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Gaiters of trian knot in front.' black cloth, with flat black instant, he will submit the following motion, That adverting to the dispatch to the Bengal Government, _ emitted fourteen years since by the Court of D irectors, and dated 20th February, 1833, declaring their determined withdrawal Skenceforth from all connexion with, and abatement of, the idolaieeas sites and ceremonies of India ; and further adverting to the last ?ear's correspondence of the Court with its Rangel Government, , 'ordered to he laid on the table of this Court , dento u strating that no Se, direct or indirect, was ever given for the support of the ;temple of Juggernaut, and also adverting to the continued annual trioney-payment of 35,000 rupees, still 'made by the local Govern ' Meat for the support of that temple, its priests and prostitutes, under the supposed obligation of some fiscal commutation, in consequence orwhich payment, it was proved at the September Court, that the 'abominations of this temple, and destruction of human life, still con thin', precisely as if the said dispatch had never been issued. This Court Is of opinion that the local Government is marl estly exceeding its oommissim, and that the time is fully arrived when it becomes the imperative duty of this .;ourt, to Christianity and Use country, to • . interpose, and to declare that all such support of heathenism shall lk aye an immediate end." That a proprietor has gives notice, that at the said Quarterly General Court he will submit the following motion, viz. • let. "That the following declaration, male by Major Carpenter . (the Governor-General's agent at Benares, in charge of the late Raja of Sattara), in his letter to the Government of India, dated the • 26th of May, 1840, namely, ' That after having carefully studied the 1 Whole of the voluminous documents connected with his (the ]ate ' *alit's) cage the result was a belief in his innocence, and that belief - bad been confirmed beyond a doubt by subsequent disclosures, and by WS (the late Raja's) pledging himself to prove it, if permitted to do lo). In his letter to Sir Henry Hardinge, of the 12th of December, 1844, forwarded through him, and which pledge he (Major Carpen . ter)" was fully persuaded the Raja was ab!e to redeem, does, in the , opinion of this Court, render it the imperative duty of the British Government to institute an inquiry into the late Raja's case, with a view to ascertain the truth or falsehood of the charges of certain alleged treasonable practices, on which he was deposed, deprived of ais property, driven into banishment, and confined as a state pri , Goner at Fenares until his death. 2d. " That in the opinion of this Court such inquiry into the case • of the late Raja of Sattara is further rendered necessary. in order that if his innocence should be established, the title, territory, and Property' which he held under the treaty of the 25th of September, • 1819, and which, by the said treaty, were and aro secured to his fa intlY, as a perpetual provison and inheritance, mar be restored ▪ to such family, in the person of of the late Raja's adopted son, Trim . Intekjee Rajey Sisoday Bhoslay, who is the only son and heir of the Itkia's deceased ceusin, the late Balla Sahib Senaputtee." That a Proprietor has given notice that, at the said Quarterly • Generaltourt, he will " call attention to the conduct of Sir Janice ' Weir negg, late Chairman of the Court of Directors, in connexion With the suppression of certain papers in the case of the Raja of 5 ittara." That another Proprietor has given notice that, at the said Quar terly General Court, he will submit the following motion, viz.:— `• That as it appears from the printed papers laid before the Court of Proprietors, and from other authentic sources, that there is no act of the British Government by which its reputation for good faith and • clemency has been mere deeply sullied, than by the unprovoked in . Vtasion of the principality of Sinde, fol Owed by the dethronement and expatriation of its hereditary rulers, it is the opinion of this Court that every constitutional means should be persevered is, with the view of obtolnirg for those deeply injured and still exiled Princes • that indemnity to which their unmerited sufferings, and the valuable aid which they so long rendered to the British Government in the Season of distress, so justly entitle them." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. • CONTRACTS for COALS for the ROYAL MA I 1 BAR U RACKS and INFIRMARIES. • Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Sotnerset.place, March 16, 1848. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral " of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give • notice, that on TILCRSDAT, the 23d instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready is treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract ` for supplying the Royal Marine Barracks at Deptford, and the Royal • Marine Barracks and Infirmaries at Woolwich, Chatham, Ports- Mouth, and Plymouth, with all such COALS et one or other of the following sorts, as shall from time to time be ' demanded, between the let of April next and the 31st of March, 1849. • Deptford, Woolwich, and Chatham —Lambten's, or Stewart's, or Retton's, or Russel's Iletton's Wallsend. Portsmouth—Lambton's, or Stewart's, or Baton's Wallsend. Plymouth—ltussel's High Main, or Stobart's Wallsoad, or Spring - Wallsend, or Usworth'e Main Coals. Persons tendering must state what sorts they intend to supply. The conditions of tke Contracts may be seen at the said Office, •ar on application to the e n s ßarrackmster at the respective ports. I. Tender will be received after O 'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised la writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, -and bear in the left hand corner the words "Tender Mr and must also be delivered at Somerset -place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become ballad :with the peraou-tendering, in the sumo f 2001. for the de e perform ance of each of the Contracts for Deptfor d anal Woolwich, and in the team of 4001. for each of the other places. nMOMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS mi.,/ for Orphan and Necessitous Children, Wanstead. PATRON —II R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. PRESIDENT—J. MA.STERMA7g, Esq., M.P. Notice Is hereby given, that a Quarterly General Court of the Go- Vernors of this Institution will be held at the London Tavern, Bi 'lllbopigate-street, in the city of London, on TUESDAY, the 28th day of 4 March instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, for the purpose of receiving the Quarterly Reports from the Board 'et' Management and the Auditors ; to deelde as to the eligi bility •of the case of the Child E. B. Cross ; to entertain, 4111CDSS, and determine Mr. Gunton's motion, of which doe petite has been given, and wh ich may be seen, on application at the Offices; and all each other questions and matters as may be autho rised and required by the rules of the Institution to be brought before the Court. The personal attendance of all Governors is picularly requested. CHAS. N art ASH, Secretary. Offices, 60, Bread-street, Cheapside. 1---- CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY. TENDERS FOR LOANS ON DEBENTURES. • The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive TENDERS ibf LOANS on DEBENTURES, in sums not less than 1001., for Three, Five, or Seven years, bearing interest at the rate of rive per gent. per Annum, interest thereon payable haf-yearly at the rankers of the Company, secured under the previsions of the Company's Act bf Parliament 6th and 7th Wm. IV., chap. 133. Tenders to be addressed to this Office, No. 9, Villiers-street, Strand. By order, RICHARD LAWRENCE, Secretary. Charing-cross Bridge Office, No. 9, Villiers-street, Strand, March 13, 1848. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. FIFTH CALL, W. per Share ; making 231. paid. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a Resolution of the Beard of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are required, to PAY the SIXTH INSTALMENT of 51. per share, on or before the 6th day of April next, to any of the under men. toned Bankers : London ............Messrs. Glyn, Kallifax, Mills, and Co. Liverpool • • .. • • •• •• The Bask of Liverpool. Manchester • • • • . . • • Messrs. Jones Leyd and Ce. Gloucester ........ The Oloacestershire Banking Company. sristel and Exeter.. The West of England and South Wales Bank. Cardiff ;• • • • • •• •• .. The National Provincial Bank of England. Carmarthen.. • • .... Messrs. David Morris and Sons. Swansea ..........The Glamorganshire Banking Company. AU Calls not pild on or before the 6th of April next will be charged with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum ; and no interest shall be payable to any proprietor upon any amounts which in may have paid up, or which may have been paid up en any shares, so long as any call shall remain unpaid upon any shares held by him. gy order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary, ,nth Walea Eatlway Office, 449, West Strand, London. