The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-14 00:00:00

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ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHET. rs :EA for , managing the affairs of wit c c al Hospital, d o h ereby give notice that they are ready to treat h ENnu persons as may b e vrilling to CONTR ACT f or SUPPLY the HOSPITAL with 700 TONS (more or less) of WALLS• restCOALS, of the rest gutsily. thThosePersons, therefore, who may be desirous of supplying jeect byi aP Coals will rec e i ve f ur th er p a rticulars on the sub tly d between at the office of the Secretary of the Hos: ital. fob the bourn e t T en an d Three o'clock, where printed of Tenders ratty be obtained, which Tenders must be filled up a...; c liveted (sealed) at the Board-room of the said Hospital, by the t endering, or by some person appointed on his or their behalf, p„ructmai the 27th June, 1848, at One o'cl. ck, at which hour the co ""filliss i oners will be prepared to receive and take the same into ns ideration t,, 1 1 rn the; to be observed that the Contractors will be required o.nti security for the due erfo•mance of the said Contract, and "un nO Tender will be received P after the hour above mentioned. TA RES FURTHER REDUCED.—OSTEND STATION. T pe r ," e ngers walk on board t o a ll exce pt H am b u rgh Steamers. 13 -E , GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION kia,reostrANy's splendid and powerful first-class STEAM are appointo to leave— LVMTr The Custom-House or Tower, for— ?rid - Rrill, carrying her Majest , 's Mails, every Tuesday and p is 7, 3 ' Lvetting. The Countess, next Wednesday, at One ; the Prin "°Yal, Friday, 16, at Ten, Evening. %Orr, From illacirwall Pier, for Ev e , ~..AM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mas— ao s e ,7ednesday and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. The Giraffe „:"rdar 17 ; the Rainbow, Wednesday, 21. 7i._"rnlEßP and tke RHINE—The Soho, every Thursday, at Wi liorni ng. hig T ND—In Ten flours, every Wednesday, and Saturday Morn- Ido . Jane 1 7, at Twelve Noon ; 21, at Four , 24, at Six ; 28, at Ten Ming. Chief Cabin, 11. 4s. ; Fore Cabin, 18s. 14.,,, From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— ' '''' F " — E'rery Sunday and Thursday, at Eight, Morning. 1101 - From London-bridge Wharf, for— t iii o — '"ONE—Every Thursday Morning. June 15, at Eleven; 22, asr!r at Ten. Chiet Cabin, 12s. ; Fore Cabin, 14 . It AlS—Every Th urs d a y an d S un d a y Morning. Juno 15 and un.,,T w elve Noon ; 22, at Five. yZ,',. 1,-- Every Tuesd a y an d F r id a y, at Eight Morning. It A .. m.O UTH—Every Wednesday, and Saturday, at Six Evening. iSGATE Direct—The Mercury or Little Western —Every e.3;,a, Thursday, an d S a t ur d a y, a t Half-past Nine Morning, -- ``.B at Blackwall at a Quarter-past Ten Morning. Elyr,,,, From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for— Th e cl7RGH—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten Evening. rien,,..,tith Saturday,Trident, Wednesday, 21 i the Cla s'• Saturday 24. Chief Cabin, 21.; Second Cabin, 1/. 2s. 6d. • lit, From Hore's Steam Wharf, Wapping, for— ' 111 g ~,,‘ASTLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight Even ix, .` - mer Cabin, 11.; Second Cabin, 12s. hp -ec ure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of I tell e ' f ares &c apply at the Offices, 71, Lombard - street ; 37, ent.. c i r , ~ -43 ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. t onal ~ ,o tice is hereby given, that the Court of Directors of the lia ceDitai'auk of Ir e l an d h ave d ec l are d a DIVIDEND on the paid-up the hc f cl the Company, after the rate of 51. per cent, per annum, for Cla re ' year ending the 30th day of June, 1848, and have also de the w a "' 'onus to be paid of 10s. on each share in such capital ; and reedj r _ ants for the payment of the Dividend and Bonus will be oreeev73 the beti'2or delivery on and after Monday, the 10th day of July, 1848, hours of Ten and Three o'clock, at the Company's ekty Old Broad -street, London ; and at the branches of the.So b*,,,_ uubltn, Athlone, Athy, Ratline, Ballinasloe, Boyle, Carrick eion'tZ, Carrick on-Suir, Cashel, Castlerea, Charleville, Clonakilty, ay' , Cork, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Ennis, Ennis , orthy, Fermoy, Lone, Ranturk, Kells, Kilkenny, Killarney, Kilrush, Limerick, 1 111 g °r d4 Loughrea Mallow, Midleton , Mitchelstovvn, Moate, Mul 4ri 43en a/111, New Ross Parsontown, Rathkeale, Roscommon, A°ate r ' kibbereen, Tallow, Thurles, Tipperary, Tralee, Tuam, ford, estoort, Wexford, and Wicklow. theCo tur ther notice is hereby given, that the Transfer - books of tete i n3 P a nY will be Closed from Saturday, the 17th day of June warr n 4 t i s in til after the day fixed for the delivery of the Dividend By order of the Court of Directors, 13.01 d N. S. KING, Secretary. Broad - street, London, June 9, 1848 . NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of ENGLAND. The /A Bishopsgate-street, London, June 13, 1848. gh,e ,°l rectors of the National Provincial Bank of England hereby turn , ~""ce, that a DIVIDEND at the rate of Six per Cent. per , an -4,/iLr.,or the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1848, will be AY o' 0 4 the Company's Stock on and after the 13th of July next, 0112, - .. t ,he Dividend Warrants will be obtained at the Company's T h ' l2 , Bishopsgate-street, or at the different branches. Tr ansfer-hooks will be Closed on and after Monday next, the `" Instant, until the Dividend becomes payahle. By order of the Court of Directors, DAN. RORER rsolg, Manager. AI'BLAND RAILWAY. ACCELERATION OF MAIL TRAINS between LONDON, Slid ,!;',2_(. EDINBURGH and GLASGOW, via., DEdBY, YORK, i re . ...-!% WC A ST I.E. Will „ s tand after SUNDAY, 18th of June, the down Night Mail Train to leave London at 9 P.M., and Rugby at 12 5 A.M., and la ne '...‘urn thence be accelerated to arrive at E•linburgh at 2 15 P.M., stead n 4 m . The U Mail wll eave Edinburgh at 11 in 4ndo f 9°f A.M., and be accelerated i to l arrive at Rugby at 1 a.m., and n at 4 30 A.M. (the present time) see time bill. and ~II )Ov rn Express Train from London to Edinburgh, via., York 9 4 ,5 ` w castie, leaves London at 9 30 A.M., arrives at Edinburgh at lea and at Glasgow at 11 20 P.M. The Up Expre , s Train La; Glasgow at 8 a.st., Edinburgh at 9 30 a.m., and arrives in 10 10 P.M , performing the distance b e tween Edinburgh London in about 12% hours. berk, (By order) J. F. BELL, Secretary. June 7, 1848. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALLS for SEVENTH INS TALMENT of 31. 10s. per B ARE)4 ) ,, on 251. Shares, making 211. paid , and fo r FIFTH INSTAL ifeI` of 31.105. per SHARE on 171. Shares, making 131. paid. ib ee u . o Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a p a .,', i ng held this day, to CALL, under the provisions of the Acts of ._'"antent, for an Instalment of 31 . 10s. per Share on 251. Shares ; 17d also for an Instalment of 3/. les per Share on 171. Shares ; ° t_ce Is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay, on ''e t. fore tne sth day of July next, to any of the undermentioned 111;„, er s, the said sum of 31. 10s. on each of their respective 251. ti.`" e s ; and the like sail of 3/. 10s. on each of their respective 171. te ndon--Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. ; at the Great West era Railway Office, 29. Gresham-street, City. --'l.l—Messrs. Mlles, Harford, and Co.; Messrs. Bane, Ames, and Co. ; Stuckey's Basking Company ; the West of Eng land and South Wales District Bank. liverpoel—The Bank of Liverp ool. r, s-kleltenh ant —The County of Gloucester Bank. sanding—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, June 1, 1848. PLATE GLASS DEALERS,UPHOLSTE en„ AND OTHERS. GLASS PLATES, 31 by 74 inches down—some In Massive Gilt Chimney Frames, Mahogany, Cheval, Toilet, Dresslnz, and other Frames. 100 Portable Desks, Ladies' and GentleMens' Dressing Cases, Tea-caddies, and a large variety of Excellent Cabinet Articles, in Rosewood and Mahogany French• Polished, d other effects.. al R. J. J. CLEMMANS has been favoured with ,„„ instractions from the Executrix of the late Mr. Samuel Atinhelm, Plate-Glass and Cabinet Manufacturer, to SELL by AUCTION, upon the Premises, Nos. I and 2, Liverpool-street, ;:!°Psgate, opposite Fi ynsbur-circusEleven,, on all his valuable Stock in TUESDAY next, the 20th I.;nalt, and following days. at Ir. Which is of superior Quality and Wor kmanshi p . • pbe viewed on Monday, and Catalogues had upon the Premises Re rr ,rea Spyer,orcitor. 30, Broad-sreet-buildins ; at ti n naY'S Coffee-house ; S the Boar and Castle, t Oxford-stree g t; the Vier,..ueal, Commercial-road East; and of the Auctioneer, Holy- Finsbury-square. :RERS, FAMILIES T W HITSUN HOLIDAYS. HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC 'tL wi th the INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET, er - .7 Important additions of a spacious Theatre, &c.—One of the bre: a ktug novelties is the Manufacture of Ornamental Lace by im art ii . Machinery —Ali tha Dissolving V ews are changed : several / tete :'‘Z . h arld arranged with Mechanical Movements ;or Diorarnlc ef lbt;:"..ey are, together with the Microscope and new ChromatroPe, 15 ,_f br. Ryan on the enlarged Disc most advantageously.—The Lectures L irlir. ',F,ao and Dr. Bachhoffner are selected for their proved popu --Med- 0 4 aPerlments on the Water with the Diver and Diving-bell. - "One ji : lko-, described .— Numerous beautiful Specimens of Art 04ctures......The Music is conducted by Dr. Wallis. l iaa rd _ daily from Eleven to give; and Da the Evenings (including A chn aY) from Seven till Halfast Ten. .