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ROYAL HOTEL, LOWESTOFT. The Proprietor of this Hotel has much pleasure in informing Ala Friends and the Puhlic tita': during the winter he his provided Oxtensive suites of bedrolins, in addition to the wing constructed last Shimmer; this wil prevent a recurrence of those disappointments !which so frequently took place from his Ina ility to accommo late his friends in the past year. It is his intention to persevere in that course which has already given such general satisfaction, viz, to combine the best nines, Viands, Attendance, and Cleanliness, with moderate Charges. The salubrity of Lowestoft, the excellent bathing, and beauty of Et n eighbourhood, f ) r ridi ng an d walking, are too we ll k n own to rill:tire comment. S. HOWETT has only, therefore, in conclusion, r Call attent on to the easiness of access and lowness of fares from the Places, a list of which is subjoined, and to express his hope that e 'rill continue t o exper i ence that liberal support w ith which h Jan already been favoured. ~.Every Wednesday and Saturday, until further notice, Passengers brooked as under : After- )Fares to Lowestoft and back noon From Ist Class, I•td Class.l3d Class. London ......... ••• • • • Cambridge ........ • St. Ives ......... . • • Chatteris .. Peterborough h • ...... • • ..•••••• • • ' • • • Wiebeaeh • • Itarch ...... .... Ely .• . ..... - - H. M. 2 0 3 45 2 5 2 33 3 0 3 13 3 40 4 20 s. d. s. d. 15 0 10 6 90 6 0 10 0 7 0* 90 6 0 69 4 6 12 0 14 0 12 0 9 0 Tickets. * Arriving at Lowestoft at 7 45. 41FC will be available for the return journey by the trains leas , Lowestofts at '3 P.M. on wePl: days, or aly train on Sundays, ~ ri 7in_ seven days of the date of Issue. ' ,V , ° addition to the ordinary established trains, fast Express Trains n and after the Ist of August, leave Lowestoft at 1 ,4 before 7 1.147.1 arriving In Lou lon at 11 o'clock; past 4 P.M., arriving in _nn at 10. And from Bishopsg,ite Station at 5 r. 11., arriving at Fa mily at 25 min. past 9. Tickets are issued at the London Station by all tr ains to we.stoft at abo u t the chargeof a single fare, avai lable for the re "irn Jourueany time within 28 days of issue. STEAM to ST. HELENA. v ßopo -lhe General Screw Steam Shipping Company's Steamer 24th „ 13 :,T15, Captain T. V. GLOVER, will sail from London oa the callia',7', Plymouth on the 27th instant, for the Cape of Good Hope, oingooti4cespsv.:::: for accen;' at St. Vincents and St. Relent. This vessel has excellent passengers, and space for a limited quantity of as to passage money to be made at the Company's Raltb„,. 2 l Royal Exchan-e-buildings; and for freight, to Messrs. .......:____ -, ..4atning, and Owen, 157, Fenchurch-itreet, City._ N EW SERIAL WORK BY MR. CHAR LES LEVER. On the 31st of August will be published, price ls., THE FIRST MONTHLY NUMBER OF 41 t; DODD FAMILY ABROAD. Atith By CHARLES LEVER,titeh.-ie of "Harry Lorrequer," "CTiarles O'Malley," &c., &c. "umber will contain Two titntratiOng; by IL K. Browne. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. ,BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. water The highest medical authority recommend Brandy and of as the best customary beverage, and particularly as an 114'"'• Preventitive of Diarrhceatic Complaints at this season. ar th e a WallY concur in preferring BETTS'S' PATENT BRANDY its,s',o P l yest and most wholesome. It is unequalled for preserving s old ,111 e -made Wines, &c. Got ghoul the Kingdom, by respectable dealers, in glass 1)/8 1 ,, Protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules, and at the -•LALERy , sIIITIIFIELD-11NRS, in dozens, bottles and it";!_ inc luded, at 18s. per gage' ; or in stone jars of two ga llons s, at 16s. per gallon, pale or coloured. ItARO N LIEBIG'S OPINION of " PALE The ALE." ative 4 l"hinierice given to the name of Baron Liebig in plat.ards and e t i eb ' r i S eMentS will have created the impression that he cov ted a Worid . t Y i nconsistent with the dignity of his station in the scientific Urlet— Raving learned that he had attained such undesirable no letterJ,Baron Liebig has requested the publication of the following dictated the view of informing the public of the motives which „ Th his communication to Mr. Allsepp taken e question of adulteration by strychnine, which has been a nd seriously in England, seemed to me of great importance, tho ught to do some good by a'din,g to demonstrate the error. th e to associate with any individual brewery my remarks on alle geslia e ,, adulteration of bitter' beer with strychnine, it would have ittui tnatural to have mentioned another brewery , in which alone ' bode _u °t i Mr. All so pp's, I was engaged in investigating the Burton brewing: and it was also in that other brewery that the to n. 4r Lail brewers acquired all the instruction they obtained at Bur kr. 47 0 a admiration I expressed of this beverage in my . letter to fat re PP is advertised in such a manner as to lead to the inference W as ir Y praise was exclusively confined to Mr. Allsopp's beer ; this not the case, my remarks referred to that class of b eer. son July 24, 1852. " cp _ s • " JUSTUS LIEBIG. r‘ -UINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGN ESIA Hasof the been for many years sanctioned by the most eminent Act"'T;Vical profession, as an excellent remedy for lES, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT, AND AS a 1,, INDIGESTION. • art 'Au Aperient, it is admirably adapted for Delica te Females from tr 2•l7 during P regnanc y ; and it prevents the food of infants Ong sour during digestion. Combined with the It f ms . ACIDULATED LEMON SYRUP, or an ACIDULATED Aperient Draught, which is highly agreeable ck,, e Par • ea by DINNEFORD and Co. , D is p ensing Chemists (and I s .„Agents for the Improved Horse Hair Gloves and Belts), ttirou,',_%7 B ond -street, London, and sold by all respectable Chemists the E mpire. VWPATRON —H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. 4114 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. J. LECTURES. ePPer, Esq. , on Testing Gold, and on no Australian Gold At e ; and also on li the Alleged Adulteratio n of the Burton Bitter 3' ...` `" StrYchnine. Oi I,ac ohoffner on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire: and on tn Me of Preserving Fresh Provisions, illustrated by Specimens Ritchie and ll`Call a nd Samples of Fa denilhe's So- Preserved • cris and Moo ' =b = re's Patent Co ncentrated Milk. Y Ch or Pe, on Morrall's Patent Needles. Buckland. Esq., on Music and Musicians , at Home and A ' - 'road ge wi tis ocal Illustrations, assisted by M iss Blanche Towage, taw ot Fii4 rie s f Dia.olvin g • Vie s Superb Specimens of th e Patent r e 4 G o las s 441 4rr i cer' ". ; Schools and Children under Te n y ears of a g e, For 'fours, see Programme. C• ------ iI n EMORNE GARDENS. 2iv.— Zea rt ter th s iedellanks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. -.• Par Entrance close to Itattersea.bridge Pier. -446 .WZrn-boat from Lonlon-brid4e or any of the interme %Ned or tv rL .__ at Batter. hik Piers, 31.....3ttangers should request to be , 1 4 4 .ring. cre ..e.a hr dge f,r Crealtirne. Fare by Omnibus from I --' 6,1 . -". 3,1 .; from the City and remotest parts of the East- The p.„_ . Proprietor,SlMPSON. TPlis "‘utechnic Displays by the Chevalier . Mortram. """, Open for the Season. ra l --ce IY It a li an Brothers in their D ouble Tra p eze Per at an Pl ev ation of 90 feet. to, loni st. ' Signor Devani, tho celebrated Ourang-Outang Con k' Klant Grand Spanish Bal let is in active preparation. e---pted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock until near Midnight. including Er The Last Week but One. A. • er9 ruievening, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated ,eirq uc ," n • in addition to the f o llowing attractions, Louis Soullier's • arif and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu- Pri n s 8 ", Special 11. 0 , --- e.Pal Artistes :—Messrs. M`Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz de s o . 1 . Jean de Bach, Devani, Mackney, Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leoa 111 lier, Signor Vilderini ; Macilles. Clementine and Olga Soullier. The renowned Devil Rider, Herr Wehle. Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and • •exe., I s . ; Amphitheatre, 6d. n baily, this week, Great Musical, Terpsichorean, Equestrian, and Yrotechnic Festivals, with all the i m mense resources of the Esta ultsbnlent. Open at Three o'clock. Admission, Is.; Children, Half - P rice ' On Sundays, after Four o'clock: by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d. Private Room for Dinners and Coffee. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by U. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, Londoß. No I. UNTRUE Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., & FALSE SPERMATORRHCE.k; kno.... o with the Vitw to the Correction of wide-spread Errors 44, - 414 1 in to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the r e System, or Sexual nypochondriasis. .. r) Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. X4l r .„,l'ickfort is known to English readers by his frequent practi tialelitributions to German medical literature. This is the first cal re e v Informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-u:m:11- ' I %NA ' e r• We trust this may not be the last, if he shall )",er a ny other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ture 4,.. , lous ---,. Th_to c orrect."