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G i CONTRACT for COALS for SINCAPORE. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, Jan. 5, 184. The Commissioners for executing the ofilee of LordBHigh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on TEVILEMAT, the 20th nistant, at One o'clock they will be ready to tr eat w i th such Persons as may b e w illing to Contract for supplying and delivering into Store at Sincapore, 300 Tons of COALS, hit for the the service of her Majesty's steam-vessels. The Conditions of the Contract and a Form of the Tender may be seen at the said 011iee. No Tender will be received atter One o'clock on thu day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party at tends, or an agent for him 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 Coals," and must aloe be delivered at Somerset-Place, accompanied by a letter signed 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. CONTRACTS for PEAS and OATS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset•place, Jan. 7, 1848. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THCBSDAT, the 13th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling itores at Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz.: PEAS.... When to be delivered. Quarters. Half in a fortnight, and tho remainder . :500 in a fortnight after- wards. OATS (Scotch rotate) ............ 500 Within 10 days. Samples (not less than two quarts of each) must be produced b 7 the parties tendering. The conditions of the Contracts may be sees at the said Office. No reader will be received after Ono o'clock on the day of treaty, nor nay noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent fir him, aithortsed In writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary or the Admiralty, and bear in the l e ft h an d corner t h e wor d s " Tender for ," and mast also bo delivered at Sonserset•place. TO FAMILIES ABOUT TO VISIT ITALY. STEAM DIRECT from SOUTHAMPTON on the 15th of every month, to GENOA, LEGHORN, CIVITA YECCHIA, and NAPLES. The •PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM N kYIGATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship IBERIA, Captain C. F. BURNEY, will start from Southampton on SATVILDAY, January 15, at Two T.B1” liar the 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. ratas of passage and plans of the Tesel ma be obtaissd at the Company's Offices, No. 61, St. Mary Axe, a London y . „ • FR EE EMIGRATION to the CAPE of GOOD ROPE, under the authority of her Majesty's Colonial Land sad , Emigration Commissioners. The splendid first-class ship COROMANDEL, of 765 tons register, '• • ' JOUN GRAY, Commander, with a Poop, and most superior Cabin and Steerage accommodations, will embark Passengers on TUESDAY, Feb. 1, and at Plymouth on the 11th Feb., direct for CAPE TOWN • and ILGOA. SLAY. 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, sad 161. to Algoa say. which will include new bedding and mess utensils. An tape -, rienced•Surgeon, appointed by Government, will be en board. La bour Is urgently required in the above healthy colony, and every in dustrious and - well-conducted person is sure to better his condition by emigrating thither. All particulars as to the classes eligible for tree passage, dietary on the voyage, Etc., will be furnished en application to John Marshall *ad Co , 26, Birchin-lane ; at Southampton ; or at Baltic-wharf, Plymouth. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. EXTENSION STOCK, No. 2. The holders of Scrip Shares in this Stock are informed that unless all such A_RIIVIARS of CALLS as aro due by them be PAID to the Ceiupany's Bankers on or before the 10th of January next, they will not afterwards be permitted to pay any further sums on the said Scrip Shares, aid the Extension Stock, N.. 2, to be issued to them Rill be limited to the amounts they shall have already paid up. By order of the Board, C. P. RONEY*, Secretary. Eishopegate Static*, Dec. 30, 1847. LOANS ON MORTGAGE. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY will receive TENDERS for LOANS on Mortgage Bonds, in sums of 5001. and upwards, and for terms not exceeding seven years. Interest at 5 per cent. per annum, Payable half yearly. order, London Terminus, Dec. 27, 1847. T. J. BUCKTON, Secretary. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. 14/. PRIFERENCE SHARES, SECOND CALL of 41. PER SHARE, making the amount called 121. PER SHARE. In accordance with the terms on which these Preference Shares were issued, Holders of these Shares are required to pay, on or before liexaAr, the 10th January, 1848, a SECOND CALL of FOUR POUNDS PER SH kltE to either of the undermentioned Bankers:— London—Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street. Liverpool—Liverpool Borough Bank. Bangor—Messrs. Williams and Co. Interest at tke rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged S all Calls remaining unpaid on the said 10th of January. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. 61, Ifoorgate-street, London, Doe. 17, 1847. LONDON AND BLACKIVALL RAILWAY COMPANY. Final Instalment and Registration of the New Scrip Shares, Ne. 1. Xotlee is hereby given, that the FINAL INSTALMENT of 13s. 4d. per Share upon the New Scrip Shares, No. I, issued for paying off Debentures, became DUE on the Ist January Instant, amid is PAYABLE at the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, Lieudon. W B. Interest at the rate of i 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 shares, with all previous payments thereon, to be absolutely for feited fir the benefit of the Company. Notice is also hereby given, that the Fifth }Salt-yearly Interest en the above Shares is now payable, and can be obtained by forwarding the Scrip Certificates (the full amount of 61. 13s. 4d. per Share being duly paid thereon), to the Offices of the Company, for the purpose of Registration, with the Name and Address of the Owner in full, and the Number of Shares. In pursuance of a resolution of Use Beard of Directors, all Scrip Shares nit 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. KENNELL, Secretary. Offices, London Terminus, Fenchurck-street, January 4, 1848 TPIE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to al: Who satffer from Indigestion, Sick Headadhe, Billions and Liver Com plaints; they act as powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting strength to the stomach, and composure to the nerreus system. Sold In bottles at Is. 1%d., or 2s. 9d. ench, by A. Willou6hby and Ce., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishopsgats Without, and nearly all Me dicine 1 'enders.