-------481011, Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, is. ri TUE GREATEST NOVELTY IN EURO l'E. CHINESE JUNK, 11, 1 ' 1 4.1:" e KEYING, m anned by a Chinese crew , a s visited by ._" 44 fthn: s tY the Queen,; her Majesty the Queen Dowa g er, his Royal rive - 7 Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Visitors are.re nbiteel a Mandarin of rank and a Chinese Artist of celebrity, thrnish., h Chinese Court Costume. Grand Saloon gorgeously QPiendiZ in the most approved style of the Celestial Empire. T▪ h e ..',..doss or Chinese Idol. &c., Stn. • i II m•YING is NOW OPEN fo r EXHIBITION, from Ten to Ntilw t he East India Docks, adjoining the Brunswick Pier and Terminus, Blackwall. ati Admission, 2s. ; Children, Half - price. %tat nk Tickets, including fare and admission, are issued at all the elie e O l B Of the Blackwall and Eastern Counties Railways. Convey ind„'..o by Steam-boat from all the Piers between Westminster 'ee end Woolwich. Catalogues, obtainable only on board, price Sixpence. than is not a more interesting Exhibition in the vicinity of Lon elnen the Chinese Junk—one step acro.s the entrance, and you % I li', the Chinese world—you have quitted the Tha m e s for the vi- J of Canton."—The Times. JURY OF LADIES number of ladies, both married and single, In a sociable tea-party happened to mingle ; And you'll not be surprised when you find us confess That much of their talk was devoted to dress, Such, indeed, was the case, and we now will proceed To tell you how all on the subject agreed : If I recollect rightly, Miss Emily Drury, Was the first in addressing the feminine jury. " Pray give me," said she, " your opinions each one, a ' Concerning the Warehouse of MOSES and SON. " E. MOSES and r,ON let us fairly review, " As Tailors, and llatters, and Bootmakers, too. " I consider, myself," said the sensible Miss, " That there s certainly no better Warehouse than this." " That's right," said Miss Quiz, " your opinion will away, " Our husbands arid lovers bear out what you say. " My own worthy gentleman would'nt put on " Any garments but those of E. MOSES and SON. " A superior Warehouse it . certainly is, " Ind you know I'm considered a bit of a quiz." Miss Jud gegood spoke next, and expressed her delight That the others had spoken so much in the right. She considered the Trousers, the Coats, and the Vests Were such as to stand the most quizzical tests ; And pronounced an encomium, equally due, On the Outfitting Warehouse, and Hosiery, too. Ilirs. Thrifty, who fol lowed, would have them to know, ~,_That the prices of MOSES at all times were low. Znieh assertion was backed by Miss Pound h and Miss Penny, who declared that the prices were cheaperstmaien any. Thus the ladies expressed their opirdoEnss , a a nd SON. support of the Dress-Mart of MOh 'a3' crowds try the Warehouse to prove what its trade is, And hear out the views of " a Jury of Ladies.' LIST OF PRICES. ILZADT MADE. ...Prom £0 9 0 Chesterfield and Codrlngton's, a nd every description of Over-coat, handsomely 1 5 0 1 8 Pacha Coat • • . • • • • • • • • • • • '• ' • " " • • • • • • • • t he Th. ilulliner, especially adapte d for snowy and 1 0 0 met waather T p '• • ' 6 0 0 15 0 he' , rawer_ .„ .. •••• • • • • Winter Coats, in every 5ty1e.............. e4•B Do. Trousers, lined .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 4 0 Doeskin .•••••.. • • • • • ..... ••• • • • 0 12 6 Dress Coats ••••••••• • • • • •• • • 1 0 0 1 4 0 Frock do.. .. ... ••. • • • • • .. 0 2 0 110 .01 e-breas t ed Winter Vests . • • • • • • • • • " " ' • " 0 1 6 °311• Hussar and Tunic Suits ••••••.•. • • . • • • • •• 0 16 6 NADI TO PLEASURZ. ~`r Coats, in e ve ry style and shape , hand kinely trimmed ••••..• • •• . • from 1 6 0 —441 a4 cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper ••..••• • • • • • • ••••. .. • • 0 18 6 Doeskin Trousers ..... ' • • • • • • ...... •• • 1 2 0 er Dress ••••••• • • • • • " •• .•• . . 1 6 0 Dress Coat 1 12 3 Best quality made 2 15 0 Frock d e , 1 15 0 atitra, • B—es••t•q•u•a•liiy•t•n•a.d•e• .. .. .. .... 3 3 0 0 8 6 • I, Plain or p 012 0 ancT •••••• • • • • • • • I 0 0 ' , mar and Tunic Suits .• : 0 16 0 Great Coat.... .... ••• • • • ▪ "it of Clothes • compl ete •••••••••• • • " • • • • • • 1 16 0 °l4 14 0 u rag to any extent at Five Minutes notice. sh,._ kor t • if not a Y article purchased, ready made, , or made to Inca raturt PProved of, will be exchang ed, ed. or preferred, the " ) SRS Fa rr ir r : _SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Flatters, e 6" Mad * Boo t and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for d a nti . Pun, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 83, zuagate, City, London. ag a t nift z ; Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the h..- 4 4 'nal:Posters, but leave learned that the untradesman occl es a " of , - -. 13 S connected with them, or it's the same concern, Aken," a ve to la many instances, and for obvious reasons. Oe '"•se P s i on with any other house in or out of London; lent to desi m rug ~t rine and cheap clothing, &C., should call at, —••••• Aldsate, City, London. elVirrs ......" 11845401 traossAted at this establishment from sun k4l,, wises Inudases is remuund till twelve N. 17,384.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING LAST WEEK, T HE 80,0001. GUINEA CLUB Subscription. (Members' Shares One Guinea each.) The FINAL DISTRIBUTION will take place on JUNE the 10th, at Exeter Hall. The beautiful Boyer Bible (the highest allotment of 3,100 Guineas) will remain on view in its splendid Sculptured Cabinet until SATUR DAY, the 17th instant, at MRS. PARKES', 22, G,llen-s luareorlicre Shares may be had, AS well as at Sir. Surman's' 9, Exeter Hall, and of all agents until the Saturday evening. MIRABEMI AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Portraits , price 2, .., NI It . I A B .E A U: A LIFE HISTORY. In Four Books. - - *.* This work has been - long in preparation, and is the only suc cinct, complete, and authentic Life of Mirabeau yet published. It contains an examination into his supposed connexion with the father of the present ex-King of the French, as well as a detailed and vera cious statement of Mirabeates plans for saving the Monarchy. The Second Volume will comprise a full account of the most important Debates in the National Assembly, from its convocation till the death of Mirabeau. Published by %rnith, Elder, an.l Co., 65, Cornkill, London. STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA: Prevalent and Da-gerons Errors in their Treatment. Just published, price 55., (by post free, 63.0 Bvo., in cloth, THE PATI-101.0GY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, in all their Varieties and Onnulications. With Practical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Urethral Dis eases, showing that the unnecessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dexterity in their use, when necessary, Is the s"urce of most of the severe, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fatal,' prevalent. The whole illustrated by nu merous cases. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. Published by 11. Hailliere, 219, Regent-street ; ➢iaclachlan, Stew• art, and Co., Edinburgh ; Hodges and Smith, and Fannier and Co., Dublin ; Simms and Denham, Manchester; Deighton and Laughton, Liverpool ; and all Booksellers. Fr NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.--8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; 97, George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St Vincent-place, Glasgow. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. , William Railton, Esq. Charles Downes,.Esq. I John Ritchie, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most peefect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834—ITs ANNUAL INCOME BEING UPWARDS OF 92,0001. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the time they were effected. The bonus added policies f'rom March, 1834, to the 31st of De cember, 1840, is as follows: Sum Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy. £5OOO . 6 years 10 months •• • • .....f683 6s. Bd. 5000 ..6 years ........ 600 Os. Od. 5000.. •• • 5000 • • .. 2 years 200 Os. Od. The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years, where the In surance is for Life. No Entrance Money or charge except the Policy Stamp. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident I)ireetor, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. QILVER PLATED CORNER DISHES.- A. B. SAVORY and SONS. Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit the prices of the following Patterns of strongly I" .ATED CORNER I) IS lIES, with silver h m4les and edges, and silver shielOs for engraving the crest or coats of arms, viz.:— The Gadroon Pattern. Four Strongly Plated Corner „Ashes and Covers •• • • £8 0 0 The St. James's Pattern. Fonr Extra-strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers • • ...El3 10 0 N.B. The Covers are made with moveable handles, so as to form extra dishes. Drawings of the above forwarded to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free. LAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS Copy of a letter from Mr. J. J. Wilson, Chemist, Monk Bar _ _ York. " To Mr. Thomas Prout, l' 14th June, 1847. " .9114—Having suffered most dreadfully for the last six years from repeated attacks of the gout, and receiving no benefit from the best medical advice I could obtain, [ was induced about six weeks ago to try a box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. When I commenced taking them, which was in the afternoon, my feet and elbows were very much swollen and inflamed : I was suffering the most intense agony. I had that night sound and refreshing sleep, and awoke in the morning comparatively free from pain ; and before I had finished the box. I never was better in my life : they have not only entirely removed the gout, but have also very much improved my general health I have since recommended them to four individuals, who have suffered much from gout and rheumatism ; and trey all , peak highly of the benefit they have received from them. If you think my case worthy of insertion among the many cures effected by your wonderful medicine, you are at perfect liberty to publish it. