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' ,- ~..,. ..... . .- ~, . . .... , ..., _ _ . .• . - . S _-...., V i v. _____--- ------- ( 4 :/4 sI!1:::0- - v I, , . THE LAST STROKE' ' OF POR U- GUESE FINANCE. • (. 7--- - 1.,t, 1 ,,, i (From Douglas Jerrold's. Weekly Newspaper.) . We have been used to every irregularity in the pay ment of debts owing by Spain and Portugal, and by their descendants in the New World, till we have considered it a mathematical impossibility for 20s. in the pound to proceed from a nation of Peninsular race. Sus. pension of intemat for a long period of years has been a thing of course, and it is a familiar spectacle, that of a mob of disappointed creditors assembled at the top of the London Tavern in the very middle of July, on pur pose to receive some proposition for giving them one per cent. instead of five. r OFFICE' OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 11, 1546. jr "„ PRiNcIPAI, OFFICERS of her MA JESTY t ,,'S ORDNAnCE do hereby give notice,. that they are for they a POSE of, to site - it persons as , may r h ) e ,c li N ll c ul, , , , , , to d Tender B RELI: !Ile'. at'quatity ot OLD IRON Olt , an b een ,in store the Royat Arserai at NN oolwich, •which have St o ,2"vided into Lots, and may be viewed, upon application to the tteqkeeper at that pace any day (Sundays excepted ) pre v iou s to A 'Y fl=ed for the deli v ery of the Tenders to ''Legue of the several Lo is may be obtained, by persons will the b ecome purchasers, at the Storekeeper's Office , Woolwich ; * 3 ; 8 701 Storekeeper's Office at the Tower; and at the Secre latnhillee, in ; where the Tenders tor the whole , or any th e of the said L ots , are t o bi delivered on or before MoNnav, 48th instant. LONDON, TUESDAY pg ORNING SUN SEPTEMBER 15, 1846. No. 16,845. PAICE SD. By order of the Board, R. BYFIAM, Secretary. F.A.VESEND STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Packet and Railway Fare included in one payment iipou every Passage. N.B.—No other Packets call at the GRAY'S or GREENLITTHE PIERS. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR• ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expensa or for feiture of the Policy, taro-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. BANK OP ENGLAND SaTT. 10, 484 d. THE COURT' of MitIICTORS of the GO VERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice, that a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on Tiihßsp“ rigT, the 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock hrthp fhrezpon, to consider of a Dividend. This vstili op, he one of the Quarterly General Co4rts dppginto by the Cilattpt. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. On MONDAY NEXT, being St. Matthew's Day, the Lord Aldermen, and Sheriffs, with the governors of the several tate._ ' oB Pitals, will attend Divine Service at Christ's Church, New where a SERMON will be reached by the Rev. HUGO ,74,!. E L HARPER, 8.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford ; after they will proceed to the Great Hall, in Christ's Hospital, 'OUR ORATIONS, on the Benefits of the Royal Hospitals, kw. delivered, according to annual custom, by the four senior who are about to proceed to the Universities :—ln Latin, by tilt Laing ; in English, by T. S. Polehampton ; in Gret k, by otter ; and in French, by E. A. Newton. EIGHT POEMS ebVisnbe recited by the other senior scholars, viz., a Latin Aleaic 4,, Godfrey, Leader of the Crusaders, addressing Jerusalem , " dpoi uaYman; Greek lambics, Translation of "Prince Henry's 4 ; eg.r, anhe King's Reply," from are's Henry IV., by Williams/,.; an English poem on " Egypt" by D. W. Thomp !v,,, ' l,ll Hexameters : Translation of " Adam and Eve's Morning frotn Milton, by C. D. Craven ; Original Greek lambics on arewell Address of Charles I. to his Children," by C. E. Nue, Latin Elegiacs, on " The Funjaub, assailed by Alexander , I'lltnsiL ecl by the English," by Robert Black ; Greek Sapphics togi t .Z" ol l of Gray's " Hymn to Adversity, by J. L. Hammond ; mated Ode, "On the Pictures of her Majesty and Prince Albert," the Great Hall, by W. A. Russell. ---- FROM THE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS.—At 7, 71, 8%, ”6, 11%, 1,2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7%, and 8. SUNDAYS.—At 7,7 L 834, 11 3 4, 1,2, 3,4, 5. 6,6%, 7,7%, Awl 8. IROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. The Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of JOHN KNIGHT. Secretary. INVENTORki 4 1 14 P PCISITQIi.:B of WOR.K.- INQ "MQDELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as %yell as the Visitors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION) Ore resp, t —tftlly inforTed that the DirectorS haye given ttiei anxious cpnstderation to tb pew zippillzitni4 r it of pEMONSTANTOIt in MECHANICS, whose duty will tle to exploit; tq tho Visitors the Pcincinies and Uses Of the aboye Sppeimens with clearrws and GRAPH, as well as oth'er objecta of present interest. The beautiful Oinf3p6ity. Lectures now _optical Exhibitions, &c. &c. 411.11imj011, 1 . 5.; Schools llalf-p'tg. . , ,• . c9 . 1114-Is q 11 §3 Ir,t,ECIIIIO TELE GRAPH, these times. WEEK DAYS.—At 9,9%, 10%, 11, 11%, 12, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4 4, 5,6, 7, and 7%. SIINDAYS.—At 8%, 9,9%, 10%, 11, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5, 7, aud 7%. Fares.—To or from London—Fore cabin, and Second Class Rail.- way, 9d. ; Saloon ar' First Class Railway, Is. To or from Elackwalls 2 -intermediate Piers—Fore Cabin, 6d. ; Saloon, 9d. Packets for Excnrsions.—Apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Star Office, Fenchurch••treet Terminus of the Blackwall Railway. DIVISION Or PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity Of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 45 per cent. op the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. :5 0T WEATITER.-L-11i,AVETALINGSA - - - 0.2 ' 4 Bonus Bonus in 1P: i Asswred "94DE.—The BEC+ISTERD rALETOT 1n I:IIndgil, qniy at cp, g Premium. e' added. Cash. 7- 4, g may 23, °Rhin, cippootp toe 401 , 44 Bcnuttifte i uto %he chief Llama • • • aEJ . Borrow. Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent 7 street. Do not be deceived by a 2. rt shpilarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the 1637£217 15 1 4100 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0 D. /.11CDT'll 114, 14.egent-5tr104. 4, £ £s. d. 1833 j 192 3 0 87 1 41 13 10 2: 395 11 1 - --...- , 60 tOOO 3 4 ,1839 j 165 11 10 74 1 9, li 3 II 346 2 3 tr.. v) riTyr TT . I , rs TI7`UT M T 9 I 1 %-:::....11.......: '-,. ••••••. Tickets.—Fci• 'Twelve months, 41. 45.; Six months, 21. 15s. ; Three months, IL 15s. 'To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Bruns wick-wharf, Blackwall. tASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The NEW SHARES OF 141. 16s. EACH. eFifth Instalment of 21. per share on the abeve shares becomes aon the 30th of September instant. Holders of Certificates t ecl 1114,.. a _Med to pay it, on or before that date, into any of the Com fy g2l B ankers, as subjoined, in default of which interest will be — god at the ate of 5 per cent. per Annum. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. ih m By order. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. lenrregate Station, Sept. 12, 1846. atid Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its Branches. tiltigri Borough Bank —Liverpool. ester and Liverpool District Bank—Manchester. and Domet Banking Company—Salisbury. kots7•„. l 4Mon and Co.—Brentwood. 'hes t ,' ' l ,, Bawtree, and Co.—Colchester. atj o ,Olnirrow, and Co.—Chelmsford. , s atuZ a'rovinc al Bank—Bath. tiett o Z rrevincial Bank—titrmingnam. lessZ u „Provincial Bank—Boston. • isher and ltest;:_zeckett and Co.—LeedsSons—Canabridge. en ern uu Bank of Scotland—Edinburgh. Bank of Scotland—Glasgow. Vst o f t of Ireland —Dublin. of ngland Bank—Great Yarmouth. England and South Wales District Bank—Bristol. t)(44. • R Bacon, and Iludsons'—Norwich. on, Cobbold, and Co.] _ lpswich. seette,..‘.zua exanders and Co. u lito r ," al and Gloucestershire Bank—Cheltenham. Bank —York. MIDDLESEX COUNTY PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM. Persons desirous of TENDERING for the SUPPLY of MEAT, flour, malt, hops, hay and straw, oatmeal, barley meal, and peas, for six calend,r months, from the Ist day of October next ; and for the following articles, for twelve calendar months from that day, viz. :—Coals, cheese, butter, bacon, pickled pork, groceries, &c. ; w.ne and brandy for the sick, soda, starch, oil and oil colours, brooms, brushes, window glass, haberdashery, hosiery, linen and woollen drapery, blankets, rugs, straw hats and bonnets, tobacco, snuff, leather, men's and women's cloth and leather boots and shoes, lead and lead piping for the above institution, containing 1,100 per sons, are requested to deliver their Tenders to me by Ten o'clock, on THURSDAY. the 17th instant, sealed and addressed to the Visitors .of the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, and to attend here on that day at Eleven o clock. £ Xs. d. 1 1 :3 3 ; 1000 3 4 18391 1849 I ,1841 i ,X 217 15 1' 192 3 0, 165 11 10 116 7 6 111 6 I£l6 0 4' 13 10 2 11 3 1: 7 18 10 7 10 4: '4lOO 011 87 1 4 74 1 54 0 10; 49 10 0 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 REMOVAt. DR. CULVERWELL has REMOVED to No. 10, A.RGYI,I.-PLACE, 4 EGENT-STREET, (leading. to Great Marlberqugh-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 Pnblished, may be Obtained. The division of profits is annual, and the next will by Mifde in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROTJX, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. E NGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE. ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION. 12, Waterloo-place, London; 119, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. Subscribed Capital, One Million. LIFE ASSURANCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND ENDOWMENTS. A union of the English and Scottish Principles of Assurance. A COMPREHENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in connexion with Life Assurance, on undoubted personal or other security. The Assured participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary and Secretary. THE NEW SMALL DEBTS AND LOCAL COURTS ACT. (lILBERT'S OFFICIAL EDITION of this very kJ" important Act, passed august 88, 1846, for facilitating by easy process the recovery of Small Aebtsthroughoat the kingdom, and the est., blishment of Local Courts of4ustice,isjust published verbatim, in dewy Bvo,, price only 6d. (or postage free Pd.), by James Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row,and sad by orllng. -Booksellers, &c. 110. 