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POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY , for 1849, being the Fiftieth A nnua l P u bli ca ti on, i s now pu b! lishit"'---, in 2,000 royal oetavo pages, price 365. ; Smallar Edition, 15s. It has already received the following highly gratifying notice in the leading Metropolitan Journals:— SUN, NOVEMBER 30, 18 , 18. The year 1849 is the jubilee of this most useful, most meritorious, and most carefully compiled work of reference. It is now just half a century since the " Post-office London Directory" first became a candidate for public favour, and for many years it waged an unequal !Far With other publications of a similar character. Fortunately, u'ewever, for the public, it became, in 1836, the property of its pro "lt proprietor, who, with that energy and enterprise which, in Illintty-nine cases out of a hundred, commands success, determined to make it in reality what it was in name—a directory and guide to the streets, the professions, and the trades of London—to make it a nirror of the metropolis of the commercial world. To accomplish this, neither pains nor expense were spared ; the work was extended nearly double the usual size, accuracy was secured by establishing s Y s teM of collectin g i n f orma ti on, an d a system of check i ng and naring the results of the information thus collected. A map of I. won was added; a.d th us the post-office London Dirctory," t Z th e greater extent and greater accuracy of its information, e and . by Vlore lucid arrangement o f i ts contents, was enabled to drive every rival front the field. THE TIMES, NOVEMBER 30, 1843. Of this volume for the'approaching year, 1849, being the 50th volume ~o , ._t h is Publication, has just been published by Messrs. Kelly mad Co., Old Boswell -court. This volume contains all the matter which . elniched those of the present and preceding years, with all . such im provements as increased activity of research and careful lavestiga ,,," Ca n supply. It appears to be as accurate a compilation :or the ....“ces, trades, occupations, and residences of thousands of persons "" the most minute inquiry and the most methodical arrangement can furnish. P erhaps no book more effectually answers the purposes or which it is intended than this does. It is necessarily a bulky volume ; but it s b ulk, contrary to the general rale, is an advantage, a w ad it m a y b e said to contain no superfluous pages whatever. It is it ell printed, and well get up, and has a map of London prefixed t _ W hich will be f oun d useful. The proprietor has had for many ?'ears an arduous task In carrying out his object, but his labours have r urilzitiiiinated in complete suc cess. Il e h as con f erre d a benefit on the RAT c, a , iad it is their d u t y, as well as their i nterest, to patronise his MORNING HERALD, NOVEMBER 30, 1848. This Stupendous and indispensable book has, with honourable , trilfintetuality, again m a d e it s appearance, h av i ng comp l e t e d 50 years ts existence—a lapse of time that has imperceptibly added to the _experience of those who have been engaged in its production, and glyen it, by the accumulation of resources, every conceivable feature %%utility. Although comprising such a myriad of isolated facts, il trsative of the commercial and professional pursuits of the inhabi tants this vast metropolis, we do not remember any case of error, Z"..!.t . it . e care which has thug been bestowed upon its preparation has ki . : 4 'l• ol . l shed it as an authoritative Directory of the capital of Great 44 ' 14 n laughing rivalry to scorn. How such an enormous body of specificbut how intelligence could be got together at all is a matter of wonder, the masses of detail brought in from the army of labourers PloYed to collect it could have been so adroitly digested, and placed shape so immediately adapt e d f or re f ere nce, is more surprising 4 1 _ There, however, is a book of upwards of two thousand royal . biting its taking the whole of London within its grasp, aad its streets and the avocations of its residents, in treble alpha W hereby the conv en i ence o f the searcher after an unkn ow n Wh ereabouts" is m e t a t al l po i n t s. Th e " Post-offlce Directory " is, IT short, a monument of most valuable enterprise, and achieved, as i l , n ll° W is, by private machi ne ry, without the aid that was f:rmerly Q Ccora~ it by the letter•carriers, presents a matchless example of `4l r ected diligence and perseverance. 1 1 ,,, n a arrangements of th e p resen t vo l um e are similar to those which N e i: d istinguished the work for the last two or three years, the corn an...ess fu rth erhic the proprietor has accomplished hardly admitting of it! extension. We find, however, that the entire surface of oie_rnetropolis has been revised, and such alterations made that t ec `"'ges of address and the opening of new estalslishments rendered tior e r i P r Y , while the suburban neighbourhoods, which are generally* e nn ng into importance and becoming Crests hives of human exist the'e and human industry, are vigilantly detected and submitted to governing modes of analysis. ORNIG C LE, CEMBER 1, 1 848. Th i , Valu M able work is s HRONIC o well known D an E d appreciated, that it would 4 Work of supererogation to enter into any explanation as to its galore and merits. It is sufficient to state that this is the fiftieth annual Publication under the a',ove title, and it contains a mass of ~‘4orMation which can nowhere else be obtained, relative to the ritniercial, professional, and other interest, in this great metropolis, tras to render its possession almost absolutely necessary to any one i cling in London, and who takes an active part in the business of The present volume extends to upwards of 2,000 pages but not l'uabstanding its bulky appearance, it contains such an enormous 12 1 _ etity of details, as really to render it surprising hew it could be sdensed into sach a compass, and at the same time be so admirably digestedea and arranged, that any reference may be found out with the 41. test facility. When this publication was first started, it was little 1,.12!1ere than an alphabetical list of names and addresses ; but within 3 e last few years the whole plan has been so expanded as to coin- Prise not le ss than twelve separate parts, under the titles of the ()fli p, the St reet, the Commercial, the Trades. the Law, the Court, the ()fli p, the Postal, the City, the Conveyance, the Banking, Aand the Assurance Directories. Under each of these heads every re ite information is g i ven, so that any tact which can properly ~_rue under any one of these categories can at once be ascertained. Pte arrangement of the present volume is similar to those which h ave been publi s h ed for the last three er four years, but the whole of Fie contents h ave b een carefully revised, and such alterations have n b een made sinc e l ast year as the changes which have taken place in e residences, app o i ntments, and arrangements under the classes 'Whi ch we h ave mentioned have rendered. necessary to secure ac ,,:araeY. There has also been a considerable extension in many of its ~,,arttnents. An extreniely well-engraved new map of London, Prepared expressly for this work, faces the title-page. It hi I AIORNISTI POST, -NOVEMBER 30, 1848. D ho t Ja half a ceury since the " Post-effice Lndon irectory" Mad St e its appearance But how ' small, how limited in its objects, it my inefficient in its attai nments it t h en was, compare d w ith w h a t po, n t ,r, is London itself, with its commerce, its extensions, its tli` —ad on, its impro vemen t s of a ll sorts, does not so far outs t r i p tkea London of 1800 as the " Post-office Directory" of 1849 does pri: "the first year of its publication. To the energy, thisen,oe, and the unwearying exertions of the Messrs. Kelly . great I,F o Polis is indebted for having a directory worthy of the gigantic _,Lerests contained within its circumference. Such a directory no her city in the world can boast of possessing. It is really amazing to°2llen this huge volume and contemplate the mass of information 4,,Z,ained therein ; and whea its accuracy is tested by referring to N,;l 4 `s within oar own personal cognizance, it is impossible to Di t ." l ., old the expression of our admiration for the stupendous coin. t;,",on, and of our krelief in its general truthfulness. The classifica naost complete, and under the heads of " Official," " Street," " Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parliamentary," s,„„9?tal." " City," " Cenveyance," " Banking," Boc., all the can 'part and other information which the most copious directory can Zert is found with the greatest facility. This work is really a .Monurnent of our count r y' s commercial greatness and persever g industry. MORNING ADVERTISER, DEOEMBER 2, 1848. Oh Is remarkable, bulky, an d well-known work, with the publica ,,n, for 1849 (now on the eve of being issued), reaches its fiftieth, 11,44hibilee year; and, as if duly to celebrate that signal event, se:rs• Kelly (for the proprietor) appear to have made, if possible, HpllY extra but extraordinary exertions to distinguish it, by pre indisputably the amplest, the most clearly arranged, and the knew„ t° ,usPicuous and utilitarian compilation of the kind that is eie,,,, t .