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G R AND NATIONAL FETE, In ORD HOLLAND'S PARK, JELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam- street. FLOATING OF THE BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE OVER THE MENAI STRAITS. the top x1f.,09 cAssl It is calculated that the wind, at a veloclty„„pf 8.0 piles an ho ur , th e ra t e o f th e h urr i cane , would only give a total pressure of 128 tons distributed over the whole side of those tubes. On WEOi TESDAY and THIIRSDAY next, Under the im a Direction of the SCOTTISH SOCIETY of LONDON. • Messrs. ARCHER, and HOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Owynne Coffee-room, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find the Table d'Hote, which takes place at half-past Five precisely, the most comfortuble and reasonable in the metropolis.-Fish and Joints, 25. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untL One o'clock. Private Dining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. • Competition in archer y, and for the Championship in the Scottish National Games of rut fining, leaping, throwing the hammer, putting the stone, tossing the 'caber, broad-sword play, sword dance, strath speys, reels, Performance on the Great Highland Bagpipe, &c., &c. The Nobility and Gentry in the country are respectfully informed FRENCH INTERVENTION IN ROME. N.B. An Entrance also fron; Maiden lane. THE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC ' INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. A Lecture on Floral Botany, by Thomas Graham, Esq., g.u.c.s., on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Half-past Three.—Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on Master's Patent Process of Freezing, &c., in which the formation of Ice in a red-hot vessel will be shown. —A Lecture on Character, with Musical Illustrations, by J. Russell, Esq., every Evening at Eight o'clock.—Lectures on Experimental Philoso phy.—The Microscope.—The Dissolving Views include scenes in Van Diemen's Land, from Original Drawings taken on the spot by J. Skin ner Prout, Esq. ; also a new Series of Dioramic Effects, by Mr. Chilee.—New Chromatrope.--Diver and Diving-bell. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including atrlay) from Seven till Half-past Ten. TH P E 0Y A L GENERAL ANNUITY . • SOCIETY. . . Pexaon—The QUEEN. • GRAND FANCY SALE, in the Capacions•anduplendid New Room, at ttse Bazaar, 58, tinier-street, in AID of the.FUNDS, on the 19th. 20th, and 21st of JUNE. This ortgnificent apartment, emsiderably larger than the Guildhall of London, will be for the first time opened to thb public on the above occasion, under the patronage of Her Royal Highnesi the Duchess of KENT. . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. • . , lier,Royal Highness the Duchess ofCAMBRIDGE. , Tice Duchess of Leeds The. Viscountess Sidney The 'Duchess of Bedford The Viscountess Combermere The Duchess of Marlborough The Viscount - ss Seaham - The Duchess of Argyll The Viscountess Forbes The - Duchess of Montrose the Viscountess Druralanrig ' The Marchioness of Drogheda The Viscountess Strathallan The Marchioness of Tw eddale The Viscountess Dillon The Mar.-I:lioness of Londonderry The Viscountes Palmerston The Marchioness of Westmeath The Viscountess Dungannon The Marchioness of Sligo The Viscountess Campdon The Marchioness of Breadalbane The Viscountess Milton The Marchioness of Ormondo The Viscountess Villiers The Countess of March The Viscountess Jocelyn The Marchioness of Woodford ~ The Viscountess Stopford The Marchioness of Donegall The Lady Louisa Cator The Lady Charlotte Denison The Lady Charlotte Lyster The Lady Georgiana Cholmeley The Lady Theresa Lewis The Countess Of Shrewsbury, Wa- The Lady Frances Hope terford, and Wexford • The Lady Li ford • The Countess of Ab.ngdon lho Lady Fanny Howard The Countess of Morley The Lady Aylmer The Countess of Pomfret The Lady Harriet Clive The Countess of Clarendon ' The Lady Caroline Lane Fox i The Countess .of Abergavenny The Lady Charlotte Lindsay The Counte s Talbot • The Lady Dalmeny .. The Countess (D.) of Desart The Lady Caroline. Bathurst *The Countess of Desart The Lady Harriett Ramsden Tice Countess of Antrim The Lady Elizabeth Balteel 'The Countess Manvers The Lady Haddo 'The Countess Grey The Lady Ashley _ 'The Cenntessof Harrowby • The Lady Lister Kaye 'The Countess of Huntingdon The Lady Caroline'Lltscelles ' The Countess of Verulam The Lady Beaumont The Dowager Countess Somers The Lady Feversham The Countess of Stradbroke The Lady Stanley The Countess of Lichfield The Laly'Robert Grosvenor 'The Countess of Effingham The Lady Selgey 'Tile Countess of Malsnesbury The Lady Garvagh The Countess of Ducie The Dowager Lady Abinger The Countess of Newburgh The Lady Milford The Countess of Hopetoun The Hon. s . rs. Ivei The Countess of Portarlington The Hon. Mrs. Cochrane The Countess of Annesley The Hon. Mrs. Abbott The Countess of Belmore • The Hon. Mrs. George Anson The Countess of Listowel The Hon. Mrs. Beaumont 'The Countess of Glengall The Hon. Miss Vernon The Countess of Shannon The Lady Strange 'The Countess of Shelburne The Lady Foulis The Lady Blanche Balfour The Lady Beecher • 'The Lady Anne Baird The Lady Anne Beckett 'The Lady Eliz. Hope Vere The Lady Cowper 'The Lady Charlotte Egerton _ The Lady - Macnaghten 'The Lady Elizabeth Lascelles Th 2 Lady Astley 'The Lady Rosa Greville The Lady Rodd A selection of valuable Paintings, the gifts of various artists, will orm an attractive feature of this elegant sale. The Committee very respectfully return thanks to the kind con tributors who have already sent in their gifts, and earnestly solicit the frienis of the charity to be as early as possible in forwarding - their presents, that all things may be properly arranged. The realized value of contributions will be allowed to the donors in votes at the Secietv's next election. An extensive collection of the choicest Flowers and Plants will be .-exhibited for sale. The musical arrangements will be of the highest order. Admission cm the first day 2s. 6d., and on the second and third days ls. each. Chil,iren under twelve years of age ls. the first day, and half-price on the second and third days. The rooms will be opened to the public at twelve o'clock each day, and close at eight. Carriages will set down in King-street, and take up in Baker- street. - Tickets may be had at the Society's offices ; at 58, Baker-street; at Mr. Clark's, Moorgate-street ; and at the principal music-shops. STEPHEN J. ALDRICH, Secretary. Society's Officei, 18A, Basinghall-street, June 11, 1849, ____--------- EAST INDIA HOUSE, JUNE 13, 1849. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice — That a Proprietor of East India Stock has given notice that t the Quarterly General Court of the said Company , appointed to b a e held at their house in Leadenhall-street on WEDNESDAY, the 20th inst., :he will submit the following motions, viz. : " That the Court of Directors be requested to take such measures as may be necessary to instruct the Local Government of India to insert in the articles of war for the native army a clause conveying the same privilege to the native army, of demanding copies of the accord, as is now enjoyed by the European soldiery under the articles cf war framed by the British Legislature, 4th October, 1848. " That the Court of Directors do lay before the Court of Proprie **the proceeiings of the general court-martial held on Sheik All, a ate in the H company of the 30th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, held at Vellore on the Bth November, 1842, together with copy of the judgment of the • Marquis of .Tweeddale, releasing , he prisorer on the ground that he had been permitted to return to his duty after the offence. " That the order of Lord Gough, the Commander-in-Chief of the army of India, passed under date 13th March, 1844, with the case connected with it, be placed before the JAESC C. MELVILL, of Proprietors." C Secretary. GUILDHALL, Jura 16, 1849. liillE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY ' S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY the 27th June instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASES, for twenty-one years from Midsummer, 1849, a House, Ito. 14, on the north side of Broad-street -buildings ; House, No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street -buildings ; and a'Rouse No. 38, on the south side of Upper Thames-street ; and a /rouse, No. 55, on the north side Of Skinner-street, Snowh,ll. Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE, for 18)4 Years (less three days), from Midsummer, 1849, a House, No. 9, Ar tillery-place, City-road. urther particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender Oktalned, at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. TtIETROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE 17 SOCIETY. No. $, Prances• street, Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall , due on the sth of July next, that the same mast be PAYABLE 'within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, 'either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of July neat, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for MutUal and General Assurance, appropriates all its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the yearEending the 4th of April, 1850, an abatement of 51 per * cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Xears' standing and upwards. RICHARD HEA.THFIELD, Superintendent. Princes-street, Bank, June 9, 1849. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Incorporated Pursuant to Act o! Parliament. LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also A nnuit'es, immediate and deferred. The payment of fixed sums to the Assur. d at any specified age, or to their Representatives iri case of death before that age. Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years. Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and Loans granted, repayable by instalments. ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage a certain sum on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the whole of the Bum paid for the same at a given period. RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of 10s. for every 1001. Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual Commission allowed on the introduction of business. ,Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society, and all information, may be obtained at the office, or of the Agents in the Country. F. FERGUSON CA ROUT, Manager. A TION AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The :leading features of the Society are guaranteee of an ample ZroPrietary Capital. 111- Aerate Rates of Premiums. 7 - Ivo-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Anneal Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 Ter cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. • Rvemples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. 1 Perma- Sum the Annual Folicy Bonus in addition Bonus nent Re-; Assured Age., E.. , Pre- taken tn c„,„ in duction of may bor - mium. out in - Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premium. Policy. X s. d. £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. 1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2,593 6 8 1838 251 18 10,115 14 8 18 12 8 1 543 17 9 1839 226 6 0102 15 1 16 2 9 494 8 10 60 1000 Xs. d. 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11 445 0 0 74 3 4 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 15 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1843 99 18 4 44 8 4 615 11 296 13 4 1844 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 0 247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, er any of its branches in the country ; or, on application,will be for- Progiet er any of warded r tuses, with tables of rates, tts branches in the country >st free. W. S, B. WOOLIIMISE, Actuary. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ; United with the PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847. Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, 1848. Amalgamated pursuant to Resolutions dated February 5, 1849. Offices : 31, CORNHILL, LONDON. with Powers of Extension reserved to the CAPITAL Proprietors under the 16th Clause of thel£loo,ooo Deed of Settlement), In Shares of Twenty Rhillinge earth, all pa 'd affording the aeourity of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting. DISTINOrLSHING FEATtitES, ILVIIINE.—LimIted risks in and upon vessels of the first class al • Lloyds. FlRE.—Reduced premiums on buildings erected in c on f orm ity w ith the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vie., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu tion of risk secured by the provisions of that statute. LIFE. —The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole profits being divided among the Assured, without the entailment of any risk. The operation of this department also extenaing to RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre- miums ; and GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of irust and confidence on the Annual Payment of a stipulated r a t e per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct therefrom. Forms of Applicaf ion for Provincial Agencies in those towns of the United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be obtabned from the Head Office as above. AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. London, June 9, 1849. I 4 A W LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-street, London, June 9, 1849. Notice is hereby given, that in conformity with the provisions of the Deed of Settl , mtent, a General Meeting of the Proprietors will be held at the Soci.ety's Office, Fleet-street, London, on SATURDAY, the 23d day of Jtrae instant, at Half-past Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to elect Fiv ,- . ; Directors and Two Auditors, when those who go out of office by rotation will be proposed for reelection ; and also 1,.;1* ge neral mrposes By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary Business will commence at Twelve o'clock precisely. A It It I A G E. ./1 3 1 One half the world are desolately single, and the other arismosiag them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a rens° et right determine the former, and miscalculate 4 hopes em 16:Marthe latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un vomprosiwg hurry; but the troth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. honour and justicoderaand that health shouldform au item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if those surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little BtEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. In 2 vols., Is. each (by boat, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no Imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered by misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certanly for mere idle curiosity, but er the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom hey are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on he above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or gether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other iht,lo publications claipa your attention (same price 111. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drbik, and m Avoid," and " Ilow to bo Rappy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are th e y th e mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's if, w h o owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servane3 of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would b 3 done unto,—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be bud cf Sherwood, 23, Patermsfer-rew ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Munn, 89, Cornhill; Nr.lson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other- Wise) front the anther (who may be conferred with personally, 0 2 1 21!_sad.:.11Vellinss), le, Argyll -pl!%ee Regent -stretti and all .mioAwn.fft that it is quite impossilile for the Secretary to answer the numerous letters he has received on the subject of Stand Tickets, tho Commit tee have, however, in order to meet their wishes, given instructions to the builder to incroase the Stand, so as to accommodate fifteen hundred persons ; the extra Tickets will, therefore, be on sale until Two o'clock on Tuesday, if not disposed of before that time. Vouchers for the GIIAND BTAND can be had only of the Patrons and HOnorary,Difectors, a list of whom may be obtained at the mu siesellers. Grand Stand Tick ets. One Guinea each ; and Tickets for the Wings of the Grand 13 tend, Half-a-Guinea each, may be 'retained as passports to any part of the field, and also for re -admission on the second day of the Fete. - Tickets for any part of the Field, with re-admission on the second day, 55. each, or 15s. for a party of four (if applied for on or before Tuesday, the 19th), ni ay be had at the Libraries, and of the principal Musicsellers, where e.lso may he had Tickets for the Wings of the Grand Stand until 'Two o'clock on Tuesday, after that day the Tickets for the Field will be 7s. Gd. instead of ss. - One Ticket of any class will admit two children under twelve years of age. For the better accommodation of the Nobility and Gentry proceed ing to the Grand Stand, a temporary Gateway has been made on the Notting-hill-road, opposite Norland-square, where carriages can set down within a few yards of the Stand. .Parties with Tickets for the Wings of the Grand i;tand will enter by a gate near Nerland-square; and those for the Field by the gate, opposite Boyne-terrace, all the gates being on the Nelting-hill-road. ' The Gates will be open at Eleven, and the sports will commence at TWelve o'clock. _ All communications relative to the private examination of the Pipers and Dancers (which will take place at the ,Soeiety's Club house on Tuesday, the 19th), and other matters connected with .the competition, are recritested to be addressed to the Secretary, at the Club-house, Hanover, Park, Peckham. • TO ENGRAVERS, ARTISTS, AND PUBLISHERS. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, a STEEL PL VTE, ready for Printing, executed by an eminent Artist, an Historical subject would be preferred, where copies have not been issued. Sze of subject from 2 to 3 feet, by 16 to 21 inches, with lowest price and where a proof of plate can be seen. Address to Mr. G. Smith, 66, Union-street, Ryde, Isle of Wight. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. Direct Communication between LONDON and DUBLIN, Three Times a Day, Nia HOLYHEAD. In consequence of notice from the Postmaster-General, an Extra Mail Train will, on and after the 19th instant, leave Chester at 10 25 p.m. daily, on the arrival of the 5 p.m. Express Train from London,* arriving in Kingston about 530 a.m. A Train will also leave Holy head at 1 35 a.m., in connexion with the Steam-packet leaving Kings .own at 7 p.m., arriving in Lcndon at 1 p.m. The Daily Communication will ho as under : Arrive at Kingstown About 10 30 p.m. 5 30 a.m. 11 15 a.m. Leave London. 9 0 a.m. *5 0 p.m. 8 45 p.m. Leave Chester. 2 55 p.m. 10 `.5 p.m. 3 45 a.m. Leave Kingstown Leave Chester. (Dubin Time). 8 30 a.m. 5 15 p.m. 11 0 pin 11 0 a.m. 935 p.m. 4 50 a.m. 7 0 p.m. 6 30 a.m. 1 0 p.m. A mail Train will leave Liverpool at 9 p in., in connexion with the 10 25 p.m. Train from Chester, and a Train will leave Chester for Liverpool at 4 50 a.m., in connexion with the Boat leaving Kings town at 7 p.m. *N.B. No Express Train at 5 p.m. from London on Sundays. By order, J. 0. BINGER. Superintendent's Office, Chester, June 9, 1849. Arrive at London. THE NICOLL PALETOT WAREROOMS, 114. 