The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-13 00:00:00

Borne aul' nduct , 31 ' 4 :way fop ith the rri• [ in sett m agtW l StIrCtICS 1 ~~:~~'.} tto, 41" to [ll6'l°sor 51 T ditto' 11)9 ( 165 1° clitto. .5, 5 11 lb A.+ .IQO' oiL rf tro, sle rux e° 4 , 4d; Sd t ° 45 0 Or; t° Id re - tife• was lol g 109 . Veal , Iss to !c a lves, Hill COWS' 4g V) qiltton , tior pl/ Sibs• $. • hel rather litn t j to fr01 , ' 2 ' 33 1 0 d por., CO IS o f 41 1, Be tell A S O leg d <:11 " 1 1 id I 31 t: 6d lurr, E ST IND/A. HOUSE, Ifmica 11, 1846. COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST 4,2,i,-xprA COMPANY do hereby give notice, that the RATE of 1 1 7'GE .at which they will receive Casli for Bills on Bengal lid 1," will, from the present date, and until further notice, be ec elPany's rupee, and for Bills on Bombay Is. 11%d. Pany , B rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. 0 lIRESSED AIR ENGINE COMPANY. No. F, Pall-mall, East. Tbe 64 4 0-41bition of the working model Patentee), e ls ) O. 5, Pall-mall, East, will k ions f o , ra ,_rdaY, the 21st March instant, before which day appli- Co>ti us ,aftin3ero2unres should be made. i nquiries having been made by applicants far shares in ,fiAt t4 e vanY, rs to the extent of their liability, the Directors feel tna cnkuuber of shares already taken justifies them in stating nakielurther sail beyond the deposit of one guinea per share will By order, _ D. E. AUSTIN, Secretary. XIVP.R c ,J - •-.SAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY lial, 1 60,090/., in 5,000 Shares cc of 20/. per Share. el3"it, 2s. per Share. In aordance with the Act. The (rovis y Registered. alleinient o f Shares x , ill take plaae )on the 16th of March neat ensuing. sq. Professor Ryan, M.D., LL.D. ,Nryp...._ Yon Robert Nicholson, Esq. leek ilepl ow 'Esq., Patentee Dominique Causse, Esq. Br ig Ek b Henry Ault, Esq. e; g. John Kissick, Esq. l 'OLiciron—J. F. W. Fesenmeyer, Esq. c o Il Aikkits—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. ;41% ,„ is formed for the purpose of carrying out, and bring ed 'an invention (secured by letters patent) for au ee tila allilfacture,of gas of a superior quality, and at much less , 0 4 the usual egg, by an apparatus so simple in construe _co,lnliendious in form, as to be available in any building 'lle etan "nere the ordinary snpplies of gas are not accessible. iililiinv. }6 l, in Prospectus, which may be had at the o ffi ces of the b "' brurY-lane, with forms of application for shares, and 4eit ion i sten the apparatus at work, and the' brilliancy of the • 4cle 31r. William Nicholson, Secretary, to whom mast • c o post free. NIVr, O , i k , „R . SAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.— ke,„ c 4 r..,, - ' 4,2I .CTS TAKEN for lighting up with a superior GAS, tliea't""eed rate, towns, villages. lighthouses, dockyards, hos -44, ' 4 B . Public o ffi ces, manufactories, printing-o ffi ces, prisons, ii , %,wher e — ,7 4 Y-stations, asylums; schools, and other large build is e ordinary gas is not ceeissile. Letters to be ad - NichCilson, Secr a etary, b 159, Drury-lane. th, lie CO URT of . BANKRUP ter. ft`ltir__,Matter of the Petition of JOHN tARKS, then of No. 15, otZLreet, Walworth,' in the parish of St. Mary, Newington, I 'fig , ,-.a --a t7 ,. ° f Surrey, and being a traveller to a grocer and cheese l' Insolvent Debtor: ~`„r • signed, JOHN AT:EXIITS THOMAS, of Hlgh-street, i 4 county of Middlesex, tailor anclhatter, a creditor t qott l i i i" k i John Parks, do hereby give you, the said John Parks, efaS 011 notice, that I, the said John Alexius Thothas, intend to, t quadr Forty the Twenty-third day of April, 'One Thousand ?rel ko ,ed o and -six, at the hour of Eleven of the clock in ;.Zert that day, apply by motion, under the provisions b ran e Act of Parliament, 5 and 6 , cap. 116, to th,,%Esq., at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Rasinghall ce,4 of City of London, the Commissioner before "whom the Viiiai e Ze said Petition in the Court of Bankruptcy were heard !›.i' thu d u pon , that the final order made by the said Commis *.!oa, vmatters of such, the said Petition, on the Second day of *:_ i rei a ,,!'° ll sandight undred and Fort Four, be rescind John as 74, 4 , th e , T to the profectio H y n of the person of you, the said of aw ard petitioner from process, and as far as relates to the fi - Viar) Order in bar of suits and actions. Dated this Tenth the 't3t - „'",One Thousand Ei g ht signature of the ight Hundred and Forty Six. k, said John Alexius Thomas, • JOHN ALEXIUS THOMAS. Attorney -at-Law, 90, Queen-street, Cheapside. ~telhFT'S ELASTIC SADDLE, with a PATENT extending atiplit all her ey M• t s Colonies, meriting well the admira• r i t• attention of all s s uchasmove with the march of improve lit G EO RGE ROBINS is directed by Mr. 4, 4 eri, -.CRAFT, the 1 - ea Patentee, to OFFER FOR et the Auction Mart, on THURSDAY, March 19, atTwelve. . 0t1,„,- , ABLE INVENTION, and one that, as soon as it be known, presents a certain fortune. This invaluable Z i a,,,s' n trodticed to public competition because Mr. Bencraft, ,nor, desirous now to retire from the trouble that is Vi ad on supplying the present great demand for *4,.Nry, tl ceigrt orders. It is so mixed tip with comfort and safety, gra ti M devoted to horse exercise will feel that he owes a It e eal'e to the Laventor, so great as to be almost beyond l ed sva rt; .D '-.ENCRAFT'S PATENT SADDLE. ~ecy f nes and advantages are so apparent, yet so numerous, ip fo Will be noticed here, yielding, it is believed, every h .‘,-iiation the most sceptical can desire. A complete pro- N7, 8 1' th' e elired to the spine by means or arched springs, which p, e rider' t) wer s weight to the ribs of the horse, the seat of his 'tA a cid enabling the horse to carry his burden with greater ' 4 l kr ier c reased speed. A single examination of the horse's by y ou t th e N ir m , l o;: e rol ho r r i s d e l s ng i ' s w e ilt r t e li v e e s n e t m ed set o b r l n i t e u ts t is T e h d e effectually p !,111.,halit!_aToli of the spring. of the springs will net in the least degree interfere Nt . or til t' , or seat of the saddle. Mr. Tilbury, of the New road, Pio a aB ti u die. and expl tin the principle, adding to this short ,; 41 4 14 fi 11 e t, , 4 tiaat nt i i i r e ed m imr be rtan b t fleets whow fivofulidlius.tirnastaiono,nanodf ha ktt:ti; ' , • ':?'• Many of us the a no o bilit nl y a , n especiall e y those ga co y nnec e ted fi, E the i ns3' be referred to, whose testimodaLs will very far ..iialo w ! id erated statement in this announcement." I:; .V i IV l* extract, we quote from the " Veterinarian," for ha~ethe i hesitation whatever, in saying, that persons who s m . 1 ardness or want of elasticity of our common sad totille o p t ° Mr. Bencraft's a springy and comfortable eeat. 4 . l !itei oli " t gentleman nor the invalid horseman will any more resort to stuffed pads or quilted seats for ease and both find all they desire astride the spring seated tri a "fort an t, will probably find the difference between it and , k,i tie llll "% Zile the greater the more they have to complain of o t Ne t s etting motion of their hackneys. In concha on, we ilt, tl e. a , e ' l oe doing the horseman disposed to, or the subject of r ani raft' s e nd service by recommending to his notice one of patent saddles." lot r a k t ;eli rife l ,t l 4 describing its principal advantages, and intro at a - „,7, 1 4 facts as will or ought to incline those who desire Na ' i ltitth,; g dway pace to endeavour to possess it, may be had " l'S'ew-road ; the Auction Mart ; and in Covent , to k ICE AR TO USK IN MONMOUTHSHIRE. ' "IDEX CE, in ' theCentre at* this beauteous County, `hb 8; altogether 425131 1,1;(401e OFFICES every description, and TWO FARMS t w ith plenty of LIA2t ( ;:if c e o x A trnrdinary PIiODUC JIVE ACRES Iql:)t,(-1EORGE ROBINS is commissioned to ‘ER by PUBLIC of ma AUCTION, at the Mart, London, on y, in One Lot, an exceedingly eligible FREEHOLD INVESTMENT, COMBINING, N R ESIDENCE Nit tt . OF CONSIDERABLE PR 4 411 3 3„ OF UNCOMMONLY PRODUCTIVE E LA N N S IM .01 0 1NICRES ARE ARABLE AND PASTURE, AND 7 6 "►o p'" LAND. A l i.tittheasto ti u o s n es a a n n d d en tildi t ngs. First, it may be well to l 'o44LNiosi HERCUL EAN TASK OF TRYING r , 'hit 'AS THE BEAUTIES OF .MONMOUTHSHIRE. T,,,'Poli 1 , k LOVP.LY VALE AND RIVER OF USK, 4 R OI:OUGII TOWN OF HIGH RENOWN, 4 tq a Work • tt., * O l,, ol supererogation to those who have had . the good ts:tol li ll'urn there; those who have not, and would invest in 1 - pq r4 p3 ~ while in the enjoyment of a quietude unknown to `tirdistricts, will do well to be on the alert, and do e"t,,,to become the possessor of this fine property. Qi ,„:.-ci WINDING OF THE RIVER WYE x i TiiltEer:vicinity, ~,Vtit ' ",,, , EAUTEOUS WOODLAND SCENERY, L'Alt RIVER COMBINATION OF HILL AN...0 DALE, Vt D ''VER FULL OF SALMON AND TROUT, Dtikitiasiures, luxuriant orchards and gardens in every di \ki I:: ‘ , s _ an effect not to be appreciated, and in no part of „. exceeded in beauty. ` 4 ta t ~,, THE MANSION HOUSE, 'men time was the famed abode of 1,k 1 t,,T4 L , ~., JOHN OWE .SEND, ESQ., I, t r o ‘ - ' WEALTHY BANKER, OF LONDON, k li t ioll l v ,„ e l by tho aid of a little tact and decoration, and the \,!lt ub ' Irresistible in provoking this little outlay. Without \4l-r,soine or expensive, it combines all that a family of '''q %,i7etY can desire, with corresponding offices both 1, liver Out, kitchen gardens and orchards. There is an , ke k,7,1d Out, and lots of fishing; with A 'irt'd,`'TH WALES RAILWAY. NOW MAKING, \ let t o 'lance off. There are Two higkly-cultivated Farms, til, l etch, and all necessary buildings, and a good tenant 1, e 'lle) at a very inadequate rent for four years yet to 11 1 . , Vi k Vsfaef.„YrlE QUALITY OF TIIE SOIL 11,3"; ANT — "IY explained by the single fact that !1'0e,, 1) Sty QuARTERS OF WHEAT PER ACRE tli. , •° i ' be: of last year. The meadows so rich as to fatten ii t. ' London market, and the pastures exuberant beyond I ,Nsit lr ! A NDCOALIN GREAT ABUNDANCE ; 1 ' l ait k i; towns approximating, render a sure and advan i Cti,, t , i le Produce of the land. , '. ~., , i - STOW A.ND It.kGLAND CASTLES ‘ '''ig auxiliaries, and Ok t 1,, 11- 1E DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S S i , 3 , 4,,,," , NEY ESTATES SURROUND 7111 ) ,,,' 4E - 1 review. I t4i4t ~1 1 S„; oC r bood is remarkable for sociability and the greatre iittlt, t t o ~ lbc Inhabitants ; in fact, it would to be a altogether ea italist ) I <e,,,,;2scov er a single point of objection \ 41 't11,7, 111 clover. The Tithe and poor-rate very mOderate. A N s ~,.1 in the immediate neighbourhood. . .k%,arit - „' ll be ready twenty-eight days prior , to the Sale, ki...' l . f' e d. To he had of A. Waddington, Esq., Solicitor,. at pan, , and iletcher. Solicitors Liverpool; the Auction ''''.