The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-28 00:00:00

fIiINLDTIALL. ran. 11, 1848. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITTS LANDS, will meet at Guildhall, ex WEDNESDAY, the Bth day Of March; 1848, at One o'clock precisely, to receive tendas fur LETTING on BUILDING LEASES, for Eighty years, from Lady• daY next, a large Plot of G roun d , on the e ast side of Puddle Dock, on the south side of Upper Thames-street, and on the north side of the River Thames ; and also a piece of Ground en the north side of Narrow-street, at the corner of Cross-street, Ratcliffe. Also to receive Tenders for Letting on Leases, for Twenty aaa Years from Lady-day next, a llouse, No. 19, on the north side af Broad - stret-billdiscs ; and also a House, No. 6, on the north side of Qrescont-place, Blaekfriars. rarther particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the °Mee of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. CITY of LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, for Accumulative and General Assurances. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. EDWARD F. LEEKS, Secretary. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. At the T A ENTY-THIRD HALF-YEARLY GENERAL Et:TING of the Shareholders of this Company, held at the Lon ,on Tavern, OR SATURDAY, the 26th February, pursuant to Public L" l veriisenent, George lludson, Esq., M.P., In the chair, the follow nig resolutions were proposed s.od unanimously adopted, viz.:— . i• That th e C ommon S ea l o f th e C om p an y be affixed to the Regis tered List of the Shareholders here produced. 2. That the Report of the Directors now read, and the Accounts annexed thereto, he adopted, and printed and circulated amongst the .701 a.... rietors, and that the Dividend be paid on and after the 16th 41 trch next. 3. That tho Directors be authorised to carry out the proceedings Mentioned in their Advertisement of the date of 5111 November last. , 4 . That David Waddington, Esq., M.P.. William Collins Wells, .Sq., and Corn e li us Butler, Esq . be re-elected Directors of this Co mpany. . . GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. )3140 DagateStatien, February 26, 1848. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) X 41 71, Lombard street, London. %,..••••• le hereby glyen, that the HALF-YEARLY GENENAL .usITING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the Comps,uy's Office, 71, Lombard-street, OD TUESDAY, the 29th ,—emu, at Two *Week precisely, pursuant to the let of Parliament , trausaet the usual business, and to declare the DIYIDEND for e l isZyour eating the 81st December, 1817. JOHN WILSON, Secretary. Leaden, February 1, 1841. DALBETH HOUSE, near GLASGOW, for the EDUCATION of GENTLEMEN'S SONS. Reid %. RESIDENT MASTERS. ...Aster and English Tutor—Rev. Alex. J. D. D'Orsey, English Master in the High School of Glasgow. ` 443 sleal Tutor—Rev. J. Milner. 11. A., Queen's College, Oxford. atical Tutor—Rev. W. E. Pooley, 8.A., C.C. College, Camb. Drai ng visrrixo MASTERS. w and Painting—Mr. J. B. Wandesforde, GlasgovriCademy. 111tudc —Mr. R. Young, Leader in St. Andrew's. • v, k _te__lchilk id Riding— Sergt.-Major Phillips, late of the I . att Emma on is Public (at College and High School), or Private `"‘"tilbeth). Or *combination of both, according to the wish of the • The Pupils are Taught by all the Masters, resident and vi zir ; so that every individual of the limited number of Twenty re -1,„1141,_„ Special Lessons from Six Private Tutors, besides simultaneous ;rue Instruction in the Classes for Commercial branches. The MYS have their meals with the Family—havecomfortable well-aired .7,;:_ r °Gros. with separate beds—a Lawn of six acres, with Gymna --``,.."., as Playground—and ample time for Walking and Recreation. there Family, Tutors, and most of the Pupils are English, so that Cere is little to dread as to accent. Glasgow is now within sixteen - 74r5 of London. - PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION. (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. Ca r 4ol , 21,0001. in 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share on complete registration. ti le farther call will be made without three mo nths' p revious a▪ ,_ The liabilitiea of each shareholder limited to the amount for. t i . a aa PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in ;lattices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal — chltural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal &c. The objects of the proraoters are ap 'laved b y The Meat Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the 1a 0 741 Society. Right The - Hon. Earl DB GREY, KA., President of the Royal In stitute of British Architects. ..oDEIRICE I. MURCHISON * , President of the British IWe:fit ties. t f or the Advancement of Science. Lee Right Rev, the Lord Bishop!Tho Right Rev. the Lard Bishop of Norwich of Lichfield " a Right Hon. the Rani of Lei- The Most Noble the Martinis of _tester no- ht Bristol •• mc Rig Rendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R. Rev. the Lord Rishop i Keppel Of Gloucester and Bristol 'The Hon. Fred. Eyng 1 'Hen. and Rev. Edward IL The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Ca1....X01311e1 ....X 0 1 3 11e1 .ae I inn, Bart. Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart ...litiaster, Dr. B uc kl an d Sir Robert Harland, Bart. "6 Venerable Archdeacon ShiriSir Francis Darwin ley atr j The Norwich Union Fire Office IP. Boileau, Bart. rho Safolk Fire °face •;▪ ` r Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Moe of Dir .* Ontram, F.R.S., F.G.5., In- naingham a/mete:or of Naval H os pitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance Zeht lion. Earl Fitahardinge Office ,;•i, l . l .l.Grace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby ir..TlP W. S. Miles, Esq., ALP, I shire Fire OfSee !WI. F. H. F. Berkeley , ' The West of England Fire Office, &c. W . .ne Miles. Esq., m.p. eU~binhhiect ef this Association is totally to abolish the nse of boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties te which those them are sutejeoted by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85, ' co ntinually resorted to. This broach of the law is acquiesced in C. large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter tnhlin thecleansing old machine. For the laudable purposo of furthering the objects .._ a r the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge r Las and effective Ramoneur machine has been invented. This `Yention oonsista of four brushes forming a square head, which by means of elastic springs contracts er expands, according to 'he small or extended space ix which the machine moves, thereby _ a teating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The ,„ ...•' Ol l attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with aersal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle ...- .""Ir the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having ... la. ! universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route meat `' e cti, Y. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated nn fact. that it is exclusively used ih the Government and public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large ' te r tta her of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con y the Patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well e Philanthropic Views of the projectors. prospectuses ,r be ebtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the r_e_es , of the solicitor, F, Dolman, EM., 39, Jermyn-street, St j 8 at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at lleath, En's, Nag's Head-court, Gracechnrch-street; and at the lna office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where 4 . - - bl 'ehtiOns for shares may bo addressed. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT, Pursuant to Act 6th and 7th Yid., cap. G 5 2 114 Production originated in the desire to introduce, for the pa of men of taste, a garment in all respects equal to such a deration. To an elegant appearance, derived from an article 111 . 1 4 with a nice regard to symmetry, is united the necessary izicerations for utility. Each pocket is secretly placed, but conve -171 to common use, so as net to effect the ensemble or destroy the e r 4 utesi of the Paletot. .V 4 lni• SWAIN and Co., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-street.— "..us AUNN versus - The trial is over of " Bann versus Lind. And by means of the papers, the facts have got wind. Mr. Bunn had his lawyers. and so had poor Jenny, Who now, it appears. has to pay a rare penny. Two Thousand Five Hundred, besides all expences, Is enough to make Jenny bereft of her senses. This minstrel, whose music has made us so fond, Ras to pay this amount, having broken her bond ; Toe. in spite of the speeches of counsel vehement, Jenny Lind is declared to have broken agreement. And certainly that is a serious charge. Which should give a broad hint to the public at large. / have thought since I heard of this action of Bunn, Of the public agreement of MOSEd and SON. E. MOSES and SON, as ou all must respond, Rave never been known to dishonour their bond. In the whole of their promises, no matter what, They've stuck to their contract, if Jenny has not. Their Dress. coats are proofs that they stick to their terms, And the whole of their stock this agreement confirms. Their elegant fashion, and quality, tc*, .Are proofs that they keep their agreement in view; And an action should ne'er been entered by Bunn, Had the " Nightingale" acted like MOSES and SON. LIST OF PRICES. LIND eltl'er Taglieni .• • • Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Ovcr-coat, handsomely trimmed.. ••• • • • ••• • • . • • The ?ache Coat • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .• • • • • • • • ..... 1 8 0 The Builmer, especially adapted Dar snowy and Wet waather• • • • ...... ....... •. • • ..... 1 0 0 The Premier................ ..... 110 Y's Winter Coats, in every style ••• • • attire Do. Trousers, lined .. •••• • • • • 0 4 0 Doeskin .. •• • ..... Dress Ceats.. ••••.. • • • • Frock do.. ..... h Ouble-breasted Winter Vests •••• . • • 0 2 0 Roll collar. ..... Sys' Hussar awl Tunic Snits • • ............ 0 16 6 MAHE TO Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand _somely trimmed • • ....... ..... from 1 6 0 atillei cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cufht .. 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper Doeskin Trousers ...................... 1 2 0 Best, Or Dress• •••••• • • • • • • • •• •• 1 6 9 Dress Coat Best quality raade.. •• • • 2 15 0 Frock do •• •••• • • • • Best quality mado•• ••.• • 3 3 0 Cashmere 'Vests .• • • .. . Satins, Plain or Fancy • • ..... •• •.•• • • • 012 0 Boy's Hussar and Tunic Suits ...• .. ••••• . • • . 1 6 0 Great Coat.• ..... • ..... • • .......... • . 016 0 A Suit of Clothes complete. . Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Observe.—Any article purohased, ready made, or made to men "res.. if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the "" ° a 4 3 , returned. 140848 S and SON, Tailors, Woollenelrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, I... C !erli, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for a7:Ts and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minoriea, and 83, "" 44 88 , and 86 Aligate, City, London. e a ti sl l.—Z. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the ~ i e . ...481115t impostors, but have learned that the untradesman - ood of being connected with them, or it's the tame concern, bee be,,,%" k resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. e av r„ . ‘ave no coenexion with any other house in or out of London; s t tolle who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at, tO. Miseries and Aldgate, City, London. Noy business transacted at this establishment from sun thl:2'479 till sunset Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve Olt l llustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravi n g s on Steel. b .IV/SICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, .AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Wiesi r ~,. ...Mon enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or 11 PM, dir ect f ro m the Establishment, 3a. Gd. in postage stamps, r ir RE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on Iv the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex- Vrith . ,. e jbcbligence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, sti'markis on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis- L7reatlons. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings . By R. and Pithi,S l tltY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, Loudon. n.Zsled by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; lii - 7Y: 6 3, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Stade, 53, Titehborne p ' Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. ar.,,„_ 4/42 I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive ,7 411, sad is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. riaL t en r 11. tr ea t s of t h e consequences re sulting from excessiyeindul mdetrand their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental It I „7,'S'ilY Weakness, 'crying excitement, and generative incapacity. r Luestrated by Three Explanatory Engrayings. th. 'Orr 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in til . e rlin ._ are' or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for pi ~. treatment. The consequences of early neglect arid of the abuse b 7 Seventeen are also clearly pointed out. This section is Illustrated -.1. Coloured Engrayings. leht! t 1 IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of xris n the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the p A : heMl uallY. and destroys its power an the system. dsiti — ' . e i'' Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its th e ..5 The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and T 'Role subject critically aid philosophically Inquired into. in g l itl eußrnal. BALM OF SYRIACIIM is exclusively employ ed In treat bout:l"mm and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 a .and 315. per reinei„ f Ttie Concentrated Detersive Essence , an anti-syphilitic t otte - ,,, or p anteing - the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp- Perr t ru Ptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. ti e oh in Specific Pills, per box, a tioh of t ruudY in gonorrhcea, gleet, strictures , and chronic inflamma eirstue 4 :bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to bY len te ,l,daliger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if stilly, by '...L. 6 1. Packets with advice to be bad at the Establishment t . ^welt the fte, 11. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Ber g% wa____ eet . from Eleven till Two, eta rive to rapt.; on Beindave "Jima to One A A E. 3 1 One half the werti 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 coo may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing hurry ; but tied truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, one 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 demisted that health should form au item in the compact ; It alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if Lhese surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little MEMOIRS ' On Single and Marrie d Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by Dost, In stamps, It. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy mieinterpretatior, of their supposed contents, from olataining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put fbrth on .he above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or •ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ittlo publications claim your attention (same price le. each, by post Is. 6c1.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hoar, but the study of the author's Iffe,who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done Unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet•street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 07, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and 6Tenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all fenkitglorse • • • • / • 414 rt,s :•fr t , '.3311E14 1 .4 > 4 4 "AC On • - 4 . , • Philant - r o ,s ; . -• t• -• , 0 , 1 , , . at the 04. " • • ..4%e e ' . „ • " 4.,1111( ... 1 .14011101116 k - • t preside M • 7 jizz ito , „ , A k . .sta,„ f., _ , ; . ~-~.. X3oRIVIATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS. ;aturday last the anniversary festival of the hropic Society, St. George's-fields, was held Jondon Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, under the ncy of the Right Hon. Viscount Morpeth, -.P. The Noble Chairman was supported on his Left by Lord Kinnaird, and on his right by Mr. Sheriff Cubitt. Amongst the other distinguished guests in the vicinity of the chair were observed Mr. Monckton Miles, M.l'., Mr. C. W. Grenfell, M.P., Mr. Sheriff Hill, Right Hon. Sir E. Ryan, the Hon. G. Rice Trevor, M.P., Mr. Charles Pearson, M.P., Sir Charles Aldis, Captain Maconochie, E. Penrhyn, Esq., J. G. Fry, Esq., J. G. Catley, Esq., A. Majen die, Usq., Matthew D a v enpor t Hill , E sq., Q . C ., Col. Colquhoun, R.A., Colin Mackenzie, Esq , Wm. Gladstone, Esq., Rev. Thomas Jackson, David Wm. \% Esq , tke. The depressing events of last year had prevented the committee from holding the usual annual festival, but on this occasion a determined rally had been made by a few zealous and indefatigable advocates of the institution, and the consequence was an unusually large and influential attendance of members. The dinner and wine comprised the choicest varieties, and were placed on the table with peculiar taste and the greatest attention to the comfort of the guests. A corps of distinguished vocalists, under the management of Mr. Hobbs, was in attend ance, and contributed materially to the enjoyment of the evening. The gallery was devoted to the accom modation of the fair sex. Mr. Riggs efficiently per formed the duties of toast-master. The cloth having been removed, The Noble CHAIRMAN proposed the usual loyal toasts with his accustomed good taste and impressive ness. The "Health of her Majesty" (who was stated to have contributed a donation of 100 guineas to the funds of the institution) was received with signal manifestation of loyalty and attachment, which had marked reference to the occurrences taking place in a neighbouring State. The health of "The Queen Dowager," and of "Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family," were honoured in a similar manner. " The Army and Navy." Colonel COLQUIIOUN and Captain AfAcozioonis severally returned thanks. The Noble CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Church," in connexion with the health of the clergy who had advocated the cause of the institution, and passed a high eulogium on the character and services of the Rev. Mr. Jackson, who had been one of its most useful and efficient advocates. The Rev. Mr. JACKSON returned thanks. A number of the boys belonging to the institution were then introduced and paraded round the room. They presented a fine, manly