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This les are ► very • keep• minds stud in rgleeterl. 15a Od 6s to 75 d; wheat is per ton. 1; average -Farmers 27s od; to 60 ; , 8 d to Coale — t Neath per cwt. . Meat 4d to ie bd per 31 be per French )er atone. 00s; ref o 00i pet lity, 181; to Me; I per lb. Guano-- xchangel ITS. ♦sere of incashire, E., Fifths, tto, New hropshire ;tern and business rticularly firm, but reat rush market tted from r are nor , ' and Bir- were es R—York► :tension)► zd Noitil were sg I Iyhead , 129%- - Ishire, 91. c. dis were as 'No. I) , rth, and i British, ;edgrave► v. Henri Stephen 1 -wife of the Wife Lemuel ,n, MO' Bri.tolt atherine Consvai, Esq., o f &litho/ Ricbar d of fighter „Colone l d ay O D r of Co ,----/ et, age d n Lister .. Lindsay' w ir e of le, gis° jlerke ll- the n y Bate fe'of the 4 hter °f 'Drcestert 'Nat 0. 11 0 1 opt/ Mayor.—ORDERS anti REGUL A .TIONS" by the Coert of Mayor aed Aldermen, upon the °cession of tiER al AJES CV the QUEEN'S VISIT to the CI rI% on Tuesday, the tOthday of October, 1849. 4. That the barriers in Tham,s-street and the approaches thereto be. closed at Six. A,At. ; and that no carriages, carts, or other ve hicles, except those colveying company to the Coal Exchange o Custom House, as hereinafter specified, be permitted -, to enter or remain in those thoroughfares after that hour. 2. That no person be admitted into that portio r of Thames street, Billingsgate-market. and St Mary-at-hill, enclosed by barriers, afte the etH hour of Six a.m., excep visitors with the Coal Exchange or Custom ouse, and provided inhabitants of tickets se for hous and their visitors in th tt locality, as hereinafter ssecified ; and that no person whatever be permitted to remain therein. "3. That the barrier on London -bridge be cloned at Eight A.M. ; and that no cart, waggon, or other vehicl , be permitted to pass the bridge after that hoar, except carriages with company to the Exchange and Custom House. 4. That the proprietors of wharves and other water-side premises having access to Thames-street he earnestly requested to keep their street entrances closet, from the hour of Six a M. till the flnal departure of her . Majesty and-the company from the Coal Exchange and Custom House. 5. That all carriages conveying company to the Coal Exchange be stdmitted by the barrier on Fish-street-hill, and thence along Thames street to the covered way at the foot of St. Mary-at-hill. 6. That all carriages conveying company to the Custom House be telenitted by the barrier in Upper Thames street, by Arthur-street 'West, thence proceedint under the Archway of London -bridge along -Lower Thames-street to the front of the Custom House. ---7. That after the company have allhted, their carriages pass on through Lower Thames-St rest to Tower-hill. E. That no carriage with company be admitted within the barriers after Twelve o'clock. 9. That, to avoid contusion - and inconvenience at the entrance barriers, all persons officially employed at the Coal Exchange or Custom House be provided with a "Pass" from the committee, to he available up to the hour of Twelve o'clock ' • after which time no Person can be admitted under any pretence whatever. 10. that the carriages of inhabitants of houses within that portion Of Thames-street closed by barriers, as also the carriages of their visitors; be permitted to pass by the Fish-street-hill and Upper Thames-street bars, till the hours of Eight wet. - 11. ,That inhabitants of houses situated within that portion of -Thames-street enclosed by barriers, as also their visitors, be per _mitted to pass to their houses up to the hour of Eleven A.M., upon each person producing a ticket signed by the Commis iouer of Police (to be obtained at the Chief Office, 26, Old Jewry, daily, between the hoorsof Eleven and Three), at the following barriers ; that is to -067, those residing westwrit of the Coal Exchange, to be per- Vkted.to,enter at the Miles's-lne bar; and those eastward of that building, at the bar in Lower Thames-street, by Beer-lane ; but that : no Person be peTheitted Lb remain within the barriers upon any pre tence Whatever. " 12. That the carriages coming to take up company after the cere mony do take their places in rank, in the same order in which they. arrive, on the western side of Tower-hin, extending round Trinity square ; the enclosed space between Thames-street and Tower-street, opposite the T ower - ga t e s, being reserved for the carriages of t h e Lord Mayor, adermen, and visitors of distinction. 13. That carriages proceeding to take up approach the Coal Exchange and Custom House through Lower Thames-street, by the Tower-hill barrier, in the order in which they set-in on the hill, 'strictly preserving their relative positions in single rank. 14. That the carriage of each visitor be announced on its arrival at the building ; and that, to prevent delay or inconvenience, no carriage be allowed to wait there ; but, in ease the company are not 'ready immediately to Enter, be required pass on, proceeding up Fish-street-hill, and thence to take its post at the rear of the rank - .011 Tower-hill The foregoing orders and regulations having been passed under the authority of the Police Act, for tee purpose of giving the greatest amount of accommodation to the largest number of persons, upon the occasion of her Majesty's Visit, the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen rely upon the good spirit of the inhabitants of the line, and the good feeling and good temper of the public at large, co giretl r r e e g ir ai c a o ti u o n n te s rnce and assistance to - the polic e in maintainin g these and preserving order throughout the course of the procession. And it is further ordered by this Court, that the Commissioner of the City Polic e d o t a k e e ff ec tual care that the several public streets , lanes, and avenues of this City, leading to the Coal Exchange in Lower Thames-street, and in any way communicating therewith, " euree n.UPPer Thames-street, east of Arthur-street West, and the her eastern end of Lo wer Th am es-street, be on the 30th day of InstantOcto kept free and clear from all obstructions and hin drances to the same, and that he do not permit any coach, cart, dray, or other carriage to stand therein ; and if any coachman, carman, m he of the drayman, or driver refuse to move out of the sa id streets, that carry such coachman, carman, drayman , or driver to one police-stations, and such coach, cart, dray, or other carriage to the greenyard, that they may be prosecuted for such their offences; and that he do take especial ca•e that no hack ney carriage, cart, or d r ay be permitted to come into any of the 5 a_,. 101 public streets between Fish-street-hill and the eastern end Lower Thanes-street, unless with parties having tickets of S a dmission to the Coal Exchange or the Custom House Quay after elr of the clock in the forenoon on that day, and that he do take ;Pedal care that the passage through Lower Thames-street to the Coal Exchange be kept free and clear of all carts and other bin drancee, so that the parties going either to the Coal Exchange or t? the Custom House Quay may pass in their coaches without any _ ro obstruction, and that he do cause the said coaches to go in order 111 thence to Tower-hill, there to remain until required to return to take ap, when they are to go down Lower Thames-street to Fish street-hill. Resolved, and ordered by this Court, that no market for the sale Of fish at Billingsgate be kept on Tuesday, the3oll day of October instant, the same being the day appointed by her Majesty for the opening of the new Coal Exchange. Ordered, that this resolution be advertised and published, and that Mr. Goldhain, clerk of the market, take immediate measures for promulgating the same. This Court doth recommend to the inhabitants upon both hanks of the river and adjacent thereto, to abstain from firing of guns during her Majesty's progress from Whitehall to the Custom House, and Upon her. Majesty's return to Whitehall. Friday, Oct. 26, 1849. MEREWETIIER. THE ISLINGTON CATTLE AND ABATTOIR COMPANY. Empewered by special Act of Parliament, b and 6 William IV., cap MARKET Oil. Provisionally registered, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. ex. Offices, Wellington-street North, Strand. Capital 200,000 f. Shares 11. each, to be paid in full on allotment, thereby avoiding any calls, and unless the Company complete the Purchase of the property, the whole amount will be returned to the shareholders. . _ . --- —............