The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-16 00:00:00

TAE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION 4.-% CO re MPANY appointe d S to ' splendid end powerful first-class STEAM a lionunG, The Custom House or Tower Wednesday for— kid Saturday mrore.yrgying her Majesty's Mails—Every ItOrr E Front Blac'cwall Pier, for t v _ RDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— itrwTg_ednesday and Sat ur d ay, a t T en, Morning. ERp and the.RIIINE—The ‘Vi.b er f orce , ever y Th urs d ay, eil. Morat ng. Agertin''''' '—Evr.ty Tuesday, Wednesday, Sat ur d a y, an d S un d ay g. Xtv it ... From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— .4--Every Thursday and Sunday, at Nine, Morning. 1„. From London-bridge Wharf, for— % - ' , OGNE—Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morn. 10 7 , y.S—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. A,':;" -- Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. mltsz.4.:•4oeUnTlin g l . —Reduced Fares—Every Wednesday and Saturday ke‘ti,MGATE—Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at half 'Me, Morning 131ackwall, Quarter-past Ten. ti),, From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for t, "' IR I T RGII—Reduced Fares—Sept. 16, 19, and 26, at Ten, eoh kr. Froin:Colinan's Irongate Wharf, for— CA STLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Even w.tl bovTON and DIEPPE—Every d a y, S un d ays excep t e d . Q E R and BOULOGNE—The Magician, every day, Sundays To • toktt'eclire Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing of Iteir ev t : l. e, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street street; 5 37 %., • - circus ; and 3.5, Leadenhall-street. • ----_ BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL AND k. MEDICAL COLLEGE. The WINTER SESSION will commence on THURSDAY, October lit, 1846, with an Introductory Address by Mr. Paget, at Sever, o'clock p.m. LECTURES. 34E DICINE—G. Burrows, M.D. SURGERY—WiIIiam Lawrence, F.R.S. DESCRIPTIVE AN TOMY—F. C. Skey. F.R.S. PHYSIOLOGY and .5101111 ID AN ATOM Y—Mr. Paget. surmuNTENDENCE of DISSECTIONS-31r. s.l`Whinnie and Mr. Holden. CHEMISTRY—Mr. Griffl MATERIA MEDICA—G. L. Roupell, M.D., R.R.S. MIDWIFERY, &c.—E. Rigby, M.D., .F.L.S, SUMMER SESSION, 1847, commencing May Ist. BOTANY—F. J. Farre, M.D., F.L.S. FORENSIC MEDICISE—W. Baly, M.D. MIDWIFERY, &c.—E. Rigby, M.D., F.L.S. COMPAR &TIVE ANATOMY—Mr. 31 . Whinnie. PRACTICA L CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY— Mr. Griffitt s. Hospital Practice.—The Hospital contains 530 beds, and relief is afforded to 49,000 patients annually. The in-patients are visited daly by the Physicians and Surgeons, and during the Summer Ses sion four Clinical Lectures are delivered weekly—those on the medical cases by Dr. Roupell and Dr. G. Burrows ; those on the surgical cases by Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Stanley. The out patients are a:so daily attended by the assistant Physician and assistant Surgeon. Collegiate Establishment.—Warden, Mr. Paget.—Students can reside within the Hospital walls, subject to the rules of the collegiate system, established under the I irection of the Treasurer and a Com mittee of the Governors of the Hospital. Some of the teachers and other gentlemen, connected with the Hospital, also receive students to reside with them. A N TWERP, BRUSSELS, an d th e RHINE. o w „ CHANGE IN TIME OF STARTING. „ E 0 Cologne in Thirty Hours.—(Sca Passage Seven Hours The . only.) tfet Antwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite [Spie,,,lhlP ANTWERPEN, THOMAS JACKSON Commander Wlk a ,: l4 _ l 3* decorated for the season), leaves the St. Katharine's eto k '_ :rower, every Sunday morning at Ten o'clock ; returning tteani'elnWerp every Wednesday afternoon at One o'clock. By this :2 and the railr oa d f rom A n t werp. travellers go i ng to the .404 P assengers roach Cologne in thirty hours. The general accommo isdi",r Passengers on hoard thls renowned ship, as well as her spacious 'hors es a nd Private cabins, are entirely unequalled. Carriages and ltarti ng l naY be sent to the Wharf up to one hour before the time of ode but all applications for the shipment of goods must be tik re o the London Agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon, 123, Fen tir,,,:llBtreet, where, as well as at the Packet Office, 33, Regent- JAC' , Pitcadilly, berths may be secured and every informatio n ob- Scholarships, Prizes, &c.—At the end of the Winter Session the annual .xamination will be held for a Scholarship, of the value of 451. a-year, and tenable for three years. The Examination for the W'ix, Bemley, and Collegiate Prizes, and those of all the Classes for Prizes and Certificates of Merit, will take place at the same time. Further information fray be o tdained from any of the Medical or Surgical Officers or Lecturers, on application at the Anatomical Museum, or the Library of the College. thE LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. ZOL,t i r,,J . B hereby given, that a MEETING' of the SII ARE ._.440.1? of the LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, anti MIDLAND JUNO . trak; , I.ILIVAYCOMPANY will be held at the Sessions House in t i ck4 e t id, on MONDAY , the 28th day of September instant, at One _RR n the at ernoon, for the purpose of laying before the meeting 44 runts of th e rece i p t s an d expen di ture of the said Company, Net?, determining whether the said Company shall be dissolved % he ... t h,e Provision; of the Statute 9 and 10 Viet., c. 28, or, wheVier linur t :.rs of the said Company shall not be wound up, or whether it t ioli or , e XPectlent to prosecute the said railway In the ensuing ses kter ,rarliarnent and, if necessary, to empower the Directors to Is t ,. into arrangements with certain other Companies upon the 41 j 7,and, eonditions to be laid before the said meeting, and gene -4444,0 tr ansact all other business whatsoever that can be trans n.llterab e u nder the vi ions of the said statute. Dated this 10th day -. r, 1846. EDWARD TEW, Chairman. HENRY BERNERS, secretary. NATIO.NAL Lt)AN FUN r ) LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible , RPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW. (1 .4 eAsr - - - - kid L ; L LE- PON -TYNE JUNCTION RAILWATCOMPANY, kid erPooi, ter,Manche and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Jun ction, '!Lan cashire 4 ol. and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now Th e lptfut te ted). r of Shares In this undertaking being now nearly corn 1,11 y tti z holders of scrip who have not yet forwarded the same for re n are requested to do so without delay, as the share register 141 , 1 tot r h i utelY closed on the let day of OCTOBER next, after which , not transmitted for that purpose will be registered t sr l i c e • of the original allottees. i,_.4l,„;',!o,Stecl that the Scrip in the original Liverpool, Manchee- Ww 4) .;, 4 f! t castle •upon-Tyne Junction Railway Compaqy may be (728,;,'Dqi__the Secretary, at 22, Parliament-street, London, and grid Original Lanca3hire and North Yorkskire Railway a `" ft r, Secretary, at 31, Princess-street, Manchester, who tem' Certif. -knowlegment for the same. h- fo cates under the common seal of the Company will be shr !..tivery In a short time, of which due notice will be given reholders By order, kOign e d. • ) THOS. ROB. IV: L SON FRANCE, Chairman. ICV..I4IOOIRYEG RWkI3LISON} Secretaries. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and Increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Front seale. EXAMPLES. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. SOUTHAMPTON, CUESDAY EVENING.—To-day, the excitement caused by the visit of Prince Albert has passed away, the town has resumed its wonted appear ance, and the proceedings of the sections have observed their usual course, without the disturbance caused by the arrangements hr "amusing his Royal Highness," as the president of one of the sections observed, when a popular abstract oft paper had been read, instead of the paper itself. Nothiig is said of another visit from the Prince, arid the greet gun of the meeting, the gun cotton of Professor SchoenLein, will be fired off to-night with out the presence of the royal patron. In the hurry to save the railway trail last eyeing it was impossible to do more than give the results of Mr. Scott Russell's ex periments on the resatance of railway trains at different velocities. I now retir n t o th at and to one or two other subjects which there Ras no time to notice in yesterday's proceedings. RESISTANCE TO RAILWAY TRAINS.—The result of Mr. Scott Russell's experiments ure so remarkable, and so opposed to all previous notions on the subject, that their accuracy may not unreasonably be questioned ; and during the discussion that ensued, when he was required to detail the mode by which the re sults were attained, there seemed some reason to sup. pose that the resistances noted were caused under dif fering circumstances, so that the actual varying resistances by different velocities alone were not correctly given. Some of the results were taken from experiments made at different times and under various conditions, and as most of the new experiments were made on actual work ing trains, it may well be supposed that a difference would arise. Nevertheless, it is very remarkable, that under any circumstances of the experiment the resit.slice ab a. vomit.) , us .30 atiUllla DC less than at a velocity of 31; and still further strange is it, that whilst between a speed of 32 and of 33 miles an hour there is no difference its the resistance, that there should be between the velocities of 46 and 47 miles an hour, an increase of resistance from 23.11b5. to 33.71b5., and be tween .50 and 51 miles a diminution of from 32.91b5. to 26.41b5. per ton; whilst between the velocity of 51 miles an hour, and of 53 there should be an increase from 26.41bs to 41.71b5. In the formula which corresponds to lerably closely with the results of experiment, Mr. Scott Russell estimated the friction at a constant quantity cl about 61bs the ton; the next element iu the resistance was BANK OF ENGLAND, SEPT. 10, 1846. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GO VERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice, that a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on THURSDAY NEXT, the lith instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to consider of a Dividend. This will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter. JOAN KNIGHT, Secretary. - ILLS OF EXCHANGE.