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EAST Ticlia.k. nOtrSE, JANeny 19, 1848. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do'hereby give Notice, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAC. the 24 February next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the desire of Nine Proprietors of East India Stock, as expressed In the follow ing letter, viz. "London, January 16, 1848. " To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. " Honourable Sirs, We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock , dul y qua iled by law, request that you will convene a Special General Court of Proprietors, for the purpose of taking into consideration the ac c"lPanying Resolutions, and that you will be pleased to publish the "me with this, our requisition. " We have the honour to be, " Honourable Sirs, " Your obedient Servants, (Signed) "JOSEPH HUME. J, SULLIVAN. ARTHUR JAMES LEWIS. GEO. TIIOSIPSON. CHAS. GRANT. ROBT. J. BA GS LIAW. CHAS. FORBES. JOHN POYNDEIt. J. W. GRA HAM." " Resolved,—That as the peace and security of our possessions in India depend mainly on the faithful observance of existing treaties, it is most important that the East India Company should maintain all engagements with-the Native States with inviolable good faith and honour. " That a treaty of perpetual' friendship and alliance between the honourable East India Company and his Highness Maharaja Pertaub &lean, his heirs and successors, was concluded on the 25th of Sep tember, 1819, and afterwards duly ratified, by which, in consideration of the antiquity of the Rouse of his Hizhness the Raja of Sattara, and for State reasons of paramount importance, the British Govern ment agreed to cede, in perpetual Sovereignty to him, his heirs, and successors, the territory of Sattara, for the maintenance of his family in comfort and dignity. " That his Highness the late Raja for upwards of seventeen years governed his country and fulfilled all the conditions of his treaty with the British Government in so exemplary a manner, that in Decem ber 1835, the Court of Directors unanimously, with the sanction of the Board of Control, sent a sword of honour and a letter to his ghness. Which letter was expressed in the following words : Your Highness, " We have been highly gratified with the information from time to time transmitted to us by our Government, on the subject of your highness's exemplary fulfilment of the duties of that elevated situa tion in which it has pleased Providence to place you. A course of conduct so suitable is your Highness's exalted sta tion, and so well calculated to promote the prosperity of your do- Minions, and the happiness of your people as that which you hays Wi sely and uniformly pursued, while it reflects the highes t honour on Your own character, has imparted to our minds the feelings of unqua /lied satisfaction and pleasure. " The liberality, also, which you have displayed, in executing at Your own cost, various public works of great utility, and which has so justly raised your reputation in the eyes of the princes and p eo p le of India, gives you an additional claim to our approbation, respect, and APPlause - . " Impressed with these sentiments, the Court of Directors have "flanimously resolved to transmit to you a Sword, which will he pre !tented tei you through the Government of Bombay, and which we ! ru st You will receive with satisfaction, as a token of their high es teem and regard. "With si ncere w i s h es f or your h ea lth a nd prosperity, we subscribe °Urselves, in the name of the Court, " Your Highness's " Most faithful Friends, (Signed) " W. S. CLARKE, Chairman. " J. R. CARNAC, Deputy. " 29th Deceitibir, 1835." "That notwithstanding this unexampled testimony to his Merits as a sovereign and as a man, the late Raja of Sattara was de- Posed by the Government of Bombay on the sth of September, 1839, for an alleged breach of- treaty, and has recently died an exile at Benares, solemnly protesting his innocence, and never ceasing to de mand, to his dying hour, the opportunity of proving it. "That Major J.D. Carpenter, the oflicer who had the custody of the Raja's person, and was in constant communication with him for more wan seven years, from the time of his arrival at Benares up to the day of his death, wrote his own deliberate opinion , when c alled u p on in his letter to the Governor-General, dated lienares, 25th May, 1816, in the• following words —(See Parliamentary Papers , N o. 711, of „ :—" To this end I carefully studied the whole of the voluminous d ocuments connected with his (the Raja's) case, and the result was a belief in his innocence ; and this belief has been confirmed beyond a d oubt by subsequent disclosures, and by his pledging himself to prove (his innocence) if permitted to do so, in his letter to Sir Henry —ar diage, of the 12th December, 1844, forwarded through me, which Pledge I am full persuaded he (the Raja is able to redeem." " That it further appears that the whole of the late Raja's private t ro perty was seized contrary to a distinct written pledge, under the i of Sir James Carnac, the Governor of Bombay, confirmed by _ three limes from Colonel Ovans, the Political Resident at Sattara, W hich property wa s never res t o red. "Therefore resolved, —That, considering the responsible functions e t l i nlated to this Company by the Legislature, and having regard fo r honoure .. of the empire, and security and good government of the R ue- and princes of India, this Court earnestly recommends to the the instituting of a Court of Directors to obtain the sanction of the Board of Control to br public and impartial inquiry into the charges euzht th e against the late Raja of Sattara, and into the manner in which P u blished evidence against him has been obtained, in order that the truththe rs or fals e h oo d o f th a t ev id ence may be made manifest, and treated the Government purged from the imputation of hav in g the late Raja of Sattara harshly, illegally, or vindictively." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONDON. DECLARATION OF HYGEISTS. ~:Whereas passing events are every day confirming the truth of fr. MORISON'S SYSTEM of MEDICINE, in the support of Which we have for many ye irs been engaged, firmly believing that that system is the only true one, viz., that all diseases proceed from 4n I raintrity of the blood and fluids, and can therefore only be eradi cated by proper vegetable purgation, we feel ourselves called upon thus to record our adherence to Hygeian principles. We also declare our belief in the incalculable benefits to he derived Colitt the Sanitary Commission, which provides clean habitations and Pure. air for tke poorer classes, which, together with a proper system "vegetable purgation (to be carried out by all without the necessity , 0 Medical advice), is all that is necessary for keeping the nation in a healthy state, and warding off attacks of cholera, influenza, or any Other epidemic that may present itself. ~, We further protest, as in the petition presented to Parliament by oir Benj. Hall, Bart., in the session of 1847, signed by 20,000 of the Deople, against the poisons sold as medicines in the chemists' shops ; 'ltch as laudanum, prussic acid, arsenic, strichnia, &c. ; all of which We consider engines of death and not of life, however administered. Dated, at the British College of Health, London, this 27th day of tlecember, in the year of our Lord, 1847. Monson , Moat,Health, London. and C0.,C0 , Hygeists, British College of Joseph Webb, Ilygeist, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Thos. La Mott, Ilygeist, Hull, Yorkshire. John Fraser, Ilygeist, Edinburgh. ' ll3l lO Field, Ilygeist, 65, Quadrant, Regent - S treet. J ohn Lofts, Hygeist, Park-place, Mile-end, London. Richard Tothill, Hygeist. Ileavitree, near Exeter. A. Charlwood, Hygeist, Norwich. E• Oiles, Ilygeist, Ipswich. nrfn. Laker, Hygeist, Horsham. tko. Chappell, Ilygeist, Lombard-street, London. S neltee,Hygeist, Reading, It. Watson, Hygeist, Bath. E. button, lygeist, Wellingbore. 