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IJNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL. I P_ATioNase—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. v .c.. Pareoxess—ller Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT. PRESIDENT—Lor d BROUGHAM and VALTX. • TaxAnnan—The Baron de GOLDSMID. CHAPLAIN—The Rev. Dr. STEBBING, F.R.S. • •••„ VICE-PRESIDENTS. II • The Duke of Somerset, K.G. The Duke of Bedford, K.G. The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. The Duke of Sutherland, K.G. The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G. The Earl of Radnor • The Earl Fortescue • The Earl of Burlington The Earl of Auckland, G.C.B . Lord John Russell, M.P. • Viscount Morpeth, M.P. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice Lord Portman • The Lord Bishop of Durham • The Lord Bishop of Norwich The Right Hon. Sir F. Pollock • The Right Hon. Dr. Lushingten The Right lion. Thomas Erskine • The Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge The Hon. Mr. Justice Coltman The lion. Mr. Justice Mauls Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart., M.P. Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart. The Baron de Goldsmii, I.R.S. George Bishop, Esq. • P. Stafford Carey, Esq. John Cartels, Esq. Charles Dixon, Esq. William Walker Drake, Esq. J. Heywood, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. Jolson Pemberton Heywood, Esq. Joseph Hume, Esq., 31. P. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. William Marshall, Esq., 31. P. Charles Morris, Esq. Martin Thackeray, Esq. William Tooke, Esq., F.R.S. thZ T PZ TIVAL in aid of the Funds of the Hospital will be held at 3,2 44 g 41 1 Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TIdURSDA.T, the 4th tut Pal lazl • F ORTESCIJE, Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, in the Chair. STEWARDS. The Duke of Bedford, K.G. The Earl Fitewilliam The Earl of Auckland, G.C.B. Viscount Morpeth, M.P. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. Lord Robert Grosvenor, 3f.P. The Lord Bishop of Durham The Hon C. P. Villiers, M.T. The Right Hon. Dr. Lushington The Right. Hon. T. B. Macaulay The Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan The Right Hon. Edward Strutt The Hon. Richard Denman Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart. The Baron de Goldsmid, F.R.S. Sir Moses Monteflore, Bart., F.R.S. J. H. Adams, Esq. Robert J. Bagshaw, Esq. David Barclay, Esq. George Bishop, Esq. James Blyth, Esq. James Booth, Esq. John E. Blunt, Esq. Matthew Clark, Esq. Hyde Clarke, Esq. Charles Cope, Esq. Thomas Cope, Esq. J. Malcolm Corrie, Esq. William Cubitt, Esq., M.P. The Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A. Professor De Morgan John Dillon, Esq. Charles Dixon, Esq. Professor Donaldson, M.1.8.A. William Duckworth, Esq. Edward Enfield, Esq. John Evans, Esq. Joshua Evans, Esq. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Daniel Gaskell, Esq. Thomas F. Gibson, Esq. Francis Henry Geldsmid, Esq. Frederick D. Goldsmid, Esq. Professor Grant, M.D., I.R.S. George B. Greenough. Esq., Charles Gregory, Esq. - - James Hakes, Esq. Thomas J. Hall, Esq. Alers liankey, Esq. Philip Hardwick, Esq., F.H.B. • J.-Helbert Helbert, Esq. Dr. Henderson J a mes Heywood, Esq., M,l'. John Pemberton Heywood, Esq. J. Hopkinson, Esq. - The Rev.-Henry Hughes, M.A. -David Jardine, Esq. Z. A. Jessel, Esq. Henry Lewis, Esq. - -Emanuel Lottsada, Esq. - • The Rev. D. Marks Richard Martineau, Esq._ John R. Mills, Esq. Nathaniel Montellore, Esq. Thomas Morton, Esq. Professor Newman Robert Philips, Esq. J. Lewis Ricar do, Esq., M.P. A. G. Roberts, Esq. • Robert Rogers. Esq. Edward ROlnilly, - Esq. The itolleitor-Gener B4 Samuel Sharpe, Esq. P ro fessor Sh:trpey, M t D., F.R.S. Martin T. Smith, Esq., M.P. The Rev. Dr, Stabbing, F.R.S. Charles Summers, Esq. Professor Byrne barjeant TalfOnrd , fohn Taylor, Esq., F.R.S. Richard Taylor, Esq. Martin Thackeray, Esq. Professor Thomson, N.D. Henry Warburton, Esq., F.R.S. John Watson, Esq. John Williams. Esq., M.P.; • Professor Williams, 14.1ti,‘P.R.S. John Wood, Esq. Dinner at Six o'clock punctually. The Hospital Committee make this appeal to public benevolence eider cirminlStances of more than usual urgency. It is now two years since the last festival. I)oring that time, while the prevalence of epidemic disease and lettered distress has caused an increase in the number of patients, and eost of maintaining the charity has been further augmented by Llth prices of provisions, the Committee have proceeded with plans improving the accommodation for patients by an extension of the 4 421 T They have thus incurred expenses and liabilities toe large , . . , 'everted Ihnd if tipwards . of 5,0001. has asea A ntonio& An t . , e! l aparacted. For some time put the Hospital hM beeh foe Its malatansUice on a doe from the Treasurer. - • , 7 Thill charity, besides providing relief in sickness for the poor of the • 1 1141 .1 11 and increasing neighbourho od in which it is situate, is open ' hospital to all sick and des titute p ersons, sad for the our wet Of extending its bene fi ts as widel y as p ossible, the clergymen. •._ • - "‘.....ntinisters officiating in the surrounding parishes are invited tb Petients. ' Of the atonal cost of maintaining the charity on its present footing , - safety is contributed by the Medical School of University College. -. &,1‘.! 2.5001 . being annually paid over by the Council to the Hospital 4 - ,,,mittee as the amount of students' fees for clinical instruction. C. 40 disbursements amount to 5,0001. ; a de fi ciency of 1,9101. has to "`,,. _Provided for every year. 41441 and other furniture are required for the new wards ; the mi litia ti a expanse of supporting the occ u p ants of 50 additional beds is es - Med at 1,500/. The number of beds which the Hospital is no* s v44ble of containing is 200. t ik Th .. o number of patients was last yea r 18,794, of whom 1,403 were 10t,, - 7, tl ehto, and 50S women in childbirth, attended at their own ha ea..-O4s the remaining number rece ived relief as out-patients or as applicants. et pantsYm of the Church of England officiates as chaplain, bdt ef '"Y_„ ent is allowed to have the advice of a minister of that form •n o advancement whleh be himself professes. nu...° advancement of the sciences of medicine and surgery is pre and mu c h consequent benefit conferred on the public of all , Pitai ,„ b Y the existence of the Scho ol of Medicine, of which this Hos 71,k_vrals so important a branch. - Tr. "U. One Guinea each, may be had of the Stewards, if the as v u _arer, at the Tavern, at the Hospital, and at the Office of the b; e llitY College, London. the f l 4 tiens and Subscriptions will be received by the Treasurer and ing Bankers :—Coutts and Co., 59, Strand—London and tif i k . Oster Bank, Bloomsbury Branch—Scott and Co., I, Caven 804Pla•re—Smith, Payne, and Smith, 1 , Lembard - street. A t the )1 4 , the Apothecary, the Matron, and Clerk to the Committee It t e rukted receipts, signed by the Treasurer, ready for delivery to ti24 e et an t°rl ' —tors and Subscribers who do not make their payments to Ires....,kera are requested to take printed receipts signed by the 11148. J. W. GOODIFF, Clerk to the Committee. ~~rpf IMPORTANT DISCOVERY, PULMONARY b„_ CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, &c, CURABLE. boo,:yrILLIAM MOORE LL OT, M.R . .C.5., Limerick, having for litany years engaged investigating into the causes of Cos ptlon Bronchites, Asthma, and the different Diseases of the lerii'Lluld Lungs, and the proper treatment for their removal; in- L12..1 1401 0 persons labouring under Consumption (even when both are diseased), or any of the above diseases, that he is at ' , utated able te undertake their perfect curing, although in the most .., state. to ur••• will be Pulmonar y Diseases, ose parents whose children have encY to y as to the proper course necessary p_ MoPted for their prevention. o ,_7 l lons applying, will require in every case to be as minute as Able in describing the disease. FEE 0/(E GUINEA. 2 11111 11 M-street, Limerick. A L BUSINESS RHYME for EASTER TIME weave a rhyme fbr Easter time, That holiday of spring ; When flags display their colours gay, And merry changes ring. gall, Easter, hail I Thy Joys prevail, Wherever we may turn ; Thy hours give birth to scenes of mirth, Which none bat stoics spurn. The busy fair, where crowds repair, Or animated park, Has ever been a cheerful scene, Which thousands gladly mark. 