The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-26 00:00:00

'6! • ~~~ i L( 1 ,4 7. , - 2 0. / "-- (. e. , . -, ••:` ~, ".. /„.. ."-:- 11. • ' '' , ? 7 " , \ 1- ..' ..; I ' . !- , 1 A. ~t, /.'' 4-......" ',•x: ~ii~~ / ~vL~ ~~ • .I•.•$Z • • li 4 f . - " 4 •i" , s . . . m ' 4 le., V ‘ P:4 . . . .c.. 11 ' .. '. 11 Crr f7r ,- V ilikfr a 9 '''' .l . l '- - ;: f 2.* i .". 7".',.7,*•;.•4: ." (# . 7a Itir i Y , , _ --- t ; r Z-,4 46, 1 : :: : ...,,i . :447: k r : : : }'‘ '"---- ;r:i . 17 1 ;": 4 ‘ 4.' ... , es- s i 1 4---.. A 4 .;--/ : -,,,,,, . 4 =,..,.. , '4 •7 , e. • , „ THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION coml A2N-kN. spienedd and powerful first-class STEAM ies are appointed to leave— nt HA UR UM; if ' ea 41 14 Sat irday ".10rrti werfc ,sty's Malls ;h~? Cal edi Morailkg. RO'LTETZDAM at:d the tilt, ---- 4verY Wednesday al:a Saturday, at Ten, Morning. ANTWERP and the JANE—The Wiibeelorce, every TimrsdaY. at Ton. Morning. Morning, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday -eor ning. Saturday, at Five ; Sunday, lialf.past Six. From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— LIV RE - -Every Thursday and Sunday, at Nine, Morning. From London-bridge Wharf; for— l"6 Thursday, • ,)IOULOG NE — Every Wednesday, Thday, and Saturday Mom g. EA-LA ./S -- Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. HULL —Every Tuf,id , :*, and Friday, at Eight, Morning. at Si tkliMOUTll—lledu.',d Eyes— Every Wednesday and Saturday, x, Evening* lt,ViSOATl.7.—Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at half- Past Nine, Mcanlint ; Blockwall, Quarer-past Ten. From Brown' Wharf, Poplar, for Ici!P I NWPRO s li — Redaced Fan's —The Leith, Saturday, at Ten, s'it Aug. 29, Sept. 2,5, :Ind 12, at Ten, Night. V , vt - From Cchnan's Irongate Wharf, for— CASTLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Even . • 11RIGIITON and DTE PPE —Every day, Sundays excepted. cep D OVER and 11ATLOGNE—The _Magician , every day, Sundays e xted. I ' o secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of Regerture, tares , &c., apply at the Offices , 6'J. Lombard-street ; 37, nt-cireits ; and A 3, Leaelenhall-atreet. ISTEAM TO ITALY.—(FLOitENCE, ROME, P ENINSULAR and PLE ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA m,,,N COMPANY beg. to announce that their new Steam ship MI ER. Captain OLIVE, built and fitted up expressly fur this ..tearne,biry,l:Gartentorz, Southampton on WEDNESDAY, the 30th a SeP- Leghorn, Vitiva Vecchia, and Naples ; and thence -I°l-sv the Company will dispatch a steamer reularly on the 15th r_every month to those ports. annilies travelling to Italy will find this route expeditious, eir)- +wettest], and Interesting. c L t ates, for first-class passengers, servants, horses, and caiages, f °r goods and parcels, may be had on application at the Com raY's offices 51, St. Mary-axe, London. All l/. 19. 1846. her Majesty's Mai , " • • 7.r 4 , • No. 16,328. .L ()IN DON, IVEDNESDA t. AU GUS T 26, 1846. PRICE SD. POSES PIARTIQUE. ALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, Haymarket. Tins DAY, August 26, a GRAND _MORNING REHEARSAL of MOVING- TABLEAUX VIVANS, entitled Poses Plastique, never before atemptcd. Doors open at. Half-past Two o'clock. Rehearsal commence at a Quarter past Three. To render this entertaionient peculiarly dis tingtre, the prices of st.Cm!ssion on this OCCaSiOH will her Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. Evening pertemance—Doors open at Eig!,t. Performance commence at ?tab-past Eight. The unequalled Tableaux, Venus Rising from the Sea, with the White Maid of Avenel, and the Rainbow Nymphs, &c, Stalls. 25.; Boxes, ;s. 6d.; Pit, Is. Tickets and Programmes cf the Grand Rehearsal to be had at the Ball daily from Two to Five o'clock. COUNT Y - ItEGI STRATTON. The Chairman of the Auti-Corn-Law League having ofil• cutlly announced that it Is the intenthm of the Council strictly to adhere to the resolution of not interferht; further with the registra f 'n of County Voters, but at the same time strongly recommending that an apveal should be made to the Liberal and Free Track party to mature and defend the claims of voters made through their ex ertions; arrangentAtts have been made for continuing the London County Registration (Mk s; and as funds will he required to defray the necessary expenses, it is hoped that all Liberals and Free Tra ders will all the committee by a subscription to the fund. As it is found that'all the votes obtained through the agency of the Anti- I PONTOP and SHIELDS RAILWAY. A meeting of this. Company was advertised to beheld yesterlay at Guildhall-binitlings, but in coiisequence of there being only a❑ attendance of two proprietors the meeting was :adjourned for a fortnight. It way be r:g:tt to eb:s. , rve that we understand Mr. Hudson is itb,ut to purchase the line, which rutis through a coal district LORD HARDINGE AND HIS LATE CONSTITUENTS, The Governor-General of India has nddresaed the fol lowing reply to the congratulations of his constituency upon his late successes:— Corn-Law League are objected t , ,, it is desirable that this appeal should be promptly responded to. _ _ Subscriptions may be paid at the offing, or at the Bankers., Drewett and Fowler, Princes-street, hank, to be placed to the account of " The Liberal and Free Trade County Registrition Fund." By order of the Committee, W. H. JAMES. Offices—East Templo Chambers, 2, Whitefriars-street, Fleet street, London. NORTHERN COUNTI'ES UNION RAILWAY (LATE YORKSHIRE AND GLAS GOW UNION AND YORK AND CARLhLE). Tae first general meeting of the propriwors of the above Company, after its incorporation, was held yester day at the London Tavern. at one o'clock. The chair was taken by Major Beresford. Previous to his arrival, to save time, the Secretary (Mr. Webb) read the ad vertisement convening the meeting, and went through the usual formalities in opening th 4, meeting. The CHAIRMAN said, the meeting was called in pur suance of the advertisement read to them, calling the first general meeting of the, Northern Counties Union Railway, by ‘slich name he should for the future de nominate the recently atnalgimated companies. The report, which the Secretary would read to them, had been unanimously adopted by the directors at their meeting yesterday. T NVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK ING MODELS and of other Specimens or the Useful Arts (as well as the Visitors of the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION) are respectfully informed that the Directors have given their anxious consideration to the new appo lament of DEMONSTRATOR in MECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to tho Visitors the Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and simplicity. The Lectures now • comprise the ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH, as well another oltjects of present interest. The beautiful . Optical Instruments, &c. Sze. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ASCE 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 uremiunss paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his In terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. Admission, Is.; Schools, Hall-price VT R. BEARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRA- I VIL PHIC PORTRAITS are TAKEN DAILY, at 85. King William-street, City, 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; and the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street. " A great improvement has been effected by the patentee."—Times. " The portraits in oolours, by their singularly close approximation to nature, no less delighted than astonish,' us."—Morning Herald: " We would especially notice the admirable effect of the flesh tints, which appear embodied in the miniature, and not, as we generally :ice them, spread on the surface."—Art Union. The - SECRETARY then read the following report:— 1 10, ' '1 • ANTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE. ol CHANGE IN TIME OF STARTING. '-on to Cologne in Thirty Hours,—(Sea Passage Seven Hours only.) T he Antwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite AN, Commander t i nletielidlv deatn-stilp decorated TWEßPEN tor the season), I THOMAS eaves JACKSON the St. Katharine's k Iran Tower, every Sunday morning at Ten o'clock ; returning 'Pin Antwerp every Wednesday afternoon at One o'clock. By this st eamer, and the railroad from Antwerp, travellers going to the Rhin e may reach Cologne in thirty hours. The general accommoda f pas,engers on board this renowned ship, as vrell as her spacicns and private cabins, are entirely unequallecl. Carriages and horses may be sent to the Wharf up to one hour before the time of t t ,trting ; but a'l applications for the ship men t o f goo d s must be le to the London Agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon, 123, Fen etiruerch-street, where, as well as at the Packet Office, 33, Regent tained. 4s, Piccadilly, berths may b e secured and every information ob- L°ND PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. ON, OXFORD, and CHELTENHAM °t hoe Registered.)—A Company has "i tit o h illa td to construct a dir ec t a n d con ti nuous li n e of the railway 'l9 l l e a 4 : lo w gauge, from Cheltenham to Oxford. to join the Lon lure% , birmingham ' Railway near Tring, thus effecting the most The7.llltatinicaZtion with London. to seb a r,aclon and North-W e st e rn Railway Company have agreed Detp et Z we a large porti on o f th e ca pit a l, an d t o l e ase the line in li ae.fo k i 3 : at a guaranteed rent of 41. 10s. per cent. on the cost of the Th e ‘ ;', o equal division of surplus profits. Dositi on 'sees of the inhabitants will be consulted In regard to the the towli of the station at Cheltenham, and the mode of approaching tns will be published in a few days. Kau ° , - nications may i n the meant i me b e a dd ress ed to the Euston ch eit z; or to M essrs. Newman, Gwinnett, and Ticehurst, so li c i tors , h am ; or to Mr. James Boodle, solicitor, Cheltenham. ,I-.