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mAncriNvooD, NEAR SOUTHAMPTON. ORDNANCE PROPERTY TO BE LET, at Marchwood, near Southampton, comprising Threelarge well ventilated Magazines, with porches, an examining -house, and a shifting-house, each building enclosed within a high wall admirably well adapted and d igib y situated for granaries or for merchandise. ; tee stage or landing -place being so constructed that vessels of consi derable burden can at certain periods of tide load and unload goods with great facility. Canals (with suitable boats) connect the several magazines, thereby greatly facilitating the removal of goods. A commodious Dwelling-house, consisting of eight rooms, with outhouses and two gardens, all in excellent order. A smaller Dwelling-house, containing five rooms and k'tchen, with Out-house and garden. A small Dwelling-house, formerly used as a Canteen. A Barrack, containing two quarters for officers, of three rooms each, and nine rooms for non-commissioned officers and privates, With out-houses, &c. Ten Cottages of three rooms each, with a small garden to each ettitage. Toe whole comprises an area of 20a. 2r. 37p., about five acres of which are pasture land. The Board will grant a lease, the stamp-duty and charge for copy ing and engrossing the same an 1 counterpart to he defrayed by the tenan., and which will contain all usual and customary covenants, and a restriction against the tenant niio,g the magazines as salt provision stores, or for any other purpose that might render them unfit for the reception of gunpowder, in the event of their heina hereafter required for such purpose. The usual clause in Ordnance leases will be in serted, giving the Ward the powe - of resu ring possession at any period; on giving Fix months' notice to the tenant. Telders for renting the forego'ng property for a term of Seven Years, to be addressed to the " Secretary of the Honourable Board of Ordnance,* on or before the 20th November, 1549. The property can be viewed any day except Sunday, between the hours cf Nine and 1 , 0 . u., on applicatiog at the Storekeeper's Office on the spot, where a plan of the premises can be seen, with a description of the buil legs. For farther particulars apply also at the Ordnance Office, Pall• mall, London, and the Gan-whArf, Portsmouth. By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, for the Secretary. Office of Ordnance, October 3, 1849. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE. October 19, 1849. The Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give notice that they are ready to dispose of, to such persons as may be willing to tender for the same, a quantity 'of Old Iron Guns, Shot, and Shells, Cast-iron, &c., in Store, at the Royal Arsenal, at Wool wich, which have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed upon application to the Storekeeper, at that place, any day (Sundays ex cepted) previous to the day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders. A Catalogue of the several Lots may be obtained by persons wil ling to become purchasers, at the Storekeeper's Office, Woolwich ; the Principal Storekeeper's Office, at the Tower ; and at the Secre tary's Office, in Pall-Mall, where the Tenders for the whole, or any number of the said Lots are to be delivered, on or before MONDAY, the sth November next. _ _ By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, for Secretary. GATC OM BE HOUSE. TO be LET, for a term of Seven, Fourteen, or Twenty-one Years, by TENDER, by order of the Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance, All that desirab c MANSION, known as GATCOMBE HOUSE, with Ground attached, situated at Hilsea, near Portsmouth (lately In the occupation of Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart.), containing on the ground-floor—entrance-hall, lofty dining and drawing-rooms, each 24 by la feet, library, housekeeper's-room, kitchen, butler's pantry, scullery, and all other requisite offices. On the first floor— six commodious and airy bed-rooms and dressing-room. On the second Hoer--four good bed-rooms and a man servant's room. Also, good wine and beer-cellars in the basement. A double coach-house, five-stall stable, and harness-room, with lofts over the same, and coachman's apartments detached. The Mansion, standing on a Lawn of upwards of en Acre, is situ ated within three miles of Portsmouth, one mile of the Cosham Ter minus of the London and South-Western Railway, and eight miles of the Isle of Wight. The House is approached from the Turnpike road by a carriage drive through the park, with a Porter's Lodge at the entrance, and by a footpath through a splendid avenue of trees, 300 yards in length. There is an Orchard and two good Kitchen Gardens, well stocked with fruit trees, and Meadow attached, the whole comprising about 12e., 2a., 25p. The whole of the premises are in a good state of repair, and fit for immediate occupation, and would form a desirable Residence fbr a family of the first respectability. The Tenders to state the Annual Rent in words at length, and to be delivered at the Ordnance-office, Pall-mall, London, on the 15th November next, addressed to the " Secretary to the Board of Ord nance." The Conditions for Letting the Premises may be seen, and the House and Grounds viewed on application to Mr. Harte, the Super intendent of Ordnance Property at Hilsea. Bi order of the Board, G. BUTLER, for the Secretary. Office of Ordnance, 15th Oct., 18 49. T HE Commissioners of the Metropolis Turnpike roads north of the Thames, will hold a Special Meeting at their Office, No. 22, Whitehall-place, in the parish of Saint Martin •in the-Fields, in the City of Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 16th day of No- Vember next, at the hour of One in the Afternoon, for the purpose of consulting whether any and which of the several Toll-gates and Side bars now placed on and by the side of the Ninth District of the said Metropolis Turnpike-roads north of the Thames, shall be removed and placed elsewhere or discontinued, and whether any other Toll gates and Side-bars shall be erected on or by the sides of the roads In the said district, and in what situations the same shall be placed. By order of the Commissioners, PAN E It, Chief Clerk and Secretary. Metropolis Roads Office, Wtitehall-place, October 12, 1849. OFFICE OF THE GAS LIGH I' AND COKE COMPANY, 19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London, October 20, 1849. r DO hereby give notice, that pursuant to the Bth By-Law of this Company, FRANCIS WITHAM, Esq , ALEX. LUARD WOLLASTON, E sq ., the and present JOHN WILLIAM SL )PER, E sq ., Auditors, have severally given me notice, in writing, of their Intention to stand for the Office of Auditor, at the Election which will take place at Ridley's Hotel, 10, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, in the city of London, on FRIDAY, the 2d day of November next. By order, C. BURLS, Secretary. BOULOGNE from LONDON DIRECT, every Tuesday and Thursday.—dreat Saving to Travellers. Fares by Railway and Vessel, via Folkestone X 1 8 0 Fares from London to Boulogne direct" •• •• 0 12 0 Saving to each First-Class Passenger.... 0 16 0 By Railway and Vessel, via Folkestone • .... 1 0 0 Fare from London direct .. • • ...... •• • • .... 0 8 0 Saving to each Second-Class Passenger.. 0 12 0 The COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior Steam-ships CITY of BOULOGNE and EMERALD, will leave LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF as under : Tuesday, October 23, at 2, Morning. Thursday, October 25, at 5, Morning. Tuesday, October 30, at 9, Morning. And every succeeding Tuesday and Thursday. For particulars of freight, apply to Mr. James Whisson, 5, Arthur street East ; or at the Compsny's Offices, 4, Arthur-street East ; and Chaplin's Universal Office, Regent-circus. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR SPORES. The Directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company are prepared to receive Tenders for Stores for their several depart tuents, viz.:— Locomotive Stores—Anvils and vices, axles, brass and copper and brass work ; baskets and bags for coke ; balances (spring), brass tubes for locomotives ; crucibles, flies, iron, steel, ironwork, oil, tallow, and waste ; sundries, lead, timber, tin. Carriage Stores—Colours, oils, varnishes, &c.; brushes and pencils ; brass end brasswork ; carpeting, cloth, canvas, silk, &c.; castings (vari ° ,lB ) carriage fittings, iron and ironwork, steel springs, lamps and lamp fittings, lather, sundries, timber. Waggon Stores—Axles, brake blocks, castings (various), colours, iron and ironwork, oils, steel. springs, timber, wheels. , Ge neral Stores—Chandlery and small stores, carpenters' and J o iners' work, hardware, oil, grease, and cotton waste, canvas and tarpaulins, leather, coal. S Peciteations, showing the quantifies and descriptions of articles required, also forms of tender and printed conditions, may be had on aPplication to the Secretary, on and after the 20th instant. T he time for s en di ng in tenders is extended to November sth, after which day none can be received. may and patterns of articles purchased to' sample or pattern tlay be seen at the Company's Works at Euston, Camden, Wolver- L e; Crewe, Longsight, and Ordsal-lane (near Manchester) Stations, ° ll the 24th and.2sth instant, from Eleven to Four o'Clock. By order of the Directors, MARK HUISII, General Manrger. Euston Station, London, Oct. 18, 1849. LONDON and NORTH - WESTERN ItEF EESHMENT ROOM RAILWAY. AT BLETCIILEY JUNCTION. Th e D rectors having in contemplation to erect a REFRESH -7,INT ROOlll at the above point on the line, are desirous of Fiv e Seven Tenders Yearsr the tenancy of the same, for a term of Three, fo ve, or . Pla ns of the proposed buildings may be seen at the Office of the o. llginee r, Easton-station film' the 23d to the 30th instant, between the hour s of Ten and Four. Tend Tend rx, addressed to the Secretary, Will be received up to the Ila ning of the iith o f N ovem b er . c;uston Station, October 17, 1849. