The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF SHEFFIELD GENTLEKEN,—The invitation that you have been so kind as to send to me, requesting me to become a candidate for your suff rages at the coming Election, I at once accept—thanking, you most sincerely for this signal and unexpected mark of your esteem and ap rehation. I say approbation, because I thus construe your invitation. Of nIY political life you have taken note—and noting, have approved. You say that my past actions have been such as to win your confi dence. To those acts I must refer you, as the best and most com plete evidence of my political opinions. Eighteen years ago, when for the first time I was about to solicit the suffrages of my country men, iu the hope that they wotild place me in the proud position of a representative of the people, I stated at some length the principles Which would guide my conduct upon all the great questions of policy Which then occupied the attention of the nation. To that statement I could now refer, and for the same purpose : I could refer to it, not only as an exposition of my private opinions, but as a test by which to try the consistency of my performance and my professions. The experience of many years has, I hope, made me wiser, and taught me the mode most conducive to the practical application of the prin ciples which I profess—but from the principles themselves I have not epaged. The years that have elapsed since 1832 have indeed settled very few of the questions which at that period interested and divided the whole people. We have advanced— and are advancing—but at every step the contest of opinions is renewed, and we have almost every day to re-state the arguments I.y which each separate victory has een obtained. On the great and leading questions of constitutional reform, though much has been done, much remains to be accomplished. The many anomalies of our electoral system have yet to be removed —a fuller scope must be given to the popular will—and numerous classes who are now unwisely excluded must be brought within the pale of the Constitution. Every statesman who really desires here after to provide for the well-being of the people will seriously con sider the question of the suffrage, in order to bring about speedily, though cautiously, a large extension of it. hiy opinion as to the best mode of taking the votes at elections I have seen no reason to change. In order that opinion may be freely expressed, the ballot seems to me absolutely indispensable. In short, though the Reform Act was a great step in advance, still the increasing intelligence of the country demands, and will in its proper time attain, a reform of the Reform Act. Although we cannot hope to win and retain complete good govern ment itself without perfection in the means, yet we most not post pone all other reforms until those of the Constitution are attained. Our endeavours may at the same time be directed to many objects, and I therefore proceed to touch upon some which appear at the Preeent moment of the highest importance. Though, in my opinion, a Government cannot do much directly to procure wealth and comfort for a people, it can, and unfortunately does, do much improperly to diminish their substance, and thereby their comfort. Unnecessary expense—unmeaning, mischievous re strictions upon the industrious labours of the people, have in all ages been the vice of Governments. But the vigilance of the popu ar leaders must now be directed to curb this evil—not only must we, then, enforce a rigid economy, but we must require that a perfectly free trade should give full scope for the active energies of an indus trious nation. Connected with this subject in many ways, and with the well being of mankind in many more, is the great subject of colonization. The colonies of England leave been planted in spite of the mischie vous interference, and not by the aid of the Government of England. It is high time that the intelligence of her people should act upon our rulers, and make them directly useful in extending our name, our language, our institutions, and the blessings of an enlightened religion, ever the vast regions which nominally own our rule, but which lie useless to us and to mankind To this end, it appears to me that the whole subject of our colonies calls for a complete and immediate revision. While speaking of expense, and tho impollcy and injustice of our conduct towards certain outlying portions of our territories, I must not forget a part of the empire itself, an integral and most important portion of the United li.lngdom- 1 mean unfortunate Ireland. Our conduct to Ireland has been, till a few years since, one continued act of terrible injustice ; and we now wonder that the people, whom we have treated as slaves for centuries, should not have the virtues and habits of free men. There is now but one course of wise policy as regards Ireland. We must establish rigid justice throughout the land. We must suffer no party, no sect, no class to domineer over any o her; and to this maintenance of peace among her hitherto contending sons, our efforts must be confined. If we do more, we shall do serious injustice to the people of England and Scotland, and render no service to those of Ireland. If we were to morrow to tre.nster the whole wealth of England to Ireland, we should only create waste, idleness, and vice. A people must work out their own regeneration, an 4 acquire wise. frugal, and virtuous habits, by leading a wise, frugal, and virtuous life. The wealth that is not acquired by labour is but too often squandered in ex. travagance. I have spoken above of extending ever our wide and yet unsettled territories the inestimable benefits of an enlightened religion. This naturally calls my attention to the situation of religion among our selves, both as regards doctrines and establishments. lam myself a member of the Church of England. I was ado cated as a member of the Established Charcn ; and after a care ul consideration I have seen no reason to leave the fellowship of my c➢ildhood and youth. But this determination ha. , been formed after consideration, and Is the result of my own will, utte-ly independent of that of any other man. What. then, I have demanded for myself —the right that I have vindicated in my own person—l man t fo all others. I insist upon religious as well as civil liberty. If my mind be enthralled by arbitrary will, and not led by the suasion of reason, I am more a slave than if you pu - , my body in chains. While I demand for all this freedom, which I have exercise myself, I proceed yet further. I hold every coercion on this subject impolitic, as well as unjust, You may compel to outward observance, and to fa'se declarations ; you may create hypocrisy and discontent ; but at W. rd of command you cannot make men believe. With this view. therefore, I am led to deprecate, on all proper occasions, every attempt to make establishments which exist for the purpose of promoting any peculiar religious opinion State establish- Monts. In a country like ours, of complicated relations, of long established habits and opinions, I cannot expect that my opinions on such a subject should be immediately acceded to; and lam not prone to feel hurt •r to take offence when I find men differ from me concerning it. But though we cannot change at once what has been long established, we can far more easily prevent new steps in a wrong direction; and, therefore, to any extension of such religious estab lishments I shall direct unceasing opposition. Within the narrow limits of an address like the present. I cannot do more than indicate my views, and touch upon the leading opinions I hold. From this general view, however, an accurate conception can be attained by you of the political character of the min you have invited; and"an opportunity will, I hope, be soon afforded me of explaining, to the satisfaction of all whom the matter may in terest, my present feelings and future plans respecting our domestic policy. Any exposition, however general, which omitted a reference to our foreign relations and policy would be indeed incomplete. My belief on this subject is, that our true policy consists in abstaining from all idle intermeddling with the affairs of other nations. Every nation in Europe has at this time enough to occupy its attention in settling its own affairs ; and the history of Europe, from the year 1830 to the present time, when compared with the history of Europe from 1793 to 1815, is the best argument which historical experience Can offer in favour of leaving a people to regulate and arrange for themselves their own internal affairs. Interference in 1793 kindled the flames of war over the whole world—a war unequalled for the blood that was shed and the wealth squandered in its terrible and disastrous conflicts. Non-interference in 1830 has allowed Europe a chance of peace, and holds out to us a hope that the struggling people will, in every nation of the great European family, eventually attain the inestimable benefits of a well-regulated popular Govern ment. I must end, Gentlemen, as I began, by expressing to you my hearty thanks for the honour you have conferred on me, and by placing myself at your disposal, for the coming election. I am ready, when it shall so pl , ase you, to present myself to your notice, and submit to all such inquiry as you may think right. flaying nothing to conceal, I have no fear of inquiry. I beg to remain, Gentlemen, Your most obliged and faithful Servant, J. A. ROEBUCK. EASTER ROLID XICS. T ITE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Last Week of Mr. Shaw's Lectures on the Art of Magic : The Illusion of the Inexhaustible Bottle, the astonishing Magic Coins, the celebrated Feather Trick, the Gold Fish and Ink, the Magic Dis tribution of Gifts, the grand Mysterious Flight, and numerous other new experiments will be explained.—Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant Experiments, daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Lecture on the Steam Jet, at One o'clock daily.— Among the New Dissolving Views are Four Views of Hobart Town and the Neighbourhood, by S. Prout, Esq., from Original Drawings taken in Van Diemen's Land by him ; also, Scenes in Mexico, Swit zerland, the Gold District of California ; and a Plan of the Battle field of Chillianwalha.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell.— The Machinery and Models explained.—The Music Is under the di rection of Dr. Wallis. .—............—.. .. —.... Open daily front Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, la.—Schools, Half-price.—Ths New Catalogue, ls. T HE NICOLL.