„ . " 1, 0 the world. Its multifarious merits are such that it is an Vi e th,,„ ll et only to the commercial community of London, and ~,,71 0l as who are in communication or connexion with _this ' .e qqest ' ta utile centre of that world, but must be in continuous Where 311,reVer parties have communications with England 7 and totirs, ? k,,nme civilized, or half civilized land that has not such inter -Iklo,' :(0 d eSeribe its contents and peculiarities at this advanced ,der , p, it ' history, would be a very uncalled for claim uponthe wn " attention. Still we cannot forbear to mention that, since It ".11, has fallen into the hands meet the present n f lan th a e gem fiel .ug)thd a ; !) Y improved, beat all citors out speakd .ecotne as valuable, correct, and (comparatively t,ll, rri--„coMpact, and yet as full aad complete a work e , ou as ld commercial and trading community, aegi„ , nants, bankers, tea,' In fact, it leaves no directorial want unsupplied. It is a jtla, e llous publication, as any 1n andpeculiariti must es his is it? I metro polist is . In it a Direc s hat • '4lltenessh, it is vastness an astonishing reality. o l f v t 1 4 4, 4 nd guide to the streets, the professions, the trades, &c., of ; it is a just reflec i t i o e n ve of th t i l s ie capital and community of the great object, no labours seem to I,4'42enleiercial world t . re 'yo a a n c d achieve watchfulness or expenditure appears daunted or t i ho d so , who were engaged in preparing this volurrd -448 and perfect " London Directory." GLOBE, DECEMBER 5, 1848. The " London Post-office Directory" has commenced its fiftieth l" 4 -r of a most useful existence. The present volume resembles its ler predecessors in general form, look, a n d arrangement, being di recl into the heads of Official, Street; Commercial, Trades, Law 1:7 '„..", Parliamentary, Postal, City, Conveyance, Banking, &c., &c. .tk i y arranged those heads we have a vast mass of well-digested and com- Rotl information, so classified and methodised, that one ket" u nt up a man if we know the smallest fragment of primary 44ubout him ' and then searching for him und er th e severa l 8 that mayapply, we may find out what he is, where he is, and 11 0 : 1 1 else about him. If he be in the Official Directory, we find haiT' l , 4 got his place ; if he be a man o f b us i ness, what that business a tu where he carries it on ; if he be a lawyer, what rank he to-4 Whether he has any other appointment, &c. ; if he be in Par n, what place he represents, where he is to be found when in a nd where he lives in the country. Then to ind how to send 4,, It letter, we turn to the Postal Directory, and though he had taZ ti lo the uttermost parts of the earth, we have the requisite infor kte,l,,24,_ about postages, post days, and all routes by ship, mail, ton - ",luoat, and railroad ; or if we wish rather to pursue him in per- Whie"Ltt remote corner of the world is there, the means of reaching !ax e I t is not opened np to us in the Conveyance Directory ? We are IN bi dentify our individual and particular John Smith from the t Z i n, 31 13 of his namesakes if we knew any single distinguishing '',:,oes a him, and to pounce upon hint infallibly in his private ' 1 44 11 his office, in his shop, or wherever he may be. otir there is a capital map of London to help ns in !kg ilfesearches together with an almanack, lists of inns, der b leh else, in its more than two thousand closely printed pages. i; o t to be expected that such a book as this should be altoge ni,.. cil e „frotu errors. Some few OMiSFIORS and inaccuracies may be taken altogether it is a volume of wide and remarkable even as a work of amusement, we think, it is not to be C ii4 La_nd half an hour may be very agreeably spent in researches 'talk ,7 ,, upations and abiding places of one's acquaintances and ..keq tko Nuch a'search is, indeed, the best test of its general accuracy ; t aa n gil there may be a few exceptions, as a general rule it bears t thoroughly well. Tith WEEKLY DISPATCH, DECEMBER 3, 1848. D oh tin7Pendous annual has just made its appearance for the fif 4„,ccto,,e;, It comprises. amongst other information, tan "Of 4. rati '' " Street Directory," a "Commercial Directory," a e ß ' t orY, a Law Directory," a " Court Directory," a 11' 7 ," a ,Zu'arY Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " City Direc ,Ot Oonveyance Directory," and D a r " " Banking Directory." tit:yogi we have thus copied the principal headings from ..Dage, they convey a very faint idea of the mass of varied to :n11144,40n condensed into a space, which, though bulky enough 1 )4 Pearimces, is still small when compared with the in ...oiant of intelligence cont a i ne d therein. The index Los 4 ": ) .otains several hundred minor headings, all connected with 7trti m u ts or Mterests, the business or the proceedings, of the corn nrip,;;; And trading commueity. The book positively reflects high tipowthe great city which alike produces and requires it ; _ l lii` r illite credit is due to the Messrs. Kelly f.or the manner in ,' ° •til ti le) . have presented it to the puble. No money can have ._" l4 4atZred in rendering it accurate, complete, and perfect in all its ‘od 4 details. It is in itself a reflex of the grandeur , wealth, _111144114,5t Mercantile interests of the great capital of the British ,;1 0 1Dh'i t ':$ it catches, as with a daguerreotype, all the features ilk a: 4 of a community numbering two millions of souls. We Y, s Y,without hyperbolic flourish, or poetic fiction, that e m Z 44 rl morals of its own ; for, though in the abstract, a D B . di' streets, names, associat'ons, trades, and institu b. oti on tk ooes it irresistibly raise up in the breast a feeling of 47.qat, n Dart of him who can in any way,' however humble. of,r,"lloiself with that mighty metropolis whose interests are effp,:,relresented and registered in this volume. We can fancy ;ellyB-4a4wv_tilch would be produced upon a a wage were he, for argu cal,led able to understand English, and if this book were it to (, "ts con templation. You Ballot assure him that it related 1441 4 t b t ne .. e lty . in the British Islands, and he would exclaim, "No ; register of entire kingdoms 1" • .44 te, t , oth er ~, . J OHN BULL, DECEMBER 9, 1848. 'or ulti eotteon of this extremely useful, and for the amount of oryl l itlitit 3 , l :rosocd in it, extremely cheap publication, now lies before , De r , i'lu eli f , .by the multiplicity of its information, to the industry h„,ceive that tis compiled. A map of London is added, in which we sere h,.. OA all the new streets laid down in the course of last year irl,:eb4',l" ,Mserted, and the various departments of the Directory eh , Aret: gl.. 4 c 1 . 1 6 , u - -6 up to the latest date. We are happy to find from hZial re,_ tits success is such as to guarantee to the public the ...e absolute ly "` beeebnumicaton of a manual which to those engaged in business Y indispensable. „ It 1 % ,„ gret 'lad b 3r..AItINEII, DECEMBER 16, 184$. s r ,:. and obsa curious to compare this fiftieth publication with the bo o rra tha ti er je bY what steps it has grown to its enormous bulk alzj . does no , WO thousand pages. But the great evil of a great el le It is rio:ITIRY to Mr. Kelly's. Its utility is in the ratio of Its tlis ~ , :l'ke offic`Aa Directory, but a dozen. It is twelve rolled into t ie ii°4rt, the , the Street, the Commercial, the Trades', the Law, 4 01 linking the arlt amentary, the Postal, the City, the Conveyance, ~re6 t lve ' ''7 c r.' T surance Directories al. ' e all accessible within the ` l . Is h' sabdi,ri oneseference by admirable classification, and by N itt, arab, Mof calling ' s and streets, is rendered so easy, that sp t At b i ble to conceive a person missing the information ke 4 mavr. kch ~oul ic fou nd it niss as we have hitherto had occasion to use it, •esui de s 0 a accuracy and fulness to be really beyond praise. _ 4 si,. ntitted , Which it is conceivable that a resident in London t 57 , ,, or ort.,!”, know, of the countless multitudes that dwell around „r 2„:„,. lfriedless variety of occupations that keep them busily '4l4ess 01 1 , 1 _,.buok is a perfect marvel of arrangement, accuracy, ..ormation. kt„,.4„,, lIRITAITNI4 DucEstisEn 9, 1849. 14 1 0,„ 0 p1 ia15 0,.. to l'lifilaoireciory has ' reached its fiftieth annual issue, and, Om ore Pearance, it is likely to appear regularly for as th,,, kba. ,Years 4 London shall continuu to Le the capital of it, ~,"I„tuketrbilittnever increase may take place in the metropolis. i lll'o 4 ila w e ~7_. 0 doubt that this periodical will keep pace with kocotaaifilipr„vs-oertlat.rnrist what it was with what it is, and remember the io tea ''' Pnbliea t 4 which have been made in it with every so 4 „ 10 48 1 , 4g „ e l , with °L It now comprises two thousand closely wy :,, - "n , . Inch Buel l an admirable analysis of trades and pro b % ,, e r e a perfect classification of names arid houses, as to l e fo r o st e ettl alp,„, , eve ry „ Prehensive guide that can be desired or ima reoferrsenace. The arrangement, indeed, re ls . bo..r°ll%.'t IheavtrtZpseroo-f -144:44t7i th ° s-err o i tt. e r e l e n t joyi, l , l g vas c o . u n l y tin to .a m nc a e in o t t lin th i a t t ip ., it in s o p rio. • gitL ..:ilalleed skill, industry, and enterprise in the, wicukti work has secured for them. The uni- NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. Notice is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of Members of this Institution will be held at the London Tavern, 131shopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th instant, at Eleven for Twelve o'clock precisely (in pursuance of a requisition duly signed), " to alter and amend the Third Rule of the Institution, by rendering the retiring Directors eligible for immediate re-election, and to insert in some one of the Rules the Classes of Assurance effected by the In stitution." January Bth, 1849 JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. FLECTRO and SHEFFIELD PLATE.—The 4 Catalogue of Prices, with Drawings of Silver Plated Dish Covers, Vegetable or Curry dishes, and ether requisites for the Din ner table, may be had gratis, or will be seat, po.,tage free, to any part of Great Britain, Ireland, or the Colonies. T. COX SAVORY and Co., 47, Cernhill, Loaon,lseven doors from Grawchurelvotreet. lUBLICI UBLIC NOTICE.-EIGHT NEW LIGHTS. —The only good Lights in the world—they only need knowing to be admired. The Diamond Lamp is the only Light that really gives satisfaction, its equal is unknown ; its superior will never come.—The Vertical Diamond Lamp surpasses the Carcel Lamp of France in every respect.—The Pearl Candle Lamp with detached cup, &c., is worth a hundred other Candle Lamps.—To sell the ordi nary Candle Lamps is now impossible.—The public have long enough been pestecd with such rubbish.