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. LOANS ON DEBENTURES. __ T he Directors of this Company are prepared to receive (under the rePowers of their Act of Parliament) Tenders for Loans of Money on r u rity of Debe n t ures, b ear i ng i nterest at the rate of Five per Cent. Annum, the Interest payable half-yearly, viz., 10th J anuary and 10 th July. _ T enders, stating add and term of years for which it is Posed to to be Lent, to be addressed to the Secretary, Euston Station, 'orldon. By order, R Easton Station, October 1, ANDEW G. GIFFORD, Secretary. 1849. NIIDL AND RAILWAY. LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The Midland Railway Company are prepared to receive Loans on S ecurity of their Debentures for a period of three years, in 111 1113 of 1,000/. each and upwards, at interest after the rate of 51. Per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly. Application to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, Derby. By order, Derby, October 18, 1849. J. F. FELL, s.er.t.T7. T HE SEA, FIRE, AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. I beg to certify that the insertion of my name as one of the Medi- Oftleers of this Society, and of which a Mr. Augustus Collingridge is a tanaging Director, &c., and a Mr. Alfred Burt the Actuary,is wholly una uthorised, and in contravention of my express order, addressed ° the Manager. MATTHEW FRENCH WAGSTAFFE, Oct 11, 1849. Walcot-place West, Lambeth. TABLE D'HOTE at ONE and FIVE o'clock, m itn e onsisting of Soup, Fish, Joints, Entrées. &c., at Is. Gd. each. i s ers in the Coffee-room from ONE till SEVEN from the Joints e; t4. 4 2 with Soup or Fish, and Joint or Entrees, 2s. "cal Hotel, 4i, St. Paul's Churchyard, the corner of Cheapside. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. I:ll ,.... 'LY tultrated by 26 Anatomical Coloued Engravins on Steel. RICAL D ISQUAL ICATIONS,r GENERAT IVE INCAPA *ow i„,CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. by r „,"ttinn enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or i '' , eject from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, 14 " P ' a th SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on L'Usive —e bl trinities and decay of the generative system, from ex 'nth r - ," lll gence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, %QM -- "`rks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis- L. p;:,ation„ Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and , f l t a'st 4 r and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ;., Pat e t, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; hell- atrect. ntehbome-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden ".. Orgii i 7 I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive geae",tal.d is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. I: a _tl. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul b'ode their lamentable effects on the system; producing mental 'illstre_Y d Weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity. r. 4v .. by l'hree Explanatory Engravings. L'ne p 41 .• treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in taeir.Z'ar3' or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for inzrt`.2atment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Y. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Digests. Ttt 44. raple appli ca ti on , by w hich the danger of infection 4 °b led " L hia important part of the Work should no escrne the , notice YIN V • is devoted to the consideration of marr i age, and its 01 0 . 41; The causes of unproductive union are elan considered, and T 4K ,% l e subject critically and philosophicall7 Inquired into. ig aDIAL Bawd or Staunton is exc , lslv.y employed in treat 44Vons and sexual debility, impotence , sl s. and 335. per em, :rho Concentrated Detersi te Y'ssence, AR anti-syphilitic ..." Purifying the blood ir caset of infection, secondary emp -Lrry,3"4ll Lions, and the abuse o" curt', 111. and 335. per bottle. lea Ying Specific s, 2e, 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 ls. per box t k L , a y for gonorrhosa, fleet, stricture, and chronic bitten:ma btenr ealeetpe bladder. ~enstiltation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute tlic Pass is tequirad : ago, habits, and position in society. hical L kets, Witt advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by • 34110 1 fe0,11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in sten ,ten ti l c„, , / at 19, clerners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Zle 'RN and live to Eight i oa gittudayt from Eleven to Ote. 1 on Wed- in dock to being to day. d. 8. d 0 to 3 4 0 24 0 0-36 0 o 31 6-25 0-33 0-33 0 0-30 0 0 - GO 0 0-36 0 0-57 0 0-34 0 0 - 35 0 0 - 24 0 0-23 6 0-24 0 0 - 23 0 0-21 0 6-29 6 f the week d was ex- d, in some !vious cor n has pre , following isiness has but prices arrivals at preceding real. From 198 barrels , nly mode able inac wbeat and se'nnight, Df oats no toted fully y of grain t a small d ii some ror all de lay, which n corn was heat, new, y, 9661 to 1), 8s 6d to lOs to 115; idian corn Os to 52s ; Os to 345; 6d to 8s 9d ; fowls, per l to 35 6d ; me in town it the same ; old, 44i , 40 ditto, of 1401bs, cwt., lii ay we had 7ior beasts, es prices. 1.5 s per do, 10, sinking Owing to and prices er lb, mid -3/d per do. .uled about Od, 401 b per 6d to 15s 6d , 22s to 235, 3d to 14s 2d sions—Beef, al, ditto, 5d Ed to 7d; lc, 6d to 3d ; Ts, each, Os , 9d to 10d ; s ; hens, per ducks, ditto, eys, each, 7e tion (present T dozen, lid se of 14 110, pork large. , Os to Os. 8d to 9d; sal, 1. 4d to o 2s; barley, 'ing to find euperio • rit/ )n o f Yege ting hither the turn'P her week"' t taste, bet 3d—reelail mnything us industrio r. we are dit for th° )f the 8 0 1 )f the whit . 13 inched s in length Mr. Job n ' rnal. he packed pester av ad. and 3d. aces. Th e voyage :7, to (6d.) 1" . . . m •• .. . . ~ )owell, De°. N. F. Goat' A. S. Gis'a' Blackfriaro' pshire, gr3' utd, bins. .I4'' vent's-Parl4 Craws h g: fifth daub irk, axon', imes ShePf daugllter° t e ra Er. Ed wil I Y daug h olcol gr. I ° l f, 'highlf r" er. b• r. 13. Let It, age d 81' , of Janie'. f tighter o• a We lter ed park d-Stre e " 0 7 0 0—t 'eell " uac kneP ). pan ford' 0 10 ‘" No. ofs ol e TS. 7 OCTOBER 22, 1849. No. 17,808.] LONDON, MONDAY e - Y. ELIZA NOW O PUBLISHOK'SING, C JOURNAL, A WEEKLY PERIODICAL, PRICE THREE-HALFPENCE, CONTAINING LITERARY MATTER of INFORMATION and AMUSEMENT. The First Volume of ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL is now com pleted, and the Proprietor takes this opportunity of expressing her sense of the honourable and coveted position which a generous Public has placed her in. Many difficulties beset the path of a young Journalist which a little experience removes, and most earnest thanks are proffered for the kind indulgence bestowed on the errors which have occasionally marked the Editorial and Practical Departments. The best proof of the Editor's feeling will be found in her endeavours to render the Journal far more worthy of the flattering patronage it receives, and without any fallacious beast, she can promise her Readers a future supply of sound and valuable matter. The most gratifying circumstance attending the extensive circula tion and cordial reception of the Journal has been in proving that a large reading public can be tcund for a cheap Serial who do not require unhealthy excitement and mere ephemeral entertainment to gain their attention. Right glad has the Editor been to see that her plain and simple wish to elevate the morals and invigorate the mind, has been graciously received ; for, though amusement is one of the chief essentials, not only of periodical literature, but of our whole lives, it should ever be blended with a principle and purpose tending to advance humanity. From the cheering encouragement already received, the Editor trusts fully to her friends for the future, and has equal pride and plea.ure in presenting her First Volume as a Journalist to those whose generous perceptions stamped her first attempt as a Poet. ELIZA ,COOK'S JOURNAL is published every Saturday, and in Monthly Parts, stitched in a wrapper, by J. 0. CLARKE, At the Office of the Journal, No. 3, Raquet-court, Fleet-street, (Nearly opp ,, site St. Bride's Church). Where all communications for the Proprietor, and Advertisements for the Monthly Parts, may be forwarded. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. _ The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Tears. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Perma- Sum, the .4 . z i Annual Policyl li a o d n d y t s io i , n Emus nent Re-1 Assured Age =, 1 , Pre- takeit, ._ sum - in ductien of may bor '" ,V, mium. out in" `" Cash. Annual row on -4 ;Assured. 1 Premium. Policy. -- ----- -- --- £ s. d. £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 11837 276 14 3,128 14 321 7 2'593 6 8 1838 251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 1839 226 6 0 1 102 15 1 16 2 9 494 8 10 60 1000 Xs. d.) 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 111445 0 0 74 341 1841 174 0 0 71 3 4 12 3 0r395 11 1 1 I 1842 147 4 2 ( 5 15 10 10 2 4,346 2 3 1843 99 444 8 4 6 296 4 l 1844 62 18 15 11 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 01 , 13 247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, or any of its branches in the cowstry ! nr nn ar,rat,...H.„ ~,, u- ....._ cum, with tables of rates, Its branches in the country •st free. ;c., may be had at the office, or, on application. will be for- warded R. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary. SEA, FIRE, LIFE — ASSURAN Offices, 31, CORNHILL, LONDON. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Caoltal-100,000'. In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, to be paid in fhll on Allotment. DIRECTORS. Howell Gwyn, Esq., M.P. George Helmore, Esq. John Bennet, Esq. Sir William Ogilvie. Bart. Thomas Bunting, Esq. Frederick A. Peel, Esq. Aleiander Davis, Esq. W. Yates Peel, Esq. John Kellen,' Durant, Esq. John Wreford, Esq. Augustus Collingridge, Esq., Managing Director. AUDITORS. 1 Henry Wood., Esq. Samuel Henry Ranger, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREES: PHYSICIAN. lames Ridson Bennett, E sq ., M,D., 24, Finsbury-place North. SURGEONS. John Fisher Gonde Esq , M.R.C.S., 83, Cheapside. Fredk. Co. Crane, Esq., M.E.C.S., Leicester-square. BANKERS. Messrs. Carrie and Co., 29, Cornhill. Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. SOLICITOR. John Chapple, Esq., 70A, Aldermanbury. MARINE DEPARTMENT. UNDERWRITER. Mr. John Powis, Member of Lloyd's. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY. Mr. Alfred Burt. FIRE DEPARTMENT. SUPERINTENDENT. Mr. John Nelson. SI7RYETOR. George Moody Longmore, Esq. BROKERS. John H. Gelding, Esq., Warnforel-court, London. Thomas Bayley, Esq., Warnford-court, London. Messrs. Turner, Brothers, Throgniorton-street, London. Henry Rogers, E.g. Ebenezer E•per, Esq. DISTINGSRING FEATURES. 1. Exemption of Shareholders Ul from all Liability. I. The Right of Transfer at Will. 3. Periodical Division of Profits. 4. Five per Cent. Interest Guaranteed (irrespective of further Divi dends) upon the paid-up Capital. 5. Yearly Audits of Accounts by Auditors exclusively chosen by the Propel tors. u. Life Policies INDISPUTABLE and free of Stamp-duty to the As sure I. Applications far the remaining nnalletted Shares, and oa the sub ject of MARINE, FIRE, and LIFE ASSURANcES to be addressed to the Agents of the Society ; or to the Head Office as above. AUG. COLLINGRIDCIE, Managing Director. TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND. "No. 208, Piccadilly, London, October 19, 1847. Sir,—lt is now three and a half years since I was sorely afflicted with Rheumatic Gout, the suffering from which induced tee to try all the proposed remedies that extensive medical experience could devise, without obtaining any satisfactory relief from pain. During one of the paroxysms a friend advised me to try BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, observing that he had in some severe cases taken them himself, and they proved very successful. I in stantly adopted his advice, and to my joy the excruciating torment soon began to abate, and a few boxes restored me to health, since which I have bad no return of the complaint. " I trust you wiligive publicity to my case, that suffering humanity may know how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease. " I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, " MICEL NASMYTIL" The above testimonial i s a f ur th er proof of HA the efficacy of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, which afford speedy relief to those afflicted with gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, tic doloreux, pains in the head and face, and all analogous complaints. The never-failing effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS in curing every description of Gout and Rheumatism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past er present times. They not only give relief in a few hours. but re store to perfect health in an inconceivably short space of time. They are equally speedy and certain in lumbago, sciatica, pains in the head or face, and indeed in every rheumatic or gouty affection : in fact, such has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and complete safety of this medicine, that it has astonished all who have taken it ; and there is scarcely a city, town, or village in the kingdom but contains many grateful evidences of its benign influence. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, and, by his appoint ment, by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box o:fthe genuine Medicine. L S. D. No alphabetic characters we see, More requisite in trade than L. S. D. ; Which letters of the alphabet, I deem, Will furnish Moses with a tidy theme. Pounds, Shillings, Pence, in all their worth we see Embodied in the cyphers, L. S. D. In all transactions, all affairs of trade, These characters are legibly displayed ; And well 'twould be if no one would abuse The arithmetic signs which thus they use. The ancient adage daily goes its rounds, That p nee amount to shillings—shillings, pounds. How necessary, then, that all should see The importance of improving L. S. D. These characters may be improved by all Who favour Moses' warehouse with a call. By here obtaining Moses' famous dresses, You'll very shortly change your D.'s to S.'s. Nay, more than that : experience daily tells That S 's here are changed to golden L.'s. I here allude to moderate prices paid For all the articles in Moses' trade. The reader can't do better than to try Meses and Son's superior supply. Sound quality and elegance appear In all the various clothing purchased here; And as to pece, you cannot fail to see What honest use is made of L. S. D. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over coat., in every The Bulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditto .. •.. • . 0 18 0 Chesterfield, ditto •• • • 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of CoTt r Coat .. •• • • ••• • • • • • 1 5 0 Shooting Coats Lounging or Morning Coats •• .. 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed •••• 0 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto Vests ••..• • • • 0 2 6 Black Silk Telvet Vests.— ..... • ..... 0 13 6 Dress Coats .• Frock Ditto .• ..... ....... •• .• 019 0 Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, from .. Hussar and Tonle Suits ............. ..... 0 14 6 Boys' Autumn and Winter Vests • • ........ 0 0 3 MADE TO MEASURE. Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats.. from 1 1 The Chesterneld Wrapper, In a warm. ma • terial, lined The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elzgant style of Over Coat •2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and Doeskin.... • ... 0 10 6 Bestßest Autumnßß l l a a e c al k n dc e lalvstvihinmtdeei Winter o e v d e l .s t .t t: . • 005 1 11883 6 666 0 Black Silk Velvet ditto . „ Dress Coats.. „ Frock ...... .• • • from 355. to 33 0 Hussar and Tunic •• •••• • .. from I f> 0 Superfine ••• • • • •••••••••••• • • • • •• • • • • • 115 0 Men's Shooting Coat •• • • ••••• • •• .. 0 lb 0 Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, from ••• • • • A Large Sleek of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s, to 201. Naval and Military uniforms, Liveries, &e. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. A Suit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. oMillion," thr Hill dirThecteionnsewforh°Soetli -m en eas titl ur ed em " e T n h t e , Minion be hoafdthene for warded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice—The Fur Department is now replete with every novelty the season. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or ntade to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MOANS and SSN, Tailors, Woollendrepers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minories, and 83, 14, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Caption.—E. Moses and Son regret haying to guard the pablic against imposition ; but having heard that the imtradesmanlike falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, hey beg to state that they have ao connexion with any other home in er out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far fate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; tni those who require cheap and genuine clothing, should call at or send to the hfizories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of the Branch Establishments, as above. Tate Notice.-- This Establishment is closed !rem sunset Friday, to mallet 81t0 7, whin busima Is reamed till twelve o'slook. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. 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The first extract refers to the tests which it was found neces sary to apply to ascertain the mode by which the greatest strength in the hollow iron bridge could be obtained : " One of the most interesting and important re sults of the preliminary investigations so ably con ducted by Mr. Fairbairn and his friend and associate Mr. Hodgkinson, was the astonishing difference found to exist between the power of cast and that of wrought iron to resist compression and extension. From the experience which engineers and builders had obtained in imposing weights upon cast-iron girders of all shapes and sizes, it had long been considered almost a mechanical axiom that iron possessed greater power to resist compression than extension ; whereas Mr. Fairbairn's experiments, to his surprise, as well as to that of all who witnessed them, most clearly de monstrated that, after bearing a certain amount of weight, the resisting properties of cast and of wrought iron are diametrically opposite; in short, the results in figures proved to be nearly as follows: " Cast iron can resist per square inch— " Compression of from 35 to 49 tons. iron r s e i s o s n i oc o na n f o r f e f sis m t p l e 2 r s t q o u l a 3 re to i n ne s h . " Wrought LcEoxiCompression en - p Extension of „ 16 ,18 „ " The unexpe c t e d resu lt s thus obtained were of in calculable practical value ; for, if the preliminary ex periments proposed by Mr. Stephenson had not been made, he, Mr. Fairbairn, Mr. H o d g ki nson, Mr. Clark , and indeed, all the eminent engineers and mathematicians of the present day, would, on the correct principle of everywhere adjusting the thick ness of iron to the force it has to resist, have erro neously concurred in recommending that the proposed wrought-iron tubes for crossing the Conway and Menai Straits should be constructed stronger at bottom than at top, instead of, as it appears they ought to be, stronger at top than at bottom; in conse quence of which error the aerial gallery would have been improperly weakened in one part by an amount of iron which would have unscientifically overloaded it at another, and thus, like Falstaff's increasing belly and decreasing legs,' the huge mass, with dimi nished strength, would have laboured under unnecessary weight. " By continuing with great patience and ability the experiments above referred to, it was finally ascer tained that the relative strength of wrought iron in the top and bottom of the tubes should he in the pro portion of about 5 to 4; and whereas, had they been constructed of cast iron, these proportions would have been reversed in the higher proportion of nearly 5 to 1, it may reasonably be asked why, if the latter ma terial bears compression so much better than the former, it was not selected for the top of the tube ? In theory this adjustment of the two metals to the force which each was peculiarly competent to resist, would have been perfectly correct. It, however, could not practically be effected, from the difficulty of cast ing as well as of connecting together plates 10 and 12 feet in length of the very slight thicknesses required. Mr. Stephenson, therefore, adhered to his determina tion to make the whole of his aerial galleries of wrought iron ; and we may here observe that, to ensure the public from accident, he further resolved that the amount of the force of extension upon them should be limited to only one-third of their power of resistance, that of compression to one-half—the reason of the difference being that, inasmuch as any little flaw in the iron would infinitely more impair its power to resist extension than compression, it was evidently safer to approximate the limits of the latter than of the former. " As the exact strength of a hollow wrought iron tube, such as was proposed, was unknown to engi neers, it was deemed necessary by Mr. Stephenson that its form, as well as the disposition of its materials, should be correctly ascertained. This portion of the investigation Mr. Fairbairn and his colleagues, with great care and ability, conducted by subjecting tubes of different shapes to a series of experiments, the re sults of which were briefly as follows : "1. Cylindrical tubes, on being subjected to nine very severe trials, failed successively by collapsing at the top—or, in other words, by evincing inability to resist compression :-=-the tube, losing its shape, gra dually became elongated or lantern-jawed, while the two extremities wereipbserved to flatten or bulge out sideways—beside which the ends, which for precau tion sake rested on concentric wooden beds, invariably bent inwards. " 2. Elliptical tubes, with thick plates riveted to the top and bottom had been particularly recom mended for experiment by Mr. Stephenson. These tubes under heavy pressure displayed greater stiffness and strength than round or cylindrical ones ; but, after being subjected to a variety of torturing expe riments of a most ingenious description, they all evinced comparative weakness in the top to resist compression. They likewise exhibited considerable distortions of form. "3. A family weakness in the head having been thus detected in all models circular at bottom and top, rectangular tubes were in their turn next sub jected to trial. As they at once appeared to indicate greater strength than either of the other two forms had done, a very elaborate and interesting investiga tion was pursued by Mr. Fairbairn, who, by the light of his experiments, soon satisfied himself of the superiority of this form over the other two ; and as every successive test confirmed the fact, he continued his search with an energy that has only since been equalled by the American judge, who, it is said, on arriving at California deserted the bench for 'the diggings.' " The following is an abstract of the important result of about forty experiments made by Messrs. Fairbairn, Hodgkinson, and Clark, on the compara tive strength of circular, elliptical, and rectangular tubes :—Circular, 33 ; Elliptical, 15 ; Rectangular, 21. " As soon as the rectangular was, by the investiga tion recommenced by Mr. Stephenson, clearly ascer tained to be the best form of hollow tube that could be selected, the next important problemn to be deter mined by experiment was what amount of strength should be given to it, or, in other words, what should be the thickness of its top and bottom, in which, as we have shown, consisted its main power. " The investigation on this subject soon demon strated that if, instead of obtaining this thickness by riveting together two or three layers of plates, they were, en the principle of the beam itself, placed in horizontal strata a foot or two asunder—the included hollow space being subdivided by small vertical plates into rectangular passages or fines extending along the whole top as well as bottom of the tube—an immense addition of strength, with very nearly the same weight of material, would be obtained. " This adaptation proving highly advantageous, it was deemed advisable by Mr. Stephenson that fur thei experiments should be made by Mr. Fairbairn and his colleagues to determine finally the precise form and proportions of the great tubes. For this object an entirely new model tube, one-sixth of the dimensions of the intended Britannia-bridge was very carefully constructed ; and the cellular tops and bot toms thereof, as well as the sides, were subjected to a series of experiments until the exact equilibrium of resistance to compression and extension, as also the variations in the thicknesses of the plates in the several parts of the tube as they approached or receded from different points of support, were most accurately ascertained. "In these as well as in all the previous experiments the trial tubes were loaded till they gave v►ay—the results being accurately recorded and transmitted by Mr. Clark to Mr. Stephenson, who in return confi dentially assisted Mr. C. with his opinion and advice. From the fibrous nature of wrought iron, as compared with the crystalline composition of the cast metal, the tendency to rupture in most of these experiments was slow and progressive. Destruction was never instan taneous, as in cast iron, but it advanced gradually; the material, for some time before absolute rupture took place emitting an unmistakeable warning noise; just as a camel, while kneeling on the burning sandy desert, and while writhing his head from one side to the other, snarls, grunts, grumbles, and groans louder and louder, as his swarthy turban-headed owners keep relentlessly adding package after package to his load. " Although it can he mathematically shown that the two sides of a thin hollow tube are of but little use except to keep the tops and bottoms at their duty —the power of resistance of the latter being, how ever, enormously increased by the distance that sepa rates them—it was nevertheless necessary to ascertain the precise amount of lateral strength necessary to prevent the aerial gallery .writhing from storms of wind. The riveting process was likewise subjected to severe trial, as also the best form and application of the slender ribs termed ' angle irons,' by which not only the plates were to be