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TS. t, but the ffected the to make it in good the second the supply some few• a little in :emand for t QUARTER. Ws to 003 !Ss to 29s )0s to 00s 10s to 00s )0s to 00s )03 to 006 , 15. les: —The n the re d, with a ants from ate closing more firm- Escriptions Ln atiserce Lius really ' ' S market ~'heat than 1; fine dry arai not not much reisel is good deal lg barley; iry for (.1.1 Not much t, alter cur ad vantagP, ate reduc- much in at 305 per Furter for 1 for good o instances at WO can ood barley Christmas be holden ; extra 14s ; rds, 7s to Las 9d; wheat -78 6d per ton. 365; average w_—Farmers to 30s 01; 6d to 6d; ter, _Bd to • Coals-- 3est Neath per cwt• lon. Meat , eal 4d to egos 5d per to 3/ 5s per 0/; French s per stone. e to 19e; red to 121 per 18ai I4s to 18a; 21e1 per lb. ; Guano-- -Archangel ETS. ather better amount of The only rs, 11% dis. i per cent, very dull T were as er and Bir and York - Union, 6% heffield, and ss done to ting report') of railwaf e by parties Possession of tke place at transactions paid), 2 5 % (Aland (Bit- ,y were SI! ference, 7,4 15%• 7137 part of cling, and lb. Since and quiet, rkct 000 6 been done stooks are rade. Pig er inactive ly on tbro paid. To cash ; and extent, at Lints, Bad may's Pills. the systems Tvous affec.- .?stior, Want y sedental ain remeq; ay be, these strengthen Lind. The y m, dropsies , fists, and it .ondon. '2 Kent, the Jn. utenant '• ,nt a Foot, 13 of Henry 7e of Joseph 'stet', under timberland' of John J• square, the farylebovet g i m ent. to r Watkinll x, Captain 1, younge3t , Hastings► Cavan, t° ''avidsor' itenant for Fredericic y Ann, the -ton Elloo wifo of vnung e l! AbiestY srcial-road Oms, Loa' ouN , opal CONTRACT for CANDLES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Decembrr 17, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the wilco of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice that on THURSDAY, the 10th January next; at One o'clock , they will b e rea d y to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into the Royal Marine Bar racks at Chatham, all such quantities of • TALLOW CANDLES as shall from time to time be demanded, for twelve months certain, And thither until the expiration of three months' warning. The Conditions of the Contract may he seen at the said Office, and (together with the samples of the Candles), at the Office of the Bar rack-master. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent :or him duly astherised in writing. _ _ Every Tendermiisibe addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear In the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Candles," ant mnit also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engagtnz to become band with the person tendering in the sum of 1001. for the due Performance of the Contract. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE December 14, ISI9. The. Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give notice, that the 3 will SELL, by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Tower, on Fitios,v, the 21st December, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, sundry Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of greatcoats, serge -cuttings, shoes, horse-collars, horse-shoes, new gun flints, salt • Petre•bxrs, brass hose, cocks, tools, iron, steel, brass, end various other articles, the whole of which may be viewed at the Tower three daY5 previous to the sale, from Ten fill Four o'c;ock, upon arpli cation to the Principal Storekeeper's Office at that place, where cats loilltes of the lots and conditions of .the sale will be delivered to those Persona who may apply for the came. By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE. DECEMBER 18. 1649. rpiE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the RATE of EXCHANGE at which they will receive Cash for Bias on Bengal and Madras will, from the present date and until urther notice, be Is. 11d. the Company's Rupee; and for Bills on lorabsy, Is. 114 d. the Company's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. TELE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET AND ABATTOIR COMPANY. • Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 5 and G William IT., cap. cxl. Prjvisionally registered, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. cx. Offices, Wellington-street North, Strand. Capital 200,000/. Shares 11. each, to be paid in full on allotment, thereby avoiding any calls, and unless the Company complete the Purchase of the property, the whole amount will be returned to the sharelio:ders. . The responsibility limited to the amount .f the shares. The rental of the houses, &c., on the Islington Market Estate ensure! interest on the subse:ibed capital, independent of the removal a Smithfield Market. TRUSTEES. at, O. Stone, Esq. (Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co.), Lombard-street. d*hn ?wells, Esq. (Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.), Grace church-street. Wm. Shaw, Esq. (Member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society), Strand. COMMITTEE. *WILLIAM SIIAW, Esq., Strand, Chairman. W. Anderson, Esq., Oakley, Belforshire. R. Beman, Esq., Donnington, Gloucestershire •J. Clarke, Esq., Westbourne- park-road *Major Crossly,ll, Northfleet, Kent T. Crisp, Esq., Gedgrave Hall, Suffolk *S. Grantham, Esq., Stoneham, Lewes *W. Hamilton, Esq., Hampstead H. A. Harrison, Esq., Greenend House, Little Munden, Hells John W. Jeyes, Esq., Uppingham, Rutlandshire *Hy. Kirk, Esq., St. James's-square E. Lewis, Esq., Hertingtordbury-park, Hells W. Loft, Esq.. Trusthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire G. Parsons, Esq., South Petherton, Somerset J. G. Phipps, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Ilyde Park *G. Sherborn, Esq., Ashford, Middlesex .Tames Smith, Esq., C.E., Deanston, N.B. George Turner, Esq., Barton, Exeter, Devon G. Wallis. Esq., Overstone Grange, Northamptonshire *A. B. Wall, Esq., Bishop's-road, Bayswater J. Williams, Esq., Buckland, Faringdon, Berks W. Wingate, Esq., Hereby, Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire * embers of the Acting Committee. Boticrres.s—Messrs. Armstrong and Westbrook, 2, Great James. street, Bedford-row. A day for the Allotment of the Shares will shortly be fixed, until w hich lime applications will continue to be received at the Office of Company by the Solicitors ; Thomas Allsop, Esq., Royal Ea '"4),Se-bulldlngs ; and by the Members of the Acting Committee. JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITIITTON, REGENT-STREET. 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DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL ; or C e l e b ra t e d Em brocation, has long b een k nown t h roug h out the West of Eng -1 And as the most efficacious Remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago, sins in the Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and l'aralytic Affections, F ace-ach, Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and Cr amp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frozen Limbs, Chilblains be fore they are broken. It is likewise an infallible cure for that dan- Vretts disorder the Quinsey or Sore Threat, in whi , h it was never nnoivit to tail after a few hours applicatim. Ob serve--That none can be Genuine unless the Stamp affixed to t!,ell bottle contains the name and address f Barclay and Sons, No. ) Farringlon-street, who have purchased the prmerty in this i rat.l able article fr , ln the execwors of the inventor, William I)redge, re of Wi s hf or d . Wi lts. R eta il pr i ce, I s. I Nd . an d 2 s. 9d . per bot tle ; and sold retail by all respectable Medicine Vendors in Town and Country, /PRE SCHOOLBOY'S DREAM. A JOKE Mit THE JUVENILES. Net many days hack, Mr. Archibald Sp' n Received a long note fro n his little son John. This letter was penned in a singular style, And doubtless will cause my young readers to smile. The epistle rues thus : " Dear Papa and Mamma, I'M happy to hear you're so well as you are; The thoughts of returning (though strange it may seem(, Have caused your delighted boy, Johnny, to dream. A lethought Pother night that you gave a fine party, And hailed my return in a manner most hearty. The party Invited consisted of many ; Tom, Harry, and Allek, and Percival Penny ; And William, and Thomas, and Phlip, and Frank, And Master Mat Middleton. all en the prank ; And and Montague, Charley, and Frei, And Alfred the small, with the curls on his head ; And Joseph, and Sammy, and Jessie , Arid Master George Gordon, remarkably dressy; And Walter, and Willoughby, T.tus, and Tim, And Samson and Simon, in vary good trim ; And Julius, Anthony, Robert, and Wat, Act many more names which I fear I've forgot. And methought in my singular dream tly•re were none -nut what were decked out by E. Moses and Son. Ruch elegant tunics, such stylish hussars, e looked like the galaxy studded with stars. And methought we shouted with glorious noise, .t;• Moses and Son are the men for the boys. ICJ/ doubt after this Messrs. Moses will don Tour very affectionate Son, JOIINNY SPONN." t.VST OF PRICER. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every style ............ .. The Balwer,liandsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditto.. ••.. • • 0 18 0 Chestergeld, ditto.... •• ........ 1 • 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very kandsome style of Over Coat Shooting Coats • • ..... .......• • 0 8 6 Lounging or Morning Coats 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. • • 0 4 6 Ditto dittos Doeskin .. 0 7 6 D)itt• Tests ... • • 0 2 6 Black Silk Velvet Tests.....• .........• • ... 0 13 6 Dress Cats • • 0 19 0 'Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, from ...... . ........ . • ........ 0 7 0 nussar and Tanta Suits ••....••••• • • • • • • • 0 14 6 lion' Autumn and Winter Vests • • ...... •. 0 0 8 MIRE TO MEASURE. Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats ..from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined •• ••••••..•• • • • • •• •• ••• • • • 1 8 0 The Paletot,handsoraely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very eizzant style of Over Coat •••• • • • ....... .• •• •• ••••.. • • •• 2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, Rawest style, lined throughout .. •• • • •• ••• • • • 2 10 0 Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and •. •• ••.•• • •• 0 10 6 rest Black Cassimere ditte .• •• •• • • •• I 6 0 Autumn and Winter Tests •••• • • • • ••• • •• 0 8 6 rest Black Cloth ditto ••••••••••• • • • • • • • •• 0 13 6 ' , lack Silk Telvet ditto • • Dress Coats ... ....from 325. to 2 15 I Frock • ••from 355• to 3 3 9 /fusser and Tunic Saits• • .... •• from 1 6 0 Superfine .• •••• •• • • ..... ...• .. 1 15 0 Men's dhoottag Ceat .. • • • • .. 0 15 0 Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, from ........• •• —165. to i 0 0 T -Argo Steck of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60e. to 201. Yfaval and Military lfitiferms, Liveries, &o. Mourning to any extent at Flys Minutes' notice. ♦ Suit of Mourning complete for li. les. tie book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with ftill o, for Self-tneasurentent, can be had en application, or for +, 63 , Pest free, to any part of the kingdom. for- Kll th The Far Department is new replete with every novelty 147:_ t _ve—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. lia t ilOßES and SON ' Tailors, Woe ll endrapers. Clothiers. Hatters, 14 IN Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outatters, 154, Lou' 464 . and 157 hilnories and 83, 84. 85, and 86 Alsigate, City, _ _RI all communicating ivith each other, and forming one vast whme Sutton.—E. Moses and F;on regret having to guard the public) base, t ilnPositio co nn ect ed having heard that the nntradesnianlike 1144 " 44 (1 of being with them, or " It is the same concern," !i50,"°, 13 . resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, la 4 In to state that they have no connexion with any other hones h tti out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford , Yorkshire; et or lu oso who require cheap and genuine clothing, &0., should call i l ltaid to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of I , ..'neb Establishments, as above. to • Notice,—This Establishment is closed from sunset Friday, Saturday. when basinees is resumed till twelve o'clock. A I A G E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other ,leiti;"ii them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a the right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ma k a,„ , "' 0 latter. The solitary one may shield himself wider the plea Sena"`mols and war:city prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un kteh„„, harry • but the truth lies deeper. rhysic.al incapacity, Zytut h e are the great hindrances to domeetic happiness tea k . ;;;;; 1 1 content. The dowry should not be the anly marriage set tha L. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item .. 11 bele m e° taPact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er Lneel7' l oand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if inkukwattises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'B little ! -4,13 "On Single and Married Life, " pub. In 9 vols., Is. • c r 7 Dolt, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Lot no imaginatively • r a j.,' !Prudish feelin g you, by their titles, nor be hindered ft of their supposed contents, from obtaining li t th e ' LI eY are net intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but th t „ . closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom the w .„‘re offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on 14 6eir/e subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or littl e 6 r, are a di sgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other b 9„ l.M .bileations claim your attention (same price Is. each, AltelE,ln Is. gd,) called What to Eat, Drink, and t t napii., a nd " How to be Happy." They are not merely but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the +ire remeral scribbling's of the hour, but the study of the author's 51 414,, e 5 . owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob "fozio of the maxima he would inculcate—to do unto others as he eh th; done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always therw,,,nnY side of the way." 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[PRICE SD. and Jan. 23, one, within the Caled o ni an H otel, dr .......°-'- 'wall. Wilson, Dunoon, Argyleshire, cattle dealer, to IDee. 25, and Jan, 16, at one, within the Argyll , Dunoon. . Wallace, Glasgow, merchant, to meet, Dec. 24, and Jan. 14, at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, Glistigo*. W. Gordon, Aberdeen, advocate and banker, to meet, Dec. 24, and Jan. 23, at twelve, within the Royal Hotel, A berdecn. DEEP S,EA FISHERIES. TO THE ,EDITOR OF THE SUN. &RH-Having fully inquired into the circume stance that has caused the depreciation of quality in London fieh - market fur several years back, particularly cod fish, in addition to whet I before stated, the following particulars will at once show where the root of the evil rests (as far as London fish market is concerned), and how very easily the t might again be resuscitated anti assume is former state, if the old adage is to be acted upon—" Tie.t a stitch in tin.e saves nine." The " London Directory" exhibits x itst of upwards of, 400 fishmongers and salesmen, Lone of whom, I am told, have a sfoling's worth of property invested afloat. There are only afr w fish salesmen (perhaps five or six) who are on ners of smacks. The fishmongers having no interest in smsck - property, snd since way communication reeders :etch facilities to the coast fisherintn to' send to mrket their along-seore cod, the fishmongers bekg eer.bled to purchase them cheaper then the real deep- sea col they do eo, much to the depreciation le quality ef cud fish in Lued market. From the pure of Berkieg, a few p ars since, there were seventy' welled smacks sailettregu lady to the Dogger Bank; the . Well Bank, and Other banks in the North Sea, - engaged in the deep era cod fishery. Properly speaking, now there are only seven engaged in that trade. The. greatest .number of the welled sceacks are either engaged in the trawling trade, or lung lin e fi s hi ng alongshore.. . . The deep sea fisheries are' chiefly•carried on with hand lines—the men holding the lines - - in hand over the vessel's side, moving them. up and down, con stantly on the alert. So soon as a nibble is felt the line is jerked upwards, when the fish are invariably hooked by the lip. When the fish is hauled on board it is little injured. The hook being removed the fish is put into the well, where it is kept alive. The welled smack owners finding such a competition I offered against them when railways were opened, they found themselves in a manner compelled to alter their tactics, so as to enable them to hold their ground, and prevent ,if possible a leeward course. Instead of engaging the welled smacks in the deep sea codfishery, they have employed them as trawlers and long line fishing •along-shore. To keep them as constantly on the fishing ground as possible, their owners have had built a-class of fast-sailing dry-bottomed cutters (or carriers). The duties of these vessels are to attend upon the smacks at the fishing ground, receive on board their catchiugs, and then proceed direct to Billingsgate Fishmarket. This carrying system in dry. bottomed. vessels from the fishing ground to the market is a recent idea, it cannot be considered as an improvement upon the plan that brings fish living into market. Contrary winds and calms must act diadvantageously to the dry bottomed carrying system. Fish ,that are full of spawn, and fish that have just spawned (such as are invariably eaught along-shore), are far inferior to those caught in deep water. From what has been already shown on this subject it must appear quite evident that to mend the sore complained.of is A question that rests almost exclu sively with the fishmongers of London to do it in a very shoit space of time. It is only tor them to give preference whilst making purchases to such fish that have been caught in the deep seas, and brought to market living. If the fishmongers do not act upon this suggestion, or if a company do not arise to keep the welled smacks going, I am pretty certain from present appearances that this day twelvemonth there will scarcely be a decked welled smack regularly engaged•in the deep sea codfishery.