'Tis there we view the dresses new, From MOSES' noted Mart; Unmatched attire, which all admire, As elegantly smart. MOSES and SON hate ever won The highest approbation For Easter dress, which all confess, Unequalled in the nation. These garments prime, for Easter time. Claim fashion's palm for MOSES ; And all adsnire the choice attire Which such such a Mart discloses• LIST 01' PRIC ES. "JUDY NADZ. -- - Belllt Tag'lord ...• .. •••• • • • • • .• • —from £0 9 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely trimmed..." . 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Suit of Clothes complete .. ••• • • • 1 16 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. .__Observe..—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the ey rturned. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, r b alers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for 7 1 ., and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Mlnories , and 83, ..;,. 11 69 and 86 Aldgate , City, London. entioa.—B. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the ?altainst impostors, but have learned that the untraclesman k_.7 falseh ood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. to connexion with any other house in or out of London; an dhese whe desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at. to. Min x odes and Aldgate, City, London. business transacted at this establishment from sun onset Saturday, when business ls resumed till twelve UZI W M 1 • ' No. 17 344.] LONDON ) FRIDAY ~i:7fax._ tr... 1 :#0 !UM • . • . : • APRIL 28, 1848. PUBLIC in behalf of the THOM, Poet of Inverury. TTEE. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause SALISBURY v. SALISBURY, the Creditors of THOMAS SALISBULLY, formerly of lancaster,iu the County Palatine of Lancaster, and late of Leam ington Priors, in the county of Warwick, Gentleman (who died on the Ist day of December, 1847), are to come in and prove their Debts beers. Sir WILLIAM HORNE, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Loudon, on or before the 12th day of May, 1848, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree. PUBLICATIONS. &NM, SPIRIT 6f , fhe PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES. —The Attorney-General for Ireland has abandoned the two indictments against Mr Mitchell in one: : in, to renew them in another. No kind of inter ee - will attach to the technical discussion which too •ce in th e Q ueen ' s B ench as to the appearance of Mitchell by person or attorney. It is suffi ci; , eto kno w th at an information is filed, on the tr .of which th e mer i ts of the case will be sub -t" lly at issue. Whatever may be the case . - w Messrs. S m i t h O'Brien andMeagher, who we suspect since the passing of the late Act will be ready enough to slip their necks out of the halter, Mr. John Mitchell appears inclined to go on mer r il y enough: His language the other day when in conference with the two Chartist delegates, shows that he at least is sincere when he expresses his determination to go on with the agitation at all costs and at a ll events. Mr. itchell is pFobably doing the country goo d service despite of himself The greater his violence, the shorter will be his reign. Irish agita tion in its p resent form has reached the hour when it must cease to b e . C onciliation-hall is too, and the Irish Confeder a ti on too strong, to atestv?;etak the desired purpose. The Old Ireland or Conciliation-hall party will shortly have to d ate f rom the Hegira o r fli g h t o f Mr. Sohn O'Connell . Th e i r more tempestuousslbirethren of the Confederation mu s t come to a stand much for the reason that a p arty of drunkeib t r t h i a e v i v r l p e r r e s t i y n the public streets leave the full celebration oif (cries unaccomplished and half th e gas -l amps of a szf'rls-et unshatteree. That reason i s p rosa i c but " satisfactory Street unshattere. That reason is prosaic but Satisfactory. A party of dull dogs in the' shape of poli cemen lay hands upon upon the Bacchanalian rout, and convey them to a cool sequestered spot where the English sot and the Irish rebel must alike learn a lesson of composure and re pentance. It would be too much to expect that with the extinction of these two organizations—the one effete, the other premature—that agitation in Ireland should definitively cease. Wherever there is ignorance, wherever there is poverty as the raw material, and needy adventurers to turn it to account, there the manu facture of agitation will progress , now in greater, n ow in lesser parcels, according to the varying circumstances of the time and the chances of profit. Thus much, how ever, will be gained:—By the recent Bill the Irish pa triots will be referred to their proper category, and that not a very high one, in the pub he estimation. They will be broken up into inexplicable and irreconcileable sections. Already since the death of Daniel O'Con nell we have witnessed a repetition of short time of the old story of Alexander's generals. _ confusion will become thrice confounded. The curious in nice distinctions will have an opportunity of indulging the bias of their minds. Physica l force and moral force will prove the two points of departure from whence a thousand rivulets will flow with varied pro portions from the parent fountains. It will be as diffi cult to distinguish between them as between the here tics of the Primitive Church, or the scholastic dreamers of the middle ages. There is nothing strange in this. Could the spectre of Daniel O'Connell be summoned up from the Ender of Glassnevin, the astute shadow could not suggest to his successor any means of keeping to gether the discordant elements of agitation in Ireland. They had already escaped from his control. Where he still in possession of the I3rehon throne in Conciliation hail, he would be unable to check O'Brien Poliorcetes, or Meagher of the Sword, or the humane philosopher of the United Irishman in their mad career. He himself would have gone out of fashion for the same reason that the dilatory security of a two horse stage gives place to the explosive speed of the steam express. It was not possible in the nature of things to keep an assemblage of Irishmen quiet P in the tea-room for any lengthened period of time while 'Donnybrook with its usual amusements was in full Career outside. The famine first, and then the coati ' nental revolution would have deranged all its calculations. ,He at least, however loudly he might proclaim them, was abundantly aware of the inadequacy of " Irish 'grievances" to justify a sanguinary civil contest. He know, moreover, the certain failure that would attend upon armed rebellion. Let us devoutly hope, for his own sake, that he was sincere in the profession of his wish to avoid the bloody arbitrament of war. A second repeal agitation, equal in duration and poli tical significance to that carried on for a quarter of a century by Daniel O'Connell, is now perfectly out of the question. We might as well look for another ten years' war against Troy in our own times. To make no mention of the different capacity of the historical and actual leaders of agitation, the heroes of the Irish Confederation approach their task with the unfavourable prestige of a twenty-five sl years' failure. Irish grievances have been so much and so often dis cussed in the Imperial Parliament that their nature is exactly understood both here and in Ireland. There is the question of the Roman Catholic priesthood, which is, perhaps, the only grievance peculiar to Ireland. The other changes demanded find their counterpart on this side ot , it .5,, • • either here or there tne present state of the law exercises any appreciable influence on the physical condition of the people. Extension of the suffrage, increased privi leges to the municipalities, and so forth, are claimed by the " Extreme Left " in England as well as in Ireland. Upon other points —such as the relation between landlord and tenant, and the regulations af fecting landed property—the Legislature would be too happy to arrive at any satisfactory solution, could any be indicated such as experience would sanction or ,reason allow. Exclusive of such questions as those we have just enumerated, we find the more violent of the Irish Members, when called upon categorically to enunciate the grievances of their country, wasting the time and patience of the House with impudent attempts to extort subsidies from the public Treasury, or hurling reproaches at the Minister