The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-08 00:00:00

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This I cone: , - fy, s . utsillice*-t -.-° g.t sary—you doubtless fully understan• tAITIoe or - - . -,„ the instruction required from a profes-; Of Ipit - in our Church; and the system of teackin, atoOteci \i -, by your immediate predece s sor, th e l a te' • :Is op of I Oxford, and Dr. Burton, has received the general approbation of the Church and the University. In the assurance that you will not suspect me of any unkind feeling, or want of personal respect to.. wards youZI remain, Rev. Sir, your humble and obedient servant, CONTP ACT for COALS for SINGAPORE. Department of tile Storekeeper General of the NavT. Somerset-place, Jan. 5,, 1541. The OM atilmioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the 11 , i'..tett Xingthion of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice tf - tat ea TIMUDAT, the 20th instant, at One o'clock they will be read) to treat with such Persons as nifty be wi llin g to Contract for supp dyin g an d deliverin; into Strire at Sincapore, 300 Tons of COALS„ tit for the the service of her Majesty's steam-vessels. The , :onditi ons of the Contract 'And Form •f the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will he received after One o'cloc,x on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party at terte.s, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. 'Avery Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words "Tender for Coals," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a better si gned by a responsible person, engaging to become bound - with the person tendering, in the sum of 2001., for the due perform ance of the Contract. No. 17;252.] LONDON, SATUnDAY, S U PI ' JAN UARY 8, 1848. PRICE SD. - _ .--- ,easm"..." CONTRACTS for PEAS and OATS. Department of thi, Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Stne.ces, Somerset-place, Jan. 7, 1848. The Commissioner% for executin g th e Offi ce o f Lord High Admiral of the United King,Jem of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on TrarraDAT, the 13th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat. With such Persons as may he willing to Contract for supplying Deptford, the a nd detivering i n t o h er M a j est y' s Vi c tualling iitores at undermentioned Articles, viz.: R OPAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TTNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his lIROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Ettablishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid eat expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, cue of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NORTH, it is hoped will be found complete in every respect. The RED-ROOIt3 (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a style which mutt ensere the approbation of all visitors. Gent omen travelling with STOCK can at all tittles have SHOW . ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Hall, Lecture Room, and Royal Rotel Assembly Room are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel is In the most central situation in Newcastle. BitITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, 1, Princes-street, Bank, January 5, 1848. Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL DIVIDEND on the Proprietary Capital of this Company 15 new in COUESt of PAY MENT, and may be received at the Oflice betweskk the hours of Eleven and Four. PUBLICATIONS. with her rigging. She is expected to leave here about the 24th instant. (Signed) W. CANTUAR. R ev. Dr. Hampden. ROSE'S CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. In one large volume B YO .. pp. 746 , b oun d i n c l o th, price IGs. APRACTICAL TREATISE of CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, including Tables for Calculations in Analysis, by H. ROSE. Translated from the French. and from the Fourth German Edition, with Notes and Additions, by Dr. NORMANDY. London : William Tegg and Co., Pancras-lane, Cheapside. 11;MR VORlttkoN, Resident Director. ON THL . DEFENCES OF THE NATION. TO THE EDLTOR OF THE SUN. FREEMABONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. !: - otlee is hereby given. that on and after the 10th ilistant, the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per Cent. per animal, will he in COUltiE of PAY 3114 NT at this (Mice to the re. spective Shareholders. JOSEPH Iltillttl36l, Secretary. 11, Waterloo-place, PAII-111A11, ;Taniiory 1 . , 1848. When to be deliYered. Quarters.o Ilalf in a fortnight, 1.144.. ** ) and the remainder *' ••'•••••" •• •- •• • ..... 500 in a Mrtnight after- Just published, in oz. vol. Bvo., greatly improved and enlarged, the Secend Edition, price 10s. 6d., A STHAIA: its Varieties and Complications; or, ..011- Researches into. the Pathology of Disordered Respiration , with remarks on th e Treatment applicable to each variety. Illus trated by Cases, and Pl a t es coloured from Nature. Also a Succinct Treatise on the Principal Diseases of the Heart. By F. 11. RAM ADGE, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, s;e. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longinans. O.II'S (Scotch Potato) ....... ward s. .... • 500 Within 10 days. 'Samples (not less than two quarts of each) must be produced by the parties tendering. The conditions • f t h • Contracts may be scea at the said Office. , t No Tender will he received a f ter O no o ' cloc k •n t h e d a y of tre a ty, nor any notic e d , unless the party attends, or an agent for h i m, duly authorised. in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," mast also be delivered at Soraerset-place. TO FAMILIES ABOUT TO VISIT ITALY. S TEAM DIRECT from SOUTHAMPTON on the 15th of every onth, to GENOA, LEGHORN, CIVITA VECCHIA, and NAPL/GS. The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM N AYIGATION COMPANY'S Steam•ship IBERIA, Captain C. F. BURNEY, will start from Southampton on SATURDAY, January 15, at Two P.M., for tie above Ports. This vessel has been fitted expressly for First•class Passengers and their Servants. /Horses and Carriages taken on Deck. Private Cabins can be secured by early application. Rates of passage and plans of the vessel may be obtained at the iCompany's Offices, No. 51, St. Mary Axe, London. FREE EMIGRATION to the CAPE of GOOD ROPE, under the authority of her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners. The splendid first-class ship COROMANDEL, of 765 tons register, JOIIN GRAY, Commander, with a Poop, and most superior Cabin And Steerage accommodations, will eribark Passengers on TUESDAY, Z'sb. 1, and at Plymouth on the 11th Feb., direct for CAPE TOWN And ALGOA BAY. Poop Cabin Passengers will be taken at 251. 'each to Table Bay. Steerage Passengers who may not be eligible for a free passage will be charged 141. to Table Bay, and 161. to Algoa Esy, which will Include new bedding and mess utensils. An Gape r* rienced surgeon, uppot beer ie urgently re q ut n th e a b ove h ea l t h y colony, and every in ned by Government, will be en board. La a litustrlous and well- co n noted person is sure to better his condition by emigrating thither. All particulars as to the classes eligible for tree passage, dietary on the voyage, &c., will be furnished en application to John Marshall mad Co. 26, Blrchin-lane ; at Southampton ; or at Baltic-wharf, Plymouth. EASTERN COUN TIES RAILWAY ; EXTENSION STOCK, Xo. 2. The holders of Scrip Shares in this mock are inform.ri that esqls all such A.RREAItS of 'CALLS Ati hte due by them be PAW to the Company's Bankers moor before the 10th of January neM, they will not afterwards be permitted i 0 pay any further fttKts on the said Strip Shares, and the Extension Stock, N•. 2. be Issued t• them will be limited to the anMunts they shall liaNt already paid ip. By order •f the Board, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. BLthopisate Sta'tios, Dec. 30, 1847. LOAN ON MORTGAGE, T HE LONDON,S BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY will receive TENDERS ter LOANS on Mortgage Bonds, in sums of 500/. and upwards, annd for terrns not exceeding seven years. Interest at 5 per cent. per annum, Payable half yearly. Ity order, London Terminus, Dec. 27, 19 47. T. J. lIIICKTON, Secretary. CHESTER AN.P, HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. 151. PREFERENCE SHARES, SECOND CALL of 41. PER SHIq ARE, making the s'.nount called 121. PER SHARE. accordance vri•X, the terms on which these Preference Shares were issued, Hold , -TS of these Shares are required to pay, on or before „ ti l e Anh January, 1548, a SECOND CALL of FOUR --- SR kHE to either of the undermentioned Bankers: Lor Aden—Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street. T _deemed—Liverpool Borough Bank. In+ Iltangor—Messrs. Williams and Co. - attest at the rate of Five per C en t, per A nnum w ill b e c h arged 4t Calls remaining unpaid on the said 10th of January. By order, Moorgate-street, London, Dec. 17,11847. KING, Secretary. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. final Instalment and Registration of the New Scrip Shares, No. 1. /foils.) is hereby given, that the FINAL INSTALMENT of lb. 4d. per Share upon the New Scrip Shares, No. 1, issued for paying off Debentures, became DUE on the Ist January instant, and is PAYABLE at the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, Landon. X B. Interest at the rate of 6 per Cent. will be charged upon all Instalments not duly paid, and the non-payment of any Instalment within Fourteen Days from the time appointed will subject the .sheres, with all previous payments thereon, to be absolutely for lofted for the benefit of the Company, Notice is also hereby given, that the Fifth Half-yearly Interest en the above Shares is now payable, and can be obtained by forwarding - the Scrip Certificates (the full 'Amount of 6/. 13s. 4d. per Share being 41aly paid thereon), to the Offices of the Company, for the purpose of Registration, with the same and Address of the Owner in full, and the Number of Shares. ._". In pursua n ce of a revolution of the B ear d of Directors, all mitt Shares not sent in for Registration before the 31st of January Instant, will be Registered in the names of the original Allottees. By order of the Board, J. F. °Moen, Lond on Terminus, Fenchurch-street , KENNELL, Secretary. January 4, 1848 THE. BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAM O M ILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple. but certain remedy, to all 'who stiffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Milhous and Liver Com- Maints t they act as powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impartin: strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold in bottles at Is. 13gd., or 2s. 9d. each, by A. Willout,hby and Co, htte 11. G. Winans, 61, Bishopsgate Without, and nearly all Me- Ilidrle Venders. Ile sore to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, and do not be persuaded to Varckase an imitation. MDCCCXLVII. and NIDCCCXLVIII. TO THE PUBLIC. " Look on this picture, and on this.". As new another year is passed away, MOSES and SON their wonted tribute pay; And freely Own, with gratitude sincere, The many favours of another year. Oft have their warm aeknovrledgmeats been made, For vest success, and glosilous public aid ; but never did such staunch support appear, As that which honoured the departed year. Spring, Barmier, autumn, winter, bear fresh proof, crewdiag throngs beneath their trading roof. 'Whet January's frosts were keenly felt, Thonsands with MOSES liberally dealt ; /id Winter Overcoats. to suit the cold, Were purchased at their Warehouse million-fold. Ia February's month, and blust'rim: March, The pallie sought the Emporium's lofty arch. la fickle April, and In milder May, 110:4ES and SON'S Spring dresses bore the sway. In pleasant Jane, and changeable Jaly, ♦ast multitudes were daily seen to bay ; And such supporters failed not to remember Tie City Mart in August and September. And in October's month did thousands press, At MOSES' Mart for matchless Autumn dress. In dull November, and Deoerabcr, too, MOSES and SON were ever kept la view. And this did new encouragements appear Throughout the circle of the by-past year : Not only In attire, but boots and shoes, And also in the furs which ladies use ; And throngs of buyers might we daily see, Obtaininiag first-class Hats at Eighty-three. Ia Hosiery and matchless outfits too, The trade at MOSES' Warehouse daily grew. The glorious marks of favour thus presented, Proclaim the by-gone year unprecedented. 'Twas truly pleasing to behold a throng, Crowding the spacious Warehouse all day long; While ell the current coins, with constant Jingle, •'' Amid the busy stir were heart to mingle. Nor was It any sight to cause a frown, While orders for bespoke were putting down. Swift went the knits, and orders swiftly took, Ind very swiftly filled each order-book. The Cutting-room at MOSES' mart has been, " A cutting eight"—an ever-busy scene. No time for idleness—no lengthy leisure, Could here be had for cutter, shears, or measure All was activity in every part, And basinees "tiled the roast" at MOSES' Mart. Though scarcity of money roused alarm, MOSES aad SON sustained no trading halm. No ; on the contrary, as people found, The real valise of a current pound, They flocked to MOSES' Mart, assured that there, Unmatched econoray is brought to bear. What now remains? A task devolves on MOSES, Now Eighteen Forty-seven for ever closes. Most heartily de Messrs. MOSES tender Their thanks for what a generous public render. Eat thanks ten thousand times they might repeat, And leave the task of thanking incomplete. Pet, happily, tloy've more that they can state, And thus they're led to Eighteen Forty-eight. In Eighteen Forty-eight they mean to steer Beyond the bounds of each succeeding year. The recent purchases which they have made, Will add new benefits to all their trade. When all the markets were depressed, they bought For moderate sums their cloths raperbly wrought. They saw the opportunity, and now, A raost immense redaction they allow. Such are the benefits which here await The purchaser of Eighteen Forty-eight. May MOSES and the public ever be. On pleasing terms of trading unity ; May both the buyers and the sellers find, That all their mutual interests are combined ; And may the friends of MOSES (small and great) enjoy, la every possible estate, A happy year in Eighteen Forty-eight. LIST OF PRICES. ILIAD'S MADE. ' — Shakspeare. Beaver Tagßoni ..... .••••••••• • • • ; • .. • • from 40 9 • Chesterfield and Codrington s, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely •• • • trimmed.. •• • • • • . • • • The ?echo. Coat • • .. • • • • • • • • • • The Bullmer, ..... •••••••• especially adapted . • for snowy •s•n•o•• •• • 18 0 wy and 1 wet wwither• • • . •lb • The Premier. •••• • .. Boy's Winter Coats, in every style.. • Men's Do. Trousers, lined .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 4 0 Doeskin ••• • • • I 12 6 .. Dress C0at5........... •.••• • •• •• 1 • 0 • I 4 • Double-breasted Winter Vests ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 0 2 0 0 1 6 Boys' Weimar and Tanis Sults •• • • •••••• • • • • • • 416 6 ItADI TO XIAIIIIIII. Winter Coats, In every style and shape, hand somely trimmed • • from I 6 8 Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs .. 3 4 11 Tweed Wrapper. ..... ••..•• .• • • ...... • . 0 la 6 Doeskin Trousers Itest, sr Dress.. 1 6 e D ress Coat •..... Best quality made.. ••••.. • • • • 2 IS 0 Cashmere 'reit. " • a 6 est • • • ;lity 'made.. • • • • • . • . • 6 3 3 0 Satins, Plai • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• : 1 1 6 2 0 4 soy's II aan Ta nis Suits .. ••.. • • :•• •••• umnrer Fa ncy Great Coat... A Suit of cloth e • '• • • Clothes complete Mourning to any extent at Five M i nutes not i ce. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, It not approved of, will be exchanged. er if preferred, the money returned, E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, flatters, L o_fders, Farriers, Boot and Sh oemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladles aid Gentlemen, 154, 155, ari d 156, 157 alunories, and 83,, 44, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Cantitm.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to erd the publle against imp os t ors, but have learned that the untradesroan like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, ban been resorted to in massy instances, and for obvious reasons. They have ao connexion with any other house in or out of London; bud these who desire genutue and elic,p clothing, iihvald cell at, ae send to, atinories and Aldgatc, City, Londira. holies, --No business transacted at this establishment from sun- P rldor t , till sunset Saturd, whiz busiucas is resumed. twelve %Welk ay WELLINGTON suirrouT—Patronised. by Prince Albert, the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, and principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a-Halt ilaineas. A *tent milled substance of saperlative quality for winter, at Three Culneas, is now also ready. It is presumed that the reputation of the Patentee As a West-end Tailor for the last 25 years, as also the fact that this popular gar• meat is now warn by almost eyery nobleman and gentleman in the kingdom, renders comment on its quality and style unnecessary. In London only of FOUGERE, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON DUIT-STREET, Bege.it-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS BURY, adjoining so, Cheapside. Agents.