- Bo sal !e to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, and do not be persuaded to Pllltlliase , an imitation. MID CCCXLV 11. E and BLINIDCCCXLVIII. TO TH PUC. and on this."—Shakspeare. Look on this picture, As now another year is passed away, lIES and SON their wonted tribute pay; Aa d freely own, With gratitude sincere, Tis • taany favours of another year. Oft have their warn aeknowledgmests been made, Fe r vast success, and glorious public aid ; lin t never did such staunch support appear, As that which honoured the departed year. Spl ins, slimmer, autumn, winter, bear fresh proof, crewdlag throngs beaeath their trading roof. cm January's frosts were keenly felt, .usands with MOSES liberally dealt ; &111 Winter Overcoats, te suit the cold, Wet 0 purchased at their Warehouse million-fold. 11l p 'ebraary's month. and blust'rine March, ilea ',nubile sought the Emporlsm's lofty arch. le fici - de April, and In milder May, MUSKS and SON'S Spring dresses bore the sway. In pleasant Jane, and changeable Jelly, Tait est:Altitudes were daily seen to buy ; And sack supporters failed not to remember The City Mart In August and September. And in October's month did thousands press, At MOSES' Mart for matchlea Autumn dress. In dull November, and Deoember, too, MOSES and SON were ever kept in view. And thus did new encouragements appear Throughout the circle of the by-past year : Not only in attire, bat boots and shows, And also in the fare which ladles nee ; And throngs of buyers might we daily see, Obtainining first-class Hats at Eighty-three. In Hosiery and matchless outfits too, 'rhe trade at MOSES* Warehouse daily grew. 'he glorious marks of savour thus presented. p roclaim the by-gone year unprec...dented. ep was truly pleasing to behold a throng, e n swding the spacious Warehouse all day long ; wlm lie all the current coins, with 'mutant jingle, A y pi d the busy stir were heard to mingle. w e , r was it any sight to cause a fl•own, we ',le erders for bespeke were putting down. swit 't went the knit's, and orders swiftly took, A n d very swiftly tiled each order-book. The l 'slitting-room at MOSES' mart has bee-., " A ea tting night"—an ever-busy scene. No time • for idleness---no lengthy leisure, Could h. lI'S hi had for cutter, shears, or measure : All was .sotivity is every part, And basimeeess "flied the roast" at MOSES' Mart. Though scarcity of money roused alarm, MOSES and SON sustained no trading harm. - No ; on the contrary. as people found, The real Neste ef a esirrent pound, Thev necked to MOSES' Mart, assured that there, 'Unmatched economy is brought to bear. What sow remnants? A task devolves oa MOSES, Now Naghtess Ferty-seven for ever closes. Moat heartily do Messrs. MOSES tender -Their theinVi for what a generous public render. Rut thanks t. ND thousand times they might repeat,- _And. leave the task of thanking incomplete. Yet, happily, t.liey've mere that they can state, .And this they'', I led to Eighteen Forty-eight. Ix Eighteen For .ty-eight they mean to steer Beyond the boun %Is of each succeeding year. The reeeat porch haste which they have made, Will add new benseflts to all their trade. When all the usailtets were depressed, they bought For moderate mums their cloths superbly wrought. They saw the em po.rtunity, and now, A most immense redaction they allow. Such are the bensellts which here await Thu purehuer of jig hteen Forty-eight. May MOSES and tile) public ever be, Oa pleasing terms: of trading unity ; May both the buyers and the sellers find, That all their mutual interests are combined ; And may the frten do of MOSES (small aid great) Ifinjoy, in every po saible estate, . A happy year in 2,lglateen Ferty-eight. :LIST OF PRICES. AZAD'S MADZ. Seaver Taglioni ...• •• " ••; " '. fr o m 9 • Chesterfield and C o ngton al, and every description of Over-coat, handsom e ly trimmed.... 1 8 • The 'Pitch& Coat • • • • The Bullmer, ••• •• • • • • • • • • •- eaPec l a lly adapted for snowy and 1 0 • wet wnather • • • • • • • • • 16 0 The Premier •••••• • • • • • • ••• •• •• , • .... 0 • • Boy's Winter Coats, in ev c r y st y Men's D i . Trousers, lilted ••• • • • 0 0 1 4 2 6 0 Doeskin .• •-•••• • • • • • • 1 0 0 1 4 • Frock do. • • -- • • • • • •• • ••' • • • 0 9 0 Double-breasted Winter Vests ••• • • • ••• ••• • • • ...• 0 1 6 Roll oollar • Boys' Hussar and Tunis Suits.. • • ...-• ••• • • • MADE TO MELBIIIE. Winter Coats, in every style and shape), hand- _ ....lamely trimmed •••••••••• • • • • • • •• • •.. from 1 6 • Allied cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs . 2 . . 4 8 0 , Tweed Wrapper.... • • • • • • • • • • • • -- • • • • • • Doeskin Trousers .. Rest, or Drcsa Drees Coat 1 12 3 Best qaality m " ade.. •• • • ••• •• • • 6 0 -Frock do.. 41 a m, * le Best quality „nada .. •••• • • • • ••• 3 3 0 Satins pia! • Peaty 0 12 0 • • • • 8 6 Fang . Roy's Hussar and Tunis Suits •• • • " 1 6 Great ..... ... 016 0 . Suit of Clo thes corapi . etS.. • • •• • • • • 116 11 Mourn' v! to aoy ext en t a t Fi ve 31i nn t es u.otiee. 001 , erve.—Any Sure, net •ne y returned. approvoo Purchased, ready made, or made to inea - et . will be exchanged, sr if Pl - aferred , the E. 3' LOSES sad SON, Tailors, Wool He eider a, Furriers. Boot sad Shoemakers Hatters, morapeth,rs,iCelretalholeurtt tors, for La die& aid Geng - emen. 16 a 15 5, and 151, 157 3Linorin• and 23, 114„ 85, and 86 AA:ate, City, Loudon. :asitlins.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to ga 14,T4 the pu bile against impostors, but have learned that the nntrade *man* lik a falsehood of being connected with Diem, or it's the same CO!. eleni, hTI a s been resorted to in many instances, aid for obvious rem 'on , . Isy have so connexion with any other house in or out of pond In; an CI those whs desire genuine and chest. clothing, &c., should cell I t, st sr end to, Misories and Aldgate, City, London. an - otico.—lio business transaeted at this establishment from sun • A CV, till sunset Sat ur d a y, when business is reatinsod till twelve / l ....- c [PRICE SD. / • 2 - //).<, ty/t / i _ _ _ _ _ - ( rj „......".4-7, -. .. ; , . I'7 <- 1.....• . , .... , .- . 4 ...;vav :.„. -, ...- ~..L . . ..„ ...,,, 4, Y '40 t ,..t_,.' e . , ..:,,- - ;)! .4... $,„ • *.