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JOHN - SIMPSON'S GRAND RESTAU RA.TiIIi, Adjoining the Divan, opposite Exeter-ball, Strand. Te those who like good living, choice Wines, and fine Cigars, blended with economy. JOUY SIMPCON, whose exertions te merit the approbation of his friends and the public are so well known and appreciated, begs to an nounce that he has taken the above-named Premises, which he will OPEN on WEDNESDAY, October 11, with a view to entertain his customers in a manner lot to be surpassed in London, and upon terms of unequalled moderation. John Simpson's best endeavours have ever been given to afford the highest amount of satisfaction to his sup porters, and the desire he has to increase their patronage affords tile best guarantee he can offer for the sincerity of his intentions. The establishment will consist of a large Coffee-room, fitted up most ele gantly as a Saloon, communicating with the Divan; also private roems for parties, decorated and embellished in a superb manner, Under the superintendence of celebrated artists. The Culinary arrangements have been formed under the express suggestions and plans of M. Sayer, of the Reform Club. John Simpson begs to assure his patrons that neither in the Gas tronomic department (which will consist of every delicacy of the sea son), nor in the qualities of the Wines and Spirits, will there be any thing left that can be desired. N.B. Please to observe the OPENING DAY will be WEDNES DAY NEXT. ROGERS' BABY JUMPERS; or, Patent Elas tic Infant Gymnasium —a new and amusing article for the nursery, by which children three months of age and upwards can exercise and amuse themselves. It is recommended by our most ce lebrated physicians for the rapport and healthy exercise of invalids and children of delicate health. To the mother it is invaluable as a • nurse assistant, by which the can leave her child aloste, or at all times see it amused and in good humour. The prices varying accord ing to style, from 10s. to 255. Sold wholesale and retail by 11. S. ROGERS and CO., 137, Strand, sole manufacturers and inventors, and sent to all parts of the king dom on the receipt of a Post-office Order. Highly valuable FARM of 217 Acres, Hampton, Middlesex, and IS Lots of detached FIELDS MR. BEADEL will SELL, b. Y AUCTION, a t the Red Lion Inn, Hampton, on TIII: 11 8DAY, October 12, at Twelve, CHALK FARM, containing 217 a. Or. I Ip, of light fertile land, lying within a ring fence, and situate a short distance from the cele brated town of Hampton, surrounded by the domains of Bushy Park, Hanworth Park, and Kempton Park, and in the vicinity of Richmond, Twickenham, Kingston, and Sunbury. There is a good House, which, with the Estate, might easily be rendered highly ornamental and attractive, together with all necessary farm buildings. Several detached Enclosures, in addition to the above, varying in quantit from One Acr e t o T wenty Acres each Lot, will be offered in Eighteeny separate Lots, Particulars may be obtained of Messrs. Wordsworth and Dunn, selicitors, 32, Threadneedle -street ;on the Premises ;at the Red Lion Inn, Hampton ; and of Mr. Beadel, 25, Gresham-street, City. INDIA RUBIER ()VIE SLOES. CHARLES MACKINTOSH and CO. Pat the public ladia- rubber Overshoes.—Ths attention of public is requested to the lightness, durability, and permanent elas ticity, in all climates, of these overshoes. The slipperiness hereto fore complained of is no eatirely removed. All overshoes raanufactareit by CHARLES MACKINTOSH and CO. are staraped with the name of their Arm. Manchester, September 27, ls4s. Sold by Mr. SAMUEL 3 fATTIIEWS, 46, Cheapside, and 68, Char ing-cross, London. NOTIC E. — HANCOCK.' i PATENT. -: 41HARLES MACINTOSH and Co. of MAN . gki CHESTER, the proprietor of Mr. THOMAS HANCOCK'S Patent for improvement in the preparation and manufacture of Caourchouc, granted in November, 1843, having been informed that large qaantities of shoes —overshoes and Goloshes, stamped or marked with the words Geodyears Patent, 1844, or a similar device have been or are about to be offered for sale is London and else where, feel it due to the public and to themselves as Patentees, to give aotice to the public generally, and particularly to all vendera and purchasers of the *two articles, and of all other articles manufac tured of what is now commonly called or known as vulcanized Caoutehouo or India Rubber, that such shoes or overshoes, Goloshes, and other articles are infringements of Mr. Thomas Haneoek's said patent, and that legal proceedings will be taken against all parties dealing in such articles without their license —and the said Charles Macintosh and Co. hereby give notice, that asthma hays been already brought and damages recovered against parties dealing in similar articles without their license, and consent, and that The Hayward !tubber Company of Connecticut, United States, have takes an exclusive license from Charles Macintosh and Co., for the use of their Patent In Great Britain in respect of shoes, overshoes, and Goloshes, manafaetared in America —and that all shoes, over shoes, and Goloshes, and other articles manufactured by Charles Macintosh and Co., are stamped with the nano of their flrm, and that all shoes, overshoes, and Goloshes, sold by the Hayward tubber Company aro stamped. Manufactured by the HAYWARO RUBBER COMPIIIT, licensed by CHARLES MACINTOSH and Co., Patentees of the " Valcaalzed India Rubber." Manchester, Sept. 27, 1840 THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. An entirely new Phantasmagoria, by Childe, Is exhibited every Evening at Eight o'clock, witk appropriate Music, directed by Dr. Dissolving Views, with historical descriptions. having been re-arranged and additions made, are shown at Half-past Four daily, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten. :tile unromatrepo with new effects. ins tioroscope at Tea o'clock daily. Popular Lectures by Dr. Ryan and Dr. Bachhoffner.—Diver and Divlig bell.—Working Models explained. Open daily from Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (ineludieg Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Tea. Admission, is. —Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. OBSERYE I—FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF ALL CL.A.S9ES OF PERSONS. 11/ 1 1:ESSRS. LUCAS and CO., Surgeons, 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street, authors of " Manly Health," " Control of the Passions," &c., may be personally CONSULTED DAILY, front Nine In the Morning till Eight in the Evening, and en Sundays from Ten till Two, on all diseases of the generative system, Whether constitutional er acquired, comprising syphillis, gonorrhoea, secondary symptoms, and also that class of disorders which are pro duced by indulgence and excesses. To those who are suffering from any of these complaints, Messrs. Lucas and Co. offer hope, and speedy restoration to mound and vigorous health. Their successful treatment being based upon upwards of thirty years' practical expe rience in these disorders is a sufficient guarantee for their promptl ludo and skill, and in most cases one personal interview only is re quired to ensure a sound and permanent cure. All letters containing 11. for advice, &c., will be promptly attended te.—A new edition of the " Control of the Passions," with coloured engravings and cases, price 2s. 6d.; free by post, 3s 61, may be had at the Author's residence, 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London ; and sold by itrittain, 54, Paternoster-rew ; Hannay, 63. Oxford-street ; J. Gor till, 146, Leadenhall-street, London; - 11. Wlahal, 78, High-street, Eirminskam ; Needham, Westgate-street, Gloucester; 11. Whit more, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; J. Howell, it, Charck-street, Liverpool ; W. and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh ; LM. Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; and all Book sellers. S TERILITY. —Whatever is unproductive is with- Which " yields ne fruit," u and we find large tracts of land abandoned for the same reason that caused the barren fig tree to be cursed. This curse clings to Sterility in every shape ; it brings upon the earth famine. But tke malediction breathes loudest and deepest into the ear of these of the human race who remain childless in a community whlcb must altogether fail, without continual additions. Not only do such encounter the silent scorn or pity of their fellow creatures, but their own hearts condemn them ; wealth brings no consolation to the wiless besont—brings no rturn for the chiles hme. It is a re fe markable fact that the e unproductiveness dl of s soil o and species arises from similarity of cause. Some lands are the produce of vitiated strata that yields an offspring as Enhealthy as itself. Others nurture in their juices the poison of minerals, which form the foe to vegetation. Others again lose value by being too early worked, before they are fit for cultivation, Some soils, originally fertile, become barren by excess of tillage; others Are spoiled by unwholesome manures ; and others, again, by the Want of perseverance and nerve In the husbandman. Mark the ana logy ! Man also is too often vitiated by the parent from whom he springs. Man is toe often ruined by the indiscriminate use of mine rals, such as mercury, &c. Man also tries his constitution too early, Ind overtasks it too late. Man, by unwholesome contact can also in fect his frame; and, to render the comparison complete, man can render a naturally vital constitution unproductive through ignorance of his organization and diffidence in his powers. Nor does the analogy cease here. The detriments to cultivation above detailed have been recently se entirely overcome by modern improvement in agricul ture, that farmers are now enabled to produce crops almost front atone itself; and, in like manner, Sterility in the human race is now removable through the profound , discoveries in physic which enlighten Um present age. In testimony of this, a volume has