The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-06 00:00:00

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BRA BOAT AND RAILWAY INCLUDED. , r , „" , !.:. f , . , ~ .........,.. , __.., ~.... ..:: Tito Star and BLsckwall Packets leare the , 4 L , It. rE.,..‘._, ".Z si s-V.... e lling % / .... / 1 „ - . .. . ... \,,,,,,/,.- ,\ , rr ,,, ~ ' ' j 05....--": ' -"- 7 '. .. „jay ) ~,0 ItE,NHNST(ICK WHAR i k 2 ', BLA.CKWA an LE. S. - - ......, . ..100'., . ~.„6. .____v _ L ,.. „ ,.....,,,,,,,,,.4;47 , ~ ~ ix . 49 4 0 ...., _A _z , ..e,:. ,t - ..., o , s, , ~.6i ~ r _ _.4 ~,••,,, 1 ,,,, . •Th e l loang H incifiti erp-r ic : ii,:_ . u ; tri)e;, ThlUST'llaAiiYiS.--.5.At 9 A :, 9% 11' I° l 16 4 ' and ' S 1 ' 334 d ‘-7',',.t. - 1, -2, ~ (.4,,---- le.l. ~ 4, 0 44 •,1. r •• Ilij OTT ..1" 'EI A,48 \ k . :1 - . 41 1 DIJ":1: i , 11 1 1; it ..- 1 ‘. ' ' W .'• ' 'darting One- Quarter ' il an Hour before each of these tinges. wt,FRO.II THE ROYAL TERRACE PIER, GRATESEND. "..t.lk DA:yB._ ~ _~/ ~ -. - ~._._._ N' -. '~% tUSDAYS —At 6%, .—At 8%, 9%, 11% 1,3, and S . Via Monday Morningsl% an extra Packet at half-past 7. Fore Pare, 6d.; Chief Fire, 9d. t- 1311111 or the times for boats calling at the Intermediate Piers, to "B°,l2l,dined at the Star Office, Blaskwall Railway. wee, Gravesend, Feb. 27. TO ItAlLwAsy PROPRIETORS AND M, ESSRS. WICKHA M and CO ., S hare pti t IfoxrAuctioneers, inform th e i r f r i en d s an d th e pu bli c , th a t th e i r ,-, SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held every rtltTeliteeciers, 28 Thr hm 4 Y and TIIURSDAY, at the HALL OF COMMERCE, 4-.olneedle-street, London, to which place, or to the office of the , Th readneedle -street, all favours and instructions are All Sc to be addressed. it the riP and Share Certificates must be forwarded- to or deposited th e `. ofilce of the Auctioneers , as above, at least the day preceding to r s 43 ', of Public sale, and advices of the result of the sales will be 4 11 1 by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme gev,_ sPosed of Recording to instructions. Utter 72, CH AIGES.—Under 201., Is. per share ; under 501., Is. 6d., 'wig 2s. 6d. ; and 55. for all above. I'I)TH DEVON RAILWAY. LOANS ON D to t Director s of the South Dev E on BENTURE. Railway Company are ready 11 2iirk e , L , t 9, A,NS, for a term of Three Years, on the security uf I) EBENTIMES, bearing interest at the rate of Five itiCaueation to )er annum, payable half-yearly. be made to the undersigned, at the South Devon 7-13f nee, Bedford Circus, Exeter. 17th Fey WILLIAM CARR, Secretary. ru arY, 1846. Noxi) I'Nl 0 , BRISTOL, and SOUTH WALES Ili th teo DIRECT RAILWAY. 4 . ...'llitr th i l i llptee •f Management have the satisfaction of informing e 4 t i zuers that the Committee on the Petition for this Bill have 2 9 ' t, n he Standing Orders have been complied with. .., Pen a -.3- order, FRANK W. SYKES, Secretary. ra ent-street, March 5, 1846. T 1( lie ' . l- S DEW JONES.-IEN POUNDS dth ' Alm will be paid to any person giving Information '"?ENT ABODE OF THOMAS DEW JONES, or proof of I) , 1,, 4.1 e lett the house of his brother, Mr. George Edward ti„ ,qle,,, l lth neighhourhood of Whitechapel, London, some time in tOriNs June, 1842, and has not since been heard of by his !ttp",4 he Was then about seventeen years of age, five feet six 44,7 ed to " with sandy-coloured hair, and grey eyes. He is 1 , „ go ne :Je in some humble employment in the country, or to kl i ,gost As " , sea. tiag e b bEW JONES himself will hear of something to his aPplying to Messrs. WALKER, GRANT, and Co., 'el ") 1 8 , ° ad, Gray's Inn, London, to whom in respect be sent. c I 4 Ir RSAT, GAS-LIGHT COMPANY n . f_ 1 60,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share. ZB . `P o sit., 2s. per Share. in accordance with the Act. The (Provisionally Registered.) p otent of Shares will take plaae on the 16th of March Cip ' 4 41 s next ensuing. t,1 4 g o Esq. Professor Ryan, M.D., LL.D. Robert Nicholson, Esq. oi.„ r a ng,o„ Esq., Patentee Dominique Causse, Esq. )a m,,, Esq. Henry Ault, Esq. ° ke. Esq. John Kissick, Esq. Soticrroß—J. F. W. Fesenmeysr, Esq. NIMES —Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. D l r li „to g e • "„DanY is formed for the purpose of carrying out, and bring tlkfteg ,'eral use, an invention (secured by letters patent) for an andh' A nufacture of gas of a superior quality, and at much less tit;,.the usual cost, by an apparatus so simple in construe 'compendious in form, as to be available in any building r .5 4 ," 4 „ (letl, w here the ordinary snpplies of gas are not accessible. ) l11;Patil. in prospectus, which may be had at the offices of the A, r e Drury-lane, with forms of application for shares, .and 01 * seen the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy of the .„" li ecl• Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, to whom must tr--„..-`1 co mmunications, post free. IN racerRSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.- 114,41tACTS TAKEN for lighting up with a superior GAS, th ea T r d rate, towns, villages, lighthouses, dockyards i. hos koacks, rai r. Public offices, manufactories, printing-offices, prisons, , there Z 4 Y - stations, asylums, schools, and other large build c,l to m r e i rdinary gas is not accessible. Letters to be ad • " Nicholson, Secretary, 159, Drury-lane. IT 4 1 4 , „9,GR A pHY.—Messrs. MA C L URE, at A-- ‘-' I CALD and MACGREGOR, Genera Lithographers, asttention to ' a peculiar feature in their system of conduct -04, namely, their having a large and permanent staff of ‘l, l ,`Q an al all the varied departments of the art, on the premises; a ngement, they submit, gives a force and effect to imme -11/41).°4fleilon, unattainable by other means, and which is ob- N e great advantage to those who may require their services, ►),7 11 (1,, 4 11 altogether of the excellency of their work. -, stablishment, Saville-house, 6, Leicester-square ; Liver t'lltkilblishment, 13, Fenwick- streets Glasgow Establishment, 4Nn-street. Ne, for two Pupils, one in the Writing, the other in the "ellartment. • .1 4,tom- ------ 41 excellent FAMILY HOTEL, INN, and COMMERCIAL k tt 3 :_' in the mast ' commanding situation in one ' of the best ft () t i rns in England , within 100 miles of London. i tt4,llki th E LET, upon moderate terms, by Mr. kkri,' 4 44 L INER .— The premises are spacious, and in excellent NO , 11 ,, , iielude about 30 bed-rooms, good sitting-rooms, capital iYsti ler ' r eading-rooms, good tap, stabling, coach-houses, and -V , 114 41 r equisite for the business, which averages about 6,000/. `tli tll 3', a. ' and is increasing. The town and neighbourhood are It hlt tr ki :xl the local advantages such as will insure a continuance 111 1.... Th.. I t is quite free from brewer, distiller, and wine mer hlet4o bo a urchase-mon ooo/. ey for the lease, goodwill, stock and effects, t k‘;;‘etie ut 4, 1. 1 7 .. It tY be obtained by Principals, of Mr. Gardiner, auc ) ki Qatton Gar." en . N 5 4 , 1 ,,,, - -;B'S CANDLES, 54-d. per 1b ; extra i , 4l ,,and h ," 4 X-wick Moulds, 6)4d. • besf Sperm Candles, Is. Bd. ; la x".' lift , is 2d ••fine Wax, I ' s Rd. • Transparent, Is. Bd. ; kL ' '',i<l., 11 °.4, 1.0 . 2;. id.; . Hale's . Composite, 9% d. • Yellow Soap, 01; per 8 s• poi 1 121bs ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Windsor, •Ne h . 2%. 6 4aacket ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose. 2s. ; A 1,1,, ,1,, ;,851..,:i Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. Sperm Oil, Is. 6d. per '19;141. 1 — , 48 . 6d. ` 4 e, ~', at bIVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar pPosite Slaughter's Coffee-house. k.;ll w 1 ' e li l EPPE and Co., Wine Merchants—O ffi ce, ki t of e ers- street ; cellars, 27, Marshall-street, Regent-street. ":°•, neral Waters, o well known to the public as the manufacturers of firer i ," 11 ,1' Mi which have bee identified with their 50,,; 1144 - "Ards of sixty years, beg respectfully to invite :attention Itt i ` t, lir r , e s teek of FOREIGN WINES, which they have been for 10e ,r, Ai r ,__ 4lo 3t carefu ly selecting. It comprehends the whole 0,1,4 1 4 usually in demand, and at prices graduating from 14 '4 ic l „ations attendant on high and rare qualities, down to 'l4, l _ c es at which genuine unadulterated wines can be ob.- ' prices sent on application. 1) , thF., - ;-- - - __ . v-, CT FREEDOM FROM COUGHS in I: TEN MINUTES after USE, is insured by ?0, 4 11 IN . o. r it „. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. LThii„REMARKABLE CURE ( F ASTHA. rS, , te t , "a, 71, Redcross-street, Southwark, has had as Asthma r ?.5 ' 'irl: e ar•• • nothing ever gave her relief until she took Dr. 0 1 / 4 l a or s 4 , ;bur boxes of which have all but cured her.- N I : 1 1 4k • 14, CI °CI( 'S WAFERS give instant relief and a rapid Cure of Nr °Ugh I; ti, , ge i ., s, arid all disorders of the Breath and Lungs. tlkqeth., and Public Speakers they are invaluable for clearing 2,` n , s ing the voice; they have a most pleasant taste. Price 4 4 11 e, i,' , 1.. and I Is. per box.-Agents : Da Silva and Co., 1, „9 °t le et . street, London ; sold by all medicine venders. 11 0 Ztic e , S .L B DEMULCENT COUGH LO lk, 41 1 :'S, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicted ir l or d 4, thula, difficulty of breathing, consumption, or other %I t:: : tt, er angernent of the respiratory organs, will experience s..'A the Iti k tc br ef, and derive permanent benefit, by the use of q .4 UL CENT kt k l et th e (A;ENT COUGH LOZENGES, which are so effica • 144 t t ,„ 1 11.4 .„Y will cut short the most violent paroxysm of cough 'ich,"%eti " agreeable to the palate that they may be eaten 1 1.tt,', tn °n ,: to - 4 41):e 0 Prietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton -I,:ach rgate-street, London, in boxes Is. 1% ci., and in tins at , -- lu t .11ty included • and by most chemists and patent medi 01e55.....i' ill to ' 4 4 ,, Q A wn and country. h' Ch u ge nts-Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Edwards, _ reliy ard . 