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STEAM TO ITALY.- ( FLORENCE, ROME, The PES &c PENINSUL4R and L ORIENT .) AL STEAM NAVIGA- IeiCOMPANY beg to announce that their new Steam ship IB ER, Captain OLIVE, b u ilt an d fitted up expressly for this ei will start tro m S outhampton on WEDNESDAY, the 30 t h o f Sep tember,oNarl:h ) r e Gerioa, Leghorn, Citiva Vecchia, au i t Naples ; and thence- Company w:Il dispatch a steamer re3ularly on the 15th r er.ymontli to those ports.- n I nes travelling t o It a l y w ill fi n d this route expeditious, eco alai interesting. ]Sates, for first-class passengers, servants, horses, and carriages, Dr for goers and,parcels, may be had on application at the Com s om A ces, al, St. Mary-axe, London. ut, 1 9, 1846. THE GRAND NASSAU BALLOON.-Mr. taea GRE EN will ascend with &large party of Ladies and Gentle, CREMORNE GARDENS, King's-road, ChelzPa, on 11 4 (1 ) Ar next, August 31, at Six o'clock.—Admission, Is. ; Children, becri e „j.„• — poors open at One o'clock, to witness the inflation by Das Meter. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Tt N ,The Directors of this Company are ready to RECEIVE bentarDeri bearing v fo r a ' - "-. l tS for LOAN.; of MONEY, in sums of not less than 1,0001., e or Seven Years, on the security of mortgage de payables, interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, St th e Q hal f - YearlY.—Application may be made to the undersigned, Railway Office, Paddington Station. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. ERSET, AND SOUTHAMY ,\-otiee TON JUNCTION RAILWAY. ford ti • — The Holders of the few outstanding Shares are hereby in by ap p i i ' a t they may receive the payment agreed to be made thereon th e se .eation at the offices, 26, Gresham-street, City, and leaving "I ) a few days previously with the secretary. 11. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary. Lo ndon A 7, 1846, 1) ÜBLIN, DUNDRUM, AND RATFIFARN- HAM RAILWAY COMPANY. bQee Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 's hereby given, that in pursuance of a Requisition from aa reholders of the said Company, dated 19th of August, 1846, hi y al ,? the aggregate 110 Shares, a meeting of the Shareholders 'ante-st.'°rnPany will be held at the Company's Offices, No. 12, hes t reet, Dublin, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th day of September thei;;: a t the hou r o f O ne o ' c l oc k , a ft ern oon, for determining whether t ittah,', ll „ e rshlP or Company of the said Dublin, Dundrum, and Rath -1'1%04— nallway Company shall be dissolved, pursuant to the pro- Dat ec r the Act of the 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 28. s ; this 25th day of August, 1846. Coe h t e n c l_ bY and on behalf of the Board of Directors of the said GEORGE PRESTON, Chairman. I) E NDRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND Th CANAL ANY. Este hectors give notice to those COMP parties who have not paid the royal kl ._ o / 2/ per share, that the tine fixed for such payment by the thileuß,Ttutes expired on TUESDAY last, the 25th instant, and that I, lll,h u „ e sane be paid within one month afterwards, the shares Th e "ee provisions of the said statutes, be liable to forfeiture. aft er tLlnterest due up to the 30th June last will be payable on and g e 3 0th September next. . _ . 11 Old BRACKSTONE BAKER, Secretary. Jewry Chambers, Aug. 27, 1846. 14 I YERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW (Late 'l - TLE-PON-TYNE JUNCTION AIWY OMPANY. ski AvS erPool U , Manchester, and Newcastle-upo RL n- A C Tyne Junction, Lan cashire, and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now 4'194n - wed.) oen t ,`,.`" is hereby given, that interest at the rate of four pounds per Ist d;:. ter annum, will be allowed on the present deposits, from the The July last, and on all future calls fm the date of ayment. 4zia .Uterect on Such deposits to become due on the let day ofJanuary, first day of July, of which due notice will be given. By order, THOS. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. W. II INGRAM, / Secretaries. Att u 11, 1846. C. MOORE WILSON, 14 I YERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW (ite ASTLE -IT PON-TY NE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, .411verpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction, Aeut, Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now Th e ii ( amated). Meted (e alster of Shares in this undertaking being now nearly corn mtrai. all holders of scrip who have not yet forwarded the same for re be 2 n n are requested to do so thout delay, as the share register absolutely clesed ou the Ist wi day of OCTOZER next, after which ht th2 lll Shares not transmitted for that purpose will be registered It Ines of the original allottees. tar, a nd Newcastle that the Scrip in the original Liverpool, Manchet ferve,r`lCevrcastle upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company may be the Scrims to the Secretary, at 22, Parliament-street, London, and Colo n TI ) In the original Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Will send to the Secret a ry, at 31, Princess-street, Manchester, who rem Th e ; an acknowlegment for the same. Certificates under the common seal of the Company will be to the delivery in a short time, of which due notice will be given n haeholder By order, (Si gned) THOS. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. W. H. INGRAM / Secretaries. i -Au 1, 1846. C. MOORE WILSON LATE 1441WASHIRE AND _NORTH YORK- SHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. 11 1 , T „ REGISTRATION OF SCRIP. to th e `;`,'LDERS OF SCRIP in this Company are hereby referred d z iewe n iv ertiaernent, set forth by the Liverpool, Manchester, an 41,1 gto7 tle-11 Pon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, under date 11th lie g i s ;` (axin g the first of October neat as the day on which the Share 4 0ti ce ` er ,ef that Company will closed), and are requested to take er b , e that all Shares in this Company, not sent into this office, on r°llhw7.e that day, will positively, and without farther notice, be haw ', L I' REGISTERED In c h e names of, and the sealed certificates Lo the original allot By order, kereta„, El C. MOORE WILSON, Secretary. ' Office, 31, Princes-street, Manchester. L 2 6th day of August, 1846. ONDONDERRY and COLERAINE RAIL- At COMPANY. -4111;;'41-e I - LAU-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the 1 , 48 4 ,.0T.DER5, held at the Company's offices, No. 5, Church- G hildhall, London, on Friday, the 28th day of August, 1846, T ha tv.. J. G. FRITH, Esq., in the Chair ; Put from the Chair and unanimously resolved r el t he Report of the Directors and the Financial Statement now ghat r eceived adopted. t he four Directors who go out of office by rotation—viz., Sir 1 1 4, '1 Campbell, William Leathern, Philip Haubury, and Robert thi,hat - P 0 , ,, be re:elected Directors of pgy ;Co klil l a n n mon Jacob Waley, Esq., be elected one of the Auditors of 43 Proposed by WILLIAM S. Born, Esq., seconded by TimmAa That U. Toorm, Esq., and unanimously resolved— oth tt be left to the discretion of the Directors to take such legal eaell"Pearrtseps Inc enforcing the payment of arrears of call, as shall in rests or the eular case 2 eem to them to be most conducive to the inte „ro Company. It was posed by SoLouorr J. WALET, Esq., so °ended by I. A. That the GaoontE Esq ., and unanimously resolved— % Marked tkanits of this meeting be given to the Chairman, the Directors who formed the deputation to inspect t 1 , i n 4 ,2oard of Directors generally, for their increasing attention er to the s ' v 'elts of the Shareholders. J. G. FRrril, Chairman. FREDERICK H. HEMMING, Secretary. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY COMPANY. 1101 the Ordinary HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the SHARE tItynS L , held at the Company's Office, No. 5, Church passage, ondon, on Thursiay, the 27th day of August, 1846. It J. G. FRITH, ESQ. IN THE CHAIR. T hat put from the Chair, and unanimously resolved— ilLi•ltat the Report of the Directors and the Financial Statement 1t',1.,r "" !ad be received and adopted." Proposed by HENRY SKTNNEL Esq., seconded by HENRY GIL BERT, Esq., and unanimously resolved— " That it be left to the discretion of the Directors to take such legal o_tker steps fez enforcing the payment of arrears of calls as shal l , te r tn Particular case, seem to them to be most conducive to the in `'''S of the Company." It was put from the Chair, and unanimously resolved— he4ollnat the four gen tl emen w ho retire by rotation from the Di ,Vi Philip Hanbury, John Leathern, George Tyrrell, and 1 %,' W ar r en , Esqs., be re-elected Directors of this Company. eot a " a t John Elliott, Esq., be re-elected one of the Auditors of this It ~,,DanY." 111•8 Pro Posed by HENRY SKYNNER, Esq., seconded by G. H. VAN. • 1 7 DEPUT, Esq., and unanimously resolved — ch it , at the cordial thanks of the Shareholders be given to the St thn;n Fairs and Directors for their zealous and judieious management of the Company." J. G. FRITH, Chairman. FRED. H. HEMMING, Secretary. bi-REAT SOUTHERN of MADRAS RAlL ellino WAY COMPANY, ft.m Negapatam and Nagore, vli Tri - Dow and Paulgh s ut, to Poonany and Calicut. i 0 1 eiiptio•,n4.areholder will be liable beyond the amount of his sub- liste red.) Ca pital 2,000 , 000/ . in 40,000 (Provision Shares of g 5 01. each ; 10,000 reserved fur 1)6.