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4 6 . 1 1, atei BARRACK CONTRACTS. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUGUST 10, 1849. The Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give Notice, that Tenders will be received by the several Barrack Masters In Great Britain, on or before Friday, the 7th September next, from nieli persons as may be willing to enter into Contracts for the u ndermentioned Services for a period of Three Tears, from the Ist • October,lB49, to the 30th September, 1850. L AMP -LIGHTING (where the Lamps are Lighted with Oil), SWEEPING CHIMNEYS BY MACHINERY, STRAW; and ASHES, and PRIVY SOIL (where deposited with the Ashes), EMPTYING PRIVIES (at Sta WASHING and REPAIRING B Printed Fort's of Tenders and e .Obtained on application to the rest the hours of Ten and Four o'Cl, until the date above-mentioned, al ceived, nor will any Tender be cc Printed Form, to be furnished byl , Persons proposing to Tender mentioned, must make the Barra( ' names and places of abode, and f be called on by them as to the eth Perform the Contract or Contracts, that the Board of Ordnance resery ce Pting or rejecting all or any 01 511 7 reason or entering into any cc Aberdeen ! Al bany, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight Alderney Ber wich-on-Tweed. The Contract for Lamplighting at this Station to include exterior lamps only, not interior B irmingham and Wolverhampton Bristol ' - "lacknes . -l irecort and Swansea Caiterb 'urilleY ur and Cclne Carlisle Y C armarthen and Cardigan Chatham. Washin f and repairing Redding, and Old Straw, Re., e xcepted Chester Chichester Coventry • Croyden • Ch ristehundi bevonport I::T er Dundee and Perth • n trgEastbourneDartmouthh, L'ilth Fort, au I Piers ,Exeter August u 3 ort Charlotte North • Fort George Britain tort William Glasgow Gosport Greenlaw,,N.B. Guernsey gounslow and Hampton Court Hyde Park and Kensington, Lon don 'Harwich and Landguard Fort Hamilton N.B. IlYthe and Shorncliff Hull and Scarboro' Jersey IPSWich ;Bons marked [*] only), and for IEDDING. every requisite information may be ;pective Barrack Masters, between Lock each day, Sundays excepted, ,fter which no proposal will be re onsidered that is not made on the the Barrack Masters. for any of the Services above .ck Masters acquainted with their runtish any information that may igibility of the parties tendering to ;, and it is to be clearly understood re to themselves the power of ac of the Tenders, without assigning orrespondenca on the su'ject. 'lsle of Man' , tl Leeds, Halifax, and Bradford Liverpool L Maidstone 1! Manchester , *Marchwood Norwich ',Nottingham, Mansfield, & Lough borough Northampton Newcastle-on-Tyne *Newport ( Monmouthshire), Car diff, Dowlais, and Pontypool. Straw, Ashes, and Soil at New port excepted Pendennis Plymouth, St. Nicholas Island, Plcklecombe Point, and Staddon Heights Preston, Blaltburn, Bolton, and Bury Portsmouth Paisley and Danbarton *Purfleet Pembroke Regent's Park, Portman-street, and St. John's Wood, London Scilly Sheerness and Queenborongh Sheffield and Barnsley Stirling Stockport,Ashton-under - Lyne and Burslem Taunton Tilbury Fort and Gravesend Tipner Point, near Portsmouth Trowbridge rynemouth and Sunderland rower, London Walmer Wellington and St. George's Bar racks, London Winchester and Southampton Windsor I Weedon Weymouth and Dorchester Woolwich. Sweeping Chimneys only York. Le Board of Ordnance, B. BY SIAM, Secretary. By order of PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in the causes'of EDWARDS • Ir. TUCK, and EDWARDS:v. SUTTON, all persons claiming to be the heir or heirs-at-law, and customary heir or heirs of WILLIAM • ,CHAPMAN, according to the custom of the several mano rs of nampstead in the county of Middlesex, and Walthamstow, Torrey, and High Hall in the county of Essex at the time of his death, and the heir or heirs-at-law and customary heir or heirs of the said YILLIAM CHAPMAN at the present time : And also the next of ant of the said William Chapman, living at his death, or the personal re presentative or representatives of such next of kin as have since died, are, OR or b efore t h e 3d d ay o f November, 1849, to come in and make H .:_ out their cl a im s an d prove their kindred before RICARD TOBIN 1 -...-INDEasLEY, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court , at his yha mbers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; or, !,:k default thereof they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. The said WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Esq.. resided at Buckhurst 11.1 t he parish of Chigwell, in the county of Essex, and died there in Lae Month of November, 1826. J. and W. SHEFFIELD, Plaintiff's Solicitors, _ 68, Old Broad-street. GUILDHALL, AUGUST 29, 1849. INE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S „,, LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 12 th ''etitember at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS b:l'ETTING next on , LEASES. for twenty-one years from Michaelmas s. a House, No. 14, on the myth side of Broad-street-buildings; qouse. No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street -buildings ; and .?_uessoc', uth side od numbere New- 'NG, ° squar the west side of the Minorles ; and Eight _Zil f e. 3 . ear ao. to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE, for 18 1 ,4 till, (less three days), from Michaelmas next, a House, No. 9, Ar tlace, on the west side of the City-road. obi'tTt:ir particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender n (le , at the Oftice of Works. Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. • BRAMPFORD SPEKE, DEVONSHIRE. 110 be SOLD, to the highest bidders, pursuant to probation ORDER of the COURT of EXCHEQUER, with the ap . tot 4 ,of her Majesty's Remembraneer of the said Court, in Three 27th a t the London Inn, in the city of Exeter, on THURSDAY, the p re ...,aY of September, 1849, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, the ,„ Property hereinafter described, situate at Brampford Speke, ". the county of Devon, viz.:— ro ti m o t 1. A D well i ng -house or Cottage Ontee, with well-planted :Pleasure grounds, large kitchen garden, and a paddock, con ,:!aa altogether of about 4 acres of excellent land, in the parish 'iirtleranipford Speke, the county of Devon, about four miles from 3r.,1" ., and bounded by the river. Exe, lately occupied by Mr. John t T his property is delightfully situated in a rich and beautiful coon !Y, and commands extensive and varied views. The House, which is a short distance from and in sight of the Church, is calculated for 4 fatnily of conlideration. Lot 2. A Close of Arable Land called Higher Ilootham, in Bramp r°lll Spoke, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, 1 rood, and 15 Perches, be the same more or less, late in the occupation of the said John Mudge. Lot 3. A Close of Meadow or Pasture Land, called Moor Park, containing by adrneasuremeat 2 acres and 15 perches, be the same More or less, late in the occupation of the said John Mudge. ' The premixes may be viewed on application to Mr. William Stet , don, at Brampton" Spoke. Particulars and conditions of sale may be had in London, at the Offices of the Queen's Remembrancer, in Duke-street, Westminster; and the Solicitor of Inland Revenue, Somerset llousa ; at Honiton, at the offices of Messrs. Mules, solicitors ; at Exeter, at the offices of Mr. Keuniterly, Messrs. Bishop mid Pitts, and Mr. Gidley, solicitors ; ' and at the place of sale. • September 5, 1849. CRIC K E T.-SUSSEX AGAINST ALL th b ENGLAND. tlie play uring ay of the Grand March, commencing THURSDAY, Grand inst., the LONDON", BRIGHTON, and SOUTH-COAST RAIL WAY COMPANY will RUN TRAINS from LON DON to ItR . l ITON at 6,9, and 10, A.m. ;12 noon ;2,4, 5, and 7, P ; E n (I from BRIGHTON to LONDON at 7,9, 11, M. , 334, an d 8 , r ni buses..Carriazes, and Flys, will const ,ntly ply between the p iii '' a t r i e toll Station and the Cricket Ground at Hove, near Brunswick , T. J. BUCKTON, Secretary. LCuelon Terminus, 4th Sept., 1849. ]ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The ST. LEGER 11.10 E. 1". To DONCASTER and BACK in ONE DAY. b one ::. ~s 9 IAL EXPRESS TRAIN ve Bishopsgaton NESDAY, the 12th instant, atwill s lea 45 A.M., and will s rea ti ch bre,4..,ster about Twelve o'clock, fifteen minutes will be allowed for at 5 3n [ ast at j'eterboroug,h. The Return Train will leave Doncaster ka P.M., and will be due in London about 11 30 r , res to Doncaster and back —First Class, 355. Second Class, 255. "N'clal Train, at the ordinary fares, will leave Blshepsgate " liond r ea st aY, the 10th instant, at 10, a.m., and will be due at Don - e P ~eI): 7t SP .M A g ecial Train will also leave Donc at 5 • " Friday, the . 14th - i p nstant, due in Loud about 11 30 P.M.Pm 1849. „LRA. and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE the D, SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and ilehest in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fish, Gravies keat°3r Meat, Steaks, Game, itc., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Cold T h „ is entirely unrivalled. ueParelleled success of this Sauce having induced imitations, andi',a,nsers are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA to re t RRINS aro upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also t el l '4 l the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle) UN - ”, e residence of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Ho , th en TLondon Edinburgh, &c. &c., and from private Families in ',Un tr ySold ~' atreet London roprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Tere-street, Oxford and Q ' , and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; Messrs. Barclay and g "rs, Messrs. Crosso and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London, nerally by all dealers in sauces. TIOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK• • on.e.r. The original, and by far the best, requiring no preparation, thelig e surest mea n s of pr o t e ction for every variety of household be a4 d Wearing apparel, against loss or mistake, for which reason a oi g r eflu to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the inventor, Ch em , L I OND, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, City. Sold by most -- ‘ 45 , Stationers, and Medicine Vendors. Price Is. a bottle. A I A E. &OVA One half the world are desolately single, and the other 11.47". 