The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-22 00:00:00

UNDER TIIF. ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER man GI? ACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. THE ROYAL NAVAL. MILITARY, EAST INDIA, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13 WA..:ERLOO-PL ACE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. Colonel sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., R.E., Chairman. Me:).-General Sir WILLIAM GOSSET, C. 8., K.C.11., R E., De r atty-Chairman. Admiral the Right lion. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., M.P. Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H. Major-General Sir P. Ross, G.C.M.G., K.C.H. Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B. Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., R.A. Captain Sir George Back, R. N Major-General Taylor, C. 8., E.I.C.S. Major-General Edward Wynyard, C.B. Major-General Arnold. K.H.,E.G., B.E. Lieutenant-General Cleiland, E.I.C.S. Lieutenant-Colonel ii. Ilanmer, K.H., late R.H.G. Lieutenant-Colonel Matson, R. E. Major Shadwell Clerke, F.R.S. Archibald Ilair, Esq., M.D., late R.H.G. Captain William Lancey, William Chard, Esq., Nary Agent James Nugent Daniell, Esq. Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. Major-General Rolt, C.B. Maj F. S. Sotheby, C.B. BANEEES—Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. Aernaar—John Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator. Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every station of life, and for every part of the world, upon particularly favourable terms. Persons assured in this office may change from ono country to ano titer without forfeiting their policies. A Bolin, AMOUNTING TO TIIIRTT PER CENT. on the actual value of the policies was apportioned to the assured at the First Septennial Meeting, held in the year 1544. JOSEPH C. BRETTELL, Secretary. NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London ; 97, George street, Edinburgh ; 12, St. Vincent•place, Glasgow; 4, Collage Green, Dublin (Established by Act of Parliament to 1834.) In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum On the sum assured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. When the insurance is tor life, only eec-half the annual premium Steed be paid for the first five years. Every information will be afforded on application to the Itesfrent Director, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where prospee &c., may be had. E ASTERN- COUNTIES RAILWAY. YORK EXTENSION SHARES. Tke Holders Of these Shares *son wltieh 41., hi. Ss., 61. As., or 7/. its. per Sher • have been paid, are required to pay to the Company's Bankers, on or before the 22d of January text, all arrears man the said Share., and also to deliver their Scrip shares when se paid up, at this (Mee, la order that they may be exchanged for Consolidated Stock Certificates, other wise they will net be entitled to receive the a Dividends en the A Quarters, or the Interest of tIN 11 Quarters, which will be payable under the Resolutions of the next early Meeting of the Company, to be held in February next. By order if the Board, C. P. IZONET, Secrecy. Eishopagate Station, December at, 14T. I.•)ANS ON MORTGAGE. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY will receive TENDERS for LOANS on Mort ,age Bonds, la sums of 500/. and upwards, and for terms not exceeding seven years. Interest at b per cent. per annum, payable half yesitly. By order, T. J. BIICKTON, Secretary. London Terminus, Jan. 17, 1848. L ONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice Is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENER 1L MEETING of the PRoPRIETORS of SHARES in the London and South-Western Railway Company will he held at the Nine Elms Sta tion, Vauxhall, London, on THUESDAT, the 17th day of February, 1848, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, when the Directors will sub wit a report of their proceedings, and oa the affairs of the Company, during the prectding half-year; a Di{ :dew! will be declared, ant the general business of the Company transacted. - And notice is hereby further given, that at this meeting there will be an Election of Three Directors, to supply vacancies occasioned by the retirement of Themes Smith and Matthew 13zielli, Esquire 4, and the Count Eyre, under the provisions of the London and South-West ern Railway Amendment Act, 1847. The above retiring Directors are re-eligible, and have severally de clared their intention, in terms of the Acts of Parliament regulating this Company, to become Candidates fo- re-election. And notice is also hereby further given, that the hooks of the Com pany, for the Transfer of Shares, will be closed from the 10th to the 17th Fe:Jruary next, both days inclusive. _ _ By order of theCoul.. of Directors, P. LAUMENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. Nine Elms, Vauxhall, January 21, 1848. WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a-Halt Gulleal. A stert milled substance of superlative quality for winter, at Three Guineas, is now also realy. It is presumed that the reputation of the Patentee as a West-end Tailor for the last lb years, as also the fact that this popular gar- Mout is now warn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the kingdom, renders comment en its quality and style unnecessary. In London only of FOUGERE, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON DUIT -STREET, Regent-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS BURT, adjoining SO, Cheaps'de. Agents.—tirminghant : Hellingswortb. New-street—Liverpool : Maotaggart, Iteli-street—Manchester : Brown, Market-street—Edin burgh : Marshall rad Aitken—Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, aid Ce.; 1. id principal tailors in all large towns. THE AMERICAN METALLIC TABLET STROP, of G. SAUNDERS, is used and recommended by the first cutlers In Europe, and they are convinced that the Tablet Makes the razor shave with more ease than by any other method. Gentlemen are requested to bring in a dull razor and try them before they perchase. For sale at the Depot, 278, Strand. ACURI OUS ACROSTIC. ♦ ttend to the following ettrions A word of advice we've a wish to convey ; A llow us to offer (you cannot do less) A few observations concerning choice dress. A 11 those who have purchased of MOSES and SON, A dmit that their garments were never outdone; A nd, reader. you'll find when you purchase goods there, A dvantages offered you, many awl rare. A mounding improvements do MOSES' display, A ad many choice novelties famed in the day. A t no other house can the public behold A Unctions to equal what MOSES' unfold. A no then only look at the prices we quote, A list we pre-ent which we wish you to nose. ♦ 11 folks when they find that the prices thus run, A Tall themselves gladly of MOSES and SON. ♦ nd do thej regret when their bargains are made? A re they ever disposed to find fault with oar trade ? A it answer to this we at once will bestow, A nd the answer's In one little negative—NO I LIST Of PRICEIs. AZADY MADE. • Beaver Taglion( •• • Chested!cid ited Codringtores• and every description of over-cow, handsomely .... 1 • The Pacha Coat • • ... The sg u ii m er, especially adapted for snowy and wet wvither• •• • • • ....... ..... •• •• •• 1 • • Tho Preinter• •• • •••••••••• •• • •••• • • Boy's Winter Coats, in every 5ty1e......... • •• • • Men's Do. Trousers, lined 1 meskin .• •••••••• • 12 6 Dress Coats.. •• . •• • • 1 • I 1 4 • Double-breasted Winter Tests • . • 2 • Roll collar ...... • •• •• •• •••••• •• •• • 1 6 Boys' Hussar and Tnnis Stilts ............ 0 16 S NADI TO IlIZ•50111. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand somely trimmed .• • • • • ••• • • from 1 6 • Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs . 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper.... .. ••••• • • • • • • IS 6 Doeskin Trousers •• • ..... •••••••• 1 2 9 Best, or Dress.. ..... ............. 1 6 • Dress Coat ..... 1 12 3 Best quality made— •• • • ... ••• 2 15 0 Best quality made.. 3 3 • Cashmero Tests ..... •• • •.... • • •••• • • • • ...... 0 3 6 Satins, i'la!n or Fancy •• • • • • • • ••..• • • • 012 8 Boy's Hussar and Tunic Suits .... Great Ceat.• .• 0 16 • A Suit of Clothes cemplete— • •••.••• • • • • • • 116 0 Sloundng to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, W•ollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, lioslen, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen. 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minorisa, and 83, 14 , 85, and 86 Aligate, City. London. Cautton.—X. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the Public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman- Ake falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern. has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and these who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at, or Send to, Minorics and Aldgatc, City, London. Nottee.—No business transacted at this establishment from 'in let I rricht./ , till sunset Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve O'clock. A R R I A G E. .51 One half the world are desolately single, and the other l oPPosing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence,ora sense of right determine the former, and miscalculates' hop es em. bitter the latter. Th e so lit ary one may s hi e ld h imse lf un der t he plea Of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret us comPoosing hurry ; but the truth li es de e p e r. Physical incapaci ty, And broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item in the compact; it alone dignitlea the alliance. ?.lighted hopes or Neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little MEMOIRS 'On single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols.. is. each (by pest, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively Peened, Sr prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered by misinterpretatler, of their supposed contents, from obtaining them They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity; but for the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put fortis is the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore. two other &Ile publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post IN. