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ti. L • t BARRACK CONTRACTS. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AVGUST 10, 1849. _ The Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereb y g ive .Notice, that Tend ers w ill b e r eceived by the several Barrack Masters in Great Britain, on or before Friday, the 7th September next, from such persons as may be willing to enter Into Contracts for the un dermentioned Services for a period of Three Years, from the Ist Getober,lB49, to the 30th September, 1852. LAMP-LIGIITING (where the Lamps are Lighted with Oil), SWEEPING CHIMNEYS BT MACHINERY, STRAW, and ASHES, and PRIVY SOIL (where deposited with the Ashes), .... E MPTYING PRIVIES (at Stations marked (*) only), and for WASHING and REPAIRING BEDDING. . P rinted Forms of Tenders and every requisite information may be obtained en application to the respective Barrack Masters, between the hours of Ten and Four o'Clock each day, Sundays excepted, until the date above-mentioned, after which no proposal will he re ceived, nor will any Tender be considered that is not made on the Printed Form, to be furnished by the Barrack Masters. Persons proposing to Tender for any of the Services above mentioned, must make the Barrack Masters acquainted with their names and places of abode, and furnish any information that may De called on by them as to the eligibility of the parties tendering to Perform the Contract or Contracts, and it is to be clearly understood that the Board of Ordnance reserve to themselves the power of ac cepting or rejecting all or , any of the Tenders, without assigning an 7 reason or entering into any correspondence on the su' ject. Aberdeen Isle of Man *Albany, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight Leeds, Halifax, and Bradford Alderneyße . Liverpool Ber wick-on-Tweed. The Contract Maidstone for Lamplighting at this Station lionchester to include exterior lamps only, *Nlarchwood not interior Norwich Birmingham and Wolverhampton Nottingham, Mansfield, & Lough. Bristol borough Brighton Northampton Naeltnesa Newcastle-on-Tyne * Brecon and Swansea *Newport (Monmouthshire), Car 111111110y and Coln° dill, Dowlais, and Pontypool. CanterburY Straw, Ashes, and Soil at New- Carlisle port excepted c arruarthen and Cardigan Ckath Pendennis —"am. Washing and repairing Plymouth, St. Nicholas Island , —e lding. and Old Straw, &c., Picklecombe Point, and Staddon excepted Heights Chester - Preston, Bladkburn, Bolton, and Chichester Bury C o *entry Portsmouth Croydon Paisley and Dumbarton Christchurch *Purfleet Devonport Pembroke 4 gmer b_ and Perth Regent's Park, Portman - street, undee and St. John's Wood, London D artmouth Scilly Eastbourne Sheerness and Queenborough h n.itrgh, Llith Fort, an I Piers- Sheffield and Barnsley hill Exeter Stirling pOrf A Stockport,Ashton-under-Lyne and -- —ugustu3 Burslem /P ort Charlotte North Taunton Fort George Britain Tilbury Fort and Gravesend Port a, Tipuer Point, near Portsmouth GlasgoW Trowbridge Gosport Tynemouth and Sunderland Greenlaw, N.B. fewer, London *Guernsey ri'-' ri,..ouasjow- and Hampton Court 12 1de Parit, and Kensington, Lon don *R ai . . ivich and Landguard Fort Hamilton N.B. %the and Shorncliff Him and Scarboro' Jersey IPSWiell almer Wellington and St. George's Bar- racks, London Winchester and Southampton Windsor Weedon *Weymouth and Dorchester Woolwich. Sweeping Chimneys only York. Board of Ordnance, R. BYETAM, Secretary. By order of PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in the causes of EDWARDS v. TUCK, and EDWARDS:v. SUTTON, all persons claiming to be the heir or heirs-at-law, and customary heir or heirs of WILLIAM CRAPNIA..N, according to the custom of the seve ral manors of , amPstead in the county of Middlesex, and Walthamstow, Torrey, and High Hall in the county of Essex at the time of his death, and 'the heir or heirs-at-law and customary heir or heirs of the said i S ILLIAM CHAPMAN at the present time : And also the next of a V O of the said William Chapman, living at his death, or the personal r ePresentative or representatives of such next of kin as have s ince tii • make are, OR or before the 3d day of November, 1849, to coma in and out their claims and prove their kindred before RICHARD TOXIN t~lNDtastEr, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at his a . na bers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery - lane , L ondon: or, it eiefault thereof they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. i n T u h said WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Esq.. resided at B uekhurst Hill, t, "'a Parish of Chigivell, in the county of Essex, and died there in month of November, 1826. J. and W. SHEFFIELD, Plaintiff's Solicitors, 68, Old Broad-street. GUILDHALL, AUGUST 29, 1849. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNUDIT, the 12th n eDtember next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS ;:LETTING on LEASES, for twenty-one years from Michaelmas oa House, No. 14, on the north side of - Broad-street -buildings ; iir-se. No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street - buildings ; a nd an thus' numbered 1 26, on the west side of the Minorles ; and Eight Alsoe south side of New-square. y to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE , for 18 11 re (less three days), from Michaelmas next, a House , No. 9, Ar tillery - place, on the west side of the City-road. c;_ffrther particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender "ad. at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. BRAMPFORD SPEKE, DEVONSHIRE. P9P°l be SOLD, to the highest bidders, pursuant to an ORDER of the COURT of EXCHEQUER, with the rohat en of her Majesty's Remembraucer of the said Court, in Three 27tr:,fir+the London Inn, in the city of Exeter, on Turasowv, the F the erSeptember. 1849, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, the thelu °id Property hereinafter described, situate at Brampford Speke, 14wotjountY of Devon, viz.:— ~-• A Dwelling-house or Cottage Ornee, with well-planted Pleassiaure grounds, large kitchen garden, and a paddock, eon oiltnlC altogether pf about 4 acres of excellent land, in the parish B rampford Speke, in the county of Devon, about four mites from tru;Leris, ant bounded by the river Exe, lately occupied by Mr. John •nlidge, property is delightfully situated in a rich and beautiful court and ebinmands extensive and varied views. The House, which is a short distance from and in sight of the Church, is calculated for a family of consideration. tot 2. A Close Of Arable Land ca lled Hi g her Bootham, in Bramp ford Apeke, containing by admeas urement 3 acres, 1 rood, and i 5 Perches, be the same more or less, late in the occupation of the said John Mudge. Lot 3. A Close of Meadow or Pasture Land, called Moor Park, Containing .by admeasuremeet 2 acres and 15 perches, he the same More or less, late in the occupation of the said John Mudge. The premises may be viewed on application to Mr. William Stad don, at Brampford Speke. Particulars and conditions of sale may be had in London, at the %aces of the Queeit's Remembrancer, in Duke-street, Westminster; and the Solicitor of Inlan.l Revenue, Somerset llous3 ; at Honiton, at the offices of Messrs. Mules, solicitors ; at Exeter, at the offices of liennaway, Messrs. Bishop and Pitts, and Mr. Gidley, solicitors ; and at the place of sale. Se ptember 5, 1849. CR IC ICE T.-SUSSEX AGAINST ALL buring the play ENGLAND. of the Grand Much, commencing THURSDAY, ill l ath inst., the. LONDO BRIGHTON, and SOUTH-COAST 1110- LW AY COMPANY will RUN TRAINS from LONDON to and at 6,9, and 10, A.M. ; 12 no on ; 2,4, 5, and 7, ; 7.':n fr om BRIGHTON to LONDON at 7, ”/ 4 , 9, 11, A M.; 11, t , 34, an d 8 . P.M e l nlllll)l l9es:Carriarzes, and Flys, will const , ntly p l y between the hton Station and the Cricket Ground at Hove, near Brunswick °Wire. Lon • •-•- • T. J. BLTCKTON, Secretary. doz • Terminus, 4th Sept., 1849. -&STERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The ST. LEGER /INCE. To DONCASTER and BACK In ONE DAY. on EXPRESS TRAIN will leave Bishopigate Station b onn 'yNESDAY, the 12th instant, at 5 45 A.m., and will reach br,j4ster about Twelve o'clock, fifteen minutes will be allowed for a t 5 .. a.st at Peterborough. The Return Train will leave Doncaster Fares P.M., and will be due in London about 11 30 r M. k les to Doncaster and back—First Class, 3.55. Second Class, 255. o t , u Pedal Train, at the ordinary fares, will leave Rishepsgate „"'nday, the 10th instant, at 10, A.M., and will be due at Don ,.Zer about 5 p.m. A Special Train will also leave Doncaster at 5 " Fr iday , the 14th instant, due in Loiadm about Il 30 P.M. e l , t• 4, 1849. 1.,,;. and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE 14, SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and for in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fish, Item !•st i Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Gravies Cold Th! it s entirely unrivalled. Atir e unParelleled success of this Sauce having induced imitations, as i ,..a .: ters are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA to read are upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also ad the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle) 3111. the residence of Royalty the principal Club Houses and llo the I n tendon, Edinburgh, &C. Ike-, and from private Families in r ,equntry oold b ' istrer,-„Y the proprietors, Lea and Perrins , 6, V ere-street, Oxford e And , ondon, and 68, Broad-street, Worces ter ; Messrs. Barclay an " °ll3 l Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilme n, London, d _ generally by all dealers in BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK• often The original, and by far the best , requir in g no p reparation, linen the surest means of protection for every variety of household be "d wearing apparel, against loss or mistake, for which reason g„ f ul to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the inventor, Ch e uOND, 28, Long-lane. West Smithfield, City. Sold by most Mists, Stationers, and Medicine Vendors. Price Is. a bottle. Al A R R I A lI E. g ap . One half the world are desolately single, and the other igrr nig them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a 1 6 17,7 of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ern „,'r the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea "` com Ca ution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble , ' regret un til,' %""hig-hutTY; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity , roken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness ▪ a Molt' content. The dowry should not be the only marria g e set- Z tealent. Ranonr and justicederaand that health shouldform au item ▪ the-co rn - ti e ; p it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er i t h egleet wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if ._ese turn:Uses concern yon , procure Dr. CU LVERWELL'S little al-EMOIRs- "On Single and Married Life, !