1 CLWAY STE' "STATIONS. Blank forms in which the Tender must be made, may be obtained upon application either at Hanwell or at this place, and patterns and samples to•whiell'thicontractor will be required strictly to conform, may be seen at the Asylum at 'Ham.. ell. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender. Dated the 10th of September, 1846. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. Just Published, in quarto, price only 3s. or postage free price 4s. GILBERT'S ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS IN RAILWAYS of 9,0001. and upwards, with the Surname, Christian Name, and Residence in full of each Speculator. The very great importance of the facts contained in this work have prompted its publication in the cheapeit possible form ; accuracy may be relied on, as it is copied verbatim from the official documents in the possession of Government. BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive LOANS of MONEY for periods of five or seven years, under the authority of their second Act of Parliament, passed Bth ➢iay, 1845, at the rate of five per cent, per annum. The interest will - be paid half-yearly, on the Ist of January, and Ist July, in London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer. - Sealed tenders, stating the amount and term of years for which the money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commis sioners, endorsed " Tender for Loans." By order, RICH. HIND, Secretary. Birkenhead, 10th of August, 1846. T HE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO I PANY. Incorporated under the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110. Capital, One Million, in 50,000 Shares of 20e. each. Deposit, 1/. per Share. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. The business of this Company comprises Assurance on Lives in every form, the Purchase of Life Interests and Reversions, the Sale of Immediate and Deferred Annuities, the Endowment of Widoss s and Children, and the Advance of Money upon Real Property and upon approved Personal Securities. Prospectuses and every other information may be obtained upon application. WM. NORRIS, Secretary. London : Jame; Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row, and sold by order of all Booksellers, &c. MERCHANTS' AND TRADESMAN'S MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE, No. 5, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London. Security Fund, 100,0001., in Shares of 51. each. fi r I ,ol ' *0 ( I ,Z 0 UTH-E ASTERN and CONTINENTAL ►. 7 STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. At the SECOND HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the SOUTH-EASTERN and CONTINENTAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY, held at the Railway Station, Lon don Bridge, on Mon.lay, 14th S•ptember, 1846, riE LONDON, OXFORD, and CHEL TENHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) C APITAL 1,500,0001. in 75,000 SHARES of 201. each. Deposit 21. per Share. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. t he to (W o ith power to add to their B, 4 ght Bon.Lrd Dunally, Cheltenham number.) ts Thomas Hope, Esq., Deepdene, Surrey, and Mansfield - street. .) Mon Viag l eery -all, Esq., Liverpool and Cheltenham Via R Esq, Chalfont Lodge, the Park, Cheltenham ,7 1. pir i rori, Esq., Andover Lodge, Cheltenham , ar n.Bidmead, Cheltenham Vlon,,,,,, , trringEsq., Cht lt enh am ; 0 14 1 Zpeuila Dale, Esq., Malvern House, Cheltenham taPeh,' r idge, Esq., Promenade, Cheltenham -41 Jones, Esq., Cambray House, Cheltenham jornrY Haines, Cheltenham .teils.,bearles Pratt Kennedy, Lansdowne-crescent, Cheltenham ioke - e r ,ough Lawson, Esq,, Pine Villa, the Park, Cheltenham p,hßiviere, Esq.. Cheltenham Z' „,,holes, Esq., Polefleld, Cheltenham ehster, Esq. I-fatherly k r. Court Cheltenham W arwick, Wydelrin,elon , House, Cheltenham ;nil-iv:fp Arthur Williams, Cheltenham ," 11 1120,, Q ;eY llughes, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester Lvilg s ...fontagu e , Esq., Gloucester N wa shbourne, Esq., Gloucester .nrY Akers, Witney 3 . ;,.1 James Clinch, Esq., Witney q,_43row ning, __ sq., r. Oxford -7y Londo2all Esq.,Seswell Barton, Oxfordshire. and Mansfield-street, 3 1 71 es a •• 1 n, Esq., Oxford Esq., Oxford tt-;.,r Verney, Bart., Steeple Claydon House, Bucks th a n ' Philip Sydney Plerrepont, Evenly Hall, Brackley, Nor 4114,,,,roPfonshire eerey 1 4. 4) .ert Esq , Buckingham b 4 . 4 1e8 il' en son, Esq. pram ‘reWnell Boothby, Esq. 40se kk so ' ra r?pp . er, Esq. a_ erville Head, Esq. Directors of the London :f . ei k , t_toreb y. Esq. and North Western t r, ° , n ellY Mangles, Railway Company. ~!itticill..stantine Richard Moorsom, Vkon,._' l axwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. ell. a—. Saab. Esc kees Duke, H.P., 1, Devonshire-ter-, Directors of the Oxford, ttsille, London Witney, Cheltenham, geZ v eY. Esq., 1, Sussex-terrace, Re and Gloucester Inde `4% Park I pendent Railway '.rk, n derwood, Esq., Blackheath) y Compan. llebuKent COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Jarn - ' , I ,. ll °MaS Hope, Esq.Boothby, Esq. k r. es webster. Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq. g . :rge Arthur Williams Frank Somerville Head. Esq. Sir ro'ivning, Esq. Joseph H )rnby, Esq. Duke, M.P. Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P. Joss an Clinch, Esq. Captain C. R. 3 , ste , I v o a o rt rsoEmsqM.P. , R.N.R. Itebg Eelderwood, Esq. n Esq. Thomas SKtith, Esq. Robert Stephenson, Esq. BANKERS. London —It Hallifax , Mills, assn. Glyn, Oxford— Mssrs • W t and Company. Witney,—m..---:. and Company. oot en . ‘ Gloucester G m loucester Bank, Ch eltentienc-I, , hn Willis s Clinch and Company. Ikea %,* S The G t i c t e Y st o e f ruhire Banking Company. SOLICITORS. SI'S. A elYnlall, G winnett, and Ticehurst. and ICheltenham. _ _ . • ji ffi es Boodle Esq. p enter Hayes Barnwell, and Twisden, 1, Lincoln's Inn agtntields, London. )4,...tial Carter Esq., Birmingham. 11. anti W. Toogood, 22, Parliament-street, London. SECRETARY PRO TEM. Wyndham Harding, Esq. PROSPECTUS. )ipo - f autect of this Company Is to construct a direct and continuous Z t alltio l : a l l way, on the narrow gauge , f ro m Cheltenham, throu g h i'"en, Burford, and Witney, to Oxford, and thence, by Theme, b s _ v ace - 0 7, a junction with the Loudon and Birmingham Railway, at 4, 111 , ni) the shortest route from those towns and the surround ),,fiellie : e ta to the metropolis, and by means of the Oxford and and other lines in connexion therewith, to Bedford, Cam- A. 'th e ' orwich, and the whole of the eastern side of the kingdom. '4 l ,!tri et a i t tiertaking is promoted by parties locally interested in the f:areli ol ,,_ r _oni;h which the line will pass, in conjunction with the i;`,qeD en 7B in the Oxford . , Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester St sB rnt Company, who introduced a Bill into Parliament during c h .,v i ri t which has just closed for making the line between Oxford C,be "hunt, which failed upon technical objections It pealh abi e anxious desire of the Committee to consult the wishes of ell e a t ~ ..uts as to the terminus and mode of approaching the town A I el 'hattl. y i d ar ge pr Isto rth. °Portion of the capital will be subscribed by the London Cs , e th e Western Railway Company, who have also agreed to t. Up, lice in perpetuity, at a rent equal to four and a half per t„ 4 41 1 ' tne outlay, with an equal, ivision of surplus profits. tt ;ls will n duce the distance between Cheltenham and London b e e Pr k „ es, being a saving of twenty-two miles as compared with lisho rt .'.!t route, and the distance between Oxford and London will than by the Great Western Railway, without taking into P the th e saving in time arising from the more convenient position ti;gton, w n don Terminus at Euston square as compared with Pad to parties going to the City and most parts of the tra ve i„ariay be considered as nearl gauge to ten miles . of rail of; be eft .' l ng• An unbroken narrow conimurrcation will I, l ,ana,„ ec ied by means of this line between the Docks and Port - 1 13 and those of Gloucester, and there is no doubt eventually *or, risste tel an object of considerable commercial importance. o k s , Rh and the important district of which it forms the centre, 0 3' brought by this line within the same distance of London 4 other lines sanctioned by Parliament. ra g been decided by Parliament that (with some exceptions, ;1'1, 1 ; 31,1 g to the present case) all new lines of railway shall hi-re the oi:nstructed on the narrow gauge, it is obvious that the traffic by. ` r ,,,ets accommodated by the proposed line will be best tleve- Z. gi4 Company in connexion with the existing narrow gauge t i iPeu tio n g, at the same time, to the public the advantages of that Ptabli4 which the Legislature have recently evinced their anxiety h ,pm iew. between rival Companies. cleslter_At.iens for Shares may be made, in the form given below, to ~.orge . „',t 4r 3', at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 29, Great I. !iee wi;ireet, Westminster. In the allotment of Shares, a prefer uitreat: be given to parties resident on the line, or having local To the T , FRM F APLICATION OR SHARES. 1-r ovisi O onal O Committee P of the Lon F don, Oxford, and Chelten 119'ntleM ham Railway (provisenally registered). —ope request you will allot me shares in the 4 te t Un dertaking on the terms of the Prospectus, and I agree to k Pt t h a same or such less number as you shall allot to me. And 7114`. Lake to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Sub do Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required so hated this day of 1846. Name ..... . Residence ............ Description ........ •• .. Reference • •• • • •• . • • • • tbERFECTION in LANIP OIL.—A PATENT. t , „%, PATENT SPERM OIL, only ss. per imperial q,„%, is bright as crystal in the coldest weather, and lasts longer ;' 4 ,real sperm. It burns in all descriptions of Argand Lamps The dLexPense of Sperm Oil, and the trouble of common oils, can now Lt hs .Densed with at pleazure. It is admirably suited for Solar t 047 .13 3, as they will not want cleaning for years, and being so pure, tefo g allens go as far as five gallons of any common oils ; so, in thei r s, Clark's Patent Sperm Oil is cheapest. Families laying in Ittelf;: t fek of Spermaceti or Wax Candles, Soaps, &c. &c., will this vs ? save 30 per cent. in their outlay. This is no fiction, and Sa i ,,, e ro of equitable charges the public will support. Pet t „ - k'les sent in London, and list of prices, with description of the ef:t.article sent on application to all parts of the va.rld. 47.0 and Cemnany, the immense Lamp, Oil, and Candle Depot, West Strand, ten doors from Lowther Arcade. EU N IVE R SAL GAS BURNE R. T o , 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! ~'ph:e had at th e P a t en t e es, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Ch ar i ng - cross. P atentees beg to call public attention to the following facts, Strp... *odvan.