—P,irmin g ha m • Hollingsworth, New-street—Liverpool Mactaggart, 80ld -street—Manchester : Brown, Market-street—Edin burgh : Marshall (tact Aitken—Glasgow ; Brodie, M4cleocl, and Co.; and principal tailors in all large towns. NOTICE. PREVIOUS TO THE CLOSE OF THE ROYAL POLY TECHNIC V INSTITUTION, on the 29th instant, for Additions and Decorations, Dr. RYAN will LECTURE on SANITARY MEASURES, and on the nature of DISINFECTUSG AGENTS, in connexion with this important Sub :Ka, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Half-past Three, r. 31., and every Evening, exoept Saturday, at Nine •'clock. On the alternate days other Lectures on CTIENIISTRY. Dr. BACH IIOFENER will LECTURE on RESPIRATION and VENTILA TION, in connexion with the above Subject, Daily at Two, r.m., in which a JET of nTEAM, as a Ventilating Agent, will be ex hibited. The Opitical Effects include the OXY-HYDROGEN MI CROSCOPE. New DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c. WORKING MO. DELS of MACHINERY explained. The DIVING DELL and • DIVER, &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half•price, QECRET MALADIE6. Treatment of CII. ALBERT, M.D., a Member rnt , tt _ sity of Paris, Professor of Pharmacy, Apothec ry t 4 of Paris, Professor of Medicine, and hon ...red with ttOtat'ai. Medals and national rewards. No. 21, Rue: .otonte , f;eitq, Numberless and well-- ..othenitated ' ,. .eoes which hitherto had been considered as inct: grak by 0 . 4 d f leb .. y, it and which in a short time have given - 'fay untie ttttS treatment, are most unequivocal proofs of it '.",,rfority t'Oltr `overy other means as yet employed. t was for a tong rYeti_`M at time a desideratum to discover a mode of cure aftekte - ii to all smstitutions, and which should be free from the bane `ll effects of mercury. We are now arrived t: the sollttith Or this problem by the discovery of a mode of treatment at Mice simple end easy, and which, without any degree of eks.gget Ati'tn, We can affirm to be infallible is the cure of all Secret rattliaes, however inveterate or of long standing. The Metht d. tit6th*, according to Dr. Albert, is economical and easy, eithe'r a borne or on a journey, causing not the slightest derangetne'nt to the general health, and safe in all seasons and In all climates. Sold by E. W. Wilcox, 336, Oxford-street: T. Miles, Grasechurch street ; and by all the principal Chemists in London. A Treatise is enclosed with the Medicine. A R R T A E. M.. One half the wend art desolately single, and the other supposing them married, QUeStionahly contented. Diffidence, or a sense et right detortil:no the former and Miscalculated hopes em hitter the latter. The solitary one. May shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly phidence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing hurry ; bete the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to dtanestic happiness end social eohtent. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour end justicederuand that health shouldforrn an item In the compact; it alone digniiles the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sy'.•ely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises toncern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOrtrl ' On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. es.7'l (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let ne imaginatively - ef nod, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, ner be hindered oy misinterpretation, of their supposed contents, from obtaining item. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but 'or the closet perusal of these more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or :ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, ner are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's Hie, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be kid of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho, 147, Fleet -street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, .nornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; and all Booksellers. DN THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. __ _... ILLUSTRATED WITA COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelen, price 2s. 6d., •r free by post. 3s. 6d. _ CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive COTISOIiIIeRCCS of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion , and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celilacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 61, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OF THE WORK, _ _ _ _ _ Chap. 1. —Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence if the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced Ia the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and ether convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations en the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3 .—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhcea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease if the Frastate. Chap. b.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &C. Sold by Brittain , 54, Paternoster-row ; Gerd m 146, Leadenhall street ; Hannay and to., 63, Oxford-street; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street, London; Wlihal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, 64, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Greenslde-street, Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dahlia ; snd all Booksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining the ahem work, aid nit wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it lirect from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. 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Attendance daily at 19, Ber ners.street, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sundays from Eleven to One. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOOTH AND MATURITY.-WITU 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. ed„ et' post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise Lon the Physiology et Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Inflrmit.ies and Disorders of Youth aid Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical -and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feeling!, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical 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, thyphilis, 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 functions, and the various Injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 9, BEDFORD-STREET. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin btfirgh, Licenti a t e o f Ap o th ecar i es ' H a ll, L on d on , Hone - airy Member O tkc London Hospital Medical Society, &c.c. Marriagere i rres the fulfilment of severs , conditions. in order may that It really the cause of mute' 1 happiness. Could the veil. which covers the origin of dolosstic wretchedness, be raised, and its true souprhceysiincalevctry instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to nalifleations and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are u s always injurious; the gilt, which when used in moderation it aught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief,power and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital of which atilisThe particular excesses, on .he nature and consequence Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of mi sery to the human franc, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Iknatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, an d of th e ir relative conditio ns in health and disease. It deservedly f requires the closest attention and study, for what be of more imnort ance than the preservation O f theiefita e a n n and of the physica l ca p abilities of which ever y man should be possessed. 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In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 2d of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1846, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Mad Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. . . _ _ Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's.street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be come void. GEORGE KEYS. Secretary. PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. Capital, 20,0001. in 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 1/. per Share on complete registration. No further call will be made without three months' previous notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount subscribed for. The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used ix the offices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal Exchange-buildings, &c. Tke objects of the promoters are ap proved by The Most Noble the Menials of NORTHAMPTON, President of Le Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DE GRET, K.G., President of the Xoyal In stitute of British Architects. Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Associa tion for the Advancement of Science. The Eight Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich j of Lichfield rh• Right lion. the Earl of Lei- The Most Noble the Marquis of rester Bristol Th e Lord Rendleshain, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thongs X. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop Keppel of Gloucester and Bristol The Hon. Fred. Byng The 7.10 , 1. and Rev. Edward 11. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal- Keppel Inm, Bart. The Very Rev, the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart. miiister, Dr. Buekland i Sir Robert Harland, Bart. The Venerable Archdeacon Shir-,Sir Francis Darwin ley The Norwich Union Fire Office i Sir John P. Belleau, Hart. 'The Suffolk Fire Office Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart.. The District Fire On* of Bic- Dr. Outran, F.R.S., F.G.S., In- minghara spector of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Eqaltalsle Insurance Right Hon. Earl Fitzhardinge Office His Grace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby- Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Office Right Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley,' The West of Englaai Fire Off**, M.P. W. Miles, Req., M.P. The object of this Association is totally to abolish the nee of climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85, are coutinaally resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im poseitillty in innumerable eases of cleansing a chimney or Rue with the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge niece and effective Ramoneur machine has been invented. This invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby creating an even pressure on all four sisles of a chimney. The rods attached to this head or brush are suPplied at intervals with universal spring joists, capable of turning even a right angle and the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its roate most perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are hest demonstrated by the fact, that it is exclusively aced in the Government and numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large camber of the nobility and gentry in eontinuing their annual con tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 55, Jennyn-street, St. James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.';', brokers, 7, Sirchin-lane ; at W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the principal office, I, Wellington-street, Lendon-bridge, Borough, wkero applications for shares may be addressed. _RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, without either friction or faltering, therefore can never bs surpassed ; conse quently this is the most important discovery ever made for the pre servation of life and property either at Sea or on Land. . . IT SEA_ numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains grattfally ac knowledge ths glorioas results. Two testimonial extracts shall suffice : . - " Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was tbe means et saying the ship sad 230 souls on board, two seams in the bottom being partly left without calking." " The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out at sea, and soon after her common pump choaked and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London, with a thank God for the Fountain Pump." ON LAND " the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a fire brigade. They act instantaneously at tke outbreak of a fire. " We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to so ciety.”—Editors Liverpool Mail. The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on fire in and near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly, including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Horton's dyery, and 12,000 1 . worth of consigned pro perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, and 31essrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de struction and death. _ _ — " North Walsham.—At this fire the Portable Bngine was of great service, and by having e:ie of them ready, there Is no doubt but half the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Ckro niche, August 22, 1646. It a Norwich fire Juno 2, 1'847, the two Portable Engines were the pets of tile public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they will do the work, which proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo spheres. Now the fact is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines : they rub, grub, and scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young and Hatton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus : —The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom exceeCs half the power consumed, atter overcoming friction and leakage; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or about seventy went.), and frequently with out more outlay. Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power. John Clenton Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the 'Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in No. 1.183, ar.el in No. 496, Book-maker Milling:on's remarks are preposterous. however, on the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning men, after witnessing th e p er f eot e ff ect an d th e b ea utiful s i m pli c it y of the rolling principle, gave the inveation the following tree and sustain. able character:—Tiso Fountain Pump is the most important Improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in modern tines. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, for man, horse, and steam power ; delivering from half* pint per stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and r en d er i ng every f a i r trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at lee' cost than common pumps. F o untain Pump Works, Sorwich, .\ov. 30, 1547. See Mechanic's Magazine, Nos. 231*, 364, 383, 429, 430, 433, 482, 486, 467, 489, 492, 495, 496, 608, 409, 810. 525, 533, GU*, 727, 604, 1,048, 1,1111 0 , 1,113, No:. illustrated are marked thus* NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SIR CHARLES SQUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.---The Jupiter packet has put us in possession of letters from our friends in the squadron, which enable us to continue our details o: the movements of the ships:— " December 22.—The St. Vincent, Queen, Ca nopus, Albion, Dragon, and Scourge put to sea for a cruise, the object being a last trial of the Albion, 90, in competition with the other ships. The Scourge parted company outside the bar. " 23d.—The ships shortened all sail, and remained for an hour to try rolling, when the signal was made, that the St. Vincent rolled from 14 degrees to lee ward to 4 delfrees to windward ; the Albion rolled 15 degreesto leeward and 11 degrees to windward ; ...tueen, 14 degrees to leeward and 11 to windward ; Canopus, 15 degrees to windward, 9 to leeward. The Albion rolled 480 times in one hour; Canopus, 212 times in 52 minutes; Queen, 268 times in one hour and twenty minutes ; St. Vincent, 60 times in one hour. The Albion took in six 68-pounders from the Howe before leaving, which were put on her lower deck. The St. Vincent's upper deck guns are on shore. After the rolling, the ships were formed in columns and sailed under double-reefed topsails, courses, topgallant-sails, jib, and spanker, when the Canopus, as usual, beat all, sparing topgallantsails ; Queen was next ; then Albion and St. Vincent. The Dragon steam. frigate kept her station well. "24th.—Tried rate of sailing, single reefs, topgal lant sails, courses, jib, and spanker, for six hours. The result was the Albion beat the St. Vincent one mile ; the Queen beat the St. Vincent three miles ; the Canopus beat the St. Vincent three and a half miles; Albion rolling a good deal; when in the swell her motion is very quick. "25th.—Light winds ; little done, but the swell from the late northerly wind gave us another proof of the Albion's rolling propensities. . _ . " 26th.—The Scourge steam-sloop joined with the mail, and the Albion was dispatched to England. P.n.—Squadron made sail towards Lisbon. " 27th.—The Scourge took the St. Vincent in tow, and the Dragon took the Queen, but cast off outside the bar, when the ship made sail for the night. " 28th.