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/ 7 - 7 c ,.. 6244 14 4. . Migo4" , 4 riao':.`: • 4 , • • . 1 THE MEXICAN AND WEST INDIA 14). , , 11., • t MAILS. Ft- 44 ' r I . , t oc , 5 . / • * \t-1-t- • - - AN,44 4 !•,:,.„ 1 4 1: ---__ 1 A I . :, - ; ; •7 94 . t • •• • • • ot9' . "'"Osifr° , .. • tne 22d March, r# , 4%,4 - '„ ft • AA I X St * Og' (1- 11l the Forehooa. - 4//l t Ag , ' 4 I ~4 fr * - .!** J. C. MELVILL, Secretary. 1 , ; %ST INDIA HOUSE, JANUAUT 2G, ISIS. FRE COU itT of 1) 1. IthC roßs of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the Transfer Rooks. of the said Company's Stock will be !MUT onTAURSDAT,.the 'id March next, at Three o'clock, and OPENED aoht on TfIUBSDAY, the 13th April to'lowint;• ...That a General Court of the said Conapany will be held at their noose In Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th April, 184 S, torn Ning•o'clock in.the Mortitng until Six o'clock in the Evening, or the Election of Six Directors .4 the .aid Company for Four Years. That the Fortin of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Declaration for "Win.: Proprietors of East India Stock to Vote by Proxy on this OCCAstou, may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this House. - That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready to be delt•ered on Thursday; the* 30th March next. JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. CCALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. The Directors beg to announce that the Society's ANNIVER SARY ItALL will take place at the Ilanoyer-square Rooms on Titres DA Y, the' 2d of 'March. Vouchers can be obtained of the Stewards, lists of whom are at the Rooms. By order, F. GRAY, Hon. Sec, '‘.THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' & GENERAL BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. ,Office, No. 15, Old Broad-street. Shares 1001. each. Entrance. fee, Ts. 6d. per Share. Sebllttriptions per Share—Monthly, 125.; Quarterly, 11. 15s. lid.; Half-yearly, al. Ils. sd. ; Yearly, 71. Is. lid. Tit this SoCiety there will be no bidding for Sbares—no Redemp ea Fees —nor any Fines en withdrawal. ,Advances made aceording • priority of application, and subject to Fired Tables. Calculated • iittratien of the Society, Ten Tears. TRUSTEES. Z. Jones, Esq., J. Toulmin, Esq. ; J. C. lardy, Esq. DIRECTORS. Mr. W. L. Allen, Murray-street, New-road Mr. Edward Devonshire, East and West India Dock Roan Mr. Bamnel Eastman, Crawford-street • Mr. Samael Gilbert, Little Triter-street Mr. Thomas B. James, Messrs. White and Greenwell, Cheapside - Mr. W. Kettlewell, 6, Great Winchester-street Mr. C. T. B. Keep, Llndsay-wharf, Chelsea kr. T. A.Pott, Henry-street, Pentenville Mr. George Richards, 41 and 62, Paternoster-row Mr, .T. Whitehead, seri., Somerset Mouse, and Chelsea • Mg, George Winter, Professional Life Assurance Office. 14nm/is—The Commercial Bank of London. STANNIsto Cowman—W. C. looks, EPA, 2fi, Chancery-lane. Se Lterrols—Mesars. Devonshire and Wilson, 29, Atstin-lriars. ittranrr•fustr. Cornelius Wheeler. 28, Leadenhall-fitreet ; Mr. William Lambert, 40, Coleman-street: laamairrAny—Mr. John Whitehead, Jun., No. 6, the Crescent, Albany-road, Camberwell. Thls Association has been formed principally with the view of et ernal to gentlemen engaged in GOVERNMENT and PiDtLIC orricx.s. BANKING HOUSES, and MERCANTILE ESTA ZILISIIMENTS, a safe and advantageous mozle of investing a portion of their incomes, either by way of deposit, at 71. per Cent. compound interest, or in the purchase of freehold er leasehold residences. The operations of this Society will be regulated by Tables prepared 212 Prelialy for that purpose by two eminent actuaries. Theleading principles of this Society are— ; I—Perfect equality of beactit between all the Members, whether • 'Mowers or not. 2. Certainty in the amount of advance to which each Member t alaklag to anticipate his Shares w.ll be entitled at any given period 0f the *society's existence, with the means of ascertaining precisely at any date the amount payable to retiring Members, and the value Settle Sharet of continuing Members. Members may pay up the whole or any portion of their subscrip . menelor the ten years, in advance, and discount, after the rate of 41. Per annum, wilt be allowed for the sums so paid. Members wislitng to withdraw their Subscriptions may do so after 1I first rear, without tine ; and subsequently to that period com , Poland Interest at the rate .f 61. per Cent. per annntn will be allowed Upon ties sums withdrawn. Shares may be transferred free of stamp duties. the Plan adopted in this Society new Members entering at .s...tperiod, and all Members taking up additional Shares, may have *Ms advanced to them withoat paying up arrears .f Subscriptions ; :1 2 the precise amounts that will be advanced either to old or new bars, are Oct forth in the Tables, a copy of which will be sup =pedt° everY Member. This is mairfestly far preferable to the un ru. a' ol ebiectioaable system usually adopted of putting the shares to auction, and advancing the money to those who submit to the 44r _ h rt discount ; by w hi c h means th e obj e ct of the Legislature, eh contemplated that each Member should derive precisely the fttm. advantage, is entirely frustrated. ta l: l Z, monthly subscription, both to the borrowing and non-borrow "lrd`w,, " , e mbers, preeisely the same, and continues the same to the . the Society; borrowers arc, therefore, relieved from the Tay,' monthly "redemption fee," and the mutual principle is cer n .ft into full operation. •oubee No ri x pteiomnbes.r,has any responsibility beyond the payment of his own Prospectuses and copies of Rules may be obtained at the office of 04 Society, I), Old Broad-street. _ A pplications for Share s s h ou ld b e a dd resse d t o th e Secretary, in the following form : . SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The Teviot, Royal Mail steam-ship, Lieutenant Philip Bast, R.N., commanding, has not yet made her appearance, al though due at the Post-office since the 22d instant. In case, however, any degree of alarm may exist in the minds of those who have friends on board, it may not be amiss to state that she is not expected to arrive here by the company to which she belongs until to-morrow, or Friday at the farthest, in consequence of some little irregularity having occurred with one of the steamers conveying the inter-colonial mails. , This irregularity was the result of the late tempes tuous, weather; and as the Teviot could not leave Bermuda, her last port of call, until the arrival thither of the mails alluded to, the cause of her non-appear• ance at Southampton at her usual time is fully ac counted for. The Madrid, Peninsular steam ship, in ordinary weather, would no d ou b t h ave arr i ved - to-day, but it having been blowing strongly from the east and north east since her departure from Lisbon, her pro gress across the Bay of Biscay has most likely been much retarded. She is, however, looked for in the course of to-night, or to-morrow morning. The weather here has set In intensely cold, with severe frost, but in consequence of much wind the water in the ponds has not yet frozen. '.rho ice merchants, of whom there are three or four extensive rifles in Southampton, for supplying the shipping with this article of luxury for summer use, are conse quently almost inactive. Date, 184 1811 ',—I authorise you to register my ti. , Lme es a subscriber for Shares in the Provident Clerks' and General 11 ' na ` - -••uunII and InYestment ieeiety. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 26.—TuB BISHOP OF MAN• CHESTER.—There was no congregation holden to-day for the purpose of sanctioning a grace to authorise the conferring the degree of D.D. upon the above mentioned reverend prelate, as it had been previously stated there would, on the authority of the Vice- Chancellor's notice. It would appear, that at the time the notice was issued the fact of the consecration of the bishop was unknown to the University autho rities. This ceremony having been performed, the bishop is entitled (under an interpretation made May 81, 1786), to proceed to the degree which 14111 about to' be conferred on him as a matter of distinc tion. The Vice-Chancellor, acting with the con currence of another Right Reverend Prelate, a mutual friend of the parties, consequently withdrew kis notice, and intimation of this fact having been circulated, the officers whose presence is necessary to the constitution of a congregation did not as semble. OXFORD, JAN. 25.—The following gentlemen have been appointed to studentships in Christchurch : Rich, jun., Cotton, and Thomas Stratton, from Westminster School. Henry W. Mason, Waiter Thomas, W. S. Stanhope, Edwards, George Howard, Edward William Whately, F. G. Sandys- Lumsdaine, Lane, and Thomas Henry Hunt, Commoners of Christchurch. Name . • • ..... .