--London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. eis i , tr,sgine,ditor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers fr . om this ...le seang, m alady by translating this little book, and by laying b s a t re . Practices of unqualified adventurers, h w other o"of o " h'ect man t ' fi 'e l ese of which they know nothing, wi th it° s rin j a ., Lwrb, a I , heir teeara„C r l the various fOrms of disease which resemble it the Cl-is —ter .t, have delayed so long noon the contents of the preliminary b ;eaubj47 et we have scar l left ourselves space for any notice of i,,, e0 aCc hi e l i eelally treated ee o y f b Dr Plckford ; but the moderate 4' ll ' en. f.. —ell the ' brochure' is s y old, ' places it within the reach o . f .18 2. - ..terested in the matter."—Dublin Medical Press, April No. 11. Di c1 i . 8 ,,N" 0 ., In cloth rice 3s. 6d. by post free, 4s. .rd 4t ° - la ' el,,,_ ° : e STRICTURE P OF ' THE URETHRA, on Pend- Ons.lxtre n .".im , Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate /104 11 1/..k.r'Y I ntractable Forms. To which is added, PRACTICAL 111 I e, ICS ON THE TREATMENT OF SPERMATORR e --,,T EIIIZATION ; its Inefficiency and Danger. it Th lit elab er ~ BYCOMITENAY , lle W to "e who ....°' t he Royal College of Surgeons of England. ge ° ll l I,, Se the t - ',.. n tPlain most loudly are those only who know not aunt bee — "on instruments Ut th e n r it , e , all the e 811 Aple cer `ed with all kinds of violence, an indifference 13iblervatie"ses !of diseases, andap , as ,— sion for operations and John Bell's Surgical giv, a , tiu ri5,.....,. I 4 u horrors o rucahtlymniettostryrefoaPgrorepaftof manlyf surgery. he (Mr. Courtenay) has cases d ases souccessfully treatdedy,pearsatbeacfl. n hich he ha Deriod of eases i x ' Yule . adduced, .. rem ov tw elve lLLsv u a Ln No, l x . had resisted, for a In , e tt irt a s yews, the treatment by'dllitation, and was finally troation, seventy Weeks. But cses x_ 11 and xix. appear, both 14 tatt t , e4 eharacteri: ...p rot ein ad opted by ;.11 ar detailed Mr. Syme, and yet the and eomplicatn obf7sym. Ptoms, of a more ag nay proved eminently successful." e"cr Lizara on he Treatment of Stricture. AS T AN D W E S T was anciently consi r:d the Me rising and the setting of the i su m n r mstance illustrated by • alOsE s "Vass of the whole world, . world, in elegant kti re, ~,,,, and SON'SEast and West Establishments for seasonable and ~ -"Iv replete with all the novelties in the . I ervieeable F nsp e , dress. For Sportsmen: t peculiarity of the cut. or ra;,;V;g exercises from the novelty and of popular pTome tNe . Tales on the sea -coast or any other place which gives comfort r wear ; for la th :,!or travelling purposes ' and for gen h e e ra st l y s l t e unme youths, and for thikir'LgFiitlernen, tradesmen or mechanics ; for snoass . ng 1 all Pre vio , In the most elegant materials, and in styles E MOSES and s4VrOttIICIIODS. Cleaner at the Establishments of E. ~.. k .ir , than at any other house in the world. t the Go veriiree-nnt A.NTS.—The amazing number of applications a sage by iltiv ate ,_ Oflices, and the advanced rates charged for Pas , . s IVB3, b e ships, seem impediments to your welfare, but there l 1 to E. ln OSFe ril ich You may at once remove the difficulty. (l e , tll l - ati a ncl SON for your Outfit, and for Clothing requir A ed i o y ry p ot . r . l age. , 9n, and you will save more than the extra cost of Sour___';',' , chearine-Let this is not all you will gain, for at E. MOSES and b i r ap i t attoo . t ._ ss is associated with quality, superiority, and perfec t d 414 oe :' Your circumstances, the events of your vov age, your wants thoosn'nutiations in the country to which you emigrate. Though of o n , d a bave made application to E. MOSES and SON for Outfits, has ai' article has been charged a higher price on that account, nor 41 144 ?Migrant been disappointed in his orders ; neither can any lour". "a m ade but they can fulfil it from their magnificent . re am o,', ac cumulated by unequalled connexions, unlimited capital, Derien'Paralleled exertions. Their Stock, selected with perfect ex trai„,." in Outfitting, is arranged in a department kept expressly for ef itirts, and at E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments, or at any alderably ) an c o hes (na me d b e l o w) Outfits may be p rocured at very con use°in the w e e n r iv eharges and far better quality than at any o th er vessels, cost of D 1 4 Of , Lis ts of Outfits and all requisite information relative to sail- Otit ir e may be had on appli cat i on, or e, to any Pat ti of a th ss e kin dom. NO c,„,„.__.. ExioN WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, • nd. except their own Establishments, as follows : .4, 8 5 City Establishment, 151, 155, 156, and 157, rotittories, 83, r ' 4 " B fi. Aidgato, opposite too Church, all communicating. su k i a -11 West -end Branch, Ji.od„ .c -street 1,2, n , ' art-street, all c ommu nicatir.;:. 506, 507, 508, ? dew Ox f o rd -street ; ( orkshire) Branch, 19, 111•100-•--' Sheffieldßranch, 36, Fargate. e Beet kid triant Tailors, Clothiers natters ROAMS, isarrier- i iarer ~„ a'oenlakers. and General butfitters ' for Ladies Saturday Le Establi.h -.Ants are closed 0 ' -0 sunse,t Friday to Furtaat on a, when business is resomed m till Twalve o'clock • and Gen , . 14111Betwotilook, entitled .. The Libra r y of Elegance," containithiga:, Vat% ) on Prices, and di rections for self- measur ement. can be f the , aPidleation, or fo rwarded, post-free, to any Part o k iriedoe i . handsome s , - G amication.-..anac for the year ending le iron natle Fran • 1852 can ' Ilk ir oßticht Immo Depths., I Qui id Parla Italiano. Otttligh!.l MU Be habl3 papa, be had, gratis, s. d. 20 0 v' ~r7FI M 7 4 . i '36 Tigkg ,7 MN% EMI „ crz N O . 18 ) 695.] LONDON, SAT UR 4 DAY ‘gj t• .1 AUGUST 21, 1852. 7 H OPE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE and HONESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY. Established for Granting Assurances on Lives, Guarantee fir honesty, Endowments, Loans, and Annuities. Incorporated under Act of Parliament with a Guarantee Fund of 100,000/. Principal Department, 4, Princes-street, London. , BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. Mr. Serjeant Allen, Serjeant's Inn, Chancery-lane ; the Elms, Craw ley, Sussex. Charles De Bergue, Esq., Dowgate-hill and Blackheath. Robert Douglass, Esq., Carey-lane, Cheapside, and Stoke Newington. Lewis Glenton, Esq., Glenmohr-terrace, Blackheath. Charles George Knox, Esq., LL.D., Stone buildings, Lincoln's Inn. Henry Philip Hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Bankruptcy Court, and Osmond Thorpe Hall, Leeds. James ,vnx. Massie, D. 1)., LL.D., Upper Clapton. Walter Francis Robinson, Esq , F.R.G.S., 11, Air-street, Piccadilly. Robert Theobald, Esq., 26, Paternoster-row, and Kentisb-towa. Henry Morgan Vane, Esq , 42, Jermyn-street, St. James's. win. White, Esq., 68, Cheapside, and Blackheath. Thos. Wheelwright, Esq., Lower Phillimore-place, Kensington. GENERAL MANAGER. Henri Christopher Eiffe, Esq. AUDITORS. Rice Hopkins, C.E., Parliament-street. Wm. Kent, Esq., 51 and 52, Paternoster-row, and Norwood. Arthur Mere, Esq., F.1.8.A., 58, Pall-mall. MEDICAL OFFICERS. Campbell De Morgan, Esq., 51, Upper Seymour-street. Nicholas Parker, Esq., M.D., Finsbury-square. Prior Purvis, Esq., M.D., Greenwich. Ed. Johnstone, Esq., M.D:, Regent-street, and Clapham. STANDING COUNSEL. Sir Wm. Page Wood, M.P. RANKERS. - Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., Lombard-street. ' SOLICITORS. Messrs. Terrell and Matthews, 30, Basinghall-street. The public in general are invited to a consideration of the compre hensive plan of this Society. Whilst it transacts all the ordinary business of Life Assurance ,op the most liberal conditions, it freely opens its doors to those exposed to extra risk, and affords them advantages which have heretofore been denied. It grants Assurances against every contingency of life to persons of all classes or professions, on terms eonitably adjusted to the, risk incurred. ' SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES. 1. This Society grants Assurances on the lives of all classes, In cluding Seafaring, Military, and Naval Service, as well as persons proceeding as passengers to foreign climates. 2. No extra premium charged on Assurers who desire to travel be tween any port in the United Kingdom and any of the ports from Gibraltar to the Sound. 3. No extra premium charged for residence in any part of Europe, in Australia, or Canadas, or any healthy parts of North or South America. 4. Assurances may be had on the Lives of Mariners, to cover the constant trade between the United Kingdom and any part of the world, or the constant trade in any given place, as for Instance be tween the East Indies and China. *.* The premium for a specific voyage may be obtained on liberal terms. 5. The extra premium which is charged for residing in unhealthy climates, or for actual service in military or seafaring pursuits, is discontinued on return to, and during residence in, the United Kingdom, or the healthy parts of Europe. The Policies are then continued during residence at the ordinary premiums standing against the age of the assured at the time of effecting the assurance, evi dence as to health being first adduced to the satisfaction of the Di rectors. 