The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-19 00:00:00

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A7. , --- - . . 6 - L A t \ * t '' l ( Q e :: . t14: 1 , . . --- r.-17- . - -- 4.?",".: 7'4' ./ C ' . ' 1 Hotel, Dunoon. I T. Wallace, GI, \'` - i•,;*, 40 ..,,-; . i . . 1 1 l 'i r' s' l ' l4 *- / '.l \,.. .. - - ',,, e , ......,,d, ...z.:: , - —Alkali -1 V j r ;,' ." -,.- - --- - ..--- ~_.. r CONTRACT t o r CANDLES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport See-seen, Somerset-place, Decembir"l7, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice that on Tritium/a, the 10th January next, at One o'clock, theY Will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into the Royal Marine Bar racks at Chatham, all such quantities of TALLOW CAN BA shall from tlme.to time be demanded, for twelve months certain, and further until the ekpiration of three months' warning. The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said Office, and (together with the samples of the Candles), at the Office of the Bar rack-master. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, for any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly raly, and authorized in writing. Eve Tender must be addressed to the Secretary ef the Admi bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Candles," ant mist also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bland with the person tendering in the sum of 1001. for the due Pt!rformance cf the Contract. within the Caledonian Hotel, ios o rts in 1849, Argylfshire, cattle dealer, to 16, a t one, within the Argyll ias merchant, to meet Dec. 24, and Jan. 14, at twelve, gow, within the Glob © Hotel,, Glasgow. W. Gordon, Aberdeen, advocate and banker, to meet. Dec. 24, and Jan. 23, at twelve, within the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen. - - " • e /-1 T , ' 2l a N ° . 17 ) 858 1 LONDON WLDNESDAY - 4 - 7 NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU - - RANCE SOCIETY. [PRICE SD. rices of 26, Cornlilli, London. Capital X 500,000. Just pub'ished, in Two Thousand Pages, royal Bvo., price 365., the toposT OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY ` for 1850. Principal Divisions of the work :—Official Direc tory ; Street Directory ; Commercial Directory; Trades' Directory ; Law Directory; Court Directory ; Parliamentary Directory; Postal Directory ; City Directory; Conveyance Directory; Banking Direc tory ;'Assurance Directory ; —with a- very great amount of general infonnstion. For Reviews of the work, which is now the only Lon don Directory published, see Times, 23d ult. ; Chronicle, 22d ult. ; Herald, 23d ult. ; Pest, 24th ult. ; Advertiser, 24th ult. ; Daily News, 23d ult.; Sun, 21d ult. ; Globe, 21d ult. ; Dispatch, 25th ult. ; John Bull, 24th ult. ; Britannia, IA inst. ; Spectator, 24th ult. ; Here path's Journal, 24th ult.; Mining Journal, 24th ult. ; Atlas, 24th ult.; Era, 25th ult. ; Literary Gazette, let inst. ; Examiner, let inst. Kelly and Co. Old Boswell -court; and all Booksellers. Bun% 29s Od 27s 2d 24s Od b7l sold 424 sold 510 sold 33 sold notations Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substanal 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, whllet iving. 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 PROFIPS. The continued prosperity of the Society has enable! the Directors at the Annual Meeting, hell on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a sixth bonus, varying from 27 to 6.5 per cent, on the Premiums paid on each Policy effected on this profit scale. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE. December 14, 1849. Tile Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give notice, that the will SELL, by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Tower, on Famsy, the 21st December,. at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon Precisely, sundry Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of greatcoats, serge -cuttings, shoes, horse-collars, horse-shoes, new gun flints, salt - Pones .bz". brass hose, cocks, tools, iron, steel, brass, end various other articles, the whole of which may be viewed at the Tower three dais previous to the sale, frdm Ten till Four o'c'ock, upon appli elttion to the Principal Storekeeper's Office at that place, where cata logues of the lots and conditions of the sale will be delivered to those Persons who may apply for the same. By order of the. Board, G. BUTLER, Secretary EAST INDIA HOUSE, DECEMBER 18, 1649. TRE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COBIPANT do hereby give notice, That the RATE of EXCHANGE at which they will receive Cash ror Bills on Bengal and Madras will, from the present date and until _ ti rther notice, be Is. 11d. the Company's Rupee; and for Bills on B ombay, Is. 11 yid. the Company's Rupee. JAME"; C. MELVILL, Secretary. THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET AND ABATTOIR COMPANY. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 5 and 6 William IT., cap. • cal. Provisionally registered, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. ca. , . Offices, Wellington-street North, Strand. Caal 200,0041. Shar es It. e a c h, to b e p a id i n f u ll on allotment, ereby avoiding any calls, and unless. the Company eomplete the Purchase of the property, the bole amount will be returned to the shareholders. The responsibility limited to the amount of the shares. The rental of the houses, &c., on the Islington Market Estate ensures interest on the subsezibed capital, independent of the removal of glnithfield Market. TRUSTEES. (l ,ee • Stone, Esq. (Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co.), Lombard-street. ehn Twells, Esq. (Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.), Grace church -street. W „ 1 ”. Shaw, Esq. (Member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural °° cletY), Strand. COSIMITTEE. *WILLIAM SHAW, Esq., Strand, Chairman. W. Anderson, Esq., Oakley, Bedforshire. R. Beman, Esq., Donnington, Gloucestershire J. Clarke, Esq., Westbourne-park-road • - * Major Crosawell, Northficet, Kent T. Crisp, Esq., Gedgrave Hall, Suffolk *S. Grantham, Esq., , Itoneharn, Lewes ' *W. Hamilton, Esq., Hampstead *H. A. Harrison, Esq., Greenend House, Little Munden, Harts John W. Jeyes, Esq., Uppingham, Rutlaudshire *Ely. Kirk, Esq., St. James's-square E. Lewis, Esq., Hertingtordhury-park, Herts W. Loft, Esq., Trusthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire G. Parsons, Esq., South Petherton, Somerset J. G. Phivps, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park * G. Sherborn, Esq., Ashford, Middlesex James Smith, Esq., C.E., Deanston, N.B. George Turner, Esq., Barton, Exeter, Devon 0. Wallis, Esq., Overstone Grange, Northamptonshire * A. B. Wall, Esry., Bishop's-road, Bayswater • J. Williams, Esq., Bucklaud, Faringdon, Barks W. Wingate, Esq., llareby, Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire * "embers of the Acting Committee. gettex Tou—Messrs. Armstrong and Westbrook, 2, Great James street, Bedford-row. A. d v 4e ,a 3' for the Allotment. of the Shares will shortly be fixed, until tits li nle applications will continue to be received at the Once of th.L' u rnimaY by the Soli; [tors ; Thomas Allsop, Esq., Royal Ex- We-buildings ; and by the Members of the Acting Committee. JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary. ru-s F ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. T he First ef a Series of Lectures, by Dr. Bachoftier, _ Xe rhiloseplay of Scientific Rec reation, daily at Two o'cloc /l k, and 1,,,ne Evenings of Tuesday and Thursday, at Eight. —An entirely 4 ,', Set of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, D p o s ,_es it ow is, with a escriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past rr and u ntie Evenings at a Quarter to Ten.—The Views of ; t y n t le are shown daily, at Ono o'cleck.--A. Lecture on the Cultivation tI Voice and on the Art if Singing, by G. Clifford, Esq., on Tues. r, Thursday, and , Aaturday, at a Quarter to Four, and on the al ...Vie Evenings, at Eight.—Lectures on Chemistry, by Mr. Ashloy. berhibition of the Oxy-ilydrogen Microscope, Diver and Diving "'caw. Ada-Anion, lc—Schools, Half-price. 1 1 HE PATENT JOURNAL ALMANAC for 1850.—Now publishing. price 11., beautifully printed on a I,7et 34 by 24, illustrated with 30 Engravings of recent Inventions. 0:L1141.1410R to the ordinary Almanac information, this contains a lte LIST of PATENTS for 1849; useful tables of scientific "'alter f s. orming altogether one of the cheapest Almanacs pnblished, gclapted for the counting-house or parlour. stybY ail Booksellers, and sent free by post on receipt of four 1,1:111)11shed by Barlow and Payne, 89, Chancery-lane, London (the Journal Office) ; 2, Bonnett's-bill, Birmingham ; and Browne Will+s, 17, Cross-street, Manchester. 'DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL; or Celebrated Ern brocatiOn, has long been known throughout the West of Eng ly, as the most efficacious Remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago, I,!Eills in the Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and Paralytic Affections, i!tee-ach. Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds , Spasms and p s nimp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck Frozen Limb!, Chilblains be :l's they are broken. It is likewise a ' n infallible curo for that dan -INi:is disorder the Quinsey or Sore Threat, in which it was never ' l , o wn to fail after a few hours application. e. ub serve—That none cau be Genuine unless the Stamp affixed to gn bottle contains the name and address c.f Barclay and Sons, No. P arringdon-street. who have purchased the property in this la Gable article frem the executors of the inventor, Will Dredge, '`.! or Wishford. Wilts. Retail price, Is. 1 lid. and 2s. 9d. ;-,° and sold retail by all respectable Medicine Vendors in Town and 'vtuitry. THE SCHOOLBOY'S DREAM. A JOKE FOR THE JUVENILES. Not liece• , many das back Mr. Archibald Sa , n , ed a long note , fro n his little son p John. An d letter was penned in a singular style, Thedoubtless will cause my young readers to smile. 'he epistle runs thus : " Hear Papa and Mamma, Pm b aPPY to hear you're so well as you are; j",,te thoughts of returning (though strange it may seem(, Methought caused your delighted boy, Johnny, to dream. thought t'other night that you gave a tine party, Vld hailed my return in a manner most hearty. ,"e Party invited consisted of many ; 4° ln, Harry, and Alick, and Per c i v al Penny ; An d William, and Thomas, and Philip, and Frank, And Master Mat Middleton, all on the prank ; An d Michael, and Montague, Charley, anri Fred, A nd Alfred the sm a ll, w ith the curls on his head ; Joseph, and Sammy, and Jessie, A nd Master George Gordon, remarkably dressy; And Walter, and Willoughby, T tus, and Samson and Simon, in vury good trim Ti ; m, Anil Julius, Anthony, Robert, and Wet, and Many more names which I fear I've forgot. But reethought in my singular dream there were none Such What were decked out by E. Moses and Son. , tl' l 2 ll , elegant tunics, such stylish hussars, _A: l ooked like the galaxy studded with stars. ''"drnethought we shouted with glorious noise, 1; Moses and Son are the men for the boys. doubt after this Messrs. Moses" will don 401 Z very affectionate Son, JOHNNY SPONN." LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. 41 1turan and Winter Over Coats, in every T he Ettl wer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditto•••••••••• ..•• 0 18 0 Ch esterfield, ditto.. •• •• ........ 1 0 0 T he Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style Of Over Coat •• •••• •• • ••••••• • •• .. • . 1 0 Sh ooting Coats ••••••• • • • .• • • 0 8 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto T es t s 0 2 6 11 , 1 kek Silk Velvet Vests ' ..• •••••••• •• •• 013 8 , ess Coats • . •• • • .•...... 017 • F rock unto . 0 19 0 t3 utlis and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, from „„ „ „ ..... 0 7 0 'Naar and Tunic Sults ••..•••••• •• • • •• • • 0 6 t oys' Autumn and Winter Vests • •• 14 •• 0 0 8 MADE TO MEASURE. Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats.. from 1 1 Ate Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma „46 Palatot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 Eglinton Wrapper, a very el3gant style of 714 Strathmore Witney Over Coat, • newest style, lined throughout .. •• • • • • ••• • • • 210 0 41 • 11 ...,t num and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and u o eskin .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 0 10 6 "t Black da . ssire .. ere ditto ................1 6 0 ts 'kattunn and Winter Tests •• • • ...... ••• • •• 0 8 6 i4%t Mack Cloth ditto ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 0 13 6 ' l ack Silk Velvet ditto Dress Coats. ..... ........ from 325. to 2 15 0 Frock ..... .. •••• • • from 355. to 3 3 0 ;tinssar and Tunic Suits.. •• —from 1 6 8 t4Pe rf lne • • ..• .. . 115 0 ilhooting Coat ......................0 15 0 -- 'egant Dressing Robes, in great variety, A L trom .................... ........165. to 5 0 0 Ote gleck of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. Naval and Military Vniforms, Liveries, &e. ?downing to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. h A Suit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. treeti book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with fall std2ll.l or Self-measurement, can be had en application, or for litZi Post free, to any part of the kingdom. IttllV4--The Fur Department is now replete with every novelty 01 ) : e tsok. Cte Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to net approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. lealor t i v a and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, t o "; lee 'Utters, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. 154, „illon.''Fld 157 Minories, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Al4gate, City, COMMunicating with each other, and forming one vast ,Ck ti 'mnt. e i ,..4iu t °ll, --E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public 1011ea n IPosition ; but kaving heard that the untradesmanlike 117 ist.Z of being connected with them, er " It is the same concern," th l )lZ 4 resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, r jai ` ° . state that they have no connexion with any other house 84.1 , London, except their Branch Establishments, 3(1, Far "'old • and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; tk.yr hi; Wile require cheap and genuine clothing, &0., should call ryQ to tho Minories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of tjkkij,:! l ,.Establishments, as above. No Establishments, Establishment is closed from sunset Friday, .aturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. ,7 11 . ch.A.ea IS it I A G E. k( 1 , 11 4 4 : 41 :If ukein hali mi t i h r :l e d, questiona world are dbels;lcaotenitlonted. single, and o o th r e a r `st Nth ot th 4l ,_ t determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em ' ioNtk un 'tter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea Nrni i i:_nad worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret nn- N.Siii,,,* leafy ; nrrY ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, %%Zig ' e nith, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness 14 tL t. „putout. The dowry should not be the only marriage set s 0,,,,0neur a.ndjusticedemand that health shouldform anitem IhZ;ttt Z i c talone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er et t , el more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if tusooriir s its Concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'B little toti zto (by ~.4 0 11 Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. h„ ei 7, 4 in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively fit , ` feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered l'et,, The of their supposed co n t en t s , f rom o b ta i ning th h ,the -- a°7 are net intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but 4 re ot rt Perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom tNttl t _bove ",_` ° :4.an antagonistic to the enapyrical trash put forth on it.4r, . r ."`wiecta, by unqualified authors, which alone er l', v D111,41, - ;,.n disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other t`Vel,l"st irns claim your attention (same price Is. eack, :00 1 ,,,, am''' 6 e1.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Or t :stea v How to be Happy." They are not merely `'% rietnqual in quantity a library volume, nor are they the - et t o 0 soribblings of the hour, but the study of the anchor's ~..440 Wee p k -sti ~tl _ Of th em Present existence, health, and position to this ob- 1 tih the ;° don e n l, axima_he would inculca te—to do unto others as he herlv o ;lpt,. 4 , —to l ive after nature 's laws—and to keep c d always ef The ab ,, , 3 7 wo_ °lll tlilP' 'atornost j :r!vr: .) ,:i • 1 e 47 Fleet -st4et e • M , ise ho es l 4 )° kos, 5, Holborn hill ; or i direc ' t (by post or ether author (who may be c on f erre d w i th personally, ts ---4 e veignim ;le. Ar4711-place Resent-street:: Nut Lall 1111 E LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 31, LOMBARD-S TREET, LONDON. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Ma l ins. Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton Esq. James Fuller IViadox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. 0. Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq . Henry Augustus Bevan. Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John Dangertltld, Esq. Samuel Field, Esq. William Othrimes Kell, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISER. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. RANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and CO. SECRETARY. David Alison, Esq. SOLICITORS. Menu. Atkins and Andrew. MANAGER. Alexander Robertson, Esq. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE, Le Company being prohibited, by the 14th clause of their Deed of Constitution, which is duly registered in terms of the Act, from dis puting a Policy upon any ground whatever. The Rates of Premium aro calculated upon Carlisle mortality, and are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify. HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the reruiurns, with interest of the retained halves, is required to he p std for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the convenience of the assured, or allowed to continue, to farm a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As surance may be relinquished at any time without payment of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to assure for tho first five years at little more than half the n'iial rate, and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice. WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security of a creditor, holder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits. Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a specified age, or at their death, whichever shall first occur. PARTNERSHIP POLICIES are granted, whereby ajoint assurance effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in vested. Oa the death of either, the survivor is benefited by retain ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain their share without having to wait until it can be recovered from outstanding debts. There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the equ tor. No Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp. Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of the assured life. Tho usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons, approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in connexion with this Company. Gi,.erg*,e Cumming, Esq. lames Turner, Esq. lIIIIE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Established 1437. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. 62, King William-street, London. And 21, David-street, Edinburgh. Capital, One Million. DIAECTOB.3. George Bousflcld, Esq. Thomas Challis, Esq., Aid, Jacob George Cope, Esq. John DiXOll, Esq. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Richard HoHier, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq M.P. Thomas Piper, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Hon. C. P. Villiers, MX, John Wilks, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. The CIIRISTMAS Renewal Receipts are Inowrc'ady , , and may be had on application at the Head Oakes of the Company, or of any of its agents throughout the country. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT the Company transacts all business -elating to Life Assurances, Deferred Annuities, or Family Endow ments, upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. To all Agents, Solicitors, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, liberal al lowance is made. THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. T HE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester•square, London. TRUSTEES. The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square. The Bight Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middiesex. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk. S!r Ilenry Poston Bedingileld, Bart., Oxhitrgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, U.C.14., Director of the Hon. the East India Company. Thomas Sarnewell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pultewy-street, B.dh. James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman. Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, 0.C.R., Director of the Hon. the Last India Company, and of the Loudon Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. Henry Clark Dupea, Maintain- hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 21, Carlton Villas, Maila -hill. AcTuenr —William Hairy Archer, Esq. SECRETARY—WiIIiam Norris, Esq. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every Wort - natio ! promptly orwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office, 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established by Act of Parliament, 31, COItNIIILL, LONDON. Capitalloo,oool., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid in full es allotment, bearing a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent. in perpetu ty (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital. Application for Shansi to be addreeeed to tke Directors at the Offices of the Society. Marble, Fire, and Life Assurances granted on the moat liberal terms. Immediate and Defer, ed Annuitios granted on terms especially advantageous for investment of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINGILIDGE, Managing Director. E QUI TABLE ASSURANCE OFFICE , BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKPREARS, A SPECIAL GENRE \L COURT will be holden here on Tuuns- DAY, the 20th December instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely. ARTHUR. MORGAN, Actuary. COUGH LOZENGES._ certain e dy :or disorders of the Pulmonary O rgans K E A 'IN G : S une in Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm —in Incipient Consumption (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. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES are free from every- deleterious ingredient ; they may, therefore, be taken at all times by the most delicate female and by the young.est child ; while the Public Secaker and the Professional Stager will find them invaluable in)allaying the hoarseness and irritation leci.. dental to vocal exertion, and consequently a powerfui auxiliary itt the production of melodious enunciation. Prepared and sold in Boxes, Is. I% d., and Tins 2s. 9d., 4s. and ills. Gd, each, by Paula Church-yard, Thomas K re e t a a tAng b , y all gt.s, Medicine Voiders in the kingdom. and 79 : PatentSt THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatomic:3 Co%sunset Engraving: on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUAL IC, AZIONS, GENE RA T I Yr. rwe A P b d - CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE,. new Editors, enlarged to 195 pages. Jast published, price 23. 63. ,r by unzt, direct from the Establi, hment, as. 60. in postage ts. -. .rupis ' °VIM SILENT FRIEND, a Medical W.:yrk cn J. the infirmities and decal of the generative systens, from ex cossive indulgence, infection, and the inorcpnate nse of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 22 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 17, Berner,:trect, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : s..ld by irtrar.ge, 21, Paternoster-row; Ca, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Starie,l3, Titebberne-street, Haymarket; amd Gorion, 146, Leaden hall-street. PIET I. treats of the anatomy and physiology sd the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Eugra,c;ngv. FART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from OXCVESi re hadtil.. fence, and their lamentable effects on the systeut, producing, mental and bodily weakness, nervous excltetr.ent, and ? enerative neapa c ity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. .._ ___. PAST lll:treats of tho disoa;es re;ultinii-tiorri infection, either in the primary or secondary roan, and c4ntatPr explicit directions for their treatment. This !ertiot it illueirated Seventeen Colaared EngraTiEgS.: _ . by which the danger of Infection is cb fART iv: contains a Proscription for the P revention of D;seaPe part of the Work sh ou l d no esc-2e the vi b7 p.ted a . sina T p h l is e a ial pp p l 3 ic r ft tan tis t n, aader's notice. re Pion V. is devoted to the consideiation of n , srr'age, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union E hi... cons i dered, and the whele subject critically and pinlosophier.l3 7 i n , ja i rcd into. 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ITELL GWYNNE TAVERN an d CHO P HOUSE, Three Doors East of the Adelpht Theatre, and op. polite Mara-street. The Legal Profession, Gentlemen connected with the Public Offices and Banking Houses, also Visitors tothe Theatres, and Parties from the conntry will find the Table d'Hoto at rialf-past five precisely' the most economical, comfortable, and convenient in the metropolis. Pith and Joints, 25. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers until One o'clock. Luncheons, &c. Good Beds. Superior Wines and Spirits. Barclay and Perkins's Stout, and Salt's Ales. JOHN ARCHER and THOMAS HOLT, Proprietors. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden-lane. T H It RE GI S - T ER ED SYRIAN PALE T O T, 379, OXFORD-STREET.. EVERY SIZE, IN ALL COLOURS, READY FOR WEAR, AT MESSRS. SWAIN AND CO.'S HEALTH OF LONDON during the WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) In the Reek ending last Saturday, 1,002 deaths were registered in the metropolitan districts; the weekly average of the season corrected for increase of population being 1,162, the present decrease on the estimated mortality amounts to 160 deaths. The numbers returned in the last four weeks have been consecutively 892, 931, 1,053, and 1,002; the in crease of mortality was preceded and accompanied by a decrease of temperature (the mean having fallen about 16 degrees in three weeks), and a rise of tem perature is now followed by a slight decrease in the total number of deaths. The deaths from phthisis in the last four weeks were 104, 134, 133, and 108. But under other diseases of the respiratory organs the in crease is generally maintained; the deaths from bronchitis were 60, 60, 86, and 89 ; those from pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs chiefly in young persons) were 82, 94, 88, 90 ; and from asthma, 12, 21, 16, 26. In the zymotic or epidemic class, scarlatina and typhus have declined respectively from 32 and 51 fatal cases in the previous week to 19 and 33 in the last, and are both below the average ; whilst measles, which numbered 29 in the former week, was fatal in 46 cases in the last. Last week the deaths from diarrhcea were only 14; only one death from cholera occurred in the same period. The deceased in this case was a child of four years, who had lived in Horace-street, Marylebone. Mr. Burrows, the registrar of Goswell street sub-district, reports that within two weeks he has registered the deaths of three persons at 9, Charles-street, Northampton -square, where the family had recently lodged—first, a young woman of 19, who died of erysipelas (4 days' duration), and oedema of the glottis (12 hours) ; next week her parents, who were 48 and 47 years of age respectively, and died within 48 hours of each other, the father, also of cedeina of the glottis (48 hours), congestion of the lungs (24 hours) ; and the mother, of congestion of the brain, after 48 hours' illness. The cause of death is certified in each case by the medical attendant. Amongst other deaths registered last week was that of a child of three years, who died of inflammation of the larynx, from inhaling the steam of boiling water. Vaccination was attended in two cases by fatal results. An old man died from exposure to cold in a field. Tree deaths are ascribed to intempe-ance. In the 1,002 deaths, the cause of death was certified by the written statements of medical attendants in 888 cases; in 12 cases, there was no medical attendant ; in 15 cases, the patients may have had medical aid, but the diseases of which they died are not certified; of the remaining 87 cases, 84 were the subjects of inquest, and returned by coroners. A table is appended to the present return, which shows the - annual mortality of London at various ages, as compared with that of the South-Eastern Division of England, and also of part of Northumberland. Taking boys under 5 years, it appears that while 29 out of 1,000 din in three Northumbrian districts, 53 die in the South-East Division of England, and 93 in London ; and that this rate of 93 which prevails in London in ordinary times was raised by a few weeks' prevalence of influenza in 1847-8, to 106, and by cholera in 1849 to 107. Influenza was almost as fatal to children as the more terrible epidemic by which it was followed ; and to aged men and women who had turned 75 years the mortality of cholera was even less. The annual mortality of men between 45 and 55 years, which is in parts of Northumberland 12 out of every 1,000 living, and in the South-Eastern division 15, is in London 27 in average years ; and here it was raised from 27 to 28 by influenza, and to 35 by cholera. The daily mean height of the barometer at Green wich Observatory was above 20 in. on Monday; the mean height of the week was 29 852. The daily mean temperature, which was 37 deg. on Sunday, fell to 32 deg. on Thursday, and rose on the next two days to 49 deg. and 54 deg. The mean temperature of the week was 40 deg., about the average of the same week of seven years ; on Thursday the daily mean was 8 deg. below the average, and on the fol lowing days successively 9 deg. and 13 deg. above it. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TIIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *lBO Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 42 Tubercular Diseases ... ... 163 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 114 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 39 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration „ ... 219 Diseases of the Stomach, Li ver , an d other Organs of Digestion... Diseases cf the Kidne3 s, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e. Malformations... ••• Premature Birth ... Atrophy Old Age Sudden ... ' ••• Violence, Privation Cold, and Inte m p erance Causes not specified ... 51 ... 46 ... 23 ... 44 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,002 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 in the 1841 Five Autumns. Week. West Districts... 301,189 .. 164 ... 164 North D.,tricts.. 376,568 .. 207 ... 195 Central Districts 374,199 ... 208 ... 171 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 259 ... 207 South Districts.. 503,346 ... 324 ... 265 rotair... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,162 Males Females ... 1,002 ... 487 ... 515 BIRTHS IN TIIE WEEK. Males Females ... 662 ... 647 Total ... ...1,309 *ln this number are included 19 by Scarlatina, 33 by Typhus Fever, 14 by Diarrhcea, and 1 by Cho!era. LIVES OF THE PRINCESSES OF ENGLAND. By MRS EVERETT GREEN.— This most interesting. biogra phical work could not have appeared at a more favour able moment, being admirably adapted as a Christmas Offering for our fair countaywonecn. The Britannia, in its review, justly observes, "It is a mosf agreeable book, and forms a meet compani on f or t h e work of Miss Strickland, to which, indeed, it is an indispensable ad dition. 'Thu authoress, already favourably known to the learned world by her excellent co!lection ce: Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies,' has executed her task with great skill and fidelity. Every page displays careful research and accuracy. There is a graceful combination of sound, historical erudition, with an air of romance and adventure that highly pleasing, and renders the work at once an' agreeable companion of the boudoir, and a valuable addition to the historical library. Mrs. Green has entered upon an untrodden path, and gives to her biographies an air of freshness and novelty very alluring. The present volumes (including the Lives of twenty-five Princesses) carry us from the daughters of the Con queror to the family of Edward L—a highly interesting period, replete with curious illustrations of the genius and manners of the middle ages. Such works, from the truthfulness of their spirit, furnish a more lively picture of the times than even the graphic, though delusive, pencil of Scott and James." THE POST OFFICE SUNDAY DUTIES.—The whole of the district surveyors to the General Post-office in the country have been summoned to St. Martin's-le- Grand, and have been closeted with Mr. Rowland Hill several times for hours together. The precise object of the consultations has not transpired; but it is understood they have reference to the best and most satisfactory plan for abolishing the blank day circulation of letters and relieving the provincial forwarding offices from Sunday labour. The district surveyors, seven in number, are very superior officers of the Post-office department, and their official residences being in distant parts of the country, they are never all summoned to meet in London but for some important purpose. The official residences of the surveyors are at Ipswich, Derby t Gloucester, Dorking, Peuritb, Exeter, and Oswestry. MEETING OF LINCOLNSHIRE PROTECTIONISTS. LrecoeN, Dec. 18.—A meeting of the various Protectionist societies in this great agricultural county was held yesterday at the Corn Exchange, Lincoln. The great hell, which is capable of accom modating alnut 1,500 persons, was dansely crowded, and considerable excitement was manifested in con sequence of some Free-traders attending and opposing the proceedings, Mr. J. Snow (Mayor of Lincoln) occupied the chair, and beside him on the platform, were Colonel Sibtherp, 1.P.11 ; Mr. Christopher, M.P. ; Sir M. J. Cholineley, M.P. ; Sir Henry Dymock, the Hon. A. G. Melville, and a great number of county clergy and gentry. Mr. CURISTOPITER, M.P., the first speaker, was received with loud cheers. He said, the attendance of very many of the tradesmen of Lincoln was to him a convineing proof that the measure miscalled free trade operated injuriously to nll the productive classes in the United Kingdom.—(Cheers.) lie was proud to witnees the assemblage before him, for it included also many of the leading practical agricul turists in the kingdom. He saw around him gentle men who thoroughly understood their own business, without having occasion either to ransack the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, or send to Dorsetshire for en agricultural clergyman, or go into Leadenhall street for a manufacturer of patent razors to instruct them in their business.—(Cheers and laughter.) Those persons were present who, under the system of protection, had converted t l e fens of that inhospitable country into fertile hills an cultivat'd flails; and they were, therefore, as competent to give a candid and fair opinion upon the present state of things as those gentlemen whose legitimate business consisted of something else, but who took farms to employ their leisure time.—(Hear, hear.) When the agri cultural and colonial interests were attacked the ship ping interest was lold, "Oh, you haye only• to give your vot e f or f ree . t ra d e i n corn , it willincrease the importations, and your freights will be so enormous that you-will be come qu ite prosperous." What had become of the shippin g interest now ?—(Hear, hear.) Though many Members from the seaports voted for free trade they were convinced of their error.— (flear.) The retail dealers and shopkeepers of Lon don were told that the new measure would be for their benefit because it would reduce the butchers' and bakers' bills some thirty per cent. They grasped at the bait, thinking that they should reduce their outgoings some thirty per cent., and keep all their profits as formerly.