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That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Comp an y Will Pe held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on lirsDNzselx, the 3d February next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the desire of Nine Proprietors of East India Stock, as expressed in the follow- Ilig letter, viz.:— "London, January IS, 1846. . . " To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. _ " Honourable Sirs, - We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly qua lined by law, request that you will convene a Special General Court Of Proprietors, for the purpose of taking into consideration the ac companying Resolutions, and that you will be pleased to publish the tame with this, our requisition. " We have the honour to be, "'Honourable Sirs, • "Your obedient Servants, (Signed) " JOSEPH HUME. • - J,..SULLIYAN ARTHUR JAMES LEWIS. OEO. THOMPSON. CHAS. GRANT. • • ROBT. J. BAGSHAW. • • CHAS. FORBES. • JOHN POYNDER. J. W. GRAHAM." • . " Resolved,—That as the peace and security of our possessions in India depend mainly on the faithful observance o f existing treaties, t 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 Shean, his heirs and successors, was concluded on the 25th of Sep tember, 1819, and afterwards duly ratified, by which, in consideration of the anticatity of the House of his Highness the Raja of Sattara, • sad 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 It; 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 ' her 1835, the Court of Directors unanimously, with the sanction of the Board of Control, sent a sword of honour and a letter to his Highness, 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 nighneea's exemplary flilfilment of the duties of that elevated situa tion in which it has pleased Providence to place you. " A course of conduct so suitable to your Highness's exalted sta -31°,1, and so well calculated to promote the prosperity of your do- Minions, and the happiness of your people as that which you have wisely and uniformly pursued, while it reflects the highest honour on your own character, has imparted to our minds the feelings of nnquit hlod satisfaction and pleasure. ' " The liberality, also, which ynu have displayed, in executing it • Your own cost, various pnblic works of great utility, and which has so justly raised your reputation in the eyes of the p rinces and people of n al", i(iyes you an additional claim to our approbation, respect, and . aPPlause. • Imlt'realleil with these sentiments, the Court of Directors have Unanimously resolves to transmit to you a Sword, which will be pre !ented to you through the Government of Bombay, and which we trust you will receive cal satisfaction, as a token of their high es teem and regard. " With sincere wishes for your health and prosperity, we subscribe Utthelves, in 'the name Or the Court, _ " Your Highness's " " Most faithful Friends, (Signed) " W. S. CLARKE, Chairman. " J. R. CARNAC, Deputy. " 29th December, 1835." • . " That notwithstanding this unexampled testimony to his Merits as a sovereign and as a man, the late Raja of Sattara was de . Dosed 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-. Mend, to his dying hour. the opportunity of preying it. • "That Major J.D. Carpenter, the officer who had the custody of the -Raja's person, and was in constant communication with him for more than seven years, from the time ot his arrival at Benares up to the day of his death, wrote his own deliberate opinion, when called upon th his letter to the Governor-General, dated Benares, 25th May, 1846, in the following words—(See Parliamentary Papers, No. 711, of 1847 To this_end I-careftilly studied the whole of the voluminous • -documents connected with his (the Raja's) case, and the result was a • belief in hii innocence; and this belief has been confirmed beyond a doubt by subsequent disclosures, and by his pledging himself to prove It (his hinecence) if permitted to do so, in his letter to Sir henry Ilardinge, of the 12th December, 1 844 , forwarded throu g h me, which p le dge am full persuaded he (the Raja is able to redeem." " That it further appears that the whole of the late Raja's private t rope. --Y was seized contrary to a distinct written p led g e, under the and of Sir James Carn:tc, the Governor of Bombay, confirmed by three notes from Colonel Ovans, the Political Resident at S attara, 'which property was never restored. "Therefore resolved,—That. considering the responsible functions entrusted to this Company by the Legislature, and having re g ard for the honour of the empire, and security and good government ot the people and princes of India, this Court earnestly recommends to the the of Directors to obtain the sanction of the Board of C ontrol to ne instituting of a public and impartial inquiry into the charges bro ught against the late Raja of Sattara, and into the manlier in which the published evidence against him has been obtained, in order that the trath or falsehood of that evidence may be made man ifest, and the tritish Government purged from the imputation of having t reated the late Raja of Sattara harshly, illegally, or vindictively." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. RITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONDON. DECLARATION OF HYGEISTS. _Whereas passing events are every day confirming the truth of -Mr. MORISOI.I'S . SYSTEM of MEDICINE, in the support of Which we have for many years been engaged, firmly believing that that system is the only true one, viz., that all diseases proceed from att impurity of the blood and fluids, and can therefore only be eradi 9ated 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 be derived rrOin the Sanitary Commission, which provides clean habitations and Pure air for tke poorer classes, which, together with a proper system Of vegetable purgation (to be carried out by all without the necessity o 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 Sir Benj. Hall, Bart., in the session of 1847, signed by 20,000 of the People, against the poisons sold as medicines in the chemists' shops ; .such 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 Colleg e of Health, London, this 17th day of -December, in the year of our Lord, 1847. Morison, Moat, and Co., Hygeists, British College of Health, London. - Joseph Webb, Hygeist, Scarboroug h, Yorkshire. Thos. La Mott, Hygeist, Hull, Yorkshire. John Fraser, Hygeist, Edinburgh. • Jehn Field, Hygeist, 65, Quadrant, Regent-street. • John Lofts, Hygeist, Park-plaCe, Milc-end, London. Richard Tothill, Hygeist, rleavitreo, near Exeter. A. Charlwood, Hygeist, Norwich. E. qiles, Hygeist, Ipswich. Wm. Laker, Hygeist, Horsham. Jae. Chappell, Hygeist, Lombard-Street, London. J. Spence, Hygeist, Reading. 