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That this Court do hereby record their high admiration of the distinguished virtues and charities which dignified and adorned the Nil_ 17 818 4. ] LONDON conduct of her late Majesty in every relation of life , b y which, and - ' `-'. _ _ as the Consort of our late beloved Sovereign, she afforded an eminent . ) example to all orders of the peeple of the United Kingdom. MEREWETHECI. ee!e•=eee-- - e-e-swe. .- sty. - . - . .. .......-.. „ ~.,_ . 1 NOTICE. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE up.A.scr, lETY. . 2 SMITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE - 26, A c ss oast:lLL, SOC LONDON. L-, SHOW and EXHIBITION of SEEDS, ROOTS , I MPLE - Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. MENTS, &c., 1849, commences on TUESDAY, instead of WEDNESDAY, The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample and closes on FRIDAY Evening, instead of SATURDAY as heretofore, Proprietary Capital. Mb, 12th, 13th, ant 14th December. Bazaar, King - street , P ort- Moderate Rates of Premiums. . 1 Man-squ are . Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. 2 • Annual Division of Profits. . 3 GENERAL MOURNING. lialf the Premium may remain as a Loan f o r Five Y e ars. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. J. SAYCE and CO. beg respectfully to announce that they Moderate extra Premium tor Residence in Tropical Climates. have just received from their manufacturers in the West of Cloths, N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assureel varied from 27 to 65 land a large supply of the " extraordinarily fine rich Saaonv per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums Paid. .. 1 Used by them with so much success for the, DRESS CO ef, a gar- Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. .. 2 Men t in which they particularly eicel," and which are warranted in every respect. The price as usual, name'y 31. 10s., made in the .Q-..., Anneal policy • Bonus In Very first style. addition Bonus nent Re.' Assured ....J. SAYCE and CO., TAILORS and PATENT COAT MAKERS to Age. e . ic; Fre- takeelin ductien of may bor- LLE.II. PRINCE ALBERT, 53, CORNIIILL. to Sinn si ~, mium. out in I Cash. Annual 1 row on 'Ai i Assured. • _ I Preinium.l Policy. th of TII.E MORNING CHRONICLE on - --- ----- 1x - s. d.I X s: d X 5. d.l X s. d. "LABOUR AND THE POOR." . .1437 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 The demands constantly made to obtain the early numbers of the 1834 251. 18 10;114 14 8 18. 12 81543 17 9 Poor" Chronicle, containing the Letters on " Labour and the £ 1839 226 6 ' o'lo2 15 1 16 2 9,494 8 10 tense „L -oor'. In the Metropolitan, Agricultural, and Manufacturing Districts CO 1000 £s.d. I 1840 1178 0 082 14 2 12 14 11 445 0 0 ;S the have induced the conductors of that jeurnal to direct the republica- 74 3 4 1841 174 0 0 73 3 4 1 BOji • 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 515 10 10 2 4346 2 3 f the , of those Letters in SUPPLEMENTS (containing,' Te - enty-four Columns each), to be given twice a-w, el, com nenctng en Friday, the 21st of December. 8 • 1843 99 18 4 4 1 8 4 615 1 1 1296 13 4 . - The sole object of these Supplements being to enable the Public to 1344 fee 6 27 13 4 4 4 (647 4 5 )f the obtain the complete Series, they will be dDeontinusd as soon as the Prospectuses, with tables of_rates, &c., may be had at the office, w ith Letters whi c h s h a ll h ave been publishe 1 previous to the 21st of r any of its branchal'in the country ; or, on application, will be for- December have been republished, as permits desirous to pos e restcarded post free. e the Letters that will be published after that date will have it in )f the • their power to do so, by ordering, from the 21st lestant, copies of the i regular daily publication of the Morning Chronicle, in which the Se ?ty to ? l es von be continued. BRITANNIA_ LIFE ASSURANCE is her The Supplements will be supplied Gratis with the Morning Chronl 0013.1PANY. siting Ole of the days on which th e y a pp ear ; an d a ll persons d es i rous of Completing their Sets are requested to forward their orders to the 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. 1 . , the Publisher of the Morning Chronicle, 332, Strand ; or to their respec- Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Vict., cap. 9. lm his Eve News-agents. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. - • • MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. which NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " JANE EIRE." _ Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample - of the In 3 vols. post gyo., it. lie. &I. cloth, subscribed capital, and the large fund accumulated from the pre extra- SHIR L E Y. By CURRER BELL• miums.on upwards of 9, 0 0 0 policies. Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the er late .• 'Shirley' produces a highly favourable impression. The first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of tho Ling a ~ Sower of its author is felt throughout. The work is strongly indi- profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the .r idtlal. There is a race novelty in its style, in its minute, analysis of Assured. • • rection . ehtracter, in its descriptions of natural scenery, awl in its cumbinae PROPRIETARY BRANCH. Hear.) u orig of conflicting passions:"—Eclectic Review. The lowest rates consistent with security to the Assured. , .._.': We like the book as a whole; we like its spirit. We sympa- Ais increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where ;ourt a . nn . . e with the author's general charity, with her s „eclat love for the assurances are effected for the purpose of securing loans or debts. sracter of country, the old church, and the 01,1 Duke ;we kindle with her Half-credit rates of premium, whereby credit is given for half the lervid bursts of eloquence, and recognise the truth of her pictures amount of premium for seven years, to be then paid off, or remain a roue of 'rum life."—Fraser's Magazine. charge upon the policy, at the option of the holder. ) noble 4 ' There is great ability in this work ; it Is full of eloquence. The EXTRACTS FROM THE TABLES. Id been , desc riptive passages have seldom been surpassed is beauty and Annual Premiums required for as Assurance of 1001. for the whole Pict uresqueness. The presence of a searching power and a lofty Term of Life. aracter lentils is visible."—Bentley's Miscellany. d more „.. Currer Bell's originality er mind, and the triumphant beauty of MUTUAL ASSURANCE naerecn. I PROPRIETARY BRANCH. the heroine's character, will at once secure for his book great and e army deserved popularity."—Britannia. ' Half Pre- 1 Whole Pre- Half Pre. Whole Pre ason to ~,,_4 , 4 there is something in it of kin to Jane Austen's books, or Maria Age. mitnn, first mium, after Age. milieu, first miuni. after ' I Dow - England, or Walter Scott's. There Is human life as it is in five years. five years. seven years. sevens-ears. i relll in the though•ful and toiling classes, with the woman and , Variety et erie thereto appurtenant."—Globe. £s. d. £s. d. Xs. d. £a. d. ! ition in book possesses deep interest and an irresistible grasp of 20 1 0 0 20 0 20 018 0 118 0 , „. e s - tY. There is vividness and distinctness of conception in it quite 25 12 2 24 4 25 019 7 119 2 - ereignv emotion, There are scenes which, for strength and delicacy of 30 1 4 I 1 2 9 10 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 , [ of the x are not transcended in the range of English fiction."— 35 1 8 6 2 17 0 35 1 4 1 1 2 9 10 xannner. ighness 49 113 3 36 6 40 19 2 218 4 i London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Corniiill. 45 1 19 6 3 19 0 45 1 14 10 3 9 3 , dernaan _, ai ,. -- -:----._._ 50 27 9 415 6 50 ' 22 6 44 0 , of the I ORri Teirlq(lNT'S: PCITZTTC! AT. MT CIR IC R 55 218 10 517 8 55 212 9 5 8 6 . • , Perma• Sum tho , Bonus in '.-...; Armful policy Bonus nent Ile- 1 Assured Age. z ,c, Fre- taken! addition in ductign of may bor .,•' mium. lut in I t° Sam Cash. Annual 1 row on ii ' 1 lA.ssured. • Prcinium.l Policy. - - ,-, --- - ,--- - 1X - s. d.l £ s: d £ s. d.I.E s. d. 1437 276 14 3,128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 . 1838 251 18 .10' 1 114 14 8 18. 12 81543 17 9 £ 1839 226 6 0 102 15 1 16 2 9 494 8 10 CO 1000 £s.d. I 1840 1178 0 (1 82 14 2 12 14 11 445 0 0 74 3 4 1811 1174 0 078 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 1-17 4 2 515 10 10 2 41346 2 3 • . 1843 99 18 4 41 8 4 615 111296 13 4 1344 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 01247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables mates, &c., may be had at the office, , r any of its branchel'in the country ; or, on application, will be for -4 arfled post free. "W. 8; B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. ason to Dow variety ition in -ereignv of the ighness derrnsn of the ution of ily, and was, be ution of ()aching LORD BYRON'S POETICAL WORKS tv The Public are cautioned against certain spurious Editions, in order to deceive purchasers, arc lettered " Byron's Poetical r " , " "Byron's Poems," &c., but which do not in fact cont in wt more than half his works. No Edition of Lord Byron's Worksolnplete, exceptinx those published by Mr. Murray, as he alone is e P rorietor or all Copyright. The following are the only Perfect Editions of Byron. • POETICAL WORKS. One Volume, r o yal Bvo. 13s. 2. LIFE and LETTERS. One Volume, royal Bvo. 15s. LIFE and WORKS. 17 vols. fcap. Bvo. 633. POETICAL WORKS. 10 vols. 18mo. 233. CRILDE HAROLD, Illustrated. GO Vignettes, Bvo. 21s. (i. TALES and POENIS. 2 vols. 24m0. Is. CHILDE HAROLD. 24suo. 2s. Gd. D RAMAS. 2 vols. 24m0. Os. M ISCELL:`,NTIES. 3 vols. 24m0. 7s. Gd. 10, BON JUAN. 2 vols. 24m0. ss. John Murray, Albemarle-street. • THE PATENT JOURNAL ALNIANAC " for 1 850.—N - ow publishing, price 31., beautifully printed on a .• sheet 34 by 24, illustrated with 30 Engravings of recent Inventions. ,„` addition to the ordinary Almanac information, this contains a tficuniPlete LIST of PATENTS for 1549; useful tables of scientific _ayers, formi.,g altogether one of the cheapest Almanacs published, ' ll adapted for the counting-house or parlour. 71 staBm ps°ll bv all Booksellers, and sent free by post on receipt of four - ab lished by Barlow and Payne, 89, Ch ancer y-l ane , L on d on (th e 'atent Journal Office) ; 2, Bonnett's-hill,Birmingham ; and Browne `, • Wilks, 17, Cross-street, Manchester. erefore, of the Nho had le most r Peter him the Dn. Tie I Queen attended r of Sir )ok of a LT., hear.) imouslyt [ling told and Mr) )rts frion th of the le condi' sly close MILTON'S HAIR. LUBRICANT. An exquisite addition to the toilet-table is MILTON'S IR LUBRICANT t he • —ITBRICANT, which, if used as directed, will speedily render s cantiest head of hair thick, curly, and lustrous —the healthy vig rous stimulating powers it possesses at once stops any ten dency to grey hair or baldness. Its perfume is essentially novel and reost delicious. In elegant pots, 2s. each. _Bold by all perfum ers an d med i c i ne vendors In town and country. Wholesale London Agents : —Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon- Street ; Edwards, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Sutton and Co , Bow Church-yard; Sangar, 151, Oxford-street; and Hannay and Co., Ox ford-stree t. ions from confined e restric- in cone' a lag ittee. IMPORTANCE of the HAIR.