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE The muse, methinks, will need no coaxing wheedle, When asked to sing of Cleopatra's Needle ; A subject like this celebrated pillar, With various musings very soon must flll her. This wondrous relic of the bygone ages, Stands boldly forth on antiquarian pages ; And none who witness it attempt to garble . The warm accounts of this Egyptian marble. But if the public prints have rightly written, This porphyry monument's to come to Britain ; • And many having heard about its landing, Begin to talk upon Its place of standing. One mentions this—another Una proposes, But I've a word to say for Messrs. MOSES. What site more fit for Cleopatra's Needle Than right in view of Al igate's parish beadle ? Let Cleopatra's Needle show the people What MOSES do in front of Aldgate steeple ; There let the Needle stand, in triumph showing, A monument to needles made for sewing. 310iES and SON with needles have effected What none can rival, and what none expected. Their Trousers, Coats, and Yeats, without a question, Are such as loudly call for this suggestion. There's not an article but what discloses The skilful work of needles used by MOSES. • LitsT OF ritICE.S. ILEADT MADE. Beaver Taglieni •• • ..... 9 0 Chesterfield and Codringtea's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely trimmed.. ••• • • • ••• • • • ...•• ••• • • • ••1 5 0 The 'Milliner, especially adapted for snowy and wet waather •.. The trent ler ••••••• • • • • • • • • •• • • Boy's Winter Coats, is every style • lion's De. Trousers, lined .. • • ••.•• • • • • • 04 0 Doeskin •••• • • • • .•• • • .. • • 012 6 Dress Coats.. ••••• • • • • •• • .•• • • • 1 • 0 Frock do. ...... .•• • • • Doable-breasted Winter Vests ••••• • • • • • 0 2 0 Roll cellar . ••••••• • • • • • • • •• 0 1 6 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suite ••• • • •••• .. • • • . 016 6 'LADS TO MICASVIII. Winter Coats, In every style and shape, hand somely trimmed ••••.•••••••• • • • • • • • • . • • from 1 6 0 Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper. •..••••••••• • .• • • • • • • • • 0 18 6 , • D o eskin Trousers .. . Best, er Dress, ••••••• • • • • • • •• • 1 6 0 Dress Coat • Best quality made ••••• . • . • • 2 18 0 Frockdo.... ••• • • ....... • ..... •••• • • .. 1 .11 0 Best onality mado• ••• • • 3 3 0 Satins, Plain or Fancy ••••..• • • • • • •• • • •• • • 012 0 Boy's Hussar and Tunic Suits .. ••..••••• • • • . . • • 1 8 0 ' A Sufi of Clothes complete.. ••..•••••• • • • • • • • • 116 0 •:Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Obeerve.—Any article perohased, ready made, or made to mea ;mire, if not approved of, will be exchzaged, or if preferred, the 'llooney returned. B. MOSES and 66/N, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Molders, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, lbr Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 147 Miaories, and $3, 66, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. ('ashen,--E. Moses and Son refret being obliged to guard the letblie against impostors , but have learned that the antradesman- Ake falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, Dan been reeorted to in many instances, and for *byline reasons. They have as connexion with any other hews in or out et London; and these who desire genuine and chels clothing, Ste., should call at, nr send te, Minorite and Aldgate, City, I.ondoa. N o tios.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun • set Friday, this sunset Saturday, when busineen Is resumed till twelve o'clock. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE lEALTII AND SHORTENS TER DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATBD WITH NUMEROUS COLOr !MD NNORIVINGS, Just Published, ie a Sealed Envelope, price ts. 6d., or free by post, OONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popula r ki 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 Meetal and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Inclading a comprehen sive Dienertatioa en MARRIAGE, Ineortinenee, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory et the varies!' Cases, &c. By C. J.' LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman-. street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &o. &c, CONTENT' OP Tits vrolta, Chap. le —Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate Rdulgence of the Pasaiona, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Banetlii Results of a Secret Tice on the Mind aid Body, evidenced le the prediction if Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Strictitre, Impotence, and a'terility, with Okiervatiens ou the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness canned by I:an - nitre Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the natnre and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Glect, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. Chap- S.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and Oencindlng observations, Plates, &c. Sold by Brittatn , 54, Patereoster-rew ; Gord m 146, Leadenhall- Street ; Hannay and co., 63, Oxford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxtbrd etreet ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street, London; Winhal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; Whitmore, 110, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, 64, Church •Street, Liverpool ßroad-Street, Bristol ; Ro binson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh ; Love, 5, Nelson-street, Oleskow ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin; Lad all Booksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a•bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to he consulted from Ten ti'd Two, and from Five till Eight in t.:•;e evening, at their residence, Ne. 60, Newman-street, Oxford -street, London, and country patients may imecesatblly treated, on minutely describing their case, and eneloo vg tin unal foe of 14 for advice. var•Symilnimlnlinveig.,,, , VirtinamirranaanafiEMML — - No. 17,3i2.] LON DON, MONDAY 7...vgENING EASTERN ARCLIIPELAGO COMPANY .1.:4 Instituted for the Extension of Commerce in the China Seas and for Promoting the Civilization of Borneo, &c. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares of 1001. each. DIRECTORS. JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., Chairman. Captain C. R. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N., C.B. Alexander Nairne, Esq., Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq. Sir John l'irie, Bart., Deputy-Chairrnan of the Penin sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Henry Wise, Esq. Beanexes—Messrs, Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London. The objects of this Company are to carry on mining, agricultural, and trading operations in the Eastern Archipelago, and the acquiring and disposing of lands in the Island of Labuan and the parts adjacent —a region abounding in mineral wealth, most fertile in all the valu able tropical productions, and very happily situate for the purposes of commerce. The Island of Labuan has been formally taken possession of by the Crown of Great Britain ; and, by it treaty with the Sultan of Borneo, many highly important advantages are permanently secured to this country. Piracy in the eastern seas will now be effectually suppressed, and, under the protection of the British flag at Labuan, a new era as regards those regions, has commenced, which affords the most fa vourable opportunity for successfully accomplishing the objects of this Company. To those who are at all acquainted with the Indian Archipelago, it is wholly unnecessary I. expatiate on the advantages to be derived from this undertaking. The important discovery of an abundant sup ply of excellent coal OR the mainland of Borneo, in tke immediate vi cinity of Labuan, is a circumstance which of itself would render this enterprise pregnant with the most beneficial results. A formal grant of this coal, extending through a district of about 150 miles, has been obtained from the Sultan of Borneo, and is, with the approval of her Majority's Gevernraent, new hell by Mr. Wise, with whom arrange ments for its working will be made. The working of the coal mines will form an important feature in the operations of the Company, The geographical position of the Borneo coal districts in relation to our Eastern possessions, and to the steam communications whiek are now carried on, and others which are about to be carried on in con nexion therewith, is a matter of peculiar interest, and even of na tional importance. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, for instance, disburse more than 130,0001. annually for coal for their steam-vessels, of which sum about 90,0001. are ex, petaled in coal used to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hoae. This coal. as well as the requisite supplies for the steam-vessels of her Majesty's navy, and for those of the Honourable East India Com pany on the India and China stations, is at present chiefly furnished from England, at :n average cost exceeding 335. per ton`; so that the ea penditure by her Majesty's Government, the Honourable East In dia Company. and the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the sin gle item of coal; will be considerably reduced as soon as the opera tions of the Eastern Archipelago Company are sufficiently matured to admit of their supplying the several depots which have been esta blished at Hong-Kong, Singapore, and other places, with coal for the Use of the many British and Foreign ate: rn-vessels re - orting to those ports. The certain increase in the consumption of ooal in the eastern seas, from the causes already mentioned, and the opening of other channels of demand, cannot fail eventually to augment the use of Borneo coal. The projected steam communication between Singapore and our Australian colonies—the probable communication by the same means at no distant period, between the various British settle ments to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope and the west coast of America—as well as the system of railways now about to be esta blished in India—are events eminently calculated to occasion an immense consumption of Borneo coal, the more se as it can ho sup plied at comparatively moderate rates. Samples of the Labuan and Bernet) coal have been brought over to this country by Mr. Wise, and submitted by her Majesty's Government to a careful examination and analysis by competent parties, with a most satisfactory result. The Borneo coal has also been pronounced by the Calcutta t oal Committee, appointed by the Bengal Government, to be equal to the best English coal ; and Captain Wallage, in his report on the supplies of coal obtained from the seam at Labuan, for the use of the Honourable East India Company's steam -ship Nemesis, dated Sarawak, 10th June, 1847, observe—' I have no hesitation in stating that the coal received at Labuan is equal to any English coal I have seen on board steamers in India, and decidedly better than any coal worked in India for steam purposes." The portion of territory eontemplated for the first operations of the Eastern Archipelago Company possesses a climate and soil admir ably adapted for the culture of cotton, tobacco, sugar, coffee, rice, nutmegs, pepper, and other valuable peoductions, and is most favourably situate, having the advantage of Labuan, now subject ti British dominion, as a point d'appul ; nor can there be a doubt of the excellent position of the proposed field of enterprise for an ex tensive and lucrative commerce. The proximity of Java, Sumatra, Siam, Cochin-China, Hainan, Manilla, Celebes, &c., is not only of great importance in this respect, hut also as affording the means of introducing with facility from those places Chinese and other colo nists, and labourers to any extent required for the service of the Company. Labuan itself will form an essential link in the chain of our eastern settlements, from Penang, Malacca, anti Singapore to Hong Kong ; and in the district of Sarawak every protection and encouragement will be granted by Mr. Brooke in furtherance of the Company's objects. In short, every circumstance justifies the anti ctoation that the late proceedings of the British Government relating to Borneo, if followed up with vigour by the operations of the pre scut Company, will change that which has been heretofore a region of piracy, lawless violence, danger and desolation, into a scene of busy, peaceful, and beneficial commerce; bringing the advantages of progressive civilisation to a large and fertile tract of the globe, and conferring extensive benefits on the commerce and manufactures of Great Britain. The philanthropist and the statesman, as well as the merchant, will thus feel interested in this design, which, through the raeatium of British enterprise, sanctioned and protected by the wis dom and decision of the Government, promises the amelioration of the condition of the natives of the Indian Archipelago, among whom there exists a disposition most f av ourable to the development of the resources of those countries. The view here taken of the promising character of the undertak ing is not hypothetical, but is the result of the arduous personal re searches of various individuals, who, in times past, have been de sirous of widening the circle of commerce and civilization, and, among others more recently, of Mr. Wise, who has for several years devoted his time to the closest investigation of the subject. To his patient and indefatigable perseverance for a long period in calling the attention of her Majesty's Government to the importance of Labuan as the site of a British settlement, may be ascribed the fact, that the protection of our flag is now extended to countries so important both in a political and commercial point of view. The Queen has appointed Mr. Brooke Governor and C. mmander in-Chief in and over the Island of Labuan and its dependencies, as well its her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General to the Sultan and independent chiefs of Borneo. These measures, and the course of policy which they indicate, will materially faci itate and advance the objects and interests of the Company throughout the Eastern Ar chipelago. The Company being incorporated by Royal Charter, the responsi bility of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his subscrip tion. The charter provides for the execution by the shareholders of a Deed of Settlement, to be approved by the President of the Board of York, Trade. Power is given in the Charter to augment the amount of capital of the Corporation, if that course should become expedient. 5/. per share to be paid on the allotment of the shares, and the re mainder to be paid by instalments as called for by the Directors. 1 he affairs of the Company are to be managed by a Court of Directors of not more than twelve, two Managing Directors, and a Secretary, and such agents, in Labuan or elsewhere, as the Directors obeli maninate ; the Directors and Auditors to be elected loy the shareholders, as provided by the Deed of Settlement. Applicatioa for shares from parties well affected to the objects for which the Company is established, addressed, in the form annexed, to Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., 3, White Lion-court, Cornhill. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHIRES. Gentlemen,—l beg to apply for Shares in the Eastern Archi pelago Company - mentioned in the above prospectus ; and I agree to ascept the Same or any smaller number which, within three months from the date hereof, may be allotted to tee, and without reference to whether the whole amount of shares may be taken or subscribed for, and to pay the deposit and the instalments as they may be called for ; and to execute, when required, the deed of settlement prepared under the direction of time Court of Directors, and approved of by the President of the Board of Trade Dated this day of 1848. To Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., No. 3, White Lion-court, Ceruhill, London. Signature of Applicant • • . ...... • Name of Referee • • • • • • • • • • TIIE BEST ENGLISH WATCLIF.S. A B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. LA.. 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank, request the atten tion of purchasers to their stock of London-made PATENT LEVELS NTA3CIIES, which are manufactured b 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 ; •r in gold cases, 10, 12, 14, and 16 guineas each. The very large stock offered for selection includes every description, enabling a cus to select that which is more particularly adapted to his own *se.to mer 52, Fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. mR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of AnTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change cobalt* or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does cot require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Idr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful is mastics tion.-52, Fleet-street. At llome from Ten till Five. TIIE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. ORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to at who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Liver Com plaints; they act as powerful tonic And gentle aperient, imparting strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold in bottles at Is. 1 1 ,0., or 2s. 9d. each, by A. Willoughby and Co., late B. G. Windus, 61. Bishopsgate Without, and nearly all Me dicine Venders. Be sure to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, and do not be persuaded to purchase an imitation. REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LA'MERT ON TILE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITII 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 23. Od„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, Son ELF-P R ESERVATION; a Medical Treatise o Youth and Ma therhsy Secret t gy l Infirmities a andge, Infelicitous and Unproductive % Unionand the turity, usually acquired a t an early period Disorders of life f , which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice/ Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion. whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting Nen Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illeatrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their stractures, uses, and functions, and the vertigo injuries that are produced in them by solitmy habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MEIIT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medieine. Matriculated Member (gibe University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Ace. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conclitiens. in order that lt may be ready the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which ceaers the origin of domestic wretchedness, he raised, mat its tree source in every instance disclosed, in how many could hue traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap nointments. Excesses are always Injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderation i.e 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 of 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 RH 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 preservatieu 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 from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qealifled physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking 'or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination. n ascertaining the cusses 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 his possession of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his prefes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence sheuld 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. 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They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. gold by Thomas ?rout, IflB, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Yendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price Is. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 2119, Strand, Louden," im pressed 'amen the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. AR R IA G E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret tin comprosing hurry ; but the truth lies dee p er. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and Justice demand that health should form an item In the compact; it alone dignifies the &titmice. 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., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining ;hero. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but :or the closet perusal of t hose mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or •ogether, are a disgrace to the age. 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ON riasicAL DISQUALICITIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6c1., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. 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, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Starle, 23, Tltehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the oonsequences resulting from excessive inclul genes, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It Is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illastrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap plication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action is simple but sure. It acts with the virus.chendeally, and destroys its power an the system. This impertant part of the Work shoal( be read by every Yoxng Man entering into life. PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its Rados. 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KENDAL, FRIDAY NIGHT.-A very daring and re volting outrage on a widow lady of fortune in this dis trict has given rise to a most intense and painful sensa tion. The lady in question is Mrs. Charlotte Maria Noble Bateman, of Cowwan Head Hall, and from the statement she has made, it appears that on Tuesday she had been on a visit at the Abbey near Stavely, with Mrs. Wilson, the lady of J. Wilson, Esq., of the Grange, Sussex, who is staying at that seat. She left rather late in the evening for the purpose of returning to her own residence, which is about four hundred yards dis tant, and had scarcely got half way before a man sprang from a side hedge, and violently seizing her by the arms, threw her on the ground with much force, say lag, "Now your money or your life." As soon as she could recover herself Mrs. Bateman called out with all her strength for help, but her cries were not heard. The ruffian maintained his grasp of her, and with an oath exclaimed, "If you do not hold your noise I'll draw my pistol and shoot you through the head." The terrified lady supplicated his mercy, and being allowed to get up from the ground she endeavoured to find her purse to give him, but from fright or some other cause she could not account for, there was some delay in her giving it up, and the fellow again threw her on the ground, and, kneeling on her chest, in most disgusting language vowed he would do her horrible injury did she not deliver up all she had upon her person. After much difficulty she succeeded in landing her purse which she handed to him, and no sooner had he possession of it than he filled her mouth with dirt, and pulled her bonnet over her face, so as to prevent her screaming being heard. The wretch then dragged her across the road to the entrance of a field. Here his object was apparent, and a desperate struggle ensued. Mrs. Bateman having recovered her self possession to some extent fought with her assailant nobly, and being a powerful woman she resisted for sametime his revolting attempts. At length, however, he hurled her again to the ground, her head coming in contact with a wall, and with increased violence endeavoured to over power her. Her strength had never failed her, and in the most energetic manner, considering her distressed condition, she continued to struggle with him and beat him off. After nearly an hour's conflict the villain de camped, and the unfortunate lady, in a dreadful state of suffering, reached her residence. Mr. Hurstall, the chief constable of this town, having obtained from Mrs. Bateman a full description of the perpetrator of this out rage, has succeeded in capturing a man named John Caradine, who answers the description given by Mrs. Bateman, whom he apprehended five miles from Kendal. There were scratches on his neck, and his trowsers were torn and covered with dirt. He has been taken before Mrs. Bateman, and being identified by her he is re manded by the borough magistrates until she is able to - attend. ap- TIIE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Marquis of Northamp ton, as President of the Royal Society, gave his second conversazione to the members of that learned body and their friends on Saturday evening, at his Lordship's mansion on the terrace, Piccadilly. Among the objects of interest exhibited in the Noble President's saloons were some very remarkable illuminated works, chiefly books of church music, collected am. mg the islands of the Archipelago by Major Macdonald. Some of these were of as early a date as the year 1200, their beauty of finish and elaborateness of detail being perfectly won derful. OF models of new inventions, &c., there were fewer exhibited than usual, but the works of art, in cluding some beautiful specimens of photography by M. Claudet, were very numerous. HER MAJESTY'S ACCOUCHE- t MENT. (From the London Gazette Extraordinary, Saturday, March 18.) BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MARCH 18. At eight o'clock this morning the Queen was hap pily delivered of a Princess, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, several Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, and the Ladies of her Majesty's Bedchamber being present. This great and important news was made known to the town by the firing (if the Park and Tower guns; and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, it was ordered that a form of thanks giving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Princess be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury, to be used in all churches and chapels through out England and Wales, and the town of Berwick upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the 26th of March, or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall receive the same. Her Majesty and the infant Princess are, God be praised, both doing well. (From the Court Cireular.) At nine o'clock the followingbulletin was issued : " Buckingham Palace, Saturday, March 18, 9 A.M. " The Queen was safely delivered of a Princess this morning at eight o'clock. " Her Majesty and the infant Princess are well. " JAMES CLARK. " CHARLES LOCOCK. " ROBERT FERGUSON." Shortly before half-past two o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert left Buckingham . Palace, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, for the Privy Council-office, Whitehall, to attend a Privy Council held in the Council chamber. The Lords of the Council present were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury ; the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in- Chief; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department; Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmaster-General ; the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, President of the Board of Trade ; the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Paymaster of the Forces ; and Earl Spencer, Lord Chamberlain. At the -Council it was ordered that a form of thanksgiving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Prin cess be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Can terbury, to be used in all churches and chapels throughout England and Wales and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the 26th of March, or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall re ceive the same. After the Council, Prince Albert, attended by Col. Bouverie, returned to Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester called at Buckingham Palace on Saturday to inquire after the health of her Majesty. Yesterday morning the following bulletin was issued : "Buckingham Palace, March 19, Nine, A.M. " The Queen has passed an excellent night. " Her Majesty and the infant Princess are going on favourably. " JAMES CLARK. " CHARLES LOCOCK. " ROBERT FERGUSON." His Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentle men of the Court, and the domestic household, at tended divine service yesterday in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge called yesterday at the Palace to inquire after the state of the Queen. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of 'Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed airings yesterday. His Royal Highness the Count of Syracuse and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, made inquiry yesterday at Bucki n g ham Palace 1164 the health of her Majesty. 44 1 The Queen was going on very well yester 4141fter noon. The diplomatic corps, and all the nobility and gentry in town, called on Saturday and yesterday at the Palace to make inquiry after the health of the Queen. The entire list was far too numerous to be ;given. The Count and Countess de Neuilly visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence-house, to congratulate her Royal Highness on her Majesty's happy confinement. COURT CIRCULAR• Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended divine service yester day morning in St. Michael's Church. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge .attended divine service yesterday morning in Gros venor Chapel. The Duchess •f Gloucester visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frede rick of Hesse, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston with their company at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Carlton gardens. A deputation from the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Company, consisting of Mr. L ac y, Mr. Chaplin, and Mr. Bedborough, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth on Saturday, at the office of her Majesty's Woods and Forests in White hall-place. A deputation from the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway Company, consisting of Mr. George Thompson, M.P., Mr. G. Hadfield, Mr. Edward Wetherell, and Mr. VV. Harris, had an in terview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Rail ways in the Board of Trade. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Ker shaw, M.P., Mr. Alderman Bancroft, and Mr. Gibb, the Town-clerk of Manchester, accompanied by the Right H M on. T. M. Gibson M , M.P., and Messrs. John Brotherton, .P., J. W. Patten, M.P., Bright, .P.) Cobden, MT., Sanders,M.P. , Beckett, M.P., Greens'' , M.P., William Brown, M.P., J. B. Smith, M.P., and Heald, M.P., had an interview with Viscount Mor peth on Saturday upon Ow subject of the Bill for promoting Public Health. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, accompanied by Mr. Pressly, Secretary to the Board, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche- Auer on Saturday, at his official residence in Down inwstreet. Mr. Cowan, M.P., had an interview with Sir G , .Grey on Saturday at the Home-office. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Ceylon 'and Hong-Kong. Mr. Christie, and Mr. Miller had an Right Hon Honourable interview on Saturday, w Edward Strutt. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary 'Wood had a dinner party on Saturday at their resi dence in Downing-street. DEATH OF PRINCE ALEXANDER OF TIIE NETHER LANDS.—THE HAGUE, March 17 . — Intelligence was re ceived here to-day which has plunged the Royal Family into profound grief. A postscript of a letter addressed to the King, dated the 9th of March, by his envoy at Madrid, contains the following notice:—" I have just received a notification from the Marshal Duke of Sal danha, Pr.me Minister of Portugal, dated the Ist of the present month, announcing to me that the Court of liness Pr Portugal will go into mourning for a ince Alexander of week on occasion of the death of his Royal Rig the Netherlands."—Staas Courant. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon was attended by L or d J o h n at the Foreign-office. It Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Earl of .Auckland, Lord Campbell, the Mar quis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. Macaulay. The Council sat one hour and a half. VISCOUNT AND V I SCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S GRAND FETE —On Satur da y evening Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a splendid entertainment to their Royal lligbnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, on which occasion a distinguished circle had the honour to meet the Royal guests. Their Royal Highnesses, accompanied by Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. E. St. John Mildmay, arrived s hortly before eight o'clock, and were received by the Noble Viscount, by whom the Royal visitors were conducted to the saloon, the Duke of Walington, the Duke of Devonshire, and the other noble personages invited to the banquet, having all assembled. THE MARQUIS OF BUTE —We are sorry to an nounce that a rumour prevailed last evening of this nobleman's death. Tho rumour appears to have been founded on intelligence said to have been received by the Marquis of Abercorn, to the effect that his Lordship had died s',Odenly at Cardiff Castle. The marriage of the Lady Sarah Hay, the beau tiful and accomplished daughter of the Earl and Coun tess of Kiunoull, with the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, is definitively fixed to take place on Thursday next. S rEr N 7 MARCH. 20, 1848. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday, the 15th, an opposition was made to the issue of a new writ for Harwich. It is a borough with about 340 electors, who send the same number of Members to Parliament as Marylebone with its 17,000; making the proportion of 50 to 1. And as well has Harwich fulfilled the objects ex pected from it. It has in all time been the seat of a continuous bribery, which a Tory Member de scribed as conducted by " insensible perspiration ;" and it was stated without contradiction, that there alse more Harwich people holding Government ap spintments, than voters in the constituency. It is of no use to create these carrion boroughs, and then set Committees to count the blue-bottle flies. Those who will the cause, will the consequences; or, more correctly, they will the cause for the sake of the consequences. A legislation based on such arithmetical absurdities, cannot stand long in the present times. In the immediate case, proceedings were postponed till the evidence before the last Committee should be in the hands of Members. After this, came another question connected with elections, and remarkable for the puzzle it led to in the House. The question itself was one on which it was not easy to take a side. The recognizances required by law from petitioners against a Member's seat, are referred to a certain officer to pronounce on their sufficiency. The recognizances in seven peti tions were so referred, and certified as sufficient, and afterwards proof was advanced that the decision of the officer was wrong ; the defect being understood to be, that the parties had been bound for separate fragments of the sum required by law, instead of being all made responsible for the whole, the effect of which was urged to be the diminution of the security in tended. A Bill had been read a first time, to allow the petitioners to amend their recognizances. The interested parties therefore stood thus. On one side were the Members petitioned against, who naturally pleaded that statutes must be construed strictly, and that a flaw having been discovered, they had a right to have the benefit of it, and to escape the expense and trouble of defending their seats. On the other side the petitioners urged, that if they were in error they had been led into it by the public officer, and if he had told them they were wrong, they were perfectly prepared to have amended their recognizances. Among those who were to be the judges, the opposing arguments were these : on one side, the dangerous tendency of ex post facto law ; on the other, the fact that all which was concerned was examination, and the apparent harmlessness of setting this upon its legs. It was difficult to come to a determination ; and I believe the argument which finally weighd with myself and many others, was that in doubtful cases the safest way is to leave things as they are found. But all this was nothing, compared to the per plexity which afterwards arose. The original ques tion was, that the Bill be now read a second time. On which Mr. Spooner moved an amendment to leave out from the words " that the," in order to add words to the effect that no further proceedings should be had on the Bodmin petition. How then were Members to vote, whose object was to throw out the Bill? Upon division, the floor of the House was a scene of confusion, Members running to and fro and at their wit's end, and the active parties in the question pressing their friends to go two ways at once, on the assurance that each was the way which said friend wanted to go. The result is supposed to have Leen, that as many Members found themselves in the wrong lobby as in the ene they wished. On counting, it was found that Mr. Spooner's amend ment was carried by 126 