1 g them married, questtoßably contented. Diffidence, or a : 1 Tight determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em of „21` latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea toe, tition and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un -1%4 r "ißg harry but the trath lies deeper. Physical incapacity, broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set. i r Mtent. Bonour and insticedemand that health should form an item the compact ; tt alone dignities the alliance. Blighted hopes er ii;iglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfbrtune. Reader, if eSe surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little , XMOIRS "-On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., ls. vach (by post, in stamps, is. 6d. each). Let no' imaginatively ;Vinod, or prudish feeling doter you, by their titles, nor be hindered b' misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining raft. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but 1 6 ,_r the closet perusal of those more deeply luterostud, to whom i 7 are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or nether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other b.; 10 Publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, 4. 4 1 . 0 8, t Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink , and and .‘ How to be Happy. " They aro not merely Z`mMei ea but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the ePhemeral seribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's se r .no owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob o4lica of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he Oa :clone unto—to live after nature's laws—and toleep always tille r ,. ninny side of the way." The above works may be had of 49 e.","cl. 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho, 141, Fleet-street • Mann, ; Nelson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by pos t or other -80 r m „'° ,34 the anther wh may be conferred with personally, %kr" lid evenings). ( 10. 0 Argyll-placo Regent-street; and .all ▪ lIIn THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. nb• —.-. irsicAL D ated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engrangs On u l. —c ISQIYALICATIONS, GENER AT IVE CSteeAr • •„,_CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. by i tiea, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2 s. 6 d. , or ipvybost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, jr a t SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on _Nugi ve — tu Lilltirraities and decay of the generative system, from ex th infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, maitliff" - 'arke on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis- Tliustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and t erd... t L i tz . and Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, 1 1, London. Published by the Authors :sold sold by Strange, Static, Y 3 ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; 411 -sir 3 ' Iltchhorne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden 4.eet. Itirga a 7 1 . treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive lied is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. ffeea - ," 1 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul- L'ad b0;', 41 their lamentable e ff ects on the system, producing mental l eltist r — ' - '„,2 Weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. .J.4 4 - 4 ,".7, , ,11 Three Explanatory Engravings. Le pr . ` l4 . treats of the diseases resulting from infbction, either in • t i z , l arY or secondary form, and cantatas explicit directions for r°Urania. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured t ar blB ,,, .1 a - ,4:2 , • Contains a Prescription for the invention of Disease VistaCt_pie application, by which the danger of infection is ob /Seder. 'me important part of the Work should not escape the I notice (1 11t1 Q C • is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its the w t „,.lke causes of unproductive union are also considered, and Tit t ,;" eablect critically and philosophically inquired into. el t ‘,011n141. BALM or Svaiaoum is exclusively employed in treat bott:l"lella and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per 2., 3 , a ; c i The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic v, l. `mes ep Y ,tPurifYing the blood in cases ofinfection, secondary symp errk-T.7,,,v`4La1, and the abuse of mercury, 1 ls. and 335. per bottle. "▪ rtitla Mpecille Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. per box , a tic ) , rem-._ far gonorrhcaa, gleet, stricture, and chronic infiamma retanul..te bladder. Consult.tion feo, if by letter, 11. A minute 9,,the case is required habits, and position in society. high I :ete, With advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by "Mee a r ee. ll -. is saved. M essrs. P erry, Surgeons , are I n laten tly% turZ_st 19, Berners-street, Oxford-str ee t, London, from Ble u."' MI rIYS tO Wight ; on Sundays from Ektfell t 0.020. ket to lurable y d ull, an! 15 millers ls Per TS. bet e l tol Arj' 1581/e dull te' s 5 a r n a A' _Pitta thishi re ' dis. . r d itaffo' w cagi t e, n• were d er rdshi ree d ton d t er dis." sere 1 r , n t . ee ....ptto i Ar i / .d i ir° rS P -fiCe ) ,(1 b° nag ;a re c o' hlre oll croli to 01 4 4*0 `...- - .C—..... , it # •f , -- " 4 .---:o. B 1 • azi - 7,,,,, : ,:;, - .;:tf z ) ; ~s, !, i . ! ~..--,' i , , ~. ;.., :;57,77_,K%--; 7 7-4 -.. • - . \ - - , N-A. < - ' 4 ( <,'-', , ;> 7- - 4- "--- ...; -sfr'''''4;,\,, .:[4.':%i,.:t9i.4.€bti'19.: „: t'l , V ' t,/ , "' - ', ‘ i . ....... r - , - ~...... , . ~... _,, ,_ e . • a l, 77 . fr''' ' ' , " - < ''. ' •ff . '.e> •-( . I . 4. ...1. ' - '2 . '':,,..7.-4;4"..... -:'"1,,_ 47-77'irt, • t' 4,' ,'. -1 , ^ ''' .; ' ' ''''''.-. '' -::-.;.... , • .." '' !, lam •,---:, v ,. ,,eik........,....t, ...r..4....1...,- , ~.-4 , • ....- r•.*x..A - ------ --- .._, l O O, (1 ; 4 L l_ , I I , s. •,-- • t. J....- N°.17,763.] LONDON, WEDNESD 7") . SEPTEMBER 5, 1849. AY EVE N ` l. • t • itty NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This - Institutlon embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. Policies Issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if ne9diul, whilel iving. The Assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the Annual Meeting, hell on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a •ixth bonus, varying from 27 to G 5 per cent. on tho Premiums paid on each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Derma- Sum the . Annual Policy Bonus in emit Re- Assured %ge. E Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor .7, miuna. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premium. Policy. s. .1. £ s d. £ s. d £ s. d. 1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 X £ s.d. 1839 226 6 0 102 15 1 16 2 9 194 810 60 1000 74 3 4 1840 178 0 OI 82 14 21214 11 845 0 0 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 21 65 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1843 99 18 4 44 8 4 6J5 11 296 13 4 1844 62 6 Si 27 13 4 4 0 147 4 5 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta geous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con tribution of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, at his option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his death ;'while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan tages which the judicious application of a small saving CAR secure through this Society. I. BENEFITS Secured on attaining the age of 65, by an Annual Premium of 2/. 111. E :?. Annuity. Cash. Policy. Wl+ 41= £ Is.d.£ s. d i.£ s. d. 20 47 16 6 394 11 0466 0 0 30 26 15 1C 221 0 0 261 0 0 40 13 19 5 115 8 0 136 6 0 IL PREMIUMS To secure on attain- AnnuityXlo 10 0 ingtheage Cash .. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of 74 >. .4 4 Payable Payable ' , Payable t .F . , Annu- in one for Dis t. , r , - ally. sum. parity. -C ! I £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. 20 01011 10 010 0 0 0 30 0 19 616 7 1 7 3 11 40 1 17 327 311 19 410 Immediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, showing the annual amount of annuity upon every 1001. deposited : Age 50, £7 Bs. I Age 60, £9 14s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, &c.. may be had at the Office, or any of Its Branches in the Country; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. W. S. B. WOOLTIOUSE, Actuary. ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, 92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. Established 1808. DIRECTORS. , JOHN OLIVER HANSON, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Sir William Baynes, Bart. Moses Mocatta, Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. James William Ogle, Esq. Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. Emanuel Pacifico, M.D. Donald Maclean, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq. Samuel Eustace 'pagan, Esq. - AuDrroas—Francis Bligh Hookey, Esq., and Arthur Augustus Rasch, Esq. • AcrvAav—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. SOLICIT oa—Thomas Browning, Esq. SuavEron--Thomas Hopper, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. RETURNS.