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I,lo lBf 14 1098 ;p(004 rborP; Floo' er tolu 00' } 1, ASSURANCE AGAINST LOSS OF LIFE BY RAILWAY TR WELLING. 15ETROPOLITAN COUNTIES 4V11.. and GENERAL LIFE ASATRANGE ,OCIETY, 27, REGENT-STREET, WATEiILOO-PLACE, LON. ON. INCORPORATED F - CRSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. At the pros Alt day, when Roll voy travelling has become almost universal, protection against the pecuniary loss to which the families of sufferers from the accidents incidental to it are exposed, is one of the requirements of the age. To meet this general feeling, this Society affords to all persons, of whatever class, trevelling by Railway in Great Britain and Ireland, the opportunity of insuring against loss of life by accident whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of its. per cent., in one single payment, for the whole period of life, thereby rendering unnecessary the payment of Annual Premiums, as !,n ordinary Life Assurance. EXAMPLE.—A person may by one single payment of 5/. assure to his family or others the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his using his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. *,,* Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, and all information may be obtained personally, er on application by letter, addressed to the Manager, at the Offices of the Society, No. 27, Regent-street, Water loo-place, London, or of any of the Local Agents. 7ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26. CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .£.508,400. Empowered by Act of Parliament. 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 Assu=ecl has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or f..• felture of the volley, twe•thirds of the premiums paid. Division of Profits Annual. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. Increased facilities for travelling. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Perms- Sum the -4 Animal Policy Bonus in: nent Re- Assured Age. ?, Pre- taken additiontßonus in ductless of may bor a u mlurn. out in to Sum Cask. Annual rew ea Assured. Premium. Policy. £ s. CI £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1837 262 14 3 121 15 11 20 0 8 543 17 9 s. I 1838 237 15 6 108 16 4 17 7 6 494 SlO d 183 9 211 18 6 93 16 9 14 1 7 7 445 0 8 60 1060 74 34 ) 1840 163 8 4 75 15 10 11 10 9 395 11 1 1841 159 3 4 71 5 0 19 19 8 346 2 3 1842 132 2 6 58 17 6 819 10 296 13 4 1843 84 11 8 37 10 0 514 2 '247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, or any of its branches in the couatry ; or, en application, will be for- Warded post free. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. F REEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. DIVIDEND.—Notice is hereby given, that on and after the 10th Instant, the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Mx per Cent. per annum. on the Subs l'ibed Capital of this Com pany, will be in COURSE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders at the Company's Office as above. JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. January 5, 1849. RIBBLE NAVIGATION. Notice is hereby given, that the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Ribble Navigation Company will be held at their Office, Cha pel-walks, in Preston, in the county of Lancaster, on WEDNESDAY, the 31st day of January instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. E. lIA.YDOCK, Secretary to the said Company. Preston Ribble Navigation Office, January 4, 1849. IN consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see BANITARD'S GRIND MOTING PAINTING of the MIS SISSIPPI and MISSOURI MITERS, at the EGYPTIAN HILL, 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 comnseicing. _Admission, lower seats, 2s. ; gallery, Is. rHE NICOLL, REGENT. STREET and CORNHILL. The NICOLL.—This is the Trade Mark and distinctive Title given to a Patented OUTER COAT, or PALETOT, in which there is a double use and purpose ; in other words, the same garment can be used as a warm Winter Outer Coat, and again converted into a light Walking Paletot, by simply removing a warm interlining, Which is attached or detached easily, and in a manner most novel and ingenious. The NICOLL, or the Two Garments (above -mentioned) incor porated in One, is charged at the moderate price of Three Guineas. Indeed, if the contemplated Sale of Thousands be not effected, the Patentees will lose rather than be fairly remunerated by the low Prices new quoted. Messrs. NICOLL are the Originators and Sole Proprietors of the deservedly well-known REGISTERED PALETOT (6 and 7 Vic. C ap. 65) of Llama Cloth, and they continue to be honoured with the Patronage of their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Grace the Duke of 'Wellington, and all others distinguished in rank and fashion, the Court. the Pulpit, and the Bar. MEMBERS of the CLERICAL, LEGAL, LITERARY, and MEDICAL PROFESSIONS will, it is presumed , read il y concede their patronage upon this New and Patented Invention, as also Merchants and Railway Traveller:, who arc subject to colds, &c., arising Irons the fluctuations in a climate like that of Great Britain, 'here, even in the most settled weather, at this season, a warm coat Is universally used during mornings and evenings, but at mid - day , from the active habits and avocations of all classes, a light Walking Paletot is indispensable. RAILWAY TRAVELLERS will find great convenience in its ticket, Protector, which effectually preserves from loss the railwa y jeket, loose cash, &c., besides a peculiar comfort for Night Travel ling, which must be seen and worn to be appreciated. The Country Agents for the New Patents are the same highly re spectable firms who have of late years held the appointments direct from the Patentees in London. CAUTION.—The NICOLL —Any person or persons using the !ante, or a similar title, or trade mark, whereby the Public may be deceived, will be proceeded against, as by injunction of the H i g h 0 11 rt of Chance r y, & c . ; as also by the infringement of the principle ,claimedw in the Royal Letters Patent, granted to the LIR dersign ed , h mainly consists in the adaptation of the linings of Coats , _a c letots, &c., to a separate use and purpose, &c. (Signed) 11. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 11G, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. London, Dec. 1, 1848. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. The gaiety that reigns supreme at the social re-unions of this Period of the year induces the fair and youthful to be more than usu 411Y desirous of shining in personal attraction, while the rich luxuri- Mat tress, the clear and transparent complexion, and the pearly set of teeth form admirable trophies of the inestimable virtues of ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, And ROWLANDS' ODOXTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE. The patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, and their general use "Y the aristocracy and the elite of fashion, together with the confir- Illation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these creative and Tenovating specifics, have characterised them with perfection, and given them a celebrity unparalleled. As presents for both sexes none can be mere recommendatory, or more now in general use. BEWARE OF 5 rURIOIJ IMITATIONS. Some are offered under the implied sanction of royalty, and the Government Departments, and similar attempts at deception. The only Genuine of each bears the name of "ROWLANDS"' preceding that of the Articles on the Wrapper or Label, with their Signature at the foot, in Red Ink, thus A. ROWLAND AND SONS. Sold by them at 20, Ilatton-garden, London, and by respectable Chemists and Perfumers. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A certain remedy for disorders of the pulmonary organs—in difficulty of breathing—in redundency of phlegm—in incipient con sumption (of which cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In asthma, and in winter cough, they have never been known to fail. .... Prepared and sold in boxes, Is. 1-Y4 d., and tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL. Copy of n Letter from Colonel - 11 - a - w - li n e - r7ii;;ell-known Author on " Guns and Shooting." " Longparish House, near Whltchurch, Hants., October 21, 1846. " Sir,—l cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary effect that I have experiencad by taking only a few of your lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks that defied all that had been pie scribed for me, and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a Small box of your lozenges, which I find are the only ones that re lieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive organs. " I am, Sir, your humble servant, " P. HAWKER. "To Mr. Keating, 71, St. Paul's Churchyard." A li I A t E. 14. One half the werid are desolately single, and the other suPPosieg theta married, questionably contented. Diffidence, er a .. e ' 4, 3e of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em sitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an 001npresing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, ant broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health sheuld form an item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or n eglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yes, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., each (by nest, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively "' ti ned, or prudish feeling deter yon, by their titles, nor he hindered Cy misi nterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining f fern, They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but .!