appearance, and be trayed no symptoms of juvenile depravity. Our readers are aware that the objects of the institution are to unite the religious and general education of the child with his practical instruction in some useful branch of industry, which will enable him to main tain himself in after life by his own honest exertions, and that the objects received into the institution are exclusively of one description, namely, boys who have been charged with or convicted of crime. From the want of space, however, for their healthful exercise and accommodation, the society resolved on forming a school of industry at some distance from the metropolis, in which the children who the society receives and shelters may not only have the benefits of moral and religious instruction, and be taught tailoring, shoe making, &c., bat be trained also to gardening and field labour, and such active out of door employments as are connected with farm service ; by which such of them as are fitted by age and other circumstances to emigrate may be prepared to gain an holiest and comfortable livelihood in British colonies. The children having sung a hymn retired, and The Noble CHAIRMAN then proceeded, in an elo quent and forcible appeal, to advocate the cause of the charity and its claims to public support ; but we regret that the pressure of our space precludes the possibility of giving it at any length. He stated that the institution had received, and would continue to receive, the countenance of the Government, Sir George Grey having recommended a large number of the children for admission. The effect of his Lordship's appeal may be best judged of by the fact that after the resident chaplain, the Rev. Sydney Turner, had read the report, the subscriptions were announced to amount to upwards of 2,0001. Amongst the subscribers to the Model Farm School of Industry were some of the first banking and mer cantile firms of the city of London. The following are a few of the leading names as they were an nounced :—Baring, brothers, 100 guineas ; Roths child and sons, 100 guineas ; William Gladstone, Esq., treasurer, 100 guineas; Smith, Payne, and Smith, 50 guineas; Gurney and Co., 50 guineas ; Barnet, Hoare, and Co., 50 guineas; Bosanquet and Co., 50 guineas; Samuel Jones Loyd and Co., 50 guineas ; Messrs. Hoare and 50 guinms ; Messrs. Cuutts, 50 guineas; Glyn and Co., allitax 50 guineas ; Messrs. Hawkey, 50 guineas; R. S. Ildford, 50/, &c. Mr. MoKcscrorz Altr.rtrA, the health of the chairman, whO returned thanks. 21.. CriAILLES PEARSON addressed the company at considerable length in support of the institution, and concluded by proposing the health of Lord Kin aird. Lord KINNAIRD returned thanks, and proposed the health of the tieasurer, William Gladstone, Esq., who briefly ex pres Fed his acknowledgments. M. Matthew Davenport Hill, Q.C., Mr. Catticy, Mr. Charles Cochrane, Mr. Benjamin Rotch, and several other gentlemen who take a warm interest in the success of this and similar institutions, subse quently addressed the company. The health of the resident chaplain, the Rev. Sydney Turner, was proposed by Lord Morpeth, and concluded the proceeding-, which did not terminate until near midnight. FATAL WAGER.—Saturday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital on the body of Frede rick Douglas, hged 26, a coalheaver, whose death was occasioned under the following circumstances :—lt ap peared that on Wednesday afternoon last the deceased, who lived at Richmond, was with some companions, when the conversation turned upon the feats they could individually perform. Several were attempted, but none of a very wonderful nature, till the deceased said, that for a wager of half a gallon of beer he would put the end of the poker when red-hot into his mouth, and in that way carry it once up and do en the room. The challenge was accepted, the wager made, and the poker put into the fire, where it remained till it was heated through. Deceased then took it up, and opening his mouth, placed the fiery end between his teeth, and with it in that position he had nearly reached the top of the room, when, from some cause he slipped forward, and the handle of the poker coming in contact with the wainscot it was thrust into his throat. The screams of the unfortunate man betokened the greatest anguish, and every assistance was rendered him by those present, who immediately conveyed him a cart to the above hospital. It was there found that all the arteries within the mouth and of the throat were destroyed, and every effort was made to alleviate his sufferings, but he rapidly sunk and died on Thursday, in the most excru ciating agony. The Coroner and Jury having remarked upon the folly and danger of such performances, a ver dict was returned of " Accidental Death." Newseareas.—Most people think the selection of suitable matter for a newspaper the easiest part of the business. How great an error ! It is by all means the most difficult. To look over and over hundreds of ex change papers every week, from which to select enough for one, especially when the question is, not what shall, but what shall not be selected, is no easy task. If every person who reads a newspaper could have edited it, we should hear less complaints, Not unfrequently is it the case that an editor looks over all his exchange papers for something interesting, and cam absolutely find nothing. Every paper is drier than a contribution box; and yet something must be bad; his paper must come out with something in it, and he does the best he can. To an editor who has tbo least care about what he selects, the writing is the easiest part of his labour. A paper, when completed, should be one that the editor should be willing to read aloud to his wife, his mother, his sister, or his daughter; and if he do that, if he get out such a paper, he will find his labour a most difficult one. Every subscriber thinks the paper is printed for his special benefit; and if there is nothing in it that suits him, it must be stopped —it is good for nothing. Some people look over the deaths and marriages, and actually complain of the editor, if but few people, in his vicinity, have been so fortunate as to get married the previous week, or so unfortunate as to die ! An editor should have these things in his paper whether they occur or not. Just as many subscribers as an editor may have, so many different tastes has he to consult. One wants stories and poetry; another abhors all this. The politician wants nothing but politics. One must have something smart, another something sound. One likes anecdotes, fun , and frolics, and the next door neighbour wonders that a man of sense will put such stuff in a were compelled, paper. We only wish that every man, woman, and child, who re ads the paper find but thatis f re s ' nngolte quitemonth, so easy 3,a edit n) af one. fe r a They sthey w s • o u t p i I p d os t e h . — en Liverpool Mercury. The Observer (Feb. 27) contained thirteen f o li o columns of the latest intelligence from Paris and Dover. About a hundred useful advertisements, and twenty-two folio columns (chiefly original) of foreign and domestic news. Price of the Observ:r (forty columns), ed. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at six o'clock on Sunday' mornings. Monday's edition, with that day's markets, best adapted for the country and a broad, is published at 170, Strand , at four o'clock, on Monday afternoon. THE EFFICACY OF TIIE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— The electric telegraph just put in operation upon the Birmingham and Gloucester line has been used to day to some purpose, A bankrupt named Best having set out this morning from Birmingham with some packages of silkmerccry goods which belonged to his creditors, a description of his person, and of the packages, was for warded to Spetchley. Mr. Skinner, the superintendent of that station, immediately recollected that such a party had (*one to Worcester, and though the 'omnibus had started twenty minutes, he jumped into a fly, and over taking it, conveyed the parcels back again to the station. It is said that 3,000/. worth of the bankrupt's goods are missing.-IVorcester Herald, N0.17,294,] LONDON, MONDAY E ENING PUBLICA TIONS. UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE, for MARCH, I 8 IS. CONTENTS: I. The National Defences. By a Field Officer. 2. Leaves from the Tropics. By Major L. S. O'Connor. 3. Recollections of a Voyage to India. By Lictor.- • • 4. Captain Johnson and the Mariner's Compass. _ 5. The Robber. 6. " Tristram s" Soliloquy on the Navy's Pursery Establishment. 7. Reminiscences of a Regimental Medical Officer. 8. Recollections of the Fatly Life of a Sailor. By Colonel Wilkie. 9. Reminiscences of the late War in Portugal—Concluded. 10. The Present War in Kaflrland. Written on the Spot. I. The Fusilier; or, Bygones of a Bearskin—Concluded. 11. The Last War in Canada. • • 13. The Military System. By a Field Officer. - ' 14. The Scinde Irregular Horse. 15. Less of the Avenger. 