-f-------------"----ErFitLD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTE RIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY. de - r . ; pursuance of the Resolution passed at the Meeting of Share jhulol lest Veld et the Albion Hotel, Manchester, on the 20th day of y enh;.7_,rhich the Company was dissolved, the Directors have det,er pen ZTo return to the Shareholders Seventeen Shillings and Six lin7. of Share, S hare, and to pay to them a further pro rata division, If lifter all balance o f th e F unds o f t h e C ompany w hi c h may rema i n p ~.421_ ela lins shall have been discharged appil"us, to enable Shareholders to receive the same, may be had on uhgeuSset„cretary, at the Offices of the Company, Leek. By order, R. Y. CLARKE, Secretary. 1846. 1 1 - 14e—eakti: s t t o A t 1,4 11 :. ,-ERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW ( tate - 6, S _ T LE - EPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. tad L - ,..` r 1 )1 , Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction, Arneneashire, and North X orkshire Railway Companies, now Xotl e ga ated.) tenth_ . t l B hereby s will b iven, that interest at the rate of four pounds r let 4" sir annum e allowed or' the present deposits, from th e I le 4: Ju lY last, and on all future calls from the date of paymen , and t , lest on such deposits to become due on the Ist day of./ anuary, " first day of July, of which due notice will be given By order, THOq. ROIL WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. W. II INGRAM, to C. OORE WILSON,} Secretaries. ns t 1 1, 1846. M -------IVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW.. Mat e . 4 ..t.5T,1.,F,.1 11 '0N-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, kid /I.:,,e'Puol, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction, 1 , 4, ca t....1 .1..i . 4 45 ate 1 1 f i i r ) ! and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now Alete,T,"_..glater of Shares in this undertaking being now nearly corn giiatatio4" holders of scrip who have not yet forwarded the same for re '",,lll he a n h, s a ,,rooluested to do so without delay, as the share register 'ke eicruEolY closed on the Ist day of OCTOBER next, after which in th e snares not transmitted for that purpose will be registered i t is'iraincs of the original allottees. eha!,posted that the Scrip in the original Liverpool, Manchu , - : r wer t t evrolstle upon -Tyne Junction Railway Company may be he g e to th e Vo ri Pla th Secretary, at 22, Parllament-street, London, and b .eak e3 , e original Lancashire and North Yorkshire Ra t way t ho Secretary, at 31, Princess-street, 31auches er, il who e„-ri ack nowlegrnent for the same. 2Pidy ?tineates under the common seal of the Company wil . l be the s t ; 4o livery in a short time ,, of which due notice will be given Sehola ors. By order, THOS. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. W. H. INGRAM Secretaries. C. MOORE WILSON A bet 11, 1846 , Itte 4 QN G lIAM S HIRE RAILWAY. ft ' , Al t , ~, k INGHAM and BRACKLEY, and OXFORD and "ildrant:'tY JUNCTION RAILWAYS. Pour per Cent., and Ilalf Surplus Profits, by the London and North Western Railway Company- NOTICE TO SCRIPHOLDERS. /II Consequence of Acts of P arliament having been obtained for the . 4 8truction of part only of th e l i nes deposited, the capital of this ZNertaking has been reduced to 45,428 shares of 171. 10s. each, ' 4l ting a total capital of 795,0001, divided as under : Buckinghamshire and Brae kley . X 200,000 Oxford and Bletch.ey . . ......... 595,000 £795,000 h These shares will be appropriated to the scripholders, in the pr0*".•n0......50d *".•no......sod aof one share of 171. 10s. for every tw o . shares of 201. su b-" for, the full deposit being returned on fractional al l otmen ts. rn ur pt will be given for a payment of 41. 4s. on account of each I le • us. share, and interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will -.from the Ist of July, 1846, on this deposit, and on future ( 1 ) 3 from the time of payment. tv. Ile share in the Buckingham and Brackley li ne will be allotted to trY three shares in the Oxford and Bletchley line. ce P REGISTRATION OF SCRIP. strt i es claiming to be registered, or holding scrip or bankers' re of this Company, are required to transmit the same for regis izi_s nrto the Secretary, at the office, 29, Great George-street, West -440n1t n o e n d o b r before Monday, the 15 . th day of September f n o ext, ''slai eh P,! iy an application to be registered of the proper , 29, 0 r ..? annexed, and of which copies can be obtained at the office, end at qe orge-street, Westminster; from Mr. Ashworth, 13, Nor -24t. Manchester; Mr. S. Wood, 3, India-buildings, Liverpool; Ri:ltzress, W ate rloo-street, Birmingham. in respect of which scrip is not received on or before the term l a Y '3f September will (at the option of the ;Directors) be regis rn_ . the name of the original allottees. 4 ertp r i, t s ne sake of security parties are recommended to send their fortir>r registered letters writing across each certificate " Sent in . 4 1 strati en, ,, with date and address, and informing the Secre keeeCe Illnnbers of the scrip so sent by a separate post letter. '"" •f the scrip will be acknowledged, and certificates of Ileidez the seal of the Company, will be issued to the share `s derhe completion of the registry. AY order of the Board of Directors, O HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. Fob 21 a r WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. Ol eat Ap George-street, Westminster, Aug. 10, 1846. litie ktx PLICATION TO BE REGISTERED TO ACCOM LPANT SCRIP. itA kgEIIRE RAILWAYS.—OXFORD A BLETCOIIN -1-111LWA—in' BUCKINGHAM AND BRACKLEY ND JUNCTI ON her y eh shar es in r equest to be registered as the proprietor of such number rdance .7th th e t .'he above undertakin I am entitled to n a fo . ";'' ,_ ''' Of the advertisement of the 10th August, in respect 201. shares, viz.:— 44, 41 P , fo r 0 ne Sharerive. $, s Ten flares n SharonYif tY Sh •• • are 3 Denoting. Numbers. From I To . I mrib e t" bluest you to Issue to me sealed certificates, in which de me as foll ows :--- Christian name in full -• .. • • .. • Surname .. I)escription •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• I:ti ttt tn e ess l l l l 3' hand this day of 1846. of the Buckinghamshire Railway. brri 11, CHAMPIONSHIP of the THAMES. l ile triumph of Coombes at the late Thames regatta gs zi Certainly not a contemptible matter ; ,`. l l the day of the contest, vast crowds took a ramble, 0 Witness the struggle of Coombes and of Campbell ; And the boats and the steamers were throng'd to excess O see how the long-looled-for match would progress. And who was the winner? why Coombes to be sure, From the first of the struggle his fame was secure ; 1 34 success is applauded. and no one contemns The glorious champion of old Father Thames. And now having told how the race has been won, Let us draw a reflection for MOSES and SON, ho lobee on account of the efforts they've made, Zave ng n crown'd,with the championship of the trade. Ipe trade may be view'd as a river, and here depends how you "pull," it depends pow yon " steer." sere MOSES and SON have been champions at will, , n avin " festher'd" teir oars with rearkall, •?...d no g ne on the river h of trade can you m catch skill, courage sufficient to venture a match, Tle MOSES and SON, through the efforts they've made. Ae Proclaimed by the public the " Champions of Trade !" sew • or iv non, 'te ok entitled " Past Present, and ," with . . orr self-measurement, , may be had on Future application , hll er " Post Free." LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. A S. d. th,:q, Tagil° ....... .. ....from 0 7 6 liitul l . L e rneki and Codrington Taglionts ................ 0 IS 6 h e 'er Coats in every asseription and make. including litleuz.registered Coat ...... •....................... I 2 0 151 en . :il ' A in every material • . •••••• • • • • • •frdm 2 3 Ca 0 ,4 1- -. Pattern Sumner Vests .. • 2 2 4 ili kk ere and Persian ditto, in endless variety .... • • - pan a nd Fancy satin, ditto 1 14 eY Trouser 0 6 0 ▪o 4 6 Atto .... .. •• - •• •-••-• ..... 1 3 0 ° ,., 4 t ~, MADE TO MEASDEM. ln any ....• ri ' ':, f " - arY material adapted for the season, .... 0 19 0 sao 4 t . -3' of style andion. to order...". „ from 0 16 0 (..a.,,lng Vests, 65.6 d. e a ch, or three for.• ...... • .. ~ 0 8 6 • ~,,,gitni.!re ditto, in every variety of pattern . .... 0 14 6 itit to d ate plain and fancy .... —•••• • • • '' ........ 0 8 0 b itto , ( loth or Casimere ditto • • • • • • • • • • • ' ' • ._ ... 0 13 6 Npri or lii.,lack Si ngle-milled ditto .... .. ~.. 0 I 0 6 S RI ; „,' r , e „Wiers, in every pattern. • • • • • • • • • ' • • .... „ „ 0 19 0 L 'est / 1 - I " 4l aed and Albert Victoria ditto • • • • • • • ...... 1 6 0 lar es4 eek Dress ditto ...... .................. ••• • • 144,, b e s ts ...... .......... •••• ••••• • ' ' ' .• ....... 2 15 0 p e i ~t manufactured ...... ••••" • • " ' f rom 115 0 , best Manufactured .......................... . 1 12 0 Zitto '''ciat3 ............ . • • 3 3 0 ...All). .+, l° , ur ning. to any extent, at five minutes notice. ^ill be-rem Purchased or made to measure, if sot approved obae timediately exchanged' or the money returned. Drapers, Hat• t'll, r'e t e i. 4 * MOSES SON, Tailors, Woollen . _ o`, "teci •-r; Outfitters and general Warehousemen , t hat i e nem th ' imposition, but, having learned ti t the unt e pubbc against with ' being connected 'regret to r . sti t , e4,l, or it 5 the ern . .. _ . . radesmanlike falsehood of sante concern, has many in ',by oth. _ 1 1 7 1 4 fOr ObVious reassns, they nave no conne And those etlUle in or out at London. bee° rewrted t° in zion with li'la " e s° Nvlio d i should, to prevent / eMin tin ea re genuine Cheap Clothing •cco o ,. cut, oat' at or send to the M.:aortas, and Aidgate, City, i • Ili i‘in atid 0 , - ••S and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, 444 ,i,, tfitters ~,, • Nos. 154, 1 55,156 157, Minories, and 83, 84, 85, 1,T,,,..4: --,,itate, City, I.,ontioi ' is at 84. 