11. Watson, Hygeist, Bath. E. Mitton, Hygeist, Wellinghore. P. Arthand, Hygeist, 31 his, Rue Louis Is Grand, Paris, France. L. F. Candelot, Hygeist, St. Just en Chausee, Oise, France. Duplantier, Hygeist, Rue Miquen, Bordeaux, Franee, Thos. Gardner, Hygeist, Calcutta. Lieutenant J. Mackinnon, Hygeist, Cape Bretoh, J. Fisher, Hygeist, Liverpool. A. Sheppard, Hygeist, Newcastle. J. Hibbert, Hygeist, Manchester. J. Ha% Hygeist, Bolton. J. Wadelton, Hygeist, Birminghkm. M. Gardner, Hygeist, Bishopwearmouth. J. W. Havill, Hygeist, Exeter. John Langford, Hygeist, Strood. Wm. Humphreys, Hygeist, Dover. SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards if twenty years have used this eelebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extaat which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, Without trouble (by simply eeinbing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change; and it can be incontestibly p rove d , that while many dyes t en d to destroy the hair by their pernicious prOperties and dangerous process if Cil plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price se. 64., 65., aid 105 per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate . street, Whiteshapel-road; London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Cora hill ; BUtler, 4, Cheeped* ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford ' street; Barclay, • Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, Xing William-street, London -bridge; Finnigin, Milesna-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Veadors in town and country. Sent is *Y Pi.rt ef the kingdom by receiving a remittance, peat-Paid. • Please to ask ibr " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' • Observe. the Proprietor's address is en the wrapper. ACURIOUS ACROSTIC. A ttend to the following entions lay, A word of advice we've a wish to convey ; A low ns to offer (you cannot do less) A few observations concerning choice dress. A 11 those who have purchased of MOSES aid SON, A dmit that their garments were never eutdoise ; A ad, reader, you'll And when you purchase goods there A dvantages offered yen, many and rare. A steunding improvements do MOSES' display, A ad many choice novelties fined In the day. A t to other house cast the public behold A ttractlens to equal what MOSES' unfold. A nd then only look at the prices we quote, A list we preseat which we wish you to note. A 11 felts when they tad that the prices thus ran, A Tail themselves gladly of MOSES and SON. A nd do they regret when their bargains are made ? A re they ever disposed to find fault with sir trade ? ii answer to this we at one* will bestow, A la the answer's in ens little negative—NO! LIST 07 PRIC ES. 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Moses and Son regret being *bilged to gierd the te f o against impostors, bat have leaned that the nntradesman.. been resorted of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, Des T he resorted to many instances, and for *byte's reasons. aud Y , u ll4 2 B : o connexion with any other hours in or out of London; .."..“ . re he desire genuine and cheap clothing, gce., should call at, ~7to to, ]fineries and Aldgate, City, London. biudiess tree...Pled at this establishment from IOCk r'an ' " cl an tin sunset Saturday, what business rammed till twelve g. A A g. -311[ One half th e wori l are desolately single, and the other 81 IPPos B ,„in II them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a 9 t right determine the former, aid miscalculated hope s em .„ Me latter. The solitary sue nay shield himself ender the plea of ca ution sad wo r ldl y pru d ence , an d the indissoluble, regret im am P j.. "ll g harrY ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapac it y , and - ekes health, aro the great hindrances to domestic happiness content. The dowry should net be the oily marriage set uement. Veneer justice demand that health should form as item the e°ni Pact; it alone dignifies the animism. Blighted hopes or egiect weird more sorely than poverty or misfbrtane. Meader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULTERWELL'S Tittle ea :MIRS ' On Single and Married Life," pub. is t vols., Is. -shred, Post. in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let as imaginatively - " v 's *l' Prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered EiY misinter pretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining the i n „ ne „_' They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but , me closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom t he are o ff ered as antagonistic to the empyrics.l trash put forth on .e above subjects, by unqualified authors, whioh alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore , two other v ie Publications claim year attention (same price Is. each, 7 post Is. 6d.) ca ll e d What to Eat, Drink, and ""'etd," and " Hew to be Happy." They are not merely Phleta, but equal In quantity a library volume, nor are they the yr° ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's is4 : 01 140 owes his present existence, health, and position to this O w la nce Of the maxims he would i n culeste—to do unto others as ke huld be done ante—to live alter nature's laws—and to keep always the " sunny aide of the way." The above works Iklay be bud of 3 9 er o w ohd, 23, Pate rnos t er - row ; Cal-valhe, 147, Fleet-street ; Mans , ; 147, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other- Mae) the author (who may be conferred with personally, "". 4 81 fq.nings), 10, Argyll-plus Regent-street; iuml All N 0.17,2621 LONDON, THURSDAY, EVENING ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON -TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTIDER TiiiTMLLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently bees newly farnisked and laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hebei. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, ono of Me largest aid nest elegantly fitted in the NORTH, it is hoped will be (sand complete iY every respect. The BED-ROOMS (Sixty is 'number) have been banished is a style which nest emare the apprebaties of all visitors. Geatlomen ravelling with STOCK can at all times have ISIOW ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Hall, Lecture Room, and Royal Motel Assembly R.es are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel Is is the reset central situation is ffewcaatlo. N , ATION.A.L LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £509,000. Empowered by let of Parliament. This listitatiom embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances aid deferred amities. The 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); also the option of selecting benefits, aid the conversion of kis in terests to meet other eonvenieneies or necessity. Assuranoes for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The Im-creasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a ifth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiams paid ea each policy effected ea the profit scale. BEWARE OF IMITATION/I OF DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. Unprincipled persons, Chemists and others, prepare counter feits of this popular remedy. Purchasers are therefore cautioned not to purehase any Wafers unless the words " Dr. Locock's Wafers" appear in White letters on a red ground in the Government Stamp outside each boa; without which all are counterfeits and an impo sition. Dr. LOCOCK S 'S WAFERS give instant relief, and a rapid cure of Asthma, Coughs, and all disorders of the Breath and Lungs. To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice ; they have a most pleasant taste. Price Is. 13 d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per box.—Agents : Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride lane, Fleet-street, London. Sold by all medicine vendors. RAISING WATER disecmered by the FOUN-• TAUT PUMPS, which sell the water upwards, without either frictietu or faltering, therefore ea* never be surpassed ; conse quently this is the meat important discovery ever made for the pre servation of wad priperty either at Sea er oa Laid. AT SEA numerous ships it has already Bayed, and the captains gratefally ac knowledge the gleriois results. Two testimonial extract; shall *Oleo : " Captain (helm from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain Pump being tilted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of saying the ship aid 239 souls of board, two seams is the bottom being partly left without calking.' " The Argus brig, fron► Cad*, sprung a leak when three days out at sea, and soon after her common pump &leaked and became ase less. Captain Rutherford stater all then depended upon her Foun tain Panap, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was ii ac tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in Lendoe„ with a thank God for the Fountaia ramp." ON LAND the New Psrtable Fi re-engines are of infinitely better service ibex a fire brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. "We are delighted with the invention—it is a great hoe* to so elety."