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CORK AND KILLARNEY RAILWAY COMPANY. A number of Shareholders in this Company, having endeavoured, without success, to obtain satisfactory information as to the present State of the Company's Affairs, they request the other Shareholders to meet them at the George and Vulture Tavern, George -yard, Lombard-street, on FRIDAY next, the 17th instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive such explanations as may then be given, and to determine what course should be pursued to protect their interests, by dissolving the Company, or otherwise. London, April 11, 1846. G REAT NORTH and SOUTII WALES RAILWAY. Every Shareholder In this Company is particularly requested to attend the meeting convened by the Directors, at the London Tavern, on Tvicsnay NEXT, at One o'clock precisely, " F or the purpose of auditing the accounts of the Directors." The Committee of Shareholders have to announce, that no ac counts have been submitted to their inspection, neither have any facilities been afforded them of testing their correctness. It is, therefore, necessary that every proprietor should be at his post at one o'clock precisely, to protect his own interest. FREDERIC LAWRENCE, Chairman of the " Committee of Shareholders." Founder's Hall, Lothbury. CIRCULAR NOTES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT. THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK ISSUES CIRCULAR NOTES, for the use of Travellers and Residents on the Continent. These Notes are payable at e every finPortant place in Europe, and thus enable a traveller to vary his route without inconvenience ; no expense is incurred except the price of the stamp, and when cashed ao charge is made for commission. For the convenience of the public, these notes may be obtained either at the Head Office of the London and Westminster Bank, in Lothbnry, or at the Branches of the Bank, viz.:- 1, St. James's-square I 4, Stratford-place, Oxford-street 213, High Holborn I 3, Wellington-street, Borough $7, High-street, Whitechapel. By order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. The high estimate formed by the public during the ten years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) chemi cally purified material has been before it (made into every useful and ornamentallerticle usually made hi silver, possessing, as it does, the characteristic purity and durability et silver), has called into exist ence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," and other so-called substitutes ; they are at best bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured and sold only by him. Fiddle Threaded King's Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern. dosen .. ••..••• • • • • • ••••••• .. • • • • 12s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od. Dessert ditto and ditto, • ditto •• 10s. ed. 2 ls. ed. 255. ed. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto •• ..•• ss. Od. lls. Od. 12s. ed. Gravy ditto .. • • ..... •••• • • is. 04. is. Od. 7s. Od. NICKEL BLECTRO-PLATED.—The REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. El kington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next to sterling sliver, that can be employed as such either usefully or orna mentally. In the lengthened and increasing popularity of the ma• terial itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what can be supplied at auy other house, while by no possible test can they be distinguished from real silver. Fiddle. Thread. King's. Tea Spoons, per dozes ••• • . • IBe. .. 325. .. 38s. Dessert Forks „ ...... •••• • • • • 30s. • • 465. . 58s. Dessert Spoons „ •••••• • • • • • • 3os. .. 525. .. 625. Table Forks Table Spoons „ Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &e., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPON and BURTON'S) stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety mad extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it.- 39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman•street.) Established in Wells. street. 1620. TAKE NOTICE ! The Establishment of E. MOSES and SON will be Closed on Thursday Evening next at Six o'clock until Saturd y Evening, when it will be Re opened at Seven o'clock, resuming business until Twelve. _ A. WORD FOR THE HEAD . Of all the places in the town For covering the human crown, The mart of MOSES you will find stands highest in the public mind. MOSES and SON let nought escape, In point of quality and shape ; And if you knew what you are at, You'd hasten there to buy a hat. A WORD FOR THE BACK. Try MOSES' coats and waistcoats, too, And see how well they'll act by you. In fitting there is not a wrinkle, • Nor will they spoil when rain-drops sprinkle. In durability and make, The highest value they partake ; And when 3 our largest purchase closes, You/11 net find much expense with MOSES. A WORD FOR THE LEG. the leg's a most important limb, Which folks should always keep in trim. MOSES and SON may safely beg The patronage of ev'ry leg. For not a warehouse, any how, sirs, Can ever equal MOSES' trowsers. In cloth, and cut, and all the rest, These trowsers are " the very best." LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. X a. d. lie*Ver Tiglionis . ...... ........ Prom 0 8 6 Chesterfields or klodringtons 0 10 6 D'Orsays, Attols, Pembroke, and every description of Boys' winter Coats in every style ...... •.......from 0 8 6 Winter troa.‘crs, lined ....... ..... „ Dress Coats, edged .. • ... . Frock, ditto ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..... ••••• • • • • 1 5 0 801 l Collar Vest.... •• ••••••••• • • • •• • • 0 1 9 Double-breasted .............. 0 2 6 Boys' Hussar and Tunic suits Ditto, Winter i ................ • • 0 3 0 Ditto, ditto Vests •.• • •• ............ 0 1 6 MADE TO MAASITAZ. 'Winter Coats, is every style and shape, handsomely 1 S 0 Milled cloth Qreat Coats, velvet collar and cuffs Tweed Wrappers .......... ..... Ditto Treaters 0 8 6 Winter :Grousers, in all the new patterns .• .......• 012 0 Best quality, or dress do Dress Coats-- •• •• •• •• •• ..... ••••• •• " 1 12 Ditto, best quality made 2 15 0 Freak 1 13 0 Ditto, best quality made Cashmere Vests.- ••••• • •• :•• • • -•• • • Satin do., plain er (alley Boys' Hussar and Tonle suits ••••• • • • • • 1 6 0 Great Coats .......• •• The New Work, entitled " Habiliment Hall," with full dl• reetions fur self-tneasursenent, may be had on application, or For. warded, " Post Free." Observe—M. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. tars, and Outfitters, Minories, and Aidgate, City, London. IMPORTANT. — Any article purchased ordered, if not approved of or exchanged, or the money returned. N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday till sunset OR Saturday, when business is resumed at twelve o elock. CAUTION.-111. Moses and Son are obliged ti guard the public against imposition, having learned tkat the untradesmanlike false liood of being conneeted with them, or its the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They bave no connexion whatever with any other establishment, in or out of London, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent disappointment, &c.) call or send to 184, If:aeries, or 86, Aldgate. opposite the Church. HORIZONTAL WATCHES, VERY FLAT, AB. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank. Price, in &liver Cases, Thrve and a-Half Guineas each ; or, in Gold Cases, Six Guineas each. Thee', Watches are accurate and durable, the Horizonta.. Escapement Peing peculiarly suited to combine those important requi sites. They a're jewelled in four holes, and continue going while being wound. A twelvemonth's warranty is given with each. • SPENCE'R'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE silences la a few minutes, without trouble, red or grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, ice., to a dark brown or bleak, by simply using a corals wetted with the liquid. One application will Produoe a pleasing and permanent change. Price Is. 6d., 61., and per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29: Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whitecha pal-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn bill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, rarringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London •bridge ; Finnigin, Milsons-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most Perfumers and ntedicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to say part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. Please to Ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." • Observe, the t`roprietor's address is on the wrapper. BußGEcis , ESSENCE ( ;f; ---- " -- Warehonse 107, STRAND, corner Of 4s.