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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, PROM THE - MORNING PAPERS to THIS DAT. TIMES. —The session of the American Congress is not sufficie :eider advanced t', warrant any confident anticieetice n o f th e course of i ts de b ates, b ut enoug h has !r"erespired in that assembly to throw some light on t ze temper 11 the people, the position of the Go vernment, and the prospects of the war. Our tor , respondence has intimated the general belief that the Administration is strong enough to carry the prose cution of its object a little further onward ; if, at least, we may transfer our own political terms to the proceedings under so different a constitution. Mr. Polk cannot be thrown out ;tiri his appointed time. In our own country, a division such, as that which took place the other day in Congress when an im portant motion upon the army supplies was carried only by the casting vote of the Vice-President would have indicated the approaching downfal of the war party. Bttt in America this party eau hold out against any such demonstration, and is only to be impeded by a powerful combination against the ne ceasary supplies. Until the year of grace 1849, Mr. Polk cannot be superseded by any more pru dent or pacific President, and his exploits are only limited by the means at his command. The question now is, whether he will be able to obtain the requisite funds for the continuance of that con test whicle has grown more costly and less promising every successive month. From fifteen to twenty mill;,ons of dollars are immediately required for this fre A instalment, and such a sum, it is considered very doubtful whether he will be able to raise. In addition to the freedom with which the whole policy of the war was canvassed, symptoms of a monetary panic bad been developed which would• most mate rielly complicate affairs. fileantime,,the other great element of discord was more and more conspicuously obtruded on the notice of Congress. Motions against slavery had been pressed by abolitionist representa tives in so sweeping a form that one member actually characterised the whole war as a device of the slave holders, while two of the southern States had issued a counter memorial in language so determined as to declare openly for a transatlantic Sonderbund in case the Legilasture should attempt any imper tinent meddling with their darling institution. The position of the President's party is now very curious. There is little doubt but that they them selves desire the conclusion of hostilities as ardently as the most pacific economists of the States, if it could but be brought to pass on such terms as would leave them unconvicted of folly in beginning the war. They never anticipated a speculation of so much glory or so much embarrassment. A glance at the conditions under which the enterprise was commenced suggests some singular reflections. It was not recommended by the expediency of em ploying any turbulent or restless spirits, or of draughting off any superfluous battalions to a scene of action where they might be occupied or expended. America had no need to look out for an Algiers. The States contained no war party till Mr. Polk made one. Hereafter it may be necessary perhaps to make provision for the military longings so inad vertently created, but at the opening of the present reign no such mischievous spirit was discernible. Neither was the war produced by the involuntary irruption of a superabundant population upon the neighbouring territories. America itself is but half peopled, and her covetous hankering after California is only just less preposterous than the tenacity with which Mexico clings to the deserts under her nominal sway. We have never made any secret of our opinion as to the hands under which California might most reason ably fall, but generations must elapse before its lands can be needed by either people. That the inhabitants of the new world should be squabbling for territory is certainly a proof of how very little reason may have to do with war. Nor did the Americans descend like barbarians of the highlands upon a richer and more luxuriant region than that which nature had assigned them. Whatever may still be the hidden wealth of the Mexican Sierras, their neighbours were certainly not attracted by the silver of the moun tains or the cochineal of the plains. Mr. Polk was not originally actuated by any such sage sug gestions of policy, or such magnificent conceptions of felony. He simply wanted to gild his reign by a little captivating conquest, which would cost neither him nor his enemies any serious expenditure, and to prolong his influence by an appeal to new passions and unusual pomps. If he could but have pushed the undisputed frontier of his country to the - Rio Grande, extorted a full recognition of American rights in the lately annexed province, and obtained a little obse quious prostration of Mexican deputies at the feet of so formidable a foe, he would have secured his original object, and, perhaps, his ultimate end. That he was bound to anticipate so strange a subversion of his schemes we will not assert, for it is, indeed, singular that there should never hitherto have occurred a single period in the expedition at which he could retire with honour; but a wise ruler would have preferred an early acknowledgment of his mistake to such a desperate accumulation of error. The tone of the American journals which we have just received illustrates very pointedly the state of the war. They are occupied, to a great extent, by statistics of Mexico, by estimates and reports, more or less authentic, f the produce of her mines, cus toms, and imposts, and by anecdotes of the wealth of the clergy and the fertility of the soil. All this is the expression of anxiety to make the most of an involuntary bargain. The Americans have got the country upon their hands, and as they can find no way of surrendering it without dishonour they are exerting all their ingenuity to retain it without loss. Forced loans have been levied in the capital, customs duties exacted in the harbours, and the resources of what was called the Mexican revenue intercepted and appropriated. A detachment has been sent to work the mines of Zacatecas, and looks have already been thrown askant on the gold and silver of the churches. The collective proceeds of these expedients can of course do but little in alleviation of the enormous expenses of the war, and a rapidly accumulating balance is thus left to be settled by some vast indemnity or gigantic cession. If these two items of outlay and return could ever be made equal, lir. Polk might then retire with credit, as his constituents would probably be satisfied with their glory if they could be reim bursed for their contributions. Unfortunately this is a pure impossibility. The estimate for the next campaign alone, exclusive of all previous expenditure, surpasses by the sum of 5,000,000 of dollars the pre sumptive value of the greatest cession ever yet de manded from Mexico ; nor would the possession of the entire country be presently worth to America the money she has lavished in invading it. The President's dilemma is this:—Should his obstinacy be as unsuccessful in the ensuing year as it proved in the last, the debt and discredit of his country will be fairly doubled. Should it achieve at length the re sult which his partisans anticipate, America will have found an Ireland. The total prostration of Mexico and its annexation to the United States are the pros pects now triumphantly held forth as the fruits of another campaign, and it needs no extraordinary sagacity to discover that such inheritance can vary but little from the present occupation of the country —an occupation which is already beyond disturbance from any regular resistance, and which is only encum bered by those perplexities which no annexation can remove. _ COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed morning walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exer cise to-day The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, and the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Whewell, are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to the Queen. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Ilighness the Duchess of Kent, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, the Earl of Liverpool, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, and the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Whewell. The band of the Grenadier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Sophia yesterday, at her residence at Kensington. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yes terday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chan cellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Camp bell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, ar rived in town yesterday, from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. Mr. Jennings, architect to the Grand Surrey Canal Company, Mr. Smith, surveyor of the canal, and Mr. J. C. Hall, solicitor to the company ; also Mr. Peter Clarke, manager of the London, Brighton, and South- Coast Railway Company, Mr. Hood, engineer, and Mr. Parson, attorney to the company, had an inter view with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways in the Board of Trade, respecting the mode of forming a bridge over the Grand Surrey Canal. Sir John Rae Reid, and a deputation of gentlemen connected with the Mauritius, had a conference yes terday, with Lord John Russell, Earl Grey, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer , a t the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Viscount de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. Cardwell, M.P., and a deputation from Man chester and Liverpool, respecting tea, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of Fong-Kong, Ceylon, and Malta. CHRONICLE.—A disposition appears to exist in certain quarters to get up a renewed agitation for the abolition of the window-tax. The tax is in the abstract so utterly unjustifiable, and has been, from the first moment of its enactment, so exceedingly unpopular in this country, that we cannot he sur prised at any movement of the kind. Public opinion has unmistakably condemned the window-tax. Its eventual doom is certain. The only difficulty is as to the time and mode of abolition. It is a question solely of ways and means. Being, however, a ques tion of ways and means, we may reasonably doubt the policy, and despair of the success, of the agita tion to which we allude, at a time when the Chan cellor of the Exchequer may be supposed to be at his wit's end to devise new taxes, instead of having either the disposition or the power to abolish old on es. The ordinary sources of the national revenue have, it is true, maintained their usual rate of productiveness with extraordinary steadiness, considering the accum ulated trials the country has gone through. Still it must not be forgotten that 8,000,0001. have been added to the national debt, and that the past year's expenses have exceeded the receipts by nearly 400,0001. Under such circumstances, the abolition of a tax which sup plies one twenty-sixth part of the total ordinary re venue of the State is simply impossible, unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer be endowed with a fiscal inventiveness equal to that of Pitt himself, and be prepared with a budget of new imposts which the public will contentedly see substituted for the old , ones of which they complain. There is no possibility ' at present of lightening the load which the nation is doomed to bear. If, however, any alleviation can be obtained for the most patient and most heavily bur dened people in the world, by altering the position of their load, or by taking a trifle out of one pannier to put it into another, by all means let it be done. The indefensibility of the window-tax is undoubtedly much aggravated of late by the import ance which the question of sanitary reform has re cently assumed, both in public opinion and as a promi nent function of Government. The window-tax is CHANGES IN TILE EXCISE DEPARTMENT. --It was currently reported yesterday in the Excise department, that a minute had been received from the Lords of the Treasury by the Commissioners of Excise, that in future the licences taken out by wholesale wine and spirit dealers may be transferred from one occupier to another, on the same principle as is at present acted upon in the case of one licensed victualler taking to the business of another before the expiration of the financial year, viz., the 10th of October. According to the present regula tions, should a wholesale dealer only :continue the busi ness for a day after that period, his successor is sub jected to the same charges as if no former licence had ever existed, and in some cases three or four licences have been paid for the premises within one year. The injustice has been greater with regard to re tailers of beer, where the tenants are more frequently changed ; and from information recently obtained from surveying officers in many of the districts, it is ascertained that in numerous instances six licences have been taken out, amounting to upwards of 201. for one year's excise charges for one house. This evil has been long and loudly complained of, and there is no doubt will be speedily remedied. Another on dit is, that it is the intention of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, on the meeting of Parliament, to bring in a Bill for the purpose of legalising the sale by wholesale, by wine and spirit dealers, of quantities of not less than one pint and a half, to meet the earnest solicitations of that body of tradesmen, and to assimilate the law in this country to what at present exists in Ireland; and also r the to bring in a Bill to facilitate the collection of the excise revenue throughout the kingdom, and to include i same several duties at present received in the customs department. THE VAC ANT GARTER.—Some speculation has arisen as to the presentation of the vacant garter. It will be recollected that on th e demise of the late Duke of Northumberland, the names of the Duke of Bedford and the Duke of Norfolk were prominently mentioned as the probable recipients of the blue riband then vacant, and that the former nobleman received it, so that it is probable that his Grace of Norfolk will receive the present one. DEFENCES. A ATIONAL D greatE p/ o 7' o o2 try o OF like T THE England .0 7. should. srni_ Ts. 2 l , h T at H a E be threaten ed with invasion b y any nation is a cir cumstance in itself sufficie n tly disgraceful, but how much more so is this the case when even the most sanguine tn ist alone to the chance of our. -fleet en counterie L. g he ,• enemy at sea, an d a ll admit that there ' are no a deque te means of defence against an y 'con-- siderabl a fora ' which might succeed in landing-01r our she fixes. 're', send our ten thousand oppose an i nv ade. ns: enemy of a hundred troop s ousan to __ d -- _ ~_T _ __. ........z es — ...=- ........... men. ea e uld, accorete . 'g to all the ordinary rules a tax on the things,!of all others, which °ugh., 'to be, warfare, be c ons i gn i ng them to use l ess destruction. and which Providence undeniably meant to be, A lyee While , entertaining the greatest possible respect for to all. It is a fax on light and air. " Free as air," the doctrines and tendencies Pf free trade, as well as " universal as light," are proverbial expressions of for the el I ristianlike benevolence of the " Universal consideiable antiquity. It remained for the archtaxa- Peace Soci etas." one may yet be permitted to doubt tionist Pitt to change them into a mockery, and to whether an, y French marshal, on his march to Lon. Put a restraint on the elements, or at least on the use don, would halt his troops to receive a deputation from either . of the societies. of them, which Xerxes, in the intoxication of empire, . - had never thought of. In our days the dreams o f It Jo is roa I , v several years since the Prince reformers and the ambition of public men have dis- de . • nv . fib covered new spheres of action. One grand object of ,T out haw, . , a blow might be struck at the "heart of england, ' yet so infected have our the philanthropist and of the statesman in the present readers been with ' peace, economy, an d goodwill, that especially, to the priceless valu e , th e indi s pensable ne the doctil _ nes of age is to open the e y es o f th e p u bli c , of the poor no materit it prepara beentione for d e f ence, either naval or military, ht we yet made. F rance has, cessity, for moral and phy s i ca l we ll- been r, of a copious wh i le, b e en strengthening all th e h arbours along her mean supply of those elements which Pitt appar e ntly northern co ast, and is new busily employ e d i n build thought a man had no right to at all, e x cept in pro ing above £' inety new iron steam e r s , i n a d d i tion to portion as he could p a y f or th em . A s thi ngs now the large 1 cumber which she already h as i n the stand, it would be lo o ked up on as no sma ll st e p i n sanitary reform if all the w i n d ows cou ld b e re pl ac ed Mediterra isean and elsewhere. As France is hers e lf impregnable, and has neither colonies nor commerc e which Pitt ca use d t o be blocked up, or, what would be still more valuabl e , if a ll th e h ouses b u ilt s i nce requiring A uch an enormous steam flotilla, and is he muc h too e a se and p ars i mon i ous t o suppor t suc h an invented th e w i n d ow - tax cou ld o b ta i