•• •• •• •• • • •• •• Occupation • • •• • • • • • • • • .• Rote. — It Is proposed to limit the number of Shares t') 500, and utat the entrance fee shall not exceed 2e. Gd. per Share previously to let February, !ma. Store than ISO Shares are alrea,ly taken, A (), 1 7,168.] LONDON, T l U RSDAY EVENING R OYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid out expressly for a Corn mercl I lintel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NOL.TII, it is hoped will be foetid complete in every respect. The BED-ROOMS (Sixty in number) have been furnished is a style whirls must ensure the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SNOW ROOMS withotit any extra charge. The Music Ball, Lecture Room, and Royal Motel Assembly Room are all attached, and under the same mana7;ement. The Royal Hotel is in the most central situation in Newcastle. .11R OCKED ON'S PURE CUMBERLAND LEAD, for DRAWING PENCILS. The Patentee having .11-0 bought the entire Stock of Crude Black Lead from the Cumberland Company, is now ready to supply Pencil Manufacturers with this important article in a state of perfect purity, free from grit, and con densed by his Patent Process to all degrees of hardness. 29, Devonshire-street, Queen-square. 'WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the Hoygl Family, the Duke of Wellingtons, the principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a-Hall' Guineas. A stout milled substance of superlative quality for winter at Three Guineas, is now also ready. It is presumed that the repatation of the Patentee as a West-cad_ Tailor for the last 25 years, as rtso the fact that this popalar gar ment is now worn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the. kingdom, renders conunent on its quality and style unnecessary. In London only of FOUGERE, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON DUIT-STREET, Regelt-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS BUR Y, adjoining 80, Cheapside. Agents.—Birmingham : Hollingsworth, New-street—Liverpool Mactaggart, Bold-street—Manchester : Brown, Market-street—Edin burgh Marshall and Attie' —Glasgow : Brodie, 3.laelead, aid Co.;, and principal tailors in all large towns. INDIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—For some years past our Indian Governors, though they may have got measured,for their coats, have been forced to put on their wars ready made. Let us hope that, in this respect at least, Lord Dal housie will have been treated less scurvily than his predecsssors ; and that on taking charge of the im portant countries committed to him he may have found a tranquil field open to his abilities. Where so much is to be done, it is fortunate that there should be so much to do it with. For the present we seem to have got out of our scrape ;in the Punjaub much better than we had any right to expect ; and upon this we should hardly have had to plume ourselves, as we now may, but for the energy and talent which have been displayed in such ample measure, and with such steady perseverance, as we have lately seen. We have little now to fear from our advance beyond the Sutlej, but that it takes us so much nearer to the Affghans, who may still prove no less dangerous as neighbours than we have already found them vigorous as enemies. While Runjeat Singh lived, and while the Seikh soldiers retained their French officers, they, too, were a formidable people to deal with ; and even since they lost their rular and their leaders, they have offered a resistance, both for courage and activity, such as we had not before en countered in India. But left to themselves the Seikhs are physically no better than our own Sepoys. They belong, in fact, to the same race; and having once been put down effectually, the probability is that they will remain down. If ,b4Asked why they were not put down sooner, !ik 4 e iiiiiiVeviottrindian armies composed of similar materials, I can only say that I think it was the consequence, not of any superior courage in the men, but of the impression left upon them by their French officers. As commanders of Indian soldiers, and generally as implements of Indian warfare, there seems to be this remarkable distinction between the English and the French,—the English make the best leaders ; the French are good leaders too, and they are comrades into the bargain. When the Sepoys lose their English officers they lose their all ; much as they can do with their officers they can do nothing without them. But when the Sepoys lose their French officers, though they lose a great deal, still they retain something. The English officers never descend from their position; they are offi• cers off the parade as well as on it. The French officers, on the contrary, associate with their soldiers, both Indian and European. In Europe they have many, if not most of them, risen from the ranks ; and, therefore, it is easy for them both to go down towards their men, and to draw their men up towards them. They meet half-way, and have an acquaint ance, an intimacy, beyond and independent of their military relation. I have been told by a friend who served through the greater ;part of the last war in Europe, that he had seen French officers playing at billiards with their men. The French officers and privates are " hail fellow well met." With the Eng lish it is different. The energy and dogged resolu tion of the Englishman will always rouse and carry on his nen when they see him in their front, but the familiarity and flexibility of the French character make a deeper and leave a longer impression than the reserve and stiffness of the English. The beggars at Hyderabad, in asking charity of an European, still used, in my time, to call him Bussy, after the officer who had commanded the Nizam's French corps be• fore we were any of us born ; and as late as 1820 M. Raymond's tomb there was still periodically illumi nated, though he had been dead, I think, since 1797, and, for aught I know, it is so still. lam aware that they were both of them men of eminent ability; but we too have had no want of men of equal eminence ; and yet where is the English name, or the English monument in India, that is remembered in this way ? For ourselves, therefore, and for those of our Indian neighbours who, though now our allies, may some day become our enimies, I need hardly say that in this respect no change from our present circum stances could be for the better. Let but our Sepoys continue to have the same officers to lead them as have led them hitherto, and they will go anywhere; but the French Sepoys, even when their officers are no longer with them, for a time at least, prove the, better soldiers of the two. LAMENTABLE SUICIDE Al' a WINDSOR. WINDSOR, TIJE ? DAY EVENING. Considerable excitement was created throughout the town yesterday morning, in consequence of a report that Mr. Thomas Hyde, a highly respectable inhabitant, about 60 years of age, who had carried on an extensive business for several years past as a wholesale and retail bacon factor, in Thames street, had committed suicide, by first cutting his throat on the banks of the Thames close to the town, and afterwards throwing himself into the river. The report unfortunately proved correct. The body was taken out by two watermen and conveyed to the King's Arms, and afterwards to the residence of the deceased. The unfortunate man expired the same night. An inquest was held upon the body this afternoon, at the Town hall, before J. W. Maclin, Esq., the coroner, when the following evidence was adduced : Charles flicks, a waterman, who was standing on Windsor-bridge shortly after seven o'clock yesterday morning, saw the body, on its side, floating down the stream, and he, with another man, got it into a punt and pulled the body on shore. On taking it to the King's Arms public-house, close bv, and unbuttoning the shirt collar, he found the throat cut, and the wound still bleeding. There were not the least signs of life. He went to the house of deceased to acquaint the shopman, when he was told his master had only left the house at seven o'clock that morning. The deceased had no shoes or hat on. George Brown, another waterman, who assisted th last witness to take the body out of the river, gavee similar testimony. Edwin S. Collins, assistant to Mr. Alderman Soley, surge;m, deposed that he attended deceased, who was in a state of suspended animation, silk rtly after he was taken out of the water. There was a bleeding wound under the chin. After some time animation was restored by the usual means. Deceased was then conveyed to his own house, in Than:es-street, and afterwards attended by his own family doctor. Mr. Edward Andrews, surgeon, who had attended Mr. Hyde's family during the past seven years, stated that, for the last three weeks, the deceased had been suffering under a general derangement of health oc casioned by lowness of spirits. From his knowledge of him, he had no doubt he had been liable to attacks of insanity during the preceding fortnight. His death, which took place the same evening, was in consequence of the effects of immersion in the water. The jury returned a ♦erdict of Temporary Insanity. THE LIVERPOOL BANKING COMPANY. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, HALF-PAST FOUR, P.M.—This afternoon a public meeting of the deposi tors in this company,. which suspended payment in October last, was held at the Clarendon Rooms, to devise the best means of getting a prompt settlement of their accounts. The meeting was very nume rously attended, the large room being quite crowded. Mr. John Bennett was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that a statement had been made proposing to pay the depositors by promissory notes, one-third on the Ist of April, one-third on the Ist of August, one-third on the Ist of December, and on the Ist February, 1849, the interest at 5 per cent. That morning he had called upon the manager, and told him that he would not agree to the interest remaining over until February 1849, hut have it paid along with the instalments. This proposition was agreed to, and he now recommended the depositors to accept it. An exceedingly long and warm discussion here arose on the proposition. The complaints were gene ral respecting the deposits not having been returned, and it was contended that they ought to have been paid at once out of the 2/. per share call lately made upon the shareholders. Mr. JONES said he held a bill endorsed by the bank, and could not get the money, in consequence of which he was suing another person for it. Mr. ATKINS said he objected to the proposition altogether. Mr. PRIEST complained of the inconvenience to which the depositors had been put, and sai d that if necessary, another 21. per share should be made to pay the depositors. Mr. SHORTHOUSS would reverse their position. If they had been debtors instead of creditors to the bank, and had offered such terms, the bank would have treated it with contempt.—(Hear.) A. resolutims was passed appointing a committee to wait upon the directors to morrow (this day), and the meeting was adjourns(' to Friday next. PROSECUTIONS.—The several Police-courts in the metropolis have received the following directions on the subject of prosecutions for all serious offences within their respective district Whitehall, lice. 30, 1847. Genticznen,—Some instances having recently occurred of prisoners chargtd with serious offences being committed for trial, and of public inconvenience experienced from want of directions to counsel to prosecute, I am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to desire that for the future, in all serious cases of committals, when the party injured is not bound over, or is unable to prose cute, you will transmit as rally as possible, for the in formation of the Secretary of State, e,pies of all depo sitions taken by you therein, that the same may ho con sidered, and directions given for prosecutions. — l am, &c., S. M. ruiLurrs." EXTENSIVE SHIPWRECKS IN ZE'l LAND. The following (says the John O'Groats Journal) are the details of shipwrecks and loss of life, during the gales which burst with such terrible fury along these northern coasts in the course of the past and the beginning of the pres Nit month. By the list which we subjoin, it will be seen that six large vessels have suffered shipwreck, and that five of these are total wrecks. The barque Harmonic, Hansen, of and from Ber gen, for Venice and Trieste, with a cargo of stock fish, struck on the south point of the Ness of Quien, east side of the island of Yell, on the 15th ultimo, at midnight, and in ten minutes was reduced to splin ters. The crew, twelve in number were saved, and were to be forwarded by the ship Vigilantia, Werge, for Stathelle. A watch was set to guard any portion of the wreck that might come on shore, but not withstanding this precaution, everything was car ried off. The schooner Humber, Frankish, of Hull, for Go thenburg., with a general and very valuable cargo, was driven ashore at ten A.m. on the 18th ult. at Housebister, about two miles from the Church of Nesting. fart of cargo and materials have been saved in a damaged state. A great deal of plunder is reported to have taken place. The crew, six in num ber, arrived at Lerwick on the 22d ult. The schooner Oscar, Gray, of Hull, reported from Gothenburg, with a cargo of sleepers, struck a reef oft Scaw Ting, island of Whalsay, at two r.m., on the 19th ult. and immediately broke up ; crew lost. From a part of the log found, it appears that she left Gothenburg on the 30th of November, put into Arendal on the 4th of December, and sailed again the ith. The last entry was made on the 13th, when she appears to have been under three reefed mainsail, a single reefed foresail, going with the wind at south, from four to two miles per hour. The brig Amelia, Douglas, of Kirkaldy, from Cronstadt 'll ith a cargo of flax and hemp, struck on a reef off Stava Ness. Nesting, at two r.M. on the 19th ult. and still remains ; the cargo is discharging, and vessel dismantling. Should the weather con tinue fine, it is probable she may be got off. The ship Clarendon, i\lacfarlane, of Leith, from Miramichi, with a cargo of timber, was wrecked at Tresta, island of Fetlar, on the 19th ult. ; crew — twenty in number—and one passenger saved, together with the cargo. The mate, and eight of the crew, and the passenger, arrived at Lerwick on the 25th, to take passage in the Matchless. T he car g o saved is much damaged. The Clarendon lost her rudder in Sumburgh Roust, two days previous. The ship Fortuna, from the Baltic, laden with deals, was totally lost at midnight on the 2d instant on the Island of Whalsay ; master and nine men saved, and eight of her crew drowned. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Lord John Russell arrived at the Castle to-day, from Richmond Park, accompanied by his lady. The Viscountess Pal merston also joined the Noble Viscount, who is staying at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty. Earl Spencer (the Lord Steward) was also amongst the arri va l s to day. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort h a d pro posed a shooting party in the Forest for to day; but in consequence of the intense , cold of the morning, the sport the rh ro e y i a ‘ l in ea g rr a i n ag d es Q t u o e F en ro o g f rn t o h r e e was postponed SU ? : e n.e d o ge f . went Bagaelgians today, in her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Their Majesties returned to the Castle within an hour. WRECK OF 'MD Slur IDALIA, AND MRLANCHOLY Loss OF LIFE.--Letters recei ve d yester d ay f rom R oyau , dated the 18th instant, comm un i cate t h e me l anc h o l y l oss of the British ship Idalia, (J apta i n K e i t h , o f L on d on , on the night previous, on t h e C ou b re P o i nt, at t h e entrance of the Gironde, with the greater portion of her unfortu nate crew, fourteen in number. The vessel was bound to Bordeaux, from Hartlepool, which port she left on the 12th. She encountered the gale on the 17th, and, it is presumed, that in attempting to run into the Gironde, she was driven on the rocks at the Point, within a short distance of Coubre Lighthouse. Her boats being washed away, the crew took to the rigging, but in a few hours the vessel was totally demolished, and the whole of the poor creatures (with the exception of three seamen) found a tomb in the deep. The marine authorities have taken charge of the remains of the wreck and cargo that have been washed up. It is not known if the vessel is insured. We have much pleasure in stating that a Mr. Hewn, from Birmingham, who is connected with the management of a Sunday-school belonging to St. George's Church, in that town, did, on his journeys as commercial traveller solicit contributions (if (one shilling each from his fellow-travellers, and in about eight months received 281. 7s. 6d., which he paid over . on the 31st Dec. last, as a donation from t hat body, for the use of these schools. It is understood Mr. B. intends pro ceeding with this subscripti on until he has collected 501. Much to the credit of the commercial travellers, the re fusals have not been more than one in a hundred. CREDIT AT OxFoßD. — lNothlng can more strikingly prove the scandalous readiness with which credit is given at Oxford, than the fact that the Bishop of O x f or d l ong got . credit there for straightforwardness and si ncer ity.