—REGENT-STREET and CORNIIILL. BESIDES the above Patented Article, there is another Novelty introduced for this Season which is however, Registered, and consists in a BODY GARMENT some what in the form of a Dress-coat, that is to say, a Gentleman can wear it in the evening without distinctly infringing the laws of costume recognised in Society ; but as it is more especially in tended for morning wear, when Riding or Walking, it necessarily a , tolds the stiff formality to Dit observed in the cut and form of_ the Dress-coat. Tke price is TWO GUINEAS. the same as charged at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL, for .THE REGISTERED PALETOT, wkick is likewise new ready for the Spring months, with all the new and patented improvements included in the above moderate price; thus it deser►edly bears the name of being not only the most . fashionable but also the cheapest and most durable garment ever offered to the Pablic, the intrinsic ♦alue of the material known as NICOLLIAN or LLAMA CLO CH, being, within the last few months. Much enhanced, the same durability being retained, with as increased fineness and beauty in appearance. It caa bs seen ready for imme diate wear, in every size, at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, but IT is impossible to detail in an ordinary Adver tisement the many advantages appertaining to the above gar ments. In the first place, Messrs. NICOLL purchase the wool direct from the foreign grower, and it does not leave their possession until It is produced in a complete form and ready for the inspection of their Patrons. Messrs. NICOLL aro honoured with the patronage of their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cam bridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke et' Wel lington, and all others distinguished in Rank and Fashion, the Court, the Pulpit, and the Bar. . . At 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, there is to be seen THE NICOLL.—A. patented garment and pos• Besting this peculiarity, that whilst in its exterior it preserves every characteristic of 'he Registered Paletot, it can, by simply detaching an inner li ing, be conver ed from a warm to a light 0. ercoat, or vice versa, at th • pleasure of the wearer. This same inner lining, when detached, of itself forms a most comfortable reading or dressing jacket. There are many other advantazes con tained in THE NICOLL, ren lering it as a garment a most valuable adjunct in a variable climate, also for travelling, &c., but it should be seen and worn to be fairly appreciated, but it can be had in Lon don only at 114, 116, 120, REGEIT t-STREET, and 22, CORN HILL, ant I T is periaaps unnecessary h e re NICOLL will endeavour to desc r y, t o state that Messrs. the and retain the eminent employment s.nd liberal position they have attained through net with in order payment of the best skill and talent that can ih e pepeztst inducedperfect to introduce articles of gentlemanly costume Registered taste. Messrs. S. are well aware that their great by the high character exhibited in every point of the de Paletot, &c., &c., has caused many to assume a somewhat siZ e a d r title for their goods, but the copy has consisted only in a close re semblance of the name bat not of the article; a careful observance of the annexed address is therefore respectfully solicited, where the above garments can only be obtained in London. 11. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116. REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNLIILL. UNDER the SIUD OW of the GRASS • HOPPER (22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Ex chan g e) may be seen the City Depot for the NICOLL, the REGISTERED PALETOT, NICOLL'S MORNING COATS, and other garment?, with some portion of each of the beautiful fabrics daily exhibited in the spacious warero oms , 114, 116, and 120, Regent - street , as not only these last-named premises, bat also those in Cornhill, are the preperty of one and the same first. The (*Rowing agents have also a large variety of gools for Inspection, 11.: —Messrs. Wareing and Sin, :New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. . w. D wham and Son, Bold-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. Macdona, Moles worth-street, Dublin ; Messrs. Christie ane Son, George-street, Edin burgh Messts. Wilson and Co.. Calcutta; Messrs. Rutherford, Hong ii g_ilessrs. Roth, Philadelphia ; Messrs. Bruce, Cape Tows. p i! in 4 ,l es agents pour la vente de ces articles brevetes dans toutes sortime Pales Tilley de l'Angleterro et des colonies qui ent des as nte prets I tr e e examines. 0 ,p ' 1.. - "lIE COUNTRY TRADE, &c.—Such re trade Houses as may the ? l e be disposed to adi to their present or perehaserZotpuPortant addition of a first-rate connexion, consisting effect their obj ee : l t. -c htss Goods, principally PALETOES, Lc., can .* ' toned, who will Liaypplying for terms, Lc. to the under-men ,, 0 u the eyent of tkere Singt. an opening for an agency , VI:- SALE and COUNTING-11011.--11. J. and D. NICOLL, NN il , . STREET. London. SE D EPARTMENT, 120, REGENT- Just published, pr-----1--------- ce 55., aye in cloth, :, . 1. 1" RATION AL TREATMENT of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and comet ' • *atone. With practical observations en the use and abuse of instru .. ,ftents in the treatment of urethral dis showing that the unne • , misery employment of instruments is ate'qt exciting cause of . stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex '• fibrity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se vere, long-protracted, and complicated cues of that disorder so fa tally prevalent, IV F. E. COITRTENAT, hf.A.C.S.E., " The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable attietnre is. without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill Of a muter. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by lquent pr ~ a Practice —Liston's O perative Surgery. btO ea b Y R. n ether*, 219, R egent-street ; and may be had of bl itiall 121 tow' or country. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and the Richest in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fish, Gravies for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Cold Meat, it is entirely unrivalled. The unparelleled success of this Sauce having induced imitations, purchasers ars particularly requested to see that the name of LEA and PERRINS are upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle) from the residence of Royalty, the principal Club houses and ho tels in London, Edinburgh, &c. Lc., and from private Families in the country. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Tere-street, Oxford street, London, and GS, Bread-street, Worcester; Messrs. liarelay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London, and generally by all dealers in sauces. G d E E N ngr ErA in T g lV s 1 11 It eel CAP . .k -oN I P I LTY tr S a IC tei AL by D 2 I 6 S A QU Ita A te L nn IC c A aI T c ro . N i. 3 7b 6 l d ished, price 9s. 6d., or pages. Jest published, MARlt edic iA nl GE. CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS vow Edition, enlarged to 196 by cost, direct from the Establishment, PILE SILENT FRIEND, In postage stamps , 31- on the infirmities and decay of the generative system , W ork ...essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, from ox. w ith remarks en darriage, and tho means of obviating ce rtain itielfications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. ay R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 11, Berners-street, Oz tord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by St range , 21, Paternoster-row Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie,23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. a nd physiology of the re - productive PART I. treats of the ana tom y organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excess produci n g m and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapaclty. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and cantatas explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. Pear IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Dis iseob as by a simple application , by which o ho danger of infection e viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART Y. is devoted to the co nsideration of marriage, and its , duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired Into. Tie CORDIAL Bans or SYRIAC/1X is exclusively employed Ii treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 115. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, au anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in eases of infection, secondary symp toms, oruptlons, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry Purifying Specific Pills, Is. 9d., 4 s. 6 d., and 118. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhea*, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute retail of the case is required : ate, habits, and position in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, I I, is saved. Messrs. Perry, Burgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sundays from Eleven to Ono. AVERSE FOR. MY PURSE. Come, safe preserver of my waned cash, Thy praise I'll sing, though Shakspere calls thee trash. Much do I owe to thee, thou treasured thing, And therefore 'tie but right thsat I should sing. All that I wear, and all I eat lind drink, Are but the produce of tky cur.rent chink; And wheresoever, therefore, thou art conn'd, I view thy contents as a magic wand. Like everything, thou roay'st In rightly used, And likewise may'st be equally abused. But I am one vvho would consult my purse, In buying goods for better or i'.r worse. Thy gold and silver treasures, if we ponder, Is far too costly—far too scarce to squander; And therefore in my purchases. in trade, I always go where savings can be made. And never do I carelessly disbourse The Whites and Yellows of my ,well-wrought purse. In dress, for instance, I would always buy MOSES AND SON'S ATTIRE, Which ranks so high. At MOSES' Warehouse, orrery where renowned, Cheapness and quality are always found. I never once have found it the reverse, Though often there I've drawn my silkon purse. THE lIATS AND BOOTS OF MOSES Also show That quality is high, and price is low. And really more than ever de I see The very little hole they make 'ln thee. Hence I again to MOSES will repair, And make a good —a moderate purchase there. Again with MOSES will I draw my purse, I can't do better—but I could do worse, And thus concludes this tributary verse. LIST OF PRICES. 'MAD'S IL&D74. May, Spring, and Sumer Wra.ppers• • ....fromio 8 6 Paid every desexlP- Ih t e ie ti s ti o lw f l e i r g . h r t Pacha, - P eo al a o t t s o . t . ,.. 0 12 6 Superfine Cloth Coats, of a light texture, and handsomely trimmed •• • • ..... •• • •—• •• 1 le I Do. do. lined with silk... ........ .• • . 1 18 0 Jean and Holland Blouses • ........• .......• 0 2 9 Fancy Vict0ria................. ..... ....... 0 4 0 4 6 Bress Coat 0 17 0 Frock Coat • • .... • • Spring and Summer Trousers 0 4 0 I ioeskin ditto . ..... 0 12 0 Spring and Summer Vests lit every variety.. I 1 6 Black Satin .. •• • • .... • Figured .. • .••................• White Marcell° 0 4 6 0 3 6 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Sults.•• •••••• • • • • • • 0 15 6 Spring and Summer Test • • 0 10 0 MADE TO 7OUSTIIM May, Spring, and Summer from 0 16 0 The Buiwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every de scription of light Overcoats...... • • Superfine Cloth of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed •• • • 1 15 0 Ditto • ditto lined with 911. k.... -• •• •• • • 2 2 0 Superfine Dress C0at................ • • .... 1 12 0 2 15 0 Superfine Frock •• • • •• •• -••• •• •••••• • • • • 1 15 0 Black Trousers . 0 16 0 Fancy Iteeskin...... •• • • • • •••••• • •0 18 Best Black Vest ........ --.. • •• ••• • .. 