 12, and James Seddon, aged 17, were indicted for the wilful murder of George Wray, at Manchester, on the 19th of June last. Mr. J. Pollock stated the ease for the prosecution. Thomas Wray examined—lie was the father of the deceased, who would have been thirteen years old in September next. He last saw him at eleven o'clock, on the 19th of June, when he was going out with a donkey and boxes of black lead and blacking for sale. A boy was with him, called Charles Holehouse, witness's step son, between eleven an d twe l ve y ears old. He had a little round tin box to put his silver in. He was accus tomed to go out selling those articles, and to return at from eight to ten o'clock at night. C. A. Holehouse examined—He was brother of the deceased, and went out with him that day. They went to several places to sell the things, and about eight o'clock his brother counted the money. He had got fourteen shillings, and witness gave him three which he had get. It was in Greenhays-fields, and both the pri soners were present and saw him count it. They were playing at cricket, and they continued to play after the money was counted. Dean said he would pay for a glass of rum if th e y wou ld d r i n k it. Aft e r a while his witness away with the ass, and told him to brotherwait for sat him e Jenkinson-street. The prisoners heard that. It was getting dark when witness went away and left the prisone rs w i t h hi s b rot h er . Wh en he had counted it, he put the silver money in the little tin box, and that and the copper in a large tin box, which he car ried strapped on his back. He met him again in the street, and after that he went to Seddon's shop. No one was with him then. He did not see the prisoners after he left the fields. Cross-examined --His brother was as tall, he thought. as the prisoner Seddon, and was fatter. He went to sleep on a shop steps while he was waiting for his brother in Jenkinson•street. A number of witnesses deposed to seeing deceased and the prisoners in company, about tea o'clock. Thomas Jackson, examined—He lived in Jenkinson street. Seddon had a coal-yard about twenty-six yards from witness's house. He saw the prisoners and the deceased unlocking the gate and go into the yard near eleven o'clock. No one was with them. Wray had a blacking-can on his arm and a stick in his hand. He had to go to his own yard at the back of Seddon's, and as he returned he stopped before the stable in Seddon's yard. He thought he heard a struggle, and spoke to a policeman, who went and kicked at the stable door, but receiving no answer he went on his beat, arid witness went into bed. He had a cow which he expected calv ing, and at one o'clock he went out again. He heard nothing then, but his wife told him something. He went to the brook, and saw the body, and found a stick (pro duced) in the brook near the bridge. Seddon kept a bantam conk and hen in the stable. Mrs. Jackson, wife of the former witness, waked her husband about one o'clock. He went out to look after a cow. She got to the window, and looked in the direc tion of the coal-yard, and saw two persons standing noar, and afterwards go into the aide door, and directly after come out, and then go in again. Then they came out and brought something out with them. They laid it down on the flags, and then went in again, and then dragged in what they had laid on the flags. She men tioned that circumstance to her husband. James Hughes was at work in the stable of the Spread Eagle, and from the window he saw the body in the stream of the brook on 'his back. The water was only three inches deep. He went with the police to the place. His head was on a stone, not in the water. The part of his person not in the water was dry. His arms were spread, his legs close. He appeared to have been placed there. He had two marks on his throat. Cross-examined —They then thought he had been in a fit and fallen from of the bridge. Joseph Bailey, policem. He went to the brook w; the lasi witness, and took the body out, Ile searched and found nothing on him. A tin can was lying about a yard from the bo d y . He ha d a cap on. ii John ee dn him. Is cap had . 11 cut in it (produced). His coat was much torn (produced). He directed the pr i sone rs to be apprehended at ten o'clo c k on th e aa mn T i y e a l l oi His for Dr. Goll an d to the deceased to ex amine r; sent inspector of poli ce at M anc h ester, ex morning of the 20th. He told them he was informed they bad been in company with the deceased the night before, and he should detain them. They both said they left the deceased at eleven o'clock, in Burn's street, and had not seen him since. He afterwards wen t to the cabin , a nd found 2s. Cid. in copper, in a sahnoned unlocked box, tothe prisoners, and S e ddo n and a blu e half-handlter said they were his—that it was coal money. There was no coal in the ya rd. John Lee , p oliceman— He and another policeman ap esthoicekfl Stocking ne in pre h e nded the prisoners at half-past nine at Seddon's father's. lie searched