6. The whole of the profits divided among the assured for life, all of whom are proprietors, and possess control over the management without responsibility. 7. Guarantee Policies for Filelity of Trust, In combination with Life Insurance, granted at little more than the simple rate for ordi nary Life Policies. 8. All Policies indisputable, except in cases of premeditated fraud. No charge to the assured for medical fees, stamp duties, or any other expenses in effecting a policy beyond the premium. 9. The Directors give favourable consideration to proposals from diseased or non-select cases, at premiums proportioned to the risk, a system especially advantageous to parties whose health may have been impaired by over attention to business, foreign residence, &c. From the principles which are here briefly stated, it is evident that the system of assurance acted on by the Hope Office cannot be too strongly recommended. To all who have any surplus capital it offers a secure and profitable mode of investment ; it combines all the advantages of Assurances and Savings Banks together, for, in the event of premature death, a large capital is at once created for the survivors, that would require years to be produced by any other mode of investment 11. C. EIFFE, General Manager. AT AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the HOPE LIFE ASSURANCE and IBLNESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY, duly convened, and held within their Offices, No. 4, Princes-street, Bank of England, on Wednesday, the 21st July, 1552, at the hour of One o'clock, HENRY MORGAN VANE, Esq., in the Chair, It was unanimously resolved—That henceforth the number of Directors shall be increased from ten to twelve, and that Henry Philip Hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Bankruptcy Court, Leeds, and Dr. Thomas Wheelwright, M.D.. of Lower Philli more-place, Kensington, London, be elected Members of the present Board. It was proposed by ,Toax STEWART, Esq., seconded by JAMES COR BETT, Esq., and unanimously resolved — That the best thanks of the members are due and hereby sincerely accorded to the Board of Directors and General Manager, for the unparalleled success which has accrued to the Society by their ju dicious and zealous management. It was proposed by EDWARD JOHNSON, Esq., M.D., seconded by Jourf SHOVE, Esq., and carried by acclamation — That the warm acknowledgments of this meeting be made to 11. M. Vane, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Management for the very able, lucid, and cheering statement rendered by him of the Society's affairs. By order, HEN RI CHRISH. EIFFE, General Manager, London, 21st July, 1852. • BRI T A ic.N I A LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vic t., cap. 9. CnAissraN— Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM. A Table especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and to all other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary purpose oily, but which may be kept up, if ne essary, throughout the whole term of life. lIALF•CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM. Credit given for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre miums, the amount of the unpaid Half-Premiums being deducted from the sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim. SUM ASSURED PAYABLE DURING LIFE. The amount payable at the death of the 3: ured, If he die before attaining the age of sixty, but to the assured himself, if he attains that a2e, thus combining a provision for old age with an assurance upon life. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. noNnamor FDESIDNIQT3. VI scount Falkland Lord Eloanstone Lord Belhaven and Stanton William Campbell, Esq., of Thlichewan. Earl of Courtown Earl Lov.n andlvlllo Earl of Norbury Earl of Stair Earl Somers LONDON CHARLES GRAIL% CHARLES DOWNES, H. Blair Avarne, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq. William Fairlie, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. r BOARD. kM, Esq., Chairman. Esq., Deputy Chairman. J. G. Henriques, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. William ILIUton, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. MEDICAL OFFICERS. PIITSICIAN.—Arthur 11. HassAll, Esq., 51. D., 8, Bennett-street , St. James's. SusowN.—F. H. Thomson, Esq„ 48, Berners-street. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31e 1 Decem4er, 1847, is as follows: ORPHAN'S ENDOWMENT BRANCH. Established for the purpose of affording to parents and others the means of having children educated and started in life, by securing annuities, to commence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a child, if a son, shall, attain his 21st year, or, it a daughter, her 25th year of age. These annuities are at any time commutable for their full value, if a ready money capital is required for a marriage portion, or on en tering into business or a profession. BRITANNIA. MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. • Empowered - by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Annual division of profits—applied in reduction of the current year's premium. Policy holders entitled to participate in the profits after payment of five or seven annual premiums according to the table of rates se lected. Premiums charged for every three months' difference of age—not, as is usually the case, for every whole year only. - Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable to the 'assured, the amount of half premiums for which credit is given, being liquidated out of the profits. At theAnntlal General Meeting on the 27th April last, a reduction of 30 percent. was made in the present year's premium on. all policies of Aye Or seven yearettaliding. , , • A Board lot Directors in attendance daily at Tvro o'clock. Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy. Medical attendants remunerated,in all cases for their reports. (PROPRIETARY.) Extra•:t from the Half Credit Rat2s of Premium. Bsuuni. TiMe Assured. Sum addedto Snm a dd edto Sum payable red Policy inlB4llPolicyl n 184 8 at D ea th. £5OOO 13f years 10 mths £638 6 8 X 787 10 0 £6470 16 8 *lOOO ' 7 years ts • 157 10 0 1157 10 0 500 1 year 11 5 0 511 5 0 • EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which is 241. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 168/. I Is. Bd. ; but the profits being 2 percent. per annum on the sum insured (which is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 157/. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid. The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In surance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director. (MUTUAL.) Extract from Table with Participation in Profits, after Seven Yearly Payments Half ; Whole premium'(Annual) Half Quar -8 during I premium Age. Annual Yearly terly to i FirA for Re- premium Pre- Pre- Seven mft;nder mium. mium. Years. of Life. - - --- --- X s d. £ s. d. l Years. Months £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 25 019 7 119 2 1 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2 012 3 30 1 I 9 2 3 61 3 2 7 6 1 4 4 012 4 35 1 411 2 9 101 6 2 710 1 4 6 012 5 40 1 9 2 218 4 9 2 8 2 1 4 8 012 6 45 11410 3 9 8 40 0 3 3 0 112 3 016 5 5 5 6 0 5 0 2 32 2 1 2 6 2 6 89 9 56 4 5 1 5 5 3 064 i '1 3336 112 6 0 16 7 6 3 4 1 112 10 016 9 9 3 4 7 113 1 016 10 E. R. FOSTER, Residnt irector. ANDREW FRANCIS, e SecDretary. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Notice is hereby given, that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per Cent. (less income-tax) on the paid-up Capital of the Shareholders will be p..yable at the office, on and after FRIDAY, the 20th of August inst. The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Share holders being now provided for, without intrenching on the amount made by the regular business, the ASSURED will hereafter derive all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, while, at the same time, they will be completely free from liability, secured by an ample Proprietary Capital—and the advantages of both systems will thus be combined. The assured will in future participate in the Profits in propor " ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 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By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, 11) ,, ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edits ' burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries Hall, London, &c., The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of diseaSe known to modern pathologists. The treatment adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few legally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and Inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these cases. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater aoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author, who 'say be consulted personalty, or by lette; daily, from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. WAR WITH BURMA.H. (From the London Gazette of last Evening.) INDIA BOARD, AUG. 20, 1852. The following dispatches have been received at the East India House. LIEUTENANT GENERAL IL GODWIN, CB . C.MMA.NDING THE FORCES IN AVA , ARRACAN, AN D TENASSERIM PROVINCES, TO C. H. A LLEN, ES Q., SECRE TARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (Extract.) Head-qua r t zrs , R angoon , June 9, 1852. _ I have the honou r to report, for the i n f o rmation o f the Government, th a t, on the morning o f th e 26th of f May, Martaban w as attac k ed by a B u rmese force of 1,000 or 1,200 m en , w hi ch was gallantly d r i ven back by the Madras Native Infantry The in g opera ti on s are garrison there, u nder the command of Major Hall. re ported to me as follows;—.. At half-past six A.M. of the 2Gth of May, the pickets nt Martaban were fired on in a desultory manner b y the enemy for upwards of an h our, when a s trong skir mishing party led by Captain Stewart sufficed to dis lodge them. Oar loss has been very trifling; 1 private killed, and 1 subadar, 1 na-; ek. and 11 privates wounded. During the day a party was sent out by the officer commanding to scour the country around, but they met with no opposition, and the place had been unmo lested up to the time of the last report. On the opening of the fire of our guns, the steam-frigate Feroze. which had 200 mpn of the 51st Light Infantry on board, landed part of them at Manahan, to aid in the defence of the place, and the remainder proceeded in boats up the river, and took the enemy in reverse and caused them consi derable loss. Tappear to ,hav e b e h ave d very we ll, and the exertions troopse rtions otDiajor Erall,ksvho commanded the post; of Captains Rickards and Stewart, of the 49th Madras Native Infantry, who commanded the party .that - vrent to scour the country; and of Lieutenant Purvis, who commanded the Artillery, were very meritorious. Cap tain Lynch and the troops on board the Feroza under Captain Anderson, were as us ua l prompt, and the good judgment displayed by the former officer tended to the complete confusion of the enemy. I have bad excellent accounts from Bassein, of the 31st of May, from Captain Darroch, whom I left in command of the place, till the arrival of Major Roberts, of the 9th Madras Native Infantry. These are highly creditable to that officer, and to Lieutenant Craster, of the Bengal Engineers, and show what a few days' well-directed exertions may do in placing a post in a state of excel lent defence. arms captured—also a plan of operations drawn by Lieut. Mayne, Madras Engineers, Assistant Field Engineer. Return of Ordnance captured at Pegu. June 4, 1852. Small calibre-2 brass guns, good, carriages destroyed; 6 iron guns, 2 good, 4 very bad, carriages destroyed. 10 gingals, 3 sunk in the river at Pegu. 400 to 5001bs. of powder: 100 lbs. used in blasting. List of Ca ,, ualties in the Detachment under the com mand of Major Cotton, 67th Regiment, at the capture of Pegu, June 4, 1852. Wounded-67th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry -2 rank and file; 1 camp follower. Captain Darroch further reports that everything is quiet around Bassein; the enemy had left the neigh bourhood. and the inhabitants were coming in in num bers to seek protection under our rule. The head-men of twenty-six villages had come to tender services, and to bring provisions of all sorts for the troops. I have also the honour to report, for the information of the Governor-General in Council, the operations of a small expedition which I detached against Pegu on the 3d instant, under the command of Major Cotton, of the 67th Regiment Native Infantry, to co-operate with Captain Tarleton, of her Majesty's frigate Fox, in driving out a strong force, either from Sitang or Baling. who had taken possession of that city, so lately filled with a friendly population, and where there was a large granary. I enclose Major Cotton's own report of his operations, which show great promptitude, good judgment, and brave, conduct, in himself and the troops he commanded. The particulars, as to the conduct of the officers and men, and also the cheerful assistance given by Captain Tarleton, and his naval contingent, I feel assured the Governor-General in Council will appreciate most favourably. 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Sir, —The Lieutenant-General commanding having ex pressed his wish that a military and naval force should make an attack upon the city of Pegu, I therefore sent Commander Tarleton, with the boats of her Majesty's s hip Fox and the East India Company's steam -vessel Phlegethon, to perform this service, in conjunction with 230 troops under the command of Major Cotton, and I have the honour to request you may be pleased to lay Commander Tarleton 's report of proceedings before the Governor-General. I enclose also a list of killed and wounded in the naval force. I have, &c., G. R. LAMBERT, Commodore. COMMANDER TARLETON, it. N.. TO COMMODORE a, It. LAMBERT, It N., COAIMANDINa THE NAVAL'-FORCES AT RANGOON. flee Majesty's ship Fox, Rangoon, June 8,1852. Sir, —I have the honour to inform you that, in pur suance of your orders, I proceeded on the morning, 3d inst., with the boats expressed in the margin,* to the East India Company's steamer Phlegathon, which ves sel. having em barked 98 men, Bengal Native Infantry Rifle Company, Major Conan commanding detach ment; 100 men, her Majesty's 80th Regiment, Captain Ormsby; 30 men, Sappers and Miners of the Madras division, Lieutenant Mackintosh; Lieutenant Mayne, Assistant Engineer, Captain Latter, Interpretrer to the Lieutenant-General commanding the forces, also ac companied us. We proceeded up the Pep River as far as the village of Peinkeong , which we reached a little before eight PM., it being then high water. The stream becoming extremely narrow and shallow at this point I did not deem it prudent to ascend it further, and therefore ar r a nged with Major Cotton for p roceedin g with his detachment in the boats on the next flood tide, which I looked for about two but the ebb ran for 9i honrs, so that we could not leave the steamer before 5 30 A.M. on the 4th. At Peinkeong Captain Latter obtained information that a large number of Peguers had put themselves under the direction of one of their countrymen named Moungta; that they had assembled on the right bank of the river, where the day pre vious they had been engaged with a body of men under Moungyawik, the Birman Governor of Pegu. By the villagers' account the latter had been worsted, and had retired in the direction of Zangauain, situated on the river bank, immediately opposite Pegn. When within about five miles of this place, the chief Moungta, came off to the boats, and confirmed the reports which had been previously received; his force, consisting of about 5,000 men (imperfectly armed), lined the right bank of the river, and advanced with the boats. From his communication with Moungta Captain Latter was satisfied that the enemy's chief strength lay on the right bank. Major Cotton therefore decided on landing his detachment on that side, while I proceeded with the boats (as soon as the men were disembarked), to co operate on his right flank. The river at this point is not more than sixty yards wide; the present village of Pegu stands on the left bank, which is steep and muddy below highwater mark. About a quarter of a mile in the rear of the houses there is a broad ditch, the bottom of which at, this season is a swamp; it runs along the west face of the old wall of Pegu, for the distance of een built of two or three miles; te wall has originally brick, and the top ( h which may be twenty feet above the bottom of the ditch) is now covered with jungle. The village of Zauguain, as I have before mentioned, stands immediate opposite; it possesses a small pagoda, and is surrounded by a low growth of jungle. I had proceeded a short distance in the boats, when a sharp fire of musketry was opened upon us from the Pegu side. Feeling the dissdvantago we laboured under by being underneath the enemy's fire, with no effectual means of returning it, I at once landed with the boat's crew of her Majesty's ship Fox, and was shortly after joined by Captain Neblett and boat's crews of the Phle gethon (see margin), t in all about fifty men. The Burmese fired upon us as we advanced, but were driven from point to point until completely broken, one party retreating by the river's side 40 the north ward, and the other within the old wall before mentioned. Our object being attained, I was retiring in close order to the boats, when a fire of gingals and musketry was opened upon us from the wall. Deeming, it unwise to permit the Burmese to suppose we had re treated from them, I instantly engaged a native guide to show us the causeway through the ditch, and then ad vanced to the attack. We halted a few seconds to gain isreath under shelter of an old house, then rushed in over the causeway, and through a breach to the right of the gateway. On getting over the wall we found our selves am ong some fi ne t rees , fr e e from underwood. Behind these the enemy stood with great resolution, until they were, in many instances, driven out by the bayonet. The defect in their firing was here very ob servable, as their shot in most ca ses struck the branches above our heads. We pushed them through to the plain beyond, when they broke and fled, leaving many dead; their number engaged might probably have been 100 men, and they also bast a reserve of about 200 more (commanded by officers on horseback), beyond the reach of musketry. The whole party retired within the Great Pagoda, about a mile and a half to the eastward. I am glad to say that this service was performed with only one casualty on our side, one men having received a severe sword•cut in a personal encounter. Information was now brought me that our boats had been attacked by another party of the enemy from the southward; I accordingly hastened down to