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ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET ANn ABATTOIR COMPANY. Notice la herby given, that the LA T 'JAY for RECEiVINI APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company is fixed fur the 7th day of January next, when the Committee will proceed to the Al lotment. By order of thr Board, JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary Wellington-stregt .North, Strand GREAT. WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL for FINAL INSTALMENT of 2/. per Share on 251 Shares, and SECOND INSTALMENT of 5!. per Share on Great Western Windsor Slaaies of 201. each, making Si. paid. The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved at a Meeting, held this day, to call under the provisions of the Acts of Parliament relating thereto for an INSTALMENT of 21. per share on 251. shares, and also for an instalment of 6/. per shire on Great Western Wimdsor shares of 201. each, notice is hereby given that the respective proprietors are requested to PAY, ox or before the 7th day of January next, the said stun of 21. on each Great Western share of 251., and the sum of 51. on can Great Western Windsor share of 29/. to , either of the undermentioned bankers of the Company, viz: London—Messrs. Glen. liallifax, Mills, and Co ; at the Great Western kailway otkce, 27, King-street, Cheapside, London. Bristol—Messrs. Miles, Hurrord and Co. ; Messrs. Baillie, A.nes and Co. ; Stuckey's Banking Company ; the West of England and South Wales District Bank. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham—Thu Countyof Glocester (link. Readlog—Messrs. J. and C. Si howls and Co. By order of 4113 Boar 1 of Dire store, CHAS. A. SIUNDERS, Sec, London T6rnitnns, PaddinAon, 29th Nov., 1849. B OULOGNE from LONDON DIRECT, every Thursday.—Great Saving to Travellers. Fares by Railway and Vessel, via Folkestone £1 8 0 Fares from London to Boulogne direct 0 12 0 Sating to each Firet-Class Passenger.... 0 16 0 13y Railway and Vessel, via Folkestone— 1 0 0 Fare from London alireet •• •• ........ 0 8 0 Caving - to each Second-Class Passenger.. 012 0 The COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior Steam-ships CITY of BOULOGNE and EMERALD, will leave LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF u under : Thursday, January 3, at 2, Morning. Thursday, January 10, at 9, Morning. Thursday, January 17, at I, Morning. Thursday, January 24, at 8, Morning. ,Thursday, January 31, at 1, Morning. - - And every Thursday according to tide. For particulars of freight, apply to Mr. James Whisson, 5, Arthur street East ; or at the Company's Oakes, 4, Arthur-street East ; and Chaplin's Universal Office, -Regent-circus. CORPORATION of the COLLEGE o f PRE CEPTORS. THIS EVEYING, DECEMBER 31, at Half-past Seven o'Clock, an ADDRESS will be delivered in the College Rooms, to the Members and Friends of this Institition, on KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION ; their distitiction, their mutual connexion, and their advancement,. By PHILIP KINGSFORD, Eeq., 8.A., Barrister at-Law. TO-MORROW EVENING (Tuesday), JANUARY 1, 185', at Eight o'Clock, a DIDACTIC LECTURE will be given in the Col• lege Rooms, on the Importance of a very Exact and Logical Method being strictly adhered to in the Teiching and Workirg of Arithmetic. By JAMES WITA.RTON, Esq.,- M.A., Author of Works on Algebra, Trigonometry, inc. Admission. Free, by cards, to be obtained at the offices, 28, Bloomsbury -square, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PAR LIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM. A PUBLIC MEETING of the Members and Fricals of the Asso ciation will be held in the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on 14°Ni:way, January 7th, 185 e. The Chair will be taken by Sir J0 , 1117A WALMSLEY,:M.P.,IPre- Went, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely. At this Meeting the plans of the Association for the year 1850 Will be developed. H. TINDAL ATKINSON, Hon. Secretary 11, Poultry, December 21, 1850. 9pHE NOVELTY most recently introduced by 1_ MESSRS. NrcoLL is called NICOLL'S PATENT EIDER DOWN PALETOT, such novelty consistint in the adaptation of Eider Down In the formation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original elegance and ntility of which is, however, faithfully preserved. Ehlers are found in great numbers in Iceland and the Ferr Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to bt Proof against the most severe cold. and even the small quantit3 Which can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, wil: serve in the formation of a Paletat, which, white it has most extra. ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the fines' and thickest blanket, the great desidereum for a winter garment being thus accomplished, namely, personal warmth without fatigue. Ii Public inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale and retail warerooms, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, London. riHRISTMAS.—One of the new patented inven tions called NICOLL'S EIDER DOWN PALETOT will doubtless form a most acceptable gift at the approaching season of festivity, when it is somewhat difiicult to select the best token of friendship or affection. The lightness and warmth of this garment will render it highly serviceable for covering as evening costume without causing the least disarrangement ; and front the peculiarity of the formation of the whole it precludes the necessity for any mea sure rent being taken, as merely some slight description if height or appearance will , ußice to enable the patentees to supply an EIDER DOWN PALETOT, at the cost of SIX GUINEAS, and which may fairly be described as ens of the best preservatives of health ever yet Introduced to the public. 11., J., and D. Nicoll, 114, 116, and 120, Regent-street, and 2, Cornhill, London. nrIHE NICOLL PALETOT (Registered 6 and 1 7 Viet., ear. 65) WAREROOMS, 114, 116, 120, REGENT STREET. and 22, CORN HILL. Many have assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but Messrs. NICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material. The Wholesale and Counting House Departments for the London tranches in the Shipping and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE ALLEY. CORNHILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET. The NICOLL is the distinguishing name given to a garment secured by Royal Letters Patent front general imitation. It has all the advantages Messrs. NICOLL'S original invention, the RE- SiESTERED PALETOT •f LLAMA CLOTH. Tao NICOLL PA LE:TOTS aro charged One, Two, Three, and Three-and a-half %daft!, according with the climate or purpose for which they may b• required, ANNUAL ADDRESS. The Public, by this time, must he aware of the fact that E. Itoses and SON, at the conclusion of each year, make a practice of reviewing the progress which they may have made, and of ac knowledging the same In a plain business address to their supporters. , If such, however, were not the general practice of the proprietors, there would be every reason, on the present occasion, to issue a "spe cial circular" as an acknowledgment fur those obligation ;`which have been so appsrent in the year 1819. A glance at the past twelve months is sufficient to convince the proprietors that their Establishment is daily rising in the estimation Of a discerning public. To no period can E. MOSES and SON refer in which every en eouragement has not been afforded to them. Each of the four snecessive seasons of the year has had its amount °l' public favour, and no declension or fluctuation has at any ties* s een apparent. Among the records of the past year must be named t he establishment of Two Branch Houses (the one in Sheffield, and t he , s other in Bradford), and the partial completion of a Metropolitan .ranch House at the West End. It is scarcely