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=Pr GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one Payment. Farce, to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING : Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE. To or from Blackvrall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin. ... 9d. Saloon•• •• •. Is. No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Week Days, at 7, sli,* 9y4, 11%, I, 2,3, 4, s, and 6. Sundays, at 7, IN,* 11%, 1,3, 4,5, and 6. FROM BRUNawICK IVIIARF, BLICKW kLL. Week Days, at 9, 10. 11. PI, 314, “,,„ 534, awl 6.* Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 1%, 2%, 334, 5, and 6. The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. Passages marked a aro run direct, the Packets not being per mitted to stop at Piers Or fer Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London erery quarter of an hoer. fIOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41.45. ; Six Months, V. 15s. ; Three Months, It. ;to be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall. • Passengers' Luggage conveyed to and from the Packets and Rail way, at the Brunswick-wharf, without any charge. The charge for Porterage at Fenehureh-street is Id. for small parcels, and 2d. for large parcels. October 2. IA4II. T EI E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. An entirely mew Phantasmagoria, by Childe, Is exhibited every Evening at Eight o'clock, wits appropriate Music, directed by Dr. 'Kahle.—Tho Dissolving Views, with historical descriptions. having' 16 4 . been re-arranged and additions made, are shown at Half-past Four daily, and In the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten. The Chromatrope with new effects. The Microscope at One o'elo , k daily. Popular /.isctures by Dr. Rion and Dr. Bachhoffaer.—Diver and Diyipg bell.—Working Models explained. Opeo daily front Eleven to Five, and in tho Evenings (including Raturday) from Seven till Half-past Tea. Adraissioa, Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, is. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 50. and 6d. per lb. ; Waxed-wick Moulds,7d.; Composite, 8%d., 10d., and 104 d; Vita Candles, Is. ; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. s d• ; Transparent Wax, Is. 9d. • Best Wax, 2.. Id. ; Sperm Candles, 11.6 d. and Is. 7d. Metallic, 7,4 d. and 9.1. ; Mottled Soap, 60s. and 645. per 1121b5.; Yellow, 425., 545., and 601. ; Windier Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 25.; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 64. per lb.; Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon; Solar, Es. 3d., Seal, 4s. ' • Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. Gd. For Canh—At DAVIES'S Old listablished Warehouse, 62, St. Martin's-lane. Export or Grocers' and Oil-shop Goods at lower prices. EN and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and the Richest in Flavour of any sauce in use, and for Fish, Gravies for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Cold [eat, it is entirely unrivalled. The unparelleled success of this Sauce having induced imitations, purchasers are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA arid PERRINS are upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle) from the residence of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Ho tels In London, Edinburgh, Sce. &c., and from private Families in the country. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; Messrs. Itarelay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London, and generally by all dealers in sauces. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE, ItATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs aid flowers a few drops of which cure headache ii a few minutes ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7s. ; and double this size, lls. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice en the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." By pest, 4s: 64., 7s. ad„ and 125., for money orders emir. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's llerbary, Highgate, near !Auden; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford -street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, Cenluit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk; for Manchester, eresehe and ion, Adver, tbier-oflce. TO THE LADI/8. This lady had the following letter Inserted In the "Times" news_ Paper on Aug. 7, 1546. Reader, remember, this letter was put into the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this *pron. tualty of publicly thanking Mr. W. Brimstone, of the Herbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair en her head, after using itabout four reoiths, and the whole of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant than lever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony tithe virtues of Mr. G.'s Regenstor, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an l Is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, bat ass cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume iti far hem). any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact .-3, Swan-street, Borough." In eases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, afe w drops en the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and Prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the Meet aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion to the toilet. In cases et neveus headache, pour ten or twelve drops on the crown of the head ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an hear. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces hair en children's heads in a few appplicatlens. If used on infants' heads, It has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well u promoting the growth of hair.—See pamphlet of testimonials. All letters addressed to wuugn Grimstene, Ilerbarv. Illabgate. TAKE NOTICE.—This Establishment will be Closed en Wednes day Evening, October la, till Saturday Evening, October 21, at Five o'clock, when business will be resumed as usual. HIGH TREA S O N. SUGGESTED BY THE IRISH STATE TRIALS. At a time like the present, we've very good reason To say. aTew words with regard to High Treason; For a subject like this is by no means too solemn For a matter of trade in a newspaper column. The only idea with E. MOSES and SON. Is to make such a topic a mercantile one. It is said that when persons excite revolution, As traitors, they owe a severe retribution. Rut here no allusion whatever is made To what may he termed, revolution in trade. E. MOSES and SON, as you all !mist confess, Have caused a complete revolution in dress. And they've levied a war with the trade, as you know, But the war has been civil—remarkably so ; And NtOSES and SON in the efforts they've made, Have endeavoured to make themselves monarchs in trade. Now, although in the State, this is viewed as High Treason, To apply it to trade is to speak without reason. The trial which MOSES aid SON have goes through, ?roves them friends to the public in all that they do. Their prime Autumn dress, in its wide distribution, Will prove them not foes to a good constitution. And thus has the subject of Treason been made To serve Messrs. MOSES and SON in their trade. R. MOSES And SON invite especial attention to their Shooting ts, which possess a peculiar cat and style, adding much comfort 'Ma ill the it. E. M. and I. are convinced they will be much approved 01 by the public. - - - • -' Rhooting Coats, Ina variety of raaterials from Bs. 6 - 1. to 21s. The Doeskin, or Elastic Coot, 17s. Od. 22e. LIST OF PRICES. READY RADE. Autumn and Winter Coat:s7l;llth;;ew styles • •Prom 40 6 elklmtertield and Codrineton's, aid every description of Over -coats, handsomely trimmed .• •• • • •••• • • • 1 5 •• • "•• • * Shooting Coats.. •••• •• • ••• • • • ••••••• • • • • • •• 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers 0 4 6 Doeskin ditto •• •• 0 12 Anturan and Wint erTestd : • • •• •• ••• • • • ° 2 0 Dress Coats :•.::•..• • ...• '' : ' 1 0 0 Prink de. 1 43 V 'Hussar and Tunie • ••••••••"-- ,itnle Suits •• • • MAIM TO WIABLJEZ. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the neweitt style from I 6 0 TA4II led cloth Coat ...... •• • •• • • 2 2 2 rweed Treason .• • ......... : ...... • • ••• :.. : 0 o weed Wrappers .......• •• • • .......... ImNew Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles... cskix Trousers ........ ...... ............ •• • • 12 0 Dltst, Sr Dress..... ..... ...... .......... 1 ress Coats .. •• ...... .......... Best quality ..... •• • ..... •••.. • • • • 2 15 0 Cltest quality ...• • • .... . ...... . .. 0 ....... •••• • • • 3 3 0 oalmine Test.. .•• . . • • .... .... . • . satin, Plain Sr F ancy .... •• • • ...... .......• .. • 8 4 Hussar and Tunic Suits .. • • •• ••• • • • 9 0 Mourning to any ex t ent at Five Minutes notice. .1 Suit E. MOSES and SON et' Clothes complete for 11. igs. beg to call the attention of Emigrants to their low lists or outfits, commencing including every necessary) at l&s., lower if required. The list can b e had on applicatien, or seat Pelt free. N.l.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their pre la•nt Stock of juvenile attire. The designs are elegant and unique, fled the workmanship and materials are suck as to command univer sal approbation, while at the same thus the prices are unusually mo derate. Nottee.—A New Department for the 'ale of Parasols and Chß gllett's Dresses has been opened at 157, Minories. nqiessrve.—Jay article purchased, really nada, or made to mea• il, if act approved 0, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the wasney returned. E. MOSES ant SION, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, ;Settlers, Furriers, bet and Shoeinakers, and General Outfitters. for Mies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, aid 157 Misoriea. aid $3, 1 4; 85, and SS Aidgate, City, London. nada-I'm—E. Moses and Sou regret being obliged to /ward the llehlie against impostors, but have leaned that the nntradesman like falsekoo4 of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, %as been resorted to in many instances, and for &Woes reasons. 