4,,,„,„ W L AND'S OD ONTO; 4 by ~, er, PEARL DENTIFRICE. e^ by ' l l4 t ,`"e Queen, and the Royal Family of Great Britain, Op L r„,„ 1 ',,,,,ge several Sovereigns and Courts of Europe. Ledo:lt,rtti``iert or the Teeth, compounded of the choicest and 1,,(1% r, STedientS of the Oriental Herbal-the leading re -41,41°N 7 . l "eless and efficacy being present in the highest pos 1' 4rikdDearlt extirpates all tartarous adhesions to the Teeth, and -I -ut - k t „, -l ike whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its anti ,'lf 7 , ' - korbutic properties arrest the further progress of L'. '3O at ee th, and induce a healthy action of the Gums. The k k , ill tai l' , a fragrant sweetness truly grateful to its pos tt' t tn% tl,ll,,CmitteAffis,cient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever ‘l4,ot),' lll tl o2 ,?•= l D'S ODONTO has for a long series of years oc- N a rou„Viled place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the i 4 thc,',"eat Europe, while the general Oemand Prit at once i Nlti, - *4 / 0 11r in which it is universally held. - ILA our Price 2s. 9d. per Box. s q(u.N '--- -.4 to Of ge e Protect the public from Fraud, the Hon. Coin -Iba t : ftl ePa have directed the Proprietors' Name and old",. 41,F,ayed on the Government Stam to p, tahrudson 4, the Zni-.4/I,;.fahatnsd SO/ e i ,d . , ore , ae ll h a ß t ox n . g , *4'll? o r tic s' ar a e nd tla b u y d l h en em t i i s ir ts it an ati d on P s e . rfumers. S,, 1 t ,..1310- 1 , N l ' i'l " 'VS, MOUSTACHES, and Wal_S kOrrt-L-q P e r CYeed in a few weeks by using an essential Spirit 4 „1t,',1,4.-ice Aromatic Herbs, the peculiar properties of i i t t 4 ,-F ec. 74, wi ii only to the Inventor, and although perfectly inno -0 otthattittiti Produce new Hair on bald places, caused by weak ,ll, N i ki q: hti n ,:n. or where Nature has not bestowed this orna- Oti s ‘„ t 81,, 44 3. u, s 4 fi gere. It has been known to many of the Nobi -1,;41it,,1y 4 7(ar,i y .7Firds of eleven years, some of whom the Inver'. +4 l of t 'll. i, rest„hanks for their attestation of its merits, in the 1,,, , u, er t„ .a vi Mu g Hair and giving it additional lustre and ,', 1 1 4 therig t ies are manifold-it prevents the Hair from fall -1., •P t4'ith b f .'eSt " ( 1, 4 ! I a few, drops on the crown of the head will ti,,, , ,k4.c.itObat,,,,s_t . ressing pain in that part produced by or at 11Viuk,at (noo t , : , and is aeknowledg, d by the Faculty as the 11, 1 .4u ht 7hieb . e ' 0 cure that disease of the head called Porigo %, Ina i ' a llie l ,,,, au ses the Hair to come off in patches) ; a few lq'tqr ttp l o ) aMphi',.. d aacirilT. This wonderful discovery is fully ex 4,Pit am a Laid containing testimonials to its regenerating lut - 'l , ,lZ t of the Prus,4 l n a.ces, entitled, " Three Minutes' Advice on the N , p t a et _Aro, i ," • On of the Human Hair," by W. Grimstone, . 1 1,2T1i4,2-ain ,_ ' , a Regenerator for the Growth of the Human kr, , q4 _4r i_o---lieareventative of headache and fainting ; also a :1:,') ':' 1 )711 11:1 °n. "n g the Inventor's signature, Herbary, High hul' b . ' ad tri ngal 140 t ad 118, . ar bottles, with name, &c. &e., cast thereon, 4 - Qta t Chei,t_thp COvernment stamp included, wholesale and Nh -"*"1, Druggists, and Perfumers , and by special 4 ,, ti ct;lt l : Nr erj r t 0tz,,„,, t i li 4,, l,l,„ it, h otio. ansti 400 , ..p.(91 AGRIf TO FOR LONDON. t::eNtor, ;11' a TF l eet. F e. Chemists and Druggists , Regent - street 1 tN. l a t antiZ e ist, grer, Chemists, Conduit street, Bonl-street. ot. , krei_ g 4 , 14 j, 180, Oxford-street. E. l kt q ' and 47, Ch emists, &a., 63, Oxford-street. 't i° l t ' t in , Patent Medicine Warehouse, Farrlngdon k LiCtistl, Ch Net, er, p' 'Ztt e Wet, 79 8 t th ti • 1„,„ at tri4 l , l t 1%4,,,, , ._ t. Paul ' s -churchyard. 3 / 41 ., 1 0 4c11y:_ flat'cnealein'',:ll2.Warchouse, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard. t5.,11 4 q1. uu aza c7arehouse, 4, Cheapside. /4 5 4 *tan' Patent ° Patent 3ledieine Warehouse, Bow --irto,,4 I t ". 1 1. "Ak, ~ ‘,.. trutt, ielne W arehouse, 68, Cornhill. tt -A'4 2 4l rtei, 1 / 4 „ 4, -, ' 44 d Scott, Wholesale Druggists, 226 and ' 4 l. 4, 8, -> Tr atolexle Itzgatetstt, Gro: . .t. UtlitY. 4 ~ M. iia l, oll. xi, --"'" kld troNg s / e, SD*, ElattVinik. • ot ,10 1 " 0r Eg l e . 0, o f or"' C°ef l' fig Dl ::jt•tcypi corl ott. 4 _ d eA, i'of 0 0 ` 44 n ci e No. 16,680. LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING SUN 9 ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. „THIS EVENING, MARCH 6, will be performed, ENGEDI (an adaptation of Beethoyen's MOUNT OF OLIVES) and Men delssohn's LOBGESANG. Principal Vocal Performers, Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. H. Phillips. The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Performers. Tickets 3s. each, Reserved Seats 55., may be obtained of the prin cipal Musicsellers ; or of Mr. Howley, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr. Ries, IQ2, Strand ; or Mr. Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross. THOS. BREWER, Hon. Sec. THE 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. • By means of the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE these interesting Portraits are on a magnific, nt scale. Mornings, at Half-past Four o'ciock ; 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, &c. • Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. rrliE HUMAN TRIPOD, or the THREE _I_ LEGGED CHILD andFIRST BIPENIS EVER SEEN or HEARD OF. The nobility and gentry, and the lovers of natural sciences, are re spectfully invited to view the following unprecedented phenomenon of a Male Child, Six Menths old, by name JOHN BAP FIST DOS SANTO, a native of Portugal, having THREE LEGS and TWENTY TOES, and being Qtherwise a very fine, well-made, healthy, and lively boy. He is a bipenis as well as a trisceles, and the causes of this extraordinary gemination of limbs and organs, and the probabilities of their future growth and development, may well afford ample field for the speculations of the learned, Exhibited every day (Sunday excepted) from Eleven to Five, and from Seven to Nine o'clock, at No. 56, QUADRANT, REGENT STREET. • _ _ _ Admission, Half-a-Crown, The Child will be shown privately at the residences of the nobility and gentry, by applying to Antonio Dos Santos, at the same address. PUBLICATIOAS. THE GREAT BELL OF ST. PAUL'S will be a weekly Newspaper, the size of the Dispatch, edited by two Members of Parliament, and conducted in each department by the most eminent literati. To insure a proper knowledge of public events, and for the promotion of better taste in newspaper interest 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. Just published, price Gs., MITE MEMORABILIA of XENOPHON : Books I. and IL from the Text of Dr. IL Kilmer ; adapted to the HAMILTONIAN SYSTEM, by an interlinear and analytical Translation, accompanied by Copious Notes, partly Original, and partly Selected from Kiihmer, Bornemann, and other German Com mentators. By JOHN W .UNDERWOOD, Son-in-law and several years partner of Mr. Hamilton. Souter and Law, 131, Fleet-street ; where may be had (gratis) the History, Principles, Practice, and Results of the Hamiltonian System, with a List of all the Books on the true Plan of Mr. James Hamilton. SHELFORD ON THE LAW OF RAILWAYS.—SECOND EDITION. Just published, in 1 thick vol. 12m0., price 215., board s . THE LAW OF. RAILWAYS; including the THREE GENERAL CONSOLIDATION ACTS, 1845, and the other General Acts for Regulating Railways in England and Ireland, with Copious Notes of Decided Cases ; also the PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT RESPECTING RAILWAY BILLS, with Forms, &c. Second Edition, considerably enlarged. By LEONARD SHEL FORD, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 7, Fleet-street. J UVENILE OFFEN DE RS. At a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen, held at the Mansion house, on the 14th day 'of February, 1846, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair, the following Suggestions were submitted to their consideration by the City Solicitor, as a Plan for Checking the Growth of Juvenile Crime, and providing for Cite mental, moral, religious, and industrial training of tle,..tittite Youth in the Metropolis and other large Cities and Towns. 