—Editors Liverpool Mail. The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion ef Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties en Ire in and near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly, including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks; and in the eleven, Mews. Nortoi's dyery, and 12,0091. worth of consigned pro perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, aid Messrs. Buteher's grocery warehouses, just in tine to prevent a large quantity ef gun powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de struction and death. " North Walshans.--It this fire the Portable Engine was ef great service, and by having oils of them ready, there is no doubt bat half the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Chro nicle, August 22, 1846. At a Norwich tire Jane 2, 1147, the two Portable Engines were 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 gum-boilers to a dozen atmo spheres. Now the fast is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-ferce Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines : they rub, grub, aid scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young and flatten, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom exeeees half the power consumed, after everceming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had triad in vain for two thousand years-to abate these palpable defects is hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victery is won, aid wen for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new Yelling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to tweaty (er about seventy per cont.), and frequently with out mere outlay. Most mos can sustain heavy rapid pump trials Dar 40 seconds, bat sense men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump an active sound-winded young man if 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,500 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Facili tate Pump 1,050 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. Jehn dentin Roberts, EH., 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. Mellott, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. Rut the Yankee out-foeled Jehn Bull and Paddy in Ne. 1,183, and in Ne. 496, 7took-maker Millington's remarks aro preposterous. However, en the ether hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many ether diseerniag men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the relling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain. able character:—The Fountain Pump is the meet important improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years —the greatest advaacement in the useful arts in modern times. The Consemmatien Fountain Pumps are successfully carried cut for private and public tees, at lifts belew and above 100 *et altitude, for man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per stroke to ISO barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at less cost than common pumps. IT. IBELLLDEE S. Feeetain Plume Works, Norwich, Net. 30, 1847. See Mechanic's Magazine, Nos. 231*, 364, 333, 429, 430, 433 412, 436, 487, 419, 491, 495, 496, 503, 4119, 510, 825, 533, 158* 727, 304, 1,040, 1,118% 1,153. Ides. illustrated are marked thus* FNGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA The INDIA. and AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which liraits the re sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which they indivi dually subseribe, and authorises the Company to establish commu nication to aid ant from the United Kingdom, the East Indies, Australasia, a'td New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Disided lute series of shares of 201. nett. Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chs.irmat of the London Committee of MO for Extension of Steam ffavigation to Australia. Sir William Tuna, Bart., M.P. Hon. Frans's Scott, M.P., Agent for New South Wales. Sir Thonaas L. Mitsholl, Surreyor-General of New South Wales, London. Abdy, Indian Army Thomas Browns, Ese. Captain Cogan, Indian Navy Archibald Cuninghanso, EN. Captain M. M. Denham, F.A.S., Royal ffavy G. H. Donaldson, Esq. Capt. IL. J, Tayrer, Royal Navy Captain Ford, East India Maritime Service Captain D. T. Gord on, Royal - Navy E. •. Halswell, Esq., M.A., F.A.S. Capt. H. Hamilton, Royal Navy Gustavus Hamilton, Esq. James Hunter, Esq. J. A. Jackson, Esq. Charles Joyce, Esq. Frederick Lambe, Esc. J. Maclean Lee, lisq, Captain Riebard Lloyd, Indian Navy Milbonrne Marsh, Esq. K. Montgomery Martin, req. J. Mentetore, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Myers, X .C.B. Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq. Rickard Paterson, Esq. Robert Pfenley Payne, Esq, John Wilson rillans, Esq. G. IL iltead, Esq., Master, Royal Navy Colonel Terrens, F.R.S. William Gordon Thomson, Esq. Lieut. Waghorn, F.M.1.5„ Royal Navy Melvil Wilson, Esq. Basizia—lfezers. Carrie and Co., Conahill. q.LICITOBB—Meser■. Barron and Clarke, 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 teem with every product which con minister to the wants Of RIM To carry cut effectually and economically steam eoramttalcation with those countries is the object of this Company, for whose ope rations there is an ample aid profitable field, especially as regards ear numerous ant valuable colonies in the Souther' Pacific, which have an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England —are the only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam iavigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the overland route has bees exclusively granted to this Company. The route sanctioced by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com pany is vik Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of which are, that Sydney, the metroplitaa capital of the whole of the Australasian celonics, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or 65 days of Londe* (frequently in 60), and within less than 30 days of India. The coal stations are convenient, excellent coal from the pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, eau be pat on board there at 7s. to 7s. 6d. per ten. Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, and further Information may be had on application at the offices of the Com pany, where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporatioa may be obtained. Offices, 24, Cornhill, London. JOHN TATES, Sec. SALES BY AUCTION. 41.