The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-11 00:00:00

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' (01/,,/ , '/I- \ -- v-- AnY Proprietor desirous of proposing a Candidate for the Office o 41 Of Allift,-;! -., y --- . _ ... .. . - . • ..,,,,, ' c3r , 4 L ri , i. , ... 'l ....AL4 s i c e-,..,& . , , ,X - ,Lr. , 4 1 ,4 1 i'.._ 1 2111. te 2 - , ' , 1t,',... . 1111" ; (05*.:_j___, W l 44Pl y 'ld r birfttor must mid the name of suck Candidate to the Secretary, at 'tact fourteen days before the day of meeting. The Ballot trill commence at Eleven, and close at TWO o'clock. GEO. IL PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. Office, No. ¶t, Great Russell-s:rcet, Bloonabary, February 10, 88. LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION. INS " ITUTED 180 G. OFFICE. 81, RING WILLIAM-STREET. President—Sir CLAUDIUS STEPHEN HUNTER. Bart. • Vice-President—CHAßLES FRANKS, Esq. Thik Society is essentialy one of Mutual Assurance, in which th , ! Premiums of its Members are reduced after seven years. The rate of redaction of the Premiums of the last year was 66 Por mit., leaving to be paid one per cent. less than in the year Preceding. The S . niety also undertakes othor descriptions of Assurance, In Which the Assured do not become Members, and having ceased to Allow any commission to Agents, the Society hss been enabled to r e 4 ileo the Pre:alums f x this class of Assurances to the following v eil' low rates : Annuil i'mniums for the Assurance of £lOO. Age I £ 8. 41. I Age £ s. d. 1 Age s. d. 2 , 0 5 I 1137 1 35 276 1 50 41 2 1 17 0 1 40 215 5 1 55 5 1 30 2 1 5 i 45 I :1 6 0 t 60 6 510 The Court Or Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlemeni to advance money on the security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER, tEecretary. pROMOTER, LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANT, 9 . Chatham-pLee, ltiackfriars, London.—Established in 1626. Suliscritsed Capital, 240,0001. This Society effects Assurances in every variety of form, and on most advantageous terms, both on the bonusand non-bonus systems. The Premiums, without participation in the Profits, are lower than those of most other offices, while those on the partigipation scale hold Gut the prospect of a handsome addition being male every Five 'Years, to the sum assured. The holders of I:quitable Policies can secure their hoiisc'.s ;it the approaching division on the best terms 'With this office. Prosrectuses, with tables of rites, and all Ruttier particulars, may be obtained at the spice MICHAEL S.kWAItD, Secretary. • ENGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA. The INDIA and AUSTRALIA NAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re aPonsibility of the shardielaers to the amount for which th,y indivi dually eubscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commn hications to and mil front the United Kingdom, the East Indies, Australasia, trui New ZNzl.uiti. Capital One Million sterling. Divide :I into series of shares of 201. each. COMMITTEE. Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of l iti it, . 1846 for Extendon of Stearn Navigation to Australia. I.P.Sir William Verner, Bart., . lion. Francis Scott, M.l'., Agent for New Soath Wales. 8 1r Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales, London. tient-Col. Abdo, Indian Army J. Maclean Lee, Esq, Thomas Itrowite, Esq. Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian Captain Cogan, Indian Navy Navy Archibald Cuninahame, Esq. Milbonrne Marsh, Esq. Captain 11. M. Denham, F.R.S., it. Montgomery Martin, Esq. Royal Navy J. Monteflora, Esq. G. 11. Donaldson, Esq. Sir F. Waekett Myers, K.C.S. f al ,, t- R. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq. Captain India Maritime!ltichard Paterson, Esq. Service !Robert Henley Payne, Esq, Captain fa. T. Gordon, Royal Navy , John Wilson Pillans, Esq. X. 8. Halswell, Esq., M. 1., F.11.5.'0. H. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal Capt. Ti. Ilainfiton, Royal Navy Navy Gnstavus Hamilton, Esq. Colonel Torrens, F.R.S. 'Timms Hunter, Esq. William Gordon Thomson, Esq. J. A. Jackson, Esq. Lieut. Waghorn, F.R.A.S„ Royal Charles Joyce, Esq. Navy Frederick Lambe, Esq. Melva Wilson, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cernhill. SoLlClToks—Mesars. Itarron and Clarke, Illoomsbary-square. India. Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu lation of morn than half the number of the inhabitants of the !jobs, and teem with every product which eon minister to the wants as mar ,. To carry out effectually and economically steam communication Irina those countries is the tabled of this Company, for whose o”- Tatiana there is an amplt• W,' 7,,:t1t. , 1,10 field, especially as regard Cati' numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which ' 47 .3 an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England —are tale only portions of the British empire neconnected by steam navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the iverland Tonto has been exclusively granted to this Company. The roeto sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Corn :any is vial Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of Irkiatt are, that Sydney, the metroplitan capital of the whole of the . .Cuttralasiast colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or days f London (frequently in 60), and within less than 30 days :i! India. The coal statioxs are conveaient, excellent coal from the rte st Newcastle, New South Wales, cal be pat on board t here at to 7s. ed. per ton. n_ t r"Peetuses, with fbrrns of application for sha r es , and fbrther information may be had on application' at the enOC/3 of the Corn ,.._. Y. where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorpora tion ma y be imatn a a. °lr tiv-fa. 31, Cornhill, Loads'. JOHN TATES, Sec. FEBRUARY. 1848. - • •-•,, . -5 St. John, and the authoress of Azah are now num bered among the Mirror corps. In this number Mr. I'. St. John continues his b.ography of Robespierre, which he brings down to the year 1789; and Mr. Maxwell ccntinues his "Revelations of a Mess Table." John Oxenford gives us an exquisite translation from Jean Paul •, and Angus Reach furnishes, under the title of a"Night with the M.P.'s," a pleasant gossip ing sketch of the House of Commons on the night of a grand debate. Our old friend Paul P:venscy con tinues his adventures, and engages in the somewhat desperate enterprise of removing the body of a crimi nal from the gibbet, on which it is suspended in ter rorem, the said criminal being one of the colliers who, during the strike, had murdered a magistrate. The Mirror, if it improves as it has done of late, will soon be at the head of the magazines. VANITY FAIR. No. XIV". By W. M. Placket-ay. In this number Becky (Atalns one great object of her ambition, and is presented at Court by the gentle Lady Jane, to the great horror and annoyance of Mrs. Bute Crawley. Nor is this her only triumph— coerced by Lord Steyne, Lady Steyne invites her to a grand dinner at Gaunt House, and thus she at length succeeds in getting into society. Turn we now to poor Amelia. Old Sedley, who has mortgaged Jos.'s annuity, is on the verge of starvation, and, to save her father and mother, Amelia consents to n ude to old Osborne's proposition to give up Georgy to him on condition that he shall be per mitted occasionally to visit her. On her acceding to this proposition, old Osborne surlily says to his daughter, " Yuu had better send that woman some money—she shan't want for nothing—send her a hundred pounds ;" but the old brute adds, " So she don't come in here, mind ! No, by —, not fur all the money in London." The feelings and conduct of poor Amelia, after parting with her child, are thus beautifully described : " A few days are past; and the great event of Amelia's life is consummated. No angel has intervened. The child is sacrificed and offered to fate: and the widow is quite alone. " The boy comes to see her often, to be sure. He rides on a pony with the coachman behind him, to the delight of his old grandfather, Sedley, who walks proudly down the lane by his side. She sees him, but he is not her boy any more. Why, he rides to see the boys at the little school, too, and to show off before them his new wealth and splendour. In two days he has ad,pted a slight imperious air and patronising manner. He was born to command, his mother thinks, as his father was before him. "It is fine weather now. Of evenings on the days when he does not come, she takes a long walk into Lon don—yes, as far as Russell-square, and rests on the stone by the railing of the garden opposite Mr. Osborne's house. It is so pleasant and cool. She can look up and see the drawing-room windows illuminated, and, at about nine o'clock, the chamber in the upper story where Georgy sleeps. She knows—lie has told her. She prays there as the light goes out, prays with an humble humble heart, and walks home shrinking and silent. She is very tired when she comes home. Perhaps she will sleep the better for her long weary walk ; and she may dream about Georgy. One Sunday she happened to be walking in Russell square, at some distance from Mr. Osborne's house (she could see it from a distance though) when all the bells of Sabbath were ringing, and George and his aunt came out to go to church; a little sweep asked for charity, and the footman, who carried the books, tried to drive him away; but Georgy stopped and gave him money. May God's blessing be on the boy! Emmy ran down the square, and coming up to the sweep, gave him her mite too. All the bells of SAbbath were ringing, and she fol lowed them until she came to the Foundling Church, into which she went. There she sat in a place ssimece she could see the head of the bey under his father's tombstone. Many hundred fresh children's voices rose up there and sang hymns to the Father Beneficent; and little George's soul thrilled with delight at the burst of glorious psalmody. His mother could not see him for awhile, through the mist that dinned her eyes." [PRICE 3D. WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the Royr.l Family, the Duke of Wellington, the p l i n , _, ^cLin Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a -Half at dulness. A stout milled substance of superlative quality for whiter /. Three Guineas, is now also ready. ....,' 4 Presumed that the reputation of the Patentee as a West-cad _ ,, uor for the 153 t 25 years, as also the fact that this popular gar• ;ITt Is new worn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the ~g_d _ oln. renders comment en its quality and style unnecessary. ..