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CORK AND KILLARNEY RAILWAY COMPANY. The Shareholders in this Company are informed that, in conic 9ueoce of the measures announced as in contemplation by her Ma jesty's Government in reference to Railway Companies, it is thought advisable to postpone the proposed Meeting of Shareholders in this Company until that measure shall be brought forward, when it is believed that the object of the Shareholders can be more effectually carried into effect. The Meeting therefore advertised to be held at the George and Vulture Tavern, on Friday next, the 17th inst., will not be held. London, April 14, 1846. DIRECT LONDON and MANCHESTER RAILWAY and REMINGTON'S INDEPENDENT LON DON and MANCHESTER RAILWAY. The SUBSCRIBERS and SCRIPHOLDERS in this amalgamated Company are requested to MEET at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, on TUESDAY, 21st inst., at 3 precisely, to consider the pro priety of recommending the Directors to wind up the affairs and return the deposits, or to adopt such other measures as may be for the interest cf the shareholders. Gentlemen attending will be re (Mired to produce their scrip certificates, and (to ascertain the number of shares represented at the Meeting) are requested to hand in their cards, with the number of shares they hold (distinguishing the Com- Palsy) written upon thorn; and these unable to attend are requested Previously to communicate their wishes on the subject to the advertiser, Thomas Pocock, 58, Bartholomew-close, London, an original subscriber. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON'. Capital 5300,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution offers important and imbstantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to horny', without ex- Pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of iris interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS!. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society kas enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third 13 ° ,111 5, varying from 30 to 73 per cent. on the prem iums paid on each Polley effected on the Prodt scale. EXAMPLBS , : 4: I 1 1 24,a fl g lel ,„'4 premi um r ci ,'" l Banns Benue in i E .wt ~ • g added. Cash. o g =0..19 0 g 4 I • ar. • a; am "-- ---- -.-- ' ---------- .-...--....--•-•-. ....---•••••••••• .........-- , 1837 Xl9l 13 5 XB7 13 5 #l3 17 1 f 395 11 1 60 irlo X '' d• 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 846 2 3 .-0 74 3 4 1839 13S 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 ' 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year• F. FERGUSON C 1300171. See. UNITED GD OM LIFE 123 S URAN CE COMPANY, 1, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament ir 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG TAI; ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the 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 82,0001. In 1841 the Company added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum en the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1840, is as follows : Sum Time Sum added! Sum Tisne Sum Added Assured. Assured. to Policy. 'Assured. Assured. to Policy. .05000 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 68i £5OOO 4 years £4OO 5000 6 years 600 00. 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insu rance is for Life. Every 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. A RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, TIIROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT, 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman, WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, William Banbury, Esq. M.P. Edward Rates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Filcher, Esq. James Clift, Esq. Lewis Pocoek, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. Pnystmx—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 ,Finsbury-square. Straczof—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. Persons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest Rate of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured, and which Is, In effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have likewise the security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance Fund of nearly a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of uPwards of 60,0001., arising from the issue of between 5,000 and 6 ,000 Policies. Age. ANNUAL PESHIIIM TO ASSURE £lOO, For One Year. I For Seven Years. Whole Term £0 19 1 £1 11 10 127 2 0 7 1 6 9 2 14 10 1 19 10 4 0 11 3 7 0 6 0 10 £0 17 3 1 1 3 1 5 0 1 14 1 3 2 4 One• half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit for seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a debt upon the poliey at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any time Without notice. In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for debts, or as a provision for a family, where the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. Claims paid in one month after proofs have been furnished. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock, and Policies issued the same day. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. The high estimate formed by the public during the tea years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) chemi cally purified material has been before it (made into every useful and ornamental article usually made is silver, possessing, as it does, the characteristic purity and durability of silver), has called into exist sues the deleterious compounds of " AlUta Plate," " Berlin Silver," and other so-called substitutes ; they are at best bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured and sold only by him. _ . Fiddle Threaded King's Table Spoons and Forks, fall size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern. dozen ........ 12s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od. Dessert ditto and ditto, ditto ...... 10s. Od. 21s. Od. 255. ad. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto ...... ss. Od. lis. Od. 12s. ed. Gravy ditto ............. ..... ...• as. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. Od. NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED.—The REAL NICKEL SILVER, Introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. El kington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next fosterling sliver, that can be employed as such either usefully or orna mentally. In the lengthened and increasing popularity of the ma terial itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can they be distinguished from real silver. Fiddle. Tea Spoons, per dozen ...• ••••.. • • .. 18e. Dessert Forks „ ...... •••• • • • . 30s. • Dessert Spoons „ ••••• • • • • ..... 30s. .. Table Forks „ ••••••• • • • • • • • 40s. .. Table Spoons „ • • •• • ".". 40s .. Thread. Xing's. 325. • • 38s. 465. . 28s. 625. .. 62g. 68s. .. 755. 725. • . SOs. Tea and coffee sets, waiters, iandleiticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can he empioyed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it.— as, Oxford-street (corner of Newman• street.) Established in Wells street. 1820. TAKE NOTICE ! The Establishment of E. MOSES and SON will be Closed on Thursday Evening next at Six o'clock until Saturd y Evening, when it will be Re opened at Seven o'clock, resuming business until Twelve. A WORD FOR THE HEAD. Of all the places in the town For covering the human crown, The mart of MOSES you will find 1-tands highest in the public mind. MOSES and SON let nought escape, In point of quality and shape; And it you knew what you are at, You'd hasten there to buy a hat. A WORD FOR THE K Try MOSES' co a t s and waistcoats, BAe too,. And see how well they'll act by you. In fitting there is not a wrinkle Nor will they spoil when rain..d e ro • ps sprinkle. In durability and make, Th e highest value they partake ; And when , our largest purchase closes, You'll net find much expense with MOSES. A WORD FOR THE LEG. 'She leg's a most important limb, Which folks should always keep in trim, MOSES and SON may s.ifely beg The patronage of ev'ry leg. For not a warehouse, any how, sirs, Can ever equal MOSES' trowsers. In cloth, and cut, and all the rest, These trowsers are " the very best." PRICES. LIST OFRIC ES. AUDI YAM d. Li. Beaver Taglionis •• •.• • • •• • ..... ..• .• • • ...• from 0 8 6 Chesterfields or Codringtons ....... • ...... 010 6 IPOrdays, Athols, Pembroke, and every description of Winter Coats .. • Boys' Winter Coats in every s t y le fro 0 8 6 m Winter treason, lined ...........• ...........• ••• • • • 0 4 6 Dress Coats, edged .. •••• • . • • ....... ....... 0 0 0 •1 Frock, ditto • 801 l Collar Vest.... ••••••••••• • • .• •• •• .• 0 1 6 9 Double-breasted ...• •• • • -........... ..... ....• 0 2 Boys' Hussar and Tun ic suits..... ..... ••.. • ....... 018 6 Ditto, Winter l'rousen ..... ....... • • ••-•• •• 02 0 Ditto, ditto Vests ••••• • • • • • .............. 0 1 6 MADE TO MEASURE. Winter Coats, is every style and shape, handsomely 1 5 0 . .. ... . trimmed . .. • • • • • • • • • • " " • • 0 •••••• Milled cloth Great. Coats, velvet collar and cuffs 1 18 6 •••••••••• 12 0 Tweed Wrappers ..... .• . Ditto Trousers .. ••••••• • • • • • • • •••• • • • • • 0 8 6 Winter Trousers, in all the new . patterns • ••••• 0 10 6 4 Doeskin 1 6 0 . •••••••••••••••• Nest quality, or dress do . . .. • 1 12 0 press Coats.— .. 15 0 Ditto, best quality made ••••• • " '" • ••• • • • .... 1 13 0 Ditto, best quality made ••••• • • • • • •"' '••••• • • • • • 0 8 6 Satin do., plain or fancy . ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • ••• • • • 012 0 Boys' Hussar and Tu n i s su its •••••• • • • • • • ••' • " • • 1 6 0 0 14 6 • The New Work, entitled " Habiliment Hall," with full a rectlons for self-measurement, may be had on application, or fen Warded, " Post Free." Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat• ten, and Outfitters, Minories, and Aldgate, City, London. IMPOZTANT.—Any article purchased ordered, if not approved of or exchanged, er the money returned. N.E. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday till sunset on BeterdaY, when business is resumed at twelve O'clock. C ainst imposition Atfrion.