The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-26 00:00:00

A RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, TIIIIOGNIOttTON-sTrEET, BANK. I;Af'OWES'.I:I ItY ..t'lallAl. ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TIIOMAS c'AU C,'0:11 E, Esq., Alderman, rnian. \, ' l Li./AM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chain:lan. Wchard I. Arden, Ecal. John limnplicry Esq., Alderman William Banbury, Esq. Edward naitts, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Mumma Cam n, Est, len/Mali filcher, Esq. ittunai ( 1 / 1 1, Es i. Lewis Pocock, Esq. Inrle4y, Esq. Pm YSICIAN—Dr. JeatTresn, 2 Einsbury-square. StrligF.aN—W. Coulson, Esq., 1, Fro.lcri..k . s-place, Old Jewry. CONSTJLTING ACTUART—rrotcpAsor 11111, 01 King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. Parsons Atomring In this 011 Ice have the benefit of the Lowest Trite of Premium which is conniatl4le with the safety •1 the Assured, and whhh Is. In effect, equivalent to an Annuitl ; thay have Mewls. the sernrity of a large subscribed capital—an Assnraneo Fund or a Quarrcr of a Nifli.,--and an Annual Income of 05,01101., arising (rein the i one nt nearly t4co l l Tulicies. ANxrAL IntiSMIUM TO ASWRIEC £lOO. Yo-r, Ow, 1,1: ror r*.even. Year 6. Whole Term. Cr ) 17 3 1 1 3 1 6 0 1 14 1 3 2 4 £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 7 0 £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 0 A 10 One-Mitt of the " \rho!, Tenn" Premium mite rom.tin on credit or seven yoenik, or one-third of the Premitnu 1118)* remain tot life AA It debt npon the rolicy at 4 tier cent., or may be paid off at any time without not tcr. Pollciex nv,41,01,1 nq x itemirity to ()then:, trill not be rendered void ,n ociumegnence of death by entente, duelling, ar by the tutnits of itmlee. ltt CIVIC' of death be the /shove csi,es, where the l'olleles are not tie gTO*I it:11011ht et' l'remiums received will be re t timed. Clalrwo palit hi one mer.;h after proofs itiVe been apyroTed. The Medical Ornee.ra attend fltuly at a Quarter before Two o'Cleek, And Policies hensed the same clay. E. BATES, Resident Director. ♦ liberal Coinnilvslon to Solicitors And Agents. ENGLAND to I N !A and AUSTRALIA ru, INDIA aril AUSTRALIA NAIL gTEAM-PACKET MAW-4,NY, Incorporated by Itoya! Charter, which limits the re sponsibility of the eharel e to the atnnunt for which they Indiv!- Itita.lly mliscribe, an.l authorise a the Company to establish commu nications to Ami nn - 1 from the United Kinglinni, the East Indica, Attstralimia, a - NINCW Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Divided into series of chains of 20!. each. rtIMMITTEN. Mt Ge< , rze Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of 1846 tor Exteredon of Steam Navigation to Australia. Sir lYtllla»a Teruer. ilart., N 1.1". How. Fran , ls So At, NI.P.. Agent for sew South Wales. ar Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wake, London. /Amt. -Col. Alsdy, Indian Army ;J,,Nitclean Lee, lteq. Thomas Browne, - Estl. Captain Richard Lloyd, 'lndian Captain Cogan, Indian Navy Navy Archibald nninghante, Esq. :Wilbourne Marsh. Esq. Captain fi. M. Denharn, Y.lt.S., .1 !Montgomery Martin, Esq. Royal Navy J. Montefiore, Esq. G. 11. Denalitiors, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Myers. W.C.S. Capt. R. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq. Captain Fart Feat India Maritime Richard Paterson, Msq. SETYIOIS !Robert Bettley Payne, Esq, Captain H. T. Gordon, Royal NavylJohn Wilson l'lllatts, Esq. • B. flan' 11, req., M..., F.R.S. G. H. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal Capt. N. Hamilton, Royal N ivy Navy Gustavas Hautiltoti, Esq. Colonel Torrens, Jatnca lianter, h William Gordon Thomson, Esq. J. A. Jackson, Egg. Lieut. Waghern, F.R.A.S„ Royal Charles Jaye*, Earl. Navy Prederfeit Lamb., F.sq. Mole!! Wilmot:, Eel. BANKF2l.B—Xemrs. Carrie and Co., Cornhill. SOLICITone— Messrs. Iterron and Marks, Bloomsbury-square. ArrstiAlle. China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu maiort of mar. than half the number of the Inhabitants of the gkbc, sad teens with every product which was minieter to the wants S( tan. T. carry out effectually and economically steam steramunication With those countriee is the obloet of this Company, for whose ope rations there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards ORT uninsrons cad valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which krro as haeressing intereoures with India as well as with England ---4 * Ile only portions of the British empire aneonnected by steam armheation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the oYert hind mute las been exclusively granted to this Company. retie sanettotted by the /Ards of the Admiralty for this Com ay is Ceylon. Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of • we that hydaey, the metreplitaa eapital of the whole of the VW, Wooten colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or *an CC Loudest (frequently in ES), and within less than 30 days of The Joel statioss are oonvealent, excellent coal from the !WO k Newenhtle, !few Soutli Wales, can be pat on hoard there at is t• 7s. 64. per tan. .“ 2.r oalleetnses, with forma of application for shares, and further weetrrantion Ivey be lad es applicaelea at the offices of the Com- PraY, where a espy of the Royal Charter of luctirperation may be obtained. Oftens" 34 Cern/till. Leaden. JONV TATL,S, Sc.. STANZAS for the SERPENTINE. When ►inter comes Wiling the air, And his subjecte are all la a skiver, What thousands are seen to prepare For a skate on the Serpentine river. net the Deers-mart of MOSES and SON, Is furnfsked with Cents for the skaters, Which garments at all times have woa 'rho title of being "first-raters." When the river a twelvemonth age Wee glazed by t h e clert of the weather, What a sight did the Serpentine show, With Its thousands assembled together. The wrappers e NOSES wore won ItY the gents ox tile hard-freezing waters, Willie the (bra were observed to adorn Vset numbers of England's fair daughters. And may we not stow there again! „ the river once more may be froze. ; Skate. again may be called for, and then 11ill the Warehouse of MOSES' be chosen. At once let the prifille prepare, For truly there is very goal reason Mete to AIOSE , V famed Warehouse, for there Is the ttaticest o! dress for the season. LIST OF ritrcEs. READS NAPA. - 'leaver Tagl!enl ... .£0 9 Chesterfield and Codrlngton • S, and every descriptioi of Over-coat, handsomely 11" trimmed.. •• •• •• ••••• • • • • • ***** •• • • I ft , Paella „_ Coat •• .. • • • • .• ................. 1 8 0 IStittimor. • ti , larl;c• for snow, ••••••. wet ..... ••• '• • • • • • • ( 3 ) The Premier.... •• •• •• •• .. •• • • • Aey's Wilder In every style ..... .•• 00 0 11.0's De. Trou,rs, lined .................. 0 4 0 tax•akln 0 12 6 Dress Coats.... •• • • Detilile-hreasted Winter Vests- •• Rell collar ...... •• •• •• •• •'• • • • . • L I I 6 e H!k / *lussar and Tunic nits.. •• • •••••• • • • • • • - 16 6 ninon To *trAPMRt Winter Coats, In every style and shape, hand .. 0 oat 0 sorutly trimmed • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3111'ed cloth Over-cows, velvet collar and offs . 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper •• •• ••••••••• • • • • • •• • • 0 It Doeskin Trousers Ilost, or Drees •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • •• .. 1 0 Best quality •• • • 2 15 0 Track do • .... ..... ,„ 1 15 es Bt quality made ......• • ... 3 1 0 CAslimero Tests - • .. 0 Sntinn,rinOn or Fancy ••••••• • • • . 0 12 0 Boy's it ussoir and Turtle Suite •••6 0 Great Ca5t............ A Stilt or Cloth . comp 1et5........... •••• •••• 1 16 0 Monrning to any extent at il•re Nlimites notice. Observe —Any article purchased, ready !mule, or made to mea sure, ff net Approred of, Will he exchanged, er if preferred, the Money returned. tIOSKS and RelY , Taller,, Woallengrapers,Cletkiers, liatters, feelers, Yurrient, Root aed Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 82, 114, $5, and Bpi Alolgate, City, London. C-tuttilo.—X. Mess and Son regret being obliged to giant the Irttblle against impostors, hut kayo learned that the nntradesman- Slue tsimehoo.4 of lesing e.mnocted with tkem, or it's the same concern, hns been emerted to in many instance!, aid for ehtiens reasons. fey hem nn connexion with any other house to er of London; throe Wk. desire 4enuine and cheap clothing, &c., shonld call at, to, )41nortes and Aldgate, City, Loudon. .•tfoo.