necessary to allude to the circumstances which led to these steps being taken. The name of the proprietors being every !there known and approved, a most extensive country connexion 748 the necessary consequence ; and as two favourable epporunities :resented themselves, the proprietors availed themselves of the i i nao; and studied, thereby, their own interests mutual} , with O nce removed, of their supporters. The inconvenience of distance was at removed, and the advantages accruing from a purchase of MOSES and SON'S dress secured to numbers who otherwise could s o t, without sending to town, have realised the same. t The radford Branch House has ow bee nin opration for arly ,elve ß months; and se successful n has it proved throughout this :' r iod, that E. MOSES and SON find it difficult to express their Nin es of satisfaction and gratitude under the encouraging eircum- Snees. It was considered by many persons who were witnesses te the oening and subsequent scenes at this House, that the sue- L .'s atte p ndant on the speculation was without precedent In the nals of trade. What has been said concerning the Bradford Branch is, In every appliCable to that at Sheffield, which has been establlshed Ve months. To imagine that anything short of real merit could ;'''e produced all this, would c rtainly be a cenclus on not at all oreae erranted by reason. The purchases made on the opening days at Branch Establishments would have soon caused a diminution s,kilsport, had not sound quality and general superiority been apparent. So satisfactory, however, were the goods obtained 4 4 0 thoroughly were all vromises fulfilled, as to quaaty and cheap- Os, that all classes in these !miser' ant localit'es rallied round the t:: , Prieters, and heartily backed the speculations with their coun -;4,are and support. le:` has already been stated that the Metropolitan Branch, in the 1 1 ,' , 4 End, which will be opened in the Spring, Is the result of an l`reasing public demand for the eoods supplied by the Proprietors. tij.„ ll is a correct statement. Nothing but a positive assurance that c?„.'t an extension is really required would have led E. MOSES and ti,,alo have added thus to their London speculations, which, apart ll that under consideration, had no equal in the world. it' IA to acknowledge obligations so essential would be tantamount ts 4 ,forfelture of all future favours. But E. MOSES and SON are 114,2ve,d to Convince the public, both by word and action, that their tttthe 2erotts'favouts are grateful'y received. Proprietors hold out no false hopes ti the public, when to t i ng, that the year 1850 will be distinguished for improvements s„," ( lT'antages on a scale more advantageous than has ever yet been 1 1,crienced. It is by this means alone that E. MOSES and SON 1 1 1 , to secure future support from those who have so liberally a ded The Proprietors might particularise those arrangements for I,,!olnieg seasons which are already in progress. have In preparation a stock of 'Spring and Summer Dress, 41 1 ,‘a, 'fbr cheapness, utility, and elegance, was never surpassed. th i s would also impress upon the notice of the public those various ho es which are now on sale for the winter season. They have Wit sp "h e sitation ia asserting that such an assortment is not to be met . elsewhere in the trade. YOSES and SON, in conclusion, would wish all classes of f ros i supporters in every sense " a happy new year" —a y ear f ree % Ist 'lase party international broils abroad, and those politi ca l di s• N I , ' , ls at home, which cannot fail to operate inimically with our tletT rho trading and domestic wellbeing. The proprietors trust kts,,isose ho aid them. together with those who are not numbered iisti's!k their snpporters, may have to declare, when the clock strikes 'N ye on the night of the 31st of December next, that the year Md 4 145 proved to them a year of uninterrupted pea ce , p ros p er ity A aepiness. I tstedal. containing an 'Almanac for the year 1850, wil be pre• to every customer. MAT OF PRICES. RRADT MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every ,The Bulwer,handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 41 ke Paletot, ditto.. •• ..•• •• 0 18 0 e hemterfield, ditto ..... •• .. 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Over Coat ••••• • • • • • • 1 5 0 ti hsotins Coats ... ....... ................ 0 8 6 Lounging or Morning Coats .. ..... ....... 0 4 6 A4 tumn and Winter Trousers, ix Tweed ...• • 4 6 Ditto ditto Doe.kin .. 0 7 6 Tests .. •• • ••..• • •• 0 2 6 b l ack Silk Velvet Vests ..... •••• .. 0 13 I re , Coats ........... ...... 0 17 0 :rock Ditto •• •••••• • • • • • •••••• • • • • •• 019 oaths • will Boys' Over Coats, in ever/ style, from . 0 7 0 . •••• • • •• ••••• Omar and Tonic Suits 0 14 6 ' Is' Autumn and Winter Tests .. 0 0 8 WADI TO MEASURE. ..,, L keg's Autumn and Wint er Over Co ats .. from 1 1 . .4 Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm teri '" • ma ued ..... .........• •.• • .• 1 8 0 aletot, handsomely and warmly *rimmed 1 16 0 `"e Eglinton Wrapper, a very • ebgent style of Over Coat ••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 0 0 4 le Strathmore Wilsey Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout ••• • • • • • •• • and 2 10 0 "leMn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed Doeskin . . 0 10 6 .tst Black Cashmere ditto .••• . • • • • 16 0 Itt Min 4• 1, n and Winter V es t s ••• • .. ..... .•• • • 0 8 6 oat Black Cloth ditto 13 6 'lack Silk Velvet ditto ..... ..... ........ 0 IS 6 Dress Coats •••• • • • • frois 325. to 2 15 • Froek ..... ..... •• • • from 355. M 3 3 0 iiillosar and Tunic Salta • • .... ••..• • •• from I 6 0 j z ,Pa'a Shooting Coat ••••••• • • • • • • . 0 li 0 "egant Dressing Robes, in great variety, L *o 4l .......... • . ICs. to 5 0 0 4r ge Cock of Fur Coats, i n every shape, from 605. to 201. Navas and Military Ilfulforms, Liveries, Ea. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice, TheA Suit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. k,, t qlorV r . beck, entitled " The Minion of the Million," with tb ll rde,d , Self-measurement, can be had on application, or Post free, to any part of the kingdom. ' lo llet w th e Fur Department is now replete with every novelty '4l4 l'ear,, A-1 2Y article purchased, either ready made, or made to 740 if of will be exchanged, or the money returned. A 4 eys, `" 11 and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, L e ; 156 4 u ' r nero, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, L'olon ; ai rul 157 Minories, and 53, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, ter cer nMunicatlng with each other, and forming one vast i tooo .,,—oses and Son regrot having to guard the public - ` 4 ood - " l c% • Nit having heard that tho antradetnnanne of _ "ell rtmnected with them, orthe same concern," ill 4 beg to-sti'vq+- to in many instances, and fer obvious reasons, tikt„, 0 14 of L e Z, that t'ley have no connexion with any other hon. , . 41i..ahemem he except their Braneh Establishments, 36, Far those wh and 19, Thernton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; 11 101, 14414 e th r e equire Cheap and genuine clothing., /to., should call 551 aories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of "14ellElta billillInents, as above. h an ged. D to3l 0 - 3 2 - 3 4 - 24 0 - 35 0 _ 31 0 - 25 6 - 33 0 - 33 0 _ 30 9 54 e 46 to b 2 0 - 33 .- 25 - 2 0 - 24 0 _ 24 0 - 22 - 21 0 Land has It week. e h wet.° ICES,; all sal.. on ioderite the pre from 011_ s se fair , ptioa of States , abroad• less was Id to 2d our was :cept for 3s . 03t 1 higher. ) 18s 0 ,1 , ; beam to slig ; to 3 3 _ ,g ; d to 85 bo fowls, per o 35 6d ; , 401 b per to ON (Id Sato 00s, to 12s 6d d di to t to,Od; 6d to laodi , each, Os 'd to 8d hens, Pe r 'lcs, ditto, ' Leh, 4 , 6 d (presen t dozen, ue of 1410 , )rk large , /a to Os. to B d ni j d, Is d ; bole/ it bushei and 16 16st 41b, 18st 41bo inferior. 