—E. Moses and Son ar e o bli ged to guard the public sg, having learned that the untradeemanlike false hood of being connected with them, or its the same concern, has and for obvio been resorted to in many i n m anc " reasons. They have no connexion whatever Ns itlx any ether estakU u s s hment, in or out Of London, and those who desire genuine ChesP Clothing should (to prevent disappointment, dm.) caU or send to 154, 14,41, ()ries, or 86. Aldgate. opposite the Church. BRITISH COLLEGE OF NEW-ROAD, LONDON. lEALTH, MORISON'S PILLS, M THE EDICIN E. VEGE TAB LE UNIVERSAL An Agent for the sale of the above Medicine is to be found town in the United Kingdom, and most of m th ,r e i veip o a u l n e d iti l e n s throughout the world. See that the words .4 s Universal 14 6dietnes" are engraved on the Government stamp affixed to each boa, in white letters on a rod ground, without wh ich none can be Maine. No chemists or dr u gg ists are allowed to sell Morison's me dicines. ,„ The following are the p rinci p al de p ots in L ondon . - Tgelst Office, 368, Strand. ltr. Field, 65, Quadrant. Regent street. I rra• Good, 53, Cambridge - stre et, Ed g eware-road. Mr. Lofts, 3, Park-place, Mile-end-road. X tr.Chappel, 84, Lombard -street, Cornhill. 11 ,1 r. J. Kainea, 20, New-road, St. George's-in-the-East. kr • E. Dare, 55, Watling-street. ), 1 ' Baldwin, 33, G rea t Tower-street. tp liaanay and Co., Perfumes, es, Oxford-street, and Mrs Heathere• •123, Tottenham-court - road. +tr. s "`'.rY, Post-office, Bent...ord. 11..11ams, 6, Sloane-square, Chelsea. . 11 / 1 1B atten's Library, Clapham. At r , ti• Langley, 53, Great Chart-street, East-road, Holt On. kr. w...,,J,.0hn50n, perfumer, &c., 68, Cornhill. ~,_, i nean Hallett, 83, High Holborn. ; 4 Mer, 42, Great Queen-street. n. 182. stra n d. Ullll4l gq9Q6 &fog, 139t1'-r044, Lcudo - et, / # , . • • '1 MI OA: • . " fill , • t t*4- • 4 - ‘ l-417' '''&lll%* • # - ?". • `tp r s i • , icy 1 • ,• f f- „ l, 7 6 0 7 1 1 .j4 - ce 4 / 1 4 tc) J, 1 •• •• 4 ".• kair - ; A , 9 .. 0 '11," S` ltd Li~~L z~ ~4 -- PRICE tiD. No. 16,714. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING EASTER HOLYDAYS. Novelties of extrema interest and information a t the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTIO N Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir obert and Lad Sale. The PHYSIOSOOPE and CHROMATROPE,R with new an y d beautiful variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for asce ndin g and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCIIIMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments Admission, ls. ; Schools, half-price. A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented to the Visito NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &e. This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees, 114. Regent-street. FLAT PATENT LEVER WATCHES, Lon don-made, with the late improvement of placing the balance level with the other wheels of the watch, so as to render it flat for the waistcoat pocket, with the detached escapement, capped and jewelled in four holes, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, maintaining power to continue the action of the watch while wind ing, are offered in silver engine-turned cases, price six guineas each, or hunting cases six and a half guineas. An undertaking is given, with fixed terms on which the watches will always receive at tention. T. COX SAVORY and CO., Watchmakers, Jewellers, Ecc., 47, Cornhlll (seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London. N.B. Second-hand Watches puchased in exchange. PUBLICATIONS. Next week, Second Edition, Revised. 3 vols. Bvo., 425. .IVES of the LORD CHANCELLORS of 11./ ENGLAND, from the Earliest Times till the reign of George :V. First Series. By LORD CAMPBELL. John Murray, Albemarle-street. TITMARSII IN THE EAST. In 1 vol. post Bvo., price 12s. cloth, with numerous Illustrations and - . . a coloured frontispiece. NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM CORN IIILL TO GRAND CAIRO. By Mr. MICHAEL ANGELO TITMAItsH. Also by the same Author, THE IRISH SKETCH BOOK. Second Edition. In 2 vols. post Bvo., price 14s. cloth. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. Now ready, in 3 vols. Bvo., price 425. cloth. 4ZIR JAMES 'MACKINTOSH'S MISCELLA NEOUS WORKS. Including his Contributions to the Edin burgh Review. Edited by R. J. MACKINTOSH, Esq. " This highly interesting and valuable collection belongs to the brilliant series of Edinburgh Review' re-publications, and is not less illustrative than either of those of the literary character of the age which has just passed."—Morning Chronicle. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. TO CLERGYMEN, CHURCHWARDENS, MISSIONARIES, PARISH SCHOOLMASTERS, AND THE PROMOTERS OF GRATUITOUS EDUCATION GENERALLY. :n 24 Parts, oblong foolscap, 12s. Gd. per 100, with Allowance to Schools, FOSTER'S PAROCHIAL-SCHOOL COPY BOOKS; a simple, comprehensive system, whereby the art of Writing may be taught and acquired at an expense of 3s. By B. F. FOSTER, Author of "Double Entry Elucidated ;" " Pencilled Copy-Books ;" and other scholastic works. *** This system combines, in a high degree, the essential qualities of excellence and cheapness. The written characters are analysed, classified, and progressively arranged, advancing, by easy gradations, from the simplest elements to a finished current hand. In short, the facilities afforded by FOSTER'S COPY-ROOKS are such, that any person, by their aid, may teach himself or others to write, at an expense of time and money so trifling as to be within reach of all classes. London : Souter and Law, 131, Fleet-street. Edinburgh : Whyte and Co. Glasgow: Ogle and Son. Aberdeen: Brown and Co. Dub• lin : W. Curry and Co.; and all Booksellers. Just published, price is., the Fourth Edition (translated from the Nineteenth French Edition), CONSTIPATION DESTROYED; or, Expo sition of a Natural, Simple, Agreeable, and Infallible Means, not only of overcoming, but also of completely destroying, habitual Constipation, without using either purgatives or any artificial means whatever (discovery recently made in France by M. Marton), fol lowed by numerous certificates from eminent Physicians and other persons of distinction. Free by post, Is. fid. Sold by James Youeiss and Co., Tea dealers, 45, Ludgate-hill, London ; and by all Booksellers in the United Kingdom. "FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY."—" YOUNG PHYSIC." CHRONO-THERMAL SYSTEM of MEDI CINE ; with an Introduction and Notes, by Dr. TURNER, of New York. Price 2s. 6d. " Under the sportive appellation of Young Physic,' the British and Foreign Medical Review has at last done justice to the Chrono- Thermal system. ' Young Physic' is Chrono-Thermalism in disguise ! The great success of this system has reluctantly wrung from Dr. Forbes the humiliating confession that he has beeß all his life prac tising in error. Our system (he says) is radically wrong!"—New York Tribune. Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-court ; J. Olivier, Pall-mall Elegant pocket edition, price Is., by post Is. 6d. DR. CULVER WELL ON MARRIAGE, _ its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. " To be or not to be, that is the question."- '—Shakspere. Contents : —On Matrimonial Eligibility and Fitness—Laws of Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence—On Infelicitous and unproductive Unious—Curiosities of Medical Experi ence, Cases, &c., &c. Also, companion to the same, price Is., by post Is. 6d., CHASTITY ; its ABUSES and DISEASES (72 Engravings.) These two interesting little volumes are not intended for bile or In discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive consiaeration of those who may is more Icaininately and perhaps painfully interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings 7 till 9. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Raman Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Jest published, price 25. 6d.. free by post (in a sealed envelope) 3.1.6 d, THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the Systemi n both sexes ; and on the lose of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful effects of indulge- ce, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row i • Hannay and Co., 63, Ox• ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Le a d en h a ll- s treet ; Purkiss, Compton street, Soho; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street; and all Booksellers. "We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on ear minds, that we not only reoommand, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from Indio. cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus, The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, kc. In bottles, price I Is., er the quantity of four in one bottle for 335., by which I la. are saved. The Ave-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood from savvy, blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painfUl affections arising ffom improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price l Is. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S i'URIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, Indere. action, &c., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases neessssry. Messrs. B. and L. Perry and Ce., surgeons, may be consulted, as usual, at 19, Bailers-street, Oxford-street, London. daily, and at 106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; and at 10, St. John-street, Deanagate, Manche ter. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. THE TWELFTH EDITION. Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., and seat free, 01 receipt of a Post-oaks Order for 3s. 6d. MANLY HEALTH: a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of Its premature Decline, with Instruo• tions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to th 'me suffering frets the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminatingta Mental and Ner vous D e bi lity, Local or Constitutional ' Weakness. In digestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehensive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with. Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAIA and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman - street, Oxford-street, London. And sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row ;J. Gordon, 146, Lea den' all-street ; and all Booksellers. CAUTION. —Complaints having reached us that several persons wishing to purchase our work, entitled " Manly Health," have had placed in their hands a fraudulent infringement of our copyright, pro duced by illiterate and dishonourable men, and which, though bearing ' a close by way of prote resemblact ionce of title, is utt erly valueless; 'Vs deem it a duty,' such base imitations., nto c aution the public against being d u p e d b y Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, b y enclosing 3i. Cd., or Postage St m. " The best of all friends is th e professional friend, and In no shape can he be consulted withgreater safety and secrecy than In " Lucas en Manly Health."—The New Bell's Weekl, Messenger. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from 'A'en tin Two, and Five till Eigkt is the evening, a t their reside-oe, No. 60, New mrLem street., Oxford-street, London, and country patients may be ce usual s sfellyfee t of 11. e for advice. MA reatd, on minutely describing th e i r , and enclosing tshe i sa n f e e nti r ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, an balsamic preparation, is equally celebrated for its application, as for its mild and soothing operation, in thoroughly purifying purifying the skin of all redness, pimples, spots, freckles, tan, and discolourations ; producing a healthy freshness and transparency of complexion ; and an admired softness and delicacy on the hands, arms, and neck! ed skin, or incidental infla mmation, it In cases of chilblains, chapped Is pre-emlnentlf successful, and gentlemen after shaving will find it allay all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and render it soft, smooth, and pleasant. Balmy, odoriferous, and creamy, its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Conti nent of Europe, together with the "elcte" of the aristocracy, and "haute voles." Its high reputation induces unprincipled shopkeepers to offer the spurious " Kalydors" for sale, composed of mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant action en dangering health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see that the words "Rowland's Kaiydor" are on the envelope (an en graving of exquisite beauty from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co.) and that A. RONVLAND and SON, 20, Hatton garden, are engraved (by authority) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. Price 4s. 6d. and Ss. 6d. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by chemists and perfumers. *.• All other Kalydors are fraudulent imitations 1 SNEEZING MAL- APROPOS.—The following laughable incident is related in a New York paper :—ln the new melo drama, recently got up at the Chatham Theatre, a famous robber is taken and beheaded, and his head is exhibited to the audience by being placed on a table in the centre of the stage. To accomplish this to the life, the robber's body is fixed to the table, and his neck is fitted to a hole in the centre of the leaf, so that to the audience it looks precisely as though the man's head had been cut off, and stood up in a pool of its own blood upon the table. On the fifth night of the exhibition, a wag got into the third tier of the stage boxes, and by some unexplained manoeuvre. managed to blow a lot of 'Scotch snuff over the stage, just at the time the head was placed on the table. As soon as the snuff had begun to settle down, the head commenced sneezing, to the no small amusement of the audience; and as the sneezing could not be stopped, the curtain fell amidst roars of laughter and confusion. ACCIDENT TO ME. BADDELEY.—We regret to hear that at the recent fire at the Canada Steam Mills, Rother hithe, Mr. Badd e l ey , w h o for many years has b een con nected with the Mechani c 's M agaz i ne, an d f or sonic time past has turned his attention to the statistics of fires in the metro polis, fell from a ladd er an d b roke his leg while he was ren dering assistance in directing the fireman. He was imme diately conveyed to Guy's ilospital,—The Builder. THE ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The twelfth annual meeting of this company was held on the 7th of this month at the company's office in Throgmorton-street. Mr. Alderman Farncomb in the chair. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, the report was read, from which it appeared that the annual income of the company was 60,0001., which was progressively increasing —that the accumula tions of the Assurance Fund invested in Government and other real securities, amounted to nearly a quarter of a million, of which sum above 76,5001., being the clear surplus income, after payment of all outgoings and ex penses whatever, was added to the fund within the last three years ; that the amount realised by dropped and purchased policies within the last twelve months is 11,176 L ss. 6d., and that the number of policies issued was 5,324. The report was agreed to, and thanks having been Toted to the Chairman, the meeting sepa rated. GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY. A general meeting of this Compri) , was held yester day, at the London Tavern, at one o'clock. R. HART, Esq., in opening the proceedings, stated that he bad come up to town, at very great inconvenience, to meet the shareholders, with a view to put the state of the affairs before them, and he was quite ready to afford all the information the directors were possessed of.—(Hear, hear.) In giving this information, he had to state that the amount of the deposits was 64,2481. 10s. ld., out of which there had been paid 1,1021. ss. Bd. for brokers' commission, as well as 20,5211. 12s. Id. for solicitors' bills and engineering services. —(Cries of " Shame, shame.") In add Lion to this, there were liabilities still outstanding, to the extent of 6,0001. or 7,0001. 01 these liabilities a great portion was for solicitors' charges, and they were so monstrous that he could not but ex press his great surprise and disgust at them, and he for one would most decidedly object to the payment of them. —(Cries of " What are they:" " Read them.") He (the Chairman) was quite ready to do that, for he might state, once for all, that there was every desire to place all the information which the directors possessed before the meeting. These liabilities, then, consisted of the solicitors' charges. Messrs. Bush and Mullins, 4,8841. 9s. 6d., in addition to 5,041/.155., which they had already received.—(Loud cries of " Shame.") Then there was a charge of 1,015 L 2s. 2d. made by a Mr. Gar dener, a local solicitor, of whom he believed Messrs. Bush and Mullins were the town agents. There was, again, a charge of 3841. 4s. 3d. from a Mr. Lloyd, another solicitor, and still further a charge of 35/. 145., as well as 542/. 19s. Bd., with 371 15s. to a person named Morgan. Then there was a further charge of 211. 10s. for tavern bills in London; in addition to several accounts, of which the particulars had not been furnished.—(Loud and repeated cries of " Shame, shame," accompanied the reading of these items.) These were the facts of the case, and they wanted now to ob tain the authority of the shareholders for resisting the payment of these solicitors' bills, and also an agreement for the division of the funds still iq hand. A SHAREHOLDER suggested, under the circumstances, that a committee of shareholders should be formed, to which all the papers and documents in the possession of the Company should be referred. Major RICHARDSON objected to this, and stated that, in his opinion, the better plan would be to elect seven auditors—three on the part of the directors, and four on the part of the shareholders—to whom, as suggested by the gentleman who had just spoken, all the papers and documents of the Company should be submitted;" and that on their conclusions an eminent solicitor should be employed to take the affairs and finances of the Com pany in hand. Mr. DAVIS suggested, before taking this course, which appeared acceptable to the meeting, that it would be better to obtain a pledge from the directors that the resolution should be carried out, and recommended that the statement of Mr. Lawrence should be heard. Major RICHARDSON conceived that this pledge had already been given in calling this meeting. Mr. LAWRENCE (chairman of the committee of share holders) wished to remind the meeting that he and his brother shareholders had, for nearly two months, been engaged from day to day in investigating the affairs of the Company; and in the course of that investigation they had ascertained that, after the last meeting of the shareholders, when it was agreed that the solicitors of the Company should be dismissed, the bill of those parties had actually increased by 1,2001. Although it was positively understood that the Company should be dissolved, yet the solicitors had proceeded with the Bill before the House of Commons, and it was appointed to be read a second time on the 6th of March; but, in con sequence of a petition which had lain at the Hall of Commerce till the last moment, the Bill was ultimately postponed till the 16th, when they had upwards of forty Members ready to speak against it. The Bill was con sequently withdrawn, and he believed it was mainly in consequence of the exposure of the proceedings of this Company that the Bill had been introduced through which the Government intended to protect the public. Since. however, that the business was still going on, the directors had refused to act with them in any way. Now, these were matters which ought to be inquired into, as well as the further circumstance of there having been an issue of 100,000 shares, while only 64,000 shares had been allotted. The accounts had not yet come to hand, but part of the documents had come into their hands. They wanted vouchers for 1,0671. for prelimi nary expenses; 526 L 7s. 2d. for advertising, in addition to 387/. 15s. In the solicitors' bill there was 5451. I Is. 5d.. for stationery and printing; 3121. 18s. for allot ment—an expense which he could not possibly under stand; and a still more strange item in 876/. 