The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-07 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THEANNUAL MEETING of the EVAN GELICAL VOLUNTARY CHURCH ASSOCIA TION will be held at the London Tavern, on WEDNESDAY ZvENINc, January 1 . 2. S , II h THh a air will be taken by Sir CULLING EARDLEY Batt., at Ilalf-past. Six. I,SYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED a , ql DECAYED FREEMASONS. ,A QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING of th 2 GO jERNORS anti 8 ÜBSCRIBERS will be held at the New "don Hotel, New liridge-street, Blaekfriars, on WEDNES ?AY, the 13th of January in , tant, at Five o'Clock in the Af ternoon punct ua ll y , w h en O ne A nnu it a nt of Ten pounds per """41 will be elected out of a list of Five approved Can didates. The Chai r w ill h e t a k en at Fi ve o 'Cl oc k, punctually, when 4111 oil will immediately commence, and close at Seven. ROBERT FIELD, Secretary. T ihberton-square, Islington, Jan. 6, 1841. BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY JUNC TION RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR LOANS. ita T o lle Directors of hire Birmingham and Derby Juunction f .I ".Y Company are pared, under the powers of their Acts (1%/oPariargeut, to receive TENDERS for the LOAN of 'Y, in sums of not less than 300/. each, on interest at thre r'te °F Five per Cent. per Annum, for a term not less than te rm ' Y e ars• The Tenders are to express the sums and the fOr years for wh;ch the same are propoted to be lent. p „" Tenders to be addressed to the Secretary, at the Corn- L I - Js Office, in Waterloo•strect, Birmingham ; to H. Patte- Patty Ivl, at the Office of the North iNlidland Railway Com- Warnford.court Throgmorton-street, eondon ; t n o et essrs. Laurence, Cazenose, and Pearce, Auction Mart, • By order, THOMAS KELL, Secretary. Dated this 31st day of December, 1640. LONDON and WESTMINSTER WATER COM PAN Y. °f aces , No. 7, St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar-square. Deposit (in 600,000/. i n Shares of 50/. each. 1 - l eposit (in order to comply with the Standing Orders) 51. Per !hare, A PPlieants for Shares in this Company are respectfully re guested not to transmit cash with their applications, as the Ire es 'when the shares are allotted, must be paid at the Bankers, A- " r '' Jones, Loyd, and Co., or Messrs. Drummond. The ono have already sent for Shares has been returned to the parties have sent it. The a ll otment cannot be made immediately, but will be made to ve r c y . speedily, ill order to eumplete the arrangements in time In with th e stan di ng or d ers o f Parliament. _ the th e mean time a ppli ca ti ons for Shares may be made to any e following Me m b ers of the Sub-Committee appointed by the Il;111"1 Committee for considering them—Wm. Chaplin, Esq. Brixet; Kensington a„e lane a" Euston-s qu are ; Thomas De Year, Esq., Lisle ; and Captain MacDougal, Fir-grove, North tar v la r to Ourselves, No. 16, Bedford-row; the Secre _ (Yaentary Agerit, °. 7; St. Martin's Place; W. S. Northhouse, Esq., E_ Wilkinson, Esq., No. 4. Parliament-street ;orto M. Guildhall-yard. Of all whom Mr. Ste phenson's Report may be had. WINTER, WILLIAMS, and WILLIAMS, _ Solicitors to the Company. ,NEW CHARIOT to be SOLD, and also 50 , , or a new BRITSCHKA ; or either of them to be Let or. 41:1 ' any period required, with option to purchase. They patent axles, C springs, imperials, cap-cases, rumbles, and the usual a enda es us ually attached to highly-finished tarri ag „ . g be seen at 43, Crawford-street, Bryanston-square. E"OREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS. Cash Prices per Gal. Brandy, old Cognac, soft and high flavoured..... 2Ss. Od. Rum, old Jamaica lss. N. English Gin, excellent quality and strength Bs. 9s. 4d. HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and CO. Gray s Inn Establishment, 23, High Holborn. A T IN CE PIES and PASTRY for CHRIST ronciIL, MAS.—These and ev er y o th er delicacy depending on GRe ak v iug, are at all times available, by familie s po ssess i ng OVEK"'S PATENT PORTABLE REFLECTING i ) ,which will, without trouble, bake to perfection itwin co ' ss , and Pastry, Cakes, Poultry, or any joint of Meat It will n tain, equal to the very best constructed brick even. . pound bake a leaf of seven pounds, or a pie containing five it b ak s of meat. Nothing can exceed the delicacy with which •bp f ul 7 R Pies and pastry. All the operations ef baking clean- .ic n r ss rned before any sitting room fire with the greatest balecin an faeility. Price 355., including a stand and two als L ars g tins. Manufactory, 96, St. John-street, Smithfield Boni A Prospectus, containing ample particulars and testi- Part°f the will be forwarded, post free, on application, to any kindom. .11 . : H E VESTA PATENT STOVE, That 70s. plain. Vk si , a adeira clim a t e in England may be produced by the r tni b L S TOVE, plants of the most tender kind requiring 4 1 1 - s" 1 " 3. e Proved ; in sick rooms it has been found invalu .da °, producing one even degree of temperature throughout the is Y ri a s " ni ght- The Vesta Stove has no doors, and as there t ai °' any fire in contact with the outer case, warmth is ob th ned Without any of the unpleasant effects complained of in ande u4 i e , of others. The fire can be kept alight the whole season, is r „ ie ra,•t containing the fire is not open during the time . it th e with Mel. The fuel passes from the Hod into , of • the n e :wlthout being seen, preventing entirely any escape f ee I . °ll °us vapour s and that annoyance from dust which, fro log other stove s • es from esti fuel being removed to ion H od into the Stove , or what is worse, into a funnel u‘ i v eY it into v The ashes are removed without ? ea n g a nY dirt or dust • no raking out with portable rakers, .. r the hands, being nece;saryduring their removal from the into fuel (~„ of the Stove they are not visible. The cost for tw e 1-i( i e rs, coke, or Welch coal) will be about twopence for att e " nt t Y io - n t . ° . or hours, during which time the stove will not require Th e v, to ex ..ISTA STOVES are perfectly free from all liability met Plosions and such unleasant consequences as have been , re ' with in the use of Arnott ' e. A variety of sizes and . patterns ea rl m ade with ascending and descending flues, in iron and ti4,,nhenware, suitable for warming apartments of every descry !i,, Churches, Ships' Cabins, &c. ne Stoves may be seen in use at RIPPON A and BURT O N is 'S arehouses, Wells -street, Oxford -street. List of Pres drid a number of references and testimonials will be sent in t° a post-paid application. ru m " Noeet em pt a d o l ore volu . ptar."—Hoa. JIL I . `` t the greatest ameliorations of civilized life, toe are indebted to the modern division of attention and Jabo t one h various pursuits of society, and in none hare its t_ fits been se manifest as in the healing art. Early convinced 7lthis great truth, Messrs GOSS and Co., Members of the C o ll ege of Surg e ons in London, have for twenty-five few Y e ars confined th e i r attention to she successful treatment of a LPrevalent complaints—viz., the general and local debilities 'o 'f, bo Is , th the sexes, wheth er ar i sing from the solitary indulgence a too highly inflamed im ag i na ti on b r i ngs lik e a d estroy i ng end over the constitution, the mind, and the affections of d / o ri ut i h . ; or from a long residence in hot climates, excessive nm .ng, or any other baneful indulgence ; an 4 from their daily e.xeprence they can with confidence offer a restoration of the clblitated to vigorous health. Married females of a pure and fall] affectionate disposition whose " fondest hope" has been pain deferred, may learn ' with consolation that perseverance in _, Povroper remedial course, will renovate general health, and re ", c hidden impediments to maternal . happiness. An insidious ' thcea, GI disorder, however inveterate, as also Gonnor restraint einet;ijaeotdorSetrxieerteu i r s e e ,. may be removed without material Messrs. GO SSand C t o be consulted every day at their 'd resi 4. are e nce ; and Patients in the remotest part s of the to.unetry can be:treated successfully on transmitting their report, Whi h will be immediately answered ; their letters must mi uutely describe the ease, and contain a remittance for Advice and'Medicine, which can be forwarded to any part of the world, I.loe weverdistant.—No difficulty can o ccur , as th e M e di c i ne s will I)securely packed, and carefully protected from observation. ' GOSS and Co. (M. R. C. Surgeons), 5 t , 7, Lancaster-place, Strand, London. „‘ Just published ( Tvventy-third Edition). Ist. T f s ..ki IS OF LIFE, a familiar commentary on the above Disease !a .9. HYGEIAN A, addressed exclusively to the Female S THE SYPHILIST, a treatise on Lues Venerea, Gen ltri,o3a, &c. May be had at 23, Paternoster-row, London and e fall Booksellers. Price ss. each.) LN cases of secrecy consult the TREATISE . A S on S r, :r3 , stage and symptom of the VENEREAL . DIS -I'-'r,, in Its mild and most alarming forms, just published by 1 3 1 .7 . " 1 .'5. Perry and Co., Surgeons, 4, Great Charles -street, Illninghain, and 44, Albion-street, Leeds. T he above invaluable little s work , work is given gratis with each 4 2 °f PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price ' o 9 d., 4s. 6d., and I ls., containing a full description of the as t stages fey abo ve "MPlaint, illustrated by Engravings, showing the dif of this deplorable and often fatal disease, as well the dreadful eonscquences arising from the use of Mercury. The causes , symptoms, and banef u l e ff ects o f Lues Venerea, onorrhees., trictures, Seminal Weakness, Sec , are explained ti a familiar manner ; to which are added very extensive prac taT obs ervat i ons on sexual debility, brought on by a delusive Hi It, all it s atten d ant sympathies considered, and the wh ole d: U strated by striki ng cases , accom p anie d with full and explicit 'rections for an effectual and speedy cure, with ease, secrecy. a nd safety, without the aid of medicial assistance; it also con tains many hints and advice well worth knowing. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price2s. 9(1., 4s fid., and I Is. per box, is the mos' certain and effectual cure ever discovered, for every stage and svmptom of the Venereal Disease, in both sexes, including Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Se condary Symptoms, Strictures, Seminal Weakness, Deficiency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Passages, without loss of time, co nfinement, or hindrance from business; they have effected the most surprising cures, not only in recent and severe eases, but when salivation and all other means have failed. It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to this horrid disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, Who, by the use of that deadly poison, mercury, ruin the con stitution, cause ulceration, blotches an the head, face, and body, dimness of sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate glects, bodes on the shin bones, ulcerated sore throats, diseased nose, with nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, till, at length, a general debility and decay of the constitution ensues, and a me anehnly death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, may be consulted at No. 4, Great Charles-street, Birmingham, and 44, Albion-street, Leeds. Only one personal visit is required from a country patient, to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectul cure, after all other means have proved Ineffectual. Letters for advice must be post. paid, and contain the usual fee of one pound. PERRY'S CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is intended to relieve those persons who, by an immoderate indulgence of their , pas s i ons, h ave ruined their constitution, or in their way to tne ' consummati on o f t h at deplorable state are affected with any of those previous symptoms that betray its approach, as the various affections of the nervous system, obstinate gleets, invo luntary emissions, excesses, irregularity, obstructions of certain evacuations, weakness, total incompetency, barrenness, Ste. A perseverance in its use has been the happy means of relieving Many thousands, and of restoring a great number to the per manent enjoyment of life. It is remarkable for its efficacy in all disorders of the d'gestive organs, and is especially recom hmended to those who, from the irregularities of youthful age, a bits of st u di ous appl i cation, or a life of pleasure, have fallen a despondent state of mind, and that distressing train of symptoms commonly denominated the nervous. In such per sons the mental are not less enfeebled than the corporeal p o wers, and to t h em a remedy that acts with efficacy, with out I nterfering with domestic habits, is peculiarly desirable. Sold i n b ottles price lls. each, or the quantity of four in ° fle family bottl e f or 335, by which one l Is. bottle is saved, duty included, and may be had of all medicine venders in Lon ; also in every town and village throughout the United Tsdorn, America, and the Continent of Europe. der ' 4 • 11 . Country d rugg i sts, booksellers pate at medicine ven s, and every other shopkeeper, can be supplied with any quantity of Perry's Purifying Specific Pills and Cordial Balm ,°11; Syriacum, with the usual allowance to the trade, by most of e principal wholesale patent medicine houses in London , . . _ .• < . .. . 4.3.44,......... 241 - 1 1 -- . . • , • _ . _ EVEN __________l4:47P_Al 40 ,....::: , : e..0 : : :: ; • . .• ~,, —..... 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' ! . ,/: , 7 , 7 , .' lt ,-t) . 14iii ' ....7 1 1 4 '' -.- 74 - . ) ....1:57:7i --40 i T . . , 4 ,, ,\W #••,.•.,;_,....,- ~,,,, ~,i , „, .,i, ,, -....,,,,,,,..)„,„ ~..„ , ~., _ . coilati,:p•N OF /Ilene:lC.3.—We k with considerable pain that, during the last w, toms have manifested themselves of a co, amongst the journeymen carpenters and joiners , bourne, for the purpose of obtaining from t, ployers a higher rate of wages. We have ever avowed ourselves the warm friends of the mechanical portion of our fellow colonists, and we are strongly of an opinion that it is to them we are principally indebted for the rapid advancement of colonial prosperity—it is for Vaal very reason that we are anxious to advccate their cause,. We are informed that on a previous occasion there was a similar strike, and that the masters had to yield and give them two shillings per day additional, and that the same rate of advance:is at present demanded. With out entering upon the question whether twelve shillings, the rate at present given, be a sufficient remuneration, if they persist in refusing to work unless upon the se ceipt of fourteen shillings per day, will not many of the employers be forced to give up their business altogether. or to execute their engagements at a ruinous loss ? As a public journalist, having had such ample means of knowing die evils of combination, we consider it our duty to raise our voice in condemnation of the present attempt. PORT Pitman , I3aNa.—At a general half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the Port Phillip Bank, held yesterday, it was resolved that there should be no limitation to the number of shares held by any ono iry dividual. -Other radical changes we arc informed are in contemplation. MERCANTILE ADVANCEMENT. , --It is astonishing •to those who, recollecting Melbourne in Jute, 1837, ae date of its foundation, a collection of mud huts, forming a rickety hamlet, visited once a month by some coast ing schooner, now see a large and daily extending town ship, consisting of 5,000 inhabitants, and possessing a trade equal to many sea-port towns of a much older growth. An example of this amazing increase, bringing into view a comparative statement of our commerct; in 1838, and that of the present year, strikes us at this moment as aptly illustrative of our observations: One mercantile house alone during the six months which elapsed since 1840, has received eleven ships, whose agregate burden amounted to 60,200 tons, and im ported 2,000 emigrants, besides freight, at a value oc 30,000/. Witaaus.—On Sunday last four fine whales made . their appearance in our bay. Captain Bowden imme diately fitted out two boats, and made chase, but with out success. Here there is another source of wealth without trouble or expense. PRICE 6d. PORTS OF FRANCE. ST. SERVAN, JAN. 2.—Besides the great military ports of Toulon, Brest, L'Orient, Rochefort, and Cher bourg, the French navy has establishments at Dunkirk, Havre, St. Servan, Nantes, Bordeaux, and Bayonne. The establishments at Dunkirk are on an exten• she scale. They consist of a sluice dock, a slip for building ships, houses wherein the workmen are lodged, and workshops sufficiently extensive for the building and arming of ships of war. Formerly Dunkirk was the chef lieu of a maritime prefecture, and frigates were built there neatly as well as at L'Orient or Roche fort, but the difficulty of the navigation of the channel which communicates with the sea has induced the French Go-. invent to confine the building operations to cor,,ttes, brigs, and smaller craft. These arc now ia good state, and, so long as the pair armee continua, they will probably be kept in perfect repair. Tf a merchants and marines are also talking of taking immediate measures to render the commercial port easier of access, as well as deeper ; and, judging from the present temper of mens' minds, this work will soon be set about in right earnest. From either of the, wooden jetties there is an excellent view of the Nadstead. Beyond it is a sand-bank, in the middle of which a canal has been perfected. This canal is in reality the port, which is filled at high tide, but becomes considerably more shallow at ebb. It would easily con tain 30 ships of war. Both the jetties are defended by batteries—the one called Fort Risbau, and the other Le. Rivers. They are advantageously placed. and have recently undergone the inspection of a celebrated en gineer. During the continuance of peace, the military marine (as the. French navy is'ealled) has made but little use of the port of Dunkirk, but it war should break out, it would become a formidable_atation of steamboats and privateers. During the Ministry of Thiers, several ap plications were made to the Minister of the Marine for letters of marque, and all these applications, it is said, met with prompt attention. Gravelines is about equidistant from Calais and Dunkirk. In two short hours you reach it from either the one or the other town. Since the peace of the Pyrenees, Gravelines has always been under the do minion of France. The town has been successively visited by Philip Augustus, by Louis XVI., Louis XV., and Napoleon Bonaparte. The latter, like Vauban (who here conducted his first siege), laid much stress on the fort of Gravelines, for they both alike saw it might be formed into a harbour of refuge, either in a period of war, or when vessels could not make Calais, Dunkirk, or Boulogne. For some years back public attention has been