them, and found four keys, 2d. in copper, and two accordion keys on Seddon. He went to the coal-yard, and in the cabin he found a key which unlocked the stable door, and behind a step-ladder, be tween the board and the wall, he found a small tin box in a situation to which it could not be thought to have fallen. He showed them to the prisoners. Seddon said the two accordion keys were his, and they both said they knew nothing about the box. John Hole souse, half-brother of deceased, examined— The deceased wore a neckerchief like the one found in the box in the stable. The accordion keys were those he had. So was the little tin box. The hand kerchief found in the mackintosh was discoloured from blacking. Cross -examined—Ile first mentioned that one of the accordion keys was imperfect and the other perfect,when he had been before the magistrate, to the attorney for the prisoners. Mrs. Wray said the neckerchief was like the one her son had on. Another handkerchief found in Dean's macintosh she was sure was one she gave her son when he left home that morning to wipe his bands on. Mr. W. Golland, surgeon, examined—He had exa mined the body on the morning of the 20th. It bad a cap on, slightly torn over the right temple. There was a slight cut on the ear, two marks, as if nail marks, on the neck, and a slight mark on the thigh. On removing the scalp he found a great deal of clotted blood, on the same side as the tear of the cap. On removing the skull he found the brain had been much injured on the oppo site side. It was caused by the blow on the right tem ple, which had torn the cap. In his opinion death was caused by a violent blow on the temple. The body was in other respects quite healthy.. A blow given by either the poker or the bar of the chair produced would effect such an injury. The statements of the prisoners made before the ma gistrates %vac proved and read. Seddon admitted that he had had some of the silver found from the deceased, which he had given him, at his request, for copper. He also said the deceased had asked him if he had any hens to sell, and that on his telling him that he had a dandy (bantam) hen and cock, for which he would take ls. 9d., he said he would come and look at them. He did come; they borrowed a candle, and he tuck him into the yard to see them, after which they parted, and he had not seen the deceased since. Dean said he had the handkerchl f a month, which he picked up by a river side, and had been left by some boys who had been bathing; that the marble was given to him by Mr. Sykes's boy three weeks before; that he had dirtied the handkerchief in the way it was dirtied by having tied it and worn it on his foot one morning when he was going after the cows, and when his feet were 20 sore that he could not put his shoes on. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS (Mr. Fry with him) addressed the jury for the prisoners. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN then went through the evi dence of the several witnesses, and concluded at a quarter to nine o'clock, telling the jury that if they came to the conclusion that the deceased was murdered by those two boys, he presumed they would be satisfied that the younger boy bad capacity to enable him to distinguish right from wrong. The jury retired, and, after being out half an hour, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. THE CITY CHARITY SCHOOLS. The Lord Mayor having transmitted a letter to the trustees of Lady Hollis's Girls' School, in consequence of the statement made by the father of a girl named Fanny Wettenhall, who gave evidence on the examine• Lion of Smith, upon the charge of the murder at the Guildhall coffee-house, his Lordship received the an swer copied below. The father of the girl, it will be remembered, stated that the education of the poor chil dren who were sent to that school, was most scandalously neglected, and that_ for one who appeared to have re ceived any benefit at all, crowds were in a state of the greatest ignorance, in testimony of which he instanced the fact of his daughter's inability to write her own name. " Red Cross street, Cripplegate, 22d August, 1846. " My Lord Mayor,—ln answer to yourletter addressed to the trustees of Lady Hollis's Girls' School, with refer ence to a statement made by the father of a child named Fanny Wettenhall, I am directed by the trustees to in form your Lordship, that the school contains 120 children, 110 of whom are clothed, 10 admitted upon probation, and the whole are educated upon the National system, and are divided into three distinct classes. "In obedience to a decree of the Court of Chancery, a mistress is appointed by the trustees, who is assisted in the education of the children by five teachers, exclusive of five assistant teachers, selected from the first-class scholars. A competent master is also engaged to instruct the children in writing and arithmetic, and who are in variably selected from the first and second class scholars, consisting of upwards of 60 