18s. I Id. for the expenses of a deputation of directors into Wales, of which 4001. was for the expenses of the solicitors on this journey. It was evident that a sum of 26,000/. had already been spent, and he did think that, for the money which had been lost since the last meeting, they should come to the resolution to stop the Company. The committee of shareholders had taken legal advice upon their proceedings, and had, under the advice of Mr. Pritchard, their own solicitor, been ready to assent to a release of the directors, but to its terms Mr. Pritchard had objected, and it came ultimately to nothing. Now, then, the Company were in a position to take their own course, for he conceived the duties of the committee had closed, and it now remained for the shareholders to act. After much uproar, the CHAIRMAN, in reply to Mr. Lawrence, stated that the directors had always been ready to do all that the committee of shareholders de sired. But it was a matter of great difficulty to dissolve a company, and to this day it was still unsettled whether the directors had any such power. Within three or four days after the adjourned meeting, the solicitors were in structed to lay a case before the Solicitor-General, giving them authority at the same time to petition the Committee of Standing Orders. The opinion of the So licitor-General was not obtained until about a fortnight afterwards ; indeed, it was from the 1 1 th of February to the 10th of March ; and it was for the Parliamentary expenses, for which Messrs. Bush and Mullins had charged, that he conceived that no payment ought to be made. He had himself come up 150 miles for the very purpose of carrying the resolution into effect, and he could but express his surprise at the information which he had received on reaching London, that the Bill had in fact been read a first time, and had been reported favourably upon, and was proceeding to the second reading. He had been exceedingly desirous of dissolv ing the Company, but the resolution had been negatived by a majority of four against two. Of one thing subse quent experience had convinced him, viz., that the soli citors ought to have been dismissed. The Chairman was here interrupted by cries of" Ques tion," and a reference to the resolution, with great uproar. Mr. HOPGOOD stated that he could assert .upon the authority of Mr. C. Hanbury, the secretary, that the first balance sheet submitted by the directors had not been prepared by him, and that it was full of the grossest errors, and that the advertisement which iatimated that the accounts were all paid was totally false. Throughout the whole of the management there had been the most grievous misdirection. Then, with regard to the sum charged for the deputation into Wales, there was one thing so monstrous that he could not but state it. This was the fact, that some of those directors had taken ladies down with them; and, in one instance, as much as that The h Thise C win l u A s s l st ß e d iN c l oe A n in N dae S nd a d i d bthy t e h t nh a a t e m N nI V e a: oe ft a it n nhg i eb p u U t t aA party.itiOn so gross sixtee n gu i neas h a d b een pa id f or post i ng h ome. refused mr.c to give r. Hopgood N i tir went into a statement ra as . to the oppo siotimponawnhy. I which h n ad do b i e n e g n offered this h o exonerated otnheebtereda Mr. r g of Robinson, the Company. Mr. Russell, the Non. Mr. How ar d, an d M r. H art; from all of whom but the last he had obtained letters to jus tify the proceedings for dissolving the Company, in which the committee of shareholders had been opposed by their counter•statement, got up by the old solicitors of the Company. The directors present were, he be lieved, quite ready to act honourably, but the difficulty was, that after the meetintghehapdowreersolovfedo,uttlivoeting directors thpir not present would have h it elected b ro ther directors, and renederremsgolutthioenr,etsooolu,tiboencaausneuilt lity. He objected to t, would act as a stigma upon th e committee, and, as an auditor, he certainly would not serve. w th a e s e f o u m r : initte himself, but his proposion wa s made for the pur posether Majorf m ß hi c s it i eDnst°ieNn explained 1 he i e n e h d a d t that been o o t n h e i n o g f. of binding the directors more closely. Mr. COURTENAY proposed that the auditors should be elected equally by the meeting and the directors, with a referee, who should have power to decide all differences. Mr. LONGMORE, who represented the holders of 162 shares at Caermarthen, wished to know whether, in the event of the resolution being passed, the directors would act upon it, and submit the books and papers ? And, further, what was the amount which they would be able to divide ? The CHAIRMAN was quite ready to do so himself, but he could not answer for the other directors. With re spect to the second question, the directors were ready to divide 11 s. in the pound, retaining a sufficient sum in hand to meet the liabilities. The CHAIRMAN then read the resolution proposed by Major Richardson, to the effect that auditors should be appointed, four by the committee of shareholders, and three by the directors, to whom all documents, books, and papers should be laid before, including the applica tions for shares ; and that they be instructed to require the directors to convene a geliral meeting for the pur pose of receiving their report. Mr. RIC HARDSON then cooled his amendment , to which Major Richardson accedtd, and it was put as an original motion, which, after much interruption, and several vague propositions fromdifferent parties, was put to the me e ti ng , w h en M a j or Ri ciar d son a ltered his mind. His motion was about to be pit, as previously stated, after an alteration by Mr. Davil, but he again withdrew it, and M r . C ourtenay ' s mot i oi, after M r . Davis s alter ation, was then before the matin g as an amendment. The amendme n t was carr i e d . It was then moved by Mr. LQSGMORE, that such share holders as s h ou ld b e rea d y to r?ce i ve t h e di v idend should have the option of d o i ng so, aid inquired what course the directors intended t o p ursib ? The CHAIRMAN said th a t v hil e t h e directors were ready to do justice to th e s h areho ld ers , t h e y would pro tect themselves. Mr. RUSSELL then again welt into the accounts, and in doing so he observed, that of the large sum of 26,000/., the solicitors' bills w ere 11,1351., the expenses of engineer ing were 10,000/., which, with other expenses entirely beyond control, made the sum of 23,6376 leaving the whole of the sum fur which the directors were respon sible 3,0001. He was anxious to get honestly and honourably out of the affair. Mr. Longmore's resolution was put, after an explana tion from the Chairman, to the effect that it would inter fere with the duties of the auditors, and was carried almost unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then stated that he had done his duty in putting the resolution, but he was bound to say, that in his capacity as a director, he could not recommend the board to acquiesce in it. Neither could he recommend them to acquiesce in Mr. Davis's motion, for be con cieved it unfair. He made that statement in order that the :meeting might not be deceived with false antici pations. _ It was ultimately agreed that the dividend of 11s. should be paid, and a release of the directors signed. Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Share holdei's Committee, aua MI6 Most tumultuous assemblage separated. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE BRANDLING JUNCTION RAILWAY. SOUTH SHIELDS MONDAY NIGHT.—The circum stances attending the appalling accident o n th e B ran di ng Junction Railway have been fully investigated by the manager of the line, but the result does not clearly indi cate the immediate cause of the engine running off the line. It appears the train had just passed over a switch, which bad been locked overnight, the man in charge of it being standing near it when the train passed, and from the state in which it was found immediately after the accident, it clearly could have in no way contributed to throw the engine off the line. The engine seems to have gone off just after taking the curve; and, as soon as the engineman discovered this he shut off the steam and reversed the motion of the engine, which ran about 60 yards in the same direction in which the train had been going, and then turned off down the embankment, which is skirted by a wall about 15 feet high, a row of pit-houses running parallel with the wall, a few feet from it, the tree-fall being about the same height; and over this wall the engine plunged, toppled over, and descended end ways through the roof, the engineman being thrown some feet into the air, and alighting on that portion of the roof which remained unbroken, from which he slid to the ground beside the engine, and was severely scalded by the steam which escaped. The fireman was also thrown upon the roof, but escaped with comparatively trifling injury. The row of houses is very densely populated with the families of pitmen, employed at the St. Hilda colliery, but in that into which the engine fell there were but two elderly women, the nature of whose injuries has been already described. The leg of one is broken, but not by the engine falling upon it, as was at first supposed, though she was very near it, and had a narrow escape from being crushed to atoms beneath the ponderous mass. She is also much scalded. Her leg has, however, been set, amputation not having been considered necessary, and she is doing well. The other woman is dreadfully scalded, but a manifest improvement has taken place in her symptoms during the course of the day, and hopes are now entertained that she will survive. Favourable re ports have also been received of the other sufferers. The man who was riding outside the carriage, and bad his legs broken, is a stonemason belonging to Sunderland. It is impossible to arrive at any certain information as to the extent of injury received by the passengers, but there is reason to believe that it is trifling, considering the na ture of the accident. The train consisted of eight carriages, five of which were dragged off the line, but not off the road, the chain between the first carriage and the tender having, fortunately, broken. As soon as the accident occurred a horse express was sent off to Gateshead, and in little more than an hour the manager and a number of the assistants were on the spot, having started by a special