_r the closet pe rusa l o f th ose mere d eep ly i n t eres t e d, to whom feY are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on 1,4,13, above subjects, by unqua lifi e d a u thors, which alone or t ogether, are a di sgrace to the age. Furthermore, t wo o th er k t4 ° Publications claim your attention (same price Is. eacb, Pest le. U.) called " ;fiat to Eat, Drink, and 476 1," and " How to be Nappy." They are net merely but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the l i f c e r e e P h emeral seribblings of the hour, bat the study of the author's 5 ,,,, ; ,'" 0 Wes his present existence, health, and position to this oh- Would 'Meiji of the maxims he would incnleate—to do unto others as he e done ante—to live after nataro's laws—and to keep always sunny side of the way." The above works may be bad of Paterncster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, wie a9.:erwer°lll 211 ' Nelsen, 457, West Strand ; sr direct (by post or other "for. the author (who may we conferred with personally, '" 1, 11s and evenings), 10, Arzyll-plase Recent-street ; and all ,oeesenrs. L 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human breast. More exalted than mere passion, it sears high above tverY other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, ; 1-4tMore engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from , 11 : elluence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo :::DnY, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling raver of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity ;vitime, until it re ce i ves th e sac red consummation of ma r riage. len union does not t a k e pl ace , however, this passion, this , s _ erv ,_° ,ll ", this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly v. , sen in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright eTt'ed , all thi ngs upon earth. How is it that men, of most un gmgeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life I 5 s Pent in the fulfilnaem of every engagement, snap the very con- It asander which should be most binding to an honourable mind? a the eff ect of conscience. The Lover, by enervatien of early h abits, or th e results of secret disease, knows himself to be Z l ' l4l/ fled' and dares not enter a state which has been ends. by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important 1 1 s• The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be beyond.„_, Measure deplerable ! Loving and beloved, he entails the ain Miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon usrelf a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of lul u t all al attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of att e : t r o ed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the full" ef all. Those desirous of investigating it will find the "" and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled 8 ID -.LP-PR ESERVATIO N , and b a n d di __ forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, t ou _',,ses of the reproductive organs; with practical observa wita;laaa of infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from bits, excesses, or infection. Doctor of I f BY SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D., edlcine, Matriculated )fall, of tho University of Edinbu rgh, kember o f t Licentiate of Apothecaries' all, London, Honorary Lo ndon Hospital 'Medical Society, &c. This tre he a Ise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and ta r n ' e l"lt%l ect ed branch of me di ca l practice, and the author having ob- Zelal ex ktZhest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes luent of • these V " lrl e ,, eo, eases which has refere nce a l mos t so l e l y to t h e treat dis. ',WU' REVIEW OF TEE WORK. . -.ert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are li j`nes la the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but tort o"ele nee ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the al who meets with a timly entor to atch hm from the glf to which such scenes mut e plun m sn plunge him 1 In the book before p us lrrinch a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the g, Without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al `vadY tred by the vices of which it treats. It is 'written in a style 'X Masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of l'hil ° B ophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a Production and to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, „ 4 ,,P °4 01 1 Who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemicossaess and propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By um t a light innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these es is likely to __ratted rangdw p: m ov a e g as tutn s p t e ri . kingly beneficial es the admonitions of 4 henitl Y b lended with the ractical advice of a writer of medicine." The work Paternoster-rTwaY; be had price 28. 6d., of Kent aid Richards, 0, street, Tf. n naY. 63, Oxford-street; —aYIRRFRet ua ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street Mansell, 115, residence, w ri ; e' Tichborne- Pleet-street ; ho or, ,free by Post, for forty-two stamps, from the author's y be consulte on ai p kr letter, da,lly, from Ten to Two, or from m Five disorders taight. erSellally, or 87, BEDFORD-ENUARTI,LONDOX. ~i ....e.. 4.........Z.7.‘ ,0 Nr' • • 4(41‘: ;te )'. yg ,: :; . - 4 1•. - 4 41 7 . . t --, ',:. : il ~,_ , els :„..N..,.1 P. .:.' ''''Ak if., ~ ,,A 1: . 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Just published, demy Bvo., cloth lettered, 3s. 6d,, AN ESSAY on the FILIAL DUTIES, their Divine Obligation, and their Importance to Social Happiness and Public Welfare, with Illustrative Anecdotes from Ancient and Modern History. • By WILLIAM SIDNEY GIBSON, Esq., F.S.A., Barrister-at• Law, a Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy, Author of " The History and Antiquities of Tynemouth," " Visits to some Northumbrian Churches and Castles," " Essay on the Monastic Historians," &c. London : W. Pickering, 177, Piccadilly. Newcastle-upon• Tyne : R. Robinson. In a few days, one thick volume, Bvo., price 11. 10s., half-bound, J) EBRETT'S GENEALOGICAL PEERAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. An entirely new Edition, corrected to Jan. 1849. William Pickering, 177, Piccadilly ; F. and J. Rivington ; Long man and Co.;- Sherwoo 1 and Co. ; Bagster and Sons ; Hatchard and Son ; Stevens and Norton ; Hamilton and Co.; Simpkin Marshall, and ('o. ; J. M. Richardson ; J. Bain ; T. and W. 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INCLUDING CROATIA AND THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF AUSTRIA. By A. A. PATON, Esq. Author of " Servia ; the Youngest Member of the European Fa• mily," &c. &c. With Maps and Illustrations in tinted lithography. London : Chapman and Hall, 18G, Strand. MR. TIIACKERAY'S NEW CHRISTMAS BOOK 11 his YOUNG FRIENDS. By Mr. M. A. TITMARSII. Athor of " Vanity Fair," " Mrs. Perkins' Ball," &c. &c. With Sixteen Illustrations, drawn by the Author. Small 4to. ss. plain, or 7s. Gd. coloured. --- London : Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand This day is published, in 2 vels. post Bvo., 18s. THE SECOND EDITION OF "I AR Y BAR T 0 N; A TALE OF MANCHESTER LIFE. London: Chapman and Mill, 186, Strand. MHE GIPSY'S LIFE h a JOYOUS LIFE. Composed by EDWIN FLOOD. Price 2s. 6d. - . - " A lively ballad, written in a style well calculated to afford plea sure, more especially - as it is within the comprehension of any ordi nary vocalist. It is precisely the kind of music one likes to hear amateurs perform, as it makes the audience cheerful and the per. former satisfied."—Vide Atlas, December 16, 1848. London : It. Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, Publishers to the Queen. Just published, price 55., Svo., in cloth, 'PHE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC -I_.. TITRES 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, chewing 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 *ere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa tally prevalent. By F. B. COURTENA Y, M.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 IL Bailllere, 219, Regent-street ; and may be had of all booksellers in town or country. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Lectures on the Cultivation of the Voice, and on the Art of Sing ing, by G. 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Gd., or v cost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, TFIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the inarmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cea.sive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks en Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 15, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie,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 en 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 6xplicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. Purr IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. ream V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TIES CORDIAL BALM OF STILIACMI Is exclusively employed IR treat ng nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Sze., 11 s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an auti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11s. and 335. per bottle. Perry% Purifying Specifie Pills, 2s. 9th, 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflanima ton of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minuto retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. St. Packets, :with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, , !., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in affor ds:nee daily at 19, Rer lent-Arcot. Oxford-stree', London, Tam Fie von till Two, and Five to Right on Sundays from Eleven to One. rADVERTISEMENT. ] ANOTHER ENLARGEMENT OF THE WEEKLY DIS PATCII.