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virot ° t ,' CONTRACTS for COCOA, SOAP, and • < , . . -. • . . , , _ . • .....-•',.:'.;.: . ;.-.,.,,.:.- .....-....,- A . i i // ;',' ' -- 014 F p tj „,, , , „,,, es‘,... i5 ,,, , _ ...44:::, 1\-,.. •:„,,,, „..—......, .. v . ,A 4 c' r,l ',:f::‘'Tz."l"'":44:4:7‘.tti_ ..,, , Ir . ..:ei T. ,._ ! .,A: .' '..-''*-' ---_:__ 4.1:4:*. r ::431 '7 1- 1,_7 ::: V. :-.7 :.: : ' 41/4':‘,., '':'-iih T .,, ' A ", ..,',-:•'" ' '. -- i.„.. 1 / 2 .- - — , -- 1;*_;•, -- '.-,' - : /'/ "/ •- \ ,-) •-- - A k .:' ' , ! i 1 I - N: . _ - ...'f , -(-', - - 4 .4 4 c, 4 ';' , , - 4(r 4. -- P - .Fi• - ---- 4........ , re fi t .. ., -.. :• - .-_ • ~:„.„-0,,,, : a„ ... ''' T • i ' . 1" . ' ' ' ,l --'- -----__ - . . = f ~ Z ~ t / TOBACCO. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling end Transport Services, Somerset•place, May 4, 1848. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelead do hereby give ' , Wee, that on Thursday, the 11th Instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptford, the under -mentioned Articles, viz.:— _ _ COOO4. . When to be Tons. delivered. •...• • • 49 Etalf of each in 3 Weeks, and the re mainder in 3 Weeks •.. ••••• 3O afterwards. LOAP (Mottled) . Ralf In a fortnight, •••••••••• in a fortnight after wards. The Cocoa and Tob acco to be exempted from the Customs' Duties, Samples of the Co coa ( not l ess than 2 lb s .), an d o f t h e Soap (not less than a bar) must be produced by the parties tendering and a artruple of the Tobacco, together with the conditions of the Contracts may be seen at the said office. No Tender will be : ccc ved after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, miles- the party at tends, or as agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Xvery Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, tUd bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," and Must a'so be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Cocoa accom ?Wed by a letter, signed by two responsible persons, engagirn; to escon.e bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 25/. per cent.lbn the value, fer the due performance of the Contract. TOBACCO (Virginia) • ACQUITTAL. OF TILE SEVEN BISHOPS. , The Rev. HUGH STOWELL, M.A., Honorary Canon of Chester, will deliver a HISTORICAL I.E, l URE in Exeter hall, ° 7l MoNDAY EVENING, the Bth of May, at Seven e'clock precisely, on the ACQUITTAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS. This Imrtant Protestant Subject will be illustrated by the cele brated Picture, painted by J. R. rt, Esq., ILA. Ad mission to the Platform, Gallery, and Reserved Seats, One zhilling each ; Body of the Hall, Sixpence each. Tickets may he had at the following places :—Messrs. Seeley and h 4, Fleet-street ; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., 21, Berners-street, Oxfo rd - street; Messrs. Hatchard's and 0‘ , ., Piccadilly; Messrs. It s, i "ngten, St Paul's Church-yard ; Mr. Shaw, Southampton-row, ...01tx/rn; Mr. Jackson, Islington-green, Islington ; Messrs. Acker 'Minn and Co., 96, Strand ; and at No. 11, Exeter. hall. The proceeds to be given to the Funds of the Protestant Associa tion, WOOL PACK HOTEL. DONCASTER. MARIA NICHoLSON (Widow of the Original Proprietor moral Of the above Old -established House), gratefully acknowledges the li anioport she has received since her return to the Woolpacns k ilotel, and hu4 aving thorohly repaired it, and at great expee reit dered it complete with every comfort, she can confidently assure th ose commercial Gentlemen and Families who may honour her with their patronage, that her entire attention will be devoted to render the Ilou,e all they could wish. h., best qual ty of Wines and Spirits will bs supplied at moderate C h T arges, and Commercial Gentlemen may depenri upon strict atten tion and adherence to their separate accomin“detion and wishes N- 1 1. Excellent Stables, Lock-up Coach-houses, and Loose Boxes kept. C IIES T E K. and HOLYIEEAD RAILWAY. The CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY will be OP ENED for Traffic between CHESTER and BANGOR, on 210N bA.Y. May I. The Trains for the month will be as follow : Departure from Chester (to Bangor) • • 8 9, OP .• ii , pat in 1 in the morning. t, I, • • 1 4 . to 2 } 2.3 past 4 in the afternoon VP IP Depiirtitre from Bangor (to Chester) . . . . li past 9 in the morning. SO t. .. Pe • • • ~ :: 3 , 7 1 in the afternoo n .. SUNDAY TRAINS. From Chester... ...•. ''•'•••• •• ... Bin the morning. 25 past 4 in the after:loon 7 in the morning. PP .••..• • • • • For further particulars, see Time Bills. By order, R E 41, Moorgate-street, L on d on, April 29G018G E KING, Secretary'., 4s. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON 97, GEORGE-STREET, EDINBURGH; 12, Sl'. VINCENT-PLACE, GLASGOW; 4, COLLEGE-GREEN, DUBLIN. Establised by At of arliamen in 134. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2 per t Cent. B per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class from the time they were effected. When the insurance is for the only one half the annual premium need be paid for the first five years. Every Information will De affor led on application to the Resident Director, 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where prospectuses, Ste., may he had. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR , ANCE COMPANY. RC 11, L OMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. J JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman. OIIN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy•Chairmitn. Renry Hulse Berens, E Fr • n „ Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. inlets ..8.11, Dyke , E.S George Lye'', Req. FIT Walter it. Farquhar , Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. son liankey, jun., Est. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. d_T ell* Harvey, Esq James Morri, Gellibrand Hubbard,f Esq. Henry Nor man, E sq. J'' , or ge Johnstone, E sq . Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. o h n Labouchere, E sq. John Thornton, Esq. 11/ Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. RIIDI TORS. itobarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. ACTIIART—GriffIth Davies, Esq., F.R.S. thelsln LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at 'if Rates without participation in the Profits; or at moderate Rates With Participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At lath of th e t h ree Septenn i al di v i s i ons wh i ch th i s C ompan y h as made, n —onuses amounted to about I per cent. per annum on the sum — .4.. . ti red, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Corn- PanY exceeded 530,000/. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro- Vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared ch the 2d of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1846, and the same now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Bead Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. GEORGE KEYS. Secretary. PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, • 50, REGENT-STREET, and 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE SUILDINGS, LONDON. Established 1806. INVESTED CAPE rm.,. 1,230,0001. Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 7410001. Claims paid since the Establishment of the °Mee, 1,678,0001. PRESIDENT The Right Honourable EARL GREY. DIRECTOR, The lion. Arthur Kinnaird, Chairman. The Rev. James Sherman, Deputy Chairman. segl7 1. Alexander, Esq. William Ostler, Esq. ;inrY illencowe Churchill, Esq. Ge orge R oun d . E sq . I.7fte Deere, Esq. Zlizlianeande j r ud il d e , u n de sq rson, M.D. James Sedgvrick, Esq. Frederick Squ re, Esq. William Henry Stone, Esq. Richard D. King, Bart. Capt. W. John Williams. v u JOHN A. IIEAMIONT, Managing Director. liCiattsa Pnystclas —John Maclean, M.D., 29, Upper Montague- Tb e street, Montau ue-square. oft Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life c es. the rate without bonus is lower than that of most other "ices. Th are w e Premium s . Z • re issued by this office are purchased at their full value ; or asr alna. YeaT be obtained upon them, after they have been in existence If a'rs. ret hor .1 1 ), _Irty neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may a: f go o d ha ' ai e t !mission any time within twelve months, upon pr The ' I • .‘ whole of the pro fits (subject to a tilling deduction) are given Loa ee paid upon Policies which have become Claims. 'Sum insured. Sum paid. o n , X. 1147 wharton, Esq.. Skelton Castle b,OOO gi r .ix,John Saunders Sebright, Bart... 5,000 ri •i n lli ata Wake Ilan. •• 5,n00 c,trathrn . 5,000 The • • C hampneys, Canterbury 3,000 Well 1 • 2,000 art C* °t th " eY •• • • 1,000 .£ s. d. 7,706 6 0 7,652 13 3 7,500 5 9 7,128 15 8 4,509 1 1 3,411 1 3 1,862 4 11 ro. tin -ectus •• -a to t h 'ea and full particulars may be obtained upon applica ltinglo.._ e agents or the office in all the principal towns of the United 'n and at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street. itKE KALOS GEUSIS SAUCE. whte G tnti in. " Reform Club, Pall-mall, Dec. 21, 1847. beg to acknowle.lge the th receipt of Sauc , 'Thick k u lt say Is far superior in streng and flav our, your than any 4eo subtnitted to me. " I am, Gentlemen, most respectfully yours, 1. s SOYER. 1,, ti 1," 24 1. Wm Clayton and Co., 72, Watling-street." "he,,3*LittUettli,,e4, adjunct to the dinner tab'e or Cuisine is almost the " t'st r n ,F' ut those re ,, ions of Curries and Ct , ndimenta, the East renl4 l' it 1" Its wholesome and stimulating stomachic proper .r° had an , in ''spensable luxury. 1•4 1 e s; 2„,, °. respectable houses in Great Britain and the Co --, Waelesaiereonly, at 72, Watling-street, City. 10,w LAN IIEA s IJTIFUL TEETII. ' 0D ON TO, or PEARL _ 4. virp,, DENTIFRICE. erche `4"-14-: POWDER compounded of the choicest and most re °tit ad h ` t igl , dients of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar tb. ..ewons to the teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to exere'iia'eantelied surface. Its anti-septic and anti-scorbutic properties Progress hi ghly beneficial and salutary influence: they arrest the thef4rther G.. i - ii - iigress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of tree.-uns, and by confirming their adheson to the Teeth, perpetuate 1,11,,..