0 1 a . 0 11 D 16 ~ I 5 u day th e e had • ; weeks m ytbiog to 48s, sinking eep 069 an equa l lull, 0 3 I to 4 0 , puma° to of th e and 1I rain de • 123 9 d keel, per gen eral opt wl ls co; her e ' e quuta • f grata' to 224; per lot ; I to 166 1 4e ad ; 7 s to es 1; w heat- Id per to** ; aversr i —Fame . ,r 1 00i 04 t. d te coals t Ne at 7 per ow" Alest • , 4d 5d P gr 3! 5s Pe i Frenc h r Its; re m 11/ Pe t lity, to 161; per 11,. Gus33o--' .evangel' TS ie traes: ire, anu —W e t ; ,res, N e'r tto ( an 5%. most e.' ss trans; ;ter Alw isactiono i oenertb °So USI die., are were 0 were s . id Joi e : 'rieenocP dock" prO !)Ted, la of eon 0 sa e * the el : 21ti. o Va °4 O 101 k. lediCindl jy , Co e : ra 0. , goil. 11 " ion. eke t be ho , sal' wife of the Mrß• F' ai~dA' 10 0 he 3 Ri Ch' of 1111 Vi!lis p Jool ;art. , ° ae l?' 1 ; elde°- t ' , yerf jetli• he 834 % well' awe :i~ re, G. / PUBLICATIONS E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Established 1223. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. CIIATRMAN—Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. Alfred Kingsford Barbe Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay, Egg. I Archibald Hustle, Esq., M.P. Henry Barnett, Esq. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. I William Routh, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq, PHYSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, M D., F.R.S., No. 27, Dover-street. President of the Royal Collage of Physicians. SUROTlON—Renjamin Travers, Esq , F.R..5., , , Ne. 12, Bruton-street. AcTuAar —James John Downes, Esq., F.11.A.5. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society : Ei7o NOM Y combined with Security. The RATES of Premium arc lower than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. The WHOLE of the PROFITS are divided every fifth year among ',he Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annus' Premium to every Policy effected en the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The BONUSES declared at the three former divisions (ar:sing from three-fourths only of the profits), averaged 16, 31, and 35 per rent. respectively on the amount of Premiums paid. The BONUS declared in 1349 (arising from the whole of the pro fits), being the result of the operations of the Society during the last five 3 ears upon the Mutual Principle, averaged 62g per cent. on the Premiums received. C OLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Edited by W. HARRISON' AINSWORTH, Esq. Contents for JANUARY. No. CCCXLIX. L The Inevitable. By Le]gh Hunt. 11. Love at First Sight. By Horace Smith, Esq. 111. January. By d. E Carpenter, Esq. IV. Chr,srmas in Italy. By L. Mariotti. V. A Drift-log on the Mississippi. by Zebedee Hichory. VI. The Pl , kies. A Cornish Legend. By Father Poodles, P.P. VII. Hester S , nerset. By Nicholas Michell. VIII. Mr. Jolly Green's Ideas on some of the Leading Questions of the Day. Mr. Green in the Character of r Special Juror —The Pasha of EgYpt's Challenge—A H ome S u bj ec t. IX. The Arctic Voyages X. Bovhoor:'s Early Lay. By Louisa Stuart Costello. Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour. Chap. 30. The Finest Bun that ever was seen—Chap. 31. The Faithful Groom—Chap. 32. The Cross-roads at Dalling ton Burn. ITT. Capetigue on the French Revolution. XIII. The Habitue's Note-book. By Charles Hervey, Esq. XIV. The Theatres. XT. Literature at Vie Mor.th. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. Marylebone to be the first parish to move in the formation of a parochial branch association. If the vestry adopted his proposal, in which he was proud to say he had the concurrence of their reverend chairman, he (Mr. Wilson) had no doubt that other parishes would follow their example.—(Hear, hear ) He concluded by moving —" That the use of the board room be allowed to the undersigned parishioners for the purpose of enabling them to form a paroehi it I association in aid of th e c oi n tn i,t ee rec , ntly appoiute to carry out an effective system of ferrule ern igrat m." Sir J AMES HAMILTON, Eart , said, he hid great _ pleasure in seconding the motion. It %%:s one strictly 7 in accordance with his own feelings, and he was sure 4 that of all the proceedings which hid ever come un ler 23 1 121 the notice of th a t ves t ry s i nce h e h a d th e h onour of being a member of it, this was the most important 4 (Hear, hear) It was - a question which, instead of 11 being of a political character, or at all tainted by 7dB party, was one of perfect philanthropy and humanity. /1 ---(Hear.) IS was for the amelioration of the condi 7 8 tion of on e o f th e most wretc h e d , ill• paid, and deserv -415 ing classes of the community • and when he looked 122 at the li s t o f names which 14c1 been published, they 829 were a guarantee that there was no party or political 51 6 object in view. —(Hear, hear.) They were the names 213 of distinguished men of every class and denomina e2o tion , and he trusted th a t t h e mot i on of Mr. Wilson 5 1 27 would be received with that unanimity of feeling to which it was so eminently entitled.—(Hear.) 10 3 Mr. Menu had no wish to oppos e th e motion, but 17 he could not f o rbear sayi ng th a t nee dl ewomen were 3 24 hardly the sort of persons to be sent out to ) 1 our colonies. The colonies wanted women of . 1 8 a different description, women fit to be the wives 15 of agricultural labourers. If they sent out one-half 9 2 of the une m pl o y e d nee dl ewomen i n t h e metropo li s, who was to employ them upon their arrival ? He rather i ' , -thoughttiveCAQl a t thecolonies waited WAS goo d ser vants —persons calculated to undertake the charge of farms, and those trained to domestic service. Mr. JOSEPH did not very clearly understand the objection, unless it meant that needlewomen were not fit persons for the wives of agriculturists. But that was a very narrow minded view. It was not to be supposed that because there were so many thousands of needlewomen in the metropolis, that they were all brought up to be needlewomen from their infancy. , They had adopted it as a flarnier resort, not being able to procure employment as domestic servants, or in any other way.—(Hear, hear.) It was high time that some steps should be taken with the surplus population of this country, which increased in the ratio of one thousand per day ; whilst it was equally certain that the broad acres did not increase in the slightest degree to support them. It is not so mach, therefore, the great discrepancy between the numbers of the female sex as compared with the male, that had forced this subject upon the attention of the country, as it was from the urgency of the case arising from the circumstances he had just referred to. It was the way in which the labour market of this country was overstocked which rendered some step of the kind necessary ; and whilst that was the case here, let them look to New Zealand, were there were thousands upon thousands of acres of land without cultivation, of the very finest description, f o r w a n t of the hands to sow and the hands to reap.—((sear, hear.) He eared not whether this scheme had emanated, or was said to emanate, from Mr. Sidney Herbert, or any one else, it was a good one, and ought to be universally supported.—(Hear. hear.) His (Mr. Joseph's) opinion, however, was that if credit was due to one more than another, it was especially due to the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle, whose columns for the last three months had called attention to the misery and distress of the needlewomen in a series of articles of great ability, wherein the facts having been industriously collected, were plainly laid before the world.