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Minus, lady of Mr. &nus, of the firm of Capper .ind Bonus, having broken a bottle of wine on the bows, aid named her the Vuleaw, the vessel glided dif the way, into the creek in fine style, ;;midst the cheers of the spectators The following are the dimensions:— / /) /9, //.2 POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY, for 1849, being the Fiftieth Annual Publication, is now pub ii,!, nil; in 2.000 royal octavo pages, price 36s ; Smaller Edition, 155. It has already received tho following highly gratifying notice in the leactin; Metropolitan Journals: — SUN, NOVEMBER 30, 1818. The year 1849 is the jubilee of this most useful, most meritorious, and most carefully compiled work of reerence. It is now just half a century since the " Post-office London Directory" first became a, candidate for public favour, and for many years it waged an unequal war with other publications of a similar character. Fortunately, however, for the public, it became, in 1836, the property of its pre sent proprietor, who, with that energy and enterprise which, in• ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, commands success, determined to make it in reality what it was in name —a directory and guide to the streets, the prof( ssions, and the trades of London—to make it a mirror of the metrc polls of the commer3ia 'world. To accomplish this, neither pains nor expense were spared ; the work was,extended to nearly double the usual size, accuracy was secured by establishing a'systein of collecting information, and a system of checking and comnaring the results of the information thus collected. A map of London was added; and thus the " Post-office London Directory," by the greater extent and greater accuracy of its information, and by the more lucid arrangement of its contents;was enabled to drive every rival from the f.eld. • TUE TIMES, NOVEMBER 30, 1843. The volume for tn.: upproa , :.hinz year, 1849, befug the 50th volume f t his publication, has just been published by Messrs. Kelly and Co., of Old Boswell-court. This volume contains all the matter which enriched those of the present and preceding years, with all such int- - p ovements as increased activity of research and careful hsvest!ga tion can supply. ' It appears to be as accurate a compilation for the °dices, trades, occupations, and residences of thousands of persons as the most minute inquiry and the most methodical arrangement can furnish. Perhaps no book mare effectually answers the purposes for which it is intended than Ws dOes. It is necessarily a balky volume ; but its bulk, contrary to the general rule, is an advantage, and It may be sal Ito contain no superfluous pages whatever. It is well printed, and well got up, and has a map of London prsflxed It, which will be found useful. The proprietor has hol for many years an arduous task in carrying out his object, but his labours have - erminated in complete success. - Ile has conferred a benefit on the pul.flc, and it is their duty, as well as their interest, to patronise his Work. MORNING HERALD, NOVEMBER 30, 1848. This stupendous and indispensable book has, with honourable punctuality, again made its appearance, having completed 50 years of its existence —a lapse of time that has imperceptibly added to the experience of those who have' been engaged in Its production, and given it, by the accumulation of resources, every conceivable feature of utility. Although comprising such a myriad of isolated facts, il lustrative of the commercial and professional pursuits of the inhabi tants of this vast metropolis, we do not remember any case of error, and the care which has thus been bestowed upon its preparation has established it as an authoritative Directory of the capital of Great Britain, laughing rivalry to scorn. How such an enormous body of specific intelligence could be got together at all is a matter of wonder, but how the masses of detail brought in from the army of labourers employed to collect it could h we been so adroit 7 y digested, and placed In a shape so immediately adapted for reference, is more surprising still. There, however, is a.book of up wards of two thousand royal octavo pages, taking the whole °Moncton within its grasp, amid exhi biting its streets and the avocations of its residents, in treble alpha bet, whereby the Convenience of the searcher after au unknown "whereabouts" is met at all points. The " Post-office Directory" is, In short; a monument of most valuable enterprise, and achieved, as it now is, by private machinery, without the aid that was formerly accorded it by the letter carriers, presents a matchless example of well• directed diligence and perseverance. The arran,gements of the resent volume are similar to those which have distinguished the work for the last two or three years, the com pleteness which the proprietor has accomplished hardly admitting of any further extension. We find, however, that the entire surface of the metropolis has been revised, and such alterations made that changes of address and the opening of new estalslishments rendered necessary, while the suburban neighbourhoods, which are generally swelling into importance and becoming fresh hives of :human exist ence and human industry, are vigi'antly detected and submitted to the governing modes of analysis. MORNING CHRONICLE, DECEMBER 1, Ma. This valuable work is so well known and appreciated, that it would be a work of supererogation to enter into any explanation as to its stature and merits. It is sufficient to state that this is the fiftieth annual publication under the a'asve title, and it contains a mass of information which can nowhere else be obtained, relative to the commercial, professional, and other interests in this great metr so as to render it; possession almost absolutely necessary to any one residing in London, and who takes an active part in the business of life. The pre•ent volume extends to upwards of 2,000 pages ; but not withstanding its bully appearance, it contains such an enormous quantity of details, as really to render it surprising hew it could be condensed into such a compass, and at the same time be so admirably digested and arranged, that any reference may be found out with the greatest facility. When this publication was first started, it was little more than an alphabetical list of names and addresses; but within the last few years the whole plan has been so expanded as to com prise not less than twelve separate parts, under the titles of the Offi cial, the Street, the Commercial, the Trades. the Law, the Court, the Parliamentary, the Postal, the City, the Conveyance, the Banking, and the Assurance Directories. Under each of these heads every re quisite information is given, so that any fact which can properly come under any one of these categories can at once be ascertained. The arraagement of the present volume is similar to those which have been pu`olished for the last three or four years, but the whsle of the contents have been carefully revised, and such alterations have been made since last year as the changes which have taken place in the residences, appointments, and arrangements under the classes which we have mentioned have rendered necessary to secure ac curacy. There has also been a considerable extension in many of its departments. An extremely well-engraved n• w map of London, prepared expressly for this work, faces the title-page. MORNING POST, Nov Emma 30, 1844. It is jits: half a century since the " Post-office London Directory" first made its appearance. But how small, how limited in its objects, how inefficient in its attainments it then was, compared with what it now is ! London itself, with its commerce, its extensions, its population, its improvements of all sorts, does not so far outstrip the London of 1800 as the " Post-office Directory" of 1849 does that of the first year of its . publication. To the energy, the enter prise, and the ginwearying exertions of the Messrs. Kelly this great metropolis is indebted 'or having a directory worthy of the gigantic interests contained within its circumference. Such a directory no 'Other city in the world can boast of possessing. It is really amazing to open this huge volume and contemplate the mass of information contained therein ; and when its accuracy is tested by reerring to details within our own personal cognizance, it is impossible to withhold the expression of our admiration 'or the stupen , 'olis com • Dilation, and of our belief in its general truthfulness. The eassitlca- Uou is most complete, and under the h !wig of " Official." " Street," " " Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parliamentary," " Postal." " City," Cnnveyan •e," " ilankinx," &c., all the per sonal an•t other information which the most copious directory can Impart is found with tho greatest facility. This work is really a Otte monument of our country's commercial greatness and persever ing industry. MORNING ADVERNSER, DECEMBER 2, 1848. This remarkable, bulky, and well-known work, with the publica tion for 1819 (now on the eve of being issued), reaches Its fiftieth, or jubilee year ; and, as if they to celebrate that signal event, litessrs. Kelly (for the proprietor) appear to have made. if possible, not only extra but extraordinary exertions to dis'inguish it, by pre- Panting indisputably the ainni , ..st, the most clearly arranced, and the Most co.lspicuous and utili'artin c anpliation of ',he kind the: is known to the world. Its multifarious merits are such that it is an essential, not only to the commercial community of London, end all the millions who are in communication or connexion with this great mercantile centre of that world, but must be in continuous request wherever parties have communications with Enziand —and Where is the civilized, or half civilized land that has riot such inter course? To describe its contents And peculiarities at this advanced Period of its history, would be a very uncalled for claim upon the reader's attention. 'Still we cannot forbear to mention that, since the work has fallen into the hands of the present management, it rapidly impreored, beat all competitors out of the field, and is become as valuable, zorrect, and (comparatively speak ing) as compact, and yet as full aod complete a work, as the merchants, bankers, commercial and tradin community, could desire. In fact, it leaves no directorial want unsup?lied. It is a Marvellous publication, as any one must admit who is campetent to judge of the vastness and peculiarities of this metropolis. In its Inioutenesl, it is an astonishing reality. What is it? It is a Diree• : 01 7 and guide to the streets, the professions, the trades, &c., of London ; it is a just reflection of the capital and community of the commercial world. To achieve this great object, no labours seem: o have daunted or tired, and no watchfulness or expenditure appears to have impeded those who were engaged in preparing this voluml lions and perfect " London Dir ctory." C-ILORF DECEMBER 5, 1848, The " London Post-office Directory" has commenced its fiftieth sear of a most useful existence. The present volume resembles its latter predecessoas in general form look, and arrangement, being di- Tided into the heads of Official, Street,' Commercial, Trades, Law Court, parliamentary, Postal, City, Conveyance, Banking, &c , Ste. 'tinder those heads we have a vast mass of. well-digested and corn . Maly arranged information, so classified and methodised, that one can hunt up a man if we know the smallest fragment of primary fact about him, and then searching for him under the sov , ral heads that may apply, we may find out what he is, where ho is, and Thatch else about him If he be in the Offieial Directory, we find how ho got his place ; if he be a man of basineis, what that business 18 , and where he carries it on ; if he be a lawyer, what rank he holds—whether he has any other appointment, &c. ; if he be in Par liament, what place he represents, where he is to be found when in town, and where he lives in lhe cotntry. Then to find how to send tarn a letter, we turn to the Postal Direc'ory, and though he had 2ed to the tWerinost parts of the ear h, we have the requisite htfor utltiou postages, pot'. days, and all routes by ship, mail, steam-boat, and railroad; or if we wish rather to pursue him in per soai, what remote corner of the world is there, the means of reaching Which is net opened up to us in the Conveyance flirectory ? We are able to indentity our individual and particular John Sint - h frem the 1 "7. columns of his namesakes if we know any single distinguishing !act about him, and to pounce upen hint infallibly in Ws private house, in his office, in his shop, or wherever lie may be. T hen there is a capital map of London to help us in our researches, toga her with an alinanack, lists of inns, and much rise, in Its more than two thousand closely printed pages. !t. is not to be expected that such a boo k as this should be altoge -her free from errors. Some few omissions and Inaccuracies may be tonna, but taken altogether it is a volume of wide and remarkable Utility. Nay, even as a work of amassment, we think, it is not to be Ilesplsed ; awl halt an hour may be very agr.'eala`y sp ant in researches nto the occupations and abiding places of one's acquaintances and fr iends. Such a 'march is, indeed, the best test of its general accuracy ; and though there may be a few exceptions, as a general rule It bears sluts test thoroug:aly well. • WEEKLY DISPATCH, DECEMBER 3, IR4B. This stupendous annual has just ma le its ap learance for the fif tloth time. It comprises amongst other information, an " Official bireetory" a " Street Directory," a " Commercial Directory," a " Trad -a' Directory," a " Law Directory," a " Court Directory," a "Parliamentary Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " City Direc tory," a " Cotwe3, - anee Directory," and a "Banking Directory." Put althoa.:,ll we have thus co seed the principal headings from tile title-page, they convey a very faint idea of the mass of varied information condensed into a space, which, though bulky enough ter all appearances, is still smal when compared with the in finite amount of intelligence contained therein. The index itself contains several hundr d minor headings, all connected with the wants ur inte eits, the aus'nest or the proceedings, of the com mercial and trading . commw.iity. The book ositively reflects high honour upo the gre it city which wilco pr duces and requires it ; and infinite credit is due to tilt. Mmsrs. Kelly for the manner in Which they hive presented it to the pubic. No money can have been spared in rendering it accurate, cons fete, and perfect in all its Minutest details. It is in itself a reflex of the grandeur, wealth, %Id vast mercantile interests of the gr tat capital of the British dominions: it catches, at with a daguerreotype, all the features mid phaszs of a communily numbering two inilLons of souls. We I "nlght even say, without hyperbolic flouri,h, or p,etic fiction, that it Las certain morals of its own ; f r, though in the abstract, a r nere catalogue rf streets, names, associat'ons trade:, and institu, lions, yet does it irresistibly raise up in the breast a feeling of Pride on the part of him who can in any way, however humble, 943 0ci. to himself with that mighty metropolis whose interests are as it were represented and registered in this volume. We can fancy the effect which would be produced upon a s vage were he, for arg -le nt's sake, able to understand Engl sit, and if this book were ut tered to his contemplation. You might assure him that it related "I, Y to one city in the British Islands, and he w ould exclaim, "No ; ' , Mist be a register of entire kingdoms !" JOHN BULL, DECEMBEIt 9,184 S. Another edition of this extremely useful, and for the amount of matter compressed 'nit, extremely cheap publica tion, now lie 3 before Z. testifying, by the multipl: city of its information, to the in dustr y ' ll Which it is compiled. A map of Lond o n is added, in which we D -r eelve that all the new streets laid down in the course of last year ,'" , e been inserted, and the vari +us departments of the Directory ha been breught up to the latest date. We are happy to find from the Preface that its success is such as to guarantee to the public the Tinual republication of a manual which to those engaged in business b ag become absolutely indispensable. EXAMINER, DEMMER 16, 1848. flrst It would be curious to compare this fiftieth publication with the and observe by what steps it has grown to its enormous bulk is',.lriore than two thousand wages. But the great evil ,of a great Wr2it does not apply to Mr. Kelly's. Its unlit/ is in the ratio of its 0 ,,°. It is not one Directory, but a dozen. It is twelve rolled into 3 . The Official, the Street, the Commercial, the Trades', the Law, the Court, the Parliamentary, the Postal, the City, the Conveyance, tanking, the Assurance Directories are an accessible within the I le cover. The reference, by aamirable classification, and by iil e thi subdivisions of callings and streets, is rendered so easy, that ateVardly possible to conceive a person missing the information he , s t At such times as we have hitherto had occision to use it, ,Ic o4 ',, l ftve found its accuracy and fulness to be realy beyond praise. eh 'wog is omitted which it is conceivable that a l resident in London hinoluld desire to know, of the countless multitudes that dwell around er n or ofthe endless variety of occupations that keep them busily ki toYed. The book is a perfect marvel of arrangement, aczuracy, f4 lnes , Of information. DEITANNiA, DECEMBER , 9, 1843. ac eo Thi : lv alualle Directory has reached its fiftieth annual issue, and, n r u .'ing to all appearance, it Is likely to appear regularly for as ore 3 ears as London shall continui to t.e the capital of th e ' r ;"". Whatever increase may take place in the metropolis, it, „s' need be no doubt that this periodical will keep pace with g rea "en we contrast what it was with what it is, anti remember the i mProvements which have baen made in it with every printVve publication. It now comprises two thousand closely / es s i, u Pages, with such an admirable analysis of trades and pro aud such a perfect classification of names and houses, as to Ril " l 7 f the most comprehensive guide that can be eesired or irnl.