recently been produced which fills the heart with hope and is calculated to remove Sterility altogether. It is from the pen of Messrs. J. L. CURTIS AND CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith. street, Soho-square, London, and bears the title of " MANHOOD: The Causes of its Premature Decline, witk Plain Directions for' its Perfect Re storation ;" and is sent by W. STRANGE, bookseller, El, Pater noster-row, London, post-paid, in a sealed envelope, by initial or to any address, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps, secure from observation. OVE is the leading feeling of the himan breast. Mire exalted than mere passion, it sears high above every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from Its inluence, et* can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under tke enthralling power of LOVE, which, unlike mist things, increases in intensity with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. Whin union does not take place, however, this passion, this fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly poison in tke heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a We l:lnto spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con tract asunder which should be most binding to as honourable mind? It to the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits, er the results of secret disease, knows himself to be clisqualii!ed, and dares not enter a state which has been Instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of Important ends. The siTetched condition of such a being mast subsequently be beyead measursi deplorable I Loving and beloved, he entail, the Most miserable di: appointments on the object of his choice, and upon himself s. desolation :+llO most horrible, when the simple possession of natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of Unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the attention of all. Those desirous of investigating it will find the fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled SELF-PRESERVATION, illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the reproductive organs ; with practical observa tions oa the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from nolitary habits, excesses, or infection. By SI,MUF',L LA'MERT, M.D., be ttor of Medicine, Matriculated Member o f the University of Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary Ardniber of the Louden Hospital Medical Society, &c. This treatise is the result of a long course o' study in a peculiar and snuck neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob tained the highest medical honour; is a guarantee for his profes sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat bent of these diseases. EIVIIW OF TITI welL. U ltert en the I n fi rm iti es of Tenth and Maturity.—" There are e pee it the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the filortal wile meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf aurae which suc h scenes must plunge him I In the book before is h a monitor is te be found, calculated to warn and instruct the ;..iling, without impairing ene idea that can vitiate a miud not a1,::,147 ,::,147 tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style Kr",.!!! asterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of PhY and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a ~.._ duction calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, :Von all who are tempted from the rigid path of 'abstemiousness and rotariey. A n ight in father may trust It i n the hands of his boy. Ity un Zi l7. nocence the book is not, of course, neededwherever u tY has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these st ii,,' l ' li kely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of ......-,,,ZY blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine." The ld --Inh:doin Magazine. )14 . ,.., 0 "e t rk May be had price 2s. 6d., of Kent and Richards, 52, atr w ~„,or-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street ; Starie, Tichborne kleet,_. "nnarket ; Clerdon, 146, Leadenhall-street : Iransell, 115, 0 titeidtneet or, free by forty-two stamps, from the auth 140 la i r', Who may Ise consulted on these disorders personally, or • r . ga , . ll T, from Ten to Two, er from Five to Eight. 47, BED FORD -SQUARE, LONDOX. GITILDHALL, 2872 SIPTIMBEZ, 1848. I HE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 11th day of October next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE, for twenty-one years from Mi chaelmas, 184$, a House, No.l, en the east side of New Broad-street ; a House, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-buildings ; a House, No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street-buildings ; and a House, No. 33, on the south side of Upper Thames-street. Also, to receive separate TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE, for nineteen - and-a-quarter years (less three days), from Michaelmas, 1846, a House, No. 62, on the south side of Chi swe ll- s t reet ; and also a House, call e d t h e " White Herse" public house, ea the east side of Finsbury -street. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS BITJNI)ERS, Comptroller. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. FINAL CALL of 21. 108. PEE SHARE, making the total amount called M. per Share. In pursuance et' a Resolution of the Board of Directors, Share holders in this Cempany are required ta pay, on or before SITITI DAT, the 21st of October next, a CALL of TWO POUNDS TEN' SHILLINGS PER SHARE to either of the undermentioned Bankers: London—Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street. Liverpool—Liverpool Borough Bank. Chester—Messrs. Dixon and Wardell. Bangor—Messrs. Williams and Co. Interest at tile rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged on all Calls remaining unpaid on the said 21st October. By order, ANDREW G. GIFFORD, Secretary. 61, Moorgate-street, London, September 26, 1846. is Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Ce'enroll Engravings S.ol. OX PHYSICAL DIS4UALICATIONS, GENICRATIVI INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. brew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., er by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage stanapS, FILIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the intnnities aid decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualificatiens. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. Ey R. and L. PERRY* and CO., 12, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the lutkors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, J 3, Titohborne street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leadonhall-street. Pharr I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is Illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive !mini gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary firm, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap plication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action is simple but sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys its power ex the system. This important part of the Work should be read by every Young Man entering into life. PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TlittCol4lAL BALM OP SYRIAOIIM is exclusively employed In treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood In cases ofinfectiox, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11s. and 335. per bottle. Perry'e Purifying Specific Pills, Is. ed., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain .emedy in gonorrhea, sleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma wii If., h i s advice to !lon of the bladd er . Consultation fee, if by letter, If. W. Packets th A l lt h e a n a da a i t ia d the y establishment 19, er o a itl er y s.. ,. t b r y ee r fr ic o h m the fee, till Two. and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to Ono. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) in Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 30th day of September, 1848. Issus DEPARTMENT. X. Notes Issued— •• .. • • 27,120,705 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities . • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,610,796 Silver bullion ... • 509,909 £ 27,120,705 X 27,120, M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier 7os . Dated the sth day of October, 1848. RANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest .. •• • • • 3,837,472 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, say ings -banks, and Di . Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,862,296 Other securities • • 11,574,473 Notes . • . • • • • 9,571,685 Gold and silver coin.. 557,788 vidend accounts).. 7,008,836 Other deposits •• •• •• 8,146,311 Seven day and other bills ...... •• •• 1,020,623 £34,566,242 £34,5.i6,242 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 448. Dated the sth day of October. 1 SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was held before Mr. Best, at Draycot, on Thursday, on the body of Miss Louisa Mary Sollis, aged 24, daughter of the Rev. William Sullis, perpetual curate of Fenton, Staffordshire. It appeared that Miss Sollis had for some time been in a delicate state of health, and was on a visit to her uncle, Mr. Wheatcroft, of the former place, for a change of air. On Monday week deceased and several friends walked over to Ditchlord, a distance of about three miles, to spend the afternoon with a friend; about seven o'clock the same evening, on their return home, deceased, who had the arm of Miss Wheatcroft, slipped down on one knee, and on recovering herself said she did not feel the least inconvenience from the fall. The party walked on for about ten minutes, when deceased complained of ex treme faintness and violent pain. A conveyance was procured, and she was carried home, where Mr. Bull surgeon, of Blockley, and Mr. Hiron, of Campden, at tended her; she, however, died on Wednesday morning. The case being a very obscure one, an inquiry was con sidered necessary, and upon a post morte:n examination being made by the above-named medical men, two orifices in the stomach, produced by ulceration, which evidently had existed for some time, were discovered ; the outer coat of the stomach was also ruptured, which was the immedilte cause of death, and without doubt was produced by the fall she had on the Monday pre vious. Verdict, " Died by the visitation of God."