—Policies for 3001. and upwards which may have been n force for one year prior to the date to which the Account is made up, .will be periodically entitled to participate in the return of Surplus Premium. Distillerie , , Sugar Houses ; and Mercantile Property, in the Docks ; In Private or Public Warehouses; also Shipping in Harbour; assured for the Year, or for any shorter period on advantageous terms. Farming Steck is now exempt from Duty, and may be assured without the average clause. On Assurances for Seven Years by one payment, a deduction of one-seventh part of the Premium and Duty will be made. RENEWALS.—PoIicies due on Midsummer-day should be renewed within fifteen days thereafter. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The attention of the public has, in the advertisements and pro posals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of Additioni applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular dates and ages ; the Directors now beg to submit the following statement of Claims actually paid, showing the! sums respectively assured and the Bonuses thereon, and they request, in order to exemplify the advantageous plan of Assurance proposed by this Company, that persons desirous of effecting Assurances on their own lives or on the lives of others, will compare the statement now sub mitted, with the addition or bonus of any of the other offices which may apply to a Policy issued by them since 1816, when the Atlas Company adopted tho Bonus System. T.s" o t „pooco , acia- , womulocx O g 1 ,5. . , 4 0 „.„, ,0.,.....--. 9 -.. O g v ,w,_. E 4 i..,Nm.,,N.v.m....., g . 2 . .• 0 -4 O ~...; g_.: -..40.0,...0.,..... a z 5 .6 ~. -..... 0 ,9 x 6 ' N4cm.-4N0c0....N0r e1 AT.7A'gr4.BGgW2TT. O _ .... 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CI E ., 40.09M0N,F.C . 400M.W200 IC 74 4 g4SSaL;ggal N S Tp Persons assured for the whole term of Life for 1001. and upwards, in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, will be entitled at the end of every fifth year (instead of every seventh year as heretofore) to participate in the Surplus Premiums, either by Addition to their Po licies, or an equivalent Reduction will be made in the future pay ments of Premium, at the option of the Assured. Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life by a limited number of yearly payments. ASSURANCES for SHORT PERIODS may now be effected in this Office at considerably reduced rates of Premium. The NEXT VALUATION will be made at Christmas, 1849, and Policies effected before that date will participate in proportion to the time they may then have been in force. The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who aro authorised to report on the appearance of Lives proposed for Assurance. lIENRY DESBOROUGII, Secretary. 92, Cheapside, June, 1849. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ; United with the PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847. Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, 1848. Amalgamated pursuant to Re= oiutions dated February 5, 1849. Offices : 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON. with Powers of Extension reserved to the CAPITAL Proprietors under the 16th Clause of the XlOO,OOO Deed of Settlement), In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all paid ; affording the security of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. hi.iTtlNE.—Llmited risks in and upon vessels of the first class at Lloyds FlRE.—Reddced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu tion o frisk secured by the provisions of that statute. LIFE.—The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole profits being divided among the Assured, without the entailment of any risk. The operation of this department also extending to RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre- misfits ; and GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of trust and confidence on the Annual Payment of a stipulated rate per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct therefrom. Forms of for Provincial Agencies in those towns of the United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be obtained from the Head Office as above. AuG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. London. June 9, 1849. THE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. TRUSTEES. The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey hall, Norfolk. Sir Henry Parton Bedlngileid, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company. Thomas Barnwell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's -park, JTahmomesasmEarysrehau, sEqsq., 24, Carlton s, B m at a h. id Middlesex—Chairman. . Southwark—Deputy DIRECTORS. ev. Willi am Morris, on l3 i D ll . , D es . t , - A sg e u to a n re , T mi h c e h ß a l e g l ht F ß o Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company, and of the London Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Malmain•hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Maida•hill. ACTUARY—WiIIiam Henry Archer, Esq. SECRETARY—With= Norris, Esq. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information promptly forwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office, 6, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Incorporated Pursuant to Act of Parliament. LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also Annuities, Immediate and deferred. The payment of fixed sums to the Assured at any s p ec ified age, or to their Representatives in case of death before that age. Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years. Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and Loans granted, repayable by instalments. ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage a certain sum on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the wkole of the sum paid for the same at a given period. RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of 10s. for every 1001. Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual Commission allowed on the introduction of business. Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society, and all information, May be obtained at the office, or of the Agents in the Country. _ F. FERGUSON CAN:ROUX. AL:wager. - WELL GWYNNE TAVERN and _LACHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, strand, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam-street. Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers. Table d'Hote at Half-past Five precisely (Sundays excepted), Fish and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers until One o'clock. The Nell Uwynne Tavern which is situated In the very centre of the metropolis, is near to the principal Theatres, and the Table d'Hote has been fixed at an hour that will be found convenient for Citizens, the Legal Profession, and Gentlemen connected with the Public Offices and Banking Houses, also Visitors to London who are frequenters of the Theatres. Private Rooms for the accommodation of small parties. Good Beds. Wines and Spirits of superior quality. Barclay and Perkins's Stout, and Salt's celebrated Pale Ales. JOHN ARCHER and THOMAS HOLT, Proprictor3. NEW PLYMOUTH SETTLEMENT. Just published, in one volume post Svo., with a Plan and Five Views, - - price 6e. cloth, AN ACCOUNT of the SETTLEMENT of NEW PLYMOUTH, In NEW ZEALAND, from personal observation during a residence there of Five Years. By CUM:LES HURSTIIDUSE, Jun. "The merit of this book consists in the full and impartial account it gives of the settlement, and the sound advice which accompanies it."—Spectator. "The field Mr. Hurstheuse surveys is not a very wide one, but his view of it is complete and exact."—Britannia. "To the intending emigrant this work will be found to supply valuable and novel information."—Weekly News. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 0, Cornhill. ISLAY TONTINE LIFE ASSOCIATION. Provisionally Registered. Capital, 600,0001., in 12,000 Shares, at 501. each. DIRECTORS. John Bain, Esq., of Morriston, Glasgow. Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq., banker, Provost of Port Glasgow Alexander Campbell, Esq., of Bedlay Robert C. Cumming, Esq., of Barremman, Dumbartonshire Henry Dunlop, Esq., of Cralgton, Glasgow .. _ . Archibald Falconer, Esq., of Glen Park, Port Glasgow James Hay, Esq., merchant. Leith, Director of the Royal Bank of Scotland .Arehlbald Horne, Esq., accountant, Edinburgh, ditto Eagle Henderson, Esq., Director of the National Bank of Scotland William Imrie, Esq., Dean of Guild, Perth _ .. . . , John Burn Murdock, Esq., of Gartencaber, Edinburgh David Murray, Esq., Provost of Paisley. BANKERS. The Royal Bank of Scotland and its Branches ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., London. Messrs. Turner and Wallace, 37, Virginia-street, Glasgow ; Messrs. Goodwin, Partridge, Williams, and Edwards, Walbrook House, London. MANAGING DmEcTon—Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq. SECRETARY—James Murdoch, Esq. The barony and estate of Islay, comprising the island of Islay and small adjacent islands is in the same latitude as Edinburgh and Glasgow, and is one of the richest and most productive properties in the west of Scotland. It contains about 140,000 acres, of which 34,000 are arable, the rest being luxuriant pasture. The present rental of this magnificent property amounts at present to 20,0001.; but a Government grant of 30,0001. is now being ex pended in drainage an 1 improvements. The rents are periodically and legitimately increased as the leases fall in, and it is evident that such a property must, under improved agriculture, afford a much larger return. The purchase, it Is expected, will be effected for about 500,0000., and it is proposed to raise a capital for this purpose, and contingent expenses, of 600,0000., in 12,000 501. shares, each shareholder, to nominate a life, and the whole body of Nominees to be insured out of the rental, so as to secure the repayment of his subscription to every shareholder whose nominee lapses. The remainder of the accumulated rental is to be divided every ten years amongst the surviving shareholders, the last survivor to inherit the estate. On the basis of 12,000 policies, in respect of the 12,000 nominees, it is further contemplated to ingraft the general business of a life