—The Star, the Golden, the Glass, the Ring and the Reflecting Gas Burners surpass all others beyond comparison. The Metropolitan Light Company her Majesty's domi nions with Light supply.—The Public will have none other. The whole of the New Lights are coistantly burning at the Com. pony's Establishment, 447, West strand, RICHARD CLARK, Resi. dent Manager. Lately published, in 1 thick vol. svo., price 15s. cloth, WALKER'S PRONOUNCING DICTION ARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, adapted to the Present State of Literature and Science. By B. H. SMART. Se cond Edition. To which are now added, An enlarged Etymological Index ; and a Supplement containing near 3,000 Words not included in the previous Edition of the Dictionary. By the same Editor, fcap. Bve., 7s. 6d. cloth. WALKER'S DICTIONARY EPITOMISED. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. ; Hamilton and Co. ; Whit taker and Co. ; Simpkin and Co. ; Sherwood and Co. ; P. and J. Rivingten ; Allen and Co.;E. Hodgson ; H. G. Bohn ; Orr and Co.; Smith, Elder, and Co. ; doulston and Ce. ; J. Templeman ; J. Yau Voorst ; J. Snow : and Cambridge, J. and J. Deighton. " . -,, -,- ___ ,- / ;- ` -; :2 ' • -•--( - z.:Q----,,,z_-;-i -• /______/ / ,• - - 7 .- • _...( /.. ... , ,) , ~. 1,)•. / , 4 , , ,/ 43'47-1: ,, I „-;.- ;Ar, ;lap, --,,.....,„,,, , „ ''' - " ~,, , 7/ eA.'4. .:3,4 , ..-- ‘ . i _ 4l . ,,, •,,._,.. - ;• ,-,=:- • , ,,, — '' 4flijr"'" ~• ' •:: 411 C - ) ././,,, t, .z. '',.',„ , • 1 I - . 1 ! • I ) .04. - ~,, - —.. • : , :o ,-,-,., .- 4;ii -',:, f , •• ', V ~ - , ~, ,- *4 , \ :,;::i3.. -" 4" ,;xl' 4 :7!?, ~ •:4 ' -, t, jii , r ' `,;':• , ; ,1"11..-- ~::.;,' .?. .- ' -1,045' :„ . ',et , -*: -. 1 ,1, - 44 6- .'!" .. ' i'.:11: its * ~.'-';'.''''';' - '-:„--_: lt `' ,, __. __ "...4 1) lt 411P ' -'• , ---__ _ [PRIcE SD. No. 17,564.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY VENING vernal approbation which it meets with at the hands of the commer cial community is the strongest testimony that can be given to the usefulness of the volume, and the most satisfactory assurance its conductors can receive of the state of perfection to which, after so many years of spirited perseverance and continual progress, they have at last succeeded in bringing it. SPECTATOR, DECEMBER 2, 1848 This gigantic volume of business and residential information has now completed its half century, or year of jubilee; and is, we sup pose, unrivalled in the variety, utility, and precision of its facts. Upwards of two thousand pages in double and treble columns arc here presented, touching the names, callings, and abodes •f people in business, or out of it, classified in every way to facilitate reference, besides particular information concerning public offices, official men, conveyances, bankers, and the Post-office., C ONTRACTS for RUM, SUGAR, COCOA, and TOBACCO. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Jan. 6, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on Tnuasnev, the 18th instant, at One o'clock, they will !re ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptford, the undermentioned articles, viz.:— _ When to be delivered. The produce of the British Pos- Gallons. sessions and not less than half Half in 3weeks RUM to be the produce of the British 50 ' ,,„„ "' and the re- C Possessions in the West Indies, mainder in 3 SUGAR (the produce of the British Cos- . Tons. weeks after sessions) ...... ...... .............. 50 wards. 50 rHalf in a fort night, &the 20 remainder in a fortnight afterwards. TOBACCO (Virginia) ........ All the articles to be exempted from the Customs' Duties. Samples of the Cocoa (not less than 21bs.) must be produced by the parties tendering, and samples of the Sugar and Tobacco, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or as agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear i n the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those fer Rum, Sugar, and Cocoa must be accompanied by a letter, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person ten dering in the sum of 251. per cent. on the value, for the due perform ance of the Contracts. PUBLICATIONS. New Edition, carefully corrected and greatly improved, NI 4 :W UNIVERSAL FRENCH GRAMMAR; being an accurate System of French Accidence and Syntax, on a Methodical Plan. By N. HAMEL, Graduate in the University of Caen, and Rector of the town of L'Aigle, in Normandy. 12ine. 4s. bound. EXERCISES ON HAMEL'S GRAMMAR, 4s.—KEY, 3s. Lately published, 12m0., ss. 6d. bound, lIAMEL'S FRENCH GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES. A New Edition, in One Volume. By N. LAMBERT. KEY, 4s. London : Longman and Co. ; and Whitaker and Co. ATLAS, DECEMBER 2, 1848. We look upon this book as a national blessing. Who has not foun I the use of it? who has not turned the information it contains to profitable account? It is now in the jubilee year of its existence, and, if possible, is more compete in its details than any of its pre decessors. Its amplitude and correctness are marvellous ; and that they are duly appreciated we need no better proof than the fact of the übiquity of its presence. Go where you will you are sure to meet it. It is impossible to live a week in London without feeling the want of such a work. LITERARY GAZETTE, DECEMBER 9, 1843 Two thousand and eighty-eight pages comprise this volume, which, we believe, we may safely affirm, could only relate to Eng land and be made in England ; for all the world besides could not supply such matter, nor furnish such means for making it tho roughly known and easily found. The production of a newspaper is a daily wender —the "Post-office Directory" is an annual one. The information collected is prodigious, the arrangement as near as pos sible to perfection, and as far as we can test it by many references, the details accurate to a nicety beyond eulogiam. Everybody is aware of what this Iliad, not in a nutshell, but for its intelligence incredibly compressed, consists; and therefore we will not enter into the particulars, but merely say that all official, social, com mercial, legal, parliamentary, courtly, and other information which may be required for coavenicncy, business, or pleasure, in this unbounded Babylon of ours, is here; most useful and complete in every branch and department. lIERAPATII'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, DECEMBER 9, 1848 There is no work of the day, in the nature of a compilation, equal to this, both in regard to the labour bestowed upon it and utilly to the public. It has now become an authentic means of en abling one part of the inhabitants of this great metropolis to know the abodes of their fellows. It has been said, that whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to maturity. The Directory has been fifty years in a con dition of growth, and, by its appearance and contents, we should judge, has arrived at maturity; therefore it is but reasonable to conclude that its existence will be long and flourishing. Of the half century the " Directory" has been published, it has been twelve years in the hands of the Messrs. Kelly ; and it is within this period the work has acquired its high position —a position so distinguished, that it attracted some time since even the loving attention of Government, and would no doubt have fallen into its hands, but for the difficulty of yearly producing a work of equal utility to the public, and of making the price at which it is sold re munerative for the labour devoted upon It. Also, Now Published, DIRECTORIES OF ESSEX, HERTS, KENT, MIDDLESEX, SURREY, and SUSSEX, price 11. ss. CAMBRIDGESHIRE, NORFOLK, and SUFFOLK, price 11. 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DIVISION OF PROFITS. he continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors is Annual Meeting, hell on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a a bonus, Tarying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid ach Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. lIE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Lectures on the Cultivation of the Voice, and on the Art of Sing ing, by G. Clifford, Esq., with various Illustrations, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Two o'clock, and on the alternate Eve nings, at Eight.—On the Electric Light, by Dr. Bachhoffnor on Tues day, Thursday, and gaturday Evenings.—On Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan, with brilliant Experiments, daily, and on the alternate Eve nings.--Childe's Phantasmagoria, with curious new effects, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Two, and on the alternate Evenings.—ffew Series of Dissolving Views.—New Chromatrope.—Microscope.— Div er and Diving-hell.—Working Models explained.—The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (including • , aturday) from Seven till flail--past Tee. Admission, lg.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, ls. THE BELLS OF ST. BOTOLPH. A NEW YEAR'S NOTIOX. 