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cA, qt. geir tr 251 fee .r /-1 IP' 1,0.9 and 71) And • (Mit one, 25, this , bi .10 48.) for on ;yet the f 30 ern Ides Pry so, lobe ritb ast• the tiou arts ,see wee >DV be ° lo• the tioir the et Port I so 1 he Itto, lard ipr mit be the 1, if ;tad be; 501 ex tted hey ib; n isle rar ;tea We, lin bee, tea ro of ots ose e of ex• the of 'U tom, Les- Ice, era, 88- Lice Os. ce ice, 10d 3), 0- ,7 in 0 or ID in to I to er le It In It It 10 S. n I. r, • • • • ~~ ,: I rte: 1 '`V •• C Ati er to WP,TAIII COALS ta I:few:l%6llG Oi tlta gtOrAf. , 6l.7ol , CleiterAl of the I:74vY. Th e c Somerset-place, September V, 1843. of 11 onam?U ission^rs for executing the €fficc of Lord gh Admiral ie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice t he that on TIIIIN.SDAY, the sth October next, at Ono o'clock, will be ready to treat with sash persons as may be willing to Contract„ ter supplying and delivering into Store, at her Majesty's 4N e.v!tl Yard, at Ilaulbowline, i2°: }o Tone of WELSH COALS, At for the service of her Ma . 1 1 ,3; Steam Vessels. De e Conditions of the Contract and a Form of the Tender may c eeen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One 'Ltlioelt. on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party at %lle, or an agent for hint duly authorised in writing. and Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, bear in the lett hand corner the words " Tender for Coals," 7" Must also be delivered at Somerset-Place, accompanied by a Atte t•i th r .„eigned by a responsible person, engaging to become bound i n - " t h e person tendering, in the Ella of 4001., for the due perfolm ee of the Contract. BILL OF EXCHANGE FOR 15,0001. OST, from the Office of Mr. E. L. Bette, No. C gjNOE 15, for Parliament , -s Ws propetreet, malty ay lway Contractor, a BILL of EX - It o is dated 17th July, ISIS, drawn by Samuel Morton Peto, Esq., r: 4l , and acc e pt e d b y M ess rs. Kelsall and Bartlemore, of Rochdale , payable four months after date, and indorsed by the Drawer. " R EWARD of FIFTY PoUNDS will be given t o an y p erson ti Shall either restore the Bill of Exchange, or give such informs to Janacs Taylor, solicitor, No. IS, Furnivars-inn, as shall BIIi to its recovery, or to the conviction of the offender, In case such A shall appear to have been dishonestly obtained. h a ;r,,_Persons are cautioned against negotiating the Bill, and notice eeen given to the ACCeptorS and to the Drawer respectively, who gi Withhold the payment. ~FAD LAG SAUCE, for FISH, GRAVIES, HASHES, STEAKS , & c JOHN and CIIMILES COCKS, the Sole Pro• ,„ Prietors and Manufacturers of the eelebrated READING b y E. beg to Cantles the Public against the daily frauds practised t o „7 4 HY London and Country Oilmen, wbo are offering their spurious • salons tke Gencine Reading Sauce. th: n r ig AUCE is patronised and recommended by roost Families ii 111 Z in g do nt , and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by --, Psctable Oilmen and Fisk Sauce Venders. Be particular in — ` 4, l for "COCKS'S READING SAUCE," 4„ - . ill prepared Only by John and Charles Cocks, at their Mann th;srY, Duke-street Reading.—All others are Counterfeits.—Observe t o - „ " 11 ,ame "J. and C. Cocks, Beading," on the seal and Label of each ..2e; without this none are ijensins. p ir OBACCO.—WANTED, a respectable Person qs , with a good connoxioa, to SELL TOBACCO, by COMMIS t - 'A. through Lincolnshire and the Eastern Counties. None need , i , e ,9 who Co not possess the above qualification s, as he would be . Supported by a first-rate House. Address K. V. M., Post-office, Leeds. NiCOLL'S REGISTERED PALETOT.—This Most gentlemanly and useful over-coat retains its original mo b:ate price, aid being adapted for the autumn and winter months, 1;1 already been honoured with the patronage of his Royal Highness R eimer, Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe ,retialar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the chief ornaments , I,l * Court, the Pulpit, and the • Bar. The above can be obtained i 'London only of 13. I. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 120, Regent and 22, Coruhill. NICOL L' S C[ILAMYS PALETOT.' This is a new and patented invention, which might perhaps better described as the vade mecum to the traveller by railway or 41,1 -packet. It also maintains the Registered Paletot's character a fashionable morning or out-door COat by a gener al resemb!ance is t his popular garment. The chief improvemen t consists in a con trivance called a Chlamys, a name given to an e xtra linin g , which Zaords additional warmth to thwthest and shoulders when worn in when street or on h orse back in the usual manner of a Paletot ; `nit it is intended to be used as a CLILAMYS PALETOT in tra h„iing, this extra lining, by merely fixing one button into a button e. can be wade to act as a comfortable cap or hood, effectually floteeting the head, ears, neck, and front, or upper parts of the 'nest from draughts or cold currents of air. trit l`lnt only will the probability of catching cold be d iminished, but Ye lling by night will thus be divested of its chief inconvenience , as th e Weerer of NICOLL'S CIILAMYS PALETOT may enjoy a re fpi,",hing sleep, his hat or cap being hung u p in the carriage or en tirely dispensed with during the journey , thus av oidin g headache and 'icier uneasy sensations caused by its compression upon the forehead. VICHOLL'S CHLAMYS PALETOT can be had of all the rec,og r•ed agents, but in London only of the Pa tentees, 11. I. and D. ICOLL, 114, 116, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cernhill. NATIONAL. PROYIDENT INSTITUT7, for Mutual Life Assurance, Annuities, &c. 48, Gracechurch-street, London. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—THOMA 3 CASTLE, Esq. zilliam Cash, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq., MP. e, i v l lll am Miller Christy, Esq. John St. Barbe, Esq. jrara Crowley. Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. 4u. Eelthans, Esq. Wil liam T y ler, Esq. k be, rt M. Holborn, Esq. Samuel W ilson, Es q ., Alder. ° L'ert Ingham, Esq. man. PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. „2 121 11bvs whose PREMIUMS become due on the Ist October next, ▪ reminded that the same must be PAID within 30 days. Copies of the lust report, together with the result of the quin 'llieunial division, made up to the 20th of November last, may be had oq application at the *Mee. Toe following Instances illustrate the Reduction in Premiums and equivalent Bonuses on Policies in Class 9, payable at death. !'i e r a b n i fee" ,41 equivalent Bonuses on roucic3 m ~.. -, ~.., I .6 1 li i Reduction ! Equal to a I 1 A 4 L ... • aa v Reduction le, 1.3 .. cs . It 4 g ti .) 0 5 miltiPmreci per cent. -7, ;rn ib' 1 1 ° * 'll r on the Or N g 4 0 4 ten of Original Bonus. Premium of ---____ Years----- --- - ---- Years. X. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. Per Cent. ' 12 E 66 2,000 773 7 01149 16 88313 0 56 32 1,000 166 9026510 10 9 7 40 10E 50 1,090 213 40451010 19 0 10 42 37 700 91 6016 e 6 611 9 34% 58 500 104 90308911 19 10 3914 8 1 32 2,000 222 20,52184, 17 8 4, 32%, GE 60 5, 000 826 0 0329 1 11 8119 16 10; 36 • 27 2,000 16 0 20 1 46 10 11 1 14 68' 31 65 300 48 40 1 24 126; 8 15 11 36 S E 30 2,000 137 le Oi 50 34115 0 0, 30 4E 62 1,900 119 59;1714220 13 2, 29 28 600 26 12 01 11 18 ,41214 10 23 YIE ' 54 1,000 65 10'06, 914 2 18% 21 3,000 111 001GO7GI 10 5 01 17 2 E 57 600 23 2 0 1 2956 ' 3 10 81 12 29 1,001 25 19 01 24 3 2 212 9 10! , 4 — l l 39 2,000 t 6 10 0 , 126 11 874 21 5% 27 600 61 01 11.12 61 011 91 5 SePtember 18, 1848. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. E. MOSES and SON beg to call the attention of Emigrants to Latir low lists of outfits, commencing (including every le nt necessar) at 7 _ s k, lower if regaire d. The list caa be had en application, r !Mt free. ANOTHER POETICAL SPORTSMAN. AN ORDER IN VERSE. EXCUSC me, gentlueme net pray, Addressing yo inre, Your own god muse, I dare to say, W o uld do i o t rather neater. I bought a coat a year ago. And what it clearly shows is, That sportsmen never should be slow I n patronising MOSES. Yes, gentlemen, I mast allow 'Twas nothing but a beauty, Aad if I did not aid you now, I should not do ray duty. I want another, if you please, You've got my measure by you.; And hints c•ncerning style and ease, I need not to supply you. I've many friends, as you may guess, Who love to ran a barrel, And all their high delight express At MOSES' .field appargl. Mr friends, Shot, Bang, and Ramrod, too And likewise Mr: Trigger, Declare that Coats not made by you, Would only make them snigger. And in your prices, too, you please, And often do we weader, At MOSES selling Coats like these, • For prices so muck under. 21,. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to th eir Shooting 74ts. which possess a peculiar cut and style, adding much comfort . 1 1 the fi t . N. M. and S. are convinced they will be much approved 11 by the public. Sheeting Coats, in a variety of materials from Ss. 6d. to 210. The Doeskin, or Elastic Coat, frons• ••. • 17s. Od. to 323. ital.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial attentiom to their pre rut Steck of juvenile attire. The designs are elegant and unique, th e workmanship and materials are suck as to command uniyer aPprobation, while at the same time the prices are unusually mo trate. LIST OF PRICES. izahi Nana Cashmere Codrhigton, free -;avahrldge Coat, lined throughout • 25 0 0 16 0 4lwting Coat :............................... Dress Coat ••• . • ...... • • ..• •.„„••••••.• .. • • .. • • .• 1 2 0 Zest (gallty at •• .• 2 15 0 1 15 Irrock Ceat •••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • •• • • • • • • " • • " •• • 0 8 0 Rich setters Tests • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • Cashmere. or cloth • •••• • • • • •• • • .... 0 8 6 Tweet Trousers • • . -..7.• ••• • • • .. Slagle-willlei Deaths ditto ••.•• • •• •••• •••••• •••••• 2 0 Best, or Dress ditto ..................... 1 3 0 AIM' Hama or Taste Sults . • .••••• •• •• •• • .• •• 1 8 0 JUDI TO XZAIIU. • • eaSkrnerette Cod/Mgt** • • • • • • • •• • •• 0 16 6 Cambridge's, Chesterfield Polkas, and all the aewest 0 18 0 Patterns • •• • • •• • • Dress cost • ......... •.••. • • • • • 10 0 •I••• • • • • • • Utrn Superfine, a superior coat • • .. • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •. •• • • 1 15 0 • • Frock Coat •••••• • • • • • • ••• • • • ................ 2 0 0 Extra Suberlirre, a superior coat 0 2 0 Fancy Satins .. •• • •..•••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •. g 4 Cloth. or Cassisaere ••••••••• • • • • • • • •" "•-• • • • Tweed TrouSets. ..... • • 0 ° 1 4 0 6 6 Fancy Cleat/mere or Doeskin •••••• • • .