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " J. J. WILSON." The above testimonial exhibits the never-failing effects of this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheuma tism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. _ _ _ They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and Invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas I'rout, 223, Strand, London," hn pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. A A E. Al One half the woad are desolately single, and the other iupposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea if caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un xonprosing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour end justice demand that health should form au item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if :here surmises concern you, procure Dr.. CULVERWELL'S little srEMOIRS On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining hem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but or the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on :he above subjects, by anqualified 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, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's 'lle, 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 atter nature's laws—and to keep always in the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of 4herwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet.street ; Mann, 19, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, nominal and cowlings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street ; and all Rookqellera. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings un Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE, New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage stamps, 11EIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on 1.. the infirmities and.deCay of the generative system, from ex :esslve indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect arid of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap plication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action is simple but sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys Its power an the system. This important part of the Work should be read by every Yonng Man entering into life. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its iuties. The ceases of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THIICORDIAL BALM or STRIAcUII is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &C., 11 s .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. dd., 45. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain .emedy in gonorrhoea, Meet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, If by letter, 11. 51. Packets with advice tube had at the Izetablishment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Berners-street, from Eleven till Two and Wive to Eight: on qtantistvg Prowl Elmo to One REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LAWERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had In French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. Od„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, -- • --- - . . SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise A, on the Physiology et Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of lifo, which enervate :he physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practica: Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting fro m Inslis 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 aro produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and ,nfection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage reqnires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really t he cause of mutual ha pp iness. Could th e veil, which severs the origin of domestic wretchedness, he raised, and Its true source in , eN d 'e i ry n in i s i t fi a c n a c t e ion d s isc a l n os i ed t „ ne l i n r how many it be traced to physical Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which wtaiePn ce of mischief and of greater or less injury moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when p aa o bse i n i d i s t e i d n in e . i t i h ts a . the nature and conseauen ~ to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on Prolific sour ce of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, i a t n ep d complete account of the reductive Organs, and of than °l a s.. i n y wy o o t ra h tn e a r c o to pn th ay which in,isoloa i g .n t y i a s oc s fe e n b tr ie ha c et e t . ha l t t subjecteee c d a l i requires the closest attention can their relative condit ions in and dy, health s a t n u dd , is f e n a r se w . man should and of the physical ca p abilities ßappens that the unhappy be of more importance thanthe npfrewsehriNc,antionvnereyf the health be possessed. it unfortunately sel entertaine a tear et ap in victimearlyofliefoxcnerssfrivnemindthuelgefnncllei follies d o vicious fad an advanced age, e w , h ,, e , h th i l e e r snirer acquired ng from their invariable consequences , plying to a qualified physician for retie these complaints are ly entertained that frequently, but erroneous hint and prevent his seeking unw f i . beyond the reach of art, alike restrict h y Shame and the dread so f o or r g a e s ts sis t t h a a n t ee a Ns ce i n iez e al d o i l s ie cri i m t can be p n roc a u s lisease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, . rceedriaiiiiiilngactthheigctaliltus; he medical man who can show by hi:, posse sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his eliplomas i n his totheeer tify, and the great extent of his p ra ctice for many y ears is a warantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may he had of Rent and Richards, i 2, Paternoster •row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Static, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, F . ieet street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for iorty-two stamps, front the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter. daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eliti., at his Fo odence, ;7, liedfrel-seuare Loudon. - " --"- -- - . • -.-- LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION. Instituted 1806. Office, 81, KING WILLIA'4.STREET. PRESIDENT—Sir CLAUDIUS NTEPIIEN HUNTER, Bart. VICE-I'RESIDENT- CHARLES FR eNKS, Esq. 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In a sealed envelope, or forwar led by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d., in post ego stamps, illustrated with nu merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. 31 ANHOOD: the CAUSES o f it s PREMA- TuRE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for Its PERFECT RESTORATION. A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs, emanatiw+ from Solitary and Sedent ar y H a bi ts , i n di scr i m i na t e Ex cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age; with Practical Remarks on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital I)iseases, by which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to Man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro ductive Organs is heaith and disease; with instructions for private correspondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. " ' Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thought less we trust this little work will serve as a beacoa to warn them of the danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their passions, whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tempta• lion, and tu the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chronicle " ' Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis:and Co.—Their long expE rience and reputation in the treatment of these pain) ul diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense eir eulation."—Era. " Curtis on Manhood' should be In the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and develops the reatment of a class of painful maladies whieh has too long been the prey of the illiterate and the deslgning." United Service Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and last approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, 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, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has 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 Hight n the Evening. S Ny JUNE 14, 1848. THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD R ‘ILWAY. As our readers are aware, that portion of this line from Chester to Conway, a distance of 451 miles, was opened on the Ist instant for passenger triffic, and since that time four trains have traversed the line each way daily and two trains each way on Sundays, pa , sing through the tubular bridge at Conway, to and from the station under the ancient walls of the old town. The following is a brief notice of this very interesting and picturesque line, so far as it is open, by one who traversed it, with a pleasure and gratification rarely attainable in railway travelling:— Leaving the joint station at Chester about two in the afternoon, we passed through a tunnel, and by a stone quarry, emerging where a view is had of the river and the old city walls. The line next skirts Chester's pretty race course, named " The Roodee," and crosses the Dee, by a bridge on the site of the fatal girder bridge, where several lives were lost last yese. Here there is a fine view of Chester in the oackground, and of the river, which has here a long reach, here and there showing a white or a dark sail amidst the trees, and the line pursues its way amidst fertile fields and meadows, after crossing the turnpike road on the level, continues in embankment to Queensferry (7 miles from Chester), with its small slated church, and its masts among the trees. The traveller has the broad clear stream of the Dee at his right, occasionally disappearing for a while, as the railway dips into cutting or diverges from the river, hut it gradually approaches the Dee