—l am, &c. H. DEMPSTER. PROTECTION AGAINST DEFEC TIVE FIREARMS. TO TEM EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The providential escape from the bursting of a pair of Messrs. Deane's new steel barrels mentioned in the Times of today may lead you to turn your attention to the defective state of the law of proving gun barrels, and thus induce an amendment iu it, by which you will most essentially benefit the public. Few persons are aware of the utter fallacy of the supp.sed security given by. th Proof-house stamp, not fro any want of due care of the establishment (w•lii out , -be the natural supposition), but from the e that although the Act of l'arlia• men 18 poses a penalty of 201. on any gun• maker sellio unproved gun, there is none on a far mere dangerous practice of modern date, adopted by some cheep mimitfactuters, technically called "sweatieg," i e , having barrels bored perhaps at a gauge of 15 or 16 bore, of the due thicken ss at which they are proved and stamped as sate: these tankers, who absurdly pretend to combine lightness of metal with safety, rebore and file away the insidts of the barrel to a most dangerous tenuity, at which they would not again bear a proof to which they are never submitted before sale, leaving, however, the apparent guarantee of the proof mirk on the outside, but which has really been ren dered invalid. I hay? now a letter before the from an eminent maker at Birmingham, stating that he witnessed lust .week a reboring for some " light guninakers," which was reducing barrels proved at the we igh: of 81b. to 41b. .... Trusting you may deem this subject not unworthy of your ►attention, and may lend your powerful aid to insure some more efficient protection to the public against the dangers to which they are now exposed, I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Dec. 18. S. C. N°.17,858.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY .7',..,r f , < iP DECEMBER 19 1849. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. Policies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if needful, while iving. The Assured has, on all occasions, the pourer to borrow, without expense, or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta geous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con tribution of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, at his option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and should the purchaser die before arriving at the stlpnlated period, twe thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives. 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The deaths from phthisit in the last four weeks were 104, 134, 133, and 108. But under other diseases of the respiratory organs the in crease is generally maintained; the deaths from bronchitis were 60, 60, 86, and 89; those from pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs chiefly in young persons) were 82, 94, 88, 90; and from asthma, 12 ; 21, 16, 26. In the zymotic or epidemic class, scarlatina and typhus have declined respectively from 32 and 51 fatal cases in the previous week to 19 and 33 in the last, and are both below the average ; whilst measles, which numbered 29 in the former week, was fatal in 46 cases in the last. Last week the deaths from diarrhea s were only 14 ; only one death from cholera occurred in the same period. The deceased in this case was a child of four years, who had lived in Horace-street, Marylebone. Mr. Burrows, the registrar of Goswell street sub-district, reports that within two weeks he has registered the deaths of three persons at 9, Charles street, Northampton-square, where the family had recently lodged—first, a young woman of 19, who died of erysipelas (4 days' duration), and (edema of the glottis (12 hours) ; next week her parents, who were 48 and 47 years of age respectively, and died within 48 hours of each other, the father, al so o f (alma of the glotti s (48 hours), congestion of the lungs (24 hours) ; and the mother, of congestion of the brain, after 48 hours' illness. The cause of death is certified in each case by the medical attendant. Amongst other deaths registered last week was that of a child of three years, who died of inflammation of the larynx, from inhaling the steam of boiling seater. Vaccination was attended in two cases by fatal results. An old man died from exposure to cold in a field. Three deaths are ascribed to intemperance. In the 1,002 deaths, the cause of death was certified by the written statements of medical attendants in 888 cases; in 12 cases, there was no medical attendant ; in 15 cases, the patients may have had medical aid, but the diseases of which they died are not certified; of the remaining 87 cases, 84 were the subjects of inquest, and returned by coro'ers. • A table is appended to the present return, which shows the annual mortality of London at various ages, as compared with that of the South-Eastern Division of England, and also of part of Northumberland. Taking boys under 5 years, it appears that while 29 Out of 1,000 die in three Northumbrian districts, 53 die in the South-East Division of England, and 93 in London ; and that this rate of 93 which prevails in London in ordinary times was raised by a few weehi' prevalence of influenza in 1847 8, to 106, and by holera in 1849 to 107. Influtnza was almost es fatal to children as the more terrible epidemic by which it was followed ; and to aged men and women who had turned 75 years the mort dity of ch ,, lera was even less. The annual mortality of men between 45 and 55 years, which is in parts of Northumberland 12 out of every 1,000 living, and in the South-Eastern division 15, is in London 27 in average years ; and here it was raised from 27 to 28 by influenal, and to 35 by cholera. The daily mean height of the barometer at Green wich Observatory was above 30 in. on Monday; the mean height of the week was 29.852. - The daily mean temperature, which was 37 deg. on Sunday, fell to 32 deg. on Thursday, and rose on the next two days to 49 deg. and 54 deg. The mean temperature of the week was 40 deg., about the average of the same week of seven years; on Thursday the daily mean was 8 deg. below the average, and on the'fol lowing days successively 9 deg. and 18 deg. above it. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATIIS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TILE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *lBO Diseases of Uncertain Seat 42 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ... 163 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 114 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 39 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 219 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidney s, &c. •• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, R. z. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c...• Malformations—. ••• ••• ••• ••• Premature Birth ... •• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance causes not specified ... 46 ... 23 ... 44 MEETING OF LINCOLNSHIRE PROTECTION ISTS. LINCOLN, DEC. 18.—A meeting of the various Protectionist societies in this great agricultural county was held yesterday at the Corn Exchange, Lincoln. The great hall, which is capable of accom modating about 1,500 persons, was densely crewded, and considerable excitement was manifested in con sequence of some Free-traders attending and opposing the proceedings, Mr. J. Snow (Mayor of Lincoln) occupied the chair, and be.ide him. on the platf o rm, w e re C o l one l FibthOrn, M.P.; Mr. Christopher, M.P.; Sir M. J. Cholmeley, M.P.; Sir Henry Dytnock, the Hon. A. G. Melville, and a great number of county clergy and gentry. Mr. CHRISTOPHER, M.P., the first speaker, was received with loud cheers. He said, the attendance of very many of the tradesmen of Lincoln was to him a convincing proof that the measure miscalled free trade operated injuriously to all the productive classes in the United Kingdom.