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The Norwich illerculy contains the following wenn of two railway met tings, at Yarmouth, for the purpose . of winding up the affairs of the company:— On Thursday evening last tt meeting of shareholders in the Great Grimsby, Lincoln, Louth, Horneastle, and Midlands Junction Railway Company, residing in Yar mouth, was held at the Star Hotel—Philip Pullyn, Esq., in the chair—to take into consideration the present posi tion and future prospects of the company. It was stated that a portion of the hoe had been already abandoned, and that the remainder thereof was likely to be warmly and powerfully opposed. After a very brief discussion it was unanimously resolved to request the provisional committee to discontinue the prosecution of their Bill, to defray the expenses already incurred, and to return the balance of the deposits to the scripholders. A series of resolutions were agreed to, and a copy thereof forwarded to the Mayor (Samuel Palmer, Esq ), who was in London, to be presented to the provisional committee of the com pany. At the time the resolutions of the Yarmouth shareholders were presented, • a communication of a similAr nature was r,ceived . 6y the committee from some shareholders in the manufacturing districts. On Tuesday ev en i ng a no of shareholders in the Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth IZ•dlway Company was held at the Angel Inn ; William Johnson, Esq., in the chair. Baring stated the object of the meeting to be to express their desir., that the connany should pro ceed no further in the prosecution of the=ir Bill, the chairman remarked that there was no feeling of dis satisfaction at the conduct of the urofessional promoters of the Bill, they had no intention of reproachin g any parties; he believed they had been as honestly dealt by as the generality of railway companies, but it was the general opinion, that if the Bill passed, the line could were be ttg w re a e d d e. to, A re s ci e u r e i s e t s in o g f a r n es d olu u t r i t, o rt n h s g the ( t n i t rtaencPit possibl y b s t 1 4 l l y y withdraw their Bill, to stay proceedings , to make up the accounts of the company , t o defra y the present liabilities, and divide the surplus. It was also resolved, should the directors not respond to the appli cation, that another meeting be convened to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to throw out the Bill ; that a correspondence be opened with shareholders in other places, and that a committee be formed to carry out these objects. A committee was accordingly formed; a copy lof the resolutions was signed by the chairman, and forwarded by the mai of tha t to the chairman of the board of directors. r~` z _ _ __._ - - - __ - .. S y • Z %it CCM.cs.onwsc.-I.ay.ac,se.r ; LON DON, TLESDAY MC OR ING APRIL 14, 1846. PRICE SD. N 0.16,713. EASTER HOLYDAYS. Novelties of extrein , interest and information at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Scenes In the OREGON TERRITORY form a p4rt of au en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men Ia the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Harding°, Sir Robert and La , iy Sale. The PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, with new and beautiful variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and deseeliding Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHLMEDIAN RAILWAY. an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM ENGINE GOV t:RNOit, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church. April 9, 1846. tit-ties is hereby given Oat the dividends on the capital stock of this Society, for the year 1845 , are in t he course of payment, and can be received any day ( fueslay excepted) between the hours of Test and Three o'clock By order of the Directors, GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND .LIFE ASSUB. , ANCE SOCIETY, 26. CORNEID,L, LONDON, Capital .€boo,ooo. Empowered by Act of Farllameai• This insdtation offers important and substantial sI• 3 L cages with respect both t. Life Assurances and Deferred Annuit;os. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borryw, without cr. Pens° or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the pi-el:slain paid, /see table); also the option of selecting benefits. and the cony .rilo• of td , interests to meet other converitnees or necessiV. Asi.n - P.r. for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT:. The saccess and increasing oros?.rity of the Soaety ks 4 east, e , 'he Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a thin: Ilona', varying from Su to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on -ach Polley effected on the Profit scale. J • • . TB ? GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION k ii „ OMPA.NY'S splendid and powerftil fi rst-class STEAM are.4S. appointed to leave Um Custom House er Tower f0r— .,,-..IBURGII, carrying tier Majesty's Mails —Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. piIIOTTtaRDAM, carrying her Majesty's Mails, from Blackwall ' l.--- EverY Wednesday and Saturday Morning, at Ten. M ANT WERP—From Blackwall Pier—Every Thursday, at Eleven, I or g. ~,lAVnin RE — From St. Katharine's Wharf—Every Sunday and ` 4llll naY, at Eight, Morning. '• • ' OSTEND From London Bridge Wharfs for -Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. IiOtTLOGNE—Every Thursday and Saturday. VLLAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight. Morning. YARMOUTH—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Six. Evening. From Brown's Wharf, Poplar for— ZOINBURGH—Reduced Fares—April 11. , 15, 18, 25, and 99, *Ten, Evening. __ _From Colman's Mitigate Wharf — Reduced Faree—for— .?l,ASTLE—Every Saturday, at Eight, Evening. ' 5 t s rt o BRIGHTON and DIEPPE—Every Wednesday aed SaturdaytEl: C. To secure 4 Earths, for FrAght and Bills: containing hours of eparture ' fare s , fcc., apply at the Offices, kegent-eire 69, Lombard-street ; 37. us ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. • G RAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL PACK ETS. „... P acket and Railway Fare included ik one Payment. FRom 4.0 0 TrainsTHE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of WEE these times. K DAYS.—At 954, 104, 154, 354, 5,6, and 7. SUNDAYS. — At 954, 104, 11. 14, 6 , 6. and 7. FROST "'HE NE W TERRACE PIER, GRAYBSEND. NvEEIC 13 - 11 n.—.... 71, 854, 954, 114 1,6, 4,5, and 6 . 13 ,,, u NDAYB.—A.t 71, 8%, 1154. 3,4, 5,6, and 7. LOWEST FARES. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, 6d. - Saloon and First Class Railway, 9d. %..._, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TENDERS The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are ready to receive for LOANS of MONEY, in stone of not less than 1,0001. forau period of Ave or seven years, on the security of mortgage de be tures, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, Payable half yearly. Applications may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway Office, Paddington station. • CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. EASTER HOLIDAYS. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY Excursion Tickets will be issued on TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY, 14th, and 15th of April, from London to Brox bourne, the Rye House, St. Margaret's, Ware, and Hertford, and from those places to London and back, by the trains leaving London at 9.0, 10.30, 12.0 morning, 1.30, 3.20, 4.30, 6.45, 7,0 afternoon; and rom Hertford at 8.15, 9.15, 12.30 morning, 2.30, 4.60, 7.20 afternoon FARES TO AND FROM LONDON AND First Class. Second Class. Third Class. Broxbourne - - - - 3s. 6d. 2s. 6d. ls. 9d. Rye House St. Margaret's - - - - 5 0 3 6 2 3 Ware Hertford 6 0 3 6 i 2 3 These tickets are only available on the day for which they arc ssued. EXCURSION TRAINS WILL RUN AS FOLLOWS, ON EASTER MONDAY: - From London to Cambridge, calling at the following stations, in third-class open carriages only Time of Fare to Cambridge 1 From Starting - .I ----- and back. ss. Od. 9 45 A. M. London 9 55 ~ Stratford 10 0 .„ Lea Bridge 10 5 ~ Tottenham 10 15 „ Waltham 10 2b ~ Broxhourne Arriving at Cfinibridge about 11.45 o'clock, and returning from Cambridge at .6 o'clock the same flay, stopping at the same stations. From Cambridge to London, calling at the stations as fellows, in third-class open carriages only of • Fare to London Starting. . From and back. 7 OA. M. Cambride 7 15 „ Chesterford 7 30 „ Wenden 35 „ Newport 3 0 „ Bishop's Stortford - - - 3 0 8 12 „ Harlow Arriving in London about 9 o'clock, and returning from London at 9 o'clock P. Si., the same day, stopping at the above stations. From Colchester to London, in third-class open carriages only, "thug at the stations as follows: Time of Fare to London Departure. From ansi back. —______________ 6 45 A. W. Colchester 6 55 „ Mark's Tey 4 6 7 7 „ Kelvedon 7 18 „ Witham 7 26 „ Hatfield 7 43 „ Chelmsford 7 58 „ Ingatestone 2 6 8 20 ~ I:rentwood 8 3 6 „ Itomford • Arriving in London about 9 7, and returning from London at 6.30 o'cle:k the same day. N.B.—Parties intending to avail themselves of the above Excur sion Trains, are recommended to make early application for tickets, as a limited number only will he issued. Tickets to be had on application at the stati on s as a bove, on and After the 6th April.— By order, London. Amil 2. 1846 C. P. RONEY, Secretary. EASTERN COUNT LES. RAILWAY. NEWMARKET RACES. The pubic are respectfully informed, that in addition to the ordi nary trains, SPECIAL TRAINS w:11 run between LONDON, C HES TERFOItD, and CAMBRIDGE, in connexion with coaches to and from Newmarket, as follows, per arming the entire distance in less than four hours.