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--- - 2 , ----- / ---- -- (..- ~.."' ,-;*/. . . . - •/ • • , ...). ~ i tivt.t.i r AC* atp ''' .. JlMzeake e .4 4 4 • . ....-1 , .. .- 7, ''' .....^0 1. .;: 4, Q 17 , : 1.---:;:\'' 4 :te tt7.e r ". .. ' it 4t-4'- r . 10 . ; . ... , %: ::: 4 : 7:: (ii-.. , ..7 1 . 111111 Mmir ~.........n .„, *_ '• \ . .t . l i t RE , \ rt, t,t , • '' = 'l , -,'"' • d,04, ce#,4stii 7.ca,,.. ... ' ' N‘,„ . to-4 z .Att-,,, .- / . 4 ' , r o l p .., ..", • 2 to it... „ 4 11 t __ , .-.P =Ram =-/23,1 11 -7", ‘-' 9757 ~~- mot _ '~ .L ,---- r • ()--- TIIE SPANISH AMERICAN BOND- POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY , ' for 1849, being the Fiftieth Annual Publication, is now pub lishing in 2,800 royal octavo pages, price 363. ; Smalar Edition, 15s. It has already received the following highly gratifying, notice in the leading Metropolitan Journals: — SUN, NOVEMBER 30, 1848. The year 1849 is the jubilee of this most useful, most meritorious, and most carefully compiled work of reference. It is now just half a century since the " Post-office London Directory" first became a candidate for pabllc favour, and for many years it waged an unequal war with other publications of a similar character. Fortunately, however, for the public, it became, in 1836, the property of its pre sent proprietor, who, with that energy and enterprise which, In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, commands success, determined to make it in reality what it was in name—a directory and gu 4 de to the streets, the professions, and the trades of London—to make it a mirror of the metropolis of the commercial world. To accomplish this, neither pains nor expense were spared ; the work was extended to nearly double the usual size, accuracy was secured by establishing a system of collecting information, and a system of checking and comparing the results of the information thus collected. A map of I .oidon was added; and thus the " Post-office London Directory," 13 y the greater extent and greater accur ac y of its information, and by the More lucid arrangement of its contents, was enable 4 to drive "MY rival from the field. HOLDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am authorised by his Excellency the Peruvisn Minister to publish the enclosed copies of a letter from his Excellency to the Chairman of the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders, and that gentleman's reply; and with that view I have the honour to transmit them to you, requesting you to give them a place in your columns. „ s rot EsNle-in .--- 4 4 SA - 1 T I C V 77 al m a t; ail MITA N0,17,564.] LONDON, WE DNE D JANUARY 10, 1849. [PR/ ':E SD. His Excellency hoped that 31r. Robinson or Mr. Powles, whom he only knows in their quality of chair man and deputy-chairman, would have repeated can. didly, and without reserve, at the meeting of the P eru . viun Bondholders, all that passed at their interviews, as stated in his letter to the former, and he feels sensibly his disappointment on observing that a contrary course was pursued, and .that even now, at this moment, cir cumstances of a grave character are endeavoured to be kept secret, and a direct reply to his letter withheld.— I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, FRANCISCO DE RIVERO, Consul-General for Peru. versa' approbation which it meets with at the hands of the commer cial community is the strongest testimony that can be given to the usefulness of the volume, and the most satisfactory assurance its conductors can receive of the state of perfection to which, after so many years of spirited perseveranco and continual progress, they have at last succeeded in bringing it. PUBLICATIONS. IDOLATRY IN INDIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUR: burn women by the hundred, no doubt thus rendering their elves so acceptable to the ladies among us who vote for them I New. Edition, carefully corrected and greatly improved, 'STEW UNIVERSAL FRENCH GRAMMAR; being an accurate System of French Accidence and Syntax, on a Methodical Plan. By N. HAMEL, Graduate in the University of Caen, and Rector of the town of L'Aigle, in Normandy. 12me. 41. bound. EXERCISES ON HAMEL'S GRAMMAR, 4s. —KEY, 33. Lately published, 12m0., ss. 6d. bound, HAMEL'S FRENCH GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES. A New Edition, in One Volume. By N. LAMBERT. KEY, 4s. London : Longman and Co. ; and Whitaker and Co. THE TIMES, NovENBER 30, 1848. The volume for the 'approaching year, 1849, being the 50th volume of this publication, has just been published by Messrs. Kelly and Co., of Old Boswell-court. This volume contains all the matter which enriched those of the present and preceding years, with all such lat. 'movements as increased activity of research and careful investiga tion can supply. It appears to be as accurate a compilation for the offices, trades, occupations, and residences of thousands of persons as the most minute inquiry and the most methodical arrangement Can furnish. Perhaps no book more effectually answers the purposes for which it is intended than this does. It is necessarily a balky volume; but its bulk, contrary to the general rale, is an advantage, and it may be said to contain no superfluous pages whatever. It is Well printed, and well got up, and has a map of London prefixed to it, 'which will be found useful. The proprietor has had for many Cars an arduous task in carrying out his object, but his labou rs have terminated in complete success. He has conferred a benefit on the Publ ic, and it is their duty, as well as their interest, to patronise his Work. MORNING HERALD, NOVEMBER 30, 1848. This stupendous and indispensable book has, with honourable Punctuality, again made its appearance, having completed 50 years of its existence—a lapse of time that has imperceptibly adde d to the experience of those who have been engaged in its production, and given it, by the accumulation of resources, every conceivable feature of utility. Although comprising such a myriad of isolated facts, il lustrative of the commercial and professional pursuits of the inhabi tants of this vast metropolis, we do not remember any case of error, and the care which has thus been bestowed upon its preparation has established it as an authoritative Directory of the capital of Great Britain, laughing rivalry to scorn. How such an enormous body of !specific intelligence could be got together at all is a matter of wonder, but how the masses of detail brought in from the army of labourers employed to collect it could have been so adroitly digested, and placed In a shape so immediately adapted for reference, is more surprising still. There, however, is a book of upwards of two thousand royal octavo pages, taking the whole of London with i n its g ras p , aid exhi biting its stre e t s and the avocations of its residents, in treble alpha bet, ' whereby the convenience of the searcher after an unknown " whereabouts" is met at all poiats. The " Post-office Directory" is, fit short, a monument of most valuable enterprise, and achieved, as no w is, by private machinery, without the aid that was formerly accorded it by the letter•carriers, presents a matchless example of w ell - dtrected diligence and perseverance. The arrangements of the present volume arc similar to those which have distinguished the work for the last two or three years, the com pleteness which the proprietor has accomplished hardly admitting of any further extension. We find, however, that the entire surface of c hanges metropolis has been revised, and such alte rations made that anges of address and the opening of new establis hments rendered necessary,„„_„, whlle the suburban neighbourhoods , which are g enerally - "cumg into importance and becoming fresh hives of human exist ence and human industry, are vigilantly detected and submitted to the governing modes of analysis. MORNING CHRONICLE, DECEMBER 1, 1848. This Valuable work is so well known and appreciated, that it would be a work of supererogation to enter into any explanation as to its Stature and merits. It is sufficient to state that this is the fiftieth annual publication under the above title, and it contains a mass of Information which can nowhere else be obtained, relative to the Commercial, professional, and other interests in this great metropolis, 11 0 as to render its possession almost absolutely necessary to any one residing in London, and who takes an active part in the business of life. The present volume extends to upwards of 2,000 pages ; but not- Withstanding its bulky appearance, it contains such an enormous quantity of details, as really to render it surprising hew it could be condensed into such a compass, and at the same time be so admirably digested and arranged, that any reference may be found out with the greatest facility. When this publication was first started, it was little snore than an alphabetical list of names and addresses ; but within the last few years the whole plan has been so expanded as to com prise not less than twelve separate parts, under the titles of the Offi cial, the Street, the Commercial, the Trades. the Law, the Court, the Parliamentary, the Postal, the City, the Conveyance, the Banking, and the Assurance Directories. Under each of these heads