firmly connected, but the tube itself materially strengthened—in fact, the angle irons were to be its bones, the thin plate iron covering being merely its skin. " Mr. Stephenson had two main objects in inst.' Luting the investigations we have detailed. First, to determine by actual experiment what amount of strength could be given to his proposed galleries ; and secondly, of that maximum how much it would be proper for him to exert. And as his decisions on these subjects will probably be interesting to our readers, most especially to that portion of them whose for tunes or fate may doom them occasionally to fly through his baseless fabric, we will endeavour very , briefly to explain the calculations on which they ap pear to have been based. " As a common railway train weighs upon an average less than a ton per foot, as the greatest dis tances between towers of the Britannia-bridge amount each - to 460 feet, and as it is a well-known mathema tical axiom among builders arid engineers that any description of weight spread equally along a beam produces the same strain upon it as would be caused by half the said weight imposed on the centre, it follows that the maximum weight which a monster train of 460 feet (an ordinary train averages about half that length) could at one time inflict on any portion of the unsupported tube, would amount to 460 tons over the whole surface, or to 230 tons at the centre. "Now, to ensure se c urity to the public, Mr. Ste phenson, after much deliberation, determined that the size and adjustment of the iron to be used should, according to the experiments made and recorded, be such as to enable the aforesaid unsupported portions of the tube (each 460 feet in length) to bear no less than 4,000 tons over its whole surface, or 2,000 tons in the centre, being nine times greater than the amount of strength necessarily required ; and as the results—unexpected as well as expected—of the searching investigation which had been instituted, incontestably proved, that this Herculean strength could be imparted to the galleries without the aid of the chains, which, even as an auxiliary, had been de clared lunnecessary—and as Mr. E. Clark had very cleverly ascertained that it would be cheaper to con struct the tubes on the ground than on the aerial platform as first proposed—Mr. Stephenson deter mined, on mature reflection, to take upon himself the responsibility of reporting to the directors of the Chester and Holyhead Railway that this extra ca tenary support, which would have cost the company 150,0001., was wholly unnecessary. Indeed, such was the suprabundance of power at his command, that, without adding to the weight of the rectan gular galleries, he could materially have strengthened them by using at their top and b o tt om c i rcu l ar fl ues instead - of square ones, which, merely for the sake of cleaning, &c , were adopted, although the former were found on experiment to bear about 18 tons to the square inch betbre they became crushed, whereas the latter could only support from 12 to 14 tons. " But the security which Mr. Stephenson deemed it necessary to insure for the public may further be illustrated by the following very extraordinary fact : It has been mathematically demonstrated by Messrs. Hodgkinson and Clark, as well as practically proved by Mr. Fairbairn—indeed it will be evident to any one who will go through the necessary calculations on the subject—that the strain which would be inflicted on the ironwork of the longest of Mr. Ste phenson's aerial galleries by a monster train sufficient to cover it from end to end, would amount to six tons Ps square tearnt stress thwhich e e h is n sexactly e qualTel f ord's to the c o n magnificent- suspension Menai bridge, when, basking in sunshine or veiled in utter darkness, it has nothing to support but its own apparently slender weight I" The next extract we shall give furnishes some curious details as to the exertions which were neces sary in putting the tube together : " PLATES.—The wrought-iron plates which form the top, bottom, and sides of the Britannia ' land tubes,' 230 feet in length, are, of course, slighter than those required for the four, each 460 feet, which overhang the stream. " For these long tubes—which are of the same height and breadth as the shorter ones—the dimensions of the plates are as follows : " For the bottom-12 feet in length, 2 feet 4 inches to 2 feet 8 inches in breadth, 7-16 to inch in thickness. " For the top-6 feet in length, 1 foot 9 inches to 2 feet 1-1, , inch in breadth, to inch in thickness. " For the sides-6 feet to 6 feet 6 inches in length, 2 feet in breadth, to inch in thickness. " Although these plates have been severally forged with every possible attention, yet, to render them perfect in thickness, - they are not allowed by Mr. Stephenson to be used for the tubes until each has been passed by the company's superintendent between two uncompromising massive iron rollers worked by steam, which, by revolving, quietly remove or rather squeeze down that variety of pimples, boils, lumps, bumps, and humps which, from unequal contraetion in the process of cooling, occasionally disfigure the surface of plate iron, and which in the workman's dictionary bear the generic name of ' buckles.' When the plates, the largest of which weigh about seven hundred weight, have been thus accurately flattened, they are, one after another, according to their dimen sions, carried by two or more men towards one of several immense east-iron levers, which, - under the influence of steam -- but -- apparently of their own ac cord, are to be seen from morning till night, whether surrounded by workmen or not, very slowly and very indolently ascending and descending once in every three seconds. " Beneath the short end of this powerful lever there is affixed to the bottom of a huge mass of solid iron a steel bolt—about the length, thickness, and latent power of Lord John Russell's thumb—which, en dowed with the enormous pressure of from 60 to 80 tons, sinks, at every pulsation of the engine, into a hole rather larger than itself, perforated in a small anvil beneath. "As soon as the labourers of the department bear ing each plate arrive at this powerful machine, the engineer in charge of it, assisted by the carrying men, dexterously places the edge of the iron upon the anvil in such a position that the little punch in its descent shall consecutively impinge upon one of a series of chalk dots, which at four inches from each other and 1 f inch from the edge, have been previously marked around the four sides of the plate; and th us four row s o f r i vet - holes, averag i ng an inch in diameter, are, by the irresistible power we have described, pierced through plate iron from one- half to three fourths of an inch in thickness, quite as easily as a young cook playfully pokes her finger through the dough she is kneading. " Some of the steam-arms or levers just described are gifted with what may be , termed double thumbs,' and accordingly these perforate two holes at a time, or forty per minute—the round pieces of iron cut out falling, at each pulsation of the engine, upon the ground, through the matrix or perforation in the anvil. " When the plates, averaging from six to twelve feet in length, by above two feet in breadth, have been thus punched all round, and before they are brought to the tube, they are framed together on the ground, in compartments of about twenty plates each (five in length and four in breadth), in order to be connected to each other by what are termed covering -plate and angle irons. 11 In order to prepare the former (which are half an inch in thickness, one foot in breadth, and about two feet long), they are heated in a small furnace, when, instead of passing between rollers, they are put under a s t am pi ng , or , as it is technically termed, a joggling block, which, by repeated blows, renders their ourface perfectly flat; after Which 1 4 series of holes, corresponding in size as well as in distance from each other with those in the plates,' are punched all along the outer edge of each of their four sides. When thus prepared, two of these small covering plates, one on each side, are made to cover and overlap the horizontal line of windage existing between the edges of the plates, which, as we have stated, have been previously arranged so as to touch each other; and bolts being driven through the corresponding holes of the three plates (the large plates lying between the two cover ing ones), they are firmly riveted together by the process we shall now describe. " RIVETS.