„:2 1 4ondon only of FOUGERE, ralentee, NUMBER SIX, CON ty.IT-STREET, Regent-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS 'I"-IRY. adjoining SO, Cheapside. 31 ._.___s.—Eirmingham : Hollingsworth, New-street —Liverpool: b '''''''sgart , Bold-stroct —Manchester : Brown, Market-street Con; : Marshall and Aitken —Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, and Co.; and principal tailors in all large towns. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Barry's Sir Arthur—taken cen 3 2 0 5 t t o o a a g g s s tt Mr.Captr. o A w l e l tr.ysn Tipp ' p lhe p ' erp r Nigger 30 to 1 agst Mr. Power'-4 T i p p erery Boy— a NEWMARKET STEEPLECHASE. 4 to 1 apt Mr. J. Anderson's Profligate—taken METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 asst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho, 6 yrs, 9st—t 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barnes's Tufthunter, 4,yrs, 7st 61b—t 20 to I agst Mr. Lowther's Alhoni. 4 yrs, 7st 21b—t 25 to 1 agst Milt,' of Richrnond'4 Vampyre, 4 yrs, Gat 121 b—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Rattrap, 5 yrs, Bst 21b 22 Even to on sno t :4 l: sss e atttt fie ld agst AA a_ Af g on s otss t astooyk 2 inein 6 is: Blaze, 3 The investments were all in small amounts. st pt TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken 6 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Blaze—taken CHESTER CUP. 33 2 00 2 t t too o Ra n g g g I BG '. o: ( o ; ‘,l l .e a i l ee t . e ,ss ' s ljv C oa r n a ra c t o h w a - n , 3 Eagle,vy ):4rssst, 81st 40 45 t t o o yrs, 6st 61b—taken 1 (.4 7 , e e 5 0 Swallow , , 4 4 y y r r s s , , 6 7 s s t t- 5 - lb t 40 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshea, 4 yrs, 6st 9lb —taken 1,000 to 20 apt Mr. Courtenly's Bantam, 5 yrs, 7st 3!b —taken 1,000 to 20 agst Lord Chesterfield's Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs, sst 41b—taken 1,000 to 20 . agst Mr. Crommelin's Tho Widow, aged, 7st 61b—taken 1,000 to 20 Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddtl, 3 yrs, 4st 41b —taken 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 6 ist 111 b—taken 1.000 to 15 agst Mr. Arnold's Dunham, 5 yrs, Tat—tkn 1,000 to 15 sgst Colonel Anson's Bingham, 4 yrs, Est 101 b—taken 11 to 1 was offered ogst the two favourites, and 25 to 1 laid once, in ponies, agst Mae; 30 to 1 WAS laid three or four times agst War Eagle, 2,000 to 50 agst The Swallow, 40 and 45 to 1, to about 130/ agst Qacen Mary, and a few other bets at outside prices. lit'leShCa was very much out of favour. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Naida, a new three-act version of the favourite Gy tnnase drama of La Dersse, was produced here last evening with complete success. Rose Cheri was the i m i s n a these ; D at e e s t s h e e , Princess's and Madame sings exquisitely some beautiful music, composed for her by r L o a o tdieoro of . In t he ic the first f acttho temple, Naida, tao green the designs o f a f a l se pr i es t o f Bramah, is replaced as a w i.r monkey, the previ ous d ei ty h av i ng su dd en ly di e d. But Naida, although performin g the part o f a go d• Bess, is the daughter of a European, the sacrificator of the temple, who had been shipwrecked with his daughter and the infant son or his master, the Count de Mongeron, during a voyage to the French settlement of Pondicherry , on the is land cf Eldorado. The two children have grown up in the temple, and a mutual pass ion is the result. A French vessel arrives off the island, the captain of which carries back to their native count r y Naida, her father, and the young Count de Mongero n. The latter is restored to his family, where Naida i s also harboured for a time, but the proud Countes s de Mongeron is highly incensed at the love of her son new e;m her o ine ne Anna a t the T h for the lowly Indian maiden, and while, through her influence, she is borne away and imprisoned in a convent, her lover is induced to believe that she has eloped with the naval ()Slicer. The young noble, crushed in his affections, throws himself headlong into the vortex of dissipation and extravagance, whilst the father of Naida ' who has amassed an immense fortune, obtains his daughter's liberty through his wealth, and purchases for her a villa at Versailles, whence the favourite dancer of the Grand Opera has just eloped with a Prince. Here the spendthrift Count, her former lover, who had been pursued for debts and duels, arrives to seek the popular danseuse, whom, however, he knows but by reputation. At first Naida denies her real name, and treats him with disdain ; but restore-: him all her affection, and marries him, when she learns that his errors have arisen frt m his belief in the fabrication of her faithlessness and treachery. There are other characters besides those to which we have adverted. Amongst others, that of an Indian (Mr. Compton) brought to France, who, in the days when Naida was a goddess, was porter of the Temple, and was habitu ally engaged in emptying the butts of Bordeaux which were shipwrecked with her, and in fi l li n g t h em with stones, which, turning out to be diamonds, have made her father's fortune. _ _ The arch manner of Madame Thillon's acting, and the spirit with which she sung, kept the audience in perfect good humour, while Compton excited much merriment. 'I he music, composed and introduced by Mr. Edw*rd Loder, was highly pleasing, particularly a ballad, " I havo not a notion," which was encored, as well as several other morceaux sung by the favour ite vocalists of this theatre. The piece was com pletely successful, and Madame Thillon was honoured with the usual ovation. R. H A M P D E N. A gEW THOUGHTS AT WESTIIINSTER-HALL. The Judges assembled at Westminster - hall. On a matter imPortant to great and to small ; The scene was exciting, the Court was a cramm'd 'an, And all seemed absorbed in the subject of Hampden. Each opened his cars, while he opened his vision, All anxious to come at the Judges' decision. 'Twas pleasing to see, in a place so immense, The " gents of the long robs" with interest Intense ; 'While the Judges appeared in their w gs and their ermine, The Bishop of Hereford': case to determine. MS opinion concerntm; this matter—but Et p ; 'Tit a party affair, and the subject must ..rop. For a topic like this—A political one Is kept in the back -ground by MOSES and SON. -Y et MOSE and your attention would call To a few scatter'd musings In Weqtmlnster.ball. 'there were certainly many things there to admi e, While thousands assembled with fan'ticss attire. could trace, while I stood in the old justice-room , The presence of MOSES (at least in costume) ; Each of which (though I wouldn't run anything down), lb beauty could vie wi th the long legal gown. While I gazed on the ermine the Judges lia , d on, I thought of the Furs of E. MOSES and SON. The Boots and the Shoes, and the Prime Paris Hats, The Gloves and the Kerchiefs, t's Stocks and Cravats, Plainly proved that the concourse in Westminster-hale, Fiad given another great building a call. May they do so again—may the Mart he a " cramffed 'un," And thus concludes MOSES, with I: enn Dickson Brunpden. •ts. COLONIAL MARK S—THI r SUGAR.—There has not een so good for l'iantation, and rites have - . 7.-;; > \ lower. Bar badoes, by uction, is per;', ;F cwt., fine yellow 43s to 44; 6J, and mid. 40, lto 41a per cwt. Refined standard lumps have been d of at 353 to 55s 6;1 p?r cwt. East India—Mad , , gr bags partly found buyers at Gd to Is decline ; „ t icll4)g r , 4 damp brown, 295; low yellow, 30s 61 to 315;. and ood l ,7`v.iii, bright, 33; G 1 per cwt. Bengal, 3,130 bags sold rather - cheaper; Benareg fine white, 465; mid, 42s to 43;; good and fine brown, 345 to 3.5 s 6d; and damp and washed . yelow, 3;; to 43; per cwt. MAURMITS.-7,038 bags 141 tierces and 552 casks _ went is lower; fine yellow 42; to 455, mid 38s to 395, good and fine brown 34; 61 to 333 6d, ai.d mid to fine grey 38s to 41s per cwt. l'orairGN.