children. The child Fanny Wettenhall, although having been some time in the school, from want of capacity and attention did not make that pro gress . in her education which the school is calculated to impart, consequently was unable to arrive above the third-class scholars. She has recently been withdrawn from the school by her parents on the plea of illness of her mother, being two years before the appointed time of her leaving. " I am also directed by the trustees to state that the institution has always been under the management of one mistress, the pre..;ent mistress having conducted the school for the last twenty-two years, to the entire satisfac tion of the trustees, who meet monthly tos uperintend and transact the general affairs connected with the institu tion.—l have the honour to subscribe myself your Lord ship's most obedient humble servant, "JOHN ELLIS, Secretary . " To the Right Hon. John Johnson, Lord Mayor." The Loup MAYOR said, in speaking of the above communication, that he did not consider the trustees, having such ample funds, were doing their duty in throwing so much labour on an old and faithful servant, and that they ought at once to provide a competent as ,istant to her, and a separate writing-master for the girls. The father of Fanny Wettenhall had stated, that she had been four years at the school, and it was quite evident that she must have been most grossly neglected, for she was obliged to substitute a. mark for her name; and even that mark was miserably scrawled, at the same time that the girl, who was twelve years of age, showed by her answers that she was far from being destitute of capacity, the principal ground upon which they defended the institution. He trusted that, at a time when such powerful arguments were used to show the necessity of general education, that there existed a strong competition amongst all educational establishments, the school in question would give some proof of the posses sion of a kindred spirit. He recollected that a few years ago a similar complaint was made against the system and practice of the Bishopsgate school by a policeman, whose child afforded a deplorable specimen of the laxity which prevailed in that institution. The complaint met the public eye through the press, and a few days ago he had the satisfaction to observe that the Bishopsgate school was a model to which the charitable establishments of the City might look with great ad vantage to themselves. The following circular has been sent to the sub scribers and other friends of the " Cripplegate Within Ward Schools," in consequence of the publication of the statement made by the father of the girl alluded to in the letter; and the Lord Mayor expressed a hope that the impression, no doubt created against these schools, would be removed by a general notice of the fact. (coPY.) ‘. To the Subscribers and other Friends of the Cripple• gate Within Ward Schools. _ _ "Gentlemen,—My attention has been directed to some observations made before the Lord Mayor in the Justice-room of the Mansion-house, on Tuesday last, the 18th instant, which reflect severely on what was designated the " Cripplegate School," but upon inquiry it is found to be the one in the WARD WITHOUT, and not for those schools you so kindly patronise in the WARD WITHIN. " It is unfortunately the second time that our schools have been exposed to an unjust impression in the minds of the subscribers through the general name of Crip plegate, omitting to add the word " WITHOUT," which would have exempted them from the present charge. " I trust you will not think this explanation unneces • sary on the present occasion, being anxious that you should appreciate the unwearied exertions of the com mittee, for the advancement of the objects of your bounty, in useful knowledge and good moral and religious in struction, and that I may not appear wanting in due respect for the confidence placed in me as your treasurer. I am, with much respect, your obedient servant, "JOHN BRADBURY, Treasurer. " 6, Aldermanbury, August 22, 1846. " Alderman WiLsort, who was present when the Lord Mayor commented upon the letter, said he had much pleasure in bearing testimony to the exertions made in his ward (Castlebaynard Ward) to promote the advance of education amongst the poor. The greatest interest had been taken by the inhabitants in the grand object of the charity, and an infant school had sprung out of their recent labours. lie rejoiced to be able to state that the energies of the teachers seemed to increase in proportion to the necessity arising from the numerical increase of the children, and he attributed a vast deal to the several meetings which had taken place at the time the subject of serving the ward schools was so warmly discussed at Guildhall. lie had just received notice to attend a meeting of the friends of the Castlebaynard Ward School, on the 28th inst., upon the subject of the funds, the investment thereof, and the state of the schools. REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. The