— ANCHOVIE S th. attention for their JOHN BURGENV and SON, being s ppri .X. S pv t lY-steps,London deavours made by ntany persons to impose a sp u m oni s numerous en make, feel it incnnslient on them to request p'hat they conceive to be th• origina l to of the public, In purchasing serve the Name and Ao'dreas correspond with the above. Th e to ob ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive tcfeiniee guarded ; and, ler their detection, J. B. and Sen, submit the follovvin cautions:—dome are In appearance at first sight, " the ge nu i ne. „ b n u l some " Bargees 's Essence of Anchovies," without same or address ; and others " Burgiss's ;" and many snore without address. Joh, Burgess and Son, having been many years hammed with such dis tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the public, and earneetl r solicit them to inspect. the labels previous to Purchasing what th er conceive to be of their make, which they hope Will prevent many tlisappointmenti. BURGESS' NEW' SAUCE, for general purposes, haVing given such peat satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is reco►n mended as a most useful and convenient sauce; will keep good In all isilinates. _ Warehouse, 107, LSTRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, Leib:lon. The Original Flsh-sauce Warehouse, B RITIS H COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONDON. MORISON'fif PILLS, THE VEGETABLE UNIV.EIISAL MEDICINE. An Agent Mr tl le sale of the above Medicine Is to be found In Wiry town in the United Kingdom, and most of the principal citiee throughout the wor.til. See that th,3 words " Morison's Universal Mbdicines" are eugnnied on the Government stamp affixed to each box, in white letters on a red ground, without which none can be Eennine. No chemksh or druggists are allowed to sell Morison's ue atednall. The foil...twin t are the principal depots to Loudon . Ilygeist Office, 3611, Strand. Mr. Yield, 65, Quads ant, Regent.street. Mrs. Good, 53, Ca ast .ridge-street, Edgeware-road. Mr. Logo, 3, Park tace, Mile-end-road. Mr. Chappel, $4, L on ibard-street, Cornhill. Mr- J. Eaines, 10, N ew-road, St. George's-In-the-East. Mrs. E. Dare. 55, Wt itling-street. Baldwin, 33, c treat Tower-street. b oY m al Excitan wsri • We Co., Perftinsers, 6s, Oxlbrd-street, and — ts. ... r Mrs...pauoher, ins, Tottenham-court-road. Norlwiry, Post- •oftlee, Bentrord 31 • Williams, 6, taloase-square, C • helsea. Mr. Batten's Libr ary, Xr. L au , ' Clapham. R . J . l / 4 . , I, Great Chart-street, East-road, Hoxton. bfr, ww i an "a• brilumer. See., 68, Coral/EL air. 83 , High Holborn. Gric . Qr eat Qaaess.-strest. n i l s2.lsth 811 e.01 44" 14.g e . et Meath. New-4•ead, Lendo A CROS 1 a d dresed MR. Y GRIM STON E ON BIS INCO G i ft ed sf men, who by thttzrniintrEougart,"l". It enow sed in every clime I n Eur, v.'s wide and civilised through everY Part, M Mat A Alses countless millions do main tretchl feorn Ang e l, bread millions, again, o whc re, the mighty Niagara lays shores 0 h her accept this tributary N or dee) n that I can ever well rcy . xcept n g ratitude sincere, prof:n a nd ' uch we ind.rons benefits I so long ha.* f d. E 'en fro m tb e moment I was led to try Y our m trv't ions Snurr, the lo g o er Trig E" E ass, he alth., and comf or t , now attend my day S a f e pro MI the lamp's bewild'ring dazzling blaze , N or dre tding e'en the Sun's Too burning rays. 7J Wit, in. former days, for much employ, eeling, not seeing : now, indeed, my joy, F ree an d unbounded, thrives without alloy! J. M. S. Observe__gigantic balance of all, the Public Press ! eulogise Lis excnn en t oompound ef British Herbs. The reader Will remora- Ler that this celebrated Eye Snuff has been before the Public, na y/arils of thin y-three years, advancing in the favour of all who use it. This °don 'wens Snuff is sold loose at 6(1. per ounce, or iu cants. Y 2 bearing th • above Royal Authority, and th e sanction of her 3 1 ,' 68 tre Lords of the Treasury on each canister, at Bd., Is. 3d., „.•, 44. 4d. , 8e .), and 15e . 6d. each, by all Tobacconists, M erc h ants, al' ni u're , This Bye Snuff is exported in white stone canisters to 10401erters of the globe. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants, Lott n4 A getae, is Al others, on taking e 44 4 well to tk 8 Signature of the In ven tor, W. GitIMEITONII, pkgSI,IZFORD ST_ EET, and 24, PING fialitZET, LONG .&ORE ror 411 the canvas .lanee of Tobacconists, Grocers, and others who 'maw herbaceous Eye Snuff loose, and wish to have it in large Poem "tle• , o r can be now supplied Whit canisters containing ten "Pwarde, 11 rettnized. a 1111 tcle Oft() Older air as. 22i. 4d. embitter /se beepillittakmer pg rtletibre, postage bichided„ and se en Ix YU FOITitTEENTII EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. .Tist published, price 2s. 6d., fr ee by post (in a sealed e n ve l ope ) 31.61.. THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the Systemi n both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneibl effects of indulge- ce, &c., are filly pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. Ey it. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton street, Soho ; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street ; and all Booksellers. "We regard the work before us, the Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on ear minds, that we not only reoommlnd, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis cretion, to profit by the advice contained is its pages."—Age and Argue. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous debility, Irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, &c. In bottles, price 11s., or the quantity of four in one bottle for 335., by which I is. are saved. The five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and Vim painful affections arising from improper treatment or the eftects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price l Is. and 235. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 28. 9d., 4s. 6d., and l le. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam. station, See., without hindrance to business. Consigtatiou fee, if by letter, 11. - Minute detail of cases necessary. Messrs. B. and L. Perry and Co., surgeons, may be consulted, as usual, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London. daily, and at 106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at 10, St. John-street, Deansgate, Maucheiter. op 111 , ssdays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. •N THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., or post paid, to any address, far 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps or Fost-oftlee Order. SELF- PRESERVATION : A M e di ca l T rea ti se on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ether excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-spare, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medieal Society, Licentiate of Apetkecaries' Hall, London, &c., &e. . 1 REVIEWS 07 THE WORE. " The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali fied medical malt, who has evidently had considerable experience in the treatment of the various disorders arising from the follies and frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by d emonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also met, from S. Gilbert, 52, P aternoster - row; Kenney and Co., 63, Oxford sbtarie.e. London ; Newton, tt; Stade, Tichborne-street, Quadrant ; 'J or d on, 1 4 6 , Leaden all I B ooksellers. 16, Church-st ree t , Li verpool ; and by At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately rep lied to, if containin g the fee of 11., for advice &c.-9, BEDFORD-SREET, BEDFORD sQUARE, LONDON. in aTerrgealedTenveionc Just Published, a Popular theits c Concealed o, . r t 4. Cause to rs ti of It; ELFTH EDITION. reesiPt of a p o ., , Price 28. 6,1., and sent free, on premature Decline, with Inquiry into MANLY HEALT H Order for 35. 6d. thane for the destructive consequences or ? e n. • Addressed to th)setauffering Instru c.. Mental and Nervous Debility, Loc ala ive l e d to terminatinatn) digestion, and Consumption. Including or Constitutional 'Weakness CZ on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and a c•°mPrehensive Dissert;tion Cruses, &e. Celi bacy. Illustrated with Hy C. J. LUGAR and Co., Consulting Burgeons, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street, L ondon And sold by Brittain , 11, Paternoster-row; J. Gordo . n, 146, Lea den'All-street ; aid all Booksellers. CAUTION. —Complaints having reached us that several persons wishing to purchase our work, entitled "Manly Health," have had placed in their hands a fraudulent infringement of our copyright, p ro . duce& by illiterate and dishonourable men, and which, though bearing a close resemblance of title, is utterly valueless; .ye deem it a duty, by way of protection, to caution the public against being duped Ly such base imitations. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3i. ild., or Postage Stamps. " The best of all friends is the professional friend, and in no shape can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than iu " Lucas en Manly Health."—The New Bell's Weekly Messenger. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Teti till Two, and item Five till Eight in the evening, at their reside...se, Ns. 60, New man-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may be sucoessfelly treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclosing the tonal fee of 11. for advioe. C°PY of a LETTER from WILLIAM COURTNEY, Esq. To Mr. Thomas PROUT, 229, Strand, London. Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants, October 26, 1844. Sir,—l cannot help expressing my astonishment in the effect I have experienced in taking your Pills for the Gout. I was taken en Thurs day night so severely with it as to be wills difficulty able to get out of my bed, and after I arose I had severe pains, followed on with in flammation of the foot increasing. I took three of your Pills, and within two hours I found the pain to entirely cease. I afterwards took two Pills at a dose twice in the day, and I am, thank God, this morning able to walk without the slightest inconvenience. I found in a previous very severe attack very great relief; I had the pains in my knees and thighs so very severe at that time, I thought I must have died, and that it must have gone into my stomach. At that time I had resort to your Pills, and they relieved me—within two hours I was quite easy. The use of these Pills oght, re a 11, to be known all over the world. I have a brother, a u young ma y n, that suffers horribly with it, and his greatest relief and preventive has been your Pills. Make what use you please of my report.