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bOYAL HOTEL, LOWl: wiroy T. Im . pm The Proprietor of this Hotel has much pleasure in informing ._ ends and the Public that during the winter he has provided ..tensive suites of bcdrobins, in addition to the wing constructed last Z. nit ner ; this Iva prevent a recurrence of those disappointments 11. 41 F 1 3 so frequently took place from his inahility to accommodate " r ; c 7 friends in the past year. It N his intention to persevere in that ~,.„m , Which h as a l ready given such general satisfaction, VIZ., to 1,1 0 . ; u e the best Wi nes, Viands, Attendance, and Cleanliness, w i t h uerate Charges. neighbourhood p Lowestoft, the excellent bathing, and beauty of rpm. for riding and walking, are too well known to t 4 - r., r, comment. S. HOWETT has only, therefore, in conclusion, t),,,:s_allent!on to the easiness of access and lowness of fares from : h e ~:ge!s, a list of which is subjoined, and to express his hopeth h a e 14 A - ;,.°lftinue to experience that liberal support with which r '."__a_ciy been favoured. hy,..`,7 Wednesday and Saturday, until further notice, Passengers , ,!e_____booked as tinder : After- Fares to Lowestoft and bac k. Pim noon --------- ___________ at Ist Class. 22 Class. 3d Class. rough 0 10 6 c brid ge *** ••• • • ••..... 2 0 20 do. 15 ?!•Ive, . ••••• • • • . •• •• •• ..... 345 12 , 9 0 6 0 'ilatte r i . ' •. •••• • • . .... i .... 2 5 r , be • . .. 3 2 3 0 3 14 0 10 0 70* 4.ar ch . . ......... ...... 315 6 0 .... • .... ...... 340 12 0 9 0 . 6 4 20 .... .90 6 4 is * Arriving at Lowestoft at 7 45. Lo Will be available for the return journey by the trains . leav imeseNtott at 3 P.M. on week days, or any train on Sundays, 71 , en days of the date of issue. *lll, ,: a tion to the ordinary established trains, fag Express Trains 4 1 , 1 , rri ,, n ! l after the I st of August, leave Lowestoft at 4 before 7 ri ' do a n ",ng In London at LI ; pastarriving in .oWee, s : ' O . And from Bishopsgate Station at 5 P.M., arriving at p„ at 25 p 9 /. o ,;_"* , s' Tickets are issued . at the London. Station by all trains to Toft at about the charge of a single fare, available for the re "arlie Y any time within 23 days of issue. NEW SERIAL WORK BY MR. CHARLES LEVER. On the 31st of August will be published, price Is., TAi n .,. THE FIRST MONTHLY NUMBER OF EDODD FAMILY ABROAD. Aatb By CHARLES LEVER, 1 40 or Of 41 Ha rryfiber Lorrequer," "Charles O'Malley," &c., &c. will coatain Two Illustrations, by H. K. Browne. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. ~1 1 1,,h 1 , ,TS'S PATENT BRANDY. water The highest medical authority recommend Brandy and ...etheieu Prevt e best customary , and as an xue, th entitive of Dlarrhceatic beverage Complaints at this season. t14,7 411 5' concur in preferring BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY its t es t and most wholesome. It is unequalled for preserving ,Sold t nl e - reade Wines, &c. I ,s'ughout the Kingdom, by respectable dealers, in glass ~,.— lS TlLT:pr °, ,t t e t ed by the Patent Metallic Capsules, and at the "..es 7, SUITIIFIELD-BARS, in dozens, bottles and a•ed u — "eds at 18s. Plv .4 iUS. per g per gallon ; or in stone jars of two gallons ard . , allon, pale or coloured. -H AR° N LIEBIG'S OPINION of " PALE tie ostat ALE." s t e erlase m 2,_ t hee given to the name of Baron Liebig in plamrds and t„ -- "' will have created the impression that he coveted . a •efisistent with the dignity of his station in the scientific inety, t at :lag learned that he had attained such undesirable no 4ettei., wit , en Liebig has requested the publication of the following dictated the view of informing the public of the motives which Th e 13 coniMunicati on t o M r . AllsePP : wat t question of adulteration by strychnine, which has been ~_4 ll cl t oo seriously in England, seemed to me of great importance, wi si .'rt to do some good by &ding to demonstrate the error. t he hll to to associate with any individual brewery my remarks on t h l " A n hat a dulteration of bitter beer with strychnine, it would have act i nra ' l ,_t° have mentioned another brewery, in which alone 11°4 of Allsopp's, I was engaged In investigating the Burton 4,7 4 / a rian r : wi ng and it was also in that other brewery that the 1 , 110 rewers acquired all the instruction they obtained at Bur kit.„ a dmiration I expressed of this beverage in my . letter to %et ta r, PP Is advertised in such a manner as to lead to the inference * Ls n o l rise wa ray remarks excsivel confined to Mr. Allsopp's beer ;this " se t lu that class of beer. cues " JUSTUS LIEBIG. " I L July 24, 1852." 1 5 1:4 .,EPORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA -foi e been for many years sanctioned by the most eminent AClt,F r i '4T t al S, Profession, as an excellent remedy for HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT, AND k na INDIGESTION. btieular A Perient, it is admirably adapted for Delicate Females .. ter,'" ' ur ing Pregnancy• and it prevents the food of infants S our during digestion. n Combined with the f kad ° rlbi , fr ACIDULATED LEMON SYRUP , - 'melte aII —ervesein l'reg 4perient Draught, which is high l y a g reeable mr lons. eonl he D INNEFORD and Co. Dispensing Chemists (and ihllli-ewoula for the Improved Horse Hair Gloves and Belts), tigh otit ,. u - street, London, and sold by all respectable Chemists EMPire. Gy A -4 1 4 PATRON-H. R. H. PRINCE ALBER T. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. II Y . 1 LECTURES. 1; Di stricts . .% l V e r , 'Esq., on Testing Gold, and on the Australian Gold Burton Bitter 1t... 'wt.. ~.-4 1 also on the Alleged Adulteration of the --, .0 '", eitry o h nine. Dr B anu and on tlio Id o euhelfner on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire; i ens NIA I,Preserving Fresh Provisions, illustrated by Spec , m b lidifleciessrs. Ritchie and "%Mall and Samples of Fadenilhe So li 3, 3 71: z e x ., - s r p e Zre o ed Milk, and Moore's ' Patent Concentrated Milk. n Morrall's Patent Needles. ro ad /t rg , e l , l B4 th el v t an . o, ( l . l hfusic i an d d Diu m sl is ci s a o y m o e u n a g n e d , 1c •Of a Illustrations, ass ste by ea, s eri Mus ic. Bare ef Dissolving Views.—Superb Specimens of the Patent 4. .l.4 . l missio re ct bO,la.sas: &c.Blisla' n a c t l i e 14 1)ri ' _i Schools and Children under Ten years of age, ------ e----4. l °r ogramme. eR E - the GARDENS. wathe Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. erside,Fitr..,‘ Entrance close to Battersea -bridge Pier. eiutt4..et rtattersea 'ate La elt eelm-boat from London-bridge or any of the interme linded Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers shculd request to be end, 6 d ose aa bridge nr Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from . ' --• ; from the City and remotest parts of the East- Th., P roprietor Mr. T. 13. SIMPSONts : rYrotn e l, nte Dis c plays by the Chevalier . Mortram. t u f " 0 th Open for the Season. lIII S rmanceltalian Brothers in their Double Trapeze Per bAY at all elevation of 90 feet. an t'arti°uhn : Blira° ' berm'', the celebrated Ourang-Outang Con- A n ew 0 , aallit errepte r d a T Spanish Ballet is in acti e v: jrfreopmara Three nb -u + c oession of Entertainmo'clock Ev e -- ` ll near Midnig ht, including ry n . Th e Last Week but One. .eirritien6rieivneniancil:tiotoa Qu rt r to Nine o'clock, in the ne o w u ly-r o c u o i r n a e t r e ,s d I ars seeto atheefollovring Rental' and th e h„t Eque.strians of attractthioenags, age. is For particu- I t P rilleip a T A Lal, Bills. Albert de Bach, Franz de --110:„Te.,,,-,,—“ustes:—M srs- Wthill°nl ' r Soupier, Kemp, Leon u 4 421.6., -.',.TrOreirldeenioiwnin,• " 4 11er, -- s h „,"__Bach, Devani,es MackneY, ? ed3l6paa.dlles. Clementine and Olga Soullier. e nerr Wehle. . 0,, ,_ "--..,, 18:0.11, _to the Circus fromaythileßlG.dardens :—Promenade, Pit, and u ttily ~,," '.oPhitheatre , I al Terpsichorean, Equestrian, and pr 1 pc ,"". 1 5 Week Great Mus.o , l lilut — le rio Feati4b, with all the immense resources of the Esta- Open at Three o'clock. R„.., Ad m i s sion, I s.; Children, Half-price. . I (tays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d. Private Room for Dinners and Coffee. i IItPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, n at Published, by H. RaiMere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., 4'4 TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; 7• ti at ,,,._with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors "ene ta Tiato the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the ev e System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. nslated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. ▪ eo n ,,ekf uti ord is known to English readers by his frequent practi- Q e, h a - " 4 13 ons to German medical literature. This is the first tieteeder.°r-T-S us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi kt 4437 OT trust this may not be the last, if he shall er e‘, _ erequally flagrant evil which it may be in his ( 11,:b1 1.11 1, edi 4 ,l7,eet• '—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. 