• • ' •• ' • OIS 6 Yearning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. observe, - •' - Any article parchased. ready made, or made to mea sure, tf Rot approved of, will be exchanged, er if preferred, the raoney returned. E. MOSES aid SON, Tailors, Weellendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Raters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minorles, and 83, 14, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, Loudon. (fatitt.m.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to 1* many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; Rad these who desire geaulais and cheep clothing, ice., should call at. or sand to, Miseries and Aldgate, City, Londea. y e sise.—Ne,basiness transacted at this establishment from ren net Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve 0•41•01.• Several Porters Wanted. A B. R 1 A G E. 31 One kalf the world aro desolately single, and the other s ense them married,• questioaallly contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalcula un te4 der hap lea s em- Ishtar the latter. The so litary one may shield himself *f caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an "*lProsiag harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, sad broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic hap netpins and social content. The dowry s h ou ld not Ps the marriage tlement. Honour and justice demand. that health should form utter' in the c,arapact ; tt alone dignifies the alliance. une. Blightedßeader, hopes or neglect waan d more sorely than poverty or misfort if these surmises concern yea, procure Dr. CULVERWEL'S little MEMOIRS 'Oa Single and M arried Life," puP. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, is stamps , I s. 6d. each). Let no imagiaativ hiaderedely "flied, er prudish feeling deter you , by their titles, nor be by misinterpretation of their sapposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for me re idle cariosihom , but for tke closet perusal of tho se more deepinterested, y ito w they are offered as antagonistic to the cmpyrical trash put o aln f o rt or h on the above subjects, by u n q ualified authors, whiche together, are a disgrace to the a g o. Furthermore, little two other publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by Post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely Pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribbling' of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after natare's laws—and to keep always rthe " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of _nerwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-stree ;other , 1 9, Cornhlll ; liaison, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by pest or -71:11). from the author (who may be conferred with personally, la rnings and finning.), 10. Argyll-plazo Regent-atroct; and all eerie .. ~. ; Y , a 7 .7 . __ l:_ c_ - • ~. -- • ' f•,, , -- 1 / 4 - --k' - 7: - . 74 .”7,7- -- • •P-,:, •elt_,-.' - -, _ . ,?... • (- 4-.. , „ , ": , f.., •:. ,, , ,- -- - 4 4 : 4 ',. 1r. , .. ..*) ' . rAO• , 3116 -' (-: .. -,•-•:'-i tl' • . ...,:, 461 0 .. -14 t. -..,,, ' i.-• .. • 0, " • Itti b• - •e• - 7 ' l '... • -.,-...- ...,,,,,. , -.. ~ :-.;-,- ' - - • 0 •Z-t.. , -•-• : c,:,:' *.:-• i k .., „„,../..... -- - - - - -- - ---t .4-- I ,„,i ,--, , :' _,•••••Fr.. - .. ,, , , , . - .. , ..: ... ; la , _2- -- '-_tt ~.., ' . . 4;.:11', . 1. t" . 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'‘- --,,,- ~,--,- -•,,,....,___ . . \., ,-,.' , . -,!..-F ,- e 44- ''' i '4'' ' .". \-- j:--- ; •ic: , - ' ''Y 4.: " 2------- . ..' - '' 4-:-: ------- - 6 ,_ .' 0 . .- -- c - k -si4 , 1--1?-11 fi'' '' - -6"\ • Nl / 4 ' .'------‘ ------ . ' - 1 -F-41.1: - - 'NY - ~,..;A - • - $ 7 ''' - --'-'' ' - ' . .:'* 2 4 ::: .::; W -___ _ No. 17469.] LONDON, THURSDAY G L ONDON, SALISBURY, and YEOVIL JUNCTION RAILWAY. The London and South-Western Railway Company having ar ranged to pay tae 30s. per Share due on the Certificates granted by the I drectors Of this Company, by Two Instalments r f 155,each, the holders of such Certificates are informed the FIRST INSTALMENT of 15s. per Share may be receive t on any Monday or Wedne;day after the 221 of September, between the hours of Elevert and Three o'clock, at the (Mee of the Waterloo Station of the London and South-Western Railway, in York road, Lambeth. Parties resident in the country, who may prefer sending their Yertiflcates to the Se cretary for this purpose by post, are recommended to write across them " Forwarded for payment of First Instalment of Vis.," and add their signatures. The day for payment of the Second Instalment in January next, will be duly advertised. By order, L. CROMBIE, See. London, August 31, 1848. NEW LIGHT.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. CLARK'S DIAMOND OIL LAMP. Its equal Is umknown, its superior will never come. By recent Royal Letters Patent, improvements are added, making it faultless. This Is not asserting more than its merits justify. The best of lights, the most economical of all. It cannot be mls . nsanaged . No cleaningreuired fur years. Can be had at all prices and for every ase. Any lamp can be fitted with the Diamond principle. Ts he had only at the Establishment •i the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, Ten Doors from Lowther Arcade. .P ATENT HYDRO-CARBON GAS.—Parties requiring this cheap and beautiful Gas for lighting towns, fac tories, dwelling-houses, &c., may procure any information or licenses for the same by application to Mr. George Fowler, at the Hydro- Carbon Gas-orfice, No 9, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The advantages of this Gas are as follows :—lt does not require any purification. Its cost is much less than the ordinary coal Gas, and the apparatus necessary for its production only half the price. It is perfectly free from sulphuric acid, sulphurous arid gas, ammo nia, &c., &c., and giving a most brilliant light, not injuring the health of the inmates. or destroying their goods in the houses where it is made or consumed. It may be seen in full operation at the Polytechnic Institution, 309, Regent-street, where its properties are explained daily by Pr - fessor Ryan, M.D., 31.1., &c. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The Cause of the Fatal Explorien in Albany-street explained and illustrated by Experiments, in a Lecture by Dr. Ryan, on Gas Mak ing, in which the new Patent Gas Apparatus of Stephen White, Esq., is exhibited daily at Half-past Three o'clock, and in the Eve nings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.—A Lecture en the His tory, Uses, and Manufacture of Gutta Percha, by Dr. rachhoffner daily, at Two o'clock, and in the Evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Ssturday.—The various Optical Effects.—Diver and Diving-bell.— Working Models explained. The Music is conducted by Dr. Wallis. Opea daily front Eleven to Five , and fa the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Tea. Admission, la.—Schools, lialf-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. On Monday, the 25th instant will be published, price One Shilling, CANADA in 1848: being an Examination of the existing Resources of British North America, with Consi derations for their further and more perfect Development, as a Prac tical Remedy, by means of Colonization, for the Prevailing Distress lu the United Empire, and for tha Defence of the Colony. By MILLINGTON HENRY SYNGE, Lieutenant. Royal Engineers. London : Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange. TERlLlTY.—Whatever is unproductive is with -1,17 out intrinsic value. Man and his Maker alike condemn that which " yields no fruit," and we find large tracts of land abandoned for the same reason that caused the barren fig tree to be cursed. This curse clings to Sterility in every shape ; it brings upon the earth famine. But the malediction breathes loudest and deepest into the ear of those of the human race who remain childless in a community which must altogether fail, without continual additions. Not only do such encounter the silent scorn or pity of their fellow creatures, but their own hearts condemn them ; wealth brings no consolation to the wifeless bosom—brings no return• for the childless home. It is a remarkable fact that the unproducliveness of soil and species arises from similarity of cause. Some lands are the produce of vitiated strata that yields an offspring as unhealthy as itself. Others nurture in their juices the poison of minerals, which form the foe to vegetation. Others -again lose value by being too early worked, before they are fit for cultivation, Some soils, originally fertile, become barren by excess of tillage; others are spoiled by unwholesome manures ; and others, again, by the want of perseverance and nerve In the husbandman. Mark the ana logy ! Man also is too often vitiated by the parent from whom he springs. Man is too often ruined by the indiscriminate use of mine rals, such as mercury, &c. Man also tries his constitution too early, and avertasks it too late. Man, by unwholesome contact can also in feet his frame ; and, to render the comparison complete, man can resider a naturally vital constitution unproductive through ignorance of his organization and diffidence in his powers. Nor does the analogy cease here. The detriments to cultivation above detailed have ;seen recently so entirely overcome by modern improvement in agricul ture, that farmers aro now enabled to produce crops almost from stone itself; and, in like manner, Sterility in the human race is now removable through the profound' discoveries in physic which enlighten tie present age. In testimony of this, a volume has recently been produced which fills the heart with hope and is calculated to remove Sterility altogether. It is from the pen of Messrs. J. L. CURTIS AND CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith• street, Soho-square, London, and bears the title of " MANHOOD: The Causes of its Premature Decline, with Plain Directions for' its Perfect Re storation;" and is sent by W. STRANGE, bookseller, 21, rater noster-row, London, post-paid, in a sealed envelope, by initial or to any address, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps, secure from observation. much by one-half to make London healthy as is now spent in neutralizing its unhealthiness. There is nothing naturally insalubrious in the atmosphere of our city. We are not inevitably liable to the malaria of Rome or the plague of Constantinople. On the contrary, • where ever common attention has been paid to ventilation and