-FRAUD. -TO • BANKERS, BILL BROKERS, DISCOUNTERS, AND OTHERS. Two BILLS of EXCHANGE for 2501. each, bearing date the 28th or 29th of August, 1846, drawn upon and accepted by the Bev. Francis Glossop, at four moths after date, payable'at Messrs. Yonng and Irathugs', St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London, having been OBTAINED by means of conspiracy and FALSE REPRESEN TATIONS made to the acceptor, the Rev. Francis Glossop, of West Dean, Wiltshire, all persons are hereby cautioned against receiving', negotiating, or in army manner dealing with the said Bills of Ex change, or either of them. For further information, &c., apply to Messrs. Bush and Mullins, solicitors, No. 7, St. Mildred's-,oust, Poultry - , London. F . AST VILLA, SCAnBOR OUGH. 4 TO BE SOLD, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, the above most desirable FREEHOLD VILLA, with the Gardens and Plan tations surrounding the same, situate in front of Belvoir-terrace., in Scarborough. The house commands a beautiful view of the sea and line of coast, has a south aspect, and is well screened by the plantatiors from the east wind. It contains spacious dining, drawing, and morning rooms, four good family bed-rooms. four servants' bed-rooms, several excel. lent closets, two kitchens, twa water-closets, and two staircases, besides a scullery, butler's pantry, and other conveniences. It is also well supplied both with hard and soft water, from a well and cistern on the premises ; and is ready for immediate occupancy. Any person desirous of possessing a Marine Villa Residence, would find the present a valuable opportunity, as the house was recently erected by the late occupier for her own residence, in a substantial manner, with the best materials, and its situation is unexceptionable, having the advanta,e of easy access through the gardens and grounds, to the Sands and Cliff Bridge. For further particulars, and •to view the property, apply to Mr. Joseph B. Baker, wine merchant, or to Messrs. lIESP, and UPPLEBY, solicitors, Scarborough. Scarborough, Sept. 14, 1846. TE MA RKWELL, PROPRIETOR o f LONG'S efi • HOTEL, New Bond-street, London, and for many years at bbotson's, begs to announce that Mr. IBBOTSON, having RETIRED FOOM BUSINESS, has transferred the whole of his interest to the above llotel. J. M. subjoins Mr. L's letter to his late Patrons, with many thanks for the liberal support he has already received from them " I. Ibbotson avails himself of this opportunity to return his sincere thanks for the long-continued kind patronage he has received, and at the same time begs leave to say, that if it should please his patrons to confer the same on Mr. Markwell, of Long's Hotel, Bond-street, where he is convinced every attention will be shown, it would add to the many favours hitherto conferred upon him. " Ibbotson's Hotel, Vere-street, Jan. 1, 1846." he atmosphere, and this he estimated by multiplying ,he area by the pressure and by the square of the velo city. The residue consisted of the various other causes of obstruction which tended to impede the progress of the train and occasion loss of power. One of these causes was the concussion of the earth by the moving train; for it was impossible the surface of the earth could be continually agitated by the passing trains without a great loss of power. Mr. Scott Russell offered no expla nation of the causes that could produce such extraordi nary results as his experiments exhibited. In the dis cussion that followed, Dr. Robinson stated, in reference to the agitation caused by railway trains, that in his astronomical observations he:had perceived the surface of the mercury agitated at a distance upwards of 7,000 feet from a moving train, and as the concussion would be ex tended both ways, it would amount to an agitation of the earth over au area of the diameter of 1,500 feet. GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF AUSTRALIA.—Among the papers read at the geological section yesterday was one by Mr. Jukes, giving a sketch of the geology of Australia. A portion of the sketch was of course only conjectural, but observing that a chain of hills passed from New South \Vales in a direction nearly parallel to the eastern coast, consisting of granite and other pri mary rocks, and that the order of stratification was the same as in Europe, he concluded that the great level tertiary formations on the opposite coast were in the same order of succession, and that the geological axis of that country lies in th e chain of hill s from New South Wales, and that there is no greatly elevated districts in the interior. EVENING LECTURE.—Yesterday evening Mr Lyell de livered a discourse in the Assembly Rooms, " On the Valley and Delta of the Mississippi, and other points in the geology of the United States, from observations made in the years 1845-46." The lecture was illustra ted by gigantic diagrams, exhibiting the principal rocks and strata, and their dispositions, in the United States. There, as in this country, the same formations are ob served, and following in the same order. It is Mr. Lyell's opinion that most of the geological formations were produced by the gradual though slow operations of time, and in the valley of the Mississippi he found abun dant evidence in support of his views. To the deposi tion of the mud and vegetable matter brought down by the stream of that mighty river he attributed the forma tion of the large peninsula of Florida ; and the appear ance of the banks of the Mississippi, with parts of the trunks of trees growing over each other at all levels, formed, he thought, the elements of future coal fields. The room was very well attended, and' the lecture was received with much applause. ELECTRO - PHYSIOLOGY.—This morning M. Matteuci made a communication in French in the physical section, containing the summary of his researches in electro physiology. He attributes muscular contraction to elec trical force, and he contended, that by the forms of the muscles and of the nerves, they were calculated to form voltaic batteries, and to become in the positive and nega tive states of electricity. The communication was re plete with interesting speculations and demonstrations ; but, as Professor Owen observed, they required to be read and considered before they could be perfectly un derstood. Sir J. Herschel said the cause of muscular force had been hitherto not satisfactorily explained, and he made a few suppositions, merely with a view of in viting discussion, to the effect that it was possible that muscular contraction might be caused by the altered position of the muscles of muscular fibrine, supposing them to continuous be ellipsoids, and that the changes of position might be produced by electrical currents. Mr. Carpenter maintained, on the contrary, that muscular con traction is not due to nervous influence in many cases, and he felt confident that, muscular fibrine is composed of tubes divided into sections longer than their dia meters. The contraction of these fibres, he said, was produced, not by reversing their positions, as conjec tured by Sir John Herschel, but by the depression of the loniitude of sectional divisions. Another communication On a similar subject was made by Dr. Joseph Buller, in which, however, without refer ence to the action of electricity, he described the develop ment of a bird from the eg g , The proceedings in this section were considerably plates and knives in th e ad joiningto the general dinner, w hi c h is todisturbed take room,place by thel preparatoryt rattling tt ng of evening. INFLUENCE OF SPONGY FLATINA.—The Rev. Dr. Robinson read a paper in the chemical section," On the Influence exerted by finely-divided Platina on the Elec trodes of a Voltameter." Though the communication occupied a lorg time, the principal point which Dr. Robinson's experiments were calculated to show was, that when the electrodes of a voltameter are covered with a finely-comminuted platina, the decomposition of water is effected not only by a less powerful current of electri city, but when, in fact, there is apparently no active current whatever. He thought this effect analogous to other instances in which the inherent forces or attrac tions of bodies are increased by bringing them into closer contact, by extending their surfaces. Mr. GRCVE agreed with Dr. Robinson as to the cause of the increased eficet, and in commenting on the subject he alluded to the peculiar fact, that ebullition in no cir cumstances seems to take place excepting from the sur fan of solid bodies. The bubbles of air in a glass of Champagne, for example, always rise from th e b o t tom or sides of the glass, and the steam of boiling water always collects in bubbles against the solid surface, and never rises from amongst the particles of the liquid. He was of opinion that, supposing it possible to heat water without contact with a solid surface, fluid would not boil till the whole mass burst into ebullition at once. TOLE TUBULAR BRIDGE/L-In the mechanical section to-day Mr. Fairbairn read the whole paper, of which an abstract only had been given yesterday, respecting the proposed construction of tubular bridges over the river Conway and the Menai Straits. The discussion that took place after the reading of the paper was very inte resting. The bridge at Menai, which is to be called the Britannia-bridge, will be supported on four piers, and the distance between the central piers will be 450 feet. The weight of the metal is estimated at 1,200 tons, and it will be constructed of wrought iron. Mr. Eyton sug gested that it would be better to strengthen the tube by inverted iron arches, to protect it from the action of the wind. Dr. Robinson said that, though the bridge might be quite strong enough to bear a dead weight, he thought the engineers .ought to ascertain what was likely to be the resilient force on the sudden rushing of the engine on to the bridge. He apprehended also that the vibrations might be cumulative, and increase as the train advanced, until they produced a serious effect. At the same time he trusted to the skill and caution of the engineers, that they would make the tube sufficiently strong, and with respect to the calculated action of the wind at 501bs. to the square loot, he thought they had exceeded all possible effects of storms by one-half; for a wind acting with the powe r of 50ib s. to the square foot must be moving w i t h the velocity of 110 miles an hour. During the severest storm that he had known the velocity of the wind was not bridge, from bank to bank, tube, rivetted together more than fifty miles an hour. Mr. Feirbairn, in reply to these and to other remarks, said