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'.*..:...' .. / • Ikr i , --7,1 7 ; • .4'5 z ~~~~ Z wool Qom' -_ ~--~~~ IFI 1-3 f Is .r ity p 4 TO the Honourable the COMMONS of the Jn VtirD KTKi; 1)0M of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, ~,,arflarnent assembled, 4 ' i t PETITION of the Undersigned INHABITANTS of BRITISH GUIANA, interested in the staple Products of SUGAR, 310- ~ LASSES, RUM, &c., produced in said Colony, That the Showeth the Agricultural and Commercial Distress which arose in this 0 . 11 3 r at the time of the Emancipation in 1833, still continues to be efelt, and that, although a very large sum of money has been nded by this Colony in procuring Free Labourers from India, :j , and Madeira, little or no appreciable effect has yet been pro onr the price or efficiency of labour. 1i" 1 ! this distress is, at the present time, much aggravated by an ~`ntal cause, namely, that the unusually severe ra ins that cc et,fe;lll the early part of, 1845 were followed by a season of unpre .d intensity and duration of drought, whereby the sugar crop ati2 Present year has been so diminished that the exports of 1846 4 Pected to fall one-third short of those of the preceding year. to, at a time when the affairs of the Colony ate but commencing the the effects of the crisis of 1838, the recent c han g es in b at rgar Duties, and the removal of the protection which free-la kt ,sugat enjoyed, threaten to produce a second crisis, which can ,,Llll to be productive of ruin to many, and suffering to all. k,7 4 t Your Petitioners are glad to find so full a recognition, on the ibis the Government and of so many Members of your honour ..." 3 e, of the necessity of removing such disabilities and restric ts)), "' still continue to fetter the West India Interest, and which gt4 e4 Peehliarly irksome in its present depressed and critical circum -1%4. Your Petitioners consider that, in consistency with the prin 'which guided the Legislature in the recent fiscal enactments, in admitting all raw material duty free, they are war koj;72•o expect the free admission of British Plantatio n Su g ar and 7 0 es into the Breweries and Distilleries of Great Britain. t, notwithstanding the admission of the principle that Rum t t ritish Spirits should be placed on a precise equality in the home riZ L'ete," the differential duty of Is. now levied is unjust to the Co. Inasmuch as the statements of British Distillers relied on by in - r t'eglslature, when that duty was imposed, have been shown to be Cygerated, and to be more than counterbalanced by the peculiar T hat affecting the West India Distillers. thnat every encouragement should be given to Sugar Planters in ki t tPplication of greater skill and better machinery to the original 14 °Process ; and that Sugars produced from the cane juice should AO ease be ranked with Sugars properly called Refined Sugars, nor e jected to the duties imposed on such. th:3at although the influx of Immigrants into the Colony has hi y __e been insufficient to supply the demand for Agricultural eakLa n, the addition made to the population from this source, at bp.b. e xPense to the Local Treasury, has neverthe less p roved highly theZ e ial. as evidenced,by the increased crops o f the estates on which A".nngrants have been located. C o i;,, lllo re copious stream of Immigration woul d not onl y enable the D„,, 1 ;Y to regain, but also to surpass, its former capacity as an ex kZ„rg country ; and the certainty of this advantage would tend to fate the introduction of the capital necessa r y to the adoption of % e red methods of agriculture, and bett er p rocesses of manu- Jre. t.:,,n_at the C o l ony i s content to continue to bear the expens e of the I ns - Tort of African Emigrants, provided on l y that Parliament, in its ta t °Ol , would more effectually check the Slave Trade, by substitut er an expensive blockade of the Coast of Afric a, a s y stem of en i4getnent to the Potentates of the African Continent to allow R. subjects to profit, as free men, by the civilisation now in pro , k gites arnongst their unindentured African brethren in the Wes t k • key it, therefore, please your Honourable House to take the fore 61.Itataternents into consideration, and to grant to your Peti tioners kor s ir distressed and critical circumstances, the beforementioned such ether measures of relief as your Honourable House may fit. ,Your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. .....2t l Bll Guiana, Oct. 19, 1846. NEW DRAWING PENCILS, to p re &I. each, or 2s. Gd. per Dozen, got up in p oli s hed cedar, to i til 'rent the lead dust adhering to the pencil and soiling t he hands, ltj t he degrees of hardness and the makers' names stamped on them Wild. R OIVNE Y , DILLON, and ROWNEY (late Rowney and Oo lLiellers and Stationers 5l, a n t town hbone and country - -place, London. To be had of ° TESTIMONIALS. - 01 71 J. A. Hammersley, Esq., Head Drawing Master of the Government School of Design, Nottingham. Sept. 8. 1846. baDear Slrs,—l have tried all the lead pencils you forwarded to me, liaeonsider them the best I have ever had; indeed , it is im p ossible thi,; l ! to compare them with any others, as they possess qualities I Wl;Yet found in pencils, amongst which I may name their beau- Lansparency and clearness. I have not only made use of them tn. hut have had them tried by several students in this instita 11),Land their excellence is acknowledged by my pupils. The double . 'Le Most superbpencils. " I am, Sirs, " Yours most repectfully, I t itha a - "J. A. HAMMERSLEY." George Barnard, Esq., Head Drawing Master, Rugby School. " 85, Great Portland-street, London, June 25, 1845. "tietnen,—ln reply to your inquiry respecting my op inion of %At „ r ~,alitY and value of your new pencils, I do not hesitate to say Pit ." a d them excellent in all respects, with entire freedom from o,"`nd working well, whether hard or so:t. These qualities, coin- A:_ With their moderate price, render them very valuable to and their pupils. "Truly yours, " G. BARNARD." From George Petrie, Esq., R.H.A. a n " Great c'harles-street, May 27, 1845 . tonrlitlemen,—l have tried the set of pencils which you were so as to s en d me , an d I have no hesitation in expressing my opi -3441, 'hat they are far superior to any that I have used for many th e „, s, Perhaps, indeed to any tkat r ever used. Were the price of 111 4 - ‘ three or four times what it is, I should take them with plea ' and I shall recommend them confidently to my friends. " I am, Gentlemen, " Faithfully yours. GEOEGE PETRIE, R.11.A." 4lessrs. Rowney and Co." ~ " 53, Blackett-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, July, 1845 e ntlemen,—l have made use of your new pencils, and consider Th e , a most desirable acquisition either to the artist or the am ateur. of •2!ork pleasantly, and the variety of tint which they are capable u cing renders them valuable in sketching. "I am, Gentlemen, "Yours most truly, ig " T. M. RICHARDSON, Sen." s srs. Rowney, Dillon, and Rowney, London." , th_manufacturers particularly request the attention o f tha trade Pencils. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PERMISSION.-PROFESSO R Vriens — ; 11 (ENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spa 4Teiv r ecently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex `ge e n MlTlPounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three ; and on 4 . 1. 1141,.::` n gs of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. TED i n n eiPle of the EL! CTRIC TEL, KGRAPH DEMONSTRA onia.,Y, by Professor BACHHOFFNER, especially with reference aEv n ew Patent of Messrs. Nutt and Gamble , By the OXY HY ORO LAToui ROS , !OPE are exhibited specimens o f the DISEASED PO with 4 , showing the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tube rs, &c., to g ether tat .s ~e DES TRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by A. Smee, Esq , be ky "G useto the ca of the disease. The EXPERIME TS, DISSOLVING VIEWS, PHYSIOSCOPE by Smith, &c. A n Admission Is. Schools, half-price. e ntire NEW and BEAUTIFUL SERIES of DISSOLVING `, 4 _W S will be i n t ro d uce d a t CHRISTMAS, and the Institutiox will o n on the evening of Saturday, the 26th. _LEAGUE BREAD COMPANY. th.. The Directors of the above Company beg to inform the Public (TAZ, their Bakery, upon an extensive scale, is being erected in St. h 4 -street, Clerkenvrell, and will shortly be completed. T o meet 4,7 i7e IMmea. demand made upon them for Pure tmadultered the Directors are selecting Depots in all parts of the Metro t°l us, a list of which will be published with the Agent's names. The have think it necessary to caution the Public, that some shops been opened under a colourable imitation of the name of the mpany, without the authority of the Board, and that they must Dot be held respensible for the quality of the Bread sold therein. m o 3` have given instructions to their Solicitors t o take the necessary 4 811 res to put a stop to such practices. By order, EDWARDPARRATT, Secretary. Alderman-walk, New Broad-street, City. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIF E ASSUR -140. ii,,,, ANCE COMPANY. -"AnIARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOTJCIIERE , Esq., Chairman. r rellry b. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. P raneNt l ise Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. glr -... Hart Dyke, E Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. 110.741ter R. Farquhar, Bart. do meson Hankey,jun., Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Jo, Garvey, E sq. Robert Mitford, Esq. R.. Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morrie, Esq. .eggs` Jams ... tone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. to h, h, Esq. "°Yd, Jun.. Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. 4 . W. Robert a , E AUDITORS. Samuel Jones oy s :, E a ; . I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Acvn Any __, In the LIFE DEPARTrIth Davies, Esq., F.R.S. 1 Henry Norman, Esq. 10 W Rates without partlelpafEor. Assurances may be effected at With participation in one mole a cent. yinofthe Profits ; or at moderate Rates visionthe Profits every seven years. At ean,,_ h of the three Septennial di pearwhich this Company has made, wie Bonuses amounted to about 1 i iseured, or about 27 per cent. on the Per annum on the sum loul th e whole amount of Reversionaryßonus Of Premium received k n. i .! exceeded 530,000/. allotted by the Com their values, pro m/nu:ls granted on Life Policies to the exte n t of . profit was declared 'v , - , such Policies shall have been effected a ' , n i t on all policies attained in each case a value not under 5.31. cieut time to have t . ll l the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of ' the 3th of June, upon the premiums received W hich is had been in force seven years at Christmas 1845, and the a betwe en in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday ex ,,„ - -- ,,...arne the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head om — p''''' ), ce ; and Aents in the Country Districts. Wotice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire a t ch rhd _ kr . laY must be renewed within fifteen days at this Oftlee, or with the Janaes'a-street, corner of Pall-mall, or h co C ompany's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise the be. tee void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. N A ATIONAL LOAN FUN o LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .000,000. This i Empowered by Act of Parliament. With , ratitution embraces important and substantial advantages ha s, o sPect to Life Assurances and Deferred AlantlitieS. The assured eitur: all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for sib, a : the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; Itra m .,_ oPtion of selecting be enc fit ,need and the conve rsion of his in -4,,,iir meet other convenies or ssity. Pates. "'flees for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fo urth bonus, varying from 35 to 8 5 per ce nt. on the premiums paid each " Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. .........._ EXAMPLES. 