'Twas New Year's Eve—the last of last December— Between eleven and twelve, if I remember, When merily the bells of Aldgate Church, Told us the year had left us in the lurch ; In other words, they rung with pleasing din, The old year out, and then the new year in ; And being rather sleepy at the time, 1 closed my eyes and dreamt about the chime. I fancied I was taken, unawares, Slap through the gates, and up the steeple stairs; And having reached the bell loft in the steeple, Methought the bells could talk like " other people." The treble bell, while up and down ieswung, First in the octave wagged its iron tongue : " Brethren," said he, " excuse your little brother In rising first —w e understand each other. I beg to drop a hint which you'll discuss, Touching that mart which faces us; The Warehouse opposite, we know full well, Like Aldgate steeple, long has ' borne the bell ;' And certainly this year before it closes, Should hear a first-rate peal in praise of MOSES." " That's right," said Number Two, " we can't do less, On looking at their quality in DRESS. A very wise suggestion, Brother Treble, And one which we'll adopt without a quibble. MOSES and SON a merry peal shall hear, For what they've done in trade the by-gone year. Ring Brothers, ring ! do justice with your clappers, To Dress-coats, Frock-coats, Trowsers, Vests, and Wrappers." "Well done," said Number Three, "you're coming out; I quite agree with what you've talked about, Much might be said in praise of this and that Mart, But I'm inclined to touch upon THE HAT MART. MOSES in Hats and Caps are truly tappers,' And hence we'll advertise them with our clappers." " Decidedly we said Number Four, " 11l lend a hand to publish such a store ; Nor do I think that any will refuse To ring the changes on THE BOOTS AND SHOES. From what we view, on looking from oar steeple, MOSES' prime Shoes are valued by the people." This was responded to by Number Five, Who felt assured that MOSES still would thrive. And in addition hoped they'd nor demur, In giving sue round peal for MOSES' FUR. " You need not be afraid," said Number Six, Our peals of praise shall shake these stones and bricks; And, doubtless, we shall all of us agree In praising MOSES' FIRST CLASS lIOSIERY. They've sold such famous goods throughout the year, That really we are beand to applaud them here. "MOSES' ?RIME OURFITS," Said the last but one, An equal credit to the Mart have done." " Well," said the Tenor. " I am pleased to know That all my brothers value MOSES so. I quite agree with all of you, and, therefore, We'll set to work without a why or wherefore." Then off they went, quite glorying in their theme, And I awoke and found it was a dream. E. MOSES and SON beg to call the attention of Emigrants to their levy lists of outfits, commencing (including every necessary) at 755., lower if required. The list can be had on application, or sent post free. Notice.-1 New lepartment fer the sale of Parasols and Chil iren's Dresses has been opened at 157, Minories. E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their Shooting coats, which possess a peculiar cut and style, adding much comfort in the It. E. M. and I. are convinced they will be much approved of by the public. Shooting Coats, in a variety of materials from Ss. 6d. to 21s. The Doeskin, or Elastie Coat, from• •.. •• .. 17s. ed. to 328. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles • • from ZO 9 6 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coats, handsomely trimmed .. •• • • ....... 1 5 0 The Premier.. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • ••••••"• - • • • • • • 0 15 0 Irlsrsay ......................................1 6 • Shooting Coats.... •• • • .•• •• ••••••••••.. • • • • •• •• 11 6 Autumn and 'Whiter Trousers .. • • .... • • .... • • ...... ID 4 6 Autumn and Winter Vests ••.. • • .... ••• • .. 0 2 0 Dress Coats .... ***** . • ............ ••••• • • • • • 1 0 0 Frock ie. * Boys' Vassar and Tunic Suits ..... • • • 0 16 6 MADE TO MEASURE. Autantn and Whiter Coats, in all the newest style rom £1 6 0 'Allied cloth Coat •• • • ........ • • ..... •.. •••• ••.. • • 2 2 Tweed Trousers - ...... ......... ••••. - • • • • 0 9 6 Tweed Wrappers • •- • • ..... ........... . New Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles • • Doeskia Trousers . • ..... ........... ••..•••• • • • • • • 1 2 0 Beet, or Dress •••• • • . . ......... ..... 1 6 0 Dress Coats . • • • Best quality .. • • Best quality .• •• • • Cassimero Test ........ • • ................ ••••• • • • .. 0 6 Satin, Plain or Fancy .•••..• • .. • • •• • • 0 12 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits .. ••..••••••• • • • . . • • • • • ••. • • 1 9 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A. suit of Clothes complete for 11. 16s. N.B.—E. MOSES and BON invite especial attention to their pre sent Stock of juvenile attire. The designs are elegant and unique, and the workmanship and materials are such as to command univer sal approbation, while at the same time the prices are unusually mo derate. _ E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies aid gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, aid 157 Minories, and 83, S 4, $5, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Obser,e.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the pubis against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the sane concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They kayo mo connexion with any other house in or out of Leaden; and those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., Amid call at, or send to, illinories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from =fl eet Friday, till sunset Saturday, when basins is resumed tilt twelve o'clook. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by nest, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex essive indulgence, infection, and the inordi na t e use o f mercury, with remarks en Marriage, and the means of o b v i a ti ng certain di's" 4uallfications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured E ngrav i ngs. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by tke Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 15s, Oxford-street ; Starie,23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. Peax I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured ERgr a yi ngc PART IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessive iodul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings, PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and conteixs explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engrg ge. rear IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Blume by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob ♦iated. 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Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Mercers-street, Oxford-street, London, fr ee , Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sandays from Eleven to One. L 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human breast. Mere exalted than mere passion, it sears high above every other impulse ef nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, but mere engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from its inauence, or can avoid its sway; and business, pleasure, philo sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling power ef LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity w , th time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. When union does not take place, however, this passion, this fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life time spent in the fulfllinen, ef every engagement, snap the very con tract:asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind? It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been h.stituted by Divine Law for Use fulfilment ef important ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be beyond measure deplorable i Loving and beloved, he entails the most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession sr natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the attention of all. These desirous of investigating it will lnd the fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled SELF-PRESERV ATI() N, illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, pkysiology, and diseases of the reproductive organs ; with practical ebserva ions on the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from Solitary habits, excesses, or infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinbargh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and much neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob tained the kighest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat ment of those diseases. EITIKW OF ME WORK._ La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are scenes in the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him Nom the gulf into which such scenes must plunge him 1 In the book before as such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. 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William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day is published, in fcap. Sim., price 68., ON the USE of LIME in AGRICULTURE. By JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON, ALL., F.R.SS. L. and E., Honorary Member of the Royal Agricultural Society 01 England, and Author of "jectures oh Agricultural Chemistry and Geology," &c. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. LIFE ASSURANCE.—Parties desirous of As suring their Lives with the greatest security and at the least pos sible present outlay, and with the utmost future gain, or of profitably investing their savings, are advised, before they decide upon so impor tant a matter, in which their future comfort and the happiness of those near and dear to them are concerned, to consult TUE REPORTER, AND ASSURANCE AND SENEVOLENT SOCIETIES' CHRONICLE, Edited by JAMES IRVING scorT, Published Monthly, by W. 