— Worcester Journal. RARE BIRD.—On Saturday last, as the Hon—Cap. tain Harris, M.P., and Mr. Swinburna Berkeley, the son of the Hon. Member for West Gloucestershirtio v e ro . shooting in the vicinity of Heron Court, the seat-of the Earl of Malmesbury, they fired together at a snipe, which, on being brought to bag, proved to be the" great snipe" of Bewick, a most rare and beautiful specimen. This bird is about to be added to the collection at Bea con Lodge. A SET OF GRINDERS.—Oxford - street 'has been blockaded now for upwards of a month. Our Paving Commissioners evidently think that the London thoroughfares should be treated like teeth—when a little decayed, they ought to be carefully stopped.— Punch. 71.'",1 : ". .1 -2,' '...?...' .... 4 ...• ...:twsi:.. .:- ' • ''ilill:17°';:11101' ~. -------------- i s _C ' • -- .. . • .e______---- , . ~. - 7---- - 1 ' l •-: ' ... --'•-• ~ :Adis . 'n ------------- ----...________ - , A I IIIIh , , . • 7. 4 .7 •.- . .....4. -c '.---:', ...•, \ ' -.4 ` 4 :1' . ?" , ! , - - ': - 1 11. 1,..;:',.._17;e ", ... ii .. _. ~._.-, • , ‘..,, 1 11111 1% 1 ...• -: .c.,_ , A),,.„ 1 _, fr. ~,.. 416 ,•-.' ..,/,, ~,... Apr- - ~ .., . ,:....... „.,,,,,....,..7. ...,...7.:,..,.:,; . :7:: ' - ,,.., - z.' . . : • - ' l .:' - 1:::k s !. : 7 1h 1 . 1: -- . .._. _ ... . ~_. ... .. . _ . , . . {PRICE SD. N0.17,483.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING Sun 1 Time Assured Assured. Sum added to Sum added to Policy In 11141 tolicyln 1848 --- .E 683 6 8 500 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 • . ,Sum payable at Death. £5OOO 13 years 10 mths 5000 11 years 5006 II years 6000 6 years 1000 6 years 6000 4 years 1100 2 years JE767 10 0 £6470 16 8 767 10 0 6287 10 0 787 10 0 6067 10 0 787 10 0 5687 10 0 674 0 0 6675 0 0 450 0 0 6450 0 0 225 0 0 5225 0 0 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderato scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years ►here the In surance is for Life. No Entrance Money or charge except the Policy Stamp. Every information ►ill be afforded on application to the Resident Director, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pa London. AR C lIITECTS', BUILDERS', and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANT, 0, Lombard-street, London. CH/dB/UN—SYDNEY SMIRKE, A..R.A. TMISTM. T. L. Donaldson, Esq. I J. Salvia, Esq., FAA.. Grimsdell, Esq. G. Smith, Esq., F.S.A. The rates for both Fir. and Life Insurances are as low as can'with safety be taken. Tkose for Life Insurance may be paid either yearly, kalf-yearly, or quarterly; one-half the annual premiere may be left unpaid far seven years, or one-third to the end of life. Thus large sums nay be insured at the smallest present outlay. Frospectases, Forms *f Proposals, &c„ may bp lid at • gte Vingg, Lombard -street, Lobard-street, or of any o f th e agents. JOHN REDDr4II, Manager. riICOLL'S REGISTERED PALETOT.—This most gentlemanly and useful over-wat retains its original mo derate price, and being adapted for the autumn and winter months, has already been honoured with the patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Same- Weimar, hie Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the chief ornaments of the Court, the Pulpit, and the Bar. The above can be obtained In London only of H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 120, Regent street, and 22, Cornhill. This day is published, in one thick ♦olum• foolscap Bvo., price Ps. cloth, THE MORAL, SOCIAL, & PROFESSIONAL DUTIES of ATTORNIES aid SOLICITORS. By SAMUEL WARREN, Esq., F.R.S., Barrister-at-Law, of the Inner Temple. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; and William Benning and Co., London. ! Now ready for delivery, uniform with Tallis's Imperial Histories of England and America. Part 1., price One Shilling, THE HISTORY of IRELAND, from the earliest period of the Irish Annals, to the Rebellion of 1848. By THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., &c., &c., Corresponding Member of the National Institute of France ; Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Literature, &c. ; author of " England under the House of Hanover," " The Biographia Britannica Literaria," " Essays Illustrative of the Literature, History, and Superstition of England in the Middle Ages," and other works illustrative of Eng lish History. Each Part embellished with a beautiful Steel Engrav- IN*, chiefly from Original Drawings. By H. WARREN, Esq., Pre sident of the New Wator Colour Society. London : J. and F. Tallis, 100, St. Joha-street ; and all Booksellers. In I vols. Bvo., price 111 s. 6d. in cloth, ANARRATIVE of the Treatment e x p er i ence d by a Gentleman, during a State of Meital Derangement; de signed to explain the Causes and Nature of Insanity t eisul to expose the injudicious co n d uc t p ursue d t owar d s many uaforiertate sufferers under that calamity. I y JOHN PERCEVAL, Esq. TO CLERGYMEN, MAGISTRATES, AND M.P.I. Just published, price 21. 6d., LETTERS to the Right Honourable Sir JAMES GRAHAM, ISart., and to other Noblemen and Gen tlemen, upon the REFORM of tho LAW affecting the Treatment of Persons alleged to be of Unsound Bind. By JOHN . PERCEVAL, Esq. Effingham Wilson, B•okseller and Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange A a x 1 A :11 One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em titter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an coatproshig harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to deafest!e happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demist that health should ferns as item in the cenipact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yea, procure Dr. CULVERWLL'S little MEMOIRS Oa Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. sack (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imagiaatively refixed, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are net intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but 'er the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whoa they are ofered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace t• the age. Furthermore, two other tittle publications claim your attention (same price is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's ago, “IL• ewes Ida plcsc*L ciabLeuee, uezuw, anQ POSILIua L. tlalu yr.- seryanes of the ma=ims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done sme--to Ilya after natare'a laws—and to keep always 3n the "sunny side of the way." Tke above works may be bat; et Sherwood, 33, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho, 141, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 07, West Stilted ; er direct (by post er other wise) front the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo Regent-street; wad all Booksellers. have to put in force, whenever it may appear to be required, those provisions of the Act that relate to nuisances. Great benefit having been derived from the cleans ings that were resorted to on the former visitation of cholera, and experience having shown that preven tive measures against cholera are also preventive against typhus and other epidemic and endemic diseases, the boards of guardians should carry into im mediate effect all practical measures of external and internal cleansing of dwellings in the ill-conditioned districts. The chief predisposing causes of every epidemic, and especially of cholera, are damp moisture, filth, animal and vegetable matters in a state of decompo sition, and in general whatever produces atmospheric impurity : all of which have the effect of lowering the health and vigour of the system, and of increasing the susceptibility to disease, particularly among the young, the aged, and the feeble. The attacks of cholera are uniformly found to be most frequent and virulent in low lying districts, on the banks of rivers, in the neighbourhood of sewer mouths, and wherever there are large collections of refuse,-particularly amidst human dwellings. In a recent proclamation, issued for the protection of the population of the Russian empire, the important in fluence of these and similar causes has been recog nised, and the practical recommendations founded thereon are to keep the person and the dwelling place clean, to allow of no sinks close to the house, to admit of no poultry or animals within the house, to keep every apartment as airy as possible by venti lation, and to prevent crowding wherever there are sick. Householders of all classes should be warned that their first means of safety lies in the removal of dung heaps and solid and liquid filth of every description from beneath or about their houses and premises. Though persons long familiarised to the presence of such refuse may not perceive its offensiveness, nor believe in its noxious properties, yet all who desire to secure themselves from danger should labour. Ser the entire removal of filth and the thorough cleansing of their premises; which also the law will require of each person for the protection of his neighbours, as well as for his own safety. Next to the perfect cleansing of the premises, dry ness ought to be carefully promoted, which will of course require the keeping up of sufficient fires, par ticularly in the damp and unhealthy districts, where this means should be resorted to for the sake of venti lation as well as of warmth and dryness. From information recently obtained from Russia, it appears that, in some barracks and other places in which large numbers of people are congregated, where these conditions have been attended to in a manner that may be equally practised in private houses, there has been a comparative immunity from the prevailing eipdetnic, exactly as in this country, where in public institutions, though as yet by no means perfect in the means of ventilation, there has been an almost entire exemption from epidemics which have ravaged private houses in the very same districts. But while a certain amount of cleansing can be effected by every householder, each in his own pre mises, the means of thoroughly purifying the densely populated districts are beyond the power of private individuals. Accordingly, by the recent Act 11th and 12th Vic c. 123, sec. 1, in cases of inability, insufficiency, or - iioglect, the law has charged the cleansing opera tions upon certain public bodies, namely, " the town councils, or any trustees or commissioners for the drainage, paving, lighting, or cleansing, or managing or directing the police, or any other body of a like nature, or any commissioners of sewers, or guardians of the poor." By this Act it is provided that upon notice in writ ing, signed by two or more inhabitant hoUseholders, that any dwelling-house or building is in - 131 filthy and unwholesome condition, or that there are upon such premises any foul and offensive cesspool, drain, gutter, or ditch, or any accumulations of filth, or that UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE I GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS COMPANT.