—N• business transacted at this establishment from sun set Pri4sl, till eraleot Saturday, whoa businces la reetuzed till twelve o'clock. A K it I A G E. olte lielf the world are desolately single, and the other r4 , Posiag Damn m,rrh l / 4 1, questionably conteuted. Dißldenee, or a 81148 e,.. of right deteructie the former, sad miscalculated hope,' em- the latter. The solitary one inay shield under the plea canllou and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un wimPreulwe berry ; but the truth bee deeper. Physical Incapacity, &awl Leo', h eejib, the great hindr.suces to domestie happiness 414 ._ a ria] wontent. The dowry shoubl net he the only m arr i age set rtinent. Dormer end juatice demand that health should form as Item compact ; it slime dignifies the alliance. Plighted hopes or art wound more surely than poverty ur misfortune. Reader, If • tOlk anwnieri eoncern yen, procure ( Life,UL little On islngle and MarriNl " puh. in 2 vols., Is. ned (hy host, In stamps, Is. fid. each). Let no imaginntively er prudish feeling deter you, their Cities, nor be hindered th l anterpretatlor, of their supposed contents, tYom obtaining jo r i i ;Th .., ey are not Intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but th ev i , ceset perusal et thinse mere deeply interested, to whom the ~,,a re antagonistic to the empvrical trash put forth on — "'Ve enteeets. by tr.qualified authors, whieh alone or tater, are ft AL. , 'elcrace to the age. Furthermore, two ether ▪ Pulisications claim your attention (same price Is. each, r ,s. ca ll ed What to Eat, Drink, and h and, " How to be nappy." They are not 1111CrelY bet equal in quantity a library volume, nor arc they the repotteerriertilscribblings (Witte hour, nut the study of the author's abrv __ oe : t em his present existence, health, and position to this ob ,.°lhe rasxlms he would inculcate—t) de unto others as he eta r ' nets--tc live alter nature's laws—and to keep always the "atiny Mde n' elherwo o d . 23 - ' Lie trap." The above works may be hid of wim ee ,,, ) orn froiti ruil ; ,t tv N e abion, Pater noster-row ; (larvalho 117 Fleet .street ; Mann, ims,rnt.g. La ia_uther (wh o 457, Weal. Strand ; direct (by post or ether- May be conferred with personaHT, Boot " ki hxs). 14, Argyll -place Regent-street; aid all DR. LA`MERT ON THE' far ERET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH JOU) MATID4ITY.--11-ITEI 40 COLOCItED ENGRAVINGS ON STEAL. Jest published, and may be had in French or English, in a Seale4 lea_ Yelore, ts• 11 4,, or post-free, from tke Author, for forty-two wiatupei, SZELP-PRESERVATI()N; a Ileflieftl Treatise .:;.-s cm the physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive ..._" l l'ne, and the Recret Infirmities and Disorders of Tenth and Ma ,-ritY, tumidly aequired at an early period of lif , , which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the naturel tZejlalf4, ande xhaust tke "WrYailor es on t vital energies of Manh oo d ; w ith Practicx. he Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Wh ether arisin g tram these canses, cl ose stu d y, or the i nfluence . of tr tro p ic al climates : Local and Constitutional Weakness, 8.9)1111"' S icture, and all Diseises and Derangements resulting front !mils tretiox. with Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the otiatowiy, Physiology, act ' -oiseases'of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses •thd functions, and the various k lierlea that art produced In tl '' . h lilts excesses, tem by solitary et , b efectiox. and BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.. Ss BED F 0 8 D-S Tltltlt T. it EDI , 0I: D- S Q l7 A 11 ' LONDON. Deter et :Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Eilln rbligh,Licentiate of Apothecaries' Ilall, London, honorary Memher i the LOll,lOll Hospital Medical Society, fcc. thatfti:riage requires, the tilltilinent of several condittons. , ln ord e r _ 1.,,, L _., MAY be really the cause for mutual happiness. ( mild t he a nd „' f iirli eevers the origin of domestic wretchednese, Ise raised, ti-;,:',8 true source In every instance diselosed, In hew man). 'mil' 5,_,"7. 'raced to nhyaical disqualifications And their attendant distil , - rieediounetils. sisal are always injurious; the gift, which when when k, Moderation 1, fraught with advantage, heroine'', las th e ' be Pr olific source of mischief, and of greater or less Injury ,_,, non,tlintinnat and Tttal powers. The particular excesses. on r.._.n nature and conaconence fst which this Treatise profeuses to dilate, _lirnillictlve of greater severity of misery to the kuntat frame, -utti!llY other to which It is snhjeet. 1 2 .11 4 tr,... .. work contains as accurate and eomplete aceentit of the theite -- ‘ 4. 44 ' 1 BUYsielogr of the Reproductive Organs, and •f b;inrXatt ve comfit...ens in health and disease. It d eserve dly the closest attention and study, for what snhject can of 444 of Tirkre Imaortaa ce than the preservation of the health, I, hex We physical capabilitlets of which every man should ,r1,,,..red. It unfortunately haprena that the unhappy to7kla f eaorasi TO in dulgence and vici ous habits, whether acquired p a " 11 Y Ille or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering Their itivarlAbie conseettenees, unwisely entertains a tear of rip tr,"R 1 . a qualified pliyairian for relief. Shame and the dread so Is... t ‘ r uilY, hut erroneonsiv entertained that thes. complainta are ..„,.....-.Te..nii. the remit of art, Mike restrict 111.1 and prevent his seeking le,„ — ', i sienec where alone It CAR be procured. In acting thus, he o i ..t - tg that ncenrate discrimination In ascertaining the causea of tial,7,, LsYmpathy with the su ff erer, arid, abeve all, secrecy, to the seedi", a l u tn or:K n aerlae w _ .) the intelliaeat and practical Ph Ysi"l r ' i l . l :uTsi d te leg t ai f can show by hi.. poose•sicat of the 1 r_4l,lllications that he Is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes- M 1 LA..mpht!rattits, the utmost coatleience sheuld be extended._ Dr. tan. t i tr .R r has obtained the highest medical honours, R,,,,..... and th. as his dtploras - great extent of his practice far many year .L s ira s os a t solei:litoetifor his prof , osional experienee, which has reference . 1,i,,. R. te treatment of these diseases. 52 . .,:' lied by the Author, and. may he had trekt. ii,ternostet row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Static, Tic in u s. , of Rent and Richards, . hlis LeAd, ilgYlnarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, ~, Iron, ,Z,1.1-street, London ; or, tee* by poet for forty -two stamp ; , or t yy A___ littler, who sa,,, be c ow:t ilt e d en these disorders_perso e Kis ' ..w. --1, 44,14, from lc, n iiedamma nil till MM. t nos 9. Ittothirg- i t rein B Dem. r ~ . r. . },, ~,; .~ .f .-,... ...-.-........, , - ' M _ 1 , . ----) 7 :----"--6----' - , - 7 -- .. --- N. • ~ , • -- . ... _ -.., —.., ,- - = • -... . ',-- . • . , ,'",-4;:t•l'--, ~.o * l. - .... 2 . -,_', - _- - --...• • 4, i 4 O. f ERN the - .....:# ( 1111 4110 m o ,s ...... p- - '.- - -iiii44:', , ' k ik 1,:i 1 4',. lik . :74, ,-- / GU iIIVE of 6 LaszlitAir--- 7.. Fig ' O . 4 .1. A.--4 „,.. ~..,,,, , - , I '*%,CA.. -. . -------- -. • t • ° 1:' 4 5 512 - 4 -.. 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A train, on its passage from Liverpool to Birmingham, on approaching the acute curve of the Warrington Judgin g ermi mischief junction, was o b serve d b y t h e sw i tc h keeper to b e coming at th e ra t e o f f orty m il es per hour, instead of five or si x , w hi c h i s t h e speed ordered for that especial and part. prai thro that y certaindetermined ned result of taki ng t h e turn w i th that speed, he promptly toallo:v'ould be th e result svvittc to remain unturned, with the intention of signalising the train back again. Accordinvlr, the train bolted past towards Manchester at the rate of forty miles per hour, and, in spire of his flags and signals, held on its pace. The guard now saw that something was wrong; but, as he had no other means of communi cating with the engine-driver, he scrambled ore:: the tops of the carriages, at most imminent rink, till, at length, on reaching the engine, he diseuvpred that both engineer and stoker were under gross intoxica tion. So considerable a time, therefore, had elapsed before he could arouse them to a sense of danger, that they had reached Patricroft, and were upoi, the point of running into a passenger train, which must have been attended with great loss of life, when matters were brought to a standstill. The perusal, therefore, of the above account has led me to the following reflection, as to a practical and effectual means of enabling the guard of a pas senger train to hold an immediate control over the steam valve of the engine, viz. :-1. Every carriage top, on the right hand side, to be fitted up with two small blocks. 2. Also a line, or chain, to be reaved through these blocks, and to the length of the carriage with spare chain, to meet the space between the car riages. 3. The end of each of these chains to be fur nished with a hook and eye, by which they can be connected and disconnected at pleasure. 4. The guard to ride upon the last carriage of the train, which must always be fitted up with a small winch, around which the end of the rope is coiled. 5. The other end of the rope or chain, to be attached to the handle or lever of the steam valve, AO contrived that, when the guard turns his winch, the rope should immediately withdraw the steam from the engine, which would at once bring the train to a stand, as well as apprise the engine-driver that there was some thing wrong. In order to carry out the arrangements, the car riages must, at each main terminus, be so placed that the line leads up or down one specific side; and, in attaching or detaching carriages, each carriage carries with it its own fittings in the same manner as it now carries its connecting chains. The above method would provide against the contingencies arising from intoxication of the driver, sudden illness, accidents by lightning, the engine -driver falling off, or aban doning the engine under the influence of suddea danger, &c. In short, I humbly submit, that a quick and entire shutting-off of the steam would be more generally effective, in preventing accident', than any expedient hitherto devised, and that, too, in the most simple and economical manner. MATTHIAS DUNN. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Jan. 6, 1848. P.S. By fitting up b o th sides of the carriages, the necessity for turning them at the termini will he obviated ; by exhibiting a flag from the carriage window the guard could immediately operate. SINGULAR DEATH IN A PRISON. Yesterday evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest in the Tothill-fields Prison on the body of Mrs. Hannah Thomas, aged 45, a lady respectably connected, who was committed from Bow-street, on Friday last, for giving a servant a false character. Ann Stone, a sub-warder, said, in answer to ques tions by the jury, that the cells were not heated with pipes, but prisoner had two blankets and a rug. On Sunday she made no complaint. At half-past seven the next (Monday) morning witness found her lying on the floor with her bed and bed-clothes. She spoke to her, but she could not or would net get up. She called Mrs. Anderson, another warder, and she was raised up, but was apparently unable to stand ; they, however, put her day clothes on. The CORONER—What was that for ? Witnesa said she did not know, but they did it. The CORONER—Was no medical amsistanee sent for ? Witness replied in the Legative, and said that she went to breakfast; and on her return, at a quarter past eight, the deceased was sitting in the corner where they had left her, and talking to herself. The CUROISUR—Did it tint oc-eur to you to send for the surgeon ? Witness replied that she dil not, for she thought she wee :hamming. At twenty minutes past eight, on going to deceased, she appeared dead, but by order of the matron she was put in a warn.) bath ; and the doctor, having been apprised of her illness, almost immediately attended, but when taken out of the bath she was quite dead. Mr. John Lavies, the surgeon of the prison, stated that he saw the deceased on Saturday, not on ac count of any illness ; she complained of suffering, but that she wished him to intercede with the magistrate to revoke her sentence. She spoke of the disgrace of being there, and cried very much. lie saw her the next day, but she made no complaint. Mr. Laviea then stated that he had opened the body, and found about a pint of venous blood in the cavity of the chest, which had come from the lungs and fully accounted for the death. After a lengthened investigation, in which the pro- priety of visiting the cells in the night was suggested by the coroner, and the governor of the prison having stated that the wardens had no right to give an opinion as to whether the prisoner shammed ill or not, the jury returned a verdict that the "Deceased died from natural causes." LONDON, WEDNESDAY E VENE G LOANS ON MORTGAGE. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY will receive TENDERS for LOANS on Mert.:nge Bonds, In 611111 S of 504)/. and npwArds, and fin' terms not eICCNi:II? FeTell years. Interest at o per cent. per minim, paynt,N, halt . ye.liy. By order, London Tartninu , ;, .Tan. 17, 11148 T. J. BUCILTON, Seeretttry. _RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN rumrs, which roll the water apwarde, without either frieti , n or falteriovz, therefore in never he surpota.ed ; eonee eiesitYy rhi to the moot important dt,cevery ever made ter the pre si.rrzition of llle awl property either at Sea er on Laid. AT SEA numerous fdi ipi it has Already saved, and the captains gratetally tic k:it...lsle-4gs the glorious results. Two te,stimoulal extracts shall mat, : " Csptaln Greig, from Qnebee to London, ;dittos that the Fountain Pump betrer fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of saving the ship AM I 230 o ule on hoard, two smuts In the bottom holm( partly left with mt calking." " The Arcot, brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days eat at se l, and souti after her common pump chinked and became use le4a. Captain Itutli.?rford staters all ikon depended upon her Fenn tain rump, which fur nineteen days and eighteen nights was in no tion withou• a iii . tisite's respite, when all arrived safely In London, with a thank God ler the Fountain Primp." ON LAND the New Portable Fire-engines are of Infinitely better service than a fire brigade. They net Instantaneously at tar outbreak of a fire. 6 4 We are delighted with the invention—lt Is a great boon ti so clety."—Filitors Liverpool Mail. The New Portah'e Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen dim rent properties on tire In and near the city, they saved eleven ,olely and seven mainly, Including In the seven the Qneen's Cavalry B arracks ; and In the eleven, Messrs. fierten's dyery, and 12,6P0/. worth of consigned pro perty ; Stoke ?litigant, starch, tval flour trills, and Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which mast have spread &mind de straci!on and death. _ . " North 11'aistrim.—At this lire the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having one of their ready, there is no doubt bat half the property mow .destroyed might have been saved."—NorfolkChre- Mete, Angitst 22, 1546. At a Norwich ore June t, 1547, the two Portable Engines were the pets of the public. The cry was, feel the little engines and they will do the work, whleh proved true. The four large engines preeeat preyed uneloe/s. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dose* attao aphei es. Now the net is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift rtut , l, end Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water up e anis by friction, which wastes two-fifthe of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Dn. Tering and Button, with many ether eminent experimenters. lamented thus -'ghee quantity or water actually raised by any machine seldom ()fem.'s half the tower consumed, after overcoming friction and ie1 0,3 1 ,1 : and nntwith;tanding the best engineers in the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects In hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is woe, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now hoth annihilated by the new rellinv, principle in pimps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (er about seventy per cent.), and frequently with out mere outlay. Most mew can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some risen drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion ramp an selve sound-winded young rose of 140 ihn. weight eau raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a miaate, and with a Foun tain I'esnp 9,000 hrs. in half a minute. Thus a continue' and meet extra,riinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power. dohs Cleaton Roberts, Eel., in his popular work, No. 1,1111, did well in placing (lessees French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good deal of lolly. Because Mr. Mellett, Dnidin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Itaddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Lwbauk, America, all ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in Ne. 1,183, and in No. 496, Book-maker Ilillington's remarks are preposterous. However, on the ether hand, 1)r. Birk heck, Aberdour, Ilay, Parkington, with many other discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain. able character:—The Fountain Pump is the roast important improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advaacentent la the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are sueeessfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, for man, horse, and steara power ; delivering from half a pint per stroLe to 100 barrels of water per rainate, nod rendering every fair trial at competitiois ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at loss cat thaw ooranen pumps. W. SIIALDE/411. Fotatsla rump Works, Wet/rich, Nos% 30, 1847. See Mechanic's Magazine, Nos. 231*, 364, 383, 429, 41111, 433, 482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 496, 496, 808, 509, 810. 525, 533, 658*, 727, 804, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. Nos. Illustrated are marked thus* PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION (Provitti•nally Registered.) COUNTIES ef SURREY anti KENT. Capital, 90,0051. is MOS. Shares if 21. eaeh. Deposit, 11. per Share on complete registration. No Sulker call will be made without three menthe' previous uetlee. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the antotint subscribed for. The PATENT EAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in the offices of the Right lion. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural society ; the Royal Exchange-bulldlngs, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap proved by 'the Moat Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DR GREY, Jr n , PrciAdWlL or the Royal In stitute of liriLl6l , l Architects. Sir ROI)ERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the Billfish isnocia- Con for the Advancement of Science. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rer. the Lord Bishop of Norwich of Lichfield Cho Right lion. the Earl of Lell-;The Moat .Noble the Morqnis of comer I Bristol rh m t.orll Rendlesham, M.P. IThe Hon. end Rey. Thomas R. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop' Keppel of Gloucester and Bristol The lion. Fred. Byng File lion, and Rev. Edwardi •.IThe Rev. Sir Themes Gray Cal- K eppel Jun, Bart. Tlrnil or dYd con w imam Foster, tsart. Inlnmter. Dr. Iln , klntiol Sir Robert Harland, Bart. Me Venerable Archdeacon blbir-ISir Francis Darwin ley 4r John P. Katlean, Kart. The Norwich Union Fire Office Me SOTOIk Fire Office Sir Richard Peel Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Office of !lir- Dr. Outran], F.lt.s., r.G.s., In,. nainghara speetor of Naval Hospitals iThe Norwich Equitable Insaraace Right lion. Earl i itzhardinge Office 11k (traee the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby :llll4i S. Miles, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Drees Right Ilea F. 11. F. Berkeley,,The West et England Fire Ofdoe, Nl.l'. 1 &c W. M.les, Esq., The ()him of this Association is totally to abolish the use if rlittibinglxiys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjeoted by the Sit and 4th Victoria, cap. 55, are continually reseitesi to. This breach of the law is aeqniesced in by a large portion of the public, from a conviction if the utter irn po,Oility In innumerable crises of cleansing a chimney er flue with the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by avoiding all neceseity for its infringement, the inge- Moue and effective Ratneneur machine has been invented. Thin Inventlen consists of four brushes finning a square head, which by means sof elastic springs contracts •r expands, accenting to the small or extended epaoe to which the machine moues, thereby creating an even pressure on all four Melee of a chimney. The rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle and the whole is Rarmoußted with a double revolving ball, having also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its mate most perfectly. The eapabilitien of this machine aro best deinionstrated by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and *unscrews public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large number if the nobility and gentry is continuing their animal con trasts to the patentees evidences their settee of its superiority, as well se of the philanthropic views of the pr ejectors. Detailed prespectuses may be obtained, awl a working' model of the machine seen, at the Mikes of the solicitor, If, Dolman, Esq., a, Jermyn-street, Ct Jamie's; at Messrs. Ttarry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at 'W. Reath, Esq.'s, Nag's Heat-court, Gracechurch-street ; and at the principal ernes, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, lorough, where applications for shares 'Amy be addressed. THE AMERICAN METALLIC TABLET sTROP, of U. SAUNDERS, is used and recommended by the liret cutlers in Europe, and they are convinced that the Tablet make• the nizor shave with more ease than by any other method. Gentlemen are requested to bring in a dull razor and try them before they purchase. For sale at the Depot, 278, Straid. N O. 4, LEADENHALL-STREET, near the India House. M ost people complain that shaving's a bore ; E itch day's painful scrape only chafes an old sore : C hoase the cutler who stands at the head of the trade ; II alt the battl depends on a well-tempered blade. I n the front of these lines his name is displayed. MECIII'S .AZOlt. and MAGIC PASTE are renowed throughout the world. The most recherche Stock of Papier Mache articles, Dressing Cases, Work Boxes, Tea Trays, Writing Desks, &c., in London. Everything for the Toilet and Work Table. Mechl's famous Bagatelle Tables afford a charming amusement for winter evening's. DIAMOND OIL LAMP.-NEW LIGHT. The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the world—is used in all the palaces in Europe , —is free from all the imperfections of ordi nary oil lamps—so simple it cannot be mismanaged —no cleaning re_ quired for years —colts less in burning than any common oil lamp— gives double the light of candle lamps, at one-half the expense—this is beyond doubt. Designs suited to every taste—the Diamond Lamp is perfection in Light—the public will have none other—it can be fitted to any person's lamp pillar. To be had only at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand. BitrrisiT COLLEGE OF HEALTH,-New• road, London.—The following Is a list of the AGENTS for the sale of MORISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE, In London and its vicinity :- 368, Strand—The Ilygeist-office. 65, Quadrant, Regent-street—Mr. Field. h 3, Cambrllge-street, Edgeware-road—Mrs. Good. Bark-place, Alile•end•road—Mr. Lofts. S 4, Lombard-street, Conlinll—Mr. Chappel. (3, Oxford-street—Dietrichsen and Hannay, perfumers. 20, New-road, St. George's-in-the-East—Mr. J. KAMM 15S, Watling-street—Mrs. E. Dare. 33; Great Tower-street—Mr. Baldwin. 124. Strand—Mr. E. Griffin, perfumer. 5, Townsend-street, Old Kent road—Mrs. Fouls.. 124, Tottenham-court-road—Mrs. Boucher. Walham-green—Mrs. Merchant. Brentford (Post-office) —Mr. Norhury. CI wham—Mr. Batten's Library. 53, Great Chart-street, Nast-road, litoxton—Mr. H. Langley. Cornhill —Mr. It. ,Johnstone, perfumer, &o. 53, High Holton—Mr. William Hallett. Randolph-street Camden-town (Post-offiee)—Mr. J. Fasts. I)opttord —Mr. l'orritt, bookseller. Staines Mrs. Norris's Library. No chemist or druggist is authorised to sell this medicine. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on steel. 3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERA'I7II" E INCAI A CITY, lAND IMPEDIMENTS TO M.kitRIAGE. Nese Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or I,y post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage etanspe, .P 1 SILENT FRIEND, a Medi ca l W or k on le Infirmities awl decay of the generative system, Nom ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the in ,, rdinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. Py It. and L. PERRY CO.,'and l9, Butlers-street, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Patornoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne -trect, Haymarket ; anti Gordon, 146, Leadonhall. street. Ps wr I. treats of the anatomy and physiolog; •f the re-preductive organs, and Is illustrated by Six Coloured Enwarings. , I; c a e n'r *, l , d I . their r t c t s e e n l e u c e t i s t c o e n s r t e l, s e ol s t y l ns system, p r e o( x i c u e c s i s n i g vtl e t n l u t - l s an t ie t r h it e a IURI 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 printery or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abase et mercnry, are also clearly pointed eat. This section IS illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. Parer IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, mid destroys its power on the system. PART T. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and Its 1nt1. , . The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tilt CORDIAL OALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively employed IR treat ing i voila and sexnal debility, impotence, &c., 11s .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Ils. and 33s per bottle. l'erry's Purifying specific Pills, 2s. 3d., 4s. 6d., and Ils. par box, a certain remedy in g o n°fflanca,ixleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to abviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. 51. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment Dilly, by which the. fee, 11. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Ber aera-soreetaconi Eleven till Two, and Five to .Eight.; on &JOAO /OSA =OM 'to One.. R OYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to tale above Establishment, which has recently been aewly furnished and laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fated in the NORTH, It Is hoped will be foam! complete t• every respect. The ICED-ROOMa (Sixty In number) have been furnished in a style which must entinre the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all tunes have SROW ROOMS withont any extra charge. The Music Hall, Lecture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Room are all attached, and ender the same nianagerneat. The Royal Hotel Is in the mest central sitnatloa is Newcastle. NOTICE. OE CLOSE, OF THE OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, RAI) on the 29th inst., for Additions and Decorations.