`_ 11 1/ and complete mastication ; the l breath also, from the salu 4,,,5..3ne5ii disinfecting qualities of the Odouto, attains a grateful ~;4 , . s and fragrance. ,7 ..I_o. P roprietors of this DenWrice pledge themselves that its effl- In preserving and embellishing the TEETH, far surpasses any _ i ing of the kind ever yet offered to the public, Anil has, in cense lience.. obtained its selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court, acid Royal Family of,Great Britain, and th e Sovereigns and Nobility throughout Europe.—Pri ce 28. Sid. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the lion. Commis sioners have directed the P:oprietors' name and address thus, " A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Batton-garden" to be engraved on the Government stamp, which Is affixed on each box. ROWLAND'S ALSANA EXTI:ACT, Por relieving the Toothache, Gum l oils,and Swelled Face, and Which, by constantly using, prevents those maladies. In the anguish of excruciating pain it affords instantaneous relief. It is perfectly in- Itocent In its nature. Price Is. 9d., 4e. Gd., and 10s. Gd. each bottle The Government Stamp, as on the " 0,1c,it0," is affixed on each belts. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. Q H AVING AIADE A PLEASURE , b y t h e invention of THOMAS FALL'S METALLIC IfAZOR ETROP, being the best article ever yet discovered whereby shaving is made pleasant and c om f ortable. Sold wholesale by Dietrichsen and linith aY• 63. Oxford-street, London ; and all respectable hard ware vendors and perfumers in town and country; and may be had of the 3s. inGd. ven or. th omas Fall, Stonegravels, near Chesterfield. Price ; also pots of paste, Gd. each. _ ---- Illustrated by 2c, Atiawinic,w,,. sLeei. ON PilYsIcAL DisquALlcATioNs, GENERATIVE, INCAPA CITY, kNI) 14pithIAIENTS TO MARRIAGE- New Edition, enlarged to 156 Pages. Just published, by post, direct from the Estabtklirnent, Sr. 6d. in postage stamps, price 2s. 6d., or f PHE SILENT F RIEND, a Medical Work on _IL the inlarmitles and decay ot the generative system, from ex cessive Indulgence, intection, and the inordinate use of mercury, With remarks on Marriage, end tie means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By it. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford -street, London. Published by the Autkors : Sold by strange, 21, P aternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; Starle, 23, Titehborne- Street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 14g, Leadenhall-street. physiolty-y ef the re-roductive Patti. I. treats of the anatomy and organs, and is laustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PaaT IL treats of the consequenceeresulting from Paveindul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, Producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated l) Three Explanatory Engrarings. Pala. 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in 48 P r imary or secondary form, and, contains explicit directions for I; rsditair treatuseet. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse tnere urY. are also clearly pointed out. This section is Illustrated y Seventeen Coloured Engravings. Paratien IV. treats o f t h e Prevention of Disease by a siple ap- Dlic, by which th e danger of infection is obviated. It m s action t i l slinple but sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys bt: Po wer en th e system. This important part of the W ork should b r AILT y e ad by every Yuen Man entering into life. due.-tlas . Is devoted t o the consideration of marriage, and its - The ceases of u nproductive union are also considered, and ,whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. in 4at:OIDIAL BALM or Svaracust is exclusively employed in treat b,,ett?ilsrvous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lis And 335 . p er ,ZY„.,',.. ore Concentrated Detersive Essecce, as anti-syphilitic , purifying the blood In cases of infection, secondary symp- Per,..;.,arl!Ptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. eoer bottle. ,041.)_s i'iniryirig Specific Pills, 2e. gd., 4s. 6d., and Ils : per box, a tia,!.._ternedy in gonorrhoea, elect, strictures, and chronic inflanima wbvl the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. 51. Packets MoiTs'ice tube had at the Establishment Only, by which the fee, tlll T,;t:ad. Attendance daily at 19, Berners-street, from Eleven 1 / 4 4 FIY O se Eight; 04 auaday• frau Xlersu to Qv° No. 17,351.] LONDON, SATURDAY , SPLENDID COLLECTION OF VALUABLE PAINTINGS, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INS fITUTION, REGENT-STREET. is now RE-OPENED with GREAT ADDITIONS. The NEW THEATRE, with its Galleries, is capable of containing DNB THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED VISITORS. Specimens of Art- Manufactures are greatly increased in number and interest. Variety and great improvements have been effected in the Optical Depart meat. Popular Lectures by Dr. Ryan and Dr. Bachhoffner on Che mistry and Experimental Philosophy. A Description of the Depo- sited Works by Mr. Crispe. Experiments with the Diver and Diving bell. The Music will be conducted by Dr. Wallis. T H id Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in Hie Evenings (including Saturday Evening) from: seven to ilalf-past Ten. ls.—Schouls, Half-price. This Day, the First Number, price One Penny, to he continued Weekly, and on the Ist of June, Part 1., with a Supplement, price Sixpence, to be continued Monthly, of POLITICS for the PEOPLE. London: John W. Parker, , Vest Strand. Sold by all Booksellers and tie , amen In Town and Country, of whom Copies of the Pros pectus may be obtained. ( - 4 PERM CANDLES, Is. 6 , 1. per lb., London Corn ,/ pcsite, Hale's Paragon, 10d., Price's. 10i;d, Genuine Sperm, Is. 7i% Wax Candles, Is., German, is. 2d., Fine Wax, Is. 5d., Transparent Wax, Is. I Id. Genuine Wax, 2s. Id., Store Candles, Wax',l Wici Moulds, 710. Yellow Soap, 4 , 4 s , 545., and 604. per 112 lbs.; Mottle', Ole. and 645. ; Fine Curd, 745. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per ;.ache ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.; Palm, Is. 41.; Fine hose, 25.; Almond, 2s. 6d. Se:tiing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. Best Sperm Oil, 84. per talon, Solar, 3s. 3d., Argand or Vegetable, 4s. 61, Pale Seal, 4s; Palmer's Metalli, 7 an,4 8! d. per lb. For Cash, at DAVIE old established warehouse, 63, Martin's lane, oKiosite late New Slaughter's Coffee-house. . , A R R I A E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense el right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em .itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea at caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un zomprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, affil broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set dement. Honour and justice denseed that health should form au item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect woand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if .liese surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by ',oat, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misliateraretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining bent. They are not intended certainly for mere Idle curiosity, but or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom .hey are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on he above subects by un qualified authors, whi c h a l one or cgether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, .)3, post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy," They are not merely , amphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scriablings of the hour, but the study of the author's He, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob ,ervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he ' , mild be done unto—to live cuter nature's laws—and to keep always m the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of iherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet.street ; Mann, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post. or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, nornlngs and evenings), In, 401i0r9 ArgYll-place Regent-street; and all ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, aid improved edition, re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a scaled envelope, or forwar ed by the Authors, post paid, to any address, recur: from observation, for 2s. 6d., in post tge stamps, illustrated with nu merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. IVTANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions Dr Its PERFECT RESTORATION. A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs, emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Debits, indiscriminate Ex cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in Youth, Mantood, and Old Age; with Practical Remarks On Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by which even the west Scattered constitution may be restored, and reach the fell period of lite allotted to Man. Tho whole illustrated with numerous Anatom cal Engravings on Steel. in colour, explaia log the various function;, secretions, and structures of the repro ductive Organs in heaitt and disease ; with instructions for private co rresponi fence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURFIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. " ' Manhood.' A Medcal Work.—To the gay an'l thought less we trust this little work •vill serve as a beacon to warn them of the danger attendant upon he too rash indulgence of their pa :Mons, whilst to sonic it may serve as a monitor in the hour of leinpta , Mon, and t. the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chrontcl, " ' Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and Co.—Their long expt t ienee and reputation in the treatment of the-e pain It I diseases is the patien 's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cir culation."—Era. " ' Curtis on Manhood' should be In the hands of youth ant old age. It is a medical publication, ably writ , en, and developer the treatment of a class of ,ainful maladies which has too lona been the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Sei vice Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and last approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which, foe want of care:id investigation 01 Its real cause, has been set down to the scors. , tconsumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con sumption, heart disease tabss, &c., the sole and exclusive origin N.as been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. Hours of consultation from Eleven till Two, and Six to Fllitht rr tha Vver!ft.