their relief, and happily found them safe. Mr. M'Murdo, mate of her Majesty's ship Fox, who had been left with a few men in charge, reported that a very heavy fire bad been opened upon them, to which he had endeavoured to reply with the pinnace's gun and a small arm party, but the water was too low to do this with effect, and, having one man killed and two wounded, he judiciously removed the remainder to the right bank, sending an application to Major Cotton for support. A party of Rifles returning fortunately met the messenger, and, coming on with all speed, took up a position on the river side, from which they kept up so true and incessant a fire across the water that the enemy were compelled to abandon their attempt and on our approach to retreat. Major Cotton having overcome all opposition on the opposite side, now crossed over with his detachment. On a consultation with him, it was determined to wait until three P.m, before we should advance to attack the Great Pagoda, the men being absolutely in need of repose after so much fatigue under a burning sun. The Rifle company of the 67,14 was therefore bivouacked in the wood within the wall, her Majesty's 80th Regiment on the river face, and the seamen returned to their boats. At two P.M. the alarm bugle was sounded, and, on my landing, I discovered that the Burmese had issued from the pagoda in considerable strength, with the evident intention of attacking us. The troops lost not a moment in getting under arms, and the seamen (see detail annexed)t came on shore. The enemy fell back on our advance, a movement ho appeared to have so little expected that many of his men were unable to regain their position in time to defend it, and those who did were so taken by surprise that their fire was inffectual, and their four guns, which pointed down the steps leading up to the gateway, were found loaded by her Majesty's 80th, who gallantly led the as sault; and this naturally strong place was happily car ried without a casualty on our side. I returned with the seamen to the boats, as soon as the pagoda was in our possession ; embarked the de tachment at noon 30th ; on the 6th reached the steamer, at Peinkeong, at 5 P.M. ; she weighed on her return at 8 A.M. ; on the 7th, at noon, she took the ground, and, as the tide was ebbing, and there was no possibility of her moving for several hours, I ordered the Fox's boats to take the canoe, with the camp followers in tow . I passed them in the gig , and arrived on board her ida jesty's ship Fox at 3 A.M. on the Bth. I have the honour to inclose the following list of casualties : Her Majesty's ship Fox—three seamen wounded. East India Company's steamer Phlegethon— on , sea man killed. I beg leave to add that the conduct of both officers and men under my orders has been most exemplary, and t represent to yo u the valuable assi stance and co-opera tion I received on all occasions from Captain Niblett, commander of the East India Company's steamer Phle gethoia.--I have, &e a J. W. TARLETON. A VISIT TO VIE LAKES , Yo SKETCH or EDINBURGH , ac,c H. MAJOR IL COTTON TO CAPTAIN MAYHEW, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT• GENERAL OF THE BUR/4AR FIELD FORCE. Rangoon, June 9, 1852. Sir,—Agreeably to instructions furnished me by Lieutenant-Colonel Sturt, commanding tho 67th Regi ment Native Infantry, I embarked on board the East India Company's steamer Phlegethon, Captain Neblett, on the morning of the 3rd instant, in command of a detachment of the strength mentioned in the margin,* to co-operate with Captain Tarleton, her Majesty's fri gate Fox, in command of the naval portion of the expe dition, i❑ carrying out the instructions detailed in Lieu tenant-Colonel Sturt's letter, and I have the honour to make the following report for the information of Lieu tenant-General Godwin, C. 8., commanding the Burman field force. TUE LAKES OF Ez KILIABNEY ; REMMISCENCES 01 DUBLIN, e. HI. • WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, "That three score years and ten our course may run ." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and eufe ebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the tab of pleasure, business, or study, and cm _ bitters old age ; with les and rules for the diet and physical rcgu -1 dlon of every-day life. We reached the village Peinkeong the- same evening, and anchored; the next morning the troops were em barked in boats, and we proceeded up the Pegu river; when within a few miles, heavy tiring was heard a head, and from information obtained from the Peguers, I learnt that the enemy were in force on the right bank lf.p nine o'clock . to attack of the river opposite the t own . I i mm ediately landed my detachment at ha them, and Captain Tarl eton agree d to take the naval force, and cooperate on t h e right. I shal l leave Captain rarleton to detail to C ommo d o re Lambert h is part of the engagement. ast A M I proceeded in ski rmishin g order with the detachm en t a l ong t h e r i g ht bank of th e river, for nearly two mil es through h eav y swamp and jungle, and drove the en emy comp l ete l y ac ross the river , in the direction of the G reat Pago d a; 0 heavy firing from the di rect i on o f the b o ats, I returned 0 to render my aid to Captain Tarleton. I found, on crossing the river, h e had had a sm art en gagement with the enem yfroman d repelled an attack made by them on the boats, and I Was m uch gra tified to hear from Captain Tarleton, of the admirable conduct of a section of the Rifle w hen, hearing Company 67th Regi ment Native Infantry present at it, under the command of Captain E. W. Hick'. The men were by this time (one o'clock) much fatigued, and I resolved to remain We had not, however, rested very long, tor a couple of hours, and then proceed to attack the Great Pagoda, whither the enemy had been seen to re treat, having arranged with Captain Latter, that he coming down upon us in should guard the boats with a party of Peguers. was brought when a report from the picket that the Burmese were I went down and ascertained that such %yea the case, that they were coming down in skirmishing order, I should say at least 1,000 men, and amongst them 30 or 40 were mounted upon ponies. I could plainly dis cern their leader from his dress find gold chattah. I immediately got my party under arms in extended enemy had got well across the great numbers from the pagoda. order, Captains Tarleton and Neblett, the former with 30, and the latter with 20, seamen, joining, When the three-quarters of a mile, consisting of rice fields par tially covered with water, I advanced with the whole e detachment, and after a smart fire, drove the m intod the jungle which surrouuds the pagoda. I then for c ur l my detachment into column of sections, and, steandi d Y Sa a vancing, stormed the south gate with the 80th a t laded pers, when the Rifles under Captain Hicks ex e s to the lett, and rushed in a t the west g at. o sudden was the assault that the enema! had not time. to plain, in e xtent shout fire their guns, which were found loaded, and cover f ing the entrance to the gates. At the west gate were our guns, two brass and two iron, and at the south gatetwo guns and two gingals. sue- We drove the enemy through the of them as seeded in killing and wounding a number : ssible to they retreated down the gateway . It was •Tpo , v . ng Pursue them, as the men were much knocked UP . , °a 1 . been under arms since one o'clock in the . morning, and all fatigue encoun pagoda, and all overcome by the excessive heat and during the day. I am happy to say that no soldier wounded; this small two sepoys and one dooloy bearer' for the is to be attributed to the fact that the enemy, the most part, fired too high. ',. ...et a during our stay, My . My detachment occupied the Peer out the wishes of and I employed the time in carry' fortifications surrounding the arts of the the Lieutenant-General in destroys g some P WAS killed, sad only e report I beg Lieutenant Mayne, Field En g ines 'rhos leave to attach. •d 4, there was a great In the town, on the river side 'the reguers to carry quantity of rice, which I permitted page a; this was done by away in boats. c aused to be burnt, , which much rice was found; th is I after allowing the inhabitants to easy away as much as they co u ld. Surrounding the pagoda ther e is also another town, in Tarleton, her Majesty's ship F . fi rhi egethon, was Neblett, East India CompanY 'S 81 " sin most active and efficient, an d I would beg my most u The co-operation of the naval ox, nd force undernder Captain Captain sad men, through the proper conveyed to them, officers a . channel. Before cnneluding this report, I hope I may admiration at the gai ner() thanks and congratulations foe , success should be be permitted to mention eV. eluding the naval parties, whoie 1 offi l Fer an i d h men. lantry displayed by all comprising:y detachment, in eluding —majesty's 80th, union, cordiality, and good fe . e m l g,, h c i . existed are notice, T he beyond all praise, and not a slug i t ! itomp_aint was made dr. I beg t o against any one during the for the information of the Lieutentget-General, Captain and Lieuthnants Amiel and Fraser, f the same Regi- Ormsby, commanding a company erll taunt, and Dr. M‘liellar, East v lndia ompary' g • add' 'on i s Service, in medical charee, Who, in on to his other duties, displayed great huma nity pi attending to the wounded Burmese ; Lieutenant Makkintosh, 52nd Re giment Al. Native