—(Cheers.) He was proud to witnees the assemblage before him, for it included also many of the leading practical agricul turiits in the kingdom. He saw around him gentle men who thoroughly understood their own business, without having occasion either to ransack the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, or send to Dorsetshire for an agricultural clergyman, or go into Leadenhall street for a manufacturer of patent razors to instruct them in their business.—(Cheers and laughter.) Those persons were present who, under the system of protection; hachconverted the fens of thatiahospitable country into fertile hills and cultiiated fields; and they were, therefore, as competent to give a candid and fair opinion upon the present state of things as those gentlemen whose legitimate business consisted of something else, but who took farms to employ their leisure time.—(Hear, hear.) When the agri cultural and colonial interests were attacked the ship ping interest was told, "Oh, you have only to give your vote for free trade in corn, it will increase the importations, and your freights will be so enormous that you will become quite prosperous." What had become of the shipping interest now ?—(Eiear, hear.) Though many Members from the seaports voted for free trade they were convinced of their error.— (Hear.) The retail dealers and shopkeepers of Lon don were told that the new measure would be for their benefit because it would reduce the butchers' and bakers' bills some thirty per cent. They grasped at the bait, thinking that they should reduce their outgoings some thirty per cent., and keep all their profits as formerly.—(Hear, hear.) Was there a single market town in England, including the metropolis and the tradesmen of Bond street and Regent-street, the inhabitants of which did not lament the change ?—(Cheers.) And he appealed to them whether the condition of the labouring classes of this country had been benefited by these delusive measures ? They were told that in Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and some of the southern counties, the wages of the labourer had decreased to 6s. a week; and in one county, in one year, the criminals had in creased from 300 to 1,300.--(Hear, hear.) These were the results of free trade, which was to make the poor man, more rich, fill all the churches and chapels in the United Kingdom, and to confer universal pros perity upon the nations of the world.—(lronical cheers) Need he point to Ireland ? Owing to some political juggle all the Irish Members were arrayed against the agricultural interest ; but Ireland now felt the effects of free trade from one end of the country to the other. Cork, which had suffered deeply, w as wisely endeavouring to retrace her steps, by returning to Parliament a gentleman who would do all he could to cause a return to protective duties.— (Cheers.) These circumstances were favourable to the undertaking in which they were engaged; but unless they were firmly and strenuously aided by all classes of the country—by persons connected with commerce, trade, and agriculture—they would fail to see better days. He was glad, however, to see that the present meeting was one of the largest he ever addressed in the county of Lincoln, and he trusted that with determined energy they would yet sueceed.—(Cheers.) When he considered it required more manual labour to pro duce 1,0001. worth of corn than 1,0001. worth of cotton goods, he thought the least they could demand was that they should be placed on the same footing.— (Hear, hear.) It was a delusion to tell him, as had been said by the Times, that the manufacturing was not a protected interest. Du'ies of from 25 to 30 per cent. were levied on the manufacturing produce of foreign countries.—(Hear, hear.) It might be said that that was for the purposes of revenue; Why, then, might not duties on corn be levied for the same pur pose ?—(Uheers.) He maintained that all interests ought to be put upon the same foo!ing.—(Cheers.) But even if they (the agriculturists) were put in this respect upon the satne footing, they would not submit to the amount of taxation they now bore, and from whiet other interests were exempt.— (Hear, hear.) Since free trade came into operation they were told by a man of high authority in such matters in a certain quarter—Mr. Mechi, the razor maker—(Loud leughter)—that the system had not had a fair trial.—(Continued laughter.) How long a trial were they to give it?—(Hear, hear.) Last year the Chancellor of the Exchequer said prices were re• duced because the harvest was deficient and the pro duce bad, which rendered it impossible to compete fairly with the foreigner; and he told them to wait till they had a good harvest.—(hear, hear.) In 1348, with wheat at 525., about 5,000,000 quarters of corn came over here. It was admitted that the present was a highly favourable year, and was there less importa tion from abroad in consequence ? Up to November last there had been imported upwards of 9,000,000 quarters. They had thus tried free trade under a deficient harvest and under a productive harvest, and he asked them whether it was possible, the country being burdened with taxation, with suffering labourers, and impoverished artisans, that they could go on under a system like this without making the retail dealer bankrupt, and shutting up the houses of half the country gentlemen in the kingdom ?—(Applause.) They must either return to protection, or her Ma jesty's Minis'ers must devise some measures to enable the middle classes of the country to subsist.---( Rear, hear.) When he saw gentlemen who got up demon strations on behalf of the distrt ssed needlewomen endeavouring to promote, at the expense of the agri culturists, a large system of emigration, he could not refrain from thinking that these free-trade measures had brought the kingdom to ruin ; for if trade were in a wholesome state the shopkeepers of London would be able to pay good wages to the needle women.—(Hear.) In former days they were told that the strength of the country existed in the num ber of its population ; but now the reverse was the principle to be acted upon, and measures were to be taken to increase the ratio of emigration. The Hon. Gentleman, after a few further observations, con cluded by moving— " Drat this meeting is or opinion that the introduction of free trade without reciprocity is the °suit: of the deep distress pervading the proauctive classes of the country, and that a re;urn to protection is the only mode of encountering hostile tariffs and satisfying the public creditor." Mr. R• WHITTON, a Lincoln tradesman, seconded '.l)e pr3position. Air. ;JOHN NORTON, a draper, also of the city, here presented himself to move an amendment, and being well known as a financial reformer and free trader, he was received with volley after volley of hisses, yells, and groans. The Mayor and others endea voured to procure silence, but fora long time in vain. At length Mr. Norton was able t o say that he was prepared for this burst of indigrietiori.—(A voice— "No doubt." But he yet believed that there was a sufficiently generous spirit among the lincolnshire tenant-farmers to give a fair and impartial hearing to one whom they had frequently censured for holding opinions which they considered were inimical to their interests. No one was more deeply interested in the welfare of the farmers than himself, inasmuch as he had a large business depending upon their wel fare; and more than that, he had a wife and large family depending upon it for their support. He was there in the 'hope that he should be able to prove that what they termed legislative protection was a delusion, and highly injurious to the manufacturing and commercial interests of the country.—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers from the Free traders) If they believed the Protectionists, they might be led to suppose that this fertile country was already in a stare of great distress—(Cries of " Yes, it is")—and would soon go out of cultivation—(Crie s of " So it will) —and that already their poor houses were filled with paupers.— (" They are.") He had taken the trouble to go to their union workh:lise to make in. quirks, and he found that in December last year there were 258 inmates, whereas in the present month there were only 257.—(Ironical cheers and laughter.) From a letter he had received from Mr. White, a relieving officer in the north of the county, he found that at the present time there were not so great a number of labourers out of employ as last year, and that in many parishes the same amount of wages was given as hitherto.—(Cries of " No, no ; it's false.") The relieving officer of a southern district had also in formed him that he had now no more applicants for relief than in former yearn. He admitted that there was a degree of oppression existing amongst some of the tradesmen of the city.—(A. voice—" With every one except John Norton."