The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-14 00:00:00

C °NTR ACT FOR COALS, ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHEL , ' , EA, JI7NE 12, 1847. ` tu l 4 e Lords a n d others Commissioners for managing the affairs of Hospital, do hereby give notice that they are ready to treat r„,„ ',Lich persons as may ho villing to CONTRACT for SUPPLY- E;Vhe HOSPITAL with 701 TONS (more or less) of WALLS -3: COALS, of the hest qulity.' ga s , Persons, therefore, who may be desirous of supplying h al l : 4l d Coals will receive thriller particulars on • the sub- Applying at the office of the Secretary of the HosAtal, Nll'l'47 between the hours et Ten and Three o'clock, where printed c r„r v Tenders may be obtained, which Tenders must be filled . up ered (sealed) at the Board-room of the said Hospital, by the 771,,,,,.te_nderin{, or by sotue person appointed on his or their behalf, Cer n :::!_ l , 4l . the 27th June, 1848, at One o'cltek, at which blur to "n.:l.emsioners will be prepared to receive and take the same into T.ta ration at is p... • to am required titer to be observed that the Contractors will be d 114 t e eeurity for the due perfo7mance of the said Contract, an no Te nder will be received after the hottr above mentioned. PAR E p a . g FURTHER REDUCED.—OSTEND STATION. T t r i „oZers walk on board to all except Hamburgh Steamers. -GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION Mipssplendid and powerthl fi rs t-class STEAM are aPpointed to leave— ITAA D , The Custom-House or Tower, for— 'rhiso. ~ ,..7 '"GH, carrying her Majesty's Mails, every Tuesday and gess 1 -- * Yi nior. The Countess, next Wednesday, at One ; the Prin- Jai. Friday, 16, at Ten, Evening. .. itippv,,,, From Blac!cwitil Pier, for "Nev . '.DAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— sat 7. d dne-s daY and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. The Giraffe aar r ,. - --gr 17 ; the Rainbow, Wednesday, 21. ' tin, le EII P and the RHINE—The Soho, every Thursday, at 4„PSTE e w r et n i a g• s lg; , J ..: --In Ten Hours, every Wednesday, and Saturday Morn igoilii,e 17. T at welve Noon ; 21, at 24, at Six ; 28, at len "g• Chief Cabin, it. 45.; Fore Cabin, 18s. liA,Thp From S t. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for — 4 .. ,- -Every Sunday and Thursday, at Eight, Morning. I gOtn,,„ From London-bridge Wharf, for— '4 Po . u r "t s7 E—Every Thursday Morning. June 15, at Eleven; 22, Cal a t ' i ,zg. at Ten. Chief Cabin, 12s. ; Fore Cabin, Bs. i l. at Twelve Thursday and Sunday Morning. Jung 15 and IduiLelre Noon ; 22, at Five. 11.10 4 ,, Ev ery Tuesday and Friday, at Eight Morninst. .., 81 411'. 1.11— Every Wednesday, and Saturday, at Six Evening. .110.6 d. "'ATE Direct—The Mercury or Little Western —Every lalu n "P. Thursday, and Saturday, at Half-past Nino Morning, Cat Bla.ckwall at a Quarter-past Ton Morning. , p , ) lbiti r ,..' •From Brown's Wharf, Pplar, for-- 4 " Leit— nyuGHEvery Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten Evening. tat, --. Saturday, 17 ; the Trident, Wednesday, 21 , the Cla -"*. Saturday, 24. Chief Cabin, 2/. ; Second Cabin, 11. 2s. 6d. ,_ CA STLE w Prom Hore's Steant Wharf, Wapping, for— ,ag _Emeivwednesday and Saturday, at Eight Even b_44To s e e hl er Cabin - , , U.; Second Cabin, 12s. 7tu. Clir .! Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of "C. l4 rog, gtc., apply at the Offices, 71, Lombard-street; 37, • - lrens and 35, Leadenhall-street. TION A L BANK OF IRELA.ND, ttt.o,iice is hereby given, that the Court of Directors of the lla t44Dis of '"; of Ireland have declared a DIVIDEND on the paid-up raged;the Company, after the rate o 51. per cent, per annum, for Year ending the 30th day of June, 1848, and have . also de ,ll2!yrarr, bonus to he paid of 10s. on each share in such capital and bet-cizternt..ntsh,foerr the payment of the Dividend and Bonus will be 3' on Went Monday, the 10th day of July. 148, !tee, 1 3 t ,,he hours of and Three o'clock, at the Company's 7 Broad -street, London ; and at the branches of the So- Dublin, Athlone, Athy, Ballina, Ballinasloe, Boyle, Carrick ,,onNot,arrick on-Suir, Cashel, Castlerca, Charleville, Clonakilty , Ranturk, Cork, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Ennis, nnisrorthy, ermoy, Kells, Kilkenny, Killarney, Kilrusk, L F imerick, tll4'3ughrea, Mallow, os Mi P dletonon, Nlitchelstown, Moats, Mul enugh, New Rs, arstown, Rathkeale, Roszom mon, Wet e -'t. Ski bbereen, Tallow, Triunes, Tipperary', Tralee, Tuam, erf or4 ,„And Westport, IVexford, and Wicklow. i lflt e n 'Urther notice is hereby given, that the Transfer-books of be Closed from Saturday the 17th day of June "arrit tit i . " 6ll after .the day fixed for the delivery l ot the D i7idend By order of the Court of Director 2, t N. S. KING, Seem an% A, 0 Br oad -street, London, June 9, 1848. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of ENGLAND. Tbe 112, Bishopsgato-street, London, June 13, 1348. . 4 're t i ,„ ' r ectors of the National Provincial Bank of England hereby f t ke, that a DIVIDEND at the rate of Six per Cent. per an- Atte or th e h alf *it ' e ° ll th -Year ending the ' 30th of June, 1548, will be PAY rt."- th e Company's Stock on and after the 13th of July nex, -ate ; e Dividend Warrants will be obtained at the Company ' s ~Thetr2. B ishopsgate-street, or at the different branches. Nip s _ ansfer-books will ba Closed on and after Monday next, the ' 44111111 . Until the Dividend becomes payable. LDLAND RAILWAY. EDINBURGH OF MAIL TRAINS between L O NDON, " 8 (1 .r.DINBURGH and GLASGOW, via., DERBY, YORK, tr; ,WCASTI.E. *Ol - e : and after SUNDAY, 18th of June, the down Night Mail Train Ain oth:hie to leave London at 9 p.m., and Rugby at 12 5 A.M., and bast tit el thence be accelerated to arrive at E.linburgh at 2 15 P.m., I t aki rt f 4 1. . 1 4. The Up Mail will leave Edinburgh at 11 a.m., in -`ll4 4 •M. , and be accelerated to arrive at Rugby at 1 A.m., and T he at 430 A m (the present time) see time bill. n a kt x_ b __""o Express Train from London to Edinburgh, via., York 55 ;^"eastle, leaves London at 9 30 A.M., arrives at Edinburgh at ?tiv" Ita and at Glasgow at II 20 P.M. The Up Expre ss Tra i n r_ M —v o n gow at 8 A.m., Edinburgh at 930 A.m. , an d arrives inhr ▪ t_ at 10 10 r.., performing the distance between Ed inbur g h bdon in , about 12% hours. (By order) J. P. BELL, Secretary. • — ..:LJune 7, 1848. By order of the Court . of Directors, DA ROBERTSON, Manager. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ItiE CALLS for SEVENTH INSTALMENT of 31. 10s. per _ ° ‘ . 3 25 1. Shares, making 21/. paid, and for FIFTH INSTAL -1• ,11 e 31. 10s. per SHARE on 171 . Shares , makin g 131. p aid. t.it eti .'_•'!reetors of the Great Western Railway ha vin g resolved, at a Tan t a; held this day, to CALL, under the p rovisions of the Acts of for an Instalment of 3/. 10s. per Share of 251. Shares ; Doti so for an Instalment of 3/. lOs per Share on 171. Shares ; et ber„ 4 hereby ;riven, that the Proprietors are requested to pay, on !aak:re the s . th day of July nest, to say of t heiro 1 111 0 " re, the said suns of 31. 10s. on each of respective 251. I4nd the like sum of 21. os each of their respective 171. 14 44 ", Viz. ° D — Messra. Glyn, Millirem Mills, and Co. ; at the Great West -4r4 era Railway Mee, 29. Gresham-street, City. - --Messrs. Mlles, Harford, and Co.; Messrs. Retitle, Ames, aid Co. • Stuckey's Basking Comp an y ; the West of Eng loni and South Wales District Beak. erpool—The Hank of Liverpool. kritenhans—The County of Gloucester Bank. Ming —Messrs..7. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CHAS. A. SIUNDERS, Secretary. u....._ 44 ‘ 14 014 Tarminul , Paddington, June 1, 1848. 11 " 1 .17E GLASS DEALERS, UPHOLSTERERS, FAXILIES - AND OTHERS. ta,OLASS PLATES, 31 by 7.litiChes down—some in Massive e t i;‘ Chimney Frames, Mahogany, Cheval, Toilet, Dressinz, and Frames. 100 Portable Desks, Ladles' and Geotlemens' C a bl i ng Cases, Tea-caddies , and a large variety of Excellent %ix olluetArtieles, In Rosewood and Mahogany French• Polished, ier effects.. - J. CLEMM.kNS has been favoured with ,1114,', 1 instructions (torn the Executrix of the late Samuel ilk•r4Zla, Plate-Glass and Cabinet Manufacturer, to SELL by 1 4 4 hoD s „,'• upon the Premises, Nos. Liverpocl-street, stm t. ° 4 te, apposite Finsbury-circus, on TUESDAY next, the 20th and following days, at . Eleven, all his valuable Stock In et . thy b e eh Is of superior Quality and Workmanship. (6._doh e . ° v iewed on Monday, and Catilogues had upon the Premises traw a ,'N'er, Esq., Sol'eltor, 30, Broad-street-bulldings ; at Coffee-house ; the Boar and Castle, Oxford-street; the ` 4l -to N ,;'t , Com ermcial-road East; and of the Aucti oneer, Hol y bury-square. p WIIITSUN HOLIDAYS. ' ROYAL POLYTECHNIC k. tit INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET, lit o , r esti e n g h.n n lertant additions of a spacious Theatre, &e.