( 111 , .;MoVED TO 37, flEtst. oftii-,QUAIL''. DR. LA'MERT ON TUE St..CRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITIi 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Seale,' Envelope, 2s. (id„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, QELF-PRESERVATION ; a M e di ca l T reat i se 1.3 on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, awl the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate ,he physical and mental powers, diminish sad enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising trom 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, uses, and funci.ions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MEItT, 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 31edical 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, he raised, and Its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it se traced to physictl disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when ased in moderation is fraught 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 other to which It is subject. This work contains an 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 a:tention and study, for what subject can ` , is of more importance than the preservation of the health and of the physical capabilities of which every man should e possessed. it uotertunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering irons their invariable etnsequeuces, unwisely entertains a tear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so requently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the causes of lisease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the .nedical man who can show by his posse sion of the requisite legal malitications that he is entitled to esteem and respect In his proles ,tonal pursuits, the utnost confidence should be extended. Dr. i.A'AIERT has ohtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the grew: extent of his practice for many years is a 2ustrautee for his profissional experience, which has reference almost tololy to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, Paternostet .row; tlasinay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichbonie street, Haymarket ; Alanscll, 115, Fleet -street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, Loidon ; free by post for torty-two stamps, trom the Author, whomay be consulted on these disorders personall or by letter, daily, from Tea till Iwo, and from Five till Eight at his Y 11.11 - -.l..aunar. I on.ion RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, 51.a.v 5. STOCK Excnazioe.—v.Te have to report an improvement in to-day's market. Little stock is offered, a good demand exists, and the market closed firm. The follwing are the quotations :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June. Lion (late C. and It), 2:1. 10s. Shares, 12%—Great Northern, 9 , 4 dis —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves (late H. and S.), 9 3 4 di-.—Ditt), Fifths (late West Riding Union). 374 dis.—London and North-Western 131 c._ Union) New Quar ters, 24, c. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 2 ex int.Mnchester, ,-,heflield. and Lincolnshire, 10/. Shares, Preference, 1 4, 1 ' p Midland Stock, 103—Ditto, New Halves, 5 dis.—North - Scat% tordshire, c. dis.—North Union (A), 19 Shrewsbury i a s n . — d B D t ) t o E , x N t 0 e . 12 4 . .. and Chester (late S. W. M.), New 13/. 6s i3d. Shares, 3 i h-Eastern No.erw Berwick MANCHESTER, M.f.v 5. p. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—liirkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 61/4 dis.—Eastern t:ounties, I44—East Lancashire, New, 67t, dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 4 5 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7 . 4tt0 / Shares, 7 3 ,4 dis.— Ditto (West Riding Union), 3 15-16 di s .— Liverpool. Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 4s. per share—London and North-Western (Man. and Birm.), Quer • ters (C), 3 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Pre• terence, p.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 8 5-16 c. dis. —North•Staffordshire, dis.—South-East ern and Dover, No. 4, 3 dis. HULL, MAY 5. STOCK EXCHANGE —The (sales are—Great Northern, 3/. le.—North British. Halves, 10%—Ditto, Quarters, 5 1 4-- Ditto, Thirds, 235. 6d.—North-Western, 6/. 13s. 3d. dis. ' Summer , appears, lf at last, d t h o av h e a b ve ee c n o d m u m ; the encedin earnest. 'Theastouriislast three have also been clear and almost cloudless. cold a s. Mon. day, alth ough a bright sun was shinir.r, was unpleasant, ow i ng to a northerly wind; Tuesday was o id a more genial and suuamerlike ; and yesterday was a warm pleaat mercuryßrightonGazette, the sh a d e reaching as high as 64. [ ADVERTISEM ENT. ] SEM DISEASES.—DR.POWELL'S TESTIMONY OF THE EFFICACY OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND °INT MENT.-I,:xtract of a letter, dated Di, Illessington-street, Dublin, Feb. 9, 1847. I'rofessor liolloway.—Dear Sir,—llaving devoted my paAicular attention tor soate Years to the treatment of cutaneous, or skin diseases, I think it right to intorm you that I have, in a great many case , recommended the use of your Pills and Ointment, and invariably tound them to have the most perfect effect in removing those diseases, even when of a very desperate nature. (Signed) W. E. PGA - ELL, M.D. In cases of scald beads, ringworms, pimples or Letters on the face, the effect of the medicines is astonishing.-- Sold by all druggist s, and at Processor Holloway's Establishment, 244, suud, 14mtva. T HE FI N E ART S. The Late JOEIN Embracing fine specimens of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools. Also, a co , tly selection of rare Books in sumptuous bindlnas, in cluding V:e Orleans, Le Brun, Palais Royal, iVouvermau's, Stafford British, and other Galleries. Mr. LI fTLEDALE has much pleasure in announcing to the No bility and Crenty, the admirers of the Arts, his Friends and the Pub lic, that he has been honoured with instructions to submit the above valuab'e assemblage of property to Public Competition. he first portion of this most perfect and genuine collection will be SOLD, by AUCTION, at the Mansion, No. Bti, S:ephen's-green South, Dublin, on WEDNESDAY, May 10, 1848, and three following days commencing each day at One o'clock. To he viewed on the Bth and 9th instant, by Catalozues only (price Sixpence), to be had at St pheu's•greeu, and at the Auctioneer's Office, 9, Upper Ormond-quay, Dublin. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Reverend James Aitken Johnston to the perpetual curacy of St. John%,Waterloo-road, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey and diocese of Canterbury, the same being void by the death of the Reverend Robert Irvine, the last incumbent. WAR OFFICE, MAY 5. Ist Regiment of Life Guards Cornet and Sub• Lieutenant the Hon. Dudley Charles Fitzgerald De Ros to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George H. R. C. Viscount Seaham, who retires; Henry Lygon, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice De Ros, May 5. Ist Dragoons—Robert Charles French, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stephens, appointed to 2d Regiment of Lite Guards, May 5. 4th Light Dragoons—Cornet George Ellis, from 15th Light Dragoons, to he Cornet, vice Burton, who retires; Cornet George Ellis to be Adjutant, vice Mulyneux, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Bth Light Dragoons—Captain Edward Walter, from 44Th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lindsay, who exchanges, May 5. 14th Light Dragoons—Thomas Shepherd Townend, I Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ibbetsun, pro 'noted, May 5. 15th Light Dragoons—Charles William Kendall, Gent , to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ellis, appointed to 4th Light Dragoons, May 5. 18th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Alexander Minter to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires; Thomas Robinson Gibbons, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Minter, May 5. 36th Foot.—Captain Alexander M'Geachey Alleyne, from 89th Foot, to be Captain, vice Palmer, who ex changes, May 5. 44th Foot-Captain Alexander Cruickshank Linday, from Bth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Walter, who exchanges, May 5. 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Bernard Ward, to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnson, who retires; William Tedlie, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Ward, May 5. 63d Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Emerson, from the Cape Mounted Hifl,men, to be Lieutenant, vice Bell, who exchanges, May 5. 89:h Foot—Captain Henry W. Palmer, from 36th Foot, to be Captain, vice Alleyne, who exchanges, May 5. _ Cape Mounted Riflemen--Lieutenant Charles Harland Bell, from 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Emerson, who exchanges, May 5. HOSPITAL STAFF. —James Nellie, to be Assist ant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Smith, promoted, May 5. BANKRUPTS. Edward Evans, stone mason, Dorking, Surrey, to sur render May 12, at two, and June 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Watson and Sons, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. William Cooper, Charles Wilson, and George Black, straw hat manufacturers, Aldermanbury, City, May 12, at eleven, and June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-cham hers, Basinghall-street ; Reed and Co., Friday-street, Cheapside. Charles Gough, ironmonger, Manchester, May 19, and June 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Conn Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Abbot, Lincoln's Inn. fields, London; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. Thomas Clarke Knight, undertaker, Fort•street, Spital square, May 12. at half past one, and June 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Norton and Son, New•strcet, Bishopsgate. Robert Burr, upholsterer, Bentinck-street, Man. chester-square, May 23, at twelve, and June 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Wright, Smith, and Shepherd, Golden-square. Henry Pace, watch manufacturer, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell, May 9, at half-past one, and June 5, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham. official assignee, Coleman-street; Messrs. Baddeley, Leman street, Goodman's-fields. ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; an( Th j O u m pe as l ß 6, av a e t n, h f i r f o p c a e s r t , p C p o e l , ch a e Peddell, Cheapside. John Haddock, pawnbr o ker, Bury St. Edmunds, May 13 and June 23, t StP th r' e A C ra o y ur l t 2 O f a b a t n w k -o : Basinghall-street ; K e lly, N ew Buswell•court, Jackson n a e t e, the s C am ou h r r t o. o o f k- B co a u nk rt . , ruptcy. Follett, offi a c t ial ele a y s e s n ig , and Co., Bury St. Edmund's. Wight,iHenry m lob at). 17, er at Hartley,on one, and Junehotel keeper, l7,a t V half-paste n tnor I , eleven, eve of f , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Altiermanbury ; Baylis and I)rewe, Redcross-street. William Sugden, stone mason, Thomas-place, Gravel lane, Southwark, May 18. at half-past one, and June 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Cooper, Old Cavendish street. Thomas Brown, plumber, Red Lion-street, White chapel, May 19, at halt -past two, and June 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, Lombard -street; Norton and Son, New street, 13ishopsgate. Charles Crudgington and Thomas Southall, iron masters, Tipton, Staffordshire, May 23 and June 20, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Birmingham ; Collis, Stourbridge. Wiliam Arton, innkeeper, Pontefract, Yorkshire, May 15 and June 5, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official as ignee, Leeds ; Lever, King's -road ; Clough, Pontefract. Mary Ann Legge, hotel keeper, Liverpool, May 15 and June 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sharpe and Co., Bed ford-row ; Clare and C o ., Li verpool. John Laurie, coal merchant, Liverpool, May 18 and June 7, at eleven, at. the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Livorpool ; Carpenter, Staple inn ; Daly, Liverpool. Thomas Patchett, wine and spirit merchant, Man chester, May 18 and June 8, at twel le, at the Manches ter District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manches ter; Johnson and Co., Temple, London; Marsden, Man chester. Benjamin Butterworth, woollen manufacturer, Hay dock, Lancashire, May 26, at eleven, and June 8, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assiQnee, Manchester; Norris and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Atkinson and Co., Manchester; Woods and Jackson, Rochdale. William Thomas Horsey, packer, Manchester, May 17 and June 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manche s t er; J ohnson and Co., Temple, Lond on; Hitchcock and Co., Manchester. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from 1848. is th et 245. 3 e rurns 3 4d. per cwt, made in the we e k ending May 2, -- - _ ST. PANCRAS.—At a meeting of the vestry of this parish onWednesday,letters were read from Lord D.Stuart and Sir B. Hall in reference to resolutions passed by the board at a previous meeting relative to Mr. Hume's motion on Ireland. The above two gentlemen in their letters stated their readiness to support any measure tending to relieve Ireland. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY s.—The Royal West India Mail-packet Forth, Captain Sturdie, arrived in the Docks at 8 30 A M. this day, from the West Indies; she brings Jamaica papers up to April 8. The Forth has a full cargo and a large quantity of specie, and ninety-one passengers. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PA LACE, MAY 25, 1848. Notice is hereby given, that the carriages proceeding to her Majesty's Drawing Roam, on Thursday, the 11th of May, are to fall into line and come down the left hand side of St. James's -street, enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, turn round, and go out by the iron gate nearest Marlborough-hou se , to wait in St. James's-square. When milled, they are to pass from the square through Charles -street, into Regent -street and Jermyn-street, come down St. James's -street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney carriages wiil be ad rnitted within the gates. For all persons having, the privi lege of the entree, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, from eleven till three o'clock ; their carriages are to enter the gate on Consti tution•hill, proceed down Ss. James's•park, through Stable yard, into the Ambassador's -court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. Thecarriages of Ambas sadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and Great Officers of State way afterwards wait in the Ambassa dors' court, and those of all other persons having the entiii way wait in the Stable yard or St. James's- park till called ; they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and pass up St. James's• street. No carriages will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket, to prevent which, it must be producad at Constitution-hill-gate, and Stable yard-gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned. FORTESCUE, Lord Steward. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 4. At the Court at Buckingham 'Palace, May 4, the Queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, has been graciously pleased, by letters patent under her royal sign manual, and the great seal of the Order, bearing date this day, to dispense with all the sta tutes and regulations usually observed in regard to instal. lation, and to grant unto the most Noble Henry Charles Duke of Norfolk, Knight of the said Most Noble Order, and duly invested with the ensigns thereof, full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges be longing to a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in as full and ample manner as if his Grace had been formally installed; any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 2. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Henry Philpott, D.D., Master of St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, to be Chaplain in Ordinary to his Royal Highness. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Honourable Robert Montgomery Lord Bel haven to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. PARLIAMEN TARP DIVISIONS. (From the Yotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. FRIDAY, MAY 5. ALIENS BILL.—(IN 'TIE COMMITTEE.) First Clause :—Amendmmt proposed, to add at the end of the Clause the f o ll ow i ng words, " Provided ' always, That a copy of every su c h or d er shall be immediately serve d on th e alien or alie ns so or d ered to depart, and shall be accomp anie d by a copy of the information inwriting put, " That the proposed words be there added." The Committee divided:— MINORITY -AYES, 34. Bright, John Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Clay, James Ilumphery, Ald. Sidney, Alderman Cobden, Itichard : Kershaw, Jarms . Smith, J. Benjamin Cockburn, Alex. lushington, Charles Stuart, Lord D. D'Eyncourt, C. T. IM'Gregor, John Sullivan,ichael ,u, . , - Ewart, William Fergus, John Walinsley, fir J. Forster, M. Munta, G. F. - Imams, John Fox, W. J. 31: 31 : 1: 1 : e aa sw ettl, or f t r h a , , S ic i i r s W. Thompson, Colonel O'Connor, Feargus Gardner, Richard Pearson, Charles TELLZILS. Greene, John Harris, Hon. Capt. / P t Hall, Sir B. l o l b ki:g te t s r, James Hume, Joseph . A , -I; . x j a . nder Bowring, Dr. MAJOR I TY—NOEs, 158. Abdy, Thomas N. Fitzroy, Henry Oswald, A. A land, Sir T. D. Floyer, John Owe"", Sir J. Adair, Hugh E. Forbes, W. Adair, R. .hafts Fordyce, A. D. Parker, John Alexander, N. Fortescue, J. W. Patten, J. W. Arundel, Earl of Fox, Richard M. 'WA:Jen, James Ashley, Lord F reestult, C010.,e1 Perfect, R. isintieek, E. ii. French, F. Philips, t.ir G. R. Barnard, E. G. Galway, Viscount Pigott, Francis Barrington, Viscount Glyn, George Carr Power, Nicholas Bellew, It. M. Goddard, A. L. Price, Sir Robert Berkeley, Captain Gore, W. R. O. Pugh, Dav id, ' Birch, 'ir Thomas Granger, T. C. Rawdon, Colonel Palmerston, lag Olin Bl:ndiord, Marquis Grentell, C. Pascoe Iteid. Colonel Bulling, 'William Grenfel , Charles W . Repton, C• IY• S . Bourke, Richard S. Grey, Sir G. - Bice, B I C i ' Bowles, Admiral G rey, Ralph w . Richards, Ri c h ard Bramston, T. W. Gwyn, Rowel Brand, Thomas Hustle, Archibald Romilly, Jolla 13returidge, Richard Hawes, Benj. Russel l, Lord J. Broadley, HenryE Heathcote, Sir W. Russell, • Brooke, Lord Hetieage, E. Russell , F. C. H. Brotherton, J. Henley, J. W. Rutherford, A. I Brown, W. Herbert, Henry A. Shelburne, Earl o Buck, L. IV. Berries, J. C. Sibthorp, Colonel ' , Sunbury. F., 11. Hildyard, R. C. smith, J. A. Burrell, Sir C. Hodgson, W. N. Smyth, John G. Busreild, William Hollond, Robert Somerset, Captain Carew, W. P. hope, Sir I. Spooner, Richard Carter, J. B. -- Hornby John Stafford, Augustus Rolleston, Colonel Cavendish, C. C. Howard, J. K. Stansileld, W. R. Christy, Samuel Jervis, Sir John Thornely, T. Clements, Charles J ones, Capta i n Towneley, Charles Craig, IV. G. Kepprl, G. T. Towneley, John Cripps, W. Labouchere, Henry Townshend. Captain Dalrymple,;Captain L angston, J. 11. Trevor, G. Davies, D. A. S. Lewis, G. C. Tynte, Colonel. Dawson, T. V. Lewis, George C. 'Verney Sir H. Denison, W. J. Lindsay, Colonel Vyse, It. H. Disraeli, B. Waddington, 11. S. Maitland, Thomas , Ward, H. G. Locke, Joseph Divett, Edward Mackinnon, W. Wall, C. B. Westhea m d, D i c cd ui ci n ' m G o . nd, Henry Major Walpole, Spencer Duff, George S. Mangles, R. D. Wellesley, Lord C. Wood. Sir ir Charles Duncan, George 31anners, Lord C. a j t . th p ew . Duncombe, O. Masterman, John Williamson, Sir H. Duncult, John Dunslas, Admiral 3 21 1:r t g h ti e n s° , 1 0 4 Dundas, Sir D. 3lorpetli, Viscount Wyvill, Marmadake Ebrington, Viscount Morison, General Yorke, Henry R. Elliot, John E. Mtilgrave, Earl Emlyn, Viscount O'imen, Sir Lucius Estcourt, J. B. B. O'Connell, M. J. Ferguson, Sir R. Ogle, S. C.. Colonel TELLERS. Tufnell, henry Lsrd Marcus P rov i so: —" Provided always, That it alien, Cla A u n s o e t t h i e le r f A A m iuw en i d n m g. ent proposed, to add at the end of th e i a n n t y o r p m e a t t s i o o n n as h shall k no aforesaid, wingly a a n n d d c m o n a c l e i c r i n o i u n s g l y a g n 3 i .v es uacnhy such which shall be false in some materi , l part thereof, every such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall, at the discretion of the Court, be liable to be imprisoned for any time not exceeding three months :"—Question put, " That the proposed words be there added." The Coinni.ttee divided: — MINORITY—AYES, 33. Bowring, Dr. Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Bright, John Hume, Joseph Ischolerleld, William Brotherton, J. Kershaw, JatneS Sidney, Alderman Clay, James 31`Gregor, John Smith, John B. Cocp, burs, Alex. 31olesworth, Sir W. Sullivan, Al i , •hael D'Eyncourt, T. Mowatt, Francis Thompson, colonel Duncan, George aluutz, u I. Walinsley, sir J. Ewart, William O'Connor. Feargus Williams, John Forster, Matthew Pearson, Charles 'Yorke, H. H. Fox, W. J. Pechell, Captain TELLERS. Greene, John Pilkington, James Granger, T. C. Hall, Sir 13. Raphael, Alexander Stuart, Lord 1). MAJORITY-NOES, 98. Abdy, T. N. Fox, Richard M. Morpath, Viscount Adair, It. Shafto Freestuti, Colonel Morison. General ' Armstrong, R. B. Galway„Viscount O'Connell, M. J. Ashley, Lord Gladstone, W. E. Ogle, S. C. Barnard, E. G. Glyn, G. C. Owen, Sir John Barrington, Viscount Gore, W. 0. Palmerston, Vii. Believe, R. M. Greenall, Gilbert Parker, John Berkeley, Captain Grenfell, C. Pascoe Patten, J. W. Berkeley, 11. Grey, Sir George Power, sicholaS Blackall, S. W. Harris, Captain Price, Sir It. Bourke, it. S. liastie, Archibald Pugh, David Brown, W. Hawes, Benjamin Reid, Colonel Bunbury, Elwarcl. lieneage, Edward Rice, E. R. I;urrell, Sir.C. Henley, J. W. Hominy, John Busfeild, W. Herries, John C. Russell, Lord John Christy, Samuel Hildyara, lt. C. Rutherford, A. Clements, diaries Hodgson, W. N. Sibtliorp, Colonel Coke, Edward K. liornby, John Smith, J. A. Craig, W. G. Jervis, Sir John Spooner, Richard Cu Witt, William Heppul, George .T. Stun, Henry G. Dalrymple, Captain Labouchere, sienry Towneley, Charles Denison, W. J. Langston, J. H. Townshend, Captain I.hvett, E. Lewis, Sir T. Verney, Sir 11. Drummond, Henry Lewis, G. C. Waddington, H. S. Duucuft, John Lindsay, Colonel Ward, 11. G. Dundas, Admiral Locke. Joseph Watkins, Colonel 1 v”na,‘,,, sir David Mackinnon, W."..... Westhead, J. P. Ebringtoii, Lord Macnamara, Major Williamson, Sir H. Evans, J. Maitland, T. Wood, Sir Charles Fergus, John Mangles, It. D. • WyvW, 3f. Ferguson, Sir R. Masterman, John Fitzroy, Henry Matheson, Colonel Forbes, Wm. Meux, Sir 11, Fordyce, A._D. Morgan, 0, TELLIES. Tannll, IL 6 Hill, Lord Marcus FATAL ACCIDENT. It is with extreme regret that we have to announce the death of Mr. Dakin, the celebrated tea and coffee merchant, of St. Paul's Church yard, which took place in consequence of the frightful injuries which he received by an explosion that occurred on his premises in to oao connexionrm with andA I r Blackfriars yesterday afternoon. It appeared that Mr. Dakin was experimenting or trying the effects of some new patent coffee -roasting machine, and while engaged in the operation one of the pipes of the machine, from some cause or other which has not yet been ascertained, exploded with fearful violence, and killed the unfortunate gentleman needless to detail the horror and amazement which such a sudden and unhooked for catastrophe created in the minds of those who witnessed the accident ; upon the spot. It is nor the grief which it occasioned to the friends of the deceased, and also to those in his employ, when the melancholy intelligence was conveyed to them. Mr. Dakin has always maintained a high character in the city of London as a citizen, and as an upright, honest, and enterprising tradesman, and his loss will no doubt in some quarters be felt very severely, ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A very distressing accident, resulting in the death of Mr. William Dakin, the extensive tea-dealer, of No. 1, St. Paul's Church-yard, and serious injury to several other persons, occurred yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dakin, it appears, recently patented a new machine for roasting and cleansing coffee, and during the last three months workmen hare been actively superintendence in erecting it at his warehouse in Shoe maker-row, Blackfriars. The machine was completed on Thursday, and yesterday the first trial of its powers was made in the presence of Mr. Dakin and three or "gaed under his personal four other persons when the catastrophe occurred. The principle on which the machi t, i e l c,t e iaetpn h itaasi in be t e r n ad c e o . ns yv tr i u t c h t i e n d is the substitution of boiling water for the ordinary pTrneeducihnogilevheata,nd as engine elied haveto cohlfeeeen eindgoOn the ground floor, from which the hot water ie r m r s o o 7 :ins conveyed uveyed through pipes to the upper story of the building, where the process of roasting and cleansing was intended to be carried on. The chief feature in the machine is a cylinder charged with boiling water, round which the coffee berries are made to travel; the bursting of this cylinder, from some unexplained cause, occa sioned the accident. The machine was got into work shortly after two o'clock, and about three o'clock Mr. Dakin arrived at the warehousee and went up stairs to inspect the operation, but he had only been in the apart ment a very few moments when the explosion took place. The effect, as may be imagined, was terrific. The cylinder was blown into several pieces, and one of the bolts by which it was attached to the entered his brain, and killed machine striking Mr. Dakin o h n imci t oo h inui e )vssetsya le nah f tt t eanan t e e f: m onss p lhh l y e e. , One of the workmen in attendance was so_ l much in. jured hospital, that . n i e t r e was he found ri ow l i e s in necessary a pvhe e . ad: s.e p Ac a lor r n. a d t i i ) v t e ttiai l k y ie.. other parties present escaped injuries. Some circumstances in s p s ec h u e lia h rl a y a unfortunate. Prior tor to render establishing "Ya t r fortune, about :?. three carried C biLi:eusnri business h e retired from business on k a e c d o h m i p s upon doing so, re ember ally engaged in an n yearsh hour u since; r o f t h e however,accident he ee was marriedac actually Dakin has always maintained in Chancery -lane. Mr. a nes a citizen, pleting his patent for Scotland, at the high character in the city of Londo andand. as an upright, honest, and enterprising tradesman, his loss Inform at . will, no doubt, be felt very severely. to Mrs Information of the melancholy occurrence was conveyed i _ ._ Dakin in the family the course of the afternoon, at t _. y residence at Lewisham, by a friend of the deceased i:areneJournaielmoi3-hizacd.t Captain Ward, 91st THE W AR IN KATFIRLAND. — We are req uested to state th a t M r . C u lb u rn has this day published "Five Years in Kaffirland," with Sketches of the late W ar i n by Mrs. H arr i et W ar d. that country to th e Peace in 18 48 , written on th e spot, Reg., 2 vo l s . , w i t h ill ustrat i o ns, 21s. bound. Al so, just published, 2. Th e new e dition of Burke's Peer age and Baronetage for 1848, 1 vol. 3 . The twelfth and con cluding vo l ume of the L i ves of the Que ens o f E ngland. in 1 vol., w i t h six por 4. The C a p e an d i ts C o l on ists, with Hints f or S ettlers in 1848, by G eorge Ni c h o l s on, jun., Esq., a l a t e R es i dent, wife of 1 vol., 7s. 6d. b oun d. 5. A Seventh Editi on o f Mr. Storyseli e de of t A ho l o n p t e p o e i n o s s i e Peninsular , r a il,z:olivoolatWtiaonrbs of Prince urton's lao Crescent ,ii and the Cr oss , 2 vols. 6. rand, 2 vols. 7. Mademoi alnvaaru, tobiography, 3 vols. 8. traits and map, 7s. 6d. bound. MERCHAN T SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM. --The munificent donation of fifty guineas has been presented to this institution by F. W. Cubb, Esq., of Margat e , i n addition to a former donation of 104 10s. :e 102 MAY 0, 1848. ---- LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, May 5. The Lord Chancellor Posed lu nat i c , atter disposing of the unop hear the fos petitions in hi s p aper to -d ay, procee d e d to motion of urther arguments in the part-heard appeal This lIIGGINSON V. S HAND . case came befor e hi s Lordship upon an appeal notice from the land decisio n o f t h e Vice-Chancellor of Eng land th refusing to dissolv e an i njunction that had been ob ined ex pa rte by th e p l a i ntiff restraining the defendants, e Royal Bank of Liverpool, from proceeding against him to recuver the sum of nearly 100,0001. The following are the short facts of the case out of which the appeal arises: —The firm of Liverpool i Barton, aui, and Higgins"' of n th Me course o f their dealings with the Royal Bank of L iverpool, h a d b ecome indebted to a consider able assor mount, and on the 21st of October, 1845, gave two romiy notes for 30.000 Z each, at six and nine months after date respectively'. Contemporaneously with rt ch he n ,r o pe t r e fi s oern the e oet fi f I rltemh the oapts esasirgtbnneeeccrlos becoming o it nh t g h l retdepuelena: shipsn t t h i e ff, whoin trust is t h t : : 2 3, 1. ib thesero secure the due payment of the notes. On the 13th of surety, gave to the bank a promissory note for hO,OO by way of security for the two notes given by the firm. He also wrote a letter, in which he guaranteed the pay ment of the notes at their maturity. When the notes fell due they were not paid; but the bank, at the instance of the firm, renewed the notes, and altered the guarantee of the plaintiff so as to extend to a renewal of the notes. The second part of the transaction was as follows; —The firm undertook to pay into the bank 70,000/., by two instalments, and the bank, on the plaintiff guaranteeing. to secure payment of whatever balance should be due at the end cf August, 1847, agreed to answer the cheque of the firm. The first instalment of 35,0001. was paid into the bank by the firm, but before the sr cond was due the bank refused to answer a cheque for 11,000/., drawn by the firm. The bank then demanded payment from the plaintiff as surety for the firm of the note for 60,0001., and also of the balance due , sp a i n r d a , ti e o n n orfa)thmeenmtortletht ohfeitugust, amountingh to g mad e, t reatened restrainin such thr t n d which the Vice-Chancellor of England proceedings, legal proceedings, upon which the plaintiff applied for, from that judgment a sa n :t3 d oho e eo b l t e. ained an injunction pealed to this branch Prior having been heard on behalf Mr. Rolt and Mr. o al Bank of Liverpool, upon toh p fe u t r hß p e