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1 • • - 47 '8 17 • //K / 1. , Air f / o / r Si n T a A ny T: .eek O s , th , Ate • , 111, 11 r 11 :Fl i n h e a s v L s er a ,:d s !-:•/ A • 111110ROVIDENT CLERKS' AND GENERAL • , -- if, birh tow _ 4_ ! A , CI --- one; there Last Saturday's markekwas tbe best P. BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The FIRST PUBLIC Me.ETE , ZG will be held at tho London ' ic 47l r •;,?. • , - `sr, ts , . F " • '. 4C 4 I• Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, the '26th • r.; $ , , F hut l o ß n TU P esda . ) , less : " • • .--- January instant, at Half-past Six o'clock for Seven precisely, to ex- , it .14 64 1i" 4.3' • plain the objects of the Society and its system of operations, and to , enrol Members. — oo 3`' .4;r ) L 1,41 : - N," out of the halls this __ ; , Prospectases and Copies of Rules ,may be obtained at the °file° 0 the Society, No. lA, Old Broad-street. JOHN WHITEHEAD, jun., Secretary. A.TIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of l'Arliattlialt. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, en all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other convenlencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. • DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Direefors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perms- Sum tke .4.4 Annual 'Polley Bonus in sent Re- Assured Age. g te. Pre- taken addition Bonus in auction of may bor -u tnixtin. out in Assured. Cask. Annual row en Premiums. Policy. A a. 4.; d. s. d. s. 4. _ r 1837 243 9 3 112 8 8 18 4 4 494 8 10 d. 1838 218 4 81 99 81018 13 5 445 • 0 60 1000 4'3 4 1839 192 1 10 1 86 9 3 13 4 9 3 95 11 1 1810 143 5 lOi 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2i 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 4 8; 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The Aannal Report, with tables of rates, Sec., way be had at the •ice - , or any of its branches in the cointry ; or, on application. will bo forwarded post fres.. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. TENDERS FOIL LOANS. The Director& are ready to receive TENDERS FOR LOANS In sums of not less than 5001., for fixed periods, at the rate of Si. per Cent. . per Annum. By order, Bishopegate Station, lag. 12, 1847. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RhapvAY. • •- • • --Nolteetaterdirettiiithat all ARTICLES which have been LEFT in the CARRIAGES of the Company, or have been FOUND on the RAILWAY,. between the Ist of January . aml the 31st of December, 1846. and which are not claimed within one month from the date hereof, will be SOLD to defray expenses. • • - MARK $Q 11, Secretary. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, London, Jan. 15, 1546. • lIAMUND-- OIL 'LAMP.--NEW alf The Mailend Lamp is the best light in the world—is used in all the palaces in Europe—is free frem• all the imperfections of ordi nary oil lamps—so simple it cannot be mismanaged—no cleaning re quired for years—costs less in burning than any common oil lamp— isb the light of candle lamps, at one-half the expesse—tlais beyond doubt. Designs suited to every taste—the Diamond Lamp Is perfection in' Light—the public will have 'none other—it can be ltted to any person's lamp pillar. To be had only at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447. West Strand. ----- PLATE. Z• COX SAVORY and Co., Si l ver smiths, Sze., 47, Corral'll (seven doors from Gracechurch-street), Leaden. .. The hest wrought Fiddle-pattern Spoons and Forks, front 7s. 2d. per ounce. • • . Fiddle Pattern. Classic do. . • oz. s. d. £s. d. As. d. 12 Table Spoitis .. 30 at 72—10 15 0 11 7 0 12 Dessert Spoons •• *.'. 20 .. 72 7 3 4 715 4 12 Table Forks .• •• 30 .. 7 2—lo 15 0 11 7 0 12 Dessert Forks .. .. 20 —72— 7 3 4 715 4 2 Gravy Spoons .. .. 10 .. 72—3 11 8 316 8 1 Soup Ladle. .. .• 9..72• 3 4 6 37 0 4 Sauce Ladles .. .. 10 .. 78—3 16 8 40 8 4 Salt Spoons (gilt bowls) 1 0 8 1 4 0 1 Fish Slice .. .. 210 0 212 0 12 Teo. Spoons .. .. 10 .. 78—3 16 8 48 8 1 pair Sugar Tongs 015 0 017 0 The Classic is a new Pattern. mach admired for its elegance. VIE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. ORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi- A.N dently recommended as a simple. but certaia remedy, to aIL who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Billions and Liver Com plaints a they act as powerful tonic and gentle aperient. imparting strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold Ia bottles at is. 114 d., er 2s. 9d. each, by A. Willoughby and Ce., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishopsgate Without, and nearly all Me dicine Venders. Be sure to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, and de sot be persuaded to Purchase an imitation.. ACURIOUS ACROS TIC. A ttend to the following curious lay, A word of advice we've a wish to convey ; . A llow us to offer (you cannot do less) A few observations concerning choice dress. A 11 those who have purchased of MOSES and SON, A dmit that their garmcats were never outdone ; A nd, reader. you'll and when you purchase goods there, A dvantages offered you, many and rare. A eteunding improvements do MOSES' display, A ad many choice novelties " famed In the day. A t no other house can the public behold A ttractisns to equal what MOSES' unfold. A nd then only look at the prices we quota, A list we present which we wish you to note. -A 11 folks when they tad that the prices thus run, A Tail themselves gladly of MOSES and SON. A nd do they regret when their bargains are made ? A re they ever disposed to find fault with our trade ? A is answer to this we at once will bestow, A nd the answer 's In one little negative—NO I LIST OF PRICES. WADY ]lasi. • Beaver Teetotal •••• • • • ••• ••••••••• • • • • • • • • frem£o 0 0 Chesterfield and C o drington's, aid every descriptien of Over-coat, handsomely ..• .. •• .. trimmed The Pasha .Coat •• • •.• ••••• • • " • • I 8 The Bulineer, especially adapted for merry and wet weather.......... ........... • • • • • • The Premier ............ • • •• • • ••• • • • • • • '• Soy! Winter Coats, in every • • 0 Min's Do. Trousers, lined .. ........ •4 0 Doeskia ......•„ •.•• .. 0 12 6 Dress Coats.... . ..... 1 0 0 Frock d 0... 1 4 11 Doable-breasted Winter Tests •• • • .............. 0 2 0 11.11 collar • • • • .. Boys' Hussar aid Tanis Snits.. • • .............. • 16 6 WADI TO YMALSI/211• Winter Coats, la every style and shape, hand somely trimmed. • ....... •• .• • • from 1 6 fl Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs . • 2 Tweed Wrapper.. •• Doeskin Trousers . . • Nest, er Dress. • .......... ..... . I 12 3 Dress Ceat Best quality 2 15 • .. I 15 0 Best quality made•• •• .• •• •• •• 3 3 a Cashmere Tests ...... • •••••••••• 0 S 6 ?Satins, data er Fancy •. • 11 12 • Boy's Hussar and Tunic Snits •••• Great Coat. • • ..... ••• • .. A Salt of Clothes 1 16 0 Mourning to any extent at Five 'Guides notice. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if no approved of, will be exchanged, er if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SAN, Tailors, Wsollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and In, Bs, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Caulks.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, bet have learned that the antradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been- resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and these whe desire genuine and cheep clothing, &c., should call at, Or send to, Miseries and Ildgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun get Frid-nY, till sunset Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. AR R IA G E. Lys One half the word are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em- Mtter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and Social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and Justicedensand that health should form an item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively "tined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered bY misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the e m py rical trash p ut forth on tne above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by Post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and Row to be Happy." They are not merely palnphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's hre.who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he welild be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvell°, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 3 S. Corn= ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street ; tad tH Booksellers. DR. LA'MERT ON TIIR SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATI7EITT.—WITII 40 COLOURED RNGRATINGS ON STEM.. Jut published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. fid„ •r pest-free, from the aithor, for forty-two Stamps. SELF-PRESERVATION; a Alerlical Treatise en the Physiology et Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret lnflrmitAes and Disorders of Tenth and Ma turity, asually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Whether arising trout these causes, close study, •r the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy. physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functioas, and the various kniuries that are produced M them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. By SAMUEL LI'MERT, M.D., So BEDFORD-STREET, BBDFORD-SQUARZ, LONDON. actor of Medicine, Matriculated Member if the University of Edia burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Menther of the London Hospital Medical Society, Its. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. it order that It may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the Yea. which covers the origin of domestie wretchedness, be raised, and its true source 11 every instance disclosed, la how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderation is freight with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief, and of greater or less Injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any ether to which it is subject. This work contains ass accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health, and Of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired is early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering front their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying t o a qualified Physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, tym pathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the nnedieal man who can show by his posse sion of the requisite legal Oalifications that ho is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes siCnal pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. I, 4'VERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, tnet the great extent of his practice for many years is a ifliarantee I . ol' hiA professional experionee, which has reference almost solely t o th e t, - 14atrrient of these diseases. Paternoster -row' ; Hannay, 63' Publi s h e d isy thi' Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, Oxford - street; Starie, Tichborne sl, 'weet, Ravin trket ; Mansell, 1 i 5, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, Lsedeby post for forty-t wo s t amps , Iron tlia a ll ; o r. free -etreet,es eona .l..,fal on tithe. disorders personally be Author, who May be wo, and from rive i till Eight at his L,Ly letter, , front Ten tin 9. ISWlerd-Itieet Iso 9 /" Mr° "411. . , IarXIOMEONVi -. ____ ___..._ _____. __ ____ --- —_— • . ..7.=— " . . . , . . , . iNi 0. 17, - 259.] LON DON, MON DAY ) EV.ENINO AISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, without either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse quently this is the most important discovery ever made for the pre servation of life and property either at Sea or on Land. AT SEA numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefully ac kncreledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall auffiee : " Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was tke means of saving the ship and 230 seals on board, two seams in the bottom being partly lett without 'calking." " The Argos brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out at sea, and soon after her common pump ohoaked and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foult tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London, with a thank God for the Fountain Pump." PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. Capital, 211,0001. is 10,000 Shares of 2/. each. Deposit, 11. per Share on complete registration, No further call will be made without three months' previous notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount subscribed for. The FATENT RAMONEUR NUMMI is exclusively used in the offices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, Ote Royal Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap proved by The Most Noble the Merquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DE GRET, K.G., President of the Royal la- stitute of British Architects. Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of Use British Associa tion for the Advancement of Science. of Lichfield The Most Noble the Marquis of The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop' of Norwich The Right Hon. the Earl of Lei cester The Lord Rendlesham, M.P. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol The non. and Rev. Edward S. Keppel Me Very Rev. the Dean of West-1 minster, Dr. Buckland The Venerable Archdeacon Shir ley Sir John T. Boileau, Bart. Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. Dr. Outram, F.R.S., In spector of Naval Hospitals Right lion. Earl Fitzhardinge His Grace the Duke of Beaufort Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, Right lion. F. 11. F. Berkeley, M.P. W. Miles, Esq., Mr.' The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use oi climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85, are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im possibility in innumerable cases of cleansing a cliiinney or flue with the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge nious and effective Ramoneur machine has been invented. This Invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby creating an even pressure on all tour sides of a chimney. The rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angl , . and the whole Is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated by the fact, that it to exclusively used in the Government and numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses may be obtained, and a working model of the machine sees, at the offices of the solicitor, F, Delman, Esq., 39, Jermyn-street, St. James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s. brokers, 7, Itirchin-lane ; at W. Meath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where applications for shares may be addressed. Bristol The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R. Keppel ;The Hen. Fred.llyng ;The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal- loin, Bart. sir William Foster, Bart. Sir Robert Harland, Bart. Sir Francis Darwin The Norwich Union Fire Office l'he Suffolk Fire Office The District Fire Office of Bir mingham iThe Norwich Equitable Disarm:4 Office The Nottinghamshire and Derby. shire Fire Mee The West of England Fire (Mee, kc. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA! A CITY, &NI) I WPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Now Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, mice 2s. 6d., or by post, direct fro - in the Establishntent, 3s. 64. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the tnerrnities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and pEititY and CO., 19, Iterners-stroct, Oxford-street, london. Published by the Authors ; sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; Staple, 23, Titehborne -treet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. Pair I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Pam' 11. treats 01 the consequences resultine• from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. It is illustrated b) Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of tho abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. I'AaT IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are,yiated. It combines witft the virus chemically, and deelmoys its power on the system. PART T. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and Its duties, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THICORDIAL BALM OP STRIACIDA is exclusively employed in treat ing nd vous and sexual debility, impotence, Ste., 11 s .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, ass anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11s. and 335. per bottle. ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 3d., 4s. 6d., and 115. per box, a certain remedy in gonorrhcea,gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to obviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. 51. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, 11..1s saved. Attendance daily at 19, Ber -1 net's-street, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Light; a tialidayo pona =swim to Quo. ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits-the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NORTH; it is hoped„ will be found complete in every respect. The BED-ROOMS (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a style which mast ensure the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SIIIOIV ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Hall, Leoture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Room are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel is in the most central situation in Newcastle. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S NEW WORK. Now ready, ' • BELGIUM, the RHINE, SWITZERLAND, and HOLLAND. AR Autumnal Tour. -.ItY J. S. BUCK INGHAM, Esq. In Two handsome octavo volumes, with Ten quarto Steel Engravings, containing views df some of the principal cities visited, from the pencil of IT-Bartlett. Bound in cloth, and lettered, price 28s. ;- Published by Peter JacksOri (late Fisher, Son, and Co.), London, and to be had of all Booksellers. NOTICE. PREVIOUS TO THE CLOSE OF TIIII "141 OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, 1 L._ on the 29th instant, for Additions and Decorations, Dr. RYAN will LECTURE en SANITARY MEASURES, and en the nature of DISINFECTING AGENTS, in cionnexion with this important sub act, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Halt-past Three, E.X., and every Evening. except Saturday, at Niue o'clock. On the alternate days other Lectures on CHEMISTRY. Dr. btACH HOFFNER will LECTURE. en RESPIRATION and VENTILA TION, In connexion with the above Subject, Daily at Two, r.st., M which a JET of ,TEAlss a,Ventilating Agent, will be ex hibited. The Opitical Effects include .the OXY-HYDROGEN MI CROs.2OPE, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c. WORKING MO DELS of MACHINERY explained. The DIVING BELL and • DIVER, Sze. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Halt-price. PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGHS IN TEN MINUTES • • AFTER USE, IS INSURED BY DR. LOCOOK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. From the Rev. J. Stainsby. Rector of Hanover, Jamaica. " Gentlemen,—Having been cured of an obstinate and distressing cough, under which I laboured for the last eleven months, by the use of Locock's Pulmenic Wafers, I take the liberty of addressing you these few lines, hoping that my feeble testimony of their efficacy may be the means of inducing those who suffer as I have, to apply to so safe and effectual a remedy. (Signed) "J. STAENSBY." Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief and a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs. They have a most pleasant taste. . . _ Price Is. I 1., 2s. 9d., and 11s. per box. Agents :Da Silva •nd Co. 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London. Sold by all medicine venders. THE GREEK QUESTION. LORD PALMERSTON TO THE BRITISH MINISTER AT ATHENS, SIR EDMUND LYONS. Foreign-office, Oct. 30. Sir,—l have received your dispatch of the 4th of October, No. 154, containing a copy of the, letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in which M. Glarakis renews the complaints of the Greek Government, which reproaches Mr . Saunders, the Consul of her Britannic Majesty at Previsa, with having done wrong in protecting Ge neral Grivas. I desire you to inform M. Glarakis, that according to the information received by her Britannic Majesty's Government, the Greek Govern • meat has no right to complain of the conduct of Mr. Saunders in that affair; and that there is not the least foundation for the assertion of M. Glarakis, that General Grivas, whilst at Previsa, prepared for a fresh attack against the Greek King and Govern ment. The fact is, General Grivas took no such measures during his stay at Previsa, and no part of his conduct indicated that such was his intention On the contrary, the motives which prolonged his stay in that city were the negotiations he had with the Turkish authorities to decide in what city of the interion of the Ottoman empire he and his companions would retire to; when this was decided he left for Janina. M. Glarakis would do well to abstain from accusations without foundation against the Government of her Britannic Majesty and its agents. He ought to be , aware that by such means it is impossible to render the relations between the English and. Greek Governments more satisfactory tor the Cabinet of Athens. As to Gene ral Grivas, his preceding conduct and his political opinions are far from recommending him to the favour of the Government of her Majesty the Queen ; and if the British Government has shown him any spark of sympathy, it is solely because he has been the victim of tyranny and injustice. In speaking of the unfortu nate events of Greece and its revolts, Mr. Glarakis says, that the Hellenic Government has acted rightly, and intends to pursue precisely the same course. Her ,Majesty's Government has heard this declaration with profound regret. The system which the Greek Go vernment has for some time pursued, and which he asserts it intends to follow out, is a system of illega lity, violence, and corruption, of injustice and tyranny, which disgusts and irritates the Greek nation, and wherever its agents have caused it to be felt, its natu ral consequences have been to produce a revolt. It is remarkable that these revolts have been effected by men, who were not of the opposition party, but who were till very lately the supporters and the favouritfs of ministers, and employed by them as the instruments of an iniquitous misgovernment. But when those men began to experience the bitterness of the oppressive system by virtue of which the Go vernment, with their aid, oppressed their fellow citizens, they took up arms to oppo se a tyranny which was insupportable. His Majesty 's Government hoped that this impious system would have ceased with the life of the Minister, who, as the chief actor, was generally considered as the author. But as M. Glarakis now declares that he shall not deviate from it, it is clear that this system has its source and is actually preserved by other influences, equally hos tile to the welfare of Greece, and contrary to the real interests of the King; it is, therefore, evident that M. Glarakis is but a voluntary instrument employed by those influences to set their disastrous politics in motion to obtain their end. If the Greek Government wishes to prevent insurrection, maintain order and tranquility, and encourage in dustry in the kingdom, it certainly cannot be done by arbitrary imprisonments, by the pillage and de solation of entire provinces, such as recently occurred in Eubea. To maintain tranquillity in Greece, the development and prosperity of the country can only be secured by a different method than that pursued latterly by the Greek Government. The law should be honestly and impartially applied; the judges ought to be independent of the caprices and the corruptlpar tiality of the Ministers of the Crown." Justice should be promptly and equally dispensed between citizen and citizen, and between the Sovereign and his sub jects. The taxes should be equitably levied and honestly expended. The public revenues should be administered with integrity and economy for the public service, and for the public service only. The press should not be shackled by illegal prosecutions ; the elections for the municipalities, and the Members of Parliament, ought to be free ; the Chamber of Deputies ought not to call upon itself the ridicule of the legislative assembly, by expelling all men who are not disposed to blindly obey the orders of the Ministers of the Clown. If the Greek Govern ment admitted that the Constitution was a reality, if it respected the laws and compelled others to do the same, if it guaranteed the safety of persons and property, if it also encouraged industry, and secured to every one the fruit of his labours and the pro duce of his capital—if, in a word, it administered the affairs of Greece in the same manner in which the Ministers of a constitutional king ought to fulfil their high and important functions, free from foreign and disastrous influences, and acting only for the good of the country—the Greek Government would soon see that there was no need to suppress insurrec tions in the interior, nor to fo ll ow, isy diplomatic communications with foreign Powers, the Greek fugi tives who have sought in another country an asylum against the injustice and oppression which they had suffered in their own. You will present M. Glarakis ' officially with a copy of this. PALMERSTON. To Sir Edmund Lyons, Athens. This letter was delivered to M. Glarakis on the ifith November; the following day Sir Edmund Lyons received the following : Athens, Nov. 17, 1847. Sir,—l have laid before his Majesty and the Government the letter of the Chief Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty, in reply to the three representations you have done me the honour to communicate. By that letter Lord Palmerston is not justified in refusing a complaint and a request. His Lordship brings against the Greek Government most serious accusations, as hard in form as unjust in fact. It is not by one only of these accusations which has its answer in the facts, in the actual con ditions of the works followed by the government of his Majesty, but by numerous efforts, sincere and un fruitful, which have only proved the discussi . was at least useless. In this sad conviction his Majesty the King has resolved to appeal, by an official com munication, to the evidence of Governments who are not less exactly, nor faithfully informed than that of her Britannic Majesty. In respect to the sympathy which Lord Palmerston believes due to men whose evil designs have forced them to seek a refuge in a foreign country, it is an encouragement which the rebels will not lose sight of, when giving reasons for their revolt, as to the protection that they enjoy. It promise to their accom tAiNiii l e l e 3 se ; r a ye nd as no a o l n io e pe c — an a s s ee a it in any other light than as dangerous for the government of his Hellenic Majesty.