directed very much to this point, and the military and commercial importance of the place is now more than ever felt. From 1831 to 1836, 122,000 f. have been expended on the harbour of Gravelines, and the inhabitants of the vicinage still call aloud for a fresh outlay. Heretofore they have been ably supported in the Chamber by M. de Lamar tine, menaced as they were by continual inundations. Whether i he will support them now, when their voices are almost unanimously raised for war and conquest, is another question. The bourgeoisie in general talk in the stilted style of Louis XIV., and dream of making Gravelines one of the great keys of the kingdom. Vau ban, say they, was directed 180 years ago to render our town inaccessible on the side of the sea, and im pregnable by land. By means of sluices we could in undate, as was then proposed, the surrounding country, and defend the place against the English with a garri son of 3,000 men. I have so recently written to you from Havre that I shall merely say that in the event of war precautions have been taken for the defence of the embouchure of the Seine. The sensible, the intelligent, and the wealthy portion of the population view the present tem per of the public mind with equal apprehension and regret, but they are overborne by the giddy, gabbling, feather-brained fools who have the word glory in their mouths, but the thirst of gold and plunder in their hearts. I mean to close this letter with a few words on Ser van, where the naval establishments are very consider able. During the war a number of good frigates were constructed here, and the flotilla of Boulogne was hence reinforced with canonnieres and peniches. The dock-yard of Solidor contains five slips, three of which are appropriated to the construction of frigates. A very considerable expenditure has lately been incurred to group around this establishment all the means and appliances necessary for the construction and armament of ships of war. A large depot of timber has been es tablished in the creek of Troquetin, and precautions have been recently taken to place the vessels in slip out of the reach of the spring tides, from the influence of which they had been hitherto unsheltered. Three fri gates and a corvette have been on the stocks for some time. A vote of the Chambers in June, 1836, sanctioned the project of establishing a floating dock between St. Malo and St. Servan, by means of a sluice dike, which will henceforth unite the towns, giving to them a common port of greater extent than either heretofore possessed. This work is now in progress of comple tion, and may be finished before the end of next year. I need not say that in time of war the navy of France and the Government steamers would, by means of this basin, be enabled to afford to the coasting trade a protection which they could not always give during the late war. Nor would its use be simply defensive, for it might be made offensive too, all the auxiliary maritime resources of the old establishment of Talard being incorporated with those of Solidor. The Baron Tupinier, Councillor of State, Member of the Council of the Admiralty, Director of the Ports of France, and Deputy of the Charente Inferieure, has exerted all his influence to infuse fresh activity into these operations. In his report to the Minister of the Marine he recommends, during peace, the practice of a strict economy in all the smaller ports, in order that in the event of a war the navy of France may be enabled to avail itself of resources augmented by a wise and prudent frugality. The Malouins still drive a profitable trade with New foundland, still stand in the first rank of French sea men, and hunger and thirst for the opportunity of rival ling those exploits which are carefully handed down from father to sin. They one and all tell you that the records of the Admiralty of their town prove that from 1688 to 1697 they captured 162 vaisseaux desrorte from the English and Dutch, and 3,884 merchant vessels. " And," say they, " why should not we, who pro duced a Labourdonnaye capable of making head against the military power of England in India, and a lluguay Trouin capable of meeting Englishmen on their own peculiar element, fear Great Britain now, when her navy is neglected, and when a long peace has unaccus tomed her to wield the trident of Neptune ?" These are the sentiments which pervade every breast, which arc fostered and encouraged by the local autho rities, a❑d which would have glowed in a fierce a❑d ir repressible flame under the Ministry of M. 'niers. The flame is not now certainly so violent as it was six weeks ago, but it still burns steadily, and a breath will fan it into a far•extendi❑g fire. Under such cirmnstances it behoves England to be vigilant, awake, and prepared. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 31.—We had a terrible journey last night, or rather this morning. About two o'clock I was alarmed by feeling the carriage in which I was sitting jump in a most extraordinary manner ; it threw me with considerable violence against the roof of the e•lr rings. A series of the most hideous jerks followed, throwing the unfortunate passengers in our carriage from side to side like tennis.balls. The alarm was infinitely worse than the jolting. Knowing that there is no me dium in railway accidents, I at once set myself down, in common with the rest of the passengers, for the subject of a " frightful accident" paragraph in the newspapers. At last they stopped for a moment at Blisworth sta tion. I called out to a porter, who delayed to look to the state of our carriage till it was just time to start; he then saw too late the accident that had happened, and used all manner of expedients to stop the train, which was once more in motion, but in vain, and we were doomed to be dragged fifteen miles by t..e remorseless engine in the utmost fear that the carriage would ,be dashed to pieces. I never rode fifteen mi!c , so nervously in my life—the minutes seemed hours. At last we stopped at Weedon, and on examination we found the "break" (a heavy in strument for stopping the carriage) was lying across the rail, and still attached to the carriage, so that we rode over it on the rail several times ; how it happened that we were not thrown off the line is to me a mystery • the carriage was so shattered that we were obliged to leave it on the road, and get a fresh one at Birmingham. It delayed us at an unfrequented station two hours. lam not much the worse, but am as 80r* as if I had been well heaten.—Cor- respondent of a Morning Paper. On Sunday morning, between five and six o'clock, this town and neighbourhood were visited by a storm of unusual violence. A strong wind from the north west, accompanied by snow and sleet, had been blowing during the night, and the atmosphere the whole of the preceding day had been thick and oppressive. A little after five on Sunday morning the wind increased to a perfect hurricane, rain and hail descended with incredible force, and in a torrent-like body. The darkness became dense and im - penetrable. Lightnirig of a peculiarly lurid and forked co t , e n mp n e g st ioii was, ger description continued fo r some time inces sant, and the deafening roar of the thunder added not a li ttle to the fenr•N ful horrors of t heeene. duration, T ha singular not cont ui however, happily of short than half an hour. We have not heard of any mischief having attendecO in this neighbourhood, though there is no doubt that other parts of the country shared in the visita tion, and its effects may have been elsewhere worse than we have here reason to deplore. —Cambridge Adult, tiser. A singing school for the instruction of the schoolmasters of day-schools and Sunday-schools, is shortl to be opened at Exeter Hall, under the patronage of the National Education Committee. LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, Ib4l. NO. 15.081. OSLER'S ANEMOMETER, at work at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, where the most ingenious Novelties in Practical Science, and the most interesting; Works of Art, are exhibited in the EVEN INGS as well as 'MORNINGS. The New Philosophical Experiments are beautifully simplified. After the Chemical Lecture. a Band of Music performs ; also in the evenings. Admission, Is. The Chemical Classes, the Laboratory for AsFays and Ana lyses (under Mr. Maugham), and the School for Engine- Drivers, are departments separated from the public exhibition. ANNUAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SO CIETY, 1, King William-street, London. .Fstablished 134. Empowered by Act of Parliament. One-fifth of the ascertained profits of the five preceding years is divided between the policy-holders and shareholders; three- fourths to the former, and one-fourth to the butter. The remaining four-fifths are set apart to enter into the average of the succeerling years, and thus to provide against unforeseen contingencies. The first division of Profits took place on the 13th of May, 1840, when a reduction of 60 per cent. was declared on the annual premiums of all those policies entitled to participation. The following table will show the operation of the reduction made by the Society Age Annual -- when Date ot Sum Original "'auction Premium YORK, JAN. 4, 1841. Policy Policy. Assured. Premium. payable in was 1840. _ _ _— This Illr issued. evening the first supply of coa . --- 2u May 1835. £l,OOO £l9 6 8 £ll 1,2 0£714 s North, arrived by the Northern Railwa 30 1,000 24 8 4 14 13 0 915 4 of one hundred and five waggont, eaci 40 ... ... 1, 000 4l 10 0 Nl9O 12 lti 0 r ., 50 ... ... 