every re quisite information Is given, so that any fact which can properly come under any one of these categories can at once be ascertained. The arrangement of the present volume is similar to those which have been published for the last three or four years, but the whole of the contents have been carefully revised, and such alterations have been made since last year as the changes which have taken place in the residences, appointments, and arrangements under the classes Which we have mentioned have rendered necessary to secure ac curacy. There has also been a considerable extension in many of its departments. An extremely well-engraved new map of London, prepared expressly for this work, faces the title-page. MORNING POST, NOVEMBEZ 30, 1848. It is jest half a century since the " Post-office London Directory" nest made its appearance. BuQlow small, how limited in its objects, how inefficient in its attainments it then was, compared with what at now is ! London itself, with its commerce, its extensions, its Population, its improvements of all sorts, does not so far outstrip the London of 1800 as the " Post-office Directory" of 1849 does that Of the first year of its publication. To the energy, the enter prise, and the unwearying exertions of the Messrs. Kelly this great Metropolis is indebted for having a directory worthy of the gigantic interests contained within its circumference. Such a directory no other city in the world can boast of possessing. It is really amazing to open this huge volume and contemplate the mass of information contained therein ; and when its accuracy is tested by referring to details within oar own personal cognizance, it is impossible to Withhold the expression of our admiration for the stupendous corn - Dilation, and of our belief in its general truthfulness. The classifica tion is most complete, and under the heads of " Official." " Street," " Commercial:, Trades," " Law," " Court," "Parliamentary," Postal,"cenvey",, , . . Banking," &c. all the per sonal and other informati on w hi c h the most copious directory can impart is found with the greatest facility. This work is really a fine monument of our country's commercial greatness and persever ing industry. MORNING ADVERTISER, DESEMBER 2, 1848. This remarkable, bulky, and well-known work, with the publica tien for 1849 (now on the eve of being issued), reaches its fi ft ieth, Jubilee year; arid, as if duly to celebrate that signal event, Messrs. Kelly (for the proprietor) appear to have made, if possible, a Z!,. ng My extra but extraordinary exertions to distinguish it, by pre kindiaputably the amplest, the most clearly arranged, and the o Leo . ospicuous and utilitarian compilation of the kind that is a gs ,,,Ar the world. Its multifarious merits are such that it is an au ti .„' 1, not only to the commercial community of London, and gra o le:allions who are in communication or connexion with this requel• u t iercantile centre of that world, but must be in continuous IWher Wherever parties have communications with England—and. e our e the civilized, or half civilized land that has not such inter ? To describe its contents and peculiarities at this advanced AerMailer's of its history, would be a very uncalled for claim upon the - ` 4,l er's attention. Still we cannot forbear to mention that, since e Work has fallen into the hands of the present management, rapidly improved, beat all competitors out of the field, L in d is become as valuable, correct, ad o e speak ). as compact, and yet as full and complete a work, as _.". 0 merchants , bankers, commercia l and trading community, could uesire. In fact, it leaves no directorial want unsupplied. It is a ,Marvellous publication, as any one must adm i t who is com p etent to Judge of the vastness and peculiarities of this metropolis. In its Minuteness, it is an astonishing reality. What is it? It is a Direc• tory and guide to the streets, the professions, the trades, &c., of London; it is a just reflection of the capital and community of the commercial world. To achieve this great object, no labours seem to have daunted or tired, and no watchfillness or expenditure appears to have impeded those who were engaged in preparing this volumi nous and perfect " London Directory." GLOBE, DECEMBEII 5, 1848. The " London Post-office Directory" has commenced its fiftieth Year of a most useful existence. The present volume resembles its latter predecessors in general form, look, and arrangement, being di vided into the heads of Official, Street,! Commercial, Trades, Law Court, Parliamentary, Postal, City, Couvoyance, Banking, &c., &c. Under those heads we have a vast mass of well-digested and coni actlY arranged information, so classified and methedised, that one aft hunt up a man if we know the smallest fragment of primary tact about him, and then searching for him under the several 'Wads that may apply, we may find out what he is, whore he is, and rich else about him. If he be in the Official Directory, we find , o W he got his pl ace ; if he be a man of busine s s, w h a t th a t business 44 , 'in (1 where he carries it on ; if he be a lawyer, what rank he ul ds—whether he has any other 'appointment, &c. ; if he be in Per i:Mein, what place he represents, where he is ,to be found when In bite and where he lives in '..he conntry. Then to Ind how to send a letter, we turn to the Postal Directory, and though he had " 4 ,; - - 1 to the ut•e rmos t p ar t s of the earth, we have the requisite infor -4ii"ll about postages, post days, and all routes by ship, mail, lstea mboat, and railroad; or if we wish rather to pursue him in per -4: what remote corner of the world is there, the means of reaching mi tch is not opened up to as in the Conveyance Directory ? We are ', m e indentify our individual and particular John Smith from the columns of his namesakes if we knew any single distinguishing e‘ about him, and to poance upon bins infallibly in his private i t ' l 's% in his office, in his shop, or wherever he may be. c „,,.n there is a capital map of London to help as in 51i", researches, together with an almanack, lists of inns, Ottot, in its more than two thousand closely printed pages. be expected that such a book as this should be altog,e ir free from errors. Some few omissions and inaccuracies may be Q' t ii but taken altogether it is a volume of wide and remarkable 0, 8 Nay, even as a work of amusement, we think, it is not to be ; and half an hour may be very agreeably spent in researches fri e ,.,, 1 0 occupations and abiding places of one's acquaint a„,," s Such a search is, indeed, the best test of its general accuracy; i;,`," though there may be a few exceptions, as a general rule it bears '' , l3 test thoroughly well. WEEKLY DISPATCH, DECEMBER 3, 1848. ti 13113 stupendous annual has just made its appearance for the fit% bs ir ul tinic It comprise% amongst o a th " er information,Official T e „ dtB c t;arY," a " Street Directory," Commercial Directory," a Directory," a " Law Directory," a " Court Directory," a to; a ,liarrientary Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " City Direc a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Directory." sett although we have thus copied the principal headings from ;I tle-page, they convey a very faint idea of the mass of varied ior niation condensed into a space, which, th oug h b u lky enoug h ilia appearances , is still small when compar e d w ith the Ito amoat of gence conained therein. The in .'elf contains several intelli hundred minor t headings, nu connected with Lhe wants or interests, the business or the proceedings, of the com ,ercial and trading community. The book positively reflects high ho nour upon the great city which alike produces and requires it ; `lc l infinite credit is due to the Messrs. Kelly for the manner in b F itch they have presented it to the pubic. No money can have : t en sPared in rendering it accurate, complete, and perfect in all its anlilutest details. It is in itself a reflex of the grand.ur, wealth, o e u Y4st mercantile interests of the great capital of the British to i r t lioas ; it catches, as with a daguerreotype, all the features toig h asea of a community numbering two millions of souls. We Iherit h m ,'" "on sa withut hyperbolic urish, o poetic fictio, th: ce rtain y n% orals o of its own ; for, though t in the abstrnact, at a 140_8 c atalogue of s t ree t s, names , a ssociations, trades, and i ns ti tu . Pride :12 Yet does it irresistibly raise up in the breast a feeling of slon the part of him who can in any way, however humble, ate himself with that mighty metropolis whose interests arc th e :ere repre ,,, ented and registered in this volume. We can fancy m erit , Which would b e pro d uce d upon a s wage were he, for argii- Wfer B sake, able t o un d ers t an d E ng li s h, and if . this book were t o v , to hi s contemplation. You might assure him that it related , ohe city in the British Islands, and he would exclaim, "No ; ' ls t be a re g i ster of entire kingdoms !" myAh ot , OIIN BULL, DECEMBER 9, 1848. nether edition J of this extremely useful, and for the amount of 41 , t e . r.' t 7TPressed in it, extremely cheap publication, now lies before With 'lull Yula', by the multiplicity of its information, to the industry Dare, l it is compiled. A map of London is added, in which we 44 're b v : e _ t ht. all the new streets laid down in the course of last year litiserted, and the various departments of the Directory he pre74-)rought up to the latest (late. We are happy to find from taa tatio ai that its succ a ti is such as to guarantee to the public the b e ..f Deublic atien of manual which to those engaged in business "3 absolutely indispensable. --- It Nv,,,,, r XAMNEE ECEMBER 16, 1 fir s t , ao b e curious to I compare this fiftieth 845. publication with b t u l l i k e , r more t ° ,, b serve by what steps it has grown to its enormous uook does 'aa two thousand pages. But the great evil o 812 e. It i,, "t apply to Mr. Kelly's. Its utility is in the ratio of . 