—Tee-day, anti Wednesday, April 14, and 15— let and 2d clasp, from London to Cambridge, at 8.40 a.m., calling at Lea-bridge, laroxbeurne, Bishop Stortford. and Chester.ord, and returning from Cambridge at 6.30., and from Chesterford at 7 0 p.m. } :rtday, April 17 - lst and 2d class, at 5.15 p.m. from • *ambridge, and 5.4,, p.m. from Chest wford to London, galling at Bishop Stortford, BroxL'ourne, and Lea•bridge. p e ,,,,,,ngers will be booked through between London and New market, a t their option, either via Chest:rford or Cambridge, at the following fares, including coach fares and fees to coachmen : Single Ticket Day Ticket to and from to and from Newmarket. Newmarket. Ist Class by Rail way and inside the Conch 17s. 6d. .. • • .... 30s. Ist Class by Railway and outside the Coach. 14$. 6d. 2d Class by Railway a'.d outside the • ••• Coach .. ..- •••• • • • 6d lis. . •••• 20s. The day tickets are only available for th• return journey on the da ay for which they P r i va t e carriages and issued. horses will be conveyed by any of the above trains, anil by the ordtmtry trains ils iut4d as herLtotb . re. at the fellowing. vatos to and from London an d ~. .. ...--. . -..- VIA CHESTERFORD. I VIA CAMBRIDGE. . •• . Hanel. .. 1 (larr1 1 Horses. Carri ages. • .;_:-.'....:. '-- I ages. .---- .--- ' Ist. . 2d. IL i Ist. 2d. 3d . 3. d. s. (i. s. d. s. d. :s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Slagle Ti elret.... 0 4 . 5 1 28 040020119634 0 49 0 24 6 i Day Ticket 1 - available the 24 0 I 42 0 60 0 300,296 51 0 73 6 I 37 0 same day only First Class. 'Second Class. Third Class Broxbonrne - - - - 3s. 6d. 2s. 6d. Is. 9d. Rye House Itt. Margaret's - - - - 5 a 3 6 2 3 Ware Hertford 6 0 3 6 , 2 3 N.B. Tickets for the special ti',sins may be had' on application at the station. Shoreditch, and at the .oolden Cross, Charing-cross, on and atter the Gth of Ap ril; and as a limited number only will be ' issued, parties intending to avail themse. vas of this arrangement are recommended to make early application. Post horses and coaches amply provided ftV a "%TY train—at CheS terford station by Messrs. Edwards, Bottom, any Sabine and at Cambridge by Messrs. Edlin, Mitchell, and Starkey. Orders for previously securing post horses to be addrest'ed t o Mr ' Edwards, Crown Inn, Ch es t er t or d ; an d Mr. Starkey, railwa ? Cambridge. station, Similar arrangements will be made for the First Spring Mel' ing, particulars of which will be announced by advertisement in due course. . By order, _ . C. P. RONEY, Secretary. General offices, Shoredltch, London, March 28, 1846. 1) AVIESes FIND; is. 50. per lb.; Genuln7 SPERM CANDLES. li sz tie:d ,ii i 64. ; Yellow soap, 425.. 465., li2s., and ass. per 112Ibs. German, 14.3 d. ; '5.,f,;08. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; Fine v, st a , x, I . s. bd. ; Trans 2s. 14. ._ iiim ,rf Candles, Sid. parent Wax, Is. ed. ; genuine Wax, .46,7xtra Waxed-wick Moulds, B%d. ; Ge.outita i 25st_.'ar, as. id. , Palo Seal, 3 4. 4,1 . ; Artand, P : r "' Vegetable,7s. per gallon ; Ala 4-or Soap, Is. t l per packet ; Palm, Is. 4cl- Ol 4 11 ' ." ; wi a d:or, Is. 9d.; 4) i 0. '21.; Altuond..2s. 1:(1. ; saatin7., Wax , -iroarm per lb. : Halo's I erlor Paragos Composite, roctutrins o 1 . 11:: i f: S, 11)6 (I- F agor Cash—At DAYIPS'S Old list,bllshod wart..., 63, st. liartles-iruto, opposite New IllaUghter 1 Coffee-house.y OU,It VICTORIES IN INDIA! n i .trall 10T our army--the pride of the world ! Vic. *orlon. their between proudly unftted ; And kurope now rings with the Sutlej campaign, For L ravely we've beat them again and again ! Oh ! 1% to can compete with our braveearted sos ? h. I nom., what laurels, what lame -b have they won ? What They call . net for danger—nor Idly would lag, But nobly . advance In defence of our flag'. And " Ilya, -n's'' a conqueror 1 look at his dress, It carries tie. •ottelt England triumphant success ! And the Fren eh with d.sinay aro compell'd to admit, That " ityam• " has made it most " palpable hit I" So whether in I. 'ommeree -or whether In war, All nations on e, rth we can beat them afar. Hurrah I then for England—for Ilyam and dress, Whilst fame spree...* our triumphs ant signal success!! L. HYAM'S TAi L01t11 ,7 0, WOOILEN DRAPERY, AND OUTFI'TTINC:ESTABLIsiiMENT, 36, G.,•acechnrch-street, London. SPRItG PALETOTS, in endless variety........ from 12s. Oil. An Immense Assortment of SHOOTING COATS from Ss. 6d. "YOV,TH'S CLOTH HUSSAR and TUNIC SUITS from 16s. 6d. LIST OF PRICE S. READY-MADE GARMENTS. • FOURTH QUALITY X s. d. Drys Coat, Black cloth.. —, • • ... . 1 1 0 Trounce, ditto ditto ...... ...• . . 09 6 Vest, ditto ditto . . •• • ...... 05 6 The Suit of B!ack complete .... • ...... 1 16 0 THIRD QUALITY. Dress Coat, of any colour .........• •. .. 1 6 8 • Trousers, • ditto ditto —.•.. • • ...... 0 12 6 Vest, ditto ditto .......• • ... • • u 6 6 The Suit complete .• • • om • • .... 2 5 0 SECOND QUALITY. Dross Coat, of any colour .... • • • • .. • • • • 'Trousers, ditto ditto •••••• ••••••••• - Vest. ditto ditto .... ..... ..... !The Suit complete • • • • • • • • • ••• • FIRST AND BEST QUALITY. 33 Ten Coat of and colour 'tl Onsets, ditto ditto :: :.:: :: ... .. 1 1 6 0 . . :•. 081 6 'est, ditto ditto ••••••.. • • • • • • 0 8 6 1 'No Suit comp l ete uoAnartilechless age arese,ainnathde.to ordet : l4 . th " e; er • ;beat style, at a small addi tional 3 0 the cadtrYT-TradmeallaptEprvi TH manag ii i by persons produced kunmostntaa pri ces. Is that and great experience, and such gas tnents only are will defy comparison. NOV CE.—To We trouble and time, this es' nahliehmen t, purchasers are r es pectfully e,and facilitate the business of article. / s marked the selling price in plain informed that every gures, from which no de duct! m , can b e mat t e en any considerationn whatever. 31 07 tey will be returned to any purchaser, his 1 31 irchase after seel'og the articles :it lils, o slrJuld he not approve of lii . hosiness transactOd on Saturdw, until thewn house. A book, containing a setters' list of prices evening. "V ,on. , can be had on appll ,. fhe Public are respectflilly informed that ~I, ' ins for the accommodation of its patrons at e extensive altera b' tat the elegant Show-rooms for the ordered department an is' completed, and saloon will be opened on MONDAY NEXT, the 1 3t h :er r and cutting with an entire new stock of Superfine West of England Broa d ) Clothe, il the most novel designs in TrOweeringS, Vestitiggr and new materials for ii iummer Over•coats that can be produced In the ki dng om. An early t uspectlon is respectfully solicited. • 1 10 0 o 14 6 0 7 6 2 12 0 *, 'D •is• gga s ' ;'2 5'44 • ▪ 1837 £l9l 13 I L /37 13 8' • 1838 169 13 0 74 13 IC 1000 74 3 1839 138 13 6 1 61 14 3 1840 39 001 41 13 4, Xl3 17 1 -6395 Il 1 II 8 6 346 2 9 410 23G 13 4 6 0 0 247 411 The &vision of profits is annual, and the neat will he rasde tn 1) !ena'aer of the vre.ent year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. F43e ONE GUINEA WELLI NGTON BOOTS made to measure by G. GARRETT, itootmaker, by special appointment, to the King of the Belgians. A rock of the most fashionable and highly-finished Boots kept ready made, to suit the oonvenienee of Noblemen, OMeers of the united Services, and Gen tlemen who pr,tfor trying on Boots to giving an order. G. Garrett, Army tootrnaker, 130, Jermyn-street, St. James's rvicoLL's PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 6b. "atronised by the Prince Consurt, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overco,t recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence igainst the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To he had in London only of the Patentees, 114. Regent-street. THE REGISTERED SHIRT ARELIOUSE 42, REGENT-CIRCUS, PICCADILLY. The Proprietor begs to state that in the term of the REGISTERED SHIRT a very great improvement is effected, yet care is taken to preserve the easy looseness so necessary to this garment, together with a plain smooth setting front, and to retain this appearance dur:ng the whole time in wear. But a further and a most important advantage is offered—the material of those parts seen, viz., the fronts, collars, and wristbands, are composed of the Golden Flax Linen, now so widely celebrated for the purity of its bleach, thus presenting a beautiful snow-white appearance. The Proprietor fur ther begs to state, that rigorous attention is given towards moderate prices and excellence of workmanship. Any philanthropic lady or Wontlentan who may he desirous of giving employment to persons of reduced means with such intention, the Proprietor of title est Wish meta. will be happy to to-operate, and merely requires to see a spe cimen of work. and a card of the lady or gentleman recommending. Sample' of the Golden Flax Linen, with prices and direeth n, r fo se lf. m easurement. will be cheerfully forivartied by post to non•real dents iu London. Address, Registered Shirt Warehouse, 42, Regent-street, Piccadilly PUBLICATIONS. NEW IND AMUSING NOVEL, Entitled "BILL ULAICE," or " A TRIP TO PARIS," by the Author of " Edwin Leslie ;" Also, an Interesting Sketch, entitled, " THE PLEASURE PARTY," will be published in the Columns of THE ULSTER GAZETTE, COMMENCING APRIL 13, 1846, AND CONTINUED IN CONSECUTIVE SECTIONS UNTIL FINISHED. The Ulster Gazette, Irish Turf Register and Sporting Chronicle, (established in 1843), is published every MONDAY, in the city of Armagh, and is a journal devoted to the interests of Agriculture, to the encouragement and record of Field Sports, and other species of rational amusement. It is Non-political, and its columns contain, besides Parliamentary, Army, and Navy News, all the Irish Sport ing Intelligence of the Week, —Racing, Burning. 