—(Hear, hear.) Was there a single market town in England, including the metropolis and the tradesmen of Bond street and Regent-street, the inhabitants of which did not lament the change ?—(Cheers.) And he appealed to them whether the condition of the labouring classes of this country had been benefited by these delusive measures ? They were told that in Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and some of the southern counties, the wages of the labourer had decreased to Gs. a week; and in one county, in one year, the criminals had in creased from 300 to 1,300 . — (Hear, hea r .) Th ese were the results of free trade, which was to make the poor man more rich, fill all the churches a n d c h ape l s in the United Kingd om , an d to s conter universal pros perity upon the nations of the world.—(lronicel cheers) Need he point to Ireland ? Owing to some political juggle all the Irish Members were arrayed against the agricultural interest ; but Ireland now felt the effects of free trade from one end of the country to the other. Cork, which had suffered deeply, was wisely endeavouring to retrace her steps, by returning to Parliament a gentleman who would do all he could to cause a return to protective duties.— (Cheers.) These circumstances were favourable to the undertaking in which they were engaged; but unless they were firmly and strenuously aided by all classes of the country—by persons connected with commerce, trade, and agriculture—they would fail to see better days. He was glad, however, to see that the present meeting was one of the largest he ever addressed in the county of Lincoln, and he trusted that with determined energy they would yet succeed.—(Cheers.) Wh en he considered it required more manual labour to pro duce 1,0001. worth of corn than 1,0001. worth of cotton goods, he thought the least they could demand was that they should be placed on the same footing.— (Hear, hear.) It was a delusion to tell him, as had been said by the Times, that the manufacturing was not a protected interest. Duties of from 25 to 30 per j cent. were levied on the manufacturing produce of foreign countries.—(llear, hear.) It might be said that that was for the purposes of revenue. Why, then, might not duties on corn be levied for the same pur pose ?—(Cheers.) He maintained that all intere s t s ought to bo put upon the same footing.—(Cheers.) But even if they (the agriculturists) were put in this respect upon the same footing, they would not submit to the amount of taxation they now bore, and from which other interests were exempt.— (Ilear, hear.) Since free trade came into operation they were told by a man of high authority in such matters in a certain quarter—Mr. Mechi, the razor maker—(Loud 1 iughter)—that the system had not had a fair trial.—(Continued laughter.) How long a trial were they to give it ?—(Hear, hear.) Last year the Chancellor of the Exchequer said prices were re duced because the harvest was deficient and the pro duce bad, which rendered it impossible to compete fairly with the foreigner ; and he told them to wait till they had a good harvest.—(Hear, hear.) In 1848, with wheat at 525., about 5,000,000 quarters of corn came over here. It was admitted that the present was a highly favourable year, and was there less importa tion from abroad in consequence ? Up to November last there had been imported upwards of 9,000,000 quarters. They had thus tried free trade under a deficient harvest and under a productive harvest, and he asked them whether it was possible, the country being burdened with taxation, with suffering labourers, and impoverished artisans, that they could goon under a system like this without making the retail dealer bankrupt, and shutting up the houses of half the country gentlemen in the kingdom ?—(Applause.) They must either return to protection, or her Ma jesty's Ministers must devise some measures to enable the middle classes of the country to subsist.—(Hear, hear.) When he saw gentlemen who got up demon strations on behalf of the distressed necdlewomen endeavouring to promote, at the expense of the agri culturists, a large system of emigration, he could not refrain from thinking that these free-trade measures had brought the kingdom to ruin ; for if trade were in a wholesome state the shopkeepers of London would be able to pay good wages to the needle women.—(Hear.) In former days they were told that the strength of the country existed in the num ber of its population ; but now the reverse was the principle to be acted upon, and measures were to be taken to increase the ratio of emigration. The Hon. Gentleman, after a few further observations, con cluded by moving— .. Tat this meeting is or opinion that the introduction of flee trade without reciprocity is the cause of the deep distress pervading the productive classes of the u.ttry, and • hat 1 ()turn to protection is the only mode of encountering hostik tarith and satisfying the public creditor." Mr. R WlirrroN, a Lincoln tradesman, seconded ,be proposition. "JonN NORTON, a draper, also of th© city, here presented himself to move an amendment, and being well known as a financial reformer and free trader, he was received with volley after volley of hisses, yells, and groans. The Mayor and others endea voured to prccure silence, but for a long time in vain. At length Mr. Norton was able to say that he was prepared for this burst of indigintion.—(A voice— "No doubt." But he yet believed that there wee a sufficiently generous spirit among the L'ncolnshire tenant farmers to give a fair and impartial hearing.:to one whom they had frequently censured for holding opinions which they considered were inimical to their interests. No one was more deeply interested in the welfare of the farmers than himself, inasmuch as he had a large business depending upon their wel fare; anti more than that, he had a wife and large f a mily depending upon it for their support. He was there in the hope that he should be able to prove that what they termed legislative protection was a delusion, and highly injurious to the manufacturing and commercial interests of the country.—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers from the Free traders.) It' they believed the Protectionists, they might be led to supprlie that this fertile country was already in a state of great distress—(Cries of " Yes, it is")—and would soon go out of cultivation—(C!.les of " So it will")—and that already their pour-houses were tilled with paupers.—(" They are.") He bad taken the trouble to go to their union wo; ltheuse to make in quiries, and he found that in December last year there were 258 inmates, whereas in the present month there were only 257.—(Ironical cheers and laughter.) From a letter he had received from Mr. White, a relieving officer in the north of the county, he found that at the present time there were not so great a number of labourers out of employ as last year, and thst in many parishes the same amount of wages was given as hitherto.—(Cries of" No, no; it's false.") The relieving officer of a southern district had also in formed him that he Lel now no more applicants for relief than in former years. He admitted that there was a degree of oppression existing amongst some of the tradesmen of the city.—(A voice—" With every one except John Norton."—Laughter.) He denied that the principle of cheapness was the cause. Distress bad been caused in many instances by railway open- lation - and were it not for th e l ow pr i ce o f prov i s i ons that distress would be much greater.—(Uproar.) Mr. Norton then proceeded to review the history of the corn question for the .last thirty years amidst repeated interruption. He had got down to 1822 in his disquisition, when the tumult in the hall rose to a perfect hurricane. The speaker's political friends, who clung together in a group in the centre of the hall, endeavoured, by the liveliness of their applause, to drown all opposition ; whilst their opponents groaned and hooted the more lustily. When the war of words hai for some time been kept up with spirit, a more angry feeling developed itself, and the rival parties cattle to blows. After lighting for a time, pell-mell, in the body of the room a rush was made to the platform with the intention of ejecting or defending the speaker whose harangue had led to the uproar. The representatives of the press were pretty nearly crushed in a body. The tables at which they sat (between the platform and the multitude in the hall) were smashed to pieces under the feet of the tenant.farmers and tradesmen of Lincolnshire; ink bottles were upset; books blotted and torn ; and one gentleman, representing the Don caster Chr on i c l e , less ttective' than his brethren, was very severely injured. A number of both parties hiving gained the platform a struggle of several minutes' duration ensued, as many as could catching hold of Mr. John Norton, either in a friendly or hostile manner. Mr. Norton's own struggles, aided by his friends, and backed by the intreaties of the Mayor, saved him the ignominy of expulsion; but it was riot till very considerable delay that the lis!ness of the meeting was resumed.] Mr. NORTON then resumed his speech, but was frequently and violently interrupted. One thing wag certain, he said—there must be a reduction of rents on the part of the landlords; farmers must not be fettered by the host of restrictions which now sur rounded them. They must get rid of the game-laws and join the financial reformers of England.