n t h e a ddi t i ona l allowance o f light and air which but for that tax their armament ev, ithout an object, there seems to be no constructors would other solution of the fact than that England is the for a moment at the tendencies of the sanitary move- Point aimed at. For the purpose of carrying on a tnent, which, having at length got itself recognised war against`, either Austria, Prussia, or Italy, France among the responsibilities of Government, may now would not require tiny large fleet of steamers, as the be regarded as effectually set upon its legs. In a few highways? of Europe are now as open for the march years we may hope that the atmosphere of the of her troops as they formerly were. England Metropolis, and of the pest of our large cities, will be would, it is to be feared, only deceive her materially purified. In half a century or so, sanitary self by supposing that because she is quite reform may, perhaps, reach the length of compelling unconscioun of having for thirty years past all chimneys, great and small, public and private, to given to the French any just cause of offence, consume their own smoke, thereby purifying the that, therefore, no such feeling exists. They atmosphere of an additional amount of carbon, have not forgotten, nor are they, it i s t o b e regr ett e d, and making theasight of the sun somewhat less of likely soon to forget, the reverses sustained at our a rarity than it is at present to our City population. hands, -bode by sea and land, during the last war, and The dwellings of all ranks will, of course, be much some of the present generation are known to have improved. It may be anticipated that the working declared that those defeats must yet be " washed out classes in particular will be housed and lodged with in English blood." Such a sentiment towards a a roominess and airiness, a cleanliness, comfort, and friendly people is no d ou bt revolting; but as those convenience, of which a t pre s e n t they have no con- very words have been used among our ne i ghbours, it ception. To m a i n t a i n th e w i n d ow -t ax i n an y shape, is necessary to take, warning. simultaneously w ith i mmense pu bli c an d private They have not forgiven us for having sen t Napo leon to St. Helena, and I believe, however inoff ens i ve efforts to att a i n suc h g l or i ous en d s as t h ose, wou ld b e so ineffably absu r d, th a t no na ti ona l di s t ress or fi sca l or friendly our conduct may be, as it has long been, uegency can b e i mag i ne d w hi c h wou ld j ust if y i t. that till the millennium arrives they will never cease And once a tax h as come to stan d i n t hi s category, to consider Englishmen as their national enemies. the sooner it is abolished the better. Blot it from the Many intelligent persons in this country repose statute, Mr. Chancell or o f t h e E xc h equer, t h e moment much confidence in the alleged pacific disposition of you can supply its pl ace w ith any impost a shade less the present King of the French, an opinion in which irrational and oppressi ve . " With all my heart, the writer can by no means concur, and which he gentlemen," the Chancellor of the Exchequer might believes would soon be dissipated, should war at any be expected to reply, " if any of you will be kind time appear to be for the advantage of his family— enough to suggest a substitute. A million and three as a successful war certainly would be. Louis quarters of one of the least fluctuating of all sources Philippe has lately discovered that he is eminently of revenue, is more than I can afford to sacrifice unpopular in his own country, and that his dynasty just at present. There is one way to be sur e , gen - is consequently less firmly s ea t e d on th e th rone th an tlemen, in which I might meet your wishes, but he could desire. There are, perhaps, only two modes I am almost afraid to be the first . to mention it. by which this state of feeling in France is capable of Are you, are the public generally, prepared to sub- being changed, viz., either by a more liberal system Witt to a property-tax ? Will your representatives of internal governm en t, or th e ec l a t an d popu l ar i ty o f a successful war, and fr om all we know it is not doing consent to it ? Have you ascertained what the views t of the landowners and monied men, and of all your the so-called "Napole on o f P eace " muc h i n j ust i ce propertied and influential classes generally, are as re- to believe that he would prefer th e l a tt er to th e garde such a proposal ? If not, consult with them; former. and when you know their o pi n i on , I w iil talk w ith y ou France is a country having little to dread inter further concerning the window- tax." It is, perhaps, nally as the result of war ; her territory being com presumptuous for us, at th e momen t w h en th e Ch an - pact, her population warlike, her commerc e li m it e d, cellor of the Exche quer ' s b ra i n i s bi g w ith th e b u d ge t, and her colonies few in number ; w hil e , i n all th es e to conjecture how he would br ea k th e p ro f oun d s il ence respects, the position of England is eminently the into which his meditati ons h ave pl unge d hi m , an d reverse, possessing as we do forty distant colonies, respond to a deputation which c om pl a i ne d t o hi m which would all require to be strengthened on the of this anti-sanitary impost— o f thi s t ax on h ea lth first suspicion of hostilities ; our naval force would and cleanliness—of this parliam en t a ry p e r vers i on require to be great indeed to enable us also_ to meet the enemy on equal terms in the English Channel of the most bounteous gift s o f P rov id ence . A n d Besides i the first which it is very impr obable that they yet what use is there in blinking the inexorable would nstance, choose to risk a naval facts ? Whether the question be discussed in or out ,in encounter, should t hey determine on invading our of Parliament, there is no other legitimate and prat- plisses, and to elude our fleet would be no very diffi tical mode of dealing with it. We leave out of the cult achievement. No fleet, however numerous, can question all projects for modifying the tax, for an impost so obnoxious ought, if meddled with at all; to guard the whole line of our extensive coast, and the be entirely abolished. - It behove% its opponents, enemy, after having selected the least guarded point therefore, to consider what they are dribvid at. for the purpose of lauding his troops, might next There are excuses enough already for the* proposal proceed to give battle to our fleet as it came up. of a property-tax; there exist, indeed, motives and Unless, therefore, we should possess a force sufficient arguments in its favour which deserve a better name to command victory both by land and sea, our security than excuses. Still it is an ugly thing. It is a visi- is very incomplete. tation which, like the cholera, how inevitable soever Perhaps the whole question may be considered to resalve itself into one of expense, for with sufficient it- may appear, we would fa'aclly escape if we cou ld. Preparation no Englishman will be disposed tb admit v. TlTAG:overnment, the Le4islature, and th e country' P that the result could be at all doubtful. Our. troops all iti3linctiercly recoil Trate it: An imialse of smille; moment would, nevertheless, put an end to their h e - have generally gained advantages over the French in citation. The agitation agai ns t th e w i n d ow -t ax , if foreign lands, and they would certainly not:pr ov e le s s it rose to any height, would be an impulse of this heroic in defending their own. description. We do not deprecate it on that ac- The age of miracles has, however, g on e by, so that count. We simply wish all petitioners for the abo we could only reasonably hope to succeed by opposing lition of the window-tax this year, to keep in mind to the enemy 's forces an equal body of well-disciplined troops. That a nation like Great Britai n , whi c h h as that they are petitioning at the same moment for the mposition of a property. tax. during the present century spent several hundr e d s of millions in foreign wars and foreign subsi dies, should grudge a comparatively small sum in preparing fur her own defence, is almost inconceiv able, and would well illustrate the weakness of the miser, starving in the midst of abundance. There are at this moment throughout the country many thousands of able-bodied men without employment, who might be drilled and fed by her Majesty's Com missioners nearly as cheaply as they now are out