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With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. yY Matriculat e d m ember of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary ilt9l , ll l .l l E ed i ti ' , r i d 'A - , :t 3l re E et n , T fied e f O or N d S -sq l ta T r l e N , G Lon B d Ult on G ; EON' Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Ike., fee. IEYTr.WS OF THE WORK. " The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali fied Medical man, who has evideotly had considerable experience in the treatment of the various disorders arising front the follies and friable. of early indiscretion. The engravings are an Invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must att as a 'salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be sati s f actorily replied to, that admit of no up peat, even to the otost eoutidenilal friend." —Era. 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It has been known to many of the Noll- MY and Gentry ZUW. 44S 41' eleven years, some of wbont the Inet.,,_ ;heir attestation of its merits, In the for most sincerel y the' ° .4:4 cettainty of restoring strength. Its virtues are engdfoltit-dt preveats the Bair from fall ingii* AU4 giving it additional lustre and oil or turning gray ; a feu remove the most distressing ;•.40 in mat part produced by or at drops d r ops ' the crown of the head will nowiedg a aff the Faculty as the tended with fluidness; and is ea . called Portgo only speci fi c known to cure that c1i5.,....n.",1 le*4 do calvans (which causes the Hair to . s'^ 14 Palte4 es)i, a tew *.zrful dise.nverY is COY PZ-r applications remove dandriff. This went , to its regenefali4 plained in a pamphlet, containing testimenfa: , new Hair upon bald places, entitled, " Three lainuti.` MOO on tbe t A ;nting ; al i r, a Growth and Preservation of the Human flair," by NC. ari4 ,, l6rane ' Inventor of the Aromatic Regenerator for the Gro Wth of the unman Hair, and a certain preventative of headache and toilet perfinne—bearing the Inventor's' signature, riefPfifY , ' Li g a. gate, near London Sold only in triangular bottles , wit h name, &c. &C., east theros..7. at 45.. 75., and l Is. each, Governme nt stamp in c luded, wlioleqoleand retail, by all Chemists, Druggists, and Perfumers, Alla by specie/ appointment TILE FOLLOWING AGENTS FOR LONDON. Messrs. J. and E. Atkinson, perfumers, 24, Old Bond-street. Messrs. Fisher and Toller, Chemists, Conduit street, Bonl-stt ect. J. Sanger, Patent Medicine Vendor, 150, Oxford-street. Messrs. Hannay and Co., Chemists, &c., 63, Oxford-street. Messrs. Barclay and Son, Patent Medicine Warehouse, Farringdon- street. Thus Keating, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's -churchyard. E. Edwards, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 67, St. Paul's -churchyard. T. Butler, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 4, Cheapside. Messrs. W. Sutton and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse. Bow churchyard. R. Johnston, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 68, Conihill. Messrs. Langton, Brothers, and Scott, Wholesale Druggists, 225 and 226, Tharnes-street. Messrs. Drew. and Hayward. Wholesale Druggists, Great Trinity lane. EASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING.---13 and S. CONVVAN'S Invaluable CANTOS STROP, or Quad_ t dateral Chinese Razor -Sharpener, patronised by his Royal Highness prince Albert, renders the operation of shaving pleasant to the most ander skin. By a very simple process, the keenest edge may very leeedily be given to the bluntest razor. B. and S. Cowvan's peen arl3' tempered Razors and Tooth and Shaving-powder. Specimens ; Ithe strops are exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. 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The 7s. size contains two of the 4s , and the 11 s. *tee con- Nom. -xese are midi, eft mow an d gra 8.-and S. pains four times the quantity of the 4s. By . forwarding a Poefroin ce • Wolof /Or Of. ed., ri. ed. ON Ito., *Utter Mao wW, los rolizensd. Me;;;;. Butler and NI uckley, herbalists. Covent-garden. T. Trout, Medicine Vendor, 229, Strand. R. Ilendree, Perfumer, Tichtv,rne-street._ FOR MI CHESTER. M. Leresche, Patent Medicine Vendor, Advertiser Office. FOR =ITER. . • Resiey, Medicine Warehouse. North street, Devonshire Chx onicic Office. EXAMPLNI4 B BPremium. —OnUS itenas 5 added. Cash. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. In announcing to the friends of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge the suspension of the operations of the Society which has for twenty years successfully laboured in the pro motion of that object, the Committee feel it necessary to wake a short statement in explanation of their motives. The Society was founded in 1826. It owes its establish ment to Lord Brougham, whose personal exertions first brought the Committee together, and who has continued in the office of chairman throughout its existence, and not only in the office, but in the unremitting performance of its duties. The Society owes to Lord Brougham, among other things, the first treatise which was published, the Prelimi nary Treatise of the Library of Useful Knowledge, the value of which, as a statement of " The Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science," is well known. The political circumstances of the time had, much influence in producing its formation. It could not be otherwise at a period when the opinion that there was danger to religion and to Government in the spread of knowledge was avowed by many, acted on by more, and generally supposed, whether justly or not, to be at least not discouraged by those at the bead of the State. It needed an energetic combination, both of well known names and of working power, to create an effective opposition to a principle now exploded, and which never could have been true except upon suppositions anything but advanta genus to the religion and the Government in support of which it was brought forward. If this fear of knowledge still ex . isled, the Committee would hold it necessary t 3 continue their active operations. But it does not now exist : all par ties at this day appeal to the reason of the people at large, desire them to instruct themselves, and offer them the means The advocates of knowledge are more powerful than their' opponents ever were, and those opponents have disappeared. At its commencement the Society determined, with obvious ,prudence, to avoid the great subjects of religion and govern ment, on which it was impossible to touch without provoking angry discussion. At a time when the spirit which produced the events of 1828, 1829, and 1832 was struggling with those who, not very long before, had tried to subdue it by force; when religious disqualification arid political exclusion occu pied the daily attention of the press; and when the friends of education were th emselves divided on the best way of ad justing these and other matters of legislation—any inter ference with theology- or politics would have endangered the existence of a union which demanded the most cordial co operation from all who wished well to the cause. That the Society took an appearance of political colour from the fact that almost all its original supporters were of one party in politics, is perfectly true; but it is as true that if the Com mittee had waited to commence operations until both parties had been ready to act together. the work would have been yet to begin ; and the good which so many of the Society's old opponents admit that it has done, would have been left undone. But the Committee remember with great satisfaction, that this impossibility of com bining different views in support of a great object ex tended only to politics. From the commencement, the Society consisted of men of almost every religious per suasion. The harmony in which they have worked to gether is sufficient proof that there is nothing in differ ence (3! .. dcc:rinal creed which need prevent successful association, when the object is good and the points of dispute are avoided. It is, however, worth notice, that the attacks which were made upon the tendency of the Society were almost wholly directed against its supposed effitct on religion, and very little indeed against its presumed political consequences. Few cried sedition. but a great many cried infidelity ; and this, though this Society mainly consisted of members .ef that party which had been long charged by those very oilements with a design to bring about a revolution. To all these attacks the Society has offered but on e reply—a steady perseverance in the course which com - mon sense pointed out as the proper method of gaining; its otject. The opinions, or, as the result has shown, the preju dices, which were to be overcome, were twofold. Beside the feeling that knowledge is dangetous, there existed a notion that taste for the results of accurate thought and patient research was not very widely spread, which was combined, on the part of publishers and booksellers. with a fear that cheap books would ruin them. When the decided success with which the Society's first efforts were attended drew the attention of the trade, there was an alarm which, if good sense had not gained a hearing sooner than has happened in other cares, would have ended in an appicatton to Parliament for protection--a measure actually propo-ed, and no doubt diseussed The same rational feeling which prevented so childish a pro position from being listened to, suggested the propriety of meeting the Society with its own weapons ; and the Committee has the greatest pleasure in avowing that while the adoption of this determination on the part ..f the trade is one of the best proofs that the Society has gained its end, its success is one of the main causes of the present address, and of the resolution which it announces. The cause which was to be promoted may now be safely left to the spirit which the example of the Society has awakened among those whose bitAines it is, for their own sakes, to pro mote knowledge among the people, and who have now come to see that it is both their business and their in terest. There ' are many publishers who will be the worthy successors of the Society, and who were its best os