„ ges resulting from the invention are various and ht t , stt e ,;• Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the corn thertot, Perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light 44 841,, discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns 110 the any period ; and such is Its purity, that it neither affects ZAde vs `he Most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have i t t l tin v ,: t ti o le introduction of gas in dwellinf-houses, to the expense of ti es e " ar its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, ike. ; al tritt•i t O, entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS ~,°l l l.. :, As the cost of laying on gas is much lower than is corn- Ob.h o 'PPosed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for i, t __ 4 Bllll ts es, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the ;;nte e arners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum kitcurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of l e'e e3 , e ra_t!rits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing plat e „`.:Lner known light, are shown by the annexed authentic Xtr e . j. of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. N. front the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil En. sneers, *4::sY, 2 6th May, 1846, Sir Joins' ItxtiNrE, President, in the Chair__ pe p i ..7 , 4B burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. jTitr e oc ''Pal novelty was the introduction of a s ream of air to the ige ai r ' the S trite by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. e L 4 'ea .P . .assing up through the hollow stem of the button, was Cs v q I;rj„r. Passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, th e ai r gin g with force on the flame o the gas curved it outwirds t The k_ et tr a Pe of a tulip, whde the ••xygen of th, air, mingling with .uretted hydrogen gas, produced a very p.rf.*ct combustion, 411 1 ,7 4,1 1 e Was quite white down the top of the burner, se Is very steady, aa t aer e ti ,_ am _PaY demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, th e burners have been used. In CO.• paring the consumption Zae ,. Zurners with that of the concentric ling burners, ,tel trying Po weroet t 4 o of th e two lights by the ph•it.i•neter, the new burner gave a "ght, with a saving of rather mire than one-third." kta ')l Ec CERTIFICATE. eprneCo., 4"r . .....uxte CHEMICAL —" In testiog Clark, Mc Niel, u niversa :Gas llnrne. with one of the best shawdowless to rs 25 - gave a more pure and fir Maul light, with a saving of 20 e rc ent. " GEORGE CRISP, tdigineer. itour LONGBOTTO AI, Secretary, I' In ase • CERTIFICATE. bi ltt, nt seri es of experiments made two , • llark \lc Nit 11, and Co.'s le 44 n tversal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta !rimed burn economy and the quality of the 11 , ht Tested against sapjn .rs, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a ~Tnat least 25 per cent., and agaiii , t three tish-tall burners, tiOr to 811 l u Per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the dame is supe -7 other burner." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. IVERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the'Poly- Cllti t i:stltution, and may he had and seen from 11 till 4, at the • 40 , Charing-cross; and of all Gas Fitters. JAMES McbraEcoß, Chairman, in the chair, The advertisement convening the meeting was read, and the fol lowing resolutions were unanimously passed :- Ist. That the common seal of the Company be affixed to the register of proprietors. 2d. That the report of the directors, as now read to this mee:ing, be received and adopted, and that the same be printed and circulated amongst the proprietors. 3d. That William Davies, Esq., be elected an Auditor of this Com pany, in the place of James Butler Williams ' Esq., resigned. • 4th. That James Walter, Esq., be elected an auditor of this Com pany, in the place of Martin Luther Pritchard, Esq., resigned. sth, That Claude Hamilton, Esq., be elected an auditor of this Company. 6th. That Martin Luther Pritchard, Esq., having been elected a director, in the place of Edward Winslow, Esq., resigned, be con tinued A director of this Company. 7th. That a dividend of six shillings per share be now declared, and that it he made payable on the Ist day of October next. Rth. That the best thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman and Directors, for the care and attention they have devoted to the interests of the C,,rnpany. South-Eastern Railway Office, 14th Sept., 1846. REPORT. South-Eastern Railway-office, London-bridge Terminus, September 14, 1846. _ _ The accounts of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam Packet Company for the half-year ending on the 31st July last, which have been audited and certified, show an amount at the disposal of the proprietors of 3,436/. 12s. The Pr nce , s Clementine was launched on the 25th of July, and may be expected to be at Folkestone in all this month. The other two steam-ships now building, the Lord Warden and the Princess Helena, will soon follow, and the Company will have a sufficient number of steam-ships to insure to the public two passages in the day from Folkestone to Boulogne, and two from Boulogne to Folkestone. The harbour at Folkestone has improved so much by the works carried on there, that the measure of the time at which steamers can leave it is no longer the depth of water in the harbour, but the depth of water ovrr the rocks at its entrance, and these rocks are being removed by divers. The facilities given at the Custom-house at Folkestone have much economised the time of passengers ; 250 packages of luggage are cleared and removed from the Custom-house, within one hour after the arrival of the steam-ships, much to the credit of the service. During the last twelve months the passage has been performed daily in two hours to two hours and a quarter, between Folkestone and Boulogne, and Boulogne and Folkestone, without the slightest interruption. And the passage between Ramsgate and Ostend, since that service was commenced on the 13th of April, has been performed with equal punctuality in four hours and a half. The peculiar advantage of the harbour of Ramsgate, where pas sengers can land from or embark on board the steam ships at the Pier at all times of the tide, without the necessity of using boats, is highly appreciated by travellers, and cannot be too generally known. The Directors look forward to an increase of traffic on the opening of the continental lines of railway to the French coast, and with a fleet of eight splendid steam-ships, they think that the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company will be in a position to do justice to the passages. As a respectable reserved fund has been established, the Directors have concluded that it is no longer necessary to effect insurances on the steam-ships, and they have determined to allow the present policies to expire and not to renew them. Mr. MarthiLuther Pritchard has resigned his office as auditor, and has been elected a Director in the place of Mr. Edward Winslow, who retired. Mr. J. Butler Williams has also resigned his office as auditor, in consequence of having accepted the appointment of Secretary of the Caledonian Railway. In consequence of the resignation of both auditors, the Directors submitted the accounts of the Company to William Davies, Esq., and John Walter, Esq., two proprietors duly qualified, by whom the accounts have been audited and certified. The Directors recommend that a dividend of six shillings per share be declared and paid on the Ist of October. J. MACGREGOR, Chairman AVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .s. 6d. ; Yellow soap, 425. 46i., 525., and yds. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 5 s., 60s. and 645.; Wl= Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans parent Wax, Is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. hi. ; Store Candles, 5%d. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6 d.; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon ; 'olar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.; Wind-or Soap, ls.t t per packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, is. 9d. it)s e. 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. Per lb. ; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf nng, 9%d. For Cash—At DAVTES'S Old Established -Warehouse 6 St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. LADIES TRAVELLING, Visiting the Sea Coast, or otherwiae exposed t; . the scorching rays of the Sun, will find ROWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing preparation for tlie Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and rehixation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous vari ties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discolouratians, 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 th' "elite" of the Aris tocracy and " Haute Voles," from the sultry climes of India, and the Drawing-rooms of Calctr ta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Czar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. 6€l. and Ss. M. per bottle. _ '.* Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruin , us to the complexion, and which, by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words •‘ HOWLAND'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- UTII ers. All other " Kalydors" are fraudulent counterfelti. COPY of a LETTER from WILLIAM COURTNEY, Esq. _ __ _. _ . To Mr. THOMAS PROM`, 229, Strand, London. Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants, October '26, 1844. Sir,—l cannot help expressing my astonishment in the effect I have experienced in taking your Pills for the Gout. I was taken on Thurs day night so severely with it as to be with difficulty able to get our of my bed, and atter I arose 7 had severe pains, followed on with in flammation of the foot increasing. I took three of your Pills, and within two hours I found the pain to entirely cease. I afterwards took two Pills at a dose twice in the day, and I am, thank God, this morning able to walk without the slightest Inconvenience. I found in a previous very severe attack very great relief; I had the pains in my knees and thighs so very severe at that time, I thought I must have died, and that it must have gone into my stomach. At that time I had resort to your Pills, and they relieved me—within two hours was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought, really, to be known all over the world. I have a brother, a young man, that suffers horribly with it, and his greatest relief and preventive has men your Pills. Make what use you please of my report.