0 13 6 Splendid satin 0 14 6 Hussar and Tanis suits May White M arce ll a . .. 115 0 Vest.. -... 0 7 •••••••••••• i trh forwarded,full dl directions ti p o o n s s t f f o r r ee S , e I t f o - Mourning to any extent -at Five Minutes notice. o c r a k n , b t e he h a ' ' ci G o r n ea ap t j? F il a c c a t t , i ' o ' n w , A Suit of Cloth es • complete for 11. 16s. o any part of the kingdom. me T a l ;tlr n em ew en w i, A new work, entitled " The Treasury .f Taste," containing a de tailed list of prices for each dep: irtment, with full directions for self measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition ; but have learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of being connected wi th them, er " It is the same concern," yas been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. T ,cy kave RO connexion with any other house in or out of London, e xcept their Branch Establishn tents, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford. Yorkshire; and those who desire genuine a nd cheap clothing, &c., should call at, or s en d t o e i ther of their B r anches, or to the Minerieti and Aldgate, City, Lond on . Pl O' 31 •IE.S and SON, Tailors., Woollendrapers, Cl o thi ers, natters, Hosiers, 'nreers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for , , 155, 156, and 157 Minorlep, and R 2, ,adios and Gentlemen 6 Aidgate, C 154 ity . .London ; and their Branch Establish i4, 85, and 8 meats, 36, Fargao, t Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildin gs , Brad ford, Yorkshire• eat is closed from sunset Frid • —This Establi dun AY. Take Notice. hen bus inn s is resumed till twelve o'clock. till sunset SaturdaY, w anted for London and Couatry ; apply Cutters w Several first rate na' s at Ten o'clock. on TaesdaY Morn" ' N.B. This Establishment t be closed on Thursday Evening, o ' Pi ck. and rsume business as April 12, at Half-past ' lio _ozpaste seyen owoctk. usual on Saturday Evening, April 14, if Id - - (# r It - ) iff v/ t, IL...Fe J., .4. ___ • .o,:t • ji ;-, • i! ) 4 ' Qk'' ' ' i i .,,,,,,,,k k ri i 1 , . , ~._.....„. ., :i .0tt .. .4 1 ,, , ,: : : Y . ' • ; -C .4 01. ,,,,, 4, . _,,,,_ . .4,- .. ,:-...,.-,,„ ' , .,Zr,:..•er ,- 4 , \ 0 , , , .c1 .. ~: Jvt V;' , .. Vi; 's •+, -, ~„_ _, 4, , A W' s 1 4 4 s t 1 14 / l ' 4' fr 9: / / 1 . ‘ ' ..,,„ `l . - "." ,t,' ~.,,1% ~.., „ roll% , .019 % 1 1, 1 f r 1 .. k•ve 7 'i 't = ge_.--,.. .i,,- ,0:"i -) ) , .464 :4 ' ' ''''1. , • .... ~, , _____,,...yeb, ~. _,_, , N°. 17,644.] LONDON, FRIDAY E v CON'fR ACT for COPPER. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the NarT, Somerset-place, April le, 1849. _ _ . . The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord Iligk Admiral of the United Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on TUESDAY, the 24th instant at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards at Chatham with 200 Tons of ENGLISH TOUGH CAKE COPPER. ..7" One-half to he delivered in Three Weeks, and the remainder In Six Weeks from the day of treaty. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will bo received after One o'clock •n the day of treaty, nor any no ticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Copper," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accom panied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 4,0001. for the dee performance of the Contract. NELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. _ . Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite thedr friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee•room, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which elm Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find the Table d'llote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the most comfortable and rea-onable in the metropolis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untr. Otte o'clock. Private Dining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. _ _ . _ N.B. An Entrsrice also from Maiden lane. EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 11, 1849. rrHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST X. INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a Special General Court of the said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhall•strect on WEDNESDAY, the 25th instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the desire of Nine Proprietors of East India Stock, as expressed in the following Letter, via.:— " London, April 9, 1849. " To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. " Honourable Sirs, " We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly quali fied by law, request that you will convene a Special General Court of Proprietors, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Papers now before the Court, relative to the disposal of the Sattara State. " We have the honour to be, " Honourable Sirs, " Your obedient Servants, (Signed) " J. Sullivan. " Arthur J. Lewis. " Joseph Hume. " J. Williams. " Alex. Raphael. • • " Chas. Forbes. " John Briggs. " Chas. Grant. " J. W. Graham." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ATION AL LOAN FUND LIFE L.'ll ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital $500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guaranteee of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Anneal Division of Profits. Ilalf the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. . Moderate extra Premium for Residence In Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured ♦aried from 27 to G 5 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Fermi- Sum the 1.;',7j Annual tir olicy Bonus in! Rent Re- Assured 14a.1 ; Pre- I taken addition ; Bonus ia duction of may bor mium. ;out to to Sum Cash. Annual row on r 4 Assured. Premium. Policy. s. 1. a d. s. d. s. d. 1837 262 14 3,121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 £ A 1838 237 15 6 . 108 16 417 7 6 494 810 ' s ' "' 1839 211 18 95 16 9 14' 17 7 445 0 0 0 1000 74 3 4 1840 163 8 41 75 15 10 11 10 9 395 11 1 1841 159 3 4, 71 5 0 10 19 8 346 2 3 1842 132 2 6; 58 17 6 819 10 296 13 4 1843 84 11 81 37 10 0 514 2 247 4 Prospectuses, with tables •f rates, &c., may bo kad at the *thee, T any of its branches iu the country; •r, on application, will be for carded post free. W. S. B. WOOLITOIFSE, Actuary, T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Upon the Principle of Mutual Life Assurance, the Whole Profits belonging to the Asured. No. 31, LOMBARD-S MEET, LONDON. TRIPSTEES. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Jelin I )angerfleld, Esq. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq, John Matthews, Esq. Charles 0. Parnell, Esq. ALTDITOES. Samuel Field, Esq. William Ghrimes Kell, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISER. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. RANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co. MANAGER. Alexander Robertson, Esq. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE, .he Company being prohibited, by the 84th clause of their Deed of Constitution, which is duly registered is terms of the Act, from dis putirig a Policy upon any ground whatever. The Rates of Premium are calculated upon Carlisle mortality, and are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify. HALF PRE %lIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the premiums, with interest of the retained halves, is required to be paid for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the convenience of the assured, er allowed to continue, to form a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As surance may be relinquished at any time without payment of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to assure for the first five years at little more than half the usual rate, and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice. WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security of a creditor, holder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits. Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a specified age, or at their death, whichever shall first occur. PARTNERSHIP POLICIES are granted, whereby ajoint assurance erected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in vested. On the death of either, the survivor is benefited by retain ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain their share -without having to wait until it can be recovered from outstanding debts. There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the equator. Ne Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp. Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of the assured life The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons, approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in connexion with this Company. George Cumming, Esq. James Turner, Esq. THE MERCHANTS and TRADESMAN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 5, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. TRUSTEES. JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P. uailes Harris, Esq Jeffery Smith, Esq. David Fergusson, Esq. I Thomas How, Esq. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—JOHN M'GREGOR, Esq., M.P. John Carter, Esq., South Melton-street. Francis Edwards, Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde park. David Fergusson, Esq., Eastcheap, and Champion-park. Thomas How, Esq., Eastcheap, aid Gordon House, Turnham-green. Benjamin Ilooper, Esq., Seething.lane. Henry Larchin, Esq., Ratcliff. Daniel M'Farlan, Esq., Fenchurch-street, and Sydenham. Mark Pinkerton, Esq., Upper Seymour. street, Portman-square. For ASSURANCES on Lives and Survivorships. For granting ANNUITIES for Old Age, and for the Endowment of Children. All the Profits belong to the Members. 