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " Ilow to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the Mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's Iffe,wko owes his present existence, health, and position to this oh- Servance of the maxims he would inculcate-0 de unto others as he would be done unto—te live atter nature's laws—and to keep always on the "satiny side of the way.". The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalhe, 147, Fleet•street ; Mann, 3% Comhill ; liaison. 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other- Wise) from the author (who may he conferred with personally, mornings and 4venings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; and ell Booksellers. 0 11 TI „ , -v -. CON CEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THR ".ALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLrrentaxxo WITS cotorann ENGRAVINGS, Just rublished, in a Seale Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF TUE PASSIONS : a Popular I nquiry into th e C oncealed Cause of its premature D ecl i ne, "", Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those t i e l "ring from th e destructive consequences of excessive InOulgence, vrrminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional indigest , and Consumption. Including a comprehen- Ill uor D issertatien on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. ated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the Tarim C "es, &c . )1 1 e. J. LUCAS and Co.. Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman street, Member of the L O on xford-street, Landon. don College of Medicine, &e. &C, CONTENTS OF THE WORK, • .„ 1.C11..!1P. 1 . —Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate clot ce B el the Passions, llustrated with Coloured Engravings. P. 2.— aneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, denced In the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other nYtilsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges- Rutiyon, trieture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations en the es of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Functions, Chap. and and Exhaustion of the principal Vital !unctions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and Z 11 . 4 ' imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice ona l self-int d , ul g e nce. Chap. 4 .—Gonorrhees, its symptoms, complicit chit an ,re atment, Gleet, Stricture, and d isease o f th e P rostate. .P• 6--S 7 Phills, and its attendant maladies and treatment. C.s.ses, "old concluding observations, Plates, &c. Bold by Brittain , 54, Paternoster-mw ; Gerd in 116, Leadenhall iyeet ; 11/may and co., 63 , Oxtord-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -I.°ot; Mansell, 115 , Fleet-street, L,or.don; Wlnhal, 78, High-street, . nltharn; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, ` 4ll llbuih C hurck-strcet, Liverpool ; Robinson, 11, Greensble-street, ' n ~. ; ooksellers Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; end all . 4,lZ ,erso ns desirous of o bt a i ning the above work, and not wishing to ,„ ,1 Y to a b ookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it s.rect from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. Mks ,r 3 • LUCAS and Co. are to b e consulted from Ten:111 Two, and 4. - 22 1 ve till Elgbt In the evening, at their residence, No. 60, 1474%0-street, War I .street, L on d on , an d c ount r y pati en t s may tk ee . es el ,l ll treated, on minutely describing their ease, and enclos ""`• %null tee of 11. for Advice.. ..... 7.7.7...7..... .........im . . -7- . . ..... - , --- ( /-• , _______/ 2 _ ~/„ 7" 7"/------), , • i --- . , I K III------‘''' TIT) 7 CH: A, D FLA , 7DfEr. Antwerp, , „ „A A +. 4. ..p . ,..".:',.:tt , 41" , • , r * t . i Z i d ' e.crt m ption staaoned 7 i'. s- ''-':;,:. 4., ii ~,c•,;. ;, v.,,,,. . in • :-- . - ..,_,--,4 ''' ' ..;-- ~ , . -. .-L_____ .• . ANTWERP, /JAN. 18.-3 rest y zfternoon a PPI ''. , 4 t -Av . . , . t5 , .41 .: ,-. 1 ~t , .. f . (":* r 1 . 7 ., -. -,... .. i . ...",k' \47 1 k ' '''', '•• • • 7, ... , 1 Ii ~, 41-x --,-- A.4000`: -t ''''k • 1 r . ; 4111111' ..c.--". : •-, • „*- .. ... , - . - 7 - 1 7 4'7' , -. 7. '- 1 - • t.k • ..., • l b . 4 - :.... I kIX k r ~.. t MZ, r 7/ 7..6 ,,,,,, 7 ,_ i ti u pgsegt a gb e y tra an i o n ::,:er ith o po th od e s s co , .. ~k „ .,..„ , , 1 , 0„, , - i r, ~ . . .., ..„ ..„.:; L , 7k ,. : , 1„ , near Beeldelensweg. A .nth part of the waggons \-- 4; - vga-'-' , - '' ) 7 .- ' .7.- ---.!;:"..': 74 411 / 1 . 7,1%. , 1 0,. . . '', " . :1 • I`7 ' ; l ,- - ~.. -../47 - ' 1:: : I . •,;., -- 44 - el It: , : ~,. ~, aft , , .... , j,.\* , o il .._ ..,...,: i:,, le, , :N , N" I ' ,T,' ''' ar i l ~, Allr - , -. • ' 7 .1'4 ,7 , ----,- . '; , .;ffe- - '' , " 31 .114 . - - V . • '. 4 ,7 , l7 - g ie ' s.. ' - ‘ :‘‘.7 - ... : ere crushed, and the Dods detrolished, but happily . ..- -.-..,!',...”-, ---•-- -' no ceident to , - - - . -- it is repo lace. p, ,ed that the house of De Bruyn and Son, refiners, at Brussels, will continue business, notwith standing the stagnation of its finances. That of M. Busse and Son will speedily resume business. The passive debt is 1,300,000 florins. and the active about 100,000 florins. [PRICE iD. ISOCIALISM IN BELGIUM.—An association of the followers of Fourrier has just been established at Brussels, under the patronage of persons who are well known, and several of whom are invested with an official character. Lists of persons wishing to promote this pla n are i n c i rcu l at i on, and have already been signed by hundreds of persons. The object is to establish a re gu l ar Phalanslere in Flanders or L a Cumpine this summer. About twenty French per sons, and as many Americans, intend to join our ultra-progressionists, to form a Phalansterienne corn• munity of 1,000 to 1,400 individuals of both sexes in our provinces. The names of the leading parties are already made known. The most remarkable feature in this movement is, that the names of several maxis • trates and public functionaries appear on the sub• scription lists. The following is the project of law laid before the Senate, as the effective of the land army of Greece:- Ist, Tetrarchies of the phalanx, 389 men ; 2d, in fantry, 3,489 ; 3d, cavalry, 224 ;",4th, artillery and arsenal, 482 ; sth, engineering, 51 ; 6th, mounted gensdarmes, 165 ; gensdarmes, 1,224; 7th, troops of the frontier, 2,650 ; Bth, commandants, 80 ; 9th, military school hospitals, 24; 10th, military schools, 41 ; 11th, commissioners of military economy; 12th, tribunals of war, 9 ; 13th, companies of invalids, 157—total, 9,160. GRAND DUCHY OF HESSR.—The subscritions fcr the erection of a Hall of Commerce is going on most encouragingly. Shares of five florins (to be repaid), and voluntary donations and anontil subscriptions, in the course of twelve days only, amount to 7,500 florins. ~-s '~' ~ Channel 1. 1 ni seeitlx, ish v e a ds s r s ib e f l et s ei nn appeared ic: HamnunGn.—Cuxn AvEN , J AN . 15 . —Thi s after -IWeialdir dst,jogahnttod, w a t in) em ee n t h vie e si sn s et t lo e s a hw m ai e rl bour, as th e h ar b our isinow free from i ce ; th e i ce i n t h e l be able to enter safely this evening. Wind S. BREMERHAVEN, JAN. 15.—The galley which we reported in sight, in our last number, is now blocked up by the ice at Hoherweg, and aid was sent to her yesterday. At Oelplate a ship without masts is hemmed in by tha ice. There is still a good deal of ice in the channel. Wind S. W. The ice at Kohl brand is so firm and strong, that a luggage waggon belonging to the railway, laden with goods, and drawn by six horses, passed over the ice from Hamburg') to Harhurgh a few days ago. ST. PETERSBURGH, JAN. 6.—The weather to-day is only 9 degrees, although for several days it has been at 20 degrees. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 10.—The wind has been E. and N. to-day. The thermometer is from 2 deg. and 4 deg. The ice covers the river from Lollbunde to the Torheck Reef as far as we can see. The chan nel appears to be still navigable. No ships had ar rived here for some days, and sledges have com menced running from the interior to the battery of Fesconer. GOTHENBURGH, JAN. 7.—The brig Humber, from Hull, laden with cotton, has been wrecked off the Orkneys, and the greater part of the cargo destroyed. —Jan. 8. The channel between this place and Ibsen goen is completely covered with firm ice. The ves sels which were on the point of lading here have sailed to the Zull station cliffs. 'IN othi4 doing here in freighting. BRUSSELS, JAN. 18.—Since yesterday we have had a slight,' thaw, with the thermometer 2 (legs below freezing.—Brussels Papers, Jan. 18. DUTCH FUNDS.—AIisTEIDAII. JAN. 19. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 234 per Cent.... •• . 54 k i 54% Ditto, 3 per Cent •• •• •• •• •• •• 66 6636 Ditto, 4 per Cent... .... •• • • ...... 84; 4 ( /34i Amort Syndic, 3;4 per Cent— •• •• •• Commercial Company, 434 per Cent 162 163 East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • • .... Exchange on London, at sight •• • ... 12 10 Two months. ••••••• • •• •• 12 On Hamburgh, at sight .. .• 35 Two months... ............ 34 62 On Paris . ...... • . 62 Tw0m0utb5............... 56 12 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIEISNA, JAN. 12. 5 per Cent. Meta11ique5.......... ••. • .• 10i 4 per Cent.ditt o .. •• .• .• •• • 90 3 per Cent. ditt0............. • •• ••• • •• • . • • • .