- 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 be one of the most important and improving Properties that has ever been offered for sale. • lIVIESSRS: DANIEL SMITH and SON hav e been honoured with instructions from the Proprietor to an nounce that the above truly magnificent 'and very valuable I FREEHOLD ESTATES, together nearly 7,e00 statute acres, em bracing some of the finest land in 'the' county, and almost in a ring fence, will be submitted -to PUBLIC SALE (if not previously dis 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 ordet, and distinguished as " The Bold Hall Estate," and comprising within itself about 4,300 acres most su perbly timbered, and well stocked with game, also " The Burtonwood' Estate" adjoining, which contains nearly 1,400 acres, very finely wooded, together with " The Sutton Estate " closely contiguous, consisting of about 1,030 acres of excellent land skirting the prosperous and rapidly improving town of St. Helen's, and containing mines of superior coal, and also beds of clay of great value for pottery purposes. The whole of these fine estates (with the exception of the parks and demesne farm, which are in hand) are let to responsible tenants at 'moderate rents, and produce between 11,0001. and 12,0001. per annum, exclusive of royalties and relate re ceivable from coal mines, which must annually increase. The limits of an advertisement will only admit of a brief outline of the numerous natural and great local advantages of this most important and splendid domain. The Mansion of Bold stands upon a fine ele vated part of the park, which contains about 600 acres, richly studded with noble timber, and sheltered by venerable oak woods of the finest growth. Within the park are the remains 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-Wastem. and St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railways, and, from its position and nature, its value must be annually increased. The St. Helen's Coal-field, 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 Suiten 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 Bald 15% miles; Liverpool only 14 ; Mancheiter, 20 ; andkondon, less than 200.. The Bold.and Burtonwood Domains and inners -may be purchased without the Sutton Property, Which will probably be offered in lots. For fUrtherparticulars and cards to view the property, and to treat for the purchase, apply at their Offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Particulars may also be had of Messrs. Rowson and Cross, Solicitors, Prescot, Lancashire; or Mr. Alexander Bannerman, Land Agent, South Cottage, Chorley. The late MARQUIS of AILSA'S noble and delightfully situated TOWN MANSION, in WHITEHALL GARDENS, upon the Bank of the Thames. TVIESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON x•- 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 Alice, in Whitehall gardens, will be SUBMITTED to PUBLIC AUCTION shortly after the Chrilmas recess. It is held by an original lease from the Crown, for a term of 99 years front July, 1806, at a low ground-rent. The mansion is admirably arranged throaghout for the accommodation and comfort of a large establisiment, is in most excellent repair, and immediate possession nay be had. The rooms are cheerful and airy, opening backwwd to a lawn extending to the river, and are of fine dimensions. From 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 card of admission, which, with every requisite information, may be had at their Offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; or ;of Messrs. A.shfield and Clods, so licitors, 7, Staple Inn, Holborn. Extensive FREEHOLD STABLING, with enclosed Private Yard, near Downing-street, Westminster, with Possession. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, some tfme in February (unless pre viously disposed of by Private Treaty), Some extensive and capital STABLING, at the west end of Blae 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 Sing-street and Delahay-street, close to Great Oedge-street. Particulars and orders to ♦iew may be had of Messrs. Ashfield 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 8v.., 65., TRAVELS in MEXICO, with ADVENTURES among the WILD TRIBES and ANIMALS of the PRAIRIES and ROCKY MOUNTAIN'S. By O. F. RUXTON, Esq. " Mr. Ruxton's work is crowded with tits wildest adventures, that, from the opening page to t%e dose, 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 homeliness of Robinson Crusee, but the adventures are as startling."—Economist. John Murray, Albemarle-strest. WALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority), . the " QUEEN'S OWN," with the new large eyes, are easily threaded, even by the blind, and have improved points, temper, and finish ; the labels are correct likenesses of the Queen and Prince Albert in relief on coloured grounds. Sent free by post, by any respectable dealer, on receipt of thirteen stamps for every shilling value. H. WALKER'S NEEDLES FOR THE MILLION are about half the price of the " Queen's Own." IL W. also manufactures improved Croehks, Fish-hooks, Hooks and Eyes, Steel Pens, Lee. Gresham-street West, Louton. 14KA.IiPLE5. . i Parma- IButi the i d Annual Policy Bonus in' neat Re- I Assured Age. 0 ;'-' Pre- - taken additifon litsnns 11 Auction of way b0r .7.. g minim cut in Assured. ' Cask. Animal row en Premium's. Policy. - - 1 - £ s. 4.‘ £ e d. £ a. d. £ s. 1. I r 1037 243 9 3112 85 18 4 6 494 811 £ As. d. 1838 218 4 899 810 15 13 5 445 0 0 GO IIOGO 74 3 4 1839 192 1 10 1 86 1 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 I 1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 019 1 346 9 3 1841 038 14 261 17 . 5 1 9 9 296 13 4 18421111 . 6 8 49 10 5 Yll 4 1247 4 ssl The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., oaaf be bad at the office, or any of its branches in the c•antry ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. F. FIRGUSON CAMILOUX, Secrotary. B UCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. 1847. FIFTH. INSTALMENT._ 21. per Share of 171. 10s.:due 24th January, 1848, making 121. 4s per Share called up. 'Cotes' is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-named Company have this day made a Call of 11. per Share, payable on the 24th January, 1848. The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the sane at any of the ander-mentioned banks, producing at the sane time the call letter, without which payment of the call cannot be ac ceptod HARRY VERNET, Chairman. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. 30, Great George-street, Westminster, December 10, 1847. Interest at 5 per cent. will he charged by the Bankers on all Calls witch remain unpaid after the appointed day. No interest accrues on any Share during the period when any Call due by the Proprietor remains unpaid. No transfer of shares will be received on and after the 22d of January, 1548, until the call is paid. SANK A. Load•n Messrs. Glyn, Ilallifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard. street. Birmingham ••The Birmingham Banking Company. Liverpool . • .. The Borough Bank. Manchester • • iiir B. Heywood and Co. Aylesbury ....Messrs. Bickford and /Taut, and the London and County Bank. llackingham • . Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn, and the London and County Bank. Banbury Messrs. Cobb and Co., and Messrs. Gillett and Tawney. Oxford • • ....Messrs. Wootten and Co., and the London and Comity Bank. • Biceeter.. • ...Messrs. Tab. IC.2.—The London and North-Western Railway Company have acceded, oa application being made to them by the Directors of this Company, to interest being allowed for three years at five per cent. por annum on the balance of 51. 6s. per share not yet called up, pro vided that such Waxes be paid up before the Ist of February next, sack rate of interest not to be reduced as calls are made. It will be necessary that those Shareholders who may wish to avail themselves of this arrangement apply to the Secretary for a special Call Letter to enable the bankers to receive the calls tendered in advance. NOTICE. PREVIOUS TO 'FMB CLOSE OF THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION , en the IS& instant, tbr Additions and Decorati•as, Dr. RYAN will LECTURE en SANITARY MEASURES, and ea the mature of DISINFECTING AGENTS, in connexion with this important sib oct, on Mondays, Wednesdays, end Fridays, at Half-past Three, P.M., aid every Evening, exempt latarday, at Nine *Week. Oa the alternate days other Lectures an CIEMISTET. Dr. BACH: HOFFNER will LECTURE on RESPIRATION and VENTILA TION, in connexion with. the above &Object, Daily ail Two, in which a JET of STEAM, as a Ventilating Agent, will be ex hibited. The ()pineal Zreets Include the Orr-HYDROGEN MI CROSCOPE, Now DISSOLTINE VIEWS, Sre. WORKING MO DELS of MACHINERY ex/pleated: The DIVINE BILL aid DIVER, tte Admigsies, Is.; Seiteels, Half-price. WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by Priace Albert, the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a - Halt Guineas. A stout milled substance of superlative quality for wilder, at Three Guineas, is now also ready. It is presumed that the reputation el the Patentee as a West-end Tailor hr the last 21 years, as ale* the fait that this popular gar• ineut is mow went by almost every nobleman and geittlemaa in the kingdom, renders eomment en its quality and style unnecessary. In London only of POUGARII, Patentee, NUMBER GIX, CON DUIT-81'1MT, Regent-street, and NUMB AZ ONE, BUCKLERS BURT, adjoining 80, Cheapside. Agentn.