• pub. in- 4 vole., Is. each -(by post, in stamps, is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively relined, or-prudish feeling deter you, by-their titles, nor be hindered by misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from• obtaining then. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariesity, but I ' o 2 the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom ` 1,3 9 are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above- subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone er .together are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other " t tle • publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, Font - Is. - 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink , and , "‘veld,” and " How to be Happy." They are not merely Phete, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the iiire ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's who owes his present existence, health, and position to ttlie eb w-„r°4;lea of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto ethers as he ",, ,4 NI done unto — to live after nature's laws —and to keep always si ' l e "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of 23, Paternester-rew ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, I "'' , rahtll; Nelson, .07, West Strand ; or direc t (b y post or ether- N , 3 ) tha author (who may be conferred with personally, t 'Led evenings), 10, Argyll - plate Regentstreet; and all •„ THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Ow PHYSICALy 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE lITCAPA- Is , CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MAR RIAGE. ui tthß, enlarged to 196 pages. Just publis hed, p rice 2s. 6d., or by ' jpeost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, .1 . 11 :I!E SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on eee s i v ;ie Intrinities and decay of the generative system, from ex- Rlth;.:_ i ndtllgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, tittitu — '"ark 3 on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain die t. I,lcations. Illustrated by 2G Coloured Engravings. By R. and rerd.„, ll . lt Y and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox 9], I .7,_ 4 tet, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, Igt,e , ernoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; kali ' 413 , Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leads/i -x:stret 0rg 4 4 : 1 I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive p 4l, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. 114 06 1 IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul- RAd„* and thei r l amen t a bl e effects on the system, producing mental 11 7 weakness, nervous excitement and generative ncapacity. p,,:ated by Three Explanatory Engravings. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in ttif e dr" or 7 tm or secondary form, and illustrated by Sevent contains explicit directions for Itu m eaent. This section is een Coloured 40.„ : 638 8 • 163. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease Inv :, simple application, by which the danger of infection is oh er p lAci "‘: This important part of the Work should not escape the dut ts;- Pha L i .tice• - is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its the The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and .nle subject critically and philosophically inquired into. lag it Leoloioa. BALM OF Svaucux is exclusively employed in treat bottle."' Tons and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per rented _The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti - syphilit i c totals Y ' Llr PurifYing the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp ter4,74.Dtiens, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle. %nib, • uXUYIng Specific Pills, 4s. 6d., and 1 Is. par box, a tio n „r_enledy for gonorrhcea, gleet. stricture, and chronic inflamma rets"uke bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute 81:7 1 1 ot the case is required age, habits, and position in society. 111: ‘ ,_ k eta, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are In Wen' vet t "' at 19 Beraers-atreet, Oxford-street, London, from Me -41,1, Irtvo to Slot ion Sundays from ilavan t 0.020. TS. uantities of the ports ia 1549, ;ept., " 7:1 ) 10,25" kets the?' of gr a !: while ne ,st wf i c , ( l supPL I 0 r a rmerS t it 16s i t e g , than , bts lll Jy 0 k , ast fire 'ore sale. _ ; reu IN 35 ; p rices °I 0 .4 .13 33s 3 13 od 3I 013 llp - ,180 ° . 1 00 s n ict 121 13 '" 0 0 21 ti %o quota— pes ° i I -8 01 --$ 0 I_.-9 ; Ocl. 0J to 419 er to 2 04 , 1 , frisb p e e d leosie, i!A ...„, m Jr i Lk.., x ; u" 5 46 If 17 9 eO O ; )1 1: 1 3 0 i 0, od; di e t r barleYtr; o 1 9 6 ,3; o 1 59 41 Oci; # ► d; P 4 e s Coll , '",j , to 19O,", to to IN,: 6cl 101 irleyt 00,4 to %%69 o, thiC 1 per b ° 0 1 15, °64 od; 4 ii t t : Leo 0a 0 ,1 s, P' f ist instPe• ?4§ yid; t r 16 Od sc of Df•r:' high row" . . i . . ..„. , .:. 1 c„, k., .. , J , ,,,,,,„ , j .1 7 . , N°.17,768.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSII- RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhlll, 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, whllel iving. The Assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors st the Annual Meeting, hell on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a sixth bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid on each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. NELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, strand, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam-street. Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers. Table d'llote at half-past Five precisely (Sundays excepted), Fish and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers until One o'clock. The Nell Gwynne Tavern which is situated In the very centre of the metropolis, is near to the principal Theatres, and the Table d'Hote has been fixed at an hour that will be found convenient for Citizens, the Legal Profession, and Gentlemen connected with the Public Offices and Banking Houses, also Visitors to London who are frequenters of the Theatres. Private Rooms for the accommodation of small parties. Good Beds. Wines and Spirits of superior quality. Barclay and Perkins's Stout; and Salt's celebrated Pale Ales. JOHN' ARCHER and THOMAS lIOLT, Proprietors. NEW PLYMOUTH SETTLEMENT. Just published, in one volume post Bvo., with a Plan and Five Views, price 6s. cloth, ACCOUNT of the SETTLEMENT of NEW PLYMOUTH, In NEW 'ZEALAND, from personal observation during a residence there of Five Years. By CHARLES HURSTIIOUSE, Jun. " 'fhb merit of this book con-ists in the full and impartial account it gives of the settlement, and the sound advice which accompanies it."—Spectator. "The field Mr. Hursthemse surveys is not a very wide one, but his view of it is complete and exact."—Britannia. • "To the intending emigrant this work will be found to supply valuable and noveLinf , rmation."—Weekly News: London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Annual Pre mluma. Policy taken out in 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 Bonus In addition Bonns in to Sum Cash. Assured. X s. 4.1 C a d. 276 14 3 128 14 3 251 18 10 115 14 8 226 6 0 102 15 1 178 0 0, 82 14 2 174 0 D ; 78 .3 4 147 4 2) 65 15.10 99 IS 4,1 44 8 4 62 6 8 1 .27 13 4 Perms nent Re •luction el Annual Premium. X s. d 21 7 2 18 12 16 2 9 12 14 11 12 3 0 10 2 4 6 15 11 4 4 0 Sum the Assured may bor row on Policy. d. 593 6 8 543 17 9 494 8 10 145 0 0 392 11 1 346 2 3 •296 13 4 247 4 5 174 3 4 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 cal secure through this Society. I. BENErITS Secured on attaining the age of 65, by an Annual Premium of 21. l2e. d• IN Annuity. -ca • O. d 20 47 16 30 26 15 10 , 40 13 19 9 11. PREMIUMS To secure on attain- AritiuityZlO, le big the Cash .. .82 10 0 of 65, the Policy .. 97 6 option of _ II ii Payable Payable : . .F. Annu- is one _te.t. ally. gum. ^^ Payable for Dis parity. £ s. d.'£ s. d. s. d. 20 0 10 11 10 010 0 • 0 30 019 616 7 1 7 311 40 1 17 327 311 19 - 410 Immediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, showing the annual amount of annuity upon every 1001. deposited : Age 50, £7 Bs. I Age 60, £9 14s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, kc., may be had at the Office, or any of its Branches in the Country ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. W. 8. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, 92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. Established 1808. DIRECTORS. JOHN OUTER HANSON, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Sir William Baynes, Bart. Moses Mocatta, Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. James William Ogle, Esq. Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. Emanuel Pacifico, M.D. Donald Maclean, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq. Samuel Eustace Magan, Esq. AUDITORS—Francis BlighHookey, Esq., and Arthur Augustus Hatch, Esq. IcruiaY—Charles Angell, Esq., F.R.S. SOLICITOR—Thomas Browning, Esq. Suavavoa—•Thomas Hopper, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. RETURNS.—Policies for 30E. and upwards which may have been n force for one year prior to the data to which the Account is made up, will be periodically entitled to participate in the return of Surplus Premium. Distillerie., Sugar Houses ; and Mercantile Property, in the Docks ; in Private or Public Warehouses; also Shipping in Harbour; assured for the Year, or for any shorter period on advantageous terms. Farming Stock is now exempt from Duty, and may be assured without the average clause. Oa Assurances for Seven Years by ono payment, a deduction of one-seventh part of the Premium and Duty will be made. RENEWALS.