1%. o Personal Liability to the Assured, Policies indisputable, except in cases of Fraud. GEORGE THOMSON, Manager. THOMAS MUSGRAVE, Secretary. POSTAL DIRECTORY. ONES HILL ING. Just published, the Supplement to the " Post Office London Directory for 1849," which, in addition to the mere supplemental matter, contains the " Postal " and " Parliamentary Directories exactly as in the complete work. As the Supplement extends to upwards of an hundred closely-printed Imperial Octavo pages, it is sold at nearly the same proportionate price as the " Post (Mice London Directory " itself, which, as stated in an able Review of tile book for the current year, published in the " Times" on tho 30th of November last, " is necessarily a bulky volume ; but its bulk, contrary to the general rule, is an advantage, and it may be said to contain no superfluous pages whatever." Tho " Post Office Lon don Directory " is, beyond all comparison, the cheapest work which is'ues from the p ess, taking mere size into consideration, and without reference to the various classifications, and other matters too numerous to be detailed here. This Directory was characterized by the " Examiner," of the 16th of December last, as a " perfect marvel of arrangement, accuracy, and fulness of intorrnation." And the " Morning Herald" of the 30th of the previous month, likewise re viewing the " Post Office London Directory for 1849," described it as " an authoritative Directory of the capital of Great Britain, laughing rivalry to scorn." The " Supplement" now published at the price of one shilling, contains the " Postal Directory," furnish ing all the regulations of the Post Office as affecting the receipt and dispatch of letters to the five thousand principal places throughout the world. copious Money Order information, &c., &c., &c., and the " Parliamentary Directory," likewise contained in this " Supine meat." furnishes the usual information with reference to Pests and Members of the House of Commons. Likewise, price 155.. the "Post-office London Directery for 1849," containing " oMcial Directory," " Commercial Directory," "Court Directory," " Parliamentary Directory," " Postal Directory," " Banking Directory," &c., &c. Some copies of the Complete Post office London Directory for 1849, price 365., are still on ■ale. and contain, in addition to all the foregoing, " Street Directory," " Trades' Directory," " Law Directory," " Conveyance Directory'," &c., &c., &c. W. KELLY and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar; who hare likewise published Directories of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex ; Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk; Birmingham, with South Staffordshire and Warwickshire; Hampshire, Dorsetshire and Wiltshire ; Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutlandshlre ; any of whick may be obtained from any Bookseller in Town or Country. LD FRENCH BRANDY, purest possible kind, 606. per dozen ; the brown 545. ➢iARSALA in perfection, as partaken by the Nobility, Si. the four ozen. A beautiful PORT and SHEIIRY, 34s the dozen; PORT or SHERRY, highest order, 445; bottles of each included; own carts, six miles free ; terms, prepayment, or on delivery. If you do not pay cash, you bear a proportion of others' debts, independent of sa laries to book-keepers, clerks, collectors, travellers, Ste. Credit is the admitted bane of trade, and keeps up high prices. Post-office Orders made payable to JOHN JONES, Wholesale Dealer (for 11 years past), Knightsbridge, Agent for BASS and CO.'S INDIAN ALE: GUINNESS' STOUT. GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY. aid STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one Paymeat. Fares, to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING ; Saloon and First Class ditto, ONK SHILLING and SIXPENCE To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin.... •• • • 9d. Salooi • . .. • • Is. No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Week Days, at 7, 84,* 9%, 11%, 1,3, 5,6, and 7. Sundays, at 7,8%, 11%, 1,3, 5,6, and 7. FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. Week Days, at 9 20, 10 40, 12, 1 20, 3 20, 4 20, 5 20, and 6 40.* Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 1 20. 2, 3 20, 4 40, and 6 40. Observe ! These are the times of the TRAINS leaving Fenchnrch st reet. Passages marked * are run direct, the Packets dot being per mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of Lando!: -very quarter of an hour. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. 4s. : Six Months, 21. 15s. ; rkree Months, 11. 155.; to be had of the Collectors on board the packets; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, ttrunswick Wharf, Blackwall. Passengers' Luggage conveyed to and from the Packets and Rail way, at tke Brunswick-wharf; without any charge. The charge for Porterage at Fenchurch-street is Id. for small parcels, and 2d. for .arge parcels. Aprill, 1849. IMPORTANT INVENTION connected with the MANUFACTURE of BREAD, BISCUIT, and PASTRY. The Inventor, Mr. JOHN SMITH, of Hare Craig, near Dundee, N. 11., to whom her Majesty's Letters Patent have been granted for England, Scotland, and Ireland, has discovered a METHOD of use fully TREATING the OAT, so as to obtain therefrom a flour equal, if not sup-rior to the best wheaten flour. The flour of oats has been analysed by well-known chemists, and is found to contain a (much) larger quantity of nutritious qualities than wheaten flour, and is cal culated to give a greater amount of nourishment and strength to the muscle, bone, and blood of man. The inventor intends to extend the advantages of this discovery by granting licenses in the different countries for which her Majesty's Letters Patent havetbeen obtained. In carrying out this discovery, there will be required but little alters.- tion in the present system of grinding—an advantage which will be at once self-evident, as the manufacture may immediately be entered upon by those engaged in the manufacture or flour from wheat. In point of price the benefit will be largely in favour of the consumer, while the invention will create a demand for oats which will be very acceptable to the growers of that grain in its present depressed state in the market. Further particulars of this discovery, and also of the terms upon which licenses will be granted, may be obtained by application to Ms. Smith, factor for Lord Douglas, of Douglas, Hare Craig, near Dun dee, N.B. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO-, Court Tailors, 379, Oxford street. This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced in the lightest textures of material from the costly wools of Syria the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and Co., ant manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the choicest article of the kind extant. The Local Agents for its sale in the British Empire are— Messrs. Mcgford and Antwiss, Liverpool. Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Manchester. Messrs. G. and W. Clarke, Bury St. Edmund's. Mr. J. Hollingsworth. Birnaingham. Mr. W. White, Edinburgh, Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin. Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury. Mr. Hubback, Berwick-onrTweed. Mr. R. Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight. Mr. J. Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyne. Mr. Davison, Sheffield. 11ir. R. Wilson, Newcastle-an-Tyne. Mr. John Crisp, Norwich. Mr. F. Bare, Ipswich. Mr. W. S. Bevin, Chester. Mr. Whitmore, Stockport. Mr. T. S. Wright, Northampton. YEBROWS, MOUSTA.CHIOS, and Wills- ILA KERS produced in a few weeks , and Baldness removed and ~ r evented by the use of GRIMSTOR E'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn froln aromatic herbs and flowers, I few drops of which cure headache In a few minutes ; it Is also a most delightful, fragrant tellet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 's. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; , enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted ant tiority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and PreservittiOn of the Human Hair, &c." Sy post, 4s. Gd., 7s. ad„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Gemstone's Herbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclayand $l. Farringdon-street; Sanger. Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Clo2,4Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, Conduit-street; Mr. Johnston, medictiOe warehouse, 68, Cornhlll • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and Et. Raimes, Leith-walk ;for Manchester, eressho and son, Adver riser-office. TO THR LCD' is. This lady had the following letter inserted In the "Times" news_ paper on Aug. 7, 1546. Reader, remember, this letter was pmt lit the paper by the lady herself, as a teotitnouy to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-st feet, Borough, takes this oppor amity of publicly thanking Mr. W. G rimstoue, of the Herbary, High ;ate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months, and the whole of her hair is much st enger and more luxuriant than sever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs. Weeltley inserts this testimony to7the virtues of Mr. G.'s itegenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase au l Is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex eerience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume its far beyond any to her taste. She will feel's pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact:--3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin,, weak, or turning grey, ate w drops on the crown of the head occasionally. every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, mate it strong, and prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most ddLicate ladies may use 'this delightful product of the most aromatic herbs and lowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion be the toilet. In cases of nevous heads.che, pour tea or twelve drops on the crown of the head; if very bra, repeat it every quarter of an hour. In most cases relief is certaldt in ten minutes. It produces hair on children's heads in a few appri,lications. If used on infants' heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See namphlet of testimonials. ill ettera addressed to William rim stone. 'Urban'. Ilighlrata- NING SUN 7 APRIL 13, 1849. ,„, In folio, half-bound russia or morocco,Flap Au'• ,n. THE PHYSICAL' ATLAS; A it eries of Maps and Illustratlonsi Of the GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF IkIATURAL PH EN OME NA ; Embracing I. Geology. I 111. Meteorology. 11. Hydrography. IV Natural HaitorY. By ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.G.S.. Geographer at Edinburgh in Ordinary to her Majesty: With the co-operation and assistance of men eminent in the different departments of i.'cience. The publishers beg to refer to the reviews of this work contained in the last numbers of the Edinburgh Review and Blackwood's Ma gar ne, giving a fun - and - daunted account of the valuable contents of the volume, and the opinion expressed of its mertls in the Quarterly Review for September last. William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edinburgh ; and 37, Paternoster-row, London. in twenty-one volumes quarts, Illustrated by 506 Engraving's on Steel, and many Thousands on Wood, The F . NC YCLOPAD IA BRITANNICA. Seventh Edition. Edited by Professor ICAPIER. " That best pablic instructor, the ' Encyclops3dis, Britannica.' " Quarterly Review. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh ; and sold by all Booksellers. TEM EMIGRATION NOVEL. Just published, and may be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. pest lye. T HE EMIGRANT FAMILY; Or the STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN SETTLER. By the Author of "Settlers and Convicts." " This is what Milton called a real book—a book calculated to af ford solid information and lively entertainment. The author's know ledge of Australian life is extensive and exact, and he has turned it to profitable account. The whole scene and business of the colony is placed before you, breathing with life. Those who are speculating on a trip to Australia will find it full of valuable hints and sugges timu."—Dally News. . London: Smith, Elder, ani Co., 65, Cornhill. CATHEDRALS of COLOGNE and ROUEN. Now Exhibiting, the inimitable and colossal Model of the CATHEDRAL of COLOGNE, which has beet r igimured with the unqualified approbatlin sr her Majesty an .P d Albert. The di mensions are 8 feet long, feet high, and 4 feet Inches broad. Mo delled by C. Schropp, in wood and iron. The above splendid piece of workmanship was oompleted in 8 years and 17 days. Ala., a magnificent Model of ibe CATHEDRAL of ROUEN, at the COSMORAMA, Regent-street, from Ten in tke Morning till Dusk- Admission, 2s. 6d.