116, 1%0, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL. Many have assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but Messrs. NICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material. ESSRS. NICOLL'S Wholesale and Counting k Vie House Departments for the London Branches in the Sh'p ping and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE-ALLEY, CORNHILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET. FABLES for the FANCIFUL. No. I. THE SPARROW AND THE GOLDFINCH. Ono day, while In my garden-chair I sat, Two plumy people joined in friendly chat. The facts were these, as far as I could see, A goldfinch perched upon my cherry-tree; Soon after which, a lowly sparrow came, Presuming he'd a right to do the same, And having neared his neighbour, inch by inch, " Chip," said the sparrow, " Twittle," said the finch. A pause ensued, as oft it does with us, ,B I oftenutsoo ndnwthoesper, sir,arrowb n r d o e t e e d t l li d e o, silence thus : , much engage, I've than you ; considered as nos so t endeavourl ered worth a cage 1 7n , be never v y ai d ni o v beenew ed But as for you, wherever you may fly, Mankind regards you with a curious eye. Pray what's the reason you are valued so, Is it your song, or what, I wish to know ?" " Nay." said the well-dressed goldfinch, " I presume, 'Tis not my song, but my superior plume ; 'Tis true, my friend, I've learned to sing a little, But scarcely any more than twittle, twittle.' You may depend, Sir, 'Us the way I'm decked — Respectable appearance gains respect ; Look at my golden wings, my scarlet cap, You see Pm quite a gentlemanly chap; If you could wear my coat you'd shortly know To what extent appearances will go." Mere ceased the entertaining conversation, While I myself supplied THE APPLICATIDN. Since personal appearance goes so far, I'll more than ever prove what Moses are. Moses and Son's famed Mart is just the place To furnish fashions of superior grace ; The fit of Moses, true to half-an-inch, Will prove the language of the golden-finch. Whoever may in Moses' dress be decked, Will meet with honour and with due respect ; . And this assertion nobody will mock, On viewing Messrs. Moses' summer stock; And thus concludes my unassuming fable, Which I've improved as well as I was able. LIST OF PRICES, • BEADY YAM. Men' Spring, and Summer Wrappers.. from 8 6 The Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every descrip tion of light Over-coats •. ••• • • • • ........ 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed .................. 1 1 0 Do. do. lined with silk.. ••.. • • 1 8 0 Do. do. superior quality .... • ... •• . • 1 IS 0 Jean and Holland Blouses ••••• • • • • • ' 0 2 9 Fancy Victoria do. .• • • ...... ........ 0 4 0 Tweed d 0... ... •• • ..............• • • 0 4 6 .. 0 17 0 Frock Coat 1 0 0 Spring and Summer Trousers .. ••.• . • ••0 4 0 Doeskin and Buckskin d 0...... ••• • • 0 7 6 Spring and Summer Vests in every variety • • 0 1 6 Black and Figured Satin Vests • • .... • • ...... 0 4 6 Black do., superior quality .. • .• .......... 0 9 6 White ;Marcella Vests ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 4 6 Men's Black Cloth Vests .. • • .............. 0 3 6 Boy's Spring and Summer Vests. • •......... 0 0 10 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits •••• •• • • ...... 0 15 0 Men's Fishing Coats in great variety ........ 0 4 0 DUD% To IMBOEI. Paletots made from a variety of material, fitted for Summet wear ••..••• • • • • • 1 1 0 Do. very elegantly trimmed .. •• • • ........ 1 8 0 Superior Cloth of a light texture.• .......... 1 15 0 Ditto ditto lined with silk.... •......... 2 2 0 Ditto Dress Coat • • .... ••••••• • • • .. • • .... 1 12 0 - Pest do ..... • • 2 15 0 Superfine Frock do. • • ... ••.. • • 115 0 Best do. ...... ........... •• 3 3 0 Fancy Doeskin Trousers. • • 016 6 Black do. ••• • • ••••• • • • . • 0 16 0 1 6 0 Black Cloth Vests.... • • ••• • • • 0 8 6 Best d 0... • • • . Splen tid atin Vest .. •• • • ...• • ... •• • • 014 6 Hussar and Tunic suits .. Superfine do. .. ••••••••••••.• • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 15 0 Men's White Marcella Vests.• • • .......• 0 7 0 Fishing Coats in endless variety from 0 10 6to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great variety from 0 16 oto 5 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 1/. 10s• The new book, entitled the " Great Fact," with full directions for Self-measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice—the Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with every novelty of the season. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MORES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Heiden, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minories, and 83, 94, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast F.stablishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition ; but having heard that the untradesman-like falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," t as been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, hey beg to state that they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far gate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; and these who require cheap and genuine clothing, &a., should call at or send to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of 'he Branch Establishments, as above. Take Notice.—This Estalllisitment is closed from sunset Friday, to sunset 'Saturday, when iThs . ness is resumeertill twelve o'clock. Just published, price 55., Bvo., in cloth, THE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa tally prevalentl By F. B. COURTENAY, " The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery. Published by 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street; and may be had of all booksellers in town or country. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. 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The above testimonial is a further proof of the efficacy of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, which afford speedy relief to those afflicted with gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, tic doloreux, pains in the head and face, and all analogous complaints. The never-failing effects of BLAIWS GOUT and RHEUMATI(' PILLS in curing every description of Gout and Rheumatism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past sr present times. They not only give relief in a few hours, but re store to perfeckhealth in an inconceivably short space of time. They are equally speedy and certain in lumbago, sciatica, pains in the head or face, and indeed in every rheumatic or gouty affection : in fact, such has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and complete safety of this medicine, that it has astonished all who have taken it ; and there is scarcely a city, town, or village in the kingdom but contains many grateful evidences of its benign influence. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, and, by his appoint ment, by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each - box o:fthe genuine Medicine. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 15.—Admiral of the White Sir Edward William Campbe 11 Rich Owen, G.C.8., G.C.H., will receive the Admirals' Good Service Pension, vacant by the death of Vice-Admiral Bill. The ship's corporals and others, of the Victory, having received a good deal of money heretofore for showing that ship to strangers, and such gratuities having been thought important enough to be applied to a more ex tended field of service, it is intended in future to apply the funds of such voluntary contributors to the purposes of charity, as will be seen from the following card, which is now given to every party visiting the above time honoured old ship:— " HER MAJESTY'S SHIP VICTORY. "It is most earnestly requested that visitors will not give any money to the persons showing them the ship. " Whatever gratuity they may feel disposed to give they are requested to deposit in the box at the entering port, provided for the benefit of the Seamen's Hospital, and the Seamen and Marines Orphan School." Mr. Larcom, gunner, who was one of the four saved from the wreck of the Avenger, is appointed to the Blen heim steam guard-ship, vice Rattray-, dismissed by court martial. Lieutenant Fenwick has been appointed to the Vic tory, for service in the Rolla, apprentices' brig. Lieutenant Lang, successor to the late Lieutenant Compton, in the Victory, is doing the duty of Flag- Lieutenant to the Commander-in-Chief, in the absence of Lieutenant Cochran, in the Hecate steam-sloop. In Port and fitting—Victory, 22, Commander-in- Chief's flag-ship; Illustrious, 10, flag-ship of Admiral- Superintendent; Victoria and Albert, royal steam yacht; Excellent, gunnery practice-ship; Blenheim, 60, block steam-ship, and guardship of steamers; Seafl)wer, cutter (tender to Cuckoo); Rolla, 6, exercise brig for naval apprentices; Fairy, Fire Queen, Elfin, Myrtle, and Bee, steam-tenders; Echo, steam-tug; Fanny, yacht of Com mander-in-Chief; Portsmouth, pay yacht and yacht of Admiral Superintendent. At Spithead—Superb, 80, Captain Purcell. In Dock—Princess Charlotte, 104; Rodney, 92; Grampus, 50; Devastation, 6, steam-sloop; Fairy, steam tender; and Success, hulk, breaking up. Jn the Old Basin—Vindictive, 50. In the Steam Basin—Ajax, 56, steam block ship; Retribution, Penelope, and Sidon, steam frigates; Scourge, Pbcenix, and Polyphemus, steam sloops; Vic toria and Albert, royal yacht; Urgent and Sprightly, steam packets. Wind—E.S.E. (very variable); light winds, and dull, oppressive weather, with rain at intervals. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 14. THE BASILISK (PADDLE) AND NIGER (SCREW) STEAM- VESSELS. The comparative heat-generating surfaces of these ships are-- Basilisk—Area of grate per horse-power, .543 square feet; area of tubes, 13.11 square feet. Niger—Area of grate per horse-power, .586 square feet; area of tubes, 13.45 square feet. Considering the boilers were made by different manu facturers, their proportions are nearly alike; but the tubes of the Niger are behind the bridges (the lower line of tubes is below the ashpit). The tubes of the Basilisk are immediately above the grates. During the recent trial those tubes of the Niger which are in the smoke box farthest from the fire were partly filled with soot, and at the furnace end ashes accumulated so as to choke two tiers of tubes. The boilers of the Niger can only maintain steam of about 41b. per square inch, those of the Basilisk can keep it at 81b. In conse quence of this disadvantage the Niger was not in a posi tion fairly to contend with her competitor. On the 9th instant the two vessels tried an experiment in towing, when it was found that the Niger towed the Basilisk at the rate of 4.8 knots per hour at an expen diture of fuel of 2 tons 3 cwt. 2 quarters per hour; and the Basilisk towed the Niger under the same circum stances 7.67 knots, with an expenditure at the rate of 1 ton 13 cwt. per hour. Under the inspection of scientific officers a series of experiments are now making in har bour on the ratan merits of the machinery and boilers of each vessel, Wind—Southerly. CHATHAM, JUNE 15.—The Castor, 36 guns, Commo dore Christopher Wyville, Commander Bunce, dropped down to Gillingham-reach, and after taking in her powder was towed on Wednesday to the Nore, where she will be inspected by the Port-Admiral. She will then proceed to Plymouth, and will be paid her advance on her arrival at that port. One sergeant, one corporal, and three privates of the Royal Marines from this divi sion have embarked on board, for service at the Island of Ascension. Captain-Superintendent Peter Richards, C. 8., ap pointed to this yard, arrived yesterday afternoon from Pembroke, by the Chatham yacht, and immediately proceeded to his office to transact business. The Boscawen, 70 guns, which is completed as an advance ship, is not yet out of dock; she will be taken out next spring tide. The Juno, 26 guns, is ordered to be brought forward for commission, and she will be taken into dock as soon as a place is vacant for her. The Quail naval lighter, from Pembroke, having on board Captain Richards's furniture, arrived yesterday, and when she was o ff th e I s l e o f Wi g ht fell in with a severe squall of wind, which carried away her bowsprit and topmast. The Duck naval lighter has also arrived with stores and part of the furniture of the Captain Su perintendent, from Pembroke; and the Devon naval lighter, from Plymouth, has arrived with copper bolts taken out of the San Josef; 110 guns, which has been broken up at that yard. WOOLWICH, JUNE 15.—The Grappler steam-vessel, Commander Lysaght, arrived here this morning at half past seven o'clock from the coast of Africa, to be paid off, at ter serving her full period on that station. Rear- Admiral Dundas, C. 8., was expected to visit the vessel this afternoon. The Grappler had to put one of her ma rines on shore at Sheerness to be tried by a court-martial at that station. The Minx steam-vessel, fitted with a screw propeller, was tried down the river yesterday under the charge of Lieutenant Robertson. The Minx has been fitted by Messrs. Seaward with a locomotive engine of 10-horse power, and it was to ascertain her capabilities that the trial took place yesterday. The vessel It ft, Messrs. Sea ward's establishment at the City Canal at 7 30 A.M., and on arriving at Long-reach the speed was ascertained to be 4i knots per hour on the average of three runs up and down the river. It is intended to try her again with a Ecrew of a different form. The Undine steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Jones, mail-packet on the Dover station, is ordered to Wool wich to be paid off. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17.—During the present month three of her Majest3's ships—the Arrogant, 46, Captain Filzroy; the Plumper, 11, Commande;Nolloth; and the vriar. i, 11, Cu mniander Craerofc—hav,7 sailed from this port, lurnished n ith the Government distilling and cook ing galley, constructed by Mr. Grant; other galleys of the same kind are also in course of manufacture for the largest clgsse of vessels, the Dauntless, 1,496 tons ; the Termagant, 1,556 tons ; mei the Encounter, 906 'tons—all new ships, on the screw principle—are or dered to have first-class machines of the above descrip tion. By the improvements made since the introduc tion of these galleys into the naval seriice the quan tity of fresh water obtained by the distillation of salt water during the period it is required to keep the fires alight in the galley for the purposes of cooking, will, on the average, supply each individual on board the ves sels with one gallon of distilled water every day I The-latter kind of water continues to be preferred for drinking and culinary purposes to the water usually supplied to ships ; it pesses immediately from the con denser into the water tanks at the same temperature as the surrounding ocean. In these tanks it becomes perfectly aerated, losing altogether the vapid flavour common to all distilled water in the course of a few hours, without the aid of chemical preparation or me chanical arrangement, by the simple fact of the action imparted to the fluid by the motion of the ship when at sea. A series of very interesting and important experi ments have, however been made, and are s till i n pro gress, on board the Illustrious, 72, Captain Yates, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8., in this har bour, by Mr. Cross, with the view of impartintr, at the the moment of distillation the- oxygen of which the water is deprived in the process, and giving to it that briskness which is found i n s pring water. This is ef fected by passiog a proportionate current of electricity through the particles of wa t er by means of an extremely simply and'self-acting apparatus. The results of the experiments made have been highly satisfactory. The only point to beedetertSitned is, whether any artificial means, either chemical or mechanical, are required for aerating distilled water on board ship, as it is found that such water becomes sufficiently aerated in the course of a few ' . hours by the motion imparted to it by the ship; but if the distilled water is required fur immediate use, Mr. Cross's application produces the object desired most effectually. The Coast-guard instructors in gunnery, who have been selected from the 25 districts (from Harwich to PeDzlnce), and who have been hulked on board the Menai frigate, under Commander Jerningham, have been sent back to their stations, having, during a period of five weeks, qualified themselves to instruct others; and their general good conduct, attention, and proficiency, have merited the approbation of the gunnery officers of the Excellent. Five gun platforms are constructed in this dockyard by the carpenters of revenue cruizsrs for the districts of Lyme, Exmouth, Salcombe, Fowey, and Penzance, and two more at Sheerness, for Harwich and North Yarmouth. Instructions have been issued from the Admiralty for the necessary ordnance and dockyard stores to commence the instruction in the great gun ex ercise; and from the spirited manner in which the coast guard have taken to this important duty in 1847 and 1848, we may expect that atter this season the coast guard will prove a valuable, well-disciplined force for the protection of our coast, either ashore or afloat. Early yesterday morning, John Sylvester, sawyer, whilst attending the circular saw in the wood mills in the dockyard, sus:ainad some frightful injuries. His left hand came in contact with the saw, and was so lacerated that, on being carried to the surgery, it was found neces sary to amputate the greater part of the hand, an operation which was most skilfully done by the medical officers of the establishment. The Castor, 36, Capt. Christopher Wyvill, called here yesterday afternoon, on her way from Chatham to Ply mouth, at which latter place she will be paid advance wages prior to her departure to the Cape of Good Hope station. Sho remained only three hours at Spithead, having called to take on board such packages, parcels, and passengers as were waiting for her ultimate desti nation. She was throughout in tow of the Sampson steam frigate. Wind N.N.W., light breezes and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 15.—Her Majesty's brig Ranger is ordered to be commissioned with a complement of 80 men. Her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, is to be masted to morrow. Her Majesty's frigate Spartan, 22, Capt. Symonds, is to be paid off on Tuesday, the 19th inst. The French Republican schooner Phcenix, Captain Boring, sailed yesterday for Lisbon, with M. Barrot (brother of M. Odilou Barrot), his lady, family, and suite. M. Barrot has been appointed Minister at the Court of Portugal from the French Government. His lady, who, we believe, is the daughter of Admiral Manley, has been staying at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Ply mouth, with her sister (Lady Rumbold) and friend (the Hon. Mrs. Barrington), After the Phoenix has landed Monsieur Barrot she will return to Cherburg. The Phoenix is iron built, with a sharp bow and bluff round stern; she registers about 360 tons, draws 10 to 11 feet, and her engines—constructed by private manufacturers at Havre—are of 200 horse-power. With the exception of two small brass cylindrical pieces forward, her only armament consists of an iron 32-pounder placed mid ships, right aft. To give play tor this weapon, the ship's counter and taffrail bang somewhat over the hull; and the rudder , case seems to be well sunk into the frame of the vessel. The round rudder head is of small cir cumference; the tiller works in it under the main deck, and the wheel is carried well forward. She is provided on deck with three compasses, placed triangle-fashion in front of the wheel, and having bars of soft iron, sheathed in copper and brass, running fore and