for aggravating those conse quences of the famine he did his utmost to avert. No continuous agitation was ever founded upon so rotten a basis as detected misrepresentation, and this is all upon which the modern school of Irish patriots can hope to build. Conciliation- hall was within an ace of being closed the other day. The moral force " humbug," as it is called in Ireland, is on its last legs. After the death of Daniel O'Connell its only support came from the turbulent and disaffected amongst the Roman Catholic priesthood the disciples of the M‘Hale school. Now that the Pope, by his rescript, and all that is dignified and respectable in the Church in . , Ireland have set their faces against the desecration' of their calling by the prieethood, Conciliation-hall stands alone. This, however, potential as it may he, is not the main cause of the decadence of that noble institution. It is Messrs. Mitchell, and Meagher, and Smith O'Brien who have taken the wind out of the sails of the O'Con nells. The first -named patriotic gentlemen will ere long have time to reflect at their leisure upon the good old proverb ab ou t the " half lo a f" an d the "no bread." An issue will now be tendered them which it will be compe tent to them to refuse or accept. On the first hypothesis, there is an end of their trade; on the second, they will have an o pp ortun i ty at once of trying conclusions- with the Government. In either case we may predict that the days of the Irish Confederation are numbered. It is time that there should be an end of all this civil turmoil, and that the monstrous falsehood of the Imperial mis government in Ir e l an d s h ould be scattered to the winds. Whatever force, physical or moral, the Government may need to p ut an end to the disorders by which Ireland has been so long ae,itated is r ea dy t o t h e i r h an ds. They have e v i nce d a l ready their earnest desire to do all that legislation can achieve to remedy the misery of that country. There is ono remedy which would prove of more value than a thousand tatutos, or an annual bickering about the fundamental laws of the kingdom— and that is peace and tranquillity. Lord John 'Russell cannot sow the soil of Ireland from Waterford to Done gal—Lord John Russell cannot reclaim the Bog of Alien, nor convert Connemara into the similitude of the Horticultural Gardens at Chiswick. These are not the times when a First Minister grasps a big stick, and goes out to hi s twe l ve labours like Hercules. The Irish, however, can do all these things for themselves, would they but once admit to their own minds the necessity of labour, and the uselessness and criminality of causeless political agitation. The measures whlcii will enable LordClareiidon to deal with the insane and unprincipled men who are now engaged in driving their country to the verg e o f ruin is now the law of the land. Not a moment should be lost in putting its provisions in force, and we shall soon see if a small body of men despised hi England, rejected by France, and condemned in Ireland will much longer continue to threaten society with dis solution. CHRONICLE.— On Tuesday last Sir H. J. Fust per formed a difficult and anxious duty, and performed it well. Giving judgment in the case of" Geils t'. Geils," will be admitied to have been a very critical under taking, after what has come before the public touching the circumstances, the parties, the doctors and proctors, and the judge. Not merely the character of the Court, but the dignity of English justice, might have been com promised, had he been wanting to the emergency. He was bound to rise superior to both suspicion and intimi dation. It was imperatively required of him, that he should not be irritated into fretfulness by the snappish bark or savage bite of the advocate, nor stunned out of his sobriety by the thunder of the press. Above all, he had to avoid that worst, and yet most frequent, kind of moral cowardice—the doing what he thought wrong, lest, ;if he dig what he thought right, an unworthy motive should be imputed to him. A judgment which occupied seven hours and a half in the delivery can only be printed in an abridged form by a newspaper, and should not be hastily criticized ; but, so tar as our present lights extend, we think it will at least carry conviction to the minds of all impartial readers, that the evidence has been carefully sifted; that the essential points have been judiciously separated from the mass; that the prin ciplesd of law have been logically applied to the facts; and that sound justice, emphatically speaking, has been done. The proceedings in this case (andihef the im portant) were commenced by the gentleman, in . shape of a suit for the restitution of a c r o n n t iel o g n :st al r le ig g h in ts g . The lady retaliated by a claim fora ru se e p ty, l adultery, and three perfectly distinct grounds;in si c blo kind. 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The manner in which even her best qualities might have led gradually to the fatal differences which ensued, clearlywas stated by the judge; she was hig hl y and de servedly esteemed by her friends, but she must have been very badly advised indeed when she suffered her self to go the awful lengths, in the way of accusation, to which she stood committed in the end. Dr. Addams must excuse us, but when he was pleased to declare of himself that he was " a triton among the minnows" in the Court of Arches, we were as much struck with the ludi crous exaggeration, as with the unbecoming arrogance of the bout. He may be an able advocate, but he was certainly not a well-judging one, when he placed an odious, :ague, and ill-supported imputation in the foreground, and made an indiscriminate on slaught on every one, from the judge to the crier, because the whole world would not join with him, on the instant, in declaring Mr. Geils a brute and a monster, to be driven with execration from society. Sir H. J. Fust said, " that this was the first case, he be lieved, in which the question had ever been raised as to the particular kind of offence here charged." It may be the first time such a charge has ,come before the Court, hut it is certainly not the first time such a charge has been brought against their husbands by women, who of s th awi e lady, it a ready understand h ow a ny person of sense and feeling could ell.Pgrage. a _wife, .in -niiittiug . fum y a ch arge agamat- the father of children, unless she 'lists prepared with evidence leaving not the remotest doubt on the mind of a ny r e asonable being of his guilt. Is it possible th a t D r . Addams can have read (not to lay, dra wn or set tl e d) t h e thi r ty-second article, and not been struck by its indirectness, uncertainty , and inconsisten c y ? And then, the affecting simplicity ady•apparently as ignorant of the forbidden chapters of natural history as Madame Lafarge, who assur es us, in in her Memoi rs , th a t, th oug h s he had per sistedhereslf t o be living t separ a t e ly f rom h er h us b an d , s h e b e li ev ed seem s t res Qstensiblem en t grosse 1 B u t thi s sim plicitythe moth er ) t o run in the f am il y . "I a d v i se d h er ( sa id o take advice upon the su bj ec t, an d i n the As to Mr. all communication with h er h us b a nd." Humes,evidence f . confession all i t , ar irom amounting to a very profligately am ounts to is, th a t M r . G e il s ta l ke d down and drank and that Mr, Hume afterwards sate a glass argue that insuffi c i ent of wine w i t h hi m. T o Pro be cause complete pr oo f is unattainable, i s to• sanction should b e admitted, the grossest injustice ; and itso i n an y quarter, that the slightest should never b e f orgotten sort may make the whole of a man's after life a b urthen imputation of thi s to him. The marriage vow would lo se it were liable to be set aside on the firstits sacred ness if new inclination, the first feeling of satiety, growth o f a discovery of a difference in taste or temPreror. the first people should be compelled to make a sustained Married effort for a period, and neither divorces nor separations should be rendered too easy. But there is a medium in most things; and we incline to think t h at too much difficulty, of the technical kind, is thrown in t he way of separa tions in England. There may be cruelty without blows ; and there Easy be infidelity ou the part of the husband, without unkindness. Sir H. J. Fust, however, being bound by precedent and practice to base his decision on some specific