1,000 4' 15 0 0 5 13 0 17 2 o rirty-three hundred weight. The whole 60 1,0,81 66 11 8 39 19 0 26 12 8 by four engines. Some of the waggor This system of reduction in the premiums affords immediate benefit to the Assured, or enables them to secure a considerable bonus by effecting a new policy. Policies are granted in London and by resident Committees at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, on Indian risks, at very ad vantageous rates, calculated from e , tensive data and tables, exclusively in the possession of this Society, to show the true risk •f life during residence in India, and after retirement from foreign service. By Order of the Board,- DA VID JONES, Actuary. PUBLICATIONS. MRS. BRAY'S NEW WORK On Thursday, j;;;;;rylitTs,will be published, 3 vols, post Bvo. T HE MOUNTAINS AND LAKES OF SWITZERLAND; with Descriptive Sketches of other Parts of the Continent. PART OF MIDDLESEX. By Mrs. BRAY, Authoress of " Warleigh, or the Fatal Oak," " Trelawny of Trelawna," " The Banks of Tamar and Tavy," &c., &c. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. Now ready, in One Vol., post Bvo., THE SECOND EDITION OF NEW COMPANY FOR THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. This day is published, price Is. OOBSERVATIONS on a REPORT made by ROBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., to the Proposed London and Westminster Water Company. Joha Green, 121, Newgate.street. To-morrow will be published, B RITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW, NO. XXII. 1. Poland—he ,- National Dynasty. 2. Hallam's Introduction to the Literature of Europe. 3. The Education Question—Special Religious Instruction. 4. Prussia—her Manufacturing Prospects. 5. The Odes of Pindar. 6. The Court and Government of Russia. 7. Historical Publications of Italy. 8. The Porte and the Pacha—Foreign Policy of England. London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet street : Edinburgh, A. and C. Black : Dublin, J. Cumming. POPULAR EDITION, Price Half-a-crown, by post 9s. 6d. MARRIAGE —Its Intent, Obligations, and Physical and Constitutional Disqualifications Medically considered; with interesting and remarkable Illustrations, gra phic, narrative, and remedial : an original, comprehensive, and important Work, addressed chiefly to Young Men, and called PROFESSIONAL RECORDS. Also, Companion t• the same, called MEDICAL CON SULTATIONS. Price 2s. 6d. Sherwood, 2.3, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Harris, 25, Bow-skeet ; and all Booksellers. NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA. Just published, price ss. APRACTICAL TREATISE on the _ CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, and their CONSE QUENCES. By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L. And late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. CONTENTS. CHAFTHIt 1. Causes of Strictures. Divisions of Strictures. Consequences of Strictures. CITA rTER 11. Of the Different Modes in practice for the Cure of Strictures, by the Bougie, th- Catheter, the Lunar Caustic, and Cutting In struments. The Author's Mode of Cure. CHAPTER 111. On the Diseases where thel Sold by Bailliere, Medical B Simpkin and Marshall, Statior rine-street, Strand ; Barlow, B ginale, Liverpool: and all Book Symptoms resemble thon of Stricture. CHATTER IV. Of the Treatment of the Mala dies Consequent upon Stric ture. APPENDIX. Cases Illustrative of the Su periority of the Author's Mode of Cure over the Treat ment by the Bougie, Cathe ter, Lunar Caustic, and Cut ting Instruments. iookseller, 219, Regent-street; ners%rourt ; Onwhyn, Cathe 3irmingham ; Ross and Night :sellers in Town and Country. INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR ruEA, GLEETS, and'all DISEASES of the GENERA TIVE sad URINARY ORGANS. Notvrithztar;ing the above Institutk isclosed, Patients why continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (Mr. Courtenav, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap lAying at hi i own hcase instead of the Charity. Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings an , l from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the Morning, but not in the Evening. CAUTION. NOTICE is hereby given that by the recent VERDICT obtained by Messrs. MORISON against certain Impostors for counterfeiting their Medicines, all ersons attempting to dispose of medicines as and for " MORISON'S PILLS," which ar e i n f ac t mere spur i ous i m i tat i ons, are liable to have actions brought against them for every box sold uncler that name, which actions Messrs. Morison will deem it their duty to inforce in every case that comes to their knowledge. British College of Health, Hamilton-place, New-road, London, Dec. 29, 1840. FOGS AND DAMP AIR, BA ItCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY hay, for many years, been proved an effectual Preservative from tee ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are su prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London; and Sold Retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; H, Burtield, NO, Strand ; March, 336, Holborn ; Johnston, 68, Corn hill ; Gifford, 1.4, Strand; Hallows, Druggist, 2 High-street, Is lington; Heudebourck, Druggi s t, Church.street, Hackney; and by a u respectable Metlicin• Venders in Town and Country. Observe—None can be genuine, unless the names of "Barclayand Sons" are en the Stamp affixed to each Box. 1)11. A. A. HARVEY'S (OF BATH) FAMILY APERIENT PILLS. Price Is. I%d. per Box. DR.I-1 A R VEY begs leave to inform the Public, that during his lo.ig Medical Practice, while formerly Surgeon in the Hon. East India Company's Service, and since he has resiced in Bath, he has prescribed these Pills with the most signal success; he can, therefore, with confidence recommend them as a most excellent Family Medicine, for removing Obstructions of the Bowels, and keeping, by their mild operation, the whole system in. a healthy state. Dr. Harvey takes this opportunity of announcing that he has dis posed of the prescription of his Antibilious and Family Aperie t Pills, to Mr. Edwards, of 67, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, who, he feels perfectly coat'dent will dispense them cnrectly, and with the most genuine Medicines : he would n o t h ave ma d e over t h e prescription to any one he could not have placed perfect reliance in, as he is tenacious the Public should not be 'rifled w th, in what would so import intly affects the human constitution. Dr. Harvey further begs to state, there is net a safer, better Fa milyomAperient a.nrdh' e A r n p t r i !p bil a i o r a n t s i Pilloii of e f x , l i a e n rc t u ; r a y t . i d that they are without Sahib,' E. Edwards, m t.. ", ford-s , treet • White, 24 r t. Paul's Church- yard; Sanger, 150, Ox and,nhill (opposite the Royal Exchange); by most Dealers in Medicine. L ONDON and I3RIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that the next HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held, pursuant to the Act of Incorporation, on WED NESDAY, 27th January, 1841, at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, at One o'clock precisely, w hen Five Members of the present Direction will go out of office, who, being duly qualified, will offer themselves for Re-election, and at which Meeting cer-. taro Shares upon which the Seventh Call has not been paid, and have been in consequence thereof declared forfeited under minute of the Board of Directors of 10th June last, will be submitted fur confirmation of such forfeiture ; and at which Meeting there will be laid before the Proprietors certain arti cles of agreement entered into between this Company, and the London and Croydon, and the South Eastern Railway Com panies, relative to the joint purchase, enlargement, alteration, and proprietorship, use, and management of a station for the said three Companies near London-bridge, in the parish of St. Olave, Southwark, in pursuance of the Resolution of the General Meeting held on the 30th el January, Itt-10. The Transfer Books of this Company will be clesed on the 16th inst., and remain shut until after the Meeting. Under provision of the Act of Parliament no person can vote at this Meeting who shall not have paid all Calls due. JOHN HARMAN, Chairman. THOMAS WOOD, Secretary. London and Brighton Railway Office, 10, Angel court, Throgmorton-street, Jan. 6, DAL This evening the first supply of coals from the North, arrived by the Northern Railway, consisting of one hundred and five waggont, each containing fifty-three hundred weight. The whole was drawn by four engines. Some of the waggons contained immense masses of coal marked with the names of the pits from w hence they had been raised. The supply, of course, is five hundred and forty-three tons, and as each waggon is eight feet in length, the train was not far short of one mile. In the winter of 1839, coals quadrupled in price here. The selling price of these new coals is 15s. 6d. per ton. We have also West of England coals from is. to 16s. per ton I The day being very inauspicious, the demonstrations of welcome were not so apparent as they otherwise would have been if the weather had proved more moderate. The York and North Midland Railway's new and most elegant depot for passengers was opened upon the 4th Jan. also. Every thing in the shape of comfort and convenience has been unsparingly supplied, and the tend ensemble is elegance itself SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of West minster and part of the County of Middlesex, will be held at the Sewers'-office in Greek -street, Soho-square, on Friday next, to transact the following business : PROCEEDINGS. 