—One of the er e "ti m ani. ( , , velties is the Manufacture of Ornamental Lace by im he:!vr 4 , l ',, li imarY—All the Dissolving V ews are changed : several to, i„ arranged with Mechanical Movements tor Dioramic ef otilliitm'Y art:, together with the Microscope and new Chromatrope, lep h r • It y ? t n ibLe enlarged Disc most advantageously.—The Lectures mid Dr. Bachhoffner are selected for their proved popu krdeu.lerimenta on the Water with the Diver and Diving-bell. deserlited.—Numerous beautiful Specimens of Art dair" — The Music is conducted by Dr. Wallis. ;44y) f rom Eleven to Five • and is the Evenings (including 4 miem. l 'otti Seven till Half -- past Ten. la.—Schools, Half-price.—The Nev Catalogue, Is. Ll': GREATEST NOVELTY IN EUROPE. • " P h i) 'th e ', CHINESE JUNK, 117 . 11 ) 1 4 .ie5t,; EYING, manned by a Chinese crew, as visited by Queen, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal 1 141 ' ,1, q by . , ti n ce Albert, and the Royal Family. Visitors are re ylpt !' : . dandaiin of rank and a Chinese Artist of celebrity, 41,:heci 411 Chinese Court Costume. Grand Saloon gorgeously 1, 1 (1 * l' 'le most approved style of the Celestial Empire. ( i51 1 : 41 itz„;.'”,. or Chinese Idol, &C., &c. tb e "'G is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION, from Ten to RJ Nty I 'L.EI taus ri , Bt. India Docks, adjoining the Brunswick Pier and lackwell. tt4 k T in , Admission, 2s. ; Children, Half-price. ide ncluding fare and admission, are issued at all the d _also b 5, Blackwell and Eastern Counties Railways. Convey ikba :eam-boat from all the Piers between Westminster ,, Q at • olwieh. to l ,Ther, i " o ' rues, obtainable only on board, price Sixpence. ik rt , 11 44 t : it amore interesting Exhibition in the vicinity of Len th, !.( !hinese Junk—one step across the entrance, and you , Y of i .,\•nin ese Thre e s world—yo have quitted the Thames for the vi ,etitcThe . ,`kJ LTRY OF LADIES A „ e r of ladies, both married and single, And B . a cla 61e tea-party happened to mingle ; • o n'l not be surprised when you find us confess $ u ch of their talk was devoted to dress, •11°e'l:nyd.z; 'ell': was the case, and we now will proceed _ t 1.. - te su.)ec. agred recoP ect n Mi l ss , ' Drury, e ,as the first in addressing the feminin e j ur y. „ f ray gi ye me," said she, " your opinions each one, ,:.Concer ling the Warehouse of MOSES and SON. E. MO: SES and SON let us fairly review. As Tai , ors, and Batters, and Bootmakers, too. ~ I consh l er , myself," ra id t h e sensible Miss, ~ That ti sere s certainly no better Warehouse than this." That's right," said Miss Quiz, " your opinion will sway, hu !bands and lovers hear out what you say. -4 Y ow n worthy gentleman woutd'nt put on ge rments but those of E. MOSES and SON. •ior Warehouse it certainly is, -1 Yo u know I'm conside r e d a bit of a q uiz. " 'ti Jud gegood spoke next, and expressed her delight Rh :t the others had spoken so much in thedrttigiehty. Vests e°,l B' .dered the Trousers, the Coats, an Jtr ki re an, has to stand the most quizzical tests Proi ionnced an encomium , eq uall y due, kir t- ' e 0 • uttltting Warehouse, and Hosiery, too. lfty, prices who of MOSES at all followed, wouldimes have " t er e hem l ow to know, l" hi - h . " t a ssertion was backed by MissPound'and ' Miss Penny, ;;• ,e tared that the prices were cheaper than any. s a " ladies expressed their ()pillions, as one, _ Ay 'Po rt of the Dress-mart of MOSES and SO I N 4 11,1 1 , r0 wds try the Warehouse to prove what SO N . IS, " r out the views of " a Jury of Ladies." LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. • Carli from £0 9 8 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely ' l ll 1 , lite 'it,' ha Coat I 0 w et Elmer, especially adapted for snowy and Z ie )4 1 . ...... .............. 1 0 0 . 0 15 0 n ew, " inter Coats, in every style ••• •• ........ 0 6 0 Do. Trousers, lined ...• •• .• •• • • 0 4 0 Doeskin •... •• •• Dress Coats.... •• ••••• • .• 1 0 0 eam "ei breasted Winter Vests 0 2 0 0 16 tar ..... 'MOW and 'Dune Suits•••••• .• • • ...• •• • • 0 16 6 WE nter ,1 110 4 MADE TO MEASURE. ,Oat.S. every style and. shape, hand- LeTotthritnOmed .... ..... ...from 1 6 0 O ver -coats, velvet collar and cuffs 2 4 0 Twe ed Wrapper..........• ••• • • 0 18 6 -weain Trousers• ........ 1 2 0 -.eat, D •• • ..... ••• Dr 1 2 6 0 Fr.. Rest quality made. . •• • • . ..... 2 15 0 Ca ah o do ..... 1 15 0 Si ; Isere Rest quality made.. •••••• • •• 3 " loto r I, •• •... ••0 8 6 Haw, at Fancy .......„ 0 12 0 4e, Oreat co r z nd Tunic S u it s ..................1 6 Sit of •• .• ..... ..... ...... •• • • 0 16 0 Mo arin '''`' lll es complete •• •• ••• •• 116 0 IN? ng t oany extent at Five Minutes notice. sy not article purchased ex rea4y made or made to mea ktr'turneC"ed of, will be ' changed, 08t„ or , if preferred, the I, " 4 nd sfo r -• Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, 11 4 "'a- d 44,,,.._ 15 00t and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for 4 1 kid 46 .-. 7 da T a ch, 154, 155, anel ' 156, 157 1111nories, and 83, 24„:1 le, City, London. "'"". and Son being obliged to guard the aes t 4mp. a .,,._ regret 4%., eta r - vu or b ei " , a• but have learned that the untradesman lisCi 4.v:orted u 3 ,2 o nncoted with them or it's the same concern, th e enrol. r nallY instances, and for obvious reasons. k 4 'wise desire ll ° ,l With )( I t , t any other hour° in or out of London; , n 4 , s eriq e and cheap c l o thi ng, & c ., Should call at, " t " :l Fate. C4ty, London. v got4% ....._ blu dlsess t ransact —. gilt kaki* at this establishment from sun * kiln= is resumed till twslys e 7 C-- ---- .- ----1 —e_72s . . . . ~ . . • -• .•" • . / „„ \\ \ „...v..... _ .... z . Agit . -• 't 1 ,•I' ittj• -- _...., , -..., ~ . . ~ -- 7- -- --., - .• 4 .,..- ..:i., '\•-•,„,....„, .. , . ~ -„,.., 1 ::b (... ..,:e, i mg ...„ i1,, , 4 :-•:-. . - , T ,•- ? ....„- , A,..,....„ . - ,•\ . • .. 1 .5 ,.. , , _. 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As our readers are aware, that portion of this line from Chester to Conway, a distance of 451 miles, was opened on the Ist instant for passenger traffic, and since that time four trains have traversed the line each way daily and two trains each way on Sundays, passing through the tubular bridge at Conway, to and from the station under the ancient walls of the old town. The following is a brief notice of this very interesting and picturesque line, so far as it is open, by one who traversed it, with a pleasure and gratification rarely attainable in railway travelling:— Leaving the joint station at Chester about two in the afternoon, we passed through a tunnel, and by a stone quarry, emerging where a view is had of the river and the old city walls. The line next skirts Chester's pretty race course, named " The Roodee," and crosses the Dee, by a bridge on the site of the fatal girder bridge, where several lives were lost last yeae. Here there is a fine ►iew of Chester in the background, and of the river, which has here a long reach, here and there showing a white or a dark sail amidst the trees, and the line pursues its way amidst fertile fields and meadows, after crossing the turnpike road on the level, continues in embankment to queensferry (7 miles from Chester), with its small slated church, and its masts among the trees. The traveller has the broad clear stream of the Dee at his right, occasionally disappearing for a while, as the railway dips into cutting or diverges from the river, hut it gradually approaches the Dee as it draws near Flint, and the noble stream, with its opposite bank, is always a pleasing part of the panoramic view from the carriage window. Flint (12k miles from Ches ter) has little to attract the eye, save its neat station ; shortly after leaving which a fine view is gained of the mouth of the Dee, with the Biddeston Hill and Hilbre bland, with its telegraph, and the open sea beyond. Soon the neat station at Holy well (l6i miles from Chester) was reached, and the planta tions near it. Still having a bird's-eye view of the estuary of the Dee, Mostyn is next approached, which station (20 miles from Chester) is one of the neatest on the line, and there is a good Elizabethan hotel in progress 'of erection. The names of all the stations on the line are engraved in gigantic letters on large slabs of slate, let into the parapet walls of the stations; and this has a very good effect, besides which, " he who runs (or rather steams along) may read." On leaving Mostyn the view i s very refreshing; to the left, an eminence, crowded with overhanging woods ; to the right, the broad stream of " the ancient, hallowed Dee ;" and straight before the traveller, the wide expanse