1 . great .ts one. ri not one Directory, but a dozen. It is twelve rolled into , the CourT ()t neial, the Street, the Commercial, the Trade , s', the , Law, : e Ilitilki' gi e parliamentary, the Postal, the City, the within Conveyance, -4 aie n g, the Assurance Directories are all accessible the learen,, "cr. The reference, by admirable classification, and by cei'ar sabdivisions of callings and streets, is rendered so easy, that ka . cllY Possible to conceive a person missing the information ke , Nrs 'e lia.,:kft2ach times as we have hitherto had occasion to use it, th. , othl, l f ound its accuracy and fulness to be really beyond praise. ouid c l I s tted which it is conceivable that a resident in London Mi ro, or esire t o kno __ , w of the countless multitudes that dwell around _ n tliloy::f t he endless variety of occupations that keep them busily "ad ful oo ' The book is a perfect marvel of arrangement, accuracy, 3 ' of information. 1848. /I N ~., , isnITANNIA, DECEMB ace,orrii:.,nuort,le Directory has reached its t fiftieth annual issue, and, nian y ' ',7 t all a ppearance, it is likely o . appear regularly for as in c e a t p r i a tV oll o s f . k •nala nd °r Years as London shall continue to . tb,„ • Whatever increase may take Place . ace with ito,„l.ll6ed be ne doubt that this periodical will kee in t'e th th e e it with every zrea t i r ', '''e contrast what it was with what it is, and re p m p ember the attecessi-jr.vernents which have been made in Prhit,,,, e Publication. It now comprises two thousand elosely ks4,7.,D!'%ea, with such an admirable analysis of trades s a e u s d pr.o.s eppaM such a perfect classification of names itnd hou or ....- ftiiia,..l,lnost comprehensive guide that can be desired . 1 ft, — ,..... - o ery purpose of reference. The arrangement,indeed, , is a tiat r '' . i_iff te that the proprietors have only to maintain it in its pre rmy,:u3l. to be certain of enjoying a centinuance of that ~ Toao it,„ watch their unrivalled skill, industry, and enterprise in the -""41114"" ' 1'146 • ri gutig Roil lam oozed for Avila. Who link • SPECTATOR, DECEMBER 2, 1848. This gigantic volume of business and residential information has now completed its half century, or year of jubilee; and is, we sup pose, unrivalled in tl.e variety, utility, and precision of its facts. Upwards of two thousand pages In double and treble columns are here presented, touching the names, callings, and abodes of people in business, or out of it, classified in every way to facilitate reference, besides particular information concerning public offices, official men, conveyances, bankers, and the Post-ofElce. ATLAS, DECEMBER 2, 1848. We look upon this book as a national blessing. Who has not found the use of it? who has net turned the information it contains to profitable account? It is now in the jubilee year of its existence, and, if possible, is more complete in its details than any of its pre decessors. Its amplitude and eorrectness are marvellous ; and that they are duly appreciated we need no better proof than the fact of the übiquity of its presence. Go where you will you are sure to meet it. It is impossible to live a week in London without feeling the want of such a work. LITERARY GAZETTE, DECEMBER 9, 1848. Two thousand and eighty-eight pages comprise this volume, which, we believe, we may safely affirm, could only relate to Eng land and be made in England ; for all the world besides could not supply such matter, nor tarnish such means for making it tho roughly known and easily found. The production of a newspaper is a daily wonder —the " Post-office Directory" is an annual one. The information collected is prodigious, the arrangement as near as pos sible to perfection, and as far as we can test it by many references, the details accurate to a nicety beyond euloglum. Everybody is aware of what this Iliad, not in a nutshell, but for its intelligence incredibly compressed, consists; and therefore we will not enter into the particulars, but merely say that all official, social, com mercial, legal, parliamentary, courtly, and other information which may be required for conveniency, business, or pleasure, in this unbounded Babylon of ours, is here; most useful and complete in every branch and department. HERAPATH'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, DECEMBER 9, 1848, There is no work of the day, in the nature of a compilation, equal to this, both in regard to the labour bestowed upon it and utility to the public. It has new become an authentic means of en abling one part of the inhabitants of this great metropolis to know the abodes of their fellows. It has been said, that whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to maturity. The Directory has been fifty years in a con dition of growth, and, by its appearance and contents, we should judge, has arrived at maturity; therefore it is but reasonable to conclude that its existence will be long and flourishing. Of the half century the " Directory" has been published, it has been twelve years in the hands of the Messrs. Kelly ; and it is within this period the work has acquired its high position—a position so distinguished, that it attracted some time since even the loving attention of Government, and would no doubt have fallen late its hands, but for the difficulty of yearly producing a work of equal utility to the public, and of making the price at which it is sold re • munerative for the labour devoted upon it. Also, Now Published, DIRECTORIES OF ESSEX, HERTS, KENT, MIDDLESEX, SURREY, and SUSSEX, price 11. ss. - CAMBRIDGESHIRE, NORFOLK, and SUFFOLK, price 11. BIRMINGHAM, with SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, and WAR WICKSHIRE, price 11. BEDFORDSHIRE. DUCKLNGHAMSHIRE, HUNTINGDON SHIRE, and BERKSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, and OX FORDSHIRE, price 11. ss. HAMPSHIRE, DORSETSHIRE, and WILTSHIRE, price 11. DERBYSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, and RUTLAND-HIRE, price 11. Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-coart, Temple-bar ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution 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 needful, while living. The Assured boson 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, held on the 10th of May, MS, to declare a sixth bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid en each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perma- Sum the 4,3 Annaal Policy Bonus in nent Re- Assured Age. aal Pre- taken addition Bonus in Auction of may bor minim out in to Sum Cash. Annual rely ma 0:2 Assured. Premium. Policy. - - - X s. 4. s A. X s. d. £ s. d. 1837 262 14 3 121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 X Is.d. 1838 237 15 6 108 16 4 17 7 6 494 8 111 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 211 18 695 16 9 14 17 7 445 I 0 1840 163 8 4 75 15 10 1l 10 9 395 11 1 1841 159 3 4 71 6 0 10 19 8 346 2 3 1842 132 2 6 58 17 6 819 10 296 13 4 1843 84 11 8 37 10 0 bl 4 2 247 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 can secure through this Society. Cash. I Policy. s. d £ 394 11 0 466 221 0 0 261 ,115 $ 0 136 I. d. 0 0 0 0 60 11. PREMIUMS To secure on attain- AnnuityXlo 10 0 lng the age Cash .. 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 1)7 8 6 option of 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 eYery 1001. deposited : Age 50, £7 Bs. I Age GO, ze, 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. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary. NIETROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. Spencer U. Walpole, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq. Samuel Driver, Esq., Whitehall. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly. John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside. Capt. Hon. G. F. Ilotham, RN., United Service Club, and Brighton. Edward Legh, Esq., the Limes, Lewisham, Kent. Edward Lomax, Esq., St. John's-wood-park. Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq., South Audley-street. Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, Richmond, Surrey. William Studley, Esq., Brixton, Surrey. William A. S. Westoby, Esq., Hyde-park place. The LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT of the Society em braces : Assurances upon single or Joint lives, contingent survivorship, or the survivor of two or more lives. Endowments of widows and children. Immediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities. The payment of fixed sums to the assured at any specific age, or to their re resentatives in case of death before that age. Premiums may be paid yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, or upon he half premium plan for the first five years. Loans granted on an entirely new principle. RAILWAY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. All persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway in Great Britain and Ireland, assured in the event of loss of life by accident whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of 10s. per cent., in one single payment, for the whole period of life. EXAMPLE.—A person may by one single payment of St. assure to his family or others the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his losing his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. Secured on al 65, by an Ai 21. 123. t l ,ei " 4 Ainulty r.t -4 -4. £ s. d. 20 47 16 6j SO 26 15 lel 40 13 19 9j ENEFITS ttalning the age of taual Premium of ;'• c) c Payable Payable I Payable Anna- I in one for DiS bo ally. I sum. parity. a. d. £ d. s. (I. 20 01011 10 010 • 0 0 30 019 616 7 1 7 3 11 40 1 17 327 311 19 4 10 C ONTRACTS for RUM, SUGAR, COCOA, and TOBACCO. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Jan. 6, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on Tnunswor, the 18th instant, at One o'clock, they will he ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract tor supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptford, the undermentioned articles, viz. When to be delivered. The produce of the British Pos- Gallons. ) sessions and not less than lialf Half in 3weeks RUM 50,000 and the re to be the produce of the British Possessions in the West Indies, mainder in 3 SUGAR (the produce of the British Vos- 2 Tons. weeks after -50 wards. 50 TOBACCO (Virginian) ... •...• • • .. Inalf In a fort night, &the 90 remainder in a fortnight afterwards.i All the articles to be exempted from the Customs' Duties. Samples of the Cocoa (not less than 2lbs.) must be produced by the parties tendering, and samples of the Sugar and Tobacco, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised In writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bee" In the left hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Rum, Sugar, and Cocoa must be accompanied by a letter, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person ten dering in the suns of 251. per cent. on the value, for the due perform ance of the Contracts. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Lectures on the Cultivation of the Voice, and on the Art of Sing ing, by G. Clifford, Esq., with various Illustrations, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Two o'clock, and on the alternate Eve nings, at Eight.—On the Electric Light, by Dr. Bachhoffner on Tues day, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings.—On Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan, with brilliant Experiments, daily, and on the alternate Eve nings.—Childe's Phantasmagoria, with curious new effects, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Two, and on the alternate Evenings.—New Series of Dissolving Views.—New, Chromatrope.—Microseope.— Diver and Hiving-bell.—Working Models explained.—The Musics is directed by Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five, and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Tea. Admission, Ill.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. P UBLIC NOTICE.-EIGHT NEW LIGHTS. —The only good Lights in the world—they only need knowing t• be admired. The Diamond Lamp is the only Light that really gives satisfaction, its equal is unknown ; its superior will never come.—The Vertical Diamond Lamp surpasses the Carcel Lamp of France in every respect.—The Pearl Candle Lamp with detached cup, &c., is worth a hundred other Candle Lamps.—To sell the ordi nary Candle Lamps is now impossible.—The public have long enough been pestered with such rubbish.—The Star, the Golden, the Glass, the Ring and the Reflecting Gas Burners surpass all others beyond comparison. The Metropolitan Light Company her Majesty's domi nions with Light supply.—The Public will have none other. The whole of the New Lights are constantly burning at the Com pany's Establishment, 447, West gtrand, RICHARD CLARK, Resi dent Manager. T HE BELLS OF ST. A NEW YEAR'S NOTIOI. 'Twas New Year's Eve—the last of last December— Between eleven and twelve, if I remember, When merily the bells of Aldgate Church, Told us the year had left us in the lurch; In other words, they rung with pleasing din, The old year out, and then the new year in ; And being rather sleepy at the time, I closed my eyes and dreamt about the chime. I fancied I was taken, unawares, Slap through the gates, and up the steeple stairs; And having reached the bell loft in the steeple, Methought the bells could talk like " other people." The treble bell, while up and down it:swung, First in the octave wagged its iron tongue : " Brethren," said he, " excuse your little brother In rising first—vie understand each sther. I beg to drop a hint which you'll discuss, Touching•that mart which faces us; The Warehouse opposite, we know full well, Like Aldgate steeple, long has ' borne the bell ;* And certainly this year before it closes, Should hear a first-rate peal in praise of MOSES." " That's right," said Number Two, " we can't do less, On looking at their quality in DRESS. A very wise suggestion, Brother Treble, And one which we'll adopt without a quibble. MOSES and SON a merry peal shall hear, For what they've done in trade the by-gone year. Ring I Brothers, ring I do justice with your clappers. To Dress-coats, Frock-coats, Trowsers, Vests, and Wrappers." " Well done," said Number Three, " you're coming out ; I quite agree with what you've talked about, Much might be said in praise of this and that Mart, But I'm inclined to touch upon THE HAT MART. MOSES In Hats and Caps are truly tappers; And hence we'll advertise them with our clappers." " Decidedly we will,' said Number Four, " 11l lend a hand to publish Such a store ; Nor do I think that any will refuse To ring the changes on THE BOOTS AND SHOES. From what we view, on looking from our steeple, MOSES' prime Shoes are valued by the people." This was responded to hy Number Five, Who felt assured that MOSES.still would thrive. And In addition hoped they'd nor demur, In giving one round peal for MOSES' FUR. " Tou need not be afraid," said Number Six. Our peals of praise shall shake these stories and bricks ; And, doubtless; we shall all of as agree In praising MOSES' FIRST CLASS HOSIERY. They've sold such famous goods throuvhout the year, That really w • are bound to applaud them here. " MOSES' PRIME OURFITS," sold th• last but one, An equal credit to the Mart have done." " Well," said the Tenor. lam pleased to know That all my brothers value MOSES so. I quite agree with all of you, and, therefore, We'll set to work without a.why or wherefore." Then off they went, quite glorying in their theme, Aid I awoke and found it was a dream. E. MOSES aid SON beg to call the attention of Emigrants to their low lists of outfits, commencing (including every necessary) at 755., lower if required. The list can be had en application, or sent post free. BOTOLPII. Notice.—A. New Department for the sale of Parasols and CM dren's Dresses has been opened at 157, Minories. E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their Shooting coats, which possess a peculiar cut and style, adding much comfort the At. E. M. and S. are convinced they will be much approved of by the public. Shooting Coats, in a variety of materials from fls. 6d. to 21s. The Doeskin, or Elastic Coat, from. • .. • • • • .. 17s. Od. to 325. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles • • item .£0 9 6 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coats, handsomely trimmed ••• • • • •• • .... 1 5 0 The Premier. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • •••• • • • ..... •• • • 0 15 0 D'Orsay • ....... ••• • • •• • • •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1 6 I Shooting Coats... ••• • • •••••••••••••• • • • .. • • • • • • • • I 8 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers • • .......... • . . I 4 6 Doeskin ditto .. • • • • ....... ••••••.. • • • • .. 9 12 6 Aattunn and Winter Vests ...• .• .. ••..••..• • • • • • .. 0 2 0 Frock do. • • • • • • • • . Boys' Hussar and Tunis Suits .. ••••• • • • • • 0 16 6 MADE TO MEAKTEZ., Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style rom £1 6 0 Milled cloth Coat . Tweed Trousers . ............... ..... •• .. ••• • .. 0 9 6 Tweed Wrappers ••..•• • • .. New Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles . • .... I 16 6 Doeskin Trousers...—. .. ........ ....... •• • • 1 2 0 Best, or Dress ••.•.•••••• • • • . • .. • • ...... • • .•• .. 1 6 0 Dress Coats ••••••••••••• • • • • • .• • • • • . .. •• • • 1 12 0 Best quality Frock do. •..... Ca./4131er, Vest • Satin, Plain er Fancy .. ••..••.. • • • • 0 12 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits .. ••..•••••••••• .. • • • • • • . • • • 1 9 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A. Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 16s. N.B.