assurance company, so as to secure an annual dividend of profits. Thus it will be seen that every person taking a share in the Ton tine, will, under any circumstances, receive back the amount of his Investment out of the assurance fund, and will also, by way of in terest on his shares, receive an annual dividend out of the profits of the general life assurance department (and the basis and guarantee indicated cannot fail to make this branch most extensive and lucra tive) ; he will, moreover, participate, every ten years his nominee .survives, in the accumulated and constantly improving rental; and, ill the event of his nominee being the last survivor, will become the absolute owner, in fee simple, of the entire estate. It is also to be observed that, as the nominees diminish in number, the marketable value of the shares will year after year be greatly en hanced. The principles of the proposed Tontine have been maturely con sidered by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq., the eminent actuary of the Me dical and Invalid Assurance Company, and received his entire ap probation. The estcte is to be vested in three trustees, resident in Scotland. The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a board of seven directors in Scotland, communicating with a board of correspondence in London. Two general meetings shall be held in Scotland in the months of June and December. The preliminary deposit to be ss. per share (being the maximum allowed under the Registration Act), and a call of 11. per share shall be made on c - nnplete registration. The remainder to be called up by suck instalments as may be found necessary to meet the payment of the purchase money. Applications for shares to be made to the following brokers &c., of whom prospectuses and forms of application for shares may Ye had : Messrs. John Robertson and Co., 47, George-street, Edin burgh; William Bell, Esq., 2, North-street, David-street, Edin burgh : Messrs. Buchanan Aitkin and Co., 41, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; J. C. i'oulds, Esq., Canada-court, Queen-street, Glasgow; William Gordon, Esq., Aberdeen ; Janes Thomas, Esq., writer, Perth; A. Abercrombie, Esq., Paisley; Messrs. Joseph King and Sons, Liverpool ; L. L. Lamming, Esq , Manchester ; Messrs: Flint and Tootal, [lull; Messrs. Beardshaw and Co., Leeds ; W. B. Greenfield, Esq., 38, Throgmorton-street, London ; of Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq., Royal Bank, Port Glasgow ; and William Bridges, Esq., at the temporary offices of the Association, 38, Throg morton-street, London. Mr. Ellis Roberts, who won the prize harp at the Eisteddfod, has received his appointment as harpist to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The intima tion was communicated in a letter, dated at Balmoral, from Colonel Anson to the Hon. G. Rice Trevor, M.P., viz. :—" Mr. Anson presents his compliments to Lieu tenant• Colonel Trevor, and has much pleasure in in forming him that her Majesty the Queen has graciously appointed Mr. Ellis Roberts harpist to his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales." We trust the next appoint ment we shall have to announce will be that of Welsh tutor to his Royal Highness.—North Wales Chronicle. A COFFIN-MAKER'S BlLL.—James Meara, coffin maker for the Nenagh union workhouse, on Thursday sent in a bill to the Nenagh board of guardians for 1,130 coffins furnished by him from the 25th of last March to the 25th of July!—just four months.—Liverpool Standard. It is astonishing with what facility our feelings accommodate themselves to our situations, and catch their tone from surrounding objects.—Eliza Cook's Journal. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE IIOP.NING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—If there was any mistake in the arrange ments of the Canadian union, it was in the choice of the capital. The uniform exper:ence of federal unions proves the necessity of selecting a seat of government as free as possible from local perturbations and interests. Ac ndingly, the sagacious founds rs of the great American commonwealth did not aim at making Boston, or New York, or Philadelphia the rival of republican Rome, but pleated their federal legislature in a separate district, far away from the existing haunts of commerce and wealth. Whatfver difficulties there were to be sur mounted in this instance, there were also in the choice of a capital for the common government of our British and French populations on the St. Lawrence. Montreal was recommended by its geographical position, but by nothing else. Its populace had long been notorious as the roughest and most turbulent in the New World. It was already the scene of party strife, and while the French population continued numerous enough to keep up national jealousies, the British increased in far greater ratio. Tho result now shows that a Canadian Parliament will always have to fight for its independence, and a Canadian Governor-General w ill a l wa ys have to fight for his dignity against the Montreal mob. A few hun dred men of the lowest class, swollen by outcasts from the neighbouring union, and instigated more or less openly by a disappointed faction in the colony itself, mill be sufficient to keep both the Legislature and the Execu tive in continual trouble. This is the real account of the Canadian disturbances. Imagine a fifth-rate sea-port in this country suddenly exalted into a seat of government , and the resort of political agitators. Imagine a provincial town in the enjoyment of a perpetually contested elec tion, with Whigs and Tories ever bidding against one another. There you have Montreal at once, excepting that Montreal, Over and above all the sources of mischief in a British town, contains a poPulation almost equal].) divided between its English, its Irish, and its French ingredients. - This is moro than enough to ac count for all that has taken place and is still taking place in that city. The majority of the Parlia ment is one way, the majority of the mob another; so, without for a moment disputing the fact that the whole colonial population is fairly represented in Parlia ment, the local mob attempt to intimidate and virtually depose, not merely the representative of the Sovereign, but even the representatives of the people. The attempt is intelligible, and need excite no surprise; but it is also most outrageous and most impudent, and must be put down. France tolerates that Paris—an ancient, a popu lous, and a most splendid metropolis, that for many centuries has set the fashion to the provinces —should continue to exercise that immemorial privilege; but the mob of Montreal has about as little pretension to over rule the two millions of Canada, as the mob of Sunder land, of Limerick, or Dundee has to govern the twenty seven millions of these isles. At this distance, and with necessarily imperfect information, it is not easy to see why the last disturbances should not have been antici pated by judicious arrangements of the soldiery and police. All that can be said is that such things have happened in this country, and will probably happen again. On the 15th ult. several of the leaders in the former outbreak were arrested, in some instances after a little opposition. One might naturally suppose that ex traordinary precaution would be taken at such a junc ture. However, appears a mob was suffered to •as semble, to attack it Mr. Lafontaine's residence, break down the gate, and advance within 20 feet of the house with the evident intention of burning it to the ground. Mr. Lafontaine and his friends gave the scoundrels the re ception they deserved. One fellow paid the penalty of his meditated crime on the spot, and the rest took warn ing by his fate. It is, however. a matter of regret that a great officer of the State should have been placed under , the cruel necessity of defending his own life and pro perty against a gang of ruffians. when soldiery, police, and the hangman were so much fitter for the office. •Subse quently it would seem that more effectual measures were adopted. The principal offenders have been arrested; among them the man who officiated as " Oliver Crom well" at the destruction of the Parliament-house. The malcontents have since proved both their temper and their weakness by having recourse to secret incendiarism. A splendid hotel and some other large buildings have been sacri ficed to the loyalty or the amusement of the Mon treal Tories; and the British name has been glorified by proceedings borrowed from Captains " Rock" and Swing,' and Mistress "Rebecca." Meanwhile we have great pleasure in observing that the Governor-General is warmly supported both by his Sovereign and by the really loyal part of the Canadian people. The Gazette announces his elevation to the English peerage. As the champion of constitutional principles against the usur pations of faction and the ascendancy of race, Lord Elgin well deserves this honour at the hands of a con stitutional Government. We will not believe the alleged disagreement between the military and !the government, or the alleged hesitation of the Ministers. They must persevere. Theirs is the cause of responsible govern• ment. The eyes of England and the world are upon them. Their Sovereign beckons them onward in their struggle. It is a question of principle. The event is in the hands of Omnipotence. It may be His will that Canada, having attained its maturity, should soon be come independent, or embrace the fortunes of the neigh bouring federation; but even in that case it will at least bo our consolation and glory that our last act was to teach it self-government. CHRONICLE.