-...... The responsibility limited to the amount of the shares. The rental of the houses, &c., on the Islington Market Estate ensures interest on the subscribed capital, independent of the remoTal of Smithfield Market. TECSTEES. Geo. Stone, Esq. (Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co.), Lombard-street. John Twells, Esq. (Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.), Grace- church-street. Wm. Shaw, Esq. (Member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society), Strand. COMMITTEE. **WILLIAM SHAW, Esq., Strand, Chairman. W. Anderson, Esq., Oakley, Bedforshire. y. Beman, Esq., Donnington, Gloucestershire •J. Clarke, Esq., Westbourne-park-road T. Crisp, Esq., Gedgrave Hall, Suffolk *S. Grantham, Esq., Stoneham, Lewes *Wm. Hamilton, Esq., Hampstead John W. Jeyes, Esq., Uppin,ghain, Rutlandshire *Hy. Kirk, Esq., St. James's-square E. Lewis, Esq., Hertingtordbury-Park, Herts W. Loft, Esq., Trusthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire G. Parson , , Esq., South Petherton, Somerset *J. G. Phipps, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Ilyde Park *G. Sherborn, Esq., Ashford, Middlesex James Smith, Esq., C.F.., Deanston, N.B. George Turner, Esq., Barton, Exeter, Devon 0. Wallis, Esq., Overstone Grange, Northamptonshire *A. B. Wall, Esq., Bishop's-road, Bayswater J. Williams, Esq., Buckland, Farringdon, perks W. Wingate, Esq , Hareby, Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire With power to add to their number. * M embers of the acting committee. AUDITORS-J. A. Ambrose, Esq. ; Thomas Robinson, Esq. awitxas —Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., Gracechurch-street. B OLICITOZO-3fesirs. Armstrong and Westbrook, 2, Great James street, Bedford-row. he A day for the Allotment of the Shares will short l y be fixed, until Company which ; time applications will continue to be r eceived at the Office of the Solicitor's, Thomas Allsop, Esq., Royal Exchange buildings; Henry Drewitt, Esq., 23, Tokenhouse-yard; and by the Members of the Acting Committee JOHN T. TIDD, Secreary MONEY UPON ANNUITIES. —Notice is of hereby given, that the Trus tees of the Poor of the Parish S AINT LEONARD, SHOREDITC II . Middlesex, will meet in the Vestry-room, at Shoreditch Church , on THURSDAY, the Bth day of November, 1849, at six o'clock in the evening precisely, to re ' i " Proposals from any person or pe rsons willing to ADVANCE an; n ll5l 3 or SUMS of MONEY for the PUi,CHASE of one or more AN NUITY or ANNUITIES, as may then be determined on, for the purposes and in the manner directed by the Local Act of Parlia iment, 53 d Geo. 111., cap. 112 ; such Annuity or Annuities to be or raised upon and paid out of the Rates or .A s sessments to be made ~u r r aised for the relief of the poor of such par ish, and to be paid and !ac3'natsbniinledautrela by during the full term of the natu ral life of such person or Persona, being of the age of thirty-five years or upwards , a s shall or on behalf of the contribut ors at the time of pay ment of their respective purc hase monies. ,For further particulars apply to the Clerk of th e said Trustees, at " Office at Shoreditch Workhouse, Kingsland-road. JOIN WARE, Clerk to the said Trustees. October 26th, 1849. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR sronEs. The Directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company *l5 Pi . epared to receive Tenders for Stores for their several depart- Ments, viz.:— Locomotive Stores—Anvils and vices, axles, brass and copper and brass work; baskets and bags for coke ; balances ( s p rin g ), brass tubes for locomotives ; crucibles, files, iron, steel, ironwork, oil, ta llow, and waste; sundries, lead, timber, tin. Carriage Stores—Colours, oils, varnishes, &c.; brushes and pencils; Eh /kW and brasswork ; carpeting, cloth, canvas, silk, &c. ; castings ' v arious) carriage fittings, iron and ironwork, steel springs, lamps and lamp fittings, leather, sundries, timber. Waggon Stores—Axles, brake blocks, castings (various), colours, 4 c, files, iron and Ironwork, oils, steel, springs, timber, wheels. General Stores—Chandlery and small stores, carpenters' and Joiners' work, hardware, oil, grease, and cotton waste, canvas and tarpaulins, leather, coal. Specilcal ions, showing the quantities and descriptions of articles required. also forms of tender and printed conditions, may be had on application to the Secretary, on and after the 20th instant. The time for sending in tenders is extended to November sth, after which day none can be received. Samples and patterns of articles purchased to sample or pattern May be seen at the Company's Works at Euston, Camden, Wolver ton, Crewe, Longsight, and Ordsal-lane (near Manchester) Stations, On the 24th and 25th instant, from Eleven to Four o'Clock. By order of the Directors, MARK fiulSbi. General Manrger. Easton Station, London, Oct. 18, 1849. CHESTER, AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive (under the powers of their Act of Parliament) Tenders for Loans of Money on security of Debentures, bearing interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, the Interest payable half-yearly, viz., 10th January and 10th July. Tenders, stating amount and term of years for which it is pro posed to be Lent, to be addressed to the Secretary, Euston Station London. By order, ANDREW G. GIFFORD, Secretary Euston Station, October 1, 1849. MIDL AND RAILWAY. LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The Midland Railway Company are prepared to receive Loans on security of their Debentures for a period of three years, in sums of 1,0001. each and upwards. at interest after the rate of 51. per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly. APPlication to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, •yerby. By order, .1. F. BELL, Secretary. Derby, October IS, 1849. TLIIRTT-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured KngraVings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Jus t published, price 2s. 6d., or by Post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. iostage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medin p cal Work on the infirmities and decay of the ge nerative system, from ex "'sive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis tallbucations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and em . t i" 4 ,RRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, I!, Burners-street, Ox -21 P a ternoster-row London. Published b y the Authors : said byStrange, ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Titchborne-Street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall -street. PAST I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive Or gan*, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PAST II: treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indult. andea. and their lamentable effects on the sys tem, p roducin g mental bodily weakness, nervous excitement , an d ge nerative nca p acit y . Illustrated 1 11 strated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Psam 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in roe primary or secondary form , and ce ntains ex p licit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Zugravings. Paar IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection .s ob elated. This important part of the Work should ne ese—}e the seder's notice. Palm T. is devoted to the consideration of marr'.age, and its nutlet; • The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and '',l l vbele subject critically and philosophicall7 inquired into. wiraComnia. BALK OF STAIAMMI is elelnfli" ,, ly employed in treat nervoua and sexual debility, impotence, doe., lls. and 335. per Ittttle.- The Concentrated Deters' se A 2 anti -syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood 1- cases ofinfectior, secondary rymp eruptioas, and the abuse of ir":cary, Ils. and Us. per bottle. terry', P ur ifyi n g sp ec ific 1 , 2 e. 9d., 4s. 6 d., and 1 is. per box, a aver in remedy for gonorrliceis, t.•;:eet, stricture, and chronic inflaming"- Bon of the bladder. ,onsflitation fee. if by letter, 1/. A minute retail of the case is ;aqui! : age, habits, and position in society. '• Packets, wiot advice, to be had at the Establis hment only, by will ell th e /MIL, ia saved. Messrs. Perry , Surgeo ns, are in eaten un ee .447 at 19, derners-street, Oxford-street, London, front Ele __ 1111 !....F Or% fwd riVII to Eights on Sundays kola Myron to Oil N 0 .17,814.] LONDON, MONDAY EVE ING VATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. 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Penna. jSum the !nent Re-I Assured duction of may bor- Annual I row on Premiutn.l Policy. 1537 1434 1839 1840 1841 1842 1543 1844 £ ■. d. 276 14 3 251 18 10 226 6 0 . 178 0 01 174 0 0 147 4 2 99 18 4 62 6 8 £ s. d 124 14 3 115 14 8 102 15 1 82 14 2 78 3 4 515 10 44 8 4 27 13 4 1 - 1 X 2. d., X s. d. 21 7 2 593 6 8 18 12 8;543 17 9 16 2 9,494 S 10 12 14 111445 0 0 12 3 0,395 11 1 10 2 4,346 2 3 6 15 11;296 13 4 4 4 01247 4 5 !.0 R. d. 174 3 4 Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be bad at the office, r any of its branches in the country ; or, en application, will be for . arded post free. W. S. B. WOOLHOIJSE. Actuary. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. :,'HAIRMAN-Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P. Harm CHAIRMAN—HENRY FREDERICK STEPIIENSON, Esq. Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Henry Barnett, Esq. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. William Routh, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. 1 Pnvszcwi--John Ayrton Paris, 3f D., F.R.S. ~ No. 27, Dover-street. _ _ _ __. President of the Royal Collage of Physicians. Sumoatm—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 12, Bruton-street. Acrmany—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S The following are among the advantages offered by this society : ECONOMY combined with Security. The RATES of Premium are 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 the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. 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SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. offices, 31, CORNHILL, LONDON. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Capital —1 Go,ooo'. In Shares of Twenty. Shillings each, to be paid in full on Allotment. DIRECTORS. Hewett Gwyn, Esq., M.P. George Helmre, Esq. John Bennet, Esq. Sir William Ogilvie. Bart. Thomas Bunting, Esq. Frederick A. Peel, Esq. Alexander Davis, Esq. W. Yates Peel, Esq. John Kellam! Durant, Esq. John Wrefcrd, Esq. Augustus Collingridge, Esq., Managing Director. ♦UDITORS. I Henry Woods, Esq. Samuel Henry Ranger, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREES: PHYSICIAN. James Ridson Bennett, Esq., M,D., 24, Finsbury-place North. SURGEONS. John Fisher Gonda Esq , M.R.O S., S 2, Cheapside. Fredk. Cu. Crane, Esq., M.R.C.s., Leicester-square. BANKERS. Messrs. Cerrie and Co., 29, Cornhill.. Commercial Back of London, Lothbury. SOLICITOR. John Chapple, Esq., 70s, Aldermanbur7, MARINE DEPARTMENT. UNDERWRITER. Mr. John Powis, Member of Lloyd's. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ♦CTUARY. Mr. Alfred Burt. FIRE DEPARTMENT. SUPERINTENDENT. Mr. John Nelson. SURVEYOR. George Moody Longmorc, Esq. BROKERS. John H. Gelding, Esq., Warnfer4.eourt, London. Thomas Bayley, Esq., Warnford-court, Landon. Messrs. Turner, Brothers, Throgmorton-street, London. Henry Rogers, E•g. Ebenezer t=oper, Esq. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. Exemption of Shareholders fro n all Liability. The Right of Transfer at Will. Periodical Division of Profits. 4. Five per Cent. Interest Guaranteed (irrespective of further Divi dends) upon the paid-up Capital. 6. Yearly Audits of Accounts by Auditors exclusively chosen by the Proori tors. 6. Life Policies INDISPUTABLE and free of Stamp-duty to the As sured. Applications for the remaining nnallotted Shares, and on the sub ject of MARINE, FIRE, and LIFE ASSURAN ;ES to be addressed to the Agents of the Society ; or to the Head Office as above. AUG. COLLINGRIDnE, Managing Director. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Tore-street, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also by Messrs. Ilarelay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.R. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. BANVARD'S true original PAINTING of the MISSISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIV wßci, exhibited by com mand of her Majesty the Q ,, een, and 11.R.H. Prince Alpert, and R )yal Family, at Windsor Castle, NOW OPEN, at the EGYPTIAN BALL, PICCADILLY, every Morning, at Half-past Two, Even ing, at Half-past Seven. Admission—Lower Seats, 25.; Gallery, Is OPENING of the NEW COAL EXCHANGE . HER MAJESTY'S VISIT'. No doubt the reader would esteem it strange, If Moses' Muse forgot the Coal Exchange ; And, therefore, as the Queen's to come, I'll greet her, By writing on the coals a little metre. My burning loyalty I cannot smother, Nor yet exchange this subject for another. The Queen, no doubt, will find her subjects give her A very warm reception on the river. Success, I say, to that commercial scheme Whose memorable opening forms my theme ; For, oh ! each portion of the pile is rife, With fond ideas of home and homely life. And now, shall I be quitting the sublime, By introducing Moses in my rhyme? No : Moses, who have long enjoyed control, Are nobs in trade—l don't mean knobs of coal. Moses and Son's attire is so well made That it has long en-ured a flare-up trade. Moses and Son. whose words ne'er end in smoke, Have given monopoly a timely poke ; May I not add, too that the Coal Exchange Is not by any means the sole Exchange ? Moses and Son at their Depot arrange, To exchange your goods without a word's exchange ; And hence it is that such a stir is made Ey Messrs. Moses in their flaming trade. LIST OF putuito, READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every style .... • • . • • • • • The Bulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 16 0 The Paletot, ditto .•• • .. Chesterfield, ditto • • 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Over Coat ••••.••• • • • • • • •• • • 1 5 0 Shootinz Coats . • Lounging or Morning Coats .. •• .• ........ 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. •• 0 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin • 0 7 6 Ditt o Vests .. ••••• ••• •• •• 0 2 6 Black Silk 'Velvet Vests .... .. •• • ... •• • 013 6 Dress Coats •• • ..... .•••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 0 17 0 Frock Ditto ••••• • • • • • •h•••••••• • • • • • •• •• 0 19 0 Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, from _ ..... . ........ 0 7 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits .•... • • • • 0 14 6 Boys' Autumn and Winter Vests ••• • • ....• 0 0 8 MADE re suusual. Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats—from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined •• 1 3 0 The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elagant style of " Over Coat ••••• . . • .... ... • • 2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Oyer Coat, newest style. lined throughout ...... ...... 2 10 0 Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and 0 10 6 Best Black Cassimere ditto ................ 1 6 fl Autumn and Winter Vests • . Best Black Cloth ditto •• • • ••••• • • • • • 0 13 6 Black Silk Velvet ditto • . . • ......... ...... 0 18 6 ~ Dress Coats •• •••••• • • •• • .from 325. to 215 fl Frock •••••••• .. • • • • .• ••from 355. to 3 3 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits...... •• .. • • ....from 1 . 6 0 Superfine •••••••• • • •• • • • • .. Men's Shooting Coat • • Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, from ••.. •• ..... •••••• • •• ••• • ..16s. to i 0 0 A Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, Src. Mourning to any extent st Five Minutes' notice. A Suit of Mourning complete for 1L 10s. The new book, entitled " The Minion of the Million," with thll directions for Self-measurement, can be had on application, or for warded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice—The Fur Department is now replete with every novelty 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. MORES and SoN, Tailor., Woollendrapers, Clothier., Hatters, Hosiers. Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and Gene ral Outfitters. 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minorle.• and 55, 84, 85, and 86 Alelgate, City, London; all communicating ;vith each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition; but having hoard that the nntradesmantike falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has 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 Braneh Establishments, 36, Fer rate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; t :Jose who require cheap and genuine clothing. leo., should call at or lead to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London; or either of the Branch Egtablishments, as above. Take Notice,—This Establishment is closed from sunset Friday, to liilllot Saturday, when bulnou is resumed till twelve o'olock. ~.~-~ • . . .. -",:. - r;;,.. , :;. ‘,31*• . ,„,... , —:....4: ....-kz. -- .;4:74....„ ~. . . • 7 ,, 5 ,,,,,... _ • , ... , . . •: ... 4, ., — .;:/ /a , - reg •:- \ - - (---, ) . • ~ , 1 ~/if , , ‘ J.* Alrt ' ' . •S ; "1 - 314 e. -: ' 4‘ c e . • ,:-.... • 4 ";4' . " - 11, , ' 4 'FS' - f ~ .1 '` ----/zy- - . ,-- t . 1 1 -- M I ; e .A. , , i 7... i ~ t . 11111111Pg° • • ,, , , ii "•••-'''' ' -' i . '''• •,* ~v , i;:'••• , ‘ ill 4. ,\ ' o'l x 1'1.?",' v,' . [I". ' '''' 4-., ** t_-V4 * li \ , ^ 4 ~ _ '' \'' . 41114 t. ri• '• ' 1:-.. ..:, 1,i,.. ; •.4` . s.e:‘-':* ,•C .. , ..___ .. . , , • y ~ , , la% 1 ~ ) '.. ' „ftei. 422- ~._z i / ---- ri ( If- ---.- '‘ i ---__ ... ..-1 - , -*Pc} 1. - V ..lc., , ~ _ .....:. • ~. ... __ _: f~ ~11~ ~ ~~ [PRICE SD. THE ALFRED JUBILEE. lion to tart'. Price 2s. 6d.; by post, 3s. T HE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE for .NOVEMEIER, 1849. CONTENTS:- I. Physical Geography. The Air.-2. Recollections of a Circassian Campaign.-3. Our Portrait Gallery. No. LVI. George Bennett, Esq., Q.C.-4. The Commeragh Mountains, their Lakes and Legends.- 5. Moorish Romances and German Ballads. By D. F. WCarthy.— 6. Ceylon and the Cingalese. Conclusion.-7. Mrs. Marsh's Novels.- 8. Notes and Suggestions on Indian Affairs. —9. Annalists of the Restoration. No. 1. Mr. Secretary Pepys. Dublin: James 11.G1ashan, 21, D'Olier-street. Wm. S. Orr aid Co., 147, Strand, London. Sold by all Booksellers. LIIIARPE'S MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER' price Is., with Two Illustrations, will contain— Vanini Ornano. By Miss Jane Strickland. Diary of Mary Powell, afterwards Mrs. Milton. Natural History of Insects. The Settlers Settled. By the Author of "The Backwoods of Ca nada." Lewis Arundel. By Frank Fairlegh. Tendencies of Industrial Art. Reviews : —Aspects of Nature—The Ogilvies—The Cantons, &c. &c, London: A. Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. O e Y b 'f , p L u l b F i E s h eAdND post LETTERS.Bv.. with Portrait and On Saturday View of Keswick, Cumberland, price ins. 6 d. cloth , THE LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of the late ROBERT SOUTHEY. Vol. I. containing his early Autobiography, College Life, Scheme of Social Colonisation in Ame rica, Visit to Lisbon, &c. Edited by his Son, tke Rev. CHARLES CUTHBERT SOUTHEY, M.A. *.* To be completed is Six Volumes, each containing a Family Portrait and a Landscape Illustration, by W. Westall. Vol. li. will be published at the end of December, and the suc ceeding volumes every alternate month. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. MOORE'S BALLADS AND SACRED SONGS. Just published, in 16ms., with Vignette Title, price ss. cloth ; ae 12s. 6d. bound in morocco, by Hayday, LONGS, BALLADS, and SACE , ED SONGS. By THOMAS MOORE. Now first collected, and printed aniformy with the Smaller Edition of Mr. Macaulay's " Lays of Anclent Rome." . . . Lately published, uniform with the above, MOORE'S LALLA RO!)1CH. With the Autobiographical Pre face, and a Vignette by Maclise. 