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=ma ORDNANCE CORN-MILL, WALTHAM ABBEY. The Principal 0 Fcers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give notice, that Tenders will be received at their Office in Pall-mall, on or before FRIDAY, the 2d day of March next, from such persons as may be willing to RENT the above Mill for the term of 7, 14, or 21 years from Lady-day next, subject to resumption by the Board of Ordnance, on a notice of six months. Possession to be given on the Ist April, 1849. This Mill consists of Six Pairs of Stones, driven by Two Water wheels, with Four Dressing Machines, a Smutting Machine, &c., &c., extensive Storeage for Grain, &c., and a small Saw Mill. Attached to the Mill is a commodious Dwelling-house, situated in the most desirable part of the town, with Offices complete, and a small Garden in rear. • The whole of the Pre rises and Machinery are in a good state of repair. For further particulars, apply at the Office of Ordnance, Pall-ntall ; to the respective Officers of Ordnance, at Waltham Abbey ; and 9 ap plication must he made to the said Officers for cards of permission to a view the premises. By order of the Beard, R. BYRAM, Secretary. Office of Ordnance, January 1, 1849. TO WELL-DIGGERS AND ENGINEERS. PURE SOFT WATER WANTED. THE Trustees of the Poor of the Parish of SAINT LEONARD, SIIOREDITCII, are desirous of having a WELL SUNK within the area of their Workhouse, capable of supplying pure SOFT WATER sufficient for all the purposes of that Establishment, with a Pump erected over the said well, to be worked by manual labour. Persons desirous of Contracting with the said Trustees for the above works, can learn further part!culars by applying to the Master at the Workhouse, Kingsland-road. Tenders to be sent to the Clerk's Office, at the Workhouse. before Twelve o'clock on Thursday, February 1, 1849 ; and the Trustees do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest or any one of the Tenders. January 23. 1849. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages With respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. Policies Issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if needful, while living. The Assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the Annual Meeting, held on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a sixth bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid on each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perma- Sum the ,4 1 Annual Policy Bonus in' nent Re- Assured Age. E Pre- takn addition Bonus in duction of may hor = minas. out in in to Sum Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premium. Policy. £ s. d.i X s d. £ s. d. X a. 4. 1837 262 14 3 121 15 11 20 8 8 543 17 9 X I L s. d. 1838 237 15 6 108 16 4 17 7 6 1494 8 10 80 1000 74 3 4 1839 211 18 6 95 10 9 14 17 7 445 0 1 1841 163 8 4 75 15 10 11_10 9 395 11 1 - 1841 159 3 ,41 71 8 0 19 19 8 341 2 3 1842 132 2 6, 58 17 6 8 19 10 296 13 4 1843 84 11 81 37 10 9 5 14 2 247 4 5 TN consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see BANVARD'S GRAND MOVING PAINTING of the MIS SISSIPPI and MISSOURI FIVERS, at the EGYP TIAN HALL, Piccadilly, the Proprietor respectfully announces Two Exhibitions every day during the holidays. This Immense Painting is the Largest in the World, and exhibits more than 3,000 miles of Ameri can scenery.—The Day exhibition will commence every Afternoon, at Half-past Two, and the Evening at Half-past Seven o'clock; doors open half an hour before commencing. Admission, lower seats, 2s. ; gallery, Is. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta geous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con- tribution of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, at his option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan tages which the judicious application of a small saving can secure through this Society. 11. PREMIUMS To secure 1 taining the age of on attain- Annuity£lo 10 0 mutt! Premium of ingtheage Cash .. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 i option of ENEFITS Secured on Cl 65, by an At 2/. 12s. r. l 2 Payable I Payable Payable Cash. Policy. .= Anna- in one for Dis . = ally. I sum. parity. "`t Annuity. X s. d 20 47 16 6 30 26 15 10 40 13 19 9 s. d 394 11 o*(3 221 0 0 201 115 $ 0.136 s. d. £ s. d. s. d. s. d. o 0 20 01011 10 010 0 0 0 0 0 30 019 616 7 1 7 311 6 0 40 117 327 311 19 410 Immediate Annuities arc also granted by the Society on liberal terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, showing the annual amount of annuity *pen every 1001. deposited : Age 50, .£7 Ss. I Age GO, £0 14s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d, The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, &c., may be had at the "Mee, or any of its Branches in the Country ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. W. S. B. WOOLTIOUSE, Actua7. IRFOGS AND DAMP AIR. ARCLAY'S AS I'IIMATIC CANDY has, for . many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the al e effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season , are se prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind , to rerve the Stomach from the admission of Damps , and to relieve ose who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London ; and sol d retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gifford, 104, and 11. Burfleld, 180, Strand ; Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; Hallows, 2, 1 11 %h - street, Islington ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in - uolvti and Country. an Observe:—None can be genuine, unless the names of " Barclay d Soria " are on the Stamp affixed to each ,tox, TIC HOLOREUX CURARLE.—TOOTHACHE. JAMES' CELEBRATED ASTILIAN TINC TURE FOR THE TIC DOLOREUX, Will prove an Invaluable medicine to those suffering from this most Xcruciating and hitherto-considered incurable complaint. A know ledge of its surprising efficacy has induced the proprietors to bring it more extensively before the Public than has hitherto been done, and t hus confer a blessing upon thousands now labouring under that d istressing malady; the first application not only easing the patient "all pain, but effecting in almost every case, a lasting cure. As a remedy for Toothache, the proprietors can confidently recom- Mend. it as one that cannot be surpassed. Th„ls medicine is also a certain specific for Spasms, however violent, ipecially in the stomach or bowels, and from its perfect freedom nl anything of a deleterious character, may be administered under any circumstances with entire safety. Prepared by CARSON and Co., Liverpool, sole Proprietors, and Sold wholesale, for them by Barclay and Sons, Edwards, Sutton, and Co., Butler and Ilarding, I. Sanger, Dietrichsen and Hannay. Birmingham; I. and It. Raimes and , L ondon; Southall Brothers, . 0 , Edinburgh; Bolton, Blansbard, and Co., York; Clay and and E. S. Rogers, Liverpool ; and retail by the following ~'aenaists :—Collins, 54, Piccadilly; Woolridge, Bath-place, New ; Fisher, Crawford , street ; Holmes, Spring street, Sussex *Vrcleus ; Emery, Notting-hill; or any re = p eCtable Patent Medicine endor throughout the kingdom. Price 2s. 9d., 4s, Gd., and in Family Bottles, lls. each. P ir II E POET and the PUM P. A TILE OF TILE EAST. Where Aldgate Pump suspends its iron bowl, A far-famed poet took his morning stroll ; And as he neared the venerable pump, Which long has braved the weather like a trump, A, stranger's voice in plaintive accents bid The poet stop—aud stop the poet did. Then turning round to east, west, north and south, 1e found the voice was from a watery mouth. Stay, gentle laureate of the Prince of Trade, And listen while my few remarks are made. I've often wondered why you never sing Of ancient Aldgate's celebrated spring. You need not fear a theme like this to choose, Lwould not throw cold water on your rause. You've sung of Aldgate Bells and Aldgate Church, rut leave the Pump of Aldgate in the lurch. On London's Stone you've also used your quill, And that tall Monument on Fish-street-hill. You've sketched St. Paul's Cathedral and the Abbey, Rut as for me, your conduct, Sir, is shabby ; For me you do not seem to care a dump"— And here a tear-drop trickled from the pump. Hush," quoth the bard, " my conduct I regret , And I at once will liquidate the debt. .Yes, I am grieved to see ybu in the dumps, And thus would I commence-0 ! Pump of Pumps 'Tis thine to rise in Aldgate's noted part, Where busy thousands flock to MOSES' Mart. You have the honour of beholding there k IE OSES and SON'S astonishing affair. I ou know the stir created twelve years back, When MOSES' system made its bold attack. You know the increasing crowds who still admire , the Mart of MOSES for its prime ATTIRE. You know that what I say is strictly true, Of Dress -coats, Over-coats, and Frock-coats too " t " 1 know, as sure as you've an irol handle, That competition here can't hold a candle. MOSES' FAMED HAT MART, Which arises yonder, Can ne'er be matched, you know, where'er you wander. .:SES, you know, have decorated gaily, The multitudes of heads which pass you daily. And you have witnessed, with your crowning lamp, THE BOOTS AND SHOES In which so many tramp. And well you know they'd keep the water out, If even placed beneath your drenching spout. You've also seen THE HOSIERY OF MOSES, Where neither price nor quality imposes. You know the multitudes who daily reap A dvantage from a stock so good and cheap. THE FUR ESTABLISHMENT, You also know, S Where all the judging ladies wisely go. _Yes you have seen, while spouting forth your waters, What MOSES' do for Britannia's charming daughters. On all the vast establishments of trade Your daily observations you have made; And were I now to ask you your opinion, If MOSES' Marts are matched in the dominion. No!' you'd exclaim • apart, or in the lump, t , No Marts can equal those near Aldgate Pump.' " t.,7••• MOSES and SON beg to call the attention of Emigrants to I •e ir low lists of outfit s , commenc i ng ( i ncluding every necessary) at I Z., l fr ower if required. The list can be h a d on a ppli ca ti on , or sent L i t ee. d r A otlee.