of the parish rates. The country also abounds in iron, and yet its safety is perilled, because a niggardly economy grudges the expense of casting it into a warlike shape, and plant ing it in sufficient quantity around our arsenals, and Fea ports, our navigable rivers, and deep water bays. Many of the roads likewise, which the illustrious Duke speaks of, as leading towards London, com manded by hills, on which cannon might be surely planted with great advantage, and the Thames might easily be rendered inaccessible. As national economy is now so much in fashion, it would be as gratifying as amusing to hear Lord John Russell condescend to imitate the style of Mr. Hudson at a railway meeting, and say, in order to secure the votes of the more rigid economists, that he had taken advantage of the pre sent low price of iron, and entered into a large con tract for cannon. Our misunderstanding with France concerning Syria in 1840 is now pretty well understood to have arisen from a finesse of Louis Philipp's, for the pur pose of creating a pretext for fortifying Paris. The French people choose, however, to blame Lord Palmerston for that act of their own King, and have ever since contemplated with peculiar satisfac tion the wealth and defenceless state of London, as affording a future means of resenting the imagined insult. Their troops have formerly revelled in nearly all the other capitals of Europe, and why, they may say, should London be a perpetual exception ? They also profess to believe that Eng lishmen have latterly be come effeminate and pacific, and though it is proba ble that they would on English soil soon discover their mistake, yet it is important in such matters to make assurance doubly sure ; for which purpose re organizing our militia, a military and resisting spirit might be created throughout the nation. Apart alto gether from the question of invasion, a very great im provement in the health and habits of our people would be derived from a general system of military training. Their evenings might be spent on the drill ground instead of in the beer-shop, and habits of sobriety, regularity, and submission, be thus acquired. Their gait and bearing would be improved, and their feel ings of nationality, manliness, and self-reliance be greatly strengthened. No person who has travelled in Germany can have failed to remark, as the result of a general military training, the superiority of the Prussians in all these respects over the people of the surrounding states. The country has again incurred a deep debt of obligation to the Duke of Wellington for having had the moral courage to point out its defenceless state, and his warning voice is, happily, so distinct, that no Government can altogether disregard it. I am, Sir, yours, &c., Brighton, Jan. 18. R.C. P.S. If there be any mode by which we can h d op: long to maintain peace with France, as it is most being - sirable that we should do, it seems evidently b y thoroughly and at all points prepared for war. u"G E u ni T t ß i a'"Wynd- FOR is the ew T novel uE byC Are name ""ANGELA o N f G t E h L e A n ' ham," about to be published by Mr. Colburn. W e ob serve also that a cheap edition of " Emilia Wyndham" A rs l ti N th 's or D o A f has just been issued by Mr. Colbarn in his " Standard Novels." LYNN AND WISUECR RAILWAY.--This railway, which is now completed, was last week inspected by Captain Wynne, the Government officer; and should his report of the line bo satisfactory, of which there is but little doubt, it will be at once opened for traffic. At present the permanent bridge over the Ouse ie not com pleted, but a very substantial temporary one has been formed, over which the line is carried ; the strength of this structure was tested somewhat severely by the In spector, but so well did it imps through the trial, that we cannot doubt but it will be favourably reported on.— Cambridge Advertiser. CONTINENTAL INTERCOURSE.—The returns of the number of passengers through the Channel ports for the week ending January 16th, are as follow :—Through Boulogne, 208 ; and through Calais, 104. Correspond ing period 1847, Through Boulogne 668 ; through Calais, 183. The passengers through Boulogne may be subdivided as follows :—From Folkestone, 332 passen gers ; from Dover, 59 ; from London, 67—total, 458. For Folketone, 409 ; for Dover, 73 ;I: for London, 66 —total, 650. N0.17,262.] LONDON, THURSDAY, EVENING ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAYELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently bees newly flintisked. assl laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOll, one of Ike largest and sated elegantly fitted in the NORTH, it is hoped will be found complete is every respect. Tko RED-ROOMS (Sixty is slumber) have been famished is a style which most essore the approbation of all viaitors. (;eutlonien travelling with STOCK can at all times have iiNOW ROOMS without any extra charge. The Mesic Ilall, Lecture Rosin, and Royal Motel Assembly Rom are all attached, and under the 34T110 management. The Royal Hotel is is the roost central situation is Newcastle. ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institation embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances east deferred annuities. Tke assured has, en all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); aloe the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of kis In tercets to meet otter eonvenieneios or necessity. Assurances for terms of years um the lowest possible rates. DIVISION • F PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the , Society has enabled the Directors at the Annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a Ilak bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per eel t. on the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit seals. The Annual Report., with tables of rates, &c., stay be had at the office, or any of its branches in the costatry ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. F. FBRGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. RAISING WATER, discovered by the FOUN TAIN ?UM S, which roll the water ipwards, without either Maier; or faltering, therefore eau never be surpassed ; conse quently this is the most important discovery ever made for the pre servation snits sad property either at Sea er on Lead. SALES BY AUCTION. MAGNIFICENT ESTATES and NOBLE RESIDENCE IN SOUTH LANCASHIRE within FOURTEEN MILES of LIVERPOOL, comprising the extensive and very valuable DOMAINS and MA NORS of BOLD, BURTONWOOD, and SUTTON, presumed to he one of the most important and Improving Properties that has ever been. offered for sale. 7% E been SS ho ßS n ' oure H - ao - tince that the above truly magnificent farad very valuable wit li instructions S I T from Z dPropr SON have to n - Proprietor a FREEHOLD ESTATES, together nearly 7,000 statute acres, em bracing some of the finest land in the county, and almost in a rind fence, will bo submitted to PUBLIC SALE (if not previously (Ifs posed of by Private Contract). They embrace the important " Manor of Bold," with its splendid mansion, gardens, park, noble woods, lake, and plantations, all in excellent order, and distinguished as " The Bold Hall Estate," a^d comprising within itself about 4,300 acres 'most su perbly timbered, and well stocked with game, al so " The Burtonwood: Estate" adjoining, which contains ne, arly 1,400 acres, very finely wooded, together with " The Sutt on Estate " closely contiguous, consisting of about 1,030 acres of el .cellent land skirting the prosperous and rapidly improving town <of St. Mice's, and containing mines of superior coal, and also beds o f clay of great value for pottery purposes. The whole of these flee estates (with the exception of the parks aed demesne farm, which aro in hand) are let to responsible tenants at moderate rents, and produce between 11,0001. and 12,0001. per annum, exclusive of royalth as and rents re ceivable from coal mines, which must ftenuall:f increase. The limits of an advertisement will only admit of a ice , 7 , ,ef outline of the numerous natural and great local advantages of tl its most important and splendid domain. The Mansion of Bold stall Ida upon a fine ele vated part of the park, which contains about 600 acres, richly studded with noble timber, and sheltered by vencarable oak woods of the finest growth. Within the park Are the ren - mins of the ancient hall, moated round, and which, from a period, little later than the Conquest, has been the seat of the maternal ancestors of the present owner. The Sutton Estate possesses rare advantages ; is intersected by the London and North-West ern, and St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railways, and, from its posis,,ion and nature, its value must be annually increased. The St. Hel'en's Coal-fierd, containing an average thickness of 70 feet of coal, is believed to extend under a considerable portion of the Sutton Estate ; part of such mines are already in lease, and must be the source of a vast , revenue. The Sutton Station of the London and North-Western Railway is distant about a mile from Bold Hall, affording easy access to all parts of the kingdom. 