accounts which have this week reached us from different parts of the country on the subject of the potato crop are even more alarming than any of the previous reports. The disease is evidently spreading in all directions, and there is no saying where it - will stop. So general has the conviction become that the produce of sound potatoes will be exceedingly small, as to cause a material rise in prices of all kinds of grain. Nor is this at all surprising, when we consider the im mense extra consumption of flour and meal so great a calamity as a serious failure in the potato crop would inevitaby occasion. Other circumstances have, however, assisted to give an upward tendency to prices of corn ; among the foremost of which has been the state of the weather. Since the beginning of the month we have rarely had two dry days consecutively ; and the harvest in the north has, consequently, progressed very slowly. The repeated showers, accompanied as they have been by a high range of temperature, must have done injury to the grain in the fields ; and it is, there fore, to be feared that the quality of much of the corn grown in the later districts will be greatly inferior to that of the south. This alone would have been sufß eient to have caused some excitement in the trade ; and when coupled with such statements as thine which pour in from all quc..rter; relativ e t o th e s p rea d of the . potato rot, there little w o nder th a t a n impetus s h ou ld have been given to business, even if the complaints of the deficiency in the yield of wheat from the straw be wholly overlooked. The primary cause of the altered position of affairs is, however, to be found is the fears generally entertained regarding the extent of the mischief likely to result from the potato murrain ; and in proportion as these fears prove to be ill or well founded, must be the extent of the advance in the value of other sorts of agricultural produce. Wheat has already risen from ss. to 7s. per quarter from the lowest point of depresion. This advance has occurred in the short period of two or three weeks, but as yet there ap pear no symptoms of a check to the upw :rd movement. Our advices from Scotland speak even more despond ingly of the potato crop this than the p: & ceding week, end great fears also appear to be entertained there re • specting the harvest, comparatively little grain having hitherto been secured even in the most forward districts. At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, new wheat advanced 2s. to and old fully 2s. per quarter, whilst at Glas gow the rise was equally great. From Ireland we receive similar reports as from other parts of the kingdom; indeed the potato murrain seems, if anything, to be more virulent in the sister isle than on this side of the channel. And as the population there is more dependent on this crop than is the case either in England or Scotland, the consternation is proportionably great. The rise in the prices of wheat, oats, and in dian corn had consequently been considerable at the principal markets, and shipments to England had dimi nished materially. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been extremely small during the week, only 4,656 quarters having been reported up to this (Saturday) evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land carriage samples from the neighbouring counties has been still more trifling ; indeed there was scarcely any thing offering either on Wednesday or Friday, on the Essex, Kent, or Suffilk stands. Meanwhile an in creased disposition has been manifested by the millers to get into stock, and the insignificance of the supply , having induced sellers to raise their pretensions, pur chasers have been under the necessity of paying en hanced terms. The little business done on Wednesday was at prices quite is. per quarter above those current in the beginning of the week, whilst on Friday a fur ther advance to the same extent was established, mak ing the total rise from the lowest point 2s. to 3s. per quarter. Foreign free Wheat has likewise ex cited attention, but its value has not got up quite so much as that of English. The finer kinds of Dant zic, Rostock, and other favourite sorts, have been held Is. to 2s. per quarter above previous prices, which has had the effect of checking the demand ; and the actual transactions were not particularly extensive either onWed nesiay or Friday, though the inclination to buy had under gone a decided increase towards the end of the week. The duty rose, as was expected, to 9s. per qr. on Thursday, and will attain the maximum point, next week; it is not likely, however, to remain long at 10s. per quarter, if the lately established advance in prices should be sup ported. Under these circumstances it may be pretty safely concluded that no more wheat will for some time to come be entered for home consumption, par ticularly as there is a prospect of relatively higher rates being made for the article in bond than could be obtained for