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ASinTRINCE .AGAINST LOSq OF TAPE BY RATTAY AY , TRATELLING. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Yesterday, at one o'clock, a quarterly court r INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. governors and supporters of the Scottish Hosp.. At the pres-nt day, when Railway travelling has became almloiesst . universal, protection against the pecuniary loss to which the.fami t held in the hall of the corporation, Cr? . . ...,, . _ ~.. .. _. ... . . ...... ,,,,,,..,„„,,,,„,........5.5a5e. Fleet-street, to receive the reports for the of sufferers from the accidents incidental to It are exposed, is one e emeresesesee..• _ .__ .. .. , - - _ .._.. _ . . . _ ~. , _ . ~ . . .. . . the requirements of the age. To meet this general feeling, teas Societtiyi ..„......................,..,„.........s. • ter. The Chisholm (treasurer) in the cl, affords to all persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway f - Great Britain and Ireland, the opportunity of insuring against loss of to es • e . -, . The minutes of the meeting of S. life by accident whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of No. , ~, ,9.] LONDON, THURSDAY ..: . _ , ~, Sll NI JANUARY 4, 1849. [PlucE SD. 10s. per cent., in one single payment, for the whole period ...; I 1 I°E) .. thereby rendering unnecessary the payment of Annual Premiums, having been read and coat* -- - ------ __ _ _ln ordinary Life Assurance. - enseaneee....--,„ . - ' - """""*"*""""'--'""''''"'""""'""'"been since relieved - _ _______ _____ _ _ ... (N i‘olva. j.O3rO)ADAIR, assure to -- . EXAMPLE.-A person may by one single payment of Si. the secretary, stat, his family or ethers the sum of I,OOOL, to be paid in the event of his THE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY .11 OYALFREE H 0 S P I T A L,' AMERICAN NEWS. nouncement was made immediately, that the Park SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. who received 2 16/. 190336. 6dde.stitute ' GRAY'S INN-ROAD. Theatre was on fire ; tied in a few mintres afterwards PROM TRH MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. The annual account of the K. osing his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. FOR 1849, A Being the Fiftieth Annual Publication, is now publishing, In 2,000 Destitute diseased persons are admitted on application, wills- the smoke poured from every window and skylight iu TIMES Th ion may F. FERGUSON cAmrtoux, Manager. nen Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, and all information out letter of accommodation or other preliminary form. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. . e difficulty a hich we recently pointed produced. The receipts amt l'he following are seine of the principal contents ; -Official Direc- The Weekly Board earnestly entreat the aid of the benevolent to thebuilding. Soon a flame shot forth from the windows, out as inherent in the relations between the President of including By the arrival of the steam-ship Canada, we have and in an inconceivably short period of time the whole the French Republic and his Ministers had already occ:l- 3931. 3s. 9d. stor' t Water be destained personally, or on application by letter, addressed to the Royal Octavo Pages, price 36s Maag.er, at the Offices of the Society, No. 27, Regent-street, , tort'-Street Directory-Commercial Directory-Trades' Directery enable them to meet the numerous applications made at the Hos and 108/. ss. ld. balance lee-place, London, or of any of the Local Agents. -Law Directory-Court Directory-Parliamentary Directory-Pes- pita), as theyrreetrseetatomstisastieo.ithat trom want of funds they are daily received New York papers to the 20th of December, building was enveloped in fire. When this occurred sioeed a modification of the new Cabinet within a few ' tai Directory-City Directory-Conveyance Directory-Banking compelled to f d'• 1 to many most urgent and distressing . cases. being seven days later than the advices received pre- the scene was frightful. The dark heavy clouds which deys of its formation. It is clear that the difference expenses, there remain, lOs 8d ARGITS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Directory, &c., &C., &c. This Edition of the Work has been most favourably noticed in the Contributions received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq.; • i were burried across the firmament by a strong easterly which arose between Louis Napoleon and his late Mi • ' _ wind, reflected the illumination and lighted up the city nister of the Interior, M. Lean de Malleville, sprang 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK; musty. The following al metropolitan journals. For Ilev:ews, see Times, Nev. 33th. 1848 ; M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond And 14, PALL-MALL. Mornine Herald, Nov. 30th ; Morning Post, Nev. 30th ; Morning and Co.; !terries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and The proceedings of the American Congress do not so fully that a person could read orainary-sized type at from the undetermined nature and him ts of their re- a lengthened disc- THOMAS FATINCOMBE, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. . a distance of half a mile from the scene of the conga- spective duties and powers. 'rho President resented the contain any news that is likely to interest the Euro children of Sco, WILLI:a:NI LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. m p Chronicle, Dec. Ist; Sun, Nov. 30th ; Morning Advertiser, Dec. 2d ; Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; JOllO3 Loyd and Co. ; Dec. ed ; Barclay and Ce. ; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; peen reader. Mr• Miller of New Jersey, Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Humphery, Esq., Ild., . . spectator, Dec. 2d ; Atlas, Dec. 2,1 ; Weekly Dispatch, Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet atul Co., Berners-street ; Master- had moved ration. Crowds of persons, far and near, attracted by notion, that he was to surrender the whole direction and derstood to ? nupert Ingleny, Esq. Globe, Dec. sth ; John Bull, Dec. 9th ; Britannia, Dec. Oth ; Hera- William Banbury, Esq. man and Co.;and at the Hospital. the glare, hurried to the scene; the fire-bells pealed the patronage of the great Ministerial departments to the age, and of Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. path's Railway Journal, Dec. 9th ; Literary Gazette, Dee. 9th. in the Senate a resolution, calling on the President alarm, and the whole metropolis was in a state of com- Secretary of State, and showed symptoms of a natural years of Cr Edward Bates, Esq. Kelly and Co ,19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar ; and all Cast-off apearee Male, and Female, will be gratefully ackaow- Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. for. information concerning any correspondence had Thomas Camplin, Esq. ledged. Booksellers in Town and Country. . motion rarely equalled. The firemen were on the spot jealousy in the selection of the subordinate officers of the or sicknr James Cliff, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq. - - By order of the Weekly Board, with the Government of Spain concerning the pur- AUDlTORS—Professor Hall, M.A. ; J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq. EDW. RICE, D.D., Chairman. with their accustomed and praiseworthy alacrity, and Government The Minister, on the other hand, chose to chase of Cuba. After some discussion, Mr. Miller in less time than we have taken to write this much of assume, as we had anticipated, an amount of authority at no one PlirstmeN-Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square. ROVIDE against FROST.—DEFRIES'S SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. DRY GAS-METER is never affected by Frost or Time, and TO CONTRACTORS for PUBLIC consented to allow his resolution to lie over. Another the narrative, as many as foray streams of water were least equal to that of the Minist3rs of the Crown under who CONSULTISO ACTUARY—Professor Hall, M.A.,of King's College. may be hired at a trifling expense of all Gas Compenies who supply NORFOLK, can BRIDGESIIIRE, project has been started for a railroad across the sri,es; STANDING COUNSEL—Sir John Homily, M.P., Solicitor-General. meters to their customers. Neerly 30,000 have been sold, and the and HUNTINGDON- being directed on the burning edifice. But human effort th 1 t e a e dynasty. These conflicting pretensions were fol- SOLICITOR -William Fisher, Esq., 19, Doughty-street. first judges of the day have pronounced them to be unequalled, while SHIRE. Isthmus of Panama. A Bill is pending in Congress seemed to be of little avail in stopping the progress of lowed by a rupture. The loss of M. Leon de Malleville's ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY. The COMMI-SIO ' , fDRAINAGE MIDDLE , . S. Is DRS or the of the the the patronage of Government, the public, and of all the London and , for giving the LEN En of the FENS will MEET early in Mitten, 1849, to receive Contract to the parties for carrying the destruction, and in about half an hour the burning raf- services is considerable to a Government which has not In addition to a large subscribed capital, Policy holders have mostofthe il the fact. N. DEFRIES f a TENDERS for the Deepening, Widening, or otherwise Improving Pacific mails for 20 years, at 265,000 dollars per ters were visible. All hopes of saving the theatre were security of an Assurance Fund of more than a Quaritei r °from begs to state that, in addition to the large meter he recently con- many men in it as ready and efficient as he was likely Million, and an Income of 65,008/., annually increasing, ar a ng about 100 Miles in len th of the Rivers and Drains within the Middle strutted for the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent-garden, upon the g annum, and on being secured to them, the projectors then abandoned, and the firemen directed their attention to prove. But this incident has raised a question ell the issue et upwards of 6,00 e Policies• order of the Chartered Gas Company, and which passes 6,000 feet of Level, extending from Upwell, in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, to BONUS. OR PROFIT BRANCH. gas per hour, he has been honoured by that Compftny with the add'. and beyond Whittlesey Mere, in Hantingdonshire, together with the Offer to construct the railway. to prevent the adjoining houses in Ann-street, Beckman- greater consequence than the resignation of any in," Persons Assuring on the Bonus system will be annually entitled tio ial order for the meter for the New Houses of Parliament, which setting back and repuddling of Eanks, the removal or underpinning It is believed that the Congress will not at its pre- street, and Park-row, from being destroyed. Accordingly dual Minister. It shows that Louis Napoleon de t of five of Bridges, and the erection of new Bridges, Sluices, Pen Sluices, left the to 80 per cent. of the profits enethis branch (after payment is calculated to pass 10,000 feet of gas per hour, and to supply 2,000 sent sitting effect an is lho cr ges in the tariff, a t u,,,h they theatre to a fate which they felt themselves intend to content himself with a titular dignit powerless to avert, and threw water on t property nominal direction of a Government to be carr 'funnels, Culverts, and other Works authorised by the "Middle Level y c-an efforts may be made to increase the duties on iron and yearly:Premiums) ; and the profit assigned to each Policy may be lights, and has been uiiiversally pronounced to be the most superb he added to the sum assured, or applied in reduction ef the Annual pre and effective measuring' machine ever constructed. It will remain DraMage Amendment Act 1848," and Acts therein recited. some other articles of im t It seems, however, The plans and specifications Inlay be seen en application to most in danger. Their efforts were crowned with sue- others in his name; and that if men are a' mium, for public inspection for another week at Messrs. Glovers, 168, • , NON-BONUS, OR LOW PREMIUM BRANCH. Messrs. Walker and Burgess, Civil Engineers, 23,1 Great George-por .d_ Drury-lane. Testimonials may be obtained at either Factory-lo,cess. The flames communicated to Earle's Hotel, ad- serve the state they must also serve him, ' The Tables on the non-participating principle afford peculiar a street, Westminster, on arid after the 10th of January next. that with the next Administration will come certainly • • • a reconsideration of the whole tariff policy, and its joining, the rear of which was partially destroyed. The account for a due submission to one who Ilampsteadqvad, or 67, Saint Martin's-lane. The Contract is to be for the execution of the works for a geoss most of the bedding was safely removed, though the be his political abilities, rests his aur vantages to the assured, not offered by any other Office-for where Caution.-To avoid deception, observe REFRIES' name upon the the object is the least possible outlay, the payment of a given sum sum, which, together with the time within which the Contractor will ditional claims, which have eceiver' Badge. adjustment, as it is hoped, upon a basis at once per- other furniture was considerably broken, and the whole Is secured to the Policy-holder, on the death of the Assured, at a re duced rate of Premium. Commissioners are most anxious to have them completed with all CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. possible dispatch. manent and satisfactory to American citizens, without building was flooded with water. The damage to the recent sanction of five million vote PREMTUMS TO ASSESS .£lOO. WHOLE TERM. material detriment to revenue or imports from other furniture was fully insured. The injury to the house is We know not what the effects r \ea' The gaiety that reigns supreme at the social re-unions of this Tenders, under seal and indorsed " Middle Level Tender," to be probably 2,000 dollars, which was insured. The fire also may be upon the destinies of T Age. One Year. Seven Years. With Profits. Without Profits. period of the year induces the fair and youthful to be more than uses addressed and delivered to George Game Day, solicitor, St. Ives, countries. The gold excitement sweepsthe entire Union, communicated to Clarke's House, which sustained trifling but it may immediately be — ally desirous of shining in personal attraction, while the rich luxuri- Huntingdonshire, on or before the Ist of March, 1849. 