—PoIicies due on Midsummer -day should be renewed within fifteen days thereafter. • LIFE DEPARTMENT. The attention of the public has, in the advertisements and pro posals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of Additions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular dates and ages ; the Directors now beg to submit the following statement of Claims actually paid, showing the: sums retpectivwly assured and the Bonuses thereon, and tney request, in order to exemplify the advantageous plan of Assurance proposed by this Company, that persons desirous of effecting Assurances on their own lives or on the lives of others, will compare the statement now sub mitted, with the addition or bonus of any of the other offices which may apply to a Policy issued by them since 1816, when the Atlas Company adopted the Bonus System. ct ," Kil 'i .occommo.-.00e)moo.: g -5.° ,$... ..., '7,.sMem .... g ;.%0.1...A o g.9it4 g 4i...m..eimAtim.mmvv o o ttl V.,--: 5.,:; .0000...c.,,c0000,00., g 2 i . ; ,44en....q,de010w..ci0t. , ,1,.' ,—......a—. x . ~,,—,m .....„....--- 0 0 .....• A 7;5-4 somvii-,mor-mor-vom. 71.Q7: 4ge>442=;g222SgAr42, 0 E.-, Ea• .. muom mm up )-4 -4 1 i .........vm......, A r 4 tflEgA'74l2'gA'2 H''l M w ........ ran wil C.) P 11,1" • 1 .. cs . - W m oo p o ooocooooo o 0... 488t7,V=82:.22285'S 1:14 E. rAt a m. .-,...4 o. m u, '' .l WW wg u 0 rh.fri , .. • . ....0. v t -mm0u.m.......e,,,...,mw c..M7FAr, 14 E. . .• w ..., • •4 • . ~.; •.1 , 1 • •''' • ' •C 5 : . .., 4 .. 4 1: 1: rn • -48 :g , tr., - .E. , •0.?, • : ..bi M 5 --= 4 l:gs:6,.s.t; A i : IF/3 41 4., t :. . 2 I4ll' C" v i •... o. O . .4 ' o-4 . • •- 0 •Fl,-.. ) . .0,00 C.) 0.4 . o%l) . .r . T i r s milrirl:s4 . 0 . .. . . —o,nAwzglEzomg 4 E. g ~..,., .p . ~ ....—. 2 4=g'.=' . 1! .. —4 2 -.4.4.' oa A Mg - :A- d .4.5. 4 •o .s,taeo , -4 Cn ~ • •-• ....D .0 • W M=XX.4E.E.AMWP , ZrAZI:4 E. -4 V t elmm.omvs-maN..OO E. • A .,,cw-egomo, .-,-.0,-. ca O 1 N - .',..1,...4 , 0.N.000 , XXI t.., Persons assured for the whole term of Life for 1001. and up'vrards, in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, will be entitled at the end of every fifth year (instead of every seventh year as heretofore) to participate in the Surplus Premiums, either by Addition to their Po licies, or an equivalent Reduction will be made in the future pay ments of Premium, at the option of the Assured. Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life by a limited number of yearly payments. ASSURANCES for SHORT PERIODS may new be effected in this Office at considerably reduced rates of Premium. The NEXT VALUATION will be made at Christmas, 1849, and Policies effected before that date will participate in proportion to the time they may then have been in force. The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who are authorised to report on the appearance ef Lives proposed for Assurance HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary. 92, Cheapside, June, 1849. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ; United with the PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847. Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, 1848. Amalgamated pursuant to Re, elution dated February 5, 1849. Offices: 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON'. w ith Powers of Extension reser ved to the CAPITAL / Proprietors under the 16th Clause of the 14100,000 Deed of Settlement). In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all paid ; affording the security of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting. DISVEN9meBur6 FEATURES. ISLAY TONTINE LIFE ASSOCIATION. Provisionally Registered. Capital, 600,000/., in 12,000 Shares, at 501. each. DIRECTORS. John Bain, Esq., of Morriston, Glasgow. Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq., banker, Provost of Port Glasgow Alexander Campbell, Esq., of Bedlay Robert C. Cumming, Esq., of Barrernman, Dumbartonshire Henry Dunlop, Esq., of Cralgton, Glasgow Archibald Falconer, Esq., of Glen Park, Port Glasgow James Hay, Esq., merchant. Leith,_ Director of the Royal Bank of Scotland APlnbald Aortic, Esq., accountant, Edinburgh, ditto Eagle Henderson, Esq.; Director of the National Bank of Scotland William Imile, Esq., Dean of Guild, Perth _ John Burn Murdock, Esq., of Gartencaber, Edinburgh David Murray, Esq., Provost of Paisley. B{.4.RlNE.—Limited risks in and alien vessels of the first class at Lloyds FlRE.—Reduced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu tion o frisk secured by the provisions of that statute. LIFE.—The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole profits being divided among the Assured., without the"entailment of any risk. The operation of this department also extending to RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre- minms ; and GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of trust and confidence on the Annual Payment of a stipulated rate per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct therefrom. Forms of Application for Provincial Agencies in those towns of the United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be obtained from the Head Wilco as above. AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. London, June 9, 1849. T" CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, Um(lon. MMES. The Right Rev. Nicholas 'Wiseman, D.D., 33E, Golden-square. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cosset Hall, Norfolk. Sir Henry Paston Bedingfield, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.S., Director of the Hon. the East India Company. Thomas Barnwell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's-Park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. DIZECTORS. The Right Rev. William Mor ris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman. M i c h ae l Forristall, Esq., 13 , West - square, Southwark--Deputy Chairman Chairman and Managing Director. b Sir Richard Jenkins , G.C .8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company, and of the London Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Ese., Malmain-hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. J a mes Marshall, Esq. , 21, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. A CT CARY —William Henry Archer , Esq. SECRETAsT —WiIIium Norris, Esq. • Prospectuses, Forms of Pr o p osal, and every Information promptly forwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office, 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester -square, London. Mr. Ellis Roberts, who won the prize harp at the Eisteddfod, has received his appointment as harpist to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The intima tion was communicated in a letter, dated at Balmoral, from Colonel Anson to the Hon. G. Rice Trevor, M.P., viz.:--"" Mr. Anson presents his compliments to Lieu tenant-Colonel Trevor, and has much pleasure in in forming him that her Majesty the Queen has graciously Appointed Mr. Ellis Roberts harpist to his Royal High .ness the Prince of Wales." We trust the next appoint ment we shall have to announce will be that of Welsh tutor to his Royal Highness.---North Wales Chronicle. A COFFIN-MAKER'S BlLL.—James Meara, coffin maker for the Nenagh union workhouse, on Thursday sent in a bill to the Nenagh board of guardians for 1,130 coffins furnished by him from the 25th of last March to the 25th of July!—just four months.—Liverpool Standard. METROPOLITAN CO UNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO -PLACE, LONDON. Incorporated Pursuant to Act co' LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also AnnUit es, immediate and deferred. The payment of fixed same to thf, Assured at any specified age, or to their Representatives in case of death before that age. • Credit given for half the premiums for-the first five ylarS. Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and Loans granted, repayable by instalments. ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage* certain sum on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the wkole of the sum paid for the same at a given period. RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of 10s. for every 1001. Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual Commission allowed on the introduction of business. Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society, and all information, may be obtained at the office, or of the Agents in the Country. _ • • F. M1%4 1 0'5031 CIMISQUI, 'Dimmer. It is astonishing with what facility our feelings accommodate themselves to our , situations, and catch their tone from surrounding objects,--.Eliza Cook's Journal, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING . PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—If there was any mistake in the arrange ments of the Canadian union, it was in the choice of the capital. The uniform experience of federal unions proves the necessity of selecting a seat of government as free as possible from local perturbations and interests. Ac clrdingly, the sagacious founders of the great American commonwealth did not aim at making Boston, or New York. or Philadelphia the rival of republican Rome, but planted their federal legislature in a separate district, far away from the existing haunts of commerce and wealth: Whatever difficulties there were to be sur mounted in this instance, there were also in the choice of a capital for the common government of our British and French populations on the St. Lawrence. Montreal was recommended by its geographical position, but by nothing else. Its populace had long been notorious as the roughest and most turbulent in the New World. It was already the scene of party strife, and while the French population continued numerous enough to keep up • national jealousies, the British increased in far greater ratio. The result now showa ' that a Canadian Parlianietit will always hive to fight for' its independence, and a Canadian Governor-General will always haVe to fight for his dignity' against the Montreal mob. A few hun dred men of the lowest class, swollen by outcasts from the neighbouring union, and instigated more or less openly by a disappointed faction in the colony itself, will be sufficient to keep both the Legislature and the Execu tive in continual trouble. This is the real account of the Canadian disturbances. 