1 W 'd ECi '''; p. Premium. M Bonus Bonus in gi a i Assured !-1 added. Cash. E - 76 A rray ed 0 Borrow. • a - —_________ ..--- ------ -- -.- 4 4 s. d. 1837 £217 15 1 XlOO 011 Xli 0 .CX445 0 0 CO i nn., -v. 1838 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 21 395 11 1 3 4 1839 165 11 10, 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 11840 116 7 6 54 010 718 10 296 13 4 118411 111 6 8, 49 10 Oi 710 4 247 4 5 The thou -- ; Dccenab.._'r of the pre...on of pro seat year. Is nual, and the neat will be made la F. FERGUSON' CAMROUX, Secretary. CLERI AL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. Instituted 1824. An FOURTH DIVISION OF PROFI TS. wi n e traordinary General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Society 7u, d u e held at the Office, in Great Russell street, on Turnsney, the 110 1 , a y of January ensuing, at Twelve o'clock precisely, for the pur rroi,„ of declaring a BONUS out of the Profits which have accrued 11 t he general business of the Society during the Five years end he ",Pne 30th, 1846, and at that Meeting the Persons Assured have 7 ,l:ght Of being present. Driet e same Meeting will be made special, in order that the ?ro an,' ° i rs May take into consideration the expediency of amending or t he Society, pursuant to the Deed of Constitution. GEORGE 11. PINCKARD, Secretary. REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHlM talft- NETS.—The of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING uSII and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all gu e st r n oYance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis h n t Plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without ono an of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago e n ',Periment was made with this apparatus at the House et pi n ''"ns, the success of which was complete. Sheets of writing Der Were placed upon the chimney-piece, and in various ether I; a 4 rts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping aot one V ele of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper. be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. . 33 . The Proprietor is willing to gra nt licenses for the use of this pa nt. invention in the provincial towns of En g land. A gents for the Metropolis are required. I)REDGE'S HEAL-ALL, or celebrated BM IBROCATION, has long been known throughout the West of a the most efficacious Remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago. CPains inthe Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and Paralytic Affections , 4ce-ach Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and fi .,. 44, A, Stiffness of the Joints or Nock, Frczen Limbs, Chilblains be . e they are broken. It is likewise an infallible Cure for that dangerous !9rder the Quinsey or Sore Throat, in which it was never known to fail after a few hours' application. Observe —That none can be genuine unless the Stamp affixed to „ea bottle contains the name and address of Barclay and Sons, No F arrin,gdon-street, who have purchased the property in this raltlable article from the executors of the inventor, 'William Dredge, I tte of Wishford, 'Wilts, retail price, Is. 134 d. and Es. 9d. per b o ttl e ; nd s old retail, by all respectable Medicine Venders in town an d oulatry. No. 16,933. LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1847. The earliest copy of the work has been but a few days issued, and he following Reviews have already appeared in the leading Metro ()Ulan Journals obtained, arranged, and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of itself be among the " curiosities" of modern literature. ATLAS, 'Nov. 28, 1846. A book of this kind, brought out even without much pretension, would be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every mer chant's countinghouse, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this is, with the utmost care, its materials being collected through the most authentic channels, and embracing in its range every head of personal and commercial intelligence essential to the completeness of such a work, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private, which can afford a book of reference, will be without this compen dious volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any name you want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete —the court, trades, streets, offices, hotels; forming, upon the whole, a mass of local information such as could not be brought together without extraordinary industry, assisted by an entire command of all requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. ,1346. This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the work is not referable to its mere connexion with the Post Office ; for an important change has been gradually introduced into the manner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely unconnected with the Post Office, this being in great part the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor rested content with his past success, ba t has introduced many im portant alterations in this volume for 1847 end added to its bulk without any increase in price. The " Posta► Directory" is especially improved, and there are numerous changes throughout the volume to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effusion, to be seen in another column ; arid we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find thathis labours are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun try this is an indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. The new volume of the Post Office Directory for 1847 is already in oar hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so laborious, extensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved. It would hate been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former reputation, it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The produc tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness has placed In the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying on the businels of this vast metropolis, which would Indeed be subjected to the gratest inconvenience and expense If it tvere - not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have theopportunity of judging for themselves on purchasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1846. The Freneh people have done themselves credit by their industrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though ingenious and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared with the indus trial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keep. ing pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still increases in by lk ; and, keeping pace with the movement of society in a more impc rtant particular, it vigilently seizes every opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete classification. We find in this volume many instances of superiority to former issues, which, though eomparatively trifling, show the in telligence and care exercised over every department. It may be men tioned that by the employment of private agents, the changes of re sidence are now brought down to a later period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is consequently enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to the proper management of business. Its authority is now so universally established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metropolis, that any further recom mendation of it is superfluous. lIERAPATH'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846. The " Post-office Directory" for 1847 appears with additions and improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with which this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say, national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation, We know not whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it from the hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the hands of Government ; but, should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its conductors will go home to the consciences, if they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down the grasping interference of Government :—" It can only be neces sary to refer to a copy of the work published before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere connexion of the ' Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high character. That the improvements (the result of many years of unwearied toil and application on the part of those engaged in the compilation of the work) are duly appre ciated is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the ' Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully with this—they have disappeared." LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY (SOUTHERN DIVISION). ALTERATION OF TRAINS. NOTICE.—The public are Informed that 011 and after the Ist of DECIIIIBIIII next, the following Alterations will be made in the Trains on this Railway . BEDFORD BRANCH. The Train now leaving London at 10.45 a.m. will leave at II a.m., arriving at Bedford at about 1.45 p.m. The Traha now leaving London at 4 p.m. will leave at 3.45 p.m., arriving at Bedford at about 6 p.m. A Train will leave Bletchley at 3.15 p.m., arriving at Bedford at about 4 p.m. -•- The Train now leaving Bedford at 10 a.m. win leave at 9.45 a.m., arriving at London at about 12 noon. A new Train will leave Bedford at 11.50 a.m., arriving at London at about 2.45 p.m., arid at Birmingham at about 3.35 p.m. LEAMINGTON BRANCH. The Train now leaving Coventry for Leamington at 8.45 a.m. will leave at 8.30 a.m.. The Train now leaving London for Rugby at 3.45 p.m. will leave at 4 p.m. The Train now leaving Aylesbury at 10.30 a.m. will leave at 19.45 a.m., arriving at London at about 12.30 noon. The Train now leaving Birmingham at 8.0 a.m. will leave at 7.45 a.m., arriving at the intermediate stations and London 15 mi nutes earlier than at present. By order, MARK RUISH, Manager. Euston Station, Nov. 24, 1846. THE NEW PORTABLE ALARUM, size of a small snug-box, can be placed on the dressing-table, and set to ring at any hour that may be required. Price, three guineas, foreign made, or three guineas and a half, English made. T. COX SAVORY and Co., Goldsmiths, Watchmakers, &c., 47, Cornhill (seven doers from Gracechurch-street), London. N.B. A stock of second-hand Plate always on hand for sale. TIMES, Nor. 18, 1846. The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for 847—is now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the old Directory, which used to - onsist of little or nothing more than the alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for some years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Di rectory," a "Postal Directory," a "Conveyance Directory," with a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very carefully revised, and supplies the latest information. 