20 ,V 1 17 8 .Z 0 19 1 XI 15 10 £1 11 10 ant tress, the clear and transparent complexion, and the pearly set Ample Security wall be required. U • Scores of ships are advertised to leave the several damage by fire, though lion thus assumed by t' 30 11 8 12 7 25 5 20 7 of teeth form admirable trophies of the inestimable virtues of The Commissioners do net bind themselves to accept the Lowest ports of the United States. At New York alone h the furniture was considerably 40 16e1 I 6 9 30 7 214 10 ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, Tender, injured by water. They are both five story houses, which a heavy blow' and 58 114 1 119 II 46 8 40 ii ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, GEORGE GAME DAY, was the cause of their taking fire so quickly. The Park numberless ambitions, ' 60 32 4 317 II 612 9 60 10 And ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE. Clerk to the said Commissioners. thirty vessels, from barques of 150 tons to ships of the highest order ; House, a five story building, was at one time thought in The patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, and their general use St. Ives, Dee. 26, 1848. 1,000 tons., were preparing to take their departure for One-half of the "whole Term" Premium may remain on credit by the arisa,craey and the elite of fashion, together with the comfit imminent danger, though by the exertions of the fire ea seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a illation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these creative and FAULTLESS NIGIIT LIGHTS. desire, to finger the precious metal, that as much 158 House, ad' • ' th t d men it sustained very trifling damage. The Fountain mere creature of a • debt upon the policy at 5 per cent., lir may be paid off at any time renovating specifies, have characterised them with perfection, and T" NEW PATENT ALBERT NIGHT 175 dolls. had been paid fur a passage to Charges but was el , long lay the four without notice. given them a celebrity unparalleled. ttsiznufshel east material damage. t: Claims paid in ens month after proofs have been approved. As presents for both sexes none can be more recommendatory, or LIGHTS are the best, cleanest, most simple and safe, effl- as unscrupulous E. BATES, Resident Director. cient, and economical more now in general use. from New York, although that port was net more hour and three-quarters from the time the fire was dis- mob in order t lii Boxes at 6d., containing 8, 10, or 12 Lights, to burn 9,7, ore BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. than half the distance to the gold regions. Respect- covered the flames were subdued, with a loss of property fore, to be a. N ATION A.L LOAN FUND LIFE Some are offered under the implied sanction of royalty, and the hours each. To be ased in the Albert Lampe, at Ild , id., 9,1 • leach. , r s. ,g in the mines,continueto accounts - as it has be ASSURANreIe SOCIETY. Government Departments, and similar attempts at deception. The Sold retail by G Oil ('rovers, men, Lamp Dealers, and Chemistseight years since the Park Theatre was burned. There 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. only Genuine of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS" preceding everywhere. confirming previous reports as to the immense experienr Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. that of the Articles on the Wrapper or Label, with their Signature supply, and plenty of gold in California. It has wars several reports about the origin of the fire; but it come tl' Policies limed by this Society have a twofold alvantage : -Prey!. at the foot, in Red Ink, thus- r lIIHE ALBERT NIGHT LIGHTS are th b is now ascertained, beyond a doubt, that it originated by verne• mon for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary A. ROWLAND AND SONS. e been tested by the United States authorities, and .6,_ hest. Price 6d. per Box . Sold everywhere. one of the young ladies belonging to the ballet, who, in read available resource to himself, if needful, while living. The Assured Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by respectable found genuine. At the same time, rumours are afloat has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or f... Chemists and Perfumers. iire5....:4„.-s __ elle nee-- --'-' ----"‘k--- --id° respecting lawlessness and violence in the country feiture of the volley, two-thirds of the premiumsa paid. pushed several of them against one of the gas lights, ; Division of Profits Annual. Just published, price 55., five., in cloth, THE POST-OFFICE ROBBE rtY ON near thegold d. • and as there is no settled diggings • ltook which • d go- when they instant y fire, communicate to Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. THE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC- THE GREAT-WESTERN RAILWAY. vernment in California, scenes of terror and bloodshed the adjoining scenery. Instead of pulling down th' Increased facilities for travelling. 1_ TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compll- Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru- (From the Western Luminary.) are dreaded. whole bundle when they first took fire, she ran fry . Perms- Sum the me nts in the treatment of urethral diseases, chewing that the mine- At the Guildhall, Exeter, on Tuesday morning, It is said that the Mormons have laid claim to them, and before another could reach the spot cessary and ent of instruments is a fnt exciting cause of Henry Poole, and a man who refused to give his a large tract of the gold territory in California, scenery was in flames, and beyond the power r :II . Annual Policy Bonus in! nent Re- Assured eti tofpracticaldand Id stricture,tha a wan Age. gs. Pre- taken addition ' Bonus in duction of may bor terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se- name, were charged with opening the mail-bags in and make a demand of 30 per cent. duty on all man aid. ee, mime. out in to Sum Cask. Annual row OR were, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa- their transit from Bristol to Exeter,and with bgold taken therefrom. This step will, a . as Assured. Premium. Policy. tally prevalent. COMMERCIAL NEWS. ...... --- —. _ - lead to troubles between them and the newly arrived x s. d. Xsd.Xs.d. X s. d• 4, T NEW YORF. The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable eels therefrom, emigrants. r 1837 262 14 3,121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 le stricture is, without doubt the most difficult in the whole range of Cotton—The sales of the morning ar a I 1839 237 15 6,108 1417 7 6 494 8 . . , . , • . Mr. Turner appeared to watch the case on the part This arrival brings late Mexican news. An extra surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill eprices; Upland,middling fair steady '• -. 1 1839 6, 95 16 9 14 17 7 445 0 0 211 18 , • .. 00 1000 74 3 4 i j 1840 163 8 4, 75 la 10 li 10 9 395 11 1 of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by '3' the prisoner Poole, and Mr. Scoble Willesford for session of Congress had been called. Don Luis New Orleans and Mobile fair t ofair, 1 1841 159 a 4. 71 5 0 10 19 8 346 2 3 [ 1 1842 139 2 6 58 17 6 8 19 10 296 13 4 ' 1843 84 11 C 37 10 0 514 2 247 4 5 frequent practice."-Liston's Operative Surgery. Published by 11. Bailliere. 211, regent-street; and may all booksellers in tows or country. be had of the man without a name. Mr Barlow Ote Gueras had succeeded Senor ro, as Secretary of Flour, &c.—Wester canal flour •, one of the directors -of the Great Foreign Affairs, the latter having resigned on the and no fair brands samba had urul Western Railway Company, stated, that ha was a lath of November. The Secretary of the Treasury of 2,000 bbls at 5 dolls 31-io t' Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, THE BEST APERIENT and ANTIBIL lOUS passenger last night by the mail train from London had obtained a loan of 200,000 dollars. A change nary to straight brands, Osw or any of its branches in the couatry ; or, on application. will be for- MEDICINE for general use is FRAMPTON'S PILL OF 1,0 Exeter, and that on the train reaching Bridge- in the tariff continues to be advocated, so as to re- chigang and 5 dolls 621 c to ' warded post free. HEALTH which effectu li r ,eve s the stomach and bowels b W. S. B. WOOLHOITSE, Actuary. , ay e y water, the guard came to him and stated that the duce the duties on imports, but, at the same time, see. Southern Flour is qr gentle relaxation, without griping er pr istration of strength. They ,' 50e. Sales, 200 bbls Gee HREWS B U rt Y and BIRMINGHAM remoys head-ache, sickness, dizziness. pains in the chest, &c., are mail bap had been opened ; that they had been per- prohibit the entry of goods similar to those Which Wheat dull, Genessee highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, re- fectly sate at Bristol, but that, on gettin to B d be d d Mexico. It was generally be g ri ge- can pro uce in is in fair request, wig S RAILWAY COMPANY. lieve lamrour and depression of spirits ; while to those of full habit CALL of V. per SII.kRE on CLASS A and CLASS B SHARES. and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heavi- water the mail-guard had discovered that the car- lieved that Paredes had effected his escape out of for new flat yellow In pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Directors, passed this ness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will riage had been opened and the fastenings of the bas Mexico b the West India steamers sailing to gs y Western. Rye ano day, the holders of Class A and Class B Shares in the Shrewsbury net fail to be appreciated. Hesatisfied was from this information that the Southampton. The news from the insurgents at sales. and Birmingham Railway Company are required to pay a CALL of This meilicince has for many years received the approval of the cut. 21. per Share on their respective Shares, in Two Instalments of IL most respectable classes of society ; and in confirmation of its effi- robbery, if any, must have been committed by Cerra Gordo is deplorable. Bustamente has dis- Ashes—Sales each; the First Instalment to be paid on or before the 31st instant, cagy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, seine •❑ the train, one infrom and that whoever patched a force against them Querotoro, but were made at and the Second Instalment to be paid on or before the 31st of with permission to publish it, and if requisite, to refer any respect- March next. able person to its author :- had committed it must be in the train they took refuge at once in inaccessible fastnesses, and pearls, , WM. ORMSBY GORE, Chairman. "To Mr. Pima, 229, Strand, London. still. He therefore gave directions that every door losing only a few killed and wounded. closed firm GEORGE KNOX, Secretary. '' llcavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. should be immediately secured : there were very few A few Irish emigrants, supposed to be detective Bees' London, 3, Moorgate-street, Jan. 3, 1849. " Sta,-I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unsioll cash. cited testimony to the excellence of your ' I'rampton's Pill of Ilealth,' passengers, and these men, who got in at Bristol, police, had met with rough treatment at New Orleans, CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. which I consider a most safe, eMcacieus, and very superior ge- were sitting together in a first-class carriage. Mr. for having, itsaid, taken part in the prosecution was Fr• THE ROY A.L POLYTECHNIC neral medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, andßri' INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. near relative of mine, has used them-very rarely having re- Andrews, a solicitor of Modbury, was in the same of the Irish insurgents. They were named Harris, a. A Lecture on the Popular Subject of the Electric Light, by Dr. course to any other medicine for a long period of years. She Compartment, but quite upon the other side of it, Kavanagh, Ford, and Kearnes. It took some diffi- • Bachhoffner on Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday Evenings.-Po- has recommended them extensively, ana in one instance in and the door between him andthe ' prisoners Was shut culty on the part of the New Orleans police to relieve polar Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant Experiments, by Dr. which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the Ryan, daily, and en the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fri- first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think and the blind down. Having satisfied himself that them. day.—Firit Exhibition of an entirely new Series or Dissolving Views then perhaps, there is scarcely any other of the many patent medi- these must be the men who had cut open the b The followingextracts from the Ameri, bags, are in Mexico and Switzerland, with historical descriptions.-Childe's tins before the public of equal value as a ' friend In need ;' certainly e Phantasmagoria, with very curious new effects, Mornings and Eye- none possessed of superior claims. I shall he happy on all occasions ue caused them to be searched, but nothing tending papers : nings.--liicroseops at one o'clock daily.-New Chromatrope.- to give them my individual recommendation; and am, Sir, to implicate them was found on them at that time. At Diver and Diviag-bell.-Working Models explained.—Music di- " Your obedient servant, BALTIMORE, DEC. 19.—Advices have been r rected by Dr. Wallis. „ee • • e Taunton he had them removed into the waiting-room, }acre from Merida to the 11th of November. I' Open daily from Eleven to Five, and in the Evenings (including Sold by T. Preut, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 134 d. and 2s. 90. and the carriage was searched more particularly, that General Bruna has been arrested, tried Saturday) from S -Schools Half-past Tea. ner box. Also by the venders of medicines generally throughout the when, under the seat on which they had been • • sitting, for treason, in having connived at the escar Adraissioa Is. ,Half-price -The Now Catalogue, Is. kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the name a handkerchief was found containing thirteen or from the country. T andvernmentHE NICOLL, REGENT. STREET and address ef " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Go- fourteen parcels, taken from the mail-bags, and all The United States schooner Flirt r Stamp. CORNHILL. The NICOLL-This is the Trade Mark and distinctive Title • Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravlngs on Steel, carriage-pocket two crape masks were found, which Quite a fearful collision occurre, given to a Patented OUTER COAT, or PALETOT, in which there )N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA- he apprehended bore evident marks h ' of aving been and Ohio Railroad, near Harper' is a double use and purpose; in other words, the same garment can CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.,, between the passenger train and be used as a warns Winter Outer Coat, and again converted into a -eve Editiom, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or freshly made ; there was also a black cap well light Welkin.' • al kin. Paletot, by simply removing a warm interlining, iv Host, direct from the Establishment, 3s. Ge. in postage stamps, calculated for theof d. . There had purposes disdown. The locomotives and Which is attached or detached easily, and in a manner most novel T E H SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on •tertible extent. There ougb' and ingenious• understood, been found since, he a pair of false mode adopted whereby thee the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex- The NICOLE, or the Two Garments (above-mentioned) lace moustaches, which it was of some importance to r- n 1 • indulgence,infection,4 the inordinate use of mercury, e s se porated in One, is charged at the moderate price of Three Guineas. itli remarks en Marriage, end the means of obviating certain die- notice, because it was possible they might be found case, no lives were lost. Indeed, if the contemplated Sale of mote be not effected, the '' ualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coleurest F.neravhsgs. Ly It. and Patentees will lose rather than be fairly remunerated by the low to bear upon a similar robbery of the up mail train, George Law, Esq., cr .. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, le, Berners-street, Ox prices new quoted. which had happened on the same night. He gave the citizens, died yesterdr ere-street London. isublished by the Authors: sold by Strange, Messrs. NICOLL are the Originators and Sole Proprietors of the ere -street, " 1, I aterrioetsr-rew ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; prisoners into custody of the superintendent of the rapidly. deservedly well-known REGISTERED PALETOT (6 and 7 Vic. " etarle,23, Titchborne-street, flaymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden- There is still no cap. 65) of Llama Cloth, and they continue to he honoured with the . Plymouth police, who was a bthe t passenger y rain •; L: blieg it. The $' patronage of their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of PAuT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive and, on reaching Exeter, they were immediately Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Grace the Duke of .rgans, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. rantine, thong) handed over to the police. Wellington, and all others distieguished in rack and fashion, the PART 11. treats of the Consequences resulting from excesseve indni- Court. the Pulpit, and the Bar. ence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental Joseph Rhynheart, the guard of the down mail- rumours of Cr MEMBERS of the CLERICAL, LEGAL, LITERARY, and nd bodily weakness , nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. all fabulou' train, stated that on reaching Bristol a report was MEDICAL PROFESSIONS will, it is presumed, readily concede • llustrated be Three Explanatory Engravings. Mr. Jc. their patronage upon this New ant Patented Invention, as also Pate Petr treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in Tnad3 that the bags of the up-train had been opened Merchants and Railway Traveller-. who ere subject to colds, &c.,. III. . Tester& arising trom the fluctuations in a climate like that of Great Britain, ne. primary or secondary form, and centaiiss explicit directions for between Exeter and that place. The practice was for dental where. even in the most settled weather, at this season, a warm coat ',en' tre,atineet. This .attics is Illustrated 'ey Seventeen Coloured . • tne mail-guard to remain in the carriage with the It is universally used during mornings and evenings, but at mid-day, EnZra."P' from the active habits and avocations of all classes, a light Walking PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease bags between Bristol and London, both on the up and ine Paletot is indispensable. *es a simple app (cation, by which the danger of infection Is ob- down j y ournes ; but between Bristol and Exeter he r RAILWAY TRAVELLERS will fled great convenience in its seated. This important part of the Work should not escape the • Pocket Protector, which effectually preserves from loss the railway cader's notice. rode in the sorting carriage, which was a separate ticket, loose cash, &c., besides a peculiar comfort for Night Travel- Pate, Y. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, aid its compartment, with the sorting clerks. On reachin ling, which must be seen and worn to he appreciated. .uties. The causes of unproductive triton are also considered, and The Country Agents for the New Patents are the same highly re- he whole subject critically and philesopkically inquired into. Bridgewater, the mail guard called his attention erectable firms who have of late years held the appointments direct TIIP.CORDIAL 'BALM OF STRIACIIK is exclusively employed is treat- the fact that the mail bags had been opened, an from the Patentees in Lorelon. ag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, dec., Ds. and 335. per going into the carriage he saw that many o' CAUTION.-The NICOLL -Any person or persons using the lattice The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic. A• acme, or a similar title, or trade mark, whereby the Public may be ' emedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp- were tied up in a eifferent way from that ; deceived, will be proceeded against, as by injunction of the High ems, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 331. per bottle. they were usually sent from the PosteCourt of Chancery, &c.; as also by the infringement of the principle 'erry's Purifying specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 Is. per box, a . . claimed in the Royal Letters Patent, granted to the un iersigned, serials. remedy for gonorrhea*, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma- ° 1-, 1 f t • Uri 'ma as enings had evidently been cur which mainly consists in the adaptation of the linings of Coats, tan of the bladder. Consultation tee. if ey letter, if. A minute of the string were strewn about the fir Paletots, tice., to a separate use and purpose, &c. retail of the case is required ; age, habits, and position in society. • • Of cisel the s• nage ; other pieces o pre y (Signed) H. J. and D. NICOLL, ~. Packets, with advic., to be WO at the Es'alollsnuleat slily, by 114, 116, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten- were subsequently found upon tl- London, Dec. 1, 1845. lance daily at 19, Zereere-street, Oxford-street, London, Trani re carriage where the prisoners had I veil till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sendays from Eleven to ors. Mr. Clarke, the night sur FORTY-EIGHT and FORTY-NINE - Taunton station, proved that 1' Another most eventful year A It B. I A G E. Has ended its disturbed career. 4 One half the wend are desolately single, and the other 11,11 in which the prisoners had t Time's clock has struck -the act is o'er,request, and found under t' opposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a And Forty-eight is now no more. ,one of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ein- and parcels, which he ha, Scarce had the dawn of Forty-eight --'ter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea Been signalled by the dial-plate, suerintendent of the ' When round all Europe, like a cloud, d caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret tin- p Dread elements were seen to crowd. •eseprosine harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, Mr. Gibbons prod" ,li4: broken health, met the great hindrances to domestic happiness Not only did our own blest islewith scarcely an ex, knit social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set- Not only did the Briton hear, Lase, for a time, its peaceful smile ; clement. Honour and justice dentend that health should fame as item such as were like' ei the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or The fearful note of "danger near ;" fain valuable pr But every throne was seen to rock seglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if Beneath the social earthquake's shock. hese surmises concern yen, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little prisoners at T 4EMOIRS "On Single and Married The mighty nation of the Gaul Life, " pub, in 2 vols., Is. money on ee (A scene more terrible than all), etch (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each), Let no imaginatively • ery. Beheld a king forsake his throne, -eflned, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered robbery. And seek a country not his own. )v miginterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining The ir Ah ! hapless France! thy land hath been rem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but pivrr,„. A terrible-a fearful scene! et* the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom .1 Adown thy streets where armed men rode, :w•sy are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on nece' Thy people's blood hath freely flowed; 'he above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or me • While nearly all the civil world ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other In dread confusion has been hurled. ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, Few years have seen events so great, sy post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and So marvellous as Forty-eight ; Avoid," and " How to be happy." They are not merely But happily we still retain rsamhlets, hut equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they th Victoria's unmolested reign. mere ephemeral scribbling, of the hour, but the study of the authr Though civil broils awhile were heard, tfe, who owes his present existence, health, and position to thi, Our realm is now no longer stirred. -ervance of the maxims he would inculcate-to do mite other I'eace is restored-Britannia smiles, 'mild be done unte-te live atter nature's laws-and to keep And order reigns throughout the isles. •,e the " sunny side of the way." The above works may I- Commerce and trade once more revive, Therwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-sty And prolate° speedily to thrive. '9, Cornhlll ; Nelsen, 457, West Strand ; er direct (by r MOSES and SON rejoice to say wise) from the author (who may be conferred wt, That still their Mart retains its sway ; east-nines cod evenings), to, Argyll-prase Regent- While palaces and thrones decayed, Roolcsenere They still were monarchs of the trade. MOSES and SON, amid the stir, Are trmer than they ever were ; L 0 V E is the leading feelin' And like Victoria. they can say, breast. Mere exalted than mere pee' They grow in confidence each day. every other impulse of nature, and is not es Nor have they ever had to fear but more engrossing even than ambition The changes of the bygone year. its influence, or can avoid its sway ; a' MOSES and SON, in Forty-eight, sophy, and divinity itself become ns Have met with favours more than great ; power of LOVE, which, unlike me' And multitudes have lent their aid with time, until it receives the cc In every branch of MOSES' trade. When union does not take p' They feel their gratitude is due !ervour, this golden tide of th For trading favours ever new. poison in the heart, which And action-better far than word- erred, all things upon earl' Shall liquidate the debt incurred. changeable habits, will cl, MOSES and SON, the coming year, time spent in the fultlline In brighter colours will appear ; tract asunder which sh' While all their energies combine It is the effect of cor In signalising Forty-nine. habits, or the res, Their efforts to exceed the past, disqualified, and Throughout the ensuing year shall last. iestituted by ' They could a trading tale disclose ends. The wrr Surpassing far what you suppose. beyond mean- The capital at their command most misers, Shall place them on a higher stand; himself a e • A thousand benell's shall show natural r Thanks for the favours you bestow. unalley MOSES and SON will prove to you atten, What trading enterprise can do. tulle While quality and price combine To claim your aid for Forty-nine. In all the garments you may wear, Improvements shall be brought to bear. _ MOSES and SON would thus defray The debt which they have now to pay ; And doubtless in the ensuing year All effort While t! will be mutual here. Your.. ..,..nStes thus would study you. mosi,',74•LaiTuiNZ.,.lue you'll renew. And trust yours request your aid, Consult younizystestrenise their trade. ~ ' they say, " and coin For garments at a ii,, ederate sum. Think what you've gene,' in years gone .And grant a favouring reply You never found them once contem The trust is hich you reposed in the r And when the present season ens Still, still will MOSES' prove ye And coming to a climax here, They wish their patrons, far A happy and a prosperous y E. MOSES and SIN, Tailors, W' floaters, Farriers, Boot and Sheer Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 1 14, 115, and 5G Aldgete, City Observe.—Any article per sure, If not approved of, money returned. C> +,a.—E. Moses public against impost, like falseleoed of heir has been resorted ' They have so cor and those wile e or send to, Mi Notice.--n Friday ASiT.TRINCE.AGAIN'ST LOSS OF LIFE BY RAILWAY TRATELLING. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. INCORPORATED PTJRSDANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. At the pres-nt day, when Railway travelling has become almost universal, protection against the pecuniary loss to which the families of sufferers from the accidents incidental to it are exposed, is ens of the requirements of the age. To meet this general feeling, Oils Society affords to all persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway in Great Britain and Ireland, the opportunity of insuring against loss of life by accident whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of 10s. per cent., in one single payment, for the whole period of life, thereby rendering unnecessary the payment of Annual Premiums, as In ordinary Life Assurance. EXAMPLE.—A person may by one single payment of 5/. assure to his family or ethers the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his osing his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. FERGUSON cAmrto ux, Manager. *** Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, and all information may be ktained personally, or on application by letter, addressed to the Ma.ager, at the Offices of the Society, No. 27, Regent-street, Water loo-place, London, or of any of the Local Agents. A RGITS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK; And 14, PALL-MALL. THOMAS FARNCOMI3E, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Depty-Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. John H u umphery, Esq., iId..M.P. William Banbury, Esq. rsnpert IngleUy, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. James Clift, Esq. ,Lewis Pocock, Esq. AUDlTORS—Professor Hall, M.A. ; J. IS. Shuttleworth, Esq. Purstcwv—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-Square. SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. _ . CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, M.A.,of King's College. STANDING COUNSEL—Sir John Homily, M.P., Solicitor-General. SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Fisher, Esq., 19, Doughty-street. ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY. In addition to a large subscribed capital, Policy holders have, the security of an Assurance Fund of more than a Quarter of a Million, and an Income of fi5,008/., annually increasing, arising from the issue of upwards of 6,005 Policies. BONL%-1. OR PROFIT BRANCH. Persons Assuring on the Bonus system will he annually entitled to 80 per cent. of the profits enithis branch (after payment of five yearly :Premiums) ; and the profit assigned to each Policy may be added to the sum assured, or applied in reduction of the Annual pre mium, Yesterday, at one o'clock, a quarterly court of the governors and supporters of the Scottish Hospital was held in the hall of the corporation, Crane-court, Fleet-street, to receive the reports for the last quar ter. The Chisholm (treasurer) in the chair.; The minutes of the meeting of St. Andrew's day (Nov. 30) having been read and confirm e d, • Major ADAIR, the secretary, stated that there had been since relieved 236 destitute Scotch applicants, who received 2161. 103. 6d. The annual account of the Kinloch Fund was next and 1081. Ig. 5359. T 311 h ; e l 3. r sb e .a cf ad i n p . et stock e in sold; ha amounted na. t10,6A22;311e11.r9.d/ pay i ngiB v i s. d e i n O da d li , expenses, there remained a balance in hand of 551. 10s. Bd. The following alterations of bye-law No. 12, after a lengthened discussion4were agreed to :—" That the children of Scottish parents entitled to relief, be un derstood to denote children under twelve years of age, and natives of Scotland, not under seventy years of cge, always excepting such cases of necessity or sickness submitted to the relief committee ; that no one should be eligible for the permanent pension who has not resided five years in London, and that a residence of not less than two years in London should entitle an applicant to casual relief." The report of the building committee, which , re commended the erection of a corporation hall, or asylum for Scotch destitute persons, &c., was next presented end adopted, and the building committee was requested to endeavour to obtain a site suitable for such a structure. NON-BONUS, OR LOW PREMIUM BRANCH. The Tables on the non-participating principle afford peculiar ad vantages to the assured, not offered by any other Office—for where the object is the least possible outlay, the payment of a give■ sum Is secured to the Policy-holder, on the death of the Assured, at a re duced rate of Premium. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Court broke up. PERUVIAN BONDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV._ Ma.:Enrroa,—ln the note which I had the honour to address you, and which appeared in your columns on the 3d, headed " The Peruvian Government and the Bondholders," there is a printed error which re quires to be rectified. The note, as it appears in The Sun, says, " and at the suggestion of these gentlemen, an article was superadded;" whereas it should have rus, sad at the suggestion of that gentleman (meaning Mr. J. D. Powles), an article was superadded to the proposals about to be submitted to the bondholders, providing for the nomination of commissioners to receive the bondholders' money, for the benefit of the bondholder:. Whatever glory belongs to the suggestion appertains exclusively to Mr. J. D. Powles, who, of course, had no personal interest in the matter, and who, if the commission for the handling and dandling of the large amount annually payable to the Peruvian bondholders on the present arrangement were offered to him, would, with his usual disinterestedness, refuse it. A FRIEND OF JUSTICE. Thursday, Jan. 4. PREMIUMS TO ASEIII.I Xi 00. WHOLE TEAM. Age. Oao fear. Seven Years. With Profits. Without Profits. 20 .£0 17 8 £0 19 1 XI 15 10 £1 11 10 30118127 2 5 5 2 0 7 40 1 6 0 1 0 9 3 0 7 2 14 10 55 1 14 1 1 19 10 4 6 8 4 0 11 60 3 2 4 3 17 0 6 12 9 6 0 10 One-half of the " Whole Term" er seven years, or ene-third of the debt upon the policy at 5 per cent. without notice. " Premium may remain on credit Premium may remain for life as a ~, lir may be paid off at any time Claims Pain ono month after proofs have been approved. E. BATES, Resident Director. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 24, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .£500,00(1. Empowered by Act of Parliament. 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 living. The Asswed has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or f.. feiture of the volley, two-thirds of the premiums! paid. Division of Profits Annual. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. Increased facilities for travelling. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. • I Perma- Sam the :II .d Annual Policy Bonus in! vent Re- Assured Ago. ge. Pre- taken addition ' Bonus in Auction of may bor a g mium. eat in to Sum Cash. Annual row on iAssured. Premiums. Policy. _ -._ - X s. d. X s d. X s. d. £ s. d. r 1837 262 14 3,121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 1838 237 15 6 , 108 16 417 7 6 494 810 X As ' d ' 1839 211 18 6; 95 16 914 17 7 445 0 0 00 1000 74 3 4 1840 163 8 4751510 11 10 9 395 11 1 I . 1841 159 3 4 71 5 0 10 19 8 346 2 3 ; 1842 139 2 6 58 17 6 8 19 10 1 296 13 4 1843 84 11 8 37 10 0 614 2 247 4 5 Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be kad at the office, or any of its branches in the ceitatry ; or, on application. will be for warded pest free. W. S. B. WOOLHOITSE, Actuary. HREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM I. RAILWAY COMPANY. CALL of 2/. per SHARE on CLASS A and CLASS B SHARES. In pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Directors, passed this day, the holders of Class A and Class B Shares in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company are required to pay a CALL of 2/. per Share on their respective Shares, in Two Instalments of 1/. each; the First Instalment to be paid on or before the 31st instant, and the Second Instalment to be paid on or before the 31st of March neat. WM. ORMSBY GORE, Chairman. GEORGE KNOX, Secretary. London, 3, Moorgate-street, Jan. 3, 1849. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Lecture on the Popular Subject of the Electric Ltght, by Dr. Bachhoffnor on Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday Eveltings.—Po pular Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant Experiments, by Dr. Ryan, daily. and en the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day.—First Exhibition of an entirely new Series of Dissolving Views in Mexico and Switzerland, with historical descriptions.—Childo's Phantasmagoria, with very curious new effects, Mornings and Rye nings.—Microscope at Oas o'clock daily.—Now Chromatropo.— Diver and Diving-bell.—Working Models explained.—Music di rected by Dr. Wallis. Open daily &on, Eleven to Five, and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Tea. Adraissiox la.—Schools ,Tdalf-price.—The Now Catalogue, la. THE NICOLL, REGENT. STREET and CORN HILL. The NICOLL.—This is the Trade Mark and distinctive Title given to a Patented OUTER COAT, or PALETOT, in which there is a double use and purpose ; in other words, the same garment can be used as a warm Winter Outer Coat, and again converted into a light Walkin; Paletot, by simply removing a warm interlining, which is attached or detached easily, and in a manner most novel and ingenious. TheNICOLL, or the Two Garments (above-mentioned) incor porated in One, is charged at the moderate price of Three Guineas. Indeed, if the contemplated Sale of Thous-olds be not effected, the Patentees will lose rather than be fairly remunerated by the low prices now quoted. Messrs. NICOLL are the Originators and Sole Proprietors of the deservedly well-known REGISTERED PALETOT (f; and 7 Vic. cap. 65) of Llama Cloth, and they continue to he honoured with the patronage of their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and all others distinguished in rank and fashion, the Court, the Pulpit, and the Bar. MEMBERS of the CLERICAL, LEGAL, LITERARY, and MEDICAL PROFESSIONS will, it is presumed, readily concede their patronage upon this New ant Patented Invention, as also Merchants and Railway Traveller - , who ere subject to colds, &c., arising trom the fluctuations in a climate like that of Great Britain, where. even in the most settled weather, at this season, a warm coat is universally used during mornings and evenings, but at mid-day, from the active habits and avocations of all classes, a light Walking Paletot is indispensable. • RAILWAY TRAVELLERS will flied great convenience in its Pocket Protector, which effectually preserves from loss the railway ticket, loose cash, &c., besides a peculiar comfort for Night Travel linz, which must be seen and worn to he appreciated. The Coantry Agents for the New Patents are the same highly re spectable firms who have of late years held the appointments direct from the Patentees in London. CAUTION—The NICOLE—Any person or persons using the sane, or a similar title, or trade mark, whereby the Public may be deceived, will be proceeded against, as by injunction of the High Court of Chancery, &c.; as also by the infringement of the principle claimed in the Royal Letters Patent, granted to the un lersigned, which mainly consists in the adaptation of the linings of Coats, Paletots, &e., to a separate use and purpose, &c. (Signed) H. J.' and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Corinth. London, Dec. 1, 1848. FORTY-EIGHT and FORTY-NINE Another most eventful year Has ended its disturbed career. Time's clock has struck —the act is o'er, And Forty-eight is now no more. Scarce had the dawn of Forty-eight Been signalled by the dial-plate, When round all Europe, like a cloud, Dread elements were seen to crowd. Not only did our own blest isle Lose, for a time, its peaceful smile ; Not only did the Briton hear, The fearful note of " danger sear ;" But every throne was seen to rock Beneath the social earthquake's shock. The mighty nation of the Gaul (A. scene more terrible than all), Beheld a king forsake his throne, And seek a country not his own. Ah ! hapless France! thy land hath been A terrible—a fearful scene ! Adown thy streets where armed men rode, Thy people's blood hath freely flowed; While nearly all the civil world In dread confusion has been hurled. Few years have seen events so great, So marvellous as Ferty-eight ; But happily we still retain Victoria's unenelested reign. Though civil broils awhile were heard, Our realm is now no longer stirred. Peace is restored—Britannia smiles. And order reigns throughout the isles. Commerce and trade once more revive, And promise speedily to thrive. MOSES and SON rejoice to say That still their Mart retains its sway ; While palaces and thrones decayed, They still were monarchs of the trade. MOSES and SON, amid the stir, Are firmer than they ever were ; And like Victoria. they can say, They grow in confidence each day. Nor have they ever had to fear The changes of the bygone year. MOSES and SON, in Forty-eight, Have met with favours more than great ; And multitudes have lent their aid In every branch of MOSES' trade. They feel their gratitude is due For trading favours ever new. And action—better far than word — Shall liquidate the debt incurred. MOSES and SON, the coming year, In brighter colours will appear ; While all their energies combine In signalising Forty-nine. Their efforts to exceed the past, Throughout the ensuing year shall last. They could a trading tale disclose Surpassing far what you suppose. The capital at their cemmanA Shall place them on a higher stand; A thousand benelPs shall show Thanks for the favours you bestow. MOSES and SON will prove to you What trading enterprise can do. While quality and price combine To claim your aid for Forty-nine. In all the garments you may wear, Improvements shall be brought to bear. MOSES and SON would thus defray The debt which they have p now to ay • And d oubtless in the ensuing year All efforts Wi be mutual here. Nay-ohnilre..al..oS.EllS thus would study you. A...— . .....7• t a 1 ;;Av0u!•5 you'll renew. irt"cti.'rUst you'll req‘"l your aid' your,,,, P l, :tro , nlae their trade. " Consult " I, they say, " and come a 's mi th :T a te sum. For garments at Think what you've years gone by, And grant a favouring reply. You never found them once contemn The trust o hich you reposed in them • And when the present season ends, Still, still will MOSES' prove your friends. And coming to a climax here, They wish their petrels, far and near, A happy and a prosperous year." E. MOSES and SIN, Per,s, Clothier. Batters Heelers, Woollendra feelers, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and Ceneral Outfitters to' Ladies and entlemen, 154, 155, 15u, aid 1 5 7 Minorlea, and :_ r 43, 14, aid S 6 Aidgate, City. London. Observe.—Any article purchased, marl) , made, or made is men. sure, if not approved o; will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. Canyon.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradearnan_ like falsekoed of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other bongo in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, Sec., should call at, or sand to, Miaories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice. —No business transacted at this establishment from son lilinday, till sunset Saturday, when busines is resumed till twelve No. 17,559.] LONDON 3 THURSDAY , • ti• T HE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1849, Being the Fiftieth Annual Publication, is now publishing, In 2,000 Royal Octavo Pages, price 36s The following are some of the principal contents ; —Official Direc tory—Street Directory—Commercial Directory—Trades' Directory —Law Directory—Court Directory—Parliamentary Directory—Pos tal Directory—City Directory—Conveyance Directory—Banking Directory, &c., &c., &c. This Edition of the Work has been most favourably noticed in the metropolitan journals. For Reviews, see Times, Nov. 30th. 1848 ; Morning Herald, Nov. 30th ; Morning Post, Nev. 30th ; Morning Chronicle, Dec. 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DEFRIES begs to state that, in addition to the large meter he recently con structed for the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent-garden, upon the order of the Chartered Gas Company, and which passes 6,000 feet of gas per hour, he has been honoured by that Company with the addl. tioAal order for the meter for the New llouses of Parliament, which is calculated to pass 10,000 feet of gas per hour, and to supply 2,000 lights, and has been universally pronounced to be the most superb and effective measuring machine ever constructed. It will remain for public inspection for another week at Me.srs. Glovers, PIS, Drury-lane. Testimonials may be obtained at either Factory-10, llampstead•road, or 67, Saint Martin's-lane. Caution.