'angina a fifth-rate seaport in this country' suddenly exalted into a seat of government, and the resort of political agitators. Ithagine a provincial town in the 'enjoyment of a perpetually contested elec tion, with Whigs and Tories ever bidding against one another. There you have MOntreal at once, excepting that Montreal, over and above All the sources of mischief in a British town, contains a population almost equally divided - between its ,English, its Irish, and its French ingredients. This is more than enough to ac• ceunt for all that has taken place and is still taking place In that city. The majority of the Parlia ment is one way, the majority of the mob another ; so, without for a moment disputing the fact that the whole colonial population is fairly represented in Parlia ment, the local mob attempt to intimidate and virtually depose,'not merely the representative of the Sovereign, but even the representatives of the people. The attempt is intelligible, and need excite no surprise; but it is also most outrageous and most impudent, and must be put down. France tolerates that Paris—an ancient, a popu lous, and a most splendid metropolis, that for many centuries has set the fashion to the provinces —should continue to exercise that immemorial privilege; but the mob of Montreal has about as little pretension to over rule the two millions of Canada, as the mob of Sunder land, ot Limerick, or Dundee has to govern the twenty seven millions of these isles. At this distance, and with necessarily imperfect information, it is not easy to see why the. last disturbances should not have been antici pated. by judicious arrangements of the soldiery and police. All that can be said is that such things have happened in this country, and will probably happen again. On the 15th ult. several of the leaders in the former outbreak were arrested, in some instances after a little opposition. One might naturally suppose that ex traordinary precaution would be taken at such a junc ture. However, it appears a mob was suffered to as semble, to attack Mr. Lafontaine's residence, break down the.gate, and advance within 20 feet of the house with the evident intention of burning it to the ground, Mr. Lafontaine and his friends gavo the scoundrels the re ception they deserved. One fellow paid the penalty of his meditated crime on the spot, and the rest took warn ing by his fate. It is, however, a matter of regret that a great officer of the State should have been placed under the cruel necessity. of defending his own life and pro perty spinet a, gang of ruffians. when soldiery, police, and the hangman were so much fitter for the office. Subse quently it would seem that more effectual measures were adopted. The principal offenders have been arrested; among them the man who officiated as " Oliver Crom well". at the destruction of the Parliament-house. The malcontents have since proved both their temper and their weakness . by having recourse to secret, . incendiarism. A splendid hotel and some .other large buildings have bees sacri ficed to the loyalty or the amusement of the Mon treal Tories; avid the British name has been glorified by proceedings borrowed from Captains " Rock" and " Swing," and Mistress "Rebecca." Meanwhile we have great pleasure in observing that the Governor-General is warmly supported both by his Sovereign and by the really loyal part of the Canadian people. The Gazette announces his elevation to the English peerage. As the champion of constitutional principles against the usur pations of faction and the ascendancy of race, Lord Elgin well deserves this honour at the hands of a con stitutional Government. We will not believe the alleged disagreetnent between the military and ithe government, or .the alleged hesitation of the Ministers. They must persevere. Theirs is the cause of responsible govern ment. The eyes of England and the world are upon them. Their Sovereign beckons them onward in their struggle.- It is a question of principle.- The event is in the hands of Omnipotence. It may be His will that Canada, having attained its maturity, should soon be come independent, or embrace the fortunes of the neigh bouring federation; but even in that case it will at leas; be our consolation and glory that our last act was to teach it self-government. CHRONICLE.—The Canadian intelligence which it was our disagreeable task to present to our readers yes terday, and additional particulars of which will be found in our columns this morning, affords a gloomy and omi nous picture of popular discontent and official imbeci lity. There does not, indeed, appear ground for believ ing that any- large portion of the population of Montreal are :directly implicated in the shameful disorders refer. red to; and we should doubtless do our Canadian fellow• subjects a gross injustice iLwe imagined for a moment that street rioting, ferocious and cowardly mob-assaults on individuals, and insults _to Ministers of . State, could have the approval and sympathies pf any section of their community, except the habitually ill-disposed and laW less class to whom one pretext for mischief is as good as another. But, however few and despicable may be the actors in these scenes, all experience tells us that the un checked perpetration, of such outrages argues a pro found alienation of public opinion and feeling from the depositaries of the governing • power. Excesses like those which have once more disgraced the seat•of Government in Canada—and it is a highly significant circumstance that, as a correspon dent elsewhere remarks, they have occurred nowhere else than at the " seat of Government "—take place only when the bulk of the community are so deeply dissa tisfied .with their rulers, that the latter shrink from even attempting to organize popular resistance to mob violence. Contemptible, therefore, both morally and numericilly, as may be the' authors of these Montreal disturbances, we must protest against, the pleasant dela sion that there - is no cradnous political significance in a state of things which shows an utter debility and pros tration of all legitimate authority. We need not now repeat details which have already appeared in our columns, especially as the reader will elsewhere find a lucid and connected narrative of the whole affair in the letter signed " A Colonist"—a communication which we pub lish for the sake of its vividly descriptive account of the actual condition of things at Montreal, although dis senting from many of the writer's views on questions of general policy. A very brief recapitulation of the leading facts may here suffice. It seems that, after nearly four months of apparent torpor and paralysis,the Canadian Government have taken courage, and have begun a On of secret scrutiny into the conduct of certain parties sup posed to have been concerned in the outrage of the 25th April—a mode of proceeding which strikes us as a very ill-judged substitute for regular and public proeeeditigs before the usual tribunals. Having succeeded, as they imagined, in getting-up a case ' against some of the indi viduals alluded to, they eleternained On arresting thero ; sad, gratuitously . assuming -the inveterate disaffection and turbulence of the Montreal public, they previouhly filled the city with an offensive display of military tind armed police—quite needlessly, it would appear, since it is distinctly stated that the persons accused were of such a class and character that forcible resistance on tlieir part was the last thing to be looked for. As regar i els, indeed, the armed and mount ed police, the exhibition was very much worse than needless and offensive; for, after provoking several collisions with the populace, • this force was, we are told, " sent across the river at the dictation of the mob"—a most , ignominious and damaging concession to a power w 'eh ought never to be braved by halv es. During the i ri tation and excitement produced by these measures of i or alternate violence and poltr ooner y , a mob of some t three hundred persons — m ostl y , it i s said, mere b e y started off (on the night of the 15th ult.) for Mr. Lafon taine's residence, broke open the outer gates, and en tered his garden. Mr. Lafontaine, however—with a zeal of self-preservation wh ich it would h ave been well if !he and his superior had always exhibited in their official: as well as in theirpersonal capacity—had taken the pf.e caution of garrisoning his dwelling with a well-ar ed I forge, consisting of his pe rsonal or political friends, nd (it is said) some disguised p olice men. Immediately ,on the rioters coming in front of the b uilding —without a word of notice or warning to them to retreat—sh is were fired from the hou se, and one lad fell mort ly wounded, with ten slugs in his body- The f u ll u lt er or conseq uences of this disastrous occurren ce we h ve yet to learn. The funer al of the slain youth tdok place on the 18 th , a midst mu ch painful and nis chieious excitement ; the inquest was still proceed4ig on the morning of the 20th, the latest day to which our accounts reach. In noticing the rumour that Mr. Lafontaine had at first refused to give eviderice before the jury, and only made his appearance n the issue of a warrant for his arrest, we must plainly s y that we reserve, until the receipt of further informati n, our belief in so astounding a display of lawless and bad feeling. Nor shall we at present attempt to prejudge the question of the Minister's legal o r mora l culpability in the affair that led to the calamitous and fatal result which forms the subject of that investigation. Certainly, there is nothing on the face of the transaction, so far as the facts are yet'known, that would decisively warrant a verdict of 'justifiable homicide"—since, on the one hand we are not informed that the violence displayed by the rioters was of that kind and degree which would alobe warrant-anlnstant resort to the last extremity in self defence, and, on the other , all the accounts agree self defence, negativing the assumption that the aseitilants had been Cash. I Policy. s. d . 