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' . • :". , _ 't . b .1 '''' . - ~. Ili- ~ , ~, q kt•v . ''' •• . - Pvs,-, , A __ ~. • .. oste \ way, ' ' * * ' ' -‘1 ' . . Is. . * * ei ,,4, -. • - ''':" .‹ , ` - f ' 1 - .= /-.. 1 7 EAST TYDIA ROUSE, FEBRUARY 1, 1148. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby giva Notice, That the l'apers relating to Juggernauth, printed in conformity With the resolution of the General Court of the East India Company, held on the 22d December last, will be ready :or delivery to Pro- - Pletors at this House on Wednesday, the 2d instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. SINGULAR BEQUEST. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. .... 0.17, - 274.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY 1:4 V N G „T-„, y '44 - FEBRUARY 2, 1848. SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the FOURTLI ORDINARY GENE RAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS in this Conapany will be held at Dee's Hotel, ii#Birmingham, on TIICRSDAY, the 24th day of Fe bruary next, at the hour of Two o'clock in the Afternoon. The Books for the Register of Transfers of Shares in the Company will be CLOSED from Monday, the 14th day of February next, to the said 24th day of February, both inclusive. And notice is hereby further given, that a Special Meeting will be held at the same place, on the same day, at Half-past Two o'cb; ck in the Afternoon, for the purpose of submitting to the Proprietors the Draft of a proposed Bill, " to authorise an alteration in the line of the °xfoi 'I, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and for other purposes." WM. ORMSBY GORE, Chairman. GEORGE KtiOX, Secretary. Company's Office, London, 3, Moorgate-street, January 31, MIL N ORTHERN COUNTIES U NION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the next Halt-yearly Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of Loudon, on INIUILSD4T, the Nth day of February next, at Twelve o'clock at. Noon precisely. And notice is hereby further given, that immediately on the ter mination of the said Ordinary Meeting, an Extraordinary and Special Meeting of the said Shareholders will be held at the same place, to tate into consideration a proposal for purchase of the Railway coin manly called nagger Leazes Branch, and to approve or otherwi.e such purchase, and also to have sabmitted to them for approval the Draft of the proposed Bill interded to be promoted in Parliament in the present Session, intitpled " A Bill to Amend the Northern Coun ties Union Railway Acts, and to enable the Company to make cer tain alterations in the line of their intended Raiiway." WM. BERESFORD, Chairman. CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. N.B. The Transfer Books mai be closed from the 3d to the 18th day of February next. Dated 1, Poet's Corner, Westminster, January 12, 1848. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. THOMAS FARNCOMBE, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Humphery Esq., Alderman. William Banbury, Esq. M.P. rdwasel Bates,,Eso. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas Camplln, Esq. Jeremiah Plicher, Esq. James LIM, Esq. ►Lewis Pocock, Esq. Rupert Ingle6y, Esq. PNYSICtAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square. CrILGIEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUART—Professor Hall, of King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. Perms Assuring in this Office haNc tte benefit of the Lowest rate of Preininra which is co.npatitole with the safety of the Assured, and which is, in effect, equiralen. to an Annual Bonus; thoy hare likewise the security of a lar.lo subscribed capital—an Assurance rand of a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of 0,0001., arising from the itsne of *early 6,000 Policies. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURI £lOO. Per One Year. I For Seven Tu. s. Ape. 20 £0 17 3 30 1 1 3 40 1 6 0 40 1 14 1 4;0 3 2 4 Whole Term £1 11 10 2 £0 19 1 6 7 1 2 7 2 14 10 1 5 9 4 0 11 1 19 1• 3 7 6 0 10 9 One-half ef tte " Wholo Term" Premium may remain on credit il or seven ebt upon the Years. or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a Pc." - 4 at 5 par cent., or may be paid off at any time without notice. Policies assigned as a security I. others, will not be rendered void n consequence cf death by suicide, duelling, •r by the hands of atreilce. In . case of death by the above causes , where the Policies nut "signed, the gross amount of Premiums received will be re tinned. Claims paid in one month after proofs hare been approved. Th. 'Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Cloek, alsd Policies issued the same day. E. BATZS, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. ENGLAND to INDIA. and AUSTRALIA. The INDIA and AUSTRALIA. MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMpANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re . - sponeibility of the shareholders to the amount for which they dually sttbseribe, and authorises the Company to establish cornmo- Went:isms to and aid frem tke United Kingdom, the East Indies, bastialaeia, aid New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Divided, into series of shares of 20/. each. Ott' GOIABLII Da. George Lamest, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of 1148 for Brateasion of Steam Navigation to Australia. Sir William Yerner, Bart., M.P. Ilan. Bramsts Scott, M.P., Agent for Xew South Wales. norms L. Mitchell, Sarveyer-General of New South Wales, London. Alxiv Indian Army J. Maclean Lee, Esq , Thomas Erowne, Esq. Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian Are.' Cl Ptaill Cortn India' Navy Navy , bald Caninghante, Esq. Milboarne Marsh, Esq. Captain U. M. Denham, 1.R.5., it. 3iontgomery Martin, Esq. Royal Navy J. Monteflore, Esq. 41 . R. Donaldson, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Myer s, K.C.S. r,_ CP t • J, Payrer, Royal Navy Alexander , C, Ogilvie, Esq. - 1 14 in Ford. Rost Intla Maritime i ßichard Paterson, Esq. .cruise Robert Nenley Eayne, Esq, %Ma T. Gordon, E Royal Nav ß y,John Wilson Pillans, Esq. H- 8. Hale el Raq., M.A., F..S.!Ci. . Skead, Esq., Master, Royal a~taE.Ramiiien, Royal Navy Navy vas Italeilton. Req. Colonel Torreus, F.R.S. .muss Hatter, Esq. William Gordon Thomsen, Esq. ~ A. Jackson, E sq . Lieut. Waghorn , F.R.A.S„ Royal '2 l arles iq. Navy arrederlek Lambe, Req. Melvil Wilson, F-5 4 1- l'S•sraras—Mours. Currie and Co., Centhill. So uclTOlS—Messrs. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square. India. Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu little' of Trots than half the number of the inhabitants of the ghThe, mkt beet will' every product which con minister to the wants if mac Ti —IF Y oat effectually and economically steam communication With thou countries is the object of this Company, for whose ope ti", there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards alir nauseous cad valuable colonies In the Southern Pacific, which live at iiterowslng intercourse with India as well as with England — are Ike only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam Zartgation with the parent stale, and for which a charter by the overleaf route fume been exelasively granted to this Company. The route senotdoued by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Corn- Pity h vA Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of wig:lh are, that Sydrey, tie naetreplitaa capital of the whole of the Australasian celeniee, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or 85 Ammo f Leaden (frequently in 6e), a nd within lees than 30 days of Jetta. The co w l s t at i ons are convenient , excellent coal from the Pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be pat en board there at 7s. to Is. et. per tun. 11.° P 4Qtn43435, with forms of application fir shares, and hirther Ikeeruatien nay be had on applicant.' at the *dives of the Corn- Play, where a copy of the Royal Outwear of Ineerperatlon may be obtained. Offlca, $4, Gerskill, Leaden. JOPIN YATES, See. P 0 S T-OF FI CE CORRESPONDENCE. Dtutkers, Public) Companies, Merchants, and Traders, are in termed that, owing t• the immense consumption of, and increasing de-nand for, the PATENT METAL-SEAL ENVELOPES and OFFICIAL ENCLOSURES, the Patentee is encouraged and enabled Ts•ffer them at reduced prices, The perfect security and the ready dispatch afforded by the use of these envelopes render this notifica ticn of ♦ast importance to the business public, especially to those atakieg foreign communications, avoiding the use •f sealing-wax, in compliance with the Postmaster-General's instructions. Speci mens of the above wig be forwarded on application to the Patentee, 4, Castle-street, Holborn, London. Authorized agents travel through ke principal cities and towns in the kingdom. QTANZAS for the SERPENTINE. 