1. The orders of Court on the 18th of December, 1840, to be read. 2. To order payments. Officers' salaries, ending Christmas, 1840....£623 15 0 Collector's poundage, ditto ditto 283 2 4 G. Bird, jun., contractor, on account of bills to Midsummer, 1840 5OO 0 0 £1,406 17 4 3. To bear appeals. 4. To receive petitions and memorials. 5. Annual nomination of Chairman to take place be tween the hours of two and three o'clock. 6. To consider the case of James Frisby, summoned to appear for irregular drainage. 7. To receive the reply of the solicitors to the follow ing question :—Have the Court of Sewers any legal authority to make any alteration in the presentment of the Jury in respect of the names and rentals inserted therein, previous to its making its final decree ? 8. Surveyors to present reports, opinions, &c., as fol lows:-.On new gullies required; on letter from Messrs. Fuller, of Rathbone-place, respecting drainage of Gran ville-mews ; on petitions of J. Newson for L. Duval to build sewers in Hornton-street, and Holland•strcet, Ken sington ; on petitions of Daniel Sutton, Esq., for leave to cover over, or build a wall by side of, a portion of the Edwards-square sewer. 9. To inspect the book of informations. THIRD DAY. 10. To receive Surveyors' reports of the several works done, or in hand, at the expense of the respective districts. Ditto, ditto, at the expense of individuals. 11. To inspect the stock book, and the day books and weekly abstract books, kept by the clerks of the works. 13. To examine bills of contractors, tradesmen, &c. ; the vouchers for payments during the last quarter; the entries in the journal and ledger during the last quarter; an account of the money deposited by parties who have petitioned for leave to lay drain ; a return of sums due and paid during the last quarter towards the expense of sewers built at the charge of the district, and for gully drain flaps. TREATMENT OF FEMALE CHU. DREN IN POOR-HOUSES. (hi Monday morning the Magistrates assembled at Rochester, for the purpose of hearing the charges against James Miles, the master of the Hoo Union Workhouse. Sarah Barnes, a child of 1 1 years, was first examined. She detailed a succession of acts of shocking cruelty. The next witness was a girl of 16 years of age, named Screese. Her statement was to the following effect live at Mile Town, Sheerness. lamin my sixteenth year. I was maintained in the Hoo Union Workhouse. I left, I think, about fourteen or fifteen weeks. I was punished several times by the master, who beat me with a birch rod on my naked back. I had all things off but my " change" and my flannel petticoat, and that was tied round my waist every time I was flogged. By my " change" I mean my chemise. I lud nothing else on except stockings and shoes. I had pulled off my other things by order of the defendant, who then flogged me with a birch rod on my naked back. He made me pull the chemise sleeves off, and tie my clothes round my waist, so that I was naked to my waist. I was beaten on the shoulders, and as low down as the strings of my petticoat. I was beaten just the same way more than once. The master once pulled up my clothes, and beat me on my bare person. I was beaten each time in the women's hall. I laid myself on the table. Fanny Ro berts and Mrs. Low held me by the hands. Phillis and Jemima Danes told me that the skin was broken. I saw others flogged in the same manner as I was. The de fendant's wife is matron, but I never was corrected by her when I was naughty. The witness, in her cross-examination, said she ran away from the workhouse in consequence of the matron telling her that she should be flogged for ringing the bell. Mr. Pattison spoke to her first about her flog gings. If he had not spoken to her should not have complained. Tne rod she was flogged with was not a quarter so big as a birch broom. I don't think it had a dozen twigs in it. Her father used to give her a smack on the hand sometimes. Mary Pearce ran away from the workhouse with witness. Witness had also ran away from a place she had at Eastchurch, and took some things with her which did not belong to her. After the floggings she went to play as usual. The master was generally kind but for the floggings. The Court having sat seven hours adjourned till Tuesday, when the investion into Miller's alleged mis conduct was resumed. Several persons spoke to the birchings inflicted on the girls. The last witness exa mined on Tuesday was Jemima Danes, who said—l live with Mr. Cunningham, the surgeon of the Hoe Union. 1 was in the workhouse for four months before that. I was thirteen last Michaelmas. While 1 was in the Hoo Union I was punished once in the hall, and twice in the nursery. I was flogged by Mr. Miles with a birch rod, My clothes were taken up by him, and I had about twenty stripes. I was twice punished on my back. All my cloths I was told by Mr. Miles to take off, which 1. did. My chemise was stripped off as low as my waist, and my bosom and the front part of my body was naked. My flannel petticoat strings prevented nay chemise falling any lower. I received about thirty stripes each time on my back. Blood was fetched once. I saw the blood afterwards on my chemise. Mrs: Loves and Mrs. Wilts were present once when I was flogged. There was no other person but Miles and myself in the room when I was flogged upon the back. I showed my person afterwards to Mrs. Pearce. She carried me up to Mrs. Davison, who also saw my marks. I have seen Charlotte Barton flogged. Mr. Miles flogged her. I have also seen him flog Eliza Screese, Sarah Barnes, and Martha Davis. Several other witnesses were examined, and it being now above half-past five o olock, the 111agistrates ad journed the further investigation of the case. CDATHANi, WEDNESDAY NIGIIT.—This morning the Rev. J. Furnby (the Chairman) and other County Magis trates, with Mr. Tufnell, the Assistant Poor-law Com missioner, and Messrs. Essen and Heywood, the legal ad visers of the Bench, resumed the investigation into the con duct of James Miles, the Master of the Hoo Union. After Phillis Danes' deposition was taken, which went to prove acts of cruelty towards her own daughter, as well as upon the person of Eliza Screese, the Magistrates di rected another witness to be brought in. Ruth Bills was then sworn.—l live in the Hon Union, and hare been an inmate there for four years last Novem ber. I saw Sarah Barnes flogged by Mr. Miles, our Master. She was beat with a birch rod in the hall. The Master flogged her while she was lying upon a table. Her clothes were taken up by Mr. Allies, and be beat her upon her naked person. I saw Ler beaten again. The flogging was the same as before, and was done by Mr. Miles, the Master. I cannot say on what day it was, or how long, before she ran away from the workhouse. Both floggings were done in the last year, hut I cannot name the month. I know Char lotte Barton. I cannot say I have seen her beaten, but I have heard her cry. I was in the same room at the time, but I cannot say that I turned round from my work at her crying. I have heard her cry when the master had threatened her for haring done wrong. I never held any girl but Eliza Screese when she transgressed. I held her down by standing opposite the master at the end of the table. The master hit her a few strokes with the birch rod. He tut ned her clothes down, and hit her across the shoulders. Ann Jefferies held the child Eliza Screcse down as well as I did ; Screesc untied her clothes herself. I know Mary Paste. I have not seen her flogged. I never saw Sarah Rayner punished. I was not down where the children were. The next witness called was Mary Lewis, a married woman, whose evidence was of the same character as Ruth Bills'. She was subjected to a searching examination, in the course of which th e f o ll ow i ng f acts were elicited : Mr. Tuffnell said there is one question I should like to ask the witness. She has said that the infants were taken from the breasts of their mother when they were only ten months old by the Master. He had no authority to act so, and it is a very serious imputation of misconduct on his part. I wish to ask if there was any reason assigned for depriving the witness of her child? Witness—The doctor said it would be better that the child should not suck the breast as I was obli g ed to take opium. By Mr. Ellers—l d o not know the reason the other pauper children were taken away, but there was one woman who cut her throat. She told the Master if he took her child from her she would cut her throat ; and he did do it ; and after she left the house she carried her threat into execution, sad did cut her throat. Mr. Prall—lf that fact is taken in evidonce, we must go into all the circumstances of the case. If such a statement la allowed to go forth under the influence of an oath, wo ought to rigidly inquire into all the details. It is a very grave insinuation against the Master. Witness—l do not charge the Master with anything. I only repeat to you what the w o m a n said to me, and she did cut her throat. Cross-examined—The woman was the mother cf Mary girl who was fl ogge d. Th e words used were the the master said t o a g i r l, " T a k e that child d own t P h a e s s t e e — , to the school-room." The child was about twelve months old. The mother said, " I will rather cut my throat than my child shall be takPn from me." The child was taken away from her. The Master did not threaten her at all, but said, " Pooh, pooh l go and get your supper." The next morning after breakfast she left the house and took all her children with her, and about a month afterwards she cut her throat, finding that she could not support her children (as the reporter understood the witness). A lengthy discussion here arose between the Magis trates, as to whether they should proceed with the inves tigation or adjourn until a future day. Some of the Ma gistrates expressed their willingness to sit until midnight, if there was any prospect of getting through the case. Mr. Essell said the next witness was an important one, and her examination would take several hours. After another brief examination, the investigation at six o'clock was again adjourned until Monday morning. SIR THOMAS DICK LAUDER'S "LEGENDARY TALES OF TILE HIGHLANDS."