—In the construction of the Britannia tubes there have been required no less than two mil lions of bolts, averaging iths of an inch in diameter and 4 inches in length. The quantity of rod-iron consumed for this purpose has, therefore, amounted in length t o 126 m il es , an d i n we i ght to about 900 tons ! " The mode in which these legions of trivets have been constructed is briefly as follo*s : "At the western end of the company's principal forging establishment there stands a furnace or trough, full of pieces of rod-iron from 31 to 41 inches in length, packed together as closely as soldiers in a solid square ofinfantry. As soon as, by the fiery breath of bel lows worked by steam, they have been made uniformly red-hot, a little boy, whom they are all obliged to obey, rapidly, and without partiality, favour, or affec tion, picks them out one after another through the furnace door with a pair of pincers, from which he quietly drops them perpendicularly into eight moulds, each of which being about three-quarters of an inch shallower than the length of the piece of iron it re spectively receives, they, of course, all equally pro trude about that distance above the surface. "In this position they are handed over to a pale, sturdy engineman or executioner, who, with about as much mercy as Procrustes used to evince towards those who slept on his bed, immediately places them upon an anvil, towards which there every slowly de scends a huge superincumbent mass of iron-pressed downwards by an immense long cast-iron lever worked by steam. "By this despotic power the red protruding portion of each little rod is by a single crunch inexorably flattened, or fraternised,' and thus suddenly con verted nolens volens into a bolt; it is no sooner thrown upon the ground than the mould from which it was ejected is again, by the child in waiting, filled with another raw red-hot recruit, who, by a process exactly the reverse of decapitation, is shortened, not by the loss, but by the acquisition of a head. "As soon as each set of the half-inch iron plates which form the sides, top, and bottom of the Bri tannia tubes, have by a travelling crane been lifted— technically termed picked up '—into their places, and have been made to touch each other as closely as pos sible a moveable stage on w h ee l s i s d rawn close to the outside of the tube, for the purpose of firmly connect ing every se t o f plates to that which on each side adjoins it. This work is performed by what is termed a set of riveters,' composed of two 'riveters,' one holder up,' and two rivet-boys. "As soon as the two first have ascended the scaffolding on the outside of the tube, and when the holder-up sitting on a board suspended by ropes from the roof, has exactly opposite to them taken up his position on the inside, one of the boys quickly ab stracts from a travelling furnace, conveniently placed for the purpose, a red-hot bolt, which 'by a circular swing of his pincers he buries inside the tube towards the other boy, his comrade or playfellow, who, as actively as possible, with a similar instrument snap ping it up, not only runs with it towards the holder up, but as long as he can reach the rivet-holes inserts it for him therein. As soon as this is effected the holder-up presses against it an enormous iron hammer, which forces it outwards until it is stopped by its own head. The red protruding bolt is now mercilessly assailed by the two riveters, whose sledge-hammers meeting with a sturdy reaction from that of the holder-up, which by a vast leverage oy length of handle elastically returns blow for blow,' the bolt, in about thirty seconds, becomes double-headed, when one of the riveters, dropping his hammer, snatches up a steel mould about nine inches long, called a swage , which he continu es t o h o ld upon the newly-formed head, until his comrade, by repeated blows of the hammer, has swaged it into a workmanlike form. " The bolt is thus finnlly converted into a rivet, which, by contracting as it cools, binds together the plates even more firmly than they had already been almost cemented by the irresistible coercion of three sledge-hammers; indeed, they are so powerfully drawn together, that it has been estimated it would require a force of from four to six tons to each rivet to cause the plates to slide over each other. " The bolts for the upper holes of the interior, which, being about thirty feet high, are of course completely out of the rivet-boy's reach, are dropped by him into a concentric iron ring, which, by a wire and cord passing over a pulley attached to one of the uppermost plates, is rapidly raised, until the holder-up is enabled by pincers to grasp the fiery iron, which, on being inserted into its hole, he then instantly, as before, presses with his hammer. "By the operations above described, a set ' of riveters usually drive per day about 230 rivets, of which in each plate there are about 18 per yard in two rows, averaging only 2i inches of clear space between each bolt-head. On the large tubes alone there have been employed at once as many as 40 sets of riveters, besides 26 platers,' or men to adjust the plates, each having from three to four men to assist him ; and when this well-regulated system is in full operation, it forms altogether not only an extraordi nary, but an astounding scene. "Along the outside of the tube, suspended at dif ferent heights, are to be seen in various attitudes 80 riveters, some evidently watching for the protruding red bolt, others either horizontally swinging their sledge-hammers, or holding the rivet-swage. "In the inside of this iron gallery, which is in comparative darkness, the round rivet-holes in the sides as well as in the roofs, not only appear like innumerable stars shining in the firmament of heaven, but the light beaming through each forms another as bright a spot either on the ground or on the internal surface of the tube. Amidst these constellations are to be faintly traced, like the figures on a celestial globe, the outlines of the holders-up, sitting at dif ferent altitudes on their respective stages. Beneath them 40 or 50 rivet-boys are dimly seen, some hori zontally hurling red-hot bolts, others with extended pincers running forwards with them, while fiery bolts, apparently of th e i r own accor d , are to b e ob served vertically ascending to their doom. This cyclopean dance, which is of course most appropriately set to music by the deafening reverberations of 70 or 80 sledge-hammers, is not altogether without danger, for not only does a holder-up' from a wrong move• ment occasionally—like a political Phaeton—all of a sudden tumble down, but the rivet-boys, generally unintentionally, but occasionally, it is said, from pure mischief, burn each other more or less severely, in which cases a couple of these little sucking Vulcans, utterly unable, from incessant noise, to quarrel by words, fall to blows, and have even been observed to fight a sort of infernal duel with pincers, each trying to burn his opponent anywhere and everywhere with 1 his red-hot bolt. "But by far the most curious part of the riveting process is to be seen on the flat roof or top of the tube. This immense deck, which we have already stated to be 472 feet in length, is composed of a pavement of plates to be connected together by eighteen longitudinal rows of rivets, the heads of which are to be only 2} inches apart. Beneath this surface, at a depth of only 1 foot 9 inches, there is, to give additional strength, a similar stratum of plates, the space included between both being divided into eight compartments called flues, 21 inches deep by 20 inches broad, exactly resembling those of a common stove. After the horizontal bottoms and upright sides of these eight flues have been firmly connected together' by the battering process we have just de scribed, the upper stratum of plates are loosely laid down, and, being thus by the superincumbent weight of the iron covering securely adjusted, their final con nexion is effected as follows : " A tiny rivet-boy—we observed one little mite only ten years of age in clothes professionally worn into holes at the knees and elbows—crawling heels foremost for a considerable distance into one of these flues as easily as a yellow ferret trots into a rabbit-hole, is slowly followed by his huge lord and master the holder up, who exactly fits the flue, for the plain and excellent reason, that by Mr. Stephenson the flue was pur posely predestined to be exactly big enough to fit him; and as, buried alive in this receptacle, he can move but very slowly, he requires some time, ad vancing head foremost, to reach the point at which he is to commence his work. On arriving there, his first process, lying on his left side, is with his right hand to pass through one of the rivet holes in the plate above him a little strong hook, to which is attached a short hempen loop, or noose, which, supporting the heavy end of his huge hammer, forms a fulcrum upon which he can easily raise it against the roof, simply by throwing his right thigh and leg over the extremity of the long lever or handle of the instrument. " When similar preparations, by the injection of other little rivet boys and other stout holders-up into several of the other flues, have been made, the signal for commencing operations is given by several red-hot bolts falling, apparently from the clouds, among the riroters, who, leaning on tboir ;lodge hgninlors, haro been indolently awaiting their arrival. These bolts have been heated on the outside of the tube on the ground immediately beneath, in a portable furnace, from which a gang of lithesome rivet-boys in attendance extract them as fast as they are required, and then walking away with them, without looking upwards, or apparently caring the hundred-thousandth part of the shaving of a farthing where they may fall, or whom they may burn, they very dexterously, by a sudden swing of their pincers, throw them almost perpendi cularly about 45 