94 11 0466 , 221 0 0261 115 d 0;136 I. Q. 0 0 0 0 6 0 y~rYsaxo. The Royal Bank of.,l3cotlandanCiTtarancheY; MeSsrs. Coutts and Co., London: ' • SIOLICITOIO. Misqra. Turner. and . Wallace,' 3'7, Virginia-street; Glisgow ; Messrs.. Goodwin, Partridge, William's; and 'Edwarde, Walbrook Hohse; London. • MANAGING DIEECTOI —Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq. Sacarraar--Jarnes Murdoch, ESQ. The barony and estate of Islay, comprising the island of Islay and small adjacent islands is in the same latitude as Edinburgh and Glasgow, and is one et the richest and most productive properties in the west of Scotland. It contains about 140,000 acres, of which 34,000 are arable, the rest being luxuriant pasture. The present rental of this magnificent property amounts at present to 20,0001.; but a Government grant of 30,0001. is now being ex pended in drainage an - I improvements. The rents are periodically and legitimately increased as the leases fall in, and It is evident that such a property must, under improved agriculture, afford a much larger return. The purchase, it is expected, will be effected for about 500,0001., and it is proposed to raise a capital for this purpose, and contingent expenses, of 600,0001., in 12,000 501. shares, each shareholder to nominate a life, and the whole body of Nominees to be insured out of the rental, so as to secure the repayment of his subscription to every shareholder whose nominee lapses. The remainder of the accumulated rental is to be, divided every ten years amongst the surviving shareholders, the last survivor to inherit the estate. On the basis of 12,000 policies, in respect of the 12,000 nominees, it is further contemplated to ingraft the general business of a life assurance company, so as to secure an annual dividend of profits. Thus it will be, seen that every person taking a share in the Ton tine, will, under any circumstances, receive back the amount of his investment out of the assurance fund, and will also, by way of in terest on his shares, receive an annual dividend out of the profits of the general life assurance department (and the basis and guarantee indicated cannot fail to make this branch most extensive and lucra tive) ; he will, moreover, participate, every ten years his nominee survives, in the accumulated and constantly improving rental ; and, in the event of his nominee being the last survivor, will become the absolute owner, in fee simple, of the entire estate. It is also to be observed that, as the nominees diminish in number, the marketable value of the shares will year after year be greatly en tranced. The principles of the proposed Tontine have been maturely con sidered by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq., the eminent actuary of the Me dical and Invalid Assurance Company, and received his entire ap probation. The estate is to be vested in three trustees, resident in Scotland. The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a board of seven directors in Scotland, communicating with a board of correspondence in London. Two general meetings shall be held in Scotland in the months of June and December. The preliminary deposit to be ss. per share (being the maximum allowed under the Registratiou Act), and a call of 11. per share shall be made on cmnplete registration. The remainder to be called up by suck instalments as may be found necessary to meet the payment of the purchase money. Applications for shares to be made to the following brokers &c., of whom prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be had:—Messrs. John Robertson and Co. 47, Georae-street, Edin burgh ; William'Bell. Esq., 2, North-st!reet, David-street, Edin burgh: Messrs. Buchanan Altkin and Co., 41, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; J. C. Foulds, Esq., Canada-court, Queen-street, Glasgow; William Gordon, Esq., Aberdeen ; Janes Thomas, Esq., writer, Perth; A. Abercrombie, Esq., Paisley; Messrs. Joseph King and Sons, Liverpool ; L. L. Lamming, Esq , Manchester ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, [lull; Messrs. Beardshaw and Co., Leeds; W. B. Greenfield, Esq., 38, Throgusorton-street, London; of Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq., Royal Bank, Port Glasgow; and William Bridges, Esq., at the temporary offices of the Association, 38, Throg morton-street, London. CAUTION, DR. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS.- Spurious imitations of this medicine in the shape of pills are offered by unprincipled shopkeepers for the sake of greater profit.— Purchasers must therefore observe that no medicine is genuine but " WAFERS." Dr. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS are the only remedy recom mended to be taken by ladies. They fortify the constitution at all periods of life. They remove all Obstructions, lleaviness, Palpita tion of the Heart, Lowness of Spirits, Weakness, and allay Pain, create Appetite, and remove Indigestion, Head-aches, Giddiness, &c. Fall directions are given with every box. They have a plea sant taste. Prepared only by the proprietor's agents, Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London ; who are also agents for Dr. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS, far Asthma, Consumption, Coughs, and Colds Sold by all respectable Medicine Venders, at Is. 1%41., 2s. ed., and I Is. per box. TO THE AUTUMN Autumn I feel thy near arproach, The summer soon will leave ; While clouds and chilly airs encroach Upon the shortening eve. The lavender perfumes the breeze, The swallow takes her flight, - - And faded leaves forsake the trees, • • - • -While Phiebus dims his light. Say, Autumn, say, for I would know, • What weather wilt thou bring, Wilt stornay breezes coldly blow, .When songsters Cease to sing? - But.wlierefore do I question thus In this familiar rhyme ? • • • Moses and Son will furnish us Dress suited to the time. Their Autumn stock will prove to be The choicest ever sold ; And just the articles for thee. When sweeping winds blow cold. Moses and Son, I found did well, When last thy season came; And clothes which now they have to sell, Will prove they do the same. Their Paletots and other dress Will prove, when we have bought 'em, The tack and skill of M. and S. In making dress for Autumn. LIST OF PRICIM &LADY MADE. Men' Spring, and Summer Wrappers— fhtm £0 E 6 l'he Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every descrip tion of light Over-coats •••• •• • • •••• • • • 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed .. • • • .... Do. do. lined with silk.. Do. do. superior quality • . 1 16 0 Jean and Holland Blouses .• •••••••• • • • • .. •• 0 2 9 Fancy Victoria d 0.... . Tweed do. •• •••••—•••••••••••••••••••••• 0 4 6 Dress Coat .... ••..••.. • • • . Frock Coat • 1 0 0 Spring and Summer Trousers .. • • .......... 0 4 0 Doeskin and Buckskin d 0....... ••..••• • • • • • 0 7 6 Spring and Summer Vests in every variety— 0 1 6 Black and Figured Satin Ve5t5.......• ...... 0 4 6 Black do., superior quality • .... White Marcella Vests ...... Men's Black C'oth Vests ...... •••••• .• • • .. 0 3 6 Boy's Spring and Summer Vests. ..... 0 0 10 Boys' Hussar and Tunic 5a1t5.............. 0 15 0 Men's Fishing Coats in great variety ........ 0 4 0 MADE TO =ABUZZ. Paletots made from a variety of material, fitted for Summer wear .....................• .. 1 1 Do. very elegantly trimmed ••••••.. • • • • • • 1 8 0 Superior Cloth of a light .. 1 15 0 Ditto ditto lined with • • 2 2 0 Ditto. Dress Coat.. • • .... • ...... ••• .. • • 1 12. 0 Best do ..... ................ • • Superfine Frock do. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .• 1 15 0 Best do. 3 3 0 Fancy Doeskin Trousers. .. •• .• .• •••• • 016 6 Black do. 0 16 0 Black ClothVeStS• •.. • • • 0 $ 6 Best do. • ... Splendid Satin Vest .• .• 11• ea •• ••e••• •• •• •• 014 6 Best d 0..• •• ••.....•.• •••••• •• •• •• •• .• 018 6 Hussar and Tunic suits .. Superfine do. .. • . .. ....... lien's White Marcella Vests •• • • .... ........ 0 7 0 Fishing Coats in endless variety from 0 10 6to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great variety • • from 0160 to 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 10s. The new book, entitled the "Great Fact," with full directions for Self-measurement, can be had en application, or forwarded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice— The Shawl and Parasol Department are new replete with every novelty of the season. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MOSES and S$N, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Rosters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minoriea, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aligate, City, London; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against Imposition ; but having heard that the untradesman-like falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," it s been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, hey beg to state that they have no connexion with any other house In or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far ate, Sheffield; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; •nl hose who regaire cheap and genuine clothing, Ezo.. should call at or send to the Minories and Aidgate, City, London ; or either of the Branch Establishments, as above. Tate Notioe.—This Establishment is elosed from sunset Friday. to sunset Saturday. when bus ness Is resumed till twelve o'clock. e—e- t _ e p K Z ERMINSTER ELECTION. ....vi ‘. ) , IDDERMINSTER, TUESDAY.—The nom i nat i on o f a 4 ,iidate for the representation of this borough, in the,: m of the late Mr. Godson, took place in a field odja 'to the town this morning. The banners and various tees displayed upon them were pretty nearly equal. .'he Returning-officer (the MAYOR) having called ipon any elector to name a candidate, Mr. BOYCOTT, sen., proposed Mr. John Best (Conser vative) as a fit representative for the borough in Parlia ment. He had known his young friend from his youth. He admired his prir.ciples, and his birth, parentag e , and education, constituted a sufficient guarantee for his future conduct. Mr. CRELLING WORTH seconded the nomination. The proposition was received with mingled groans and hisses. Mr. J. HoLstEs, in proposing Mr. Gisborne, described the Hon. Candidate as a gentleman of. progressive prin ciples. He was in favour of the principles in virtue of which they had obtained the elective franchise, and his past conduct in Parliament was a surety for the future. Mr. BRITON, in seconding the nominatio❑ of Mr. Gisborne, stated that it was not upon personal acquaint ance, nor front early intimacy, for be had known Mr. Best from his infancy, that he advocated the cause of Mr. Gisborne, it was upon principle. The MAYOR having asked whether the electors had any other candidate to propose, and no reply being given, Mr. BEST addressed the assembly. He complained of some personal insult which had been offered to himself and friends; declared himself an advocate of old Con servative and Tory measures, and expressed his belief to he that the opinions he entertained were those of ale electors of Kiddermineler.—(The Hon. Gentleman was loudly cheered by his friends). Mr. GISiraINE next addressed the electors. Ho ap• peared extremely ill, and stated that in all probability that was the last occasion upon which he should appear before a Parliamentary constituency. He advocated the doctrines of free trade, and expressed the greatest confi dence as to the result of the present election. Upon a show of hands the numbers were declared to be in favour of Mr. Gisborne; but it was a very scanty majority. - A vote of thanks was returned to the Mayor, and to morrow the poll commences. The prevailing opinion is that Mr. Best must win. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSIVIoUTH, TIIESDAY.