nrnichnt eg a t 1 friends from the moment they became its rivals. And even though there' may not always be found in the trade of arty one large city such men as Mr. Charles Knight in London, or Messrs. Chambers in Edinburgh. who add to the usual motives of commercial men a sincere per sonal interest in the progress of knowledge and the power of able writers, yet the Committee feel very sure that never again will the maxims of the bookselling busi ness be one of the producing causes of such a Society as . that over which they preside. And the members et that trade, or the more candid among them, will admit, as some have admitted, that the exertions of the Society have greatly widened the field of their labour and of their profits. When the Committee was first constituted, and daring ' the time previous, every attempt to publish cheap hooks had been accompanied by a deterioration either of print or of matter. One of the facts which the Society de sired to establish, and has established, is that a work need not be bad because it is cheap. It is not for the Committee to give any opinion on the details of the treatises they have published : but they may allow themselves a word on the character of the opposition to which they have always more or less been subject. Some organs of the periodical press, as well as indi vidual writers, have frequently sneered at the works of the Society in the bulk ; but no one has ever ventured to take the state of English literature as it w as in 1826, and treatise to treatise, and book to book to show that its efforts were needless. Should any pers on he found hardy enough to make the attempt, it is )1C• exaggeration to say that he must choose his instances out of works averaging from ten to twenty times the prices at which those of the Society were produced. Neither will the Committee, while dwelling upon the good which they know, and which all know, has been done, make any claim to an exclutlive species of merit. They will rather describe their own association as a necessary incident of the time in which they live. A spirit was awakened of which they have been the instrfitnents —s, spirit which led to the successive fwEridation (if University College, King's College, and the University of London, and which had previously established the Mechanics' Institutes ; which overthrew the laws ex cluding Roman Catholic and Protestant Dissenters from the public service ; which reformed the representation in spite of the utmost efforts of wealth and power ; which broke the chain of slavery throughout the British em pire, and is still at work in forwarding the best interesr,s of' the whole human race. But the acknowledgment thu s made diminishes nothing of any claim which the Society ' may have upon public gratitude. There is hardly and good, hardly even a discovery in science, of which it may not be said that it did come when it must have come, it not siesixo of : f a r : t ill : ea wotani time, e l: a t n h d o , u then i t fro si m i 0 uanother.used, But as the reg r a i prde regards those who are th t e hr fi i r r s m t t e i r ) i s t e . e that what ought to be done can A b::::l , 7 :s o it nlLt .. o n 7p e l v a i i d n en th t e t i h r a s t uc n c o e t ss o , i i i s ly o i f n te d n i, m id booksellt ra, but other public l hodies, had become imi tators mtaat,;nrsport:ntchiepiesooeniez‘s.ligi,tns . e .r x a ert e i x on ample, and that the rapidly becoming completely triumphs a w n 'e t re th h e m re nded was feeling in the minds of several inembers of thearC)-oc:taa mittee that the work was done, and that the Socie ty should, after completing its existing engagements wi 03 ;hp public, pronounce its own labours at an end. Win 1- 11-0 *ell A Society should have a permanent existent se 0 a b oo k o lifrig porporation, in competition with privet le lirneicloee,xiiirstewnlcipetifioerr lat particularshou i d e°. i s , i b i j:h r ,,,, i thsteaol,f,e. lastao c e : 0 1 n I e l) . a d r‘ until that object was eutna.:tt‘le: of :pinion. 1 8 , i .: "t i gained,itt,intht there were ewrmeeirwgenasnaynsnelr)iviuosusd differ'' " 1- . end o f t l i a i :tiTp pl i , „ - s a n n ,,:` . f his general intention to retire. It is % n bring y in a g p th ri t.. v . q at u e 'ttl'.:inert°inh'butte:inaedssiffit:utihte whie b h uld be taken to begin nothing e w e h a a r t , roeneeeyp of particular ti t c h u e l a several e m ra e i rather I was proper to contemp . latie f eve existence was converted into an indefigaie term °- ge I .„ ore, b the circumstances at that of whether it was neTwhteheanuceet:ttbeirrewenasidiu."ll " possz „ w y which will be de1000 2 17 always considered is J', in tefi di ng the, p4 1 3 ,1icp,4;02 of theesentityo.gralpthsibcaml Dmictbieonmareyn,': ' - *a. barni- nhfln9- works,- another,.:: -f--dee‘ -tirielir: d during one point, vvriditierent y id self entitled to follow successful . ttt s .: i ‘ted from a private itdes,' rofits. The saws published under their obtained from the successful works . 4 P li - ed in the way J tmi l 'a s n s ne e d s. :ril'Bh4eutlattt;httee::S:olci:rlietnyiY will,l. 'iii?"6 had PeCs''ltigl t h h a" e t lilt : 1' 0 h" ; t(n)lruid avoid the o " :individual, have by this that prudence pointy isaclupeinriattltite)lnidetioleobe, mailniach6e;rintootuu'illatlttr()p. pended in trying to promot e e chance of profit ; in such at- which afforded little or no . e:a h ltb r , u l k ,v. su N f - u eh t e ndia n fr:e 4 l , y in e g x s : time produced nsid:tll3l4iblew.( d Money had ee pended on many en ublic has heard nothing ; and on deavous, of which the p mtemorptgtsagmea.uy valuable copyrights have been sold of many from which no return has yet been obtained ; and additions even to that higher literature from which I many a serieus loss has been incurred with full know- materials were to be drawn. The Ives of Gelileo anti ledge that such would be the event. Kepler by Mr. Drinkwater (Betbune) arc well-known One of these cases of loss, the largest and most im- and very prominent instances. • portant, is that of the " Biographical Dictionary," pub- In various se erks of the reathenaatical series, the Society lisbed in half voluntes, of which seven, wimpl-eines the has had the satisfaction of doing for non - academical letter A, here appeared. To speak of the necessity for readers througeout the empire what the University el tel in Cauebridge h es e erie : such a work is needless ; arid to say that, come within the last thirty bears tor its the manner in which it has been begun , it would be an e'en students, namely, of placing before them, in our own honour to the literatur& of the country , and woted sun) , ledge age, the methods o f the inetherueticiaes of foreign a manifest and m hem est , ratable hiatus, wools(ne rely ceurrtriss. In this department the Society acknowledges to re peat . ttie opinion of the judges whose ver,:ict is much its 01 ligations to Peolesser De Morgan. both for the less likely to he biassed by partiality than that of the work.which he has coetrihuted to the series,' and for Committee. This work, nevertheless, meta with so his general advice and assistance. Of these obligation , little of the public patronage, that tee Society finds it is troy the least, that he suegestee the employment of itself abseeutely unable to continue it. Many per- the late Mr. Murphy, one of the ablest analysts sons, who Fully approve of the plan and execution, de- that this country has produced of late years, to write eerie to take the work until it is complete, forgetting the tr satiseun the" Theory of Eye:aeons." In such pro. that in all undertakings of such magnitude. from the ductions as the large Astronomical Maps anal the " Biegrsphi Britenniea" downwards, it is not in the "Ste-testiest Accouie of the British Empire," &e., the power of any publisher, public oeprivate, to expend the Committee have endeavenred help those who were whole capital required during the years of preparation engaged in profeund.researches of different kinds ; while whir-h are essential. In the eresent instance, the sale of in the tracer on "Capital and Labour," the e Results of the first half volume has been 1.161 ;of the last, 789 ; the Machinery," the " Manual for Mechanics' Institutes," average sale, 957. &c., they have tried to bring sound materials fir thought The Committee may safely aver, that no publisher had to the door and the hand of the working man. In the was se en in those which were betel& t ever produced works in parts with more regularity than wide reeige that lies between these two, their effete s can superintendence. The treatises o f 1.110 Library eif Useful of knowledge ; and it is with no small pride they reflect out under their only be summed up by the enumeration of all branches Knowledge - appeared, with very' few exceptions, at upon the fact that their publications are used in every the times appointed. The series of maps, a work of part of the empire, from the cottage to the mansion. As much more difficulty to prepare with regularity than many individuals us there are in the country who can even a publisher (of books only)res ...illy appreciate, read, so uettety are there who have seen and used some of was always in hand, and was never yed except by the the works which the SecietY has put forth. In all this conviction that the loss of time Would 'be well repaid by it will clearly be understood that the Committee claims the value of the information waited fiir. 