'They nave ie connexion with any other house in or out of London: and those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, 8r.0.. should call at. or send to, Mlnories aid ildgate, City, London. voico.—wo business transacted at this establishment front Sot Friday, till simet Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve tesiteek. Several Porters Wasted. L O V E is the l ea di ng f ee li ng o f t h e h aman ' breast. More exalted than mere passion, it sears high above every ofherimpulso of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from its intuence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo iszaahy. and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling IW'sver or LOTE, which. unlike most things,. increases in intensity 'With time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. When unien does not take place, however, this passion, this fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly Poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened. all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life- Unto spent in the ful fi lment of every engagement, snap the ve r y con /4 is the eff tract asunder which should bo most binding te aa honoarable mind? effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits,. Sr th e results of secret disease, knows himself to be - Institut e d by (14 slualifled, and d ares not enter a state which has been Divine Law for the fulfilment of Important ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be r*sad measure deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, he entails the ~,„."t miserable disappointments on th e obj e ct of his choice, an d upon sera desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of Unalloyed h a natural attribute s would change the scene, and yield to both a life of OPiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the attention of all. Those desirous of investigating it will find the ibite st and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled B,E LF-PRESERVATION. illastr and ai ßets atet by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, none es of the reproductive organs ; with practical observe ellta,„„ hit' ecret infirmities of youth and maturity. resulting Item ---.1 its, excesses, 0:. infection. Doctor of fi7 SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Edinb Medicine, Matriculated Member of tho University of .... 4 _ urgh. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary .et This Or the Lemon Hospital Medical Society, ke. _ treatise ls the result of a long course or study in a peculiar and s tl l . l . Ms : l l 4 t x ho pe h ri t e h n zt , Mach neglected branch ormedtcal practice, and the author having ob mwedhlicchalhhar ref e r ence a lmo st OU , solely to the treat larante• for his profes seent of these diseases. LaNf er t REVIRW OF TIM WORK. .__ en the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are s cenes in the drama of life which aro acted with no spectator but 'clence ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the in e rtal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf Into which such scenes must plunge him I In the hook before as s e u rri n a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the re a T g. without impairing ens idea that can vitiate a mild not M ot raY tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style Dhilos o asterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of Y and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a Production ~...._ ,i, calculated to confer a vital bene fi t, physically and morally, :ru I who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and ,`Propriety..t . A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un ,`.lll innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever aught innocence prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these n u; i s likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of ....." !Patty blended with the practical advice of a writer on 'medicine." ... ,11 11 ed Kingdom Magazine. .ne work ^ raterno may be had price 2s. 6d., of Kent and Richards, 52, street !.r- row; Hannay, fi3, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne p,B. il aYnlarket ; flordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mansell, 115, reside nce ' Nrho may he consulted on these disorders personally, or r, daily, from Ten to Two, sr from Five t• Eight. 37 ..BEDIFORD4QUARII, 1401111001{. - • ...,,, • , -..." • . . . ts,\llP44 .., .2.. 4 ''. l . ; . rte; ~,, 8:44.-c----,..., \. ,44,. t t,, --,-,.. ..! - " , 3471.---r44,:k":':....-:-.-1 '''''''--- ;71::-.1.7".::' N : Pi ' '-'3411:1:1::44;- - 11111:": - ' * 6.----:1.4 : (Wlralb ~/ Ilk 7 , #4 . ...„--.' , „, t- A ..x,-- -----. ~ „ ~,. ~ ;;------ . / ASV /1 aid , , . .1a - 31 4*. * !0'.. , '''''''' *i":Ali, ;it 'A 41.': -:`: '7 I , 44. tt i • ' , Vtqr'' sib 4t--r, j ,*, -. ‘ , .... _ . .. ..c. - ' . .', ~. , , " ...,..--.— cm , ~,,, 4 , 434 . % , i ~ ?.!.. • . . 4. k <,_ ~,& 42 , ' , ~. if 0. 1- _.., li. ', tti 11..... L. ..,.. ....- ‘ i 1 I 4. J. 3 14. ' .N.,, ,, r ., ..4. / qr.04 , .' ~, ' , ''' . , ~ , . . .4., 1,3 1 s .1: '' '-. k.''''. '-` 4 . '4.''.4.• ' ' - --•— - [PRICE SD. N0.17,491.] LONDON, TUESDAY E N G RACING SWEEPS and the RIGHTS of the PEOPLE. The hitter hostility which the pretended conservators of public mo rality, but real oppressors of the poor, have exhibited to wares Racing Sweeps, proves, inure than words can, the spirit of jealousy with which the privileged order too commonly regard the right of the lower classes to choose their own amusements. Ever since the qeestloa of the legality of these Sweeps has been mooted, in and out os tocir'aacrlyiaem. j e o n, we y t inre h sp a e v e e t c t o o n i t ,e ef t i t d in ed g. t s h h a o t u t l h d e h i a , r v i e vi b i e e g e , n ) w e x h t i e c n h d e t d h e to ar tie people in regard to Racing Sweeps, which are, in fact, nothing more than associations for betting small sums upon a certain horse rac. ; and we hive not yet heard a single argument opposed to'this plain, and, as we take it, unanswerable view of the case. The only reason that the opponents of Race Sweeps can give for endeavouring to sup press them is, that they encourage a taste for gambling amongst the people. Let us, for the moment, accept this gratuitous assumption as a fact, and o'Berve the dilemma in which it pla3es the Government. Racing Sweeps, they say, are immoral—therefore suppress them ; but betting is equally immoral—ergo, it must be legalised. Until the Ansteys, the Ingllses, and the other brawling and canting nui sances of Parliament can draw a sufficient distinction between these two practices, and show why one should be interdicted and the other protected, so long will we proclaim the injustice and tyranny of in terfering with an amusement which pertains especially to the public. It is a barbarous remnant of feudal Injustice to assert that the same law should not apply to the labourer as to his lord—the enlightenment of the age has exposed the monstrous anomaly, and the intelligence of the people indignantly rejects the slavish dogma. There can, as we have said, be no line drawn between betting and subscribing to Sweeps; the Government must, therefore, if they be not determined to insult and irritate a vast number oftheir warmest supporters, determine either to put down the whole system of wagers, under whatever form carried on, or to permit the Sweeps to continue as they have gone on for the last sixteen years. The following letter, which we have received from Messrs. Drum mond, Greville, and Co., Sporting Printsellers and Publishers, 72, Princes -street, Leicester-square, London, whose " Race Sweeps" have given such universal satisfaction to persons of every distinction in society, expresses very clearly the sentiments, not only of every class of subscribers to " Race Sweeps," but of the community gene rally, with regard to the Interference of Government in the matter : " Sir,—We beg through the medium of your columns to offer our most grateful acknowledgments to our numerous patrons in all parts of the British dominions, who have so liberally assisted us in the carrying out of our unrivalled Derby and St. Leger Sweeps, and at the same time to express our sincere regret at the steps the Govern ment have taken, in declaring, through the Stafnps and Taxes Office, their intention of preventing such Sweeps being advertised. We re gret it, because it was a gratification which thousands of the middle and lower classes enjoyed, and because it is an act of tyranny on the part of that Government which have hitherto been supported for their supposed liberal principles. But let not the Attorney-General de ceive himself, for be assured, the greater the endeavour to suppress them, the more earnest and eager will be the desire of the public to patronise them. We can assure you, Sir, since the notice appeared, we have received letters from hundreds of correspondents, expressive of their determination to support our Derby Sweeps, if we will send thorn Prospectuses, which we certainly shall do (gratis) if they ap ply to us. We should like to ask the Government what legislative right they have to dictate to every subject of the British Crown, and tell them they shall not subscribe their mite to a Sweep for a horse race if they think proper, and that too on. tke stale and flimsy pre tence that they encourage immorality ? Why, Sir, every imaginable amusement of the people might each in its turn be made subject to the same absurd objection, provided this one was quietly submitted to ; but most of the meddling sapient, who seem se anxious to pro scribe the liberties of the people, put out of cewideration the num berless benefits conferred, and the many firesides which are made happy through the distribution of prizes acquires). through the medium of these " Racing Sweeps." We could show them more congratula tory letters from the fortunate recipients of prizes, whose hearts have been gladdened and their purses replenished, than the strongest of them could carry away. In fact, Sir, we arc so fully convinced of the benefits conferred through the medium of our " Racing Sweep s " (in connexion with which be pleased to observe no drinking takes place), that we sincerely hope the Attorney-General will be prepared at the commencement of the next Session of Parliament to legalise " Racing Sweeps." In tke meanwhile we must content ourselves with supplying our Prospectuses to all persons who apply for the same. We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, DRITAMOND, GREVILLE, and CO. 72, Princes-street, Leicester-square, London. (Evening Paper.) VICOLL'S REGISTERED PALETOT.