— I Punch. NOTICE OF CLOSE or THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, on the 29th inst., for Additions and Decorations.- Dr. RYAN will LECTURE on SANITARY MEASURES, and on the nature of DISLNFECTING AGENTS, in connexion with this important sub ject, on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Halt-past Three, P.m., and every Evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock, till the close of the Institution. On the alternate days ether Lectures on CHEMISTRY. Dr. BACHHOFF.NER will LECTURE on RE SPIRATION and VENTILATION, in connexion with the above Subject, Daily at Two, rat., in which a JET of ; , TEAM, as a Ventilating Agent, will be exhibited. The Opitical Effects include the OXY-HYDROGEN 3111.1t0Sk_OPE, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, &e. WORKING 1101)ELg of MACHINERY explained. Tke DIVING BELL and DIVER, &c. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. PUBLICATIONS. Messrs. BLACKWOOD'S MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS, for FEBRUARY. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. No. CCCLXXXVII., for FEBRUARY, price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS I. 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Letters on either subject 2d., at 3, Charing-cross. WALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority), the "QUEEN'S OWN," with the new large eyes, are easily threaded, even by the blind, and have Improved points, temper, and finish; the labels •are correct likenesses of the Queen and Prince Albert in relief on coloured grounds. Sent free by post, by any respectable dealer, on receipt of thirteen stamps for every shilling value. _ R'S NEEDLES FOR THE MILLION are about half the price of the " Queen's Own." 11. W. also manufactures Improved Crochets, Fish-hooks, Hooks and Eyes, Steel Pens, &e. Gresham-street West, Lonion, 4 1 ,71 FENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. t 7 The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the heir by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate- Area, Whiteehapel-road, London • also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hfll Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout;229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond itreet ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos Perinners and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to sny part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. riease to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. A.STII MA.-ANOTHER CURE OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS' ASTHMA BY D R. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. Dated 17, Church-lane, Hull, Oct. 13, 1846. " Sir, -- I have suffered mere than I can describe from the effects of an asthma, which has for years rendered my days irksome, and my nights sleepless. It was brought en by cold while accompanying the retreat of Sir John Moore. 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Attendance daily at 19, Ber uers-street, from Eleven till Two, aid Five to Right: on Sundays rem F.lnven to One. DR. LA'MERT OAT TILE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STE EL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. Od„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise ea the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis. Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., . BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. actor of Medicine. Matriculiteiiieinber if the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the Londe& Hospital Medical Society, am. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual Intiipinees. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source la every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; th e g ift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prelille source of mischief, and of greater or less injury to the constitutional am vital powers. The particular exeesses. on .he nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate. are productive of greater severity of misery to the bussing frame, than any ether to which it is subject. This work contains as accurate and complete account of the Anatomy cud I'lly,iolosT of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditlons in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of snore inisertance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every mats should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so rrequently, but erroneously entertained that t hese complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict hint and prevent his seeking or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he is rguts that accurate discrimination , n ascertaining the causes of disen.e, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, ieve riehly characterise the Intelltgeat and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by hi:. posse , sion of the requisite legal qnaltlleations that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profee al^nal pursuits, the utmost coafidence should be extended. Dr. EftT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certlty, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Pubtlshed by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 5-, I aternostet row; Hannay, 63, Oxford4;treett Static, Tichborne •trect, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall - street, London ; or, free by post for torte-two stamps, ma . n .he Author, wh o may b e consu l te d on th ese di sor d ers p ersona lly et' by to ter, daily, from Teal till Two, and from Five till Eight , at his reaidenc,e, 9, liostiord-street Xedfad - equare Loudon. PROTECTION OF TRADE. An extraordinary general meeting of the Society of Guardians for the Protection of Trade, established upwards of seventy years ago, " for the protection of traders against swindlers and sharpers," was held on Tuesday, at the offices, 13, St. Swithin'a-lane, City, to ballot for proposed new members, and to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for an amend ment of the laws respecting the lending of goods on hire ; and also as to the appointment of a public pro secutor, and the lessening of expenses in criminal proceedings. Mr. Alderman Farebrother presided. The first business proceeded with was the election of members. Mr. Legs, the secretary, in bringing forward the next matter for consideration, namely, "The propriety of: petitioning Parliament for an amendment of the laws respecting the lending of goods on hire," re marked that the society had received a letter from Messrs. Collard and Collard on the subject. These gentlemen complained in bitter terms of the present law of landlord and tenant, and stated that, in some cases, landlords allowed rent to accumulate before they seized, when there was property in the house, although that property did not belong to the tenant, but had been hired from other parties. Messrs. Collard suggested that an early meeting should he called in order to form a deputation to Lord John Russell. Front Mr. Chappell, of Old Bond street, a letter had also been received. That gentleman stated that, during the last 17 years, he had been in the habit of lending out harps and other musical in struments on hire, In cases where he could not get his instruments back, his only remedy was to corn menee an action of trover, but the law expenses would amount to more than double the value of the instrument. _ _ _ Mr. RIDGWAY contended that the existing law acted very prejudicially on the interests of many who ought to be able to look to it for protection. A case had come under his own notice which would illustrate that point. A tailor in New Bond-street had in his house a large quantity of goods belonging to other persons, who were abroad; the second floor in his house .was let to a milliner ; and the upper portion of the house to another person. When the tailor died the rent had accumulated to 3351. On the day the man was buried the landlord put an execution into the house, and not content with taking the goods of the tailor, and the whole of the property of Captain Grey, of the 17th Dragoons, who happened to be there, but the whole of the stock of the milliner was seized, because she had not walked out the day the man died. It was the landlord's fault that the rent had been allowed to accumulate, and no blame could attach to those whose property was forfeited. He thought the society ought to protect such persons. Alderman FA,REBROTHER—Suppose a deputation went up to Lord J. Russell to speak to him on the point, the very next day a deputation would go up from the landlords, praying that they might be pro tected from persons sending in goods without a proper consideration. He might say that tradesmen had no right to send out these things to enable