—l have the honour, &c., " G. GL AR AKI S. " Sir Ed. Lyons, Athens." DINNER to COL. MATHESON, M.P. A ibrilliant festival was given at Ashburton on Thursday night, in honour of the Liberal Member Col. Matheson. There being no apartment in the town large enough to contain one-tenth part of the Hon. and Gallant Momberiariends, two parties were formed. Abut one loundred dined at the London Inn, and near twice that number at the. Golden Lion. At the London - Inn Col. Matheson presided at the dinner. COLoMATIIESON, M.P., in returning thanks, said, during the short time Parliament had been asseinbled since his election, he had endeavoured faithfully and diligently to discharge the duties he undertook. He had been constant and regular in his attepdance in the House of Commons, endeavouring in the first place to make himself master of those 'forms and modes of proceeding which it was often Very difficult for a new Member to make himself acquainted with. He had also given his best considtratiOn to the measures proposed, and supported Aim as his judgment dictated. The subjects that had occupied the attention of Parliament had been chiefly, two. The state of Ireland was a subject, the interest of which was not peculiarly confined to this country, but deeply affected the empire at large. In fact, so long as Ire land continued in its degraded and distressed condi tion, it must be a serious drawback on the prosperity of the working classes of this country —(Hear, hear). There could not be a more importaht subject to oc cupy the attention of Parliament.. A great deal had - . been said by persons calling theniselves ihe7friend; of Ireland about the necessity of introducing.remedial 'measures at the same time. with what:they were pleased to call "4 Coercion ,Bill."—(Hear ' hear.) i !All that might be true; hufstruoli. him that the first thing to be done. was to give security to life and property.—(Hear, hear.) In Ireland it had been clearly traced that it was impossible to carry out im provements in agriculture or manufactures, or any !thing else, so long as when any new persons were ,brought to instruct the natives in any improved 'process, they were viewed with such extreme hos tility by the old residents, that their lives became quite insecure. —(Heat.) He looked on that as one of the 'greatest drawbacks to the improvement of the country, and the measures introduced _hey ahe ,Gal trernment, to give security to life, niteleprcperty, were as mild and interfered as little as possible' With the rights of any person. He did not co.aceive) it was possible that any well-disposed lie..zSoti cold feel himself subject to any hardship by tbetri.— (Hear, hear.) The other.aTtlestion which hatraliefly occupied the attentiian of Parliament was the state of the country as to financial concern:` He felt it was - a 'very grave subject, and one which it became him, from his previous habits of life, to approach with very great caution ; but though it was more becoming in him to listen and bear what other indi viduals who had devoted great attention to it had to say on the subject, he found among the highest au thorities a great diversity of opinion, and thought he could not do better than sanction the proposal of her Majesty's Ministers, and refer the whole subject to a Committee. It was true they had had a great many inquiries, and it was likely this committee in the end might not come forward with any specific measure ; but a great deal of valuable information might be brought out.—(Hear.) They had new lights on the subject every day ; and collecting all these to- • gether they would arrive at something bene ficial at last. A great deal had been said about this (Bank) Act of 1844, and many experienced, sensible, and able men had unequivocally condemned it. He confessed, so far as he could see, the bias of his own mind was not against that Act. It was true it had not been able to protect us from a severe pressure, almost, he believed, without parallel, but he doubted whether under the old system, before this law was passed, the pressure would not have been equally severe : and from his recollection of the years 1825 and 1826, he thought if there had not been some law.to restrain the issue of bank notes, the effects of the pressure would be felt' by the humbler class of so ciety, much more than on the present occasion ; when no doubt they had suffered in common with the rest of the community, and could not have escaped. He could only say that it was a grave and difficult subject, which it became every man to study with a mind unbiassed and unprejudiced. He had not come to any decided conclusion, except that it was the most wise measure to have some security for the converti bility of the bank note. And it struck him that secu rity should be in bullion--gold, as far as he could find. They might see also in recent commercial failures that many houses of great wealth and reputation for the con duct of their business had been obliged to suspend their proceedings, because they had invested their money in a fixed capital—land and houses which were not readily convertible when the pressure came.— (Hear.) Then he thought that the issue of bank notes and the proceedings of merchants should not be based on a fixed inconvertible capital, like land and houses. —(Cheers.) He might be very wrong in all this, and it might be very presu:nptuous in him to speak on these abstruse subjects ; but as far as he could go, these were his views, on which he should act. — (Hear.) Another subject was brought forward a few days before the prorogation of Parliament—a Bill to relieve her Majesty's Jewish subjects from certain disabilities which bore against them. To that Bill he gave his support — (Cheers)—and he did not doubt that in so doing he acted in full accordance with the wishes and opinions of his constituents.—(Cheers.) There was also, during the short period Parliament sat, a Bill brought in to remove certain disabilities still affecting their Roman Catholic brethren. To that he certainly should have given a general support : he was not present at the division by accident ; but at the sane time, there were some points connected with that subject on which he was open to conviction and hearing further argument—as to the encoura gement of th e monast i c or d ers i n t hi s country.—(Hear, hear.) Il e thought i t was a doubt ful thing. — (Hear.) Th ey were all ent i tled to free dom of conscience , but he was doubtful as to the ex pediency of encouraging th ose b o di es o f m en w h o w ere set apart from the b us i ness o f th e world, a n d lived in idleness, upon the fruits of other men's in dustry, he supposed—(gear, hear)—and had nothing to do but to busy themselves in other men's affairs, and who, in a certain way, insinuated themselves into the family concerns of other people, and who had done a great deal of mischief in the world.—(" The Jesuits.") These were the principal topics that had occupied his attention since he had been their repre sentative, and he had explained the views by which he was aetuated. He had only to repeat that he should, to the best of his humble ability, devote him self to their service, and act on those principles which he had professed when first he sought their support and approbation—the principles of civil and religious liberty ; through the medium of which he looked on every subject that was brought forward.—(Great cheering—three hearty rounds.) James Matheson, Esq., M.P., brother to the Gallant Colonel, presided at the dinner, at the Golden Lion. —Abridged from the Western Times. THE ACTOR, AND THE CRITIC.-Mr. Barry, the present manager of the Park Theatre, New York, when qu it e a young man, was an actor at the Dublin Theatre. o n e night. not being in the bill, he took a seat in a pri vate box for the purpose of witnessing the performance of Othello. Shortly after the rising of the curtain a stranger entered the box and took a seat by his side, and both gentlemen sat out the whole performance. The next morning Mr. Barry had the satisfaction of reading a long critique in one of the newspapers on the performance of' Othello, in which he (Barry) was set down as the lago of the night, and most decidedly damned. The writer declared his c onception of the character ridiculous in the extreme, and his delineation as "most villanous." Poor Barry was of course astonished —he was enraged—and immediately applied at the office of the paper for the name of the writer. The critic was pointed out to him, and, lo and behold! it was no other than the very man who sat by his side in the private box on the previous , night. This circumst ance was, of Course mentioned and the " gentleman of the press" admitted that he had made a slight mistak e—addin g , however, i n a r i c h brogue, „ Faith! it ' s a m atter of no consequence at all, at all, Mr. Barry; for what I wrote last night about the gentleman who did play logo is ex act l y what I should say about you if you had played the part." Barry thought this a "foregon e conclusion" with a vengeance; but the critic would give him no further satisfaction.— New York Tribune. ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS. B y W. J. Broderip, Esq., F.R.S., &c., vol.—The new n um b er of the Quar terly Review contains an elaborate article, in which we are glad to see dee justice done to the merits of this charming volume. " Mr. Broderip (says the R ev i ew), favoura b ly known in the literature of his own profession, and very ge nerally esteemed as an upright, intelligent and humane ma gistrate, tells us that these essays were sketched as a re lief from more severe studies and duties,' and that their present appearance is duo to Prefessor Owen, to whom the work is dedicated, and to other scientific friends, who under impr e s s i o n th a t urged their republication , they might form a hand book whi ch might cherish or awaken a love for natural histor yv! 