—Childran, is. DARKNESS REIGNS NO MORE. The LIGHT of ALBERT gladdens the midnight scene Darkness now wears a diadem of Light. A beautiful little Light. decidedly the best Night Lamp known. All should use them. ?rice. for the best, 9d. each. The Lights are 64. per box. The Albert Lamps, with the genuloo Lights for them, can be had at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES.- PIIFF.—(OnIy 1134 d, per lb.)—Luxuriant Light ; mil lions will adinire. The chief of Candles, a Royal title bears.—A silvery flame—Transparent as Wax.—They snuff themselves.—Are hard as alabaster. —Glossy as glass, and cheap as common Tallow Candles is their true character. The Public will know the Candles, for every 41b. packet bears a gold label, "CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES, 447, WEST STRAND." AU not bearing this label are base deceptions.—Other Candles and Soap are reduced in price, and may they long continuo so 1 1 'the Eight New Lights can b. seen at the Establishment of the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. AVIES'S CANDLES, sd. and 51d. per lb. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d.; Composite, 8% d., 10d., and 10%d; Wax Candles, Is.; German Wax, Is. 2d.; Fi ne W ax, 18. Transparent Wax, Is. 9d. ; Best Wax, 2s. Id. ; Sperm Candles, is. sd. mid Is. 7d. Metallic, 734 d. and B%d. ; Mottled Soap, 60s. and G4s. per 112Ibs. ; Yellow, 485., 545., and 60$. ; Windsor Soap, 15. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 25.; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Sperm Oil, 71. 6d. per gallon; Solar 35.3 d., Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Ol d E s tablish ed Warehouse, 64, St. Martin's-lane. Export or Grocers' and Oil-shop Goods at lower prices. TO LADIES. The high and universal celebrity which I/OWL AN DS" KALYDOR continues to maintain as an active, yet mild and soothing ex tirpator of all impurities of the skin, is during the period of spring, most pleasingly evinced. This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative, and invigorating, is equally distinguished for safety in application, as for unfailing efficacy in eradicating all redness, tan, pimples, spots, freckles, discolourations, and other cutaneous visita tions. The radiant bloom it imparts to the cheek, and the softness and delicacy which it induces in the hands and arms, render it indis pensable to every toilet. Gentlemen, after shaving , w ill ind it alla y all irritation and ten derness obtained its exclu.sive the Court, and the Royal purifyingsel eelion o f b t ay h n e dh s ekrriei refreshing tg r y e n p d trh e oe r p e i Qr t tui e s e o fie ft n Family of Great Britain, and the several Courts of Europe. s e e Beware of spurious " ICALYDORS" for sale, containing mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellent action endangering health. The words .` ROWLANDS' KALTOOR" are en the wrapper of the genuine article. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. bottle. Sold by A. ROWLAND and SON S, So , Hatton-garden, London, and oy Chemists and pgrfumers. ---- I:A it A R 1 A G E. "1 single,k p l posizg Ole em hall in t ar hi i s ie w d, ori qu d es ar tio e ia d b es iy ol eo at n e te ly nted. i aa m d de t n h ee e , 0 0 th r e a r sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em s,:tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un somprosing; harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, sod s b o rt c ; i k ai en co h n ea te lth nu , are Th e t the dowryg; e great shool s Cement. Honour andjusticedentand that health shouldform *aliens T d d r a a :t c e b s e the to d e ° nl m y es ra tic ar la ag pp e in s es et : In the compact ; it alone dignities the alliance. slighted hopes or neglect wesmd more sorely thag poverty or misfortune. Reader, if mese surmises concern yea, p rocure Dr. CITLVICRWELL'S little siEIdOIRS "Ox Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, I s . 64. each ). Let no imaginativel y maned, or prudish feeli ng d eter you, by their titles, nor be hiadered to oy misinterpretation of th e i r supposed con t en t s , f rom o bt a i n i ng them. They are n o t intended certainly fbr mere idle cariosity, but bfr the closet perusal o f those mere deeply i nteres t e d, t o w h om Ploy are offered as antagonistic the ensrie,al trash put forth on the above subje c t s , b y ooqualified authors, wh i c h a l oe* or p • ogethor, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other Attie publications claim your attention (same price is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called ---".. " What to Eat, Dealt, and kivoid," and " How to be sappy." They are not merely p•unphlets, b u t equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the =ere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who ow es hi s present existence ,health, and position to this ob servance of the m ax i ms he would i ncu l c ate—to do unto others as he would be done un t o—to live after nature's laws—and to k eep a l wa y s .)n the "sun n y iberwood, 23, Pat erncster-rew ; C alho, 14T, Fleet - street • liana, side of the way." Th e a bove works may be had of 39, Coruhill; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may itooss.ai 1,. J e conferred with personally, inorgiags and evenings), i Cl,. Ar gy li.. p hsoe Regent-street: aim all METROPOLITAN PARLIAMEN TARY REFORM ASSOCIATION. On Wednesday a most numerous meeting of the repro sentatives of the metropolitan parishes, convened at the in stance of the Council of the General Metropolitan Finan cial and Parliamentary Reform Association, was held at the Queen's Head Tavern, Poultry, to adopt measures to carry out the obj ects of the association. Sir J. WALM SLEY, M.P., pres id en t, presided, and en tered into a full exp l anation of the means b y w hi c h t h e council recommend e d the carrying out o f t h e grea t ob ject of the associ a ti on, a full and comprehens i ve fi nanc i a l and Parliamenta r y re f orm, as set forth i n the H ouse o f Commons by Mr. Cobden and Mr. Hume; household suffrage (including lodgers), vote by ballot, and triennial Parliaments; and urging the various gentlemen present to be stirring in their respective parishes, by getting up local meetings to support the council in the great objects which they sought to obtain. Mr. GEESIN could assure the meeting that the ma jority of the inhabitants of Westminster wet.' most anxious to give their full and entire support to the as sociation. Mr. PRouT said, as one of the most active membera of the Westminster Reform Association, he should take care that at their next meeting a proposition should be brought forward for an effectual a gitation, by the form . ation of associations in ever y p ar ish within the city of Westminster. Mr. LE BRAN strongly urged the necessity for a grea t demonstration being made by a public me eting, s itioa in the sup ported by persons of standing an d o that world, which would g ive sup port to P the associa • tion which was so much relju ire d a nd as soon as that was done the various parishes would be ready to co operate. Mr. M‘Donald, from Clerkenwell and Islington; Mr. M•Farline, from Notting Hill; Mr. Shillibeer, from St. Luke's; Mr. Michie, from Marylebone; Mr. Hethering ton, from St. Pancras. Mr. Howard, from Southwark ; Mr. Bungay, from St. Margaret's; as also gentlemen from Stepney, the Tower Hamlets, Chelsea, and other metropolitan districts, having addressed the meeting, Mr. Jostri WILLIAMS, M.P., stated that he bad been a Reformer for , the last thirty years, and the meeting should recollect that the anxiety of the Council was to carry out to the fullest extent the great principle of a full Parliamentary reform; but it was not wise for the Council to act rashly; they ought to be supported by the public, whose cause it was; and he called upon the representatives of the various parishes present to form associations in every parish throughout the metropolis. Mr. PETER TAYLOR moved the following resolution: —" That this meeting is of opinion that the time has ar rived when it became necessary, in order to avoid the dangers which lurked in the rising political discontents of the country, and for the purpose of fairly and ho nestly meeting the reasonable demands of the majority of the people for good and cheap government, to com mence such a comprehensive movement as would enlist general sympathy in the direction of Parliamentary and fiscal reform." _ .._..,........ Mr. SHILLIBEER seconded the resolution; which was carried unanimously. Mr. J. T. SERLE moved, " That this meeting pledges itself individually and collectively to use its utmost ex ertions to establish locAl, Parliamentary, and financial reform societies in the various districts of the metropolis, to co-operate with the central association." The resolution was adopted; and after an explanation from the Chairman, and a lengthened discussion in en tire accordance with the objects of the association, the meeting broke up. Tun NEW NOVEL "Roc KING usm."—The Quarterly _Review, just published, thus notices this work, which is at present exciting so much attention :—" A new book which, from internal evidence, must have been written by a person constantly mingling in the highest English society, reaches us when this sheet is in the press, other wise, on many accounts, we should have much wished to make it the subject of a separate article in this number. That is now impossible, but we beg to call our readers' attention, in case the novel has not come in their way, to Rockingham; or the Younger Brother.' The work abounds in interest; and, indeed, we should be at a loss to name another recent novel that shows anything like the same power of painting strong passion —or rather we should say, the strong passion of gentle natures, and this, too, under all the habitual restraints of education, principle, and self-control." It is said that Sir Archibald Galloway has gene rously given a cadetship to the son of Major-General Whish, in . reeognition of his distinguished services. The youth was in his father's camp during the late siege operations. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—It was commonly anticipated that certain pages of the Quarte'ly Review would be devoted to such a notice of Mr. Macaulay's " History of England" as .the recollections of literary and political antagonism rather than the rigorous canons of critical justice might be presumed to dictate. On Saturday last this notice appo :red, and it certainly cannot be alleged that the ap pointed work has been negligently done. The style of our respected contemporary this quarter has been alto gether somewhat trenchant, and we can only regret that on this particular subject we must withhold that concur rence of opinion which we have been enabled to express upon others. Perhaps Mr. Macaulay's turn for a little blame has fairly arrived, but whether the corrective has been honestly administered or wisely compounded, is, a question of another kind. We ate in nowise called upon to fight the battles of a writer so competent to conduct his own, nor have we any inclination to forestall the arguments of a more direct reply, but our own readers may not unreasonably look for some guidance at our hands on a subject so conspicuously popular, and we subjoin, there fore, a few suggestions to facilitate their private inqui ries. If the reviewer, with four months and eighty pages at his command, is driven to appeal largely to the faith of his readers, and to bespeak their acquiescence in his conclusions after'a scanty production of proofs, it may readily be imagined how compulsory is the same method of proceeding upon ourselves, who have to deal with both parties together in the space of a column. Three prominent accusations, however, will be observed in the article referred to. The most striking of these consists in a direct charge against Mr. Macaulay of hiv ing utterly ignored the existence of a previous history of the same period by Sir James Mackintosh—of hav ing " borrowed largely—prodigally—helpedlimself with both hands not merely without acknowledging his obligations, but without so much as Alluding to the existence of any such work." (P. 603.) IsT4y. more, Mr. Macaulay is accused of employing in one of his notes (to Vol. I. 391) an expression " which would naturally lead an uninformed reader to con clude that Sir James Mackintosh, though he had medi tated such work, had never even begun writing it." '(lb.) So surprising do these facts appear to the reviewer that he " is curious to see what explanation can be given of this, to him, extraordinary enigma." (P. 608.) An at tack of so unexpected a character as this may possibly elicit some notice; but in the meantime we think we can satisfy our own readers by a very simple reference to ' the facts of the case. The English histories here spoken of were all mainly suggested by the discoveries which towards the close of the last century had been made in the Foreign Office at Paris. First Macpherson, then Dalrymple, then Fox, and then Mackintosh took them selves to this new source of knowledge. Macpherson's inquiries were interrupted at an early stage, but Dal rymple returned with specimens well calculated to insure successors in his researches. Mr. Fox repaired to Paris on this errand after the peace of Amiens, and Sir James Mackintosh after the peace of G bent. Both these writers projected the compo sition of a history based upon the information thus newly acquired; both commenced the work, but both died leaving behind them imperfect fragments. which were subsequently published by their friends. The ma terials which they had collected were placed unreservedly by their respective families at the command of Mr. Ma- caulay, who, after completing by his personal inquiries such deficiencies as yet remained, applied himself again to the selfsame task which had thus been twice attempted and twice left undone. We presume that after this statement few persons will misconceive Mr. Macaulay's allusion to the materials amassed by Sir J. Mackintosh " at a time when he meditated a work similar to that which I have undertaken," a work which had pre viously been defined as " the history of England from the accession of King James 11. down to a time within the memory of men still living." " Sir J. Mackintosh," says his own editor in the preface to the fragment in question, " long meditated a history of England, beginning with the Revolution of 1688." There seemed almost a fate against the undertaking. Neither Fox nor Mackintosh have been permitted to carry it through. Mr. Macaulay has now renewed the attempt, with the hope in which few persons bat his re viewer will refuse to join, that he ma) , be spared for better success. Whether the parallels ingeniously con structed by the reviewer in p. 604 disclose obligations which demanded more special acknowledgment, the reader will readily determine for himself; but to con ceive that Mr. Macaulay was wilfully and deliberately concealing the existence of an author with whom he had lived on terms of the most honourable friendship, whose collections he himself was conspicuously quoting as the best vouchers for his statements, and whose vacant place he had thus stepped forward to fill, is, in our opinion, a conclusion not to be reached by any ordi• nary process of reasoning. As for Mr. Macaulay's audacity, with which the reviewer (p. 550) is so startled, in rewriting that portion which had been written before, we would only observe that there are two accepted grounds for publishing a history: one, the power of tell ing that which has not yet been told; and the other, the power of telling it as it has not been told hitherto. To the first title Mr. Macaulay laid but moderate claims ; his pretensions to the second might be accurately ascer tained, we should think, from Messrs. Longman's led gers. The next charge is that Mr. Macaulay, in his fa mous third chapter, has obscured, distorted, and per verted facts in obedience to the " powerful motive which pervades the whole work—a wish to exhibit England prior to the Revolution as in a mean and even barbarous and despicable condition." (P. 586.) We must again plead our inability to follow out the details by which this proposition is attempted to be proved; but surely the gravamen of the charge—namely, the motive which has caused the alleged errors—is refuted by the state ments of the chapter itself, nor is it easy to imagine an obliquity of vision so great as that which could convey the impression hero recorded. The single and mani fest aim of Mr. Macaulay's episodical chapter is to correct those notions by which the prosperity of this country and the social :advantages of its population are represented as having been grievously degenerating ever since some golden age of wealth and happiness. His emphatic proposition is that, on the contrary, we have been ever advancing by sure and rapid steps in the right direction, and that all lamentations or misgivings on this score are unfounded and misplaced. This is indeed no new theory. It is no more than must have occurred to every attentive reader of English history. Sharon Turner asserted the same not only of this country but of almost every other, and avowed his belief that there was scarcely any people to be found whose history, properly contemplated, woul,l not exhibit a course of continuous improvement. What Mr. Macaulay has done is to illustrate this truth after his own peculiar fashion, and to show that even as regarded those social evils presumed to have bean generated, in latter day s, b y our ver y prosperity it self there is no reason whatever for considering our selves less fortunate than our forefathers. That the Revolution in its ultimate effects did most mate rially aid our progress is only a point on which the his torian and his reviewer are of ono accord; but though Mr. Macaulay naturally compares the times in which he writes to the times of which he is writing, yet he draws no con• crest whatever between the times immediately preceding and following the Revolution itself. Indeed, he has scarcely arrived at a period of his history where such a contrast was practicable. What light he may throw apon this point remains to be seen, but it must be well known to all persons conversant with the subject that those writers in whose political sentiments Mr. Ma caulay participates, and whose support he would most readily claim, admit without any hesitation that the reign of William 111. included, as far as material prosperity was concerned, one of the most gloomy and unpromising periods in English annals. The third charge levelled against Mr. Macaulay by his reviewer alludes to this method of citing and using his authorities, which is even characterized (p. 561) as a " habitual and really inju rious perversion of them." This is a topic pertaining to other pens than ours. The rveiewer him self is compelled to appeal to " specimens" which, unless anything is to be argued from their poverty, leave the case only where they found it; but we would just refer to two examples in pp. 192, 593, and ask the reader to decide for himself, whether the statements of the his torian or the accusations of the reviewer are best made out by the passages there paraded. Let him turn, too, to the charges of undue force of language, as attempted to be substautiated in p. 559; of misquotations, in pp. 561 and 586; and of misplaced circumstantiality, in pp. 580 and 621. We cannot entertain much doubt about the decision which will be thus arrived at. The reviewer, it must be acknowledged had no easy task, nor was his work lightened by the fact that the instinctive verdict of the English people had anticipated his own judgment and decision. He takes refuge, however, after tardily admitting this disagreeable truth, in the conclusion that " the work will hardly find a permanent place on the his toric shelf"—a safe and serviceable trick :of fence, us there can be no argument against a prophecy. HERALD.—We are no disciples, as our readers are well aware, of Mr. Urquhart or Mr. Anstey. Wo en tertain no unreasoning blind hatred against parti cular Sovereigns or particular races of men. We are not prone unnecessarily to sound the tocsin of alarm, or given to exciting jealousy and distrust among nations or among great bodies of men. Against the Russian na tion, taken in the aggregate mass, we have no preju dices whatever. We believe that portion of the Scla vonic tribe under the sway of the Czar to be distin guished by many good and by many amiable attributes, and to be instinct with that patriotic love of country, without which more showy qualities are valueless in our eyes. eyes. The Russian peasants are brave, they aren kindly duti ful, they are obedient, they are grateful_ treated; and, under a better and aree rss-steTmatoafrGaroe vernment, the Russian M u j ik and his brotherwhen not merely docile and teachable, high, bu if not the very but very capable of b e i n g moulded and adapted to a highest state or standard of h civilization. But the na t u re of the Russians, and te destiny of that portion of the Sclavonic race under the sway of the Czar, is, the one frequently debased, and the other often con trolled and interfered with by the system of the Russian Government. .Between the Russian state system —as the Germans call it—and the people subjected to that sys. tern, we would, however, draw a wide distinction. While the people are distinguished by many primitive virtues, the Russian political and diplomatic system, on the other hand, is marked by all the vices of semi -barbarism and of semi-civilization. There is ruse and double dealing— there is sembling and dissembling—there is fraud and chicane—there is special pleading and equivocation — there is tyranny towards the weak, and craft, cunning, and subdolous intrigue, with a view to the circumvention of the strong—in a word, there is inherent in the official and government system all the vices of the Greeks of the Lower Empire. Yet it is towards a sys• tem so discreditably distinguished as this that our Fo reign Secretary exhibits a favour and a forbearance which he extends to no other Sovereign or no other Mi nister whatever. Is the Czar attacked in Parliament, the pathetic Palmerston is moved to pity—is Nesselrode denounced in the Commons by men of all parties as tricky and faithless, the juvenile Whig thinks, however appearances may run against the Russian Chancellor, things are, after all, not half so bad as they