—This L® most gentlemanly and useful over-coat retains its original mo derate price, and being adapted for the autumn and winter months, has already been honoured with the patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the chief ornaments of the Court, the Pulpit, and the Bar. The above can be obtained in London only of N. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 120, Regent street, and 22, Cornhill. Iqi A it R I A G E. One half the wend are desolately single, and the ether supposing them married, questioualsly contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes est .itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret en- Nwsprosiag harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, sad broken health, sve the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form au item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Alighted hopes or Neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yea, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub, in 3 vols., Is. aacb (by best, la stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered sy mieinterpretatien of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are net intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but ter 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, twe other Kittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post ls. 6d.) called " What to E a t , Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be , Happy." They are net merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribbling' of the hour, but the study ef the author's life, 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 nute—te live atter nature's laws—and to keep always en the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had ef herwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street ; Mann, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, m mings and evenings). 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; aid all it wiksallers. STERILITY. —Whatever is unproductive is with x.-7 out intrinsic value. Man and his Maker alike condemn that which " yields ne fruit," and we find large tracts of land abandoned fee the same reason that caused the barren fig tree to be cursed. This curse clings to Sterility In every shape ; it brings upon the earth famine. But the maledictioa breathes loudest and deepest into the ear •f these of the human face who remain childless in a community which must altogether fail, without continual additions. Not only do such encounter the silent scorn or pity of their fellow creatures, but their own hearts condemn them ; wealth brings no consolation to the wifeless !wont —brings no return for the childless home. It is a remarkable fact that the unproductiveness of soil and species arises from similarity of cause. Some lands are the produce of vitiated strata that yields an offspring as unhealthy as itself. Others nurture in their juices the poison of minerals, which form the foe to - vegetation. Others again lose value by being toe early worked, before they are tit for cultivation, Some soils, originally fertile, become barren by excess of tillage; others are spoiled by unwholesome manures ; and others, again, by the want of perseverance and nerve In the husbandman. Mark the ana logy I Man also is too often vitiated by the parent from whom he springs. Man is toe often ruined by the indiscriminate use of mine rals, such as mercury, &c. Man also tries his constitution too early, and avertasks it too late. Nan, by unwholesome contact can also in fect his fame ; and, to render the comparison complete, man can render a naturally vital constitution unproductive through ignorance of his organization and diffidence in his powers. Nor does the analogy cease here. The detriments to cultivation above detailed have been recently se entirely overcome by modern improvement in agricul ture, that farmers are now enabled to produce crops almost from stone itself; and, in like manner, Sterility in the human race is now removable through the profound discoveries in physic which enlighten the present age. In testimony of this, a volume has recently been produced which fills the heart with hope and is calculated to remove Sterility altogether. It is from the pen of Messrs. J. L. CUItTIS AM) CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith. street, Soho-square, London, and bears the title of " MANHOOD: The Causes of its Premature Decline, with Plaid Directions for' its Perfect Ile storation ;" and is sent by W. STRANGE, bookseller, 21, rater noster-row, London, post-paid, in a sealed envelope, by initial or to any address, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps, secure from observation. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings 01 Steel. ON PHYSICAL - DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Editioi, enlarged t• 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., sr by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, rillE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on _a_ the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 24 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PAnT 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 en the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Putt 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary er 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. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. Pear IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap plication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action is simple but sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys its power en the system. This important part of the Work should be read by every Young Man entering into life. PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its Smiles. 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Tux SUFFERANCE WIIAILVES.—The proprietors of the sufferance wharves, as they are called, en the south side of the river, and extending from above bridge to Deptford, have urged a memorial, through Sir William Molesworth, one of the Members for the borough of Southwark, to the Lords of the Treasury, for important alteration's and additions to the privileges which, under the existing regulations, are permitted to them. The several wharves and landing-places alluded to, which are comprised within this extensive range, are in possession of the privilege of landing a large variety of goods, according to the individual claims of the places, and the facilities which they respectively offer for the landing and deposit of foreign goods and the general transaction of import business, which have been from time to time extended by the revenue authorities, as occasion might seem to have required, on special application being made to them by the parties interested and concerned; but the owners of the principal landing-places on the site alluded to wish for a general extension and allowance of the entire privileges permitted to the wharves and quays on the north side of the river, called the legal quays, and extending from the Tower to London-bridge. We understand that Captain Washington, R.N., F.R.S., of the Harbour Department of the Admiralty, passed through Aberdeen on Monday, on his way to Caithness, with instructions from the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, to make inquiry into the cruses of the wrecks of the 19th August last, which were attended with such a lamentable loss of life and property, on the east coast of Scotland. We understand that a notification to this effect has been received by the authorities at Wick, Banff, Fraserburgh, and Peter head, and that a public meeting of inquiry will be held, at each of these places, in the course of the next fort night, at which all interested in the subject are invited to attend, and give information and offer suggestions. As at present arranged, we believe that the meeting, at. Banff, will take place on Tuesday, the 17th instant, or on Wednesday, the 18th instant, and at Fraserburgh and Peterhead on the two following days.—Aberdeen Herald. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenham have l'ft Cope Hill, Wimbledon, on a visit to the Venerable Earl Digby, at Sherborne Castle, Dorsetsliire. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—A letter was published in the Times at yesterday from Mr. Thomas Young, in explanation of another letter of his, which underwent some dis cussion last week. Mr. Young, in his second letter, completely disclaims the sort of official colour which has been given to his original communication. He denies entirely that Lord Melbourne, or any other member of the Whig Cabinet, was for anything in • i the letter he addressed in the careless familiarity of friendly intercourse to General—then Colonel— Napier. He complains, finally, of the publicity given to a communication which was never intended to go further than his friend's escritoire, and of the im portance attached to mere gossip. All this may be very convenient, or very true. The internal evidence • derived from the letter itself is, after all, the material point. If, then, the discussion be made to turn simply on the letter which has undergone so much discussion, the case seems but very weak against the members of the Melbourne Cabinet, if, indeed, there be any case at all. In the next place, rebel lion can never be urged as excuse for rebellion, even had the charge been made out. Lastly, the parties who have brought forward this accusation have been guilty of such flagrant misstatements in their mode and manner of producing it, and have so exaggerated and invented points against the parties accused, that but very little credit can be attached to any statement emanating from so unscrupulous a quarter. 