—) ours truly and respectfully, WILLIAM COURTNEY. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor tant discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recom mendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effec tive for gout and rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as tooth-ache, &c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, Drain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appoint ment, by an respectable medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob rve the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 StraH, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the G ennirie Medicine. A CROS TIC addresed to MR. GRIMSTONE ON ISIg INCOMPARABLE EYE SNUFF. G ifted of men, who by thy wondrous art, R enowned in every clime, through every part, I n Europe's wide an d c i v i l i sed domain ; M hist Asia's countl ess m i ll i ons, and again, • S tretching from Afric's broad and scorching shores T o where the mighty Niagara roars: O h here accept this tributary lay, N or deem that I can ever well repay, E xcept in gratitude sincere, profound, uch wondrous benefits I so long have found. E 'en from the moment I was led to try Y our marv'llous SNUFF, the SAVIOUR OF THE EYE E axe, health, and comfort, now attend my day. • S afe from the lamp's bewild'ring dazzling blaze, N or dreading e'en the Sun's TOO burning rays. LT Mit, in former days, for much employ, • • F eeling, not seeing: now, indeed, my joy, • F ree and unbounded, thrives without alloy ! - ept.. 1345. J. M. S. Obseive —The gigantic balance of all, the Public Press ! eulogise t is excellent compound of British Herbs. The reader will remem r that this celebrated Eye snuff has been before the Public up ,vard:; of thirty-three years, advanei.lg in the favour of all who use !t. This odoriferous Snuff is sold loose at 6 , 1. per ounce, or in canis ters hearing tilt above Royal Authority, and the sanction of her Maiesty's Lords of the Treasury on eachl canister, at Bd., ls. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs., and 155. 6d. each all Tobacconists, Merchants, and others. This Eye Snuff is exported in white stone canisters to all qaart. ,- s of the globe. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants, were, Agents, and others, on taking large quantities. Look well to the Signature of tte Inventor, W. CRINISTONE, 2: OXFORD STREET, and 24, KING STREET, LONG ACRE LONI ON. IV For the converience of Tobacconists, Grocers, and others who sell this Ilerbaceous Eye Snuff loose, and wish to have it in large quantities, they eau be now supplied with canisters containing ten Pouods.or upwards, if required. tly sending a Post Office Orde. for as , a 2s. 4d. canister will be returned, with full particulars poitag btalded, and SO on In like probation. TRUSTEES. The Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk. Quarles Harris, Esq. Jeffery Smith, Esq. PREMIUMS FOR THE ASSURANCE OF £lOO FOR LIFE. Age. I £S. d. Age. I £s. 4. Age. 20 1 11 6 30 2 0 5 40 25 1 15 6 35 2 7 0 45 Prospectuses and every information may be obtained at the office. THOMAS 3ILTSGRAVE, Secretary. T HE TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 20, PALL•MALL. Capital, 400,0001. TRUSTEES. JOHN ELIJAH BLUNT, Esq. JOHN CONOLLY, SAVILLE CRAVEN HENRY OGLE, Esq., M.P. BANKERS. Messrs. Ilerries, Farquhar, and Co. Messrs. Martins, Stones, and Martins. This Company effects every species of Life Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment. Four-fifths of the profits divided amongst the Assured on the par ticipating scale. This Company grants Tontine Annuities in Classes, according to Age, with benefit of Survivorship ' , vie. : Class 5 including 20 to 25 years of age £3 11 5 Class 9 " 40 to 45 " 3 18 0 Class 13 " 60 and upwards 4 15 1 Example.—A party investing 1001. in Class 13 will, from the day of Investment, receive an Annuity of 41. 15s. Id. per cent. per annum ; and on the completion of the number in his class, his Annuity will increase as his Companions die off, until it reaches the sum of 1,600/. per annum whicklis,.o/ enjoyduriug thtremainder of his life. • , Prospectuses may be had on application at the office. ' FERDINAND OMIT, Actuary and Secretary. THE AUSTRALASI. GENERAL LIFE ASSUI PANT, 1, Leadenhall-street, one Capital, 200,0001., DIRECT 'AN, COLONIAL, and RANCE and ANNUITY COM door from Graeachurch-street. in 2,000 Shares. 'ORS. Edward Barnard, Esq. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. TRUSTEES—Edward Barnard, Esq. ; J. H. Capper, Esq.; Edward Thompson, Esq. Am:arm—James Easton, Esq., and C. Richardson, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples. BANKERS —The Union Tank of London. COLONIAL BANaLas--The Bank' of Australasia (incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835), $, Austin-friars, London. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-smtare. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—Edward Ryley. The following Peculiar Advantages are offered by this Company:- 1. Their policies cover the risk of living and voyaging over a far larger portion of the globe than do those issued by any other com pany in existence. They allow the insured to reside in the Australa sian and North American colonies, and at the Cape of Good Hope.' They also allow of one passage out and one home to any of those co lonies. For British India a very moderate extra premium is charged. 2. Premiums may be paid and claims settled at Sydney, Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay. 3. A third of the premiums may remain unpaid for five years, nor is it necessary for the maintenance of the assurance to pav up the premium at the end of that time, but the unpaid thirds may remain as a debt azainst the policy if the interest be regularly paid upon them as the renewal premiums All due. E. RYLEY. Actuary and Secretary. A s. d. 2 15 4 3 6 10 SALES BY AUCTION. KENSINGTON PARK. THE LANSDOWN VILLAS, SUITED TO RESPECTABLE OCCUPANTS, HELD FOR N►NETY-NINE YEARS; THE SITUATION IG PERFECTLY IRRESISTIBLE. Y MR. GEORGE ROBINS, at the AUC- T lON MART, on THURSDAY, the Bth of October, at Twolvi o'clock, in four Lots. Four exceedingly pretty villas, adapted to families not too large, Nos. 3,4, 5, and 6, IN KENSINGTON PARK, AND DISTINGUISHED AS LANSDOWN VILLAS, in a neighbourhood that now claims (and without any mistake) to stand higher in public estimation than anything around this great metropolis. The four abodes will be sold in separate lots—two are most respectably occupied by solid tenants, on short leases, at eighty guineas each, and in flee years must of necessity reach 100 guineas a-year, and there are two just completed in the same superior style ready for occupation or investment, for a term of near ninety-nine years, at a ground rent of only 121. 10s. a year each. The nature of the abodes, which have been so feebly represented, forms a refreshing contrast to most competitors in the vicinity of the Metropolis (always excepting the immense assemble of villas recently erected by the persevering and clever exertions of Mr. Reynolds, whose work certainly approaches that which is now under our consideration). The substantiality of the villas should be seen, to be appreciated ; it will be a lesson to all com petitors to hide their diminished heads. THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHN presents a great and valuable feature ; it is placed in the centre of this MAGNIFICENT TOWN OF VILLAS. THE EXTENSIVE GARDENS AND A PARK (the latter claiming to be au advantage without any parallel case) ren der this position the most interesting and delightful spot anywhere. There is access to London every five minutes during the whole day. The occupants and entire neighbourhood not to be surpassed for their respectability. In short, of the property under consideration, too much cannot well be said. Particulars, twenty-one dais prior to the sale, on the Premises 1 the Auction Mart ; and in Covent-garden., THE MISCELLANIES OF EARL DUNDONALD IN HANOVER LODGE, REGENT'S PARK. MODERN FURNITURE, NOBLE GLASSES, CHANDELIERS, PICTURES, EXCEEDINGLY FINE MARLE BUSTS AND FIGURES, FINE BRONZES, AND CELLAR OF CHOICE WINES. MR. GEORGE ROBINS will SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, To-Monaow, and two follow ing days, at Twelve, ALL THE MODERN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE And Appendages of THE EARL DUNDONALD'S VILLA, HANOVER LODGE, IN THE REGENT'S PARK, (which he has just sold by auction). The furniture may be traced (some years since) to an upholsterer of eminence, and includes a drawing-room suite in French curtains for live windows, carved rosewood Grecian couches, sixteen ditto chairs, and eight gilt cabriole fauteuils, rosewood, card, circular, and sofa tables; NOBLE CHIMNEY GLASSES, 76 inches by 62, in elegant gilt frames, what-nots and dejeune tables, pair of noble oriental enamelled china jars 4 feet high, pair ditto beakers, handsome Sevres vases and figures; SUPERB CUT GLASS CHANDELIERS, for 8 and 10 lights; boulle suspending and bronze tripod lamps; silk damask dining-room ctutains ; eighteen mahogany chairs in green leather ; set of capital extending tables ; A SPLENDID SIDEBOARD AND GLASS OVER, 111 INCHES BY 90; sideboard tables ; sarcophagus cellaret ; six antique carved chairs ; pair ditto lounging library ditto; carved oak book-cases, and cheffo nier ditto ; FINE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS OF MERIT, Including two Views in Venice, by Canaletti, and Landscapes, by lioudekoeter Van Uliet ; and several others by esteemed masters; NOBLE MARBLE BUSTS AND FIGURES , Including the exquisitely sculptured figures of Eve at the Fountain, and Musidora, chef-dceuvres by C. Rossi, R.A. ; Venus and Apollo ; Busts of Napoleon, Washington, Byron, and Fox. All these works of art are exceedingly recherche ; scagliola pedestals ; fine bronzes ; buhl hall clock ; large Brussels and Turkey carpets. The bed-chambers include a dozen mahogany four-post and French bedsteads, with drab moreen hangings and bedding, mahogany ward robes, chests of drawers, wash stands, toilet glasses, carved and gilt cabriole sofas, and six chairs ; and everything essential to the bed chambers. CELLAR OF INCOMPARABLY CHOICE WINES, selected with the Noble Earl's first-rate judgment, and with the greatest care from the most approved vintages ; together with the appendages of the servants' apartments ; kitchen utensils, garden tools, iron roller, green-house plants, &c. May be viewed, and catalogues then had (at 6d. each) on the premises ; and at Mr. Georg Robins's offices, Covent-garden. IN LINCOLNSHIRE INGLEBY WOOD, in the PARISH of SAXILBY, Seven Miles from LINCOLN, SIXTY-FIVE ACRES of VALUABLE THRIVING GRoWING OAK 'UMBER. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to OFFER to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Saracen's Head, Lincoln, on FRIDAY, October 2d, at One for Two o'clock, in Two Lots, THE RESIDUE OF THE ESTATES OF THE LATE LORD MONSON. comprising INGLEBY WOOD, with upwards of 65 ACRES OF FINE OAK TIMBER TREES, and also A QUANTITY OF ASH POLES, from t-n to twenty years' growth. The wood adjoins a farm which was sold by the late Lord Monson, and LANDS BE LO • GING TO THE CROWN, hut the circumstance which will give it most importance is—the easy s iipment or the timber whenever a fall is taken, the estate being within a short mile from THE NAVIGABLE RIVER FOSS, which connects THE TRENT AND WITHAM STREAMS, and thus opens with facility, and at a trifling expense, A MARKET F R THE TIMBER IN THE DOCK-YARDS OF THE HUMBER AND THE THAMES. whenever it is requisite for it to be sold. It is at present in hand, and the outgoings are very trifling. Also, in the village of Saxilby, A GOOD BRICK AND TILED COTTAGE, with garden and garth, comprising about half an acre, in the occupa lion of William Denman. The woodman, k . ;eorge Cramnack, who lives at Saxilby, will show the property. Particulars of Mr. Brown, South Carlton, Lincoln shire ; Messrs. Oddie, Lumley, Nichol', and Smyth, solicitors, Carey street, Lincoln's Inn ; the Saracen's Head, Lincoln ; and at Mr. George 'Whittle* Offices, Covent-garden, London. JUVENILE PLEASURE. Amidst the bright scene we delightfully treasure, We witness with ecstacy juvenile pleasure ! Their light-hearted revels we cherish with joy, Whilst the face is illumin'd of each beautiful boy ! Oh ! there is not a youth, we may venture to say, But enraptured looks forth to the bright holiday ; And amongst all the transports, and many are those, There is nothing that pleases so much as New Clothes ! Now HYAM, we freely acknowledge with truth, The very best Clothing provides for each youth, Transcendently high his great name now it shines, For Hussar Suits and Tunics of novel designs ! At incredulous prices he now will dispose Of his splendid assortment of Juvenile Clothes ! Parents and Guardians are respectfully invited to inspect th e im mense variety of Boys and Youths' Clothing always kept on hand at this Establishment. An immense saving in price is effected, and very garment warranted as to durability, quality, and fashion. LIST OF PRICES. X s. d. Dress Coat, braided edges ••••• • • • • •from 1 1 0 Surtouts, Trousers, in cloth and doeskins 0 8 6 Trousers, in Tweed ••..••••••• • • • • • • • • • 0 6 6 Vests, either in cloth or fancy Materials 0 4 6 SUMMER GARMENTS. Summer Coats, in endless variety .. ... • 0 9 6 Cashmere Ditto Fishing or Shooting Ditto ••••• • • • • • .... 0 7 6 Office Ditto ••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 9 6 Blouses, in countless profusion..... . 0 2 6 Trousers, in all the newest washing materials .. Vest, ditto, Designs guaranteed to retain their colour ••• • • • •••• • • • 0 2 9 MADE TO ORDER. Dress Coats, made to measure ••• • • • from 1 10 8 Surtouts, ditto ........ • • ... .• • 1 15 0 Trousers, ditto .... •• • • Test, ditto .... • . SUMMER GARMENTS. The Hyamonlan Paletot, a fashionable Over-coat, made to order, extremely light and well-adapted for the present Trousers, of peculiarly light fabrics .. • • 0 8 0 Vests, in rich Cashmere and printed Quiltings, French patterns • • In immense Stock of Youths and Boy's Clothing at proportionate .ew prices. Money will be returned to any purchaser, should he not approve of his pnrchme after seeing the articles at his own house. No business transacted on Saturdays until the evening. L. HYAM, Pantechnetheca. 36 Gracechurch-street. London. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.--Last night the associa tion met in rather considerable numbers to hear Pro fessor Owen discourse on the fossil mammalia of the British islands. The earliest formation (he said) in which the remains of mammalian quadrupeds were found was the oolitic ; here were little insectivorous quadru peds, warm-blooded and quick-breathing, and the cor responding animals were to be found now in Australia, nearly at our antipodes. The various formations and deposits above the oolitic was then described ; and the discourse was occupied with. ne of these, in which were to be seen a number of great freSh-water deposits, showing that at one period we had a series of mammal= forms very considerably surpassing anything we have now. For instance, a species of elephant nearly double the size of the largest elephant of Ceylon, a rhinoceros with two horns, a hippopotamus quite as large as that of Africa, and a deer with antlers whose extreme points were sometimes nine or ten feet from each other. We had, in the period in question, a large species of reindeer and a little roebuck. We had three species of wild ox, one a bison or bonassus of enormous structure, another with horns a yard or a yard and a half long, and a third with very short horns. There was evidence that all these had continued to exist in Europe within the historical period, and some of our ancient stories of battles with dun cows might have re ference to these. There was also a feline animal of equal size with any lion or tiger, but with canine teeth of the most destructive form. There were the remains of bears surpassing in size the great grissly bear of the Rocky Mountains of North America; a species of hyena was also found in caverns. In considering the question how these quadrupeds came to this island, the geologists had arrived at the conviction that the separation between England and the continent had been a comparatively recent affair, compared at least with the period when so enormous a mammalian class existed in this island. These could not be the remains of animals brought here from tropical climes by some great torr en t ; th a t notion was contradicted by their enormous numbers, the integrity of their .nhabi bones d , the we ar i ng awa y o f th e fl oor of f ~the crushed bones and teeth dragged into these c aves , an d o the eee caves heedless young they creatures t e other like reasons; there were hundreds of antlers, not water-worn, and which must have been shed by living deer. There were many signs of the former union of England and France; England once had bears and wolves like France, and the bones of the extinct animals in both countries agreed. Sir R. MuncnlsoN, the President, at the conclusion of the Professor's discourse, expressed a hope that the meeting would be favoured with the opinion of Dr. Buckland, the great wizard of the caves, the necromancer of all animals. The Dean of WESTMINSTER objected to the discussion of points of difference before an inexperienced and un learned audience. He would rather refer to the con firmation now given to what he stated twenty-five years ago, and for which he was then deemed almost an auda cious liar.—(A laugh.) That there were British ele phants (more in that very county than the members of the British Association), and rhinoceroses, and hippo potami, the aboriginal inhabitants of this country, the predecessors of landowners and farmers—(Laughter)— these, to use a fashionable phrase, were "great facts." —(A laugh.) But how did these strange gentlemen find their way into this now civilised and happy country ? Whence came the bears and hyenasof thecaves of York shire, whose gambols had polished the sedilia upon which they amused themselves with disporting ? On that point geologists differed wide as the antipodes. But looking at the extremely insignificant depth of the chan nel which divided us from the Continent, the greatest depth between Dover and Calais being only the height that diff e r ence i n d e pth. g d of is t r h u e pt t i o o w n er m o ig f h M t a h g a d v a e len ni C ad o e llee, Oxford, the slightest In that slight trough of the sea there might have been dry sands. At all events, the animals in question must have lived and died here. Mr. LYELL remarked, that not only was this planet inhabited for ages by a succession of plants and animals, now extinct, before man came upon the stage; but that even of those species now contemporary with man a great number existed for ages before the era when we had reason to suppose that the human race began. Mr. BULLAR suggested that a part of the audience might find it wise to apply to this subject Paley's coun sel, not to suffer what we do know to be disturbed by what we do not. Sir R. Muncatsox observed, that Professor Forch hammer had promised the society a paper on sea-water currents, and perhaps he would open the Straits of Dover question. What he would pronounce upon it could at present only be conjectured; " but," added Sir Roderick, " I have heard say the re i s a tradition that there was a prince of his country with whom a Queen of England fell in love, and that this Danish prince being refused to her in marriage, she cut a trench which separated this country from the continent." —(Laughter.) The proceedings of yesterday then terminated. This morning's list of business for the day announced meetings in four of the sections, but only one section met in fact—the Statistical. gi T es h w : irth, on th e mor t a li ty o f gentleman reported that " Family Experience," and had obtained from 1 , 987 families ret urns o f var i ous childheAh had p d e a n s P e , particulars; the persor , s thus applied to were o f a l l sorts, e n wr t a out bs yfi r a sitr c r. i :C al : di circular heeded from the higher professional man down to the chimney sweeper. From the.,e returns tables had been framed , with the cause o f unted for i n th ese half of the deaths rd o e f e t u h t rh e n. s n , u o m 2f ofb ,3 e t9h r 7e ldo d i eeoda7t6under l t d2r e e a l h n ne e : g er o e l y occurring among children under one year old. Conta gious, epidemic, and endemic diseases, diseases of the nervous system, and respiratory diseases, were found to be the diseases most fatal to young children. The cases in which the first child was reported a son were 618 ; those in which it was a daughter, 588. A return had also been obtained from the Foundling Hospital. In 67 years, ending with 1844, it had admitted 2,975 children —1,545 males and 1,430 females; the mortality among them was much greater than among children of the tWll t4i plat e- b same age in f am ili es ; i t was greatest in January and October. A twee same T lB h 2 e 7, e , n w t r a a s s t n e b x e read. It showed th e p r i ce o f materials used at each of those periods, the method adopted, quantity produced, profit, price, and demand. It was stated, in a conversa tion which followed, that our manufacturers were unable to keep pace with the demand at