engine immediately on receiving the intelligence; and it is but justice to state that everything humanity could suggest was promptly done to afford relief to the unfortunate sufferers. The accident occurred so near to Shields that there was no necessity to forward the train; and. indeed, most of the passengers left it as soon as they could, or remained only to render assistance if it were required. Hundreds of persons were soon collected. Indeed, the inmates of the neighbouring houses rushed out in consternation, the place having been shook as if by an earthquake. There were not wanting those who hastened to the point of danger, and by their prompt exertions rescued those who were in peril ; and every home offered an asylum. The medical gentlemen of the town were speedily on the spot, and acted with the greatest coolness, decision, and promptitude. The engine still remains where it fell, and it has been found necessary to pull down two adjoining houses, in order to effect its removal. Indeed, it cannot be removed entire, but must be taken to pieces, repaired, and re built. The line has been repaired, and the trains run as usual. MANSLAUGHTER at PLYMOUTH. There has been a great deal of excitement here, owing to Mr. Edmonds, the coroner, having issued hig warrant for the exhumation of the b o d y o f a wom an, Rebecca Wyatt, the wife of a beer -shop keeper, living in nower lane, who had been buried more than three months. The house kept by the deceased and her husband was a vary low one, being used as a brothel as well as a public house, and, as is common in such cases, the man and his wife lived a very miserable life together, frequently getting drunk and fighting in a disgraceful manner. It appeared from the evidence adduced at the inquest, which was begun on Wednesday, that on the 21st of December last the husband of the deceased quarrelled with her, and struck her several times. She then ran into the wash-house, and took up a piece of wood to defend herself with ; but he got hold of it and struck her over the face so severely, that he knocked out three of her teeth. The injuries were so severe that she was con fined to her bed in a condition of great suffering till her death, which occurred on the Ist of January. Mr. Giles, a surgeon, was called in on the 28th, and he continued to attend her till her death, when he gave the usual certificate, that she had died from effusion on the chest and head. Both the coroner and the jury strongly reprobated this conduct of the sur geon, and in order to ascertain if possible the cause of death, the inquest was adjourned till Thursday afternoon, at five o'clock, to give time for a post mortem examination by Mr. Freeman, another surgeon. On Thursday evening the jury again assembled, and Mr. Giles having given evidence as to the identity of the body, Mr. Freeman described its appearance, stating that the face was greatly decomposed, and that there was a great quantity of extravasated fluid blood in the right cavity of the lung, the jaw-bond bad been severely bruised, and several of the teeth forced out of their sockets. Mr. Freeman added, that if he had been called in as a medical man to attend such a case, and the woman had died, he should most decidedly have felt it his duty to have had a judicial investigation into the cause of her death. The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against the husband of the deceased." They also thanked the coroner for having made the inquiry. Wyatt has been apprehended, and committed for trial on the coroner's warrant. very t o melancholy his and surprise, a district., he truck suddenly at afflicting occurrence happened a t the Pass : of Glenlyon, on the MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE ._ morning of Saturday last. Donald Stewart, a s h ep h erd re siding at Invermeran, in Wending his way up on e o f th e hill si s lu i p d co e hu s , am t n o u ru c kn o s l w l o e of c n t tel bloodidi s di s s h cu e op e vo p eor y t t o hi g ne e tsohtmremote e rcame, , fol lowed the marks to elucidate the mystery. Ile had not gone far when he came upon a woman and a child, a fine boy about four years of a ge, lying—the little one clasped to its mother's bosom—in an apparently lifeless state. On approaching closely, however, the mother opened her eyes, and spoke to the shepherd, but in a voice so feeble that he could not make out what she said. Comforting her as well as he could with promises of speedy assistance,— wrapped his plaid around her—lifted the boy fromh he and literally ran with him to Invermeran• her arms, , a distance three miles from where he and his mother of There he left the in charge of the kind were found. with several of the servant, to assist in gettin farmer,returning conveyed to the same hospitable place; but by fhe the mother reached her, the current of her life had near they She died as they were conveying h er to the closed. of Invermeran. It appeared, from a little bask et and of little tape and thread which were found beside h er, that she had obtained her livelihood by se llin g the se things through the country. She had been on her way over the mountain from rgyleshire to Glenlyon, and had been overtaken b th: snows orm of Friday night, and becoming bewildered exhausted, she sunk under it. The marks of blood which led to the discovery arose from her sore ly lacerat e d f eet, w hich were torn and bleeding profusely from her rugged an d t o ilsome travel. She was decent l y buried in Glenlyon, where her boy, who has entirely recov ered, is still dorniciletl. Ross-shire Advertiser. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—On Tuesday week, Dr. Pope, of an eminent geologist and physician , to search for some remains in the _ blue marl, and having found some flne specimens, ik wa ed t? the water's edge for the purpose of washing thenlw"e9 the bank sud denly gave way, and he was precipitated into water twelve feet deep : Mr. S. R. Chap man , who accompanied • him, at the imminent risk of his own life, plunged into the sea, at the time it was believed the tide was running out at the rate of nine miles an hour, and having gra.ved Dr. p op , by the collar, happily succeeded ill swimming ashore with 1 him. —Bath Journal. SUN, APRIL 15, 1846. LITERATURE. THE PEOPLE. By M..Miehelet. Translated fro. the French by C. Cocks. ce s‘it iosse. onstit(bi Parissnoe public trooiiosappears imitatingas trgihneoitrsoi intended pt o naeagdnr b ntdts e i e a (rmti clkindtetaloi classic sntsrs. startle,aopc strange egi eliebt species faoibri monstrosity hest amaze, fixingeraoi iosz l ec c etei n yrtii 0 : 1 oiep ; :nteal rel t eyat i ti s lyed rse n s:e atten tionf f of his readers, but, on a rigid examination, his " Gorgon's shield" proves a very wooden one indeed, and its spleidour turns out in the end to be mere tinsel. We are perfectly conscious that our ideas are the very converse of those entertained by a vast multitude of individuals ; we are conscious that the productions of this author are bought up with avidity, that they have been lauded with extraordinary panegyrics, that his name is bruited about as a marvel of intellectual vigour ; we are conscious that a mere inuendo as to his being a charlatan in authorcraft will be received just now with more than astonishment by thousands. But how is this ? M. Michelet has the courage (or whatever else it may be called) to advocate principles which have long lurked in a large section of the popular mind, and the open declaration of which has been hitherto suppressed by the trepidation of individuals. To speak more defi nitely : some portions of the people, composed of men half-educated, men of ardent fancies and of little rationality, have long 'cherished a kind of libertine in. diffefence to many of the laws which regulate the social system. Their passions have rebelled against the in " fluence of these laws, but secretly and silently ; the awful majesty of antiquity pervading that social juris prudence, together with the reverence still conceded to it by millions, deterring them from an announcement of their antagonism. M. Michelet has stepped forward as the exponent of these covert views, he has possessed the audacity to declare himself the enemy of things which haie received the accordant voice of ages ; to brand as infamous classes who have been revered by immemorial generations ; to point, steadily and scornfully, with an untrembling finger and an unblushing cheek, at a policy sanotified by the wisdom of all past and present times. In this lies the whole secret of M. Michelet's popularity. A consummate daring is the trumpet through which his fame (or shall we term it, his notoriety ?) has been blown over a large segment of Christendom : a daring which has not hesitated to assail the purest, noblest, holiest, and most revered tenets of the social system ; a daring which has revealed what was hitherto latent, and ridiculed what was hitherto only obeyed. By so doing he has rallied round him a mighty battalion of free-thinkers ; his first declaration in their favour, under the title of " Priests, Women, and Families," has gone very rapidly through many editions, it has been translated into more than one language, its dogmas have been denounced as impious, as irreligious, as subver sive of all order ; the panegyrists of M. Michelet have waxed warm in their retaliation, and thus have his doctrines become bruited about from mouth to mouth, and himself put forward as a contemned patriot, as a re generator of his race, who has been repaid only with ec clesiastical vituperation. The sympathies of the indis criminating have in this specious manner been aroused in his behalf, and the popularity of the French scribe ex tended more and more. To adapt himself adroitly to this position of affairs, to insinuate himself as it were into a yet more Catholic celebrity, and to instil in the most subtle manner possible, his new clerico-political, or politico-clerical creed into the mind of the multitude, M. Michelet has issued another production of a similar character, but entitled by a more showy and seductive name, " The People." This book is really a curiosity : it is a beautiful deformity, incongruous to a wonderful extent. So much pure and lofty thoughtfulness, so much dangerous and demoralising rhetoric; such excellence in one part and such insidious promptings in another, were possibly never before compressed into so small a compass. The weeds, however, infinitely outnumber the blossoms. What a mass of egotism alone is the introductory chapter ! What a cumulation of modest self sufficiency and vain-glorious bashfulness ! Nor does this intolerable spirit of complacency restrict itself to the person, it enlarges to the bulk of the gigantic nation of which the writer's person is a sectional part. Let us see if this declaration of ours be not correct. And in the quota tion we are about to make let the reader especially observe the melodramatic flashiness of the composition ; let him note the mock solemnity of manner gradually swelling out into hyperbole as the climax of egotism is attained ! At page 14 M. Michelet speaks as follow: " Who does not see that from east to west a shadow of death is pressing upon Europe, and that every day there is less sun ; that Italy has perished, that Ireland has perished, that Poland has perished, and that Germany is bent on destruction ? 