—(Hear, hear.) To those gentlemen, therefore, was mainly due the distinguished honour of having first originated the movement to which Mr. Sidney Herbert had given the sanction of his name. He would only add that he was much gratified to find that Marylebone was the first parish to "love in aid of the object, and he hoped that every other parish in London would also form asso ciations to give aid to the Great Central Association. The CHAIRMAN , in reference to the q ues ti on w h et h er needlewomen would be au acceptable class of persons to send out as emigrants, begged to remark that he had recently had a conversation ,on the subject with a gentleman from Sydney, who stated that they were a class of persons which were wanted very much, and that if they were virtuous, morally inclined, and industrious, they would be a most acceptable class of persons.—(Hear, hear.) How the poor, creatures could live upon what they were paid for their needle. work here was won lerful. He was shown a shirt the other day which a friend of his told him he had paid but 3i. Cl. for, and it was more beautifully worked than any shirt he believed, which he (the Rev. Rector) had ever worn in his life.—([-tear, hear.) How these poor creatures could live was astonishing.—(Hear, hear.) It was, therefore, a great act of humanity to induce these poor women to emigrate.—(Hear.) Mr. SYAINE stated that he had seen letters from Australia which stated that two respectable young women who went out from Islington were engaged immediately upon their arrival. One was now in a situation at 301. a year, and the other in another at 201. No one, he was sure, could venture to state that such a change in life would not be most beneficial for the poor women who, to the number of about 20,000 in this metropolis, were obliged to live upon making shirts at the rate of lid. a piece. Mr. SODEN observed that the question of female emigration had long been a favourite question with the guardians of the poor of that parish, and it was with no small degree of delight that they had witnessed a cargo shipped off from the workhouse, with the knowledge that they were going to a place where they would be well fed, clad, and provided for. It was true, however, they were not of the very first class of persons. This movement, however, appeared chiefly for the needlewomen, but, if they meant to do any goo 3, it was a farce to talk of making selections and distinctions, and because a poor woman might have committed herself once to set her down as a character unworthy of the boon of emigration. It was his belief that in most cases these poor women had been creatures of circumstance, and that they would, if they had the opportunity afforded them, become again virtuous and useful members of society.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that much of the expense attend ing emigration might be saved if her Majesty's Go vernment would employ some of the vessels of war in the service. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. HALES supported the motion, but his observa tions were inaudible. Mr. J. BELL observed that workhouse emigration had not been so successful as might have been wished, because the females were generally corrupted by the influences of the workhouse before they were sent, whereas the present plan was to send out females before they were so degraded. He thought those who had the management of the affair should be ex ceedingly careful as to the character of the ships in which the emigrants were sent out, for they had too many instances on record where the captain and crew were guilty of gross immorality. He (Mr. Bell) thought, therefore, that exceeding care should be taken, not only with regard to the vessels, but with regard to those se l ec t e d t o h ave t h e command of them. Mr. GLASIER, in supporting the motion, thought the vestry was about to take one of the most impor tant measures they had ever yet been engaged in. He wished the movement every success.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was then put from the chair. and una nimously carried. On the motion of Mr. GARNETT, seconded by Sir JAMES HAMILTON, it was unanimously resolved that the Reverend the Rector of Marylebone be requested to act as chairman of the Parochial Association. The Rev. Dr. SPRY, amidst much applause, inti mated that he should have much pleasure in accepting the office. AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE CONTENTS FOR JANUARY. No. XC VI. GUY FAWIC - B - S. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. With Two Illustrations on Steel by George Cruiltshank. 11. The Confederates ; or, the Days of Margaret of P una. An Historical Romance.—lll. The Recluse. By Cornelius Colville —IV. The Leper of Carthagena.—V. Cambrian Tales.—Vl. The Clerkships at Spied's. By E. P. Rovvsell, E.q.—VII. Jacob Van der Neess. 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Dr. Spry, the rector, in the chair, the initiative steps were taken for forming a parochial association in aid of the committee recently established for enabling distressed needle women to emigrate. The importance of the subject attracted a very numerous attendance of vestrymen. Mr. HENRY CHARLES Thson introduced the subject in moving a resolution (founded upon a re quisition signed by 42 vestrymen) to the effect that the use of the board room be granted for the pur pose of forming a parochial association. He had no doubt that every member of the vestry had heard, or read, of the scheme recently propounded by Mr. Sidney Herbert, for carrying out an extensive system of female emigration, more especially among the class denominated needlewomen. It was impossible fur a more important question to engage the attention of that or any other board. Mr. Herbert's plan had been forced upon the attention of the public by the condi tion of the poor ; and from the subscriptions which had already been announced in the public press, it appeared that there was every disposition on the part of the public to aid this great and most desirable object. Having been no idle observer of past events, he (Mr. IVilson) had no hesitation in saying that he believed this movement on behalf of female emigra tion would be productive, not only of the most bene ficial consequences to the emigrants themselves, but to the country at large, and to the parishes of the metropolis in particular. Hitherto, it appeared that the subscriptions in aid of this great project had been confined to the upper classes of society, and the object which he, and those who had entrusted him with the resolution he was about to propose had in view, was to take measures by which, the middle classes might be enabled to put their shoulders to the wheel in aid of this movement, and that by meeting in their parishes, and establishing branch, or parochial associations, they might render a vast amount of assistcnce to this truly national object.--(Hear, hear.) There were several parties deeply interested in this question. First, there was the large body of virtuous and well-intentioned young women with which this country abounded, but who, unfortunately, wanted employment, or who were employed at such rate of wages as to be plunged into the lowest depths of misery—a clans whose sufferings the energetic aid of the press, the imagination of the poet, the ingenuity of the novelist, and the wit of the satirist, had recently exposed to the. world, in all their naked deformity and horrible r sality. Their sufferings had created a deep imprpaqi ppon the imhliiz mind : and there was no class of s omety which was not interested in the important queeetion of how to afford adequate re lief. The vestry were well aware of the disparity which existed betwesen the sexes in this country; and he would ask how t, 'sere could be other than such dis tress as had recentl'y been published, when it was known that there were from five hundred thousand to ane million in excess of females over males here. It was utterly impossible that such an excess could be employed profitably, whlst those who were employed were paid such an amoant of wages for their labour that it did not deserve the appellation of remuneration. this class, then, in the first place, would be not only interested, but benefitted, by this plan of emigration. It stood to reason if there were twenty thousand in employment and insufficiently paid, that if you re moved four thousand or six thousand out of that number, it would afford the most effectual means of giving greater employment and 'of bettering the con dition of those who remair.ed..