—A New Department for the sale of Parasols and Chil d s Dresses has been opened at 157, Minories. to MOSES and SON invite' especial attention to their Shooting which possess a peculiar cut and style, adding much comfort ot b",,, e _flt e • E. M. and S. are convinced they will be much approved Sho oting E uligblic. Coats, in a variety of materials from Ss. fml. to 21s. Th e Doeskin, or Elastic Coat, from.... • 17s. Od. to 325. LIST OF PRICES. BEADY MADE. styles tl d nain and Winter Coats, in the new from " este rfield and Codrington's, all and every description £0 9 6 of Over -coats handsomely trimmed •• • • • • • • * Th e Premier • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••••••••••• Ati ngCoats. ...... . ....... • •• •• •• ij o ann and Winter Trousers . • • •• •••••••• • • • • • • • ...I);:toecsiledno.:trsd Winter .• •: ••• • 1 Hussar and Tunic • Suits— .. •• • •• •• •• •• •• • • MAD TO RE. 4 1, 441 11 in and Wi n t er Coats, E in all MEASU the newest style rom £1 6 0 , n _l ll e.l cloth Coat ....... •• •• •• • • ** •• 2 2 eed Trousers . . .. • ..... •• • • o 9 6 . • • .• •. . 0 18 0 New WraPPers • • ...... ..... ....... .... D - iq e ly Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles ••.. • • 0 16 6 oeskin Trousers.... .. .......... .• • • . 1 2 0 nest, er Dress— . • 6 0 ••••••••••••••• ••••• 'ream Coats • Best quality •••••••••"• Cassimere Vest • • .... Satin, Plain or Fancy •• . ..... .. •. • . •••• • • • • 6 0 12 0 riussar and Tunic Suits •• • • •••• •••• 1 9 0 Mourning to any ext en t at Five Mlnu•;e•s• ' notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 1/. 16s. 11 .11.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their pre •ttit Stock of juvenile attire. The designs are elegant and unique, I lacl the workmanship and materials are such as to command univer ulltaale.probation, while at the same time the pricescalortehui:7:layttemio.:, tu; MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, 14 - li e rs, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for P, and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156. and 157 Minorlea, and 83, and 86 Alelgate, City, London. s 'Ogery e. —Any article purchased, ready made, or made to raea aresind an the . rtt or ,' not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the ci r eturned. Adbu t g ha o t bl t ig h e e d d t n o tr gu ad 4.--nsEt •imMpoossetsorsa,ndbutS°l4navreegrleeatrnbeedin resorted of being connected with theM, odr for obvious t o h b e v s i a o m os ec r o e n u c o e n. rn s. , •1 4 3 . esorted to in many instances, an %111, tt iffe no connexion with any other house in or ot s it ho o d f ld Lo c n a d ll o a n t i , yr % n ee whe, desire genuine and chem. clothing, &c., Minories and Aldgate, City, London. a ltp. "id 11 •••-Xo butiness transacted at this establishment•from sun -'40v.1:47,11 sunset Saturday, when busbies is resumed till twelve 1 5 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 O 8 6 O 4 6 O 12 6 O 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 16 6 REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. Od„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debilit7 and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the Influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structin es, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'INIERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. In order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how malty could it be traced to Physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The partieuhir excesses, on the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shams and the dread so rrequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking - or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of iisease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the , nedical man who can show by hi., posse , sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas 'ertifY, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. , L,2e P ,nd r ejai lisl an le a d .yin. b tr y ear t e h tk e ,eL A t o; u n t d h i.oi o na r . , ; and may be had of Kent and Richards, street,ateriiostei-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne seolrl: fr l e l . s, by F p l o ee st t• s f tr or ee t t o ; rty ? t o w rd o o s a t , am l4 p 6 s: from he Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight, at his refddence. 37, Beclf "d 'square, London. Just published, price 55., Bvo., in cloth, r iCHE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC TURESI_ of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa tally prevalent. By F. B. counTEicA.r, Bf.R.C.S.E.,' •' The operation of Introducing a catheter through an impermeable stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery. Published by 11. Rainier°, 219, Regent-street ; awl may be had of all booksellers in town or country. ~ erous tt the neans ;sup- P., in uncut rife of derick !,v. E. quare, !hcebe James ;, the lier de 'illiam c an d `Vest :sq of k_hia, r Don le late .G, of 112• ,ty of • • 441 V - • • • \ . V't • zir : ‘ l ^ . - • • A - • ji - _ fry- -- - "•• No. 17,576.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY 'NWELL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL Principal—Rev. J. A. E3IERTON, D.R. Twelve Years Curate of 'Lumen. THE DOCUMENT. " We, the undersigned, take the opportunity of expressing our deep concern that the Bishop of London should have overlooked the p• eminent claims which the Rev. Dr. Emerton, the late curate up wards of t welve years, undoubtedly possessed to the Rectorship of lianwell, an event se universally expected that we deem the disap pointment worthy of public comment and reproach, calculated to bring our Church discipline into question and ultimately to call for legislative interference on the subject." Vacation closed the 23d instant. Prospectuses, with full parti_ulars, on application PUBLICATIONS. COLONEL STEINBACPPS ACCOUNT OF THE PUNJAUB. In post Bvo., price ss. cloth, T HE PUNJAUB : being a brief Account of the SIKHS and their COUNTRY. By Lieutenant-Colonel STEINBACH. Second Edition, with a Map. * 4 .* The Map may be had separately, price Is. ; or Is. 6d. In case. London : Smith, Elder, and Ce., 65, Cornhill. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. Notice is hereby given, that the February Half-yearly General ?Reefing of the Proprietors of the London and North-Western Rail way Company will be held at the Euston Hotel, Euston-place, Lon don, on FRIDAY, the 16th day of February next. The Chair to he taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. At which Meeting it is proposed to consolidate into Stock the 101. Shares A and B of the late Manchester and Birmingham Railway ; and such of the 201. Shares of the late London and Birmingham Railway ; and 401. Shares of the late Grand Junction Railway as have been paid up in full. GEORGE CARR GLYNN, Chairman of the Board of Directors. CHARLES LAWRENCE, Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Directors. H. BOOTH, Secretaries. C. E. STEWART, I Office, Euston Station, January 22, 1849. AMENDED CONDITIONS. D ONCA §TER GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASES, &c. FRIDAY, ➢ARCH 16, 1849, Two STEEPLE CHASES, One HURDLE RICE, and Two FLAT RACES, Open to all the World. The Grand National Steeple Chase Handicap 20 Sovs. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared on or before the 20th of February, with 100 added. The second horse to save his stake, and the winner to pay 15 sovs. towards expenses. Winners from the time of declaring the weights, once Gibs., twice or more 101bs. extra. To he handicapped by Mr. E. W. Topham, Chester. About four miles. The line of country is only one mile from the town, and will be over grass land only. To close and name on the 27th of January, to Edward Nicholson, Esq., at the Woolpack Hotel, Doncaster, or Mr. G. J. Birley, Clerk of the Course. For further particulars see "Bell's Life," or " Sunday Times," January 21st, 1849. 1 1 HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. A View in the Gold District of California is just a 'ded to the New Series of Dissolving Views.—Lectures on the Cultivation of the Voice, and on the Art of Singing, by G. Clifford, Esq., Illustrated with a variety of So gs, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at a Q .arter to Three o'clock, and on the alternate Evenings, at Eight.— On the Electric Light, by Dr. Bachhoffner on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings.—On Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan' with brilliant Experiments, daily, and on the alternate Evenings.LChilde's Phan tasmagoria, with new effects, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at a Quarter to Three, and on the alternate Evenings.—New Chromatrope. —Microscope.—Diver and Diving-hell.—Working Models explained. —The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ' • and in the Evenings (including •aturd ay) from Seven till Ilalf-pastTen.__ Admission, Is.—Schools, half-price.—The New Catalegue, Is THE ROYAL LOCHNAGAR WHISKEY, as Fupplied to her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Nobility, having had immense sale since its patronage by the Queen and the Prince Consort, has now been tested by the first judges, and pro nounced to be the finest and purest Spirit ever introduced into Eng land. Testimonials to this effect are received daily by the sole Con signees, WHITING and ROBERTS, CHURCH-STREET, MILL DANK, WESTMINSTER. This Whiskey is now to be obtained at all the first Spirit Merchants and Dealers in town and country, in bottles, sealed with the Royal Arms, labelled, and the corks branded ROYAL LOCHNAGAR WHISKEY. A B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England.—The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce ; Queen's Pattern, 7s, 4d. per ounce. The following are the weights recommended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier, at the same price per ounce : Fiddle Pattern. Queen's Pattern. oz. s.d. £s. d. oz. s.d. s. d. 