16m0., ss. ; morocco, 12 s. 6 d. MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES. With the Autobiographical rre face, and Vignette by Maclise. 16m0., 55.; morocco, 12s. 6d. Nearly ready, uniform with the above, The POETICAL 'STORKS of L. E. L. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman'. NEW NOVEL BY MISS SINCLAIR. Just published, in 3 vole , post Svo., price 31s. 6d. boards, SIR ED WARD GRAHAM ; or, Railway Speculators. By CATHERINE SINCLAIR, Author of " The Journey of Life," " The Business of Li e," " Jane Bouverie," &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. TENTH EDITION OF 1,000 EACH. Price Os. cloth gilt; 13s. morocco gilt. DR. CUMMING'S APOCALYPTIC SKETCHES; or LECTURES on the BOOK of REVELA TION, delivered in Exeter Hall during the repair of the Scotch National Church, Russell-street, Covent-garden. This Edition has been entirely revised by the Author, who has made important al terations, and added a cDmprehensive Index. London : A. Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. FASHIONS OF STARTLING NOVELTY. In the LADIES' GAZETTE of FASHIONS, for NOVEMBER, price One Shilling.-150 New Winter Fashions, double the number given in any other work. AU the Paris Fashions, the Royal Ball Dresses, 35 Walking Dresses, 20 Cloaks, 60 Bonnets, 12 Children's Dresses, &e. A Superb Coloured Giant l'late of Fashions (size 193 inches), a Grand Picture of the Royal Family Ball, and other Splendid Plates; Descriptions, &c. Sent post free for six stamps extra. G. Berger, Holywell-street, Strand ; and all Booksellers. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Rome Illustrated in a series of Dissolving . Views, with a Descrip tion, daily, at Half-past Four, and every Evening at a Quarter to Ten.—Lectures en the Chemistry of Food, by Mr. Ashley.—Lecture, with Experiments, on the hydro-Electris Machine, by Dr. Bach hoffner.—Exhibition of the Oxy-hydrogen Microscope.—Diver and Diving-bell.—The Chromatrope.—Models and Machinery explained. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (except Saturday) ftom Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission. Half-price.—The New Catalogue, is. A id , . It A G Z. 4. One h 'the world are desolately single, and the other upposieg them married, questionably contented. Dloldence, or a ense of right sletermine the former, and miscalculated hopes em •itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea )f caution at worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un ,ornprosing gory ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, ind broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness oni social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage sat ;lament. Honour and justice denaivad that health should form aa item :n the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little kiEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols.. Is. usch (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining then. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but fer tke closet perusal of those mere deeply Interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyTical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified :.uthors, which alone er together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other Attie publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by r oat ls. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and &veld," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pa np lets, bat equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral acribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's Bra who owes hit present existence, health, and position to this ob serraaca of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he wor-i4 be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always en the "sunny. side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho, 141, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Cornbill ; Spokes, 5, Holborn•hill ; or direct (by post or other wise) front the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings end evenings), IQ. Regent-street: and all Booksellers. THE CHOLERA.—MANCLIESTER, OCT. 27.—1 t ii gratifying to be able to state that the cholera, although not quite extinct, is rapidly disappearing from among us. A few fatal cases have occurred during the past week, principally among young children, and chiefly from diarrheas. Continued attention is shown by the authorities to the condition and wants of those who have been suffering from illness; but the demands on the care and skill of the medical officers are daily diminishing, and in a very short time their services will be altogether dispensed with. Reports, announcing the gradual dis. appearance of the disease, have been received from nearly all the surrounding towns and villages, including Stockport, Bolton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Rochdale, Bury, Oldham, Macclesfield, and Warrington. In most or all of these places the medical officers engaged in attending to cases of cholera and diarrheas have been relieved from their harassing duties, and the parochial officers are instructed to report promptly in any case that may occur. THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT CHELSEA.—At Westminster Police-court on Saturday. the whole of the witnesses against Thomas WI:Ion:11d, Mary his wife, and Mary Fox, were bound over to prosecute the accused, who were fully committed for trial at the Central Cri minsl Court for the robbery of Thomas Bl`Gowrau or M'Guire. THE ROn. . 0 THE CITY. The inhabitants of London will hear with great regret that, by indisposition, which, however, is for tunately not of a very s erious character, her Majesty the Queen will be prevented from honouring the City ith a visit to morrow. On Saturday, in consequence of the reports in circulation respecting her Majesty's health, the Lord Mayor proceeded to Lord John Rus sell at Richmond, and subsequently to Windsor, where ho was honoured by a personal interview with his Royal Highness Prince Albert. His Lordship was then informed that her Majesty's medical advisers consider that it would be imprudent to expose her Majesty to the excitement and fatigue inseparable from her intended part in the proceedings of Tuesday ; and the loyal citizens of London will, therefore, have to endure the disappointment involved in the non-appear ance of their Queen on that occasion. Her Majesty, it appears, has been suffering from the complaint called chicken-pox, but is now pronounced by Sir James Clark to be convalescent. We have authority to state, that in the event of the Queen's continued indisposition, his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be present on behalf of her Ma jesty at the opening of the New Coal Exchange to morrow, accompanied by the Prince of \Vales and the Princess Royal—an arrangement which will prevent any change in the procession on the river, or in the ceremonial afterwards. The high respect and affection entertained by all classes of the community for his Royal Highness, and the interest which attaches to the first visit of the Prince of \Vales and the Princess Royal to the City, will we trust in some degree compensate for the dis appointment and regret which the news of her Ma jesty's illness cannot fail to produce. In the meantime the preparations of the citizens for giving their illustrious visitors a truly loyal recep tion continue unabated. Our advertising columns contain the regulations of the Court of Aldermen for the preservation of public order on the occasion. At Woolwich the platform made under the superinten dence of Mr. Lang for the embarkation and landing of her Majesty and the Royal Family was la'unched yesterday, and a railing put on each side, and the whole painted. Upwards of five miles of moor ing-chains have been laid down on the south side of the river, and about 600 fathoms more are required to cemplete the cordon. It would be well, consider ing the great number of persons who will be anxious to be on board the steam-vessels on the north side of the river, to issue some strict regulation as to the numbers they are permitted to take, to prevent acci dents, as the owners have, in several cases, issued bills announcing the charges they will make for permission to be on hoard, and overcrowding might cause the scene to be completely marred if danger became apparent, especially as the river will be at its greatest depth, a little before high water, when the procession commences, and a little after high water, when the royal party returns to Whitehall. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander Paley, and the Monkey steam-vessel, Master Com mander Bryant, are to be stationed with their heads up the river; and the Jasper steam-vessel, Mr. Pollit, and the Advice steam-vessel, Mr. Fogden, with their heads down the river, all opposite the Custom-house. The riggers of the dockyard, Mr. Bellamy, and the men of the dockyard, under boat-brigade, under Mr. Newbury, boatswain of Woolwich dockyard, will man the gun-boats to guard the line of chains on the south side of the river. The preparations for giving the royal visitors a suitable reception on landing are eso in progress, and approaching their completion. The following description of the New Coal Ex change will prove interesting : —The Exchange, which is situate at the corner of St. Mary-at-hill, faces Billingsgate Market, and has been erected after designs of Mr. J. Bunning, the City architect. The meeting place of the coal-factors and principals con nected with the coal trade consists of a spacious area or rotunda, with four galleries, connecting the dif ferent offices. The noble dome of the area rests on eight piers of elegantly-designed framework, artisti cally emblazoned in colours. The style of the build ing approximates to the Italian, with such original and unique additions as the novel mode of construct ing in iron could suggest to the inventive mind of a modern artist. Although usefulness is the chief con dition in a building of this kind, yet the fine arts have a proper place attributed to them. The lower range of pinels in the cupola presents many of the most remarkable fossil remains of the coal plant, surrounded with oval frames and brilliantly coloured Raffael• esques of graceful design. The ground on which they are painted is of a fine turquoise hue, and accords well with the aerial opening above, giv ing a light and elegant character to the dome. The upper row of pilasters illustrate the manner of working the coal, and at the bottom of each are geolo gical representations of calareites found in the coal, with the botanical names inscribed below. A great number of these extraordinary geological remains are also portrayed on the 24 pilasters supporting the dome, so that the decorations not only ferm a pleasing feature with regard to colour and shape, but will prove instructive and gratifying to the students of geology. The second gallery downwards contains also c.damites, or fossil stems, with graceful Ruffed espies and medallions, ilustrwing the costumes and hibits of the Workmen in the coal mines. In the third gallery downwards a simoPar style follows, with paintings of the chief coal mines in the kingdom, in cluding the " Air Shaft at IVall's•end," the " Percy Pit Main Colliery," the "Regent's Pit Colliery," " Wall's-end Colliery," &c. The other spaces of the interior are filled up with trophies arranged with the working tools of the miners. The mode of working and handling the black diamond" from the pit to the grate of royalty is portrayed in every stage. Above the entrance are the City arms, emblazoned in gold and colour, and the smaller dome, leading into the rotunda, is filled up with scrollwork and paint ing, harmonizing with the other parts of the building. The cost of the edifice will be about 40,0001. GRAT'S-INN MICHAELMAS TERM.—The lectures on the Law of Real Property will be resumed in the hall of this society on Monday, the sth of November next, when an introductory lecture will he delivered on the Pulity and Spirit of the English Laws, and their suit ableness to the interests of English society. The en suing course of lectures will be upon the Bights and Obligations incident to the Ownership of Land in Eng land. The lectures will, as usual, he delivertd every Monday and Thursday evening at half-past seven o'clock. The " mootings" of the students will take place once in every fortnight, at a time to be fixed by the lecturer.— Tickets are given without restriction to members of any of the i❑ns of court applying for the same at the steward's (Alice. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—DUNDEE, OCT. 25. —(From our Correspondent.) Mr. Penny, master of the Advice (which arrived in the roadstead last night), reported that he had no information regarding the ex pedition under the command of Sir John Franklin, when up the country. The St. Andrew, Dring, of Aberdeen, was through the ice fully a month before the other whale ships; but the natives made no report to Mr. Dring until the other vessels came through the ice. —Shipping Garette. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— On Friday night last a serious and fatal accident occurred on this line, near the Saxilby station, through the carelessness and imprudence of the sufferers themselves. We under stand that about half-past six o'clt ck, it being dark, three labourers employed on the line were returning home from their work, walking on the railway, when they perceived the down luggage train coming in front of them. They immediately got upon the other line of rails, and almost at the same instant were run into by the up luggage train, which was behind them, and whieh they bad not perceived. One of th e men was kill e d on the spot, his entrails, &c., being torn completely out. Another was dreadfully cut and bruised, and is so seri ously injured that he is not likely to recover; the third men was fortunately thrown on one side by the engine, and precipitated down a bank, receiving slight injury. In the night of Thursday last a luggage-train from Doncaster smashed through the gates at the Bardney station, in consequence of their being closed, the keeper not knowing that any train would pass during the night; the shock was so violent as to throw the engine off the line. Fortunately no further damage was done, and a man was dispatched to Boston for assistance. An en gine and men were quickly forwarded from the Boston station, and the engine, being again placed upon the line, proceeded on its journey. On the Saturday night previous the gates at the Langrick station were both broken to atoms by a luggage train, the gate-keeper, who resides at a considerable distance from the gate, having gone home for the night. In this instance, for tunately, no other damage occurred. The man killed was named Robert Wright, and ho has, we ar e in formed, left a wife and large family to lament his loss. —Boston Herald, PROJECTED WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS. —A correspendent says—" It is proposed, both for the sake of affording a better view of the new palace and diverting the great traffic of West m i nster -b r i dge f rom the immediate vicinity of the Hou ses o f P ar li ament, to rebuild the bridge a little farth er nort h , commencing on the Surrey side at a spot immediately opposite the wharfs in Cannon-row, having the Board of Control for its southern boundry on the Middlesex shore. This will cause the removal of the block of houses between Derby -street and Richmond -terrace, but at the same time afford sufficient space for a row of houses looking south, of a similar characer, and thus giving a handsome approach to the bridge on the north side. It will then be requisite to Open Charles-street to the south of Great George-street, hating an outlet into St. James's Park, and terminating with a drive leading by a curve to the Birdcage-walk. By the clearance of the houses in Charles-street an opportunity would be afforded of appropriating that space to the purpose of the depot for records, connected as it might then be with the . State Paper Office, and returning along the west side of King-street to the ground so many years lying waste in Downing-street, and reserved for Government offices. When these plans shall have been carried out it will be found necessary to remove the block of houses in Parliament- street north of Charles -street, and possibly at some future time the entire mass towards the Houses of Parliament. As so much of importance de pends on the selection of a proper site for the bridge, and the matter has been referred to Sir John Burgoyne, his report is looked for with no small anxiety.— B udder, ~~ 'AIL VISIT TO THE CITY. S N, OCTOBER 29, 1849. in the useful vessel, and the ornamental wine cup, in the Titanic engine, and the machinery which works with the variety of reason, and the precision and in fallibility of nature. Steel, iron, copper, brass, gold, silver, coal and clay ; steam, electricity ; the ship, the machine ; the powers of destruction and of construc tion ; the gas meter for light, the furnace and stove for heat; the type, photograph, and printing-press for thought, look, and word; the needle's fine point; the exiguous cobweb thread; the spade that can scoop a ton ; the instrument that can rivet a Oiler at a squeez , -, press bars of iron into tissue paper, and clip steel like muslin, plough fields, thrash corn, drain inland seas, and lift ships up rapids, deepen rivers, or move houses from their foundations ;—these and many more will be there to prove " What a piece of work is man I how noble in reason—how infinite in faculty—in action how like an angel—in apprehension how like a god— the beauty of the world—the paragon of animals 1"' The surgeon will display the weapons with which he makes war on pain and death. The astronomer, by his instruments, will prove that he has brought heaven nearer to us. The philantlropist will have s r a s deed his baths, wash-houses, artesian wells, model lodging houses, and cottages: Even the workhouses may have som e thi ng t o s how, and the jailor improvements in his pri e on. Thed of conveyance, lawyerma with y displa y nn i a ed bill wor in chancery, s for his fees, and only the tenth for any other use ; and the parson may show his criminal returns, and his statistics of vice, to prove .that law and gospel alone have contributed nothing but plunder, misery, malice, and sin. This is, indeed, the true peace so ciety. Here the Protectionist and Monopolist will see of what infinite varieties of blessing they have been labouring to deprive mankind by tariffs, differential duties, cant about native industry, fudge,about inde pendence of foreigners. We shall have the most august Congress of cations. As treasure after trea• sure of nature, man and