—Lirminghara: Hollingsworth, irew-street—Liverpeol Mast aggart, Bold-street—Manchester : Brews, Market-street—Edin burgh : Marshall and Aitken—Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, aid Co.; aad principal tailors 11 all arge towns. 3N THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON 'MR lIEALTII AND SUORTENS lIIE DURATION OF HUMAN ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published - , in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., •r free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. GO, Newman • street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, ike. &c, . CONTENTS OF TIM WORE, Chap. L.—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Tice on this Mind and Body, evidenced in' the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and ether convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness ceased by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal vital Functions, the nature aid treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused bit he practice of self-indulgenee..— Chap.4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. Chap. (.—Syphilis.. and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. Sold by Brittaiu , 54, Paternoster-row ; Gerd - sn 146, Leadenhall street ; Hannay and Co., 63. Oxford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street,'Lendon; Wlnhal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Rowell, 54, Chunk-street, Liverpool ; Robinson, 11, Greeaslde-street, Edinburgh; Powell, 10, Westmoreland street, Dublin; and all Booksellers. • Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, aid not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it Irect from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. Lucas and Ce. are to be consnited from Tenti 11 Two, and from Five till Eight ii the evening, at their residence, No. 60, Newman-street. Oxford-street, London, and country patients may he successfully treated, on minutely describing their ease, and elides lag the usual fee of 11. for advice. DR. LJODLERT ON Till SECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOUTS AND MATURITT.—WITU 49 COLOUEMD isi4ORATINGS ON STEEL. Jut published, and nay be had in Franck Sr English, is a Sealed Envelope, 25. Ild„ or post-free, Ewa tits Anther, fir forty-two Stomps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Inftlisitous and. Unprodictive Unions, and tire secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, Remaly acquired at an early period of lift, which enervate the playsioal and mental powers, diminish 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, er the influence of trepieal climates: Local and Constitutio nal Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases if the Reproductive OXgals, explaining their strictures, uses, aid ftmctions, and the various injuries that ars prodnood in them by solitary habits, tisanes, and infecttoa. BY SAMUEL LkitERT, M.D., 9, BUDTORD-STRUT, EUDEORD•II QUAIL LONDON. octor of Medicine. Matriculated Member if the University of Bella burgh, Licentiate of Apothecarles' Hall, London, Heaerary Member of the Londe* Hospital Medical Society, lie. Marriage requires the lulfilraeat if several eenditteas. is order that It may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Celtld the veil, whisk covers the origin if doomed' wretchedness, be raised, and its true source is every instance dieelosed, is hew many could it be traced to physical disqualifications aid their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always Warless; the gift, which when used is moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, whelk abused, the prone source of mischief, and of greater or less injary to the constitutional and vital powers. The partiealar Gnomes ..he nature and conseqac ace of whisk t h is Treatise professes to di late, ar e productive of greater severity of neiaery t• the hsustus frame, than any ether to whioh it Is subject. ai d rkystology of the lteprodnetive °reales, earl of This work contains au accurate and cersplete account of the Anatomy their relative eoadineas la health aid disease. It deservedly requires the clesest :amities and study, for what subject can be of more importance *an the preservation uf the health, aid of the physical capabilities f which every male should be poseessed. It unfortunately' happens that t th he unhappy victim of excessive indulgent,e and visietis habits, whether acquired is early life or from the fillies of advanced age, while sufferiag front their invariable conseeineaces, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to . n. qdalified physician fir relief. Shame and the dread se frequently, but erroneously entertained that these eat co his mplaints ar ek e beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prev see for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination is ascertaining the causes sh e af disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, lav richly characterise the intellieest aid practical physician, aid to the medical mean who eau show by his possession sf the requisite legal ! I qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. Let.'MEET has obtained the highest needleal heneurs, as kis diplomas certify, and the great extent of kis prestige for many years is a guarantee fir his professional experienee, wkida has refereace almost solely to the treatment of these diebases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Neat tad Richards, 42, Patarnostet -rew ; clammy, 63, Oxford-street; Sterie, Tichhorne steeet, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gerdox, 146, Leadenhall-street. Leaden ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Author, wko Jay be esseulted on these disorders Minimally or bar 1 4tOell: 41n7i*eig Tat MAWS tEtt ,fries FlO3 tM not . aids reitallOfh 9. 800/0/4141091 gouur-Pouvo ro-doiu THE BAST 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 peworful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting strength to the stomach,amil composure to the nervous system. Sold is bottles at Is. 1%d., or es. fd. each, by A. Willoughby and late D. G. wiudus, fl, Bishopsgato Without, and nearly all Me dicine ♦enters. Be sure to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, and do not be persuadel to punkas, ai holtatieß. 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, read 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 ancient port of Cenchroe, and 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 reached, the su perincumbent soil was removed, and a hole made in the sandstone flag covering the chamber, and the con tents extracted. The tombs were from four to six feet beneath the surface, and the greatest number of vases found in any one of them was fourteen. Mr. Bitten, 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 ca ll e d 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-'ro ta the fifth to the middle of the fourth century bu'ore Christ. In the third class t h e figures were of the re d co l our o f th e c l a y, the back ground being filled un in black. This style continued to be Prttetised 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 It a li an i n th e i r ex t reme 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 Croke; 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 rases ss the council might select in their mu seum as models for manufacturers. The meeting then separated. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS,--A, inquest was held bn Monday last, before Mr. Reed, the coroner for Northumberland,; at Morpeth, o n t h e b o d y : o f Phili p Wallis, who died in Iforp?th Gaol, on the preceding day, in consequenc e of i n juries received tinder the follow ing circumstances: —It appeared that on Christmas-eve the deceased with some other persona were out poaching near Bywell, :when they were observed by one of the gamekeepers, who set his dog at them. The dog being a strong furious animal, rushed at th e poac h ers , w h o were armed with guns, when one o f the poachers fired at the dog, which alarmed the other, regular affray keepers on the estate, who hastened to the sp ot, and commenced. Intimately the keepers succeeded in taking two of the poachers i nto custody, an d t h e ot h ers ran o ff . The two who were captured w ere taken b e f ore t h e magistrate and committed to Morpeth gaol, where one of them (Wallis) died from the effect of the injuries he had received i the desperate encounter. The jury, after a long investigation, returned a verdict against George Thompson, the other poacher, of " Man slaughter." RANCIS SHERLOCK, K. 11.— DEATH OF COI4 OI4 EL This gallant officer expired on Saturday morning, at Southwell, Notts, after a short illness, at the ripo age of seventy-one years. He hat ] been in the army above fifty-five years, and h ad seen con aiderable 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 O s t en d , part i cu l ar l y a t Alort and t DuiTeldt; action at Boxtel, where his horse was killed under him, and the retreat from the Rhine. In August, 1811, he proceeded to the Peninsula, in the command of the 4th Dragoon Guards, and served with that corns till May, 1813. His commission bore date as `allow.:—Cornet, Aug. 31, 173; lieutenant, Dec. 19, 1793 ; captain, Dec. 22, 1793; major, J u n e 4, 1801 ; lieutenant-colonel, April 25, 1808; and colonel, June 4, 1814 . 6 PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. Capital, 26,0001. it 18,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share on complete registration. No further sail will be made without three menthe previous notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount subscribed for. The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exolusively used la the *nicest of the Right lion. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the pretnoters are ap proved by The Moat Noble the Ifarqati of NORTIIIMPTON, l'reoldeit of the Royal Society. The Right lion. Earl DE GREY, La., Presistent of the Royal It 'Mute of British Architects. Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of tie British lasofita tion for the Advancement of Science. of L ichfield The Most Noble the Marquis of ITb• Right Rev. Ma Lord Bishop The Right Rey. the Lord Bishop of Norwich rhe Right Hon. the Earl of Lei cester The Lerd Rendleshata, M.P. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol The lien. and ltev. Edward S. Keppel rhe Very Eev. the Dean of West minster, Dr. Buokland The Venerable Archdeacon Shir ley Sir John P. Boileau, Bart. Sir Richard Paul Jeddrell, Bart. . Dr. Outran, F.R.S., F.G.S., In spector of Naval Hospitals Right lien. Earl Fitzhardinge llis Grace the Duke of Beaufort Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P. Right Mon. F. 11. F. Berkeley, M.P. W. Miles, Esq., M.P. The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use o . climbing treys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85, are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced is by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im possibility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimndy or fie with the eld machine. Fer the laudable purpose of Authoring the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the Inge aim and effective Rl7llolllellr machine has been invented. This invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby creating an even pressure en 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 la the Government and nanterous public °Mem, while the patronage bestowed by a large number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their &snag con tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the offices of the solicitor, I', Delman, Esq., 39, Jermyn-street, St James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Blrehin-lane ; at W. Meath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the principal Oleo, 1, Welliegton-street, Lender-bridge, Borough, where applications for shares may be addressed. Bristol The lion. Wand hey. Therms R. Keppel The Hen. Fred. Byng The Bey. Sir Therms Gray Cal• lum, Bart. Sir William Foster, Bart. Sir Robert Harland, Bart. Sir Francis Darwin The Norwich Union Fire Ofieo The Sattilk Fire Office The District Fire Ofloo of fir• iningham The Norwich Ecititalle liiaralee 1 Office iThe Nottinghamshire and Derby - shire Fir; Oleo The West of Englaad Firs Onoe, &c. Illustrated by 26 ..knatensieal Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA! A CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 19i pages. Just published, price 9s. 6d., Sr by post, direct from the Establishment, Is. 6 d. in postage stam p s, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indnlgence, infection, and the inordinate use of ineroary, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating sortain die qualilcations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Linden. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titekborie :treat, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leadonhall-street. Pair I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Celeured Engravings. PANT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing 'Rental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from Infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and centains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This seetioa la illustrated by Seventeen 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 virus chemically, and destroys its power en the system. PART T. Is devoted to the consideration if marriage, aid its duties, The mimes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired Mts. nu CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACIIK is exclusively employed in treat ing 11.4 vous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 115 .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of m ercury , ' 1 ls. an d; 335. per bottle. Perry's purifying Specifie Pills, 28. 3d. 4s. 6d., and lls. per box, a cer t a i n remedy in gonorrhooa,gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion if the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to obviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation tee, by letter, 1/. bl. Packets with advice to be had at the Establishment on l y , by w him the fee, 1141 saved. Attendance daily at 19, Bet ners-street.kona revel, OM TW9, And nye t• night; ea Bsadays from Atm t 9 S N, JANUARY 20, 1848. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING 'PAPERS OF THIS TIMES.