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EAST INDIA MOUSE, DECEMBER 13, 184 S. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COM PAXY, appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, Ile `2oth instant, is made SPECIAL, in consequence of the following requisition, viz.:— " London, December 7, 1848. " To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. "Honourable Siis, " We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly qua lified 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 same with this. our requisition. " We have the honour to be, " Honoarable Sirs, " Your obedient Servants, (Signed) "J. SULLIVAN. "ARTHUR J. LEWIS. " M. LEWIN. "THOMAS FOX. "CHARLES FORBES. "JOIN POYNDER. "J. W. GRAHAM "JOSEPH HUME. "JAMES STEWART FORBES." RESOLUTIONS. " That th East India Company having, by the first article of the treaty contraed with Maharaj Pcrtaub Sing, on the 25th Septem ter, 1819, ceded the territory of Sattara to the Rajah of Sattara, his heirs and successors In perpetual sovereignty,' and having by the first article of a treaty, concluded on the 4th September, 1839, with Maharaj Shajee (commonly called Appa Sahib), solemnly confirmed that article, the East India Company cannot alienate the territory of Sattara from the rightful heir of the Rajah of Sattara, without a gross violation of public faith, and without shaking the confidence of the Native Powers of 1 . 11,1111 in the stability of the treaties into which they have entered with the said Company. "That the seizure of the Sattatt territory by the East India Com- PanY, by virtue of a construction arbitrarily put upon the said treaties by the stronger of the two contracting parties, would be a proceeding repugnant to every principle of jastice, a breach of the law of nations, and calculated to cast a Mel stain upon the character of that Com pany and the British Government." JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, DECEMBER 13, 1848. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a Proprietor of East India Stock has given notice that, at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall •street, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th Instant, he will submit the following motions, viz.:— " That copies of the Papers in the case of tke removal of the Judges of the late Sudder Court, at Madras, be laid before this Court." "'That copies of the Papers in the case of the illegal residence of Lord Tweeddale on the Neilgherry Hills, and his exercising the Power of Governor of Madras, in direct violation of an Act of Parlia- Inent, which divested him of all authority when absent from Council on the ground of indisposition, be laid before this Court." " That copies of the Papers in the case of the suit filed by M. Ven cataroyloo, a person removed from office by the Madras Government, as reported in the Fort St. George Gazette, 25th January, 1848, be laid before this Court." That another Proprietor has given notice, that he will submit the following motion viz.:— " That's. copy of the Minute of the Court of Directors, granting a Pension of One Hundred Pounds (1001.) a year to Lieutenant Wag horn, R.N., for his exertions in promoting the Overland Mail to In dia ;. and also a copy of the Correspondence with the India Board on that subject, be laid before this Court." That another Proprietor has given notice, that he will submit the following motion, viz.:— _ " That the Petitions from Leicester, Nottingham (1 and 2), New castle (1 and 2), Boston, Leamington, and Gamston, presented to the Court upon the subject of Juggernauth, and ether Temples in India. be taken into consideration by the Court of Proprietors." And that another Proprietor has given notice, that it is his in tention " To bring under the cr nsideration of the Court of Proprietors the questions of the establishn ent or Railways in India, and of the rela tions of .the existing Indian Railway Companies with the Govern /Hat:. JAMES C. MELVILLE, Secretary, OFFICE OF ORDNANCE Dec. 8, 1848. The Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give notice, that they will SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Tower, On TIMRSDAII, the 21st of December, at Eleven o'clock in the fore noon, precisely, sundry Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of Great Coats, Clothing, Saltpetre-bags, Bedding, Tents, Drums, Bugles, and I ‘nunpets, Fire Engine and Hose-pipe, tools of various descriptions, I ronmongery, Old Iron, Steel, Tin-ware, Fire-wood, and various Other articles, the whole of which may be viewed at the Tower four 44ys previous to the Sale, from Ten till Four o'clock, upon application to the Principal Storekeeper'', Office at that place, where Catalogues of the Lots, and conditions of the Sale, will be delivered to those per aolis who may apply for the same, _ By Order of the Board, R. BYILAM, Secretary. I RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Vict., cap. 9. Capital—ONE MILLION. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL ASK:MANCE BRANCE. Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample kbscribed capital, and the large fund accumulated from the pre miums on upwards of 8,000 policies. Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the , Irst live years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the Assured. PROPRIETARY BRANCH. The lowest rates consistent with security to the Assured. An increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases when a Ssurances are effected for the purpose of securing loans or debts. Half-credit rates of premium, whereby credit is given for half the a rnount of premium for seven years, to be then paid off, or remain a urge upon the policy, at the option of the holder. EXTRACTS FROM THE TABLES. 4111 Mal Premiums required for al Assurance of 1001. for the whole Term of Life. IMITUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. I PROPRIETARY BRANCH. ~.._, , Half Pre- 1 Whole Pre- Half Pre- 1 Whole Pre ditti. mium, first mium, after Age. mium, first minin, after 11,-s years. five years. seven years. 1 seven years. ...........- X s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 20 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 18 0 1 16 0 25 1 2 2 2 4 4 25 0 19 Y 1 19 2 30 1 4 11 2 9 10 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 35 1 3 6 2 17 0 35 1 4 11 2 9 10 40 1 13 3 3 6 6 40 1 9 2 2 18 4 43 1 19 6 3 19 0 45 1 14 10 3 9 8 50 2 7 9 4 15 6 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 55 218 10 i 517 8 55 212 9 5 5 6 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCX SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. _ Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. , rolleies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage : —Provi sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary railablo resource to himself, if needful, while living. The Assured . 4 . 011 all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for mture of the volley, two-thirds of the premlasas paid. Division of Profits Annual. ti 8 turances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. Increased facilities for travelling. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Perms- Sum the .4 Annual Polley Bonus MI vent Re- Assured g Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor minim out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premium. Policy. s. 4.1 £s d. s. d. £s. d. 1837 262 14 3 121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 JE A:s d. 1838 237 15 6108 16 4 17 7 6 494 810 If 1000 74 3 4 1839 211 18 695 16 914 17 7 445 0 • 1840 163 8 4 75 15 10 11 10 9 395 11 1 1841 159 3 4 71 5 0 10 19 8 346 2 3 I L 1842 132 2 6 58 17 6 819 10 296 13 4 1843 84 11 8 37 10 0 514 2 247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, any of its branches in the coaatry ; or, on application, will be for ailed post tree. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary, 4 921. NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. ' l 2,t published,the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re -1 W and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or t orwarled by the Author, post paid, to any address, secure from O bservation, for Zs. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with no °serous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TITHE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT kE STORATION. t t : Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs, Zanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex- S, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the .-rerer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age Practical Remarks b li , Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De -47,. Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by re an even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and ,„, 4 e„la the fall period of life allotted to Man. The whole illustrated i;,2 4 numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain -47 the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro te,„.etive Organs in health and disease ; with instructions for private 'eaPendence, cases, &c. By J. L. CITRTIS, Surgeon, 7 , Frith-street, Soho-square, London. Manhood.' A liedical Work.—To the gay and thought less we tearer this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them of the ;„'uker attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their pa 3siens, t riast to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour or tempta tion, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chronicle . Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis.—Their long exptrlence and re itltation fi the treatment if these painful diseases is the patient's arantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cirulation." e• Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the a e attinent of a class of painfhl maladies which has too long been ;•," Prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service matte. tip The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast jlroaching to a prematur inv esti g ation in consequence of some disease, tich, for want of careful of its real cause, has been down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work, 14 tonlished too find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per b„. o f both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con h_liPtion, heart disease, tubes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has yep the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth 7 1 More frequently than it is at all suspected. g. h .:_ ll . Roars of consultation from Eleven till Two, and Six to .cid in the Evening. 1 4 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above b t rY other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, its more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from I,,lnfluence, or can avoid its stray ; and business, pleasure, philo- D 4 rY, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling with LOVE, which. unlike most things, increases in intensity tiefme, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. ri4 s o , union does not take place, however, this passion, this p o i s rr, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly eii„,, n in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright th". all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un tir;bteable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life tre2Pent in the fitment of every engagement, snap the very con- I t — r asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind? habits, effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early " ytuted 4 6 or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be ka quali fied, and dares not enter a state which has been by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important b e as• The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be butl n d measure deplorable ! Loving and beloved, he entails the miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon hZsral elf a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of atte r : ed haPPiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the Hest -O n of all. Those desirous of investigating it will lind the est and most satisfactory information in the little work er.tltled in SLF-PRESRVATION, trated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, 1.,. d iseases of the reproductive organs ; with practical observa eit the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from k e m 4 17 habits, excesses, or infection. By SAMUEL LAMERT, M.D,, teDoctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of xte nburgh, , Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary be r eft he London Hospital Medical Society, &c. treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and 1 neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob ,7n al the highest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes 0n al exnerience, which has reference almost solely to the treat 'ellt Of these diseases. REVIEW OF THE WORE. kE a: Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are C'os In the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but ,°llacience owithf tse the result is ever disastrous. Hap the ;°rtal who meets he ti a mely mentor to snatch him from the gulf Which such scenes must plunge him ! In the book before us 11 a monitor is to b e f oun d, ca l cu l a t e d t o warn an d i n st ruc t the erring, 'without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al -7 tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style Rtillasterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of p ro r ° PhY and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a fiction calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, ~.p ort all who ar e t emp t e d f rom t h e r i g id pa th o f a b s t em i ousness an d ;013riety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un l a glt mnocence the book is not, of course, neededwherever pa z : Y , h as prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these 1, 3 A likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of tlended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine." lilted Kingdom Magazine' p at l e l o work may be had price 2s. 6d., of Kent and Richards, 52, sc.re rn ser ,, may ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, lichborne _t' ..arniarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mansell, 115, p eat : i v - otreet ; or, free by post, for forty-two stamps, from the author's ce, who raay be consulted on these disorders personally, or el . , dilly, from Ten to Two, or from Five IcEigbt. F. zr..Droitp-sQuAgE, LONDON. . .7 7 Z //'7:--,-z ... ------ c . .......-------- . , , ..._ • ;$ -., -, 7.;%•- • ', ... ~,... .7 -- -4 1 , , 4 ... z ip:7 ~,,cro.r.r. • 34, - . ~, , , ••t , j- rl. ',... TY•Yo• . •..),_ ~,e. ' 1;' . 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' 44- #'- 4,f?),.. , ~, \., !'::::;,fil4 , • - ~ :. 1 - ----4- •114/ Ag , .. -..,ittg,..--,-4,__2_iteffi.;.4,,., ro,' Pci: -;,---,_ .1.. [Puic..B SD. 17NIVEY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 16. T PRIZE SUBJECS. I. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Chancellor of the 'University, being phased to give annually a gold medal, for the encouragement of English poetry, to such resident under-graduate as shall compose the best ede or best poem in h,roic verse, The Vice-Chancellor has this day given notice, that the suhject for the present year is Titus at Jeru3alem. N.B.—The exercises are to be sent in to the Vice- Chancellor on or before March 31, 1849, and are not to exceed 200 lines in length. 11. The Most Noble the Marquis Camden being pleased to give annually a gold medal, as a prize for the best exerciw in Latin Hexameter veri,e the , The V resent year iice-eilaneellor gives notice that th e su bj ect for ps— " Coorta es Seditio, rfevitque animis ignobilo vul g ns." N.B.—The exercises are t o be 4 , Lt, in to the vice- Chat c -11 or on or before March 31, 1849, and at., nut to ext.' ed 100 lines in length. All underaraduat , s who shall have d not less than two terms Cetere the day on which the ex-rcises mutt be sent in, or who shall at Last be then in the course of their second term of residence, may be candivates for this medal. The liepresentatives in Parliam. nt for this Uni versity being pleased to give annually 1. Two prizes of fifteen guineas each, for the en couragement of Latin prose composition, to be open to all Bachelors of Arts, without distinction of years, who are not of sufficient standing. to take the degree of Master of Arts; 2. And two other prizes, of fifteen guineas each, to be open to all undergraduates who shall have resided not less than seven terms at the time when the exercises aro to be sent in; The subjects for the present year are 1. For the Bachelors— " Baconus an Newtonus in Philosophia felicius elabo raverit, scriptis eorum inter se collatis, qumrenduna est." 2. For the Undergraduates— " Cari stint parentes, cad liberi, propinqui. familiares; sed omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est." N.B. The exercises are to be sent in on or before April 30, 1849. TIV. Sir William Browne having bequeathed three gold medals, of the value of five guineas each, to such resident undergraduates as shall compose 1. The best Greek ode in imitation of Sappho; 2. The best Latin ode in imitation of Horace; 3. The best Greek epigram after the model of the Anthologia, and the best Latin epigram after the model of Martial; The subjects for the present year are 1. For the Greek Ode—" Cassandra." 2. For the Lahti Ode—" Maurornm in Hispania ini perium." 3. For the Greek Epigram— " 7: - cc9cvw (YE TE V1;7:10c EyY W." 4. For the Latin Epigram—" Sus Minervam." N.B. The exercises are to be sent in on or before April 30, 1849. The Greek ode is not to exceed 25, nor the La!i❑ ode 30, stanzas. The Greek ode must be accompanied by a literal Latin prose version. V. The Porson Prize is the interest of 4001. stock, to be annually employed in the purchase of one or more Greek books, to be given to such resident undergraduate as shall make the best translation of a proposed passage in Shakspere, Ben Johnson, Massinger, or Beaumont and Fletcher, into Greek verse. The subject for the present year is— Shakspere. Julius Cesar, Act 1, Scene 1. " Mar. Wherefore rejoice . . . . to the words • • . most exaed shores of N.B. Th e metre to be Tragic lt uto lambicumall Trime trum Acatalecticum. These exercises are to be accen tuated and accompanied by a literal Latin prose version, and are to be sent in on or before March 31, 1849. N.B. All the above exercises are to be sent into the Vice-Chancellor privately : each is to have some motto prefixed; and to be accompanied by a paper sealed up, with the same motto on the outside; which paper is to enclose another, folded up, having the candidate's name and college written within. The papers containing the names of those candidates who nriy not succeed will be destroyed unopened. Any candidate is at liberty to send in his exercise printed or lith , graphed. No prize will be given to any candi late who has not, at the titre of sending in the exercises, resided one term at the least. CROSSI SCHOLARSHIP. F. B. D. Ram.dge, 8.A., of Caius College, was last evening declared by the uxamincrs to be the successful candidate to fill the vacancy lately declared in this exhibition. TRINITY COLLEGE. PRIZEMEN. English Declamations -1, Carver; 2, Elwyn; 3, Tay or, C. I. Latin Declamations -1, Carver; 2, Elwyn. Latin Verse—Alcaics, liendlam; Elegiacs, Carver English Essay—Howard. Beading-1, Carver; 2, Bull. Essay on the Character and Conduct of King William —D. J. L. Davie s. Yesterday icing Commemoration-day, the exercises (the subjects of which have already b( en printed) were recited and the prizes distributed in the College hall. CHRISTMAS EXAMINATIONS, 1848. Senior Sophs.