present; but as soon as they overtook it, importation would probably cease, and we should export this article. The great demand for it had hitherto deprived the public of the full benefit of the reduction of duty, the price being thus kept up ; but plate-glass vies rapidly being substituted for common gic;g4 in windows ; in the week after the late hail,-storm the demand for plate-glass in London was treble that of any previous week. Lieutenant -Colonel Svxus read a number of returns on the . subject of the administration of civil and erimi nal:justiee in India. About fifteen years ago the natives who had been only assessors, or assistants in the Indian courts, were allowed to be judges; and the object of these returns was to show the effect of that change. It appeared that there were fewer appeals from the deci sions of native judges than there had been from the English; about one-sixth of the decisions now were ap pealed from, and they were generally modified or re versed in about one-third of the appeals. The time a suit occupied had also diminished; a suit in the court which corresponded to our Chancery commonly occu pied a year and seven months when the average was struck in 1841, but only one year in 1844; in the in ferior courts the period had _been reduoed from seven months to five, and in oth ers from five to four. About 98 per cent, of this judicial labour was now performed by natives; the pleaders also were natives, and the lan guage of the country was used. It was generally sup- posed in England that the land-tax, the chief tax _of India, ruined numbers of the people; but in the whole Bombay presidency,' in 1843, there were but five per sons in gaol for non-payment of it, and in 1844 only two. In the criminal courts the returns showed that the sen tences were gradually diminishing in seventy; in the Bengal presidency there were but twenty-six sentences of death in 1834. In some cases an appeal was allowed to the criminal, and in ninety oases in the Bombay pre sidency in one year the sentence was annulled; in fifty eight cases the sentence was banishment from the dis trict, or county as we should say. The improvement in the administration of justice had arisen from the diffu sion of education and knowledge among the people. A report of the committee on the statistics of sickness and mortality is York was then read. It comprised a period of a year and a half. It stated that ten per cent. of the persons who died there in that period had been attended by no medical man in their last illness. The hour of death had been ascertained in 67 cases. Itap peered that where th e c h ances seeme d equa l death might occur at any hour between ten o'clock in the morning and ten o'clock at night, the probability was found to be three to two that death would occur between four o'clock and ten o'clock P.M., rather than between ten o'clock a.m. and four o'clock P.M. Death occurred more fre quently in the morning hour between nine and ten o'clock than in the evening hour between nine and ten o'clock, in the proportion of 91- to 5. Comparing the two morn ing and evening hours of four to fire o'clock and nine to ten o'clock, the two morning hours (in their number of deaths) were to the two evening in the proportion of thirteen to eight. In some conversation which followed it was noticed that in a sick room, when the patient was not likely to live many hours, it was very common at sea-ports to hear the question asked, " When does the tide turn ?" the popular opinion being that that was an hour when death was likely to take place. The section (which then consisted of five persons) agreed that there was most likely " something in this." The sitting then terminated. Although the statistical section met this morning, al most all the members of the Association were absent from the town on various expeditions. A party went to visit the gardens of the Dean of Winchester, and take luncheon with him at Bishopstoke Rectory. A dredging party crossed the water, and set to work on the coast of the Isle of Wight after their peculiar taste. The great body, about 250, went round that island in a steam vessel, with a view to observe the geological formations and deposits exposed by the cliffs and chasms there. The day was splendid, the party were in high spirits, and the Lady de Saumarez made an admirable floating lecture-room. On leaving Southampton Water, the vessel bent her course towards the east, and the Presi dent, Captain Ibbetson, and Mr. Prestwich, occupied themselves in explaining to the company the geological character of the coast—a subject which is to be specifi cally discoursed upon by Coptain Ibbetson on Tuesday. Sir J. Herschel, Sir H. de la Beche, and others, took part in the conversation. At Black Gang Chine, at the back of the island, the vessel anchored, and a great number landed and examined the cliffs; which there pre sent a very wild and picturesque appearance. Here was found Dr. Buck/and, who had crossed the island from Cowes; but if the Dean thought to avoid the voyage al together, he was mistaken, for some of those who had landed laid - violent hands on him, and soon stowed him safely in the steamer. A bag which he had with him was, naturally enough, supposed to contain geological specimens, and the doctor was pressed to exhibit its con tents; it turned out, however, that he had been provid ing for the body, and not for the mind, the first article drawn from the repertory being a brandy flask, and the second a crab. At Alum Bay the voyagers again went on shore, 'and dispersed like ants, upon a hillock, in search of " specimens," working lustily with their ham mers and chisels as if they would peck some spots to pieces ; the canvass and leathern bags of a hundred geo logists were filled with spoils. On re-embarking the thanks of the whole company were voted to the gentle men who had been their instructors during the day. Mr. Drew (a member of the local committee) took occa sion to contradict a report which had gone abroad that the South-Western Steam Company had given the use of the steamer for the day. The vessel then steered up the Solent, and arrived at Southampton about half-past nine o'clock in the evening, having been .absent fourteen hours. A conversational soiree had been advertised by the as sociation' to take place at 8 o'clock, and soon after that hour 80 or 100 ladies and gentlemen assembled in the Victoria-rooms. Unfortunately, (however, there was no one to preside, or :to start conversation, and bind the company into one, and the various parties that arrived continued for a couple of hours in almost private chat inter se, several unhappy persons sitting or standing alone, and wondering when the business would begin. At 10 o'clock it was whispered about the room that the steam-vessel from the Isle of Wight had arrived, but that the President had gone home for the night. The company then concluded that they bad had the " conversational soiree," and began to slip away by twos and threes ; by 11 o'clock the room was empty. On Monday Prince Albert is expected to visit the sec tions ; respecting which I must say that their being situated in five different parts of the town, and all in operation at once, creates a good deal of difficulty and inconvenience. As it is doubtful whether the potato discussion will be resumed, it may be well to add that a number of speculations on the cause of the disease were broached yesterday, but no conclusion was arrived at. Some at- tributed the disease to the rupture of the vessels, occasioned by frost or sudden growth ; and after a long discussion between Dr. Buckland, Dr. Daubeny, Professor Playfair, and others, on the question whether atmospheric influence or a peculiar miasma could be the cause, Mr. SOLLY stated that he felt convinced no one could at present explain what it really was. Several gentlemen recommended that potatoes be raised from seed in future. Dr. BUCHLAND said, the only remedy he knew was the following :—The instant the extremity of the leaf is attacked, mow down the whole to the ground, and burn it, to give the tuber a chance of escape. Leave the tubers in the ground till the first dry days of August, then take them up, pick out the infected, and pack the rest in dry straw, not touching one another. A member suggested that the stalk should be pulled up, and not merely mowed ; the disease existed very low down. So much doubt had been thrown upon every theory by the time Mr. Sol!) , spoke, that his remark was very generally cheered.— Times. We have received the following information in re gard to Lieutenant Walker's valuable invention to pre serve iron ships from the effects of cannon shot :—On Friday the fifth experiment of this invention was made in the Arsenal at Woolwich, in the presence of Sir Howard Douglas, General Smith, Colonel Chalmers, Captain, Houstan Stuart, Captain Superintendent of the Dock yard, and forty or fifty officers and gentlemen interested in the experiment. Twelve 321 b. cannon shot were fired through a target six feet square, covered with the kamptulicon composition, which instantly closed over the holes. It was attached without bolts or bars by a solution which, when wanted to be detached from the iron plate, engaged upwards of twenty men nearly an hour ; thus proving every proposition of the inventor most satisfactorily.—Railway Herald. A NOBLE EXAMPLE.—On Friday last Lord Wors ley, M.P., was travelling from London to Lincoln, when on arriving at the Rugby station, he quitted the first class carriage, and took a second-class ticket, at the same time producing his address card, and desiring the station-keeper to inform the directors that he should never travel by first-class on their lines, until the present exorbitant fares are reduced. His Lordship did the same at Leicester, Nottingham, and Lincoln, so it is to be hoped the directors will get to hear of it. Several noblemen and gentlemen are reported to have made similar resolves as it regards the Midland lines ; general observance of such conduct would bring the directors to the more reasonable fares of other lines.— Hull paper. The secretary of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, has just received a donation of one hundred guineas, through the vicar of Wandsworth, in aid of the funds of that institution. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon, a fatal accident occurred to a fine young man, a coalwhip per, named Sullivan, off Stone Stairs, Ratcliff. He was practising in a small skiff for a rowi ng matc h , w hi c h comes off to-day ; but his frail bark was upset by the swell of a steamer, and the unfortunate man lost his life in consequence. N AVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH D umont , SUNDA Y .