o e se aolu r erßftu.asnekd of t 0 LiverpooldissOi v e a a n p d . of the appellants, the Rod if of the respondent, suggested Mr. BETHELL, on any that for order the Court o might p th o e n would be of no avail,inasmuch ake as s u which the appellants could sue out a fiat of bankrupt c y (two months) had run out, and the only course therefore e file a supplemental bill. tim the e appeal within motion this course to be The LORD CHA NCELLOR allowed ilyto file a supplemental adopted, giving leave t o th e pl a i nt m bill if it was n ecessary . left the party was t TRANSFER OF CAUSES. The following important notice with respect to the transfer of causes was put. up in his Lordship's Court to day, signed by the principal regis rar, Mr. Colville : "Any causes standing in the list of the Vice• Chancellor of England (including further directions), which the several parties desire to be heard immediately, may, notwithstanding any order to the contrary, be transferred to the Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram, on application, by consent of all parties interested to the Registrar." , COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 5. The Court took the special paper to-day. As usual, no cases of the slightest public interest came on for argument. BAIL COURT, May 5. (Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) SPARROW V. WRAP. Mr. llnon HILL moved for a rule calling upon the Judge of the County Court of Sussex to show cause why a mandamus Should not issue commanding him to give effect to an order which he had made in this case in December last directing the defendant to pay the plain tiff's debt. The facts of the case were these. On the 18th of October, 1847, the plaintiff sued out his plaint I,r the sum of 201, and on the 12th of November the cause was heard at the Town hall, Brighton, and judg ment given for the plaintiff for the full amount, with 21. 4s. 6d. costs. Subsequently the judge made an order for a new trial, directing that the second trial should take place before the jury, and ordering the defendant to pay 3!. 61.. 6d., being the costs of the former trial and of the application for the new trial. At the first trial, which wus riot before a jury, the defendant and his wife gave evidence, but the evidence, taken together, was so contradictory that the judge found for the plaintiff. At the second trial, however, only the wife was examined, and upon the strength of her testimony the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. At this stage of the pro ceedings the plaintiff discovered that the judge had exceeded his powers in directing the second trial to be had b-fore a jury, inasmuch as the Act of ParliameLt required that upoa either party wishing th e case to b e tried by a jury he should give the other two clear days' notice of his intention to summon the jury. In this case that had not been done, and the Judge insisted that he had a discretionary power to order a case to be tried by a jury without reference to the wishes of either side. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE inquired if the plaintiff ac cepted the costs and attended the second trial. Mr. Huai' Hui. replied that ho did, but it was in ignorance of the law. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said the point involved in the case was certainly an important one, but he was afraid if he granted a rule it would be got rid of without argu ment by the other side, urging that the plaintiff having accepted the costs and attended the new trial, he had virtually acquiesced in the irregularity of the proceeding. The rule was accordingly reused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Ellen Montague, a notorious smasher, was yesterday placed before. Mr. Hardwick, charged with uttering a counterfeit half-crown. Mr. William Brettell, printer, 26, New Bond-street, said about six o'clock the previous evening the prisoner came to his shop, and asked him if he had any postage. stamps ? lie told her that he had not got any, when she said she would take some letter paper and a few envelopes, which amounted to sixpence, in payment fur which she tendered the base coin produced. Ile looked very hard at the prisoner, and having identified her as having passed a counterfeit half-crown at his shop a fortnight ago, ho sent for a constable, and gave her into custody. The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the coin beim: , bad, was remanded till 'Thursday next, for the at tendance of Mr. Powell, the Mild solicitor. UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGEN CE. CAM ce that BRIDGE, MAY 2 noti .—T he Vice- Cha nce ll or has given at the Congregation on Wednesday, the 10th instant, a Grace will be proposed to the Senate to and att ac h ment of the resent an address to Uthenive Queen, expr ess i ng the loyalty and Gover nmer.t, rsity to h er M a j esty ' s person The Professor of Chemistry commences his lectures on 'Tuesday, Ma annunced. y 9, i nstead of May 3, as previously lecture o The Professor o f Arabic commences his s to - morrov v ; and the Plumian Professor, on Thursday. SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' BE NEVOLENT SOCIETY. —The ninth annual meeting of the supporters of this national institution was held on Wed nesday a t the London Tavern. The Ri4ht Hon. the Earl of Ilar R dwiek e by the H , Captain .N. presided, su p porte d on. Captain 'Ward, R.N% and several n ava l and m erchant marine gentlemen. ' The report conra tulated t h e meeting on the steady increase ot subscribers from among the been mariner& Tickets had dy issued to 3 ,000 over the t ota l number issued alrea last year. The repor t next stated that, although the numbers of subscribing fishermen and mariners amounted to 18,000, the committee had to regret that the fishermen, as a body, had not manifested as great a ze a l as the mariners in the support of the society, whi c h was established originally for their relief. elieved Since the l as t annual meet ingl42 wido ws, 316 orphans, and 49 aged parents had been r and 2,551 shipwre c k e d persons b oar d e d , ledged, clothed, and conveyed to th e i r h ome s ; 380 of these, being members vvere supplied, ac the to the usual scale, with money to help to restore their clothes. This item of relief ex hibited an increase of upwards of 400/. over the state ment for last year, and upwards of 1,700/. over the statement for 1845, including the value of the free transit granted by several railway and steam-packet companies to shipwrecked persons forwarded by the so. ciety. The total number relieved by the society since 1839 was stated to be 17,914. There had, during the year, been an increase of 150 to register, of vessels which bear the distinguishing flag of the society, making the total number 1,860. The report next expressed regret at the deaths of Admirals Sir George Parker and Sir R. Stopford, and Mr. Alderman Lucas, who had been munificent supporters of the institution. According to the financial statement, the total receipts for the year amounted to 6,224/. 14s. 2d., which included subscriptions, donations, dividends on stock, &c. lte disbuents there r ema i ne d a tota l b a l ance of 1,1331. 17s. sdrsem The Hon. C a pt a i n M au d e, a f ter some brief remarks, in which he bore testimony to the support which the Noble Presi dent had on all occasions given the society, moved the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. Some other resolutions in accordance were also carried, and a vote of thanks having been given to the Noble Chair man, the proceedings terminated. The annual banquet in aid of the funds is appointed for Saturday next. DEATH or M RS. ANDERSON, THE VOCALIST.— This lady, once known as the beautiful Josephine Bar tolozzi, expired at her house, St. John's-wood, on Mon day, the Ist instant, of consumption, at the early age of 41. H er father was the famous engraver Madame B lnzzi, an d h er surviving sister is the celebrated Vestris. The Highland Destitution Board have forwarded to the poorer districts of the Highlands, for cultivation, cabbage plants, 446,000 ; green plants , 446,000 ; earl y turnip s ee d, 4,400 ounces; late turnip seed , 8,800 ounces; I , Swed Is—turnip seed, 8,800 ounces; carrot seed, 4,400 ounces. [PRICE SD, IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 4.—The ballot for the list of forty eight names, from which the jury to try Mr. Meagher is to be selected, took place this day in the Crown-office of the Queen's Bench. About one-third of the names appear to be those of Roman Catholics, or Protestants of Liberal politics. The other two-thirds are what are termed "decided Conservatives." On Saturday next the agents on both sides are to at tend before the proper officer, to reduce the list. The Crown and the traverser will then strike off twelve names each. The remaining twenty-four will constitute the jury panel, and the first twelve who answer to their names on the day of trial will form the jury on this im portant case. The ballot it in progress for the jury list in the case of Mr. Smith O'Brien. An argument arose, on an ob jection stated by the Crown to the name of Alderman Staunton (late Lord Mayor), who is legally disqualified as a member of the town council, but proof was required on the other side as to the fact of his being a member of the council. The town is placarded with the counter-proclamation of the Council of the Confederation, signed by Mr. Smith O'Brien as chairman, which was read by Mr. Meagher at the meeting last night, and vast numbers of copies have been circulated throughout the entire country. It is manifest that the contest between the Government and the Confederation is rapidly approach ing to an issue. It is stated that several prosecutions under the Trea son Felony Bill have been determined upon by the Go vernment. The Cork Examiner of yesterday evening contains the following announcement:— " MORE STATE PROSECUTIONS.