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; 97 FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHOLERA. George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col lege-green, Dublin. SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords tko most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement—irs ANNUAL INCOMI BEING IirPRIADS OF 94,0001. In 1841 tho Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the lime they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from that date to 41st December, 1447, 11/. per cent. per annum was added at the General Meeting on 6th July, 1848. The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st •. December, 1447, is as follows: (From the Gazette of last night.) NOTIFICATION IN RESPECT TO THE NUISANCES RE MOVAL AND DISEASES PREVENTION ACT. General Board of Heal th,••G Vrydyr House, October 5, 1848: The Gener a l B oar d of Health having considered the official accounts which have been received of the course of Asiatic cholera, since the presentation of the reports of the Metropolitan Sanitary Commis sioners, and having consulted medical practitioners of eminence and of special knowledge of the subject, and having compared the tenor of those recent ac counts with the observations made respecting the former mode of the propagation of Asiatic cholera in Europe, have now to represent, That the experience obtained of this disease, dur ing its former invasions of this country, in the years 1831 and 1832, and the still larger experience ac quired during its recent progress through Persia, Egypt, Syria, Russia, Poland, and Prussia, appears to afford ground for the correction of some views for merly 'entertained concerning it, which have an im portant bearing on the measure, both of prevention and alleviation, that are expedient to be adopted. The extent, uniform terror, and undoubted autho rity of the evidence obtained from observers, of all classes, in different countries and climates, and amidst all varietes of the physical, political, and social conditions of the people, appear to discredit the once prevalent opinion that cholera is, in itself, contagious; an opinion which, if fallacious, must be mischievous, since it diverts attention from the true source of danger, and the real means of protection, and fixes it on those which are imaginary; creates panic; leads to the neglect and abandonment of the sick; occasions great expense for twhat is worse than useless; and withdraws attention from that brief but important interval between the commencement and the development of the disease, during which reme dial measures are most effective in its cure. Although it is so far true, that certain conditions may favour its spread from person to person, as when great numbers of sick are crowded together in close unventilated apartments, yet this is not to be. con sidered as affecting the general principle of its non contagious nature ; nor are such conditions likely to oc cur in this country; moreover, the preventive measures founded on the theory of contagion, namely, internal quarantine regulations, sanitary cordons, and the iso lation of the sick, on which formerly the strongest reliance was placed, have been recently abandoned in all countries where cholera has appeared, from the general experience of their inefficiency. The evidence also proves, that cholera almost al ways affords, by premonitory symptoms, warning of its approach, in time for the employment of means capable of arresting its progress. If indeed in cer tain situations, as where there is an unusual concen tration of the poison, or in certain individuals, who are peculiarly predisposed to the disease, the attack may sometimes appear to be instantaneous, still the general conclusions that_cholera is not in itself con tagious, and that it commonly gives distinct warning of its approach, are two great facts well calculated to divest this disease of its chief terrors, and to show the paramount importance of the means of prevention, so much more certain than those of cure. • The proved identity of the causes which promote the origin and spread of epidemic diseases in general, with those that favour the introduction and spread of Asiatic cholera, appear to indicate the true measures of precaution and prevention against a pestilence, which, after an absence of sixteen years, and at a sea son when other formidable epidemic diseases are un usually prevalent and deadly, menaces a third visita tion ; and the General Board of Health would appeal to all classes for their cordial co-operation in carrying into effect the measures which careful consideration has led them to recommend, in the full conviction that the powers given by the Legislature for this purpose, though they may not be ,fully adequate, and though the time to use them may be short, cannot fail, with such co-operation, to be attended with highly beneficial results. With a view of carrying into operation all avail able means of precaution against the impending danger, the Generarßoard of Health recommends that the guardians of the poor in England and Wales, and the parochial boards for the management of .the poor in Scotland,,afid'their officers, should hold them selves in readiness Ole such directions as th e D00.,1 or out, fi6 6o ipJUC from time to time, under the provisions of the Act of the 11th and 12th of Victoria, a. 123, entitled " An Act to renew and amend an Act of the 10th year of her present Majesty, for the more speedy removal: of certain nuisances and the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases." - The guardians of the poofincl the parochial board's will probably be required, either by themselves indi vidually, or by persons employed or to be specially appointed by them for the purpose, to make examina tions from house to house of their several districts, and report to their boards upon the state of each locality as far as regards the prevalent sickness, and the removable causes upon which it may appear to depend. These visitations from house to house will be especially required in the dangerous districts ; and it is to be kept in view that every district or place is dangerous in which typhus and other epidemic dis eases have regularly occurred. The board of guardians and parochial boards wi7 swine are so kept as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, the authorities shall examine or cause the pre mises. to becitarnined ; and if upon examination, or upon a medial certificate of two legally qualified practitioners, it appears that the nuisance exists, the public authorities shall make complaint before two justices, who are required to snake order for the re moval of such nuisance. The amended provisions contained in this Act should be early considered, pro mulgated, and enforced, especially these for the proper cleansing of open and foul ditches, 41ear habitations, by the labourers under the direction of surveyors or trustees of highways. The union medical officers, whose duties take them to the relief of the destitute sick, are necessarily fa miliar with the places in which disease is most preva lent and fatal, and these are invariably found to be . the dirtiest l oca li t i es, where, consequently, the cleans• ing operations are most required : and the Nuisances Removal Act imposes upon the guardians the duty of directing and enforcing the proper performance of these operations. In several districts the police, in going their usual rounds, have been employed with great advantage in reporting daily as to the houses, courts, alleys, pas sages, and streets within their district most in need of cleansing; as to th e carelessness or neg l ec t o f t h e scavengers in the performance of their duties, and as to the existence of nuisances of various kinds. The boards of guardians, or special committees formed out of their body, are therefore recommended to asso ciate themselves with special committees of town councils, who, by their watch committees, have the control of the police, and to engage for these purposes the valuable services of the force. Highly important services have been rendered by the parochial clergy and other -misters of religion, in association with lay committees, for the purpose of maintaining a system of house to house visitation in the more depressed districts, and, wherever it is prac ticable, the boards of guardians are recommended to associate with a special committee of their own number (who for the time may be exempted f rom ordinary duties) the clergy of the respective parishes and the ministers of other religious denominations, and to call upon