—Bull, Carver, Edwards, W. F., Elwyn, Fenn, D.Jleadlam, Hose, Preston, Rowe, IL E., Thrupp, W ray. Junior Sophs.—Beamont, Bowring, Clark, Green• wood, li - e3 wood, J. J., Liort, Loccck, Mackenzie, Potter, Watson, 11. W., Westlake. Freshmen.—Blore, Burn, Butler, Cowie, Cubist, Gill, J., Gorham, James, Lightfoot, Louis, Rendel, Rennie, Rogers, Badge, A., Standen, Stephen, J. F., Smith, J. N., Whymper, Williams, J. D., Williams, R., Wilson, A., Wilson, J. A., Yool. SIDNEY COLLEGE. Mathematical Prizemen—Second year, Lyon; Jack son. First year, Carte; Fowler. This day being Commemoration-day, the prizes were distributed in the College hall. CORIErS COLLEGE. Mr. Robert Holme was yesterday presented by the Rev. the Master to the Spencer Scholarship in this so ciety. At the same time the Eastbridge and Kent Scholarships were appropriated to Mr. Henry Campbell Watson. On Commemoration-day (Wednesday last) each of the following gentlemen, being tho successful candidates for prizes, were presented with a silver cup:--Evan Owen Phillips, W. Watson, Robert Harper, E. H. Perowne, Robert Holme, F. C. Beck, George Witherby, H. C. Watson. B. A. Commencement, 1 849—There are about 120 candidates fur honours, and 200 for ordinary degrees, at the ensuing commencement. End of Term—This being the last day of term, a con gregation was holden this morning, and its dissolution proclaimed iu the usual form. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.--yesterday morning a sermon on behalf of the above most useful charitable institution was preached at the church of St. Mary-le- Strand, by the Rev. Thomas Jackson, M.A. In the course of a very energetic appeal the Rev. Gentleman warmly advocated the claims of the charity, which, " during the past twelve months had distributed its bene fits to more than 17,000 individuals suffering under the various diseases and casualties of humanity," and at the conclusion of divine service a liberal collection Witt, made. THE LATE FATAL COLLISION ON THE RICHMOND AND DATCHET RAILWAY.—At the Richmond Police office, on Saturday, Samuel Heeley, the driver of the Vulture engine, was charged with the manslaughter of Richard Perry, at Richmond, on the 17th of November last. The prisoner was severely injured by the collision, and not able to appear a t th e exam i nat i on of Watkins, the fireman. He was committed tor trial. HER MAJESTY'S PRIVATE TIIEATEE.—The stage of the Queen's private theatre, which has been during the last six weeks erecting in the painting-room of her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket, has received its finishing stroke and has since been taken to pieces, care fully packed in two vans, and removed to Windsor Castle. The stage-carpenters and machinists of the Italian opera-house have been sent to the royal residence, and have fitted up the stage in the apartment set apart for the dramatic performance to take place in. The stage is a splendid piece of workman s hi p , and i s built entirely of timber. The timbers are so f orme d that they are held together by mortice joints, n o t so much as a single nail being required to f as t en any part, either to the floorings or walls of the Castle. The scenes, which con sist of chamber, wood, village, and sea views have been painted also at her Majesty's Theatre, and are beautiful productions, in s t r i ct keeping with the lays they are to re present, and have been executed by Mr. Thomas Grieve and se Mr . . Salfield. Th ey are so formed that, instead of parating in the centre like the flats of a regular theatre, they are wound round a kind of drum or barrel, turned by means of patent windlasses fixed in the flies. There :are three opening on the P.S., and a similar number on the O.P. of the stage, sufficiently capacious to admit of t h e corps d ramat i que entering and making exits without coming in contact with th e wings. The curtain is mad e of r i c h s ilk v e lv e t, i s d rawn up in a similar manner as the scenery, and is held straight by a heavy batten at the bottom. The stage, as it stood in her Majesty's Theatre, was about 24 feet wide by 34 feet deep. The foot-lights are formed by a row of splendid oil lamps, so shaded as to throw the light upon the smallest object at the back of the stage. The wings and flies are also lighted w ith o il l amps. The building of the stage has been intrusted to Mr. D. Sloman, the machinist of her Majesty's Theatre.—Observer. LEASE OF THE EAST LINCOLNSHIRE TO THE GREAT NORTERN RAILWAY.—The necessary instruments, alter considerable delay, are now being prepared for the transfer of the line, about fifty mile in length, and which runs from the Great Grimsby and Boston to the Great Northern, which will commence paying on it the 6 per cent. dividend, from the Ist November last.—Don caster Chronicle. GREAT MEETING IN THE MANCHESTER FREE TRADE HALL. — Arrangi merits are commenced for hold ing a monster meeting of free-traders, financial reformers, and others, in the Free Trade Hall, in Manchester, on Thursday, the 4th of Jacuary next. Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Brotherton, Colonel Thomp son, and several other veteran reformers, are expected to be present and take part in the proceedings. Measures will be adopted in furtherance of financial reform, and ex tension of the franchise, and a more enlarged and compre hensive system of registration of voters. It is understood that Mr. Cobden intends to submit a sort of budget to the meeting, showing that savings to a very large amount can be effected in the army, the ordnance, and the navy, with. out endangering the defences of the country. A very crowded meeting is expected. C~ 1~%~~i27 N0.17,544.] LONDON , MONDAY E E r -; T HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan, at Half-past Three, daily, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, at Nine o'clock.—A Lecture on Voltaic Electricity, and the Electric Light, on the Evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur day, at Nine o'clock, by Dr. flachhoffner.—Also on Pneumatics daily at Two o'clock.—The Microscope at One o'clock daily.—The Dissolving Views, with historical descriptions.—The Chromatrope. The Phantasmagoria, by Childe, at Eight o'clock—Diver and Diving-bell. —Working Models explained. Open daily from Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission I s.—Scbools .11:Of-price —The New Catalogue, 10. PUBLICATIONS. ANOTHER ENLARGEMENT. OF THE WEEKLY DISPATCH This Journal at present the largest in existence—un ivalled fo r it s early intelligence and uncompromising advocacy of the Rights of Mankind—will be ENLARGED, On and after SUNDAY, the 7th of JANUARY, 1849, to SIXTEEN PAGES, CONTAINING SIXTY-FOUR COLUMNS, • OF THE SAME SIZE AND FORE AS AT PRESENT, WITHOUT ANY EXTRA CHARGE By its zeal in the cause of progress, and its staunch de-otion to the interests of the People, the insrA Fell has become a terror to the upholder of abuser, and a powerful auxiliary on behalf of the oppressed, whose wrongs will always meet with sympathy and xposure. Encouraged by their success, and anxious to extend the sphere of their I'olitical Influence and Social Utility, the Proprietors have re solved on the proposed Enlargement of the DISPATCH,.which here after will answer the purpose of FOUIt NE WSPAPERS, and thus accommodate four readers at one and the same time. The columns of the DISPATCH will still continuo to be enriched by the powerful contributions of "PUBLICOLA.." "CAUSTIC," " CENSORIUS," ELIZA. COOK, and other writers eminently distinguished for their literary attain ments, and whose opinions have ever advocated the cause of the People, in opposition to tyranny and injustice. It may also be ob served, that the POOR MAN will always receive LEGAL ADVICE and assistance, as heretofore, from the DISPATCH. A beautiful New Type has been cast, on which the DISPATCH ill next year be printed. Advertisers are respectfully requested to forward their Advertise ments on or beforo Friday Afternoon, otherwise no attention can be paid to them for the current number. An Edition of the DISPATCH is published at Five o'Clock every Saturday morning, for transmission by the First Train and Morning Mails, so that persons residing in towns 250 miles from London may receive it the same evening. An EXPRESS EDITION of the DISPATCH is published every SUNDAY AFTERNOON, containing news direct from Paris, and ether parts of the Continent, up to eight o'clock on Saturday Evening To prevent disappointment, orders should be given early to Mr. RICHARD WOOD, 139, Fleet-street, London, to whom Post-office Orders may be made payable, or to any of the Newsvenders, in town and country. MOORE'S LALLA ROOKH AND MELODIES. On Saturday - next wiII be published-, ttntfbrm with the Smaller Edi tion of Air. Macaulay's "Lays of Ancient Rome," in 16m0., each with a Vignette from a new Design, by D. Maass, R.A., engraved on Wood by Thompson, NEW and CHEAPER EDITIONS of MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES. MOORE'S LALLA. ROOKII. New and Cheaper Edition. With New and Cheaper Edition. With the Autobiographical Preface from the Autobiographical Preface from the Collective Edition of Mr. the Collective Edition of Mr. Moore's Poetical Works. 