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,n....^ the odallo of b u siness `-' i bout Fr i of over those b i ts very 6i , o 1 „1 ac i for fol i o ' d be a s ' Ir denial"' C- e 1, , ater s "' 11 s i e t Olt e 5 ad fri)lii so b , ) sale of Of f L a shil li v ith last Week. .s o ld rea dil lk:t. Ls at 1,14 O T°. FErt4 3o4 s t) 366 33'* 31ste O ps **** 008 t ° , ) oo • 005 t° 3, 1852. iy 0. „lc', ho,: o rder ; . h g e fresu ; 0 1 t thej e r l i l e ip, r for ° go o Th i re n ,to l , oniY e s A" OCC lirrC v n lo‘ )/ ‘ AVO 130 , 11 ' 11 ' tion the 0 t l-9 to • r r rain". tr ith earer , ..; th eir ~,in t av,i tte r• of tb° es are )11t P r oe co n' rt. 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OF PREFERENCE STOCK to complete the Line. ."' ed by 9th and 10th Victoria, c. 103, and 14th and 15th Ilk L i Victoria, c. 75.) 116. 11 e, 72 miles in length, will join the Aberdeen Railway at kg: and proceeding northward through a rich, populous, and , ky:ir .. district, will accommodate the towns of Kintore, In k re l 44l Y, Keith, and Elgin. 4c , :kilt issue of stock consists of 35 , 000 preference shares of i c i L , nutted to a minimum preferential dividend of 5 per cent. git followin g for Shares may be made to the Secretary at Aberdeen, Stock and Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Carden and '‘. RoYal Exchange-buildings ; J. C. Morice, I, Warn. tth,LLoadon; G. and T. Irvine. 2, India-buildings, Liverpool ; 114,, t 7 1 0 whom forms of application for shares, detailed pro d Maps of the line may be obtained. r tIR 2 RINGDON WARD WITHIN December , k , 1 ,1852 • th r; At a WARDMOTE, holden this day, at the Great ky,„?t Hospital, before the Right Worshipful THOMAS Alderman of the Ward, for the CHOICE of WARD te ki r for the year ensuing, the following gentlemen were ; VY elected to represent the Ward in the Court f Common ‘Si t h i _> Deputy Eagleton, Deputy Holt, Messrs. Rutter, Virtue, tt i p os, ". 1 , Blake, B. S. Phillips, Morris. Young, M'Gregor, C. 14 1 cholson, Heaps, and W. S. Wheeler. 1 4 ,7„ . unanimously,—That the respectful and grateful thanks I r,lnote be offered to the Right Worshipful Thomas Kelly, N 4.3 judicious and impartial conduct in the chair, for his igtitaa occasion demeanour and courteous reception of every person ttirth e to seek him on business connected with the Ward; ;41 1 r, this Wardmote desire to express their sincere wish that 'iv t e i r l t an Kelly may long be spared to preside over this Ward ; lar k `;:raselves of this public opportunity to acknowledge. and ; 1 014, , inni for his repeated liberal contributions to the Ward 1 8 1,1 well as to many other charitable institutions. 4, 11 '. unanimously—That the cordial thanks of this Wardmote Co n :,' ° ,tile gentlemen, our representatives in the Court of Corn -4iol,e'etl. for their attention to their duties during the past year. t o t c ! unanimously—That the thanks of this Wardmote be "40 r , e President, Treasurer, and Governors of Christ's Hos kindn in granting the use of their Hall for holding t ki,t a i , Mote "a kleieJoreg oing resolutions be signed by the Ward Clerk, and the usual papers J. W. WARREN, Ward Clerk. I Ttz4 l , o CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND, t l'tp e . ". D l NG, and REFINING COMPANY. ''Val Charter T het liability of each shareholder Will be `,',. 4 ,.54,4500,000, in shares of £5 each. Deposit, £ 1 per share. .?lent of a less number than 10 shares will be made. lions for shares to be made to Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, Exchange, London. By order of the Board, GEORGE BRYAN, Secretary. bilcember 21, 1852. Q SouSh Austren Copper ech - M s Mining Company, • ' I3 TR 'ATI . STRALIAN COPPER 'MINING 'o a ff ob COMPANY. -, IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Committee of Manage- S'geointed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Share 1. T ll 4 the gth inst., have Resolved as follows :- • 1;4 th e Shares in the Company be duly Registered in the ''• 1 E ?f Company. 1 46 4, notice of the same be given, by public advertisement, . 11 , 0, t k ; the shares to be sent into the office of the Company for I .T h °, ll accordingly. cq,,°'" a Pro rata allotment of the unappropriated shares in 4 i re • L ehY be made at par in respect of every Share so sent in for 4 . °,i 1 as aforesaid, on or before Tuesday, the 18th day of Hied ' ' 85 3, but that all Shares not sent in for registra ion as ed Orfor before the said 18th day of January, be ab olutely from all benefit of such allotment. , i ii 4 ,'s therefore Given, that all zhareholders are requested to 11 1 44, a "ieir Shares for registration accordingly. The Committee &e e vent beg to intimate to the Shareholders, that those only t; 4ll 4 iti t yegistered will be entitled to the bonus arising from the Lti o : realised on the Shares already sold, which under the au- Ni, ' a Meeting of the Shareholders, might be divided among 5 0 „ . , ~, this 21st day of December, 1852. I I, Qracechurch Street, London. By order of the Committee of Management, J. THOMPSON, Chairman. SAML. 11. ARMITAGE, Purser. ." -4 ALBION GOLD MINING COMPANY, ~dpworking the Gold Mines on Burns' Creek, and the Quartz .."Att t j, l4 s, under a Conveyance in Fee simple, of 1,000 acres, near t Va. Mariposa, California. 4100,060, in 100,000 Shares of £1 each, to be paid up in full without further liability. % OD o t i tt —a Cost Book system, requiring no deed of settlement. V t er the directors nor any co-adventurers will have power to %Itt it , debts to bi n d this Company in California, there being a law 4 In that State. k‘4lll TEI 8 L)onegall, G.C.H. and P.C. Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. k r 11 DIRBCTORS. ...IttP B ZRT PRICE, Bart., M.P., Foxley-park, Herefordshire The „Stratton-street, Piccadilly, Chairman. paaSt Ron. the Marquis of Donegan, G.C.H. and P.C., Ormeau kt,at Antrim, and 6, Portland-place. Shelley, Bart., Marestleld-park, Sussex, and Albe it,;'.i.e-street. 444 Francis S. Murphy, M.P., 3 , Serieant's - inn. llo t y a Swift, E s q., M.P. (late. Sheriff of London), West Hill 44tti;:' Wandsworth. Crawford, Esq., 8.A.L., Middle Temple, and Haverstock. g alrY .1 4 MPStead. " • Wood, Esq., Britton Ferry, Glamorganshire. It Nrq BANKERS. Price Marryat and Co 3, King William-street, City. 46. 2 _ _ TRUSTEES. tlil4l:urs. C ocks , - Biddulph, and Co., 43, Charing-cross. . ° Xtits.—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, 2, Royal Ex• change-buildings. ENGINEIR.—David T. Ansted, Esq., F.R.S. Lead F.G. S., Professor of Geology, King's College. SECRETARY. —George Jackson, Esq. L A t OFFICES.-3 , Copthall-buildings, Bank. 4 bi .,._' e atiOns for shares ma be made in the usual form to the ' 41 1.1 4 17, at the Company's Offices, where fall prospectuses may be or through the brokers. FOlng OF APPLICATION POE SHASES. qti lti l. t ° the Directors of the Albion Gold Mining Company. alen,—l request you will allot me shares of one pound 11,;'each in the above undertaking, the whole of which, or any 6.. N1 1 , 11 '. 1 )er that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to accept, itb ot e ,j2L required, to pay the amount thereon, and subscribe the Of the Company. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Date... . EUROPEAN (and. AMERICAN) ELEC -0,414,40 TELEGRAPH COIIPANY, incorporated by act of b hp b .._elit, 14th an d 15th Vic., cap. 13 5 . In connection with the a 8 Telegraph Telegraph Company. Capital, 200,0001., in 40,000 shares 4 * Offices, 30, Cornhill. DIRECTORS. I t Ird DE mAULEY, Chairman. k ii ;: c, r JAMES CARMICHAEL, Bart., Depaty - Chairman. Vet. gaplin' K.' E M.P. Ernest Bunsen, Esq. I. • g oil aing. Esq., M.P. Rear-Admiral Sir Richard i 11 4 si • Frederick Cadogan. O'Conor, K.C.H. ' ll ll w 4 terman, Esq., jun. Francis Edwards, Esq. • Brett, Esq. 134, SECIIETABY—G. L. Parrott, Esq. - ' 4 as—Messrs. Masterman, Peters and Co., Nicholas-lane, . . Lombard• Street. --- Rti e ' r°llB —Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Hand, 17,Wararick iktett Regent-street ; Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Co., 17, 0 4 l aersbury,, hile ttn , the Ist of November last this Company opened a subter- N, of telegraph from their offices, 30, Cornhill, to Dover, e wires are united to those ofthe submarine telegraph 1)t h -74 Dover and Calais, thus insuring a direct communication Nblelat any break) betwe en L on d on an d the Continent. The ,fori n arine cable to Belgium will be laid down between the South 711% .1114 and Middle - kirk (near Ostend) in the ensuing month, t io ta wires will also be connected with the wires of this Company .trad; and a large accession of business will thereby be obtained e European and American Electric Telegraph Company. Traffic dements have been made securing the European and American of Compane exclusive privilege of conveying all messages 'Ng' "out Le donnd any part of the Continent via France and sz n , ,Th p , • liy",aPital hitherto expended is 50,0001., for which sum the Corn.. (1 I pas obtained an underground line of telegraph between London ever, constructed in such an efficient manner that a responsible actor has guaranteed the maintenance of the works for the Aij at Payment of 1001. 