\-, 4 N.ll' , . * ) ,l, l it . 1 V .f .. . ' '.' ' t '.'.:.•:- . , , . 1 ..- 7 I 1 -". I FA ' 4 '1 4 '• Aliff s l' . .?. . , , 1...,, , ....., •'i ` . 0141. 1 -'l4k el?ttr .. 11 b , , ( P ,, 4k , • 'IY ' ' ''' ' :ti ''' : V lO4 • ' ' .-.::, fti*: Ot*. •- - c ril 4 I F 14-1.:-4.*•,.' • , • . ..4%,....! II , ,• . ~,,-;„ 4-?-80,4. ..., i • , r. ..„ ...:,.: . ~ .. i ;'-. ..., , ,dr— ~., •,...., , „4- ~ ! 1 ,,.., , - : I.:. AO •-•,. :pr. , •.. •.: 4 ' tip ,- fit:s4l7,--4 .i, t n. -. . -, ...... •.',; ~ 0 , ~.„.,,N .... • ~. + ~. *: - t . ' •,,,:,; 4 - :'''` l '.lw-.:., ..... ...-- - ‘,. ... ca- .A.es.„ . . . . . i ...... " . ...47 ,. .z. , .1 il - , ,---4>. .r. Irie4;;;j; , • o ...-* c:v.k';' \-- sN. - /4 k.„- •• '', - '",4 "' ''''' "' - 4 .' ~ ,44' - .3 ,- i‘ -i-, 4i' - - -.=..-- 2..; - . . , _. ..-e---,s , ' - -, , ~.;!!' 014. 7 r, .4 -... cit5.3. . , 5 7,f 2 -.'"..' '."— . „ ~.. S N . JANUARI 8, 1848. 7 with her rigging. She is expected to leave here about the 24th instant. 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 ward 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 feet 6 inches, and 3 feet six inches deep, and it is to work with a fan screw. The Hercules store-ship, ➢faster-Commander Ful ton, fitting in dock, will be ready for service at the end of this month. On Tuesday 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. 45,000/. were received on freight by the Yorkshire. The proceedings cf 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 :—ln 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 papers report a 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 lyrcllen." We do not find in later papers any confir creation 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 thei.e is some alleviation of the previous depression, the banks discounting with more freedom, and the amount of paper offered for discount considerably lessened. 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 University, and, therefore, had no vote to give, either for or against 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. 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. Ykr. Greenlaw entertains the same views I do, or I should not have placed him in so important an office as that of my examining chaplain. I am entirely averse to a disruption of the union between Church and State, which I consider essential to their safety and preservation ; but I am of opinion that the supremacy of the Crown, in the appointment of a bishop, ought to be exercised with greater pru ence and discretion than has been evinced in the 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, considering his " Bampton Lectures" were the result ' of an unwise and dangerous tampering with theologi 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 kad 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 obedient 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 he 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. Ward, with which the attempt to procure the condemnation of Tract 90 was contem poraneous, did not occur till 1845, his Lordship will perceive that there was no inconsistency in supposing that his son acted with the Tractarian party on that occasion. His Lordship's words are—' My son had not taken a degree at the University, and had, 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 90 was proposed for condemnation at the time of its publication. (From the Church and Slate gazette.) DR. HAMPDEN AND THE ARCHBISHOP OF 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 : LATTER TROM DR. HAMPDEN TO DR. HOWLEY, ARCH- BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. My Lord Archbishop,— Having seen for the firs 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 to uphold, to the best rily 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 ray 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. May I be allowed also to say that, in undertaking the responsible office of Regius Professor of Divinity, my c my heartfelt desire is to a c q uit myse lf h o f t ? t h t r u i t o o t my duty as a membe r of the Chu r ch whom a high trust h as been comm i tted; an d to take peculiar care never to do or say what may injure the sacred cause to which I have devoted myself. I would further earnestly embrace this opportunity of stating that I am most ready, as in duty bound, to receive any admonition from your Grace as to the most ef fectual mode of discharging the office. I feel confident that the Bishop of Llandaff, who has long known me, will bear testimony to the since rity with which I express these sentiments. ,I have the honour to remain, my Lord, with the greatest respect, tour Graces faithful humble servant, (Signed) R. D. HAMPDEN St. Mary Hall, Oxford, Feb. 27, 1837. P.S.—I have written this letter from London ; bu 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 Sir,—l 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 abilitj, 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 ,iiten tion to impugn the vital truths of Coristianity. To this a ffi rmation I cannot refuse credit ; 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 which certain parts of your writings are calculated to make, and have actu ally made, on the minds of common readers, as well as of persons w ell versed in theology. You proceed to ',request that I would give you a hearing, if there be an an d yt e h x i p n l g an a a l t l i e o g n ed on a y ga o in ur st pa y rt 7 ,, Iwnhircehspt appearec ~o 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 :'a r c., 17,252.] LONDON, SATURDAY, Z N G ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE -ON - TYN E. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly furnished aid laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NORTH, It is hoped be found complete in every respect. The BED-ROOM/I (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a style which mast ensure the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK eau at all times have 5110 W ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Rail, Lecture Room, and Royal Motel Assembly Room arc all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel is in the most central situation in Newcastle. WELLINGTON surcrouT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the Royal Family, the Duke of Welliagten, and principal Nobility and Officers of the Gaards—Two-and-a-Hali i l a i n eas. A stout milled substance of superlative quality for winter, at Three Gelneas, 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 fast that this popular gar ment is Cow worn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the kingdom, renders comment on its quality and style unnecessary. In London only of FM:GIBE, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON DUIT-STREET, Itege,t-street, and NUMBER ONS, BUCKLERS BURY, adjoining SO, Choapside. Agents.