it free. The demand for lock wheat for export to France has been rather active since our last, and several parcels have been taken for that desti nation; for the best Lower Baltic red 445. to 455. per qr. have been paid, and good Dantzic has commanded 465. to 48s. per qr. The stock at present in bond here is trifling; and as comparatively little is now on passage from the north and east of Europe, there is not much chance of an accumulation. The market has been scantily supplied with English and Scotch oats, whilst from Ireland only 2,654 qrs. have been reported. Of the 29,631 qrs. of foreign re ceived, a large proportion is from Archangel. The belief that the potato rot in Ireland will prevent us obtaining anything like the accustomed quantity of this grain from thence has given an impetus to the demand, and the trade has been quite excited during the week, Considering the useful properties of Indian corn, and the probability that it will hereafter be extensively used as a substitute for potatoes, the article has excited less attention in the London market than might have been expected. Good parcels of yellow have been freely offered at 30s. to 325., and fine white at 31s. to 335. per qr., without meeting with many buyers.—Mark-lane Express. PRICE SD. THE NEW POOR-LAW. We should think that no idle schoolboy, no over worked factory girl, ever watched the clock ready to strike the hour of liberation with such intense desire as the three Commissioners now long for the speedy arrival of two o'clock next Friday. Parliament once fairly prorogued, they, will, the first time for'this twelvemonth, be able to breathe freely. Day after day brings a nea enemy upon them. Yesterday Mr. Hume, indefatigable and relentless, devoted himself to their immolation. A firm believer in the New Poor•law, he burns with just indignation against the officers whose laxity has brought it into discredit. One or other, the law or the officers. all parties agree, must be sacrificed. Mr. Hume is only hindered by the close of the session from choosing the living victim, happy if by this means he could clear the law. We respect his consistency and zeal, but beg to suggest one little practical difficulty which even Mr. Hume will appreciate. When we have vic timised the Commissioners, whom shall we get to carry on the law in their place? Who know so much about it? Who can suddenly acquire the ne cessary accumulation of official experience? Who can take up a thousand pending questions, or renew commu nication with a thousand boards of guardians? Had we three mortal enemies, we should desire nothing better for them than the seats vacated by these three unfortunate gentlemen. Suppose them qualified in knowledge and talents, how will - they get that particular combination of moral qualities necessary to make their administra tion of the law mild and considerate, yet sufficiently rigorous and exact? There exists not the man of such balanced affections. No. The post is certain ruin. A seat in the Poor-law Commission is like that chair of torture, which looked comfortable and digaified enough, but which immediately closed upon its unwary occupant, bleeding to death in its murderous gripe. Who will brave the sword of Damocles hanging over the throne of Somerset House? Rash must be the man who shall think to escape the fatality of the office. Will Mr. Hume himself reconcile that impossibility, a mild and considerate administration of the poor-law which shall yet be true to its spirit? If he succeeds, he will then be qualified to pronounce his censure on the Commissioners. —Times. THE ACCIDENT on the HASTINGS RAILWAY. The following are the latest particulars relative to the accident on the above line:— It appears that the half-past 12 o'clock train from Brighton to Hastings, on arriving at the gate-house near the Pevensey sluice, ran into a . train of ballast-waggons, owing to the circumstances which we proceed to explain. A short time prior to tke Brighton train reaching the spot, the driver of the ballast-engine, with a number of earth waggons, accompanied by Mr. Perry (the con tractor) and the fireman, arrived near the gate-house, and took up their position on the sidings las usual (the line having at present only a single lime of rail), in order to await the passing of the train. It is supposed that the " points," which wore held back for the passage of the ballast train into the siding, and which were self acting points, became obstructed, and instead of spring ing back to complete the regular line of rails, remained in the position for running into the siding. Soon afterwards the passenger train came down at its usual pace, and on arriving at the points glided off into the siding, and the next instant ran violently into the stationary ballast-train. The fireman of the former train, perceiving that the points were wrong, just before the passenger train came up to them, called out to that effect to the driver, who immediately reversed the engine and jumped off. By the concussion the