11 the ~,4 1 11,, Preliminary expenses, the cost of obtaining the act of Par- Niti' o l ' and ',payments for patents, are also included in the above -410, fl ed ex pen diture. I terlgh this line has been opened only six weeks, the net returns i" t tla a •Y v ahow a profit of 5 per cent. upon the capital expended + and eett„ I sfacaory result has induced the shareholders, at a General Zibti - r g held on the Bth instant, unanimously to resolve that this ,trzei n 4 llean system of telegraph should be extended to the towns of t Zbrok..gaam, Manchester, and Liverpool, so as to afford direct and Nep t 7n intercourse between their several exchanges and the Con tietitr tt l act, have been made to carry out these lines insulated in 1p I ; e rche, and laid underground, for a sum of 50,0901. jOlis v „ r i c i ler to provide the necessary capital for this p ur p ose, ten ti 3 ,,11 N " . shares of 51. each, to be pa d up in fall, will forthwith be " 1 1riy and as the whole expense of the undertaking has been thus „%ci m .efined, no liability can t•e incurred by the shareholders be amount of their shares, as the Directors will undertake `qu - ri l O lines, nor enter into any further engagement , without the met e ,f the proprietors. "tr tas ß‘ the working expenses of the Company will be but slightly 14!:,1 by the proposed extension, the business between these ▪i„ ki r ,""eries of commerce is known to be of a very lucrative de '''igt,,'"nt and the ratio of profit on the existing line will be largely elite& • works to Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham are already N'it 88. ication for sbares may be made to Messrs. Foster and Braith -444 Stockbrokers, 68, Old Broad - street , City , on or before Wed -37, the 22d instant. A 9 MORE PILLS nor any Other MEDICINE. ) t jlT ARRY'S delicious REVALENTA RABICA FOOD is 1; j• 'O r al ß remedy which has obtained 50 , 000 t A estimonials of cures 2 Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Archdeacon Stuart c ir, and other parties, of indigestion (dYsPeps'a), constipation, ,:iit t . t .relicea, nervousness, biliousness , liver comphint, flatalencY, 10 1 4 ,7", palpitation of the heart, nervous headache, deafness qlr o .1 the head and ears, pains in almost every part of the body, 11 tlie inflammation and ulceration of the stomach,s s crofula, i as nel eni pien P ; the skin, impurities and poverty o f the blood, fu • ePtion, dropsy, rheumatism. gout, heartburn, nausea and sick- Zati l4 Ina pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spasms, %ePileptic fits spleen, general debility, asthma, cough, inquie cli• t e ePlessness involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, dislike to • J , unfitness for study, loss of memory, delusions, vertigo, blood I rNt e l l bead, exhaustion, melancholy , g roundless fear, indecision, Alatedness thoughts of self - destruc tion, and man y other com 1 111 14 . It is moreover, the best food for infants and invalids gene klo% tt never turns acid on the weakest stomach, but imparts a km) 4 relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty ofdiges ttld nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. A r e Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent - st reet, London. b P.,l l :.,plit of 50,000 cures arehere given : .' l t ) . 11, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de I , 4l er it ; , I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barr y 's Re "e to Arabica Food. and consider it due to yourselves and the pub- Qu i .V.,,thorise the publication of these lines. — Stua rt de Decies." I :%' ,En 49,832.—" Fifty years indescribable agony from dys -111A4-,lnervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, fiatulencY, srasms, at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Aor4Vacellent food.—Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, 51,418.—" Major W. Edie, H.M.S., 14, Buckingham tir Strand London, cured of two years' liver complaint and qtf a i re lTte diarrhoea , with total prostration of strength, which had l t the best treatment in Iredia and at home." kith. 0 . 47,121. —" Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Hazing Vicarage, hth er 'ari-cross, Herta : a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, et u .„ in g_s, low spirits, and nervous fancies." t.tve i . oo ' 48,314.—" Miss Elizabeth Yeaman, Gate-acre, near merp o „„". , • a cure of 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of ma DR. WITEZER'S TESTIMONIAL 1111 II Bonn, 19th July, 1852. Itht and pleasant Farina Is one of the most excellent, ard restorative remedies, and supersedes, in many cases. cod, "a of medi Ines. It is particularly useful In confined habit of f t iV s aB also i n di arr h oea , b owe l com plaints, affections of the kidneys cr ait r adder, such as s t one or gravel; inflammatory Irritation and het oo l ) of the urethra, cramp of the kidneys and bladder, and rthc ida This really invaluable remedy is employed with the 1144' satis factory result, not only in bronchial and pulmonary corn -11101,:s, Where irritation and pain are to be removed, but also in pill the t ",P' and bronchial consumption, in which it counteracts effectually Dre, a loblesome cough • and I am enabl with perfect truth to ex to the conviction that Da Barry's Rev e alenta Arabic& is adapted "..ore of incipient hectic complaints and consumption. Dr. BUD. 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Those who desire to make really useful pre sents will II n d in the general department the best table cutlery, scis sors, thiml it es, penknives, writing-desks, ivory and other hair brushes an , 3 combs, and a variety of goods adapted to every exigency. Use bagatelle-tables, affording a charming amusement on a wintr 7 or wet day. 4, Leade n hall-street. QUM LEON HENRY HAMILTON, Member of ► the Royal College cf England, twenty-eight years in London practice, will remove any case of a rrivate nature before charge be made for r fsed icine to those attending. In cases arising from debility. nervousn sea, scrofula, pains in the back, lumbago, affections of the kidnr ays, infirmities of youth and maturity, or any case re quiring I rractical professional skill, Surgeon Hamilton decidedly states th et no case within reach of human ald shall leave him un cured. Ladles arid Gentlemen who prefer consulting by letter, en closing a fee 0 ' 10s, 6d., with a detail of their complaint, will be answere dby return of post. Surgeon Hamilton attends for personal consulti Mon from 9 till 2, and from 5 till 9, daily. Post orders pay able at Charing cross post-office, to HENAT HAMILTON, 3, King Walla] , a-street, West Btrand, London. No. 18,799.] F ..., ,• .. . 77, , _,.....- - -........,- - ,-.,. —— - - - -.. ... • • / - _ _________,_,„___,........................._ _----•,.........----- -- - -•.,„,,... , , ,r _ . _____,aoyierPru.'w7 • - ./. ..." .•••• (----' . . .. • . -v.; . NA, , ... • . - . ..... .r . , p 4 I', f ir . .-1. rp ,dmii...._. -----... ...,,,,,...7 , , _..4---,., , . 4 ",.• s. , ':', --, o, '' , ;;to, ...- t, , , - e ' ) (. ' , I. '', lit: ...•` 4 . re' . -. 4 '. " I " - '''‘ '' .. 57:-...:, . • .1 ,_ • ..21 . - - 77 ' ... " . e:, s : ' ' ' , , . - , 7 , 4 .. . , .o.u = • 2,„,, . ~....., , 5 4 , 0 p - ; _ e ..., e-9k4 (1 4 t- t, ,e4t. 