—Pirmingham : Hollingsworth, New-street—Liverpool : Mactaggart, 80ld -street—Manchester : Brown, Market-street —Edin burgh : Marshall aid Aitkea —Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, aid Co.; and principal tailors in all large towns. NOTICE. PREVIOUS TO THE CLOSE OF THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, on the 29th instant, for Additions and Decorations, Dr. RYAN will LECTURE on SANITARY MEASURES, and on the nature of DISINFECTING AGENTS, in connexion with this important sub ject, on Mondays, Wedn,sdays, and Fridays, at Half-past Three, P.m, and every Evening, oxeept Saturday, at Nine o'clock. On 'the alternate days other Lectures on CHEMISTRY. D r . BACH HOFFNER will LECTURE on RESPIRATION and VENTILI ,TION. in connexion with the above Subject, Daily at Two, P.M., in wilch a JET of STEAM, 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 BELL and DIVER, Itc. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAI A CITY, &ND 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, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By 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 vtreet, 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 and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. Title section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, and destroys its power on the system. PART Y. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties, The ceases ef unproductive union, are also considered, and Lie whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tux Couniar.. 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Just published, and may be had In French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, ?.s. ed„ •r post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, i s ZELF-PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise k J on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unprodustive Unions, and the Secret Infirmilles and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; witk Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence •ipi tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesms, and infection. BT SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 9, BEDFORD-STREET. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin n burgh, Marriage h e r n L o a:r d eb o g n em l rr i ee e as s l p l ty i h t a ot l h f lb eh i l e ch d al iu cause l c a ee l n ot S r o o c i nf i e u : t y .ea , ,a & el of t Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, llomorary Member f• c h a . t ap e p o i n n d e l m tions. in order veil, which c overs the origin of deniestle wretchedness, C b e o u r l a d i s t e h d e , that It and Its true s ource i n it be traced to nhysicar disqualifications instance disclosed, in hew many could used in moderation isalways injurious ; the gift, which when squalifications and their attendant disap pointmonts. Excesses arei fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of which mischief, and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital Pon c . l eivs. The particular excesses, on ,he nature and consen"fence of hi this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity o f misery to the human crane, pieta account of the than any ether to which it is subject. Organs, and of This work contains an accurate and co It deservedly of subject t can anatomy and Physiology of the Peprodumeti y man health, their relative conditions in healt% and diseaysee an or lhould requires the closest attention and study, for what. be of more iruortance than the preservation and of the physical capabilities of which ever be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired In early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, sececy, loatheiva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, r and medical man who can show by his posse , sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MHRT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Fent and Richards, 32, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichbonie street, Haymarket; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gordon, 146, Loadenhall-street, London; or, free by post for torty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, from Teu.till 'Two, and from Five till Eight at his residence, 9, 13fitifora-street itadigs4,sguard Landon. B RITANNIA 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 is new in COURSE of PAT• MF,NT, and may be received at the Office between the hours of Eleven and Four. 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This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, tke power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in .erests to meet other conveniencles or necessity. Assarances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a /MY bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid on each doliey effected on the profit scale. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. So. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman. JOHN MARTIN, Esq., Si.P. Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks,Esq. Thenason Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Robert Milford, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morrie, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Loch, Esq. James Mae!, Esq. TORS. AUDI A. W. Roberts, Esq. henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at law Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 530,000/. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared en 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 Head 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. I, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be come void. GDORGE KEYS. Secretary. I]l ATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. Capital, 20,0001. is 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share on complete registration. No further call will be made without three months' previous notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount subscribed for. The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used la the offices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap proved by The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DE GRET, K.G., President of the loyal la stitute of liritish Architects. Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Immola tion for the Advancement of Science. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. he Lord Bishop of Norwich 1 of Lichfield The Right lion. the Earl of Lei-. The Most Noble the Marquis of center Bristol Th • Lord Rendlesham, M.P. iThe Hon. and Rev. Thomas Z. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop Keppel of Gloucester and Bristol I The lion. Fred. Byng The Bon. and Rey. Edward 11.,The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal- Keppel I lum, Bart. The Very Rev. the Dean of West-'Sir William Foster, Bart. minster, Dr..Buckland ;Sir Robert Harland, Bart. The Venerable Archdeacon Shir-!Sir Francis Darwin ley The Norwich Union Fire 01Bee Sir Jekn P. Belleau, Bart. The Suffolk Fire Office Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Often of 13k- Dr. Outrank, F.R.5.,F.G.5., Ia- minghara Spector of Naval fospitals The Norwich Equitable lA/Wales Right Hon. Earl Fitzhardinge °Moo His Grace the Duke of Beaufort I The Nottinghamshire and Derby- Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, i shire Fire Office Right Hon. F. IL F. Berkeley,!The West of Englaai Fire Oftee, M.P. 1 &c. W. Miles, Bug., M.P. The object of this Association is totally to abolish tits use of climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjected by the ad and 4th Victoria, cap. 85, are continually reserted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im poseibility in innumerable oases of cleansing a chimney or time with the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge-. Mows 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 sides of a chimney. The rods attached to this head or brush are sppplied at intervals with universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle and the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having also a universal spring jolat, which leads the brush with certainty past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demenstrated by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Goveniment and eutnerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large 'amber of the nobility and gentry in continuing their animal con tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses may bo obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., if, Jennyn-street, it. James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, lirchin-lane ; at W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the prinCipal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where applications for shame nay be addressed. RAISING WATER discoYered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwarde, without either friction or faltering, therefore can never b• surpassed ; conse quently this is the most important discovery ever made for the pre servation of life and property either at Sea or ou Land. AT SEA numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefully ac knowledge the glorious 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 the means et saving the ship and 230 souls on beard, 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 is ac tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London, with a thank God for the Fountain Pump." PUBLICATIONS. ROSE'S CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. In one large volame ivo., pp. 746, bound in cloth, price I 6s. A PRACTICAL TREATISE of CHEMICAL _EX 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. Just published, in ois vol. Bvo., greatly improved ant enlarged, the Second Edition, price 10s. 6d., ASTHMA: its Vari e ti es an d C om plications ; or, Researches into the Pathology of Disordered Respiration, with remarks on the Treatment applicable to each variety. Illus trated by Cases, and Plates coloured from Nature. Also a Succinct Treatise on the Principal Diseases of the Heart. By F. li. RAM ADGE, M.D., Follow of the Royal College of Physicians, &C. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, PRIDAT.—The Jupiter packet has put us in possession of letters from our friends in the squadron, which enable us to continue our details of 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 degrees to windward ; the Albion rolled 15 degrees to leeward and 11 degrees to windward ; Queen, 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.M.—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 cf 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. 41 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, hut, 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 Havannah 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 soon as possible after daylight for Lisbon, with dis patches and supernumeraries. She proceeds first to Cork to embark Mrs. and Miss Napier. The following personages and officers go out in her :—Mr. Norton, as 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, n aval 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, naval cadets, to join the St. Vincent ; Richard Sturges, second master, to join the flag-ship Crocodile at Cork ; Mr. Capron Bridges, naval cadet, to join the Amphion ; Mr. Charles O'Ferrall, second master, to join the Avenger; also Captain I corp ora l, 11 pr i va t es , an d 2 gunners 4:lfthe E Ro l y l • i a ot, l 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 co mplement. 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 steam-yacht, under the temporary command of Mr. Allen, with the crew of the Undine (the latter being under repair, with her masts and funnel out, alongside the dockyard) sails this evening for Plymouth with two deserters belonging to the Endymion, 44, Captain Lambert, for trial by court martial at that port. - o s f l o t o h p e , E arl oof Commander o d S o t o a a r i m d e t r o , left the this morning for Sheerness i;o be paid off. command -in the West India and North American station has given universal satisfaction in naval circles at this port. The Wellesley, 72, at ~ Devonport , i s the ship chosen by the Admiralty to carry the flag of the nobl e and gallant Admiral. In Harb our—The Victory, flag-ship; Excellent, gunnery shipj ViCtol , la and Albert, royal yacht • Birkenhead, 1 firefly, } airy, Undine, and Echo steam vessels. At Spithead — The Terrible, s t eam -f r i ga t e; th e Mountstuar t Elphinston e , convict ship ; the Bonetta, b r i gan ti ne ; and the Parsee, I n di aman. „ In the Basin —The Prince Regent, 92 ; Blenheim, 56 ; and Retribution, Cuckoo, Swallow, and Rocket steamers. In Dock —The Ajax, Leander, Avon, Orestes, and Sappho. Wind, north-west (very variable), fresh breezes and squally ; weather thick and hazy, with rain and hail occasionally. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Her Majesty's ship Asia, 84, Captain Hobert F. Sto p fo rd, with the flag of Rear- Admiral Phipps H"nbY, having repaired defects caused by the late storm, b ailed from the Sound this morning, at eight o'clock, for South America and the Pacific. Wind northerly, light. CH ATHA M JAN. 7.—The Hydra steam-sloop, Corn man_ler Grey Skipwith, sailed from this port yester day. She has on board nine months' provisions. Her destination is Rio Janeiro. This v , ..ssel is very much down at the head, in consequence of her stores and heavy guns forward, whilst her stern is six inches above w atermark. The Sealark, 10 guns, Commander W. B. Money penny, has her topmasts on end, and is completed, with the exception of some trifling job s connected Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. EGRET MALADIES. ►. Treatment of CH. ALBERT, M.D., a Member of the Univer eity of Paris, Professor of Pharmacy, Apothecary to the Hospitals of Paris, Professor of Medicine, and honoured with several Medals aid national rewards. No. 21, Rue Montorgeuil, Paris. Numberless and well-authenicated cases which hitherto had been considered as incurable by the Faculty, and which in a short time have given way under this treatment, are most unequivocal proofs of its superiority over every other means as yet employed. t was for a long period of time a desideratum to discover a mode of cure adapted to all senstitutions, and which should be free from the bane ful effects of mercury. We are now arrived L: tke solution of this problem by the discovery of a mode of treatment at once simple and easy, and which, without any degree of exaggeration, we can affirm to be infallible ii the cure of all secret maladies, however inveterate or of long standing. The method of sure, according to Dr. Albert, is economical and easy, either at home or on a journey, ceasing not the slightest derangement to the general health, and safe in all seasous and in all climates. Sold by E. W. Wilcox, 326, Oxford-street; T. Miles, Graeechurch street ; and by all the principal Chemists in London. It Treetiee is enclosed with the Medicine. A R R I A G E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em hitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosisig hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, a"e the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form au item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or aeglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, If these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., ls. soth (by nest, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively - dined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation, of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but tor the closet perusal of those 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 together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two ether ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," ant " 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 boor, 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 de unto others as he would be done unto—tc live after nature's laws—and to keep always en the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be Ivid of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet .street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, ..ornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all Rooksellerc DN TIIE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PRETS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF LIITMAR LIFE. ILLOOTRATED WITI COLOVEED INGRATINGS, Just Published, is a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free by post. 3s. 6d. CON'FROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decliie, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences 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 Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory et the various Cases, lice. By C. J. LUCAS and CL, Consulting Surgeons, No. GO, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, Stc. &O, CONTENTS OP THE WORE, Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate Indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice en the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, an d on th e un h a p p i ne ss cau se d by Unfruitful unions. Chap. 3.—D e bilit y 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 o f self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrheel, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prastate. Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. C•tses, anu concluding observations, Plates, ?cc. 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E SAMPLES. .e 4 . 1 Annual Policy Bonus In Perms- Sum the nent Re- Assured Igo. mina.Pre- taken addition I Bonus in duction of may bur out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on Premiums. Policy. X s. d. £ a d. £ a. d. X a. d. r, 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 ,494 6 10 1838 218 4 8 99 8 10 15 13 5 1 445 6 0 4 "') 1839 192 1 10 66 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 60 1000 74 3 4 1840 143 510 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 I_ 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 8 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &e., may be kad at the office, or any of its branches in the country ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CIMROUX, Secretary. Of LAND the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a fire brigade. They act instantaneously at tie outbreak of a fire. " We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boos to so eiety.”