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COURTEZIA If.R.C.S.E., " The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable stricture is, without deabt, the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gra dually, by frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery. l'ublislied by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street ; ;tad may be had of all booksellers in town or country FOGS AND DAMP AIR. BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are so prevalent in tkis Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 05, Farringdon-street, London; and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gifford, 104, and 11. Barfield, 180, Strand ; Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; Hallows, 2, High-street, Islington ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country. Observe :—None can be genuine, unless the names of " Barclay and Sons" are on the Stamp affixed to each Om A R It I A E 11. One half the wend are desolately single, and the other ;imposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, er a sense of right detcrntine the former, and miscalculated hopes em eater the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an meeprosing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, anti broken health, are the great hindrances to dentestie happiness and social content. The dowry shoitld net be the only marriage set- Cement. Honour end justice demand that health s h ou liform as item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect weand more sorely thaw poverty sr misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little IEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. Bach (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 them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but 'or the closet perusal of these mere deeply interested, to whom :hay are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth ea the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alias or ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post le. 6d.) called " What to sat, Drink, and avoid," and " How to be nappy." They are not merely ?smphlets, but equal in quantity a library velum°, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life,whe ewes his present existence, health, and mositioa to this eh iervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do nets others as he would be done unto—te live atter nature's laws—and to keep always oa the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalhe, 147, Floet-street • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-phase Recent-street; aid all ooksollers; CONVICTION UNDER THE TEN HOURS ACT, MAN CHESTER.-Yesterday, at the Manchester Borough Court, before Messrs. Maude, Walker, and Sharpe, the Messrs. W. P. Clarke and Co. were summoned for a violation of the Ten Hours Act, by allowing a number of females over the age of 18 years to work in their mill more than ten hours per day. There were four infor mations exhibited against the Messrs. Clarke. The first was for having allowed Sarah and Mary Wells to work for more than ten hours on the 22d of December last. Mr. Cobbett, who appeared to prosecute, b r i e fl y stated the facts of the case. On the 22d of December the two Wells's commenced working at half -past five o'clock in the morning, and continued to work until half-past eight o'clock in the evening, without any in termission, except an hour and forty minutes allowed for meals. They were, therefore, worked for upward s o f 13 hours and 20 minutes. John Percival, who stated that he worked in the mill of the Messrs. Clarke, proved the charge, and his testimony was corroborated by other witnesses. Three other cases of a similar nature were proved against the Messrs. Clarke, and a penalty of 60s. in each case was inflicted, with costs. The penalties and costs will amount to 251. SUGAR CANES.—An importation of a considerable quantity of sugar canes has recently taken place by one of the steamers arrived at the port of Southampton. This is a somewhat unusual and remarkable import a ti on , and is of some i n t eres t, a lth oug h suc h arrivals have, we be lieve, taken place into the metropolis, direct from the West Indies. S N 7 JANUARY 10, 1849. IDOLATRY IN INDIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIT. SlR,—Your able report of our last Court shows two Learned Sergeants (Gaselee and Storks), one barrister (Lewis), and all the influential proprietors protesting, as one man, against the monstrous doctrine of the chairman, that any one of the four quarterly courts allotted to the proprietors, as conjoint legislators with the directors, might be defeated by the directors first making it " special," :and then deciding that an adjournment must extinguish all other business, no matter how long pending, or of what importance to India or England ! Air. Sergeant Gaselee contended that the consti tution of the company was "rotten," and that the chairman had, by such arbitrary conduct, proved it bO. I entirely agree with him; but Igo further. Our constitution is not merely "rotten," in enabling a chairman to play such " fantastic tricks before high heaven," but its rottenness chiefly appears in its investing with equal rights of legislative voting every proprietor of 1,0001. stock, whether male or female, wise or ignorant, moral or worthless. Here is a rottenness of far worse character. The consequence is obvious. A multitude of ladies, who can be supposed to know no more about the interests of India than their relatives - and friends will permit, and who must be expected to vote as they are requested, attend when a ballot is fixed and register the opinions which the directors may hold. Except in one or two other moneyed cor porations of London, there is absolutely no other analogous instance of such a mode of carrying a question, per fas out nefas, as directors may ' choose to have carried. Generally speaking, indeed, the directors go on without resorting to these ap peals, because in every Court that meets, the di rectors, who adhere together as one man (having first settled between themselves how they shall vote), turn out in support of whatever has the back-parlour majority, and by force of their own numbers most indecently outvote the few proprietors who happen to be present. It will be said, why do not the proprie tors attend and assert their rights ? It may seem al most absurd to reply that, although these Courts are scantily advertised, they yet are generally unknown, few persons amid the pressure of London duties, seeming to read or s remember these meetings ; and a motion is actually now pending (which the proprietors will do well to support), that every male proprietor shall, in future, receive a personal notice of these meetings, which, however sure to be opposed, would secure a very different muster than has ever yet been witnessed. This " rotten constitution" pre vented for a long series of years (and for twenty years after open exposure), the abolition of Suttee— that is, the burning alive of no fewer than 666 women every year ! (I quote the ample Parliamentary re turns, which prove that average by giving the name, residence, and caste of every victim—most leaving children 1) For all these years a set of moneyed men, and their supporter!, bade defiance to public opinion, on the ground that the Hindoo religion necessitated these murders, and that the natives would have them. These merchants and bankers there fore settled in secret conclave to stand by each other, and with the aid of their " rotten " machinery, to keep up these murderous abominations, until Par liament—excited, at length, by the hopeless efforts of a very few persevering individuals—spoke out upon such atrocity, and Lord William Bentinck put it down by a single stroke of his pen, without the slightest injury having arisen. Thus, for a similar length of time (and for 18 years since its exposure) the directors have as steadily resolved to favour the Grand Temple of Juggernaut, and then, under the pressure of Parliamentary inquiry, were compelled to give up the revenue arising from the Pilgrim tax—a profligate source of their profits de rived from heathenism, by Christians, so called, they ordered, in 1840, an annual payment of 23,000 rupees per annum, after already endowing the Temple from land, because Lord Auckland refused in that year to comply with the earnest advice of his own Bengal Council no longer to supply " them that were no gods" with the means of maintaining heathen priests and prostitutes all the year, and both main taining and sanctioning, with the attendance of their own officers, the great annual festival, which has always destroyed thousands by cholera, exhaustion, and starvation on every June meeting! as I have re peatedly proved in my place for many years past. Throughout this arduous conflict, I have been an swered by the directors, and especially by a creature of theirs among the proprietors, of whom I believe they begin to grow ashamed, that the natives must have their religion, and would certainly drive us out of India if we should refuse it! Such nonsense however, having been long exploded, since Mr. Buller, Mr. Twining, and Major Scott Waring em ployed it, its effect is now much diminished ; while, in fact, all that I have ever asked is—that we should cease from supporting idolatry, and so enabling the heathen to quote the conduct of their rulers as proofs that both religious were of equal value ! I have never asked, but that by all peaceable and quiet means, we should circulate the Bible, and bestow the blessing of a Christian education on our own fellow-subjects, for whom we hold this magnificent empire in trust. All through this struggle, the main delusion, either real or affected, has been, that, on the conquest of India, and especially of Juggernaut, we gave a pledge to maintain heathenism inviolate, and so to keep things as they are for all time ! This falsehood has been exposed, usque ad nauseant, by calling for any such pledge, and though the Anglo- Indians fought hard for its existence when they appealed to the Privy Council against the abolition of Suttee, and the directors have just again referred this pledge-question to the Bengal Government, they have been again told that no pledge whatever—either direct or implied—exists, nor, indeed, ever could, in a case, where—from our first charter—Christianity has been guaranteed to India, and where, if any Go vernor, civil or military, had ever given a contrary pledge, his accession would have been void ab initio. Such logicians, indeed, amuse us not a little by their reductio ad absurdum, that two such illustrious men as the Marquis Wellesley and the Duke of Welling ton could have fallen into such a blunder—one of whom was Governor-General and the other Com mander-in-Chief in India when Cuttack was taken, in which this monstrous temple is found. It might be thought that those among the clergy of England who are proprietors, would, at least, have appeared at their posts, and done their duty, but I deeply regret to aid, that of 85 clergymen, having 107 votes, we never sea one at the Courts, where they possess rights of legislation, with every power of speaking and voting. I have not yet adverted to the purpose for which the last Court was " made special "—I mean the case of the deposed and deceased Raja of Sattara; but