—By the death of Rear- Admiral 11. H. Christian, Captain George Edward Watts (18.14) becomes Re ar -Ad m i ra l . His services are thus epitomised in the New Navy List :—G. E. Watts served at the attack upon the French frigate squadron and the capture of the Desiree, in Dunkirk-roads. In 1807, when Lieutenant of the Comus, he commanded the boats of that vessel at the cutting out of six vessels at Grand Canaria; was severely wounded in cutting out an armed Spanish vessO, the San Pedro, exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy's guns; the s.me year assisted at the capture of the Danish frigate Frederickscoarn, on which occasion he headed the boarding party. In 1809 he commanded the Ephira at the capture of Cuxhaven and the destruction of the battery; and also highly distin guished himself by his gallantry at the destruction of the batteries at Gussendorf, and the defeat and disper sion of the French troops on the banks of the Weser. In ISIO he destroyed a Danish privateer under the fire of batteries and field pieces. The same year he destroyed a privateer under the batteries of Fludstraud. In 1812 he engaged a Danish flotilla in the Malmo Channel. In 1814, when commander of the Jaseur, captured the Grecian of 20 guns. The same year was engaged in a series of operations on the Patuxent, comprising the capture of the towns of Benedict and Marlborough, and . the destruction of consicLrable property on the banks of that river, He has been altogether forty times under fire, and has received seventeen woun d s , s i x t een o f which were while engaged hand t o h an d w i t h t h e enem y in command of boats, in the harbours, and under the bat teries of Spain, France, and Denmark. He saw sixteen years full-pay service, and has been " on the shelf " thirty-four years. Lord Auckland gave him a pension of 1501. per annum in July, 1848, as some reward for his distinguished services, which he must now give up. Sir William Burnett, K.O 8., M.D., F.R.S., Director- General of the Medical Department of the Navy, is at this port making his half-yearly inspection of the medical establishment. WOOLWICU, SEPT. 4.—Commodore-Superintendent Henry Eden has gone on leave for a short period. The Retribution steam-vessel was taken into the basin yesterday to receive new boilers. PROMOTIONS IN HONOUR OF THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. As a matter of course, a brevet promotion will speedily take place in honour of the Queen's visit to Ireland, in addition to the annual promotions which are due to the officers of the royal yacht, Victoria and Albert. Re port has already assigned promotions to between sixty and seventy officers of the army, and if this should turn out to be true, assuredly the promotion of officers of the navy will be equally liberal, seeing that the navy bad most of the active service on the auspicious occasion. We have heard that three commanders will be made captains, six lieutenants to be commanders, and one or two mates to be lieutenants; but this is rumour only. We trust, in common fairness, that every class of officers will share in the honours about to be conferred on the navy and array. Commander Harris, of the flagship, Ganges, 84, at Cork, will doubtless be one of the first considered. This officer is well known as a first-rate seaman; he commanded the Flying Fish, 22, in the experimental cruise, and afterwards on the coast of Africa, for which si rvice ho frirly earned his advancement. Then there are two or three lieutenants, first lieutenants of the Ganges and Hogue, and lieutenants in command. The mates in the royal squadron are low, but at the head of the list for promotion is Mr. Burton, gunnery mate of the Ganges. Between the army and navy, also, are the marines, per mare per terrain, and we are quite sure the opportunity will be taken advantage of to do honour to this gallant corps by the promotion of the senicr officer, who, we bdieve, is Captain Johns, of the Ganges—an officer of ability and popularity, and who, if we remember rightly, commanded the guard of honour turned out at Woolwich to receive the Errip,ror of Russia at IVoolwich Dock yard, on his embarkation for his own empire, and who ought in all fairness to have succeeded to his majority on that occasion. It has been reported that Rear-Admiral Manley Hall Dixon, the Commander-in-Chief, will have some distinguished honour conferred upon him. No man deserves it more, no less so for his own gallant career in the navy, than as an acknowledgement of the late Ad• miral Sir Manly Hall Dixon's services to the country. This will also afford an opportunity for giving Captain Macdougall, of the Hogue, his decoration of C. 8., which as service goes he earned at China in the remnt expe dition with the Vulture, Espiegle, &c., the gallant officer being in command. We repeat our hope that as there are tew opportunities now a days for reward and en couragement to deserving officers, full advantage will be taken of her Majesty's visit to Ireland.—Herold. , i. , 4410 ')iiki . ,;9,. oxi • ‘ k _eli ft- • \', . _ X4 I - , - / \,' l' , l 17, 411 •- , , ' kilek ": ' 4l1 0 ''f:-% - l Z4t- I' L x.r , , I' -"'" -, ' -*: , . 4 , 1* i • - 5'.-4 '--:' ,--n--- --':- •• ~ (--_---"( '• . ' " , 4P. --, I , p' -:,.., - -,-,'•-• , „.„,: mr: 1 .., --... .., ~ - ..40 0: . _ _\.. .--•' \ . e ., . ) . .--‘..._ . -- - .... a60',4 4,--9tr 1 41Eiiiirir: p,::-,'`lF; . ll .l l k - ,,,, ~10„. .2 ,; _ 1'_,1,,,,--Ata:4 l - _ -___T.4 % * jzk, , ____ • 7 • • 4,= ,- • k • # • `t' RAIL WA Y INTELLIGENCE. ABERDEEN. — The directors of this company have arranged with the Scottish Midland Company to trans mit the whole of their traffic north over the line of the latter company, the condition being that the Aberdet n Company are to receive 20 per cent. out of the earnings, which are to be taken as 75 per cent. of the gross ium received for traffic. This arrangement will prevent the Dundee and Perth Company receiving any of tLe north traffic. SOUTH-EASTERN.—The directors have determined on opening the Bricklayers' Arms Station in the Old Kent road, now used only for the goods traffic, and which cost 300,0001.. as a west-end passenger station for the North Kent line. The electric telegraph is laid upon this line as far as Erith, and will soon be completed to Gravesend and Rochester. - LONDON AND SOUTEI-WESTERN.—This company's ex tension line to Farnham was opened on Saturday. CALEDONIAN.—To meet the accommodation of the working classes of the two capitals, this company notify that they have resolved on attaching third-class carriages to the trains leaving London and Edinburgh every Sa turday, by which a passenger can go through either way for the sum of 30s. MONMOUTHSUIRE.—This company have just opened their improved lines for mineral traffic, being obliged by Act of Parliament to do so, and become carriers by the Ist of September. They will commence passenger traffic presently. CRUELTY TO A CHILD.—At an inquest held by Mr. J. W. Payne, deputy coroner for the City, at the Goldsmiths' Arms, Southwark, on the body of an infant, aged two , ears, alleged to have died of cholera, the fol lowing gross case of cruelty was detailed:—The mother of the infant was a street-walker, and she rented the half of a back kitchen in a house in Rodney -street, and in this miserable place—not large enough to admit a bedstead—she lived with a man with whom she coha bited, and with her infant child. She was constantly out, as was also her companion, and the child used . to be left locked in this den without any one to care for it for many hours together. On Saturday, whentheemh was out, a woman residing in the same housea mother appeared red chairt o the room through the window. upon I) be dead, as it was lying quite motionless she was looking at cushion. She took it up, and whas Theei state, and he re pliedwas told that the child d w d a i it the companion of the mother e n t ered dyingt the place. He stuff, the child was very well. tbat it was all a sheet over it, and went o ut. The He p ut u d four in the morning, and g sa en w tle th m i a s n inf w an h t o mother re turned could she procured some medicine, as SOO 7l . and ild A in t m h e e d h ic o a u l se came to see in anotheristed child and he directed that it should be wrapped in blankets, ' and some beef tea given to it. Tke mot h er paid no at tention to these directions, and went out as usual, leav ing the child alone. Mr. R en d e ll , a sur g eon, saw ' the child on Thursday, a n d gave t h e mother an order for some beef, which she obtained, and after boiling it for a short time she ate it herself, giving the liquor to the child. The c hild was a l so to be placed in warm bath, which the mother also neglected. The mother used to beat the poor inf a nt i n a shameful ms.nn , r, and often wished it dead. W hen it died on Friday, she said, " Thank God, my hands are free at last." (This wit ness was severely reprimanded by the Coroner for not informing the police of the conduct and expressions of the mother.) Mr. Rendell, a surgeon, proved that the child died of diarrheas ; of course, the nr.glect it had (:x -perienced would be pr, judicial to it, but the noxious in fluences of the locality were such that he could not venture to state that the treatment the child had re ceived from its savage mother had caused death. The Coroner having adverted to these fa cts and to the opinion given by Mr. Rendell, the jury returned d a verdict of " Natural Death." The commercial public will regret to learn that Christopher Leylan d , Esq., banker, of Liverpool, died at his residence in that town yesterday . morning, HA xAa Coarus ACT.—This piece of Whig legis lation expired on the 31st ult.—Cork Examiner. 