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.114 stir]) STAR, alga ni, - AcKwALL l'a( q:et d PACKETS. an Fail PACKETS. Fare included in one payment upon every P Egg N'o other P ackets call a a ssa t the ge. GRAY'S or GREENHITHE elibu THE XE'V Trit RACE PIER, GRAVESEND. j t t 's. ii ,l \ Erd A B YS. - -At 7, 71 S3 t , 9%, 1134, I , 2,3, 4,5, C, 6 3= , '4B 13 °S. -At 7, 7 i, 814, 111.,, 1,2, 3,4, 5. 6. 614, 7,7%, Z6 ,1°1 1 Trip • • Trai ns • BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. a star ting One Quarter of an Hour before each of ' these times. 1(1 N - C , 7. and 71 .nAY-At 9, 9 %, 10% 11, 11%, 12, 1%, 2 34, 3%, , 91; 9,9 IN 11, 1%, 2 34 , 31 % , 4%, 5, ar y, g hy,9l -1 0 or from London-Fore cabin, and Second Class Rail or•ftr Saloon stn . ! F!vst Class Railway, Is. 1.405 D t %ckwall4n a intermediate Piers-Fore Cabin, 6d.; 4kets forektl Exc arsions.-Apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Star Office, Ticket rett.street 'rennin of the Blackwall Railway. t'kti,l7-,1(-• Nave had 01 41. 45.; Six mouths, 2/ 15s. ; Three ' 5, . Tube had 01 Collectors on board the packets ; )'l'k-issZnk:lZacerkrawcitiefier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Bruns- REMOVAL. I)IIiOCULVERWELL hm REMOVED to No. b'!at ka r ih_ A RGYLL-PLACE. t EGENT-STREET, (leading to wrY 1,7 01 4 h-street) where he may be consulted, as usual, al . / e ; and in the Evening from Seven till Aine ; and ,g , cl edi t , Ns several publications, of which entirely new and en -- "Is have recently been nublishea, may be obtained. „, REMOVAL—GALVANISM. HALSE, the Professor of Medical 0 1 his r ivl %chilin,anis, of 5, Pelham-crescent, Brompton, begs to s that he has taken the house, No. 44, Finsbury -4'34 a T- square, and will be ready to receive patients there ,_ertiYlight's time: He also informs them that as the house ; ° 2 e ilee he will be enabled to do away with the great in.con qpelled to eeping patients waiting so long, as he is now sometimes thA tll ,us a lo, it being his in ention-to have eight operating rooms, ye eight patients under the operation at one time. in .etii 0 .; thealid s w h o may be desirous of hav i ng h i s pamp hl e t on at NlT,',aiiism, will be pleased to inclose two postage stamps to M-crescent. S AII - S By AUCTION. I , estt Jai f,,,„. 1. 9e 1 C, BRIDGE, HANTS. & ' ; - ' ol3 thts', consisiim of a Malthouse, Stabling, the estimated value of about GOI. per annum. R. w Otl •I. HEWITT has received instructions om the Mortgagee to SELL by AUCTION, at the tlti l k „aillot t el , Stockbridge, on Maltabe 10, at two, all those four Cottages, withhouse in the rear, 4 . 6,': ( era n l••e centre of the town of Stockbridge together with an ex- Olga P e r of Stabling, CotofThomas tage. and capital Inclosed Yard. A:so A 4 1. e occupation ki n." Aroper in. litioNar, Y 'nay be viewed, by pei . :ini!sion of the tonant , s, and t e ; 21 4 , ; at Chad of Messrs. Gabriel and Newington, 44, Lincoln s 44 4,1 1rii r , 4 eorge Hotel, Winchester ; the various inns in the tre et : ll l. at the place of slle ; and of the Auctioneer, 11, l ooinsbury-square, London. lI VENILE PLEASURE. ,Ninidst the bright scene we delightfully treasure, :e Witness w ith ccstacy juvenile pleasure! their li g h t-hearted revels we cherish with j oy, Inlst the face is ill u min'd of each beautiful boy ! .;;11 Oh ! there is not a youth, we may venture to say, ?at enraptured looks forth to the bright holiday ; ;!:. 11(1 ernongst all the transor, and manare those, hem is nothing that pleases so much as New Clothes ! RY.A.m, we freely acknowledge with truth, T r e 'verY ilest Clothing provides for each youth, anscendently high his great name now It shines, At Hussar Suits and Tunics of novel designs o t . t i neredulous prices he now will dispose inns is splendid assortment of Juvenile Clothes ! v Guardians are respectfully invited to inspect th e im -174,41t:; 'NZ of Boysan dYouths' Clothing always kept t' n hand at aga r rnent. An immense saving in . price is effected, and 'kent warranted as to durability, quality, and fashion. LIST OF PRICES. _ X s. d. gets Coat, braided edges.• .• • "...from 1 1 0 'Tro nis9 do •.•••••• • • • • 1 5 0 V_ USers, in cloth and doeskins .• • • .... 0 8 6 ° users, in Tweed •• ••• • • 06 6 684 . either in cloth or fancy Materials.. 0 4 6 Rev, SUMMER GARMENTS. • C ! t slimere Dit Coats, in endless variety .. 012 6 •• .. 1 ) 9 6 to • • ••• • • • Fis hing or Shooting Ditto •••• • • • • ...... 0 7 6 b fll ee Ditto .................. .51ou Tr., ses, hi countless profusion .. •• • • .... 0 2 6 "users, in all the n ewest washing V ,_eTuated it als * st, ri to, Designs guaranteed to retain their colour - - • • •• •• 0 2 9 MADE TO ORDER. Dress Coats, made to measure .. .. from 1 10 Tr ousers, ditto •• • • • 1 15 0 t r nusers, (Rao ..... ................. 0 15 0 P est, ditto . ...... ................... 0 7 0 rho SUMMER GARMENTS. • rr ..yamonitm Paletst, a fashionable uver-coat, made to order, extremely light and well -adapted for the present ••• • . 1 1 0 T rousers, of peculiarly light fabrics •• ••. 0 8 0 . vests, in rich Cashmere and printed /{ 4 Quiltings, French patterns ••.••••• • • • • 0 7 6 4 * d ilillense Stock of Youths and Boy's Clothing at proportionate ilo or trice„ Money will be returned to any purchaser, should he not I ) ,L ?e , of his purchwe after seeing the articles at his own house. t:',.'ness transacted on Saturdays until the evening. Pantechnetheca. 36 Gracechurch-street. London. • Vi kti LADIES TRAVELLING. T I Z the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find CAVLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing tie r PreParation for the Complexion, dispelling . th . e cloud . of lar!- It4ly" I ld relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and inriedi- Zhe s i a,llording the pleasing sensation oftatending restored elasticity of ,7111, Frecklesverities , Tan, and Dlscolouratiens, are pleasingly eradicate ion by and the skin rendered delicately seft and clear. Its b and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec ;tti4Lue Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those ra e , ° nttnent of Europe , together with the "elite" of the Aris "lA " a nd " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the C> 'vi -arnB-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Ba ndand the S a l ons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 45 . 6 d. 6ept0.'.,, 64 . Per bottle Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin .4,4ttltt rIY ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel oNV,"od, endanger health. The only genuine has the words SPc'"D'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND COQ 20 , Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by des ir e of the t ittle onal nissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each Sold b 'tee m Y the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per oth_ Kalydors" are fraudulent counterfeits. Acitosric addresed to MR. GRIMSTONE , ON . HIS INCOMPARABLE EYE SNUFF. ? Med of men, who by thy wondrous art, enowned in every clime, through every part, of n Europe's wide and civilised domain idst Asla's countless millions, and again, Itretching from Afric's broad and scorching shores 0 wilt re the mighty Niagara roars : here accept this tributary lay, or deem that I can ever well repay, xcept in gratitude sincere, profound, S uch wondrous benefits I so long have found. X 'en from the moment I was led to try Y our marv'llous SNUFF, the SAVIOUR OF THE EVE X aio, health, and comfort, now attend my day. afe from the lamp's bewild'ring dazzling blaze, U or dreading e'en the Sun's Too burning rays. X nit, In former days, for much employ, eellng, not seeing: now, indeed, my joy, Feet" ree and unbounded, thrives without alloy 1 1 85. t li 4 'serv e „ J. M. S. gigantic balance of all, the Public Press eulogise be; i';'eoilent compound of British Herbs. The reader will iemein ,ara,, 44 this celebrated Eye Snuff has been before the Public up +t, -of t hirty-three years, advancing in the favour of all who use , Thi s od • lets b Q odoriferous Snuff is sold loose at Gd. per ounce, or in cants jralest„a,rlog the above Royal Authority, and the sanction of her 1 .4 a ' 4 ' Lords of the Treasury on each canister, at tid., le. 3d., o . i t i 4 d., is., and 15s. Gd. each ,by all Tobacconists, Merchants, 411 q lers, This Eye Snuff is exported in white stone canisters to 4!.. 41 1 f t :'1, of the globe. A liberal discount allowed ;to Merchants, torai - L ^ goots, and others, on taking large quantities. (1,...,.."0u to the Sinutture of the Inventor, W. GRTMSTONE, 4 401,ifil, r0I tH STREETand 24, KING STREET, LONG ACRE 1 .11 • or the convenience of Tobacconists, Grocers, anti others who %e mit ? Ilerbeep,o,s Eye Snuff loose, and wish ,to have it in large h ihtd‘ i n they can be now supplied with canisters containing ten ty oawards, If required. Nur iv4 „ enyt hlg a Post Office Order for 35 , a 2 s. 4 d. canister will be vr°49 rtl - 3: 4 . 44 fiall Particular*, posts included, and so on in like „...,.-.- ,-.!=, -Ng .._....„. :-.4..., -,. ..-. i ,m'il--1 .t, r^ ( recT. ~.!_, , .._ i ,.:,., ~.,: ,a , ..,.., : ' ft.'). , ._,-- i , - ~.. . , ~ . , ) I 1,4 4 z..,),.;1-,- V5.:.;\ \.,„t.:,,,,,,,,,,, TUESDAY No. 16,839. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUGUST 24, 1846. ,T PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY'S' ORDNANCE do hereby give notice that they will SELL by PUBLIC ~‘UCTION at the Tower, on TUURSDAT, the 10th of September, 1846,-at Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon pre cisely, Sundry LOTS of OLD STORES, consisting of Great Coats, Clothing, Beading, Theodolites, Fire Engine. Hose Pipe, Tools, Bolts, Steel, Iron, Brass, Fire Wood, and various other articles, the whole of which may be. viewed at the Tower, six days previous to the Sale (Sunday excepted) from ten till four o'clock, upon application - to the Principal Storekeeper's Office at that place, where Catalogues of the Lots and Conditions of the Sale will be delivered to those persons who may apply for the same. By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, for the Secretary. BARRACK CONTRACTS. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Aun. 17, 1846. EIE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of her MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give notice, that TENDERS will be received by the several Barrack Masters in Great Britain, on or before:WEDNEsnAv, the 9th September next, from such persons as may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for 'he undermentioned services for a period of three years, from the Ist October, 1846, to the 30th September, 1849. . LAMP-LIGHTING .(where the lamps are lighted with oil), SWEEPING CHIMNEYS by MACHINERY, STRAW, and ASHES, and PRIVY SOIL (where deposited with the Ashes), • ' EMPTYING PRIVIES, WASHING and REPAIRING BEDDING. Printed forms of Tenders, and every requisite information, may be obtained on application to the respective Barrack Masters, be tween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each day, Sundays excepted, until the-date above mentioned, after which no proposal will be re ceived, nor will any Tender be considered, that is not made on the printed form to be furnished by the Barrack masters. Persons purposing to tender for any of the services above men tioned, must make the Barrack Masters acquainted with their names and places of abode, and furnish any information that may be called for by them as to the eligibility of the parties tendering to perform the contract or contracts ; and it is to be clearly understood that the Board of Ordnance reserve to themselves the power of accepting or rejecting all or any of the tenders, without assigning any reason, or entering into any correspondence on the subject. By order of the Board, R. BYIIAM, Secretary. • UIRKENIIEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. 40 The Birkenhead Dock- Commissiouors 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 May, 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 sinners, endorsed " Tender for Loans." By order, Birkenhead, 10th of August, 1846. RICH. HIND, Secretary. BRECON and MERTHYR TYDVIL JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice Is hereby given, that PAYMENT will be made, on applica tion at this office between the hours of Eleven and Three daily (Sun days excepted), commencing on TUESDAY, the Bth instant, to such persons as have lodged Scrip with a desire to receive back 7s. 6d. per Share. Payments can only be made to parties or their agents, duly authorised, calling at the office. It Is required that Scrip be left at this office two days prior to pay ment being made By order of the Board, JNO. TAYLOR, Secretary. Dated 7th of September,.lB46. 17, Park-street, Westminster. VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the FIRST ORDINARY MEETING of Proprietors of the Vale of Neath Railway Company will be held at No. 449, West Strand, London, on TUESDAY, the 29th day of September next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the pur poses of busine.ss required by Act of Parliament to he transacted at the First General Meetirg of the Company ; and also for the purpose of giving authority to the directors with respect to any agreements with other companies, and applications to Parliament which they may think it expedient to make in the ensuing session, and generally for other matters. VILLIERS, Chairman. FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary. 449, West Strand, London, Ist Sept., 1846. B IRMINGIIAM,and OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. Capital, 1,000,0001., in Shares of 20!. each. The Act for the incorporation of this Company having received the roya assent,. the Holders of Scrip Certificates are requested to make immediate application to be registered for their respective shares, according to the subjoined form (printed copies of which will be supplied. if desired), and transmit the same, accompanied with the Sail) Certificates, either to this Office or the London Office, No. 449, West Strand, on or before TUESDAY, the 15th day of September next, An official receipt will be given on the deposit of the scrip, which receipt will afterwards be exchanged for the sealed certificates, with as little delay as the preparation of the same may require ; and due notice will be given when the sealed certificates are ready for delivery. Shares, in respect of which no, application for registry shall be made on or before the above date, will be registered in the name of the original subscriber, after which no share can be passed otherwise than by formal transfer, under the provisions of the Act. By order of the Board, THOS. HOLROYD, Secretary. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Offices, No. 34, Ben nett's-hill, Birmingham, and No. 449, West Strand, London, August 12, 1840. FORM OF APPLICATION TO REGISTER. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway. I hereby deposit- Scrip Certificates for Shares in the above Company, viz., lir to No. to zio. and I claim to be registered as the Proprietor of the said Shares, subject to the general rules, regulations, and conditions contained in the Act of Incorporation, all of which I hereby undertake to Mill and discharge. I also require sealed Certificates to be prepared in exchange as under. Christian Name and Surname at full length Designation Address Usual Signature, Witness to the Signature Dated this 184 T ' LONDON, OXFORD, and CHEL TENHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) CAPITAL 1,500,000/. in 75,000 HARES of 201. each. Deposit 2/. per Share PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. (With power to add to their number.) Henry Thomii Hope, Esq., Deepdene, Surrey, and Mansfield-strce London J am es Aspinall, Esq., Liverpool and Cheltenham Henry Bell, Esq., Chalfont Lodge, the Park, Cheltenham John Burton, Esq., Andover Lodge, Cheltenham Mr. William Bidmead, Cheltenham Samuel Carrington, Esq., Clultenham Thomas Aquila Dale, Esq., Malvern House, Cheltenham The Right Hon. Lord Dunally, Cheltenham John Eldridge, Esq., Promenade, Cheltenham Baynham Jones, Esq., Cambray House, Cheltenham Mr. Henry Haines, Cheltenham Major Charles Pratt Kennedy, Lansdowne-crescent, Cheltenham James Brough Lawson, Esq., Pine Villa, the Park, Cheltenham John Smith Riviere, Esq., Cheltenham James Webster, Esq., Matherly Court, Cheltenham Richard Warwick, Esq., Wyddrington House, Cheltenham Mr. George Arthur Williams, Cheltenham John Wadley. Hughes; Esq.; Mayor of Gloucester William Montague, Esq., Gloucester William Washbourne, Esq., Gloueester Mr. Henry Akers, Witney William James Clinch, Esq., Witney J. S. Browning, Esq., Oxford Henry Hall, Esq., Seswell Barton, Oxfordshire, and Mansfield-stree London Thomas Esq., Oxford Charles Tawney, Esq., Oxford Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Steeple Claydon House, Bucks - The Hon. Philip Sydney Pierrepont, Evenly Hall, Buckley, Nor thamp tonshire Humphrey Humphreys, Esq Buckingham Robert Benson, Esq. 1 J a mes Brownel Boothby, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq. Frank Somerville Head, Esq. Directors of the London Joseph Hornby, Esq. and North Western Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P. Railway Company. Capt. Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. Thomas Smith, Esq. Sir James Duke, M.P., 1, Devonshire-ter-1 Directors of the Oxford, race, London Peter Davey, Req., 1 , Sussex - terrace , Re- Witney, Cheltenham, Peter Gloucester ' Inde! Esq., Blackheath] pendent Railway Joseph Underwood, Park nderw ood, Company. Park, Kent • COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Henry Thomas Hope, Esq. J. B. Boothby, Esq. James Webster, Esq. - Edward Cropper, Esq. Mr. George Arthur Williams Fraak Somerville Head. Esq. J. S. Browning, Esq. Joseph Hornby, Esq. Sir James Duke, M.P. Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P. William James Clinch, Esq. Captain C. R. Moorsom, R.N. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Patrick M. Stewart, Esq. M.P. Robert Benson, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq. ENGINEER. Robert Stephenson, Esq. RANKERS. London—Messrs. Glyn, Ilallifax, Mills, and Company. Oxford—Messrs. Wootten and Company. ' Wltney—Messrs. John Williams Clinch and Company. Cheltenham "I he County of Gloucester Bank, Gloucester S The Gloucestershire Banking Company. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newman, Gwinnett, and Ticehnrst, and Cheltenham. James BoQdle, EN. Messrs. Parker, Hayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, 1, Lincoln's Inn. .... ... fields, London. Samuel Carter, Esq., Birmingham. Messrs. H. and W. Toogood, 22, Parliament-street, London. SECRETARY PRO TEM. Wyndham Harding, Esq. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to construct a direct and continuous line of railway, on the narrow gauge, from Cheltenham, through Northieach, Burford, and Witney, to Oxford, and thence, by Thame, to form a junction with the London and Birmingham Railway, at onee opening the shortest route from those towns and the surround ing districts to the metropolis, and by means of the Oxford and Bletchley, and other lines in connexion therewith, to Bedford, Cam bridge, Norwich, and the -hole of the eastern side of the kingd inom. The undertaking is promoted by parties locally interested the district through which the line• will pass, in conjunction with the Shareholders in the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Independent Company, who introduced a Bill into Parliament during the session which has just closed for making the line between Oxford and Cheltenham, which failed upon technical objections only. It will be the anxious desire of the Committee to consult the wishes of the inhabitants as to the terminus and mode of approaching the town of Cheltenham. A large proportion of the capital will be subscribed by the London and North-Western Railway Company, who have also agreed to lease the line in perpetuity, at a rent equal to four and a half per cent. upon the outlay, with an equal ivision of surplus profits. This line will reduce the distance between Cheltenham and London to 100 miles, being a saving of twenty-two miles as compared with the present route, and the distance between Oxford and London will be shorter than by the Great Western Railway, without taking into account the saving in time arising from the more convenient position of the London Terminus at Euston -square as compared with Pad dington, which, to parties going to the City and most parts of the metropolis, may be considered as nearly equal to ten miles of rail way travelling. An unbroken narrow gauge communication will also be effected by means of this hue between the Docks and Port of London and those of Gloucester, and there is no doubt eventually with Bristol, an object of considerable commercial importance. Worcester, and the important district of which it forms the centre, will also be brought by this litre within the same distance of London as by any other litres sanctioned by Parliament. It having been decided by Parliament that (with some exceptions, not applying to the present case) all new lines of railway shall here after be constructed on the narrow gauge, it is obvious that the traffic of the districts accommodated by the proposed line will be best deve loped by a Company in connexion with the existing narrow gauge lines, giving, at the same time, to the public the advantages of that competition which the Legislature have recently evinced their anxiety to establish between rival Companies. Applications for Shares may be made, in the form given below, to the Secretary', at. he Temporary Offices of the Company, 29, Great George. street, Westminster: In the allotment of Shares, a prefer ence will be given to parties resident on the line, or having local interest. day of Dated this Name •••. •• .• Residence .. • • Description .... Reference•• • • • FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the London, Oxford, and Chelten ham Railway (provisonally registered). Gentlemen, —I request you will allot me shares in the above undertaking on the terms of the Prospectus, and I agree to accept the same or such less number as you shall allot to me. And I undertake to pay the deposit the reon, and to execute the Sub scriber's Agreement and Farliamentary Contract when required so to de. REMINGTON'S LONDON and MAN CHESTER RAILWAY. At an Adjourned Meeting of the Committee appointed by the Shareholders to investigate the affairs Of this Company, held the 26th day of August, 1846, D. W. HARVEY, Esq., in the Chair ; _ It was Resolved,—That as the number of Shares returned to the Committee exceeds 15,000, yet as the total issue of Shares exceeds 50,000, the Committee feel, that until a far larger amount of Shares shall be notified, no negotiation can be opened with the Directors. Hollers of Shares, therefore, who desire to bring the affairs of this Company to a speedy and equitable adjustment at the least possible expense, are requested to transmit their names, and the number of Shares they respectively hold, to the Chairman of the Committee, D. W. Harvey, Esq., Old Jewry, London, not later than the Ist of October, after which day no communication will he received. D. W. HARVEY, Chairman. C LITHEROE JUNCTION (Provisionally Registered ) Notice is hereby given, that pursuant to the provisions of an Act of Parliament, passed in the tenth year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to facilitate the dissolution of certain railway companies." a Meeting of the shareholders of the Clitheroe Junction Railway Company will be held at the house of Mrs. Yates, known by the name of the Star Hotel, Deansgate, in Manchester, in the comity of Lancaster, on SATURDAY, the 19th day of September; 1846, at twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of determining whe ther the company or partnership intended to be formed for the pur pose of making a railway, to be called "The Clitheroe Junction Railway," shall he dissolved Dated this sth day of September, 1846. Signed on behalf of the : Provisional DireetOrS or Committee, RAILWAY. SAML. ASHTON, One of the Provisional Directors or Members of the Committee DAVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES. Is. M. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .8. 6d. ; Yellow Rmp, 425. 165., 525., and 58s. per 1121b5.; Mottled, 5 , 5., 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans parent Wax, Is. Sd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Store Candles, WO. ; Extra Waxed -wick Moulds, 6 1 ,6 d.; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon; 2s. 3d. , Pale Seal, 3s. Gd. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 45. 6d. ; Windsor Soap, Is. 11. per packet ' • palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9(1. Rose, 25. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. rer lb. ; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf dng, 9%d. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old EStablished Warehouse 6 St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. - PUBLICATIO.I,IS: On the 10th, in post Bvo. price 7s. Gil. cloth, NOTES ON THE EPIDEMIC CHOLERA. By R. HARTLEY KENNEDY. M.D., Late Physician-General and President of the Medical Board, Bombay. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. THE OXFORD GRADUATE ON PAINTING. On the 10th, in Imperial Svo. - 'HE 'FIRST VOLUME OF MODERN PAINTERS. By a GRADUATE of OXFORD. A new edition, revised by the Author, and printed uniformly with Volume 11. Al.() lately published, in Imperial Bvo., price 10s. 6d. cloth. THE SECOND VOLUME OF MODERN PAINTERS : Treating of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. NEW WORK IN MONTHLY PARTS, BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS. On the Ist of October. (To be completed in 20 Monthly Parts, uniform with " Martin Chuzzlewit," &c.) Price One Shilling, the First Number of a EALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. EDITED BY " BOZ.' With Illustrations by " Pinz." London : Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c. One Shilling each, by post One and Sixpence. 1. ON - SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE: (An Original Medical History.) CONTENTS: Analysis of the AlThetions —Early Conventional Restraint—Mis direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity— aternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience, &c. &c On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS, (An Essay for 1846.) Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature, and by art acquir'd. 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." WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID With Diet Tables for all Complaints. Contents :—How to ensure perfeet digestion , tranquil eelings, a good night's rest, a clear head, and a oontentod mind. By an ob servance of the instructions herein containe' the feeble, the ner vously delica e,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 should live—what eat, what drink, what shun, To reach in health full threescore years andten." These interesting little volumes, although hearing upon subjects of very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be found of immea surable and general utility, for they tell of matters every living crea ture able to understani 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 our individual capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and happiness of the mesent and future race of mankind have to rely. By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted, health will he found to bo in our own keeping, and happiness within the attainment of all; by the availment hereof in fulfilling our duty to eurselves, we secure the lit e advantages on our offspring to follow, and finally by the cultivation )f 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 Cod'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. 