art—as the gifts of creation and the tributes of the mind—here unfold themselves in endless beauty, wisdom, and variety, the inventor, the discoverer, the) experimenter, the enterprising capitalist, the skilful workman, will stand a tiptoe as their praise goes round, and proudly say, " I did it." All nations will be here to see how long and how much they have wronged themselves and each other by the jealousies of selfishness and the craft of rulers. Rival kingdoms will change antipathy into mutual respect, when they find they can do even more good than they have done harm to each other. The liberal and generous spirit of England that has first opened her ports to the products of every coun try, and then invited the competition of all man kind to her hospitable shores, will make monopoly ashamed of its meanness, and Protection of its cowar dice. States will here see that Britain seeks no exclusive privilege for herself, even on her own soil or in her colonies. The people of every country will recognise the products of their own district, admitted to the same advantages as our own. The Illinois farmer will recognise his Indian corn and wheat, admitted free to our markets, and see how he is cheated of his fair price by the manufacturers of Lowell and Pensyl vania, who cannot consume the food he raises, while they tax him cent. per cent. on his clothing. The French manufacturer will find out that he cannot compete with Manchester and Leeds, while his coal, iron, and timber are taxed for the benefit of the French miners and foresters. Our colonists will here have a medium for advertising their wares not to the mother country alone, but to the assembled world. In fact, it is impossible to overrate, as indeed it would be im practicable to enumerate, the advantages of this noble and wise institution to England and to mankind. It sheds honour upon its projectors, and we have no doubt will reflect credit upon those able and patriotic citizens who have undertaken the execution of its details.—Week/y Dispatch COMMENCEMENT OF SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE. Yesterday (Sunday) the new regulations, with re ference to the transit of letters through the metropo lis, for places within the range of the daily mails from London, took place at the chief office in St. Martin's le-Grand. At 7 o'clock in the morning the duty commenced, at which hour the majority of the bags from the provincial post towns had arrived. The orders of the superintending president being impera tive, the men, summoned to attend by virtue of their " turn" under the o'd regulations, made their appear ance at the hour named ; but some who were expected to assist in the duty were not present, so that the supply of labour was scarcely equal to the demand for it. So far as our reporter could glean, there were in the office, at the time of the opening of the duty, the superintending president, two of the vice presidents, about 12 clerks, as many messengers, from 15 to 20 sorters, and other officers, nicking in all upwards of 40 persons, and, with constables in the hall, and sub ordinate officers, not less than 50 men were em ployed. The business proceeded in the ordinary way, the opening of the bags occupying considerable time, upwards of 600 having arrived from the chief post towns, and many others from the sub• post offices. Several of the " deputies," however, not as yet understanding the new arrangement, failed to transmit the bags, so that instructions tc them, in consequence, will have to be furnished by the Post master-General, as the clerk who has the control of the " clerk book" is by such a breach of orders placed in the position of an officer who is obliged to report the said fact to the superintending officer, that the same may be forwarded to the secretary. This difficulty, however, will be easily remedied in future. As to the quantity or letters received, the number of " inland letters" was comparatively light, though the " throughout letters" from the continental parts of Europe were in considerable numbers. In consequence of the thinness of attendance, however, the officers present had some considerable difficulty in getting through the " duty " in time for the dispatch of the several mail trains, the hour of ",making up" the bags being given for ten A.M. In fact, it was not possible to " get off " the whole of the letters, so that the others were left until the dispatch which was to take place in the evening was got ready. The bags being made up, the office was closed until half past five o'clock. Precisely at that time the officers were in attendance for the second dispatch, and the work began shortly before six o'clock. No newspapers whatever were forwarded, even the latest editions from the pro vinces, published on the Saturday evenings, being kept in the office until this day (Monday), when they will be sent out, as usual, by the morning mails. No collection of letters was made during the day from any of the metropolitan receiving houses, nor were there any letters dispatched which might even by ac cident have been put into the chief•office letter boxes in the course of the day. The whole of the business was very quietly conducted, without any manifestation of feeling of an unpleasant character, owing to the ex cellent arrangements made by Mr. Bokenham, the superintending president, and his assistants, in the control of the duty. Five omnibuses for the convey ance of the bags to the several railways, and a mail cart for the mail bags, via the old road, to Dover, were in attendance, and the dispatch took place as the clock at St. Paul's struck the hour of 8. Several spectators witnessed this first dispatch of the mails from London on the evening of the Sabbath day. Some mischievous person placed a 24-round ladder across the road within the iron railings at the back of the Post office in the way of the letter omnibuses. It is fortunate, however, that it was broken by the passing of an empty vehicle. EXPOSITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. —MEETING AT YARMOUTH.— The Mayor of this bo rough having received a communication from the Society of Arts, announcing the intention of two gentlemen visiting Yarmouth for the purpose of laying before its inhabitants the scheme of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, for holding an exposition of the arts and manu factures of all nations, in 1851, his worship convened a meeting of the most influential inhabitants on Friday morning, in the Town-hall. The Mayor was voted to the chair, and resolutions passed approving of the pro posed exposition, thanking his Royal Highness for the interest he has taken in promoting the arts and manu factures, and appointing a committee for Norwich. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Mayor. THE RECENT CONCEALMENT OF CHILD-BIRTH AT lI OR BErRY.—Miss Craven, the unfortunate young lady whose recent conduct at Horbury has given rise to such distressing suspicions respecting herself and her reputed father, surrendered, under the advice of her solicitor, before the Wakefield magistrates, on Friday week. There were no examinations taken, and the proceedings were of a mere formal character. Miss Craven, with Mr. Higham, her solicitor, attended the court, when Mr. Ilepwcerh, the magistrate in attendance, intimated that bail would be accepted for the appearance of the prisoner at the next assizes at York. Sureties would be required, herself in 200/. and one surety in 2001. The bail was immediately entered into, and Miss Craven left the court leaning on her attorney's arm. —Leeds Mercury. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A MERCHANT.—Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest on Saturday, at the Ashbey Castle Tavern, Clerkenwell, on view of the body of Mr. James Miller, an American merchant, of No. 5, Northampton-square. It appeared that on Thursday, at one o'clock, the deceased called a lady named Bolt o n, who resided in the house, into his room, and showing her a bottle of prussic acid, said—" The instant I take this I shall be a dead man." Miss Bolton endeavoured to prevent him, but he drank half a wine•glassfed of the deadly liquid, and instantly expired. The deceased had suffered very much from erysipelas, and dreaded a return of the disease. Verdict—Suicide during temporary insanity. Wednesday, the 25th day of October, in the year of grace t age. lB49 ,tmay was a g not be generally er a d l l a for e t m h e fol k t o b f a i t V t an ba t town is the birth-place Df our good old Saxon King Alfred ; or, that the day above written is the I,oooth anniversary of the birthday of that monarch. This being the case, it was resolved by a body of gentlemen, cultivators of Anglo Saxon literature, and proud of their Anglo-Saxon race, to celebrate the auspicious occasion by a festival or jubilee. Accord ingly, a committee was formed, and the necessary steps taken. On Wednesday the town presented, as if by magic, all the appearance of a holyday. The shops were closed, except hotels and refreshment houses. The streets were decorated with b anners b ear i ng appropriate inscriptions; over the approaches were spanned triumphal arches of boughs and flowers; and at an early hour crowds of all ranks thronged towards the market place by every sort of conveyance, natural and artificial. Divine service was performed at eleven o'clock in the church ; and shortly afterwards at the town hall an address or lecture was delivered by Major Bell upon the history and tra ditions of King Alfred, with an eulogy