- India. and •.a. per Share, being the largest deposit allowed by Act 7 e on, . Victoria, cap. - 110, which limits the deposits on shares in a 04 . 11 Y until final registration to 10s. per cent. lia niel PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Capt., -apt., --odes, Esq., Intake Mansfield. .1 0 ,, e 'la Rutledge, Claremont-square, late of Madras. Ca ph Peplow, Esq„ Peplow, Shropshire. ,/ 0 , 4 , 111 Windall, Hermitage-street, London Docks , and Chelsea . eep?", Maynard, Esq., Albany-street, Regent's park. g eo , Hackne. r " Abbott Sercome , Esq., Haverstoek- Park-place terra ce, Hampste y ad. (With power to add to their number.) —Union Bank of London, Argyll-street, Itegent-street. Sor.icrio7.- 2 -WTitedett, Esq., Cheapside. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Henry Cassell. _t i s lications for shares to be addressed to the Secretary, at the wb er ! of the Company, 13, George-street, Mansion House, London, 4411: forms of application and prospectuses may be obtained. No can be received after the 31st day of August, 1846. 'VIE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER Th. 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved! Patentees'ph e atentees beg to call public atte n t ion to the following facts , st r i ki stivantages resulting from the invention are various and busting' Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com hith ( " 1 is perfect and the brilliancy produced superior to any light erto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns er e :" for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects u,,, 'ls the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; it,;'e are entirely obviated by the " PATENT 'IrNIVERSAL GAs ta -aN a." As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is com -4,,Y supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for _houses, hotels, manufactories, and publie buildings. One of the 1:1 141 1 burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum 7 50 easurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of w aste or trouble. ti : 11 .2 Merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing opinionsf7other known light, are shown by the annexed authentic x . of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. r set from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Tuesday, 26th May, 1846, Sir Joule RENNIE, President, in the Chair. gas burner of &novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. - P r inciPal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre, tl L the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. he a , ai r Passing up through the hollow stem of the buttop, was a nd ?d, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, In the Shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with Th_ c arbUretted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, was was quite white down the top of the barner, was very steady, M I amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, „ e these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption thernese burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying power of the two lightsby the photometer, the new burner gave a "* ""- 2 -21e,L , with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. 4 01 , 1 , e Ecinvic CHEMICAL Scnoor.—" In testing Clark, McNiell, to ns Universal Ga 3 Burner with one of the best shawdowless to 25 e rs, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 Per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, ~ CERTIFICATE. l'atenta,Berieg of experiments made upon Clark , Mc Melt, and Co.'s Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta arga.s:' ti n economy and the quality of the light. Tested aga inst ,lugurners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a .1.1 Of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish — tail burners, tier 2 40 '0 any per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe other burner." . . - T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. to The ERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly t4tir.„",sGO, Intitution, and may e had and see from 11 4, at the n e St. Martin's-lane b , Charing-cross n ; and of all till Gas Fitters !lam LADIES TRAVELLING, ail the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of IRthe San, will find ONVLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing atel the ysaffording the gu n ,. PreParation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immedi pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of burn F reckles , Tan, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated Durif e Kalydo r , and the skin rendere d delicately soft and clear. Its Lion Fluff and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec of to,. IV the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those t o ,."' Continent of Europe, together with the " elite" of the A ris braeeY and Haute Vole," from the sultry climes of India, and the Czar w a ing.me nia of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the ...„, _ and ' Il i ? as- 6d. t heSalons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. 6d. per bottle. Ifent u tterly ruin ous : Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin to the complexion, and which, by their repel ;torten, end anger health. The only genu i ne has t h e wor d s and SON, KALYDOR " on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND R on. N, 20, H a t ton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the bottle Commissioners) ou the Government Stamp affixed on each atise l r3 db Y the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per- All out., ....7dors" are fraudulent counterfeits. tT. rs. were th, for ; ported fen ce. cry G ; i „ p le , F. L 1 a. of 001.' ick, i, Jo" tan fleiht ' r. use. I% l °l [e" f i , sher 'r s, Lb 31 ' W 3 ,1 ‘, 1 1 51 1 pso. ; 00 .4 0 Ivo' ,c e,l, 04, 3 or tte' ,1 10 irjoi , j o• 10' .)1: 1 the /1, No. 1 831,6, PUBLICATIONS. POSES PL ASTIQUE, or MOVING TABLEAUX VIVAN3. IT ALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, HAYMRAKET. Professor TURNOUR, to acquiesce with the numerous requests of several subscribers and patrons, Intends rapeating the GRAND REHEARSAL (which was received on Wednesday last with general delight) on MONDAY EVENING NExT, August 31. To render this entertainment peculiarly distingue, the prices of admission will be— Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. The much-admired Tableaux, Venus Rising from the Sea, the Rainbow Nymphs, Three Graces, &c,. every Afternoon and Evening, till further notice.—Stalls. 2s. ; Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ./ REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING. The Select Committee appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to the Printing executed by order of this House, and for the purpose of Select ing and Arranging for Printing Returns and Papers presented in pursuance of molions made by Members of this House, which may be referred to the said Committee ; have considered the several matters re ferred to them, and have agreed to the folio aing report: — In discharge of the duties entrusted to them by the House, Mr. Speaker and the Printing Committee have been endeavouring, for some years past, to introduce every practicable improvement in the form, of printing Accounts and Papers, and in the arrangements and compression of their contents. The results which have already been attained iuduce your Committee to hope that, with the co-operation of the House, they may be enabled still further to improve the character of Parlia mentary Papers, and to effect a considerable pecuniary saving. _ Qn the 31st inst. will be published, price 6d., No. ll►. of the A L MANACK OF THE MONTH A REVIEW OF EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY. Edited by GILBERT ABBOTT A BECKET', London : Publiihed at the " Punch " Office, 85, Fleet-street On the 31st inst. will be published, No XXI. of D OUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE, Containing, Sampson Hooks and his Man. Joe Ling. By W. Howitt—The Gibbet ; Its Death and Burial—Our Brother who Lovett] without Hope—Curiosities of Christenings—The True Support of Genius—Young Squire Benlow—The Age of Practice—Pearls from Popish Places HISTORY FOR YOUNG ENGLAND Reviews, &c. &c. London : Published at the " Punch " Office, 85, Fleet-street. 