—The Canadian intelligence which it was our disagreeable task to present to our readers yes terday, and additional particulars of which will be found in our columns this morning, affords a gloomy and omi nous picture of popular discontent and official imbeci lity. There does not, indeed, appear ground for believ ing that any large portion of the population of Montreal are directly implicated in the shameful disorders refer. red to; and we should doubtless do our Canadian fellow subjects a gross injustice if we imagined for a moment that street rioting, ferocious and cowardly mob-assaults on individuals, and insults to Ministers of State, could have the approval and sympathies of any section of their community, except the habitually ill-disposed and law less class to whom one pretext for mischief is as good as another. But, however few and despicable may be the actors in these scenes, all experience tells us that the un checked perpetration of such outrages argues a pro found alienation of public opinion and feeling from the depositaries of the governing power. Excesses like those which have once more disgraced the seat of Government in Canada—and it is a highly significant circumstance that, as a correspon dent elsewhere remarks, they have occurred nowhere else than at the " seat of Government "—take place only when the bulk of the community are so deeply dissa tisfied with their rulers, that the latter shrink from even attempting to organize popular resistance to mob violence. Contemptible, therefore, both morally and numerically, as may be the authors of these Montreal disturbances, we must protest against the pleasant delu• sion that there is no ominous political significance in a state of things which shows an utter debility and pros tration of all legitimate authority. We need not now repeat details which have already appeared in our columns, especially as the reader will elsewhere find a lucid and connected narrative of the whole affair in the letter signed " A Colonist"—a communication which we pub lish for the sake of its vividly descriptive account of the actual condition of things at Montreal, although dis senting from many of the writer's views on questions of general policy. A very brief recapitulation of the leading facts may here suffice. It seems that, after nearly four months of apparent torpor and paralysis,the Canadian Government have taken courage, and have begun a sort of secret scrutiny into the conduct of certain parties sup posed to have been concerned in the outrage of the 25th April—a mode of proceeding which strikes us as a very ill-judged substitute for regular and public proceedings before the usual tribunals. Having succeeded, as they imagined, in getting up a case against some of the indi viduals alluded to, they determined on arresting them ; and, gratuitously assuming the inveterate disaffection and turbulence of the Montreal public, they previously filled the city with an offensive display of military and armed police—quite needlessly, it would appear, since it is distinctly stated that the persons accused were of such a class and character that forcible resistance on their part was the last thing to be looked for. As regards, indeed, the armed and mounted police, the exhibition was very much worse than needless and offensive; for, after provoking several collisions with the populace, this force was, we are told, " sent across the river at the dictation of the mob"—a most ignominious and damaging concession to a power which ought never to be braved by halves. During the irri tation and excitement produced by these measures of alternate violence and poltroonery, a mob of some two or three hundred persons —mostly, it is said, mere boys— started off (on the night of the 15th ult.) for Mr. Lafon taine's residence, broke open the outer gates, and en tered his garden. Mr. Lafontaine, however —with a zeal of self-preservation which it would have been well if he and his superior had always exhibited in their official, as well as in their personal capacity—had taken the pre caution of garrisoning his dwellin g with a well-armed forge, consisting of his personal or political friends, and (it is said) some disguised policemen. Immediately on the rioters coming in front of the b uilding —without a word of notice or warning to them to retreat—shots were fired from the house , and one lad fell mortally wounded, with ten slugs in h is body. The full u lt er i or consequences of this disastrous occurrence we have yet to learn. The funeral of the slain youth took place on the 18th, amidst much painful and mis chievous excitement ; the inquest was still proceeding on the morning of the 20th, the latest day to which our accounts reach. In noticing the rumour that Mr. Lafontaine had at first refused to give evidence before the jury, and only made his appearance on the issue of a warrant for his a r rest , we must plainly say that we reserve, until the receipt of further information, our belief in so astounding a display of lawless and bad feeling. Nor shall we at present attempt to prejudge the question of the Minister's legal or moral culpability in the affair that led to the calamitous and fatal result which forms the subject of that investigation. Certainly, there is nothing on the face of the transaction, so far as the facts are yet known, that would decisively warrant a verdict of " justifiable homicide" — since, on the one hand we are not informed that the violence displayed by the rioters was of that kind and degree which would alone warrant an instant resort to the last extremity in self defence, and, on the other, all the accounts agree in negativing the antunptieA that the assailants had been previously warned to disperse. With every wish to make due allowance for the fact that this was not the Brat time that the Minister's residence had been visited by a mob,'we are bound to say that the case, as it stands, is cue calling for the fullest and meat searching inquiry —and that it must be presented to the public in a very different shape from what it at present wears, before Mr. Lafontaine can be completely exonerated from the charge of an almost criminal eagerness to take extreme measures. It must at least be allowed that this Minister's extraor dinary promptitude and decision in the defence of his private abode strangely contrast with the tardiness and nonchalance evinced by the Governor-General in main taining the public peace and the authority of the Queen and the law. Where the Parliament-house and archives of two provinces were concerned, Lord Elgin could see nothing but " grave objections" to a preventive exer tion of force, and he made a merit of having passively waited for "overt acts" until the mischief was done. When it comes, however, to something like a personal question between authority and turbulence, Lord Elgin's advisers at once rise superior to their principal's ner vous horrors of measures having " a tendency to pro duce a collision." Some of our readers, by the way, may be innocent enough to wonder that they hear nothing, in all this deplorable business, about a Gover nor-General—that thers is, in fact, nothing to show that the vice-regal office was not abolished at the same time with the Parliament-house. This is really the most disgraceful part of the affair. While the public peace is openly violated, and the most flagrant outrages are hourly committed in his capital, Lord Elgin keeps himself safely stowed away, " with guards doubled," at his favourite retreat of Monklands—cultivating, we suppose, cabbages and " dignified neutrality,"—and leaving the tranquillity of the ,province, the authority of the laws, and the ho nour and dignity of the British crown to be taken care of by deputy. Now, we do not presume to say that he is not _best where ho is; nor do we stop to consider whether it is his "misfortune" or his "tank" that he cannot show his face outside his own doors without the imminent risk of making bad worse; but certainly, if this is ".governing" Canada, there is nothing to be said except that the British North American Viceroyalty is about the snuggest berth for privileged incompetence and laziness ever devised by the genius of sinecurism. And actually this is the monent, of all others, which her Majesty's Ministers have selected (vide last night's Ga zette) for showering new hereditary honours on this fanieant representative of the Crown, who runs away from riot and arson, and leaves law, order, and " seat of Government" to shift for themselves. Not withstanding our very high opinion of our Co lonial Secretary's audacity and obstinacy, we are much. inclined to risk the prediction, that the newly-created " Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" will at no distant date enter on the personal enjoyment of his di g nity as a member of th e Upper House of Parliament. ‘Ve take it to be quite impossible that Earl Grey's colleagues can be satisfied to go on much longer with the experiment of " govern ing" Canada through a Viceroy who finds it necessary to hide himself from all the world for four months toge ther—and who, at a time when seditious and anarchical turbulence is rife and rampant in the capital of his pro vince, thinks (perhaps correctly) that the best thing ho can do is to keep very quiet. This is a case that is plainly past mending. When a Government has once brought things to such a pass that it has hopelessly lost moral weight, dignity, and authority—that its vigour only exasperates, while its leniency cannot conciliate and soothe—there is but one way out of the difficulty. No pertinacity of Earl Grey's will ever make Lord Elgin more than a nominal Governor-General of Canada; and if that high office is meant to be a reality, it cannot too soon pass into other hands. HERALU.