'We believe we do not exaggerate in sayin that since th e publieeticei of g Gilbert White's Natural llistory of Selborne, and of the Introduction to Entomology, by Kirby and Spence, no work in our language is better calculated to fulfil the aim of its author than the Zoological Recreations. Mr. 13roderip's volume has taught or agreeably reminded us of many zoological fects and generalizations of much interest ; and being simply written, enlivened by the stories of a rich and varied erudition, and pervaded with gleams of humour, we feel assuvd that it will pr ove t o old and young readers a source of real reoreation."^ 4 Quarterly Review. ON LAND the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a fire brigade. They act instantaneously at tke outbreak of a fire. "W; are delighted with the invention—lt is a great Loon to so ciety."—Editors Liverpool Mall. The New Portable ire-eagines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destruction, fur out of eighteen different properties on Are in and near the city, they saved eleven -olely and seven mainly, including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and In the eleven, Meson. Horton's dyery, and 12,0001. worth of consigned pro perty ; Stoke mwtard, starch, and dour mll!s, aid Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which must have spread armuid de struction and death. " North Walsham.—At this fire the Portable Engine wis of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half the property now destroyed might hortbeen saved."—Norf. , lk Chro nicle, August 22, 1846. ' At a Norwich Are Juhe 2, h 847, the two Portable Engines were the peteoftee public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they will do the work, wilich proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable E spheres. %dues speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo- Now the fast is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-ferce Pumps, Lift Pumps, artd Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and =ape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-ilfths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young and Hutton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom exceeil half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the bast engineers in the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. • Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion PumPan active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Faun thin Pump 9.0011 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary ldcrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power. John Clenton Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gos:,et's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. iladdley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in lie. 1,183, and in No. 49C Book-maker Millington'a remarks are preposterous. Howevev, en the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many ether discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain. able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve ment in the art of ralsing water that has appeared within the last two thoasand ye:rs—the greatest advancement In the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, for man, horse, and steam power; delivyring from half a pint per stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at competition ildieuloui, whilst their durability is guaranteed at less cost than common pumps. W. SHILDERS. Fountain Pump Works, Norwich, Nor. 30, 1847. See Mechanic's Magazine. Nos. 231*, 364, 363, 429, 430, 433, 482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496, -508, 609, 510. 528, 533, 358*, 727, 804, 1,040, I,llll*, 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus* ENGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA The INDIA and AUSTRALIA MAIL &TEAM-PACKET COMPANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which they indivi dually subscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commu nications to and and. from the United Kingdom, the East Indies, Australasia, it'd New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Divided lute series of shares •f 201. each. Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of 1146 for Extension of Steam Navigation to ♦ustralia. Sir William Terner, Bart., M.P. Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., Agent for ]Ter► South Wales. Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New Bootle Wales, Linden. Lieut.-Col. Abdy, Indian . Army Thomas BreWne, Esq. Captain Cogan, Indian Nary Archibald Cuninghante, Esq. Captain H. M. Denham, 1.R.5., J. Maclean Lee, Esq, Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian Navy Milbourne Marsh, Esq. R. Montgomery Martin, Esq. J. Mentenore, Esq. Sir.F. Waskett :dyers, R.C.S. AileaAnder C, Ogilvie, Esq. Rickard Paterson, Esq. Robert Henley Payne, Esq, John Wilson PiHans, Esq. G. H. Stead, Esq., Master, Royal Navy Colonel Tarns, F.R.S. William Gordon Thomson, Esq. Lieat. Waghorn, F.R.A.5„ Royal Navy Melvll Wilson, Esq. itayal Navy- G. H. Donaldson, Esq. Capt. R. J, Fayrer, ll,eyal Nay , ' Captain Ford, East India Maritime Service Captain C. T. Gordon, Royal Navy E. S. Halswell, Esq., M.A.,.F.R.5. Capt. H. Hamilton, Royal Navy Gustavus Hamilton, EEq. James Hunter, Esq. J. A. Jackson, Esq. Charles Joyce, Esq. Frederick Lambe, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill. SoLlClTolts—Messrs. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square. India. Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu lation of more than half the number of the inhabitants of the globe, and teem with every product which eon minister to the wants of man. To carry cut effectually and economically steam communication with those countries is the obiect of this Company, for whose ope rations there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards ear numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which have au iicreasing intercourse with India as well as with England —are the only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the overland route has been exclusively granted to this Company. The route sanctioned by the Lords or the Admiralty for this Com pany is vit. Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of which are, that Sydney, the tuetroplitan capital of the whole of the Australasian colonies, would he brought to a certainty within 64 or 65 days of London (frequently in 60), and within less than 20 days of India. The coal stations are convenient, excellent coal from the pits at Neweastle, New South Wales, can be pit on board there at 7s. to 7s. 6d. per ten. Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, and further information may be had on application at the offices of the Com pany, where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may be obtained. Offices. 24, Cornhill, London. JOEN TATES, Sec. ~~ NA.JNUAR if. 17, 1848. THE FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR WOKING. (F'URTHER PARTICULARS . It appears that the train which leave. S ou thampt on for Lo n d on At 5.30 P.m., and is due in London at 50 minutes past eight, proceeded on. Friday evening as far as the 'Farnborough station without anything particular occurring; but shortly after leaving that station something was f %mid -to 'be wrong with the engine; and on arriving at' the point we - have men tioned above the train was brought to a standstill. On this every precaution , was taken to prevent acci dent by the other trains which might be on the line running into that which had become stationary, the second guard, BrOwnsinith, being sent down the line to exhibit his red lamp as a token - of danger to approach ing trains, but, as the result -proved,- unfortunately without:effect. In.the meantime the engine -driver, David Markland, who was considered one of the best and steadiest drivers on the line, being a fitter as well ai a drive'', proceeded to examine ,the engine, and, having diScovered that the 'eccentric tap was broken, to repair the injury, - and - to' tie' up the clack:of the feed pipe; :While engaged's luggage train was observed to be approaeling, and, a -1111111 named -West was directod to, go ; down the lino;and look after BroWnsinitli.. to impress i , upon him the:ne cessity t3f- making his signal understood b 4, the driver of.the luggage. engine.' This was 'about forty minutes past - eight, :the ;train . hating then been stotiftng !nearly three-quarters :of an hour. At this moment Markland desired the first guard, who was holding a light to enable him to see to make the repairs, to tell the various passengers who had got out of the train to resume their seats. Many of them did so; and .immediately afterwards, notwithstanding the signals, the goods train ran into the back of the passenger train, and drove it forwards with considerable force, by which, the ash-pan of the engine struck Markland, who was sitting under the engine, fracturing his skull in a most dreadful manner, breaking his left arm, and leaving him lying dead between the rails. The collision also caused considerable damage to the last four Gosport carriages of the passenger train, by which some of the passengers were rather severely Injured; the stoker of the passenger engine, Thomas 4alvert, and Thomas Fortescue, the guard