—(Con fused cries of " Hear," "Nonsense," " What, join Cobden and Co. !" &c.) He then addressed himself specially to the speakers around him on the platform, who he said were trying to increase their incomes out of the price of the poor man's loaf.— (Alingled cries of " Shame" and " It's false")—instead of doing which they should take off from 30 to 40 per cent. of their rents, and endeavour to assist the tenants. In conclusion, he moved as an amendment : " That experience has shown that the tenant-farmers and labourers have not been benefited by the past mono poly of the home market ; that their best and only pro tection is to be obtained by a reduction of rent, by having at command a sufficient capital for the manage ment of their farm by obtaining a more secure interest in the outlay for improvements, by getting rid of the host of restrictions which are now injuring them, and by obtaining great reductions of the local and general taxation of the country ."—(Cheers, hisses, and groans.) Mr. NEWTON, a Lincoln tradesman,. seconded the amendment. The original motion was carried by about five to one, amidst loud cheering. Sir M. J. CHOLMELRY, M.P , in proposing the se cond resolution, observed, that he th oug ht a mos t uncourteous and unfair attack had been made upon him by a gentleman present at a meeting held in that city a fortnight ago (Mr. Greetham), who asserted that he knew cne of their representatives was of no use in Parliament; and further, that they must mind in future to return their friends and not their enemies. He denied that there was a more stanch friend to the farmer than himself. He entered into a brief vindica- tion of his Parliamentary career, and then stated his readiness to answer any question that might be put to him. Mr. GRBETHAM said, he certainly had remarked that Sir AL J. Cbolmeley was an unpopular Member, but he had no questions to put to him. Sir N. J. CIiOLMELEY replied, that the phrase just used was exceedingly indefinite ; and as, after pausing for further questions, none were asked, he would vindicate his votes, which he said were fearlessly and honestly given on every question concerning agricul ture. He supported Mr. Disraeli's motion, worded similarly to the one he held in his band ; he supported Mr. Disraeli in his motion for a Committee to inquire into agricultural distress ; and he also voted against Ministers upon the navigation-laws. Though he bad supported liberal principles, he had always considered that no true Liberal would sympathise with the whole world, totally forgetting those at home.— (Applause.) Having expressed a belief that some degree of protection must and would soon be granted to British interests, the Hon. Baronet concluded by moving_ '• fli;“ real property should not bear more than its fair proportion of the taxes of the country; whereas the owners and occupiers of real property are exclusively subject to the payment of taxes amounting to 12,000,000/. for objects of a national character, which ought to be charged on the entire income of the country." —(Applause.) Mr. BOUCHERETT seconded the motion. Mr. I'. GREETHAM replied in brief terms to the observations of Sir M. J. Chohneley, who, he re• gretted, sat on the Whig side of the House; he con sidered that he had a perfect right to make observa tions on his proceedings as a public man.—(Cheers.) Mr. Greetham then said that he . saw by the Times of the 6th inst. that there was to be a duty upon foreign coffee, but he did not read that forPign corn was to be made to contribute towards the expenses of the State. He asked whether this distinction was fair —whether it was honest ?—(Cheers.) Mr. SEELEY, for a short time M.P. for the city of Lincoln, addressed the meeting at great length in a similar strain to that pursued by Mr. Norton. There was no tenant farmer in that room who had suffered more by the repeal of the corn-laws than himself, for he had never had two worse years than the last, and he attributed it to the importation of foreign flour; but was that a reason why he should go to public meetings and whine about protection ?--(Laughter, ' groans, and hisses.) Nu; what he did was to reduce his expenditure, and, instead of keeping up an establishment which cost him 1,2001. a year, he now had one which only cost him 5001. a-year. It was all very well for jolly farmers and well-fed country squires to talk about too ranch corn being imported, but it was monstrous to say the people had too much food. —(Uproar.) The rents must be lowered, for corn would never again bs so dear as it had been. He moved, as an amendment to the last proposition— " That the interests of the tenant farmers would not be promoted by chargiPg half the local rates upon the consolidated fund." (Hear, hear, and hisses.) This amendment was seconded from the body of the hall, but the original motion was carried by a large majority, followed by repeated rounds of cheering. The Hon. A. G. MELVILLE, of Branstonelall, moved tho next resolution : " That import duties, varying from 5 to 20 per cent., are at present levied on foreign manufactured articles, whilst agricultural produce is admitted duty free into the United Kingdom; therefore, in order to place the British agriculturists iu a fair position, import duties should also be levied upon foreign agricultural produce." —(Loud cheers.) Mr. Suirwrrn seconded this motion, which was carried amidst loud applause. Colonel SIBTLIORP, M.P., said, that if he had thought that this meeting was solely and wholly in favour of protecting the agricultural interest, he should not have been there; but its object was to protect native industry in all its branches.—(Loud applause.) He was for union and unity—for laying aside all those petty jealousies which bad existed and might yet exist between those who should have but one feeling towards the interest of all. When he saw that that encouragement which should be be stowed upon English produce was given to foreign articles, to the depreciation of native industry, he did not feel surprised to sea the country in its pre sent state; bat with union they would regain the protection they ought to have.—(Loud cheers.) He moved— " Th.tt a requisition be forwarded to the High She riff, to rc.gurst hirn to convene a meeting of the nobility, aria gentry, and farmers, and merchants, and others in the county of Lincoln, to take into consideration the depressed state of the agricultural interests and the other branches of native industry." —(Applause.) Mr. CrtArcirr seconded the motion, and it was car ried with very slight opposition. A vote of thanks to the Mayor, for his services in the chair, terminated the proceedings. S 111 P WR ECK.—FALMOUTH, DEC. 14.—The brig Venus, of and from Gueinsey, 123 tons, John Backler master, bound to Newport, iu ballast, and thence char tered for Ilavann , .h, this morning, at half-past two o'clock, got on the Manacle Rocks. It was during the interval of its being the master's watch below. Imme diately that danger was apprehended khe was put hard up and wore round. She soon struck forwards, and ttien aft. The master, who had taken the wheel, through the concussion had his leg badly hurt, and was thrown over the ship's side, but providentially rescued himself by catching hold of her gunwale. After strik ing the second time, way being kept on the vessel, and pumps going, eighteen inches of water in her hold in dicated that the was faq settling. The boat was got ready, and at four 3!. the master and people got into the boat. Ten minutes bad bcarctly expired before the brig went down. She was newly coppered, previously to sailing. A pilot cutter met with the unfortunate people at sea at daybreak, not knowing where to make a landfall, and brought them in here at noon 10-day. WHITEHALL, DEC. 7. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Merritt Shujar, of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. - WHITEHALL, DEC. 13. The Lord Chancellor has t.ppointa George William Nalder, of Long Ashton, near Bristol, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary hi the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor bas appointed George Fielding, of Doror in the county of Kent, Gent., to b e a M aster Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Edward Whalley, cloth warker, Kingsgate-street, High Holborn, to surrender Dee. 31, at half-past twelve, and Feb: 4, at eleven; at the Court of Bankruptcy. Grenam, official assignee, Colernan-etreetiShaw and Newstead, Ely- place. Francis Golding, grocer. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, The. 29, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assigneu, Guild hall. Chambers, Basiughall-street ; Mahon, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn; Hewitt, 'Tunbridge Wells. John George Briggs, innkeeper, Leicester, Jan. 4 and 25, at half-pail ten, at the Birmingham District Court, Nottingham, Bittl es t on , bffi e i s l assignee, Nottingham; Gregory, Leicester. Henry Hepworth, iinendraper, Solby, Yorkshire, Jan. 