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their pre sent Stock of juvenile attire. The designs are elegant and unique, and the workmanship and materials are such as to command univer sal approbation, while at the same time the prices are unusually mo derate. E. MOSES and SSN, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies aid Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, aid 157 Minories, and 83, 34, 'O5, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. Caittsn.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesnaan like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, bas been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &a., should call at, or send to. Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when bisines is rosined till twelve o'clock. NATIONAL MERCANTILE FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. Capital—Quarter of a Million. TRUSTEES. Orlando Crease, Esq, George Moore, Esq. Janes Peek, Esq. Peter Rolt, Esq. DIRECTORS. DATID WADDINGTON, Esq., 3f.P., Chalrmau. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Charles Janes Jones, Esq. (William and Thomas Jones and Co.) William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trower.) John Mair, Esq. (John Mair, Son, and Co.) James Peek, Esq.•(Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles Redmayne, Esq., New Bond-street. liananiah Teape, Esq. (Wiggins, Teape, and Loder.) BANKERS—Messrs. Glynn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. SECRETARY—Jenkin Jones, F.I.A. This Society is established for the general Insurance of Buildings, Furniture, Merchandize, Stock in Trade, and other descriptions of Personal Property, against loss or damage by Fire, and offers to tho public the following advantages : 1. A subscribed - capital, amounting to a quarter of a million Bier• ling, securing to the insured an ample fund for the payment of losses, and no responsibility of partnership. 2. Rates as low as is consistent with safety. 3. Each case submitted to this Office will be taken at a Premium, ac,x,rding to its risk, without reference to tariffs which are binding on other societies. 4. Policies of seven years are allowed an abatement of one year's premium and duty. 5. Policies for a shorter period than twelve months can be effected sn more favourable terms to the insured than in any other office. i. Insurances are granted for loss of rent during the period of re instatement of damage by fire; and a reasonable allowance will be made ler the removal of goods in time of danger. 7. A!.. claims, when admitted by this Society, are immediately without deduction or discount. S. All the permanent and solid advantages conferred by Companies o a similar character are secured by this Society. JENKIN JONES, F.1.A., Secretary. FREEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. DIVIDEND.—Notice is hereby given, that on and after the 10th instant, the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 30th ultimo, at the rate of Slx per Cent. per annum. on the Subscribed Capital of this Company, will bo in COURiE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders at the Compauy's Office as above. JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. January 5, 1849. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. Notice Is hereby given, that a GENERiL MEETING of Members of this Institution will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th instant, at Eleven for Twelve o'clock precisely (in pursuance of a requisition duly signed), to alter and amend the Third Rule of the Institution, by rendering the retiring Directors eligible for immediate re-election, and to insert in some one of the Rules the Classes of Assurance effected by the In stitution." January Sth, 1849 JOSEPH MARSH, Mccrotary. ------ F.LECTRO and SHEFFIELD PLATE.—The Catalogue of Prices, with Drawings of Silver Plated Dish Covers, Vegetable or Curry dishes, and other requisites for the Din ner table, may be had gratis, or will be sent, postage free, to any part of Great Britain, Ireland, or the Colonies. T. COX SAVORY and Co., 47, Cernhill, Loniou,:seven doers from Grace4golvArco, L 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human breast. Mere exalted than mere passion, it sears high above every other Impulse of nature, and is xot only stronger than avarice, but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from its influence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. When union does not take place, however, this passion, this fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life time spent in the fulfileam of every engagement, snap the very con tract;astuider which should be most binding to an honourable mind? It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be beyond measure deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, he entails the most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon himself a desolation the ;nest horrible, when the simple possession of natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the attention of all. Those desirous of investigating it will Ind the fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled SELF-PRESERVATION, illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the reproductive organs ; with practical observe ions on the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from solitary habits, excesses, or infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries Mall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and much neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob tained the highest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat ment of them diseases. REVIRW OF VIE WORK. La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are scenes in the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf into which such scenes must plunge him I In the book before as such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and propriety. ♦ father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By us t aught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer ox medicine." —United Kingdom Maga z ine. The work nmy be bad price 2s. 6d., of Kent aid Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stacie, Tichborne street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; or, free by post, for forty-two stamps, front the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, from Ten to Two, or from Five toEigbt. al, BEDFORD-SQUAIiE, LONDox. CONVICTION UNDER THE TEN HOURS ACT, MAN CHESTER.—Yesterday, at the Manchester Borough Court, before Messrs. Maude, Walker, and Sharpe, the Messrs. W. P. Clarke and Co. were summoned for a violation of the Ten Hours Act, by allowing a number of females over the age of 18 years to work in their mill more than ten hours per day. There were four infor mations exhibited against the Messrs. Clarke. The first was for having allowed Sarah and Mary Wells to work for more than ten hours on the 22d of December last. Mr. Cobbott, who appeared to prosecute, briefly stated the facts of the case. On the 22c1 of December the two Wells's commenced worki ng at half- past fi ve o'clock in th e morn i ng , an d cont inued to work until half-past eight o'clock in the evening, without any in termission, e xce pt a n hour and forty minutes allowed for meals. They were, therefore, worked for upwards of 13 hours and 20 minutes. John Percival, who stated that he worked in the mill of the Messrs. Clarke, proved the charge, and his testimony was corroborated by other witnesses. Three other cases of a similar nature were proved against the Messrs. Clarke, and a penalty of 50s. in each case was inflicted, with costs. Tho penalties and costs will amount to 251. SUGAR CANES.—An importation of a considerable quantity of sugar canes has recently taken place by one of the steamers arrived at the port of Southampton. This is a somewhat unusual and remarkable importation, and is of some interest, although such arrivals have, we be lieve, taken place into the metropolis, direct from the West Indies. SlR,—Your able report of our last Court shows two Learned Sergeants (Gaselee and Storks), one barrister (Lewis), and all the influential proprietors protesting, as one man. against the monstrous doctrine of the chairman, that any one of the four quarterly courts allotted to the proprietors, as conjoint legislators with the directors, might be defeated by the directors first making it " special," :and then deciding that an adjournment must extinguish all other business, no matter how long pending, or of what importance to India or England ! Mr. Sergeant Gaselee contended that the consti tution of the company was "rotten," and that the chairman had, by such arbitrary conduct, proved it so. I entirely agree with him ; but Igo further. Our constitution is not merely "rotten," in enabling a chairman to play such " fantastic tricks before high heaven," but its rottenness chiefly appears in its investing with equal rights of legislative voting every proprietor of 1,0001. stock, whether male or female, wise or ignorant, moral or worthless. Here is a rottenness of far worse character. The consequence is obvious. A multitude of ladies, who can be supposed to know no more about the interests of India than their relatives and friends will permit, and who must be expected to vote as they are requested, attend when a ballot is fixed and register the opinions which