infantry, Second. Lieutenant Mayne, Assistant Field Engineer, Captainnteild the pagoda with the Sappers and 80th, and II icks, commanding Ri fle Company, 67th R e giment Native Infantry, Li eu . tenaut Clarke and Ensign Thompaoi4 of the 67th Regi. men', all of whom rendered me the greatest assistance, and with whose conduct I was much pleased. I left Pegu, at twelve o'clock, A.M. on Saturday- last, with my detachment in progress to Rangoon, and—l have, li. COTTON,' 67th Regiment; P-S. I beg to enclose a list of casualties—of guns and Iv. THE PASSIONS. "What aions hart the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." r ittve. an SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The ad v. , nt of the passions Chastity and its infringements. The casual. t es otlicenti • ustrationS graphic, nar. ousness and dissipation, with ill a remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." gion'Tgßatrogg: in — a L rri aw ag s to d o b b e li o g b a s ti e o rv ns ed o f b y nature, either society, eex. choice, on both aides, as to age, temperament, complexion, d fi; - ure, to secure healthy oils ring with the art of rearing them. P !Udall defectiveness and its removal. P' Sterility and its conversion. Cases, /Ice. By R. J. CITLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. and ime r ean e n li d : till Five. Evetna, Wren till Years Medical and Forensic Referee in these al l e a tt 242. e. T u w ece ent p y ti n en ve, hears daily Ni l * 10a Argyll-Placit Resent-3400, LIST OF MEN BELONGING TO THE NAVAL FORCES KILLED AND WOUNDED DURING THE ACTION AT PEGU, ON THE 4TH OF JUNE, 1852. Her Majesty's ship Fox—Andrew Walker, A. 8., wounded severely; incised wound of right shoulder, from a sword-cut. Henry Ingram, ordinary, wounded slightly' superficial wound of the right shoulder, from lra ". the o k ball. John Taylor, A. 8., wounded slightly; gras or right light, from a musket ball, thon—James East India Company's steamer Beg' Shields, killed. * Her Majesty's ship --- Fox —Launch.— Air. M‘Murdo, mate ; Mr. Lucas, midshipman ; crew, 15 men. Pinnace—Mr. Copeland, mate ; Mr. Hudson, midshipman ; crew, 15 men. Gig—Hr. Cottam ; crew, 6 men. Cutters —Mr. Alexander, Mr. Lisboa; crew. 9 men each. Mr. Morgan, assistant-sur geon, her Majesty's shi Fox. East India Company's steamer Mu z uffer —Mr Harding; crew, natives, in pddle-box boats. A large canoe, fitted for the conveyance of the cam .. lowers. p fol poo steamer Phlegethon--Tw o C f East India Com tern—Messrs. T. M. Elflike, :3(1 officer; U. C. tat midshipman ; crew, 22 Fo x —Officers, Mr. IVI'Mu ' Sevenoakes, $ Her Majesty's ship Mr. Hudson and Dlr. Lucas, midshipmen : 38 rue, mate; men. East India Company's steamer Phlegethon—Captain :sum; 22 men. 100 men, her Majesty 's 80th Foot, under command of Captaiu Ormsby 10 0 Rifles, 67th Regiment Native In fantry, under Captain. Hicks. 30 Madras Sappers, under Lieutenant Mackintosh. Lieutenant Mayne, Madras En gineers, Field Engineer. Dr. East India Con n - Pany's service, in Medical charge. 7, * A., • .; 1 01 !I-4) 't . • _ , ••.z• k, ,:t,„ • -}so W ! .. , „ I_,AW; - 14 ' ' "' m4w."17-1, [PRICE SD. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—Never were vigilance and alertness more imperatively required at the hands of the public and their representatives than now. The amalgamation cf great railway companies, however plausibly it may be described, must effect an entire revolution in the internal traffic of the country, and this revolution, if care be not quickly taken, may actually overwhelm us by surprise._Like the French nation, we shall find ourselves some morning under a wholly new rule and government, with our own consent and sufferance presumed and alleged for the change. Let the reader only mark the language already used by the railway presidents. "Public opinion, said Mr. Glyn, "bad been greatly altered upon this subject ;" in fact, "a great railway authority" whose name he was " not at liberty to disclose" had said as much ; "amalgama tion,' therefore, " must take place, and it would not end with the Great Western." The text thus delivered was promptly taken up, and, within a few hours of Mr. Glyn's declaration, Mr. Edmund Denison, the Chairman of the Great Northern, in addressing an offer of commercial partnership to the Chairman of the Midland, observed that, as "amalgamation, ac cording to Mr. Glyn's published opinion on the subject, was inevitable," he " apprehended no Parliamentary but Mr. Glyn's exam 1 objections." Up to this time he said, he bad hesitated, p r emoved ! h h I tified" his overtures.of one anonymous authority, is railway director, backed T us, the bare assertion is doubts and "jus tified" by an appeal to a single prin ciple decisive of the whvoalerml; four and twenty hours u g e n s i t fi i o e magnified , inand t the course confi dently e h of into a fixed and settled project, for the simple reasonlamtgatt, anticipated that w i i n ll Ai sa r n . c G ti ly on n t a, e s as dogmatically to the opposite we opinion, "it can't be helped : " • fall into the same error as Messrs. Denison effect expressed swe n, e d should nlyn our selveslnd. Our concern, on behalf of public,t a h n e nthe is not to repre sentr as absolutely either one course or pre destined, but to bring the subject before the commu nity with such plain and timely illustration that it may be decided at last in the true interests of the country, and not solely by the those who are likely enough to be under considerable bias. No body denies that the present state of things s We may go even one step further, and admit bad. tha from much of the money lavished by belligerent t di rectors not the smallest public good is derived, so the by the cessation of such "costly and harassing prac tices" railways would gain, and nobody would lose. Bat is the issue raised by railway chairman a proper issue ? Is it absolutely inevitable that either "costly strife and distracting disputes" must continue to con sume the funds of the companies, or that all the in terests and duties of these companies must be forth with merged and confounded in one wholesale amal gamation ? Is there no possible alternative between these two conclusions ; or, if there be none, can amal gamation be claimed for the benefit of the railways without detriment to the rights and interests of the public ? In the first place, let the reader consider what these directors are confessing. By their own statements they have deliberately involved themselves in brawls, conflicts, and cabals, which have drained their treasuries, distracted the attention of their boards, and left all parties just where they were at first, minus th e mone y s unk. In this description of their proceeding we are quoting the very words of Mr. Glyn and Mr. Russell. And what is it, then, with such a lively conviction of their own deserts, that they now propose ? To turn over a new leaf, abstain from these unproductive broils, apply their funds to proper purposes, and maintain that wholesome emu lation in the public service prescribed by the Legisla ture in the very charters which gave them existence? No such thing. They declare, by implication, that they must and will go on squabbling and squandering for ever, unless all temptation be taken out of their way; that they cannot come to fair terms with each other, but must inevitably grasp, fight, struggle, and spend as long as there is a toll or a ticket shop which one possesses and another does not; and that the only remedy is to make all property so common to all companies that there shall no longer be any ade quate motive for battle or pillage. This is the case of the directors, according to their own showing. They are desperate, incurable reprobates, who cannot even promise, after all their suffering, for their future good conduct unless they are relieved from every visible inducement to sin. And how is the public to fare under the remedy shgge3ted by these candid penitents ? Let the reader observe how the point has been treated in the negotiations already reported. Mr. Glyn, in his first proposal to the North-Western, talked with great fluency about the "the interests of the public" and the " proper restrictions" which he could not but feel the propensities of his class re quired ; Mr. Russell, with a very correct apprecia tion of the real value of such salvos, thought that Parliament would look suspiciously at the pro posed -schemes, " although guarded b y s ome g eneral Protection to the publ ic ; while Mr. Denison, in that " frank and direct style" which so charmed Mr. Ellis, thr ows the p ublic overboard at once, and looks to his should. " Our railways," says he to the Chairman company alone, as a director should. and north ; they cross eachoter the Midland, " compete with h each t ot t her n in rt t h h r e e s e o i u m th . at o ns at several portant points ; there are double ran where single ones towns, and duplicate trains well. By would serve the public equally amalgama tion, therefore, a very large annual expenditure would be saved, which would improve a . . i, real value of both properties. " llits is very frank and direct "—nothing could be ; some half-dozen stout serving De nison, we suppose, has h no other voice to be heard in the matter ? Mr. De discharge of their several men, who, in return for t 1 jf he overheard a pen wages. What would be saT , duties, receive some 100 . o e r 1501. a year from him in you see, compete purport following ?