ballast-engine and tender, and the train-engine and tender were thrown off the rails, across the siding, the wheels were torn off, and the massive iron aides of the tenders were actually bent up and dashed to pieces in various places, and the buffer beams were split into a thousand pieces. The fireman put the break on to its utmost force, and he was still holding on, when he was thrown dawn by the collision and stunned, and as soon as some parties rushed to the spot, he was found with his clothes on fire, at the mouth of the f u r na c e , an d th e h ot water running over him. He was at once removed to Pevensey and put to bed, and, we are h a ppy t o a dd, i s going on well. When the collision took place, Mr. Perry, the contractor, was standing on the stationary engine. Ile was thrown violently to the ground, but beyond bruises, sustained no damage. The driver of the train-engine, the Coniston, who jumped off, as before mentioned, as soon as he had reversed the engine, fell violently to the ground, and was severely injured in the body. The driver and fireman of the ballast-engine were on the tender, and as the train was running on them, seeing the impending danger, leaped to the ground, and escaped injury. One of the passengers, said to be a clergyman, had his leg broken ; another first-class passenger found himself ejected through the window, by which he was stunned, and several others lost their teeth, and received some damage of a minor kind. When the next down-train arrived the road was cleared of obstructions, and the passengers w ere t a k en on to Hastings. Mr. fountain, the Chief Superintendent of traffic at the Brighton terminus, on hearing of the accident, proceeded immediately to the spot, but could not from his preliminary investigation ascertain the precise cause of the train running off, the "points" re maining uninjured. ABOLITION OF THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATIL—O❑ Friday next, at twelve for one o'clock, a meeting is to take place at the Guildhall Coffee-house, at which Alderman Sid ney is to preside, to consider the propriety of abolishing punishment of death. The case of Smith, who is now under sentence for the murder committed in the Guildhall Coffee house, will be then taken into consideration, and efforts will be made to obtain a commutation of the sentence to trans portation for life. ITALv.—MAuniAGE or ROSSINI.—On the 16th inst. this celebrated composer led to the hymeneal altar, at Bologna, Afademoiselle Olympe Pelissier, very well known in Paris. This lady, after a rather gay life, was introduced to the thou' Maestro about sixteen years ago. She was pretty, clever, and accomplished, became much attached to Rossini, and has never left him since. She herself an nounced her marriage to one of her friends in the follow ing terms :—" I am almost afraid that God has allowed me to become Rossini's wife. I have just left the church, and am in such a state of emotion that I can scarcely hold my pen," MILITARY REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sru,—l am no man of war, but I think there are sub jects in connexion with the army on which a civilian may exercise his common sense without impertinence. Whether, in the present state of the army, corporal punishment can be safely dispensed with, is a point on which professional opinions ought to have due weight, kit whether that state be a creditable one to the profes ' sion, and to the country, is a question to be referred to a more impartial and less technical tribunal. We hear a great deal of the bad materials from which the rank and file of our army are recruited ; but we never hear a word of the incompetency of our "soldier officers" as a body, though, I believe, there is no fact more notorious to the rest of the world. I believe if a military foreigner were called upon to name those points which distinguish our army for good, he would not lay his finger en the epaulettes. I believe that the military re putation of the British soldier is higher than that of his officer. I believe that the success of our arms is far more owing to the indomitable pluck and endurance of the ranks, than to the strategic abilitic s of their leaders, whose mistakes have been often retrieved by the mere courage of their followers, and converted into glorious triumphs. Then again, how do the British officer and soldier compare in what we may call their civil life—in their habits and manners, as far as we see of there at home ? It is pleaded by those who, as Ben Jonson says, " Flay men alive Before they kill them" that our British soldiers are the c:ff-scourings of the labouring classes. It may be so, but may I ask in what relation do their officers, as a body, stand to the middle and higher classes ? Taking into consideration the dif ference of rank and education, are the morals and con versation of the mess-room much more exalted than those of the canteen ? Are not country quarters a pro • verb of insipidity and excess ? It is all very well to complain of