14 - Lensin g Th "luas conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this eti r . s ektidaf:" Lad Y by translating this little book, and by laying bare th a Zt c u , 'us Practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to tor e .. to NI " which they know nothing, with no other object „ a we, an :uelr o wn Purses. The difference between true Sperms -Irlltely %the various forms of disease which resemble it are trieet I s eribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the the Malady "—Medical Circular, May 5, 1852. th:PLer, delayed so long upon the contents of the preliminary eabj as we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of v;Zlit wh i Telally treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate h _ q° n i i: e the brochure' is sold places it within the reac res ted in the matter." Dublin Medical Press, April No. 11. ie lg t tr,,,,ay...0., in cloth, price 35. 6d., by post free, 45. 17144 011' 4 .- cf,' °P STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, ot„.._Dpivr ev ,_ „ n , Sate, and Efficient , which is added, PRACTICAL 4„,2 , F.av Aa .v..,t, tractable Forms. To -.4 4 s'' i'lnPle in even its most I ° l n iv P et r e c i r n A a c t i L e . ' 66 ' By c',„'S ON THE TREATMENT OF SPERnMeAr.TORR '..TERIZATION ; its Inefficiency and Da g lieteh er By F. B. COURTENAY, of th e ka:h.aoss Nwh e ~„,,_ Royal College of Surgeons f England. 4e°l 's has e e torao ' use the """ullain most loudly are those oTonbleypwrhacotikeenobwf cur alb t ., bten r ev II instruments . &n obs :4.- _,..., 5 s E nt s la ensr . e ed o r c l i t is h eas all es kin a d b s d oaf passion for a b n pe i r n a d u i o ff b a s re a n b c d e 1- ''s kons -- 44,1 horrors given th, In D of, surgery."—JohnealinYarWeetae:liir. (Mr. Courtenay ef .00f of his views he 'treated, as bad Bell's Surgical any m ix., many iFi li at aad nee d . )l erioci of t w " casessuccessfuLy was finally ..-Pation —M Y Weeks -eatment by ,ili resisted, hado e r f a o t r e I d a . ~ -4 .111 -, severity ~• But cases x • . idizara on the trettt,ed character t'"343l' 'red ill ;IvYeiirs'tll(3"ti"lllid xvili. Ndoliwtiaxhtliochnh,andaend than complication o b f sypg . syme° and yet he f ap a p m ea o r r , e both ag ' 44l ro t V e td.opted ,3, i ll it i r ftlaY detail y e p d rov y ed S * Tre ° a u t rt m e en na t of Stricture. eamitiodinme!ly successful " ---___ ___ t 0 u T iv E S T ler,„, TII a ri,,,„ A N D - the ""q and the setting of the sun was aeniclilelinstilryafCe7bs 13; k 0 e ' 64, Pzu3 ktl, Sts ,„„ whole world, a circumst anc so able k rici ' aow ' l ''' SO N'S East and Vest Establishments f ort i t , ser, , "eplete with all the novelt'es in the world, in elegant , Pet t " e, sh le dres ,aoeytribies 1.. e rcises from the novelty which gives com cr t lag eSportsmen: the style .for sea Imo (11, 3 l l'Q r t °l t ` ‘l e sea -coast, or any other Place of popular ; for la eh,or ~JaVe;ling purposes and for general summer wearhs DriqrEn7;iillenien , tradesmen or mechanics ; for and peculiarity of the c ra u e t .. . all 2.7,N/ I ~4 1. _o t he n.:ioct elegant materials, and in sfto;leYs°suutrp ' s a i n n d g -",,,'4ol.,e'tr,ductioria • Cheaper at the Establishments of E. ).,'-'4l Ertl at any other house in the world. . surpassing Aty, n aeof ,'„,..S.—Tli k ' amazing number of applications attheGboy !q , Ste m i r'neeS, and the advanced rates charged for passage.one No, 1 1 ? : h . !Celli ihar ediments to your welfare, but there is ply , esft„and ~,,.0 ulaY a, t nnce remove the difficulty. , A P f o r your ta, e. ..ati on, a •.,, for your Outfit, and for Clothing require" ~ ~,,_ 'hek let % i t ' d 3 ' o o will ss ve more than the extra cost of Toutt ta t jaes s ~. s 15 not all you will gain, for at E. MOSES and SON'S , ,I_ i i „,uti t,,,,, ~.!ssociated with ,quality, superiority, and perfect athP thr'ia4cet,faut,ito cirumstances, the events of your voyage, your wants twitc,s4h(ll have in the counti% l to which you emigrate. Though • 4 1,s - 2 1 e artt e l e ,_ n iado applicatimi to E. MOSES and SON for Outfits, Ale h .," l ly e ni , e oils been charged a higher price on that account, nor ar,"l b e 'grant been disappoint his orders; neither can any kyl re „'s, a ke l.l. ,, i 'cle but they can fm'fil it from their magnificent re- Nerie"4strafridated by unequalle,i connexions, unlimited capital, 3 '111, 11 '0 in 0 e ,,, e ,,, d e xertions. Their Stock, selected with perfect ex 'fit`arits "`" ll ing, is arranged In a department kept expressly for 1i14,,`. Br a ,' nd at E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments, or at any ko„` r ably i n e _"''s (named below) Outfit,' may be procured at very con c,mairi tZet. charges and far bettor quality than at any other Is k ' 4l List Lanyerge• ' of alt Of peasels Of Outfits and all requisite information relative to sail tr4, to 5nY , cost of passage, &e., may be had on appli ca ti on, or part the kingdom. sail toe c ow :... 11014 WITH ANY OTHER nOVSE IN OR OUT OF LO NDON, k i .tem - "eePt their o wn E sta bli s hments, as follows : .' as,,,n,telealtY Establishment, 154 155, 155, and 163, Al increb, 83 , i l s id u -6 ,,, : t al . : l n gat i • l o r , an op c p h o , site the Church, all emumunleacinrr. k ad • °ll . 1 , ? 11 1 . ~:rt-sitr tet, all cornuni s l ? i 6 c , a 5 ti 0 n 7 . 508, New Oxford-strot , t, 1,2, ki rcl (Yorkshire) fr 3,24, eta, v., ~_ Branch, in, Briclgo-s -kt„ ,tn, Jdranch, 36, Fargate. Most 11 t T kil "I. kok:ro a ,.. °ra, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, runic" , VI/ , 40. '`ers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and tli rtls, 3 ii' bli ' l lruellts are closed from sunset Friday to surv.,t on Centlemor. ,_ • A r , , r el' . ' N'ihen baahleas is - resumed till Twelve o cl,, - g•111, - " , Book t 1 .4 ott o t , entitled Library of Elegance," k . t18 0 ,,, Drleas, and directions for self-measurement, can be had, -4c10,,,i: IP P l leatien, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the containing a 011'1,4'14k .atlrite Al mszae for the year ending 1852 can be had, g ratis, Ie ip on. ila... a tl Pane Vrano s i s. Qui si parts Itallano. -"Ilia 144444 D P U tleal• I APS as liable; Espanol. gl efo' on' 7- 0 eic r..'" " nt. , 13 3 ‘ I of Of %~ ~ '-.,..,._./, -" % • \,,,.____i.„ \ - ,. .. t. 1 . ' . ..c .a ..4 - ..1: .,. H ,. .1 :, i7 .0 1 1,4.,.. - -, ::t. 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H OPE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE and lION EST Y GUARANTEE SOCIETY. sta bl ish ed for Granting Assurances on Lives, Guarantee for Honesty, Endowments, Loans, and Annuities. Incorporated under Act of Parliament with a Guarantee Fund of 100,000/. Principal Department, 4, Princes-street, London. BOARD OF MANAGMENT. Mr. Scrjeant Allen, Scrjeant's Inn, Chancery-lane ; the Elms, Craw- ley, Sussex. Charles De Bergue, Esq., Dowgate-hill and Blackheath. Robert Douglass, Esq., Carey-lane, Cheapside, and Stoke Newington. Lewis Glenton, Esq., Glenmohr-terrace, Blackheath. Charles George Knox, Esq., LL.D., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn. Henry Philip hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Ba.nkruptcY Court, and Osmond Thorpe Hall, Leeds. James wng. Massie, D.D.,LL.D., Upper Clapton. Walter Francis Robinson, Esq., F.R.G.S., 11, Air-street, Piccadilly. Robert Theobald, Esq., 26, Paternoster-row, and Ken tistr-tow.t. henry Morgan Vane, Esq , 42. Jermyn-street, St. James's. Wm. White, Esq., 68, Cheapside, and Blackheath. Thos. Wheelwright, Esq., Lower Phillimore-place, Kensington. GENERAL MANAGER. Henri Christopher Eiffe, Esq. AUDITORS. Rice Hopkins, C.E., Parliament-street. Wm. Kent, Esq., 51 and 52, Paternoster-row, and Norwood. Arthur Mere, Esq., F.1.8.A., 58, Pall-mall. MEDICAL OFFICERS. Campbell De Morgan, Esq., 51, Upper Seymour street. Nicholas Parker, Esq., M.D., Finsbury-square. Prior Purvis, Esq., M.D., Greenwich. Ed. Johnstone, Esq., M.D., Regent-street, and Clapham. STANDING COIINSEL. Sir Wm. Page Wood, M.P. BANKERS. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Terrell and Matthe eis, 30, Basingliall-street. The public in general are invited to a consideration of the compre hensive plan of this Society. Whilst it transacts all the ordinary business of Life Assurance on the most liberal conditions, it freely opens its doors to those exposed to extra risk, and affords them advantages which have heretofore been denied. It grants Assurances against every contingency of life to persons of all classes or professions, on terms equitably adjusted to the risk incurred SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES. This Society grants Assurances on the lives of all classes, in cluding Seafaring, Military, and Naval Service, as well as persons proceeding as passengers to foreign climates. 2. No extra premium charged on Assurers who desire to travel be tween any port in the United Kingdom and any of the ports from Gibraltar to the Sound. 3. No extra premium charged for residence in any part of Europe, in Australia, or Canadas, or any healthy parts of North or South America. 