seam. These were the Tiverton tactics in 1847—in 1848, and these are again the tactics in 1849. Indeed, no later than a fortnight ago, when Lord Dudley Stuart brought for ward his motion touching the occupation of the Moldo- Wallachian provinces by Russian troops, the simple shepherd who manages our foreign affairs ex pressed his belief that Russian assurances of with drawal were given in perfect good faith. Nay, he went further, and stated that those dear lambs — the Russian troops, so cherished and caressed wherever they go—would not further hibernate in Wallachia or Moldavia, but would go back at once to their own genial, and by no means hyperborean climate. That intelligent man, who knows the Russian system well—who has ob served for years its influences and intrigues at Constan tinople—who is in communication with all parts of the Turkish empire, and who is well and promptly informed as to what is passing in the Danubian provinces, writes to us from Constantinople no later than Lady-day, to state that on the previous evening—namely, March the 24th—an express had arrived at the Porte with the im portant intelligence that, so far from the Russians hav ing evacuated the Principalties, and marched in a direc tion homeward, on the contrary, General Mouravieff (a relative, we presume, of the Mouravieff, engaged in the conspiracy of Peatel and Apostol) had made his appearance at the head of an army of 24,000 men, while another Russian general, whose name is not given by oar correspondent, had advanced on Brailrof (printed Ibralia in our correspondent's letter), and had commenced building barracks for his troops in the environs of that city. When an army is about to move from any particular spot by a givers day or time, we never heard of its quatermaster-general, or head of the staff, giving directions, just previously to its evacua tion of a particular town or country, for the erection of barracks. On the contrary, we have always—pro bably most ignorantly—been led to conclude that the building of barracks in any country disclosed a fixed intention to occupy the country, and to hold it in military possession. On this point Viscount Palmerston ought to be a great authority. If this juvenile Whig, who was in 1807 a rank Tory, can on its meeting induce the House of Com mons to think, on any re-discussion of the Wallachian question, that the erection of barracks by the Russians affords a further proof of the desire of the Muscovite to quit the Danubian provinces, it will, of course, be vain to argue the question. But until the House unmistakeably pronounce such an opinion, we shall hold to our first im pressions. The fortress of Brailof, it should be remem bered, is situated in Central Wallachia, not far from the Wallachian town of Slobodzic, tari the Jalomnitsa, and about 100 miles south-east of Tergovist. The further Russian contingent of Mouravieff, added to the armies of General Luders and Duhamel, is by no means the most important fact stated by our correspondent. It appears the Russians have towed into the Danube, by one of their Government steamers, five-gun boats. These our correspondent states, it is intended, if possible, to tow up as far as Orsova, a town and fort of Hungary, on the confines of Servia and Wallachia, subject to the Turks. That the gun-boats cannot, from the natural impediments of the river, reach Orsova, we believe to be certain. But the moral effect of this Russian demon stration will be felt, as our correspondent remarks, just as much as though the gun-boats had reached their destina tion. Our correspondent contends—and properly con tends—that all this is done in contravention of the treaty of Adrianople, by which Russia enjoys the free naviga tion of the Danube, including both shores, from the en trance of that " dark, rolling" river to the mouth of the Pruth. But this navigation was clearly intended for merchant vessels, and for merchant vessels only. Our correspondent intimates that he has only seen the Turkish version of the treaty, and that it may bear a different interpretation in the French. But we have seen the treaty both in Turkish and in French, and we undertake to say it bears no meaning different from his version, either in French or in English. That our readers may be enabled to pronounce, we give the fol lowing short abstract of the reel provisions of this in strument. By the 2d article of the treaty Russia restored to the Porte the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, Bulgaria, and all the places occupied by the Russian arms in Roumelia. By the 3d article the Pruth is to con tinue to form the boundary between the two empires, from the point where that river touches the territory of Mol davia to its confluence with the Danube. From this point the line of frontier is to follow the course of the Danube to the mouth of St. George, leaving all the islands formed by the different branches of the river in possession of Russia, and the right bank under the do minion of the Ottoman Porte. It was, nevertheless, agreed that the right bank, from the pcint where the branch of St. George :separates from that of Soulineh, should remain uninhabited for the space of two hours from the river; that there should not be formed within that distance any kind of establishment; and that no fortification or establishment, except quarantine build ings, should be formed upon the islands remaining in possession of Russia. The merchant vessels of the two Powers to be at liberty to navigate the Danube, in its whole course; those under the Ottoman flag to enter freely the mouths of Keli and Soulineh, and the mouth of St. George to remain common to the merchant vessels and vessels of war of the two contracting parties. But the Russian vessels of war, in ascending the Danube, cannot pass beyond the point of its junction with the Pruth. This, we presume, being a fair abstract of the two articles of the treaty bearing on the question, is decisive of the moot point raised by our correspon dent. But what avails the spirit or even the letter of treaties, if Russia be disposed to proceed to the u lt i ma . ratio with the 120,000 men she has concentrated the Danubian provinces? To this we answer, that if the Porte be properly supported, as she ought to be, by the moral influence of England and France, and if two ships, or even one ship of war of each nation be sent to the Dardanelles, there is no fear for Turkey. Probably Viscount Palmerston—as usual where Russian interests are concerned—may contend that his dearly-beloved Muscovite means no harm, and is a gentleman of the blandest manners and most benevolent intentions. But this cuckoo-note of the singing bird of Tiverton has been repeated so often, that the most complaisant claqueurs of the Treasury bench must feel sick and tired of it at this time of day. It is as hackneyed—to use an illustration borrowed from the Noble Viscount's own county, Sligo—as " the tune the old cow died of." - • CHRONICLE.—The changes in the seasons are not more uniform in their recurrence than the alternate fits of extravagance and economy that periodically influence the representative body. At one moment they are wil ling to lavish money upon every conceivable folly, and at another they button up their pockets with savage determination. A few years ago it was necessary for the Minister to find " ways and means" to spend, as well as to obtain, his revenue; and a hundred public burdens were forthwith undertaken to get rid of our surplus wealth. Some were fortunately arrested in their pro. gress, but others survived. At this moment Trafalgar square bears testimony to our utter disregard of expense in pursuit of the beautiful, and the Thames Tunnel will be a lasting memorial of the utility of our public works; but the tide has since turned, and where we once voted millions for the asking, we now squabble over farthings. Committees of investigation pry into estimates, and de mand explanations. State luxuries are fiercely assailed on every side, and its necessities only supplied grudg ingly. The error is perpetuated by the violence of the reaction, and we shall bo told, at some future period, and told with truth, that in the year 1849, as in the year 1835, we had passed the bounds of prudence in our zeal for reduction. These fluctuations of opinion are un doubtedly inconvenient, but they are a necessary part of the penalties we have to pay for the advantages of self government. Nor are they altogether to be despised because of their inconsistency, for there is generally some foundation for a moderate movement in either di rection; nor are they to be relied upon as indicating the sober judgment of the country, for the most popular theories of the day are often the most easily disproved by the process of reasoning. They are, no doubt, satis factory to those who consider that the perfection of le gislation consists in its instant adaptation to the opinio ns .te of the hour, without reference to the future, f or re l e. elastic subservience to the noisy advocat es mentary convenience; but, however indicatibroeetwtheeryn may be of a satisfactory state of relat ions hip eee cann ot constituencies and their representatives, w.t . n the b e nied that these oscillations are at . tend n pu s b.l serious consequences to the charge s e ry e i c f e , a folly,nd t at mostan other at one period we are habla se t r o ious imitation of a breach we incur the n leodietossmake these remarks in eonse ug recently about ourgo of e f a u i c t e h. of / 1 7 , n e ow ar i e n g that at this moment there are not thousand able -s bodied ,sweaanmdeenri less than six thou dis charged from her Majesty out poris in a state n earl y approaching to des t it ut i on, and that within another week this number will be augmented by the crews of the St. Vincent and Penelope, makin g in all a total amount of unemploy e d and dispo sable fought f orc e larger than that with w h ic h Nelson the b a ttle of the Nile. Thi s i s a reduction which ought to satisfy the most ard ent R eformer ; but, unfortunately, it is in the wrong direction. It must strike every un prejudiced ob server t h at we are beg i nn i ng at t he s w ew ro s ng end—that we are cas ti ng away our thews and in our practised, hardy, well-trained, and disciplined sea men, and wilfully depriving ourselves of the services of those whom we have taught with years of labour, and at the expense of thousands of pounds, to qualify for a profession that is now shut in their face, and all to per petuate some existing absurdities, bolster up a faulty system, and indulge a few favoured individuals in the prosecution of various crotchets, interesting only in, the eyes of the inventors, and to the failure or suc cess of which the public will ever remain totally in different. The snm required to defray the expense of wages and food to each man is 401. per annum. So that the total amount of saving consequent upon ✓~~-~ ,~ 7/ [PRICE SD. the discha z rge of these 6,000 seamen amounts to 2 40,000/.—the exact sum which We annually pay to one company for contractin ,, to carry letters fr.qn Southampto n2o4u,ro oslowrhs etroe to ws it ta t h h y,v e teo n pi - na esa Indies heup street, anal h e nd rottenbba. u Vernon, We ncoann, allow fia nnd d 8 t w ,0 0 0 . 