0 Germany, Germany ! "If France were dying a natural death, if her hour had come, I should perhaps be resigned ; and, like a pas senger on board a sinking ship, cover up my head, and commend myself to God. But her situation is nothing like that ; and hence I am indignant ; the idea of our ruin is absurd, ridiculous ; it proceeds only from our selves. Who has a literature ? Who still sways the mind of Europe ? We, weak as we are. Who has an army ? 'We alone. "England and Russia, two feeble, bloated giants, im pose an illusion on Europe. Great empires, weak people I Let France be united for an instant ; she is strong as the world." Parolles all over again—this I A most delicate morsel of vain-glory ; so meekly done too : it is just the thing to tickle the vanity of our Gallic neighbours. That is a most gloomy, a most baseless, and (we cannot but declare it) a most base notion, that a moral darkness is settling over Europe. In the principles which are now gaining ground among the populace, and be coming engrafted on the constitutions of the earth, we recognise a promise of brighter, loftier, happier days than the Earth has ever witnessed since the expulsion. Our politics should be hopeful, buoyant, reliant—those of this French pseudo philosopher are, on the contrary, darksome, mournful, woe-begone. Which is the wiser? Has Italy perished? Has Ireland perished? Has Poland perished? He must be arrogant forsooth! who shall answer "Yea" thrice. And France it appears, according to M. Michelet, is the only coun try with what can really be designated a literature ! A very marvellous discovery truly! That sublime litera ture, no doubt, being marshalled by M. Michelet himself, and Eugene Sue, and Paul de Kock. Has England then no literature, or Scotland, or America, or Germany, or Ireland? Is Wordsworth no poet, Hallam no histo rian, Macaulay no Essayist, Wilson no monarch of the pen and of the heart, Dickens no wit? Are Whewell, and Brougham, and Buckland, and Lingard, and Jeffrey, and De Quincy nothing? But the catalogue would be tarn ost interminable. Then France being the only power with army! Sobraon of course will not alter such a notion of the incapacity of foreign soldiers. There is no mentiln whatever of a navy, be it observed! As to the remaiirder of the paragraph, it is mere balderdash, unworthy or further notice. We are unwilling to tarry any longer over this eccentric publication, we believe the shallowness of the arguments are, in its instance at least, their o wn preventative against the propagation of evil. " Th e Peop:e" are in this book reflected as in a flawed mirror : th e dissimilarity of the two, and the in congruity of the last-mentioned is fortunately too evi dent to in nocu l a t e t h e popular mind with its fallacies. THE FORTUNES OF TURLOGH O'BRIEN, ivip, L a g Another o w f u t u h d o - s c o u t p n b c y ll ; a v h e u e t d s ß e r r i v a w l m w a h n i c c e u s , with some three years since obtained such .an extraordinary circu lation under th e p r e s ti ge o f " Irarry Lorrequer." No author's name is attached to " Tltzrlogh O'Brien," and, we think, judiciously enough. The conception of the scenes depicted is clear and smart in itself, but the com position is defective beyond measure.. To inexpress a single thought, or to define a solitary pc.sinta land scape, an unconscionable abundance of fine Iknguvalie over loads.ting a the description. This blemish gives t he writing character most wretchedly jejeune and crude.- The ap petite for richness , whether literary or gastr be comes cloyed by a superfluity. The autho r __ o should bear that wholesome truth in his reco.Vection. He leaves nothing, or scarcely anything, to the rea der's , oni er n is ie novel v el ly l P andicu l b r means, what might otherwise be brilliant, is marred be simomageitnimateison; every every fibre leaf upon i s ictasref surface; u be yond all redemption. To i m it a t e th ose who lame rendered themselves remarkabl e f or an actua l te arto,y r iled; sometimes this nuity of style is preferable to that turgid passion foi• a kind of effervescence in language which has occasionally all the pomp of Johnson, without his solidity or sym metry of construction. Saving, however, this blemish in the manner, the matter is pleasant and readable; with a little less of the ostentation of the lexicographer, the story may develope itself into a very stirring narrative. The period in which the incidents are supposed to trans pire is an excellent one for romance, namely, the time of the wars of Jam es th e Second. hat with the Irish adventures of that unhappy monarch, whom Miss Aikin designates, very beautifully and very appropriately, as " the modern Lear," what with Sarsfield, and the other celebrated men of that epoch, much interest may be thrown over the fiction. The title-page, by "Phis" is most appropriately and el egan tly designed ; on one side is the last regnant of the Stuarts embarking from his old kingdom, on the other is the first regnant of the Bruns wicks disembarking in his new kingdom. Let the writer prune, and he may succeed. 7 HE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF ROBERT HALL. Ju publishing this noble effort of rhetorical genius at a charge of such comparative insignificance, Mr. Bohn has: at once benefited the public and beautified his "S tandard Library." Robert Hall has unquestionably no par allel in the language : his sentences have all the re sonance of Tully, though at times they lack that divine fur. or which burst from the Latin rostrum like lightning flas hes. But in all the essential elements of his art, He'll was infinitely more than a proficient. With Irving tilt ire was no deficiency of the " thoughts that breathe and 'words that burn," but his extraordinary intellect was too. 'effete and shapeless ; his imagination had a para mount tendency to rhapsody, Robert Hall, on the con trary, was equally teeming with lofty images and subtle thoughts, while his sentences were perfect spa cimens of rhetorical symmetry. Besides this, he was a lc 'gician ; his tenets were suffused moreover with an atis 'osphere of the most transparent metaphysics, en • he acing their sweetness by a solemn grandeur. He is th e Canning of the pulpit, without his natural advantages, bi it with more than his succinctness of exposition. neat as the Oraisones Funares of Dossuet are, noble and pathetic as they are individually, and incomparable as they are collectively, we would venture to classify with them, for its deep and earnest beauty, its mournful.. ness of decoration and impressive train of inferences, the funeral sermon preached byy - Bobert Hall, on the " Princess Charlotte of Wales. Were we to dilate upon each constituent portion of she volume before us our writing materials w ould be exhausted long before we arrived at the conclusion, $0 lofty, so enticing, so pure, so suggestive, so brilliant are the, oratorical displays contained in its pages. may the Dissenters of this country priJe them selves in the memory of this renowned mad,. who delivered front their pulpits words stamped with the lustre of genius, the sanctity of convietion, and the lambent splendour of immortality. To listen to thosd ravishing torrents of eloquence, the loftiest and most fastidious of the contemporaryintellects numbered them selves among the auditors of Hall; to linger over the record of that eloquence, to drink in the silent but visible voice of the great Orator, the students of many ages to come will dwell over the volumes in which they are transcribed. Such a volume is the one at our elbow: it is replete with solid wisdom and with superb rhetoric. We need not as in other cases commend this book to the public: it is its own advertisement and eulogium. • THE 7'OPIC.—N o . 