(Hear, hear.) If they turned to the colonies, there they found that there was a diminution of the - female sex in a greater de gree than there was. an excess here.—(Hear.) He alluded to the Australian colonies in particular. There it was a well-known fact that the greatest of the social evils which existed was the vast discrepancy be tween the number of males and females. Thus, secondly, there could be no doubt but the colonies themselves were deeply interested in this matter, and that by the emigration a;.‘ a large number of virtuous and well-disposed femal:ee from the mother country, they would be going a gs•eat way to advance their best interests, both in a social and moral point of view, as well as the interests of this country.—(Hear, hear.) He believed there was :no movement which had ever come before the public under more favourable auspices, for, if they looked at the subscriptions, they found at the head of that list the name of her Most Gracious Majesty and that of her Royal Consort. They also found in that list the name of the present head of her Majesty's Government, Lord John Russell, and that of Mr. Hume—nanu 3s which were guarantees that the object was a good one, for such men would be the last to lend themselves to any object which was not calculated to be useful to society at large.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that emigration with regard to females had been carrie d on for some considerable length of time, but then it had been carried out in such a way that the principle was in a great measure calculated to defeat its. own object. In this move ment he (Mr. Wilson) apprehended that a different course would be adopted, and that before females were sent out a rigid inquiry would be instituted into the character and qualifications of persons desirous of being assisted.—(Hear, bean)" He apprehended also, as the name of the Premier of this country was appended conspicuously to the list of subscribers, that in tbi movement they might count upon the aid and countenance of the Government of this country,: and of the colonial Governments, and that they would adopt such measures, not only here but in the colonies, as would be useful and beneficial to the emigrants on - their arrival at their destinations. It was an important question, affecting them all, and he hoped that the middle and even - the working classes would not be behind those wh o cou ld a ff or d their one hundred pounds in their endeavours to aid this great movemen t.—(Hear, hear.) One of the important objects to be achieved by this committee, which had been f aunded under the presidency of Mr. Sidney Herbert, was female emigration on an exten sive scale to the Australian colonies, where, by care and discrimination, the seed might be sown for a great, healthy, moral, and religious community.— (Hear, hear.) When he (Mr. Wilson) traced back the prosperity of the United States of America, he could o oly attribute it to the great moral and re ligious doctrines carried there from this country in the times of our James and our Charles, and which subsequently produced men of such high moral cha racter and position as Washington. If they were to have religion, morality, and industry in Australia hereafter, the same principle must be applied there as was applied by our forefathers with respect to America. H e (Mr. Wilson) looked upon the Australian colonies in relation to this country as the safety valve might be looked upon in regard to the steam -eng irs 3.—(Hear, hear.) The Australian colonies would prove, he firmly believed, the safety valve of this c, )untry if the principle of emigration was properly tarried out. They must have better women sent to those colonies than the sweepings of our convict-ship s, or the offshoots of our workhouses. —(Heat., hear.) They must be the honest, indus trious, and virtr, ous women, who he was sorry to say obtained so sc a nt! , and miserable a living in their mother country, The object therefore of himself and his co-requisi lionista was to aid this design by a parochial mo cement, and he was about to ask the use of that room, far the purposes of a meeting to form an associat . Lon to aid the central committee formed for carrying -out Mr. Sidney Herbert's object— (Hear, bean) He believed the city of London were about tn. move: 4n the matter, but it bad devolved on V Al:101%1AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 25, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital L 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample eroprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Tears. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. 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Thomas Baraewell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's -park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Tillas, 3faida-hill. It was next resolved on the motion of Mr. BRIDG MAN, seconded by Mr. EDWARDS, that Mr. Henry Charles Wilson be requested to act as honorary secretary to the "Marylebone Parochial Association for Promoting Female Emigration." Mr. Wlmom said he should be happy to aid the movement by all the means in his power, and that his services in relation to it were entirely at the dis• posal of his fellow-parishioners.—(Hear, bear.) The remaining business was then disposed of, and the vestry adjourned. A public meeting in'aid of the Parochial Associa tion is contemplated. FATAT, ACCIDENT IN RICaMoND•PARK.—On Saturday a fatal accident occurred at Penn's Ponds, two large and deep pieces of water situated half-way oa the road leadieg from Richmond to Ham. It appears that the two ponds, the larger of which is about half as broad as the Serpentine, and nearly a quarter of a male long, were thickly coated with ice. About eleven o'clock some ten or twelve men were employed by Mr. J. Ellis, of the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond, t) obtain him a supply for his ioe cellar; and three men, named William Powell, James Powell (brothers), and Thomas Godden, who were on the pond, some yards from the side, were in the act of pushing a large piece of ice towards the breach, when the ice on which they stood broke with a loud crash, and they were all in stantly immersed in deep water. James Powell and Thomas Godden were rescued in a half-drowned state, but William Powell disappeared under the ice, and his body was not recovered until an hour and a half alter. wards. N'. 17,8681 LONDON MONDAY „ 7.v. 7 DECEMBER al l 1849. • „ _ • . Or It , • „.. I PT • ,I. ez ; 4iipAl • r . . l / 4\ c) 41 • 4 . 1 • . LA=4? - 4-• , .7 , 1 ; 1.74, - , j '!" I '1.7„4,L 2.1 . 1 !: 7 • . I - - ./ -•,-- 4 1, - • F. I _ „ , . . • - - ' 6; ' 1 1. ‘5,4 IRELAND. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 29.