upon his character. The Rev. Mr. C. L. Richmond, who had come from America to attend this Anglo-Saxon jubilee, also made an eloquent and energetic speech to the crowd assembled outside. After this a proces sion, consisting of the clubs and the guests, visited King Alfred's well, about a quarter of a mile off, and supposed to be on the site of the ancient stronghold or castle of the West Saxon kings. Here an address was delivered by . the Rev. F. Revroux, upon the life and character of King Alfred. Meanwhile, on the common, a little outside the town, a magnificent ox was slowly and majestically turning upon an iron crate,_ worked by a steam engine, before a huge fire, contained in a coLvenient brick receptacle built for the purpose. Another old English custom was re vived in the greased Maypole, which, surmounted by a leg of mutton, the prize of the adventurous climber, towered high in the centre of the market place. At ' two o'clock a distribution of meat was made in the Market-house to the poor ; and half en hour after wards 100 impressions of the medal which had been struck upon the occasion were thrown among the people. The appearance of the town during all these proceedings was most lively and exhilerating; and it was as favourable a specimen as was ever seen of hearty English merriment and joyous excitement without licence or outrage. At 3 o'clock the guests assembled to dinner in the large room of the Alfred's Head Inn, Mr. C. Eyston, of Hendred-house, occupying the chair. Among the company present we observed Mr. P. Pusy, M.P.; Sir Robert Throckmorton, of Buckland-park ; Temple Bowdoin, Faringdon• house ; Mr. E. M. Atkins; Mr. W. Goodwin, of Lettcombe Regis; the Rev. Dr. Whittingham, of Childrey ; Mr. J. Britton, the celebrated antiquarian; Dr. Waddilove ; Mr. W. J. Evelyn. M.P. for Surrey ; Mr. Martin F. Tupper, the popular author of " Proverbial Philosophy." Several members of the Pulford, the Brereton, the Tufnell, and the Whittaker- families were present, and the Rev. C. L. Richmond, from the United States sat opposite the chairman. The room was handsomely decorated with streamers and banners, amongst which were conspicuous the stars and stripes of America in friendly union with our own national emblem. The demand for dinner tickets was very great. A great number of ladies dined, which of course greatly added to the attraction. The CHAIRMAN gave " Her Majesty's health, as the successor to the throne and virtues of King Aldred," and the toast was received with prolonged cheering. The other loyal toasts were then given, and during the intervals a most pleasurable interest was excited by the production of an extraordinary relic of anti quity, which Mr. Pusey had kindly permitted to be used upon an occasion so apposite. It was the " Pusey horn," fashioned into a stoup or drinking cup, presented by King Canute to the ancestors of Mr. Pusey. It is in fact the orginal tenure of the Pusey property, and is inalienable from it. This precious heirloom was produced, as Mr. Pusey in formed the company, in a law court, as evidence in a suit, and the court so decided that it was inalienable. 1)r. GrILES, the Secretary, by whose exertions, coupled with those of Mr. Martin Tupper, the jubilee was mainly got up, proposed the following resolutions or report, which were unanimously adopted : " 1. Thu the old Grammar-school of Wantage be revived and enlarged under the name of King Alfred's College, and that a mechanics' institute be opened with it in this town. "2. That for the purpose of accomplishing this good work a general subscription list be opened immediately, to which all of the Anglo•Sazon race who reverence the name and memory of Alfred are invited to contribute. "3. That for the purpose of aiding the subscription, and at the same time of furnishing subscribers with a record of the Great Alfred, and of this his jubilee year, an edition of his works in one volume folio, splendidly illustrated, be immediately undertaken by competent Anglo-Saxon scholars, to be called the Jubilee Edition of the Works of King Alfred the Great.' "4. That every subscriber of three guineas and up wards be presented with a copy of the above named work. " 5. That the governors of the townlands being, by virtue of their offie, guardians of the old Wantage Grammar school, be requested to become members of this committee, and that the committee be empowered to add to their numbers." The CHAIRMAN, in putting the question, eulogised the character of King Alfred as a scholar, as well as a monarch ; and after briefly adverting to his literary works and the translations he had made, observed that in no more appropriate way could they do honour to the memory of Alfred than by promoting the cause of education and knowledge. Mr. TUPPER, in proposing the toast, " The Anglo- Saxon race all over the world," observed that the feel ing which had dictated this movement was rapidly spreading, not only in this country but in India and America, and wherever Anglo-Saxons were to be found. In Liverpool and London there would shortly be meetings with the same views and objects. The Rev. C. L. RICHMOND also addressed the com- pany, assuring them of the fraternal sympathies of his countrymen ; and he read letters from Mr. Abbot Lawrence, the newly-arrived Minister of the United States, and also from Colonel T. Aspinall, for thirty years Consul in London from the United States, both expressing their sympathy with the objects of the jubilee, their desire to forward a design for promoting unanimity between Anglo-Saxons all over the world, and their regret at not being able to be present at the festival. A great many original songs were sung and verses recited during the day. When the time approached at which the last up train would leave 1 aringdon•road station, those of the guests who were bound for London departed, but local residents appeared disposed to somewhat prolong their festivities. And so ended the great gala day of Wan tage. ST4TE OF TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.— The trade of the town, as compared with corresponding periods of previous years, is considered generally satis factory. The factors' orders are represented to be extensive, and these, as a matter of course, lead to the inure general employment of the artisans of Birmingham manufactures. The dispute which has fur some time existed between the men and the master pearl-button makers is likely to be speedily adjusted. Many of the men have returned to work at the old prices, and others at slight reductions. This important branch of trade at the present moment is apparently very brisk. TURKEY.—TOLERATION Or THE GOVERNMENT. — A letter from Damascus informs us that a firman was recently issued at Constantinople inviting the communi ties who do not profess Mohammedanism to change their own members for the Divan (municipal council). As a matter of course these elections wore proceeded with accordingly, and the elected, with the exception of one individual of the community of non-conforming Greeks, received the confirmation of the Pacha, as well as of the members of the councils. Jews and Christians thus participate in the civil privilege.—Jewish Chronicle. AN UNLUCKY NIGHT.—Lord and Lady Churchill were placed in great peril a few nights since. The Noble Lord and her Ladyship were returning from London to Cornbury House, when, passing thr ou g h Blenheim park, the postilion drove off the road, and was proceeding down a steep declivity towards the largo lake in the park, when the carriage was stopped by running against a tree. But for this impediment it is probable the tra• yellers would all have been plunged in the lake, the night being dark, and the carriage without lights. Another postilion was procured from Woodstock, and the rest of the journey was safely accomplished; but on retOing home his Lordship found his mansion on fire, and his ne i g hb our s and dependents busily engaged in endeavour jog to e xtinguish the flames. The fire originated in the library, owing to the carelessness of a workman engaged on the premises. Fortunately, owing to the timely dis covery of the accident, very little damage occurred. ADVERTISEMENT.]--Rheumatism effectually cure .l by Holloway's Pills.