drainage, it has invariably been found that London is as healthy as any country district. Strange indeed it is that all this argument and expostulation should be called for on such a subject as the present, and that people should require such unceasing efforts to cajole them into clean'iness and cheat them out of fever. - 11 - 1 AKIN'S ROYAL PATENT COFFEE. : i...., Oa introducing this extraordinary and highly important in vention, it will be necessary, in the first instance, to point out the evils and imperfections arising from all other principles of roasting and preparing Coffee at present in use. Coffee is almost universally roasted in an iron cylinder, which is turned by hand or steam power over a coke fire. The Coffee is let in and out of the cylinder by means of a slide, which is the whole length of the cylinder, and which it is next to impossible to render perfectly air-tight ; the consequence of this defect is, that the sul phurous and noxious fumes of the coke penetrate into the cylinder and mingle with the Coffee. We will su e pose, however, the cylinder containing the Coffee to be placed over the fire, which is then co vered in, cylinder and all, and the process of roasting to be commenc ing. The first evidence of this fact is the vegetable vapour which is given off by the Coffee, and which vapour is more or less impregnated with gallic and mallic acids, which acids, acting upon the iron, form imitates and malates with that metal. The heat continues, the va pour is condensed, and forms a most noxious fluid, which is mingling with the Coffee, and by the Increasing heat is again vap..rised, and is assisted in its destroying work by one of the most powerful acids known, namely, by the pyroligneous acid, which is now beginning to be given off by the Coffee moat freely. This vicious acid continues forming with the iron the acetate thereof, and imparting the same to the Coffee, which receives, in addition, a sulphurous flavour from the coke. It should be observed, that so astonishingly great is the quan tity of pyro'igneous acid formed, that many ounces may Ise collected from the roasting a single hundred weight of the berry. The a.lion of the pyroligneous acid upon either iron or coprer cylinders is well known; with the former a compound is formed which, if not de cidedly injurious to health, gives to the berry a most acrid and dis agreeable flavour; whilst, with the latter, the result is verdigris. Again, by the usual roasting process, which is nothing more nor less than a species of destructive distillation, what possible chance has the aroma of this valuable berry of being properly developed? Supposing for one moment that it were properly developed, it is we:l known to be exceedingly volatile, and would quickly escape through the crevices in the slide of the:cylinder ; whilst the vegetable vapour, being exceedingly sluggish, and containing the vicious and noxious acids, would remain behind, giving to the Coffee that cankerous, acrid, and metallic taste, that renders the infusions of this otherwise most valuable and wholesome berry a beverage avoided by the deli cate, and highly injurious to the health of many who consume it. For guarding against all these evils, and for doing away with all those long-complaUled-of imperfections, her Most Gracious Majesty has been pleased to grant to Dakin and Company her Royal Letters Patent. The plan en which "Dakin's Royal Patent Coffee" is roasted and prepared is as follows :—The iron cylinder is altogether done away with, and the Coffee is never, under any circumstance, allowed to come in contact with iron. A SILVER cylinder is substituted, and the heat is obtained by means of the atmospheric air passed over hot plates, by which plan, as neither the tire, nor the fumes thereof, are in any way allowed to be in contact with the cylinder, the evils arising from the sulphurous vapours of the coke mixing wills the COffee are entirely avoided The eILYER cylinder is so constructed that, through apertures made for the purpose, the vegetable vapour which contains the. vicious acids from the Coffee, is allowed to es cape, whilst the apertures, being closeable at pleasure, are hnme diately closed as soon as this, the first part of the process of roasting, is accomplished. The SILVER cylinder then becomes air tight, and the aroma, which otherwise would escape, is condensed on the berry, which thereby contains all its valued and inherent excellence. The Coffee, after being sufficiently routed in a SILVER cylinder, and after being cooled down in a SILVER cooler, is ready for purchasers who buy their Coffee whole ; whils t the Coffee that is supplied ground, is pulverised between powerful stones, and for better preservation from the atmosphere, is recommended to purchasers packed in glass bottles, containing two pounds each, which are corked down air-tight, and sealed with the Royal Arms. DAKIN and CO. will have great pleasure in showing many testi monials which they have received from the most eminent physicians, surgeons, and gentlemen of the faculty, as to the beneficial effects and advantages of " Dakin's Royal Patent Coffee." The following certificate of Mr. Alfred S. Taylor and Mr. Arthur Aikin, the great authorities on chemistry, medical jurisprudence, :and the sanitary question, will, however, no doubt be deemed conclusive : " We hereby certify that we have chemically examined four " varieties of coffee—namely, best Mocha, Jamaica, Very Fine and " Good Plantation (Ceylon) Coffee, both in the raw state and as " prepared and roasted by the patent process of Messrs. Dakin. We " have likewise chemically examined samples of the same varieties " of Coffee roasted at the same time 'in the usual way, and the result " of this examination is that in delicady of flavour, odour, and as an " article of diet, the Coffee prepared by Messrs. Dakin's process is, in " our judgment, superior to that prepared in the ordinary way. "We have also examined the apparatus used by Messrs. Dakin " for roasting Coffee, and we find that all the surfaces with which " the coffee comes in contact during this process are of silver. We " find also that great care is taken so to regulate the degree of heat " and the mode of its application as to render necessary a longer " time and lower temperature to effect the roasting, whereby all " risk of charring the berry or of producing empyreumatic oil is " prevented, the separation of acid vapour is more gradual and corn " plete, and a larger portion of aroma is retained than occurs in the " usual methods of coffee roasting. " The process of Messrs. Dakin 'appears to us, therefore, in a " chemical view, better adapted than any yet suggested for procuring " roasted Coffee in a pure and wholesome form. " ARTHUR AIKIN, " ALFRED S. TAYLOR, F.R.S. " Lecturers on Chemistry in Guy's Hospital. • " Chemin" Laboratory, Guy's Hospital, August 9, 1848. PRICE CURRENT OF "DARIN'S ROYAL PATENT COFFEE.' In addition to the following, Dakin and Co. have the best Coffees ' procurable from Demerara, Dominica, Malabar, Sumatra, Java, Paden, St. Domingo, Batavia, Havannah, Brazil, Bahia,•Cuba, La Guayra, Porto Rico, &c. Common Coffee per lb. Os. Sd. to Os. I Id. Ceylon ....Good quality ...... „ 1 0 to 1 2 Fine plantation .. •• • „ I 4 to 1 6 Berbice ....Fine to finest ,, 0 10 to 1 4 Jamaica ....Good to fine •.• • • • Very fine to finest .. • Costa Rica .. A strong and good Coffee „ 1 2 to 1 6 Mocha.... • •Choice old to finest aged „ 1 5 to 1 10 SELECTED SORTS.—WhoIe or G. ound. Common Coffee .... •. • • ......... .......... ..... per lb. Os. led. Very good and strong.... •• • • ...... •. • • Very strong and full flavoured.• . ...... ... • . •..... „ 1 4 Rich and' fine flavoured CulToe•• •• Particularly choice Coffee• ... • ... ..... .......... „ 1 8 The above are also supplied in 21b. bottles, which bottles are charged 3d. each, and the same is allowed for when returned. The following sorts are supplied in sealed bottles containing two pounds each, and no charge is made for the bottles : Two pentads of good gonad Coffee, in a sealed bottle 2s. ed. Two pounds of strong and fine flavoured Coffee, in 4 sealed bottle ••••.• • • • .......... ..... :......... 3s. NI Two pounds of very deice and excellent Coffee, in a sealed bottle . ..... . ...... ........... . .... 35, 6d. TWO moulds of the finest old temaiVain Coffee, mellow in ripeness and richness of flavour, in a sealed bottle 4s. Od. DAKIN and COMPANY, Patentees, NUMBER ONE, St. --- PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. Gentlemen of science and the Public generally are respectfully in vited to inspect the machinery and apparatus employed is the roasting, &c., of Dakia's Royal Patent Coffee, and to ♦lew the whole in action, any Coffee constantly roasting, &c., at the waie liou.es of Dakin and Co., In Shoemaker-row, within a stone's throw of" Number One," where an assistant Is waiting to accompany visitors to the warehouses, and to explain the whole of this ROYAL PATENT PROCESS for roasting aid preparing Coffee. 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PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, aid its ludas. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tax Coanitt BALM or STRUM( is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying specific Pills, 2s. ed., 4s. 6d., and 1 Is. per box, a certain .emedy in gonorrhoea, gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, il. 51. Packets with advice tube had at the Notablishment only, by which the fee, IL. is saved. Attendance daily at 19. Bernera-street, from Eleven till T Fro. and Five to Eight; en Sundays from Eleven to One. LOVE is the leading feeling of the human breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from its influence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo sopl'y, and divinity itself become neglected under the. enthralling power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity with time, until it receives tits sacred consummation of marriage. When union does not take place, however, this passion, this fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened, all thins upon earth. How is it that men, of most Un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life time spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind? It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be di ., v. wifted, and dares not enter a state which has been instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of Important ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently he be 'end measure deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, he entails the most 3 miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon fi rves the hinself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of natural attributes would change the scene, and . yield to i i l ioth a life of a q ' ( Il se 11 Those desirous of investigating vri nd the attention of . atiou in the little work entitled fullest and most satisfactory inform T unalloyed happiness. The subject is lutcrestitig, A I 0 N, SELF-PRESERV the anatomy, physiolo-, illustrated by forty coloured engravings on laCtive organs ; I - nth practical observa and diseases of the repro , resulting from tions on the secret infirm ities of youth and maturity, solitary habits, excesses, or infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, MD , ' lated Member of the T.Tnlversity of Doctor of Medicine, Matricu • London Honorary Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' , Member of the London Ilospital Medical lociety, This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a pe culiar and much neglected branch of medical practice,and the author having ob tained the highest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat ment of these diseases. REVIEW OF THE WORK. La'Mert en the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are scenes iu the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him front the gulf into which such scenes must plunge him ! In the book before us such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mied not al ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style of masterly precision and lucidity, blendin the profoundest truths of philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing In these pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine." —United Kingdom Magazine. The work may be had price 2s. 6d., of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster -row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; or, free by post, for forty-two stamps, front the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, dully, from Ten to T SQUARE, Five to Eight. 37, BED/QIII),LONDOAT. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FLOM THE MORNING PAPICRS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The elaborate depravity required to con vert the Thames into a sewer can only be comprehended by reflecting carefully on the several steps of the pro cess. In the first place, there is the accumulating refuse of a large city to be promptly removed, as containing within itself the living seeds of pestilence and disease. Next there are the suburban districts to be brought under cultivation, and this for two distinct reasons, as we shall presently explain. These are the main condi tions of an effectual sanitary reform, and we are found leliberately vitiating both in order to add another ele ment of eviLto those which we retain. We deprive the suburban lands of the treatment they require for the sake- of poisoning our own homes with the material *Mich should be there employed. It is both ruinous to keep this material, and ruinous not to bestow it else where ; yet we industriously incur both penalties, and at last crown our perversity by disposing of it in such a manner that it shall do as much additional harm as pos sible. We have hit upon the very maximum of mischief, and cling to it with the desperation of lunacy." If we were to cut off all the water now supplied to the out parishes of the metropolis, and turn it into a gigantic open tank somewhere about Smithfield, where it might reek and putrefy in miasmatic vapours under the sun's heat, while thousands of citizens were dying of thirst, we should be achieving very much such a consummation as we secure now. The su burban districts to the east of the metropolis are mostly either heavy undrained clay lands or marshes, and are extensively intersected with wide open and stag nant dikes, into which the drainage and refuse of the locality is thrown, as regularly as that of London is dis charged into the great open ditch which used to be the river Thames. In one of those swampy districts sur veyed by the Sanitary Commissioners it was actually ditch htudeanhtd stagnant to uponagns marshac nd m at e srwe a e a s as u st oe r e sefr wase land; t , should t t s h obo a e t t htrthaihiee that o e itinh w le e as r nus e cduh l r fa B asn i c ee l eer es of hoods is no more th an was t o b e ex p ec t e d ; but tgholitefob mo f o u2 u 4r l chief does not end here, for it has been matter of con stant notice that when the wind set steadily in from these quarters the unwholesome vapours of the swamp were carried inwards to the more thickly inhabited parts, and exercised a perceptible influence upon the mortality of the population. This is one point. The next is not one whit less important. Everybody knows the increase of value which land receives from lying in the vicinity of large towns; and nobody, we presume, will allege that the soil at present under cultivation in these islands is superabundantly sufficient to feed the population. Now, these suburban lands, of which we have been speaking, grow literally nothing but fever and ague. In order to make them subservient to the natural wants of man it is requisite, first. that they should be drained, which would have the incidental effect of removing the genera tive causes of disease, and, next, that they should be manured, which would again have the incidental effect of diverting the selfsame elements of mischief from the heart of the metropolis ; for no kind of manure is so well adapted for this purpose as that which is now kept to ferment under our very nostrils. Thus, if we could but persuade ourselves to part with the sewage matter now kept at home we should, by one and the same stroke, extinguish one great family of diseases in the suburbs, reclaim a vast surface of invaluable land, and cheapen articles of the first necessity to our suffer ing poor. In the language of one of the wit nesses examined by the Parliamentary Committee, the presence of the richest materials for produc tion" is the chief source of the evils which afflicted the dwellings of our poorer fellow-citizens. Was there ever such a literal conversion of bread into poison! See, now, what ate expense we incur for the pollution of our Thames I We cannot keep this noble stream up to a steady standard of defilement but by perpetuating the desolation of large tracts of land, curtailing the supplies of necessary food, and infecting the habitations of those whom we help to famish by the same identical means. But for the constant demand thus made upon our inge nuity, we should have wherewithal to fertilize a quarter of a county. We consume in poisoning the Thames what would disinfect the marshes of Essex, and squander in concoctingfeverwh us at halfwoul as dbs much to purifyeinvaluablein thisprod ucing corn. Could it cost river AS it does to pollute it ? Think of the swamps we are compelled to leave unreclaimed, of the land we are com pelled to leave unproductive, of the plagues which we generate, and the food which we lose in order to turn the Pharnes into a treat tidal cesspool, and make its banks loathsome for fifteen hours out of the twenty-four. Think what pains we are taking to tax ourselves, and what losses we submit to for the sake of being fairly driven out of town ! If the first step of a sanitary commission in the suburbs is to circumscribe, and, if possible, entirely to remove that surface water which is found stagnating in the open ditches, what must be the course adopted with respect to that great ditch of all, which we have successfully exerted ourselves to snake as filthy and as infectious as any dike in Surrey or Essex? Remove it we cannot, but it so happens that to restore it to its na tural salubrity of character we have but to let it alone. It is only necessary to abstain from waste to effect this vast reform; and is it to be considered any great com plication of hardships that the same measures which would purify the air we breathe should also incidentally augment our resources and enrich our exchequer? There are two objects of the greatest importance in that sani tary reform which so many circumstances just now com bine to force upon our notice—namely, the drainage of suburban lands, and the removal of the metropolitan re fuse. There is only one method by which both these ob jects can be attained at once, and that is by not discharg ing such refuse into the Thames. Could more be possibly said for any project than this ? Putting out of th© question all damage to life and health, we will under take to show that more money is expended in any one year in direct consequence of our present perversity than could be expended on a thoroughly efficient sewer age even by the most costly plans. We deny that the affair is purely one of pounds, shillings, and pence, but we are quite willing so to consider it, and to stake the credit of the project on the result. It would not cost so CHRONICLE.—We have been hitherto prevented, b . y the necessity of attending to o th er topics of more immediate importance, from noticing an attempt which has lately been made, by Mr. Enderby, to support the view taken by Lord Grey and the Hudson's Bay Com pany with respect to Vancouver's Island, and its capabi lities for colonization. That gentleman, it may be well to observe, has lately received a grant of the Auckland Islands, in the South Pacific; and his main object is the establishment of a whaling station upon his new posses sion. It appears, however, that it is desirable for his interests to secure also a branch station in the North Pacific. With this view, Mr. Enderby fixed his eyes on Vancouver's Island and having ascertained that the transaction between Lord Grey and the directors of the Company was completed, and t h a t t h e l at t e r had been constituted lords paramount over the 'territory in ques tion, he proceeds to apply to them for the permission and co-operation which he requi res i n making his " b ranc h s t a ti on ." M r . Enderby begins by stating his conviction that Sir John B e lly (Governor of the Hud son's Bay Company, to whom his letter is addressed) " is in error in supposing that Vancouver's Island would ever be made a place of resort by Ameri can whalers, or that it is :the most desirable ren dezvous for ships engaged in that trade ;" and pro ceeds to say, " that his reason fur suggesting that it should be made a branch station for whalers from the Aucklands s not because it was most favourably situated for that purpose, but because its colonization would be thereby insured, and a British, instead of a foreign country, would reap the advantage of attending on the visit of the vessels." And again, he says, Sir J. Pelly " will perceive that, except from a desire to pro mote a great public