• G , orze Robins's Offices, London. ____ L 1 1 11; S BEST SPERM OIL, is per Gal choh.,-'tritu4,%.3,B. 3d.; Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 1, - "ax, ls. ; German, Is. 2d. ; fine Wax, Is. id. ; 4 11,1 1) tait . 0 a o d.; Transparent, Is. Bd. ; Best Wax, 2s. Id. ; ; and 10d. Hale'sßelmont Wax, , 28 'Mies, 51. f. d ; xtra Wax -w ix Molds, 64d. ; Yellow 1 01, i'"d 565. 0, 1 121b5.; Mottled, 60s. and ; Wind • ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose.2s.; Almond, e_ 'YU, per lb. htera o,ld Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, Coffee-house. k u,- - • 1 I N m ‘ i "LA N D ' S OD 0 NTO; k t l / 44 ,,, 1 )3. °r, PEARL DENTIFRICE. . pi t i lhe Queen, and the Royal Family of Great Britain, \ Ntopt!tre. s o e r veral Sovereigns m an o d u C n o d u e ys o r t E ne urop choicest e and ,411;'tletlii!'greditiels Teeth, the co Ori p ental Herbal the leading re- Si k t ,' .' n ess and efficacy being present in the highest pos \tl/4..Nl44lltittirPates all tartarous adhesions to the Teeth, and 1 ' tii 4la i .:'ce Whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its anti ,N tl4:l4, c orbutie properties arrest the further progress of t_ 4 itt,%h , and induce a he a lthy action of the Gums. The I ‘. —4 a fragrant sweetness truly grateful to its pcs tkOZettm Ol k i l t.Ln i t and , fragrant aromatic fl Tooth . Po r wd ,, er rs ev n e u r 4 8 1 1 1 0 „,iPl ° a D ce ° ;Zthe h to l i s let o s r o; ti o ie n l g So s v e e ri r e e s ig o ns arl'tr it duthe \ lt „ sii ll , tlo, - "t r 4 .,' 011 ‘ r t u n rox iet wh it il i e s the \ st 1. '' ,, t., Price 2s. Pd. perg universall yeßnoe held. demand ' - e tit t : % t ; Protect the public from Fraud, the Hon. Corn & ...trig r ili Dl have directed the Proprietors' Name and 4 4 14,0 Wared on the Government Stamp, thus— by , h i ","Tb and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, oA4ll;'' Which is affixed on each Box. 4 0. ro Prietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. All others are fraudulent imitations. t) '4) WS M 0,, roa ute ,, , OUSTACHES, and IVI - 115,1104,4,_,,ice-,Znweeks ,110 4 , 4 ,_,,i ce - , Znweeks by using an essential Spirit C4,..C1t,,,Th o ,romatte Herbs, the peculiar properties of s'ii l lti' 4 l :l l , o 'J d ' l Zs e t n h e e Inventor,ii baldanil although perfectly d inn k o- - ‘01114,44146411,1t0r wher i e v t ac b e e s s , to e w au e s d e by Na a tu r r o e n has no: this worenaa \ 1 11 N". ttpl,; li glir m S. It has been known to many of the Nobl- Y s t 4 1 4 3' 0 1 ;1_ 8 of eleven years, some of whom the Liven \ i tt,41.,, tori„ - " 1,5 for their attestation of Its merits, in the !S i kelik'N' l ttu,i g Hair and giving it additional lustre and ‘ 061e:lf gr a ar a manifold—it prevents the Hair from fall \it r„,, 4 18 1 drops on the crown of the head will :114N:tiiieg s . re 'sirkT, pain in that part produced by or at ttir.W4 to and is acknowledged by the Faculty as the \ 044 i d t v n,„7_etiro, : that disease of the head called Porigo 1, 14.,:i pigov e , 're the Hair to some off in patches) ; a few kSl it ito 4 l 'o4, ll, hltt a niliff. This wonderful discovery is fully ex- V„o r , P r , l 9(l l ,,i... e Glstaining testhnenials to its regenerating I \ 44, 1 5, :_lier vit V , it r : e f ntitled, " Three . Minutes' , +civic, on . the k iii ii, 4. rt Z i r: 4l ,;lT it : the Human th Ha cl tr,' by h Vt, f . t G i run ll s,oue, i:liihLlkhotArriey,en ta g tive ,..r f o he o a r dach e ft r i o id wt fai o ntin l g e ; a u l m so an a 1 1 ; 71 1 1 tti lit it . I th,e Inventor's signature, Herbary, High itss, %Il LI ii ik'll a eh r , o bc•t orv tl e e n s , , m w e i n th t s n t a a m m e, Sz &c , w e k as oi t c t s h e e e re a e n n ,i inc e lUded . ' l ater D p ,i kkk g , 1 , 14 ' raggists, and Perfumers, and by special k ll4 ltPl o Ltilctli e Tvirca- AG2NTS FOR LONDON. g tl` . k , tt 1 ,,,. ore, Olneraists and Druggists, Regent-street V s 4 k tititii4l.lt.Alliir, Chi:unfits, Conduit street, Boni-street. I:'' N I , Zi e . , l o, Oxford-street. 1 :16_ d g; , Clptttliats, Se.., 63, Oxford-street. N 0 43 h . --`' Patent Medicine Warehouse, larriugdon k i v t , ,;: 4 ,113t , 7 ,, ,I % • i7 4 t Ai kedi e l' n Bt. Paul's-shurchyrral. l'‘,34 . 4 tt,editi ne „, 2 Warehouse, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard. Ikki.. '-', itua i • Y areheuse, 4; Cheapside. L ISt h 4 teh t It °*. Patent Medicine Warehouse, Bow- StAs t k ,- ;QtotZ 4ll ,... ° ttte 'March , 68' t. ' kud lEteottrl i N a ltolesfle sam lltllk lyti% Druggists, 225 and I. k,„ otaci,,, ' - NI It " 1 . Whole-Sale Drjrzgists, Great TriDity -44114441113 xivai gitzuw. 11441 leg. Aragstss, &c., Lon-walk; .._l-C v " -> ,-------V--'9 . .. r / , i,. - • ' r..---- --- 7----e--4!-- _------/ .., ~ v -1 7 r - 1 TA' . . . , ~. l'ig." - 1 ' - ,t, -/ 7 ..... . , r , :f; t e fr , I • _ . _.. _ ~,,,___;,...........-.... ........ . . -- . .. .....---- - - ~.. 4, t - '• - . . . . ..-.., ~, f'4 , -:- , f'r . 2, /7 ff - • ';'t , , • - - - • . • ..4:15., 1, rp • " ,•. N.; - • .P. 1 v i ••• \ V Z , i ' . ''' _, " :4 , .. 'e : , ., ' . -., - * 1_ \::. ) k ..., •,.. N. ' --,, j i ~,,, Xm• ,' 45 A' ro I V - t ll ' ' - ~.„•,• .- . ~.".-s - ..., 0 - it4:l, r • -......_ eS -c , ~.. , tTI T , -?I, . -^• 1 ' • z,,:::,• DO*I. • ••• * "ts -------:-, \ _ __ %7 ''\, ) ' /IS.' ' 6 " , l, 'l -' " ;.•`-. r t , tilt "-'" -* ~.~~ i~~~! ''7I7IE'LA.W - OF ENTAIL IN SCOTLAND. TO THE', EDITOR OE THE " EDINBURGH ADVERTISER." The question of the justice and propriety of the present law of entail in this country, is one which is at the present time occupying a very considerable share of attention among those more immediately intereiled is the satisfactory adjustment of the question at issue. A meeting of landed proprietors, and others, is to be held on Thursday in:thefflopetoun Room', "for the purpose of considering the great national evils connected with the law as it now stands, and the propriety of an immediate application to the Legislature thereupon." For the pur poses of bringing the subject more fully before our Teaders, we give the followings extracts from a docu ment with which we have been favoured, entitled, " Me moir pn Entails," and which ably discusses the subject in its _ _ " All land:, entailed and uuentailed, require a capital fur management, contingencies, and improvement. En tails hurtfully withdraw this capital, and prevent even a credit on the lands for the most important benefits to the heir in possession, as well as to the public. The attempts to remedy this by Acts of Parliament have only been sufficient to shciw the admitted evil, not to care it. Entails arc a constant tutory, never advanc ing the possessor of the estate above the character of an heir, and keeping him in perpetual restraint ; where by it is necessary, for his interest, to strain every means in his power to the utmost, and to do the least possible good to others. No person can deal with pre fect safety with an entailed proprietor ; because he can not know how he is restrained, what security he can give for sums advanced, or engagements made. As little encuuaagement as possible is given for improve ments, and aids admitted or given, are often loetin the constant recurring conflict of necessities of heirs and executors on the death of each heir of entail. " As to the heir of entail himself, he is called to the succession burdened with every debt and obligation that , can be charged against him, and with many debts which he has contracted, or been forced to contract, before his et succession—not knowing, certainly, what right he has to the estates—and loaded with provisious to wives and children of his predecessor, which often exclude all power to benefit his -- own family. He is likewise made -- to feel his riearest blood as a spy and complainer ; and his son, freed from the salutary restraint of any risk ' from displeasing his parent by recklessness and folly, often becomes disregardful of his own interest and the in terests of his family, and looks to the other members of it as little more than incumbrances on him, which much diminishes the natural affection due to them, and makes them far more dependent than they ought to be. The parent may feel all this, and see his younger children destitute of the position which they should be maintained in, but with no power to prevent it ; and further, see that an increase of the same evils will be transmitted by each succeeding heir, destroying every feeling of com fort and independence, and rendering his title of en tail as if it had been made only to delude himself, and his heirs, and all around him ; reducing the considera tion and the usefulness of the family in every way, and in many instances forcing the family to leave the coua try, and take all their income from it to support them in the retirement of the Continent, completely estranged from their own estate and neighbourhood, and from all attachment to their country. The whole of Scotland is thus deeply poisoned, embarrassed, and injured by en tails. The evil is rapidly increasing, and threatening to stagnate the fairest parts of the land, and to alienate the respect due to the`proprietors of the country. " These miserable - effects are said to be necessary to preserve the aristocracy of the land. Men who love their country, and wish to live on their estates, end to im prove and benefit all around them ; men naturally dis tinguished for vigour and soundness of mind ; men who naturally despise the idea of being kept from harm by leading- strings, and who would feel the honourable re sponsibility of preserving their station by the generous regard to what was due to their own high sense of duty to their ancestors, to their families, and their country, far beyond all the chains and shelter that could be ap plied by the capricious restraints and evil securities of a deceitful entail, made under a bad law, devised for the selfish vanity of a Dives, to perpetuate slavery in his fa mily, by counteracting the laws of Providence, which attach