1. It appears, from Parliamentary returns and other authentic documents, that during the 'present century the number of commitments and convictions for crime has increased in this country greatly beyond the in crease of population. Thus, in the five years preceding 1810 the average annual number of commitments in England and Wales was 4,792, and the convictions 2,840, while the population of the age of ten years and up wards amounted to 7,302,600 ; whereas in the five years, preceding 1845 the average annual number of commitments was 28,477, and the convictions 20,590, .and the population ten years old and upwards hid in. creased to 12,093,000 ; so that in a period of forty years population ten years old and upwards has increased 65 per cent., while the proportionate commitments for crime have been augmented 494 per cent., and the con victions 625 per cent. 2. Until within the last ten years the returns do not specify the ages of the prisoners ; but, as appears by these later documents, the number of juvenile criminals annually convicted in England and Wales, has increased in a greater degree than even the mass of criminals at large. Thus the number of criminals, under twenty years of age, committed to prison in the year 1835 was 6 803, or one in 449 of the population, between ten and twenty years of age ; while in 1844 they amounted to 11,348, or 1 in 304 upon the population of the same THE ARMY OF. THE SUTLEJ, and the ANTICIPATED CAMPAIGN in the PUNJAUB, OF FICERS RECALLED to JOIN THEIR REGIMENTS, BRITISH or NATIVE, are respectfully Informed that they can, at the subjoined address, replace advantageously and promptly all deficiencies in their uniform and accoutrements, or those newly in the " Gazette" supplied with the whole necessary equipment complete, and accord ing to established regulation. By paying cash on the satisfactory completion of the order, a saving of not less than 35 per cent. call he effected, and materials of the best description, for which this house has had a long-established name. The saving comprised in the cash payment, this advertisement equally applies to the oniforins of every branch of either service, together with the several corps of militia., A detailed estimate of uniform (only necessaries therein stated), with their prices, will be forwarded on application to H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street, London. NATIONAL LOAN. FUND LIFE ASSUR ANcE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital A 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages vita respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex pense or i'orfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (ace table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of ;iti interests to meet other conveniences sr necessity. Assurances for te_ xis of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. • DIVISION OF FROFIT:'. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled ate Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 311 to 75 per cent. on the piemiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. • EXAMPLBS. . 0 ;1 , T, ogg Pr'i h.el2 I Bantu, Bones in i. 1 ''il w 6 4 0 1 g Premium. ?, added. Cash. o ~.-r.0..s V 5 1837 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 £395 Il 1 X s• d. 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 ;0 1000 yi 3 1839 138 13 6.61 14 3 92 10 296 13 4 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 43 Toe. .di , v;sion of pTo2t3 is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of 'be present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROTJX, See. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by s'necial Act of Parliament,. 4th Viet., cap. 9. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample subscribed cepital, and the large funds accumulated from the pre miums on upwai ds of 6,009 policies. Hell' the amount, only of the annual premium required 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. PrOPRIETALT BRANcn. The lowest rates consistent IN ah security to the Assured. An increasing scrie of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where assurances are effected ,or the purpose of securing loans or debts. Half-credit rates of premium. whereby credit is given for half the amount of premium for seven years. to be then paid off, or remain a charge upon the policy, at the option of the holder. EXTRACT FROM THE TABLES. Annual Premium required for en' ASgurance of 100/. for the whole Term of Life MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. PROPRIETAR7 BRANCH. Half Pre- Whole Pre- I Half Pre- Whole Pre- Age. mium, first mium, after Age. mium, first mium, after Dye years. five years. seven years. seven years. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. A s. d. 20 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 18 0 1 16 0 25 1 2 2 2 4 4 25 0 19 Y 1 19 2 30 1 4 11 2 910 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 35 1 8 6 2 17 0 35 1 4 11 2 19 10 40 1 13 3 3 6 6 40 1 9 2 2 18 4 45 1 19 6 3 19 0 45 1 14 10 3 9 8 50 2 7 9 4 15 6 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 55 2 18 10 5 17 8 55 2 12 9 5 5 6 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. THE STAR HOTEL, SOUTHAMPTON. 13/R. GARDINER is instructed, by the Execu tors and Assignees, to LET or SELL, with immediate pos session, all that capital first-rate HOTEL, known as the STAR, si tuate in the High-street, Southampton, a house universally known as one of the first establishments of its kind in the kingdom. 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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."—Stafford 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, forming the most secret, yet deadly, and fatal springs of domestic misery, and premature mortall+y."—Wakefleld Journal. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row; Starie, 23, Tichborne , 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 Eight. SEAMEN'S HuSPITAL SOCIETY. The 25th anniversary of this corporation was celebrated yesterday by a dinner at the London Tavern. The chair was taken by the Earl of Ellenborough, the new First Lord of the Admiralty; and his Lordship was supported by Lord Colville, Lord Colchester, Sir C. Malcolm, Sir J. H. Pelly, Admiral Bowles, M.P., Admiral Tomlinson, General P as l ey, Lieutenant Waghorn, R N., Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, &c. There were about one hundred and twenty gentlemen present. By the report laid on the table, it appeared that th e S oc i ety had received on board the Dreadnought, during the last year, 2,421 sick and diseased seamen of all nations (1,349 of whom were discharged cured), besides affording medical relief to 1,595 out-patients After the usual loyal toasts, and that of " The Army," the toast of "The Navy" was responded to by Lord COLVILLE, who stated that the navy of this country, if it should be called upon, would be found in a most efficient state. It was ready for war, in case of need.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN, in giving "success to the Seamen's Hos pital, and the Committee of Management thereof," observed, that he was present at the formation of this institution, and had been a subscriber to it ever since. He mentioned this to sh•w that his regard for the naval service was not new-born, not a thing of the day.—(Cheers.) Admiral BOWLES acknowledged the toast, and proposed the health of the Chairman. The CHAIRMAN observed, that the gentlemen of the naval service were to consider him, as Lord Colville had said, one of themselves, identified with them in feeling, and resolved to support the interests of the service and its honour. It would be a subject of the highest gratification if circumstances should enable them to add greater triumphs to those already achieved.— (Cheers.) In respondiag to the toast of " The Lords of the Ad miralty," The CHAILMA.N remarked, that while there was much that was gratifying in the position in which he had been placed there was a great deal that was most distressing ;—day after day , to see officers, and read their memor i a l s, stating services which it was perfectly impossible adequately to reward, and asking employment which it was impossible t o g i ve , was b y far the most painful situation in which he had been placed in the whole course of his life ; it was only in the discharge of a great public obligation that he could consent to fulfil the duties of an office in which so much pain was to be endured. All he could say was, that he would look to the services of all officers, be they who they might, with perfect fairness ; he cared not one rush about the politics of any one of them.— (Great cheering.) He had a much higher ambition than to maintain any party—the ambition to do justice to the de serving officer, and maintain the honour and efficiency of the British navy ; and he would not condescend to perform the duty at the Admiralty if he could not do this satisfactorily. The subscriptions of the evening were here announced to amount to 1,2751., including h , r Majesty's annual contribu tion of 105/. ; the Trinity-house, 3001. ; the Merchant Elder Brethren, 100/. ; the East India Company, 1051. A donation of 14/. from " the American shipmasters" was an nounced amidst some good-humoured laughter, followed by a hearty cheer. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of Lieutenant Waghorn, observed that he never met a man of more inde fatigable energy, and he believed that but for him the pro ject of the overland route to India would never have been carried out. Lieutenant WAGXORN, who was most enthusiastically re ceived, remarked that the Noble Earl in the chair was the man who, 17 years ago, when President of the India Board, first suggested the overland route.—(Cheers.) The origi nator of the project at that time, his Lordship had been its patron ever since. —(Hear, hear.) I thank you all ( added Lieutenant Waghorn), but I trust I shall yet receive more praise from you.—(Loud cheers.) Several other appropriate toasts were drunk, and that of " The Wooden Walls of England" concluded the festivity. Tim POTATO CROP.—For some days back the Isa bella Lawrence, of this port, has been taking in a cargo of potatoes for the London market. It was lately deemed expe dient to call in the local company of pensioners here, in case of any outbreak, but it was considered unnecessary to re tain them longer than Monday. The price of po tatoes in Inverness may, in the meantime, be stated at from 14s. to 16s. Potatoes are not keeping in pits so well as was expected, and some parties are apprehensite of suffering from the murrain, though we know of only two well• marked cases in this neighbourhood. We learn that no fewer than seventy-four special constables were sworn in by the authorities of Nairn, preparatory to the shipment of potatoes from that port. In that neigh bourhood potatoes are sold at 12s. per boll, and the price in the town is l4s. per boll. We regret to learn that the po tato malady has appeared in the Isle of Skye, and also at Fraserburgh, in Aberdeenshire. The disease prevails in the district of Buchan also. Large quantities are annually shipped from that quarter for seed to Yorkshire, and the dealers refuse to take them at present, even at the low rate of 10s. par boll. It is, however, consolatory to learn that Professor Johnston has submitted to the public the result of the investigation entered into on this most important subject in October last. He states that " the information elicited went to show that not above one-sixth of the crop would be totally lost, and that as the crop had been nearly one-third above an average, it followed that, after all the losses, there would remain, in. Scotland, au average crop of potatoes."