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 .appo , ntment 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. OLIVER TWI S T. BY CHARLES DICKENS, With Illustrations by GEORGE Camasuarm, and the latest Corrections and Alterations of the Author. No. IX. will be published on the 31st instant, price Is. To be com• pleted in Ten Numbers. London : Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. .13ORTRAITS by the AGENCY of LIGHT. Mr. BEARD, sole Patentee of the Daguerreotype, ha. recently introduced a NEW PROCESS of COLOURING PHOTO GRAPHIC PORTRAITS, which, with other improvemedts, imparts a more life-like, and beautiful effect than has hitherto been attained. Roars, Nine till Six, at 85, King . William-street, City ; 34, Yana ment•street ; and the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street. On the Ist of September will be published, price Is., copiously Illus trated by Leech, No. 111. of the _ _ _ There are three matters deserving special attention in any attempt to improve the 53 stem of Parliamentary statistics :-Ist. Care in framing orders for returns ; 2dly. The preparation of blank forms ; and 3dly. The arrangement of the returns for printing. Each of these points has been recommended to the notice of the House by committees in previous years ; and it may be desir able to state briefly the arrangements which have already been proposed and carried into effect in con nexion with these objects. _ _ . COMIC HISTORY of ENGLAND. By GILBERT ABBOTT a BECKETT. This Work is published in Monthly Parts, illustrated by John Leach, with One Large Etching, and from Six to Twelve Wood Engravings. It will comprise from Twelve to Twenty Parts, and will appear regularly with the Monthly Magazines until its com pletion. " A great improvement has been effected by the patentee.—Times, April 22. HOT WEATHER.—TRAVELLING-.—SEA SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, 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 tho neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." London : Published at the " Punch" Office, 85, Fleet-street. In One Volume Bvo., price Eighteen Shillings, T HE CONQUEST of SCIND E A Commentary. _ _ . z 1 THE LATE MURDER AT GUILD- In 1830; the Library Committee suggested, " That it be recommended to all Members intending 'to move for returns, in the first place to find out from the Librarian whether the same return, either in form or substance, has not already been moved for and printed ; in which case such order may be so shaped by the Members as only to embrace any new matter which may be requisite for the information of the House." It had previously been by no means an uncommon practice for Members either to move for papers which had already been printed, or for information contained in documents which were before the House under other titles. The gradual adoption by Members, of the advice of the Library Committee has not only prevented many papers from being moved for, but has introduced, more gene rally, the practice of ordering returns which contain the required information in an improved form. But another difficulty presented itself in the multiplication of bulky documents which were returned to the House, in compliance with its orders, ill-arranged, imperfect, and often unintelligible. These were constantly ordered to be printed, on the motion of MeMbers, without any previous examination, and these defects were not dis covered until the expense of printing them had been needlessly incurred. To obviate this evil, which was universally acknowledged, the Select Committee on Public Documents, in the Second Report in 1833, offered the following suggestions : " The cost of printing might on many occasions be altogether saved, if the papers moved for by Members were placed in the Library, and an index made to afford a facility of reference : as this matter is arranged at present, it is difficult to refer to papers not printed, and many bulky returns are printed at a considerable ex pense, which are not consulted by more than three or four Members." The Standing Committee on the Library immediately took the subject into consideration, and reported in 1834, " That by a recent arrangement, all papers pre sented in pursuance of orders or of addresses of the House are deposited in the Library during the current session, in order to facilitate access to such as are not at once ordered to be printed. This regulation is particu larly offered to the attention of the House, as the ready inspection afforded by this arrangement may frequently either prevent the printing papers which do not convey the information sought, or may present the opportunity of abstracting from bulky returns all which may be ne cessary for the use of the House. This plan, it is hoped, has already had some effect in diminishing the quantity of printing." The Printing Committee, in 1841, having had their attention directed to the results of the plans which had been suggested by former Committees, and carried out under Mr. Speaker's superintendence ; and, considering that further advantages might be obtained by repeating former recommendations, and suggesting means for in creasing this efficiency, agreed to the following resolu tions : " Ist. That every Member be. recommended, before he gives notice of a motion for a return, to consult the Li brarian of the House of Commons. " 2dly. That after the order for a return has been made by the House, the Librarian do prepare, when ne cessary, a form, to be submitted to Mr. Speaker for his approval ; and that such form shall be. forwarded, with the order, in the usual manner. "3dly. That before any return which has been pre sented to the House shall be ordered to be printed, it shall be inspected by the Librarian, and approved by the Speaker. 4thly. That Mr. Speaker be requested to make such arrangements as may be necessary for giving effect to these resolutions." Your Committee have reason to believe, that consider able advantage has already been derived from the sug gestions contained in the first and second of these reso lutions ; but they are anxious to impress upon Members the expediency of availing themselves more generally of the assistance which they may obtain in the library, in framing the orders for returns, and preparing suitable forms to accompany them. Mr. Speaker lost no time in carrying into effect, as far as possible, the resolutions of the Committee of 1841. In that year, however, he was unable to effect any material improvement in the system of preparing accounts and papers for printing ; but in succeeding years the ar rangements he has made have been very successful. The printing of numerous returns has been altogether pre vented ; and the information contained in many papers has been arranged and abstracted in a most satisfactory manner. Great care has been taken in preparing sum maries, and in many cases the summaries alone have been printed. The more immediate object of these arrangements has been the improvement of the papers, and this object has often been attained where a diminution of the expense of printing was practicable ; but your Committee have much satisfaction in reporting, that this system of printing ab stracts of papers, recommended by the Library Com mittee in 1834, has caused a considerable public saving. Mr. Speaker has laid before the Committee a return which has been prepared by his direction, by Mr. Han sard, showing the expense of printing each abstract which has been made, with an estimate of the expense which would have been incurred by printing the return in the form in which it had been presented to the House. From this statement it appears that at the end of the session of 1845, a saving had been effected of 7,1001. A saving of this amount in little more than four years, and produced in the printing of comparatively a small num ber of papers, lead your Committee to expect that in future a very considerable reduction of expense may be effected, by extending more generally the system of ab stracts to various classes of documents which they have hitherto thought it necessary - to print in extenso, and by a more strict revision of all papers before they are ordered to be printed. Your Committee, therefore, earnestly recommend the perusal of the resolutions of the Printing Committee of 1841, and call the attention of the House to the fact, that whatever saving has been effected by abstracting the papers hitherto printed, the greatest public economy, as well as the most useful results, are to be expected from the manner of moving for accounts and papers in future. Your Committee further beg to remind the House, that, in order to effect a practical reformation of the system of Parliamentary printing, the rule should be -strictly adhered to of giving notice of any paper about to be moved for, in order that the House may have ample time to consider whether the information is al. ready on the table, and whether the expenses of collect ing it are not so great as to render it necessary for the House to decline making their order -for the production of the papers • and the House should, in extreme cases , require from the Government their opinion as to the ex pediency of incurring the expense of procuring the in formation required. Many papers are moved for during each session on matters purely local ; and it is suggested that great dis cretion should be used in sanctioning the production of such documents ; and that if ordered by the House to lie on the table, the rule should be strictly adhered to of leaving the manuscripts at all times open to inspection in the library, and of refusing to print them for general circulation. It is also proposed that accounts relating to the print ing executed for thb House should be presented in each session, which shall embrace, in detail, the expenses con nected with every Bill, report of Committee, or account and paper, as well as with the reports of Commissioners and other papers which are printed under the immediate superintendence of the Stationery-Office, in England, Ireland or Scotland. 