0 d / e . c f k o e r r r s e . P a V r e n g can eh s e t i e l l f find th e x e S n means r t v o ey set r' u s p h s e h h i a p p s p i y n frame, and then pull them to pieces, to gratify amateur architects, as has been the case with the Princess Royal, at a loss of 11,000/. We can afford to lavish 18,5001. per annum in playing at soldiers in our dockyards, and a like sum in an insane competition with the packets of a private company between Holyhead and - Kingstown. Money is scarce and economy must be enforced ; so our seamen are sent adrift ; but we can build, arm, and equip a yacht, and humbly present it to the President of Liberia and we can even fling 148,000 L into the sea at Dover, under pretext of building a harbour of refuge, apparently forgetful of the existence of the anchorage called the Downs, within eight miles of it. We go on laying down three ne w line-of-battle ships every year, for no better reason than because our forefathers did so; and in the mean time our real strength—our living hearts of oak, are neglected, deceived, and cast on shore, with hearts half broken and prospects wholly shipwrecked. Under these circumstances—and however invidious it may be, it is impossible to avoid making comparisons between what has been done is compliance with the public de mand for reduced expenditure, and what might have been accomplished, had the Executive seriously set to work in earnest for the abolition of abuses. These, however, for the most part, remain untouched, and are as prominent in their deformity as heretofore. We still see enormous sums lavished upon an ineffective list of officers ; still witness an expensive and ruinous system of dock•yard extravagance, and a host of subordinate boards and offices, whose exist ence is unknown, save through the medium of their mismanagement—altogether making up an outlay of public money, which, if applied to its legitimate use, would render the naval force of Great Britain as effec tive as it is now decrepit, and increase, by one-fourth, the power of protection, which the English flag is called upon to afford in so many parts of the globe. Compari sons may eventually be carried further, and individuals as well as boards arraigned at the bar of public opinion. Cases of such gross injustice can no longer be perpe trated with impunity. If this country is to maintain her position of maritime supremacy, the pressure must not be allowed to fall with such inequality upon different parts of the same body. All should share and share alike, or, if any difference were made, it should be in favour of those least able to protect themselves ; and the reduction should be distributed in the same propor tion- as prize money—" the greater part amongst the officers.' RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, SOUTH EASTERN. An adjourned meeting of the shareholders of this company was yesterday held at the Bridge House Hotel, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appointed by the shareholders to inquire into the affairs of the company. The chair was taken at one o'clock precisely. by James M'Gregor, Esq. The CHAIRMAN said that he had to inform the meeting that the committee of proprietors appointed to inquire into the affairs of the company at the half-yearly meet ing of the Bth of March last, had communicated to the directors, by a letter dated the 3d instant, that they would not be prepared to make their report to the share holders that day. The directors, in order to avoid giving unnecessary trouble to the proprietors in attending the meeting, had issued a letter to them, dated the sth inst., acquainting them that the meeting would be held pro forma, for the purpose of moving a further adjournment. He had, therefore, to move that the meeeting be further adjourned to the 17th day of May next, to the same place, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely. By that time the directors were informed the committee would be fully prepared to make their report to the share holders. Mr. RENSHAW seconded the motion, and the meeting immediately adjourned. SOUTH DEVON. A special meeting of this company was held on Tues day at Plymouth, for the purpose of determining on the expediency of raising money by the issue of new shares to pay off part of the debenture debt; Mr. Woolcombe in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that a circular had been sent to each shareholder, explaining the general tenor of the scheme. The object was that the proposed new stock shall be so created as, in fact, to change places with an equal amount of the debenture debt, and, consequently, become a first charge upon the railway at 5 per cent. per annum. The directors bad already received the un qualified assent of the majority of the proprietors of whole and half shares; but inasmuch as they had entered into an engagement with the preference shareholders, it was necessary that the consent of those should be ob tained to the placing of these new shares in the same position with the debenture bonds, of which they were to take the place, enjoyed already. It was the opinion of Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Lloyd that the directors could not prudently or safely propose such a scheme without first obtaining the consent of each holder of preference shares. They also recommended that the authority of the shareholders should be obtained to introduce a Bill in the present session to sanction the scheme, and that the meeting be further adjourned until the result shall have been ascer tained. He concluded by moving resolutions approving generally of the plan proposed, empowering the directors to take the necessary steps to carry the plan into effect, and to adjourn the meeting to a day in May to receive a further report. Mr. Fox was anxious that the resolution should be placed upon the books of the company, which would show that the scheme was assented to by the proprietors only on the clear undertanding that the money to be raised under it should be taken to represent borrowed capital of the company, and that the borrowing powers should be taken to have been exercised to the full extent. He sug gested that power might be taken in the proposed Bill to convert the 6 per cent. preference stock into a permanent 5 per cent. stock, in case it should hereafter be desirable to do so. The CHAIRMAN was convinced that such an arrange ment would be very beneficial to the shareholder's, pro vided it could be effected on equitable terms. The gua rantee on the preference stock had nine years to run. These resolutions, with the additions proposed by Mr. Fox, were then put and carried. A long conversation ensued with regard to the posi tion the company stood in with reference to the arrears of calls due by Mr. Stevens and Mr. Saunders. It ap peared that both these gentlemen questioned the legality of the preference shares, and demanded repayment of the sums respectively paid by them on account of those shares. The former gentleman demanded credit for the sum he paid on 1,033 preference shares, and the latter the sum of 2,8204 for the first call he paid upon them. The company had taken active proceedings against Mr. Stevens, on his promissory note, for the recovery of 23,000 L The directors had done all they could to du . ce Mr. Saunders to take a different viewof the matter, but they had not succeeded. An action had, therefore, been brought against him; and they had no doubt the validity of the preference shares would be established, ant? Mr. Saunders' liability confirmed. Mr. HUTTON complained of those gentlemen who were indebted to the company to the amount of nearly 40,0001. endeavouring to throw off their liability. A resolution, authorising the directors to raise 15,0001. under the powers of the Plymouth Great Western Dock Act, upon the security of the shares bold by the South Devon Company in the Dock Company, was agreed to. The meeting then separated. NORWEGIAN WATER TELESCOPES.—HoW slow WO sometimes are in copying the simple and useful inven tions of our neighbours is exemplified in our being so long in applying an instrument which the people of Norway have found of so great utility that there is scarcely a single fishing-boat without one. We mean the water telescope or tube, of three or four feet in length, which they carry in their boats with them when they go a-fishing. When they reach the fishing ground, they immerse ono end of this telescope in the water, and leaning over the gunwale of the boat, with their head, or rather the whole of their face, closing up the other end, so as to exclude the light from dazzling the lye and distracting the vision, they look intensely through the glass, which shows objects some ten or fifteen fathoms deep as distinctly as if they were within a few feet of the surface ; by which means, when a shoal of fish conies into their bays, the Norwegians instantly prepare their w_hicghieasses are as dig nets, man their boats, and go out in pursuit. The first pro cess is minutely to survey the ground with their glasses, and, where they find the fish swarming .. ab s o ur ul in great numbers,: then they give a d of ten the signal. n_ d round the fish with their large draught nets, tp3 for these a n n o d t Il io n ! catch them in hundreds at a haul, these telescopes, would often pro h v e e s a e iv_ used by N is or n w o a t y o , nly , as gold fish tinctly seen in the deep c . profitable fishing, as the in a crystal jar. This i nstr ument found aboard the fisherman, but it is a lso the navy and . ves sels o f Norway. When their anchors get coasting lfi n e s sah t r r übsmeyeetn oft i n to foul grou nd, or t he cables warped on a roadstead, immediately apply the g l ass, and, theyguided by it, take steps to put all to rights , which th e y could not do rude , o well without the aid of the . and simple instil ment, which the meanest fisherma n can make up with his own hands, without the aid T hu preceding remarks form the introduction of a craftsemane. notice of a telescope, sam eprinci p le , t andtb Dinotrio. made on the intro duced last week, we believe for the first time, into the Tay, whereby the fishermen below bridge have been enabled to discover stones, holes, and uneven ground, over which the net travels, and have found the instill. ment to answer to admiration, the minutest object in 12 feet water being as clearly seen as on the surface:. 1 Northern Warder. DROUET ; S TRIAL.—A full report in the Observer, of Sunday morning, April 15. 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TULE COAL TRADE.—The Commissioners of the Customs' Department have issued instru ctions to the collectors and controllers, and other principal officers of the department at the several ports and places through out the United Kingdom, to prepare and transmit to the Inspector-General of I m ports and Exports, with the least possible delay , the following account so far as the same relates to their respective ports, viz., an account of the number of tons of coals, culm, and cinders respec tively shipped at the several . ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland to ot her ports in the United Kingdom, in the year 1848, in continuation of a similar account ren• dered for the previous year. 'At Rathkeale sessions fifteen cattle atu'i shoe stealers were senteneed too transycetetipea. '1