16m0., Moore's Poetical Works. 16m0., with Vignette by Maclise, price ss. with Vignette by Maclise, price ss. cloth ; or 12s. 6d. bound in mo- cloth ; or 12s. 6d. bound in mo rocco by Hayday. rocco by Hayday. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. OPEN EVERY EVENING, BANVARD'S GRAND PAINTING of the MISSISSIPPI arid MISSOURI RIVERS, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. This Immense work shows a country of over 3,001 miles in extent, passing through the heart of America, from the city. of New Orleans to the mouth of the Yellow Stone River. The paint ing will commence moving at Half-past Seven o'clock, doors open at Seven. A Day Exhibition will also be given on Wednesday and Sa turday Afternoons, commencing at Half-past Two P.M. Admission--Lower Seats, is. ; Gallery, Is. T H NICOLL. REGENT-STREET and CORNIIPLL. THE NICOLL : this is an abbreviation of the title given to a Patented Outer Coat, called " The Nicoll's Chiamys Paletot," the said curtailment being first suggested in the daily correspondence of the several Agents appointed under the above patent, and it will no doubt be generally adopted in preference to the name in full, through being more convenient to use . THERE is a double use and purpose in the NICOLL, or PATENT CHLAMTS PA LETOT, in other words, the same garment can be used as a warm winter Overcoat, and will look equally well as a light Paletot (used In walking, &c.), indeed, for the, latter purpose it represents the popular and fashionable Registered Paletot, which, when it is desirable to form into a warm winter garment, the same is transformed into the Nicoll, by the simple addition of a wadded interlining, which is in corporated with the lighter Coat in a most perfect and original manner; this can be attached or detached without the least trouble to the wearer. A most moderate price is fixed for these two garments in one, viz., Three Guineas. NIEMBERS of the CLERICAL, LEGAL, and MEDICAL PROFESSIONS, it is presumed, will all readily concede their patronage to the new patented invention called THE NICOLL, inasmuch that, besides its soberness of colour (a black, or almost invisible green, or dark blue), and unpretending appearance, it is the only garment extant which presents to geitle men thus' engaged a proper defence against tile ills arising from a variable climate (the origin of colds, &c.) To these it is said profes sional men are snore susceptible than others, arising from close study, and their otherwise general sedentary habits ; now should the morning atmosphere be mild or warm, and the latter part of the day cold, the Nicoll is a garment that will provide for both contingencies. TO MERCHANTS, STOCK BROKERS, UNDERWRITERS, &c., going to or retarning from the City, f s also all others requiring a warm wrapper or overcoat morn • lugs and evenings, but whose bustling avocations during midday, by inducing a proper circulation of blood, the possession of a lighter Paletot would then be desirable, as much risk to bodily health is too often incurred by the warm coat being too suddenly thrown aside. RAILWAY TRAVELLERS pronounce the NICOLL or PATENT CIILAMYS PALETOT to be indis pensable to their comfort upon a journey for the live following First—lt is a warm overcoat. Secondly—lt can be converted into a light overcoat at the lourney's end. Thirdly—lf travelling by night (or even in the day-time) when an ordinary hat is irksome, a portion of the lining (which is perfectly concealed till required) can then be brought out, and by a ready and most simple contrivance, can be converted into a graceful cap or hood, which effectually protects the head, ears, and neck from cold draughts of air. Fourthly—lt has a pocket protector, which, as its name would in dicate, preserves from loss the railway ticket or loose cash, &c. The last, though not least, important distinction presented by the Nicoll, beyond anything of its natare ever laid before the public, consists in its moderate price, viz.. Three Guineas (to which add half a guinea for the Chlamys Hood). Indeed, was not the sale of thousands contemplated, Messrs. Nicoll would lose rather than be fairly remunerated by the low prices quoted. MESSRS. NICOLL are the originators and sole proprietors of the deservedly well-known REGISTERED PALETO (6 and 7 Vic., c. 65) of Llama Cloth, and they continue to be Lomita eel with the patronage of their Royal Highneageq Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and others distinguished in rank and fashion, the Court, the Pulpit, and the liar. AGENTS for NICOLLS' PATENTS.—AII those Firms throughout the various parts of the United King dom and the Colonies, who, up to the present time, have held a local Agency for the Sale of the above Patentees' original and popular in vention called the REGISTERED PALETOT, &c., will also hold the appointment for the sale of all the new Patents, subject to the usual conditions. Gentlemen, Non-Residents in the Metropolis, are constantly de siring that a mode of self-measurement should be published, as also the addresses of the Country Agents. The first-named object can be easily effected by means of public Advertisement, as a descrip tion of the number of inches around chest and waist (taken under the coat) will alone suffice; but the names of all the Agents selling Nicolls' Patented Garnsents are too numerous, to be described through the same medium ; however, the address of the nearest shall be Immediately forwarded upon application to Messrs. Nicoll's Counting House Department. The fol!owing Agents have a very large variety of the above goods always ready for inspection, viz.:— Messrs. Macdona, Molesworth-street, Dublin. Messrs. Wareing and Son, New-street, Birmingham. Messrs. Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street, Liverpool. Messrs. Christie and Son, George-street, Edinburgh, J. Bruce, Caps Town. C. Roth, Philadelphia. 1 R. Rutherford, Hong-Kong. I D. Wilson and Co., Caleutta, —-- - - - • CAUTION. —We, the undersigned, hereby declare our intention to institute Legal Proceedings against any person or persons who, after the date of this notice, shall make, or cause to be made, any infringement upon the Patent granted to us under the title of Improvements in Garments, Pockets, &c. The said invention consists—Firstly, of a mode or modes of making or constructing Garments for various parts of the human body ; and, secondly, of a mode or modes of making or constructing Pockets and other such receptacles. The spirit of the Invention in the first part may be roughly described as the adaptation of the linings of outer Coats or Paletots, &c., to a separate Garment and purpose; and, in the second part, the Pockets or other such receptacles are protected by the apertures to the same, expanding to admit the hand, and im mediately collapsing upon its withdrawal. We also hereby give notice that we have assumed original and descriptive titles as our trade mark, whereby the said first and second parts of our invention may be always distinguished, that is to say the first part is styled " The Nicoll" (being the abbreviation of the full title of the Nicoll Chlamys Paletot), and the second part is called "The Patent Pocket Protector ;" and further it is our in tention to apply to the high Court of Chancery for Injunctions to restrain, &c., and to employ all other legal means to prevent unau thorised persons from applying either of these trade marks or terms to other articles, or selling or offering for sale any garment, &c., being an infringement of the said Patent, and by such acts tending to our injury and the deception of the public. Signed 11. J. and D. NICOLL. 4, 116, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhlll. December 1, 1848. LONDON -MADE WATCHES, with the Patent detached Lever Escapement and Jewelled.—ln silver cases, 4y 2 guineas ; in gold cases, 10 guineas each. The information that every customer should obtain previous to the purchase of a Watch will be found in the Pamphlet published by A, B. SAVORY and SONS. Watchmakers, 9, Corahill, London, opposite the Dank. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR. A BENEFIT will take place at the above Theatre on TUESDAY, Dec. 19, tinder the most distinguished patronage, in ftvour of the Employment of the Poor as STREET-ORDERLIES, • by the National Philanthropic Association, in keeping the streets clean and improving the sanitary condition of the metropolis. On which occasion will be presented THE WIFE'S SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN will perform, with a new Farce called YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, and SUE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Between the Play and the Farce the Street Orderlies will appear 09 the stage, and a Prologue will be delivered incidental to the occa sion. Iler Majes'y the Queen has most gracioaly granted her box in support of the Employment of the Poor. Ten thousand honest, industrious labouring men, in the'rnetroporis, could be saved from becoming paupers during the winter by this useful emloyment. THE NEW POSTAL CONVENTION The new postal convention between England and the United States was signed at the Foreign-office by Lord Palmerston and Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, on Friday, and was sent off to America by the mail the same evening for the ratification of the President and Senate of the United States. As this final form, however, is not at all doubtful, all the de tails having been settled carefully by the authorities on both sides of the Atlantic, we have much pleasure in stating that arrangements have been mutually agreed upon to bring the provisions of the treaty into immediate operation. One of the articles