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On the Disorders arising from Indiscri m inate Excess, Gonnorhcea, Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. CROYDON CATTLE MARKET.—Yesterday the sale of beasts was flat, the primest sorts made 3s. 4d. per stone ; some half fatted bullocks sold quick, the chief demand being for lambs, which the met ropolitan butchers now seek at this market in preference to Smithfield, the former being supplied by the farmers near the locality, and the stock has less tra velling, which is advantageous to both buyer and seller. Good lambs maintained prices at 4s. Bd. per stone, and choice wether sheep averaged 4s. per stone. There were some well fatted calves sold at a rather low figure. IMPORTATION OF STATUARY AND PAINTINGS.—The Legeria brig arrived on Thursday in the St. Katherine's Dock, from Leghorn , bringing about thirty valuable paint ings by the most eminent of the old masters, marble statues and ornaments, and other articles of vertu. 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A meeting of gentlemen took place yesterday after noon, at the Guildhall Coffee-house, for the purpose of petitioning the Home Secretary for a mitigation of the sentence of death pronounced upon Smith, the cook at the Guildhall Coffee-house, for the murder of Susan Tol leday. Amongst those present were—Mr. Alderman Sidney (in the chair), John Wilson, Esq., W. J. Wil kinson, Esq., W. Thornborrow, Esq., J. H. Croucher, Esq., J. Jones, Esq., J. Brewer, Esq., R. Phillips, Esq., James Millar, E-q., J. Millard, Esq., J. M. Barnard, Esq., Rogers, Esq., W. Austin, Esq., &c. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings of the meeting, said, they might perhaps regret that in a case of such great importance and interest there was not a more numerous attendance, but experience had shown that in cases of this kind persons were apt to consider that it formed no immediate business of individuals, and consequently, instead of coming forward to make ir.qui ries upon the subject, they were apt to look to the papers for all such information. After thanking the gentlemen of the press for their attendance, the worthy Alderman proceeded to say, that he had been solicited in the early part of this weak to join a few gentlemen in. their en deavour to obtain a mitigation of the sentence upon the unfortunate convict Smith, from the extreme penalty of the law, to banishment. It had not ori ginally been their intention to hold a public meeting upon the subject, but still, in a metropolis like this, it was impossible to communicate their intentions to each other, and ascertain those who might wish to assist them, without doing so, therefore had they assembled that morning, with a view of saving the law from an act of violence, and mitigating a sentence which would be proved to be much more severe than the case deserved. It had been his lot to see many persons con victed of murder, and he could not help saying that, in this case, to him there appeared to have ,been a total ab sence of motive, except that of sudden and irresistible provocation. Every one present was, no doubt, well ac quainted with the circumstances attending this painful occurrence, but they could not be acquainted with those facts which came more particularly under the:cognisance of those who had been admitted into the cell of the con demned man. He might state that at the trial, plain as the facts were, the jury took upwards of one hour to re turn their verdict, and a more respectable jury he be lieved never occupied a place in the Central Criminal Court. They had since declared, that - had there been any evidence to prove that a blow had been struck by deceased, they would have brought in a verdict of man slaughter. It was for that apparent inconsistency that he (Alderman Sidney) asked the meeting to go hand in hand with him to try if they could not get the sentence of death mitigated. The prisoner, when placed in Gilt spur-street Compter, fully admitted his guilt to the turn key in charge of his cell, stating that he should not make any defence, and he appeared anxious to unburden his mind by conversing upon the subject. He said that the unfortunate occurrence would not have taken place had not deceased struck him first as he passed by her, ac companying the blow with the most vile expressions. Did not this circumstance show that he had had great provocation? And this confession was made on the evening before his trial, and again stated when there was not the slightest hope of it doing him any good. He did think that as the prisoner had been condemned upon his own admissions, he ought to have the benefit of the provocation to the crime. On this point the law was clear and explicit, and. certainly no one could complain of the summing up of the Learned Judge. The worthy Alderman here cited two cases of murder which had come under that merciful judge, the Lord Chief Justice Tindal, in which the sentence of death had not been passed, though the cases appeared to be subjects much less for merciful consideration than the present. In one of them a man, Hayward by name, and a butcher by trade, having received provocation from a young man who, by order of his mother, had turned Hayward out of the shop, ran some hundred yards and fetched a knife, with a hich ho returned, and after exchanging a few angry words stabbed the offender so that he died in stantly. Now, the prisoner Smith was a lawful cook, and engaged at his occupation with a knife in his hand. Deceased was also at work in the kitchen. Some angry works were spoken, and a quarrel ensued, when much exciting language was used by the deceased. At length the prisoner happening to pass the deceased with some scrapings of fat, which he was about to throw into a re ceptacle for such things, the latter took the opportunity to strike him, at the same time addressing him by a ' most odious epithet. The prisoner, exasperated to the highest pitch at her conduct, in a moment of pas t sion, laid hold of her hair and committed the deed ' for which he had been sentenced to death, and which he had not attempted to conceal. Now, they had not me there that day out of con,id,ration of the feelings o that man ; for he had, by his own act, brought upon himself the penalty of his crime ; but the question vk as, should they be justified in straining the law in a case of this kind ; and was it to be said that they endeavoured to put an end to this crime by the degrading public ex hibition of an execution ? 'He himself had once thought that the word of God ordained that he who took the life of another should die by the hand of man. He had held this opinion for a long time, but upon searching and examining the recorded word of God as far as was in his power upon the subject, he had, indeed, found that the Almighty justified man in punishing man for any great crime, still he found no law which established the necessity of carrying out the vengeance to its full ; and he thought that man should be guided in these matters, not only by the light of his own understanding, but also by the superior light of Holy Writ. The Chair man here gave his opinions upon public executions. He said that they had the most demoralising effect upon thousands of our countrymen, for instead of touching them with horror at the sight, it merely hardened their hearts to crime, and made them less careful of shedding the blood of their fellow-creatures. The man Connor had been a witness of the execution of Tapping, and only a few days after himself committed one of the most horrible, cold-blooded murders a man could be guilty of. In the case of Wicks, too, the murderer had seen several executions, and in one instance had even paid half-a-crown for a place in a window nearly opposite the scaffolding. Indeed he (Alderman Sidney) could state, on very good authority, that, out of sixty-six executions at the Old Bailey, sixty-three of the male factors had witnessed prior executions. At