4,e `. - S N 7 SEPTEMBER 5, 1849. previously warned to disperse. With every wish to make due allowance for the fact that this was not the first time that the Minister's residence had been visited by a mob,;we are bound to say that the case, as it stands, is one calling for the littlest and most searching inquiry —and that it must be presented to the public in a• very different shape from what it at present wears, before Mr. Lafontaine can be completely exonerated from the charge of an almost criminal eagerness to take extreme measures. It must at least be allowed that this Minister's extraor dinary promptitude and decision in the defence of his private abode strangely contrast with the tardiness and nonchalance evinced by the Governor-General in main taining the public peace and the authority of the Queen and the law. Where tha Parliament-house and archives of two provinces were concerned, Lord Elgin could see nothing but " grave objections" to a preventive exer tion of force, and he made a merit of having passively waited for "overt acts" until the mischief was done. When it comes, however, to something like a personal question between authority and turbulence, Lord Elgin's advisers at once rise superior to their principal's ner vous horrora of measures having " a tendency to pro duce a collision." Some of our readers, by the way, may be innocent enough to wonder that they hear nothing, in all this deplorable business, about a Gover nor-General—that there is, in fact, nothing to show that the vice-regal office was not abolished at the same time with the Parliament-house. This is really the most disgraceful part of the affair. While the public peace is openly violated, and the most flagrant outrages are hourly committed in his capital, Lord Elgin keeps himself safely stowed away, " with guards doubled," at his favourite retreat of Monklands—cultivating, we suppose, cabbages and " dignified neutrality,"—and leaving the tranquillity of the province, the authority of the laws, and the ho nour and dignity of the British crown to be taken care of by deputy. Now, we do not presume to say that he is not :best where he is; nor do we stop to consider whether it is his " misfortune" or his " fault" that he cannot show his' face outside his own doors without the • imminent risk of making bid worse; but certainly, if this is " governing" Canada, there is nothing to be said except that the British North American Viceroyalty is about the snuggest berth for privileged incompetence and laziness ever devised by the genius of ainecurism. And actually this is the monent, of all others, which her Majesty's Ministers have selected (vide last night's Ga zette) for showering new hereditary honours on this fanieant representative of the Crown, who runs away frOna riot and arson, and leaves law, order, and " seat of Government" to shift for themselves. Not withstanding our very high opinion of our Co lonial Secretary's audacity and obstinacy, we are much inclined to risk the prediction, that the newly-created " Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" will at no distant date enter on the personal enjoyment of his dignity as a member of the Upper House of Parliament. We take it to be quite impossible that Earl Grey's colleagues can be satisfied' to go on much longer with the experiment of " govern ing" Canada through a Viceroy who finds it necessary. to hide himself from all the world for four months toge ther—and who, at a time when seditious and anarchical turbulence is rife and rampant in the capital of his pro vince, thinks (perhaps correctly) that the best thing he can do is to keep very quiet. This is a case that is plainly past mending. When a Government has once brought things to such a pass that it has hopelessly lost moral weight, dignity, and authority—that its vigour, only exasperates, while its leniency cannot conciliate and soothe—there is but one way out of the difficulty. No' pertinacity of Earl Grey's will ever make Lord Elgin more than a nominal Governor-General of Canada; and if that. high office is meant to be a reality, it cannot too . soon pass into other hands. HERALD.—That ever wise, ever plausible, and most consummately self-satisfied and contemptible class of.. politicians, which judges everything by the event, has recently raised a loud shout of praise at the successes of the Russian armies over the Hungarians, and has, ac cording to its wont, chaunted forth article after article on the power, the glory, and the greatness of Russia. But the successes of the united Austrian and Russian armies over the Hungarians, after a campaign of three ' months, in which the latter almost always exhibited science, skill, and military talent of the highest order, and in which the former rarely exhibited any of these qualities, so far from proving the invincibility of Russia, only proves how much Russian power and Muscovite military strength have been exaggerated by those living remote and far removed from the scene of action. Whether in reference to certain scenery or to men, ma terial, and those things which are called empire, "dis tance lends enchantment to the view," in as great a ratio as to the Swiss chalet or to the Windermere cottage. Omne ignotum pro magnifico is the common rule, and when it is considered how freely Russian orders, rings, and rubles are bestowed for any modi cum of praise, however small, id the Hessian system, there is no reason why the Emperor, his generals, and his army. should not come in for an extravagant portion of laudation. Yet t' this praise the Russian army or military system is in no degree entitled. Ever since the French revolution of February, 1848, the Emperor of Russia - has been biding his time, and making his prepa rations quietly and effectually. He has had no Parlia• natant to control—no finance committee to fetter him. His Cabinet is not a constitutional Cabinet, bound to the country as well as to the Sovereign, and accountable to the nation at large, but a set of head clerks, civil and military, sitting to register the decrees of a Czar, whom they worship next to God himself. His senate is not a senate elected by the people, but a College of Senators named by the despotical dispenser of all patronage, civil, military, naval, and ecclesiastical. Nicholas is a man prone to do what he will with his own, and the life and fortunes of every man, woman, and child in Russia being at his disposal, lee can. pornmancl as he listeth, and is over his great empire obeyed accordingly. When, therefore, he determined, in February, 1848, to, pour immense bodies of troops and boundless munitionz , of war into • Poland, he had but to will it, and the thing_ was done. For eighteen months these, contingents of men and of warlike material, have' been daily increasing. Bodies of troops were ordered from the Caucasus, from the military colonies, and from Circassia, to Poland and the parts adjacent—to the Austrian and Hungarian frontiers; while the armies of Generals Luders and Duhamel in Moldavia and Wal lachia were greatly increased. All the resources, ma terial, moral, and financial, of the Russian empire, were, for a period of fifteen months, brought to bear on one given point. When, at the latter end of April or the beginning of May, the Russian forces received orders to march into the Magyar country, there were assembled on the Various points from which they diverged into Hungary, the hoarded fruits of fifteen months prepara tion—in men—in horses—in chosen generals—in artil lery. Not content with such generals as Roth, Rosen, ICreutz, and De Witt, the Emperor put into requisition his most famous general and only field-marshal, Prince Paskewitch Erivansky, whose equivocal laurels were won in Poland and in Persia • and with this veteran Lithuanian he associated the German Rudiger. But although these Russian officers were aided by Luders and others of high repute in Russia—though a son of the Czar accompanied the expedition—and though Haynau, Czerich, Welden, and all the Austrian generals and staff contributed such science and skill as they pos sessed to the combined allied stock—and the Austrian artillery, be it noted, has always been considered among the first in the world—yet three months elapsed before the united armies of Russia and Austria gained the slightest advantage over the brave but undisciplined Hungarians. Nor were such advantages even then gained till dissension and jealousy had spread in the Hungarian ranks—till Georgey had become jealous of Bern and Dembinski, and insubordinate to Kossuth and the Hungarian Central Go vernment. Unaware of the reasons_ that induced h G is eor m g o e t y i v e t s o n s o u r r r o e e n u d s e u r r , e w h i e s not n e pronouncehave h oa had e g o o u o r d s ' e r e w a s h o i e n h s a h n e d h a p s a t l r a i o t e t l i y cs p m u o r t s i u v e e d s for p t u e r o s u u s i considering r i t n h g e that his corps d'armee was the most numerous and the best Provided among all the Hungarian divisions—con sidering also that he was the most seasoned and the best diaglplined—considering that he was the first Hungarian general to adopt such a course, and to give such an example of yielding, it is not going too far to state that his "conduct requires explanation—explanation which, sooner or later, ought to be and must be given before he is acquitted in the eyes of posterity. No men are more penetrated with the truth of the proverb, that an ass laden with gold can enter the gates of the strongest city, than the Russian generals. The victories of Russian troops in Turkey, in Persia,' in Poland, and in Circassia, have been greatly more owing to gold than to gunpowder, and though we are far from saying that Georgey 'was • ever Corruptible or ever corrupted, yet it is plain that Kositith in that in tercepted letter to Bem, dated August Teth, not merely intimates, but roundly expresses an Opinion that there was treason in his own camp. " The edifice of my country's freedom, and the sanctuary of European liberty is destroyed," says Kossuth, " not by our enemies, but by our brethren." These brethren were not the Poles Bem or Dembinski, or the Irishman Guyon. These brethren were Magyars—were Hungarians. Who are they? Who 'are the traitors, if they be many—or who is the individual traitor, if he but one? It is curious and significant that Haynau and Paskewitch, in their' reports to ' their respective Governments, both pronounce panegyrics on Georgey, and none on any other Magyer - GefferaV Though there were half a dozen other bred and born Hungarians with the rank of generals of division. How is this? To praise a van quished enemy is good taste and generous • but Georgey was not vanquished. He might have held out for some time longer, but instead of pursuing that course he surrendered to the Russian Field-Marshal, calling for the intercession of Nicholas with Francis'Joseph. Tice first use Paskewitch Erivansky made of this surrender was to lay Hungary at the feet of the Czar. The promtp titude and the ostentation with which this was done!