- 4 c o ,"; efrerY purpose of reference. The arrangement., indee sett N I? eLe that the proprietors have only to maintain it in its pre p oi .,Vi to be certain of enjoying a continuance of that " r . nono• which their unrivalled skill, industry, and enterprise in the ' 44 " or this litontio WO* 113.1 secured for thew. The uni• 7„-T2 OA= E7 - 4 - z-z No - • 17 , 580.] LONDON* MONDAY A Rs a ,72 versal iMprohat(on which it meets with at the hands of the commer cial community is the "htrongest . testimony that can be given to the usefulness of the Volume, and the most satisfactory assurance its conduCtors can receive of the state of • perfection to which, after so many years of spiritel perseverance and continual progress, they hate at last succeeded in bringing it. SPECrATOII, DECEMBER 2, 1843. This gigantic volume of business and residential information has" now completed its half century, or year of jubilee; and is, we sup pose, unrivalled In tl.e variety, utility, and precision of its facti. Upwards of two thousand paqcs in double and treble columns are here presented, touching the names, ca Hugs, and abodes of people in business," or out of it, classified in every way to facilitate reference, besides particular tit toratation concerning public offices, official men, conveyances, banl.;r3, and the Post-ollice. ATIII9, DECEUREB 2, 1848. We look upon this book as a national blegsing. Who has not found the use of it? who.has not tormi.l the information it contains to profitable account? It is 110,V is the jubilee rear of its existence, and, if possible, is more comp °le in its details than any of its pre decessors. Its amplitude and correctness ire marvellous ; and that they are duly appreciated we need no better proof than the fact of the übiquity of its presence. Go'whero Yoa will you are sure to meet it. It is impossible to live a week in London without feeling the want of such-a work. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. A View in the Gold District of California is just a 'ded to the New Series of Dissolving Views.—Lectures on the Cultivation of thu Voice, and on the Art of Singing, by G. Clifford, Esq., Illustrat,d with a variety of So gs, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at a Q ,arter to T .'ee o'clock, and on the alternate Evenings, at Eight.— On the Electric Light, by Dr. Bachhoffncr on Tuesday, Thursday, atd Saturday Evenings.—On Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan, with brilliant Experiments, daily, and on the alternate Evenings.--Childe's Phan tasmagoria, with new effects, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at a Quarter to Three, and on the alternate Evenings.—New Chromatrope. —Microscope.—Diver and Diving-hell.—Working Models explained. —The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including , aturday) from Seven till MAC-past Ten. Adadssion, half-price.—The New Catalegue, is. riII E TOWER GUNS; OR. THE MOTION OF THE MONSTERS. Again imagination leads her aid, In kind sug_ estrous to the bard of trade ; And um'er her instruct:ons I describe A recant meeting of the cannon tribe. You'll understand that at a certain hour, I trode the purlieus of our ancient Tower; is.' hen rerange to tell, the subjects of toy ditty, Were holding a discussion in coa;mittee.- • Vest numbers of the Guns were here assembled, AIM as they spoke the f tr-titme I fortress trembled. So down I sat, and down I took the speeches, And underneath you'll understand what eachls. " I rise," said Fulminator, "with a no.iou • Of cant.; notice to a special motion ; Nor will your mighty Guushirs take amiss My well-meant proposition—which is this : That Messrs. 110 s ES' Mart of wide repute Be duly honoured with a grand salute.' I'm sure," said he, " en looking at their CLOTHES, You'll acquiesce in what I now propose. Yes, brother inmates of this noted garri,on, MO:SES you know are far beyond corn.'arison. All who beholl the articles admit The beauty of their style, and make, and fit." "Just so," said Tiv.nderbolt, "you've rightly roc' oned, And willingly your motion Mill I second. The Mart at which I m pointing with my muzzle, To competitton is a downright euzzle. THE HA rs OF MOSES In the way they suit, Are equally deserving a salute. These valued tiles are such as no one shuns, So get your touch-holes ready, brother Guns." " I beg," said Fury," to support the motion, • For I have °fun entertained the notion. And when I see the worth of MOSES' BOOTS, I think they merit flf y -rand salutes. The Boots and Shoes of MOSES, firmly wrought, Cause, like the Tower Shins, a good report." " That's perfectly correct," said Cannon Bellow, "The Mart of MOSES never had its fellow; And this, you know, applies to MOSES' FUR, So, fire away, and make a glorious stir." " Bravo," said Waterloo, " prepare your noses, And don't for-TA VIE HOSIERY OF MO :ES. • You know the Hosiery is good and cheap, Give it a sally, boys, let no one sleep." The motion being put, at once was carried. And I to see the-issue, gladly tarried. The tiring soon commenced, when all around, The City echoed with the moving sound ; And while the Guns in grand salutes were firing, Thousands at MO;ES' Warehouse were attiring ; And often was the observation made— That MOSES' are the " Two Great Guns" of trade. E. MOSES and SON beg to call the attention of Emigrants to 'heir low lists of outfits, commencing' (including every necessary) at 755., lower if required The RA can be had on application, or sent eost free. Nottce.—A New Department for the sale of Parasols and Chi;- Iran's Dresses has been opened at 157, Minories. E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their Shooting roats, which possess a peculiar cut and style, adding much comfort a the fit. E. M. and S. are convinced they will be much approved .1 by the public. • Shooting Coats, in a variety of materials from Bs. 6d. to 21s. The Doeskin, or Elastic Coat, from.. .. • . •• .. 17s. Od. to 328. &Asa' OF PRICES. RP,ADT 11ADF.. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles• . from ..00 9 6 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coins, handsomely trimmed •• •. • . ....... 1 5 0 the Premier • ...• ............. ................ 0 15 0 D'Orsay ••••.•••.. • • • • • • •• •.. • •• • • ..... Shooting C0at5........ Autumn and Winter Trousers 0 4 6 doeskin ditto .. • • .... • • .••• • • • .... • ..... •• .. 0 12 6 Autumn and Winter Vests ..... . 0 2 0 Dress Coats .. •• •••••• • • .• Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits- e. ••.. • .......... •• 0 16 6 MADE TO MEASVRE. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style tom Xi 6 0 at Med cloth Coat •• • • .........• • • ................ 2 2 Tweed Trousers • •0 9 6 Tweed Wrappers .. 0 18 0 New Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles •• .. 0 16 6 Doeskin Trousers.. Beet, or Dress. . . Dress Coats . 1 12 0 Best quality „ ...... .................... 2 15 0 1 5 0 Best quality ...................• 3 3 0 Cassimere Vest •....• .. • • ..... Satin, Plain or Fancy 0 12 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits .. ••..•••• • • .. • . 1 9 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 1/. 16s. N.B.