4114•14icee•-•••The entrance to ' the Bespoke Department ii, 10 b . t ; ti g , lay : :Lel% transacted at this Establishment from sunset on . -*1414..1-" till 111140 t on aliturday evening, when it is resumed shyC REMOVAL. DR. CULVERWELL has REMOVED to No. 10, ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-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. PUBLICATIONS. TO SPORTSMEN TN THE HIGHLANDS. This Day is published, post Bvo.. 53. IQ HORT SKETCHES of the WILD SPORTS L. 7 and NATURAL HISTORY of the HIGHLANDS. From the Journals of CHARLES ST. JOHN, Esq. John Murray, Albemarle-street. - • NEW WOltK ON 3IEsMERIS Just published, in 1 vol. foolscap Bvo., price 6s. 6d. cloth, MESMERISM in INDIA; and its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine.- By JAMES ES DAILE, M.D., Civil Assistant Surgeon, H.C.S.. Bengal. " Goed books on Mesmerism are so rare that when we find one we can afford to dwell upon it longer than upon works of general literature; and we need not say that this is one of the most valuable of modern contributions to the science, because it is a record of facts."—Critic. mom London : Longman, Brown, Green, ani Longman. WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c. One Shilling each, by post One and Sixpence. ON SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE: (An Original Medical History.) CONTENTS: Analysis of the Affections —Early Conventional Restraint—Mis direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity— Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience, &c. &e. 2. On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS (An Essay for 1846.) " Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature, and by art acquied. Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle, the matured and sage, The lonely and the mated—all sustain. In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n, How health, how hope, how happiness to gain." 3. WHAT to EAT. BRINK, and AVOID With Diet Tables forall Complaints. Contents :—How to ensure perfeet digestion, tranquil eelings, a good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob servance of the instructions herein container the feeble, the ner vously delicate, even to the most shattered constitution, may acquire the greatest amount of physical happiness, and reach in health the full period of life allotted to man. " How we sho-ild live—what eat, what drink, what shun, To reach in health full threescore years andten." These interesting little volumes, although bearing upon subjects of very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be found of immea surable and general utility, for they tell of matters everyliving crea ture able to understand ought to know, but which information in these enlightened times, except that quality promulgated through questionable channels, is at a very terrible discount. In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of nature, of human disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we should know the simple principles of our own organization. the laws whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy states depend, the duties that are expected of us in oar individual capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and happiness of the present and fliture race of mankind have to rely. By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted, health will be found to be in our own keeping, and happiness within the attainment of all by the availment hereof in fulfilling our duty to ourselves, we secure the lik e advantages on our offspring to follow, and finally by the cultivation if our faculties, which is in consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may be exalted to the summit of perfection, as best becomes the highest of God's creations. The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own writ ings, and the avowal of their integrity of purpose, must be measured by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit. To be had of 'herwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Hannay, 63, Oxtord• street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the Author, 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street (leading to Great Marlborough-street ), who may be advised personally on these matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine. The Third Edition, just published, price 55., A PRACTICAL. TREATISE on STRICTURE of the URETHRA ; Its Causes, Varieties, and Cure ; by AN IMPROVED METHOD of TREATMENT, of such efficacy, that by its adoption Urethral Contractions that had resisted for periods varying from ten to twenty years, all the ordinary means of cure, have been in a few weeks completely and permanently removed. The mode of cure is illustrated by numerous cases, showing every peculiarity incidental to each variety of stricture to which the Urethra is liable, and the modifications in the treatment consequent thereon. By F. B. COURTENAY, Published and Sold by H. 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The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage. By It. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster-row; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall street ; I'urkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford street, and 37, Roy al Exchange ; and all booksellers. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who are prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of cer tain disqualifications, and will be found an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood. _ _ _ _ Part 11. treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either In their primary or secondary state, arisi,g from infection, showing how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering. 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By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Lidentiato of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. HAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of tlarriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— Citerrza 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the functions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and genbral weakness of the Mental Faculties. CuurrEit 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTEBS 5 and 6. 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FATAL ACCIDENT AT READING.—On Sattirday night about nine o'clock an accident occurred at the Reading station on the Great Western Railway, by which one of the railway porters, named Edrell, lost his life. From what has been ascertained it appears that two switchmen, named Gregory and Wilcox, alternately attend to the points at the curves leading to the platform. On the night in question it was the duty of the former to adjust the switches for the goods' train previous to being relieved by Wilcox; this he ne glected to perform, and Wilcox, considering the points were right, omitted to examine them, and when the up goods' train came in sight, made the signal that all was clear, but, or. its coming to the points, instead of running on the straight up line, the train shot into the siding where Edrell was employed shifting a horse-box to the carriage platform. The engine struck the horse-box, driving it back and inflicting a severe blow on the chest of deceased, who was felled to the ground, and shortly afterwards removed to Reading Hospital, where the unfortunate man expired in a few hours. An inquest will be held to-day (Tuesday) which Mr. Seymour Clarke, the superintendent of the line, will attend, and an investigation, by order of the Board of Directors, will take place to inquire into the conduct of Wilcox and Gregory. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—BRISTOL.—About one o'clock on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, a chaise drove up to the White Lion in this city, just as some gentlemen were coming out of the hotel, to whom the driver applied, saying he had come from Southampton, that there was a lady (as he believed out of her senses) inside with two sailors, to whose charge she 'was confided, and who were ordered by a gentleman at Southampton to take her to Bristol, to a direction they had received ; but on going to the house, which they had much difficulty in finding out, the parties there refused to see the lady, and as neither the sailors nor the lady had any money, he (the driver) had brought them to the hotel, not knowing how to act. On applying to the sailors, their statement, though not very con sistent, was somewhat the same; the lady's husband (the captain of one of the mail steamers), they stated, had ordered them to take her to Bristol, and they showed a letter to a gentleman of this city, and which was opened, iu which the husband requested him to have his wife sent on to her sister's—a request which was not successful, and they now did not know what to do, as they had received no money when the lady was plac e d i n th e i r c harge. Th e l a d y , w h o certainly seemed out of her mind, was of polished manners, and, us it was-afterwards proved, was one of a large a n d re spectable family once re s idi ng i n thi s c ity. After some d e l ay, they were driven off to Bath ; but the circumstances of the case, and the strange and unsuitable custody to which a lady was confided by her husb an d, an d th e h our of th e i r arr i va l here, haveTduced some furthe r i nqu i r ies into a matter some what eusplC/011.5.