—T hese tales abound in rich humour, are told with great na i ve te, and embody many local legends which, without the aid of Sir Thomas, must have perished before they saw tho light. Their fascina t ions have made us desert graver matters, and turned long hours into short, actually and figuratively, by keeping us nailed to cur arm chair till the watch ran d own an d the fire was burnt out. While threading \ Highland glens, the . sergeant, we h ave b ecome climbing hills, penetrating caves, chatti ng w i t h pe d estr i ans, placehunti e l f fishing , th the d(mime and fighting, and rollick ing f rom place to absolutely oblivious fo r the time of everything else. To those who have not read these L egends we can only say S c s on — sid A er 7 able alterations they have lost a rich treat.--Ed i nburgh Advertiser. published formerlyd. ai mencement of the Sydney y le, p rmerly published three rhaev T se s .t H ak E Te nh A epo U l fas : s et yhe T de AUSTRALIAN he L esm l e A ynoat n N r, .touou P a f t de formerly ; the Colonist and published twice a week, are now published three times a week Sydney has in all seven newspapers —one, the Sydney Monitor, published daily ; fi v e, th e . Sydney Gazette, Sydney He rald,.t week , Australasian Australian, Colonist, and Australasian Chronicle, published three times a week ; and one. the Commercial Journal, published twice a week . M e lb ourne has three newspapers—the Port Philip . Patriot, t h e P ort Phili p Gazette, and the Port Philip each published twice a week; making in all twenty-nine weekly publica tions now existing in New South Wal es . V an D i emen ' s Land is sadly behind her sister colony i s t hi s respect . There are in Hobart To wn only six journals, and in Laun ceston two journals, publis hed weekly, ma k ing in all only ' eictlit weekly publications in th e whole co l ony of Van Die man's Land. South Australia .has four newspapers — one , the Southern Australian, published twi ce a wee k ; two , the South Australian Register, and the Adelaide Chronicle, published we ekly; and on e , t h e Port Lincoln Herald, published occasionally : Swan River has only one newspaper, the Perth Guardian, published weekly. Now Zealand. which may be considered an Australian colony, has already two newspapers , publ ished weekly, one the New Zealand Gazette, published at Port Nicholson, and the other the New Zealand Advertiser, at the Bay of Is lands.—SydNey Mentfor, Aug. 12. EDINBURGH. LOSS OF THE BARQUE CITY OF (From the Sydney Monitor; of Aug. 13.) Mr. Donaldson, agent for Lloyd's in Sydney, has received the subjoined account of the loss of the barque City of Edinburgh, in Bass' Straits : Fiinder's Island, Bass' Straits, July 20, 1840. Sir,-1 take the earliest opportunity to inform you of the melancholy wreck of the barque City of Edin burgh, Edward Faeroe, Commander, bound from Lon don to Sydney, with a general cargo, and passengers, o❑ the reefs of this island, but, at the same time, am happy to say no lives are lost. It appeared that the vessel passed King's Island on the evening of Wednes day the Bth instant, and on the following morningsighted Wilson's promontory, where she was overtaken by a terrific gale and driven considerably to leeward. Daring the whole of Thursday night it blew a complete hurri cane, and morning came without any abatement of the storm. At the usual time for taking an observation, in order to find the ship's true position, the weather being too thick for that purpose, the captain determined to shape his course through Banks's Straits,concluding from the drift of the vessel that we were in the meridian of latitude 40. By this time the gale had considerably increased, and at about half-past two o'clock it was found, on the clouds clearing away for a short time, we were on a dead lee shore, within five miles of the breakers. At this time we were under close-reefed topsails. Tne vessel was then tacked, and the foretop sail was immediately carried away, and it was impos sible, owing to the violence of the weather, to get an other on the ship, and when within two miles, or there about, of weathering the point, the bowsprit was blown out of her, with the jib and staysail, and at the same moment the mainyard was broken completely in two at the centre, making complete ribbons ,of the maint opsail and every ether stitch of canvas on the vessel. The ship was now qaite disabled, and the major part of the crew had given up all hopes of saving their The captain ordered her to be run on shore, but having got some more canvas on the vessel, it was fotind on turning the ship's head the other way that she stood up at least three points, The men cheered, arid considered the ship would be still saved, and all hands were im mediately employed in setting such sail on the ship as remained. Our relief from anxiety was of short duration. Night came on, and with it an increase of wind, and on the moot' rising we found ourselves drifting so near the shore that we could hear the breakers. All hope of rescuing the vessel was now at an end, and the only thing was to endeavour to save the lives of those on board,which, thanks to Providence, we succeeded in. It was then determined to look out for some place to anchor the vessel, and if possible to save her from the destruction that threatened her. Her course was shaped to the land for that purpose, about ten o'clock. After about four hours of indescribable suspense, we found ourselves in tolerably smooth water, and bottom at seventeen fathoms ; the anchor was ordered to be let go, but, after about fifteen fathoms were run oct, it was discovered that the chain was foul in the locker, and consequently the anchor would not reach the ground. We continued drifting towards the land, until crossing a red which divides Flinder's Island from a small rocky island called Rabbit's island, the anchor having caught the ground, and all the chain run out, the vessel brought up in seven fathoms water, right between two reefs ; the vessel was now considered safe, at least until daylight, and we all went to rest, being com pletely fatigued with our prolonged exertions to pre serve the ship, with the exception of an anchor watch. About half-past two o'clock I was awoke by a sudden increase of the wind, which had for a short time abated, and before I could get out of my cabin she had driven with her anchor on the reef, and her sternpost and rudder, which broke immediately, struck with a most horrible crash, shivered my cabin to pieces, it being a stern cabin, and continued in the most alarming manner to beat on the rocks for several mi nutes. I then, with Mr. Boucher, took Mrs. Fearon, the Captain's wife, Miss Bellingham, and Master Si mons, two cabin passengers, in the jolly-boat, and after obtaining three boys to assist me in the navigation of the beat, trusted to the protection of the Supreme Being, and left the ship, and reached the shore in safety, myself steering, concluding we were on an un inhabited island, but we were most agreeably dis appoiutcd towards [Horning by a visit from Cap tain Smith, Commandant of the island, who, in the most kind manner, invited us to his house, where ho provided us with such articles of clothing as we re quired (myself being naked, with the exception of drawers and shirt, not having time to get any article of dress from the vessel), and his kindness to the whole of us, as also that of Mrs. Smith, is beyond my humble talents to express. On the following morning, the ves sel being quite full of water, the captain and crew were compelled to abandon her, and at seven o'clock the same evening she was in fragments. Some part of her cargo has been washed on shore, but casks innume rable have come up with their heads out, or otherwise broken. Not a vestige is to be seen of the wreck now, with the exception of that which lies strewed on the beach. Such portion of her cargo as has been washed up lies scattered on the beach, about eight miles in length. The captain, passengers, and crew lost all they pos sessed in the world ; and, lam sorry to say, I was the only person uninsured, and am almost a ruined man by the catastrophe, my loss being between four and five hundred pounds. On the captain abandoning the ship, the Comman dant was pleased to appoint me to act as agent for the benefit of the underwriters, conceiving I was the only person competent for the purpose, and quite disin terested, being only a passenger from the Cape of Good Hope. I beg to inclose you copies of letters, Nos. 1 and '2 , showing my authority for acting. On taking charge of the wreck I found a system of plunder going on to a great extent, casks broached, bales broken, &c., and nearly every person on the set tlement in a beastly state of intoxication. At the sug gestion of the Commandant I destroyed several casks of spirits without effect ; and, plunder still being carried on to a considerable extent, I searched several houses in the settlement, and found a large quantity of goods in the house of a Mr. Wilson, the storekeeper. I imme diately gave him in custody, and on the following morn- I ing the Commandant dismissed him from his appoint ment for that office. Finding it impossible to preserve the property on the beach, as the military, instead of protecting, were plun dering me at every opportunity, and completely worn out with my exertions, I concluded that, should I wait until I received instructions from you, there would not by a particle of the property left for the benefit of those concerned. I therefore determined immediately to sell that portion of the wreck which remained, by auction, but previously gave the Captain, his wife, pas sengers, and crew, such necessaries in clothing as wouid cover them until they arrived at Sydney, taking the same quantity for myself, that I trust will meet your approval. I posted notices over the township three clear days previous to sale, and on the morning of the 16th inst. Mr. M. H. Smith became the purchaser of the wreck for 82/. 