—To avoid deception, observe REFRIES' narae upon the Badge. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. The gaiety that reigns supreme at the social re-union: of this period of the year induces the fair and youthful to be more than usu ally desirous of shining in personal attraction, while the rich luxuri ant tress, the clear and transparent complexion, and the pearly set of teeth form admirable trophies of the ineAtimable virtues of ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, And ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE. The patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, and their general use by the aris!ocrivy and the elite of fashion, together with the confir mation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these creative and renovating specifics, have characterised them with perfection, and given them a celebrity unparalleled. As presents for both sexes none can be more recommendatory, or more now in general use. LEWARE OF SPUMOUS IMITATIONS. Some are offered under the implied sanction of royalty, and the Government Departments, and similar attempts at deception. The only Genuine of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS' " preceding that of the Articles on the Wrapper or Label, with their Signature at the foot, in Red Ink, thus A. ROWLAND AND SONS. Sold by them at 29, Hatton-garden, London, and by respectable Chemists and Perfumers. Just published, price 55., Eve., 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, chewing 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 prevalent. By F. E. COURTENAI7, m.r..c.5.E., " 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 he acquired, and that gradually, by frequent practice."—Liqon's Operative Surgery. Published by H. Bailliere, 211, Regent-street ; aid may be had of all booksellers in taws or country. THE BEST APERIENT and ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE for general use is FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxation, without griping or pr istration of strength. 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The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having re course to any other medicine for a long period of years. She has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think drat, perhaps, there is scarcely any other of the many patent medi cines before the public of equal value as a ' friend In need ;' certainly none possessed of superior claims. I shall he happy on all occasions to give them my individual recommendation; and am, Sir, '• Your obedient servant, 41 * * * 02, Sold by T. Preut, 299, Strand, London. Price Is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. ner box. Also by the venders of medicines generally throughout tile kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the Go vernment Stamp. Illustrated by 2€ Anatomical Coloured Enzravlng: on Steel. ni PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERAT7YR INCAPA CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ow Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just nubliched, price 2s. 6d., or cost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage rtansps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a 'Medical Work on the intrsnities and decay of the ganerative system, from ex o4sive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, dtli remarks on 111arrlage, end the means of obviating certain dis ualiflections. Illustrated My 26 Colourod Engravings. Ly It. and .. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 15, Berners-street, Ox ord-street, London. t'ublished by the Authors : sold by Strange. 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, MO, Oxford-street ; Rarle, 23, Titchborne-street, flaymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden tall-street. PAUT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive rgans, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Esgravings. PART 11. treats of the ec;nsequences resulting rrorn excessive ladni ence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental nd bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. llus trate(' I)) Three x plan atery Env.tying& Pau': 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in he primary or secoadare forint, and contain explicit directions for beir tre.atmext. This .ectiols is illustrated Seventeen Coloured En;ravings. PART iv. contain? a Prescription for the Prevention of DlseLso oy a simple asp ication, by which the danger of infection Is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. Pam , T. is devoted ti the consideration of marriage, and its .utics. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and he whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TITS:CORDIAL limas sr STRIACIag is exclusively employed in treat ng nervous and sexual debility, impotence, tee., Ds. and 335. per )attic. 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The solitary one may shield himself under the plea )t caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an emprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Thysical incapacity, m 4 broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness end social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set dement. Honour and justice dentend that health should fame as item , n the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or -eglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if hese surmises concern yen, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little 4EMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vele., Is. .ach (by post, in stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let no imaginatively - efined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor he hindered )s• miginterpretatien of their supposed contents, from obtaining rem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but or the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom :"ay are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth en the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ittlo publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and kvoid," and " How to be Nappy." They are net merely osuiphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribbling, of the hour, but the study of the author's ife, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob 'ervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he vsuld be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always sn the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of aherwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street • Mann, 39, Cornhlll ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or ether ..ese) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, nominee cod evenings), io. Argyll-place Regent-street; and all faCtakleilATA ILO V E is the leading feeling of the human breast. Mere exalted than mere passion, it sears high above every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from its influence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. When union does not take place, however, this passion, this iervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life time spent in the fulfilinem of every engagement, snap the very con tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind? It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been ii.stituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be beyond measure deplorable ! Loving and beloved, he entails the most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the attention of all. These desirous of investigating it will Ind the fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled SRLF-PRESERVATION, illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the reproductive organs; with practical observe ions en the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from solitary habits, excesses, or infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, ALD., Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member if the University of Edinburgh. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and much neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob tained the medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat ment of these diseases. REVIEW OF TUE WORE. La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.--" There are scenes in the drama of life which are acted with ne spectator hut Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the golf into which such scenes must plunge him ! In the book before us such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and Propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un t aught innocence the hook is not, of course, needed ; but wherever laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these Pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine." —United Kingdom Magazine. The vverk may be kad price 2s. 6d., of Kent and Richards, i 2, ter-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stacie, Tlchborne "'L. Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-str ee t ; M anse ll, 115, Fleet-street ; er, free by pest, for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who m ay b e consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, from Ten to Two, or from Five teEight. 3 7, BED1'0111)-(4 1 lAtiE, LONDON. St. Ives, Dee. 26, 1848. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD. Destitute diseased persons are admitted on application, with out letter of accommodation or other preliminary form. The Weekly Board earnestly entreat the aid of the benevolent to enable them to meet the numerous applications made at the Hos pital, as they regret to state that train want of funds they are daily compelled to refuse admission to many most urgent and distressing eases. Contributions received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq.; M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; llerries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Donison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Master man and Co. ; and at the hospital. CriFit-off ap,,arel, Male, and Female, will be gratefully :tallow ledged. By order of the Weekly Board, EDW. RICE, D.D., Chairman, TO CONTRACTORS for PUBLIC WORKS. NORFOLK, CAIIBRIDGESIIIRE, tuid HUNTINGDON- SHIRE. The COMMISSIONERS for the DRAINAGE of the MIDDLE LEVEL. of the FENS will MEET early in Mitten, 1849, to receive TENDERS for the Deepening, Widening, or otherwise Improving about 100 Miles in length of the Rivers and Drains within the Middle Level, extending from Unwell, in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, to and beyond Whlttlesey Mere, in Huntingdonshire, together with the setting back and repuddling of ranks, the removal or underpinning of Bridges, and the erection of new Bridges, Sluices, Pen Sluices, Tunnels, Culverts, and other Works authorised by the " Middle Level Dra.nage Amendment Act 1848," and Acts therein recited. The plans and specifications Inlay be: seen en application to Messrs. Walker and Burgess, Civil Engineers, 23, Great George street, Westminster, on and after the 10th of January next. The Contract is to be for the execution of the works for a gross sum, which, together wins the time within which the Contractor will undertake to complete the works, must be stated in the Tender. The Commissioners are most anxious to have them completed with all possible dispatch. Tenders, under seal and indorsed " Middle Level Tender," to be addressed and delivered to George Game Day, solicitor, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, on or before the Ist of March, 1849. Ample Security wall be required. The Commissioners do net bind themselves to accept the Lowest Tender. GEORGE GAME DAY. Clerk to the said Commissioners. FAULTLESS NIGHT LIGHTS. THE NEW PATENT ALBERT NIGHT LIGHTS are the best, cleanest, most simple and safe, effi cient, and economical In Boxes at 6d., containing 8, 10, or 10 Lights, to burn 0,7, or hours each. To be ased in the Albert Lamps, at id., GI, 9d., or Is. each. Sold retail by Grocers, Oilmen, Lamp Dealers, and Chemists everywhere. riIHE ALBERT NiGHT LIGHTS are the best. Price 6d. per Box . Sold everywhere. THE POST-OFFICE ROBBERY ON THE GREAT-WESTERN RAILWAY. (From the Western Luminary.) At the Guildhall, Exeter, on Tuesday morning, Henry Poole, and a man who refused to give his name, were charged with opening the mail-bags in their transit from Bristol to Exeter, and with ab stracting several letters, registered letters, and par cels therefrom. Mr. Turner appeared to watch the case on the part of the prisoner Poole, and Mr. Scoble Willesford for the man without a name. Mr. Barlow, one of the directors - of the Great Western Railway Company, stated, that he was a passenger last night by the mail train from London to Exeter, and that on the train reaching Bridge water, the guard came to him and stated that the mail bags had been opened ; that they had been per fectly safe at Bristol, but that, on getting to Bridge water the mail-guard had discovered that the car riage had been opened and the fastenings of the bags cut. He was satisfied from this information that the robbery, if any, must have been committed by some one in the train, and that whoever had committed it must be in the train still. He therefore gave directions that every door should be immediately secured: there were very few passengers, and these men, who got in at Bristol, were sitting together in a first-class carriage. Mr. Andrews, a solicitor of Modbury, was in the same compartment, but quite upon the other side of it, and the door between him and the prisoners was shut and the blind down. Having satisfied himself that these must be the men who had cut open the bags, he caused them to be searched, but nothing tending to implicate them was found on them at that time. At Taunton he had them removed into the waiting-room, and the carriage was searched more particularly, when, under the seat on which they had been sitting, a handkerchief was found containing thirteen or fourteen parcels, taken from the mail-bags, and all directed to parties in the west of England. In the carriage-pocket two crape masks were found, which be apprehended bore evident marks of having been freshly made; there was also a black cap well calculated for the purposes of disguise. There had since, he understood, been found a pair of false moustaches, which it was of some importance to notice, because it was possible they might be found to bear upon a similar robbery of the up mail train, which had happened on the same