—The Hair is not merely an ornament, as it Is too often considered, but per- Lomas a most important part In the animal economy ; being a non "inductor of heat, it preserves at an equal temperature the brain and the numerous important blood-vessels of the head. Baldness is, therefore, not merely a loss of beauty, but it is the cause of many rriuus derangements of the whole animal econoviy. The cause of by dressing is now clearly understood, and can be easily guarded against 13;ndressing the hair wits MILTON':i lam LUBRICANT, an ele t preparation, the constitueuts of which are precisely the same as b i n °lelighlous matter supplied naturally when the hair is in '..ttlY state.tititlAl LUBRICANT may be obtained of most respec perfumers, in an elegant toilet stand, price 29. Wholesale Lon- Z a u r ,Agents :—Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Ed tan_St• Paul's ;randChurch-yd ; Sutton and Co., Co., Church-yard 61 r, 141, Oxford-street Hannay and Co., Oxford-street. sed doors, ) referred into the the Royal ourt the TS. s of wheat countrY; ,er prices• e of 1 11 t° cceeding l i In CAW MILTON'S HAIR LUBRICANT. kw 10 ~THE HAIR.--Beware of Acids! All oils have a powerfUl dro p ' H em. This troth may be rendered apparent by putting a ad d ,Pon copper, a green can k erous rus t w ill soon appear. This th e of all thin gs , the most i n j ur i ous t o th e s ki n of the head, upon Of . h a i lith lnea3 of which mainly depends the existence of a fine head knee' MILTON'S HAIR LUBRICANT is not oil or grease, * ) „_.Y, but is an exact resemblance of the peculiar matter with nature supp'les the hair, and which will, if applied as directed it. 274 in at ise on the H a ir, so ld w ith each pot, restore tho hair from l 'peede lr Y it may have received from improper treatment, and p e + Y render it vigorous abundant, and beautiful. In an elegant Pric e 28. r Wll ° o l l d r. I) , Y. all Perfumers and medicine vendors in town and country. Istr eet ', , e Loudon Agents :—Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon ehardi , trda, St. Paurs Church-yard; Sutton and Co., Bow Oxf - Yard ; gall 151 Oxford-street ; anl Hannay and Co., ora. st reet. 4--Th . last week; arcs of 60 xceediogi k. d. aud ° A I d to 5s here were o g htog all 616 3 1 t 115 s, s o ' id ' 5-12th5* and 1 I' S bus 2s Od, FOGS AND DAMP AIR. A RCL A.Y'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for eft ee ln , 4 3' years, been proved an effectual preservative from the tr t so 0 of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, ArtscrlPravalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to ,tho B , vr e ,..the Stomach from the admission of Damps. and to relieve , i 'atet a ,,"° suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by , s aY aM Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London ; and seld retail, `; 0 . 1 ( r, a Ppointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gifford and and 11. Bartlett, 180, Strand ; Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; Ob, dhd :._ T asPectlbte Medicine Venders in Town and Country. 5 0 ,,: —None can be genuine, unless the names of " Barclay are ou the Stamp affixed to each Box. DEC. 4 'l an 8i 6,1 td 7 6 ditto, 1 from a' here we re 4 of P °V i oal o)° ,i the st co ° ,, ey alio a" PAT HER WIN TER• Yo n In Imitation of " Father William." are cold, Father Winter, a young man cried, -y• T he sparrows sit mute (It the spray ; ou are dull. Father Winter, and hazy, and damp, * What is good for your season, I pray ? Near Aldgate's tall church, Father Winter replied, ' It Mart which was never surpassed ; And he you may purchase of Moses and Son Warm clothes that will wear to the last. • Y ou are cold, Father Winter, the young man cried, _And the gardens no longer look gay ; klow tell me what Overcoats Moses have got— Are they fit for your season, I pray? These coats, in their style, Father Winter replied, A Are indeed of a very rare cast ; I li In c oth and in make yon will find them the best, ho Wonder they're selling so fast. You are cold, Father Mater, the young man cried, . wife was complaining to-day ; And she asked me o buy her a Cape and a Muff; 0f whom shall I buy them, I Pray ? Ot Voscs and Son, Father Winter replied, The tradesmen whom all sh-uld engage; Whose go o d an d c heap Furs, like the Coats, will protect, When the turbulent elements rage. •f 16T 0' PRICES. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every . £0 8 6 q•, 't3-12 •• ••••• • • • • • •• • • •• •• • ed 0 18 0 „--le Rulwer, handsomely and warmly trimm rite Palctot, ditto•• •• .• ..•• 0 18 0 hesterfield, ditto.... • • ........ 1 -0 0 T he Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style ~or Over Coat .. •• •• • ••••'••• • • •• • • • • • 1 0 ', , looting C0at5..........................0 8 6 Lo unging or Morning Coats ..............0 4 6 r it t to iloan and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .... 0 4 6 ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto Vests • • ••••••• .. •• •• 0 2 6 Iles Silk Velvet Ve5t5....... • •• • • rock Ditto •• •• •• • ••••••••• -- • • 0 19 0 liis and Boys' Over Coats, • in every style, from - •• .• 0 7 0 sar and Tunic Suits ••• •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 14 6 °Yr A utumn and Winter Vests • • •••.• . • •• 0 0 8 MADE TO MEASURE. kele s Autumn and Winter Over Coats ..from 1 1 -"c Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma te 1 8 0 Thr_aletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 .!vz.glinton Wrapper, a very elagant style of er C oat •• ''''' •• •• • ••• • • 2 0 0 The Str t n h e n a d o t r h e r o W n h t n o e u y t Over ... Coat, . newest e . I nn and Winter Trowscrs, In Tweed and 2 10 0 wattslack Cassimere ditto .......... ..... • 1 6 0 slack and Winter Vests .• .• ..... ••• •• "0 8 6 l i k r Bl ack Cloth ditto 0 13 6 'acßilk Velvet • . 0 18 6 - Drees C oats. ditt• 325. to 2 15 0 Frockit •••••••••• •• • • •• ••from 335. to 3 3 0 B oPerfi ne n° T unic Suits.... from 1 i 0 Th irj o j a 225 Id — 9 ° ,l ii o°3 183 3 1 1 99 1 ..... 1 92 1 8 ° a • 1 60 a'a 160 .... 17° 180 iidpl 196 6 , 1 1 " ed xtley and sil 010 t 1 .. .. 1 15 0 . El ~ te 4 811 ° .0tIlle • • Coat ..... ..... ••—• • • • • 015 0 agent Dressing Robes, in great variety, trona . Stock of • Fur C • oats, ..16s. to 5 0 0 201. anal and Milits.ry in every Liveries, Sac. from 60s. 14°Ili nfaR to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. 0, iti a , , A Suit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. '`rteti,,,look, entitled " The Minion of the Million," with AO ' , gra m - o r Self- rneasnrement, can lee had (.31i application, or for - 40tie e— 14 ' 4 free, to any part of the kingdom. ° season thrth T he Fur Dep artment is now replete with every novelty N e • teem_rva—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to 11. ' r m e, If not approved of will be exchanged, or the money return • , 0 11ey, : tX8 and sex, Tailorg, Woollendraperg, Clothiers, Ratte s l, ~° 6 fe c ' arrlers, Boot Sad Shoemakers, and thuleral °uAitate,Bblity, 'on s A , and 157 Ilinoriez, and 87, 84, 85, and F.at, - " 4 • all ' i li ti l o t- enct7arnunicating with each other, and forming one one vast I Ptaintt lif—E. Moses and Son regret having esmattlike ,alseh,,,,..posltion ; but having heard that the antrad co, QM ''''' Of bein g to guard the public 1 ) , goe r , r ...,_ connected with them, or "It is the saele reasons, i„' 4 3. e, t " ° 4 te in many instances, and ter obvious 'or °". ° state that they have no connexion with any other hours tat e, t• Of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far ‘44 tli offield 19, Tho rnton's-builditps, Bradford, Yorkshire; tt 0, nomad whe require chea and enuine ° clothing, 5 ; 0 , t ile pi.' 4ll to the Min - ories and d ,A. ' Id g .• t City, London; or either of TsukaT,lti•Xstablishtnelts,-ansn')ov-ea e' rhould call testioiL....aoae—This Esta blishment is closed fnm sunset Frldsy, ‘WWWiIf• 'hell bus le resumed till tn dye o'CIOSk, ~~T`~' to -°Y' quiet action act'` lot s. jot, but It ',foe" were ailitto v. - ro di°•• - o ,,ca• East I)" ( 11.4 , t. 110. 3 d tar o, Tth-W re ' ths, 1 P . J % -1511 d j (13 , W eStrPnittO 19N - ",i; c (U. so lay sh it 201. Aso Fifth s ' rfe• _ow, d o . 8 1 ,4 d 0 1r A ,ter ewmod' $0" 'Sheffihit 6 5[20006936 ScriPt iny wer e oa u, Joe y, Mai 's' >utb► of pr..SC°s' .a Le'vt'i pa , A m , (JIM. ptairi bet b ' cc, F' li° SYa te. No- of ice, D V be v*"" "".•-•. , ..5, PETER :ORRISON, Resident Director. TTNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col lege-green, Dublin. DIRECTORS. CHARLES GRAIIANT, Esq., Chairman. CHARLEA DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. H. Blair Avarne, Esq. I F. Chas. Maitland, Esq. E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Rallton, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. , F. 11. Thonnon, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorhy, Esq. SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. . . _ . Thii Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1831, affords he most perfect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great +GCCaS9 Which has attended it since its commencement—lTS ANNUAL , NCOMP. BEING UPWARDS OF 99,000/. _ . In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum on he sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the time they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from hat date to 31st December, 1847, 24 /. per cent. per annum was added at the General Meeting on the 6th of duly - , 1848. The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of December, 1848, is as follows: CROWN . COMMERCIAL INN, DISS, NORFOLK. J. LANE begs most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial Gentlemen, and the Public in general, that he has taken the above old-established and well-conducted Inn, and intends carry ing it on in a manner he trusts will meet the approbation of those who may please to favour him with their patronage. The House is pleasantly situated, and the premises, he flatters him selc are equal to any commercial house in the county. J. L. also begs to state, that for the accommodation of his patrons and the public, he has started an OMNIBUS from his Ilouse to the Railway Station, to meet every Train, so that persons wishing to meet the Train, by leaving their address at the Crown Inn, will be sure to be called for in due time, as , he greatest punctuality in start ing will he attended to. N. 13. Choice Old Wines, superior Fore:gn and British Spirits, real Iliwannalt Cigars, Bottled R. rter, Scotch and other Ales, Cider, &c., well-aired Beds, spacious Stabling, loose Boxes and lock-up Coach houses. JELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and op posite Adam-street. The Legal Profession, Gentlemen connected with the Public Offices and Flanking Houses, also Visitors tothe Theatres, and Parties from the cointry will find the Table d'llete at Half-past Five precisely) the most economical, comfortable, and convenient in the metropolis. Fist, and Johits, 2s. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers until One o'clock. Luncheons, &c. Good Beds. Superior Wines and Spirits. Barclay and Perkins's Stout, and Salt's Ales. JOHN AItCHEIt and TIIO%IAS HOLT, Proprietors. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden-lane. H E -R OYA L . POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The First of a Series-of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Bachhoffner, on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, daily at Two o'clock, and on the Evenings of Tuesday and Thursday, at Eight.—An entirely new Set of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, with a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten.—The Views of Rome are shown daily, at One o'clock. Lecture on the Cultivation of the Voice and on the Art of Mnging; by G. Clifford, Esq., on Tues day, Thursday, and ~ aturday, at a'Quarier to Four, and on the al tuna' e Evenings, at Eight.—Lectures on Chemistry, by Mr. Ashley. --Exhibition of the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope, Diver and Diving bell, &c., &c. Sun ISum added . to Sum added t( ;um payable A3surel. Thin Assured ' • !Policy mlB4l Policy in 184±. at heath. £5OOO 13 years 10 mtbs!.£633 6 8 £787 10 0 ' F£647O 16 8 5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0 5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0 5000 8 years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0 5000 6 years .. 675 0 0 5675 0 0 .5070 4 years .. 450 0 0 5450 0 0 1000 2 years 225 0 0 5225 0 0 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on th only one-half need be paid for the first suranee is for Life. Every information will be afforded on Director, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-m. Le most moderate scale, and t fie years where the In- application to the ResMen' all, London. THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1837. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament, 62, King William-street, London. Capital, One Million. DIRECTORS. George BensflAd, Esq. Thomas Challis, Esq., and Aid. Jacob George Cope, Esq. John Dixox, Esq. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Richard Haler, Esq. William Hunter, jun., Esq. George Meek, Esq. SECRETARY—Thomas Price, LL.D. ACTUARY—David Oughton, Esq. Annual Premiums for the Assurance of I COI., Payable at Death. Charles 'Maley, Esq., M.P. Thomas Piper, Esq. ' Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. John Wilks, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. ALIDITOII 9. Joseph Dawson, Esq. X s. d. 1 16 3 30 35 40 45 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. 2152782 15 7 3 6 0 In the LIFE DEPARTMENT.—AII business relating to Life In surances. Deferred Annuities, and Family Endowments, transacted on the most liberal terms. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT.—Houses, Furniture, Stock in Trade, Mills, Merchandise, Shipping in Docks, Rent, and risks of all descriptions insured at moderate rate. Loa - ns of 1,0001. and under advanced on personal security, and the deposit of a Life Policy. A liberal commission allowed to Solicitors, Auctioneers, and Sur veyors. COTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Founded A.D. 1815. ' Constituted by Act of Parliament. PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the EARL of ROSEBERRY, K.T. The Society i; founded on the principles of ➢futual Contribution; or, in other words, on the principle of appropriating the whole Profits to the Assured. The average amount of Insurances effected during the last twelve years has been upwards of Half a Million sterling annually. The Capital accumulated and invested now amounts to upwards of 2,070,0' , 01., and the Annual Revenue to upwards of 300,000/. The BonulAdilition4 declared at the last periodical investigation in December, 1345, were in the case of the older Policies and on the original Sums insured, as follows :—The Retrospective Bonus up wards of 3 per cent. per annum, and the contingent Perspective Bonus upwards of three and a half per cent. per annum. The proportion of the . Profits allocated to each Member, may be applied in any of the following ways, viz.:— By Additions to the Original Sum Insured. By Fn Immediate Payment of its Value in Money, —or By an Equivalent Deduction from the future Annual Premiums. The practical operation of the principles upon which the Society is established, may be judged of from the fact, that in the event of the death of a Member in the present year after payment of the yearly premium, If insured in any of the years from 1315 to 1819, for every 1,000/. insured his representative would receive •. •• £1,954 3 8 If insured in 1825 for 1,0001., they woula receive .. 1,550 18 10 If insured in 1830 for 1,0001., they would receive .. 1,445 13 6 And so on, proportionally, to the Members insured subsequently to the year 1830, if the Policies be of five years' endurance. Proposals completed before the Books are ' Closed for the current year have the important advantage if a full year's standing over those delayed till after that period. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, Tables of Rates, and every in formation may be obtained at the Head Office, or at any of the to ciety's Agencies. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager, WM. GEORGE, Chief Clerk. Head Office, 5, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh, _ _ _ . November, 1849. OFFICE IN LONDON—No. 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. T HE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. TRUSTEES. The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossoy Hall, Norfolk. Sir Henry Paston Bedinglield, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company. Thomas Rarnewell, Esq., 15, Tork-terrace, Regent's-park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-bill. DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman. Michael Forestall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company, and of the London Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Esl.)Malmain•hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Mahia-hill. Acruear —William Henry Archer, Esq. Sacarrear —William Norris, Esq. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every 1„ formation promptly orwarded on application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Mice, 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established by Act' of Parliament, 31, COrtNIIILL, 11)1 , 1DONT. Capitalloo,oooL, in Shares of 205. each, to be paid in full on allotment, bearing a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent. in perpetn ty (Irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital. Application for Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the Offices of the Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted on the most liberal terms. Lnmed:ate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially advantageous for investuient of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINGUIDGE, Managing Director. THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-8, Water-street, •Liverpool ;_3, Charlotte-row, Mansion- house, and 28, Regent-stieet Waterloo-place, London. • • This InstitUtion is empowered 'by speck' Acts of Parliament; has a Subscribed Capital of 1,510,000'. ; Surplus Funds of 164,9601. ; be sides the accumulated Life Prem'utns ; and the liability of its pro prietors is unlimited. It.; system of life business iu peculiarly adapted for persons who prefer certainty to speculation, and the bonuses gua ranteed will bear comparison with those actually declared by other Companies. Fire Insurances on the usual terms of established oflc!s. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary in Lonlo.t. DAVIES'S CANDLES, Cd. and sd. per lb.; wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, 7%d., 9d., and 9%d. : Botanic wax candles, is.; German wax, Is. 23.; fine wax, Is. sd. ; transparent wax, Is. t. and Is. 10d. ; best wax, 2'. Id.; sperm can dles, Is 81. and Is. 13d. ; metallic, 7d. a.id Bd. ; mottled soap 565. and 60s, per 112 lbs. ; yel ew, 445., L 0 ,., and bGs. ; Windsor soa', Is. 4d. per 4iacket ; brown Windsor. Is 93. ; rose, 2s. ; almond, 2s. 6d.; sperm oil, 7s. Gd. per gallon ; solar, 35. 3d. ; argand, 45. 61 ; sealing wax, 4s. 6d. par lb., for cash, at DAVIEWS old established warehouse, 63,. St. Martin's lane. opposite Westminster County Court (late New Oliughter's Corn-hew* Admission, lc—Schools, Half-price. HYAM and COMPANY, L. of the PANTECIINETHECA, 36, GRACECHURCH STREET, and 86, OXFORD-STREET, LONDO NT, Merchant Tailors, Out-fitters, and Manufacturers of Clothing for immedate wear, while gratefully acknowledging the distinguished patronage which for many years has been conferred upon their establishment in Grace church street, would at the same time tender their b - at thanks to the immense and unprecedented success conseoent upon the open ing of their newly-erected and magnificent premises, situate No. 86, Oxford-street, nearly opposite the Pantheon. The proud position in which L. HYAM and COMPANY stand as the largest Tailors and Clothiers in the world, is a sufficient guaran free .f their capab lities for oMring extraordinary advantages in DRESS, and they venture to hope that their numerous friends wil , find that each succeeding season will bring with it the most striking proofs that every exertion will be used still further to develop these advantages, and to produce an assortment of clothing of the highest and most perfect character, Tile whole of the Winter Stock being now on view, the favour of an early call will be duly appreciated, whilst the proprietors will spare no exertion or expense in producing for the inhabitants of London and its vicinities costumes unequalled in the fashionable world. Convinced both by numerous flattering testimonials and by yet more numerous and more tangible proofs of public approbati4n of the, superiority of their business ,ystem, and of the important economical advantages, L. In - AM and COMPANY respectfully submit to theinspection of their patron 3 the following brief o Aline of prices of winter clothing, ready made and made to measure:— WINTEiI OVER COATS Albert Capes, Chesterfields. Paletots. Parisian F - acks, Reefing Jackets, Equestrian and Lounging Coats. Prices--10s. Gd., 13s. Gd., 17s. Gd., 225., 265., 345., 405., 465.. 