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By SAMUEL LI'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London M a t r iculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. narrEft 1. On7the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions. — CHAPTER 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 general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Dnay.—CHAPTERS 5 and 6. 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At a Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company, called by vir tue of the Act 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 28, intituled " An Act to Facilitate the Dissolution of certain Railway Companies," and hel.l at the Hall of Commerce, in the City of London, on Friday, the 4th of September, 1846; No member of the Committee being present and willing to take the chair, the meeting elected THOMAS POCOCK, Esq , Chairman, who, having taken the chair, Thomas William Powell, Elias Davis, and William Frederick Spackman were immediately afterwards elected by the meeting Scrutineers, to verify the votes of the Shareholders entitled to vote, and to declare the same. It was then moved, and duly seconded, that this Company be now dissolved. It was also moved and seconded that the vote of dissolution shall not be taken to be an act of bankruptcy. The Chairman duly put the questions from the chair, and the scrutineers proceeded to take and record the votes thereon, and made the following report:— "At a general meeting of the Shareholders of the London and Bir mingham Extension and Northampton, Haventry, Leamington, and Warwick Railway Company, held at the Hall of Commerce, Thread needle-street, in the City of London, this 4th day of September, 1846, pursuant to a requisition signed by five Shareholders and left at the office of the Company on the 15th day of August last, and after wards by notice inserted in the Royal Gazette' on the 25th day of August, and in the ' Standard." Sun,' and ' Globe' daily newspapers, on the 26th day of August last. "We, the undersigned, having been appointed Scrutineers to dscer tain the number of votes given for and against the dissolution and bankruptcy of the above-mentioned Railway Company, do hereby certify that the numbers on the several questions were as follows " For the dissolution • • • • • • • • 4,636 " Against it •• .. • • • . None " For the dissolution being an act of bankruptcy 110 " Against it • • • • 4,321 " THOMAS WILLIAM rowELL, " ELIAS DAVIS, " W. F. SPACKMAN." And the number of shares issued and paid upon prior to the 31st day of March last being 18,715, and the number voting at this meet ing not being sufficient to constitute a meeting under the Act, the meeting was, and is, therefore, adjourned to. THURSDAY NEXT, the 10th day of September instant, to be then held at the same place, at One o'clock precisely. THOMAS POCOCK, - Chairman. ELIAS DAVIS, W. F. SPACKMAN, Scrutineers. THOS. W. POWELL, A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meet ing separated. September 4, 1846. Agent—Mr. W. F. Spackman, 43, Moorgate-street. lITARWICK and WORCESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. At a Meeting of the Shareholders of this' Company, called by vir tue of the Act 9th and 10th Victoria. cap. 23, intituled " An Act to Facilitate the Dissolutiou of certain Railway Companies," and held at the Hall of Commerce, in the City of London, on Friday, the 4th Of September, 1846 ; No member of the Committee being present and willing to take the chair, the Shareholders then present elected LEWIS DAVIS, Esq., Chairman, who, baying taken the chair, Thomas Wm. Powell, Moses Nathan, and John Blurton, were immediately afterw irds elected by the meeting Scrutineers, to verify the votes of the Shareholders entitled to vote, and to declare the same. It was then moved, andduly seconded, that this Company be now dissolved. It was also moved and seconded, that the vote of dissolution shall not be taken to be an act cf bankruptcy. The Chairman duly put the questions front the chair, and the Scrutineers proceeded to take and record the votes thereon, and made the following report.:— "At a general meeting of the Shareholders of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Company, held at tue Hall of Commerce, Thread needle-street, in the City of London, this 4th day of September, 1846, pursuant to a requisition signed by five shareholders, and left at theoffice of the Company on the 17th day of August last, and after wards by notice inserted in the Royal Gaz tte' on the 25th day of August last, and in the Standard,' Sun,' and Globe' daily news papers on the 26th day of August last. " We, the undersigned, having been ar , poluted Scrutineers to ascertain the number of votes given for and against the dissolution and bankruptcy of the above-mentioned Railway Company, do hereby certify that the numbers on the several questions were as follows : " For the dissolution 2,280 " Against it • • None " For the dissolution being an act of bankruptcy 400 Against it • • .. .. 1,880 " THOMAS WM. POWELL, " M. NATIIA• "JOHN lILIJRTON." _ _ . And the number of shares Issued and paid upon prior to the 31st day of March last being 19,960, and the number voting at this meet ing not being Fufficient to constitute a meeting under the Act, the meeting was, and is, therefore, adieu•ned to Tuunsney, the 10th day of September.next, to be then held at the same place, at Three o'clock precisely. L. DAVIS, Chairman. THOS. WM. POWELL, / M. NATHAN, Scrutineers. JOHN BLURTON. A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meet ing separated. Sept. 4, 1846. Agent—Mr. W. F. 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In the spring the same tre. , bloomed most luxuriantly, and the young shoots are again profusely covered with golden flowers. 11 1$ ,0 12 " L'i l \*‘' , ..oz , ,—, (S . (i(4 th'4l• ~z.-, ---,-.:...N ~.... , . ..,.. . _ ~..,,...:. z ........ ~, - - `s , ' 4 ' l ' 4 ' 4 • - := 7 s* r' ' '', , A,' : ; tl i . l'f'‘—...'47l i ,: '.:::: \. C . ` . L: :::,:i. *:a9A trz., ED. eJ Ei SEPTEMBER 8, 1846. THE KAFIR WAR. The South African Commercial Advertiser of the 20th of June contains the following official dispatches relative to the late engagements with the Kafirs on the frontier. This paper, which is five days later than previous ad vices, gives no other intelligence of consequence:— " OFFICIAL DISPATCHES. "Head-quarters, Graham's-town, June 12, 1846. "His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief publishes the following dispatch from Colonel Somerset, for general information:— "Fort Peddle, June 8, 1846. "' Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that having directed sixty waggons to proceed this morning to Trompetter's Post, under an escort of two aundred and fifty men, I felt it necessary to make a di version with the troops in the direction of the kraals of the chief Stock. I accordingly detached a force of 300 Native Infantry under Captsin Size, 100 Fingoes under Field-Captain Symons, accompanied by a dy of -the Fort Peddie Fingoes under the chief Tambu, into the Blue river last night, with orders to move at daylight up the valleys of Toeka and Mancazana streams,between rrompetter's and Committus. I moved with two guns under Captain Brown, Royal Artillery, one troop 7th Dragoon Guards, under Captain Sir Harry Darien, 100 Cape Mounted Rifles, under Captain Napier, Field- Captain Lucas, free troop, and 100 of Commandant Miller's Burghers, to the head of the Tocka stream, in the direction of Stock's kraal, at six, A.sr. This morning, at half-past seven o'clock, I observed a large body of the enemy at a short distance below us, having horses and cattle with them. I immediately advanced the guns and Cape Mounted Rifles to the attack, sup ported by the troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards, detach ing the Burghers to my left flank ; and having thrown out a strong body of skirmishers of the Cape Mounted Rifles, Captain Brown opened his guns on the enemy with effect. The enemy commenced a sharp fire against the advance, which was returned by the Cape Mounted Rifles, and the attack was continued for some time. Observing the enemy endeavouring to escape to our right, I moved, with one gun of the 50th Cape Mounted Rifles, and one division of the 7th Dragoon Guards, towards the kraal of the chief Stock, to inter cept them, and about one hundred and fifty of the enemy, who were posted there, retired into the bushy kloofs in the rear. I destroyed the chief's kraal, leav ing the burial-hut of the late chief Eno untouched. At half-past seven o'clock the infantry I had detached to the Mancazana kloofs made their -appearance on the heights and passed over into the Tocka valley. Whilst the movement was going on, Captain Doeovan:headed a gal lant attack on the enemy with the small body of the Cape Mounted Rifles and some or the Free Troop; rushing on the enemy, ho was immediately surrounded, but, being well supported, he cut hit way out, killing five of the enemy and taking all their guns. " The Native Intantry and Fingoes, having got into the valley, attacked the enemy in the most spirited manner, killing several and