aft, and right and left, so as to counteract the attraction of the iron frame of the ship. At the foremast head is an iso lated compass, by which the otbera are examined and corrected at stated intervals. She is schooner rigged, her masts being very wide apart, and is propelled by paddle wheels, the floats of which are perforated. Ac cording to a convention concluded under General Ca. vaignac's Administration, the Phoenix carries three lights by night—viz., green on the starboard paddle box, red to larboard, and white at the bow. In consequence of the reported prevalence of cholera at Yealm, a river distant eight miles to the eastward of Plymouth, her Majesty's cutter Kite has been sent from Hamoeze, and stationed at the entrance of that river, to receive on board the men employed there in the Preventive Service ; and the Admiralty have dispatched Mr, Stephen Bowden, as s i stant • sur geon attached to the Royal Naval Hospital, from that establishment to Yealm. The parochial authorities have also engaged the tem porary services of a Plymouth surgeon. On the south side of the estuary of the river Yeah) is the village of Noss, and on the north side is Newton Ferrers; near the bridge adjoining these villages is the hamlet of 13ridgend. These three places, which are conjointly called Yealm, are nearly united, and altogether contain a population of 2,060 persons. During the last three weeks upwards of twenty have died of alleged cholera at Noss; but until the present week the other places were not affected by the disease. The low houses of Noss have a northern aspect—they are thickly populated and badly drained; pigs abound, heaps of manure prevail, and when the tide falls the stench of the mud is nauseous. Until lately, however, the inhabitants were healthy, no death, it is said, having occurred there for 20 months; but there is a legend that some 160 years ago all the inhabitants of Noss, with the exception of seven persons, were swept off by pestilence. " The five cases under treatment on board the packet ship American Eagle are proceeding more or less favour ably:—(Signed) Francis Fox." Wind S.W. WOOLWICII, JUNE 16.—Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., Captain the Hon. Fitzbardinge Berkeley, C. 8., Lord John Hay, C. 8., and Mr. Parker, Secretary to the Ad miralty, arrived at Woolwich Dockyard shortly after four o'clock P.M., on Friday, and went on board the Grappler steam-vessel, Commander Lysaght, on her return to Woolwich from the coast of Africa to be paid off. Their Lordships remained about an hour and a half on board, and witnessed the men go through their sword and other exercises. The Alecto steam-vessel, Commander Masingberd, arrived at Woolwich today to be paid off: Commodore Henry Eden went on board and inspected the ship's company. RihanDeiehoAna7thh e n the REIGATE B IG t hA directorsTinEstffin LETTING OF METROPOLITAN ROADS.—On Friday, at noon, a meeting of the Commissioners of the Metro polis Turnpike Roads north of the Thames was held at the office of the Commissioners, Whitehall-place, at which there were present the lessees of roads from all parts of the country, for the purpose of letting by auction, for the term of one year, from the Ist day of July next, the tolls payable on account of the several turnpike roads north of the metropolis. The tolls were offered about a month ago, when there were no bidders for them. The Commissioners were the Earl of Londsdale (in the chair), Mr. L. Jones, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Mildred, Mr. Tre hearne, and Dr. Day. The following were the roads put up, and we give the prices they fetched this and the previous year:—the Kensington, Brentford, and Isle worth roads, 15,4301., last year, 15,5601.; the Tyburn and Uxbridge roads, 9,0401., last year, 9,0001.; the Har row roads, 92a, last year, 9401.; the Kilturn and Edgeware roads, 3,580/., last year, 3,3001.; the City road, the oa d Green-lanes were and not Lea-bridgeet, last roads year were they 3,1601, las t a n d year, s e v 3 e ,4 n sO s t i ; 6 t e t rhse roads,S Stamford-hill, fo 9 r , d l - 2 h o i l l l : landlast t putye year, rll ; fetchedp9 9,5801.; the This year the above roads realised 41,2501., and the previous year, 41,8301 .; while the Commissioners have the Hackney and Lea•bridge roads :ie t ,m, l wel L hvni vv ol talpAteecYdro. Waterloo to o in their possession. We e e n sd p a a y rt a ic s u l l i a p r o d f ay th t e he em t i r , a a day," they have been compelled to postpone it, and can not meri e state e. form ing this line took place, opposite the county gaol, and part of a newly-erected archway was carried to the O on n Thursday ground by the pressure of the earth. A little delay was occasioned by the circumstance, but no person was in jured.—Berk.diire Chronicle. THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The President, the Earl of Rosse, held his last soiree for the season at Somerset House, on Saturday last. Some interesting models of recent inventions and several scientific objects were exhibited in the saloons. Amongst them were Alman's patent electric light and a model of a new description of a harbour of refuge after a design of Mr. W. H. Smith, and several st,ecienens of home-grown flax, which attracted attEntion. The number of visitors was unpre- . cedently large, and amongst them were almost every body connected with scientific pursuits and literature now in London, besides many noblemen and professional I gentlemen, . READING,t ltnhdi risapnGodrUtealtihn H ac kney Ilittotl MENAI STRAITS, SATURDAY EVENING. The great operation of floating this stupendous struc ture, looked forward to with so much interest by the scientific world, is now definitively fixed for Tuesday, at the most favourable phase of tide and wind, either early in the morning or at half-past five o'clock in the even ing. The calculations of the engineers engaged in the transaction rather lean to the latter conclusion, although the movement is altogether dependent on the state of wind and weather. Extraordinary preparations are being made for the spectacle, and thousands are expected tsrberpresent at the launch of this great product of the engtneering genius of the age. At Bangor, just by, there is no`speies of accommodation to be had, every bed be ing occupied at a premium. On Monday or Tuesday Sir R. Peel, who it is said will be present at the launch, is expected at Bias Newydd, the seat of the Marquis of Anglesey, who entertains a select circle of visitors. Lord Vivian'', Hon. 0. Stanley, Sir R. Bulkeley, and other dis tinguished residents, are also to receive visitors of note. Amongst those who have already arrived, and who are expected to be present, are Mr. Brunel, the engineer ; Mr. Locke, M.P.; Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Alderman Thompson. M.P.; Mr. R. D. Mangles, M.P.; Sir Charles Douglas, M.P.; Mr. W. Jackson, M.P.; Mr. Vignolles, C.E.; Mr. Errington, C.E.; Mr. Bidder, C.E.; Captain Moorsona, R.N.; Mr. J. B. Boothby, Mr. J. Ledeam, Mr. Bifiger, and several of the directors of the London and North-Western Railway. At the present moment - the coast alongside the Britannia-bridge presents all the appearance of a huge encampment. 'There are upwards of 1,000 persons employed in the preliminary prepara tions, including some 100 seamen from Liverpool, under the command of Captain Claxton, who released the Great Britain. Mr. Robert Stephenson, with his assistant, Mr. Edwin Clark, - the engineer, has been down several days past superintending the requisite arrangements. Special trains for those who intend to be pre sent at the spectacle, are to be run from various parts of the principality; return 'tickets, first and second ellss available for two days, are to be issued at all the stations to enable persons to be present, and giving them the right of admission to a spacious platform, already erected, on the top of one of the tubes on the Carnarvonshire side of the straits, where there will be seats for 3,000 or 4,000 people, and whence a most admirable view may be commanded. Other large stages are in course of erection, so that the straits on either side will present a vast amp.hitheatre of spectators. Extra trains are to leave Bangor after the process of floating, all the arrange ments of which were completed this evening. There is a fleet of steam. tugs in the channel. A special steamer is to come over from Kingstown Harbour with visitors from Ireland. Several officers connected with the Admiralty and the • Railway Commissioners are expected. The tackle to be employed in the process is of a stupendous character. The tubes are to be transported from the position they now occupy alongside the coast by eight large pontoons, manned by 100 seamen, and they will be gradually floated as the tide rises. At about an hour and a half before high water, the current running at. about four miles an hour, the tube on the pontoons will be dragged out into the middle of the stream by twelve powerful capstans and hawsers, the latter more than two miles in length and four inches in diameter, reaching from the pontoons at each end to the opposite shore. To guide the tube into its place with the greatest possible precision three large hawsers will be laid down the stream, one end of them being made fast to the towers between which the tube is intended to rest, and the others to strong fixed points on the two shores. To " coax" the monster more conveniently to his final rest ing place, a multitude of smaller ropes will be made use of, each capstan being worked by 50 men. The most difficult part of the operation will be when the tube I shall have just reached the resting place towers, where it has to be deposited on projecting shelves, and when the tide becomes stationary, before turning, .for 15 minutes. As the construction and launching of these great tubes is one of the most extraordinary mechanical and engineering exploits of the day, and as the non-scientific