as it draws near Flint, and the noble stream, with its opposite bank, is always a pleasing part of the panoramic view from the carriage window. Flint (12f miles from Ches ter) has little to attract the eye, save its neat station; shortly after leaving which a fine view is gained of the mouth of the Dee, with the Biddeston Hill and tii{bre Island, with its telegraph, and the open sea beyond. Soon the neat station at Ilolywell (16i miles from Chester) was reached, and the planta tions near it. Still having a bird's-eye view of the estuary of the Dee, Mostyn is next approached, which station (20 miles from Chester) is one of the neatest on the line, and there is a good Elizahethan hotel in progress of erection. The names of all the stations on the line are engraved in gigantic letters on large slabs of slate, let into the parapet walls of the stations; and this has a very good effect, besides which, " he who runs (or rather steams along) may read." On leaving Mostyn the view is very refreshing; to the left, an eminence, crowded with overhanging woods ; to the right, the broad stream of " the ancient, hallowed Dee ;" and straight before the traveller, the wide expanse of the open sea. On its land side the line is flanked for some distance by a ditch or fosse. Passing some limekilns by the shore, the traveller gradually gains a more extensive view of the luxuriant vale of Clwyd ; especially after leaving the Prestatyn station (26+ miles from Chester), the hills to ,the left terminating in a bold spur of bare rock, beneath whose cliff fumes the tall chimney of some iron works. Socr the traveller finds himself with a fine amphitheatre spread before him, combining the most pic turesque features of the far-famed Vale of Clwyd. To the left lies Rhuddlan, with its ruined castle and the remains of a house in which Edward I. held a Parliament in 1283, and passed the statute of Rhuddlan. Beyond it rises the pretty tower of the little cathedral of St. Asaph. Before the spectator are seen the bathing places of Rhyl and Abergele, and the romantic modern pile of Gwrych Castle, the residence of Mr. Bamford Lloyd Hesketh. Seaward, the view is bounded only by the horizon, and the Little Orme's Head is distinctly visible. Rhyl (thirty miles from Chester) lies about a field's breadth nearer the shore than the railway. There is a good substantial station erected here, and a carriage way from it to the shore. Crossing the river Clwyd, or, as it is th,re called, the Vorydd (ford ? or ferry), by a neat drawbridge, and the road from Rhyl to Abergele, the line approaches the shore, and skirts it along the whole of the line of the bay on which Abergele stands. That village, seen distinctly from the railway, with its humble whitewashed church, is about half a mile from the AI ergele station (thirty tour miles and a quarter from Chester), which is placed near the road from Abergele down to the beach, which the line crosses on the level — safety gates being placed at the crossing, so as to prevent any crossing of the line while a train is► passing.. The line next runs under the grounds of Gwrych Castle, and the castle is a fine object at various points, with its numerous outlying towers and turrets, and battlemented curtAins, crowned by the overhanging woods, snd below it the luxuriant gar dens. It comes upon the eye like a renovated castle of the olden time, belted round with trees, upon the brow of a lofty ridge of rocky hills. Plunging for a while into cutting, the train emerges to treat the traveller with another pleasant glimpse of the placid sea, its surface dotted here and there by a distant sail, or a smoke-vessel ploughing its rapid way, and leaving its black wake in the atmosphere, as well as its white one on the sea. Near the termination of the grounds of Gwyrch, the traveller sees the bold cliff above the battle famed pass of Cefn-yr-Ogo, with its lofty cave in the face of the limestone rock, from the mouth of which extensive sea views are commanded. Again for a while through deep cutting, and then through a tunnel, the traveller emerges into a second and smaller amphitheatre, that of the pretty little bay of Colwyn ; the vale dotted with houses, and well-wooded, and here and there a silvery line marking the flow of some moun tain stream. To the right are the shore of the little bay and the sea; and shortly afterwards the line di verges from the sea, passing under the grounds of a pretty Elizabethan mansion, and it soon afterwards approaches the greatest work (hitherto) on the line, the celebrated Conway tubular bridge. But having already exceeded our limits, we must leave all notice of that great undertaking to a future occasion, and only add here, that we know no place within the iron girdle of our railways which is more worthy of a visit for the beauty of the surrounding scenery, and for the deep interest it awakens in the far• gone past, by the venerable and crumbling walls which encircle and especially by the frowning towers and battlements of that once magnificent castle, still stately in its ruins, which Edward I. reared to repel the insurrec tionary struggles of the Llewelyn of that period. Within an hour and a half of Chester, only half an hour of Rhyl, and a quarter of an hour of Bangor, Conway is accessible at small sacrifice of time to any of those who seek a little recreation, whether residents of Liverpool, Manchester, Chester, or their neigh bourhood; and to visitors to the Welsh coast it forms an agreeable day's excursion, which few, we think, will oinit.—Manchester Guardian. STORNAWAY, JUNE s.—Last week a mon s t er o f the deep about nine feet in length, was taken into the harbour. The ichthyologists or Stornoway have, conse quently, been revising their natural history in order to oiscover to what genus it belongs, but their opinions are varied. From its appearance 1A e are led to suppos- that it b , Lings to that order termed by naturalists " belachi," of which th.- , shark and ray-fish are a species. The pro jection of the upper jaw beyond the loser, the shv e of the mouth, the position of the teeth, its pectoral fi ns and gills, evidently indicate it to be of the shark tribe.—. , Ross-shire Advertiser. WORKING OF THE COUNTY:, COURTS' BILL. MR. EDITOR,—A very important and interesting paper has recently been publish e d, p ursuant to an o rder of th House of Comm ons , v i z., a return from every C ount Court establi s h e d t h roughout England and Wales u the total numb er o f p l a i nts e n tered in each C ourt i ron the time when the Act came into operation up tt and inclusive of the 30th day of November, 1847, mcdi fying the number of plaints for sums above 10/., above-51. and not exceeding 101., and the total number of day, each Court has sat within the above period, and de average number of hours comprised in each sitting ; th• total number of causes tried by each Court during th/ above period ; th e gross total amount of monies received in each court from the time when Xhe Act came into operation up to the said 30th aa ) of November, distinguishing the amount received for fees for each officer, and on account ,01 the general fund from the amount received to the credit of suitors ; the total number of causes tried in each Court with the assistance of a Jury specifying the 114 m• bar of such causes in which a verdict has been given it favour of the party requiring a jury to be summoned. The object in calling for the above very comprehen4ive return was to a scerta i n in the fullest possdbli manner the natur e an d extent o f th e b si . ness transacted in th e various County Co , ts• Every one who p eruses this return w ill ;b e astonished at the number of plaints that have been en tered within a period of little more than twelve months It affords a proof of a very general disposition on the par of tradesmen and others to give lithe new system a fai trial, and while it is satisfact or y to observe the vast amotin recovered in so short a period through the medium of tl*st C urts, it is much to be regretted that the amount of e' paid to the different officials in the several cases shoult greedy exceed the amount whi c h t h e pu_ klic were led to pderivould constitute the utmost aiiibirAof costhincurrei by parties suing in these Courts. The Act had beet i operation but a very short time before there were vpr general complaints of the conduct of the officials in x acting double, and, in some 'instances treble the amo n of fees to which they were justly . entitled. bi was done, not by charging higher fees than t i osi set forth in the schedule to the Act, but ;13j charging the same fee two or three times over where the Legislature evidently intended they skink only be charged once. With the exception of the amours of fees payable therein, the working of the new Couht3 Courts appear to have given pretty general satisfaction Of course, among a body of several thousand suitiors some indie'idu a l c ases of apparent injustice would oceur against which it was impossible for any Act of Paella ment,or the rules of any Court, toprovide; but, as a wbble the system has worked satisfactorily, with the exceptiln have already stated. I now proceed to give some of tho details which are contained in the document above ;re ferred to. I will first take the return from the C(iur established for the district of Clerkenwell, in which are, perhaps, a greater number of retail shopkeepers than in any other psrt of the neighbourhood of the metropolis of a similar extent. The return from such a disttict will afford, perhaps, the best means of judging low far that class of tradesmen have availed themselves of a comparatively cheap and expeditious mode' of recovering debts that were due to them, and which Was established for their particular benefit. It appears that the total number of plaints entered in that court, within the period above stated, was 11,949, and by which, id nu less than 5,025 cases, the amount sought to be recovered was under 11., being nearly one-halt of the total number. The