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to - their pre 'sent Stock of juvenile attire. The desbans are elegant and unique, Ind the workmanship and materials are such as to command univer sal approbation, while at the same time the prices are unusually mo derate. E. MOSES and S3N, Tailors, WoollendraPers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for :.allies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 15G, and 157 Minories, and 8:3, 44, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the pnblie against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman. like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; an 4 Cos° who desire genuine and cheas clothing, &0., should call at, or sand to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transact at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when busines is resumed till twelve o'clock. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. gew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price Is. 6d., or by nost, direct from the Establish men t, 3 3. 6 d. i n postage s t amps , THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis cualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engraviegs. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 63, and Sanger, 150, O x f or d- s t ree t ; 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, Static, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. _ _ PAnT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive Organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental end bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and 7,enerative I ncapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and cantaim explicit directions for their treatment. This action is illustrated 5y Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple app.lcatien, by which the danger of infection is ob viates]. This important part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. PAR?, Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The canes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tue CORDIAL BALK. 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Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Scala Envelope, 2s. 6d„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two 'tamps, SELF-PRESERVATION ; a M e di ca l T reat i se on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate .he physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical t)neervations on the Treatment of Nervous Debilii7 and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or t h e i nfluence of f.ropical climats: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, c A r , c i t a i t o o n . . r W h ri y t h s i lo F g e y r , ty a d coloured es E n o g f ra t I T e i Stricture, and all Dise ases an d D erangements resulting from Indis se'proidliuucstti r y t n g Organs,the explaining their street:if is, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that arc produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MELIT, M.D.. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order that it may be really the cause of' mutual happiness. Could the v eil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how matey could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when use d in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the erolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on the nature and consequence of whieh this Treatise prufessea to dilate, productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology •of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. it deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can so of more importance than the preservation of the h ea l th and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the Collie:, of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking 'or assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the ,nedical man who can show by hie possession of the requisite legal lualificatione that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes ,ional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LL'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas ertify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a tuarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. 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STOCK ExcHANGE.-The business transacted to-day was as follows :—Great Northern, 9%, ex int.—Manchester, Bheffield, and Lincolnshire (Extension), 2 7 / 4 —North British, Thirds, 4 5 4—Ditto, Qtarters 3 1 ,4 —Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N. Div.), gtuteatiteed 5 per cent., 7. 1 ,4 ex int.— Sbrewsbury and Birmingham (10,3 1 ,4 ex int.-Ditto, Pre ference, 914—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension, No. 1), 21 5 j 4 —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 9 1 4. N E WCASTL E-UPON-TY NE, JAN. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—Edinburgh and Northern, 12 V I —Edinburgh and Newport, 7 1 A—Neweastle and Carli:le, 110—Ditto (scrip), 11 I. GLASGOW, JAN. 26, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Pre ference, 8/. 175.--Clydesdala Junction, 6l—Dundee and Perth, 26 —Eastern Counties, 11% Ditto, New, guaranteed 6 per cent., 11 1 ,4 Edinburgh and Northern, 12—Ditto (Newport), 7% —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 50 Ditto, Halves, No. 1. 5 3 4 —Glasgow and Greenock, Prefer• euce, 71. 6s.—Great Northern, 9 V I —Scottish Ce n t ra l, 251/2. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE COLLIERS KILLED NEAR BARNSLEY. WORSD3O' DALE, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The ad journed inquest commenced at eleven o'clock this (Saturday) morning. The first witness called was Mr. Charles Locke, colliery agent (brother to Mr. Locke, M.P. for lloniton), who said—On the 10th of January instant I, along with Mr. T. D. Jeffcock, of Sheffield, a colliery-viewer and engineer, went into and examined the Darley Main Colliery. We ex - amined the workings as we went along, and found them, in my opinion, perfectly safe. The ventilation was very good indeed. I went down into the pit again on Thursday morning last, the morning after the explosion, about three o'clock, accompanied by George Porter Mad.dison, a colliery-engineer, and a number of miners. I observed that several of the stoppings and doors had been blown down. In the explosion 75 persons, whose bodies had been identi fied, were killed. I considered the pit W. 1.5 well ventilated. It was considered so sage that the men worked with naked candles. In search of the holies we used a Davy lamp. There may have been some accumulations of gas in the old workings. In my opinion, the recent high winds have checked the ventilation of the mine, and thus caused the explo sion. I cannot blame any one. I consider it was purely an accident, arising from circumstances un known. lam not aware that there has been the least unpleasantness between the owner of the colliery, or their superintendents, and the men. James Beaumcnt, colliery agent to Messrs. Field, Cooper, and Co, of Woodthorpe Colliery, detailed the exertions made to rescue the sufferers, and the finding of many alive or dead. lie thought the explosion had been partly caused by the late prevalent high winds. Had not heard any one blamed. Witness made some suggestions as to the mode of improving the ventilation of the pit. If this had been done before, and the t xplosion had occurred, there would not have been so many killed. George Porter MAdison, coal agent fur Messrs. Field, Cooper, and Co.—From what I have seen, I think the explosion took place in the extreme east or dip work, near to the throw. I think it has not been a sudden explosion. The men are so severely burnt along the whole workings that it must have been more a hanging or slow spreading fire than a sudden blast. It has not occurred in one portion of the pit only, but in three distinct portions of the workings. It has done extremely little damage to the pit, com pared with the severity of the burning on the men and boys. I should say that the primary cause was the prevalent high winds ; for I find in this district that the thick bed coal generates a snore highly car buretted hydrogen than in other mines in the north which I am acquainted with. The carbon being much heavier than hydrogen, I have no doubt that the carbon is in a measure separated from the hydro gen, thereby causing the carbon to be more in the current of the air than the hydrogen. So soon as the carbon leaves, the hydrogen will lodge in the old breaks of the superincumbent strata. I cannot say that the explosion was caused by any neglect. I consider it has occurred from accidental circum stances. I could not blame any one. James Hammond, of Logwood, Worsbro' Dale, a collier employed at Dailey Main Colliery —I was working in the pit at the bottom of the dip board gate, on Wednesday, when the explosion took place. Thompson, the under groun d stewar d, wen t roun d that morning into all th e wor ki ngs, t o see th a t a ll was right. When I got to my place to work that (Wednesday) morning, there was a shovel put in the hurry road. The shovel being put there was a sign for us to keep our candles low. It was the duty of Thompson to put the shovel there as a caution to us. The sulphur had been lodging in some of the old breaks for some time. Thompson knew as well as the men that the sulphur had collected in the old breaks and in the holes. Thompson was in power to see that the places were right. I considered him a competent man for his situation. He had been round once that morning to examine the workings, and was in our board-gate, going round a second time, when it happened. I think he could not have apprehended that there was any danger. By the CORONER — Whom do you blame for the explosion ? Witness—l blame both Thompson and George Addey, the underground managers. What for ?