provides for the ratification within three months, and its adoption as soon afterwards as possible ; but the interests of commerco, and the great and still increasing import ance of the communication between the two States rendered it expedient for a mutual agreement to be entered into for carrying out at once the provisions to facilitate the frequent intercourse between the two countries. It is generally known that when the re gular mails were established by steamers between Liverpool and New York by the British Government, a uniform rate of postage on-letters, amounting to Is. a letter, was charged by our Post-office, and payable in advance, the Americans not having then any steamers on the station. Finding the corre spondence, as well as passengers, by the English steamers constantly on the increase, the Americans commenced the establishment of a steam-packet station on their own account; and as they could not, from the inadequacy of the accommodation which as yet they have been able to supply, have been fairly admitted to an equal participation in the receipts from the sea postage of letters, they placed an additional rate of postage on letters arriving from England in America, an example which we were obliged to fol low by charging an additional rate upon letters ar riving by American ships. The much greater ex pense was incurred by us, and the mu c h l arger accommodation furnished ; and it could not have been expected that we should, therefore, give to others an equal participation in the profits arising from our capital, expenditure, and punctuality. The system of double charges, however, has operated most in juriously, and it is to correct the evils thus produced that the convention of the 16th December, 1848, has been agreed upon. The immediate effect of this treaty will be to reduce the postage rate from any part of Great Britain to any part of the United States of America to ls. for each single letter instead of 2s.—to which charge every letter was at least subject by the late practice. The ls. rate to which each single letter is to be subjected is to be made up in the following manner :—ljd. for the inland rate of letters leaving the United Kingdom, 81 for the sea rate, and 2id. (five cents) for the delivery in any part of the United States. The same with letters coming from any part of the United States-2id. for inland rate, Bd. for sea rate, and lid. for delivery in any part of Great Britain. The inland rate for letters from one part of the United States to another is five cents within a certain area, and ten cents for any greater distance. The lower rate has been fixed upon as a fair proportion, considering the greater average distances to be set off against our lid. inland rate. By the old practice, as the Americans im posed ls. on every letter leaving or arriving in the States, we were obliged to insist upon prepayment of alt-letters leaving Great Britain for America, as well as ls. on every letter received thence. By the new convention letters may or may not be prepaid. The Post-office departments of the two countries will keep accounts with each other, and will pay at stated times the several rates to which each will be respectively entitled. The inland rates will be paid, according to the proportion we have stated, on all let ters leaving or arriving at either country. The sea rate of Bd. per letter will be paid to the credit of the country by whose ships the letter happens to be con veyed. This latter arrangement is perfectly fair, an-t puts an end to all disputes, for each country will be paid according to the accommodation afforded. The Post-office authorities on both sides will, of course, issue the usual notices that they will send letters by their own ships, unless otherwise required by the writers. The main result of the new convention, therefore, will be to substitute in effect a charge of Is. in the whole for each letter, for which now at least 2s. is paid. It will also be a convenience to the public to have the option of prepaying their letter, or not, as they may choose. A more liberal arrangement still is provided for newspapers, which will be for warded to or from any place or places in the United Kingdom or the United States for ld. eapb, without any restriction as to the choice of conveyance ; the rate to be payable to the country from which the newspaper is sent, and no accounts to be kept respecting them between the two Post-office de partments. A somewhat similar provision is made respecting other periodicals, which are to be charged at the rate altogether of 2d. for everything under an ounce ; 61. for over one ounce and under two ounces ; Bd. for over two ounces and under three ; and 2d. for every ounce over. There is also a most important provision for the transit of closed mails through the territories of either country by the other. It is provided that the closed mails of the United Kingdom shall pass through the United States in charge of an officer of the United King dom to any part of the British dominions or posses sions,'or to any foreign country ; and, that in like man ner, the closed mails of th e U n i ted States shall pass in harge of an officer of the United States through any part of the British dominions or possessions in North America, or to any foreign country. The only exception to this latter provision is in the case of France, in consequence of our convention with that country of the SLI of April, 1843, to the provi sions of which we have no right to introduce the affairs of another country. Both Great Britain and America bind themselves, however, to use their best offices to induce France to extend the provisions of that convention. Each party undertakes to forward the letters received from the other to their destina tion in other countries, subject to the expenses thereof, and the rates imposed by the country to which they are destined. An immunity of six weeks, in case of war, is granted to vessels employed in the mail ser vice between the two countries. The convention is necessarily made for an indefinite term, but not to be ended without a year's notice on either side.— Observer. MARYLERONE VESTRY.—At-a vary fully attended meeting of the Marylebone Vestry on Saturday last, Mr. Flood brought up and read the minute for confirm ing the contracts to be entered 'into with the Imperial and Chartered Gas Companits. Mr. J. Bell objected to the confirmation of the minute, because it appeared to him that the Imperial Gas Company were not con tent with the clause in the present contract, giving them power to refuse to enter into a contract for another three years in the event of the mains of another com pany being permitted to be laid down, but had given notice of their intention to have a clause in the con• tract, givirg them (the Imperial Company) power to refuse to light the parish the moment the mains of any other company were laid down. —Mr. li. C. Wilson explained that the proposed alteration in the contract by the Imperial Company did not app l y to the contract for the ensuing three years, but was a sort of three years' notice that if the vestry allowed the mains of another company to be laid down and to compete with them, they could not enter into another contract on the same terms. This, he thought, an honourable, straightforward, and business-like course on the part of the Gas Company. Some little discussion ensued on this point, but ultimately Mr. Belt's motion was negatived, and the confirmation of the contract car ried almost unanimously. Sir P. Laurie then reported that at the quarterly general court of the magistrates of Middlesex, on Thursday last, there were thi rty - s i x magistrates present in all, and out of that number only two voted for the proposal of Mr. Botch and Mr. Arm strong to do away with the treadwheel at the House of Correction, these two being the mover and seconder. He expressed his gratification at the defeat of the pro. posal, for, had it been carried, it would , only have been the commencement of the institution of workshops, the execution of other alterations in the Hous e of and Cor rection at an enormous expense to the ratepayers. Thanks were voted to the magistrates who opposed the proposal in question, and the vestry separated. MR. HUDSON, M.P.—A circumstance has come to our knowledge this week which affords evidence, were any required, of the high estimate in which the Hon. Member is held by the public. The splendid portrait of Mr. Hudson, by Grant, has been recently engraved and published. So unprecedentedly great has been the de mand for the proof impressions that but few copies re main in the hands of the publishers, who have in con sequence made a considerable addition to the price of the unsold copies.—Yorhshire Gazette. Viscount Canning has not sustained any ill effects from the accident his Lordship met with at Cowes at the close of the last week. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER WANTED THE Proprietors of an old-estAbli:lied Concern in the Varnish and Colour Trade are desirous of entering into an engagement with a TRAVELLER of distinguished abilities and long experience, to repre4ent them in the above line. An extensive connexion among Painters and Coachmakers, &c., is indispensable. The situation will be permanent, and the salary liberal. Security, and the most unexceptionable references as to character and abili ties will be rencired. Communications to be made to 0. W. (pre-paid), 5, Westmore , land-place, Walwortli. No letter will receive attention unless bear. ing the'full name and address. FMPLOYMENT.