'We would first remark that the letter in question, and the reply of General Napier at the time, which have been adduced as a justification of the folly and the crime of the Irish traitor, in point of fact contain the strongest animadverson on the one and the most powerful dissuasive from the other. This would in itself afford but an additional proof of the utter wrong-headedness, of the mere incompetency to deal with facts, which is the characteristic of the Repeal party in Ireland, whether it present itself under the aspect of the unctuous hypocrisy of O'Con nell or the armed treason of O'Brien. The state ment in the Freeman's Journal was to the effect that General Napier solemnly promised to conceal Mr. Young's letter until the Whigs should institute a prosecution against any one for a line of con duct similar to the one which had been proposed to him by them or by their agent. General Napier--so it is averred in the Freeman's Journal—loyally kept his word. He suppressed the letter, and only divulged it recently on the occasion of the trial of Smith O'Brien, being such a contingency as was contemplated by him at the time he volun teered his promise. For fear of any misapprehension on such a point as that of impugning the character for trustworthiness and credibility of a public writer, it will be better to lay before the public the statement from the Freeman's Journal at length, together with the indignant reply it elicited from General Napier. The fact of the promise of concealment until the given contingency, the occurrence of the contingency, and the subsequent publication of the letter by Ge neral Napier, were either in the knowledge of the writer in the Freeman's Journal, or they were not. It is evident he could not have possessed such know ledge, as from General Napier's letter it appears the whole statement is a fabrication. If he did not I possess such knowledge, and simply fired a random shot to produce an impression in favour of the pri soner, it requires a shifty imagination to distinguish between such a course and that of a wilful perversion of the truth to answer a given object. Here is the statement verbatim from the Freeman's Journal : " Before we place this remarkable document before the public it is due to the gallant, brave, and generous sol dier to whom it was addressed to state how its existence became known, and the circumstan c e s tinder which its contents have been divulged. The gallant Napier re turned an indignant reply to Mr. Young, stating that he received his sword from the hands of his Sovereign, and that against that Sovereign he would never unsheath it. The Whigs, through the secretary of their chief, applied to the loyal soldier, requesting that the letter should be returned, in order that this written evidence of the con spiracy' might be destroyed. Colonel Napier's reply was worthy his brave deeds and honoured name. He pe remptorily refused—stating, at the same time, that he would never divulge its contents, or allow it to be made public, until the Whigs should capitally prosecute a British sub ject for the offence of they themselves were guilty. But the same soldier's honour that pledged him to secresy under certain circumstances, pledged him to render this letter and the conspiracy it disclosed matter of history when ever the Whigs should dare attempt to deprive of life a British subject whose only imputed crime was to follow the course of policy adopted by themselves in '32. T hat daring attempt—daring as coming from conscious conspi rators—has been made upon the life of Smith O'Brien, and the Gallant General has kept his word.' , The vast importance of the point on which the mis statement has been hazarded by the Dublin journal is this :—llad General Napier acted in the manner re presented, it would have been tantamount to a censure upon the Government for instituting the Clonmel prosecution. Such a censure coming from such a quarter would have carried much weight, as an ex pression of the sentiments of an honourable man and a liberal politician. This material point, it will be seen, the writer assumes. He holds himself out as a person possessed of full information on the subject, and on one so serious it is evident that to act upon anything short of certitude is in itself a public scandal. We will now print General Napier's reply to this statement, and leave the publie--even the Irish repeal public—to decide what amount of trust they can place for the future in the Freeman's Journal:— "Saturday Evening, Oct. 7. " Sir,—l have this instant been shown the weekly Young, whichFreeman'sJrnouiva,al, was, ley o b n y t ai processofog u, compelled Thomas elle . dt op ro duce at Clonmel on the trial of Mr. Smith O'Brien. " I have had no communication whatever with any editor or any person connected with newspapers, and d h l know not how that letter has been obtained for editor Freeman's being Jourtz whollyal; bimutagthinearreyp,lycaatitlrsibfubtre d an to me immediate/ co n tradiction, and as I am told the promptest mode of be through the making that contradiction public will your the journal, I request as a favour that you will p ublish following observations:— "I. I did not return an indignant Young—l merely made some ironical an o re marks upon the implied supposition that I could co- pe rdeps l e y b ' rb to fu l M r rate in arms with a Birmingham attorney and a London tailor against the Duke of Wellington! "2. I did not state that from my Sovereign I re ceived my sword, &c. "4. 1 did not at any time promise or state that I the " letter ter T w he ou i l V d h b ig e s re d t i u d rn n e 4 d,& ap c p l y to me requesting that would never divulge its contents, or allow it to be made public, &c. "5. I did never pledge myself to seeresy under any dr- . cumstanees.' "I did never pledge myself to secresy under any cir cumstances, nor in any manner, Dor did I ever maintain any secresy in the matter. " W. NAPIER, laajor-General." We will leave these facts to speak for themselves. When we consider the long services, the unimpeached honour, and the almost romantic chivalry of character by which General Napier has been distinguished through his long and brilliant career, we ourselves have no doubt on which side the truth is to be found. What we can do to give publicity to General Napier's letter is now done. The gallant soldier, the distin guished historian, the loyal servant of his Queen and country, has a right to this service at our hands. No! his name has never been sullied by association with a gang of frantic rebels, and still less with those who satisfy their public enthusiasm by whispering treason with closed doors—patriots who would have fought by the side of the windy hero of Ballingarry, " But, that I dare not' wait upon I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage"— and so we leave.the public to decide upon the merits of this part of the case. We now come to another point—the letter itself of Mr. Thomas Young. On reading this over we expected to find armed treason recommended, at least by Mr. Young, if indignantly repudiated by Colonel Napier. What we do actually ind in the letter is this. Mr. Young announces to Colonel Napier the fact that a rising had been in ternjed. There was to have been a run upon the banks. The populous country towns were• to have been barricaded; and, in the event of a fight, Colonel Napier was to have been invited to take the command at Birmingham. But the very letter itself concludes with this sentence —" Thank God we have been spared the trial; but, as a matter of speculation, tell me what you think would have been the result. Am I right in my con jecture that you would have refused the Birmingham invite, and kept your sword in its scabbard ?" So here is a document produced which speaks of transactions that occurred seventeen years ago; the writer thanks God that a rising which had been crudely meditated and imagined —not resolved upon—had been given u upon it p p , o , b nua oftna d nc aa t ar h rrm i mi s is eaednd ow p u r bt od insurrection oh u in e so ed a to sn only resolution.justificationnmoetd oitnTa ltyhedisr,ebts f uho o etlrvnresolved the d resolvedbuepl.being con ductgnthe subject matter of the letter, we find next that this wriier, Mr. Young, so far from recommending Colonel Napier to have anything to do with the armed movement hypothetically sug g ested, dissuades hiin politicalfro eve transactions a a n tt s m ioo m ff e nmh n ai t i ts , ni odlpenuts to finish fieha,nte his seih: should ohhreidsalol tifht b te, e hr c aga o g nirr m ydn l e ht rs attempting of th in e ir ti a me u ? obtain a in Parlia ment, • the turbu lent vci labours,ao i m e f x o tpo r l o t o ' i ' t w le ht What ic injury h A wt r li Young desires for his friend is leisure and tranquillity bring s ter mination hand down to posterity the achievements of Colonel Napier's companions!! in arms throughout the me morable war in the Spanish Peninsula. One only point remains untouched, and this will be found touched upon in the letter from General Napier which we have printed above. What was his answer to the hypothetical inquiry to the question that had been put to him by Mr. Young " as a matter of spe culation," whether he would take' up arms on a con tingency that could never happen, because the events had already occurre d i n a contrary sense to t h e one assumed ? General N ap i er tells us, " a few ironical and scornful remark s ." Now, in all this where is the justification of Smith Mae en's treason ? In one sense, certainly the p rocee di ngs of the I r i s h d ema gogues and of the professional Repealers are " matter of speculation." To the phrase is attached a vulgar as well as a philosophical meaning. The Freeman's Journal is but following in the steps of the party it represents when it brings forward a statement such as this. Possibly the allegation of Mr. Young may be the motive of the writer. It has been done " as a matter of speculation." POST.