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 10 15 0 12 Table spoons 40 at 7 4 ..14 13 4 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 • 7 3 4 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 4.. 9 10 8 12 Table Forks 30 at 7 2• 16 IS 0 12 Table Forks 40 at 7 4..14 13 4 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2•• 7 3 4 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 4.. 9 10 8 2 GravySpoonslo at 7 2 3 11 8 2 Gravy Spoons 12 at 7 4.. 4 8 0 1 Soup Ladle 10 at 7 2 311 8 I Soup Ladle 12 at 7 4.. 4 8 0 4 Sauce ditto 10 at 7 8.• 316 8 4 Sauce ditto 12 at 7 10.. 414 0 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 00, 4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt) 2 2 0 1 Fish Slice ••• • • • 12 Tea spoons 10 at 7 8.• 310 8;12 Tea Spoons 14 at 7 10.• 5 9 8 1 Pair Sugar Tongs • ... 015 0; 1 Pair Sugar Tongs.... • • 1 6 0 N. B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, illustrated by drawings, and containing information relative to the purchase of Silver Plate and Plated Ware, may be had on application, or will be sent into the country free of postage, in answer to a paid letter. A A G E. L. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a ,21ase of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em +,;tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un omprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, Ind broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set- Cement. Honour and justice demand that health should form aa item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or .neglect wound more sorely than poverty er misfortune. Reader, if .hese surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little NIEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by cost, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered ay misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but !or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom ttey are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the ago. Furthermore, two other !We publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) ealled " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pmphlets, bat equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's 'tie, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always m the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet sstreet • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strang ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; aaci all onkanliers. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, .AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ' , Tow Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex .essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis .ualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. "PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Stade, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. _ _ . PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated iay Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple appacation, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the cad er's notice. PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its luties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TOE CORDIAL BALM OF STRUM)! is exclusively employed in treat nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of Infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, its. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, Ts. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Its. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhme, gleet, strict - are, and chronic inllamma ton of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, Id. A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position is society. 51. rackets, 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, Bereers-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to One. THE THIRD EDITION of MR. MACAU. LAY'S HISTORY of ENGLAND, Vols. I. and 11., Bvo. price 325., is this day published. London: Lo igman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, AN ANATOMY of PARLIAMENT, being a complete Account of the Members of the House of Commons, and the Family, Professional, and other influences that surround them, will be given as a SECOND SUPPLEMENT for 1849, with JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWS and FINANCIAL ECONOMIST, of Saturday, the 3d February. The Largest Sheet allowed by Law -32 Pages, and 9ti Columns. Every Saturday, price 6d. stamped. *,,* Without one word of offence or per,onality, this Supplement will furnish one of the strongest proofs of the inefficiency of the pre sent mode of representation ever offered to the public. Early orders to any Newsman. Office for Advertisements, 17, Upper Wellington-street, Strand. Extract from The Sun, January 15, 1849. " IMME L'S PERFUMED ALMANAC. Mr. Rimmel has had the happy idea of publishing an al manac beautifully printed on a single card, the edges of which are in imitation of lace pattern, and of having this card-almanac saturated with the most delicious perfume, so that if placed in a writing-desk, the contents of the desk imbibe from the almanac the most delicious frarance. Rimmers Perfumed Almanac is the prettiest cadeau that can be presented to a lady. It should be found in every boudoir, and on the table of every drawing-room." To be had, price Is., of E. RIMMEL, Perfumer, 39, Gerrard-street, Soho. Can be sent by post en receipt of 13 stamps. T HE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT. Pursuant to Act 6 and 7 Tic., cap. 65. Messrs. SWAIN and Co., 379, Oxford-street, in announcing the preparation of this garment, desire to have it known that it bears no affinity to the common produce vaunted as built of the Llama Wool, a material possessing no property by reason of which it can be woven into a cloth, and which is to every manufacturer of the em pire, or of Europe, a thing unknown. Sir. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury; Mr. George Davison, Sheffield; Mr. Robert Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight; Mr. Henry Hewitt, Manchester ; Mr. Maddox, Liverpool ; and Mr. John Whitty, 8, Col• lege-green, Dublin, sole agents for its sale in the above towns, LONDON ORPHAN Asmat.—The annual meeting of governors of this institution was held on Monday at the London Tavern. Mr. James Capel having taken the chair, the secretary proceeded to read the report, from which it appeared that the total receipts for the past year were 8,298/. 4s. 7d., and the ex penditure 8,5871. 4s. 7d., leaving a deficit on the year's account of 2891. Since the last gene ral meeting, 67 children, having completed their terms, had left the institution, seven had died in the asylum, and two were under the care of their friends ; 74 had been admitted, and of this number nine were ad mitted under the rule 37, 60 by election, and five in conse quence of having been expelled from the Asylum of Bri tish Orphans in Paris. It was intended to admit two more under similar circumstances. The day's election would admit 30, making the total number in the asylum 397. The total number of children who would have re ceived the benefits of the institution since its establish • meat on the completion of their terms by the present inmates and candidates would be 1,765. The re port having been adopted, the secretary moved that two orphan children be admitted from France, 2001. having been paid for them by the Refugee Committee. Agreed to. The election of thirty children was then proceeded with, the number of candidates being 144. The following are the names of the successful candi dates, with the numbers polled by each. Girls—Lam prey, 10,351; Dan ks, 8,816; Brightwell, 8,415; Morris, 8,272 ; Davis, 7,961 ; Reece, 7,501 ; Callaway, 7,475; G ain,7,468 ; Haynes, 7,466; O'Neill, 7,415; Stone, 7,281; Clarke, 7,140; Cluff, 7,091. Boys—Marten, 8,435; Wallis, 8,142; Johnston, 8,134; Stevens, 8,044; Sharp, 7,959; Mills, 7,956; Prichard, 7,922; Turner, 7,748; Allen, 7,577; Scott, 7,398; Gunson, 7,347; Wiggins, 7,280; Tizmur, 7,160; Hopwood, 7,083; Arnold, 6,995; Wink, 6,923; Smith, 6,786. ABUSES IN THE NAVY.—The new Lord of the Admiralty has been, for the long period of 27 years, re presentative of Portsmouth in Parliament, and there can be no doubt that he will be again returned for that borough. This of itself is sufficient to show that he must know more about ships and dockyards than most of his immediate predecessors. He was recently one of the select e ,mraittee appointed to overhaul the estimates of the three great military branches of the public ser vice. While joining in all the propositions fur economy wherever it was practicable, he would not assent to cripple the amount of warlike materials in the public stores; and we are pretty certain that all the old officers of the navy will do honour to his name, as one of those who resisted the attempt to abridge the hard earned pro motion of the senior ranks. With regard to the labours of the committee, we must repeat, that it is not the personnel or materiel—neither the officers and seaman, nor the hemp, tar, and timber in the dockyards and stores, that created the excess in the estimates, but the fancy building and tinkering of ships. They were con structed on some beau ideal, and when taken to sea were inefficient in some point or other. The word then— different from the commands in the steamer, " Stop her," " Ease her," &c. —was, "Lengthen her," " Shorten her,"' " Cut down her masts," " Give her more ballast." Iron steamers were built, and then it was discovered that shot would knock them to pieces like crockery-ware; frigates were cut down to be steam•tubs; with other fan tastic tricks. There being no specific remedy for a ship rocking like a cradle, when one was proved to be in that dilemma she was sent to " sleep on her shadow" in Dorchester Lake or Hamoaze All these alterations were put down as " repairs," and a pretty penny they cost. The money laid out in these experiments in the list two or three years would have kept 10,000 able seamen in constant employ.