—The letter of Sir Robert Peel to "his farmers," has fallen amongst the Protectionists here like a thunderbolt. The weekly papers here all published it in second editions; the London papers of yesterday morning not having arrived, owing to contrary Viinds, and thus depriving the two morning papers here of an opportunity of publishing that simple but imprtant document. The fiercest Protectionists now give up the ghost of a hope that they will succeed ; for the tables have been completely turned upon them in their own domestic circle, and Sir Robert's manifesto has cut them off from all out-of-doer aid. Another signifi cant disappointment has occurred to the landlord clique from the reception their circular has met with from Richard Maxwell Fox, Member for Longford— an exclusively agricultural county —and nephew of Lord Farnham, of Exeter Hall and old Tory fame. Invited to attend a meeting on the sth of January next, to form a Protection society, the Honourable Member published a long and. able reply in the Long ford Journal of this morning, in which, after declaring his determination not to attend, he says— " This call for protection is in my mind a gross delu sion upon the unwary tenantry of Ireland. The re imposition of a tax upon the food of the great bulk of the people will not be tolerated for a moment by the powerful manufacturing interest of the United Kingdom; and the idea of any benefit to be derited from it by the farmers and labourers is also rejected by great numbers of the agricultural body in England and Ireland, and • especially in Scotland." In other portions of his letter Mr. Fox writes very unlike an Irish landlord. He recommends security of tenure, reduction of rents, reduction in the area and other alterations ofpoor-law unions and electoral divisions; and, lastly, a recognition by law of the ' tenant's right to sell hie interest - (providing that the rent should be paid, and sub-division of the farm avoided). The value of Mr. Fox's opinion is enhanced by the fact that all his own interests are involved in the land, everything he possesses in the county being fee simple landed property. He concludes by saying e-- " I cannot hesitate, in conclusion, to record my decided conviction that in the even prices which must arise from free trade, the profits of your industry will be far more continuous, and your calculatio ns more certa i n, an d consequently your steadiness of purpose and ease of mind tar greater than if you were again subjected to the influence of a gambling spirit, caused by a fluctuating trade, and a ruinous competition for lend, under the old protective system." The Nation today has an obituary of Mr. 'Times Fenton Lalor, a well-known writer in the United Irishman and Felon newspapers. Mr. Lalor was the son of Patrick Lalor, Esq., of Tinnakill, formerly Member of Parliament for the Queen's County, and was remarkable both in his personal appearance and for the vigour of his mental acquirements. He was of a very delicate frame, was hunchbacked owing to a hurt when young, and had a peculiar cast of countenance, indicative o f h a bit ua l suffering. He was decidedly the most profound and original thinker of the entire Young Ireland school; and his letters on the land question—although levelling in the extreme—were fraught with natural eloquence and that homely intelligible vigour so potent with the masses. Mr. Lalor, whose health has been delicate since his imprisonment in 1848, expired on Thursday, at his lodgings in Great Britain-street, in his twenty eighth year. The country papers to-day contain the obituary of another man, remarkable in a different sphere. It is the death of the Very Rev. Farrell Sheridan, P.P. of Granard, Longford, one of the best Irishmen at. d priests that have for many years adorned the Roman Catholic Church. I knew the reverend gentleman well; and he was as free from all bigotry and preju dice towards those who differed from him in religion as he was bound up by every tie of Christian charity to the flock who loved him. He died of typhus fever, caught in the discharge of his sacred duties to the most bereaved portion of his flock. The Anglo- Celt, a Cavan paper of this morning's date, publishes an interesting sketch of the deceased and his family, from which I extract the following:— "The Rev. Farrell Sheridan was of the ancient family of that name in the county of Cavan—one of wh m was the tutor, and afterwards the companion of the un fortunate Charles Edsard, in his descent upon Scotland, in 1745; after the defeat of the latter at Cul -1 )den, and his sub.cquent romantic adventures in the fliglands, all the energies of Great Britain were .x.rt.d to have him taken, dead or alive ; 10 0001. reward was put upon his bead; bis intentton war supposed CO be to endeavour to escape to France; and he was for several weeks iniesing, but it was known to be impossible for him to have made his way through the British cruisers, on the look out fur him along the entire coast. It is a tradition amongst the Jacobite families of this country, that the Prince, ac cowpanied by Sheridan, landed on the north- western coast of Ireland, whence in the disguise of a pedlar, he made his way to the neighbourhood of Kilnaleck in this c )unty, where he was concealed until the first heat of pursuit abated. Upon one occasion he was n. arly taken; information was given at Cavan, that a person answering his description lurked in the neighbourhood; he was made aware of this in sufficient time to make his escape, and was eventually conducted back into France. Ap• proaching nearer to our own time, Doctor Edward She ridan, a member of the same family, and an eminent M.D., in Dublin, was amongst the moat active in his ex ertions to remove the civil disabilities of his countrymen. During the Duke of Richmond's administration, he was indicted by Mr. Ssurin, ex-officio, and found guilty of te violation of the Convention Act, in taking the chair at a meeting of the Catholic Board." The Kilkenny Moderator of this morning states that a petition tbr protection is in course of signature throughout .that county, under the auspices of the Earl of Desert, High Sheriff, and a " considerable number of the magistrates, clergy, and landed gentry." Too late, gentlemen ! I am glad to perceive by the Wexford and Donegal papers that vast shoals of fish have visited their re spective coasts. Fish, also, is exceedingly plentiful here. A gentleman told me to day he purchased two splendid plaice here yesterday for the sum of live pence The Ballyshannon Herald of this morning has the following paragraph IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONDITION OF TEE PEOPLE. —lt affords us great pleasure to state that, during the entire season there has been a moat abundant supply of fish along the coast of Donegal, so much so, that it ex ceeds anything heard of for the last ten years. We have lately been informed that the potato disease has scarcely affected a tuber in many parts of the country, and that owin g t o th ese c i rcumstances a great change for the better is taking place in the social condition of the people." THR WEA.TUER.—The weather still continues ex tremely severe, with hard frost and a strong north- western breeze. The " high tide," which was expected this morning, has not yet " come off;" and although they now say it is to take place to-morrow morning, or next, I am inclined to think the appearance of the threatened diluvies is indefinitely postponed. The wind is now blowing off shore, and the weather frosty ; so that high tide or low, there is no immediate danger of submersion. Great discontent is felt here at the monopoly of the bakers and butchers. According to the market rates, these gentry must be pocketing profits to the tune of seventy to eighty per cent. on their outlay. The butchers of Dublin were always noted for their combination to keep up prices • and since the retire ment of the grea t fi rm o f Nlanders, the bakers have reverted to the old system, and emulate the butchers in their peculations on an impoverished community. THE MURDER or MR. PLIELAN.—It will be recol lected that it was stated in this paper that five men, charged with the murder of Mr. John Phelan, at Carrickbeg, in October last, had been committed for trial on the information of James Cleary, a crown witness. It has created some surprise that on Christ mas eve the parties were removed from this to Carrick- on-Suir, and bailed on that night before J. B. Graves, Esq., in the small sum of 201. each, and two sureties in the sum of 101. to appear at next assizes.