—At daylight off the rock of Lisbon; at noon the Dragon took the St. Vincent in tow, the Scourge took the Queen. Just as the St. Vincent was nearing the bar both hawsers parted, when she made sail with the wind N.E , and worked up the river ; one of the Queen's hawsers parted, but the Scourge took her up to the anchorage. " 29th.—The squadron all in their former places. The Amphion screw frigate is here with the step of her mainmast adrift, &c. The Alert brig is refitting prior to going to the coast of Africa. " 30th.—Weather very unsettled; the packet which ought to have been here from Gibraltar on the 27th only arrived to-day. "31st.—The packet sails to-day for England. Squadron all well. " Our letters again speak of the insufficiency of the anchors supplied to her Majesty's ships now in the Tagus. it was about a month or six weeks since our attention was called to the fact of most of the ships comprising the squadron under Sir Charles Napier having carried away or broken their anchors, owing to faulty construction or some other cause, and that, too, comparatively, during the fair weather season ; and now that we may reasonably expect squalls and foul weather it is hoped we may not have to record some serious calamity, arising either from the want of strength or holding powers in the anchors usually supplied to our ships of war, though occasionally other and improved anchors than that of the Admiralty plan find their way on board a flag-ship, as in the case of the St. Vincent, which the following fact will illus trate :—On the 18th ult. the St. Vincent was moored with an Admiralty anchor to the E N.E., and to the W.S.W. by an anchor known as Porter's ; this latter held the three-decker during violent squalls from the westward and a rapid flood-tide, but, strange to say, on the ebb tide making, the strain necessarily came then on the anchor to the eastward, and the ship continued to drag until checked by Porter's anchor to the west ward, which continued to hold her again in saftety. The crew of this fine ship was consequently em ployed the whole of Sunday to get her into a berth, or moor her according to the regulations of the ser vice; or otherwise we do not see the necessity of " mooring" if one anchor will hold mere effectually than two, as proved in the above instance, against a rapid flood-tide running six or seven knots, and violent squalls of wind at the same time. The Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admi ralty, left his official seat this day for a week's ab sence, it is reported on a visit to her Majesty. Captain the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, M.P., Second Naval Lord of the Admiralty, also left the board this afternoon, on a visit to his son-in-law, Lord Giffard, residing near this port. Captain Berkeley will resume his official duties on Monday. Captain Herringham (not Sherringham) is ap pointed to the Havannab heavy corvette of 22 guns at Sheerness for service at New Zealand. The Bonetta brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Forbes, arrived this morning from Chatham. She is bound to the coast of Africa. The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, is under orders to leave Spithead to-morrow morning as s oon as possible after daylight for Lisbon, with dis patches and s upernumeraries. She proceeds first to Cork to embark Mrs. and Miss Napier. The following personages and officers go out in her :—Mr. Norton, a s Attache to Sir Hamilton Seymour, the British Minister at Lisbon ; Lieutenant J. B. Rowles, Mr. Tucker, master; Messrs. R. Mansell, N. F. Ruxton, and F. P. Staples, midshipmen ; and H. J. Marshall, ' naval cadet, to join the Queen ; Lieutenant J. H. Howard and Mr. W. W. Evans, clerk, to join the Howe; Messrs. John Irving and T. D. Pratt, navalcadets, join the St. Vincent; Richard ,to join the flag-ship Mr. Capron Bridges, naval c St e u oc rg od es ile a t second C to ork ; master, cadet, to join he Amphion ; Mr. Charles °Terrell, second master, to join the Avenger ; also Captain Elliot, I corporal, 11 privates, and 2 gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, and 20 second class boys for the disposal of Sir Charles Napier in his squadron. The Terrible is only six men short of her complement. It is expected she will, although start ing a day later, and having to put into Cork, beat the packet which left Southampton this morning. The Fire Queen ateam-yacht, under the temporary com mand of Mr. All en , w ith the crew of the Undine t alongsid e th e d ockyard) sails this evening (the latter being under repai r , w ith h er mas t s an d fournnnPerlotinuth with t wo d eserters belonging to the Efdamlyuon, 44, Captain Lambert, for trial by court martialHecht steam-sloop, Commander Starmer, left for Sheerness at that port. The to be paid off. appointment of the Earl of Dundonald to the command-in -chief on the West India and North is the ship chosen by the Admiralty to station has given universal satisfaction in naval circles at this port. The Wellesley, 72, at s hip Victoria and Albert, royal yacht; flag of the noble and gallant Admiral. In Harbour —The Victory, flag-ship; Excellent, The Terrible, steam-frigate; the 1 irefly, Fairy, Undine, and Echo steam vessels. carrytAh American ehrei t c h a en morning gu A nn t er s y p Mountstuart Elphinstone, convict ship ; the Bonetta, brigantine; and the Parsee, I nc:Haman. r n ibuti A on, jax C , u L ck ea o rt o Birkenhead, DevnPrt' I —The Prince Regent, 92 ; Blenheim, , Swallow, and Rocket steamers. Leander, Avon, Orestes, and variable), i hazy,a b le) w f i r t e h s h rain (very vrANes.t7.—Her Majesty's ship Asia, 8 4, Captain Robert F. Stopford, with the flag of Rear- Admiral Phipps Hornby, having hail lV o i n c occasionally in:it:lls. • PI.YMOUTII, repaired defects caused by the late storm, sailed from the Sound this morning, at eight o'clock, for South America and the Pacific. Wind northerly, light. Skipwith, sailed f rom this port yester day.CUATllA Ikl, JAN. 7 . — The Hydra steam-sloop, COM , . rnarl d .- S% G e r h e a y s on board nine months' provisions. Her destination is Rio Janeiro. This vessel is very much down at the head, in consequence ~f her stores and heavy guns forward, whilst her stern is six inches glove ware: -nark. The Sealark, 10 guns, Commander W. B. Money penny, has her topmasts on end, and is completed, ' with the exception of some trifling jobs connected 1 The Meander, 44 guns, Captain Hon. Henry Keppel, is completed. The cabins for the Raja, Mr. Brooke, and suite, are fitted up in a very superior style. There are three on each side erected on the main deck. Her barge is 34 feet in length, her pinnace 37 feet, and her launch 42 feet in length, and 8 feet 4 inches in width, and it is built of teak ; the barge and pinnace of Mahogany ; and the three are coppered, and are considered to be very superior built boats. The launch proceeds to-day to Messrs. Sea ard and Caple's factory, at Limehouse, to be fitted with the high pressure engine of three horse power, which has been constructed for her in such a manner that it can be lifted out and in when required. The whole of its works form a square of 7 teet 6 inches, and 3 feet six inches deep, and it is to work with a fan screw. The Hercules store-ship, Master• Commander Ful ton, fitting in dock, will be ready for service at the end of this month. On Tue3day last, during the time that a number of men were employed in stripping off her old copper, a large anchor, weighing several tons, fell from the bow of this ship into the dock, precipi• tating one man into the dock. Fortunately, he came off with a slight injury on the head. For the crew of this ship the Hussar hulk is appropriated. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7. By the packet ship Yorkshire, Captain Furber, we have received accounts from New York to the 18th ult. inclusive. 