—Yours truly and respectfully, WILLIAM COURTNEY. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor tant discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recom ntee for gout m and rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as tooth-ache, &c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appoint men t, by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the United gdom. Pries 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC FILLS, and ob erve the name and address of Thomas Prout, 229 Strand,`Londors," mpressed upon the Government Stamp :mud each box of the Genuine Medicine. 2r= ~~/ z.ee,-/-- . `l , e ~! / ~~~~ /J i 6' No. 16,712. PRICE SD, 487 13 5 74 13 10 G 1 14 3 41 13 4, I AI3 17 1 11 8 6 9 2 10 6 0 0 £395 II 1 346 43 296 13 4 247 4 6 p C ----7"----z•-- _ ...., 2 . 0 ..Z .-- ,--; - .....) S - ..." • - , • ..•,_ . , , . k . .. • ...". : • .. 1 4 :;,.., . • i ~,,,.. 1 : ., z,„ ,... 7 I , •••4, il'e ..- `,:' , :*. -• 0 9 $6"l-',.*,/,g-s.i• . - - _1..., , .. - .-_,--, • - ... .4-, ~ . r-'. 044, _ AA + A ~' -" s : ------,. 7---- --- ' 1 2 l r • ...--‘ k,i , ••:',1., ~ • -- - - --',-----' 7 .„..: ~ ....t........„, ) A `, .li- , r;' V*, 1 ' ,4, 1 1 14' ig 4,. ~,_ • ~, , • . 1.• •, s '.... • , -... ; , 7.-. A-• • .4,,,,,,,,,,•-, z .,,,, .. , ~p ,_ - t , ,, , 40 , /, .. , A p4 . , lb s , \‘,.- , •'i:::-.,, ), ,„ . . v,- ~ ..1..1-- -- -zp_ pi. 'N: , ..P 'l4 '4.2 :44-- - r -A , ==.-....'''-7,.. :: i A .ie fi . „- , • •,.. , 1 i . I , ft, ,:m-4 , 0 e. ~,. 7---,..- .., , L L -ul F.' u if fix.{ , oly \V` ~e t ' r a' • liko T. ' i? k r da , \ .. 11T 1 . 4 1, , ,11. ..., 14 ... - rattF,Vi,,,,,t,... -.. Zs_ -,. . . .C . , .f L . ...A=lt,_ ___ _. _ _ ... ......4., ....=n.z...j,,,,,,g--Js-e...VOMV.Z..rmc,x.,, MM., frriesan • va,.......,..........--__ REPORT UPON THE LOSS OF THE 'GREAT LIVERPOOL STEAMER. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany's Office, 51, St. Mary-axe, London. April 7, 1846. The committ e appointed by the minutes of the Board of the 31st March, 1846, to investigate the circum stances connected with the loss of the Great Liverpool steam-ship, on the morning of the 24th of February, at four ( , 'clock, about ten miles from Cape Finisterre, re port that i n ei g vn: r r eia , : l b) Ititevr 1846,i c o e f a. t ne h no e on l us a i ianto o theri commander eeio,3dsis otorffi district that the orheriEbLi 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 48 hours previous, as well as her logs for 21 previous home ward-bound voyages —the night order book of the late commander, containing the orders given on the night of the 23d of February, at eight o'clock, as well as the day's works or reckonings of the officers of the ship, as sent in on the previous noon ; Having closely examined the following witnesses, who were on board the Great Liverpool when she was wrecked, viz.:—Mr. George Hamilton, chief officer; Mr. George Mial!, third ditto; Mr. Neil Cook, second ditto; Mr. William Bencraft, fourth ditto; Mr. Edward Lane, purser; Richard Williams, seaman (man at the wheel); James Beale, carpenter ; Mr. Samuel Wright, first engineer, As well 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 four years, and twelve years in the merchant service in India): That gentleman expressed himself to tho committee to the following effect:— That, "He felt perfectly satisfied with the truthful ness of the compasses. That, " The vessel wit; 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 dftivaroreasih:t Th at , o,wavaerdtakofecnapteheFien-eisssteelrrnei.ne to twelve mil es t o t h e he which'e lias he ew w aa a rf s dt e rb o wy f aorpdisn reasonhi ounpoptfho supposed eodm v e te s o s ebl be unaccountablew a s occasioned carried ibns 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, "He (Captain Bowen) was very much eased and gratified with t h e good order and disciplin e l 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 given and carried out with a degree of quietness that struck him forcibly. That, "He never observed the duties on board a sbip 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 of 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 board 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." Raving examined Captain John Soy, of the Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Oriental, he stated as follows : That, " The Oriental passed Cape Finisterre, on her last outward voyage on the 25th of February, at six P.M., 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, "He found a remarkably strong inset, so that, instead of making the Burlings ten miles on the port bow, as he expected, he made them on the starboard bow, showing a difference in the position in which the vessel ought to have been, according to the course steered, of from fifteen to twenty miles in a run of 210. That, " He had experienced an inset before, but never to such an extraordinary degree as on the occasion alluded to." - 41 • sanctioned by her Majesty. But future be a veil for the past ? We . a l li7ea Pli rd a l e too la. Z it 4. the Jesuitical dogma has been broacWhy Ike Valk° the society, that whatever the dofdp i rcg,itre-ronidl however unjust, partial, and flagitious, once Prat they are to have the force of law to the fellows; addlitN are told they are in honour bound to lick the rod dig injures them. This would, indeed, be in the school o loyola—to uphold the dishonour, instead of the hot our of th eitociety. . - But what ought to be done to purify our first scientific institution, so jobbed and so abused ? Will the Physic,. logical Committee, which h as cause d the Society to stinli in the nostrils of all decent people, be allowed to remain unreformed ? Will the medical section of the Roys] Society still be marred by the exhibition of scientific Jesuitry. of partisanship, of petty cliqueries, of favour itism, of selfishness, of mean cringing, of want of sympathy with real genius, of rrivate enmities, and other baleful feelings, which degrade both the men and the profession? If the individual, who might almost be called the medical portion of the Royal Society, be indis missible, the Marquis of Northampton should resign, and repudiate-his nets. If he does not the one or the other, the blame and discredit will be divided between them. One thing is very certain, that suspicion will hover about the proceedings of the Society for some time to come, and every step will be narrowly watched. When medical men see, that of six Royal medals in physiology, the award of one only has been perfectly satisfactory, they will for the future ask, not who obtained the Royal medal? but, what was it obtained for? The professional eye, once awakened, will be keen enough for the detec tion of injustice; and when injustice is done, a Royal or a Copley medal will be a very poor iEgis to ward off the deserved punishment. 7 LON DON, MON DAY ITT NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. CaNtal 4500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. 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NEW AND AMUSING NOVEL, Entitled " BILL BLAKE," or " A TRIP TO PARIS," by the Author of " Edwin Leslie ;" Also, an Interesting Sketch, entitled, " THE PLEASURE PARTY, 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, Hunting, Coursing, Yachting, Angling, Shooting, &c.,—together with Original Articles on Veteri nary Science and Agriculture. 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ROWLAND'S MACAS SA R OIL preserves and reproduces the Hair ; prevents it from falling off or turning grey ; restores grey hair to its original soleur ; frees it from scurf and dandriff, and renders it soft, silky, surly, and glossy —facts abundantly preyed by innumerable testimonials, which are Open for inspection at the proprietors. As a wild stimulative, cor rective, and preservativ e igent, )LOWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL has the exclusive patronage of the several Sovereigns and Cearts of Europe, and with rank, fashion, and discernment, supersedes all preparations of professed similar import. A small pamphlet accom panies each bottle of Rowland's Macassar Oil, wherein important hints and advice will be found on the culture of the hair of Watley, and on its preservation and beauty through the several stages of human life. CAUTlON.—Unprhaolpled shopkeepers, fbr tho sake of gaining a trifle more profit, vend the most spurious trash under the title of "Macassar 011." It is therefore imperative on purchasers to see that the words ROWL &ND'S MACASSAIt OIL, are is two linos on the wrapper of each bottle, and oa tho inside of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,923 hitters. Price as. 6d., 7s. Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. per bottle.—Sold by the Proprietors, A. ROW LAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, Landon, sad by Chemists and Psrflunexs. *.