—Editors Liverpool Mail. The New Portab'e 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 ,olely and seven mainly, inclading in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Horton's dyery, and 12,000 Z. worth of consigned pro perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, aod flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in-time to r, event a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, v.nich must have spread around de struction and death. " North Walshain.—lt this fire the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfulk Ckro nicle, August 22, 184 G. At a Norwtai tire June 2, 1147, the two Portable Engines were the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they will do die work, which proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo spheres. Now the fast 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 Mutton, with many other erainent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom exceeCs half the Ferrer consumed, after 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 la hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a hest new heavy working Fric tion rump 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 Clanton Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in planing 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. Alallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. n - hi m gem r a k t psrthionmersertcpaaelMninrentdii simplicity n 1 gnuogs improve ment nt t a o te n i hnn e s Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull aab rollingr after ceisustain able r, remarks character:--Tie bthreaa reprincipl e,urnr: preposterous.witnessing tigrrhiy v o p: Fountain rtrohfaueer nektt ann H e gyffnotee effect and Paddy in No. 1,183, arid in No. 496, lio w o os k itt 4i v aow e nn r pild , ittia,shh: on appearedthe othe withinh a nd the , Dr l ..I t 3 i t r w k in the art of raising water that h ot many beautiful o o thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation, Fountain Pumps are successfulLy carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, for man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at competition ridicelous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at lees cost than common pumps, Works W 7. , Norwich, Nov. 30, 184. STIALDERS. Sco Mechanic's 3 1 agazine, Nos. 231., 364, 383, 429, 430, 433, 482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 509 , 5 10, 525 , 513, 658 . , Fenitain Pump 727, 804, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. >los. illustrated are marked thus* COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDIT.—The undfavourable state of the weather prevented her M•aj esty or his Royal Highness Prince Albert leaving the Castle this morning. The same cause prevented the R oyal Family taking their usual walking and pony exer vise. The Earl of Aberdeen, the I earl and Countess Delawarr, the Earl of Auckland, 1 .nd the Right Hon. William and Lady Caroline Lasceldles, left the Castle to-day. Lord and Lady John Russell, sit' expected to arrive at the Castle this evening on a vis'it; to her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness t ho 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 atte n d in the evening at the Castle. His Royal Highness the D Mike of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the D , achess of Gloucester, on Thursday, at Gloucester How e. The Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., will not meet at the Lord Chancellor's residence, i ark-lane, on the first day of Hilary Term (Tuesd: ty next). The Noble and Learned Lord will take his s eat in Court at eleven o'clock on that day. Lord and Lady John Russell. left town yesterday morning for Richmond. Lord aohnt Russell pro ceeded from Richmond to WinClsa.r Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Right Hon. H. Laboucheret left town yester day for Brighton. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gib: m, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, arrived in town yesterday. Dispatches for the Governor of the Mauritius were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial office. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE [is Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her B ,oyal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, his Roy al Highness Prince George of Cambridge, her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge, Prince Fred crick of Hesse, the Russian Ambassador, the Belgian Minister, the Mar quis of Donegal, the Marquis of G U.sinby, Viscount and Viscountess Castlereagh, Viscount Cantilupe, the Earl and Countess of Orford, Viscount I Jewry, the Earl and Countess of Verulam, Viscount Ca interbury, Lord and Lady Holland, Lady Seaford, La a y Alexander Russell, Lord Manners, Lord Maidstone, 1 . .,ady Hereford, Lord ' Aylmer LordCholmcmdeley, Lot Ward, Lord Strath more, Lord Southampton, Lady 7 Stl_ary Fox, Lady Caro line Barrington, Lady Parr, Lad' r Augusta Cadogan, the Ladies Somerset, the Ladies C; Ist, Lord William Len nox, Lord George Lennox, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord F 'orester, Lady Rivers. Baron Pollock, Lady Caroline Maxse, Hon. J. Mac donald, lion. Colonel and M rs. Fitzgibbon, Colonel Knox, Count Kielmansegge, Si r Bellingham and Lady Graham, Sir G. Rose, the ] 3aron Rothschild, Mr. Rasley, Baron Knesebeck, Cot tnt Kondriaffski, Baron and Baroness Rehausen, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. G. Anson, The O'Gorman Mal hon, Mr. Horace Twis!, Count Revel, Hon. Colonel and :Mrs. Grey, Sir Francis Peacocke, General Taylor, &c have been amongst the highly distinguished visitors v ,)jo have lately honoured this theatre with their presen, THE HOUNSLOW FLOGC vG CASE. ---It may be remembered that, at the ins , oe e t held by Mr. WakleY, M.P. (June, 1846), on priva t o Vhite, of the 7th Hu . ssars, who died in consequence of th e severe flogging which he received for some milita - 4 . 3 , fat at, and which was the direct cause of the barb•Arous cu atom of flogging in the army being much mitigated, pr ivates"Cooke and Mat thewson gave such testimony as was believed would ex pose them to the caprice of the a " Martinets" of their regiment. A. subscription to p rocure their discharge was commenced, but the sum t bus raised, amounting only to 431. is. 4d., not being s efficient to effect that object, the Ron. Member for F insbury (Mr. Wakley) generously made up the required ;um (501.) from his own private purse, and the men wer a discharged from the regiment on Saturday last. Co( Ace is now in London, seeking employment on a railway. , SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 7.