against 124; nearly half of these as afterwards appeared, and among whom I was one, voting for the amend ment under an impression, not warranted on examination, that to give a majority on the other side, would be to carry the second reading of the Bill. But as soon as this was over, the Speaker put the new question, that the words of the amendment should be added to the Bill ; and then the intention of the House broke out, in the shape of negativing it by 165 against 73. So that the Bill now stops at the words " That the ;" and some fifty Members, among whom I was one, stand in the odd situation of having voted for an amendment, and five minutes afterwards voted against the amendment being in serted in the Bill. On inquiring how all this arose, the answer seems to be, that if on any given occasion it was desired to do it again, the way would be by introducing what may be called an illusory amendment, or one so framed as not to answer the ends of those who want to throw out the original motion. In this manner something is produced like a triangular duel, with one of the parties behind a hedge. In ordinary cases, the remedy is in the fact that there is another vote to come. But it is possible to imagine a case, where the vote should be the last. An illusory amendment therefore is a weapon which might be made a bad use of by the ill-disposed. On Thursday the order for proceeding on the Bill for amending the recognizances was read and dis charged; so it may be presumed there is an end. The live fate befell the order for resuming the debate on the Treaty of Adrianople; so that the Secretary for Foreign Affairs no longer gets up with a crick in his neck. It is to be desired that slave •traders would not exhale their supernumerary piety in the names of their vessels. I thought the Speaker hesitated, in reading the concermbents of the captain and crew of Her Majesty's ship Acorn, with the slave-vessel " Jehovah." This must have been the property of some of the Southern churches. On Friday came on in Committee Sir Benjamin Hall's motion for extending the income-tax to Ire land. It was a question where there was a good deal to be said on both sides. The Irish Members repre sented, that it was an unhappy time for taxing Ire land ; that nobody who had voted against the income tax for England on the ground of its being unequal and oppressive, could vote for the extension of so bad a tax to Ireland ; that if Irish Members had voted for the imposition of the income-tax on England, this did not form an excuse for voting it on Ireland ; that even though the tax was only to fall upon the rich, the expenditure of the money would be taken away from Ireland; and finally, which appeared te be rather a suicidal argument, that the tax ought not to be extended to Ireland, because there would be nothing for it to take. On the other side was urged, that an income-tax, above all ethers, would not be a tax upon Irish poverty but upon Irish wealth ; that if there was nothing that would be touehed by it, this would be proof that the tax was exactly adapted to Ireland's case ; that it was eminently hard that a widow in England with 1501. a year should pay three per cent., while an Irish landlord with 10,0001. a year was to pay nothing ; that, though the expenditure of the money might be taken away from Ireland, the ex penditure of public money in Ireland was already greater than in proportion to the taxes raised there ; that English Members would not vote for the extension of the tax to Ireland because it was bad, but because it was fair that the people of both countries should row in the same boat ; and, which was the sweeping argu ment, that since the great majority (eight-ninths) of Irish Members bad been for saddling England with the income-tax without alteration for three years, there was no method of preventing a possible combi nation of Irish Members with the Ministry for voting any imaginable taxes upon England as the condition of their not being extended to Ireland, except raising the standard of equalization between the two coun tries. Which was accordingly done, to the extent of getting up a minority of 138 against 218 ; and the country will have time to think of it, against another opportunity. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. lackheath, London, 20th March, 1848. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, MARCH 19.—The Penin sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, arrived here on Saturday at midnight, with the usual Spanish and Portugese mails, in charge of Lieutenant Rainer, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are—Gibraltar, March 9; Cadiz, 10; Lisbon, 13; Vigo, 15. In consequence of the boisterous state , of the weather no communication with Oporto was at tempted. The Montrose has the following cargo :-90 chests of oranges, 22 barrels of dates, 8 cases of saffron, 11 casks of wine, 12 orange trees, 34 boxes of hams, two oxen, four bales of bacon, 11 cases of eggs, 22 packages of specie (value 17,0001. ), and 40 packages of general merchandise. The French war steamer Solon, Captain Liston, arrived at Lisbon on the 11th, having on board the Prince do Joinville, Duke d'Aumale, families, and suite. Their Highnesses immediately landed and paid a visit to the Queen of Portugal, and embarked again on the 12th. The Solon left Lisbon at daybreak of the 12th for England, but returned on She the morning of the 13 th , the gale being very heavy. sailed again on the 13th, but was at anchor in Cascaces Bay when the Montrose passed. On the 11th instant the Montrose spoke the Madrid, at eight A.M., in lat. 40 20 N., long. 9 18 W., and saw the Jupiter at four P.M., in lat. 41 8 N., long. 910 W. The Hon. Hector Loring, Commander of her Majesty's ship Howe, died at Lisbon on the 7th inst. His health had been in a declining state for some considerable time. MONMOUTH COUNTY ELECTION.—We understand that the election for the county of Monmouth, in the room of Lord Granville Somerset, will not pass off with out a contest, and that, too, a very close one; a re tin;si tion having been got up by the partizans of the late Lord Granville Somerset, to Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., 01 T re d e gar Park, which it is said he has accepted. [PWICE SD. THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY. " Arms, pacis fulcra." TO THE EDITOR OF THE UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE. Sir,—ln fulfilment of the promise I made in your last number, I now resume the subject of the senior Volunteer Corps of this country. Events of the utmost poli , ical moment have, since then, thoroughly awoke the " British Lion;" the wand of the mesmerisers and peace empirics is snapped asunder, and our " Lion" ought now to assume a noble attitude, equal to all the possible exigencies of " National Defence!" Thus I take up the theme of my former letter, to show how existing machinery may be extended and applied as preferable to novel and expensive schemes, and so proceed with the modern history of the Artillery Company. The internal economy of this corps must be viewed in connexion with its " Rules and Orders," orignally made in 1658, and severally revised and amended up to the year 1842, when they were sanctioned by the war rant of her present Majesty, Queen Victoria, by which all the "immemorial rights and usage, of the Company to make laws for its own government," as confirmed by her Royal predecessors, were granted, with the exception of the heretofore exercised right of annually electing the Field Officers and Adjutant, which, thenceafter was to be exchanged for the nomination by " the Crown." The existing " rights and usages" thus sanctioned by the royal warrant, consist in the annual election, by the body at large, of all the Staff (Adjutant excepted) Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants, and civil servants. Also of 24 members (of all ranks indiscriminately) to serve on the, "Court of Assistants" which is the general governing body of the Artillery Company. To this Court of Assistants the " exclusive cognizance" of all civil and military offences belongs. Also any alterations in the uniforms can only take place, " with the approbation of the Court of Assistants, upon the recommendation of the Military Committee." Then again, it is provided, " That the Military affairs of the Company be regulated by a Committee consisting of the Field Officers and Adjutant." The revenue of the company is derived from freehold property and houses, and the annual subscription of the members at present only 1/. ls. each. The operation of the foregoing heads results in a battalion of six companies, two flank companies (Grena dier and Light Infantry), a rifle company, and an artil lery division. There are drills and field exercises all the year round, on each Thursday. Salutes fired from the field-pieces (two 6 and two 3-pounders) on public days, and oc casional musters of the whole corps on national anniversa ries, such as the Coronation, birthday, es.c. The company's officers, commissioned as well as non commissioned, are elected, without any military qualifi cation, by the free choice of she members of their own companies. In consequence it has often occurred that in the case of skeleton companies (six or seven at most) officers have annually re-elected themselves. To this evil, as I shall show hereafter, the inanity of