'Warrington is distant from Bold 51 miles; Liverpool only 14 ; Manchester, 20 ; and London, less than 200. The Bold and Burtonwood Domains and Manors may be purchased 'without the Sutton Property, which will probable offered in lots. For further particulars and cardiU flew - tbe property; aid to treat: for the purchase, apply at their Offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Particulars may also be had of Messrs. 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Just published, and may be had in Franck or English, ix a Sealed Envelope, 2s. id„ •r pest-free, *era the autlaer, fir forty-two Stamps, ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise 1.i.3 en the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Tenth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminisk and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations en the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, •r tie 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 Anatolian Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries tkat are produced la them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LI'MERT, M.D.. 9. EIDFORD-STBAIET, EADroup-sgulzi, LONDON. octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of tke Tniyorsity of Milt burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of tke London Hospital Medical Society, kc. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. la order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which revers the origin of domestie wreteksdness. be raised, arid its tree soiree in every instance disclosed, is how many could it be traced to physical disqialificatione and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injarions ; the gift, which when used is moderation is fraught with a d vantage , b ecomes , w h oa abused, the prolific soiree of mischief, and of greater or less Wary to the constitutional and vital powers. The partionlar exeesses, on .he nature and conseqien c e of whisk th i s Treatise professes to dilate, of w gr hi e c a h te i r t lo severlty of misery to th e k intaa f rame, subject. than parnodyneethe:e to This work omitting an accurate and eompleto account of Vie 4, na tomy aid Physiology of the lteprodietive Org.., and . r their relative eionditoas la health aid diseaKi. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject eau be of more importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical caplities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortnitately 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, unw isely entertalis a fear •f ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Sha me and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and pretreat his seeking for assistance where goitre it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate diserinsinatcon in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent aid practical physician, aid to the medical man who ran show by his posse•sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his prefes atonal pursuits, the utmost coatisnee should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as kis diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experienee, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases._ _ _ . Published bYthe Author, and insy he had of Kett aad Richards, 52, Paternoatet -row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-ntreet; Starie, Tiehhol co .itreet, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, flout-street ; ordon, 146, Leadouliall-sheet, Landau; or, free by post for iorty-two stamps, tram the Author, who nay be eessoulted ou lime* disorders persosally or hPOW. 4P7illosis Itst alveilk Ivo Fixo till Bleat St hie rOdiaCto mOgrOthattol Niclol4-Mufo Lozano AT iIEA. nimerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefally ac knowledge the glerioas results. Two testimonial extracts shall suflee : " Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Ti ointnin Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of caving the ship and 230 souls on beard, two seams in the bottom tieing partly left without calking." " The Argus brig, front Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out at sea, and soon after her common pump e h eaked and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Faint thin Pimp, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was IP,„ ac. tien without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in Lendoz, with a thank Cod for the Fountain Pump." ON LAND the New Portable Fire-engiaes are of infinitely better serTice that a fire brigade. They act instantaneously at tke outbreak of a fire. " We are delighted with the inventien—it is a great boea to so elety.”—Editors Liverpool Mail. The New Portable rire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destraction, for out of eighteen different properties •n Ire in and near the city, tkey saved ele wen solely and seven manly, including in the seven the Queen's Cr►valry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Plortoa's dyery, and 11,0001. worth of consigned pro perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, and dour mills, and Messrs. Buteater's grocery warehonses, jest in thee to prevent a large quantity of glut powder therein from exploding, which must have-spread aroma de struction and death. " /forth Walsharm—At this firs the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having owe of them ready, there is no doubt hat half the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Clue niele, August 22, 1846. At a Norwich fire Jane 2, 1647, the two Portable Engines wore the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they will do the work, which proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-Wien to a dozen atmo spheres. Now the fast is this, all former Forts ramps, Lift-ferce Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water upwards by Motion, which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, whieh Drs. Young and Hatton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom exeeeem half the power consumed, after everceming friction and leakage;, and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had tried in Tate for two thousand years to state these palpable debtets la hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and wen for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new tolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented fretn twelve to twenty (er about seventy per el)nt.), and frequently with out mere outlay. Hest me* can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but same men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump an active sound-winded young Mal o'l4o lbs. weight can raise 10,000 lbs. of water oafs foot high in a minute, and with a Foun tain Pump 8,066 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained ever perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power. Jahn Clenten Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Hallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, lir. 13add1ey, London, an everlasting pimp-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in Ne. 1,183, and in Ne. 494, Book-maker Millington'i remarks are prepesterons. However, en the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many ether discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and O'e beautiful simplicity of the tailing principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 *et altitude, for man, horse, and steam power; delivering frem half a pint per stroke to ISO barrels of water per minute, and rendering every lair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at less cost than coalmen pumps. W. lIIIILDERS. Foitatain Pump Works, Norwich, Moo. 26, 1847. See Mechanic's Magazine, Nos. /31*, 264, 383, 429, 430, 433, 482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 669, 510, 825, 623, 658*, 727, 804, 1,848, I,llo*, 1,183. Nos. illustrated an marked this' ENGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA A The INDIA and AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re sponsibility of tke shareholders to the amount for which they indivi dually subscribe, and authorizes the Company to establish comma- Meatless to aid riad from the United Kingdom, the East Indies, Australasia, avid New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Divided into series of shares of 201. eaek. COMMITTEit. Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairmai of tho Louden Committee of 1148 for Exteasion of Steam It avigatien to Australia. Sir William Termer, Bart., M.P. llon. Francis Scott, M.P., Agent for :g ow South Wales. Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of Now South. Wales, Linden. Llaut.-Col. Abdy, Indian Army Thomas Browne, Esq. __ Captain Cogan, inoli;,n Nary Archibald Cuninghanae, Esq. Captain M. M. Denliars, F.R.S., Royal Nary G. 11. Donaldson, Esq. Capt. K. J, fayrer, Royal Nary Captain Ford, East India Maritime Service Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal navy E. S.lswell, Esq., M.A., F. RS. Capt. 11. Hamilton, Royal Navy Gustavus Hamilton, Esq. James Hunter, Esq. J. I. Jackson, Esq. Charles Joyce, Esq. IJ. Maclean Lee, Meg, Captai* Richard Lloyd, Indian Nay Milboarne Marsh, Esq. R. Montgomery Martin, Esq. J. Montetors, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Myers, X.C.S. Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq. Rickard Paterson, Esq. Robert Tlonley Payne, Esq, John Wilson Pinang, Esq. G. IL Skead, Esq., Master, Royal Navy Colonel Torrens, William Gordon Thomson, Esq. Lient. Waghorn, Royal Nary Frederik Lambe, Esq. *civil Wilson, Esq. BANKNlS—lfescrz. Carrie and Co., Cornhi dimicrroas —Mews. Barron and Clarks, Bloomsbury-square. India, Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu lation of more than half the number of the inhabitants of the globe, and teens with every product which eon minister to the wants emu. To carry out effectually and economically steam communication with those countries is the object of this Company, for whose ope rations there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards oar numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which have an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England —are the only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam navigation with the parent stale, and for which a charter by the overland route has been exclnalvely granted to this Company. . _ . The route sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com pany is rid Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of which are, that Sydney, the metroplitan capital of the whole of the Australasian colonies, would he brought to a certainty within 64 or 65 days of Londoi (frequently in 60), and within less than 20 days of India. The coal stations are convenient, exoellent coal from the pits at Newoastle, New South Wales, eau be pat on board there at 7s. to 7s. 6d. per ton. Prospectuses, with forms of Application for shares, and itirther Information may be had on application at the offices of the Com pany, wkers a copy of the Royal Charter of Ineorporatioi may be obtained. Offices, 14, Cornhill. London. .701 IX TATES, Seo. PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY' and KENT. Capital, 20,0001. ii 10,000 Shares of 2/. each. Deposit, 11. per Share on complete registration. No further gall will be made without three menthe previous notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount subscribed for. The PATENT RIMONEUR MACHINA is exclusively used la the 'tikes of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal Exchauge-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap proved by The Most Noble the Marquis of IfORTELMPTOIi, President of the Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Regal li stitute of British Architects. Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Issoela tion for the A.dyaneoment of Science . The Right Rey. the Lord Bishop of Norwich Th. Right Hon. as Earl of Lel- caster Th o Lord Rendleshant, M.P. The Right Rey. the L.rd Bishop et Gloucester and Bristol The lien. and ReT. Edward Id Keppel rho Vory Rev. the Dean of West minster, Dr. Buckland The Venerable krehdeagen Shir- ley Sir John P. Boileau, Bart. Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. 1510utrara F . G.S.,In opector of Naval kospitals Right Hon. Earl Fitzharclinge His Grace the Duke of Beaufort Philip W. h. Hiles, Esq., 11. P, Right ?len. F. 11. F. Berkeley,l M.P. W. Miles, Esq., M.F. I The Bight Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield The Meet Noble the Marquis of Bristol The Don. arri Rev. Thomas X. Keppel The lien. Fred. Byng The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal lum, Bart. Sir William Foster, Bart. Sir Robert Harland, Bart. Sir Francis Darwin The Norwich Union Fire Moo The Suffolk Fire Office The District Fire Office of Bir mingham The Norwich Rotitable Immo? Office The Nottinghamshire and Dotty shire Fire Oflee The West of Englaid. Fire 01Bee, &c. The object of this Association is totally to abolish the Use of climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 55, are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced ill by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im possibility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge nious sad effective Ransoneur machine has been invented. This invention consists of feu 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 creating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The rods attached to this head or brash are supplied at intervals with universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle and the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and numerous 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 viows of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jermyn-street, James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Yirchin-lane ; at W. Heath. Lsq.'s, Nag's Head-oeurt, Gracechurch-street; and at the principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where a►plications for shores may be addressed. Illustrated by 25 Anatomical Coloured EngraTinge on steel. 3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICITIONS, GENERATIVE INCA! A CITY, AND I M IT.DIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the istrlnities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of inereiry, with remarks on Marriage, and tke means of obviating oertain dis qualitcations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By E. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titekborie- Ttreet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of tke anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative lacapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed eat. This nation is illustrated by ieventeon Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the Tirus chemically, and destroys its power on the system. Pali T. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its attics, T k e causes of unproductive onion, are also considered, and the whole subject critically aid philosophically inquired into. CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACiII is exclusively employed ix treat ing no Teas and sexual debility, impotence, &e., 11 s .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infec , t . ioi idd se l3 c i3 o ge n .. dary syrop ppeerr b b o o x tt , le ; t p o e rn r r y es , , e s ru p p u t r l i o fy n i s n , g and ee the in ea Pills,b e o 2 f e m i e d r c „ n e r y e 6 1 d 1e eertam remedy in gonorrhoea, sleet, strictures, and cb rents inftam ties of the bladder. Perrfs Preventative Lotion, an application to obviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, it by letter, It. 51. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment oily, by whisk the fee, 11. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Iter , nets-street, tom MeV= SI Two, and rlYe to Bight.; on Maws ' trona EloToa to Quo. The late MARQUIS of AILSA'S noble and delightfully situated TOWN MANSION, in WHITEHALL GARDENS, upon the Bank of the Thames. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON re spectfully apprise the Nobility and Public generally that, if not previously disposed of by Private Treaty, the capital and splendid TOWN MANSION of the late Marquis of Alias, in Whitehall gardens, will be SUBMITTED to PUBLI C AUCTION shortly after the Christmas recess. It is held by an original lease from the Crown, for a term of 99 years from July, 1806, at a low ground -rent. The mansion is admirably arranged throughout for tto accommodation and comfort of a large establishment, is In most excellent repair, and immediate possession may be had. The rooms are cheerful and airy, opening backward to a lawn extending to the river, and are of fine dimensions. Prom its contiguity to the Houses of Parliament, St. James's-park, the Pa lace, and Downing-street, it is admirably suited for a Cabinet Mi nister or any leading Member of Parliament ; also for a first-rate Club-house. No person can view the house without a cacd of admission, which, with every requisite information, may be had at their Offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; or of Messrs. Ashfield and Clods, so licitors, 7, Staple Inn, Holborn. Extensive FREEHOLD STABLING, with enclosed Private Yard, near Downing-street, Westininstnr, with Possession. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, some time in February (unless pre viously disposed of by Private Treaty), Some extensive and capital STABLING, at the west end of Bine Boar-yard, but completely enclosed within its own walls and gates ; comprising a nine and a four-stall stable, three large coach-houses, harness-rooms, and several servants' rooms, and lofts above, with pumps of soft and spring water, and all In substantial repair. The yard is entered both from King-street .and Delahay-street, close to Great George-street. Particulars and orders to view may be had of Messrs. Ashileld and Clode, solicitors, 7, Staple Inn ; or of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. THE WILD SPORTS OF THE PRAIRIES. This Day is published, post Svc, 65., TRAVELS in MEXICO, with ADVENTURES among the WILD TRIBES and ANIMALS of the PRAIRIES and ROCKY MOUNTAINS. By G. F. BUXTON, Esq. Mr. Ruxton's work is crowded with the wildest adventures, that, from the opening page to the close, rivet the attention. It has that reality which makes Melville's Types and. South Sea Adventures' so charming and fresh. It has none of the homeliaess of Robinson Crusoe, but the adventures are as startling.."—Economist. John Murray, Albemarle-street. ErWALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority), 4 , the " QUEEN'S OWN," with the new large eyes, are easily threaded, even by the blind, and hate improved points, temper, and finish ; the labels are correct likenesses of the Queen and Prince Albert in relief on coloured grounds. Sent free by poet, by any respectable dealer, on receipt of thirteen stamps for every shilling value. 11. WALKER'S NEEDLES FOR THE, MILLION are about half the price of the " Queen's Own." H. W. also manufactures improved Croehks, Fish-hooks, Hooks and Eyes, Steel Pens, &e. . . Gresham-street West, Loudon. THE TWIST REMEDY TOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple. bat certain remedy, to all who suffer from indigestion, Sick headache, Billions and Liver Com plaints ; they act as powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting strength to the stomach, and composure to"tfie nervous system. Sold In bottles at is. 1%5c1., or 2s. fd. each, by A— Willoughby and Co., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishopsgato Without, and nearly all Me dicine Yznclers. Be sure to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, and da not be persuaded to purchase an imitation. SOCIETY OF ARTS. The seventh ordinary meeting of the Society of Arts was held yesterday evening. W. F. Cooke, Esq., vice-president in rotation. The proceedings were more than usually interesting, as a large and valuable collection of ancient Greek vases, the property of Dr. Harding, was exhibited. Mr. SCOTT — RUSSELL, the secretary, road a paper from Dr. Harding, giving an account of the discovery of the vases. They were all excavated in the year 1846, from tombs near Hexamili, a village situated between Corinth and its an c i en t por t o f C enc h rm , an d within three miles of the spot where the Ismean games were celebrated. The mode of operation was as follows : the ground within the site of the ancient cemetery was bored at random with augurs seven feet in length, and when the covering of a tomb was reac hed, the au perincumbent soil was removed, and a hole made in the sandstone flag covering the chamber, and the con tents qtracted. The tombs were from four to six feet beneath the surfac e , an d t h e greates t num b er o f vases found in any one of them was fourteen. Mr. Biacn, of the British Museum, made some interesting remarks on the vases exhibited. He divided them into different classes, according to their antiquity. The most ancient were of a light yellow clay, with the figures painted in a maroon colour, and the accessories occasionally marked with a crimson pigment. These when found in Italy were usually called Egyptian, Carthaginian, or Phoenician ; and it was interesting to trace them in the present instance to a Corinthian origin. They were probably about 660 8.C., and it was remarkable that in that year two artists flying from Corinth introduced the picture art into Tuscany. The second class, which would also, if found in Italy, be classed as Egyptian, was of a pale red clay, with the figures in black and the accessories in purple, the details being scratched in with a graver; the age probably from the fifth to the middle of the fourth century before Christ. In the third class the figures were of the red colour of the clay, the b ac k ground being filled up in black. This style continued to be practised among the Greeks of Italy until about the second century before Christ, and coeval with it there existed in Athens another kind of vase, in which a white paint, probably car bonate of lime, was made use of. These Corinthian vases differed from the Italian in their extreme lightness, great antiquity, and beauty of shape, but they were inferior in workmanship to the Etruscan vases. After some discussion, in which Mr. Varley, Mr. W. Harding, Mr. Russell, Mr. Newton, and Dr. Harding took part, the subject was adjourned until the next meeting, when it was hoped that Mr. Wright, Mr. Crofton Croker, and other gentlemen of the Archaeological Society, familiar with the subject, would attend. A vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Harding for his communication, and also for consenting to place such of the vases as the council might select in their mu seum as models for manufacturers. The meeting then separated. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.--.An inquest was held on Monday last, befor e Mr. Re ed, the coroner for Northumberland,: at M or p eth, on the b o dy: o f Philip Wallis, who died in Murpeth Gaol, on the preced i ng day, in consequence of injuries received under the follow ing circumstances: — lt app eared that on Christmas-eve the deceased with S OlllO other p er sons were out poaching near Bywell, :when they were observed by one of the gamekeepers, who set his dog at them, Th e dog being a strong furious animal, rushed at the poachers, who were armed with guns, when one of the poachers fired at the dog, which alarmed the other keepers on the estate, who hastened to the spot, and a regular affray commenced. Ultimately the keepers succeeded in taking two of the poachers into custody, and the others ran off. The two who were captured were taken before the magistrate and committed to Morpeth gaol, where one of them (Wallis) died from the effect of the injuries he had received in the desperate encounter. The jury, after a long investigation, returned a verdict against George Thompson, the other poacher, of " Man slaughter." DEATH CF COLONEL FRANCIS SHERLOCK, ICH.— This gallant officer expired on Saturday morning, at Southwell, Notts, after a short illness, at the ripe age of seventy-one years. He had been iu the army above fifty-five years, and bad seen considerable service. In 1794 and the following year he served with the Bth Light Dragoons ,in Flanders, Holland, and Germany, and took part in the attack of Bousbeque; all the out post affairs on the retreat from Ostend, particularly at Alort and at Duffeldt; action at Boxtel, where his horse was killed under him, and the retreat from the Rhine. In August, 1811, he proceeded to the Penineala, in the command of the 4th Dragoon Guards, and served with that corps till May, 1813. His commission bore date as follows:—Cornet, Aug. 31, 1753; lieutenant, Dec. 19, 1793 ; captain, Dec. 22, 1793; major, June 4, 1801; lieutenant-colonel, April 25, 1808; and colonel, June 4, 1814. l i t 1 I f t I t t i 111 1