—A sergeant of one of the regiments doing garrison duty in Hobart-town, bad been for years a martyr to rheumatism. He was under the care of the regimental surgeons, but deriving not the least benefit from their treatment, in despair he had recourse to Holloway's Pills, and as by a miracle this invaluable medicine has been the sole means of perfectly curing him, and he now enjoys the best of health. For obvious reasons, the names of the surgeons and the regiment are withheld, but Major Welch, of Hobart town, will vouch for the accuracy of this statement. Sold by all Vendors of Medicines, and at Professor Holloway's Esti blishment, , 244, Stand, London! THE EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. It is not one of the least Cogent objections which the advocates of the Republican theory of Government urge against. Monarchical institutions, that under these latter the peace and stability of society depend too much upon the personal character of the Sovereign. If the intelligent and influential agree on system to regard a single fallible human being with artificial reverence and theatrical respect ; if those upon whom the direction of the spirit of public opinion rests, train the ignorant and vulgar to look upon one parti cular personage of a whole nation as illustrious and entitled to command universal homage, it is above all things necessary to the success of such a pageant, that the chief actor should play up to his part, if he would save himself from being hissed; if he would keep down the cry of Off! off!" from the shilling gallery ; if he would prevent the whole play from being damned beyond the practicability of repetition. In this age of Boy Joneses, penny-a-liners, gallery reporters of speeches and public meetings, and able editors of daily papers cudgelling their brains for a subject for a leading article, a spade is sure to be called a spade by somebody. Nothing can make a man great except his being great. It is of no use that the showman writes below his picture " this is a lion," unless it bes a lion. Bowing and scraping to a fool or a knave will not make the world believe either that he is wise or honest. It is no longer true of the tribunal of the world, that " Plate sin in gold, And the strong lanei of justice hurtless breaks." On the contrary, the inky pe nnon runs right through it, cuirass and stuffed doublet, notwithstanding. A man elected by the people is the people's property. By the defeated faction he is hissed all through the piece. His friends do not seek to magnify his per sonality beyond the necessities of his office, since no man is a hero to his valet de charabre. If the electors have made a mistake, their star is stripped of his pro perties, and he is-paid off on the Saturday night, as one who has failed to draw houses. But an hereditary monarch, who must be swallowe d without chewing, who must be taken like a wife, for better for worse, who is not chosen by, but imposed upon a nation, and who, on that very account, to be accepted at all, must be fenced round and propped up with a r t ificial decorations, and simulated forms of greatness, must, in this age of bulls'-eyes and gas, be able to bear inspection at the foot- lights, and to do without paint, else he will stand a poor chance of "bringing down the house." Hired claqucurs and a pit full of orders he may command, and these will help him won derfully if he have talent enough to make the people who have paid at the doors join in the "reception." But if he be but a " perriwig-pated fellow, that tears a passion to tatters," the reviewers will at least be too many for him, and a tearing up of the benches, with an ultimate gutting of the house, is but the too probable catastrophe. Tne charlatan of the Tuilleries would have been safe, could the theory of his constitution have allowed of his being obscure. Nay, it might have been permitted to him to have wielded all the power he assumed, had he used it wisely, and borne his blushing honours meekly. A President may be hated, and the Republic may still stand ; but when a Monarch becomes detected, revo lution must be the end. It is not the nature of the Constitution, but the character of the Sovereign, which has annihilated the empire of Austria, shaken Naples, dethroned the Pope. The fate of Russia hangs upon the personal conduct of the Autocrat ; and the mad freaks of that crazy miscreant are doing more to crush despotic power than all th e propa gandists and carbonariin Europe. The concentric solidity of our own monarchy has the same drawbacks. If Ministers are e mbarrassed by a wrong-headed or a depraved master, it is in vain to talk of the strength of our institutions; and as our first Magistrate, like our nobility, is the accident of an accident of hereditary de scent, our statesmen may live to seethe day when it will bs proved to them that that element in our system which they regard as giving it extraordinary strength, may be actually the source of its most obvious weak ness. George 111. lost us our American colonies, made Ireland rebel, and called into power the "friends of the people." The Queen's trial, and the scan dalous life of George IV., carried us to the very verge of revolution-; and had he been on the throne at the time of the fell of Louis Philippe, it is nearly certain that England, like France, would have become a Re public. It was a wise foresight which sluiced off the public excitement . of the days of July into the struggle and final triumph of the Reform Bill. It was a still more prophetic spirit which suggested the repeal of the Corn-laws. But it is not too much to admit that to the personal character of the Queen is to be attributed our immunity from_the convulsions which have shaken continental Europe to the founda tion of its social fabric. Prominent in the public eye, subjected to a rigidity of scrutiny from which private persons are wholly exempt, it would be uncan lid to deny that the Queen has sustained that trying ordeal with entraordinary success. Nay, it would be un generous and unjust not to admit that to her blame less private life, and her prudent public conduct, society stands indebted for much of the peace and good order we enjoy, and for an example which has unquestionably been materially instrumental in elevating the standard of ostensible national morals, awl of social propriety and decorum. In a critical and difficult position it may be fairly admitted that Prince Albert has acquitted himself with great general judgment. It his honourable to his understanding and character that his life is without scandal—that amid many temptations to frivolity and sybarite indulgence, he escapes criticism without being futile—that without drawing on him self notoriety he has never sunk to the state of a cypher—that he avoids intrigues without nihility, and can be useful without being factious. Our agricul ture is indebted to him for many valuable experiments —it he has not al ways been an entirely judicious, he has been at least a uniformly zealous patron of art. As a parent he executes the solemn trust of framing the mind and character of the heir to the throne with good sense, and in the conviction that the best sore reign is only to be fashioned out of an intelligent, a sensible, and a good man; and as a citizen and a subject, the country is indebted to him for the origi nation and practical promotion of an object of the highest importance and the greatest value. In the centre of the world, in the metropolis of commerce, in the earth's capital of practical science and useful art, we are to enjoy the advantage of an institution worthy of the age and the nation. In the royal park is to be collected the practical result of the mind, skill, invention, enterprise, and industry of every race of mankind. The manifold works of God also are to be there, that his creatures may see that in wisdom he has made them all. It is wise in the Queen's Consort to abstain from mingling in the intrigues of party, or the troubled waters of politics. Yet it would be both unmanly and impolitic, as the father to the heir of the Crown, and as an exalted sub• ject, that he should be what Napoleon called Abbe Sieyes' Chief Consul, a mere pig to be fattened out of the public trough. His high ,station gives him power, his relation to the Sovereign affords him opportunities of being useful to mankind; and it must afford every subject satisfaction to see that he is in the line of his duty, and that he has resolved to be no mere cumber some futility. He has originated and assisted in the practical execution of a noble scheme of true patriotism and genuine philanthropy. The productions of nature Irons every quarter of the world, and of which God alone is the all-wise and omnipotent manufacturer, will be brought together in Hyde-park to instruct and enlarge the mind of the nation, leading it from nature up to nature's artificer, and teaching all how much stranger truth and fact are than the strangest fiction. The silk worms of Italy, of China, of Spain, of Tennessee, of Australia, will here compete for praise of their wondrous manufacture. The cotton trees of Egypt, of Natal, of America, of India, will yield their tribute, and show how vegetation provides for the elegance of human life. Thibet and Anda lusia, Cashmere and the Cape, Australia and York shire, will send the tribute of their sheep and goats to show how Providence has supplied the wants of first necessity, and the useful ornaments of human grace. The Arctic circle will contribute evidence of how the winter's cold may be fenced by the furs and other peltries of Hudson's Bay, of Russia, of Iceland. The ivory of Africa and Asia, the leather of Morocco— the gold of India, of Muscovy and California—the silver of Mexico and Cornwall—the iron of Wales, Staffordshire, Scotland, and Sweden—the copper of Australia, and America and England—coal from Pennsylvania, Northumberland, New Zealand, and Sarawak—the clays of Canton, Putney, and Truro— the olive, the vine, the fig, corn, wine, and oil, spices, the hop, herb, fruit, seed, root, fish, bird, beast, creep ing thing—wherever reason can perceive a use, or skill a material, science a lesson, or enterprise a source of production, there will these nature's ministers to man's intelligence, civilization, or happiness, be brought together, reduced to order, and classi fied, to teach us at once the need we have of each other, the blessings we may all impart and exchange, the wise order of creation which every where calls into being varied gifts and diverse advan tages, which human intelligence may render as tri bute to the general sum of knowledge and felicity. There, too, the mind, not of England alone, but of 'man, will show how it has availed itself of these Iwonderful treasures of nature. The raw material will re appear in thread, in cloth, in the graceful vase, . ~.