4. Assurances may be had on the Lives of Mariners, to cover the constant trade between the United Kingdom and any part of the world, or the constant trade in any given place, as for instance be tween the East Indies and China. The premium for a specific voyage may be obtained on liberal terms. 5. The extra premium which is charged for residing in unhealthy climates, or for actual service in military or seafaring pursuits, is discontinued on return to, and during residence in, the United Kingdom, or the healthy parts of Europe. The Policies are then continued during residence at the ordinary premiums standing against the of the assured at the time of effecting the assurance, evi- dence age as to health being first adduced to the satisfaction ot the Di- rectors. 6. The whole of the profits divided among the assured for life, all of whom are proprietors, and possess control over the management without responsibility. 7. Guarantee Policies for Fidelity of Trust, in combination with Life Insurance, granted at little more than the simple rate for ordi nary Life Policies. 8. All Policies indisputable, except in cases of premeditated fraud. No charge to the assured for medical fees, stamp duties, or any other expenses in effecting a policy beyond the premium. 9. The Directors give favourable consideration to proposals from diseased or non-select cases, at premiums proportioned to the risk, a system especially advantageous to parties whose health may have been impaired by over attention to business, foreign residence, &c. From the principles which are here briefly stated, it is evident that the system of assurance acted on by the Hope Office cannot be too strongly recommended. To all who have any surplus capital it offers a secure and profitable mode of investment ; it combines all the advantages of Assurances and Savings Brinks together, for, in the event of premature death, a large capital is at once created for the survivors, that would require years to be produced by any other mode of investment. H. C. EIFFE, General Manager. AT AN EXTRA.ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the HOPE LIFE ASSURANCE and HO-NESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY, duly convened, and held within their Offices, No. 4, Princes-street, Bank of England, on Wednesday, the 21st July, 102, at the hour of One o'clock, HENRY MORGAN VANE, Esq., in the Chair, It was unanimously resolved—That henceforth the number of Directors shall be increased from ten to twelve, and that Henry Philip Hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Bankruptcy Court, Leeds, and Dr. Thomas Wheelwright, M.D., of Lower Philli more-place, Kensington, London, be elected Members of the present Board. It was proposed by JOHN STEWART, Esq., seconded by JAMES COB BETT, Esq., and unanimously resolved— That the best thanks of the members are due and hereby sincerely accorded to the Board of Directors and General Manager, for the unparalleled success which has accrued to the Society by their ju dicious and zealous management. It was proposed by EDWARD J" , oliNs9N . ,. Esq., M.D., seconded by JoHN SHOVE, Esq., and carried by acclamation — That the warm acknowledgments of this meeting be made to 11. M. Vane, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Management for the very able, lucid, and cheering statement rendered by him of the Society's affairs. By order, lIENRI CIIRISR. EIFFE, General Manager. London, 21st July, 1852. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. 8, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall, London. HONORARY PRESIDRNTS. Viscount Falkland Lord Elphinstone Lord Belhaven and Stanton William Campbell, Esq., of Tillichewan. Earl of Courtown Earl Leven and Melville Earl of Norbury Earl of Stair Earl Somers LONDON CHARLES GRAIIA CHARLES DOWNES, H. Blair Avarne, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq. William Fairlie, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. --- • - BOARD. .M, Esq., Chairman. Esq., Deputy Chairman. J. G. llenriques, Esq: F. C. Maitland, Esq. William Railton, Esq. F. IL Thomson, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. TdEDICAL (*TIMMS . PnysictAx.—Arthur 11. Hassan, Esq., M.D., 8, Bennett-street, St. James's. SOROEON.—F. H. Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, December, 1847, is as fo llows : to the 31st Bum T i me Assured. Sum addedto Sum addedt o S um paya bl e I Xssured. PolicyinlB4l Policyin 1848 a t D ea th. I------ £5OOO 13 years 10 mths £638 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 *lOOO 7 years '• 157 10 0 1157 10 0 • 500 1 year 11 5 0 511 5 0 * EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which is 241. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 1681. us. Bd. ; but the profits being 2IA per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 1571. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid. The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In surance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Notice is hereby given, that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per Cent. (less income-tax) on the paid-up Capital of the Shareholders will be p...yable at the office , on a nd after FRIDAY, the 20th of August inst. The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Share holders being now provided for, without intrenching on the amount made by the regular business, the ASSURED will hereafter derive all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, while, at the same time, they will be completely free from liability, secured by an ample Proprietary Capital—and the advantages of both systems will thus be combined. The assured will in future participate in the Profits in propor tion to the number and amount of the premiums paid between every division, so that if only one year's premium be received prior to closing the books, it will obtain its due share. At the FIFTH DIVISION of PROFITS declared in January last, the sum of 131 1251. was added to Policies then entitled, which sum produced a BONUS varying with the different ages, from 24% to 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid, during the preceding five years ; or from 51. to 121, 10s. per cent. on the sum assured. 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A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.) Extract from the Half Extract from Table with Participation Credit Rates of . in Profits, after Seven Yearly Premium. Payments -- ---. ----.---- Half r Whole premium 1 ( Annual) Half Quar , a during premium Age. Annual Yearly terly to ..4 First for Re- premium Pre- Pre- Seven mainder mium. miens. Years. of Life. .---........----_-_--.....--- ----- ---- £ s. d. £ s. d. Years. , Months £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 25 019 7 119 2 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2 012 3 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 3 2 7 6 1 4 40 12 4 35 1 411 2 9 10, 6 2 7 . 10 1 4 60 12 5 40 1 9 22 18 41 9 2 8 2 1 4 8 012 6 45 1141039 81 40 0 330112 3 0 16 5 50 2 2 6' 4 5 0. 3 3 3 6 1 12 6 016 7 55 212 9 5 5 61 6 3 4 1 112 10 016 9 60 3 6 86 13 41 9 3 4 7 113 1 0....1.10 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. In French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, fn. Forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects the health and happiness of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, youthful excess, tropical climates , o r close study ; followed by prac tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local 'Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il lustrated by so coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 7, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary 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 fearful consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few legally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental I 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 tree by post for forty-two stamps, from the author, who may be consulted personally, or by lettar, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. WAR WITH BITRMAH. (From the London Gazette of last Evening.) INDIA BOARD, AUG. 20, 1852. E i t T s t lenda House. foillowin gdispatche s h ave been rece i ve d at the LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. GODWIN, CB., COMMANDING THE FORCES IN AVA, ARRACAN, AND TENASSERIM PROVINCES, TO C. H. ALLEN, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. (Extract.) Head-quart-rs, Rangoon, June 9, 1852. I have the honour to report, for the information of the Government, that, on the mornitp: of the 20th of May, Martaban was attacked by a Burmese force, of 1,000 or 1,200 men, which was gallantly driven back by the Madras Native Infantry in garrison there, under the command of Major Rail. The operations are re ported to me as follows:-- At half-past six A.M. of the 26th of May, the pickets at Martaban wore fired on in a desultory manner by the enemy for npwards of an hour, wllett a strong