—lnverness Courier, * See 4 Geo. IV. c. 114; 5 Geo. IV. c. 83. 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 30; 5 and 6 Wm. IV. C. 59 ; 2 and 3 Vict. c. 47; 2 and 3 Vict. c. 94; 2 and 3 Vict. c. 71; 6 and 7 Vict. c. 86; and many other Acts. . . fi Thi; is a matter of detail, which it had been, perhaps, better to have omitted from the paper. Market-gar dening is here referred to merely because th a t mo d e o f em ppelir,yioid of landng t the e a ffyoeradrs, than or a light e elabour, during a greater London, active occupation for women and lads is found i during nine months of the year, n digging , trenching, dres sing, cropping, hoeing, and weeding the land of market gardens—of some descriptions of produce three or four crops in a year are obtained, and a market could be found in Lon don or other large towns for an unlimited supply of produce, without materially interfering with other interests—it is an object of importance, in all establishments of this descrip tion, to fine a profitable occupation for the inmates, with as little interfereuce as possible with the free-labour market. • The annual expense of Parkhurst Establishment for young convicts amounts to 25/. 6s. Ild. each inmate: more than sufficient to provide them with a boarding-school educa tion ; and more than the wages on which the greater portion of the agricultural labourers have to support a whole family. REVERSION OF THE CORPORATION IN THE BIRKIN HEAD Docxs.—We understand that the arbitrators who were appointed to fix the value of the reversionary interest of the Corporation of Liverpool in the Birkenhead Dock estate, have decided that the value of the reversion is one hundred and thirteen thousand pounds! We have also heard that the arbitrators have decided that the Woods and Forests are entitled to from fifty to sixty thousand pounds for the property which they surrender to the Commissioners of Birkenhead.—Liverpool Times. APPOINTMENT EXTRAORDINARY.— We congratulate the Government upon their having adopted Lord Mor peth's suggestion to infuse, in imitation of our trans atlantic brethren, a little more of the democratic prin ciple into our institutions. Southampton has been chosen as the field for tie first display of the new-born love of democracy, and it is to the Iron Duke we are indebted for the great fact. His Grace, as Lord Lieu tenant of Hampshire, has just been pleased (we hear) to confer the dignity of Deputy-Lieutenant upon two worthy tradesmen of our borough—Mr. Lobb, citizen and haber dasher, our present Mayor, and Mr. Le Feuvre, packet agent, &c. We understand that the appointment, gratifying as it is to the gentlemen and their friends, is by no means plea sing to the majority of their confreres, who look upon these honours as the exclusive privilege of the landed gentry. —Hampshire Independent. TS 7E NEXT POTATO CROPS.—At the ordinary meeting of the .Uorticultural Society, held on Tuesday, Dr. Lindley exhibited several specimens of new frame potatoes, as well as those grown in the open ground, from various parts of the country, which prove the lamentab 'a fact that the disease will be greater in the ensuing than the pasts Cason. In addition to the Bias made at the gardens of the Society at Chiswick, experiments with regard to the prospects of the crops under every variety and the best advantages of skill, cultiva tom, and s od, had been undertaken, amongst other places, in the gardens of Lady Rolle, and Sir Thomas Dyke A c l a nd, i n Devon shire, and A( r. Meyrick, in the Isle of Anglesea, specimens of which were laid. es. a the table. The details were very ngthy, but tile substance nm ybe conveyed in the statement of a few facts. The potatoes fro!' s Anglesea were from sets of 1844, when the disease had not made it s appearance; but although they had not exceeded the size of mart h s, they were in a lamentable condition, the disease being fully develol xi in the interior. From some sets new potatoes in an ap parently sou r. d condition had been produced, although the decayed and blighted haul, n showed that they could not continue so. The pro pagation of it e disease was of an ambiguous character, as, although , potatoes whin ut apparent disease had been produced from,diseased sets, those in • which it was apparent it had not existed had produced diseased issue:a Experience and science had gone hand in hand without pi odu •ng any result, and no general practical remedy had been suggested.. Dr. Lindley further stated that on Saturday he had received from Lord Aberdeen the correspondence with tile different British Consul s; amongst the most interesting of which was that from Washing ton, in which it was stated that tile disease first ap peared in 1843 and had gone on in intensity the succeeding two years. The as use might be expected in this country, and it required the utmost can 'ion to guard against its effects. That the disease was not confl tied to potatoes was apparent from some carrots exhibited by ti e Marquis of Lansdowne, which were placed on the table. It had Chown itself also in bilious, which'would not keep this season, and 11 C prly all the Dutch hyacinths are in a similar affected state. age. 3. Whil, -ersal I Ae it is unir y admitted that poverty and ignorance have a natural tendency to augment the growth of crime, it must also be admitted tt.ortLe stated increase cannot be attributed to these causes alone ; for we find that the average of commitments in each quin quennial period shows an augmentation of the preceding 'average, irrespective of the fluctuations which during those periods have taken place in the national prosperity, and in an inverse direction to the accumulation of na tional wealth, which during the whole time has been un doubtedly taking place. That this increase of crime cannot be attributed to the absence of education, is like wise equally apparent ; for during the whole of the in tervening period most strenuous exertions have been made to afford to the masses of the people increased education, intellectual, moral, and religious, and to sup ply them with the means of satisfying the appetite for knowledge, which elementary instruction was calculated to inspire. 4. If the force of mere education could counteract the causes which are at work in promoting the increase of crime, the annual increase of education would be found to tell with greater effect upon the younger classes of the population, who are most within the range of its influence. We however find that in spite of the diffu sion of education the number of juvenile criminals in creases in a larger proportion than the number of cri minal adults. 5. As to the effect of prosperity or adversity upon the growth of crime it is likewise worthy of remark, that, although the last three years sho w a decrease i: the number of commitments and convictions in respect of the whole population of England and Wales (which the Premier and the Secretary of State have in Parliament truly ascribed to the increased prosperity and industrial occupation of the masses of the people), yet the stand decrease during those years is in respect of the adult population only ; as upon comparison of the two periods the number of commitments and convictions of juvenile offenders has increased in the three latter years upwards of seven per cent. 6. From the foregoing facts it is quite manifest that we must seek for the causes of crime's increase in some other circumstances than the mere ignorance and po verty of the masses of the people. 7. In considering this subject it is gratifying to re mark, that, although crimes have increased in number, they have been of a less aggravated character and de gree. It is also to be observed, that the number of com mitments, or even the number of convictions, at the two periods taken for the purpose of comparison, do not furnish a true index of the actual increase of crime in the kingdom during the intervening years. Various circumstances have interposed-to disturb this compari son—the transition from war to peace threw upon the country a portion of ' loose population, from which it had been relieved in time of war —the substitution of the new police, and the rival constabulary for the Dog berries of ancient times, has doubtless caused the detec tion and apprehension of many criminals who would otherwise have escaped. The payment of prosecutors' expenses out of the county rates stimulates prosecutions that might not have been instituted. The almost total abolition of the punishment of death, the diminution of transportations, and the substitution of shorter terms of imprisonment, have all of them had some effect in aug menting the number of commitments and convictions beyond the actual increase of crime ; but a close exami nation of the numbers in the years when these altera tions took place, and their comparison with preceding and succeeding years, will prove that the influence of these causes (except the return of peace) is much less than might have been imagined ; so much so that the quinquennial averages during the whole forty years show a graduated increase ; it should likewise be noted, that the effect of these changes upon the returns of the num ber of commitments has been much qualified by the modern system of legislation, which so frequent substi tutes summary convictions for trial by jury, and has transferred to the jurisdiction of the magistrates, many cases that- would otherwise have appeared as commit ments and convictions in the later criminal returns. In point of fact it is believed that the number of summary convictions for petty offences in England and Wales, which do not find a place in the returns of commitments and convictions from which the foregoing calculations have been made, amount to more than three times the number of convictions at the assizes and sessions, which form the basis of these returns. 