—Laughter.) He denied that the principle of cheapness was the cause. Distress bad been caused in many initauces by.railway26pecg, lation • and were it not fur the low pri ce o f p rov i s i ons that distress would be much greater.—(Uproar.) Mr. Norton then proceeded to review the history of the corn question for the last thirty years umi Ist repeated interruption. He had got down to 1822 in his disquisition, when the tumult in the hall rose to a perfect hurricane. The speaker's political friends, who clung together in a group in the centre of the hall, endeavoured by the liveliness of their applause, to drown all opposition ; whilst their opponents groaned and hooted the more lustily. 'When the war of words ha lfor some time been kept up with spirit, a more angry feeling devf loped itself, and the rival parties carne to blows. Arter fighting for a time, pell-mell, in the body of the room a rush was made to the platform with the intention of fleeting or defending the speaker whose' harangue had led to the uproar. The representatives of the press were pretty nearly crushed in a body. The tables at which they sat (between the platform and the multitude in the hall) were smashed to pieces under the feet of the tenant.tarmers and tradesmen of Lincolnshire; ink betties were upset; books. blotted and torn; and one gentleman, representing the Don caster Chronicle, less active than his brethren, was very severely injured. A number of both parties having gained the platform a struggle of several minutes' duration en , ued, as many as could catching hold of Mr. John Norton, either in a friendly or hostile manner. Mr. Norton's own struggles, aided by his friends, and backed by the' intreaties of the Mayor, saved him the ignominy of expulsion ; but it was not till very considerable delay that the business of the meeting was resumed.] Mr. NORTON then resumed his speech, but was frequently and violently interrupted. One thing was certain, 'he said—there must be a reduction of rents on the part of the landlords; farmers must not be fettered by the host of restrictions which now sur rounded them. They must get rid of the game-laws and join the financial reformers of England.—(Con fused cries of " Hear," " Nonsense," " What, join Cubden and Co.!" &c.) He then addressed himself specially to the speakers around him on the platform, who he said were trying to increase their incomes out of the price of the poor man's loaf.—(Mingled cries of " Shame" and " It's false")—instead of doing which they should take off from 30 to 40 per cent. of their rents, and endeavour to assist the tenants. In conclusion, he moved as an'amendment : " That experience has shown that the tenant-farmers and labourers have not been benefited by the past mono poly of the borne market ; that their beat and only pro tection is to be obtained by a reduction of rent, by having at command a sufficient capital for the manage ment of their fermi, by obtaining a more secure interest in the outlay for improvements, by getting rid of the host of restrictions which are now injuring them, and by obtaining great reductions of the local and general taxation of the country ."—(Cheers, hisses, and groans.) Mr. NEWTON, a Lincoln tradesman, seconded the amendment. The original motion was carried by about five to one, amidst loud cheering. Sir M. J. CHOLMELEY, M.P , in proposing the se cond resolution, observed, that he thought a most uncourteous and unfair attack had been made upon him by a gentleman present at a meeting held in that city a fortnight ago (Mr. Greetham), who asserted that he knew one of their representatives was of no use in Parliament; and further, that they must mind in future to return their friends and not their enemies. He denied that there was a more stanch friend to the farmer than himself. He entered into a brief vindica tion of his Parliamentary career, and then stated his readiness to answer any question that might be pu to him. Mr. GUSETHAM said, he certainly hail remarked that Sir M. J. Cholmeley was an unpopular Member, but he had no questions to put to him. Sir M. J. CHOLMELEY replied, that the phrase just used was exceedingly indefinite ; and as, after pausing for further questions, none were asked, he would vindicate his votes, which he said were fearlessly and honestly given on every question concerning agricul ture. He supported • Mr. Diiraeli's motion, worded similarly to the one he held in his hand ; he supported Mr. Disraeli in his motion for a Committee to inquire into agricultural distress ; and he also voted apinst Ministers upon the naviga'ion• laws. Though he had supported liberal principles, he had always considered that no true Liberal would sympathise with the whole world, totally forgetting those at home.— (Applause.) Ilaving expressed a belief that some degree of protection must and would soon be granted to British interests, the lion. Baronet concluded by moving— _ " I fiat real property should nut bear more than its lair proportion of the taxes of the country; whereas tho owners and occupitrs of real property are exclusively subject to the payment of taxes amounting to 12,00,000/. for objects of a national character, which ought to be charged on the entire income of the country." ( .1 pplause ) Mr. BOUCHBEETT seconded the motion. Mr. T. GREETUAM replied in brief terms to the observations of Sir M. J. Choltneley, who, he re• gretted, sat on the Whig side cf the Hou se ; he con sidered that he had a perfect right to make obstrva- Lions on his proceedings as a public man.—(Cheers.) Mr. Greethem then said that he "saw by the Times of the 6th inst. that there was to be a duty upon foreign coffee, but he did not r ea d th a t f ore i gn corn was to be made to contribute towards the expenses of the State. He asked whether this distinction was fair —whether it was honest ? (Cheers.) Mr. SEELEY, for a short time M.P. for the city of Lincoln, addressed the meeting at great length in a similar strain to that pursued by Mr. Norton. There was no tenant farmer in that room who had suffered more by the repeal of the corn-laws than hicaFelf, for he bad never bad two worse years than the last, and he attributed it to the importation of foreign flour; but was that a reason why he should go to public meetings and whine about protection ?—(Laughter, groans, and hisses.) Nu; what he did was to reduce his expenditure, and, instead of keeping up an establishment which cost bim 1,2001. a year, he now had one which only cost him 5001. a-year. It was all very well for jolly farwers and well-fed country squires to talk about too ranch corn being imported, but it was monstrous to say the people had too much food.—(Uproar.) The rents must be lowered, for corn would never again be so dear as it had been. He moved, as an amendment to the last proposition— " That the interests of the tenant farmers would not be promoted by charging half the local rates upon the consolidated Lund." (Hear, hear, and hisses.) This amendment was seconded from the body of the hall, but the original motion was carried by a large majority, followed by repeated rounds of cheering. The Hon. A. G. MELVILLE, of Branstonelall, moved the next resolution:— " That import duties, varying from 5 to 20 per cent., are at present levied on foreign manufactured articles, whilst agricultural produce is admitted duty free into the United Kingdom; therefore, in order to place the British agriculturists in a fair position, import duties should also be levied upon foreign agricultural produce." —(Loud cheers.) Mr. SHIPWITII seconded this motion, which was carried amidst loud applause. Colonel SIBT/lORP, M.P., said, that if he had thought that this meeting was solely and wholly in favour of protecting the agricultural interest, he should not have been there ; but its object was to protect native industry in all its branches.—(Loud applause.) He was for union and unity—for laying aside all those petty jealousies which had existed and might yet exist between those who should have but one feeling towards the interest of all. When he saw that that encouragement which should be be. stowed upon English produce was given to foreign articles, to the depreciation of native industry, he did not feel surprised to see the country in its pre sent state; but with union they would regain the protection they ought to have.—(Loud cheers.) He moved— " That a requisition be forwarded to , the High She riff, to request him to convene a meeting of the nobility, and gentry, and farmers, and merchants, and others in the county of Lincoln, to take into consideration the depressed state of the agricultural interests and the other branches of native industry." —(Applause.) Mr. CHAPLIN seconded the motion, and it was car ried with very slight opposition. A vote of thanks to the Msyor, for his services in the chair, terminated the proceedings. SIIIPWRECK,—FALMOUTH, DEC. 14.