10 When Winter comes chilling the air, _ And kis subjects are Mlln a shiver, What thousands are seen to prepare For a skate on the Serpentino river. Then the Dress-mart of MOSES and SON, Is furnished with Coats for the skaters, Which garments at all times have woa The title of being "first-raters." When the river a twelvemonth age Was glazed by the clerk of the weather, What a sight did the Serpentine show, With its thousands assembled together. The wrappers ef MOSES were worn By the gents on the hard-freezing waters, While the furs were observed to adorn Past numbers of England's fair daughters. And may we net view them again? Yes, the river once more may be frozen ; Skates again may be called for, and then Will the Warehouse of MOSES' be chosen. At ouce let the public prepare, For truly there is very good reason ; Maine to MOSES' famed Warehouse, for there Is the choicest of dress for the season. LIST OF PRICES. aZADT DUDE. Beaver Taglieni • • Chesterfield and Codriagton's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely 1 6 0 The Pasha Coat ........... ...... . ... Tho Dullraer, especially adapted for snowy and wet wsather..... ...... 1 0 0 The Prensier........ 15 0 Boy's Winter Coats, in every — s . ty;e:: 6 0 Men's De. Trousers, lined ............. ..... 0 4 0 Doeskin 0 12 6 Dress Coats.... ~...... .......... 1 0 0 Frock d 0....... I )6*Mo-breasted Winter Tests • • ................ 0 2 0 801 l collar.. .... toys' Hussar and Tunic salts •• • • ....... ..... 16 6 XILDI TO 11(11•8111I. "Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand somely trimmed ..... ......... ••.. • • frost 1 6 0 Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet cellar and cuffs .. 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper-- .. ........ Doeskin Trousers .......... . Best, or Dress.• .................. 1 G 0 Dress Coat .... Best quality rnade............ 2 15 0 Frock de Pest quality made ............ 3 3 0 Cashmere Vests •••••• • • • • • • Rallis, Plain or Fancy ...........• Boy's Hussar and Tuni s S u its • Great C0at............. A. Snit of Clothes complete Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. C ' b ""e•—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea e, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SAN, Tailors, Woollet.drapers, Clothiers, Hatters , 110 Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies aid Gentl emen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 83, 11 4. 8 5, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Cl atbs.—E. Moses and s on regre t being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesinan -I,t reechoed of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, Liss been resorted to i n many i nstances , and for obvious reasons. 11 Y have n o connexion with any other house i n o r out of London; 44 0 those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &0., should call at, or goad te, Wineries and Aldgate, City, London. aet Pride.. Nett —No business transacted at this establishment from sin -o.Cloek, eY, till sunset Saturday. when business is resnmed till twelve M A A E. On e half the world are desolately single, and the oilier them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a nit tantie et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em t r the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the p l ea on co and worldly p rudence, an d t h e i n di s s o luble, regret un mprosia r h and broken' buthealth, are h the e e truth lies deeper. Physical incapac it y , great hindrances to domestic happiness snd social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage .set tlement. Honour eadjustice demand that health should form au item neglectin the compact ; it these wound tnorealcooir'4 , dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes •r sorely than poverty or misfortune. Ite , ader, if IhOse surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CULYERWELL s little h17:11°Ilt8 On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. ta c k (by vest, in stamps, is. each). Let ne imaginatively ,_ • unod, et* prudish leeling deter you by their titles, nor be hindered mis interpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining ; 4 - They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, t• whom , th ;5113' are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth en e above sublects, by xnqualifled authors, which alone or !!Yether are a disgrace te the age. Furthermore, two other 'etie publications cl a i m your attention (same price Is. eac h, .7 post Is. Gd.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and .Avoid," and " How to be Ilappy." They are not merely • Dataphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the store eph emeral scribbling , of the hour, but the study of the author ' s °M, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims lie would inculcate—ts do unto others as he would be done ante—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always On the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of 13, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 4 • Cornhill; liaison, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other the author (who may be conferred with personally, "ad (Tentage), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all .-vv‘Patiora, BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. The Gallery for the Exhibition and Sale of the Works of British Artists will be OPENED on MONDAY NEXT, the 7th inst., 811.1 continue open daily, front Ten in the Morning till Five in tke Evening. Admission, Is.—Catalogues, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES. ixß. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. • 9, Cornbill, London, opposite the Bank, request the atten tion of purchasers to their stock of London-made PATENT LEVER WATCHES, which are manufactured by themselves in their own house. In silver cases, with the detached escapement and jewelled ; the prices are four guineas And a half, and eight guineas each ; or in gold cases, 10, 12, 14, and 16 guineas each. The very large stock offered for selection includes every description, enabling a customer to select that which is more particularly adapted to his own use. RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll tke water upward 4, without either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse quently this is the amst important discovery ever made for the pre servation of life and property either at Sea or on Laid. AT SEA •rmerous skips it kas already eared, ,cud the eaptalns gratefully ac knowledge Ate glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall sufkee " Captain Greig, front QuLdiec to London, states that the Fountain Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of saving the ship awl 230 souls ou hoard, two seams in the bottom beistg partly left without calking." " The Argus brig, fzorn Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days oat at sea, and soon after her common pump cheaked and became use less. Captain Itntherford states all then depended upon her Foun tain Pomp, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London, with a thank Cod for the Fountain Pump." ON LAND the New Portable Ftre-englues are of infinitely better service thau a lire brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. "We are eielighted with the invention—it is a great boou to so clety."—Mditors Liverpool Mail. The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of liorwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on Are In and near the city, they saved eleven 'olely and seven mainly, including in the seven the Qneen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Ilerton's dyery, and 12,e801. worth of consigned pro perty; Stoke mustard, starch, a,cl lour lulus, and Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de struetion and death. •' Northlsham.—At this Are the Portable Engine wag of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half the property uow destroyed might have been saved."—Nerfolk Ciao nide, August 22, 18411. At a Norwich Ore June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they will de the work, which proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo spheres... . . _ Now the faet is this, all former Force ramps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chaiu Pumps are had machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-nfths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young and Hatton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus : —7he quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom exceejs half the power consumed, after oyerceming friction and leakat.m ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had triad in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects In bydraalie machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won thr ever ; for friction and leakage are uow both annihilated by the new rolling principle is pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion ramp an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun tain Pump 8,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is rower. Joh■ Clenton Roberts, Es'l., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in planing Gusset'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. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Ruddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump hook-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in No. 1.183, and in No. 496, Book-maker Millington's remarks are preposterous. However, on the ether hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Itay, Parkington, with many other discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and gust:Vit. able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve ment is the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years —the greatest advancement in the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, Bur man, horse, and steara power; deliy,ring from half a pint per stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every lair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability Is ruarauteed at less cost than 001112111011 pumps. IT. SIIALDE/11. Feeztai■ Pump Works, Nerwieh, Nev. 3A, 1847. See Meehanie's Magazine, Nes. 231*, SG4, 323, 429, 430, 433, 482, 4116, 427, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 669, 510. 525, 533, 653., 727, 804, 1,040, 1,110., 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus* PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATI6N (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURRET and KENT. Capital, 20,0001. in 10,001 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share on complete registration. No further call will be made without three months' previous notice. The liabilities of eaoh shareholder limited to the amount subscribed for. The PATENT RAMON - BUR MACHINE is exclusively used in the offices of the Right Mon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal Agrioultnral Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap proved by 'The Moot Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DE GRIT, L.G., President of the Royal In stitute *flit - Risk Architects. Sir RODEItICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Associa- Hon for the Advancement of 6cienee. The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich I •f Lichfield Me Right Hon. the Earl of Lei- The Most Noble the Marquis of caster I Bristol The Lord Itendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop] Keppel et Gloucester and Bristol 'The lion. Fred. Bylig The Non. and Rev. Edward S.'The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal- Keppel lum, Bart. fhe Very Rev. the Dean of Vfeet- Sir William Foster, Bart. minster, Dr. Buckland ,Sir Robert Harland, Bart. The Venerable Archdeacon lihir-Sir Fraucis Darwin ley I The Norwich Union Fire Office Sir John P. Boileau, Bart. l'he Sagelk Fire Office Sir Richard l'aul Joildrell, Bart. ;The; District Fire Office of Bir- Dr. Outram, F.R.S., F.G.S., In-I ininghara spector of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance Right Hon. Earl Fitchardinge Office Ilis Grate the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire awl Derby- Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Otliee Right Hen. F. 11. F. Berkeley, The West of England Firs (Moe, M.P. &c. W. Miles, Nsq., M.P. The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use of climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjeeted by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85, are eontinually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter int possitillty in iennineralde oases of cleansing a chimney er flue with the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge nious and effective Renioneur machine has been invented. This laveitien consists of four brushes forming a square bead, winds 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 brush are supplied at intervals with universal spring joists, capable of turning even a right angle and the whole is surmounted with a doable revolving ball, having also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty past every angle, and lets every corner, cleansing its route most perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated by the fact, that it is exclusively used to the Government and numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large number of the nobility and gentry I. eontinuing their minuet con tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well as of the philaithropie views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses nay be obtained, and a working model of the machine sees, at the slices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 311, Jerrnyn-street, James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at W. Heath, Req.'s, Nag's Head-court, Graceeliurch-street; and at the principal aloe, I, Wellington-street, Londex-bridge, Borough, where applioations for shares may be addressed. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT ritEys ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF lIU3IAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, iis a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. id., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Ccmplete 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 en MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OY TUB WORK, Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by Inordinate ndulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice f self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhcea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease •f the Prastate. Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. C3ses, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. 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LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AM) MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Scaled Envelope, 2s. ed„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, „ELF-PRESERVATION; a Melical Treatise -4,3 on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical 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 tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Detangernenti resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that art produced In them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M. 1)., 9, BEDFORD-STREET,BEDFORD.SQUA.RE; LONDON. octor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the rfniversity of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage reenires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers tho origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true coerce in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with Advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief', and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on .he nature and consequence 01 which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering irons their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination. a ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by 1113 posse'sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes• sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Rickards, 52, Paternostet-row; Hannay, 63, oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne .treet, Ilaymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for iorty-two stamps, from The Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, from Ten till Two. and from Five till Eight at his residence. 9. Hwtford-street liedford-souare London. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. WOKING, TUESDAT.—The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances attending the above accident was resumed this morning, before Mr. C. J. Woods, Coroner for East Surrey, and the jury etnpannelled on the 17th ultimo, at the Railway Tavern, near the station at this place. Mr. Dalrymple (of the firm of Bircham and Dal rymple, of Bedford-row) again attended on behalf of the Railway Company. Mr. Gooch, the superintendent of the locomotive department ; Mr. Stovin, the manager of the traffic ; and Mr. Godson, the superintendent of the line, were among the officials of the company present. The jury having answered to their names, The CORONER, addressing them, said they would bear in mind that on the last occasion of their meet ing the proceedings had been adjourned for the pur pose of forwarding an object perfectly just and proper, viz., the production before them of two persons said to be involved in the present inquiry. He was of opinion at that time that the Secretary of State had the power of ordering the attendance of the parties alluded to, but since then he had received an official letter on the subject from Sir George Grey, which he would read to them. The Coroner then read as follows : " Whitehall, Jan. 27, 1848. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the '26th instant, and to inform you that he has not the power of issuing an order on the gaoler for bringing before you, as coroner, the two prisoners to whom you refer, to be examined as witnesses on the inquest now pending; nor does the magistrate who committed the prisoners possess that power. " Sir George Grey would be most ready to assist you by all means in his power, with a view to pro mote the inquiry which you are now carrying on, and regrets he cannot assist on the present occasion "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " S. M. PHILLIPS. "C. J. 'Woods, Esq.,',County Coroner, Godalming." The evidence was of a character similar to that already published. After some further prelimi nary business, and several witnesses were examined, the inquiry was again adjourned until the 15th instant. CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Yesterday the Commissioners of Sewers for the city of London assembled most numerously in the Guild hall. Mr. LAwitivicE, after the minutes of the proceed ings of the last court had been read, called the attention of the court to Mr. Leslie's burners, which had been introduced in the Green Park and other parts of London, and which had been described as constituting a great improvement upon the old plan of lighting. The experiment could be made at a very moderate rate, and some gentlemen had inti mated their intention to try it at their own houses since it had been spoken of. It was his wish that the Court of Sewers should be beforehand in testing the efficacy of Mr. Leslie's plan ; and he moved, there fore, that twelve of that gentleman's burners should be put up for trial at once in the Guildhall, or its neighbourhood. Mr. OBBARD seconded the motion of Mr. Lawrence. Some objection was intimated. Mr. HARRISON said the proposition was most fair. The greatest care must he taken in the comparison between Mr. Leslie's and the old system, and the only way in which justice could be rendered was by actual reference to the meter. The experiment of a dozen burners was exceedingly cheap, and the committee of general purposes would take care that the test should be most strict. Mr. LAWRENCE stated that Mr. Leslie, upon being asked whether he could calculate upon reducing the price of gas twenty-five per cent., declared that he could reduce it for the City a vast deal more, and the principle of purification formed an essential component in his plan. Mr. OIIBARD said he apprehended that the effect of purification upon the smell was calculated rather to do injury instead of benefit, as there could be then no means of ascertaining whether an escape took place until a complete blow up took place. Under such circumstances, would it not be prudent to keep on the smell ? A MEMBER expressed his opinion that the smell of gas was not at all objectionable, and that one of the experiments recently made on the alleged improve ments had failed. The Committee, however, would not listen to the rapid conclusion that the experiment had been a failure, and decided upon testing at once Mr. Leslie's burners. The inspectors made generally very favourable reports of the attention of the contractors to the sca venging of the streets, lanes, and alleys; but some instances of omission were brought forward against two of the contractors, who were immediately fined. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LAMBETH.—Last night, about half-past ten o'clock, the immediate vicinity of the. Westminster-road was thrown into a state of consider_•- able alarm through the sudden outbreak of a fire. The flames were . discovered by some of the neighbours breaking through the roof of the fruit stores belonging to Mr. Moses, the foreign fruit importer of Mount -street, Westminster• road. There being an abundance of water immediately procured, the firemen set their engines to work, but they were unable to get the fire extinguished until the building in which it originated, together with the stock in trade, were nearly destroyed. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. LORD MIA NIBERLAIN'STOFFICE, FEB. 1,184 S. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thurs• day next, the 3d instant, for his late Majesty Christian VIII. King of Denmark, viz.—The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, neck laces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the 17th instant, viz., the ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, funs and tippets, or plain w hite, or whit© and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And, on Thursday, the 24th instant, the Court to go out of mourning. • DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major-General Sir John Hunter Littler, of the Bcr.gal Infantry, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be an Ordi nary Member of the Military Division of the First Class or Knights Grand Cross of the said Order. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31. The Quern has been pleased to appoint Arthur Bailey, E-q., to be Surveyor-General for her Majesty's Settle ments in the Falkland Islands. WHITEHALL, JAN. 31. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reve rend Edward Hartoop Grove, M.A., the place and dignity of a Canon of the cathedral church of Worcester, the same being void by the death of the Reverend William Digby, late Canon thereof. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ludwig von der Pfordten, as Consul at Malta for ''is Majesty,the .King of Hanover. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire. John Broadhurst, jun., Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Argyllshire. The Earl Compton to be Deputy-Lieutenant; The Honourable Augustus Henry M‘Denald Moreton to be Deputy• Lieutenant; Neil Malcolm, Esq., to he Deputy-Lieutenant; Alexander Campbell, of Auch indarrach, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Archi bald James Lamont, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Alexander Campbell, of Monzie, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Murdoch MacLaine, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Duncan Mac Neill, Esq., to be Deputy • Lieutenant, Jan. 24. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwick. Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Major King to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir Francis Lawley, resigned, Jan. 25. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. HILARY TERM, ELFAVENTII VICTORIA. Monday the 31st day of January. This Court will hold sittings, on Friday the 18th day of February next, for the purpose of giving judgment in all cases then standing for judgment. BY THE COURT. Read in open Court, Edward Bennett. WHITEHALL, Nov. 23, 1847. The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Henry Stiles, of Northleach, in the county of Gloucester, Gentleman, to be ono of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries and for the sub- ititution of more simple modes of assurance, in and fur ;he county of Gloucester. WHITEHALL, JAN. 27, 1846. The Lord Chancellor has appointed ' , Stafford Baxter Somerville, of Doncaster, in the county of York, Gent., to be a iluster Extraordinary is the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. George Holland, licensed victualler, Portway, ;War wickshire. John Stringer, draper, Kingston-upon-Ma John Hall, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry. BANKRUPTS. William Wyatt, coach maker, Neithrop, Banbury, Oxfordshire, to surrender, Feb. 10, at two, and March 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannon, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Sharp, Gray's Inn ; Francillon, Banbury. John Clayton, Manchester warehouseman, Crown court, Cheapside, Feb. 10, at half-past twelve, and March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingliall-street ; Teague, Crown-cow t, Cheapside. William Pike Barrett, ironmonger, Palace-row, New road, Feb. 11, at eleven, and March 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Lawranoo and Plews, Old Jewry chambers. John O'Donnell, bricklayer, Sid..iey-strlt, Feb. 11, at half-past one, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Druce and Sons, Billiter-square. John Sheppard, brewer, Shirley, Southampton, Feb. 11, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Walker and Grid ley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury ; Deacon and Long, Southampton, John Bezzell, builder, Deptford, Feb. 7, at one, and March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Atkins and Andrews, White Hart -court, Lombard-street. John George Moore and Henry Bayliss, warehouse men, Norwich. Feb. 11, at two, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurck-lane; Abbott and Wheatly, Rolls-yard, Chan cery-lane; Miller and Son, Norwich. Thomas Luker, innkeep er , G reat C ox well, Berkshire, F e b. 8, at one, and March 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers ; White