the wise penalty of loss of consideration to reck lessness and disorder, and do not protect the bad by continually paralysing the good, a course which, in time, would reduce the landed proprietors of Scotland to the state of the most expatriated paupers, instead of being a blessing to their country, and encouragers of vigour and improvement, and comfort to all around them. These are no vain and theoretical forebodings. The country is already labouring under the influence of them to an excessive degree ; and it is not too much to as sert that more than one-half of the entailed proprietors in Scotland have not half their income to live upon, and their families are more burdened and kept down than any other class in the country. " One great source of the revenue of the country is the stamp-duty on the conveyance of property; but the entailed estates are freed from this; and they do not pay a single farthing of legacy duty, which alone, if charged to each heir on his succession to an entailed estate, in the same way as it is drawn from the children of his poor tenant, and from the children of the poorest merchant of the country, at the very time when they have lost the income obtained by the labour of their pa rent, would afford above 1,000,0001. sterling every year to Government. Should it still be thought that an in come must be preserved through a succession of profuse heirs, for the chance that they might become the honoured parents of good heirs, the best entail would be an Act of Parliament that all lands should be excluded from diligence. This would do equal justice to all parties, and only the sooner show the excessive evil of the stagnation of any kind of pro perty. Or if it be necessary to secure a large income from capital, free from all change, in favour of any class, it might be safely done by requiring the parties to purchase the Government funds, to the extent re quired, and never to allow more to be so tied up than what the State required. This would make the funds valuable, and give these parties the greatest interest in the prosperity of the country. "It would require no management, and never pre vent the improvement of the country ; and all taxes would as easily be taken from that capital as from any other, and without any serious damage to those who held such special entails.. The aristocracy holding this fixed income, and left free to purchase, and to keep and leave to their heirs as large estates as they could acquire and improve, would hold them as free men —a far more commanding and respectable character than a half-ruined heir of entail. The tenantry and the country would deal safely with them, and respect them as men freely maintaining the high station which the good conduct of their noble ancestors raised them to, and preserved, them in, and the country would feel that integrity was fixed as the basis of right, dignity, and title to every property in the kingdom. FIRST SIGHT OF A HORSE —The sensation produced by the presence of the strangers had not in the least subsided at the period of our arrival at the islands. The natives still flocked in numbers about the encampment, and watched with the liveliest curiosity every thing that was going for ward. A blacksmith's forge, which had been set up in the shelter of a grove near the beach, attracted so great a crowd that it required the utmost efforts of the sentries posted around, to keep the inquisitive multitude at a sufficient dis tance to allow the workmen to ply their vocation. But nothing gained so large a share of admiration as a horse, which had been brought from Valparaiso by the Achille, one of the vessels of the squadron. The animal, a remarkably fine one, had been taken ashore, and stabled in a hut of cocoa-nut boughs within the fortified enclosure. Occasion ally it was brought out, and, being gaily caparisoned, was ridden by one of the officers at full speed over the hard sand beach. This performance was sure to be hailed with loud plaudits, and the "parakee nuec" was unanimously pro no u nce d b y th e i s l a nders to be the most extraordinary sp ec i nen o f zoo l og y that had ever come under their obser va ti on .—F our M on th s ' Residence in the Mar quesas Island s . (big hog) NEW CLUB, NO. 12, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER , SQUARE.—A new club is in course cf formation at the man sion now occupied as the British and Foreign Hotel, to be conducted on the same principles and .management as the large clubs of London. The number of _ members to be limited, and the admission to be by ballot. The list of mem bers already enrolled may be seen, and further particulars known, by personal application at the address given above, between the hours of twelve and four. MANURE COMPANY.—It is intended to form a com pany in Newcastle, for the purpose of turning the contents of the common sewers to profitable account. It is proposed to intercept and convey them underground, without the slightest nuisance to the public, to a considerable distance from the town, where reservoirs will be formed, and buildings erected, and there subject them to a chemical process, by which all objections on the score of offensiveness will be destroyed, and the substance, as a manure, improved in its fertilising proper ties. It is proposed then to dry it by artificial means, and thus render it fit and convenient for carriage. Upon a mo derate calculation, not fewer than 10,000 tons of valuable manure are wasted, which, at 31. per ton, amount to an annual loss of 3 0,0001.—Newcastle Journal. SUICIDE OF AN EX - COURIER OF THE DUKE OF CAM BRIDGE.—On Tuesday, 31r. Wakley, .M.P., held an inquest at the Marquis of Granby Tavern, Great Marylebonc-street, on view of the body of Thomas Webb, aged 50 years, who committed suicide. The deceased lived at No. 3, Little Marylebone-street, and was formerly a courier in the family of the Duke of Cambridge, from whom he re ceived a pension for his services. Subsequently he became butler to Colonel Thoyts, but had left about a twelvemonth since. Mr. Reading, the parish beadle, deposed that, from information he received on Sunday evening, between six mid seven o'clock, he pro ceeded to deceased's room (an attic), and found him suspended to the bed-post by a cord tied tightly round his neek. Tiltuess, with the as sistance of the landlord, immediately cut him down, but the body was quite cold, and life must have been extinct for several hours. John Cuerton (deceased's landlord) deposed to having last seen him alive on the previous day ; he was a married man, and his wife lived at service; he had lodged in witness's house ever since he left Colonel- Thoyis. Deceased was never heard to utter any expressions that might lead one to conjecture that he contcm pleyed suicide, and he enjoyed tolerable health up to the period of his destruction. The Coroner summed up at considerable length, re marking on the fiequeney of suicides amongst butlers; and as the testimony was not altogether satisfactory as to state of deceased's mind, he recommeaded them to return an open verdict. , After shirt consultation, the jury unanimously recorded the fellow.eg 1 diet, " That deceased was found dead, haying hanged himsolt in a state of mind unknown to the jury." PRICE OF POTATeiES AT PORTSMOUTH QUAY. — t Lids necessary article br food is still kept up ; but we Aldernae - , 4/. per ton ; 6d. per cwt. We percei ve the price o those who have .stoet~.; in hand not to keep them too long, or t ' We remember, some years ago, that potatoes would caution may av lose them altogethe.e. market, in the 7 00pc of :getting higherr k kept e thema mildb ae kw winter rose to an enorurous price„m . :d , m a aT t - i succeeded, wt.ich caused them to germinate very early, and the t es n e o n t scarcity season in itghl this consequence was, they as to requk..o prongs to remove them into carts in order to throw became so soft, and were so matted together, Produce' similar effects. We are e ere p them onishe dungheap. The luild: , - i l e t s. is s n o e t ( ' lt tl l i , part the country, as potatoes arc freely selling in the upper part of the cesinity at ss. per sack !—Portsnioutli Telegraph. IIe:ULM:ABLE AND DISTRESSING CASs.--The follow ing very distressing case has caused considerable excitement and :drain its the neighbourlieol of 3iillbanki Westminster. It appears that a shoemaker, named James Silk, together with his wife and four young children, have been residing for some time past in an old, dirty, and dilapidated house in Vine-street, Westminster, in the grea test misery and distress. A. few days ago one of the children yft: seized with typhus f ever, the father and mother also caught it ; thpoor woman, from w an t of nourishment. and attention, got so had that some person h av i ng heard of it had her conveyed on Mon (JAY to the Westrninsterliospital, but she died a few hours after her admission into the institution. About three hours after her death her husband was eenveyed in a sedan chair to the hospital, wrapped IT in blankets, but the poor fellow can only survive for a few hours. Such a painfu'l case of misery and distress would be hardly supposed to ex,ist in c% country like this. i~ te9 1 : 44 - rq No. 16,686. LONDON, FRIDAY t-77,, ~,7 ** - 3 N *ria' GRAVE SEN.D FOR SIXPENCE. BOAT AND RAILWAY INCLUDED. T%e Star and Blackwell Packets leave the BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. WEEK DAYS.—At 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 3%, and b. SUNDAYS.—At 9%, 11, 1%, and S. The Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before cash of these times. FROM THE ROYAL TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS.—At 8%, 9%, 11% 1,3, and 4. SUNDAYS.—At 8%, 11%, 3. and 5. on Monday Mornings an extra Packet at half-past 7. Fore Fare, 6d.; Chief Fare, 9d. Bills of the times for boats calling at the intermediate Piers, to be obtained at the Star Office, Blackwell Railway. Star Office, Gravesend, Feb. 27. TiFIE CAMPAIGN on the SUTLEJ creating immense interest at the present moment, there is exhibiting at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Portraits of the most Distinguished Men both in the SIKH ARMY and GOVERN MENT of LAHORE, taken by a lady of rank, distinguished in the Fine Arts, during her residence in India. Also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and La.ty Sale, &c. By means of the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE these interesting Portraits are on a magnilic. nt scale. Mornings, at Half-past Four o'clock ; Evenings at a Quarter to Ten. The LECTURES include those on ASTRONOMY, during Lent on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, COLEMAN'S WORK ING MODEL ascending and descending Inclined Planes, &a. &e. -1111HOMAS DEW JONES, otherwise WILLIAM ii JONES.