skir mishing party led by Captain Stewart sufficed to dis lodge them. Oar loss has been very trifling; 1 private killed, and 1 subadar, 1 naick, and 11 privates wounded. During the day a party was sent cut by the officer commanding to scour the country around, but they met with no opposition, and the place had been unmo lested up to the time of the last report. On the opening of the fire of our guns, the steam-frigate Feroze, which had 200 mt.n of the Mat Light Infantry on board, landed part of them at Martaban, to aid in the defence of the place, and the remainder proceeded in boats up the river, and took the enemy in reverse and caused them consi derable loss. The troops appear to have behaved very well, and the exertions of Major Ball, who commanded she post; of Captains Rickards and Stewart, of the 49 th Madras Native Infantry, who commanded the party that went to scour the country; and of Lieutenant Furvis, who commanded the Artillery, were very meritgi ' ous. Cap tain Lynch and the troops on hoard the Peroze under Captain Anderson , were as usual prompt, and the good judgment displayed by the former officer tended to the complete confusion of the enemy. I have had excellent accounts from Bassein, of the 31st of May, from Captain Darroch, whom I left in command of the place, till the arrival of Major Roberts, of the 9th Madras Native Infantry. The se are highly creditable to that officer, and to Lieutenant Craster, of the Bengal Engineers, and show what a few days' well-directed exertions may do in placing a post in a state of excel lent defence. Captain Darroch further reports that everything is quiet around Bassein; the enemy had Taft the neigh bourhood. and the inhabitants were coming in in num bers to seek protection under our rule. The head-men of twenty-six villages had come to tender services, and to bring provisions of all sorts for the troops. I have also the honour to report, for the information of the Governor-General in Council, the operations of a small expedition which I detached against Pegu on the 3d instant, under the command of Major Cotton, of the 67th Regiment Native Infantry, to co-operate with Captain Tarleton, of her Majesty's frigate Fox, in driving ont a strong force, either from Sitang or Baling, who had taken possession of that city, so lately filled with a friendly population, and where there was a large granary. . - I enclose Major Cotton's own report of his cperations, which show great promptitude, good judgment, and brave conduct, in himself and the troops he commanded. The particulars, as to the conduct of the officers and men, and also the cheerful assistance given by Captain Tarleton, and his naval contingent, I feel assure d t h e Governor-General in Council will appreciate most favourably. In concluding my dispatch, I have only to congratu late the Government on the continued good conduct of its troops, on their excellent health, and perfect state of discipline for any duty they may be called of to per form. I have, &c., _ _ H. GODWIN, Lieutenant-General. bIAJOR H COTTON TO CAPTAIN MAYHEW, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT•GENERAL OF THE DURMAH FIELD FORCE. Rangoon, June 9,1852. Sir, —Agreeably to instructions furnished me by Lieutenant-Colonel Start, commanding the 67th Regi ment Native Infantry, I embarked on board the East India Company's steamer I'hlegethon, Captain Neblett, on the morning of the 3rd instant, in command of a detachment of the strength mentioned in the margin,* to co-operate with Captain Tarleton, her Majesty's fri gate Fox, in command of the naval portion of the expe dition, in carrying out the instructions detailed in Lieu tenant-Colonel Sturt's letter, and I have the honour to make the following report for the information of Lieu tenant. General Godwin, C. 8., commanding the Burmah field force. We reached the village Peinkeong the same evening, and anchored; the next, morning the troops were ona• barked in boats, and we proceeded up the Pegu river; when within a few miles, heavy firing was heard a head, and from information obtained from the Peguers, I learnt that the enemy were in force on the right bank of the river opposite the town. I immediately landed my detachment at half.past nine o'clock A rd. to attack them, and Captain Tarleton agreed to take the naval force, and co-operate on the right. I shall leave Captain Tarleton to detail to Commodore Lambert his part of the engagement. I proceeded in skirmishing order with the detachment along the right bank of the river, for nearly two miles through heavy swam p . and jungle, and drove the enemy completely across the river, in the direction of the Great Pagoda ; when, hearing heavy firing from the direction of the boats, I returned to render my aid to Captain Tarleton. I found, on crossing the river, he had had a smart en gagement with the enemy, and repelled an attack made by them on the boats, sad I was much gra tified to hear from Captain Tarleton, of the admirable conduct of a section of the Rifle Company 67th Regi ment Native Infantry present at it, ander the command of Captain E. W. Hicks. The men were by this time (ono o'clock) much fatigued, and I r eso l ve d to remain for a couple of hours, and the n proceed to at t a ck the Great Pagoda, whither the en emy h al b een see n to re treat, having arranged with C apta i n Latter , that he should guard the boats with a p arty of Peguers . We had not, however, re s t e d very long, when a report was brought from the pick et t h at the Burmes e were conning down upon us in great numbers from the pa goda. I went down and ascert a i ne d that such was t h e case, that they were coming do wn i n skirmishing or der, I should say at least 1,000 m en , and amongst them 30 or 40 were mounted upon p on i es. I could p l a i n ly dis cern their leader from hi s d ress and gold cha ttah. 1 immediately got my party un d er arms i n e xtended order, Captains Tarleton a n d N e bl ett, the f or mer with 30, and the latter with 20. sea men , j o i n i ng , When the enemy had got well across th e p l a i n, i n ex t e nt about three-quarters of a mile, consisting of rice fields par tially covered with water, I advanced with the whole detachment, and after a smart fire, drove them into the jungle which surrounds the pagoda. I then formed my detachment into column of sections, and, steadily ad vancing, stormed the south gate with the 80th a nd Sap pers, when the Rifles under Captain Ricks exten ded to the lett, and rushed in at the west gate' So sudden was the assault that the enem h a d not time to fire their guns, which were found loaded, and co vering y the entrance to the gates. At the west gate were four guns, two brass and two iron, and a t th e s outh gate tw guns and two gingala. and sun- We drove the enemy through the pagoda, --- ceeded in killing and wounding a number of tho t r e t . a t: pursue them, as the men were much knocked they retreated down the gateway. It was impossib le been under arms since one o'clock in the morning, d all overcome by the excessive heat and fatigue encoun tered during the day. land only am happy to say that no soldier was killed, two sepoys and one dooley bearer wounded; this small loss is to be attributed to the fact that the enemy, for the most part, fired too high. oar stay, My detachment occupied the pagoda during o 'shes of and I employed the time in carrying out the wishes of and I employed the time in carrying out t parts of the the Lieutenant-Genera in destroying some his par done by fortifications surrounding the pagoda; te- w " I beg Lieutenant Mayne, Field Engineer, whose report up . , having leave to attach. In the t own , to carry quantity of rice, which Iperm it t ed the Peguers away in boats. Surrounding the pagoda there is also another town, in d to be burnt, which much rice was found; this I cause v as much as after allowing the inhabitants to carry away they c ou ld . under Captain on the river side, there was a great The co-operation of the naval force Captain Tarleton Phl getholi, was Tarleton, her Majesty's ship Fox, and Neblett, East India Company's ship - - ° il ly m ost s i n _ most active and efficient, and I would bueoLs; should be core thanks and congratulations for 6 h ough the proper conveyed to them, officers and men, t r t, I hope I may channel. Before cnncluding this under arals°trion at the gal b_ e permitted to mention my .a-- - detachment, in lantry displayed by all comprising In a Y nd men. The eluding the naval parties, officer s w hi c h existed are .union, cordiality, and good feeling o mplaint was made beyond all praise, and not a single Cc. I beg to notice, against any one during the whole tim in medical charge, for the information of the Lieutenant -General, Captain f her Majesty's 80th, Ormsby, commanding a company a and Lieutenants Amiel and Fraser, of the sa is me Regi ment, end Dr. M`Kellar, East India who, in addition•n attending to the Company's pa t n o y - his Service, othe duties, displayed great humanity s i c . g eintosh, 52nd Re Captain Nativefl icks, lnfantry, commanding Lieu tenant wounded Burmese • Lieutenant of the 67th . Regi d h Mayne, gt:esuatpopMmer.paaNnenaytd,iv6Be7o'tlthilln,faßannetdgrYitn,ce7n d Lieutenant - Assistant Field Engineer, who e nter d ie t he pagoda with greatest assistance, RifiC Clark e and Ensign ThetcP sen ' went, all of whom rendered me th e was much pleased. I l e f t and with w h ose con d uct I de n and—l detachment in progress to Raagou ~have, & c ., 67th Regiment. H. CoTT" , guns and P.S. I beg to enclose a list of casualties—of Pegu, at twelve o'clock, A.M. on Saturday last, with my oot, under command of Panra aervice * too ------- oth Regiment Native In -I,4.netrY, under aptain Hicks. 