head, did right in fixing on the allegatiun of adultery; but we are sorry he was prevented from pronouncing broadly for the separation, on the ground that it was utterly impos sible for the parties to live together again; instead of relying exclusively on Mr. Geil's illicit intercourse with women of an inferior rank, which, deeply culpable as it is, implies no lasting estrangement of affection in the man. "By heaven, by all that is sacred," said Jones, "your image was never out of my heart.' The delicacy of your sex cannot conceive the grossness of ours, nor how little an amour of that sort has to do with the heart." " I will never marry a man," replied Sophia, very gravely, " who shall not have refinement enough to be as incapable as I am of myself making such a distinc • Lion." The whole of these proceedings illustrate, in the strongest manner, the defective character of our ecclesiastical jurisprudence, and the faulty consti tution of the court. It is not the judge, the officers, or the practitioners, who were to blame for anything that has been made the subjeet of invidious com ment, but the system. Sir 11. J. Fust has successfully vindicated the particular ex am i ner ,' b e nt, at is Wi be, said for such a method o f examinatio, ne witness lk looks as well as anoth er on p a p er: all si n s esitation or confusion are dmitted; and Nte ' skoUld ber H. J glad to know why such istu es as those * wh\cki Si J. Fust had to try should not be submitted to a jutvy, as wegl' as those involved in an action of slander, seduction, or' crim. con. In the spiritual courts, or a court of equity, a man and his wife, backed by th • • their respective friends, moy ..rotAxully pin tlil criminatin and • • • ... witi, 44, ,.. 444..... _k__,_ F recriminating for cub - Fe - bill; and theiii-VirrtrittritiVaiWiateirtetit: Johnson' t i reply to Gilbert Walmsley, the registrar of the spiritual court at Lichfield, who objected that the catastrophe of Irene was too much precipitated, since the author could not make the heroine more miserable than she was in the third act. " Yes, I can," was the reply, "I can put her into the Spiritual Court." THE NEW NOVEL " ANGELA," UT THE AUTHOR or " EMILIA WINDHAM."—This work will certainly add to the well-established fame of' one of our best and purest novelists. The story is marked by great delicacy of sentiment and moral beauty. It is written with great feeling, and appeals to sympathies which all mankind have in common. The writer's view of life is large, and her perception of character quick and distinct. Her central figure, " Angela," stands out in light. In the work are personages whom we recognise at once as re presentatives of whole classes of society. Mrs. Usher wood, the handsome, active, ostentatious wife of a rich City man, who expects her governess to be constantly at work from six in the morning till nine at night ; Mr. Darby, a patron of the turf, always hovering between beggary and opulence ; Augusta Darby, high-spirited, impetuous, and passionate, but with her pride subdued by her affection ; and Mr. Vavasour, the heir to a peer age, but a scanty income, whose natural elegance of mind renders him unwilling to enter on the active busi ness of life ; these are portraits finished with a masterly hand.—Britannia. Howard Aionek Yesterday their Royal Hignesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by the Lady lionoria Cadogan, the Baroness Posen, Sir 11. Mildmay, Mr. Mildmay, and Major Stevens, visited the exhibition of the Royal Academy, previous to its opening to the public. They were received and con ducted through the rooms by the keeper and secre tary, Sir Richard Westmacott, and the rest of the council. PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE JEws.—The usual annual meeting of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews was held u ee yesterday evening in the Freemasons' Hall, Gre a t C~lstreet , which was on the occasion filled in every part with a highly respectable audience. The chair was taken, at six o'clock, by Mr. John Dean Paul, w ho, in opening the proceedings alluded to the great changes which had recently taken place in different parts of the world as having some bearing upon the prophecy which announced that the Jewish nation would yet be recon stituted. lie congratul.ited the meeting upon the pros. perity which attended the society, its hinds having in creased, and its labours in diffusing Christianity among the children of Israel having been crowned with consi derable success. From the report which was read by the secretary it appears that th e soc i ety has established acollege t e beai o duca t tion . you ng Ch r i stianized Jews, n,i r training fur e becom e the m i ss i onaries of the a Gospel among their own peopl e. During the past year eight pupils have been qualified to undertake these duties, and the results of this experiment are looked forward to with confident hopes of success. The amount of subscriptions for the year was stated to be 3,3001., out of which there remains unexpended a balance of 501. Th_e_Rev. Dr. Archer. the R.,v. Mr_ Ilamiltim, Captain Vernon Ilareourt, and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting in support of the usual resolutions, after adopt ing which the meeting separated. BEFOaaI M OVEMENT IN BIRMINGHAM.-13IR. MINGIIIM, THURSDAY.—During the past week the fol lowing declaration has been in course of signature in this town;._." We, the undersigned, earnestly desire the following political changes, and hereby express our de termination, by all peaceful and constitutional means, to obtain the same:—Household suffrage, vote by ballot, electoral districts, and triennial Parliaments." The de claration, up to last night, had received the signatures of upwards of six thousand of the inhabitants of this bo rough, includi ng th e t wo re p resenta ti ves (M r . Muntz an d W e ston, Cutler, Scholefield), several of the borough magis tr ates, Aldermen Muntz, Room, Thornton, Phillips, during sixteen Cutler, Lawdon, and Palmer; and about fifteene VI councillors. There were several meetin tr gs ,„ a nd other h , the past week on the extension of these var i o us parties, u ra changes, but it is probable that will h having the same object in view, vl to this jo in in the above declaration. A meeting of the subscribers Wednesday next, at the de claration has been called for Town•hall. This morning d t the Chartist section of Re- formers, between the more moderate there would appear to exist whomcraenconcilable differences, issued an address to " the gentl emen composing the peopl e ' s party in the H o use of Commons. " A meeting of thi s party is to be i held s in the Town - hall on Monday next, end will, it announced, be addressed by Mr. Henry Vincent and others. GLasc ow.—A DISCOVERY.—EarIy on Tuesday morning, a reverend gentleman, residing in the west end, was , prcparin . e• to retire to rest for the night, when he heard a singular noise proceeding from under his bed. His curiosity, we shall not say his fears, Was so much excited, that he made immediate search into the cause. His surprise may be imagined when he discovered, stretched at full length, a young girl who was sound as leep, and apparently so comfortably situated that she entertained no apprehension of beingdisturbed. He immediately raised the alarm, and in a few minutes afterwards the damsel was in the hands of the police. Her object had been plunder, as a bundle was found lying in a convenient spot, ready bsnatchedall to when the family had retired to rest, and everything quiet.— North British Mail. INTELLIGENCE. \_ \ • PORTSMOITTH, APRIL 27.—Tly , ilo'.ve, 1 20, Captain Slr :famesi.itirlirig, arrivei at Spithead this morning, and anchored at eight o'clock with the Queen Dowager On board from Madeira, which i‘he left on the evening of thP 14th inst., the Scourge in c,wapany, which has been towing the Howe during the last three days. The Scourge has brought the luggage into harbour. The Fairy yacht embarked his Royal Highness Prince Albert at Aiede's pier this morning and brought him to Spithead to visit the Queen Dowager. The Lightning steam-tender took out the Lieutenant.? Governor and staff this morning, to Spithead, to visit the Queen Dowager. Wind S. Moderate breezes and cloudy weather. The following mates passed for lieutenants on board the Excellent this morning : Messrs. Iluthwaite, Carrington, and Hope, of the Ex cellent ; Mr. Peel and Acting-Lieutenant Hickley, late of the Persian; Mr. Andrews, late of the Bramble; Mr. Comeek and Mr. Gibbons, late of the Ceryslort ; and Messrs. Gibson and Lloyd. IRELAND. REPLY OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT TO THE BELFAST ADDRESS. DUBLIN, APRIL 2 6.