—On reference to the Lords' report on the working of the currency laws, we find that a very strong opinion is expressed of the erroneousness of the Act of 1844, which Act appears to assume that what ever amount of bank -notes has been issued by the Bank, that amount should at all times and under all circumstances be equally regarded as constituting the circulation of the country. It The inflexible rule," says the report, "considered to be invariable and self-acting, and adopted by the Legislature, as con nected with and consequ en t upon t h e s eparation of the departments of iss ue an d o f b an king, and the regulations provided for both, i s f oun ded on certain principles which, before they can be adopted, demand very serious examination. he Act appears to assunie that . one flied amoittit of notes out of the custody of the Bank, and in the, hands of the public, will at all times produce the same effect, and will be governed by the same laws. Unless this proposition be true, the uniform and fixed rules of the Act of 1844 can hardly be justified:' Now, it is clear that the proposition is not true, and the principal Parliamentary Committees from 1810 downwards have recognised the distinction between bank-notes issued and circulation. And yet Mr. Jones Loyd, we regret to say, was so unscrupulous a partisan of the law of 1844 (cuizes pars magna fuit), that he did what he could to mislead the Committee upon this branch of their inquiry. When he was asked whether, in consequence of the low state of the reserve in 1847, the Bank was not constrained to put a very heavy pressure on commercial accommodation, he answered that he totally denied that fact, and that he appealed to the published returns in support of the denial. He then quoted the large- amount of issues at the time of the panic in 1847, and drew the con clusion that as the notes in the hands of the public amounted to an unusually large sum, it could not be said that the Bank of England was putting a severe pressure upon the mercantile world. It would appear, says the report, that in this answer Mr. Jones Loyd looks mainly to the numerical amount of notes issued by the Bank, and assumes that the accommodation possessed by the public may be measured by that amount, and by the corresponding securities in the hands of the Bank, No doubt that was the impression he desired to convey to the Committee in order to bolster up the policy of the Act of 1844, but when pressed upon the subject in a subsequent stage of his examination, even Mr. Loyd was obliged to modify his assertion. We must say that to us he appears to have condescended to escape from it by a quibble. " I consider," he said, " that the amount of notes in the hands of the public and the amount of notes in the Bank (banking department) still constitute the amount of notes in circulation. It is perfectly true that the circulation may be in a more active or in a more dormant state. It is perfectly true that the samelamount of notes'will, at different times, be more efficient in performing the functions of circulation ; that in proportion as confi dence is firm the circulation is more efficient, and as confidence is shaken circulation becomes less efficient. A diminished efficiency of circulation and a contrac tion of the amount of circulation may, in some respects, produce the same results; but they are still totally different things:' No doubt they are different things, but what matters that, if the results be the same, namely, a pressure upon the mercantile world, and a difficulty of obtaining money with which to carry on business ? The mercantile world suffers equally in both cases ; but if the issues be contractea within their ordinary limits there is a remedy. The Bank can issue up to the amount fixed by the law of 1844. If, however, public confidence be shaken, and a large amount of the notes issued become inefficient as circulation, there is no remedy. The law of 1844 will not admit an additional amount to be issued to supply the place of that amount previously issued which has been locked up, and which, as regards the circulation, has become dormant. That Act, as the report says, " appears to assume that one fixed amount of notes sam e out of the custody o f t h e Bank, and in the hands of the public, will at a ll t i mes produce the same effect, and will be govern e d b y the same laws. " But even that themns Mr. Jones Loyd, W h en pressed upon the subject, amofoucnitrcuolfatinonot. He es will at different times be more efficient or less efficient in admits performing t functions ad mits that in times when public confidence is shaken the same amount o f notesissued will be less efficient as circulation than when public con fidence is firm. And yet the fixes the amount of notes to be is sue d , and aw recognises no practicable means of increasing that amount, even though one-half or two-thirds, or the whole of the notes issued should be seized upon and locked up by the great bankers, leaving the public at large without any money at all ! Mr. Horsley Palmer, in his evi dence before the C ommittee,. ll estimates that in Octo ber, 1847, about three • ions were issued for wh a t he calls " the maintenance I of credit," and not for circulation. Mr. Gurney goes further, and says " he has not the slightest doubt that, at that period at least, from four millions to five millions of the notes issued were locked up and inoperative, in consequence of an alarm and of a fear of not being able to get bank-notes at all." In another part of his evidence Mr. Gurney says that the difficulty of g etting bank-notes in the money market in October, 184 a rose from an alar m th at it would notbe pos sible to get notes from the Bank, owing to the restriction of the Act of 1844. At that time, when so much difficulty was felt, the issues of the Bank amounted to 20 , 80 0,0001. At the time Mr. Gurney gave his evidence, the issues amounted only to 17,700,0001., but there being then no com mercial alarm, that amount was much beyond what the exigencies of business required. "There was then no banking house or money dealer in London but what had , a larger am ount o f b an k- no t es t h an they could use. One main reason of that state of things no doubt was commercial stagnation from the tremendous blows that commerce had received in 1847, through the operation of the Currency Act of 1844, or at all events, through the operation of a smo netary panic w hich no adequate remedy could be applied, owing to the restrictions of Peel's law, until at last the Government found it necessary to autho- I rise the Bank to violate that law in case of need. The need did not arise, because the pressure had arisen from alarm at the state of the law. When the tyranny of the law was removed the alarm was removed, and then the locked-up notes were let out, the circul a ti on became efficient, and the same amount of issues did work which, under the operation of the law, they were not permitted to do. We should, says Mr. Gurney, have had at a ll events a great amount of mercantile calamity in 1847 ; "but the extent of the calamity was the effect of tae Act of 1844, and th e Act only." 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DUBLIN, MONDAY AFTERNOON.—The city memo rial on behalf of Smith O'Brien was presented to the Lord-Lieutenant this day. His Excellency replied that no final answer could be given pending the other trials at Clonmel and the writ of error ; but that full consideration would be given to the merciful recom mendation of the jury. The inference is, that Smith O'Brien's life will be spared. A discovery has been made of an attempt by Duffey to escape from Newgate. CLONMSL, OCT. 15.—The proceedings in the court during the last few days presented few features of in terest, but during the ensuing week they are likely to bear a different aspect. After some doubt and hesi tation, the Crown have re so l ve d t o procee d w i th the trial f Mr. Meagher, which probably will occupy four or five days. There is great interest felt as to his fate, and the result is looked for with much anxiety. At one of the Catholic chapels the prayers of the con gregation, at the instance of the officiating clergy man, were offered up for him, as also for Smith O'Brien, Mr. M'Manus, and Mr. O'Donohue. When Mr. Meagher's case is disposed of the present prisoners arraigned at the opening of the commission will still remain for trial. There was a rumour that these men would plead guilty, but they do not intend to do so. They will not even consent to join in their challenges, and the consequence may be, that at the conclusion of the week a considerable share of business will remain undisposed of. The garrison in this town is to be strengthened by an additional force of 400 Rifles. 34.,,Dousrtr.