of the open sea. On its land side the line is flanked for some distance by a ditch or fosse. Passing some limekilns by the shore, the traveller gradually gains a more extensive view of the luxuriant vale of Clwyd, especially after leaving the Prestatyn station (26k miles from Chester), the hills to the left terminating in a bold spur of bare rock, beneath whose cliff fumes the tall chimney of some iron works. Soar the traveller finds himself with a fine amphitheatre spread before him, combining the most pic turesque features of the far-famed Vale of Clwyd. To the left lies Rhuddlan, with its ruined castle and the remains of a house in which Edward I. held a Parliament in 1283, and passed the statute of Rhuddlan. Beyond it rises the pretty tower of the little cathedral of St. Asaph. Before the spectator are seen the bathing places of Rhyl and Abergele, and the romantic modern pile of Gwrych Castle, the residence of Mr. Bamford Lloyd Hesketh. Seaward, the view is bounded only by the horizon, and the Little Orme's Head is distinctly visible. Rhyl (thirty miles from Chester) lies about a field's breadth nearer the shore than the railway. There is a good substantial station erected here, and a carriage way from it to the shore. Crossing the river Clwyd, or, as it is thr•re called, the Vorydd (ford ? or ferry), by a neat drawbridge, and the road from Rhyl to Abergele, the line approaches the shore, and skirts it along the whole of the line of the bay on which Abergele stands. That village, seen distinctly from the railway, with its humble whitewashed church, is about half a mile from the Ahergele station (thirty four miles and a quarter from Chester), which is placed near the road from Abergele down to the beach, which the line crosses on the level— safety gates being placed at the crossing, so as to prevent any crossing of the line while a train is passing. The line next runs under the grounds of Gwrych Castle, and the castle is a fine object at various points, with its numerous outlying towers and turrets, and battlemented curtains, crowned by the overhanging woods, end below it the luxuriant gar dens. It comes upon the eye like a renovated castle of the olden time, belted round with trees, upon the brow of a lofty ridge of rocky hills. Plunging for a while into cutting, the train emerges to treat the traveller with another pleasant glimpse of the placid sea, its surface dotted here and there by a distant sail, or a smoke-vessel ploughing its rapid way, and leaving its black wake in the atmosphere, as well as its white one on the sea. Near the termination of the grounds of G wyrch, the traveller sees the bold cliff above the battle•famed pass of Cefn-yr-Ogo, with its lofty cave in the face of the limestone rock, from the mouth of which extensive sea views are commanded. Again for a while through deep cutting, and then through a tunnel, the traveller emerges into a second and smaller amphitheatre, that of the pretty little bay of Colwyn; the vale dotted with houses, and well-wooded, and here and there a silvery line marking the flow of some moun tain stream. To the right are the shore of the little bay and the sea; and shortly afterwards the line di verges from the sea, passing under the grounds of a pretty Elizabethan mansion, and it soon afterwards approaches the greatest work (hitherto) on the line, the celebrated Conway tubular bridge. But having already exceeded our limits, we must leave all notice of that great undertaking to a future occasion, and only add her e , th a t we k now no pl ace w ithi n th e i ron girdle of our railways which is more worthy of a visit for the beauty of the surrounding scenery, and for the deep interest it awakens in the far-gone past, by the venerable and cru m bli ng wa ll s w hi c h enc i rc l e i t , an d especially by the frowning towers and battlements of that once ma gn ifi cen t cas tl e, s till s t a t e l y i n i ts ruins, which Edward I. reared to repel the insurrec tionary struggles of the Llewelyn of that period. Within an hour and a half of Chester, only half an hour of Rhyl, and a quarter of an hour of Bangor, Conway is accessible at small sacrifice of time to any of those who seek a little recreation, whether residents of Liverpool, Manchester, Chester, or their neigh bourhood; and to visitors to the Welsh coast it forms an agreeable day's excursion, which few, we think, will omit.—Manchester Guardian. STORNAWAT, JUNE s.—Last week a monster of the deep about nine feet in length, was taken into th e harbour. The ichthyologists or Stornoway have, conse quently, been revising their natural history in order to discover to what genus it belongs, but their opinions are varied. From its appearance we are led to suppose that it belongs to that order termed by naturalists " selachi," of which the shark and ray-fish are a species. The pro jection of the upper jaw beyond the lower, the shape of the mouth, the position of the teeth, its pectoral fins and gills, evidently indicate it to be of the shark tribe.— , Ross•ahire Advertisor. WORKING OF THE COUNTY, COURTS' BILL. Mn. EDlTon,—Avery import an t a n d interesting papet has recently been published, pursuant to an order of di, ' House of Commons, viz., a return from every Count) Court established throughout England and Wales o the total number of pl a i nts entered in each Court from the time when the Act came into operation up to o number has s a of Plat withinintSi and inclusive of the 30th d ay of Novem b er , 1847, modi fyingthe and not exceeding 101., an d the total num b er of day : each cu or th s e urn a s above )b, 101., above W., above period, period, and the average number of h ours compr i sed i n eac h s i t ting ; th total number of cau ses tr i e d by each Court d ur i ng thr above period ; th e gross total amount o f monies received in each . court from the time when the Act came into operation up to the said 30th day of November, distinguishing the amount received for fees for each officer, and on account of the general fund from th e amount rece i ve d to the credit of suitors ; the total number of causes tried in each Court with the assistance of a Jury specifying the num ber of such causes in which a verdict has been given in favour of the party r equ i r i ng a j ury to b e su mmoned. The object in calling for the above very comprehensive return was to ascertain in the fullest possible manner the r.ature and extent of the busi ness transacted in the various County Courts. Every one who peruses this return will be astonished at the numb er o f p l a i nts that h ave been en tered within a period of little more than twelve months. It affords a proof of a very general disposition on the part of tradesmen and others to give the new system a fair trial, and while it is satisfactory — to observe the vast a motti t recovered in so short a period through the medium of these . C urts, it is much to be regretted that the amount of fees paid to the different officials in the several cases should so greatly exceed the amount which the public were led to ex pect would constitute the utmost amount of costs incurred by parties suing in these Courts. The Act had been in operation but a very short time before there were very general complaints of the conduct of the officials in ex acting double, and, in some instances, treble the amount of fees to which they were justly entitled. This was done, not by charging higher fees than those set forth in the schedule to the Act, but by charging the same fee two or three times over, where the Legislature evidently intended they should only be charged once. With the exception of the amount of fees payable therein, the working of the new County Courts appear to have given pretty general satisfaction. Of course, among a body of several thousand suitors, some individual cases of apparent injustice would occur, against which it was impossible for any Act of Parli a • moot, or the rules of any Court, to provide; but, as a whole, the system has worked satisfactorily, with the exception I have already stated. I now proceed to give some of the details which are contained in the document above re ferred to. I will first take the return from the Court established for the district of Clerkenwcll, in which there are, perhaps, a greater number of retail shopkeepers than in any other part of the neighbourhood of the metropolis of a similar extent. The return from such a district will afford, perhaps, the best means of judging how far that class of tradesmen have availed themselves of a comparatively cheap and expeditious mode of recovering debts that were due to them, and which was established fur their particular benefit. It appears that the total number of plaints entered in that court, within the period above stated, was 11,949, and by which, in no less than 5,025 cases, the amount sought to