01 course, the postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in minor points the work seems to bear the test of a search into mat ters in 'which changes have been very recent. MOANING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 184 G. The powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual volume appears really unlimited. Published during a series of forty eight 3 ears in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by an yearly average of some 14,000, and whose commerce expands in still larger measure, the " Post-office Directory" has become enormously enhanced in bulk, a.; also in the complicated variety of its indis pensable contents. The admirable success with which the really enormous difficulties of his task has been overcome by the inde fatigable publisher has been proved by the experience of many years ; and we need say little more than that the present volume presents the same tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and inge nuity of arrangement, in packing into reasonable compass, and pro ducing in lucid order, its millions of facts and references. Within 2,000 pages every man may learn everything he ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses, as well as everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The very rapid extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar rangements with some continental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We find the information given under those heads not only as full and accurate as it was well possible to make them, but more new and recent than we should have thought attainable in a work of such magnitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best map of London we happen to have met with. • MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846, Bulky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still further enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously en abled the Rapt ietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of unrivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely t 6 be w rated by the merchant and the trader is plated within convenient access. The volume contains upwards of two thousand closely printed royal octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of indus try as a matter of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensiveness of the machinery which could bring within a common focus so much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing as it does a multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of vast numbers of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be matched in the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate of local and specific information is no less a typographical wonder, than a prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so of separate directories are included in this huge periodical—the only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence—a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the ornamental. The "Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the Government Offices, and a record of official perso nages. This is followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets are intersected by those at right:angles ; while the " Commercial and Professional Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comes a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated under their respective callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the judges, Queen's counsel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys. &c. with a catalogue of the various courts of law, their officers, and their pecu liarities of jurisdiction. The " Court Directory" comprises the ad dresses of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Direc tory" is a record of the Members of the Houses of Lords and Com mons, with an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c. The "Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery of every post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails, and the cross-road mails, &c. The "City Directory" registers the civic au thorities, the public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and mi nisters of churches and chapels, the newsnaper=, &c. ; and the " Conveyance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and hooking-offices, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance Directories. These various heads will serve to indi cate the multitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them come a variety of subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, presenting a curious analysis of the public and private institu tions of the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be found under his prorer section, from a prime minister down to a sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg ing-house. The Editor, in his Preface, takes occasion to congratu late himself on the many improvements lie has this year introduced, principally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," in stead of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific alterations the new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into operation on the Ist of January, 1847. and disturbs to a considerable extent the rates of hostage over a great part of the Continent, seems the most important. MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846 The "Post-office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. Though it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national work. None of the leading towns can will be without it. It must be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to every place ef business in and about the metropolis. It is an in valuable work of its kind; and the extent and minuteness of its useful details are truly wonderful. Being prepared " nailer the im mediate and special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest and completest means were, of course, at the command of the proprietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo luminous and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-eighth annual publication. Few commercial or trading men can now require particular descriphion of the really important and useful information, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying the two thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages of this Directory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map of London, prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work by Mr. B. R. Davies, there are divisions, comprising, among other informa tion, " Official," " Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " Law," " Court." " Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," Banking," and many other Directories. The hope is expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office London Directory " may be found " in all respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consi derable examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and information on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming wish is liberally realised. It not ohly equals the best of its prede cessors, but in several particulars it surpasses all its precursors. The information is net only fuller in many respects, but there are several important alterations and editions, largely adding to the use fulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all competition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to perfect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is observed that it has been `. even in a pecuniary point of view benefi cial to the public, is proved by the fact, that important improve ments and additions are annually made without any increase of price"—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case, had the public patronage been divided." With reference to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it can be profitable to provide such varied materials— and materials constantly changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la bour and cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre mendous sale could make the speculation answer. Among the im portant alterations will be found those introduced tato the " Postal" Directory. It is, Weed, singularly full, usefid, and complete ; and must much increase the daily, it might be more truly pronounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the trader, or the pro fessi nal man. As the new treaty with Prussia caused very consi derable changes in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian do minions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States, amburgii, Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburg, Oldenburgh i e o , P 1 &c., and ti; . I'r lo u s s is ;Saxony, Sweden and Norwa y , Wurtembur g h, &c., changes are detailed " precisely as they are arranged to come into operation on the first of January, 1847." The other changes are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announced to be brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the appearance of such a volume in sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The business cmerits of the work are of the highest order, and render it, of its Inaoine a publication unexampled in the world for its kind, we o comp l e teness, fulness, and usefulness. SUN, Nov. 18, 1846. The present Is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office London Directory," and a truly marvellous efort of compilation it is. The " Post-office Directory"til has been for so he me manager years under this the management work, there were divers other directories in the field. They have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory" now rules alone. This astonishing sucessc, however, has not had tideffec of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. is too thorough a man of business, not to be perfectly aware that the i t of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of tit sae untiring energy by which the success was in the first ist ncel we find tl at the " Post office D i r e c tor y" ac hi eve d: and accord in g l y for 1847 is even more highly finished in all its elalsorate arrange nitents than any former edition of the book. The extent and mi nuteness of the details furnished reader the work indispensable to ever3' commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, howe ver , i s this multifarious information dige c st ed ed d in ran aeferringrrangedto , that there is not the slightest difficulty experien te particular page required to furnish the information—a marvellous instance of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up wards of 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con- Postal tents,. fle lt a re Directory,"arranged under various heads, as, for in the „? 