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IRISH SOCIETY of LONDON. Instituted 25th March, 1822, For Promoting the Education and Rcligians Instruction of the Native Irish, through the medium of their own Language. VICE. PATRON. The. Right lion. and Most Rev. his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY. PIIESIDENT. The Right lion. the Earl of GALLOWAY. VICE-PESIDENTS. His Grace the Duke of Manchester. Most Noble the Marquis of Cholmondeley. Eight Hon. the Earl of Harrowby. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cork and Orrery. Right Hon. the Earl of Roden. Right lion. the Earl of Gosford. Right Hon. the Earl of Gainsborough. Right Hon. the Earl of Effingham. Right Hors. the Earl of Cavan. Right Hon. Viscount Liffu•d. Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Cashel and Waterford. Right 11ev. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta. Right lion. Lu'd Calthorpe. Right Hon. Lord Bexley. Earl Jermyn Viscount Adare, M.P. The Lord Ashley, M.P. Lord Arthur Hervey. Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P. Right lion. Sir G. H. Rose, Bart. Sir R. 11. Inglis, Bart , M.P. Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart. The Hon. Granville D. Ryder, M.P. Sir Thomas Blometield, Bar t. Sir Morgan G. Crofton, Bart. Sir J. Kennaway, Bart. Captain Vernon llarcourt, R.N. Tohn Cater, Esq. Evelyn J. Shirley, Psq., M.P. Henry Kemble, Esq., M.P. Hon. William Cowper, M.P TREASURER—Captain the Hon. Fraud,' Maude, R.N. SUB-TREASURER —EIIOSII Durant, Esq. TIANKERS—Messrs. Drummond and Co., Charing-cross. Office of the Society, 32, Sackville-street, In the present eventful state of Ireland, the Coin nittee of the Irish Society of London would call the attention of the Imblie to the beneficial results of the Society's labours in that country. and would earnestly appeal for increased support, to carry out the objects which it has in view ; and while they by no means undervalue the efforts which are being made, whether by legislation or by private enterprise, to improve the temporal Condition of Ireland, the Committee feel convinced, from much ex perience, that all the remedies proposed must prove unavailing, un less, at the same time, measures are taken to elevate the moral character of the Irish peasantry by means of religious instruction. The Irish Society labours in the native districts, where upwards of 3,000,000 of the population speak the Irish language. There are now 800 teachers connected with it, who instruct the native Irish in reading the Word of God. Since the commencement 300,00 e individuals, chiefly adults, have thus been taught to read the Scriptures, many of whom embraced the Protestant faith. One hundred and eight Scripture readers are employed, who read the Irish Bibles in the cabins, or to groups of the peasantry at work in their fields, or by the roa 1 side. Seven Irish-sneaking clergymen are in connexion with the Society who read the Liturgy, and preach the Gospel in the native language. Ten congregations of converts have been raised up, or are now ministered to through the instrumentality of the Society. Two of these aro in the county of Galway, two in the county of Cork, and six in Kerry. Many Roman Catholics, not included in those distinct congrega tions, have been brought, through the blessing of Almighty God Upon the Society's labours, to renounce the errors of Rome, and are now incorporated with old Protestant congregations. Some groups of converts who have been instructed by the Society aro asking for Irish clergymen to be located amongst them. In various places crowds of Roman Catholics attend Protestant churches and school-houses, where an Irish-speaking clergyman has been announced to preach. One clergyman states : "In the Cathedral of L— I ?reached on Wednesday evening. The church was filled, the Roman Catholics standing tip to the reading-desk, and outside the doors. At D--, on Sunday night, there, had We a place large enough, we might have had many hun dreds of Romanists ; as it was, we had a goodly number, and those who were obliged to stand outside the window occasionally requested that I would speak up, so as they might hear." Another writes : "I had a most interesting tour through the C— Irish districts. preached 20 sermons, in Irish, to over 2,000 in all. I may count that 1.000 were converts, 500 Romanists, and 500 old Protestants. One poor man, who was not hearing me, heard so much about the sermon from others, that he said he would ' come to hear the next sermon, if the priest would roast him in the fire for it.' Many a Poor creature from the heart said, 0, when will you come again sir ? Alas l that we hav'nt an Irish ministry.'" Such are some of the results of the Society's proceedings ; but the Committee would allude to one more, of considerable importance at the present time, and that is, that wherever the native Irish have been instructed by the Society, they have become loyal subjects of our Queen, and abstain from all connexion with the treasonable Practices and illegal associations which are so hostile to the peace and prosperity of the kingdom. The Committee have made diligent inquiries upon this subj °,ct,and the replies to their inquiries have been highly satisfactory. The following are extracts from one letter out of upwards of tweity of the same character received by the Committee:— " I affirm it as a fact that could not be contradicted, that out of the thousands in Ireland connected with the Irish Society, tkat none of them are connected with illegal associations, or with that dan gerous agitation now so formidable, and hostile to Ireland's best interests. Our teachers and pupils are almost entirely friendly to British connexion ; they have felt Rome's spiritual tyranny, and they believe, if the union with Great Britain were dissolved, that both spiritual and political !tyranny would become intolerable." And there are not a few instances of members of Ribbon or other Illegal associations having been converted through the instrumen tality of the SoDioty, and now employed in teaching their country ram to read the Word of God. An indvidual who lately visited a congrezatioe of converts in one of the wildest districts of the west, remarks : " When I entered the cabin, the whole congregation rose, seeing a stranger with a Bible In his hand, and gave me a hearty wel come, crying out' Cead Mille Failthe,' Cead Mille Failthe.' They Were orderly in their conduct, and deeply attentive to the Word of God. I was especially pleased with the demeanour of two indivi duals, and not a little grat•fied at afterwards hearing their story. One had been a celebrated and lawless pugilist, the other the leader of a Ribbon Lodge, both of them daring characters in the neigh bourhood ; but through the mercy of God they met with the teachers of the Irish Society, they were instructed in the Scriptures, and Dow, from their respectable appearance and general conduct, as Well from the change which has taken place, they might be described in the language of inspiration, Sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in their right mind.' One of them is the owner of the cabin Where the congregation was assembled—the other, the Scripture Reader employed in the district." To extend these benefits, under the blessing of God, amongst the Irish -speaking part of the population the present appeal is made. It is acknowledged by all parties that something rause be done for Ireland ; and without limiting the measures which may be devised by the benevolent, the Committee of the Irish Society of London Would respectfully saggest that religious instruction should have a Prominent place amongst them. It has succeeded in the Protestant districts of the north of Ireland, Which are as free from crime, disloyalty, and pauperism as any parts , Of England, and where industry and order flourish to a remarkable ueercei. It has succeeded, under the blessing of the Most High, in „ i acee native districts and localities where the inhabitants have been Instructed by the teachers of the Irish Society, in which crime, sedi tion, and animosity have given place tope ace, to loyalty, and goodwill. And why should it not succeed upon a greatly extended scale ? It Is a measure which the Committee believe God will honour—that God will surely bless. There is a prom se which they would desire to remember, and in humble reliance upon which they carry on the Work committed to their charge —" My word • • ....shall not return unto me void; but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it Shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it" That word" when ble=sea by God the Spirit, will teach even the Most deluded of the Irish peasants to " submit to every ordinance of Ulan for the Lord's sake." It will inculcate industrious habits—" if any would