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INSTITUTION FOR NURSES - HOSPITALS, FAMILIES, AND THE POOR. re professionally conversant with the condition of oar nplain of the inadequate supply of well-trained nurses as 'sly interfering with the efficient discharge of their du cannot trust to their orders being executed by the .hey find that the patients sutler from faults of those on air state of helplessness, they are almost entirely de; en is obvious that any defects in the tempers and charac who are constantly with the sick must exercise a hurt upon the state of their minds, and must tend to neutral. of the religious instruction and consolation which they in the hospital. matter of general notoriety that great difficulty is found well qualified nurses to attend on patients in private oecially in those of the middle and lower classes; and irgymen feel the want of competent persons on whom ely, in visting the sick of their respective parishes, and ig to their bodily wants. effectual, perhaps the only effectual, remedy for these train up a body of nurses who shall be taught to look work as a religious one, to undertake it with habits of and with a mind understanding it fully, and prepared for al painful duties. here spoken of has been felt in other countries as well as and attempts have been made to meet it. Orders of voting themselves to visiting the sick exist in Roman 'tittles: an " Institution of Deaconesses" has been found lusts; a recent attempt b, improve the respectability of muses has worked beneficially in England. The Insti ll it is proposed to found under the name of " Training for Nurses" will be based on the doctrine and discipline ch of England ; and it will sack to accomplish its object, ling the self-devoted few who are permitted by freedom duties to give themselves entirely to this, but by elides act, both directly and indirectly, upon the whole body of Is are pursuing this as their regular calling in life. To taraeter cf the class by offorbig to its members a training qualify them for their professional work, and be at the essentially a religious training; to hold out, to those who in seeking for it, the prespect of a higher professions; tan they could otherwise obtain ; and to afford also to are ready (without hope of any earthly reward) to give to this work as one of Christian love, a legit!nntte fled Dos are the means which, as they have been successful the high character of the cler:y and physicians of Eng it is hoped, be 11,11 V instrumental, under God's blessing, that of a body which is at present so 'much in want of nt. ?used that the Training Institution should be under t of he superintendence of a clergyman of the United Charch Id Ireland, as Master. c inmates of the Institution should consist of three under training as probationers. who, after p is.ing through the period of probation sa '. ars admitted as nurses, on condition of their engaging in connexion with the Institution for a period of five . their admission. During this period they will be clothed tined, and receive a fixed annual stipend, and in return irely under the control of the governing body of the In- ad of these five years they will be entitled to receive from atlon a certificate of their qualification as nurses, and rand to pursue their calling, either in connexion with the 1 , or independent of any direct control from it. It is be this will be a very important step towards gradually character of the whole class. A nurse having this certi iecesSarily occupy a higher position than othe rs, will be et an example which can scarcely fall to have a good effect I, and will encourage those who are looking forward to this ork in life, to follow in tie same course, and submit them he training of this Institution. Anion to these there will be a class of sisters, which is in -comprise persons, of whatever station in life, who are devote themselves to the work of attending the sick and if educating others for it under an organised system like a will be here provided for them. nagement of the Institution will be confided to a council r-four members, (exclusive f the master, who will be a member,) belonging to the United Church of England who shall be chosen by the Governors out of their • den of fifty guineas in one payment, or in several payments u' years, er an annual subscription of five guineas, will con. loverner. lion of twenty guineas in one payment, or in several pay thin four years, or an annual subscription of two guineas, hate a Donor. rd Bishop of London has sanctioned the plan now sub. the public, and has kindly consented to become President Utution. also received the approbation of the Lord Archbishop Of i the Bishops of Liehneld. Salisbury, Gloucester and Bristol, d N orwich. ev. C. Wordsworth, D.D., George Frere , Esq. , and Dr. have kindly consented to act as Trustees to the Insti- Sykes Thornton, Esq., has consented to act as TresSttrer. flowing gentlemen have formed themselves into a Provi mmittee, to arrange the details of the Institution, and to sistance for Its establishment and maintenance J. M. S. Anderson, Lincoln's-inn. M. Biggs, 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields. lowman, Esq., 14, Golden - square. . Bowman, Esq., 7, Chapel-terrace, Bayswater. Mervyn A. N. Crawford, Cpper Berkeley-street, 201 - IMan. more. r . Cunningham, Esq., Harrow-on-the_Hill. • J. F. Daniell, Donnington Glebe, Chichester. ert Few, Esq., Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. George Fincham, Spring- gardens. rge Frere, Esq., Bedford•square. • J. 0. W. newels& Norwood, Surrey. teberden, Esq , 10, 01d-square, Lincoln's-inn. Latham, 35, Grosvenor-place. . Dr. Jelf, King's College, London. • S. R. Maitland, Newington-terrace, Kennington. F. D. Maurice, Queen -square, Blooms'airy. 'artridge, Esq., New-street, Spring-gardens. • E. H. Plumptre, King's College, London. A. Pott, Cuddesden, near Oxford. • W. Short, 43, Great Ormond-street. ert Steven, Esq., 1 New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. 3. Thornton, Esq., Birchin-lane. Todd, New-street, Spring-gardens. -• W. G. Todd, Bristol. '• J. M. Woodward, Bristol. Dr. Wordsworth, Cloisters, Westminster Abbey. ne willing to contribute their assistance to th!s Oject, 7 Personal exertions, or by sub.-cribing to its funds, are re to communicate with any of he Members of the Provisional tee, or with any of the Honorary Secretaries, the Rev. E. H. re, King's College, London, and J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Cha sFe, Bayswater. riPtions may also be paid to Messrs. Ceutts and Co., Strand, essrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane, to the ac the " Training Institution for Xurses." LISING WATER, discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, without action or faltering, therefore can never he surpassed ; conse this is Om most important discovery ever made ter the pre )a of life and property either at Sea or on Land. AT SEA Qs ships it has already saved, sad the captains gratefully ac dge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall gain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain sting fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means et the ship ant 230 souls on hoard, two seams in the bottom artly left without c.itking." e Argos brig, from Cadiz, sprumt a leak when three days out , and soon alter her common pump awaked and became use ,aptain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Faun !ma, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in tie- About a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in Laudon, thank God for the Fountain Pump." ON LAN. w Portable Fire-engines aro of infinitely better service than. a gade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. e are delighted with the inve❑tion—it is a great boon to so -Editors Liverpool Mail. New PortaWe Eire-engines have preserved a large portion of eh from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on and near the city, they saved eleven ,olely anti seven mainly, tag in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and In the , Afessrs. Horton's dyery, and 12,0001. worth of consi:ned pro- Stoke mustard, starch, and Sour milts, and Messrs. Butcher's Y warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun a• therein from exploding, which mist kave spread around de ion and death. orth Walsham.—lt this fire the Portable Engine was of great e. and by having one of them realy, there is nn doubt but half ePerty new destroyed might have been saved."—Norfulk Chro input 22, 1846. Nerwieh fire Juno 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were its of the Wile. The cry wet, fret the little engines and they * the work. whieh proved true. The four large engines present d useless. 't-01e Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen attno- es. - va the fast is this, all former Force rumps, Lift-force Pumps, 'amps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and a the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the r used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young Button, with many other errainent experimenters, lamented :—The quantal , of water actually raised by any machine seldom 'Cs half the power Gillum - led, after overcoming friction and and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects draulio machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by elv rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from re to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with- Dore outlay. Ist ties can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds,:but rata drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric- Pump an active sound-winded young men of 140 lbs. weight can 10,009 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Fenn- Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most aerdinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni el ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is rower. ha Clenton Roberts, Esq., ix his popular work, No. 1,110, did is placing Cosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water ard) side by side with the Fountain rump, which upset a good of Folly. Because 31r. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump el'. Dlr. ftaddley, London, an everlasting in np-writer, and Mr. lank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the Pumps were ideatical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull Paddy in No. 1,1E3, and in No. 496, Book-maker Millington'S arks aro preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk t, Aberdour, slay, Parkingtnii, with many other discerning UlOll, r witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the log principle, gave the inveation the following true and susta'n- I character: —The Fountain rtlln i i is the most important improve it in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two !sand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in ler* times. 'he Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, !natl, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint, per ) 50 to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every . fair d at coinpetitiou ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed p is cost than common pumps. W. M ULDER& euntain Pump Works, Norwich , Ne v . 30, 1847. ice Mechanic's Magazine, Net. 231*, 364, 383, 429, 430, 433, 486, 457, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 509, 510. 525, 533, 658*, , bet, 1,049, I,llB*, 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus* y UPERIOR SHEFFIELD PLATED DISH COVERS, with strong silver mountings and silver shields engraving the crest or coat of arms. Table Dish Covers. Light Plating. Heavy Plating. rho Gadroon pattern .• •• • £ll 0 0 .. £l5 12 6 the shaped Montrose pattern •• 12 6 6 .. 16 17 6 The Grosvenor pattern 15 0 .. 29 6 6 ,the Albert pattern ••• • • • l5 0 0 .. 20 6 6 ~..4 11 9 Gorden pattern •••• • • .. 1, 2 e above sets comprise tour dish covers—viz., one 29-inch, one ' A U 'oh, and two 14-inch. 1* B. SAVORY and SONS , Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, , Loudon, opposite the Bank of England. 52, fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. ;VIR. HOWARD, Surg eon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduce d an ENTIRELY NEW DESORIP "-'N of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ;stores. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be Iti nguhihed from the originals by the closest observer; they will beer change col )ur or decay, and will be tound very superior to any eth ever before used. This-Method does not require the extraction rots, or any paintld opera tien, and will supp and preserve ieth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and i kstieation; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within !Reit of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest Possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful imistica- M---52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. A R R I A (; F. PVI One half the world are desolately single, and the other UP D c liug them married, Questionably conteotecl. Diflldenee, or a ease of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ens ,l.tt4ar the latter. The solitary ono may shield himself ceder the plea , Mutton and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an "llDrosia; hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, aul broken health, aro the great hindrances to domestic happluess !Ind social content. The dowry shoull net be the only marriage set oinent. Honour and Justice demand that health should form an item r, the compact ; it alone dignifies; the alliance. Blighted hopes or , eglect wound mere sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if 'hose surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little 4ESIOIRS ' On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. 4011 (by post, in stamps, Is. 6 d. each). Let no imaginatively 'etlised, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered ~L iy mleinterpretatior, of their supposed contents, front obtaining Mr They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but ,s r the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom T . !3' are of as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth On r° above subjects, by noqualitied authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other .2o publications claim your attention (same price is. each, —J A Post le. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and " el d." and " How to be Happy." They are not merely I: al uPhlets, but equal in quantity a library 'volume, nor are they the m ere ephemeral scribbllngs of the hour , bat the study of the author's lif e ' wh° owes his prese nt existence, health, and position to this ob oeroan°e of the maxims ho would inculcate—to do into others as he would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works ntay be had of 39 erwg " , 23 , Paternoster - row ; C arvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Maui, lot e. , ""' ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; o r direct (b y post or ether ) front the author (who may be conferred w ith personally, m° 10 9 1 4 1 2 11 sad evenings), 10, Argyll-place Begat-facet; had 11l No. 17 , 300.] LONDON/ MONDAY 7 6 E N N • CITY of LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, for Accumulative and General Assurances. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. EDWARD F. LEEKS, Secretary. F.ASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPAN Y. 4 Instituted for the Extension of Commerce in the China Seas and for Promoting the Civilization of Borneo, &c. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares of 1001. each. DIRECTORS. JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., Chairman. Captain C. It. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N., C.B. Al e xander Nairne, Esq., Director of the PSIIIRSKISI and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq. Sir John Pirie, Bart., Deputy-Chairman of the Penin• sular and Oriental Steam Navh;atiou Company. Henry tYise, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs, Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London. The objects of this Company are to carr y or mining, agricultural, and trading operations in the Eastern Archipelago, and the acquiring and disposing of lands in the Island of Labuan and the parts adjacent —a region abounding in mineral wealth, most fertile in all the valu able tropical productions, and very happily situate for the purposes of commerce. The Island of Labuan has been formally taken possession of by the Crown of Great Britain ; and, by a treaty with the Sultan of Borneo, many highly important advantages are permanently secured to this country. Piracy in the eastern seas will now be effectually suppressed, and, under the protection of the British flag at Labuan, a new era as regards those regions, has commenced, which affords the most fa vourable opportunity for successfully accomplishing the objects of this Company. To those who are at all acquainted with the Indian Archipelago, it is wholly unnecessary to expatiate on the advantages to be derived from this undertaking. The important discovery of an abundant sup ply of excellent coal on the mainland of Borneo, in the immediate vi cinity of Labuan, is a circumstance which of itself would render this enterprise pregnant with themost beneficial results. A formai grant of this coal, extending through a district of about 150 miles, has been obtained from the Sultan of Borneo, and is, with the approval of her Majesty's Government, now held by Mr. Wise, with whom arrange ments for its working will be made. The working of the coal mines will form an important feature in the operations of the Company, The geographical position of the Borneo coal districts in relation to Our Eastern possessions, and to the steam communications which are now earned on, and others which are about to be carried on in con nexion therewith, is a matter of peculiar interest, and even of na tional importance. Tke Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, for instance, disburse more than 130,0001. annually for coal for their steam-vessels, of which sum about 90,000?: are ea pended in coal used to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope. This coal. as well as the requisite supplies for the steam-vessels of her Majesty's navy, and for those of the Honourable East India Com pany on the India and China stations, is at present chiefly furnished from England, at an average cost exceeding 335. per ton ; so that the expenditure by her Majesty's Government, the Honourable East In dia Company. and the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the sin gle item of coal, will be considerably reduced as soon as the opera tions of the Eastern Archipelago Company are sufficiently matured to admit of their supplying the several depots which have been esta blished at Hong-Kong, Singapore, and other places, with coal for the use of the many,British and Foreign sto,.m-vessels re - orting to those ports. The certain increase in the consumption of coal in the eastern seas, from the causes already mentioned, and the opening of other channels of demand, cannot fail eventually to augment the use of Borneo coal. The projected steam communication between Singapore and our Australian colonies—the probable communication by the same means at no distant period, between the various British settle ments to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope and the west coast Of America—as well as the system of railways now about to be esta blished in India—are events eminently calculated to occasion an immense consumption of Borneo coal, the more so as it can be sup plied at comparatively moderate rates. Samples of the Labuan and Borneo coal have been bresight over to this country by Mr. Wise, and submitted by her Majesty's Government to a careful examination and analysis by competent parties, with a most satisfactory result. The Borneo coal has also been pronounced by the Calcutta oat Committee, appointed by the Bengal Government, to be equal to the best English coal ; and Captain Wallage, in his report on the supplies of coal obtained from the seam at Labuan, for the use of the Honourable East India Company's steam-ship Nemesis, dated Sarawak, 10th June, 1847, observes—" I have no hesitation in stating that the coal received at Labuan is equal to any English coal I have seen on board steamers in India, and decidedly better than any coal worked in India for