—TEN POUNDS REWARD will be paid to any person giving Information of THE PRESENT ABODE of the above named Person, or proof of his death. He left the house of his brother, Mr. George Edward Jones, in the neighbourhood of White chapCl, London, some time In the month of June, 1842, and has not since . been heard of by his friends. He was then about seventeen years of age, five feet six inches high, with sandy-coloured hair, and grey eyes, was much freckled, and very stout. About 1841 he was in the employment of a farmer at Ongar, in Essex; and in the beginning of 1842 he was in service at the White Swan Inn, To•- tenham, Middlesex, and was called Bill Jones. He is supposed to be in some humble employment in the country, or to have gone to sea. THOMAS DEW JONES himself will hear of something to his advantage, by applying to Messrs. WALKER, GRANT, and Co , 13, Kin es-road, Gray's Inn, London, to whom information respect. ing him is to be sent. VICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH LI registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. t'atronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To b. had in London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. FOROUT'S TOOTH-BRUSHES. These celebrated Brushes are well known in most parts, of the world, and esteemed for their durability and beauty of workmanship. They retain the hair till quite worn out, are made of every degree of hardness and variety of shape, to the extent of nearly I 0,) sorts, in cluding those reeommended by the principal dentists of our day, and are sold at the usual price of Is. each, or by post for thirteen stumps. Superior smooth-pointed TORTOISHELL COMBS, the workman ship of which is rarely equalled. The new and fashionable Comb for Ladies' Head-dress in great abundance. Tail and Dressing Combs, together with Front Combs, carved, turned, and plain. The stock, for variety, colour, or extent, Is presumed to be the most complete as well as the largest in London. Prout's Brush and Comb Manufactory, 229, Strand, London, seven houses west of Temple-bar. Established for Forty years. IE PERFECT SUBSTITUTL 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 ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as it does, the characteristic purity and durability of silver), has called into exist ence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," and other so-called substitutes • they are at beat bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactued and sold only by him. Fiddle Threaded King's Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern. dozen .. • • ...... ....... 12s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od Dessert ditto and ditto, ditto .....• 10s. Oct. 21s. Od. 255. Od Tea ditto and ditto, ditto •... bs. Od. 1 is. Od. 12s. Od Gravy ditto .. .•.. • . ............ 3s. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. Od. NICKEL ELECTRO-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 silver, 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 any other house, while by no possible test can they be distinguished from real silver. Fiddle. Thread. King's. Tea Spoons, per dozen ... . ... ....... ISs. 325. • • 385. Dessert Forks „ Dessert Spoons „ •.• . • 309. • . 325. • . 625. Table Forks Table Spoons „ .... •• • ... •• • • 405 • - 725. • . 80s. Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., 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) tree. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON 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 and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspectit.- 39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman street.) Established In Wells street, 1820. JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LO ZENGES, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicted Frith Gough, asthma, difficulty of breathing, consumption, or other liseases or derangement of the respiratory organs, will experience immediate relief, and derive permanent benefit, by the use of JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LOZENGES, which are so erica clans, that they will eut short the most violent paroxysm of cough ing, and are so agreeable to the palate that they may be eaten as a confection. _ _ Sold by the proprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton folgate, Bishopsgate-street, London, in boxes ls. 1 d., and in tins at 2s. :Id. each, duty included; and by most chemists and patent medi— cine vendors in town and country. Wholesale Agents—Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street; Edwards, St. Paul's Churchyard. F. J ASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING.-B and S. COWVAN'S invaluable CANTON STROP, or Quad rilateral Chinese Razor-Sharpener, patronised by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, renders the operation of shaving pleasant to the most tender skin. By a very simple process, the keenest edge may very speedily be given to the bluntest razor. B. and S. Cowvan's pecu liarly tempered Razors and Tooth and Shaving-powder. Specimens of the strops are exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. From the many flattering testimonials received, the following, from that most eminent surgeon, Mr. C. Aston Key, is selected : " Sirs,—" I hare made trial of your razor-strop, and find It to an swer better than any strop that I have hitherto used for giving a keen edge to cutting instruments for anatomical and surgical pur poses." " C. ASTON KEY." Many others may be seen at the inventors', B. and S. Cowvan, 164, Fench rch-street, where the strops, kc., may be obtained, and of all respectable perfumers, &c., price bs. Gd., 7s. Gd., and 9s. 6d. Cowyan's Canton Razor-strop Paste at Is. a packet. The Shaving powder, ls. 6d. ; and Prussian Court Toothpowder at 15. 6d. and 2s. 6d per box. Caution.—None are genuine except marked and spelt " B. and S. Cowvan." KING FASHION to E. MOSES and SON. Messrs. MOSES and SON, I've a wish to inquire Concerning your present spring stock of attire. The season of winter is now nearly gone, And I want to he told how your fashions get on, Have you thought upon any new styles for the s: , :ring ? Have you any new cloths to present to your King? Are your ever-coats choice, Messrs. MOSES and SON ? And in gentlemen's under-coats, what have you done? I'm anxious, my friends, very anxious, indeed, To know how your trowsers and waistcoats proceed. Inform me, I pray, Messrs. MOSES and SON, For the season of spring-time will soon have begun. E. MOSES AND SON TO KING FASHION'. Your Majesty wishes to know what is done In matters of fashion by MOSES and SON. And therefore we beg to inform you, good King, That all things are ready to welcome the spring. We've beautiful waistcoats of toreign design, Where neatness and elegance choicely combine. E. MOSES and SON (as you'll say when you view Have elegant over and under-coats, too. And as for the trowsers. there's nought to excel 'em, Abundance of credit they do, when we sell 'em. Altogether, you'll have to confess, worthy King, That MOSES and SON have dons much for the spring. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. X e. d. Beaver Tiglionis ....... ........ ..... .......from 0 8 6 Chesterfields or ,2odringtons ..... ................ 0 10 6 D'Orsays, Attols, l'embroke, and every description of Winter Coats ...... 1 5 0 Bey's' Winter Coats in every style .............. from 0 8 6 Winter treasers, lined .........• 0 10 6 Dress Coats, edged ................. .............. 1 0 0 Frock, ditto •••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - 1 5 0 Roll Collar Ve5t...... • ..... • Double-breasted Boys' Hussar and Tunic suits... ..... „ ........ 0 18 Ditto, Winter l'rousers . ................ •• 0 3 0 Ditto. ditto Yeats .•••••.• • • • • • • • • ................ 0 1 6 MADE TO MEASURE. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, handsomely Milled cloth Great Coats, velvet collar and cuffs ...... 1 12 0 Tweed Wrappers ...... Ditto Trousers .. ••..••••• • • • • • • • .................. 0 8 6 Winter Trousers, in all the new patterns • • ....... •.. 0 12 0 Doeskin ditt0............ ......... 0 10 6 Best quality, or dress do ........• .• . • .............. 1 6 0 Ditto, best quality made •• . • • • Frock Coats..... • ...... ...... .................... 113 0 Ditto, best quality made •• • • •. • • Cashmere Ye5t5.............. Satin do., plain or fancy ........ ••• • • • Boys' Hussar and Tunic suits... ..... The New Work, entitled " Habiliment Hall," with full di rections for self-measurement, may be had on application, or for. warded, " Post Free." Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. ters, and Outfitters, Minories, and Aldgate, City, London. ImeoßrANT.—Any article purchased ordered, if not approved of or exchanged, or the money returned. N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunseteri Friday till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed at twelve o clock. CAUTION.—. 7.2. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike false hood of being connected with them, or its the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion whatever *mitts any other estaislishment, in or out of London, and those who desire genuine Cheat Clothing should (to prevent disappointment, &c.) still or send to 154, =Rodeo, or 86, Aldgote, opposite the Church. T A TIO NA L LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNJIILL, LONDON. Capital 2500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and sahsttntial advan tages with respect both t* Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to berr)vr, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hi interests to Inert other conveni.nces sr necessity. Assurances for terms of years ere granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT:. The success and incrcusing prosperity or the Society has enabled :he Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from ilu to 75 par cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLIAB. _, 0 Premium . ;;), ; BGlirts Remain il . 5 •0 ~.f.. . added. Cash. r - e. 5 • ;4 1. 