10s., and Captain Nixon, of the barque Ocean Queen, purchased the Captain's chronometer and a watch for 141. 10s. There being no cash on the island, I was compelled to take bills on Van Diemen's Land. I re fer you to a copy of my letter (No. 3) to see how I have disposed of the amount realised, which I trust you will approve of. I also refer you to copy No. 4, the bill of sale, and No. 5, the copy of a letter transmitted to Lloyd's agent at Van Diemen's Land. Captain Smith has written to the Van Diemen's Land Government for several vessels to convey us on to Sydney, as we are quite destitute. On my arrival I shall give you, with pleasure, any information you may require. I have to add to the above melancholy record that the barque Ocean Queen, Captain Nixon, commander, from London to Launceston, with a general cargo and passengers, after having sighted Launceston lights, was driven away, and is on shore about five miles from here. She struck on the 10th instant, having lost all her can vas, rudder, and spars ; there is, at the time I am writ ing, about nine feet water in the hold, but I am happy to say there are every hopes of saving this vessel and cargo ; all lives are saved. It is the general opinion here that we are not the only sufferers, as Captain Fearon and others have found several casks, cabin doors, &e., on the beach, not be longing to either of the above vessels. I trust you will give such portion of my narrative as you think prudent to some newspaper for publication, in order that our friends may be made acquainted with the circumstance. Wishing my conduct in the affair may meet your ap probation, I am, Sir, your's obediently. JOHN JAMES DAVIES. To Stewart Donaldson, Esq., Agent for Lloyd's, Sydney. The announcement of Mrs. Gore's new novel, " Greville, or a Season in Paris," has created a consider able sensation, from the circumstance of its exhibiting a complete tableau of the great world of Paris, fashionable and diplomatic, at the present time. The scenes are laid alternately among the highest circles of the Carlist no bility, and those Ministerial coteries of which MM. Thiers and Guizot form the leading personages. THE ROYAL CHEESE.—This prodigy has arrived in London, and will be exhibited to the public on Saturday next. The dairymen in the west look upon it as the greatest wonder in the world, and perhaps they are not far wrong. It is the greatest wonder mentioned in the history of cheeses, and would be of tea times more Use to a hungry family, or even to a Royal household, than that gigantic wonder, the Colossus of Rhodes, SEWERS IN PROGRESS. PRIVATE. Ranelagh Sewer, Kilburn. Uxbridge Road, by Shep- High Road, Knightsbridge. herds' Bush-bridge. Lupus street, Pimlico. Thurloe-street, Brompton. PUBLIC. _ - - HAMBUItGII MAIL. HAMBURGII, DEC. 31.—The number of merchant men, large and small, that arrived in this port last year was 2,484—0 f which 1,038 were from Great Britain, 191 from France, and 367 from Holland and East Friesland. HANOVER, DEC. 21.—The Crown Prince has re covered from his indisposition, which we hear was an inflammation in the eyes, but does not yet leave his room. The Liepsic Allgemcine Zeitung has a letter from Aschasleben, of the 18th December, which says that the great sugar house of Messrs. Zucksctroudt and Benchel, in Magdeburg, was burnt to the ground. The loss is estimated at 200,000 dollars. The greater part is insured at London, Gotha, and Cologne. BERLIN, DEC. 25.—(From a letter.)—The proposal which has been frequently mentioned by the journals, to have the Sunday observed in the same quiet manner as in England, and particularly to prohibit music in the public-houses, has been rejected, as was to be expected. ST. PETERSBURGII, DEc. 24.—The Marquis of Clan ricarde arrived here on the 18th. . The Russian Papers publish an imperial rescript of Nor. 29, conferring the order of St. George of the Second Class on Admiral Stopford. BERLIN, DEC. 31.—Prussia has just sustained a great loss by the death of Dr. Wilkie, Chief Librarian and Professor, the author of several valuable works. It is not unlikely that he may be succeeded by Dr. Jacob Gumon.—Hamburgh Papers, Jan. 1. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JAN. 1. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank shares 1575 Anglo.ltussian Loan lO5 101% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se:ies lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hopc and Co. 3d and 4th Series . 96% 95% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe Cent 48% Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo.Oanish Loan, 3 per Cent l3 73% Norwegian Loan, 1534, 4 per C.0t... Spanish, New 3 per Cents. —. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JAN. 1.-13 3%.—Two months, 13 1%. PETERSBUSGH, Dec. 22.-.lwo months, 39 , 4 pence. S Aics HOLM, I)ec. 24.—Seventy-tive days, 11. 4J. CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 23 —Three months, 4 58. LA.KLIN, DEc 2 —Three months, 6. 1(114. Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstone, begs to say that the Spectacles he has now had some time in use, have fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. S. and B Solomons as to their excellence, and having found so much comfort and advantage from their use far prefer able to every other kind of Glasses which he has been in the constant habit of making use of for a great number of years ; he, therefore, feels a pleasure in recommending them to his friends. 13, Norfolk -street, Park-lane, the 6th November, 1840 . Messrs. Solomons, 39, Albemarle- street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King Wil liam -street, Bank of England, state that immediately those newly- invented Spectacles aro placed before imper fect vision, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the most minute particle is seen with distinctness, so that the most aged imperfect sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Their Invisible Operative Voice Conductor, for ueaf per sons, is not the least perceptible nor more uncomfortable than having a piece of wool in its place ; they give imme diate relief to old standing extreme cases of deafness. These valuable inventions have also gained the patronage of the Royal Family, and the unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the principal members of the medi cal profession, and numerous individuals of high distine• tion, who have been greatly benefited by their use. No connection with persons of the same name. 39, Albe marle-street, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King Wil liam-street, Bank of England. APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE EXPLO SION OF STEAM 13011..ERS.—The f requent exp l os i on o f steam-boilers, caused in many instances by the steam being confined until it acquires a density greater than the boiler can resist, has led to the invention of a self-acting appara tus, intended to warn the engineer whenever the pressure exceeds the proper degree of safety. The apparatus is constructed on the principle that steam, in proportion to its density, will support a column of water, or mercury, of a given height, and that any fluid will find the same level in two or more vessels, provided there be a free communica tion between them. It may be called a mercurial safety valve, and consists of a cylinder, within which are two cups, with two pipes dipping into them of a length propo r ti one d to the pressure of the steam ; these pipes aro connected at the top with two valves on one spindle, so arranged, as that_ when one is open the other must be closed. O n the top is a waste steam-pipe open to the atmosphere. One pipe being filled with mercury, and the valve con nected with it being open, the mercury remains sta tionary until the pressure of the steam exceeds its proper point. It will then be blown out and fall into the em pty cup, allowing the steam to escape by the . waste pipe, and giving warning to the engineer by Its no ise. When the pressure is again reduced to its proper point the valve is reversed, and the mercury will, on the next occasion of an increase of pressure, be blown hack again, still giving warning oa the other side.—Herald. Ilm COCHRANE'S MOREA. To which is added MEDITATIONS of OTHER DAYS. 