* All other Macassar Oils are nautililent Comiteshits. THE USES OF LIQUID MANURE, A few days since Mr. Moore, the secretary to the Me tropolitan Sewerage Manure Company, in compliance with the request of several influential agriculturists, de livered a lecture on the application and advantages of liquid manure, to a meeting of agriculturists, at the in stitution, at Staines. The lecturer stated that the capabilities of the agri cultural interest were not at present more than half de veloped in accordance with the present state of science ; that in consequence of the deficiency of scientific know ledge, and inattention on the part of the practical agri culturists of the kingdom, fully one-half of the raw ma terial available for the manufacture of food was lost, and that the annual present money value of that loss is equal to the annual profit on the foreign commercial and manufacturing trade of the kingdom. As a practical farmer, who had during the last twenty-five years brought to bear on agriculture the science of the day, be was compelled to admit that during twenty years of that period he had been sustaining that pro portion of loss on the farm which he cultivated, and it was only by accident that he was convinced of his error. The loss referred to is sustained by the general neglect of the liquid manure made on the farm, and also by al lowing the solid manure to ferment and decompose to so great an extent before it is used that the principal part of the most valuable portion of it (being volatile) has been dissipated. The soil also, by improved cultivation, is capable of bearing a considerable increase of crop. He was glad to be able to admit that many of the farms in this neighbourhood were in a high state of cultivation in proportion to the depth to which they were cultivated; but he was convinced that if land was improved to the depth of twelve or sixteen inches instead of six or eight inches, such land would not only be less susceptible of the vicissitudes of the weather, but would yield crops approaching to doable in amount; the roots of the plants could obtain food at a greater depth, instead of being forced to contend with each other for food near the sur face in a limited sphere. But the first step in this im provement is that admirable system of thorough drain ing and sub-soil ploughing introduced by Mr. Smith, of Deanston, and which is absolutely necessary for all soils that are so adhesive as not to absorb all the rain water as it falls upon them. Some years back Sir J. Graham published an account of an experiment made by him on this principle; he let a field of very inferior land to a tenant at ss. per acre, who complained that it was not worth the rent, as scarcely any animal would eat the grass that grew upon it, which induced the land lord to take it into his own hand, and try the effect of Mr. Smith's method of improvement. It was accordingly thoroughly drained, and sub soil ploughed and manured for green crop, after which it was sown with a corn crop and grass seed; after the crop of corn was re moved, it being then under clover, it was valued and let to a tenant on a twenty-one years' lease, at a guinea per acre. If his memory was correct, it was stated that the proceeds of the green crop and corn crop covered the whole of the expenses incurred in the improvement. After the land had been treated as recom mended by Mr. Smith, it was necessary to give it an increased quantity of manure. It might be asked, whence is the additional quantity of manure to be obtained ? In reply, he not only sug gested the necessity of saving the liquid manure made upon the farm, but also solicited the attention of the farmers of the neighbourhood to a source of supply ample to the utmost extent of their wants. A Com pany has been formed for the purpose of transmitting the sewage manure of the metropolis into the country to the extent of twenty-five miles, by the means of steam power and pipes, which will enable the Company to dis tribute it in the fields for the farmers at so low a price as it would cost them to cart it from their farm-yards and distribute it in the fields. It is intended to lay the main pipe along the main read through Hammersmith, Brentford, and Hounslow, and branch mains on to Chert sey, Staines, and Colnbrook, from which service-pipes will be laid at about half-mile distances into the lands where the manure will be required ; taps will be in the service-pipes at certain distances, to any of which a hose pipe can be attached by the Company's men for the pur pose of distributing the liquid manure in the respective fields as may be required. The facility and economy of this mode of transmission and distribution enables the Company to supply it on such low terms. Some persons have imagined that it is the solid part of this manure that is the most valuable, but this idea is inconsistent with correct prin ciple and practical resulta A reference to a very simple fact, with which we are all conversant, will sufficiently illustrate this principle ; we all know the great profi ciency of the ladies in the making of tea—how do they proceed ? They pour water upon the solid vegetable that they put into the teapot ; in the course of a few minutes they pour out the exhilirating beverage as clear (but coloured) as the purest water. When they are sa tisfied in having thus exhausted all the virtue of the tea, what becomes of the solid matter ? We all know that it is thrown away as useless. Similar treatment is adopted with the liquid manure of Edinburgh ; small cesspools are made along the main course, in which the solid matter is allowed to fall as deposit before the liquid is put over the land, and this solid deposit, when occa sionally cleared out, is disposed of as of very little value. One of the very great advantages in the applica tion of liquid manure is, thatit is just in the very state ready . to be taken up as food by the vegetable kingdom, as it is well known that no vegetable can take up solid manure before it is dissolved. The lecturer then re ferred to several other advantages attendant upon the application of manure in a liquid state.—Agricukural Advocate. TRADE. have been rather more inquiries LEEDS, .. s e a n . Act somewhatTi 0 nEs, OF Apnvt. 10.—There i t n h quiries for foreign wool this FOREIGN Woor. TRADE, though still very moderate in more freely entered into. Recent rates are maintained. LEEDs.—There was no mpro cloth•halls, either on Saturday or r eTnt d in sales at the is still a complete absence of speculation , ues the Thehre confining their operations to purchasing to ' oPd e e r r c only. merchants There is no great accumulation of stock in the hands l of the manufacturers, and prices con ewxeteekn't ahndavetrSab: continue about the same as of late. Business in the warehouses has also been very dull this week, the very wet weather having preve n t e d buyers visiting the town. The foreign houses aro also doing little until the fate of the Tariff Bill is decided. On the whole, there is less doing than has been the case for some years at the same period of the season. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The demand for all kinds of combing wool is unprecedentedly slack, but prices continue firm. There is a fair demand for cloth ing wools. The spinners are very cautious in their business operations, and are only running as many frames as will supply their orders. For the season, we hardly ever remember such a slackness in trade. Prices are ruinously low compared with the price of wool. There was a good attendance of lookers on in the piece mar ket, but comparatively few pieces are changing hands. The manufacturers are merely producing goods to sup ply orders or deficiencies in their small stocks. There is no change in price. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—In the latter part of Tuesday there was snore disposition to do busi. ness in cloth than has been shown for many weeks past; and parties refusing to purchase on the terms offering in the early part of the day, were willing buyers before the close of the market. This feeling both yesterday and to day has been on the increase, and in a few cases a slight advance has been obtained, though it is by no means general, but the market closes rather buoyant than otherwise. Yarns for the East are tolerably ready sale, and fully as dear. Altogether it may be said that the market is decidedly in an improving state. LEICESTER.—Trade is in the same dull state as last reported. No i m p roveme nt is lik e ly t o t a k e p l ace un til a.tr Easter. Wools and Yarns are flat, without alte ration in Prices. WITH PROFITS. Age 20 I 1/.165. lid. 130 I 2/.95. 2d. 140 131. 6s. 6d. 150 141. 14s. 2d, PUBLICATIONS. NEW PLAY BY MR. SPICER. This day is published in Bvo., price 25., JUDGE JEFFREYS ; or, THE WIFE'S VENGEANCE; an Historical Play in Five Acts. By HENRY SPICER, Esq., Author of " Honesty," " The Lords of Ellingham," " Lost and Won,' &c. *** This play will be acted on Wednesday next. G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent-street. • a., a THE SUEZ CANAL. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN* THE MEDITER RANEAN AND RED SEA. (From L'lll u ct ra ti o n, of April 4, 1846.) " The wat ers s h a ll f a il f rom th e sea , an d t h e b rooks of defence shall be dried up."