8. Coeval with this extraordinary increase of commit ments and eon - victions for crime, has been the multipli cation of petty offences, punishable by fine, and (failing its payment) by short imprisonment in gaol.* All these offences (many of them mere mala prohibita) it is within the range of mischievous youth to commit, and having no money for the penalty, they of course pay in person. as they cannot pay in purse. 9. Upon summary convictions, short imprisonments are awarded for the smallest offence, and it is no un common thing to read in the newspapers of young urchins found, in a state of destitution, or in the com mission of some petty delinquency, commisserated by the magistrate, who expresses his pity for their un fortunate condition, and laments that he has no other place than a criminal's gaol, to which he may consign them. 10. The mind of the child thus becomes familiarised with a gaol—a prison is at once disarmed of its terrors and its shame. In a gaol the novice in crime gets ac• quainted with the hardened in guilt • he finds himself the object of commiser a ti on ; h e finds that he is better clothed, hater fed, better housed and better cared for, within its walls than in the habitation of his parents or the workhouse of his parish; hence petty delinquencies become the prelude to the gravest crimes, and the child acclimated to the atmosph ere o f a gao l grows up to manhood, disabled from gaining an honest living, by having had the brand of crime stamped upon his fore head, and he so remains, perhaps for years, a continual burden to the State, until his education is finished in the Model Prison, at an expense of some thirty or forty pounds, preparatory to his transportation from his native land at a further cost of the like sum. 11. If, when this child was first charged with vio lating the law, or was first found in destitution on the threshold of crime, it had been placed in a reformatory establishment, surrounded with means and appliances for mental, moral, religious, and industrial training,— instead of costing his country, in loss by plunder and in expenses of prosecutions, imprisonments, and trans portation, from 1001. to 1501.—he would, for one third of that price, have been rendered a useful and valuable member of society, either at home or in any one of our Colonies—to which, as a free emi grant, after proper training, he might be will i ng to be tra ns f erred. 12. To carry out this object in a cheap and efficient !iccording to their sex, manner, it should not be undertaken . by a mere union of parishes, or even of counties ; it.mmayus.tb. eberbecyeithveede:taanba lishment of National Asylums, in which all objects, of strength, as well as their past . pursuits and asso ciations wherel and t e db x e e y s , mayhowever b e classifiednumerous, ; and where they may,. from time to time, be re-arranged according . to their conduct, chara c t er , an d attainments, and according to their intended vocation in after life. 13. These establishments should be conducted by government officers, under the supervision of Inspectors and Boards of Magistrates ; they sh ou ld b e p l aced on the line of the great trunk railroads, by w hi c h c hild ren could be transmitted safely, cheaply, an d exped i tiously to "and from different parts of the kingdom, and by which the produce of their labour, such as market garden stuff, and ether productions of the soil, might be easily forwarded to the metropolis or other large towns, where a ready consumptimn would be found.t Out door labour should be united v‘ith mental and re li g i ous edu cation, and with instructio9. in mech an i cal employment : employment in the open air invigorates th e f rame , pre-- motes motes their growth, and is a good . prep ara ti on f o r a ny situation that youth may be dest i ned here after to fill. The length of their continuance in the Asylum should NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH, registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. 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Cowvan, 164, Fencharch-street, where the strops, &c., may be obtained, and of all respectable perfumers, &c., price Ss. 6d., 75. 6d., and 9s. 6d. Cowvan's Canton Razor-strop Pztste at is. a packet. The Shaving powder, Is. 6d. ; and Prussian Court Toothpowder at Is. 6d. and 23. 6d per box. Caution.—None are genuine except marked and spelt " B. and S. COW YALI." MARCH 6, 1846. not be determined by a sentence-of years or months, but by a modified application of Captain Maconochie's sys tem, where good conduct, industrious habits, and profi ciency in some industrial pursuit, will distinguish the inmates, as fit for apprenticeship in this country, or the colonies, or to enter as volunteers in the naval or mili tary service, as may best suit their taste and inclination. 14. The cost of these establishments would be very inconsiderable, when compared with the enormous sums which in one form or another these wasters, these des streyers of property, now entail upon some portions of the community. Children taken into the Asylum before they are confirmed in evil habits, or hardened in crimi nal pursuits, may be easily controled, trained, and in structed, and may, to a considerab'e extent, be made prodectivo, if stimulated by a prospect of reward, to engage in useful and profitible labour suitable to their age, strength, and disposition. The expense of Park hurst Convict Asylum* affords no means of comparison as to the cost of such an establishment as is here pro posed, or as to its influence upon the character of the inmates or its effects upon the interests of society at i age. Upon the excellent managers of Parkhurst devolves the difficult and all but hopeless task of con trouling and correcting the inmates, who, although young in years are old in crime, and who, bearing about them the brand of convicted felons, are insensible to those incentives to industry and good conduct which. with an untainted character, the prospect of future a access in a useful and honourable calling, could scarcely fail to inspire in the youth of the proposed ASylum. 15. The cost of prisoners in the gaols of this kingdom affords no criterion of the expense of such an institution as is here proposed. The staff of the gaols is necessarily large and expensive—the labour is nearly, or quite,. un productiv , and the diet is notoriously higher and more expensive than the diet of Vie Unman Ilou-e, or than the cost of subsistence of many of the free labourers in the kingdom. This is said to be necessary to meintain at its proper standard, in the close confinement of a prison, the strength of an individual accustomed to the stimulat ing food in which the criminal classes are wont to indulge. 16. This expensive diet would be unnecessary in the proposed asylum ; air and exercise will develop the physical energies of youth, without the aid of a better diet than the sons of an honest labourer partake of. In the prisons in Ireland the cost of provisioning the adult inmates does not amount to 2s. 6d. per week, and yet complaint has never been made that the prison diet of the Irish labourer impairs his physical capabilies, or stints the growth of the younger prisoners. It will be equally just in principle and wise in policy that no un necessary expense should be incurred in exciting artifi cial wants in youth maintained at the public expense, which when thrown upon their own resources they may find it difficult to supply—wants, which when they have the means of honestly gratifying, they will never find it difficult to acquire. 17. If, as this paper assumes, the proposed establish ment will be equally beneficial to the public, and to parents and pailsee, as well as the children for whose education and subsistence it is intended to provide, the questions queions which remain to be solved are, by:whom should the charges of the asylum be defrayed, and what measures should be taken to prevent the multiplication of objects seeking a refuge within its walls. To both questions one answer will suffice. Let those who will derive the benefit from the institution defray the ex pense of its cost and maintenance—the loss and waste from plunder by young thieves now fall upon the public ; the public pay the cost of their numerons apprehensions, prosecutions, and convictions, the expense of _their im prisonment in the hulks, or their transportation to the penal settlements, and the charges of their confinement and coercion there. As a substitute for these expenses, the public should provide the land, the buildings,and the outfit for the proposed asylums ; the public should defray the charges of governing, educating, and training the in mates ; the public should furnish the means, if means are requisite, to apprentice them at home, or to assist them as voluntary emigrants to our colonies, where youth of both sexes, as domestic or farm servants, are in great demand. If a debtor and creditor account be kept of the difference in expense between the present and the contemplated system, a large item vii ill probably be found at the end of seven years to the credit of the proposed plan. 18. The cost of clothing and provisioning the inmates, should be borne by the children's parents or their parishes—by those who, by the laws of God and man, are now bound to provide them as destitute children with shelter, and with food and clothes. 