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ift" i. POST- OFFICE LOXD ON DIRECTORY, for 1849, being the Fiftieth Annual Publication, is now pub- Harking in 2,000 royal octavo pages, price '6s. ; Srnallar Edition, 153. It has already received the following highly gratifying notice in the leading Metropolitan Journals: — SUN, NOVEMBER 30, 1848. The year 1849 Is the jubilee of this most useful, most meritorious, and most carefully compiled work of reference. It is now just half a century since the " Post-office Landon Directory" first became a candidate for public favour, and for many years it waged an unequal War with other publications of a similar character. Fortnnatdy, however, for the public, it became, in 1836, the property of its pre sent proprietor, who, with that energy and enterprise which, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, commands success, determined to make it in reality what it was in name—a directory and guide to the streets, the professions, and the trades of London—to make it a mirror of the metropolis of the commercial world. To accomplish this, neither pains nor expense were spared ; the work was extended to nearly double the usual size, accuracy was secured by establishing a system of collecting information, and a system of checking and comparing the results of the information thus collected. A map of London was added; and thus the " Post-office London Directory," Ur the greater extent and greater accuracy of its information, and by the more lucid arrangement of its contents, was enabled to drive every rival trom the field. THE TIMES, NOVEMBER 3., 1848. The volume for the approaching year, 1849, being the 50th volume of thlipublication, has just been published by Messrs. Kelly all Co., of Old Boswell-court. This volume contains all the matter which enriched those of the present and preceding years, with all such im provements as increased activity of research and careful investiga tion can supply. It appears to be as accurate a compilation for the offices, trades, occupations, and residences of thousands of persons as the most minute inquiry and the most methodical arrangement can furnish. Perhaps no book more effectually answers the purposes for which it is intended than this does. It is necessarily a bulky volume ; but its bulk, contrary to the general role, is an advantage, and it may be said to contain no superfluous pages whatever. It is well printed, and well get up, and has a map of London prefixed to it, which will be found useful. The proprietor has had for many years an arduous task in carrying out his object, but his labours have terminated in complete success. He has conferred a benefit on the and it is their duty, as well as their interest, to patronise his MORNING HERALD, Novzatima 30, 1848. This stupendous and indispensable book has, with honourable Mettlelity, again made its appearance, having completed 50 years of its existence—a lapse of time that has imperceptibly added to the experience of those who have been engaged in its production, and given it, by the accumulation of resources, every conceivable feature of utility. Although comprising such a myriad of isolated facts, il lustrative of the commercial and professional pursuits of the inhabi tants of this . vast metropolis, we do not remember any case of error, and the care which has thus been bestowed upon its preparation has established it as an authoritative Directory of the capital of Great liritaia, laughing rivalry to scorn. How such an enormous body of IsPecifie intelligence could be got together at all is a matter of wonder, but how the masses of detail brought in from the army of labourers employed to collect it could have been so adroitly digested, and placed bra shape so immediately adapted for reference, is more surprising s till. There, however, is a book of upwards of two thousand royal octavo pages, taking the whole of London within its grasp, and exhi biting its streets and the avocations of its residents, in treble alpha bet, whereby the convenience of the searc her after an unknown whereabouts" is met at all points. The " Post-office Directory" is, In short, a monument of most valuable enterprise, and achieved, as it now is, by private machinery, without the aid that was formerly accorded it by the iettercarriers, presents a matchless example of Well-directed diligence and perseverance. The arrangements of the present volume are similar to those which have distinguished the work for the last two or three years, the com- Pleteness which the proprietor has accomplished hardly admitting of anY further extension. We find, kowever, that the entire surface of the metropolis has been revised, and such alterations made that c hanges of address and the opening of new establishments rendered necessary, while the suburban neighbourhoods, which are generally swelling into importance and becoming fresh hives of human exist ence and human industry, are vigilantly detected and submitted to t he governing modes of analysis. MORNING CHRONICLE, DECEMBER 1, 1848. This valuable work is so well known and appreciated, that it would be a work of supererogation to enter into any explanation as to its stature and merits. It is sufficient to state that this is the fiftieth — a nnual publication under the aaove title, and it contains a m a s s of Information which can nowhere else be obtained, relative to the euraffifircial, professional, and other interest. In this great metropolis, Be as to render its possession almost absolutely necessary to any one residing in London, and who takes an active part in the business of life. The present volume extents to upwards of 2,000 pages ; but not- Withstanding its bulky appearance, it contains such an enormous quantity of details, as really to render it surprising hew it could be condensed into such a compass, and at the same time be so admirably digested and arranged, that any reference may be found out with the greatest facility. When this publication was first started, it was little snore than an alphabetical list of names and addresses ; but within the last few years the whole plan has been so expanded as to com prise not less than twelve separate parts, under the titles of the Offi cial, the Street, the Commercial, the Trades. the Law, the Court, the Parliamentary, the Postal, the City, the Conveyance, the Banking, and the Assurance Directories. Under each of these heads every re quisite information is given, so that any tact which can p - operly come under any one Of these categories can at once be ascertained. The arrangement of the present volume is similar to those which have been published for the last three sr four years, but the whole of the contents have been carefully revised, and such alterations have been made since last year as the changes which have taken place in the residences, appointments, and arrangements under the classes which we have mentioned have rendered necessary to secure ac curacy. There has also been a considerable extension in many of its departments. An extremely well-engraved new map of London, Prepared expressly for this work, faces the title-page. - MORNING POST, NOVEMBER 30, 1848. It is jest half a century since the " Post-office London Directory' s Trot made its appearance. But:how small, how limited in its objects, how inefficient in its attainments it then was, compared with what it novr is ! London itself, with its commerce, its extensions, its Population, its improvements of all sorts, does not so far outstrip the London of - 1800 as the " Post-office Directory" of 1849 does that of the first year of its publication. To the energy, the enter- Mee/ and the nitwearying exertions of the Messrs. Kelly this great t lietropolis is indebted for having a directory worthy of the gigantic interests contained within its circumference. Such a directory no ether city in the world can boast of possessing. It is really amazing to open this huge volume and contemplate the mass of information c ontained therein ; and whoa its accuracy is tested by referring to details within oar own personal cognizance, it is impossible to Withhold the expression of our admiration for the stupendous corn • Dilation, and of our belief in its general truthfulness. The classifica tion is most complete, and under the heads of " Official." " Street," " Commercial?, " Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," " Banking," &e. ' all the per /46nel and other information which the mos t co pi ous directory can Impart is found with the greatest facility. This work is really a fine monument of our country's commercial greatness and persever ing industry. MORNING ADVERTISER, Dzsinissa 2, 1848 This remarkable,• bulky, and well-known work, with the publica tion for 1849 (now en the eve of being issued), reaches Its fiftieth, or jubilee year ; and, as if duly to celebrate that signal event, Messrs. Kelly (for the proprietor) appear to have made, if possible, not only extra but extraordinary exertions to distinguish it, by pre senting indisputably the amplest, the most clearly arranged, and the m ost conspicuous and utilitarian compilation of the kind that is "ril to the world. Its multifarious merits are suck that it is an tial. not, only to the commercial community of London, this heat Millions who are in communication or connexion with this mercantile centre of that world, but must be in continuous ;r est wherever parties have communications with England—and re is the civilized, or half eivlllzed land that has not such inter ? To describe its contents and peculiarities at this advanced Od of its history, would be a very uncalled for claim upon the er's attention. Still we cannot forbear to mention that. Once it -W ork has fallen Into the hands of the present management, and - 1 14 ' 1 V improved, beat all competitors out of the field, Jai \ 's become as valuable, correct, and (comparatively speak tka'n.43 compact, and yet as full aid complete a work, as tle,t,..