—lsaiah. When one casts one's eyes over the Isthmus of Suez, one is tempted to reproach nature, which has protracted the Red Sea. between Asia and Africa for 500 leagues, ,%ith a deficiency of force to conduct 30 leagues further up to the Mediterranean. Why, one is prompted to in• quire, do we permit an isthmus of barren sands tra versed by the camel, that monotous " ship of the desert," to the other than a maritime strait, ploughed like the Bosphorus or the Dardanelles by innumerable vessels with streams of a thousand colours? The undertaking of the Suez Canal is one of those performances in which the principle of association will have to perform the principal part. It is at the same time one of those which promises future men the greatest enjoyments, and tends to awaken in the present the brightest aspirations. The intercommunication of the Red Sea and Mediterranean is a work of harmony and peace; for it tends to the intimate union of western and eastern civilisation ; that is to say, of the two great divisions of human existence. This, moreover, is no new tendency. From time im memorial the idea of a canal communication across the Isthmus has subsisted in the world. Never has man lost sight of this crowning work—steadily, faithful to the conviction that it was destined for him at some future day to repair the premeditated oversight of nature, and make a maritime wedding between the Red Sea and Mediterranean. The Pharoahs, those Titans of ancient times, who erected the gigantic pyramids—dug lakes of a dozen leagues in circuit; and converted granite mountains into monolithic temples, found, it is probable, the junction of the two seas a trivial operation. They realised the project of the junction of the Pelusiac or eastern branch of the Nile by the medium of the Wady Tomilat, or vale of Goshen ; and by the Bitter Lakes, which were then contiguous to the Arabic Gulf. An ancient tradition records that Menelaus, after the siege of Troy, traversed the Isthmus of Suez in order to visit Ethiopia. Herodotus informs us that Darius completed the canal which led from the Pelusiac branch to the Bitter Lakes, and which had been commenced by the successors of Cambyses. When, at a later period, the sands had filled up or greatly obstructed, the Pelusiac branch, as well as a por tion of the Bitter Lakes, it was found necessary td dig or clear the canal of the Nile from the Wady Tomilat to one of the navigable branches of the river. This was the system of communication which existed in the times of Strabo and the Ptolemies. In the time of the Fatimite Caliphs, there was scarcely any other communication between Suez and Cairo but through the interior of Egypt, by means of the Canal of Trojan, which traversed the Wady Tomilat, and which thus united Cairo with the Bitter Lakes. This latter system was limited to the mere advantage of Egyptian commerce. A railroad from Cairo might be advanta geously substituted for it. It is sufficiently notorious that Napoleon, at the time of the French expedition to Egypt, devoted his ambitious mind to the great enterprise of cutting through the Isth mus. According to the project of the French engineers attached to that expedition, it was proposed to fill the Bitter Lakes with water from the Nile, taken at its height in Cairo, and conducted through the valley of Tomilat. It was also proposed to clear the ancient Canal of Suez to the Bitter Lakes (thirteen miles and a half in length), and feed it with water from the Red Sea. In conformity with this plan, the communication would have traversed Egypt and the Delta, as in the times of the Ptolemies. But the chief engineer, La Pere, who headed the commission of numerous and distinguished engineers (including Fevre, St. G en i c , Ch a b rol, Devil -1 iers scheme, D u theeh en° additional Ye. proposed t o com bi ne with this project of a canal proceeding due north from the northern extremity of the Bitter Lakes, and terminating on tLe Mediterranean at Tineh, near the ancient seaport city of Pelusium. For this purpose he took an elaborate and complete survey, recording in the most masterly manner all the levels of his projected line, and the soundings required for the two seaports at either extremity, which is preserved among the official archives of the French Government. It may be briefly remarked that this important appendix to the project would, if carried out as intended at the time of Napo leon's expadition, have effected a direct and permanent union between the Red Sea and Mediterranean. During his sojourn in Egypt, however, Napoleon did no more than revive an ineffaceable idea and aspiration immemorially handed down from age to age. But it was the destin) of that great genius to contend with men rather than with nature, and it was not given to the last of the now happily extinct race of conquerors to con quer the obstacles which the Isthmus of Suez apposes, uniting the Mediterranean, where he first saw the light, with the ocean which witnessed his dying moments. Peace has now reigned undisturbed for thirty years among the governing powers of the world. Modern civilisation, which has been charged by some ascetic spirits with irreligious tendencies, may bo said at this moment to be accomplishing one of the most religious achievements. It is everywhere creating new and humanising modes of rapid communication by means of railways and canals. Innumerable steam-vessels plough all the seas of the globe. India and China aro open to Europeans, and Japan will, on the first occasion, yield to the resistless sway of the great civilising movement. Already has the ancient route from India by the Red Sea been fully established, as far as concerns the transit of costly wares, letters, and passengers. The passage from Bombay to London has been reduced to an average of 30 days ; and the desert from' Suez to Cairo, in default of a railway, exhibits a tolerably good road, regularly traversed by omnibuses, and accommodated with stations and hotels. All things seem, therefore, to prepare the way for the immediate sol u ti on of an important problem, namely, the viability ( v i a bili te) of our globe. The undertaking of the can a l o f S uez would augment the value of those great European railways which terminate at Trieste, or abut on the Mediterranean. The bankers and capitalists who have supported or constructed those railways, are vitally interested in a free communication between the two seas. That communication constitutes in reality the indispensable completion of the entire chain of European railways. It will supply the last link and final rivet to the system. What system of communication should be adopted ? What is the best mode of execution and of management? After mature deliberation, our opinion is decided that the communication should be direct, and maritime. The medium by which the Red Sea and the Mediterranean should be united must be an artificial Bosphorus. It must be by an arm of the sea projected across it, that the isthmus must be pierced. Created by human agency, the Suez Bosphorus will have the manifest advantage over the Bosphorus of Constantinople, viz., that of being governable by locks. The Red Sea is thirty-two feet higher, as is well known, than the Mediterranean ; four locks would be amply sufficient for the difference of level. At the north and south extremities of this great mari time canal two seaports are indispensable. The harbour of Suez must be deepened, and the roadsteads secured by breakwaters. At old Pelusium (Tineh), on the Me diterranean, a harbour should be constructed with jetties. Such is the principal work of communication. An idea of it may be readily formed by throwing a glance over any good topographical chart of the Isthmus. To this main work, two accessory, but equally neces sary, undertakings must be added; one a canal of Nile water, the other a railway from Cairo to Suez. The last, however, may be dismissed in a few words. Though necessary, it may ba transient, and it may be abandoned or surrendered to the Pacha, as soon as it has accom plished its main purpose — namely, of facilitating the labours and accelerating the completion of the canal. Provisions, water, tools, and workmen may be conveyed by it from Cairo to the scene of operations in three hours, and the rails, which are partially ready, may be laid down in six months. canal. This appears to the author I Itwillpermit theplantation element to the maritimecana . tt h h:es e frue f s. t h h ewaßyzantineter canal Bosphorus.heieg above thehe The ~ ofaccessoryt hithis artificial Bosphorus, a oio is d es p a n edn f e r sr e al fresh water indispensable s' themaut ler. of the shores to to Suez,ile whererth as fresh ha waterP e I u - e I ache is now constructing, there will unfailing water level quite adequate to the protrac tionf vegetation, luxuriant be an is a l s arrrtaign eg picturesque w bi pointch a ot h s t. sium, t at present is totally deficient. Then will a short period nurse up on the two banks of the maritime canal and of with the hues and redundant with the products of the ofhteheotthweor on o ivu th le e tropics. Then will the wilderness " blossom as the rose," the sands be restrained in their encroachments, and the a broad girdle 0. the Bitter Lakes rivule ts—one desert conquered. Then will the vessels of all nations traverse a verdant and smiling countr 3r, through woods of palm trees and meadows of .sugar cane and cotton. Then will the surprised and delighted na vigator inhal e , g ,the as when b oa ti n down the Nile evening perfume of roses, orange flower, and jessamine. The fresh water canal, above indicated, • wall follow the direction of the Wady Tomilat, where traces f , o . the ancient canal are still extant. This v alley, duri dations of the Nile, is often covered with n, 'nun- water. The inundation sometimes reaches the Serapeum, a town in ruins, and distinguished by the relic s of ft temple of Serapis, celebrated formerly fur its c ures and for the salubrity of its atmosphere. The maritime canal would restore vitality to this import its occupies ant statio n , which a middle distance between two extrernities. Th ere we may fairly calculate that a city would row up, at partaking of a commercial and agricultural .h once will a • • p c hat recter. Old Pelusium also gain arise from its ashes. It will become at once an agreeable point of re sidence, and a first-rate commercial city. In this man ner will a rPmarkable prophecy be realised—" Then shall they rebuildshall the old wastes, they rais e up the former ruined• • desolations ; they shall repair , the cities and the desolations of many generations. ' —DEBILITY AND WEAXNESS.