'rho e Penny not an Huth. A'S part, bu: a puelisher's. Yet, at the same. Cyclopwdia" was never twelve hours behind its time is time their duty as publishers Las been combined with all the monthly appearances of as manly years ; a thing that of supeeindenee, revision, suggestion, and, occasion which never happened in the case or .any alphabetical ally, assistance in the obtaining of infertnation. Except work which depended upon the regularity of an editor in cases where ia eork•was in the hands of an editor or and contributors. And the " Biographical Dictionary" author known to the Society by former experience, or was in the han 'a of the same editor, whose untirit g warranted by well established reputation, superintendence zal had produced this unprecedented - result. Ni, better has been inure than nominal. In some cases, the extent guarantee fer its regular progress could have been of a work hue beets usefully leen aced at the express offered: and if but one in four of those to whose libra- desire of the Society ; in others, as usefully diminished. vies the complete work would have been judged by In the labour of supesentendence the Society has much themselves essential would have accepted this guarantee, obligation, over and above what has been alr, ady stated, . it would have been now in full progress. to acknowledge to many present and eirmer members e f Though the Committee always counted upon se loss, the Committee ; particularly to Captain Beaufort for his or at the best upon a deficiency which could net he skilful care of the series of maps, and to Sir John made good untl long after the completion of the work, Lubbock for his active ceetition to all that relates neither they, nor others more conversant with the to the sciences in which he has gained his well chances of the boekselling trade, were at all prepared to established reputation. Arid while mentiening a former expect so large a deficiency as appeared by the time member of the Committee. whose name is so honourably the letter A was completed. On these seven hal.- ' associated with the higher braneoee of astronomy, the volumes the excess of expenditure above receipts Committee have the satisfactics of remembering that half, the researches on the tides were partly suggested by amounts to nearly 5.0 00 /. Of this loss , more than it appears, has been sustained b y the Society , and the the necessities of the Society's Almanac, and that the remainder by the subscriptions and donations which. expenses were partly defrayed freen the Society's funds. have been announced from time to time. Though the While alluding to those who are, and have been mein giving some hers of the Commi ttee, whose services have been of re fi r as s t o s n al t e o o b f p t - a o t r i k t w w a o s ul e d n s c h o o u r r t a ly gi encouraging as e e to such a point more than common extent and usefulness. it is impos as might enable the Committ ee to p roceed steadily to the sible for the Committee to forget the late Earl S p encer. end, yet it was found that the average rate of sale of the To this nobleman the Society was under the deepest seven half-volumes produced the& faleatienabovealluded bligations, as well for his attention to its publications, to. And careful estimates showed, that underexistieg eir- particularly to these relating to history and agriculture, cumslunces, an additional sum of at least 15,000 e must as for his constant and active participation in its be sunk. A stork commenced in parts ought to be con.- general' management. The goieety has never ex tinned to the full extent which the capital of the under- perieneed a grouter loss than it sustain , din the unex- taker will allow. The Society has obey e d this reason - pected death of this tried and trusty friend of every im- eble rule, and has x hausted its resources. As soon as prove-went. The " Biographical Dictionary " was a it appeared that, with the losses incurred by the e Bios stork in which he took the deepest interest: he was, in grape ical Dictionary," the assets of the Society, never deed, its first suggester, and he gave liberal aid towards very considerable for the reason already assigned, the publication. scarcely exceeded its liabilities, there was no other al- The Committee have alluded to their determination ternative except the discontinuance of further puelica. not to interfere in theology or politics. They have also tion for the time being. The present announcement is mentioned the opposition excited by their presumed in the consequence. diffeeence to religion and public order. But the enemies With regard to the " Biographical Dictionary" the of their cause were not their only assailants. At the Committee feel no doubt that a great many persons, cemniencement of their career, nothing was mote cem most friendly to the undertaking and to the progress of mon ;than remonstrances trout friends of the diffusion of literature, have withheld their support and assistance knowledge, blaming the in in strong terms fir supplying under the usual feeling of hope that the end might be to the public nothing but literature and science, and compassed without them. Many may not have been neglecting, from feat- of misconstruction, matters of the aware that the undertaking was placed in peril by their highest importance to social happiness. Six years ago, standing aloof ; .and should the feeling of regret with when the circumstances of the dine seemed favourable, which the Committee abandon the present prosecution the Committee so far departed from the usual practice of the work be shared by any who shall feel disposed as to publish a series of political treatises, drawn up by to exert themselves for its renew al, the door is still their chstrinate nerning the only accessible work in open. An arrangement has burn made by which the which the existing constitutions of the principal coun ' plates and cope right of the part already published may tries in the world are described both in principle and de be repurchased by the Committee at a nominal rate at tail. But the event showed strong reasons to conclude any time within three years. So that, in point of fact, that the part. of the public which called out for politics ithe work may yet be continued. And the Committee wanted, not knowledge of facts nor lessons of experi e ell use their best endeavours; should they see good ence, but only stimulus for party feeling, and m a t e rials p rospect of success, to promote the renewal of a pro- for party discussions. The Society accordingly gave up je ct of the utility of which they are so well assured, the intention of completing the above-named series, and an of which nothing but the absolute impossibility of abandened a work on Political Economy which had been col itinuing it has produced the suspension. prepared. `With respect to the Society, however, the failure of In conclusion , . th e Committee con g ratulate all who the "Biographical Dictionary,' though one of the cireums feel as they do upon the spirit of imerovement now so stem cea which gave led to its present situetion, is only to actively displayed, and trust that it will not tire until is be considered in that light in connexion with another Isla has achieved the universal education of the people. As mere material, and much more gratifying, character. employed in effecting their object by printed publica- TI to Society's work is done, for its greatest object is dons, which are principally addressed to those who se beeved—fully, fairly, and permanently. The public have received some mental culture, they have always i s su pplied with cheap mid good literature to an extent felt that the door cf communication between them a nd wt tich the most saeguine fri en d o f human improvement large masses of the community was but avi ry little way coiald not, in 18 26 , have hoped to base witnessed in op. te But they have the satisfaction of seeing and twenty years. the powerful contributors to ties great knotting that at least there is now no further obstacle to object, who have been taught by the Society how to those who have made the first step, and of f ee li n g that ork without the Society, may almost be reckoned by they have been inst rumental in removing the subse tlee hundred, end there is hardly a country in Europe, (silent hindrance. The time is coming, thet trust, when frotteßussinte Spain, which has not seen the Society's all will act upon what most now see—namely, that - publications in its own langu ag e, and felt their influence knots ledge, though it adds pevver to evil, adds tenfold on its own system of production. Had it been other- power to good; when there shall be no part of the com wise, had the desire for information which the Society munity on which this maxim shall not have been veri- Showed to exist in 1826, still remained ii nsupplied from fled; and .Then the Society for the Diffusion of Useful any other source, the multitude of pence would have far Knowledge shall be- co-ext, naive with society hsele more than have supplied the pounds necessary for the 42, Beelfordesqiiare, March 11, 1846. " Biographical Dictionary," evert though no single pure dieser had been found. • Among the sources of income which have never failed, the series of maps is prominent. The re-issue of this series, which has new become the property of Messrs. 'Knight and Co., is still unfinishe d. The Com mittee have the satisfaction of knowing that Mr. Knight NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SATORDAY.