45,0001. were received on freight by the Yorkshire. The proceedings of Congress had become more interesting. In a lengthy document the President had vetoed the River and Harbour Improvement Bill passed last session. In relation to the more prominent questions of ter ritorial aggrandisement and of the Mexican war, the following had been the movements the Senate, on the 14th, Mr. Dickenson submitted the following resolutions for consideration, which were read and ordered to be printed. " That true policy requires the Government of the United States to strengthen its political and com mercial relations upon this continent by the annexa tion of such contiguous territory as may conduce to that end and can be justly obtained ; and that neither in such acquisition nor in the territorial organization thereof can any conditions be constitutionally im posed, or institutions be provided for or established inconsistent with the right of the people thereof to form a free sovereign state, with the powers and pri vileges of the original members of the confederacy. " That in organizing a territorial government for territory belonging to the United States, the princi ples of self-government upon which our federative system rests will be best promoted, the true spirit and measures of the constitution be observed, and the confederacy strengthened by leaving all questions concerning the domestic policy therein to the Legis latures chosen by the people thereof." On the 15th Mr. Calhoun offered the following resolutions to the Senate : " That to conquer Mexico, and to hold it either as a province or to incorporate it into our Union, would be inconsistent with the avowed object for which the war has been prosecuted, and a departure from the settled policy of the Government, in conflict with its character and genius, and in the end subversive of our free and popular institutions. " That no line of policy in the further prosecution of the war should be adopted which may lead to con sequences so disastrous." They were laid over for further action. The papersitoptft — r great flood on the Ohio, re sulting in great destruction of property. The river was in height within six inches of the great freshet of 1832. A telegraphic report from Philadelphia, dated on the 15th ult., says—" There were two heavy fail ures here to-day in the grocery trade. Some five or six country banks are reported broken." We do not find in later papers any confirmation of this statement. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 18. Business, owing to the lateness of the season and continued unfavourable weather, is going forward on a very moderate scale, the markets generally being characterised by nothing but quietude and great dul ness. In the money market there is some alleviation of the previous depression, the banks discounting with more freedom, and the amount of paper offered for discount considerably lessened. COURT CIRCULAR. WWDSOR, FRIDAY.—The unfavourable state of the weather prevented her Majesty or his Royal Highness Prince Albert leaving the Castle this morning. The same cause prevented the Royal Family taking their usual walking and pony exercise. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, the Earl of Auckland, and the Right Hon. William and Lady Caroline Lascelles, left the Castle to-day. Lord and Lady John Russell, are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening on a visit to her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Lady in waiting on the Duchess of Kent, Baroness de Speth, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. Her Majesty's private band attend in the evening at the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, on Thursday, at Gloucester House. The Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., will not meet at the Lord Chancellor's residence, in Park-lane, on the first day of Hilary Term (Tuesday next). The Noble and Learned Lord will take his seat in Court at eleven o'clock on that day. Lord and Lady John Russell left town yesterday , morning for Richmond. Lord John Russell pro ceeded from Richmond to Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere left town yester day for Brighton. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, arrived in town yesterday. Dispatches for the Governor of the Alauritius were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial office. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge, Prince Frederick of Hesse, the Russian Ambassador, the Belgian Minister, the Mar quis of Donegal, the Marquis of Granby, Viscount and Viscountess Castlereagh, Viscount Cantilupe, the Earl and Countess of Orford, Viscount Newry, the Earl and Countess of Verulam, Viscount Canterbury, Lord and Lady Holland, Lady Seaford, Lady Alexander Russell, Lord Manners, Lord Maidstone, Lady Hereford, Lord Aylmer, Lord Cholmondeley, Lord Ward, Lord Strath more, Lord Southampton, Lady Mary Fox, Lady Caro line Barrington, Lady Parr, Lady Augusta Cadogan, the Ladies Somerset, the Ladies Cust, Lord William Len nox, Lord George Lennox, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Forester, Lady Rivers. Baron Pollock, Lady Caroline Maxee, Hon. J. Mac donald, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Colonel Knox, Count Kielmansegge, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, 4 Sir G. Rose, the Baron Rothschild, Mr. Hasley, Baron Knesebeck, Count Kondriaffski, Baron and Baroness Rehausen, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. G. Anson, The O'Gorman Mahon, Mr. Horace Twiss, Count Revel, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, Sir Francis Peacocke, General Taylor, &c., have been amongst the highly distinguished visitors who have lately honoured this theatre with their presence. THE HOUNSLOW FLOGGING CASE. —It may be remembered that, at the inquest held by Mr. Wakley, M.P. (June, 1846), on private White, of the 7th Hussars, who died in consequence of the severe flogging which he received for some military fault, and which was the direct cause of the barbarous custom of flogging in the army being much mitigated, privates Cooke and Mat thewson gave such testimony as was believed would ex pose them to the caprice of the " Martinets" of their regiment. A subscription to procure their discharge was commenced, but the sum thus raised, amounting only to 431. ls. 4d., not being sufficient to effect that object, the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley) generously made up the required sum (501.) from his own private puree, and the men were discharged from the regiment on Saturday last. Cooke is now in London, seeking employment on a railway. ~SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 7.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's iron steam-ship Madrid, Captain Weeks, sailed this afternoon for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant Newenham, Admiralty agent. She takes a full cargo of cotton bale goods, and about 20 passengers. The Sultan is hourly expected from Constantinople, Malta, and Gibraltar, with that portion of the Indian mad not forwarded via Marseilles.—Wind W.N.W., leggy. At the Rochdale Petty Sessions on Monday last a man named Needham was fined 58. for having bitten the finger off a fellow•workman. THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHURCH AND STATE GAZETTE. Danbury Palace, January 4,1848. Sir,—Your Oxford correspondent ought to obtain more correct information, and not allow himself to indulge in slander and unfounded insinuations. My son had not taken a degree at the U niversit y , and, therefore, had no vote to give, either for or ageinst Tract 90. I have no daughter married to Lord Campden. The charge I delivered to my clergy, in the year 1844, ought to have been sufficient to satisfy any candid mind of my disapproval of the Tractarian doctrine. I did not state in the House of Lords that there was a general unanimity amongst the clergy of my ex tensive diocese on this subject. What I did say was, that there was a general and almost unanimous dis approbation of the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the see of Hereford. entire I am equally opposed to the two extreme parties by which our Church is unhappily divided — and, I may also add, to a third party, the Latitudinarians. Mr. Greenlaw entertains the same views I do, or I safety examin d ing ht nreo v c Ca h hatr a ia p oodsw l n a i s ; n b i br n ue . should no t h ave p l ace d hi m i n so i m portant an office as that o f an m between Chur c h an d S tate, w hi c h I cons id e r essential to themir ft e p i unn t t i o t te n vea m o na f pc eop t dfoh eopinion n et Ia t e h n a c t e th a e n d supremacy n o r f of a bishop, ought to be exercised with greater pru selection of Dr. Hampden for so important an office. My objection to that appointment was founded on the grave condemnation of his writings by the University of Oxford, in which at the time I fully concurred, o an unwise and dangerous tampering with theologi considering his " Bampton Lectures" were the result f , cal speculations, calculated to mislead the ignorant, and to unsettle the minds even of the better informed. I cannot for a moment object to the recent profession of his faith which Dr. Hampden has published in his letter to Lord John Russell. It would have been well if the retractation or explanation of his former writings had been made at an earlier period ; for it must be remembered that, in his correspondence with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Hampden declared that he had nothing to retract or explain. It is singularly unfortunate, both for Lord John Russell and for Dr. Hampden, that amongst the many Sovereigns who have ruled over these king , doms, and the innumerable Ministers by whom their councils have been directed, the prudence of the exercise of the supremacy of the Crown, in the ap pointment of a bishop, has never before been pub licly called in question by the almost unanimous op position of the great body of the clergy, for the statement is wholly unfounded that it has arisen from one party in the Church ; although they may have manifested a greater degree of interest on the subject than the others whose religious opinions are less strongly marked.