not work, neither should he cat." It will prsduce a respect for life and property, and thus give an uPPortunity fer the introduction of capital, and the employment of the People at home, enabling them to support themse lves, Instead of being a burden to others. It will be the ure remedy for treason and rebellion —" Fear God --honour the king—and meddle not with them that are given to Change." t. Above all, it will teach them the way of eternal salvation, Acts iv. ugh 12 our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. — John iii. 16 , 17 . The inhabitants of England, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and of th e di stant co l on i es, a ll h ear , i n th e ir own tongue, the wonandlt e rrul works of God; and the Committee make this appeal to the I ;hristi an and benevolent public, that they may b e ena bl e d t o sen d o the 3,000,000 of the native Irish, religious instruction in that lan- VLage which they can understand. S ubscriptions and donations will be received by the bankers ; lay the Treasurers and by the Secretaries at the Society s Office, 32, i i h s ckville-street, Piccadilly; by Messrs. Itatchard, Piccadilly; by WS. -Nisbet and Co., Berners-st^eet ; by Messrs. Seeley, Fleet- Street; by Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., Cavendish-square; by .I„ifa es srs. Glyn, Halifax, and Co., Lombard-street; and by Messrs. j e laY, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street. Irish Intelligence, published monthly at oneenny—and the 'tunnel Report —may be had by application to the Secretaries. 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This is true to the letter, and if honour is due to Lamartine for the eloquent wisdom by which he wielded the will of the fierce democracy, at least equal credit is due to those who, not di of to the voice of the charmer, wisely submitted to his charming. The following is the be s t an d truest resume we have yet met with of the real state of affairs in that disunite,l and incoherent agglomeration of states whilholm de nominated the empire of Austria:— " Amidst the general disorganization of the Conti nent, a disorganization which, strange as it may appear, had its origin in the principles of justice arid liberty, Austria was destired to play a conspicuous part. In its very nature this empire is not, adapt( d to withstand the shock of a revolution, composed as it is of °Lu lea . 0 cumbrous and disjointed. There is no nation s lit 'n Austria; her population has been formed—if we m a 0 express it—out of the wrecks of other nations; sieves have been added to slaves generation after generation, until the whole mass, artificially connected, and with no principle of union, no principle of fraternity to cement its several sections together, seems likely to part into a, number of fragments, each of which may have its signi ficance in Europe. The first symptoms of transition ap peared in the streets of Vienna. Prince Metternich, one of the most unprincipled and profligate of modern states men, was suddenly hurled from power, and driven to seek hospitality in a country whose enemy he 'has ever proved himself to have b een . A success i on o f emeutes and insurrections followed. The Emperor was not true even to himself: he could not see that the citizens of Vienna, though they might for a time be agitated by the breath ce that revolutionary spirit which urged the French to shake off the shackles of despotism. though they might for an hour be roused to a sense of their con dition, to a knowledge of their interemte, and to a just perception of their rights, were still slaves in hear, unworthy of freedom, unworthy of lib?ral institutions. They had been accustomed to lick the dust at their Em peror's feet; and that Emperor, who would sell thcm, and bruise their heads and trample in their blood wild 3 they grovelled beneath his feet, was terrified at the ferst appearance — of ' resistance, fled from his capital, a.d sneaked away at the time when he was met wanted to repress the ebullition of popular feeling. But the Vien nese proved themselves utterly unfit for the honoure of freedom; they again fawned and whined around their cowardly monarch, and once more consented, at his command, to gather into armies, and do battle egeius', the cause of liberty in every surrounding country. Italy rose in arms against its foreign tyrants, and we have not seen the last of the struggle. Hungary rais,d the standard of rebellion and set defiance in the face of Austria; the Hungarian party, the friends of freedor'. were strong at Vienna, arid the present month has wie nested another collision of classes in that city. Th,' Viennese rose once more; most of the National Guard= immediately fraternised with them; and a large portico of the troops sent to overcome the tumult; consentt-d to fight under the national banner. They defeated the Nassau Artillery regiment, and drove every enemy fro his post. Thp city was taken possession of; barricades arose as if by magic in the streets; and the din aut; tumult of an insurrection once more startled the repose of Vienna. Success was on the side of liberty; and the Emperor, the father of his people, the revered monarch. again stole away. He could not remain true even to h own cause. He preferred sneaking away under a mili tary guard to a distant place of retreat to facing the diffi culties of the moment. Conscious of his own tyrannou-z actions—of his many crimes against the people—of ai! his broken promises and violated pledges—he dared nor meet the glance of his asses of subjects. In spite of the forces of Croatia and the other Sclavonic nations—in spite of the co-operation of the German Arch•duchies, there is a hope that Hungary will be enabled to declare herself independent. The armies of the Ban have met with signal•reverses, and the resources of Austria will not enable her to sustain a protracted and sanguinary struggle against justice and honour; so that it is, nt ver theless, probable that the termination of the conflict wilt find Hungary the triumphant nation. It is for the Vien nese to prove now whether they are worthy of freedom. They may yet wipe off the stain of former follies. Austria is not so confident as some would seem to be • lieve; she trembles at her own position, and endeavours to gain time to collect her forces. Italy has every pros pect of, in the end, being entirely parted from her; and the other races inhabiting the countries between the Da nube and the Carpathian hills may not altogether ad here to their Austrian rulers, especially when circum stances make it evident that the struggle between a do. pendency and the parent state does not always result in success for the latter." This is the best magazine political paper of the month. The literary contents of the Mirror are, as usual, ex cellent. LOSS OF THE ,LOOP BANFF, OF SUNDERLAND. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) -,This unfortunate vessel sailed from Bangor, North Wales, upon Tuesday evening, the 24th ultimo, laden with slates, bound for Almuouth, Northumberland, During that night the weather was stormy, and she strained considerably and became leaky. Wednesday was more moderate, but at night it was aga i n stormy and the vessel leaky. The master and crew were per fect strangers to that part of the coast, and the chart which they had on board was torn so as to render it useless ; it may, therefore, easily be con ceived how miserable must have been the plight they were in. A light was dtecoverz d, which they con cluded was the " Maidens," on the coast of Ire land, between Larne and Glenarzn Bays, and they shaped a course accordingly. It un for: un /tele happened the light was tha to the Crlf of Man, and, the coast they were sailing along was the Lse of Mae and not Ireland, as they exnpected. Thursday con tinued stormy, ,and the leak increased until there were two feet of water in the hold. The vessel was steered into the Solway Frith, without knowing whither they were steering her to; how !ver, that course was not long in drawing to a close, the vessel beirg brought up by striking upon the perilous sand-bank called Robin Rigg, about six o'clock that evening. She beat upon the bank all night, shifting nearly two miles from where she first struck, the crew, four in number, clinging to the rigging and cross -trees. In this way the poor fellows passed a stormy night, the wind blowing a gale from S. W. The vessel was observed when she first struck on the bank by the crew on board the Solway Lightship ; but they durst not leave that vessel. Providentially, about half-past eight o'clock on Friday morning, the Royal Victoria steam-ship on her course from Liverpool to Port Carlisle, when about he., way between the light-ship and Silloth, Captain Grave-, who was upon deck, descried an object on the Scotch side