- Dr. RYAN will LECTURE on SAN MARY MEASURES, and oa the nature of DISINFECTING AGENTS, in connexiot witk this important snb jvct, on Mondays, Wedntsdays, and Fridays, at Ilalf-past Three, r.u., and every Evening, except Saturday, at Nine e'clock, till the close of the Institution. On the alternate days ether Lectures on CHEMISTRY. Dr. BACIIIIOFFNER will LECTURE , ea RE SPIRATION and VENTILATION, in connexion witk the Above Subject, Daily at Two, P.M., in which a JET of STEAM, as a Ventilating Agent, will be exhibited. The Opitical Mete inelkde the OXY-HYDROGEN MIs;ROSCOPE, New DISSOLV ;NG &c. WORKING MODELS of MACHINERY explained. Tho DIVING BELL aid DIVER, &c. _ . P 0 S T-0 FFICE CORRESPONDENCE. Bankers, Public Companies, Merchants, and Traders, are in formed that, sowing to the immense consumption of, and increasing demand for, the PATENT METAL-SEAL ENVELOPES and OFFICIAL ENCLOSURES, the Patentee is encouraged and enabled to offer them at reduced prices. The perfect security and the ready dispatch afforded by the use of these envelopes render this notiflca- Lion of vast Importance to the business pablic, especially to those making foreign cotnmunleations, avoiding the use of sealing-wax, in colaspliance with the Postmaster-General's instructions. Speci mens of the above will be forwarded on application to the Patentee, 4, Castle-street, Holborn, London. Authorized agents travel through the principal cities and towns in the kingdom. IILVER TEA and. COFFEE SERVICES. Printed lists sent gratis into the country, in answer to a paid letter, with full particulars of sico, weight, and price ; or pur chasers will find a most extensive assortment of the Silver Services lu the Show rooms. Either tea-pot, sugar-basis, cream ewer, or coffee-pot, may be had separately. T. COX SAVORY and Co., Silversmiths,ke., 47, Coriehill (seven doers from Gracechurch-street), London. SEASONABLI PRESZIiTS. MULLENS'S HAVANNAH TOBACCO, in Packets, so universally admired, will be filly appreciated by connoisseurs, as combining the fragrance of a Cigar with the corn• fort of a Pipe. Geatiemen should ask for 2,IULLE.NB'S lIA TAN NAM TOBACCO, in Packets of One, Two, and Four oz., at Id. per oz., or 6s. per lb. ; 3 lbs. for 205., at his Warek•use, 24, Yo:e street, London. A choice lot of Cigars, 20s. per lb. YORK LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SOCIETY.—On Monday last the members of the York Licensed Vic tuallers' Association gave their first annual dinner, in the De Grey Rooms, in St. Leonard's-place, a suite of rooms admirably adapted for such an entertainment. The banquet was supplied by Mr. Todd, of the White Hart. Inn, and was furnished on a scale of great splen dour. The chair was taken by George Hudson, Esq., M.P. for Sunderland, and an alderman and magistrate for the city of York. He was supported by the Lord Mayor of York, Jobn George Smyth, Esq., M.P., Alderman Barber, Richard Nicholson, Esq., Wells Hood, Esq., William Hotham, Esq., Henry Cooper, Esq., John Pear eon, Esq., Nicholas Charles Gold, Esq., George Denby, Esq , and other influential citizens. Deputations from kindred institutions at Leeds, Hull, Sheffield, &c., wart also present. Mr. ex-Sheriff Roper was in the vice chair. Prior to the dinner a very satisfactory report was circulated among the guests. After the cloth bad been removed, the Chairman proposed " Success to the Licensed Victuallers' Association," and numerous other local toasts. The last toast proposed was " Prosperity to the city of York," after which the company broke up, highly gratified with the evening's entertainment. HONESTY REWARDED.—A. few days since, AS poor man, named Ward, in the employ of Mr. Thomas Wheatley, the contractor, was filling a mnd-cart near the Greveoat School, Greenwich, he observed a dirty piece of paper, and on taking it up, he found it to be a 501. note. Ile took it to Mr. S. Noble, who advised him to keep it until he heard of an owner. He did so, but ultimately - he went to the Greenwich Bank, and the name of Bennett, soap manufacturer, was discovered on the back of the note. This gentleman was written to, and identified the note. As a recompense for honesty, Mr. Bennett ordered Ward, the finder of the note, to be paid, through the Nelson-street Bank, Greenwich, the sum of 2s. 6d. per week for life.—Kentish Mercury. MoRNING MAILS.—The following places have just been added to the bat of towns to which morning mails run :—Abergavenny, Bewdley, Bourne, Bromagrove, Christchurch, Crewe, Deal, Dorchester, Droitwich, Dudley, Ilalstead, Hatfield, Hexham, Higham Ferrers, Ingatestone, Kidderminster, Lincoln, Ludlow, Lynd hurst, Lymington, Lowestoff, Malvern, Alaryport, Newark, Ungar, Poole, Ringwood, Ripley, Sandwich, Stourbridge, Sudbury, Thame, Tipton, Tenbury, Wal tham-cross, \Vantage, Wrexham, Weymouth, Wigton, Wimbourne, Welwyn, and Worcester. The morning Mail to ClitAero is now discontinued. THE AFFAIRS OF SWITZERLAND. The following letter served as an introduction to the memorandum addressed by Sir Stratford Can ning to the President of the Diet, under date Berne, 10th of January :-- " M. le President,—Th e resumption of the sittings. of the Diet, and many circumstances that have oc curred since our last conference, have induced me to submit to you a few observations of a character simi lar to those I previously communicated to you. I hope your Excellency will regard them as a proof of the interest which my Government has constantly taken in the affairs of Switzerland during the present complications. And in that conviction you will do me the honour to read with the greatest attention the memorial here annexed, and communicate it without delay to the Members of the Diet." The following is a copy of the memorandum : "The llelvetic Confederation has just been exposed to a painful trial. It emerged from it in so brilliant a manner, that all eyes are directed towards it with the liveliest interest for the future destinies reserved to it. At the moment when the Diet recommences its labours with a view to accomplish its mission, every body inquires what character shall be imparted to them. A very serious responsibility devolves on that assembly. Two courses are open to it. If it follow one, it nay apply the fruits of its triumph to the wel fare of the common country; if it rushes into the other, it will prolong the painful impressions of war, and postpone for a long time the re-establishment of the essential conditions ef a durable tranquillity and national independence. It is important to place that point in its full light. In order to .enjoy internal pease, to preserve the means of maintaining their neutrality, and to avoid complications with foreign Powers, it is necessary that the Swiss cantons should treat each other with that cordial sympathy which results from mutual benevolence and the conviction of common interests. It is not in the nature •l things that the preponderance of one party and the humiliation of the other can produce such a result. When a Government attempts to rule with the assistance of a single party, it is obliged to recur to arbitrary means—that is, to force, and can rely on the fidelity of none. If we examine the present state of public opinion we shall find that the systematic employment of violence is dangerous and expensive. In Switzerland it would doubtless be regarded as a thing at variance with the manners and institutions of the country. It would give rise to new perturbations, movements, and reactions; and the climax of danger and scandal would be: that greater confidence would be extended to foreigners than to native Swiss subjects. Heaven be praised, the con flict has been confined to one year, and it is now merely matter of history. It is also matter of con gratulation that the provisional state of things is on the point of ceasing in the occupied cantons, and that the Federal army will speedily be reduced. We may add that a general amnesty is so perfectly in accord ance with the usages and feelings of the Swiss people that there can be no possible doubt it will be imme diately recommended by the Diet, and accorded by all the cantons. " What remains to be considered is reduced to two essential points--the defrayal of the expenses of the war and the revision of the Federal compact. It may readily be conceived that in the first moments of triumph there exists a disposition to make the con ' quered party pay every penalty. To conquer an enemy and spare him—to gain and yet to pay, appear to be inconsistencies which common sense rejects. The majority of the Diet, even supposing the Depu ties had no participation in the feelings created by the crisis, would have trusted too much to chance if in the outset they had not made some concession to public excitement. But now, in our opinion, cir cumstances permit, and duty requires, a more elevated course and a definitive resolution in accordance with the principles of sound policy and the permanent in terests of the Confederation. Justice does not war rant us in banishing indulgence, or in losing sight of circumstances which explain errors, and errors, moreover, which are expiated by defeat. It would be taking a very wrong course were we to persist in treating the cantons of the Sonderbund with the ex treme rigour to which a hostile people, though forced to submit, does not necessarily yield. Reason, which teaches us by past experience not to allow ourselves to be led away by success, will perceive other motives, not less strong, by directing a glance into the future. Let us be just. Our task is not to Lab L., .