cases in which the amount did not exceed 2/. were 2,634, and those which did not exceed 5/. were about the same in number, while those above 101. amounted to 784. (It will be recollected that 201. is the highest sum for which proceedings can be taken in these Courts.) Of the above cases, 7,463 were tried ; the remainder were settled in some way before the procied ings had arrived at that stage ; but the part of the return, in which the public will take the great est interest, is what were the expenses incurred by these proceedings, and how much of the total amount claimed was ultimately recovered by the several suitors? It appears that the total number of cases tried in which either party required the intervention of a jury was only 15, and out of that number, in nine instances, the party requiring the jury obtained a verdict in his favour. I may here state, that by the 70th section' of the Act, it is provided, that in all actions where the amount claimed shall exceed 5/. it shall be lawful for the plaintiff or defendant to require a jury to be summonad to trythe -aid action ; but, where the claim is under 5/. it is dis cretionary on the part of the judge whether he will grant an application for a trial by jury; and it is a curious cir cumstance that out of 1,776 cases, in which the parties had a right to have them tried by a jury if they wished it, only fifteen persons attached so much importance to that ancient mode of settling the matter, as to incur the additional expense of some fifteen shillings or six teen shillings, which a trial by jury would entail upon them. Having stated the number of plaints entered, and the number above a certain sum, I now come to the result, and I find that the total amount paid into the suitors' fund (that is recovered by the above-mentioned 13,394 suitors) was 9,0611. 7s. 6d.; and that the fees payable in the various stages of the proceedings adopted for the re covery of that amount were, to the Judges, 1,8051. 7s. 4d.; to the Clerks, 1,5451. Us. 10d. The clerk's fees amounting to nearly as much as those payable to the Judges; and the bailiff's fees to 8151. 75. 7d.; in addition to which there was 1,241/. 13s. received as fees, but paid afterwards into the general fund. By way of explanation of this latter item, it should be stated that the 37th clause of the Act directs that the fees named in the schedule shall be pay able to the judges, clerks, bailiffs, &c., but it contains also a proviso that it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to lessen the amount of the fees to be taken as to him shall seem fit; and again to increase each fees so that the scale of fees given in the schedule be not in any case surpassed, and in every Court in which the fees allowed to be taken by the Judges, &e., sh a ll appear to be more than sufficient, it sh a ll b e l awful for the S ecretary o f State to order that a cert a i n part only o f t h e f ees s h a ll be paid, the amount of the residue to. be paid to the treasurer, and form part of the general fund of the Court. It appears, therefore, that the cost of recovering 9,061/. 7a. 6d. amounted in fees alone, to no less than 4,4071. 19s. 9d., or nearly 10s. in the peund; and this is exclusive of the attorney's bills, or the fees paid to barristers if any of those gentry were employed. Now, I most readily admit that the trial of 7,463 causes, in any of the Courts at Westminster ball, would havecost consider ably mere than 4,407/. 19s. 9d.; and that, thanks to the manner in which Juries too often suffer themselves to be humbugged by the gentlemen of the Long Robe, nothing like so large a proportion of the amounts claimed as 9,061/. 7s. 6d. would ever have been recovered by actions brought in the superior Courts ; still, as so much has been said about the cheapness of the New Courts, it does seem a little surprising that the expenses of suing in them should amount to 10s. in the pound on . the sums actually recove red. With regard to the Clerk s ' fees, nearly equalling those payable to the Judges, the fact admits of a very easy explanatio n . T he Judg I have already said , es do not collect their own fees; the Clerks do; and as occasionally charge d ou bl e or treble what t h e y ar e ac tually entitled to. Th e total amount rece i ve d in this court within the p er i o d already stated amounte d t o 13,469/. 7s. 3d., of which upwards of 4,400/. was spent in law. I now give soother extract from the Return viz., that relative to the County Court of the City of Westminster, in which the greatest number of plaints were entered, amounting to no less than 13,394, of which 4,735 were to recover sums amounting to less than 11. not so great a proportion to the whole as that of Clerkenwell; but then it should be recollected that the shopkeepers of Westminster are of a very different class to those of the latter place; and thus I find that the plaints to recover more than lee are no less than 1,268 while those in Clerkenwell were only 784. The number of cases tried was 8,416. The number in which either party required a jury was 24, and out of that number ten who so required a jury obtained a verdict in their favour. The total amount paid into the suitors' fund was 12,4241. 9s. 10d., an d t h e fees paid for the recovery thereof amounted to 6,989/. 15s. 1 0 d. , being, as in the case of Clerkenwell, about 10s. in the 1/., and in the latter case rather above that a mount. I will not trouble your readers with any further details, having given the returns of the two courts in which the greatest amount of business has been transacted, and which will be suffi cientonly troubl e be asle establishede: to enable them to form an opinion as to the work ingll,6 of th e new mea s u re. I will, thereore, them with the return of the total nhumvebebreoefn fefollows:- plaints, &e.,e., entered in the sixty courts which e a r s a to under the Act, and which, togetherwithpwardso ftlloef. other ; 4 parti culars to the total therein nom b e e n r um o f er ad, plaintsap e ntered was 429,21 5, of which 31,443 were to recover u recover between 5/. and 10/.;595, to recov er b etween 99 2/. and 51.; 95,518 to reco ver between 11 . and 21.; and the number brought to recover a sum thea nottotel number of was no less than 161,042, and l sum paid into th e causes tried was 267, 445 . The tote suitors' fund, amounted to 345,122/. 3s. 9d., upon the recovery Jule recovery of which, the fee s to amounted to 82,6521. 14s. sd. 73,777 1. To the clerks, ges 1 Is. 3d. T o the bailiffs, 46,889/ Os. 9d., and to the general f un d t h ere was paid 52,117/• 103• I Id., the gross amount of money • 3s. 9d. I s 3d. of which 345.122/. received being 600,55 9 /. , s d went to the suitors' fun d + and 255,436/. 17s. 4d. of the Court, bein g 89 /. less to the Judges and officers 686 ears. It • than the sum received by the ci f ! is really too ssed . l bad, that the fees of a Court, pro e y established for the more easy recovery o f small debts a n d d emands, should amount to so enormous a sum, and be so greatly dispropor t ioned to the amount, actually recovered. It may be said that the suitors are satisfied, otherwise they would not resort to those Courts; but that is not the case. Of two evils they choose the least, and prefer those Courts, dear as they are, to those of Westminster Hall, where the fees are much higher; and in addition, they would have to employ barristers, &c.; while the delays therein amount almost to an absolute denial of justice. - Weekly Dispatch. CENSORIUS. JOHN MacnEit,.—A younger brother of John Mitchel sailed from Liverpool on Saturday, 1 0 the Bri tunciia, for New York. He purposes, it wax conjuctured to proceed to Bermuda , on m at te rs of a family nature' to his brother. Tne Great Western steam-ship plies rt • t 4 ularly between New York and Bermud a , the voyage being about seventy hours. The Earl of Burlington had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Ilome•office. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—At a quarter to one o'clock this afternoon the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Auckland, accompanied by Lord John Russell, Lord Campbell. Lord St. Germans, Lord Palmerston, and rJaptains Berkeley and Milne, arrived at the Clarence yard by express train from London, on a visit to Sir C. Napier. On the Admiralty dig being hoisted in their barge the Victory saluted it with the usual complem,,nt. The distinguished officers and•statesmeu disembarked at the new stairs in the dockyard about one o'clock, and were received by Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in- Chief, Admiral Dundas, C.B , M.P., Rear-Admiral Pres cott, C. 8., Captain Chads, C. 8., Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C,B Captain James, H.E., Mr. Fincham, Mr. Browne, swdeo opmo would elih l dn r ecc . rhri Vepaqil officers. i chain ie t tr e aoe r b , bi meesoo Flag-Lieutenants rptvsawoecdmee eietn,oe tidohe,eks experimentsue rtsheii Cochran3oet whole iroom iron a ai n rnps d e cahri A raeet nna augmentedpy by the commissioners appointed to inquire Wi i w i t in lh o a g t y i o' co a h a t i hn . nd similar structures, proceeded to witness the test sstiihvfiiepcis3c.hmtaharadanecter, by Capt. James, R.E., F.R.S., the nature of we t c o a u n r o d f e t v h o e te d to oe t h h y e a m rd ; after first t g h l i a s u t e h i e n i g P r aLtotrhde „. Merlin steam-packet, Lieut. J. 0. Bathurst, refitting 1_ for the Mediterranean service in dock; thence inspecting ;. the Ajax steam-guard-ship, the Pembroke, and the Orestes, in dock; the new basin and foundries, Mr. Bramble's new dock and slips, the Royal Frederick, and the Princess Royal, on the slips, the wood mills, and the . t hydraulic room, where Captain James exhibited to the [r Premier and Foreign Secrectary a highly interesting it xperiment of pressure upon iron girders; thence their e Lordships and their distinguished friends took water at . 