feet, or about 10 feet higher than the top of the tube, upon which, as we have stated, they fall among the7assernbled riveters as if they had been dropped from the moon. " As soon as these red hot meteors descend upon the flat roof, another set of rivet boys eagerly snap them up, and each running with his bolt, not to the spot where it is required, but to one of certain holes in the plate made on purpose for its insertion, he deli vers it into the pincers of the little sweep, rivet-boy, or Ascanius, within the flue, who, having been patiently waiting there to receive it, crawls along with it towards his Pius Eons, the stout recumbent holder-up. As soon as he reaches him he inserts for him the small end of the bolt into the hole for which it has been prepared, and through which, obedient to its fate, it is no sooner seen to protrude than the sledge-hammers of the expectant riveters, severely jerking at every blow the heavy leg of the poor holder up, belabour it and swage' it into a rivet. " The red-hot iron—unlike the riveters—cool during the operation we have just described ; and even if a by-stander, from being 'stone-blind, could not see the change in its temperature, it could easily be recognised by the difference in the sound of the hammers between striking the bolt while it is hot and soft, and when it has gradually become cool and hard. But whatever may be the variety of colours or of noises which accompany the formation of every one of these roof-rivets, it is impossible to witness the operation we have just described without acknow ledging, with a deep sigh, how true is the proverb that one half of the world,' especially the rich half, ' does not know how the other half lives;' indeed, unless we had witnessed the operation, We, could scarcely have believed that any set of human beings, or .rather fellow-creatures, could professionally work from morning till night, stuffed horizontally. into a flue of small dimensions—that they could endure the con finement which only allows them, by changing from one side to another, to throw sometimes the right leg and sometimes the left over the elastic handle of a hammer—and above all, that they could bear the deafening noises created close to and immediately thundering into their very ears! "In attentively watching the operations just de scribed we observed that at the sides of the tube it required generally eighteen blows of the hammer to flatten the end of the bolt, and then twelve blows on the swage' to finish the head of the rivet; whereas, on the roof, the former operation was usually effected by only twelve blows, and the latter by eight or nine. At first we conceived that this difference might be caused by a reduction in the sizes of the plates and bolts; but those in the roof proving to be the thickest and longest, we, on a few moments' reflection, ascer tained that the reduction of labour in riveting the roof is caused by the sledge hammers descending upon it by gravity as well as by the main strength of the riveters; whereas, at the sides, they are worked by the latter power only." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. His Excellency Abbot Lawrence had his first audi• ence of the Queen this day, at the Castle, and had the honour of presenting his credentials to her Ma jesty, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary of the United State*. His Excellency will§ introduced by Viscount Palmerston,4 l p.Q.B., her Majesty's Principal SecTetary of State for Foreign Affairs. 1 . The Right Hoh. Sir Henry Lytto n B u l wer , K.C,8., was presented to her Majesty, a t an au di ence , b y Viscount Palmerston, and t oo k l eave on procee di ng to America as Envoy Extr aor di nary an d Mi n i ster Plenipotentiary to the United States. The Queen and Prince Albert walked at an early hour this morning. The Prince of Wales and the other members of the Royal Family took their usual airings. Her Majesty, attended by the Viseountess Canning, Lady in Waiting, and General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting, drove out in Windsor Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, attended by Lord Waterpark, .Major-General Bowles,' Lieut.-Colonel A. N. Hood, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Earl of Carlisle left the Castle this morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with the Queen and Prince Albert this evening. Lord Waterpark has relieved Lord Canioys in his duties as Lord in Waiting to her Majesty. SUNDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their usual early walk this morning. The Royal Family took walking exercise. The Queen and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. His Royal Highness Prince George left town on Saturday night. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) Her Majesty the Queen Dowager passed rather an indifferent night on Friday, but appeared more composed on Saturday morning, and slightly rallied in the afternoon. Their Serene Highnesses Prince Edward and Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimar arrived at the Priory, Stanmore, on Saturday, the former from Windsor, and the latter from the Continent. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar left the Priory in the even ing, on his return to Windsor. Prince Hermann remained on a visit to her Majesty. The Queen Dowager passed a tolerable night on Saturday night. Sir David Davies is in constant attendance on her Majesty, and Dr. Bright returned to the Priory yesterday afternoon, to attend her Majesty. There has been no improvement in the state of her Majesty. lIER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—The state of the Queen Dowager causes the greatest anxiety. Throughout the week her Majesty has been suffering from severe illness, relieved occasionally by a temporary rally of a few hours' duration, giving partial and tran sitory relief. Her Majesty is in a very weak and ex hausted condition. Dropsy, the incipient symptoms of which first manifested themselves while the Queen Dowager was at her own residence in Bushy Park, has become developed and decided. The greatest care and attention is bestowed by all in attendance, but in spite of all the skill and experience of her medical advisers, her Majesty has been at intervals affected by distressing symptoms, so trying to one of her enfeebled powers. Her Majesty, having entire confidence in Sir David Davies, who for so many years has been her constant medical attendant, had not desired the assistance of any other physician of eminence, but during the past week the attendance of Dr. Bright has been commanded at Bentley Priory, Stanmore, and that gentleman has at tended in consultation with Sir David Davies ' and has sat up with her Majesty. Th e mem b ers of the Royal Family send frequently to learn the bulletins of her Majesty's health. The Foreign Ministers, and the select circle of private friends honoured with the ac quaintance of her Majesty, have called and sent daily to inquire after the state of this estimable lady. The Bishop of London arrived at the Priory in the middle of the week, and administered the holy sacrament to the royal invalid. On Saturday afternoon the Queen Dow ager's nephew, Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimer, arrived at the Priory from the continent. Prince Hermann's brother (Prince Edward) also arrived from Windsor, where he is at present stationed with the Grenadier Guards, in which regiment he holds a commission. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, made affectionate inquiries after their august relative.— Sundly Paper. THE CLIMATE OF INVERNESS.—From its happy situation, sheltered from all strong or keen winds from whatever quarter they may blow, Inverness has o re markably mild and pleasant climate. years ago Shakspere praised thegentle Two hundred and delicate air that breathed over the green banks of the Crown, and his whether the remark was made from own observation or derived from the experience of some of his intimates, it aas no doubt true. Many changes have come over Inverness in that long space of two centuries ; but the Crown seems to have retained all its former amenity, a very good proof of which we bad bef ore us last week, in the shape of a cluster of rich black grapes from the garden of Alpine Cottage! The tree is still very young, having been only two years in the ground. It is of the small black cluster kind, a hardy description of vine, and was planted in the open air, against the gable-wall of the house, by Mr. Maclennan. Last season, its first, it bore no fruit; but this season it produced three bunches, over which, to protect them from the boys, a small glass ease was fixed, leaving every part of the tree but the fruit exposed. the three bunches having grown close to each other. The first cluster came to perfection three or four weeks ago, the second was cut on Thursday last, and the third is now ripe. 