•La....nate , tv fortify the federal bond, instead of leaving it to the risk of bring broken by the first blast of every hurricane. The Diet will require the aid of all its members for the reform of the compact ; there are some among them who have not heretofore acknowledged the advantage of extend. ing the attributes of the central Government and strengthening its authority. By more fre quent communication s , by proofs of sincere good-will, and by the sympathy of common interests, they will be induced to make sacri fices for the desired object. The employment of force would be neither more nor less than the dis• avowal of the fundamental bases of the compact, and would endanger all that for the space of thirty years has bound Switzerland to the general system of peace and the public law of Europe. Think how much mischief has already been and may yet be wrought by a hasty resolution. The first fatal consequence of this resolution has been the exercise of arbitrary au thority in a country consecrated to liberty. Imme diately party spirit broke forth with violence, forced loans were raised, private property was sequestrated, partial and onerous contributions were levied on reli gious institutions and private individuals, finally, a convent was suppressed and its property confiscated. It may be added that this state of things was ren dered the more fearful by the decrees of several pro visional Governments being issued in the face of Fe deral troops and Federal representatives. "To sum up all, a tax has been levied, the burden of which must be felt through the lifetime of the pre sent generation. Let it not he supposed that such seed can produce good fruit, or that the consequences of these imprudent measures will be confined to a few o f the cantons. It is certain that every member of the Confederation will have to bear his portion of the burden. It will be felt politically, morally, and ma terially throughout all Switzerland • and the bases of Swiss ind„opendence will be expose d to the danger of reac tion." The note from the French Ambassador in Switzer land is as follows :—. " Neufchatel, Jan. 18. 66 The undersigned Ambassador of his Majesty the Ki n g of the French to the H e l vet i c Confederation has been ordered by his Government to transmit to his Excellency the President of the Federal Diet the fol lowing note : " When the Government of the' King came to an understanding with the Governments of Austria Great Britain, Prtissia, and R uss i a , to offer itsa friendly mediation to Switzerland, it purposed not only to concur in putting down the civil war in Switeerland, but also to assert the principle up on which the Helvetic Confederation reposes, that is to say, the sovereignty of the 22 cantons which concluded amongst themselves, as sovereign states, the treaty of alliance known under the name of the Federal Pact, and in which these terms are expressly men tioned. In this respect the Powers have clearly ma nifested their opinion, when they demanded that it should be formally understood and d eclared by the Diet ;that no change could be made in the Federal Pact without the unanimous consent of the twenty two cantons. " In thus watching for the interacts of the Helvetic Confederation, and with sentiments of faithful friend ship over the maintenance of the cantonal sovereignty, the Powers have acted in virtue of their own right, and in perfect conformity with the acts which have regulated the situation of Switzerland in Europe ; for the Helvetic Confederation was only reconstituted in 1814 and 1815 by the co-operation of the Powers. It was that co-operation which induced several of the cantons, and particularly the cantons of Schwyz, Appenzell, and Interior and Lower Unterwalden, to re-enter the Confederation, which they only did on receiving from the Diet, and likewise from the Powers, the assurance that their sovereignty and religion would ever be respected. And when the Powers, wishing to reconcile, and ultimately to unite, the interests:of:Switzerlandwith the general interest of Europe, accorded to the Confederation thus reconsti tuted some important territorial concessions, and the perpetual neutrality of its territory, they did so out of consideration for the essential foundations of the Con federation, and in the c onfidence that those foundations would be loyally maintained; and this is formally specified by the diplomatic acts and documents of that epoch. " The advantages accorded to S itzerlancl, and the engagements which the Powers have contracted towards her, are therefore correlative and attached to _the essential basis of the organization of the Confe deration. And when the Powers who have accom plished their engagements towards the Swiss claim from them the maintenance of the principles to which their engagements correspond, they only eat raise an incontestable right, which they derive from the same treaties upon which are based the rights of the Con federation itself. "In presence of the events which have taken place in Switzerland, and of what is now passing, the Powers are in a situation to exercise that right, for they can only see, and they do see, in these events, a Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. THE, REV. ROBERT HARTSHORN'S ELABORATE MODELS of the TABERNACLE and ENCAMPMENT of ISRAEL arc now exhibiting at the Gallery, 52, Pall-mall (eleven doors frem St. James's-street). 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Orders for a Single Copy, or for a Quarter or longer period, by Post-otllce Order, or otherwise, to be remitted to Mr. Samuel Collins, Publisher of the LONDON TELEGRAFIL of 185, Fleet-street, aforesaid. 8 N 7 JANUARY 26, 1848. deplorable civil war waged in the bosom of the Con federation between twelve and two half-sovereign cantons, and seven cantons equally sovereign. And this civil war has evidently attacked the cantonal sovereignty—that is to say, the fundamental basis of the Helvetic Confederation, and its situation in Europe. " In consequence of which, the Government of the King has come to an understanding upon this subject with the Governments of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, alike interested, as well to respect themselves as to enforce respect of the mutual engagements con tracted between them and the Helvetic Confederation, and, in accord with the said Governments, the Go vernment of the King declares— " 1. That the cantonal sovereignty cannot be con sidered as really subsisting in those cantons occupied by the military of other cantons, and in the midst of the acts which accompany this occupation. " 2. That it is only when the said cantons, restored to complete independence, shall be able freely to con stitute their own Governments, that the Confederation will be considered in a normal state and in conformity with the treaties. "3. That the immediate return of the military forces in all the cantons to the peace establishment is the necessary guarantee of their mutual and general liberty. "4. That no change in the Federal Pact can be legitimately accomplished without the unanimous voice of all the cantons which compose the Confede ration. " In making this declaration, the Government of the King maintains the sacred rights of justice and the essential foundations of the Helvetic Confedera tion. It desires nothing in Switzerland but the internal repose of the Confederation, and the true and intimate union of all the cantons which compose it. It profoundly respects the dignity and independence of the Swiss, and has never wished to cause any impediment to the regular and constitutional develop ment of its institutions; but the sovereignty and independence of the cantons, by the terms of the Federal Pact, ought to be as sincerely and effectively respected in Switzerland as those of Switzerland herself in Europe. " The engagements of the Powers towards the Confederation, and those of the Confederation to wards the Powers, are mutual, and founded upin the same treaties. If the former were not faithfully respected and maintained, the latter would inevitably be compromised and suspended ; and the Powers who have guaranteed to the Swiss the advantages which they enjoy would evidently be entitled to consult only their respective daties as members of the great European family, and the interests of their own countries. " The undersigned has the honour to offer to his Excellency the President of the Federal Diet the as surance of his high consideration. " LE COMTE DE BOIS-LE-COMTE." [PRICE 3D. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. JAMAICA SOUTH MIDLAND. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday at the London Tavern in pursuance of a requisition for completing the arrangement for winding up the affairs of the company ; Mr. J. G. Shcrter in th , r chair. After some discussion, a resolution proposed by Mr. Spackman was passel, to the effect that the direc tors be empowered to lend each inilividual share holder on the register the sum of ten shillings per share upon the deposit and transfer of his shares, and on his executing such release and covenant as the directors may consider necessary for their own security. The CHAIRMAN said that they would do their best to comply with the wishes of the shareholder. Thanks were voted to the Chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER. The adjourned general meeting under Lord Dal housie's Act, for the dissolution of the company, was held yesterday at the Guildhall Coffee-house; Dr. Barnett in the chair. Mr. ROBINSON (solicitor) read the two resolutions proposed at the last meeting, " That this company be dissolved," and " that such dissolution be an act of bankruptcy." At the meeting from which this was adjourned 4,000 shares were polled, and the object of the pre sent meeting was to continue tho voting so as to give effect to the resolutions under the Act the number of shares was short by 2,804. A long delay ensued, during which the polling went forward. The CHAIRMAN then said that it appeared they had present at the last meeting 4,665 shares, the holders of which all voted for the dissolution of the company, and that such dissolution ;should be an act of bank ruptcy. He would put similar questions to the gen tlemen who were present. The Act required one third of the shares issued to be represented at the meeting in order to take the company to the Court ofl Bankruptcy, and there had been polled 8,130 shares, being more than sufficient under the Act. He now put it to every gentleman present to testify whether it was his intention to vote for the dissolution. The resolutions for dissolution and bankruptcy were then put to the meeting and carried unani mously.. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and after some conversation with regard to the accounts, and a vote of thanks to Mr. White, the meeting separated. CL ARENCE RAILWAY. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at the George and Vulture Tavern, Mr. 11. Blanchard in the chair. The notice convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN briefly stated the business of the meeting. It was to consider the propriety of sanc tioning certain agreements entered into by the com mittee of management for the lease and sale of the line to the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company. Also to sanction the reintroduction of a Bill suspended in the House of Lords last session. He then called on the solicitor to read the drafts of the agreements to be submitted to the meeting. Mr. BELL then proceeded to read the heads of the documents, viz., to enable the committee of manage ment to accept the surrender of the lease of their line from the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Company, dated the 223 of September, 1844, and to lease it to the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company for 21 years at a net rental of 25,8001. per annum ; also an agree ment to sell the line and branches to the Leeds and Thirsk Company for 480,000/., made up in the follow ing items :-31,4811 on mortgage due to the Govern ment ; 34,4801. in Government loan shares ; 108,460/. first class shares ; 100,8901. second class shares ; upon all of which the same dividends are to be con tinued by the Leeds and Thirsk Company, as now paid by the Clarence Company; the sum of 44,6881. to be paid in cash ; but as the Clarence Company only require' 15,080/. in cash to pay their debts, it is pro posed to lend the 29,6881. for seven years to the Leeds and Thirsk Company ; of the above suns 150,0001. is to be taken in 3,000 Leeds and Thirsk preference 501. share•, and the remaining 10,000/. in the ordinary Leeds and Think shares, making a total of 480 0001. Renotutions were then unanimously passed approv ing of the agreement, and authoriaing the committee of mr.nagement to enter into such arrangements as may be deemed necessary, and to make the requisite applications to Parliament. In answer to questions, it was stated that the dividend on the old shares would by these arrange ments he increased from I per cent. to 3 per cent., and that the value to he received for each 1001. share would amount to about 661. It appeared that 600,0001. had been expended on the line and works, and that the gross revenue during the year 1847 atnoLinted to 46,240/. It was also mentioned that the Leeds and Thirsk Company intended to lay out a great deal of money on the line in order to render it more productive. That whatever increase took place in the traffic it would be in favour of the old shares. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meet ing separated. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. An extraordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at Liverpool, for the purpose of taking into consideration the report of the directors at ,the last ordinary meeting, and for determining whether a contract for executing the works for the construction of that part of the line which commences at Waterloo and terminates at Southport should be entered into or not; Mr. W. Blundell in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, _ _ CHAIRMAN said their next business was to ascertain the number of assents and dissents from the proposed construction of the line, and he would, there fore, call upon the shareholders present to hand them in to the secretary. This proceeding occupied the attention of the meet ing for a short time, and the numbers having keen counted over, it was announced that there were in favour of proceeding with the contract 161 sharehol ders, representing 7,249 shares, and five dissentients, representing 103 shares. The CHAIRMAN then stated, that there being more than three .fifths of the entire shares of the company assenting to the proposed contract, the director had now power to go on with the railway. Mr. CROSSTHWAITE said, that having taken such a decided part at the last meeting of the company in opposition to the line being proceeded with at the present time, in consequence of the state of the money market and the general depression of trade, he was i now anxious to say a few words n explanation of the course he then took. On that occasion he represented a considerable number of the shareholders, who did not think it prudent to go on with the line upon the grounds which he then stated. He had since had communication with them, and the had left the sub ject entirely in his hands. He (lair. Crossthwaite) had had reason to change his previous views, and now admitted that he believed these holders would rejoice with him that the works were to be at once proceeded with.—(Hear, hear.) Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meet. ing broke up. RAILWAY BILLS in PARLIAMENT. BUSINESS DISPOSED OF BY EXAMINEES TESTZEDAT. (Before Mr. SMITH—ROOM 8.) IJNOIPPOSED.—Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway Amalgamation ; Whitehaven Junction Railway— standing orders complied with in both cases. Or rossn.—Glasgow, :Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway (central jui ;ction branch)—stand ing orders not complied with. Stirling and Dun fermline Railway (amendment and deviations) — standing orders complied with. (Before Mr. MAY—ROOIII 11.) UNOPPOSED —Royston and Hitchin Railway (ex tension to Cambridge and branches)—standing orders not complied with. OPPOSED. —Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge, Royston, and Ware line, and branch to the Royston and Ilitchin Railway) ; Eastern Counties Railway (Ilford to Tilbury Fort and Southend, with a branch from Vange to Battle-bridge—suspended Bills of session IB47)—standing orders not complied with. [Advertisement.] A CERTAIN CURE FOR ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—Itt ad the following case:—James Holmes, a cotton•spinner, residing at Ancoates Manchester, had been ssthrnatical for these last three years; ho was fre quently so bad, that when rising from his bed he could scarcely speak or draw his breath, and would cough and spit for half an hour together, and often thought he should be choked; he was much reduced in strength, and after every other means of cure failed, he used these wonderful Pills, which have removed every symptom of asthma, and he is now as free from it as when he was a child.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and by almost all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the civi lised world. Mr. Alderman Challis and Mr. Alderman Sidney ha an interview yesterday with 51r . George Grey. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUBSDLY.—The Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., First Lord of the Admi ralty, is expected to visit this port on Thursday, and make a cursory inspection of the ships and works in progress, prior to the opening of Parliament. The Noble Earl will most probably be accompanied by one or more of his colleagues, and will inspect the Meander, 44, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel (who went to town on leave to-day), at Spithead—an intention his Lordship has announced to the Commander-in- Chief. The Meander will touch at the Cape of Good Hope. Parcels for officers and men in the Cape and China squadrons will be in time up to Saturday next. Extract of a letter from the Vengeance, 84, Cap tain Lushington, dated Malta, Jan. 8 :—" We sail this afternoon with provisions for Sir William Parker's squadron at Palmas Bay, south-east of Sar dinia. lhe Porcupine arrived on the 3d from Gibraltar. We expect to return to Malta in about fifteen days from this. Nothing further bast ranspired about the lost Avenger, but some curiosity has been excited and hopes raised by a Maltese brig which passed the island of Galita on the night of the 2d inst., reporting having seen a light on the island." The Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, flag of Rear- Admiral Inglefield, Commander-in-Chief on the China and East India station, sailed from Manilla for Borneo and Singapore on the 4th of November. The Heroine, 6, uommaiai., 12 . 