—Porto Rico sold at 42s to 45; for good and fine, and mid at 40s to 41s. Cuba realised 42s to 44s For good end fine, and llavannah 40s to 43s for good and fine yellow, and 39s to 39s Gd for low and mid. Bahia brnight 3Gs to 40; for during( d low to good grey. COFFEE.—Then« has been same demand tor Ceylon, and prices aro Gd higher for Native, and firm for Plan tation ~ o rts. Good ord Native 333 6d to 345, peaherry 40;, mid Plantation 54s 6d to 58-, fine ord 45; to 48s, aril superior samples up to ;Gs. Low mid Jamaica has realised 5Fs. Rio has been at 44s to 45s for good. Costa Rica 32s to 48s 61 COCOA.—This article has realised rather fuller prices. RlCE.—There have been buyers at rather easier quotations. Madras 81 61 to 10; 6d, and Bengal 9; 6d to 13;. Carolina 22s 6d per cwt. SOCEF.—White pepper has been in more demand and fur Pimento there has been a fair inquiry at 30 for ord and 41d for good, being id to 4tl dearer. Jamaica ginger has been sold at Il 17 - 6 to 10/ 13s per cwt. COTTON.—Thi - re has been an advance in prices. TALLOW.—This article is in more favour specula tively. I'. Y. C on the spot 54s per ext. TEA.—The demand is good at fully the late advance. Bum —Tee market is dull. East India proof is 7d, and proof Leewards is Bcl per gallon. INDIGO.—At the auctions now in progress the hidings are brisk, and there is an advance of 2d to 6d per lb on October rates. Up to last cycling 3,233 chests passed, and nearly all has found buyers. Bengal and Kurpah have been in most request.- i 7,1.80.] LON DON, FRI DAY 151 : • NIELSON'S FAMILY AND COMMERC IAL HOTEL, LA BELLE SAUVAGE, LUDGATE-HILL. The Patronage of Gentleman and Families visiting the Metropolis is r,spe tinny Solicited for the above Hotel. It is situated in the most central part of London, near to the Bank of England, Doctors' Commons, the Inns of Court, Theatres, Scc , Having recently passed into the hands of the present. Proprietor, it has, to a large extent, been re-furnished : and, in the arrangements which have been made, the princip d objects in view have been the comfort and convenience of those who may honour it with a passing yivit, or as a more permanent reside:lce, combined with moderation In charges. A spacious and well-fitted Coffee-room is attached to the Ilotel ; and the Wines are of the finest quality. Omnibuses to and from all the London Railway Stations pass the door. GR AVILSEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLICKWALL PACKETS. Railway ang Boat included in one Payment. Fore Cabin and Soma; Class Railway, NINEPENCE Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabitt.• • • • ... 6d. Saloon• • •• gd. No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhlthe Piers. From The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, B%*, 9%, 11%, 1,2, ,nd 5. Sundays, at 7%, 5%, 11%, 1,3, an,t 5. From the Brunswick IVhart, liiaekwall, nt 9%, 11, 12, 1%, 3, 4, and s*. Sundays, at 9y 2 , ii, 1%, ".% 1, and A*. The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. Packets marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats. Omnibuses trom Fenchttreh-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 4/. 4a. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ; Ihre , Months, 11. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the 2aclcets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace I'ier, Gravesend; or of Mr. Saunders, Brunswick Wharf, illackwall. November 22, 1817. pOS T-0 FFICE Cs - AI:RESPONDENCE. Bankers, Politic Companies, Merchants, and Traders, are in 'ormod that, owing to the immense consumption of, and Increasing demand for, the PATENT METAL-SEAL ENVELOPES end IFFICIAL ENCLOSURES, the Patentee is encouraged ant enabled :coffer them at reduced prices. The perfect security and the ready dispatch afforded by the use of these envelopes render this notifica tion of vast importance to the business public, especially to those making foreign communications, avoiding the use of sealing-wax, pi compliance with the rostmaster-Generars instructions. Speci mens of the above will forwarded en application to the Patentee, Caitle•street, Holborn, London. Authorized agents travel through he principal cities and towns in the kingdom. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperssi, Is. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 4as. 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; Unified, 60e. and 643.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 11d. ; Genuine Wax., 2s. lei. ; Wzr:ed-wick Moulds, 71.; Sperm 011, As. per gallon ; iolar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.; Wind sor aud Palm Soar, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. !ul ; Hose, 25.; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Kale's raral,osi Composite, requiring, no snuffing, 10d. per lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S 041 Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwarda, without either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse quently this Is the most important discovery ever snade for the pre servatioa of life and property either at Sea or on Land. AT SEA numerous ships it has already saved, sad the captains gratefully ac knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall suffice : " Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of saving the ship and 230 souls ou board, two scams in the bottom being partly left withlnt calking." " The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprint _z• a leak when thrz•e days out t sei, and soon after her common rlmtked and became use leos. Captain Ituttiarford states all C.c....cpended upon her Foun tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac tion without a 1.111111ie , l respite, when all arrived safely ill London, with a thank God for the Fountain Pump." ON LAND the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a fire brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. " We arc delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to so ciety."—Editors Liverpool Mail. The New rortab'e Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties oa fire in and near the city, they saved eleven ,olely and seven mainly, including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and In the eleven, Messrs. Horton's dyory, and 12,01:01. worth of consigned pro perty; Stoke mustard, starch, a••.d flour mil's, and Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which must bave spread around de struction and death. " North Waloham.—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfulk Chro nicle, August 22, 1840. At a Norwich fire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were the pets of the public. The cry was, feel the little engines and they will do the work, which proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atme- spheres. Now the fist ie this, all former Force rumps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young and Hatton, with many ether eminent experimentere, lamented thus : —The quantity •t water actually raised by any machine seldom excee:s half the rower consumed, after overcoming friction and leakage; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. Most rims can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 4$ seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump an se' ive sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foe high in a minute, and with a Foun tain rump 9,0019 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary - lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power. John Clanton Roberts, list., i■ his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gusset's e'rench rump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain rump, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Duldin, a thorough-bind pump maker, Mr. Beddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, Ainer;ea, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were bleatical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in No. 1.183, and in No. 495, Book-maker remarks are prepo , terons. However, en the ether hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hey, Parkington, with many oilier discerning 1119/1, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and erreta n. able character:—The Fountain rump is the most important improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advameeMent in the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private end public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, fir man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per stroke to IN barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at eempetitima ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at less cost than common pumps. W. SHALDERS. Fountain Pump Works, Norwich, Nov. 30, 1847. See Mechanic's Alagazine, Nos. 231*, 304, 383, 429, 430, 433 482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 509, 510, 525, 533, 655. 727, 801, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. Nes. illustrated are marked thus* ELECTRO SILVER PLATED SPOONS and FORKS of the best quality. Table Spoons or Forks, 40s. per cozen ; Dessert Spoons or Forks, 295. per dozen ; Tea Spoons, 13s. per dozen ; Gravy Spoons, Ss. each ; Soup Ladles, 14c. each.