of the goods train, being also dreadfully injured. About loalf‘past eight o'clock, the train being half an hour behind the time, Mr. Miller, the company's agent at Woking, dispatched a pilot engine up the line to look for it, at the same time delaying the Guildford train, which arrives at Woking at a quarter-past eight. Shortly afterwards a man came down to the station with the information that an accident had occurred, and it was feared that Markland was killed. Mr. Miller immediately dispatched messengers for medical assistance, and proceeded with the Guildford train to look after the passengers, but had got a very short distance when the pilot engine was seen approaching, bringing a portion of the train with it. Mr. Miller consequently returned with the Guildford train to the station. At the station Messrs. Jackson and Waters, surgeons of Woking, Mr. Miller, and Mr.. West, the station clerk, paid every attention to the sufferers. Mr. Waters, with Mr. Scott, a director, went to view the body of Markland, left behind. On arriving at Nine Elms, Fortescue and Calvert were conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, accompanied by Mr. Fletcher, when it was discovered that Fortescue, who it is believed was thrown from the train while applying his break, had sustained a compound fracture of the left arm, and several very severe contusions of the scalp, which appear to have affected his brain, as he has been raving mad ever since ; and though amputation of the arm must take place, it has not yet been deemed prudent to perform the operation, as, while he remains in his present condition, very little, hopes can be entertained of his life. Calvert had the index finger of his right hand destroyed, so as to render imme diate amputation necessary, his lower jaw fractured, and some severe contusions upOn his head ; but at the last accounts he was proceeding very favourably. The passengers Who were injured were conveyed to the Railway. Hotel, opposite the Nine Elms station, where they were immediately attended by Mr. Statham and two uther medical gentlemen, when it was discovereTllint the principal sufferer was the Rev. Mr. Hutchins; of Atherstone, Stoke-upon-Trent, who had sustained a fracture of the thigh. It ap pears that Mr. Hutchins has for some time laboured under a stiff knee, and was sitting in a second-class carriage with his leg resting upon the seat, when two or three other passengers were thrown with such force upon his leg by the collision of the trains as to break it just above the knee. ' Mr. Hutchins was accompanied in the carriage by Miss Hutchins, who is rather severely cut in the forehead; the Rev. Mr. Richings, whose arm is much contused ; Mrs. Rich ings, who received several contusions and a general shock to her system; - and Mr. Hutchings, a brother of the Rev. Gentleman, , who was so slightly injured as to be able to leave the hotel yesterday. Four or five other passengers, itlis believed, were also slightly injured by the broken glass, and by being thrown from their seats, but no exact information can be obtained on that subject, as they were enabled to proceed to their homes on the Guildford train arriving in London, which it did about eleven o'clock, P.M. instead of twenty minutes past nine, its usual time. [Ph ICE IRELAND. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. DUBLIN, JAN. 14.—The spirit of insubordination which has so long pervaded the south and west has lately; it seems, manifebted itself in the hitherto peaceable county of Wicklow. The Evening diail says— " On Saturday night two villains entered the house of a man named Jones, a workman in the employment of Mr. Hume, and living in a cottage on the demesne of Humewood. They came in searc of arms. Jones happened to be from home, but his wife was obliged to get up and let them in. They made her light a candle to search for arms, which was .the object of their visit. Not finding any they left, saying they would return again when Jones would be at home. They then proceeded to the village of Kiltegan, which Was close by, and posted oa a tree on the'tair green a Humes. i a n g g en it_ice, worded and'worse spelt, and scarcely legible, but purporting-to be' written by the N ' e p r e a r r h y ars bo , t y h s ea , h ss o nfro.t fear no 'one,' and .saying eighty,-six. landlords and agents .must die, and then naming etiheet wrao electoral Mds divisionß. R ob e e y ,r e : i).:iaciand Kiltegan,ie r r ,e s old l a. Dnvdi Victory; no ' s e , nt No whichi n ct 0 ( rll7 Mr. P: d n i d s t r i e .i d ;t iann Ireland ending an dw hwithwhere e the people have less to complain of -than in the Hume is the, principal resident, proprietor, and in which, ever since last autumn, he has been giving employment to every man, woman, or child who seeks it. At this moment the weekly average is 400 men and boys engaged in draining, fencing, and other im provements over the Humewood estate. And not resting here, Mr. Hume has issued an order to his steward to refuse no one (employment who may seek it, till the works laid out are completed, and which are so extensive as to require at the present average number of hands engaged, some years to finish. But this is not the first occasion of outrage and threaten ing notices in this part of the hitherto peaceable county Wicklow ; a short, time back lir. Pierce Ma hony, of Grangecon, was served, either himself (r steward, with a threatening notice; and so was Mr. Greenbam's steward, of Stratford-on. Slaney, and others that we could name. An investigation is now going on into the above matter, but there is little doubt the miscreants do not belong to the neighbour hood of Humewood or Kiltegan electoral division, but are from the neighbourhood of the town of Bal tinglass, which is the property of Lord Aldborough, an absentee landlord, which is in a most wretched state; besides this, there have latterly been several strangers from the disturbed districts prowling about the barony of Talbotstown, Upper and Lower, but I upon whom we are given to understand the authori ties have an eye." THE MURDERS AT CASTLETOWNROCHE. An inquisition was taken on Friday last at Castle townroche, before Mr. Richard Jones, County Coroner (assisted by Sub-Inspector M'Leod) and a respectable jury, on the bodies of Catherine M'Carthy and Margaret Reynolds, her niece, whose deaths were mentioned in the Reporter of Saturday last. It appeared in evidence, that the aunt, Catherine M'Carthy, kept a huckster's shop at Castletown roche, by which she acquired about 601., and having got into delicate health lately had brought her niece to attend to the business. That two men came to her house to lodge on Tuesday night week, one of whom was in the habit of lodging there before. They sat down by the fire, and spoke in a friendly manner to the deceased, who were the only inmates of the house; but one of them kept his head down when persons came in, for the purpose of concealment. In consequence of the door and windows being closed all day on Wednesday, and up to three o'clock on Thursday, the neighbours suspected that some thing wrong had occurred, and sent for the poliee, who broke open the back door, which was bolted inside. The front door was locked and the key taken away. On entering a bedroom next the kitchen they found the aunt and niece lying dead in the same bed; the niece was quite naked with the bedclothes thrown over her. There was a considerable quantity of froth and some blood in her mouth, and the mark of a large finger nail under her jawbone ; the back and shoulders were quite livid, the body was cold and stiff, and life ap peared to have been extinct for at least a day. The aunt lay near her, with a small piece of whipcord tied tightly round her throat. On searching up stairs, one of the beds appeared to have been recently slept in by two persons, two boxes were broken open, some small articles in them were tossed about, no money , was found but a halfpenny in a drawer ; a dry blad der, such as is generally used as a purse, appeared to have been turned inside out, as if rifled of its contents. Mrs. M'Carthy's cloak, two coats and smallelothes which belonged to her deceased husband were mis sing; a pair of old trousers, which appeared to have been recently worn, and wet, were left behind. Mi chael Troy (who lived next house to the deceased) and several other witnesses, proved they saw the two strangers in the house that night, and deposed to other very important facts. Dr. Tuckey, having been examined at great length, proved that the deceased came by their deaths by strangulation. The jury found a verdict accordingly. JAN. 15.