—" Our &toes, , gotia•ion between a " Jeames a ... nd a " Chawles" to the ' with each other, in-doors and out ;we cross each other at every turn of the premises ; we stand double be hind the same carriage, and two of us are worked where one would serve our master equally well. 1,2 t us amalgamate our work and our wages, and just do what's wanted by turns. This would save us a lot of trouble every year, and improve our property like wise; for, as !nester would be paying for six, though he only got the work of two, there would always be four of us getting good pickings for nothing." This is pure a amalgama ti on ;" and what, speaking a s paymaster instead of purveyo r, does Mr. Denison think of it? How came t he Grea t N orthern and Midland to compete with ea ch oth er, and cross each other, and intersect each other, and have double stations in the same towns ? Because those identical privileges were obtained from Parliament. And how were they obtained ?By proof—and nobody proved more forcibly than Mr. D eu i son and his o wn colleagues—that such competition was n g f o theod , wholesome, and for the manifest advantage public ; that the traffic of th e country supplied abundant aliment for double lines of railway, and that, new communications being usually im provements o the nst r rt c old ti o n,e to ili directness th publeihc w d a ytturaa. s e u and excellence of route and gain by the enc ouragement given What, in short, i s t h e G reat Northern su itselfa but the very offspring and creation of these identical prin ciples which its chairman now discards? If anybody could have borrowed Mr. Denison's words_veneymeaal ago, and given them the force claimed tatton at present, there would never have been ' 3 Bi s ira pe be- King's•crosP, nor one of the best lines i a . It is as tween that point and Newark o r Linee ln only ask for clear as possible that comeenie.s can the policy amalgamation on grounds convieetenftb e course which to which they owe their being to pursue. The very they have allowed themselvevsirtuai forfeit of their application itself imp lies °confess themselves inborn original charters, for the -d y ut T. i es with propriety, and petent to discharge the id en tical conditions on which beg relief from thosceon c eded. The faults have been their privileges woeriven, and if any new proposals are notoriously th.eird, there can be not the slightest to be entertainveisling any but themselves with the pretence for 1 penalties.sicbE._ Few persons, probably, have 0113° retain any distinct impression ofthe been able inquest 1 ~ . . sails o f the on t le " Six-mile Bridge Hon& c - i - c i es ," the termination of which we recorded yester day; and we shall, therefore, before commenting on the result of the proceedings, briefly recapitulate the outlines of the case. On Thursday, the 22d of July, during a contested election for the county of Clare, six mon were shot dead by a party of the 31st Regi ment, at a place called Six-mile Bridge. A coroner's jury was immediately empanneled; but, in order to give time for the popular excitement to subside, the inquest was adjourned to Tuesday, the 3d of August. From that time it dragged on until last Wednesday, on which day—the fourteenth of the inquiry --a ver dict was returned. The essential facts elicited by this portentous investigation were, after all, but few. It seems that a party of electors in the interest of the Tory candidates were brought from Limerick to Six mile Bridge, one of the pottin g places of the county, under military escort—the requisition for armed protection having been signed by five magistrates. Both the soldiers and the voters were subject, during this expedition, to the no small amount of taunts and intimidation ; but nothing serious occurred until the arrival of the party at Six-mile Bridge. Here the riot became formidable. The voters were denounced ROYAL ARTILLERY. Wooewicet, Auo. 2,0.—8 y a general order, dated August 19, 1852, the following appointments have been made : Lieutenant-General Sir Hew Dalrymple Rose, K.C.8., to be Colonel Commandant of the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Lieutenant- General Sir Thomas Downman, deceased. Colonel E. C. Whinyates, K.H , Royal Horse Artillery, to be Commandant of the Garrison, in the room of the late Sir Thomas Downman. Colonel William Cator to be Director-General of Artillery, vice Whinyates. Li e utenant-Colonel John Alexander Wilson to be Director of the Laboratory, vice Cator. It is worthy of remark that all the above appoint ments have been conferred by the Master-General on officers who have eeen considerable service, Lieute nsnt-General Sir Hew D. Ross having served in the Peninsula and France from June 9, 1809, to Fe bruary, 1814, including the action of the Coa, battle of Busaco, actions of Pombal, Redinha (where he was wounded in the shoulder), Casal Nova, Foz d'Arouce (where he was wounded in the leg), and Sabugal, battle of Fuentes d'Onor, action of Aldea de Ponte, sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz (where he was dan gerously wounded in the head), action at Castrajen, capture of forts at and battle of Salamanca, capture of Madrid and the Retiro, affairs of San Munoz and San Milan, battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, pas sage of the Bidassoa, Nivelle, and Nive, and Battle near Bayonne. Ile also served in the campaign of a in North Holland in 1799, 1815, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. Sir Hew D. Ross has received the gold cross and two clasps, and the silver war medal with three clasps. Colonel Whinyates served in the expeon to the t il he rid ex er p 1801, and to Copen hagen in 1307, Peniasular campaigns from 1810 to 1813, including the battles of Bussaco and Albuera ; expedition ° t a ll e tcoarni‘pia,i d g eira in affairs at [sager, Aldea de Ponte, and San Munoz; attack and defeat of General Lallemand's cavalry at Ribera. and many other affairs. He served also in the campaign of 1815, and was severely wounded in the left arm at Waterloo. The gallant officer received the silver war medal and two clasps. Colonel Cator served in the campaign of Walcheren and at the siege of Flushing; in the Peninsula and south of France from the end of 1809 to the terinin a _ tion of the war in 1814, including the defence of Cadiz, lines at Torres Vedras, and at Santarem, battle of Barosse (where he was wounded), affair at Osta a , battle of Vittoria, affair at Tolosa, passage of the Bi dassoa, and at the attack of Bidassoa by the French, battles of Nivelle and Nive, and four days' engage. ments in front of Bayonne. He has received the sil ver war medal with four clasps. Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Wilson served in the campaign of 1815, including the battle of Waterloo and capture of Paris. 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[ADVERTISEMENT.] -- Holloway's Ointment and Pill. have effected another wonderful Cure of a Bad Leg o Seven Years' standing.—Extract of a letter from Mr. E . p oi _ lard, d r uggist, o f 30, Catherine street, Devonport, dated May 1 9, 1852. "To Professor Holloway. Sir,—Mr. Blanker, of Charlotte -street, New Passage, near Devonport, suffered severely for more than seven years from a wound in his leg. He tried every remedy medical aid could devise, but in vain, as it would not heal by their treatment. At length he had recourse to your ointment and pill 4, which in the course of a few weeks p er f ect l y cure d it, and he is now in most excel lent h ealth.—Sold by a ll D ru ggists, and at P rofessor Hollowa y's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. TUE COUNS EL PuzznEn.—A witness examined in one of our courts the trial • other day, upon a concerning a horse, was asked by counsel for the defendant how the plaintiff generally rotdhee2 el le ally rides a-straddle sir." " How does heride• " He g -- 1. 2 ,, - asked the counsel. ' in company • ~ " If he has a good horse was the r ply. " How does he - he always keeps up," e ride when he is alone?" was the next inquiry. " Really, sir, I cannot say," replied the witness, " for 1 never was in co in himself." "You when he rode company with him by may stand aside, sir," said the counsel knappiehlY• ~-~L ;~ '~ z ~- ~, _~ -Z -.