--1 Peninsular and Oriental Company's iron steam. Madrid, Captain Weeks, sailed this afternoon for P ie c Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, with the usua d zz ails, in charge of Lieutenant Newenham, Admiralty a k , mit. She takes a full cargo of cotton bale goods, and abet Sultan is hourly exp ecte d i .rem ot it 20 passengers. Constantinople, Malta, and Gibraltar, with that pi 3rtion of the Indian mail not forwarded via Nina W.N.W., foggy. At the Rochdale Petty Sessions o Monday last a man named Needham was fined ss. for lit wing bitten the _ finger off a fellow•workman. weight in a matter on which any ordinary divine is qualified to judge for himself. You further " stale your readiness to ieeeiire any admonition from rn - 6 as to the most effectual mode of discharging the office." This I conceive is unneces sary—you doubtless fully understand the nature of the instruction required from a professor of divinity in our Church; and the system of teaching adopted by your immediate predecessor, the late Bishop of 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 you,:l remain, Rev. Sir, your huMble and obedient servant, (Signed) W. CANTUAR. Rev. Dr. Hampden. e. , "? /6-7- ON THE DEFENCES OF THE NATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The letters which have been, and are still daily published on the subject 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, &e., 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 rightly, 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, an 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, lot them at once be placed on the same footing wi th the army and navy, when circum stances require them to be placed on halfpay, so that if we have not so much to:pay for praying, &c., we can afford to pay more for fighting ; and until the world gets wiser and wicked men get better, we must adopt those plans best calculated to save us as a nation from utter destruction.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, J. C. Southsea. ST ATE OF WINDSOR.—It would appear that the royal town of Windsor is iu a dreadful state of destitu tion, when out pf a population of only 10,000 (including the military) not less than 800 families were so poor and distressed as gladly and gratfully to avail themselves of the Queen's bounty on New Year's-day. The whole amount given away in meat, bread, blankets, &c., being 2501., the average value of the gift to each family would not be more than 6s. 6d. The average number of per sons, we understand, in each of these 800 families, was about five, thus making 4,000 persons, out of a popula tion of only 10,000, in a state of absolute want, if all who partook of the royal bounty were really needy per sons and deserving of it. There can be no 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 Clewer. There is, per haps no town in England, of its size and "population, where so much money is annually distributed in charity to the poor, and no town where more real distress pre vails amongst the working, classes. CHARGE OF ALLEGED MEDICAL NE*LECT AT CROYDON—A great deal of excitement has prevailed in Croydon and its immediate neighbourhood 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 part of one of the me dical officers of the union, The deceased was the ostensible wife of a journeyman 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 on that occa sion may be thus briefly described:—The man Howard proved having on Tuesday afternoon, the 28th ult., his wife being at that time in hourly expectation of her confinement, applied to Mr. Berncastle (who, in con junction with his partner, Mr. Bottomley, holds the office of parochial medical officer to the Croydon Union), to come and see the decased. Mr. Berncastle asked him if he had as 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 was not then at home. Mr. Berncastle did not attend as, requested, and the deceased was subsequently delivered! of a dead child by Mr. Dale, who was assistant to ' Messrs. Fletcher and Neville, surgeons, of Croydon. The case was adjourned till yesterday, when several witnesses were examined; but a further adjournment took place that a more complete medical examination of the body might be made. IMPORTANCE OF POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS. — At the adjourned inquest held yesterday morning at the Bedford Head, Maiden-Wae, before Mr. Bedford, on the body of William Hancock, tailor, ;in Maiden-lane, who was supposed to have 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 t hat 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 pad.dle box of a Gravesend steamer. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ROTHERHITIIE. before one o'clock yesterday morning a lamentSabhloerttlley 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 hoar 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 in sured. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ALYLUM.—Yesterday the annual meeting of the supporters of this institution wit; held in the London-bridge Tavern. From the report ; the financial and domestic concerns of the asylum ae_ (3 . past year, it appeared that the gross receipts re be c ,_ 2,2841 9s. lid., and the expenditure left a balance 200 01. 1 31. 13s. 9d. The funded property, including with Messrs. Reid and Co. and Messrs. Calvert and Cos, at five per cent., was 9,2001. meeting was held last evening; J. E. d G on ra ation fi g were BOTANICAL, SOCIETY or Lorroorr.—yTEhes orpdi.nß.asry an . : president, in the chair. Varioas ielected.n the genus Dr. P 1 ulnas,"an c h o flounced and several ne read paper "On the discussion,which ECARDy of the members joined. which led to a long and . animated cl in distinctions members OUTDREAIC A MONGST THE CALEDONIAN NAVVIES. —Yesterday (Wednesday) considerable alarm was occa sioned amongst 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 the to custody on the charge of assa ultin g the p o lice. In mean time the acting-sheriff of the county, accompanied by Mr. List, the superinte ndent of police, from iers and two _ - squadrons of the 3 d Light Dra g oon Guards . hill barracks, have repaired t o the scene action, for of the purpose, it is understoo d, of burning or otherwise destroying the huts of the navvies, and thereby dislodg ing them, ,—North British Mail. •