steam purposes." The portion of territory contemplated for the first operations of the Eastern Archipelago Company possesses a climate aid soil admir ably adapted for the culture of cotton, tobacco, sugar, coffee, rice, nutmegs, pepper, and other valuable peoductions, and is most favourably situate, having the advantage of Labuan, now sOject to British dominion, as a point d'appui ; nor can there be a doubt of the excellent position of the proposed field of enterprise for an ex tensive and lucrative commerce. The proximity of Java, Sumatra, Siam Cochin-China, Hainan, Manilla, Celebes, &c., is not only of great , importance in this respect, but also as affording the means of introducing with facility from those places Chinese and other cold nists, and labourers to any extent required for the service of the Company. Labuan itself will form an essential link in the chain of our easternsettlements, from Penang, Malacc a, and Sinsapore to Itong Kong ; and in the district of Sarawak every protection and encouragement will be granted by Mr. Brooke in furtherance of the Company's objects. In short, every circumstance justifies the anti ciiation that the late proceedings of the British Government relating to Borneo, if followed up with vigour by the operations of the pre sent Company, will change that which has been heretofore a region of piracy, lawless violence, danger and desolation, into a scene of busy, peaceful, and beneficial commerce; bringing the advantages of progressive civilisation to a large and fertile tract of the globe, and conferring extensive benefits on the commerce and manufactures of Great Britain. The philanthropist and the statesman, as well as the merchant, will thus feel interested in this design, which, through the medium of British enterprise, sanctioned and protected by the wis dom and decision of the Government, promises the amelioration of the condition of the natives of the Indian Archipelago, amoi whom there ex i sts a disposition most favourable to the devel o pment GI the resources of those countries. The view here taken of the promising character of the undertak ing is not hypothetical, but is the result of the arduous personal re searches ef various individuals, who, in times past, have been de sirous of widening the circle of commerce and civilization, and, among others snore recently, of Mr. Wise, who has tor several years devoted his time to the closest investigation of the subject. To his patient and indefatigable perseverance for a long period in calling the attention of her Majesty's Government to the importance of Labuan as the site of a British settlement, may be ascribed the fact, that the protection of our flag is now extended to countries so important both in a political and commercial point of view. The Queen has appointed Mr. Brooke Governor and C. mmender in-Chief in and over the Island of Labuan and its dependencies, as weal as her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General to the Sultan and independent chiefs of Borneo. These measures, arid the course of poll .y which they indicate, will materially foci itate and advance the objects and interests of the Company throughout the Eastern Ar chipelago. The Company being incorporated by Royal Charter, the responsi bility of each s'iareholder is limited to the amount of its subscrip tion. The cherter provides for the execution by the shareholders of a Deed of gettlement, to be approved by the President of the Board of Trade. Power is given in the Charter to augment the amount of capital of the Corporation, if that course should become expedient. 81. per share to be paid on the allotment of the shares, and the re mainder to be paid by instalments as called for by the Directors. 'I he affairs of the Company are to be managed by a Court of Directors of not more than twelve, two Managing Directors, arid a Secretary, and such agents, in Labuan or elsewhere, as the Directors shall n ,minute ; the Directors and Auditors to be elected by the shareholders, as provided by the Deed of Settlement. Application for shares from parties well affected to the objects for which the Company is established, addressed, in the form annexed, to Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., 3, White Lion-court, Cornhill. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES: Gentlemen,--I beg to apply for Shares in the Eastern Archi pelago Company mentioned in the above prospectus ; and I agree to accept the same or any smeller number which, within three months from the date hereof, may be allotted to me, and without reference to whether the whole amount of shares may be taken or subscribed for, and to pay the deposit and the instalments as they may be called far; and to execute, when required, the deed of settlement prepared wider the direction of the Court of D irectors, and approved of by the President of the Board of Trade, Dated this day of 1848. To Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., No. 3, White Lion-court, Coruhill, London. Signature of Applicant • • • • .• • • • • Address .• ...... • • •••• • • • •• • • Name of Referee .... • • • • • • • • • • Address• ..... ...........• • • IILAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. Afi Copy of a letter from Mr. J. J. Wilson, Chemist, Monk Bar, York, " To lir. Thomas trout. " 14th Juno, 1547 " Sta,—having suffered most dreadfully for the last six years from repeated attacks of the gout, and receiving no benefit from the best medical advic , ... I could obtain, I was induced about six weeks ago to try a box of ltlair'e Gout and Rheumatic Fills. When I commenced taking them, which was in the afternoon, my feet and elbows were very much swollen and inflamed : I was sufTering the most intense agony. I had that night sound and refreshing sleep, and awoke in the morning comparatively free from pain ; and before I had finished the box. I never was better in my life : they have not only entirely removed the gout, bat have also very much improved my general health I have since recommended them to four individuals, who have suffered much from gout and rheumatism • and t:ey all speak highly of the- benefit they have received from ;hem. It' you think my case worthy of insertion among the many cures effected by your wonderhil medicine, 3 ou are at perfect liberty to publish it. " I am, Slr, yours respectfully, " J. J. WILSON." The above testimonial exhibits the never-failing effects of this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheuma tism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILTAI, and o'euerve tke name and address of " Thomas l'rout, 229, Strand, Le, don," im pressed upon the Government Stamp aftlx.ed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOUT AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. Cid„ er pest-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, S -ELF-PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acqnired 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 Practice: Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or 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, saes, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD•SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap nointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which whenn Used in moderation iv frau g ht with advantage, becom es , en abased, the Prolific source of mischief and of greater or loss iru ury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on .he natare and consenuence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are ProductiVe of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains as accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Phyi.iology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly required the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health, and of tire physical capabilities of w:tich every man should be pomessed. It unfortunately happens that thy unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether squi re d in early life or from the follies of a dvanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the roach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that aceurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, lava rtably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who oan show by his posse.sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect In his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas enrtifY, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may he had of Kent and Richards, 83, Paternoster -row; flaiinay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gordon ' 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally • er by letterlaaay. frorci Tea till Two, and from Five till Eight • at his M fj• Ltd:ll4loM I,93adgc, TIIE AUTHORISED ENGLISH TRANSLATION. Just published, Vol. 11., post ',rice 125. cloth, also Part IV., price 3s. 6d., completing the Second Volume, HUMBOLDT'SCOSMOS. Translated, with the Author's sanction and co-operation, under the superin tendence of Licut.-`2Ol. EDWARD SABINE, R.A., For. Sec. 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In postage stamps, TIHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Wor k on _IL the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex eeSSiTe indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, witk remarks on Marriage, and tke means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Pater 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and Contains explicit directions for their treatment. Tke consequences of early neglect arid of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's I'reyentative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, and destroys its power an the system. PART V. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its Rifles, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole -abject critically and philosophically inquired into. THECORDIAL BALM OF STBIACUM is exclusively employed In treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &e., Its .and 335. por 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, Ils. and 338. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific rills, 2s. id., 4s. 6d., and lls. par 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, it. el. Packets with advice tote had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, 11. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Her nem-street, from Eleven till Two, and Five to If.ight ; on Sundays ram lgieven it, One. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Chappelow, jun., Jermyn-street, wholesale saddler, March 25, at one-J. Clarke, Great Castle-street, Re gent•etreet, painter, March 25, at twelve-S. Davies, Bankside, Southwark, and Wilton-road, Pimlico, coal merchant, March 25, at eleven -I. Feilman, Fore-street, Limehouse, brewer, March 25, at eleven-T. G. James, River-street, Myddleton-square, builder, March 25, at half past eleven-R. Ensoll, Broad -street, Bloomsbury, draper, March 25, at half past eleven-M. Lewis, Oxford street, linen draper, March 24, at half-past twelve- L. A. Bennett, Crutched-friars, merchant, March 24, at eleven-J. Genie, New Burlington-mews, Regent. street, job master, March 24, at half-past two. In the Country: 0. Day, Devizes, baker, March 24, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol-J. Ward, Runcorn, Cheshire, grocer, March 30, at eleven, at the Court. Liverpool-R. Roberts, Denbigh, innkeeper, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-J. Frost and J. Ashlin, Liverpool, merchants, March 30, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool-T. Cart wright, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, banker, April 14, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-L. Normington, Brad ford, Yorkshire, worsted manufacturer, March 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. R. Pickles, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen manufacturer, 4d., on Thursday, March 16, or any subsequent Thurs• day, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. J. Barraclough, Bradford, Yorkshire, timber merchant, 2a. 4d., on Thursday, March 16, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. T. Hanson, Leeds, builder, 610., on Thursday, March 16, or any subsequent Thursday. between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. W. Clayton, Langcliffe, Yorkshire, banker, 205., on Tuesday, March 7, and every following Tuesday„ be tween the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hob • son, Manchester. W. Clayton, Los:ock, Larceshire, hanker, 15s. 103„on Tuesday, March 7, and every following Tuesday, between the hours of ton and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. W. Wilson, Preston. banker, 205., on Tuesday, March 7, and evervfollowing Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. 11•,ason, Manchester. M. L. Tait, Manchester, and .11eaten Mersey, Lan cashire, bleacher and finisher, and merchant, 7s. Old., on Tuesday, March 7, and every following Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. S. Stocks, Manchester, and Heaton Mersey, Lanca shire, bleacher and finisher, and merchant, 205., on Tuesday, March 7, and every following Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. G. Davies, Manchester, glass dealer and general dry salter, 2s. lid., on Tuesday, March 7, and every following Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Peale, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex, miller, 2s. 7k1., on Saturday, March 4, and two subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. H. 11. Waller, Foulsham, Norfolk, merchant and tailor, 35., on Saturday, March 4, and two subsequent Satur days, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. G. Biker, Ludgate hill, grocer, Is. 11d., on Saturday, March 4, and two subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. G. 11. Green and G. C. Green, Barge-yard, Bucklers bury, wholesale stationers, ls., on Saturdays, March 4, and two subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. D. Bichneed, Bread- street, Cheapside, warehouseman and shipping agent, 2s. 9.1., March 4, and two subse quent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. R.. E. Huntley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wine and spirit merchant, Bd., Saturday, March 4, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. H. A. Ogg, North -end, Fulham, engraver, 2s. Bd., any Saturday, between the hour.; of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. W. Blount, Seymour-crescent, New-road, 205., any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the offiee of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Brett, Titehfield, Southampton, 25. 6d., any Satur day, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Morse, Neithrop, Oxfordshire, woolstapler, Is. 4d., any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. W. Stearman, Broadway, Westminster, carpenter, 3.. 9d., on Saturday, March 4, and two following Satur days, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. H. Drysdale, Lamb's Conduit-street, auctioneer; ss. 6d., on Saturday, March 4, and two following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J . Simpson, Goswell-street, currier, Is. sid., on Saturday, March 4, and two following Saturdays, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the offiee of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. R. Wills, Tottenham-con:1, New-road, statuary and mason, la. 10d., on Saturday, March 4, and two following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. IL Farman, St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, baker, 55., on Saturday, March 4, and two following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. Bradshaw, St. Alban's, tailor, 2s. 103., on Satur day, March 4, and two following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch -lane. A. Palmer, Feltwell, Norfolk, druggist, 4d., on Wednesday, March 1, and two following Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, City. E. Dorling, Ipswich, Berlin wool dealer, 6d., on Wed nesday, March 1, and two following Wednesdays, be tween the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, City. W. Bentley, South-street, Manchester-square, trunk maker, 2s. 11d., on Wednesday, March 1, and two fal lowing Wednesdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers. H. Poen, Yeovil, Somersetshire, glove manufacturer, ls. 4id., on any day after the 10th of March, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Her naman, Exeter. T. Watson, Torquay, Devonshire, innkeeper, 2s. 2d., on any Wednesday after the 1015 of March, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. G. 0. Shields, Hercules buildings, Lambeth, milliner, Sid., on Monday, March 6, and two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Canaan, Birchin-lane, City. J. White, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, ship builder, 4id., on Monday, March 6, and two following Mondays between the hours of eleven and three, at the office o Mr. Cannan, Birchinlane, City. J. May, London-wall, City, builder, 2d., on an y Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. and B Oakley, Southampton, builders, 2s. ld., on any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, 13asinghall-street. Susanna Milton, High , street, Hounslow, clothier, March 24, at hair past eleven—J. Thompson, Wells-row, Islington, stone mason, March 24, at one—W. Boyls, Upper Lisson-street, Lisson -grove, St. Marylebone, licensed victualler, March 24, at twelve—C. Thomas, Southampton, painter, March 24, at eleven—J. Binmore, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, coffee-house • keeper, March 24, nt one—J. R. Gamble, Cornhill, provision-merchant, March 24, at two—lL H. Pugh, Aldermanbury, City, warehouseman, March 24, at On else In the Country. G. Stacey, Bristol, victualler, March 24, at eleven, at he Court, Bristol—J. Blackburne, Liverpool, tailor and draper, March 28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— J. E. Mottey, Boston, Lincolnshire, tailor and draper, March 24, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Cullen, Nottingham, grocer and tea dealer, March 24, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—S. IL Gummer, Bridport, Dorsetshire, attorney-at-law, April 12, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. At the Court of Review, March 24. T. W. Crowhurst, Clifton, Bristol, grocer—W. Smith, Colne, and Trawden, Lucashire, cotton manufacturer — R. Hood, Haughley, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, brewer —Jane Parry and Elizabeth Parry, Bangor, Carnarvon shire, drapers—G. Butler, Liverpool, ship broker and commission agent—W. Sherwood, Belvedere-road, Lam beth, builder—W. Lake, Fleet-street, printer—J. Mackay, Liverpool, tailor—C. H. Fereday, Tettenhall, Staffordshire, coal dealer—J. Robison, Ipswich, Suffolk, draper—J. Donaldson, Wigton, Cumberland, common brewer—R. Lynex, Birmingham, wire worker—J. Ed wards, Stamford-street, Blackfriars, corn merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Dobson and R. Reeve, Bolton, cotton spinners— W. Adlam end E. Harwood, Bristol, leather merchants —C. Vining, C. J. Vining, and W. Vining, Bristol and Gloucester, corn merchants—J. H. Bowen and W. Charles, Canterbury, fishmongers—W. Rees and E. Collier, Liverpool, merchants—W. Farthing and W. Farthing, jun., Kingston-upon-Hull, commission mer chants—B. Coleman and T. S. Todd, Liverpool, stock brokers—J. Stephen ba d T. Yeatman, Liverpanl, paint manufacturers—B. Willcox and J. Robinson, Hope terrace, Notting-hill, Kensington, stonemasons—W. Coniston and J. Bassett, Bunhill-row, St. Luke's, en gineers—W. Lee and J. Lee, Shad well, near Leeds, brick makers—J. C. Spender and S. B. Cowan, Bath, sur geons—J. S. Brown, W. Burgess, and R. Morris, Bir mingham, ironmasters—C. Clarke and T. Bird, Coventry, ribbon manufacturers—G. H. Sharp and J. Woodrow, Manchester, commission agents—J. Tennant, C. J. Tennant, G. Brown, C. T. Dunlop, J. Clow, J. Cox, and J. B. Statham, Liverpool and Manchester merchants (so far as regards the said J. Cox)—G. Duncan and G. Newman, St. John's-wood, and Camden Town, builders —B. Diciiison and A. Vergara, I'ort St. Mary's, near Cadiz. and Little Tower-street, "traders—J. Robinson and T. Reay, Liverpool, cutlers—R. Jones and G. Thomas, Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, flour dealers— T. Bailey and J. Bailey, Croydon, dyers—M. Fawcett and J. Rudd, Lambeth-walk—R. Hooper and G. T. Pain, Bristol, linendrepers—E. Vaux and R. Harris, insurance brokers—J. Willmott and W. Brewer, Portsea, licensed horse slaughterers—G. Stroud and J. S. Hutchings, Fordington, Dorsetshire, coachmakers—G. Smith, G. Cram, and H. Cram, Liverpool, shipbrokers—C. C. W. Griffiths and 11. Clarke, Worcester, linendrapers—J. Beaumont and J. Horsfall, Kid Royd, Yorkshire, dyers —W. Roper, sen., J. Roper, W. Roper, jun., and W. Mitchell, Keightley, Yorkshire, woolstaplers—(so far as regards the said W. Roper, sen.