1 Direetery " the " Street Directory," the " stance, er irectory," portant alteratio ‘ the "Court tbe " ' Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory," tory." The new Directory," Directory." the " Parliamentary Directory," the ration on tie Ist the:t,ory," the " City Directory," the " Conveyance changes in the rates of Banking Directory," and some others. Many im ns have been introduced into the " Postal Direc- Po o s f tal treaty with Prussia, which comes into ope- Hanover, Lubeck, January next, will effect vecy considerable meeenmark, the German States, Russia, Saxony, Swed en Baden, Bavaria, Bri,menPostage to places in the Austrian dominions, changes are fully detailedliennburgh, Oldenburg'', Poland, Prussia, Harnburgh, and:Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c. These and accurately drawn map the " Postal Directory " of the present volume. The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved inches to the mile. This Dire London in 1847, on a scale of three work of the Fort ever offered to etery is certainly the most complete useful ness, but the indispensable the public. Of not only the useful ness can fora moment entertain necessityader such a work , no man of bus'. com pleteness and fulness of the informationbt ; and, considering the outlay of time and of capital that must furnished, and thee acquire and digest the information,etl, have been made in n o o rder ou t s which the work is published is really wonderful. reasonable price at GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846. madKeelly it ' s appearance s invaluable for the ensuingDirectory ," ear. The vast mass of Infor mation ,a which this book contains makes it not only desirable but ab solutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of ev er an of business, and scarcely les s necessar y , indeed, for every one L m se ' who req uires to know anything concerning the trades, profes s i ons, localities of the great metropolis. In its present extended form, the book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it has cost to bring it to its present state of perfection must have been im mense. In turning over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of the city which re quires such a directory. The classification of the various profes sions, trades, and callings in the court, commercial, and law depart.. ments of the work on the one hand, and the arrangement of the streets of London on the other, as well as the great mass of informa tion of various kinds connected with the Post-office, and the different modes of intercommunication, make it altogether as complete a di rectory as can be desired, or as it is well possible to conceive. The volume, moreover, contains an excellent map of London and the suburbs. corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar." WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 184 G. The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly important and useful work has just been issued; and we must confess that its bulky appearance has surprised us not a little; and when we reflect that the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of Mr. Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, perhaps, no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other infor mation, there is an " 0111del Directory,': a " Street Directory," a " Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Dire tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a " City Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Directory ;" in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per sons in ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally dabbles in trade. Every description of information has been cor rected to the latest possible period : and that information is arranged with a clearness and simplicity which must have involved great ac tivity of mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently engraved map of London, more extended and accurate as to the suburbs, than any map we have seen ; and to make it as com plete a reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " I'ostal Directory," there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti nent, which will come into operation on the Ist of January. Alto gether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are not surprised that other directories should have gone to the tomb of all the Capulets. G REAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). Notice is hereby given, that the TRANSFER.BOOKB of this Com aany will be CLOSED from and after THURSDAY, the 31st day of December, 1846, to MONDAY, the Ist day of February, 1847. By order, ' WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. 3, College-green, Dublin, sth December, 1846. JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846. This annual leviathan is already completed and published; but as a proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the press has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men tion that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease of Mr. Stewart, M.lll, for Renfrewshire, are duly attended to. (See PP. 1669 and 1676.) We have so fre4uently expressed our approba tion of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary our commendation. It contains everything which can possibly be required in a directory--so full, s^ complete, so comprehensive are all its details. And when to this we add the extreme accuracy which pervades every department, we know not what else can be said in . is praise. The machinery by which such yoluminous information is E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. EXTENSION STOCK, No. 1. Warrants for the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on this Stock, due on the 4th January, 1847, will be transmitted to the Registered Proprietors on that day. 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London : Bradbury aid Evans, Whitefriars. The following Works will be published on the 31st inst. VANITY FAIR.—PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES OF ENGLISH SOCIETY. No. I. By W. M. THACKERAY (Tidmarsh). With Numerous Illustrations. Price Is. MITE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. A. No. VII. By GILBERT 1. a BECKETT. Illustrated by Leech. Price Is. DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAG ♦ZINE. No. XXV. PUNCH! OR, THE LONDON CHARrVARI. Part LXVI. Price Is. 4d. London: Published at the Punch (Mice, 85, Fleet-street, MASONIC ANNUAL. THE FREEMASONS' QUAItTERLY REVIEW contains all the important events of the craft during the current year. The number for DECEMBER completes the volume, and contains among other subjects, the Letter from the Grand Master of England to the Grand Master of Prussia, on the Jewish Question—Freemasonary in Ireland—Revival of the High Degrees in this Country—The Religion in which all Men agree— Discussions in Grani Lodge—lmportant Reports and Correspondence —Chit Chat—Poetry—Obituary, &c. Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 20, Paternoster-row. Price Three Shillings. BY COMMANA OF HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER- GENERAL. CONTRACT for CONVEYING the LONDON DISTRICT POST LETTER BAGS. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's Postmaster-General will be ready to receive Tenders on or before the 22d day of JANUAZY next, for conveying the London District Post Lotter Bags, twice a day, to Woodford Bridge, and twice to Woodford, by mail-carts, stage coaches, omnibuses, or any other carriage conveying passengers or parcels. The conditions, and full particulars, may be seen on application to the Superintending President of the London District Post-office, General Post-office. Tenders are to be sealed up, and addressed to "Her Majesty's Postmaster-General," and endorsed, " Tenders for conveying the Lvadon District Post Bags," and delivsred before Twelve o'clock on the 22d January next. General Post-office, Dec. 22, 1846. D IRECT. BOMBAY and MADRAS RAIL WAY. Notice.—The FIRST HALF YEAR'S INTEREST, at 4 per cent. per annum, will continue to be PAID till the 31st inst. Scripholders aro requested to present their Scrip at the offices of the Company between the hours of Twelve and Three, when it will be stamped and the interest paid at the same time. By order, JAMES WARD, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 58, Fencharch-street. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Office, Bishop=gate Staticn, Doc. 24, 1846. I THA K YOU, E. MOSES AND SON, For the coat which I wear on my back, Approv'd by my friends, ev'ry one, Which is neither too tight nor too slack, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. For my over-coat, trowsers, and vest, With quality never outdone, For my hat (which is really the best), I thank you , E. M OSES and SON. For my elegant Wellington boot, Whose Workmanship can't come suite'u • For my shoes, and the whole of my I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. For the furs which my lady obtain'd. Whose fashions such favours have won; With gratitude, wholly unfeign'd, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. For the many great savings I've made, For goods which never shall shun, For the very low I've paid, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. LIST OF PRICES. aELDY DUDE. Z 8. d • • .. .... 0 8 6 Beaver Taglionis, from .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • • 010 6 Chesterfields and Coolringtons • • • • ' • ' • • • • • • • •• • d • e • s • cl;t:ii • i • n Pashas, D'Orsays, and Chesterfields, and every of winter coats.... .... • • • • •" • ' • '' • • • • • • " •• • • 01 5 06 Tweed Trousers, lined . ...... •• ......... ...• . 010 6 Boys' Winter Coats, in •• every "•• style and make• • • • Doeskin .. . • .... - ••• Dress Coats.. —••-••••• • • • • • • • 1 0 6 Frock Coats ...... :• ...... •• •••••• • • • • • • ........• ••• •• • ' 0 1 5 2 0 0 Boys' ii.oy s Hussarwin Winter and Trousers Tunic Suits . • .... .• . .. .. •• .. ... .• .. • •• .. .: .. •• : .• .. : : •. .• : : •. ••• • • • •••• 0 4 6 Double-breasted Vesta •••• •.:.• • • • ..... • • • • • • • . • ' • - •• -•• • • • 0 0 18 3 6 0 .. . Ditto Vests ...... Mourning to any extent at dye minutes' notice. • • MADE TO MEASURE. Winter Coats, warranted waterproof, made to any style, handsomely trimmed .. .. • • • ...... 5 0 n Milled Cloth Coats, trimm e d, ve l vet collar and cuffs, lined 2 Tweed Overcoats. ....... ..... ..... 018 0 Tweed Trousers ..... .......... ..... 0 8 6 Winter Trousers, in all the most approved French patterns 1 2 6 Best Dress Trousers 1 6 0 Best quality made • 2 15 0 Best quality made ...... 3 3 0 Fancy Vests -• • . ...... ....... 0 8 6 Satin, plain or fancy . 0 12 0 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ........ ......... 1 5 0 Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladles and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minoriea, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, city. London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and cheep clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, Ninories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock The entrance to the fur department is at 33, Aldgate, corner of the Minories and Aldgate, opposite the shurch. RAIL WA Y SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mar k et f or ra il wa y stocks has shown increased firmness to. d a y, pr i ces genera lly better, and very little stock offering in th e mar k e t. The sales are— Chester and Birkenhead, 50%—E as t L ancas hire, New, 3% Ditto, New (scrip), 1 9-16 p.—Eastern Counties, 23—Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton, 20 1 4—Ditto, Preference, 21— London and North-Western, 193—Ditto, Quarters, New, 13% p.