—This Journal, at present the largest in exist enc, —unrivalled for its early intelligence and uncom pre mising advocacy of the Rights of Mankind—will be enlarged, on and after Sunday next, the 7th of January, to sixteen pages, containing sixty-four columns, of the same size and form as at present, without any extra charge. By its zeal in the cause of progress, and its staunch devotion to the interests of the people, the Dis patch has become a terror to the upholder of abuses, and a powerful auxiliary on behalf of the oppressed, whose wrongs will always meet with sympathy and ex posure. Encouraged by their success, and anxious to extend the sphere of their political influence and social utility, the proprietors have resolved on the proposed enlargement of the Dispatch, which hereafter will answer the purpose of four newspapers, and thus accom modate four readers at one and the same time. The columns of the Dispatch will still continue to be enriched by the powerful contributions of " Publicola," "Caus tic," " Censorius." Eliza Cook, and other writers emi nently distinguished for their literary attainments, and whose opinions have ever advocated the cause of the people, in opposition to tyranny and injustice. It may also be observed, that the poor man will always receive legal advice and assistance, as heretofore, from the Dis patch. A beautiful new type has been cast, on which the Dispatch will this year be printed. An edition of tile Dispatch is published at five o'clock every Saturday morning, fur transmission by the first train and morning mails, so that persons residing in towns 250 miles from London may receive it the same evening, To prevent disappointment, orders should be given early to Mr. Richard Wood, 139, Fleet-street, London, to whom post office orders may be made payable, or to any of the news venders, in town and country. ELOPEMENT.—There has been great excitement in Dudley during the past week, in consequence of a cir cumstance that has thrown two respectable families into great distress, namely, the imprudence of a young lady in having eloped with her grandfather's servant-man. The party who has caused such unplea sant feelings in her family is a daughter of Mr. Bew, chemist and druggist, Bilston, and also grand-daughter to Mr. Thomas Lester, wine-merchant, Dudley ; and the person with whom she has eloped was the man-servant of Mr. Lester. It appears the young lady has for some months past lived with her grandfather in Dudley, and acted as his housekeeper, and while there must have formed this imprudent attachment. No suspicion exis'ed of any intimacy between the parties, and; it was not until Tuesday week that the painful circumstances became known. Inquiries were set on foot for the parties but without avail, until Friday last, when too late it was ascertained that they had been married at Stafford. We understand that the young lady, who is at present not of age, will ultimately become possessed of good pro perty. The subject has caused great. excitement in Dudley ; and has plunged the family of the one party in great distress at her imprudent conduct.— Worcester Journal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ENTRIES FOR THE LIVERPOOL CUP. The great Western, 4 yrs—Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs— Lugar, 3 yrs—Mogador, 5 yrs—Dahcotah Chief, 3 yrs— Chevreuil, 4 yrs—Primrose, 4 yrs—Sunnyside 4 yrs— Burghley, 3 yrs—The Swallow, 5 yrs—Bon Mot, 3 yrs —Prince Charley, 4 yrs—Blucher, 4 yrs—Dough, 4 yrs—Ellerslie, 4 yrs—Boundless, 3 yrs—c by Vulcan, out of Mansfield Lass, 3 yrs—Lamb's Wool, 4 yrs— Melody, 3 yrs—Avenger, 6 yrs—Cawroush, 6 yrs— Keleshe, 5 yrs—Garendon 6 yrs—The Dart, aged—c by Bay Middleton, out of Lyndhurst's dam, 3 yrs—John Cosser, 4 yrs—Strychnine, 3 yrs—Montague, 3 yrs— Pavilion, 5 yrs—lnheritress, aged—Rowland, 3 yrs— Baby, 3 yrs—Ellerdale, 5 yrs—Lady Measham, 4 yrs— Newcourt, aged—The Premier, 5 yrs—Tuscan, 4 yrs— Crazy Lad, 4 yrs—Geraldine, 6 yrs—Swaledale, 3 yrs— Maid of Motherwell, 5 yrs—Snuff-box, 4 yrs—Voyager, 4 yrs—Fireaway, aged—Ribaldry, 4 yrs—g by Mel bourne, out of Rosanna, 4 yrs—Henry of Exeter, 3 yrs— Wh izgig, 4 yrs—Wensleydale, 3 yrs—Syrup, 3 yrs—Por trait, aged—Sheraton, 6 yrs— Caurire, 3 yrs—Thringarth, 3 yrs—Shylock, 4 yrs—Joc o'Scot, 5 yrs—Cossack, 5 yrs— Windermere, 3 yrs—f by Sir Hercules, out of Peeress, 3 yrs—Glendower, 4yrs—Canezou,4 yrs—Abbot of Meaux, 3 yrs—Executor, 5 yrs—Clermont, 5 yrs—Lismahago, 3 yrs—Do-the-Boys, 3 yrs—Foreclosure, 5 yrs—Good Boy, 4 yrs—Sponge, 4 yrs—Legerdemain, 3 yrs—Tor toise, 4 yrs—Miss Bunney, 3 yrs—Hornpipe, 4 yrs— Blaze, 4 yrs—Bingham, 5 yrs—Loup Garou, 3 yrs—Es sedarius, 3 yrs—Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs—Distaffina, 4 yrs— Mongrel, aged—Sauter la Coupe, 3 yrs—Clerk of the Council, 4 yrs—Peep-o'-day Boy, 5 yrs—c by Verulam, Whim, 3: yrs—The Admiral, 5 yrs—Sesostris, 4 yrs— Lola Montes, 4 yrs—Dacia, 4 yrs—lodine, 4 yrs—Taff tail, 4 yrs—Radulphus, 6 yrs—c by Sir Hercules, Em press, 3 yrs—Camphine, 4 yrs—Backbiter, 4 yrs —Vam pyre, 5 yrs—Halo, 5 yrs—Fugleman, 4 yrs—Pantomime, 5 yrs—Ballinafad, 5 yrs—Yardley, aged—King of Kil dare, 4 yrs—Attraction, 4 yrs—Woolwich, 3 yrs— Springy Jack, 4 yrs—The Flapper, 3 yrs—Projectile, 5 yrs—Planet, 5 yrs—Sagacity, 5 yrs—The Widow, aged—Wanota, 5 yrs—Surplice, 4 yrs—Cotton Lord, 3 yrs—Tiresome, 3 yrs—Honeycomb, 3 yrs ; Tophana, 4 yrs—Westow, 3 yrs—Pelham, 3 yrs—Athelstane, 4 yrs—Garrick, 3 yrs—Sylvan, 4 yrs—Flatcatcher, 4 yrs—Swiss Boy, 4 yrs. ENTRIES FOR THE GREAT NORTHAMPTON- Bedele hds., Mon., Thorp Perron; Wed, Blows Hall, Hutton Moor; Fri., Tunstal— DA. Hurworth hds., Tues, Middleton One Row; Sat., Kennels, Sir C. Constable's stag- bds., Wed., Comiston-fell. Mr. Hildyard's harrs, Mon., Carlton Guide Post; Fri., Acklam Blue Bell-101. Harrogate beagles, Mon., Landhouse-green ; Fri., Burnt-gates- bar-10f. Captain H. Lewis's barn., Tues., Nortballerton ; Fri., Low Silton-11. North Devon lids., Mon., Bratton Village; Wed., Newton Bridge; Sat., Knowle Water—l N-. Tiverton hds., Mon., Drayford Bridge, near Wi theridge; Thurs., NV insfrd Village; Sat., Tarr Steps. Mr. Mergan's hds , Mon., Meriovle Bridge; Thurs., Long Cross. Salkeld's hds., Mon., Causeway House; Thurs., Hay's Close. _ _ Wigton and Carlisle harrs., Mon., Brackenthwaite; Thurs., Gerod House ; S a t., B arug h Syke-8. Eamont harrs., Mon., Salkeld Dykes; Wed., Stainton; Sat., 0 usby-10i. Mr. Phillips's hds., Tues., Shotover House; Sat., Woodcote Common-10i. Mr. Fane's harrs., Mon., Quarterman's Ground; Wed., Wapsgrove; Sat., Ipsden Field. Baron Rothschild's Stag hds., Wed., Mentmore; Thurs., Liscomb Park -11. Mr. Lowndes's hds., Tues., Swanbourne; Fri., Stock G rove-11. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., White Wood; Wed., Shearhatch Wood; Fri., Caxton Gibbet-10i. Durham County hds., Mon., Woodham; Wed.,Wains forth ; Fri., Hart-104. . . F. B. hds., Mon., Freewater Hill; Fri., Perran Wharf. Mr. Watson's hds., Mon., Saltwick village; Wed., Ulgham Grange Wood; Fri., Hartburn--10i. Earl Fitzhardinge's hds., Mon., Withington village; Tues., Pewadown; Thur., West Wood; Sat., Broad way-11. Mr. Brand's hds., Mon., Three Houses; Friday, Digs well Hill. Marham burs., Mon., Methwold Cock; Tues., Felt well—il. Suffolk hds.:Tues., Rushbrooke Hall; Fri., Saab= Hill. Her Majesty's stag hds., the first open day, at Brom hall Hut-11. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. The large entry for the Chester Cup having put a stop to speculation, not a bet was made. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness walked this morn ing in the Home Park. The younger branches of the Royal Family took their usual walks and rides in the Park. _ Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary took leave of her Majesty and the Prince, and returned to Kew this morning, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and the Baron Knesebeck. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and Monsr. and Madame Van de Weyer, left the Castle this morning, for London. The second of a series of dramatic representations took place last night, at Windsor Castle, before her Ma jesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, his Se rene highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, their Serene; Highnesses the Princesses Amelie and Elise of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, and a distinguished circle of guests. The Queen, accompanied by the Royal party, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the House hold, entered the theatre at a few minutes past eight o'clock, and the performances immediately commenced. The following was the programme of the evening's en tertainment:— ...,______.. By Command. Her Majesty's Servants will perform, at Windsor Castle, On Thursday, January 4, 1849, A comic drama, in two acts, adapted from the French, By Dion Bourcicault, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart.... Mr. Charles Mathews. Sir Adonis Leech ... ... Mr. Granby. Honourable Torn Saville ... Mr. Bellingham. Wurzel (a farmer) ... Mr. F. Cooke. John Ironbrace (a blacksmith) Mr. Howe. Mr. Fennell (a lawyer)... ... Mr. Honnor. James ... ... Mr. Clarke. Mary ... ... ... ... Mrs. Jacob Barrow (late Miss Julia Bennett. Lady Clutterbuck ... ... Mrs. Humby. After which, a Farce, in one Act, by John Maddison Morton, entitled, BOX AND Cox. A Romance of Real Life. John Box (a Journeyman Printer) ... Mr. Buckstone. James Cox (a Journeyman Hatter) ... Mr. Harley. Mrs. Bouncer (a Lodging-house-keeper) Mrs. Stanley. Director ... • ... ... Mr. Charles Kean. Assistant-Director ... Mr. George Ellis. The Theatre arranged, and the scenery painted, by Mr. Thomas Grieve. Upon leaving the Theatre, the Queen was pleased to command that the expression of her Majesty's approval of the exertions of the different performers should be conveyed to the Director, Mr. Charles Kean. Refreshments were served in the Throne room. Her Majesty's Private Band was in attendance, and performed in the intervals of the different pieces. The company present were, her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Amelie and Elise of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, his Serene Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency Mon. Van de Weyer and Madame Van de Weyer, his Ex cellency the Chevalier Bunsen, the Viscountess Can ning, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Augusta Cadogan, Lady Caroline Cocks, Honourable Miss Paget, the Marchioness of Waterford, the Countess of Mansfield and the two Ladies Murray, the Viscount Clifden, the Lord and Lady Ruthven, the Lady Mary Berkeley, the Dowager Lady and Miss Lyttleton, and Miss Carew, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley, the Lord in Waiting, the Groom in Waiting, the Equerry in Waiting, Sir George and Lady Cowper and Miss Cowper, General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, General and Mrs Scott, Colonel and Mrs. Challoner, the Baron Stockmar, General Bowes, Captain F. Sey mour, Mr. and Mrs. Meynell, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Crutchley, the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal ligh ness Prince Albert, Baron Knesebeck, the lion. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, Dr. Bluer, Mr. Glover, the Com manding Officer and two Officers of the Second Life Guards, the Commanding Officer and two Officers of the Coldstream Guards, Miss Hilyard, Madame Roland de la Lonsa, and Mdlle. Gruner. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck, returned to their resi dence at Kew yesterday from Windsor Castle. SKATING IN THE HOME PARK AT WINDSOR. — Immediately after luncheon on Wednesday last her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Lord and Lady in Waiting, Mr. G. E. and the lion. Mrs. Anson, and other members of the Royal household, walked from Windsor Castle, and proceeded through the Slopes to the Home Park, where the Prince Consort, some of the ladies in the Royal suite, and others in her Majesty's establishment, amused themselves for some time, notwithstanding the severity of the weather, in skating upon the piece of water on the north side of the footpath leading from Adelaide Lodge across the park to Datchet. This piece of water, covering up wards of two acres in extent, and not more in any one part than twelve inches in depth (it having been left by the late high floods after they had subsided), was admi rably adapted for the enjoyment of the exercise of skat ing, without the risk of any serious accident occurring. The most dangerous parts, however, were marked out by branches of trees being spread over them, in order that they might be avoided by the Prince Consort and the Royal party. His Royal Highness performed some verycleverevolutions, cu tting out several figures with considerable skill. ST. CLEMENT DANES BURIAL•GROUND.—It ap pears from the last quarterly report of Ring's College Hospital that there is every prospect of the above burial ground being shortly closed as a place of interment, and so afford an open space that will be most advantageous to the densely-populated district around it. The autho rities of the hospital have contributed greatly towards promoting the health of the neighbourhood by purchas ing the ground adjoining the present institution, and by the removal of the pigstyes and boiling houses in Cle ment's-lane, in the yard of which an open grating, com municating with the sewer, emitted a most offensive smell, which, combined with the effluvium arising from I the boiling fat, was undoubtedly that complained of by Mr. Walker in his evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons. This is now removed, and if the efforts being made by the parish result successfully, the closing of the ground will afford the greatest grati fication,:as indeed would the entire prohibition of burials in populous places. AYLESBURY, JAN. S.—The Epiphany sessions for this county took place on Tuesday last before Sir Tho mas Aubrey, Bart., chairman, and a full bench of magis trates, amongst whom were Lord Carington, the three Members for the county, Sir T. Fremantle, Dr. Lee, G. Pigott, Esq., &c. The calendar contained the names of above sixty prisoners, but most of the offences were of a trivial nature. The site for a new lunatic asylum will be fixed upon by the magistrates, and the question of the propriety of building judge's lodgings will be dis cussed. It will Ise proposed that a special session should p be held in February, for the purpose of clearing the gaol before the assizes. A GOLDEN DISCOVERY.—At the recent sale of the effec ts other aorftictlhies laante antique chest ilcehsestwaspurchased Barton,, O u f hased by the Hoole, among Rev. Mr. Price, of Longton, to whose residence it was removed. On examining the interior, Mr. Price was surprised in finding secreted therein the sum of 2401., which had evidently reposed in security for a long series of years. The treasure was immediately returned to the proper owners.—Liverpool Times. PUBLICATIONS. This day is Published, one vol., Bvo., 12s. AN ENQUIRY into the DOCTRINE of the CIIURCII of ENGLAND upon ABSOLUTION. By the Rev. WILLIAM MASKELL, M.A., Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Devon, and Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Exeter. Also, recently, by the same Author. HOLY BAPTISM ; a Dissertation. Second Edition, Bvo., 158. " By whom was this child baptised? With what matter was this child baptised ? With what words was this child baptised ?" An APPENDIX, containing the Additions to this Edition, may be had gratis by purchasers of the first, on application to the publisher through their respective booksellers. The OUTWARD MEANS of GRACE, particularly of Abso lution ; a Sermon preached in the Church of St. Mary'r, Totnes, at the Visitation of the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Exeter, August 12, 1848. (Published by request.) Fourth Edi tion, Bvo. Is. The ANCIENT LITURGY of the CHURCH of ENGLAND. Second Edition, 1846. Bvo., 15e. MONUMENTA RITUALIA ECCLESIX ANGLICAN.E. Three vols. Bvo., 1547. 21. Bs. A HISTORY of the MARTIN MARPRELATE CONTRO VERSY in the REIGN of QUEEN ELIZABETH. Crown Bvo., 1845. Bs. _. _ . William Pickering, 177, Piccadilly. SHIRE STAKES. Prince Charley, 4 yrs—Corsican, 4 yrs—Backbiter, 4 yrs—Conquest, 4 yrs—Loup Garou, 3 yrs—Ellerslie, 4 yrs—Pavilion, 5 yrs—Glen Saddel, 4 yrs—Swaledale, 3 yrs—Pius the 11th, 4 yrs—Valentina, 4 yrs—Clifford, 3 yrs—Goodwood, 4 yrs—Roscius, aged—Retail, 3 yrs— War Eagle, 5 yrs—Footstool, 6 yrs—Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs— Lady Wildair, aged—Distaffina, 4 yrs—Pillage, 5 yrs— Milford, 4 yrs—The Cur, aged—Chanticleer, 6 yrs— Giselle, 6 yrs—Le Comte, 4 yrs—Egret, 4 yrs—Glut ton, 4 yrs—Wyke, 4 yrs—ldle Boy, 3 yrs—Good Boy, 4 yrs—Dimanche, 4 yrs—Clothworker, 3 yrs—Watch dog, 4 yrs—Swordplayer, 4 yrs—Tisiphone, 4 yrs— Skudar, 3 yrs—Eryx, 5 yrs—Lugar, 3 yrs—Pyrilus the First, 6 yrs—The Tartar, 5 yrs—Sampson, 4 yrs—Alp, S yrs—Cashier, 3 yrs—Rothersthorpe, 5 yrs—Sesos tris, 4 yrs—Clermont, 5 yrs—Clarissa, 3 yrs— Lanlrail, 4 yrs—Hagley, 4 yrs—Sylvan, 4 yrs— Swiss Boy, 4 yrs—Abbot of Meaux, 3 yrs— Miss Bunney, 3 yrs—Peep-o-day Boy, 5 yrs—Miss Burns, aged—Silver Eel, 5 yrs—The Talent, 3 yrs— Sponge, 4 yrs—Fern-hill, 4 yrs—Joe o'Sot, 5 yrs—Ge raldine, 6 yrs—Vesta, 5 yrs—New Forest Deer, aged— Bonbon, 3 yrs—Duplicity, 4 yrs—Emily, 3 yrs—Miss Nipper, 4 yrs—Bird of Paradise, 4 yrs—Dacia, 4 yrs— Lethargy, 5 yrs—Fireaway, aged—The Baronet, 6 yrs —The Dart, aged—Cockermouth, 4 yrs—Lambs Wool, 4 yrs—Vesta, 3 yrs—Sir Peter Laurie, 5 yrs—Minto, 4 yrs—Doctrine, 5 yrs—Halo, 5 yrs—Vampyre, 5 yrs— Sis. to Satirist, 4 yrs—Hornpipe, 4 yrs—Helter Skelter, 4 yrs—Pell Mell, 5 yrs—Do-the-Boys, 3 yrs—Baccha nalian, 4 yrs—Remembrance, 4 yrs—Westow, 3 yrs— Nautila, 5 yrs—Sis. to Ridiculus Mus, 6 yrs—Antago nist, 5 yrs—Julia, 6 yrs—Do-it-again, 4 yrs—Avenger, 6 yrs—Canezou, 4 yrs—f by Sir Herculus, out of Peeress, 3yrs—g by Carew, out of Almeade, 4 yrs—Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs—Tiresome, 3 yrs—f by Emilius, out of Flycatcher, 3 yrs—Wanota, 5 yrs —Lady Bangtail. 