—The Rodney, 92, Capt,.in Collier, is ready for sea, and will go out of harbour on Monday. It is reported that she is to go as flag ship to the East Indies. The St. Vincent, 120 flag ship, will be ready to pro ceed to Spit.head towards the latter end of next week. She his been removed to her usual moorings, and is now vskung in her guns. The enntctuplated improvemerts in this ship have been abandoned tor the present, as it would require so lo:tgli timvo complete them, that all hope of her joining in the summer cruise in the channel must, in that case, he given up. An addition of about *ix inches to her false ke. 1 is all that has been done. The Pticeaix, steam sloop, Commander Dennis, sailed this afternoon for Gibraltar. has secured such superintendence of the remaining por. Lion of this re-issue as cannot fail to provide for the ful and due execution of all required improvements. In naming Mr. Knight, it is 8 pleasure to the Com mittee to remember the various ways in which his gee vices as a cultivator of literature have been rendered to the Society : on him, in fact, and Professor Long , more of the editorial character has devolved than on any other two individuals. To both these gentlemen the Society is under the deepest obligations : to the former as Edi tor of " The Penny Magazine," the " Library of Enter -mining Knowledge, ' and of the" British Almanac" and its " Companion ;" to the latter as Editor of " The "Penny Cycloeiedia," "The Journal of Education", and " The Biographical Dictionary." The Committee will not enter into much detail upon the character and extent of the services which the pub lic appreciation of their intentions and their efforts has enabled them to render in the diffusion of knowledge. But a brief summary may be permitted ; and in making it, they gratify their own feelings by the rtcollection of the obvious truth, that they could not have withstood the opposition which was excited by their first united appearance, if they had not creat. d a hundred sup. porters for one opponent. In the " Library of Useful Knowledge," they showed the possibiay of producing sound treatises on the principles of all branches of human inquiry, at prices heretofore unexampled in lowness. In the " Library of Entertaining Knowledge," they proved that equal soundness of detail, but with highsr range of subjects than was usual in books of that class. might be introduced into works as cheap, intended for lighter reading. In the " Farmer's Series, they have brought within the reach of a very large proportion of jseC't: in'particu lar, n ln :Pa the rt ic ‘ u • those employed in agriculture more and better inferma lion than subsequent compwtition has ever attempted to tim produce: principal the i w na o n rlt u ,i . l .n on .h t e h: ant H o rse," l A ar l ' lta i l s tr and its "Companion," they successfully attacked prevalent absurdities, and made this valuable class of works, which yields only to the newspaper in its power of introduc tion, a new vehicle of u seful information. There is rea.on to believe that they had a considerable share. in induc ing the Government to a bandon the stamp-duty on al manacs, a measure which has multiplied the number s and increased the sale of these works to en enormous extent. In the series of maps they have effected a complete change by making ' the most recent geographical coati rills ac cessible at a cheep rate. In the " Journal of Educe. thin,' they called the attention of many, whose means 4 information on the e xisting state of education, at home and abroad, were very limited, to those defects of methods and ho iks which were but too well kn own to a ll w h o h a d examined the sub j ect. In the " Gallery of Por traits," they showed that their prin c ipl e o f cheapness WR9 folly applicab le to the faithful re presentation of works of art. In the" Penny Magazine," they were the only of curtailing the circulation of a class f means not lication• offensive to murals, and even to common cheap P 613- ceney, but, introducing, and stimulatie,, o common de cency, by oth, rs, into qiiarters se b , the introduc. - r , ere penetrate d, of both literature and art. oohs had heti:lly Cyclopedia." they brought before h In the " em) sands, articles as good as those wich undreds of „thou works of reference had confined no t. ( the usual plan of have nu deubt they materially daro h o. itiedsands ; and they constructing di( tionaries of literature ima g ed the old plan of a manner as to be of little avail exet, t science in such used the longer and more important articles?to those who as excellent as the minor ones were bad) ) (frequently separate treatises. This work has been the a s so Illtilly , calling forth such articles, not only forWrittenmeans of suggested by it, as that of the Astronomer it but the s • Oravitation, in which Peens of er Royal on _ his popular ree I. snation which Newton gave of own P . heen not only rendered accessib' system has les, but greedy increased in .e to mul titue the extent to . it is tilled. In the works on " "Friendly . which' cy So - cies " and .. 4 apt.uities," the very actuary W h ose ,i, r 7 . on ley are has he n furnished with ta„L, /e'esslotiel boeks t. . tables tl ‘nn previously existed ; while the pricel i ' ' D e l ia, rh. IT are published _ has. prevented them from at and merely professional. being only In histor a and biography, the " Library of Useful Knewledee" bits suppliedimany treatises of value. Aid intent although not . expressly to promote erigieal reseuch, tut only ftc'pi , ace before 1 rrge masses . of readers the rest sits on existing investigation*, yet it has happened, lucid, 'tits y, _that the Committee has been the suggesting c vse .of works which are valuable The Endymion, 44, Captain Lambert, arrived at Ber muda on the 24th ult. On the preceding. Sunday, in the afternoon, while runnin, , with a fair wind, she was over taken by a tremendously heavy squall. The men were aloft on the yards reducing sail, when the force of the wind struck the ship; in an instant the eye-bolt on the mainmast head, to which the toreyard brace-block is attached, gave way, the foreyard broke in the slings, and the weight of it carried away the fore-topsail parrill, and before the men on the yard could secure themselves, seven of them dropped into the water, and were lust; the ship then running ten knots through the water. The Sampson st , am-friga.e, Capt. Henderson.—The following is an extract of a letter from an officer be longing to this vessel, which we give in order to show the injustice of those parties who decry our steam men of-war. The letter is dated Madeira, March 4th, 1846 . —" The engines work so smoothly that th , re is not the least jerking with them, and they have done their duty well in this last gale—such a gale as I hope we shall never have to encounter again. The Tweed, one of the crack West India mail boats, sailed from Southampt.m on the 17th Februars, an.l the S.lmp‘on sailed from Plymouth on the 20,11 following. The Twe. d got to Madeira twenty hours before us, so that we beat her three days. The first five days she had fine weather, whilst we hail scarcely any, and this should be reckoned relative to our comparative speed. Our name is up as being a f,st ve,.5..1 We went twelve knots an hour under steam coming into this port —when we got smooth water the engines making eighteen and a half revolutions. I never was• in a vessel betore where we had to ease her going head to sea. We have been glad to give all we could on purpose to make them steer, but the Sampson goes too fast, so that we have been forced to aid the engines. The Tweed oould not stand the gale, but it well tested our sea quali• ties ; and we all like the Sampson, as being a perfect steamer, and a good sea boat, and the Captain is highly ple ised with Ler." The Contest man-of-war brig, constructed by Mr. White, was launched from the projector's building slip at Cowes, this morning, and was directly taken in tow by the Comet steam vessel, and brought into the harbour to be fitted for commission. She is 450 tons burden. The Apollo, troop ship, Command, r Radcliffe, is in the harbour, under orders to refit. At the time of her departure frt.m Monte Video, Rear Admiral Inglefield'.l flag was flying in the Vernon, 50. Captain Fitzgerald. The Dock-yard artirins crovloyed on the Ap 110, are orderud to work from six iu the morning to sev. n at night, to expel ite her. It is understood she is to take trout a to the East Ihe Excellent ha, b again at pra , tice this week in testing and IQ ir,g the range of new Fun-, among which are a number of liaLt-sliort eons. deigned for the use of the brigs hitherto denominated 16 gun brigs, which are in future to be armed vk only twelve of these guns of 32-pound bore, in-tead •)f . the 32-pound csrronades which they have preaiinsly carried. The trials have been very satilfactory. These guns weigh only 45 cwt. each. AQUATICS.-F. Lett, of Lambeth. and T. Cook, of Westminster (two first-rate rowers), are matched to row from Battersea to Hammersmith, on the 28th of April, for 50/. FAIL OF A RAILWAY Iltimcf:.—We are sorry to announce thrt the triadic on that portion of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway leading from the station on the London road to the canal, has suffered a temporary suspension, in consyquence of the bridge having given way. The bridge origmally;Was erected upon piles. and the recent heavy points have deepened the river at one of the piers to such en extent that the piles have given way, and two of the arches hiVe sunk on the lower side of the bridge fully two feet, and thus rendered thp,•line impa.sable i.r . the trains. A tern corary wooden .11;tge wilt he tinmeiba!elyerected to keep up the 'connexion with the C31,:ll navigation, and. in the meantime, wooden planks have been laid across the bridge to admit of the waggons being drawn across by horses to the REPORT UPON THE LOSS OF THE GREAT LIVERPOOL STEAMER. Peninsular aud' Oriental Steam Navigation 'Com pany's Office, 51, St. Mary-axe, Landon. April 7, 1846. The committee appointed i,y the minutes of the Board of the 31-t March. 