persons to make a deceptive appearance. He had no hesitation in saying that if Mr. Collard or another person had applied to him in his magisterial capacity for a sum mons, ordering property to be immediately delivered up, he should have granted it. Mr. BARBER (of the firm of Barber, Howes, and Co., St. Paul's Churchyard) said that during the last few years he had been actively engaged in bringing to light swindling transactions, and in handing over to justice their perpetrators. The number and ex tent of these transactions in the city of London were incredible, and so they would continue to be until the Legislature directed its attention to the matter. From information which we had received, lie found that the most cunning persons might be taken in by those swindlers. The only way in which they could put a stop to their malpractices would be the amendment of the law, making it a transportable offence, and the appointment of a public prosecutor. In France and Germany there was a public prose cutor, but in England there was nothing of the kind. —(clear.) If the threat of transportation were held out to such fellows as those by whom Mr. Gray was victimised, there would not be so many of them infest ing that and other cities. ' Mr. BREWSTER suggested, that as Lord Brougham had intimated his intention of bringing in a Bill on the subject of the criminal law, the matter should be referred to him. Mr. BARBBR moved the following resolution : " That on the suggestion of several influential mem bers of the Society of Guardians for the Protection of Trade, a public meeting of traders be called, for the purpose of considering the necessity for an amendment of the law respecting the lending of goods on hire; the appointment of a public prose cutor, the lessening of expenses in criminal cases, and the:more effectual punishment of swindlers and bill-stealers." Mr. COLLARD seconded the motion. After a lengthened discussion, in which several gentlemen joined, the resolution was carried. A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the pro ceedings. THE IRON TRADE. The position of this trade remains unaltered, except that several additional furnaces have been put out of blast. The spirit of infatuation still prevails among the workmen, and they continue to absent themselves from the works, while the unabated stagnation of business affords no prospect that the masters will be enabled to give way to their demands. The colliers and miners are also partially on the strike, and a few disturbances have taken place in the neighbourhood of Kingswinford and Dudley, by the exhibition of violence on the part of the unemployed against the more reasonable of their companions who have returned to work. From the evident intention to commit outrage, it was judged expedient, in one instance, to send for the aid of the military, but the mob having accomplished their ends of intimidation, quietly dispersed. We begin, however, to feel some apprehensions for the prospects of our labouring population. The few iron masters who hold stocks of wrought iron are unwilling to part with them at the reduced rates, while the general merchant and other orders are of a nature scarcely justifying the manufacturing con sumers in purchasing at the former prices ; although their warehouses prove, as we predicted ; quite desti tute of iron ; hence their workmen are daily being thrown out of employment for want of materials. Among the nail makers, especially, the deplorable wretchedness that must ensue is fearful to contem plate. A respectable dealer informs us, that in col.. letting his small accounts through one district he found in several houses the whole family huddled to• gether without food or fire, their spirits completely broken; and, instead of asking for his money, he was constrained to offer his mite towards alleviating their distress. It therefore becomes a consideration of moral re sponsibility to each individual concerned, to lend his assistance towards allaying the confusion that results in so much wretchedness to his fellow-creatures; and not to allow either pride or avaricious selfishness to obscure his perception that the interests of the trade, of which his own are part and parcel, have a claim upon his cordial co-operation. The propriety of taking the most stringent mea sures has been canvassed, and unless a speedy inti mation of some intention to resume their employment by the puddlers, forgemen, coll►ers, and others, is ap parent, we should not be at all surprised to hear of a resolution to blow out simultaneously the whole of the furnaces in the district.—Birmingham Gazette. THE GREAT SNOW STORM OF 1620.—The snow fell during thirteen days and nights with very little in termission, accompanied with great cold and a keen biting wind. About the fifth and sixth days the young sheep fell into a torpid state and died, and about the ninth and tenth days the shepherds began to build up large F.J.mi-eircular walls of the dead, in order to afford sonic shelter for the living; but the protection was of little service. Impelled by hunger, the sheep were fre quently seen tearing at one another's wool with their teeth. On the fourteenth day there was, on many a high-lying farm, not a survivor of extensive flocks to be found. Large misshapen walls of dead surrounding a small prostrate group, likewise dead, and stiffly frozen in th, it lairs, met the eye of the forlorn shepherd and his master. Of upwards of 20,000 sheep maintained in the extensive pastoral district of Eskdale Moor, only about forty.five were left alive.—Gallery of Nature. Yet even this distinction has its limits. The French are no longer conciliatory when they are no longer dependent. They are spoiled by power ; and, strange as it may Seem they, : lose instead of gaining influence by elevation. I remember to hare heard it said by Meer gallium, who, measured by our standard, was, out and out, the ablest man I met with among the natives of India, and who would, indeed, have been an extraordinary man in any coon try in which he had been placed—l remember to have heard him say, after ample experience of them both, that the French made the better servants and the English the better masters of the two. Let us take what pains we can to retain that lofty position, to which it seems, therefore, that we are properly suited. I am concerned to see that the resistance in Goom soor is still continued. In itself, it can be of no ul terior consequence ; but, as an example, every in stance of successful rebellion is to be deprecated. We ought, in all cases, to avert resistance as long as we can ; and when it does occur we ought to suppress it as soon as we can. __ While we are m etching, however, with solicitude the influence which the intelligence from India may have upon our interests at home, we must not be ' aegligent of what we are ourselves doing, or suffer ing to be done, to impair or improve our prospects abroad. I regret to see the attempts which are still being made to interfere indiscreetly with the religion, or call it the superstition, of our Indian subjects. I s ay indiscreetly, because I am persuaded that, be our design as good as it may, the way in which we are going to work i s ca l culated rather to o b struct than to promote it. For the same reason I regret the recal of our contribution to the Indian temples. As to any influence which that contribution may be thought to have upon their support, we may be as sured that it will have n one . They will not stand one single day longer with the help of our contribu• Lion, nor fall one single day sooner for the want of it. But by what we are now doing we shall excite sus picionand provoke, where we ought to appease, r purpose,resistance. The sacrifice of human life into which the Hindoos are betrayed is earnestly to be deprecated. But it is not in Pagan rites alone that that sacrifice has been wan tonly and prodig a ll y ma d e. T here a l ways h ave been, and there still are, f ana ti cs i n eve ry creed and every country. Even we ourselves have not b een exempt from the contagion. Can we have for gotten what happened in our own crusades, or how whole provinces, both in Europe and in Asia, were strewn with the carcases of Christian victims ? And, as far as sanctity of purpose is concerned, in what respect are the infatuated Hindoos to be denounced for the very same devotion, much as it is to be de plored, that we hold to have consecrated the en thusiasts among ourselves? We have grown wiser since those days, and the Hindoos will grow wiser too as they advance as we hare done, and as know ledge and reflection acquire dominion over them. Let us pause, therefore, before we incur the risk of retarding or averting that consummation by a pre cipitancy which can only defeat our endeavours to advance