16. Events at Home and Abroad. ,7. Promotions am! Appointments—Stations of the Army and Navy —Army Navy, and Ordnance Estimates—With all the Profes sioaal News of the Month. H. Hurst, King William-street, Strand. THE GUIZOT MINISTRY attempted to ex clude the MAN IN THE MOON from France! The world has seen the result! The New Number will be terrific. Maikind are, therefore, re quested to get their Sixpences ready. *** For the convenience of purchasers, 100,0001. worth of the re quisite coinage has just been struck off at the Mint There is not a moment to be lost in rushing to the MAN IN THE MOON for MARCH. PROTECTIONISTS 1 Your last chance is in the MAN IN THE MOON'. Mr. CHISHOLM AN STEP 1 You are spinleated in the MAN IN THE MOON. Ile EDITOR of the QUARTERLY hid better rush frantically for a MAN IN THE MOON. HUSBANDS ! The " Wife's Secret" is explained in the MAN IN THE MOON. WIIITTINGTON CLUB ! Study —pore over—devour the MAN IN THE MOON. ETERYTHING and EVERYBODY are joked and quizzed by the MAN IN THE MOON. WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the principal Nobility and Officers of - the Guards—Two-and-a-Halt Guineas. A stout milled substance of superlative quality for winter at Three Guineas; is now also ready. It is presumed that the reputation of the Patentee as a West-end Taller for the last 25 years, as also the fact that this popular gar • mutt is now worn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the kingdom, renders comment on its quality and style unnecessary. In London only of FOIIGERE, Patentee, NUMBER, bIX, CON DUIT-STREET, Regent-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS BURY, adjoining, 80, Cheapsido. Agents. —Birmingham : Hollingsworth, New-street—Liverpool : Mactag,gart, Bold-street—Manchester : Brown, Market-street—Edin burgh : Marshall and Aitken —Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, and Co.; and principal tellers in all large towns. 52, Fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL 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 colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operatic., and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. 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 in mastica tion.-52, ➢feet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. _BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONDON. Zeport of Richard Tothill, Esq., of Heavitree, near Exeter, M.R C.S.L.for 1848. " I have now for thirteen years conducted the Exeter Hygolan Dis pensary, wherein the poor of Exeter and its neighbourhood have been treated gratuitously with Mr. Morison's purely Vegetable Medicine of the British College of Health, and I am still more conflrmul in my opinion (from practical experience, not in one or two casci, beet in handreds), that the Hygoian system is founded in truth. The cases which have been cured by that excellent medicine have not been of a common character, being, as I may say, the incurables of the hos pitals at Exeter, it being only after trying all sorts of treatment that patients have recourse, as a last resort, to the Hygeian medicines. The names of the parties ani their addresses are recorded in my book for the inspection of the public. I have treated upwards of 300 poor patients during the past year, and I have now about 150 on the Dispensary books. Iu conelusilu, I beg to return my sincere thanks to the sabscribers to the Dispensary. (Signed) " RICHARD TOTHILL, Surgeon, &a. " Ileavitree, near Exeter, Jan. 1, 1848." N.B. No chemist or druggist is authorised to sell Morison's Pills. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' & GENERAL BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Office, No. 15, 01,1 Broad-street. Shares 1001. each. Entrance. fee, 2s. 6d. per Share. Subscriptions per Share—Monthly, 12s. ; Quarterly, 1/. 155. lid. ; Half-yearly, 31. I Is. sd. ; Yearly, 71. ls. In this Society there will be no bidding for Shares—no Redemp tion Fees —nor any Fines on withdrawal. Advances made aceording to priority of application, and subject to Fixed Tables. Calculated duration of the Society, Ten Years. TRUSTEES. J. Jones, Esq., J. Toulinin, Esq. ; J. C. Hardy, Esq. DIRECTORS. Mr. W. L. Allen, Murray-street, New-road Mr. Edward Devonshire, East and West lnd:a Dock House Mr. Samuel Eastman, Crag ford-street Air. Samuel Gilbert, Little Tower-street Mr. Thomas it. James. Messrs. White and Greenwell, Cheapside Mr. W. Kettlewell, 6, Great IVinchestcr-street Mr. C T. B. Keep, Lindsay-wharf, Chelsea Mr. T. A. Pott, Henry-street, Pentonville Mr. George Richards, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row Mr. J. Whitehead, seu., Somerset house, and Chelsea Mr. George Winter, Professional Life Assurance Office. BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London. STANDING COUNSEL—W. C. F,oks, Esq., 30, Chancery-lane. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Dovenshile and Wilson, 29, Austin-friars. litraveroas—Mr. Cornelius Wheeler, 28, Leadenhall-street ; 9i r. William Lambert, 40, Coleman-street. EncusTAuSr—Mr. John Whitehead, jun., No. 6, the Crescent, Albany-road, Camberwell. This Association has been formed principally with the view of af ording to gentlemen engaged in GOVERNMENT and PUBLIC OFFICES, BANKING IIOt'SES, and MERCANTILE ESTA BLISHMENTS, a safe and advantageous mode of Investing a portion of their incomes, either by way of deposit, at 71. per Cent. compound interest, or in the purchase et freehold or leasehold residences. The operations of this Society will he regulated by Tables prepared expressly for that purpose by two eminent actuaries. The leading principles of this Society are 1. Perfect equality of benefit between an the Members, 'whether borrowers or not. 2. Certainty in the amount of advance to which each Member wishing to anticipate his Shares will be entitled at any given period of the Society's existence, with the means of ascertaining precisely at any date the amount payable to retiring Members, and the value M the Sharet of continuing Members. Members may pay up the whole or any portion of their subscrip tions for the, ten years, in advance, and disecunt, after the rate of 4/. per Cent. per annum, will be alleaked for the sums so paid. Members wishing to withdraw their Subscriptions may do so after Abe first year, 'without Sao ; -and atitisequenllys to, that period corns pound interest at the rate oft/. per Cent. per annum will be allowed upon the sums withdrawn. Shares may be transferred free of stamp duties. , By the plan adopted in this Society new Members entering at any period, and all Members taking up additional Shares, may have oats advanced to them without paying up arrears of Subscriptions ; and the precise amounts that will be advanced either to old or new Members, are set forth in the Tables, a copy of which will be sup plied to every Member. This is manifestly far prefersisle to the un equal and objectionable system usually adopted of putting the shares np to auction, and advancing the money to those who sumit to the largest discount ; by which means the object of the Legislature, which contemplated that each Member should derive precisely the same advantage, is entirely frustrated. The monthly subscription, both to the borrowing and non-borrow ing Members, is precisely the same, and continues the same to the end of the Society; borrowers are, therefore, relieved from the heavy monthly " redemption fee," and the mutual principle is car ried into full operation. No Member has any responsibility beyond the payment of his own subscriptions. Prospectuses and copies of Rules may be obtained at the office of the Society, 16, Old Broad-street. Applications for Shares should be addressed to the Secretary, in the following form : Date, 104 Sir,—l authorise yon to register my name as a subscriber for Shares in the Provident Clerks' and General Banding and Investment Society. Name • • • • • •• •• • • • ..... • • •• •• Address .. • • .... • • •• Occupation • • •• • • • • • • • • .. • • ..•• Note.—lt is proposed to limit the number of Shares to 500, and that the entrance fee shall not exceed 2s. Gd. per Share previously to lot February, 1848. More than 100 Shares are already taken. FNGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA. a The INDIA and AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, whieh limits the re sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount fbr which they indivi dually subscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commu nications to and and front the United Kingdom, the East Indies, Australasia, and New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Dirided into series of shares of 20/. each. COMMITTEE. Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of 1846 for Extension of Steam Navigation to Anatralia. Sir William Verner, Bart., M.P. non. Francis Scott, M.P., Agent for Xew South Wales. Sir Tkonaas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of Diew Soutk Wales, Lieut.-Col. Abdy, India* Array Thomas Itrowno, Esq. London. Captain Cogan, Indian Navy Archibald Cuninghamc, Esq. Captain H. M. Denham, F.R.S., Royal Navy G. H. Donaldson, Esq. Capt. R. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy Captain Ford. East India Maritime service Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal Navy E. S. lialswell, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Capt. H. Hamilton, Royal Navy Gustavus Hamilton, Esq. James Hunter, Esq. J. A. Jackson, Esq. Charles Joyce, Esq. Frederick Lambe, It BANKEns--31essrs. CI SOLICITOUS—Messrs. Barron a J. Maclean Lee, Esq, Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian Navy MiMourne Marsh, Esq. R. Montgomery Martin, Esq. J. Mouldier°, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Myers, K.C.S. Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq. iltieltard Paterson, Esq. !Robert Henley Payne, Esq; . !John Wilson Pillans, Esq. G. il. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal Navy Colonel Torrems, William Gordon Thomson, Esq. Lieut. Waghorn, F.R.A.S„ Royal Navy Alelvil Wilson, Fsq. rrie and Co., Cornhill. ul Unrke, Bloomsbury-sqttare. India. Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu lation of more than half the number of the inhabitants of the globe, and teens with every product which eon minister to the wants amen. To carry out effectually anti economically steam communication with those countries is the oblect of this Company, for whose rations there Is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards sur numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which have an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England —are the only portions of the British empire ev,connected by steam tavigation with the parent stale, and for which a charter by the rrerlaud route has been exclusively granted to this Company. The rogto sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Corn :any is Yin. Ceylon, iingapore, and Torres Waits, the advantages of which are, that Sydney, the metroplitan capital of the whole of the Astralabials colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or days (London (frequently in 60), and within less than 30 days ,f India. The coal stations are convenient, excellent coal front the tits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be pat on board there at 's. to 7s. 6d. per ton. Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, and further information may be had on application at the offices of the Com pany, where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may be ibtained. Offices, 34, Coraltill, London. JOHN' YATES, sec. WATCHES and CLOCKS.—A PAMPHLET, explaining the varioui constructions and the adyantages of each, with a list of prices, will be forwarded, gratis, by post, if applied for by a post-paid letter. T. COX SAVORY and CO., goldsmiths, watchmakers, am, 47, Cornhill (seven. doors Illioto Gracechurch-stroet), London. TIIE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. piORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to at wh• suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Billions 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. I Yd., or 2s. lid. each, by A. Willoughby and Co., late B. G. Windus, Bishopsgate Withyitt, and nearly all Me dicine Venders. Be sure to ask for NORTOti'•S PILLS, and do not be persuaded to purchase an imitation. REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LA'MEIIT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. ed„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, itZELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise I. 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 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 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 are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMIEL L.L'ALEET, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could itbe 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 posers. The particular excesses, on .ho 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 an accurate and ceMplete 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 end 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 ' from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a coalified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequentlr, 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 in 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 hi:, 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 rent and Richards, 52, Faternostet -row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-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. 37, Bedford-sr/tiara London. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYmouTir, FEB. 25.—Her Majesty's sloop Per sian, 16, Commander Henry Coryton, which sailed from Bermuc'a on the Bth inst., arrived here last evening. Dispatches for the Admiralty were imme diately landed from her at Plymouth, and conveyed to Port Admiral Sir John West, at Devonport. The Persian has brought no passengers, but some of the crew of the convict ship Medway, stationed at Ber muda, have eome home in her. Her 1115jesty's steam-sloop Growler was at Ber muda, and has just completed a quarantine of six weeks ; her newly appointed captain, Commander 111.11, who has been ill of the fever, was recovered. The new schooner Berm u l a , b u ilding on the island, was not yet off the slips. The Persian is bound to Portsmouth. On the 14th inst. Mr. Helier Touzel, aged 22, of Jersey, passed an examination before the Plymouth branch of the Trinity-house, and was granted a second class certificate as master. Her Majesty's frigate Eagle, 50, Captain George B. Martin, from America, hcve in sight about mid day, under her three double reefed topsails and jib; wind W.S.W., blowing strong. Having entered the Sound, and saluted the Admiral, she anchored to the eastward of the Persian, about a mile north of the breakwater Camber. The Eagle left Rio Janeiro on the Ist of January. Her Majesty's brig Petrel, Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Creser, was there then, but left on the 9th of January, and arrived at Falmouth on the 22d inst. Clarke, 17, Warwick-lane. D. OWEN-MADDEN, ESQ. • 111111 EVELATIONS of IRELAND in. the PAST OBNFIZATION. By D. OWEN-MADDEItEaq., Authot of " Ireland and its Rulers." Post Bvo., price 10s. 6d. cloth. Dublin : James M'Glashan, 21, D'Olier-street. Wm. S. Orr and Co., 147, Strand, London ; and all Booksellers. NO INCOME-TAX! DOWN WITH THE DIIIZISTRY. Large Show-bills with these words, printed in bold letters, may be had of James Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row. ?rice one Penny ; or post-free, Twopence. ELECTORS! REQUEST YOUR MEMBERS TO VOTE AGAINST THE BUDGET ! OR RESIGN THEIR SEATS ! Large Show-bills with these words, printed in bold letters, may be had of James Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row. Price one Penny ; or post-free, Twopence. 1 UG GESTIONS for REPEALING FIVE MIL. ►-7 LIONS of the DUTIES upon TEA and SUGAR, and ADD ING TWO-AND -A-HALF MILLIONS to the REVENUE, without in creasing the rate of Taxation. See " Condition of the Working Glasses." By H. G. COO?ER. Price Is. " Such of our readers as feel an interest in the topic may refer ad vantageously to his tract."—Athemeum, Feb. 6. "He reasons very sensibly upon this theme."—The Critic. Groombridge, Paternoster-row. STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA—ABUSE OF INSTRUMENTS. Just published, price 55., Bvo. in cloth, THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE e the URETHRA, in all Its Varieties and Complications. With Practical Observations on the Use aid Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment thereof. The whole illustrtted by numerous and important cases, and being the result of ling extensive, and successful practice. - By F. B. COURTENAY, Published and sold by H. Rainier% 219, Regent-street ; Deightea and Laughton, Liverpool ; Hodges and Smith, and Fanner old Co., Dublin. RAISING WATER, discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, without either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse quently this is tke most important discovery ever made for the pre servation of life and property either at Sea or on Land. AT SSA numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains grateffilly ac knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall suffice : " Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of saving the ship and 230 souls on board, two scants in the bottom being partly left without calking." " The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out at sea, and soon after her common pump choaked and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun tain Pump, 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 God. for the Fountain Pump." ON LAND the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a Are brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak eta fire. " We are delighted with the invention—lt is a great boon to so ciety."—liditors Liverpool Mail. The New PortaVe Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich 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 Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Herten's dyery, and 12,0001. worth of consigned pro perty; Stoke mustard, starch, a , lel flour mills, 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 struction and death. _ . " North Walsham.—At this tire the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half the property now destroyed might have been saved."—.l%.iorfylk Chro nicle, August 22, 1846. At a Nerwieh fire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were the pets of the public. The cry was, feel, the little engines and they will do the work, which proved true. The Isar large eu,inc. prose .t paved useless. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo. spheres. Now the net is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps arc bad machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young and Hutton, with many other eminent experimenters. lamented thus : The quantity or water actually raised by any machine seldom excee, - s half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are Row both annihilated by the new rolling principle in 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 41 seconds,:but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump 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 9,000 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 Power. John Clenton Roberts, Esi., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain pump, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy lu No. 1,183, and in No. 496, Book-maker Millington's remarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, 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 sustain. able character:—The Fountain fumy is the most important improve ment in the art of rasing water that kas appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advancement is 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, for man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per stroke to 103 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at less cost than common pumps, W. SHALDERS. Fountain Pamp Works, Norwich, Nev. 30, 1147. Sco Mechanic's Magazine, Nos. 231*, 364, 333, 429, 430, 433, 482, 416, 487, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 509, 510. 