the com pany, since the termination of the war, is chiefly at tributable. It %ill be perceived from what I have just described, that the "Rules and Orders" are based upon the free exercise of the principles of self-government; and, how ever inconsistent such popular freedom may appear to the purely military eye, it is, nevertheless, well adapted to the average intelligence of a volunteer association ; and when considered as applied to a self- sustaining body, wholly unsupported by the revenues of the State, its fitness must be admitted. At all events, I feel assured that the permanence of the Artillery Company is mainly attributable to the popular spirit of its constitution. The proof of this was, at all events, satisfactorily evi dent in the year 1804, when, as mentioned in my last letter, the company was able to take the field with an Artillery Division, and 4 brass guns, a finely-equipped Rifle Company, and a regularly organised infantry bat talion, collectively, 1,000 strong. From this period I take up its progress and modern history. , Similarly to other metropolitan corps, it entered with spirit into the sham fights at Hampstead, Notwood, and Woolwich, which, in the palmy days of volunteering were most agreeable as excursionee to ilhe citizen, and at the same time eminently instructive to the soldier. But, as the chances of foreign invasion diminished, a corresponding decline in the numbers of the corps-took place, and in 1811, at the review on AVimbledos,,Common, their strength was tinder 400. In 1813, the Court of Assistants put f to the eiti zenintn address, in the shape of ap3 et, dartailing theadvantages of the company, and xhorting them rujoio its ranks. volunteering, wever, Was now act only discoantenauced, but even la euled wit sin the walls irof Parliament ittf, and uugrate ly so indeed, when in the hour of extrsne peril it hail hailed as the palla dium of the nation ! Napoleon at least felt it to be so ! But now both citizens and senate could view at a dis tance the approaching close of the great European mili tary drama. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at that the appeal of the Court of Assistants was not re sponded to. In 1814, at the review in Hyde-park, the field return showed further decrease in limbers. Several well-intentioned, but mis directed, efforts were made by the Court about this period to encourage the musters, as well as the recruiting; even medals were awarded to such members as had attended a certain number of the field days, but all without success ! This state of things was, however, by no means with out a remedy, but the Court of Assistants, composed as it then was of a great majority of the battalion, still continued to struggle on with a skeleton corps, and did so because unable to see that, although public excite ment was gone, there yet remained the public taste to draw upon; of this the efficient state of their numerous and splendidly equipped Rifle Company was a glaring proof ! Battalion officers, with but a handful of men, could not very well go through a field day, and so they used their majority on the Court to compel the Artillery and Rifle divisions to form part of the Line, and enture the sick ening monotony of a few battalion rnaneevres, while the exercise of their own peculiar arms was neglected ! Can it be a matter of surprise that the " Blues" and the " Greens" should have fallen off from these musters, and that the latter should prefer their morning's ball prac tice at " Chalk-farm," and consider their efficiency as rifle shots of the first importance to the welfare of the corps at large ? The Rifle company was at this time commanded by the samo enterprising officer who origi nally formed it, by order of the Court of Assistants, in 1803, when the complement of men was fixed at 100. No personal sacrifice was ever wanting to bring their skill as marksmen, and their general equipment, as near as possible to perfection. Ile infused into them un bounded confidence when on duty, and an esprit de corps quite unatainable by any other company. Their practice was almost unremitting, and although they never sent challenges to other corps, the Rifles of the Artillery company accepted several, and beat their competitors. In 1810 some gentlemen at Stamford ima gined themselves to be unapproachable in this arm, and challenged, by advertisement, in the daily papers, the Rifles of England generally; those of the Artillery at Once took up the glove, travelled down to Nottingham shire, and returned to London, bearing off the prize, an elegant gold medal, which remains among them to this day; it is to be found described in the Illustrated News of the 26th August, 1843. But, as a specimen of effective skill, the practice at Woolwich of this spirited company was, probably, never surpassed. It took place on the 15th October, 1323. The target was 5 feet 6 inches high, and 15 feet long, which is nearly the space that nine men would occupy in line; nine men were stationed at 250 yards, and eight at 200 yards from the target. Cartridges were not used, every man loaded with loose powder and ball. The period allowed for firing was 30 minutes, during which 580 balls struck the target, and were well distributed over its surface. The idea was to show the efficacy of a small detach ment of Rifles to check an attacking column advancing over a bridge, or through a defile. The rest only proves dexterity in handling their arms, as it is not likely that in other situations the enemy would allow the head of his column to be peppered at for more than a few nai nutet, without extending or retreating. I have dwelt thus much on the Rifles, because it is the arm which all military men now consider to be best suited, in war, to volunteer troops; while in times of profound peace even the practi ce forms an agreeable pastime, and the emulative feeling is nourished by shooting for prizes, Btc., added to which, the uniform is gentlemanly and inexpensive. In 1817, the Duke of Sussex bad been proposed in the usual form, by some members of this company, and being elected by the Court of Assistants as Colonel, vice Curtis, resigned, his Royal Highness remained in that rank subject to the annual election of officers, agreeably to the rules explained in the early part of this letter, until 1831, when William IV., in granting a new warrant, nominated and confirmed him as Colonel. The numbers of the company, under the blind fatuity of the Court of Assistants to prop up their " scarlet abomination" at all hazards, continued to de cline, until, in 1820, they stood below 200, when for tunately the great novelty of a coronation, that of George IV., and the promise of an honourable post being assigned to the corps, brought an augmentation of some 50 members. New uniforms were supplied to the corps. The 19th July, 1821, found the Artillery Company in line near the Abbey on duty, on that interesting and to the Government) somewhat anxious occasion. Their services were afterwards suitably acknowledged by the Secretary of State. The preponderance of the blue and green uniforms on that day (tbe Rifles, alone, mustering at least 50) could not please the battalion officers; at least, from that time the idea was actively pursued to reduce their numbers. Accordingly, in August following, the Court of Assistants decreed that each company of the battalion should be complete at 30 men (on the Muster Roll), the Artillery Division at 40, and the Rifles also 40. Now, as the latter had already about 70, it followed that 29 men must die off, or resign, before they could enlist one single recruit! This sense less attack upon the most effective arm of the corps, appears almost incredible ! The battalion companies were then mere skeletons, averaging 10 at the very most: the artillery division was under 40; so the crush of this wanton act fell exclusively upon the Rifles'. They were the company for choice with the public ; the Court, when the battalion was full, had made them as attractive as possible; and how could any young man hesistate ,between the two regulation dresses, which I Leather buttons." I think this is quite'enough on the item of uniforms The Rifles who had been thus tastefully set up by the Court, rendered themselves eminent by their assinuous and successful practice. One would have hoped that the whole corps had been proud of them, but it was otherwise, the " public taste" was to be yet more openly despised, and at the coronation of his Majesty Wil. IV., a new uni form was again issued, and the whole corps dressed in irlet, and thus travestied, the Artillery Division and the Rifle Company appeared, for the first time since they had been formed, as part of the line drawn up at Westmiti ater to salute their King, which they had had the honotir of doing to his predecessor in the blue and green no* disallowed by the Court of Assistants to be worn, even on detached :et-vice! The Artillery and Rifles were disgust,d; the favourite colours totally withdrawn from what may be to rmed the enlisting class, and the triumph of an ignorant and envious majority in the Court of As sistants, was completed! Happily, since that period, better and more practical dispositions have grown up in the Court. Already, in 1838-39, six C“ptains, men of the day, and advocates for improvement, succeeded to the seats of an equal number of old offi2ers who had, in their way, for so many years