it. Even if it be denied that any of the votaries of a wrong creed are ever led right, at least itof those of the right creed are o What reason is there for our shrinking from the will b r e aftdemniltetded wrong. that ong. many Pagans of India more now than ever we have done before ? In what respect are either the Mahometans or the Hindoos inferior to The professors of any other creed b sides our own ? Or in what particular do they lose in the comparison ? Neither the Ma hometaas nor the Hindoos ever saw or heard of Christ, or were brought within the influence of His example. They neither depreciated nor rejected Him. On the contrary, the Rlahometans still recog nize the divinity of p is missio n ; on l y they deny that it was a final one. They hold th at i t h a d b een announced in previous m issio ns , and th a t it was com pleted in that of Ma hom et. Whenever they do speak of our Saviour, th e y s p ea k of him reverentially, as Hazrut Esau, the L ord Je sus. And as to the Hindoos, it was not that having a choice to make, they made a wrong one ; they had no choice, and they made none. There was no opti on . Th e trut h are, souchsafed t o us ; an d we re; they alr ea d y were before was never revealed to the m . If they are still in the dark, it is because they never were admitted to the in sti b l still l ecause they h ave not rece i ved light. otu,urst n:WhattSaviour'srev i l ei t o h ti they scionh e vr A what was Dever offered, and because, having been born and bred where they have been and as they have been, they are slow to abandon the ancient faith of their fathers. Let it be remembered, too, that we are ourselves both fore i g ne rs and intruders in that country, where the Mah o metans and the Ilindoos, as far at home. ast o imecan give a title, may h o ld th emselves to be Are we not entitled to expect that the sun will again appear in the East as it rose there ? and may we not content ourselves in waiting for the appointed time ? Whenever it may be decreed that ehe truth shall be shed upon our brethren in . India, they will discern it more calmly, more profitably, and, what chiefly concerns us, more peaceably if they discern it by the spontaneous exertion of their own faculties. They are already in the hands of One who will en- Tr N 7 JANUARY 27, 1848. lighten them when He shall see fit ; and we cannot do better, either for them or for ourselves, than leave them to His good pleasure. For the present, whether we contemplate the certainty of the end or the safety of the means, it will be wise in us to trust to educa tion to work its own way, and to wait for it to pro duce its own result. As far as we presume to specu late on that result, though I hope and believe that the inhabitants of India will all become Christians in the end, it will still be a long while first, and we shall hardly be allowed to remain there to witness the com pletion of the change. Even if we should enact the part of lookers-on, it is not likely that we should have any share in the ceremony. I may probably be rebuked for fancying, because I see differently from other and perhaps better men, that therefore I see farther than they do. But I can not help fearing that I see more accurately when I dread that without greater caution our projects, with whatever good intentions they may be meditated, besides defeating their own end, will lead in the re sult to disastrous consequences; and we may as well, therefore, while there is still time, calmly contem plate the distinction between the ground on which we shall in that case stand ourselves, and that on which we shall place the Indians—the distinction, in fact, between the attempt to impose religion and the attempt to defend it. Sir J. Mackintosh says, in his History of England, that " wars to impose religion by force are the most execrable violations of the rights of mankind; but that wars to defend it are the most sacred exercise of those rights."—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Jan. 24. CIVIS. FUNERAL OF THE REV. GEORGE CLARK. Yesterday the remains of this Rev. Gentleman were consigned to their last resting place, in St. Luke's burial-ground, Chelsea, with all the pomp and circumstance of military honours. For the past 44 years the Rev. Gentleman has been Chaplain to the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea, and during the whole of that long period of service, he was highly appreciated for the exertions he made in behalf of the interests of the institution by all who had its welfare at heart. By none was he more esteemed and respected than by the boys connected with the asylum ; and from his long period of service, and from the number of those who had been placed under his care, it may be said, that in all parts of the world where a British regi ment is stationed, the name of Mr. Clark is no un familiar one, as there is scarcely a regiment in the service that does not contain several of those who, in their youthful years, had been placed under his tuition, and who still retain a high sense of his kindness, and recollect with feelings of gratitude the useful lessons he has imparted to them. His whole soul was bound up in the asylum; so much so, that in the month of April last, when he felt that his mortal career could not in the course of nature be much longer continued, he expressed a wish that he should be buried in the ground set apart for the children of the institution, stating that, as he had so long lived amongst them, he should like to be buried amongst them. Yesterday, on the occasion of his funeral, a large number of the respectable inhabitants of the place attended the funeral, as a token of respect to the deceased. The funeral procession started from the Asylum at one o'clock, and consisted of, besides the family and relations of the deceased, the students of the normal school, amounting to forty in number, the boys of the model school to the amount of three hundred, all the sergeants connected with the insti tution, together with the private friends of the de ceased. Mr. W. Cousens, the Quarter-master, and Colonel Brown, the Commandant of the Hospital, also joining in the procession. The boys' band con • nected with the Asylum headed the procession, and delighted all who witnessed by the admirable manner they performed the pieces of music assigned thorn. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Dusatory, in the presence of a crowded assemblage, who seemed to be impressed with a deep feeling of respect for the reverend gentleman. PRICE SD. COST OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO. The following extracts from a recent American paper, already present a d incurred by esc t r h i e pto u i n n ite o d f the States' enormous invasion cost f Mexico , The President's Message states, that " On the Ist of the present month the amount of the public debt actually incurred, including Treasury notes, was 45,659,659 dollars ; and on the 4th of March, 1845, including Treasury notes, the public debt was 17,788,794 dollars ; and consequently the addition made to the public debt since that time is 27,870,859 dollars." Thus the President, without positively asserting it, evidently wishes to convey the impression that the actual cost of the war with Mexico up to the Ist instant, is less than 28,000,000 dollars. To coun teract this false impression of the cost of the unneces• airy and unjustifiable war with Mexico, into which the nati on was p l unge d b y t h e act o f the Executive, we present a few facts and figures, availing ourselves Of the statements in an able article in the New Orleans Comnfercial Bulletin. The following is a recapitulation of the items : The increase of the public debt, agree- Dollars. ably to the statement of the President, has been . . The surplus in the Treasury, at the com mencement of hostilities, was The additional surplus that wo u ld have accumulated up to this time, under a peace establishment and expenditure . 12,000,000 The further extra surplus that would have accumulated, under the operation • • of the tariff of 1846, agreeably to the President's statement, of more than... 8,000,000 The Bounty Lands to the volunteers .. 8,000,000 The arrearages for pay due to the army and volunteers, and for supplies, con tracts, damages, &c. The sum required to replenish our arsenals . . 4,000,000 The Pension List, estimated, on the average duration of 20 years of life, to the wounded and families of the dead, two millions per annum ....... 40,000,000 Making a grand total of .... 