the time when Tapping was hanged, he went down to the Old Bailey on purpose to see what effect it had upon the populace, and it would be impossible for him to describe the disgusting and abominable scenes that met his eye, and the profane language which greeted his ears. He could not help thinking, that for every public execution upwards of a thousand human beings were corrupted and hardened. Now, in the case of the un fortunate man Tapping, he denied his guilt up to the last moment. It was the painful duty of the sheriffs to precede the culprit from the prison to the place of exe cution. On this occasion the colleague of Sheriff Sid ney had turned away and left them, when Tapping, addressing the latter, said ho hoped that he was not going too, as ho wished to say something to him. After the man had bowed three times to the multitude, who greeted him with three times three, and called him " a brave fellow," and " a trump of a fellow," with many similar expressions, he turned round to Mr. Sidney, and said that "he hoped he should be forgiven as he forgave everybody, and that his sentence was a just one." So far from these scenes passing off in silence, the culprit was treated by the mob as if he were a successful candidate at an election, and with much the same feeling. He had said this much, in order to show the inefficacy of executions by law in preventing crime; and he thought he had shown sufficient to convince them that the law would gain nothing in carrying out this sentence in its extreme rigour, for while such sights were demoralising to the public, this case, upon its own merits, demanded their greatest and warmest sympathy; because, as the man had been convicted upon his own testimony, they ought to give him the benefit of the provocation also upon his own testimony ; for he (Mr. Alderman Sidney) would defy any casuist in the world to bring forward another reason. The Chairman here read several letters bearing upon the case, one of which, from a clergy man at Norfolk, stated the family of the prisoner to be very respectable and honest, though poor, and most of them living in that county. It also spoke of a petition that was in progress to the Home Secretary for the mitigation of the sentence, and suggested the idea of a similar course being adopted in London. Another note, addressed to Mr. Sidney by Mr. Walter, the proprietor of the hotel, was also read, in which Mr. Walter said, that on the arrival at home on the evening of August 25, he had been much astonished to hear that some party had ac cused him of having said that Smith (his late cook) had thrown a knife at one of his fellow-servants. He begged to contradict the assertion, and to say that it was a pal pable falsehood, and he hoped to have the opportunity of meeting the party who had so used his name. A letter was also read from Mr. Gurney, of the Society of Friends, commending the steps that were being taken. Alderman Sidney remarked that, unfortunately, vague reports had been spread, which had received the charac ter of evidence, and it had been told to the Learned Judge that this was not the first offence on the part of the unfortunate man Smith. It was said that he had previously hurled a knife at one of his fellow-servants, and the Learned Judge, on hearing this, shrugged his shoulders, and said he was afraid it was not a case to recommend to mercy. He (Mr. Sidney) was happy to say that there was not the slightest foundation for these reports. Smith had once scratched the arm of one of the girls with a tin cover, but so trifling was it that it was not worthy of remark. In a letter from Mr. W:ilter to Mr. Baron Platt, it appeared that the former had put .some questions to this servant with re gard to Smith's conduct on that occasion, at the same time he asked her if she were willing to sign a petition, signed by Mrs. Walter, his wife, and all the servants, of the establishment, praying for a mitigation of the sentence. The gip replied:she would willingly sign it. She spoke of deceased as being a most violent, ill-tem pered, and aggravating girl, and that the language she made use of was unfit to repeat. It was not for the pur pose of heaping calumny upon the poor girl who was dead that these things were brought forward, for every Christian must feel deep sorrow for her miserable fate, but it was for the purpose of showing the circumstances which attended the perpetration of the crime, and upon the strength or them to humbly ask her Majesty's inter ference on behalf of the condemned man, and to save . • .. . , . . • - . •......_,....,,:., . : 0, t''‘ . l, •- At -.4 .-1 4,....) . A 1.% 19 • -( 4 : , , .... • , 4. 44 ,_,.. ,z,14:..4,.Vei5i‘' . a E4„..- , .,...4, -. "' - 41' -.,_) 11 \ZUL --. Tom- '" ''':,::' ~ ..-.‘ 1 7 ;l, . .. ~,.., • •,', ...,.. _ i. k-,.. IN ~. v ..,•.. r , i.,,,, „7 2,-., , r, , 5, d , • ,-,,, j, ,--- '4;'' •.<__ _ z ..,...0 1 1' - h . ......... 1 2 . 4jillEt ti el ,24',... '''7'l, ~ t' r7,11,P 1 ~,/ ' CZ. , 11. ` 46' ;- X l2 -IC-~~1~ PRICE SD. the public from that disgusting scene, wh'c'i was neither consistent with the law itself, nor consistent with justice. The Chairman here conclude 3, and from the expressions of the meeting they appeared to acquiesce entirely in the observations of the worthy alderman. Mr. THORNBORROW then rose to put a resolution, but before doing so he read over the terms of a petitiun drawn up by Mr. Walter, and signed by himself and ratbilv, as well as all the servants of the establishment, for the mitigation of the sentence of Smith, by reason of the provocation he had received. It described him as having lived seventeen years in the family of Mr. Walter, at the Guildhall Hotel, and gave him an unexceptionable character up to the time of the crime he had committed. Mr. Thornborrow suggested that a similar petition shuuld be drawn up and left at the Guildhall Coffee-house to be signed by the public, and afterwards forwarded to the Home Secretary, and he had no doubt that with that, the petition from Nor wich, and Mr. Walters, with the assistance of the So ciety of Friends, they would be enabled to procure a •nitigation of the sentence. A resolution was then pro posed, embodying the above suggestions, and it was seconded by Mr. MILLARD, who supported the resolution, and said that it would be important to show that the man had the good opinion of all his fellow-servants up to the time when, by reason of much provocation, he had com mitted the crime for which he was condemned. After a few other remarks, Mr. M. read the terms of the peti tion, which he thought, with a little modification, might be left for signature in Mr. Walters's house. A sub-committee was then formed, and the petition revised and altered, to be ready for signature at ten o'clock this morning, at the Guildhall Coffee-house. Previously, however, to the revision of the petition, a unanimous vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, who having acknowledged the compliment, the meeting broke up. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI- TUTION. Those who are interested in the subject of lamps and improved gas burners would do well to attend ons of Dr. John Ryan's excellent lectures at the above esta blishment, on the subject of artificial light. So clear and defined is the learned Doctor's method of handling the subject, that dull indeed must be the comprehension of that man who fails to become master of the theory of combustion and luminous flame. In these lectures Dr. Ryan is very careful in pointing out the laws of combus lion, the nature of our hydrocarbons, and the necessity for the presence of solid matter in flame in order that light may be produced. His experiments in proof Jf these positions were certainly most apt and successful, and, especially the separation of solid carbon from olefiant gas, elicited loud and continued applause. We could not help noticing, however, that the necessary exhalation of the mixed gases in the experiment caused the learned gentleman most acute pain. In fact we learnt, with great regret, that so enthusiastic is the Doctor, and so venturesome, that more than once he has had co be carried home after a lecture of this kind. In the Other portions of the institution we find there are still frequent accessions of new and interesting objects. Among. other useful and ingenious models is one of Mr. Charles Lewis's Phenedirective Shower-baths, certainly one of the most scientific applications we have yet seen, and one which will deserve the patronage of the medical profession. HIGHLAND COMPETITION, SPORTS, &c., AT FORT-WILLIAM. (From the Inverness Courier.) The Highland Society of London lately advertised a series of prizes for various objects connected with the Highland dress, Gaelic songs, games, &c., in order to keep alive that Celtic enthusiasm still characteristic of a large portion of our countrymen. The competition was fixed to take place at Fort-William on Thursday last, and a great concourse of persons assembled on the occasion. Among those present were—Glenaladale, Ardshiel, Ballachulish, Mr. Walker of Lochtreig, Mr. Cameron, yr. of Inveracord, Sheriff Fraser, Mr. Aneas Macdonnell, advocate, Mr. Man (the well.known and able artist), Captain Stewart, R.N., Colonels Ross, Cameron, Cochrane, and Campbell, Mr. Macgregor, banker, Mr. Macdonald, &c. Even Ewen Macphec, the well-known singular outlaw, left his solitary fastness at Glenquoich to be present at the animating scene, and appeared highly delighted with it. The number of spectator& was estimated at from 3,000 to 4,000, and a considerable proportion of the men were arrayed in the Highland dress. The scene of action was the fine :mouth beach near the Fort, and surrounded with mag nificent Highland scenery—with Loch-Eil, Ben-Nevis, &c.