be recovered was under 11., being nearly one-half of the total number. The cases in which the amount did not exceed 2/. were 2,634, and those which did not exceed 51. were about the same in number, while those above 101. amounted to 784. (It will be recollected that 20/. is the highest sum for which proceedings can be taken in these Courts.) Of the above cases, 7,463 were tried ; the remainder were settled in some way before the proceed ings had arrived at that stage ; but the part of the return, in which the public will take the great est interest, is what were the expenses incurred by these proceedings, and how much of the total amount claimed was ultimately recovered fey the several suitors? It appears that the total number of cases tried iu which either party required the intervention of a jury was only 15, and out of that number, in nine instances, the party requiring the jury obtained a verdict in his favour. I may here state, tbat by the 70:h section of the Act, it is provided, that in all actions where the amount claimed shall exceed 51. it shall be lawful for the plaintiff or defendant to require a jury to be summoned to trythe said action; but, where the claim is under 51. it is dis cretionary on the part of the judge whether he will grata an application for a trial by jury; and it is a curious cir cumstance that out of 1,776 cases, in which the parties had a right to have them tried by a jury if they wished it, only fifteen persons attached so much importance to that ancient mode of settling the matter, as to incur the additional expense of some fifteen shillings or six teen shillings, which a trial by jury would entail upon them. Having stated the number of plaints entered, and the number above a certain sum, I now come to the result, and I find that the total amount paid into the suitors' fund (that is recovered by the abovi-mentioned 13,394 suitors) was 9,0611. 7s. 63.; and that the fees payable in the various step s of the proceedings adopted for the re covery of that auseunt were, to the Judges, 1,8051. 7s. 43.; to the Clerks, 1,5451. I Is. 103. The clerk's lees amounting to nearly as much as those payable to the Judges; and the bailiff's fees to 815/. 7s. 7d.; in addition to which there was 1,241/. 13s. received as fees, but paid afterwards into the general fund. By way of explanation of this latter item, it should be stated that the 37th clause of the Act directs that the fees named in the schedule shall be pay able to the judges, clerks, bailiffs, &c., but it contains also a proviso that it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to lessen the amount of the fees to be taken as to him shall seem fit; and again to increase such fees so that the scale of fees given in the schedule he not in any case surpassed, and in every Court in which the fees allowed to be taken by the Judges, &e., sh a ll a ppear to be more than sufficient, it shall be l aw f u l for the S e cretary of State to order that a certain p art on l y o f the fees shall be paid, the amount of the residue to be paid to the treasurer, and form part of the general fund of the Court. It appears, therefore, that the cost of recovering 9,061/. 7s. 6d. amounted in fees alone, to no less than 4,4071. 19s. 9d., or nearly 10s. in the peund; and this is exclusive of the attorney's bills, or the fees paid to barristers if any of those gentry were employed. Now, I most readily admit that the trial of 7,463 causes, in any of the Courts at Westminster hall, would havecoet consider ably more than 4,4071. 19s. 93.; and that, thanks to the manner in which Juries too often suffer themselves to be humbugged by the gentlemen of the Long Robe, nothing like so large a proportion of the amounts claimed as 9,0611. 7s. 6d. would ever have been recovered by actions brought in the superior Courts ; still, as so much has been' said about the cheapne ss o f t h e N e w Courts, it does seem a little surp r i s i n that the expenses of suing in them should am ount to 10s. in the pound on the sums actually recovered. With f regard to the Clerks' -ees, nearly equalling tho se payable to the Judges, t h e fact a d m its of a very easy explanation. Th e J u d ges do not c ollect their own fees; the Clerks do; a n d as I h ave a lready said, occasionally charge double or treble what they are ac tually entitled to. The total amount received in this court within the period already stated amounted to 13,4691. 7s. 3d., of which upwards of 4,400/.'was spent in law. I now give another extract from the Return vis., that relative to the County Court of the City of Westminster, in which the greatest number of plaints were entered, amounting to no less than 13,394, of which 4,735 were to recover sums amounting to less than 11. not so great a proportion to the whole as that of Clerkenwell; but then it should be recollected that the shopkeepers of Westminster are of a very different class to those of the latter place; and thus I find that the plaints to recover more than 10/. are no less than 1,268 while those in Clerkenwell were only 784. The number p of cases tried was 8,416. The number in which either required a jury was 24, and out of that number ten who so required a jury obtained a verdict in their favour. The total amount paid into the Su itors' fund was 12,4 9 4/. 9s. 10d., and the fees paid for t he recovery thereof amounted to 6 inn the th e case of Clerkenwell, about 10s. in r. I not trouble latter case rather above that *moan. ls having given the ,9891. 15e W al e () i e l u g , an a d s your readers with any further d.ectare which will be outfit of business has been transacted, opinion as to the work cient to enable them to form therefore, only trouble returns of the two courts in w_hislandh greatest amount ing of the new measure. have been established entered in the sixty courts w eether with the other arti under the Act, and which, to e , ears to be' as follow p s:- culars therein enumerated , . them with the return of the twhoitcahl number of plaints, &e , 429,215, of upwards of 101.; 41,617 to which 31,443 were to recover _ 595, to recover between recover between 51. and 101.; 9 9 , recover between 11. an d 21.; and and the total number Of aid t he r a sum not exceeding l ot was number brought to recove 2thLeantoitasll.;nu9s:sbelrB o to f plaintsappentered was p into causes tried was 267,445. T-e 0 to 345,1-2 i. 3s. 9d., upon the I. total sum suitors' fund, amounte d to the Judges amounted to recovery of which, the fees was no less than 161,042, clerks, 73,777/. 11s 3d. 82,652/. 14s. sd. To the • To the bailiffs, 46,889/. Os. 9e d an d to the general fund ther e Id was paid 52,1171. 10s. 1 e the gross amount of money received being 600,5 59 /. Is• 3d., o which f 3451 I 22. 3s. 9d. 17s. 4d. Went to the suitors' fund, and 255,436 E to the Judges and officers of the Court , being 89 , 6 86/. less ' than the s u m received by the suitors. It is r ea lly t oo bad, that the fees of a Court, prof esse dly establish e d f or the more easy recov ery of small debts and d e m an d s , should amoun t to so enormous a sum, and be so great l • disproportioned to the amount, actu ally recovered. It may be said that the suitors are sa tisfied, otherwise they would not resort to those Courts; but that is not the case. least, and prefer Of two evils they choose the lea Courts, dear as they are, to those of Westminste r Hall. where the fees are much higher; and in addition, they would have to employ barristers, &c.; while the delays therein amount almost to an absolute denial of justice. - Weekly Dispatch. CENSORIUS. of John it was conjectured younger r Saturday, i n the purposes,Bri tNalnijtncOihale:NlfosarlilNleidTewcfir7m:L.iAveHrpeYo'ooul to proceed to Bermuda, on matters of a family nature,' to his brother. Tht Great Western steam-ship plies re gularly between New York and Bermuda, the voyage being about seventy hours. The Earl of Burlington had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home , office. SII N 7 JUNE 14, 1848. d CA .O k p P ORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—At a qusrter to one o'clock this afternoon the Fir s t Lord of the Admiralty, Lord am c Capt a i ns B erkeley and Milne, arrived at the Clarence yard by e x p ress train from London, on a v i s i t to Si r C. rd Napier. O n t h e Admiralty flag being hoisted in their r o d nap s a t fi G ed erm by an Lo s, rdLo J r o a hn rai ß in u e s r s s e t l o l. n, L a o n r dd barge the V ictory saluted it with the usual complem ,' nt• lbaeNnl jaVeocA L INTELLIGENCE. the distinguished officers and statesmen disembarked at he new stairsral Dinatandaaed, coc.ki m.r., y 3 rdaboutone Rear-Admiralo:cleck r , r a e n s d . C w h er ie e f, r A ec d e m iv i ed by Sir Cherries Ogle the Commander-in , cots, C. 8., Captain Chads, C. 8., Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Captain