—That ever wise, ever plausible, and most consummately self-satisfied and contemptible class of politicians, which judges everything by the event, has recently raised a loud shout of praise at the successes of the Russian armies over the Hungarians, and has, ac cording to its wont, chaunted forth article after article on the power, the glory, and the greatness of Russia. But the successes of the united Austrian and Russian armies over the Hungarians, after a campaign of three months, in which the latter almost always exhibited science, skill, and military talent of the highest order, and in which the former rarely exhibited any of these qualities, so far from proving the invincibility of Russia, only proves how much Russian power and Muscovite military strength have been exaggerated by those living remote and far removed from the scene of action. Whether in reference to certain scenery or to men, ma terial, and those things which are called empire, " dis tance lends enchantment to the view," in as great a ratio as to the Swiss chalet or to the Windermere cottage. Omne ignotum pro magnifico is the common rule, and when it is considered how freely Russian orders, rings, and rubles are bestowed for any modi cum of praise, however small, in the Russian system, there is no reason why the Emperor, his generals, and his army, should not come in for an extravagant portion of laudation. Yet to this praise the Russian army or military system is in no degree entitled. Ever since the French revolution of February, 1848, the Emperor of Russia has been biding his time, and making his prepa rations quietly and effectually. He has had no Parlia ment to control—no finance committee to fetter him. His Cabinet is not a constitutional Cabinet, bound to the country as well as to the Sovereign, and accountable to the nation at large, but a set of head clerks, civil and military, sitting to register the decrees of a Czar, whom they worship next to God himself. His senate is not a senate elected by the people, but a College of Senators named by the despotical dispenser of all patronage, civil, military, naval, and ecclesiastical. Nicholas is a man prone to do what he will with his own, and the life and fortunes of every man, woman, and child in Russia being at his disposal, he can command as he listeth, and is over his great empire obeyed accordingly. When, therefore, he determined, in February, 1848, to pour immense bodies of troops and boundless munitions of war into Poland, he had but to will it, and the thing was done. For eighteen months these contingents of men and of warlike material have been daily increasing. Bodies of troops were ordered from the Caucasus, from the military colonies, and from Circassia, to Poland and the parts adjacent—to the Austrian and Hungarian frontiers; while the armies of Generals Luders and Duhamel in Moldavia and Wal lachia were greatly increased. All the resources, ma terial, moral, and financial, of the Russian empire, were, for a period of fifteen months, brought to bear on one given point. When, at the latter end of April or the beginning of May, the Russian forces received orders to march into the Magyar country, there were assembled on the various points from which they diverged into Hungary, the hoarded fruits of fifteen months' prepara tion—in men—in horses—in chosen generals—in artil lery. Not content with such generals as Roth, Rosen, Kreutz, and De Witt, the Emperor put into requisition his most famous general and only field-marshal, Prince Paskewitch Erivansky, whose equivocal laurels were won in Poland and in Persia; and with this veteran Lithuanian he associated the German Rudiger. But although these Russian officers were aided by Luders and others of high repute in Russia—though a son of the Czar accompanied the expedition—and though Haynau, Czerich, Welden, and all the Austria n generals and staff contributed such science and skill as they pos sessed to the combined allied stock—and the Austrian artillery, be it noted, has always been considered among the first in the world—yet three months elapsed before the united armies of Russia and Austria gained the slightest advantage over the brave but undisciplined Hungarians. Nor were such advantages even then gained till dissension and jealousy had spread in the Hungarian ranks—till Georgey had become jealous of Bem and Dembinski, and insubordinate to Kossuth and the Hungarian Central Go vernment. Unaware of the reasons that induced Georgey to surrender, we will not pronounce on his motives nor censure his acts. He may have had good reasons and patriotic motives for pursuing the course which he has lately pursued. But considering that his corps d'armEe was the most numerous and the best provided among all the Hungarian divisions—con sidering also that he was the most seasoned and the best disciplined—considering that he was the first Hungarian general to adopt such a course, and to give such an example of yielding, it is not going too far to state that his conduct requires explanation—explanation which, sooner or later, ought to be and must be given before ho is acquitted in the eyes of posterity. No men are more penetrated with the truth of the proverb, that an ass laden with gold can enter the gates of the strongest city, than the Russian generals. The victories of Russian troops in Turkey, in Persia, in Poland, and in Circassia, have been greatly more owing to gold than to gunpowder, and though we are far from saying that Georgey was ever corruptible or ever corrupted, yet it is plain that Kossuth in that in tercepted letter to Bern, dated August 14th, not merely intimates, but roundly expresses an opinion that there was treason in his own camp. " The edifice of my country's freedom, and the sanctuary of European liberty is destroyed," says Kossuth, " not by our enemies, but by our brethren." These brethren were not the Poles Bem or Dembinski, or the Irishman Guyon. These brethren were Magyars—were Hungarians. Who aro they? Who are the traitors, if they be many—or who is the individual traitor, if he but one? It is curious and significant that Haynau and Paskewitch, in their reports to their respective Governments, both pronounce panegyrics on Georgey, and none on any other Magyar General, though there were half a dozen other bred and born Hungarians with the rank of generals of division. How is this? To praise a van quished enemy is good taste and generous • but Georgey was not vanquished. He might have held out for some time longer, but instead of pursuing that course he surrendered to the Russian Field-Marshal, calling for the intercession of Nicholas with Francis Joseph. The first use Paskewitch Erivansky made of this surrender was to lay Hungary at the feet of the Czar. The pronsp titude and the ostentation with which this was done— theti ici din g a r te ea t t h c o r d y that o h f a st the have uss raised ane a t b o out ha vf i e t — a t at any cost. A million or two millionusro rea a iar su b ffici i e mss n io y n m s o i nl submission at r ub w ecun o l u e l s d , say in round numbers 1 50 , 0004 of o not, it is plain, have been deemed too gp y Russian colinsels were quite sacrifice to obtain a submission, on which wfloiricthnigthhet or Russiantho commander lays such great se weeks before the submis sion, and d fa w ul o t were knos a d dispatched t c d h i s e o d g for . Generals . Orloff r anization were be ginniog to show themselves—the Russian army was as ;ro7zuorffi—erssi [PRICE SD. much discouraged in Hungary as the same army in Turkey, under Diebitch in 1828—yet all of a sudden, and as if by magic, affairs change, and one Hungarian general, for a period of nearly three months successful, surrenders without resistance. We blame no individual, we asperse no commander. These facts may Le, and doubtless are, explainable. All, however, we know is, that they have Lot been explained. Supposing, how ever, Georgey to have held out obstinately—to have continued a harassing war with brilliant success for another month, and to have yielded after a desperate battle in which he was fairly beaten, ought such a victory to raise the repute of Russian or Austrian armies, or of both united? Certainly not. Quite the contrary, indeed. Those armies, however numerous, however well supplied with artillery, cannot Le considered very formidable in the field when we actually know that 300,000 men, with every appliance of means and material of war, had taken three matiths to put down an undisciplined body of Hungarians, without munitions and material of war —fighting under every disadvantage of want of provisions —want of munitions— and want of artillery. Nor are the Ifungarians, after a three months' struggle, put d own at last by fair fighting in an open field, but by the surrender of a soldier in vested with absolute power, acting on his own responsi bility, and against the wishes of many of his brother commanders. So far, therefore, from thinking the Rus sian feats in Hungary as calculated to increase the prestige of Russian power, we are persuaded they will but serve to demonstrate the real weakness of Russia out of her own territory out of that inhos pitable region in which her soldiers are acclimated. Though Russia has great natural advantages and considerable internal resources on her own soil, yet out of Russia, and as an aggressive power, opposed either to England or to France, she is not formidable. Her armies are numerous in men, and well supplied with material, but though the body be there, the soul and the spirit are wanting. All the greatest victories that the ' world has seen have been achieved, not by numerous hosts of slaves, but by small armies of seasoned soldiers with a cause, a country to die for and to save. Pre cocious in its growth—precocious is its semblance of power—Russia has a giant's stature and scarcely more than an infant's strength. The empire is thoroughly rotten before it is half ripe, and of all the public ser vices of Russia, cankered alike by corruption, the ser vices of the army and navy are the most cankered and the most demoralised. Regarded, however, in any aspect, Russian interference in Hungary is a great European calamity, and may lead to consequences not now fore seen—not now apprehended. BIIMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—The triennial festival commenced this morning, under the most favourable auspices, and the results anticipated, and up to the present moment realised, are in the highest degree satisfactory. It will be in the recollection of every one who watches the progress of musical development that on this day