and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Crowdy, Farringdon. Alfred King, timber-merchant, Oxford, Feb. 10 and March 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basingball-street ; Ruck, Mincing-lane. John I3entlett, grocer, East Peckham, Feb. 7 and March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Duds, St. Martin's•lane. William Starr, currier, Lynn, Norfolk, Feb. 10, at half-past one, and March 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Haslam, Copthall-court. Jason Pigg, grocer, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, Feb. 8 and March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; • 1 Nicholls and Doyle, Bedford -row, London. Robert Rowell Fretwell, shipowner, Greenwich, Feb. 16, at two, and March 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Cotterill, Throgmorton-street. H en ry Cross, farmer, Maori, Suffolk, Feb. 8, at eleven, and March 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Kirk, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane, John Bumby, cattle dealer, Manchester, Feb. 13, and March 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk ner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London ; Lees, Manchester. John Thompson, licensed victualler, Sheffield, Feb. 18 and March 17, at ton, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Moss, Sergeants' Inn, London; Toottit, Barnsley. Joseph Parker, grocer, Blackburn, Lancashire, Feb. 14 and March 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Milne, Milne, and Morris, Parry, Temple; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester ; Neville, Ainsworth, and Hollinshead, Blackburn. James Rand, provision dealer, Preston, Lancashire, Feb. 10, and March 2, at twelve, at tho Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, :Manchester ; Mayhew, Son, and Reynolds, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, London ; 131ackhurst and Son, Preston. Charles Middleton Kernot, chyznist,West Cowes, Feb. 8, at halt-past twelve, and March 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Caitlin, Ely-place, Holborn. Thomas Fox, George Rippon, Christopher Akenhead Wawn, and William Lishman, coal merchants, West Cornforth, Durham , F eb. 11 a nd March 17, at twelve, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne Distri ct Court. W a kl e y, official assignee, Newcastle - upon-Ty ne ; Lawrence, Crowdy, and Bowlby, Old Fish-street, Doctors' Com mons, London; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle- upon- Tyne. George Cradock, rope maker, Darlington, Durham, Feb. 15, at half-past ten, and March 10, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon -T y ne ; Burn, Great Carter lane, Doctors' Commons; Steavenson, Darlington. John Tucker, attorney Plymouth, Feb. 15 and March 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Maze!. official assignee, Paul-street ; Stogdon, Exeter ; lieddell and. Co., Lime-street, London. Robert Spencer, printer, Saint Sid we ll , E xeter, Feb. 15, and March 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Ilernan3an, official assignee, Exeter ; Bishop and Pitts, Exeter ; Harris, Lincoln's Inn. Samuel Benny Serjeant, attorney. at'atw, Callington, Cornwall, Feb. 10, at one, and March 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. llirtzel, official assignee, B toter; Snell, Callington, Cornwall; Stogdon, Exeter; F, ,x, Finsbury-circus, London. William Bagnall, grocer, Burslern, Staffordshire, Feb. 19 and March 14, at eleven, at th e Birmingham District C ourt. Valpy, assignee, Birmingh am; H ar di ng , B urslem ; Spencer and Rollings, Birmingham. DIN IDEN DS. At the Court, I3asinghall-street. E. Tone, Twickenham, tee dealer and grocer, Feb. 22, at one—C. 3. Hamilton, Islington, bookseller, Feb. 23, at one—J. ifilathorne, Spencer-place, Brixton-road, r, Ft-b. 24, at half-past two--B. Coles, Olney, Buckinghamshire, tea dealer and grocer, Feb. 22, at one —W. Byers, Hi g h- s treet, Shoreditch, woollen ware h ousel flan, Feb. 23, et twelve. In the Country. T. Watson, Torquay, Devonshire , innkeep e r, F e b. 24, st one, tit the Court , Exeter-1.. Thompson, Salford, Lances:tire, licensed v ictualler,leb. 23, at eleven, at the ;"‘Court, Manchester—E. Thwaite, Oldham, Lancashire, ; - 4naciiine maker, Feb, 23, at twelve, at the Court, Mn'a chester—S. L. Polack and R. L. Polack, Manchester, merchants, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester —II. Mason, Culver, Derbyshire, cotton spinner, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—S. Timperley and J. Tinaperley, Ashton-under-Lyne, linendrapers, Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-IZ. D. Pawson, Leeds, apothecary, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Haley, Batley Carr, Yorkshire, ma chine maker, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds— J. Spencer, l)enholme Carr, Yorkshire, worsted piece manufacturer, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Le,,ds— F. C. liusenbeth, Bristol, wine and spirit merchant, Feb 24, nt eleven, at the Court, Bristol—S. Stocks and M. L. Tait, Manchester and Heaton Mersey, Lancashire, bleachers and finishers, Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—('. Martin, Darlington, Durham, plumber and glazier, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—J. E. Gardiner, Birmingham, provisio❑ r.;erchant, Feb. 23, at eleven, et the Court, Birmingham. [PRICE SD. THE NEW KING OF DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 24.—King Frederick VII. has commenced his reign by an act of clemency, which augurs well for his Majesty's constitutional spirit. By a royal rw.cript dated this day, his Majesty has been graciously pleased to decree that all proceedings now pending in any of the courts of the kingdom for political offences, or for the violation of the laws which regulate the press, shall be at once cancelled and annulled. It is needless to add, that the publication of this rescript has been received with joy by his Majesty's faithful subjects, and that measures of reform are con fidently expected, which will at once unite the com ponent parts of the ling loin, and establish the throne on a firm constitutional basis. Yesterday forenoon the magistrates of Copenhagen were admitted to an audience by his Majesty on the occasion of his accession to the throne, and the Chief President, Lange, addressed his Majesty in a long speech, the gist of which was that the faithful capital had perfect reliance and confidence, from the letters had est out patent of the 21 s t o f J anua ry, that the King, well acquainted with th e h o p e and expectations of the people, resolved a carryjy was the pleased begun by his predecessor.To this speech his iamsepdro:o'ermeepnl reply, " I thank you for your s y mpat h y i n t h e grea t afflic tion which has befallen me and my country, and which nobody can feel more deeply than I do. I have already expressed, in my letters patent to my subjects, that it shall be my first and most anxious endeavour to follow the example of my departed father, and especially to carry out that arrangement of State affairs which he was in the act of putting into execu tion when he was laid upon his bed of death. In that letter I have briefly declared my intentions ; and as truly as I shall keep my royal word, so truly, so confidently, do I rely that my people will await in reliance on their King for the resolution which I shall take in these important matters. " Mr. President, be assurred that I am graciously and affectionately disposed towards you and the city of Copenhagen." PROBABLE ANTIQUITY OF CHLOROFORM. At the Medico-Botanical Society, on Thursday evening last, a Mr. Huttmann stated his reasons for believing that the extraordinary properties of chlo-; roform viz., the production of insensibility, and the creation of dreams, were known in very remote times, but used most probably for magical purposes only. He first drew atten tion to the words formica and murmex, the Latin and Greek names of the ant, the insect which yields the formic acid. These words, together with morphe, the Greek word for form, he stated to have a common origin, and to have reference to the property of creating dreams, or immaterial forms. They also gave the name of Morpheus to the god of dreams, and furnished the root of numerous words having reference to those things which produce sleep and dreams, as well as to the various phenomena con nected therewith, and even to death itself —viz., Mors, which the ancients personified as the Brother of Sleep. Admitting these points, the sneaker said they contained ample proof that in giving the names for mica and murmex to the ant, the ancients selected that distinguished property which the insect pos sessed of inducing dreams or forms (morphai) ; and this would carry back the knowledge of this property to a very remote antiquity, probably to the time when the Magian College in Chaldea was in its zenith, and