525., 635. DRESS AND sunrour COATS. L. HYAII and COMPANY refer to these garments with infinite pleasure, convinced that they will give decided satisfactlea. Prices 13s. 61, 235., 285., 335., 38s , 455., 505., 555., 635. I ,VA!STCOATS of the most beautiful texture and the choicest designs. Prices-3s. 3d., 4s. 6d , Gs. GI, Us. 61, 12e. 61, lbs. 6d., 18s. 611., 25e. TRONVSERS.—The most superb novelties in treble and double• mired plain and figured Doeskins and Cassimeres, of English, Scotch and To - eign manufactare. Prices—Ss. 61, I Is. Gd , I -Is. 6d., 17s. Gd., 215., 235., 265. JUVENME CLO rrrrr fl. THE I - WT[l'S department is replete with a most choice assort. went of Tunic Dresses. Spanish Dresses, Hussar, and Habit Suits Prices —l2s. Gd , 183. Gd , 235., 285., 3!s. . _ _ LADIES' IiIDII;TG lIATIITg Made with fail tra'n, exquisitely trimmed, and cut with the most consummate taste. Prices —31., 31. 103., 41., 41. 155., 51. ss. PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL LIVERIES. In this important d,-nartment the say ng is truly wonderthl. Pages and Postilions' Suit.% Prices-265., 325., 385., 445., bOs. Footmen's Grooms', and Coachmen's Snits. Prices-355., 505., Gss., 755. N.B.- -Any garment purchased at these establishments, and not meeting with p2rfect approbation, gill be immediately exchanged, or the money returned. -- - Messrs. L. H YAM and COMPANY, Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and Manufacturers of Clothinz, the Pantechnetheca, 86, OXFORD. STR E ET, and 36, GRACECIIMIC If-STREET, London. Detailed and Descriotive Prize Lists rnsrbe had on application ; or will he forwarded, post-free, to all parts of the kingdom. EYEBROWS MUSTACHIOS. and WHISKERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR. If you are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human figure, a natural sudply of human hair, obtain through the post, or of any wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer, an lie. bottle of Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. Thi: is an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her bary, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and gentry, by whom it is highly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too numerous to be set forth ill an advertisement, but may be read in'his pamphlet, in which the bottles are enclosed. Rack pamphlet has the signature of William Gil msione, Merchaat, Herbary, ighvate, and be found at page 11, orCer the copy of Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th of August, IR-ill. This pamphlet is forwarded through the post, en receiving two postagostamps. The Arouiatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the pest on receiving a pest-office order for 4s. Gd., 7•. Bd., or ha, which In cludes the postage with the case. The lls. size contains fuur of the 4s. A. few of its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published in the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age, you will remember the thousands of Mini you meet with in yosr walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, clear-sighted people (the climate is the same).? I'll tell you the cause —the universal use of Grimstone's Eye Snuff I and because it cured Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Oataraet, Nervous Headach, and Deaf ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 cases of cure being proved by the informers, still it was an act of oppression ; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of the Treasury; the letter of protection, signed by Herries, Esq., to Mr. William Grimstone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis ters, within the reach of every poor family, But under this order of Government it is obliged to be stamped. GRIMSTOXE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters, inclosed in a pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, under the Government order, at Is. ltd., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. The Pamphlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. Bd., as. 6d., and Sc. Bd., including postage, &c. The following letter is one out of the many thousand proofs. Read the following Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases or Gutta Serena, from G. H. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism : " S:uthsea, near Portsmouth, Gents, sth Nov 1849. . . . " MR. W. GRIMSTONE.-31r---I must in justice to you send the fol lowing Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your Eye Snuff in ca=es of Gutta Serena. I have used it in five cases with the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this ! or make what use you please. The cures have wholly astonished me and thousands of others.—T am, Sir, &c., G. H. ISOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism." All letters to Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate, near London, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his far-famed HERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. Tee following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from the author of the " Pleasures of Home :" " Springfield Cottage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 184$. " Sir,—l cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I esteem your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitute for the choice leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti nople. lam sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would dud yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price. " I am your obedient servant, " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. " To Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate." This extensively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug gists, and others, with W. Grimstone's signature attached, at 74d.. Is. 14d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each, Including the Government stamp A I A G E. 34. One half the world are desolately single, and the other opposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a lame if right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ern .:tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself wader the plea if caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un wsuroaing hurry ; but the truth lies de.per. Physical incapacity, Ind broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness sal social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set lootent. Mansur and justice demand that health should form an item n the compact; tt alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or •teglect wound more sorely than poverty ormisfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little dEMOLItS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., ls. ,ach (by post, in stamps, D. Gd. each). Lot no imaginatively effned, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining item They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but ar the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they ere offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or ,;ether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ate publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, 37 l ost Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and iveid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely paaip . :lets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the nere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's 'lto who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob iervAnea of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he gotta lie done unto—to live alter nature's laws—and to keep always in the "sunny aide of the way." The above works may bo had of iherwo ad, 23, Pateracster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Cernhill ; Spokes, 5, Holborn hill ; or direct (by post or other orbe) from the author (wile may be conferred with personally, Mornings and evenings), :,O. Arayll-plzes Regent-street; and al? Bookseller THIETY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrzted by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravlugv on Steel. 3.14 PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Kew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by cost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 66. in postage stamps, rE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the inermities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis malitleations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and 1.. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-:treat, Oa ford-street, London. Published by the Autkors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Starie,23, Titchberne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden ball-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Yaw IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This notion is illustrated Seventeen Coloured Engravings.: Faux IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple applicatien, by which the danger of infection .s ob viated. This important part of the Work should no eserge the eader's notice. PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically gr,aired into. TRiCoRmAR BALM OP SITSIACIIM Is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, 3sc., 11 s. and 335. per battle. The Concentrated Detersive Tasence, as anti-syphiliti c remedy, fdr purifying the blood it cases 4finfection, secondary *mp. toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, its, and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Vas, 21. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I is. par box, a certain remedy for gonorrLoaa, Cent, stricture, and chronic inflarnma lon of the bladder. , -,ensultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is !aqui: ad : age, habits, and position in society. 51 Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee.ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Aar sers-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ten tin Two, and Eye to EWA, og sandayr from glom t 9 • O.YSTERS.—The real BurnhamNative Oysters, six years old, four hours from the beds, aro paclzed 4 fresher and travel better than any Oysters from Lon on. To be hid only of JOHN SWEETING, Fish and Oyster Merchant, 159, Cheapside, in Barrels 65., Bs. 6d., 100. Gd. ; in Bags, for Clots, &c., 12s. Gd. . . . , Superior Oyster Rooms, Steed's ILL!dock Ale, Refd's Stout. Depot for Patent Knife Cleaners, Wenharn-'ake Ice, &c. J) R. GARDNER'S WORM MEDICINE Removed from 71, Long-acre to Mr. Front's, 229, Strand, Loudon. It is a melancholy fact that thousands aro suffering the privation of health, and are ultimately brought to a premature death by a cause so prevalent as that of wo. ms in the human bcdy, and which Is so frequently overlooked or improperly treated, from either prejudice or mistake It is, therefore; of importance that every person should be acquainted with the common symptoms of worms, which are—disagr4eable odour of the breath, fevered tongue,- particular heaviness or languid bluish appearance about the eyes, swelling and paleness of the lips, especially the upper lip, frequent itching of the nose,an unequal state of the pulse, appetite very irregular, and the bowels also, pale and emaciated countenance, and at other times the face will be flushed, griping pains, a short, dry cough, great thirst, vomiting, starlings during sleep and grinding of the teeth, frequent pains in the sides, listlessness, and want of inclination to take ex ercise, inflammation of the eyes, &c. &c. Theae are 'once of the general symptoms of being afflicted with worms; adults as well as children are subject thereto. •Youth or age may with the utmost safety have recourse to this old-established medicine, which is adopted by numerous families as a general medicine, particularly in spring and autumn. . _ Sold in boxes, at 2s. 91. and 4s. 61., ani for children at Is. 114 a. Also, the Cordial Tincture, to be used with the pills, but which will be found an invaluable family medicine for complaints of the stomach and bowels, bile, cholic, spasm 3, &c.