-- Ying upon it. `ho was ExEraIaDoLEIRNATAIIS-ELIESEN.T—'3CI:RE BT HOLLOweVii r'aLs. — sirs. Mitchell, of Bristol-road Birmingham,. was in that weakly state as not to be able to dress herself ; besides which, there Was a constant appetite and digestion very bad, and hers pirits always greatly depressed. Novr this lady, ere she be came so extremely ill, visited various watering pi acu, Sold by all druggists where she had n p a e v i n e r i n f the the best medical advice, but her case batted the skill of all, and f r r i o g m ht side, h preventing her from I yet, to the surprise of her family and thends, she is restored to per- Eitilb ll4llll 2eUt, 244, Strand , LOllO2llll I m an a d ne a n t t r h r e o a r l c t m h so b r y i t i l o l u e o u w se v oc Holloway's Pills— 3IT N 9 APRIL 13, 1846. GOOD FRIDAY. From the earliest period of Christianity this day has been observed es a solemn fast in memory of the cruci fixion of our Saviour. Its appellation Good is of no very remote origin, and appears to be peculiar to the English Church. Our Saxon forefathers called it Long Friday, from the length of the offices and fastings on this day; but its ancient title, aid that by which it is known in the Western Church, is holy Friday. OLD AND POPULAR CUSTOMS. We are not aware that in Hull, or the district of Rol derness, there are any customs peculiar to Good Friday. It was formerly the custom of 'English monarchs on this day to hallow with great solemnity certain rings, the touching of which was believed to prevent cramp and fall ing sickness. This usage took its rise in the mys terious virtue of a ring which had been given by Ed ward the Confessor to a poor person who had asked alms of him, for the love he bore to St. John the Evangelist ; and which, having found its way to Jerusa lem, was afterwards brought back to St. Edward by some pilgrims returning from Palestine. It was kept for centuries in Westminster Abbey with much venera tion ; the Sovereigns of England were thought to be able to impart its virtue to other rings, and there wa s a peculiar service for their consecration. These were called "cramp-rings," and presented and received with an implicit faith in their sanatory power. Andrew Boorde, in his Breviary of Health, 4t0., 1557, speaking of the cramp, observes :—"The King's Majesty hath a great help in this matter in hallowing cramp rings, and so given without money or petition." Lord Berners, the translator of Froissart, when Ambassador to the Emperor Charles V., writing to Cardinal Wolsey, on " the 21st of June, 1518," says, "If your Grace re member me with some cramp-rings, we shall do a thing much looked for, and I trust to bestow them well with God's grace," &c. In Suffolk, the use of cramp rings is not entirely abandoned. Instances occur where nine young men of a parish each subscribe a crooked six pence to be moulded into a ring for a young woman afflicted with fits. In connexion with the cramp, and one of its supposed remedies, we will present our readers with the following charm "for one's foot when asleep,' in use in the Blue-coat school, when Coleridge was a little boy :there, and ever since its foundation in the reign of Edward VI. It runs thus : "Foot! foot! foot! is fast asleep! Thumb! thumb! thumb! in spittle we steep; Crosses three we make to ease us, Two for the thieves, and one for Christ Jesus." The same charm- served for a cramp in the leg, with this substitution:— " The devil is tying a knot in my leg! Mark, Luke, and John, unloose it I beg! Crosses three," &c. " And really," says the poet just mentioned, " upon get ting out of bed, when the cramp most frequently occur red, pressing the sole of the foot upon the cold floor, and then repeating this charm with the acts configurative thereupon prescribed, I can safely affirm that Ido not remember an instance in which the cramp did not go away in a few seconds." Eggs and apples were anciently connected with Good Friday. A writer, in 1579, refers to the custom of " creeping to the cross with eggs and apples." One William Bathe, in 1570, says. " that on this day the Roman Catholics offered unto Christ eggs and bacon, to be in favour till Easter-day was past." A French writer in 1679, observes, " that he has known people who pre: serve all such eggs as are laid on Good Friday, which they think are good to extinguish fires in which they may be thrown." He adds, that some imagine that three loaves baked on the same day, and put into a hoap of corn, will prevent its being devoured by rats, mice, weevils, or worms." In England but one sort of eatable "remains in association" with the day, namely hot cross buns. These are small cakes, slightly sweetened and spiced, sometimes of a round shape, and sometimes long and tapering at both ends, but alway marked on the top with an indentation in the form of a cross. "In Lon don," says a writer before quoted, " as well as in almost every other considerable town in England, the first sound heard in the morning of Good Friday is the cry of Hot cross buns !' uttered by great numbers of people of an humble order, who parade the streets with baskets con taining a plentiful stock of the article, wrapped up in flannel and linen to keep it warm. The cry, which is rather musical, is strictly— ' Hot cross buns— One a penny, buns—two a penny, buns, One a penny, two a penny—hot cross buns !' Hucksters of all kinds, and many persons who attempt no traffic at any other time, enter into the business of supplying buns on Good Friday morning. They make a stir in the streets which lasts till church time, and it is resumed in the afternoon." Sixty years ago pastry-cooks vied with each other for excellence in making hot cross buns; and there were two bakers' shops at Chelsea so celebrated for this manu facture, that crowds of customers thronged benea'h the flat-roofed wooden portico or piazza which ex tended along the front of each, during the whole of the day. Several hundreds of square black tins, each containing dozens of hot buns, were disposed of in every hour, from a little after six in the morning till after the same period in the even ing. Cross buns resemble, in some respects, the con • secrated loaves, bestowed by the Western Church on those who, from any impediment, cannot receive the Holy Eucharist. These are made from the dough from whence the Host itself is taken, marked with the cross, given by the priest to the people after mass, just previously to the departure of the congregation, and are kissed before they are eaten. It is remarkable, that the loaves of the Greeks were signed with a cross from the earliest periods, and that such were offered to the gods, under a name which in the accusative case is boon. Two loaves with an impression of the cross, within which were four other lines, were found in Herculaneum. In the houses of some ignorant persons, a Good Friday bun is pre served "for luck ;" and sometimes there hangs from the ceiling a hard biscuit-like cake of open cross-work, baked on Good Friday, to remain there until displaced on the next Good Friday by a similar one. This is deemed a preservative against fire. A correspondent of the "Every Day Book" stated that on Good Friday, iu the neighbourhood of West Derby, a custom prevails which is called " paste-egg ing." Parties of the juvenile peasantry disguise them selves in the most fantastic habiliments—such as clothes turned inside out, with masks, veils, &c., and betake themselves (in numbes of about four to a dozen of both sexes) to the different farm-houses, and solicit contribu tions towards the " festival" of Easter Sunday. These gifts are generally eggs and oatmeal cakes. One of the party usually carries a basket for the eggs, another for the cakes, and a third is the bearer of a small box for oecuniary contributions. They generally cheer their benefactors with some animated songs, and seldom fail to return homeward with a plentiful supply of their "paste-egg," and no trivial aid in money. With these materials a feast is got up on Easter Sunday evening at the village ale-house. In the midland districts of Ireland it is a common practice on Good Friday, with the lower orders, to pre vent their children, even those at the breast, from having any sustenance from twelve on the previous night to twelve on tho night of Friday; and it is common to see along the roads, between the different market towns, numbers of women with their hair dishevelled, bare footed, and in their worst garments. All this is in com memoration of Christ's