—R.C.James, P. Kagen busch, and W. Y. Dent, Leeds, Driffield, Yorkshire, and Nottingham manufacturing chemists (so far as regards the said R. C. James)—M. Courtenay and Philippa Courteuay, Truro, grocers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. James Jones, Fordham, Norfolk, farmer John Payn Canner, Havant, Hants, saddler Robert Watson, Southsea ' baker George Mower, Elmsetr, Suffolk, jobber Walter Wiseman Brand, Milden, Suffolk, farmer Thomas Todd, Hillhouse, Huddersfield, shopkeeper Francis Adolphe Moschzisker, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, professor of languages • Thomas Whittaker, Manchester, assistant Thomas Jones Goff, Chatford, Salop Anne Capadose, Worthing, governess Edward Colston Lewis, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset shire, dealer in shoes Hilton Pask, Thorney, Cambridgeshire, farmer Rev. Charles Hensley Maberly, Owlebury, Southampton, curate. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Forgie, Rutherglen, grocer, to meet March 10, at AVO, and April 1, at twelve, within the Old Exchange Tavern, Glasgow. G. Anderson, Glasgow, ironfounder, to meet March 7 and March 28, at one, within the Eagle Inn, Glasgow. C. Hunter, Glencarse, insurance broker, to meet March 9 and March 30, at one, within the George Hotel. Perth. A. Cambell and J. Wilson, Glasgow, drapers, to meet March 7 and March 28, within White's Temperance Coffee-house, G ow. J. Whyte, St. Andrew's, grocer, to meet March 9 and March 30, at one, within the Cross Keys Inn, St. Andrew's. D. Buchan, Glasgow, merchant, to meet March 8 and March 29, at two, within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. A. Wight, Ayr, watch maker, to meet March 9 and March 30, at two, within the Ayr Arms Inn, Ayr. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Naw Yonfr, FEU. 12.—The question of peace cr war, and the manner in which hostilities are to be terminated, is daily undergoing the most exciting discussion within the Halls of Con gress, and occasionally beyond those halls. There is no longer any doubt as to the hopes and views of the President and his advisers ,• the annexation of the whole of Mexico to the United States is the great object of Mr. Polk. In the ex pectation of accomplishing it, he will put at hazard his own overthrow and the overthrow of his Cabinet Ministers. The law to raise the additional regiments, yet pend ing before the Senate, is a part of the machinery, by means of which two things are to be effected :—first, the annexation; second, the re-election of Mr. Polk. Thi s l a w, as I have heretofore stated, would place at the disposal of the President 500 or 600 a ppointments. These commissions would be issued with due regard to the pliancy of the indi viduals thus commissioned, and with an understanding that their political services, in reference to the two objects above stated, would be forthwith required, and for this purpose they would be immediately employed i na th eg e i r m e e c n ru t i ß ti i n l g l h s a e s rv b ic ee e n . under discussion in 'TtheheTSeennate five or six weeks. The Administra tion urges with great earnestness its prompt passage, apprehending advices from Mexico of a pacific character. Its fate in the Senate, on a final vote, is doubtful ; but in the Ho use of Representatives there is no doubt. It will be defeated. The next important pending question is the Loan Bill. It is before the House, in Committee of the whole. The original Bill provides for 18,500,000 dolls. It will be so amended as to reduce it to 16,000,000 dolls. It is the wish of the Administra tion to have the Bill so modified as to authorise an issue of 8,000,000 dolls. or 10,000,000 dolls. in Trea sury notes. To accomplish this great efforts will be made, but from present appearances unsuccessfully made. There will be a long and probably exciting debate as to the terms upon which the loan may be granted. The Whig party will oppose a higher rate of interest than 6 per cent., and any sale or sacrifice of stock under par. In the present position of the money market, on these term s the loan will not be taken. It would be, howev er, if intelli g e nce of a pacific character should be rec eived from M exico indicating and d e war. Under these g rowing fe e li ng i n t h e Whi g anythidg like an early p eace. ranks o There f i hostilitystrong circum stances the party will refuse, as far as their votes will go, all appropriations for carrying on the war, with a view to new aggressions, for the purpose of conquest and annexation. You will perceive, in the Senate debate a fluttering in the Locofoco ranks. Mr. Cass and other leaders of his party deny any wish to annex the whole of Mexico. But these denials are considered as mere words, and words of an evasive character. Everything in relation to Mexico and Mexican affairs is enveloped in mystery and uncertainty. It may be considered as decided, however, by the ruling powers, to hold, for the present, the territory our army has conquered, and to compel the people of Mexico to supply and su pport the conquerors. For this purpose the whole revenue of the country will be collected and expended by American tax-gatherers. The operation has commenced, and it is said with success. How far Mr. Polk 's anticipations on this subject may be realised a few months will de cide. It is understood that both the President and his Secretary of the Treasury are sanguine that when they have their whole machinery in operation they will be able to realise at least 2 0,000,000 dolls. per year, but no intelligent man of either party hopes for one half this amount. There is great commotion in the Government ranks. Mr. Polk is pulling down his generals, but especially those who may in a few months, if not weeks, stand in his way as candidates for the Presidency; and notwithstanding appearances and declarations to the contrary the great question which agitates both parties, and for the time being smothers all other questions is, " Who shall he our next President ?" Both the great political parties have resolved to have a convention to nominate candidates for Presi dent and Vice-President, and they have fixed the day when these conventions shall meet and proceed to nominate. The friends of General Taylor, and the General himself, so far as I am informed, pe remptorily refuse to receive s party nomination. How long they will continue in this novel position is very S Ny MARCH 6, 1848. doubtful; but certainly, in a country where its citi zens are all politicians, for an individual to seek ele vation by opposing all parties is an experiment en tirely new. But we live in an age of novelties and experi.nents. —Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER. SKETCHES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS. (From the Weekly Dispatch.) L—M. DE LAMARTINE. This eminent and enlightened man, whose private life is as pure as his public career is destined to be glorious, was born at Macon, in the year 1792. His father, who died but recently, was Major of a cavalry regiment under Louis XVI.; and his mother, who fell a victim to a deplorable accident, was the daughter of Madame Des Rois, under-governess of the Princess of Orleans—con sequently of the ex-King, Louis Philippe. In the earliest phase of his existence, Alphonse De Lamartine is described by Jules Janin as having been " a melan choly and dreaming child, playing at his mother's feet, and gently expanding beneath the genial influence of her maternal eye. Of his young years," adds the above mentioned writer, "he has retained very deep and tender recollections; and never does he speak of them without both pleasure and regret. What beautiful pages are those in his works in which he tells how he read the Bible on his mother's knee! The child grew quickly and well—as do all the children of genius; and was soon a fine young man of conspicuous height, handsome coun teaance • and pleasant look." Being descended from a good and wealthy family, he had been educated in strictly Royalist principles ; and soon after the Restoration which gave the throne of France back to the elder Bour bons, De Lamartine entered the Body-Guard of Louis the Eighteenth. It is declared by his intimate Friend Jules Janin, the great critical reviewer and feuilleioniste of the Journal des Debats, that it was while doing duty one night beneath the windows of the King's apartment in the palace of St. Cloud, De Lamartine first yielded to the inspiration of poetry. As he paced up and down, with helmet on head, sabre by his side, and musket on his shoulder, he composed a number of verses ; and on the following day, during a leisure hour, he committed them to paper. Then he seriously thought of pursuing his pleasing task ; and in due time he published his Premieres Meditations Poitigues. The volume fell almost still-born from the press; but one day, as Jules Janin, then a young man himself, though already known to fame, was passing &bookstall he happened to see a copy. He took it up and read a page; he bought the work, and carried it home. " Never shall I forget my rapture," says he, " as I perused this volume of a nameless poet ! For what were my surprise and admiration when, all at once, my dazzled eyes and heart discovered this new world of poesy I—when, at length, they found, com bined in one book, all the sentiments of the soul and all the passions of the heart; all the joys of earth and all the ecstacies of heaven; all the hopes of the present, and all the doubts which shadow the future! Behold, at length," I said to; myself, " a poet uniting in his verses all the most opposite conditions of poetry—en thusiasm and calmness, devotion and love !" And in more particular allusion to the contents of that volume Janin says, " There is high matter for a poet's powers in the crumbling of thrones, and the fall of men like the ears in harvest; but it is a far loftier