—The brig Venu', of and from Guernsey, 123 tons, John Bsekler master, bciund to Newport, in ballast, and thence char tered for Hsvannah, this morning, at half-past two o'clock, got on the Manacle Rocks. It was during the intvi vol of its being the master's watch below. Imme diately that danger was (Apprehended she was put hard up and_ wore round. She soon struck forwards, and turn aft. The master, who had taken the wheel, through the concussion had his log badly hurt, and was thrown over the ship's side, but providentially rescued himself by catching hold of her gunwale. After strik ing the second time, way being kept on the vessel, and pumps going, eighteen inches of water in her hold in dicated that the was fast settling. The boat was got ready, and 'at four A N. the master and people got into the boat. Ten minutes had scarcely expired before the brig went down. She was newly copprred, previously to sailing. A pilot cutter met with the unfortunate people at sea at daybr ea k, not knowing where to make a landfall, and brought them in here at noon to-day. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18, 18:9. Orders for the Court's change of mourning on Sunday the 6th of January, 1850, for her late Majesty the Queen Dowager, v'z :—The ladies to near black silk, fringed or plain linen or mu'lin, white gloves, black or wbttc shoes, fans, and tippets, white neeklaccs and earrings; no diamonds. The gentlemen to wear black, full-trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the m Burning further on Sunday the 13th of January, 1850; viz : —The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet-coloured ribbons, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to continue in black, and to wear coloured swords and buckles. And on • Sunday, the 90th of January, 1850, the Court to go out of mourning. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Din. 18. It is the intention of the Queen and that of the It , yal Family to continue their mourning tor her lAte Majesty the Queen Dowager until the 13th of March, 1850, changing to haltimurning upon the 13th of February, 1850. WHITEHALL, DEC. 7. 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Samuel Field, Esq. William Ghrimes Kell, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISER. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. RANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and CO. SECRETARY. David Alison, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Atkins and Andrew. MANAGER. Alexander Robertson, Esq. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE, .he Company being prohibited, by the 54th clause of their Deed of Constitution, which is duly registered la terms of the Act, from dis suting a Policy upon any ground whatever. The Rates of Premium are calculated noon Carlisle mortality, and Are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify. HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the remiums, with interest of the retained halves, is required to be paid for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the convenience of the assured, or allowed to continue, to form a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As surance nay be . relinquished at any time without payment of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to assure for the first five years at little more than half the usual rate, and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice. WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security of a creditor, bolder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits. Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a specified age, or at their death, whichever shall first occur. PAETNERSH IP POLICIES are granted, whereby a joint assurance effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in vested. On the death of either, the survivor is benefited by retain ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain their share without having to wait until it can be recovered from ontstandiiig debts. There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the equator. No Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge made for the Policy beyond the amount of the stamp. Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of the assured life The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons, approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in connexion with this Company. I~IIIE GENERAL LIFE AND 1. FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY- Established 1837. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. 62, King William-street, London. And 21, David-street, Edinburgh. Capital, One Million. DIXECTORS. George Bonstleld, Esq. Thomas Challis, Esq., Ald. Jacob George Cope, Esq. Charles Hind.ley, Esq., M.P. Thomas Piper, Esq. Thomas B Simpson, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Richard Horner, EN. Edward Wilson, Esq. The CHRISTMAS Renewal Receipts are now ready, and may be had on application at the Head Offices of the Company, or of any of its agents throughout the country. In the LIFE DEPART MENT the Company transacts all business 'elating to Life Assurances, Deferred Annuities, or Family Endow ments,,upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. • To all Agents, Solicitors, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, liberal al lowance is made. THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. THE CAT HO I, IC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. TRUSTEES. The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square. The Eight Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk. Sir Henry Futon Bedingfleld, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.E., Director of the Hon. the East India Company. Thomas narnowell, Esq., 15, Tork-terrace, Regent's -park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Malda-hill. DIRECTORS. The Right Iter. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman. Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark--Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Er Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company, and of the Londost Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beaks, Esq., Carlton Villas, Malda-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Es j., Mahnain.hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Matia•hlll. ACTUARY—WiIIiam Henry Archer, Esq. SECA START— William Norris, Esq. Prospectuses, F•rms •f Proposal, and every lr.formatiox promptly •rwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the °Mee, 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. 'EA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Establishei by Act of Parliament, 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capitalloo,oooL, in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid in tell OIL allotment, bearing a guaranteed interest ofii per cent. in perpetuity (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital. ♦pplication for Share; to be addressed to the Directors at the 01Bees of the Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted on the most liberal terns. Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially advantageous for investment of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINGIcIDGE, Managing Director. E QUI TABLE ASSURANCE OFFICE, BRIDGE.STREET, BLACKFRIARS. A iPECIAL GENERAL COURT will be holden here on Tnutts- DAY, the 20th Deeember instant, at Eleven o'clock prec'sely. ARTHUR MORGAN, Actuary. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.- A certain remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs in Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm—ln Incipient Consumption (of which Cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In Asthma and in Winter Cough they have never been known to fall. KVATING'S COUGH LOZENGES are free from every deleterious ingredient ; they may, therefore, be taken at all times by/the most delicate female and by the youngest child ; while the l'ublic Speaker and the Professional Stager will finel them invaluable in allaying the hoarseness and irritation inci, dental to vocal exertion, and consequently a powerful auxiliary in ii f ul in i d e bi l yn o enunciation.driTki,n,tsems,a Thomas s a t hniedrpieroposad. Prepared .1 andsen aoe K . 1:. , e ii . , , g, an d Tina it 25 c .. , 9d x ., 0. 4789. 79, St Paul's Church-yard, London; retail by all Druggists and P a t e nt Medicine Venders in the kingdom. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Mnstrated by 26 Anatomical coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. flew Editi on , enlarged to 195 pages. Just publLshed, pries 2s. 6d., or by vest, direct from the Establishment , 3 s. 6 d. in postage stain; TEE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical W or k on the intimates and decay of the generative oysters, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inord'nate nee of 'mercury, with remarks es Msrriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 1), Berners-street, Ox ford-street, Londo s. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-ro v I Ilarmay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; dtarie,23, Titchberne-street, Haymarket; amd Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of tho anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Eugravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting (em excessive Indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative illeapacity. Illustrated by Three explanatory Engravings, P 461; 111. t: of ttie diseases res llting Irom infection, either in th e primary or secondary form, and c,ntrans explicit directions for their treatment. This !ection is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured ingravlsge... Pa= IV. contains a rrescription for tho Prevention of Dl,eaio by a simple applicattNn, by which the danger of int,setion .6 ob viated. This important part of the Work should no escr;e the eader's notice. . _ V. — isdevoted to the consideration of marriage, and it s duties. The catses of unproductive union ar. also 4onsidered, and the whele subject critlcaily and philosophic:4l7 ar a aired bite. TresCosorea BALM oc Slatacust is exc l usl—.ly employed In treat lag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, lls. and 335. per battle. The Concentrated Deters' re ' , menet:, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood!' ::,;.aer. ofinfectleni, secondary mp toms, eraptioas, and the abuse of a"^ - :cury, Ili. and 355. per bottle. Perrv's Purifying Specific r la, . dd., 4s. 6d., and 113. p-r box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma lon of the oia,Lkee. ,onsmltatiou fee if by latter, 11. A min u t e detail of the ease Is tequ i fe d : age, habits, and position In society, t 1 Pa tot ', aft advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by Withal the fee, U., 1. eaved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atm:i des°. 'jay at 19, fier ears -street, Oxford-street, London, from Eta- Tgri till T qa, and Flite to Eight, ea EstulA,ys from Ski OD to 9Se• DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, 1841 West Districts... 301,189 North DiAricts.. 376,568 Central Districts 374,199 East Districts ... 393,067 South Districts.. 503,346 1,002 Totslm... ..... 1,948,369 Average Weekly Deaths Deaths, 1844-8 in the Five Autumns. Week. , 164 164 . 207 ... 195 . 20$ ... 171 . 259 ... 207 . 324 ... 265 Males Females ... 1,162 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 1,002 ... 487 ... 515 ... 662 ... 647 Total ... ...1,309 *ln this number are included 19 by Scarlatina, 33 by Typhus Fever, 14 by Diarrhoea, and i by Cholera. - - LIVES OF THE PRINCESSNS— OF ENGLAND: BY MRS. EVERETT GREEN.—This most interesting biogra phical work could not have appeared at a more favour able moment, being admirably adapted as a Christmas Offering for our lair countrywomen. The Britannia, in its review, justly observes, "It is a mosf agreeable book, and forms a meet companion for the work of Miss Strickland, to which, indeed, it is an indispensable ad dition. The authoress, already favourably known to the learned world by her excellent collection of 'Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies,' has executed her task with great skill and fidelity. Every page displays careful research and accuracy. There is a graceful combination of sound, historical erudition, with an air of romance and adventure that is; highly pleasing, and renders the work at once an' agreeable companion of the boudoir, and a valuable addition to the historical library. Mrs. Green hea entered upon an untrodden path, and gives to her biographies an air of freshness and novelty very alluring. The present volumes (including the Lives of twenty-five Princesses) carry us from the daughters of the Con queror to the family of Edward I.—a highly interesting period, replete with curious illustrations of the genius and manners of the middle ages. Such works, from the truthfulness of their spirit, furnish a more lively picture of the times than even the graphic, though delusive, pencil of Scott and James." THE POST orrice SUNDAY D UTIES. —The whole of the district surveyors to the General Post-office in the country have been summoned to St. Martin's•le- Grand, and have been closeted with Mr. Rowland Hill several times for hours together. The precise object of the consuhatious has not transpired; but it is understood they have reference to the best and most satisfactory plan for abolishing the blank day circulation of letters and relieving the provincial forwarding offices from Sunday labour. The district surveyors, seven in number, are very superior officers of the Post-office department, and their official residences being in distant parts of the country, they are never all summoned to meet in London but for some important purpose. The official residences of the surveyors are at Ipswich, Derby, Gloucester, Dorking, Penrith, Exeter, and Oswestry. WHITEHALL, DEC. 13. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George William Nalder, of Long Ashton, near in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. The L'ird Chancellor has appointed George Fielding, of l)ovo'•, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Edward Whalley,cloth worker, Kingsgate-street, High Holborn, to surrender Dec. 31, at half past twelve, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra"WM, official assignee, Coleman-street; Saw and Newatead, Ely- place. Francis Golding, grocer, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Dec. 29, at twelve, a nd F e b. 2 , at e l even, at the Court a Bankruptcy. Pennell, offit.-ial assignee, Guild • hall Chambers, Basingholl-street; Mahon, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn; Hewitt, Tonbridge Wells. John George Briggs, innkeeper, Leicester, Jan. 4 and 25, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court, Nottingham, Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Gregory, Leicester. Henry Hepworth, linendraper, Selby, Yorkshire, Jan. 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Hanle and Clarke, Leeds ; Hodgson, Selby. William Henry Malpas, innkeeper, Nottingham, Jan, 11 and Feb. 8, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham. Joseph Raphael, jeweller, Liverpool, Jan. 2 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Pemberton, Liverpool. Robert Gibbs, corn deal* r, Birmingham, Dec. 31, and Jan. 28, at halt-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Benson, Birmingham; Wright, Birmingham. Matthew Flaig and John Alexander, watch makers, Bath, Jan. 3 and 31, at twelve, at the Bristo! District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Hellings, Bath. Frederick King, auctioneer, Oxford, Dec. 29, at eleven,. and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Pownall and Cross, Staple Inn, Holborn. Thomas Mies, boiler and gasometer manufacturer, Brierly-hill, Staffordshire, Dec. 27 and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Ba4inghall-street. W. Bullmore, Clerkenwell•close, and Bedford-street, Covent-garden, g•Ad and silver wire drawer, Jan. 10, at eleven—W. Chappelow, jue., Jermyn-street, St. James's, saddler, Jan. 10, at one—A. Duncan, Wilson street. Finbbury, manufacturer of preserved provisions, Jan. 10, at onc—li. Benda, Camomile-street, City, importer of foreign goods, J in. 10, at half-past eleven—L. Congdon, Spring street, Paddington, painter and glazier, Jan. 8, at one—J. Dailey and A. Inakipp, Long-lane, Bermond sey, ' , tither manufacturers, Jan. 8, at twelve—C. Beck, Fin bury-square, dealer, Jan. 8, at half-past twelve. In the Country. T. Shell, Bo:c, Wells, quarryman, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—Y. Protheroe and M. D. Prothe roe, Bristol, West India merchants, Jun. 15, at eleven, at the Court, 13rist.,1—J. Carter, Liverpool, merchant, Jsn. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. North Shields, printer, Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. T. Dudson, Carlisle, furniture brolter, 7d., on Satur day, Dec. 15, or any following Saturday, between till and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle•upon- Tync. J. Steele, Newcastle -Upon-T y ne, innkeeper, la. 21. on Saturday, Dec. 15, or any full wing Saturday, between tz.n and three, at the office of Mr. Wakivy, Newcastle upon Tyne. . W. ‘Vilson, Iloughton-le Spring, Durham, tnaltster, 53., on Saturday, 1/:e. 22, or any subsequent Satur.tsy, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, castle-upon-Tyn'. n-Ty T. S. Mulvey, Chester, shipbuilder, 3s. on Wed nesday, Dec. 26, or any subsequent Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. S. Weaver and B. Hickman, Ludlow, Shropshire, mercers• and drapers, id., or any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. ChriAie, Binning ham. J. H ►rbhaw and W. Askew, Leedi, cloth merchants, 24., on Thursd ty, Dec. 20, or auy subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, , Leeds. J. Harahan, Leeds, cloth merchant, 10s., on Thur9d iy, Dec. 20, or auy subaequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basiughall-street. J. M. Levine and M. Levison, Norwich, jewellers, Jan. 9, at twelve—M. J. Moses, Houndsditch, City, foreign goods importer, Jan. 9, at one—S. Vines, Cratched friars, City, corn factor, Jan. 9, at eleven—C. Rowland, Horsham, Sussex, stonemason and buildrr, Jan. 9, at twelve—S. Clark, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, papermaker, Jan. 9, at two—J. W. Edmonds, High street, Poplar, victualler, Jan. 11, at twelve—J. Red ward, I'ortsea, Southampton, fishmonger, Jan. 8, at half past do v en—J. Betties, Hales worth, Suffolk, apothecary, Jan. 11, at one— H. G. Astle, Margate, Kent, toyman, Jan. 11, at eleven. In the Country. T. Reed, North Shields, Northumberland, banker, Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne— J. Clementson, Whitehaven, Cumberland, tobacconist, Jan. 9, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—T. Coates, Sunderland, Durham, wine and spirit merchant ; Jan. 9, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—P. Parry, Llangenny, Brecon, victualler, Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Treffry, Tregouey, Cornwall, se( dsman, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Thuell and W. Jeffery, Buckfastleigb, Devon, woollen manufacturers, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. F. Flear, Farndon, Nottinghamshire, miller, certificate of the first class—P. Roberts, Birmingham, builder, cer tificate of the first class—G. Plant, Stafford, grocer, cer tifieate of the second class, after 21 days from Dec. 15 —J. Holden, Stafford, earthenware manufacturer, certi ficate of the first class, atter 21 days from Dec. 14—J. Gomereall, Cockheaton, Yorkshire, starch manufacturer, certificate of the third class, after 21 days from Dec. 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Reynolds and H. G. Noyes, Moorgatc-street, City, surgeons and apothecaries—J. Gatley and H. R. Gatley, Truro, Tresillinn, and Polsue, Cornwall, general mer chants and farmers—F. A. Dawson and C. Dawson, Bears-wharf, Tooley-street, Southwark, potato sales- Men—l. Hawkins and J. Wilson, Westbromwich, iron merchants—W. Hutchinson and R. Whittaker, Man chester, coal dealers—R. W. White and D. A. White, Blakeney, Gloucestershire, millers—E. Houghton and J Buckley, Auiterlands-within-Saddleworth, Yorkshire, corn dealers and grocers—W. Bayldon and T. Baines, Bradford, Yorkshire, cotton warp agents—R. Tattersall and J. Holt, Newchurch, Lancashire, woollen manufac. turers—T. Waterhouse, Edgeley, Cheshire, cotton manufacturer, G. Holcroft, Manchester, Lancashire, engineer, and R. Ryder, Ardwick, Lancashire, gentle man, patentees of en improvement for fixing the wheels of railway carriages, &c.—T. Briercliffe and T. Birch, Bolton -le:Moors, Lancashire, power-loom manufactu rers—R. K. Day and J. H. Steuart, Stratford, Essex, patent hydrofuge manufacturers—H. Knight and J. Blackwell, Birmingham, wholesale and retail grocers and provision merchants—R. S. Burch and G. Vincent, Utley, Suffolk, farmers—T. Milner, D. Milner, and B. Manchester, wine merchants—T. Constable and G. Clare, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, tobacconists —W. J. Bowden and G. C. Armstrong, Ware, Herts, surgeons and apothecaries—C. Winchester and S. Capon, Upper East Smithfield, ships' hearth manufacturers and ships' iranmongers—S. Bally and A. G. Day, Lothbury, general metal agents and merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Henry Machin, Burslem, Staffordshire, journeyman crate maker. George Lakin, Cheadle, Staffordshire, innkeeper. Richard Gudirey Aldridge, Northamptun. Sarah Bennett, liernsing,•„ Kent , inuket per. Robert Roberts, Liverpool, boot maker. Edwin Proctor, Liverpool. Anthony Shlrp, Liverpool. Benjamin Davenport, Rochdale, cabinet nal.ker. James Welsh, Bristol, cooper. George Parsons, She ffi eld, licensed victualler. Robeit Moulton, West Walton, Norfolk, packer. Henry Burtonshaw, East Buttcrwick, Lincolnshire, grocer. George Clement Brown, Shea Id, cabinet maker. John Snelling, Northampton, surgeon. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. P. M'Gregor and J. Merry, jun., Kilmarnock and Glasgow, calico printers, to rivet Dec. 22, and Jan. 11, at two, within the Buck's Head Hotel, Glasgow. T. Moore, Glasgow, merchan►, to meet, Dec. 24, and Jan. 14, at twelve, within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. G. Mackenzie, Alneas, Reashire, farmer, W meet, Dec. It SPORT. Sir,—After the most mature inspection and canal detation a the bursting of the barrels forwarded to me on Saturday last, I ascribe their bursting to the following causes :- 1. The total want of judgment displayed in fitting into a stock originally made fur barrels of 14 bore the increased size of 12 bore, and, to meet this insu perable difficulty, filing away more than one-half the thickness of each barrel, to get them to joint close enough to admit them into the stock—rendering the barrels thus not half the actual strength in the joint which they possessed in the other portions, and hence the fact of their bursting where they have done. An inspection of the thickness of the joint will convince the merest tyro in mechanical knowledge. 2. They have been intended to be brazed, or hard soldered with brass (the most injurious practice iron can be subjected to), but, from inattention in the workman, a cohesion or attachment has never been effected between the two barrels, and must have been loose fur at least three inches from the breech ends. The soft solder used to fasten the top and bottom ribs was, in fact, the only attachment holding the barrels together; forming the most careless and iil-conducted work I ever saw come out of a London maker's shop, and undoubtedly adding to the danger already existing in the barrels by the excessive reduction. 3. The barrels appear to have been proved, but the removal of the Proof-house number of bore, which is always stamped between the proof-marks, justifies the suspicion that the barrels have been bored to a larger bore since such proof; how many sizes it is impossible to say. Lastly. The barrels are not constructed of all steel, but a mixture of half iron and half steel, formed into a variety of Damascene figures by no means approxi mating to the tenacity of laminated steel barrels, of which they are a spurious imitation. This I feel justified in .say ing, —the barrels were unsafe before leaving the maker's shop, and the frac ture cannot in any way be ascribed to any chrless tiess in loading, as examination will show the barrels to have separated at the extreme end where the charge of powder lay, and which 44 ould not have been, the case had space existed between the powder sod cartridge ; the fracture would in this case have extended further up the barrel. WILLIAM GREENER, Aston New tobin, Birmineam, Det: 14. . PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF Mits. MARGARET MAITLAND, OF SUNNYSIDE.—This charming story con tinues to be received witlithe favoUr 'it deserves by tier principal critics. The .Examiner, in its review, ses3 s, "We have read this book with unusual pleasure. It has points of merit in the delineation of Scottish life and character which.may compare with Mill Ferries", Galt, Lockhart, and Wilson, and the spirit in which it is written is at once singularly quiet and modest, and full of shrewdness and good sense. lir, ry page of the book testifies to the author's sincerity, her simplicity of feeling and good faith, and her uncanting piety. The moral or the story is an excellent one. The reader will enjoy the unaffected tone of the book, and be as touched by its truth as it Miss Ferrier were not yet silent, or the authors of 'Lights and Shadows' and 'Adana Blair' were pay , pling Seuttish manses rgst:t." Mr. John Wood, tina chairman of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee of the City of London, ..i.ts.r taintd fart evening a numerous party at the Albion Tavern, Alders:gate-street, Amongst the company we noticed the R ght Hon. the Lend Mayor, Sir James Duk Bart., M.P.,Sir John Key, Bart., Sir Wm. Mai nay, Bart., Mr. Masterman. M.P , Alderman Gibbs, Alder non Moon, Alderman Ls,wrarc, :alderman Carden, the Town Clerk, M. Deputy Szi.teLs, Mi. Deptry Peacock, Mr. Deputy Holt., and a numb. r of °trio" gentlemen count eted with the corpmati, n. The dinner and wines were of a sup riot d s,ripiivu , sat' dal great etenit to the taste ad Me,sr:. Staples. CITY COMMISSION Eine( OF SElVERs.'—Ye,tert;ay the Curt wet, Mr. Deputy ii; the 42ip_tir. 1 11, re were but few toPuthets pr.4e!,t. 1-4-rrte cat the several inapt - A:lois tht.t. i;eNot . .s ea:ployed cleansing the streets slid &heys - owe gimeratly ttenuve to their duties. Nothing of . ,itny importune • took place lit the meeting. . .