object, he has no interest to desire the establishment of a branch station at Vancouver's Island, as it would be more to his advantage that the ships should refit at some settlement in the China or India sea." Now, putting aside the ab sur dity of proposing that a station should be placed, by a mer cantile company, in an unfavourable pl ace , w i t h a purely patriotic motive, and in h opes ( as we must presume) that the whalers, actuated by simi larly high-flown sentiments, would go systematically out of their way "in pursuit of a great pub lic object "—putting aside, we say, the a b sur di ty o f supposing that the public will set any value on such professions and proofs of disinterestedness—we are happy to say that we do not, by any means, " perceive," as Mr. Enderby expects we should, that Vancouver's Island is " not a desirable rendezvous for whalers," or that it would be " more to his advantage that they should refit elsewhere"—i. e. either in the China seas, at the Sandwich Islands, or in California. We are told that the northern fishery extends from 30 deg. to 60 deg. N. lat., and from 110 deg. to 180 deg. W. long., and that the habitual rendezvous of the American whalers is now the Sandwich Islands, but will henceforth probably be some port in their new province of California. Now, we ob serve that the harbours of Vancouver's Island range from 47 deg. to 49 deg. N. lat., and from 125 deg. to 130 deg. W. long., a position which a glance at the m a p w ill show to be more nearly central, with respect to 'the fishery, than any other spot of land whatever; while the fact that the whalers, according to Mr. Enderby, do not now find it for their advantage to go to the China Seas, but to the Sandwich Islands, over throws his own position that it would be " to his advantage" that they should go to those seas rather than to Vancouver's Island, a spot more easily available (as we have shown) than their present rendez vous. Whatever, therefore, may be Mr. Enderby's motive for dwelling at such length on the natural disad vantages of the locality which he proposes for his station, we are happy to " perceive from his statement," in the absence of any further information on the subject, that he is likely to enjoy the pleasure of gratifying his patriotism without sacrificing his fortune, and we trust, accordingly, that, in addition to its other recommenda tions, Vancouver's Island may, ere long, become the natural rendezvous for the whalers of the North Pacific. The latter part of Mr. Enderby's letter is directed to prove (notwithstanding " that it is by no means his desire to discourage settlers from proceeding to Van couver's Island") the extreme improbability that it will be colonized, the almost certainty of failure if its coloni zition be attempted, and, consequently, the desirableness of entertaining his scheme, as the only one by which the professed objects of the Government and the Company can be secured. We are folly convinced that the publication of the letter, by Sir J. Belly—a pro ceeding which, if it were really the object of the com pany to colonize, would be unaccountable enough—is altogether duo to that part of it in which the island is studiously disparaged; and we wish that attention should be directed to a circumstance so remarkably cha racteristic of the whole proceeding. Viewed, however, without reference to the animus displayed, we must say that the arguments by which the attempted disparage ment is supported are most curiously ill selected for the purposes of Mr. Enderby and the Company. That gen tleman affirms that " to say that Vancouver's Island possesses a fertile soil, a good climate, fine timber, and excellent coal, obtainable with little labour, is to say, probably, all that can be said about it." Considering that the island is as yet unoccupied, undeveloped, and even unexplored, we think this is pretty well; nor can' we recollect any one region, similarly circumstanced, of which " more could be said." Mr. Enderby goes on to contend that " the harbours have no ships to frequent them, that the climate and soil yield pro duce for which their is no demand, and that the same may be said of timber and coal, which, without ex ternal intercourse, would not enable colonists to pay for tools, clothing, and other necessaries." Now, we should like Mr. Enderby to tell us how, if these were valid objections to colonization, any unoccupied country could ever be settled. Every one of his observations would apply with still greater force to the eastern coast of North America, to Australia and to New Zealand; where, until the resources of those regions were disco vered and developed, and an export trade in their pro ducts created, there was, and could be, no " external in tercourse, demand, or ships." The fact is, that, consi dering the trade already existing and rapidly increasing between North-Western America and North-Eastern Asia, and the probability of an entirely new and most important line of communication being opened forthwith between the Atlantic and the Pacific, Vancouver s Island has advantages which not one of the countries we have alluded to had when first colonized. Far from being in an inferior position as regards export trade, it is absolutely the only one which begins with an ewhxpich ort it alone is known to possess in the whole region of the t ra d e ready-made—we allude to that of c o a l, Pacific, and which, as we have before stated, is now procured in England for the steam service lately esta blished by the Americans between Panama and Oregon. Besides this, there is sufficient reason for believing that copper is to be found in the island (large quantities bei▪ ng found in the possession of the natives), and it is needless wit the to point out the peculiar advantage derivable from.thhe co existence of that mineral in the same locality coal required for smelting it. In short, we have no doubt that the same steps which created an export trade in wool from Sydney , i n cot ton from Ch arleston, and in copper from Adelaide, will, if taken in earnest, lead to similar results in a country of , at least , e q ual promi▪ se. That no such steps will be taken, we have too much rea son to believe; for in this case the Hudson's Bay Com pany have the means of realising their own and Lord Grey's prophecies—and the more we see of their pro ceedings, the more reason we have to conclude that they e o ff g e n c is t ed m as r r . ig H h u t d i s a on th , them selves, determined that their predictions . shall . be true.. ADVERTISER.—The suggestions which this journal has so often thrown out respecting the-best . way of im proving the management of railway affairs,. are at length beginning, aeives, but t not b only e c en railway directors railway king, is very appropriately setting an example In the adoption of those means by which alone the rail way companies can be put on . a footing of permanent prosperity, For more than six months, we have, at r carried d b e into rec . short intervals, sought to impress that they were squandering the property of the share holders, while they were rendering no servic e t o t h e public, by the frequency with which they run their trains. We are glad to enrol the name of Mr. Hudson on the list of converts to our v iews. In all the morning papers of Tuesday there was an announcement from the Eastern Counties Company, .to the effect th a t some of the trains running on their line are to be dis continued, while alterations in the hours of starting in the case of others, are to take place. The remaining companies must follow the example. M any of them,-- indeed, are already preparing to do so. I n t hi s way, an enormous sum will be saved. From calculations which have been made, there is ground to beli eve that from this source alone o f savi▪ ng in the working o f li nes, an a ddition of from I to 1 per cent. will be made to future dividends. The result will be that the Eastern Coun ties, instead of only paying 5 per cent. on the original 161. shares, will yield a profit of more than 6 per cent. It is to be remembe red that trains filled. with passen gers are but a mere trifle more expensive than those which are all but e m p t y . will the public convenience be in a n y wa y diannishe4 , by the re duction in the number of trains which daily run along the Eastern Counties line. So great a num ber of trains as ten was not needed. Th e mos t ample accommodation will be given to the public by running seven trains. To do the public justice, they have never been so unreasonable as to ask for the run ning of trains with such frequency. They h ave, on t h e contrary, expressed thei▪ r regret that them that the di v id en d s o f those proprietors who have provided with railway accommodation, should be unnecessarily diminished. This then is one step towards the restoration of confi dence in railway property. There are various oth e r steps which Mr. Hudion has determined on adopting on the Eastern Counties, and all the other lines under his control. Such alterations are to be made in the hours and frequency with which third-class trains are to run, as will prevent those who ought to travel by fi rst or second-class carriages, from travelling by th e thi r d- c l ass conveyances. When the Legislature passed a law emu- 9 SEPTEMBER 21 1848. pelting companies to run third-class trains at least once a day, and at a certain charge, it (lid so solely with a view to the accommodation of the working elayses. It never for a 'moment contemplated the possibility of these third-. etas* traina• being..travelled in by persons of • station in society, and in.eaay.circumstarices, to-the ;great injury_ of the companies. There. are various • other measure, which must be .resorted to by the directors to restnre railways to their wonted prosperity, and to inspire anew that confidence in them v. 