the medical and other union officers to give their aid to this committee. It is conceived that such parochial special com mittee would, among other useful purposes, be pecu liarly serviceable in communicating information to the poorer classes as to the particular means of pre vention within their reach, and as to the urgent necessity, at this season, of personal and household cleanliness, of cognation, and of a caref u l an d tem perate mode of living. By the Contagious Diseases Prevention Act, the General Board of Health is required to :frame rules and regulations to assist and direct the guardians of the poor and other local authorities in the performance of the special duties imposed upon them whenever the country is visited or threatened by any formidable epidemic or contagious disease ; and accordingly the Board has lost no time in putting itself in communication with the Poor-19.w Commissioners, with the view of taking all practical precautions against the scourge which is so steadily approaching our shores ; and the Board is now engaged in prepar ing regulations for the more public and general mea sures of precaution and alleviation, which will be issued and put in execution in the several districts as soon as their particular condition shall have been ascertained. In the meantime, if notwithstanding every precau tionary measure which can be taken, this disease should un h app il y b rea k o ut in any di strict, then it will be e ssen ti a l to th e s afety of th e i n h a b itants that they should b e f u lly impressed with th e i mportance of paying instant attention to the premonitory symp tom that an nounces the commence ment o f the attack. This premonitory symptom is l ooseness o f the bowels, which there is reason to regard as universally preceding the setting in of the more dangerous stage of the disease. Sometimes, indeed, under the cir cumstances already described, namely, where the poison exists in unusual intensity, or the constitutional predisposition is unusually great, the first stage may appear to be suppressed, as occasionally happens in violent attacks or other diseases ; but in cholera this event is so rare as to be practically of no account; and in all countries, and under all varieties of con ditions in which this disease has been epidemic, the experience as to this point uniformly agrees with what is observed at the present moment at Hamburgh. " In most cases," writes the British clonsnl ~. speetaug the epidemic whim ha., just. broken out in that city, " the disease has first manifested itself in a slight relaxation of the' bowels, which, if promptly attended to, the patient generally recovers; but if the symptoms are neglected, spastubdic attacks ensue, and death follows mostly in from four to six hours." wi T th h someis Loosen essdegree of o f th p e bowels ainwhi may be ch,however,is accompanied gene! rally slight ; but in many cases pain is wholly ab sent; and for some hours, and even days, this bowel complaint may be so slight as to appear trifling; so that, without a previous knowledge of the importance of the warning, it might easily escape notice alto gether. It must be repeat VI however, that whenever Asiatic cholera i s e looseness of the bowels ought the slightest degree of ought to be regarded and commencement treated as the of being of the disease, whi c h at this stage is capab l ebeing arr es t e d by s i m pl e means, but, if neglect e d only for a few hours, may form, It assume a fatal It will be indispensatbhleo,rtmherefore, on the first out break of choler a , that local a u th or iti es s h ou ld im mediately make arra n gements for daily house t o house inspection s o f the distri c t s; this poorer l oca liti es i n th e i r re spectivebeing the only practi ca l means by which, in the most among the most susceptibl dangerous sit ua ti ons , an d the premonitory sympto e subjects, the existence o f to administer the properm can be ascertained i n ti me remedies, so as to arrest the progress of the disorder. Heads of families, masters of schools and work houses, proprietors f large establishments and works, such as factories, banes' warehouses, wharfs, and docks, should either be agenttheir own inspectors, or em ploy some trustworthy to examine daily every person in their employ ment, proper remedy, if the an . d to give at once the premonitory symptom should be present. visiting committee should be Each member of the provided with proper remedres, prepared in appro priate doses for administration . on the spot, in every instance in which the premo nitory symptom is found to exist ; and should report e very person so treated as requiring the instant attention o f r: the medical officer. Dispensaries for bowel complaints should be estab lished at convenient stations, at which the neighbour ing inhabitants may apply for the proper remedies and advice the moment they • - attacked by the pre monitory symptom , are Experience having shown that the establishment of cholera hospitals was not successful ; the best pro vision practicable must be made for affording assist ance to the individuals who may need it at their own houses ; and one of t he be st modes of effecti ng thi s object will probably be the selection of proper persons who may be instructed as nurses in the special ser• vices required on this oc casion, and paid f or d evo ti ng their whole time to attendance on the sick at their own habitations, under the direc tion of th e me di ca l officers. It will also be necessary to enga ge a sufficient number of medical officers at suitable remuneration, some to devote their whole time by day and night to the service of the dispensaries, and others to attend the sick at their own dwellings. As, however, cases may occur of extr eme destitu tion in neighbourhoods and houses wholly unfit for the curative treatment of the sick , provision should b e made for the reception of such cases, either i n the common hospitals, in the union houses, or in seperate apartments specially prepared for the purpose, a n d properly warmed a n d ventilated. Medical authorities ha ve agreed that the remedies proper for the pr e monitory symptom are th e same as those found efficacious in commo n di arrhoea ; that th e most simple rem e dies vtill suffice, if give n on the first manife s tati on o f this symptom; and that th e fol lowing, whi c h are w ithin the reach and managem ent of every one, may be regarded as among the most useful, namely, twenty grains of opiate confection, mixed with tw o t a bl e spoonsful of peppermi n t water, or with a littl e wea k brandy and water, and repeated every three or f our hours, or oftener, if the a t tack is severe, until the looseness of the bowels is stopp e d ; n or an oun ce o f th e com pound chalk mixtur e , w i th ten or fifteen grai ns o f the aromatic confection, an d from o t f h t tincture nc s t a u me' re five to te n d rops o f l au danum, repeated i n manner. Fro m h a lf a drachm to a drachm if the att ac k is of cat ec h u may b e a dd e d to this list, severe. Half these quantities should be give n to young persons u n d er fif teen , and still smaller doses to in fants. It is recommended to repeat these remedies night and morning, f or som e days after the l ooseness of the bowels h as b een s t o pped. But in all cases it is desirable, whenever practicable, that even in this earliest stage of the disorder recourse should be had to medical advice on the spot. Next in i mportance t o the immediate employment of such remedies is attention to proper diet and cloth ing. Whenever Asiatic cholera is epidemic there is invariably found among great numbers of the inha bitants an extraordinary tendency to irritation of the bowels; and this fact suggests that every article of S Ny OCTOBER 7, 1848. food which is known to favour a relaxed state of the bowels should, as far as possible, be avoided—such as every variety of green vegetables, whether cooked or not, as cabbage, cucumber, and Ballad. It will be important also to abstain from fruit of all kinds, though ripe and even cooked, and whether dried or pre served. The most wholesome articles of vegetable diet are, well baked, but not new bread, rice, oatmeal, and good potatoes. Pickles should be avoided. Articles of food and drink which, in or dinary seasons, are generally wholesome and agree well with the individual constitution, may, under this unusual condition, prove highly dangerous. The diet should be solid rather than fluid; and those who have the means of choosing should live principally on animal food, as affording the most concentrated and invigorating diet ; avoiding salted and smoked meats, pork, salted and shell fish, cider, perry, ginger -beer, lemonade, acid liquors of all descriptions, and ardent spirits. Great moderation in both food and drink is absolutely essential to safety during the whole dura tion of the epidemic period. One single act of indis cretion has, in many i ns t ances , b een followed by a speedy and fatal attack. The intervals between th e meals should no t b e l ong; c h o l era being uniformly found to prevail with extraordinary intensity among the classes that observe the protracted fasts. common in eastern and some Europan countrig.r. • The practical importance of these cautions might be illustrated by strikirg examples. Dr. Adair Crawford states, that in Russia the most intense of all the attacks were those that followed a hearty meal, taken immediately after a protracted fast. In our own country, during its former visitation, the most frequent and deadly attacks were observed to be those that took place in the middle of the night, a few hours after a heavy supper. The three fatal cases that have just occurred to sailors who had been at Hamburgh, and who were brought sick to Hull, turned out on inquiry to- have followed very shortly after the men had eaten a large quantity of plums, and had drunk freely of sour beer; and the two still more recent fatal cases 03, board the ship Volant, of Sunderland, both occurred in drunkards, who