—There is but little intelligence of note from the provinces to-day ; and beyond a few of the ordinary cases of assault on the person and robberies of arms in Tipperary and Longford, the accounts would seem to indicate that the Special Commission has not been altogether sped in vain ; and that a ces sation of murder may at least be calculated upon. In the Queen's County four men have been remanded for further examination on a charge of conspiracy to murder Mr. John Robinson Price of Westfield-farm ; while from the same quarter it is reported that " Captain Fireball from Kyle" continues to ply his vocation after the following fashion : " A threatening notice was served on the house of John Lalor, of Trummera, and a shot fired into his window. The notice was signed Captain Fireball, from Kyle.' It ordered Michael Hogan to give up working on the railway, or death would be his doom. It also stated, no stranger would be allowed to stay in the place. On the same night a shot was fired through the window of Daniel Kenna, of Trummera; and a notice posted on the door, signed, Your truly Fireball from Kyle.' It intimated death to one Michael Carroll ; if he, a stranger, continued to work on the railway that he would be shot." THE REV. MR. TIGHE AND MR. JOSEPH HOLMES. TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN. Sia,—With the sole object in view that I may not lie open to the charge of asserting that which I am not prepared to avow, I beg to observe that the state ment which appeared in The Sun of Friday last, re lative to an occurrence in the Roman Catholic Chapel at Ballaghadiren on the 6th instant, is substantially correct. Allow me to add, that when I alleged my brother had expended 20,000/. in keeping down the markets in his neighbourhood, I meant that he had imported into the district provisions to that amount (at great risk to himself from the rapid fluctuation of prices), which he disposed of at first cost. His means, which consist of a fee-simple estate of 1,100 acres in the county of Sligo, would obviously not admit of his sacrificing so large a sum as that mentioned.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, A. E. HOLMES. 5, Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Jan. 15. A small appointment became vacant recently in Dublin, via., that of Solicitor for Examining Bills of Costs, connected with the Auditing of Public Accounts in Ireland; the office was offered to Mr. J. M. Cantwell, an active and able solicitor in Dublin; but we under stand that the Lords of the Treasury, after further in quiry, have decided upon reducing the emoluments of the office, which will now be discontiaued as a separate ap pointment, and the duties will, in future, devolve upon the Crowe Solicitor in Dublin. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF BIGAMY.—An extra ordinary case of bigamy was investigated on Saturday at the Cheltenham Police -court A richly dressed female, who has lately introduced herself into fashionable circles in this town, under the name of the Lady Ada Alice Wyattville, was placed in the dock, chargt d with bigamy. From the evidence produced against her it appears that she was married on the Bth of November, 1838, at Ken sington Church. under the name-of Octavia Sarah Moore de Bellevue (at which tithe shi described herself as the daughter of Lucius Moore de Bellevue, Marshal of France) to Mr. Henry Wyatt, architect, son of Mr. Matthias Coles Wyatt, the celebrated sculptor. Subse quent to the marriage the parties went to reide at Boulogne-sur-Mer, but they separated after a short re sidence there. It further appeared, that in May last the prisoner was charged with bigamy at the Marlborough street Police-court, London, by intermarrying with a person named Koller,- from which charge she escaped. The offence now charged against her is, that she con tracted marriage, on the 17th of December last, in the parish church, Cheltenham, under the name of Lady Ada Alice Wyattville, with Mr. Thomas Hinckley, engineer, her first husband, Henry Wyatt , being alive at the time. The prisoner was fully ooram itted for trial at the next Gloucester assiAea. DEATH Ole Mltli. DAWSON, SISTER TO SIR ROBERT PEEL.—We regret to state that this lady. who had bet:n ailing for a considerable titue, died on Saturday morn ing, at a quarter to five o'clock, at the tvmporary deuce of her husband, the Right Hon. Georg. ;Yawson, at Brighton. She was eldest4a;:gliter of the late Sir Robert Peel, and was consequently sister to the ot-rrq- Rier *A to 14 0 laealle fr_ . '.'" . . ) e.._ •-,": -we -- _ busie" ---): has, however, ..le,eeia ram AMA V week than has' b4A` the case lately, and, from the great caution exercised by the manufacturers, the stocks continue low, and prices in consequence are niaieteined. Business has been rather better in the warehouses this week ; during the last few days there has been a number of the London buyers in the town, but at this early period they purchase lightly. The shipping houses are rather improving. —Leeds Mercury. . . BRADFORD, THURSDAY .—WooL.—Mere is no:al teratiotein the wool market. The purchases made are only for present consumption, and on the most limited scale.. There is very little weed coming to '• the market, owing to the producers and wool dealers not being - content to accept the going prices. There is a steady but limited de mand for yarns for the home trade; the shipprs are doing less, on account of the continental rivers lieirig frozen. There was on Thursdae an average businees done in pieces, and more inquiries for fancy goods. Several of our chief manufacturers expressed coeti deuce that we have seen the worst in Bradtord trade,_ and henceforth it will rapidly improve. There is hardly any stocks on hand, so that, if demand in crease, there must be great improvement. iIANCRESTER, FRIDAY.—We have had during the entire week a comparatively slack demand' for most kinds of cloth, and the poor 'manufacturers since . Tm. , sday have been pressing sales, which to effect . have been made at a slight la duction even on Tues day's rates. With the exception of the Greeks and Americans, no extensive business is going on for. export. ur home merchants are buying more freely than cf late. Our dyers too are busier, which is an other good sign. Yarns are also easier to buy, but as this is the exact period at all times when business' is. doing, little is thought of the matter. TRADE OF NOTTING E1A.5.1.—1t is now evident that, there is an improvement in several of the branches of. the hosiery manufacture ; this, it is considered, - will increase as the year advances. The emigration to America continues, and from all. we can learn, the stockingers find no difficulty in obtaining employ ment, at high wages, in Philadelphia, where several Dutchmen have purchased frames, and h ave com menced as. hosiers. The cotton bobbin net trade, though certainly improved, is yet in a depressed con dition, but hopes are entertained of a great improve ment in the spring. Many of the shops engaged in the making of machinery are nearly at a . stand, - the repealing of the law which prevented the free export of machinery, from which so much was ex pected, has proved of little advantage to them, as - the bobbin-net trade in France and Germany is described as bring in a worse state than in England ; this is evidently correct, as there are now in Notting ham many machine-smiths who have returned from various parts of France and Germany, where the mannfacture is carried on, having no employment.— Nottingham Review. LEICESTER.—The improvement in the demand for goods is very gradual in its progress, but as the stocks of the retail dealers are considered to be low, they must be buyers of more or less goods, as their wants may require. There is rather more material gieen out by the hosiers than before Christmas. A very large number of frames are, however, yet idle. Most of the spinning factories are working short time. Wool is firm, and rather more doing in it. —Leicester Chronicle. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. 14.—1 n a congregation holden this day, being the first day of Lent Term, the following degrees were conferred : Bachelor in Civil Law, by com►nutation--Robert Evans, Jesus, head master of the Bristol Grammar School. Masters of Arts—George Guerard Lawrence, St. Edmund Hall; Rev. George 'William Chamberlain, Wadham ; Rev. Frederick Sowdon, St. Mary Hall; Rev. Charles Thomas James, Exeter; William Merry, Worcester; Edward Augustus Freeman, Trinity; Rev. Robert Scarr Redfern, Queen's ; Rev. George Sereynsham Master, Rev. 'Thomas Huila, Rev. John Henry Brookes, Rev. Joseph Wagstaff Barlow, Rev. Gilbert Herderson Philips, Brasenose. Bachelors of Arts—Henry Thomas Salmon, Exe ter; Alexander Wishaw, Trinity ; Richard Fort, St. John's. The Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology intends to begin his course of lectures of the present term on Monday, the 28th of February. Such members of the University as are qualified to become scholars in theology, and are desirous of attending these lectures, are requested to call upon the Professor on Saturday, the 26th February, be tween the hours of, eleven and two o'clock. The next regular degree day is Thursday, Feb. 3. ALARMING OCCURRENCE. On Saturday morning the inhabitants of Islington, Holbeck, near Leeds, were thrown into a state of alarm by observing a considerable quantity of hair and Hood upon the gate-posts forming the entrance to the road leading to a disused coal pit, a tuated about ten yards from the Leeds and Elland-road, near to Islington. Upon examining the spot, several stones were also found stained with hair and gore, an& drops of blood could be distinctly traced along the whole of the path leading to the coal pit. A short distance from the pit a pool of blood and several bludgeons clotted with gore and hair were discovered. 