—The session of the American Congress is not sufficiently advanced to warrant any confident anticipation of the course of its debates, but enol2gh has transpired in that assembly to throw some light on the temper of the people, the position of the CA - 0 - vernment, and the prospects of the war. •Our (:or 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 fele proceedings under so different a constitution. lar. Polk cannot be thrown out ;till his appointed' time. In our own country, a division suchi 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 di e ar party. But in America this party can ho:sej but against any such demonstration, and is only - 'to be impeded by a powerful combination agains% the ne.. cessary supplies. Until the year of gr Ace 1849, Mr. Polk cannot be superseded by any more pru dent or pacific President, and his expl' ~ite are only limited by the means at his co ~wmand. The question now is, whether be will be. able to obtain the requisite funds for the contin'aP:nce of that con test which has grown more cost) .y. and less promising every successive . month. From fifteen to twenty millions of dollars are imm. e -d. e Lately required for this fresh instalment, and s . uf - Ak a sum, it is considered very doubtful whether eta will be able to raise. In addition to the freed.am with which the whole policy' of the war was ce,, ayasse d, symptoms of a monetary panic had beer developed which would most mate rially comPF.eate affairs. Meantime, the other treat element of discord was more and more conspicuously obtrudeo, on th e notice of Congress. Motions against slavery bad been pressed by abolitionist representa tive., in so sweeping a form that one member actually oF.iaracterised 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 unconviAcd of folly in beginning the war. They nevi anticipated a speculation of so much glory r:Jr so much embarrassment. A glance at the cor ..ditions under which the enterprise was oomme;ticed 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 hare 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, of 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 askmit 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, Ati. 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. 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 be 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 ones. The ordinary sources of the national revenue have, it is true, maintained their usual rate of productiveness with extraordinary steadiness, considering the accumulated 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 [PRICE SD. a tax on the things,'of all others, which ought to be, and which Providence undeniably meant to be, free to all. It is .a tax on light and air. " Free as air," " universal as light," are proverbial expressions of considerable antiquity. It remained for the arehtaxa tionist Pitt to change them into a mockery, and' to put a . restraint on the elements, or at least on the use of them, which Xerxes, in the intoxication of empire, had never thought of. In our days the dreams of reformers and the ambition of public Men have dis covered new spheres of action. One grand object of the philanthropist and of the statesman in the present age is to open the eyes of the public, of the poor especially, to the priceless value, the indispensable ne- , cessity, for moral and physical well-being, of a copious supply of those elements which Pitt apparently thought ft man had no right to at all, except in pro portion as he could pay for them. As things now stand, it would he looked upon as no small step in sanitary reform if all the windows could be replaced which Pitt caused to be blocked up, or, what would be still more valuable, if all the houses built since he invented the window-tax could obtain the additional allowance of light and air which but for' that tax their constructors would have given them. Let us glance for a moment at the tendencies of the sanitary move., ment, which, having at length got itself recognised among the responsibilities of Government, may now be regarded as effectually set upon its legs. In a few years we may hope that the atmosphere of the Metropolis, and of the rest of our large cities, will be materially purified. In half a century or so, sanitary reform may, perhaps, reach the length of compelling all chimneys, great and small,' public and private, to consume their own smoke, thereby purifying the atmosphere of an additional amount of carbon, and making the sight of the. sun somewhat less of a rarity than it is at present to our City population. The dwellings of all ranks will, of course, be much improved. It may be anticipated that the working classes in particular will be housed and lodged with a roominess and airiness, a cleanliness, comfort, and convenience, of which at present they have no con ception. To maintain the window-tax in any shape, simultaneously with immense public and private efforts to attain such glorious ends as those, would be so ineffably absurd, that no national distress or fiscal urgency can be imagined which would justify it. And once a tax has come to stand in this category, the sooner it is abolished the better. Blot it from the statute, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, the moment you can supply its place with any impost a shade less irrational and oppressive. " With all my heart, gentlemen," the Chancellor of the Exchequer might be expected to reply, " if any of you will be kind enough to suggest a substitute. A million and three quarters of one of the least fluctuating of all sources of revenue, is more than I can afford to sacrifice just at present. There is one way to be sure, gen tlemen, in which I might meet your wishes, but I am almost afraid to be the first to mention it. Are you, are the public generally, prepared to sub mit to a property-tax ? Will your representatives consent to it ? Have you ascertained what the views of the landowners and monied men, and of all your propertied and influential classes generally, are as re gards such a proposal ? If not, consult with them; and when you know their opinion, I wiil talk with you further concerning the window-tax." It is, perhaps, presumptuous for us, at the moment when the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's brain is big with the budget, to conjecture how he would break the profound silence into which his meditations have plunged him, and respond to a deputation which complained to him of this anti-sanitary impost—of this tax on health and cleanliness—of this parliamentary perversion of the most bounteous gifts of Providence. And yet what use is there in blinking the inexorable facts ? Whether the question be discussed in or out of Parliament, there is no other legitimate and prac tical mode of dealing with it. We leave out of the question all projects for modifying the tax, for an impost so obnoxious ought, if meddled with at all, to be entirely abolished. It behoves its opponents, therefore, to consider what they are driving at. There are excuses enough already for the proposal of a property-tax; there exist, indeed, motives and arguments in its favour which deserve a better name than excuses. Still it is an ugly thing. It is a visi tation which, like the cholera, how inevitable soever it may appear, we would gladly escape if we could. The Government, the Legislature, and the country all instinctively recoil from it. An impulse of small moment would, nevertheless, put an end to their he sitation. The agitation against the window-tax, if it rose to any height, would be an impulse of this description. We do not deprecate it on that ac count. We simply wish all petitioners for the abo ition of the window-tax this year, to keep in mind ;hat they are petitioning at the same moment for the mposition of a property-tax. NATIONAL 'TO THE• EDT'' --Thats great; re