19. It is a notorious fact that immoral and dishonest parents encourage their children to commit crime ; ne gligent and thoughtless parents permit their miscon duct ; selfish and unnatural parents leave them in a state of destitution, which they know must infallibly lead to starvation or thieving ; and even parochial authorities, by their neglect of parentless and friendless children— though they may close their eyes against the conse quences of their neglect—do in fact contribute to the same result. Both parents and parishes know that they are by law bound to provide for children in a state of destitution ; the child has however only to add crime to destitution—has only to join the criminal classes—and the trouble of its future government, and the expense of its future maintenance is, as the law now stands, trans ferred at once from the parent and the parish to the county and the State. 20. No man can have watched the working of the present system withont feeling that to the last-mentioned circumstances the country is largely indebted for the in crease of juvenile criminals, and if that is so, the estab lishment of such an asylum as is here proposed (or in fact any plan that might be adopted for the maintenance and reform of juvenile offenders) would but multiply the number of children cast destitute upon the world, unless it were accompanied with some attendant regula tions, to check the influence of parochial indifference, and prevent the increase of parental neglect. This object could only be achieved by continuing to the parent, and failing the parent's ability, by continuins to the parish, the obligation to defray the expense of the child's diet and clothing in the asylum, as they are now by law compelled to provide him with food and clothing if found destitute in the streets. There would be no injustice and no impolicy in such a law ; it would but fasten upon parents and parishes the responsibilities which already exist ; but, by rendering that practical which is now frequently theoretical only, it would stimulate them to the performance of duties which they now neglect. 21. To effect these great objects, great changes in the law will be required; for that purpose it is proposed to enact that all children under a given age, say sixteen years found violating the law, or in a state of destitution which will inevitably lead to crime, shall be taken before the magistrate, and, instead of being committed, as is now the case, to a criminal prison, they shall be sent„to the proposed asylum, and the parents, and failing the parents' ability, the parishes to which they belong, shall pay the dry expense of diet and clothing—say 2s. or 3s. ter week, as the case may be. The effect of such a legal enactment would be, that parents and parochial authorities would exert themselves to control, educate, and obtain employment for those for whom they are bound by law to provide; and, if they failed to do this, parishes and parents would have no right to com plain, that, having neglected to perform the duty, the State should interpose and do their duty for them:— Parishes and parents will have no right to complain if the State places itself in loco parentis for the purpose of making those happy and useful who would otherwise be wretched and useless members of society, charging the parent or the parish with the expense of their sup port; an expense which has hitherto been thrown most unjustly upon the county rates, or has been defrayed out of the consolidated fund, raised from the taxation of the nation at large. PRICE SD. MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.) cOLBURIV'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. We would recommend " A Tale of a Brevet," which is in the present Number of this magrzine, to the at tentive Ferusal of our legislators, as an illustration of the iniquity of the system of permitting officers in the army to purchase theifpromotion, a system as im politic, and un wise as it is unjust and cruel, and to which the happiness of many a gallant officer who was rich only in merit has been mercilessly sacrificed. From an admirable paper "On the more efficient Manning of the Royal Navy," we extract the following observa .ions, and we are delighted to see that this, the pro fessional organ par excellence, has at length taken up the subject of the injustice of underpaying those to whoe services we are indebted for our national existence. " The sailor is like the agriculturist, his labour is his capi tal, and it seems hard that he shou'd not be allowed to take it to the best market. What would be thought of seizing upon an agricultural labourer and making him work for ft shilling a day, when the value of his labour was two shil lings? The reason why the royal service is a unpopular in time of war, is from the scanty rate of wages: other things may operate more or less, but the principal is the low rate of wages compared with the merchant service. The lowest pay of an able seaman i n the latter service last war, was five pounds a month, and rising according to the de. maul for, or scarcity of seamen ; eight pounds for a run home from the West Indies, occupying about a month, was commonly given, whilst the pay of an able-bodied seaman on beard of a man-of-war never exceeded one. pound tweli e shillings a month, and thus it continued to the end of the war. It was then thought too small for peace service, and was raised to thirty-four shillings a month, at which it now stands. We do not mean to argue that the pay of the man of-war seamen should be equal to that of the merchantman, because the former possesses advantages over the latter, which are equivalent to a considerable difference; but we do think, if the Royal Navy is ever the be manned in war time without resorting to impressment, that in the first place the ne merchant service must in some degree be equalised: then, canwar-paybe done,m us t t h b e e T r a a t i e se o d f ; w a a n g d e7 x, be t tw asa eenftrhase royal sucl a thing h i e with the advantage of Greenwich Hospital, and the hand some pensions allowed fcr servitude, there would be some chance of manning the navy upon the volunteer system. "At this moment of writing, we are increasing our navy but seamen come in very slowly. Where are they? The American navy is almost manned with British seamen ; and why? Because the wages are higher than in the 'British navy. If we have a war, no doubt her Majesty will issue her proclamation, commanding all British seamen in foreign services to return to their allegiance and their country; and we doubt not every loyal English sailor will obey the call, and come forward to serve her Majesty. But at what a sa crifice! Is it to be expected that a man who is receiving from 31. to 4/. a mouth for his labour, should leave that ser vice, and enter one where he would only receive 11. 145.? "Here is a clear. case established for the necessity for an 'increase of pay to our seamen in war-time, if we wish them to serve us. This great country is rich enough to pay men a fair remuneration for their services." We shall look with interest to the continuation of this valuable paper. The other articles are all of more than average merit. This is a most entertaining as well as most instructive number of the United Service Ma gazine. DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE. We regret to find in the present number of this maga zine the following announcement:— "NOTE FICOM ;HE EDlTOR.—Having, thus far, addressed our readers as 'the Editor of Dolman's Magazine,' we think it right to state to them that they will hear from us no longer in that character. This number is the last which we shall have the pleasure of carrying through the press. It is deemed desirable that the conductor of the publication should reside in London. In ' resigning, therefore, the post of Editor of Dolman's Magazine, we have to thank those writers who have, thus far, supported us, and have corresponded with us in so courteous a spirit as to have often tempted us to throw aside our incognito and dales them as personal friends. Cheerfully, also, do we recognize our obligation to those re • viewers who have so generally approved our endeavours to establish a periodical which, representing feelings we would believe to be those of British Catholics, should contain no expression calculated to embitter the social relations of any class, to offend the sincerity of the religionist, or the self respect of the gentleman and scholar. Respecting ourselves and others, our Protestant contemporaries have treated us with respect. May the approbation which the public press has so generously bestowed upon us, be continued to our successor !" It is with regret that we take leave of the talented, warm-hearted, gentlemanly-minded man, who has hitherto edited ; this Magazine, and to whose care and judgment it is mainly indebted for the high character which it has acquired. May his successor tread in his footsteps. FASHIONS FOR MARCH. (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) White damns is much worn for evening or bridal dresses ; lace dresses are also very fashionable, either with flounces or forming tunics; organdy embroidered or tarlatane over coloured skirts, is also worn, particularly by young ladies; gimp trimmings are as much used in dress as en LigligE, for the latter in silk and for former in gold, silver, steel, silk, or beads ; shaded fringes are very fashionable for carriage dresses, as many as three, four, and five rows are placed on the skirt to within a small distance of