30 Madras Sappers, under Captain ni o e r n w isb h ,c e , r . Majesty's 80th 1 , ! utenant Alackintosh. Lieutenant Mayne, Madras En gineers, Field Engineer. Dr. DPlC.ellar, East India Cora , is Medical charge• arms captured—also a plan of operations drawn by Lieut. Mayne, Madras Engineers, Assistant Field Engineer. Return of Ordnance captured at Pegu, Jane 4, 1852. Small calibre -2 brass guns, good, carriages destroyed; 6 iron guns, 2 good, 4 very bad, carriages destroyed. 10 gingals, 3 sunk in the river at Pegu. 400 to 5001bs. of powder: 1001hs. used in blasting. List of Casualties i❑ the Detachment under the com mand of Major Cotton, 67th Regiment, at the capture of Pegu, Juno 4, 1852. Wounded-67th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry -2 rank and file; 1 camp follower. COMMODDBE G. It. LAMBERT, It N., HER MAJESTY'S SHIP FOX, TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Rangoon, June 8. Sir,—The Lieutenant-General commanding having ex pressed his wish that a military and naval force should make an attack upon the city of Pegu, I therefore sent Commander Tar:oton, with the boats of her Majesty's ship Fox and the East India Company's steam-vessel Phlegethon, to perform this service, in conjunction with 230 troops under the command of Major Cotton, and I have the honour to request you may be pleased to lay Commander Tarleton's report of proceedings before the Governor-General. I enclose also a list of killed avillhedaen,ds,c., wounded in the naval force. G. R. LAMBERT, Commodore. COMMANDER TARLETON, R.N., TO COMMODORE G. R. LAMBERT, R.N., COMMANDING THE NAVAL FORCES AT RANGOON. Her Majesty's ship Fox, Rangoon, June 8, 1852. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that, in pur suance of your orders, I proceeded on the morning, 3d inst., with the boats expressed in the margin,' to the East India Company's steamer Phlegethon, which ves sel, having embarked 98 men, Ben g al Native I nf antry Rifle Company, Majo r Cotton commandin g Regime nt, Miners of the Madras k tay in n's t cl o B sh oMt ; h Lieutenant Mayne, CaptainCdoetpatcahie- Mtija Latter, Interpretrer to the division,mA Orms b y;egse t s ; t Assistant 'lOO men, m n Eng i ne e r, ine men , Sappers Lieutenant her r. Lieutenant-General commanding the forces, also ac companied us. We proceeded up the Pegu River as far as the village of Poinkeong, which we reached a little before eight P.M., it being then high water. The stream becoming extremely narrow and shallow at this point I did not deem it prudent to ascend it further, and therefore we Majorthe h C e o e t t t e o n () f u er t p h r e oc e h e e d x i n t e w e i d t with i h d e i s , detachment w o i k t for 91 hours, s tat ould ih e n d foo a r bout h two A c .m., but not the leave the ebb ran steamer before 5.30 A.M. on the 4th. At Peinkeong Captain Latter obtained information that a large number of Peguers had put themselves under the direction of one of their countrymen b named Moungta; that they ha day previous they ha d been en g a g ed with a bod y of men under Moungysw ik, assembled on the right t a h n e k ß o i r f m tahne Governor iver, wh o e f r e l) e t g h d u e . B dh e e a e worsted,s i tua t ed and y thehad villagers' retired iaectchoeundtirtheeetileantter ha of Z ang e on the river bank, immediately opposite Pegn. When within about five miles of this place, the chief Moungta, came off to the boats , and confirmed the re ports which had been previously r eceived ; his force, co nsisting of about 5,000 men (imperfectly armed), lined the right bank of the river, and advanced with the boats. From his communication with Moungta Captain Latter was satisfied that the enemy's chief strength lay on the right d bank. Major Cotton ther efore decided on landin g his on that side , while I p roceeded with the boats (as soon as the men were disembarked), to co operate on his right flank. The river at this point is not more than sixty yards wide; the present village of Pegu stands on the left bank, which is steep and muddy below highwater mark. About a quarter of a mile in the rear of the houses there is a broad ditch, the bottom of which at this season is a swamp; it rues along the west face of the old wall of Pegu, for the distance of two or three miles; the wall ha s originally been built of brick, and the top (which may be twenty feet above the bottom of the ditch) is now covered with jungle. The village of Zsuguain, as I have before mentioned, stands immediate opposite; it possesses a small pagoda, and is surrounded by a low growth of jungle. I had proceeded a short distance in the boats, when a sharp fire of musketry was opened upon us from the Pegu side. Feeling the disadva nta g e we laboured under by being underneath the enemy's fire, with no effectual means of returning it, I at once landed with the boat's crow of her Majesty's ship Fox, and was shortly after joined by Captain Neblett and boat's crews of the Phle gethon (see margin), in all about fifty men. The Burmese fired upon us as we advanced, but were driven from point to point until completely broken, one party retreating by the river's side to the north ward, and the other within the old wall before mentioned. Our object being attained, I was retiring in close order to the boats, when a fire of gingals and musketry was opened upon us from the wall. Deeming it unwise to permit the Burmese to suppose we had re treated from them, I instantly engaged a native guide to show us the causeway through the ditch, and then ad vanced to the attack. We halted afe re seconds to gain breath under shelter of an old house, then rushed in over the causeway, and through a breach to the right of the gateway. On getting over the wall we found our selves among some fine trees, free from underwood. Behind these the enemy stood with great resolution, until they were, in many instances, driven out by the bayonet. The defect in their firing was bore very ob servable, as their shot in most cases struck the branches above our heads. We pushed them through to the plain beyond, when they broke and fled, leaving many dead; their number engaged might probably have been 100 men, and they a l so h a d a reserve of about 20 0 more fficerssoernvhicoersweabsack),beyondwtihteh only reach nl glad a (commanded of musketry. Th e w h o l e party retired within the G rea t pagoda, about a mil e an d a h alf to the eastward. l am d to say tby o fficers this one casualty on our a id e , one man per f or med h _ having received a severe sword-cut in a personal encounter. Information was now brought me that our boats had been attacked by another party of th e nemy from the down to their southward; I accordingly hasteed _ re l i ef, and happily found them safe. Mr. M'Murdo, mate of her Majesty's ship Fox, who had been left with a few men in charge, reported that a very heavy fire h a d been opened upon them, to which he had endeavoured to re ply with the pinnac e ' s gun an d a sma ll arm party, but the water was too low to do this with effect, and, having one man killed and two wounded, he judi • • ciously removed the remainder to the right bank, sending an application to Major Cotton for support. A party of Rifles returning fortunately met the messenger, and, coming on with all speed, took up a position on the river side, from which they kept up so true and incessant a fire across the water that the enemy were compelled to abandon their attempt and on our approach to retreat. Major Cotton having overcome all opposition on the opposite side, now crossed over with his detachment. On a consultation with him, it was determined to wait until three P.M, before we should advance to attack the Great Pagoda, the men being absolutely in need of repose after so muoh fatigue under a burning sun. The Rifle company of the 67th was therefore bivouacked in the wood within the wall, her Majesty's 80th Regiment on the river face, and the seamen returned to their boats. At two P.M. the alarm bugle was sounded, and, on my landing, I discovered that the Burmese had issued from the pagoda in considerable strength, with the evident intention of attacking us. The troops lost not a moment in getting under arms, and the seamen (see detail annexed)4 came on shore. The enemy fell back on our advance, a movement he appeared to have so little expected that many of his men were unable to regain their position in time to defend it, and those who did were so taken by surprise that their fire was inffectual, and their four guns, which pointed down the steps leading up to the gateway, were found loaded by her Majesty's 80th, who gallantly led the as sault; and this naturally strong place was happily car ried without a casualty on our side. I returned with the seamen to the boats, as soon as the pagoda was in our possession ; embarked the de tachment at noon 30th ; on the 6th reached the steamer, at Peinkeong, at 5 r.v. ; she weighed on her return at 8 A.M. ; on the 7th, at noon, she took the ground, and, as the tide was ebbing, and there was no possibility of her moving for several hours, I ordered the Fox's boats to take the canoe, with the camp followers in tow ; I passed them in the gig, and arrived on board her Ma jesty's ship Fox at 3 A.M. on the Bth. I have the honour to inclose the following list of casualties : Her Majesty's ship Fox—three seamen wounded. East India Company's steamer Pblegethon—one sea man killed. I beg leave to add that the conduct of both officers and men under my orders has been most exemplary, and to represent to you the valuable assistance and co-opera tion I received on all occasions from Captain Niblett, commander of the East India Company's steamer Phle gethon.