4 yrs —f by M. Molock, out of Guzman's dam, 4 yrs—Sub duer, aged—Tuscan, 4 yrs—Marlow, 5 yrs—Velox, 3 yrs—Gwalior, aged—Troica, 4 yrs—Escape, 4 yrs— Wensleydale, 3 yrs. ENTRIES FOIL THE SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. The Cur, aged—lnheritress, aged—Buscot Buck, aged—Subduer, aged—Teresa, aged—Vaut-rein, aged —Pyrrhus the First, 6 yrs—Cawroush, 6 yrs—Foot stool, 6 yrs—Julia, 6 yrs—Baronet, 6 yrs—Avenger, 6 yrs—Radalphus, 6 yrs—Auricula, 6 yrs—Pillage, 5 yrs —Resolution, 5 yrs—Brandyface, 5 yrs—Wanota, 5 yrs —.Clermont, 5 yrs—Silver Eel, 5 yrs—Halo, 5 yrs— Vesta, 5 yrs—Executor, 5 yrs—Nautila, 5 yrs—Buck skin, 5 yrs—Joc o' Sot, 5 yrs—Wyke, 5 yrs—Lethargy, 5 yrs—Pottinger, 5 yrs—Vampyre, 5 yrs —Peep-o - day Boy, 5 yrs—Marlow, 5 yrs—The Tartar, 5 yrs— b h by Jereed, d by Pantaloon, 5 yrs—Gardenia, 4 yrs —Tisiphone, 4 yrs—Hope, 4 yrs—Fugleman, 4 yrs— Landrail, 4 yrs—Miss Nipper, 4 yrs—Sylvan, A yrs— Tuscan. 4 yrs—Escape, 4 yrs—Conquest, 4 yrs—Horn pipe, 4 yrs—Bacchanalian, 4 yrs—Reality, 4 yrs— Sampson, 4 yrs—Antelope, 4 yrs—Otterburn, 4 yrs— Do-it-again, 4 yrs—Glendower, 4 yrs—Lancaster, 4 yrs—Cymba, 4 yrs—Lady Bangtail, 4 yrs—Ellers lie, 4 yrs Ilagley, 4 yrs Cockermouth, 4 yrs Woodcraft, 4 yrs Sponge, 4 yrs Fernhill, 4 yrs Goodboy, 4 yrs Tiresome, 3 yrs Glenalvon, 3 yrs —Westow, 3 yrs—Loup arou, 3 yrs Cashier, 3 yrs f by Emilius, out of Flycatcher, 3 yrs Cambric, 3 yrs—Lady Day, by Barnacles, 3 yrs— Clifford, 3 yrs—Andalusian, 3 yrs—The Model, 3 yrs— Emily, 3 yrs—Grief, 3 yrs—Essedarius, 3 yrs—Cheer ful, 3 yrs—ldle Boy, 3 yrs—f by Sir Herculus out of Peeress, 3 yrs—c by Sir Hercules out of Empress, 3 yrs. ENTRIES FOR THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. The Grand National Handicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 10th of February. Nimrod (h b), aged—The Crown Prince, 6 yrs—ch h St Leger, aged—Shamrock, 6 yrs—Sir John (late Wind fall), aged—Splendid, 6 yrs—Bold Davy (h b), aged— Proceed, aged—Chandler, aged—British Yeoman, aged Father Mathew (h b), aged—Little Fanny, aged— Sparta, aged—ch m Canary, aged—Red Lancer, aged— Ballybar, aged—Napoleon, by The Steamer (h• b), 6 yrs —Edward the First (late Daddy Longlegs), aged—Dicky Misfortune, aged—Charm, by the Conjuror, aged—Cha tham, aged—Abd el Kader, aged—Peter Simple (h b), aged—Reds treak, aged—Miss Brown (h b), aged—Salute, aged—Prince George, aged—Sherborn (h b), 5 yrs— Gamester—Vulture, late Sharpshooter(h b), aged—Ma thew, aged—The Victim, aged—La Sylphide (h b), aged —Jerry,—aged— Brunette, aged—Sobriety(late Maudlin Lass), aged—Wolverhampton, aged—Mignionette, aged —Venom, 5 yrs—b g by Young Rainbow, dam by Pickpocket (h b), 6 yrs—Clonardon, by Valentine, out of Luggy, 6 yrs—Tim Whiffler (h b), aged—Thurgar ton, aged—Kilfane, by Elvas, ,aged—Subduer, aged— Flycatcher (h b), 6 yrs—Agitation, aged—Muiligar, 4 yrs—Arab Robber, 6 yrs—The Curate, aged—Clarinda —Alfred, 3 yrs—Sir John (h b), aged—Miss Barns, aged—The Knight of Gwynn°, aged—The Iron Duke, 5 yrs—Tipperary Boy, by Windfall, aged—The Doctor, aged—Marengo, aged—Boxkeeper, aged—Spem Gregis, 5 yrs—Khondooz, aged—The Page, aged—Fisticuir, aged —Equinox, aged—Coriander, aged. WEIGHTS FOR THE LOUTH STEEPLE CHASE. Chandler, 12st Ilb—Proceed, list 81b—The Doctor, list 71b—Prince George, lOst 131b—The Victim, lOst 131b—Rachael, 6 yrs, lOst 91b—Lincoln, lOst 71b— Chatham, lOst 61b—Marengo, 1014 41b—Charity, lOst 41b—Fortunatus, lOst 41b—Avoaa, lOst 31b—Bribery, lOst—Khondooz, lOst--Miss Brown, lOst—Hope, lOst— Rufus, 9st 121b—Gayhurst, 9st 111b—Vulture 9st 101 b —Vengeance, 9st 91b—Pendennis, 9st 81b— Oily Gam mon, 9st 81b. Should tho highest weight accepting be under 1 Ist 71b, it will be raised to that, and tho others in proportion. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Weston on the Green ; Thurs., Grendon Village ; Sat., Barley Mow-104. Heythrop hds., Mon., Boulters Barn ; Wed., Led well Village ; Fri., Bourton Bridge ; Sat., Kiddington Gate. Pytchley hds., Mon., Great Billing ; Wed., Sibber toft ; Fri., Dallington ; Sat., Crick, Hi. Worcestershire Ws., Tues., Copcut Elm; Fri., Croome Perry Wood-104. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Billesley Hall ; Tues., Mitford Bridge ; Thurs., Dunchurch ; Fri., Wrotton Abbey. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Berrington ; Fri., Yazor —lOl. Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., The Pheasant, Welland Com mon; Fri., Highleadon Common Green-10i. Ludlow hds., Wed., Boulden Village ; Sat., Mary knowle. Wheatland 's hds., Tues. ' Acton, Burnell Hall-10i. Lord Stamford's hds., Tues., Dudmaston ; Thurs., Ireland Pool ; Sat., Burnel Green-10i. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hds., Mon., Dalmahoy; Tues, Hopetoun House; Thurs., Midcalder; Sat., Hous toun Gate. _ _ Atherstone hds, Mon., Arbury; Wed., Seckington; Fri., Stretton Wharf; Sat., Cadely Gate- 11. Duke of Beaufort's hds., Tues., Roundway Park; Wed., Draycot; Thurs., Trouble House; Sat., Compton Bassett-10i. Old Berkshire hds., Mon., Longcott; Tues., Milton Hill; Fri., Badbury Hill; Sat., Nuneham, 10i. Blackdown hds., Tues., Lamb Inn, Uffculm; Fri., Castle Nerech. Bramham Moor hds., Mon., Boot and Shoe Inn; Wed., Bitton Bank; Fri., Bickerton Bar; Sat., West Woods --101. Crt;wley and Horsham has., Mon.,Tilgate Lodge;Wed., Kingsford; Fri., Crawley Village-11. Her Majesty's hds., Mon., Sutton Common; Tues., Hinton House; Tues., Brighton House; Sat., Wind mill Hill. East Kent bds., Mon., Barham Street; Wed., Sibtcn Gate; Fri., Sweech Gate-10i. York assd Ainsty hds., Mon., Shires Bar; Toes., Acaster; Thurs., Ribston Park; Sat., Skipwith Bridge —lOl. Sinnington bds., Tues., Morton; Fri., Tylas Bridge, —lO. Cleveland hds., Mon., Roseberry ; Thurs., Dunsda le Bridge. N I JANUARY 6, 1849. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. FROM TRH MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.-.-As the revenue of this country is the only one in this cart of the world which is not rapidly sink ing, or scarcely propped up by th e most ex t raor di nar y and oppressive expedients, we presume it is lawful to congratulate our readers upon the statement for the quarter just ended. It still exhibits that steady im provement which is the most natural and therefore most healthful symptom that could bo desired. The practised explorer of this table will at once recognise the figures on which its main gist and interest depend—the compa rison of the two quarters ending respectively January 5, 1848, and the same day, 1849. The several items of in crease on the ordinary revenue amount to 593,0051., the items of decrease to 150,3901., the balance being an increase of 412,6151. on the quarter just ended. On taking into account the increase of " China Money," " imprest and other money," and " repayment of ad vances," this improvement on the quarter becomes 686,827/.; but it is unnecessary to observe that these extraordinary and accidental items, though they augment the existing resources of the Exchequer, have no bear ing on the question of prosperity, for which this return is usually consulted. As we have observed, on previous occasions, the financial year beginning with April, 1847, was too exceptional in its circumstances to be a proper subject of comparison. It is fairer to go back a whole year. On referring, then, to the qurrter ended Jan. 5, 1847, we find the present quarter falls short of it by only 483,047/. We say only, because here again we have to deal with an extraordinary year, 1846—a year of excessive speculation and expenditure, between two famines, but scarcely affected by their financial results. To go into the several items, we come first to the Customs. Here is an increase on the quarter to the amount of 570,5331., and going further back to the quarter ending January 5, 1847, an increase of 167,6741. It must, however, bo remembered that in the quarter just ended there has been a revenue on the import of corn, of which wo have now seen the last. We can only hope, and we do hope, that the general improvement of the Customs will next year supply this deficiency. In the item of Excise the quarter exhibits an increase of 6,279/. We believe there would have been a decrease but for a change of account, which has transferred to this department certain por tions of revenue hitherto collected by the Board of Stamps and Taxes.. There has been an increase, it is said, on the malt, paper, and soap duties, all of them articles of necessity; a decrease in bricks, hops, and spirits. A decrease on the consumption of spirits will be deplored less than on the other articles on the list. Bricks are, more or less, a speculative expenditure, and hops are beyond the reach of financial calculation. The Excise, therefore, notwithstanding a virtual de cline, indicates increasing prosperity and comfort. The downward course of speculation, and the change of accounts we have already referred to, have pre pared the public for a decrease of 92,237/. on the Stamps. The " Taxes," as usual are very stationary. In the property-tax there is a decrease upon the quarter, which suggests some gloomy reflections. We observed the same fact last October. The quarterly de crease was then 25,755/. It is now 38,1331.