—The following extracts are taken frOm a letter addressed by Mr. Doheny to the pro prietor of the Tipperary vindicator:— "Paris, Oct. 5, 1848. I' My dear Lenahan,—l thank/you very kindly for i*eseuing my name and character from calumny. But . w,hile I am unaffectedly grateful to you, I feel so sensi tive opt ono part of the subject with which my name has boon connected, that I must beg to be allowed to state distinctly how the matter stood. " When first I saw it stated that it was I who urged on Mr. O'Brien, I was most desirous to correct the mistake. But he was then a prisoner, and I knew not what effect the statement might have on his fate. Be sides the chances were that I would share that fate, and then I could at the last moment set the matter right. " Both reasons now cease to exist, and therefore once for all I take leave to state openly what part I actually took in the late proceedings. " It is true I was remaining out of the way, as you state, when my comrades threw themselves upon the country. It is true, also, that I was not only ignorant of their purpose, but actually ignorant of its cause, namely, the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. " The first thing I.heard of their movements was a message from home, which I received at midnight, stating that some of the Confederates had arrived there in search of Mr. O'Brien, who had left for the country. I immediately rode off to Carrick, hoping I would meet him there. He was at the same time crossing by an other direction to Cashel. I learned tat Carrick what occurred there the night before; and for the fi r st ti m e became alarmed for the cause of my country. . . . " Many ridiculous and false stories have been told of our differences, and our proposals to deal summarily with Mr. O'Brien. Ws did differ, it i s t rue; b ut t h ose who di ff ered most widely from Mr. O'Brien accorded to him their admiration for the chivalry of his nature and the thorough nobility of the principles which guided him. " We then separated for the last time, but with his concurrence also. From that hour forth I determined to act for myself and on my own principle " I remained for five or six days on Slievenamon mountain, determined, at all events, not to be arrested alive. I afterwards changed to the stounty Waterford side personally interesting, shall not here be alluded to. James Stevens, who was said to be dead and buried, shared my risk, and, thank God, now shares with me the hospitality of the French Republic. He and another. who yet can speak if need be, will attest for me that I only abandoned the cause of my country when that cause became utterly hopeless. What cowards said about my treachery, to screen themselves, gave me little trouble. The charge originated with a newspaper that exists by public pollution, and on that account adequately repre sents the British Government in Ireland. " May I•take this opportunit) of offering my public thanks to those generous, devoted, and brave men who assiited me ? Any day for six weeks I could have been sold dearly by hundreds of men on the very brick of starvation. May God bless and save them. . . . I shat( reserve to myself tha task of vindicating openly the conduct of my cornrades'when the fate of thoso on trial shall be decided. . . . . "I remain yours very sincerely, "MICHAEL DOHENY." On the subject of the decision of the Irish law officers respecting the writ of error, the Freeman's Journal contains the following:— " The preliminaries ter the issue of the writ have been perfected by Mr. O'Brien's legal advisers, and the ne cessary documents have been lodged in the proper quarter for some days ; but it is said the Irish law officers are unwilling to let the writ issue. They have been silent all through the past week. There was a art of tacit understanding that on Saturday the course of tte Crown would be determined. We waited for Sa turday, and still nothing has been done. There is no voice from Clonmel—none from the Castle—no deter miztatioh one way or the other. The usual practice is to admit the writ when the causes of error are sanctioned and certified by counsel pledging, as it were, their experience, l earn i ng , an d judgment, to the sufficiency of the reasons assigned to have the proceedings revised by a court of appeal. In all civil and criminal cases, not amounting to treason or felony, the writ is a matter of right; but in the more important classes of offences the Crown claims its prero gative, and may withhold the writ. It rarely does so, however, when a prima facie case is made out, and cer tified as such by competent authorities." THE TRIAL OF MR. T. F. MEAGIIER. On Saturday Mr. E. 'fronton and Mr. Martin J. Burke, who were confined in Newgate under the sus pension of the Habeas Corpus Act, were sent to Clon mel by railway. The parties were summoned on be half of Mr. Thomas F. Meagher, to be examined as witnesses on his trial, which it is expected will com mence this day. Letters from Clonmel state that Meagher's trial cannot conclude before Friday evening next. THE STATE PRISONERS. The Freeman's Journcd has the following in a letter from Clonmel, dated Sunday evening A gentleman, who spent a considerable time with Mr. O'Brien yesterday, states, that nothing could be more admirable than his fortitude and manly bearing under the painful and dangerous circumstances in which he is placed. His manner is as composed, and his mind as cheerful, as if he were a free man, instead of one whose lite is at the disposal of another. In nothing is he altered, neither in mind, manner, nor appearance. Mrs. O'Brien spends every moment she can with him, and if he required solace or support, he would find in her one admirably qualified to impart both. Did pain or anguish wring his brow,' he would indeed experience in her a ' ministering angel.' He has not been removed from the apartments he occupied before his conviction. " MESSRS. M•MANIIS AND O'DONOHUE.—It is pro bable that these gentlemen will be brought up for sen tence in the morning. That sentence must, of course, be death, but I believe they will be prepared to hear it without blenching, and as becomes men. " STRENGTHENING THE GARRISON.--I understand that 401 of the Rifles are ordered to this town imme diately, it having been resolved to increase the strength of the garrison here. What is the object of this ? Could it have any relation to a scene which the humanity and good feeling of every man in the country deprecates? I can scarcely think it possible." house at daybreak on the morning of the 29th of July; he was accompanied by Mr. Meagher and Mr. Leyne. Mr. Meagher and Mr. O'Donohoe went to bed, and Mr. Leyne laid his head on the bed, and fell asleep. Mr. Meagher and Mr. O'Donohoe slept in the same bed. They got up between ten and eleven o'clock, breakfasted, and between twelve and ono o'clock went out and up to the bill. 'I he three gentlemen and witness sat down on the hill. They went higher up the hill afterwards, as it was chilly, and remained there till about three o'clock. The hill was a good place to have a view of the sur rounding country; they moved up the hill a piece for exercise, as the day was rather chilly. I saw a pistol on the mantel-piece, but was sure they had no more arms. Saw the pistol afterwards on the bill in Mr.O'Donohoe's hand; he said, " Meagher, this pistol is no use." Mr. Meagher nodded his head, and said something like, " What difference is it? it makes no matter." Mary Maher, servant of the last witness, confirmed his statement. Miss Johanna Wickham said that her father kept a shop at Mullinahone, and that on the first evening of O'Brien's being there the prisoner came to their house and slept. Ile went to bed at ten o'clock. Witness remained up all night, and !was certain he never went out. There wer men walking about in the streets, but no marching irelinf, form, dress, or anything of the kind. Witness leltrisoner out in the morning through the ball door, aele paid her as he went out for his lodging. Mr.'hurr, Q.C., then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner in a lengthy and most able speech, said by many to be superior to that delivered for Mr. O'Brien by Mr. Whiteside. On the part of the prisoner, he denied that the alleged proceedings at Mul linahone—the midnight drilling and military array— ever took place. He utterly denied that the prisoner was present at Farrinrory when the police were attacked; and he submitted that the jury could not possibly believe, upon the evidence, that he was present on the latter oc casion. As to the other transactions, without admitting the accuracy of all the details substantially, he admitted that evidence for the Crown had given a correct account of them. lie contended that not one syllable of the evidence of Timothy Sullivan ought to be believed, not only because Miss Wickham bad contradicted it, but on account of his manner being that of a man who was from the beginning to the end sedulously concealing the truth. Nor was that all, he had made another deposition which had been sup pressed. That deposition was sent back from the Castle because it was not full enough, and the witness being at the time buoyed up with the hope of reward, was asked if he could give no evidence about drilling. The evi dence of the man grew as the exigencies of the Crown required it, and there was no fact required to support the indictment which his memory would not furnish. By law every person on his trial was entitled to a copy of the information sworn by the Crown witnesses. Here Mr. Despard had taken an information, but does not re turn it to the party to whom he was [bound to return it, the clerk of the Crown, but sends it to Dublin Castle. He received an acknowledgment for it, and, if he be lieved Mr. Redington, it is sent to the Crown Solicitor, but it had never been heard of since. He imputed nothing to the gentlemen who so ably conducted the pro secution for the Crown, but still be must say that this transaction ought to be explained, for it threw a suspi cion upon the administration of the law which entitle d him to assert that his client had not had fair play on this solemn trial for life. Mr. Kemmis had been produced, but he had told them nothing ; of the other persons who could explain this matter—Mr. Dunne, Mr. Brownrigg, and Mr. Despard—not one of them was brought for ward. If they had, it was not unreasonable to suppose that they might have disclosed matters which would have thrown discredit upon the witnesses. He cautioned them generally against the evidence for the prosecution, for in a country where the people were so poverty-stricken and so demoralised, when the Crown bid for evidence it was sure to get it. He next impeached the evidence of Moran and Carroll, the policemen, the greater part of which was flatly contradicted by the manly and straightforward evidence of Hanrahan, whom he had put upon the table with great reluctance, as he