123,870,859 A MELANCHOL-f'-S4ORY. A singular instance of maternal affection , and me lancholy misery, occurred i n thi s c it y a f ew d ays since. A widow, who unfortunately for them, was the mother of six children, found refuge in a dilapidated dwelling in one of the lanes. The youngest of her children fell ill and died. The whole family were in a state of the utmost destitution, and the disease rapidly mastered the young orphan's energies. A coffin was begged. Coffin and corpse would have been borne, perhaps without the mother's assistance, to some graveyard near. But she had lived at a dis tance of many miles from this city, and in the burial ground of her native place her ,friends were interred. The distance was far, and as few would consent to carry a coffin containing a stranger so far i unneces sarily, the poor mother resolved to bear t herself. She actually did so. She had it placed on her back, and slowly and wearily she bore it away, reached the graves of her kindred, scratched a trench, we have heard, with her hands, and thus consigned to the earth where she wished they should rest the remains of her offspring. She returned to her orphans. A second took sick, died quickly, like the other ; like the other was placed in a charity coffin, and conveyed in the same way, by the unfortunate mother, to the same place of burial, and buried in like manner by her own hands. She returned again. A third child took sick, died speedily also, was stretched in a coffin procured from the charitable, borne away as before by the sorrowing mother, and interred near to the other two by the hapless poor creature's almost excoriated hands. She returned a third time. A fourth child was ill ; fell a victim as quickly as each of the others, was coffined by charity, and carried off and laid by the mothe; beside her three other children. She came back to her wretched apartment. A fifth chileWas eized by the malady, a fifth &ffin procured, a fifth wearisome journey made alone by the mother, and a fifth body consigned to the earth, there, at all events, no longer to feel the pangs of disease, or the slow wasting pro gress of unalleviated hunger."— Limerick Examiner. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, IsTuw road, London.—The following is a list of the AGENTS for Th. gale of MORISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE, 114 London and Its vicinity :- 368,'Iitrand —The Flypast-0(11 e. 65, Quadrant, Regent-street— Mr. Field. C ambritge-street, Edgeware-road —Mrs. Good. 1 . Park-place, Mile end-road—Mr. Lofts. 144. Lombard -street, Cornhill —Mr. Chappel. 63, Ox ford - street—Dietrichson and pommy, perfumers. 20 , New-road, St. George's-In-the-East—Mr. J. Raises. 155, Watling -street—Mrs. E. Dare. 33 , Great To s et street— Mr t Baldwin. 123, Str an d —Mr. E. Griffin, perfumer. . 8. Townsetid-street, Old Kent rout Mrs. Foulse. 128, T ottenham-court-road—Mrs. Baucher. W alham-green—Mrs. Merchant. Itrentford (Poet-office) —Mr. Norbury. Clapham—Mr. Batten's Library. 63 . Great Chart-street, East-road, Morton—Mr. IL Langley. 68, Cornhlll —Mr. It. Johnstone, perfumer, &c. 83, high Holborn— Mr. William Ibillett. Randolph -street Camden-town (Post {Alice) —Mr. J. Foster. • Del tiord— Mr. I'orritt, bookseller. Staines—dirs. Norris's Library. No chemist or druggist is anthoris9d to sell this medleire. NTHE REST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. ORTON'S CAMOMILE FILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple. bat certain remedy, to all Who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Ileadschc, iiiilious and Liver Com plaints I they act as powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting 1 1. - en'lth to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold la bottles at to. 1Y44., or 2a. 9d. a , eh, by A. Willomhby and Co., late B. G. Windus, 61. Bishops:ate With tit, and nearly all 31e dleino Vendors. Be sure to ask for NOItTON'S PILLS, and de not be persuaded to purchase an imitation. T A N-Z A S for the SERPENTINE. When Winter Conies Cb;iiing the air, And his subjects are all in a shiver, IS oat thousands are seen to prepare For a skate en the Serpentine river. Then the Dress -mart of MOSES and SON, Is furnished with Coats for the skaters, Which garments at all times have woa The title of being "first-raters." When the river a twelvemonth ago Was glazed by the clerk of the weather, What a sight did the Serpentine show, With its thousands assembled together. The wrappers of MOSES were worn By the gents OR the hard-frecz ng waters, While the furs were observed to adorn Yast numbers of England's fair daughters, Anti may we not view them again ? Ye', the river once more may he frozen ; Skates again may be calied for. an then Will the Warehouse of MOSES' be chosen. At once let the, public prepare, For truly there•is very-good reason ; Baste to .110;;IW.famed Warehouse, for there Is the choicest p:, dressjpr the season. LIST OF PILICEB. .11.Z 4 VrT MADE. Beaver Mallen! •••.• . • • • ..from•ZO 9 0 Chesterfield and Codrlngton's, and every description 'Of Over -coat, handsomely trimmed.. ••• • • • • • • . 1 ThePacha Coat ••• .. ••-•.• • • .............. ... . I 8 0 The 'Sunnier, especially adapted , for snowy and wet w2sther.....• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • Boy's - Winter meals, hi' every style.. •••• • • • • •6 0 Diva's • Do. Trousers; Hued ...• . . • „, „ „ 01: 0 • • • • Dress Coats.. ••••• • • • • 4 0 • Frock do ... ••' " . Double-breasted Winter yests• ••••• • • ' • " 1 6 Roll .c011ar....... •• '' ••• • • • **** *** • 9 16 6 Boys' Hussar And Tunic Suits • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • • • MADI TO lIIIASTIRt. Winter' Coats, •in evety • style and shape, hand w 0 Milled oody trimmed .......... fro= I 0 cloth Over -coats, velvet collar and cull's • 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper....... ...... ........... 0 18 6 Doeskin Trousers ....... ..... .......... 1 2 0 Rest, or Dress.. ••••••••••• • • • • • • • ' ' • 1 6 ° • 'Dread COat '• •• • • .... Best quality made.. •• • • •• • • 2 15 0 • Proek do ..... •••• • • • • . 1 15 , n 0 • • Best quality made.. ••••• • • • • • Cashmere Vesta ..... .• • . 0 T 6 •• •• •• •. •• •• Baths', Plain or Fancy •.••••• • • • •• ••••0 12 0 Boy's Hussar and Tante • butts .. .. • • ••••• • • • • • 1 6 • Groat Coat.. ...... •• • 0 16 0 A Suit of Clothes co p' ........ ... • 116 0 Mourning to any. extent at Five Ilinute3 notice. Observe.--Any article PUrchased, ready made, or made to mea- Sore, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, tke Money returned. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Weollendrapers, Clothiers, Ratters, R esters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, sad General Outfitters. for Ladies aid Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 341neries, and 83, 64, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City. London.. Caottm..77E. Moses an d B on regret being obliged to guard tke publls a gainst Impostors, but liave leaned that the antradesman fibs falsehood of being connected with them , or it's the same concern, lisis been resorted to in many instances, mad for obvious reasons. nay 'taro vio connexion with any other hots. in or out of. London; yotd and these wk. desire ge nu i ne and cheap clothing, &c., shoald call at, t+. Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Aolice.—.No business transacted at this establishment from sun set rrld• r , tin aiiimit Saturd a y , whoa business is resumed till twelve o'clock. " THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT FRETS ON THE HEALTH ANDIMORTENS THE DURATION OF RITHAN LIFE. /1.11:18T 4TIII WW ND II COLOIII Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. dd., or tree by post, 6d. CONTROIIL OF THE PASSIONS: a Popular with Instr IngUiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, uctions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those TrZtixtr,_ Ron the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, urr e . b . u ultinir in Mental and N ervous Debility, Local or Const i tu ti ona l slue ladigestlon, and Consumpti on . I nc l u di ng a compreken ...eutertation en MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Oases ac te With Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 68, Newman street, M ember ar the LeOxford-street, London. nden College le Medicine, &o. Chap 1 ie.A., 00 1PPIINTO OP TKO WORK., &d u i 2 - a ,;,,;: -- -. , ..,_ 7 and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate a. --- ; ---e ' tue Par dons, illustrated with Coloured EngraviagP. ____. r• ---- allefhl Reaulta of a Secret Tics on the Mind and Body, vy'd.nted 11 tho Production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and ether Cenvulaive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges- Fort, Stricture, impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Entice of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Eitiona. Chap. 3. Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Elmetions the nature and treatment of Impotence end Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital set, caused byt he practice .aelf-idulgenet. Chap. 4 .—Gonorrheea, its symptoms, complica- U On* and treatment, Glee., Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. C11 . 4 P- s . — SYphills, and its attendant maladies and treatment. eves, .11C1 concluding observations, Plates, /cc. 80 14 by B r itt a i n , 54, Paternoster-row; ; Gerd in 116, Leadenhall ttattest ; Hannay and co., 63, Oxford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford eet, ; Mansell, 115, Fl e et-street, London ; Mahal, 78, High-street, r."-rainitham; Whitmore 119 Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, ~ ..1. Church -street Ii ' '1 • It id on 11, Greenside - street, , ► . vcrpoo , o ns . ..* Lai nburgh ; Powell, 10, Westutoreland.strect, Dublin; ;.ad all .tooksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it ulrect from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. hie. s ars. Lucas a n d Co. are to be ,usulted from Ton 11 two, and nein Five till Eight in the eveninc, at their residence, No. 60, tlCwinan:sirea, Oxfor I -street, London, and c6uktry patients may successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclos -14 UN usual tee of ii. for advice. EXTINCTION OF FIRE. An admirable contrivance for speedily extinguish ing fires has been adopted by Mr. Alexander Annan dale, at his large paper. mill at Polton, near Edinburgh. The following is an account of this ingenious appara tus :—The apparatus may be said to combine, in itself, a complete fire-brigade. It consists of two pumps, with capacious air -vessels, one of these pumps being worked by a steam-engine, the other by a water-wheel. These being the movers of the machinery of the mill, are consequently in con stant action and always ready for the accident of fire. The original objects of these pumps was to raise water from the river into a reservoir for the supply of the mill ; but, by the addition of a valve, the desired results are effected. On the orifice of the pipes connected 'with the pumps, where it delivers the water into the reservoir, is placed the valve, which is equal in diameter to the pipe. It has the ordinary lever which is generally attached to the safety-valves of steam boilers, and indeed resembles them in every respect. This valve can be loaded to any extent, by moving the weight along the lever, but is regulated so that it will open before the pipes or pumps are subjected to such a strain as may endanger their bursting. Attached to the pipes from the pumps (and in such a situation as may command with ease every portion of the works), are the means of fixing a number of leather hose-pipes, with their conductors. In one shut. tion in front of th e b u ildi ng s i x o f these bogie pipes can be attached. , On lifting a wo4en Cover, which is level sith the ground; we find t4llii -nozzles, ftith - water-tight ca p s screwe d upc4i- them, which are removed to gi%e place to one or snore of the hose-pipes, when wanted. A slide-cock admits the water at once to all those nozzles from the main pump pipe. Two of these leather hose being brought out and fixed upon this pipe, the weight drawn s long the lever of the valve and the slide•cock opened, an unbroken jet of water from each of the nozzles is projected over the highest part of the building, equal in inten sity, and superior in steadiness, to that of any two of the best fire-engines. But this is not all ; at the same time the other four hose•pipes can b.! attached and brought to act in the same manner, and %%WI the like efficiency, and the mill may be thus speedily deluged, The whole operation does not occupy two men five minutes. Had such an ap paratus been in existence two years ago, the whole of this valuable property, ,which was then buret to the ground, might have been saved, In many places, advantage has been taken of the water-supply pipes, RS a means of extinguishing fires, and where a competent head ,of water can be obtained, and the pipes are of sufficient capacity, and laid for that purpose alone, nothing more need be desired ; but this cannot always be obtained but at an immense expense, and in some situations not at all. The finest feature of the Polton Mill apparatus is its applicability to towns as well as mills; for any desired pressure may be given to water without resorting to the expense of having elevated reservoirs. Take for example the city of Edin burgh, which has many sources of water in its neigh bourhood, which might be made available for the cleans ing of sewers, streets, closes, and other sanitary pur poses, as well as for the extinction of fire. An engine placed at the canal basin, and a train of pipes laid through the principal streets, with the necessary means of attaching leather hose-pipes, might be used for these objects. The engine could be made to work a number of pumps, discharging water into one large air vessel, the safety-valve as it may be termed, or a series of valves, to be placed, not at the remote ex tremity of the pipe, but at the pumps under the control of the engineer. Supposing the whole train of pipes filled, and the pumps discharging a small portion of their water through the safety-valve, which may be loaded to such an extent as may be equivalent to a head of water, limited only by the power of the engine and the strength of the material, it is evident that such pressure and such quantity of water as the pumps can deliver will be transmitted through the whole tra in of pipes, subject only to the deouction arising from the friction in the pipe, and that the load on the engine will always be equal to the load on the valve and the quantity of water delivered; and this need never he more than what is necessary for the purpose in hand. To any one at all conversant with the principles of hydraulics all this will be .vident. To render the whole arrangement complete for a large city, might not the electric telegraph or some concerted signal be introduced to transmit intelligence from any distant locality to the engineer at the engine, when instantly the pumps could be set in motion. The system has already been adopted at the Liverpool Docks, where nine miles of pipe for fire extinction alone have been laid. It is even projected to carry such pipes through the whole streets, with a hose connexion at every ''Lamp-post. —Scotsman. REVIVAL OF GREAT GRIMSBY PORT.—In the reign of Edward the Third the pert of Great Grimsby sup plied eleven vessels for the armament against Calais; but it gradually sank into extreme insignificance until a railway was projected to it. The mere prospective advent of :the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, which will be opened to IGreat Grimsby in the present spring, has been to raise the Customs revenue from 3,9291. in 1843, to 70,0731. in the last year, 1847. ANOTHER VICTIM TO Till GAME LAWS.—In the last month, John Heiman, of the parish of Colaton Ra leigh, a most quiet, harmless, and inoffensive old man, set a rat-gin without any bait, but lightly covered over with earth, in a rabbit run in his own fi eld, and to his great surprise, on visiting the gin, he beheld a pheasant caught by the head. The keepers were watching the rat-trap; it was enough, they pounced upon him, the case was heard before the Woobury Bench, the poor old man was committed to the county bridewell, where he ariosh, bait that was the pheasant was died on Monday last. It i s the general belief in Colaton, andplallacedin the girt, the surrounding because there, and had it been taken in the a ct of runnin g or digging, it cert a i n ly must have been caug ht b y the legs.— Woken limes. P n A ludicrous scene occurred, not very long ago, in a certain small chap,l, situated in one of thoFe rote:Antic and secluded volleys for which West Cumberland is so celebrated. The minister, who was a man by no means aver- e to the enjoyment of the good things 01 this world, was engaged in catechising the juvenile portion of his flock, and on puttin g t h e usual question" What is thy name?" to the girl wh o s t oo d hi g h est , a s t ra ppi ng w enc h of thirteen, the on ly daughter of the villape Boniface, received no r 4 ply. '"What is thy name ?" said the minister in a more p erem pt or y ma nner. Girl—' Nin u' yer fun, parson ; ye kna me neame varra wee!. l)uont ye say, when ye're at our house on a neet, ' Bet, bring in another pint o'yeh I' " It is needless to say that notwithstanding the sacred nature of the place in which they were assembled, the congregation was on a broad grin. Ilia reverence looked daggers.—Lancaster Guardian. ENNISKILLEN, JAN. 21.—The Rev. Mr. Moore, who had been confined in Enniskillen gaol for debt, has committed suicide, by cutting his throat from ear to ear. —Dublin Freeman. 77 - `~-,,