—Manchester and Leeds Zxtension, 1% p. —Mid land, New, 5 1 4 p.—North UnionA.A4L22s—Ditto (B), 155 Sheffield and Manchester;, - gutEbr o. 1, 3 3 / 4 p.—South- Eastern and Dover, No. 1,4% p.—Ditto, New, No. 4, 7-16 p.—York and Newcastle, 38—Ditto, New, 5% p.—York and Selby (East and West Riding), 13 1 % 1 p.—Ditto, New, 12% p.—Belfast and Ballymena, 6 3 4 dis.—Dundee and Perth, p.—Ditto, New, 7% p.—Edinburgh and Northern, New 251. Shares. 2% p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Ex tension, 14 dis.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4 p.— Leeds and Thirsk, New, par—Ditto, Preference, 1% p.—Am bergate and Eastern Junction, 3-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 5-16 p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% p.—Boston, Stamford, and Birming ham, % p.—Buckinghamshire, 1-16 p.—East Lincolnshire, 1 1-16 p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 1 4 p.—Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle Junction, par—London and York par —Ditto, Direct Northern, % dis.—Newry ' and Warren point, 3% p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2% p. —Ditto (B), 1 1 / s p.—Shropshire Union, 1 4 dis.— Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3 / 4 dis.—West Riding Union, 1 15-16 p. MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 7-16 p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% —Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., % dis.—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 9-16 prem.—Buckingliamshire, par—Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 7—East Lancashire, 3 1 4 p.— Ditto, New (scrip), 1 9-16 p.--Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 3-16 p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% p.—Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 44 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1 1 / 2 dis.—Ditto, Preferentials, 114 p.—Liver pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1% c. dis.—Man chester and Leeds Extension, 1 1 / 2 p.--Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Extension, 1 1 %. p.—North British Quarters, 21/4 p. —Ditto, Extension, p.—Dittn, Thirds, 2 15-16 p.—North Staffordshire, 4 3-16 p.—Northern Counties Union, 1 1 4 dis. Oldham Alliance, p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 2 1 / 2 p.—Shropshire Union, 1 / 8 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 7.16 p.—Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia, 235. dis. —West Riding Union, 2 1-16 p —York and Newcastle, Pre ference, 5% p. LEEDS, DECEMBER 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business has considerably increased since our last, with steady prices, but yesterday and to-day a decided movement for advance has taken place, which promises to be well supported. Leeds and Thirsks, London and Yorks, Melton and Driffields, North Westerns, North Staffords, Sheffield, Rotherham, and Gooles, Dovers, York and Newcastles, and Man Chester and Birminghams, are all in demand at improved rates. The North British arrange ment is not yet brought to a close ; indeed, it is said a diffi culty has arisen in determining the proportionate value at which the latter class of shares are to be taken. This has made them duller than they otherwise would have been. Calls for the new projections are now making %,‘ ith rapidity, but the money is brought forward much better than many people expected. The sues are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, par—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9t, p.— East Lancashire, New, 3% p.—Ditto, Scrip, 1% p.—East Lincolnshire, 265. c. p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 4 c. p. —Leeds and Dewsbury, 10 c. p. c. n.—Ditto, Halves, 6 1 / Q c. p. c. n.—Leeds and Thirsk, 101. p. c. n.—Ditto, New, p. c. n.—Ditto, Preference, 325. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 265. c. p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, % 1 p.—North British, Thirds, 3 p.—Ditto, Quarters (late Car lisle Branch), 495. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 17s. 6d. p. —North Staffordshire, 4 1 4 p.—North-Western, 16s. p. — Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 17s. 6d. p.—Direct Northern, ss. 6d. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, lls. dis.—London and York, ss. dis.—West Riding Union,!4s. 6d. HULL, DE EMBXR 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-North British, Quar ters, 725.-Ditto, Thirds, 58s. p.-Fleetwood, Presr-on, and West "Riding, p.-Great Northern (London and York), 2%-Leeds and Thirsk, par c. pref.-Ditto, New, % dis.- North Staffordshire, 4 1 4 p. GLASGOW, DECEMBER 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 251.-Air drie and Bathgate, 875.-Ayr and Galloway, 275. 6d.-Cale donian, New, 51s. 6d..-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire.. 435. 6d. cum int.-Direct Northern, 465.-Dundee and Arbroath, 451.-Dundee and Perth, 291,4-Ditto, New, 15/.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 2 75.-East of Fife, 508.-East Indian Railway, 11s. 9d.-East Lothian Central, 445. 6d.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, Halves, 211.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 683/4-Ditto, Halves, 8% -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, Oh -Glasgow and Greenock, 171.-Ditto, Preference, 35s. -Glasgow, KiLmar nock, and Ardrossan, 955.-Gl a s g ow, Airdrie. and Monk land Junction, 735.-G rea t N ort h o f Scotland, 575. 6 d. - Great Indian Peninsular, 6 5 .-Kil mar nock and Ayr Direct , 565.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 3s. 3d.-Manchester and Southampton, 31s. 6d.-Midl an d Halves, (scrip), 32 5. - S cottish Halves, 6%_ -North British, Thirds, 798.-Ditto, New Quarters Central, 21 3 / 4 -Scottish G ran d J unc tion, 165.-Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, 50 s . 6d. EDlNBlikai I HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. The Court met on Monday, the Judges present be in g the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Moncrieff, and Lord Wood. BREACH 01 TRUST BY A BANK OFTICER.--Ronald Gordon, late secretary and accountant to the Exchange Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, was charged with eleven acts of theft, or breach of trust ; libelled as having been committed at different periods from 25th January to 19th June, 1846, and involving property amounting in the aggregate to upwards of 3,0001. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Neaves (with whom was also Mr. Fraser), in a speech of considerable length, made a number of ob jections to the libel ; the charges contained' in it, he contended, not being sufficiently specific, or according to the usual form. Mr. Davidson having replied on behalf of the Crown, The Court, after consulting with the Lord Justice General, sustained one of the objections which related to a departure from the usual style in which the charge should have been framed in the indictment. The Court also suggested some alterations in the manner in w• hich several of the charges were drawn up. At the request of the Solicitor-General, the Court ad journed the case till Tuesday. James Hawks aid James Buchanan, from Glaap;. , w, were charged with falsehood, fraud, and wilful imposi tion ; as also perjury and subornation of p , -rjury. Hawks was outlawed for not appearing ; Bu chanan, having p.eaded guilty, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Melville Anderson, Greenside-place, was charged! with resetting sums of money and bills of exchange, 86c ~ to the value of upwards of 800/., which were taken fp.= a farmer in September. He was found Guilty, but: sen tence was delayed till to day. The Court then adjourned. JURY COURT. HIGGINS AND SONS V._DUNLOP, WILSON, AND CIO. This case, in which ➢lessrs. Vincent, Higgins, and Sons, iron merchants in Liverpool, were pursuer s., and Messrs. Dunlop, Wilson, and Co., iron mercht nts in Glasgow, were Menders, came before the Lord ..irustice General and a jury on Monday. It arose out of a a offer made by the defenders to the pursuers of 2,000 to ns of pig iron at 655. per ton; but as the pursuers did n o t an swer the letter containing the offer by return of pusl t, the defenders held they were freed from it. The issue was couched as follows: _ Whether, about the end of January, 1845, the pur suers purchased from the defenders 2,000 tons of pig iron at the price of 655. per ton? and whether tb:e de• fenders wrongfully failed to deliver the same, to the. loss, damage, and injury of the pursuers? Damages laid at 6,0001. The pursuers produced six witnesses to prove th st ac cording to the practice in mercantile matters they . were not bound to answer in course of post, while th .e de fenders brought forward an equal number to prove• that the contrary was the practice, to render the transsation obligatory. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the pursuers—damages, 1,5001. A FIRE DISCOVERED BY MEANS OF I DC 41.-- The following fact occurred at the conflagratio n in Drury-lane, last Saturday morning, It was the cu etom of the foreman of Mr. Noblet on lo c ki ng up t h e p re mises a t night, to leave his dog in the f ron t s h op o f hi s we' s ter, and by its conti nual howling, the fire was found out,, and the poor animal saved. On th e b rea ki ng open o f the s h u tters it ran directly to the hou. e o f i ts ma st( in Bermondsey, who, hearing the ani ma l a t his door, feared that the premises of his employer had been robbed; and he hastened to Drury-lane, where he Sound his employer's stock and premises reduced to a hi sap of ruins. Pauperism is making frightful progress in Belgium The number of poor persons inscribed on the registers the charitable institutions is from 7 to 800,000, out of 4 millions of inhabitants, or nearly the fifth part of the population. The proportion is still more consider able in Flanders, where pauperism appears. to be passing !Into 1 chronic state, as in Irel an d. This state of this cgs is attributed to two causes, one accident a l an d t h e other organic—the dearness of articlos of food, and the . deca dence of the linen manufacture, occasioned by the ,rev( -7- ' lution which has taken place in the method of fabrAcA, Wu. S N 7 DECEMBER 26, 1846. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The following are quotations from the appendix to minutes of evidence taken before Commissioners on the occupation of land in Ireland, and consist of the leading portions of a paper on agricultural education, by Mr. Thomas Skilling, Model Farm, Glasnevin, Dublin, printed among the documents in that appendix: — That Ireland and her population are to be improved by the people themselves is, in my mind', an incontro vertible fact ; I mean the . people of all classes. The poverty, discontent, and turbulence of the great body of her inhabitants arise from ignorance, neglect, and mis management of their Weirs. That the lower orders are ignorant is not perhaps so much their own fault as that of the superior or higher classes, who have been placed in power and authority over them ; who ought to have been their natural guardians and instructors, but who have overlooked their duties and trust, and are now reaping the bitter fruits of their previous neglect. The chief cause, however, of the poverty of the masses arises from their own apathy, indolence, and mismanage ment. This cannot be too frequently brought forward, inculcated, and placed in the strongest point of view before the public mind. It is very wrong—it is cruel and wicked to make the people believe that the power of raising them from a state of degradation, wretchedness, and poverty, does net rest with themselves, but is pos sessed by some superior or extern power, whose caprice or malevolence is withholding their just rights, nay, the very necessaries and comforts of life from them. Nothing is so easily accomplished as to make a man be lieve that there is an excuse for all his errors, faults, and frailties ; and that there is a power over which he has no control, and which he may lay the blame that is producing all his embarrassments. This is peculiarly the case with farmers. It is no difficult matter with a farmer who is labouring his land in wet, among weeds, without stock, without manure, without any of the auxiliaries which would produce successful cultivation ; it is no difficult matter, I say, to convince him that all his evils arise from being rack rented, no matter what the rent he pays may be. He complains of the want of stock, the want of capital, at the same time he cannot be induced to use judiciously the producers of all capital, his bands and his soil. The want of competent know ledge among landed proprietors and their agents, has produced more misery and turbulence in Ireland than perhaps any other existing cause. It is pure igno rance that prompts a landlord or his agent to dis possess the small holders on his property, and to throw his estate into large farms, because he sees large farms in Great Britaifi, in a country differently circum stanced in every respect; and it is want of knowledge and something more that induces him to allow his land to be comparatively useless, grazing sheep and cattle at 20s. or 30s. per acre, yet charges the poor cottier from 84 to 12/. for raising his wretched subsistence, a crop of cup or lumper potatoes. It must be ignorance that pro duces these and a multitude of other evils. It is not any inclination or morbid desire on the part of the higher classes to persecute, distress, and render miserable their fellow-creatures under them; and though I point out the errors of the great, I by no means wish to adopt the too prevalent habit of attributing all the evils of Ire land, all the discontent and misery of her people, to the tyranny and oppression of her landlords. An unjust and malignant shout has been raised against them, kept up and joined in by those who should have known better. The great majority of them are kind, bene volent, and in every way disposed to promote the hap piness and comfort of the people under them. A bad landlord is the exception, not the rule. Ido believe the greatest anxiety prevailing among the landlord class at present is, how they shall best promote the pros perity of their tenants, and thereby increase their in come and improve their property ; but their almost general want of practical knowledge in the proper ma nagement and true value of land, and their supplying the vacancy with silly, sometimes pernicious advice, pre vents their accomplishing what they so much desire. We hear much of rack-rents and oppressive landlords, but if there were more improving tenants there would be fewer bad landlords. The people are steeped in igno rance and poverty. They are waiting in listless apathy, and calling on Parliament and Government to relieve their distress ; it never occurring to them that for the real purpose of improving their social condition, remov ing discomfort, and attaining a degree of prosperity and happiness, they have more in their ewn power than both, the Government and Parliament ; like the waggoner in the fable, they must "whip whip the horses, and put their shoulder to the wheel." Were all classes, from the landlord to the labourer, to lay their heads and minds together—have but one object in view, the improvement and happiness of the whole—act with mutual confidence, friendly feeling, and a continued reciprocal interchange of gocd offices; if ever this state of things arrive, the duties of Parliament and of Government will be very easily discharged. A man possessed of even a moderate share of agricul tural knowledge, scientific and practical, travelling on the top of a coach through Ireland, may easily explain the cause why the agricultural population are wretched and poor. Let him drive east, west, north, or south, even through the best cultivated districts, and he will find ample cause for the poverty of the people. He will see the whole face of the best natural soil and country intersected and covered with an immense number of large crooked and useless ditches and gripes ; the ground saturated with wet, from the rain that falls and cannot get off ; or from the large open gripes, which keep up a regular supply in the fields ; or from land springs or main springs, rising unheeded in different points through his fields ; at the same time the surface of the ground covered with stones, as if supplied for the necessary pur pose of drainage. He will see a portion of the land scratched and turned over by the plough three or four inches deep, the same portion and depth, that has been scratched and turned over by himself and his ancestors for centuries, completely exhaused by a succession of grain crops, and filled with roots of weeds which supply the chief ;crop of the following year. He will remark the total absence of anything like a regularly formed or respectable dung heap; the wretched stock running over two-thirds of his holding, summer and winter, it lying in miserable pasture for that purpose, without green food or sustenance for cattle to produce manure during the winter, or milk for the use of himself and family ; at November he finds the whole produce in the yard, a few small stacks of graih and a few pits of potatoes are all the man has to pay his year's rent, taxes, and other charges, clothe, and feed his family, and support his stock during the winter. Should the traveller go in another direction, he finds the scene changed —the whole face of the country has a different aspect, the farms are large, and all in pasture, with numerous splendid flocks of sheep and bullocks grazing upon them. This is the country for fattening the bullocks and starving the people ; here the oxen are luxuriating on the richest pastures, and the people starving on lumper potatoes in their miserable huts, without even a potato garden. Here the agent or middleman will let an acre of land to fatten cattle for 305., but charge the poor,labourer or cotter from fa. to 12/. for the iniquitous con-acre. The fair-green of Ballinasloe annually presents one of the most singular anomalies on the face of the earth, and a fair specimen of the effects of true Irish misrule, not Parliamentary or Executive misrule, but the mis rule and mismanagement of the proprietors of the soil, their agents and middlemen. We there see a spe cimen of the most beautiful, well-conditioned, highly-fed cattle and sheep in the world, and along with them the most wretched, lean, half starved, ragged, and miserable looking human beings to be found; and the very parties who create and perpetuate this injustice and oppiession, this anomalous state of things, which produces discon tent, turbulence, periodical famine, continued suffering and misery, these are the parties who are loudest in their stouts fur justice to Ireland, and who even go so far as to take the benefit of this misery, to excite the passions of the people to further their own selfish and political ends—these are the people who cry loudest for Government interference and Acts of Parliament to re lieve the misery in Ireland; yet were the Government to pass a law by which they would be compelled to break up their old pastures, raise green and grain crops, by which three times the present quantity of cattle could be kept on the land, and three times the number et people supported, all employed, well paid, and well fed—if such a law were announced that would interfere with their indolent, absurd, and iniquitous customs, it would be inet by them with more determined and . virulent opposi tion than a Coercion Bill, or the enforcing of martial law in the country. It is not new laws we want, it is a new change of sys tem, a change by all classes, and a change brought round by the combined efforts of the classes themselves, who alone have the power to achieve such desirable objects. It is not law, but knowledge we want ; it is not the nos trums of the Legislature, but the instruction from the schoolmaster. To read, write, and cipher, is considered quite a suf ficient education for a clodhopper ; and the blockhead of a family is almost universally selected for the far. mer. Every other trade or calling has a regular time, more or less, for its acquirement—the carpenter, mason, blacksmith, tailor, even the brogue-maker and chimney sweep must serve a certain apprenticeship before he is allowed or considered competent to practise his business. Not so the farmer. Any person capable of handling a spade, holding a plough, or performing any of the com mon practical farm operations—even those without any degree of practical knowledge—will without hesitation engage in a speculation to conduct all the various and complicated operations, managing in various soils, sea sons, courses of cropping, &c., which would require the highest degree of scientific knowledge and practical skill. Such things have kept the knowledge of the science and practice of agriculture so far behind al most all the mechanical trades and other profes sions, and steeped the great masses of the agricul tural population of the three kingdoms in compara tive ignorance. Such is this state of ignorance, that it has been, and I believe in some places is still de bated, whether it is possible or practicable to teach the great leading principles of the science and practice to schoolmasters and scholars, and diffuse this important education through the community the same as any other branch of knowledge. Thinks to the Commissioners of Education, this great question has been settled and set at rest. They are the first public or private body in the empire who conceived the idea, and put it in practical operation, of having the leading principles of the science and practice of agriculture taught in every school, to the children of the middle and lower classes, who attend . these schools; and after several years of trial and expe- PRICE SD. rience, the system has succeeded far beyond their most sanguine expectations, though the experiment has by no means been fairly carried out, nor did it get anythirg like justice. The want of funds and of books to carry forward the system has been much against its successful operation, yet we have seen as much as must convince the most sceptical that, with increased means, and some slight improvement in the mode of conducting the thing, in an incredibly short time, and at a trifling expense, this imFortant and indispensable branch of knowledge may be spread over the whole face of the country; incul cated and impressed on the youth and rising generation, whereby a thirst for knowledge and a taste fur all kinds of improvement will be the consequence, and an entire change in the habits and condition of the lower orders will be produced. The Board have begun at the right end of the subject —they propose to commence with the children, not the