— T. COX SAVORY and Co., Silversmiths, Ste., 47, Cornhill (seven loors from Gracechurch-street), London. IR JAMES MURRAY'S FLUID CAM mon.—Three grains to the fluid ounce, the most cordial re storative in low fevers, mental depression, and nervous diseases. See " The Lancet," November 20, 1847, page 533. In bottles, ls., 25., 4.,., and Bs. each, with directions for use. SIR JAMES MURRAY'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The safest Antacid, and solvent of uric salts in geut and gravel. Sold by the Sole Consignee, Mr. WILLIAM BAILEY, North street, Wolverhampton ; and all wh• lesale and retail Druggists and Medicine Agents throughout the British Empire, in bottles, ls., 2s. 6a., 3s. 6d., 55.. 6d., 1 ls , and 2ls. each. T. a Aecidulated Syrup Ia bottles, 2s. each. ETEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops et which cure headache in a few ininutcs ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only In triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7s. ; and double this size, l Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con 'aining testimonials et undaubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &e." By post, 4s. 6d., is. Sd„ aid the., for money orders wily. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herhary, Highgate, near London; and by Messrs. Barclay and lei, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and C,.,Cheapsido usher and Teller, Conduit-street; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 66, Cornhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Relines, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, emelt° and Sen, Adver tiser-effice. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, 18mo cloth, price is. 13d., H 0 U T-S 'PATIO N; Or, JAUNTS in the JUNGLE. By JAMES WILLYAMS GRILLS. Chapman and Hall, ISG, Strand. TUE SECOND EDITION OF MR. WARREN'S NOW AND THEN U.B._ is no publ!she ', In One Volume royal post Svo., price 215., taif bound in morocco. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. TEIE SEA. and the RAILWAY: their new Relations set forth in a Jaunt along the Manchester, SWIM, and Lincolnshire Railway to Grimsby Docks. liy FELIX SUM MERIY. In preplration. With Woo.lcats by C. W. Cope, A.R.A., 1). Cox, jun., T. Cressvick, A.R.A., and R. Itedgrave, A.R.A. London: Longman, r.rown, Green and Longmans. TRICTURES OF THE URETHRA—ABUSE OF INSTRUMENTS. Jest published, price 55., Ave. In cloth, pHE PATHOL.OGY AND RATIONAL a_ TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all traristies and Complications. With Practical Observations on the rise sad Abase of Instruments in the Treatment thereof. The who's illustraed by numerous and important cases, and being the result cu Ling extensive, and successful practice. By F. It. COURTENAY, P"7l:slied and sold by H. 13aithere, 219, Regent-street ; Deighten andt-aughton, Lirerp,ol; Hodges and Smith, and Fanner and Dub in. L 4,1 LENT RAAIONEUR ASSOCIATION (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. Capital, 20,0001. In 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, I/. per Share on complete registration. No further call will be made without three months' previous notice. The liabilities of cacti shareholder limited to the amount subscribed for. The PATENT RA.MONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in theoftices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Trea•niry, the Royal Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal 'f.xchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap •:ri•s-ed by The Most Noble the Marquis of NOIZT HAMPTON, President of the Royal So , :lety. The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, KA., President of the Royal In nit ute of British Architects. Sir . RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Associa !lnn for the Advancement of Science. the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norvrich of Lichfield The Right lion. the Earl of Lei- The Most Noble the Marquis of caster Bristol Th eLowl P.endlesham, M.P. 'The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R. The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop Keppel of Gloucester and Bristol The 113 n. Fred. Byng Hon. and Rev. Edward S. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Gal- Keppel him, Bart. Cie Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart. minster, Dr. Buckland Sir Robert Harland, Bart. 'The Venerable Archdeacon Shir- Sir Francis Darwin ley 'The Norwich Union Fire Office sir John P. Boileau, Bart. I The Spitler.: Fire Office air Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Office of Bir- Dr. Outram, F.R.5.,F.G.5., in7ngham spe.ctor of Naval o,pitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance !tight Hon. Earl Titzhardinge Office ills Grace the Duke of Beaufort I The Nottinghamshire and Derby l'hilip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Office Right lion. F. 11. F. Berkeley, The West of England Fire Office, &e. Miles, Esq., 31. P. The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use of ellinbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85, are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in by a large portion the public, from a conviction of the utter lm possikility in innumeratole cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with the old inachlne. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringezyent, the inge nious and etTective liamoneur machine has been invented. This Invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to the small or extended space In which the machine moves, thereby treating an even pressure on all War sides of a chimney. The rods attached to this head or brush arc supplied at intervals with universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle and the whole is surmounted with a doable revolving ball, having also it universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its mute most perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated by the - fact, that it is exclusively used In the Government and immermus public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Hag., 39, Jermyn-strect, St. James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Itirchin-lane ; at W. Beath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechureh-Street; and at the princivil office, 1, Wellington•street, London-bridge, Borough, where applications for aharea may be addressed. FOGS AND DAMP AIR. BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual preventative from the ill effects of the fogs and damp air, which, in the winter season, are so prevalent in this climate. Its effects are to expel wind, to preserve the stomack Itom the admission of damps, and to relieve those who suffer train difficulty of breathing. rrepareA only by Barclay and Sons, 911, Fsrringdon-street, Lon don ; and sold retail, by their appointment, by fi , inger, 15, Oxierti street ; Gifford, 104, and H. Eurflold, 180, Strand ; Johnston, GS, Cor shill ; flalhves, Druggist, 2, High-street, Islington ; and all re spectable Med•eine Tendon in town and country. Observe.—None can he genuine, unless the names of " BARCLAY and SONS" are on the Stamp atTi.sed to each box. A R R I A G E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right Aeterrxiino the former, and miscalculated hopes em hitter the latter. The solitary one may shield. himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the Indissoluble, regret un omprosing hurry; but the truth lice deeper. Physical incapacity, anti broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness end social contest. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and Justice dentlead that health should form an item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or ecglect weend were sorely than poverty or misfortune. Wader, II .here surmises concern yea, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little tiEMOIItS ' On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., le. each (by test, in stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let as imaginatively -Wined, et - prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hladered ey misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining !tem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but ior the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrlcal trash put forth on 'he above subjects, by anqualifled authors, which alone or .ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two ether ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. GA.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and "how to be Happy." They are not merely 2amphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the 'mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's ilte,who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims ho would inculcate—ts do unto others as he would he done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always us the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had 01 Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet .street ; Mann, 33, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred wills personally, •rornings and evening!), ltl, Argyll-plaee ltegent-street; and ell I enkeellers. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 10. STOCK EXCIIANGB.—The sales are—Bolton, Blkeltburn, &c., 10 1 / 4 dis.—East Lancashire, New, 74 dis.—Great North ern, 5% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire. Fifths, 1/, p.— Ditto, 32!. Shares, 4% dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 1 1 ,4 dis.—London and North-Western, 148—Ditto, Quar ters, 11% p.— Ditto, New Quarters, p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, % p.—Midland, 115 c.—Ditto, Halves, 1% dis.— Ditto, 441. shares, 45 1 / 4 Nor:h Staffordshire, 3 4 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 1 ,4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (U. N. E. Pur chase), 2% p.—Ditto, No. 2, 34 p. MANCHESTER, FEB. 10. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 7-16 dis.—East Anglian, New Preference, 3 9.l6—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 74 dis.—Lancashire and York shire, Fifths, 7-16 p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2% dis. —Manchester, Sheffield; and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 1 / 4 p.—Ditto, Preference, 1-16 p.—North Staffordshire, 3 / 4 p. —Shropshire Union, 212 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 9-16 dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Prefer ence, 2% p. LEEDS, Fan, 10. SrocK EXCHANGE.—The following are this day's quota dons, at which but a small nmouat of business has been done :—East Lancashire, 21%—Ditto, New, 3% c. dis.— Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, Bs. 9d. p.—Ditt• (West Riding Union), 2% dis —Leeds and Thirsk, 15 1 h dis.— North Briti4h, Thirds, par—Ditto, Quarters, 7s. 6d. dis.— North tStaffordshire, Ile. 3d. p.—North-Western, 5 dis.— Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 33 5 ' 1 3 dis.—Wharfdale, dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks l 3!ti p. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only sales were—Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( A), 2 'i t dis.—Ditto (B), 365. 3d. dis.—South Staffordshire, dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Fan. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only sale was—Wharfdale June tion, 445. dis. EDINBURGH, FEn. 9. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and North ern, 17/. 15s.—Ditto (Newport), 8/. IN.—Great Northern, 41. Bs.—North British, '27l—Ditto, Quarters, 5/. 3s.—Ditto, Thirds, 375. GLASGOW, FEB. 8. STocic EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 35 1 4 — Ditto, New, 16s. 6d.-- Glasgow General Terminus, B—Glas gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 99 ,3 / 4 —Glasgow and Greenock, 16 3 %—Great Northern, 7 1 4 3 Manchester and Southampton, 63. 61.—North British, Th►rds, 40s. 6d.—Ditto, New Quar ters (scrip), 11E. 3d.—Scottish Central, 2934. KING ARTHUR.—The author of " The New Timon," it appears, has chosen the famous King Arthur for the subject of his new poem, in which, we understand, with Ariosta for his model, he has introduced a variety of ad ventures, grave and gay, interspersed with passages se rious and impassioned, as well as whimsical, wild, and humorous ; and to give the reatler a more decided in terest in the narrative, he has united the past with the present, by covert allusions to existing personages. COURT COSTUME.—The dress worn by the Deputy- Lieutenants of Counties has become a favourite one at Court of late, doubtless by reason of the strong opinion of its elegance expressed so frankly by the most illus trious of the realm, and the natural grace it superndds to " the human form divine." But as no little depends upon the tasteful combination and the correctness of its several parts—which until recently had to be obtained by the wearer from various sources, none of whom were in divi4ua.lly responsible for any incongruity in the tout en• sentble—it is but justice to state that the Messra. Fletcher's, of I'2B, New Bonsi-street, have made it their study ; and that the scarlet coatee and epaulettes —the laced trousers —the cocked hat—the sash and sword, and indeed every requisite for this costume, is furnished by that house. at a rate no moderate as to have obtained to them a de served preference, almost amounting to monopoly, in this bra- ch of their business.—Morning Paper. r ADVENTISEMENT. ] -THE EARL OF A LDBOROUGII AND iieLLOWAY ' S I'ILLS.—An (Mounding cure by tkis ndracalotp me di c ine, after °very other means had railed. See extract front hi, Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. Professor Holloway — Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in m y liver an d stomach all the most eminent of the faculty, at tome and all over the continent, had no ALDBOSOUGH." These wo n d er f u l pills wit any tlitea.3e of the liver or stemach.—Sold (also Holloway's r s e a n ba a d b . le ( t.soienfle4ec)t nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma 61.n4aska) at Professor Holloway's Bstablishment, 244, Str4Od, ant h - - ell medicine venders througheui the civilised world. MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) DOMBEY AND SON. _No. XVII. By Charles Dickens. News is at length received of Edith and Carker, and, as might have been conjectured from the un affee!ed morality of everything Mr. Dickens has ever written—the proud wife ✓ has not fallen. " Dombey and Son" will not therefore resemble " Falkland" — that Handbook to Adultery ! James Carker has succeeded so far in his machinations as to induce Mrs. Dombey to cross the Channel and repair, ac cording to their previous arrangement, to Dijon -where he meets her, hut finis to his dismay that he has " caught a tartar." The scene between the two runaways, recounted in the last chapter in the present number, is one of the most powerful and dramatic scenes Dickens has ever depicted. " The bald man with the beard" is one of those inimitable side faces ".13oz" alone can sketch to the life in half 11 dozen syllables. Mr. Carker is true to his character throughout— "coming with his gleaming teeth through the dark rooms, like a mouth ;" and so is Edith in her magnificent pride and audacity. The two preceding chapters are of inferior interest, though they tend to prepare the way for the catastrophe; the first being an interview between good Mrs. Brown, her dauehtrr, Rob the Grinder, and the merchant; and the seconfi being an interview between Mr. Perch, John Carker, Harriet earlier, and the stout stranger, who turns out to be Mr. Morfin, of Dombey'e. The introduction of Mr. Perch, the messenger, is so ridiculously comic, that we give it entire. " I've stepped over from Ball's Pond at an early hour,' said Mr. Perch, confidentially looking in at the room door, and stopping on the mat to wipe his shoes all round, which had no mud upon them, agreeable to my instructions last night. They was, to be suro and bring a note to you, Mr. Carker, before you went out in the morning. I should have been hero a good hour and a half ago,' said Mr. Perch, meekly, but for the state of heti' th of Mrs. P., who I thought I should have lost in the night, I do assure you, five distinct " Is your wife so ill ?' asked Herriet. " Why, yen see,' said Mr. Perch, first turning round to shut the door carefully, she takes what has happened in our house so much to heart, Miss. Her nerves is so very delicate you see, and soon unstrung ! Not but what the strongest nerves had good need to be shook, I'm sure. You feel it very much yourself, no doubts.' " Harriet repressed a sigh, and glanced at her brother. "' I'm sure I feel it myself, in my humble way,' Mr. Perch went on to say, with a shake of his head, ' in a manner I couldn't have believed if I hadn't been called upon to undergo. It has almost the effect of drink upon me. I literally feels every morning as if I bad been taking more than was good for me over night.' "Mr. Perch's appearance corroborated this recital of his symptoms. There was an air of feverish lassitude about, it, that seemed referable to drams ; and which, in fee', might no doubt have been traced to those numerous discoveries of himself in the bars of public-houses, being treated and questioned, which he was in the daily habit of making. " "Therefore, I can judge,' said Mr. Perch, shaking his head again, and speaking in a silvery murmur, of the feelings of such as is at all peculiarly sitiwated in this most painful rewelation.' " Here Mr. Perch waited to be confided in ; and re ceiving no confidence coughed behind his band. This leading to nothing, be coughed behind his hat ; and that leading to nothing, he put his hat on the ground and sought in his breast pocket for the letter. "' P I rightly recollect, there was no answer,' said Mr. Perch, with an affable smile ; but perhaps you'll be so good as to cast your eye over it, sir.' "John Carker broke the seal, which was Mr. Dorn bey's, and possessing himself of the contents, which were very brief, replied, • No. No answer is expected.' " Then I shall wish you geed morning Miss,' said Perch, taking a step towards the. door, ' and hoping, Pm sure, that you'll not permit yourself to be mere reduced in mind than you can help, by the late painful rewelati , n. The papers,' said Mr. Perch, taking two steps back again, and comprehensively addressing both the brother and sister in a whisper of increased mystery, is more eager for news of it than you'd suppose pos sible. One of the Sunday ones, in a blue cloak and a white hat, that had previously offered for to bribe me--, need I say with what success?