—A GENTLEMAN is about to give up (for the most satisfactory reasons) a lucrative and gentlemanly employment in the country, by which he has made 8001. a year for upwards of ten years, and is willing to treat with any gentleman who has a taste for Painting and 4001. at his command. The most satisfactory explanation of all things relating to the em ployment will be freely given to any bona fide application. Refe rences of highs respectability will be given and expected, and an in terview will be required. Apply, first by letter, to A. C., at Mr. Wm. Thomas's British and Foroign Aelvertisement-office, 21, Catherine-street, Strand, London. D ISPENSARY FOR CONSUMPTION, AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST. 26, Margaret-street, Regent-street. The FIRST ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this DISPENSARY will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street, OR WEDNESDAY, January 17, 1849. BENJAMIN BOND . CABBELL, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. (By order) W. T. HUDSON, Hon. Sec. December 16, 1848. Tickets, 2ls each, can be obtained on application to the Honorary Secretary, 61, South Audley-street, of the Matron at the Dispensary, or at the London Tavern. GRAY'S -INN WIN The ettentfon of the Public E ESTABLISHMENT. e is directed to the undertheationed strongly recommended for general WTNES and SPIRITS, which aro c ,nstimption WINES. per dozen. SPIRITS. per gallon. Port from the wood ...... •. • 3os Cognac Brandy . • 21s and 24s Po. do. 4 years in bottle 42s The pure pale do. per doz... • • 60s Sherry, excellent Dinner Wine 30• Finest Scotch Whiskey, per gal 18s Do. superior old ..... . . - • • 12s and 14s Marsala, best quality• •.. • • Cape •..••••. • • • • .. • • HENEKEY, KISLINGB [TRY, and CO. 23, High Holborn P.S. Sample Bottles may be had. Price Currents, containing a the varieties of their Stock, forwarded upon application. A CHRISTMAS SKETCH I love to notice, at a time like this, The bustle of the great metropolis A thousand indications meet the eye, As glad December's holiday draws nigh. A pleasing animation we may trace In every part of every market-place. Nor can we find a spot but what is rife With animal and vegetable life. In every branch of business we discern A token of the holiday's return: In poulterers' shops the birds of various feather In goodly groups are hung and packed together ; While butchers with their tempting fat supply Give double boldness to their " What d'ye buy ?" Grocers in " greens," and those in " green and black," Amid this stir are never found to lack. The stationers, as Christmas-time draws nigh, New books display, attractive to the eye; And every railway station is a scene, Which proves that Christmas soon will intervene. What next," cry Messrs. MOSES, " will you thus Conclude your sketch, without a word for US." Nay, Messrs. MOSES, don't imagine that 1 'Tis you alone that I've been aiming at. At such a time as this, I can't do less, Than eulogise your matchless CHRISTMAS DRESS. MOSES and SON, believe me, when I say, I highly value your superb display. You seem determined, with your rare attire, To pay due honour to the " good old sire." Such Trousers, Coats, and Vests, I never saw ! I cease to wonder at the crowds you draw. Yours is the Warehouse, I am sure of that, At which to buy a splendid CHRISTMAS MAT. MOSES and SON, I must confess I wonder, Such Hats are sold at prices so much under. You seem resolved that we shall never lose In Christmas Hats, or CHRISTMAS BOOTS AND SHOES. My last new Wellingtons I bought of you, And better Boots I never wish to view ; Stylish, and firm in make, and soft to touch, I must confess that I admire them much ; Nor do I, MOSES, feel the least demur, In complimenting thus your CHRISTMAS FUR. Well may the ladies to your Warehouse flock, And malfe selections from your varied stock; And well may judging buyers daily see The value of your CHRISTMAS HOSIERY. I trust that Christmas, Eighteen Forty, eight Will make the number of your patrons great ; For in the quality of your display, And is your moderate price, you seem to say— " All may be well prepared for Christmas Day." E. MOSES and SON beg to call the attention of Emigrants to their low lists of outfits, commencing (including every necessary) at 755., lower if required. The list caa be had on application, or seat post free. E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their Shooting ,oats, which possess a peculiar cut and style, adding much comfort in the fit. E. M. and S. are convinced they will be much approved of by the public. Shooting Coats, in a variety of materials from Ss. 6d. to 21s. _ _ The Doeskin, or Elastic Coat, from • .. • • •... 17s. Oil. to 325. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles.. from £0 9 6 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and. every description of Over-coats, handsomely trimmed ....... 1 5 0 "' Che Premier •••••• • • • • ...... Shooting C0at5........ ....... MAutumn and Winter Trousers 4 6 Doeskin ditto Autumn and Winter Vests .. ••••..• • .. • • 2 • Frock do. ••••• • • • . • 1 4 0 EBoys' Hussar and Tunic Suits .......... 016 6 MADE TO MEASURE. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style rom .£1 6 0 millet,' cloth Coat •• • • .... ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 2 2 0 Tweed Trousers • •• ...... ••. • • , 0 9 6 Tweed Wrappers • • ... 0 18 I New Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles...... 0 16 6 Doeskin Trousers • ..... .. ••••••.••. •• •• • • • • 1 2 0 Best, or Dress.. •••• • • • • • Dress Coats ... 1 12 0 Best quality .... •• .. .... 2 15 0 Frock do. ........ ................ 1 15 0 Best quality ••••••••••••••••••••—•••••••• 3 3 0 Cassimere Vest • • ..... ............, 0 8 6 Sat'', Plain or Fancy 0 12 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits 1 9 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Suit of Clothes complete for I/. 16s. N.B.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their pre sent Stock of juvenile attire. The designs are elegant and unique, and the workmanship and materials are suck as to command univer sal approbation, while at the same time the prices are unusually mo derate. Notice.—A New Department for the sale of Parasols and CU dren's Dresses has been opened at 157, Minories. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Gentlemen, te 154, City,London 155, 0 156, and 157 Minories, and 83, . 4 7 1, di 8 e 5 5 , and and 86Aldgs Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. Cautiln.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the publie against impostors, but leave learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house In or out of London; and those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, dsc., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aidgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when busines is resumed till twelve o'clock. Illustrated by 2b Anatomical Coloured Engravings on si.cei. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. hew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by nest, direct from the Establishment, 3 s. 6 d. in postage stamps , THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon ' 146, Leaden hall-street. PAaT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of there-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. ' • " PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PAler HI. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains ,explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. _ _ Riar IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple app,ication, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. Peva Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its luties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TEIECOADIAL BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively employed in treat :mg nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I le. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 118. and 335. per bottle. i'erry'v Purifying Specific l'ills, 9s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma ton of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by totter, 11. A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which tilt fee, l l., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Rerners-street, Oxford-street, London, prom Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight nn Anmistv , / frnm 1.11.‘,41 4." A It 1 . One half the world are desolately single, and the other -upposlig them married, queitionahly contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em :tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret tin ?omprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or Neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., ls. each (by cost, in stamps, ls. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered Dy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but 'or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone cc together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthe rmore , t wo o th er Ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post ls. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes leis present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—end to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvaiho, 147, Fleet 'street • Mann, 39, Cornhill; Nalson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; arid all Bookaouerg S 17 N 7 DECEMBER 18, 1848, FINANCIAL REFORM. The foil ming document has been issued by the Finals cial Reform Association. It respects the army, ord. ve CANADA st ig ation of ( t ) h N e commissiariat, navy, an d co l on i es. CONTINUED." . e " xpen- In r S e U su ß m j in E g C t T hel; (Haire of the British r,venue in North America, the Association proceeds to the commissariat department. In Bermuda, which was last referrt d to (being in the Parliamentary estimates treated as a part of North America), two assistant commissaries, two deputy-as sistant commissaries, and two commissariat clerks, re ceiving as salaries 1,231/. 