1. The Indian War. No. 11. The Tariff: No. 111. The Oregon Question. These are the first numbers of a new periodical, the object of which, as stated by the projector, is " to fur nish an article each week of the same kind that the es tablished Reviews do quarterly," and, as far as the two numbers before us are concerned, that object has been successfully achieved. The first number opens with a geographical description of the Punjaub, followed by a sketch of its history up to the present time, and con cludes with reflections on the consequences of the recent English victories, in the course of which the writer strongly urges the policy of immediate annexation, in preference to that proposed by Sir H. Ilirdinge. The, second number is a complete history of the progress of the sound principles of political economy from the days . of their first announcement by Adam Smith up to the days of Sir Robert Peel, to whose glory it will be recorded by the future historian, that he converted the abstract truths of political economy into the great fact of prac tical free trade. The writer, who is a sound political economist, thus speaks of the future prospects of Eng land. " It cannot be concealed that it is a condition of her ex isting state that she possesses a vast productive power, for whose healthy and regular action a commensurate range of employment is indispensable. Her creative energies are extraordinary, and have a tendency to accumulate faster than the objects upon which they can be fixed and occupied. The increase of capital, population, and machinery, does, in their present extent of development, require to be provided, to avert mercantile reactions constantly occurring, with a cor responding increase in the outlets and demands upon which they can be remuneratively employed. Free trade is likely to afford this relief and opening to our rapidly expanding resources. The earth, in truth, is only beginning to be civilised and reclaimed in earnest. At home and abroad there is wide scope for extended consumption, for that con sumption which multiplies the material comforts and enjoy ments of mankind. Even in our own island there are nu merous classes whose condition would be elevated by more and better food, by superior clothing and more wholesome habitations. Foreigners in the main exist under still greater privations. Hardly anywhere has the condition of the la bouring classes been essentially ameliorated, in food, personal or domestic conveniences. In the north-east of Europe many provinces are desolate, thinly-peopled, and their inhabitants destitute. In Egypt and Syria, in India and China, and in America, North and South, the range is boundless for the beneficial interchange of .commodities. It is the mission of England to effect this desirable consummation, to supply the wants of nations, and to bring them together by the recipro cation of benefits, and thus complete the cycle of her glories by realising the poet's vision of the future world of London : The time shall come when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind; `Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch ferth to meet the old." The Third Number consists of an interesting article on the Oregon Question. THE PROTECTIONISTS. The Augsburgh Gazette, just received, says:—" In consequence of the anxiety of the public for news from the East Indies, the Oregon question is in the meantime almost forgotten. At all events, no one takes it ill of the Ministry, except the protectionist organs, for making no answer to the swaggering of the Americans, and con tinuing to offer its hand for an equitable adjustment. Lord George Bentinck, who is all of a sudden, as if by a magic stroke, transformed into a great statesman, and delivers his judgment, in a single speech, on all points of internal and external policy, upon trade, finance, and national education, spoke very freely last week, in the Bramarbas style, of the destruction of all the American seaports. I assure you, however, that John Bull infinitely prefers buying from his brother Jona than cotton, corn, salt meat, and cheese, to destroying his towns with cannon balls; and if Jonathan has not entirely lost his senses, he will not thwart old Bull in his peaceable humour. The Opposition (behind the Treasury benches) contest Peel's plan step by step ; and seem to derive fresh courage from Lord Stanley's decla ration that he hopes the House of Peers will throw it out ; and yet the result of all their divisions on each individual point of the tariff which they thought proper to oppose ought to have rendered them more discreet ; for they were not only beaten every time, but on every division the Ministerial majority was larger, and in the sequel the House of Commons adopted the tout ensemble of the tariff without the slightest alteration. At this moment all the articles therein included are already either free of duty or admitted at the newly-reduced rates. What, however, they should take still more to heart is the almost total silence of the manufacturers and artisans affected by the alterations ; even those orators who at first cried out so loudly had partly withdrawn their complaints against the intended alteration in the timber duties (since adopted), and partly ceased to complain at all. Yes, the prevailing silence of the farmers, and even of the landed proprietors, should serve them as a warn ing that, as these have attained conviction, it would be better to bring the affair to a termination at once, than any longer to depend upon an apparent, but, on account of its uncertainty, a useless protection. All this, however, does not restrain the landlords from continuing to struggle. On the 23d ult. Peel proposed the second reading of the new Corn Bill, and a long debate ensued. The result is known. Unfortunately, the Government finds itself com pelled to press forward the Irish Coercion Bill, and on this account the business on the Corn Bill and the tariff must be postponed. There is, moreover, no hope enter tained, in spite of all the prayers and complaints of s the commercial world, that this affair will be entirely brought to a close before the end of May. What is intended by this delay it is difficult to ascertain, as even amongst the Op position ranks it appears to be deemed a matter of cer tainty that a majority is gained in the House of Peers. It suits their purpose, however, to impute to Peel every possible act of treachery in the world ; and thus their organs declare, with all the appearance of conviction, that he has already concerted with the Whigs, Radicals, and Repealers, the sacrifice of the church in Ireland and the granting of repeal to O'Connell, as soon as the Corn-law battle has been won ; and that consequently every bishop who may vote for the repeal of the corn-laws will really vote for the down fall of the church. I fear, however, that this mingling of corn and church will not much avail either the corn producing aristocracy or the aristocratical church es tablished by law. From the very circumstance that the League is constantly accused that its intention is di rected beyond corn and aimed at the church, the latter might easily be enabled to direct its power against an institution, the clergy of which are on all occasions pressed upon it as adversaries. THE SQUIRES V. POACHING.—The squires are a terrible race, harmless enough, indeed, in all ether matters, but a terrible race when the majesty of the game• laws is attacked. We heard of one of them a week or two ago, who, like Robinson Crusoe, " monarch of all he surveyed," was walking about his dominions with, like the same Robinson, his gun upon his shoulder ready for action, should he fall in with any invaders of his territory. And he did. In one of his fields, bordering upon the turnpike road, he espied, not a yard from the road, a very small, wee wee dog. In short, it was a lady's lap-dog. Visions of pheasants, hares, and partridges destroyed by this horrid four-legged poacher instantly arose before the mind of the angry squire, who, cocking both barrels of his gun, advanced, like Sir H. Gough upon the Seikhs, bravely towards the terrible aggressor. The little dog made no efforts to retreat, but having been taught all kinds of tricks, stood up upon his hind legs and put out its paw to snake hands with the new acquaintance who was approaching. In this position the cruel wretch shot it dead. Hardly had he effected this noble deed, when he learned from one of his servants who came up, that the poor creature was the property of a neighbouring gentleman, who, upon hearing of his feat, would make no scruple about elongating his nose to the greatest mathematical proportions of which it was capable. Upon this he proceeded to bury the animal, as the best way of putting it out of sight and preventing all discovery. But he had been seen. Within an hour came a note inquiring after the poor dog. The cow ardly assassin of the canine innocent equivocated. Then came the stern rejoinder:—" You shot it yourself, were seen to bury it under such a tree, and my servant has orders to see the body disinterred and bring it home with him." And there the matter rests, but only rests for the present, as the falsehood of the dog-killer is putting him out of the pale of all society in his neighbourhood. But what a picture of the effects of game preserving upon civilization does this incident set before us ! and it is only one out of a thousand examples which might be adduced to show how the happiness and harmony of society are interrupted and destroyed by the hateful laws which make the birds and beasts of the field the property of one man in preference to another.—Liverpool Chronicle. SINGULAR DEATH OF A WATCHMAN. —Yesterday , James Russell, night-watchman at the Irongate-wharf , the Tower, was found suffocated between two bales of have fa en a 1 .), piled uP about tr fifty y y y singularage, is supposed circumstances. t i n 'h e against the during the night, on the flax, which is to get out was between two of the bales, and in attempting wall, and must have fallen head downwards whos lee s suffocated. His face and neck wered g reat efforts to extri swollen, and he had evidently who missed his colleague cate himself. There was Gerrard, employed on the premises,make any d o a l n o u o r p e e d n n n g d , and ed anoth in er about two o'clock, but did not when the labourers came to the n l g h s t e -l a l r 'a c t h ch f rn or an h , im nam , it was not until eight o'clock, wharf; that of the dec e ased was found in the 4411- sttiot aeicrib t c b c 4 body ~s l '~~ ~i '' ~ DEVON AND CORNWA SECOND I On Tuesday afternoon the wrestling was resumed at the Bi Camden-town, and although th favourable, the attendance was nu Ph consequence of the " playing in very bad condition, in consequ but the play during the day was The bouts came off as follows: 11. Ball, of Cornwall, and " The Unknown," were the first players; and after ten minutes "time" was called, - Havey; - of - Devon - , entered the - ring, and after several fouls threw " The Unknown" cleverly. William Kemp and H. Cryper, both of Devonshire, were the next contending parties, both men displaying much science, but neither giving a chance, Kemp throw ing his antagonist by the inner lock, and played time with J. Truscott. J. Bunt, of Cornwall, and C. Dyer, also a Cornish m4n, entering the ring, the former played tinie, and die latter retained the ring, being opposed by T. Bassett, av horn he quickly threw by the fore-hip. —, R-Truseott threw R. Dyer (of Cornwall) by the fa vourite lock, making birns,h a double player. J. Bunt threw Cox, and played time; and Edward Bail also thre w two men, also becoming double players. DOUBLE PLAY. The double play now commenced with Edward Ball, of Cornwall, and J. Harvey ; each man played well, bat a: ter half-an-ho Ur's