'There were also other indications, as if some unhappy victim had here made a last mortal struggle for exist ence. On further examination, the fence around the pit was likewise stained with hair and blood, as if the victim had been violently dashed against it. As might be expected, the most horrid apprehensions began to prevail, it being evident to all that a most foul and unnatural murder had been committed. The excitement was increased by the ru mour that an individual of the name of Samuel Carlton, residing at Beeston, who had left his home on the previous Thursday, had not been heard of since. In the minds of the people the cause of his absence was now accounted for; nothing, to them, was so natural as the conclusion that he had been murdered and robbed, and that the perpetrators of the foul tragedy had cast his body into the coal pit to escape detection. Mr. James, the indefatigable su perintendent of the Leeds night police, was sent for, and on his arrival finding that the appearances ac cord with the statements that had been made to him, he applied to the Mayor (F. Carbutt, Esq.), and ob tained his permission to erect a scaffolding round the mouth of the pit, in order to its being searched. The preparations having all been completed on Sunday morning, thousands of persons flocked to the spot. Mr. James, with his assistants, soon arrived, and a man Ras lowered to the bottom of the pit. The ap prehensions of the spectators had now reached a most painful state of intensity. After a short interval, the man at the bottom of the pit gave the signal to be drawn up ; the excitement was at its height—scarcely a breath could be heard. At length the man appeared, bringing up with him the mutilated remains of—a large dog,whose brains it appeared some miscreants had knocked out, and afterwards thrown the body into the pit. Carlton has since turned up, not from the pit, however, but from Kirkstall, where it appears he had been enjoying himself with some friends.— Leeds Mercury. EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVIL—A most serious accident took place on Friday at the Carlisle a.nd Mary port Railway station by one of the locomotives ex ploding, and destroying the greater portion of a build ing called the engine shed, and injuring two persons. The locomotive was standing underneath the shed pre paratory to taking a passenger train out, the engine driver and stoker cleaning the machinery at the moment. Both men were much injured, but fortunately not dan gerously. The force of the explosion propelled the engine along the line at an enormous speed; bad a passenger -train been in its way the consequences would have been most disastrous. The directors have since caused an investigation into the accident, and have as certained that the explosion arose through both safety valves being tightly screwed down. The boiler exploded just above the fire-box, and near the tender. , - ----. THE FREE TRADE DEMONSTRATION u N MAN CHESTER.—Since our last, letters, signifyi ng teir inten tion to be present at the Great Free Trade Demonstra tion, on the 27th instant, have been received from the following Members of Parliament:—The Right Ron. T. M. Gibson. Mr. R. Cobden, Mr. John Bright, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Leicester; Dr. Bowring, Bolton; Colonel T. P. Thompson, Bradford; Messrs, J. B. Smith, Sterling; James Kershaw, Stockport; John Dixon, Carlisle; Joe. Brotherton, Salford; J. L. Ricardo, Stoke-upon-Trent; George Thompson, Tower Hamlets; Thomas Thornely, Wolverhampton; William Ewart, Dumfries; Mat her Wilson, Clitheroe; W. Scholefield, Birmingham; C. Hindley, Ashton-under-Lyne; and J. Pilkington, Blacx burn.—Mancliester Guardieri. The Swiss Diet sat on the loth. After the Deputies for Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz,. and Valai s h a d beginsworn in, the proposition of t he committee of seven to accept the g uarantees offered by the canton of Uri for the payment of its quota of the expenses of the K stl r o e u ma h in is s r d e u ti e r . ing A f v r o om te war was agreed to, and three years accorded to it for f to wi rL t the reimbursementwas passedo representative of Lucerne. Friburg, ' o L th f u e c t ph er oa n snt e k , osf and . the Valais having declared that they ederal acceded in principle to the revision of the compact, Dr. Steiger, of Lucerne, Professor Bussard, of Friburg, and M. Barmann, of the Valais, were added to the Come mittee of, Revision. Two Members were added to the Committee of Seven in the persons of Dr. Steiger, of Lucerne, and D r. S ang, of Uri. It was then proposed to charge the Committee of Seven to draw up a procla mation to the army; and a letter of thanks to General Dufour in the name of the country in remitting to him a sum of 40,000 f. Swiss. This proposition was adopted, The PRESSURE OF TIIE TIMES.-It iS il fact that Ithere have been already opened at the Bankruptcy Court, in Paul-street, Exeter, one half as many fiats in bankruptcy during the first fourteen days of the present Meath of January, as during the whole of the year 1844: —Western Times. FATAL FIRE AT GRAVESEND. Yesterday (Sunday) morning the inhabitants of Gravesend were alarmed by the outbreak of a fire, which has resulted in the total destruction of the lock up and the death of a prisoner, named Thomas Budge. It appears that Budge was taken into custody shortly after midnight, on a charge of being drunk and in capable of taking care of himself. At one o'clock he was locked up in what is termed the refuge for casual prisoners. When the unfortunate man was placed in the building, there was not the least appear ance of anything burning, and the place seemed quite free from fire every time it was examined by the police, in whose custody the poor fellow remained. About the hour of six, however, a man named Washer, on passing the premises, had his attention directed by perceiving smoke in dense bodies issuing from several apertures in the building. The first thing he did was to knock violently at the entrance, and having shouted "Fire," he ran to the police-station and in formed the sergeant on duty. In an instant a body of police, with Mr. Superintendent North and In • spector Penman hastened to the spot. They applied the key to the door, but the lock was so hot that they were unable to unlock the building ; they were, therefore, obliged to force the door. That having been accompished, they found the interior of the building in a general blaze, and such was the fury of the flames that no one was able to enter. Knowing that a person must be within, they called loudly to him to come out, but not receiving an answer, they went to the Town-hall and got out one of the engines belonging to the corporation, which was immediately set to work. The fire by that period had extended to the roof of the market, and had there been a lack of water,' it is quite probable that the whole of the market property would have been consumed. As soon as the place was sufficiently cooled, search was made for the missing man. After some time the trunk, with the head attached, was found lying upon two partially consumed rafters. The legs were completely burnt off, one arm was destroyed, and another had only the shoulder stump re;naining. In fact there was nothing left to indicate that it was part of a human being except the bones of the head. A shell having been procured, the remains were carefully 'collected together, and carried to the dead house, where they remain for the coroner's inquest. How or by what means this calamity occurred is, for the present, enveloped in mystery. WOOLWICH POLICE. ALLEG ED INDECENT As- SAULT BY A SURGEON.—Richard Gardiner Jackson, a surgeon in extensive practice at Barking, in Essex, was on Saturday brought up in custody of Police constable Westbrook, 114 R, charged with making proposals of an indecent nature to several soldiers. From the evi dence adduced it appears that, on Friday evening, he accosted a private in the Marines, whom ho addressed as follows;—" Soldier, I see you belong to the Royal Marines, will you have a glass of grog?" and then made an indecent proposal to him. On being pushed away he addressed two gunners, when the Royal Marine went up to them and told them what had occurred, where upon the surgeen took to his heels, pursued by the Royal Marine, who called out to a constable to stop him; On reaching the water's edge the surgeon jumped in, but was pulled out by a boatman. Two other privates gave evidence that the prisoner•had accosted them in a similar manner. In his violence the prisoner ack►:owledged that he had been intoxicated o❑ the evening in question, but said he was not aware of being guilty of the conduct alleged of him. The two last witnesses, it seems, had been drinking with him after the alleged proposals to them. He was called upon to find bail, himself in 100/., and two sureties in 50/. each, for his good behaviour for twelve months. THE NATIONAL LoAN.—When William, Prince of Orange, was preparing his expedition against James the Second of England, he anxiously sought where he could procure necessary funds to equip his navy, and ensure success to his projected war against England. An Israelite, of Amsterdam, requested an audience. Admitted to the Prince, he said, ~ My Lord, you are in want of money to accomplish your national project. I have brought you, from our people, two millions. If you succeed, refund them to me ; if you fail, we are quits."—Ben Levi's Matinee du Saniedi. ~ .r- > ! `--