-...Briatol " The directors appointed by the Act of incorporation, at this the first general meeting, held as required by law, within one month from the date of receiving the royal assent, beg to lay before the proprietors a state ment of the funds of the amalgamated Companies, made up as accurately as possible, considering that the separate accounts of distinct companies had to be taken into consideration, which separate accounts will be ren dered in detail to the shareholders of each company, as originally registered, so soon as they can be accurately prepared. Those of the York and Carlisle are already published. The statement is as follows: Dr. To payments to be made by the York shire and Glasgow Union Company, on 29,095 shares, at 11. ss. per share £36,368 15 0 To payments to be made by the York and Carlisle Company, on 27,861 shares, at 11. ss. per share 34,826 5 0 £71,195 0 0 Cr. By investment in 31 per cent. Stork £36,368 15 0 By funds in bankers' hands (Messrs Wakefield, Crewdson, & Co., Kendal) 34,826 5 0 £71,195 0 0 " The directors after a careful consideration of the undertaking, are fully convinced of the importance of the communications the line will establish, and the re sources of the extensive districts through which it passes, but have come to the resolution, that it would not be expedient to commence at present, a heavy outlay on the whole line simultaneously ; but that it would be more prudent to re-survey the expensive portions of it, end to apply to Parliament next session for an amended Bill, by which the line may be constructed at a consi derably reduced estimate. The cost of construction also will be reduced, by arrangements which have been entered into between this Company and the Liver pool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Rail way Company, for making a portion of the line in Wen.sleydale jointly with that company. If there fore these arrangements are carried out, the amount of each share will consequently be reduced in the amended Bill. The directors therefore request a gaieral autho rity from this meeting to go to Parliament next session, for power to make all necessary modifications of the line; and to treat with other companies if deemed expe dient, subject of course to the approval of a future general meeting. " The Act requires that the directors to whose future management the affairs of the Company.shall be com mitted, be elected at this meeting. The board beg to suggest to the proprietors that the number be continued at eighteen, and those eighteen named in the Bill being eligible, be recommended to the meeting for re-election ; and it is proposed that the services of the directors be continued without remuneration until the next general meeting of the shareholders. " Two auditors must be at the same time appointed by this meeting, and the directors recommend Richard Dutton, F,sq., of Denmark Hill, Surrey, and James Gandy, Esq., of Heaves Lodge, Westmoreland, as fit persons for that office, and the remuneration which they suggest is 201. to each annually. " The directors have secured the services of Charles Locock Webb, Esq., as secretary, and they unanimously recommend that a salary of 5001. per annum be autho rised by the meeting to be paid to that officer. " The directors do not intend to make any call on the proprietors previous to the next general meeting; and they give notice that interest, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, will be paid on all calls. " Resolutions will now be submitted to the meeting, embodying the various matters herein treated upon, in cluding one stating that the next general meeting will he held in February, 1847, the day to be fixed hereafter by the board." The CHAIRMAN moved that the report now read be received and adopted, and printed for circulation amongst the shareholders. In doing so he commented briefly upon the various points mooted in the report. The Northern Counties Union was a junction of two railways that went to Parliament last session for two separate Bills, but had since amalgamated, upon the suggestion of the Committees to whom the Bills had been referred. The Bill for the amalgamated lines had passed on the 27th July last, and that meeting was called fer the purpose of carrying the Act into opera tion for approving of it, electing officers, and vesting them with powers of management. The directors came from different companies, and pre viously had divided interests, but now they were united and determined to prosecute the line under their care with all the diligence and perseverance they could com mand, that was, of course, if that meeting elected them that day. If they were elected, it would be one of their tasks to work out the capabilities of the line at the least possible cost. He thought the expenses could he reduced, and the directors?, if elected, thinking so, would, next Parliament, go for an amended Bill, to enable them carry out their improved and more economical views. As to the engineering difficulties, he thought they had been exaggerated, but that would he a subject for consideration when they ap plied for their amended Bill. With the contemplated reductions the amount of shares would be considerably reduced, and if it was the wish of the meeting that the directors should receive a general authority to do what was right and necessary, he for one, and on the behalf of the board, could assure the proprietors that no exer tions should be wanting to promote their interest and carry on the business of the Company in the wisest manner and on the most economical principles. By the opposition they had encountered, he could only say that he thought he had good reason for thinking that part of the large sum of money expended in op posing their measure must have come out of the funds of some established company. He bad some persons in his eye, but it would not be prudent for him to iadulge in any personalities. He made a few other brief remarks referring to the election of officers, and then moved that the report be received and adopted. Mr. DUTTON seconded the proposition, which was carried unanimously. Other resolutions, in accordance with the recommen dation contained in the report, were then put to the meeting and adopted nem. con. The directors named in the Act were then elected, and their remuneration fixed at 1,0001. for the ensuing year, at the request of the great body of the proprietors. Thanks to the Chairman and directors were then carried, and the meeting separated. SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale of Railway Shares yesterday the business proceeded with spirit. The fol lowitg tire a few of the principal sales:— East Indian 0 17 6 Direct Northern 1 12 6 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ........... 217 0 Shropshire Union and Canal South-Eastern and Dover, , No. 4 3 4 0 London and Blackwall, New ........ . North British, Carlisle Extension 4 1 0 Leicester, Tamworth , Cove n try , &c 1 14 6 Welsh Midland .......... : .................. • 017 6 Reading, Guilford, and Reigate . Great Western of Be n g al London and York Cornwall and Devon Central Cambridge and Oxford ................. 010 6 w o lverh., and South Stafford. 2 7 0 Shrewshy., North Kent Caledonian, New Grand Union ................................ 0 14 0 Churnet and Blythe 1 16 0 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush North British, Halves London and Croydon ................ ..... 22 15 0 Paris and Lyons Liverp.Manch.andNewcastle-upon-Tyne 2 0 0 Buckinghamshire 1 15 0 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—The following is the decision of the Lords' Committee on this line, which was omitted by mistake in our Third Edition of Monday :—The Chairman said the Committee have come to the decision that the preamble of the Bill is not proved ; but they have determ ined to acco mpany that decision with a resolution to this effect :—That the engagement entered into on behalf of the Great Western to complete a narrow gauge communication from Oxford to Basingstoke, and then from Southampton to the manufacturing distri c t s , i s not to be understood in any respect as impeding the prosecution of any other line of communication from Southampton to the north, should the public exigency render the execution of such a work desirable. SALE of A CHURCHYARD.—CHURCHILL'S REMAINS. —At the Shakespear Hotel, Dover, on Thursday last, among other lots, the old churchyard, St. M ary ' s parish, wherein Churchill, the poet, lies buried, was sold by auction, by Mr. Charles Lamb, for 1451.. We hear that the purchaser of this precious piece of earth—precious, especially, as with it are mingled the ashes of the celebrated poet--is a respectable brick maker, so that there is no telling to what purpose it may come at last. In this churchyard, over the grave of Churchill, there is a rude head-stone, hearing the following inscription ;—"l764.—Here lies the remains of the celebrated C. Churchill. Life to the last enjoyed, here Churchill liee."--Cantrrbury Arurnul. " TO THE INHABITAN T i:ATINCESTON. " have had: ate honour to receive the address from the inhabitantrs of Launceston, in public meeting assembled, transmitted to me by tLe Mayor of the bi rough, R. K. Frost, E.q. " It is a source of the greatest satisfaction to me, that my services on the banks of the Stitlej should have merited your approbation. I look back to the period when I represented the borough of Launceston in Par liament with unfeigned pleasure. Your congratulations afford me the satisfaction of again expressing my grate ful thanks ter the constancy of your friendship; and I request as a favour pPrsonal to myself, that whenever your local interests may require attention in the House of Lords you will consider my services to be as much at your command as in times gone by, when as your Member 3 ou honoured me with your confidence. " In our late operations on the Sutlej I have had the great advantage of beim, associated with a general officer, of whose services Cornwall may justly be proud. I shall shortly have the satisfaction, by the command of her Majesty, of placing on the breast of Major-General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert the star of a Knight Com mander of the Military Order of the Bath, one amongst many of the most able and gallant officers of the East India Company's army. " A just cause followed by a successful war has only rendered me the more anxious to resume with diligence the peaceful avocations of the Government, and I trust, as an humble instrument in the hands of the Supreme Disposer of all events, that the blessings which peace confers will not be disturbed for a long series of years. " I heartily thank you, gentlemen, for the warmth of your congratulations, and am proud to subscribe myself, " Ever your very faithful friend and servant, "Simla, June 24." " HAKDINGE. • TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN OFFICE, At:G. 22, 1816. The Queen has been p'eased to approve of Mr. Ernst C6=ar Hartung, as Consul at Sierra Leone•for the Free Hanseatic Republic of Bremen. ‘v . AR-OFFICE, AuG. 25. Ist Regiment of Foot—J. C. Pugh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shadwell, appointed to the 21st Foot, Aug_. 