4 5 • H howß.w R . :ci s . d. . 1837 £l9l 13 5 60 1000 74 3 4 X 8713 b 41317 1 139511 1 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 1839 133 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 .1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 8 Tao avision of profita is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROITX, Sea. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE _ COMPANY. _ 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., eap. 9. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample subscribed capital, and the large funds accumulated from the pre miums on upwards of 6,000 policies. Half the amount only of theniaififtif VET tiii - iiquired during the first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the Assured. MITTUAL ASSITRANCE BRANCII. I PROPRIETARY BRANCH. Half Pre- Whole Pre- Half Pre- Whole Pre- Age. mium, first mium, after Age. mium, first mium, after BYO years. live years. seven years. seven years. s. d. £ s. d. 20 1 0 0 2 0 0 25 1 2 2 2 4 4 30 1 4 11 2 9 10 35 1 8 6 2 17 0 40 1 13 3 3 6 6 45 1 19 6 3 19 0 50 2 7 9 4 15 6 55 2 18 10 5 17 8 PETER s. d: s. d. 20 0 18 0 1 16 0 25 0 19 I 1 19 2 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 35 1 4 11 2 19 10 40 1 9 2 218 4 45 1 14 10 3 9 8 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 55 2 12 9 5 6 6 'ORRISON, Resident Director. NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDZI2S. NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE dJ COMPANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pan-mall, London. The attention of Equitable Policy Holders is particularly called to the HALF CREDIT SCALES of PREMIUM of this Company, by which table the bonus to be declared at the next investigation, in January, 1850, may be secured at a pfesent annual payment of one half the rates charged by other companies. In the event of death the sum insured will be paid less the amount of premiums on credit. Should the life insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the Comphny will renounce all claim for the half premiums which may be due thereon, or, in the event of the party being at that time in bad health, the policy can be kept up by commenting to pay the fall premium of the age as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with the Company, was found peculiarly advantageous at the last equitable division iu 1840, whey. it was largely adopted. and many of the policies then effected are still in force, and large bonuses have been added to them on the scale of the following table; — Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum addedito Policy. £5,000 5,000 .• • 6 years ••• • .. 5,000 ........ 4 years .•••• • • • • • 400 0 0 5,000 .• • • 2 3 ears .. Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and F. Lennox Boyd, Esq., at the offices, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mail, London. PUBLICATIONS. THE GREAT BELL OF ST. PAUL'S will be a weekly Newspaper, the size of the Dispatch, edited by two Members of Parhament, and conducted in each department by the most eminent literati. To insure a proper knowledge ofpublic events, and for the promotion of better taste in newspaper literature among the people in general, THE GREAT BELL OF ST. PAUL'S will he published on the 21st of March, at Threepence each number. Advertisements and communications for the Proprietor to be sent to Lewes and Lowe. City Advertisement and General Steam Printing Offices, 3, Castle- court, Cornhill. SECOND SERIES OF TALES OF THE COLONIES. In three volumes, post Bvo., price 14 I ls. 6d., THE BUSHRANGER OF VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. By CHARLES ROWCROFT, Esq., Author of " Tales of the Colonies," &c. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill, London. Just published, price 68., HE MEMORABILIA of XENOPHON : JI„ Books I. and 11. from the Test of Dr. It. 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These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or In discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive consideration of those who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct front the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings, 7 till 9 FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Jest published, price 2a. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 3s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the System n both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful effects of indulge' ce, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. Ey R. 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 prattles-1 views of a aeries 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 mu, t iaowever confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable imprission on our minds, that we not only recommand, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis cretlon, to profit ky the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus, The COUDIAL BALM of SYILLACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, vteakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, Sec. In bottles, price I Is., or the quantity of four in one bottle for lbs., jy which Ils. are saved. The five-pound cases may be had as usual. Tne CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for *curdling out and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the akin. Priee Ile. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., Ind l Is. per box, are the most effectual remedy foi strictures, imam► matron, Sac., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, If by letter, 11. Mute detail of cases neeassary. Me.srs. R. and L. Perry and Co., surgeons, may be consulted, as usual, at 19, Lterners-street, ftrord-street, Londln. daily, and at 106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, (very Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at 10, St. Bohn-street, Deansgate, Manche der, on Mondays, Tuesdays. and Wednesdays. LAMERT ON DEBILITY. NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. " Ile, who in pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms, A hero lives, and justly eaa Exclaim, in me behold a man I" Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s '6d., or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d., SELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on those concealed disorders, originating in vouththl excesses and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical Observations on Marriage. By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. " The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in. herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even to the most confidential friend."—Stafferd Gazette. "Long experience in the treatment of a class of diseases hitherto neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the medical profession, has enabled the writer to prove that there are concealed causes of Nervous Debility in existence, where the mere routine practitioner would never dream of finding them; traceable to certain habits, forn•.Jng the most secret, yet deadly, and fatal springs of domestic misery, and premature mertalify."—Wakefield Journal. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row; Starie, 23, Tiehborne-street, Quadrant, Regent- street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery ane Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Booksellers. At home every day till Three, and from Five till Elzht. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of pub lic business. The paper of business presented a long list, but the subject of greatest interest was a promised motion for the consideration of the propriety of providing better abodes for the working classes. The galleries were crowded with a most respectable auditory. The Court was occupied for a length of time in discus sing the merits of a petition from the rector, church wardens, and parishioners of St. James, Dake's-place, for aid in the purchase of an organ. It was contended by those who advocated the peti tion, that as the churches of the rich parishes of the City were supplied with organs, it would be invidious to deny to the poor parishes the advantage of church mu sic—a luxury of the most pure and exquisite description, and not calculated, like luxuries of another kind, to draw away the mind from the contemplation of the most sublime objects. By the opponents to the petition it was objected, that as the parish of St. James, Duke's place, was an indigent parish, it would be very cruel in the Court to aid it in the purchase of an organ, for the possession of such a luxury would entail upon the poor parishioners a heavy annual expenditure in the shape of an organist ; that, after all, the music of the human voice, eloquently uttering the poetry of the Church in full harmony, far exceeded the music of the pipes and whistles of the:mechanical instrument ; and that if the Corporation had established a precedent by acceding to the requests of the parish of St. Peter's, Cornhill, and other affluent parishes, for similar indulgences, the cor poration had a very powerful argument for their acqui escence in the very considerable sums, of ). rKT4ey paid in tho form of rates,. Sec. - The petition was rejected by 54 to 42. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. _ Dr. LYNCH read and presented the following petition to the Court : To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Alder men, and Commonalty of the City of. London, in Com mon Council assembled. The following petition from the Metropolitan Work ing Classes' Association for Improving the Public Health, _ _ _ Humbly Showeth,—That the Corporation have set the example of applying a large, and, as your petitioners are informed, a sum of no less than 20,0001. per annum to the improvement of the, City as a part of the me tropolis. That your petitimers think the improvements goad in themselves ; that the widening of the streets is good as a means of ventilation ; that your petitioners admire wide and magnificent streets, and take price in the im proved general aspect of the City and of the metropolis. But they humbly submit that whilst all is thus made fair and good to behold without, all should not be left foul and miserable within ; and that these benefit , ' may be carried out otherwise than to the injury of the working classes, which effect has been and is now pro duced. Your petitioners aver, that by every old street occu• pied by the labouring classes, pulled down to form a new street, the evil of over-crowding the existing old streets, courts, and tenements, near the street pulled down, is geuerally aggravated. Your petitioners know that this effect was produced by the pulling down of houses to form the Farringdon Market. They know (and it is in evidence before the Commissioners for inquiring into the means of improv ing the health of towns) that the like effect was pro duced by the pulling down old houses to form the Black wall Railway. They know that the like effect has been produced by the removal of the old and poor houses to form the new streets which traverse the site of St. Giles. Good new streets have been formed, but the poor po pula►_ion of St. Giles's has been only wedged in more densely upon the poor population of Seven Dials, and tie bad made worse. _ Your petitioners see that new lines of railway are proposed to be carried, some into the City of London, others through other parts of the metropolis, and that large numbers of old houses are to be pulled down, but they see no provision made, or consideration given, for building new ones for the accommodation of the poor people who camot remove from their place s o f wor k. Your petitioners pray, that whilst the Corporation de votes its funds to the formation of new and magnificent houses, it will, at the same time, exercise its power in building for the working classes, at reasonable, and yet remunerative rents, improved tenements, in numbers equal to those pulled down, and by so doing a benefit will be conferred, instead of an injury inflicted, on those whose condition most needs improvement. Your petitioners observe, with much satisfaction, that new large main sewers are in course of construction down the main streets. They regret, however, to find that the streets occupied by the labouring classes are still badly drained; that their houses are still left un • drained• and whilst in the new prisons, and for the use of prisoners, an apparatus of the nature of a water closet is provided, and a supply of water carried into each cell; the houses of the working classes are only provided with disgusting and unwholesome privies and cesspools, and have only dear and bad supplies of water, kept stagnant in butts in the yards, exposed to contami nation from soot and dust. Your petitioners further pray, that at the same time that drains for houses and sewers for streets are provided, your Honourable Court will exercise its power, and in fluence to procure a good constant supply of water, to make the drains and sewers to act, and constantly re move all accumulations of offensive matter, and to have such supplies carried at a cheap rate into every set of rooms occupied by honest and industrious labouring men, who are willing to pay a fair and reasonable rate for the accommodation, whereas the price now charged for bad supplies is proved to be more than three times the amount for which the supplies of a better description might be ensured. Your petitioners humbly represent that besides sewers' rates, payment of scavenging, and cleansing rates are made on account of most of the houses occupied by the labouring classes. That whilst their houses are badly drained, and the streets, in respect to which the owners or occupiers pay scavenging rates, are badly cleansed ; and that however the service of the scavenger may be contracted for, and paid for, the duty is rarely, if ever, properly done. Your petitioners b e g lea ve to bring be fore your notice the evidence in this respect of the medical officers, given in answer to the inquiries made under the authority of the Government, and appended to the Report on the Sanitory Condition of the Labour ing Population. The petition, after quoting the evidence of several ex perienced and scientific persons, concludes with praying the immediate attention of the Court to the object of the petitioners. Mr. KING requested to be informed, by one of the pe titioners who stood at the bar, who the chairman of the association was ? The petitioner replied that the chairman was the Bishop of London.—(Cheers.) He gave equally satisfac tory answers to other questions. Dr. LYNCH stated that as the petitioners were work ing men, and had been in waiting on three or four occa :ions, in the expectation that a question so vitally con cerning their interests would arise, and he thought the Court would upon the prc sent occasion excuse the at tendance of more than one or two of their represen tatives. Several members expressed their entire satisfaction at the arrangement. _ _ Doctor LYNCH expressed a hope that the appeal made to the Court would receive their countenance and sup port. ft was a subject of congratulation with every re flecting mind to see the working classes struggling to improve their social condition. It was one of the most gratifying results of the diffusion of useful knowledge, and one of the best signs of the times. That laudable endeavour had originated with their clear-headed brethren in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee, where public meetings were called and resolutions adopted, which showed how well they understood the evils, and the means best calculated to remove them. The deter mination to form similar associations in each of the great towns of this country had met with encouragement from the highest, the noblest, the most pious, and some of the most scientific in the land.--(Hear, hear.) Ap pealing to the municipalities, to whom the guardianship of the public heath essentially belonged, the petitioners alluded with gratitude to the noble streets constructed in the City, and he would take that opportunity to acknowledge his obligations to Mr. R. L. Jones, and the Court of Common Council, for the generous spirit in arrangements.— ( Hear, i and ,L it:rig ear, which they had seconded his exertions in behalf of tl e suffering poor. To return to the petitioners, however. ' They stated, with great truth , that the wants of thepoor H who were dispossessed by the alterations had been en tirelyhear) overlooked in a great evil, in thesew ten dency to aggravate all the e v ils arising from the ne glect of proper sanatory regulations, and affecting the comforts and even the lives of the working classes to an ev, extent that would appear quite incredible, if it were not for the searching and well-digested, investigations of the Parliamentary Commission for inquiring into the health of towns.—(Hear, hoar.) No public man should be ignorant of the facts disclosed by the labours of that Commission, or of the invaluable suggestion by which it proposed to alter a state of things at once so melancholy and alarming. Within the last half century the proportion of the agrieultural and the manufacturing population had been more than re versed. Half a century ago the proportion of agricul turists to manufacturers was as two to one. At present the portion of manufacturers to ag,riculturists was alinest three to one.—(llear, hear.) Although with that in crease there had been a concurrent increase of wealth, and although every other class had been benefited by the march of science, ne provision had been made for the benefit of the working classes. The result was that.one half of the children born in Great Britain died before they reached five years of age; and, taking the young and the old together, twenty-six years was the average at which people died in London, and seventeen in Li verpool. Fire thousand died annually of diseases which might be prevented by proper precautions. Typhus, as Mr. Chadwick justly observed, carried off every year more than fell at the battle of Waterloo. —(Wear, bear.) In the middle ages six millions of peeple had been carried of in five years by the plague, a bad form of typhus, but by the drainage o r swamps , the adoption of sewers, and other improvements, that evil had been arrested. The gaol fever used to carry off the prisoners by hundreds, as if the angel of death bad smote them ; but by better arrangements that disease was extirpated, and tho adoption of the plans suggested in the petition would soon render typhus a disease Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price, ANOTHER DECEPTION. - GENERAL TOM THUMB does NOT play at Astley's next Week. The person advertised to appear there on Mr. Carter's big horse, as " Field-Marshall General Tom Thumb," is FOUR TIMES the Ge neral's weight and size. The General weighs only 15 Pounds. He has appeared THREE TIMES before her Majesty the QUEEN, and has performed before nearly all the Crowned Heads of Europe. He is now about to return to America, and is holding his FAREWELL LEVEES every day and evening at the EGYPTIAN HALL (up stairs), from Half-past Eleven to One—half past Three to Five and Half-past Seven to Nine o'clock. Doors open half an hour previous. Admission ls.—Children half price. 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Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. id., and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office Order for 3s. Gd. ANLY HEALTH : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Itistrue• tons for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to th )se suffering item the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terininatingtn Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, fit. digestion, and Consumption. :nclucling a comprehensive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. GO, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London. _ _ _ . . And sold by Brittain. 11, Paternoster-row; J. Gordon, 146, Lea denhall-street ; and all Booksellers. CAUTlON.—Complaints having reached us that several persons wishing to purchase oar work, entitled "Manly Health," have had placed in their hands a fraudulent infringement of our copyright, prO duced by illiterate and dishonourable men, and which, though bearing a close resemblance of title, is utterly valueless; ve deem it a duty, by way of protection, to caution the public against being duped I.v such base imitations._ Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and loot wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct irons the Authors, by enclosing 3s. Cd., or Postage Stamps, " The best of all friends is the professional friend, and M no shape can be be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in " Lucas on Manly Health."