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Harle and Clarke, Leeds ; Hodgson, Selby. William Henry Malpas, innkeeper, Nottingham, Jan, 11 and Feb. 8, at ten, at the 13irminghain District Court. Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham. Joseph Raphael, jeweller, Liverpool, Jan. 2 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool Di str i ct C ourt . C szenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Pemberton, Liverpool. Robert Gibbs, corn dealer, Birmingham, Dec. 31, and Jan. 28, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmin g h am; B enson, Birmingham; Wright, Birmingham. Matthew Flaig and John Alexander, watch makers, Bath, Jan. 3 and 31, at twelve, at the Bristo! District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Hellings, Bath. Frederick King, auctioneer, Oxford, Dec. 29, at eleven, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingball street; Pownall and Cross, Staple Inn, Holborn. Thomas Mces, boiler and gasometer manufacturer, Brierly-hill, Staffordshire, Dec. 27 and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Bullmore, Clerkenvrell-close, and Bedford-street, Covent-gard en , gold and silve r w i re drawer, Jan. 10, at eleven—W. Chappolow, jun., Jermyn-street,St. James's, saddler, Jan. 10, at one—A. Duncan, Wilson street, Finsbury, manufacturer of preserved provisions, Jan. 10, at one—Cf. Benda, Camomile-street, City, importer of foreign goods, Jan. 10, at half-past eleven—L. Congdon, Spring-street, Paddington, painter and glazier, Jan. 8, at one—J. Dailey and A. Iliskipp, Long-lane, Bermond sey, leather manufacturers, Jan. 8, at twelve—C. Beck, Finsbury -square, dealer, Jan. 8, at half-past twelve. In the Country. T. Shell, Box, Wells, quarryman, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—P. Protheroe and M. D. Prothe roe, Bristol, West India merchants, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Carter, Liverpool, merchant, Jan, 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Philipson, North Shields, printer, Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. T. Dudson, Carlisle, furniture brolt er, 7d., on Satur day, Dec. 15, or any following Saturday, hetwefn ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. J. Steele, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, innkeeper, Is. 2d., on Saturday, Dec. 1.5, or any following, Saturday, between! ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle- I upon-Tyn e . W. Wilson, Il•nighton-le-Spring, Durham, maltster, 55., on Saturday, Dec. 22, or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and thri-e, at the office of Mr. Baker, New- castle-upon-Tyne. T. S. Mulvey, Chester, shipbuilder, 3s. 90., on Wed nesday, Dec. 26, or any subsequent Wednesday, between I eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. S. Weaver and B. Hickman, Ludlow, Shropshire, mercers and drapers, id., or any Thursday, between t eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Chriitie, Birming ham. J. Hirshaw and W. Askew, Leeds, cloth merchants, 25., on Thursd4y, Dec. 20, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. J. Harshavr,L9cds, cloth merchant, 103., on Thursday, Dec. 20, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basiughall-street. J. M. Levine and M. Levison, Norwich, jewellers, Jan. 9, at twelve—M. J. Moses, Houndsditch, City, foreign goods importer, Jan. 9, at one—S. Vines, Crutched friars, City, corn factor, Jan. 9, at eleven—C. Rowland, Horsham, SuFsex, stonemason and builder, Jan. 9, at twelve—S. Clark, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, papermakor, Jan. 9, at two—J. W. Edmonds, High street, Poplar, victualler, Jan. 11, at twelve—J. Red ward, Purtsea, Southampton, fishmonger, Jan. 8, at half past eleven—J. Beales, Hales worth, Suffolk, apothecary, Jan. 11, at one—H. G. Astle, Margate, Kent, toyman, Jan. 11, at eleven. In the Country. T. Reed, North Shields, Northumberland, banker, Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne— J. Clementson, Whitehaveu, Cumberland, tobacconist, Jan. 9, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—T. Coates, Sunderland, Durham, wine and spirit merchant, Jan. 9, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—P. Parry, Llangenny, Brecon, victualler, Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Treffry, Tregoney, Cornwall, se caiman, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Thuell e.nd W. Jeffery, Buckfastleigb, Devon, woollen manufacturers, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. F. Flear, Farndon, Nottinghamshire, miller, certificate of the first class—P. Roberts, Birmingham, builder, cer tificate of the first class—G. Plant, Staffurd, grocer, cer tifieate of the second class, after 21 days from Dec. 15 —J. Ilolden, Stafford, earthenware manufacturer, certi ficate of the first class, after 21 days from Dec. 14—J. Gomersall, Cockheaton, YorkThire, starch manufacturer, certificate of the third class, after 21 days from Dec. 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Reynolds and IL G. Noyes, Moorgatc-street, City, surgeons and apothecaries—J. Gatley and H. R. Gatley, Truro, Tresillian, and Polsue, Cornwall, general mer chants and farmers—F. A. Dawson and C. Dawson, Boars-wharf, Tooley-street, Southwark, potato sales men—l. Hawkins and J. Wilson, Westbromwich, iron merchants—W. Hutchinson and R. Whittaker, Man chester, coal dealers—R. W. White and D. A. White, Blakeney, Gloucestershire, millers—E. Houghton and J Buckley, Austerlands-within-Saddlewurth, Yorkshire, corn dealers and grocers—W. thyldoa and T. Baines, Bradford, Yorkshire, cotton warp agents—R. Tattersall and J. Holt, Newchurch, Lancashire, woollen manufac turers—T. Waterhouse, Edgeley, Cheshire, cotton manufacturer, G. Holcroft, Manchester, Lancashire, engineer, and R. Ryder, Ardwiek, Lancashire, gentle man, patentees of en impr3vement for thing the wheels of railway carriages, &c.—T. Briorcliffa and T. Birch, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, power-loom manufactu rers—R. K. Day and J. H. Steuart, Stratford, Essex, patent hyclrofuge manufacturers—H. Knight and J. Blackwell, Birmingham, wholesale and retail grocers and provision merchants—R. •S. Burch and G. Vincent, Otley, Suffolk, farmers—T. Milner, I). Milner, and B. Manchester, wine merchants—T. Constable nod G. Clare, Great Windmill -street, Haymarket, tobacconists —W. J. Bowden and G. C. Armstrong, Ware, Herts, surgeons and apothecaries—C. Winchester and S. Capon, Upper East Smithfield, ships' hearth manufacturers and ships' iniumongers—S. Baily and A. G. Day, Lothbury, general metal agents and merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Henry Machin, Burslem, Staffordshire, journeyman crate maker. George Lakin, Cheadle, Staffordshire, innkeeper. Richard Godfrey Aldridge, Northampton. Sarah Bennett, Kernciug, Kent., innkeeper. Robert Roberta, Liverpool, boot maker. Edwin Proctor, Liverpool. • Anthony Sharp, Liverpool. Benjamin Davenport, Rochdale, cabinet maker. James Welsh, Bristol, cooper. George Parsons, Sheffield, licensed victualler. Robert Moulton, West Walton, Norfolk, packer. Henry Burtonshaw, East Butterwick, Lincolnshire, grocer. George Clement Brown, S! flld, cabinet maker. John Snelling, Northampton, surwon. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. P. M'Gregor and J. Merry, jun., Kilmarnock and Glasgow, elite printers, to meet Dec. 22, and Jan..l), at two, within the Buck's Head Hotel, Glasgow. T. Moore, Glasgow, merchant, to meet, Dec. 24, and Jan. 14, at twelve, within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. G. Mackenzie, guess, Rosslaire, farmer, to meet, Dec. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18, 1819. Orders for the Court's change of mourning on Sunday the 6th of January, 1850, for her late Majesty the Queen Dowager, viz.:—The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen or muslin, white gloves, black or white shoes, fans, and tippets, white necklaces and earrings; no diamonds. The gentlemen to wear black, full-trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning further on Sunday the 13th of January, 1850; viz : —The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet-coloured ribbons, fans and tippets. Tho Gentlemen to continue in black, and to wear coloured swords and buckles. And on Sunday, the 20th of January, 1850, the Court to go out of mourning,. LORD CtIA.MBERLAIN'S OFFICE, 18. It is the intention of the Queen and that of yhe Royal Family to continue their mourning for her late Majesty the Queen Dowager until the 13th of March, 1850, changing to half-mourning upon the 13th of February, I 1850. DEEP SEA FISHERIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE, SUN. SlR,—Llaving fully inquired into the circum stance that has caused the depreciation of quality in London fish market for several years back, particularly cod fish, in addition to what I before stated, the following particulars will at once show where the root of the evil rests (as far as London fish market is concerned), and how very easily the market might again be resuscitated and assume its former state, if the old adage is to be acted upon—" 'fast a stitch in time saves nine." The " London Directory" exhibits a list of upwards of 400 fishmongers and salesmen, none