—Naval & Military Gazette. THE CASTLEREAGH LETTERS.—The third and fourth volumes of this important work, completing the Irish Rebellion and the Union, are just published. The most valuable contribution to modern history that we know of is to be found in the Memoirs and Correspon dence of Lord Castlereagh. They are indeed invaluable records of facts, and without them it is impossible for any man to say that up to this moment he has had the opportunity of knowing the real history of the Irish Re belt(); or the arrangements for a Union. The great value of the work is the correspondence—the letters which passed between Lord Castlereagh and others at the very time the great, and in many instances awful, events, to which they recur were passing. In these documents all is unreservedly exposed. There have been assertions and suspicions on one side—here are the statements and facts on the other. Full justice never was done, and never could be done, to the acts as well as the motives of Lord Castlereagh, but by a publication such as now lies before us. The more widely these volumes are circu lated, the more certainly will truth be vindicated, false hood exposed, and calumny refuted.—Morning Herald. DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN POTTERY.—The opera tions at Sunderland New Docks proceed apace, and the water, it is expected, will be admitted at an early date in February. When there is 141 feet at the tide gauge, there will be 22 feet of water at the dock entrance from the river. During the excavation of this part of the works, a singular discovery was made. Under the site of some old houses on the pier quay was found what an tiquarians pronounced to be remains of an ancient Ro man pottery. About 8 feet below the surface appeared a circle, about 25 feet diameter, hewn out of the lime stone rock. In the interior of this was a circle of small rubble stones, in arrangement resembling a gin or horse mill, which had apparently been erected for the purpose of grinding clay. Near this place was found a quantity of red and yellow ochre, and some broken earthenware, with four perfect specimens of Roman bottles, with necks about a foot in length, the under part being globular. They were common red ware and unglazed. One of them has been sent to the Antiquarian; Society of New castle, and another, a very perfect one in all respects, was presented to the Sunderland Museum. PRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, Lost- DON.--MORISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE.— It appears that the sum paid to Government up to January, 1849, for stamps for Morisou's Pills, amounts to 115,000/. Such an amount would give 18,400,000 of s tamps at lid. each, and there being 45 pills in the small boxes, would give the number of pills 828,000,000 (eight hundred and twenty-eight millions). Besides the above, 200 of the " family packets," each containing 600 pills, have been sent annually for the last twelve years to the Exeter Hygeian Dispensary, to be given to the poor, which amounts to 1,500,000 more of pills.—With such facts, can any one doubt that Hygeists have had more practical experience in a system of good vegetable pur gation than all the doctors in the world put together, who by ever changing their medicines and poisons do not really know the effects of any of them. It is only by an accumulation of facts that truth in medicine can be ascertained.--British College of Health, New-road, London. Jan. 16, 1849. CADVERTISEMENT.]-DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE Vl' SION,-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Newly invented Spec tacles, Powerful Telescopes, Opera and Ilace Glasses, Micros copes, &c.—Patronised by their Majesties the Queen Dowager and the King of Hanover, their Graces the Duchess of Hamilton, the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, the Archbishops of Canter bury. York, and Dublin, the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Ar gyle, Marlborough and Manchester, Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Cork, Kilmore, and Kildare. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Oculists and Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construc tion. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, either by day or candlelight, that mist and dulness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also the most powerful Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, and Microscopes. Invisible, and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of the most extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, are not connected with a person putting up the same name in their immediate neighbourhood. To prevent mistakes, be cautious and observe —to be had at 39, Albemarle street, pPiccadilly,*Mita the York liotel. ' CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday the first meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London under the new Act of Parliament, took place at Guildhall; Sir P. Laurie in the chair. The meeting was very numerously attended, much in terest having been excited by the appointment of the various officers of the court, the general business con nected with the sanity regulations, and the reports of Mr. Simon, the City medical officer, and others relating to the necessary arrangements to be made to meet future emergencies. Mr. Deputy ALLAM moved—" That Mr. Deputy Peacock, who had so long distinguished himself as the indefatigable chairman of the commission, and made such exertion to get the new Bill, should bo re-elected to the chair for one year." Mr. SELSON seconded the motion; which was carried unanimously. The inspectors and messengers were also reappointed. SANITARY MATTERS. Mr. PRIOR then proposed—" That Mr. Simon be elected to the dice of Officer of Health of the city of London, under the new Bill," and said that the selection of that gentleman before the Bill came into operation reflected honour upon the corporation, as his zeal and energy were proportioned to his skill, which was equal to that of any man in the profession.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. OBBARD seconded the proposition. Mr. STACEY said the Court ought to pause a little as they were not yet aware of the distinct duties which the medical officer would have to perform, and the amount of remuneration he was to receive. As soon as such matters were settled, it would be proper to proceed to the appointment, but not till then.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. WILLIAMS (of Farringdon ward) was of opinion that the whole medical staff of the City unions should be connected with the sanitary regulations. That staff con sisted of 11 men of great professional experience, and qualified to act for the benefit of London in any emer gency. They visited all the parts of the City in which disease was likely to exist, and be should wish to see - them occupy the place which had been marked out for Mr. Simon, who could not act in so extensive an arena without the assistance of the commissioners themselves, or of those men whose high capabilities could be brought to bear effectively upon any dangerous epidemic, how ever general. He considered it to be his duty to move " that the 11 medical gentlemen who acted for the unions should have amongst them the 5004 a year which he believed it had been the intention to vote to Mr. Simon." He knew they were prepared to act. Mr. Williams altered the form of his motion by moving " that a committee be appointed to consider the duties, &c., of the Medical Officer, &c." Mr. ELLIOTT seconded the motion. Some question having arisen as to the nature of the duties of the office, The CHAIRMAN said, the Act gave no definitiorfof the duties, but Mr. Simon was ready to state what he thought his duties ought to be, and what assistance he ought to have. As for remuneration, that seemed to form no part of his case. After a few words from Mr. Deputy Stevens, Mr. Eagleton, Mr. Perkins, and others, who spoke in terms of high praise of Mr. Simon, the question was put, and Mr. Simon was immediately elected, by a vast majority, for one year, as medical officer of the city of London. Mr. Deputy HARRISON then moved, in accordance with the wish of the Court of Common Council, the ap pointment of twelve members, together with the chair man, officers to o a f c t t h a e s u a n i b o o n e s r d h a o d f h h e e a It s h a . i d Tahpep applied d e v t e o n be m medical ade medical officers of the city of London, with 501. a year each. He now hoped the Commissioners would not see any occasion for such appointments, and that the board of guardians would take care to supply Mr. Simon with all the information which that gentleman should consider necessaryfor ha.) himto e ob r tain in performing the duties of his office.