5 the King's-stairs, and visited the Excellent, Captain o Chads, when that officer showed them some experiments _ in gunnery practice. After inspecting sundry other ob it .„jects,..4.c th&tsarty . adiqurned to the C rown Tavern, Pem ro e-stitYei,"Virelq*Slf"--Cliarles Napier S. entertained them at a most sumptuous banquet. The _ entertenment was intended to have been given on board the St. Vincent, at Spithead, butts gale had been blowing „ since daylight, and the sea was running so rough as to deter the uninitiated in nautical life from attempting a dinner on shipboard. Their Lordship slept at the George Hotel. To-morrow, should the weather be fine, their Lord ships will visit the squadron at Spithead, and after wards Lord Auckland and Captain Milne will return to the Admiralty. Captain Berkeley proceeds from Portsmouth on a short visit to Ropley House, Alresford, Hants. THE LATE ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN CHADS. Some misapprehension having existed with regard to the dis tressing accident which so recently befel Captain Chad:, late of the Styx, steam sloop, and which has gone the round of the papers, it may be as well to state that, in stead of the arm being fractured in three places, as was at first reported, or in two, as was subsequently said, the actual amount of surgical injury was confined to fracture of one rib of the right side, with puncture of the lung, and severe contusion of the right shoulder, from the effects of which the gallant officer has almost recovered. The long duration of the stage of collapse after the occurrence of the accident, and the amount of internal injury probably inflicted, were the principal causes however of alarm. It affords us mach pleasure to be enabled to state that this gallant officer is now rapidly convalescing, and that at no very distant period he will again be enabled to serve his country with the same unimpaired judgment, energy, and ex cellent feeling which gained him the esteem and love of those who have sailed with him, and the approbation of the Commodore who inspected, and the Admiralty who so generously and meritedly gave him his promotion. We have also to correct the statement that Captain Chads in falling dragged one of the, men with him. The seaman, Shearman, fell first. Captain Chads en deavoured to save himself by springing from the ship's side in order to clear the boat, touching no one. Mr. Pincham, master shipwright of Portsmouth Dock yard, has arrived in town to attend at Somerset-house, relative to some contemplated alterations in the consti tution of the Board of Surveyor of the Navy, as we un derstood. The Royal Frederick, three-decker, of 110 guns, built at Portsmouth by the ex Surveyor of the Navy, was ordered to be detained ou the stocks two or three years longer ; she is ready for launching when ordered. The Prince Regent, 90, Captain W. F. Martin, got under weigh and made sail for Spithead, also, on Mon day morning, but in a short time resumed her former birth, and re-anchored. The Vindictive, 50, Captain M. Seymour, is fast dis mantling at Portsmouth, and will be paid off on Thurs day. The Swift, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant-Commander Lory, was paid off at Devonport on Monday morning and the officers and crew turned over to the Express, 6, packet-brig. The Termagant, screw steam-frigate, is ordered to proceed from Seaward's factory when she has received her engines, to Sheerness, there to receive the jury gear of the Rose, where she will be tried at a draft of water of 14ft. 6m. forward and 17ft. 6 in. abaft. The Conflict, screw steam-frigate, having had her stern altered at Wigram's, is ordered to be removed to Seaward's factory on the 17th, where she will be com pleted in her machinery fittings, and will tnen be sent to Sheerness to be prepared for sea service. The Sharpshooter steam-vessel, Lieut. J. C. Bailey commander, arrived this morning from Milford, and came into the harbour this afternoon. Her Majesty anl the Court will leave the Clarence yard at half-past three o'clock P.M. to-morrow for London. The following gallant act has only just come to our knowledge :—About half-past eight o'clock on the even ing of Wednesday last, Master Davidson, a midshipman of the Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, flag-ship of Sir Francis Collier, fell overboard from the hulk of that ship (the Victorieuse), in this harbour, whe❑ Lieutenant Everest, of the Hastings, who was officer of the watch at the time, and who luckily happened to be walking the deck of the hulk, heard cries for help from the water, and, without a moment's hesitation, with all his clothes on, plunged overboard and rescued the poor boy from a watery grave. Al 3 ajo SQUADRON.—It is intended there shall be a sx is The brig sail. ad Frolic, ro l6 guns, umm r, built comprising Captainand just recommissioned a t P ortsmout h b y Com squnt h summer, mander Vansittart; the Helena, 16 gu ns , built by five Hendry,ori Sir William Symonds, and also just recommissioned at Portsmouth by Commander Smith; and the Rattler and Sharpshooter scr ew s l oo p s , w ill pro b a b ly be mem bers of this squadron ; a s a l so t h e Pil ot, 16 guns, at Ply • mouth, just commissioned by Commander Lyons, and the Heynard, 60-horse propeller sloop, about to be put in commission at Woolwich. The latter vessel is a model sloop in which the applicability of the screw prin ciple is to be severely tested. She is built on designs furnished by the Navy-office, of 516 tons, 147 feet long, 27 feet 10 inches beam, and 12 feet 6 inches draught ; to carry an armament of two 32-pounder guns of 56 cwt. each, and six 32-pounders of 25 cwt. each; to stow three months' provisions, and carry 15 days' fuel, a complement of 100 men, and engines of 60-horse power by Rennie. Commander P. Cracroft is the officer selected to command this vessel; he left the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, on Monday morning, for Deptford (where the vessel at present lies), to superin tend her fitments for commission, by order of the Com missioners of the Admiralty. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeons —C. Co ff ey (1846) to the Pilot sloop, at Devonport; J. M`Whinnie (1847) to the Frolic sloop, at Portsmouth; T. Kincaid (1848) to the Helena sloop, at Portsmouth; J. C. Buchanan to - the Tweed corvette, at Devonport. Chaplain--The Rev. C. Austen, of the Vindictive fri gate, dismantling at Portsmouth, to the flag-ship Ocean, at Sheerness. Naval Instructor—George Ennis to the Ganges, 84 guns, at the Nore. Assistant-Surgeons —J. Rose, M.D., to the Frolic; H. Johnson to the Minos steamer, on the Lakes or Canada. Acting Assistant-Surgeons--Robert Irvine to the Pilot; Sidney Bernard to the Hibernia; George Moore to the Tweed. Midshipman —H. C. Farrington to the Ringer brig, at Chatham. to the LettersP i Pilo t ; from G m . G P l . yt u o ff u t t h o t t h h e i s e Frolic. rn n g Naval Cadets —J. K . W oo d , to the Tweed; G. Twin m announce the arrival of th e B e ll erop h on, 78, Captain Baynes, in the Sound, and of h er h av i ng carried away her anchor in bringing u p, t o t h e i mminent danger of every man on board. Here again is anoiher instance of the unsafe ness of the present established anchor for the navy, which has scarcely varied in form for centuries. The equipment of the Bellerophon on the sea service estab lishment has only just been completed, and the first time her anchor is let go it fails, although under the most favourable circumstances both as regards season and anchorage. It was bat a short time since that the Queen, 110, was placed in imminent danger from th e same cause, and from most stations complaints are con stantly made of the cumbrous, nay, treacherous, anchors now supplied to her Majesty's service. Wind, W. by S., flesh gales and cloudy weather. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY.—Four officers, 88 men, and nine women left head-quarters this morning by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway for Wool wich; and three officers, 90 men, and their baggage came to head-quarters by the same route this afternoon. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP HASTINGS.—This ship is now manned at Portsmouth, and will be ready to quit that station for the East Indies by the beginning of July. She takes out to,Rio de Janeiro Mr. Southern, as Minis ter to the Argentine Confederation, vice Lord Howden, returned home. Mr. Southern was lately at the Por tuguese Court. His retinue and equipages are being shipped at Portsmouth, and suitable accommodation is being made for the Minister ou board the Hastings, but which being only a small class two decker, it is xpected some of the baggage must bo sent in another vessel. WOOLWICH, JUNE 12.