a fouler case of the abuse of our "rotten constitution," and of an irresponsible majority, has never occurred, even at the India House. This Raja once stood high in the confidence of the very men who finally hurled him from his throne. All went well between the directors and that most injured Prince till a foul conspiracy (with his own brother at its head) arose in India, when one of those directors who always openly supported widow-burning went out, ostensibly to see right done. My own conviction is, that he did most honestly so intend; nor can I account for the mystery that followed. All that we shall, perhaps, ever cer tainly know here is, that without the pretence of a fair and open trial, where the Raja might have been heard in his defence, he was immediately sent to prison, after being stripped of all his property, and disgraced as a traitor, no tittle of evidence (I speak as a lawyer and a man) appearing throughout to justify such a violence. His brother—a drunkard, and a sensualist—took the vacant throne ; and the good Raja only changed dethronement and incarce ration for a parole imprisonment for life, at Benares, and then, for his release by the grave. One of our proprietors saw this exiled monarch personally ; but I could only send him the Mahratta Scriptures, translated by the Baptists, for which I received his thanks. I say no more of the director in question, for ho no longer survives; but with the men whom he represented, and the system he, for many years, upheld in this country, I have no sympathy, having already printed' his speech, as chairman, against one of my humble attempts to serve India. My conviction is that, until the East India pro prietors themselves interfere, and above all, the na tional clergy—those who have no votes, in their pulpits, and those who have, in their places, no real good will be done. It is my further con viction that neither will this desirable change in the proprietary, or the clergy, effect all that is required, until ♦ERT DIFFERENT MEN shall become the administrators of what the Learned Sergeant very properly designated as "a rotten constitution," because they can afford to make it better, and not take shelter under its notorious defi ciency. Why does not he, and men like-minded, at once concert measures for bringing about a purer state of things ? " When bad men, says Burke, " combine, good men must associate." Till such an association is formed the present abominations will go on ; because the directors have nothing to do, but when beaten at a Court, to send all their relations and friends who never heard a word of the debate to Leaden hall-street on a subsequent day, to record in a ballot their opinion of the King-killers who depose reigning monarchs, and the amiable Lotharios who used to burn women by the hundred, no doubt thus rendering themselves so acceptable to the ladies among us who vote for them ! Really, Mr. Editor, if our press be yet as free as ever, and if public opinion continue as powerful as ever, the day of retribution must be near, and such agents as have thus abused their responsibility, must give place to those who fear God and abhor oppres sion. Let upright and influential men, like Sir Charles Forbes and others, whom I could easily name, once determine that truth shall prevail, and that India shall possess the Gospel—the one great end for which she was given to England, and is still pre served to us—and we shall be fulfilling those high destinies from which, under so bad a government, we have long supinely shrunk from our obvious duty. AN EAST INDIA PROPRIETOR. January 1, 1849. ALTERATION OF IRISH POOR- LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—Since the publication of Mr. Monsell's letter in the Morning Chronicle ' on the most important subject of the limitation of the areas of the Poor-law Unions in Ireland, I have anxiously waited for the promised observations of the editor; important as they must be not only on account of their ability, but in consequence of his position as the organ of an in fluential party in the State. Neither in Mr. Monsell's letter, or in the observa tions of the editor in a leading article on the 29th ult., is the plan distinctly laid down in plain language. The latter says, " The plan of those who would limit the responsibility of an enterprising improver like Mr. Blacker to the sphere of his actual influence, &c., alone promises even partially to obviate the ne cessity of recourse to extraneous and artificial sources of supply." _ Monsell says, " You have joined together active and indolent landlords, the active have been forced into inaction by the impossibility of getting the indolent to co-operate with them, and those who ought to have been the labourers of " both swell the relief list." Again, "So long as you allow the indus trious and humane to be swamped by the indolent rapacity of those who, by exorbitant rents, create paupers, and then refuse to spend one shilling in employing them, you can have no employment here." From these and similar passages, there is, I appre hend, no doubt, that the proposed plan is to limit the areas of the Unions to the properties owned by each n dividual. The public, therefore, have two plans before them, Ist, The above. 2d, The one I submitted to Government during the last session, viz., that the valuation of the land should be fixed at its present value, and that the rate should fluctuate, on that fixed value, according to the wants of the poor. The open and avowed object of these plans is iden tical ; it is to encourage the employment of the people by active and intelligent proprietors; and there can be no doubt that each will accomplish the desired end in a greater or less degree—but here all similarity between the plans is at an end. Mr. Monsell's plan would save a proprietor from an existing burden, and this, be it observed, in many in stances whether he employs the people in improving the property, or not. My plan would save a proprietor from a future burden if he employs the people in improving his property. kr. Monsell's plan being to relieve an existing burden, must necessarily shift that burden upon other shoulders—either upon his neighbour or upon the State. My plan would not relieve any proprietor from an existing burden, and therefore cannot impose any ad ditional burden on other parties. Mr. Monsell's plan would avowedly throw on those proprietors who have a greater population upon their property than could be employed thereon, a much greater burden than is now imposed upon them, in fact it must in many instances be their absolute ruin. And then the evictions, the harrowing scenes which were described last session, would be increased in fearful intensity. An Act of Parliament limiting the present Unions to each property should be entitled, "An Act to Encourage Landed Proprietors in Ire land to Evict, as quickly as possible, the Peasantry from the Homes they have long occupied.": Mr. Monsell has stated his opinion in a very able manner, he has clearly established not only the pro priety but the necessity for a change. What that change shall be is a very different question, and a far more important one. A step in the right direction would be so much gained, although it might not pro duce all that was desired ; but one in the wrong di rection, at this most important crisis, would be at tended with the most fearful results, and one more disastrous I cannot fancy than the one proposed by Mr. Monsell, and appoved of by the Chronicle. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. Corwar, Jan. 2, 1848. THE PERUVIAN-STOCK JOB. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE. " Honest, honest, lago."—Shakspere. SlR,—The " round unvarnished tale " which appeared in a morning paper of this date, headed " The Peruvian Bondholders," relative to the arrangement of the debt of that State, will enable the public to trace easily the origin of the rocket-like flight upwards which these bonds took between Wednesday the 20th of December, and the Friday and Saturday following. The facts now before the public, and the Spanish American bondholders in particular, will probably induce the latter to look more narrowly for the future into the way their interests are managed. The Chairman of the committee in his adddross to the meeting of the bond holders, on Thursday, the 4th instant, is reported to have put in an uncalled for declaimer on the part of the committee. Now, who ever said a word about the committee in respect of the job ? This succedaneura of the Chair man's, in lieu of an explanation touching what had been said with regard to the retention of the proposals, was highly unsatisfactory, for no one, as an evening paper of the sth justly observed, said a word about the com mittee ; it was, therefore, unnecessary:for the Chairman to exculpate that respectable body. In fact, lam well informed, that no member of the committee was suffered to share the knowledge possessed by the deputy-chairman on the 20th of December (Wednesday) except, as has been seen, the Chairman. Had he explained why his Hon. Colleague did not snake the proposals known on the day he received them, that would have satisfied the bondholders, at least, with regard to the fact that there " was something rotten in the state of Denmark," for it was clearly the duty of the deputy chairman to have made known, without delay, the nature of the written proposals which he had :received on the 20th (Wednes day) from the Peruvian Minister. He is, therefore, open to animadversion. Many bondholders availing themselves of the rise to 40, sold out, who, had they been aware on Wednesday or Thursday of the favourable terms offered,would have held on to their property, and justly shared the benefit of the satisfactory arrangement offered by the Peruvian Minister on the 20th, but not announced by Mr. Powles till Friday or Saturday. These are stubborn facts, and well worthy the attention of the Spanish American bondholders, for there are other States who have to settle with their English creditors. The conduct of his Excellency Senor Osma through out the negotiation, appears to have been highly honour able and straightforward, and reflects great credit upon his Government and the station he occupies at the British Court. A FRIEND TO JUSTICE. January 9, 1849. ASYLUM FOR THE DEAF ARID DUMB. —Monday, the half-yearly general meeting of this institution was held in the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing thirty children to become inmates of the asylum from a list of seventy candidates. Robert Pugh, Esq., presided. From the annual report, it appeared that the number of persons in the asylum is 343, including the recipients of its buuuty, the officers who watch over the children, the domestics, &c. The total receipts for the past year amount to 10,0971. ss. 10d., of which 2,0841. 