that not one-sixth of To avoid the effect of the estimated breaking weight could be placed on the bridge. The plates on the outside at the top would be nine-sixteenths of an inch, and those inside would be :rails on vulcanised k. The tube would h awn a ud l t f i lrdea resting consist to no t f h tihc one l e s . rectangular The supports. te t i %% l cl ,u e di inches e l a s y t t b h i be elevated to its position in compartments, to he after v Indiaibr vibration t ion rubber,it w after wards rivetted together when fitted. The first compart ment nearest the pier would be raised on pontoons at as about in high tide, and fitted into a rest at the bottom of a groove in the pier, up which it would be elevated by hydraulic pressure. The only risk to be feared in fixing the bridge was a high wind during the raising the first compart ment, for when that was fixed the remainder would not be attended with risk. With respect to the strength of the bridge to bear a lateral pressure, he said that had not yet been tried, but it would be efficiently tested on the model bridge, and the suggestions of Dr. Robinson respecting sudden impact, and the effect of continued vibration, should be attended to. The Presieent was compelled, by /412ortuess of t,tizio, to put au end to the diWbahliQll. ' • • , _ - - FNVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK ! ti?,7' JL LNG MODELS and of other Specimens of the 'Useful Arts (as Y , c 4 1-1 Bonus Bonus in Assured: well as the Visitors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION) cri ' Premium. ;„) added. i Cash. F F may arc respectfully informed that the Directors have given their anxious P 1-. I B== o . Borrow. consideration to the new a pp o i ntm D ent of DEMONSTRATOR in • F.,. MECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to the Visitors the i ! .._ --- - -! , Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and X s 11 d. 1 r 8_3_7 1 £217 15 1 £lOO 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0 simplicity. Th e L ectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE:- Bms, 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2, 395 11 1 GRAPH, as well a s o th er o bj ects of present interest. The beautiful X . 60 1000 34 1 1839! 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 Optical Exhibitions, &c. &c. 1 •namii 1,. -, . M. nln ,•• lo In nn, 1., • £217 15 1 £lOO 011 .£l6 0 4X445 0 0 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 116 7 6 54 010 718 10, 296 13 4 111 6 8 , 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 s. d. (11838! 60 1000 3 4 18391 18401 !18411 !18,11 Admission, ls. ; Schools, Half-price. The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made In December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAIEROUX, Secretary. -COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC POR TRAITS by the improved process which Mr. BEARD (the sole Patentee of the Daguerrcolye), has recently introduced, are taken daily at 85, King William•street, City ; 34, Parliament-street, Westminster ; and at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent street. . 184fi I,,kj9RNWALL RAILWAY, ,_‘ett o „ .ce is hereby Given, that the Act authorising the con bfr,gob.,-hof this Railway having received the Royal Assent, all litles: c e l dillg Scrip Certificates for Shares In this Company are b te . , 4 , 4t Jo transmit the same for Registration either is the Secre- Ob._ endffice, Truro, or to William Wood, Esq., 449, West ,WI on or before SATURDAY, the 19th of September ette n '''`tb their names, profesSions, and residences, distinctly t os e i n order that the same may be correctly entered in L ' the of the Company. An official receipt will be given ',Zed c np, which receipt will be afterwards exchanged for the al,,: r ilficates, with as little delay as the preparation of the -,litei.:!.requlre. Due notice will be given when the Sealed Cer- Ni are3 will be ready for delivery. IZe on ' _in respect of which no application for registery shall be bi l :_eri zi „ll' before the above date, will be registered in the name of 7,tb,"T subscriber, after which no share can be passed other -I..ohz,s' oY a formal transfer under the provisions of the Act. ary,°t* letters claiming to be registered may be had at the 4( 41 dl,i r ,',Oftlee, Truro, or at 449, West Strand, London. 'flee is hereby further Given, that ir.terest after the rate of tinlesp . ,P. Per annum will be allowed on the deposits paid upon all , shares from the following times, viz., from the Ist of De e t i le 18.44, on the deposit of 3/. er share on 50/. shes ; and lh a 'slut re ,2 3 t of Noyember, 1845, on p the deposit of 21. per share on o„r , and of 2/. 10s. on 25/. shares. The interest will be - -' 1 110 4 ; (0 the 29 th September next, and the interest warrants will trtito 4 ° ol l atter the cempletioa of the registration. By order of the Board, A ligust 18, 1846. P. P. SMITII, Secretary pro tern. U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. ' Charles Graham, Esq. Hamilton B. Avarne, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq. Edward Boyd, Esq., Resident William Renton, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Assistant- John Ritchie, Esq. Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Surgeon—F. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Beniers-street. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords most perfect security in a large paid.up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its annual income being upwards of 82,f 001. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class from the time they were effected. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De camber, 1840, is as follows: Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. £5,000 .... ••• • 6 years 10 months .. £683 6 8 5,000 .. 6 years • ••• • • • 600 0 0 5,000 .... ••• • 4 years ......... ..... 400 - 0 Q ' 5;000' • • ••• • 2 years ........ ••• • .. 200 0 - 0 . The premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first live years, where the insu rance is for life. iEvery information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. " We have been much pleased with the inspection of some portraits taken by Xt . . Beard. .They exhibit a degree of boldness, and stand ut with a relief greatly desiderated in all the earliest specimens ; while the method of colouring renders them agreeable and life like." —Times. HOT WEATHER.- TRAVELLING.-SEA SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at 22, Coruhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and the chief Llama Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a similarity of name, placed In the windows of a few petty shops in the neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and 1). NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." REMOVAL. DR. CULVERIVELL has REMOVED to No. 10, ARGYLL-PLACE. C EGENT-STREET, (leading to Great Marlborough-street,) where he may be consulted, as usual, Daily till Three, and in the Evening from Seven till Nine ; and where also his several publications, of which entirely new and en larged editions have recently been published, may be obtained. AXCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON 81: j it . RAILWAY. titi4r9 numerous ad influential MEETING of SCRIP ke.. in this Compa n ny, held this day at bert's Hotel, , " a rd, West m i nster, pursuant to pu bli c a d vert i semen t , Sir JOHN BARKER NI ILL, Baronet, In the Chair. ZSt• ii rZet from the directors having been read, the following resolu '‘OVeeie unanimously adopted am . 3 : tile Chairman of the Company, Sir JOHN BARKER MILL , 11 t 4econded nowWE, Esq., High Bailiff of Cheltenham, ) 4 ' "elrig at th e rePort read be received and printed for distribution 01,ed shareholders, by JAMES WitittivsnAw, Esq., and seconded by Lord at thi s ERNEST BRUCE, M.P., a dvoeat ec a t lng declares its deliberate opinion to lie that the 4, 4 ,e_llght be 37 this Company is called for by the public interests, aeaZ t 'a 4 de, and that no thi ng occurre d i n th e course o f Itat the shai. ~,,T24 L 3' proceedings soundness of the dertaltlysg as a G EORGE ed by 'neut e. Tfloroprox, Esq., and seconded by Wiru.rAst That therefore LANKESTER, Esq., a renewed application be made to Parliam of en t t he in ra th il e_ it". With ", for an Act to authorise the constru s ct ste m stteil changes and modifications, If any, as to directors R i thori„:. Meet ; and that the directors he, and . are hereby '`u to take such steps, based upon the suggestions contained in ' t e i pert, a h s t,.ey may think fit, with a view to give effect to this 4144 1 4 i and that they be further authorised to allow dissentient 1711 — ..lers to wit ' hu . raw, and the scrip be re-issued in such manner 'Spya such terms as they shall think expedient. b -9 JOSIAH GEORGE, Esq. ; and seconded by SAINSBURT, NZ t he thanks his l meeti E n sq be pesentd to the Directors or Lqll, - WrZY and aVl o it r 3 t . •• t h whicl g i they have e devoted themselves f to eh theirs of this l Company, m and Ur' the tender of con inued service `eir report of this day contains. te (Signed) J. B. MILL. 014 rinan having vacated the chair, and Lord Ernest Bruce 'AB; "ten called thereto— tti°ved by RALPH ETWALL, Esq., M.P. ; seconded by HINRY NEWBERY, Esq., and unanimously resolved : NI cordial and united thanks of this Meeting be given to Sir ill, kart., for his able and satisfactory conduct in the chair. 15 (Signed) ERNEST BRUTE. G teat JOHN WHEELER, Secretary. e orge-street, Westminster, September, 15, 1846. TO be PEREMPFORILY SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause of " BATTEN v. PARFITT," with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Mastel's of the said Court; at the White Hart Inn, Glastonbury, in the county of Somerset, on. THURSDAY, 'the 24th day of September, 1846, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, in 13 lots. A FREEHOLD ESTATE, called the GLASTONBURY PARK ESTATE, comprising a farm-house and buildings, and about 170 acres of arable, meadow, and pasture ground, including Weary-All- Hill, situate in the united parishes of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Benedict Glastonbury, in the Eastern Division of the County of Somerset. Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be obtained (gratis) at the said Master's office, in Southampton -buildings, Chan cery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Clowes, Wedlake, and Co., 10, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; of Mr. John Batten, jun., Yeovil ; of Messrs. Wigieswortli, Ridsdale, and Co., 5, Gray's Inn-square, London ; of Sir. Raven, 2, King's Bench-walk, London ; of Messrs. Newman and Lyon, solicitors, Yeovil; of Mr. Short, solici tor, Bristol ; of Mr. Pratt, solicitor, Glastonbury ; of Messrs. lark, Gray, and Wooecock, 20, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; of Messrs. Cooke and Sons, solicitors, Bristol ; at the Commercial It)oms, Bris tol ; the White hart Inn, Bath ; the Castle !nn, Taunton ; the Cla rence Inn, Bridgewater, the Swan Inn, Webs; and at the place cf sale. .1)4/q -------------- - - . - ---, I:lZ. rt k-IND CARCEL LAMP—NEW LIGIIT. 11. Th e e AAMOND CAIt.CEL LAMP is the best light in the k,,,uut is ~_ arcel Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe ;it burns 010 . 1 1 / 48e lfoe from all imperfections of ordinary oil' lamps ; burns 44,1 - ` 4 411 a ,„2.ti1l morning without attention ; is so simple it cannot be Itio, 4 11 0t 1;:t; no cleaning required for years. :he Gem, the Vesta. 1,4 Itbr Spirit or Camphine Lamps given awa , at half-price. but h;)lll3,W;nations are dear at a gilt. The Diamond Careel Lamp is 1 4 ht , lB t, ght--- Perfectien in light—the public will have none other, fle pkrault every taste . To be had only, and seen burning daily . W . j 114. 04) _" T EE'S P.nmense Lamp Depiit, 447, West Strand, ten Beret .Arcade. A N 'r s SUPPLIED. I WANT A HAT ! Want a Hat and off I'll start For MOSES' celebrated Mart, Since I have often heard it said, That Hats from MOSES "go a-head." I WANT A COAT. I Want a Coat, whose charming style Makes all with admiration smile; And, therefore, I at once will search For MOSES, facing Aldgatc Church, I WANT A VEST. I want a Vest—a well-made Vest, With quality the very best ; And, therefore, I shall purchase one Of; you know whom—E. M. and SON. I WANT A PAIR OF TROWSERS. I want a pair of trowsers; made • Better than any in the trade ; And as I want them cheap as we7l, I'll try what Messrs. 11IOSE3 sell. res, I will hie where crowds have hied. And have my ♦arious " wants supplied." LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. ti e " Taglloni ................from 0 7 6 %crlini and Codrington Tagßolus ......•• ••• • • 018 6 inter Coats in every description and make, including hic4ll registered Coat • • .... • • 1 2 0 ijA~nes in every material —from 0 2 3 pattern Summer Vests 0 2 3 1 4 1 c 1 rnere and Persian ditt o , i n en dl ess va riety IP k and Fancy Satin, ditto .. ..............• •• •• 0 6 0 11:Y Trousers ..• „ „ 0 4 6 •. 0 9 6 ti kdittp MADE TO MEASURE. of every material adapted for the season, in any kniT„ el Y of style and fashion, to 0rder.......... from 0 16 0 „ast,„"g Vests, 6s. 6d. each, or three for.. ••• • .. "Itti n i e Je ditto, in every variety of pattern ..........0 8 6 tt o, ,1; 13 . plain and fancy 0 14 6 1:1 1tt e, ;; , ,oth or Castrnere ditto .............. •• • • .... 0 8 0 ,1 1 1•1 11 , 4 Zack Single-milled ditto .............. • • " 15 k1 , rousers, in every pattern. ••••.. • • .. 0 11 6 ttntlled and Albert Victoria ditto ..............0 • 19 0 bre, " l ack Dress ditto •• • • 1 6 0 ttCoats... . •• •• •••• • • •• ...... ••••-• 1 12 wr • b •• • • .... F romm nest manufactured • • •• • • • Ditto' beats „ • ~...... manufactured .. ••••• • • • • • ••••••••• • • • • 3 3 0 klO3, 4 Mo urning, to any extent, at five minutes notice. 1 1510 purchased or made to measure, if not approved ot, im mediately exchanged, or the money returned. iD 'y l ef en en. ra r Hat. 11 , 4 u O t S fi E tt S r and and SO g N en , e T ra a l ilo w rs a , re "ho'otioslem Drapers, to be ILII to guard the p e ak: against imposition, but, having learned u ntradesmanlike falsehood of ' being connected with Stl'eol•, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many in- L othe r ll,l for obvious reasons, they have no connexion witk 11474 h ouse in or out )f London. to, A s aoh t °ss , Who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent -• ``O "'eat, call at send to the Mlaories. and Aldgate, City, xj . s . th l COStc; n• • and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, .44tfcltt..ers, Nos. 154, 155. 156, 157, Minories, and 83, 84, 85, klittekTate, City, London. )TR4te The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at t'4, 1 1 ' 0 4, • At s .„ iltjaSt e ,,,," s, B transacted at this Establishment frown sunset en ' 410. 4 till sunset on Saturday evening, when it is reamed 5 o'clock £ s. d. l'i.. ,thl t c LADIES TRAVELLING. t he ..ea. Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of to °W L A.ND'S the r i l ii .V v il l O tl V a mo.t refreshing li, k t °l' 4oPcfenaration for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan ,lll3:ltty,,,,,el,axation, allaying all heat and irritability. and immedi 414.,sokin"Tg the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of Ilr i l. Pr n . „ -( ,he numerous vari , ties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun- PbZot k:nlos Tan, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated tk,"„hi; - ' sl Ydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its titZtigTband refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec tpLge c o " Court an d th e R oya l F am il y o f G rea t B r i ta i n, an d th ose 14' l ky4 ti oent of Eur o pe, together with the " elite" of the Aris- Czll4; cl " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the kki`ltaci'" l ns of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the t Is. kr th e n alOrLs of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price , is. 6d. it%t p,"*Ptr bottle. s a t titt s . a.r e of spurious "Kalydors" containing raineral astrin ittt a ett -- .. 0 9 ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel ill°l;Vjak'ii,!lldanger health. The only genuine has the words 40 gOlg RALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLA...ND 4 4 ti. e , 20, Ilatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Vie, °lllblissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each ttYZ °l4 b r a. Y the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per- va„, , --' 44 1 9:11 ) _' Ate AVldlgats aaataidtap - The estate may be viewed on application to Mr. Thomas Coiner, at the farm-house ; or to Mr. A. Bailey, at the White Hart lan, Glastonbury. CLOWES, WEDLAKE, and CLOWES, Temple, London, Plaintiff's Agents, COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday the first Court after the holidays was held. THE LORD MAYOR - CONSERVANCY OF THE UPPER PART OF THE THAMES. The report of the Lord Mayor's visit to Oxford, and his conservancy trip in the western district within his jurisdiction, was brought up and read. The following are extracts. We exclude a good deal of matter descriptive of the exceedingly warm reception given to his Lordship and the numerous party by which he was accompanied, at Oxford and other places to which ,she visit was extended. After having described the ele •gant hospitality with which Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, of Baceldon House, entertained his Lordship and party, the report in substance goes on thus:— On Friday morning, the 7th of August, the Lord Mayor was joined at Reading by Thomas Raymond Barker, Esq., the chairman of the commissioners of the Thames navigation, and also by the Mayor of Reading, and embarked on board the state barge soon after eight o'clock. A lartze number of the inhabitants of the town were assembled on the banks to witness his Lordship's departure, and a considerable company were on board a barge decorated with flags and garlands of flowers, and attended by a band of music, who accom panied the Lard Mayor nearly as far as Henley. During the progress down the river Mr. Barker ex plained to the Lord Mayor the various works for the improvement of the navigation which had been executed by the commissioners since Alderman Wilson's view, and particularly the new bridge and high towing•bridge just completed above Henley- lt appears that the Kennet and Avon Canal is now used in weference to the Thames and Severn Canal, as a more desirable communication between London and Bristol, in consequence of the present improved state of the navigation in the upper districts, and when the import ance of trade, by rail and navigation, between the cities of London and Bristol, and the adjoining counties and districts, is duly considered, and how essential it is to the interests of all parties concerned that every facility should be afforded to retain and, if possible, increase the same, which can only be done by maintaining the line in the most efficient state, and by suitable modification and reduction of tolls where it presses heavily on the public, it becomes obvious that surveys of a similar naturkt to -the present, having for - their view those desirable objects, are requisite and important, as well as tend to keep up a friendly communication and in tercourse between the local commissioners and the magistrates of the Corporation of London, who, by virtue of their office, under the authority of Parlia ment, are likewise commissioners of the upper districts of the river Thames as before stated. The Lord Mayor, as conservator of the river Thames, feels it his duty to draw the particular attention of the court to the various Acts of Parliament which have been passed from time to time for the improvement of the navigation of the rivers Thames and Isis, and more particularly those of the 11th Geo. 111., cap. 45, and the 35th Geo. 111., cap. 106, under the provisions of which the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London for the time being are constituted and appointed Commissioners of the upper districts from the City of London to the town of Crick lade, in the county of Wilts, feeling fully confident that unless the navigation in those districts is properly at tended to, the locks and other works kept in good order and repair, and suitable reductions made in the tolls and lock-charge;, it will be impossible for the barge-owners successfully to compete with the carriage of goods and merchandise by means of railway, and that consequently all interests connected with the above portion of this noble river must be most seriously affected, if not ulti mately destroyed. His Lordship cannot refrain from alluding to the statement of the Chairman of the Com missioners as to the necessity of reducing the tolls on the whole line, and his hope that the private lockholders would consent to an unanimous scale of reduced tolls throughout the whole navigation. The Lord Mayor has now to report that he assured Mr. Barker that himself and his brethren, the aldermen, would readily attend the meeting of the commissioners whenever it was thought their attendance, advice, or assistance would in any way tend to promote the interest, or render any benefit to the navigation of the river. The Lord Mayor feels he cannot conclude this report without expressing his approbation of the general state of the w , :rk, both in the upper and the city districts, and of the improvements now being carried cut for the further benefit of the navigation ; and he avails himself of the present opportunity of conveying the assurance of the commissioners (as expressed by their chairman) of their satisfaction at visits like the present, which ma terially tend to keep up that mutual good understanding and friendship between all parties connected with the navigation of the river Thames. The Lord Mayor hav ing received from the town-clerk of Oxford a statement of their proceedings at the coronation of King Charles the Second, on their claim to attend with the citizens of London and assist in the King's butlerage upon that occasion, on which they expressed in high terms the attention they experienced from the mayor and alder men of London, his Lordship annexed this document to the report. THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED.—Six marriages were solemnised at our parish church on Sunday last, and, out of the twelve newly-married persons, only one could write his name. Of the twelve witnesses to the ceremony not one could write. Thus, of twenty-four whose signatures should be in, the register, twenty-t] ree had W aim marbse—Preston, Chronick. - , - ~~,~ . - • . . . . _ --.- , •••, - ;, , t,,, - ::,..., -,:h ":. :-•-••,--- . • , . _ _ ve4ll / ' '4, . _ _ ..._. . „..:_, • . -,- - - - , -- - ,.?4 , - '. • (IIIIIIIIIIIII : .. . It, ' ._.... ~ ~ • ' ill;- - -ii 1 ‘i- - "_. '-., Al l yy,lo4lll -, .. ^ Ai l .4 \-__.• ig ii , , :. -,,, , • ...,Alitk= , - .. . . , .. • _ -,„ • , ~,'- --a- , • . 5., ---.., v Ip , i: 2 , -'6 , i • , !.4i , - 41 EV" . - ' V • ' L . ' ..,...k. cg! ' 5 %6,,, '.2- ' 0.6 - 4 '- i.. NE r''' V- ~ ,,-. 2 i ' --, s os , ... . ,: - "-4 .-- V gym. a.. -l.,!: ov .., ez.,... - 'r.• ' DR (•) IT .4 - ~' cie ~ f." - -- --.40.• ;fir a. 16,8 t 6, LONDON, WE E E S N 9 SEPTEMBER 16, 1846. C i IIINEESE METHOD OF BORING.—MT. Vignolles read a paper in the mechanical section on the Chinese method of boring, as practised on the Continent, and as appli cable to the boring of Artesian Wells, and for the venti lation of mines. The Chinese method, which has been in successful operation for two thousand years, consists in having a heavy weight, at the bottom of which is fixed the cutting tool, attached to a long rope, which is wound round an axle. The weight is drawn up for a few feet, and then allowed to fall, like the monkey of a pile-driving engine. By this means the labour and time required to remove a rigid heavy rod, to withdraw the rubbish, is greatly saved, and the work proceeds far more quickly, and at much less cost. Though this method has been introduced on the Continent very suc cessfully, the prejudices of English workmen have pre vented its adoption in this country. The following is the list of all the papers read yester day:— SECTION A.—HATHEBIATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Phillips, Professor—Report on anemometry. Sykes, Colonel—On the fall of rain on the coast of Travancore. Brookes, C., Esq.,—On a new self-registering ba rocaetPr, thermometer, and psychrometer. Miller, J. F.—On the fall of rain in the Cumberland Lake district. Lee, Dr.—On meteorological observations made at Alten in Finmark, and Lee, Dr.—On the aurora, at Alton, in Finmark; Christiana in Norway. Rankin, Thos., Esq.—Account of a halo, paraselene, and remarkable aurora borealis. Dolland, G., Esq.—On an atmospheric recorder. Childers, W. W., Eiq.—On the meteorology of Jersey, sEe'rTnlV zCIENNE, INCLUDING ITS APPLI CATION TO AGRICULTURE AND TUE ARTS. Forcharnmer, Professor—On comparative analytical researches on sea water. Oersted, H. C., Professor—On the changes which mercury sometimes suffers in glass vessels hermetically sealed. Rose, IL, Professor—On a second new metal (pelo• plum) in the Tantalite of Bavaria. Leeson, Dr.—On the crystallography and a new goniometer, illustrated by apparatus and models. Connell, Professor—Analysis of the American nema lite. Daubeny, Dr.—On Cavendish's experiment respecting the production of nitric acid. Peru, Dr., and Miller, Professor —Report on crystal. Line slags. _ Gassiot, J. P., Esq., F.R.S.—On the electricity of :ension in the voltaic battery. SECTION C.-GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Buckland, Very 1.1 , -tv.Dr.—On the applicability of M. Fauvelle's mode of boring artesian wells to the well at Southampton, and to other wells, and sinkings for coal, salt, and other mineral beds. Forbes, Professor E.-04 some natural history phe nomena bearing on geology, observed since the last meeting. Forchh ammer, Dr.—On arctic currents, as exhibited in the distribution of the north drift. Jukes, J.. 8., F.G.S.—Notice of some tertiary rocks in the Islands, stretching from Java to Timor. Ditto—Sketch of the geological structure of Australia. SECTION D. - ZOOLOGY ♦ND BOTANY. Owen, Professor—On the vertebral structure of the skull. Thompson, Mr. W.—Zoology of Lough Neagh (the entomological part by Mr. Halliday). Portlock, Captain—On the natural history of Corfu. Allman, Professor—On the structure of Christatella mucedo. Owen, Professor—On the embryogeny of pulmogrades and ciliogrades, by Mr. J. Price. SECTION F.-STATISTICS. Guy, Dr.—On statistics of life in professional men. Neeld, Mr.—Report on the criminal and miscellaneous statistics of the police in Manchester. Knowles, Mr.—On the supply of coal in Great Britain. Porter, Mr. G. R.—Report on the iron manufacture of Great Britain. PRICE SD. to be called, he thought that they would be doing in three years that which ought to occupy them a quarter of a century. He thought very highly of the lines, and that they would pay a remunerating profit to the Man chester and Leeds Railway. The CHAIRMAN said it was not the wish of the direc tors to press heavily on any shareholder. They would not make any call before the end of February or the beginning of March, and he believed that the amount of that call would not be more than 21. per share, and he believed further, that not mere than 21. per share more would be required throughout the nextyear. The branch from Huddersfield to Bradford would be a profitable one, and between Halifax to Bradford there would be consi derable traffic.—(Applause.) Messrs. Briggs and Walker were appointed auditors. ' ~~~~~ t/ / PUBLICATIONS. ARITILIZETIC FOR YOUNG LADIES. Now ready, in foolscap Bvo., p r i ce s s . c l o th, a N ew Ed i tion of THE LADY'S PRACTICAL ARITHME TICIAN ; or, Conversational Arithmetic, in which all the Rules are explained in easy and familiar Language: to which is added, a Short History of the Coinage, with Tables of the Weights and Mea'ures of the Ancients. Adapted to the use of Ladies' Schools and Private Families. By Mrs. HENRY AYRES, Authoress of " Addresses to the Young." 2,1 Edition. *,,* A Key to this Work is in preparation. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. NEW WORK nNT - \TEW WORK ON THE FOOD OF ANIMALS AND FATTEN ING OF CATTLE. ' This day is piddished, in 1 vol. fcap. Bvo., price ss. cloth. EXPERIMENTAL RESEA RCHES on the FOOD of ANIMALS and the FATTENING of CATTLE : with Remarks on the Food of Man. By ROBERT DUNDAS THOMSON, M.D. of the University of Glasgow. " The question of the origin of completely resolved by these ments."—Baron Liebig. the fat of - animals anpears to be beautiful and elaborate expert- London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Lonp,mans. Just published, price 6d. plain, or Is. coloured (6d. extra if sent by post), THE ORGANIC THEORY of DOCTORS EXPOSED by the THIRD HYGEIAN PRINT, illustrating the various ways in which the Medical Profession (as a body) arc in terested in keeping up and teaching a false theory in Medicine, and also in using rank poisons in Medicine. This print tends more to open the eyes of the public to wrong medical treatment than any thing which has yet appeared. May be had at the British College of Health, New road; and at 368, strand, London. :be Hygeist Offico, It is the third illustration brought out by the British College of Elealth on this important question. NEW MUSICA!, PERIODICAL. On the First of October will be published, price 64., printed from En craved Plates, on.paper of the usual Music size, No. I, of THE MUSIC BOOK, a Weekly Periodical of ORIGINAL MUSE ' by the m'ist Eminent Composers, com prising Mrs. a Beckett, Balfe, Benedict, Alex. Lee, E. Loder, E. G. Reed, J. 11. Tully, V. Wallace, &c. &C. No. I. will contain " SING, MAIDEN, SING," the words (by permission) by Barry Cornwall, the music by Balfe. • London :"published at the Office of The Music Book, St. Bride's Avenue, Fleet-street, and so'd by all Booksellers and Newsmen; of whom, and at the office, Prospectuses may be had. PRICE EIGHTPENCE-ILUETENNY. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Part VIII., for SEPTEMBER, contains : ENGRAVINGS: Haydon's Dentatus. r Joshua Reynold's Infant Hercules. Portrait of Father Mathow, with Memoir, by William Howitt. Scott Memorial, Edinburgh. Faust and Margaret,_ by Scheffer. ORIGINAL PAPERS. Harriet Martineau's Survey from the Mountain, Lake and Moun tain Ilolydays, and Household Education. The Katirs of the Cape of Good Hope, by G. C. Munro. Story of a Penny, by Mary Leman Gillies. Wtlliam Ilowitt on Flogging ; on Grey, the Author of the Railway System; and the Robber Band at Tusculum. Mademoiselle Rachel, by Angus B. Reach. The Birmingham Athenic Institute. Life in New South Wales. Ragged Schools of Liverpool. Life of a Sailor, by Franklin Fox. Music—Part Singing, by H, F. Chorley. Democracy in Europe, by J. Mazzini ; No. 1. Poems, Tales, Essays, &c., by 11. F. Chorley, R. H. Horne, Richard Howiit, Howitt, Thomas Campion, Caroline A. White, Sic. &c. In preparation, Portraits of and Papers on Lloyd, Garrison, Charles Knight, W. C. Macready, W. J. Fox, &c. London : People's Journal Office, 69, Fleet-street. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. SILVER TEA SERVICES OF NEW PATTERNS. B. SAVORY and SONS, Working .A• Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank, respectfully inform their customers that they have recently finished a few new designs, in accordance with the present improved taste, and that they are sold at reduced prices from those customary in the trade. Uxbridge Pattern. Thalia Pattern. Strong Silver Tea Pot £lO IS 0 strong Silver Tea Pot. £l3 0 0 Ditto Sugar Basin- 614 0 Ditto Sugar Basin.... 