of whom, I am toll, have a shilling's worth of property invested afloat. There are only a few fish salesmen (perhaps five or six) who are owners of smacks. The fishmongers having no interest in smack property, and since rail way communication renders such facilities to the coast fisherthen to send to market their along-shore cod, the fishmongers being enabled to purchase them cheaper than the real deep sea cod, they do so, much to the depreciation in quality of cod fish in London market. From the port of Barking, a few years since, there were seventy welled smacks sailed regu larly to the Dogger Bank, the Well Bank, and other banks in the North Sea, engaged in the deep s ea cod fishery. Properly speaking, now there are only seven engaged in that trade. The greatest number of the welled inacks are either engaged in the trawling trade, or long line fishing alongshore. The deep sea fisheries are cnieily carried on with hand lines —the men holding the lines is hand ever the vessel's side. moving them up and down, con. stantly on the alert. So soert as a nibble is felt the line is jerked upwsrde, when the fish are invariably hooked by the lip. When the fish i 3 hauled oil hoard it is little injured. The hook being removed the fish is put into the well, where it is kept alive. The welled smack ow tiers finding such a co:op:talon offered against them whearailways were opened, they found themselves in a manner compelled to alter their tactics, so as to enable them to hold their ground, and prevent if possible a leeward course. Instead of engaging the welled smacks in the deep sea codfishery, they have employed them as trawlers and long line fishing silorgashore. To keep them as constarday en the fishing ground as possible, their owners have had built a class of fast-sailing, dry-bottomed cutters (or carriers). The duties of these vessels are to attend upon the smacks at the fishing ground, receive on hoard their cauchings, and then proceed direct to Billingsgate Fishmarlict. This enrrying system in dry- bottomed vs-ssels from the fishing ground to the market is a recent ides, it cannot be considered as an improvement upon the plan that brings fish living into market. Contrary winds :sad calms must act disstivantalseously to the dry bottomed carrying system. Fiala ,thatt are f u ll o f spawn, and fish that have just spawned (such as are invariably caught along-shore), arc far inferior to those caught in deep water. From what has been already shown on this subject it must appear quite evident that to mend the sore complained of is a question that rests almost exclu sively with the fishmongers of London to do it in a very short space of time. It is only for them to give preference whilst making purchases to such fish that have been caught in the deep seas, and brought to market living. If the fishmongers do not act upon this suggestion, or if a company do not arise to keep the welled smacks going, 1 am pretty certain from present appearances that this day twelvemonth there will scarcely be a decked welled smack regularly engaged in the deep sea codfishery.—l am, &c. H. DEAIPSTER. PROTECTION AGAINST DEFEC TIVE FIREARMS. TO THE .EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The providential escape from the bursting of a pair of Messrs. Deane's new steel barrels mentioned in the Times of to- day may lead you to turn your attention to the defective state of the law of proving gun barrels, and thus induce an amendment in it, by which you will most essentially benefit the public. Few persons are aware of the utter fallacy of the supposed security given by the Proof-house stamp, not from any want of due care of the establishment (which would be the natural supposition), but from the circumstance that although the Act of Parlia ment of 1815 imposes a penalty of 201. on any gun make; selling an unproved gun, there is none on a far more dangerous practice of modern date, adopted by some cheap manufacturers, technically called "sweating," i. e., having barrels bored perhaps at a , gauge of 15 or 16 bore, of the due thickness at which they are proved and eamped as safe these !makers, win absurdly pretend to combine lightness of metal with safety. rebore and file away i the insides of the barrel to a most dangerous j tenuity, nt whi c h th ey would not again bear a proof to which they are never submitted before sale, leaving, however, the apparent guarantea of the proof mark on the outside, but which has really been ren dered invalid. I have now a letter before me from an eminent maker at Birmingham, stating that ha witnessed last week a reboring for some "light guninaken," which was reducing barrels proved at the weigh', of 81b. to 41b. Trusting you may deern this subject not unworthy of your attention, and may lend your powerful aid to insure sonic more efficient protection to the public against the dangers to which they are now exposed, I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Dec. 18. S. C. REPOB T. Sir,--After the most mature inspection and consi deration of the burs►ing of the barrels forwarded to me on Saturday last, I ascrile their bursting to the following cause* : 1. The total want of judgment displayed in fitting into a stock originally made for barrels of 14 bore the increased size of 12 bore, and, to meet this insu perable difficulty, filing away more than one-half the thickness of each barrel, to get them to joint close enough to admit them into the stock—rendering the barrels thus not half the actual strength in the joint which they possessed in the other portions, and hence the fact of their bursting where they have done. An inspection of the thickness of the joint will convince the merest tyro in mechanical knowledge. 2. They have been intended to be brazed, or hard soldered with brass (the most injurious practice iron can be subjected to), but, from inattention in the workman, a cohesion or a tt ac h ment has never been effected between the two barrels, and must have been loose for at least three inches from the breech ends. The soft solder used to fasten the top and bottom ribs was, in fact, the only attachment holding the barrels together ; forming the most careless end ill-conducted work I ever saw come out of a London maker's shop, and undoubtedly adding to the danger already existing in the barrels by the excessive reduction. 3. The barrels appear to have been proved, but the removal of the Proof-house number of bore, which is always stamped between the proof-marks, justifies the suspicion that the barrels have been bored to a larger bore since such proof; how many sizes it is impossible to say. Lastly. The barrels are not constructed of all steel, but a mixture of half iron and half steel, formed into a variety of Damascene figures by no means approxi mating to the tenacity of laminated steel barrels, of which they are a spurious imitation. This I feel justified iu saying, —the barrels were unsafe before leaving the maker's shop, and the frac ture cannot in any way be ascribed to any careless ness in loading, as examination will show the barrels to have separated at the extreme end where the charge of powder lay, and which would not have been the case had space existed between the powder and cartridge; the fracture would in this case have extended farther up the barrel. WILLIAM GREENER. Aston New town, Birmingham, De;;. 14. PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MRS. MARGARET MAITLAIsaI, OF SUNNYSIDE.—This charming story con tinues to he received with the favour it deserves by our principal critics. The Examiner, in its review, says, "We have read this book with unusual pleasure. It has points of merit in the delineation of Scottish life and character which m a y com p are with Mi ,, sFerrier, Galt, Lockhart, and Wilson, and the spirit in which it is writer, is at once singularly quiet and modest, and full of shrewdness and good sense. Every p age o f the b ook testifies te the author's sincerity, her simplicity of feeling and good faith, and her une:inting piety. The moral of the story is an eseelient one. The tader will enjoy the unafftcted tone of the hook, and be as touched by its truth as if Mire Ferrier were not yet silent, or the authors of'Light:; and Shadows' and 'Adam Bair' were peopling Scottish manses rgaip,." Mr. John Wood, the chairman of the Coal, Cotn, and Finance Committee of the City cf London, et ter tained last evening a numerous party at the Albion Tavern, Aldertgate-street, Amongst the conirany we noticed the Right lion, the Lord Mayor, Sir James Duk , , Bart., M.P.,Sir John Key, Bart., Sir Wm. Mai nay, Bart., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Alderman Gibbs, Alder man Moon, Alderman Lawrence, Alderman Carden, the Town Clerk, Mr. Deputy Stevens, Mr. Deputy Peacock, Mr. Deputy Holt, and a number of other gentlemen connected with the corporation. The dinner and wines were of a sup- tier dt - seription, end did great credit to the taste of Messr. Staples. CITY COMMISSIONERS:OF SEWERS.—Yesterday the Court met, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. Th, re w ere but few members present. The reports of the several inspectors showed that the persons employed in cleansing the streets and alleys were generally attentive to their duties. Nothing of any importance took place at the meeting.