2s. consist of annual subscriptions, and 3,7491. 10s. the dividends on the stock. The legacies and bequests to the institution have been unusually large, and have enabled the sest e t h jc 7 to clear itself of the few pecuniary difficulties into disburse ments it had fallen during the previous year. The ~ , 2 d at . lo , l for the twelve months amount to 7, leaving a balance in the treasurer's Hands dutor more that half Sd. The society has been established eeducation, combined s rs o li who have a century, and has afforded a . us n e ds of 1,3351. 193. upwards of 2,000 deaf and d with sound religious instruction sued moral train i f.r i l n; m . parts of thew earning a livelihood at the A.fa p ny oo o r f ch th il o d 4 they were apprenticed by the various trades to which left the institution ßritish aren o of the charity. The reporthaving been adopted, funds successful candidates and the 1130189 of the . announced, a empire. of thanks to the chairman terminated vote the pro ceedings. SOUTIIAMr TON, TUESDAY ETEICING.—The Ca (Mi P .n -sular and Oriental Compauy'a steamer Euxine, ptain Evans, has arrived here from Colistaa ' tinople Malta d U ib ra ltar. She brings 70,000/. specie ' ' an l a rge cargo of fruit. The weathe r h d on freight, and a in the Mediterranean. At been very severe Constantinople there had been a great storm, and several vessels had been blown ashore in the Dardanelles. On the 28th there was a hurricane at Maltadid great dama g e. Exch ange , which . at Gibralt ar , at 90 da s o The Euxine has neither spoken n or h eard of kr , C.. Napier's squadron. OUT OF SEASON.—A beautiful butterfly was taken last week in a shop 11 1 . at a tfax. at th sixth on Perma- Sum the :4.41 Annual Policy Bonus in' Rent Re- Assured 10. H Pre- taken addition 'Bonus in duction of may bor q mium. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row en Assured. Premium. Policy. X s. 41.1 X s d. X s. d. £ s. d. 1837 262 14 8 , 121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 A I 1838 237 15 6,106 16 4 17 7 6 494 6 10 X "" 1839 211 18 6 , 95 16 914 17 7 445 3 0 60 1000,74 3 4 .5 , 1840 163 8 4 75 15 10 11 10 9 395 11 1 1841 159 3 4 , 71 6 0 10 19 8 346 2 3 1842 132 2 6 58 17 6 8 19 10 296 13 4 t 1E43 84 11 8 37 10 0 514 2 247 4 5 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta geous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con tribution of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, at his option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan tages which the judicious application of a small saving case secure through this Society. I. BENEFITS Secured on attaining the age of 65, by an Annual Premium of 21. 12s. ;Annuity. Cash. Policy. 1£ g. d. g. d 5. d. 47 16 6 394 11 0 1 466 0 0 26 15 16-221 0 01261 0 0 13 19 9 115 S 13136 G 0 11. rItEMIUAIS To securoi fon attain- Annuity.£lo 10 0 ingtheage Cash .. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of 0 . : . Payable , Payable 1 Payable Annu- is one . for Dis tp h! ally. I sum. !parity. X s. d. X s. d. £ s. d. 20 010 11 10 010 • 0 I 30 0 19 616 7 1 7 3 11 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 Ss. I Age 60, £9 I4s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, &c.. may be had at the Office, or any of Its Branches in the Country # or, on application, will be forwarded post free. W. S. B. WOOLUOUSE, Actuary. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. Spencer H' Walpole, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq. DIRECTORS. Sanwa Driver, Esq., Whitehall. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly. John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside. Capt. Hon. G. F. Hotham, RN., United Service Club, and Brighton. Edward Legh, Esq., the Limes, Lewisham, Kent. Edward Lomax, Esq., St. John's-wood-park. Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq., South Audley-street. Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, Richmond, Surrey. William Studley, Esq., Brixton, Surrey. William A. S. Westoby, Esq., Hyde-park•place. The LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT of the Society em braces:— - Assurances upon single or joint lives, contingent survivorship, or the survivor of two or more lives. Endowments of widows and children. Immediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities. The payment of fixed sums to the assured at any specific age, or to their re resentatives in case of death before that age. Premiums may be paid yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, or upon he half premium plan for the first five years. Loans granted on an entirely new principle. RAILWAY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. All persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway in Great Britain and Ireland, assured in the event of loss of life by accident whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of 10s. per cent., in one single payment, for the whole period of life. ExAMrLE.—A person may by one single payment of St. assure to his family or others the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his losing his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. FERGUSON CAMRO UX, Manager. N ATIONAL MERCANTILE FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY, POULT2Y, MANSION-HOUgE, LONDON. Capital—Quarter of a Million. TEUSTEES. - _ _ Orlando Crease, Esq. George Moore, Esq. Janes Peek, Esq. Peter Rolt, Esq. DIRECTORS. DAVID WADDINGTON, Esq., M.P., Chairman.. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Charles James Jones, Esq. (William and Thomas Jones and Co.) William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trower.) John Mair, Esq. (John Hair, Son, and Co.) James Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles Redmayne, Esq., New Bond•street. Hananiah Teape, Esq. (Wiggins, Teape, and Loder.) BANKERS—Messrs. Glynn,. Hallifax, Mills, and Co. SECRETARY—Jenkin Jones, This Society is established for the general Insurance of Buildings, Furniture, Merchandize, Stock in Trade, and ether descriptions of Personal Property, against loss er damage by Fire, and offers to the public the following advantages :- 1. A subscribed capital, amounting to a quarter of a million ster ling, securing to the Insured an ample fund for the payment of losses, and no responsibility of partnership. 2. Rates as low as is consistent with safety. 3. Each case submitted to this Ofnce will be taken at a Premium, ac,:oMing to its risk, without reference to tariffs which are binding on other societies. 4. Policies of seven years are allowed an abatement of one year's premium and duty. 5. Policies for a shorter period than twelve months can be effected 'in more favourable terms to the insured than In any other office. S. Insurances are granted for loss of rent during the period of re instatement of damage by fire ; and a reasonable allowance will be made ter the removal of goods in time of danger. . claims, when admitted by this Society, are immediately die co, without deduction or discount. S. Ad the permanent and solid advantages conferregl by Companies o a similar character are secured by this Society. JENKIN JONES, F.1.A., Secretary. F REEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. DIVIDEND.—Notice is hereby given, that on and after the 10th instant, the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 30th ultimo, at the rate of Six per Cent. per annum, on the Subscribed Capital of this Company, will be in COUttiE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders at the Company's Office as above. JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. January 5, 1849. ~_l~2 ~~~~.~~ THri§PANISHAMERICAN BOND. HOLDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am authorised by his Excellency the Peruvian Minister to publish the enclosed copies of a letter from his Excellency to the Chairman of the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders, and that gentleman's reply; and with that view I have the honour to transmit them to you, requesting you to give them a place in your columns. His Excellency hoped that Mr. Robinson or Mr. Powles, whom he only knows in their quality of chair man and deputy-chairman, would have repeated can didly, and without reserve, at the meeting of th e p ew . vian Bondholders, all that passed at their interviews, as stated in his letter to the former, and he feels sensibly his disappointment on observing that a contrary course was pursued, and :that even now, at this moment, cir cumstances of a grave character are endeavoured to be kept secret, and a direct reply to his letter withheld.— I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, FRANCISCO DE RIVERO, Consul-General for Peru. Consulate General of Peru, 29, We'beck-street, Jan. 8, 1849. P.S. A lo:tor of a similar nature was addressed to the deput ) -chairman at the same time, but up to this date no reply has been received. 