711 0 Ditto Cream Jug 4lO 6 Ditto Cream Ewer.... 5 2 0 Ditto Coffee Pot ••• • • 14 10 Ditto Coffee P0t.... • • 16 17 o Complete• • • • • • :•£35 . 12 C Complete• L •• • L •• 442 10 0 A variety of upwards of Fifty Silver Tea and Coffee Services may be seen iu the Show-rooms, and on application the illustrated Price Current, containing drawings, with the weights and prices of recent designs, will be forwarded to any part of Great Waal'', Ireland, India, or the colonies. Drawback on Silver Plate exported Is. 6d. per ounce. THE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! To be had at the Patentees, GO, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross. The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following facts, [he advantages resulting from the invention are various and striking. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com bustion is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects or soils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have made to the introduction of gas in dwellinlr-houses, to the expense of fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; these are entirely obviat , d by the " PATENT UNIVERSAL GAs BURNER." As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is com monly supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for club-houses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum in measurably lower than spirit, oil, or candl., with the avoidance of waste or trouble. The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing every other known light, are shown by the annexed authentic opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Tuesday, 26th May, 184 G, SirJouN RENNIE, President, in the Chair. " A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal nevelty was the introduction of a s: ream of air to the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. Ile air passing up through the hollow stein of the button, was heated, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and Enpinging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with the carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very porfact combustion, The flame was quite will te down t he top of the burner, was very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing tile consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a better light, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. rOLYTECIINIC CFIEMICAL SCIIOOL.—" In testing Clark, McNiell, and Co,'s Untversa IGas Burner with one of the best shawdowless turners, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 to 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICATE. " In a series of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Melt, and Co.'s Patent Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta blished in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against argand burners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded it saving of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, No. 4, 40 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe rior to any Other burlier." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. The UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly technic Institution; and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at tha Patentees, 60, Bt.:Cl:till's-14as ClArlakcxon i warl Of All GU rittolls. SECTION G.-MECHANICS. Sharp, Mr.—On gas meters. Ricardo, Mr. M.—A description and models of self registering mechanism for recording the velocity and resistance of railway trains. Fairbairn, Mr.—Gave a short account of the experi ments in connexion with the proposed tubular bridges across the Conway and Menai Straits. The subject will be renewed to-morrow, Tuesday, the 15th inst. Russell, Mr. Scott.—Account of some recent experi ments on railway trains, for the determination of the resistance at high velocities. SUB• SECTION OF ETHNOLOGY. Jukes, J. 8., Esq.—On the aborigines of Newfound land. Latham, Dr. R. G.—Remarks on a Newfoundland vocabulary. Jukes, J. B. Esq.—Varieties of the h uman race i n th e neighbour hood of Torres Straits. Port Essington—On the inhabitants of Port Essington. Davies, H. 8., Esq.—On the Tasmanians. Von Middendorf, Professor—Etbnobgical notes on Siberia. Brien, Captain—On the Africans of the neighbour hood of Bonny. Freeman, Rev. T. B.—On the inhabitants of Prince's Island. Retzius, Professor—On the ethnological distribution of ronnd and elongated crania. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WEST RIDING UNION. The first general ordinary meeting of shareholders in the West Riding Union district of railways, was held on Monday, at the large room of the White Lion Hotel, Halifax. Upon the motion of Mr. G. POLLAND, H. W. Wick ham, Eqq., took the chair. Mr. OTTLEY, the secretary, read the report of the directors, which glanced at the formation and progress of the company. In the last stages the supporters of the West Riding Union Railways received an unfavour able reverse at the hand of the Standing Orders' Com mittee, and it required the greatest exertion of the Manchester and Leeds directors and the Members of Parliament for the borough and the riding to obtain a second reading before the Committee. In the end the directors of this company conceded terms to the Liver pool and Leeds Company, whereby the opposition of that company was withdrawn. The Bill was next opposed by the Huddersfield and Manchester Company, who applied for a branch to Bradford, which was a vital part of the West Riding scheme; but their application was unanimously rejected. he directors reported that it was the opinion of Mr. Robert Stephenson and Mr. Randshaw that the project of the company, as at present sanctioned by Parliament, was more complete than any of the rival schemes brought forward last year; and those gentlemen were of opinion that the directors acted properly in withdrawing from their original scheme. The capital of the company was two millions, in 100,000 shares of 20L Of these the number of 29,070 had been allotted to the Manchester and Leeds Company, 29,070 to the scripholders in the late West Riding Junction Company, 29,070 to the late West Yorkshire Company, 9,375 to the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Company, and 3,417 in part dis charge of 12,000 shares agreed to be given to the Liver pool and Leeds Company, and the residue of the 12,000 shares to be borrowed from the Manchester and Leeds Company. The total length of the lines, including three short works, is 45k, and the sum of 194,7111. 9s. 10d. had been received in deposits. The directors were not able to state the exact liabilities of the company; but the following was as near the mark as possible:— Deposits received with interest Disbursements paid for land, engineering, &c Property at Bradford Interest due to Mr. Wright.... £27,283 2,773 908 £30,964 Balance in hand The directors expected to be able to cut the first sod of the railways at the latter end of October, and the Right Honourable Charles Wood, :M.P., had been requested to perform the ceremony, The whole of the shares of the company would be conveyed to the Manchester and Leeds Company on the 18th of November, and Manches ter and Leeds scrip would be issued for the same. It would be necessary to adjourn the present meeting, to affix the seal of the company on the register of proprie tors ; and it was proposed to adjourn the meeting to the 17th of November next. The meeting would also have to appoint auditors, and the directors recommended Mears. Rawdon, Briggs, and William Walker to the office. The CHAIRMAN next briefly addressed the meeting offering his sincere congratulations on the result of their, labours. They had bad a very arduous battle to fight, and the district had been anxiously expecting the forma. Lion of those line s o f ra il wa y. He believed that the lines which had been adopted by the engineer to the West Riding Union had given general satisfaction to the people in the different districts. Consequently the directors did expect on their arrival in London to have an easy game before them, but this had not been the case. They had, however, felt the utmost confidence in the correctness of their books of reference, which had been compiled with great labour and care. After paying a compliment to Mr. Hawkshaw, the Chairman stated that in a short time this company would be amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Company, this company having the advantage of receiving dividends upon any of the lines as soon as they were completed, and he had no doubt but that the result would be increased returns to both companies. It was intended to proceed with the works with all possible dispatch. Some of the tunnels would - be immediately commenced, as they would be a work of considerable time, and the lines leading to them would be commenced afterwards. The object of the directors, however, was to start every main line, in order that the 33,000 inhabitants of the district might receive the benefit of railway accommodation at the earliest pos: sible period.