—a sum which represents several millions of annual income em barrassed or altogether extinguished. In the other items there is no change worthy of notice, unless it be necessary to observe that the Post• office and the Crown lands are very little more productive than they were a year ago. The ordinary revenue of the whole year 1848 exhibits an increase of 875,705/., the most observable items being an increase of 914,062/. in the Customs of the year, of 1,101,394/. in the Excise, and a decrease of 848,698/. in the Stamps. Those candid and intelligent critics who wish to occupy their readers with the least favourable view of the table before us will probably fix on the yearly comparison, as if it were the most interesting and important. A moment's consideration, however, will detect that the first three quar quarters of last year are now a matter of history, and have been sufficiently wept and bewailed in their own proper time. To bring them up now is thrice to kill the slain. The only inference that can properly be drawn from a less favourable yearly comparison, in the face of a more favourable quarterly comparison, is that wo are decidedly and palpably improving. It is so in fact. We have been gradually improving the whole year. The total ordinary revenue for the year ending January 6, 1848, was 47,616,8781; for the year ending yesterday, 48,492,5831. Some extraordinary items swell the in crease to 1,533,9571. The monthly returns of the Board of Trade are so largely abstracted and discussed in our City intelligence that we need say but little in this place. The tide which, after the long summer's ebb, turned in our favour last October is now flowing fast and full. For the month ending the sth of December, there was an increase of ,exports, compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, to the value of 132,5481.; and there can be no doubt from the reports daily arriving from the manufac turing districts that the month just ended will be found to exhibit a still more decided result. The increase of exports, as we noticed last month, has been chiefly in cotton manufacture, and we beg most respectfully to call the attention of a contemporary to the circumstance of which ho last month confessed himself unaware, that the greater part of the increase had been in the more ad vanced description of manufacture, as distinct from cotton yarn. The next considerable increase is in woollen manufactures, that on woollen yarn being com paratively slight. Tho chief decrease has been on iron, steel, and machinery; betraying the miserable condition of continental trade and manufactures. The increase in the monthly imports balances that on the exports with unusual closeness—a fact which indicates the safe and cautious footing of our commerce at this moment, and which seems to augur that our returning prosperity is destined to a long and vigorous growth. HERALD.—We give, in another part of our paper, the usual Account of the Revenue, for the quarter, and for the year, ending on the sth of January, 1849, com pared with those end e d J anuar y 5, 18411. At the same time, while we print the document just as we received it, we are oblig e d t o conc l u d e , th a t, e ith er we are exces sively dull of perception, or there is a blunder of a million in one or two of the columns. The revenue from the Excise is stated to have amounted, in the year ended January 5, 1848, to 11,730,746/. In the year just concluded, it is stated to have amounted to 12,832,140/. ; and this is set down as an increase of 101,394/. To us it would have appeared to be, an in crease of 1,101,3941. In like manner, in the total, the income of tho year is said to bo 49,931,623/. In the year ended January 5, 1848, it is stated to have been 48,397,5661. And then the increase for the year is called 533,9571. But if the above totals arc correctly given, the real increase must have been 1,533,957/. The general result seems to us to be— An increase on the year of £1,533,957 An increase on the quarter of ... 686,827 Much of this increase is found under the head of CU3- torns, which head shows an advance of half a million in the Michaelmas quarter, ani another half million in the quarter just ended. How much of this is to be attri buted to the corn duties now about to expire we cannot at this moment determine. The departments of Stamps, Post-office, and Property-tax, by their continued decline, both on the year and on the quarter, show how much the late depression of trade has preyed on the sinews of our internal commerce; and also, that the point of actual prosperity has not yet been reached. Another point of the case is also unsatisfactory. The surplus of the Consolidated Fund, on the sth of January, IS4B, was 882,5481. On the sth of January, 1849, it was only 560,543/. We begin 1849, then, with a smaller balance at the banker's than we had in January, 1848, by no less than 322,0051. We may probably return to the subject in our next paper, when the error of a million above ad verted to shall have been cleared up. CIIRONICLE.—AII thinking people, in the present condition of the country, which varies, in our own de spite, with the fluctuating state of the Continent, will look with anxiety to the Quarterly Returns of the Re venue, that uuerring criterion of our temporary decline or prosperity. We publish to-day the official abstract of the Nat Revenue in the years and quarters ending sth January, 1848, and sth January, 1849, from which the comparative increase or decrease will appear. The most important of the general results are these:—There is an increase of the entire revenue for the whole year of 533,957/., but considerably more than the whole amount of this increment consists of China money, and other extraordinary receipts. In the total ordinary re venue there is a decrease for the year to a small amount, namely, 124,2951. As usual, some branches of the re venue have increased, whilst others have decreased. The increase (for the year) is, in the Customs, 914,0621,; in tEe Excise, 101,394/.; and under the head of Crown lands, 4,0001. The decrease is, in the stamps, 848,698; in the taxes, 19,857/.; in the property-tax, 103,4361.; in the Post-office, 88,000/.; and " miscellane ous," 83,7601. In comparing the quarters ending January 5, 1848, and January 5, 1849, we find that the increase and decrease were respectively in the same items, with the exceptions of " taxes" and " miscellane ous," which have slightly increased during the last quarter, and of " Crown lands," which show a decrease. The decrease for the last quarter, as compared with the quarter ending January 5, 1848, is—Stamps, 82,257/.; Property-tax, 38,1331.; Post-office, 10,0001.; Crown Lands, 10,000/. The increase is —Customs, 570,533/. ; Excise, 6,2791.; Taxes, 6,2301.; Miscellaneous, 9,9631. Deferring, for the present, all detailed comment on the financial and commercial significance of these deeply interesting statistics, we may, at least, regard them as affording, on the whole, encouraging evidence of the stability of our resources, and the elasticity of our industrial energies. While it would obviously be unwise to view, with anything like elation, the financial results of a year during which the total ordinary revenue of the country has actually declined, we cannot but congratu late the public on those symptoms of revival which ap • pear in the comparison of the last quarter with the cor responding period of the previous year; and wegladly of recognise the superior importance and authenticitythe this portion of the year's experience, as au fact, an index that a immediate future. It is certainly a cheering year whose commercial record s disclose a decreaseicitiei our d so i exports during seven consec utive months, has ni inconsiderable an injury on our aggregate eratteomridniantaioryn,rseo venue, and has witnessed, towardsim marked a tendency to gradual improvement. It is sa tisfactory, l i kew ise, to observe, from t he Trade Retur ns which appear s imultaneously . with the present Revenue Abstract (though the very trivial amount of increase on the Excise, for the last quarter, amewhat qualifies the [PRICE SD. value of the fact), that a considerable proportion of the recent improvement in the Customs revenue has accrued on those commodities of which an increased consumption is usually indicative of the general well-being of the people, ADVERTISER.