the directors may hold. Except in one or two other moneyed cor porations of London, there is absolutely no other analogous instance of such a mode of carrying a question, per fas aut nefas, as directors may choose to have carried. Generally speaking, indeed, the directors go on without resorting to these ap peals, because in every Court that meets, the di rectors, who adhere together as one man (having first settled between themselves how they shall vote), turn out in support of whatever has the back-parlour majority, and by force of their own numbers most indecently outvote the few proprietors who happen to he present. It will be said, why do not the proprie tors attend and assert their rights ? It may seem al most absurd to reply that, although these Courts are scantily advertised, they yet are generally unknown, few persons amid the pressure of London duties, seeming to read or,remember these meetings ; and a motion is actually now pending (which the proprietors will do well to support), that every male proprietor shall, in future, receive a personal notice of these meetings, which, however sure to be opposed, would secure a very different muster than has ever yet been witnessed. This " rotten constitution" pre vented for a long series of years (and for twenty years after open exposure), the abolition of Suttee— that is, the burning alive of no fewer than 666 women every year! (I quote the ample Parliamentary re turns, which prove that average by giving the name, residence, and caste of every victim—most leaving children !) For all these years a set of moneyed men, and their supporters, bade defiance to public opinion, on the ground that the I-lindoo religion necessitated these murders, and that the natives would have them. These merchants and bankers there fore settled in secret conclave to stand by each other, and with the aid of their " rotten " machinery, to keep up these murderous abominations, until Par liament—excited, at length, by the hopeless efforts of a very few persevering individuals—spoke out upon such atrocity, and Lord William Bentinck put it down by a single stroke of his pen, without the slightest injury having arisen. Thus, for a similar length of time (and for 18 years since its exposure) the directors have as steadily resolved to favour the Grand Temple of Juggernaut, and then, under the pressure of Parliamentary inquiry, were compelled to give up the revenue arising from the Pilgrim tax—a profligate source of their profits de rived from heathenism, by Christians, so called, they ordered, in 1840, an annual payment of 23,000 rupees per annum, after already endowing► the Temple from land, because Lord Auckland refu , ed in that year to comply with the earnest advice of his own Bengal Council no longer to supply " them that were no gods" with the means of maintaining heathen priests and prostitutes all the year, and both main taining and sanctioning, with the attendance of their own officers, the great annual festival, which has always destroyed thousands by cholera, exhaustion, and starvation on every June meeting! as I have re peatedly proved in my place for many years past. Throughout this arduous conflict, I have been an swered by the directors, and especially by a creature of theirs among the proprietors, of whom I believe they begin to grow ashamed, that the natives must have their religion, and would certainly drive us out of India if we should refuse it ! Such nonsense however, having been long exploded, since Mr. Buller, Mr. Tv. ining, and Major Scott Waring em ployed it, its effect is now much diminished ; while, in tact, all that I have ever asked is—that we should cease from supporting idolatry, and so enabling the heathen to quote the conduct of their rulers as proofs that both religions were of equal value ! I have never asked, but that by all peaceable and quiet means, we should circulate the Bible, and bestow the blessing of a Christian education on our own fellow-subjects, for whom we hold this magnificent empire in trust. All through this struggle, the main delusion, either real or affected, has been, that, on the conquest of India, and especially of Juggernaut, we gave a pledge to maintain heathenism inviolate, and so to keep things as they are for all time ! This falsehood has been exposed, usque ad nauseam, by calling for any such pledge, and though the Anglo- Indians fought hard for its existence when they appealed to the Privy Council against the abolition of Suttee, and the directors have just again referred this pledge-question to the Bengal Government, they have been again told that no pledge whatever—either direct or implied—exists, nor, indeed, ever could, in a case, where—from our first charter—Christianity has been guaranteed to India, and where, if any Go vernor, civil or military, had ever given a contrary pledge, his accession would have been void ab initio. Such logicians, indeed, amuse us not a little by their reductio ad absurdum, that two such illustrious men as the Marquis Wellesley and the Duke of Welling ton could have fallen into such a blunder—one of whom was Governor-General and the other Coin mander-in-Chief in India when Cuttack was taken, in which this monstrous temple is found. It might be thought that those among the clergy of England who are proprietors, would, at least, have appeared at their posts, and done their duty, but I deeply regret to add, that of 85 clergymen, having 107 votes, we never see one at the Courts, where they possess rights of legislation, with every power of speaking and voting. I have not yet adverted to the purpose for which the last Court was " made special "—I mean the case of the deposed and deceased Raja of' Sattara; but a fouler case of the abuse of our " rotten constitution," and of an irresponsible majority, has never occurred, even at the India House. This Raja once stood high in the confidence of the very men who finally hurled him from his throne. All went well between the directors and that most injured Prince till a foul conspiracy (with his own brother at its head) arose in India, when one of those directors who always openly supported widow-burning went out, ostensibly to see right done. My own conviction is, that he did most honestly so intend; nor can I account for the mystery that followed. All that we shall, perhaps, ever cer tainly know here is, that without the pretence of a fair and open trial, where the Raja might have been heard in his defence, he was immediately sent to prison, after being stripped of all his property, and disgraced as a traitor, no tittle of evidence (I speak as a lawyer and a man) appearing throughout to justify such a violence. His brother—a drunkard, and a sensualist—took the vacant throne ; and the good Raja only changed dethronement and incarce ration for a parole imprisonment for life, at I3enares, and then, for his release by the grave. One of our proprietors saw this exiled monarch personally ; but I could only send him the Mahratta Scriptures, translated by the Baptists, for which I received his thanks. I say no more of the director in question, for he no longer survives; but with the men whom he represented, and the system he, for many years, upheld in this country, I have no sympathy, having already printed, his speech, as chairman, against one of my humble attempts to serve India. My conviction is that, until the East I n di a pro prietors themselves interfere, and above all, the na tional clergy—those who have no votes, in their pulpits, and those who have, in their places, no real good will be done. It is m y f ur th er n viction that neither will this desirable change in the proprietary, or the cl erg y, e ff e ct all that is required, until VERY DIFFERENT MEN shall become the administrators of what the Learned Sergeant very properly designated as "st rotten constitution," because th e y can afford to make it better, and not take shelter under its notorious defi ciency. Why does not he, and men like-minded, at once concert measures for bringing about a purer state of things? " When bad men," says Burke, " combine, good men must associate." such an association is formed the present abominations will go on ; because the directors have nothing to do, but when beaten at a Co urt, to send all their relations and friends who never heard a word of the debate to Leaden hall-street on a s ubsequent day, to record in a ballot their opinion of the King-killers who depose reigning monarchs, and the amiable Lotharios who used to Really, - Alr. Editor, if our press be yet as free as ever, and if public opinion continue as powerful as ever, the day of retribution must be near, and such agents as have thus abused their responsibility, must give place to those who fear God and abhor oppres sion. Let upright and influential men, like Sir Charles Forbes and others, whom I could easily name once determine that truth shall prevail, and that India shall possess the Gospel—the one great end for which she was given to England, and is still pre served to us—and we shall be fulfilling those high destinies from which, under so bad a government, we have long supinely shrunk from our obvious duty. AN EAST INDIA PROPRIETOR. January 1, 1849. ALTERATION OF IRISH POOR- LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlB,—Since the publication