—We are given to understand that informations have been sworn against certain of the gentlemen who addressed the open air meeting of Monday, for the speeches then delivered. A report, it i s said, was taken with a view to ulterior pro ceedings. The information will be forwarded to Dublin, for the purpose of instituting immediate prosecutions. Some short addresses delivered from the windows of the residen ce of Mr. Denny Lane, on the night of the same day, are likewise, it is said, 111 Or curthe police. the subject of • f mations W are led to believe in the accuracy of statement." The CorkplEaczaarilinder states that the walls of that city are thickly The next intellige with Government proclamations. covered with the nee will announce that the walls are ration. This state counter proclamations of the Confede of things It would appea r cannot long continue. from the following paragraph in the Newry 7'elegrap engaged in h, that Pike reakin 891ne of the Orange orrespondeet informs party are " A faithNvorthy c gin the county of Armagh:— n in t us that pike making is carried he villag e of Aleigh, near hav e been and that o rder for a considerable number have been given to the iwho manufactures them. The pike called the cropp the form of the one publicly exhibited —the workm:n events, does credit to the hands;liP cr aftsman in th at of Which, at a ll locality." preparations are In Dublin, military and defensive p continued. Prince George of Cambridgeee his quarters in the University, one of the Felloswtsaten up given up his apartments tor the accommodation of his Royal Highness. The 48th Regiment, yesterday and this day, went through a variety of evolutions in the College Park. The head-quarters of that regiment are at Beggar's Bush Barracks, with detachments in the College and the Royal Dublin Society. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MAY 4. THE QUEEN V. MEAGHER. In pursuance of the order of Court to strike a special jury in this case, the Clerk of the Crown, the High Sheriff, and Sub-Sheriff, attended in the Crown-office for the purpose. Mr. Perrin appeared for the Crown, and Sir Colman O'Loghlen and Mr. Pigot appeared for the traverser. The following forty-eight names were drawn from the ballot-box, from amongst which the jury to try the case of " The Queen v. Meagher" will be selected:— Francis Codd, Townsend-street; Thomas Connell, Upper Gardiner-street ; John Parker, Dame-street; Richard Walsh, Belvidere-place; Henry M‘Donagh, Dawson-street ; James Gray, Commercial-buildings; George Cowell, Capel-street; James Dudgeon, Upper Fitzwilliam•street ; W. R. Sterling, Royal Canal Ter race; W. J. French, Upper Sackville-street; John Sib thorpe, Cork-hill ; John Reynolds, College-grece; Thomas Sherrard, Blessington-street; James Reilly, Westmoreland -street ; George Papworth, Marlbo rough-street ; William Pattison, Capel-street ; Charles Thorpe, Willi am - street ; John Hayes, Harring ton-street; William Law, Lower Sackville-street; John Denman, Abbey -street ; Hugh Ingram, York -street ; John S. Armstrong, Eccles-street; Hugh Blaney, West Essex-street; John Langhan, North King-street; David North, Russell-place ; Simpson Nelson Burris, North Strand; Plumpian Wallace,.Russell-placejho mas Wil son, Lipper Temple_street ; Sir Charles Coote, Bart, Batrgot_atreet 1 William Alexander Noble, Russell place ; Henry Boisolier, Lower Gloucester -street; John Ill'Auliffe, Dawson -street ; James Power, Lower Bag got-street ; Thomas Egan, High -street ; Bartholomew Delany, Wellington -quay; Richard Johnston, Grafton street; James Pim, Love lane; Thomas Farrell, Lower Ormond -quay ; Thomas James, Capel-street ; Arthur Craig Taylor, Lower Mount.street ; William Cockburn, Upper Merrion_street ; Robert Milner, Queen-street ; Samuel Parker, Back lane ; Patrick Nolan, Lower Sack ville-street ; Sheffield Beatham, Lower Mount-street; Robert Decker, Elden-quay ;: John Scally, Pill-lane ; and Paul Twigg, Cumberland -street. Mr. Bourne was about to proceed with the ballot for a similar number of names from which the jury was to be chosen in the cause of the Queen v. W. S. O'Brien, M.P., when Mr. POTTER, addressing him, said that he had just that moment received a letter from Mr. O'Brien, in which he expressed himself satisfied that the first twelve names drawn from the ballot-box should be appointed to try his case, Mr. PEIIRIN, on the part of the Crown, said ho bad not received any instructions to depart from the usual course of striking a special jury. Mr. Bourne suggested that the Attorney-General should be consulted on the subject. This suggestion having been complied with, Mr. Bourne suspended the proeeedings until the Attorney- General's opinion could be had. Mr. Potter having submitted Mr. Smith O'Brien's request to the Solicitor- General, he returned to the Crown-office, and stated to Air. Bourne that the Solicitor-General had refused, saying that the proceedings should take the ordinary COUrS(.. Mr. Bourne then proceeded to ballot for forty-eigh ninnies, from which Mr. O'Brien's jury is to be se , ILeted. Captain Lockwood was killed yesterday, by a fall from his horse, at a race in Thurles, county of Tip. perary. DISTRESS Ix limmoE.—This miserable district is again visited by the famine and sickness which gave it last year a fatal notoriety all over the empire. The le•tter of our correspondent from Crookhaven conveys a deplorable account of the poor of that locality. He says " deaths are occurring hourly in every part of Kil moe, from dysentery or exhaustion," and " as to the deaths in the hospital, they are really frightful."—Curk Examiner. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The foliowing, ships and vessels are in commission at this port:—The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, refitting alongside the jetty for foreign service ; the Victory, flag -ship of Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief ; the Illustrious, ; 0 , Ca.iotain Yates, flag-ship et Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. Li - , Superintendent of the Dockyard, doing the duties Ho of the Ordinary; the Powerful, 84, Captain the C. 8 .; service;rt. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., fitting for troop service; the n. Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, refitting for " sea go i ng " the Excellent, gunne ship, Captain Chads, ng for the flag of nlierfi,Ctiom niander-in-C ; h t i h e e f Blenheim, Rear-Admiral ee r Hastings, -Ad rn 7 i r 2 e , i Sir Captain FrancisAl o C r g o a l for G sea; the Rolla brig, on the East India station; the 56, Captain Austin, steam guard ship, fittin tn- naval apprentices ; tshpeigthGorgon steam-sloop, orders, expected for the Pacific vessel, Commander Commander Puynter, a t ead, awaiting sailing ; the Scourge, steam Lightning Royal yachts yachts ; the sea ; the Victoria and \Vingrove, refitting for Albert and the Fairy, Commander Pe'lthe steam-vessel, Master • (")'; Sharpshooter screw -steamer, Lieutenant Commander Bayley.; and the Dwa r f screw tender for the port is the Hastinse rviee. The Howe is fitting fast, so ward;" the gs - but theonl Bellerophon is "going to lee- Powerful her sm a ll complement; t?:te wants ß!e b e e i few men joint 9 make up e ‘ senior" o f a squadron of steamers this toand b summer—she, ` or too, o wants hands ; an d t h e G orgon wants half-a-dozen to complete for sea. Seven line-of-battle ships in one harbour, with a double-banked frigate, are seldom seen together. Wind S.S.E.; moderate and fine. Woomvien, MAY 4.—The two launches built by Mr. Thomson, Rotherhithe, and each fitted with engines of five-horse power by Mr. Beale, Greenwich, left the latter place at ten minutes before one o'clock to-day, and i m 3 ale the pa ssage to L on d on -b r id ge, exact l y fivemilfs3sllb. to minutes, the engines working at a pressure ° the square inch, and making 235 revolution s of the in dameter, per screw propeller, two feet six inches . sometimes given, minute. A higher pressure was . he screw ie. and the number of revolutions of . t equivalent to about creased to 275 per minute, twelve miles per hour t but . till engineer and beet aproves adapted of a pressure of 331 b. as the maximum, maxilmaunciiwhich es. are of for the engines and form of the the following . dimensions :—lnlength 31 feet, with a breadth of beam of 10 feet, and drawing, when loaded, A space o nly 03 feet of water. The engines of each laun c h occupy of 6 feet 6 inches long, 4 feet 2 inches w id e, and 4 feet 2 inches high, and consume in working about 501 b. of coke per hour. They are very simple in construction and easily worked, and during the whole of the trials day gave the greatest satisfaction. On arriving " Somerset-house, Major Stevens, Royal Marine Aopposite Artillery, Captain Ellice, Comptroller of Steam Machinery Halstead, R.N., Captain Washington, Rag' CaPtaiu Chief Inspector of Steam Machinery, Mr.., Mr. Lloyd, sistant-Inspector at Somerset-house, and Hughes, As inventor of the screw propeller, ea Mr. F. P. Smith, launches then proceeded to Whitehrne on board, and the to Bomereet-house, where a largeell boat, suitable for a DEVONPORT DOCKYARD. (From the Herald.) The proposers of the uncalled-for and extravagant conversion of the new works at the Devonport yard r have endeavoured to persuade the Board of Admiralty that a small open basin, to be at once a basin for ships and boats, would be at that establishment far preferabl e to a closed capacious basin of the ordi nary kind, such as that at Portsmouth, 'Woolwich. and Sheerness. Let us, however, see how this ques tion rests, and what are the grounds for such an assumption. We have in former articles shown that there is a lamentable want of efficient dock accommoda tion at Devonport ; that the depth o f water at the jetties does not admit even of a first-class frigate lying near them at dead low-water spring tides, with all stores on board; to which may be added, that the fitting out of ships at a distance from the shore is much impeded in bad m eather, and is liable to serious inconvenience. The Devonport Dockyard be it observed, in further treating this question, is decidedly on a lee shore; is situate at the mouth of a large and powerful river, whose waters bring from the distant hills very large quantities of alluvial deposit, so much so that, during the heavy rains of winter, the whole surface is oc casionally discoloured with it. Now the entrance to the basin,at spring -tides, liesimmediately exposed to the wash of between three and four miles of these troubled waters, which, during the heavy westerly gales, set directly into iL Every tide brings in its deposit, so that in fact, as we have before observed, such a basin would be little better than a mud pond. It would, as a matter of necessity, be continually filling up ; and there would be no means of clearance, except by dredg ing, both in the basin and at the entrance, the excavations being carried far below