the body ; the trimmings of ball dresses are rather bouffante—if flounces, they are made very full, and bouillons of tulle or gauze have frequently nceuds of ribbon inside ; flounces are headed- by narrow gimp, in gold or silver ; embroi deries of velvet are very pretty on morning dresses. Coiffures of hair are worn higher and always rather wide ; some young ladies adopt light ringlets rer sembling those a la neige, but all ringlets are shorter than they were last ear ; bandeaux bombes are also fashionable, and short enough to allow the earrings to be seen ; wreaths and detached flowers are equally worn ; diamonds are frequently mixed with flowers, particularly with foliage ; the Hayde wreath i s q uite the rage in Paris ; feathers are very fashionable ; some coiffures are entirely composed of feathers, mixed with foli amp. The Pamela form of bonnet is being replaced by capotes with bavolets ; velours epingle has much de placed the plain velvet. Satin capotes are ornamented with feuillage of velvet ; pale primrose is a favourite colour. Dress bonnets are mostly of crape. AUCHINLECK. The disturbances which have recently revived the fame of Lockerbie, and which more recently, were ex ceeded at Penrith, bid fair to be rivalled in this, previ ously quiet place. For some time past the bile of the Irish labourers, engaged upon the Kilmarnock and Cumnock Extension Railway, and at the Iron works now erecting in this neighbourhood, has been disturbed and in creased by some commotion agitating their own ranks. Every spare corner and every extra bed, in Auchinleck, has more than its proportion of Irishmen; and, what ever the causes, the scenes which have daily and nightly occurred of late are anything but pleasant. On the night of Saturday, the 21st ultimo, a number of these dissolute and regardless men paraded the streets, and committed a violent and unprovoked assault upon a person of the name of Foggo, a gardener, residing at Dumfries House Gate-house, striking him several severe blows, and otherwise abusing him. On the same evening the house of one of the landlords of the Irishmen, Terrance Lovel, was entered for the purpose of maltreating one of their countrymen, who was accom modated there. The landlord, having endeavoured to divert the storm about to burst upon his lodger, was himself assaulted, the inmates severely beaten, and turned out into the street. The mob then proceeded to wreck the interior of the house. On the Sunday fol lowing, while the sober and serious part of the com munity were in attendance upon Divine warship, another riot took place in the streets of the village ; but, through the activity and courage of the inhabitants, who powerfully seconded the efforts of the police. officer who had arrived from Cumnock, six of the rioters were apprehended and conveyed to Cumnock gaol, and thence to Ayr, on the following morning. On Monday, one of the gangers—himself an Irishman — having become obnoxious to the labourers, the whole of thelrishmen struck work, and demanded that he should be dismissed. Such was the state of alarm into which the village was thrown, and such the fears entertained by the inhabitants, that a meeting was held on Tuesday evening, and a body of the p o p ulation patrolled the streets throughout the night. A petition, setting forth the state of matters, was also got up and numerously signed, and fora arded to the sheriff of the county ; and, in the meantime, arrangements were made for raising a small body of resident policemen, for the se curity of life and property. Such a state of matters cannot long be tolerated. The works of the railway are proceeding in the immediate vicinity of the village ; and a rainy day has ever been dreaded, since the com mencement of these works, as something worse than an Egyptian plague. Driven from their work by the wetness, idleness gives opportunity for a display of all their brutal appetites. Of course matter; are worse since the strike. It is so far gratifying to think, that the Highlanders upon the line— who, unfortunately, are a small though able body of men—keep themselves en tirely apart from the Irish, and from these riotous pro ceedings; and that they voluntarily offered to assist the inhabitants in preserving order and the supremacy of the law. On Tuesday last, four of these rioters were tried be fore the sheriff, and sentenced to forty days' imprison ment. On Thursday, two were tried for assaulting Foggo and Lovel, and received fourteen days' imprison inent.—Ayr Observer. CITY OF LONDON TRUSS SOCIETY.—The anniversary festival of this institution was held on Tuesday evening, at the Lon don Tavern; Lord Eldon presided. The society, since the year 108, has relieved no less than 132,855 patients. In the past year 4,559 individuals had partaken of the benefits which are voluntarily be stowed upon those in need. In the course of the proceedings, the Noble President stated that in the agricultural as well as in the ma nufacturing districts, hernia existed extensively, and that applica tion* for assistance exceeded the means which were placed at the disposal of the City of London Truss Society. In thousands of in stances the labouring population had, through the Instrumentality of this associaCen, been enabled to return to their employment, and maintained their families. Including donations in the room and those on the secretary's list, from 1,2301. to 1,3001. was announced to have been received ; Sir Felix Booth , Benj amin Hawes, Esq., the Noble President, and many others present, were liberal donoenli rs. T h e entertainment was in the best style , an d the company vras ve during the evening by the excellent singing of Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Francis, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Button. SLIGO, FEB. 28.—An agent from the Government has arrived in Sligo, to make arrangements far the storing of 800 tons of Indian meal. The Rico Champion states that this will be quite.iu sufficient to meet the impending calamity, inasmuch as three satire baronies aro already without potatoes. DISTZIBUTIOX OF THE MEDITERRAIEAN MALTA, Fin. 24.—1 n Malta Harbour -120, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the ; Admiral Sir William Parker, Ba r t., G.C.8., the -ieip ; in -Chief; Ceylon, 12, receiving-ship, bearing the .ag f . 11:4 k t Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., second in command, and Superintendent of Malta Dockyard; Amazon, 19, Captain a. Stopforcl ; Beacon surveying -vessel, Commander T. Graves; Bonetta surveying -vessel, Commander T. S. Brock; Locust steamer, Lieutenant Eden ; ylamer steam-sloop, Lieutenant Lavie ' • Wee Pet steam-tug, M. Duncan, mas t er; an d Re search, tender to Beacon. At Gibraltar---The Fantome, 16. Commander Sir F. W. E. Nicolson, Bart ; the Meteor, Lieutenant-Commander Buttler. _ At Corfu—The Orestes, 18, Commander E. St. L. Can non ; the Jackal steamer, Lieutenant- Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco. At the Piraeus of Athens—The Tyne, 28, Captain W. N. Glasscock, and the Bloodhound steamer, Lieutenant H. Phillips. En route from Smyrna to Malta—The Siren, 16, Com mander H. E. Edgell. At Constantinople—The Hecla war-steamer, Commander G. Duffil. _ _ At Bey rout—The Inconstant, 36, Captaln C. H. Free mantle. En route from Gibraltar to Malta—Rhadamanthus steamer, Master-Commander Lean. En route from Malta to Gibraltar and England—Warspite, 50, Captain P. W. P. Wallis. Sailed on the 18th inst. En route from Malta to Beyrout—Virago war-steamer, Commander G. G. Otway. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Spitfire steam-sloop, Lieut. J. A. Mac donald, and Sydenham, Lieut. D. R. P. Mapleton. En route from Malta to Marseilles—Volcano, Lieut. Crang. En route from Corfu to Malta—The Acheron, Lieut. B. Aplin. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FLOTILLA. En route from Southampton and Gibraltar to Malta—The Oriental. At Southampton—The Tagus. En route from Malta to Gibraltar and Southampton— Great Liverpool. En route from Malta to Alexandria—The Iberia. Expected here daily. En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea from Malta—The Duke of Wellington. En route from ports of Black Sea and Consiantinople to Malta—The Achilles. Foreign ships of war and packets in port—The French steamer Rhamses and Alexandre, and Anglo-Maltese steamer Scotia, and Neapolitan steamer Mongibello. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Childers, 16, having un dergone a thorough overhaul and repair, was re-commissioned • "s- qlbriiing by the appointment to her of Comniander4ohu Q. Pitman, 1842, who was rnid,thipman of the Bose, at the battle of Navarino and as lie u te nan t of th e Bl e nheim and Druid was in all the operations on the coast of-China, and whose services were officially reported at the taking of Canton in 1841. The Childers was masted on Saturday, but being a smaller brig than the Harlequin and Wanderer, will have a smaller complement, 110, we believe. The Caryefort, 26, Captain Seymour, went out of harbour this morning to Spithead, in tow of the Echo tug. She will, it is expected, be paid advance to-morrow, and inspected on Friday by the Commander-in-Chief, whom she saluted with 17 guns on going out. She looks a very handsome vessel, and sits beautifully upon the water. The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, has left the baSin, and is now shipping her heavy stores alongside the jetty. She got her lower yards across yesterday afternoon. The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, has her top-gallant rigging fitted ready for going over the mast-heads. She filled her tanks to-day, and only wants about 30 to complete her complement. The ship's company have petitioned their commander to apply to the Admiralty for permission to have their mess tables and stools taken away, in order to give them more room. The Janus, steam-sloop, went out of harbour on Friday lasf,, at a quarter before seven, A.m., and proceeded round the Isle of Wight, by way of St. Helen's, and returned into harbour at seven r.m. On this trip she made from twelve to twenty re volutions per minute, her speed consequently is various, un certain, and unaccountable. She will not go against tide or a fresh wind ; a little sail has an extraordinary effect upon her, under steam and sail she went nine knots. The Rattler did not leave the harbour on the same day until twenty minutes before twelve, but came up with the Janus near the Needles! The accident the Janus met with on Saturday evening was caused by the breaking of an important part of the machinery, called the " flapper," to repair which it is estimated a month will be required; the Admiralty are con sequently deliberating whether they will allow any further attempts to make the Janus succeed, to occupy the valuable time of the dockyard hands, and cause a fruitless expenditure of the public money. The Earl of Dundonald has gone up to the Board to see about it. The Amphitrite, razee corvette, is under the sheers, to be masted. The Hon. Robert Dundas, Storekeeper-General of the Navy, and a committee of the following officers have this week been testing cables and cordage in the establishment, to ascertain the strength of that made at Deptford, by the machine, as compared with that made by hand in every other of her Majesty's dockyards:-11r. Purda, Master-Attendant of this dockyard ; Mr Morice, Master-Attendant at Dept ford ; Mr. Burton and Mr. Parsons, master•ropemakers ; Captain Brandreth, R.E., Director of Engineering and Architectural Works; and Captain Denison, ILE., in charge of works in Portsmouth dock) ard. The Scout, 18, Commander Loring, is hourly expected at this port from Sheerness (which she left on Monday), to be paid advance, &c. The intelligence brought yesterday of the Americans having refused the offer of referring the claim to the Oregon territory to arbitration, has caused the most lively sensation at this port, especially among the naval circles, all looking upon a brush with " - Jonathan" as likely to be productive of the most glorious results to us. It has been suggested that in the event of our Government not pocketing the affront in tended to be nut upon it, but showing by prompt measures its determination to enforce right by might, that Captain Wallis, of the Warspite, 60 (about to conic home from the Mediterranean in a fortnight), who was second lieutenant of the Shannon in her conflict with the Chesapeake, should be among the first sent out. NAVAL AND MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Naval Promotions during the Preceding Month, the First Exercise of the Patronage of the First Lord of the Ad miralty, the Earl of Ellenborough, with the Seniority of the Officers Previous Rank. To be Commanders—Sir. Wm. Wiseman, Bart. (1838) ; William Lester (1808), on Retired List. To be Lieutenants—John M. Jackson (1840) ' • Philip Hud- ' son (1840); Henry George Simpson (1840) ; Lacon U. Hammot (1840); George H. 11. Greathead (1840); Henry B. King (1842); Roderick Dew (1842); Henry Boys (1843); Charles 0. H. P. St. John (1840); John F. Rose (1840). Restored to the rank of Lieutenant—Edward Jervis Voules and James B. Kinsman. Military Promotions During the Preceding Month, with the Regiment in which the Promotion took Place.- To be Colonels of Regiments—General Sir Thomas Brad ford, G.C.8., 4th Foot; Major-General George Marquis of Tweeddale, 30th Foot ; Major. General Lord Saltoun, K.C.8., 55th Foot. To be Major—K. Stephenson (brevet), 3d Foot. To be Captains—H. W. Parish, 45th Foot; G. W. Patey, 56th Foot; E. Stanley, 37th Foot, without purchase, vice Lynch, deceased; M. A. Obert, 97th Foot; W. Webster, without purchase, Unattached ; H. S. Lumley, 2d Life Guards; H. P. Chamberlain, 3d Foot; H. Crawford, 89th Foot; E. D. Atkinson, 37th Foot ' • A. Helyar, 7th Light Dragoons; H. Fielden, 44th Foot; A. Patterson, 85th Foot, without purchase; H. Reynolds, Unattached, without pur chase. To be Lieutenants—P. Bun bury, 7th Dragoons; L. T. Cave, 45th Foot; H. M. Archdall, 52d Foot; G. S. Hansom, 56th Foot ; E. D. Harvest, 97th Foot ; A. Fitzgerald, 3d Foot ; 11. G. Davies, 32d Foot ; W. H. Candler, 80th Foot ; C. Richardson, 89th Foot; A. B. Cator, 37th Foot; Sir W. Rus sell, Bart., 7th Light Dragoons; R. C. Stanhope, 7th Foot; Hon. C. W. Agar, 44th Foot; C. Warburton, 85th Foot. To be Surgeon—F. R. Waring, Staff. The Commander-in-Chief in India has been pleased to make the following promotions until her Majesty's pleasure shall be known. All are death vacancies, and consequently without purchase. Date, except when otherwise stated, from 19th to 22d December : To be Lieutenant-Colonels —George L. Davis, 9th Foot; Charles Barnwell, 9th Foot. To be Icajhoars—riesALerthwiusr, GOlgslte,F9otoht u Fo t o h t ; D C ec. ha ) rles Douglas, 9th Foot; To be Captains—Charles M. Creah, 9th Foot ; Samuel Fi s her, 3d Light Dragoons; Charles Elmshirst, 9th Foot; D. M. Bethune, 9th Foot ; W. Shelton, 9th Foot ; H. P. L'Estrange, 29th Foot; K. Murchison, 29th Foot; J. U. Brooke, 31st Foot; R. Shearman, 62d Foot; G. Nicholas, 62d Foot; F. P. Haines, 80th Foot (7th Dec.); A. Ormsby, 80th Foot ; C. H. Leslie, 80th Foot. To be Lieutenants—Henry Thomas, 9th Foot; H. W. W. White, 3d Light Dragoons John D. White, ditto; John Rathwell, ditto; C. R. Woollaston, 4th Foot ; W. F. Coryton, ditto; R. G. Cumming, 9th Foot; W. H. Forster, ditto; Thomas Stock, 22d Foot; H. Francis, 29th Foot; H. R. White, ditto; G. S. G. Henderson, ditto; E. T. Scudamore, ditto; A. Pilkington. 31st Foot; R. M'Kenzie, ditto; J. Paul, ditto; H. I'. Hutton, ditto; C. H. G. Tretton, ditto; A. White, 50th Foot; C. Roberts, 62d Foot; R. A. Cox, ditto ; J. M. W. Hewett, ditto ; G. H. Hawes, ditto; J. Hanham, ditto ; C. Rowland, ditto; A. H. Har dinge, 80th Foot; G. C. Robertson, ditto; E. W. Kingsley, ditto ; H. C. Smith, ditto ; George Bodle, ditto ; A. A. Dick, 29th Foot; J. M. W. Enser, 39th Foot; J. S. Richards, 62d Foot. To be Cornet—Sergeant-Major George Kountze, 3d Light Dragoons. To be Ensigns—Sergeant-Major John Whiteside, 9th Foot ; Sergeant-Alajor George Mitchell, 29th Foot; Quarter master William Jones, 31st Foot ; Sergeant .Major Richard Heaton, 50th Foot; Sergeant-Major William Rudman, 62d Foot ; Colour-Sergeant M. Kirkland, 80th Foot. Officers who have entered the army during the preceding month, at the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief, the Duke of Wellington : 7th Dragoon Guards—N. de la Churls, by purchase, ga zetted Feb. 6. 45th Foot—F. R. Grantham, by purchase, Feb. 6. 52d Foot—T. H. Vyvyaniv by purchaie, leb. 6; J. II . Dundas, without purchase, Feb. 6. 56th Foot—W. W. Basset, by purchase, Feb. 6. 92d Foot—Hon. W. Charteris, by purchase, Feb. 6. 97th Foot—T. E. Jones, by purchase, Feb. 6. 2d Life Guards—H. Johnstone, by purchase, Feb. 6. 3d Foot—C: Taylor, from the Royal Military College, by purchase, Feb. 13. sth Foot—L. Fitzgerald, by purchase, Feb. 13. 32d Foot—M. Turner, by purchase, Feb. 13. 37th Foot—C. S. Blois, by purchase, Feb. 13. 89th Foot—E. J. Head, by purchase, Feb. 0 4 Rh Foot—R. Preston, by p urchase, . Col 7t tt h Light — D j r . a ß g o . o ß n l s a — k e N: by D p . ü ß r c u h s h a see, purchase, 2 r 2 2 c 77 h . .a se, Feb. 20. 56th Foot—F. H. Sy y e 48th ge, F without oot— purchaseC.J. O. SFwe kes, a b ,2 1i 7 a p. m u r , f b r e o s m e Feb. 27. College, withou t p urchase, 80th Foot—Hon. J. H. DI. Browne, from Royal Military Feb. oyal 27. Military 01- ALLEGED CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A RELIEVING , • OFricza —On Tuesday last a person of the name of Ben- B e an was apprehended and brought before the magistra•es of j t a h 'in the Tunstead and Hopping Hundred, at the Smallburgh Union Rouse, in the county Norfolk, and charged by John Barnard, clerk to the board of guardians, with having uttered a certain forged document. purporting to be a receipt given by Mr. John Bowles, a general shopkeeper of Tunstead, for the sum of 17s. 4d. It appeared from the evidence adduced that the defendant, while acting in his official capacity, had received certain sumsof the board of guardians to pay to different tradesmen, and in this case defendant had returned the bill of Mr. Bowles, receipted, and alleged that he had paid it. Mr. Bowles was called, and proved thathe had never received the money, nor was that his signature attached. There were several other cases against him of a similar character, and the magistrates remanded for the purpose of getting other evidence. GOOD RESOLUTION.--rne ladies in Louisiana have adopted a rule never to marry a man who owes an editor more than One year's StibSeription.—iimerican paper. tl --- --" 4 rY, 1846. 1 SEA T NORTH AND SOUTH WALES ~, RAILWAY. It '4e Shar 1,1,, Second Deposit of ' 0 44 d e-o,,,, ers' Committee request those who have paid their ep o Nail , sit ° f IL per share, in ignorance of the true state of the k 1 , 1,, Y a affairs, and who are opposed to the continuance of the aro ; and wish their money returned, IMMEDIATELY to for tot''''-',ll.Tve,lir,,fial,lles, addresses, and numbers of shares held by them ' , ate t he J fa ss t uch as are original shareholders will be kind enough FREDERIC LAWRANCE, l'c innei ers Chairman of the Committee. I. I> r. :-..............L1an, Lothbury, London. Lothbury, London. ▪R • E S T NORTH AND SOUTH. WALES RAILWAY. • Coi tiewt arli aiv tee appointed by the Shareholders to oppole this Bill 6. 1 „1kat,7t have succeeded in getting the second reading of the tr e ',ed till Monday, the 9th inst., and the petition presented 4 4• 1. 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