`" er ehatits, bankers, nomcomercial and trading community, could fact, it leaves directorial want unsupplied. It is a ledge of Publication, as any one must admit who is competent to kJ/i t - v. — the vastness and peculiarities of this metropolis. In its minuteness, tory and guid e is an astonishing reality. What is it? It is a Direc• Lond oi - i d gui....de to the streets, the professions, the trades, &c., of co mmer l..., la a just reflection of the capital and community of tke k m , To achieve this great object, no labours seem to e r and pe e ; i f e: r t to k" tired, and no watchfulness or expenditure appears nous ....,Peded those who were engaged in preparing this volumi " London Directory." Th GLOBE, DECEMBER 5, 1848 . yea s o . "Lo ndon Post-office Directory" has commenced itsilftieth latt er a most useful existence. The present volume resem bles its Pi'edeees eer -. a 1 - 11 di into general form, look, and arrangement , be in g add the heads of Official, Street,' Commercial, Trades, Law tra ' der t' a rliamentary, Postal, City, Conveyance, Banking, heti. hese heads we have a vast mass of well-digested and coin eit4 ar ranged information, so classified and methodised, that one fa c t :"", 1 1P a man if w e k n ow the smallest fragment of primary headert him, and then searching for him under the several t ette , at may apply, we may find out what he is, where he is, and bo w l else about him; If he be in the Official Directory, we find got his place ; if he be a man of business, what that business hold where he carries it on ; if he be a lawyer, what rank he 4,01-Whether he has any other appointment, &c. ; if he be in Par -14)1113'4, What place ahe represents, where he is to be found when in ,nd where he lives in ...he conntry. Then to Ind how to send nett t letter, we turn to the Postal Directory, and though he had kat, o the nt • ermost parts of the earth, we have the requisite infor atetg!,:bout postages, post days, and all routes by ship , . mail, ao n, ',t,o at, and railroad ; or if we wish rather to pursue him in per letticTilttereraote corner of the world is there, the means of reachin r g e lt1)15 te L ? et opened np to as in the Conveyance I drectory ? e a lon g eca l_helentify our individual and particular John Sini , h from the race abo ullins of his namesakes if we know any single d i st inguishing hous e , t and to pounce upon hint infallibly in h i s private Th e , h his office, in his shop, or wherever he may be. ou r there iis a capital map of London to help as in a nd ,researches, together with an almanack, lists of inns, thenlt i `` l4 ell else, in its more than two thousand closely printed pages. not e ° expected that such a book as this sliould be altoge round " from errors. Some few omissions and inaccuracies may be deaatn, bat taken altogether it is a volume of wide and remarkable ?Tay, even as a work of amusement, we think, it is not to bo te f r,ell o and half an hour may be very agreeably spent in researches ,eccupations and abiding places of one's acquaintances and itenßenda,such search is, indeed, the best test of its general accuracy ; 1,„`! !... 12 101 there may be a few exceptions, as a general rule it bears -.as test thoroughly well. This stupendous KLY DISPATCH, DECEMBEIL 3, 1848. tieih •Direct tuns, annaal has just made its appearance for the flf- It comprise& amongst other information, an " Offi:Jal " Trad °,r3 :' a " Street Directory," a " Commercial Directory," a pite,,s Directory," a " Law Directory," a " Court Directory," a tery. , ,P . 'unehtary Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " City Direc )ll4 a conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Directory." tv although we have thus copied the principal headings from 1 , 4 ? title.), age, they convey a very faint idea of the mass of varied t;;4orrilation condensed into a space, which, though bulky enough n t ,,,_ 411 appearances, is still smal , when compared w ith th e in -1,7;4 amount of intelligence contained therein. Th e i n d ex tZelf contains several hundred minor headings, all co nnec t e d w i t h Wants or interests, the business or the proceedings, of the corn alrcial and trading commumity. The book positively reflects high a Zetir upo the great city which alike produces and requires it ; c't„ infinite credit is due to the Messrs. Kelly for the manner in h they have presented it to the puble. No money can have t I 4 Pared in rendering it accurate, complete, and perfect in all its 4,—;,utest details. It is in itself a reflex of the grandtur, wealth, ,_ . °lkat mercantile interests of the great capital of the 'British ;14 -4 nions ; it catches, as with a daguerreotype, all the features b l i. i r i ' ll ases of a community numbering two millions of souls. We It bit "en say, without hyperbolic flourish, or poetic fiction, that. ere—,,ef.,._rt;ain logue orals of its own ; for, though in the abstract, a rf streets, names, associations, trades, and institu. k icie , Yet does it irresistibly raise up in the breast a feeling of part of him who can in any way, however humble, d ate linlself with that mighty metropolis whose interests are the e`iecre represented and registered in this volume. We can fancy 'bean, et which would be prod u ced upon a : wage were he, for argo ofrer.:: .sake, able to understand Engl!sh, and if this book were hN contemplation: You mig - it assure him that it related t ia , '" Z° b tie city in the British Islands, and he would excliim, /NO e a register of entire kingdoms !" * nether JOHN BULL, DECEMBER 9, 1848. edition of this extremely useful, and for the amount of 111 44 t e r .. e °„ mi Prossed in it, extremely cheap publication, now lice before Ninth "Ying, by the multiplicity of its information, to the industry ber eet ,i n _ell it is compiled. A map of London is added, in which w a e r have inserted, new streets laid down in the course of las ye h ab _ been , and the various departments of the Directory the7.__Deen brought up to the latest date. We are happy to flnd from annnface that its success is such as to guarantee to the public the fl u Z 4, republication of a manual which to those engaged in business ,republication absolutely indispensable. EXAMINER, Dzczxsza 16, Mi. It Would be curious to compare this fiftieth publication with the r 4 rSt, and observe by what steps it has grown to its enormous bulk mere than two thousand pages. But the great evil of a great book does not apply to mr.Kelly's._lts utility is in the ratio of its Rize. It 18 not one Directory , but a dozen. i t is twelve relied into 's„llne. The Official, the Street: the Commer cial, the Trades', the Law, ~''e Bank th e Court, the Parliamentary, the P os t al, the City, the Conveyance, ( ing, the Assurance Directories are all accessible within the a4rne cover. The reference, by admirable classification, and by I,tretltl sabdivisions of callings and streets, is rended so easy, tt l hardly possible to conceive a person missing t he information he ,°• At such a ccu ra cy we have hitherto had occasion ti use it . I si . nave found its and fulness to be really beyond praise. sh ° „ t „,. /li ng is omitted which it Ls conceivable that a resident in London b,,,.La desire to know, of the countless multitudes that dwell around n, er of the endless variety of occupations that keep them busily lux.'ll4..._.Yed. The book is a perfect marvel of arrangement, accu racy, L 'ltaeSs of information. BRITANNIA, DECEMBER 9, 1843. 1114 'reb t ' le Direciory has reached its fiftieth annual issue, and, kto r , 0 • l t o appear regularly for as Ita tn ,..B to all appearance, it is like y . kalti.,„Arnore 3 ears as London shall continue to t e the capital of tlitr,—". Whatever increase may take place in the metropolis, „l a ' l ied be no doubt that this periodical will keep pace b with treat I n We contrast what it was with what it is, and remem er the keo,s.TlProvements which have ben reads in it with every D.rint,ere Publication . It now comprises two thousand elosely 44aaics Dates. with su . ch an admirable analysis of trades and pric i4.4lPly ;,_and such a perfect classification of names and houses, as c . tom Elbe most comprehensive tulle that can be oe,qlred or inn 1 2? cot t ,,, r , "erY purpose of refereu, The ail a , ,zetnent, indeed, IS 11171,,,f,L,,,,.,...viette0 t b l e i a c t e t r l t le n pr b o t pr e letr irt ' —e . oulv t , maintain it in its it" - kotaufZiligh their u n rivall edg' ' a continuance of that " mono. "Clre el this industry, and enterprise in the ...... gigantic work has secured for them. The uni . A It K 1 A lT E. One half the wend are desolately single , and the other mpposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em- P:tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosiag hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness end social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health sheuldform au item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hope s er neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reeder. if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols. ' ls. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6 d . each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but ter the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other .ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy : " They are not merely Pcmaphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's !lib, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he on would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always l ' ae ood 'uTlY side of tLe way." The above works may be had of Cornhlll2.3' Paternoster-row ; Carvalhe, 147, Fleet-street • Maim, lklalson, 457, West ' • or direct (by ooit or other wise) from the author (who may --" b u e ' conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), IQ, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; and all ()Woollen. TIC DOLOREUX CURABLE.—TOOTHACHE. 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Od„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise en the Physiology el Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early Purled of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Deleihi:, , and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, er the Influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, syphili s , Stricture, and all Diseases and Derang ements r esulting fie, Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illu s t rat i ng the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their stractui es, uses, and functions, and the various Injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BT SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE , LONDON, -•- - - - - Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member o f the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary M ember of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed , in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief and of greater er less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, en the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, a n d of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follle.; of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the niedical man who can show by hi. posse , sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas Lenity, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Thiblishcd Vale Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hammy. 63, Oxford-street; Stark, .Tiehborne- Il ay - market ; 115, Fleet-streo {Jordon, 14d1, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from 'he Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, from Tea till Two, and from Five till Eight, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. _ ` ---7 t-; -----:-..-_.) .?" ..1 * . ~.,. , • 4. 0 ',4 ', * ~,,,,,,,.„ ~ ~..• ....4 ...,.. , N. 17,569.] LONDON , TUESDAY , TUESDAY ET E „ ZNG versal approbation which it meets with at the hands of the commer cial community is the strongest testimony that can be given to the usefulness of the volume, and the most satisfactory assurance its conductors can receive of the state of perfection to which, after so many years of spirited perseverance and continual progress, they have at last succeeded in bringing it. STATES'S ROYAL lIOTEL, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. 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Who has not found the use of it? who has net turned the information it contains to profitable account? It is now in the jubilee year of its existence, and, if possible, is more compete. in its details than any of its pre decessors. Its amplitude and correctness are marvellous ; and that they are duly appreciated we need no better proof than the fact of the übiquity of its presence. Go where you will you are sure to meet it. It is impossible to live a week in London without feeling the want of such a work. LITERARY GAZETTE, DECEMBER 9, 1848. Two thousand and eighty-eight pages coniprise this volume, which, we beiieve, we may safely affirm, could only relate to Eng land and be made in England ; for all the world besides could not su.ply such matter, nor furnish such means for making it tho roughly known and easily found. The production of a newspaper is a daily wonder —the " Post-office Directory" is an annual one. The information collected is prodigious, the arrangement as near as pos sible to perfection, and as far as we can test it by many references, the details accurate to a nicety beyond eulogiam. Everybody is aware of what this Iliad, not in a nutshell, but for its intelligence incredibly compressed, consists ; and therefore we will not enter into the particulars, but merely say that all official, social, com mercial, legal, parliamentary, courtly, and other information which may be required for conveniency, business, or pleasure, in this unbounded Babylon of ours, is here; most useful and complete in every branch and department. FIA NWE L L COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. Principal—Res'. J. A. EMERTON, D.D. 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To which is added, a Short System of Greek Prosody. A New Edition, in 12m0., 6s. 6d. bound. VII. By the same Author, INTRODUCTION to the WRITING of GREEK. For the Use of the Junior Greek Classes in the University of Glasgow. A New Edition, 12m0., 3s. 6d. bound. VIII. CATECHISM of AGRICULTURAL CHE MISTRY and GEOLOGY, By JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON, M.A., F.R.SS. L. and E., &c., &c. Honorary Member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and Author of "Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Geology," &c. A New Edition, entirely, re-written. HERAPATH'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, DECEMBER 9. 1848 There is no work of the day, in the nature of a compilation, equal to this, both in regard to the labour bestowed upon it and utility to the public. It has new become an authentic means of en abling one part of the inhabitants of this great metropolis to know the abodes of their fellows. It has been said, that whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to maturity. The Directory has been fifty years in a con dition of growth, and, by its appearance and contents, we should judge, has arrived at maturity; therefore it is but reasonable to concilde that its existence will be long and flourishing. Of the half century the " Directory" has been published, it has been twelve years in the hands of the Messrs. Kelly ; and it is within this period the work has acquired its high position—a post tion so distinguished, that it attracted some time since even the loving attention of Government, and would no doubt have fallen iito its hands, but for the difficulty oti yearly producing a work of equal utility to the public, and of making the price at which it is sold re munerative for the labour devoted upon it. Also, Now Published, • DIRECTORIES OF ESSEX, HERTS, KENT, MIDDLESEX, SURREY, and SUSSEX, price 11. ss l - - CAMBRDGMHIRE, NORFOLK, and SUFFOLK, price 11. BIRMINGHAM, with SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, and WAR WICKSHIRE, price IL BEDFORDSHIRE. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HUNTINGDON SHIRE, and BERKSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, and OX FORDSHIRE, price 11. ss. HAMPSHIRE, DORSETSHIRE, and WILTSHIRE, price 11. DERBTSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, and RU'rLAND HIRE, price 11. Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar ; and all Booksellers In Town and Co-untry, T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY CO3IPAISI INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Upon the Principle of Mutual Life Assurance, the Whole Profits belonging to the Assured. No. 31, LOMBARD-MEET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. J Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malins, Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William dams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John liangerildd, Esq. Robert Henry Forman, Esq John Hamilton, Esq. James Faller Madox, Esq John Matthews, Esq. Charles 0. Parnell, Esq. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause BOISRAGON against GORDON, such of the Next of Kin of ELIZABETH WHIT AKER, formerly of Brenchley, in the county of Keit, afterwards of Reigate, in the county of Surrey, and late of Douro Cottage, Ton bridge Wells, in the county of Kent, spinster, deceased, as were living at the time of her death, which happened on or about the 24th day of January, 1848, and also the legal personal representatives or re presentative of such of them, if any, as have since died, are forthwith to come in and make out their, his, or her claims or claim as such next of kin, or legal personal representatives or representative, be fore RICHARD RICHARDS, Esq., :one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or, ix default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. _ . • R. H. BAINES, 3, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn . January 15, 1849. GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one Payment. Fares, to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLING ; Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE. To er from Blackwell or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin 9d. Saloon • ....... Is. No other P.4l)oets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Week Days, at 8, 814*, 9%, 11%, 1,2%, and 5. Sundays, at 8%, 11%, 1,2%, and 5. FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. Week Days, at 9%, 11, 12, 1%, 3,4, and 5. Sundays, at 9%, 11, 1%, 3%, and 5. The TR AINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. Passages marked * aro run direct, the Packets not being per mitted to stop at Piers or for Beats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ; Three Montbs, 11. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors en board the packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell. Passengers' Luggage conveyed to and from the Packets I Way, at the Brunswick ..-mart, without any charge. The charge for Porterage at Fenchurch-street is Id. for small parcels, and 20.. for large parcels. November 7. 1848. AUDITORS. I Samuel Field, Esq. William Ghrimes Kell, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISER. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. • BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co. MANAGER. Alexander Robertson, Esq. The 'POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE, :be Company being , prohibited, by the 54th clause of their Deed of Constitution, which is duly registered in terms of the Act, from dis puting a Policy upon any ground whatever. The Rates of Premium are calculated upon Carlisle mortality, and are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify. HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the premiums, with interest of the retained halves, is required to be p rid for the first five years— tbsk retained halves, beim payable at the convenience of the assured, or allowed to continue, to form a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As surance may be relinquished at any time without payment of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to assure for the first five years at little more than half the usual rate, and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifloe. WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security of a creditor, holder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits. Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a specified age, or at their death, whichever shall first occur. PARTNERAHIP POLICIES are granted, whereby ajoint assurance effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in vested. On the death of either, the survivor is benefited by retain ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain their share without having to wait until it can be recovered from outstanding debts. There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the ociumtOr. No Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any pharge made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp. Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of the assured life. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons, approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in connexion with this Company. George Cumming, Esq. James Turner, Esq. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. INVALID LIVES. In addition is the orllnary Assurance of Healthy Lives, this So ciety, early in the year 1824, originated the plan of granting Policies on the Lives of Persons more or less deviating from the standard of health. Having issued one-fourth of the whole number of Policies on Lives of that description, the i3oard have recently caused a careful investigation into this branch of the business to be made. The result of this investigation has proved highly satisfactory as to the past, and encouraging for the future. The data derived from long experience in this class of cases, and exclusively available by this Society, en able the Directors to state with confidence their conviction that the system now adopted by them for Assuring Invalid Lives is q i s safe and beneficial as that upon which the scale for Healthy Lives /I con structed. BONUSES. The Two First Divisions averaged 22i. per cent. on the Premiums paid. The Third, 281. per cent. The FOURTH Bonus, declared January, 1847, averaged rather more than 361. per cent. ; and from the large amount of Profit reserved for future appropriation, and other causes, the Bonuses hereafter arc expected to exceed that amount. The Balance Sheets of this Society (containing every item of Re ceipt and Expenditure) are at all times open for the inspection of any of the Assured. Tables of Rates and the last Report can be obtained of GEO. H. PINCKARD, Actuary, No. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. Or of any of the Society's Agents. L A W LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. January 15, 1849. Notice is hereby given, that a General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 2d day of February next, at half:past Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of re ceiving the Awlitor's Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up tothe 31st December last, and for General Purcoses• WILLIArd SAMUEL DOWNES, 'ctnary. Business will commence at Twelve o'clock precisely. WARD OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT, January 12, 1849. At a Meeting of the Inhabitant Householders of this ward, held at the Old Court, Old Bailey, before the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the Alderman of the ward, " to take' into consideration the present high price of gas." Resolved—That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that the price charged for gas. Is exorbitant, as It is notorious that gas can bo supplied at little more than one-half the price charged for it. It is, therefore, the earnest wish of this Meeting that the Corporation of London should adopt the necessary measures In order to obtain a cheaper supply. Resolved—That although this Meeting has no reason to doubt the disposition of their Representatives to obtain for thorn a cheaper supply of gas, they are, nevertheless, of opinion that it is the duty of the inhabitants of this ward not to relax in their exertions in agitating this question until they have succeeded in destroying the existing monopoly, and they pledge themselves to use all legal means in their power to attain this object. They are also of opinion that the Corporation should obtain power either to pur chase the present gas main pipes or to lay down others, so that they may be enabled to lease them to any approved company, who will supply the inhabitants with gas of the best quality, at the lo:rest prices. Resolved unanimously—That oar Representatives in the Court of Sewers be urged to take into their consideration the propriety of se curing a due inspection of the gas supplied, that it may be caused to he of good gustily, and not, as it too frequently is, injurious to the health and property of consumers. This meeting is also of opinion, that all gas meters should be stamped by the Ctty authorities, simi lar to weights and measures, so as to make them just betweea buyer and seller. Resolved—That the three resolutions which have received the sanction of this Meeting be embodied into a petition, and that the same be presented to the Court of Common Council, and that our Representatives be respectfully requested to support them. Resolved—That the thanks of this Meeting are due and be hereby given to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, for the able and impartial manner in which he has presided over this Meeting, and for his rea diness in convening it. Resolved—That these resolutions be: advertised in the usual Morning and Evening papers. JOHN PONTIFEX, Ward Clerk. 5, St. Andrew-court, Holborn, Jan. 13, 1849. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS EA KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and Qrovented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 75. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' A.dvice en the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." Ely post, 4s. 6d., 7s. tid„ and 125., for money orders aulv. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate. near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, Conduit-street; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk cfor Manchester, eresehe and ion, Adver riser-office. TO Tat LADIES. This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news_ paper on Aug. 7, 1646. Reader, remember, this letter was put int the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstoae, of the Herbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months, and the whole of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant than lever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to"the virtues of Mr. G.'s itegenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an I is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, bat as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume Hi far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact . .-3, Swan-street, Borough." In eases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, afe w drops on the crown of the bead occasionally. every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. few drops on your hairbrush before brushing tke hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the meat aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops on the crown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an hour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces hair on ehildren's heads in a few appplications. If aged on infants' heads, it has such a peculiar cooling Influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See pamphlet of testimonials. All letters addressed to William Grimstone, Herbarv. Highgate. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE OF NINTH CALL ON GRAND JUNCTION 401. SHARES. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors, in execution of the Acts of Parliament relating to the said Company, have, pursuant to the provisions thereof, made a CALL of 51. in ,respect of each of the 401. Shares which were created by the Grand Junction Railway Company on the 24th of July, 1844, and have ordered that such Call be PAID to one of the under-mentioned Bankers, namely— London—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, and Co. ; Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company, or Messrs. Moil het and Son ; Liverpool—Messrs. Moss and Co., or the Bank of Liverpool; Manchester —Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co., or the Manchester and Salford Bank ; on or before the 26t0 of February next ; and the several Proprietors of such 401. Shares are required to pay such Call accordingly. By order, GEO. CARR GLYN, Chairman. CHAS. LAWRENCE, Deputy Chairman. HENRY BOOTH, } Secretaries* CHAS. E. STEWART, Euston Sation, London, Jan. 13, 1849. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A certain remedy for disorders of the pulmonary organs—in difficulty of breathing—in redundency of phlegm—in incipient con sumption (of which cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In asthma, and in winter cough, they have never been known to fail. — Prepared and sold in boxes, Is. 1%c1., and tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and 10s. Gd. each, by TROIKAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., N 0.79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL. Copy of a Letter from Colonel Hawker, the well-knoWn Author on " Guns and Shootiag." "Lonip;ish House, near Whitchurcb, Hants., October 21, 1846. " Sir,—l cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary effect that I have experienced by taking only a few of your lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks that defied all that had been pre scribed for me, and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your lozenges, which I find are the only ones that re lieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive organs. " I am, Sir, your humble servant, " P. HAWKER. " To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard." Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New 'Edition, enlarged to 196 Pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by cost, direct from the Establish men t, 3 s . 6d. i n p o stage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks en Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : said by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23. Titchborne-street. Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting il'om excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and cantatas explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, arid the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TFLECORDIAL BALM OF STRIACUIL is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 e. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry', Purifying :Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and 118. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhma, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute retail of the case 13 required : age, habits, and position in society. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the ice,' 1., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19. Bet ,ers-street, Oxford -street, Louden, from Ele ven till Two, and Fivn to Eight no Sundays from Eleven to One. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT, The Electric Light is a wonderful sight, By the Press it is duly now lauded; Whilst numbers admit the invention a hit, By all it is greatly applauded. Now we cannot do less than wish it success, For the way of true Englishmen ever, Is to sift and to probe, in all parts of the globe. - 41 True Merit," and to help it for ever. When lITAM began his straightforward plan, Was to throw a "strong light" all around him, For miles all around, his system gained ground, And the citizens nobly surround him. The farthest he goes "for cheapness in clothes," Whilst his stock so extensive and splendid; The rich and the poor, get the best at his store. For there thousands of costumes are blended. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. X s. d. Chesterfield Overcoats ••.. • • .... ... • • —from 0 10 0 Albert Capes, new style ••.• • • • • ••••• • • • • • 1 1 0 Parisian Sacs • ..... • • Devon Driving Capes, waterproof.... •••• • • • • 2 2 0 The Improved Paletot, an extensive assortment 1 5 0 P a l an dran Walking Coats •• .. 1 1 0 . 0 2 0 The D res R s c e g o i a s t t s e . r ed . • S . . h . o o . . t n . g 0 16 0 . Freak Thibet Vests ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • ' 0 6 6 White Marcella, for dress . Tweed Trousers.... •••••• • • •• • ••• .. 0 6 6 Fancy Doe •• • ........ ••• • • 0 9 0 Black . • • • Tunic and Hussar Suits .. •• • • ..... ••• • • 1 1 0 Winter Blouses . . . •. • MADE TO MEASURE. Superior Paletots ....from 1 10 0 Driving Coats ..... . 2 2 0 Double-milled superfine Overcoats, of every style, beautifully made and trimmed . . 2 0 0 from I 10 0 Surtout.. Doeskin Trousers, any c010ur................ 0 15 0 Black Dress Do. 0 18 0 The most beautiful and newest design in Vests 0 9 6 Itoys' Hussar Suits ............... ... 1 1 0 An immense variety of Mourning, of every description, kept con stantly on hand. Caps, and Hosiery at proportionately low prices. A single trial will be sufficient to convince any individual of the enefit they will derive from patronising L. HYAM, Proprietor of he Pantechnetheca, 36, Gracechurch-street, London. NO UsineSs transacted on Saturday until th e xventug. GOLD REGION OF CALIFORNIA. This day is published, price 6d., riUIDE to CALIFORNIA, with a Map, an '‘...11 Account of the Climate, Soil, and Natural Productions of Up per California, with authentic particulars respecting the GOLD REGION, derived from official documents, containing also a description of the various routes. Effingham Wilson, Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange. Just published, price 55., Svo., in cloth, THE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa tally prevalent. By F. B. COURTEITAY, M.R.C.S.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 be acquired, and that gradually, by frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery. Published by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street ; and may be had of all booksellers in town or country. NEW LIGHT.--BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. CLARK'S DIAMOND OIL LAMP. Its equal is uultnown, its superior will never come. By recent Royal Letters Patent, improvements are added, making it faultless. This is not asserting more than its merits justify. The best of lights, the most economical of all. It cannot be mis-managed. No cleaning required for years. Can be had at all prices and for every use. Any lamp can be fitted with the Diamond principle. To be had only at the Establishment of the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, corner of Adelaide-street. IFIAVIES'S CANDLES, sd. and bid. per lb. ; - 7 Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d.; Coniposite, 8%d., 101, and 10%d; Wax Candles, is.; German Wax, Is. 2d.; Fine Wax, Is. 5d.; Transparent Wax, Is. 9d. ; Best Wax, 2s. Id. ; Sperm Candles, is. 6d. and Is. 7d. Metallic, 7%e1. and 814 d. ; Mottled Soap, 60s. and 645. per I l2lbs. ; Yellow, 485., 545., and 60s. ; Windsor Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor. Is. 9d• Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; Solar 35.3 d. , Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane. Export or Grocers' and Oil-shop Goods at lower prices. THE ATRAPILATORY, or LIQUID HAIR DYE ; the only dye that really answers for all colours, and does not require re-doing but as the hair grows, as it never fades or acquires that unnatural red or purple tint common to all other dyes. ROSS and SONS can, with the greatest confidence, recommend the above dye as infallible, and ladies or gentlemen requiring it are re quested, if convenient, to have it done the first time at their esta blishment; which will enable them to use it afterwards without the chance of failure. They think it necessary to add, that by attending strictly to the instructions /given with the dye, numerous parties have succeeded equally well without coming to them. Address, AOSS and SONS, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. Copy of a letter from Mr. J. J. Wilson, Chemist, Moak Jar, " To ML Thom; Front, " 14th Jane, 1647. " Sia,—Having suffered most dreadfully for the last six years front repeated attacks of the gout, and receiving n. Irons 11. nest medical advice I could obtain, I was inaueed about six weeks ago to rms. Whew I commenced !ty ., tt i l3ox of Bltn . Gout a d nu' in afternoon, my feet and elbows were very mucir ' sWollen and inflamed : I was suffering the most intense agony. I had that night sound ant refreshing sleep, and awoke in the morning comparatively free from pain ; and before I had finished the box, I never was better in my life : they have not only entirely removed the gout, but have also very much improved my general health. I have since recommended them to four individuals, who have suffered much from gout and rheumatism ; and they all speak highly of the benefit they have received from them. If you think my case worthy of insertion among the many cures effected by your wonderful medicine, you aro at perfect liberty to publish it. " I am, sir, yours respectfully, " J. J. WILSON." The above testimonial exhibits the never-failing effects of this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheuma tism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas ?rout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. M. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas grout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. York, -- JANUARY 16, 1849. , THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Lectures on the Cultivation of the Voice, and on the Art of Sing ing, by G. Clifford, Esq., with various Illustration., on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Two o'clock, and on the alternate Eve nings, at Eight.—On the Electric Light, by Dr. Bachhoffner on Tues day, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings.—On Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan, with brilliant Experiments, daily, and on the alternate Eve nings.—Childe's Phantasmagoria, with curious new effects, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Two, and on the alternate Evenings.—New Series of Dissolving Views.—New Chromatrope.—Microscope.— Diver and ➢iving-bell.—Working Models explained.—The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (including 'aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, 18.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, ls. [PfLinift SD, it a distance of 1,155 yards; it ricocheted and entered the butt. The second round from the 8-inch gun, with the roum I shell, ranged a distance of 1,010 yards; and the third round, with Captain thistle's shell, ranged 1,000 yards exactly. The last conical shell turned over several tit nes in its flight, instead of going forward in a straight d irection like g, an arrow. The 8-inch g un was charged. f further firin but owing to some tnisunder standie g between the officers of the select committce and C sptain Thistle as to the charges of powder, and some ut ipleasant remarks made at the moment, the se lect cot unittee met at the store-room, in the marshes, and des k:eclithat no more firing should take place until further orders were received from the Admiralty. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 35 to• 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken and after wards offered 45 to 1 eget Mr. Greville's Geraldine-50 to 1 taken 45 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Mrs. Taft—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer—taken and afterwards offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman—tkn freely 50 to 1 agst Mr. Nolan's Blucher—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Lord How th's Peep-o'-Day Boy—taken to 201. 1,000 to :10 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Chat-1,000 to 8 laid Geriddine, Mrs. Taft, Fugleman, Chanticleer, and Blucher. were in great force; Cossack was also in some favour, but the odds quoted, which were taken to about 801., we..B afterwards offered in two or three quarters, METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lugar—take 25 to 1 20 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Cauezou—take 33 to 1 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle DERBY 7to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor taken and afterwards offered 30 to 1 agst Lord Stanley a Strongbow—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. A.'Nichol's Nunnykirk—t freely 50 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker—taken and afterwards offered 4,000 to 60 agst Colonel Peel's Indus—taken Nunnykirk and Strongbow were both in force, and at the odds quoted had more friends than the layers could accommodate. -7 r, ,?'-'-- - --- 2-• --‹ ~ ----7 , -/- il • , c r ) z r../ ; r: ,- , • /,,,.--- • I ' s- -- , , ---------- ‘o ° , Vir 4' , Illi bilh -- • / / , 0 :4:3S /4 4 ‘‘,....... k, , . 114 4 AX ir- - : ... . 0:1, - .1 - ‘------> , „42,.k,,,_ , N. 7 ll "••`'. . 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I sent for a box, and, to my great astonishment, I found relief in the very first night, and have continued to get better ever since. Their effects are really wonderful. My appetite is now good, whereas formerly I could scarcely keep my food on my stomach. (Signed) " WILLIAM BOWEN." Price Is. 1%d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per box. Agents, Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London. Sold by all medicine vendors, NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, JAN. 2.—ln my last I gave some account of the damage done to the shipping in port by the violent gale that had been blowing. I mentioned, among ves sels abandoned, the brig Susan, Mills, master. I havo since ascertained this to be an error. The Susan was lying snugly, and had on board three crews of the ships abandoned, besides her own. Every day gives fresh instances of the effects of the storm. On Saturday last the Osiris French mail steamer, from Malta to Alexandria, put back, having in tow the Norwegian brig Carl Pater, which vessel had been abandoned at sea on the 29th, 25 miles off the island. _ . The Carl Peter was commanded by R. H. Girlsen, and left Licata for Messina on the 25th ult., with a full cargo of sulphur. On the 29th she met the gale, was dismasted, and having sprung a leak, was abandoned. The crew arrived here by the Prussian brig Carl Gus tave, Captain Nierman. The English barque, Adrastus, Markham, master, with a cargo from Alexandria, for England, foundered off Candia, on the 21st ult. The crew took to their boats, and have been brought in here by the brig Woodriffe, after being exposed to dangers of the most dreadful kind. She foundered eight hours after she was aban doned. The crew arrived here on the 30th. There is also the crow of a Greek brig in port, whose vessel has foundered at sea. I cannot, however, learn any very accurate particulars, for being in quarantine, the means of obtaining correct information is not so easy a matter. To attempt to describe the damage done in the city is useless—in order to convey a correct idea, at least. You may be enabled, however, to imagine the force of the wind and the waves when I assure you that the Mole from the Master-Attendant's office to the Custom house is nearly impassable, having been ploughed up by the sea. At Fort St. Angelo (where the Creole sank) about noon on the 28th the sea struck so heavily on the lower battery that the sally-port gates, about 60 or 80 feet from the sea, were beaten in, and a strong bar of iron which secured them was snapped in two. The door of the store-room was also broken in, and handspikes, &c., washed from it into the harbour. Later in the day the wo rk of the p ara p e t b egan t o give way, and a large portion was washed into the bat tery. Large masses of masonry were lifted up with ease—one mass was washed 20 feet into the battery of the enormous weight of 105 tons. The guns and car riages were thrown back; some were capsized, and to look at the battery now one would think it had withstood a formidable siege. Minor evils followed. On the second battery, some 60 feet above the level of the sea, the spray from the sea water entered the wells and spoilt the water; and in the upper battery, 110 feet above the level of the sea, all the vegetation was destroyed from the effects of the spray. At Fort Manoel an unserviceable French gun which had been placed on the beach to be sent to the foundry was washed into the sea. Her Majesty's steamer Locust is to be paid off on Thursday next, and the commander and the crew of the Triton (under repairs) put on board her. She will pro ceed to Corfu with the next mails. The Locust arrived here, from Corfu, on the 31st ult., and brought fine wea ther and fair breezes with her all the way—a strong proof that the force of the gale was limited to a very narrow space. Last night a very serious disturbance between some of the soldiers of her Majesty's 69th Regiment and some Maltese took place. Stones were flying about in all directions, and it is even said that swords and bayonets were used. This may, however, be exaggeration. Cer tain it is that several persons have been severely wounded; some deaths were reported, but I am happy to say that my inquiries on this point do not confirm the report. Her Mujeaty'a ship Vengeance, Captain the Earl of Harc:wicke, is to be reported ready for sea to-morrow, and proceed with the dispatches for Sir W. Parker, re ceived per Ripon yesterday. PORTSMOUTH, MONAY.