night. He gave the prisoners into custody of the superintendent of the Plymouth police, who was a passenger by the train ; and, on reaching Exeter, they were immediately handed over to the police. Joseph Rhynheart, the guard of the down mail train, stated that on reaching Bristol a report was mach that the bags of the up-train had been opened between Exeter and that place. The practice was for the mail-guard to remain in the carriage with the bags between Bristol and London, both on the up and down journeys; but between Bristol and Exeter he rode in the sorting carriage, which was a separate compartment, with the sorting clerks. On reaching Bridgewater, the mail-guard called his attention to the fact that the mail bags had been opened, and on going into the carriage he saw that many of them were tied up in a different way from that in which they were usually sent from the Post-office ; the original fastenings had evidently been cut, and pieces of the string were strewn about the floor of the car riage ; other pieces of precisely the same description were subsequently found upon the carpet in the carriage where the prisoners had been sitting. Mr. Clarke, the night superintendent at the Taunton station, proved that he searched the carriage in which the prisoners had travelled at Mr. Barlow's request, and found under the seat a number of letters and parcels, which he handed over to M r . Gibb ons, superintendent of the Plymouth police. Mr. Gibbons produced the parcels, which were, with scarcely an exception, of a bulky character, and such as were likely, from their appearance, to con tain valuable property. When he first searched the prisoners at Bridgewater, he found a gold watch and money on each, but nothing to connect them with the robbery. The mail guard having been obliged to go on to Plymouth with the bags, and other evidence being necessary to complete the case, the magistrates re manded both prisoners until Saturday. Mr. Mountford attended on the part of the Post office authorities. The prisoner Poole was for some time in the service of the Great Western Railway Company as a guard ; the other man is entirely unknown. None of the property plundered from the up-mail has yet been found. One of the registered letters stolen from this mail, it is stated, contained 4,0001., and the loss, so far as at present known, unquestion ably amounts to much more than that sum. Colonel Maberly, the secretary of the Post-office, and Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, were engaged the whole of yesterday morning in arranging plans for the full development of the affair. ST. MARY'S SCILLY.—WRECK WITH LOSS OF LIFE.—The Swedish brig Charlotte of Stockholm, E. Stranvitz, master, of about 350 tons burthen, from Got tenburg for Monte Video, with deals and balk, was to• tally lost on Meledgan, one of the Scilly Islands, on the 25th instant, at 4 A.X., when the master, chief mate, two men, and one passenger were drowned. The remainder of the crew, ten in number, were observed from St. Agnes Island, at daybreak, on Meledgan, which is an uninhabited island, with a colour flying, and where they had erected a tent. They left Gottenburg on the 19th instant, and made St. Agnes light about 2 A.m., yester day, but could not weather away the rocks, the wind having veered from S.E. to S.W. blowing a gale. The names of the men who have been saved are C. L. A. Twenson, second mate; seamen, A. Nilsen, A. Ander son, A. Borjerson, Z. Mattison, Z. Stromberg, A. Ja cobson; A. Jehansson, (cook) leg slightly hurt; W. Legor, boy; all of whom have been provided with cloth ing and every comfort, by T. J. Buxton, Esq. Swedish Vice-Consul, at Scilly, and will be forwarded to their homes in a few days. Drowned, E. Stranvitz, master; H. 0. Olbert, N. Yanson, seamen; Carl Linfeltz, boy; Carl Thornssen, passenger. Yanson's body was picked up by the crew and left on the island. The survivors were rescued by the crew of the pilot boat Active, who approached as near as possible to the Meledgan Rock, and cast ropes by means of stones attached to them, which they fastened round their bodies, and jump ing into the :.-ea were hauled on board. It is feared that but little of the cargo will be saved. Portions of the wreck have been washed on shore at St. Mary's.— Cornwall ' oyul Gazette. GALLANT CONDUCT.—As 'the Mersey, Tranmere boat, which l e f t t h e Tranmere slip for V Liverpool, on Thursday, at half -past one, was putting some of the crew of the Iron Duke on board that vessel, one of them slipped his foot, fell into the water, and sunk, being apparently quite unable to swim. Ono of the crew of the Mersey, Joseph Kane, the gallant fellow who has already rescued 13 or 14 lives from drowning, immediately jumped into the water with the end of a rope in his hand; but finding that this impeded him, he let go the I rope, swam towards the spot, and, getting hold of the drowning man, held him above water till a rope was thrown to him, and both were drawn safely on board.' A few coppers wore collected for the gallant fellow by one of hia comrades, but be is well deserving of some more substantial re ward.—Liverpool Standard, • AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. By the arrival of the steam-ship Canada, we have received New York papers to the 20th of December, being seven days later than the advices received pre viously. The proceedings of the American Congress do not contain any news that is likely to interest the Euro pean reader. Mr. Miller, of New Jersey, had moved in the Senate a resolution, calling on the President for information concerning any correspondence had with the Government of Spain concerning the pur chase of Cuba. After some discussion, Mr. Miller consented to allow his resolution to lie over. Another project has been started for a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama. A. Bill is pending in Congress for giving the contract to the parties for carrying the Pacific mails for 20 years, at 265,000 dollars per annum, and on being secured to them, the projectors offer to construct the railway. It is believed that the Congress will not at its pre sent sitting effect any changes in the tariff, although efforts may be made to increase the duties on iron and some other articles of import. It seems, however, that with the next Administration will come certainly a reconsideration of the whole tariff policy, and its adjustment, as it is hoped, upon a basis at once per manent and satisfactory to American citizens, without material detriment to revenue or imports from other countries. The gold excitement sweeps the entire Union. Scores of ships are advertised to leave the several ports of the United States. At New York alone thirty vessels, from barques of 150 tons to ships of 1,000 tons, were preparing to take their departure for the gold region. Such was the haste, and so eager the desire, to finger the precious metal, that as much as 175 dolls. had been paid for a passage to Charges from New York, although that port was net more than half the distance to the gold region s . Respect ing the mines, accounts continue to be received fully confirming previous reports as to the immense supply, and plenty of gold in California. It has been tested by the United States authorities, and found genuine. At the same time, rumours are afloat respecting lawlessness and violence in the country , near the gold diggings, and as there is no settled go vernment in California, scenes of terror and bloodshed are dreaded. It is said that the Mormons have laid claim to a large tract of the gold territory in California, and make a demand of 30 per cent. duty on all gold taken therefrom. This step will, no doubt, lead to troubles between them and the newly arrived emigrants. This arrival brings late Mexican news. An extra session of Congress had been called. Don Luis Gueras had succeeded Senor Otero, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the latter having resigned on the lath of November. The Secretary of the Treasury had obtained a loan of 200,000 dollars. A change in the tariff continues to be advocated, so as to re duce the duties on imports, but, at the same time, prohibit the entry of goods similar to those which can be produced in Mexico. It was generally be lieved that Paredes had effected his escape out of Mexico by the West India steamers sailing to Southampton. The news from the insurgents at Cerra Gordo is deplorable. Bustamente has dis patched a force against them from Querotoro, but they took refuge at once in inaccessible fast n esses, losing only a few killed and wounded. A few Irish emigrants, supposed to he detective police, had met with rough treatment at New Orleans, for having, it was said, taken part in the prosecution of the Irish insurgents. They were named Harris, Kavanagh, Ford, and Kearnes. It took some diffi culty on the part of the New Orleans police to relieve them. The following are extracts from the American papers : BALTIMORE, DEC. 19.—Advices have been received here from Merida to the 11th of November. It is stated that General Bruna has been arrested, tried, and shot, for treason, in having connived at the escape of Paredes from the country. The United States schooner Flirt was at Laguna— all well. Quite a fearful collision occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Harper's Ferry, on Sunday, between the passenger train and a burden train coming down. The locomotives and cars were mashed to a terrible extent. There ought by this time to bo some mode adopted whereby these collisions can be avoided. There can be no excuse for them. Fortunately ,in this case, no lives were lost. George Lew, Esq., one of our oldest and most esteemed citizens, died yesterday. The old men are dropping off rapidly. There is still no sign of cholera, or anything resem bling it. The Silas Richards is still detained at qua rantine, though all on board are perfectly healthy. The rumours of cases of cholera on board and in the city are all fabulous. Mr. John Hardy, a young butcher, engaged in killing yesterday, was gored to death by a bullock that acci dentally broke loose whilst being drawn to the ring. RICHMOND, DEC. 19.—New Orleans papers of the 11th inst. announce the death of James Landis, an eminent and influential merchant of that city. There is no other news of importance. CINCINNATI, DEC. 19.—We learn by arrivals here that the rivers above St. Louis were closed on the 14th inst., and navigation suspended. Most of the boats en gaged in the Upper Mississippi trade, above the rapids, had been withdrawn or laid up. PITTSBURG, DEC. 19.—There is 7 feet 6 inches of water in the channel, and the river is in good boating order. News from Venezuela, November 20, announces the surrender of Maracaibo to General Paez, and the adhe sion of Truxillo and Mende to his side. He has gained several advantages over Monagas. The news is not fully credited, but seems probably true. The Ohio Legislature is still unorganized; there is danger that it will break up in confusion. No fears of revolution are entertained. Assurances have been re ceived that interest on the state debt will be punctually paid in any event. The next dividend is due in January, and has been provided for. _ _ _ From the Pacific intelligence has been received of a horrid massacre by the Indians at the Ice Islands, but no details are known. Two English ships of war had gone to inquire into it. acorn the New York Weekly Herald of Dec. 20.) GENERAL TAYLOR AND HIS CABINET.--We are almost inundated from all quarters with articles, suggestions, communications, and letters, relative to the materials of the new Cabinet to be selected by the President elect. We have already given a number of names of those who were most prominent in contributing their aid to the great victory lately achieved by the people. Bat we do not think it necessary or useful to recommend particular individuals for particular departments in the present crisis of public affairs. In our opinion, the Cabinet under General Taylor will not be such a political conclave as the politicians generally suppose. General Taylor will be found a very different man from General Harrison—a very different man from Captain Tyler —a different man from any who have preceded him in the Presidency since the days of General Jackson. We believe that the President elect will choose his Cabinet from the best names and the most efficient statesmen he can get; but if any individual of his Cabi net, or even the whole of it, should attempt to rule the roast, or to upset the general principles he may lay down for the guidance of his Government, he will at once get rid of them, as easily as General Ja c k son did, and will appoint a now Cabinet, if necessary, every s i x months. Theb ythe The m Constitution , e responsibility obiesrtsi tou fti ot the e, r o ce f sat t sbhien uponetthe ar are Cabinet , o as wis e l y regu l ate d n l President'sy the heads of the shoulders. several merelydepartm foentsr the ove discharge theyrwhichof are placed, and re sponsible the duties attached to their respective offices. Should it happen that any of the subordinates of General Taylor do not concur in his general views and measures of government, we have not the slightest doubt but he will remove them with the same ease and promptness as General Jackson did dur ing the eight years of his administration. NEWS FROM LA PLA.TA. Our dates from Buenos Ayres are to the Ist October, up to which time we have files of the British Packet, from which we learn that Mott Alston Pringle, Esq., has been appointed consul for the Argentine Republic, to reside at Charleston, S. C. From Monte Video, to the 3d of October, we have ac counts. Affairs seem remarkably quiet, now-a-days, in this part of the world. Since the English and French Governments have given up their special missions to Rosas as hopeless cases, we have heard but little of the doings of this chief. The papers are devoid of news of any kind, being pretty nearly all filled with details of European affairs. INDIANA U. S. SENATOR.