—l have, &c., J. W. TARLETON. LIST OF MEN BELONGING TO THE NATAL FORCES KILLED AND WOUNDED DURING THE ACTION AT PEGU, ON THE p ised wound of ri g ht s h ou l der, from Fox—Andrew Walk er , A. 8., wounded - MF c s u jae t juv . eeN6 H rtgeY e y n Bl r 8; y ssi2l3h l ci n gram, ordinary, wounded slightly; superficial wound of the right shoulder, from a musket ball. John Taylor, A. 8., wounded slightly; graze of the right light, from a musket ball, East India Company's steamer Plegethon—James Shields, killed. * her Majesty's ship Fox —Launch— Mr. 31' Murdo, mate; Mr. Lucas, midshipman ; crew, 15 men. rm „ o -31r. Copeland, mate ; Mr. Hudson, midshipman • crew, is m en * Gig—Mr. Cott= ; crew, 6 men. Cutters2Mr. Alexander, Mr. Lisboa; crew, 9 men each. Mr. Morgan, assistant -sur geon, her Majesty's ship Fox. East India Company's stboats. Muzuffer—Mr. Harding; crew, natives, A large canoe, fitted for the conveyance of the camp 1 lowers. in paddle -box I oi. c Sevenoskes, t East India Company's steamer Fblegetlion—Two Cut ters—Messrs. T. M. Hulks, 3d officer; C. • midshipman ; crew, 22 men. i Her Majesty's ship Fox—Officers, men. Last 8 F .111 r. Ill , ‘ , Murdo, mate ; Mr. Iludson and Mr. Lucas, n—Captain Isiiblett India Company's steamer Phlogetlio midibipmen : .) , 22 men. [PRICE 51). I SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TlMES.—Never were vigilance and alertness more imperatively required at the hands of the public and their representatives than now. The amalgamation cf great railway companies, however plausibly it may be described, must effect an entire revoluti tn in the internal traffic of the country, and thin revolution, if care be not quickly taken, may actually overwhelm us by surprise.. Like the French natien, we shall find ourselves some morning under a wholly new rule end government, with our 07, II consent end sufferance presumed and alleged for the change. Let the reader only mark the language already used by the railway presidents. "Public opinion," said Mr. Glyn, " had been greatly altered upon this subject ;" in fact, "a great railway authority" whose name he was "not at liberty to disclose" had said as much ; " atnalgarea tion,' therefore, " must take place, and it would not end with the Great Western." The text thus delivered was promptly taken up, and, within a few hours of Mr. Glyn's declaration, Mr. Edmund Denison, the Chairman of the Great Northern, in addressing an offer of commercial partnership to the Chairman of the Midland, observed that, as " amalgamation, ac cording to Mr. Glyn's published (minion on the subject, was inevitable," h e " appre h en d e d no Parliamentary objections." Up t o t hi s t i me, h e sa id, h e had hesitated, but ut Mr. Glyn's example removed his doubts, and "jus tified" his overtures. Thus, the bare assertion of one railway director, backed by an appeal to a single anonymous authority, is magnified in the course of four and twenty hours into a fixed and settled Parliament prin ciple decisive o f the whole question, and it is confi dently anticipat e d that will sanction the project, for the si m pl e reason tb lf at, in Mr. Glynn's opinion, "it can't be help e d." our selves as dogmati ca lly t o th e o we expressed p rs. osite effect we should fall into the sa me error as Mes P sDenison and Glyn. Our concern, on b e h a lf o f the public, is not to repre sent either o ne course or another In ' as absolutely pre destined, but t o b r i ng th e subject before the commu nity with such plain and timely trueil lustration that it may be decided at l as t in theinterests of the s country, and not solely by th e assertions of those i who are likely enough to be u n d er cons i derable b body denies that the pres en t s t ate of thing s is bad . We . We may go even one step f ur th er , and admit that from much of the money lavished by bellieresontthcli rectors not the smallest public go o d is derived, at by the cessation of such " costly and harassing reef P tices" railways would gain, and nobody would lose. Bat is the issue raised by railway chairman a proper issue ? Is it absolutely inevitable that either " costly strife and distracting,disputes" must continue to con sume the funds of the companies, or that all the in terests and duties of these companies must be forth with merged and confounded in one wholesale amal gamation ? Is there no possible alternative between these two conclusions ; or, if there be none, can amal gamation be claimed for the benefit of the railways without detriment to the rights and interests of the public ? In the first place, let the reader consider what these directors are confessing. By their own statements they have deliberately involved themselves I in brawls, conflicts, and cabals, which have drained their treasuries, distracted the attention of their boards, and left all parties just where they were at first, minus the money sunk. In this description of their proceeding we are quoting the very words of Mr. Glyn and Mr. Russell. And what is it, then, with such a lively conviction of their own deserts, that they now propose ? To turn over a new leaf, abstain from these unproductive broils, apply their funds to proper purposes, and maintain that wholesome emu lation in the public service prescribed by the Legisla ture in the very charters which gave them existence ? No such thing. They declare, by implication, that they must and will go on squabbling and squandering for ever, unless all temptation be taken out of their way; that they cannot come to fair terms with each other, but must inevitably grasp, fight, struggle, and spend as long as there is a toll or a ticket shop which one possesses and another does not; and that the only remedy is to make all property so common to all companies that there shall no longer be any ade quate motive for battle or pillage. This is the case of the directors, according to their own showing. They are desperate, incurable reprobates, who cannot even promise, after all their suffering, for their future good conduct unless they are relieved from every visible inducement to sin. And how is the public to fare under the remedy suggested by these candid penitents ? Let the reader observe how the point has been treated in the negotiations already repeated. Mr. Glyn, in his first proposal to the North-Western, talked with great fluency about the " the interests of the public" and the " proper restrictions" which he could not but feel the propensities of his class re quired ; Mr. Russell, with a very correct apprecia tion of the real value of such salvos, thought that Parliament would look suspiciously at the pro posed scheme, " although guarded by some general protection to the public ; ' while Mr. Denison, in that " frank and direct style" which so charmed Mr. Ellis, throws the public overboard at once, and looks to his company alone, as a director should. " Our railways," says he to the Chairman of the Midland, " compete with each other in the south and north ; they cross each other at two or three im portant points ; there are double stations at several towns, and duplicate trains run where sin g le ones would , serve the public equally well. By amalgama tion,d therefore, a ver y l a rge annual expenditure and ewdoultbe be saved, which wou ld improve the dividends real value of both properties." This is very is there and direct "—nothing cou ld be more s o ; u no other voice to be heard in the matter ? Mr. De nison, we suppose, has some half-dozen stout serving men, who, in return for the discharge of their several duties, receive some 1001. or 150 E a year from him in wages. What would he say, if h gotiation between a " Jeames' and: overheard " a ne- Chawles" to the purport following ?