such wholesale strictures upon " an honour able profession," "a gallant body of men," and so forth. No doubt there are distinguished exceptions, but what are they amongst so many ? How many of our officers of the line know anything of the art of war, beyond the mere details of the parade ground, of engineering, of for tification, of tactics on a large scale? And yet in an army like ours, distributed over every part of the world, and liable to every kind of warfare, the officers ought to be eminently practical men, full of resources, and a knowledge of every branch of their profession. I hap pened a short time ago to be in a colony which has been, and is not unlikely again to be the seat of war, and of all the persons I met with, those to whom the defence of the province was intrusted seemed to me the most ignorant of the history of the past, and the prospects of future campaigns. _ _ IC may be that the pay and pensions of British sol diers are inadequate, but we shall never have better men till we have better officers, and we never shall have better offiers until we select them on a more rational and less exclusive system, and require other qualifica tions than those of birth and fortune. Why should the army be the only profession in which advancement de pends not on industry and talent, but on a purse of gold or descent? Why should not privates be eligible for commissions when they have passed through the lower grades of the service with credit, and displayed, as many of them would if the opportunity were given, extra ordinary abilities? The cavalier was no match for the yeoman, and the marshals of Bonaparte did not spring from the patrician race. Depend upon it, the profession of arms, like every other, will be none the worse for a little infusion of plebeian blood. When such a reform is effected, the army will cease to be the last refuge of poverty and crime. It will supply the ordinary incentives to good conduct, the ordinary rewards of superior abilities; the officers will no longer be coxcombs, nor tho men ruffi ans; an d th ere will be an end to these barbarous and intolerable punishments, which are a disgrace to our country, our age, and our religion.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, CIVIS. THE LATE EARTHQUAKE AT LEGHORN. By a letter from Leghorn of the 17th of August we have accounts of a dreadful earthquake in that town and the volcanic district of Maremmes. The account was brought over to Marseilles by the Sardinian steamer under the orders of Capt. Scribenis :—" This town has ex perienced an earthquake, which has thrown the inha bitants into the greatest state of alarm. On the 14th inst., at 50 minutes p.m., the first shock was felt, hav ing been preceded by a subterranean noise. The shock lasted from seven to eight seconds. The oscillations were c.t first perpendicular, and as if produced by a rising .ip of the earth taken from the south-east to the north east, and repeated five or six times. Household furni ture was displaced and thrown down, the church helix v olently agitated. The noise produced by the cracking beams and the walls which opeoed, gave warning of an impending catastrophe. The inhabitants, terrified, threw themselves into the stre,.t, evincing the greatest fear and despair; women throwing themselves down on their knees, imploring the Madonna de Montenero, the patroness of the town; the meo making the sign of the cross, and hastening to the residence of their families to give them succour. During the night several other ,hocks were felt; the earth seemed to be in a continued convulsion. The sky was free from clouds, but there was thick mist in the air which produced a melancholy on the mind. The palace occupied by M. de la Rochefou cault, the French Minister, has ban much damaged. A stone from the ceiling fell on the chair Madame de la 11,Qehefoucault had left a few minutes before the earth quake. The home of M. Brenier, Consul-general, has also suffered; at an angle it sunk, and all the inside ails are full of crevices and shaken. No Frenchman established at Leghorn has been personally injured, or his property damaged. The villa established by M. Moreau, the son of the• cashier of the Bank of France, has been seriously damaged. M. Moreau passed the night in a carriage in his garden. The earthquake was more violent and did more damage in the country round, and great disasters have occurred, especially in the Maremmes, a volcanic country, which still bears the signs of a subterranean influence. Whole villages have been thrown down in the Saulia, Lorenzana, Osciano, and Casciano, the centre of the oscillating motion, and at about five leagues from Leghorn. At Voltera, a government prison fell, burying several prisoners. The number of persons killed are stated to be, in all the districts, 38, and 140 wounded, of which 58 seriously. The effects of the shock extended to Pisa. The vaulted roof of the old Church of St. Michael fell at the first shock. The congregation had just left the building after divine