'licit has been so nitwit impaired of late. The capital accounts in all the It tiding lines must be closed. That is one indispensable step towards a return of confidence. Unnecessary stations, of whit h there are many on every leading line, must be shut up. The number of the directors must be reduced. Seven or eight will suffice. Indeed, tholigh in most cases double the number compose most of our railway boards, not more than six or :even usually attend. All the busi ness is dmeby a few. The others are not nuts paid ftr doing nothing, but they do mischief. They are constantly taking advantage of the means of' information, of which their position puts them in possession, to traffic in the shares of the company, and thus •to cause fluctuations in the market value of the stock, which would not other wise take place, and which often has the effect of causing timid shareholders to part with their property at a serious sacrifice. These are some of the measures which all railway companies must adopt, in order to re store confidence in the bona fide character of their lines as an investment. In addition to these, there must be a thorough system of economy—an avoidance of every shilling of unnecessary expense in every department of the company's service. We feel persuaded that there is not a railway company of any magnitude in the coun try whose expenditure might not be reduced from twenty to twenty-five per cent., without in any degree diminishing the efficiency of the 'service, or depriving the public of necessary accommodation. Such a saving as this would increase the year's dividends from 1 to 2 per cent. To this complexion matters must come at last. Why not now ? This is just the time for reforming railway management. Not only have share holders suffered from the past extravagance, and gross mismanagement of railway directors, but the public have witnessed with regret the recent reduction in the rate of dividends—for the public naturally feel that if railway property is to go on as it has done, steadily de creasing in value, the inevitable consequences must, be fore long, be to deprive the community of that accommo dation which the railways so largely afford them. The system will cease to be extended, and there must be a great curtailment of the facilities for comfortable and of O i t o b f e o r r m c a o t m i o p o a , ni e de termined on treading in Mr. Hudson's steps in the e u x r s e t s . r s h a a p v i e d , ut,reavleelalivnegfrweinhicphri vnaotewse measures which he is now adopting for improving the value of the railways by increasing their dividends. Why not. do it immediately? There can be no cause for delay. If the leading companies will only, in this matter, act in concert, the shares of all the better classes of railways will soon recover their position in the market. And once having recovered their proper value, they will not again lose it. They will continue to command their proper price among the public securities of the day. . . DUBLIN,_ WED.N4SI)IY Moats t6l- ..ligen6e Trotfi' the 'disturbed treittiCAS — liy this morn ing s ;mail train T . epiesenfs . all tranquil, at'leaA on . 'the surface, for the apprehensions of fresh outbursts. were rife still in the minds- of the well divot.ed. The follovving,conimanication nrrived this morning: " Clonmel, Tuesday Afternoon. " This town and its le ighbourheott were tree f r o m any disturbance during - the past night. I wateh , d until newly twelve o'eloek, but I vould not see any signal lines blaz . ng on the Waterford mountains which over:ook the I town, as on the previon; night. lArge bodies of reixls are still stated to be in the festnesses of the mountains, many of which are enclosed by deep ravines and very difficult of access; indeed, I am informed, almost inac• cessible to the militart ; so that they may probably re main there as long as the flee weather permits, and carry on predatory excursions, and make midnight attacks upon the property of the gentry and farmers of the surrounding country. .The rebel camp, as it is called, will be the resort of all the lawless and disaffected, who will be attracted to it for the sake of plunder. After the burning of the Glenbower liar racks the insurgents from that place joined the main body in the Waterford mountains; and they were ob served in considerable numbers passing over in that direction a few nights since. It is stated that a number of the insurgents are persons who have beta ejected from their land, , , and who are reckless and desperate as to the crimes which they may commit. They still pro cure food by taking the cattle which they find in the neighbourhood, and which they are represented as roast ing entire on iron gates which they have carried from the fields below up to the mountains, and use as gridirons for that purpose. The passengers by the Kilkenny mail to Cork, which has just arrived, state that all is quiet along that line of road, and in the Glenbower district through which they passed. The Attorney-General, I have heard, arrived here last night, to make preparations for •thestato trials, which commence on Thursday. After ,posting my fetter yesterday evening, the men that had been brought in from Clerihan, near the residence of Baron Pennefather, were liberated. It appeared that they had been compelled to join the rebel force against their will, and the authorities were anxious to get them to give information against the insurgents. This, how ever, either from intimidation or connivance, they de clined to do." cr t :t 4 t * eP., It I nn titethi abut filo etilatittillitta..lll4l' .44 f ky tiy4o n;fgo i - ti44;poitqp, witr Af-19 country people to join the movement. from Carrica-on-Suir, Dungarvan, and C 144 0 -7„ ConreeL the mountains where they were reported to collected on Sunday night without finding any of thtik insurgents. The military took their camp-furniture and provisions-for two cr three days, in order to enable them to pursue and capture the rebels, but they . returned to their quarters yesterday, after a harassing_ find._un successful search. Their plan was well concerted, for they ascended from d.fferint directions, in the ex pectation that what the one party drove before them the other would meet, and in this way succeed in hemming in the rebels on "every tide ; hut they were foiled in their attempt. The police state, that there ore so many .scouts _every direction, to give qntelti , ,;:etiee - "to . the - insurgents, that they are enebled to disperse before they; pin their of rendez-. vans, :old collect a. , Jain as st'an ts they return to their harruck - F. The rehe•ls.are.t , t nrlirg In;tices:.to the fat 'errs t convey orisi," , ni to Li:tie camp, i.ud the. atening I Item, that if they Lei any oc tb ir progluee to the ma chains eh.y will he visit,d aidl the'r vepwance. Bust neNs it, thr‘r fore', IA re bad, both here end in Clonmel, as public confid. lice is in a grent measure destroyed bY the state of al irna in mhich F:ople are kept, and they are very unwilling to part wide more- -, not knowing what turn events tray take. The police arrested niuc of the' insurg,-nts last night in theneighbcurhocd oft c al4r quarries. In the county of Kilkenny, who are charged as beieg concerned in the burning of the barracks in that place. They lOund the clothes of the police, and arias and ammunition in their possession. They ale at.present lodged in the Bridewell of this town, and it is expected they will be transmitted this day to the county gaol. m e peop l e o f th i s place say that the rebellion is not over set—and certainly no thing but the presence of a strong military force keeps them from open kstureetion. THE FLEET.—The fleet lying in Cove, which war about to sail for Plymouth, has been countermanded and the various vessels and war steamers composing . _ it are to remain here, it is said, one month. Admiral Sir Donald Mackay is nominated the Commar.der in-Chief. The cause cf this unexpected order is at tributed to the outbreak of the rebels in the midland counties. Tee FUNDS.—With the exception of a few bar gains in Government securities, the business at the Stock Exchange yesterday was almost nil. The Three per Cents. were .done at 85i ; Three-and-a- Quarter per Cent. Stock, shut, 85i-1. money, 85/ opening. _ _ THE GRAIN MARKET.—Our market to-day was firm for all descriptions of grain, and oats and bere were 3d. to 61 dearer. There was no improved demand for In dian corn, a reduction of Is. to 2a. having been submit ted to. White wheat, old, 325. to 375.; red ditto, 31s. to 365.; new, 235. to 305.; barley, 16s. to 17s. 6d.; bore, 12s. to 14s. 61; old oats, 13s. to 15s. 61; new, Ils. 6d. to 13s. 6d. per barrel; oatmeal, 125. 6d. to 155.; second flour, 18s. to 205. per cwt.; Indian corn, 355. to 395. per 4801 b. A CHILD CRUSHED TO DEAT V.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the North Country Pink, Ropc makers'-walk, Limehouse, on the body of Catherine Meaghan, aged three years. On Monday afternoon last the deceased was playing in Fore-street, Limehouse, a very narrow street, allowing only one carriage to pass at a time, when a cart approached her, and the only way she had of saving herself was by getting behind a post. As she was doing this the wheel struck her head, and completely smashed it against the post. The poor child was of course killed upon the spot. The jury re turned a verdict of " Aceithntal death." " A RALE IRISII BLUNDER."—A short time ago a servant of Messrs. Powley, of Thrimby Grange, was mowing grass in a field by the Shap and Penrith-road at Shap Beck, and having left his waistcoat in a field near the road side, it was presently picked up by a "pate green emeralder," who deposited his own Tipperary grey ve-t in its place, thinking, no doubt, that an exchange would be no robbory. The servant having occasion pre sently afterwards to return to the place, was rather as tonished to perceive his span-new red plush turned into a filthy grey rag, and surveying it cautiously for some time, at last took courage and examined it more mi nutely, when, to his agreeable surprise, he turned out troni one of the pockets four shining "yellow boys." Paddy, however, had not travelled far before he recol lected his blunder, and on returning found that his an tiquated forsaken friend had been robbed of its glitter ing contents. He demanded the precious metal, but was refuse& and on being threatened with prosecution fur stealing the waistcoat, was obliged to decamp, screaming out whillilleus, mingled with notes of distress and im precations, which no one but a thorough-bred Irishman can pretend to utter.—Carlisle Patriot. - e ~e THE BOULOGNE FETES. (From the Post.) BOULOGNE, WEDNESDAY.