—QUARTER TO SiX O'CLOCK:— The following is the copy of the reply of the Lord- Lieutenant to the address from the town of Belfast; presented to his Excellency this day at the Vice•regal Lodge.— "Gentlemen,—The opinions of a community so dis tinguished for energy, enterprise, intelligence, and honourable industry, as the inhabitants of Belfast, must at all times command the most respectful consideration; for no persons can be better qualified to form fi sound judgment upon the condition of their country than those whose interests are deeply involved in its continued prosperity. Your address, therefore, founded upon resolutions which were agreed to, with remarkable unanimity, by a public meeting at Belfast, is of the utmost value at a moment when you justly consider that the best interests of Ireland are endangered, not by a free press, and legitimate discussion, which are the great bulwarks of national liberty and prosperity—but by the utter rejection of truth and argument, and the adoption of every device and invention that could seduce a suffering and excitable people into open rebellion, and acts of the most sanguinary violence. "In language befitting the occasion, you have de nounced the few mischievous men who, for their own purposes, seek to entail such incalculable misery upon this country; and I beg you will except my cordial thanks for the public service you have thus performed,as well for the expression of your satisfaction with the mea sures that have been and are being adopted to maintain the peace of the metropolis. It was my duty to guard against the occurrence of outbreak, and by every means at my disposal to protect the people from their advisers, upon whom alone should fall the punishment due to their guilty designs. " The calm and deliberate opinion which you have pronounced in favour of that Legislative Union by which the integrity of the British Empire is maintained, can not fail to have great weight, not only in Ireland, but throughout Europe. You have found the union with Great Britain favourable to the increase of your manu- factures, the extension of your commerce, and the gene ral prosperity of your town, because you have applied great intelligence and energy to the develop ment of national resources, and because you have never entertained the belief that any po litical or legislative measure could form a substitute for the exercise of persevering in-! dustry and skill. For my ' own part I am firmly convinced that the maintenance of the union fie_c ti , prosperity, expect f is far m ore i mportant to Ireland than to Great Britaia, nn we i u ts ld soon due r and th a t a ll t h ose who honestly, though perhaps without repeal better nd the irlegislationand delusionsincreased it poled by diminished production, impoverished trade, and tra s, and the ruin of confidence and credit—that these would excite to fresh agitation and the desire for further political changes, which would ' only entail u p on I re l an d the horro rs o f c i v i l war orwo It behoves a ll persons, therefore, the anarchy of ind e p en d ence . this rash exper i ment, well tehea who desire to ma ke in mind th at t h ey are, with few except i ons, opposed intelligence, and th e e d ucation the property, th e those classes, in sh or t , who have theof greatest country ; by a ll te s t tke wellbeing of I re l an d , and that rea wherever, interest in as at Belfast, men are det erm i ne d to advance by honest industry, the legisl at i ve union lies been attended of by all those benefits which it is manifestly calculated to produce. " If anything could add to the value of the determi nation which you have unanimously announced to uphold the Throne and Constitution, and to assist in the main tenance of law and order, it is the fact that it has pro ceeded from gentlemen of various shades of political opinions; but the fact also of their differences as to the general principles and details of government in this country is, in itself, a proof of the difficulties which at tend all attempts to remedy social evils that are the growth of ages, and many of which would be far more easily removed by individual or associated efforts, than btlegislative enactments. I need hardly assure you, however, that her Majesty's Government earnestly desire to promote the welfare of Ireland by measti e ree that will develop her resources, and by. every means in their power redress acknowledged grievances, and satisfy those who have cause for complaint. " I shall have great satisfaction in complying with your request, and making known through the proper channel to our GraciOus Sovereign the loyal sentiments contained in your address, and I am sure that they will be received by her Majesty with the favour and Ippro- I emanate." THE ARMY. The route for the 2d Dragoon Guards to proceed from Dublin and Newbridge to Glasgow, via Belfast, has been countermanded. They are to remain in their pre sent quarters until further orders. There are at present ten regiments of cavalry in Ire land, and only one in Scotland! A temporary barrack, capable of accommodating 100 infantry, has been recently taken by the Assistant- Quartermaster-General of the Belfast district, at Carrick macross, and will be occupied by troops forthwith.— Banner of Ulster. COUNTY OF WICKLOW ELECTION. At the close of the poll, last night, the numbers stood as follow: ... 321 ... 316 Majority ... 5 The poll can be kept open until to-morrow (Thursday) evening. ATTEMPT TO A SSISSINATE .—An account which reached town today states that an attempt was made yesterdey, within a mile of Limerick, in the county of Clare, to assassinate Mr. Banytine. Six balls were lodged in his gig, but, fortunately, none took effect on the gentleman's person. DESTRUCTION of BARTON MILLS BY FIRE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) On Wednesday evening, at about half-past ten o'clock, a fire was observed to commence on these pre mises; and being a corn-mill, and consequently very combustible when once inflamed, the conflagration was very rapid and very splendid. The fire was first ob served in that part of the building which is generally appropriated, as it was in this instance, to meal and shudes. Thence it spread in every direction, and in the morning all that remained were the outer walls. The beautiful village of Barton is about five miles from Manchester, and about a mile from Eccles in one way and from Patrieroft in another. The mill, which has long been a favourite study for the artist, is very pic turesquely situated on the margin of the river Irwell. It is directly opposite to the lock at which the packet discharges or takes in passengers at Barton, and is placed Close above the celebrated aqueduct which has conferred immortality on the name of Brindley. The mill rests upon a fine red sandstone rock, out of which several of the entrances to the interior have been rudely excavated. Seen !rein the aqueduct, Trafford Park forms a beautiful back-ground to the rustic structure. For the origin of the fire no reason has yet been ois covered. Commencing where the shudes were de tuchosatptsou t h nu e n e we n .o2 , usi waste ee t t h lot e ur h w uo a st y .t iu o n f As th e in va s g ue u h e c a o s nj wl e e ctu hA r a e, at - h t p e 1 b i p U t s e t ed of fresh char h coa have produced the dint. wheel appears to have been i k n cm mot t i t o u n d at a t ud e ra ti l m lin e g , other upon persons imagine that a spar some combustible matter, may Poultry 6 of them have been bur ne d already ascertained that _ had been kept on the premises, and it has bee* 9 to death. A flat stone in on The mill, which has been e of the walls of the mill ' bears the date of 1 . Jones and Prichard. insured, is the property of Si r Thomas de Tr afford , and is in the occupation of Messrs. ST. JOHN'S, SOUTEIWARK. — THE LATE CHARTIST DENONSTRATION.