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Directly it broke out in' the 34th Regiment, they moved them out in tents on a ridge, since which not one has oc curred, except of such men as ge down to town to get drunk an d lie out all night, and this in spite of rain every hea healthy tents. i which you rrh e Nr f - o e u v l e d r s c u a p m p e o s f e r o w m o u c l d be v Cayenne, in ne e . very u al on n g - Guiana, and up the islands. It has reached St. Thomas's ; and BarbadOes is now healthy. I enclose a list of the dead, corrected up to the latest date, for I want you to draw up a statement of the real nature of the case from this letter, with the names, and send it to the Herald, as no doubt there will be many exaggerated reports. Lang-lands (chief engineer) died happily. Mr. Jackson, the excellent chaplain to the bishop, is indefatigable in visiting them. He has taken our chaplain to his house, where he is rapidly improving. The soldiers, and, indeed, every one are most kind, and do all they can. The officers are buried with military honours. Two-thirds of the men are landed at a time to live in tents, with the idea of preserving their health ; the ship, however, is not to be cleaned out, so we may expect fresh cases. Our princi pal hOpe now, under God, is the arrival of the Admiral who is expected the Ist December, and I should think we must be ordered home, for we are useless to the station for want of men. The Calypso arrived to-day, the Daring on the 19th, and sailed 22d by Captain Hal sted's orders to keep out of the infection. She cruises off the island, and comes in sight every day. Martin, the engineer, was buried the 26th. I hope this will be the last officer's funeral, as the remaining cases are doing well. Our camp consists of about 20 tents, in a piece of ground enclosed by a wall on three sides. They are to stay till Monday—that is, four days. They are very comfortable, and no doubt will be healthy, except in so far as they may suffer from their own excesses. It is very pleasant on shore, and a beautiful country," &c. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 18522, EPRICE SD. THE PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY COM PANY.—Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each. — Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Shsre. Under the approval and support of the folloWing, amongst other landowners and gentlemen locally interested' the codlities of Surrey, Hampshire, and Sussex. The Earl of Winterton, Shillinglee Park, Sidsex. Viscount Monck. M.P., Portsmouth. The Mayor of Portsmouth. John Deverell, Esq., Peubrook Park. ' Sir Henry John Leeke, West Leigh.' . William J. Evelyn, Esq., M P. for West Surrey. Sir William G' Hylton Jolliffe, Bart., M.P. The Mayor ofreterslleld. John Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P. J. H. Waddington, Esq., Langrish. Rear-Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, Little Green, Sussex. The Hon. J. J. Carnegie, Fair Oak, Peterafteld. Major Mundy, Hollybank. Colonel Hugonin, Nurstead. Joseph Martineau, Esq., Basing Park. The Rev. William Legge. Colonel Charles Wyndham, Rogate Lodge. S'r Charles Taylor, Bart., Hollycomb. Sir Archibald Keppel Macdonald, Bart., Woolmer Lodge. Thomas Butler, Esq., Downlands. THOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—At a General Meeting of the Subscribers to the HOOD MEMORIAL, held Dec. 2d. at the Whittington Club. it was resolved that the Subscrip tion List be CLOSED on the ist of February, 18F3, and NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. It is all business and bustle now at the Admiralty, getting out the commissions and appointments for the newly-commissioiied ships, and setting things in order for a "paying off." Lord Palmerston's name is now added to the list of aspirants for the First Lord's post ; but it may happen that his grace the rear-admiral will not have to strike his flag. THE GOOD SERVICE PENSION.—The good-service pen sion, relinquished on the promotion of Rear Admiral Powell, has been confered on Capt. Smith, C.B. (1829), an officer who obtained his decoration for services at Aden, but who has received no consideration for his ser vices at China, where he commanded the Druid frigate. Captain Smith last commanded the Ganges, 84, in the Mediterranean, and is an officer highly esteemed - in the service. Miss ELIZA. COOK, MR. MURDO YOUNG, arid Ma. JOHN WATKINS, were appointed Trustees to the Fund. The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London and Commercial Bank. Contributions are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cwk, Treasurer, 54, Great Ormonde-str. et, Bloomsbury ; and by N.r. John Watkins, Hon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chairman. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman Advantages—The Lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Prodts divided among the Assured every Fifth Year. The sum of 274,3001. was added to Policies at the last Division, which produced an average Bonus of 62%1. per Cent. on the Pre miums paid. Number of Policies in force on Ist January, 1852, 5,950. The Assurance Fund exceeds 1,200,0001. Income 200,0001. per Annum. Loans granted on such Policies as are purchasable by the Society. Service in the Militia or Yeomanry Corps w 11 not affect the vali dity of Policies. For particulars apply to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Among the subscribers are the following : Ms Grace the Duke of Devonshire, E.G..... X 25 0 Tee Right Hon. Lord John Russell, 31. e. 5 0 0 The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P 5 0 0 The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P... ..... 5 0 0 Sir William Frazer, Bart.• • ...• ..... 4 0 0 James Harmer, Esq . .:.• ••••• • • • • • ..... ........ 5 0 0 John Macgregor, Esq., M.P •••• .. . • 5 0 0 Arnold Rogers, Esq. .. Mrs. Robert Elliot •• • • 5 0 0 Richard Dawson, Esq., M.D ........... 5 0 0 George Peabody, Esq..• •••..•• • • • • • ... 5 5 0 Edward Moorman, Esq..• •.• • ... ... 5 0 0 David Salomons, Esq.. ....... ............... 5 5 0 Messrs. Spalding and Hodge... ....... ...... 5 5 0 Miss Eliza C00k...... • • ...... ......... 5 0 0 Miss Cushman.... • ...... • . ... • • 5 0 0 Proceeds of an " Evening with Hood " at tie • Whittington Club.. • Murdo Young, Esq., and family .. 4 4 0 Samuel Rogers, Esq.. ••• • .. C. W. Mike, Esq... •• • . ............. . 33 0 Charles Lushington, Esq.. • . 3 0 0 Elias Davis, Esq..• •••••• • •• •• •. 3 3 0 A.D.C. TO THE QUEEN.—One of the vacant appoint ments of Naval A.D.C. to the Queen, has been given to Commodore Charles Talbot (1850), the Commander-in- Chief at the Cape. This officer, too, has been neglected, 'for he has received no consideration for his services when,:as captain of the Vestal, 26, he was the senior officer, and commanded the gallant expedition against the 'pirates at Maluda. He earned, however, a decora tion, 'rather than an appointment, usually bestowed on the senior captains. We perceive-that Captain'the Earl of Hardwicke 4825), has neither decoration, good ser vice pension, nor is he in the list of A.D.C.'s. The noble lord has richly earned some such service distinc tion, and although the appointment of. A.D.C., to the Queen must be with him, from his senior standing, merely honorary, it would be a just preference on the part of the Duke of Northumberland to give thegallant earl one of the vacancies. DIRECTORS. Charles Henry Blake, Esq., 15, Devonshire-place, Major Butler, Liphook. William Eldridge Butler, Esq., Le Court, near Petersfleld. Bonham Carter, Esq., 6, Whitehall, and Petersfleld. The Hon. Thomas William Gage, Westbury, near Petersfleld. Fielder King, E q., Buriton. Henry 'Lacy, Esq., Petersfield, Banker. Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P.. Woodbridge, Guildford. W. Barron Mew, Esq., Newport, Isle of Wight, brewer. Francis Mowatt, Esq., Devonshire-place, London. Thomas Ellis Owen, Esq., Dover Court, Southsea. Edward John Scott, Esq., Portsmouth. John Stewart, Esq , Director of the London and Westminster Bank. Admiral Sir James Stirling, Belmont, Havant. ENGINEERS.—Messrs. Locke and Errington. BANKERS. .Tbe London and Westminster Bank, London, G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. THOMSON HANKEY, Jun., Esq., Chairman.. Sir WALTER R. FARQUHAR, Bart., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Dixon; Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. James Morris. Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq.) Henry R. Reynolds, juri.. Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Rsq. George Lyall, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. Sxcamtuy—George Keys, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.H.B. LIFE DEPARTMENT.- - Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Bate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company,the Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One per Cent. per Annum on the sums insert', and the total Bonuses added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies. the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LINES..--Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. Notice is hereby given, That Fire Policies which expire at Christ mas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-Mall; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. EXTRAORDINARY DISASTERS AT SEA. (Front the Liverpool Mail.) We have been furnished by one of the officers of the Swordfish vessel with the following account of- the dig asters that befel her on her recent voyage from Pernam- • buco to this port, and as much sympathy has been manifested here, owing to the extreme sufferings of the - crew and passengers, we have no doubt that it will be read with general interest : The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere ...• • 2 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M P..• • 2 0 0 Sir James Duke. Bart., M.?..... . • 2 2 0 R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., 2 0 0 B. IV—Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) 2 2 0 Douglas Jerrold, •.: ....t*, -2 2 0 T. K: Hervey , Esq. •• •• ••••• 2 2 0 Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office •• • ....• 2 2 0 C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. ••..••••• • • • • • • • • ..... 2 2 0 C. W. Dilke, Jun., Esq.... •••• • • • . • 2 2 0 Edward Moxon, Esq.... ...... •• •••• • • • 2 2 0 James Coppock, Esq. ••• • • • Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham •..•• .. • • .... . 2 2 0 Jas. Wyld, Esq., and family.... ••• • • 2 0 0 Mrs. Theodore Martin (Miss Helen Faucit) .... 2 2 0 A few Young Men at Simplon and Marshall's.. 1 5 6 Nine half crowns from Manchester.... •• • .... 1 2 6 The Right Hon. the. Earl of Carlisle.. • • 1 1 0 The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans 1 1 0 The Right lion. Lord Brougham.• .. ••••• • • • • • 1 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. ~ 1 1 0 The Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne ••••• • • • • • ...• 1 0 0 Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate) 1 i 0 Lady Sandys .. ••••• • • • • • • • 1 1 0 W. M. Thackeray, E5q......... ..... Charles Swain, Esq, .........• • 1 0 0 W. C. Macready, E.g... • • •• • 1 0 .1. Westland Marston, Esq •••• • • .. 1 1 0 Albert Smith, Esq. • • • • • • Lady Morgan ••••••• • • • • • • • W. C. M. Kent. Esq. ... •••• • • • • • • • .• . 1 1 0 Alfred Crowquill, Esq. .. William Jerdan, Esq.. Hepworth Dixon, E5q.......• •••••• • • • • • ..... 1 1 0 Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., M.P • • .... •• • • 1 0 0 R. Swift, Esq., M.P.... •• • • .... •••••• • • • • •• 1 1 0 James Macgregor, Esq., M.P. .. •• •• 1 0 0 B. Oliveira, Esq., M.P.. ••• • • • ...... • ...... • 1 1 0 W. J. Fox, Esq.. M.P ...... .............. 1 1 0 Sir John Kerle Haberfield, Knt. Bristol ••• • .. 1 1 0 Mrs Milner Gibson ... ••..••.•••••• • • • • • • • •• • • 1 0 0 Thomas Creswick. Esq. R.A.. . J. B. Buckstone, Esq.... ...... • • .... ••. • • Mrs. Fitzwilliam Rev. Felix Palmer, Frierning .... •• .. • . 1 1 0 Horace Mayhew, E5q....... •••• .• • • • • 1 1 0 C. Cowden Clarke, Esq.• •..• • • • • • .......... 1 0 0 Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford •••••• .. • • .. •• 1 1 0 Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Institution.. 1 1 0 Rev. J. C. Collins .. ...... •• . 1 0 e Eight half crowns from Preston ..... In pence from Bideford In pence from Bristol.... ...... ......... ..... 012 6 Miss Mitf0rd........ • • ..., .. • . • ••• •• 010 6 W. C. Bennett. E.g..... •••.. • • • 0 10 0 E. L. Blanchard, E5q.......... ....... ....• 0 10 6 A few Poor Needlewomen. .•• • • In other sums 182 19 0 ~- :-~ - The Londortana . County Bank, Peterstield The West Surrey Bank, Guildford and Godalming. Some - amis.—Messrs. Roy, London. Sem:mum—Alexander E. Lloyd, Esq., pro tern. OFFICES. —37, Great George-street, Westminster. PROSPECTUS. It is intended to construct a Railway between Godalming and Havant, 32 miles in length, to afford a more direct and a cheaper commanication between London and Portsmouth, as well as Railway accommodation generally to the large extent of unopened country through which it will pass. The deposit of plans and sections, and all other necessary steps, have been taken with a view to an application for an Act of Incor poration during the present Session of Parliament. The line will commence at the end of the Godalming Branch of the South-Western Railway, and will pass the towns of Godalming, Haslemero, and Petersfield, and generally following the route of the Direct Portsmouth Railway as sanctioned by Parliament in 1846, to Havant, it will there unite with the Coast Line of the Brighton Com pany, and the Fareham Extension Line of the South-Western Com pany, and proceed thence directly to the town and harbour of Ports mouth. The landowners and others locally interested in the district have concurred in promoting this measure, and have, to the extent of nearly three-fourths of the length of the line, signed agreements for the sale of their land at its mere agricultural value, and in several instances hav&agreed to take the company's shares in payment. The connexion with the South-Eastern Railway, near Godalming, will secure to the proposed line the advantage of a second entrance into and exit from London, the one to the west end, and the other to the heart of the City, establishing by the same means also a direct communication, and with a great saving in distance, between the metropolis. Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Reigate, and the South-eastern Line generally, and Guildford, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, as well as with all the intervening country. The line will effect all the objects contemplated by the Direct Portsmouth Act of 1846, but at the reduced cost of 400,0001. now, instead of 1,500,0001. then required. It has been also further greatly improved by a late survey made under the directions of Messrs. Locke and Errington, by which it will not only be materially shortened, but three out of the four most serious and highly objectionable tunnels in the former plans have been entirely got rid of in the present, and the fourth, near Peters field, reduced to one-third its length. To avoid all risk and uncertainty, however, on these essential points, the promoters have entered into a provisional contract with perfectly responsible parties, for the completion of the entire line from Godalming to Havant, for the extremely moderate sum of 372,0000., or 12,0801. per mile, including the cost of land, rails, sta tions, and all other necessaries, excepting only the locomotive plant; and further, the same parties have come under a formal and binding engagement to take a lease, if required, of the line when completed, for the first five years, at a net minimum rental of 4 per cent. per annum, with one-half of the profits beyond that amount. Parliament having already, in 1846, sanctioned this line now pro posed to be constructed, its promoters cannot believe that any se rious or effective opposition can be again offered to it. To sum up, it may be safely asserted that the undertaking holds out advantages to subscribers and the public generally that have rarely yet been offered by any other railway project, viz. : It veil afford the most direct. and by far the cheapest route be tween London and Portsmouth andthe Isle of Wight, being the shorter by twenty-two miles than either ofthe two existing lines, and being contracted for at 12,000/. a mile, in lieu of about four times that a mount expended on the Brighton and South-Westernlines,it will have, through the South-eastern, from Godalming, a double entrance into London; from which it follows, almost as a matter of course, that it will command the entire traffic of the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, on terms that, while highly remunerative to its proprietary, must Make competition on the part of its rivals hopeless, if not impos 1- ble, Further, the whole cost of the entire works and material has been undertaken, by respectable contractors, for a specific and fixed sum ; thus freeing the calculations and estimates of the engineers from all doubt and uncertainty. and, finally, the Shareholders will have the power of accepting or not, at their option, the offer of a lease of the line when completed, for five years, at a minimum rate of 4 per cent. Interest on their capital, with half the profits beyond, duringe interim par:lent also of 4 per cent. on the deposit and calls he construction of the line. In the event of the Act of Par liament not being obtained the expenses will be limited to 4s. per share, and the balance will be returned to the shareholders. Below are given the particulars of the lengths of the different Lines, together with the existing population and traffic, referred to. London to Portsmouth by Brighton Railway . . 