—ls. 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 103. 61. each bottle. Observe the name of Thomas Prout" Is printed in the Govern• ment stamp. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. George Alexander Collie, Bermondsey-square, was again brought up b..fore Sir James Duke, charged with stealing a number of shares in the Friesland Gas-light Company, embezzling various sums of money, and making use of a life policy, the property of his employer, Mr. George OgIN Great Winchester street, solicitor ; and John Ab'raltaihs, Charlotte street, Caledonian road, Islington, with receiving the shares and policy, knowing them to be stolen. After hearing further evidence, Sir JAMES DUKE said there was nothing touching Abrahams, and therefore he was discharged. The Magistrate re manded the other defendant until to-morrow, to con sider what course ought to be pursued. LAMBETH. Thomas Stevens, William M•Donnell, Ann Plumber, and Catherine Hill, who have been remanded on a charge of drugging and robbing a gentleman named Stoner, of about 14!. in gold and silver, and a valu able gold watch and chain, were again brought up. From the testimony of the prosecutor, and a num ber of witnesses, it appeared that on the night of Wednesday week Mr. Steller, while passing along the Dover-road, on his way home, was seiz d by both the female prisoners, and dragged int) a small house in Sussex-place. Here they insisted upon his standing something to drink ; and in the hope of being able to get quietly out of their hands, be gave them two shillings. In doing this he had un fortunately to take out his purse, a n d th e prisoners, on observing it, insisted upon his stop ping to have part of the drink, and in fact one of them kept her back against the door whilst the other went for some liquor. On the return of the latter, the prosecutor drank part of some liquor, a n d f rom that moment he became quite unconscious of whit passed until the following morning, bet ween s i x an d seven o'clock, when he found himself in a wretched apartment on the ground floor, with the door open, and nearly perished with cold. He also di scovere d his pockets cut, and turned inside out, and the whole of his property gone. The whole of the prisoners had been seen to leave Sussex-place on the morning of the robbery, and on the following day th e f ema l es purchased a complete change of dress, with smart bonnets, &c. On the Thursday evening they were taken into custody by Sergeant Goff, 8 L, who judged from their very appearance that something was wrong, and upon being searched at the station 51. or 6/. in money was found on them. The case was clearly established against all the prisoners, and they were committed for trial on it, but at the request of Sergeant Goff they were ordered to be brought up again on a future day. John Williams, a smart youth, dressed in a respect able new suit, and whose appearance was such as to deceive the oldest officer, was finally examined cn a charge of frequenting two chapels, the one in Lam beth-walk and the other on Brixton-hill, for the pur pose of committing f e l on i es , an d a l so on suspicion ef being concerned with a gang o f we ll d ressed thieves in picking the pockets of several ladies. It appeared that on Monday week there was a meeting at the Wesleyan Chapel, in the Lambeth walk, and another at a chapel on Brixton-hill on the following Friday ; at each a number of robberies had been committed, and at both purses, containing in the whole upwards of 401, had been taken from the pockets of ladies. The prisoner had been observed to be very busy at each of the meetings in trying pockets, and at Brixton-hill he was given into custody. When asked what he had been doing in the chapel, the prisoner (the meeting being for the support of a foreign mission) replied, that he had gone for the purpose of hearing something about foreign parts, and the word of God. He was identified by the police as a convicted thief, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. CROYDON, FKIDAS, 1 A.M.—A fire of a very alarming and destructive character broke out between eight and nine o'clock last night in the linen factory belonging to Messrs. Larking and Co., situate at the North end, Croydon, near the Crown-inn, and imme diately facing the police station. The factory, which was formed of the most inflammable articles, was at the rear of the front warehouse, and was adjoined on one side by the extensive coach factory belonging to Mr. Armfiold, and was separated from the lengthy range ot . carpenters' and builders' shops belonging to Mr. Kent by only an exceedingly narrow thorough fare, known as Kent's yard ; so that on the discovery being made a fearful conflagration was expßcted, and the numerous inhabitants of the houses near the spot at once commenced removing their furniture, &c., to a more distant place, in ocder to escape the ravages of the flames. From personal inquiries made on the spot during the progress of the tire, it appears that whilst one of the F division of pollee was going his rounds in Kent's-yard he perceived an unusual body of smoke hovering over Messrs. Larking's factory, and whilst looking to find out the cause an immense body of flame shot through the side windows, clearly indicating that the factory was doomed to destruction. Mr. Inspector Shaw, who was in the station house opposite, instantly sent a strong body of police to render assistance, and at the same time dis patched an express to London for the aid of the engines and firemen. The flames, ho . ,vever, in the course of a few minutes had obtained complete pos session of the whole of the stock in trade in the factory, as well as the looms, and were rushing forth from the different apertures in the place, and also through the roof, completely illuminating the district within a compass of eight or ten miles. Tnis caused the engines of the town as well as tho se b e l ong i ng to the barracks and th e lion. East India Company, at Addiscombe, to start to the scene of conflagration. The firemen attending them instantly set to work from a well in the police-station yard, and with the aid of the police and inhabitants a continued stream of water was kept pouring upon the fire. Toe moment the news reached London, Mr. Henderson, the chief of the D section of brigade, with as engine and a detachment of firemen, started for the spot, and Mr. Connorton, with the West of England brigade and engine, quickly followed. When they reached the scene the whole of the factory was levelled with the ground, so that the only assistance they could render was to cool the smoking ruins and pre vent any further outbreak. The coach factory of Mr. Armfleld has sustained but trifling injury, owing to the exertions of the police and firemen, but the greater portion of the windows in Mr. Kent's workshops are demolished, and the side front very seriously damaged by fire, &c. The whole of Messrs. Lark ing's front warehouse has escaped any injury, which was exceedingly fortunate, considering its close proximity to the burning factory. A vast quantity of wearing apparel, plate, and furniture belonging to the inhabitants was removed to the police station, and protected by the police. Fortunately Messrs. Lark ing's loss is partially, if not wholly, protect:A by in surance in the Guardian Fire office. Respecting the origin of the disaster, the reporter was informed that a boy who was at work in the factory was sent to post a letter, and that in his hurry he left a candle burning, and it is supposed it must have fallen upon some of the linen undergoing the process of finishing. FINSBURY SAVINGS BANK.--The accounts of the Finsbury Saving% Bank, in Sekforin-street, having been marl() up to the 30th of November, the managers have just published the following statement of their receipts, repayments, and capital during, and at the close of, the last seven years:— R-payments. Capital. 1843 £51 , 903 £39,726 ... £165,556 1844 ... 60,110 ... 47,025 ... 185,041 1815 ... 62,117 ... 52 365 ... 200,513 1846 ... 64,400 ... 64,674 ... 205 9-18 1847 ... 58,096 ... 83 674 ... 185,317 1818 ... 55,726 ... 64,202 182 510 1849 ... 65 977 ... 51,791 .. 202,146 Sir Edward Blaizeney had an int,i view with Sir George Grey yesterdAy, at th,l Horne-office. Mr. Curry Connellan had alto an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. THE PAST AND PRESENT STATE OF THE NAVY. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. My Lord,—Mr. Tierney said in the House of Com mons, " Give me a well-manned navy and a full Ex chequer, and I will defy the world." Captain Rous said, A great part of the national debt has been incurred in building ships and pulling them to pieces." I shall take these two observations for my text, and examine whether they are correct or not. When Loid Auckland came into office in 1847, he got up a Channel squadron, consisting of five sail of the line and as many steamers. This was done, I presume, in consequence of the disagreement with France about the Spanish marriages. Lisbon was the head-quarters of that squadron, which varied from six to four sail of tho line, as it became necessary to relieve the ships on foreign stations. When the revolution broke out in France in February, 1848, one threte decked ship was sent to the Mediterranean, and one to Madeira for the Qeeen Dowager, and two and a frigate, with a prop or ti on o f steam - vesse l s , to C ork, to be in readiness to check any revolutionary move ment in Ireland ; and I have reason to believe that the facility with which the marines of that squadron were moved from port to pert on the coast, with the im. posing appearance of part of it in Queenstown and part in Kingstown, very much tended to prevent an outbreak in that country. After the failure of the great Chartist movement in England things appeared to get more quiet in Ireland, and the squadron was recalled to Spithead in May. The Canopus was paid off ; the Prince Regent took her place; and shortly after it was reinforced by the Bellerophon, Blenhein, ss vend steam-vessel s and cor vette e and in July we again sailed for C or k w i th /bur sail of line, one frigate, one corvette, one screw cor vette, three brigs, and a steamer. The object of this squadron was to try the qualities of the several vessels previous to proceeding to their different stations, aA well as to be at hand for unforeseen accidents. Ireland became again disturbed, a rebellion was threatened, and the squadron, as before, was distributed on various parts of the coast. A very strong force of steamers was collected at Kingstown, ready to move troops whither they might be wanted. Owing to the energetic and judicious arrangements of Lord Clarendon, the re bellion was put down, and the squadron proceeded to sea to try the different vessels and practise evolutions, so much required by all branches of the service, from the ainairal downwards. Alter ten daye' cruise the squadron returned to Queenstown, and finally to Spithead, the ro o e f es s el te e a d na t e o r t s he r i e r m re a s i p n e e c d tiv in e station; ired and a Shortly corvettes s a tar it on e nd r gb tl 'itg is rsee ßellerophon was ordered to the Me. diterrelean, 13ienheim and Amplsion were laid up, and the Powerful, which had been lying at Spithead, half manned, for nearly a year, took Bellerophon's place. The squadron, now composed of St. Vincent, Prince Regent, Powerful, Orestt s, Rifleman, Plumper, Reynard. and Stromboli, then sailed for Lisbon, where they ar rived after a very long and very boisterous passage on the 4th of Jacuery. It was intended to cruize as far as the Canary Islands, and return to Lisbon ; but a dis pute having arisen with the Emperor of Morocco, the squadron, pined by the Harlequin, left Lisbon and went to Gibraltar, where they staehored at night on th 27th of January, and were joined by Sidon and Polyphemus. I'he appearance there of the squadron, which was reinforced by the Rodney and Vaeguird on their way home, settled the Metocco question in a satisfactory manner. The latter ships were ordered home, Regent and Powerful to the Mediterranean, Orestes to the Cape, and shortly after the squadron was broken up. ordered home, and paid eIF. Seven thousand, men were turned adrift as fast as possible; and two half-manned ships—one at Portsmouth and one at Qieenstown—took the place of the Channel squadron, which I believe was as efficient as any squadron that ever swam the seas. ()leer; and men had utcame accustomed to - sail in line and keep their Weitions in the night--so necessary for the preservation of the ships—besides going through evolutions which in time of peace they have tew oppor tunities of learning. The breekUag up of the squadron was to please Mr. Cobden and his friends; and may I ask what economy has it led to? Russia made an tie tab': ry e v d e— treesotnwae halt-manned demand on ships were we e became steamers that were paid off have been brought forward, and several' vessels of different descriptions been com missioned, e completed, a ' and had things turned out serious, we were at the mercy of Russia, the 7,000 men that had been turned adrift were nowhere to be found, and nothing left but to fall back on the coast blockade. The Turkish question is now settled, the Baltic frozen, tied we are safe ; but, my Lord, let me ask your Lordship where we should have been had the Emperor of Russia persisted in his unjustifiable demands? Ilia Black-Sca fleet would have been in the Golden Horn before ours could have been in the Dardanelles; and when there we had not steamers to tow them to Con stantinople. This is not all; the Russian fleet iu the Baltic, of from 20 to 30 sail of the line, might have ap peared on our coast and dictstcd to us what terms they pleased with regard to Turkey; we were powerless, and must have submitted —or, where would have been our trade? where would ha►e been our funds ? and even, I may ask, where would have been the capital of Great Britain? Had they thought proper to have played a more prudent game, they might have sent their fleet to the Mediterranean, where they would have found friendly ports, and satisfied themselves with the settle ment of the Turkish question. Had our Channel bquadron been kept up—and had the three flsg ships been efficient ships, as they ought to be—they would soon have been manned, formed the nucleus of a squadron, and kept Russia in check till our fleet was ready. And here I may ask for what reason are the three flag ships ineficient? That system was once tried before, and given up as improper, and now we are trying it spin. These ships should be constantly ready, and in the event of emergency the admirals and their staff turned over to three other ships to get them ready, and captains, offi cers, and men appointed to those they had left. So much, my Lord, for the first part of my text. I think I have shown we have anyJaing but a well-manned navy. I now come to the second. On the Ist of January, 1815, the list of our navy was as follows: Three-docked ships -- ... 22 Two-decked ships ... 1:,9 50 44-gun ships, on two decks ... 26 Frigates of 30 guns and upwards ... 162 Ditto under 30 guns . ... 50 Ships and vessels und er 20 guns ... 328 Showing a total of 747 ships of all descriptions, not in cluding ships building, store ships, receiving shipr, &c. I shall now see what has become of them. Of the 22 three-decked ships there remain four fit for sea, two for harbour service, one seamen's hospital ship, and one gunnery ship. All the rest have disappeared, and two prison and hospital ships besides. Whether they ware all worn cut or made away with to be replaced by larger ships I am not prepared to say. Six were built between 1765 and 1788, four between 1793 and 1800, and nine between 1801 and 1814; they have been replaced by nine ships of 120 guns, one of 116 guns, and three of 104. After the long experience we had during the war the country had a right to expect that the thr e e-decked ships built since should have been perfect, particularly as we bad one ship, the Caledonia, allowed by all hands to be faultless; but the Admiralty of the dey thought other wise; at an expense of 92,000/. she was converted into a ship which sails badly, and carries her ports lower than before. Lord Exmouth asked as a favour that she might not be spoilt, in vain. Britannia is said to be after Caledonia before she was altered ; but that cannot be, us she is very crank; Howe and St. Vincent, by the Surveyor of the Navy, very crank ; Nelson, Neptune, Royal George, Royal William, and St. George, are said to be after the Caledonia, and I hope they arc ; but if they are like the Prince Regent, which was likened to the Caledonia, but so crank that she was cut down, it is not saying much for them ; Trafelgar and Waterloo after Caledonia, en. larged—the former is a good ship, but does not sail, the latter I suppose will be like her; Camperdo ma wits built after Impregnable, and is good for nothing as a three decker ; Peincess Charlotte and Royal Adelaide after the lines of Victory—the former is a good ship, though small ; the latter I know nothing about ; all the ships of three decks that have Leen yet tried arty very little for the acquirements of those who built them. We shall now see what the new system has produced. The Queen is certainly a good ship ; I have tried her in tine weather, and I never saw a three-decker equal to her. She went through several alterations it is true, but I speak of her as I found her. In light winds and the sails clewed up with a moderate swell, the St. Vincent, by clinometer, rolled 60 times in the hour, 12 deg. to leeward and 4 deg. to windward; the Queen 201 rolls, 14 deg. to leeward, 11 deg. to wind ward; the Canopus 278 rolls, 15 deg. to leeward, 9 deg. to windward; Albion 4SO rolls, 15 deg. to leeward, 10 deg. to windward. I must, however, observe that the St. Vincent is a particularly easy ship, and Sir Baldwin Walker, a much b tier judge, says in bad weather the (been is perfect. Royal Frederick, Victoria, Prince of Wales, Royal Sovereign, Windsor Castle, and Marl borough are, I believe, built after the Queen, and I hope they aro so, as in general our attempts at improvement have turned out failures, and certainly the Admiralty took an odd manner to get information, for when a com mittee of reference was appointed, the instructions were as follow:—" In the event of any nautical difference of opinion between the Surveycr and the committee thus constituted, the report of the Surveyor is to be re ferred to the committee, and that of the committee to the Surveyor; who are to state, after having duly weighed the arguments iu favour of their respective views, whether or not they still adhere to their respective opinione." I wond:r whether the Surveyor ever attended to such en absurd instruction; I should think not; and the committee of reference has been abolished. Tee San Joseph is now brok , n up; she was a good ship, but being a foreigner was never copied. The Royal Albert, by Mr. Laing, is larger than the Qeetn, and there I hepe we intend to stop, for unless we can produce a larger class of men they Rev, r will be able to furl the courses. If more two decked ships are required, we had much bent r cut down our bad three deckers, and replace them with nee; ships. Prince 11-gent ryas worthless as a three-d.cl,er, but makes a pewtra - u1 90-enn Slip. This is certainly en expetetve ins es of getting good two-decked ships, by first budd ing theta up as three•dcekers and cutting then down; but as we have made blunders we had better acknow ledge them. I now come to the two decked ships; they have been cut up without mercy. At the end of the war we had 159 ships of two detles, not including those on the stocks ; 23 prison ships, receiving ships, powd magazines, &c. .Of the 159 four have been turned wst i hunitirt Anson, phonsoe without bat di übbetetuoic: steamers, ianat convict ships, 1 lazarettos, cut receiving e e t i o y frigates,ng ships, ;l e . 8 , and 111 have disappearedesl.eB,a; except2a scosting foosi tialtogether,ioonwnge:_.BBT,7hs6oe2arlitn.e:deatdluoa turned t two-deckedeat d h b e; p n r bt i o oi built ships have been broken up, cut down, or converted, in 1815, costing 86,0491., was broken up in 1841. The convict ship in 1843. The Vindictive, built in 1813, costing 81,540/., was cut down in :1832, and was then put out of sight on the upper part of the harbour for ten years, because Mr. Blake, who cut her down, con trived to get six guns ahead, in a line with the keel, which no other builder had thought of. Sho has been at sea two commissions, has been highly spoken of, and is now ready for a third. Since 1815 we have launched 49 two decked ships. The Minotaur, costing 76,6621., has been converted into a convict ship without being at sea; so has the Black Princ, ; and the Defence, costing, I suppose, as much. Two which have been at sea have been turned into store ships and coal depots; one into a trooper, and one burnt ; two of them were only built in 1819; there now remain 40. Of the war two-decked ships which have disappeared, seven were built between 1765 and 1780, 20 between 1783 and 1793, six between 1796 and 1800, and 31 between 1800 and 1814. Of the immense number of ships taken from the enemy during the war, the Canopus and Im placable alone remain. 