—The selection of the Right Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, the elder represen tative of this borough and port in Parliament, to fill the above appointment, was known here yesterday by the chief friends and supporters of that baronet, and was early published this morning to the constituency. The announcement, as may be expected, was received with the most lively manifestations of satisfaction by the inhabitants of the borough generally, who did not contemplate such good fortune as being represented by a First Lord of that board upon whose patronage the port and district of course solely depend. We may state, upon the best authority, that Sir Francis has taken the office without the prospect of a peerage. Had Sir Francis been raised to the peerage it was the intention of Mr. Sergeant Gazelee to have contested the borough with any other candidate; and a large silversmith resi dent in this garrison intended to have proposed Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, the Lieutenant-Governor, as another candidate. No opposition is now contemplated to the unanimous return of the First Lord of the Admi ralty. We believe we are correct in stating that a nephew of the First Lord (who was some time since secretary to Mr. Labouchere) will be his private secre tary. The bells of Portsmouth are ringing merry peals in celebration of what the townspeople consider the " happy event." The broad pendant of Commodore Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., was hoisted to• day at 11h. 15m., for saluting pur poses, on board the Excellent. After the customary sa lutes were exchanged, it was trausferred to his proper ship, the Centaur, in the basin. It was the red pendant, which constitutes him a Commodore of the first class. The Sharpshooter steam•schooner, Lieutenant J. C. Bailey, Commander, came into the harbour this morning to tit for foreign service. Wind, W.S.W.; light breezes and dark hazy weather. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Last night her Majesty's 12- gun brig Racer arrived from Lisbon—left on the 20th of December. The only British man-of-war in the Tagus was her Majesty's brig Harlequin, 12, Com mander John Moore. The Racer saw nothing of Sir Charles Napier's squadron. Twenty miles from the Start she spoke her Majesty's brig Cygnet, 6, Com mander George Kenyon, from the coast of Africa, bound to Portsmouth. Both the Racer and Cygnet have experienced very heavy weather on their homeward passage. The Racer is gone up harbour; her crew, which were lent from the guard-ship here, are to be re turned, and the Racer is ordered to be commissioned for foreign service. _ _ Her Majesty's packet Crane, 6, Lieutenant-Com mander John Parsons, arrived from Falmouth on Wed nesday, and on Friday went up harbour to refit. Came in yesterday, the merchant ship Cheshire, of Liverpool, Captain Hogg, from Havannah on the Ist of December, bound to Falmouth for orders. On the 23d of December, lat. 41 N., long. 38 W., passed the dis masted hull of a ship of 400 tons; inside, painted green; outside, black and white streak. January 5, lat. 45 43 N., long. 17 34 W., spoke the ship Ann, 132 days from Callao; same day the bark Rosina, bound west. Jan. 7, in lat. 46 36 N., long. 15 W., passed the hull of a fine schooner or brigantine, of about 160 tons, apparently in ballast, fore and mainmast gone by the board and lying alongside with all gear attached, bowsprit and jibboom standing, with jib stowed on the boom, boat in chocks, and several water casks on deck; several stancheons gone on the starboard side; metal bottom and fiddle head; painted buff inside with red ports, and all black outside; no name on stern, but made out " of Barnstaple" on the boat. It was blowing heavily from the S.W. at the time, and there was so much sea running that, although within a few yards, the Cheshire's people could not board the wreck, which appeared to have bee❑ run into by some other vessel. Jan. 12, the Eddystone N. by E., 6 miles, spoke the barque Celt, of Liverpool, from Lon don for Trinidad, with loss of one man overboard in a gale on the 11th. The Cheshire has experienced a suc cession of gales all the passage, and has lost bulwarks and spars, and received other damage. Eighteen tons of very fine mackerel were dispatched this evening by the South Devon Railway. These fish were caught last night and sold to-day by the fishermen to the salesmen at 18s. to 21s. 4d. per 120 for the Bil lingsgate, Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, and Birmingham markets. Wind, S.W., blowing strong. with heavy rain. WOOLWICH, JAN. 15.—Major-General Lacy, Director General of Artillery ; Colonel Campbell; Colonel Dun das, C. 8., Inspector of Artillery ; Colonel Cruttenden, Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Assistant Director of Artillery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.", Director of the Laboratory Department ; Lieutenant- Colonel Anderson, Lieutenant• Colonel Wilson, and a number of officers of the Royal Artil lery, assembled today to witness e xperiments with a conical shell of .5741 b. weight, submitted by CAptain Thistle, of the American army, when com paratively tested with shells of 481 b. weight; fired from an 8-inch guu, Captain Thistle's shells being adapted to the 32-pounder guns of 61 inches bore. lir weig u sed the 8 inch gun is 6 5 cwt., and the 32-pounder gun for Capc:in Thistle' 3 1 r 2 s t . h ig th h ( t, Ll:ari~;e u" powder ii,r each hells gun being b c e wt. i n gthe 1 of the respective siiells,Tahndefithrestelervoautniodnfiree)fdbofrthombeitnhge the same, 3 degre es. 32-pounder, with Captain Thistle's conical shell, carried z~ ~ll:.'l'~t..a.r+ti~ BATH RACES, 1849, Handicap, for the Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, And 5 only if declared on or before Feb. 1. st. lb. *Tho Cur, Aged 9 1 Pyrrhus theEirst,6yrs 8 12 Footstool, 6 yrs ..... . 8 12 Inheritress, aged Peep o'da y Boy. 5 yrs 8 7 Executor, 5 yrs Buseot Buck, aged *Wanota, 5 yrs Halo, 5 yrE 8 0 Clermont, 5 yrs 7 10 Vamp} re, 5 yrs Radulphus, 6 yrs The Tartar, 5 yrs Brandyiace, 5 yrs Cymba, 4 yrs 7 7 Do•it-again, 4 yrs Joe o'Sot, 5 yrs, 7 5 Wyke, 5 yrs Vesta, 5 yrs Ellerslie, 4 yrs Gardenia, 4 yrs 7 2 Sylvan, 4 yrs 7 9 ' Sponge, 4 y,rs ..... 7 1 1 The Baronet, 6 yrs 7 0 Buckskin, .5 yrs 7 01 Hornpipe, 4 yrs 7 0 Avenger, 6 yrs Resolution, 5 yrs Tisiphone, 4 yrs 7 0, *Fuglemen, 4 yrs Cockermouth, 4 yrs 612 *Lancaster, 4 yrs Hope, 4 yrs 6 12 Escape, 4 yrs 6 11 Lethargy, 5 yrs 6 11 King Hal, 5 yrs Otterburn, 4 yrs 6 10 Teresa, aged Fernhill, 4 yrs Woodcraft, 4 yrs Auricula, 6 yrs, st. lb Subduer, aged, Antelope, 4 yrs !Silver Eel, 5 yrs 6 7 Hagley, 4 yrs 6 7 Tuscan, 4 yrs 6 7 Landrail, 4 yrs 'Sampson, 4 yrs Pottinger, 5 yrs 6 4 Good Ftoy, 4 yrs Bacchanalian, 4 yrs 6 4 Miss Nipper, 4 yrs 6 4 Lady Bangtail, 4 yrs 6 2 Conquest, 4 yrs 6 2 Reality, 4 yrs 6 2 Marlow, 5 yrs 6 0 Nautila, 5 yrs. Julia, 6 yrs 5 12 Tiresome, 3 yrs 5 10 Vaurien, 4 yrs Grief, 3 yrs 5 5 Westow, 3 yrs .... Cambric, 3 yrs l b c by Sir Hercules, out of Empress, 3 , I yrs Glenalvon, 3 yrs 5 0 Andalusia, 3 yrs 5 0 i ( Loupgarou, 3 yrs Emily, 3 yrs I Cheerlul, 3 yrs Essedarius, 3 yrs b f by Sir Hercules, out of Peeress, 3 yrs Cashier, 3 yrs 4 10 The Model, 3 yrs . Clifford, 3 yrs 4 6 Idle Boy, 3 yrs Ludy-day, 3 yrs 4 4 Cawrouch, 6 yrs (dead) Those marked thus,* having been entered without the consent of the owners, will be struck out on the Ist of February, unless especially ordered to be left in. If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 71b,. it will be raised to that weight, and the others in pro portion. LOUTH STEEPLECHASE ACCEPTANCES. st. lb. Proceed ll 8 The Doctor Lincoln lO 7 Chatham Charity, Marengo Avoica Six others de, STOURTON ST] Acceptances for the Stouri st. lb The Doctor Wolverhampton Prince George The Victim Knight of Gwynuit 10 8 Acceptances for the Hooton Park Stakes of 10 sous. each. st. lb. st. lb. Fanny Elsler Lincoln Dicky Misfortune... 