capturing 12 horses. The enemy, made several attempts to escape to the right, but were immediately driven back by the George Burghers, who behaved with great spirit, taking four horses and two guns from them. " At half-past twelve o'clock. finding the fire slack ening and the enemy beaten and retit ing, I assembled the force, and proceeded up the Tocka, crossing the small neck of land which separates the Tocka from the Gwanga stream, in order to off saddle and refresh the horses. Immediately on rising the ridge, the flanktrs observed some of the enemy running across the flats, and on moving rapidly with the troops I came suddenly on a large body of Kafirs, at least 500 strong, who were evidently proceeding to join the others in the Tocka valley. I immediately advanced with the whole of the troops. Major Gibson, 7th Dragoon Guards, who com manded the cavalry force, with Sir Harry Darrel& a troop, made a brilliant charge upon the enemy's column, the Cape Mounted Rifles, under Captain Napier, flanking them, and riding in amongst the enemy. The troop was so mixed with the enemy that the gun could only open once upon them effectually. The enemy retired across the flat as fast as they could, endeavouring to seek shelter among the think thorns of the Gwanga, at Buck-kraal, but the at tack of the troop was so vigorous and well-directed, that it was impossible they could escape,'and the enemy were defeated with great loss, leaving upwards of 200 dead on the field. About 100 stand of arms, 20 horses, and a very large number of bundles of assagais, were captured. " The troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards. under Capt. Hogg, and a party of the Cape Mounted Rifles, under Ensign Philpotts, who were sent out from the Fort by Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay, made a diversion on our flank, and turned that of the enemy who were endea vouring to escape by the Kieskamma, killing six strag glers, and taking four horses. " The loss on our side has been 3 officers wounded, 7 privates of the 7th Dragoon Guards wounded, 1 cor poral of the Cape Mounted Rifles killed, 1 Free Troop wounded, 1 Fingo killed and 3 wounded. Total, 16 wounded and 2 killed. _ _ _ " Officers wounded—Captain Walpole, Royal Engi neers, severely in two places ; Captain Sir H. Darrell, 7th Dragoon Guards, severely in two places ; Lieutenant Bunbury, 7th Dragoon Guards, slightly. Several horses killed and wounded, but I have not been able to collect the exact number yet. "' I have to express my entire satisfaction at the con duct of all the troops and forces engaged this day under my command, and to express my obligation to Major Gibson; coinmanding the cavalry, and to the officers commanding corps, and the officers of the staffs, Lieu tenants Armstrong and Bisset, for the assistance they afforded me on this occasion. " Surgeon Eddie, of the Cafe Mounted Rifles, ren dered every assistance to the wounded on the field, " 6 I find it quite impossible to give a more detailed account of the very extended movement of this day. I therefore send this dispatch by Lieutenant Bisset, Act ing-Deputy-Quartermaster-General, who will be able to give his Excellency the Commander-in Chief every information. "' I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, " H. SOMERSET, " Colonel Commanding the Second Division o Field Force. Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete, K.H., Deputy-Quarter maste-General, Graham's-town. " Since the receipt of the above dispatch, Col. Somerset has reported that the enemy attacked by him o❑ the Bth inst. in the Fish River bush has evacuated it, and retired across the Kieskamma. Our patrols had captured a few head of cattle and two horses. It appears from the in formation obtained from a prisoner that there were in the defeated force warriors selected from the tribes of Um hala, Seyola, and Botman, and that a chosen band of Pato's people was proceeding from thence by way of Trompetter's Drirt to intercept our convoys. The inten tion of the enemy was to starvo out Fort Peddle, and having captured it, to move with an overwhelming force into the colony. The prisoner further states that all Creili's people along the coast have crossed the Kei, and joined the war, except Boco, Creili's uncle. "Dispatches have been received from his Honour Col. Hare, reporting that an extensive patrol was made in the eountry between Block Drift and the Amatola during the 4th, sth, and 6th inst., by a combined force - of regular troops, Burghers, and Fingoes. A flock of sheep, amounting to 5,300, with nine horses, were recaptured from the Kafirs, by Field-Commandants Enslin and Du Toit, of the Graaff-Reinet and Beaufort Burgher forces. Thirteen Kafirs are reported as killed OR the occasion. By Field• Captain Bovey four horses were recovered. He reports having met with fifteen Kafir women, who were suffered to pass unmolested. Major Campbell, of the 91st, who commanded the patrol, reports that the Kafirs are occupying the Amatola fastnesses in great numbers, and, have collected their cattle there. llis Honour Colonel Hare regrets to state that a Kafir woman, covered with a kaross, was fired at by mistake, and it is feared was wounded. His Honour has accord ingly sent back to the chief two Kafir women, brought in as spies, with a message that the women should not wear karosses, or fly from the troops, and that then they would not be injured. "From Commando kraal, Commandant Niekerk re ports he proceeded into the Zuurberg in pursuit of Kafirs, with thirty mon, from Commando kraal, and being joined on the night of the sth inst. by Field-Cornet Gent, Niekerk's party of sixty men advanced till, on the 7th, he fell in with a party of the enemy near Slagkamer kraal. After an hour and a half's fighting he recaptured 166 head of cattle and five horses, killing, he states, eight Kafirs. Three of his best men were wounded. " Assistant Field-Cornet T. C.:Buckner reports having met with some Kafirs on the 2d instant, and recovered :roan them two horses. "CHARLES LENNOX MAITLAND, " Grenadier Guards, Assistant Military Secrets ry' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUI MR. EDITOR,—The navy has not had fair play in the different promotions that have occurred, for those that were too old ought to have had their retirement long ago. I do not want to see renewed the rank of yellow admiral, by giving those captains less than those that get their flag on accepting the retirement. It ought to be done by seniority, and not in the way proposed, which is an act of injustice, for long and faithful service last war, has claims to the gratitude of this country, and not in the breasts of those who are devoid of feeling, but to provide for their relatives by such acts of injustice. They fished last year, but did not succeed, and Pshould think that they will have the same chance this year, unless they give them all alike, subject to the class they belong, which is but reasonable. As this country is somewhat indebted to her navy for protection by sea, they ought to take care they do not destroy that efficiency by a mistaken parsimony, for if they have not money enough to complete the retirement, asll for more, or retire-fewer, and fill the vacancies up as they occur, but do not be unjust to the defenders o' your country.—l am, Sir, London, sth September, 1846. ONE OF THEM. QUICK PASSAGE. — The Little Western steamer landed her passengers at Blackwall yesterday, shortly after 2 o'clock, having made the passage from Ramsgate in four hours and a half, and from Gravesend in one hour and five minutes, passing every steamer in her wuy up• PRICE SD. RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY AT MADEIRA. MADEIRA, AUG. 17.—The religious agitation which has been carried on in this island for some years has at length led to the committal of the most serious outrages on British persons and property. On Sunday, August 2, a body of Portuguese subjects being assembled for reli gious purposes in the hous e of Miss Rutherford, a crowd collected and demanded that their countrymen (the Cal vinistas) should be given up to them. This, of course, was refused; the mob maintained their position, and at length, at eleven o'clock at night, broke into the house, searched it thoroughly, and having found their country men in the kitchen, violently assaulted them. At this moment the police and soldiery appeared, and at once dispersed the rioters, taking several of them into cus tody. These men were, however, discharged from con finement the next morning, on the pretext that no one had appeared to make a complaint against them. During the following week is became generally known that mere serious attacks on British residences were meditated; and on Sunday, August 9, at mid-day, a crowd collected round Dr. Kaley's house. The Go vernor, the Administrador do Concilho, and the British Consul, were on the spot with a guard of soldiers, but no opposition appears to hare been effered to the entrance of the rioters, who, having searched the house in vain for Dr. Kalley, proceeded to burn and destroy his-books, prints. medicines, &c. Dr. Kalley, who had been much alarmed during the previous night by various occurrences, had left the house at three A.m., and was, during the early part of these disturbances, concealed in the house of