per sisted in the practice of intoxication, notwithstanding the earnest warnings that were given them against the dangers of intemperance. On account of the intimate connexion between the external skin and the internal lining membrane of the bowels, warm clothing is of great importance. The wearing of flannel next the skin is therefore ad visable. Recent experience on the Continent seems to show that it was useful to wear in the day time a flannel bandage round the body, and this may be come necessary in our own country during the damp and cold weather of the approaching season. Particular attention should be paid to keeping the feet warm and dry ; changing the clothes immedi ately after exposure to wet, and maintaining the sit ting and bed rooms well aired, dry, and warm. It may be necessary to.add a caution against the use of cold purgative medicines, such as salts, parti cularly Glauber salts, Epsom salts, and Seidlita powders, which taken, in any qua n tity, i n suc h a ' season are dangerous. Drastic purgatives o f a ll ki n d s should be avoided, such as senna, colocyrith, and aloes, except under medical direction. lf, notwithstanding these precautionary measures, a person is seized suddenly with cold, giddiness, nausea, vomiting, and cramps, under circumstances in which instant medical assistance cannot be pro cured, the concurrent testimony of the most expe rienced medical authority shows that the proper course is to get as soon as possible into a warm bed ; to ap ply warmth by means of heated flannel, or bottles filled with hot water, or, bags of heated camomile flowers, sand, bran, or salt, to the feet and along the spine; to have the extremities diligently rubbed ; to apply a large poultice of mustard and vinegar over the region of the stomach, keeping it on fifteen or twenty minutes ; and to take every half hour a tea spoonful of sal volatile in a little hot water, or a dessert spoonful of brandy in a little hot water, or a wine glass of hot wine whey, made by pouring a wine glass of sherry into a tumbler of hot milk—in a word, to do everything practicable to procure a warm, ge neral perspiration until the arrival of the medical at tendant, whose immediate care, under such circum stances, is indispensable. It has not been deemed necessary or proper to give instructions for the treatmenf the advanced stage, from the confident expectatiMiat the proposed arrangements will supply medical attendance in all that may reach that condition, by which means , the specific myrnp6.... LLAI tams win ic ceive their appropriate treatment. Though the season of danger may demand some extraordinary exertion and sacrifice on the part of all classes, yet this period will probably not be protracted, since on the' former visitation of cholera, it sel dom remained in any place - which it attacked longer than a few months, and rarely more than a few weeks, while it may be reasonably expected that the im provements effected with a view to check its progress will be equally efficacious in shortening its durations ; and that these improvements will not be temporary, like the occasion that called for them, but will be at tended with lasting benefit. In conclusion, the General Board of Health would again urge the consideration, that whatever is pre ventive of cholera is equally preventive of typhus and every other epidemic and constantly recurring disease; and would earnestly call the attention of all classes to the striking and consoling fact that, formi dable as this malady is in its intense form and deve loped stage, there is no disease against which it is: in our power to take such effectual precaution, both as collective communities and private individuals, by vi gilant attention to it in in its first or premonitory stage, and by the removal of those agencies which are known to promote the spread of all epidemic diseases. Though, therefore, the issues of events are not in our hands, there is ground for hope and even confidence in the sustained and resolute employment of the means of protection which experience and science have now placed within our reach. By order of the General. Board of Health. HENRY AUSTIN, Sec THE BRITISH CONSUL at HAVRE AND THE IRISH REBELS. Mr. Featherstonhaugh, the British Consul at Havre, has addressed the following letter, dated the 30th ult., to the Journal du Havre :-- "Monsieur le R6dacteur,—lt is with regret that I renounce on this occasion my habit of never enter ing into any discussion with public journals; but my deference for public opinion, and, above all, the fear that my silence might be interpreted to the prejudice of that respectable functionary the Commissary of Police, whom you hare thought fit to associate with me in the charges expressed in your number of yesterday, have overcome the re pugnance which I feel against speaking of myself. Permit me, therefore, to say that the details given by you have all the inaccuracy of a fable, and that the pretendetter of an agent of the English Govern'', which you declare was addressed to me, and which was found in so strange and inexplicable a manner in the possession of the Commissary, never existed except in the imagination of those who have pretended to give you information. But let us come to the truth of the matter. This John Kavanagh arrived here on the night of the 14th instant; he was without passport or any papers what ever, behaved with violence at the Custom-house, and was, in consequence, placed in prison. The next day he was brought to me as a British subject. He was young, thin, and pale ; he limped besides, and inspired me with pity. I told him that if he frankly gave explanations, told me his true name, and why he had come to France without a passport, I was disposed to do all I could to alleviate his posi tion. He then told me that his name was Kavanagh, that he was in business, that he had not been aware that a passport was necessary to enter France, and that if he were not permitted to remain in the country, he w ou ld return t o E ng l an d. As he could not travel in the interior of the country without a passport from me, I asked him if he was compromised in the insurrection of Ireland. He did not hesitate to affirm on his honour that he had not had anything to do with the outbreak in that country, and that he was neither more nor less than a person in business. Then, in concurrence with the police, I restored him to liberty, recommending him to a re spectable hotel, where he could remain until his affairs were more en reg,•le. But it appears at present, front your own declaration, that this young man is an Irish in . surgent, that he was wounded in resisting thelawsof his country, and that a reward of 3001. was offered for his capture. I believe, Monsieur le Redacteur, that you have attached too much importance to this young man, and that you may believe me that no one has done him the honour of offering One farthing for his capture. But whether that be true or false, it is evident that, as he voluntarily gave me his word of honour that he had never been an insurgent, I may be well ex• cused for having omitted, as you term it, to inform the Commissary that he was one. But this is not all. One of his countrymen lately presented himself at the Consul's office to demand a passport for this Kavanagh, and having received as an answer that passports were only given on personal application, he thought fit to declare in a brutal manner that he would blow out the brains of any man who at tempted to arrest Kavanagh. Still worse, I have now before me a declaration signed by Captain Paul, of the royal navy of England, in command a.greea of the Wonder steamer, demanding my protection against this same Kavanagh, who publicly, and before witnesses, swore that he would blow out the brains of that officer the first time he landed at Havre. I cannot think, Monsieur, that if these disgusting facts had been known to you, you would have so se riously called for hospitality in this town in favour of an individual who dares to menace with death an officer known as being so useful to the commerce of Havre, and to the communications between France and England. As for myself, I do not think that threats of murder can be in the present day a title to the good feeling of a community so intelligent and so fond of order as is that amongst which I have the honour to reside. " G. W. PEATHERSTONHAUG NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR MEDALS. We are enabled to state that the issue of medals to those officers, seamen, and marines, who are entitled to receive them under the first notice in the London Gazette, will now very shortly take place. The roll of names is now with Messrs. Stort and Mortimer, and the clasps for the different specified actions for which the medal has been granted are now bring manufactured by them with all the rapidity they can possibly exert. It is, how ever, necessarily a work of time, and the delay which has taken place will easily be excused when on their dis tribution it is seen that every single medal of the 15,000 for naval claimants alone has each man's name, rank, and ship, stamped on the rim; and moreover, that the classes of clasps extend to nearly 250. We may take this opportunity of informing the nu merous correspondents who are daily pouring in their letters to the medal committee, that they may take it for granted that their letters have been received, and will be duly attended to, and that special acknowledgments of the receipt of these communications would therefore be superfluous. ARRIVAL OF THE CHANNEL SQUADRON AT SPITHEAD. —The squadron, under Abe command in chief of Rear- Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., left Plymouth Sound on Thursday noon, and about eight o'clock yes terday morning hove in sight off St. Catherine's, and were soon made out to be the St. Vincent, 120, flag-ship, Captain Dacres; the Prince Regent, 90, Capt. Martin ; the Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, C. 8.; the Blen heim, 56, screw, Captain Chads, C. 8.; the