1846, to investigate the circum stances connected with the less of the Great Liverpool steam-ship, on the morning of the 24th of February, at four o'clock, about ten !elks from Cape Finisterte, re port that : Having reed the letter of the late commander of the Great Liverpool, dated Vice Consulate Office, district of Corcubion, Feb 24, 1846, announcing the loss of that vessel at four o'clock in the morning of that day, by her striking on a rock or shoal ; Having closely inspected the log of that ship for 43 hours previous, as well Ss her logs for 21 previous home ward bound voyazes—the n;gl:t order book of the late commander, containing the orders giv,n or: the night of the 23d of February, at eight o'clock, as well as the day's . works or reckonings of the ollicers of the ship, as gent ile on the previous noon ; Having closely examined the following witnesses, who were on board th e G reat Li verpool when George wre.cked riles was r. dr a ai lliams, strht l r, l a. a (rNik ru i, eil kn l . l , i }a e :s f tde o ti l io li aenr c ddw e r hLd ; eiae A tntl l o)e r purser; 'al an l 'i rha B rd en % (l V . James Beale, carpenter ; Mr. Sat Wright, Samuel Wi first engineer, As cell as Captain John Bowen. of the merchant ser vice (a passenger on board, and who has been a com mander in the coasting trade upwards of tour years, anti twelve years in the merchant service in India): That gentleman expreese t himself to the committee. to the following t &et: — That, "He felt perfectly satisfied with the truthful ness of the compasses. That, " The vessel wa steered very correctly. That, " Having worked the ship's reckoning for that day, as was his usual practice on the voyage, he felt satis fied the course steered, N.N.E. and N.N.E. E., ought to have taken the vessel nine to twelve miles to the westward of Cape Finisterre. That, " He was of opinion the vessel was carried so far to the eastward by reason of some unacceunnable in draft, which he aftereards supposed to be occasioned by a succession of easterly gales, which had prevailed in the Atlantic for some days previous to and after the wreck of the Great Liverpool. That, " Ile (Captein I llewen) was very much pleased and gratified with the good order and discipline which prevailed on board the Great Liverpool. That, "Captain M•Leod was always most attentive to his duties, as were also the several officers of the ship, and the orders were givers and carried out with a degree of quietness that struck him forcibly. That, " Ile never observed the duties on board a ship carried out with more efficient regularity." On the examination of Captain C. F. Burney, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Pacha, and Mr. James Carter, the chief officer of that vessel, they stated That, "After leaving the Rock of Lisbon, on her last. homeward voyage, on the afternoon of the 2d of March, 1846, they experienced an unusual inset, the vessel being drawn towards the land, and that the course was conse quently altered two points to the westward ef the course then steering, which circumstance was noticed in the log at that time. That, " On the 4th of March, when the loss of the Great Liverpool was heard of on beard the Pacha, Captain Burney, was of opinion that it must have been occasioned by the extraordinary and unsual inset which had prevailed on the coast for several days." Having examined Captain John So), of the Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-shlp Oriental, he stated as follows : That, "'The Oriental passed Cape Finisterre, on her last outward voyage on the 25th of February, at six ieet., the day after the Great Liverpool went on shore, at a distance of from eighteen to twenty-two miles to the westward of it. That, " Ile found le remarkably strong inset, so that, instead of making the Burlings ten miles on the port bow, as he expected, he wade them on the starboard bow, showing a difference . in the position in which the vessel ought to have bear,. according to the course steered, of from fifteen to twe,aty miles in a run of 210. That, " He had experience d ten inset before, but never to such au extraordinary degree: as on the occasion alluded to." On the inspection of the abstract of the log of the Royal Mail Ste-am Packet Company's steam ship Tweed, Captain George Parsons, on her last outward voyage from Southampton to Madeira (which ship departed from Southampton on the 17th of Februtery, 1846, at three sem), it appears that on the 23d of the settle month it blew a •• perfect hurricane" from the S.W. We find that these westerly gales had lasted for up wards of nine days with great severity, and it has been remarked that inset towards the shore is, ale ays more apparent during the prevalence of such gales, althougil the degree and direction of the wind experienced on board the Great Liverpool on the coast of Spain and Portugal (being S.S.E. to S. by W. by compass) was not such as to cause any ate reliension of inset in the mind of the late Captain Al•l,trod, who had made his course true from Cape St. Vincei.t to the Hock of Lis bon, and thence to the Rurlings, from whence he shaped his course to clear Cape Fmisterre. The committee examined a copy of a chart by which the Great Liverpool was navigated (the original having been lost with the vessel). They find, from the evidence, that the compasses were in good order and true, and that the vessel was corr. ctly steered. They further find the course steered on this last voyage was the same as that which had been steered by that vessel with safety on twenty-one previous homeward passages, atel that Captain M•Leod had himself been stationed on the fore— castle, looking out for two hours previous to the acci dent, where he continued until the ship struck. The committee deem it due to the character of the late commander of the Great Liverpool, to state, that the utmost vigilance anti care fir the safety of the vessel and those on board committed to his charge have been uni formly manifeeted by that lamented officer ; and the committee, after mature deliberation on the whole evi dence adduced, are unanimously of opinion, that the loss of the Great Liverpool was occasioned by a vela unusual inset tram the ocean, which had never been met, with in any of her farmer voyages, or in the experience of the several commanders and officers whose evidence has been take!). (Signed) SAMUEL THORNTON, Capt., R.N. RICHARD BOURNE, Commr., R. N. ALEXANDER NAIRNE, Capt., H.E.I.C.S. Resolved, That the report of the committee be re ceived and adopted. Resolved, That with a view to guard against the pos. sihility of the recurrence of danger from any extraordi nary inset for the future, the attention of the com• wanders of the Company's vessels be drawn to this report, and with reference to the circular of the board of directors, d ited September 9th, 1845, they be again strictly enjoined not to neglect to keep the most vigilant lo ,k out in approaching the land in the night, or in thiek or foggy weather, and to use the deepotea lead when practicable. And the board further direct that the ships of the Company, on the voyage direct between England and Gibraltar, both outward and hcmewards, are never in future to be steered within twenty miles of Cape Finis terre during the night or in thick or foggy weather. It was further resolved, That application through the Admiralty and Foreign office should be forthwith wade to the Spanish Government to procure the erection of a lighthouse on Cape Finisterre, for the greater safety o` navigation. By order of the Board, JAMES ALLAN, Secretary. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN AT BARKING. —An inquest was held on Saturday , before C. C. Lewis Esq., Coroner for South Essex, at Barking, on the body of a person, name at present unknown. The inquest was first opened on Wednesday last, and adjourned. From the evi dence it appears that the deceased crossed the iron bridge at Bromley late on Friday night, going in the direction of Barking, having a hat on at the time. The following morn ing a lab luring man, whilst passing down the lower road from Barking to Dagenham, picke.l up a pair of black kid gloves which were lying by the side of a ditch. In stooping to do so he saw the body of a man lying face downwards in it. With assistance it was got out and conveyed to the Harrow beer-shop, Barking. Search was then made fi , r the hat, but it could not be lountl, nor was there anything in the pockets of the deceased. On the jury re -assembling on Saturday, no additional evidence was forthcoming, and they returned an open verdict of " Found drowned." The following descrip. lion of the deceased was given :—Height about. 5 feet 4 inches, and age from 30 to 34 apparently ; his dress consisted of a blue body coat, nearly new, with gilt buttons, black trou sers and waistcoat, and clarence boots, nearly new. ROYAL HARWICH YACHT CLUB. —The Swedish Charg6 d'Affaires at the Court of London has just forwarded to the Rear-Commodore of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club the following letter :—" Baron Rehatisen presents his compli ments to Mr. Wiliiant Knight, and has the honour to inform him that his Majesty the King of Sweden an d N orway h as been pleased to grant to the Royal Harwich Yacht Club the same privileges in the ports of Sweden and Norway as those already conceded to other yacht clubs.—April 11, 1846." The Roval . Harwicb Yacht Club is cow exempt from port charges in Prussia, Lubec, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Hamburg!), Hanover, Bremen ' Holland, Frankfort - on - Maine, Belgium , France, Portugal, Sardinia, and Egypt. The same privilege will, it is expected, be soon granted by Russia, Oldenhurgh, Spain, and the Mediterranean Powers. Sardinia and Egypt, as we have just stated, have already granted the privilege. GAMEKEEPER SHOT.