a friend; but on the arrival of the royal mail steamer in the bay, escaped to it disguised as a female. The mob having missed their prey, threatened to search the Bri tish consulate, but desisted from this on the Consul con senting to go off in his boat at their head, and show them that Dr. Kalley was actually on board the steamer. That gentleman was shortly joined by his family, and proceeded in the ship to the West Indies. Numerous other British families have been threatened. The Misses Rutherford, Dr. Miller, and Mr. Tate, with their famil es, are living on board a British vessel in the bay, the Consul having declined to answer for their safety, even in his own house. Mr. Oyster and Mrs. Freeman and families are living at the consulate. I purposely abstain from giving any of the very con flicting statements as to the proceedings of Dr. Kelley and others in this island. These matters, as well as the conduct of all the authorities, both British and Portu guese, will of course be made the subject of a rigorous inquiry by both Governments. A letter, numerously signed, has been presented to the Consul, requesting him to apply for a British man-of-war to protect British per sons and property in the island during the present state of anarchy and avowed powerlessness of the local Go vernment. We can confidently expect security for our selves from the prompt assistance of the British Govern ment, but I much fear that a long and bitter persecution of the poor native followers of Dr. Kalley is commencing. I am neither directly nor indirectly an advocate of Dr. Kelley as a religious teacher, but naturally feel in dignant at seeing a countryman abandoned to the mercy of a mob. For your private information I subjoin my name and address in England. Artc. 12.—At the same time with this the news will reach you of a most atrocious attack lately perpetrated here against Dr. Kalley. As no doubt many and vary ing accounts will be given of the matter from hence, ac cording to the passions, prejudices, or interest of the narrators, I thought it would perhaps not be altogether unicteresting to you to have a fair and impartial account of what really did take place. On the afternoon of the 2d of August, the Canon Carlos Telles, accompanied by a mob of the lowest rabble in the town, assaulted several individuals, men and women, who were said to have been in the house of the Misses Rutherford (two English ladies residing here for their health), for the purpose of reading the Bible and praying. The priest, with a crucifix in his hand, commenced the affray by beating one of those persons who was quietly walking home. At night the same mob broke into the house of the Misses Rutherford, and under the pretence of searching for heretics rummaged all the premises, even to the chamber where one of the ladies was lying dangerously ill. The police, on being called to interfere, entered the ',house, and pretended to endeavour to restore order, but it was evident that it was their intention rather to encourage than to quell the riot ; three men only out of an immense crowd who filled the house, were taken up, and even these were allowed to escape under the plea that they were quietly passing by at the moment, and were only accidental spectators. The authorities took no steps either to punish the priest or any of the rabble, or to prevent the recurrence of similar outrages, beyond an attempt to cover their connivance by calling witnesses_ before the police magistrate to depose what they knew of the matter, but only such were called as they knew would misrepresent the affair and not criminate the priest or any of the rioters. It was a most shameful and impudent farce. On the Monday and subsequent days it was publicly talked of in town that a larger mob intended on the Sun day following to attack the house of Dr. Kalley, destroy and burn his property, and put the doctor forcibly on board the English steamer, which was expected to arrive on that day, and thus expel him from the island ; the signal for the gathering of the mob to be a rocket fired from a certain house in town, To the astonishment and terror of every respectable person in town, no measure:. were taken by the authorities to prevent the commission of this piece of barbarism, beyond placing a guard of only sixteen soldiers at Dr. Kalley's door. Sunday noon the expected rocket was fired, and an immense mob, armed with clubs, began to gather on the Praca Constitucional, and very soon afterwards com menced their march to Dr. Kalley's house ; it is hardly credible, but not the less a fact, that they were accom panied in their march by the civil governor and police master, the brother of the latter being one of the prin. cipal rioters I Arrived at Dr. Kalley's house they forced open his doors, broke into the house, destroyed his furniture, opened every chest, drawer, and closet in the house, threw all his library and papers into the street, and set fire to them ! The soldiers offered no resistance—the mob had everything their own way (the civil governor and policemaster being present, and in the house all the time) ; and such a scene of outrage ensued as would dinrace the darkest age of monkish persecution ! Fortunately, the doctor had left the pre mises some time before, and had, while they were en gaged in the destruction of his house, effected his escape on board the English packet steamer. When the mob were informed that he was already safe on board, they compelled the English Consul to proceed on board and produce the Doctor, that they might be convinced of the fact, threatening violence to his (the Consul's) person and property if be refused ; the Consul, thus compelled, accordingly did go on board, and induced Doctor Kalley to appear to those who had gone off in boats. Since then no inquiry has been made, no pro ceedings have taken place against the authors and per petrators of this most infamous act ; and such is the panic, in consequence of the shameful apathy and con nivance of the authorities, that several'English families have already gone on board the vessels in the roadstead, in order to be secure from insult. There will be, doubtless, much official misrepresenta tion ; but this, I assure you, is a true statement of the matter. It will be alleged by the authorities that they had not a sufficient military force to maintain the law; but such is not the fact. The garrison here musters upwards of 200 bayonets, besides two companies of artillery and several field-pieces. One of these field-pieces and 50 bayonets would have been more than amply sufficient to disperse the mob, and such a mob as that which committed the out rage., composed, as it was, of the very dregs of the rabble; but no attempt was made by the civil governor or police master, who accompanied the mob, to make them dis perse, or stop them in their insane violence ; on the con trary, when the rioters approached the doctor's door, the small guard of 16 men presented bayonets, but the above authorities commanded them "to remain passive and not to hurt the people !" The military governor had the troops in barracks, and under arms during the riot, ready to march when required by the civil authorities ; but no demand was made for military interference ; it was not, therefore, want of necessary force, it was want of will. They had some time back, you well know, in stituted a legal prosecution against Dr. Kalley, in which they failed. They now determined to get rid of him by violence, and succeeded.—Chronicle. STEAM WHISTLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.— A thought struck me, after the fearful accident at Defford twelve months ago (which would have been avoided if the guard had had a whistle), that a whistle might be contrived fur the use of railway guards ; and as the subject is being again mooted, I will, if you please, crave room for a word of explanation, in the hope that, if my proposal is deemed too simple, others will improve upon it, and so meet the present defect. The great difficulty seems t o be in maintaining an un broken connexion, if a signal line or rope is used, be• tween the guard and the driver, in consequence of the frequent " remaking" of a train; so I would suggest that each guard's carriage should be furnished with a small but strong steam boiler, to which should be attached a powerful whistle, the sound of which couldbe distinctly heard by the driver, and which the guard should never use saving when it was absolutely necessary. The ex pense would be little more than the first cost of the boiler, as the whistle would be so seldom sounded that there would be scarcely any expenditure of steam beyond that which blew off from the safety-valve ; con sequantly, when the water was once raised to the boil ing-point, the confined steam might be readily kept at a very high pressure by the mere flame of a lamp. Thus the whole apparatus, while powerful enough to make a great noise when required, would be so portable that the boiler might be placed over a furnace at each terminus, to generate the steam previous to the starting of the trains, and then be removed to their respective situations close to the guards' seats, where their efficiency would be maintained by a trifling degree of heat. A CONSTANT READER. Wolverhampton, Sept. 7, 1846. The potato disease continues to extend its ravages ; but, judging from the accounts received from other dis tricts, there is reason to think that it has been as little destructive hitherto in this immediate neighbourhood as in any other part. That there will be a great deficiency there can be no doubt.