1 munds arrived at nelona on the 3 , 1 of December from kanernia. The Undine steamvessel, Acting-Master Allen commanding, in dock for refit ; accidentally caught fire to day. The damage done is trifling. Rear- Admiral Prescott, superintendent, and Mr. Brown, master-attendant, went on board this afternoon to inspect the injuries. It is expected she will be un docked again next week. Wind,E.N.E., fresh gales, and dark, hazy weather. —5 P.M., Tuesday. WOoLINICH, JAN. 25.—The llecla steam•vessel, recently commanded by Captain Stariner, and paid off on •her return to Sheerness from foreign service, has been brought up to Woolwich to-day to be re fitted and again made ready for sea. The Lightning steam-vessel Master Commander Petley. was taken out of the basin yesterday, having had the injuries to her paddle boxes and bulwarks re paired, and she is now as effective as if no collision had taken place between her and the Banshee. The Dee steam transport vessel, Master Commander Thomas Driver, has had her mast scraped to ascer tain the extent of the injury it sustained during the late fire, and it has been found that although the out side was considerably charred, the depth was not so great as anticipated from its appearance immediately after the fire, and both the mast and boom have been reported as still fit for service in this vessel. The crew of the Bramble, formerly in the survey ing service, and at present on board the Fisgard, 44 guns, flag-ship of Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. and K.C.11., were paid off to-day at Wool wich. Twenty-five boys, shipwrights' apprentices, , one caulker's apprentice, and seven blacksmiths appren tices, were entered at Woolwich Dockyard to-day, the preference being given to boys who were best educated and received the schoolmaster's certificate of being the most diligent and attentive. Each boy was on entering placed under the charge of one of the workmen, selected according to seniority in the branch the apprentice was entered for, to learn him his trade, for which the instructor will receive 2s. per week. In cases where boys have parents in the same branch in the yard, they are placed under their charge. Seven of the men of the factory and five of the men of the dockyard establishment having been found on passing the gates to have pipes in their pockets, on Friday last, the Commodore has issued strict injunc tions against smoking in the yard; and in order to prevent the possibility of such being the case, he has made known that any of the workmen found with pipes in their pockets when searched on leaving the yard will be dismissed. APPOINTMENTS. Hon. IL S. Dundas, C.B , Captain, Powerful ; R. A. Yates, Captain, Illustrious; F. L. Barnard, Lieu tenant, Prince Regent ; Morgan Singer, midshipman, Victory ; John C. Tucker, naval cadet, Prince Regent ; Mark Hamilton, assistant-surgeon, Rhoda manthus ; F. Manger, assistant-surgeon, confirmed to Caledonia; G. B. Ryan, assistant-surgeon, Croco dile ; Charles B. M'Kenzie, clerk's assistant, Pe nelope. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 24.—The barque Victory, Cap tain Allan, from the Caps of Good Hope, bound to London, put in wind-bound this afternoon. She left Table IL) , on the 27th of November. The Isabella and the Anne, both of Aberdeen, bound to the Mau ritius, were to sail, the first on the 28th of November, the other on the 6th of December. The Orator, of London, was to sail for:the same destination on the let of December. On the 10th of December she left St. Helena. The Java, of London, was to sail the same day. The barque Passenger, while at anchor, had received damage by a vessel coming in contact with her. Her repairs would consume six or eight days. On the 19th of December, in lat. 440 north, long. 21 4 west, spoke the ship Lord Dalhousie, of London, from Sunderland to China, 60 days out. She passed a Dutch ship, with jack forward and pen dant aft. On the 22d of December, in lat. 646 north, long. 23 west, spoke the John &Gaunt, from Liver pool to China. OMNIBUS TRAFFIC IN NEW YORK AND LONDON.— Au correspondent says, " Do the people of New York, or the dwellers upon Broadway themselves, know or imagine the amount of travel carried on by those heavy carriages? I suspect not. On the 23th day 01 October I had a count made of all the omnibuses and their passengers that passed the corner of Chem hers-street, tor ten hours—say from 7 A.M. to 5 P.M. During that time 1,420 omnibuses, conveying 10,928 persons, passed; being an average of one in 25i seconds, if regularly distanced from each other. I compute that by estimating for the five hours not counted, and for the changes of passengers during the route of each coach, a very moderate increase, no less than IS,OOO persons must have ridden in the omnibuses traversing Broadway in whole or part above the Astor House." We are told that the average number of omnibuses passing the Adelphi Theatre in the btrand during the day is 2,250. —Builder. HEILTII OF Tu TOWN OF CARLISLE._We regret to state that the typhus fever is ver}• prevalent in the insalubrious parts of Carlisle and its neighbourhood. The influenza is gradually abating.—Carlisle Patriot. MELANCHOLYDEATH FROM THE BITE OF A RATTLESNAKE. We are seldom called upon in New York to record an event of such a character, or one that has thrown so sudden a gloom among a large circle of personal friends and acquaintances, as that of the sudden and melancholy death of Dr. Arnold F. Wainewright, of No. 41, Crosby-street, of this city, occasioned by the bite of a rattlesnake. The snake was sent him by a friend in Mobile, Alabama ; it was a large animal, about five feet in length, having twelve rattles ; it was contained in a box with spars over the top. The Doctor as on his way home from the ship with the present, but stopped at the Broadway•house to show the curiosity. The company present seemed to enjoy the sight of teasing and irritating the snake, while the reptile kept whizzing his rattle at a furious rate. The box was opened, and now there being a fair field, the reptile kept coiling end rearing himself in fierce defiance of his enemies. This display lasted for some time, when Dr. wright touched him a few inches below the head, expecting that it could not bend its body suffi ciently to bite. In a moment he snapped, and in flicted a wound on the first joint of the middle finger of the right hand. This occurred at half-past six o'clock P.M. on Thursday. Dr. Smith was hereupon immediately called upon, and visited the patient. He made a superficial excision of tho part, and also cau terised it with nitrate of sulphur. He also applied a light ligature immediately above the wrist. The hand commenced to swell immediately after the occurrence of the accident. The deceased was then removed to his residence by a few friends, and lire. Whittaker, Caldwell, Post, Parker, and Campbell were called in, and an application of turpentine to the wound was ordered on their arrival, as also the internal administration of diffusable stimulants. Although the disease progressed rapidly in its course to the fore-arm and arm, no constitutional symp toms seem to have made their appearance until it reached what the faculty technically term the " axilla," or armpit, when immediately the pulse began to flag ; and, notwithstanding the continued application of stimulants by the mouth and also in other forms, the pulse never rallied until about twelve o'clock rat., when death put a period to his existence. Nothing could equal the assiduity and attention paid to the patient by the above-named medical men, wh o remained with him throughout from the moment 'hay were called in. They all, however, frankly _ore acknow ledged that they had never seen a similar caseb• Two medical students from Georgia were v also fpre sent, having seen similar cases, and gave valuable aid. eminent stand- Dr. Wainewright was a physician of m in medical, lite rary, of high been tenhis ypreoin a resident of New Yor k, and studied unde r Dr. Whit taker. reputa tion rary, and scientific acquiremen ts, having been we ll s k i n o o n w ai n b a r n et d hr u e n n i a v n e d rsa fr l i ly end r s e . sPe lie has respected among b taker. He was 40 years of age. He was formerly a captain in the 50th Regiment of Foot in the British service. The body has been embalmed, and will be buried in the Greenwould Cemetery on Sunday newt. —New York Herald. RUSSIAN STA TISTICS. — According to the almanac for the year 1848, published by the Academy of St. Pc!ersburgh, Russia in Europe covers a sure/Tides of 90,117 square miles, with 'a population of 54,092,000 souls ; the kingd om o f P o l an d , an extent o f 2 320 square miles, with 4,850,000 inhabitants ; and the grand duchy of Finland 6,844 square miles, with 1,547,702 inhabi tants. According to the last census, St Potersburgh contained 443,000 inhabitants. In 1846, 1,677 poode of gold, one pood of platinum, and 1,199 poods of silver, were extracted from the Imperial mines. Thu public debt is estimated at 315,084,200 silver roubles, thus divided :—Determined foreign debt, 66,836,000 Dutch florins ; internal debt, 52,497,760 roubles. Letters or notes of credit are in circulation fora sum of 226,167,589 silver roubles, and assignments of the empire for 117,1 0 1,220 roubles.— Giornale del Lloyd Austliaco. Sir John Pelly transacted business yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. '