17s. 6(1., and the pay of the assistants, clerks, storekeeper, and other subordinate persons," who perform the actual duties, is 1,5681. 17s. Bd., to which sums is to be added, for miscellaneous purchases, extra labour, and travelling expenses, 3401. Next, there are special allowances for commissariat officers, not ascertained as regards those in Bermuda. Next, for land and water transport, 30/. Next, there is cost of provisions, 17,7644; cost of forage fur horses of staff officers, 5341.; cost of fuel and light, 1,6701.; one per cent. on the cost of supplies for probable losses, 2001. Deduct 10,4941., which is the amount of stoppages from the pay of military and other servants (not officers), for their provisions, and the real loss on provisions, fuel, and light, is to the public 9,674/. In Canada there are one commissary general, two deputy commissaries general, fifteen assistant commissa ries general, eleven deputy-assistant commissaries gene ral, and eleven commissariat clerks, whose pay for the current year is 9,566 L Os. 10d. These gentlemen have, like those at Bermuda, assistant clerks, st ore -k eepers, issuers, and other subordinate persons to do their work, whose pay for the current year is 6,4544 Bs. 4d. There are, besides, allowances for black servants, for miscellaneous expenses, portages, advertising, extra labour, and travelling expenses, 2,056!., making a total for the pay of public servants in this department of Canada, as returned in the Commis sariat estimates (which are, however, under the actual expenditure) of 18,0761. 9s. 2d. The same class of ser vants are paid, in Newfoundland, 7761. 17s. Id.; in Nova Scotia, 4,5651.105. lod.; in Canada, for land and water transport, and the supply of water for the troops by the Commissariat, the charge is 11,250/.; ditto, in Nova Scotia, 3,500!.; ditto, in Newfoundland, 171/.; loss upon provisions, forage, fuel, and light (over the amount of stoppages from the pay of the troops to defray those ex penses), in Canada, 17,3494; in Nova Scotia, 12,4671.; in Newfoundland, 2,852/. By the Commissariat estimates, the foregoing sums would appear to be all which this department of service costs in Canada ; but the miscellaneous estimates tax us with 14,3081. under the head of " Expenditure of the Indian Department in Canada for its establishment and pensions, from the Ist of April, 1848, to the 31st March, 1849," a considerable part of which falls into the emolu ments of the Commissariat. First, pensions, &c., to re tired officers, 4851. ; second, pensions to wounded Indians, 601. ; Indian presents, 8,768/. ; total, 9,3131. The profits on those presents, which consist of spirits, gunpowder, arms, blankets, and other stores common to the Commissariat depart ment, may be supposed to be considerable; but, apart from the profits on such articles, there are the following expenses incurred in conducting this establishment : Salaries, 2,4321.; contingencies, comprising office rent, stationery, transport, distribution of presents, provi sions, &c., 2,5631. ; to ge th er , 4,9951 . Four thousand nine hundred and ninety-hve pounds expended on the agreeable employment of having a general holiday with numerous friends, who joined the excursion from To ronto (so eyewitnesses report), to go to the head of Lake Huron to meet Captain Teyoninokarawen, chief of the Five Nations, once a year, to distribute the alleged worth of 9,313/. in goods. But there is another duty which devolves on the offi cers of the British commisssariat in Canada and Nova Scotia ; it is, to pay out of the British taxes the follow ing sums to the undermentioned personages : s. d. Bishop of Montreal ... ... 1,000 0 0 Archdeacon of Quebec ~. ... 500 0 0 Rector of Quebec ••• ••• 400 0 0 Rector of Quebec, for house-rent ... 90 0 0 Minister of Trinity Chapel, Quebec ••• 200 0 0 Rector of Montreal ... ... 300 0 0 Rector of Three Rivers ... ... 200 0 0 Rector of Durham ... ..• ... 100 0 0 Rector of Cold well Manor ... ... 100 0 0 Rector of St. A rman d ... 100 0 0 Verger (or doorkeeper) of Quebec... 30 0 0 Rent of Protestant burial-ground ... 20 18 6 Presbyterian Minister, Montreal ... 50 0 0 Presbyterian Minister, Argenteuil... ... 100 0 0 Roman Catholic Bishop, Quebec ... ... 1,000 0 0 Bishop of Nova Scotia ... ... 2,000 0 0 Archdeacon ••• ••• ... 300 0 0 Presbyterian Minister ... 75 0 0 Pension to President of King's College '...• 400 0 0 Archdeacon of New Brunswick ... 300 0 0 Archdeacon of Bermuda ... . 200 0 0 Archdeacon of Newfoundland ... ... 300 0 0 Roman Catholic Bishop of Newfoundland 300 0 0 To Foreign Missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Nova Scotia ... .. 3,412 10 0 Minister of Prince Edward's Island 100 0 0 In all, for North American Clergy paid by our Military Commissariat £11,578 8 6 Among other personages in Canada paid out of British taxes, there are persons employed in clearing snow from official places of residence, and chimney sweepers and washerwomen are charged for wherever there is a town-major, a barrack -master, or a fort adjutant; so that whilst those officers, their clerks and assistants, hold offices in plurality, and draw pluralities of pay, they draw pay also for every kind of menial service performed in their official places of residence. The following specimen of expenditure in the Ord nance Department will lead us to those minor facts; and those, again, will lead us to inquire where the corruption begins, and what must be th e ro tt enness o f t h e govern ing system which spreads corruption to every extremity, the most distant and the most minute in the Government service. There is good reason to believe that, if a faith ful return were rendered of all the appointments of subordinate servants in the colonies by the several heads of the Army, Navy, Ordnance, Commissariat, Colonial, and Treasury departments, it would be found that a large majority of them were made at the solicitation of Members of Parliament, representing small borough constituencies, or counties which are in the nomination of a few powerful families. At Quebec there are-One storekeeper, 550 L; three clerks, at salaries varying from 901. to 2101., 510/.; assist ant clerk, -1.; law charges, 200/.; ground-rent, 511.; removing snow, 201.; postage, 80/.; sundry other con tingent disbursements, 100/. MONTREAL.-One storekeeper, 5601:; one deputy storekeeper, 340/.; five clerks, from 90/. to 2501., 7801.: one assistant clerk, 80/.; one temporary clerk, 91/.; postage, 200/.; law charges, 2001.; fines on release from all seignoral charges, -l.; rent of two storehouses, 2641.; travelling expenses, advertisements, and other contingent disbursements, 212/. KINGSTON.-One storekeeper, 290/4 three clerks, from 90/. to 210/., 520/.; postage, 100 Z; law charges, 701.; travelling expenses, advertisements, and other con tingent disbursements, 82/. ; signal station establishment at Cape Diamond and Island of Orleans, consisting of nine persons, 229/. ISLE AUX Noix.-One deputy storekeeper and acting barrack master, 250/.; postage, &a., 8/. TORONTO.-One deputy storekeeper and acting bar rack master, 300/.; one clerk, from 90/. to 1801., 180/.; one assistant clerk, 861.; one temporary clerk, -; extra pay to two barrack masters performing ordnance duties, 911.; law charges, 100 L; postage, 2001.; travelling ex penses and small disbursements, 531. RIDEAU CANAL.-One storekeeper and acting bar rack master, 3201.; two clerks, from on!. to 1701, (tool.; one temporary clerk, 911.; law charges, 1001.; travelling expenses, 501.; taxes, 200/.; postage and other disburse ments, 170/. OTTAWA CANAL.-One deputy storekeeper and acting barrack master, 240/.; postage and other small dis bursements, 180/. NEWFOUNDLAND.-One deputy storekeeper and acting barrack master, 210/.; one clerk, from 90/. to 180/., 180/.; sundry small disbursements, 311. HALIFAX.-One storekeeper, 400/. ; one deputy storekeeper, 2501.; four clerks, from 901. to 2101., 6101.; two assistant clerks, 1601; ordnance hospital, 401.; post ing, travelling, advertisements, and sundry other dis bursements, 2861.; signal station re-establishment, con sisting of five poisons, 1001. NEW BRUNSWICK.-One deputy storekeeper, 304; two clerks, from 90/. to 180/., 300 L; sundry small dis bursements, 40/.; signal station, Partridge Island, 17/. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.-One deputy-storekeeper and acting barrack ma s ter, 250/.; sundry small disburse ments, 31. BARRACK DEPARTMENT.-QUEDEC DisTitier„-One barrack-master, at 15s. per day, 2741.; seven barrack sergeants, one at 35., five at 2s. 6d., and one at 2s. 2d. per day, 317 L; labourer, -1; lighting lamps, 33/.; washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 330/.; sweeping chimneys, postage, advertisements, and other contingencies, -1. MONTREAL DISTRICT.-Five barrack masters, from 7s. 6d. to 15s. per day, 8681.; eight barrack sergeants, 1 at 3s. and 7 sit,2s. 6d., and 1 at ls. 6d., 373/4 one la bourer, 271; rent of officers' quarters and taxes, 1,7921.; 948/. ; sweep washing, bedding, sheets, &c., ing Fhimirs, postage, advertisements, and other contingeack s , KINGSTON.-Two barrack masters, from ss. to 12s. 6d. per day, 3651.; four barrack sergeants, from 2s. 6d. to 3s. per day, 192/.; washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 3 9 51.; sweeping chimneys, postage, advertisements, and other contingencies, 2301. TORONTO Dm FRICT.-Five barrack masters, 684 /.; eight barrack sergeants, 3651.; three labourer!, 911.; sweeping chimneys, washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 6651 .; postage, advertisements, and other contingencies, 738/. ISLE AUX Norx.