—(Hear, Mr. PRIOR seconded the motion; which was carried unanimously. Mr. Simon was then introduced to the Court, and in formed that he had been just elected to the office under the new Act. The new City Medical Officer then rose, and read a long and interesting report respecting the present rate of mortality in the City (which he estimates at about 28 per 1,000 per annum of the population), the defective sanitary arrangements of certain districts (particularly the courts which lie between Snow hill and West-street, Smithfield; those which open into Long-lane, and, worst of all, those which lie about Moor-lane, Milton -street, Whitecross-street, and Golden-lane, in the ward of Cripplegate); and the sanitary clauses of the new Act, by the enforcement of which he considers that the Commissioners had within their control as good an antidote for the spread of fever as vaccination is for the infection of small-pox. With respect to the 80th clause, which legalised his own appointment and assigned his duties, Mr. Simon solicited the at tention of the Commissioners to the very serious diffi culty which must attend all sanitary progress in the city, unless in the very first instance a perfect spirit of co operation was established among the various authorities who a, e interested in that progress. Reference to the clause in question (he said) will show that- it must often be the duty of the officer of health to suggest measures for the improvement of the general condition of the poorer classes, or for the relief of some temporary pres sure of disease, or for the arrest of infection, and although the indulgence of this Court might perhaps be so far extended as to allow him to broach such topics in that place, yet it was obvious that his doing so would often lead to inconvenience, and seldom to advan tage. Cases might often occur (and, indeed, are now oc curring) in which clause 80 contemplated and required the interference of the officer of health ; but in respect of which the clause omits to indicate with what authority or by whose intervention he can act. In all those large and important works which do so much towards annihilating the physical causes of disease, in all which relates to the drainage and purification of the city, that Honourable Court was quite absolute; but for what relates to the personal circumstances of the sufferers, or the measures that may be requisite for their relief, the Court has declined to provide in its Act of Parliament. Most of the cases to which he alluded to were within the jurisdiction of the guardians of the poor, and he would respectfully beg the Hon. Commis sioners to instruct him how, in such cases, they would wish him to proceed. In the event of a board of health being formed as a body, with which he might habitually act, it would no doubt be within the power and discretion of the Commissioners, and would be of infinite advantage to the dispatch of business, if arrangements could be made to avoid those conflicts of jurisdiction which might at some most critical moment render his best endeavours ineffectual. Meanwhile, if that Hon. Court should be pleased to sanction it, ho would propose that a formal notification of his appointment should be convoyed to the several boards of guardians, and that he should be permitted to add to this notification that, in the event of occasion requiring it, he should (according to the spirit of the clause referred to) consider himself bound, and at the same time authorized by that Hon. Court, to co-ope rate, to his best ability, in such sanitary movements as the guardians might originate." Upon the motion " that the statement be printed and circulated, it was objected by some members that alarm might be excited by the dissemination of the truths con tained in it; but it was almost unanimously agreed to that the sooner so important a document met the public eye the better; and the motion was carried by accla mation. Papers from the several City unions were referred to the Board of Health. The following communication was sent in to the Court, and referred to the Committee of the Board of Health:— " Old Jewry, Jan. 10, 1849. " Gentlemen,—ln anticipation of the beneficial powers with which you are now invested for the preservation of the health and comfort of the inhabitants of the City, and desirous of aiding this great work, I have caused diligent inquiry to be made upon th e various matters to which the Act entitled City of London Sewers Act, 1848,' especially refers. "It would be difficult to suggest reasons more potent in favour of this measure, or rather for the necessity of it, than the returns I have now the honour to bring under your notice, which you will perceive are made in dis tricts corresponding with the police divisions. These returns embrace nearly 200 cases, many of them of long standing and of aggravated character, and all deserving of attention. _ " Though these returns are the result of considerable labour and perseverance, they must not be regarded as complete, and still less must their value be determined by this preliminary representation of public and private nuisances. " To give efficiency to this law by realising the bene ficial objects contemplated by it, I venture to repeat what I have before urged, the extreme desirableness of having periodical returns, not less frequent than monthly, of a similar character to the present, not only pointing out objects which deserve attention, but also to report whether efficient remedies have been appli e d ; and I submit there is no medium by which those objects can be so effectually and economically obtained as through the agency of the police. " As an illustration of my views upon this subject I beg to direct your attention to a letter I had the honour to address to your board on the 17th of April last, in which you will find the following remarks, and which appear to we to be still more appropriate now that you are armed with every requisite authority. " The" state of our streets generally, and esp ec i a ll y the narrow and more c onfined streets, alleys, a n d courts is very unsatisfactory, and calls for daily supervision, which none could so iffi2iently give as the poli ce . Th at it would cast serious additional duties on the police establishment is obvious, but this ought to be no con sideration when the public health and convenience are concerned.' " Such were my recorded views in 1844, and I adhere to the conviction teat, under the sanction and with the cordial co-operation of the Commissioners of Sewers, the City of London might be placed, in all the great elements of health and comfort, in a condition that would have no parallel in any other city, ancient or modern, and place the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London beyond the reach of grasping centrali sation, and the ungenerous influence of envious misre presentation. _ _ _ " The principle I propose to establish is that of sleep. less superintendence over the various departments o. S JANUARY 24, 1849. water, gas, fire, and air, in whatever can preserve health or promote comfort, to be effected by the daily inspection of each and all of the highways and byways of the City, its streets, lanes, alleys, and courts, to the end that no nuisance or danger shall be allowed to con tinue; that the advantages of water and light be uni formly and amply supplied, and that the inhabitants of the city, of every conditipl, may enjoy the full benefit of this system of generou44 rotection, notices should b e periodically left w ith eyArulweller, inviting attention to our arrangements, and'coAperation in their observance, so that in effect no justiyt t se of complaint should escape detection or elude r e di es% " To carry out in the iyost effectual manner a system so fraught with public ,ntility and individual comfort, I propose to assign to the fittest members of the establish ment their allotted duties, and to make a weekly report to the Commissioners of Sewers of every occurrence which can be suggested by vigilant attention to the ob jects I have enumerated. "I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your most obedient servant, " D. W. HARVEY. " To the Commissioners of Sewers." A great number of charges against parties, for per mitting nuisances upon their premises, were then dis posed of. Gore, the dust contractor, was fined 51. for not remov ing the filth in Smithfield. 'The Court was occupied till past five o'clock in the various matters referred to its consideration. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday an adjourned Court Of Sewers was held at the chief office, Greek-street, Soho-square. Present-- The Honourable F. Byng, in the chair ; Sir Henry de la Beche, Dr. Southwood Smith, the Rev. M. Cowie, the Rev. W. Stone, the Rev. E. Murray, Captain Dawson, R.E. ; Messrs. Chadwick, Leslie, R. L. Jones, J. Bullar, E. Lawes, T. Hawes, Cuthbert, W. Johnson, R. Hutton, J. Bedwell, and W. J. Broderip. STATE or THE DRAINAGE AT TOOTH4III. Mr. HERTSLET, the clerk, read the report of the com mittee appointed at the last court to view the general state of the drainage at Tooting. The committee re ported that a stream which crossed the Mitcham and Streatham road, although not at present foul, was much complained of during the summer. There were other ditches of large dimensions, which it was almost im possible to keep properly cleansed. Oa the northern side of the London-road, the sewerage as sumed the character of a decided nuisance, which Mr. Hicks, a builder, told the committee was caused by the diversion of the drainage some twenty-six years ago, to unite the waters of Upper and Lower Tooting, and save the sewage for the purpose of irrigation. The corn-. mittee arrived at the conclusion that it was expe dient to remove the pen-stocks at present, for that by exposing the fogad matter to the action of the at mosphere, the nuisance would rather be increased than diminished. After some discussion the report was ordered to be printed. THE NEW PALACE AT WESTMINSTER. Mr. HERTSLET read a long letter from Mr. - Barry, to the effect that Mr. Austin, in his report on the drainage of the New Palace, had arrived at wrong conclusions. Mr. Barry reiterated his assertion, that the drainage was as perfect as it could be under the circumstances. He concluded by asking the Commissioners to print and circulate his reply, in juata•position with Mr. Austin's remarks. After some discussion an order to that effect was made. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. Mr. LESLIE called the attention of the Court to a small pamphlet published in :1769, recommending that the western parts of London be supplied with water from the river Colne. The same view had been taken by all the most eminent engineers from the time of Charles I. lle moved that it be printed. , As the Court was not prepared to go into the whole question of water supply, they declined making the order, and soon after adjourned. [PRICE SD. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, TlMES.