of Robin Rigg, which he could not make out with the naked eye, but, with the aid of a telescope, he discovered to be the mast of a vessel, with a signal of distress, flying, and an appearance of human beings clinging thereto. With that good feeling and humanity for which he is so j ustly celebrated ' he commanded his ship to be put abo u t an d steamed down again towards the light-slip, sending a boat and crew right across to the wreck, the bank being then euffi ciently covered by the tide to render that prac ticable. On reaching the light-ship, Captain Graves took off a pilot to point out to him the course round the North Deep on the north and cast of Robin Rigg. The Royal Victoria was thus brought as near as practicable to the wreck, and the boat before mentioned having succeeded in getting the sufferers therefrom, they were soon got on board the Royal Victoria, which could not have been done but for Captain Graves acting as be fore-mentioned, as the tide setting strongly up would have swept the boat and them over to the Scotch land. Once on board the Royal Victoria, every comfort and nourishment awaited the poor fellows, and they were soon in a great measure restored to their former selves. We may mention, as an incident in the case, that a cat had also taken refuge in the rigging,o h and when she saw t h e bi peds one by one gettingi beat, poor puss made a spring, and effected a footing also. We annex a letter front the crew of the Banff, ad dressed to Captain Groves, expressive of their gratitude for the kindness shown to them:— " Port C ar li s l e, O ctober 27, 1848. " Sir,--We, the undersigned, being the master and crew of the sloop Banff, of Sunderland, bound ft om Bangor to lumouth, and wrecked on Robin Rigg Bank, in the Solway Frith, yester day, take the opportunity of expressing publicly to you our grateful testimony for your humane conduct in steaming your ship many miles out of her course this morning, and sending a boat and crew alongside our un fortunate sloop, by which timely aid we were taken from the rigging, where we had been fifteen hours, and fully expected a watery grave, being nearly ex hausted; and for your kind treatment and nourishment afforded to us on board your ship; as also, our thanks are due to Mr. Jobling, Lloyd's agent, for kindly lend ing his aid in procuring the funds to forward us to Sun derland. (Signed) " WILLIAM SCORRA. JNO. SCORRA. " MATTHLW LAING. JNO. JONES. "To Capt. Graves, Royal Victoria steamer, Carlis!e. ' FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT..--On Monday morning last, between eleven and twelve o'clock, as the expres train from Liverp,ol to Manchester was pasing th Sutton incline, Gorge Green, u porter carpi()) cd the railway, who was in the act of calling for unoth; !nun employed en the railway to come to .his mice, was struck by tie but ir of the express trait which caused injuries from the effects of which he die at four o'clock in the afternoon. it appeared from th evidence at the inqu st, held on Tuesday, bele:o Johi Hey es, E,q., coroner, that several ribs were broken, pru trading into his lungs. The deceased had been err plt.yed on the line for several years. and had been s tioned at Sutton for the last nine years. Ile was u respected. He his left a wife and two daughter mourn their lov. Verdict "Ac&detital death. ~ 1), ased W2S fiiiy-four ycars of age,—Liverpool tfercur:y. I\ ARROW ESCAPE.—Last night, between eight and ►e o'clock. a young woman had a very narrow — vicar !row being run - over. She was erwsiop the road i►egent.street, near the end of the goadrant, at tI :Jame time as a grraleman cum.. along in his ehaii.e, not observing the vehicle, she came in contact with horee, and Was knocked down. The gentlema n i n Lindy pulled tip, and notwithstanding the her pied upon her, she escaped unhurt. On Monday as a boatman was enthavouring to rss under the high-bridge with a boat, the sudden fidi of three feet'4)f - water at the entrance to the bridge jeric(ll him overboard; fortunately he caught hold of a rope, and thus cared hittiFelf frern being borne away by the tide.--- &a►n( L.Ltu- ,/ fender of amari N0.17,507.] LONDON, SATURDAY NING G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. Co. 11, LOMBA?ID-gTREET, at the Entrance for the Old Post.. office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman. JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.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. Thomson llankey, jun., Es 4. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. ' James Morris, Esq. hobo G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Titoraton, Esq. John Lech, Esq. ,Tames Tulloch, Esq. TORS. ~a ntuel Joacs Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Tornton, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at ow 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 I 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 530,0001. AUDI A. W. Robarts, Esq. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been erected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a - Return of profit was declared on the 7th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1847, and the same !s 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. GEORGE KEYS. Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANT.— 8, Waterloo-place, Pall•rnall, London; 97 George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col lege-green, Dublin. SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. . -- -- This Company, established by Act of - Parliament in 1834, affords lite most perfect security in a large paid.up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement—lTS ANNUAL INCOME BEING UPWA/tDS OF 94,0001. 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, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from that date to ilst December, 1847, 211, 1. per cent. per annum was added at the General Meeting en the 6th of July, 1848. The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 21st of December, 1847, is as follows: Sur Assured X5OOO 5000 5000 iOOO 5000 bOOO 1000 Time Assured. Sum added tel olicy inlB4ll 13 years 10 mths .£683 6 12 years 500 0 11 years 300 0 R years 100 0 6 years .. 4 years • . 2 years .. . Sum added to Sum payable !Policy in 184 i at Death. £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 787 10 0 6287 10 0 787 10 0 6087 IS 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0 675 0 0 6675 0 0 451 0 0 6450 0 0 225 0 0 6225 0 0 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need bo 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 applicati•n to the Resident l)lreetor, No. $, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, 9, Chatham-place, Blackfrlars, London.—Established in ISM Subscribed Capital, 240,0001. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Robert Palk, Esq. M.P. ' John Louis Prevost, Esq. Charles Johnston, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. John Towgood Kemble, Esq. Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. John G. Shaw Lefevre, F.R.S. TRUSTEES. John Deacon, Esq., John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., r.R.S., and Charles Joknston, Esq. This Society effects Assurances in every variety of form, and on most advantageous terms, both on the bonus and non-bonus systems. The Premiums, without participation in the Profits, are lower than those of most other offices, whilst those on the participation scale hold out the prospect of a handsome addition being made every Five Years, to the sum assured. The holders of Equitable Policies can secure their bonuses at the approaching division on the best terms with this office. Prospectuses, with tables of rates, and all farther particulars, may be obtained at the office. MICHAEL SAMARA, Secretary, METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASiURANCE SOCIETY. (Incorporated 7 and 8 Victoria, Cap. 110.) 