-One barrack sergeant, at 2s. 6d. per day, 461.; washings, b e ddi n g, sheets, &c., 60/. ; sweep i ng, chimneys, postage, advertisements, and other contingen cies, 1121. RIDEAU CANAL.-One barrack sergeant at 2s. 6d. per day, 461.; washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 251.; sweeping chimneys, advertisements, and other contingencies, 57/. OTTAWA CANAL. -One barrack sergeant, at 35. 6d1. 'per day, 641.; washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 11/.; sweeping chimneys, postage, and other contingencies, 211 NEWFOUNDLAND.—Two barrack sergeants, at 2s. 6(1. per day, 911.; washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 1001.; sweeping chimneys, advertisements, and other contin gencies, 100/. lIALIFAx.—One barrack master, at 15s. per day, 274/ ; four barrack sergeants at 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per day, 2011.; two ditto labourers, 23/. ; washing, bedding, sheets, &e., 250/. ; svveep 7 i.g chimneys, postage, advertisements, and other coming. - n&es, 2001 ; rent, 421. SYDNEY, CAPE BRETO:4.—One barrack master, 137/. ; one barrack labourer, 121.; washing, bidding, sheets, &c., 40/. ; sweeping chimneys, postage, advertisemtnt and other contingencies, 641. NEW BRUNSWICK.—Two barrack masters, at 7s. 6d. per day each, 274/. ; two barrack sergeants, at 28. 6d., 1371. ; washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 150/. ; sweeping chimneys, postage, advertisements, and sundry other contingencies, 121/. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.—One labourer, 12/. ; washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 251.; sweeping chimneys, postage, advertisements, and sundry other contingen cies, 20/. Arre.Pous.-One barrack master, 2001.; one barrack labourer, at is. per day, 111.; washing, bedding. sheets, &c.; 151. ; sweeping chimneys, , postage, advertise ments, 48/. FORT GARRY.-One barrack master, at 103. per day, 1831.; one barrack sergeant, at 4s. 6,1. per day, 821.; sweeping chimneys and contingencies, 201. In addition to the foregoing, there are establishments charged for in the navy estimates at Kingston with such sums as the following :-Clerk in charge, 350/.; acting foreman of shipwrights on special service, 300/.; allow ance to the incumbent of Fort Maitland, for officiating as clergyman to the crews of her Majesty's vessels at that fort, 10/.; allowance to the clergyman of the English church at Penetanguishene, for the use of two pews forithe crews of the steam-vessels on the Lakes of Ca nada, 121.; allowance to acting foreman of shipwrights in lieu of a house, 21. 2s. per week; allowance in lieu of stationary, namely, to the officer in command on the Lakes of Canada, 101.; to the clerk in charge 10/.; tra velling charges, &c., 87/. And at Halifax there are, the naval storekeeper and agent victualler, 4501.; clerk to ditto, 200/.; rates and taxes, 191.; allowance to the storekeeper in lieu of sta tionery, 121. ; printing, sweeping chimneys, _and other small charges, 351. Again, there is under another head at Halifax, clerk to the agent victualler, 2001. ; allowance to the agent victualler in lieu of stationery, 6/.; fuel, &c., 14/. Again, at Halifax, there is under the head of naval medical establishments, clerk in charge, in addition to his salary as agent victualler, 501.; allowance of stationery, 21. 25.; fees to the chaplain to the garrison, 10/. 10s.; other small expenses, 91. Bs. Next there are, under the head of wages to artificers in Canada, 4601.; Halifax, 2,7001. Again, for the same in the victualling department at Halifax, 80/. The variety of heads under which those items are en tered and charged, require a variety of clerks and office expenses to correspond. Once more, at Halifax there is, wages to artificers in the medical department, 1001 Again, there are at Kingston, Canada, repairs and painting, 1741.; for the same at Halifax, 1091.; and again, at Halifax, in the medical department, 11/. These small items in the aggregate, make up very for midable totals; and the totals of all the colonies repre sent a fearful amount of British taxes. Their relations to the commercial statistics of the colonies will appear hereafter. NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE. SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Sir Charles Napier, with his squadron, sailed this morning for Lisbon. The wind was lair from N.E. all day yesterday, but accompanied with such thick weather and heavy rain, nearly all day and throughout the greater part of last night, that it would have been impossible to sale under such circum stances with a squadron, except at great risk. The Rear- Admiral accordingly did the best that could be accom plished; he unatoored the squadron yesterday afternoon, and sent notice to his fair passenger, the lion. Mrs. Norton, of his intention to sail this morning if the wind continued. She was accompanied on board in the Myrtle steamer immediately afterwards by the Port-Admiral, the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8., and the Lieutenant- Governor, Lord F. Fitzclarence, G.C.H. She is on a visit to her sister, Lady Seymour, at Lisbon. This morning the wind continued the same, but the weather had cleared up. At 8 A.M. the ships crossed topgallant and royal yards, and at 9 A.m. loosed and set top sails, topgallant sails, and royals simultaneously, and commenced heaving up their anchors. In twenty minutes after, the whole of the vessels, with the except4on 'of the Stromboli, were aweigh. The St. Vincent 'was the first vessel in tripping her anchor, at five minutes past 9, and was followed in rapid succession by the Hey nard, Prince Regent, Rifleman, Plumper, Powerful, and Orestes. The Stromboli, from some unexplained cause, did not weigh ti'l nearly a quarter of an hour after the last of the others. The squadron stood to the S.E. on the port tack, till. having weathered the Knab light at 10h. 40m., they bore up in succession in the order of sailing. The Earl of Essex, nephew to the Port Admiral, Sir Bladen Capel, went off in the Myrtle steamer, at 9 o'clock A.M., to pay a farewell visit to the Hon. Mrs. Norton. The squadron was under weigh before she got out, but the Admiral hove-to to receive his last dis patches and letters, which the Myrtle also carried. The wind has since shifted to the S.S.E. At 1 o'clock the squadron was in sight in the S. by E. quarter, the St. Vincent leading, with all plain sail set, followed by the Reynard, Powerful, Plumper, Prince Regent, Strom boli, Rifleman, and Orestes, in the order in which we write them; wind very light. The Prince Regent and the Powerful had reduced sail to topsails, jib, and main trysail. At 3h 20m. the wind had changed to S. by W., still light; the squadron carrying all plain sail on the port tack, the western tide just making in their favour. Fears are entertained that they will be back again. The St. Vincent has just tacked at 3b. 27m. P.M. We shall again enumerate the vessels that sailed to day, under Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier:— Guns. Crew. Tons. Builder. St. Vincent... l2O 890 2612 Sir W. Rule. y w c Caledonia, i a , Prince Regent 9O 820 2613 After Powerful B4 750 2296 After Fr. Canopus, 200 tons larger. Orestes STEAMERS. Guns. Crew. Tons. H. P. Builder. Plumper ... 12 110 490 60 Fincham. Reynard ... 12 110 5C6 60 Altered copy, Dito Stromboli... 6 160 970 280 Symonds. Rifleman ... 8 80 486 100 Fincham. Thus the force under Sir C. Napier comprises eight ships, four sailing and four steam-vessels ; the aggro gate tonnage is 10,423 ; number of guns mounted, 346; horse power of steamers, 500 only ; number of men, 3,085. The Driver, steam-sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson, returned from Portland yesterday morning, and came into the harbour. The Sharpshooter, iron screw-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Bayley, which got on shore on a grass bank be tween Lancing and Worthing, on the Sussex coast, in proceeding from this port to cruiza off the Kentish and Sussex coasts, for the protection of the fisheries, got off without damage, with the prompt and highly efficient assistance of the Coast Guard corps in the district of Inspecting Commander Hills. The Sharpshooter struck about a quarter to six o'clock on the morning in ques tion (but under what circumstances is not yet known); she was quickly seen by the Coast Guard on duty, and when her stranded position wis observed the Coast Guard galleys from Worthing and Lancing were imme diately launched through a heavy and most dangerous surf to the assistance of the vessel, which appeared in danger of going to pieces. Lieutenant Maxwell of the Worthing station, took command of the Coast Guard boats, and assisted in towing the Sharpshooter's boats to lay out her anchor, for the purpose of heaving her off on the flowing tide, and remained by her about three hours until she got afloat, when he returned with his boat :party to the station. The officer and men who launched to the assistance of the Sharpshooter did so at the imminent danger of their lives, and are deserving of more than praise, as there is no doubt entertained but that for their timely and prompt succour, the Sharp shooter would have become a wreck, as there was a raging surf foaming around her, and a strong southerly wind, almost a gale, blowing at the time. The circum stance of the Sharpshooter's stranding was quick ly re ported by the Inspecting-Commander of the district to the Controller-General. When the Sharpshooter comes to this port, she is ordered to be docked and examined. 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