—For letting the men work in place , which were not fit to work in. They were put in power to see that the men did not work in places which were not fit. Do not you think that the fact of their both going in these places themselves shows that they thought they were fit for the men to work in ?—Yes, but it has got so bad that it could not be fit fur us to work. Some of the men would have spoke about it, but they were afraid of losing their work. Why did you not stop out of the pit if it was in this state ?—Well, I have heard the men talk about it. I cannot take as evidence anything that you have heard. Did you ever apprehend any danger ?-- I did. It does appear to me very odd that if you thought there was danger to be apprehended, you should still go to your work in the pir. What do you think was the cause of the explosion ?—lt has been done through taking away all the coal before them, and throwing it all dead behind, so that the wi n d could not get down behind them. Do you mean to say that the late high winds have not had to do with the accident ?—lt may have had something to do with it, but it has been through sul phur lying in the works. _ _ _ What has made it lie there ?—Because no current of air could get to it to carry it away. Who do you think is to blame with regard to the explosion ?—I blame no one in regard to it. It seems very odd to me that you should first say one thing and then another. Might not the explosion have happened if there had been the greatest care, and without anybody being to blame ?—Yes, it might. Do you think it had been wilfully or negligently done ?—No. Do you say it has been accident ?—Yes. The witness, in answer to a juryman, said that the men were getting pillars out of the old workings with naked candles, when the explosion took place. The CORONER then read a letter which had been received from Sir Georgo Grey, the Home Secretary, in answer to a communication from the magistrates at Barnsley, in which Sir George Grey stated that if it was their opinion that the presence of some person on the part of the Government to watch the proceedings was necessary, the Government would send one. After some conversation between the coroner and. the jury, the conclusion was that the coroner should_ apply to the Government to send down an inspector. John Harper, collier—l was working down the , dip-hoard on Wednesday last, when the explosion: took place. I was not hurt. None of the men are to blame for the explosion. I was working when the explosion took place. We were all working with naked candles. We considered it safe where we were. I think it was an accident. No man set it on fire wilfully. Notwithstanding' I have lost A SOP). LITERARY GAZETTE.. 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They leave, besides the non-bonus, on low Premiere Tables; adopted rates of assurance whereby Assurers will share in the profits to the extent of SO per cent. E. RATES, Resident Director S A' JANUARY 29, 1849. I cannot say, to speak the truth, whether any one was to blame. At the request of Mr. John Jeffcock, one of the owners of the pit, Wm. Samley, banksmaihwas called to explain why the men were unable to work on Tuesday. It was in c3nFequ,nce of the very' high wind which pre vailed, and not from any anticipated danger in the pit. None of the men complained of any danger. About half-past fire o'clock the inquest was ad journed to Tcursday week. During the afternoon, the greater part of the unfor tunate sufferers were interred. Five large graves were male in the churchyard at Worsbro'. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. B.A. EXAMINATION, 1849. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 27.—The following list was issued last evenin , , after the last train had left for London : QUESTIONISTS NOT CANDIDATES FOR HONOURS. MATHEMATICAL Ex AMINERS.—Thomas G askin, Jesus College; Alexander Turner Cory, M.A., Pembroke Col lege. CLASSICAL EXAMINERS.—Re , v. John Newton Peill, 8.D., Queen's College; Rev. William Reynolds Collett, 8.A., Caius College. EXAMINERS IN THE ACTS, EPISTLES, ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, AND PALEY.—Rev. James Edward Dalton, 8.D., Queen's College; Rev. John Rustat Crowfoot, M.A., Caius College. FOURTH CLASS; Olt, FIRST CLASS OF ORDINARY DEGREE. Best, Trinity Parsons, John's Blayds, Trinity Pearson, Queen's Campbell, Corpus Phillips, Christ's Collins, Christ's Pinhorn, John's Crane, Queen's Rawes, Trinity Dacre, Trinity Read, Emmanuel Ford, Queen's " Rowell, Emmanuel Gilbert, Emmanuel Smethurst, Trinity Hon. R. C. Herbert, John's Stuart, John's Humbly, Trinity Tottenham, Trinity Kirk, John's Valentine, John's Lester, Christ's Walker, T., John's Lovelock, John's Ward, Trinity Lush, Corpus Watson, Trinity Millar, Christ's Wawn, John's Hon. L. Neville, Meg& White, C., John's. FIFTH CLASS ; OR, SECOND CLASS OF ORDINARY DEGREE. King, Emmanuel Long, Trinity Mann, Peter's Mortlock, Cams Noyes, Trinity Packer, Catherine Rodgers, Clare Rowlett, Emmanuel Seeley, Peter's Sherwen, Trinity Simpson. Trinity Smith, W. L., Trinity Taylor, Corpus Thomas, Catherine Walker, J., Trinity Whaley, Christ's White, Trinity Willoughby, Trinity Woodhouse, Caius W 3 vill, Jesus. ASS OF ORDINARY DEGREE. Lewthwaite, Trinity Machin, Emmanuel Meggison, John's Moore, Trinity Outhwaite, Corpus Philpot, Gains Prendergast, Queen's Juhn'a Rayner, Clare Russell, John's Selwin, John's Shaw, Trinity Hall Smart, Trinity Taylor, S., Trinity Turner, Magdalen Aubertin, John's Ayre's, John's Bartlett, Emmanuel Borckhardt, Peter's Charlton, Queen's Cholmondeley, Trinity - Cooper, John's Crowther, John's Franks, Trinity Freeth, Christ's Gillbanks, Clare • Gill, Emmanuel Haddock, Clara Ball, John's Helyar, John's Hewett, Trinity Hunt, John's Hutton, John's Jone, A., John's Jones, W. T., Queen's SIXTH CLASS; OR, THIRD C. Anstey, Coins Barton, John's Blunt, Clare thnnett, Caius Byam, Trinity Dale, Trinity Eaton, C. 0., Trinity Gay, Magdalen Gibson, John's Giibert, Catherine Gill, Corpus Christi Glossop, Trinity Gurney, Pembroke Harris, Christ's Heartley, Catherine Hodgkin3on, Peter's Vivian, Trinity Jacson, Trinity Weston, John's Law, Corpus Whistler, Emmanuel. SEVENTH CLASS; OR, FOURTH CLASS OF ORDINARY DEGREE. Barber, Trinity Barchare, Trinity Bardsley, Queen's Barham, Pembroke Bentley, Catherine Blathwayt, Trinity Bowles, Corpus Butcher, Sidney Coleman, Corpus Comber, Jesus Gatliff, John's Gurney, John's Hardcastle, Downing Hockin, John's Hulber, Peter's Jcnes, H. %V., Trinity Macniven, Trinity Mansell, Trinity Morgan, Jesus Pulley, Corpus Smith, Clare Smith, C., Trinity Swire, Emmanuel Cotton. Trinity Done, Sidney Douglas,Johu'd Evan's, TriLity IEGRO' , TANT. Bickersteth, Trinity Helm, Christ's Ellerton, Trinity Parmenter, John's Fenwiek, Christ's Parr, Trinity Gaston, Christ's Stephen's, Trinity The Professor of Anatomy has given notice that his ectures on the Anatomy and Physiolovy of the Human Body will be c )ntinued on Tuesday, Jan 30. OXFORD, JAN. 27.—A c mgregaeon will be holdi n on Thursday next for granting graces and conferring degrees. There was an election at Queen's College on Thurs day last, when Mr. Henry Barnes Byrne, of Oriel Col lege, was chosen and admitted a Scholar on the Michel Foundation, and Mr. William Sargeant was chosen an Exhibitor on the same Foundation. The members of the following Colleges met this day:—Corpus Christi, St. John'e, Jesus, New, Oriel, Worcester, University, Merton; and Magdalen and St. Mary Halls, INTERCOURSE WITU Sram.