—Though it is too probable that we have not seen the end of the war in the Punjaub, yet this desirable consummation can hardly be so far distant as to render premature any mention of the conditions of peace. We need not ascend to any considerations more romantic than those of our nearest interests, to prove that a thorough chastisement of the Seikhs must precede any debate respecting the disposal of the Punjaub. Our In dian history must comprise nu more " retreats." Still, as we have actually retired from the gates both of Can debar and Ave without leaving any unfavourable im pression of our power either in Affghanistan or Burmah, it is clear that the evacution of a territory once occu pied is not essentially significant, even in Oriental eyes, of imbecility or decline. We shall be perfectly justified, therefore, in including the total abandonment: of the Punjaub amongst the alternatives which may shortly be entertained by the Government of India. As regards, indeed, the prima facie aspect of such a measure, we have already shown that it would be nothing more than was contemplated in the spirit and pro vided for by the letter of the treaties of Lahore. Our occupation of the country was wholly provisional, and although a certain period was fixed for its termination, yet provision was also made for any such earlier dissolu tion of the connexion as might seem advisable. Such considerations, however, are of course far from being conclusive. The hostilities into which we have gra dually relapsed with the whole Seikh nation supply a point from which we must now start afresh; and the question is, what settlement of the Punjaub will be most conducive to our credit and tranquillity, now that the policy first devised for the selfsame ends has proved, as we must needs acknowledge, unsuccessful and abortive. It is true that what we could have dune after the victory of Sobraon we cannot now do with the same grace, or the same safety, until after such another victory; but we shall at least hare learnt by experience to,eschew any such middle course as our charity and our for bearance suggested before. The Punjaub must now either be made wholly British, or be abandoned wholly to its own anarchy and murders. We have been com pletely released from all consideration for the Seikhs themselves; our sole object must now be the protection of our north-western frontier, wherever fixed, with the greatest possible permanency and at the least possible cost. It is a condition of debate already granted, that we have no desire or inclination, for aggrandisement's sake, to add the Punjaub to our own possessions. An nexation is only recommended as the cheapest and most effective fashion of control. Our inquiries, therefore, must be directed to a comparison of the respective ad vantages, or, as we fear it should be phrased, the respec tive disadvantages of the two proposed schemes. For, to say the truth, we are on the horns of a dilemma. If we do not hold the country with the strong hand, as is now recommended, we must hold the frontier as we held it for the six years previous to the last Seikh war. Un less a second Runjeet could be discovered in Ghoolab Singh, who could rule the Seikh Sirdars with a rod of iron, and employ the fierce spirits of the soldiery in less troublesome conquests, we should but witness a renewal of scenes that are past. The question is, which of two schemes would cost us least, and at the same time be most conducive to the general interests of the empire. Some of the leading arguments on either side we here subjoin. If we annex the Punjaub to the dominions of British India, we should substitute fur the frontier of the Sutlej either the Indus or the mountains beyond it. We should probably prefer the Indus, and in this case we might doubtless make many friends among the Be loochee and Affghau tribes by the restoration of the pro vinces ou the right bank to those owners who were dis possessed by Runjeet. It was formerly considered an advantageous circumstance that so warlike a nation as that of the Seikhs should be interposed between our ter ritories and those highlands from which all con querors of India, except ourselves, have descended; but after what we have now experienced, it may be thought more judicious to preclude any possible union of the Seikhs and Affghans by the subjugation of the former, and to have only the latter in our front instead of the two together. The Affghans have never, during our su premacy, shown any capability of uniting for purposes of aggression, whereas the Seikhs have unmistakeably done so. These are general considerations; next follow those of the cost and feasibility of the plan itself. The first of these points we may dismiss, since, it the Punjaub in Runjeet's days could maintain 100,000 fighting men, and yield a surplus revenue, it could surely under our hands support half as many (which would be all re quired) with a like result. But the practicability of so thoroughly subjugating the Seilsh spirit as to obviate any recurrence of such events as we yesterday re corded, is another question, and one to which history supplies no encouraging answer. The Seikhs were thoroughly beaten in the field, and mercilessly persecuted by the lieutenants of the Mogul empire; and yet they survived to turn upon the Mogul in his de cliae. They were thoroughly beaten in the field, and apparently almost exterminated by the swords of the Abdallee Affghans, and yet they survived to drive the Affghans from the Punjaub, and occupy Umritsir in greater strength than ever. It is true that the spirit of religious fanaticism, which supported them in these des perate contests, has become so far extinct that it is no .v confined to a few desperate bravos; but the spirit of na tionality has outlived the sectarianism in which it origi nated, and we need nothing, after the events of the last six months, to prove that the martial character of the Seikhs has in nowise degenerated. If, on the other hand, after a plain example of our unshaken superiority, we abandon the Punjaub to its fate, we limit our liabili ties to such a protection of our original frontier as we have previously maintained. We exempt ourselves from all participation in the internal troubles which may It will hardly be doubted by those con versant with Seikh character and history, that the scenes of five years since would upon our departure be enacted over again, even to the final consummation of domestic anarchy by foreign invasion. But we have already ascertained that we can defend our own frontier against a stronger force than is likely, at least for some years, to cross it, and unless there is a finality in one case which is wanting in the other, wo need surely not take so much pains to go and fight on the Chenab for fear of having to fight on the Sutlej. There is another consideration too, and that of no slight moment. By keeping within our own territories and managing the Seikhs from without, we generally gained the alliance of one party in that turbulent state, and were thus enabled to counteract any unwelcome designs of the other ; whereas, by intruding ourselves personally into the country, with whatever good intent, we have contrived to unite all parties against us to gether in a sentiment which, if less noble than patriotism, is almost as efficacious. We fare, in fact, very much like the civil power in an Irish riot, against which both factions, however deadly may be their reciprocal hostility, do not for a moment hesitate to com bine. Lastly, even supposing that our object should be wholly or in part realised by this measure of annexa tion, it will certainly be asked where such practice is to end ? What are we to do if the anarchy of Lahore should hereafter be transferred to Caubul ? Are we to absorb Affghanistan ? or are we then to make of the Indus what we might before have made of the Sutlej ? No doubt the former river is, both naturally and histori cally, a boundary of India ; but, as regards the national character of the states opposed to us, there is certainly now more plausible reason fur drawing the requisite lino at the Sutlej. When the Punjaub was a peaceful province of the Mogul empire the Seikhs were not in existence. Their singular origin and progress has in troduced quite a new element into the political question, for, Hindoos by race though they may mainly be, is temper and bearing they more nearly resemble the Affghans than the Rajpoots, and the martial tribes of the north-west may now be said to commence with the Sutlej. Such are some of the arguments which suggest themselves for consideration upon this subject, and the obvious trouble and hazard of the decision is part of the price which must bo paid for conquests. HERALD.--Our readers will pardon us for again re curring to unhappy Ireland. It is with no pleasure, but as a solemn duty only, we resume the subject. In this respect we have no option. The imminency and urgency of the topic—the hundreds of letters we daily receive from Irish landlord s still a bidi ng i n their runhappy country—and from others who have fled to Devonshire, to Bath, and to other cheap quarters of England, con strain us to speak out. These letters, ono and all, point to the antagonistic articles of the Times, and the writers, from the continued series of attacks in that paper, infer that the fixed intention of the Whig Government is to destroy, as far as in them lies, the present race of Irish landlords. But in this our correspondents, we think, go somewhat beyond the fact. The Whig-Radical clique have, no doubt, no active sympathy with —no compassion for the Irish landlords. But we do not believe the Government, as a body, to bo actuated by the crude and cruel suggestions of the Times. That journal is much more the intimate organ of the Cobdens, Brights, Schwabes, &c., than it is the expo nent of the Whig Cabinet opinions in reference toatlre land. Our correspondents ought to remember that th e is Irish Secretary, though a man of no vigorous a bility , yet an Irish gentleman of considerable landed_ and is not, though no conjuror, such en idloptroapsewrtiyi lingly and knowingly to lend himself to his estate. though they may serve his party, must of the apprehensions narteliansures which, We, therefore, conceive that some of and that they all of our correspondents are groundless, and power of the o r r e th i e s often, Tis exaggerate the extent of th Times on public opinion. and there has ever been—totally t .indiffcrent, cold or crud eis tirles that there or its articles, good, bad, or