525, 533, 658*, 727, 894, 1,040, 1,119*, 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus* APPOINTMENTS. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 26.—J. H. E. Wemyss, mid shipman, Powerful ; F. M. Noel, midshipman, Cham pion ; William Houghton, surgeon, Ganges. MADEIRA.—Her Majesty's steamer sloop Acheron, Captain John Lort Stokes, commissioned for survey ing service, arrived at Madeira from England on the 30th of January, and landed dispatches for her Majesty the Queen Dowager. She sailed on the 3d inst. for New Zealand. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Hydra, Commander Grey Skipwith, arrived at the island of Madeira on the 31st ultimo from England, and was refitting on the 6th instant, prior to sailing for the south-east coast of America, to place herself under the orders of Commodore Herbert. Her Majesty's brigantine Bonetta, Lieutenant E. Forbes, arrived at Madeira from St. Michael's, on the 3d instant, on her way to the western coast of Africa. Her Majesty's steamer Jackal, Lieutenant George Western, arrived at Madeira, with dispatches from Lisbon for the Queen Dowager, on the 6th inst. CAPE or GOOD Hops.—Her Majesty's steam sloop Rosamond, Commander John Foote, sailed from Simon's Bay for Algoa Bay, with the Governor- General Sir Harry Smith, on the 11th of December, and returned, after landing him, on the 14th. Her Majesty's ship President, 50 guns, Admiral Dacres, returned to Simon's Bay from the Mauri- tius and the Mozambique Channel, on the 15th of December. The boats of this frigate and of the Eurydice, 26 guns, have had an encounter with the natives off the town of Angorha, in which nine men were wounded. Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., Commander-in Chief in the Mediterranean , has de tained the steamers Flamer, Meteor, and Volcano, which vessels were ordered home to be paid oft; the Admiral deeming their services of importance during the Sicilian movement. CHINA.—Her Majesty's steam-ship Thedalus, 20 guns, Columbine, IG, and Vulture steamer, were at Hong-Kong on Dec. 30th. The Vernon, 50 guns, Rear-Admiral Inglefield, arrived at Madras, Dec. 31st, from Singapore ; the Fox, 42, and Acorn, 18, were also at Madras at that date ' • the Ringdove, 16, was at Singapore, J anuar y 7. The Medea steam-sloop sailed thence on the 18th of December for Lebuan. The Melampus, 44 guns, and Royalist, brig, were on their way to Canton from Singapore on the 30th Dec., having suddenly left the latter place in con sequence of dispatches received from Sir John Davis, demanding of the Admiral additional strength in that quarter, a necessity for which he contemplated might arise out of a refusal on the part of the Chinese autho rities to afford that redress for the murder of six Englishmen which Sir John had determined to en force. Her Majesty's sloop Scout, 12 guns, and the Hon. East India Company's steamer Pluto were at Amoy on the 30th of December. These vessels had suc cessfully cii s ap. l .oa a flopt nf' 06;..e.e pirates in that neighbourhood ; a great number were killed and wounded, 2nd several prisoners captured. The affair was a gallant one. The pirates attacked the Scout in the most daring manner. TILE COASTDEFENCES.—It is proposed to main tain at each of the principal ports, four steam-sloops, ready armed and equipped for immediate use in case of need. These steamers will not be commissioned, but after taking their guns and stores on board, will be placed in ordinary, where they will remain, so as to he ready to act on the defensive at a few days' no• tire, and in cases of great emergency, in a few hours. It is also proposed to keep at each of the same ports the armament and equipment for twenty-two ships of war and steamers. This number will include armaments for all those likely to be fitted in the year at each port. There is nothing going on at the home ports which needs mention at length. The measles have broken out in the Java freight ship, having 630 of the 76th Regiment on board for Corfu. She has been detained at Spithead by gales and foul winds since Monday last. It is expected now the troops must be landed at hospital or put in quarantine. The dock which broke in at Portsmouth about a fortnight ago was pumped nealiyti;y76utihe deluges of rain which ITT been daily and nightly falling have increased the difficulty of keeping the dock dry very much. We understand there is something wrong in the proceedings of . the new ste am b as i n at Plymouth. Captain Dairo Price, Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard, and all the other officers who were ap*- pointed to the Ganges, 84, guns, at that port, have b een transferred to the 1 . 1 , ellin g t on , 72 guns , w hi c h will be fitted as the depot-ship for Sheerness. The Ganges will be fitted and manned as the sea-service guard-ship. The following gentlemen holding the rank of mate in the Royal Navy passed their examination for lieutenants on board her Majesty's ship Excellent, at Portsmouth, on Wednesday : Mr. Dundas, Acting-Lieutenant, late of the Modeste ; Mr. De Horsey, ditto ; Mr. M on tgomerie, late :of the: Modeste ; Mr. Wol r id ge , l a t e o f th e Albion ; Mr. De Canso, ditto ; Mr. Elliott, late of the Bonetta ; Mr. Taylor, late of the Excellent; Mr. Neale and Mr. Cresswell, of th e E xcellent ; and Mr. Seroeold, of the Victory. APPOINTMENTS. Captains--John E. Erskine, to the Havannah, vice Merringham, resigned, at Sheerness ; Henry Smith, C. 8., to the Ganges, 84, at the same port. Commanders—A. N. Fairman, to the coast guard service ; Robert Harris, (formerly of the Flying Fish,) to the Ganges. Lieutenants—M. Lowther, to the Champion, 18, fitting at Portsmouth ; J. James, to command the Linnet packet, at Falmouth ; S. T. Dickens and H. Johnstone, to the Star, at Sheerness ; O. J. Jones, J. T. S. Winthropp, and Charles Dunbar, to the Ganges ; W. F. Bellair, to be agent for mails at Liverpool ; J. D. Scriven, agent for mails at South ampton. Masters—H. Gahan, to the Ganges ;S. Libby, to the Linnet. Paymaster and Purser—Thomas Kerri gan, to the Ganges. Chaplain—John W. Bussell, to the Caledonian, at Devonport. Second Masters—Francis Taylor, to the Ganges ; C. Anstey, to the Wellesley, a t Devon port. Assistant Surgeons—J.l G. G. Balla n ti ne, to the Linnet ; R. Galvin, to the We llesle y ; J. Hunter, to the Ganges ; A. Brown, to the San Josef ; R. D. Pritchard, to the Blenheim ; F. Negus, to the Cale donia ;W. R. Cockburn, to the B avannah. • Clerks—H. Kelley, to the Blenheim , at Ports mouth; G. H. Sheppard, to the Ganges. Midshipmen—R. Moore and A. D. Mercer, to the Champion, at Portsmouth; T. C. Ch olmely to the Ganges. Alasters' Assistants—W. G. Southey and J. R. Richards, to the Linnet ; G. P. C ha p man, to the Wel lesley ; Franklin Fox and Ambrose Burton, to the Ganges. Naval Cadets—A. C. Curtis, to Hav anna h ; J. Grant, to Champion ; A. F. Hunt, to Wellesley. 1 Q [.AnvEnTisEaz ivr. j —"cro u ous un—s and Dis eases of the, Skin cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pill*.—However inveterately maladies of this nature are rooted in the human frame, Holloway's celebrated me dicines possess such curative powers , that b y a strict ad herence to tho rules laid down for th eir use, the di sease may be completely eradicated, and the most healthful constitutions re-established ; therefore, let the afflicted try these sterling remedies, for it is truly astonishing to know the number of persons that have been cured of king's evil, scurvy, leprosy, ringworm, and every variety of skin disease, by Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which aro sold bs almost every vendor of medicine throughout the civilised wzrld, and at the establishment of the pro prietor, Profeosor Solloway, 244, Strand, London, FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO A HOUSE BY ARMED MEN.—At about ten o'clock last night, a man named Henry Hoskisson, butcher, of this town, arrived on horseback, at the police-station, Avenham-street, with particulars of an outrage which had been committed at Broughton, last night. Hoskisson states that at about eight o'clock in the evening, five men, apparently navvies, with their faces blackened, and armed with fire arms, entered the farm-house of Mr. Richard Cottam Crow-hall, near Broughton, and demanded money. Mr: Cottam and a party of friends were playing a game at the time the men entered his house. Hoskisson also states that a gun was fired by one of the robbers, but cannot say whether any party was shot, or whether any money or property was taken. Two of the men were tall and dressed as navvies; a third party wore a suit of cut fustian; and another wore a suit of uncut fustian. The fifth was a short man, wearing a jacket. After leaving Mr. Cottam's premises the ruffians took the road towards Lancaster. We understand that Mr. Walters, superintendent of the county constabulary, and some of the county force were promptly dispatched on horseback to the scene of outrage. — Preston Chronicle. DISEASE AMONG CATTLE. — We are sorry to hear that a dangerous disease among cattle has broken out in the lower parts of Westmoreland,—Carlisle Journal. S N 7 FEBRUARY 28, 1848. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. By the royal mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Stone, we have advices from New York to the 11th, Boston to the 12th, and Halifax to the 15th inst., re spectively. The Acadia has brought about 9,0001. in specie on freight. The steam-ship Hibernia and the screw steam-ship Sarah Sands had arrived out. Our political advises by this arrival are totally de void of interest. In Congress the Ten Regiments Bill was still undecided. A resolution for providing a portion of the expenditure called for by the war by direct taxation was rejected. The proposed loan had been reduced from eighteen and a half to sixteen million of dollars. Our Mexican advices are unchanged. The rumours of peace had received no official confirmation. Our dates from the city of Mexico are to the 13th ult., at which time Mr. Trist was still there, waiting, it is probable, until the Mexican Congress sitting at Queretaro should come to some definite result as to the recent negotiations. • It was rumoured that a body of 10,000 Mexican troops, under the command of General Bustamente, were marching upon Saltillo. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Fen. 11.—The last advices by the Acadia had the effect of depressing the prices of all our produce. The crop of the United States last year, of which the official estimates by the Patent office at Washington have just been given to the public, show an enormous produce. The news brought by the Sarah Sands produced very little effect upon the markets. Private accounts, it was said, gave more favourable statements of the prices of breadstuffs than those contained in the English papers. While the latter left the inference of a decline, the former represented an advance in Indian corn and meal, while flour and cotton remained about the same. There continued to be a good domestic deniand for fair to good Western brands of flour, and sales were made, chiefly for supplying eastern orders, in separate lots, at prices about the same as those current before the news. Sales of Genesee wheat were made before the news on terms stated below. Sales of corn were moderate, and on terms which indicated no material change in prices. Sales of rye were made on terms somewhat in favour of buyers. Oats remained about the same. Sales of meal were made pretty freely, without change of moment in prices. Ashes Sales of some 80 barrels pearls were made at 8 dolls. 25c., and 25 barrels of pots at 5 dolls. 87ic. to I dolls. Breadstuffs.—Flour—Common Genesee was pretty freely offered at 6 dolls. Before the news 100 barrels sold at that price. Sales of about 1,000 barrels were also made, chiefly for filling eastern orders, including strait brands of Michigan, Genesee, &c., at 6 dolls. Some small lots of pure Genesee were made at 6 dolls. 25c. to 6 dolls. 37i-c. Small lots of Ohio, in all about 200 barrels, were made, including fair brands, at 6 dolls. ; and fancy ditto, at 6 dolls. 50c. Wheat— Sales of 3,000 bushels of Genesee were made, before the news, at 1 doll. 33c. Corn—Sales of 2,000 bushels of yellow were made on private terms; 3,000 ditto of handsome yellow, at 62 1 1 c. ; and 2,000 Northern mixed, a little out of order, at 59c. Meal—Sales of 600 barrels of Brandywine were made at 2 dolls. 87ic. ; and 300 ditto New Jersey were reported sold at 2 dolls. 75c. Rye—Sales were reported at 88c.; and some 2,000 bushels of Canal oats at 50c. Cotton—The market exhibited a dull and declining aspect. The few sales made to-day were to manu facturers, and were not made under circumstances to show the effect of the news by the Sarah Sands, being withal inconsiderable in amount. Provisions—Sales of 300 barrels new mess pork were made on private terms, and 75 barrels ditto were reported sold (it was said on rather forced terms) at 9 dolls. 50c. Dealers generally demanded 10 dolls., while there appeared no buyers above 9 dolls. 5c.; 6 dolls. 75c. was offered for new prime. Lard was quiet at previous rates. There was no change in beef. Cheese—Sales of 40,000 lbs. common Western were made at sc. to 6c. There was no change in butter. Rice—The market was quiet, and no sales of mo ment were reported. Salt—A small sale by auction of 50 sacks Liverpool at 1 doll. 45c. Freights—Small engagements were made for Li. ,orrruNi 1 Cd. Ca. O.= ma..l *. 1,12 ciokcd, and 3-16 d. for cotton. Rates to the Continent con tinued inactive. The ship Thomas Wright was char tered by the Government for Vera Cruz, to carry out 400 soldiers and 10 officers. 1 O'CLOCK, P.M. The sales at the Stock Exchange this morning were to about the usual extent. State Stocks and Government Securities were firm. Treasury notes, 99k. United States Sixes of '67, 101. Exchange on England firm at 110 i. • _ _ _ Cotton—Since the arrival of the Acadia the sales have not been to sufficient extent to test the market, which appears to be heavy at quotations. Flour—The demand for Western Canal is confined to the wants of the city trade and the eastern mar • kets, for which moderate sales are made at 5 dolls. 87-ic. to 6 dolls. Prime Genesee and Southern flour is held at 6 dolls. 12kc. to 6 dolls. 184 c. Corn continues in fair request at 58c. to 621 c. Ashes are firm—pots, 6 dolls., and pearls, 8 dolls. 25c. per 100. Exchange on England is tending upwards, and best city bills may now be quoted at from 14 to loi ; other bills, however, equally good perhaps, but less known, may be had at or under 10. While the rate is under 10k, coin cannot be shipped to advantage; but if the cotton shipments shall still be held back and little other produce goes forward, bills will be scarce, rates will advance, and then again shipments of coin may recommence. Exchanges on London, 110 to 110} ; ditto on Paris, 5.261 to 5.27}; ditto on Amsterdam, 40k to 40k; ditto on Hamburgh, 35i to 36i; ditto on Bremen, 77 to 784. [PRICE SD. year ; Macon, 43,000 against 22,000 last year; Co nu e m or y b n, u 1‘ 3 A , 1 loa2iblBda, Monday and n2 a d r orr i o n uo s e t sa dg l aa 9 yi , n O : O tt o hles l t s ow t o 00 y l e a a s r t y Me businessa o r . n d t g a y o s following the departure of the Cambria, the market remained dull and inanimate, with sales of about 400 bales for the home trade, with the exception that late on Tuesday afternoon a list of 700 bales Texas cotton was negotiated for the Liverpool market, in expecta tion of an advance by the Acadia. A general feeling of disappointment was apparent the next day on the receipt of her intelligence, since which, up to Tuesday the Bth inst., the transactions have been of the most limited description, exporters having withdrawn en featuiligllrlely from market, and the few parcels daily disposed of, exhibit e d a drooping market; on that day a few buyers appeared, and took about 3,300 bales, about 2,500 of w hi c h we r e f o r Liverpool, supposed to be on American account, and the residue for France, nearly h o tqfhuwlaorhwti quarter centr o w n a f l s aCiorh7aterhrl than n t Charleston good cotton,eo3od iru l ingni dd a l p n i r d n egvs a i to andu p s prices to the e a . arrival of the Acadia. The next day, the market exhibited the same flat appearance, the sales net ex ceeding 800 bales. The Sarah Sands arrived yester day with the Liverpool market to the 21st ult. The additional decline of one-eighth by her has added to the dulness of our market, which closed heavily, with small sales to the home trade. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers front the Cape to the 23d of December. The 'report brought by the last overland mail that the Kafir war was over, on the authority of dates from the Cape to the 18th, is not confirmed. We extract tho following from the Zuid African of the 22d of December : FRONTIER AFFAIRS. " The news by yesterday's post, as far as the war question is concerned, is of little importance. Hopes were again entertained that Pato would surrender himself, and the probable time for so doing is conjec tured to be when Sir Harry Smith, whom he well knows, shall approach his whereabouts.' " His Excellency reached Graham's Town on the 17th inst., and had met with a similar cordial recep tion from the inhabitants there, as had marked his arrival at Port Elizabeth. Addresses, salutes, bon fires, and illuminations were the order of the day, and nothing appears to have been wanting to testify the participation of the men of the east in the just display of respect entertained towards the Hero of Aliwal by the colony at large. " We regret that want of space should prevent us from giving all the details of the most splendid recep tion—it will suffice to say that it was in every respect complete, and indeed honourable to the inhabitants. " One of the first acts of his Excellency, after his arrival, was the publication of a proclamation fixing the Keiskamma River as the future boundary of the colony, and the release of Sandilla, who was sent to the Gaika Chiefs with the following message : Tell them,' said his Excellency, that .within a few days Smith will be at King William's Town, where they are to appear with all their guns ; that he expects to be obeyed, and that they will neglect to comply at their peril." _ _ _ From Port Natal we have advice to the 3d of December. We extract the following from a local paper : " The following brief extract from a letter dated Pietermaritaburg, 8d December, will give a just idea of the critical situation into which the inhabitants are plunged. We have obtained it from one of the best sources : _ " Extract from a private letter, dated Pieter maritzburg, December 3, 1847. " The Bushmen have stolen 63 horses. The Flip River farmers have refused to take the oath of allegiance, and left their farms with very promising crops, to i-proceed beyond the Drakenberg. The civilians of this place have met to devise plans of safety, in case Pandah's hosts should make their ap pearance, under pretence of getting deserters and cattle stolen from his Majesty. " 1 Capt. Campbell, of the Cape Corps, has le!'t with 30 men, accompanied by Dr. Best, to recon - noitre and report, and, if necessary, to assist the farmers who have assembled in lagers.' " AFFAIRS OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIES. AMSTERDAM. FEB. 23.