Stromboli, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk; and the Reynard, screw-schooner, Commander Cracrofr. There was a light south- west wind, with a strong adverse tide, and the ships did not reach the anchorage at Spithead until near eleven o'clock. When first seen the St. Yin • cent was under a cloud of sail, carrying courses and royals, with topmast and topgallant studdingsails. The Blenheim was the next ship; she had steam up, and appeared to spare the St. Vincent's courses, royals, and studdingsails, as did likewise the Prince Regent and Bellerophon; but as the two latter ships got into the strength of the tide, they set their courses and royals. The St. Vincent, at about 10 SO, shortened sail, and saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief Admiral the Hon. Sir T. B. Capel, K.C.8., with 17 guns, which was returned by the Victory with 13. The ships brought up in succession in the following order :—The St. Yin cent about the centre of the anchorage to the eastward of the Powerful, the Blenheim to the westward, and the Prince Regent and Bellerophon to the eastward, at equal distances. The steamers were also under sail, though the Blenheim and Stromboli had steam up. The Rey nerd had no steam, and her funnel being lowered, she looked like a sailing vessel. The day being fine, and their approach slow, drew crowds of spectators to the Platform Battery and ramparts. The ships of the squadron looked remarkably well, and were handled in excellent style. They have had a fine run up Channel. The Powder boy went alongside the Blenheim soon after her arrival. She will go into harbour to-day, when her captain and officers will join their own ship, the Ex cellent ; and Captain Au s ti n , C. 8., w i ll join the Blen heim. About 70 malice artillery have returned in the Blenheim, and will juin head -quarters to-day. Sir Charles Napier landed at the dockyard, and paid his respects to the Commander-in-Chief at noon. APPOINTMEN TS . Master—Henry Hill (1847), to the Linnet, 6, pack of brig. Chief Engineer—W. Chilcott, confirmed to the Cy clops steam-frigate. Merlin steam-pack e t, v i ce G rey, di scharged ; Come. Clerks—Herb er t J o h nston (1843), i n charge to the lius M'Dermott, to the Driver steam-ship, at Ports mouth. Naval Cadet—Harrington Hudson, to the Odin steam frigate, in the Mediterranean. The Amphion, 34, screw, Captain W, J. Williams, arrived at the Little Nore, from Plymouth, on Thursday afternoon, to be paid off at Sheerness. The Cyclops, 6, steam-frigate. Capra., rr— where she her powder and H li ustings, t sp i h nf l , stt w ;u e vs n ah t uec t o.eaSppiat proceeds h y e , a Spithead and receivedtl e y r m d ovu Plymouth this morning by daylight, to receive her final orders and letters for the coast, as we stated yesterday. The Birkenhead steam-sloop, Commander Baynton, arrived at Spithead from Ireland on Thursday night, and has gone into harbour to be put out of commission. She brought a few marines, and about 30 Royal Marine Ar tillery to join head-quarters. The Hermes steam -vessel went out of dock at Devon:- port on Thursday morning, and towed the Peterel, 6, packet-brig, out of harbour in the afternoon, when that vessel sailed direct for Falmouth, as it is desirable she should be there before the Linnet left for Brazils, having many things on board to deliver to the latter vessel. The Java transport, that arrived at Spithead, front Halifax, on Thursday, brought home the first battalion of the 23d Regiment, about 440 officers and men, with a number of women and children; she has also brought home some invalids. Staff-Surgeon Dr. Henry, Lieut. Mainwaring, Royal Artillery, and several other officers, have also come home passengers. The Java has gone into harbour. The 23d will land to-day, and proceed by the South-Western Railway to Winchester. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY, Frve, P.M.—Wind S.W., light breezes and fine. A committee, composed of Captain Milne, Junior Naval Lord of the Admiralty ; Mr. Ward, M.P., Chief Secretary to the Board ; Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy ; Captain Ellice, Con troller of Steam Machinery; Lieut.-Colonel Irvine,' C. 8., Director of Engineering and Architectural Works to the Board ; and Mr. Bromley, of the Audit-office, are on iv tour of inspection.end inquiry into dockyard mismanage ment, store accounts, &c., commencing with Chatham,' where they will be engaged, it is expected, at least a' week. They will then visit in the same way each yard! in succession. Another section of the Admiralty Board are' overhauling " the secrets of Somerset -house. The latter committee comprises amongst its members the First Lord of the Board, Captain Berkeley, the Hon. W. Cowper, and Captain Hamilton. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 5.--Sin C. NAKER's SQueDßox. —The gale of yesterday has somewhat subsided ; the squadron this morning had their royal yards across, and there were other indications of a movement. The Blenheim, which lay to leeward of the St. Vin cent, - got under weigh at half-past ten, and with her starboard tacks aboard, under topgallant sails, topsails, and courses, aided by her screw, left the Sound by the western passage, and reached aw a y to t h e eastward. At twelve she eased her screw, took in topgallant sails, and under three topsails stood to the westward, waiting for the Admiral. At half-past 11 the St. Vincent, in charge of the darbour-master, Mr. Walker, weighed anchor under topgallant sails and topsails. At 12 she set square mainsail and foresail, and made to the westward. When close into Mount Edgcumbe she tacked to the south east, and reached outside the breakwater. The Prince Regent set her topsails at 12, and shortly after, under courses, jib, topsails, an d s p an k er, stood in for Cawsand Bay. She tacked again before clearing the Sound. The Bellerophon was under way about 1, and having been anchored to windward, soon got outside the break water. At 2 o'clock, when a mile and a half south of the breakwater, her foretopgallant yard was down. The Stromboli, under steam before 12, cruised about in the harbour until the large ships had left. The Renard left about 1 o'clock. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the St. Vincent was three leagues east of the Eddystone, standing to the south east, and would probably weather the land ; the Prince Regent half a mile to leeward ; the Blenheim two miles astern of the Prince Regent ; the Bellerophon four Miles to leeward of the flag -ship, and three from. the eastern land, standing to the westward ; the Stromboli's head S.W. two leagues S. of the breakwater; the Renard half a mile astern of the Blenheim. At 4 o'clock the BlenheiM and the Stromboli were the only ships in sight. Wind, S.W. ; strong breeze, fine weather. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE PROMETHEUSBTEADI-SLOOP.• - -Messrs. Raiford and Co. have announced to Com - - mander Hay and the officers and company formerly of the Prometheus, that on the 25th inst. they will be paid 'heir proportions of bounty money received for the fol -ming captures; and the shares will be recalled every - ednesday and Thursday, :for three months to come, :y to Act of Parliament. Atecuperador, Nov. 27, 1 845 -Commander, 96/. 13s. Bd.; first class, 32/. 10s. 941.; second class, 191.105. 51d.; third class, 91. 15s. 41.; fourth class, 6/. 10s. If.f.; fifth class, 21. ss. Old.; sixth class, 2/. 3s. 4fr I.; seventh class, IL Is. Bid. Name unknown, May 19, 1 846-Commander, 731. 7a. lid.; first class, 26/. 10s. 31d.; second class, 151. 18s. 2d.; third class, 71 19s. Id.; fourth class, Si. CS. Oid.; fifth class, 21. 13s. Old.; sixth class, 11. 15s. 4d.; seventh class, 17s. Bd. Name unknown, Sept. 8, 1848- Commander, 801. ss. sid.; first class, 30/. 17s. kid.; second class, 181.'108. 50.; third class, 9/. ss. 2id.; fourth class, Cl. 3s. std.; fifth class, Si. ls. 81d.; sixth class, 2/..15. lid.; seventh class, 11. Os. 64d. --- WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, OCT. 6.—We have again a large supply of wheat, moderate of other grain. Fine old and dry naw wheats nearly maintain the rates of last week, but on other qualities a decline of .is. per quarter has to be submitted to, and the busineisi passing is limited. Barley rather lower. Beans is. per quarter, oats id. per stone, and shelling is. per load cheaper, G" sth Royal Irish H ussars , N ew Br i d ge —Captain thompsou's troop at Kilkenny will marc h f or New ''Bridge; to join head -quarters, on being relieved by a troop of the 7th Hussars. Major Rcdojph de Salis is commanding three troops at Leinster Muse, Dublin. Lieut.-Colonel Strewell is commanding. f3th Light Dragoons, Langford, is held in readiness to move to Dundalk, to relieve the 6th Dragoon Guards, detaching two troops to Belfast and Bethturbet. Lieu tenant Colonel Knox is in command. ,Two troops are at Ballinrobe, one troop at Castlebar, and a detachment at Sligo. Royal Artillery, Porto Bello Barracks, Dublin.—A de tachment, consisting of Major Tonakyns and Lieutenant Thrupp, sth battalion, 3 sergeants, 1 trumpeter, and 30 gunners and drivers, proceeded from Dublin by rail way Co Bagnalstown, Oct. 2; and marched to Kilkenny same day, to reliev e a d e t ac h ment of Captain Flude's company. A - cleinehment, consisting of Captain Fluae, Licrtt. Young, of the 7th battalion, .3 sergeants, 1 .trumpeter, and 35 gunners, marched from Kilkenny to Clonmel, Oct. 3, and arrived on the 4th to relieve Captai n Tul loh's company. A detachment of Captain - Tulloh's company, with Second Captain Dodsworth, Lieut. Carthew, Ist batta lion, 4 sergeants, 1 trumpeter, and 37 gunners and drivers, marched from Clonmel to Kilkenny, Oct. 5, mud arrived on the Bth, to relieve a detachment of Maj . & Tomkyn'a company. INFANTRY. 34th Depot, Nenagh —Two Ensigns are ordered to em bark to join the service companies in the West Indies. 38th Depot, Boyle—Captain Story is ordered to e'm bark for Halifax, Nova Scotia, to join the service com panies. Brevet Lieut. Colonel Campbell is commanding. 