passion. RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. An old book, containing the ceremonies observed by the English monarchs, directs the usher to lay a carpet cross upon;" Good Friday, for the Kin g "t o creep to the oss upon;" and a proclamation o f th e 30 t h I I enry VIII. enjoins on this day, " it shall be declared how creeping to the cross signifieth an humbling of yourself to Christ, before the cross, and the kissing of it a memory of our redemption, made upon the cros s . " The " setting up" of the Easter sepulchres on Good Friday appears to have been a general practice in Eng land. In this was placed the host with a crucifix, or the host alone, which was watched, according to the Sarum rite, from Good Friday till early in the morning of Easter day. Perhaps the most curious "sepulchre," of which we have an account was that at St. Mary Red cliffe's Church, Bristol, 1471. It is described as " well gilt with fine gold," and comprising among its deco rations "an image of God Almighty rising out of the same sepulchre, with all the ordinance that belongeth thereto —that is to say, a lathe made of timber and ironwork thereto. Item—Heaven made of timber and stained cloths. Item—Hell made of timber and iron work thereto, with devils the number of thirteen. Item: four knights armed keeping the sepulchre, with their weapons in their hands—that is to say, two spears two axes, with two shields. Item: four pair of angels! wings, for four angels, made of timber, and well painted. Item: the Father, the crown and visage, the ball with a cross upon it, well gilt with fine gold. Item: the Holy Ghost coming out of Heaven into the sepulchre." Barrett's Bristol, cited by Fosbroke, p. 50, note. On the Gospel side of the chancel, and nearly opposite the sedilla, we generally find an arch forming a recess and canopy to an altar tomb. This was often used as an Easter " sepulchre." Pious persons, in their wills, fre quently desired to have their tombs so built as that they might serve for this purpose. Two of the finest examples of stone "sepulchres" are at Eckington Church, Lincolnshire, and liawton Church, Nottinghamshire ; these are richly decorated in the style of Edward 111., with representations of the Roman soldiers asleep, and other appropriate imagery. The Good Friday ceremonies we have described were neglected in the Church of England after the Reforma tion. As late, however, as the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the following charge occurs in the churchwarden's "Ac compts of the parish of St. Helen," Abingdon :—"Paid to the bell man for meat, drink, and coals, watching the sepulch re ,. 19d . " The anniversary of the crucifixion is now observed in this country, in most places, by the suspension of all business, the closing of shops, and a solemn servi ce i n t h e c h urches, many of which are hung with black, and every ornament is removed from th e i r altars. Some mem b ers o f t h e English church abstain, on this sacred fast, from any kind of animal food, even from cre am t o tea ; suc h we are informed by Boswoll was the custom of D r . J o h n son. Divine ser vice i s well attended, and it is considered proper to appear at church in " sad-coloured" clothes. Mr. Secretary Gladstone left town on Saturday for Brighton. THE ROYAL SOCIETY. Amami. ILLEGAL AWARD OF THE ROYAL MEDAL (From the Lancet of April 4.) Grave reports of irregular and improper conduct, in connexion with the bestowal of the honours of the Royal Society, have now been for some time both privately and publicly promulgated. In the absence of all contradic tion or explanation by till:, parties most intimately con cerned, rumour grows into assured certainty. Tht Royal medal for the present year, in the department of physiology, has been prominently referred to • but the facts in our p ossess i on enable us to sketch a history of the medals from their institution in 1825 to the present time. After this sketch the writer thus proceeds:— Now comes the recent award of the royal medal to 'sir. Beck, for his paper on the dissection cf the gravid uterus. This was commented on in Mr. Redford's letter, maof the Up facts t o the connectedpresent date, ate ith , th th e published l as t wee k ; and this gentleman certainly de serves much prai se f or hi s courage in openly d e t a ili ng y which te n d very much to bring the medical section of the Royal S oc i ety i nto contempt for their extraordinary vacillation. n e pr a o w c a ee rd d — ing fa s c o ts f the Royal Society have expressed, five separate times, an opinion on Dr. Lee's dissections. Of these, three are favourable and two are adverse. Dr. Lee's first paper was printed in the "Philosophical Transactions ;" a supplement also was printed then an additional sup plement was repo r t e d as not to be printed ; next, Mr. Beck gets the royal medal for contradicting all Dr. Lee's labours ; and lastly, the second supplement, once reported against, is now ordered to appear in the forthcoming transactions. The charges brought against the medical section of the Royal Society are as follow ; if they can be proved to be incorrect, doubtless the proof will be supplied : On the 19th — of June, the last paper of Dr. Lee was read before the Society. On the 28th of October, (four months' afterwards), the physiological committee met, to receive reports on the merits of the different papers, and to re commend to the council the award of the medals, Mr. Lawrence being in the chair. After the dispatch of the ordinary business, and after voting the recommendation for the Copley medal, Mr. Lawrence dissolved the meet ing, on being informed by the secretary, Dr. Roget, that there was no further business for transaction. As soon as Mr. Lawrence had left Somerset House, the com mittee was re-formed, Dr. Todd being placed in the chair; and Dr. Todd and Dr. Sharpey, being the referees, produced from their packets reports favourable to Mr. Beck's paper. On these reports, it was resolved to re commend the award of the Royal medal to Mr. Beck. It should be mentioned, that Mr. Lawrence had been the referee of Dr. Lee's papers on former occasions, and was, of course, well acquainted with the subject, and that neither Dr. Todd nor Dr. Sharpey had seen Dr. Lee's preparations and dissections for four years. Another extraordinary fact (as we are informed) is, that Dr. Lee's paper, which for four months had remained unreferred in the secretary's possession, was actually produced at this extraordinary committee, and, as if in mockery, put in competition with Mr. Beck's paper and some others. The very next act of this alleged illegal committee was to refer Dr. Lee's paper to Sir Benjamin Brodie, to ascertain whether it was worthy of being printed in the transactions. Sir Benjamin Brodie re ported in its favour, but it was blackballed by the physiological committee. It must, however, in justi e to the council, be stated, that this body afterwards or dered it to be printed. It will scarcely be believed, that on the 30th of Octo ber, two days after the recommendation of this irregular committee, the council met and adopted the award of the committee, after which it resolved itself into a com mittee of papers, to consider whether Mr. Beck's paper should be printed ! They then could know nothing of the grounds on which the award had been made ; the only persons who had seen Mr. Beck's paper were Drs. Todd and Sharpey, and the secretary, Dr. Roget ; it had not, as yet, even been read to the society In such a mole-like manner were the proceedings conducted, in volving a most important point in anatomical discovery, and implicating the reputation and labours of a Fellow of the Royal Society ! Another extraordinary circumstance is, that Mr. Beck, after presenting his paper, was allowed to have it back for correction-; and it is even alleged that Mr. Beck had been permitted access to Dr. Lee's papers ; for it is stated that his corrected paper contains allusions to the subject matter of that which'had been presented by Dr. Lee. Such proceedings are subversive of all order and justice. Who can say that Mr. Beck's paper for which he received the medal is the same paper as that origi nally presented, or that the paper, when printed, will be the same paper as that upon which the award was made? There are yet other singularities connected with this affair. From some cause or other, the council, ap parently not satisfied with the first recommendation of the committeee, ordered them to state the grounds upon which the recommendation was made. The physiologi cal committee, on the 20th of November, ap pointed Drs. Shnrpey and Todd to draw up a report ; on the 27th, the committee met, received the report, and adopted it. On the Ist of December the council met, received the report, confirmed the recom mendation of award made by the irregularly constituted committee on the 30th of October, and an hour after, the Royal medal was given away by the Marquis of Northampton. Thus, then, the recommendation of the award was made by the referees, Drs. Sharpey and Todd, and adopted by the physiological committee, and by the council, before even the paper was read to the Society, and before it was known whether it was to be printed or not. The medal was given before the minutes of the council bad been confirmed, and before the paper for which it had been given had been printed. Even now it has not appeared in print! And this is in glaring con travention of the regulations according to which