been amusing themselves by clipping and popping at the Rifles, and lata rly by " boiling" the Artillery ' Division! In 1543 the corps was honoured by her Majesty in appointing her Royal Consort Prince Albert Captain- General and Colonel. This in itself was hailed by the members as the " Auspicium melioris crri," and I trust this earnest and dutiful expectation may yet be fully realised! In 1845 the Major and Lieutenant-Colonel resigned. These estimable officers, although naturally attached to old habits and associations, had been in the corps for nearly half a century, they had successively been elected, by the members, to all the ranks, including those of field officers, in which they were also confirmed by the Crown, in 1842. As volunteer officers their acquirements were most respectable, and their atten tion to the interest of the corps unceasing, while their amenity to the members of all ranks won for them the esteem of the whole company! They assigne,l as the grounds for their retirement, that the discipline and ardour of the corps was in such a promising condition, that they felt it desirable now to vacate their appointments in order that the Crown, by the nomination of younger men, might give further scope to the capabi lities of the Artillery Company. The hope of the speedy realisation of this further development tended much to reconcile the corps to the loss of its old and valued field officers. On Sir James Graham, as the Home Minister of that day, devolved the responsibility of advising the Crown on the appointment of the new field officers; and my next, and concluding letter, will show how that duty has been p , rformed, and its influence on the best inte rests of the Artillery Company, whose reorganisation, as the centre of a metropolitan volunteer system, I shall then endeavour to explain.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, VOLUNTEER. LATER FROM AMERICA. We have received New York papers to the 29th ult. inclusive. The following are extracts from the New York Herald of that date : " Our telegraphic summary today will be found in teresting and important. " The intelligence from Washington, respecting the treaty with Mexico, renders the prospect of the ratifica tion of that instrument, in its present shape, by the American authorities, more doubtful than ever. Much of the favour with which it was, at the first blush, regarded, has disappeared upon a careful consideration of its provisinus, and, to judge from our latest informa tion from the seat of Government, peace with Mexico may yet be more distant than many suppose." TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. " WASHINGTON, FEB. 28-12 M.—The Senate will go into executive session to-day at one o'clock. " The opposition to the treaty has wonderfully in creased since its provisions have become better known, and I have now the best reason to believe that it will not be ratified. I have this from a source which is entirely reliable, and yet such a one as does not permit me to be, at present, more explicit. "I think I can say with confidence that the treaty will not be confirmed. THREE STEAM-BOATS BURNED. "CINCINNATI, FEB. 28.—The steam-boats Hendrik Hudson and Circassian, lying at the wharf at Mayzville, fully freighted for New Orleans, were entirely destro by fire. The Maysville wharf-boat was also burnW. r.r i b i e fire broke..out,. aisidnight, 27th, and ao sapid Its tn . progress of the conflagration that four persons were. unable to escape, and perished in the flames. The boats and cargoes are aiiktal loss." RENIOVAL THE WILMOT PROVISO IN CONGRESS. " The most interesting incident attending the probable confirmation of the new treat• in the Senate, is the sudden revival of the Wilmot proviso in that body, and soon, also, to take place in the other house, with the probable belief that the discussion will produce great excitement the remaining portion of the session. " Ibis question, hitherto in prospect, has already rent asunder the democratic party in New York, and, to loss extent, the same party in the other states.. There.is every probability of its performing the same surgical operations on the Whig party. There will be a tremen dous contest on this point in both houses of Congress, and the growing excitement will he increased, also, upon the prospect of the Presidency. In fact, everything looks towards a complete revolution and disorganization of the old parties, and the reconstruction of something new and better, growing out of the Mexican war and the treaty." MONEY MARKET. MONDAY, FEB. 28, 6 P.M.—There was no material change in the stock market to-day; prices were firm for the opening of the week. At the first board Farmers' Loan advanced per cent.; Harlem, 4; Pennsylvania Fives, - 4 1 k; Treasury Notes, +; Illinois Sixes, +. Morris Canal fell off + per cent.; Norwich and Worcester, j; Reading Railroad, -,}; all others closed firm at prices current on Saturday. " At the second board the transactions were only to a limited extent, at prices a shade lower than those ruling in the morning. " The money market is slowly but steadily improv ing. The banks discount freely, and the rate of interest in the street ranges from 7 to 9 per cent. for the best business paper afloat. The steamer from Liverpool has been at sea nearly seventeen days, and is fully due; she will bring fourteen days later intelligence, and the gene ral impression is that the news will be highly favourable in a financial point of view." CITY TRADE REPORT. " NEW YORK, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEE. 28.—The Flour market maintained the firmness previously no ticed, and further sales of Oswego, Michigan, and Genessee were made at the full quotations of Saturday. Southern remained about the same, with sales of Rich mond country at 6 dolls. 06- 4 1 c. There was no transaction in wheat, while holders continued, firm. Good yellow and white corn, especially that in good shipping order, was somewhat firmer, and sales made at full prices. Mixed remained about the same ; considerable sales New Orleans heated were made for distilling. Rye was firm at last week's rates. Oats were selling at about the same rates. Provisions were steady, with moderate sales. In groceries, sales of sugar were making at steady prices. In coff ee, transactions were light. " Cotton—The sales to-day were 700 bales, which were effected without further change in prices, as holders seem disposed to await the steamer's arrival, in preference to making further reductions." IRELAND. Duaux, MARCH 17.—We are happy to say that the day passed off in perfect tranquillity. Meetiuga have been held at the Repeal Association for Alerrion Ward ; at the City Assembly Howe for St. An drew's Ward ; at the Abbey-street Theatre for the Post-office Ward ; and in seven or eight other wards in the city —in which resolutions were adopted in favour of Repeal. All passed off peaceably. No soldiery are seen in the streets, which were patrolled by the police force. The people appeared to have abstained from spirituous liquors on this anniversary, which has hitherto been considered a privileged fes tival. The guards of the Cork and Belfast and Kilkenny mails report quietness through the line of road they came. DUBLIN, MARCH 18.—The provincial journals re . ceived this morning are filled with the reported proceed ings of the simultaneous meetings, which appears to have gone off just as quietly, and been just as harmless affairs, as in Dublin. It would be a mere waste of time and space to recapitulate the localities, but they were general enough to demonstrate the extent of the organit•ation, and the facility with which the public mind of Ireland — if such be in Ireland—can be directed to one point or object. In all the principal provincial towns, Belfast, Water ford, Cork, Limerick , Galway, Armagh, Newry, Dun idalk, Londonderry, Clonmel, Drogneda, &c., there was the same military display and preparations as in Dublin; but everything passed otf quietly. The declaration in support of law and order is pub lished in the Dublin papers of Saturday, with an im mense mass of signatures, and the lists are still to be ik ept open for some da y s. That of Dublin embraces he names of all the gentry, clergy, barristers ' and most iof the solicitors , of every creed and every shade in poll 'tics. It profe s ses unaffected devotion to the institutions of the country, and ehtire and bounnless confidence in the energy and wisdom of Earl Clarendon. THE SLAVE TRADE.-Mr. Hume has obtained a return showing that the number of British ships of war employed on the coast of Africa in the abortive attempt to suppress the slave trade in the month of June, 1847, amounted to 259, manned by 2,781 men. The aggregate expense of this armament in the year 184647 is esti mated nt 301,6231., including '220,233/. for the wages and victualling of the crews, 49,3131. for the wear and tear or the vessels, 17.7901. for the wear and tear of the machinery of the steamers, and 14,2871. for the expense of coals. The total number of French ships of war em ployed on the coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave trade amounts, as far as the same can be ascer tained, to 20, equipped with 216 guns. There are only two American cruisers on the station. Lord Brougham, by accounts received from Cannes on Saturday, is stated to be satisfactorily progressing towards convalescence. "~~