service. The houses of the town were shaken, but the shock being less than at Leg horn did not cause so much damage. Several natural phenomena occurred. Spouts of muddy and boiling water sprung out of the earth. A lake has been formed in a sunken space of land. All the villas in the neigh bourhood of Pisa have been considerably damaged. The farms and peasants' dwellings have more or less suffered on the whole line of the shock. The inhabitants are in the greatest state of alarm, which is increased by the recitals of the disasters caused by former earthquakes in this quarter. The inhabitants have a full recollection of the earthquakes in the years 1798 and 1816. It is not forgotten that in 1798 the town of Sienna was threatened with total destruction by shocks which lasted nine days. The last , shock in particular caused many victims. During the last four dayslthe earth has not ceased to shake at in tervals. Looking to the state of the houses at Leghorn, a smart shock would evidently complete the ruin of the town. A portion of the inhabitants have left the town, many are bivouacing under tents in the public places, many are on board the boats. The Government has lost no time in sending into the rural districts engineers, medical men, medicine, and provisions. It is stated that on the 10th of August a slight shock of an earthquake was felt in the city of Naples, but fortunately without any injury being done." MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. It is our painful duty to record, this week, the death of Mr. Michalowski, a Polish gentleman of high rank, and who once held the position of major in the Polish o army, but who has recently resided in this city and de voted his time ggentleman tc.tlemthaen Leaching ba ing'efn l a nguages . in e habit h f un fortunate visiting Penrith every Tuesday, his professional capacity, and thence usually proceeded to Long Marton Academy, to give instructions to the pupils of the Roe. —Shepherd; bait, on Tuesday last, he bad only reached Brampton-lane, within a mile of the academy, when by some accident, he fell from his gig, and was severely and fatally injured. He was found, about half-past three o'cicok, lying by the side of the road, by an intelligent lad named Atkinson, who had picked up his stick and umbrella, and at this period Mr. Mi chalowski was enabled to speak, and, in answer to the inquiries of the boy, to say that he had lost his horse and gig, and required assistance. The gig, in the meantime, had been taken to the academy, where it was immediately recognised, and the Rev. Gentleman promptly proceeded in search of the driver, to whom he was ultimately guided by the boy Atkinson. The suf ferer was then unable to give any coherent answers to the questions of Mr. Shepherd; but the fact of his wiping his coat subsequently with his handkerchief, where it was soiled, showed that he had not lost all consciousness. In deed he was afterwards able to enter the gig with very little assistance; but on sitting down he gave evidence of being seriously affected. lie was immediately conveyed to the Spread Eagle Inn, Kirkby Thore, where medical aid was promptly procured, and every assistance was rendered by the worthy clergyman ; but Mr. Michalowski lin gered in an insensible condition until five o'clock on lednesday morning. An inquest was held upon the body on Wednesday evening before Mr. G. Thompson, one of the coroners of the county of Westmoreland, when no circumstances transpired which could explain the cause of the calamity, beyond a severe wound on the back of the head, which showed that he had been thrown or fallen from the gig ; but the fact that a sum of money and his gold watch were found on his person, proved that he had not been exposed to any violence. The jury accord ingly found a verdict, " That the deceased died by a fall from his Fin., but from what cause there was no evidence to show." gig, body was brought to Carlisle on Thurs day morning. Mr. Michalowski has left a widow and two young sons to lament this sudden bereavement. He had resided many years at Dumfries, and was deservedly held in the highest esteem, and during his short stay at Carlisle, his great abilities and excellent conduct had gained him many friends, by whom his sad catastrophe is deeply regretted.—Carlisle Put , idt. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION C o PAN Y.—The half yearly general meeting of this corporation was held yester day, at their offices, 69, Lombard-street ; Mr. Wilkin in the chair. A report from the directors, and a statement of the accounts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, were read to a large assemblage of the proprietors. The report was very satisfactory, the result of the last half-year's opera tions rivalling that of the most prosperous the compalntyhaenizs the proprietors r had. After declaring the usual dividen d, romotton of the directors, for their unabating zeal in the p of @onipan rei eterebt were voted to the s. chair c ordial to tho 1 I RIP