—Ttw overland mail from Java, up to the 29th of De,..-cmi..or last, has arrived. The news is unimportant. The Governor has ordered, by various resolutions :- 1. That the new codes fJr the East Indies shall assume the force of law front the Ist of May, 1848. As you will remember, I gave you last year some ex tracts from these very curious codes. 2. That paddy and rice, during the year 1848, may be imported into all the Dutch East Indies free of all duties, no matter from what place, or under what flag. 3. That from January 1, 1848, the duty on the sale of salt in the residence of Batavia and Buitenzorg shall no longer be adjudicated, but that the said sale shall be effected in those localities (as everywhere else) in parcels. 4. That the port of Tjilatjaj (residence of Bangoe aur) shall be opened to the small trade of Java. In honour of the ex-General Cochius, the inhabi tants of Batavia gave a grand ball on the 27th of December in the rooms of the Society La Harmonie; and the Governor-General gave him a grand enter tainment on the 20th of December. _ _ _ The earthquakes, the sad details of which were conveyed by the last mail, have not been repeated, with the exception of a few slight shocks, accom panied by heavy rains. From Canton we have advices to the 25th of De cember, to the effect that on the Ist of that month a dreadful fire broke out in the city, which lasted for two days, and utterly destroyed 200 houses. The factories ran the most imminent risk, but, thank God, they were spared. The English inhabitants had for some time been in the greatest consternation, on account of the assassi nation of six English gentlemen by the satellites of a secret league of the Chinese. The Government of Sir J. Davis immediately summoned two war steamers from Hong Kong, and demanded signal satisfaction. It is said that Governor Davis has requested instruc tions from his Government. The Direction of the Dutch Commercial Society has announced its intention to sell, at Amsterdsm, on the 30th of March next, 36,471 crangangs (?) of Java sugar, 20,234 at Rotterdam, 3,483 at Middle burg, and 3,126 at Dordrecht.—Times. LONDON PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—The annual general meeting of the president, vice-presidents, trustees, and managers of the above institution was held on Friday, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., and vice-president, in the chair, when the superintending committee made their 31st annual report for the year ending the 20th of November last, from which it appeared that the general pressure during the year 1847 had been felt by the depo sitors in that savings bank, as well as by other classes of persons, and the number of accounts had decreased 397, and the aggregate balance 117,1651. 1 ls. 4d., the actual payments, in number 23,357, having amounted to 344,9021. 16s. 10d., exclusive of the expenses; while the receipts, 45,617 in number, had amounted to 204,3501. 145., exclusive of the interest received from Government. The total number of transactions was much the same as in the previous year, while the sums withdrawn above 1001. were nearly doubled. These withdrawals had reduced the aggregate average of the depositors between 21. and 31. each account. The only previous year which exceeded this in the relative pro portion of decrease was the memorable year of 1826. The Committee stated that.although they could not but regret the withdrawal of such large sums, yet it must be gratifying to reflect upon the benefits conferred upon the depositors by having their little savings in an institution where they could be obtained with certainty at a short notice. Since the bank re-opened in December, espe cially during the latter part of the period, the receipts and payments have nearly balanced each other; the aggregate balance, due at this time to 41,132 depositors, amounts to 753,044/. 17s. 4d., exclusive of the accruing interest. After the usual complimentary votes to the President, Sir Thomas Baring, and the chairman of the day, the meeting separated. RAILWAY LANDSLIP.—EarIy yesterday morning, owing, it is presumed, to the recent rains having loosened the soil, a land-slip of part of the embankment near the east end of the Falkirk tunnel, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, took place, by which both lines of rails were covered with earth. When the goods and cattle train, which left Edinburgh, at two in the morn ing, reached that portion of the line—it being dark at the time--the engine came in contact with the obstacle, and was thrown off the rails, along with four trucks containing cattle, and three of the animals were killed. Fortunately neither the engine driver nor stoker were hurt. As it was found impossible to clear the line in time for the passenger trains of the same morning. the passengers at seven, eight, and ten o'clock from each end exchanged trains, those from Edinburgh leaving their own trains, and walking over the earth to get into the train from Glasgow, and the same as respects those from an opposite direction, so that but little delay or in terruption to the traffic occurred. By the time of the arrival of the eleven o'clock train from both ends one line of rails was clear, which allowed the trains to pro ceed as usual.—Caledonian Mercury. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received 2/. from an anonymous correspondent, " being stamp duty evaded contrary to the wish of the writer." The amount will be paid into the receipt of the Exchequer. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Offered. Asked. United States Loan, 6 per cent., 1856 ... 984 981 ditto ditto 1862 ... 1004 101 ditto ditto 1867 ... 101 1011 ditto 5 per cent., 1853 ... 91 914 United States Mexican Indemnity ... 83 85 Treasury Notes, 6 percent. . . ... 991 99i COTTON TRADE. The advices from England up to the 15th ultimo , received by the Acadia on 'Wednesday morning, the . 2d instant, are by no means encouraging for our staple. The decline of one-eighth on the better grades quoted in the Liverpool circulars is, perhaps, not quite so tangible and well defined, yet, on the other hand, there are a variety of circumstances in connexion which render the accounts in ques tion decidedly unfavourable, and as they were dif ferent from the expectation of operators here, a dull and declining market has been the result. It continues to be evident that holders there have to depend exclusively on the demand from the trade, who have no inclination and little moans of purchasing beyond their actual wants ; and, impressed with the convic tion of an ample supply, importers have offered their receipts of the new crop freely, and rather pressed them upon the market, bringing the range of prices within a narrow compass. The small advance which had been realised at Liverpool in the operations of the preceding two weeks had at once the effect of checking sales at Manchester, and general trade there, which had showed such bright symptoms of revival, had again relapsed into inactivity. The stock of bullion and the reserve of unemployed notes in the Bank of England continued to increase, and public securities were advancing daily in value, thus showing abundance of money; but mercantile credit has received such a shock that a comparatively small portion is allowed to flow into commercial channels. Each successive arrival from India also brings ac counts of improving markets for British manufac tures, but the length of time required in operations with such distant customers puts it out of the power of merchants and manufacturers, in the present state of credit, to avail themselves of the favourable opening. In the present posture of affairs in England, the crop question must necessarily excite less than its usual attention. A crop of 100,000 or 200,000 bales, more or less, will make but little difference, for it is a fixed fact, that it is not only an abundant one, but far more than adequate to the consumption, and the later accounts from the various south-western ports advise that planters are commencing to exhibit less reluc tance to meet the views of buyers, being:pretty well satisfied that the range of prices this season will be on a low scale. Factors, however, do not appear to be pressing th e ir stocks on the market, but go on steadily selling at fully current rates. The proba bility is, that the crop will soon come into market freely, and that but little will be held over fcr another season. The , discrepancy between the re ceipts of the last two seasons is gradually disappear ing ; the difference now stands at 70,000 bales. The stock at numerous new depots in South Carolina and Georgia is larger than usual, and only waits satisfactory prices to be thrown rapidly into the ports. At the following old depots, with which the trade abroad is familiar, the comparison stands thus : Augusta and Iluabgrgh, 64 1 000 against 3710001aat 1 I I 4 I ,~ ,~