when chemistry and astronomy pre-eminently flou rished under the influence of religious zeal. The next point to which Mr. Huttmann drew at tention was the way in which it was most probably used, and he thought there was ample proof to warrant the conclusion that it was applied externally in the form of an ointment. He read several extracts from "Baptista I'orta's Natural Magic," "Lorenti's His tory of the Inquisition," "Reginald Scott's Dis covery of Witchcraft," and " Sir Walter Scott's Letters on Demonology," to show an identity between it and the far-famed witches' ointment which had the reputation of possessing in an eminent degree the two leading properties of chloroform above referred to. To be present at their " Sabbath" the witches were compelled to anoint the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. Their midnight rambles, armed with spadea, and under the influence of their favourite Diana, i. e., moonlight, may have had reference to the time and means best suited fur securing the ants. The sensation of flying, which is admitted by nearly all who dreain under the in fluence of chloroform, has its parallel in the aeriel travels of the witches, and the "pricking c f the thumbs" may be a waking sensation incident to the external application of the ointment Alr.llutttnann concluded his remarks, which seemed to create great surprise from the novel light thrown upon the subject. by suggesting the probability that in cases where congestion of the brain or other injuries may be anticipated from inhaling the vapour, an ex ternal application may be used with good effect, and that ultimately local applications may be used bene ficially for local evils, without disturbing or injuring the general system. IRELAND. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. DUBLIN, JAN. 31.—Outrages in search of arms are still very prevalent in Limerick, Tipperary, and Clare. So far as the prevention or deterring from that description of crime is concerned, the special commissions appear to have totally failed. It is, however, to be hoped that the more serious offences against the person have been effectually checked, by the conviction and punishment of the leaders of the exterminators. One thing is quite certain, namely, that the terrorism which induced peaceable and well disposed persons to harbour such notorious ruffians as Ryan (Puck) has been thoroughly dispelled, and that from henceforward criminals will not be permitted to evade the civil officer, or set justice at defiance for months, as many of the convicts did previous to the late commission. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Associa tion was held this day at the Conciliation Hall. The attendance was very numerous. Among the speakers was the Rev. Dr. MILEY, who made a long oration, in the course of which he discussed all sorts of topics, temporal and spiritual. The rent for the week amounted to 1701. A SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA FOR UPWARDS OF A MONTI:I.—The owners of the barque Henry of London, have received from the master the particulars of a most serious fire having occurred on board, while on a pas sage to Bombay, which very nigh terminated in the complete destruction of the vessel. All appeared safe till the 27th of Sept. last, when the crew reported to the master of an unusual heat being observed forward. The hatches were removed, and the cargo, which entirely consisted of coals, was turned over to a certain depth, , but there was no sign of fire, and the heat had sub sided. Fourteen days afterwards (weather in the mean time very boisterous) the men experienced a renewal of the beat. On the main hatches then being taken off smoke poured forth in dense quantities, which, from its sul phurous character, nearly suffocated those standing round. It was evident that the coals in the lower part of the hold were on fire, and the must prompt efforts were taken to save the loss of the vessel, though for up wards of a fortnight the crew were left in suspense, the fire raging below the whole of that lengthened period. The men worked day and night turning over the coals, but they were unable to withstand the sulphurous vapour for any lengthened time. Some hundreds of tons of water were thrown on to the cargo, the pumps being at work the whole time. Yet it was not till the 2Sth of October that the fire was wholly got under. On the Good Hop e , th e vessel at the Cape of arrival of the chief part of the coals were found to be consumed, and the bottom of the vessel nearly burned through. lied the fire continued another day, the vessel would imme diately have foundered. That the fire resulted from the spontaneous ignition among the coals there cannot be a doubt ; there was nothing whatever in the hold to have occasioned it. THE ART or BALANCING.—An exceedingly " fast" young gentleman, after running through a fortune, was induced to become a clerk in a public office. The dull routine of his duties,however, interfered too much with the allurements of society to be long agreeable, and the salary was small. lie had made up his mind to resign, when the chief of the department to which he belonged took occasion to task him severely for his general negli gence, and contempt for all the rules of the office. The superfine clerk was indignant. He did not care a rap for the paltry berth—the salary scarcely found him in cigars and gloves. " Very well," said the precise principal, "it will be my painful duty to supercede you. As soon, therefore, as you have balanced your books—" " Balance be hanged!" was the interruption. " I never learnt conjuring. If you want the books balanced, send for Ramo Samee, he'll balance them for you—on his chin, if you ask him."—Farnily Jo: Miller. WooLwicu, FEE. I.—The Earl of _Auckland, K.C.8., First Lord of the Admiralty, Captain Alexan der Milne, Junior Naval Lord, and Henry G. Ward, Esq., M.P., First Secretary to the Admiralty, arrived at half-past nine o'clock A.m. today. Their Lordships visit being principally to inspect the new saw-mills just completed, and ready to be taken off the hands of Mr. Rolt, the contractor, their first visit was to these works. Their Lordships proceeded from the saw-mills to the west end of the yard, and inspeeted the engine store house; and on arriving at the basin went on board the Sharpshooter, the Janus, and the Driver, and th e y a l so descended King Willi am the F ourth's Dock to inspect the works at the stern of the Niger, At i present in the dock fitting with a screw propeller. Yesterday a special general - meeting of the go vernors of this corporation was held at the Scottish I Hospital office, Crane-court, Fleet street, for the pur -1 pose of considering whether the society should accept of the somewhat singular bequest of gentleman named Ros, and also whether a benefit society should be founded in connexion with the institution; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., in the chair. The SECRETARY (Major Adair) read a letter fi*om a relative of the gentleman above-named, and who still living, informing the governors of the fol owing clause in his will. The two houses, Nos. 12 and 13, Queen-square, Westminster, will shortly revert to Mr. Ross ; and after that event takes place, and after his decease, his executors are to pay over to the credit of the trustees of the hospital the sum of 1001. per annum until the amount reaches 1,0001. by principal and interest. The interest of that sum is then to be expended towards the board, clothing, and lodg ing, but not the education of children, who to be qualified to participate in its benefits must be of the name of Ross, and natives either of the counties of Ross or Sutherland. In addition to this, the temis of the bequest, painted in letters of one inch in length, were to be kept on a board in the hall of the Scottish Hospital, which board was to be hept in repair at the expense of the governors. The gover nors were also to keep the vault in which the remains of Mr. Ross were interred in repair, and also to keep the iron railings round it in proper order and condition. In the event of these conditions being declined, the money was to be paid over towards the maintenance of the Seamen's Hospital on board of the Dreadnought, off Greenwich. Considerable discussion then arose as to the pro , priety of accepting such a bequest, as their solicitor expressed his opinion that the trust would be a very hazardous one to the governors. After much debate, pro and con, it was agreed that the solicitor of the institution should take the opinion of counsel upon the matter. The governors then proceeded to consider whether it would be advisable or not to found a benefit society in connexion with the institution, to enable members of it to take any of the following benefits in any de gree that might suit them, within certain defined lmits—a sick allowance, a sura payable to his heirs at death, and a deferred annuity. It was strongly objected that the terms of their Act of Parliament would not admit such a foundation, and, after much discussion on the point, it was agreed that the matter should be referred to a select com mittee, five to form a quorum. The committee was to consist of the Duke of Montrose (the president of the institution); the Duke of Buccleuch, the Mar quis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Bute, Lord Ro bert Grosvenor, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P. • Mr. G. Forbes, Dr. IVebster, Captain Lamond, Mr. Nelson, and many other gentlemen connected with the society. The business of the day being concluded, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. PUBLICA TIONS. COLONEL TORRENS ON SIR ROBERT PEEL'S BILL. Just published in Bvo., price 4s. 6d., THE PRINCIPLES and PRACTICAL OPE RATION of SIR ROBERT PEEL'S ACT of 1844 explained, and Wended against the Objections of Tooke, Fullarton, and Wilson. By R. TORRENS, Esq., F.R.S. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longunins. This hay, 12m0., price Twopence, ALETTER to E. S. CAYLEY, Esq., M.P., on the Amendment of the CURRENCY ACT. By CHRItiToPHER RICH tRDSON, Lag. London : T. U. Rice, 14, Charles-street, St. James's. Whitby : R. K;rby. Scarborough: S. W. Theakston. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Else and W. Dixon, Kingston-upon-Hull, corn millers, first and second dividends, 3i. and lad., and a further dividend of Is. 7d., on any Tuisday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. J. W. Welborne, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, silk mercer, 3i., on Saturday, Feb. 5, and two following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Spalding., Cambridge, ironmonger, 4s. 6d., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. T. Williams, Fenchurch-street, 2s. Gd., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. A. Fielder, Alton, Hampshire, brewer, id., any Thurs day, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. R. Law, Portland -row•, Surrey, pawnbroker, 25., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Permill, Guildhall-chambers. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. , J Edwards, Nag's .7 - lead-court, Gracechurch-street, ironmonger, Feb. 21, at one—J. Baines, Whitechapel road, and Smith-street, Stepney, baker, Feb. 22, at twelve—T. S. Jukes, Great Winchester-street, tailor, Feb. 22, at eleven—J. B. Falkner, Old Broad -street, merchant, Feb. 24, at eleven—J. Barrett, Blackfriars road and Strand, machine printer, Feb. 24, at twelve— W. Barton, Old Brentford, grocer, Feb. 22, at eleven— G. Rougement, Broad-street-buildings, merchant, Feb. 22, at eleven—J. Gilbert, Paternoster-row, booksellzr, Feb. 23, at half-past one—G. Bennett, Southampton, wine merchant, Feb. 23, at twelve—T. Marriott, Moor street, Seven dials, licensed victualler, Feb. 23, at one— 11. 11. B. Paull, Peckhato, lodging house keeper, Feb. 24, at twelve—W. Thomas, Catherine-street, Strand, publisher, Feb. 24, at one—J. Williams, Westminster bridge-road, licensed victualler, Feb. 23, at one—J. Archer, Deptford, baker, Feb. 23, at twelve. In tke Country. W. D. Hay, Newcastle-upon. Tyne, bread and biscuit baker, Feb. 24, at half past eleven, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—T. Paley, Durham, builder, Feb. 24, et half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —l'. Dalton, Darlington, Durham, rope manufacturer, Feb. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —E. Thompson, Salford, Lancashire, licensed victualler, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—W. Crankshaw, Preston, cotton spinner, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court. Manchester—T. Berridge, Manchester, tobacconist, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Manches ter—W. Jones, Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Fitzpatrick, Walsall, Staf ford,hire, railway contractor and brick maker, Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Hughes, Fron haulog, Carnarvoushire, miller, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. At the Court of Review, Feb. 22. J. Parrish, High-street, Newington, draper—G. A. Soar, Great Marylebone street, glass cutter and lead merchant—C. Proctor, Witham, Essex, wine merchant —W. F. Merrett, Greenwich, draper—W. Newson, St. Mary-axe, commission agent—S. Riley, Chapeltleld, Lancashire and Manchester, cotton manufacturer—F. Rippingale, Thrumpton, Nottinghamshire, auctioneer— W. 11. Treacher, Regent•street, Quadrant, furrier and milliner—J. Hull, Broadway, Westminster, currier and ler.therseller—C. Davis, Liverpool, bookseller—W. Bun dey, Stamford Cottages, Fulham-road, builder—M. L. Tait, Manchester and Heaton Mersey, Lancashire, bleacher and finisher—W. Astill, Lentos, Nottingham shire, ironmonger and husbandry implement maker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. P. Raworth and J. Raworth, Sheffield, merchants— J. Fry, jun., R. B. Griffiths, and T. G. Merridew, Fenchurch-street, colonial brokers—T. 11. Hill, E. Ilill, A. Smithies, and M. Nelson, Bradford, Yorkshire, slate merchants (so far as regards E. Ili11)—T. 11. Hill, E. llill, M. Nelson, R. Crabtree, J. Sugden, J. Kershaw, B. Murgatroyd, and A. Smithies, Bradford, Yorkshire, stone merchants (so fur as regards E. hill and J. Ker shaw)—J. Miller, J. Cairns, and J. Watts, Manchester, tailors and woollen drapers—J. Gregory and W. Hanslow, Abingdon, Berkshire, grocers—A. Webster and D. Webster, Hunslet and Leeds, woollen cloth manufacturers—T. Hall, W. F. Hall, J. Good man, and R. Trott, Birmingham, button manufac turers—S. Lees, J. Lees, and W. Lees, Denton, Lan cashire. hat manufacturers (so far as regards Samuel Lees)—Benjamin John Brothwell and Richard Bush Newton, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, linen and woollen drapers and hosiers—J. Bagnall and W. H. Fletcher, Oldham, Lancashire, coal miners—ll. H. Pittman and R. Pittman, Crooked Billet-yard, Kingsland-road, and High-street, Hoxton Old Town, bricklayers—G. Shaft and W. Shaft, Arundel and Brighton, wine, spirit, and coal merchants—J. Chiesa, L. Keizer, and L. Rohrer, Liverpool, carvers and gilders—M. Alepson and M. Alep. son, Copthall-buildings, Throgrnorton-street, merchants —J. Harrison and F. Cardiff, Liverpool, ship bread bakers—C. Popple, J. Braddock, and W. R. Dossor, Kingston-upon-Hull, colour, grew e, and oil manufac turers—H. M. Miller, T. M‘Mullen, and F. Beck, Crotched-friars, wine merchants—T. James and E. J. \Vise, Borough-road, Southwark, chair and sofa makers —II. Horner and E. Crosland, Nottingham, wine and spirit merchants—W. Coltart; T. Clark, and J. Col tart, Liverpool, rope and sail makers (as far as regards T. Clark)—J. Bailey, C. Bailey, T. Gratrex, and W. Wil liams, Monmouth and Abergavenny, bankers (as far as regards J. Bailey)—A. Spielman and B. F. Baum, Lom bard•street, money changers—Mary Irwin and Jane Ir win, Lancaster, saddlers and harness makers—U. Floyd and P. Jeavons, Birmingham, tin plate workers—W. Brownrigg and J. Lever, Stanhope-street, Hampstead road, tailors—W. Matravers and N. Overbury, West bury, Wiltshire, clothiers—A. Gartside and E. Buckley, Liverpool, wool brokers—Euleli Bickford, Jank Bick ford, and Rebecca Harding Bickford, Kingsbridge, De vonshire, linendrapers (so far as regards Rebecca Harding Bickford)—J. Holmes and T. Lewis, Faver sham, Kent, coal merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Francis Day, Newmarket St. Mary, Suffolk, innkeeper. George Humble, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, victualler. Mary Wilson, Manchester, shopkeeper. James Stuart, Manchester, joiner. George Whateley, Birmingham, working jeweller. William Mitchell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, stonemason. George Kershaw, Barnsley, Yorkshire, constable. Thomas Parkin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, waiter. Edward Skedge, Norwich, baker. James Barter, Plymouth, attorney's el.rk. Jatnes Fullerton, Liverpool, provision dealer.' David Miller, West Derby, Lancashire, grocer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Houston, Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire, manufacturer, meet within Mitchinson's Inn, Auchtermuchty, Feb. 7, and Feb. 28, at two. R. Craig, Edinburgh, tailor, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. 7, and Feb. 28, at twelve. T. Burns, Edinburgh, writer, to meet within Steven son's Rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. 4, and Feb. 25, at two. D. Hall, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, merchant, to meet within the Thistle Tavern, Glasgow, Feb. 9, and March 8, at twelve. W. Moffatt, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 4, and Feb. 25, at one. J. Blair, Paisley, manufacturer, to meet within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, Feb. 3, and Feb. 24, at one. J. G. Peebles, Glasgow, commission agent, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 3, and Feb. 24, at twelve. A. Cay, Edinburgh, stockbroker, to meet within Cay's Rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. 