— Water ford Mail. DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.—SaIes yester• day at the Commercial Exchange:—Three per Cent. Consols, 96k; ditto, for opening, 96i i; Three• and-a- Quarter per Cent. Stock, 96k, 97; Hibernian Bank, 25k; l'atriotic Insurance, 7; Mining Company of Ireland, 4i; Wicklow Copper Mines, 10, f —Railway: Mid land Great Western and Royal Canal Company, 241. Royal Exchange: Dublin Consumers' Gas Company, fif IMPORTATION OF SPONGE.—An importation having taken place of a quantity of sponge by a vessel from Rotterdam, and entt red as being free of duty, the officers of the revenue considering that it was the pro duce of Turkey and having been imported from Europe was inadmissible to entry, detained the sponge as having been imported contrary to law. On consideration of the matter it appeared that there was not sufficient proof that the sponge was inadmissible to entry for home use, and that according to the best authority, sponges occur attached to stones at the bottom of the sea, and abound particularly upon the shores of the islands in the Grecian Archipelago. It the sponge were the produce of Asiatic Turkey it would be inadmis sible, but it appearing to have been ruled on a former occasion that the laws of navigation were applicable solely to the produce of the land, and that therefore this article was not affected by those ls , s, permission was granted for the delivery of t'he sponge and free of duty for home use. HULL PENNY BANK.—Collected in pence from 4,364 depositors between August 1, 1849, and Dec. 27, 757/. 6s. 11-134 days.—Hull Packet. DEATH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL IRVINE, C.B, CHIEF DIRECTOR OF AD ,' MIRALTY WORKS. , It is with much regret that we record the death of Lieutenant• Colonel Archibald Irvine, C. 13., Direc ' for of Engineering and Architectural Woiks of the Admiralty, which event took place at half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, at his residence, Highgate. Up to within the laQt three years Colonel Irvine's life WAS spent in the service of the Honourable Fast India Company's Engineers, in which his career was an arduous, gallant, and most distinguished one. He served in many sieges and storms, in which he was severely wounded, and, we believe, personally led n or two fedora hopes. As a military et g'neer his talents were highly prized in India. He filled there many very important and responsible situations, and fiealy wound up his service i❑ that part of her Majesty's dominions by distinguishing himself as an engineer officer at the great battles under Lord Ilareinge. In India his engineering skill and ability intro duced him to the late Lord Auckland, w hen Governor-General, who, on Colonel Irvine's return to England, now about three years since, appointed him successor to the Lee Colonel* Brandreth, as chief of the Admiralty engineering and architec tural department at Somerset House. We fear, however, that this has proved a rather unuitnble office for him, and that the excessive cares and im mense anxieties attendant upon it have contributed in no small degree to break down a constitution which, after so many years' toil in India, required repose and retirement. The gallant deceased, we believe, has left a large young family, the provision for which has been much circumscribed by the bankruptcies in India, and the depreciation of certain interests in which he had made large investments. Mr. Scamp, chief assistant to the late Colonel Irvine, will carry on the duties of the department until the vacancy is filled up. The selection of a successor will be a most difficult task, and will require the utmost care and considera tion in making it, if the economy and efficiency of the vast public works now being carrried on by the Admiralty be regarded. ATTEMPTED MURDER —DUDLEY, SATURDAY.— Yesterday evening Sarah Evans, who stands c h arge d with att em p t i ng t o murder two oeher'children by cutting their throats, underwent a final examination before the magistrates at this place. The particulars published previously in some of the papers are incorrect. The evidence of Sarah Evans, one of the prisoner's daughters, a girt of thirteen, who was examined yester day, went to prove that, hearing her younger sister. Rosannah, crying, she went up stairs to her, and found her lying on a bed with her mother standing by the bedside. Rosannah's throat was cut and bleed ing fast, and a bloody knife was lying by her. Iler mother's right hand also was bloody. When her mother saw her (witness), she said, " Sarah, it is your turn next," and approached her; en which she ran down stairs, followed part of the way by her mother. However, she escaped from her, and tan to her father, who was at work near, and told him what she had seen, on which he rushed into the bowie and wrested the knife (which she had taken up again) from her. When the prisoner was taken into custody by constable Shore, she, on being told the charge against her, said, " I am sorry I did not du for 'ern al', and myself tee." On the hus band handing the knife to the constable he pointid cut that it had been sharpened; on which the prisoner ex claimed, " I did keen it. The devil told me to cut the child's throat;" and, turning to her husband, she added, "It 'll be your turn next." Two surgeons deposed as to the nature of the wound, which was an inch thep and three inches long. At first it was feared it would ho fstal, but the child is now progressing favourably. At the close of the inquiry the prisoner was fully commiCe for trial at the assizes. She is said to be of a disturbed state of mind. MOORS, THE POET.—We have great pleasure in quoting the following paragraph (from the At t Journal), as a rumour had got into circulation that Mr. Moore was seriously indisposed:—" THOMAS MoonE.—TLe poet is in the enjoyment of good health, physical and in'ellectual, at his cottage at Slopert,n, takes his daily walks along the terrace which borders his pretty garden, and drives as uityll each clay in a small pony carriage. lie is not living in more than the ordinary retirement in which he has passed the last seven or eight years of his life." DIZECTOIti. The Right Rev. William Morrie, Midilesex—Chairman. Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.11., Director of the Hon. the Rut Ladle Company, and of the London Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Maimein.hail, Stoke, near ROeheeter. 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To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA aad PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. A it 8 I A G E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married. questionably contented. Diffidence, or a 53080 of right deternair.a the former, and miscalculated hopes em latertho latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea cantion and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un monprosiag harry ; but the truth Iles deeper. Physical incapacity, 114 broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness eni social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set dement. Honour and justicedensand tkat health should form an item !n the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or qeglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little AEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. iach (by post, in stamps, Is. ‘6d. each). Let no imaginatively 'dined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered ,v misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining hem. They aro net intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but 'ln' the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or , ogethor, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other tittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Ivold," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pampt , lets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere cpLemeral scribblinga of the hour, but the study of the author's !if e whe owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob iervAnce of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he svout4 ')e, done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny Bide of the way." The above works may be bad of Sherwood, 28, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, I4Y, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Cornhill; Spokes, 5, ;or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and 'mines), 19, Argyll-place Regentidzeet; and all Booksellers le el4ows the advar 'reminms, and a 4 r>,04,-; E- , T.