—We have much pleasure in calling attention to the tabular retarns of the quarter's revenue, ending last night, which we publish in another part of our paper. They are much more favourable than the most sanguine could have been led to expect—much more favourable than even the semi-official article which appeared in a Sunday paper, represented them as likely to be. That journal only prepared us for an increase of 500,0001. on the Customs: the increase is 570,5331. We have also an increase on the Excise, small, indeed, being only 6,279 L, but still any increase under such a head is gratifying, especially when we were prepared for a de crease. The only other items on which there is an augmentation are—Chinese money, which produces 84,2841.; imprest ,and other moneys, 93,2811.; and re payment of advances, 66,647 L The total increase, therefore, on the quarter is 837,2171.; but from this has to be deducted a decrease of 150,3901., of which 92,257/. is under the head of Stamps, 39,133/. under that of Property-tax, 10,0001. in the Post-office department, and 10,000/. under the head of Crown Lands. Deducting, then, this 150,3901. decrease from the 837,217/. increase, we have a net augmentation on the quarter's revenue, as compared with the correspond ing quarter of last year, of no less than 686,827/.,—a sum, considering the circumstances through which the country has had to pass, far exceeding anything which could have been anticipated. What adds to the value of this augmentation is, that nearly the whole of the amount is derived from the Customs and Excise, the two departments of the public service which have always been regarded as affording the best criterion of the social condition of the masses. The increase on the year is 533,9571, so that it will be seen it is only on the latter part of the year that we can be said to have fairly entered on that long-protracted course of commercial and financial prosperity on which, we trust, we may now confidently calculate. FRENCH MAILS BY BOULOGNE AND CALAIS. The projected removal of the night mail between London and Paris to the route via Calais, and the delay that will consequently ensue in the delivery at Paris of all letters posted at London between 10 A.N. and 6 P.M., that is, of nine-tenths of all the letters between the capitals, has excited so much comment in mercantile circles, that we believe our readers will be glad to have the question put before them as it stands at present. Up till January, 1847 there was only one post a day between France and England, and the dispatches, leav ing each capital in the evening to arrive the morning after the next, took the longer route via Calais. The steamers of the French Post-office took the bags from Calais to Dover, and returned empty; those of the Eng lish Post-office from Dover to Calais, and also returned empty. Enough time was left at Dover and Calais for the mail steamers to vary their departures with the tide; and the use of boats for landing or shipping the bags at low water was ever hardly necessary. This arrangement was easy enough for the two Go vernments; but the post was so long in its transit, that private expresses, by the shorter route through Bou logne, regularly anticipated it every day; and at last the general outcry against it was so loud that a new postal treaty, to come into operation on the Ist of January, 1848, was signed in December, 1847. . . By this treaty it was stipulated that there should be two posts a day between London and Paris, instead of one ; a day mail through Calais, and a quick night mail leaving each capital. to arrive early the next morning by the more expedious route through Boulogne. The packets of the French Post-office undertook to convey the mails between Dover and Calais; those of the Eng lish Post• office, from their greater power and efficiency, were charged with the service between Dover and Bou logne; certainly the more onerous of the two, from the passages being always made at night, and th e littl e ti me allowed for delays, rendering the use of boats to em bark or land the mails in Dover or Boulogne-roads fre quently necessary, This arrangement has now been in operation for a year, and has worked completely to the satisfaction of the public in London and Paris. Occasional delays have taken place in the conveyance of letters by both routes ; but, on the whole, great regularity has been attained ; and while this is of comparatively small consequence, for the few letters dispatched from each capital early in the morning via Calais, the benefit of the Boulogne route, in insuring the delivery before the commencement of business of letters pasted the evening before, has been very much felt. The public, therefore, have no interest in the question beyond that of maintaining the present arrangement. Our Government, on the other hand, has a separate in terest not to be alone charged with the night service be tween Dover and Boulogne, without receiving some compensation for the more onerous nature of it. On this account Lord Clanricarde went to Paris a fortnight since, with a view of negotiating an equal division of the Calais and Boulogne stations between the packets of the two Governments. The then Director of the French Post-office declined acceding to such an arrangement, on the ground of the inefficiency of the French mail-packets for a night-service ; and it appears that on the failure of the proposal to work the two services jointly, the English Government determined to remove their packets to Calais. What possible advantages they could hope to gain by such a change it is difficult to see. The onerous nature of the Boulogne service is occasioned by the passages being always made at night, and the occasional necessity of taking or landing the mails while laying off in tho roads. The same difficulties will be experienced in a night service at Calais; and the public will lose more than two hours, in consequence of the mails being again conveyed by the route 66i miles longer in distance, by Calais. Letters will arrive at Paris in the middle of the business-part of the day, too late for anything to be done before the time of posting for the return mail, and the public mail will again be constantly anticipated by expresses. Under these circumstances, it is not won derful that the proposed change has caused great dis content in London and Paris, and that great efforts are being made to prevent its bei❑g put into execution. We learn that the present Director-General of the French Post-office is fully aware of the importance to the interests of both countries, of continuing to adopt the Boulogne route for the conveyance of the mails . ; and that he has already concluded an arrangement with the Amiens and Boulogne Railway Company, to take the mails between Boulogne and Paris, by express train, in 5i hours. As 15i are allowed for the whole transit from Paris to London, and the mails are conveyed between Dover and London in 24, this will leave 7i for the sea passage, and as the time required to cross is only two, the departures of the steamers may be varied with the tide within a range of 5i hours, and the use of boats at low water altogether obviated at Boulogne. At Dover it will be much less frequently necessary to employ them than at present; and as they are there maintained by a special pilot establishment, paid by both Governments, while at Boulogne the crews of the steamers have to do this duty, it will not be of so much consequence if the tide is occasionally missed there, as long as it is made to serve always at Boulogne. Thus the great difficulty of the night service through Boulogne will be overcome; and the French Govern ment are prepared, if our Government still continue ex clusively to work the Boulogne station, to pay one-half the additional expenses of agencies, pilotage, Sze., result ing from the two services taking different routes, in order that the quicker one, via Boulogne, may still be maintained for the night mail. From this it appears that it now rests with our Post office authorities to meet the views of the present French Director-General, and maintain the Boulogne route for the night mail between London and Paris; and we should imagine that the offers of the French Post-office, to which we have above alluded, will remove all the ob stacles that have arisen to prevent the continuance of an arrangement so entirely satisfactory to the public in. terests as that for the conveyance of the mails between London and Paris has been during th• past year.— Chronicle. 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The gentlemen, induced from the apparent excellence of the bargain, to buy the pair, and the purchase being concluded, he was led to inquire the reason for the apparent eccentricity of the vender, when an explanation was rendered as follows: ",Whoi, Sir, the poor things:have been an affectionate couple on Tansley-common for the last twenty-five years, and I thought 'twould be a pity they should be separated at labt, " .—Dcrbysliirc Advertiser. I „....... f. , ' . -:'.--_-"`: -. ,r; • •x 1 . t ..."V - 1 : 4 !' ' 3- 4 4 / 4 ‘..y C 0 FFEE - SES IN T INI I . I yr t N. ::;--.:"/ EENTH CENTURY. --. ,I‘ ' '' - The coffee-houses must not be disniiiied` With a` - rsory mention. It might indeed, at that time, have been not improperly called a most important political institution. No Parliament had sat for years. The municipal council of the city had ceased to speak the sense of the citizens. Public meetings, harangues, reso lutions, and the rest of the modern machinery of agita tion had not yet come into fashion. Nothi ng resem bli ng chief th e metropolis organs through which the vented the modern newspaper existed. In such circu ms t ances , thepublic coffee-houses w op e iion r n ethe of itself. The first of these establishments had been set up in the time of the Commonwealth, by a Turkey merchant, who had acquired among the Mahometans a taste for their favourite beverage. The convenience of being able to make appointments in any part of the town, and of being able to pass evenings socially at a very small charge, was so great, that the fashion spread fast. Every man of the upper or middle classes went daily to his coffee-house to learn the news, and to discuss it. Every coffee-house had one or more orators to whose eloquence the crowd listened with admiration, and who soon became, what the journalists o f our own ti me h ave been called, a fourth estate of the realm. The Court had long seen with uneasiness the growth of this new power in the state. An attempt had been made during Danby's Adminis tration to close the coffee-houses ; but men of all par ties missed their usual places of resort so much that there was an universal outcry. The Government did not ven• ture, in opposition to a feeling so strong and general, to enforce a regulation of which the legality mi • ght