—We have frequently alluded to the representations made of the necessity for opening up an intercourse with Sian], and it appears by recent accounts that the Chamber of Commerce at Sin gap .re have memorialized Lord Palmerston on the sub j• et. The maintry possesses all the elements of an ex tensive trade—fertile plains, capable of producing im mense quantities of sugar, rice, and indigo, P.gether with forests of teak and other valuable woods, while at the same time, in his numerous Chinese subjects she has, were they well used, a trained and energetic body of cultivators. These advantages, however, are rendered useless by a vicious system of monopolies, introduced by the present King in 1840, since which time the trade of Great Britain with Siam has greatly diminished. We have a treaty with'the country, but it has become a dead letter from the absence of any representative of the British Government who could have remonstrated against its infringement. This treaty is represented to be alto gether opposed to the monopolies that have been established, and also to an oppressive tonna'e duty which is enforced, and which is levied according to measurement, whether vessels be full or empty. What is urged thelefore is, that some competent person should be sent upon a mission to the Siamese Court, with the view of re-establishing our rights, and of accomplishing an equitable tariff. It is asserted that the task would not be difficult, and this statement seems to be rendered probable by the fact that one of the sons of the King is possessed of great intelligence, and a considerable know ledge of the English language and of European habits, while, at the same time, the present discontented and dangerous condition of the population must be suffi• cient to warn the King that there is no time to lose in Promoting such changes as may operate for their ad vantage. EIGHT LIVES LOST AT LANCASTER.—On Monday last eight men lost their lives by the upsetting of a boat on the river Lune, at Lancaster. The men were work ing at Denny Back Quarry, on the North-Western Rail way, about two miles from Lancaster. They were in the habit of crossing the Lune in a body, to get to Hal ton, where they lived. Ou the afternoon in question, the boat had crossed twice, once with ten in it, and once with seven. The third time, eleven got in, but one, thinking it too full, jumped out. The others pushed off. The fresh was then running strong, and the wind being very high, while the edge of the boat was close to the water; the waves dashed into it, and turned it com pletely over, throwing Clem all into the river. One of them clung to the boat, and was heard for some time crying fur help. Two others saved themselves by swim• the rest sunk. On Wedne s d a y an i nq ue s t. ming, and was held, and a verdict of "Accidental Death" returned. —Manchester Guardian. A CHILD MURDERED BY ITS MOTHER.—Mary Ann Beveridge, a blind woman, who was convicted of the murder of one of her children at the March assizes for liatnpshire, in 1847, and confined in the gaol at Winchester on the ground of insanity, on Saturday last, after her discharge from that asylum (by whose autho rity she was discharged we have not learned), destroyed another of her children, a boy five years of age, by strangulation. She immediately made a confession of the Fecond murder at the station-house of the borough of Portsea, telling the police she had strangled another child. On the police going to her room, with her hus band, her story was found to be too true. The child was lying dead in the bed, two pieces of calico being twisted round its neck. An inquest was held in the evening, and a verdict of " Wilful murder," returned. The unfortunate woman was committed to Winchester gaol. MORDAUNT ITAnn.—The new novel, by the po pular author of " Emilia Wyndham," "An la," promises to be as great a favourite as any of the pre c ding works of this gifted writer. It has been repre sented as essentially a istory of the middle ranks, con- Ye) ing o::e of those p.)werful morals, which rarely fails to exert an immediate and lasting influence over society ; but by the int. rest it has already excite d, it is plain that it is considered as a book for all classes of readers, and that it will be as eagerly F erused by those who care only for present enterttdoment, as by those who can at - Dreciate the higher excellencies of imaginative prose iicti n. TRINITY CORPORATION. — Lord John Russell has been elected one of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity house in the room of VillCOUnt littlintirnet [PRICE SD. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. By the death of Vice Admiral Milling, Rear-Admiral H. M. Omma,nney is promoted to the rank of Vice- Admiral; and Captain Carroll, C. 8., is promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral. By the promotion of the latter officer a good service-pension of 150/. per annum reverts to the gift of the First Lord of the Admiralty. c a pt a i n Carroll was midahiptiaan of the Diamond, and in 1796 assisted at the destruction of a French corvette, 8-gun lugger, and convoy, on Henri Point, under batteries, which were stormed, and guns spiked ; and in the same year was made prisoner with Sir Sydney Smith. Was midshipman of the Syren, at the capture of Surinam, in 1799; and in 1800 was severely wounded in attacking a French sloop, under Havre de Grace. Was acting lieu tenant of the Ctnturion, in the engagement with the sq laciron of Linois, in Vizagapatain Roads, 1804 ; was flag-lieutenant to Sir S:dney Smith in the Rom lea in 1806 ; at the sieges of Gaita and Scylla, and the storming of Capri ; and in 1807 commanded the seamen and marines at the destruction of the battery and guns on point I'esquies, and the guns in the wrecks of the Turkish ships. In the same year he commanded an armed transport, tender to the Potnre.), at Copenhagen, and repeatedly engaged the enemy's defences; he was senior Lieutenant of the Achille at Walcheren, and at ' Cadiz in 1809, and in the Cadiz flotilla in 1810. Was at the attack upon Fuengirola and Malaga; and in 1811 his vessel was sunk at the attack upon Fort Catalina. Served also at Barossa and Tarifa, and until the siege of Cadiz was raised; commanded the Volcano in co-opera tion with the Spanish patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and served on shore in a breaching battery at the cap• ture of Fort St. Philip, when he was injured by the bursting of a shell; ho conveyed important di'patches acro•s the country to the Duke of Wellington relative to Tarragona; was Captain of the Revenge in the Adriatic at the reduction of Venice, and the capture of the squa dron in that port; and Captain of the Cyrus at the sur render of Napoleon in 1814. Twice officially mentioned by the Duke of Wellington, and gaz-tted in 1804, twice in 1806. 1807, 1810; twice in 1811; and in 1813. Licut-nant J. G. Napier (1842), Flag-Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral alcres; and C. C. Forsyth (1843), to the rank of commander. APPOINTMENTS. Capt +in E. Ommanney, to the Royal Naval Collegr for study. Likutenants—C. G. Rigge, to the ordinary deiot ship at Devonport, tor service in sucerintendina ti.e reserve ',team squadron; 11. B. Eurest (additional), to the Dus tings flag-ship. in the East Indi s. 8 - urgen—il. J. 13. Chanib,rs to the Raleigh f1a, , ,-;•shir, on the Brazil station. Assistant Su peons—T, Graham, M.D., and J. Forbes (d), to the Havings. Midshipman—C. J. Jago to the Centaur steam higate, at Portsrnimth. Naval Cadet—Tl. Michell to the Centaur. COASTGUARD APPOINTMENTS. Commander—H. S. Smith to the inspecting command of Sheerness district, vice Langtry, removed. Li,utvnantt—G. M. Smith to command the Grey houini cutter. T. M. 11) ne, to command the Pembroke Dock station. Mr. John Thompson (late East India Company's service) to command Poole Harbour station, vice Liiu tenant Pears, removed to Yarmouth, station vice Lieu tenant Simpson, removed to the Ramsgate station, vice Lieutenant Lake, rt signed. Mr. G. llorwood, second master, to command Arthur's To»n station. REMOVALS. Commander P. Fisher, from - the Newcastle to the FolkstoLN district, vice Commander Prowe, superseded. Conimandtr C. J. Postle, from the Dundalk to the Newcastle diAt jet. Lieutenant IL G. % T ench, from the Elmes to the New haven station. Lieutenant H. F. SeViOlTriozn Kelnore to Winehelsca station. Mr. J. T. Page, from the Newton to the: North Par ick station. TuD AVENGER RELIEF FUND.