task to float, in imagination, over all those battle-fields, and question the emancipated spirits wandering above their unbu ried forms." So charmed, indeed, was Janin with the Premieres Meditations, that he instantly penned a review of the work in a popular and widely-circulated periodical with which he was connected. The notice of literary men was thereby drawn to the poems; other critics praised them; a large demand was created for the volume—and Alphonse do Lamartine was recognised as &great poet. Janin then sought him out; and from that moment (I.D. 1820) an unbroken friendship existed between them. De Lamartine was always an enthusi astic admirer of Byron; and when the great English bard died, leaving the biography of " Childe Harold"— or rather, his own biography—incomplete, the French poet undertook to add a canto. At the same time, he guarded himself against a servile imitation—retaining his own natural style, and not in any way copying the satirical, melancholy, mournful irony of Byron. "In fact," says Janin, "he would vainly try to imitate any poet or any poem : his own nature carries him too soon away—be is too powerfully governed by his own fancy, and his native inspiration only presseson him with a double force." The Vernier Chant du Pelerinage &Harold was received with favour, not only in France, but in every country where educated persons are ac quainted with the French language. In 1821 M. Lamar tine married an English lady of great beauty and talents ; and soon after this union he was appointed Secretary to the French Embassy at Naples. It was there, under the cloudless Italian sky, and amidst his daily labours, that he composed the Harmonies Poetiques. In 1824 he was nominated Charge d'Affaires in Tus cany, and became an intimate friend of the Grand Duke. During his residence at Florence, he overheard General PCF6 utter some words deregatory to the honour of France, and, ardently devoted to the land of his birth, De Lamartine shallenged the vain-glorious Italian. A duel ensued, in which the poet was dangerously wounded; but even while his existence hung by a thread, he wrote a letter to the Grand Duke, imploring that Pepe might not be punished, a request with which the Sovereign accorded. When the re) o'ution of 1830 broke out De Lamartine was iu Paris, and had just been named Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece. But the bolt fell, shattering the throne; and before Charles the Tenth departed into a well-deserved exile, the poet-diplomatist paid his last respects and final adieus to that House of Bourbon, which he and his father both had served. De Lamartine now felt his position to be a singular one. "By the family and services of my father," said he, in writing to a friend, " I belong to Charles the Tenth; by the family and services of my mother, I belong to the House of Orleans." This punc tiliousness might be deemed affectation in a less sensi tive and delicate mind than Do Lamartino's; with him it was sincerity's self. Louis Philippe offered to confirm him in his Greek embassy; but he refused the proposal and bade adieu to diplomacy. He now determined to execute a project on which he had long pondered, and which was nothing more nor less than undertaking a voyage to the East. He purchased a ship, fitted her out at Marseilles, and embarked with his family on that poetical pilgrimage which engendered one of the finest books that the human mind ever gave to the world. Chateaubriand had pointed out the same path, then came Byron, who died on the Athenian soil; and now followed De Lamartine. At Beyrout he had the misfor tune to lose his eldest daughter, a child of great beauty and promise, and whose nume was Julia. Her death cast a damp upon the spirits of the pilgrim, but also eli cited some of the most touching and pathetic odes that ever emanated from his pen. Leaving MadameDe Lamar tine at Beyrout, he travelled throughout Syria and the Holy Land ; and he was at Jerusalem when he learnt that he had been elected Deputy for the Department of the North. These new dutiess recalled him to France ; but it was not without serious apprehensions that his friends beheld him enter the Chamber. They could not conceive that his imaginative mind would narrow itself to the matter-of-fact discussion of politics ; they were at a loss to conjecture how his spirit could descend from its elevation to the squabbles of factions. But they were speedily re-assured, for the poet and the statesman ascended the tribune together. " That fine language of his," says Janin, " even in dealing with material inte rests, remained still a language apart. He won at once the admiration of' men by his rapid glance over a sub ject, and his simple manner of going direct to the point —but, more than all, by that sustained and natural tene of eloquence which, born of the noblest emotions of the heart, swept on, scattering around it, in its course, the precious treasures of a vast and exalted understanding. M. De Lamartine, from the high place of the rational tribune, spoke of humanity, tolerance, and cha rity, and the fraternal bond which links men and nations, with a heartfelt earnestness that conciliated the sympathies of all who :listened." In fact, his was the language of poetry applied to business; and, as a critic once happily observed, " He flings over the Cham ber of Deputies some of the rays of his poetical crown." De Lamartine soon made incredible progress as an orator —taming himself down from his exaltation, and by the help of his strong understanding, acquiring the faculty:of speak ing, when occasion demanded, as simply as the plainest manufacturer or merchant in the Chambers. On entering upon his functions as a Heputy, M. De Lamartine em braced the Conservative cause, and took his seat in the ranks headed by M. Guizot. A dissolution of the Cham ber in course of time, rendering a new election neces sary, Mason, the place of his birth, gave its suffrage in favour of the poet statesman; and he soon manifested opinions of a more progressive character than those ad vocated by M. Guizot. In fact, in proportion as the Conservatives became re-actionary, so did De Lamartine advance; and this gradual transition on his part — a tran s sition tat was destined to bear him from the sphere of royalism into that of republicanism—was produced by the influence of great political truths developing themselves to a mind perfectly honest and profoundly sincere. He was no dastard turn-coat : such a man is incapable of consulting selfish interests, or yielding to personal motives. The longer he studied the poli tical world, the more deeply did be become imbued with the idea that the King and his Ministers were the enemies, and not the friends of the people. From the tribune he warned the Government to exhibit a spirit of concession ; but finding himself disregarded, he deter• mined to withdraw his support from men whom he now suspected, and whose policy alarmed him. It was a grand day for the Opposition, when, three years ago, De Lamartine proclaimed his adhesion to the Liberal cause ; and never was the new champion of Freedom more eloquent than on this occasion. Since that period, De Lamartine has advocated the people's interests with himself shed,in established--he hebnlie newspaper r has just zeal, ability, and fervour. With his voice in the tribune, and with his pen in the co lumns of the Bien Public—a Macon journal which heu incessantly called upon K in g and Ministers to y ield to the national desire for reform—and not man y months have mentionedelapse,dasPirnOcgeramhe bli tash me of what he considered to be the elements and pri nci pl es of . true p olitical freedom. The noblest and m ost virtuous minds of the late C hamber of Deputies are now associated with his own in develop ing those princ i p les ; and, as the M in i st e r of Forei g n AAffairs,BLDeLacusrtine will not sully the glorious repu p [PRICE SD. tation which his honourable, upright, and liberal conduct has acquired for his name. lI.—M. °DILLON BARIIOT. We include M. Odillon Barrot in this series of sketches, because it was he who played the most con spicuous part in urging the Opposition to insist upon reform, and to justify the right of French citizens to assemble for the purpose of discussing political affairs. This conduct on his side has proved to be one of the main causes of the glorious revolution that has hurled a tyrant from the throne; and, although M. Barrot has been for the present thrust aside by those who were prepared to go further than he, there can be no doubt that he will speedily overtake them in the path of Liberal opinions, when his usefulness, integrity, and talents will be rendered available to the public service. Odillon Barrot is now fifty-three years of age; and more than the latter half of his life has been spent in the arena of politics. He was a very young man when he &st entered the Chamber of Deputies, in the time of Louis the Eighteenth, having already ac quired a high reputation as one of the most ey?quent pleaders at the French bar. He had every- thhig in his favour,—the practice of forensic oratory-La handsome countenance, with fine, searching eyes—a commanding figure —a powerful voice—an impressive gesture—and great tact United with uncommon energy. He soon exercised a considerable amount of influence in the Chamber, and was in time looked upon as the De mosthenes of the Liberal Opposition. Nothing could be more formidable than the cool self-possession of Odillon Barrot,—nothing more menacing than his manner and language when he chose to thunder and denounc e ; b u t he could even polish his very wrath ; and speech with him was as a keen sword wielded by a gentleman. Often and often did the Ministers of Louis XVILL and Charles X. endeavour to conciliate him : the latter even offered him places and pensions ; but he preferred inde pendence, and never yielded to the hares held out nor to the promptings of a selfish interest. M. de Villele, the predecessor of Polignac, endeavoured to crush the Oppo position ; and itwas truly an exciting conflict—a single lox opposed to 20 unchained lions, yet making head against them. Charles the Tenth beheld nothing more in all this than a battle between his Minister and his own sub jects of the Chamber of Deputies, just as Louis Philippe looked