well be questioned. Since that time, ten years had l d e apse , and during those years the number and influence of the coffee-houses had been constantly increasing. Foreigners remarked that the coffee-house was that which especially distinguished London from all other cities ; that the coffee-house was the Lon doner's home, and that those who wished to find a gentleman commonly asked not whether he lived in Fleet-street or Chancery-lane, but whether he frequented the Grecian or the Rainbow. Nobody was excluded from those places who laid down his penny at the bar. Yet every rank and profession, and every sae of religious and political opinion, had its own head-quarters. There were houses near St. James's-park where fops congregated, their heads and shoulders covered with black or flaxen wigs, not less ample than those which are now worn by the Chan cellor and by the Speaker of the House of Commons. The wig came from Paris ; and so did the rest of the fine gentleman's ornaments, his embroidered coat, his fringed gloves, and the tassel which upheld his panta loons. The conversation was in that dialect which, long after it had ceased to be spoken in fashionable circles, continued in the mouth of Lord Foppington, to exoite the mirth of theatres. Tbe atmosphere was like that of a perfumer's shop. Tobacco in any other form than that of richly sented snuff was held in abomination. If any clown, ignorant of the usages of the house, called for a pipe, the sneers of the whole assembly and short answers of the waiters soon convinced hint that he had better go somewhere else. Nor, indeed, would he have had far to go, for, in general, the coffee-rooms reeked with . tobacco like a guard-room ; and strangers sometimes expressed their surprise that so many people should leave their own firesides to sit in the midst of eternal fog and stench. Nowhere was the smoking more constant than at Will's. That cele brated house, situated between Covent-garden and Bow-street, was sacred to polite letters. There the talk was about poetical justice and the unities of place and time. There was a faction for Perrault and the moderns, a faction for Boileau and the ancients. One group debated whether ” Paradise Lost" ought to have been in rhyme. To another, an anxious poetaster demonstrated that Venice Preserved ought to have bean hooted from the stage. Under no roof was a greater variety of figures to be seen, earls in stars and garters, clergymen in cassocks and bands, pert templars, sheepish lads from the universities, trans lators and index makers in ragged coats of frieze. The great press was to get near the chair where John Dryden sate. In winter that chair was always in the warmest nook, by the fire ; in summer, it stood in the balcony. To bow to him, and to hear his opinion of Racine's last tragedy, or of Bossa's treatise on epic poetry, was thought a privilege. A pinch from his snuff-box was an honour sufficient to turn the head of a young enthusiast. There were coffee-houses where the first medical men might be consulted. Doctor John Radcliffe, who, in the year 1685, rose to the largest practice in London, came daily, at the hour when the Exchange was full, from his house in Bow-street, then a fashionable part of the capital, to Garraway's, and was to be found surrounded by surgeons and apothecaries at a particular table. There were Puritan coffee-houses, where no oath was heard, and where lank-haired men discussed :election and reprobation through their noses; Jew coffee-houses, where dark-eyed money-changers from Venice and from Amsterdam greeted each other ; and Popish coffee-houses, where, as good Protestants believed, Jesuits planned, over their cups, another great fire, and cast silver bullets to shoot the king.—Macazday's History of England. HOSPITALS OF PARIS. From an account for 1t347 Just published by the Administration Generale des HOpitaux of Paris, it appears that it has under its direction 16 hospitals, 11 hospices, and 3 charitable establishments. The hospitals are the 116tel-Dieu and its succursal, La Pitle, La Charlie, St. Louis, St. Antoine, Necker, Cochin, Beaujon, Bon Secours, du Midi , de Lourcine, des Enfans Malades, les Clinique', the Maison d'Accouchement, and the Maison Nationale de Sante, Faubourg St. Denis. The hospices are : De la Viellesse (men), ditto (women), Incurables (men), ditto (women), des Menages, La Rochefoucauld, Ste. Perine, Boulard, Brezin, Devillas, Enfans Trouves and Orphelins. There are 6,E04 beds in the hospitals, and 11,079 in the hospices—in a 1117,583. In 1836,there were only 16,224. In the course of the year 1847, 88,493 sick persons were treated in the medical department of the hospitals, and 23,291 in the surgical. The number of days passed by the sick persons of both de partments was 2,156,463 ; that of the employes, 578,662—in all, 2,735,125. The average number of persons attended to in the hospitals is 5,800 daily. The periods for which they remain on an average vary in the different hospitals ; in the medical department, it is about 231 days—in the surgical, 312. Out of the 88,493 sick persons who were attended, 8,617 died. The average of deaths is one in ten. The permanent population of the hospices and inaisons de retraite is about 9,750, of whom 2,250 to 2,300 are insane ; and, in addition, 19,293 insane persons and infirm persons en t e red the hospices during the year. Of these 29,043, 1,781 died. The days passed by the patients amounted altogether to 3,439,773. The number of enfans trouves and orphans received in 1847 was 4,554, of whom only 477 are supposed to be legi timate ; and, in addition, there were 2,800 children who had been received in the previous year; 3,682 of the children were placed in the country, 1,240 given up to their parents, 1,215 died. In the course of the year 214,554 persons altogether, including the sick and the indigent, were relieved. The total expense of the admi nistration was 14,9t0,211f. Among the items are the following :—Bread flour, &c., 2,154,112 f. ; wine, 867,015 f. ; meat, 1,617,140 f. ; different provisions, 1,189,979 f. ; medicines, 600,000 f. ; bandages, &C., 73,000 f. • firing, 583,000 f. • lighting and washing , 332,318 i. ; linen, 246,000 f; clothing, 259,240 f.; furni ture and utensils, 220,590 f. The expense of ch il dr en in the country was 1,591,485 f. ; the direc tion nourrices, 81,000 f. ; and assistance to the in dig ent their own residences, 2,183,688 f. produced wee =tenimmErsemilirr y , s rssEr.-- On DRAMATIC INSTITUTION, Wtdnesday night since their anis g Dramatic) Club, 1 ama tr ii i o o .en n r i e C w s wit ra hel li lth d u e ep their first - t attihLeiulirt a t I : : : o :v m nGd eis it s n s i r o n i n i s i s , Dramatic Friends' Seciety h e e Old Massinger's favourite pl y - :tour performance, reflected the at the above theatre.. i f of A firs iv t e r w iec if er ay to Pay i tn m ose who were engaged in it. The highest credit on 1 not ss. h a ve Altogether , d disgra c e d c e i d t actors, Deits ; with a fr arts, a nd appeared to be thoroughly in thttdeidffewrlnth parts' t s h t a ag t c: o u u s l i d nc segue forman ce The afterpiece consisted of Colman's Bull, which was a p and, er for alt t! „ f many of our, so called, legiti int hacto b o ards - theatres,jn c omedy °f °' bl was also excellently got up, very c redits y acted. During the interval between an d the Per formances a trio, ca ll ed the " Fisherman's Glee, " by _ a , sa ng M essrs. He nry, and Charles Beverly, and k r . T. U. Harrison. It was well sung, and deservedly encored. Great cre di t i s due to Mr. Julian 0. Harrison for his excellent management on the occasion, and the unanimous approbation of pit, boxes, and a g a ll ery, which were crowded to excess by a most respectable auditory, must havo b een a gratifying evidence to him and his companions that their exertions were appreciated in a proper manner, and betokened an earnest of future success. SUGAR MANUFACTORIES IN FRANCE. The number of sugar manufactories in France at present at work i 5277, and of those idle 30. These figures give a diminution of 26 establishments being idle, and an aug mentation of 15 new ones at work. There have been prepared during the past season 15,000,000 kilogrammes, or nearly 6,000,000 more than during the preceding sea son. The quantity given out for consumption has been 12,750,000 kilogrammes, or 4,500,000 more than the season before. At the end of November upwards of 21,060,000 kilogrammes remained on hand, besides 6,000,000 more the year before. Thus more sugar has been made, and more consumed, but also more rem ains on hand. SUICIDE BY A SOLDIER.—On Thursday morning a a private in the 46th Regiment, named David Trail, CORI• mitted suicide, by shooting himself with his musket. The body of the deceased was found, between seven and eight o'clock in the morning, in th . o roar of the officers' headquarters, at Everton, the regiment being now loca ted at the house formerly oc cupied . by Mr. Shand. Th e deceased's musket was lying on his body, So far as we have been able to ascertain, nothing has been lately re marked in the conduct of the deceased which would load to the conclusion that he was affected in his miad.— Liverpo2l Mercury, ~~ nd Lrd )ur .1. to ald _ e I er a' rlelo rice / 1304 Ts 0 0 1s TO her e con' von h rleft is 6 ‘ l A er - Die° Tot' l Fill . 31. 41' ll i Tree' Vhe 6l 27 th e 1 1 . / ' h S 011 atb uf oft o i kie, pbilili - )ro tt ' ,ck dd jlr e fscl' ;rat at glij ;IVO of ter ( 71:i