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London. Temporary Offices, 20, Regent-street. Assurances granted on one or more Lives, on Joint Lives, or Sur viverships ; also, Annuities, Immediate and Deferred. An advantageous system of Loam in connexion with Life Assur ance, enabling parties to purchase Freehold or Leasehold Property. Preference is given with regard to Loans to parties who have al ready effected Assurances in this Office. Prospectuses and every variety of Table to be had, on application at the Office, or to the Agents in the Country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. T HE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL, with which is incorporated lIOWITT'S JOURNAL. The NOVEMBER Part, price Sevenpence, is embellished w'th beautiful Engravings, and contains many Articles of great interest, by Camilla Toulmin, H. M. It tthbone, Frances Brown, Dr. Scott Al lison, John Saunders, Goodwyn Barmby, Thomas Lee, H. R. Addi son, Dr. Gaspey, G. I. Gowan, F. W. N. Bayley, J. Passmore Ed wards, &c , &c. The PEOPLE'S JOURNAL ALMANACK is now ready for de livery, price Torsi Half-pence. Lo ;don : Willoughby and Co., 22, Warwick-lane. ONE HUNDRE-D AND SIXTH SALE. CUSTOM -HOUSE, LONDON, Nov., 1848. For SALE, by Order of the Honourable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing lane, on Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th, Friday 17th, Monday 20th, and Tuesday 21st of November, 1848, at Twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, the following GOODS for home consumption, viz. : Agate Anchors, Brooch Pieces, Buttons, Coat. fasteners, Knife Handles, Penholders, Ilia heads, &c. ; Artificial Flowers, Barego and Barege Shawls, Baskets, Berlin Iron Ware, Books ; Boxes : Card, Copper enamelled, Glove, Needle, Paper, Perfumery, Segar, Snuff, Work, Ste. ; Brandy ; Brass : Candelabras, Chandeliers, Cornices, Ornaments, NaiD, Screws, &c. ; Buhl : Cabinets, Tables, &c. ; But tons, Cashmere, Cameos, Cambric Handkerchiefs (embroidered); Car. pets: Aubusson, Turkey, Sze. ; China Ware: Bottles, Cups and Sau cers, Dishes. Ewers and Basins, with Soap and Brush Trays com plete, Garden-seats, Figures, Jars, Plates, Soup-basins with covers, Toilet-pots, &e. ; Clock : Alarums, Cases t Clocks : Buhl, Bronze, carriage, Chamber, Dutch Inlaid, Marble, Ormolu, Porcelain, Ste. ; China Silk and Satin ; China or Indian Ink, Cologne Water, Coffee, Coffee Biggins, Corks ready made, Crochet Needles, Damask for Curtains, &c. ; Dresden, Sevres, and French porcelain ; Daguerreo type Plates ; Embroidery and Needle Work, viz.:—Caps, Cap pieces, Collars, Dress-pieces, Embroidery, Shawls, Scarfs. &c. ; Fea thers, dressed. —Fans, Geneva Gilt Tassels for Purses, Goat's-wool Staffs, Hand Screens, Chinese, embroidered, &c. ; Instruments : Levels, Microscopes, Sectors, &e. —lvory : Carved Card-cases, Chess men, Brooches, Backgammon-men and Boxes, Figures, Paper knives, Seals, Segar-cases, &e. ; Jewellery, viz.: Bracelets, Brooches, Buckles, Ear-rings, Neck-chains, Pins, Studs, &c. ; Leather Boot jacks, Purses, Writing-cases, &c. ; Lace : Brussels, Blonde, and Thread ; also Barhes, Collars, Cuffs, Scarfs, Shawls, Yeils, Sce. ; Matches, Lucifer and Vesper; Machinery, Marqueterie, Cabinets, Meerschaum and other Pipes and Bowls ; Musical Instruments, viz. : Accordions, Cornepeans, Flutinas, Flutes, Piccolos, Guitars, Trom bones, Violins, and Violins (old) in Pieces ; Mosaics, Mother-o'•pearl Counters, Needle-cases, Opera-gla,ses, Pictures, Pen-holders ; Pipe Stems, Tubes, Bowls, Mouth-pieces, &c. ; Paper-hangings, Pistol stock, Purses ; Purse-slides, Garnitures, Tassels, &c. ; Rags : Chinese, Turkey, &c.; Rum, Sandal-wood Boxes, Spa-ware; Seed: Onion, Beans, Peas, &c.; Stockings and Socks, Segars, Segar Tubes, Ste. ; Scent Bottles, mounted; Silk mixed Stuffs, Silk Manufactures, viz. : Agraffes, Gloves, Head-dresses, Mitts, Shawls, &c. ; Stuffs, Damask, &c. ; Shawls, Long and Square ; Snuff, Spirits, Plain and Mixed ; Stays, Sugar, Swiss-cottages, &c. ; Table-covering, Tapes try, Tea, Tobacco, Toy, Prints, Tooth-brashes, Tomata Sauce, Tur nery, Utrecht Velvet, Vases (mounted), Veneers, Watches, Watch Springs, Watchmakers' Tools, &c.; Wine, Writing-desks, Wood Car vings, Walking-sticks, &c.: and various other goods. For Exportation only—Hats, Wine, Spirits, Pasteboard, Clocks, Watches, Sze. For Exportation, or for home consumption on payment of the duties—Bonnets, Biscuit, Copper,. Cordials, Cologne W a t er , C o ff ee, Flour, Handkerchiefs, Iron, Jewellery, Molasses, Pepper, Pimento, Rice, Silk Ribbons, Silk Velvet, Saccades, Sugar, Spirits, Silk Ma nufactures, Tamarinds, Tea, Velvet, Wine, &c.—The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-house, Thames-street ; at the London, and the West India Docks; and at the Tobacco- Ground, Rotherhithe, on Thursday 9th, Friday 10th, and Saturday 11th of November, 1848, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Three o'clock in the Afternoon, and on the days of Sale from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at Noon. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be delivered until after two clear days of the day on which they are soli, and that no lots can b 3 paid for at the office of the receiver of fines, after Two o'clock in the Afternoon ; and that on the days of sale, money will not be re ceived by the receiver of fines after Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom house, Thames-street, London, price Is. each. HEAT HER'S TRUST. Under the Management of the Clothworkers' Company. At the Court to be holden on the 6th of December next, this Company will DISTRIBUTE to SIX POOR WIDOWS of De cayed Housekeepers the amount devisable under the above Trust, being about 8/. each. Applicants are required to produce a Certificate, or other proof of the death of the husband. The application must be made In writing*, and must state such particulars relative to the Applicant as may bq proper to be considered in deciding on her claim, and name refe rences from whom information may be obtained respecting the party, and for verifying the statement made concerning her condi tion and circumstances. All Applications are to be addressed as early as possible to the Company's Hall, in Mincing-lane, and none can be received and considered after the 23d of November instant. Printed Forms of Application may be obtained at the llall. ROBERT BECKWITH TOW SE, Clerk. Clothworkers' Hall, November, 1848. MIDLAND It TENDER for STORES for Six Months. The Directors of the Midland Railway Company are prepared to receive Tenders for Locomotive Stores, viz : IRON—Tires, Axles, Bar and Sheet, Castings, Bolts, Rivets, Nail., &c. COPPER—Sheet, Rod, and Tile. BRASS—Tubes, Cypkons, Cocks, &c. STEEL—Spring, Cast, Blister and Shear, Files and Springe. TIMBER. Oil, Tallow, Grease, &c. Painters' Varnishes, Turpentine, Brushes, &c. LEATHER —Butts, Pipes, Buffers, and Straps. Ropes, Spunyarn, Tarred Band, and Flax. Cotton Waste. Cloth for Carriage Linings, Lace, Horsehair, &c. LAMPS. The specification of articles required will be ready for inspection at the Locomotive Office, Derby, on and after November 8. No Tender will be received on and after November 1. By order, Derby, October 26, 1846. J. F. BELL, Secretary, A It R I A G E. L . 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 bitter the latter. Tho solitary one may shield himself under the plea sf caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un .s.ornprosiag harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, end broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness end social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set f•ement. Honour and justice demand that health should form as item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or leglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. lach (by cost, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refine!, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered Sy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining tier's. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but 'sr the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or •ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other Rile publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Xvoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely damphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's , ife, who ewes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always as the "sunny side of the way." The above works may he bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvallus, 147, Fleet•street • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other s" ise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, sn3rnings and fivenings). 10, Argyil-plaee Regent-street; and all rt vdtsellers. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. )N PIIYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. clew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by pest, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage stamps, HE 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 waliflcations. 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, Patenioster-rew , Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, O xford- st r eet ; Stark, 23, Titehborne- . street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive argane, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects en 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 cantatas explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse at mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated 'ay Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap alleatlige, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action is simple but sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys its power on the system. This important part of the Work should be read by every Young Man entering into life. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its luties. The crises of unproductive union are also considered, and 'he whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TneConisioL BALM OF STRIAOUM is exclusively employed in treat ag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp (ns, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. ~ e ery's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. oil., 4s. 6d., and 1 is. per box, a certain .emedy in gonorrhoea, gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma • ion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. 51. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, 1., is saved. Attendance daily at 19, llereers-street, from Eleven it Two. and Vivo to Richt ; on Sandays from Eleven to One. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re vised and corrected, 120 page; price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or forwarded by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with nu merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION. A Medical Essay on tkose Diseases of the Generative Organs, emanating frora Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate 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 Diseases, by which even the mast shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the fall 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 beacou to warn them of the danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their pa isions, whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tempta tion, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chronicle. '" Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and Co.—Their long expt rience and reputation in the treatment of these painful diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cir oulation."—Era. " Curtis on Manhood' should be In the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast 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 bees► 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 Eli:hi in the Evening. [ADVERTISEMENT.].—Scorbutic humours Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter from Mr. George F. Williams, of Blackrock, near Cork, dated June 14, 1848.—T0 Professor Holloway, Sir,—l beg to state for your satisfaction and for the information of the afflicted, the wonderful effects your Ointment and Pills have had upon me. I have suffered severely from Scorbutic humours, and for the last seven years my eyes have been dreadfully sore; during that period I tried almost every remedy without obtaining the least relief; at last I was prevailed upon to use your invaluable me dicines, which I did, and I am delighted to say that I am perfectly cured by them. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. MADEIRA SWEET POTATOES.--A small parcel of this root has been received by Messrs. Keeling and Hunt from Madeira. The cultivation of sweet potatoes, as well as other kinds from English seed, is being increased to supply this market; and as the voyage is now made fr,m Madeira to Southampton at an average of from eleven to twelve days, they arrive in sound condition. Oranges and bananas are also being cultivated to a considerable extent for consumption in Engl an d, and a parcel of them arrived by the same ship. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending October 29. 1848—Passengers, Ist class, 1281. 12s. 9d.; 2d class, 325/. 16 , . 7d.; 33 class, 771. 3s —531/. 12s. 4d. Parcels, horses, &c., 261. 14s. 3d.; mer chandise, minerals, a n d li ve stock 724 1 . 6 s . 4d.-1,2831. ' 12s. I Id. Corresp on di ng week last year —Passengers , parcels, &c., 258/. 10 3. 7d.; merchandise and live stock , 2971. I ls. lid.-5561 . 2 s. 6d. Increase, 727 / . 10 3 . sd. EASTERN UNION ItAILWA.Y (now fifty-one miles and a quarter, bein g ama l gamated with the Ip s wich and Bury Railway).--Traffic for the week ending October 28, 1848, 1,3771. s s . 5d.; ditto ditto, October 31, 1847, 1,141/. 7s. 4d., after deducting payments due to other companies. -,/ GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND), open to Carlow and Limerick Junction, 131 miles.-Return of weekly traffic for the week ending Saturday, October 28, 1848-Passenger traffic, parcels, and mails, &e., 2,9211. 3s. ICI4I. Merchandise and cattle, 9061. ss. 100, -Total, 3,827/. 9s. 81d. MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND. -Revenue for the week ending October 29, 1848, for goods and passengers (exclusive of mails) , to Mullingar, fifty miles, 1,1831. 14s. sd. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK (25 miles open). - Traffic for the w e ek ending Saturday, Oct. 28, 1848-Passen gers, 2211. Is. 3d. ; goo d s and cattle, $3l. Bs. 4d. Total (exclusive of mails), 304/. 9s. 7d. ROUEN AND HAVRE RAILWAY.-The folbwing is a return of the receipts on the Rouen and Havre Railway, for the week ending the 28th of October, 1848:-Pas sengers, 22,927 f. 35c.; luggage, parcel:, &c., 1,394 f. 40c. ; goods, 31,360 f. 95c. ; carriages and horses, 96f. 10c.; miscellaneous, 2,150 f. 25c.-Total, 57,929 f. 05e. PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY.-The following is a return of the receipts on the Paris and Rouen Railway for the week ending October 28, 1848:-Passengers, 63,818 f. 20c.; luggage, parcels, &c., 3,563 f. 40c.; go 70,792 f. 95c.; carriages and horses, 1,805 f. 55c.; miscel laneous, 4,448 f. Total for the week, 144,428 f. 10C. DIEPPE RAILWAY.-The following is a return of the receipts on the Rouen and Dieppe Railway for the week ending October 28, 1848 :-Passengers, 3,928 f. 90c. ; luggage, parcels, &c., 81f. 45c. ; goods, 4,8731. 05e. ; carriages and horses, 14f. 5e.; miscellaneoua, 3,7421. 40e. -Total for th e wee k , 9,422 f. 90e. AMIENS22 to A OctoberNDBOUL 2 O 9 G:TE RAILWAY.-Traffic 25,651 f. 45c. ; c from October merchandise, 6,1931. 85c.; total, 31,8451. 30e.-1,2741 • receipts since 15th March, 1848, 43 7481. Total, 45,022 i. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY.-The administrative protocol containing the international agreement between France, Belgium, and Prussia, for the better arrangement of the traffic, has just been closed and signed at Brussels. FRENCH RAILWAY APPOINTMENTS.-M. de Vienne has been appointed special commissioner of administra tive surveillance, on the line from Cornpieine to St. Quentin. M. Gellion has received the same appointment on the Strasburg and Bask.. BARTON AND NEW HOLLAND RAILWAY.- These works are slowly progressing to a finish; men are em ployed in converting the house lately occupied by Air. Wilkinson into a temporary station. The embankment is completed to within about 120 yards of the Barton extremity of the line, and the wire fencing is alto com pleted fur nearly the same distance. Not more than twenty men are now engaged upon the works, the com pany having drafted their available force to hasten the opening of the Market Rasen branch. This latter object being accomplished, no time will be lost in bringing this line to a conclusion.-Lincoln Mercury. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 3. &Isom ExcHANGE. S -The sales are—Great Western, Quar ,ers, 3 js dis.—Ditto, New, 2 3 4 . di5._-_-_--Taff Vale, New, IA dis. LIVERi)OOL, Nov. 3. - - - STOCK EXCLIANGR.— Ile market to-day has an im proved feeling, and prices are higher. The sales are— Caledonian, Preference, 3 / 4 c. dis.—Great Northern 12% dis. —Ditto (A Shares), Deferred, 4—Great Western, Quarter Shares, 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birmingham), Fifths, 4 dis.—Ditto, 101. Preference, 6s. 3d. p.—London and North. Western, 118 1 / 2 —Ditto, Fifths, 4 p.—Ditto, 401. Shares (Liverpool and Man— chester), 5 1 4 p.— Ditto, New Quarters, 235. 9d. —Ditto (Leeds and Dewsbury), 39—Midland Stock, 83—Ditto, New Halves, 9% dis.—North British, New Thirds, 3% —North Staffordshire, 5 3 % dis.—Scottish Central, 244—Shropshire Union, 3 1 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 6i. 18s 91—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur chase), 11 3 dis. MANCHESTER, Nov. 3. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—West Riding Union 5 11. 16 dis.— Leeds, Preference, i, p.—Manchester and Bir mingham, Quarters (A and B), 1 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C). 1% p. —Sheffield, Eighths, 7% dis.—Ditto, Quarters, No. 1, 9 dis. —North Staffordshire, 6% dis.—Shropshire Union, 3 , 2 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6 13.16—East Lan cashire, par c.—Leeds,.32/.. Shares, 9 5 ,E Sheffield, 39. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North Staffordshire, dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), New, 4'4 dis, —Shropshire Union, ni dis.—Smth Staffordshire, 4 dis. YORK, Nor. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was as follows: —North-Western, 1 1 4—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 253 4—Ditt0 . (G.N. ,, E. Purchase), 6. GLASGOW, Nov. 2. STOCK ExcHarmic.—Th e sales are—Caledonian, Prefer• ferenee, 775. 6d.— Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4 5 / 6 _ Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 46 1 / 9 —Ditto, Halves, No. 1 529. 6 d.—Ditto, Preference, .535.—Great Northern, 725. North British, 14 4—Ditto, Thirds, 70a.—Scottish Cen tral, 23. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.— yesterday a man and woman, named Thomas Cooke and Eliza Jones, were brought before the magistrates at Manchester Ti suspicion of mur d er . T Dole field, in which, at the eprisoners reside in a court in bottom of a flight of stone . last week, with a f ear f ul steps, a man was found-duringone night at the end of contused cut at the . back . of the head. lie was carried in infirmary, and died almost state of insensibility to the a. i t t i r l imediately. The . evidence . against the prisoners was a woman living in the court heard a cry of " Watch l' lt o d n the night in question, which was subsequently repeated, peate , or repeated in part, the word being suppressed when half uttered. Two little girls were the next witnesses, and said that they saw the male prisoner di ag a man who lay at the botto m of the steps into his house and bathe his head with water, and afterwards take prisoners denied im ai back tol knowledgethe stepsa lid leave him there. The of the affair. A surgeon f rom the infir mar y, w h o h a d examined the head of deceased, said the w oun d m i g h t have been caus e d by his falling b ac k war d s d own t h e steps, or by a blo w from behind. The evid e n ce aga i ns t the prisoners, or rather againstagainst the m a l e pr i soner (for there was nothi ng the woman), was considered insufficient, and the case after they h a d b een put b ac k t in the dock seve ra l times It*, fresh evidence might be obtained if possible, was di 543135 KING'S COLLEGE Hosp lr ,7d* A--From the rep or t s issued by the committ ee of the above hospital it app ears that during the pa s t year the benefit s o f th e c h ar i ty were distributed among out-patienta to the number of 17,901,0 f whom 16,782 werer eceived without lett( rs of ownrecommendation—their state of suffering and disease at once admitting themthe same to the treatment of the medical staff. During dense 1,359 in-door patient; were received, 268 onl y e b being provided with re commendations. Owing t o the e u n a s t e ed po a p u u d la t t h i e orl u o e f re t a h s e district in which t he hospital is sit i ng prevalonce of sickness an d disease, the wards of the present buildinghave been f ound to be' far inadequate to the: accommodation demanded, w hil e in the out-patients' department the rooms appropriated to their reception have become much overcrowded, and most imperatively require enlargement. It appears that the committee have purchased an adjoining piece of ground, which is now being cleared of the buildings upon it, previous to the commencement of the proposed extension, a n d we trust they will receive efficient support and co operat i on in the progress of a work essential to the h ea l t h of a crowded quarter of the metr o p olis. SHEERNESS, Nor. 2.--Much has been said rela tive to the state of Sheerness. We are no w h appy to say that a petition numerously signed by the inhabit an t s rated to the relief of the poor , in the p aris h of Minster, has b, , en presented to the Honourable the Commissioners of the Board of Health, at G w y d y r Ho use , Whitehall, London, praying that their Honourable Board would, without delay, send one of their superintendent inspec tors to this place to make the preliminary inqui r i es i nto the sanitary state of the town. We have much to thank the press and our port officers for. They h ave really awakened the town commis s ioners to a partial sense o f their duty at last, and during the present wee k more dung and filth of every description has been turned out of back premises, yards, piggeries, cow-sheds, slaughter houses, &c., than has been seen for nearly twelve months past. We have also to thank the board of guardians, part of whom are gentlemen farmers, and can duly o p." preciate the value of strong m anure well d eetoinposecl and ready for use. Sheerness may , be made one of the cleanest towns on the coast of Bent; and for natural re freshing sea air and scenery it will bear comparison with any other similar port. TIIE IRISII CONVICT MITCIIEL.—A correspondent in Burntisland writes on Tuesday:—" I have just had a conversation with a shipmaster, who, within these three weeks, passed a day or two at Bermuda, wh ere, he in forms me, he saw Mr. John Mitchel walking on the quay, and looking well. Mitchel wore his own clothes, and my friend learned that only once a month, w h en the Governor inspects the convicts, was he compelled to wear the dress of a c onvict. lle was lod ge d on board the hulk, but had the privilege of walking the quay throughout the day. Mitchel had as 4 been t ed to a ss i st in writing up or keeping the convict books, b ut refused, saying he would do nothing for the Gove rnment. In this every one must think that the hot-h eaded man acted at least ungratefully, seeing that thi s same Go. vernment grants him so extraordinary privileges."— Caledonian Mercury. SOUTrI LA.NCASIIIRE REGISTRATION, 1848. The revision of the Lists of Voters for the Southern Division of the county of Lancaster was . compkt si en Friday, the 27th ult., before W. Come, P. A. Pickering, and J. P. Wilde, Esqrs. The following is the result: Con servatives struck off on objections:, 1,013; Liberals, ditto, 455; gain to Liberals on objections, 558. new claims (L), 410; struck off on objections, 3 -407; new claims (C), 41.5; struck off on objections, 79 336 ' . gain to Liberals on new claims, 71; tot a l, ga i n t( ; Liberals, 629. , 4 • •Zi NOVEIVIBEB, 4, 1848. - : 7 MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED). FI?A.SER. In a review of the " History of the Aristocracy of England by John Hampden, jun.," Fraser under takes the defence of the British aristocracy against the sledge-hammer attacks of the writer, who chooses to adopt the name of Hampden, junior. This de fence is conducted according to the Tory tactics of the good old time—by unblushing misrepresentation. " Whenever the words aristocracy and people are men tioned some fallacy is intended to be perpetrated," says this defender of the aristocracy, " and it is high time to dismiss them from the language altogether." This is pretty well in the way of cool impudence, but it is nothing to the effrontery of the following question : "What obstacle, or ghost o f an o b stac l e, does soc i ety or law plac e i n the way of any man, high or low, who would better his condition and raise himself from the station in which he was born to a higher one ?" If it is only by misrepresentations such as these that the cause of the British aristocracy can be defended, it must indeed be weak. Fraser is this month more political than is his wont, for besides the article on the aristocracy, we have one on French politics, most ungenerously reviving all the thrice-refuted libels on the father of General Cavaignac, which that literary scavenger Emile de Girardin has raked up from the kennel of calumny in which he delights to wallow ; an Excellent article on " University Reform," and "A Letter from an Officer of Rank and Distinction on the Present Condition of the British Navy," which we would fain see reprinted in a pamphlet form and placed in the hands of every Member of Parliament. The wonder is, that under the present system we have any navy at all, and, in the event of a war breaking out, it cannot but be expected that we shall at first suffer some terrible reverses, unless order be at once taken to place our navy in a more efficient condition. The writer of this paper thus sums up at the conclusion the case which he had previously pleaded in detail:— " The total want of arrangement in the affairs of the navy, shown chiefly in the absence of any organized sys tem of manning a fleet, in the method of fitting out the ships generally, and pulling them and their crews to pieces every three years; an immense navy list, making it impossible for officers to gain much experience, the admirals being, with some few exceptions, very old men; the neglecting the internal fittings of ships ; the per petual occurrence of desertion and drunkenness, with a totally inefficient police ; the not entering men for any length of