Irish in telligence,men, for instance, our a great ebb and flow of public feeling in this country i n reference to Ireland. as yesterday and _to -day, contained or eon tains the record of crimes of violence and arson, there is a feeling of loath in g in the ß public mind fo r 24 h ours approa ching to disgust. ut after an Engli s h man ex presses himself in terms of merited opprobium as to such incendiaries as attacked the Misses APVeagh, in the county Down, he begins—after his feelings of detestation h av e subsided—to think th a t t h e crimes of a class should not blind him to the miseries of a whole nation—to the virtues of the Irish generally —or prevent him from ap preciating the many noble qualities, the many lofty feelings, the manly, kindly sentiments which distinguish the mass of the natives of Ireland. Tho Times, and the parties of which it is the appropriate organ, would have us believe that there is something in the character of the Celtic race—(that's the word they use, as though the beat part of the French and Belgians, and a great part of Z. e ' Scotland, and all Wales, were not also Celtic)—which renders useless all attempts to improve them. Bat Edmund Spenser, who was a poet and a gentleman, and knew Ireland well, from actual residence, judged the Irish differently, and contended " that the cause of the evil proceeded of the unsoundness of councils and plots which have been laid for its reformation : or of faintness in following and effecting the same, than of any such fatal course appointed of God." We, in our humble way, " say ditto," to Ed mund Spenser. If the British Government will but choose a course wisely, and follow it. vigorously, there is every reason to hope for the regeneration, and no reason to despair of the ultimate condition, of Ireland. We have always contended—and this was also the theory of the late lamented Lord George Bentinck,—that remu ' nerative employment would produce tranquillity, lighten the pressure of the poor-rates, greatly improve the for tunes and estates of the proprietors, and marvellously improve the condition of the tenant. This is not mere speculation, but actual fact. Mr. Griffith, the Irish civil engineer, states in one of his reports of 1830, that in the year 1822 there were large garrisons in Newmarket, Castle Island, Abbeyfeale, Glynn, Newcastle, Drum. , eller, and Listowel. Eight years subsequently (1. e., in 1830) there were no troops in any of these towns. What wrought this change? The persons who formerly were engaged in night marauding were then, i. e., in 183 0, beneficially employed, and had become quiet and useful members of society. Mr. Griffith further states that since the works were begun no outrages had been committed in the mountains. This testimony of Mr. Griffith was in the same year, 1830, supported by the evidence of the agent of Lord Headley, who spoke of the barony of Irreagh, in which the late Daniel O'Con nell was born. This respectable agent stated that in 1809 or 1810 the district was wild and savage, au asylum for robbers and murderers. In 1830, however, owing to a system of reproductive employment having been adopted, the people had become industrious and orderly. A constant and earnest attention to the improvement of the property of the landlord, by the industry of the people, had worked this wonderful change. The writers in the Times are not, perhaps, aware that the very same imputations—the very same charges, which they perpetually bring against the Irish, were, thirty or forty years ago, urged against the Scotch. Mr. Loch, the able and intelligent agent of the Duke of Sutherland, stated before the Select Committee on Public: Works in England, in 1835, that when he first became acquainted with the Highlands the great proportion of the people were irregular in their habits, were poachers, smugglers, But he went on to state that since they had become immediate tenants of the landlord, and WWI been regularly employed, they had become industrious in every class of agricultural labour. The same fact. are set forth by M'Culloch in his statistical account of thu British Empire. "In Wigtonshire," says he, "as in most other Scotch counties, agriculture was formerly in the most barbarous and wretched state; there was no rotation of crops, the implements were execrable, the pasture land was overstocked, the occupiers were steeped in poverty. In various districts in Argyle shire land was held in partnership, on what is there called run rig,' and in Ireland 'run dale.' Under this system a number of persons take a farm in common, they divide the arable into small contiguous portions or ridges, the extent of land falling to each not exceeding from three to seven acres." One would think, so accurately does Political-economy Peter note the symptoms, that Mr. M'Culloch was describing Ireland. But no. This was the true description of a great portion of his own canny land of cakes half a century ago. How have the habits of indolence, of improvidence, and of lawlessness of the Scots been overcome ? By proper treatment and attention—by providing for them remunerative and re productive employment. Difficulties beset the first attempt at improvement in the Highlands of Scotland ; occasional disappointments also supervened. But Scotch pro• prietors persevered—English legislators aided their efforts, and the result is a complete change in the habits and condition of the people. Why should not similar results follow similar efforts in Ireland ? The statesmen who framed the English poor-law in the reign of Eliza beth accompanied it with measures meant to afford tem porary relief—such, for instance, as draining the fens in Lincolnshire. Why should not the Government in 1848 accompany the amended Irish poor-law with railway, pier, and harbour works, with a labour-rate, and a pro ject for fishing the ri vers an d sea coast f the sister country? Till these efforts be tried and found wanting, it is mere mouthing —mere coxcombry, to rant against the Celts. As well might the writer rail against the Picts and Scots—the Patagonians, the Californians, or the inhabitants of Timbuctoo! THE LATE DESTRUCTITE FIRE IN BISIIOPSGATE.— , Yesterday, Mr. W. Payne, Coroner, held a court of inquiry at the Vine Inn, Bishopsgate-street, respecting the origin of the disastrous fire which occurred on the evening of Friday last, upon the premises belonging to Mr. Blackburn, a mat and sack merchant, in Helmet court, Wormwood-street. Michael Plater said that on Friday evening last he was engaged in the warehouse heating some tar, when, in lilting the pot off the fire, the handle broke, and the tar running into the fire became ignited, aild set fire t.. the building. On finding that he could not extinguish the fire, he ran and called the engines. There was no grate in the warehouse. The fire was made of coke piled on the hearth, and sur rouraled by bricks, Mr. 13raidwood, the superinten dent of the London Brigade, said that the practice of waking tires upon hearths was attended with great danger, inasmuch as the rafters beneath them frequently became ignited. He should recommend that Mr. Blackburn should heat his tar for the future outside the premises. Mr. Black urn said that in future he would discontinue the practice. A verdict," That the fire was accidentally caused," having been returned by the jury. the court broke up. MURDER AND SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, at eevtn o'clock, the body of a woman, with that of a child clasped firmly to her breast who had been observed beg ging on the previous evening, were found lifeless in the mud at Backside, near Barclay's brewery. On being removed to the George public-house, they were identi fied and found to he Hannah Kerry, of Mint-street, Southwark, and her daughter. The deceased woman had been cohabiting with a young man, by whom she bad had the deceased infant, and he having forsaken her she was reduced to extreme distress. Nothing was found upon, and the general belief is that the unfortunate creature has sacrificed herself and the life of her babe, rather than wander the streets in a starving and desti tute condition. THE LATE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE LORD CHAN CELLOR AND THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF.—The dispute which it will be recollected took place between the Lord Chancellor and the Bishop of Llandaff, relative to the presentation of a clergyman, said to be a relative of Lord Cottcnham, to a benefice in the Bishop's diocese, has been for the present settled, although there are circum stances connected with the matter which will in all pro bability ere long re-open the controversy. The rectories of Llanilid and Llanharau, it will be remembered, became vacant in the early part of last year by the death of the Rev. Dr. Griffiths, and in due course the Lord Chancel lor nominated as the new incumbent the Rev. 11. Samp son, M.A., Vicar of Cudham, Kent. The Bishop of Llandaff refused to institute Mr. Sampson, as the rev. gentleman proved to be utterly ignorant of the Welsh language. Tho Lord Chancellor, after a protracted dis cussion with the bishop, withdrew his nomination of Mr. Sampson, and on the recommendation of Sir J. Guest, presented the Rev. 'Thomas Morgan Davis, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, to the livings. As Mr. Davis is a native of Wales, and thoroughly acquainted with the language of the country, the Bishop of Lien duff made no objection to the nomination, and instituted the rev. gentleman forth w i t h. A difficulty of a some what different character has arisen. The Bishop of London has called upon Mr. Davis to proceed at once to one of the colonies in the capacity of a missionary, inasmuch as the Fellowship at Jesus College, which ho has held for some years, and which ho has expressed his determination to retain, was founded for the expressed purpose of prcividing for the support of a missionary abroad. Mr. Davis positively refuses to proceed to the colonies, and, on the other hand, the Bishop of London has resolved to bring the question to an issue. Mr. Davis, it appears, held the curacy of Ramsgate, but was removed from it in consequence of the representations of the Bishop of London. Almost immediately afterwards he obtained a naval chaplaincy, but when the his connexion facts of with the Oxford Fellowship were ma e d d e . known to Lord Auckland, the appointment was cancelled. The gentleman wh o stands next for the fellowsllfL i case of Mr. Davi s 's remova l or res i gna ti o n, is 111 r. lr• How e! Edwards, 8.A., of Jesus College, who has inti m ated his intention of proceedin g to t h e c olonies on be ing put in possession of th e emo l umen t s . The ease has crested 'onsiderable interest at Oxford, and the result is looked forward to with much anxiety. COAST OF AFRlcA.