—was dodging about our court last night as late as twenty minutes after eight o'clock. I see him, myself, a ith his eye at the counting house keyhole, which being patent is impervious. Another cne,' said Mr. Perch, ' with mitintary frogs, is in the parlour of the King's Arms all the blessed day. I happened, last week, to let a little obserwation fall there, and next morning, which was Sunday, I see it worked up in print, in a most surprising manner.' " Mr. Perch resorted to his breast-pocket, as if to produce the paragraph, but receiving no encouragement, pulled out his beaver gloves, picked up his hat, and took his leave ; and before it was high noun, Mr. Perch had related to several select audiences at the King's A rms and elsewhere, how Miss Clicker, busting into tears, had caught him by both hands, and said, ' Oh! dear, dear, Perish, the sight of you is all the comfurt I have left and how Mr. John Carker had said, in an ae ful voice, • Perot?, I disown him, Never let me hear him men tioned es a brother more.'" As to the letter, it proves to be one from the august John Carker from the e D s o ta n b ib li e s y hm h e im nt s , el b f ec , c a lihar u sc se tghe ing very name he bears has become hateful. Mr. Dombey, hearing from the conversation of nob the Grinder with good Mrs. Brown, that the fugitives have gone to Dijon, frenzyfol ,ainofpassion, and the number that city just as Carker and Edith have quarrelled and separated. leonwd-ss withthietmh his in a a rr i N • THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Nos. XIX. and XX. By Gilbat AM tt A'Beckat. These two numbers bring clown the history to the death of George the Second, and complete the work for the present. Mr. A'Beckett, however, !cads us to hope that he may on some future occasion laugh us merrily through the reign of George the Third, and we hope that that future may not be far distant. DOUGLAS JERROLD. " Twiddlethumb Town," by the Editor, is con , ceived and executed in a spirit of genuine Pants gruelism. The " Voyage to the Isle of Jacks" reads like a recovered fragment o f R a b e l a i s. B u t a lth oug h Rabelais might have written the " Voyage to the Isle of Jacks," he was not lar ge - h earte d enoug h t o h ave wr itt e n the description of the cup of patience — neither could old John Runyan have written it, albeit it is somewhat mor e a f ter hi s f as hi on , b u t h e had not the wit. Edmund Spenser might, perhaps, but even he would not have done it better than Douglas Jerrold. Read and judge:— " H a , s ir; what a goblet! I t i s set aroun d w ith dia monds from the mines of Elen ' • it is carved by angelic hands, and filled at the Eternal Fount of goodness. It is the Cup of Patience. Resolve to take it, and though you scoop your pauper hand into the brook, you drink from out the chalice. " Patience is the strongest of streng drinks—for it kills the giant Despair. And sweet it is to think there is no beggar so beggared who may not entertain his cap bearer. Beautiful Hebes—dove-eyed, and clothed in woven light!—who, unseen, minister to the widow and fatherless; who fill the strengthening cup for stumbling want ; who glide . threugh priso n b ars , an d so l ac i n g the p a triot with . the draught, put h opeful mus i c even i n t h e clanking of nis chains. " Delicious drink! And there have been mon who, thinking so, have got so drunk upon pat i ence , t h at t h e sweet intoxication has endured for their lives. Unlike the vinous drunkard, the knocks -:nd bumps they suffer in the tippling, they never feel. Therefore, doubly beautiful is the cup of patience, for there is no remorse ful morrow at the bottom. " And then the magic of the drink! What eyes and ears it gives a man! How bright and how elastic it makes the spirit! When the fruitful dews of 'sine are singing in the brain, that seems to br ea k i nto a purp l e light, reflecting all things gloriously ; and when Briareus only wants a hundred pockets, that he may u hands at once, tossing u p g old and erldsfortril all his men— j why, it may be, the next moment brings the doubtful thought ; the wine rejoices no longe r , b ut stuns ; an d the all-helping giant lies a snoring carcase. " But the draughts from the cup of patience! They really take the masks and coverings f rom th i ngs; an d sharpening the sight with futurity, andquickening the ears with sense above the crash and discord of the world, make the drinker prophet. The deeper his draughts, the keener his eye, the more delicate his ear. Beneath the jewelled crown he sees t he nak p.m! al hat h ip. holloweyed, It stares upon him final co rn The trumpets bray, and he thinks of the note _t atin common file shall call up king and beggar. And. rbe his lot —he strengthens himself with patience, making his heart-strings of immortal proof. And thu. he takes his place, and plays his part: hi , s reproof of pr id e, a sm il e; his rebuke of wrong, a sign . • " Editor hunting in Prussia, should be read by all those admirers of the Prussian regime, and exclaimers against the licentiousness of the press, w h o would , fain see a something analogous to the Prussian cen sorship established in this country. If there ever was an organized hypocrisy inth world it i s t h e beauro cratic Government of Prussia. the censorship of the press has occasioned the dulness of German news papers. If like causes produce like . effects, may we not conclude that that the censorship of the drama has occasioned the dulness of English plays ? Certain it is, that dramatic literature in this country has been gradually declining ever sinc e t h e li cens i n . system has been introduced, and . we su grs t t o M r . Jerrold the propriety of mak in g an endeavour to procure a free stage as well as a free pre ss . The other articles are of average quality. THE MIRROR. This magazine is iroprovini rrpidly every month, and now hoasts a corps of writers equal to any of its competitors. W. H. Maxwell, J• A. St. John, John Oxenford, Angus D. Reach, Stirl i ng Coyne, Percy TO VIE LADIES. This lady had the folloWingleTter - iWerted In the "Times" news paper on Aug. 7, 1546. Reader, remember, this letter was put into the paper by the lady htrself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Ewan-street, Borough, takes this °ppm*. Malty of pabliely thanking Mr. W. Grimetone, of the lierbary, High- Otte for the efficacy et his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hal ren her head, after using it about four months, and the whole of her hair is much stronger aid more luxuriant than lever was leefsre the baldness appeared. 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Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, -=plumings their structures, uses, and functions, and the various „7_ sea that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and arnacetton. •„ BY SAMUEL LA:MERT, 9. 7/11"PORD-STREET. REDFORD-SQUARH, LONDON. beater of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the 'University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London hospital Medical Society, tze -o,434Ltringe reqtrires the fulfilment of several conditions. ia order t it may be really the cause of mutual hapPineas. Could the en. 'which covers the orig in of domestic wret chedness, be raised, _ nd its true source i n ever by i ns t an ce disclosed, in how man y could it ha traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap 21_11tments. Excesses are a l wa ys injurious ; the g ilt, which when :sod uin Moderation is franght w ith advantage, becomes, injury abased, the Prolific so urce o f m i sc hi e f , and of greater or le ss to:ne constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on nature and coneenuence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, ar e Productive of greater severity of misery to the i s aman frame, . salY other to which it is subject. This work contains ass accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and o f 'netr relative conditions In health and disease. It deservedly I s quirea the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health, 1 . 1_04 of the physical capabilities of which every maa should possessed. It nothrtnnately happens that the unhappy reihn of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acqaired 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. Sh ame an d th e dread so ftectiently, hut erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and p revent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In actin thus, he forgets that accurate discriminationi aseertalnl i v the g eans i es ,, of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above a riably characterise the intellisent and practical physician, secr e cy, ar. to n t he medical man who can show by his posse slon of the requisite leg al qualifications that lie is entit l ed to esteem and respect in his profs sional pursnits, the ntmost confidence should he extended. Dr. Lit'afF.llT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his Siplomas ee rtifY, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost *)lily to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may he hod of Rent and Richards, I. Paternoster row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-otreet; Starir, Tichborne tu-set. Haymarket • Mansell, 115, Fleet - street; G ordon, 146, Isead enhall-street, L oudon ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, Me Author, who may he consulted on these disorders personally 1 ' by letter, daily, from Ten till •fsvoi, and from Five till Eight at his rill gonce. 