—GOY. James Whitcomb, Democrat, is elected to the United States Senate, to take the place of Edward A. Hannegan. The New Orleans Picayune contains an announce ment of the marriage of Major W. W. S. Bliss to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of the President elect. The Hon. Ambrose H. Sevier, it is understood, has been nominated by the President as Commissioner on the part of the United States to run the boundary lino between this Republic and Mexico. The Senate will, no doubt, confirm the nomination. DESTRUCTION OF THE_PARK THEATRE BY FIRE. We have to chronicle the total destruction, by fire, of the Park Theatre, New York. This took place on Satur day evening (December 16), about a quarter past six o'clock, an hour before the time appointed for the per formances to take place. About that time smoke was seen to issue from the rear part of the establishment which butted on Theatre-alley, a small street running in the rear of 'Park-row, from ockalawstreet, who sn. S 13 1 Ng _ JANUARY 4, 1849. nouncement was made immediately that the Park Theatre was on fire ; tied in a few mintres afterwards the smoke poured from every window and skylight iu the building. Soon a flame shot forth from the windows, and in an inconceivably short period of time the whole building was enveloped in fire. When this occurred the scene was frightful. The dark heavy clouds which were hurried across the firmament by a strong easterly wind, reflected the illumination and lighted up the city so fully that a person could read ordinary-sized type at a distauce of half a mile from the scene of the confla gration. Crowds of persons, far and near, attracted by the glare, hurried to the scene; the fire-bells pealed the alarm, and the whole metropolis was in a state of com motion rarely equalled. The firemen were on the spot with their accustomed and praiseworthy alacrity, and in less time than we have taken to write this much of the narrative, as many as for! y streams of water were being directed on the burning edifice. But human effort seemed to be of little avail in stopping the progress of destruction, and in about half an hour the burning raf ters were visible. All hopes of saving the theatre were then abandoned, and the firemen directed their attention to prevent the adjoining houses in Ann-street, Beckman street, and Park-row, from being destroyed. Accordingly they left the theatre to a fate which they felt themselves powerless to avert, and threw water on the property most in danger. Their efforts were crowned with suc cess. The flames communicated to Earle's Hotel, ad joining, the rear of which was partially destroyed. The most of the bedding was safely removed, though the other furniture was considerably broken, and the whole building was flooded with water. The damage to the furniture was fully insured. The injury to the house is probably 2,000 dollars, which was insured. The fire also communicated to Clarke's House, which sustained trifling damage by fire, though the furniture was considerably injured by water. They are both five story houses, which was the cause of their taking fire so quickly. The Park House, a five story building, was at one time thought in imminent danger, though by the exertions of the fire men it sustained very trifling damage. The Fountain House, adjoining the east end of the theatre, took fire, but was extinguished without material damage. In one hour and three-quarters from the time the fire was dis covered the flames were subdued, with a loss of property to the amount probably of 60,000 dollars. It is twenty eight years since the Park Theatre was burned. There were several reports about the origin of the fire; but it is now ascertained, beyond a doubt, that it originated by one of the young ladies belonging to the ballet, who, in locking at some bills hanging near the prompter's box, pushed several of them against one of the gas lights, when they instantly took fire, which communicated to the adjoining scenery. Instead of pulling down the whole bundle when they first took fire, she ran from them, and before another could reach the spot, the scenery was in flames, and beyond the power of hu man aid. COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK, DEC. 19. _ _ Cotton—The sales of The morning are 400 bales, at steady prices; Upland, middling fair to fair, 6ic to 6ic; New Orleans and Mobile fair to fair, 6ic to 7c. Flour, &c.—Western canal flour is a shade firmer, and no fair brands can be had under 5 dolls 314. Sales of 2,000 bbls at 5 dolls 3lic to 5 dolls 37ic, for ordi nary to straight brands, Oswego, Rochester, and Mi chigan; and 5 dolls 621 c to 5 dolls 75c for pure Genes see. Southern Flour is quiet, at 5 dolls 25c to 5 dolls 50c. Sales, 200 bbls Georgetown at the former figure. W heat dull, Genessee at 130 c, Western, 106 c. Corn is in fair request, with sales of 10,000 bushels at 60c for new flat yellow, and 63c to 64c for old mixed Western. Rye and oats remain as before, with small sales. Ashes—Sales of boy bbls Canadian Pots, in bond, were made at 6 dolls; and 50 to 75 bbls American pots and pearls, at 6 dolls it* to 6 dolls 25c. The market closed firm. Bees'-wax—Farther sales of 1,5001 b yellow, at 21c, cash. Freights-20,000 bushels of corn were engaged ina British vessel to Liverpool, at 6.1 d, and 3,500 bushels in an American vessel at 6d, bagged by shippor ; 3,000 bushels were engaged for Glasgow, at lid. There was a good inquiry for engagements of corn to Ireland, for which 9d was offered, and 10d asked. Bacon was en gaged to Liverpool, at 30s ; 1,200 barrels of meal at 2s; beef, in barrels, at 2s 6d; and bread, at 2s. Fruit—The sales comprise 7,000 boxes bunch raisins, on private terms; 800 ditto at 1 doll 40c to 1 doll .50c ; 1,000 halves and quarters, at 750 to 42ic; 1,000 layers on terms not transpired; 500 boxes new Messina lemons, at 2 dolls 76c; 750 boxes oranges, at private bargain, and 400 kegs and half kegs Malaga grapes, at 4 dolls 75c to 2 dolls 50c. Indigo—We notice sales. of Madras, in lots, at 77ic, and Caracas, at 80c. Load was firm, at 4 dolls 25c. Sugary—We notice sales of 300 boxes brown Ila vannah, at 4-4-c to 5; and 170 hhds Surinam, fur refining, on privets terms. _ _ _ Provisions—Sales of park, in 400 to 500 bbl., includ ing mess, at 13 dolls to 13 dolls. 25c, and prime at 10 dolls to 10 dolls 25c. A small lot of prime new mess was sold at 14 dolls. The market closed firm. Beef— Sales, 75 tes mess were made at 18 dolls. A small sale country mess, to arrive, was made at 10 dolls 15c. Lard continued dull, and quotations nominal. Tallow—Sales of 5,0001bs were made at Elie. Rice—To day has been quiet, and no sales of moment are reported. Quotations range from 3 dolls to 3 dolls 25c per 1001bs. Sherry Wines—The sales of wines this morning, though tairly attended, brought low prices, so much so as to have the greater portion withdrawn. Annexed are the: prices 6 mos :-3 casks superior pale sherry, 60c ; gold, 65c; 6, pale, 65c; 3, brown 80;; 3, pale, 127 c; pale Amontilla, per Desdemona, 85c; 3, brown Sherry, 50c; gold, 523-c; 10 qr casks port, bb the Royal Agricultural Wine Company, per Heroinda, 73c to 750; 5 octaves Madeira, Phelps' brand, now landing, 75c. NEW YEAR'S GIFTS TO PRISONERS CONFINBD IN WIIITEOROSS-STREET PRISON, AS ALSO TUE CITY PRISONS, BY THE LORD MAYOR.—On New Year's day, by the order and Lift of the Honourable the Lord Mayor, Sir .Tames Duke, M.P., the prisoners confined f..r debt in Whiteeross-street Prison, to the number of 200, re ceived: a !gratuity in thef substantial shape of, to each prisoner, Lb. of beef, 11b. of potatoes, 11b. of bread, and 1 pint of porter, in addition to which there were several other minor gifts from the civic companies and others, which are annually distributed, at the discretion of the Governor, among the poorer classes of prisoners. In Newgate, the Compter, and other City prisons, a similar allowance of beef, bread, and potatoes, was distributed to each prisoner, the gift of the Lord Mayor, the distribu tion on Christmas-day being at the expense of the She riffs, Alderman Finnis and J. G. Goodhart, Esq. The City prisons are the only criminal prisons in the metro polis where any departure from the ordinary allowance is permitted either on Christmas or New Year's-day. LIYABPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, MONDAY.—RS J. PAGE REILLY.—This bankrupt again appeared befors Commissioner Perry. The grounds of opposition to him were—that the act of bankruptcy was his own; that he had entered into injudicious speculations in building a largo house at Litherland; that his expenditure was dis proportionate to his means; and that he had removed his furniture in contemplation of bankruptcy. The Commissioner said at first that he would suspend the certificate for two years, but on Mr. Pemberton's appli cation, seconded by Mr. Yates, the solicitor for the cre ditors, he suspended the certificate fur twelve months, and reserved to the Court the right of acting as might be thought proper at tho end of that period. Protection would be granted him for three months, and, at the end of that time, if ho behaved himself properly, it would be further extended.—Liverpool paper. MISS BREMER'S NEW WORK " THR MIDNIGHT Sus."—The Britannia, in its review of the Christmas books of the present season, observes—",ln contrast to the story of Mr. Dickens, we have a tale by Frodrika Bremer, in which the trials, the characters, and the inci dents of domestic life are brought before us with exqui site truth and feeling. Of all her tali-s, 'The Midnight Sun' is likely to be the most popular in this country. In delineating the struggles of the heart, Miss Bremer is unrivalled. She gives us human beings with all their faults and all their defects ; and a great pirt of that fas cination which her pen exercises over us arises from the interest we feel in that development of character, and that gradual moulding of it into shapes of purer good as it is tried by suffering, and purified and elevated by love. Certainly, the most eloquent of all Miss Bremer's tales, a more appropriate book for the season, as helping to nourish kind thoughts, could not bo issued. "—Britannia. ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH', JAN. 3.—The lengthened trial of the 8-inch gun of 65 cwt. from the Low Moor Foundry in Yorkshire, by firing two hollow shot at one time, on Captain Chads principle, is now concluded. Atter firing 10 rounds, with charges of 231 b. of powder each round, and two hollow 56-pounder shot each time, the gun appeared perfectly sound on being examined. The result of the exp eriments being so successful, the authorities decided on having the gun tried with solid shot, commencing with a charge of 201 b. of powder each round. The gun stood the first and second rounds with 201 b. of powder and two solid shot of 651 b. each in a most remarkable manner, but on the third round being fired with a similar charge, it burst, and did not leave as much of the carriage on the platform as would have lighted a moderate-sized fire, the frag ments both of the gun and the timbers being dispersed in all directions. Several large splinters struck. the new two-gun battery erecting by Mr. Kerrige with his com position, but they did not appear to have injured it. The result of the experiments with the 8-inch gun are of a most satisfactory nature, and will give great confi dence to gunners, as affording proof of the extent to which these guns can be used with safety, and that they aro perfectly safe for the introduction of Captain Chads' principle with hollow shot. lIOLIDAT "VISITORS TO THE BRITISH 111LTSKITIV DURING THE CHRISTMAS WEEK.—From the official re turns of the attendants at the visitors' entrance, it appears that during the four days the Museum was ope n in Christmas week, th e number of persons who v i site d the institution amounted to 37,2F0, of which, on Tuesday, the numbers were 12,875; Wednesday, 14,435; Thurs. day, 2,231; and Friday, 779; in all, 37,260, which, con sidering the shortness of the days and the inclemency of the weather, is a much larger number than usual, [PRLCE SD. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THB MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAT. TIMES.—The difficulty which we recently pointed out as inherent in the relations between the President of the French Republic and his Ministers had already occa sioeed a modification of the new Cabinet within a few days of its formation. It is clear that the difference which arose between Louis Napoleon and his late Mi nister of the Interior, M. Lem de Mal'ovine, sprang from the undetermined nature and linrte of their re spective duties and powers. The President resented the notion, that he was to surrender the whole direction and patronage of the great Ministerial departments to the S cretary of State, and showed symptoms of a natural jealousy in the selection of the subordinate officers of the ' Government The Minister, on the other hand, chose to assume, as we had anticipated, an amount of authority at least equal to that of the Ministers of the Crown under the late dynasty. These eonflicting pretensions were fol lowed by a rupture. The loss of M. Leon de Malleville's services is considerable to a Government which has not many men in it as ready and efficient as he was likely to prove. But this incident has raised a question of far greater consequence than the resignation of any indivi dual Minister. It shows that Louis Napoleon does not intend to content himself with a titular dignity or the nominal direction of a Government to be carried on by others in his name; and that if men are ambitious to serve the state they must also serve him, and lay their account fOr a due submission to one who, whatever may be his political abilities, rests his authority on tradi ditional claims, which have received in his person the recent sanction of five million votes of French citizens. We know not what the effects of this personal policy may be upon the destinies of France and of Europe, but it may immediately be foreseen that the posi tion thus assumed by the President will prove a heavy blow and great discouragement to numberless ambitions, and especially to those of the highest order ; that it will alienate from this Government men too proud or too eminent to serve the mere creature of a popular caprice; and that it will ere long lay the foundation of an Opposition as active and as unscrupulous as that which at last allied itself to the mob in order to overthrow his predecessor. It is, there fore, to be apprehended that his Cabinet will continue, as it has begun, to lack the services of the first and most experienced statesmen of France, and that they will be come the critics and the assailants of a system of Go vernment to which they are not disposed to yield a ready obedience. In proportion to the power exercised by the President is the responsibility he assumes; and in the present state of the affairs of France, when any Goverment must fall short of the extravagant expecta tions raised in many quarters by his election, he thus places himself in a situation in which that amount of success which commands the gratitude and veneration of a nation is all but impossible, whilst the whole burden and disgrace of failure and disappointment will rest upon his own person. The course he appears to have chosen is the boldest, and according to the theory of Republican Government, as we understand it, the most constitutional, but it is by far the most dangerous, and it creates difficulties which it would, perhaps, have been more prudent to have avoided.: A struggle between the head of a Government and his Council of Ministers is a formidable addition to the struggles which must occur between