• G 5 156 Ditto, 1839 .• .............• •• •• •• • • • • 111 34 Bank Shares .............. ~.• • • —.1580 Esterhazy's Loan ........ •• 5734 RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand •• •• •• •• - 140 Ittoggnitz • • •• • • ••••• •• ito Vienna—Milan ..................... gR arosetto .• •• •• •• •• •• • •• .. ••••.• •• Pesth Bridge .......................... Apenninen •• •• •......... •. •....... BELGIAN FUNDS.-1311IIfisELs, JAN. 18. Actual Debt, 233 per Cent ........ •• ..• Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ -- Loan of Thirty Millions, lour per Cent.... Ditto Threeper Cent Ditto Thirty-seven 3111 liens, ditto v. Ds Ditto,ditto,lB42.• •• ••••• • • • • • tH stl Ditto, 1841. •• •••• • • • • •• • 91 , 3 Ditto, 1836 Ditto, 1838 • • .. •• .• •• • • •• •• • • •• • •• 67 Ditto of the City, 1832 ............ . Ditto, 1843 ............. ....... 93% Bank of Belgium.-- 97 —3russels Papers. Jan. 19. THE MODEL MAID-OF-ALL-WORK Her age is fourteen. Her arms are bare, and her feet' slipshod. ller curls are rarely out of paper, She sports a clean apron on the Sunday, about tea time. It is a mystery where she sleeps ; some say the kitchen, in one of the large drawers ; and otht rs declare she has a turn-up bed in the hall-clock ; but it is not known, for positive whether she ever goes to bed at all. She has a wonderful affection for the cat. Everything that is missed, or lost, or broken, or not eaten, she gives unhesitatingly to him. She is not fond of the drawing-room, but has a good-natured partiality of the garret, who sings funny songs, and gives her occasionally an order for the play. She takes her dinner whilst washing the dishes, and never gets her breakfast till all the floors have done with the one teapot. She tries very hard to answer five bells at once, and in despair answers none. She always forgets the mustard, and prefers blowing the fire with her mouth instead of the bellows. Her hands will not bear minute inspection ; and no wonder, for she is cleaning boots, or washing, or cooking dinners, all day long. She carries coals in a dustpan, hands bread on a fork, and wipes plates with her apron. She is abused by everybody, and never gets a holiday. She only knows it is Sunday by the lodgers stopping in bed later than usual, and having twice as many dinners to cook. She is never allowed e to go out, excepting to fetch beer or tobacco. to S heals complaints without a murmur, and , ar listens o e, a jokes ys•itl t i o o u x t v a a i s t m o i n l e. about Sh e t w g e e n t t s y 6l p er a s 3 1,5, to do the is expe cted work of five servants, to love all the children in tb house, :n Ito be honest for the money. It is not known what becomes of the model maid-of-all-work in her old age. It is believed, however, t at she sinks i n to Ihe charwenaan at the al;( of IWe:ity. Land ladies, be gentle to her !—Peech MARINE SOCIETY.—A general quarterly meeting of this society, established for the equipment, main terance. and instruction of distressed boys for the Royal Navy, Indian navy, merchant service, and the fisheries, we: held yesterday, at the office of the institution, Bishopsgat(--Areet ; Sir C. Malcolm in the chair. There were present, Lord 11. Cholmondeley, General Caulfield, Admiral Hope, Mr. Ricardo, &c. By ; the Secretary's report it appeared that the income for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1847, was 2,2331. The expenditure less by a balance of 921. During the past quarter 84 boys had beers sent t ) sea in the Royal Naval, merchant, and East India service!, making, with the number sent out in the previous quarter, a total of 183 The Secretary begged to read a letter from Lord Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty, stating that though lie avoided as much as possible presiding at public dinners, still, approving as he did of the objects of that society, he would willingly tice the chair at the annual dinner which was to be given for the augmentation of its funds. Thanks having been voted to the Gallant Chairman, the meeting separated. The Suisse of Berne, of the 15th, has follow ingtheheGr :—" According to a letter from Friburg,Gitosbn, by Council has adopted the proposition whom are the bishop and other m embers f , a v m h o ie n h gs t t hauthors and abettors ofoftlit,pnderobrutnhde, c a o n n o v i e h n e t r s which of Thethe clergy, y o . f a r l 76 t 0 0 0, h 0 a 07 iSwissmilos imposed ]ivies. The IThheem have not a fixed mission a_ be secularized. The th th e ei s r ur property. vn S tato, a hich is to clergy an to be placed administerunder the rorced loan is to b ear no_ per cent. The property of interest ter )ears, after 0 which the State will p a y the convents is to be devoted to the support of schools, hospitals, and other objects of puldtc utility. It is added that, according t M. Claesen's proposition, the principal authors of the sr parate league tire to be exiled or two years, after which they will be permitted to return on applying for pardon." From a postscript to this letter, however, it would appear that the Grand Council had not adopted the whole of M. Glasaon'a proposition. The Suisse promises to give the Cetails of the division which had been come to. THE LAST AND - ;HEiii;l.--A correspondent of the .New York Spirit of the Times has the following:— .\ chap, walking out, c..nie across " Old Mose" sitting in tllc broiling sun, fishing. " Well, Mose," says he, " what i❑ the world are you doing there?" " Fiffin." " What?" "Fan." " Fishing! well, what's the rear you can't talk ? what's in your mouth ?" " Oh, nuffin but wums for bait!" Mr. T. COOKE.—We regret to state that this emir neat musician has been a long lime ill, but njoico to hear that he is much better, and proounced by. his me, • dical attendants oul of danger, ,s t7, - .264.] LON.JON, SA TuRDAY, EVENING R OYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-011-TTNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently bees newly furntalml and laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest sad most elegantly Stied in the NORTH, It is hoped will be (sand complete la every respect. The RF.I)•R3OJfi (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a style which must camera the approbation of all ♦isitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK eau at all Unites have SLOW ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Dail, Lecture Room, and Royal Motel Assembly Beene are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel is is the most central 'Beetle* in Newcastle. NOTICE OF CLOSE OF THE _ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION , On am Y9tk i•ist., for Additions and Decorations.— Dr. RYAN will LECTUI:r. on SANITARY MEASURES, and on the nature of LHSINFECTING AGENTS, in connexion witk ails important sub ject, on Mordays. Wetlii..sclays, and Fridays, at Ilalf•past Three. P. 11., nod every Evenisr, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock, till the close of the. li.stitution. Ca the alternate days other Lectures oa cnEmisTRY. Dr. tiACIEIOFFNER will LECTURE on RE SPIRATION and VENTILATION, in connexiea with the above Sabicet, Daily at Two, rat., !it v Lich a JET of STEAM, as a Ventilating Agent, will be exhibited. The Opitical Erects include the OXY-HYDROGEN M1.:1405,70PE, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c. WORKING :MODELS of MACHINERY explaiaed. The DIVING BELL and &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-prim SEASONABLE PRESENTS. 3/1" ULLENS'S 11 A VAN NMI TOBACCO, in PaCkets, so universally admired, will be fully appreciated by connoisseurs, as combining the fragrance of a Cigar with the com fort of a Pipe. Gentlemen should ask for MULLENS'S lIA VAN NAIi TOBACCO, in Packets of One, Two, and Four oz., at sd. per oz., or 6s. per lb. ; lbs. for 205., at his Warehouse, 24, Fore s:reet, London. A choice lot of Cigars, 20s. per lb. RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN rump's. which roll the water upwards, without either frlctiiiii or faltering. the etore cam never be surpanatel ; come quent!y this fu the most importsit discovery ever made for the pre 'oervation ontle and property either at Sea or on Laid. AFNGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA she INDIA and AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET c0).4 incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which thoy Indivi dually subscribe, and autkoriaea the Company to establish conomu bications to cad and from the !Jolted Kingdom, the East ladies, Australasia, rut New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Divided late series of shares of 201. ea*. pATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY - and KENT. Capital. 20,0001. hi 10,000 Shires of 2!. each. Deposit, N. per Share on complete registration. No fUrther call will be made without three months' previous notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount subscribed for. The PATENT RAMONEUR MJCIiTN7 Is exclusively used is the ofilices of the Right lion. the Let& of the Treasury, the Royal Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural ftclety ; the Royal Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap proved by The Moat toble the Monies of NORTFIA.MPTON. President of the Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., Presitent of the Royal la. atitute of Itritish Architects. Sir RODEnICK T. MURCHISON, Pre sent of tke British /mode- Hon for the Adveneentent of Science. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rey. the Lord Bishop of Norwich of Lichfield rhe Right Hon. the Earl of Lel- The Most Noble the Marquis of caster Bristol Th *Lord Rendieshare, M.T. The Hon. and Roy. Thomas R. The Right Roy. the Lord Bishop Keppel . „. . _ of Gloucester and Bristol The lion. Fred. Byng fho No.i. and Rev. Edward S. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal• Kennel him, Bart. Cho Very Rev. the Dean of West-' , lr William Foster, Bart. salnster, Dr. Buekland Sir Robert Berland, Bart. The Venerable Archdeacon tihir- Sir Francis Darwin ley ; The Norwich Union Fire °Moe ids Jelin P. Belleau, hart. l'he Saffelk Fire Office Sir Richard Paul .toddrell, Mart. The District Fi.e Ofllleo of ltir- Dr. Outran, F.R.S. ' F.G.S., In- mlnghare specter of Naval llospltals ,The Norwich Equitable Insaraioe Right Hen. Earl sitzliardinge ; ()m e . Ills Grace the Duke Sr Rewriter! :The Nottinghamshire and Derby- Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, I shire Fire °Mee Right Eon F. 11. F'. Berkeley, The West of Englaul Fire (Mice, IF.P. &C. W. Miles, Esq., M.P. The object of this Associatlin Is totally to abolish the use et climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. ES, are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in by a large portion of the public, from a coeviction of the utterim possiiiiity in innsimeraide cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with the old machine. Fer the laudable purpose of ftirthering the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringelvent, the inge nious and effective Ramoneur machine has been Invented. This invention consists of four brushes; forming a square head, which by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby creating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The rods attached to this head er brash are supplied at intervals with universal spring, joints, capable of turning even a right angle mid the whole is surmounted with a double revolving hall, baying also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with c'ertainty past every angle, and into every comer, cleansing its reate most Perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the offices of the, solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jormyn-street, St. James's t, Esq.'s,ihat Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Rim-bin-lane; at Nag's Head-court, Gracecburch-street; and at the principal office, 1, Wellington•street, London-bridge, Borough, Where applle4o4oll3 for shares may be addressed. PUBLICATIONS. SECOND EDITION OF JANE EYRE. Just published, In 3 vols. post No , price 11. 1 is. 6d. cloth, JANE EYIt E. An Autobiography. By CURRER BELL. " A book of decided power. The thoughts are true, sound, and original."—Exatniner. The mos• extraordinary production that has issued from tha press for years."—Weekly Chronicle. " Orin anal , vir a ersns, edifying, and absorbingly interesting."—Jer rold's Newspaper , It is a book to make the heart beat, and to fill the eye, with teara."—A Vas. " Of all the novels we have read for years this is the most striking, and we may add, the most Interesting."—Econornist. " The chara..!ters are strongly marked, the incidents are varieus, and of a kind which enlist the sympathies ; and the style is fresh and vigorous "—lforn'ng l'ost. " The book displays considerable skill In the plan, and great power."—Speetater. " The matter and moral orals book are rod, and the style is for cible and impressive."—Observer. " licality—deep, significant reality-1a the character of this book."—Fra..er's M nazi ne. London : Smith, Elder, and Ce., 65, Cornhill. THE SEA and the RAILWAY: their new Relations set forth in a Jaunt along the Manchester, Shefridd, and Lincolnshire Railway to Grimsby Docks. By FELIX SUM- E ILLY. In preparation. With Woodcuts by C. W. Cope, A.8.A., 1). Cox, jun.. T. Creswick, A.R.A., and R. IlegraYe, A.R.A. London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longman'. HWALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority), . the " QUEEN'S OWN," with the new large eyes, are easily threaded, even by the blind, and have Improved points, temper, and finish ; the labels are correct likenesses of the Queen and Prince Albert in relief en coloured grounds. Sent flee by post, by any respectable dealer, on receipt of thirteen stamps for every shilling value. H. WALKER'S NEEDLES .FOR THE MILLION are about half the price of the " Queen's Own." 11. W. also manufactures Improved Crochets, Fish-hooks, Hooks and Eyes, Steel Pens, ece. tirestkawstreet West. Idultstett. - - • • . Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA! A CITY, ►ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. NY4v Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 61. in postage stamps, SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex eessive indulgence, infection, anti the irwrdinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. T,y It. and L. PERKY and CO., 19, Ilerners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Static, 23, Titelaborae -treet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Pear 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable elects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. It is illustrated b) Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary o- secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are alto clearly pointed out. This section is illa.strated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, and destroys its power en the system. PART T. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, aid its duties, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically Inquired into. Tug Cosntat. BALM OF STatacom Is exclusively employed in treat ng vons and sexual debility, impotence, &C., tie and 335. per bo:tie. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic rently, fbr purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. id., 4s. 6c1., and 111. per box, a certain remedy in gonorrhoea, gleet, strictures, and eitronie inflamma tion of the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to obviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. if. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment oily, by vrhieb the fee, if. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Ber oers•street. item Eleven till Two, and Five to Bight; on Sundays from Eleven to One . DR. LA'MERT ON THE SPCRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.-WITH 44) COLOURED ENGRAVINGS Off STEEL. Just published, and may be had In French •r English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. ad„ or post-free, front the Author, for forty-two Stamps, Qi ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise I,j on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and tt•e Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising trim these causes, close study, or the Inauonce el tropical climates: Local and ConsAtitional Weakness, Syphilis, cifricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting front Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, Illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. • Mr SAMUEL LA'MERT, 9, BRDFORD-STREET,REDFORD•SQUARB, LONDON. octor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil. which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and Its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disvalifications and their attendant dlsap nointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when used In moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific soiree of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on .he nature and cormatience of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are producthe of greater severity of raL;ery to the human frame, than any other to which It Is subject. This work contains as accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Phy,lology of the ReproductiCe Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly, requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or frem the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, Inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his posse slon of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost Solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternostet row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stark, Tichbonie greet, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight at his residtnce. 9. lie , tord-street liedford-souare London. THE BISHOP or HEREFORD.--Talking of Sir Fitzroy's motion, it has occurred to me as strange that no reference has been made in any public print which I gave seen to the "Preamble" of the statute of Edward VI., for repealing the statute of the 25th of Henry VIII., touching the election and confirmktion of Bishops. The statute of Henry Wai restored in the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; but the construction placed on that statute. on which the Crown relies, by the legislators Of Edward VI., seems conclu,ive : it runs thus :—tha', " whereas the said elections be in very deed no elections, but only by a writ of cove d'aire, have colours, shadows, or pretences, of elections, serving, nevertheless, to no purpose, and seeming also derogatory and prejudicial to the King's prerogative' royal, to whom alone appertaineth the collation and gift of Archbishops, Bishops, &c., it is enacted that henceforth no conga d'dire be granted, nor election by the Dean and Chapter be made, but the King, by his letters patent, may collate, Sac." You know that this is done as to Irish Bishops still ; and, in case of refractory Deans and Chapters, may be resorted to in this country. On the whole, there is not a shadow of fear that the Tractarian movement can be productive, in this matter, of anything but disturbance, which is their object.—Church and State Gazette. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,—It is proposed by Messrs Brett, of Hanover-square, to establish an inter national communication, via Dover and Calais, by their Printing Electric Telegraph; the English and French Governments have conceded grants to the projectors, and it is understood that the French Minister of the In terior, M. Duchatel, expressed an ardent desire for the fulfilment of the undertaking, and liberally promised to Live it his cordial support. The experiments made with this Printing Electric Telegraph on land have been at a distance of 146 miles between the points of communi cation, and are said to have been performed with the same rapidity and certainty as at a distance of only a few feet. SUPPOSED MURDER MBAR SREFFIELD.