9 , l Selord-strtct Bedford-mut= London. P}ItBY. 7 to 1 apt Dilly's lot Bto 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—take 9to 1 19 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack 25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault—taken to 50, ,000 to 40 agst Mr. J. B. Diy's Nil Desperandum taken, and afterwards offered 30 to 1 abet Mr. Payne's CPrrus—taken to 501, 35 to 1 asst Mr'. Pealey's Besborough—take 40 to 1 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Whitstono—taken to 501. The betting on this, as on all the other events, was uncumtnoaly INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. WEIGHTS FOR TIIE LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL ST EEPLECH A SE. Brunette, 12st 51b—St. Leger, Hit 131b—Wolver hlIRsmtPti7lb' l i s , t ro l c 2 , l ( l3 ( - 1, C I t i i .s a t ntl;e l r ll , ) — ll s s a t u l c 2 e i p b a — n, T l h i e st C l u i r i a b t — e, Mathew, list 10113—Jerry, I lit 71b—Richard the First, list 6113—Prince George, Hit 61b—Father Mathew, list 61b—Pioneer, list 61h—Switcher, Ilst 51b—Alex ander, list 51b—Discount, list 41b—Linnet, list 41b— The Shaver, 1 Ist 41b—The Priest, l Ist 41b—Malvina, 11 st 31b Pinkeen, list 3lb Ashbury Lass, 11 st 31b—Miss Burns, list 31b—b g by Ishmael, out of English Lass, 1 Ist 31b—Cheroot, I Ist 21b—Ca vendish, list 21h—The Nigger, I Ist 21b—Aristides, list lib—Sir Arthur. list llb—hr g by Medora, d by Amsdis, llst—Fanny Eisler, 1 Ist—Hawksworth, llst— Marenao, list—Sophia, 1 lst—Khondooz, llst—Abra ham Parker, 1 lst—Latitat, 1 lat—Cansphine, list—The Irish Bard, list—Tipperary Boy, 1 Ist—Anna, by Man dig, list—Angele, Ilst—Pioneer b), lOst 131 b Picton, 104 t 131b—Boxkeeper, lOst 131b—Eagle, lOst 131 b —Chieftain, by Arthur, out of Luck's-all, lOst 121 b —Councillor, 10it 1 ilb—Dick Thornton, lOst 121 b Salute, lOst 121b—Lapdog, lOst 121b—RopealPr, lOst 121b—Standard Gulrd, 10st 121b—Declaratinn, lOst 121 b —Azcl, lOst 121b—Donna Anna, 10:4 111b—Tom Jolly, lOst 111b—Fortune Teller, lOst 101b—Tim Whiffler, lOst 101 b—La Sylphide, lOst 101b—Farnham, 10st 101 b —Now or Never, lOst 81b—Profligate, lOst 81b—The Sailor, lOst 81b—British Yeonsin, lOst Blb—Young Lot tery, lOst 81b—St. Ruth, lost 71b—Election, lOst 71b —Gipsy Queen, lOst 61b—The Doctor, lOst 611)—Va riety, lOst 411)—Blue Bell, lOst 41b—Emigrant, Wit 41b —lron Duke, lOst 31b—Blue Pill, lOst 31b—Evergreen, lOst—Sparta, lOst—Miss Fop, lOst—Red Lancer, lost —Chatham, 9st 13'.b —Nawortb, 9st 81b Royston Gower, 9st 711). Forfeits to be declared on the 15th instant. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, 1848. Handicap for the Liverpool Spring Cup. King Fisher, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Peep-o'-day Boy, 4 yrs, 7st gib—Sir Mirtin, 4 yrs, 7st 11b—Eanni, 5 yrs, Bst 5113-I;illinafad, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Brown Fly, 5 yrs, 6st 10!6—Administrator, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Rob Roy, 4 yrs, 7st 4!b-I)iptliong, 4 yrs, 6st 91h—Spectator, aged, 7st OA—Mermaid, 5 yrs, 7st 31b—Fernhill, 4 yrs, 6st 616 —Chance, aged, 7,,t 101b—Lady Lurcwell, 4 yrs, 7st 11h— Liston, 3 yrs, fist 31b. Forfeits to be deetared on the 15th inst. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. THURSDAY. Four-mile Stahles.—Second Ties for Derby. Tom-Tit beat beat Viceroy Fidelity beat Tom Thumb. The Exiling Stakes. Mr. Buckworthy's Bulow beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Eton Pet. Mr. Gillet.t's Gilpin best Mr. B. Smyth's Saucy. Mr. Di,bedt.'s Dot beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sikh. Mr. Vipan's Vista beat Mr. Fyson's Feronia. First Ties. Bulow beat Gi!pin I Dot beat Vista. The Cup.—Second Ties. Great Western beat Brutus ! Girl of Kent beat Baona. Iparte. Tho (Mts.—Second Ties. Vitula beat Trifle J Fidolia beat Dance. The Port Stakes.—Second Ties. Figaro beat Fenella Baksheesh ran a bye. The Bottisham Stakes. Mr. Gillett's Guy beat Mr. Fs son, na Gustavus. Mr. Dobedes' Dron beat Mr. Vir in's Velocity. The Chierdey Stakes, Mr. Bnckworth's Beatrice beat Mr. Vipan's Vespasian Mr. Finchi's Ferina beat Mr. GilletCs Gunshot. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cape of Good Hope papers, to the 12th of Decem ber, have arrived, which inform us that Colonel Somerset had been successful in his operations to the east of the Kye, by which the hostile Kafirs lost two thousand head of cattle, and upwards cf twenty mer, who fell in the several skirmishes. Great doubts seemed to exist as to the sincerity of the chief Um hala, in his professed submission to British authority. It was confidently affirmed that numbers of Pato's people were living under the protection of Umhala, whose conduct of late was said to have been of that dubious character as to call for the most rigid in- • quiry. Reports wore in circulation that the Kafirs had again occupied the Amatola. The following general order has been issued dated Cape Town, Dec. 1, 1847 : " ller Majesty having been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.8., to the command of the Forc es at the Cape of Good Hope, and his Excellency having arrived, he was pleased to make the following appointments on his staff:— " Captain H. L. Maydwell, 41st Regiment, Military Secretary. " Major J. Garvock, 31st Regiment, Private Secretary and Extra Aide-de -Camp. "' Lieutenant G. A. Haldich, 80th Regiment, Aide-de-Camp. " Ensign J. Wise, 57th Regiment, Extra Aide de-Camp. " Ensign henry Smith, 14th Regiment, 8.N.1., on leave of absence, to act as Aide-de-Camp. (Signed) " A. J. CLEOTE, Lieutenant-Colonel, G Deputy Quartermaster . eneral: " PORTSMOUTII, TIRMSDAY. —The Isabella, Captain i‘pN e illage, arrived thi , afternoon off the NV ight from the Cape, which she • left on the 10th o f D ecem b er w ith mails, and Captain Horsburgh, Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell and family, passengers, who landed at the Quebec Hotel. General Sir Harry Smith, the newly arrivd Go vernor and Commander in-Chief of the Cape, was to leave Simon's Bay on the lith of December in the Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, for Algoa Bay, whence the gallant chief would push on with all speed for the frontier. friar to the sailing of the Isabella the Arab, 12, Commander Morris, had not arrived from England. The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, had arrived in Simon's Bay a few ,lays prior from England and St. llelena ; and the Admiral in the President, 60, was daily looked for from Bourbon. The Nimrod, 20, CommanderDaerk s, was the or.ly man of war in Simon's Bay when the Isabella left, except the store and depot ship Seringapatam. She did not call at Ascension. PFRNAMBCCO.—LIVERPOOL, TuunsnAr.---By the Hong Kong ‘N c have advices from Pernambuco to E the 9th of December. Commercial affairs fire x • change, 27. Freights — Sugar, 30 s. p er ton to Liverpool; cotton, . On Thurslay, the 10th inst., a general assembly of the academicians of the Royal A cad , my f Arts Was held at their apartments in Trafalgar-square, when Charles West Cope and William l)yce, Esqrs., v, - ere duly elected Royal Academicians in the room f o wilu am L Collins and Henry Roward, Esqrs,. deceased. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buck ingham Palace. The company included their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Duke end Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, Count Arthur Mensdorff, Lady Augusta Cadogan, Madame de Wangen'Lleim, Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Loid George Lennox, Baron Knesebeck, Baron Fritsch, and Colonel Wylde. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attend ance during dinner. Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The company began to arrive at the Palace at a quarter before nine o'clock, and were ushered up the grand staircase to the green drawing room. The Queen and Prince Albert, conducted by the Lord Chamberlain, and followed by their illustrious visitors, afterwards entered the picture gallery, where, at the upper end, a spacious orchestra had been erected for the fir:t performance of the late Dr. Mendelsfohn' , music to to the " (E:iipus Coloneus," an abri:iged English vers!en having been written awl adspted to it, expressly for her Majesty and his Royal highness Prince Albert. It was recited by Mr. Bartley, and the author, who, as upon the occasion of the Antigone's performance, at Windsor Castle, assisted him as his chorus speaker. A numerous and judiciously selected mass of voices ; professional and amateur, singing with great effect the profound and impressive strains which the la• merited author has woven with this beautiful relic o: antiquity, their efforts being ably sustained by her Majesty's private band, increased fur this occasion by a number of the most eminent instrumentalists of the Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Anderson directing the whole performance with his accustomed care and ability, greatly facilitated the execution of the difficult and elaborately-wrought melo-dramatic portions of this noble pen.lant to the Antigone. : An Invocation for (Edipus to the Powers of Hades was charmingly sung by Messrs. Genge, Peck, C. Beale, and Collet, fora ing a quartett, into which the chorus, at its conclusion, glides most effectively. The " Descriptive Chorus of Athens as a State," "The IVar Chorus," and "The Thunder Chorus," went off most impressively. The following had the honour of receiving invita tions :—The Belgian Miniqer and Madame Van de Weyer, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen and Mademoiselle Bunsen, his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke andi Ducl.ess of Norfolk, the Ladies Mary and Adcliza Howard, the Marquis of Ariglesey and Lady Adelaide Paget, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl and Countess Fortescue, the Countess Spencer, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Ccuntess of Hardwicke, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Jocelyn, Viscount Morpeth, Lord and Lady Ashley, lion. Miss Lyttelton, Lord Edward Howard, General Hon. A. Upton, Major- General the Hon. 11. F. and the Ilon. Miss Caven dish; Mr. G. E. awl the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps Sir Robert and Lady Gardinei and Misses Gardiner (two), Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget. Refreshments were served during the evening to the cnmpany in an ante-room. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, rode out on ponies yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was liken an airing. A deputation of the metropolitan parishes, relative to the repeal of the window-tax, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Drowning-street. The depu tation included Viscount Duncan, M.P. ; Mr. J. Williams, M P.; Mr. James Wyld, M.P.; Captain Pechell, M.P.; Sir B. Hall, M.P.; Lord Dudley C. Stuart, M.P.; Mr. George Thompson, M.P. ; and Lord Robert Grosvenor. A deputation from the owners of property in Is. lington, relative to the erection of the London Fever hospital in a populous part of the Liverpool-road, had an interview with Sir G. Grey yt stcrdayat the Home office. The deputation consisted of the Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P.; Mr. John Wood Deane, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Baker, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Henshall, Mr. Keasley, and Mr. F. Minasi. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England had a general meeting yesterday. Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl , of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, the Marquis of C.lan ricarde, Viscount Morpeth, Lord Camp bell, the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, the Right Hon 'l'. B. Macaulay, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, Mr. C. Grcville, and the Hon. W. Bathurst, were present at the dinner pa . rty given by the Lord President on Wednesday evening. 11:r. Wickham, Chairman of the ' Stamps and Taxes, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor es , had the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of South Australia. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed and concluded the hearing of a petition for an extension of the term of Purkus's Patent. _ - DEATH or SM;, --- (3tRORGIE YOUNG, BART.—This gentleman died on the Bth inst., at his seat, Formosa. near Maidenhead, Berks, in the 52d year of his age. He married, in 1830, the daughter of the late Mr. Sergeant Praed, but leaves no issue. EXETER HALL. llanders Judas Afaccabmus was performed last evening, under the direction of Mr. Ilullah. Great interest was excited by the announcement that Mr. Reeves, was to sustain the tenor part, and the hall was densely crowded in every part. Before the perform ance began a handbill was circulated, stating that Mr. Reeves was labouring under severe indisposition, but that he would, nevertheless, attempt to sing. lie sang accordingly, and exerted himself in a manner which called forth the warmest express'ons of admi ration and pleasure. Ile showed at Once that he knew how to sing llanders music, and that his Italian education, while it gave a grace and smoothness to his cqntilena, which English singers rarely attain, did not derogate from the plain simplicity of style which this music demands. He did not introduce an embellishment, or even an inflexion, which the se verest llandelian could find fault with, while he expressed, with force and beauty, every shade of the composer's meaning. Mr. Reeves has it in his power succeed Brain= as the greatest English singer; an d , i n ( bag so, he must also make himself, as a singer, the greatest English speaker. The sublime choruses with which this oratorio abounds were ad mirably, executed. In the grandest and most difficult of them, " 0 Father, whose almighty power," and " Hear us, 0 Lord," the complicated points of the harmony were taken up with as much precision as if each part were one gigantic voice ; and every shade and gradation of tune was given with the delicacy which can be attained only by excellent discipline. It is an advantage attending Mr. Hullah's perform ances that the choristers are not compelled to scream and bellow at the utmost pitch of their voices, in order to be heard amid a storm of brazen sounds from the orchestra. His instrumental band supports his voices without overpowering them. HIM MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE HATMARKET THF.ATRE.—IIer Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Majesty the King of the Belgians, and attended by a numerous suite, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence on Wednesday evening, the first night after her return to town. The play was the Wife's Secret, and her Majesty and the Royal party seemed highly gratified with the exquisite acting of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean in this beautiful drama. Those accomplished artistes were e nthusiastically applauded throughout the evening, and the applause not unfrequently 'pro ceeded from the royal box—a compliment which was most richly deserved. After the performance, her Majesty expressed her very great delight with the play and the acting. ELECTION FOR THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF SHROPSIIIRE.—The sheriff has appointed Wednesday next, 16th inst., for the election of a Member for that division of the county, vacant by Viscount Clive's succession to the peerage. Mr. J. W. Dod, the Con servative candidate, is expected to be elected without opposition, no other candidate having presented himself. His Excellency Sir Stratford Canning arrived in London on Wednesday from Paris and Switzerland. His E ecellancy had a protracted interview with Viscount Palmerston immediately after his arrival from the French capital. We understand Sir Stratford will remain about a fortnight in town before he departs for Constantinople to resume his diplomatic duties as Ambassador at the court of the Sultan. ALARMING FIRE AT WALUAM GREEN. Last evening, between and seven o'clock, information was received at the London engine stations of a fire having broken out at Walham- green, Fulham. Three brigade engines, with that belonging to the West of England Company, were immediately dispatched thither, where the fireman found that the outbreak had ocourred on the premises of Mr. Gower, the omnibus proprieto broke out in the stablingeof Mr. Bowers, the landlordlighted _of the George Inn, from a spark flying from a 1 0 1 7 i t n eu g candle amongst the hay and straw in the lofts. premiss would one time feared that the whole range ofdprnerin to the highly combustible nature of the s tock i , h i b t ho w ur a s sa a t t have been el. s'royed. Thein m4fr h s or a s t ; s uned neighbours er t e lofts, teat portion of the first got the whole of the valuable ii _ and they then set to work, dby :Ires, per . severance p su r c o e p e e e r t t l y ed in in: i o , n ic ti h ni , n h g o t , h c e om fla m m e e n s ce t d o . FIRE IN Huriozaronn ARCADE.—Last night, betwe,n seven and eight o'clock, a fire, that caused con sidernblc alarm, bat fortunately did no considerable d amaz e, broke out upon the premises 01 Messrs. Costa an d Ell s ay, n ewseendero, situate in Hungerford Arcade. It waS Caused by some defect in the gas pipe, which pour to escap e . Th e stoc k i n trade was severelyall.cl the v damageda before the fire could be extinguished. The tl :rues a ere confined entirely to the premises in which they commenced. CALEDONIAN IlAir.wAy.—We u nderstand that al- though the mail trains on the Caledonian commence to run at rates var3ing from sixteen to seventeen or eighteen hours betwixt Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Lon dun; yet, on and after Ist of March express trains will run betwixt London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, in thir. teen hours; betwixt:Liverpool and Manchest?r , and Edin burgh and Glas2;ow, in eight hours; and between Bir mingharn, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, in nine and a ha' hours.—Caledonian Mercury. U