—(Applause.) He should be happy to answer any question that might be p u t t o hi m. A SHAREHOLDER asked the Chairman whether one remark which he had made was not at variance with the Manchester and Leeds policy. It appeared that they were going to have the branches of the West Riding Union scheme commenced all at once. When they took into COlaSidertitiM2 thi azotult of capita tba‘ would laave EXETER LINES. The railroad question still maintains an unabated in terest in this good city. The county, both east and west, has been seized on by the surveyors, and rumour is active in preparing the public mind for an extraordinary development of projects both broad and narrow, to occupy the attention of the forthcoming session of Par liament. The Great Western Company are suddenly enamoured of a short line, and claim a right to put the best gauge upon the shortest route. The South-Western Company are prepared to meet them with a comprehen sive narrow gauge project., which shall study the require ments of the whole western district of country. The several companies which appeared in connexion with the South-Western last year, are now to be merged into a South-Western Extension Company, which will be iden tified with the South-Western itself, and the stock of the old companies is probably to be exchanged for the South-Western Extension stock. Negotiations to effect this arrangement are, we understand, now pending. The Great Western have been taught a severe lesson. They have learnt that a cathedral city is not to be so easily extinguished as some of their flatterers imagined, and that a community of some 40,000 souls possesses a means of operating on public opinion (especially when it has justice and common sense on its side) with a degree of effectiveness and power which even a great company cannot afford to despise. It is unnecessary now to ask if a line of railway preferring the northern coast as much as it well can on its road to Exeter, and thence crossing to the south coast, and bugging that from Exeter to Plymouth, and thence to Falmouth, can be received as the sole trunk line of the west ? Common sense answers that it cannot. The Great Western Company have a right to indulge in a great roundabout propensity. They have a right to neutralise the merits of their gauge by the circuitousness of their route--they have a right to clap ten miles of way upon the natural distance between Exeter and Plymouth (considering perhaps that now our good bishop talks of beginning to think about coming back to his palace a few years hence, the further these two towns can be placed apart the better)—the great company have a right to outrage common sense, and to set at nought public feeling, and to scorn local advice, and turn a deaf ear to local appeals—but having neg lected to take the straight path, and to construct the trunk line of the West of England, they have no right to stand as obstructives in the way of persons ready and willing to do the work which it is their fault that it now remains to be done. The trunk line must and will be made. The Great Western people have decided that it is to be a narrow gauge line, for they have steadfastly refused to make a broad gauge trunk line. Circumstances render a narrow gauge the best line, because the Legislature has deter mined to limit the extension of the broad gauge, and a narrow gauge line restoring to Exeter, in the first place, her old direct line of route to London, and the revival of her connexions with the several towns thereon—and in the second place connecting the great arsenals of the empire together, and placing the western port of Fal mouth in junction with London, Manchester, and the great marts of commerce, by an unint erru pt e d and un broken line of communication—all this, we say, will show the citizens of Exeter, and the community at large, the importance of supporting the direct line. With respect to the speed of the two gauges, let it be remembered that we are in the infancy of the atmos pheric system of traction, and that it is calculated that a speed of 75 miles an hour may be obtained upon it ; this rate of speed is frequently attained on the Croydon line, although the machinery was made with the imperfection necessarily attendant on inexperi ence. If the atmospheric succeed, the great charm of the broad gauge is lost, and the expen siveness of its construction will alone remain. The triumph of the atmospheric will be a tower of strength to the narrows, and that triumph the broad gaugers are doing their best to consummate. We are assured, on all sides, that the atmospheric principle is daily surmount ing the difficulties which novelty and inexperience en tailed upon it, and that when the South Devon line is opened with it, the locomotives will be banished. We should entrust the South-Western wits *absolute power as reluctantly as we should the Great Western. But it is due to the South-Western to say, that they have never outraged public opinion so offensively as the Great Western have ; nor have they disregarded local feeling so much ; whilst they have studied the feelings and comforts of the poor third-class passenger to a very eminent degree: We do not want to prefer one com pany to the other, we want to prefer both to either— give us the old direct road—and above all, give us com petition. The success of the atmospheric will equalise the speed of both the gauges.— 14' este? n Tinics. HOP INTELLIGENCE. BECKLEY, SEPT. 12.—The hops are a little better than last week; they average about 65 bushels to the cwt. Duty estimated at 200,0001. PIIRWASH, SEPT. 12.—Hopping goes on vigorously; some planters, whose grounds have been cleared pretty fast, will flnish'in a few days. Many plantations are be ginning now to indicate the necessity of proceeding with the picking as fast as possible: a high temperature is pro ducing a rapid change in them. The weight of the hops has improved a little during the past week. Opinions here are against the present high estimate of duty. Ex perienced planters will keep their produce at present out of the market, in the belief that better prices than those now prevailing will be realised. EASTHOATHLY, SErr. 12.—The hop-picking here abouts is proceeding rapidly. Never was weather more favourable for the pickers; in many instances their la bours have been brought to a close, and the poles stripped and stacked, which gives to the gardens a very winterly appearance. Many have still a fortnight's picking, but we fear by that time the quality of the hop will be much deteriorated. The weight in general about here will come far short of what was at one time expected, but the number of bushels grown doubtless far exceeds that of many years past, in some instances supassing the num ber of hills on which they were grown. GOODITURST, SEPT. 12.-WCT are progressing very nicely with our hop-picking, getting more bushels than we expected, but not any more in weight; some pieces are going off very much in colour, in consequence of the severe drought; there will be but very few more good coloured samples. The duty is considered too high at 200,0001. .... GUESTLING, SEPT. 12.—The hops in this and the neighbouring parishes are very large and plentiful. At many places pickers are obliged to leave off before night, in consequence of getting more hops than the oast can take. Samples are very good, but require 70 to 75 bushels per cwt. HORSMONDEN, SEPT. 13.—We have a general com plaint that the hops do not weigh well, though the number of bushels anticipated is in most cases realised. There aro some splendid samples produced in this parish, but at present prices we trust our planters will not be so insane as to part with their hops, as from the great deficiency in their weight we think the duty very much overset. _ _ HunsTcnEEN, SEPT. 13.—The hop-picking is draw ing to a close in this parish, Salehurst, and adjoining parish, Etchingham; many of the farmers will finish this week. The hops still continue very light-70 or 80 bushels to the cwt.; and the general opinion is that the duty is estimated too high in London ; the set here is about 185.000/. IDEN, SEPT. 12.—The hops are a little improved since my last report, as it does not require so many bushels to the cwt. as they hitherto have done. MAYFIELD, SEPT. 13.—The picking goes on rapidly. The weather still favourable for the planter. Never was there a finer season. Should the fine weather pre. vail another week or ten days, it will be brought to a close. In some instances the red rust has got hold of the hop, but not sufficient to injure the samples; and they weigh considerably better than at the commence ment of the hop picking. Do not consider the duty over set. NORTHIAZI, SEPT. 12.—The hops weigh a trifle bet ter than they did at the commencement of the hop pick ing, but they are still light; we hear of none coming under seventy bushels to the cwt. The picking will pretty generally close this week. In many grounds the hops are going off very fast. WADHURST, SEPT. 13.—Hop-picking still goes on most favourably, owing to the fineness of the weather, but the hops do not weigh much better than last week. One gentleman's hops run about 65, whilst others re quire 75 bushels to make a cwt. We have plenty of pickers, and the consequence is they do not work long days, as was the case last year, which makes them rather dissatisfied, many of them coming from a great distance. Duty set at 195,00 a, and many eminent planters think that too high, as some of the hops were picked before the condition had arrived at its maturity. The mould makes sad havoc in some few instances. — Sussex Advertiser. The young Prince de Montfort, second son of Jerome Buonaparte, and nephew of the King of Wurtemburg, arrived in London on Saturday last. He proceeded immediately to Bath, where he intends to visit his cousin, Prince Napoleon Louis. It is known that, by the death of Louis Buonaparte, ex-King of Holland, the chief representative of the Imperial family, is now the ex-prisoner of Ham, Prince Napoleon Louis. There is now exhibiting at Valencia, says the Espanol of Madrid of the sth, a child 14 months old, half of whose body is black and half white, covered with ex traordinary marks. Its legs are deformed—one of its arms is nearly in the natural state, but the other is like that of a monkey. Mohun Lal and suite has arrived ill Paris, en route for Diarstiilles. rates. .-Ti 02_ THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE. (From the Times.) With all our affection and admiration for the Spanish, we must say that they are a rnost_provokin e They are always a day too late for action, ey quietly allow themselves to be circumvented, and then affect the utmost indignation and surprise when they find them selves at the mercy of a stranger. To be sure, they do more than affect indignation ; they are apt to give it even a too genuine and actual expression. He who en traps a Spaniard, to use a proverb which Sancho Panza would doubtless have expressed in the idiom of La Mancha, has only succeeded in " catching a Tartar." His work is to come. The most furious and practical vengeance, however, makes but poor amends for an evil which might have been prevented. Spain knows too well whom it has to thank for the unfortunate lapse it now so vehemently deplores. It knows how little satis faction the progress of Spanish affairs can possibly have given to England for several years. What encourage ment was there for us to interfere ? Nay, what possibi lity? What right had we to step in and dictate to Spain an utter renunciation of the blood royal of France ? Spain is not like the Celestial Empire, secluded from "barbarian " intercourse, and restricted to the immediate kindred of the - moon fur its imperial alliances. It is one of the European family, and, like the other members of that family, it has good reason to desire for its princes foreign, rather than domestic, intermarriage. The question then re mains, " Who are the Infantas of Spain to marry?" Spain is a nation, and the Spaniards are men. It is for them to answer the question. Spain will soon or late