—l am your oboeobedient servant, G. ROCHESTER. Upon the preceding letter the editor makes the following observations:— "We insert a letter from the Lord Bishop of Rochester, complaining of some inaccuracies in the account given by a correspondent of Tractarian in fluences in his Lordship's diocese. Our correspon dent has explained that it was not the Marquess Camden who is connected with the Murray family, but Lord Campden, a son of Lord Gainsborough, to whom he intended to refer. On another point, how. ever, we belive our correspondent will be found to.be correct; as, on reference to the Oxford Calendar for 1844, a son of the Bishop of Rochester appears as a Master of Arts in the University for that year; and, as the case of Mr. Waid,,with which the attempt to procure the condemnation a Tract 90 was contem poraneous, did not occur till 1 8 4 5 , his Lordship will . perceive that there was no inconsistency in s y upposing -- that his son acted with the Tractarian part occasion. His Lordship's words art: - ` on tbat so n d not taken a degree at the University, and there-, fore, no vote to give, either for or against Tract 90. His Lordship must refer to some other son than our correspondent speaks of; or must imagine that Tract ha 90 was proposed for condemnation at the time of its publication." (From the Church and State Gazette .) DR. HAMPDEN AND THE ARCHBISHOP OP CANTERBURY. The history of the Hampden Controversy would hardly be complete without the addition of the cor respondence which passed between the present Bishop of Hereford and his Grace the Primate, in 1837. For this we are indebted to a correspondent, who has forwarded to us a copy of the Morning Chronicle, of Saturday, December 30th of that year, and which contains the correspondence which follows : LETTER FROM DR. HAMPDEN TO DR. HOWLEY, ARCH- BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. My Lord Archbishop,— Having seen for the first time in the public papers of yesterday a memorial to his Majesty, from certain members of the University of Oxford, sent to your Grace, I beg leave most re spectfully to address myself to your Grace on the subject. I trust I shall be fully believed when I affirm, as I do in the most solemn manner, that I have had no thought in anything that I have said or written, on theological subjects, but t o u ph o ld, t o the b e st uly ability, the doctrines and established formularies of the Church of England. My " Bampton Lectures" are simply a history of the technical terms of theology ; nor have they the slightest tendency, in my view and intention, to impugn the vital truths of Christianity. My pam phlet, entitled " Observations on Religious Dissent," had no other design but to induce a charitable con struction of the views of those who differ from us. Nothing could have been more painfully shocking to my feelings than the connexion of my name with opinions which I detest. I may be indulged on this occasion with saying that a belief in the great revealed truths of the Trinity and the Incarnation has been my stay through life ; and I utterly disclaim the imputa tion of inculcating any doctrines at variance with these great foundations of Christian hope. Ido not pretend, my Lord, always to have stated my views with the precision and clearness that I could have wished ; nor do I venture to assert that I have avoided all mistakes in what I have said, or that I have always taken the best method of teaching the truth. What I wish to impress on your Grace is, that I have studied to declare it ; and, in doing so, to main tain the Articles of the Church. As some evidence of this I would refer to my volume of " Parochial Sermons," which has never been attacked. I have written, therefore, humbly to request that your Grace will give me a hearing, if there be any thing alleged against me which appears to demand an explanation on my part. the responsible office of Regius ProfesserfottZuivlilni Divinity, Dlay I be allowed also to say that, in undertaking my heartfelt desire is to acquit myse h lf of ai whom a high trust has been committed ; and to take further r y t her duty earnestly a s peculiar care never to do or say what may injure the this the opportunity of r s i t s a i Y t , in t o g o sacred cause to which I have devoted myself. I would ame e m m b b er rac o e f that I am most ready, as in duty bound , to receive any admonition from your Grace a s to t h e most ef fectual mode of discharging the office. I feel confident that the Bisho p of Llandaff, who has long known me, wil l bear testimon y to the since rity with which I express these sentiment s . I have the honour t o remain, my Lord, with th e greatest respect, Your Grace's faithful humbl e servant, (Signed) It. D. HAMPDEN. St. Mary Hall , Oxford, Feb. 27, 1837. p.s.—l hare written this letter from London; but I have dated it from my residence, as I shall return to Oxford to-morrow, and there await the favour of an answer from your Grace. THE ANSWER OF DR. HOWLEY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, TO DR. HAMPDEN. Lambeth, March 1, 1837. Reverend S' have to acknowledge your letter of the 27th of last month, and feeling that it would be no less painful than useless to enter on a discus sion of the subject to which it relates, I shall touch on those points only to which you more particularly call my attention. You express your " trust that you shall be fully be lieved when you affirm, as you do in the most solemn manner, that you have had no thought in anything that you have ever said or written on theological subjects but to uphold, to the best of your ability, the doctrines and established formularies of the Church of England ; that your " Bampton Lectures" are simply a history of the technical terms of theology, nor have they the slightest tendency, in your view and ,i,nten tion, to impugn the vital truths of Ch r istianity. To this affirmation I cannot refuse c redit ; but the question turns, according to my apprehension, not on your views and intentions, of which you are the proper judge, but on the impression w hich certain parts of your writings are calculated t o make, and have actu ally made, on the minds of common readers, as w e ll as of persons well versed i n theolog y . You proceed to "request that I would give you a hearing, if there be anything alleged against you which appears to demand explanation on your part." In respect to this, it is evident that explanations, if necessary, should be given to the University rather than to me, as I have not authority to pronounce judicially, and my private opinion would have little SlR,—The letters which bare been, and are still daily published on th e su bj ec t . of our national de fences, by men whose judgment, experience, and ear nest appeal to Government to place the: country in a more secure and better state of defence, must deeply impress on all classes of her Majesty's subjects throughout the kingdom that the time has already arrived in which not an hour should be lost "in: setting our house in order," or in other words, re calling and collecting together every ship, steamer, &c., now on foreign service, which, together with every boat capable of carrying a single gun, up to a line-of-battle ship carrrying 120, should be immedi ately formed into a powerful and efficient channel fleet, in order that the salvation of our country may be no longer perilled ; and when this is done, let our coast defences under such protec tion be carried on with every possible dispatch even by night as well as by day. In the meantime let the Government at once increase our army, &C., to the full extent proposed by the Noble Duke. The expense, it is true, may be formidable, and difficult to accomplish, but far more formidable—aye, and expensive too—would it be to get rid of a merciless and cruel foe, were they once to get a footing on the unprotected shores of our then unhappy country(; the consequences of which have been so forcibly pointed out in the letters alluded to that further comment is unnecessary. It is true that our colonies might be left for a time in a comparatively defenceless state ; at the same time, we must take care not to be led into the fatal error that while the nation is guarding (as it were) its tail, it may not incur the fearful risk of losing its head! The Noble Duke has said, if I recollect rie.ltly, that in