the Government and a popular As sembly, and to the struggles which have occurred, and may occur again, between the Government, backed by the Assembly, and a popular insurrection. The secret of all political strength is union between the principal elements of political power. Where the powers of a state are divided by incessant contests and indefinite pretensions, they serve rather to chock and thwart each other than to promote the publio good and to resist their common enemies. They are, to use a common, but significant expression, pull ing different ways ; and in any country—but especially in a country like France, already torn by frightful collisions and emancipated from the reverence for authority—it is only by an intimate, faithful, and practical union between the head of the Government, the Ministry, and the Representatives of the people, that public order can be maintained, the law administered, and the great duties of the State performed. Of such an union we see in France no signs. In the highest stage of the new structure of the Republic the rupture and difference of opinion:which has already caused the resig nation of two Ministers is pregnant with important con sequences for the future. The same causes which in duced M. Ilon de Malleville to resign office will deter statesmen, to whom he has been accustomed to play a secondary part, from accepting it. ~They will seek to regain the ground they may have lost in the closet of the President by .Parliamentary warfare, in which he can take no direct part, and the real pos session of power will still be coatended for with all the art and all the ardour which are displayed in public assemblies; and the power of a President, chosen by universal suffrage, will be controlled and crossed by the influence which private talents or ambition may ac quire in a body emanating from the same popider source. The present Assembly is no longer a fair reire seutation of the people of France, or ra fair element in that Government which has been completed by the elec tion oral candidate whom the majority of that Assembly disliked and despised. All parties, except a few of those members who will drop from the rank of legislators to the nothingness from which they sprang, and lose at 0: ce their tricolour sash and their daily income—al parties are impatient that the Constituent Assembly should gibe way to the body which ought to succeed it, in obedience to the provisions of its own constitutional enactments. It is therefore hardly worth while seriously to discuss the spirit in which this present Assembly has re cently been acting. If it is to cease from its labours with dignity, and to leave the country not unmind ful of the services it has rendered, the sooner it dissolves itself the better. The vote which cut away two-thirds of the salt duty, or nearly two millions sterling from the revenue of France, was, under all the circumstances, as mischievous and factious a vote as could be passed. Undoubtedly the removal of a duty as oppressive to the poor man as that upon salt, would bo a most laudable measure for a Government, and it would deserve to figure in any enlightened system of fiscal reform; but for a legislative body simply to cut off an important branch of the revenue, without an attempt to provide for the consequent deficiency, and this ut a moment when the whole financial resources of the state are no toriously inadequate to meet the current and extraordi nary expenses of the year, is simply an act of absurdity, which, if repeated or persisted in, would render the management of the public finances impossible. An Assembly capable of such acts ought to be held respon sible for the consequences, but in the French Assembly no such responsibility can be a'sessed on the authors and supporters of the proposal, and the Government suffers the whole weight of the evil it sought in vain to avert. ADVERTISER.—We very much admire the arrange ment, by virtue of which the Cobden Budget and the Peace Congress principles will appear in company with each other in the Rouse of Commons, as friends and brothers, prepared to stand up together and share alike in the treatment which they will receive at the hands of our legislators. Mr. Cobden will, at the instance of the Peace Congress, propound a great and mighty principle, viz., " That, the settlement of international disputes by arbitration, rather than by appeals to the sword, is highly desirable;" and as the representative of the dis satisfied tax-paying population, he will be prepared with a practical measure of reform, one portion of which in cludes a diminution of our military and naval expendi ture. These two portions of the labour to which Mr. Cobden is now pledged, will greatly aid each other. A principle is the right basis of a good and sensible prac tical measure, which, in its turn, serves to illustrate and prove the value of the principle to which it stands related. With these .views of the matter, we think it augurs well for the success of Mr. Cobden, that such active efforts are now being made for the purpose of ex pounding the arbitration principle throughout the coun try, and that everywhere the principle is so readily ad mitted and cordially adopted. Gentlemen well fitted to expound this principle have for some time been, and are still, traversing the length and breadth of the country; and wherever they go they gather crowded and most re spectable meetings, which they never fail to convince of the folly and the ruinous expense of the appeal to brute force for the settlement of international disputes. We are glad to observe that these meetings are always turned to a good practical account. Large deputations are delegated to wait on the Members for the place in which the meetings are held, to express to them the con victions at which they have arrived, and to request those Members to give their support to Mr. Cobden's motion. This looks like doing business, and indicates the opera tion of the same good sort of management that gave suc cess to the movements of the Anti-Corn-law Leggy!: Among the most recent indications favourable to the proposed diminution of our military . and forces, we may notice the fact, that the men t i_n ey th w o iuGeber man navy have just received notice, that h we add the paid off immediately; the reason assignedr for the step a ced tha t being the state of the Exchequer. To this announcement in the National Assemblye.ueedo the standing army must soon be a r d inquire half. A Committee having bee_M.l3Bineau, in bringing up impracticable to f !11l one into the state of the finances,at said— the report, after observing tb t. c' it _ P e_ P e_enr i : l t s s e 4 ci s), ,, to reduce the effective forscseibibefinYleB.4.B, will, we hope, " but that which was st i n a r I has t e n to add, that thi s re be possible in 149; necess a ry, as it involves th e sal duction is imperatively va tion or ruin of our finances. „ It is . a good thi ng f or h u manity when state financiers obliged to t e ll ru l ers aro and Parliam ent tha t w ar is too expensive, a n d t h at " the play must result will show, must give way to " wanton horrorsoefepriets, and,bloo as th bloody somethingeh much better. Every case in which a nation either re duces or a ltogether lays aside its military force, must exert a moat beneficial influence on the military prepa rations of some other nation, and it may be nations. There can be no doubt that it would soon he found an i m mense relief to every country, to be able to say the necessity for arms has ceased; our enemies have laid aside theirs, and we can do without ours. The occasion would be received everywhere with avidity, and the re sult would be in no country much more needed and wel come than in our own. For, as it has been most truly said by a most effective organ of these principles, " the enormous taxation which war entails is absolutely crushing down the industrial energies and resources of the people, hindering the development of commerce, and exhausting the earnings of labour, and not unfrequentlY enclavering government itself, by making it the illotr47 WHERE ARE THE POLICE ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—They say we have a large and effective police force in London. Where are they ? They are never to be found when wanted. To-day I walked behind a great sturdy filthy beast of a fellow from near Leicester square, a considerable distance along Piccadilly, and could not see a single police-constable to point the man out to. He was a disgrace to humanity, and in a state next to perfect nakedneas, and altogether the most disgusting object I ever saw in a civilized city. What are the police about that could permit such a naked wretch to traverse the streets of London at two o'clock in the day, to the disgust and horror of every female—numbers of whom I saw pass him, and whose feelings I will not attempt to describe.—l am, Sir, &c., A FRIEND TO DECENCY. Jan. 3, 1849. RAILWAY PROPERTY-NA TIONAL PROPERTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sza,—Your able advocacy of the interests of rail way proprietors against the "Bears" of the Stock- Exchange has earned for The Sun the gratitude of all lovers of fair dealing. Will you, therefore, allow me to congratulate my brother railway proprietors, through your universally-read columns, on the steady and healthy advance already made, not only in the market value of the railway stock of the substantial lines, but also in the increase of traffic of both goods and passengers ? To take one prominent example. The Railway Record had lately a copied paragraph, stating that the traffic returns of the York and Ber wick Railway for the last six months, as compared with the same period of 1847, had increased more than those of any other line. This is remarkably true ; the increase is both large and steady. For the last week the returns are-1847, 10,827/. ; 1848, 14,155/. ; being an increase of 3,328/. for an increase of line to the extent of little more than 30 miles ! Such on example, coming from a thickly-inhabited part of the country, studded as it were with hive's of industry, is most encouraging on all accounts, hut particularly as rffording some evidence both that the stock of established railways must again advance shortly to something like its real value, and, what is nationally more important, that the manufactures and commerce of the country are gradually returning to a state of prosperity. Allow me to suggest that the market value of all kinds of property must be greatly enhanced in this country before the Ist of January, 1850 ; for the immense accession of gold which the United States are obtaining from New California will operate for such advancement throughout the world, and nowhere so speedily as in this kingdom : this operation is as certain as that water will flow downwards. All persons, therefore, who have property of any kind, land, stock, or goods, should "hold hard ;" let them wait but a few months, and as sure as I hold a pen they will put 2.5 per cent. more in their pockets. " There's a good time coming, boys," and girls too — patience now is a golden virtue. OBSERVER. Manchester, Jan. 1, 1849. I'.S.—Things look brighter here than they have done at any previous time thde last two years. REPORTED CASES OF CHOLERA AT LEAMINGTON PRIORY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. cis,—As chairman of the Board of Commissioners for regulating and improving the tow n of Leamington Priors, in the county of Warwick, at a meeting of that body holden this day, .1 am directed to inclose you the accompanying certificate of the resident medical practitioners of this place, and of th e regis ter of burials of this district, and to express to you the earnest wish of the Commissioners th a t a n imme diate contradiction should be given to the statement referred to in such certificate, as not the slightest foundation exists for the report.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, G. A. CUNDALL. Leamington, Jan. 2, 1849. TO THE HONOURABLE COMMISSIONERS CONSTITUTING " THE GREIERAL BOARD OF HEALTH." We, the undersigned medical practitioners, resid ing within the parish of Leamington Priors, in the county of Warwick, having had our attention directed to afestatement in the Times newspaper, of the 2d January instant, of " cases of cholera reported the Ist of January, 1649," wherein it is set forth as follows :—" In the country : Leamington, number of cases, 7 ; deaths, s—do hereby certify that nottiegei single case of cholera has come under our n o tic e within within the parish of Leamington Priors, that w that unaware of the existence of a single case,' , gad such report is wholly incorrect and u nfound a• Dated this 2d day of January, B. John Hitch: B' John Arnold Samuel J. Jeaffreson, M.D.; a u . rge go " rge Ke • anion, mMa.Dn .. ; B.W.mJ. oMneisd,dlseutrogne, on% ___, . rep Boulton • ' M • Cottle, M.D. , D . .a . M.D. ;J. • S am tar li r, am il i li n ; e W nry illi Af• C t b R. E. H. Goode, L. • au a .; Ralph A. M.D.; R B. HoroiblozMrnasD•H; Busby, surgeon !hi D • Thomas Henry Horner, •,_ Ebbage ; John Prichard; W. Watson I J . Fenn Clarke. I certify .that the parish of Leamington Priors. Ricsui CROYDON, Registrar. THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. s ig , 7 l am anxious to correct an error in what is otherwise a faithful report of the proceedings at Bow-street, under the Copyright of Designs Act, which a ppeared , in y our p aper o f S a t ur d a y, the 30th ult. Ihe defendants are improperly d esc ribed ; in stead of Galli e , Mill er, an d C o. , it should have been Marr, Gallie, and Cc., who describe themselves as type-found ers i n L on d on , Edi n burgh, and Dublin. This correetion is particularly necessary, lest the similarity o f names s h ou ld lead persons unacquainted with the trade to connect the respectable firm of Miller and Richards, type-founders, in Edinburgh, with this transaction.—l am, &c., ROBERT BESLEY. Fann-street, Letter Foundry, Dec. 30. ANNEXATION or UPPER.: CALIFORNIA.—With re ference to a recent general order of the Board of Cus toms, communicating - an order received by them from the Lords of the Treasury, of the 12th preceding, with copy of a letter from tile Foreign-office, intimating. that Upper California is to be deemed a part of the United States of America, the Collectors and Comp trollers of the Customs at the several ports and places throughout the United Kigdom, as vrell as the prin cipal officers of the department at the port of London, have received a further intimation, signifying that it is the directions of the Co mmissioners that the trade with the ports of Upper C alifornia, viz., Monterey, St. Diego, and San Francisco, be included in the returns rendered to the Inspector-General of imports and ex ports, and to the R e gistrar-General of shipping, under the head of the United States, instead of Alexico, as beg" I