tassel, Harvey was thrown by the r a r,e-kip amidst cheers. (Ph:l-Teague (Cornwall), and James Truscott (of Devoizi, the champion of the light weight, were the next p isy;ers. The odds were 2tol on Truscott on his entering 'b.e ring, but he soon found his opponent was well up in the " science." Both men played safe and well, neither !flan throwing away the least chance, but after one hour g i excellent play, Truscott was thrown amidst tremendous cheers. Robert Bond, of :Norfolk, threw Eason, of Somerset, by the heaving-toe, eter many foils. J. Dyer and Bunt ,(0! Cornwall) were the next anta gonists ; each man bein b throwing his adversary. ..: on the alert, Dyer gently W. Kemp forfeits his bat* (not answering to his name) to Bo w d en . J Goodman, having'met with ail. accident, laid doVin to Snell. Walters remained the " oJcl man." THIRD TIME OVER: commonced the treble first cont en di ng ; play, and eac h man appeared cautious, Bowden and Bond thrown by the han J. Walt ers , h aving a g n in d g , a t f o t e er a long struggle, Bond was -sligh.tly injured himself, gave his back to Teague. Snell and Harvey next entered the ring, and many foils took place, H arvey being ultimately thrown by the hip. J. Dyer remained odd man. FOURTH TIME OVER. - Joel Teague and Bowden (both of Cornwall), came together, two excellent light weight players. The science displayed was good on both sides, each at times trying their native hug; but Bowden proved the better man, throwing his opponent by the fore-hip. Snell and Dyer, two fine heavy-built men, tried their prowess and science for a considerable time, many foils taking place, Snell ultimately proving the victor. Two men of opposite counties opposed each other, Bowden of Cornwall and Snell of Devon. They played together for forty minutes, during which many foils took place; and B ow d en being much the lesser man, deemed it advisable to give his back, being entitled to the second prize. This concluded the wrestling, which, during the after noon, was patronised by many gentlemen from the West of England. The prizes were awarded as follows: First Prize 'William Snell, Devonshire. Second Prize W. Bowden, Cornwall. Third Prize Daring the two days, many trials at single stick took place, which will be played off to-day by Messrs. Stone, Moore, Giblet, Hobbs, &c. GREAT FOOT RACE FOR THE CHAMPION SHIP AND TWO HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS. Yesterday the long -pending and exciting foot-race between Benjamin Butler and Charles Westhall, who were matched to walk twenty-five miles of road for mi. aside, came off near the White Hart Inn, at Hayes, in the presence of a vast concourse of persons. Both men have acquired great celebrity as pedestrians, and have defeated some first-rates, and the present match was made to decide their claims to the championship. In the betting Butler was the favourite. The preliminaries were arranged, and they started at a clipping pace, keep ing the horsemen riding alongside in a full trot. West hall first turned the mile, and maintained his lead though Butler seemed full of confidence, waiting close upon him. The men accomplished seven miles in 58i minutes, fair tee and heel, a feat quite unprecedented in the records of a twenty-five-milei' contest. At this stage of the contest, Westhall still led, and to all appearance was winning, certain, keeping-up the steam at extraordinary speed. However, at the fourteenth mile, he began to flag, when Butler made play, pressing his opponent severely. Westhall perse vered till the eighteenth mile, when nature became ex hausted, and he was compelled to relinquish the struggle. Butler then went over the remaining distance at his ease, and finally performed the tweniy- five miles under four hours, winning the pedestrian championship, and its pe cuniary accompaniment. • FOOT RACE AGAINST TIME. On Monday last, Thomas Hick, of Leeds, better known as " The West End Shadow," undertook for a subscription purse to run fifty miles in seven hours and a quarter, half a mile out and half a mile in, starting from the Queen Inn, Woodhouse•moor, to the watering trough in Ileadingly-lane, near Leeds. This arduous task he completed eight minutes within the given time, not at all fatigued by his exertions. He was delayed soma few minutes owing to the inclemency of the weather. DIOCESAN INTELLIGENCE, SALISBURY.—Steps have been taken to enlarge, repew, and renovate the parish church of Liddington, near Swindon, Wilts, and which improvements, it is expected, will be made in the course of the ensuing summer. _ The parish church of Hinton Saint Clary, near Stur minster Newton, Dorset, is to be taken down and re built in the course of the ensuing summer, and the ser vices of the church will be performed in the National School room, until such time as the new church will be ready for consecration. It is intended to rebuild the parish church of War brook, near Chard, in this diocese, at an expense of about 1,0001., rendered necessary in consequence of the dilapidated state of the present edifice, and the insuf ficiency of the accommodation afforded therein. The funds will be raised principally by voluntary contribu tions, aided by grants from the Church Building So cieties, and a church-rate, which has been granted for that purpose. The Bev. E. Caswall, Clerk, M.A., Perpetual Curet e of Stratford, under the castle of Old Sarum, has re signed that preferment, which is a curacy of small value, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Renown, Wood, from Van Diemen's Land, off Falmouth, sailed from Launceston December 4 ; Montrose, Ferguson, from Ceylon, in the Downs, sailed from Colombo December 13 ; Sophia, Saxon, from Mauritius, in the Down s, sailed January 12, St. Helena, February 23 ; Juliet Erskine, Smith, from Bengal, off Plymouth, sailed Dec. 8, St. Helena Feb. 26. Arrivals at Launceston—Jane and Henry, Nov. 5 ; Elisa beth Buckham 10th ; Union, 13th ; Winchester, 30th, all from London; Julia Bth, from Port Philip; Swan, 12th, from Port Philip; William, 17th, from Sydney; Deborah 24th, from New Zealand ; Minerva, from Portland Bay; Scout, 27th, _ from Port Philip. The Elizabeth Buckham , Henr y , an (1 Union, were loading for London. O Flying Dutch- Adelaide • Lowestoft, 20th, from Sydney; Arrivals at Hobart Town— f T ro h n n i bo m , , N ha o l v in . g l3 ; , l fro ,al m my A r d a e , la fro ide m ; Highlander and Maguasba, Eudora, u 2 n 9 d t h e e , Marc an , from London; Wallaby, from whaling. man,h2th:;2PBtrhincferoomf Dwhefaimlinagrk;,D22edn,vferno t m a w nd ha E li Departures from Hobart Town—Royal Archer, Nov. 12, to Adelaide; Waterlily, 18th, to New Zealand; Timbo, 22d, to Adelaide; Scotia, to Sydney. The Jane, Frances, and Cal cutta,Amicus, Jan. 1, to Cork ; a w r e tt r i e re l s oa fr di o n in g fo t r ia L u o r n it d i o u n s_ . pap Guiana, 2d, to Adelaide; Sophia, 3d, to A •rracan, R obarti , 6th, to Rangoon. Arrivals at St. Helena—Elizabeth and Henr Feb, 2e, from Calcutta to London ; St. Lawrence, from Bombay to Liverpool ; Bilton Currency and Departures from St. Helena—George Armstrong and John O'Gaunt, Feb. 21, to Liverpool ; Thetis, to Jamaica. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.—We perceive that Mr. Wag horn, of overland to India celebrity, is to attend a meeting which is to be held at the London Tavern on Friday next, at twelve o'clock, to give his valuable opinion upon the advaa tages to be derived from opening a steam communication from England to all our Australian settlements. LIVES OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. BY THOMAS ROSCOE, ESQ.—The first volume of the above work, which will supply a want long felt in our literature, has just ap peared, printed in a similar form with Miss Strickland's popular "Lives of the Queens." It comprises a most in teresting biography of William the Conqueror, full of personal anecdotes, which will be new to the generality of readers, and displaying great historical research and critical taste and judgment. There can be little doubt, to use the , words of the prospectus, that " The Lives of the Kings of England will prove a valuable auxiliary to those readers, who, fond of tracing effects up to their true causes, are desirous of ascertaining the real share contributed by each of the British Sovereigns to those results which have con ferred on our country and nation their present proud 0 pre eminence in power, prosperity, freedom , and glory. such as seek amusement only , they cannot fail and doings of personages of the very TE_Corm equally acceptable as a connected recohrgdheosft renown.tbesaings EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE ON THE BAS RN t last a young man, SOU TIES RAILWAY.-011 Saturday ties Company, Sheraitcshu,ainaow practice, shortly after the tickets p it on wa t s he in up m - o tr t a io in n: appears that, as is his plissengers., he attempted to get of Mr. Snow, clerk at the bookinngTohfLecesopfedthweiEtiasotierisnliCfeo.unli had been taken from which arrives in London the station at the terminus. lie, how ever,ding to ride into . . intending he fell close to and parallel with o of at the lo A ca .:s r i r ., ia ; es hen u upon the step of one missed his footing, and, uttering a piercing scream, fell into the!narrow space between the w eels and the stone-kerb . foo l t i w aP a P y i , lY 4here he had the presence of mind his back until all the carriages—the steps of which projected over him—had passed by him, and, to the astonishment of all who witnessed the occurrence, he totohf the aide d n f t eo o oo t t i f ol ha l y : motionless upon escaped without the slightest injury. WINTER IN AMERICA.—A correspondent, writing from New York under the date of the 28th of February last, says—" We are enjoying (?) a most severe winter: snow three feet deep in the streets, thermometer twenty degrees below zero. The sleighing is magnificent—it is really quite a treat, a good sleigh ride. And yet, with all this cold, the sun over head being so brilliant, and the air so dry, you would not feel it so niuch its you would suppm,"—Literary Gazette, - , -e.-e-2.e,, .--- S O U N _... LL tri(fliMia ---- D :77 4 ) ;77::.-,"' '-,,i'Z''. C% _. 411' - -!'air44 51 4.- Z re - Itivs'7Tiotti. le fkl , c __ _ ume u 4) off:" n tencHafol itilteAff.44J extremely good.