—The committee dis tributed this bounty for the January allotment to all entitled to its benefits, at the Naval College at Ports• mouth, on Saturday. STEAM SQUADRON FOR DEVONPORT. The Salamander, Rattler, Jackal, and Growler steam sloops were navigated from Portsmouth to Devonport on Saturday, to form members of the reserve squadron of steamers to be established at the latter port. By the promotion of Captain Carroll to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Captain Thomas E. Vidal (1825) suc ceeds to the hall pay of 14s. 6d. per diem, and Captain John ➢l. Law (1833) to the half-pay of 12s. 61 per diem. THE ADMIRAL OF TIIE FLEET.—WO aro happy to learn that Admiral Sir James Dawkins Whitshed, Bart., Admiral of the Fleet, has nearly recovered from his recent severe illness. Dr. Copeland has attended the venerable Baronet throughout his indisposition, which for some weeks created much anxiety to the members of his family. The Growler, Rattler, Salamander, and Jackal sailed on Saturday morning from Portsmouth, fur Plymouth, unt'er convoy of the Driver steam-sloop, Commander Johnson, who will wait at Plymouth to bring back the officers and seamen that navigated them to their own ves els at Portsmouth. The E-piegle, 16, Commander Canapb.ll, sailed from Portsmouth for Sheerness, to pay off, on Friday evening. The Centaur steam frigate, Captain Buckle, was taken out of the ba•in at Porsmouth on Friday. The yard men are busy fitting and altering her bullrings and pivots for her new gun carriages. The Arrogant has received her proper masts, and has hauled off alongside the Victorious hulk at Portsmouth. She will be commissioned so soon as the President is paid off. She has now about 14 men entered—cook, pinter, steward, &0., that are employed on board, get ting ready for the reception of her crew, marking and numbering her hammocks, and doing other necessary work. These me n are, for the present, borne un the books of !he Fisgard. A party of =rims for Ascension, consisting of a ser geant and ten men, have embarked at Portsmouth on board the Centaur, to relieve a similar number whose term of service afloat has expired. The Seeflow, r cutter, tender to the Cuckoo, is in Ports mouth Harbour, refitting. The Margaretta, Evans, liner packet, embarked a large number of passengers at Portsmouth, yesterday at noon, for New York. The Malabar coal depot, having had her fittings at last completed, has been removed from the basin, and warped to her moorings off Cold Harbour, Gosport. She has only taken her head moorings as yet, the stem moorings not being yet repaired. When this vessel was first ordered to begot ready, we had hopes that the desi deratum we had so long looked fur was to be accom plished—a coal depot at Spitheud. The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, is making a show of progress re refitting. Her topmast rigging is rattle d down, lower rigging sparred down for raiding, and all her yards in their places, with the exception of the main, which is lying across the bulwarks. TESTING ANciloßS AT PORTSMOUTIL—The purprrt of the trial which took place on Saturday, under the superintendence of Mr. Owen, the Admiralty inspector of metals, was to ascertain whether the annealing of an chors after their manufacture would render them less brittle and hard, and whether it would not increase their tenacity and make them more tough and fibrous. Shears of about 70 feet in height have been erected in the dockyard, the anchor is hoisted to the top and se cured with a slip stopper, the purchase is then cast off, and the anchor hanging, in the nautical phrase, " a cock bill," is dropped; it falls on a secure platform at the bottom of the shears, the platform being solid, the top formed of a layer of large pigs of iron ballast, each of 3 cwt. The anchor is supposed to drop on its crown, the distance from the crown of the anchor to the plat form being a fail of about 50 feet. Two large sized an chors were tried to-day, both were what are termed Sir \\ Mit= Parker's, or Admiralty anchors, each weighirg 48 cwt., and both similar in every respect except the an nealing. The first tried was the anchor in its natural state, as it came from the fcrge; this was tried twice, and in both cases there was not the slightest damage dune to the anchor from the two falls, but each time the pigs of ballast were smashed to pieces. The next trial was with the annealed anchor. This anchor had undergone the process of being heated to a bright-red heat, and in that state covered over with hot bricks and ashes, and thus allowed to cool gradually without exposure to the influence of the atmosphere. Contrary to expectation, this anchor broke upon being dropped on the ballast, one of the arms breaking off short close to the broad part of the palm. The fracture exhibited sound and closely-welded iron, but it also ap peared too hard, and had a brittle and steel like ap pearance; the anchor fell on its crown, then fore th o , fracture was occasioned by the stock and the tendency of the fluke to continue the downward motion. This trial, system —but thisfar a a s nc i h t o g r o m es a , y is against thheeenapnrn:pachrnif prepared, this part may perhaps n h o a t ve h heating) too quickly. Other trials will follow, 46 cwt, annealing furnaces tough, and less likely to break,i. stopper at the the annealing be found to renderan the anchors more a s b ie;A c a erected c )s.a.a t i t ie , e d arc. n adni t cd h h e noAo p r,t r nt i oa i r l afci ? dc r pni i r l eoob , fpl l iud ;: rsol s ),, Y t:ah: l seae r nin d ts i tl . :a. pirtsl b yesuot p o,l)lo , p:cdutr )ot hgetbna-t was to have bees pl,re. in tune• been attended with very 3,21. • might l'avL T • he anchor was at m t a h n e a shhoeuatr going ' O l i t i n e a g e d ° u , n e q uencas. stopp , T had been passed, and a up to cast off the purchase lashing, when the stopper slipped, and the anchor came down by the run, by its weight overhauling the fall; fortunately, everything was clear, and the only mischief done was, that several of the con victs employed to hoist the anchor up got their shins and lees a le.tle bruised by the purchase fall. PoRTSMOUTN, SUNDAY FIVE P.M.—Wind north wester'.3 , tresh breezes, squall), unsettled weather. L4tUNCII OF THE VULCAN STEAM FRIGATE. WOOLWICH, JAN. 27.—A considerable mitub. r of persons assembled this afternoon on both sid, s of Bow-creek to seifness the launch of this tine vessel. Asnor.gst the gentlemen present on the platform at the bows, when the ceremony of naming her took place, were Mr. Maudslay, Mr. Field, Mr. George Rennie, M. Zorab (the Turkish Consul), Mr. F. P. Smith (of the screw -propeller department at the Admiralty), Mr. Itolt l and numerous other gentlemen connected with Feet. Inches. Length between the perpendiculars.,. 220 o Ditto of keel for tonnage ... 195 4 Breadth for tonnage... ••• .•• 41 0 Depth in hold ..• v•• ••• 26 0 Burthen in tops, 1,747 15.94th5. The Vulcan was constructed to have engines of 700 hors.-power, by Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie, and to carry he following arrnament:—On the main deck eight 32• pounder guns of 56 cwt. each, 9 feet 6 inches long. Oa the upper deck two B.inch guns of 65 cwt. each, 9 feet 6 inches long, and two 32-pounders of 25 mt. each, 6 teet long. She has since been reduced to have only engines of 350-horse power, and converted into a troopship capable of carrying at least 1,000 troops, with every convenience for them. She has excel. lent room between decks, and when fitted with her icrow pniveller, which will occupy about two months, will add a splendid troopship to the navy. Mr. Bellamy, master attendant at Woolwich Dockyard, was on board during tho launch, and she w.is navigated round under his di rections, towed by the Monkey, to the East India Docks, where her engines will be put on board. Her draught was 11 feet on launching, but when all her stores are on board, and she is complete for service, she will draw about 16 feet. THE COLONY OF LABUAN. The following letter has just been received by a near relative of one of the officers of Sir James Brooke's suite : "Labuan, Nor. 2, 1848. " A merchant-ship sails to• day for Singapore, by Which opportunity I write to say we - are all well. You will probobly hear miserable accounts of the unhealthy state of this settlement, and in fact there is a great deal of lever, but of a mild intermittent kind. We are living be a marsh, which fully accounts for it. The Europeans are fixing on sites for their bungalows on the high lands in the interior. The Raja's house is to be commenced at once, and I doubt not in a few weeks we shall get out of this unhealthy spot. We have just returned from Brun! —a must satisfactory visit. The Sultan built us a very geed house close to his palace. The Borneans have quite knocked under to us. Macota (the wily one) was as oily and soft as it he had