portion of the public have no very definite ideas respect ing them, it may not be out of out of place, as the result ofa visit to the spot, to give a few leading particulars in connexion with these novel and gigantic works of art. The design of these tubular bridges had its origin from the peculiar difficulties to be encountered and overcome in carrying the Chester and Holyhead Railway over that great arm of the sea known as the Menai Straits. These, when taken in relation to the erection of the ordinary form of bridge, such as the suspension and the span, were found to be almost insuperable, owing to the diffi culties ot the site, the great extent of the stream, and the height at which either would have to span the in tervening space, so as not to interfere with the vast na vigation—vessels of large size and in full sail continually trading up and down—and at the same time to establish adequate means of communication for the great mercan tile transport between London and Dublin, and which is now delayed for upwards of an hoer on account of the break that exists in the transit over the straits. Originally it was intended permanently to appropriate one side of Telford's celebrated • suspension-bridge, which, with its light and beautiful tracery, spans the straits about a mile below the site of its more massive successor; but it soon became evident that so light a fabric would not answer for heavy trains ; that the line could never be considered complete, or commensurate with the requirements of the public, unless carried by a rigid instead of a flexible structure over the stream, and the idea, moreover, of using the suspension-bridge was altogether abandoned on an intimation from the Commis• sioners of Woods and Forests that they objected to the use of the suspension-bridge at all. Mr. Stephenson then proposed an arched bridge, about a mile to the south or Carnarvon side of Telford's suspension- bridge, on a site admirably adapted for the purpose, there being a huge rock in the centre of the straits rising above high water mark, with sufficient base for the must ponderous pier. It was determined, by the aid of this natural foundation, to throw over a large iron bridge of two cast iron arches, each of 450 feet span, or exactly 210 feet longer than the large arch of Southwark-bridge, familiar to every reader, and which, though only 240 feet, is the largest rigid span hitherto attempted. The height of both these arches was to be 100 feet at the crown, and the total cost would have been 250,000/. Ultimately . this design was also abandoned, the Actreiralty insisting on a height not merely of 100 feet at the crown of the arch, but also close to the piers, con ceiving that the structure would otherwise interfere in juriously with the navigatium It was this that led to the grand and untried design of the present rigid wrought-iron tubular bridge, which Mr. Robert Ste phenson, after great thought and labour, assisted by Mr. Fairbain, Mr. If o d g kins u n, of the Royal Society; Mr. Edwin Clark, the engineer of the works, gentlemen well known for their-mathematical and scientific attainments, matured. The entire length of the stupendous structure is 1,841 feet from end to end, consisting of four large sections, the two side tubes being each of them 230 feet long, and the two middle ones 460 feet each. When originally proposed before the Committee of the House of Commons, the plan was received with general incre dulity. The word " tube," it may here be observed, is not ono of the best epithets that could be used to describe the structure; seeing that the bridge, instead of being round, is a perfect square. Though almost a misnomer, the name arises from the circumstance of the experiments that were to decide the form of the bridge having been made with cylindrical, elliptical, and rectangular tubes; but in reality the structure, as it now rests on, the banks of the Menai, the:site of its construction, is an immense closed-in iron corridor, forming a horizontal iron gal lery or passage, within which the rails for the trains are- to be placed, and 450 feet in length. It i s hollow from end to end, and would, if filled with shops, and lighted by skylights, make a ,Burlington Arcade. A structure of this kind, though on a rude and miniature scale, appears to have existed for year," on the Cambridge line of the Eastern Counties Railway, and Mr. Stephen son, the originator of it, amplifying upon this, designed the present tube. A long series of experiments, by en gineers and mechanics tully conversant with such re searches, were made and have been continued to the present time, directed to the ascertaining, divested of all preconceived ideas, tho strongest form for a sheet-iron tubular bridge, and the inquiry, in addition to the more iminediete object it had in view, has been of immense public service in determining the strength of the mate rials used in the formation of railways. These experi ments have been extremely laborious and very costly. In the course of them the remarkable fact has been dis closed, that the power of wrought iron to resist compres sion is much less than its power to resist tension, or exactly the reverse of that which holds with cast-iron; and the important fact has also been arrived at, that rigidity and strength are best obtained by throwing the greatest thickness of material on the upper side. While the cylindrical tube, with a given weight, was ruptured by tearing asunder at the bottom, the elliptical showed weak ness at the top. Both were consequently discarded; and the rectangular tube, which indicated strength of a higher order and greater rapidity, was adopted. The results of very recent experiments on this species of structure, on a small scale over the Conway, are very interesting, as confirming the accuracy. of the original sieof calculations. Measured by a eord lin e in the in the tube, formed by the axis of a powerfultelescope fixed to its side, the deflections have been, with a weight of 52 tons, 0.48 inch; 112 tons, o'9B;_ 173 tons, 1 . 30; 235 tons, P 47; and, on the remoloal of these loads, the minutes. The tube tube has recovered its rigidity in is constructed to bear, ater than it will ever be in sddition to its own weight, 2,000 tons, a load ten tim l es e g. d r e e llection caused by trains called upon to sustain. and locomotives passing atil full speed is very slight. A weight of 300 tons hasp lreoduced a deflection of three p , henomenon is connected inches. A very remarkable p 1,600 tons, caused by with this huge mass of . a i b ron which affect it ure in the weather, changes of temperature like a thermometer. A little sunshine raises the centre ' en inch, and pr oduces a horizontal deflection of an inch and an d a half. Its great length, t he nature of its ve to temperature in the peculiar form material, so se nsitive it takes, caus ing it to expand 0001 of its length, or h a lf en inch for each increase ot 15 degrees of Fahren • belt, and contracting in the same ratio, is the assigned cause of its being such a delicate thermometer. Alter nate sunshine and showers of rain cause these tubes to expand and contract, and one of them, if placed on end in St. Paul's Churchyard, would be 107 feet higher than On Friday last there were presented to both Houses of Parliament copies of a correspondence es hich has passed between Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis of Normanby, and the Prince Casteleicala, relative to the affairs of Rome. The first in the series is an extract from a note of Vis count Palmerston to the Marquis of Normanby, dated the sth of January, 1849. It expresses his Lordship's desire that the Pepe, from the great influence exercised by him in his spiritual capacity, should occupy an inde pendent position as a temporal prince, so as to avoid his becoming the political instrument of any one European power to the annoyance of the rent. He qualifies this wish, however, by the difficulty of making the Roman States an exception to the general principle of non-inter ference between any foreign people and their Sovereign. The Pope, he points out, differs in his position from other Princes, as not being Pope by hereditary right, but by the election of the College of Cardinals, a body which is national neither in its constitution nor ite mem bership. The extract concludes with drawing two infe rences—first, that the Pope ought to give his subjects the securities for good government; and second, that armed intervention to assist him in maintaining a bad go •vernment would be unjustifiable. The second in the series is an extract o f a note f rom Viscount Palmerston to the Marquis of Normanby, dated 28th of January, 1849, and is as follows: . __ " No. 2. " VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANDY. " With regard to the proposal made by Austria to France for a combined military action by Austria, France, and Naples, for the purpose of re-establishing the Pope in the Roman States, your Excellenq will say chat her Majesty'. Government concur with the Govern ment of France in viewing with much regret this an nouncement of the wishes and intentions of the Austrian Government. Her Majesty's Government do not pre tend to pass judgment in respect to those differences between the Pope and his Ful jects which led to the re tirement of the Pope to Gaeta; Lut her Msjesty's Go vernment would upon every account, and not only upon abstract principle, but with reference to the general in terests of Europe, and from the value which they at tach to the maintenance of peace, sincerely deprecate any attempt to settle the differences between the Pope and his su , jects by the military interference of foreign Powers. "It appears to her Majesty's Government, as at pre sent informed, that those differences are not of such a nature, as to preclude the hope that they might be ac com,nodated by the diplomatic interposition of friendly powers, and it is needless to observe how much better such a mode of settlement would be than an authorita- tive imposition of terms by the force of foreign arms, " With respect to the attitude which Great Britain would in any case assume in regard to these affairs, your Excellency will say that the attitude of this country would be that of observation, and that Great Britain could take no part in such matters beyond expressing, if it should appear to be necessary, the opinion which her Majesty's Government might entertain thereupon. " These affairs, however important in their bearing upon the general interests of Europe, do not imme diately affect any direct interests of Great Britain; and whatever turn therefore these affairs may take, her Majesty's Government do not foresee that it is likely that the course of these events would afford to the British Government any just reason for departing from that passive and ob servant attitude which the position of Great Britain in regard to these affairs seems naturally to point out." The third note in the series is from the Prince Castel.