—a finer spot could not have been selected for such a display. A number of ladies and gentlemen were seated on the ramparts of the Fort, which commanded an excellent view of the whole. Fortunately, the weather was favourable. Nine prizes were announced to the best-dressed High landers who had for the longest time worn the kilt as an habitual garb, and to those who became bound hence forth to wear it habitually. The first of these prizes was awarded to a genuine mountaineer, Donald Mac donald, who never wore trousers but on one occasion, when, after two hours' trial, he felt so uncomfortable that he took them off, and carried them on his shoulder ! The other prizes were distributed after careful delibera tion, and a list of the whole will be found below. The competition for Highland dancing excited much interest; and Tillie Callum was admirably danced by two young men, Stewart and Mackenzie, between whom the judges found it difficult to decide. M. Mackinnon, the post master of Fort Augustus, obtained a prize for his dress of home-made Tartan, and also distinguished himself by his vigour and activity in dancing a reel into which he was forced by his friends. Throwing the hammer, putting the stone, and other sports, afforded much interest, and there were two excellent races on foot—a long and short one. They were run round the parade ground—the long race four times, and the short race once round. For the long race there started four Highlanders and a gentleman's ser vant; the latter was very soon distanced by his compe titors in the kilt. Swifter running we never witnessed. Before beginning the last round only two were on the field. One of these' was known as Ceann Ruadh, and the other as Ceann Dubh, from the colour of their hair. Ceann Dubh ran fastest at first, Ceann Ruadh not seem at first to exert himself till about the middle of the last round, then putting forth his strength, he overtook and distanced his antagonist. This part of the scene was most animating, and created all the excitement of a steeple chase. Prizes were offered to the two best-dressed Highland women in Highland fashion and home-made materials, and four competitors appeared. Their decent comfortable appearance and modest demeanor excited universal admiration, and prizes were awarded to the whole four. If maidens competed annually for these prizes, the premium would form no bad recommenda tion by way of Locher; for taste, industry, and economy, are equally manifested by the competition! The exhi bition of games, &c., terminated about five o'clock, and during the whole day the interest in the proceedings was unabated. 77/ TRADE WITH JAPAN. The attention of the Government having been lately called to the possibility of opening a trade with Japan under an old neglected treaty of 1613, the following sug gestions, offered to Lords Aberdeen and Dalhousie last year by Mr. R. M. Martin, may be read with interest:— " 1. An attempt to form a commercial commuu4cation with Japan, containing about 30,000,000 civilized inha bitants, whose Government, being aware of our successes in China, are now better disposed to e nter into friendly negotiations with us. Before this feeling has passed away we ought to avail ourselves of its existence. "2. The arrangement of commercial treaties with Siam, Cochin China, and the adjacent rich countries, containing an estimated population of 50,000.000, hitherto neglected. These countries abound in gold and silver, and are rich in valuable mercantile products. Their Go vernments have also heard of our successes in China, and would be disposed, under their present feelings, to ad mit us on fair commercial terms to their ports, which the Americans and French are now visiting. " 3. The establishment cf a trading station (not an expensive colony) on the peninsula of Corea, or on Quel parts Island, at the southern extremity of the peninsula of Corea. Corea belongs neither to China nor to Japan; it has a fine climate, good agriculture, timber, fruits, Sze.; it has a population of about 20,000,000, and we ought to establish a commercial intercourse with them. A trading post in this neighbourhood would soon pro duce commerce with all the large surrounding regions, including Mantchouria, Northern China, the Kurile islands, Japan, &c., and be an excellent station for our whaling-ships, or for intercourse it h the western coast of America. " R. M. MARTIN." THE MOORF.—UNPRECEDENTED FEAT.—Mr. Camp bell of Monzie, on the 21st current, bagged on the hill of Monzie, 191 brace of grouse, one black cock, one snipe, one duck, one rabbit, rand twenty-four hares ; in all 410 head of game, a number greatly exceeding anything yet recorded. The birds are considerably stronger than on the 12th, and though very abundant, were extremely shy from the recent wet weather.—Caledonian Mercury. AN ADVENTURE.—In the beginning of last week a sloop employed in the herring fishery left \Vick with a cargo of herrings for a curer in Kirkaldy. On Wednesday after noon the vessel was hove to off the Aberdeen coast, about 10 miles south from Buchan Ness, where the captain took the small boat, and, accompanied by a boy, went on shore to visit some friends, leaving an individual named Roper, be longing to this place, in charge of the vessel during his ab sence. In the meantime the breeze, which was northerly, began to freshen, when, in order to avoid danger, the man who was left on board of the sloop stood cut to sea. The wind, however, still kept increasing in strength, while the sea was becoming more boisterous; in consequence of which the seamen found it impossible to regain the coast to take the captain and boy on board. Thinking it the safest plan— hazardous as the attempt was in his unaided condition—to proceed on the voyage, he did so, and arrived at Kirkaldy in perfect safety, having been 60 hours on deck, during which time he had run a distance of 130 miles. The captain has since arrived at Kirkaldy, happy, no doubt, to fled his vessel, which ac had last seen on the Aberdeen coast with a solitary individual on board, safe in harbour.—Edinburgh Witness. THE MAILS.—SOUTHA3II'TON, AUGUST 28.—The Oriental Company's steam-packet Royal Tar, Captain Ila milton, arrived at one o'clock this day from Gibraltar, and landed the usual mails. She left Gibraltar, Aug. 17th Cadiz, 18th ; Lisbon, 20th ; Oporto, 21st ; Vigo, 22d ; and Corunna, 24th. The Tar has 40 passengers, a full cargo of , grapes, lemons, &c., and 16 oxen. REMOVAL. DR. CULVER:WEa 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 also his several publications, of which entirely new and en larged editions have recently been published, may be obtained. A CARD THE ROYAL HOTEL, HIGH-STREET (nearly opposite the Assembly Room), CHELTENHA conducted by CHARLOTTE HAINES, widow of the. late William Haines. Private Apartments for Families, with a superior Coffee-room ; also, a spacious and commodious room exclusively for Commercial Gentle men, with ample and first-rate accommodation, at the usual com mercial charges. Excellent Luggage-room, good Stabling, with lock-up Coach-houses, and every other requisite. 