—The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain James Hope, C. 8., arrived at Woolwich on Fri day last from the south-east coast of America, and will be paid off at this port on Saturday next. The vessel is in excellent order and the crew must efficient. Her rig ging and a considerable portion of her stores have been taken on shore to remain until she is again ordered fur enamissim [PRICE SD. The Styx steam-vessel was taken into dock to-dayl have her bottom examined and be refitted for sea. The Virago steam-sloop is ordered to Sheerness to morrow, if the tide will suit to get her out of the basin to be made ready as an advance steam-vessel at that port The Caradoc, Holyhead mail steam-packet, left Green , hithe on Friday mo, ning at half-past two o'clock, ant arrived at Purtsmuuth at halt-past four o'clock Elm. making the passage, a distance ut 170 miles, in 14 hotir against a strong head wind, and only three hours of th tide in her favour. The officers and part of the crew of the Egyptian frigate Scharkies are now on board the Nymph ,re ceiving-ship, opposite Woolwich Dockyard, and the 're mainder will join this evening until their own vessel is fitted with her engines and screw- propeller at Blackwail. • ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB Wind and water, the trust e:ements of the jay jack tar, were yesterday in full force. There were no mis givings as to wnetner the beats would succeed in reach tug the distance for want of the propelling powers: no exclamations, such as " there is hardly enough air to blow a rushlight out." No expression of hopes "that the breeze would freshen a little towards flood," but rather,• on the part of some, who had an interest at stake on the matter, that some of the light spars o f th e beautiful and that the misch a n ce of occasion of the first match of the club,. about a fort- tb moment craft would might givem mar the wey, :fforts of hours. O n th e fort night ago, and perhaps the most tedious on record, it could be termed for the first three hours but little else than a drifting match, bered that the distance was shortenei, and many and visitor, well calculated ansi it may be reindua; mournful were the complaints of both visitors and sailors. They were fortunately spared any occasion ,for murmurs on that score yesterday, and as it proverbially falls to our lot never to be satisfied, many of the com pany thought the repeated heavy showers anything but agreeabl e' "1""le' of the " turnpike sailors," the squall' " a leetle too stiff "—stiff enough - they haci it, and although far from an agreeable day to the ordinary had been entered to contend : Lions of the pretty fleet entered to contend. The following It was the great we should say; of the season. It 100 being open to all Royal Yacht Clubs, for Heroine 35 Southamptotno teGsetntehre,dpiw. a prize of with half a minute vs., unlimited tonnage, a time race, the lesser, per law allowed by the greater to Yacht. Tons. Port. Owner's Name. Arrow 84 Ditto -- Ino 25 London Thomas Charnberlayne, Ilsq. Frolic 12 Ditto Henry Gibson, Esq. Alfred Esq. Darin 25 Ditto Cox, John Wick', E a Daring 31 Plymouth Gr Bs. egory. Cook, Esq. Belvidere 50 London Charles Mare Esq . Belvidere 26 Ditto RL lion.Lord'A.P-- Our remarks, a fortnight since, with aspect t, At i ,p. well-known qualities of some of these boa p t e s ct to the fresh in the recollection of those to whom such must' be are of interest, and to repeat them would be to unn a e t ele t ' s r sarily occupy space. The Musquito was the " (1411; stinger" to be feared. She is of iron, and it will be re membered was launched from the firm of the eminent Mare, at Blackwell, two or three days only before the last match, for which she was entered, but in which She did not contend, as her sails were found not to fit her spars, and she could not be got ready in time. First rate old y%:chtsuien spoke in glowing terms of her ap pearance, and she was hence, although untried, looked upon as a most formidable rival. She shared with the Daring and Heroine the favouritism. The first-named of these two won the last match in a calm and light wind; but although a stranger in the Club maul then, her fame had travelled from Plymouth. She had had, it was said, her na,,st carried away twice, or some such thing, which betokens that she was a most powerful weatherly thing; and of the Heroine, if our memory is not traitorous, she beat the Secret in the corresponding race of yesterday (the Stranger's Prize) two years ago, and that character is enough "to get her a situation" anywhere. The City of Canterbury steamer had been chartered by the Club for the accommodation of members and their friends, and left London-bridge at ten yesterday morning, calling in at Blackwell, with an exceeding respectable, and, considering the unfavourable aspect of the weather, very large party on board. The distance to be sailed was from Erith round the Nore Light and back; and on the arrival of the steamer at the former, the boats, with the exception of the Frolic and Belvidere, took their places. At 24 minutes 30 seconds past twelve the signal was given, and the whole of the boats canted round at the same instant, the wind being south-west. The Secret tot;lt the lead, Ino second, the Daring third, Heroine fourth, the Musquito fifth. One of the Daring's crew fell overboard just at the moment of starting, but was soon picked up. At Greenhithe the Musuuito was first, Heroine second, Arrow third, Secret fourth, Daring fifth. The Heroine immediately after passed the Arrow. At Northfleet Hope the Heroine carried away her top sail yards, but rigged afresh arid kept her place. At Coalhouse Point they were obliged in a heavy squall tr strike their topsails, and, without any material change, they arrived at the Nore in the following order:— The Musquito, 2h. 41m.; Arrow, 2h. 46 , n. 155.; Heroine, 2h., 49w. 301.; Daring, 2h. 53(n. 45a.; Ino, 2h. 57m. 20a; Secret, 2h. 58m. In Passing Sheerness, on the return up, another heavy squall - came on, and the boats rode through it feauti fully. There was a splendid race shortly afterwards between the Daring and the Secret, the Inn having got disabled before her arrival at• Yantlet Creek, in which the Secret, alter the exhibition of great nautical skill, passed her antagonist. The Heroine and Arrow here changed places with each other, and shortly after pass ing Coal-house Point the Arrow gave up. The Mus• quito continued her lead all the way up, and the boats came in thus:— Musquito, 7h. 25m. 505.; Heroine, 7h. 44m. 50A.; Secret, 7h. 54m. 405.; Daring, 7h. 58w. 50s. The prizes were presented to Mr. Mare, by Lord Alfred Paget, with an appropriate address, and thi. vessel then returned to London with her company. The Dryad, Waterman 10, and a number of yachts belonging to noblemen and gentlemen accompanied the match. elrvaalelid,, qualifica tions COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their usual early walk on Monday morning. The Royal children rode and walked in the Park and pleasure grounds. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party in the evening. The Court will, it is expected, leave Osborne this (Wednesday) afternoon for town. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager paid a visit to her Wiyal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, on Monday, at Cambridge House. The Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and the Princesses Anna and Amelia of Saxe Weimar and suite, yester day visited the new hall and library and the chapel of Lincoln's Inn. They were received by Mr. Swans ton (Queen's Counsel), the Treasurer, Mr. Parton Cooper (Queen's Counsel), one of the benchers, and the Rev. Mr. Anderson, the preacher. The illustrious visitors added their signatures to those of other royal and distinguished personages in the ancient book of the Society. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Monday at Gloucester House. Lord John Russell left his residence in Richmond Park yesterday for Portsmouth. The Eart of Auck land and Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Portsmouth. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also from the Governor of New South Wales. - ARISII OF ST. I.IIARY, NEWINGTON.—Last night, An pursuance of an order of the Court of Queen's Bench. a vestry meeting of the ratepayers of this parish was street, Newington, held, by adjournment, iu the Boys' Sehotlroom, High persons to fill the office of governors and guardians o. for the purpose of electing sixteen . the poor, under the provisions of the local Act of the 58 Geo. -TH., c. 69, and to declare the final state of the pull of the ratepayers of the parish, taken in pursuance such order. Mr. Ambrose Boyson, churchwarden, pre sided. socia tion nomin ate d the following persons:—Messrs. C. At the meeti ng on F ri d ay the R atepayers ' As- Pugh, W. Garland, S. Stevens, C. Lane, Jolland, W. Mills, Swainflon, T. Wills, W. Sentence, Moss, J. May. G. Garrett, Buckingham, C. Roads, T. Griffin, and J. Wills; and on a show of hands they were declared elected; the poll was then demanded by the opponent , of the association on the part of Messrs. J. Cook, J. l'hwaites, W. Dover, H. Seward, W. Hero, J. R. Burton, F. Hardy, H. R. Silvester, J. Brooker, JeCooper, J . Kingdon, T. R. Mulcock, J. B. Eis dll, and T. Jones. At six o'clock last night the chairman declared the poll finally closed, and shortly after announced the numbers of the votes polled for each candidate in each list, viz.:—The Ratepayers' Associa tion L ist — Gri ffi n, 1,593 ; S entence, 1,589; Pugh, J. Wills, 1,165; Lane, 1,153; Garland, 1.122; Stevens, 1,098 1,194; 1,117; Swainson, 1,112; T. Wills, 1,099; Jolland, ; May, 1,091; Garrett, 1,084; Buckingham, 1,084; Roads, 1,084; May, 1,073; and Mills, 1,067. The largest number polled iu the opposing list being 606, lowest majority the chairman declared those gentlemen duly elected, the being 461. THE BRIGHTON STEAM-BOAT QUESTION.—The petith n of Mr. Hewitt Davis and a vast body of share holders against this scheme, and in opposition to the fur ther expenditure of capital, has been presented to the House of Lords by Mr. C. Nash, the Parliamentary agent. Petitions of the South Wales Company shai °- holders have also been presented, calling for an investi-. gation. Also petitions of shareholders and others of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Di;blin line against the Bill now pending, and praying quiry, have been presented by Mr. Nash, agent to the oppo,ition. Riotous Mons. —It is not generally known that for an in when the police are assaulted by riotous mobs, the of fenders, on being identified, are liable, if sent for trial, to seven years' transportation. Tiiii 4R 0 . 