upon the struggle between Guizot and the Oppo sitionists the other day. But Odillon Barrot worried M. de Villale so unmercifully that he was compelled to yield; and when he fell, his conqueror said to Benjamin Constant and Laffitte, " Now we know what will happen!" The enraged Charles endeavoured to silence those eloquent voices which had overthrown his Mi nister; but the country, already in preparation for revolt, sent back to the Palais Bourbon their proscribed cham pions — all the dearer to the French people for that very proscription! On the 26th of July the ordinances—the memorable ordinances—appeared in the Moniteur ; and Odillon Barrot immediately repaired to the house of M. Dupin, where several other Deputies were already assembled, and where he proposed that energetic protest which was to !put arms into the hands of the citizens, and determine them to resist oppression. On the following day, M. Barrot em phatically declared, at a meeting of Deputies, " that every tie which attached France to the throne of the Bourbons was broken, and that the nation must appeal to insurrection against an authority that had tramped on every law." At one time, during the Revolution of 1830, matters wore so gloomy an aspect for the popular cause, that the Deputies who countenanced and encouraged the insurrection were reduced to eight in number. M. 0. Barrot was one of those eight patriots. When the Re volution was triumphant, and Charles, having quitted St. Cloud, had resolved to make a stand at Rambouillet, Odillon Barrot, Schonen, and Maison, were the three Commissioners appointed by the Provisional Government to intimate that the crown-jewels would be restored to the Royal Family on condition of an immediate departure for Cherbourg. The proposal was accepted, and Odillon Barrot accomponied the King to the ship riding in that same path of the sea which bad been traversed, under circumstances so varied, by Henrietta of England ! Louis Philippe had not long been seated on the French throne, when it became apparent that he treated the Charter as so much wastepaper, and the oaths, which he had so solemnly taken, as mere idle verbiage of no particular import. Odillon Barrot was amongst the first to raise his voice in the Chamber of Deputies against a reactionary policy; and, as year after year passed, the King's perfidy becoming the more glaring, the attitude taken by the subject of this sketch became the more bold and serious. In 1839 he visited this country, and pushed his tour into Scotland; and, during his sojourn in Great Britain, he frequently expressed his desire that a permanent alliance should subsist between England and France. But when the Thiers' Administration was formed in 1840, M. Odillon Barrot gave it -his cordial support, and joined in the war cry 'of "La perfide Albion !" (Perfidious England). Ile even suffered himself to be so deluded—so blinded by the ar guments used at that time to blacken the English policy, as to give his vote in favour Of the fortifications of Paris; but no sooner had the Thiers' Cabinet fallen than Barrot's eyes were opened to the immense duplicity of the King, towards whom, from that instant, he became bitterly hostile. During his residence in Great Britain, Barrot frequently enunciated his opinions relative to the English aristocracy, the approaching downfal of which he emphatically predicted. Happening to be in Scot land at the time that the Eglinton tournament took place, he undisguisedly expressed his disgust at the abominable nonsense, adding, " It is surprising how the aristocracy of this country can indulge in such fool's play, when it stands upon the very brink of a precipice!" But Odillon Barrot is by no means the only Frenchman who believes the days of the English aristocracy to be numbered; the same impression is pretty general on the continent—aye, and even amongst ourselves, too, for that matter! Every one of our readers must remem ber the storm of indignation which burst from the French Opposition when M. Guizot proposed the in demnification to Pritchard in the Otaheito affair ; but no Liberal Deputy denounced that measure in stronger terms than Odillon Barrot. Ho was likewise foremost in getting up the agita tion last year in favour of Reform, and he attended several of the provincial banquets. His conduct in the proceedings, which led to the revolution of the other day, has been too fully detailed to require more than passing mention in this sketch. We may, however, observe that he did not forsee the glorious results to which the agi tation, aroused by himself, was inevitably to lead, for he stopped short in the middle, and accepted the task of forming a Cabinet in company with Thiers ; then he supported the rights of the Count of Paris to the throne, and those of the Duchess of Orleans, to the Regency ; and thus, by neglecting to k ee p peace with De Lamar tine, Cremieux, and the other Liberals, he found himsa left completely behind, on the progressive path, in the course of a very few hours. Odillon Barrot is not, however the man to advocate a finality doctrine; and we dare aver that the Republic has, at this moment, no supporter more staunch, nor admirer more sincere than he. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR CHELTENHAM.—A daring attempt at murder and highway robbery was made near Cheltenham, on the night of Wednesday last, by a deserter from the East India Company's service. The police were immediately apprised of the outrage, and the following day succeeded in apprehending the offender, who was brought before the magistrates on Saturday. From the evidence pro duced against him it appears that on the night before , named he stopped an elderly woman, named Ann Far ley, on the road between Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, about half-way between those towns, and, pulling a loaded pistol from his pocket, demanded her money or her life. She denied having any money, whereupon the ruffian discharged the contents of the pistol at her heod. Fortunately, he missed his aim, although some portion of the charge tore the skin off the side of her face. He was then proceeding to rifle her pockets, when approach. ing footsteps were heard, and the villain made off. The o ld woman was conveyed to her home in a state of in sensibility. When the daring scoundrel was taken a brace of loaded pistols were found in his possession, besides a quantity of powder, ball, and percussion caps. It was then discovered that ho was a deserter, named William Smith, having been regularly advertised is the Police Gazette. Numerous witnesses identified him as having been seen near the scene of the outrage shortly before its occurrence. The prosecutrix also swore posi tively to him. He denied the charge in the most impudent manner. He was committed for trial at the forthcoming assizes. Two other charges were then brought against him for stopping two different females on the same road, on Tuesday evening last, with . intent to rob, &c. It appears be sv,s unsuccessful . in both attempts. Ho was fully committed to take his trial on both these charges also. An . affair of so unusual a character has caused a considerable sensation in the neighbourhood. FREE ADMISSION TO PUBLIC MONUMENTS.-- Your readers will be glad to learn that they or any one else, may, at all hours of the day, enter Manchester Ca thedral (the old church as we still love to call it, s o won derfully hushed in the m id st of such noi s y i n d us try), an d there may meditate and afterward s p ass ou t w ithout being dunned for fees either directly or indirectly. The parish have done what every pa r i s h s h ou ld d o — asser t e d their right to unrestricted access to their parish church, and the churchwardens' care is but to see that no da mago be done. Extra attendance, and the following no tice, makes the plan work admirably: —' Walking or talking in the church during the time of Divine service is strictly forbidden. No fee is required for the door keeper or apparitors, who aro paid by the churchwar dens."—Builder. ABERDEEN.—ELECTION OF LORD RECTOR FOR MARISCHAL COLLEGE.—More than the ordinary excite ment exhibited on such occasions has been manifest ed among the students for some days, regarding the ap pointment of a rector to their University for the current year. At twelve o'clock on Wednesday last the election took place in the College, and the result given by the Procurators in the Senatus was that Lord Robertson had a majority of votes in the four nations. The other can didate brought forward was B. Disraeli, Esq., M.P. The students who were favourable to Lord Robertson were so elated with their success, that they formed them selves into a procession and marched through the prin cipal streets of the city, headed b y the military b an d of the regiment at present lying in the barracks. It is understood that Lord Robertson will give his inaugural address to the students before the expiry of the p resen t session.