2:5. 21st Foot—Lieut. W. Domvile to be Captain, by purchase, vice Adamson, who retires; Second Lieut. H. P. T. Wood ington to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Domvile; Ensign J. Fitz Thomas Shadwell, from the Ist Foot, to he Seconci Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodington, Aug. 25. 23d Foot—Sir H. O. R. Chamberlain. Bart., to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lord Greenock, ap pointed Adjutant; Second Lieutenant A. F. Lord Greenock to be Adjutant; Colour Sergeant R. Fortune to be Quarter boaster, Aug. 25. 36th Foot—Lieut. R. B. Jennings, from half-pay 38th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice White, appointed to the 82d Foot ; Ensign G. L. R. Berkeley. to he Lieut., by purchase. rice Jennings, who retires; 'l'. Rice, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Berkeley, Aug. 25. 37th Foot—F. Stead, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Persse, whose appointment has been cancelled, Aug. 25. 49th Foot—Lientenaut C. S. Glazbrook to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pearson, who retires; Ensign C. G. Richard son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glazbrook; R. G. A. De Montmorency, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Richardson; Lieutenant J. W. Armstrong to be Adjutant, vice Glazbrook, promoted, Aug. 25. 635 Foot—Lieutenant C. E. Fairtlough to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Oliver, deceased, Aug. 25. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign M. Walms lev, vice Ford, deceased, Sept. 25, 1845; Ensign J. Spier, vice Mahon, deceased, May 1, 1846. To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign 11. White, vice Walmsley, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled, Aug. 25. To be Ensigns, without purchase—lL E. Quin, Gent., vice Spier, Aug. 24 ; S. Fairtlough, Gent., vice White, Aug. 25. 71st Foot—Sergeant-Major J. Taylor to be Quartermaster, Aug. 25. 79th Foot--Capt. J. Ferguson to be Major, by purchase, vice Lawrie, who retires; Lieut. A. Hunt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ferguson ; Ensign K. R. Maitland to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Hunt; E. G. Place, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Maitland, Aug. 25. 85th Foot—Ensign G. Thomson to be Adjutant, vice Knox, promoted, Aug. 25. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant J. R. O'Reilly to be Captain, without purchase, vice Sandes, killed in action; Ensign W. Harvey, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Reilly, April 19; Sergeant-Major J. Harvey to be Ensign, vice W. Harvey, Aug. 25. UNATTACHED.—Brevet-Major T. C. Smith, from the 97th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, Ang. 25. COMMISSARIAT.—Assistant Commissary General T. Stick ney, to be Deputy Commissary-General, Aug. 11. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign King, of the 6th Foot, are Henry John, and his surname Newton King. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 25. Further List of Private Soldiers of the Queen's Army, killed in the recent Battles on the Sutlej, or who have subse quently died of wounds received in those Actions. 53d Foot.—John Badcock, Robert Beighton, Patrick Flynn, William Gainer, William Hanson, John Kaithcart, John Lan fear, Thomas Lewis, Philip Nugent, Richard Stevens, John Turner, John Tannicliffe, and G. 11. Wilson. ADNIIRALTY, AUG. 18. Corps of Royal Marines—To be Second Lieutenants— Philip Ilarris, Gent., William James Dunn, Gent., John Horndon Parry, Gent., Richard Kennett, Willson, Gent., Edmund Henry Cox, Gent., Edmund Brighouse Snow, Gent., Gentleman Cadet James Taylor. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. The Queen's Own Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia—J. Burgess, Gent., to:be Lieutenant ; G. F. Richardson, Gent, to be Lieutenant, July 4. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. The Queen's Own Regiment of L'orsetshire I.vemeanry Cavalry—ll. Farquharson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Cox, resigned ; Cornet IV. Ffooks to be Lieutenant, vice Pretor, resigned, Aug. 22. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Yeomany Cavalry—E. J. Ridgway, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wilkinson, deceased, Aug. 22. -9 ,-.- 2 -...... -2-- - ---- `SHE LONDON LONDON ITALIAN SOCIETY The first anniversary meeting of the London Italian Society was held last evening at the Music Hall, Store. street, Russell,quare. There was a very numerous and fashionable audience, including several halies. Shortly after seven o'clock the chair was taken by the Hon. William Cowper, who was received with great enthu siasm on making his appearance. The Hon. Gentleman briefly addressed the meeting, and observed that it would not be necessary for him to make many remarks on the subject which had brought them together in order to excite their sympathy and concurrence. The society had been founded chiefly by the exertions of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Noel, aided in his Christian work by many generous minded individuals, who had na turally been attracted by the artless simplicity of the numerous Italian boys who wandered through the streets. Their gentleness, the distance from their native land to which their fate had consigned them, and the hardships to which they were sub jected, were circumstances in themselves calculated to draw public attention towards their condition, with a view to ameliorate it. But when they considered the system of apprenticeship they were engaged under— a system which the English law did not take cognisance a, and the cruel usage often exercised towards them by their masters, he was certain these seve ral circumstances needed only to be known to be re medied. At first the object of the society was only to aid Signor Fenetti, who in a most noble spirit had erected an asylum for the education and care of those children. This asylum had been hitherto supported by them, and the result was that they had saved eleven children from an otherwise wretched life. Tbey should, however, be encouraged by their success, and extend their exertions to a wider sphere. He felt certain that the respectable audience he addressed would be anxious to improve the advantage they had already gained, and promote the progress of their society by sincerely en deavouring to support its exertions in every direction. The report of the society was then read by the secre tary. From this official document it appeared that the amount of subscriptions received during the past year was 359/. 15s. 2d ; of this sum there was expended 3741., leaving the small balance in hand of 151. 15s. 2d. The Rev. Mr. Chaloner moved the adoption of the report. There were 5,000 poor Italians in london accessible only through the medium of their vernacu lar tongue. Some of them were political exiles; some commercial men, having connexions in Italy ; b u t most of them had come over to this country for the pur pose of picking up a precarious living in the streets. The Rev. Mr. Carmichael seconded the motion, which was carried with but one dissentient, apparently an Italian, who was denied permission to address the meeting at that stage of the proceedings. The Rev. Mr. Muns moved the first resolution, which was to the effect, " That the presence of many natives of Italy in this metropolis and kingdom presents a claim by Providence on the efforts of British Christians for their spiritual welfare, especially from their connexion with that country which is the seat of the Romish Church and the centre of its power." The second resolution was in the following terms:—" That the present state and future prospects of Italy are such as to place all Protestant Christians under special obligations to labour for the spread of scriptural know ledge and vital religion among the Italians within their reach, through whose instru mentality they may yet, by the blessing of God, act powerfully on the seat of Papery itself, and affect, in fluentially, the progress of the kingdom of Christ in the dominions of the man of sin." Several clergymen ad dressed the meeting in support of the object which they had assembled to promote, and the resolutions were passed. 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 3.5 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. Bonus Premium. v • added. • • X £s. d. 11837: Plat 11839! 1949 1841 r;0 1000 3 4 ;£217 15 1 £lOO 011 192 3 0 87 1 4 165 11 10 74 1 9 116 7 6 54 010 111 6 8 49 10 0 £l6 0 4' 13 10 2 ' 11 3 11 7 18 10 7 10 41 O A Bonus in g. g g Assured Cash. F.: g may scg Borrow. 1 .£445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pail-mall, London. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman lIANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. Ilamilton B. Avame, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq. Edward Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Assistant- John Ritchie, Esq. Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Surgeon-LT. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street 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,C00/. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. 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 csmher, 1840, is as follows: . _ _ Sum Assured. X 5,000 ...• • • •• 6 5,000 .. • • .... 6 5,000 .. • 4 5,000 • • • • .... 2 Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. years 10 months .... £683 6 8 years . .. 600 0 0' years .....• • • 400 0 0 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. 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. HOT WEATHER.—TRAVELLING.—SEA SIDE.—The REGISTERD PA LETOT in London, only at 22, Cornhill, 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 D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." SILVER PLATED CORNER DISHES.- A. B. SAVORY and SONS. Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bauk of England, submit the prices of the following Patterns of strongly Pi ATED CORNER DISHES, with silver h in4les •,nd edges, and silver shielo.s for engraving the crest or coats of arms, viz.:— The Gadroon Pattern, Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers .......... 410 10 0 The Shell Pattern. Four Extra-strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers ....Xl4 3 0 In the Show-rooms a variety of Patterns are exhibited, at prices varying from 7 guineas to 18 guineas the set of four. N.B. The Covers are made with moveable handles, so as to form extra dishes. Drawings of the above forwarded to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free. THE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following facts, Ile 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 dwelling-houses, to the expense of fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; these are entirely obviated 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 immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of waste or trouble. The merits of the Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing l o 't f . the m opinions of t o li f er the k tqousavini tshown RbSyA Tthe GAS a nn n ex u e ß d NE au ß tl . ientic Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Tuesday, 26th May, 1846, SirJouN RENNIE, Preahlent, in the Chair. " A gas burlier of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. The air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was heated, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and impinging 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 perfect combustion, The flame was quite white down the 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 the 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. POLYTECHNIC CHEMICAL SCHOOL.—" In testing Clark, Mc Niel], and Co,'s Universal Gas 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, ROBT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICATE. " In a series of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niel], 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 a 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 burner." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. The UNIVERSAL GAS BUItNEIt is used nightly at the Poly technic Institution, and may he had and seen from 11 till 4, at the Patentees, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters In London. LADIES TRAVELLING, Visiting the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of - - the Sun, will find ROWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing preparation for tile Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun burn, Freckles, Tall, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the "elite" of the Aris tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Czar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moseow.—Price 4s. 6d. and Sc. 6d. per bottle. Beware of spurious " Kalydors" containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words " ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper. and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per- Aimers. All other . 1 Kalydors" are fraudulent counterfeits. SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM. o r n e o o f f i r s t t y a t w o f a u n g M° t N he DA d Y e .— str A uc t character, wvENNi NianTvooml involving n a ro m p enormous amount, broke out about forty minutes past eight o'clock last evening on the farm premises occupied by Mr. Hill, a most respectable yeoman, and a very old inhabitant of this parish. Wennington is a small villasze, situate about one mile and a half from Purfleet, in a north-westerly direction. Mr. Hill's farm stands near the junction of the roads leading to Rainham and Aveley, about 150 yards beyond a roadside inn, known as the Lennard's Arms. The farmhouse in which Mr. Hill resided, with the stack yard, barns. and stables, form a sort of square inclosing the cattle-yard, and altogether covering an area exceed ing an acre of ground. The northern end of the stack yard abuts on a lane; all the other aspects of the home stead are inclosed and sheltered. The fire was first discovered at the hour abovenamed by police-constable Hamilton, who had just previously passed up the lane skirting the stack-yard and was proceeding towards tho Lennard's Arms, when his attention was attracted by a noise resembling the burning of straw, and on turning round he at once saw that a large wheat stack, one of six of a similar character in Mr. Hill's yard, was on Sre. The flames at this time had scarcely extended beyond one corner of the stack, that portion on fire closely approxi mating on the lane before alluded to. Hamilton imme diately ran across the yard to Mr. Hill's house and aroused the inmates, after which he gave the alarm at the Lennard's Arms, and messengers were dispatched in various directions to obtain fire-engines, Ste. The gar rison at Purfleet, distant, as before stated, about a mile and a half, supplied three powerful ones, which were upon the spot in a very short period, accompanied by . a large body of soldiers and other persons employed within the arsenal. A fourth engine was supplied by Sir Thomas Barret Lennard. The worthy Baronet on hearing of the catastrophe at once directed his own car riage horses to be attaxhed to the engine. Mr. Marden, of Rainham, supplied a'fifth engine, and two or three smaller ones from the adjoining parishes were also brought to the spot within an hour of the outbreak. Be fore the arrival of any one of them, however, the fire had extended itself so fearfully that any attempt to do more than confine its ravages to the stack-yard and outbuild ings of the homestead was at once seen to be hopeless. Before midnight the whole contents of the stack-yard, consisting of six wheat stacks, averaging fifty quarters in each, a rye stack, a barley stack, and three hay stacks, two barns, with a considerable quantity of barley and fourteen quarters of wheat, a cowhouse, two sheds, one waggon, three carts, a thrashing machine, and a stack of 300 hurdles, were entirely consumed ; the dwelling house, granary, and stables, closely adjoining the same, being alone saved from the ravages of the devouring element. Too much credit cannot be given to the artillerymen. and others employed in the arsenal at Purtlect for the ready and active manner in which they performed their duty. The great body of the labourers, too, were espe cially zealous in their endeavours to stay the progress of the fire. the exceptions happily including only a few habitual drunkards. There appears to be no doubt that the fire has been the work of an incendiary, although as yet no positive suspicion rests on any party. Mr. Hill is much re spected in the neighbourhood, and from inquiries insti tuted by the reporter it has been ascertained that he is in the habit of paying wages above the average of his brother farmers. A sort of motive, ecting on the mind of an ignorant criminal, may perhaps be discovered in the fact that Mr. Hill has, within the last two or three weeks, had cccasion to use a thrashing machine to pre pare straw for thatching. The machine had only been hired for three weeks, and was to have been sent home this morning. The refleCtion of the fire was distinctly seen at a dis tance of 30 miles. About 10 o'clock it was plainly ob• servable from Blackfriars-bridge, and several engines shortly after left towe with the intention of pro ceeding to the fire. On reaching Bow they returned to London under the impression that the light observed in town had been caused by the coke works at that place. In an opposite direction the reflection was observed at Southend, and about half-past nine o'clock it was seen so plainly that two gentlemen name Parsons, who were re turning home to North Shoeberry, actually rode ten miles in the supposed direction, imagining that the fire was close at hand. The lass is altogether estimated at about 2,5001. Mr. Mill's stock is insured in the Phcenix fire-office for 5501., which is, of course, but a fraction of his loss. The farm buildings are insured by the owner of the farm, Mrs. Hall Dare, widow of the late Member for Essex. Mr. Mill is very well known on the Corn Exchange, and his misfortune occasioned the expression of a great deal of sympathy by farmers attending the market yesterday. It would be exceedingly unjust to close this notice without remarking on the praiseworthy exertions of Mr. J.. Greensill, Master of the Ordnance at Yurfleet ; the two commanding officers of the Artillery, Captain Thorndike and Lieutenant Chandler ; of Mr. Joyner, Mr. White, Mr. G. L. Parrott, and many other private gentlemen, who remained at the fire from the moment of its outbreak up to three o'clock this morning, at which hour nothing was left but a mass of burning embers. These gentlemen, individually and collectively, not only directed, but worked with the labourers and soldiers in endeavouring to extinguish the flames. An excellent supply of water was obtained from two ponds in the immediate vicinity of the fire. 