95 . miles PP Of by South-Western . . .94 PP by proposed Godalming and Ha vent line . . • . . 73 If by South-Eastern via Godalming 81 Capital expended on South Western Railway . . £8,614.814 on Brighton and South Coast „ . . 7,200,000 „ to be expended on proposed single line from Godalming to Havant . • Population of Portsmouth • • • Isle of Wight Existing Through TraMe from those two sources only, exclusive of all Local Traffic £150,000 per annum The following is a statement given by the Directors at the last meeting of the London and South Western Railway Compeny of the comparative number of passengers booked during the past half year at the principal stations on their line:— Dorchester . . • • . 23,000 Salisbury 31 OOO Por t sm outh and Gosport • • . 188,000 Southamptoa 126,000 Winchester 52 00f) 34 OOO Basingstoke Applications for the Company's Shares remaining nndisposed of, may be made to Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Stockbrokers, 19, Lothbury, London ; to the Solicitors, Messrs. R. and W. G. Roy, 4, Lothbury, and 37, Great George-street, Londonslemere ; ; or, to Thomas Messrs. Mellersh, Esq., Godalming ; G. J. Parson, Esq , Ha Mitchell and Minty, Petersfield; C. 'J. Longcroft, Esq., Havant; the Landon and Westminster Bank, London ; the West Surrey Bank, Guildford and Godalming ; the London and County Bank, Peters field ; and Messrs. Grant, Gillman, and Long, Bankers, Portsmouth; n the following form PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE SPIDER.—Goode and Co. have given notice to the late officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Spider, J. W. Tomlinson, Esq., commander, that an account of bounties, &c., received for the capture of the America, on the 20th ay of September, 1850, will be forthwith deposited in the registry of the High Court of Admiralty. THE ROUTE OF THE RESISTANCE,—This ship is to con vey troops to Jamaica, and is there to take the relief to the Gambia and Sierra Leone, and then back to the West Inches ; she is then to return to Portsmouth with inva lids.—Plymouth. Mail. " Everything went on well from the time of leaving Pernambuco till the 20th of November. On the day previous the ship was running before the wind, under a close-reefed topsail, and a double-reefed main. On the morning of the 20th, however, she shipped a sea which half filled the cabin. (The captain, mate, steward, and seven of the crew immediately commenced baling the water out, and got all dry about ten p.m. All were then busily employed in drying the cantain's and passengers' wearing apparel, and matters went on well until four o'clock on the morning of the 21st, when the wind be gan to blow fearfully and the sea to run moun tains high, with tremendous squalls from six to eight. The captain was then lashed, with the chain mizentop sails sheets, to the mizenmast, and gave directions how to steer the ship. As soon as opportunity offered the captain returned to the cabin. The after part of the ship was then out of water, and the helm could not ren der any service. The vessel was flying through the water at the rate of 16 knots an hour. Four of the most competent men were now chosen to steer—namely, the second mate, boatswain, and two seamen. The baro meter was down to 28k. It was impossible to look to windward, or yet walk the main deck, without being taken off by the wind or sea. The 'liveliness' of the Swordfish only saved all on board from destruction. The captain was now apprised that the fore-end of the ship was sinking fast. He had just gone to ascertain the truth, when the vessel was struck by a terrific sea, which disabled him and the majority of the crew. Several parts of the deck were also torn up by the force of the water, and the second mate promptly exerted himself to secure these by nailing over them canvas, while the steward paid attention to the requirements of the wounded, and again helped to bale out the cabin. The ship lost spars, masts, bowsprit, and galley ; and, unfor tunately, the chief officer, by this awful sea, found an untimely grave, having been swept away. The vessel was 'pooped' by the first sea, which knocked the wheel completely away, and the two seamen steering at the time were picked up in the fore part of the fore-cabin, apparently dead, They, however, have since slowly recovered. The same sea stove the after-eabin in most LAURENT'S GRAND CASP .M . A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Onslow House, Brompton-road, Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George 11. Open every evening with Lament's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. Boulcour. Admission—ONE SHILLING. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Danclnz to commence at Nine. and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. THE HYGEIAN ALMANACK, containing the Report of the British College of Health. New road, London, ibr 1853, is NOW READY, and may be had gratis, on application to any of the agents for Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicine. £382 4 8 Future subscriptions will be announced in The Times and other papers. Every subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Jour nal. JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec. NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. T HE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. CAPITAL—ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. DIRECTORS. frightfully, and washed the passengers then in it into the fore cabin. They were all more or less injured, some being badly bruised, while others bled profusely. The second sea stove all • the boats, and swept the decks ; while the third buried her completely under water. It was now thought all were going down for ever, but by laying hold of the fragments of the rigging the men held their footing on the deck—when the ves sel rose gallantly out of the water. The captain requested Mr. Brent, second officer, to look after the missing, which was forthwith done. Mr. Brent then swam to the pumps to see if they were clear. He found the cutter lying on them, and not having sufficient strength to move the boat he went for some of the crew to assist him, when he,fouild a fellow, reputed brave under ordinary circumstances, rolled up in the steward's blankets in his room, and immediately thrust him out, and made him help to clear the boat. The ship, in the meantime, fell off, and hove round on the starboard tack. The passengers, it is needless to say, were in the utmost terror, believing there was no hope of life ; and they were all mixed together in the fore cabin, where many a fervent prayer to God was offered up for deliverance. The violence of the elements now began to abate, when their comfort could be attended to ; and the captain, having some seamen's clothing on board, ordered the steward to serve them out to the lady passengers, and very grateful they were for such seasonable relief, every fire and light having been extinguished by the water for the two previous days, and the cold consequently most distressing. The captain's conduct was most praise. worthy throughout the whole of the dreadful scene, and can only be fully appreciated by those who witnessed it, and who, under Providence, owe to his energy, that never for a moment tired, and his courage, that never quailed before the horrors of the ship's situation, their lives and restoration to their friends. He stood lashed on the deck all the time of danger, issued his orders with the utmost coolness, and forgot himself in his anxiety for the general welfare, scarcely partaking of even a morsel of food when offered it. The wreck was now cleared, and jurymasts erected, which occasioned several days' delay, during which time assistance could only be rendered by Mr. Brent and two of the seamen. Unfor tunately Mr. Brent got disabled shortly after. The Swordfish came from 46 lat. N., 20 W., to Tuskar, under R. Yallowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury. G. Noel Clarke, Esq , late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club. George Coode, E'q., Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St. Helier's, Jersey, Stephen Cracknall, Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11, Few-square, Lincoln's-inn. George Knox, Esq., 15, Connaught-tquare, Hyde-park, and Tor Lodge, Staffordshire. Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill. David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman -square. William Prlnsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park- place West. Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Tnner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Dr. Scanlan 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Conuaugbt - sq uare. Major Sperling, 14, St. James's-square. . - AUDITORS. F. J. Bigg, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical Legal, and General Life Office. William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers• BANKERS. Sir Charles Price, Ilarryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, London, 400,000 70,000 50,000 ITOW TO ENJOY CHRISTMAS. It is useless to complain about the weather, since no one can alter it ; it is our polies , to make the best use of the means of enjoyment within our reach. The DRES's prepared for Christmas by E. MOSES and SON is the most suitable for Christmas parties or Christmas journies ; it consists of the splendid and elegant, or the warm and the wawaterproof . in clothing for • every person. me JUVENILE CLOTHING prepared for Christmas by E. MOSES and SON is Cut on principles of art, only known and pr ac tised at their Establishment. A Suit of tkis ATTIRE will enable Youths to enjoy Christmas in true style. . The Hosiery Branch of E. 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Reference •••••• • • • • • •••• • • • • Offices, 37, Great George-street, Westminster, Dec., 1852. , 1852. 111111 E PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. 1_ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be received after FRIDAY next, the 24th inst. By Order of the Board, ALEXANDER E. LLOYD, Sec. pro tem. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. In French, English, GOMM, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Scaled Envelope, 2s. Ad., or post-free. for Forty-two Stamps, C.ELF-PRESE RVATION; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, in all the berings in which that important subject affects the health and haPPine'. a s of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, youthml excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac ticalremarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative Syst em. n.. lustrated by CO coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'MERT M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, D.,ctor of Mdicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin bamh, Honeorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearfal 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 egally 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 noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author, who may be consulted personally, or by ' letter daily, from Ten till Two and from Six till Eight. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. In cloth. price 6s. by post free. Fs. 6d.. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi ml contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reder. We trust this may not be the last, if he s his power any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1251. "We promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the imposto rs who make a livelihood by preying en the credulity of the public. The tribe of • Quiet Symathisers,' and • Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its wry into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money - -This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medleal Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. . _ Svo., in cloth, by post free, 45., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilatation, and was ear finallyth re moved in as many weeks. But cases avail. an d xix. app, bo in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet th 3 treatment adopted bMr. Courtena proved eminently successful." —rrofeesor Ware on th e Treatment of Stricture. QUI ai Parla Hallam Aqua se habla Espanol. DR. CULVER:WELT- 2 S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalbo , 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author, price One Shilling each ; by post, Is 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS:—EarIy R i s ing—Spring and s-, Summer Mornings—Sß cursions about the Environs o ld _ The London - -e Parks, Lanes, nillP, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other Pleasant places - Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea -Londoti at Night__Evenings at Mine Music—The Drama—Cn Eating, Drinking, Hee _ , Ping Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., am * The rates hare selected are those adopted by the English and Cambrian Office, and advertised in its distinctive features as low rates of premium, and professedly for the lower and middling classes. In most offices, particularly the older ones, such as the Scottish Equitable and the Globe, these rates would be much higher. Ia the former of 101. Is, 6d., with 10 shillings per cent. entrance fee, would be the rate to insure 5001. at 20 years of age. In the latter 8/. 13s 4d., to insure the same sum. The higher the rate the more in favour of the DEPOSIT system. t Money laid out at compound interest DOUBLES ITSELF every four- • teen years. On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person under the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow ing advantages, viz., Ist. For a less sum, paid annually, he can assure a larger sum in case of death than under the ordinary system. 2ndly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Policy he can receive in this Company, by the above example, which applies to all ages. TUBES times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In the event of inability or omission to pay, his policy remains still his property, of the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments for any number of years ; whereas on the ordinary system, he gets nothing. 4thly. Should he require to increase or decrease the amount of his policy he can do so at pleasure. He can, at any time, by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from 11. up to the whole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After he has withdrawn part one year he can, by a single payment, three Years, or any time afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even its former amount ; and by this system be can at all times regulate his annual savings by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the bargain of having a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the same as in a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, that he gets inte rest for his money, and in case of death his family receive more than the amount of his savings. In ordinary Life Offices he can do no such thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment he ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any fend to fly to for aid, all his hard-earned savings become forfeited to the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his more fortunate co-assurers. Such a system is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked and DEposrr assurance is the only system of assurance which can be universally recognized and adopted when the principles are impar tially canvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. It confers greater advantages than a bank because it allows a fair rate of interest in case of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the hands of the Company to the representatives of the Depositor in case of death, thus combining the ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF AN ASSURANCE COMPANY. FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY: REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &C. WHAT TO EAT, MINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course nsay run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harrasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and ern• bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrireage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. jury masts, and ran from eight to nine knots an hour, passing several ships under full sail, bound up Channel. Off Tuskar she fell in with a northerly gale, which a second time knocked the wheel away, and also filled the cockpit, and carried off the main yard. Two men fell overboard from this yard. Luckily, it being day light, they were picked up. The following morning it became calm, and soon a steamer hove in sight. The ensign usual under such circumstances was hoisted, 10 rounds were fired from the guns, and though the steamer came so near that the man at the wheel could be plainly seen, yet she took no notice, but held on her course. Many of the seamen, in addition to their physical suffer ings, have lost all their clothes. The captain of the Empress, when he first discerned the Swordfish, imme diately bore down for her, and rendered all the aid he possibly could. It has been stated that the wreck of the ship was occasioned by carrying on sail, but this is sim ply untrue. The captain was exceedingly cautious, con sidering what was before him ; and few ships deeply laden could have survived that terrible hurricane, the intensity of which [had never previously been expe rienced by the oldest hand on board." In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT system are still more striking. ADVANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. To those who prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to $,OOOl. on every known principle thereof. Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and such as have been rejected by other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti eller disease. Loans from 501. and upwards granted on every kind of security, real or personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower Annuities of every description granted on very favourable terms. Non-forfeiture of a Policy —ln case of inability to pay the currant premiums, the Directors will either purchase the Policy at a fair market value, or give a new one in lieu thereof. less 5 per cent., inte rest corresponding in amount to the whole of the previous payments which have been made. Detailed prospectuses with tables in farther illustration of the De posit system, and any further information may be obtained on appli cation to the Agents in the country, or to CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. CGLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827). L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee In these matters. Reception hours daily till Five. Evenings, Seven till Nine. 10, Argyll-place, Regent •street. N. 8.--Agents IPanted in all parts of the World. CHILD MURDER AT MANCHESTER.—An inquest was held yesterday, at the Chorlton Union Workhouse, Man chester, before Mr. Herford, borough ?coroner, on the body of a new-born male child, - which had been baptised John Stott, but whose parentage was unknown. On Thursday week, late in the evening, a woman, named Ann Fox, living in Stott-street, Hulme, heard a strange cry at the back of her house. The noise continued at intervals, until a neighbour. named Ellen Lane , c ame and told Mrs. Fox that she thought there was something in the ashpit behind a house occupied by Mrs. Holl. The two women took a candle, and opened the door of the ashpit, the hinge of which was at the top, and found an infant lying on the ashes. It was crying, blood was issuing from its mouth, and there were marks about the neck as if had been pinched with the fingers. Mrs. Fox washed and clothed the child, but did not feed it, and it was then taken to the Charlton Town-hall by a police. man. From there it was taken to Mr. Gonand, sur geon to the Manchester police, whose residence is i n George-street, and then to the Chorlton Workhouse, i n Stretford-road, where it arrived about half-past 12. It gradually became worse, and died last Wednesday. i t wa s observed that the child had grea t difficulty in swal lowing, and on Saturday it vomited its food. M r . Greaves, the surgeon at the wo rkho use, said the child a ppeared to have been born about 12 hours wh en it was found. He made a post mortent examination, an d f oun d all the organs in a healthy state, except the oesophagus, whichiwas extremely congested opposite th e seat of the . have was inflammation ex t ern al marks on the throat, which ) h e had no doubt, wer e caused by the pressure of fing ers. This accounted ' for th th e e lun diffi gz u w ty h o ic f hheli swallowing.beevd t e There of ebeenthe imme diate cause of death, and attributable to cold and expo sure. The jury found a verdict of "Wilful murder against some person unknown." Notwithstanding the vigilant inquiries of the police, no clue has been obtained to the child's parentag e . ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The e xamination of the candidates for the vacant King's scholarships took place at this institution on Monday, the 20th instant. The board of examiners consisted of Mr. Potter (Prin cipal), Sir Hen r y Bi s h o p, and Messrs. Goss, Lucas, Sterndale Bennett, Blagrove, and Howell. The suc cessful candidates were Miss Janette, Aylward and Mr. Henry Baumer. The following were especially noticed : —Miss Rosina Bentley and Mr. Louis Schroeder. The following received high commendation :—Misses Sadler, Spiller, Matilda Hales, R. P. Lyne, L. Marie James, and Eliza A. Hughes ; and Messrs. J. W. Pew, W. Pettit, and T. Watson. The number of candidates was 36 i n all, of which only half were pupils of the institu tion, the others comprising aspirants for this high aca demical honour from all parts of the kingdom. GENERAL PoST-OFFICE, DEC., 185 2.—Henceforward, letters for Switzerland, when specially addressed, to be forwarded in the Prussian closed mails, vitt Belgium, will be liable to a rate of postage of 10d., instead of ls. id., the single letter, not exceeding half-an-ounce in weight, and so on, according to the scale in operation for charging inland letters. This postage may be paid in advance, or the letters may be forwarded unpaid, at the option of the sender, PILYSICIANS. Dr. Lewis, Finsbury-place. Dr. Scanlan, et. Tipper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. SIIRG EONS, H. T. Chapman, Esq., 16, LowervSeymour-street, foreman-squarc. Michael Teevan, 44, Gloucester-Place, Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, EQq., F.L.S. INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES. F. P. F. Strousberg, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL. William Wellington Cooper, Esq., New-square, Lincoln's-inn. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. The public is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the Deposit System of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated by. and is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company. Comparative Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged twenty next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system ofAssurances. ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. (Life sum the ordinary The sum the Life Offices would give ordinary Life him if he were unable tz:, Offices would to pay, or if he omitted 0 At the His give him for to pay his current 5 -n end of policy the surrender annual premium of ~ Annual thirty at that or sale Si. 6s. 3d. after he has 42 premium years when age, of his policy, paid into their coffers to assure the party in case after thirty 249/.75.6d., and which n 5001.. is fifty of years'payments they have ha d the use v. years old, death amounting to of at compound hewill have will be 2491. 7s. ad. interest,t or in paid into worth whiehtheyhave the event of his death the office. had the benefit one hour after such of at compound omission or inability interest. to pay. _ .._.-- -_,- -...--- ------ little more N Si. 6s. 3d. 249/. 7s. 6,1. 