would be subject to an in dictment for harbouring proclaimed persons. Admit ting other portions of the evidence to be true, the jury would then have to say whether the acts with which they believed the prisoner to have been connected amounted to the crime charged in the indictment. It was a mixed question of fact and law; and the facts being proved, it was the business of the jury to apply them to the law. This was not a general charge of treason; the law would not allow any man's life to be imperilled on such a vague charge, and it was a rule of law that every man should be put upon trial for his life on an express and definite charge. If, therefore, they had a general notion that the prisoner was guilty of treason, and they found him guilty on that notion, be would not have been tried ac cording to law. If, then, they could not conscientiously say that the prisoner was guilty of the positive, specific, and precise charge—no matter how culpable they might otherwise consider him—they must return a verdict of acquittal. They could not try this ewe as they would one of compassing the - death of the Sovereign, but must find a verdict of acquittal. unless they had it on evidence that there was an actual levying of war. And this levying of war must have been an actual insurrection with open force, to effect not any particular purpose, but to effect a general change in the law and constitution —to, in the words of the indictment, subvert the Government of this realm. Nothing could be more dangerous than to find a verdict of guilty against a man on such general grounds as are here put forward by the Crown. Sir Edward Coke, in referring to the same statute, said it was well and truly called a blessed . statute—a merciful declaration that there might be offences which are a breach of faith or allegiance to the Sovereign, and which could not be pronounced high treason, because the law did not call them so. And if they asked why the law was so cautious in cases like this, Sir Edward Coke told them that it was because the punishment is the heaviest which the law knows., The Learned Counsel then went through the circumstances connected with the Mullinahone affair, the barricades at Killenaule, and the drilling at Slieve namon, ridiculing the whole as a levying war upon the Crown, and asserting that all arose from a desire to protect Mr. O'Brien from arrest. The barricades espe cially proved that, for when the mob were assured that Capt. Longmore did not seek to arrest that gentleman, the barricades were removed, and the Queen's troops were cheered as they passed through. Having con tended at length that his client was disconnected with most of the acts of Mr. O'Brien, he dwelt for some time upon the letter sent by that person to the agent of the Mining Company, saying it did not prove that Mr. O'Brien contemplated a revolution; but the question is not whether he did or not, or whether the prisoner con templated a revolution; the sole question for you is, did he in any of the transactions at Mullinahone, or Kille naule, actually levy war against the Queen. Except you come to the conclusion that he did, it does not in the least signify whether Mr. O'Brien wrote the letter or ex pressly stated in it that he would dethrone the Queen. You must be fully satisfied that the evidence entirely supports and bears out the precise charge laid in the in dictment, or you ought to acquit the prisoner. Chief Justice BLACKBORNE—Patrick O'Donohoe, I have now to inform you that it is your privilege to ad • dress the jury in your own defence. Are you desirous of doing so? Mr. O'Donohoe—No, my Lords. The SOLICITOR. GENERAL having replied, Chief Justice MOORE proceeded to charge the jury. After some introductory remarks, his Lordship said, sufficient to have ojdaevieceenattconstitute oetnot. hae anpn prisoner the n es oxt Another the prisoner at the bar is charged with levying war against the Queen. (The Learned Judge having read the definition of the offence from Mr. Justice Foster's book, proceeded)—Gentlemen, according to that authority, the assemblage of armed men to promote by force any general object is high treason, within the . rioonetdet B effigere u uenc t isttli. t yit h nh s ole r ftt e hhohe m ibgaj u ohseff s eb t etneb b ecy e ne meaning of the law. There may be a levying of war, however, though no blows have been actually struck— the mere enlisting, marching, and armed array being objectasseomf btlhaigge,armraayrchwiansg, such an exhibition of force—such an array and arming for a warlike purpose—such . an enlisting and marching to prevent the be for a general purpose of some public nature, in which the arrest of Mr. O'Brien. If you believe that that was the saidi ia e f insurgents ; r e u tc l h r e u would g a ts a h t e i n v n a t e d t h t s e o vi th a e rm trea son.. . But if ,that was not the exclusive object—if, in addition, there was an object of a general nature, the offence amounts . to high treason, provided the other in gredients exist. Therefore, it will be of the utmost im portance for you to consider what the object of the armed assemblage was. The Learned Judge concluded his charge at half-past seven, and the jury, after taking some refreshment in the box, retired. At . half -past nine o'clock it was intimated to the sheriff that the jury wished to have the opinion of the . Judges with regard to some points of evidence which they found it dif fi cult to reconcile. In a few minutes after wards all the Judges were in attendance. The Foreman said some of his fellow-jurymen wished to know whether, if they believed the evidence of Con stables Wiggins and Williams, would the facts which they deposed to amount to a levying of war within the meaning of the statute. Mr. Justice Moonx said if they believed the evidence of these two men, and that the purpose was general, and not . exclusive or personal, then they would find a verdict of guilty. The Foreman then required to know what amount of credence, if any, should attach to the testimony of Sullivan. enenaleutl exclusive iinnvsnce gent Mr. Justice MOORE said they were at liberty to be lieve Sullivan just as they pleased, and if they liked they might reject his evidence altogether. Chief Justice BLACKBURNE—Or you may believe as much of Sullivan's evidence as has been corroborated. The jury then retired, and after the lapse of about a quarter of an hour returned again into court. The Judges having again taken their places, The Foreman requested that his Lordship would read that portion of his notes referring to Mr. O'Brien's visit to the police barrack at Mullinahone on Wednesday morning. Judge MOORE at once complied, and read the direct examination describieg the visit in question, when Mr. O'Brien, accompanied by the prisoner and another per son who carried guns, endeavoured to seduce the police men from their allegiance, and threatened an attack on JENNY LIND. The incomparable Jenny Lind made her third appearance before a Dublin audience on Saturday , evening, in Donizetti's opera, La Figlia del Reggz mento. On no former occasion has there been such a numerous audience inside the walls of Hawkin's street Theatre—boxes, pit, galleries, all were crowded to inconvenience ; notwithstanding which a great many were disappointed in procuring even standing room in the galleries. The disappoint ment was the greater from the fact of several parties having come up to town from remote districts of the, country for the sole purpose of listening to the " Swedish Nightingale. " It would be impossible to convey an idea of the sensation produced by Jenny Lind in the " song of the regi ment," which was encored ; and the other songs given by her in the opera—all her former triumphs since her appearance on the Dublin boards were as nothing in comparison. Among those in the house on this occasion were—the Lord Chancellor and his family, Lieutenant General Sir Edward and Lady Blakeney, the Under-Secretary and Mrs. Redington, Lord Glengall, Lord and Lady Bellew, the Lord Chief Justice's family, Lord Guillamore, the lion. Captain Foley, Colonel King, Colonel Jackson, KM., &c. &c. THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. TRIAL OF O'DONOIIOE. CLONMEL. Their Lordships took their seats on the bench on Saturday morning, at a quarter to ten o'clock. The number of persons in court WA6 not greater than on yes terday, nor did the proceedings seem to excite much in terest or curiosity, Mr. Burr, Q.C., proceeded to examine witnesses for the defence. Mr. Patrick Hanrahan, a farmer living at Tinlougb, at the foot of slievenatuon, said O'Donohoe came to his //, , ther barrack containing 600 men, and giving them an to consider of their determination. The jury were about retiring again, when, at the rep. quest of a juror, Judge MOORE read the cross-examination, by which it appeared that whilst Smith O'Brien was demanding the arms from the police, and endeavouring to seduce them from their allegiance, he stood near the fire and spoke in a low, subdued tone, and the prisoner, who stood in the hall, might not have heard it. The jury again retired,fand the Judges also withdrew. After a short time, Mr. Under-Sheriff Going passed the judges' bench and went into the jury-room, and shortly afterwards returned and went towards the judges'- room, which is situate at the other side of the court. A long pause ensued, and Mr. Going again came into court and went into the jury -room. Sh ortly afterwards the High Sheriff (E. Pent:efather, Esq.) came upon the bench, when Mr. Butt, addressing him, said that he bad a complaint to make concerning the Sub-Sheriff, who visited the jury several times without having any busi ness there. The High Sheriff (who is peculiarly courteous and gentlemanly) said he was sure there must be some mistake. Mr. Burr—No, there is no mistake ; and if you go in you will find him there now. He has been closeted with them for some time.