- 1 g L 4 5 9 6 11 12 i 6 17 18 19 253. 25 26 1 ;0 4 1 2711 H 7 8 . 9 131, 15 16, 20 21 2223 E 3 ) August 1( 17 i 21 , 6 7 8 13 14 15 16 20021 22 23 17 28 29 30 34 5 6 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 ,24 25 26 27 71,0ctober.. 12 3 4 8 9 10 11 15 lfi 17 18 22 23 24 25 ,29 3 31 13 11 111 13' 11 12f 10 11( 3 4 10 11 17 18 5j 61 7 8 12 13 14 15 19 20 2i 22 26 27 28 29 IDee4mber 9 1140 1 30 3i September; 51 Noyentber 211 I L 311 4 115 1 2021 22 1. 27j28i29 45 6 1 11 12 1 13 1 , 849,20 2. ;5:207 12324 30 11 e [PRICE SD. 'MARINE LIGHTS. 'le Harbour Connafissioners and Trinity Board of lee are puzzled to know what to do with the _ fights. Since the opening of the railways co loured lights have become co common that vessels at sea may readily mistake the railway signal fur the marine light, and thus life and property may be lost. The Dundee authorities have applied to the Admiralty for instructions and advice, and it is now perfectly clear that something must speedily be done to remedy the evil. A vessel was wrecked in the Tay the other day, and the captain drowned, from having mistaken the railway light of Perry-Port-on- Craig for the harbour light of Dundee. But if the harbour trustees of Dundee have felt themselves called on to take up this matter as one of the greatest importance to the shippir.g in terest, - the Harbour Commissioners of Aberdeen ware still more imperatively bound to i:.quire how the opening of the Aberdeen Railway will affect our tidal lights. The line of this - railway is Lid ::lung the Et.,t coast, frczn the thy of Nigg to 8: . ono haven. different stations will be signaled with coloured lights at night, and the rc.d and RI - et similar to the rtd and grten of the 41ht retcii hour Lanterns, it need turpriEe °:.e to brat., on 4 of these day s, that a vessel has r un ashore at the Cove or the Bay of Nigg. To those who are well acquainted with the coast - , the Gird:et-less light is suf ficient, in ordinary circumstances, to prevent danger ; but it is well known that many vessels come Ames to the East coast, whose captains would not know Girdleness from Kinnaird's Head light, and would take a coloured light as a guide when a plain light would not be seen. At any rate, when we find. the Trinity Board of Dundee alarmed, it is high time that the subject had engaged the attention of the harbour authorities of Aberdeen. • L.nd happily they have not to go far for a remedy. The system of tidal lights and marine signals, in• rented by our townsman Mr. Rettie, is all that can be desired. The grand distinguishing feature of these lights is their distinctive character. Like Mar ryatt's signals, they are perfectly unique. That por tion of his system which our trustees have adopted is only a fractional part of his complete whole, with the difference only of the inversion of the order of the red for the green. If Mr. Rettie's tidal lights were universally adopted, there would be perfect safety, but with the present diversity of lights there is con stant danger. This opinion was expressed long be fore .Mr. Bettie preferred any claim for infringement of his patent, and we bold by it still, independently of all considerations affecting that claim. With us it is a question of humanity ;_ and on that groun d we are determined t o contend for a distinctive - set of marine lights until they are obtained. —North of Scotland Gazette. THE PROGNOSTICATED HIGH TIDE. Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Dec. 27, 1849. Gentlemen,—ln reply to your letter of yesterday, I have to state that I had not previously seen the letter, of which you enclosed a copy, although I had heard that a rumour on the probability of a large tide on the 29th or 30th inst was now current. There is no foundation whatever for such a rumour. The circumstances on which the magnitude of the tide depends are mainly these three : The tide is high when the moon is full ; it is high when the moon is in perigee, and it is higher when the nnon is in the equator. (I omit all mention of the sun's distance, because the effect of its variation is practically quite insignificant.) Tho largest tides usually occur on the day next following the states of the moon which I have Two of these circumstances occur on the 29th (namely, the in Jon will be full and in perigee). But the moon instead of being in the equator, will be s t her greatest north declination ; and this circamstar C will reduce the tide considerably. The three increasing circumstances which I hlve mentioned have repeatedly been c ,mbined in late years, all tending to inc rease th e t id e ; and ytt no mischief has been done. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient FPI van', G. Messrs. Scott and H o pki ns , Times' OlLce, Ply.n uth THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As the Investigator and Enterprise are to be sent again to search for Sir John Franklin's ships, every means of preventing their being delayed by remaining inclosed in the ice should be made known; and since sawing a passage through the ice has proved tedious, and even impracticable in places where its thickness has been great, 1 think it may be advanta geous to draw attention to the use which it is intended to make of gunpowder for this purpose, in the hope that those who may have any information on the subject my make it public ; and I beg to state that I had an opportunity, whilst attached to the Prussian Royal Riginears, of seeing the report of some expe rimen,s made at Dantzie from which it app 'ars th a t by firing a c h arge of db. in the cintre of ice 26 inches thick a portion of 20 feet in diameter can be broken up. Other experiments made at Montreal, under the direction of Colonel Holloway, of the Royal Engineers, produced similar results, and from these it appears that charges lodged under the ice, where that is possible, cause the greatest effect. But it is most desirable to obtain information on the action of gunpowder upon thicker ice, and it is hoped that any pers( n who may pssess such knowledge will make it publics as soon as possible, in order to aid in the extrication of the brave men in whose fat© all nations are now interested.—l am, sir, your. obedient servant, P. J.I3AtissRiGGE; Captain R.E. Thi ndi Tay stages offered by this Society, li►ision of the entire profits g ;E; ° 4, 5 .1 a-, E . 8 . :5 .5 - ;; . ~_ ti „,, - -4 5 !Pti 2 g - 4 1 '7slt gI May..... June ALMANAC FOR. 1850. CHRONOLI ....Feb. 1 .March 31 ~Apri ;left I I 31J Ju1y....: J 14,15 21 22 ,2'81'29 .11 5 11 18419 ,25121 41 5 11'12 18 19 25 26 8I 9 15 16 22 23, 8 15 22 29 14' 21 28 IdAj. NOTES. Hely Thursday May 9 Whit Sunday... Trinity Sunday 7 Advent Sunday • May 26 Dec. 1 i~~~~ 3451 10 11 1211, 17 18 19 i 2 24 25 26;2; 31 7 S 9!1 , 14115 1.61 Zli22 232. 28'29 30!3 4 5 61 [O2 1311: [Bl9 202] 15!26j27 21 3 4 9'lo 11 1 [6 17 18 1 !,312,05 Shrove Tuesday , Ash Wednesdly , Easter Sunday , Low Sunday f 6 7 13 i 20 21 27 28, 71 8j January. February. March..... April 1- for Pr ps► a ot fi e ld, 1" g 1