1 4 BRADFORD . }RM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—lf question _lre asked at Bradford of the cause of the distress, it is almost certain the first answer would be, " want of employment." What then is this that is called want of employment, and how does it come? Is it through malice of somebody that will not employ, or is there any further light to be thrown, either on how it comes, or what would remove it ? If a number of people, as for instance the contents .; of an e m i gran t s hi p, were cast away on an un i n h a bi te d oisland an d; l e f t to t h e i r own exert i ons f or suppor t , o they must apply themselves either severally or in companies, to see how the means of living can be got. ~ If they had a b oa t, as many as i t wou ld h o ld m i g ht t . climb the rocks in search of sea fowl or their egi, a . and some must penetrate inland, to look for root.; or d fruits, and at the worst to being down firewood to cook what the others might obtain. If their' stay in the island seemed likely to be lasting. , e their efforts must take a wider range. if seed-corn or potatoes had been saved from the wreck, they must be planted in the manner which gave the best prospect of having something to eat hereafter. Shelter also must be provided against the cold or the rainy season, which will be sure to come. And though for a time they might adhere to so much of a ship's discipline as should cause the pro ceeds of their industry to be brought into a common stock, and a sea-gull to be faithfully divided as re corded in histories of shipwrecks, it would not be long before this kind of community of goods was broken up, if only by the necessity there would be for dis persion in order to make the most of the capabilities of the country whatever they might be. And as some would be abler or luckier than others, it would not be long before some were found holding the po sition of employers and others of employed, present iog to some extent a copy of what is found in societies that hare stayed at home. In this state of things, whether the employed would have a good time of it or a bad, would clearly depend mainly on one thing, viz. whether the whole concern of the community was in a prosperous and advancing state, or the contrary. If store of such comforts of life as the place afforded, were attainable with moderate certainty and moderate toil, then there would be a lively demand for persons to gather or to plant. But if on the contrary the returns were in general less than would keep alive the workers, it is plain that working f ,, r pay must be confined te a few of the most favoured localities, and those who did not work for pay and had no previous resources provided, must do the other thing hinted at, which is to starve. In other words, there would be all the symptoms of a " want of employment." To put, for instance, a particular case ; if there is to be a demand in Australia for servants upon sheep-farms, the extent of the demand and the rate of wages must depend on the general prosperity of sheep-farming in the coun try, and there will be no use in crying out "Employ us, and give us ten pounds of meat a week and a quarter of a pound of tea," unless the sheep-farming trade is on the whole in a condition to afford it. If a zealous man wants to improve the condition of farm servants, he must go and discover a new territory it sheep-farming. The inference to be drawn from all this is, that the only real cure for a want of employment is to open new roads to the extension of profitable industry on the large scale. It is not a thing to be done by Mr. A. nor Mr. 8., nor by the united wisdom of the whole parish together. It must be done by opening com munications with new countries, either through going there ourselves and producing what we and others want, which is colonization or emigration,—or else through offering the inhabitants of other countries our home produce in exchange for theirs, which is free trade. It had been hoped that something in this last way would have been done already. And if it has not, one reason may be that free trade in corn comes next February ; and another that the effect to be pro duced by the smell of tree trade next February, has been counteracted by potato-rots and failing crops the year before. And this leads to a wider and newer field, which seems in part connected with the other. The idea has widely gone forth, that the great defect is in the existing system of division, which is by means of competition and the accumulation of capital ; and an experiment on a great scale is being made in France, at the end of which we shall know more about the subject than at present. But in the meanwhile, it may be permitted to agree with the Chancellor, when " The Chancellor said, I doubt." And the doubt is considerably strengthened, on applying the same parallel as before. Imagine two or three hundred working men and their families, hearing that an island like Robinson Crusoe's atlords tempting opportunities for living, and determining to go there ; but they are to have nothing t) do with either capital or competition. 'the first thing they must have, is a ship, with bett men, and provisions. But this, unless they begin by seizing somebody's Ship, which will be met by strong resistance from the owners and crew, they must either effect by saving money to buy or hire one before they think of proceeding further, which is being capitalists themselves,—or they must in some manner pledge their future labours or a portion of them, which is entering int o a compe titi on o f a most harsh and revolting form, nothing shirt in fact of what was done by the ancient bound servants in the American colonies, who were never mistaken for a branch of successful Communists. But suppose this difficulty gut over, and that they arrive. It is undeniable that when a man-of-war's crew has been cast on an unknown land, men without families and possessing in general something approaching to an , quality of strength and ability, the habit of discipline 4nd the consciousness of being directed by indivi duals of greater knowledge than themselves have kept them tor a few weeks in something like a state communism or equal division of food and goods. And a similar effect has sometimes been produced by religious excitement; joined, it may be observed, very frequently, to the profession of either celibacy, or such rigid submission to the direction of •.uperiors in matters matrimonial, as precluded the danger of disturbance from increase of numbers. But where is the evidence in the whole world, that collections of the working classes, either as they ire or are likely to be, would contentedly continue to labour for the lazy or the ill-conditioned ? It is clear that something like an American whipping house must be set up in self-defence, till the society determined to recur to the easier mode, of leaving the lazy to feed uon their laziness. It is because the American has not this resource that he spends him self in hard whipping; he has paid his money before hand, and must either get the value of it by whipping or lose it ; if he had so simple a remedy as not pay ing, whip-leather would be saved to him. Fancy then an association of working men, car rying out as long as they were able their plan of a kind of communism, and fancy another of equal num bers and with equal advantages of climate and soil, employing the old-fashioned methods of making the nest contracts they could for themselves, and allowing everybody else to do the same,—leaving, within cer tain reasonable limits to be determined by what men call law, the right to every man to store for his own use what fortune or talent shall put in his way,—thus opening what to a certain extent may be a game of chance but to a certain extent also is a game of skill, to all the benefits arising out of the keen direction of private ingenuity for the promotion of private ad vantage directly, and public incidentally. The ques tion is, which of these two associations would in the long run be found to have created the greatest amount of comfort, not merely for those who were to be up permost, but for those who were to be undermost too. If the amount created in the whole was in one in stance signally less than in the other, there must at all events be a possible condition of things, where the lot of the undermost shall be of any conceivable badness. A day or two ago it was my chance to go home by water, and my attention was drawn to the finish, , qual to that of an astronomical or a surgical instru ment, of the steam-engine which worked like a great giant between the decks. The name on it I remem -I,er was " Penn," and it occurred to me to thiuk how many Miss and Master Penns were enjoying the luxuries of the ball-room or of riding a good horse, in consequence of the successful application of sleep less nights and toilsome days by the senior N M] t o the polishing shin h g ow of ee p r i t v a o inly tsstnadlotng with this, would havehe parallelism cylin d disappeared the support of the multitudinous classes who live by steam, if no man had been allowed to make any profit by steam-machinery, beyond the -hare which might have befallen him from putting the proceeds into hotchpot. I firmly believe steam engines would never have been made by communism. rill we see the results of the French experiment, we bad best be moderately contented with things as they are, to the extent at all events of not rushing hastily into paths, vkhich instead of leading us out of the wood, may plunge us further in. I am , Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, June 14, 1848. DEATH FROM FIRE-IRMI.—Mr. Blacken, an elderly gentleman, possessin g considerable property in the vicinity of Eaton square, and residing in that neigh bourhood, went down last week on a visit to a friend at Frimley, near Bagshot. and on Saturday last he took up a pistol which ;was lying on a shelf in the hall of the house, or in one of ;the adjoining rooms, and after making several remarks on the construction of it, he re monstrated with some of the members of the family on the rusty state in which it was kept, when by some in explicable mystery the pistol suddenly exploded, and the muzzle being unfortunately turned towards the old gentleman, the ball passed directly through his head, killing him instantly, and almost without a groan. The unfortunate gentleman had been for some time a sufferer from the gout in the hands and wrists by which his hands were greatly stiffened, and it is supposed the want of pliancy of finger was the chief cause of the un fortunate accident.