of Mr. Monsell's letter in the Oforning Chronicle, on the most important subject of the limitation of the areas of the Poor-law Unions in Ireland, I have anxiously waited for the promised observations of the editor; important as they must be not only on account of their ability, but in consequence of his position as the organ of an in fluential party in the State. Neither in Mr. Monsell's letter, or in the observa tions of the editor in a leading article on the 29th ult., is the plan distinctly laid down in plain language. The latter says, " The plan of those who would limit the responsibility of an enterprising improver like Mr. Blacker to the sphere of his actual influence, &c., alone promises even partially to obviate the ne cessity of recourse to extraneous and artificial sources of supply." Mr. Monsell says, "You have joined together active and indolent landlords, the active have been forced into inaction by the impossibility of getting the indolent to co-operate with them, and those who ought to have been the labourers of both swell the relief list." Again, "So long as you allow the indus trious and humane to be swamped by the indolent rapacity of those who, by exorbitant rents, create paupers, and then refuse to spend one shilling in employing them, you can have no employment here." From these and similar passages, there is, I appre hend, no doubt, that the proposed plan is to limit the areas of the Unions to the properties owned by each n dividual. The public, therefore, have two plans before them, Ist, The above. 2d, The one I submitted to Government during the last session, viz., that the valuation of the land should be fixed at its present value, and that the rate should fluctuate, on that fixed value, according to the wants of the poor. The open and avowed object of these plans is iden tical ; it is to encourage the employment of the people by active and intelligent proprietors ; and there can be no doubt that each will accomplish the desired end in a greater or less degree—but here all similarity between the plans is at an end. Mr. Monsell's p!an would save a proprietor from an existing burden, and this, be it observed, in many in stances whether he employs the people in improving the property, or not. My plan would save a proprietor from a future burden if he employs the people in improving his property. Mr. Monsell's plan being to relieve an existing burden, must necessarily shift that burden upon other shoulders—either upon his neighbour or upon the State. My plan would not relieve any proprietor from an existing burden, and therefore cannot impose any ad ditional burden on other parties. Mr. Monsell's plan would avowedly throw on those proprietors who have a greater population upon their property than could be employed thereon, a much greater burden than is now imposed upon them, in fact it must in many instances be their absolute ruin. And then the evictions, the harrowing scenes which were described last session, would be increased in fearful intensity. An Act of Parliament limiting the present Unions to each property should be entitled, " An Act to Encourage Landed Proprietors in Ire land to Evict, as quickly as possible, the Peasantry from the Homes they have long occupied."' Mr. Monsell has stated his opinion in a very able manner, he has clearly established not only the pro priety but the necessity for a change. What that change shall be is ayery different question, and a far more important one. A step in The right direction would be so much gained, although it might not pro duce all that was desired; but one in the wrong di rection, at this most important crisis, would he at tended with the most fearful results, and one more disastrous I cannot fancy than the one proposed by Mr. Monsell, and appoved cf by the Chronicle. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. Corwar, Jan. 2, 1848. THE PERUVIAN-STOCK JOB. TO THE, EDITOR OF 771 E SUE. " Honest, honest, lago."—Shakspere. Sirt,—Tho "round unvarnished tale" which appeared in a morning paper of this date, headed " The Peruvian Bondholders," relative to the arrangement of the debt of that State, will enable the public to trace easily the origin of the rocket-like flight upwards which these bonds took between Wednesday the 20th of December, and the Friday and Saturday following. The facts now before the public, and the Spanish American bondholders in particular, will probably induce the latter to look more narrowly for the future into the way their interests are managed. The Chairman of the committee in his adddress to the meeting of the bond holders, on Thursday, the 4th instant, is reported to have put in an uncalled for declaimer o❑ the part of the committee. Now, who ever said a word about the committee in respect of the job ? This succedaneuns of the Chair man's, in lieu of an explanation touching what had been said with regard to the retention of the proposals, was highly unsatisfactory, for no one, as an evening paper of the sth justly observed, said a word about the com mittee ; it was, therefore, unnecessary for the Chairman to exculpate that respectable body. In fact, lam well informed, that no member of the committee was suffered to share the knowledge possessed by the deputy•chairman on the 20th of December (Wednesday) except, as has been seen, the Chairman. Had he explained why his Hon. Colleague did not make the proposals known on the day he received them, that would have satisfied the bondholders, at least, with regard to the fact that there " was something rotten in the state of Denmark," for it was clearly the duty of the deputy chairman to have made known, without delay, the nature of the written proposals which he had :received on the 20th (Wednes day) from the Peruvian Minister. He is, therefore, open to animadver,ion. Many bondholders availing themselves of the rise to 40, sold out, who, had they been aware on Wednesday or Thursday of the favourable terms offered,would have held on to their property, and justly shared the benefit of the satisfactory arrangement offered by the Peruvian Minister on the 20th, but not announced by Mr. Powles till Friday or Saturday. These are stubborn facts, and well worthy the attention of the Spanish American bondholders, for there are other States who have to settle with their English creditors. The conduct of his Excellency Senor Osma through out the negotiation, appears to have been highly honour able and straightforward, and reflects great credit upon his Government and the station he occupies at the British Court. A FRIEND TO JUSTICE. January 9, 1849. ASYLUM FOR TIIE DEAF AND Dumm—Monday, the half-yearly general meeting of this institution was held in the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing thirty children to become inmates of the asylum from a list of seventy candidates. Robert Pugh, Esq., presided.o_ From the annual report, it appeared that the numbnetar off persons in the asylum is 343, including the recipi its bounty, the officers who watch over the children, as __th a e r domestics, & c. The total receipts for the o p . ye a t c onsist amount to 10,097/. ss. 10d., of which ,O h S e 4l of annual subscriptions, and 3,7491. losi o dividendsthe the stock. The legacies and bequests aa . have been unusually large, and . hav,_> . f . uj lT_ e u s iato which to clear itself of the few pecuniary dime Th e disburse ions year. 7,4521. lls. 2d., it had fallen during the prey mount to went; for the twelve montlasuarer 's hands of 1,3351. 19s. leaving a balance in the treos t s i o tu c ei on ea:tablished tor more that halt Bd. 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Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Bernors-street, Oxford-street, London, frees Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to One. Consulate General of Peru, 29, Welbcck•street, Jan. 8, 1849. P.S. A ler tee of a similar nature was addressed to the deputy-chairman at the same time, but up to this date no r:ply Las been received. COPY OF 11. E. MR. OSMA'S LETTER TO MR. ROBINSON. Ne. 15, Portland-place, Jan. 5, 1849. Sir,—ln your opening address to the Bondholders yesterday, as reported in the Morning Chronicle, ex plaining to the meeting what had taken place between us since my arrival to the day I sent you my proposals efficially, there are several circumstances mis-stated which I beg you will have the candour to rectify. I arrived in London on the 13th of November, some days after you had received advices from Mr. M'Lean, of Lima, informing you that, by the packet of October. my Government would transmit me instructions to enter into an arrangement of the debt of a more ample character than those which I received on leaving Lima for England, as at the period of my departure it was not yet known to my Government that the proposals made previously, in May, had been rejected. A few days after my arrival here you had tho goodness to call upon me, and I returned your visit immediately, although I had not the pleasure of meeting you upon either of those occasions, The 4th of December I received the fresh instructions for which I waited; and on the following day I wrote you a note begging you would be so good as to give me an interview; you re plied reverting to the object, and saying you would call upon me on the morning of the 