—" Our duties, you see, compete with each other, in-doors and ou t ; we cross each other at every turn of the premises ; we stand double be hind the same carriage, and two of us are worked where one would serve our master equally well. Let us amalgamate our work and our wages, and just do what's wanted by turns. This would save us a lot of trouble every year, and improve our property like wise ; for, as master would be pa ying for six, though he only got the work of two, there would always be four of us getting good pickings for nothing. This is pure " amalgamation ;" and what, speaking as paymaster instead of purveyor, does Mr. Denison think of it ? How came the Great Northern and Midland to compete with each other, and cross each other, and intersect each other, and have double stations in the same towns ? Because those identical privileges were obtained from Parliament. And how were they obtained ? By proof—and nobody proved more forcibly than Mr. Denison and hi s own colleagues—that such competition was good, wholesome, and for the manifest advantage of the public ; that the traffic of the country supplied abundant aliment for double lines of railway and that, new communications being usually in i : provements upon the old in directness of route and excellence of construction, the public was sure to gain by the encouragement given to such adventures. What, in short, is the Great Northern itself but the very offspring and creation of these identical prin ciples which its chairman now discards? If anybody could have borrowed Mr. Denison' words seven years ago, and given them the force claimed s b for them at t present, there would never hays King's-cross, nor one of the be b st r ve rnes ee h n i Ea station abe tween that point and NewarklT:peisas Lincoln. clear as possible that companies can only ask for amalgamation on gr oun d s conv i ct i ng b o th the policy to which they owe their being and the course whi ch they have allowed themselves to pursue. The v k e e r i Y r application itself implies a virtual forfeit of their original charters, for they confess theroselvreiset;," and potent to discharge their duties with P beg relief from those identical conditsiuo have been their privileges were conceded. Theefw a r i i s P n which the are notoriously their own, and if to be entertained, there but themselves nijot the slightest themselves with the pretence for visiting any penalties. ersons, probably, have CHRONICLE. dirtine, impression of the de been able to retain anlFtg ,, Six-mile Bridge Homi tails of the inquessvon e e which we recorded yester cides," the t e rrni i n l, therefore, before commenting on day; and we sha oceedings, briefly recapitulate the the result of tb c e ss p e r . On Thursday. the 22d of July, outlines a oohs - of the e during ested election for ties' county of Clare, six men . X w ere shot dead by a pasey of Ist Regi ,at a place called Six-mile Brid g e. A coroner's w ent, „ s imme diately empeeneled ; but, in order to gape time for t , la e popular excitement to subside, th e inquest was sojourned to Tue day, the 31 of August. From that time it dragged on until last Wednesday, on which day—the fourteenth of the inquiry —a ver dict w as returned. The essential facts elicited by thi s portentous investigation were, after all, but few. It seems that a party of electors in the interest of the Tory candidates were brought from Limerick to Six mile Bridge, one of the polling places of the county, under military escort—the requisition for armed protection having been signed by five m ag i strates. Both the s o ldiers and the voters were subj ec t , d ur i ng this expedition, to the no small amount of taunts and intimidation • but nothing serious o ccurre d unt i l the arrival of the party at Six-mile Bridge. Here the riot became formidable. The voters were denounced a,,__D l as " convietA ; " anti raore circles of the Memo than; Dante ever imagined were proclaimed to he ha et ores for those recreants to their religion, and traitors to their country. The women were eager in this tongue warfare ; and certain Roman Catholic priests were especially active and eloquent. One Dr. O'Connor pointedly, though calmly, inquired, " Why the voters did not vote for the Liberals ?" Father Bourke — who came out for the day with the appropriate spi ritual weapons of " a horsewhip in one hand, end a registry-book in the other"—preached a soothing homily on the text, "Fight, boys, for your religion." Father Clune, in more scriptural language, endea voured to kindle the reluctant spirits of his auditors:— " You are standing here idle, doing nothing, and they (the voters) are coming. Oh, what is this for ?" By the time an attempt was made to poll the party under military protection, these animati ng h om ili es b a d done their work. Stones flew in every direction ; the voters were being pulled off the cars ; some of the soldiers were knocked down ; Father Bcurke—fore most in the ;ray, though the first subsequently to run—actually seized the muskets of the escort ; and then—it is not ciesr wheeher by the express order of the commanding officer—the soldiers fired, and six men were slain. The milirary, it must be remarkfel were accompanied by Mr. Delmege, a county naagis trete ; but cot the slightest evidence was offered that he either ordered or sanctioned the firing. Contra dictory testimony was produced as to the amount of violence and rioting on the part of the crowd ; and end one witness, whose recollections must be singularly bellicose, deposed that he had never known so peaceful an election. Father Bourke—though a whole host of witnesses contradicted him—flatly denied that he had stimulated the people at all, though he owned to the whip and the registry-book. In short, the affair presented the usual amount of contradictory 'evidence which cha racterises not only Irish inquiries, but all investiga tions into collisions between the military and a mob. But the whole matter practically resolved itself into the specific and single question—always, we admit , a difficult and delicate one—which invariably recurs in such cases. Was the amount of provocation offered to the military such as to justify the commanding officer in firing upon the mob, or were the lives of the soldiers so far in peril that the necessities of mere self-defence warranted them in falling back upon their ordinary rights as citizens, and in firing without orders ? For ourselves, we think that they were justified. If to be forcibly attacked by rioters, and to be knocked down with stones, is not sufficient provocation—if cutting reins and bridles, and de stroying firelocks,do impo esnsosible tcrstßituutt,e a a d c m a i s t e tin of g real the peril—the thing is extreme difficulty of fixing, to a hair's breath the line where risk of life begins—admitting also that there was some evidence of an unnecessary second firing on the part of the soldiers—it is at least certain that the sole alternative left to the j ury was to decide between a verdict of justifiable homi cide and one of manslaughter. We should not have been surprised at the latter. Irish juries seldom un derstand evidence, or recognise the true purpose for which a jury meets. They are usually incapable of it. They mostly look at a verdict, in such cases, as merely a strong mode of expressing their own per sonal political sentiments; nor is it only in Ireland ny that juries are very apt to return strong verdicts t the military. There is a constitutional jes hloauvsey been o f soldiers.m a in n g on th n e present century there inquests DurD ur as those in St. George's-fieldsec eaandwi a t t h riots, te r 1 sucho, iin which, contrary to the evidence, the troops have been exaggeration, Ireland has o declared guilty of manslaughter. own included—in But, d with charac teristictohnee all previous performances—her per verting justice. A verdi c t o f wilful mur w de ey r h a a f ac tually been returned agai n st e i g h t soldiers ofthe3 s t --and, l and, more scandalous still, agai ns t the ma • seems to Mr. Delmege. This preposterous decision magistrate, have been suggested by an extemporaneous hint which was thrown out by Mr. Counsellor Coffey, when the Coroner had concluded his charge. w e subjoin both the suggestion and the sensible reply which it elicited:— " The CORONER then put to the jury the issues they had to try, and said that it was for them to consider whether their verdict should be one of manslaughter or justifiable homicide. " Mr. Coffey suggested that the verdict of ' murder' was within the range of their consideration. " The CORONER—With respect to murder,' the cir cumstances of the case, and the provocation received, whatever it was, must do away with that. The provoca tion has been admitted." In spite, however, of this distinct intimation of the law of the case, the jury—by a majority of twelve out of seventeen—returned a verdict of wilful mur der. A more outrageous and disgraceful exhibition of party prejudice and religious rancour it would be impossible to conceive. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, AUG. 20.