old people; and there is demonstrative proof that they are right. The plan adopted at the model farm for the purpose of training the masters, may be pointed out and explained. During the time the masters are in training in the lite rary department is that chosen for giving the agricul tural knowledge alto; all the teachers in connexion with the Board, amounting to 2,800 or more, are intended to he trained in both departments. Of this number nearly 700 have been already trained in agriculture during the past six years, since the model farm has been established. The men are brought up in classes, averaging sixty indi viduals at a time, and remain five months. They are lodged and fed in the neighbourhood of the model farm, and fed on the produce. Five mornings in the week they attend a lecture on gardening during half an hour; and a lecture on the science and praetice of agriculture during one hour—lectures and examinations alternately. The forenoon of every Saturday they go upon the farm and see all the practical operations going on there, and have everything important explained to them. During the course the lectures comprise the following sub , j ects:— "The usual and common errors prevailing in the management of land ; the effects of such and the reme dies." " The importance of clearing off and levelling useless ditches and fences." " The laying out farms in a regular and judicious manner, and according to a scien tific rotation." " Draining—its neglect, its importance, and effects ; different modes of." '• Deepening the soil, different modes of, and its importance." " The c3nse quences of following a succession of grain crops." "The importance of a rotation ; and the raising a sufficiency of green crops for cattle feeding." " All the most useful rotations explained." " The consequences of weeds growing upon land, and the best methods of extirpating them." " The importance of a large stock of cattle on all farms, particularly small." " Cattle make money and mature ; house-feeding them for that purpose summer and winter ; the kinds and quantities of food during the different seasons ; with the improved methods of care and feeding." " The error of keeping too many horses, or any at all, on a small farm ; the expenses attending a horse during the year, one horse displacing two cows ; the comparative profit or loss between cows and horses on small farms." " General state of housing—dwelling and offices ; modes of planning and laying out, how to place the different apartments ; the dung heap—how to collect and manage it during the year, to place it in rear of the houses ; the cowhouse, dairy, piggery," &c. "Habits of the people—indolence, carelessness, want of energy and economy, want of early habits of industry ; regardless of the value of time, &c." This is the first course. SECOND COURSE. " The importance of science to agriculture." " The sciences that ought to be studied—chemistry, geology, botany, vegetable physiology, animal physiology, and veterinary practice; mechanics, architecture, and a course of agricultural chemistry." " Nature of simple and compound bodies." " Nature of soils, chemical combi nations in ditto." " Use of soils, permanent improve ment of ditto." " Crops suitable to each; modes of cul ture and management." " Manures—organic and mineral ; their nature and chemical properties, modes of management, and proper application ; kinds suited to particular soils and crops." This is the second course. THIRD COURSE. " A general course of farm management during the year." " The various operations of ploughing (science of ditto), sowing, harrowing, digging, mowing, reaping, and housing crops." " Management of cattle, various breeds of ditto, feeding for milk and flesh, medical treat ment of cattle and horses, dairy management, milk, butter, and cheese, feeding of pigs," &c. All these subjects are discussed during the time of training. The men take a deep interest in the matter, and are extremely anxious to acquire knowledge; being mostly . from country parts, the sons of labourers or farmers, and having previously some practical know ledge, they become very clever before the course is over, and always excel at the examinations. They ac quire this knowledge with much facility, and they agree in stating that they can teach it to the children with the same facility, much easier and quicker than the common branches of a mathematical and commercial education. As a reward (to the teachers having a few acres) for proficiency in the management of their small holding, and for an efficient manner of teaching the science in the school, a small premium or gratuity be given them annually to pay the rent of their holding, or so, according to merit, upon the report of the agricul tural inspector or superintendent; one or more of these superintendents to be appointed by the Board for the purpose of looking after such matters, and particularly the district agricultural schools. There can be no doubt but agricultural schools and model farms attached, established on correct principles, and conducted on a proper system, &c., placed in diffe rent parts of the country, would tend more than any thing else to accelerate the progress of agricultural im provement. The people must have an example before their eyes of superior management and modes of money making, before they will give up their absurd practices, and adopt an improvement. These schools and farms would be the central situation and the medium of con veying information through an extended district. It is on such farms that absurd practices can at once be broken through and exposed, and a new principle carried out with success. These ought to be experimental as well as model farms ; for they ought to be not alone placed in different situations and localities, but on different soils and in different heights in the atmosphere, by which the most valuable and important experiments could be carried out. In fact they might be an immense and efficient machine for disseminating in the shortest possible time, and at the lowest possible cost, a su perior and important education through every part c,f the country. The great question next arises, how is this machine to be constructed in the shortest time, in the simplest manner, and at the cheapest rate ? for expensive machinery is entirely out of the question in this country, and cannot be a proper example. My own opinion is, that in establishing such schools and farms in any part of Ireland, or on any gentleman's property, no portion c f the public money voted by Parliament for the education of the poor, ought to be expended in making perma • nent improvements on, or embellishing any private pro perty. I should say that a landlord who is to enjoy the benefits of such an ins:itution among his tenants, and secured in the due payment of the rental, is entitled to give a lease at a fair rent, according to the quality and situation of the land, and construct all the necessary farm buildings, likewise make, or assist to make, all permanent improvements, such as fencing, draining, &c. The Board may be fairly called on to build and furnish a school-room, but no more. They ought also to train and prepare a competent teacher at the model farm establishment, Glasnevin, and give him a fixed salary as an agricultural teacher. There ought at all such dis trict schools to be two teachers, an in-door literary teacher, and an out-door agricultural head teacher, the latter to pay the rental and all expenses of the farm, and to have the produce and income tor his use, the same as he model-farm, Glasnevin, Lough Ash, and Cloghan. ANOTHER FALL OF SNOW, AND DETENSION OF THE MAILS.—A considerable quantity of snow has fallen in various parts of the country, which has again had the effect of detaining the mails atne.st generally; and Thi r - day na.,rning it was announced that no hiss than six. one bags were overdue, comprising the Dublin , Belfast, Cork, Clonmel, Derry, Drogheda, &c. ; tht, Ripon, and others from Wales ; Shropshire, Bertford - shire, Monmouthshire, Staffordshire, D. rsetshire, De vonshire:, &c. At eleven o'clock the Devonshire mail came in. The new line of railway from Carlisle to Lancaster has been opened for two trains in each direction, and the trains have arrived at their destination without interrup tion from snow, notwithatanding its elevation in places is nearly 1,000 feet above the sea. DARING AND EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—On Wed nesday morning, between one and two o'clock, the resi dence of the Misses Rawson, No. 4, Tilney-street. South Audley-street, was entered by burglars. The ladies are at present on the continent, and they had left the man sion to the care of a steward, who, however, did not sleep upon the premises, only being there in the day time to receive letters &c. On the previous evening. he had left the house perfectly secure. Yesterday morning ho went as usual, and on opening the front door, he NI as surprised to see the hall strewed with articles of wearing apparel and several small articles of jewellery. He immediately went to the Vine-street police station, and gave notice to the inspector on duty, that the house had been broken open. Inspector Whale and Sergeant Grey at once proceeded to the spot, and on a careful examination of the premises found that the thieves had effected an entrance by scaling a wall, fourteen feet high, in the rear of the premises, and from thence, after breaking open two doors, they had proceeded to the upper part of the house, where they broke open the wradrobes, and took every article that they could lay their hands on. They even tore the silver handles from a quantity of knives and forks, and took the silver tops from the cruets. They also broke open a jewel case, which contained several valuable antique articles of jewellery. Four empty wine bottles wore found on the . drawing-room table, from which it appeared that the thieves had regaled themseltes previously to taking their departure. IMPORTATION OP ORANGES. Three vessels ar rived from St. Michael's, on Monday, at the wharfs ad joining the Custom-house, having, together, 1,477 large boxes, and 290 small boxes of the superior kinds of oranges, the production cf the place; and on the follow ing day, five vessels arrived from the same place, having, collectively, 2,201 large, and 267 small boxes of this esteemed description of fruit, which is just now becom ing ripe. THE NAVY. (From the Times.) It is very much to be wished that some cempefent nuthorities would complete the task N't hick Admiral Bowles lately projectedeend -giere_the country e Fe , _ and intelligible view of the state of its naval force. Such a report would be fully as serviceable to the Adminis tration as satisfactory to the people ; for there is no single subject on which misrepresentations are so easily made, or alarm so readily taken. No doubt a certain measure of trouble and inquiry would produce the re quired inCormation, but it is not every person who has leisure to collect the details, or is competent to form :he estimate. The force of the French and American navies is perhaps more clearly understood than the strength of our own, for succinct tabular statemeets are frequently issued by these Powers ; and we lately trans t4red to our own columns a royal ordinance of Louis Philippe, which conveyed as clear a view of the French marine as could possibly be desired. So far are we from anticipating any exposure, or conceiv ing that any discreditable considerations dis-usde the publication of such documents, that we firmly believe the subject would be set at rest at once by a simple statement of facts. We are convince d that. to say the hest since 1840, our navy and our coast de fences have been improved arid strengthen , d more qui.