—Private lett ers just received m at ia Ll sio en n te t n o an t th - e G K ov i e n r g nor f from the coast of Africa state that Winniett was preparing f be the first lieutenanot Ashantee. Captain Winnieotrt w ill s governor who has ever visited that warlike goodehief,--iin-d -may be expected from hi s it is thought much anxious for his arrival, --- The King is most e at Kennus. _ and great pre. i fur his reception. parations are being mad d lieutenant-governor will It is suppose governor be received t 35,000 mt is otncer ' by at least visited the King of eh e only wh w i t h that c hi ef executing Dahomey .o ventured so far—and succeeded a treaty of amity d commerce, the benefit of which is now b e i ng f e l t by t h e merchants at Whydftb 1.1 • e has also h dispatched an officer to the King with a treaty the slave trade in his dominions, f or the suppression of all the cruisers in the Bight and if it be accomplished also that the lieutenant-go vernormay be removed. We And has lately returned from leading an army of 6,500 against a rebel chief of Appolonia, with complete success, which has thrown a beautiful count ry open to commerce that had been for Many years completely shut up. He also relieved 120 prisoners of different tribes whom the King had heavily ironed, a n d, i n all probability, would have sacrificed at his next custom making. The lieutenant-governor has received a most flattering address from the magistrates, merchants, and others residing on the Gold Coast. SEIZURE OF A PRIVATE DISTILLERY.— Josiah Curtis, Esq., Supervisor of Cork Ist district, left Cork on the evening of the 9th instant, accompanied by five of his officers, directing the Supervisor of Bandon to meet him and his officers at Macroom. Mr. Curtis called upon the Sub-Inspeetor at Macroom, who very kindly gave him six of the police stationed at Inchigeela, at the foot of the mountain; he also took with him Mr. Row land, the surve3ing officer at Macroom—they then pro ceeded to scour theCarrigdanean mountains,aad discovered an extensive private distillery in full work. The officers destroyed about 500 gallons potale, a large mull tun, two coolers, several open-headed vessels, a kiln, with about 120 bushels of malt, in process; seized and secured. a 60-gallon copper still, head and worm, nine gallons, o f spirits, about seven bushels of dry malt, and 4, hree bushels of oats. Bandon being the nearest pl ace to the seizure, Mr. Curtis gave directions to the 'B andon officers to convey the seizure to that . place, Whist,] ha s xamtner • arrived there in sa fety.—Cork E NOTICE TO MARINERS. Admiralty, Jan. 16, 1849. Sir,—l am commanded by my.LordsCommissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith printed no tices to mariners respecting lights in the Bay of Fundy, Black Rock, and Apple River. (Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON. Capt. G. A. Halstead, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Hydrographic Office, Jan. 10, 1849. BAY OF FUNDY. The Commissioner of Light-houses in Nova Scotia has given notice that two new lights are now established in the Bay of Fundy, viz., oae at Blackrock Point on the south shore of the Mines Channel, and the other at Hetty Point (called also Cape Capstan), on the north side of the entrance of Apple River, on the southern shore of Cumberland Bay. BLACK ROCK FIXED LIGHT. The light-house, which is a square building, and painted white, stands on Plack Rock Point, about the lnldLude of 43 deg. I L nun. North, and three quarters of a mile to the westward of Kennedy's Breakwater. Small vessels resort to both those places, and the light will therefore be a useful guide to those vessels bound to them, as well as to Spencer's Island Anchorage, or into the Basin of Mines. The light is elevated 45 feet above the level of high water. Spring tides rise and fall there 50 feet. APPLE RIVER LIGHTS. Two Fixed Horizontal Lights. The light-house stands on Hetty Point, on the north ern side of the Apple River, in Cumberland Bay, and about three leagues to the eastward of Cape Chignecto, in about 45 min. 26 sec. north latitude. It is a square white building, showing to vessels approaching it from the westward two fixed lights placed horizontally. These lights are forty feet above the level of the sea, at high water. The rise and fall of spring tides there is 55 feet. THE DOTER LANDING-PIER.—The new pier now extends 270 feet out into the sea, and the stone works for this extent is carried up above 20 feet high. This pier it is intended to carry out 800 feet into the sea—into 30 feet at low water. The object of it is to afford faci lity for landing at all times of the tide. There are already above 10,000 tons of stone in the work, the first stone having been laid last April. Walker and Burgess, of Westminster, are the engineers; Henry Lee and Son of Chiswell•street, are the contractors; stone is supplied by Freeman, of Westminster. The public aro much in debted to Messrs. Lee for the facility which is given to visitors to inspect these extensive works. A book is kept at the gate, in which visitors enter their names; and it would appear from the number of the nobility and gentry whose names are seen in this book, that the works attract the universal attention of the visitors to Dover. Indeed, it will well repay an inspection; the completeness of the machinery, and the ease with which stones of six to ten tons are moved about is astonishing. These stones are all hoisted out of the ships by means of a powerful crane worked by steam; the same power at the same time turns two pair of millstones, which grind lime and pozzolano for the concrete which com poses the centre of the pier. PEMBROKE DOCKTARD.—The customary annual admission of boys into this dockyard has been ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty, and a number of boys have consequently been examined, prior to selection. By this annual entry the number of efficient and experienced workmen in our naval establishments is kept up. The quota of drill-sergeants now attached to the Pembroke dockyard battalion will be reduced on the Ist of April next by the removal of five or six. The police force, it is rumoured, will also be reduced. It has been decided that the Coast Guard at Pembroke Dock shall occupy a portion of the Government offices, lately used for the accommodation of those connected with the packet ser vice, at Hobb's Point; they will remove thither in a short time. FOLKSTONE.—TUB HARBOUR STATION.—The new swivel bridge, station, and line, now used for passenger traffic, appear to answer the purpose for which they were intended, and the trains run regularly. Much complaint was made by the inhabitants, who reside at the top of the town, and who have occasion to travel, at their being brought down to the harbour. This has been remedied; passengers desirous of alighting at the old station can now do so; but, as before, all passengers for the up train or for Dover must take tiokets at the harbour station.— Maidstone Journal. Advices from Breslau report a renewed activity in the wool trade there since the opening of the new year. Extensive dealings in warehoused wool had taken place. The purchasers comprised lthenish, Saxon, and Silesian manufacturers, several Hamburgh wholesale dealers, and local commission agents. Their united purchases had nearly cleared the market. Silesian yearlings had been done at 60 to 65 ; Silesian and Electoral wool at 90 ; fine fell wool at 52 to 60 ; Polish fleeces and lambswool from 45 to 55 ; tanners' wool from 32 to 34 ; locks and piece wool from 30 to 40 ; combing wool 50 to 54 ; Odessa medium, washed, 42 to 44. The entire quantity sold amounted to nearly 1,200 cwt., of which almost one fourth belonged to the combing establishment of the maritime traders, who, in consequence of a ministerial decree, intend selling it to private individuals. En gagements for the next shearing have been brisk, both on home and foreign account, at the recent rise in prices. The quantity thus contracted for amounted to about 8,000 cwt. The Marquis of Exeter is about to reduce his racing establishment at Newmarket, 23 horses (forming a por tion of his stud) being announced for sale. " Va rious reasons are assigned," says the Stamford Mer cury, " why his Lordship should no longer yield to the questionable kind of speculation which the pur suits of the turf' involve. Lord Exeter is a man with a large family, and the new mo , -etnent in favour of financial reform will correct many of the anomalies of national government, and prevent the younger sons of Peers from being quartered, as hitherto has been the system, on the finances of the country." COMPENSATION FOR FIRE ORIGINATED ON A RAIL WAY.—Mr. Andrews, Q.C., to whom this question was referred, has awarded 148/, to be paid to one farmer, buildings and 1451. to another, for damage don e to their and corn-stacks adjoining the EabstertnheCbouurnntheisg Rail way, at March, which were fired by coke falling from thefu l n . n ds funnel of their oftthey t o m engine liability i o l t the mailakgood o train, o the company having thy chimsge. A et er Os )itto, tock, ire, 3 and M.), stern ~ and and p.— •16— , Jver, , 445. Pre- Ford- little orth fford- refer- V WAS York, vick), No. 2 ,), 81. men, y and 1 and r3s.— irters, Car- Glas h and Dual ;, 7% , lobe, rand, •••••••..... Capt. 5 the , Mrs. rshire , Ater' a soil• of a late a ieute - an E•