—The amusements of yesterday did not vary to any great extent from those of the previous day, but the interest they excited was undiminished. The weather continues peculiarly favourable for out of-door entertainments. As I mentioned in my letter yesterday, the day commenced with a distribution of bread and other provisions to the poor. About ten o'clock the various divisions of the Boulogne National Guard were inspected before the Hotel de Ville, after which they marched through the town and along the quay, pre ceded by their music, to the sands, for the purpose of shooting with rifles at targets for prizes. Twelve targets were erected, and the firing, which occupied about an hour, attracted a considerable degree of at tention, and though there was some very good shoot ing, the majority of the competitors, who were placed about 150 yards from the target, appeared to aim very wide of the mark, and the position in which the targets were placed seemed to be by far the safest. The most successful of the competitors in this trial of skill were the artillery corps. At the conclusion of the firing the troops were re-formed and marched through the town in the same order as that by which they went to the sands. From eleven till past two o'clock the banks of the river Liane were crowded to witness the sailing, rowing, and other matches which were announced to take place,. At the conclusion of the regatta there was a duck chase—two or three ducks being set at liberty, and some dozen swimmers, diving from a platform prepared for the purpose, endeavoured to catch them, an attempt which caused considerable amusement, and elicited repeated laughter and,cheers from the spectators. Tel this succeeded what was called in the programme a comic chase—viz., a si milar chase to the above, for a pig which was thrown into the water, but which proved an extremely dull affair, from the awkwardness of the pig as a swimmer, and the consequent ease with which it was caught. During the time the above sports were going on, others were climbing a greasy mast for a silver watch, and a horizontal greasy mast for a similar prize, which caused much amusement from the duckings which the various competitors obtained. At two o'clock there was a grand competition of music on the Place d'Alton, for gold and other medals, forming a monster promenade concert, which com pletely threw into the shade those of Jullien or Musard. The competition was preceded by a piece composed for the occasion, admirably played by the band of the National Guard of Boulogne. After which all the bands of the National Guard, eight or ten in number, played one piece each, consisting of the chefs-crceuvre of the French and Italian schools. This portion of the entertainment attracted consider able attention, and all the windows of the Place and neighbourhood were crowded with elegantly-dressed ladies. In the evening the theatre was opened with two or three stars from Paris, but attracted compara tively very little attention in consequence of the other amusements. At eight o'clock 'there was a second regatta on the Liane, when the boats being illumi nated, it had a peculiarly pleasing effect, and the entertainments of the day were wound up by a grand ball—the ball of the fete at the bathing rooms, which were enlarged, by temporary build ings for the occasion, to more than double their usual size. About 600 or 700 persons, comprising the more aristocratic portion of the inhabitants and visitors, attended this ball, and disported themselves in the mazy dance long past the witching hour of mid night—an example which was followed by the less aristocratic portion of the community at the different public gardens and cafes. The streets were again illuminated as on the previous evening, and through out the day and evening were almost impassable. To-day, however, was the day of days for the sight seers. As early as seven o'clock the rappel, which has proved so ominous of mischief to other parts of France, was sounding, to call the National Guard to their appointed rendezvous, with the troops of the line and the custom-house officers, at a petit camp of cor porations of trades in the promenade beyond the Porte Gayole, where the National Guards invited to the fête were also to meet at ten o'clock. Shortly after twelve o'clock the cortege departed, and crossed the high town, and taking up at the Porte des Dunes the cars of Agriculture, Industry, and Liberty, continued its march along the principal streets of the town, defiled before the authorities of the town at the Place Navarin in the following order :—Cavalry band, companies of cavalry, various sections of National Guards and regiments of the line, headed by their bands, hospital children, more National Guards, sailors with a banner, Na tiOnal Guards, fishwomen with a banner, troops of the line, National Guard, car of Industry, representing a fishing smack in full sail, tastefully decorated with the national colours, and attended by matelots, or fishermen, fantastically dressed; then came further bodies of troops of the line, National Guards, and the corporations of trades, each carrying a distinctive and appropriate banner ; to these succeeded an em blematical car of Agriculture, surrounded by four and-twenty peasants dressed in blue smockfrocks, with straw hats trimmed with tri-coloured ribbons, and youngtheirgirls anddressed carryinghand with .their flowers p blue ribbon attached to the car; further detachments of troops of the line and National Guards, attended by their bands, followed, and then came a triumphal car, surmounted by a colossal figure of Liberty, about 10 feet high, and attended by twelve young girls dressed in white, with white veils and chaplets of roses on their heads, the whole being wound up with further de tachments of troops, National Guards, and gen darmerie. After passing by the authorities, the procession pursued its course to the bathing establish ment, where a square was formed round a platform erected on the Place Daunon, from whence the prizes to the conquerors in the various trials of skill during the last two days were distributed. Shortly after two the cortege returned up the quay, and by the way it came towards the Napoleon column, where the Na tional Guards invited to the fete are to dine at four o'clock. Every street and house along the route of the procession was densely crowded, and as it pro ceeded in its course the cortege was frequently cheered, but there was nothing like a political demonstration, except at one or two points, where a cry of " Vive la o ß pfa e rA p :e u nvd b oi l to i l qu ineerlael la France rs detachmentibatetii to r oel tn h a e i s o e , great i hr t ee a was tN matei n tor s noap e lo r lGi awedstibry3d, ester day, y s t c de r rel day, the South-Eastern Company, in order to promote laibfrearatelly afforded thembetweenrnalfoeredlingthe o t p h p e o t r w tu o n c it o y un o t f ri d e og s in hay so. in g IRELAND. ~~~-~ [PuicE SD. The Cloninel Chronicle thus describes the progress of the state prisoners from Dublin to their final desti nation in the gaol of Clonmel : " The special train arrived at Thurles in three hours and twenty minutes. Here they were mat by a large military and constabulary force upon Bianconi's cars, and the travelling carriage having been removed from the train and put to, Messrs. O'Brien, Meagher, and Leyne were placed inside. There was nobody else with them. Messrs. O'Donoghue and M'Manus occupied seats out side, and the rest of the vehicle was occupied by police inspectors, constables, &c. They left Thurles at about two o'clock this morning and travelled on at a very rapid rate through Cashel, where they remained for some time to refresh the escort and the horses. The prisoners ' were also offered refreshment, which, however, was de clined, except a few cigars, which some of the party' took. Then they came on to Clonmel, which place they reached at half•past seven o'clock. The prisoners were then handed over to the custody of Dir. Strahan, the Governor, and were immediately supplied with an excellent breakfast, of which they heartily partook. Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher were removed to a rather comfortable apartment prepared for them in the hospital rooms of the building, where they immediately retired to rest. Messrs. M'Manus, O'Donoghue, and Leyne, were then placed in the same department with other prisoners charged with treasonable offences. All the prisoners enjoy excellent health and spirits. Mr. M‘ Manus was very much dissatisfied with the distinction which had been wade between him and Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher—for it must be remembered that Mr. Dl'Manus is alio a great gun." Of this Mr. M'Manus the Chronicle gives the fol lowing sketch : " T. B. M'Manus is a native of Belfast, of prepossess ing appearance, and about 35 years of age. For some years he was known in this country as a commercial traveller, and among other houses had a commission from Messrs. Denton and Co., hatters, of Gretna. in Lancashire. Ire, however, relinquished this business about four or five years since, and took up his residence in Liverpool, where he has been studiously engaged as forwarding agent and ship-broker, having secured, a large and influential connexion in Ireland. He was most attentive to his business, and gave general satisfac tion to those who ',employed him. He was a generous high-spirited m tn, capable of overcoming difficulties of no ordinary magnitude, and seemed to suffer no depres sion by the reverse of fortune, which he experienced during the railway mania of 1845-46, having lost considerably by speculation. He was always an en thusiastic nationalist, to which may be attributed his connexion with the recent insurrectionary movement. His. present unhappy position is deeply deplored by a numerous circle of acquaintances and friends. In Liverpool he had acquired a high position and considerab!e influence. T. B. M'Manus and Co., the firm of which he was principal, was among the first forwarding agents in the Irish trade, and transacted business for many establishments in Clonmel and Wa terford. Since Mr. M'Manus left his business and be came connected with the late melancholy attempt at re volution, he has been declared a bankrupt, we believe not on account of his insolvent circumstances, but be cause a commission of bankruptcy seemed to be neces sary to wind up his affairs on account of his absence. The charges against him are of the most serious-charae- ter; he ii'statd to have been the actual leader in the Farrinrory affair, after which he made his way to Liver pool, and took a passage for New York in an emigrant vessel, which had put back into Liverpool, having sprung a leak in foul weather. He then went to the Cove of Cork, and was in the' N. D. Chase, ' bound for the same destination, when he was arrested by head-constable Crowley, and forwarded to Richmond Bridewell, whence he arrived here this morning." The Clonmel correspondent of Saunders' News• letter writes as follows : " The belief is gaining ground that T. D'Arcy M'Gee, lately connected with the Nation, was the leader of the attack on the police barrack at Portlaw, and that he is in that neighbourhood still. There is no doubt that there are more leaders than O'Mahony. lam aware of Lord Waterford's having received unquestionable information (which he credits) that a week or two ago, at a meeting of four or five leaders in the neighbourhood of Curragh more, it was resolved to make a capture of his Lordship or the Marchioness as a hostage, with a