low water; thus entailing an everlasting expense. Moreover, the short sea, which would frequently wash into the basin, would be extremely inconvenient. According to the new pro position, this open basin is to be 260tw0 s f h ee ip t s, wi o d n e e , by n about 300 feet long. To contain w either side, with an intervening accommodation for boats, and a very deep dock immediately oppo site the entrance. But let us for . tion. Supposing the two ships in the - in stant look at this clumsy, ill-imagined an propost basin, as f t beam and lying 's leaves about 128 feet clear 10 feet clear of the walls,—this and of 56 fee shown in Mr. Edye's plan, ing stages 40 feet long by 30 wide. boats, l is'arbo p ur launches in the centre. Here we are to place , G ha c, r s ge n s u ou p ofina floating stages! We are to have pitch with hawsers, boats with working g boats of all kind s , a ll i n t erven i ng and the en t rance , an d const i tut i ng with I obetweenr eforges and the working dock the ship s a mass of confusion quite inconsistent with the ma i n o bj ect for wh i ch the intended. If this basin is to be subservient to the purpose of the dock and the accommodation of ship s , it will be quite necessary to construct a boat basin in some other part of the yard, for no ship can possibly be docked w i t h out a general clearance, ot only of the boats, but probably of one of the ships a l so. It, on the contrary, this basin be con structed pri nc i pally with a view to the accommo dation3woeo , havet)o( ;l o s l of t h e gut hop g one env ,fsa. docky ar d an rek such outa,l,l,ooogfbobject. eo t boats, enh rre.then rTway in must expending some 3 00,0001. It restorewould hbee previouslyfar better to ars existing walls, leaving the invert as it is, and there would be nearly sixtecn feet of water over it at low water. We should then save a l arge expenditure, and have qu it e as good a practical accommodation as would ari se out of this new " scheme, whi c h i s only to be charact er i se d as being" some su c h thing to no such purpose •; for any attempt to make a small open basin subservient to the purposes of ships and boats, and the free use of a dock, is a manifest ab surdity and an intslerable waste of the public money. A closed basin, as originally intended, calculated fur the fitting out expeditiously at the wharves four sail of the' line, with all stores, and embracing beside two first class docks, available twice in every 24 hours, is, on th, con trary, an intelligible proposition, and not liable to the many contingencies and inconveniences we have enumerated. The deposit would be greatly prevented by the tido being shut out, and would hence be small and only at certain times far apart ; the basin would be sheltered, and, if required, could after a run of years be pumped dry and cleared. There would be also the capital advantage of keeping the entrance outside clear, by means of large sluicies occasion ally laid open fru:a within, at dead low-water spring tides. The convenience of such a basin is almost incalculable, and could not but prove highly beneficial to our naval power. The case is so plain, that it is really quite surprising how so stupid a proposition as the conversion of it into a contracted open pond, scarcely giving room for two large-class frigates, and very ill adapted for boats, should have been entertained for a moment. But, say the advo cates of this conversion, it is doubtful if any large ship can pass over the invert, which is on the old plan, " without scraping her copper." They call it the "stupidly-planned invert," and say that " as error previously committed was in this repeated." We suppose all this is by way of compliment to the late Colonel Brandretb, and many eminent engineers and writers of former times, such men as Smeaton and Hutton, for example, who of course cannot pretend to i rank in a bili ty with, the master shipwright at Devon port. But we would respectfully submit to the Lords Commissioners of the Ad m i ra l ty, that this " stupidly. planned invert " is moat ample, and well adapted to the required purpose. It is seventy-four feet wide at the top, and fully sixty-six feet wide at the lowest point of tide at which such a ship as t Q 60 feet beam —one of th e widest ships in h e the of nav, ueen, y— could be taken in with all stores ; so that there would be full three feet clearance all round at the water line. At high-water spring tides the width is 70 feet nearly, when there would be nearly five feet clearance. At high-water neap tides the width is nearly 68 feet, with nearly four feet clear. ance ; and this is for the widest ship ever built. With others of our first -rates and two-deck ships there would be from five to seven feet clearance. Now we do not hesitate to say that any dockyard officer responsible for this branch of duty, who allowed the least damage to be done to " a large ship's " copper in taking her into the basin with from three to seven feet clearance and the aid of temporary fenders and other means, would deserve to be dismissed from her Majesty's service; and we cannot but regard the assumption to the con trary as a remarkable specimen of what in ordinary life is sometimes called " modest assurance." return for th e capacities of the docks In the ye states that N u. 4 dock will receive ", Mr. Ed s largest c l ass. " Yes, he can take a ship of 55 feet wide at t h e entrance hips o f the 5 inches b eam into a dock only 56 feet 2 inches , where would be . posi tively not five inches clearance ;thereut he cannot take the same ship into the basin having from more than five to seven feet clearance " without scraping the copper." We beg to call their Lordships especial attention to this specimen of a new inductive philosophy. We feel, hoe ever,_disposed to believe, that, after all, the great question with the Government is the money question. There are many extremely intel ligent and thinking men connected with the Admiralty, such as Sir Baldwin Walker, Colonel Irvine, and others, who really must know that all these pretended objec tions to the original design are " weak inventions." They have plans of this invert ; and may, therefore, by placing a midship-section of the Queen to the same scale on other ships, in the centre of the plan, iume ict'or s ee in t , l) e a r t t, the a r t e i a s n c o o t s t c he of slig fr h o t m e s t 2 re a son 4 l i s a t t u e r lY bin p g ere th e i i advanced, such as the " ne h c a e s s i s n i y by 30,000 L, on this acconut. All . t t he fo o r the d r on o k b i j n e g cti e o n n d s torch•light;" bringing ships into . the . . lit of removing the CaISOOD, except at the . ___(whys)— the "impossibility of spring tides," &c.; c a o h n le t . act l w t i i t e h , the jetty heads," &c., are equally ' which alone remains to the danger of " ships being damaged therefore, the money question gedunbtyen be exposed, an undertake to prove upon fair future occasion; and we that and this we hope effectually to do on a so far from any saving and reasonable grounds,heew scheme, there would be a being effected by t e xpenditure, and the Government a heartless would have to pay 350,0001. probably from l work. We have only to add r g u r i e n a t of increase ag r e with respect . inches water a t low " there are tides • terat there 1 C feet 8 to the invert—that are .., e over it at low water spring tidetcand 20 feet neap noa-ft o n tides. At high water Spring tides from 30 to 3 feet, and at high water neap from 28 to 30 feet. So that any ship of the navy ma y come in on an average upon two or four hours flood, with all stores, twice each day; at a light draught much sooner—small frigates at almost any time. f ight officer, appeal to the honest conviction of any shipwright officer, well acquainted with the service at the Devon port-yard, whether that is not ample —nay more than ample] accommodation —and that the late Mr. Hawkes well knew when he agreed to this " stupidly-planned". basin. The assumption that a pressing necessity may arise for docking a ship precisely at dead low-water spring tides is a perfect delusion —so evanescent in quan tity that no one would have thought of making it enter in the least degree into the original calculation for this basin. But any one who would dream of breaking up and ruining the whole work, when far advanced, in pur suit of such a shadow, and sacrifice some 50,000/. to gra tify such an irrational piece of caprice, should really be consigned to the care of his physician, and be put under mild but wholesome official restraint. M. Guizot was in the House of Lords last evening during the debate upon Lord Stanley's motion relating to the correspondence between Lord Palmerston, Mr. Bulwer, and the Duke of Sotomayor. The ex-minister stood the entire time by the great candelabrum adjoin ing the Bishops' bench, between it and the Prince of Wales's chair, and seemed deeply interested in the de bate. Many Noble Lords from time to time went up, shook hands, and conversed with him. The Earl of Aberdeen held a lorg, and apparently earnest, conver sation with him towards the aloe of the proceedings. _ 2 "--c_ - -) / plf----z--- _ - 7 i / gn-boat, andthe Admiralty barge, were taken tit tow by nne o f t h e l aunc h es, and after passing under Blackfriar's-bridge returned to Somerset-housr. The result of the experiment of towing was most eati tctory, and showed that similar launches would be a I.l'‘at ac quisition to ships of war, and most serviceable for towing gun-boats into action, at the same time allowing the crews to rem a i n un d er arms " i nstead of having from teE to sixteen men employed in rowing each gun. boat. The water was rough during the'experiment, the wind blow. iing strong from the east, mar ale swell in the river from the numerous large steam. vessels fully tested the merits of the launches, and showed that they cuuld surmount greater obstacles than will be presented to them in the smooth waters betwixt the icebergs of the Arctic regicns. The Enterprise, Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, and the Investigator, Captain Bird, will receive eight boats each vessel, all built by Mr. Thomson, who has been indefatigable in endeavouring by working day and night to have them finished in time —one steam launch, tvi* boats of 25 feet each, one gig, 22 feet, one dingy, and three whale boats to each vessel. •ds ; '3lbe it n li t Lone 1 7 1 ) ting 5 013 e n s (O P I tbe O l s ,ert