'OPY OF H. E. MR. OSMA'S LETTER TO MR. ROBINSON. No. 15, Portland-place, Jan. 5, 1849. Sir,—lu your opening address to the Bondholders yesterday, as reported in the Morning Chronicle, ex plaining to the meeting what had taken place between us since my arrival to the day I sent you my proposals officially, there are several circumstances mis-stated which I beg you will have the candour to rectify. I arrived in London on the 13th of November, some days after you had received advices from Mr. M'Lean, of Lima, informing you that, by the packet of October, my Government would transmit me instructions to enter into an arrangement of the debt of a more ample character than those which I received on leaving Lima for England, as at the period of my departure it was not yet known to my Government that the proposals made previously, in May, had been rejected. A few days after my arrival here you had the goodness to call upon me, and I returned your visit immediately, although I had not the pleasure of meeting you upon either of those occasions, The 4th of December I received the fresh instructions for which I waited; and on the following day I wrote you a note begging you would be so good as to give me an interview; you re plied reverting to the object, and saying you would call upon me on the morning of the 7th, with the deputy chairman of the committee (Mr. Powles). Upon that occasion, the 7th, the first conference passed between us, which you have stated to the meeting to have taken place on the 20th December. At that conference I told you that the proposals made in May would be further improved, and that for my own part I felt much disposed to do away with every difficulty in the way of a satisfac tory settlement. It was also understood that my pro posals were not to be sent you until after the 17th, that being the day of departure for the Pacific mails, and because I had to receive from the consignees of the guano various data necessary to prepare them. On the 9th I had an interview with Lord Palmerston, and when his Lordship spoke to me on the subject of the Peruvian Bondholders, I told his Lordship that I had reason to hope, from the tenor, of the fresh instructions which I had just received from my Government, as well as from a conversation I had had with you and Mr. Powles, that a satisfactory arrangement would be made. On Saturday, the 16th, I received a letter from Mr. Fowles, reminding me of the interview appointed for a day after the 17th, and saying that he would see me on the 13th or 19th, either at my residence, or at No. 1, New Bank-buildings, between one and two o'clock. I accordingly saw Mr. Fowles on the 19th, at one o'clock. As you, at our first interview, told me that I might con fer frankly and confidentially with Mr. Fowles as with yourself, I did not hesitate to converse freely with him about the proposals I was about to make. I told him consequently that on the following day, the 20th, I would write out a draft of them, and that I would have them ready the next day to hand to you at two o'clock, Mr. Powles saying that he would request you to accompany him for that object, and that in the event of your being unable to accompany him, he would let me know, and defer:the interview until the 21st, Notwithstanding, Mr. Fowles called upon me, alone, on the 20th at that hour, and read to me a letter he had re ceived from you, in which you stated that other business would prevent your attending and that I was to treat with Mr. Powles freely about the proposals in question. I therefore read them to Mr. Powles, and we discussed them together, after which I handed him the rough draft of them, as he said he wished to show them to you. I told him at the same time to consider the proposals as officially communicated, and that if you approved of them to publish them without delay, as my signature to them was ready the moment they were approved of, praying ; him at the same moment to do so without loss of time. Mr. Powles brought them back to me with your approval, on Thursday, the 21st, at half past four o'clock, P.M, assuring me that :both you and he would support them in the committee, and that there could be no doubt about their being aocepted. I then told Mr. Powles that I would have a clean copy of theca drawn out, and that I would send them to your resi dence officially that same day (21st). Mr. Fowles told me not to send them to your house, but to the office of the committee in the City, and that as it was then too late, they could not be sent:till the following day. I re plied that, notwithstanding, the proposals should be dated the 21st, although they were made known to you and Mr. Powles on the 20th. On the 29th, the second time I had the honour of seeing you, when you came with the commission to re quest, in the name of the committee, some modifications of the proposals, I expressed my surprise that you should solicit a modification of proposals of which you had already approved, and I was particular in calling to your mind ,every circumstance which occurred between us during the negotiation, in order that you might have them fresh in your memory for the day of the general meeting, when you addressed the Bondholders. From the foregoing it is clear that, o❑ the 4th of De cember, I received my definitive instructions to treat with the Bondholders. That on the 7th I personally assured you that the proposals made to you in May would be improved. That two days subsequently, on the 9th, when Lord Palmerston spoke to me on the subject, I told his Lordship that, from a conversation I had had with you and Mr. Powles, I had reason to believe that a satisfactory settlement would speedily take place. That on the 20th I sent you the proposals by Mr. Powles, which, when brought back to me by that gentleman with your approval, on the 21st, I signed, and that if they were de livered on the 22d, at half-past ten, A.M., it was at the instance of Mr. Powles, who said they should be sent to the office of the committee next day, it being then closed. I feel considerable anxiety that my proceedings in this business should be truly represented. I have stated with scrupulous exactitude in this letter every thing that has passed between us in relation to the pre sent arrangement with the Bondholders, and which is well known to yourself. I have, therefore, to beg you will have the goodness to recal to your mind: what passed at the interviews to which I refer, and to say, in reply, at your earliest convenience, if my statement of what has taken place as it appears in this letter be cor rect.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant. (Signed) JOAQUIN J. DE OSMA. COPY OF MR. ROBINSON'S REPLY TO SENOR OS MA. 27, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Jan. 6, 1848. Sir,—l have referred to the Morning Chronicle's re port of the proceedings at the meeting of the bond holders on the 4th inst., and finding some inaccuracies as referred to in your letter, I have writt en t o t h e e di tor, requesting that he will rectify them in an early publica tion.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient servant. (Signed) G. R. ROBINSON. To his Excelleney Senor Osma. _ _.. ExTERME SEIZURE OF ILLICIT SPIRITS.—OR Saturday night, about ten o'clock, a seizure of spirits, still, and the usual apparatus for carrying on a very ex tensive trade in illicit distillation, was effected by a Custom-house officer named George George, who is now stationed at the West India Docks. From information George received, he proceeded with three police-con stables, all well armed with pistols and cutlasses, to the house No. 22, Catherine-street, Limehouse-fields. Two of the constables wore stationed in front of the hou se, while George and the other constable entered the adjoin ing d i d " re d house and proceeded to the back of the bladders, rdpremises.e e vident upwards The smell of spirits was very strong, andtitanwa that a still was in full operation. George several rpal arson for of 3001bs. of salt, soap, and the necessary illicit 00 4fi g s a t u il o la n t s io a n. c T e h r e rLin w g e o r n e exte nsive e a ls v o er f y ound wash, in a state of fermentation! a A manand ' two which had contained illicit 5P111". in the s foun d house , and females were the only pg.:, name was Cotterell d when questioned, they sa id se. They an in were lodgers lbeing in the kitchen. thetsrattaidee inrndoolinliesi George quite ignorant of the and all the utensils , and that they were only seized the still, s pirts , , conveyed in the hou them to .Broad- i astreueitansics.--A DREADFUL (,CC Chingford fearful accident took Marshes person lost his life. It appears that by which one three brothers, the of respectable drysalter residing • sons a by in Iloxton, had the first train left town for the purpose achinother to prevent accidents. The third of shooting 11 birds, and about twelve o'clock , such a manner that ditch, two of the party got t p siiiar ce g o u n n : t u o nd e over safely, haying handed cock caught in a twig an imprudently held his gun in however did not do so contents through theheart On making thethe muzzle pointed directly to his through with an ori fi ceonsrporting heart. Biddle, of it would appear that the h branch, heart, the wholeand deihsechrgaergpedessithge larger than a shilling . Mr. Edmonton, was immediately sent for, but be fore he arri ve d lif e was quite extinct, and the b ody is nowlying at th e B arge H ouse Inn, awa i t i ng the coro ner's inq ues t. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY..-- BRITISH ASSOIKATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. To-day a meeting cf the local committee connected with this asso ciation was hold at the Philosophical Institution, for the purpose of carrying into effect the necessary arrange ments for the approaching meeting. Lord Wrottesley l president, occupied the chair. There was a very nume rous attendance of the magistrates, clergy, and the principal manufacturers of the town and neighbourhood. Resolutions %%ere moved by M. D. Hill, Esq., Recorder; the Mayor, the Hon. F. Gough, the Hon. F. Curzon, the Hon. and Rev. G. M. Yorke, C. B. Adderley, Esq., M.P., and many other gentlemen, providing for the proper reception of the members of the association, and other distinguished foreigners, who are expected to be present at the forthcoming meeting. From the general feeling expressed, it is more than probable than an ex hibition of works of art and the products of manufac turing skill, for which Birmingham has acquired such a ' celebrity, will be held on the occasion.