three years Mendelssohn's ElUalt was first performed in England ; since then it has acquired a national and European celebrity, and by the great bulk of musical cognoscenti it is regarded as little if at all inferior to the most cherished productions of Han del. Again has this glorious oratorio formed the subject of the opening day's performance ; but what a change of circumstances ! The great maestro no longer lives, though his memory will for ever be per petuated in his work, and instead of the living pre sence of Mendelssohn we have today celebrated the inauguration of his statue, which has been raised by his admirers as a fitting tribute to his memory. The appearance of the hall was in the highest degree animated and enlivening. Almost all the entire area was appropriated to reserved seats, and not a seat was observed to be vacant. There must have been upwards of 3,000 persons present, including the bulk of the midland aristocracy, and the following persons of distinction :--Viscount Guernsey (Presi dent), the Duke of Marlborough, Marquis of North ampton, Earls of Denbigh, Aylesford, Talbot, and Bradford ; Viscount Lifford ; Bishop of Worcester, Lords Lyttelton, Galway, Sanys, Leigh, Willoughby de Broke, and Wrottesley; lion. C. 11. Clive, the Dean of Lichfield, Hon. F. Gough, Sirs G. Skipworth, J. H. C. B. Cave, T. E. Winnington, W. E. E. liar topp, F. Scott, and J. Pakington ; Messrs. Newde gate, M.P., IL Spooner, M.P., G. F. Muntz, Adderley, T. C. Whitmore, M.P., Scholefield, M.P., W. S. Dugdale, C. S. Shirley, F. C. Curzon, J. Taylor, J. F. Ledsam, W. James, S. Sharnton, J. W. Whateley, G. Whateley, S. Carter, &c. Since the last festival great alterations have been made in the orchestra. The organ itself has been raised to continental pitch, and the position of the organist has been so changed as to enable the con ductor to centralise the instruments, and present them as a counterfoil to any imperfection on the part of the chorus, if it be possible that imperfection shauld exist where all is unimpeachable. llence the choral body occupy the extreme wings of the orchestra, and the conductor is enabled to develop the highest effects of instrumentation by having them within the imme diate range of his baton. The band at the present meeting comprises 21. first violins, 24 second violins, 1G violas, 16 violoncellos, 15 double basses, 4 flutes, 4 oboes, 4 clarionets, 4 bassoons, 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, 1 ophiclide, 1 serpent, 3 harps, and a drum of every class. That musical abortion, the nwnstre ophiclide was entirely repudiated. The chorus comprises 80 trebles, 75 altos, 79 tenors, and 83 basses. Hence the band and chorus, with she assist ance of the principal singers, give an orchestral total of 460 performers. When to this it is added that the band and choir embrace the first available talent in England, if not in Europe, and that the whole body have been in constant rehearsal for some days past, under M. Costa, it will at once be obvious that the executive character of the present festival must assume the highest possible rank. When Elijah was first produced, three years ago, Staudigl impersonated the prophet. We had to-day a worthy successor to the great artist in the person of Pischek. The music then interpreted by Madame Caradori Allen was to-day assigned to Madame Castellan, and though doubts might exist as to the comparative artistic finish of the latter, there is no question that in the element of tune she was itn measurably superior. The part of Obadiah, which embraces several delicious tenor moreeaux, was for!- tnerly taken by Lockey; his place today was' sup plied by Sims Heaves and Signor, Mario ; and though it may certainly be questioned whether Miss M. Williams be a sufficient substitute for Miss Dolby, or Miss M. B. Hawes, it was obvious from her recep tion that the audience were quite, satisfied with the exchange, for she received a warm encore in the air " 0 rest in the Lord." , As the oratorio has within the last three years been so frequently - before the public, it would be futile to enumerate' the beauties wherewith it abounds, and to recapitulate those of this morning's performance would be little more than a catalogue of the gems which the oratorio contains. It will therefore be sufficient to observe that the great and signal glory of I the present meeting, so far as hit herto ap parent, consists in the stupendous choral ef fects which have been realised, and the exquisite re sults of the concerted pieces. Pischek went through the part of the prophet, like one upon whom the mantle of fervid declamation had alighted ; and though, in one or two instances, the original score became attenuated in his hands, by taking an octavo higher than severity permits, he acquitted himself gloriously. Madame Castellan in " Hear ye, Israel," was unquestionably great, and Sims Reeves, though evidently suffering from recent indisposition, en tranced his hearers by his delicious reading of " If with all your hearts." That he sang at all under ex isting circumstances redounds most highly to his credit, and that he sang so well was the surprise of every one. The event of the morning, however, was Mario's performance of that exquisite air, " Then shall the righteous." It was delivered with all the beauty which characterises his most elaborate per formance, and with an intensity of pathos to which the ranks of English sacred music can furnish no parallel. Miss M. Williams was well received in her various songs, more especially " 0 rest in the Lord," in which she was encored; and Miss A. Williams sang most exquisitely the music allotted to the youth in the recitatival dialogue with Pischek. The unac companied trio, " 0 rest in the Lord," by the Misses Williams and Miss Stevens was encored, and so also was the final quartet, " 0 come every one that thirsteth," by the Misses Williams, Mr. Sim Reeves, and Mr. Machin. As a whole, the opening day of the festival has passed off in the most gratifying man ner, a nd there is little doubt that the meeting will prove t cessful that has yet been held. e most suc cessful choruses were stupendous. 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Dr. Wilde, in his new book, " The Boyne and the Blackwater," says that Guyon, the Hungarian General who has refused to submit, is a flatly() of Rathkele) County Limerick. CAUTION. DR. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS.- Spurious imitations of this medicine in the shape of pills are offered by unprincipled shopkeepers for the sake of greater profit.— Purchasers must therefore observe that no medicine is genuine but " WAFERS." Dr. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS are the only remedy recom mended to be taken by ladies. They fortify the constitution at all periods of life: They remove all Obstructions, Heaviness, Palpita tion of the Heart, Lowness of Spirits, Weakness, and allay Pain, create Appetite, and remove Indigestion, Head-aches, Giddiness, &c. N.. Fell directions are given with every box. They have a plea sant taste. 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MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minories, and 83.44, 85, and 86 Ahlgate, City, London; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition; but having hoard that the nntradesman-like falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," 11 s been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, hey beg to state that they have no connexion with any other house in er out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 38, Far gate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; and hose who require cheap and genuine clothing, &0., should call at or send to the Minories and Aldgato, City, London ; or either of the Branch Establishments, as above. Tate Notice.—This Establishment is Itio3ed from sunset Friday, t• sunset Saturday. when bus noes is resumed till twelve o'clock. , I' lAA I 1 11 • I ik .7" , „- , .77 - .„ _ ~.. ./1/ ./---/ At... 1,,, ii, , ' 1. , - .4' - p ' - - -. y. ;:7 • • ' f . -- • '' ' 1 ik'-• ec--='-y- 4 , ; -it i l ' i- • t., /'A .../.+. // _z,f-/,%, - N . /,... .., _ •c.,_ - _c - _7------- L~ /-~LyL.L/y9_ • - li _ IDDE RIVINSTER"ELECTION. KIDDERMINSTER, TUESDAY.— 1:110 nomination of a candidate for the represrntation of this borough, in the room of the late Mr. Godson, took pkce in a field adja cent to the town this mor n i ng . T he banners and various deviceS•displayed upon them were pretty nearly-equal. The liourning-officm• (the MAvon) having called upon any elector to name a candidate. Mr.-13oircoTT, proposed Mr. John Best (Cnnser vative) as 4 fit representative for the borough in Parlia ment. He had known his young friend from hia youth. He admired his pricciples, and his birth, parentage, and education, constituted a sufficient guarantee for his future conduct. Mr. CHELLINGWORTEI seconded the nomination. The proposition was received with mingled groans and hisses. • . . Mr. J. HoEstEs, in prc•posipg Mr. Gisborne, described the Hon. Candidate as a gertlernan of progressive prin ciples. He was in favour of the principles in 'virtue of which they had obtained the eleCtive franchise, and his past conduct in Parliament was a surety f, , r the future. Mr. BRINTON, in seconding the nomination of Mr. Gisborne, stated that it was not upon personal acquaint ance, nor from early intimacy, for be had known Mr. Best from his infancy, that he advocated the cause of Mr. Gisborne, it was upon principle. The MAYOR having asked whether the electors had any other candidate to propose, and no reply being given, Mr. BEsr addressed the assembly. He complained of some personal insult which had been diered to himself and friends; declared himself an advocate of old Con servative and Tory measures, and expressed his belief to be that the opinions he entertained were those of the electors of Kidderminster.