-- the great cry that has been raised about it--subffiteciiessnitlyti indicate the desire of the Russians to have a su. at any cost. A million or two millions ofrusoiolvee; ruolis, say, in round numbers 150,000/. of our ._ ,- It not, it is plain, have been deemed too great a pecunia y sacrifice to obtain a submissio n, on which the Russian commander la s Such great litres's. A fortnight or three weeks bsfore t e submission, Russian counsels were quite, at Wilt; cour is 'were 'dispatched for Gknerals OHO and Woronzoff—sickness and disorganizatiim were I;ie. ginning to show themselves—the Russian army war SS - [PRICE C 51) much discouraged in Hungary as the same army in Turkey, under Diebitch in 1828—yet all of a sudden, and as if by magic, affairs change, and one Hungarian general, for a period of nearly three months successful, surrenders without resistance. We blame no individual, we asperse no commander. These facts may be, and doubtle.=s are, explainable. All, however, we know is, that they have not been explained. Supposing, how ever, Georgey to have held out obstinately—to have continued a harassing war with brilliant success for another month, and to have yielded after a desperate battle in which he was fairly beaten, ought such a victory to raise the repute of Russian or Austrian armies, or of both united? Certainly not. Quite the contrary, indeed. Those armies, however numerous, however well supplied with artillery, cannot Le considered very formidable in the field when we actually know that 300,000 men, with every appliance of means and material of war, had taken three months to put down an undisciplined body of Hungarians, without munitions and material of war—fighting under every disadvantage of want of provisions —want of munitions— and want of artillery. Nor are the Hungarians, after a three months' struggle, put down at last by fair fighting in an open field, but by the surrender of a soldier in vested with absolute power, acting on his own responsi bility, and against the wishes of many of his brother commanders. So far, therefore, from thinking the Rus sian feats in Hungary as calculated to increase the prestige of Russian power, we are persuaded they will but serve to demonstrate the real weakness of Russia out of her own territory out of that inhos pitable region in which her soldiers are acclimated. Though Russia has great natural advantages and .considerable internal resources on her own soil, yet out or Russia, and as an aggressive power, opposed either to England or to France, she is not formidable. Her armies are numerous in men, and well supplied with material, but though the body be there, the soul and the spirit are wanting. All the greatest victories. that the world has seen have been achieved, not by numerous hosts of slaves, but by small armies of seasoned soldiers with a cause, a country to die for and to save. Pre cocious in its growth—precocious in its semblance of power—Russia has a giant's stature and scarcely more than an infant's strength. The empire is thoroughly rotten before it is half ripe, and of all the public ser ♦ices of Russia, cankered alike by corruption, the ser vices of the army and navy are the most cankered and the most demoralised. Regarded, however, in any aspect, Russian interference in Hungary is a great European calamity, and may lead to consequences not now fore seen—not now apprehended. BLIVIIIINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.-The triennial festival commenced this morning, under the most favourable auspices, and the results anticipated, and up to the present moment realised, are in the highest degree satisfactory. It will be in the recollection of every one who watches the progress of musical development that on this day three years Mendelssohn's Elijah was first performed in England ; since then it has acquired a national and European celebrity, and by the great bulk of musical cognoscenti it is regarded as little if at all inferior to the most cherished productions of Han del. Again has this glorious oratorio formed the subject of the opening day's performance ; but what a change of circumstances ! The great maestro no longer lives, though his memory will for ever be per petuated in his work, and instead of the living pre. sence of Mendelssohn we have to-day celebrated the inauguration of his statue, which has been raised by his admirers as a fitting tribute to his memory. The appearance of the hall was in the highest degree animated and enlivening. Almost all the entire area was appropriated to reserved seats, and ,not a seat was observed to be vacant. There must have been upwards of 3,000 persons present, including the bulk of the midland aristocracy, and the following persons of distinction :—Viscount Guernsey (Presi dent), the Duke of Marlborough, Marquis of North ampton, Earls of Denbigh, Aylesford, Talbot, and Bradford ; Viscount Lifford ; Bishop of Worcester, Lords Lyttelton, Galway, Sandys, Leigh, Willoughby de Broke, and Wrottesley; Hon. C. H. Clive, the Dean of Lichfield, Hon. F. Gough, Sirs G. Skipworth, J. It. C. B. Cave, T. E. Winnington, W. E. E. liar topp, F. Scott, and J. Pakington ; Messrs. Newde gate, M.P., It. Spooner, M.P., G. F. Muntz, M.P., Adderley, T. C. Whitmore, Scholefield, M.P., W. S. Dugdale, C. S. Shirley, F. C. Curzon, J. Taylor, J. F. Ledsam, W. James, S. Sharnton, J. W. Whateley, G. Whateley, S. Carter, &c. Since the last festival great alterations have been made in the orchestra. The organ itself has been raised to continental pitch, and the position of the organist has been so changed as to enable the con ductor to centralise the instruments, and present them as a counterfoil to any imperfection on the part of the chorus, if it be possible that imperfection shauld exist where all is unimpeachable. Hence the choral body occupy the extreme wings of the orchestra, and the conductor is enabled to develop the highest effects of instrumentation by having them within the imme diate range of his baton. The band at the present meeting comprises 21. first violins, 24 second violins, 16 violas, 16 violoncellos, 15 double basses, 4 flutes, 4 oboes, 4 clarionets, 4 bassoons, 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, 1 ophiclide, 1 serpent, 3 harps, and a drum of every class. That musical abortion, the monstre ophiclide was entirely repudiated. The chorus comprises 80 trebles, 75 altos, 79 tenors, and 83 basses. Hence the band and chorus, with the assist ance of the principal singers, give an orchestral total of 460 performers. When to this it is added that the band and choir embrace the first available talent in England, if not in Europe, and that the whole body have been in constant rehearsal for some days past, under M. Costa, it will at once be obvious that the executive character of the present festival must assume the highest possible rank. When Elijah was first produced, three years ago, Staudigl impersonated the prophet. We had to-day a worthy successor to the great artist in the person of Pischek. The music then interpreted by Madame Caradori Allen was to-day assigned to Madame Castellan, and though doubts might exist as to the comparative artistic finish of the latter, there is no question that in the element of tune she was im measurably superior. The part of Obadiah, which embraces several delicious tenor morceaux, was for merly taken by Lockey; his place to-day was sup plied by Sims Reeves and Signor Mario; and though it may certainly be questioned whether Miss M. Williams be a sufficient substitute for Miss Dolby, or Miss M. B. Hawes, it was obvious from her recep tion that the audience were quite satisfied with the exchange, for she received a warm encore in the air " 0 rest in the Lord." As the oratorio has within the last three years been so frequently before the public, it would be futile to enumerate the beauties wherewith it abounds, and to recapitulate those of this morning's performance would be little more than a catalogue of the gems which the oratorio 1 contains. It will therefore be sufficient to observe that the great and signal glory of the present meeting, so far as hitherto ap parent, consists in the stupendous choral ef fects which have been realised, and the exquisite re sults of the concerted pieces. Pischek went through the part of the prophet, like one upon whom the mantle of fervid declamation bad alighted; and though, in one or two instances, the original score became attenuated in his hands, by taking an octavo higher than severity permits, he acquitted himself gloriously. Madame Castellan in " Hear ye, Israel," was unquestionably great, and Sims Reeves, though evidently suffering from recent indisposition, en tranced his hearers by his delicious reading of " If with all your hearts." That he sang at all under ex• isting circumstances redounds most highly to his credit, and that he sang so well was the surprise of every one. The event of the morning, however, was Mario's performance of that exquisite air, " Then shall the righteous:' It was delivered with all the beauty which characterises his most elaborate per formance, and with an intensity of pathos to which the ranks of English sacred music can furnish no parallel. Miss M. Williams was well received in her various songs, more especially " 0 rest in the Lord," in which she was encored; and Miss A. Williams sang most exquisitely the music allotted to the youth in the recitatival dialogue with Pischek. The unac companied trio, " 0 rest in the Lord," by the Misses Williams and Miss Stevens was encored, and so also was the final quartet, " 0 come every one that thirsteth," by the Misses Williams, Mr. Sim Reeves, and Mr. Machin. As a whole, the opening day of the f e stiv h a e l re b , s is s passed off in the most gratifying manner, and little doubt that the meeting gill prove the most suc cessful that has yet been held. The choruses were stupendous. MAILS DUE DURING TllErltE SnEtiNdr GibraltarM oNT ir.— o V n g t he 15th o, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeir a , Cadiz, ti mit., at Southampton. British N ort h a d 25c American and the United States ou the 9th, 16th, 23(1, and 30th inst, at Liverpool. British and f oreign colo nies in the %%refit Indies, Mexico, &c,, on the 22d inst., southampton. Chinn, Hong-Kong, India, Mauritius, C ey l o n, Aden, Alexandria, Malta, the lonian Islands, and the Mediterranean by the fortnightly overland closed mail through France on the 233 inst. India, &c., Malta, and Gibraltar, by the monthly packet on the 27th inst. at Southampton, Buenos Ayres and the Brazils (over due) and on the 24th inst., at Falmouth. France due daily (twice). Belgium, &c., daily. Holland, &c., Mondays and Thursdays, Hamburgh, &c., Tuesdays and Saturdays. Dr. Wilde, in his new book, "The Boyne and the Blackwater," says that Guyon, the Hungarian General who has refused to submit, is a native of Rathkeale, County Limerick. J/ cundi 1, K 1 : ro cent) &vie Th upon . rit beD, .„ O f ' sarit , Dejl, Coln . L Lee► rove s ' is / milt ; s pt. 54e ; 0 01' Ron- ooh . Ref' ; j ai' 13it" ore Isof . ,00 Ft Of 2►