service, or in a manner likely to make them attached to it; the popular cry of No punishment' being given into, and not inquiring what it is that calls for the infliction of it ; the extraordinary extent to which the writing mania is carried ; all the necessary stores not being provided ; the captain being required to put him self to uncalled-for expense; absurd uniform regulations, which interfere with discipline, putting officers to great expense; mischievous orders regarding passengers; the present system pursued in the dockyards;—these, and more that I have mentioned, are things that require change." As a proof of the bungling manner in which every thing is managed by the Admiralty authorities, and of the pains they take to render the duties of command ing officers and crews as irksome as possible, we give the following account of the manner in which sailors post their letters : " The benefit of penny postage is extended to seamen in the navy ; but what is the plan hit upon? In these days of march of intellect' and steam,' it is refreshing to hear of a simple and original method of carrying out a project. A penny-piece is ordered to be sewn outside each letter, and the commanding officer signs his name at the bottom of each to certify that the penny is sewn on and that the letter is a seaman's. A landsman might imagine I was trying to impose upon his credulity; but you will believe my statement. The consequence of this most original idea is, that a bag cant Lining a thousand letters has a thousand ounces in dead weight added to it; and on distant stations, where pence cannot be pro cured, writing is put a stop to, as no one letter can go without a penny sewn to it. The sewing a penny securely to the outside of a letter is no easy operation, as any one will find who tries. I need not make any remarks on the framing of such a regulation, nor need I observe that the purser's steward might have a supply of penny stamps: but these, at present, a seaman is not allowed to use. We again commend this admirable letter to the care ful perusal of every one who has the welfare of the navy at heart. The account of the " Inundation at Pest" is continued, as is "Yeast." We have also admirably written critiques on " Keats and his Poetry," and on the "Fairfax Correspondence," be sides some Walter Scott-like descriptions of views in Edinburgh, and the current history of the month. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The number of this magazine for November has just reached us. We are glad to see the omission to which we referred in our notice of last month's num ber so ;ably supplied in the present. We hail with delight the " Flowers of Poesy," which we sadly missed in recent numbers, so gracefully interspersed through the present; and as we partly attributed this omission in former numbers to the wild and angry scenes then being enacted in that lovely land of strife and sorrow, we trust we may welcome their presence now as the harbingers of a happier state of things, as the omen of peace and love, and of all those holier feel ings which the genius of divine poesy is so eminently calculated to inspire. The present number is rich and varied in poetry and prose. It opens with a classic tale, which awakens recollections of Dr. John son's " Rasselas," entitled " The Philellenist ; a Mid night Adventure among the Ruins of Mycenw." It is chaste and flowing in style, as it is vivid and sublime in description. We cannot avoid giving our readers a short extract from this interesting paper : "There is a pl a i n w id e and extensive, beau tiful as it is desolate, which for ever basking in the light of Eastern skies, where the soft winds, freighted with the sweet odours stolen from the far-off burning climes, pass on unheeded with their fragrance, and where no sound is heard save the faint voice of the distant waves that seem to wail feebly like the lamenting of spirits that cannot rest. All around stands a noble rampart of lofty hills ; on one side, the deep purple hue of that flowery waste seems to merge imperceptibly into the yet deeper blue of tEe gently undulating sea; and on the wildest and most desert spot in all that desert plain lie the ruins of an ancient city. Three thousand three hundred years has that ancient city lain there even as we now behold it, unchanged and undisturbed, since the hour when the progress of its ruin was mysteriously stayed and the hand of decay palsied in the midst of its de structive work, that these stupendous monuments might traverse, like things imperishable, the cycles of unnumbered centuries, and stand forth before each living race of men the solemn, voiceless witnesses of an unknown past." The next paper is No. 11. of " Scenes and Stories from the Spanish Stage." It introduces the story upon which is founded Calderon's play of Amor despues de la Muerte; "To Love' after Death." The "Ro mantic Lament of Malec" is poetically beautiful, full of feeling and true pathos. " The Nun and the Cardinal," an historical sketch of the times of the Or leans Regency, is a paper which will be read with deep interest. The scene is laid in the last years of Louis XIV., a circumstance which in itself is calcu lated to bespeak the reader's attention. We have next the sixth number of " The Lays of Many , Lands, from a familiar and gifted pen. The transla tions are, as usual, varied and graphic, but we will confess we should be better pleased to see him more frequently t urn hi s gen i us t o t h e treasures o f his own fair land. The P or t ra it G a ll er y i s grace d with a most striking and beautifully executed likeness of one of the greatest soldier s o f mo d e r n tunes, Lieu tenant-General Sir C. Napier, G.C.B. As, no doubt, the biography of this great man must prove interest ing, we take leave :to lay a few extracts before our readers : " Sir John Napier, of Merchistown, was descended from that son of the Earl of Lennox whose acquisi tion of the name of Napier is recorded in a well-known chivalric tradition — Francis—the sixth Lord Napier, and sixth in descent from Sir John, married a Dublin lady. His son, Colonel George Napier, the father of Sir Charles, married Lady Sarah Lennox, daughter of the second Duke of Richmond. Through this lady Sir Charles is nearly related to the Duke of Leinster. The eldest son of this marriage, the subject of this biography, Sir C. James, was born at Whitehall, London, 10th of August, 1782. When between two and three years old his father removed to Castletown, in the c oun t y Kildare, in Ireland, where he spent his early y ears, learning the art of war from his father, who then held a military appointment in Ireland. In Ja nuary, 1794, before he had completed his 12th year, he obtained a commission in the 33d Regiment. H e first served in the rebellion of 1798, and was aide-de camp to Sir J. Duff in 1800. He again served in Eminet's rebellion in 1803. In 1804 he obtained a captaincy in the 50th, with which he served f or many years, and in which he much distinguished lie obtained his majority in 1806, and as major commanded the 50 th. All through Sir John Moore's retreat, and at the battle of C orunna, where his career was nearly closed, it was a matter of ex treme importance to silence an ad vance d gun which was making great havoc in the English lines, and a shot from which very gun eventually struck crown Sir John Moore. Napier, as one of M oore ' s majors par excellence, advanced upon it. Th e ground was much broken, consisting of wall gardens, and by roads and deep cuttings. In the heat of the combat Napier had seized a musket and gained a position, on ' which he stood firing and rallying his men, urging , them to form f o r a rus h u p on th e gun. F o ur only of F his gallant 50th was a bl e t o reac h hi m, so d ea dly was the fire to whi c h th e y were expose d. Fi n di ng f ur th er attempt vain, and obser v i ng h e was cu t o ff f rom h is ; regiment by a p ar ty o f th e enemy w h o h a d concea l e d themselves in the village whilst he passed, he called upon his little band to endeavour with him to cut their way through—three were instantly cut down, the fourth was wounded, and called on Napier to help him— Napier, whilst helping him, was wounded in the leg, having the fibula fractured by a musket ball. lie now relinquished his musket, and using his sword as a support, endeavoured to re gain his regiment. At this moment he felt a wound inflicted in his bsck by a soldier who had emerged from one of the houses. Turning rapidly round, he seized the musket of his assailant, which, having struck upon his spine, fortunately did not penetrate deeply. Whil st struggl i ng several other soldiers closed in upon him, but with a degree of ac tivity, almost supernatural, he managed to keep his close antagonist between him and his assailants, never losing