7th, with the deputy chairman of the committee (Mr. Towles). Upon that occasion, the 7th, the first conference passed between us, which you have stated to the meeting to have taken place on the 20th December. At that conference I told you that the proposals made in May would be further improved, and that for my own part I felt much disposed to do away with every difficulty in the way of a satisfac tory settlement. It was also understood that my pro posals were not to be sent you until after the 17th, that being the day of departure for the Pacific mails, and because I had to receive from the consignees of the guano various data necessary to prepare them. On the 9th I had an interview with Lord Palmerston, and when his Lordship spoke to me on the subject of the Peruvian Bondholders, I told his Lordship that I had reason to hope, from the tenor of the fresh instructions which I had just received from my Government, as well as from a conversation I bad had with you and Mr. Powles, that a satisfactory arrangement would be made. On Saturday, the 16th, I received a letter from Mr. Fowles, reminding me of the interview appointed for a day after the 17th, and saying that he would see me on the 18th or 19th, either at my residence, or at No. 1.. New Bank-buildings, between one and two o'clock. I accordingly saw Mr. Powles on the 19th, at one o'clock. As you, at our first interview, told me that I might con fer frankly and confidentially with Mr. Powles as with yourself, I did not hesitate to converse freely with him about the proposals I was about to make. I told him consequently that on the following day, the 20th. I would write out a draft of them, and that I would have them ready the next day to hand to you at two o'clock, Mr. Powles saying that he would request you to accompany him for that object, and that in the event of your being unable to accompany him, he would let me know, anddefer:the interview until the 21st, Notwithstanding, Mr. Powles called upon me, alone, on the 20th at that hour, and read to me a letter he had re ceived from you, in which you stated that other business would prevent your attending and that I was to treat with Mr. Powles freely about the proposals in question. I therefore read them to Mr. Powles, and we discussed them together, after which I handed him the rough draft of them, as he said ho wished to show them to you. I told him at the same time to consider the proposals as officially communicated, and that if you approved of them to publish them without delay, as my signature to them was ready the moment they were approved of, praying him at the same moment to do so without loss of time. Mr. Powles brought them back to me with your approval, on Thursday, the 21st, at half past four o'clock, P.M., assuring me that both you and he would support them in the committee, and that there could be no doubt about their being accepted. I then told Mr. Fowles that I would have a clean copy of thea drawn out, and that I would send them to your resi der:cc officially that same day (21st). Mr. Powles told me not to send them to 3 our house, but to the office of the committee in the City, and that as it was then too late, they could not he sent;till the following day. I re plied that, notwithstanding, the proposals should be dated the 21st, although they were made known to you and Mr. Powles on the 20th. On the 29th, the s,eoucl time I had the honour of seeing you, when you came with the commission to re quest, in the name of the committee, some modifications of the proposals, I expressed my surprise that you should solicit a modification of proposals of which you had already sq , proved, and I was particular in calling to your mind every circumstance which occurred between us during the negotiation, in order that you might have them fresh in your memory for the day of the general meeting, when you addressed the B.mdholders. From the foregoing it is clear that, on the 4th of De cember, I received my deiluithe instructions to treat with the Bondholders. That on the 7th I personally cssured you that the proposals made to you in May would be improved. That two days subsequently, on the 9th, when Lord Palmerston spoke to me OR the subject, I told his Lordship that, from a conversation I had had with you and Mr. Powles, I had reason to believe that a satisfactory settlement would speedily take place. That on the 20th I sent you the proposals by Mr. Powles, which, when brought back to me by that gentleman with your approval, on the 21st, 1 signed, and that if they were de livered on the 22d, at half-past ten, A.M., it was at the instance of Mr. Powles, who said they should be sent to the office of the committee next day, it being then closed. I feel considerable anxiety that my proceedings in this business should be truly represented. I have stated with scrupulous exactitude in this letter every thing that has passed between us in relation to tho pre sent arrangement with the Bondholders, and which is well known to yourself. I have, therefore, to beg you will have the goodness to recal to your mind: what passed at the interviews to which I refer, and to say, in reply, at your earliest convenience, if my statement of what has taken place as it appears in this letter be cor rect.—l e the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant. (Signed) JOAQUIN J. DE OSMA. COPY OF MR. ROBINSON'S REPLY TO SENOR OSMA. 27, Chester-terrace, Ilegent's•park, Jan. 6, 1848. Sir,-1 have referred to the Morning Chronicle's re port of the proceedings at the meeting of the bond holders on the 4th inst., and finding some inaccuracies as referred to in your letter, 1 have written to the editor, requesting that he will rectify them in an early publics tion.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient servant. (Signed) G. R. ROBINSON. To his Excelleney Senor Osma. e a_r o'clock, :Ac tl hoca utensils,ktth r having Cross __._ EIT EN SI VE SEIZURE OF ILLICIT` l i ri c o rr mk i te S h r e i n ß . lTs G .— eu O rg n e Saturday night, about ten o'clock, a seizure of spirits, still, and the usual apparatus for carrying on a very ex tensive trade in illicit distillation, was effected by a Custom-house officer named George George, who is now at the West India Docks. From information George received, he proceeded with three police-etc,: stables, all well armed with pistols and cutlasses, to the house No. 22, Catherine -street, Limehouse-fiel t d h s t ; . - 1.- house, of the constables were stationed in front f_ while George and the other constable ente3retooetghp the l e lom adjoin ingniseos.f. house and proceeded to the back of an was evident The smell of spirits was very strong, G rg ©found upwards that a still was in full operation of 3001bs. of salt, soap, in illicit distillation and thetrade necessary' nd e s d s i a n t s • e y v er apparatusi b carrying on a very extensive house. N :S in CO a tter it e d ll d , e a r n: fermentation, washlf. e ' hmear;ee isnwere were er se a t a l t s the o e found in thean and two which had contained aai ti a their name house, and only - lodgers in the and conveyed that they w ore ftlie still being in They were seized the still, spirits, fearful e accid h ent , took ,: qw : u n ib'imn s ete :: ll : ::: : ::3Broad-street.e°rsr-'nt respectable dc9cthljeß Y ; ta : lP : li • In' s di I..c a csia l t t hl e nit r ifanlon:n" • left town by the first train place on Sunday ' .. r_n Chingford Marshes by which one a w i e n lv e person lost his life. It app to eac hresiding in lloxton, had h im o e w h 'ev a e m r a d n id ne n r ot d small birds, and about for the purpose of shooting got over safely, haying ditch, two of the p arty heart. handed their gunso t her s to prevent accidents. The third 0 , and imprudently held . his gun in . tbu o t the muzzle pointed directly to hie On making the spring it would appear that the cock caught in a twig or branch, and discharged the contents through the heart, the whole charge passing through with an orifice not, larger than a shilling. Mr. Biddle, of Edmonton, was immediately sent fur, but be fore he arrived life was quite extinct, and the body is now lying at the Barge House Inn, awaiting the coro ner's inquest. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY...-. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. To-day a meeting cf the local committee connected with this asso ciation was held at the Philosophical Institution, for the purpose of carrying into effect the necessary arrange ments for the approaching meeting. Lord Wrottesleyg president, occupied the chair. There was a very nume rous attendanLv of the magistrates, clergy, and the principal manufacturers of the town and n eighbourhood. Resolutions were moved by t o g ; ' the pr oviding association, the Mayor, the lion. F. Gough, the Hon. F. Curzon, M. D. Hill, Esq., Recorder; the lion. and Rev. G. M. Yorke, C. B. Adderloy, E sq., reception for the Ai proper i : .' other distinguished foreigners, who are expected to be present at the forthcoming meeting. From the general p m tio a n ny of o t t h h e er m g e e in n b t e le r u s j feeling expressed, it is more than probable than an ex hibition of works of art and the products of manufac turing skill, for which Birmingham has acquired such a celebrity, will be held on the occasion.