—(The Hon. Gentleman was loudly cheered by his friends). Mr. Glsti3llNE next addressed the electors. He ap• peared extremely ill, and stated that in all probability that was the last occasion upon which he should appear before a Parliamentary constituency. lie advocated the doctrines of froe trade, and expressed the greatest confi dence as to the result of the present election. Upo❑ a show of hands the numbers were declared to be in favour of Mr. Gisborne; but it was a very scanty majority. A vote of thanks was returned to the Mayor, and to morrow the poll commences. The prevailing opinion is that Mr. Best must win. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTS3IOUTU, TUESDAY. -By the death of Rear- Admiral 11. H. Christian, Captain George Edward Watts (1814) becomes Rear-Admiral. His services are thus epitomised in the New Navy List :—G. E. Watts served at the attack upon the French frigate squadron and the capture of the Desii 4% in Dunkirk -roads. In 1807, when Lieutenant of the Comus, he commanded the boats of that vessel at the cutting out of six vessels at Grand Canaria; was severely wounded in cutting out an armed Spanish vessel, the San Pedro, exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy's guns; the s..me year assisted at the capture of the Danish frigate Frederickscoarn, on which occasion he headed the boarding party. In 1809 he commanded the Ephira at the capture of Cuxhaven and the destruction of the battery; and also highly distin guished himself by his gallantry at the destruction of the batteries at Gussendorf, and the defeat and disper sion cf the French troops on the banks of the Weser. In 1810 he destroyed a Danish privateer under the fire of batteries and field pieces. The same year he destroyed a privateer under the batteries of Fludstraud. In 1812 he engaged a Danish flotilla in the Malmo Channel. In 1814, when commander of the Jaseur, captured the Grecian of 20 guns. The same year was engaged in a series of operations on the Patuxent, comprising the capture of the towns of Benedict and Marlborough, and the destruction of consid:rable property on the banks of that river, Ho has been alt oge th er f or ty ti mes un der fire, and has received seventeen wounds, sixteen of which were while engaged hand to hand with the enemy in command of boats, in the harbours, and under the bat teries of Spain, France, and Denmark. He saw sixteen years fullzpay service, and has been " on the shelf " thirty-four years. Lord Auckland gave him a pension of 1504 per annum in July, 1848, as some reward for his distinguished so vices, which he must now give up. Sir William Burnett, KC 8., M.D., ER S., Director- General of the Medical Department of the Navy, is at this port making his half-yearly inspection of the medical establishment. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 4.—Commodore-Superintendent Henry Eden has gone on leave for a short period. The Retribution stearri-vessel was taken into the basin yesterday to receive new boilers. PROMOTIONS IN HONOUR OF THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. As a matter of course, a brevet promotion will speedily take place in honour of the Queen's visit to Ireland, in addition to the annual promotions which are due to the officers of the royal yacht, Victoria and Albert. Re port has already assigned promotions to between sixty and seventy officers of the army, and if this should turn out to be true, assuredly the promotion of officers of the navy will be equally liberal, seeing that the navy bad most of the active service on the auspicious occasion. We have heard that three commanders will be made captains, six lieutenants to be commanders, and one or two mates to be lieutenants; but this is rumour only. We trust, in common fairness, that every class of officers will share in the honours about to be conferred on the navy and army. Commander Harris, of the flag-ship, Ganges, 84, at Cork, will doubtless be one of the first considered. This officer is well known as a first-rate ' seaman; he commanded the Flying Fish, 12, in the experimental cruise, and afterwards on the coast of Africa, for which service ho fairly earned his advancement. Then there are two or three lieutenants, first lieutenants of the Ganges and Hogue, and lieutenants in command. The mates in the royal squadron are low, but at the head of the list for promotion is Mr. Burton, gunnery mete of the Ganges. Between the army and navy, also, are the marines, per mare per terrain, and we are quite sure the opportunity will be taken advantage of to do honour to this gallant corps by the promotion of the senior officer, who, wo believe, is Captain Johns, of the Ganges—an officer of ability and popularity, and who, if we remember rightly, commanded the guard of honour turned out at Woolwich to receive the Emperor of Russia at Woolwich Dock yard, on his embarkation for his own empire, and who ought in all fairness to have succeeded to his majority on that occasion. It has been reported that Rear-Admiral Manley Hall Dixon, the Commander-in-Chief, will have some distinguished honour conferred upon him. No man deserves it more, no less so for his own gallant career in the navy, than as au acknowledgement of the late Ad miral Sir Manly Hall Dixon's services to the country. This will also afford an opportunity for giving Captain Macdougall, of the Hogue, his decoration of C. 13.; which as service goes he earned at China in the recent expe dition with the Vulture, Espiegle, &c., the gallant officer being in command. We repeat our hope that as there are few opportunities now a days for reward and en couragement to deserving officers, full advantage will be taken of her Majesty's visit to Ireland.—Heraid. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ABERDEEN. — The directors of this company have With the Scottish Midland C om p any to trans mit of their traffic north over the li ne o f t h e arranged With latter company, the couditioti being .that the Aberdet Comiiny are to receive 20 per cent. out of the earnings, which 'are to be taken as 75 pet cent, of the gross sum received for traffic. This arrangement will prevent the Dundee and Werth Company receiving any of the north 'traffic. SOUTII-EASTERN.—The directors have determined on opening the Bricklayers' Arms Station in the Old Kent road, now used only for the goods traffic, and which cost 300,0001., as a west-end passenger station for the North Kent line. The electric telegraph is laid upon this line es Tar as Erith, and will soon be completed to Gravesend and Rochester. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.—This company's ex tension line to Farnham was opened on Saturday. CALEDONIAN.--To meet the accommodation of the working classes of the two capitals, this company notify that they have resolved on attaching third-class carriages to the trains leaving London and Edinburgh every Sa turday, by which a passenger can go through either way for the sum of 30s. MONMOUTHSHIRE.—This company have just opened their improved lines for mineral traffic, being obliged by Act of Parliament to do so, and become carriers by the Ist of September. They will commence passenger traffic presently. CRUELTY TO A CHILD.--At an inquest held by Mr. J. W. Payne, deputy coroner for the City, at the Goldsmiths' Arme, Southwark, on the body of an infant, aged two years, alleged to have died of cholera, the fol lowing gross case of cruelty was detailed:—The mother of the infant was a street-walker,, and she rented the half of a back kitchen in a house in Rodney-street, and in this miserable place—not large enough to admit a bedstead—she lived with a man with whcm she coha bited, and with her infant child. She was constantly out, as was also her companion, and the child used to be left locked in this den without any one t o care for it for 'h many hours together. On Saturday, ethe mother " eh n ou se.entered was out, a woman residing in the room through the window. 9 1 'n sa hec m hild appeared to be dead, as it was lying . m otionless upon a chair quitewhilst sh e was looking at it the companion of cushion. She took it h u e p 'm a ocher entered the place. Ho was told that the child w as in a dying state, and he re plied that it was all d d stuff, the child was very w e ll. He put a sheet over it, and went out. Th e mo ther ret urn ed at four in the morning, an d as soon as she could she procured some medicine, and administered it. A medical gentleman who came to see another child in the house saw this infant, and ho directed that it should be wrapped in blankets, and some beef tea given to it. Tke mother paid no at tention to these directions, and went out as usual, leav ing the child alone. Mr. Rendell, a surgeon, saw the child on Thursday, and gave the mother an order for some beef, which she obtained, and after boiling it for a short time she ate it herself, giving the liquor to the child. The child was also to be placed in a warm bath, which the mother also neglected. The mother used to beat the poor infant in a shameful manner, and often wished it dead. When it died on Friday, she said, " Thank God, my hands are free at last." (This wit ness was severely reprimanded by the Coroner for not informing the police of the conduct and expressions of the mother.) Mr. Rendell, a surgeon, proved that the child died of diarrheas ; of course, the neglect it had ea perienced would be prejudicial to it, but the noxious not in fluences of the locality were such that he could 1 d venture to stelte that the treatment the child la re ceived from its savage mother had caused death. The Coroner having adverted to these facts and to the opinion given by Mr. Reticle'', the jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death." The commercial public will regret to learn that Christopher Leyland, E,q., banker, of Liverpool, died at his residence in that town yesterday morning. lIAnEAs CORPUS ACT.—This piece of Whig legis lation ex pired on the 31st ult,—Cork ,Examiner. ...,•-e-• e it• l ' opto in lids' ev p. cite' , 0, o f :sq., •el Cho l ! i d OP rorbe sl Aug', [over gel'• tot' igisoi too lOW 0 0 Wife clar I