-M. DUMO, a member of the French C a bi net (Minister of Public Works), and suite, arrived at thi s port yesterday, by the 11 o'clock train, on a v i s i t of inspection. Lieutenant Rawstorne received his Excellency, and conducted the party to the Victory, having seen which they left for the Victoria and Albert royal yacht, whence they proceeded to the dockyard, and, having been shown the most interesting features therein, they returned to London by special train at half-past four o'clock. Lieutenant Rawstorne received the warm thanks of the Minister for his polite and courteous attention. The whole party appeared much pleased with the objects they had visited and the attention paid to them. The Raven cutter, Lieutenant Commanding John Stephens, sailed late on Friday evening on her return to Sheerness, taking supenumeraries and passengers for that port and Chatham. The Bulldog, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Davis, ar rived from Chatham yesterday morning, and came into the harbour in the course of the day. She is a fine bold-looking vessel of the Stromboli class, but 100 tons larger, and having engines of nearly double her power. She mounts two large pivot shell guns, and four broad side guns, long 32 -pounders. Three companies of the 74th Highlanders, with the head-quarters of the regiment, embarked yesterday morning on board the Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain John Robb, at the dockyard. As soon as the troops and baggage were on board, the vessel hauled off, and the 1 steam being previously up, proceeded to Spithead, where she lay for a short time to take on board her powder, and then sailed for Leith. There are two commies of this fine corps still here, which will, it is supposed, await the return of the Scourge from the Shetland Islands. The Black Eagle Admiralty steam-yacht, sailed early yesterday morning for Woolwich, pursuant to Admiralty orders received the previous night. The Ajax, 74, is progressing fast towards completion for a steam guard-ship for this port, and will, we are informed be undocked at Cowes next spring tide. Yes terday week the surveyor of the navy inspected her; Mr. Smith, the inventor of the screw propeller, has also visited the Ajax officially. She will have the following armament:—one 56-pounder, 85 cwt., and two 8-inch mortars of 65 cwt. each, on the quarter-deck; one 56- pounder, of 85 cwt., on the forecastle; twenty-six 32- pounders of 42 cwt. each, on the upper deck; and twenty-six 42-pounders of 66 cwt. each on the lower deck. Total, fifty-six heavy guns. The Apollo troop ship, Commander Radcliffe, ar rived at Monte Video on the 24th of June, to embark the 45th Regiment for the Cape of Good Hope. The Gorgon steam-frigate, Commander Crouch, and the Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hope, arrived at Monte Video from the Parana on the 12th of June. 1 The Alarm, 26, Captain Frankland, sailed from Hali fax for Port Royal, Jamaica, on the sth of August. Mr. Stiles, clerk of the Alarm, had gone into the Belleisle, 72 ; and Mr. Harris, assistant clerk, had been made clerk of the Alarm. The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Brown, arrived at St. Helena, from the west coast of Africa station, on the 12th of July, for water, &c. The Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Commander Boyle, was in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 17th of June. A letter from her, dated Table-bay, the 10th, says, " The Kafirs are anything but a despicable enemy. The last accounts from the frontier were more satisfac tory, as we had not lost any more waggons, and the Kafirs had been defeated, but walked off in their retreat with 4,000 head of cattle. Indeed, as far as we can judge here little energy has been displayed by our people, and the colony is fast verging on ruin ; credit is at so low an ebb that bills cannot be cashed under 10 per cent. discount. We remain here (Table-bay) about four days longer, when the last of the Burgher force will be dispatched to Algoa-bay, and we shall re-embark the President's men and our marines and return to Simon's bay. The Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, with the Go vernor of New Zealand on board; the Scout, 16, Com mander Loring ; and the Snake, 12, Commander T. B. Brown, are in Simon's-bay, with a French frigate. Lieut. Boys has broken his arm." Sir William Burnett, M.D., K.C.H., F.R.S., Director- General of the Medical Department of the Navy, arrived at Haslar Hospital on Friday, on an official visit to that institution. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 12.—Her Majesty's brig Hound arrived from Portsmouth on the 10th, and sailed on the 11th with supernumeraries for the coast of Africa. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Rhadamanthus, Master Commander Thomas Laen, arrived on the 10th from Ire land, and took on board the remaining part of the 55th Regiment yesterday (the 11th), and sailed for the Cove of Cork. his Imperial Russian Majesty's corvette Abo, Captain Nordman, came in this mottling from Naples, where she conveyed some valuable presents from his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of all the Russias to his Majesty the King of Naples. The Abo sails again to-morrow morning. DEVONPORT, SEPT. 12. Yesterday morning the Earl of Auckland and tke other Lords of the Admiralty at Moorshead's Royal Hotel, were visited by Admiral Sir John West, K.C.8., Port Admiral ; Rear-Admiral Sir S. Pym, C. 8., Admiral Superintendent ; Mr. Black - more, the Mayor of Devenport, and other official per sonages. The First Lord granted a levee to a number of naval officers, after which the Board inspected the dockyard, the ships constructing therein, and the new works at Morice Town. Subsequently, in company with Captain-Superintendent Sir Thomas Fellowes, C. 8., they visited the Royal William Victualling-yard at Stonekouse. In the evening their Lordships dined with Admiral Sir John West, at his official residence, Admiralty House, Mount Wise. The party consisted of the Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Admiral Sir C. Adam and Captain Berkeley, Lords of the Admiralty ; Captain Brandreth, R.E., Civil En gineer to the Board ; Captain Eden, Private Secretary to Lord Auckland ; the Hon. G. H. Ward, Secretary to the Admiralty ; Admiral Sir John West, Port Admiral, Lady West, and Miss West ; the Earl and Countess Morley ; the Hon. General and Mrs. Henry Murray ; Lady Leeke and the Misses Leeke ; Admiral Sir S. Pym and Mrs. Drake ; Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes ; Cap tain M. 11. Dixon ; Colonel Aslett, R.N. ; Dr. Arm strong, of the Royal Navy Hospital ; and Mr. J. Smith, Private Secretary to the Port Admiral. This afternoon the First Lord will lay the foundation or key-stone to the inverted arch which forms the western entrance to the lock of the south basin. In preparing for this dock, an excation has been made 43 feet deep; it will, when completed, form a lock or dock 360 feet long and 80 feet wide, within which a further excavation will be made for a basin 600 feet by 500 feet. The foundation-stone is a rectangular block of granite from the Par quarries, near Fowey, 12 feet 10 inches long, 3 'feet 6 inches deep, and 2 feet 7 inches wide, weighing 9 tons. Underneath it will be deposited the usual coins of the realms, &c., which deposit will be covered by a brass plate, bearing the following inscrip tion : " This Stone was laid by the Right Hon. The Earl of Auckland, G.C.B. First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, on the 12th Sept., 1846 ; Being the Foundation-stone of the new Establishment for the Manufacture and Repair of Machinery for her Majesty's Steam-ships of War; Designed and commenced in the year, 1844 under the:Orders of the Right Hon. The Earl of Haddington, K.C.8., First Lerd Commissioner of the Admiralty. Captain Brandreth, R.E., F.R.S., Director-in-Chief of the Works. Captain Burgmann, RE,, Resident Director of the Works. George Baker and Son, Contractors." The whole site to be occupied by the new works is 74h- acres, and it is intended as a yard for the construc tion, repairing, and use of the steam navy. The first spade was put in on the 19th of November, 1844, for the foundation of the offices for the clerics of the works ; and on the 30th of January, 1846, the first pile, called the dolphin or guide pile, was driven. Mr. Nasmyth's valuable invention, the tilt hammer, has been successfully employed in driving the piles. This enormous machine is worked by steam power. It was on the sth of Fe. bruary in the present year that the first engine was put to work, and so rapid has been the progress, that the dam of 1,600 feet, the greatest length ever before at• tempted, and in which there is no less than 8,000 loads of timber, was completed in a few months—which, by the old plan, would have taken years. Besides this saving of time, there has been also a large saving of expense, yet the cost of the dam and its contingent risks exceeded 130,0001. Up to the last week nearly 150,000 cubic yards had been excavated ; and, to the 31st of August, nearly 207,000 cubic feet of granite and nearly 350,000 cubic feet of limestone had been delivered on the works. Messrs. Baker, the contractors, have made arrange ments, on the conclusion of the ceremony, to entertain the Lords of the Admiralty and a company of 200 ladies and gentlemen at an elegant dejeuner. The workmen, to the number of nearly 800, dine under an extensive tent formed in the shape of the letter "V" at the northern part of the works. The Admiralty will be entertained in the extensive model-lofts. PROMOTION. Oliver Thomas Miller, Assistant-Surgeon, Vindictive, :o be surgeon to the Vesuvius. APPOINTMENTS. James B. West, Lieutenant, to the America. William Shippard, Commander, seniority, Aug. 12, 1812, to be retired Captain. Timothy W. Sulivan, Second Master, to the Victoria and Albert. Robert J. C. Grant, Master-Assistant, to the Caledonia. William Mackay, Clerk's-Assistant, to the Thunder. David Partridge, Acting First Engineer, to the Gladiator. George Roe's, Seconi Engineer, to the Bulldog. Alexander Birnie, First Engineer, to the William and Mary. George Kaye, First Engineer, to the William and Mary. Ed ward Deely, Second Engineer, to the William and Mary, Robert Allen, Second Engineer, to the William and Mary. George W. Putt, Second Engineer, to the William and Mary. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH. - Dr. Carey, Bishop of the above see, died on Sunday night nt his residence in Portland.place. Dr. Carey was several years:ago translated from the see of Exeter. But in all these tricks of the Spanish States, there is something of the assumption of virtue, if the virtue itself be wanting. It is doubtless very disagreeable to go up the stairs of the London Tavern, and vote away four fifths of the interest at which you have lent your money, but still there is something of decency in the trans action. The propositions may be mean— despicable— fraudulent—the facts on which they are based may be no facts at all—for who shall attempt to check an account of the resources of New Granada or Ecuador ? But, at all events, the bondholders are asked to consent to them, and if they refuse, which, with all their for beaysnce, they will do sometimes, the despised terms are sent packing across the Atlantic, there to be trimmed into more acceptable shape. In a word, we are used to be swindled by the Spaniards, but when the swindle has been perpetrated, we have always been consenting parties. We have lis tened to tales of woe, referring to anarchy and war, and tales of hope, to the effect that anarchy and war would be no more, and we have agreed to endure a dark past when so bright a future seemed to dawn upon our vision; generally we have grumbled and yielded ; and shown a little prudery with respect to the first hatch of terms, that we might with more dignity embrace the second. But Portugal comes out with a financial coup, that strikes even the experienced Briton with surprise --so consummate is the impudence of the measure. The Portuguese Government, looking over its accounts, dis covers that it is much more convenient to pay four-fifths than five-fifths of the interest on its foreign debt. The old method, as we have said, would have been to convene a meeting, and implore the creditors, in the name of humanity and suffering virtue, to take a little less than their due. This method, as we have also said, involves the chance of a refusal, and therefore Portugal invents a bolder plan. She asks no questions, but goes to the point at once, by levying an income-tax of 20 per cent. on the interest paid on the foreign debt. We ask our readers to lay their hands together, and try to conceive a greater piece of national villainy than this. In our experience, and we have watched foreign stocks not a little, it is the greatest atrocity that was ever re corded in the history of finance. Even Mississippi had the decency to get up a trumpery doctrine, the substance of which was, that the dishonesty of the agent who sold the bonds articled the claim of a bond fide purchaser. The doctrine was the merest rubbish in the ears of all men of business, but still, just as Robert Macaire's hat, in spite of its batteredcondition,was—encore un chapeau, so the Mississippi excuse was an excuse of some sort, and showed that the Governor hai a notion that a state should not commit a robbery without attempting to be plausible. Portugal has no decency whatever. She coolly de clares that she will henceforth pay the foreigners who have advanced her their money, and who have, of course, no voice in her Legislature, one-fifth less than is actually their due. She does not " hope they will agree " to the plan—but she pay no more. The creditors of Portugal are going to hold a meet ing to express their indignation and disgust, and a grand " row," no doubt, there will la on the occasion. Indeed, there ought to be a " row," for if the defrauded ones search their dictionaries for all these terms of vitupera tion in which our language is so wealthy, and bawl them out till the walls of the London Tavern are ready to crack, it will scarcely be commensurate with the great ness of the wrong. They have got not only to fight their own battle, but to defend the very principle of in ternational credit. If a nation can borrow money of a foreigner, and then arbitrarily reduce the rate of inte rest which she has contracted to pay, the word " national security" becomes a mere mockery. If Portugal can, at pleasure, knock off one-fifth from her liabilities, what is to hinder her taking a legislative sponge and wiping out the other four? THE POST-OFFICE. - NEWS;. PAPERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sitt,—Allow me to call your attention to the follow ing case of the arbitrary manner in which the business of the General Post-office is conducted, and of the unjust treatment I have received. Yesterday morning I sent three sacks of newspapers, in a cab, to the Post-office, to be forwarded by the day mail. Fleet-street being blocked up, they had, as usual, to work their way through the back streets, and on coming out of Farringdon street, to go up Ludgate-hill, they found, unexpectedly, that the paviours had just stopped that road, which com pelled them to return through Farringdon-street, and when they reached Newgate•street that was impassable, owing to the large number of carts, Bcc., and they were obliged to pass through Smithfield. In consequence of these repeated interruptions, the cab did not reach the Post-office till three minutes after the time allowed for receiving papers. My men begged of the receivers to allow the papers to go, explaining the cause of being be hind time, and ultimately got them taken in, with the understanding that they should go by that post; but, judge of my surprise when, at ten o'clock last night, the enclosed letter was sent to me, by a customer at the West-end, who had received it by the eight o'clock even ing delivery. " General Post-office, Sept. 12, 1546. " Sir,—l beg to inform you, that nearly two thousand newspapers, from the office of Mr. Wild, Catherine street, Strand, arrived here this morning ' too late' to be forwarded by the day mails. Some of them, from their superscription, appear to have been sent from your office; if, therefore, any complaints are received by you of delay of papers posted for the morning mails of this day, you will at once be enabled to ascribe their detention to the proper cause.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " JOHN RAMSEY. " Mr. Houghton, 162, New Bond-street." Now, what I complain of is —first, the arbitrary con duct, well knowing, as they do, of the interruption of the thoroughfares, in allowing two thousand subscribers to be disappointed of their papers for so trifling an excess of time, the more especially as they had not sent all those up to the sorting-room that were received before, as the men were busily engaged sending them up, and mine were put along with them for that purpose. Se condly, I complain of their writing to others about the papers being too late, and yet sent me no intimation of the fact, who certainly ought to have been the first to hear from them, and have had an opportunity of writing by last night's post, and explaining the cause to some of the disappointed parties. Thirdly, I consider myself un justly treated by their taking in the papers and then not letting them go, because had they come back to me, there were a very many I could have sent by railway, coach, &c., and the agents and others would have re ceived them the same morning, the expense of which would have been nothing compared with the vexation and loss of papers rendered useless through not reaching their destination in proper time. Should you think the statement worthy a place in your paper, it will perhaps be the means of preventing a repetition of such unfair conduct.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, L. WILD. 13, Catherine-street, Strand, Sept. 13, 1846. CRICKETTING IN HYDE PARK.—On Friday even ing, the Foot Guards quartered at the powder magazine, Hyde Park, proceeded, according to custom, to play cricket on a piece of ground in the park, adjoining the magazine. But they had scarcely pitched their wickets when they were ordered off by one of the constables, who said he would not allow them to play there. The soldiers remonstrated, and assured the constabl e th e y were in the habit of playing there without any molesta tion. A crowd that had assembled, seeing that the constable was determined to prevent the soldi ers h av i ng a game, commenced hooting and pelting hi m , w h en t h e soldiers, dreadia' that worse results might follow, very prudently withdrew, assuring the constable that they would lay the matter before their commanding officer. INTERMENTS IN CHURCHYARDS. ST. ANN'S NyESTMINSTER.—On Sunday, the following requisition, signed by thirty-three inhabitants to the churchwardens of St. Ann's, Westminster, was posted on the church doors, with a notice from the churchwardens, that they will lay it before the next vestry:—" We, the under signed rate-payers, deeply impressed with the necessity, from the state of the burial-ground and the churchyard, injurious for preventing any more interments therein, as to the health of the neighbouring inhabitants, respect fully request you to convene a public meeting of the in habitants, to consider of the propriety of closing the burial-ground, or to take such other steps as may be deemed necessary for the well-being of the inhabitants. To the churchwardens of the parish of St. Ann's, West minster." The churchyard abuts on Rupert-street, and the vicinity is closely populated. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAYS-. QATION COMPANY'S NEW STEAM-SHIP POTTINGER.— This fine vessel proceeded down the river on Sunday afternoon for another trial, her trim having been cor rected by an alteration in the stowage. Her perform ance was in the highest degree satisfactory in every re spect, not only to her owners, but also the numerous scientific gentlemen who were on board, including the Arlmiralty surveyors, by whom she was approved for her Majesty's mail service. The Pottinger has gone round to Southampton, whence she will start on the 20th inst. with the mails and passengers fur India. DEARTH OF SHIPPING.—The prevalence of easterly winds for a considerable time past has prevented the homeward bound fleet, which have arrived in the chops of the Channel from the East and West Indies and other distant parts of the globe, from rounding the coast, and arriving at their respective destinations. The conse quence is, that the great dock establishments are at the present time unusually slack, and devoid of import busi ness and commercial bustle, the few arr i va l s t h at d a il y take place consisting principally of steam-ships from the , Continent, and other vessels from the adjacent ports of Europe. DOVER, SEPT. 13.—A most disastrous fire took place yesterday afternoon at Tower Hamlets, about sk mile from this place, consuming eight stacks of corn and three of straw, of the value of about 9001. The above were the property of Messrs. Going and S. Finnic, merchants of Dover, and were insured to about half the value only. It is understood that the conflagration was caused, as is too often the case, by some boys at play near the stacks igniting some lucifer matches, by n.- cident. Every endeavour was made to arrest the t de tvouring element, but from the dr y nature of he ma. terials, all was of no avail, and both corn and straw w totally consumed.