James, ILE , Mr. Fincham, Mr. Browne, Mr. Vinter, Flag-Lieutenants Cochran and Ap lin, and other officers. At two o'clock the whole party, augmented by the commissioners appointed to inquire into the principle to be observed in the use of iron in rail way and similar structures, proceeded to witness the test ing of some chain cables, and some experiments of a scien tific character, by Capt. James, R.E.,F.8.5., the nature of which would require more space to thscribe comprehen sively than we can devote to them; after this their Lord ships made a tour of the dockyard, first glancing at the Merlin steam-packet, Lieut. J. 0. Bathurst, refitting for the Mediterr anean service in dock; thence inspecting the Ajax steam- guar d• s hi p, the Pembroke, and the Orestes, in dock; the new basin and foundries, Mr. Bramble's new dock and slips, the Royal Frederick, and the Princess Royal, on the slips, the wood mills, and the hydraulic room, where Captain James exhibited to the Premier and Foreign Secrectary a highly interesting experiment of pressure upon iron girders; thence their Lordships and their distinguished friends took water at the King's-stairs, and visited the Excellent, Captain Chads, when that officer showed them some experiments in gunnery practice. After inspecting sundry other ob jects of interest, the party adjourned to the Crown Tavern. Pembroke-street, where Sir Charles Napier entertained them at a most sumptuous banquet. The entertainment was intended to have been given on board the St. Vincent, at Spithead, but a gale had been blowing since daylight, and the sea was running so rough as to deter the uninitiated in nautical life from attempting a dinner on shipboard. Their Lordships slept at the George Hotel. To-morrow, should the weather. be fine, their Lord ships will visit the squadron at Spithead, and after wards Lord Auckland and Captain Milne will return to the Admiralty. Captain Berkeley proceeds from Portsmouth on a short visit to Ropley House, Alresford, Hants. THE LATE ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN CHID& Some misapprehension having existed with regard to the dis tressing accident which so recently befel Captain Chads, late of the Styx, steam sloop, and which has gone the round of the papers, it may be as well to state that, in stead of the arm being fractured in three places, as was at first reported, or in two, as was subsequently said, the actual amount of surgical injury was confined to fracture of one rib of the right side, with puncture of the lung, and severe contusion of the right shoulder, from the effects of which the gallant officer has almost recovered. The long duration of the stage of collapse after the occurrence of the accident, and the amount of internal injury probably inflicted, were the principal causes however of alarm. It affords us mach pleasure to be enabled to state that this gallant officer .is now rapidly convalescing, and that at no very distant period he , will again be enabled to serve his country, with the same unimpaired judgment, energy, and ex cellent feeling which gained him the esteem and love of those who have sailed with him, and the approbation of the Commodore who inspected, and the Admiralty who so generously and meritedly gave him his promotion. We have also. to correct the statement that Captain Chads in falling dragged one of the men with him. The seaman, Shearman, fell first. Captain Chads en deavoured to save himself by springing from the ship's side in order to clear the boat, touching no one. Mr. Fincham, master shipwright of Portsmouth Dock yard, has arrived in town to attend at Somerset-house, relative to some contemplated alterations in the consti tution of the Board of Surveyor of the Navy, as we un derstood. The Royal Frederick, three-decker, of 110 guns, built at Portsmouth by the ex. Surveyor • of the Navy, was ordered to be detained on the stocks two or three years longer ; she is ready for launching when ordered. The Prince Regent, 90, Captain W. F. Martin, got under weigh and made sail for Spithead, also, on Mon day morning, but in a short time resumed her former birth, and re-anchored. The Vindictive, 50, Captain M. Seymour, is fast dis mantling at Portsmouth, and will be paid off on Thurs day. The Swift, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant-Commander Lory, was paid off at Devonport on Monday morning and the officers and crew turned over to the Express, 6, packet-brig. The Termagant, screw steam-frigate, is ordered to proceed from Seaward's factory when she has received her engines, to Sheerness, there to receive the jury gear of the Rose, where she will.be tried at a draft of water of 14ft. bin. forward and 17ft. 6 in. abaft. The Conflict, screw steam-frigate, having had her stern altered at Wigram's, is ordered to be removed to Ssaward's factory on the 17th, where she Rill be com pleted in her machinery fittings, and will then be sent to Sheerness to be prepared for sea service. The Sharpshooter steam-vessel, Lieut. J. C. Bailey commander, arrived this morning from Milford, and came into the harbour this afternoon. Her Majesty and the Court will leave the Clarence yard :.t half-past three o'clock r.nt. to-morrow for London. The following gallant act has only just come to our knowledge:—About half-past eight o'clock on the even ing of Wednesday last, Master Davidson, a midshipman of the Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, flag -ship of Sir Francis Collier, fell overboard from the hulk of that ship (the Victorieuse), in this harbour, when Lieutenant Everest, of the Hastings, who was officer of the watch at the time, and who luckily happened to be walking the deck of the hulk, heard cries for help from the water, and, without a moment's hesitation, with all his clothes on, plunged overboard and rescued the poor boy from a watery grave. A BRIG SQUADRON.—It is intended there shall be a sail. The Frolic, 46 guns, built by Captain H e nd r y, brig squadron this summer, comprising five or six and just recommissioned at Portsmouth by Com mander Vansittart; the Helena, 16 guns, built by Sir William Symonds, and also just recommissioned at Portsmouth by Commander Smith; and the Rattler and Sharpshooter screw sloops, will probably be mem liof the screw vessel prin ciple is a model sloop mem bers of this squadron; as also the Pilot, 16 guns, at Ply inuuth, just commissioned by Commander Lyons, and the Reynard, 60 horse propeller sl oo p, a b out to be put incommission at the t ic W T hety lat ter is to be severely test e d. Sh e i s b uilt on designs in furnished by the Navy-office, of 516 tons, 147 feet long, 27 feet 10 inches beam, and 12 feet 6 inches draught ; to carry an armament of two 32-pounder guns of 56 cwt. each, and six 32-pounders of 25 cwt. each; to stow three months' provisions, and carry 154 days' fuel, a complement of 100 men, and engines of 60-horse power by Rennie. Commander P. Cracroft is the officer selected to command this vessel; he left the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, on Monday morning, for Deptford (where the vessel at present lies), to superin tend her fitments for commission, by order of the Com missioners of the Admiralty. ♦PPOINTMENTS. Surgeons —C. Coffey (1846) to the Pilot sloop, at Devonport; J. It'Whinnie (1847) to the Frolic sloop, at Portsmouth; T. Kincaid (1848) to the Helena sloop, at Portsmouth; J. C. Buchanan to the Tweed corvette, at Devonport. Chaplain—The Rev. C. Austen, of the Vindictive fri gate, dismantling at Portsmouth, to the flag-ship Ocean, at Sheerness. Naval Instructor—George Ennis to the Ganges, 84 guns, at the Nore. Assistant-Surgeons—J. Rose, M.D., to the Frolic; H. Johnson to the Minos steamer, on the Lakes of Canada. Acting Assistant-Surgeons—Robert Irvine to the Pilot; Sidney Bernard to the Hibernia; George Moore to the Tweed. Midshipman—H. C. Farrington to the Ringer brig, at Chatham. Naval Cadets—J. K. Wood, to the Tweed; G. Twiss o the Pilot; G. G. Duff to the Frolic. Letters from Plymouth this merning announce the arrival of the Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, in the Sound, and of her having carried away her anchor in bringing up, to the imminent danger of every man on board. Here again is anoiber instance of the unsafe ness of the present established anchor for the navy, which has scarcely varied in form for centuries. The equipment of the Bellerophon on the sea service estab lishment bas only just been completed, and the first time her anchor is let go it fails, although under th e most favourable circumstances bo th as regards season and anchorage. It was but a short time since that the Queen, 110, was placed its imminent danger from the same cause, and from most stations complaints are con stantly made of the cumbrous, nay, treacherous, anchors now supplied to her Majesty's service. Wind, W. by S., fresh gales and cloudy weather. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY.—Four officers, 88 men, and nine women left head-quarters this morning by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway for Wool wich; and three officers, 90 men, and their baggage came to head-quarters by the same route this afternoon. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP HASTINGS.—This ship is now manned at Portsmouth, and will be ready to quit that station for the East Indies by the beginning of July. She takes out to;Rio do Janeiro Mr. Southern, as Minis ter to the Argentine Confederation, vice Lord 'Lowden, returned home. Mr. Southern was lately at the Por- tuguese Court. His retinue and equipages are being shipped at Portsmouth, and suitable accommodation is being made for the Minister on board the Hastings, but which being only a small class two-decker, it is rxpected some of the baggage must be sent in another ♦essel. WooLincli, JUNE 12.—The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain James Hope, C. 8., arrived at Woolwich on Fri day last from the south-east coast of America, and will be paid off at this port on Saturday next. The vessel is in excellent order and the crew most efficient. Her rig ging and a considerable portion of her stores have been taken on shore to remain until she is again ordered for 441116.405, The Styx steam-vessel was taken into dock to-day to have her bottom examined and be refitted for sea. The Virago steam-sloop is ordered to Sheerness to morrow, if the tide will suit to get her out of the basin, to be made ready as an advance steam-vessel at that port. The Caradoc, Holyhead mail steatn•packet, left Green hitho on Friday morning at half-past two o'clock, and arrived at Portsmouth at hall-past four o'clock P making the passage, a distance ut 170 miles, in 14 hours, against a strong head wind, and only three hours of the tide in her favour. The officers and part of the crew of the Egyptian frigate Scharkies are now on board the Nymph re ceiving-ship, opposite Woolwich Dockyard, and the re mainder will join this evening until their own vessel is fitted with her engines and screw-proplier at Blackwall. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB Wind and water, the true elements of the jolly jack tar, were yesterday in fall fowl. There were no mis givings as to whether the boats would succeed in reach lag the distance for want of the propelling powers: no " there is hardly enough air to a t t h a e k b e r o e tn enlisgehtthagano, en N a o expression little towardsof hiltooqed-s,”“znii:tt and that the mischance a t e he w m ogus a bul t dte te ho r fr , uaet t ss. h 'h' at some of the light spars of the of the moment might mar the efforts of hours. On the beautiful oatchwahletmirar,aaritouinno.rnhitihite would part o g f iv s e om w e a , y, who bad occasion of the first match of the club, about a fort it could be termed for the first three hours but little most tedious on record, an d it may be remem e bered that the distance was shortened, and many and mournful were the -Complaints of both visitors and a and dri p ft e i r n h g ap m s a:e b b e , ay s i a ps i ir l tio o zr r e, s . owfe T il i co y alc w suo e ly r ags e te f d ortunately spared any occasion for murmurs on that score yesterday, and as it proverbially , with hls h t o o aflf o th u ae r mp lo rine t ut n iey ev er to be satisfied, many of the com apnadnyauthhnonugghhtfathrefrrnempeaantedeghreenaarhyleshdoawyetros a th n e yth or in d g ina b r u y t agreeable, and some of the " turnpike sailors," the squalls " a leetle too stiff "—stiff enough they had it, _ Owner's Name. m , open to all Royal Yacht Clubs, for or fleet It was the great per- unlimited tonnage, a time race, greatest match, we should say, of Owner's by the greater to the season. It being The following had beenteonetetne John Wicks, Esq.l HeroineYach t. Tons.SoljutohtaLmptoinaw someCAT since , Charles ea reeft Henryor: adfmele t eed h dtrasto e iwactG:e p eoci uoßsit o achhxben w r.o3:teo e enwt nr: r Entneo. ceb ediasan a p. sic itt n idrei i d scsa.:citiy..nt qualifica tions ,E . hsq. , the lesser. must be outh Gregory Cook, 14's a Arrow 84 Ditto Ino 25 London D Fr a o r l i i n c g 3 1 1 2 P D l i y t t m o Secret 25 Ditto Mw well -known t d ie o s a of Belvidere 26 Ditto cl- Rt. llon.Lord A.. Paget M P fortnight fresh in the recollection of those to whom such matters are of interest, and to repeat them would be to unneces sarily occupy space. The Musquito was the " dark stinger" to be feared. She is of iron, and it will be re membered was launched from the firm of the eminent Mare, at Blackwell, two or three days only before the last match, for which she was entered, but in which she did not contend, as her sails were found not to fit her spars, and she could not be got ready in time. First rate old yachtsmen spoke in glowing terms of her ap pearance, and she was hence, although untried, looked upon as a most formidable rival. She shared with the Daring and Heroine the favouritism. The first-named of these two won the last match in a calm . and light wind; but although a stranger in the Club until then, her fame had travelled from Plymouth. She had had, it was said, .her mast carried away twice, or some such thing, which betokens that she was a most powerful weatherly thing; and of the Heroine, if our memory is not traitorous, she beat the Secret in the corresponding race of yesterday (the Stranger's Prize) two years ago, and that character is enough " to get her a situation" anywhere. The City of Canterbury steamer had been chartered by the Club for the accommodation of members and their friends, and left London-bridge at ten yesterday morning, calling in at Blackwell, wit,4 an exceeding respectable, and, considering the miav:ourable aspect of the weather, very large party on bocl. The distance t o b e sa il e d was from Erith round the Nore Light and back; and on the arrival of the steamer at the former, the bouts, with the exception of the Frolic and Belvidere, took their places. At 24 minutes 30 seconds past twelve the signal was given, and the whole of the boats canted round at the same instant, the wind being south-west. The Secret t0 , .,k the lead, Ino second, the Daring third, Heroine fourth, the Musquito fifth. One of the Daring's crew fell overboard just at the moment of starting, but was soon picked up. At Greenhithe thu Musquito was first, Heroine second, Arrow third, Secret fourth, Daring fifth. The Ileroiee imarediately nfter passed the Arrow. At Northfl.,et Hope the heroine carried away her top sail yards, but rigged afresh and kept her place. At Co6lhouse Point they were obliged in a heavy squall to strike their topsails, and, without any material change, they arrived at the Nore in the following order:— The Musquito, 2h. 41m.; Arrow, 2b. 46ce. 155.; Heroine, 2h. 49m. 305.; Daring, 2h. 53:n. 455.; Ino, 2h. 57m. 20s; Secret., 2h. 58m. In passing Sheerness, on the return up, another heavy squall came on, and the boats rode through it Leauti fully. There was a splendid race shortly afterwards between the Daring and the Secret, the Ino having got disabled before her arrival at Yantlet Creek, in which the Secret, atter the exhibition of great nautical skill, passed her antagonist. The Heroine and Arrow here changed places with each other, and shortly after pass d.tetodnHuteo.irt ohLnhre.e, Mare,7c h o ul panbyy. L0rd5,,0 pass ing Coal-house Point the Arrow gave up. The Mus• quito continued her lead all the way up, and the boats came in thus: vessel e e s C A Ts i r eh e u l e t s ,: h i p u e h i rn t i °:so:e4esnm7tuohw.br. were noblemen pno.reLassi London Daring, dnn g Alfred ge iDn P gr a y g a e d t : with Waterman te r a tu n a n a appropriate a r i d a te a n ad u d m r b e essr, ofand ya ~t h h t e . 3 . 44w. s. ; belonging gentlemen accompanied the match. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their usual early walk on Monday morning. The Royal children rode and walked in the Park and pleasure grounds. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party in the evening. The Court will, it is expected, leave Osborne this (Wednesday) afternoon for town. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, on Monday, at Cambridge House, The Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and the Princesses Anna and Amelia of 'Saxe Weimar and suite, yester day visited the new hall and library and the chapel of Lincoln's Inn. They were received by Mr. Swans ton (Queen's Counsel), the Treasurer, Mr. Purton Cooper (Queen's Couni,el), one of the benchers, and the Rev. Mr. Anderson, the preacher. The illustrious visitors added their signatures to those of other royal and distinguished personages in the ancient book of the Society. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Monday at Gloucester House. Lord John Russell left his residence in Richmond Park yesterday for Portsmouth. The Eart of Auck land and Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Portsmouth. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also from the Governor of New South Wales. P-- ARISFI OF ST. MART, NI WINGTON.—Last night, in pursuance of an o r d er of the Court of Queen's Bench, a vestry meeting of the ratepayers of this parish was held, by atijournment, in the Boys' School-room, High street, Newington, for the purpose - of electing sixteen theto fill the office of governors and guardians of the poor, fill he provisions of the local Act of the 58 Gee. In ' , c. the r 6 9, and t o d ec l are t h e fi na l state of t h e poll of i atepayers o f t h e parish, taken in pursuance of ouch ordersided, Mr. Ambrose Boyson, churchwarden, pre- At the meeting on Friday the Ratepayers' As sociation nominat e d t h e following persons:—Messrs. C. Pugh, W. Garland, S. Stevens, C. Lane, Jolland, W. Swainson, T. Wills W. Sentence, Moss, J. Ma Y' G. Garrett, Buckingham ' C. Roads, 'l'. Griffin, and J. Wills; and on a show ' of hands they were declared elected; the poll was then demanded by the opponents of the association on the part of Messrs. J. Cook, J. Thwaites, W. Gover, H. Seward, W. Bern, J. R. Burton, F. Hardy, H. R. Silvester, J. Brooker, J. Cooper, J. Kinndon, T. R. Mulcock, J. B. Els deli, and T. Jones. ' At six o'clock last night the chairman declared hete numbers finally closed, and srtly after announced candidate .. in each list, viz.:---The Ratepayers' Associa tion List—Griffin, 1,593; Sentence, 1,589; Pugh, 1,194; J. Wills, 1,1 65; Lane, 1 ,153; Garland, 1,122; Stevens, 1,117 ; Swainson, 1,11 9 ; Wills, 1,099; Jolland, 1,09 8; Ma r , 1 ,091; Garrett, 1,084; Buckingham, 1,084; ds, 1.084 ; M ay, 1,073; and Mills, 1,067. The largest number p o ll e d in the opposing list being 606, the chairman d eclared those gentlemen duly elected, the lowest majority bein g 46 1. , I IE BRIG lITON STEAM- BOAT Q UESTION. —Th e petition of Mr. Hewitt Davis and a vast body of share holders against this scheme, and iu opposition to the fur ther expenditur e of capital, has been presented to the House of Lords by Mr. C. Nash, the Parliamentary agent. Petitions of the South Wales Company share holders h ave a l so b een presented, calling for an lavesti gation. Al so p et i tions of shareholders and others of the Waterford, W exford, Wicklow, and Deblin line against the Bill now pending, and pra ying for an in quiry, have been presented by Mr. Nash, opposition. agent to the RIOTOUS Mons. —It is not generally known that when the police are assaulted by riotous mobs, the of fenders, on being identified, are liable, if sent for trial, to seven year& transportation. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. John ltitchie,Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. F. 11. Thomson, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most peefect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834—ITS ANNUAL INCOME BEING UPWARDS or 92,000/. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the three they were effected. The bonus added 10 policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De cember, 1840, is as follows: — Sum Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy. £5OOO. • • • •• years 10 months•. • • •• • • £683 6s. Bd. 5000. 6 years ........ 600 Os. Od. 500(1 .. .4 years ........ 400 Os. Od. 5000.• .. ••.. • .2 years ........ 200 Os. Od. The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years, where the In surance is for Life. No Entrance AI eney or charge except the Policy Stamp. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. ILVER PLATED CORNER DISHES.- Ly A. B. SAVORY and SONS. Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit the prices of the following Patterns of strongly ?DATED CORNER DISHES, with silver hinAles and edges, and silver shields for engraving the crest or coats of arms, viz.:— The Gadroon Pattern. Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers ••••.• • • • • £8 0 0 The St. James's Pattern. Fonr Extra-strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers • • • • £l3 10 0 N.B. The Covers are made with moveable handles, so as to form extra dishes. 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Its action is simple bat sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys its power dn the system. This important part of the Work should be read by every Yonng Man entering into life. Pear Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its lakes. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TRZCORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACIIM is exclusively employed in treat ing n.rvous and sexual debility, impotence, tic.. 11 a .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic ?comely, for purifying the blood In cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. ed., 4s. 6d., and I is. per box, a eel - tabs .emedy in gonorrhoea, sleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. f;onsultation fee, if by letter, It. if. 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With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the knatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and ft:notions, and the various Ajuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.. 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 fulfilment 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 ia every instance disclosed, in bow many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when 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, on the natare and conseauence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the ksman 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 •f the health and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfertimately 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' front 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 complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking 'or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus , he forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the causes of iisease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the !neklical man who can show by hi.; posse sion of the requisite legal lualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his prefes iional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his d i P lm certify, and the great exte n t o f his practice for many Years is a zuarantee for his professional experience, whi c h h a s reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published loy the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternostei a - ow ; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street; Starie, Tichlsorne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet•street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be c onsulte a don f th ro e m se F dl iv s e or t ter E s iht personallytisb or by letter. daily, from Ten till Two, and calldsnct, 37, nand- mare Loadon, ~,. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—lf question were asked at Bradford of the cause of the distress, it is almost certain the first an i wer would be, " want of employment." What then is this that is called want of employment, and how do s it come ? Is it throuvh malice of somebody that will not employ, or is there any further light to be thrown, either on how it comes, or wh a t wou ld re: move it? If a number of people, as for instance the contents of an emigrant ship, were cast away on an uninhabited isl end and; left to their own exertions for support, thoy must apply themselves either severally or in co tnpanies, to see how the means of living can be got. If they had a boat, as many as it would hold might climb the rocks in search of sea-fowl or their egi . ; and some must penetrate inland, to look for roots or and at the worst to bring down firewood to co ok what the others might obtain. If their striy in the island seemed likely to be lasting, th fit efforts must take a wider range. If se:d-corn or potatoes had been saved from the wreck, they must be planted in the manner which gave the best prospect of having something to eat hereafter. Shelter also must be provided against e cold or the rainy season, which will be sure to come. And though for a time they might adhere to so much of a ship's discipline as should cause the pro ce eds of their industry to be brought into a common snick, and a sea-gull to be faithfully divided as re corded in histories of shipwrecks, it would not be long before this kind of community of goods was broken ups, if only by the necessity there would be for dis persion in order to make the most of the capabilities of the country whatever