—Yesterday evening, at seven clock, tvoiti;ll3alol3l,j' " to i es t t h y e s 1 6 0 t o li ve instantm ent for ler t t h h e e take .. into consider a t ion a vote of thanks effectual t m i o e n a means a numerous and. respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Johns, Southwark, w as h e ld in the es adoptedthe peace of the metropolis, and also to consider the propriety of adopting a declar a ti on expressive of the determination of . the inhabit an t s to uphold the just r ights of the Sovereign, and the authority of both Houses of Parliam en t, an d to preserve by combined and persevering efforts the peace of the metropolis against all attempts th a t may be made to disturb the public tranquillity, or to p ut i n peril the lives or property of their tellow-parishioners and fellow subjects." The Rev. Mr. Ralph, th e rector, was called to the chair ; and re solutions, embodyi ng t h e sent i ments o f t h e meet i ng, were unanimously adopted. S. INGULAR CASE.—A case of a very singular de scription, illustrative of the influence of an excited or overwrought imagination, occurred here on Monday week, which has unhappily terminated in a fatal man ner. It appears that two mischievous boys, residing in Simon's-square, Nicholson-street, for the purpose of amusement, seized a little fellow about eight years of age, who was also resident in that locality and was known to them, and charging him with some trifling depredation from his aunt bound his arms with a piece of cord, and proceeded NA ith him to the police-office at St. Leonard's. Before they reached that station, ho.w ever,',a passenger, attracted by the distressed condition of the boy, released him from the grasp of his bullying companions, and sent him away home in a very agitated state. The little fellow was put to bed, but he bec ame rapidly worse, and during some periods of nervous ex citement cried out to cut the cord and let him off. Every exertion was made in his behalf, but the unfortu nate child expired on Wednesday from the effects of the fright he had received. The boys, who had acted in so thoughtless a manner, were taken into custody, and the case is at present under investigation,—Edinburgh Weekly Register. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND. 42, Moorgate-street, April 27, 1844. Notice is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting of the Do nors, Subscribers, and Members to the Benevolent Fund will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on Wednesday, May 31st, at Twelve o'clock precisely, for the purpose of electing THREE ad ditional Annuitants, viz., One Clerk and two Widows of Clerks, the Ballot to close at Three o'clock. J. A. Smith, Esq., M.P., Treasurer, in the chair. The Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, will take the chair at the Dinner, at Six o'clock in the Evening. By order of the Board, THOS. MULLINDER. Secretary. AR TIS T S' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. For the Relief of Decayed Artists' their Widows, and Orphans. Instituted 1814. Incorporated by Royal Charter 1842. Under the Immediate Protection of Her Most Excellent Majesty THE QUEEN. PATRON —llls Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. VICE-PATRONS. His Grace the ➢nke of Buccleuch, K.G. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, K.G. Most Noble the Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G. Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury. Right Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth. 'Right Hon. Earl de Grey. Right lion. Earl of Ellesmere. Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst. Sir John Swinburne, Bart. William J. Denison, Esq , M.P. Joseph Neeld, Esq , M.P. Jesse Watts Russell. Robert Vernon, EN. PRESIDENT—Sir MARTIN ARCHER SHER, P.R.A. VICE-raxsinexrs. Sir Robert Stnirke, R.A. B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P. Sir Richard .Westinco tt, B.A. William Brockendon, Esq. C. R. Cockerell, Esq., R.A. .T. H. Mann, Esq. George Jones, Esq., R.A. Sir William C Ross, R.A. J. P. Deering, Esq., R.A. Philip Hardwicke, Esq., R.I. Thomas !Twins, Esq., R.A. Charles Fowler, Esq. The Nobility, Friends, and Subscribers are respectfully informed that the Thirty-third Anniversary Festival will be celebrated in Free masons' Hall, OP SATURDAY, the 6th of May next. The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, P.R.S. in the Chair. STEWARDS. John S. Agar, Esq. W. D. Haggard, Esq. R. Ansdell, Esq. • • M. F. Halpin, Esq. T.,S. Cooper, gsq, I.R.A. M. M. Holloway. Esq. Charles Elder, Esq. Frederick Ifold, Esq. • Alfred Elmore, Esq., A.R.A. James Lahee, Esq. Frederick Goodall, Esq. J. B. Pyne, Esq. Hefty Graves, Esq. Henry Weekes, Esq. Thomas Grieve, Esq. Matthew Wood, Esq. Dinner on Table at Six precisely. Tickets, 1/. Is. each ; to be had of the Stewards ; cf William Nicol, Esq., Ilonorary Secretary,6o, Pall-mall ! and of the Assistant Secre tary; 42, Great Russell-strut, Bloomsbury. WILLIAM JOHN ROPER, Assistant Secretary. NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. Notice is hereby given, that the THIRTEENTH ANNUAL 1 G . 122 , R ,.5 A i L 1l E ho I LT a l ,, N n G w o ir f i lh oAy the Proprietors 2o o h t .fi National j u tn t k of at 12 o'cleLlt glpoon, 11_41421 , 44440gg t .0..13,01d Broad, street, - he present Directors ate:3444o94.**pp—, create fog vacancies in the office of irector to ,be tilled And fbrther notice is bersbrgiven, that Octavius Ommaney, - Esti:, Sir Ralph Ho ivard, Bart., and Francis Carnac Brows, Esq., having been respectively appointed Directors by the Court of Directors since the last Annual General Meeting, their continuance in office re spectively under such appointments beyond the 24th day of May next must depend on their respective appointments being confirmed at the meeting on that day, and if such appointments, or any or either of them, shall net be confirmed at the same meeting, the want of such confirmation will occasisn three or two other vacan cies, or one other vacancy, as the case may be, to be filled up at the same meeting, In addition to the four vacancies above mentioned. And further notice is hereby given, that every Proprietor (not being a Director) intending to become a Candidate or to propose some other Proprietor as a Candidate for the office of Director, must, at least 14 days before the day on which the Annual General Meeting is to be held, signify by some writing under his or her hand. to be left at the office of the Society, in Old Broad-street. London, either his intention to become a Candidate, or the name and place of abode of the Candidate intended to be proposed by him or her; but the four Directors going oat of office by rotation are immediately re-eligible, and are to be considered as candidates without giving notice of their intention. By order of the Court of Directors, N. S. KING, Secretary. N.B. The chair will be taken at one o'clock precisely. 13, Old Broad-street, London, April 25, 1848. 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Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, QELP-PRESERVATION ; a Mealeal Treatise Ly on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at ar ca-ly period of life, which enervate the physical and mental power s, 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 strictures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fidfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointnaeuts. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which wken used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused .the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, ou the nature and conseauence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health and of the physical capabilities of which every man 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 frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complains are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking !or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thu s , h e forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the canses of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his posse Asion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. 