hold of the musket; at length the unequal combat was terminated by a French soldier coming up with a short sabre, - and felling him to the earth with a blow on the skull, which was supposed to have cleft it in twain. As he lay in this state he was rifled by the soldiers with such ferocity that they tore away a portion of his dress with his watch, and one conceiving that he perceived some vitality remaining, was about to extinguish it, when ha was rescued by the huma nity of a French drummer, whose admiration had been excited by his bravery. While the French were carrying Napier to the rear, he in some degree recovered consciousness, and saw Hennessey, an Irishman of the 50th, one of the stragglers who had survived the murderous conflict, deep in the French position, coming all alone, with his musket at the charge, towards Napier's escort, with the full.in tention of rescuing his commander or being himself killed. Napier at once ordered bins to lay down his arms and surrender. ' And for what should I surrender ?' was the reply. However, the habit of obedience was too strong, and Hennessey merely vented his displeasure by letting the butt of of his musket drop heavily on the drummer's legs, and pushing him away from be side Napier, determined if he could not rescue at least to carry his commander. He obtained a medal for his gallant conduct in this battle. He served as a volunteer at the Coa, where two horses were shot under him; and at Busaco, where he was shot through the face. He was also present at Fuentes and many skirmishes. In 1811 he obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 102 d Regi ment, and went out to Bermuda in command of i In 1813 he served in the expedition to Chesapeake Bay, under Sir Sidney Beckwith. He commanded at the affair of Little Hampton. Having made every effort to reach Waterloo as a volunteer, he arrived from Ghent on the field the evening of the 18th, too late to take part in the battle, but he was present throughout the march to Paris, and at the storming of Cambray. Returning from this campaign, the ship sunk off Flushing, and he saved himself by swim ming. On his return to England he entered the senior department of the military college as a pupil, and passed the first year of the peace in intense application to the acquisition of further knowledge of the arts of war and of civil government. In 1823 he was appointed on the lonian staff, and subsequently Lieutenant-Governor of Cephalonia. Here he had an opportunity of dis playing those talents for government which he has since so usefully exercised in Sinde. Shortly after his return from Cephalonia he published in his own defence The Colonies and the lonian Islands.' In 1835 he was offered the Governorship of South Aus tralia. By the brevet of 1837 he became Major- General. In 1839 he was appointed to the command of the northern district of England. In 1841 he was appointed to the command of the troops in the Bombay presidency. His indefatigable exertions brought the Bombay army to a magnificent state of discipline. In 1842 he was sent to Sinde, where his brilliant achievements won for him the unqualified praise . ,, of the Duke of Wellington. On the lith February, 1843, the war commenced. On the morn ing of the 17th he came in sight of the Belooch force of thirty-five thousand men, strongly posted, to meet whom he had less than two thousand four hundred men, British and native. He thus describes this fearful conflict. Hyderabad, Feb. 20. —We beat them at Meanee ; the battle was terrible. I rode over the horrid field, and questioned my con science. My dear, this blood is on the Ameers, not on me; the papers will tell you what I have no time for; how I escaped, Heaven knows, for I do not. We were three hours and a half one yard apart, man to man, 2,700 to 22,000—fearful odd', and they fought like heroes; covered with their shields they ran in upon us, 'sword in hand, with desperate fury, when down they went under the musket and bayonet. We gained the top of the bank, or, rather, edge, and I then we fought hand to hand. Neither myself nor my horse was touched. Hyderabad has surrendered ; six Ameers are prisoners." With Sir Charles J. Napier's glorious career and brilliant successes in India most of our readers are familiar ; and we shall close our notice of this very interesting memoir, perfectly agreeing with the able writer, that, while he has established an imperishable fame as a warrior and a politician, his country has not as yet made adequate ac knowledgments for deeds of glory, in modern times only paralleled by him who, par excellence, is called the great General of the age—Wellington. The length of these extracts will prevent us from noticing at present in detail the other excellent papers of which this month's number is made up; they are ell ad mirable, and we can confidently point to the present as one of the best numbers of this periodical which it has been our pleasure to see for some time past. CHAMBERS'S HISTORY G;F THE FfiENCH REVOLUTION. Part IV. This part gives the complete history of the dazzling and comet-like career of the Emperor Napoleon from the day on which he was proclaimed Emperor by the Senate to the 18th of June, 1815, when his star set on the bloody plains of Waterloo. The nar rative is admirably written. THE MIRROR. As a pendant to the sketch of General Cavaignac, which appeared in the last month's Mirror, we have in the Mirror for November a sketch of Thiers. As the writer justly observes, " except in the instance of his father, slander itself can find no shade in the pri vate character of Cavaignac; but unhappily 'she has another tale to tell of Monsieur Adolphe Thiers,' and not slander only, but truth and justice must ever brand the character of Adolphe Thiers as that of the most utterly unprincipled and selfish man that ever route qui route serpentined his way up to riches and power." He never attached himself to a cause, a ' principle, or an individual that he did notsubsequently betray, and here we have clearly narrated the whole story of his brilliant, but most un worthy career. The number opens with a paper on the "Progress of Revolution," which is from the pen of one who has evidently d eep l y studied the subject, and whose opinions are, ther e f ore , en• titled to at least attenti v e consideration. W e entirely agree with him in opinion that the European revo lutions are as yet far from having attained their ulti mate development, and that while England, Switzer land, Belgium, and Ilolland, from having begun the career of reform i n ti me, will escape the fiery flood of revolution, and pursue their even and pacific course towards complete constitutional freedom---'he other states of Europe, including even Russia of are destined t o su ff er from the shocks tfirst,repeated insurrection s , w hi c h , unsuccessful perhapsat can only end in the destruction of despotism and the establishme n t o f C onst i tutional Liber ty. French Revoluti on i n F e b ruary was no mere The outbreak of an armed mob about a dinner, as it ha s pleased cert a i n of th e supporters of the cause of corruption to repre sent it : " To those who called to mind the history of the late monarchy, the record of its follies and its crimes, who remembered the condition to which it reduced the French nation, to what a state of abject servitude that nation had fallen, into what confusion the finances of the empire had been plunged; how its commerce lied been shackled, how its foreign relations had been complicated, —to those who. recollect these filets, it could not appear surprising that the pateinee of France should at last be exhausted, and that it should, weary of injury, at last rise and hazard all in a struggle with the reigning powers. That struggle was sudden, short, and decisive; the people overthrew their monarch, drove away his ministers, and once more as sumed the imperial power—a power which had been confid dto a king, had been betrayed, and was now taken back to be placed in more worthy hands. The revolution was a shock. The French were startled, if not stunned, by the recoil of that blow which had crushed all the reigning powers; and it is not surpris ing that they should have, for a moment, stood gazing in bewildered surprise at the results of their own act. But this irresolutian was of short duration; the forma tion of a Provisional Government was as prompt as the fall of the monarchy was sudden. The world is well acquainted with the history of the Republic since its establishment in February; and now, within eight months of that event, we observe the French nation calmly deliberating on the - ehoico. of a constitntion.---A few accidents have occurred, a few tumults have taken place, and seine misf)rtunes, and, perhaps, a few crimes, remain on tho record of these eight months. Wa do I I