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The Caledonia arrived at Halifax on the 11th, and proceeded to Boston. The condition of affairs, political and commercial, remains very much as last week. A frightful storm bed raged in New York, doing much damage to the shipping. News from Campeachy to the 28th of September reports that Yucatan would be able to close the war between the races by the quiet submission of the Indians. Accounts from Boston state that the British brig St. John, Captain Oliver from Galway, I re l an d , an chored inside Minot's Ridge about six o'clock, A.m., on Sunday, dragged her anchor, and struck on the Grampus Rocks about nine, Am. The captain, officers, end crew, with the exception of the first mate took to the boats, and landed safe at the Glades. The passengers who were saved got on pieces of the wreck, and landed near Whitehead, north end of Cohasset Harbour. The number of passengers on board was about 164, out of which about 145 are supposed to have been lost. There were fourteen cabin passengers, mostly women and children. The steam-ship Falcon, arrived at New Orleans OA the Gth of October, from Charges, in five days and fifteen hours, brings 70,000 dolls. in gold dust, a large mail, and fifty• nine passengers (our other dispatch said forty-nine), for New York. The steam-ship California was to have Failed from Panama for San Francisco on the 27th ult., the Senator on the Ist, Union on the Bth, and the Panama on the lath. The health of the . isthmus was good, and the roads were more easy for travelling, they having been greatly improved. The dates from San Francisco are to the Ist of September. General Persifer F. Smith had gone on an expedi tion to the mountains. Colonel Fremont was at Monterey. The steam-ship Empire City left Chagres on the 25th ult. for New York. The steamer Panama brought 500,000 dolls. in gold dust, and 159 passengers arrived at Panama on the 22d inst. General Riley was at Monterey at the last ac. counts, and his health improving. A San Francisco letter says that a constitution will be formed and Members elected to the Legislature by the Ist of November. The demand for cotton on the 7th continued limited, and the sales are scarcely worth reporting. During the w eek the sales have reached 5,700 bales, at rather easier prices, factors being ready sellers. The quo tations are—for good middling, 101 to loi , good fair, 12k to 13. The rec e ipt s s i nce t h e Ist of Sep tember were 3,619 bales, against 72,412 b a l es t h e same time last year. The stock on hand is 32,220 bales, against 66,796 bales last year. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Yortx, OCT. 9.—Our market is abundantly supplied with money, yet there is a quick demand for it. On call loans are readily obtained at the rate of 4 per cent. premium. Good paper is discounted at 6, and secoad-class paper at from 7 to 10. There was consi derable demand today for Government and other leading securities; large sales were made of United States Sixes of 1867 at 111 to 1111; the Coupon Stock of 1868 at 112. The market for foreign exchange has been quite firm at rates higher than at the departure of the last steamer. We quote sterling bills on London firm, at from 94 to 10i; for France, at short sight, at .5 22 to 5 20; for guilders on Amsterdam, 40i to The sapply of bills is moderate. Cotton—The sales since our last, per Cambria of the 2d inst., amount to 7,860 bales. Of this quantity 2,600 have been taken for France, 1,800 for Great Britain and continental ports, and the balance for home use and speculation. The Canada's advices came to hand on the 4th inst., and, although of a dull tenour, produced no effect, being counteracted by unfavourable advices from the south relative to the crop, and a limited quantity offering. From the 4th to date the market has generally strengthened, and the quotations for middling and middling fair qualities are I } to cent. above those last advised; the market closing firmly, with a good inquiry. The stock in this port is 43,821 bales, including about 7,000 bales in course of shipment; leaving available stock, 36,821 bales. We quote this day as follows: Inferior Florida and upland, 9e; and New Orleans, Mobile, and TexaF, ordinary to good ordinary, 91 to 10; middling to good middling, 10} to 104; 104 to 111; for middling fair to fair, 11 to 12 123- to 13. Flour—The market remains without material change. The receipts are light for the season, and prices quite steady, although fur some days the transactions have been light and the market heavy, owing in some degree to the stormy weather. Our quotations are about 61c. lower in the superfine and common grades than at the date of the sailing of the steamer Cambria. We quote sour western at 3 dolls. 75c. too dolls.; common state and mixed western, 4 dulls. 511 c. to 4 doll. 94c. ; pure Genessee and southern Mi.', 5 dolls. 25c. to 5 dolls. 44c. Grain—There is some inquiry for good wheat, but the market is rather heavy at the asking price, and the Gr-nessee is held at 121 c. to 122 c.; Ohio, 110 c. to 118 c.; Canadian, in bond, 107 c. to 108 c., duty paid 115 c. Scotch pig iron brings 19 dolls, 80c. to 20 dolls. cash, at which sales have been made. Copper is steady; new sheathing, 21c.; yellow metal, 17c, to l7ic. Freights—The rates are to Liverpool, for cotton, 75c. to 1 doll. per bale; flour, 6d. to 9d. per barrell; grain in bulk, 2,-}d. to 3d. per bushel for corn and wheat respectively; to London, le. 6d. per barrel for flour, and other articles in proportion; to Havre, cotton, ic. to s ic. TII- _E QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY. The Committee of Aldermen, appointed to make regulations for the reception of her Majesty in the City on the 30th instant, assembled at the Guildhall on Saturday. It was resolved, that the Lord Mayor be requested to give such directions to the Water Bailiff, harbour Masters, and the watermen as might be thought ne cessary in arranging the progress of her Majesty to the Custom House by water, and her return from the ceremony. Precepts were issued to the several livery compa nies, directing them to attend in their barges on the occasion of her Majesty's visit, and it was ordered that directions should be issued giving them the ne cessary information as to the stations allotted to be to them on the river. The Commissioner of the City Police attended, and was consulted upon the most advisable plan of regu lating the carriage approaches to the Coal Exchange, and it was referred to him to communicate with Mr. Bunning, the City architect, on the subject, with a request that he give in the plan which might ap pear to them the most eligible to the committee on Tuesday next. Alderman Humpliery was appointed chairman whenever the Lord Mayor should not be present. The Lord Mayor announced that the Royal Artil lery had given notice of their intentio❑ to attend as body guard to the Queen. The committee expressed a hope that, as it was her 11.1sjesty's wish that no firing of guns or exhibition of fireworks should take place, special attention would be paid to that wish by all her faithful subjects on that occasion. The Corporation Committee on the Queen's visit met during the day for the purpose of discussing pre liminaries. DEATH or MR. EDWARD HAWKE LOCRER.--. We regret to notice the death of Mr. Edward Hawke Locker, who expired at Iver, in Buckinghamshire, on the 16th instant, aged 72. Mr. Locker was for many years a Commissioner of Greenwich hospital, but in 1544 he was compelled, by the gradual decay of his bodily and mental faculties, to resign his appointment. Although five years of retirement from the busy world may have caused many to forget his name, we cannot resist paying some small tribute to the memory of a man who deserves the sympathies of this maritime country as the originator of the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hos pital. Few who repair to Greenwich Hospital will have failed to visit the Painted Hall; and that man's heart must indeed be cold which does not throb with some feelings of patriotic enthusiasm on beholding the_ por traits and pictures commemorating the prowess of those and n t d h eweptahsitn, think thattthat t M h r i 8 . Itwhoses proudest h the eyi boast cw i w of t arousing ' ti t r s ? s s u e eh y serve their s c ia o: n t h t r e y. s e end of forming Locker commenced avi t v h id is m eo e l m le o e r ti i e a n l perseverance in the attainment of his object must excite the admiration of all who love to trace how Britain's naval strength increased until she became the mistress of the s eas. Mr. Locker commenced his public career in 1795 ; in 1804 he became private secretary to Lord Ex mouth, and was with him i n I n di a, the North Seas, and the Mediterranian, till the g enera l peace. In 1819 he accepted the appointment of Secretary to Greenwich Hospital, and was subsequently made Commissioner of that instituti‘ge ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.— On Friday last the Doan and Chapter of Roehe,ter again assembled, and in the curse of the day their clerk served Mr. Winston with another deed os daring that the Dean and Chapter had again removed, atia.ved, dis placed, deprived, and expelled that gentleman floe , his ffice. The deputy-treaz , urer accompanied the chapter clerk, and tendered Mr. Whiston his salary up to Christ. mas next, which he declined to receive. On the fell:iv:mg morning Mr. Whiston delivered to the chapter-clerk a notice stating that ho should continue to discharge his duties as head master,and hold his office as heretofore. 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