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GODFREY'S EXTRACT - OF ELDER FLOWERS is .strongly recommended for eottening, improv .ng, beautifying, and preserving the SKIN, and in giving it a bloom ing and charming appearance, being at once a most fragrant perfume and delightful cosmetic. It will completely remove tan, sunburn, rednew, &c., and by its balsamic and healing qualities, render the skin soft, pliaisle, and free from dryness, scurf, &a., clear it from every humour, pimple, or eruption, and by continvdng its use only a short time, the skill will become and continue soft and smooth, and the complexion perfectly clear and beautiful. Sold in bottles, price 25.9 1., with directions for using it, by al medicine venders and aarflt 113r3. WRECK OF THE STEAMER LONDONDERRY. On Friday the non-arrival of the steamer Scotia, Cap tain Cumming, which should have arrived here from Campbelton at half-past eleven A.M., but did not make her appearance until about seven P.M., occasioned con siderable anxiety, such an irregularity never having before occurred. On nearing the harbour, her deck s were observed to be literally packed with people, in . every costume. These were soon discovered to be Irish men. bound for the harvest ; but how they came to be on board the Scotia could not be easily conjectured. On her arrival, however, we were informed. by Captain Cumming, that they were part of the passengers of the steamer Londonderry, from Lond'enderry to Glas gow, which ran on some , rocks opposite to Kiell House, near the Mull of Kintyre, about half-past eleven on Thursday evening. After various endeavours to back the Londonderry off . the rocks, the boats were got out, some of the passengers landed, and an express for assistance was dispatched to 'Mr. Watson, Lloyd's agent at Campbelton. He immediately engaged the Scotia. and at a little after four o'clock the steam was got up, and she proceeded to the wreck. The water in the boilers of the Londonderry having been let off, to lighten her, for many hours persevering attempts were made to tow her into deep water ; but the tow ropes were broken, and the attempt proved futile. Im mediately after high water, finding all efforts useless, the Scotia was put alongside the Londonderry, and be tween five and six hundred male and female passengers, who had been already thirteen hours on the wreck, were taken off. The Scotia then proceeded to Campbleton, to take up her own passengers, and arrived here shortly after seven o'clock in the evening. Captain Cumming stated that his Irish passengers were most orderly, obeying his instructions with alacrity and cheerfulness. The last train for Glasgow having departed a few minutes before the arrival of the steamer, the agent (Mr. T. Steele) proceeded to the residence c Mr. Smythe, manager of the railway—at present residing in Ayr for the benefit of his health—and through him and Mr. Young a special train was obtained for the conveyance of the reapers to Glasgow, where they would arrive shortly before ten o'clock. While the train was prepar ing—for which every description of carriage had to be pressed into service--the steps and the street in front of the depot presented• a curious scene. The crowd em braced men and women of every description, arrayed in every variety of fashion, and armed with that potent in strument in peace, the reaping-hook. Hunger, too, was seen engaged in active war with kitch enless loaves, that the bakers' shops readily supplied for mites of money. About one hundred, who had got ashore in boats, were left in Kintyre. As the night and day were calm, no lives were lost. We learn from a private letter, that after being lightened of part of her goods, and the night tide proving a better one than the day tide, the London derry was got off, and taken to Greenock.—Ayr Observer. A STRANGE MISTAKE.—A few days ago, while a number of persons were engaged at harvest work in a field near Belford, the steward put off his waistcoat to assist in binding, and placed it on the top of some sheaves, following the reapers down the field in the usual come of their work till they were quite out of sight of the clothes. Two per sons, a mason and his wife, who were going to employment on the railway, as they were travelling along the road ad joining to the field obs erved one of the " navvies" go over the fence into the corn-field, strip off his own waistcoat, put on the one lying on the sheaves, nano instantly run off at a quick pace. The two persons fmed the reapers of what had taken place, and on coming to the spot where the waistcoat had been left, the steward found a ragged article lying in its place, and, being afraid to touch it with his hands, took it up on the point Gf a sickle, and was dangling the rags about to the amusement of his fellow-labourers, when, to his great surprise, three sovereigns fell out of one of the pockets, and this of course reconciled him. to what he at first thought a worthless exchange, and checked the jeering and sport of his companions. A short time after the discovery of the money, the poor" navvy" returned with a penitent look, imploringly lamenting his mistake ;" bat he was told he had the bargain of his own making, and be must now keep what he had got,—.Newcastle Advertiser [ADVERTISEMENT.] MEDICAL TESTIMONIALS. Sioux AND IIEARING.—The Messrs. S. and B. olomons' newly-in vented Spectacle Lenses afford astonishing relief to extremely imper fect vision. 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[ADVERTISEMENT.] -THE RAJAH OF TRAVANCORE AND HOLLOWAY'S OINTMLNT.--011 the 11th of July, Irf46, :Professor Holloway was honoured with an order for six of the largest pots of Holloway's Ointment, from no less a person than his Royal Hightie:_s the Rajah, or reigning soveretzn of Travancore, through the eminent firm of Messrs. J. Cockburn and Co., East India merchants, No. i 1, New Broad-street, London. The ointment, it appears, is for the personal use of the Rajah, and will be employed under the super intendence of his private physician. Holloway's ointment is sold all over India, being a certain cure for nacers, wounds, sc res, and abscesses, even if of twenty years' standing, and may be obtained of the Pre prietor, 244, Strand, London, and of every medicine Vendor. -~~ //~ -vat.~~' ,-c - AzT,l) , 1 = :• - -S - ..., ...).-- v 4 I -4 ..4 i \, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - --, . .4 v.., , ___,.., „..,, APPOINTMENT. inl, , _-!, - -. t_ . Lieutenant W. C. Caffin to the Recruit. - 7 , '" -J -; _ -d " ::- 4 -, _ CHATHAM, Auo 28.—The Gloucester, 50 guns, and ' • -"'-' Southampton, 50 guns, in dock, repairing and fitting for sea for the last six months, are now both ordered to be fitted for ordinary. The Warspite, 50 guns, and the Albatross, 16-gun brig, which were paid off last July, are to have their defects made good, and are to be brought forward with out delay for commission. The Mutine, 12 guns, in dock, has had her defects made good ; she has been fresh caulked, and :will be recoppered in the course of next week ; she is ordered for commission. The Bulldog steam-sloop, Commander Davis, is all a-taut ; her paddle-box boats, each 32 feet in length, are now on board, and her guns are expected on board next week. A seaman, named Mackenzie, captain of the forecastle of this vessel, being desirous to have a spree for a night in the town of Chatham, about eight o'clock in the evening of Wednesday, endeavoured to swim to Chatham, a distance of nearly two miles. When oppo site to the Gun-wharf, the sailor feeling exhamted, and cries for assistance being heard by some watermen, they put off in a boat, and found the man nearly spent, and lauded him at the Gun-wharf. Thence he was taken and put to bed at the Prince of Wales public-h ore. The poor fellow is likely to recover. The man was afraid to swim to the new stairs, nar to the dockyard, as a marine sentry was stationed, and he was sure to be captured for attempting to desert. The Aid, Smallman, master, remains with stores from Portsmouth; and the Duck, Savage, master, is re ceiving a refit. WooLwica, Auc. 27.—The following account of the trials of the Rattler and Polyphemus steam-vessels, to test the comparative merits bf the serew-propeller with paddle-wheels, is extracted from a letter receiv e d by a gentleman at oolwich:— " The Rattler, sorew-propeller steam -vessel, is de scribed as being very fast under canvass, beating most of the line-of-battle ships, and with their own weapon too. She is well handled, and particularly acpert at shipping and unshipping her screw. It only takes five minutes to unship it, and ten minutes to ship it again It takes the Polyphemus steam-vessel two hours to sq:ap her paddle floats, and nearly as tong to take them off. Without performing this operation her sailing is bad, but without the floats she not only keeps her station, but beats most of the liners. The Vanguard and the uperb are the only vessels that have a decided advan tage over the Polyphemus. The latter steam-vessel lately had a trial with the Rattler and the 'Cy clops under canvass. The Rattler beat the Poly phemus in five hours two miles and a half, and the Polyphemus beat the Cyclops half a mile. It must be taken into consideration, however, that the 4olyphomus had lost her jibboom on the day before, and could not carry either jib or topgallant sail. The Polyphemus also tried under steam with the Rattler. The vessels were made fast stern to stern, and the Rattler walked off with the Polyphemus at the rate of two miles an hour. The vessels were then fastened bow to bow, and the Poly phemus tov,el the Rattler half a mile. In both trials the revolutions of the machinery of the Rattler were reduced from 23, the usual number, to 17, and the Polyphemus made seven revolutions in the first trial and nine in the second, out of 20, the miles e iusualn smoothnum b:,ar.terTwhiethve light ssels wind, tried a run of 18 m when the Rattler beat the Polyphemus three-quarters of a mile." _ _ The Sidon steam•frigate, on Sir Charles Napier's plan, has taken in her guns and gun-carriages at Wool wich, and when her masts are put in will proceed to Deptford to be fitted for sea; she expected to be re a dy in October next. One colour-sergeant, one drummer, a nd thirteen privates of the Woolwich diviaon of Royal Marines have been placed under orders to embark in the iidon, to-morrow, and she will take her Marine Artil lerymea on board when she goes mind to Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 28.