'All the stock was saved, with the exception of a few geese. The police are actively engaged in investigating the origin of the fire. It is said suspicion rests on a young man who has not been seen since last night. THE TEMPERATURE.-The weather during the past week has been generally far more temperate than the pre ceding. On Monday, however, the air was close and sultry, with indications of a coming thunder-storm. Both the baro meter and the thermometer, with a very few exceptions, have been in a very unsteady state, but generally rising. Day. Barometer. Thermometer. Wind. Monday ... .... 29 85 Tuesday . 29 56 . Wednesday Thursday Friday ... 29 72 ...... 65 Saturday 29 96 Sunday Monday .... .... 31 08 SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE H ASTINGS AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—On Monday, about two o'clock, a collision, which may be followed by fatal consequences, took place on this recently-opened line. The train, which leaves London at ten, and Brighton at half-past twelve, for Hast ings, arrived at Pevensey a little before two. A short dis-• tance beyond Pevensey, owing to some error in adjusting the points, the engine ran off the line en to the sidings, and came violently against a ballast engine which was standing idle. The engineer, seeing the danger, leaped off, and escaped with some wounds on the head. The stoker was not so fortunate, but received considerable injury, extending to the fl act ure of several ribs, and his life is said to be in danger. The passengers received a serious shock, and two of them were much hurt; one, a gentleman, having a leg badly frac tured, and the other, said to be a clergyman, being bruised in a very serious manner. Three or four ladies received hurts of various kinds, one of whom excited much alarm in Hastings, by the blood which showed itself on her garments. These details were hastily gathered by the passengers in the up-train which passed the spot shortly after. To-morrow there will, doubtless, be issued by the company a more full and accurate report. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A BISCUIT BAKER'S.—On Mon day an inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, jun., at the London Hospital, on the body of John Anderson, aged 60, a biscuit baker, in the employ of Messrs. Westrup and Co., New Crane, Shadwell. It appeared from the evidence that on Monday, the 17th instant, the deceased was engaged in the machine room in collecting a quantity of rough cuttings, and placing them on the " break rollers," which forms a por tion of the machine, and in pressing them down to the pro per level, his hand slipped, and it was drawn in between the rollers and crushed in a frightful manner. He called for help, and the motion of the rollers was instantly reversed, and his hand was released. He was sent to the hospital in great agony the same evening, where he remained until his death, which occurred on Saturday morn i ng last. The jury return( d a verdict of " Accidental death." The accounts from many districts are very favourable to the approaching partridge shooting. The broods are strong on the wing, the coveys large, and the prospect of an early harvest will enable sportsmen to take the field on the first of September without the usual restrictions with respect , to the standin4 crops.—Maeckfield Courier. BANKRUPTS. William Pounell, grocer, High-street, Poplar, to surrender Sept. 3, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Grainger, Bucklershury. Henry Woolcott, fringe manufacturer, Museum-street, Bloomsbury, Sept. 5, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 2, ',at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Bircbin-lane ; Willoughby and Jacquet, Clifford's Inn. _ _ _ William Sutcliffe, warehouseman, Lawrence-lane, 'City, Sept. 3, at half-past one, and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Hardwick and Davidson, Basinghall-street. Joseph Ilarvey, lamp-manufacturer, King William-street, London, Sept. 5, at one, and Oct. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ;Norton and Son, New •street, Bishopsgate. John Humfrey, coal dealer, Hockley, Warwickshire, Sept. 5 and 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Rawlins, Bir mingham. John Brindles-, laceman, Coventry, Sept. 5, and Oct. 13, at ten, at the liirmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Noble- street,City; Sutton, Birmingham. John B,,land, hardwareman, Manchester, Sept. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Smith and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Motteram and Co., Birmingham ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. liichard Yates Nand Thomas Hartley Williams, merchants, Sept. 8 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, London. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Harrison and Shiels, London—final div. of 3d. in the pound, apply to Mr. Benn, Paradise-row, Stoke Newington. J. Arkell, miller, Stow on the Wold—first div. of 2s. in the pound, Oct. 7, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. J. Ilarford, ironmaster, Bristol—second div. of 13s. 4d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. • DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Biggs, undertaker, Houndsditch, Sept. 22, at eleven— J. Bryant, draper, Mayfield, Sussex, Sept. 24, at twelve -11. Brailsford, common brewer, Enfield, Sept. 29, at twelve— J. C. Staines, tailor, Oundle, Sept. 15, at twelve—J. B. Crampern, coal merchant, Wharf-road, City-basin, City road, Sept. 15, at twelve. In the Country. C. Ball, linendraper,'Lane-end, StatThrdshire, Oct. 8. at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—M. Cooke, joiner, Manchester, Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Nield, woollen manufacturer, Manchester, Sept. Hi, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Seaton, farmer, Winkhouse, Yorkshire, Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds ;District Court—J. Evans, cattle dealer, Haywood lodge, Herefordshire, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Edwards, ironfounder, Birmingham, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—T. Wenman, merchant, Birmingham, Sept. 17, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court.—E. and T. Tomkies, fellmongers, Shrews bury, Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein me n ti one d. _ J. Hare, linendrapCr, New-M. - red, Dorset-square, Sept. 18 —R. A. F. Kingscote, merchant, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street, Sept. 18—W. Morphew, linendraper, Sevenoaks, Sept. 22—R. Brailsford, common brewer, Enfield, Sept. 29—T. Oakley, farmer, Kingsbury-farm, St. Albans, Sept. 24—J. Dutt, carpenter, Upper-street, Islington, Sept. '23—A. S. Syer, dealer, Sudbury, Sept. 25—C. 11. Stonehouse, ship broker, Newport, Sept. 18—J. M. Stark, bo o k se ll er , Gains borough, Sept. 16—G. Wharf, potato dealer, Boston, Sept. 22—R. Prie,tley, grocer, Manchester, Sept. 16—G. E. Schults, stockbroker, Liverpool, Sept. 15—W. Nash, grocer, Older burY, Shropshire, Sept. 15—M. Chapman, painter, Devon port, Sept. 15—M. Armistead, milliner, Crawford-street, alarylebone, Sept. 15—G. and J. Barton, copper-roller ma nufacturers, Manchester, Sept. 15—J. Wilkinson, grocer, Manchester, Sept. 15. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Morgan and J. Swift, linendrapers, Sheffield—J. Taylor awl W. Hewitt, common brewers, Great Driflield, Yorkshire 11. A. Johnson and W. D. Ditchett, surgeons, Louth, Lin colnshire—J. Broadbent and J. Lees, cotton spinners, Old ham, Lancashire—W. Day and J. Stanger, appraisers, Maid stone—T. L. Walker, J. Siddons, and J. M. Wathew, coal masters, Nuneaton, Warwickshire (so far as regards J. Siddons)—R. S. Thomas and T. Gillmore, tailors, Man chester—J. and W. Marsh, cabinet makers, York—J. Turnock and G. Brook, mercers, Hanley, Staffordshire—W. C. and S. Kettlewell, chemists, Leads —T. and G. Cadbury, cheesemongers, New Bond. street—W. 11. Higman and R. *Rees, ironmongers, Crown- street, Finsbury —S. and T. Taylor, cotton spinners, Bolton-le-Moors, Laneashire—T. C. Hounsell, S. B. Gundry, J. Templer, J. G. Budden, J. Hill, and W. Sparks, bobbin-net lace manufactu rers , Ch ar d, Somersetshire—C. Mott and S. Abel, surgeons, Albany-street, Regent's-park—J. and J. Lowden, butchers, Norwich—S. Figgis and B. Eyre, Crown-court, Philnot-lane, City—S. D. and J. H. Firth, cotton spinners, Oldham, Lancashire—T. Blakeley, D. Milnes, J. Hudson, T. Spedding, J. Newsome, jun., B. Rotherv, J. Greaves, jun., D. Ramsden, J. Ward, jun., J. Bailey, M. Wharton, B. Scargill, J. Richardson, S. Mitchell, J. Lister, B. Bailey, G. Ward, G. Ward, jun., R. Ward, and J. Greaves, wool carders, Batley Carr, Yorkshire (so far as regards T. Blakley)—J. Hartley and T. Barrett, jun., cotton spinners, Prestolee, Lancashire—R. Clarke, sen., T. Clarke, and R. Clarke, jun., ship builders, Liverpool —W. \Vreford and R. H. Pugh, hosiers, Aldermanbury. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Hay, grocer, Kilsyth, Aug. 31 and Sept. 22, at one at the house of Mr. Bankier, Kilsyth. Andrew Brown, commission agent, Edinburgh, Aug. 28 and Sept. 25, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Macmillan, Edinburgh. Mary Gilmour and Company, cabinet makers, Edinburgh, Aug 21 and Sept. 22, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Deuchar, Edinburgh. Robert Glass (formerly designed Robert Glass, jun.), mer chant, Greenock, Sept. 2 and Sept. 22, at twelve, at the White Ilart Inn, Greenock. Archibald Barbour, spirit merchant, Johnstone, Aug. 31, and Sept. 21, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Campbell, Paisley. BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—MONDAY AFTER NOON.