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JONES'S BIBLICAL CYC LOP/EDIA In One very large Volume, Octavo, printed double columns, price 16s. cloth boards, THE BIBLICAL CYCLORLEDIA ; or DICTIONARY of the HOLY SCRIPTURES. By WILLIAM JONES, M.A. A new Edition, carefully revised by the Author, with nume. rous Additions and Improvements. ' London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside ; and George Wigbtman, Paternoster-row. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. SCHOOL EDITIO/4. In Two thick Vels. bound, together or separately, THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, from the Earliest Period to the close of the Rebellion, 1745-46—contained in " Tales of a Grandfather," by SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart. Robert Cadell, Edinburgh ; Whittaker and Co., London. Of whom may he had : I. LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT by MR. LOCK HART. W Vols. 11. WAVERLEY NOVELS. 48 Vols. 111. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S POETRY. 12 Vols. IV. PROSE WRITINGS. 28 Vols. PORT PHILLIP-PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY. (From the PortlPhillip Herald.) We have sincere gratification in announcing the ar rival in Melbourne of Count Streleski, the enterprising pedestrian naturalist, and his friends and compagnons do voyage, Messrs. Macarthur and Riley, from an explora tory tour through the terra incognita on the south-east coast of New South Wales ; in the course of which they have made several highly-important discoveries, and have undergone excessive privations. The present tour was undertaken by Count Streleski in continuation of those geognostic and mineralogical researches which had previously carried him over 2,000 miles within the limits of the colony, and now induced him to start from the Murrumbidgee, to explore the unknown, and by white men untrodden territory lying between the Hume and the south-eastern coast of New South Wales. At Ellerslie, a station belonging to H. H. Macarthur, Esq., AI.C., the Count was joined by Mr. James Macarthur and Mr. Riley, both of whom were eager to share with the Count the toils and gratification of such an undertaking. The party seems to have started well provided with provisions and pack-horses, and well mounted, except ing the Count, who having with him a considerable num ber of valuable instruments, necessary for the prose cution of his observations, which, on account of their delicate construction, required the greatest care of car riage, preferred pursuing his journey on foot with his budget on his back. From Ellerslie the party de scended into the beautiful valley of the Hume, or Murray, and followed its picturesque windings for about fifty miles. Here the travellers encamped ; the Count and Mr. Macarthur ascended the Australian Alps, and on the 12th of February, at noon, they found themselves sitting on the most elevated peak of Australia, at the height of 7,800 feet above the level of the sea, beyond the reach of vegetation, surrounded by perpetual snows, with a serene and lucid sky above them, and below an unbroken view over an extent of about 4,000 square miles. On the summit of the Alps Count Streleski secured many valuable meteorological and magnetic observations. From the Snowy Range, retracing their steps for about thirty miles to the westward, the party struck for the south, through a broken and uninhabited country, opening, as it were, by their first track, perhaps nsfuturo communication with the Murray. In three days' jour ney from Omen, in a south-east direction, the party crossed the dividing range, and in four days more found themselves in a new and splendid country, clothed with the richest pasture, and intersected with numerous rivers—an immense inland lake and its ramified lagoons ; in fact opening up in every direction fresh fields for the operations of the settler, such as no other part of the colony, which had come under the notice of the travel lers, presented. The country, from latitude 37 deg. 10 min. S., assumed the most cheering and gratif3- ing aspect, but the rivers which beset the country from N.W. to S.E. greatly retarded the progress of the travellers, whose provisions now began to fail. On the Gth of April it was determined to place 'all hands on half-rations (a biscuit and a slice of bacon per day), but new difficulties and new delayssoon rendered it evident that even with this precautionary measure, it would be impossible to make the stock of provisions last out the journey. The greatest impediment the travellers had to contend with was the exhausted state of their horses ; each day saw one or other of the party dismounted, to follow the Count on foot—but this, far from removing, only increased the impediments to their progress, for the men unaccustomed to walk, like the horses, began to feel the effects of the wear and tear of the journey. In this situation it became necessary for the travellers to relinquish their original intention of prosecuting their researches as far as Wilson's Promon tory, and thence commencing the exploration of the sea coast, its inlets and outlets, and to take, instead of the straight course for Western Port, the nearest point whence fresh supplies could be obtained. The open forests, plains, and valleys, through which the party, if well supplied with provisions, might have trn yelled at leisure, had now to be exchanged for a rocky and mountainous pith, through which a passage could not be effected without infinite difficulty. The horses, now completely exhausted, served more to retard than to accelerate the progress of the travellers, and they were finally obliged to abandon them in a valley or tolerable pasture and well watered, about 75 miles beyond Western Port. Here, also, they were forced to leave the packs with the wearing men's apparel, and the Count's mineralogical and botanical collections, taking with them only their blankets and the residue of their bread, w hich, notwithstanding the allowance had been greatly restricted, did not last longer than four days from this time- From this place the Count and his companions took, and at all hazards maintained, a direct course to Western Port, in the hope of bringing their sufferings to a close as speedily as possible ; but, unfortunately, this course led them for days together through a dense scrub, which It i s almost impossible to penetrate. The party was now in rs most deplorable condition. Messrs. Macarthur and Riley and their attendants had become so exhausted as to be,, unable to cope with the difficulties which beset their pro gress,. The Count, being more inured to the fatigue and privations attendant upon a pedestrian journey through the wilds of our inhospitable interior, alone retained possession of his strength, and although burdenned with a load of in struments and papers of 45 pounds' weight, continued to pioneer his exhausted companions day after day through an almost impervious fea-tree scrub, closely interwoven c i h climbing grasses, vines, willows, fern, and reeds. Hire the Count was to:be seen breaking a passage with his hands and knees through the centre of the scrub ; there throw ing himself a:, full length among the dense underwood ; and thus opening, by the weight of his body, a pathway for his companions in distress. In this condition th e party, inch by inch, forced their way, the incessant rains preventing them from taking rest by night_ their .jor day. Their Their ~f provisions during the last eig hteen days o consisted only of a very scanty supply of the native bear or monkey, but for which , the only game the cou ntry in ust have perished fro m utter which the travell ers d escr ib e d afforded, starvation. t h e as somewhat of the toughest, was but scantil y obtained, Thistra v e l f l o e o r d s and the nutrimen t it afforded was alto g et her insufficient for the mainten ance of the health and st rength necessary for lergingsuch fatigue. Oa th e 22d d ay a f ter t h ey had u Westernn abandoned( their horses, th ey came i n s i g h t o f Port, and the sen sa ti ons w hi c h were create d ) by t h e first view of the water on which a small vessel was riding at anchor, and the blue smoke curling am ong the trees, m a y be more easily imagined than de scribed. It was upon Mr. I3arry's tent the party bad stumbled, and to hi s h osp it a lity a nd kind attention to their wants they owe their recovery to health and vigour. Vegetables and animals arc prepared for almost all climates, and for temperatures higher than the beat of any country. Dr. Reeve found 'arm in a spring at 250 &grecs ; Lord Bite confervre and beetles in the boiling springs o f Albano, that died when plunged into cold water. A species of diara will flower and produce seed in the hot springs of Iceland, which boil an egg in four minutes. One plant, uredo nivalis, which is a mere microscopic gl bule, is said to grow and flower under the snow. S ome cold-blooded animals bear heat very badly. Dr. Edwards sno that frogs die in a few seconds in water at 107 deg. 'Yet a species of tccnia has been found alive in a boiled carp ; but then the carp which it inhabits will live in water as hot as human blood:Elliotson's Iluntax Physiology. INDIA-RUBBER PAVEMENT!—Amongst the marvels of the times, a patent has actually been taken out for paving the streets of London with India-rubber,. and persons are sanguine as to its success. many The ie re sc iit n o ti b fic be a substratum of wood, on which is to be put a facing of eqoutchouc mixed with iron filings and sawdust to a depth of several inches. This, it is calculated, will resist the ill influence of all weathers, and make tke most delightful and durable pavement. I I M. ICP 0, ;(1 ,1 Ye 'tg4l:l tbt' old 173 ' CO ►ao' ~w