47th Regiment, Limerick—Two companies marched from Adare, Oct. 4, to Limerick, a'nd joined head-quar ters same day. Lieut.-Colonel Dundas is commanding. Two companies are stationed at Rathkeale. 66th Depot, Kinsale—A draft of 1 captain, 2 lieu tenants, 2 ensigns, 2 sergeants, and 75 rank and file, is ordered to embark at Cork for the West Indies, there to join the service companies. Captain Trench is stationed at Charles Fort with a company. Major Sir William Gordon, Bart, is commanding. 75th Regiment, Kilkenny—A company marched, Oct. 3, to Castle Comer, and- arrived same day, relieving a company of the 83d Regiment.. Lieut.-Colonel Hallifax is commanding. 83d Regiment, Fermoy—Captain Ainslie's company marched from Castle Cotner for Fermoy, Oct. 5, and will arrive and join head -quarters on the 11th, on being relieved by a companß of the 75th Regiment. Lieut.- Colonel T 3 dell is comthanding. 88th Regiment (Connaught Rangers) Deciit, Tis.alee —A draft of i l captain, 2 ensigns, and 135 rank miff' file, is ordered to embark for Barbscloes, to join their ser vice companies. Two companies are stationed at Kil rush and Newcastle, and a detachment at Abbeyfeale. Major Irwin is commanding. ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOL WOOLWICH, OCT. 6 . — Lieutenant -General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., R.C.H., commandant of the garrison, Major-General Lacy, R. 4„ and several members of the select committee assembled in the square of the carriage department at ten o'clock, A..sr., to-day, to witness expe riments with Mr. Haig's feeblest forges for field battery and mountain service. The experiments commenced by banking up a fire in one of the fanblast forges, mounted on the rear of a field battery ammunition carriage. The axle of a light 6. pounder field battery gen-carriiige pre viously broken into two pieces was then p/aced, in the fire, and in thirty minutes they were brought to an ex cellent welding heat, and welded together in a most sub stantial manner by the workmen in four minutes. The axle of a heavy 6-pounder gun carriage previously broken into two pieces was then placed in the trough of the forge, and the fire being very bright, the piec s, although larger than those used on the first trial, were brought to a welding heat in 25 minutes, and strongly welded together in an 'additional 4i minutes. The officers of the select committee appeared very satisfied with the result. It may be mentioned that axles of these sixes had never previously been mended when broken in the field, as the usual camp forges had not the_pg_wer of bringing iron of such dimensions to a weldiTlrbeat. Formerly each troop had a camp forge attached, requir ing a carriage and horses &elusively for its own use, but Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun has so ad a pt e d M r. Haig's invention that each gun may now have its camp forge, which will not add above 1 cwt. 1 qr. to the am munition carriage, and can be made ready for use in half the time of the camp forges, and are not so liable to get out of order. A boas been placed in front of the ammunition boxes for the smiths' and farriers' tools, and the arrangements appear very complete and efficie for field service. The members of the select committee en inspected the operation of a small fanblast fo rge , on l y weighing about 701bs. weight, including all appendages and working tools, adapted for conv e y apce over moun tains on the backs of mules when required. In this experiment the fire was brought to a rsa heat in about a minute, and in about four minutes brMht two pieces of rods Of iron three-quarters of an inch diameter to a welding heat, and they were joined firmly in little snore than one minute. A. horseshoe was also brought teA sufficient red beat for being formed into any shape in two minutes. There were several other fanblast forges t b h o e t h sa l m ar e ge pr a i n n d cip sr e, a not different modifications, considered nec essary ifferent modifications, all on . to try them, the advant a g e of those tested being ev id ent ll bu w t it i h t w as There were also in the square several fanblasts with large discharging intended for th e use of sappers andmi ers in on s p i pes ueti n g field works, and although oc cupying but little room they are capable of melting five cwt. of metal in an hour, and: will prove of great ad vantage on foreign stations. ZOOLOGICAL RECRkATIONS. BY W. J. BRODER ESQ.—A sec on d e di t i on, with additions, of this enter taining work has just appeared. "Zoological Recrea tions (says the. Magazine of Natural History, is a pleasant bo o k on a delightful subject, belonging to a class far too rare, in which White, of Selborne, Knapp, Waterton, Darwin, and Gosse, have earned laurels. The chief object of this class of works is to please while they instruct, to enliven as well as to enlighten. In the same list with the authors specified above, the writer of this work may be placed. Mr. Broderip'u writings h ave i ndeed done much to diffuse a taste for natural history.; in the work before us he delights us with mr.ny pleasing chapters on birds and beasts. The work w ill prove instructive to many a scientific man as well at; amuse his leisure hours. We have no doubt it will c;herish, as well as awaken, a love for natural history.," SELECTION OF BUILDING STONE.—The ,importance of us4l, care in the selection of stone for building pur poses v ..as not felt till 'recently; the fact that the same quarry • of whatever stone it may be will supply a bad as well. a s a good material was uunoted, and the result is that is zany modern structures are in a state of oblitera tion. Blackfrisrs- bridge, built of Portland stone, began. to shot v symptoms of decay before it was finished. Se: veral n zodern churches, built - of the same material, retain. little o r none of their origir.al carving, and some of the moulai dip in ;he arches Hyde Park-corner are all to pieces. We could even point to a building of the same . material not y(t finished, where, in spite of more tben usual care, stones ho se crept in which are not likely to enduri 2 any time; quarri es do f' urn i . eh stone yet we all know that the Portland h stone as lasting and as good us any we citi i obtain. The appointment of the commission to select stone for‘ .the Houses of Parliament, end the ing et the subj ic e t, re port v /filch tbele published* have led to a di ff erent feel advszt rage, and cannot fail to be productive of ~,; , h i towledge is now wanted, and that can bu , ; °b , h ,'" we "On'y oy ea s eful inquiry and diligent investim. I/O?" CHANGE o F NAME.—By a notification in the Eon don. Gazette o f October 3, it appears that her Majesty has been gra( :iously pleased to give to J. Arthur Jones, of Llanarth, EN., her toyal license and authority that ha and his b: rothers and sister (viz., Arthur Js.metz Jones, ofn r-L Roy al Welsh Fusiliers; Edmund P'hilkp Jones, 'r cbert Jones, and Mary Louisa Jones), and their issue , may take and use the name of Herbert in stead of t' the lineal aat of Jones. Mr. Herbert, of Llanerth., is male descendant of Gwylim ap Shenkin lier• ben, Lor -o .1 of Gvrarin Du, who was the lineal desorAnulant of Hert Chamberlain to, Henry 1., being a romark able it canoe of an uninterrupted male &Cent 047:nearly sever " b undred , and fifty years. Q 5 ' THE AR MY. NT RESC • he following account has • = ed us from the Maur ills by the last _packet:— " Captat :rpm Wilman, of the sth Fusiliers, in com pany with Captain Colquitt, Mr. Bellew, 7•Jr. Home, aid Mr. Fitzgerald, of the same regiment, were on a boating expedition. When about four miles from shore, a squall came on and upset the boat. Captain Milmaikswitm on shore, and returned with a boat and rescued the - others, who had been five hours and a half clinging to the boat that bad upset. Had it not been for Milman they would doubtless have perished, as it was half past fen o'clock at night when they were picked up. Fortunately there were no sharks about - at the time, those parts. being noto rious for their numbers." Ist, or K CAVALRY. marc Kin Dragoon .rds Cahir—A troop hedrom Rath Dragoon for Linicriek9Oct. 5, Lieutenant- Colonel Henkey coinnianding. 6th (Carbineers) Dragoon GUard3, Dundalk, is held in readiness to move from Dunclijk to Dublin, on being relieved by the 13th Li g h t Drazoons from L o n g f or d. • Brevet Major Jones's troop, at Beliurhet, and Captain Sawyer's troop, at Belfast, will march for Dublin to join . head-quarters, and wits be relieved by two troops of the 13th Light Dragoons. Captain Mackinnon and Lieut. Polhill are on leave of absence. Colonel JacksOn, is on leaVe to Oat. 14. Lieutenant-Colonel Hoy Com manding. 2d Royal North British Dragoons (Scots _Greys), Athlone—ThiS corps is held in readiness to move from Athlone to Longford, to relieve the head-quarters'of the 13th Light Dragoons, detaching a squadron to Ballin robe, one troop to Castlebar, and one troop to 'Sligo. ' Fon& trbops are stationed at Galway, Gort; Ballinasloe, and .Loughree. Lieutenant-Coloncl Ricketts has re turned from leave of 'absence and resumed the com mand, . Cornets Cockburoe and Bowtrice are on e leave to Oct. 14. Major Griffiths will pracaed from 'bort to Ballinrobe, to take command of the s'cjaadrati. • 4th'Queen's Light Dragoons, New Bridge, will march from New Bridge to Athlone, to relieve the 2d Royal North British Dragoons, detaching. four tropps,to'Gort, Galway, Ballinasloe, - and LOUghrea. These - troops are stationed.at Waterford, Carrick-on-Suir, and.Pilltown. Lieut.-Colonel Load Augustus Paget is coramitmling. Major Fain is on leave to 0ct.14. 7th Queen's Own 'Hussars, Porto l3ello Barracks, Dublin, is, held in readiness to more from Dublin tb New Bridge, to relieve the 4th Light Dragoons, de taching three "troops' to Waterford, .Carrick,-on-Suir, and Tullamore. Lieutenant-Colonel Shirley com manding. Captain the Marqatiaof Worcester is on leave . to Oct. 31. he 11- he ed nt n- T. IV, yea at 2, of ¢~ '/