they might be. Aud as so me would be abler or luckier than others, it would not be long before some were found holding the po sition of employers and others of employed, present-. k to some extent a copy of what is found in so bieties that have stayed at home. In this state of things, whether the employed wc,uld have a good time of it or a bad, would clearly depend mainly on one thing, viz. whether the whole concern of the community was in a prosperous and advancing state, or the contrary. If store of such comforts of life as the place afforded, were attainable with moderate certainty and moderate toil, then there would be a lively demand for persons to gather or to plant. But if on the contrary the returns were in general less than would keep alive the workers, it is plain that working for pay must be confined to a few► of the most favoured localities, and those who did not work for pay and had no previous resources provided, must do the other thing hinted at, which is to starve. In other words, there would be all the symptoms of a " want of employment?' To put, for instance, particular case ; if there is to be a demand in Australia for servants upon sheep-farms, the extent of the demand and the rate of wages must depend on the general prosperity of sheep-farming in the coun try, and there will be no use in crying out "Employ us, and give us ten pounds of meat a week and a quarter of a pound of tea," unless the sheep-farming trade is on the whole in a condition to afford it. If a zealous man wants to improve the condition of farm servants, he must go and discover a new territory for sheep-farming. The inference to be drawn from all this is, that the only real cure for a want of employment is to open new roads to the extension of profitable industry on the large scale. It is not a thing to be done by Mr. A. nor Mr. 8., nor by the united wisdom of the whole parish together. It must be done by opening com munications with new countries, either through going there ourselves and producing what we and others want, which is colonization or emigration, —or else through offering the inhabitants of other countries our home produce in exchang e fo r theirs, which is free trad e . I t had been hoped that sometlnngin this last way wou ld have been done already. A nd if it has not, one rea son may be that free tra de in next February ; and another that the effettcoto corn ro duced by the sme ll o f tree trade next February,ph been count e ra c t e d b y potato-rots and failing as crop s the year before. And this leads to a wider and newer field, which seems in part connected with the other. The idea has widely gone forth, that the great defect is in the existing system of division, which is by means of competition and the accumulation of capital ; and an experiment on a great scale is being made in France, at the end of which we shall know more about the subject than at present. But in the meanwhile, it may be permitted to agree with the Chancellor, when The Chancellor said, I doubt." And the doubt is considerably strengthened, on applying the same parallel as before. Imagine two or three hundred working men sa d their families, hearing that an island like Robi'ison Crusoe's affords tempting opportunities for living, and determining to go there ; but they are to have nothing t) do with either capital or competition. The first thing they must have, is a ship, with sea men, and provisions. But this, unless they begin by seizing somebody's ship, which will be met by strong resistance from the owners and crew, they must either effect by saving money to buy or hire one before they think of proceeding further, which is being capitalists themselves, —or they must in some manner pledge their future labours or a portion of them, which is entering into a competition of a most harsh and revolting form, nothing shirt in fact of what was done by the ancient bound servants itt the American colonies, who were never mistaken for a branch of successful Communists. But suppos e this difficulty got over, and that they arrive. It is undeniable that when a man-of-war's crew has been cast on an unknown land, men without families and possessing in general something approaching to an Equality of strength and ability, the habit of discipline and the consciousness of being directed by indivi. duals of greater knowledge than themselves have kept them for a few weeks in something like a state of communism or equal division of food and gunds. And a similar effect has sometimes been produced by religious excitement ; joined, it may be observed, very frequently, to the profession of either celibacy, or such rigid submission to the direction of superiors in matters matrimonial, as precluded the danger of disturbance from increase of numbers. But where is the evidence in the whole world, that collections of the working classes, either as they are or are likely to be, would contentedly continue to labour for the lazy or the ill-conditioned ? It is clear that something like an American whipping house must be set up in self-defence, till the society determined to recur to the easier mode, of leaving the lazy to feed upon their laziness. It is because the American has net this resource that he spends him self in hard whipping; he has paid his money before hand, and must either get the value of it by whipping or lose it ; if he had so simple a remedy as not pay ing, whip-leather would be saved to him. Fancy then an association of working men, car rying out as long as they were able their plan of a kind of communism, and fancy another of equal num bers and with equal advantages of climate and soil, employing the old-fashioned methods of making the best contracts they could for themselves, and allowing everybody else to do the same,—leaving, within cer tain reasonable limits to be determined by what men call law, the right to every man to store for his own use what fortune or talent shall put in his way,—thus opening what to a certain extent may be a game of chance but to a certain extent also is a game of skill, to all the benefits arising out of the keen direction of private ingenuity for the promotion of private ad vantage directly, and public incidentally. The ques tion is, which of these two associations would in the -long run be found to have created the greatest amount of comfort, not merely for those who were to be up permost, but for those who were to be undermost too. If the amount created in the whole was in one in stance signally less than in the other, there must at all events be a possible condition of things, where the lot of the undermost shall be of any conceivable badness. A day or two ago it was my chance to go home by water, and my attention was drawn to the finish, equal to that of an astronomical or a surgical instru ment, of the steam-engine which worked it like a great giant between the decks. The name on it I remem ber was " Penn," and occurred to me to think how many . Miss and Master Penns were enjoying the luxuries of the ball-room or of riding a good horse, in consequence of the successful application of sleep less nights and toilsome days by the senior Penn to the polishing of pivots and the parallelism of cylin ders ; and how certainly along with this, would have disappeared the support of the multitudinous classes who live by steam, if no man had been allowed to make any profit by steam-machinery, beyond the share which might have befallen him from putting the proceeds into botchpot . I firmly believe steam engines would never have been made by communism. Till we see the results of the French experiment, we bad best be moderately contented with things as they are, to the extent at all events of not rushing hastily into paths, which instead of leading us out of the wood, may plunge us further in. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, June 14,1848. DEATH FROM FIRE-ARMS.—MT. Blacken, an elderly gentleman, possessing considerable property in the vicinity of Eaton square, and residing in that neigh b urhood, went down last week on a visit to a friend at Frimley, near Bagshot. and on St,turday last he took up a pistol which ,was lying on a shelf in the hall of the house, or in one of i dle adjoining rooms, and after making several remarks on the construction of it, he re monstrated with some of the members of the family on the rusty state in which it was kept, when by some in explieable mystery the pistol suddenly exploded, and the muzzle being unfortunately turned towards the old gentleman, the ball passed directly through his head, killing him instantly, and almost without a groan. The unfortunate gentleman had been for some time a sufferer from the gout in the hands and wrists by which his hands were greatly stiffened, and it is supposed the want of pliancy of finger was the chief cause of the un fortunate accident.