—Newcastle Paper. TITE MARRIAGE.,IitTIVEEN TYT INFANTA OF SPAIN AND THE DUKE DE MONTPENSIER. (From.the Chronicle.) We have to calleg*tion..te an ,etreneOs supposition of the Journal des%gailaiwith, refenee to eview taken by England of the driti uction of the In fanta of Spain by the Duke de Mon_ $ osier, new in_cou templation. We do not think that the time is arrived for entering at length into the question as between - France and England ; we do not think it becoming t he dignity of this country to put forward the pretension of settling at London an affair which should find its proper solution at Madrid. England is ready to pay that deference and that respect to every foreign nation which she exacts from others in her own case, and which sNe does well to exact. We never supposed for a moment tbat'England had a right to intervene in Spanish affairs to the detriment of Spain, or to shackle the free play of the wishes of the Spanish people. But at the same time, until we find it declared through the legitimate chan nels of public opinion in Spain, that the Spanish nation give a free, unbiassed, and intelligible assent to the future subordination of their country to France, we must pro tast against the gratuitous supposition of the Journal des nehats, that this nation is either a party to,. or looks with indifference at, the intended union between the Infanta and the Duke de Montpensier. In the meanwhile we refrain from any discussion of the subject as between France and England. Such a discussion would be premature • and needlt ss. For we believe we shall be borne nut by the result in saying, either that the marriage between the Infanta of Spain and the Duke de Montpensier will never take place, for reasons purely Spanish; or, if the Marriage be forced on, that the Peninsula will once more become the scene of a bloody and protracted war. Let us, then, look at this question as though England were for the moment struck out of the list of nations. What is the feeling of Spain upon the subject? Where does the strength of France in that country lie? What are the means of resistance that Spaniards have at their disposal? What is likely to be the result of this coup de main as between France and Spain? Are we wrong in giving credit to the statement of our Madrid correspondent, that never at any period, not even during the Peninsular war, was the name of Frenchman held in such deep execration in Spain as 'at the present moment ? The rash attempt of M. de Bresson, we are assured, has kindled a dime in the Peninsula which is likely to lay the country waste far and wide, from San Sebastian to Gibraltar, from the frontiers of Portugal to the Mediterranean. But one feeling seems to prevail upon the subject—there is a coalition of every political party in Spain to thwart the views of France. In whatever other points disagreeing, l'rogressistas, Carlists, the most important section of rho Moderadoes (all of them, indeed, who are removed from Camarillo influence), appear determined to oppose this intended marriage to the death. A large branch of the Moderado party, have already openly, expressed their dissatisfaction—that party of which M. Pacheco is the leader ; and the opposition of that party is the more formidable because it has a consi derable number of adherents in the Cortes. We have, besides, received unquestionable evidence of the strong disposition of the Carlist party to unite in this oppo sition.' With regard to the popular feeling throughout - Spain, it has already found its expression in an article in El Espectador. We believe that the representatives of the Spanish nation, who are to meet in the Cortes on the 14th of this month, will be able to oppose a successful resistance to this intrigue ; or, if it be carried out—but we shrink from contemplating what the result in that case must be. Spaniards are busy asking each other what line of policy this ill-omened union would impose upon Spain. Nor can they anticipate anything but the continuance of that faction in power by whom it has been brought about, and, as a necessary consequence, a systematic opposition to the development of constitutional liberty in Spain, an opposition no longer maintained by the debile and un certain hand of the Queen-Mother, but openly sup ported by all the formidable power of France. Had Louis Philippe—such is their language—intended fairly by Spain, had he not sunk every consideration in the one selfish and overpowering consideration of the ag grandisement of his own family, this marriage would have been laid openly and fairly before the representa tives of the people, with all the solemnity and delibera tion such a subject deserves. The welfare of Spain, they say, was, however, far from his thought ; Spain must be used against France—France against Spain. The real object of all this intrigue they consider to be the securing of the Orleans dynasty at the Tuileries, let them govern the French people as they-will. Spaniards ask, how `was this match brought about ? Without notice, in the Queen-Mother's Cabinet, by the orders of the French Ambassador, and through the in strumentality of a few place-holders—the mere creatures of the Court—the young Queen herself in tears, and the nation absent. So nicely was the affair timed, that the arrival of the Duke de Montpensier and the meeting of the Cortes should be nearly simultaneous, in order to forbid all opportunity of deliberation. A bridegroom, and not a candidate, was to be presented to the Cortes ; and lest, in the midst of this trickery and delusion, the indignati,n of the people might manifest itself by an uncontrollable impulse, we are told that the man whom Spain has rejected as the oppressor of her liberties is to be flung back upon the country—that Narvaez is to be sent to dragoon the dissentients into submission. Those whom M. de Bresson cannot beguile General Narvaez will cause to be shot ; and so the wedding cortige of the Duke de Montpsnsier will pass in peace along the streets of Madrid. Such are the speculations upon the subject • which are current at Madrid. With such a feeling as -this in Spain—and we believe our representation does not exaggerate it—what is to be expected as to this marriage, even if the other Powers of Europe stand by quietly, and permit French and Spaniards to fight it out? Unless it takes place with the full and free consent of the Spanish people, it Will , we repeat, be the cause of terrible misery to Spain, and add a yet unwritten and a bloody page to her .history. But, es we think that this consent will not be given, we are still' of opire:on that the marri age between the In fanta of Spain and the Duke de Montpensier will'never take place. TEN THOUSAND A YEAR.—" Pray, Madame," said a young romantic-looking gentleman, addressing the daughter of a West-end bookseller, whom her father had deputed to stop in the shop just while he went next door—an amiable creature, about the age of sweet six teen—" Pray, Madame," he said, " May I ask you if you have ten thousand a year?" "No, Sir," she sweetly but simply replied, letting her finely-lashed eyelids fall —" No, Sir, but father says he'll settle the house in street on me ; that, though, aint worth more than two hundred a year 1" The young book-buyer had like to die a larfin, as Sam Slick says. THE OLD PALACE OF BRIDEWELL.—A few days since, as the workmen were excavating on the site of Cogers' Hall, in Bride-lane, they came to a vault or dungeon belonging to the Old Palace of Bridewell, which in the reigns of William 1., John, and Henry 111., was used for holding their courts. Stow, in his " Survey," makes mention of this place as extending from the Thames nearly to Fleet-street. The portion laid open, and now totally destroyed, consisted of a series of six groins, of elegant construction, supporting the roof of te apartment, 34 feet long and 17 feet broad, on the west side of which was discovered a window, completely blocked up with rubbish ; but, by the judicious sug gestions of the British Archaeological Association, the work of removal proceeded with care, and, by their well-organised plans, drawings were made of the more interesting portions of the building. The window proved to be of very early work, and retained portions of the iron bars. In the rubbish was found a leaden bull of Pope Nicholas V., a small jutton or abbey piece, besides vast quantities of pottery, glass, and tiles, all of early construction, with human bones, as well as those of animals. LETTER OF " THE DUKE." —On Saturday the Mayor of Plymouth, Mr: B. Parham, summoned a meeting of the members of the town council, who una nimously resolved to present an address to the Duke, provided it were agreeable to his Grace. Messrs. G. W. Soltau and N. Lockyer, the members of the corpo ration who waited on the Duke to ascertain his wishes, were, however, courteously informed that he must de cline the proposed compliment, but that the reception of an address would have been highly gratifying to his Grace if his time had permitted. Subsequently his Grace wrote a letter to the Mayor, of which the following is a copy:—"Plymouth, August 29, •1846 (at night).— Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to the Mayor of Plymouth. He has been much flattered by the declaration of the mayor and cor poration to present him an address. Having been out on horseback all the morning, he was changing his clothes when the deputation reached the Royal Hotel to announce that his worship intended thus to honour the Duke, and he regrets that, being under the necessity of returning to London to-morrow morning, he cannot have the satisfaction of receiving in person the record intended for him.—The worshipful the Mayor of Plymouth." THE DEATH'S HEAD MOTH.—We have been fa voured by Mr. Denny, of Downing-terrace, the success ful breeder of this rare and interesting insect, with an inspection of several of his magnificent specimens of she fly. It will be in the recollection of our reader. that about a month since we stated the singular fact that above twenty of the full grown larvae were taken by Mr. Denny from a tea tree growing over the top of a house at the back of Downing-terrace. These have all been successfully reared, and are now splendid samples of the genus. An interest beyond its mere beauty of appear ance attaches to this insect ; it received its name of the death's head from a figure on the back of the thorax closely resembling a death's head and cross bones ; and this circumstance, coupled with its power of pro ducing a shrill, squeaking noise, has long rendered it an object of mysterious terror to the vulgar, by whom its sound is regarded as the harbinger of calamity or death. Entomologists have been long puzzled to explain whence the cry of the insect proceeded. The naturalist world has been divided on the subject-116.amur, Johet, Lorey, end other eminent entomologists each advancing a different theory, but none of them have succeeded in explaining the mystery. The credit of the discovery we think we can now assert belongs to Mr. Denny. lie has ascertained, beyond a doubt, the organ of the sound—viz., a large moveable horny scale at the base of each of the upper pair of wings, fixed on the thorax and covering a small aperture, which is also of a horny substance. The vibration of this scale is the cause of the sound, as is incontestably proved by all other parts of the insect being perfectly at rest when the noise proceeds from it, while these valves are in a state of strong vibration. It remains, however, to discover how this valve acts, and to accom plish that requires a minute dissection of the insect, and it is much to be desired that the subject should engage the attention of Mr. Owen, of London, the celebrated b insect anatomist, by whose skill the mystery may e fully developed, —Cambridge Chronicle. • .., ---, .oi oe picasea to 111Cif)e twu purnue, innalzpa .A., .„,,H...2,..am-crescent. tiVE . ~ 44NTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK : 1: 1 , 1 4 th e :',. I °.DELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as rip eetm l i sltors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTIO . N) )4Z . ller atio `.`, Y Informed that the Directors have given their anxious Ii, I ‘ , IiAN I to the hew appointment of DEMONSTRATOR in lit n elDle s 8 ' whose duty will be to explain to the Visitors the . .4utlikititys astwrrulheilli as ses of the above Specimens with .clearness and txhibitionst ' . li t , cif, , e Lectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE- I . : o lk flierobjects of present interest. The beautiful t f Ns,....____ Adinission,ls.; Schools, Half-price. SALES BY AUCTION. .! . ...-4,—..:_. s • ~,,,., k0,,,, ,,i T,,,. S . TOCKI3I2II)GE, HANTS,_ . ,. - ... , - -....„ - -waoury-square , Loneuit. i ll p . 40 -reeh STOCKBRIDGE; HANTS. tis ss old Investments, consisting of the Grosvenor Hotel, 41 "h olei: n d Cottages, and about 45 Acres of Valuable Land, the R' ' l ng of the estimated value of about 4001 per annum. 1 4 0 ,:r o N ol V ',. ‘. 11 . HEWITT has received instructions ,t l l ti 'hot ii„ "Ie Mortgagee to SELL by AUCTION, at the iitn. )4 t b ' , el, Stockbridge, on Tut:nano:l', September 10, at two, Eii; it tL, wi lle handsome building, kndwn as the GROSVENOR tir to b ril e " t he Tap adjoining, situate in the centre of the town of l'ati," litt s j,,,T l,l Projecting a considerable distance into the main til, qetit s - 4 0, 7 most commanding and attractive appear . ance, kin rOlig entrance, and noble flight of stone stairs, leading to 0 ' 5k i-uPital rooms, two of which are respectively 57 feet by 20, i ii ,Pies se ' hl gh, and 30 feet by 17, and 12 feet high; capital billiard ilo Mice pent b edchambers and servants' rooms, kitchens, scullery, No, 8 i n T h nraeroas coach-hcuses and stabling for about forty " Ill 4 s i Nel n; islit -Vs a very considerable business from the gentlemen ki s t o Dos tioil ng Club, who with their servants, occupy a consider traik4verat lot the !"remises every year, fin' several months together. ests. sr bed,aiis Of valuable arable and mead!,w land, about ten acres lit,7!g!s, si .._ adjoining the town, and about forty-one houses and 4,l4 4 _Uate in the town of Stockbridge, the whole ot which will D t ; t 7: psolo'enrlto suitable lots for the convenience of small capitalists. 11,tg,4,.arti had r aay be viewed, by permission of the tenants, and Ilis s " Lo'' of C. T. Whitaker, Esq., solicitor, 12, Lincoln's I.nn too iti theca ; at the George lintel, Winchester; at the various eer 11, n _eighbourhood ; at. the place o sale ; and of the Aue art-street, Bloomsitury-square, f London. 1 111 E-- .MMIMIIMMW. 7 UNIVERSAL th b e t Patents.. ,__ 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! Zltii t i,7want "' ue'g to call public tineatention to the following facts, 4 t i 4 B. h o r resulting from the ntion are various and 14„ e ns I . p e pendently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the corn tt:Lrto is ect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light isZy f or aeirered. It emits neither smell nor smoke , . and burns 1 ' 4 44 ' the n t 3- Period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects ilit t o• le th e 03 t delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have th,lts, to „ In troduction of gas in dwellin--hOuses to the expense of 8 1 7 are 'Ls d estruCtion of furniture, draperies , - gold ' moulding, &c. ; k 01 44, " entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS C( up,„_, the cost of laying on gas is much lower than is corn kitllouts's:7,: it Is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for It s Z Istroer;l,els, amply and public buildings. One of the it e4 ‘ arttig ? sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum l l ' or t roo Y b o wer than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of 'ter. e tnerttg 1 () D v oth„,- of the " Burner " its brilliancy and economy surpassing )4;%1301:',,, k n0wn liott or ' e shown by the annexed authentic T r ,'aet r rn ,„```e qualities of UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Proceedingsfed gala of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1846 Jourt Rxxlvir, President, in the Chair. 'lel),L4eiburner of anoveland ingenious construction was exhibited. l'i t t re or th e novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the li: air e .flume by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. ti t .,N, s ,,7 , lng up through the hollow stem of the button, was i tt m lis o rlPassed out by two series of lire-holes around the periphery, 11, 1 t Ile s h n n glng with force on the flame or the gas curved it outwards ),_ttn ) ,9e of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with ,;'elisuretted hydrogen gas, produced a very p.trfzet combustion, ..: its. "le was quite white down the top of the burner, IT as very steads', net-,41/Iply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, o, t f u4 s Tse burners have been used. In comparing the consumption Zgei, ' burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying tt. —tv er of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a bes t . - suer light, with a sa l vin g o f rather more than one-third." cEnxtricATE. tiA II' 'LYTECEINIC CHEMICAL scuool..-4. In testing Clark, ldowless of 20 ', Co,'s Univers a l Gas Burner with one of the best Mc Nlell, av t o ners, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving Per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer. 2 . 0 ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, ~ „. CERTIFICATE. Nt, i n a series of experiments made up on Clark, Mc _WWI, and Co.'s butt Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta kkr In economy and the quality of the _light. Tested ag a i nst 4 v: t urners Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (la holes), it .afforded a An t p of at leas ' t 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail b . urners, tkli s ' 4 ° Per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is sups. le any other burner." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, Llltt ~..,. J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. '`Eiv,' , IIVERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly hterit I nstitution, and may be bad and seen from 11 till 4, at the 14 Lo ets, 60 . St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters ',..,11,t0n.