the foundation of the Royal medals was restored by her Majesty, which orders—" That the Royal medals be given for such papers only as have been presented to the Royal Society and inserted in their Transactions.' " This regulation is printed, too, on the front page of every volume of the "Philosophical Transactions." The justice and propriety of such a regulation are obvious. Time is afforded for weighing the merits of different communications, and the possibility of unfair alterations and omissions in a paper printed sub sequent l y to i ts re ward prevented. Th e scientific world has no guarantee whatever, looking to the previous conduct of the parties concerned, that the paper may not be adapted to suit any contingency that may arise. Properly, morally, and, it would appear, legally, Mr. Beck could not have appeared as a candidate for the medal, supposing his paper to be printed during the course of the present year, until De cember, 1848. Thus time would have been allowed for deliberation, p.nd the award of the medal would have had some force; now, it falls to the ground, utterly valueless to its recipient. But supposing Mr. Beck's dissections to be quite cor rect—supposing the uterus has no nerves at all, or that Dr. Lee's ganglia are fictions, creations from cellular tissue, what are Mr. Beck's researches worth? One might imagine a great discovery, so instant in its re ception and application, that snch hot haste to reward it might have been in some measure pardonable. But Mr. Beck's pretends to be none of these. According to all that the profession yet knows of it, even granting it true, it would be but the pains-taking correction by mere mechanical dissection of the mistake of another anato mist. The medal is actually given for not making a discovery. One might imagine Sir Charles Bell ashamed of the medal he received. The first falls to Bell—the I)rs. If all this be severe to Mr. B oc k, o let have hm th ank placed i him in last, to Beck! What a diff erence ! whita'deca:lenW' Todd, and Sharpey, and Roget, wh than ourselves.readily haveren daefirields e legitimate position praise oon to e i w ) i o s u l l a d b o more urs The relation of the Royal Society to men of science shouli be distinctly understood. If the council or the committees do wrong, the Royal Society must suffer. In the eye of the world there is no injustice so odious, and so severely resented, as that of unjust judges, in any case. There is no misconduct so vile as that of malversation of office ; the higher the office the greater the atrocity, when wrong is perpetrated. Even the Royal Society is not omnipotent ; it cannot make, though it may " adjudicate," the bad to b e goo d , and the good to be bad. A paper unjustly treated may bring temporary pain and discredit to its injured author, but it reflects lasting ignominy on his judges. A medal un justly awarded brings a double discredit —discredit on those who give, and on him who receives. It was a true and beautiful saying of one of the most illustrious pre sidents of the Royal Society, Sir Humphrey Davy, " It is better to deserve and not to have, than to have and not deserve." Justice it is which gives value to honorary rewards. Could fifty Royal medals raise Mr. Newport to a level with those who were insulted by the award in his case ? Could fifty awarded to Mr. Beck, under the circum stances detailed, have the effect of destroying the credi bility of Dr. Lee's dissections ? Would they not rather create a prejudice in their favour ? The recoil acts always upon the doers of injustice. Let the Royal So ciety look to it, particularly the medical section of those in authority. They are on trial before their pro fession, upcm whose opinions their reputations rest. Let the Royal Society look at the Society of Antiquaries, where intestine cabals have already caused the resigns= tion of the president, Lord Aberdeen, and take warning. We are not sure whether, in the present state of things, it would not be proper to call on all the parties ag greyed t , ) state what they know respecting the events in question. But wo wait awhile. Time is an in structive monitor. Arthur (From the Lancet of April 11.) We understand that the council lies reftised to revise the scandalous proceedings of the committee extraordi nary, upon which we commented last a eck. In the case of Dr. Loe, the recommendation of even a commit tee formed out of order by a mean trick, is livid to be inviolate. Dr. Lee protested against the proceedings of this pretended committee, and Mr. Lawrence, the chair man to one of the meetings, moved their repudiation, but in vain. Properly considered, the whole affair is as grossly insulting to this person as it is unjust to Dr. L ee . It is incredible that he should have so far stultified him self as to put the R o y a l the illegal recommendation for medal to the next meeting for confirmation. But though the council have refused to retrace their false s st o e l p ri s n , cygtthoprhinatv,einhuthmebnlyexetovuofelussmede otfh,e,irTrearnrosractb:idoyeneregoi; the ctio f n uture u t h r e n mdieffsart,:tairoeguguhlattihoinssierienspcecontitnragdi On the inspection of the abstract of the log of the Royal Mail Steam 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 February, 1846, at three P.M.), it appears that on the 23d of the same 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 always more apparent during the prevalence of such gales, although 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 apprehension of inset in the mind of the S late Captain APLeod, who had made his course true from Cape St. Vincent to the Rock of Lis bon, and thence to the Burlings, from whence he shaped his course to clear Cape Finisterre. The committee examined a copy of a chart by which the Great Liverpool was navigated (the original having been lost with the vesst 1). They find, from the evidence, that the compasses were in good order and true, and that the vessel was correctly steered. They further find the course steered on this last voyage was the same as that which bad been steered by that vessel with safety on twenty-one previous homeward passages, and that Captain M`Leod had himself been stationed on the fore castle, looking out for two hours previous to the acci deTnt,where comm i ttee dm continued e e itdue to h until the ship te struek. The character of the late commander of the Great Liverpool, to state that the t h h i e s e s a h faertgyeo have a the re vessel been uannid ented officer ; an d t h e by c a t r h e a f t , t )r olain f t o h r o m s y man i f es ted utmostoov gi board anc vigilance committed an committee, after mature deliberation on the whole evi dence adduced, are unanimously of opinion, that the n,wwashicochchasaidonneedverbybeaenvmereyt u lo n s u s s o u f al tli i e ns G et re fr a ( t ma L t i h ve e r o p e o e o a l with in any of her former voyages, or in the ex erie of the se vera l commanders and office rs whose p nce evidence has been taken. (Signed) SAMITEL THORNTON, Capt., R.N. RICHARD BOURNE, Commr., R. N. ALEXANDER NIRNE, Ca HEICS pt., .. . . Resolved, That tl te report of the committee be . re ceived and adopted. Resolved, That with a view to guard against the pos sibility of the recurrence of danger from any extraordi nary inset for the future, the attention of the com manders of the Company's vessels be drawn to this report, and with reference to the circular of the board Of directors, dated September 9th, 1845, they be again strictly enjoined not to neglect to keep the most vigilant look out in approaching the land in the night, or in think or foggy weather, and to use the deep-sea 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 homewards, 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 made to the Spanish Government to procure the erection of a lighthouse on Cape Finisterre, for the greater safety of navigation. By order of the Board, JAMES ALLAN, Secretary. 1846.—The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year en , tiing, viz.. Fon GOVERNORS. John Benjamin Heath, Esq, Governor. William E. Robinson, Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Campbell, Esq. J J a o m hn es llio ,a rs t l t e is y ol p 4 a E li c n q e . r, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Chas. Pascoe Grenfell, EN. Christopher Pearse, Esq. a ; Thomson Hanley, jun., Esq.. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Jelin Gellibrand hubbard, Esq. David Powell, Esq. onagn a i m;C D ti o vr o t a b to r r ee n d , C As i cq " q p .. William Little, E,q. Sir John Rae Reid Bart. mules Malcolmson, Er•. Thomas Chas. Smith, Esq. -,lirey St. John Mildmay, in. Thompson, Esq., Aid. Thomas Tooke, jun., Esq. Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Esq. Francis Wilson, Esq. and Deputy-Governor will be the 14th of April, and for Di- I of April, from ten o'clock in the afternoon. Jame; Morris, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. George Wards Norman, Esq. The election for Governor J held at the Bank on. Tuesday rectors on Wednesday, the 15t1 . the forenoon till four o'clock:in TIIE LAST OF THE OLD SHOPS.--The Old fish monger's shop on the north side of the Strand, adjoining Temple-bar, which retained the ancient penthouse, and re minded one of the time before plate-glass was, when pains taking shop-keepers cried aloud to passers-by, " What d'ye lack?" has been taken down to give room for a modern erection. We never passed it without thinking of Lona..