500/. than ant. N OTHING. \ perhaps 90/. _ ON TIIE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. , If unable to pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,the Po licy would still remain of its FULL value 5221.25.7d.ti1l death , if 20 years after, no fur ther payment beingre quired. Ifhowever the party, from any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not onlydraw out all hehas put in, viz., 2251., but 20 Tl.los Od 225/. 5221.257 d 20 7/. 2m. 9d. a certain bonus of 621. 2s. 9d. in the bargain, which is mere than one-fourth of the whole of his payments, or he could either draw out a part, 201. or 501.. diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum se drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and7in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq. APPOINTMENTS. Commander Richard Purvis (1849), to command the Argus, steam-sloop, commissioned at Devonport, vice Commander G. G. M. Purvis, whose appointment to command that vessel has been cancelled. Lieutenants—James Gore Jones and W. H. Pym to the Firebrand, steam-frigate, Woolwich ; M`Leod R. Cockroft, William H. Phipps, and Henry J. Bloomfield, to the Imperieuse, 50, screw-frigate, Woolwich ; Beville G. W. Nicholas and James C. Campbell, to the Amphion, screw-frigate, Sheerness ; Thomas R. Collingwood, to the Barracouta, steam-sloop, Sheerness ; Richard Brad shaw to the Medea, steam-sloop, Portsmouth ; Arthur J. Thrupp, to the Cruiser, steam-sloop, Woolwich ; William Swinbuin, to the London, 92, Portsmouth ; Thomas James M'Donnell and Edward M. W. Carring ton, to the Odin, steam-frigate, Portsmouth ; Frederick Pyne, to the Argus ; Charles S. Dunbar and Augustus T. Bullock, to the Desperate, screw steam-sloop, Devon port ; William A. V. Royse, to the Firebrand, steam frigate, Woolwich ; Henry A. Clavering, re-appointed to the Excellent, gunnery-ship, Portsmouth. Masters.—George Marsh, to the Firebrand ; William J. B. Hilliard, to the Amphion ; Samuel W. K. Free man, to the Barracouta ; Frederick Wise, to the Medea; Joseph Wallis, to the Argus ; William Byford, to the Desperate. Paymasters.—Charles S. Giles, to the Amphion ; Frederick Charles Dusautoy, to the Barracouta ; Har rington R. Jones, to the Medea ; Thomas M. Ramage, to the Odin ; Arthur A. Speed, to the Argus ; Charles Horatio Niblett, to the Desperate ; David Stapleton, to the Encounter, vice Moorman, superseded ; Edward A. Williamson, to the Prince Regent, 90, at Portsmouth, vice Dyer ; Henry William Rowlstone. to the Frebrand. Mates.—Dennis Beresford Pack, to the Odin ; Lewis M. Cooke, to the Inaperieuse ; Phillip R. Sharpe, to the I Cruiser. Clerks.—Edward Edmeads, to the Amphion ; Charles Mener Balfour, to the Barracouta ; William Henry Joseph Brown, to the Medea ; Frederick Joseph George Grimshaw, to the Odin ; John Pooley, to the Argus ; George Thomas Harris, to the Desperate ; George H. Walker, to the Cruiser. Gunners.—Henry Isam, to the Firebrand ; William R Avery, to the Amphion ; Samuel Sharpe, to the Bar racouta ; William G. Warren, to the Medea ; William Neville, to the Odin ; Robert Thompson, to the Arg,us ; Richard' Ellis, to the Desperate. Boatswains.—Edward Mann, to the Firebrand ; John Rise, to the Amphion ; Nicholas Broad, to the Barra couta ; Charles Blackadore, to the Medea ; Robert Knight, to the Odin ; John Budd, to the Argus ; John Ward, to the Despez ace, Carpenters.—James Reading, to the Firebrand ; John L. Speare, to the Amphion ; William Hochan, to the Barracouta ; Samuel Ray, to the Medea ; John Read, to the Odin ; Samuel Brown, to the Argus ; James Stanfield, to the Desperate. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21. The remains of Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, late corn wander-in-chief of this port, will be removed early on Thursday morning to London for interment. The Admiralty have complimented the warrant officers of her Majesty s ship Indefatigable, lately paid off at this port, on the satisfactory condition in which they returned the stores of the frigate. The Admiralty have ordered that the vacation at the Central Mathematical School at Portsmouth, shall com mence this day, and continue until the 25th January, 1852. The Sealark, 8, at Portsmouth, is to be fitted as the port vessel for the instruction of naval apprentices. Porcupine, stebm-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Jackson, arrived this morning from the eastward, and came into harbour. Cyclops, steam-frigate, Lieut. Seccombe in charge, went out of harbour about three p.m., and brought up at Spithead. Odin, 12, steam-frigate, Captain F. Scott, has hoisted her pennant, and is busy fitting. Medea, 4, steam-ship, Commander Crawshaw Bailey, although she has not yet hoisted her pennant, is very busy rattling down, and painting outside. Blenheim, 58, screw steam guard-ship, Captain Hen derson, C. 8., is caulking, and repairing copper on both bows and entrance down to the eight-foot mark. We yesterday announced the arrival of a Prussian ship of war at the Motherbank ; it being sunset, the garrison did not return the salute. The proper compli ment was paid this morning, at nine, from the Platform Battery. The Neptune will pay the like compliment to morrow. She is called the Mercui, Captain Herrmann, and is on a voyage from Swinnemunde for Rio, with stores, &c., for the royal Prussian ships G-efion and Amazon. Captain Herrmann, accompanied by L. A. Van der Bergh, Esq., the Prussian vice-consul, visited the admiral and governor this morning. Merchant vessels continue to drop in from the Downs. There are now between 60 and 70 at the Motherbank. There must be at least a 1,000 hungry seamen, to the benefit of the tradesmen of Ryde, Isle of Wight. The Furious, 1 6 , padd le frigate, Captain Loring, has completed her complement within half a dozen. The Archer, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Strange, has received orders to prepare for sea. The Echo tug embarked 50 convicts from this dock yard this morning, and put them on board the St. Vin cent transport at Spithead, for passage to Gibraltar and Western Australia. The London and Margaret Evans line-of-packet ships sailed from Spithead to-day for New-York. The Avon steam-vessel sailed to-day with seamen, for Portsmouth. The steamer Valorous was warped to the jetty pre paratory to being docked and having her copper examined ; and the crew of the Magicienne got up lower yards and topmasts. The Adelaide Australian mail-packet was to-day towed by the Confiance and Pike up Hamoaze. About 200 tons of coals, now stowed in the fore peak, will be brought further aft, and this alteration in her stowage, it is expected will obviate all her defects in steering. It is proposed to have her ready for sea on Thursday, at one p.m. THE FATAL FEVER, ON BOARD THE • DAUNTLESS. We extract the following from a private letter, dated Barbadoes, Nov. 23 :—" Since I last wrote to you, a dreadful visitation has fallen upon us in the shape of yellow fever, which it appears was caught at St. Tho mas's. We left that island on the 10th November, and reached this on the 16th, evening. Nex t day, at 2 p.m.. we took the sick to hospital, which is a military one, and they are very kindly treated. One of the engineers (Henwood), and a mate (Simpson), were buried the evening of the 18th, in a new burying-ground attached to a new church near the hospital. The other mate. named Couper, was buried at sea—a procession of boats being formed. As usual, the fever is most severe upon fast livers and spirit drinkers. The following are on shore, convalescent :—Edwards, chaplain ; Starr, Marine officer ; and Seccombe, clerk. It is the worst part of this disease, that in all the fatal cases the patients are utterly prostrated at first, and mad afterwards, so it is but rarely they can listen to any words of spiritual comfort. Our doctors say it is of little use to en courage the patients, and keep up their spirits : how ever, the hospital doctor, Denny, tells a different tale, and directly ascribes several deaths to low spirits. As to contagion, he says he cannot produce it ; a n d not a soul about the hospital has beeu touched, though they open all the bodies of the soldiers. lie i s an excellent man. Accordingly, I go among them with out fear, and they are always glad to be visited. I drink no wine or s p irits whatever, in spite of the doc tor's advice to do so, which has always been followed by • the sharpest attacks when fever has appeared. 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