—Edinburgh Advert i ser. We stated on Wednesday last that a young nobleman, late of Trinity College, was reported to have either married, or to be on the point of marrying, the daughter of a son of St. Crispin in this town. We have since been informed of the particulars of this extraordinary affair by au intimate friend of the young Earl in ques tion, who states that it is quite unnecessary to aim at further mystery, as the facts of the case are well known and much talked of at the west end. It appeared that his Lordship has not married the "lady," but that he fully contemplated doing so, and had actually obtained a special license for that purpose on Thursday week from the authorities of Trinity parish. Information of his Lordship's rash purpose having reached his friends in London, they immediately posted off to Cambridge, and arrived just in time to procure the postponement of the match—a postponement which will, we presume, be con tinued sine die. But how did it happen that his Lord ship contemplated so mad a step? The history of the entire transaction is very soon told. It acpears that the fair one had been living with his Lordship some three or four years, and up to the last year had given him no cause to complain of a lack of constancy. The " course of their true love ran smooth," till absence, the bane of lovers, and the true test of love, interrupted the smooth current of the stream. In April, 1847, his Lordship left England, and did not return till August. In the absence of her noble admirer, the heroine of cur story found another swain—a handsome young fellow, of the name of —. residing in London, who was fascinating enough to secure " her Ladyship's" affections, and with whom she was ultimately induced to live during the absence of the Noble Earl abroad. On his Lordship's . return he was informed of the facts, and, of course, he was deeply wounded—chagrined at the success of a rival so much beneath him in rank and fortune, and hurt at the ingratitude and infidelity of the fickle fair one. Such was the strength of his attachment, however, that on procuring from her a solemn promise to cut entirely the acquaintance of his rival, he again received her on the usual good terms, and all was forgiven. But the few months which the heroine of our story had spent in K--'s company had quite supplanted her affections, and she soon found herself again and again in his society, till at last the Noble Earl was completely abandoned by the " young lady," and it too plainly appeared that she had really no regard for him. His Lordship, however, was not endued with sufficient resolu tion or self•respect to abandon, as he ought to have done, at once, the degrading connexion. He attained his Imajority a few weeks ago, and, finding himself master of his own actions, but not of his affections—fiading that the obstinate and ungracious fair one still persisted in young K—'s acquaintance—stung with jealousy and mortification, with love and chagrin, he resolved to spite his rival by resorting to the fearfully rash step which he was about to take when arrested by the prompt and pru dent interposition of judicious friends; and we are happy to understand that arrangements have been made by the Noble Earl's family to prevent him from irrevocably committing himself in a fit of youthful jealousy.—. Cambridge Advertiser. TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I beg you will permit me to return you my grateful acknowledgment for your so generously de voting so large a portion of your valuable paper to the cause of one so very humble as the author of the "Blessings of Temperance"; ,but I am not so vain as to suppose it was to me individually, but to the cause I endeavoured to advocate, that I am indebted for so great a kindness; and every friend to social order, mental improvement, and moral progression, must re joice with me to see the cause so fostered, and its principles diffused, by the approval of the Press, to which generally I have reason to be thankful. To the gentlemen who so generously strove to awaken public sympathy for my destitute situation, I return my best thanks, and I feel proud (I hope not a criminal feeling in an old man) that my life has not closed without achieving something to call forth the approval of the virtuous, as conducing to the better ing the condition of my brother man, and awakening in his breast a sense of the duties he owes to his God, to society, and to himself. I am truly proud of the tribute the gratitude of his countrymen have designed for George Cruik shank, for his noble efforts in moral improvement, by holding up to execration the soul-debasing and health-destroying crime of drunkenness, and sincerely hoping that he will in his moral life, as well as in his artistic delineations, prove that it was pure love for so holy a cause as the regeneration of a too deeply de based portion of his countrymen, and not a love of gain and thirst to increase a fame that was already widely spread over the world, that was his moving principle. lie well deserves what he has so nobly won, and may he long live to enjoy it, and though I lay a claim to the merit of awakening the idea of the Bottle in his ever-pregnant mind, I feel not the least jealousy at his well-deserved success.—Sir, I am yours, with 'feelings of gratitude, JOHN O'NEILL. 5, Little Wild-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Feb. 29, 1848. The comparative treatment of art and architecture in the small state of Florence of old and in the great state of Britain of new was illustrated by Mr. Wyse. M.P., in a recent address to artists at the Institute of Fine Arts, in which he remarked, that a short time only had elapsed, since he (the speaker) had read the noble preamble with which, in the fourteenth century, the Florentines commenced the record of the foundation of their great church. It would be well if our senators, at this moment especially, could hear how this small state spoke. The preamble said, that considering it was of the utmost importance for a state to show by its out ward works its inward wisdom, they had commanded Arnolpho to commence a church, &c. Only a few nights before Mr. Barry had been accused of occupying ten years in the erection of the intended smite-house. This church in Florence took 230 years in building. But did the Florentines hesitate or fear? No. Every artist who could aid in producing excellence was encouraged to come forward: time was not considered, expense was not considered. They spent more money upon it than they had on all their wars, and food was taxed ex pressly in aid of the funds for completing this church. 'The same spirit was apparent all over Italy; they had a stout heart, and full confidence that art would never be wanting to the state, and would pay back all that was spent upon it. —Builder. NEWARK.—ACCIDEST TO THE CORN EXCHANGE. —During a very violent storm of wind on Sunday even ing about six o'clock, the two centre supporters which had been raised in the week, and were supposed to be secured by means of ropes (one of which was fastened to the chimney of the Post- office adjoining), were blown d ,wn, and fell with a tremendous crash into the area b-sneath, and the chimney fell through the roof. The damage is estimated at 2001.; and had it not been Sun day morniug, some lives would probably have been lost. —Stamford Mercury. A LAUGHABLE MISTAKE.—In their haste to find work for the Court, at the late Lancashire assizes, the grand jury, after they had been sent to their business, returned into court with what the foreman described as a " true bill," but which turned of t to be a list of them selves.—Manchester Courier. SOUND FROM BELLS : CLOCK FOR HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.--In all sonorous bodies, there are certainly mutually recurring periods at which the sound is more distinct and audible than at other times, producing a swell in the tone, and a corresponding decrease in each space of time between those undulations. Now, let us g w re h a ic te h st th a o m se o p u u n i t sa o - f s ti t o r n ik s e o a ee b u e r ll ; he " at a the x and we e e periods p a r c o t duce t sound from it, which can be evolved with the force ap plied; but let us strike it twice in this time, and we destroy at every second stroke a quantity of sound equal to twice the amount of sound which we hear half-way between the undulation. The only sound we hear is that difference of force between the forward and back ward undulation instead of their sum. The knowledge of this fact shows the importance of having a bell whose undulation shall concur with the stroke. We should not have been induced to make the above remark, had we not observed the numberless instances in which this is not attended to. We are now to have a clock which is to surpass all others in magnitude and power. Let the bell be of such a tone, that those vibrations shall always recur in unison with that of the stroke of the hammer; by attending to this, a sound will be produced which may be heard at twice the distance that it would be if not struck in unison with them.—Builder. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ON A MARINE.—CHAT• HAM, Mancii 4.—At a general court-martial held at the Royal Marine Barracks at Chatham, Colonel Charles Menzies, &11., president, for the trial of James Hamil ton, a private in the 94th company of the Woolwich division, who was tried on three charges—for effecting his escape when confined as a prisoner in barracks for a former offence, and striking a sergeant, and making away with his regimental boots. He was convicted on each charge, and sentenced to received fifty lashes, and to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve month!. The first part of the sentence was put into execution this morning, in the presence of the whole of the battalion of the Royal Marines, at the rear of the barracks. The commandant and the officers were also present to 'witness the infliction of the punishment. On the prisoner being released from the halberts he exhi bited considerable firmness. He is a bad character; he has only been five months in the service, during which time he has been tried twice for deseition and making away with his regimental necessaries. He is only 20 years of age. The prisoner was then removed to the military prison, Fort Clarence. UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—Last Saturday the seventeenth annual meeting of the council and mem bers was held in the council chamber of the institution, Whitehall -yard; the Earl of Ilardwicke in the chair. Mr. Tonna read the report of the council:—During the year fifty-five deaths and thirty-three withdrawals took place, and seventy-four new members were admitted, making the total number of members 4,032. During the year 33,699 strangers visited the museum. The re ceipts amounted to 1,7221 4s. Bd., and the expenditure left a balance of 2861. 9s. Id.; the funded property com prised 1,7001. Three•and-a-Quarter per Cents. and 4521. 9s. 11d. Consols. The Lecture Theatre Bailding Fund amounted to 4251. 16s. 5J., which was funded. Upon the motion of Major Clarke, seconded by Captain Sutherland, the report was adopted. Cchnel P. T. Yorke, Captain Fraser, Lieutenant Roper, Lieutenant- Colonel C. J. Brandling, Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., M.D., Commander James Gordon, Major J. Thornton, and 1 Colonel Richard Parker were elected members of the council. A vote of thanks to the noble chairman was then agreed to, and the meeting separted. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee meeting on Saturday. IL i . 1 • I . . i . . i . • f • . , ~, ii ) 1 ''• .i 1 , ._,. i , ,