—Henry Jackson, head game keeper to Sir George Sitwell, Renishaw o -hall, lle,ar the hall on ndw h h a ohsta on ly recently been appointed such, went u near his rounds on Tuesday night. He had not been out o ut i l .i o e n o g f before three men suddenly came to-wards hint, and same man them fired a gun at him, but missed his aim. The gmeans he fired again, and shot him in the thigh. By , dozen n n f m t e h t e l shuts x w t . and an officer who had a knowled , gr ied got w h a m s I fi a S it a ah r ;e' d o e til d 'ta t la o l the She ffi eld police inhabitants was promptly the d dill) t V; w ounded man. In the offenders who were known vfea :ai°lsin°rno, hu iti Ifi h ( go:n e s: ot bym succeeded in apprehending rcootuirrsoefotfi', e e c rs ta o 3 n ' s t , h w e hi P o - a - w i t e te e er m meplus pected to have been son e; t si o E n e k o n these gto n, Two were taken at Eck- . con cerned in the luta . (lerci ii!),l °rough. Two gun., with some ingtuti, and two e a b ' l l irr f i‘ e ul a nn t i n i a n g t i l s i t e ra P te, B 'here they arrived on Wednes• powder and sto,t,:soalieerflien a m n e d n 'rem T an he d y ed we t roe dole— S hield Mercury. FATAL ACCIDENT AT HUNGER FORD STEAM-BOAT PIER—FOUR LIVES LOST. • Yesterday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, a melancholy accident occureed at llungerford-pier, causing the sacrifice of four lives, and the narrow escape of a fi' th. This accident arose through the fragile and insecure structure of one of the platforms which com municate with the dumbies forming the gangway to the lighters used for embarkation and debarkation. A t the time mentions d Mrs. Mansfield, aged 50, of 112, Jenny n street, St. James's ; her brother, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. W. Mansfield, her brother-in •law, were amongst other persons proceeding along the gangway. There were at that time many people on the floating pier ; two Chel sea boats and one Woolwich boat came up simultane ously. which caused a considerable swell, and the ebb tide at the same time flowing rapidly, produced great oscillation on the whole structure of the pier and caused the staple to give way which secured the platform on which Mrs. Mansfield and friends, with two other persons, then stood ; the lighters consequently parted, swung round, and the bridge fell, precipitating all fivo into the water. Police-constables who were near the spot immediately rendered every assistance ; the Humane Society's drags . were procured from the Swan Tavern, and Mrs. Mansfield was promptly rescued, after being in the water about three minutes, and con veyed on shore at the Adelphi-pier, and thence to the house of Mr. Nichols, the St. Martin public-house, Duke-s . reet, Adelphi. Shy was not dead, though in a dreadfully exhausted state ; but by incessant exertions during a period of an hour and a half, she was restored to life and consciousness so as to give an account of her self, and she was then sent in a cab to her residence. A few minutes after Mrs. Mansfield had been rescued her brother was also got out, but quite dead, and his body was taken to th e Swan Them, where it awaits acoroner ' s inquest. The bodies of the other three sufferers, though. the drags were kept in constant use, had not been re covered at half-past eight o'clock. FREE TRADE. The principles of free trade, so efficiently demonstvated in the measures of Sir Robert Peel, have, we have 'many reasons for believing, already found an echo on t..)%e Con tinent. The large mass of population embracrd i n th e Zollverein, or German Customs Union, are i• m p a ti en tly awaiting the final accomplishment of those v neesuree , i n order that they may demand a correspone,ing reduction of the import duties which at present press so heavily on many articles of consumption. They will not, after England gives the example, continue to suffer under the penalties of restrictive, or, as they are improperly called, " protecting dude," The cloth and the cotton which we can furnish at from 25 to 50 per cent. cheaper than the native manufacturer must ere long find their way into all the German markets. The good o f t h e mans cannot be sacrificed to the benefit of the f ew . And tte mistaken policy by which some millions of peopit are condemned to purchase an inferior arti c l e at an exorbitant price will receive, even in its stronghQld of the Zollverein, a speedy condemnation. The King of Prussia has taken the first step in this important affair. He has addressed a note to all the members of the Customs Union, impressing on them the, necessity of yielding to the spirit of the age, and of re vising the tariff. ft is true that the southern states of the Union receive those advances with much coldness, and that the influence of the capitalist-manufactltrers is for the moment predominant. But those local interests must give way before the principle of free trade; and if the Prussian Government follow up this first step with sufficient vigour, public opinion will triumph over a par tial and selfish opposition. The influence of England is great, her moral power is the wonder of the world; but never have their effects been more sensibly felt than in the rapid adoption of the principles advocated by Sir R. Peel, and supported by so great a majority of the House of Commons, throughout an union of states where mo nopoly and protection apparently were most firmly ests-.. lished.— Times. THE SWELL MOB IN THE PROVINCES. The facilities which railways now afford ere eagerly taken advantage of by that very " industrious" class— the " Swell Mob" of London. The members or this fra ternity take their usual perambulations in the various fashionable parts of the metropolis, at certain periods of the day, for the purpose of exercising their calling, and in the evening are frequently to be found at some great attraction in distant parts of the country. Of late the eastern counties have been favoured with visits by these candidates for transportation ; and it is not improbable that when the projected lines of railway are completed. even the northern parts of Lincolnshire, on certain oc casions, will not be forgotten by them. A few days ago. a concert was given at Cambridge, and during the even ing several empty purses were picked up in the room, the contents having entirely disappeared without the owners' sanction. Several strangers were noticed in 'hilt room, but their apparent res pectability did not at the time attract suspicion. Towards the latter end of the same week General Tern Thumb visited the town, and at the exhibition in the even ing the same strangers who had visited the concert again made their appearance ; some empty purses were here also picked up, and the un known parties were watched. They were soon disco vered hustling people in the room and attempting to pick pockets; hree of them were immediately taken into custody. On being searched money to some amount fondwas ( u . tenut the 13erk instead pnaone.td had ea a bankg old ; t watchthey and another n thems.lves to have come to Cambridge that afternoon each for the first time from London, and that they were soli citing orders in the tobacco trade. They gave addresses in town. The day after their apprehension a police officer was dispatched to London to make inquines re.• specting them, and from the information he obtained it. seemed evident that they were a part of the swell mob , - The names they gave were James Hawkins, William Green, and William Butters, only Butters gave a correct address (7, Francis-street, Newington) ; and on the Csrebridee constables going to that house to inquire for him he was told by a female, who said she was his sister. , in-law, that he had gone out of town, but she expected him to return in the evening ; and upon the female being asked what profession Butters was, she said she did not know ; that he generally left home in the morning, and did not return till the evening. On the eonsteile's return to Cambridge the magistrates con victed the three men as rogues and vagabonds, and sen tenced them to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. They gave notice of appeal against the convic tion, and were bailed out. The 51. note found upon. Green was advertised in the Hue and Cry, and it was challenged by a person named Charles Bailey, of Berk hamstead, who it seemed had been robbed at a public house in the Strand of two Si. notes, and that found upon Green was one of them. Green was then t aken into custody on the charge of picking Mr. Ba iley's pocket, and on the 2 d instant was tried at the Central Criminal Court and acquitted ; a person having been produced in Court, who swore that he had given Green the 51. note for a gold chain, and that he had received it o f a p : •rson in Smithfield-market for some pigs. On the following Monday, Green. Hawkins , and But ters . Bur bail at Cambridge Quarter Se ssions, eendered to their traces and the appvllants were sent buck to the t when the Court confirmed the conviction of thereadwagismiii to complete the term of imprisonment. Worshipful Chancellor Law, within the walls of Oro handsomely taken up his residence . I th e proposed QUEEN'S CoLLFGE, BlRtMhelNlo,74.Apf.,—'The Rev. la n al to s a u ic p a elrianntdentsurgical educati e;. ; tended system of collegiate r i d to the resident students II • The Rev. Gentleman has offere d err College, in order personal]}' following fi 7. Lr e n D le e d a a n l !, ,t, 2 t ( l ) l l e . tih‘areceulmtye,dwaladi William two il s ede cox ls : munificent prizes, viz.:-501. to the student TiF4 has also gone into residence in order to assist the council in carryingout thetimportantarrangements. ,rl, lll ,(l y ):: c e a i r i r e y d oa medal. The POSTAGE REFORM AT THE CAPE Or GOOD HOPE.—..• The Governor of this colony has just issued an ordinance.* establishing a uniform rate of postage in his government,. which was to take effect il•om the Ist of March. The new* rates are as follows :—On all letters transmitted by the poet*, between places within the colony, every letter not exceeding half an ounce, fourpence; exceeding half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce, cightpence; and for every ounce abevf a one ounce, an additional eightpence; every fraction of aj a ounce above one ounce to be charged as an additional ounct .. The postage is to be levied by stamps or stamped covers, & g in England. Letters not pre-paid to be charged with a post— age greater by one-half than the pre-paid rate. Newspapers to pay one penny; newspapers from abroad to pay one penny by the inland post if not exceeding an ounce, and a h a y • peony for each additional mom