—The North Star, 28, Cap- tain Sir E. Home, Bart., C. 8., sailed for Chatham this morning, to be paid off. She is one of the old class of twenty-eights, known in the service by the name of " donkey frigates," and will, if found to be in good re pair, most probably be turned into a coal depot, or re ceiving ship. The America, 50, Captain the Hon. John Gordon, was inspected this afternoon by the Port Admiral, Sir C. H. Ogle. She is ordered to Plymouth, it is pre' sumed, to be paid off, as she has nearly served her three years. We are happy to hear that Sir Charles Ogle has, with his usual goodness of heart, written to the Admiralty in explanation of the conduct of Lieutenant Lindsay, who, it will be remembered, was censured by the Court for the manner in which he gave his evidence at the trial of his captain on Wednesday last. It seems that Lieutenant Lindsay was, at the time he came into Court, labouring under considerable depression of spi rits, in consequence of having lately received some extremely distressing domestic intelligence, which to gether with the suddenness of his summons to appear as a witness—which he himself explained at the time—and a certain defect in his speech, not likely to be diminished by his having to speak on matters of importance in a room crowded with strangers, gave his answers an ap pearance of hesitation and want of decision, which we were sorry to see was misconstrued. The Victoria and Albert is in the harbour cleaning and coaling, and the Fairy is in attendance at Osborne. The Cambrian, 36, is still in dock, but will be taken into the basin early next week, to be refitted and pre pared for commissioning. The Gladiator, steam-frigate, Captain Robb, will be reported ready for sea by the Ist of Septetkber. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent leaves Os borne to-morrow morning for Frogmore House. The Duke of Walington paid a short visit to Gosport on Wednesday last. lie rode round the lilies, and in spected some of the new works. His Grace was accom panied by the Marquis of Anglesey and Colonel Car dew, commanding Royal Engineers of the south-west district. Yesterday the whole of the Royal Marine Artillery off duty marched out to Fort Cumberland for general practice at the sea and land service batteries. • The firing, which was from guns of various descriptions and calibre, was admirable. Nothing could exceed the pry; cision of the practice from the 10 inch mortars. A% several of the officers and the majorito of the men pik sent have but lately joined this bran& of the service, great credit is due to Colonel Gibsone (commanding) and to Adjutant Savage for the rapid manner in which the great degree of efficiency evinced in to-day's drill has been attained. The excellent band of the 74th Highlanders is in at tendance on the Court at Osborne. The 13th (Prince Albert's) Regiment of Light Infantry is under orders to leave this garrison, for Weedon, on being relieved by the 36th. ' TOTNES.—A Iloax.—Early on Friday last (the day of the Queen's arrival here), a person entered the town of Totnes in great haste, made instant inquiries for the mayor's residence, and proceeded thither with a letter, purporting to be a communication from one of her Majesty's attendants, stating that it was her Majesty's intention, ikon going down channel from Torbay, to proceed up the river Dart, and view the town of Totnes and neighbourhood. Immediately upon the receipt of this communication, his worship proceeded to summon the town council, to adopt the necessary prelimi naries for her Majesty's reception, and to show the loyalty of the good folks of Totnes. The bells sent forth their merry peals; all the town's people were soon in active bustle, and all the artillery that could be mustered soon sent forth their re ports ; flags were suspended from various parts, and every one emulated his neighbour to put forth their best display far the occasion. After being thus engaged for several hours, and some time being allowed for reflection, many began to think the steamer was a very long time in coming from so short a distance as Torbay to the river Dart; and upon maturer reflection and inquiry, it was ascertained that her Majesty's flotilla had proceeded down channel for klymouth, and that his worship, with the other authorities of Totnes, had been hoaxed !—Plymouth Journal. FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL OMNIBUS AOCIDENT IN HOLBORN.—Yesterday morning, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, an accident of a most frightful character, and which has unhappily been attended with fatal conse quences, occurred in Holborn, nearly opposite Drury-lane, to an individual (name unknown). It appears that at the time mentioned one of the City omnibuses was proceeding towards Paddington, and deceased, a respectable looking person, sitting on the box with the driver; as they reiched Drury-lane he turned round suddenly to look at sometig in the road, and was dislodged from his seat, falling NNW% great force on the stones. 'The vehicle was, of course, im mediately stopped, and the unfortunate man was picked up perfectly insensible, and removed to the St. Giles's Infirmary, where he expired in a few minutes after his admission. The body has not been identified, but information of the circum stance has been forwarded to Mr. Wakley, M.P., the Coroner. A horrible story was circulated yesterday in the neighbourhood of Middlesex Hospital. On Sunday last a respectably-attired young man, stepped into the shop of Mr. Just, baker, of No. 1, Nassau-street, with a large pie to be baked; having deposited the dish on the counter, the fellow remarked that " care shold be taken with that pie in baking it, as it contained a good deal of meat." He then departed. The pie was baked, but the owner omitting to send for it some suspicion was excited, which continued to increase day after day until Thursday afternoon, when Mrs. Just sug gested to her husband to keep the " dish " no longer, there being a strong and offensive effluvium arising from its con tents. The crust having been raised the parties were horror struck at finding the contents to consist of the remains of a newly-born child. Information was immediately disoatolied to the Marylebone Court House, and the distrit officer has since communicated with Mr. Wakley, the cororTtr. The re fined brutality of the affair renders it difficult of belief. ROBBERIES IN LINCOLN'S INN AND THE QUEEN'S THEATRE.—Yesterday's Police Gazette, amongst other rob beries, contains two from the above- mentioned places. The workmen, it appeared, have been for some time employed in the council room. New Inn, Lincoln's Inn, and op their re turn to work on Thursday morning, saws, planes, and other valuable materials, to them, had been taken away. The police have been most active in tracing the poor men's pso perty, but, unfortunately, without success. The ter property, consisting of brass ornaments, tumblers, wine glasses, bottles of champagne, candlesticks, and Aeveral other articles, belonging to Mr. James, Mrs. Legg, and Mr. Abingdon, was taken, no doubt, by some person well acqu ainted with the theatre, but of which no clue has been obtained. THE LATE FORGERY CASE.—It now appears that the forgery on Messrs. Coutts was committed, not by an ad dition of ciphers to the small amount originally added to the cheque, but by the obliteration of the writing through a chemical process, and the substitution of a larger amount. Had there been a coloured surface on the cheque it would have been next to impossible to obliterate the ink without raising suspicion by discolouring the surface also, but the cheques in this particular house are uniformly white, with the exception, of course, of the words in print. GRAND CRICKET MATCH AT SOUTHWELL.—NoT TINGHAMSHIRE v. ALL ENGLAND.—On Thursday a grand match at cricket was commenced on the ground at South well, for the benefit of Mr. W. Clarke, late of this town, be tween six gentlemen or England and five players, a g ainst Club:and.five layers ef 4,at nd continued it gentlemen of Sout'twell County tingliamshire with A. Mynn, Esq. Nottinghamshie having All England, cwo-cnnlintihenecetodssthnernfitrsitn.ininirisntg, saonndim.4auirlsedalyo,Ba. yesterday. At the time the account came away, our cor respondent says they had it all their own way—they made upwards of 140, having five wickets down. --- ' '''t.-L°. , , '' 'K- I 60' ' , 5. ;t , llls ije'' t ; 041' t . $lO < O P a. , of. ) a iio l o the r ~ co o t o, t