7, and Feb. 2S, at two. J. Ross, Edinburgh, commission agent, to meet witbin Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. 4, and Feb. 25, at two. A. Coupar, sen., St. Andrew's, shoemaker, to meet within the Cross Keys Inn, St. Andrew's, Feb. 9, and March 1, at one. J. Inglis, Edinburgh, leather factor, to meet within the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Feb. 10, and March 3, at two. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 1. THE AVENGER. --- The example set by the ship's company of the Excellent, in subscribing a day's pay for the widows and orphans of those persons who were unfortunately wrecked in this steamer, has been followed by several other ships, and money has been sent to the Captain of the Excellent by other persons. It will be submitted to the Admiralty that the allotments of the seamen and marines may . be continued for a limited period, and the money subscribed paid over for the purpose to the Accountant• General. There must be, however, many persons connected with the crew who are objects of commiseration, and whose claims must be inquired into. The Commander-in- Chief's secretary at this port will receive subscriptions. Admiral Sir Byam Martin, G.C.8., has subscribed 101., and Captain H. Williams, R.N., 51. The day's pay of the officers and crew of such ships as the Excellent amounts to about 60Z Da. HAmrDEN.—The Oxford protest against the recent attempted agitation on Dr. Hampden's elevation to the see of Hereford, copies of which, and the signa tures attached, have been received by the me m b ers o f her Majesty's Government , is signed by 371 members of convocation, and between five and six hundred non members. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House yesterday from Strathfieldsaye for the season. His Grace is in the enjoyment of excellent health. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro also arrived in Upper Belgrave-street from the Noble and Gallant Duke's seat. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.-Mr. Brooke, the Baja of Sarawak, slept last night at the George, and this morning visited the Lieutenant-Governor, Lord Fitz clarence. His Highness embarked on board the Meander this afternoon about three o'clock, and will sail this evening for the Cape. The Lieutenant- Governor of Labuan, Mr. Napier, Mrs. Napier, and family, who sojourned yesterday at the Star -and Garter Hotel, embarked also this morning, as did the other personages who are ordered passages in the Meander. The Firefly steam-sloop, Lieutenant Commander Ponsonby, had taken a quantity of packages, &c., on board, and will leave this evening, if possible, for the coast of Africa with mails. She takes out Dr. Everard, physician to the King of the Netherlands, to Madeira, to attend upon the King's son, Prince Alexander, whose health his Majesty has received bad accounts of. Dr. Everard arrived last evening by special train from London, and was introduced this morning by M. Vandenbergh. His Netherlands Ma jesty's Vice-Consul at this port, to Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief, who had received instruc tions to provide for the comfort of the physician from the Admiralty. The gallant Admiral accompanied the doctor on board. Extract of a letter from the Asia, 84, Captain Stopford, flig of Rear- Admiral Phipps Hornsby, C. 13., Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, dated Lisbon, Jan. 12 : " We left Plymouth Sound on the 6th instant, at eight A.M., and stood down channel with the wind north, a little easterly, light, but the next day in creasing to a fresh breeze, with a heavy sta. On the evening of the 7th, about five P.M., we carried away our mainyard in the starboard quarter, and having the wind about north we replaced it with a spare tcp sailyard, and stood on for Lisbon, in hopes of getting one from the squadron. We have got the Canopus's mainyard, and shall sail to-morrow forenoon for Rio." MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 29, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 340 Diseases of Uncertain Seat 43 Turbercular Diseases... ... ... 221 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 143 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 46 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 353 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ... ... ... ... 63 Diseases of the Kidne) s, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 14 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. 2 Malformations... 8 Premature Birth Atrophy Old Age Sudden ... ... ... 15 Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ... 51 Causes not specified ... 4 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ronulation Enumeraied, 1841. West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 Totals... ..... 1,948,425 Males Females 1,457 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. in the Five Winters. Week. . 161 ... 222 . 209 ... 247 . 203 ... 256 235 ... 348 299 ... 384 -. 1,107 ... L 457 739 718 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total ... 674 672 ... 1,346 COMMISSION DE LUNATICO INQUIRENDO..—YeS• terday morning, at ten o'clock, a Commission de Luna tico Inquirendo was held at the linebuck , Tavern, I , Chiswick, pursuant to adjourn ment, before F. Barlow, Esq. and nineteen special jurors, to further prosecute an inquiry into the state of mind of Miss Maria Collins, aged 53, daughter of the late Captain Collins, of the lion. East India Company's Bth Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, and nieee to Sir William Collins, Bart., of Guernsey. The commission was a duplicate one, involving an investigation into th e s t a t e o f m i n d o f Mi ss Amelia Hortense Collins, sitt er o f t h e o bj ect o f t h e present inquiry, both of whom are sa id t o b e l a b our i n g under similardelusions. It may be remembered that the ease was adjourned f or a month at the request o f th e Misses Collins, who protested against the haste with which the commission had been got up by their (marrit d) sister, Mrs. Findlater. It appears that Miss Maria Collins, the subject of this commission, in August last, commenced a correspondence with Mr. Goodman, the then Lord Mayor's clerk, of London, with Lord Palmer ston, and likewise with Lord John Russell. The letters were of a most romantic and extravagant character. She declared herself to be the heiress of the Spanish crown, a descendant of Ferdinand VII., and called herself " Princess Bourbon de Bourbon." She imagined that her mother had been assassinated in the island of Guern sey, and that her uncle, Sir William Collins, had some thing to do with the diabolical act. She considered herself one of the most opulent persons in the world, and, in fact, thought she was worth millions of money. With the exception °Olds alleged delusion, the two sisters appeared to live peacefully and quietly together. After a lengthened investigation, which lasted seven hours, the jury returned a verdict—That Miss Maria Collins was of sound mind, and competent to take care of herself and her affairs. The inquiry into the state of mind of Miss Amelia Collins was adjourned foraarawt,eeh;ka THE FROST.--The p weather, for eight days h been much the same as that experienced over t e coun- try. The frost has been exceedingly keen, and the various ponds and lochs in the vicinity have been in ex cellent condition for the enjoy ment of winter amusements. In these trying times, it is cheerful to observe the spirit with which the social g ame o f curling is kept up by the various curling clubs. During the week a gr ea t num b er of matches have come off. On Friday, th e s il ver me d a l given by the la te president of the Iceland Club, Mr. H. played fur by the mem b ers o f t h e c l u b on A lleonuznised' was played After a keen contest, the prize was won by Mr. Reline of Brabl oc h. O n W e d nes d a y, the go ld medal given by the Right Hon. the Earl of Glasgow, was played for on the same dam, and won by Mr. :Ret son. On Saturday, a number of games and matches came off on the various dams in the neighbourhood. The Cart, above the Hamil's Falls, is at present frozen over to an extent which has not been equalled fur a number of }Teri., and it presents a most animated ap pearance, from the large number of skating, shinty, and curling matches that daily attract large concourses of people to its glassy surface.—North British Mail. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—The wife and three children of Sub-Constable Merrigan were suffocated in a , lodging room at Rathcormac, on Thursday night, by leaving a saucepan and fire in the room, which bad no flue, after going to bed. Next morning the wife and three children were found dead, and the wretched bus band is not yet out of danger. ...