assert and maintain its independence of action. Woe to the nation that attempts to interfere! Had we volun teered ever so judicious advice at this juncture, had we seconded that advice with the necessary amount of im portunity, intrigue, and intimidation, and had the result ever so thoroughly justified our wisdom and honesty, we should still have inflicted an incurable wound on jealous Castilian pride. Where nations are concerned, the greater the kindness the less the obligation. At the very moment that this question came on Spain was in the attitude of a marked and energetic indspendence, as far as this country was concerned. We positively have had no more to do with the present state of affairs at Madrid than with those mysterious revolutions which the palaces of St. Petersim , gh will sometimes accomplish with so much celerity and effect. We were invited when our services were required, and dismissed, with scarcely the civility of a bow, the moment that Spanish liberty thought it could do without us. So far from taking umbrage at this cavalier treatment—not• withstanding the serious cost and scandal of the supposi we rendered to the throne of Labella—notwithstanding the fact that Spanish liberty is a defaulter to a prods-. gious amount on the British Exchange, we can still con sole ourselves by remembering that, at all events, Spain is governing her: elf. Self-government is a sacred prin ciple in England. We forget all sacrifices, we endure all ingratitude, when we hear that a nation is free and inde pendent. To diffuse over the world the constitutional liberty we enjoy is the height of our simple ambition. We had once the consolation of believing that we had im parted that liberty to Spain. Fuit Ilium. That consolation is no more. Have we no right to feel aggrieved? Had we no claim to be consulted? The King of the French - and his own Ambassador shall answer this question. If his Majesty has not done us an injury, why does he adopt so gratuitously the appearance of an il licit transaction? The man whose hour is the midnight, whose entrance is the back lane, and whose implements are the dark-lantern and the bar, we may be well assured is conscious of some impropriety in his errand. oaaLgunotaeuieonissfs in hteuh Philipprepoapwleaee.cr palace dsG at i f the very worst consulter of hasappear osteovhaeeniadr not Madrid. o'clock. h c o o t committed mie this morning, te d that a cr sslipsoe early for business, so late for festivities? What orgies have been celebrated in the domicile of two royal • maidens for whose safety the chivalry of Europe is en gaged? There are gentlemen in the French metropolis who derive the distinctive name of their peculiar indus try from the unembarrassed air with which they walk out of a house early in the morning, after speeding the night in appropriating the flower of its contents. This man is a Frenchman. Is he one of the class ? The chevalier d'iudustrie who is practising on the sim plicity of the natives of Spain is no less a person than the accredited and most confidential agent of a great King. He carries off an Infanta in his sack. Couriers and telegraphs, and the still speedier movements of that infallible sympathy which plays between the soul of am bition and its instruments, inform Louis Philippe of his prize. The fact thus far accomplished, the Spanish people is at liberty to know what Christina and the French Ambassador have done with its Sovereign and the presumptive heir to the throne. If it has the curiosity, al o, to inquire into the means, it may learn a few particulars which possess now no more than a merely historical interest. But between Louis Philippe and Christina the matter is settled. That is enough for Spain. We are not unreasonable in questioning that which invites suspicion. Does the etiquette of royal marriages in Spain enjoin the formalities of a bur glary ? Unfortunately everything that one hears fills out the character which the authors themselves have impressed on the act. Two little girls in the heart of a palace, importuned, cajoled, beleagured, menaced, and no mortal man can say what besides, by a Christina and a M. Bresson, for days and for nights, till they should surrender, present a drama which would not be attempted in any other country than Spain, and which no other than Spain would endure. We, indeed, are accustonicid to midnight consultations, but it is when hundreds are .7krrayed against hundreds, men against men, in the manly ar'na of a popular senate. No British statesman can pretend td parallel with the nocturnal triumphs of this diplomatic I ,nthario, nor say with him— " Once, in a lone and secret hour of night, When ev'ry eye was closed, and the pale moon And stars alone shone conscious of the theft, Haply I stole unheeded to her chamber. That minute sure was lucky.' But the same colour of artifice, and something even worse, extends to every circumstance of the affair. The time of the year was happily chosen, when neither the British nor the French Parliament was sittLig. The former had almost that very day clo-ed its long L onna' labour. The whole representative system of Europe was in abeyance. Cabinets were dispersed. Public men of every class, worn out with the busiest year that the chronicles of peace ever showed, were off to rustications and tours. The world was from home. There was one who surveyed the political solitude, as other men, not more ingenious in their line, will survey at rhisiiiourettg one of our west-end mansions. That was his time. The work might then be done and digested by Parlia ments, Chambers, and Cortes at their leisure. The British Legislature would have been formidable; but, in February, how many other affairs will have overlaid a marriage in Spain! As for the British Cabinet, so long as they had no absolute right:to forbid the banns, what mattered their dumb, or at least inefficacious disgust ? It is out of the question to mention another party, whose acquiescence, if not approbation, might have been desi derated. The name of Queen Victoria belongs to a very different order of thingb than the clandestine affair at Madrid. The Spanish have put themselves almost last in the question. Volenti non fit injuria. If they really in tend to receive the blow, they almost disarm their foreign protectors. Still, friendship, unavailing and un appreciated as it may be, requires us to mention how Spain has been treated. Is there the least, the hollowest pretence, that this alliance is tolerable to the nation? We say not the employes, but the nation. The Cortes will soon be convoked. The harangues of that debating society, so respectable if it bad only something to do, will be duly recorded, under Ministerial correction, in the journals of Madrid. With these harangues the mat ter will end. Louis Philippe knows with whom he has to deal in that quarter. They do not excite very lively apprehensions. It there is an error in the policy of France it is that its estimate of Spain is too clearly re vealed. But perhaps this is superfluous criticism. An indignity which is swallowed cannot be considered very impolitic. Other nations may feel for Spain, but what is that when Spain does not feel for herself? Should her sensibilities be excited to an inconvenient pitch, situation i a s r v a a t recallede h z and.T h to his French know s The and how to resume a w e ap on. Tne y can ada p t th e Thhoew man t o lay of tbhy, e il th t e he s c p o a n e s is o h lid :a a i t i i h o i n steor f t m i o e n a . n s c t o h t r h i s e t i end ha w . IT return ü bully t o w i r l l a b r iasc,k anduf the v a a b e d z u t e; iwli S h u iw e c h hait is the new pha se o f that has d t r L d i c r o e i M i n r e a c h g :p P t a e o r n t s b y i o e ' a r ' s o t w . f Spanish affairs. ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE BRANDLING JUNC TION RAILWAY.—SUNDERLAND, MONDAY NIGHT.—This morning an accident of a very serious nature occurred on the above railway, which is a branch line of the York and Newcastle (late Newcastle and Darlington) com pany. A variety of reports, most of them grossly exag gerating the occurrence, are afloat, but the following particulars may be relied upon, having been collected -- from parties who witnessed the accident, and other authentic sources :—The half-past five down train from Newcastle left Gateshead station for Sunderland as usual. It proceeded safely, and without the least danger being indicated, until it arrived between Ful well and Cleadon, about two mi!es froo the Monk wearmouth terminus, and near a farm-house palled the Blue-house. Here the connecting rod of the locoi.lotive engine snapped in two; one of the pieces was forced ;OW the ground, and the engine and tender were thrown. off the rails, on the west side of the road, a short dis tance from the way. The chain by which the carriages were fastened instantly broke, and by the violence of the jerk these were forced off the line, on the east side of the road, and two of them fell completely over. The carriages fell on some stone blocks or sleepers, which had been taken out to have wood sleepers substituted, and were smashed to pieces. In the train altogether there were eight carriages, six of which did not receive any damage. The guard was seated on the top of the latter, and he retained his seat until the train was brought to rest. When he got off he saw the fireman, a young man named Joseph Henderson, lying on a. stone block, having been thrown from the tender. He was severely bruised about his shoulder and neck. The engineman, Richard Hall, was next found lying at the end of the engine, in a state of insensi bility, with his head seriously cut, and his body scalded. The passengers fortunately were few, owing to th e early hour at which the train started—not numbering more than eight altogether, and of these only two, a boy and an old woman, were in the broken carriages. They were found lying in the bottom of the carriages in a state of great terror, but, happily, beyond the shock they had nut received any injury. The two poor fellows, Hall and Henderson, were removed to Sunderland in a cart, and taken to a house in Thomas-street, where medical assistance was provided for them. Hall is so severely injured that he is not expected to recover; Henderson was doing well when the latest inquiries were made, although by no means out of danger. Had this accident happened to any train on Sunday, in all probability many lives would have been sacrificed. To STAR GAZERS.—The planet Saturn is now visible on clear nights, in the south-eastern quarter . ot the ine a youti, between, and eleven 0'0194. 7 wit_