never been anything but our staunchest friend. They promise to assist us at La• bums to the best of their ability, and are to send us over werkinen to build the Raja's house. I am myself rely enthusiastic about Labelle, and very confident of i!s ultimate bUCeI as ; still there is no disguising the fact that this sickness has created a panic which may greatly letard our pre giess. The Admired paid us a visit of a w hours the other day in 11 , e Auckland, visited the Ete epeen e (Aped with the Raja, and took a short ride en the road to the barracks. Ile left us with an un feveurable impression of Labuan. The Meander is to be tent back here immediately, and probably we shall be off to Suoloo next month. The Sooloos have again been committing piracies. One account of an attack made by them on a Bornean boat has just reached us ; they tempted the crew on shore and murdered them to a man ; we shall hare fighting there yet. Thu Raja, lam sorry to say, is not looking se well as metal. lie has much to harass him ; the sickness in the island is a source of anxiety to him. One of our own party has be en laid up with f. ver, but is now recovered. Tee ung.eierous attacks made by the jeal- MIS Si' g,poreAris are another annoyance to the It ja. 1 haze enjo . s ed the best health, and the• in take in all that eoes on in every little improve ment prevent, my fe. ling ennui. My life is a very re gular One, and far from unpleasant. I get up every /Leming between seven and eight, bathe and dress, then read and write till ten; we breakfast at eleven, reackwrite, study Malay, and chat till half-past four, when all sally out for a walk, or sometimes a pull or sail. Our walks are very circumscribed. We have a fine sandy beach for two miles in one direction; in the other, the road to the barracks, which is lregressing rapidly; it is cut for two mica through the heart of the jungle, and we can now ride over it with ease; of course it will be a long time before it is macadamised. Our bungalows will be built near this road. The Rajah has chosen a spot close to a very pretty ravine with a waterfall. Our communications with Singapore are so uncertain you must never be surprised at not getting letters. I hope soon to be able to send you better accounts of our pro gress. I am quite confident myself. We are most anxious that the Eastern Archipelago Company should commence operations here. The settlement is at standstill for want of European enterprise and capital. Do not be surprised if you do not hear from as for the next month or two. Wo shall probably be at Sooloo." TOTAL LOSS OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY ErgNING.—We regret to state that accounts have reached Liverpool from Hol land to day, stating that the emigrant ship Atlantic, Captain Russ, which sailed from Liverpool for New Orleans on Friday, the 12th instant, has been run on shore near Ardrossan and gone to pieces. The At lantic had no less than 400 emigrants on board, and, considering the tempestuous weather through which she passed prior to the accident, it is somewhat won derful that no lives were lost. This was in a great degree owing to the activity, manly bearing, nautical skill, and great humanity of the gallant captain who commanded the ship. A cabin passenger, with whom we are Lcquainted, has written us a brief description of the affair, some of which we subjoin. The writer say a—" Soon after the pilot left the ship on Friday, the 12th, the wind changed, and Captain Ross still hoped to gLt round Holyhead, the usual course for outward bound ships. Finding that impracticable, and the wind getting dead ahead, he beat up to the Isle of Man, in hopes of finding his way into the Atlantic by the Northern Channel, but it came on to blow so hard, and the drift set in so much upon the land, that we were unable to weather " Calf," and again brat our course southward, hugging the Irish shore close. However, it was of no avail • we could have got round Holyhead certainly, but should have gone on shore in Carnarvon Bay, without any mistake, and also gone to pieces, which would have been much worse. All this time it was blowing heavily, and fearing it would be still worse, we tacked again, keeping close into the eastern shore of Old Ireland, passing between Ituthlin Island and the main land, giving, as you may see by the map, the Calf of Man a wide berth, and with good luck got into the blue water of the Atlantic on Tuesday, with a fair probability of soon making a good south and west course. Again, the wind changed, and for Several days we encountered heavy storms; and such was their perversity, that no port the captain decided upon going into for shelter, or repairs, could be made. All disasters, all dangers past, were as nothing to those encountered yesterday and to-day, and from my heart do I thank God I am here to tell you. Y ea ter(l3y, about three P.m., the wind proving favour able, Captain Ross determined to run into some port, either Londonderry, Belfast, Arran Isle, or Glasgow. With that purpose our course was changed, and more sail put on the ship ; in less than an hour 'land' was seen ahead, which we knew from mid-day observa tion to be the forelands.' The heavy gale had now increased to a storm. The jib, a new and strong sail, went with a report like thunder into a thousand pieces; and then the mainsail parted. It was soon cut away, however, without injury to the masts. Our sole trust was now in the main-foresail. After undergoing many and severe trials, we were tossed about; and when a vain attempt was made to get into the Clyde, we run ashore here, near Adrossan, and the ship has since gone to pieces, but no lives are lost." The writer then passes a high eulogium on the captain for his conduct during the trying scene. DEPLORABLE ACCIDEET.—FIVR LIVES LoST. — OE Monday, the Bth inat., a most melancholy accident took place in Loch Bracadale, Isle of Skye, by which five ii. dividuals were suddenly deprived of life. It would appear that a vessel from Russia, laden with hemp and tallow. After . _ . passing some time on ' had been driven by stress of weather into Loch Braca dale, where she anchored. A boat from the shore went out to the vessel, in which were the assistant parochi a l individuals, teacher, two sons and a grand -daughter of Mr. M,L eo d , inn .keeper at Surnan, and a young man named Falconer, s b o o n ar o d f the the ve p s a s r e i l s , for the accomp an i e d by the captain, ro wed _, shore. It is said that the boat was a crazy fabric , an d that in consequ ence the planks started, by which the luckless one of boat suddenly tilled, and of course sunk, instantly immersi ng hthmeilel:lnne individuals she contained in the d the six eep. Although this deplorable circumstance on l y happened front the shore, yei all met m , „ a short distance., on e of the young men, with a watery grave, except to the b each. I • Mac leod, who succeeded in swim mingbeen found, t is said that all the bodies have and have been decently interred in the parish burying-pl ace o f Bracadale. —Per t h Courier. NORTH AMERICAN MAI LS.—The steam-ship Nia gara. Captain Stone, departed from Liverpool on Satur day, for Halifax and Boston, with the semi-monthly mails, about 50 passengers, and a full freight of goods. The next steamer from America with the mails will be the A mcriel, Captain flarrlson, which may be exp, cted 0 arrive at Liverpool on Monday next. She wiAi!d leave Boston on the 24th, and Halifax on the 2Gth inst. SOUTHAMPTON', JAN. 27.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship, Madrid, Captain Bowen, wiili the Peninsular mail, left this ' She took day. took out ten passengers, and cargo to the amount of fifty tons. The Peninsular Company's steamship Erin, Captain Russell, haves here on Monday, for Constanti nople. The Montrose, Captain Clive. for the Italian ports, will take her departure on Tuesday. The Go vernor of Gibraltar, Sir Robert Gardiner, proceeds in her. THE TIDES IN THE GERMAN OCEAN.--A striking example occurs to us of the happy c,nnexion of th ory with observation, in the pr, diction that th. re must exist a spot in the German Odean—the central point of au area of Folation, produced by the meeting and mutual octiol of two opposi•e tides—a here no rise or fall of t de wh ttever euti!d, occur ; a predictiim actually vilified oy Captain fiewetr in 1839, without any prior knowledge na• ,ouch Is point had be, n supposed to exist, This is one among the many triumpl.s of the like kind lchieved by too , fern ,ci,tlet...—Quarterly Review. We understand it is arranged that the Count Col loredo is to ovine to England as Ambassador from Austria.