—(Sensation.) The High Sheriff was proceeding towards the jury room, when he met Mr. Going, the Under-Sheriff, coming out. Mr. Going, on hearing the complaint made of his visits to the jury, said he had been taking a message from the Judges. Mr. BUTT said all such messages should pass through the open court, and he claimed for the prisoner, who was on trial for his life, that no private communications with the jury should take place in that way. Mr. Going (who looked unconscious of having done ' anything wrong) said he had only to repeat that he had been taking a message from the Judges to the jury. Mr. BUTT said he was quite sure that Mr. Going was incapable of doing anything wrong, but he should re quire in future that all such messages should originate in open court. The Sheriffs then left the court, and immediately after wards the Judges re-appeared on the bench. Mr. BUTT said I am sure your Lordships will excuse me. Chief Justice BLACKBURNE—We don't want to hear anything from you. Mr. BUTT—My Lords, I sent in for your Lordships to make a complaint of the conduct of the Sub-Sheriff, and it is right I should state that he has been several times in the jury-room in the absence of your Lordships. Mr. Going—l have not been several times. Mr. Burr—You have been twice at least. Chief Justice BLACKEURNE—It's a mistake. (To the High Sheriff)—Ask the j u ry if th e y h ave agree The High Sheriff then went into the jury -room, and, on his return, said, "In a few minutes, my Lord." After the lapse of a few minutes, and there being no indication of an agreement, the High Sheriff again went into the jury-room, and on his return announced that the jury were not likely to agree. The utmost astonishment pervaded the bench, and the bar and spectators were equally wound up to a pitch of intense interest. The Chief Justices conferred together for some time standing, before they left the court, Mr. Justice Moore standing apart. They then addressed a few words to the Crown Solicitor, doubtless concerning the locking up of the jurors, and then retired,. At eleven o'clock their Lordships again took their seats on the bench, and the jury were called out. Mr. Justice MOORE (addressing the foreman) said the Court wished to know whether it could afford any fur ther assistance to the jury in point of law, as the Judges were about to retire for the night. The jury again retired, and once more came into court to ask a question. Mr. Justice Moonz—What is the question? The Foreman—We want to know, my Lord, whether, if a man was not conscious that another man whom he aided and assisted was guilty of treason, would that be treason in him? Mr. Justice MOORE said, if the man was not even conscious of the treason, and that he aided and assisted in any act of a treasonable kind, he would be guilty of treason. The jury again retired, and at half-past eleven o'clock returned with a verdict of Guilty on the first five counts of the indictment, the sixth count having been withdrawn. The Clerk of the Crown then read from the issue paper a unanimous recommendation to mercy, which they were anxious to express in the strongest manner in consequence of the prisoner having withdrawn from his associates previous to the affair at Farinrory. The Court was then adjourned until ten o'clock on Monday morning. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.— YESTERDAY. The Cambridgeshire betting was tolerably brisk, but, beyond bringing Lanesborough more prominently into notice, and sending Geraldine to double the odds quoted at Newmarket, failed to produce any material effect on the prices, Dacia, the Irish horse, Chanticleer, and Wanota, were backed for most money. Derby betting was confined to the favourite, Honeycomb, Scott's lot, and a couple of outsiders. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 11 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's Dacia, 3 yrs, sst 93b—t 7 to 1 agst Mr. Murphy's Lanesborough, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b—taken 10 to 1 cgst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 5 yrs, 9:)t 1 ilb —taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Crawfurd's The Cur, 6 yrs, 9st llb 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Geraldine, 5 yrs, sat 71b 20 to 1 agst Lord Clifdeu'a Wanota, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—t 2.5 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, 6 yrs, Bst 12Ib 2.5 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loadstone, 3 yrs, 7st Slb 25 to 1 agar Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 4 yrs, 6s.t 121 b 28 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's INdle, 4 yrs, 7st s!b —taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Roles Collingwood. 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 30 to I apt Mr. Pryse's Buseot Buck, aged. Bst—t 30 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Backbiter, 3 yrs, sst 131 b 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Drinkald's Dulcet, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—t 1.000 to 20 agst Mr. Dixon's Hope, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—tkn 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Knight's Gaffer Green, aged, 6st 101 b DERBY. ,200 to 200 agst Scott's lot—taken 11 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman -6 to 1 taken Bto 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb -10 to 1 taken freely 40 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Escalade—taken and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Tiresome—taken and afterwards offered ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.—Yes terday afternoon a meeting of the governors of, and subscribers to, this association was held at the Thatched house Tavern, St. James's-street, Sir C. Malcolm in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having Ewa read and confirmed, Captain Dickson, the secretdry, proceeded to read a statement of the present state of the funds of the association, with the names of those who had made donations. It appeared that during the last quarter the society had made grants to the amount of 4301. to various applicants, whilst, during that time, the receipts were—from the interest on stock 520 L, annual subscriptions 3101., and donations and old subscriptions, kV. 1 ls. 6d. Besides these there were various dona tions-201. from Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, 101. from Captain Goodrich, and various others smaller in amount, which swelled the balance in favour of the society, after the payment of the quarterly expenses, to 9811. The thanks of the society were then given to donors of 51. and upwards, as also to several naval offi cers, who, although ineligible 'as members of the so ciety, were unremitting is their efforts to promote_ its interests. Leave of absence was then granted to Cape tam Dickson for six weeks, and the meeting separated. SAFETY or RAILWAY TBAYELLING.—The Queen, in her late journey from Scotland, travelled over 500 miles by railway, and when it is known that over this dis tance her Majesty was conveyed without any previous notice, at the rate of 35 miles an hour, including stop pages—at a rate amounting to, but not exceeding at any time, 50 miles an hour, over a country rising twice to an elevation of 1,000 feet above the level of the sea, and descending, at intermediate stations, nearly to the level of the sea, and so conveyed without the slightest alarm or cause for danger —we may be permitted to say that the railways of Britain, under their present system of management, have reached an amount of perfection, regularity, and security unsurpassable, and almost un hoped for.—Scottish Railway Gazette. EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—A spe cial meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Knaresborough, Mr. J. Dent in the chair, for the pur pose of deciding on the means of raising additional capi tal, and of considering the terms of an agreement with the Leeds and Thirsk Company for leasing and working the line. The Chairman stated, that in consequence of a resolution passed at the late meeting of the Leeds and Thirsk Company, some modification of the original agreement had become necessary, and as it would require some time to mature the alterations, it was agreed to adjourn the meeting to Friday next. • . SPECIE.—The following arrivals of specie la coin. and bullion have just taken place:—The ship Lady Flora, arrived from Madras and the Cape of Good Hope, has brought from the latter place one case of specie, con signed to a metropolitan firm, and from the former place five cases of rupees, addressed to three separate commer cial firms in the metropolis, and 29 cases of rupees, consigned to order ; the Spartan, from Hobart Town, one box of bullion, consigned to the Bank of Australia; the Berwick Castle from Arica and Islay, one case of dollars and one case of gold dust,•,consigned to a firm of commercial eminence iu the metropolis ; and the vessel Earl of Lousdale, from Valparaiso, 641 bars of copper, also addressed to a house of commercial eminence. LITERARY INSTITUTE FORUM LABOURING CLASSES. —Yesterday spacious premises were opened in Chapel street, Cripplegate, by the society called the Domestic ii~~ion, as a Literary and Scientific Institute for La b.,uring Mee. The instituti,.n is furnished with a library, e.nFisting of 800 volumes. end the daily newspapers and poi ioditals. Several popular lecturers have been engaged to deliver addresses on scientific subjects, and classes formed for mutual instruction. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT SPITHEAD.—The adjourned inquest on the bodies of those drowned by the late lamentable boat accident in the gale of yesterday week will be resumed this afternoon, at Portsmouth. Her Majesty sent one sovereign each to the whole of her barge's crew, and the same to the two men in the customs boat, with the officer, which bounty was distri buted to the recipients yesterday morning on board the Royal yacht. Louis Blanc has expressed his intention of visiting Edinburgh; aed it is said that his stay will extend over a fortnight. His arrival is expected today.—Edinburq 11 7 itness of Saturday. P