~~ `t- ~ as "convicts ; " and more circles of the Inferno than Dante ever imagined were proclaimed to be in afore for those r ecreants to t h e i r re li g i on , an d traitors to their country. The women were eager in this tongue warfare; and certain Roman Catholic priests were espEcilly active and elcquent. One Dr. O'Connor pointedtithough calmly , inquired, " Why the voters did not vote for the Literals ?" Father Bourke— ho came out for the day with the appropriate spi ritual weapons of " a horsewhip in one hand, and a registry-book in th e o th er "— preac h e d a soot hi ng homily on the text, "Fight, boys, for your religious' Father Clune, in more scriptural language, endea voured to kindle the r e l uc t ant sp i r i ts of his auditors:— " You are standing here idle, doing nothing, and they (the voters) are coming. Oh, what is this for?" By the time an attempt was made to poll the party under military protection, these animating homilies had done their work. Stones flew in every direction ; the voters were being pull s( ' off the cars ; some o f th e soldiers were knocked down ; Father Bourke—fore most in the fray, though the first subsequently to run —actually seized the muskets of the escort ; end then—it is not clear whether by the express order of the commanding officer—the soldiers fired, and six men were slain. The military, it must be remarked were accompanied by Mr. Delmege, a county magis trate ; but not the slightest evidence was offered that he either ordered or sanctioned the firing. Contra dictory testimony was produced as to the amount of violence and rioting on the part of the crowd ; and and one witness, whose recollections must be singularly bellicose, deposed that he bad never known so peaceful an election. Father Bourke—though a whole host of witnesses c ontradicted him—flatl y denied that he • bad sti mulated the p eo p le at all, though he owned to the whip and the registry-hook. In short, the affair pr esented the usual amount of contradictory evide nce which cha racterises not only Irish inquiries , bu t all investiga tions int o collisions between the military and a mob. But the whole matter practically resolved itself into the specific and single question —always, we admit, a difficult and delicate one—which invariably recurs in such cases. Was the amount of provocation offered to the military such as to justify the commanding officer in firing upon the mob, or were the lives of the soldiers so far in peril that the necessities of mere self-defence warranted them in falling back upon their ordinary rights orders ? For ourselves, we think that they were seasssa g ens,•and in firing without justified. If to be f orcibly attacked by rioters, and to be knocked down with stones, is not sufficient provocation—if cutting rein s and bridles, and de stroying firelocks, does not con stitute a case of real peril—the thing is impossible. But, admitting the extreme difficulty of fixing, to a hair's breath the line where risk of life begins—admitting also that there was some evidence of an unnecessary second firing on the part of the soldiers—it is at least certain that the sole alternative left to the jury was to decide between a verdict of justifiable homi cide and one of manslaughter. We should not have been surprised at the latter. Irish juries seldom un derstand ev id ence, or recogn i se the true purpose for which a j ury meets. T hey are usua lly tonal political sentiments ; Ireland it. They mostly look at a verdict, in such cases, as that juries are merely a strong strong verdicts have been many against the militar There is a constitutional jea of lousy of soldiers. Z . O • e nl y e° very e tnetosorprieiss returniint g o t n h l e i y n i rciaon. incapable n per connected with riots, such the present century there inquests During which, contrary to the evidence, and at Peterloo, in as those in St. nce,th ß e troops have been declared guilty of manslaughter. charac teristic exaggeration, Ireland has ouiltiduto;aneewailtlhpreviou has performances—her own incluc*d per verting justice. A verdict of wilful murderry tually been returned against eight soldiers of thes3alcsi —and, more scandalous still, against the magistrate, Mr. Delmege. This preposterous decision seems to have been suggested by an extemporaneous hint which was thrown out by Mr. Counsellor Coffey, when the Coroner bad concluded his charge. We subjoin both the suggestion and the sensible reply which it elicited : " The CORONER then put to the jury the issues they had to try, and said that it was for them to oonsider whether their verdict should be one of manslaughter or justifiable homicide. " Mr. Coffey suggested that the verdict of murder' was within the range of their consideration. " The CORONER—With respect to murder,' the cir cumstances of the case, and the provocation received, whatever it was, must do away with that. The provoca tion has been admitted." In spite, however, of this distinct intimation of the law of the case, the jury—by a majority of twelve out of seventeen—returned a verdict of wilful mur der. A more outrageous and disgraceful exhibition of party prejudice and religious rancour it would be impossible to contrive. THE FIRE ON BOARD THE SEVERN. The committee appointed by the Court of Directors of the Royal West India Mail Company to inquire into the circumstances connected with the fire on board the Severn steam-ship on her last homeward voyage made their report of the result of the investi gation yesterday, which was submitted, as requested, to the Lords of the Admiralty. It may be proper to add that the following cor respondence preceded the holding of the investiga tion : " Admiralty, Aug. 13. _1852, Gentlemen,- 1 am commanded by my Lords Corn missioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you the copy or a letter from the Admiralty agent attached to the Severn contract steamer respecting a fire having oc curred on board, and to acquaint you that my Lords would be glad to be furnizhed with the result of the in quiry which they conclude will be immediately instituted into the case. " I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " W. B. HAMILTON. "To the Directors of the Royal West India Mail Steam-packet Company." "Royal West India Mail Packet Company's-office, Moorgate-street, Aug. 14, 1852. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of yesterday's date, I have the honour t o i n f orm you, that an inquiry is to be instituted at South ampton on Tuesday next, the 17th inst., respecting the fire which occurred on board the Severn contract steamer, and so soon as the same is con cluded a full report will be made to you for the infor mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. " I am, moreover, to add, that should their Lordships desire to have Captain Austin, Lieutenant loglis, or any other Liuvertitneot ~t heor present on the occasion, it will give the C o u r t o f D irectors a great ss.thfaetion to ,Fordrc, them eve, y f ac ili ty for the fullest inquiry into t h e ma tter in gut ttio n .— " Sir, your moss obedient servant,.LL. C.lpta "E. CHAPPEin W. B. 11 , 1ruilion. • " RFPO4T ON THE CIRCUM,TANCES ATTFADANT ON A THE 7TH OF AU FIRE ON BOARD THE SEVERN, ON T GUST, 1852. We, the undersigned, h a ving been ordered b y the Court of Directors of the RoPre Weft India Mail „„i into and report Stearn-packet Company to 'T o , u p o n a fire occur upon the circumstances at A t , e a n tn.ih p, i on her passage rug on board the ScvaerLnis.btor, and being assisted, at between Madeira and .--), ay Captain Austin, R.N , of Steam-packeta at the company's suggestnioent Admiralty ined personally the master, Superinteexdain Southampton, havinge, second engineer, and a mid chief and third In t tap only available witnesses who, it Shipman, being , t hi ng of the matter, herewith knew i appeared, wen t of the verbal and written evidence submit a state the occasion, upon which we are of adduced upon are no means whatever of ascer taininga that t here o pinion Or cause of such fire taking place ; that it avery contracted space in the after run oca urre h d io in w - h v ere nothing was stowed but some tanks 0f the 81-0--i ' fresh water ; tbat tbere was no communi entail' ccation between this place and the other parts of the s hip except by the hatches and grating leadin g t o i t from the principal saloon ; that the company's printed regulations upon the prohibition of naked lights, the ex tinguishment of cooking fires and of all lights at fixed hours, for visitation of the ship every half-hour duttng the night, for having a fire-station bill and means prepared for extinguishing fires, appear to be carefully drawn, and (in the case of the Severn) to have been strictly executed, as is proved by the chief officer having seen the fire-pumps got ready and the water-hoses fixed at eight P.m., the master-at-arms having seen all lights extinguished at eleven P.m., the captain having remaim d walking on the up deck till past midnight, and th e subsequent half-hour visi tations and reports to the officer of the watch being regularly made, and, above all, from the circumstance that in a few minutes after the alarm was given the pumps were pouring water on the fire, which was quickly extin gu i s h e d by the exertions of the cap tain, officers, and cr ew , all of whom behaved with zeal and activity, C a p ta i n C hapman having ha d t wo of his ribs I broken by a fall on the occasion. of the " Our attention having been directed efficiency o nn the allega tions respecting the number and e boats of the Severn, we made inquirycloce subject, and found, upon testimony thtebe Chapman, of Mr. Strutt, t er at actual trials made by the h l n a t ific y upon this of Captain chief officer, and by Southampton, and built the life. boats at by Messrs. White, Severn'swho s i r b e ats were capable of Cowes, that the ,10st 230 persons, being 30 carrying in safety a t ship bad on board during the persons more than the voyage. ,t i t w ill be noticed, might that (ason ~ a perusal of the evidence, be expected) various surmises were the origin of the fire but these being formed as to and founded confessedly upon mere contradictory, a feel justified . wo do not conjecture', any opinion. S ig ned by Captain Lyot, ono of the directors; Cep tam, Chaeoell, R.N., joint maneger ;• and Captain B a rton, R.N. ; , the company's k ,uperintendent at Southampton. --- At a recent trial in Springfield, Mass., before a committee appointed for that purpose, between the self raking machines of APeormick, Dinsmore, and Hassey, the first premium was awarded to DiIISMOte% B.llcl the mood to liamey'E. /1 5 to iao le& 4b od id se, o 0 loto are id ,a ter 3' 6 Lie er• lft do, 0