determination . of . visiting tcn either a punishment similar to that awarded to the state prisoners. The- Marquis, how ever, has determined to make such a feat no easy matter; between soldiers and armed specials he has an effective guard of about one hundred armed men. The bold and determined stand which his Lordship has taken, and the unremitting activity and bravery displayed by him, have done much to save that country from the violence and outrage of a rebel horde, that threatened to bear all before it. At the outset he acted wisely in calling upon all to declare themselves for or against rebellion, and to act in accordance with their decision, in order that the matter might be brought to a crisis. The following from the Clonmel Chronicle is a description of a scene that occurre d a t the meeting convened by his Lor dshi p for that purpose : "Some weeks ago, when insurrectionary symptoms first manifested themselves , th e Marquis of Waterford convened his tenantry and labourers tor the purpose of asking them what part they were d is p ose d to take in the threatened outbreak. A crowd of ill-disposed fellows from Portlaw gathered about him and made several de monstrations of dissent from his Lordship's statements, about the far superior force which England would bring against the rebels. One fellow was remarkably forward, full of bluster, and cried out, We do not care—we are able for them—we are ready to fight them, wait till we are let at them.' The Noble Marquis pointed at the noisy boaster, and said, ' Come here, sir; you want a fight—stand out and have a round with me—let us see what you are made of, who want t o b e a t t h e t roo p s ; come, sir, try your hand with me.' The fellow dropped his head and skulked away amid the derision of the spectators. It is hardly necessary to add, that the circumstance was not without a good effect on the spectators." " General" O'Mahony, it appears, had another narrow escape from being captured on Saturday night:— " His pursuers have been often of late upon his heels, as the readers of the Chronicle are aware ; but on this night a force of police, under Sub-Inspector Renison, proceeded to O'llahony's house, which is situated a short distance from Carrick ; the owner, however, was non est inventus, but his coat, waistcoat, and trousers, were left behind on a chair beside the bed, from which apparently some person bad risen a short time before. He was closely pursued to River Suir, his favourite route opposite Coolnamuck, at which place he crossed the river, upon horse back again —his old plan." The subjoined letter brings the latest intelligence from Carrick-on- Suir : " Carrick-on-Suir, Tuesday Evening. " The district of country around this town is the very head-quarters of the late insurrectionary movements. Slievenamon mountain, the hill of Aheny, and the Wa terford mountain are its vicinity ; indeed, the latter mountain almost overhangs the town. On the road from Cionmel to this place, I found all perfectly quiet. As I passed through the country this morning the people were busily engaged reaping, or at other farming oc cupations. The insurgents, it is stated by those who have the best opportunity of knowing, and are acquainted with their movements, have no regular encampment in the surrounding hills. They are, no doubt, often col lected in large numbers, but ,they have scouts in every direction, who watch the movements of the military and police, and give them such timely intelligence of their approach as affords thorn time to disperse or to gain the other side of the mountain before the others ascend, so that no vestige of them can be seen when they pia the summit, I heard from the. police that there JOHN FRANCIS LEATHES, ESQ., OF HERRING FLEET HALL, SUFFOLK.—The death of this lamented gentleman occurred on the Bth instant, at his seat, Her ringfleet Hall. He was a magistrate and Deputy-.Lieu tk nant of the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, and served as High Sheriff of. the former in 1827. The family of Mussenden, of which Mr. Leathes was the male representative, came over from Normandy in the time of William the Conqueror, and soon acquired such high position that Sir William de Mussenden held the dignified office of Grand Admiral of England; A.D., 1133. He founded the Abbey of Musenden, and dedi cated it to the Blessed Virgin, in fulfilment of a vow made during a dreadful storm at sea, in which his whole fleet were in the most imminent danger. Froin this tin cientlouse lineally descended Carteret Mussenden, Esq., M.P., for Harwich, who assumed, at the death of his maternal uncle, William Leathes, Esq., Minister Pleni potentiary at the Hague, the surname and arms of Leathes. He was father of George Leathes, Esq., of Herringfleet, major of dragoons, whose son, John Francis Leathes. Esq., Lord of Herringfleet and Bed ham, forms the subject of this brief notice. At the timo of his death Mr. Leathes had completed his 61st year. He was never married. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—OXFORD, SEPT. 20.—Yes terday evening a most destructive fire broke out, a few minutes before seven o'clock, on the farm of Mr. John Price, adjoining the Woodstock turnpike-road, and about half a mile from this city, which raged so furiously that in a quarter of an hour after the fire burst out the whole of the ricks in the yards were in flames, and before any engine could arrive was one complete mass of fire. The sky appeared illuminated for a considerable distance, and thousands of spectators were looking on, anxious to • render assistance, but could not for the want of water ; and, indeed, had there been a good supply, it would have been almost impossible, from the rapidity of the flames, and the nature of the burning materials, to have done so. The fire, there is no doubt, was caused either wilfully or from carelessness. It firtt originated in a shed, adjoining a heap of straw, to which it was soon communicated ; and, in the course of one short hour, two wheat ricks, a barley rick, a bran rick, two hay ricks, a clover rick, and a stack of straw, together with the barn and unthreshed wheat, several imple ments of husbandry, and the cart shed, were destroyed. The value of the property must have exceeded a thou sand pounds. Several fine large ehn trees standing at the back of the ricks, and known as " The half-mile trees," were so much injured as to render them almost useless except for firewood. Mr. Price is, we under stand, insured in the Farmers' General Insurance Office, but not - to anything like the amount destroyed. The engines were set to work, in the hope of saving a few .tons of hay, and have been so during the night and again this morning; but owing to the distance the water has to be pumped, it is doubtful if a single ton can be saved. Two of the'hay ricks are still burning, but the corn ricks are totally destroyed. The house, stabling, piggeries, and out-buildings, being in an opposite direc tion, were not injured. FIRE AT CAMPSET MEI 'TIC II HOUSE.— On shortly after four o'clock, a fi re broke Thursdayoutmornin g, at the High House, Campsey Ash, the seat of J. G. Sheppard, Esq. The butler being awakened by the barking of a small dog in his bedroom, found the room full of smoke. Upon' making his way out, he found the laundry and kitchen below in flames. An alarm was instantly raised, and the' inmates, including Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, and a large circle of distin guished visitors who were staying with them, were aroused. The engine from Rendlesham Park reached the spot at five o'clock, and a good supply of water being at hand in the moat, did such service that the fire was subdued by half-past five, its ravages being confined to the kitchen, laundry, and butler's room, forming a por tion of the east wing of the mansion. All the plate and valuables were removed to a place of safety. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the over-heating of a beam in the kitchen chimney.—Bury Post. BATTERSEA PARK.—The Act of Parliament, in pursuance of which Battersea Park is now being formed, was passed on the 4th instant, entitled " An Act to en large the Powers of an Act empowering the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Woods to form a Royal Park in Battersea-fields, to facilitate the raising of moneys autho rised to be raised by the said Commissioners, for Metro politan Improvements; and to regulate and simplify the mode of keeping the Accounts of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods." This Act (11th and 12th Vic toria, cap. 202) contains twelve clauses. The Commis sioners of Woods have, under the 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 38, contracted to make purchases to form the park, but the Commissioners for Public Work ' s have not bad sufficient funds to advance the money requisite for the purpose, and as " much inconvenience to the public, and injury to individuals may be occasioned . , if the compl e ti on of the said purchases and formation of the said park be suspended," it is enacted that the Commissioners of Woods may raise money on the Crown revoensuateboso, about and n rtm d o g i v e certificates of the same, provided the w h o l e sum shall not exceed 200,0001. Under this Act money i be raised, and active proceedings are going n i e n . g pa t r o k_ th a o n s d e the park without delay. SERPENTINE.—rit)Itowf theill be air g o r f a u tif3 d ' i w n h tle o rsne o sE f t e Sd the inhabitants of the metrop o lis a re not so in terested ?—to know that Sir John Monday me commenced hisTh The survey of step the having tohathus been y taken, the re is now hope that ere long the bed of that river w ill be cleared of its pestiferous filth, and its waters restored to their wonted state of sightliness and purity. This is the more desirable, threatened as we are by the approach of cholera, and stagnant water being invariably men tioned by all medical 'authorities as an evil to be specially avoided in the case of that frightful disease. Tun MURDER AT ASWTON.—The inquiry into the circumstances attending the murder of Bright, the un fortunate policeman who fell a victim to the Chartists during the recent outbreak at Ashton, was brought to a close on Tuesday, when the bench of magistrates, after examining numbers of witnesses, came to the determination to commit Ratcliffe, Constantine, Ken worth, and Walker, as principals in the murder; Win ' terbottom ns accessory after the fact; and Scott, as accessory before the fact. At the same time Tassaker and , Sefton were committed for unlawfully assembling and rioting. , • .4#141,11111 4V one, , 25, ;ow' Pi n. chili er mit be the 19 if cle Ice, L nd Ld . ~ ~,