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In consequence of the numerous counterfeits of Morison's medi cine on the Continent, parties travelling abroad are requested to be' on their guard, and to purchase only of respectable merchants. N.B. No chemist or druggist is authorised to sell Morisok'S me dicine. c • ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, au improved - edition, re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or forwar led by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with nu merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION. A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the GeneratiVe Organs, emanating from Solitary anC Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in Youth, Manhood' and Old e; with Practical Remarks ,eto bllity, napotency, h an ter rin which even the Meat erect constitttepn may be res sin reach the full period of Me otted to Mom • The whole illUst i rate with numerous Anatomical :Engraving% mf stiati in colont e*Plhin log the various functions, secretions, and structures ot the repro ductive Organs is health and disease ; with instructions for private correspondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. " ' Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thought less we trust this little work will serve as a b eacon t o warn them of the danger attendant upon the too rash i n d u l gence of their paisions, whilst to some it may serve as a mo n it or I n th e hour ot tempta tion, and to the afflicted as a sure guid e t o h ea lth."—Chronicle " Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, an d C o.—The i r long experience and reputation in the treatment o f th ese pa i nt u l diseases Is the patient's guarantee, and well dese rves f or the wor k its immense cir culation."—Era. " Curtis on Manhood' should he in the hands ef youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developer the treatment of a class of painful mats...lies wkich has too long been the prey of the illiterate and the deslgniag."-- - I liited Service Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child p i n ing away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, i n consequence o f s ome disease, which, for want of eareful inv es ti gat i on of its rea l c ause, has been set down to the score of consu m pti on, will, on perus ing this work, be astonished to find, that hi ni ne -t enths of the case s of young per sons of both sexes, who perish o f what is calle d pulmonary con" sumption, heart disease, tabes, & c. , t h e sole and exc lusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. Hours of consultation from Eleven till Two, wad Six to Eight in the Evening. Illustrated by 26 Ausaomical Coloured Engrav ings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATI ONS, GENE RATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 p ages. Just pu bli s hed, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps' 1 r rHE SILENT FRIEND , a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system , from e x. cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of m ercur y , with remarks on Marriage, and th e means o f o bviating certain dis. qualifications. Illustrated by 26 C o l oured Engravi-ua l • B y R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Dern ers - stroet, O x f o rd-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold b y Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Ilannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxf or d- street; St a rle43, Titehborne street. Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the conseque nces result i ng from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on th e sys t e m, Producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excit ement, an d gene rative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases r esu lti ng f r om infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit dire c t io ns for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed oat. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings, . , P A RT IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap plication, by which the danger of infection Is obviated. Its action is simple but sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys its power :.n the system. This important part of the Work should be read by every Yosing Man entering into life. I'ART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. 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LIIIFEAELTH AND SHORTENS THE DußATlos iv o: H com U p .7.loL.LpitTitiLdED. WinlTaNsbNiilioll nONTROUL OF ‘,...-/ Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature THE pASSIONS : Decline with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those ' suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulge nce Fri t T3v6se.lco7, v p l rre e terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional moping Melancholy, tineuce sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incon , and Celibacy, Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. I Cases, &c. Oxford -street, London. street, Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. 8,4, By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, N ewman.. CobITENTO Or SHP WoRK, • Y, Indigos. induced by Inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings, Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evldenced in the production of Consumption, Chap. le—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion indst Epilepsy, and other Bon, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations en the convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappineas caused by u nf r uitful Unions. Chap. 3. —Debility and Exhaustion of the principal yit a i Functions, the nature and treatment of Impoence and Sterility, a n d the imperfect performance of th e Marital act, caused by h e of self-indulgence. Chap. 4 .—Gonorrhcea, its syrup Practice toms, complicit? `.ions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prate, Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cute and concluding observations, Plates, &c. •es. 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' and encl Os. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.-0n Wednesday the d emo liti on o f that notorious locality, the Borough Mint, was commenced, by order of the Southwark Im provement Commissioners, for the construction of a new street from St. George's Church to Southwark -bridge road. This locality has for many years been occupied by thieves and other persons of the worst description. On Tuesday, by order of the Board of W orks, the whole of th e h ouses on th e north side of Holborn -bridge from Victoria-street to Field-lane, as also th e whole ' of the east side of Field-lane itself, will be demolished, to widen and improve the thoroughfare. AN APPEAL to the WIDOW of WILLIAM COMMI Provost Thorns Mr. John Watson Rev. George GlMilan Mr. James M. Ower Rev. J. R. 31'Gavin Mr. William Boyack Dr. Arrot Mr. William Belt Mr. James Westland Mr. James Chalmers, jun, Mr. Patrick Watson . Mr. Arthur B egg, jun. Mr. Thomas Saunders. TREASURER—Mr. Patrick Watson. SECRETARY — Mr. William Boyack. The Committee appointed to raise a fund for the relief of the Widow and Family of the late William Thom, the gifted but unfor tunate Poet of Inverury, beg leave briefly but earnestly to appeal to the Public, more especially to the. Public of Scotland, in behalf of the trust which has been confided to them. The name and genius of Thom are well known and universally ac knowledged ; many of the feeling and pathetic effusions of his muse have been brought before the public, not only in a combined form, but in various periodicals. His talents attracted the attention of the ablest judges; and the Messrs. Chambers, in their Journal, have de voted a chapter to his autobiography, and to that favourable weed of praise to which they considered his merits entitled. The life of William Thom has, indeed. combined the vicissitudes of a humble child of the Muses, having formed a scene of trials and dis appointments, accompanied by an overflowing share of poverty and distress. Many of his earliest and best years were passed at the llawkhill of Dundee—the remembrance of which seemed deeply impressed on his mind ; for thither, to use his own emphatic language, he wished to return, like a bird that flutters round her forsaken nest, to spend his latter days in comparative peace and quiet. His wishes were fulfilled, for not many months ago he did return from his wanderings, debilitated ammo impoverished, and breathed his last on Monday, the •28th or February. He has left a widow and three infant children, the youngest but five months old, totally unprovided for; and it has therefore been resolved to raise a fund, in order, if possible, to afford them permanent assistance. A Committee has been appointed, who have cheerfully undertaken this duty, and al ready they are happy to announce that their call has been responded to in a prompt and liberal manner. Lord Kinnaird, Lord Jeffrey, Messrs. Douglas Jerrold and Robert Chambers, and many others, have spontaneously sent their contributions ; and it is earnestly hoped that the charitable Laid _the admirers of native genius and un obtrusive merit will support and encourage the laudable object which the Committee have in view. Dundee, March 10, 1848. Centributloni will be received by any of the Members of Commit tee ; and at the shops of Messrs. Chalmers, Shaw, and Middleton, Booksellers, and Mr. Mills, Perfumer, Dundee. • DEATH OF WILLIAM THOM, THE INVERURY POET. (To the Editor of the "Dundee Courier.") Dundee, February 29, 1848. Sir,--The painful task has been deputed to me of announcing to the public the death of William Thom, the Inverury poet. For some time past he had been in delicate and declining health ; and his diseased state of body was doubtless aggravated by the uncer tainty of his circumstances, and the consequent anguish of his honourable and sensitive mind. Yesterday, in our city, at half past eleven a.m., he departed this life. He has left behind him something more than a name—some true and beautiful strains. which, as " a thing of beauty is a joy for ever," the world will not willingly suffer, like the inscription on the coffin, to be buried in the tomb. He has left behind him, alas! something of yet ten derer and mere mournful interest—a widow and three children, th 7 eldeSt of whom is only four years, and the youngest but a few months old. These are " utterly destitute," and but for the kind ness of one or two private friends, might have been cast out ere this to the charity of the streets. I make no appeal in behalf of the poet himself; " after life's fitful fever he sleeps well." lle has found what the most troubled and tempest-tossed wanderer will at last find, and which to him was peculiarly grateful—rest. Nor will I indulge or express any vindictive feelings as to the treatment which he received while yet alive. A true poet, he met with truly poetic usage. He was caressed, but not fed; as if one could sup on incense, or as one public dinner could keep a man alive for years : But I would bespeak general sympathy in behalf of his destitute family. I would implore every lover of literature— every one who has derived pleasure from the departed poet's lyrics, or from the simple story of his life—to prove their pleasure and their gratitude true by some more substantial evidence than ex clamations or tears. I would call especially upon those who saw him at our late Watt Festival, and heard almost his latest breath given forth in those brief, broken, but thrilling accents—accents how far superior to the measured cadences of rhetoric—to testify by generous deeds their sense of melancholy satisfaction that theirs was the privilege of meeting with and hearing him for the last time. No time ought to be lost. Indeed, no time has been lost. Intima tions to the above effect either have been, or are immediately to be, dispatched to Douglas Jerrold, Charles Dickens, Lord Jeffrey, and others. But as Dundee has had the honour of containing-his death bed, let us follow the start we have accidentally gained by instant, active, strenuous efforts in behalf of his widow and his fatherless bairns. Messrs. Chalmers, Middleton, and Shaw, Booksellers, and Mr Mills, Perfumer, have kindly undertaken to receive donations. The smallest sums will be welcomed .I am, Sir, yours truly. GEORGE GILFILLAN. The last verses of the late William Thorn, written shortly before his death:— SONG OF THE DWELLERS IN' DEAN VALE. Tune—" Miller o' Dee." While we laugh and sing, in this happy ring, With a bright and a brotherly glee, May we never forget that the sun hath set On the homes of misery. For oh I it may be that this chill night wind Sweeps round some fireless hearth, Freezing the heart of the homeless one, With never a friend on earth. Then aye, as we sing, may we closer cling, In our bright and brotherly glee ; Yet never forget that the sun may set On the homes of misery. Man was not made for this world alone, The world was lent to man ; 'Tis a debt we owe to Heaven, you know, Then pay it as well as you can. Now winter rides mad in his carriage of snow s With his pelting rain and his hail; May it never be said that hunger and woe Held abiding in bonny Dean Vale. Then aye, as we sing, may we closer cling, In our bright and brotherly glee, And never forget that the sun may set On the homes of mise.ry. W. TTtOM. GRAVESEND via BLACK WALL.- WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one 4 Paymeat. Fares, to er from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING; Saloon and First Class ditto, OXE SHILLING and SIXPENCE. To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin.. •. • • • • 9d. Saloon. No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. 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A Special General Meeting of the Proprietors will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TvEsnair, the 2d day of May next, at Two o'clock, for the purpose of considering two several Agreements, proposed to he made with the Norfolk and the New market and Chesterford Railway Companies for an amalgamation of each respectively with the Eastern Counties Railway Company, upon certain terms and conditions which will be submitted for the sanction of the said Proprietors ; and in case such two several agreements or either of them shall be sanctioned by the Meeting, to authorise the Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company to take all such steps as may be necessary for carrying the decision of the Meeting into full effect. And such Special General Meeting is also convened for the pur pose of considering and deciding upon resolutions which will be sub mitted for the purpose of raising the sum of 675.5201. upon a mini mum guaranteed interest in perpetuity of Six per Cent. per Annum, which sum will be divided rateably amongst the Shareholders of the Eastern Counties and Northern and Eastern Railway Companies, in the proportion of one ten pounds share of such guaranteed stock for each one hundred pounds of the paid-up capital of either of the said two Companies, according to the arrangements now existing between them. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. 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Gri mstone, of the lierbary, High gate tor the efficacy of his Aroma tic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hat roil her head and the whole of h er h a i r ' s much t , after using itab ou t f our months, J ever was before the baldness appsearroenrr and more luxuri an t th an "Mrs. Week ley inserts this testimony t - Begenstor, feeling assured that many ladies- the virtues of Mr. G.'s an I I s. bottle if they were as certain of itsi would gladly purchase ex perience, not only in the restoration and produotionrtues as she is, from am°, but as a cure of nervous headache ;asatoilet of hair in abund iet perflime iti far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasere lady of respectability to the above fact .-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, afa w drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, maw week, will will prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuri an t and curly.ong, and few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, ill A - w give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary compa n i on to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops on the grown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an hour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces hair ou children ' s heads in a fe w appplications. If used on infants' heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.-sea pamphlet of testimonials. Aliletters addressed to William Gemstone, Iletbary. Higtgate. A It K I A Cr E. 31. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form au item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. 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They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the present existence, h ea lt h, and position to this ob mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, b u t the study of the author ' s sliefreV,awnhcoe owes s e maxims his he would inculcate —to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of 23, Paternoster - row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street ; Mann, Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or di rec t (by p os t o r other wise)3S3h; Sherwood, ll ; from the author (who may be conferred with personally, „ awn i ngs a nd vieutugs), 10, Argyll-1440 Regent-street; sad all 0901110110r11, 2. 3. 4. 5.