—Great sensation has prevailed in Sheffield during the former part of this week, in consequence of the death of George Marsden, blacksmith, between 60 and 70 years of age, whose body was tonne'. on Monday morning last, at the bottom of a coal-pit, called the Deep Pit, at the " Intake," about two miles from Sheffield, belonging to the Sheffield Coal Company. He was supposed to have been first robbed of his money and watch, and afterwards thrown into the pit. Ile left the New Inn, Shales Meor, a little alter one o'clock 011 Sunday morning this is said to be the last place at which he was seen alive. On Sunday morning a man and boy went down the pit, to see if all was right, as usual, and stumbled over the body. Ills head was literally crushed to pieces, and in deed every part of his body preiented a most frightful spectacle, which it naturally would do, considering that the pit is 101 yards deep. An inquest was commenced on Tuesday, and adjourned. INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF ANTIQUE RELICS IN THE ClTY.—Yesterday as the workmen were engaged in excavating in Tower-street, at the corner of Rood lane, for the purpose of making a new sewer, after penetrating to the depth of about eight feet, they came suddenly upon some human remains. There was no vestige of coffin of any kind. Close to the bones an an cient vase was discovered, similar to those exhumed at Pomprii and Herculaneum, but which unfortunately was broken by the pickaxe, and so complete was its demoli tion that it would be very difficult to reconstruct it. Several pieces of copper or brass were likewise found. It is not improbable. as these remains lay at so great a depth below the surface, that borne Roman was here in the line of the ancient Watling-street committed to the earth. ITEALTII or TOWNS IMPROVEMENT.--A public meeting of thoLinhabitants of Worcester was held in the Guildhall yesterday afternoon. Many of the clergy and medical gentlemen of the city were among those present. The object of the meeting was to support the intro• duction of any measures of sanitary reform whi c h m i g h t be brought before the Legislature. Several resolutions to this effect were passed. Prince Louis Napoleon has arrived in town from a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry at Wynyard Park. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS TlMES.—Another financial statement is at hand 'rill last year, the eve of such en event was as merry es the eve of Christmas or New Year. There was ' always a treat in store, the only question being a choice of agreeables. Sir Robert, like a benevo lent grandpapa, or rather like Will Honycornb, sur ' rounded by a posse of holiday folks, presided over the Christmas tree, and alternately soothed and tantalized the youthful expectants. Fifty voices exclaimed, " What am I t o h ave ?" "W a i t, wa it," cried ou , t , the distributo r o f blessings. "All in good time." "To the simpl er sort he said, " Open your mouths and shut your eyes ;" and, accordingly, a bonbon or a plum rewarded their amiable confidence. For the elder juveniles, and particularly where a little penchant was confessed, more substantial compliments were prepared. Will Honycomb had his favourites. When he played at blindtnan's buff, and was in vested in his turn with one at least of the attributes of justice, it somehow or other always came to pass chat his equitable fingers pounced on a certain laughing young damsel, herself not more likely to he caught than the rest of the crowd. Sir Robert also had his clue through the devious mazes of the game. The light step and joyous giggle of free trade be treyed that coy nymph to a sagacious and per severing suitor. So at each new budget we all knew pretty well the general character of what was to come. But, alas! those days, " the days when we went gipsying," are gone. There is a tide in taxation, as in all other human affairs. We are now at the ebb. The turn was last year, when there was ne;ther remission nor imposition of taxes; ' This year, if we are to practice common prudence, and set an example worthy of a great commercial nation, we must begin to lay on. But how to lay on is the question. It is a matter of great scientific interest to the statesman, and of no less practical im portance to the public. We have to consider not merely how much the public can manage to pay— how much it can bear without sinking to the earth or throwing off its burden altogether, but how much it can carry with the least possible hin€lerance to its activity and power. A strong man has been made to stand upright with 2,0001 b. judiciously distributed over his frame ; but then he could not move. Once disturb the equilibrium, and he would instantly have been crushed under,his manifold incumbrances. In like manner the public is not a row of Caryatides standing under a ponderous architrave. As the turnpike man said of John Gilpin— " Re rides a race, he carries weight., 'rts for a thousand pound." The great secret of judicious taxation is to lay it on without hampering the strain of the muscle and the play of the limb. Half a century of rather severe experiments has served to enlighten us on this point. Relieving as much as possible the industry of the country, the materials of trade, and the prime neces saries of life, we have transferred the burden to the broad shoulders of property. Luxury meanwhile we have left under its wholesome and profitable incum brances. The labourer can just exist without either direct or evident contribution to the national fund; but if he aspires to his glass of ale and his pipe, or his wife to her coffee or tea, they pay no inconsiderable quota to the Treasury. Eschewing the usual divi sion of taxes into direct and indirect, we have just indicated three subjects of taxation. 1. The raw materials of life or manufacture. 2. Luxuries and comforts. 3. Property. The first of these we have renounced altogether. No one out of Bedlam would propose again to enhance the food of millions or clog the operations of trade. As for luxuries, the present condition of our working classes is not such es to warrant any tax which should put their few comforts not only . out of reach, but almost beyond hope. Nor is commerce itself se prosperous as to bear heavier tolls. Speaking of superfluities, whether exotic or domestic, in the general, and without reference to exceptional cases, if any can be shown, we must say that the great body of the British people have not yet their share. Pro perty and the luxuries of the wealthier classes are the third alternative of taxation. It is evident that they are the most capable of bearing an accession of bur den. But an income tax is a war tax. It can only be justified on the greatest emergencies, and can only be borne with the hope of speedy remission. So we have often said, and so we still say. When the tax was laid on six years since we well knew the Old Man of the Sea the nation was taking on its shoulders. Three years since we could only smile at, the announcement oi anether lease for that period. It has now become customary and inveterate. Moreover there is no choice. This is a time of war. We have had war with the elements, and been terribly worsted. Eight millions fought with famine. We had to ransack the earth for the means of resistance. A commissariat of 12,000 men provisioned the host and directed the operations. Enormous debt and difficulty were incurred. A hundred thousand were left dead on the field of that bloodless but awful conflict, and a quarter of a million fugitives disappeared. This is war. If ever there was a case for levying direct contributions on pro perty, there is now. Unhappily, war in its more literal sense is not yet obsolete. If the lapse of a generation has effaced Waterloo from the plastic memory of England, that untoward incident is riot altogether forgotten elsewhere. A great nation before very long will be released from the spell of its Prospero, and if it does not threaten the malice of Caliban its forbearanc e is at least not to be answered far. Unwelcome prudence suggests, that though we ma y not absolutely augment our defences, we should at all events make them really equsl to their reputed and nominal complement. To be only as strong as we profess to be, we must submit to some increase of expenditure. Again, under the pressure of the times and the financial reduction s of our late and present Ministers, we are sufferin g . " deficiency." There is no mincing or disguising the matter. Famine, pes tilence, defalcati on , s , and war constitute no ordinary crisis. We must admit the necessity, and can hardly repudiate the title, of a war tax. The difficult and almost inexplicate questio n of Property versus In come, the infinite gradation s of alienable and inalien able possessions., fee simple and life interests, we pass at present all the more readily because public curiosity appears to have taken another direction. The problem of the day is, " How to tax a house ?" We can only state the conditions of the inquiry. :1, Hui a house tax which shall not offer a premium to gratuitous discom fort and unhealthines s by making light and air costly ; that shall not encourage imprudence ; that shall not be sometimes a virtual impost on trade. The first is the evil of the window tax. The second of the duty on insurance. The third would be the result of an ad valorem house tax. There are no practical difficulties in the way of the last, and it would pro bably be a palatable substitute for the two former. The valuations and machinery of collection exist. The great drawback is one of imagination rather than fact, but it is not an inconsiderable one. It is a repealed t ax , and in this progressive country we particularly object to being revisited b y the ghosts of old annoy ances. It is, indeed, generally thought that had the choice between the house and the window tax been fairly propounded, and had it not b een fully expected one was sure to follow the other, the country would h ave preferred the house to the window tax. This, h o wever, but little affect s t h at English prejudice against revival of taxation which not even the ex ample of the income tax can soften. There is the difficulty, which it is easier to state than remove. CHRONICLE. —The Government and the people of France are both in a stran ge quandary what to d o with Abd-el-Nader. They find, with a certain amaze • ment, that there is one subject on W hi ch, notwithstand ing all their bickeritigs they ar e pretty much of one accord. Nothing would, at„th e present moment, so ft gra •fy both Government and People as the Arab l ninouredlv chieftain's his days e making up his mind to good .1_ spend the remnant of his days in la bell e France. A voluntary offer on his part to adopt that resolution . 