—The New Bell's Weekl Messenger. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and from Fire till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. GO, New man-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may be successfully treated, en minutely describing their case, and enclosing the usual fee of 11. f9r advice. MARCH 13, 1846. equally unknown. Besides, it was to be borne in mind that fever was o n ly one o f many com pl a i n t s ar i s i ng f rom a vitiated atmosphere. It appeared, from indisputable calculation, that the class of artisans, instead of attain ing the average of forty-one years, were cut off at nine teen, thus losing fifteen years of existence, and including in that the loss of fifteen years of productive labour to society. In the w ar d o f F arr i ng d on Wi t h out, t h e habi tations of the poor were in the most deplorable condition. Behind the finest stre e t s , w i t h t h e i r magnificent plate glasswindows, displaying the most costly productions of the earth, was to be found a revolting mass of filth and misery, which it was impossible to describe. In Hol born they had Field-lane, - and its shocking courts. On the other side they bad Pluintree-court, with 600 inha bitants in twenty-eight houses, the houses not averaging more than four rooms each. The rooms were but eight feet in heighth and width, and the average of occupants was six persons to each room, while the Inspectors of Prisons allowed a room of ten feet to every individual prisoner. The houses in the court were built back to back, and the cellars, which contained an accumulation of every filth, were never cleaned out.—(Hear, hear.) From these nests of pestilence were hourly issuing poisonous gases, fatal to animal life. They need but enter a newly-painted room, to find how soon substances suspended in the air imperceptibly entered and impreg nated the fluids of the body. So fatal was the poison to which he alluded, that medical men were afraid of applying a blister to a patient, from the fear it would rue into a mortification. The mortality amongst children was apalling ; and the ravages made by all the pre ventible diseases, exceeded what the most powerful ima gination could conceive. Similar close' Courts, in an equally bad state, were to be found off Fleet-street. In the Old Bailey there were nine courts, all without sewers. Contagion was never absent. In Black Bear-alley, which was only two yards wide, and had but five houses, he had himself attended, in one summer, forty cases of typhus. By the census return the average iu England and Wales was five persons to each house, but in John's court, and Crown and Phcenix-court, Fleet-street, he found in three-roomed houses eighteen people to each house. In some of the dens called lodging-houses, he had found six beds in a room, with two and three per sons in each bed, at twopence a head. In Fetterlane there were 2,000 inhabitants to 145 houses ; and in Plough-court, in thirty houses, there was an ex cess of 400 over-the. healthy standard, and no sewers to mitigate the impurities. The number of occupants in a house „ might be taken as a good criterion of their circumstances. There were twice as many residents in the wretched hovels as in the better class of lanes ; and it was exactly where it was most wanted that there was the greatest want of every sanatory pro vision. Both physical .and moral deterioration were the inevitable consequences of all that misery. The children grew up of diminished stature, of weaker fibre, and so devastating was the effect of these injurious agen cies that a fourth generation was a phenomenon seldom or ever to be met within the blasting circle of their in fluence. How few of the Court of Aldermen were na tives of London 1 how few of that Court were the sons or grandsons of natives ! not one-half. London ab sorbed the strength of the country in body and mind, and at the end of the third generation, in came another influx of new blood to supply the place of that which had been vitiated and exhausted. That the morals of the people were contaminated by such means was equally undeniable. Mr. Adams, the Chairman of the Clerken well Sessions, had declared from the judgment seat that such places were haunts of crime, and that where there was a large number of poor families crowded together, every feeling of modesty, of morality, and even of decency was utterly abandoned. He preferred sending juvenile culprits to prison, than to those hotbeds of crime, those nurseries of thieves and prostitutes. The Lord Mayor had shown an anxiety to make the school supersede the gaol, and by doing so he would render his Mayoralty more distinguished and memorable than by any display of pageantry or profusion with which he could possibly invest it. To mitigate the evils so inadequately de scribed, they must, in the first place, provide a constant and unlimited supply of water to the poor. They must shut up the wretched hovels which generated disease, and appropriate some of their vast revenue to accommo • date the poor with cheap, well-drained, and well-venti lated d,vellings. Of the 125 who died daily in London, fewer than nine died of old age. The supply of water in London was a gross monopoly in the hands of a private company, and their charge was most exorbitant. Dr. Lynch here exhibited the prospectus of a company, with Lord Francis Egerton as chairman, and Mr. Baring and Mr. Jones Lloyd as trustees, which was ready to furnish the metropolis with filtered water, 40 gallons per diem to each house, at the rate of twopence a week, or seven shillings a year. That was no speculation ; it had been successfully tried in Nottingham, Greenock, Paisley, Ayr, Glasgow, .Preston, Philadelphia, and New York, and was now ready to be applied to London, if the citi zens, or those who acted in their behalf, would only give their sanction to the undertaking. Amongst the many wise dispensations of Providence, there was none that more clearly indicated its divine origin than the inti mate connexion which subsisted between our interest and our duty. Whatever was best calculated to promote the well-being of the human family, would be found to be the most economical in the end. On the contrary, whatever violated a sanatory law, or tended to produce suffering amongst any portion of the people, would be found to operate injuriously upon the rest. There was a bond of union between the different classes which rend, red it an act of common prudence, as well as of humanity, to observe the condition and provide for the comforts of those who stood lowest in the social scale. Humanity, economy, public duty, good policy, called upon the m to protect the public health. Without health the labourer must become a pauper. It was his capital, his stock in trade, his fortune ; and society was bound to protect it for him. Ancient cities, once the envy of surrounding nations, had fallen because they did not secure their permanency by providing for the hap piness and improvement of the masses.—(Cheers.) The interest of the...labouring man ought-to be an object of endearing interest with the members of that Court. By labour they lived—by labour they had won wealth and distinction amongst their fellow-citizens. By labour the country had obtained, within the last fifty years, a mechanical power equal to the labour of five hundred millions of human beings. London boasted to be the centre of civilisation ; the mighty heart of the political frame, whose size and wealth, whose pomp and commerce, had gathered within its limits all that could contribute to the wants and pleasures of mankind. Lie referred to this picture of its greatness and glory, in order to contrast it with the deep disgrace of having such hovels as homes for the protective classes in the very heart of the first city of the first empire of the world.—(Cheers.) He hoped, however, that they would now act a part more consistent with their honour ; that having done so much for the ornamental they would at. length do something for the useful, and lay the founda tion of a good work, for which the press would praise them, the people would bless them, and their own con sciences would reward them as benefactors of the poor and the afflicted.—(Cheers.) Dr. Lynch concluded by moving that the petition be referred to the Improvement Committee. Mr. ANDERTON stated he seconded with the highest pleasure the motion of Dr. Lynch, after whose admirable speech it could not be expected that he could say much. In all that had fallen from the lips of the mover, he most heartily concurred, and he hoped the proposition would be unanimonsly adopted. He had, within the last eight weeks, visited, several of the wretched places which the professional occupation and the indefatigable exertions of Dr. Lynch had made that gentleman familiar with ; and he confessed that his astonishment was only equalled by his compassion for the unhappy inmates.—(Hear, hear.) He rejoiced that such an appeal had been made to the Court on behalf of the poor but powerful claim ants upon their consideration ; but notwithstanding the vivid description whida they had just heard, they must accompany Dr. Lynch on his "circumnavigation pf charity," to form a proper estimate of the horrors by which they were surrounded.—(Hear, hear,) In order to get rid of crime they must assail it in its hot-bed, the densely crowded habitations of the poor. It was there that crime was engendered, and there they must go to render permanent service to those who were destitute of the means of, in the slightest degree, improving their condition.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. KING differed altogether from the gentleman who had just addressed the Court. He considered that the petition eas one which the Court could not for a mo ment entertain. It was, in fact, completely farcical to present it, with the expectation that anything like a compliance with its prayer could be given--(Murmurs). People were in the habit of taking credit to themselves far the inclination to do good. Although he was not one of those people, perhaps he was not less disposed to do good than any of them. He did not consider that his approbation of the measure proposed would be by any means evidence of his intention to render service to the Petitioners ; for, in fact, he looked upon their appeal as ridiculous and nonsensical.