—The rehearsal of the new oratorio Elijah has just terminated in the Town Hall, under the direction of the composer, who arrived yesterday with the orchestral and choral forces. There is every reason to believe that the public performance will be one of great interest. The presi dent of the festival, Lord Wrottesbay, was present. The sale of tickets is still going on most favourably, and estab lishes the expectation that the aggregate proceeds will much exceed that of former years. We regret to state that Mr. Moscheles was taken suddenly ill this morning, and it is unlikely that he will be able to assume the baton of conduc torship, as was intended. USEFUL.—At this time of year (says a Correspon dolt), when from atmospheric influences animal food is likely to become tainted, it cannot be too generally known that a bit of charred stick boiled with beef or mutton thus affected will take away all taint or disagreeable taste. IMPROVI.D SYSTEM OF STREET CLEANSING. On Monday, in pursuance of — a requisition to the National Philanthropic Association, from the inhabitants and ratepayers of the city of Westminster, a public meeting was held at the Mechanics' Institution, Great Smith• street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the improvement of the sanitary condition of the city, and more especially the dwellings of the poor, which, it was asserted, could be in a ereat measure effected by the adoption of means now at the command of the various parochial authorities. At eight o'clock Charles Cochrane, Esq., was called to the chair. Air. .1. BROWN moved the following resolution : " That the present sanitary condition of the poorer localities of the city of Westminster is truly depl,..rable ; that the dwellings of the poor are over crowded and ill ventilated ; that the sewage and cleansi ng o f t h e streets is very defective ; th supply of water to the houses imperf. ct and scanty, and the 'means for main taining cleanliness among the poor lamentably deficient —evils which, unitedly, cannot tail to entail on the poor not only many severe wants and privations, but expose them at all times to much sickness and disease, especially during hot and dry seasons." The Rev. Mr. JAMES seconded the resolution. Mr. Aloyes moved, and Mr. Barrett seconded. a reso. lution respecting the parochial authorities, to remedy the evils alluded to, at the expense of the respective parishes, recommending the establishment of public eabintts d'aisance, an improved system of street washing, the appointment of a medical officer of inspection for the preservation of health, &e. _ It having been unanimously adopted, A vote of thanks was passed to Lord Morpeth, for his conduct in Parliament, with reference to the sanitary condition of towns, and thanks having been also voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. THE EXCISE DUTIES ANOMALY.—The opening of the North British Railway has brought to light a curious instance of the clumsy practical working of the vexatious i excise duties on spirits. Since the railway opened the car riers who formerly proceeded direct from Kelso, Coldstream, and intermediate places, to Edinburgh, have, either through arrangements with the company or sheer want of business, discontinued their journeys, and goods ordered by t ra d ers i n these towns from Edinburgh are carried by railway to Ber wick, and thence carted to their destination. Berwick and its liberties, however, arc in all respects governed by Eng lish laws, and spirits entering its bounds are consequently liable to pay the additional duty of 4s. 2d. per gallon, and if addressed to any part of Scotland are liable to seizure. An instance of 10 gallons of whisky, innocently ordered from Edinburgh by a person in Coldstream, and sent b 3 railway, having been seized in this way, has come to our knowledge. The loss and annoyance arising from such a state of thing' may be conceived. The parties might, indeed, pay the additional duty, and have it returned to them in the shape of drawback; but the trouble and procrastination of such ti course would be endless, and the evil wants an immediate remedy. THE LATE RAINS.—THE POTATO DISEASE.—The newspapers from every district in Ireland are filled with gloomy statements regarding the late rains, and their effect in further deteriorating the condition of the potatoes. At Ennis this is attributed to the fields having been laid under water; at Cootehill to the lightning having blasted the haulms and stalks. But to whatever cause attributed, from Abbeyloix, hells, Dundalk, Louth, Derry, Kern-, and Shin rune, from newspaper editors, parish priests, and poor law guardians, there is but one story, that the potatoes are ut terly destroyed. There can be no doubt that the failure of the potato crop is extensive, and the panic engendered by this second year's blight still greater, and daily waxing wilder. The standing crops of grain are in general stated not to have suffered much ; but the cut grabs has in many places been carried off and destroyed by the floods. About Abbeyloix labourers were getting harvest wages of ls. 4d. to Is. Bd. per diem, and sometimes their diet with those wages; but in many parts of the country the floods have stopped draining and other work, and thrown the people out of ems ployment. RAbISGATE, AUG. 23.—Earl Bathurst and family and numerous passengers left this harbour this morning, at five minutes after 8 o'clock, for Ostend per Princess Maud steamer, belonging to the South-Eastern and Continental Steam Com pany ;_ and at 20 minutes past :3 th e P r i ncess M ary arrived from Ostend, with 40 passengers and 1 carriage. DUNDEE TRADE.—Our flax market remains in a quiet state, the demand for the article being far from lively, yet holders keep very firm in their demands, and the prices of good flax, and that possessed of colour, are rather moving up, and sales have been made this week at our highest quotations'. The Archangel letters of the Ist inst. state that market for flax goods to be quiet, and no transactions taking place. The St. I'etersburgh letters of the Bth inst. state that a purchase having again been made at 80. 130, 115, and 105 for the three sorts, had made the dealers very firm ia their demands, and that for the present there was no appear ance of lower prices being taken. The Riga market wa a without much alteration. Some R. T. flax had been t a k en by itself at Ro. 23i. Shipping continues to be :very scarce . Our yarn market is much the same as it has been for some time past. The stocks of good yarn are not large, but there is but a slack demand for them, and prices for these are not in unison with the rates demanded and paid for the raw material. Linens are in steady request, stocks much reduced, and prices a shade higher for most kinds.—Dundee paper. The Duke and Duchess de Coligliano, Count Melfort, Sir John Thorold, Captain Ilankey, and 69 passengers, arrived at this port from Boulogne this morning, at 50 minutes past 11 o'clock, by the South-Eastern and Conti nental Steam Company's packet the Prince Ernest; and at 40 minutes past 12 the same steamer left for Boulogne with 123 passengers and 2 carriages. Aug. 24.—The Prince Ernest returned to this port this afternoon at 22 minutes after 12, from Boulogne, with 136 passengers; and at 5 minutes past 1 the Queen of the French left this harbour with. 102 passengers, 1 carriage, and 3 horses. A TRILATERAL RAlL.—Since the first introduction of wrought-iron rails for railways, by Birkenshaw, much inge nuity has been exerted ton discover a form which, with a minimum of metal, should give a maximum of stability and strength. Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the best form of rail in use at the present day, each particular rail having its advocate. A rail has been patented by Mr. Wheeler, which bids fair to dispose of this question, its ad vantages being of so positive a character as to establish its superiority in all those points so essential to the perfection of railways. The following substantial advantages are claimed for this form of rail over those heretofore employed :—Great strength and impossibility of the rail springing or curling at the end. Greater steadiness from the character and position of its bearing upon the continuous sleeper. Increased safety, inasmuch as wheels with deeper flanges can advantageously be used on this rail. Greater durability, arising firstly from the form of the rail itself, secondly from its having three bearing surfaces available in succession. While the alarmists are so loudly predicting a probable deficiency and greatly enhanced cost of iron, it is of no small importance to minis pulate that material into the most advantageous form. Rail ' way companies are also well aware that everything tending to increase durability of their permanent way is of the utmost importance to their interests, and may. in the long run, pro ve a remedy for the depreciative consequences of rivalry and competition.—Mechanics' Magazine. THE MENAI STRAITS TUNNEL. Workmen iar e now preparing the ground on the Britannia Rock .:„,a t h e shores of the Menai for the foundation of the piers to sup- L port the projected W i pe', and the first stone will very shortly be laid. During thelast week contracts were taken for 8,000 • tons of plates of the best description, for the construction of the iron tunnel, by which it is proposed to pass the Menai Straits for the passage trains. Of these 8,000 tons 2,000 I tons have been taken by Mr: Walt& Williams, 1,500 by Messrs. Brabmar, Burrows, and Hall, 1,000 by Messrs Thorneycroft and Co., 1,500 by liosrs. James Foster and C 0... • 1,000 by the Coalbrook Dale Company, and 1,000 Butterley Company.—The Cambrian. ' e a swarm of • A NovEL BEE-lIIVE.— Some time by the Shane's a Castle. Theybees alighted on the head of one of theosrift I front of Viscount O'Neill's residence, sin ce lions in and en a c r e e at present strong snit I proceeded down his throat, every ,_ _ .....Thenan. I healthy, and seem wore from aasu4 Pr 50 0 3 A - rtb g o ,