3 world of an x i ety, would save them The dilemma the Government are in is actually a hideous one. If they let Abil. el-Kader go, their royal master will never forgive them for what he will regard as a most contemptible weakness on their part. If, on t h e ot h er hand, they forcibly detain him, they make light of the authority, and throw a stain upon the honour, of the Due d'Aumale, which it is impossible that he should not resent. One of the King's sons has already , resigned the command with which he was in vested, from a p i q ue, as it is credibly asserted. The discontent of the Due d'Aurnale may vent itself in the same manner; the more readily from his not perceiving any other method of clearing himself from all stain of having voluntarily participated in the deceit to which he has been made accessory. And the motives to this line of conduct will be the more urgent, as there can be no doubt but it was Abd- el- Kader's reliance on the Dukes Power, as the King's son, to make good again'. all interference the pledge which he solemnly gave, that induced him to sur render himself. At the time of the Prince's Appoint ment, one of the principal justifications alleged in its favour by the Debuts was the inexpressibl e reverence which the Arabs entertain for the kingly name and blood of power. We ridiculed at the time the pomp ous parade our contemporary made of ouch a motive for so grave an act as we considered that appointment to be. We acknowledge, however, that our contem porary was better informed than we were as to the policy which the French Government intended to AT BEI numerous ships it has already gaged, and the captains gratefully Re krthwledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall suAiee :• " Captain Greig, from Quchea to ',endow, states that the Fountala Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power wee the means of swing the ship an •t 230 souls ou board, two seams is the bottom being partly kit withlat calking." " The Argus brig, Lone Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out at sea, and aeon after her common pump choaked and becarae use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foga tain Pimp, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was is ac tion without a arnute's respite, when all arrived. safely in London. with a thank God for the Fountale Pump." ON LAND the New Portable Fire-englaes are of infinitely better serrico thut a Jiro brigade. They act Instantaneously at tke outbreak of a tiro. " We are delighted with the luveutiou—lt is a great Iwo* to so_ piety."—Editors Liverpool Mall. The New Portab'e Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destraction, for out of eighteen different properties en Are in and near the city, they saved eleven ,elely and seven mainly, including in the sew!' the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Hortoa's dyery, and 12,0 l 01. worth of consigned pro perty; Stoke n•u'tard, starch, a. id flour mil's, aid Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in tine to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which must have spread Arvind de struction and death. " North Walshare.—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt bat halt the preperty now destroyed might have been sayed."—tiorf,lk Clue nide, August 22, 1846. ♦t a Ne, wick Are June 2, 1847, the twe Eertable Engines were the pets of the public. The ery was, feel the little engines and they will do the work, wh.eh proved tree. Tke four large engines present proved useless. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-botlere to a dozen atmo •pherea. Now the net is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water epaarde by Motion. which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Toung and Hatton. with many other erainent experimenters. lamented thus : TIM quantity o: water actually raised by any machine seldom excee:s half the rower consumed, after overcoming frictio►; and leakage; and notwithstanding the bet engineers in the world had trisql in ♦ain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects la hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is WOl, and won for ever ; for flictien and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented ftein twelve to twenty (sr about seventy per cent.), and frequently With cut mere outlay. Most mem can sustain heavy rapid pump trials fbr 40 seconds, bat Borne men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump an &wive sound-winded young visa of 140 lbs weight can raise 16,600 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun tain l'amp 9,000 lbs. in half a mlautc. Thus a continual and most extra , ,rdinary lucrative advantage is gained ever perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power. John Clonten Roberts, Est., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which 'most a good deal of Felly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Itaddley, London, an everlasting pimp-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an Ignorant pump book-maker. asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in No. 1,163, and in No. 496, Book-makar remarks are preposterous. However, on the ether hand, Dz. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many ether discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and susta;n. able character:—The Fountain rump is the meet important improve ment in the art of rasing water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advancement la the metal arts in modern times. _ The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below anti above 100 feet altitude, tbr man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per stroke to 110 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is Guaranteed at less coot than common pumps. _ . _ IT. SIIILDERS. Posastsin Pump Works, Nem , lch, Nov. PA, 1847. See MechnalC'a Magazine, Nos. 231*, 364, 383, 429, 430, 433, 412, 416, 467, 4119, 492, 495, 496, 506, 669, 510. 625, 633, 633#, 727, 504, 1,046, 1,110., 1,153. 1.7•5. Illustrated are market thus* COMMITTY.C. Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairmso of the London Committee of 1646 for Exteasion of Steam Navigation to Australia. Sir William Telmer, Bart., M.P. Hon. Franc!! Scott, M.P., ♦gent fir Lien South Wales. Sir Timm L. Mitch*ii, Surveyor-General of lien Soutk Wales, fondon. Lieut.-Col. Abdy, Indian Army Thomas Ttrowne, Esq. Captain Cvican, Indian Navy Archibald Cuniugharoe, Esq. Captain H. M. Denham, F.R.S.,' Royal Navy G. H. benshisou, Esq. Capt. R. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy Captain Ford. East India Maritime J. Maclean Lee, Esq, Captala Richard Lloyd, Indlaa Navy IMilbourrie Marsh. Esq. it Montgomery Martin, Esq. 'J. Montetore, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Alyers, K.C.S. Alexander C; Ogilvie, Esq. Richard Paterson, Esq. Robert Menley Payne, Esq, John Wilson ?Mans, Esq. G. H. ikead, Esq., Master, Royal Navy ,Colonel Torrens, F.R.S. :William Gordon Thomson, Esq. Lieut. Waghorn, F.R.A.S„ Royal Nav♦ Melvil Wilson, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill. Serrice Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal Navy E. C. Ilalsavell, Esq., ALA., F.R.S. Capt. H. Hamilton, Royal Nary Gustavus Hamilton, Eiq. James hunter, EAq. J. A. Jackson, Esq. Charles Joyce, Esq. Frederick Lambe, Esq. SOLTC MORS —Mears. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-sonare. India. Australia, China, and the adjAcent regions, contain a popu lation •f more than half the number of the inhabitants of the globe, and teem with every product which eon minister to the wants of man. To carry out effectually and economically steam eoramunication with those countries is the obiect of this Company, fur whose ope ratiens there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards sir numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which have an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England —are the only portions of the British empire u , connected by steam Navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the overland route has been exclusively granted to this Company. The route sanctieued by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com pany is vii Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres %traits, the advantages of which are, that Sydney, the metroplitaa capital of the whole of the Australasian colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or 6..5 days of London (frequently In 60), and within less than 210 days of India. The coal stations are convenient, excellent coal from the pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be pat on board titers at 7s. to 7s. id. per ten. Prespectases, with forms of application fir shares, and further information may be had on application at the offices of the Com pany, wkere a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may he obtained. Oakes, 34, Con hill, London. JOHN TATES, Sec. S N, JANUARY 22, 1848. • ' pursue in Africa. We admit our sagacity failed us. . It would never have entered our heads to suspect, until the event developed itself, what it was that a prince of the blood was wanted in Africa for. Now all the world knows it. The French Ministry has indeed to deal with a third difficulty, scarcely less menacing than the other two. Should they brave the father's anger, save the son's honour, and let their captive—we beg pardon —their guest depart, they will be liable, at any future period, to the severest censure for not taking proper precautions for the surveillance of their fallen foe, wherever he may take up his abode. Whether they will not be censured also for leaving the Due d'Aumale full liberty of action as regarded a contingency which was sufficiently probable to be provided for beforehand, we do not undertake to foretell. There can be no doubt but the Duke con sidered he was fully empo were d t o ma k e the promise he did. Nor have the Ministry, or their supporters, dared as yet to allege that he was not. The dilemma of the French people is scarcely less embarrassing than that of their Government. They share, perhaps, the error of the Ministry, in not perceiving how utterly worn out and wasted are the sources of that national resistance on the part of the Arabs which, so long as they remained to him, Abd-el-Kader com bined and headed with such incomparable skill and resolution. Though, we take it, the hero's submission is in itself the strong est proof that he considered that in Algeria all was lost to the cause of which he had been so long the forlorn hope. But the French pe*ehave seen so much blood and treasure lavished for the sake of what they fondly call the "union of France and Africa," that whether they keep Abd-el-Kader under lock and key themselves, or make Mehemet Ali deputy gaoler, they will never be easy in their minds so long as he lives. They are, therefore, naturally anxious to keep him sure and quiet under their own eyes. But then, to do the French people justice, they do not wish to purchase th e com f or t a bl e knowledge: that Abd-el-Kader is under lock and key with any glaring sacrifice of the national honour, which of course the Due d'Aumale pledged in the fullest sense, at the moment that he pledged his own. Even were the national honour not in question, we doubt if they would like to see the worthy young Prince's self-respect and integrity thus trampled on. We render our sincere testitsiony to the force and dignity of the remonstrances which the most independent of the French press have ad dressed to the Government, both as regards their hesitation to keep faith with Abd-el-Kader, and for their ignominious treatment of him since he has set foot on the shores of France. Still if M. Guizot could succeed in intimidating Abd-el-Kader into an apparently voluntary surrender of the promise made him, though the Minister would got little thanks or credit for it, it would be welcomed as a fortunate solution of a difficulty which presses heavily upon the national heart. The hollowness and heartlessness of such an arrangement, if it could be come to, would no doubt be acutely felt, and sternly reprobated by individuals peculiarly sensitive to the national honour. But the mass of the nation would take a different view of it, and good-nateredly attribute the change in Abd-el-Kader'a intentions to precisely the last motive that would be likely to influence him. And this brings us to a trait of the French people, of which the simplicity and bonhemmie might indeed disarm the most rigid criticism. They account for the solicitude of the Government to get Abd-el-Kader to Paris in a way which appears to them the most natural possible. They say—their journals literally say for them:—" Only get him to Paris, and the difficulty will settle itself. Once in Paris, Abd.el Kader will know what France is, and never wish to live any where else. Once bring this Arab of the desert within sight of the terrestial paradise and our most deadly foe will become our firmest friend, or at least our voluntary and contented guest." Was there ever such a touching simplicity ? The Neapolitan proverb is, "See Naples, and then die." The French version of it ought to be—" See Paris, and then, if you can, endure to live a n y w h ere e l se ." Th e hallu cinations, to this time, which are at present busy in millions of French heads, may be taken as setting at rest one question much debated of late. A people who believe that the enmity of a man and a hero like Abd-el-Kader could he mollified by a certain quan tum of Parisian amenities—to whom it seems quite plausible that he should of his own accord prefer to spend the rest of his life among those to whom he - and his people owe their ruin—are obviously quite ignorant of what the word enmity really means ; and Lord Ellesmere must have been wholly mistaken in attributing to them any feelings of national jealousy and hereditary hate and revenge, either towards the English, or towards any other people. FIRE ON BOARD THE VICEROY STEAM VIZ, AN!) GALLANT CONDUCT OF TWO OF HER MEN. Extract of a letter dated Stranraer, Jan. 19, 1848, received at Lloyd's : " The steamer reported so hurriedly last night as being on fire, was the Viceroy, from Glasgow to Dublin with goods and passengers. When abreast of Cornwall, the ceiling of the cabin got ignited from the over• heating of the stove pipe, and in an inconceivably short time, the whole cabin was in flames, and before it was got under, all abaft the aftermast bulkhead was totally consumed with the cabin furniture of all sorts, and a good deal of the passengers' luggage ; indeed, some of them lost all that they had. The passengers are all of opinion, that they owe their safety to the gallant conduct of two brave fellows who stuck to the wheel in the midst of the flames, until they were severely burnt. I trust such heroism and devotion to duty will not go unrewarded, as was the case of the helmsman of the Clydesdale,* who was crippled for life in a similar state, and who ultimately died a beggar in the streets of Glasgow, to the ever lasting disgrace of Scotchmen. " The captain; and all hands are represented as having done their duty well, in which they were ably assisted by the gentlemen cabin passengers, includ im4 all on board except some few half-starved Irish deck passengers, who refused to do anything. " The Viceroy has left for the Clyde. The day is very fine, and no doubt she will arrive safe. Had she - not been an iron vessel, all would have been over with her, and probably many of the passengers would have gone with her. The late regulation as to bolts is a mere farce—they have no doubt the stipulate: . number, but what is their size? This vessel had not boats to carry, with any safety, one-half of the crew anti passengers on board." • The act of self- devotion, above briefly alluded to by the writer, was one of surpassing gallantry, forti tude, and self-sacrifice. The person spoken of was, we believe, a Clyde pilot, who, half-burnt to a cinder in several parts of his parson, his eye-sight almost gone, yet nobly risked his own life to save the lives of those on board. This he effected, but was maimed for life. A subscription in his behalf was got up by some persons in Scotland, who appreciated his bravery and lamented the sacrifice, but it met with but partial success, and the amount was insufficient to maintain him with the com mon necessaries of life. JEWISH FORBEARANCE.—In 1569, Don Joseph, who held a prominent employment at the Court of Con stantinople, denounced one of his co-religionists, who had robbed and betrayed him. The culprit fled, but the community outlawed him, and the synod of Raboins ex communicated him. Some years afterwards the outcast, a prey to repentance, sought Don Joseph, who pardoned him ; but the religious tribunal would not revoke the interdict, nor sanction his retura to the synagogue. He then addressed hilt - self to Rabbi Judah Algasy, whose talents and character commanded universal respect. This worthy Rabbi thus wrote to the Beth-din (religious tribinal):—" My dear brethren, a contrite and repentant sinner claims my support and influence with you; and I hasten to grant it to him, fur it is painful to think that the condemned must remain all his life riveted to the chains of banishment. It is indeed too cruel to say to this man that his plague is incurable, and that his suffer ings can only cease with his life. Besides, this would be excluding from the repentant all hope of return, and constraining sinners :to persevere in the path of evil. Ministers of a merciful God weep for those who fall into the abyss of sin, and are there engulphed; and we should never refuse a hand to those who seek to escape. Re pentance is a second innocence, which is entitled to the acceptance of man, and meets the pardon of God." The members of the sacred synod understood the noble lesson embodied in these word s , and annulled their decree.- I.3en Levi's Tales. THE DETACHED FORTS FOR THE CONTROL OF PARIS.