—(Laughter, and murmurs.) Why what could be more absurd than for these poor people to ask the Court of Common Council for places to dwell in ? They might very reasonably apply to Parlia ment, but what on earth could the Corporation do ? (Cries of "Hear; hear," and murmurs.) They required that part of the 20,0001., which had been voted for distinct and specific purposes, should be given to make dirty pople clean, to make wicked people holy, to bring about a millenium—to reform, in fact, tha populous neighbourhood of . Farringdon Without.—(A laugh, and laud expressions of disapprobation.) How could the Court think of entertaining a petition with such an ob ject? He was determined, for the sake of common sense, which was outraged by such an appeal, to giie it his most strenuous opposition.—(A few cries of " Hear," drowned in strong expressions of dissent.) Mr. STEVENS said it was important to the working classes that the Court should manifast its sympathy with them.—(Hear, hear.) What the Court might be able to do was another thing. It had been mentioned that the petition had a visionary object, When it was said that cleanliness could be produced if the inmates of these wretched habitations were supplied with water, was that, he would ask, merely visionary ?—(Hear.) Was it merely a visionary good, if the tottering anti miserable hovels which bounded the City were pulled down and substituted by cottages in which cleanliness could, according to the statement of Doctor Lynch, be supplied - at so cheap a rate?—(Hear, hear.) Whatever the Court might ultimately be able to do, it was at all events the duty of the Court to treat such an appeal, not with, silence, but with respect and attentiQn. PRICE SD. Mr. STACY said, that although he was not very sanguine in the expectations that all the petitioners asked for would be granted, still he trusted it was in the power of the Corporation to make an essential im provement in their condition.—(Hear, hear.) The Commissioners, of whom the benevolent Mr. Peacock was the chairman, were, he knew, deeply interesting themselves for their poor fellow citizens.—(Cheers.) lle hoped and he believed that they would take up the question in their way, and according to their capabilities, It was allowed on all hands that an abundant supply of water would effxt a sort of revolution in the densely crowded Imes and alleys of the City. If the Commis• sioners of Scwers would begin by directing their labours amongst the inhabitants; in supplying them with the one great necessary of health, the good example would be speedily followed, and all classes of the community would feel the blessing of the benefits.—(Hear, hear.) Sir JAMES DUKE (the Alderman of the Ward) paid the highest compliment to the talents, energy, and virtues of Doctor Lynch, and expressed a hope that the petition would be unanimously referred to the Committee. After a few words in reply from Doctor Lynch, who was greatly sheered, the petition was agreed to by an unanimous majority, no more than three hands having been held up against it. INSTIT UTION: OF CIVIL EN GINEERS.—MARCH 10. (Sir JoPtic RENNIE, President, in the chair.) The paper of the evening was an " Account of the Drops used for the shipment of Coals at Middlesborough on-Tees, with a description of the town and port of Mid dlesborough," by George Turnbull, M. In3t. C. E. The communication first gave an account of the town of Middleborough-on-Tees,and then described the docks, and the coal drops used there. The rapid rise of the town into commercial importance was treated of and accounted for, chiefly by the fact of a branch having been constructed from the Stockton and Darlington Railway to Middlesborough, which, as a port for shipping, pos sessed many advantages over Stockton. As an example of this increased importance, it was stated, that the quantity of coals sent down the Stockton and Darlington Railway and shipped at Stockton and Middlesborough, in 1825-26, was 7,926 tons ; and in 1840-41 it had in creased to the comparatively immense amount of 498,092 tons. The handsome manner in which the town was laid out and built, and its active manufactories, were also noticed. This commercial activity necessarily caused the want of a dock to be felt, and the present works were accord ingly executed. The approach to the dock was stated to be by a chan nel of more than a quarter of a mile in length, which was kept open by sluicing ; the entrance lock, built of stone, was 132 feet long by 30 feet wide, the area of the dock itself was about nine acres. The branch railway diverges from the Stockton and Darlington line, and terminates in ten double lines, lead ing to the ten coal drops. The manner of working the drops was thus described:—The loaded waggon is run on to a cradle or stage, which is arrested in a position immediately over the hatchway of the vessel to be loaded; it is then let down perpendicularly, by means of counerbalance weights, and when it has nearly reached the deck of the vessel the contents are discharged into the hold; the counterbalance weights then preponde rate, and the empty waggon is rased to the level of the rails. At the ordinary rate of working, about thirty waggons can be discharged an hour by each drop. In a statement annexed to the paper, it is mentioned that in the year ending July 1, 1845, 505,486 tons of coals were shipped by means of the ten drops here described. The cost of the drops was 7,300/. The total outlay for the whole works amounted to 122,0001. These works were designed by Mr. W. Cubit, Vice-President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mr. G. Turnbull being the acting engineer. Mr. Slemen's chronometric governor was exhibited, and after being explained to the meeting, its merits as a regulator of machinery were testified to by several gen tlemen who had used it for corn and other mills, and it was acknowledged to be very superior to the ordinary pendulum governor of Mr. Watt. The following paper was announced to be read at the meeting of Tuesday, March 17 : N. 734.—0 n the relation between the velocity and the resistance encountered by bodies moving in fluids, by J. M. Heppel, Graduate of this Institution. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. RENCRAFT IN RESPECT TO HIS SADDLE. We cannot do less than givethefollowing, as corroborative of what is stated in the public announcement in respect to Mr. Bancraft's invaluable patent. The authority we now quote will quiet the minds of the most sceptical, and prove that in the multitude of every-day improvesnents the march of the mind has in nothing else exceeded the patent now under our consideration : Croydon, March 4, 1846. Dear is with peculiar. pleasure that I tender the following remarks upon your highly-Important inventions, viz. :—" The Pa tent Mimes," and " Elastic Spring Saddle." For the last twelve months I have had the hames almost in daily use, upon a variety of horses; rnyjournies have been long, on roads of variable character, not unfrequently having to ascend hills of unusual aclivities, coarsely gravelled. These tests have perfectly convinced me that my horses have received a great boon. The distinguished features of merit are the close adaptation of the collar, and the uniformity of its pressure cpon all proper seats of bearing, the patent Names admitting of such a salutary division of the points, thereby not only affording increased facilities for draught, but avoiding all abrasion. These circumstances combined have a tendency to diminish or re move a bad habit acquired by some horses called heaving, or break ing into a sort of half canter, a sad bane with many otherwise good buggy horses. fern also able to bear testimony that by using your halms galled shoulders may be healed in the midst of work. Your elastic spring-saddle I have ridden upon, within the last nine months, some thousands of miles, the average numb er b e i ng f rom ten to fifteen miles per day upon the road, including two days a week severe stag-hunting ; the same saddle possessing the singular Quality of fitting three of my horses. I am of opinion that Concussion to the hunter carrying high weight is avoided in almost endless variety, during an arduous chase, owing to the construction of your elastic spring saddle re lieving the ridge of the spine from pressure, and diffusing or equalising the burden over a more extended muscular surface ; this must tell not only in speed, but I apprehend far more in a suc cession of difficult fencing, where the animal is required, with tile weight of his rider, first to elevate, secondly, -to elongate, and thirdly, to land himself armly and judiciously. - With such extraordinary demands upon this noble animal's muscu lar powers, a diffusible spring, well arranged, must be a grand desi derattun to every sportsman's saddle. . I am, dear Sir, yours truly, THOMAS TURNER, President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. To S. Bencraft, Esq. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LOSS OF THE BRISTOL. A letter has been received at Lloyd's from the Foreign office, enclosing a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at Cape Verd Islands, reporting the total loss of the Bristol, Joseph Cowart, master, on the Island of Fuego, 23d Decembsr last; crew saved. DEFECTIVE STATE OF THE PILOT ESTABLISHMENT AT MAIILMAIN.—A letter received at Lloyd's, mentions that complaints were made at Maulmair against the de tective state of the pilot establishment there ; of course of the injury of the shipping interest. The master at tendant is said to have too much to attend to. NOTICE TO MARINERS. INACCURATE POSITION OF CARGODAS, CARAYGOS, AND FRIGATE ISLAND. Commander A. G. Wall, of H. C. S. V. Tenesserim, in a letter (a copy of which has been forwarded to Lloyds) addressed by him to the master•attendant at Ceylon, states, that the positions of the above-named island are erroneously laid down in Horsburgh's last charts, thirty miles to the eastward of the ectual position, though the error is corrected in the last edition of Horsburgh's Directory, and correctly stated in Norze's last Epitome of Navigation. LATE OUTRAGES at CAMBRIDGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —You will oblige by allowing me to put a ques tion (through the medium of your journal) to Mr. Fisher and Captain Bailey—the case of assault being clearly proved against the Hon. G. Calthrop, why it was abandoned, and, for a similar offence, why was the other gentleman, Mr. Billy Moden, fined 10s. ? 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