order to place our country in a proper state of security, and to keep it so, it will require a force of about 65,000 men, at an annual expense of about 400,0001. Now the difficulty would be, how to raise so large a sum out of an already decreasing revenue. I would propose, therefore, in a case of such dire and vital necessity (which, perhaps, nothing else would justify) as a nation's existence, in the first place, air increased property-tax; and next, to reduce and cut down, in due proportions, all the enormous and vast expenses of the Church and Statelestablishments, be ginning with a great reduction in the heavy sums paid to our Bishops, &c. ; then with the judges, and all other departments in the State, so far as may be compatible with the nation's safety. It is true, that the Bishops are most worthy, good, and pious men, disposed to do every possible good, so far as in them lies, for the spiritual welfare of our christian country, and for which they merit the highest praise of all classes of her' Majesty's: well-disposed subjects ; at the same time it must be borne in mind that although the prayers of pious men are said to be of great avail, it is far more probable that an army of 65,000 well disciplined armed men would be of more real service in opposing our dangerous foes than all the prayers of all the pious men in Christendom. If, therefore, the country under such peculiar circumstances cannot afford to pay the present heavy salaries either in Church or State, let them at once be placed on the same footing with the army and navy, when circu th m; stances require them to be placed on halfpay, so a g rc ., we can if we have not so much to:pay for p afford to:pay more for fighting ; rayin- t'il the world gets wiser and wicked men get atntedr u ntil the world gets wiser and wicked men get be tter , we must adopt those plans best calculated to save us as a nation from u tter destruction. — I have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient serva nt, J. C. Southsea. ST ATE or WINDSOIL—It would appear that the royal town of Windsor is iu a dreadful state of destitu - hen out of a population of only 10,000 (including ' not less than 800 families were so poor liv and gratfully to avail themselves Year's-day. The whole ' blankets, &c., being `, family would of per was tion, w._ the military) and distressed as gin., of the Queen's bounty on amount given away in meat, brine, 2501., the average value of the gift to eau not be more than 6s. 6d. The average flume sons, we understand, in each of these 800 families, about five, thus making 4,000 persons, out of a pope 43 r ; lion of only 10,000, in a state of absolute want, if .alt: who partock of the royal bounty were really needy per sons and deserving of it. There can be bo doubt that the selection was very! properly _made, since it was under the superintendence of the Hon. and Rev. C. L... Courtenay (her Majesty's domestic chaplain), assisted . by the clergy of Windsor and Glower. There is ? per-- haps no town in England, of its size and popultetion;, where so much money is annually distributed in charity . , to the poor, and no town where more real distress pre veils amongst the working classes. CHARGE OF ALLEGED MEDICAL NEGLECT AT' CROYDON—A. great deal of excitement has prevailed in. Croydon and its immediate neighbourheod during the past few days, owing to the death of a poor woman, under circumstances of a very painful nature, involving a charge of gross neglect on the parbet d of eceased was one of the me dical o ffi cers of the union, T the ostensible wife of a jonrneynian tanner, named John, Howard, by whom she has had a family of five children. An inquest on the body was commenced by, Mr. Carter on Tuesday last. The evidence adduced oh that occa sion may be thus briefly described:—The mad .Howard proved having on Tuesday afternoon, the 28th us7.t., his wife being at that time in hourly expectation of her confinement, applied to Mr. Berncastle (who, in evil junction with his partner, Mr. Bottomley, holds the office of parochial medical officer to the Croydon Union)', to come and lee the decased. Mr. Berncastle asked him if he had an order for his attendance from the relieving officer. The witness replied that he had not, that he had always employed his own doctor before, but he we not then at home. Mr. Berncastle did not atten(% requested, and the deceased was reasd r subsequently del ove of a dead child by Mr. Dale, who was as .Cant to Messrs. Fletcher and Neville, surge: ns, of Croydon. The case was adjourned till yesterday, ,wl/0 1 several witnesses were examined; but a further adje mrnment took place that a more complete medical examin, - Won of the body might be made. IMPORTANCE OF POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIOIYS.— At the adjourned inquest held yesterday morning at the Bedford Head, Maiden•lane, before Mr. Bedford, on the body of William Hancock, tailor, ;in Maiden-lane, who was supposed to hare died from the effects of a wound made by himself in his throat, on Wednesday, the 22d ult., Mr. Thompson, surgeon, of Tavistock-street , at tended to give his evidence as to the result of the post. mortem examination, and the result was—that he found the deceased had died of serous apoplexy, and not from the effects of the wound in his throat, as had at first been supposed. It also appeared that the wound, so far from accelerating death, afforded relief from the attack of apoplexy for the time, but it returned and cased death. The deceased had been similarly attacked about seven years ago; and so late as last summer at tempted to destroy himself by jumping off the paddle box of a Gravesend steamer. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ROTHERHITHE.— Shortly before one o'clock yesterday morning a lamentable de. struction of property occurred in Swan's-lane, Rother hithe. It originated in ranges of carpenter's shops, and showed a light for miles round the metropolis. In a short time several of the brigade engines, West of England, and others,:had been brought to the fire, and as soon as a sufficiency of water could be procured, the inhabitants and police, as also numerous assistants, worked,the engines most vigorously on the extending flames, but it was nearly half an hour before the danger to surrounding dwellings had ceased, by which time the loss of property was to a fearful extent, as also the tools belonging to the workmen, who, when their labours of Thursday had terminated, left everything apparently quite safe. The proprietor only is believed to be la , sured. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ALTLUM.—Yesterday the annual meeting of the supporters of this institution Wet held in the London-bridge Tavern. From the report of the financial and domestic concerns of the asylum for the past year, it appeared that the gross receipts reached 2,2841 9s. 11d., and the expenditure left a balance of 31. 13s. 9d. The funded property, including 2,000/. with Messrs. Reid and Co. and Messrs. Calvert and Go., at five per cent., was 9,2001. BOTANICAL S OCIE TY OF Lorrpos.—The ordinary meeting was held last evening; J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., president, in the chair. Various donations were an. flounced and several new members elected. Dr. Planchon read a paper "On the distinctions in the genus ulmas " which led to a long a nd animated discussion, in which many of the members joined. OUTBREAK A MONGST THE CALEDONIAN NAVVIES. _yesterday (Wednesday) considerable alarm was occa sioned a mongst the police and county authorities of Edinburghshire, in consequence of the reported outbreak of the discharged navvies on the line of the Caledonian Railway. It appears that Monday last was the con tractors' pay-day ; and that on that day the Irish navvies were paid off. One of the police constables belonging to the Lanarkshire police force rushed into the county police-station at West Calder in the course of the day, and reported having been attacked by an assemblage of navvies, one of whom was armed with, and presented at him, a gun; another' being armed with a scythe. The police immediately mustered in such strength as they could command, and succeeded in capturing the man armed with the gun, who, along with three others, has been since brought into Edinburgh, and committed to custody on the charge of assaulting the police. In the meantime the acting-sheriff of the county, accompanied by Mr. List, the superintendent of police, and two squadrons of the 3d Light Dragoon Guards from Piers hill barracks, have repaired to the scene of action, for the purpose, it is understood, of burning or otherwise destroying the huts of the navvies, and thereby dislodg ing them.---. North British Mail. 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842