• cicala to Viscount Palmerston, and is dated London, the 2d of February, 1849. It states the proposal of the Spanish Government for a Congress of Catholic Powers at Naples to regulate the questions at issue in the Roman States, and it formally demands the participation of Eng land, Russia, and Prussia therein. The fourth note in the correspondence is the reply of Viscount Palmerston to Prince Castelcicala, and is dated the 10th of February, 1849. It states that the British Government had not received any specific application on the subject of the proposed Congress at Naples from the Pope, and that until such an application had been made, it was unable - TO say what steps it might think expedient to take in the matter. The fifth in the correspondence is an extract of a letter from Viscount Palmerston to the Marquis of Normauby, dated the 9th of March, 1849. It is as follows: No. 5. " VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO THE MARQUIS Ok' NORMANBY. " Although Great Britain has not so direct an interest as France has in the ecclesiastical and political questions which arise out of the present relations between the Pope and the people of the Roman States, the British Government, neverthel ess , cannot view those matters with indifference. Great Britain• is, indeed, a Pro testant State, but her Majesty has many millions of Catholic subjects ; and the British Government must therefore be desirous, with a view to British in terests, that the Pope should be placed in such a tem poral position as to be able to act with entire independ ence in the exercise of his spiritual functions. Great Britain is so far distant from Italy that the political events of the Italian Peninsula cannot have the same direct bearing upon British interests which those events mutt exert upon the interests of nearer States; but still as those events must always have a powerful influence upon matters involving questions of peace or war in Europe, the British Government must necessarily watch those events with much attention and anxiety. " The present condition of the relations between the Pope and the people of his States has therefore been looked at with deep solicitude by her Majesty's Govern ment. It would have been the earnest wish of her Majesty's Government, both on general principles and with reference to the particular circumstances of the caso, that the differences between the Pope and his sub jects should have been adjusted by negotiation, either between the Pope and his subjects directly, or by means of the interposition of friendly Powers. A direct nego tiation between the Poue and his subjects seems now to have been rendered impossible by the course of events at Rome, and by the tendency of those counsels which there is reason to think are suggested to the Pope by the persons who surround him at Gaeta. But her Ma- jesty's Government do not see even in the recent occur rences at Rome any reason for giving up the hope that the diplomatic interposition of friendly Powers might still, without any actual employment of military force, bring about such settlement of differences as would enable the Pope to return to Rome and to resume his temporal authority; and her Majesty's Government, deprecating as they do, on principle, the employment of a foreign military force to settle internal dissensions in a state except in extreme and peculiar cases, would greatly re joice if the Powers to whom the Pope has now appealed for assistance to extricate himself from his difficulties, ' were to try the effect of their moral influence at Rome, before they resorted to any more active measures. " It seems to her Majesty's Government that a strong and unanimous manifestation of the opinion of those Powers in support of order on the, one hand, and of con stitutional rights on the other, would bring to reason the minority who now exercise paramout authority at Rome, and would give courage and confidence to the majority who have been hitherto intimidated and overborne; and if Great Britian had been invited to be a party to these negotiations, and if an invitation to that effect had been accepted, such would have been the coarse which her Majesty's Government would have recommended that the parties to the transaction should pursue. Her Majesty's Government have learnt with much pleasure that France has been included in the invitation addressed by the Pope to some of the Catholic Powers, requesting them to take an active interest in the present condition of his affairs; and her Majesty's Government hope that if there is to be a concert among any of the Powers of Europe in regard to those affairs, the French Government will not decline the invitation to be a party thereto. There are many very o b v i ous reasons why in it would obfewditehsoiruatbtlheetphaarttitchipease. sev mattersshoulderalpoint s o f t v o i t e w b e of France. " Your Excellency says that the French Government would have preferred that Sardinia should have been in vited to take part in these deliberations. Her Majesty's Government are entirely of the same opinion. " The participation of Sardinia would mitigate the foreign character of the negotiation, and if a contingency were to arise which should lead to the employment_iedni on of - any military force within the Roman territory , r be better tese troops would, for many evidenf reasons , be better suited for such purpose than the troop s of A ustria or of any State not belonging to the Italian peninsula. The opinion, then , of her Majesty ' s Government of France points on which the Government upon the has wished to have it, is tha t it would be desirable that France should be a party to the p ro p osed deliberations, and that Sardinia should take i part in them also ; v that it would be desirable t hat ever y er.dea our should be made to bring about a settlement between the Pope and his subjects by negotiation and by moral influence before resorting employment of force •to the , and that one condition of the reinstatement of the Pope ought to be that he should engage to maintain in their main and essential provisions the constitutional and represen tative institutions which he granted to his subjects last year." The sixth note in the correspondence is from thepar quis of Normauby to Viscount Palmerston, enclosing the copy of a note received by him from the Apostolic Nun do, which note enclosed one addressed by the Cardinal Antonelli to the representatives of all friendly Powers, requesting them to co-operate for the re-establishment of the Papal authority at Rome. These enclosed notes are both included in the correspondence, and explain at length the grounds upon which the application to friendly Powers was made. The correspondence closes with the following note:— " VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANRY. "Foreign-office, March 27, 1849. " My Lord,—l have received your Excellency's dis patch of the Bth instant, transmitting to me the copy of a note which your Excellency had received from the Apostolic Nuncio, inclosiug the copy of the note which has been addressed by Cardinal Antonelli to the repro sentatives of all friendly Powers, requesting them to co operate for the purpose of re-establishing the Papa authority at Rome. I have to instruct your Excellency to say to the Nuncio that her Majesty's Government have received and have attentively considered the conimunicationwhich .4 " has made to them through your Excellency , and that S are instructed to express to him the dee p regret with which her Majesty's Government have witnessed the differences which have arisen between the Pope and his subjects, the assassination of Count Rossi, the depar ture of the Pope from his capital and states, and the pro clamation of a Republic at Rome. " The British Government is, for many - obtious reasons, not desirous of taking an active part in any negotiations which may result from the appli cation which the Pope has addressed to some of the Catholic Powers of Europe, whose terri tories are nearer than Great Britain in geographical proximity to the Italian peninsula. But the British Go vernment will be much gratified if the result of those negotiations should be such a reconciliation between the Pope and his subjects as might enable the former with the free goodwill and consent of the latter to re turn to his capital, and there to resume his spiritual functions and his temporal authority. But it is the opinion of her Majesty's government that such a recon ciliation could searcely be effected, or if effected for the moment could never be permanent, unless the basis upon which it was founded were to be that the Pope should engage to maintain the constitutional and representative system of government which he granted last year to his subjects, anc unless the separation between the spiritual authority and the temporal powers and institutions of the State were so clearly and so distinctly established as to put an end to those manifold grievances which the mix ture of the spiritual with the temporal pow er has for so long a period of time produced in the Roman States. The great importance or admitting lay men to adminis trative and judicial fuLctions in the Roman States was pointed out to the late Pope by the memorandum pre sented in 1832 to the Roman Government by the repre , sentatives of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, in imp the o rest that such important and Russia, and the events which have happened since ofthEuropet tim e, a e n'oh r ‘av ; reform r i m . Y tendedi should o t h u t ; h Rmo e amkaeni t carried State s, st i ll morebu t ut into full and complete execution. " Your Excellency will give the Nuncio a copy of this dispatch, "I am, &c. • ",PALMERSToN." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADAME DULCKEN'S CONCERT. The grandest musical reunion of the season took place on Friday, for the benefit of Madame Dulektn. The whole of the opera company, both vocalists and orchestra, were engaged, to which were added tho leading members of the German troupe, with the super-addition of Jetty de Treffz, Signor Manus, Schuihoff the pianist, and M. de Kontski, the re nowned violinist. Madame Dulcken played some of the finest works of the classical and bravoura writers fur the pianoforte, with all the certainty, brilliancy, and intel lectual appreciation of the various schools of pianism for which she is so justly celebrated. Her reception was enthusiastic, and the applause that followed her execu tion of the several pieces was as fervent us merited. The novel feature of the concert was, however, the re-appearance in this country of M. de Kontaki, who, in the achievement of marvels, stands alone, and cer tainly, since the advent of Paganini, no artist has been heard who has so n e a r ly approached the great mas ter. The solos he pertormed are of his own com position. He played thrice, and upon each occasion elicited genuine admiration and wonder. His tone is fail and silvery, and his execution of double and triple chords, and the certainty and hugeness of his harmonics have assuredly never been surpassed. His legato is firm and sustained, and his staccato passages are clear and articulate beyond precedent. M. de Kontski may be pro nounced one of the musical marvels of the day. JULLIEN'S CONCERT MONSTRE. The second of M. Jullien's monster concerts was given on Friday at Exeter Hall. The second and third parts consisted mainly of a repetition of the Desert and the selections from the .Huguenots which were given at the first concert. The first part presented a stimulating novelty. M. Jullien had announced that he - would pro duce a fantasia founded on some of the chief airs of Meyerbeer's Prophete, never performed in this country. This led to a counter-advertisement from the Directors of the Royal Italian Opera, to the effect that as they had secured the copyright of the music of the opera, no other person could have any right to perform the music here. Not pretending to know the secrets of these mat ters, we cannot say what effect this caveat had on the in domitable Jullien. But he certainly kept his word with the audience, giving them, in the style of some former achievements of a similar kind, his "fantasia and selection," which went off with great éclat. Beyond a natural curiosity to hear the airs of this much talked-of production, the performance in a musical point of view had no very great interest, because this kind of selection affords no means by which a judgment can be formed of the general scope and spirit of a work like the Prophele. The grand chorus, " Iterum ad salutares undas," will no doubt produce a fine effect when its massive harmonies are aided by the impressiveness of dramatic situation and accessories. Anna Thillon sang the " Ta pauvre rce7e" with her usual skill and graceful facility. A duet, given by Thillon and Madlle. Nau, was much applauded; and the " Marche de couronnement" and the " Domine Salvum" will prove highly attractive. One of the most original and characteristic airs in the whole is " Valse des Patineurs," or Skaters' Waltz. The rest of the first part comprised vocal and instru mental performances of a high order. Jetty Treflz gave the "Vedrai carino" with purity and in exquisite taste. Haiti played Weber's Concert Stuck ; and Vivier ap peared for the first time this season here. He was rap turously encored in his solo en the horn. Ernst gave his favourite " Airs llongrois" on the violin; and Pischeck sang a romanzl,' by Lindpainner, intended as a compa nion to " The Standard-bearer" but by no means equal to that song. On the whole, the concert went off ex tremely well. The high quality of the talent engaged produced no weariness, although the programme was, as usual, a " monster." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse) attended by the Chevalier Colonno, honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with their presence. The Queen's bex was occupied by the Countess of Desert, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord Camoys, Lord and Lady Brackley, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by the Vis countess 'Glentworth, Captain Bailey, Mr. Henry Bailey, and the Hon. William and Mrs. Ashley. Among the visitors were his Glace the Duke of Wellington and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, and Lady Augusta Paula, the Countess of Montrose, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow, and Mdlle. Olga de Leehner ,• his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Neapolitan Minister, his Excellency the Danish Minister, the Countess Reventlow, and the Countesses Hilda and Melville de Reventlow; the Chargé d'Affaires of France and Madame Monsberot; his Excellency the Netherlands Minister; the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Dlarquis of Huntley, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, and the Ladies Brunnow ;the Marquis of Granby,',the Earl of Falmouth, the Countess of Glengall, the Earl and Countess of Wilton and party, the Countess of Warrington and Lady Stanhope, the Earl Bruce, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Cawdor, the Earl of Grenville, the Countess de Muirmont, the Viscount Ranelagh , Viscount Clifden, the Viscount Evelyn, ths Viscount Anson, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Her Majesty's box was occupied on Saturday evening by Viscountess Emlyn, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson. Among the visitors were his Excellency the Sardinian Minisier, the Marquis of Drogheda, the Marchioness of Westmeath, and the Hon. Mrs. H. Murray, the Earl and Countess Beetive and Lady Olivia Taylor, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Durnam, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Munster, Count D'Alton, Lady Trimlestown and Mrs. Lyon Campbell, Lady Frances Higginson, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Sidney, Lord George Manners, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady Frances Gordon and Mrs. Ashworth, Lord Foley and the Hon. Misses Foley, Lady and the Misses Gurney, Lady Howard de Walden and Miss Ellis, Lord Templemore, Lady Leeson, Lady Sykes, Sir Samuel Spry, L a dy M organ , Si r F. Booth, Bart., Sir Jobn and Miss Burgoyne, Lady Jodrell, Sir C. Marshall, Sir George Armytage, &c. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Mr. Mitchell gave on Saturday one of his miscellaneous morning performances for the amusement of the Royal children. A. selection from Fra Diavolo, sung by the French operatic vocalists, two national airs by the Hungarian singers, a minuet by Nlesdemoiselles Rosati and M. Teglioni, a divertissement by n juvenile corps de ballet, and some feats by Au r i o l and his son composed the entertainment. The Queen and the Duchess of Kent, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred honoured the theatre with their presence. The house was filled with the children of the nobility, who, as well as the Royal visitors, seemed highly delighted with the performances, especially the exploits of Auriol. BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL.--BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—The morning performances at the ensuing triennial festival in Birmingham are nearly, if not en tirely settled. On Tuesday Mendelssohn s Elijah will be given. On Wednesday the same composer's 1 , ries of Recine's tragedy of ilthalie, the explanatory text being declaimed. On Thursday Handel's' Messiah, and on Friday Handel's Israel in Egypt. ,Among the vocalists understood to he engaged are Mdlle. Jetty Treilz, Madame Castellan, the Misses Williams, Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor Mario, Signor Lallache, and Mr. Machin. The orchestra will be larger by seventy persons than on any former occasion. The whole will be under the direction of Costa. THE POET LAUREATE.—We have received a com munication from a friend of the Poet Laureate's, from which the following is an extract:—" Mr. Wordsworth was not at the Queen's ball. He has attended no such gaieties since the decease of his only daughter, Mrs. Qt!tillican, nearly two years ago. The mistake (as to Mr. Wordsworth' s b e i ng present at the ball) probably arose from his name having- been gives in the news papers in the list .of persons invited. The sonnet on Miss Sellon (of the Sisters of Mercy in Exeter), though ascribed to Mr. Wordsworth, was not written by him, but by Mr. Quiliinan." The venerable poet, we under stand, is now at Mulvern—we trust in the enjoyment of health. His old age is one of ease and dignity, an d every lover of genius must with to see it long protracted, free from pain, w hile fresh honours gathe r round his name and brighten the closing scene.—lnverness-Costrier. THE air CEor.—Mowing has commenced near Nottingham. The crops are heavier than have born " known fa very inPY 7940.--Il'ottinyhatn Journal.