- tly perhaps, but more a ffectually, than during an) atvitlar period prt4iously, and that the-e reforms have been radical and not superficial, going to the very source of any mal-arrangements affecting the efficiency of our ships or the condition of our seamen. We have doubt less much to learn in the construction of war steamers, and in that perhaps of sailing ships too; but, though our experience might possibly be purchased at a cheaper rate than the present, yet we have no idea of represent ing' the rivalry of two architectural schools as fraught with ruin to our marine. Our ships will be good enough for our sailors, whether built by Sir William or by the college which he superseded; and probably the worst craft ever constructed by either is far better than the vessels furnished to Nelson or Jezvis, even if consider. d relatively to the improved materiel of our opponents. We know of no person more competent to discharge the task in question than Admiral Bowles himself, if he would only satisfy the conditions he so clearly enounces, and make his pages more in accord with his preface. In fact the Gallant Admiral seems to be entitled to some of the credit of the regulations we have so lately recorded in our naval intelligence, and which promise so much towards our security and our strength. We detailed last week the particulars of the measure, by which a reserve force of nearly 5,000 men, always available, will be added to the ordinary guard of our dockyards and arsenals, an addition gained at a very small expense and in the best possible fashion by organising and training in gunnery practice and simple military evolutions a hardy and robust body of men, already possessed of an esprit de corps, and who, by a little judicious management on the part of their officers, may easily be brought to look upon their new duties as a source of amusement and pleasure. Some measure of this sort we presume Admiral Bowles was contemplating when he suggested, in August last, "a complete revision of all our existing establishments,with a view of bringing every person employed in the mili tary departments into a general arrangement for the defence of his own locality, which would enable him to repair to his post without alarm or confusion." No doubt can exist of the expe diency of such an arrangement, and we are sure that if it is only conducted with proper tact, the men themselves will be the last to complain of it. We wish we could now state, that on the most important point rof all—that of providing an effective supply of trained sailors to man our ships in case of an emer gency—we were aware of any satisfactory measure at present in contemplation. There are here two questions to be considered,—the method of engaging the services of able seamen, and the method of retaining them ; and hitherto we have been as improvident in one respect as we were arbitrary in the othm r. We had no sooner col lected a ship's complement with some trouble, and trained them with great pains, than we turned them adrift on the wcrld again ; and as the small number of men-of-war's people found in the merchant service— barely four per cent of the whole—shows that they did not mainly resort to this quarter for employment. it follows, almost as a matter of course, that our trained and disciplined seamen betook themselves to another country for the wages they could no longer find in their own. There was, however, a circular issued from the Admiralty about three months ago, which cannot be too generally published, as it obviates this mischief in no incon-iderable degree. Its tenor was as follows : " Memorandum.—ln all future cases when any of her Majesty's ships are about to be paid off, their Lordships desire it may be distinctly explained to the men that if they choose to continue in the service they may have a month or six weeks' leave of absence, during which time their time and pay will go on, and that they will be at liberty to join any of her Majesty's ships fitting out at any ports upon their return from such leave. " Their Lordships further desire that every facility may be given to the men to deposit their hammocks, clothes, &c., in the do .kyards during their stay on shore, in the manner proscribed by their memorandum, dated April 13, 1842, the object of which their Lordships de. sire muy be frilly impressed upon the men, and the regu lation .strictly attended to. " BY command of their Lordships, " Sept. 1, 1846. ‘• 11. G. WARD. "'Po all Flag-officers, Commanders-in-Chief, " Captains, and Commanders of her " Majesty's ships and vessels." Perhaps, it is hardly worth while to contend for the exclusive credit of so obvious a suggestion; but we may remark, that Admiral Bowles had hinted a month before, that "Ships returning from foreign service, in good con dition (not requiring more than two months' repair), should not be paid off, but that the crews should have six weeks' leave of absence, offering all those who had served above a certain period their discharge or re-entry for another term." But little difficulty is apprehended, by persons acquainted with the subject, in retaining the services of those sailors who have been lately afloat. A good seaman is rarely desirous of changing his berth. The Queen's service is anything but unpopular to those who know its character; and though the pay is small, yet there is a compensation in the allowances and other matters which does raise it above its nominal value. It is certainly found, in practice, that the men are content enough with their plight, and far from wishing to roam. The disinclination to the pennant is discovered precisely in those quarters where the tradition of the last war, and the mischievous libels of crimps, and others interested in scaril" , - the sailor from his best service, are least cor rected by experience and observation. There are no ports where the Queen's service is so popular as at Ply mouth or Portsmouth, while our greatest shipping towns scarcely supply a volunteer. It is clear, however, from the readiness with which eligible lads entered for the navy the other day, when a week's opportunity was offered them—and which was such as to satisfy the de mand in a much shorter space than might have been pre sumed—that we have the means at hand for providing against any calls not very immediate. The difficulty of the main question is this:—We cannot meet an emer gency without a reserve; and we cannot keep a reserve without an expense which might be misrepresented and censured. The problem, therefore, in the solution of which many heads have been occupied, is the reconcile ment of these differences; or the division, if possible, of both the cost and services of the reserve corps between the State and some other body;—in other words, it is sought so far to alienate these services as fo make it worth while for another party to hire them; and so far to retain them, that they may be secured at a few days' notice. Some of the plans proposed for this purpose we may notice on a future occasion. SHIPWRECK. MORETON BAY, Ace. 13.—This port has again afforded a place of refuge to a shipwrecked crew, cast away among the numQrous reefs to the northward on the 17th of July last. The particulars of the loss of this vessel are here subjoined : Schooner Dundee Mer chant, Owen Davis master, of and from Hobart own, the sth of January last , upon a whal ng voyage T , was, whilst cruising on the east coast of New Holland, set (before daylight or the morning of the 11th ult.) by the current upon the extensive reefs stretching out from New Caledonia. Owing to the chronometer being broken, and thereby rendered useless, the vessel ha 1, by being worked by dead reckoning, got nigh upon 200 miles out of her emu se ; no indication of the vicinity of danger was observed the evening before the unfortunate occurrence, nor was any broken water discovered by the watch pre vious to the v. ssel striking, and it was only upon day light breaking th , y were enabled to discover their true positi ,, r. A very short time after the schooner grounded she all hopes acre theretere at once abandoned of saving the craft, and instant preparations made to leave the wrcck in the three whale boats. A small quantity of biscuit, about two cwt., was got into the boats, with a few breakers of water, with which the l4oats shoved off to a small sand) island lying about 12 miles distant, at which place they remained two days, fitting their little crafts with canvas wash-streaks, to en able arm to contend against the boisterous waves. Finding it impossible to get to windward so as to fetch New Cale donia, they bore away for New Holland, the Northum berland Isles wer. sighted on the 24th ult., and they were enabled to land shortly afterwards on this coast, near Kepple Bay, to procure water ; as usual, the blacks watched an opportunity to attack the weary mariners, at a moment when they were unfortunately unprepared, their fire-arms being unloaded, having previously been fired off at some birds ; upon the men retreating to their boats, one poor fellow received a spear wound in his breast, several others had very narrow escapes, spears passing through their clothes, and the feet of those who were very destitute of shoes were much cut and lacerated with running over the oyster-shells ; fortunately the whole got into the boats and pushed off from this inhospitable shore, leaving behind some of their water-kegs. After enduring incredible hardships and privations, by land and sea, they made this port on the 31 instant, when happily the schooner NUL Liam was working up to the river; Captain Ereeman immediately administered to their individual wants, and brought the whole of them, 15 in number, to Brisbane. Captain Allen, of the steamer Tamer, kindly gives a passage to Sydney to the master and mate, with four of the seamen. The distance traversed by these unfortu nate seamen, in their boats, is little short of 1 ; 9 00 miles; their escape at this particular season of the year, in the Thesl 5 y r e r late strong smith-west gales, may be considered a l mos t Miraculous. The Dundee Merc ,a l t t v,.o a r n a y t 4.o h l. a — d 0 dtnh b e ay e Herald boatsel es r of d NN yesterday, el. d cast ay sperm oiold l at tn auction,boar d of Aug. 19. The Minister of the Interior has just sent a cir cular letter to the prefects of the departments, calling upon them to exercise a ver y r i g id surv eillance over the hospitals, for the purpose of preventing further attempts at proselytism on the minds of the patients. The Mi nister regards these attempts as eontrary to the funda mental laws of the state, which guarantee liberty of conscience and an equal protection to all persons, whatever may be their religious faith.—Galignani. aro 10 Laciait: !cal 0 rr,nle o ' g Crca • ,aon urouilt writ- Lat asurei ill ; or inS t, I they One. ~. 30Ug iealed Fork govt.- 1, Se - I I: R. L. l o os. nhal:' cord' i 0 sr'' r or ion 0 Atha ,vrint end ;eat bar -1041 1- tote anti" a Ire 00 0 trent' 111 4 id., 3- i CA t° is no' >ro e ' ti 4131 pric. %IDYL Ois e off, t au %sa g ' rwia oth° ryou sea° 'nee' ttAlt; , 0 0- 01 p svi; Vs° so a IA 001