22 convict ships—receiving ships—have disappeared also. It is not possible that all these ships should have been worn out. The Canopus, taken in 1797, and the Implacable, in 1805, are still in existence ; what year they were built in I do not know, but as 11 have been converted into frigates it is pre sumable that others were fit for the came purpose. We know that the Tremendous was sentenced at Wool wich to be broken up, but was saved, became a fri gate, has been to the Pacific, and is now ready for sea. We have now, in addition to the war line-of battle ship s, two d ec k e d s hi ps o f various builds. Sir Robert Seppings introduced the 92 gunned ships, on two decks, the same tonnage as the largo three deckers. Of that class we have three. The Rodney is the only one tried; she is a fine warlike ship but is not a very superior sailer. The late Surveyor launched two 93-gun ships and nine 80's; there are various opinions about them; in smooth water I believe they sail well when not overloaded ; but when deep under a head sea they lose much of their sailing oualitiee, and if the reports laid before Partiansent be true they roll terrifi cally. But without giving any opinion of them, one thing is quite certain—if they are bad ships there are too many built and budding; if they are goud ships, why have they beea discontinued? That a set was made against the late Surveyor is most true, whether just cr not I cannot sly; and we all kuow how difficult it is to g,l et the truth. My own opinion is that we plunged into a new system with too much precipitation, and have abandoned it without being certain we have adopted a better. 'Tae present plan, I believe, is t o g i ve more length, re d uce t h e breadth, arid flatten the floors of the late Surveyor's ships that are not too far advanced; and I do trust they will try one before they go headlong into this new system. No shipbuilder of the old school has as yet produced anything remarkable as a line o' beetle ship, and it is singular that the best two-decked ships we have for all purposes are those built after the Canopus, which ship Sir George Cockburn very properly brought forward and saved from destruction. 'The 70-gunned ships that take the place of the 74 have not been tried. There are two of them, and we seem to have quite forgotten that there aro such seas as the North Sea and Baltic, where small ships en two and three decks, with a light draught of water, aro indispensable. There are also many places where the like qualification is necessary; and I well recollect that during the siege of Cadiz we were obliged to look up all our old 64's, with a light draught of water, so that they might lay clear of the enemy's shells. Another thing we seem to have for gotten, that all the work of the war was done by the 74's, and that the large ships did not stand the block ade so well as the small ones. I shall be told, no doubt, that our 74's aro not fit to go into the line, as other na tions have increast d the size and calibre of their ships. That is quite true, but there was no necessity for letting them go to decay and breaking them up. Some have been turned into 50-gun frigates, and we are now build ing frigates of 60-guns. Had the upper-deck guns and poops been removed from the small 74's, as was done with the Elephant—which, by the bye, was broken up afterwards without being at sea—they would have made very good 60 gun frigates till they were worn out. Then, and not till then, should we have built frigates of that magnitude, if it was found they were good ships at sea. The 50-gun ships and 44's on two decks, 26 in number, are all gone. We persisted in building these ships many years after the youngest boy in the navy knew they were useless. The last. I think, was the Isis, and she was converted into a frigate: I blame those who continued to build them at a great expense, and I think those who got rid of them would have shown more judgment had they converted them into receiving-ships, coal depots, &c., instead of many tolerable two-decked ships. The greatest slaughter of all was the frigates, from 30 guns and upwards. At the end of the war we had 162, besides store and receiving ships. The large frigates were thought perfection till the American war proved they were totally incapable of contending with the large American frigate.?; but notwithstanding that, and the number we had on hand, I find by a Parlia mentary return dated the 24th of April, 1846, since the year 1815 we built no less than 45 from 42 to 46 guns, only 13 of which have been to Se 3. I shall first examine what has become of the war frigates, and afterwards what has become of the 42 and 46-gun frigates built since 1815. It appears by the Ntwy List, published by authority, and also by other official documents, that all the 162 frigates have disap peared, except 7 fit for sea ; 3 have been cut down to corvettes and 1 turned into a screw-steamer; 25 have been turned into coal depi s, receiving ships, and laza rettos; 2 into troop ships. and 125 have disappeared altogether. Of those built since 1815, 12 have been turned into dere): and coal hulks; 4 cut down to cor vettes; 3 into screw-steamers; 1 paddle -steamer ; 1 burnt; 1 lost. 23 remain as frigates. Several of the 12 del -. 7ns have never been at sea. The Arnphion, a screw vessel, had her bows altered twice, at an ex pense of 6 928/., and was two or three years in the hands of the engineer, and I d on ' t k now if she is ready yet. Tho Horatio has had her stern fitted for a screw in an extraordinary manner, but has not yet been tried; nor have the other three. Twenty-two out of the 45 built since 1815 remain as frigates; generally speaking, the 42 and 46-gun frigates were good ships. ' Six frigates of 32 guns, 12 pounders, built is the war, were useless. I commanded two of them; they were very crank, and could neither fight nor run away. Of these cut down without being at sea, the Amez , n, built in 1821, cost 42 920/., was cut down in 1844 ; the Dmialus, in 1826, cost 35,009/., cut down in 1344; Brilliant, built in 1814, cost 49,8031; Thames, built in 1823, cost 37,051/.; Bacchus, in 1817, cost 34,6911., and Ilebe, in 1826, cost 32,4841, were turned into huls. In addition to these, the Ttincowalee and Amphitrite, costing, I suppose, as much as the others, were cut down to corvettes, and the latter had her bow lengthened, without doing her any good. Tigris and Statira, on the stocks, well advanced, were pulled to pieces, and their materials converted to other purposes. The line• of batt:e ships and frigates built since 1815, and broken up, cut down, and converted without being at sea, cost 619,700/, and I dare say the cutting down. converting, &c., did not cost less than 200,000/, if I may judge by the expense of cutting down and repairing the Dublin, which amounted to 52,839/. I think it was after the first commission an attt mpt was made to break her up, and an estimate of the repairs necessary was s,ut in, amounting to 40,0001. This rather alarmed their Lordships ; they or tort cl her to be re-surveyed, the estimate was reduced to 10,0001., and it actually cos: 8,937/. 15e. 10d. The expense of building the Amphi trite and Trincomalee I have no return of, but I sup pose it could not be less than 73,0001., besides the cutting dowa and lengthening. We have now on the " Navy List," four frigates of 60 guns building, 27 frigates of 50 guns, including those cut down ; 10 building; 38 from 30 to 46 guns; one building—all, I believe, good ships, though few in comparison with what we had at the end of the war. Of frigates from 20 to 30 guns we had, in 1815, 50, many of which ought never to have been built. Six, I believe, mounted 22 carronades; one of them and a cor vette were taken by an American frigate; they sailed too badly to escape, and their shot could not reach their opp nent. They were much worse than the old 28, such as the Hinde, which ship might have been copied if it was thought necessary to build such small frigates; but the opinion then, as is now, that no frigate-built ship should be under 30 guns. The ship-sloops of 16 guns, but nominally 22, were converted into frigates by Mr. Yorke 'd Admiralty --which class of vessels was persisted in long after all practical men thought them useless. They have now all disappeared except the Perseus receiviTz-ship in the river. Nevertheless 24 ships of 28 guns, commonly called " donkeys," were built after the war; one has been cut down to a corvette, and answered much better, the rest have all disappeared tut 10; and six converted into stole and receiving ships, and a new class of 28-gun frigates, pierced for 30 guns, were brought forward h but muchy the hie Surveyor, much superior to the d o nkeys,' inferior, I think, to the old ships from 42 to 46 guns, the isappeat ed as I have al rea d y greater part of which have d shown. Some of "donkeys" were built by amateurs, but were not much better. Two of them —the Challangtr and Tyne—were so crank that Lad they engaged esch other with a press of sail the shot of the weather ship would have gem under the keel of the lee one, and the shpt of the ke ship over the trucks of the weather one. Of ;TKOs order 20 guns there were no less then 328. The best class of these vessels were the 18-gun brigs; we used to think them perfection, but the Admi ralty of the day thought otherwise, and built a set of corvettes longer than the brigs. They were soon dis cr.rded es being btu] vcs, , els and unsafe. Lord Spencer's Admiralty built a %%hole lot of flit and useless gun brigs and named them after his Lordship's houadv. They ither sail nor„,kez-p to windward, and were in !rice ill adapted -to blockade an enemy's ports; all eon , and that class will never n ain appear ~t o' e navy. 8 gi.n brigs thcre arc none left; ome of diem turned into ships at an expense of 8004 cr 900/, did not answer. They have disappeared, togethir with all the small craft of every description; their piece Is been taken by a number of 16-gun brigs, built by late Surveyor, and I believe they are considered superior to the 18-gun brigs, both in weight of metal and sailing. Bef,re they :ere built a class of sloops were brought forward by different builders; they are not bad vessels, and still in existence, but much in ferior to the three corvettes of the late Surveyor. Another class of vessels was built__l mean the 10 gun brigs; they were begun in 1808, when no less than 36 were built. I suppose they were intended to take the place of the flat brigs, and they seem to have been built with the same precipitation. After the war was over we continued building —though for what purpose God only knows—and launched no less than 64: 4 foundered at sea, and 260 m en p er i s h e d ; 6, turned into packets, were ost with 168 men, beside 3 passengers; 7 were re duced in armament, and top-hampered ; 35 have been broken up or sold; 12 turned over to the Coast Guard or breakwaters. I have before said that a number of 16 gun brigs have been built on the plan of the late Surveyor, to take the place of the 18 gun brigs; and a cla:s of 10• gun brigs, far superior to the old ones, took their place. To sum up the whole, we have got rid, in various ways, since 1815, of 13 three-decked ships and 2 receiv ing Ships; 153 two decked ships and 22 receiving ships; 21 50's and 44's en two-decks and 9 receiving ships; and 180 frigates (from 30 to 50 guns), and 17 receiving ships; 65 frigates under 30 guns; 418 vessels of all de scription; under 20 guns, and 20 receiving ships. We have built 14 three-decked ships; 49 two-decked ships, one of which has been turned into a troop, one into a o s t n o e re s i nt i o dp e , twoeoe coal d n e t into o c t) o n o v n ic e t hulks, burnt, one one into broken a I az e p a , r e o t t n e e , disappeared in Canada—leaving 4Q; 73 frigates, from 30 to 50 guns; 39 frigates, under 30 guns; 161 vessels of ell deferiptions, under 20 guns, not incleding small craft nod steamers. In addition to the expense attending breaking up ships and building new ones, thousands et' pounds have been spent in altering ;hips' sterns and magazines. No less than 28 ships had their sterns altered on Sir Robert Seppings' plan, by a return of the 24th of April, 1846; but the expense was not stated. I suppose they were ashamed of it. Twenty-six ships of different sizes by the same return, had their sterns altered on another plan; some of theta twice, and the Botcawen three times; some also that had been altered by Sir Robert Seppings before were again altered on the second plan. No lea; than 68 ships, by the same return, hal their ma.;•.szirtes altered —one of them three times, and eight of them twice. The expense, I suppose for the same reason is, not returned ; but the reason given in the re turn was, " tln:t there was no means of ascertaining it." The same return gives all the ships cut down, as 8 three deckers, 14 two-deckers, 10 frigates, 1 corvette. How many more have been cut down since I have no Parlia mentary return to guide me ; but your Lordship may form !an opinion of the total expense when it cost 52,8391. to repair and cut down the Dublin. From 1815 to 1820 the navy cost the country 26 262,7834; in this are not included the wages and victualling, which do not appear in the estimates. From 1821 to 1849 the estimates amount to 156,975 858/; of that the dockyards have abserbed 44,396,0504, and the half-pay and pensions 47,4`) 9 ,378t. The navy estimates last year amounted to 7,068,7301, of which ouly 2,079,003/. went for wages and eictuals, while the dockyards and materials cost no less than 2,568,977/. It is in this branch that we ought to economise, not in the ( ffective of the navy. Let us employ fewer men and expend fewer materials. I have shown what we have been building and pullieg to pieces since the poser. Our ships c , uld not have worn out so fast. We built bad classes of chips, and hare been getting rid of them as fast as possible. We built bad steamers, and have born oleigtd to build others, and we are still in a wrong direction. We built 33 iron steamers that are useless, We Cult four or five pair of engines that the steamers could not carry, and we hare been obliged to bided mallet ones that they can carry: there is where the waste Ir. The Ad miealty costs 1 36,3031.-4„500/. of which goes to the First Lord, who k nows not hi ng. I shall say nothing about what is expended in the improvement of yards, Le cerise that was necessary ; but we wont too fast, partieulerly at Ply mouth. The half pay and promotions amount to 1,395,072/. about two-thirds of the effective force. That would diminish if they would lot it atone. Her Majesty has only the power of granting pensions of 1,2004 a year. The First Lord of the Admiralty can grant mere than that in a day in the way of promotion. Ido not want to stop promotion; but I would limit promotion to one for every two removals—this to include everything. At present it is nominally one in three ; but there are all sorts of ways of evadir;g that, and it is evaded. The Government must look things in the face—Legin in time to economise, and show that they are serious. 'There must be no more taxation—there must be reduction, or there will be no more income-tax. Naval officers, who are in the habit on board a ship of watching the working of the artificer, and who aro obliged to be economical in the expense of stores, as few are supplied, know full well that we do not get the work that we ought to do, and all naval officers know the destruction attending the paying off ships. A ship when first commissioned requires many arrangements that it is impossible for the dockyard to do. During the commission her captain puts her in order, and there is a pride amongst officers to excel each otherl in the order and beauty of their ships; there storerooms are 1 magnificently fitted, the s t ores o f every descr i pt i on are stowed away with the greatest care. After a service of between three and four years the ship comes home and is paid off with tho utmost dispatch, her rigging, that would have lasted a year or two longer, goes to the lot-yard, sails are condemned and cut up, the storercoms are denuded, and the small stores bundled on shore and no more heard of. What an enormous expense would be saved if ships were kept longer in commission; and, if they required great repairs, another ship was brought forward, and all her stores turned over to her to be worn out without going into that fiery furnace, the dockyard. I have commis sioned ships and paid them off, and speak from expe rience, when the system of paying by measurement was in force; everything that paid well was sure to bo de stroyed in an incredibly short time. When I commis sioned,the Galatea, which had becu in commission three years, and was well fitted, it was all to begin again. A Por;ugucse frigate that brought me home front Lisbon was ordered to be repaired to a certain extent by our Government. Thi destruction that took place was . nearly as much as the Government allowed, and the Portuguese paid the rest of the bills. Bad as their own system was, ours was worse. Our deckyard peopo have no idea that there is either waste of time or materials in their work; all naval officers are quite aware of it, but we are told we are no judges. Alterations cost an enor mous sum of money, and so du the whims of captains who have interest to got alterations made. The dockyards are paid by the day, and more than that alterations cost money, and if those alterations were fewer and more work done, fewer men would be re quired and fewer materials necessary. When a man builds a house ho weighs well his plan beforehand, be cause he knows full well what alterations will cost hits. The superintendents have too much to do; they ought to have under them, f or d oc k yar d duty ony, an active captain, who should be constantly irs the yard, with no office work. The superintendent ought to have the en tire power of entering and discharging men when he thought proper. If he jobbed the Admiralty could punish him; but if the Admiralty job, and they are the greatest jobbers, there is no one to punish them. The " leading men" bare not authority su ffi c i ent over t h e men under them; they are only paid a trifle more; they move in the same condition, live, perhaps, next door to each other; their wives and families meet constantly, and zealously enter into the feelings of their husbands and parents. How then can it be expected that a 'mein , * man will choose to find much fault and injure his neighbour? Instead of leading men there ought to be well paid officers at the head of each gang, so that ho would never come into contact with his nun except on duty. Some sort of comparison might be made of the work done by different gangs, and these who work the moot and d es t ro y t h e least should be re warded. There are too many heads of departments; they interfere with each other, and the responsibility is not well defined; and there is tco much office work for the heads of departments, and they have not time alai ciently to superintend the various gangs employed is different parts of the yard. When a ship is under repair, the carpenter of the ship, or some one interested in her, ought to have more power and some check over the expense. And if a ship is preparing for commissioning, the captain ought at once to be appointed to her to superintend her fitting. If she is an advanced ship, he ought to go on board immediately, and so ought the officers and men. No hulks should be allowed, and not a single man from the dockyard employed upon her, except to wedge her masts. But I very mire) doubt whether we have a ship at any port co completely ready as to be able to receive men. We are now very properly taking the masts out of the ad vanced ships because they decay. But I may ask how they came in? The fact of decay was ascertained 10 or 15 years ago, the masts were removed, and it was found we had hardly a sound mast in the yard. A neev.Admi ratty comes into office, and they try the same experi ment that was found defective by their predecessors. I have said that I would very much reduce the dockyards, but that should be done gradually by suspending entries, and I very Ty learn to b much he doubtthe e n propriety r o ly f b in rin li tg a u n p d apprentices. never got the better of it. It would be much wiser, when men are entered, that they should be chosen from obliged to work merchants' yards, where th e y are b etter l oo k ed after and more, and waste less than in her Majesty's establishments. There are many other ways of reducing our overgrown er:tablishments if we were inclined, but we seem to be going the other way and are establishing steem factories, and if we make engines there will be a great addition to the expense and an end to imi revement. We have a factory established at Portsmouth, with a staff that no private yard could support. The factory and machinery cost abcut 100,0001., and I hope Parliatnent will move for a return of the work they do, and compare it with what is done in private yards. I believe in that factory we cmfloy 180 boilermakers alone. We had much better limit ourselves to repairing engines and boilers, and let now ergines and new boilers be made by private engineers. If a strict band is not kept on cur engineers in the face terries they will gradually go on entering men for repairs, and when they have nothing to do will begin to make engines, and if they are prevented from that they will manage to take every steem-engine to pieces that comes under their hands. To prevent that as much as possible, and to employ our sea going engineers, when a steamer is disarmed I should retain all the engineers and the etvkels, and let the engines be repairctl 11 then'