—The Ctairrier de la &utile contains the follow ing on the armament of the forts of Paris :—" The forts of Charenton, Nugent, and St. Denis have directly received their materiel of artillery from Rennes, and no portion of it has been conveyed to Bourges. A few ;lays ago, four waggons laden with gun carriages and wheels, for the fortification of Paris, passed through our town. The .National de/'Ouest positively affirms that the guns, hitherto intended for the defence of the Atlantic coast, had been carried to Paris. The northern journals have likewise denounced the removal to Paris of numerous pieces of artillery cast at Douai. There is not a single direction of artillery, to our knowledge, that has not sup plied its contingent for the armament of the fortifications of Paris, and, in presence of those facts of public noto riety, when there does not exist a single piece ut Bourges, a general officer, who had become popular by his fidelity to Napoleon in exile, has presumed to declare, from the tribune of the Chamber of Peers, that the law re specting the armament of the Parisian citadels has been I executed." • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 21.—A. squadron of armed steam-vessels, to consist of twelve of various sizes and power, is ordered to he assembled at Portsmouth and kept ready for service. They are each to have two engineers, six stokers, and ten seamen, with the usual warrant officers, on board. An inspector of steam machinery afloat is to be appointed to keep the engines, &c., in order, and it is expected that Com mander Starmer, who brought the llecla to England from the Mediterranean, will be the naval officer placed in charge of them, and will communicate with the Commander-in-Chief and other official persons as to what may be required to keep them in efficient order. It appears these twelve steamers are to be sent round from Woolwich and Sheerness, and are in ad dition to the Centaur, Cyclops, Gorgon, Retribution, and others, now in the port. Her Majesty's brigs Sappho and Orestes are to be got ready for service. They will be completed by the dockyard artificers in a few days, and join the other experimental vessels to be commissioned in o d oa r Van a Dvic ncommence sufficient Leannede with rigging fto-morrow. oesettlers"r Her o w. spa rs Febru ar y. The P r i nce R egen t , 9 0, Captain W. F. Martin, is getting h er topsa i l yards across alongs i de the j etty, but her pr ogress i s necessarily very slow and labori u f or want e of and rigging are equal i n s i ze to those of a 120 gun-ship. basin The Britannia, 120, was ta k en i nto the sin to ys n w The Mountstewart Elphinstone, sailed yesterday f from the , tram m o The Firefly steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Ponsonby, is alongside the dockyard fitting for ser vice on the coast of Africa. She has received a mizenmast, but, as she is but a small vessel, and no alteration has been made in the disposition of her mainmast, the effect is the extreme of unsightliness. The Sharpshooter, iron screw steam-vessel of 200 horse power, built on the design of Mr. Fincham, the master shipwright of this dockyard, is alongside the Pitt hulk, ready rigged as a brigantine, and apparently only in want of officers and men to be ready for a commissioned trial. The Leander, 50, just finished building on the design of Mr. Blake, late master shipwright of this dockyard, is now ready for floating out of dock. The third building slip under the galvanized iron roofing is now ready for use, and the dock adjoining is progressing very fairly towards completion. The Plumper, auxiliary screw-sloop, is very rapidly proceeding towards readiness for launching. The Arrogant, 46, auxiliary screw-frigate, remains alongside the above in statu quo. The Princess Royal, 90, is again assuming the ap pearance of an intended ship. Her midship frame timbers are up again, and she is otherwise getting on, evidently with an intention of perfecting her this time. The Royal Frederick, 110, alongside of the above, appears ready for launching. In Harbour—The Victory, 104, flagship of Ad miral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-Chief, in want of a few hands; the Excellent, gunnery-ship, Captain Chads, C.B , also in want of men ; the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus F,tzclarence, G.C.8.; the Prince Regent, 90, Capt. Martin, fitting for sea ; the Blenheim, screw steam guardship, 56, Captain Yates, also fitting, or refitting for service; the Firefly steam-sloop, Lieutenant- Commander Ponsonby ; the Fire Queen, steam• yacht, Acting Master Commander Allen (pro tern); and the Echo, tug. In Dock—The Ajax, 56, steam•guardship, re ceiving her machinery, and fitting for commission ; the Leander, 50, finished building; the Orestes, 18, refitting; the Sappho, 16, ditto; the Fairy, royal yacht, to receive new boilers, &c. ; the Undine, to receive new tubes to her boilers, new funnel, new composition on her bottom, &c.; and the Dee, stu dents' steam-vessel, for sundry improvements. In the Basin—The Britannia, 120, to be rigged ; the Retribution, steam-frigate, of 800 horse-power, to be rigged as an advanced steamer, ready for service on short notice ; the Kite, steam-vessel, Acting Master Commander Balliston, being fitted as a tug for service at Bermuda dockyard; the Swallow and Rocket, steamers. At Spithead—The Stromboli steam-sloop, Com mander the Right Hon. Lord Amelius Beaucicrk, awaiting sailing orders. On the Stocks—The Princess Royal, 90 ; the Royal Frederick, 110; the Arrogant, 46 ; and the Plumper, 6. Wind N.E., moderate breezes, and dark heavy weather.—Five o'clock, r x. Cu ATLI A Al, JAN. 21.—The Triton, steam-packet, is completed; she was finished painting yesterday, and goes out of dock on Saturday, the 22d inst., when the Banshee will ba taken in to be coppered and fittEd for service. It is proposed to make some alterations forward. Her figure-head is removed. The Sealark, 10 guns, Commander Monypenny, was to have sailed on the 24th inst., but, owing to some alt.-rations required, she will remain some days longer at this port. The Hercules,• store-ship, is ready to go out of dock; her bottom bas been newly coppered, and the coppering was completed yesterday. The Hermes, steam-sloop, is completed in every department, and she is quite ready for being commis sioned. The Goodwill, Pledge master, sailed on the 20th instant, with stores for the Woolwich and Deptford yards. A court-martial has been held on board the Poic tiers, ordinary guard-ship, at this port, of which Cap tain-Superintendent Price, of the Ganges, was presi dent, and Mr. George Essell, solicitor, of Rochester, deputy judge-advocate, for the trial of Henry Buck stad, an able seaman belonging to the Ocean, for desertion ; and, evidence having been given of a former desertion against the prisoner, the Court found him guilty, and sentenced him to twelve weeks im prisonment with bard labour, the two last weeks to be solitary. TEA DUTIES. We regret to learn that Lord John Russell has announced in a letter to our representative, Mr. Cardwell, that tho Government will not or cannot reduce the exorbitant duty on tQa at the Fresent time. Tin following is a copy of a communication addressed to the Mayor, by Mr. Cardwell, on the subject : " Whitehall Gardens, Jan. 19th, 1848. "My dear Sir,—l have this morning received a reply from Lord John Russell to my note, rt questing an appointment for the Liverpool deputation upon the subject of the duty on tea. " His Lordship expresses his readiness to see the deputation, if it is generally wished ; but goes on to observe, that there has been already more than one deputation on the subject, and that he has been in formed of all the )rominent points of the case; and adds, however willing he might be to reduce that duty, the state of the revenue will not permit it in the present year. " His Lordship concludes by expressing his wish that I would suggest to the gentlemen of the depu tation that no advantage can result from their in terview. " Believe me, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours, " .EDW. CARDWELL. " The Mayor, Liverpool." The deputation waited on Lord John Russell on Wednesday (as we have already stated), when the reduction of the duty was enforced by several gentle men, after which Lord John Russell answerad in substance, that the Government would very be glad to reduce the duty on tea, but that it was a question of revenue. It should have the consideration of her Majesty's Ministers.— Liverpool Times. -------------- STOURBRIDGE.—THE MINING DISTRICTS. —We regret to state that a large proportion of the colliers and men employed at the furnaces and iron works of the dis trict are still out. Almost daily blast furnaces are blown out for want of mine and coal. At several works at tempts at compromise have been made. The original notices were for a reduction of twenty per cent., but. in most eases, the masters have offered to accept a re duction of ten per cent. The offer has not in any case (that we are aware of) been accepted; and, were it not for the collieries worked by Lord Ward being at work. the supple of coals even f or h ouse h o ld p ur p oses cou ld nut be Obtained. The agents of Lord Ward have not given notice of a redaction, and consequently are at work, and contribute to the support of the men out on strike. This, in addition to the funds belonging to thi union, will in all probability, enable the men to bold out for some time. At a meeting of the co I trade hi Id yesterdhy (Tuesday), at the Talbot Inn, Stourbridge, it was unanimously agreed that a reduction of is. per ton upon coal, and 61. per ton on all slack, except fine, which remains as before, should take place from the Ist of January. 1848. tVorcesler Chronicle. HUSKISSON'S STATUE AT THE ROYAL EX . C HANGF. —Yesterday the preparations for the deceased statesmanerec t t t r e l o t f oy tl a ft i • statue recently presented to the committee o Exchange by the widow of the liuskisson commenced in the vestibule at Lloyd's. It is to occupy the south-east corner, oppositethe statue of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. From its very great weight iron girders will be sunk beneath the flooring to support it. Mr. Frederick R. Gye has undertaken the ma nagement of Drury-lane, in the absence of M. Jullien ; the latter has been giving concerts at Manchester, Shef field, and other provincial towns.