—8 y a general order, dated August 19, 1852, the following appointments have been made : Lieutenant-General Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, K.C.8., to be Colonel Commandant of the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Lieutenant- General Sir Thomas Downman, deceased. Colonel E. C. Whinyates, C. 8., Royal Horse Artillery, to be Commandant of the Garrison, in the room of the late Sir Thomas Downman. Colonel William Cator to be Director-General of Artillery, vice Whinyates. Lieutenant -Colonel John Alexander Wilson to be Director of the Laboratory, vice Cator. It is worthy of remark that all the above appoint ments have been conferred by the Master-General on officers who have seen considerable service, Lieute nant-General Sir Hew D. Ross having served in the P e ninsula and Fr ance from June 9, 1809, t o Fe bruary, 1814, including the action of the Coa, battle of Busaco, actions of Pombal, Redinha (where he was wo unded in the shoulder), Casal Nova, Foz d' Arouce (where he was wounded in the leg), and Sabugal, battle of Fuentes d'Onor, action of Aldea de Ponte, sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz (where he was dan gerously wounded in the head), action at Castrajon, capture of forts at and battle of Salamanca, capture of Madrid and the Retiro, affairs of San Munoz and San Milan, battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, pas sage of the Bidassoa, Nivelle, and Nive, and Battle near Bayonne. He also served in the campaign of 1815, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. Sir Hew D. Ross has received the gold cross and two clasps, and the silve r war medal with three clasps. Colonel Whinyate s served in the expedition to the Helder and the campaign in North Holland in 1799, the expedition to M adeira in 1801, and to Copen hagen in 1807, Peninsu lar campaigns from 1810 to i e l , e m and and S , san cavalry at Munoz ; Ribero. and many other affairs. He served also in 1813, in c l u ding the battl es of Bussaco and Albuera ; a aff tt a a i c r k a an t d-Cdseafegarte'oAf iGcleesnedroi°Lnat the campaign of 1815, and was severely wounded in the left arm at Waterloo, The gallant officer received the silver war medal and two clasps. Colonel Cator served i n the campaign of Walchere n and at the siege of Flushing; in the Peninsula and south of France from the end of 1809 to the termina tion of the war in 1814, including the defence of Cadiz, lines at Torres Vedras, and at Santarem, battle of Barossa (where he was wounded), affair at Oama, battle of Vittorio, affair at Tolosa, passage of the Bi dassoa, and at the attack of Bidassoa by the French, battles of Nivelle and Nive, and four days' engage ments in front of Bayonne. He has received the sil ver war medal with four clasps. Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Wilson served in the campaign of 1815, including the battle of Waterloo and capture of Paris. 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"Really, sir, e l when he is cannot say," replied the witness, " for 1 never was in companywhen he rode b i himself." 'You ~,,,... with him y snappishly. — "Y sumo. aside, sir," said the counsel / - //--1 THE FIRE ON BOARD THE SEVERN. The committee appointed by this , Court of Directors of the Royal West India Mail Company to inquire into the circumstances connected with the fire on hoard the Severn steam-ship on her last homeward voyage made their report of the result of the investi gation yesterday, which was submitted, as requested, to the Lords of the Admiralty. It may be proper to add that the following cor respondence preceded the holding of the investiga tion : _ . " Admiralty, Aug. 13. 1852. " Gentlemen,—l am commanded by my Lords t a letter from the Admiralty agent attached to the Com missioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you the copy o respecting a tire having oc curred . on board, and to acquaint you that my Lords S e vern contract steamer b., glad to be furnished with the result of the in quiry 1,, lam which they conclude will be immediately institut e d i n t o the case. , gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " W. B. HAMILTON. "To the Directors of the Royal West India Mail Steam-packet Company." "Royal West India Mail Packet Company's-office, Moorgate-street, Aug. 14, 1852. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of yesterday's date, I have the honour to inform you, that an inquiry is to be instituted at Southampton on Tuesday next, the 17th inst., respecting the fire which occurred on board the Severn contract steamer, and so soon as the same is con cluded a full report will be made to you for the infor mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. " I ern, moreover, to add, that should their Lordships desire to have Captain Austin, Lieutenant Inglis, or any other Government officer present on the occasion, it will give the Court of Directors a great satisfaction to afford them every facility for the fullest inquiry into the matter in question.—" I am, Sir, your moss obedient servant, " Captain W. B. Hamilton. "E. CHAPPELL." "REPORT ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDANT ON A FIRE ON BOARD THE SEVERN, ON THE 7TH OF AU. GUST, 1852. " We, the undersigned, having been ordered by the Court of Directors of the Royal West India Mail Steam-Packet Company to inquire into upon the circumstances attendant upon a fire occur ring ring on board the Severn steam-ship, on her Pa d, at e between Madeira and Lisbon, and being assisted, the company's suggestion, by Captain s t em Au packets at Admiralty Superintendent of - e 11; - the master, Southampton, having examined personally and a mid chief and third mate, second engineer, ejewitnesses who, it and repuorrf shipman, being the only available matter, herewith appeared, ' knew anything f submit on which we are of occasion, uP and written evidence o means whatever of ascer taining that there are such Lire taking place ; that it taining the cause of osantracted space in the after run occurred in a v ery o u thing d a u s p t o at n em th e e nt o l the n, ver ° bal was stowed but some tanks w here n ter ; that there was no communi fresh this vva place and the other parts of the h hatches and gratin leading to it ship e xcept . Y b c ipal saloon ; that the company's printed from the Pr'n meat the prohibition of naked lights, the regulations f king fires and of all lights at hin o coo extinguis co o cation t nt i th o a n ei nsibnigP' between t fixed ; n ht, for having a fire-station bill and . , t h e n.g _ during red for extinguishing fires, appear to be d hours, f r v isitation of the ship every half-hour menus prePa - a a t n - d a rtmh the and (in the case of the Severn) to been strictly executed, as is proved by the chief ocaffi teiriv n s e e d e fire-pumpsn at th e e ightr .31,th g e ot m r a e s a t d e y r have - w ater -hoses having seen all lights extinguished at eleven P.m., the captain having remained walking on the upper deck till past midnight, and the subsequent half-hour visi tations avid reports to the officer of the watch being regularly made, and, above all, from the circumstance that in a few minutes after the alarm was given the paws were pouring water on the fire, which was quickly extinguished by the exertions of the captain, officers, and crew, all of whom behaved with zeal and activity, Captain Chapman having had two of his ribs broken by a fall on the occasion. " Our attention having been directed to the allega tions respecting the number and efficiency of the boats of the Severn, we made close in q uiry upon this subject, and f oun d , upon the testimony of Captain Chapman, of Mr. St rut t , t h e chief officer, slid _kr, actual trial s ma d e b y the latter at Southampton , and by Mes s r s . 'White, who built the Cowes, th a t th e S evern ' s six boats were capable 30 u carrying in sa f ety at hest 230 persons, board Persons more than th e s hip bad on lif e bo b a l t e s a at voyage. of the evidence, " it will be noticed, on a perusal 'ous surmises were that (as might be expected) but these being formed as to the origin of t confessedly upon mere contradictory, and founded justified in • pronouncing conjecture, we do not feel any opinion." ot, one of the directors ; Cap- Signed by Captain Y. joint manager - and , Captain the Ere, twin Chappell, R.N., _ . company's superintendent at Barton, R.N. ; ;the Southampton. , l for in tb S a ri p n , gfield, Mass., before a b e t ween the self raking machines of M Cormick, Di nsmore , an d Hassey, the first premium 5.5 warded to - vtti 6, and the second to 11009' 4. c ommittee At a re app n o t i n d i a Purpose S ---- -------- TEaaT to ST. HELENA p$Q The . General Screw Steam Shipping Company's Steamer A 11 4 1,4 5, Captain T. W. GLOVER, will sail from London OR the Month on the 27th instant a for the Cape of Good Hope, s itculiz o dt• Y incents and St. Helena . This vessel has excellent good s ...on for Passenger . , and space for a limited quantity of 04Pplic a u w , C 2 -" th Passage money to be made at the Company's c 'ur, Lamb_ 114 f 4° Yal Exchange-buildings ; and for freight, to Messrs. and Owen, 157, Fencharch-itreet, City.