atened with 'invasi sta .nce in itself sufEci h more so is this the case when even- the most dui ne trust alone to the chance of our fleet en coin Ito ring the enemy at sea, and all adMit that there are no Adequate means of defence against any con side; :labia force which might succeed in landing on -our s, bores. To send our ten thousand troops to oppose an invading enemy of a hundred thousand men w ould, according. to all the ordinary rules of warfare be consigningthem to useless destruction. Whi. le entertaining the- greatest possible respect for the doc :trines and tendencies of free trade, as well as for the christianlike, benevolence of the " Universal Peace I 3ociety." one may yet be permitted to doubt whethe r any French marshal; on his 'mar c h to Lon don, we )uld halt his. troops -to receive a deputation f ro m ell her of the societies. It is now several years since the - Prince de 'Toil aville published his pamphlet, pointing out lure blow might be struck at the "heart of England , yet so infected have our readers been with the doct , rifles' of peace, economy, and goodwill ' that no it tate:Lint preparations f o r defence, eith er naval or milita Gay, heave yet been made. France has, mean while,, been strengthening all the harbours along her norther -n . coast, and is now busily employed i n build ing above ninety new iron steamers, in addition to the la/ ge number which she already has in the Meditei ranean and elsewhere. As France is herself impregi 'able, and has neither colonies nor commerce requirin g such an enormous steam flotilla, and is much to o wise and parsimonious to support such an armamei at without an object, there- seems-to be ne other so lution of the fact than that England is the point air ned at. Yor the purpose of carrying on a war agai net either - Austria; Prussia, or Italy, France would not require any large fleet of .steamers, as the highwayk 3 of Europe are now as open for the march of her troops as they formerly were. - England would, it is to be feared, only deceive her self by supposing that because she .is quite unconsdious of having for thirty years past given to the French any just cause of offence, that, therefore, no such feeling exists. They have nOt forgotten, nor are they, it is to be regretted, likely soon to' forget, the reverses sustained at our hands, both by sea and land, during the last war, and some of the present generation are known to have declared that chose defeats must yet be " washed out in English blood." Such a sentiment towards a friendly people is no doubt revolting; but as those very words have been used among our neighbours, it is necessary to take warning. They have not forgiven us for having sent Napo leon to St. Helena, and I believe, however inoffensive or friend; v our conduct may be, as it has long been, that till thy` millennium arrives they will never cease to consider _Englishmen as their national enemies. M an y i n telligent persons in this country repose much confidence in the alleged pacific disposition of the present King of the French, an opinion in which the writer can b no means concur, and which he believes would sem.? be dissipated, should war at any time appear to be fox' the advantage of his family— 'as a successful war certainly would be. Louis Philippe has lately disce vered that he is eminently unpopular in his own count:Ty, and that his dynasty is consequently less firmly seated on the throne than he could desire. There are, perhaps, only two modes by which this state of feeling in France is capable of being changed, viz., either by a snore liberal system of internal government, or the eclat And popularity of a successful war, and from all we know it is not doing the se-called " Napoleon of Peace " much injustice to believe that he would prefer the latter to the former. France is a country having little to dread inter nally as the result of war; her territory being cora -1 pact, her population warlike, her commerce limited, and her colonies few in number;: while, in all these respects, the position of England is eminently the reverse, possessing as we do forty distant colonies, which would all require to be strengthened on the first suspicion of hostilities ; our naval force WOUld. require to be great indeed to enable us a lso to meet the enemy on equal terms in the English Channel . Besides which it is very improbable that they would, in the first instance, choose to risk a naval encounter, should they determine on invading our shores, and to elude our fleet would be no very diffi cult achievement. No fleet, however numerous, c.l l l guard the whole line of our extensive coast, and the enemy, after having selected the least guarded point for the purpose of landing his troops, might next proceed to give battle to our fleet as it came up. Unless, therefore, we should possess a force sufficient to command victory both by land and sea, our security is very incomplete. Perhaps the whole question may 'be considered to resolve itself into one of expense, for with sufficient preparation no Englishman will be disposed to admib that the result could be at all doubtful. Our troops have generally gained advantages over the French in foreign lands, and they would certainly not:prove less heroic in defending their own. The age of miracles has, however, gone by, so that we could only reasonably hope to succeed by opposing to the enemy's forces an equal body of well-disciplined troops. That a nation like Great Britain, which has during the present century spent several hundreds of millions in foreign wars and foreign subsi dies, should grudge a comparatively small sum in preparing for 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 sea 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 Englishmen 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.lB. P.S. If there be any mode by which we can hope long to maintain peace with France, as it is most -de sirable that we should do, it seems evidently by being I thoroughly and at all points prepared for war. Jar. i a We y ob tLanTsp burn " is the Emili W name "A o N f G t EL he l ie ° w ß n T ov ii e by the is l th serve also that a cheap e dition of " Emilia Wyndham', ham," about to be pu bli s h e d by Mr. of Col. has just been issued b y Mr. Colbarn in his " Stand ar d e N'e or D Novels." LYNN AND W I SBECII RAILWAY.—This railway, Captain Wynne, the Government officer; and should his which is now completed, was last week inspected by report of the line be satisfactory, of which there is but little doubt, it will be at once opened for traffic.• At present the permanent bridge over the Ouse is 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 pass 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, Throne; 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 ;; for London, 6§ —total, 650. 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 Highness 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 t and Seuth- 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, at 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 Hong-Kong, Ceylon, and Malta. CHANGES IN THE 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 yes 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 i this country to what at present exists in Ireland; and to bring in a Bill to facilitate the collectio n of the excise revenue throughout the kingdom, and to includeinthe same several duties at present receiv ed in t h e customs department. speculation has THE VACANT GARTEE.--Some arisen as to the presentation of the vacant garter. It will be recollected that o n the demise of the late Duke of Northumberland, the names of the Duke of Bedford 1 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. - „'~, f t” .~. ~, .~~; -. ~~,t ,~_ .- • •