10 10 Pantaloon 9 0 Carlow The Witch at. lb. I Bribery lO 0 Hope ; ttutua 9 12 Gayhurst i Vulture 9 10 Vengeance IPendennis 9 8 'Oily Gammon 9 8 Glared forfeit. EEPLECHASES. ton Stakes of 20 sovs. eacb. at. lb• La Sylphide lO 8 Marengo Peter Simple lO 4 'Khoondooz ROBBERY OF FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS.—This fore noon, about half-past eleven o'clock, a very daring and dexterous robbery was effected in the Union Bank, In gram-street, by some party at present unknown. From ! - e information given to the police, it would appear that Donald Campbell, the porter of the bank, had been out collecting bills in the customary way through the town, previous to the shutting up of the premises at the usual hour on Saturday, and that, in the course of his out door visitatims he had received payment of the bill for 500/., the money consisting of five 100/. notes of the Clydesdale Banking Company. With this sum he re turned to the bank, which at the time was much crowded, and after enclosing the notes in a pass-book, threw them over the counter to Mr. M'Arthur, one of the tellers, who was at the time actively engaged with some other business. Ten or fifteen minutes aro said to have elapsed from the time of the passbook being thrown upon the counter, until it was taken up by the teller, when, strange to relate, the pass-book was found to contain no money of any description whatever. It is not said whether the porter kept his eye upon the book during the whole time it lay upon the table, or at what distance from him it was thrown; but, sure enough, the notes were found to have been abstracted, and the police are now in search of the thief. Criminal officers have been dispatched by Captain Smart to the different railway stations, to the steam-boats, and the other means of outlet from the city, so that all suspicious parties may be taken due cognizance of, but as yet there is no clue to the identity of the thief. —Glasgow Saturday Post. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday evening, the twenty-fourth half-yearly meeting of the members and friends of this joint association, which was established in 1837, with the view of affording relief to the distressed members of these trades and their widows, and of establishing a school for the reception and education of the orphans of deceased members, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. Mr. W. French, the treasurer, in the chair. Mr. Abbott, the secretary, read the half yearly report of the committee. There tad been a slight diminution in the receipts as compared with previous half-years. The amount of the funded property in vested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had been increased by the interest for the half year, amounting to 38/. 2s. 5d., which, with the present balance in the treasurer's hands, made the funded property belonging to the society amount to 2,0751. 19s. I Id. There ware at present eight pen sioners receiving relief from the society, and the sum of above 701. was annually distributes! amongst them. The report was agreed to, and the meeting separated. BANK OF AUSTRALlA.—Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the bank in Austin-friars, for receiving a statement of the directors on the affairs of the undertaking. Oliver Ferrer, Esq., took the chair, and read the statement, from which it appeared that the business at Syd!lee)e7toansd, Launceston had been restricted by orr of t dir of bu. but at Melbourne and Adelaide the im prov ement siness had continued to such an extent as led d become of solid direc tors to think that these branches w oul ora ion. The the and ermanent advantage :to thefi con fidence t to the future for di rectors looked forward with co . o es e bank, in the realisation of the prop t er s t u i pply of labour now being consequence of the abund ant dheld Di d the advance in the wool supplied to the colonie s t J. J. Falconer had been market in this c ounry. in aL place of Mr. hart. With appointed superintendent duo by the Bank of Austral.- to this t to the debt la respec company, the di r ectors had come to an arran gement, would be generally ad which they hoped under theopted, so as to prevent legal measures judgment against the holders of that bank. The profits of the h lf • sharea •)•ear bad an swered the expectations of the directors, and in the ne w business no losses of any importance had oce cerred. The meeting, after some discussion, came to an unanimous vote of confidence in the directors, and then adjourned. THE DUK E OF WELLINGTON. We understand that the Noble and Gallant Commander-in -Chief, who is staying at Strath - ld ne saye, has perfectly recovered from his late indisposition. The Marquis and Mar chioness of I have arrived Maitl on a visit to Mr. J. aad and Lady Blanche Balfour, at Whittingham House, North Briton, from the Marquis of Tweeddale's, Yester House, en route to town. Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley are staying with his Grace. :rig` l THE UNITED STATES AND THE PACIFIC. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your number of Thursday last - you notice a project for the improvement of the communication be tween the United States and the Pacific, and, connected with this, you refer to a branch which is to unite Cali fornia with the Sandwich Islands and China. With regard to the latter project, I have before me an official communication with which I have been honoured, in-compliment to the service I have-re—trderiid by bringing into more general use the practice of great circle sailing, by means of the tables which the British Admiralty have honoured me by publishing. The above-mentioned document shows that the Sind. wich Islands are altogether unsuited for being made an intermediate station between America and Chins. , Al. though on the chart of the Pacific it appears to be" on the wayside of this route,. by reference to the gldbe we find the dir ec t t rac k t o be very different, for on this chart, as on all others, the surface of the earth, which is a sphere, is represented us a plane, and is therefore distorted; thus, by the chart, we find that the Sandwich Islands, which bad been selected as the best intermediate station, bear S.W. s N. from St. Francisco, but the true course to Chusan is N.E. 4 E. The following are the distances:-- By Mercator's sailing from St. Francisco to the Sandwich Islands From thence to Chusaa ... 1,870 miles. ... 4,966 Total ... ... 6,836 By the great c i rc l e route to Chusan ... 5,500 Thus it appe ars t h at a vessel, after sailin . 1,870 miles, will be only 534 miles nearer China than she would have been at the commtncemcnt of a voyage conducted on the track of a great circle. But there is another equally important consideration in connexion with this great c i rc l e track across the Pacific for steam navigation. From the Sanaret to the Japanese Islands, a distance of 4,500 miles, there is no intermediate station for coaling, and this distance is too great to work a steamer profitably. But about midway on the great circle track are situated the Fox or Aleon tean Islands, just about midway between California and China, and not more than 2,800 miles from either the place of departure and that of destination, a distance which has been proved by the Cunard line to be a very practicable distance for steam communication. The Aleontean Islands belong to the Americans, and it is on one of this group that the coal station is intended to be established. The ran from St. Francisco to China is estimated at twenty-six days, including the stoppage of one day for coaling at the Fox Islands. When we take into consideration the fact that about three-fourths of the population of this globe inhabit the islands and countries which are washed by the Pacific, we can scarcely overrate the value of every circumstance calculated to increase the communication across this ocean. For the accomplishment of this no means could so greatly contribute as the occupation of California by the thrifty inhabitants of the United States. But the Rocky Mountains appeared destined to postpone the be nefits we anticipate, by preventing that rapid immigra tion which has been witnessed in other newly-founded states. But the love of gold defies all obstacles. The rapidity of the occupation of California bids fair to be without precedent. To that country thousands are flocking in search of gold, and riches, we believe, will ultimately crown their labours—not that we anticipate that these florid dreams of gold-finding will be literally realised, but that greater riches than the gold soil of the Sacramento are in store for them in the virgin prairies of California, and in the safe and capacious har bours of Monterey and St. Francisco. Like the Whit tington of the nursery tale, although disappoietment may await their dreams of becoming rich by gathering gold from the soil, still I have no doubt they will establish for themselves a more enviable wealth by industry, through the instrumentality of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce.—l reman your obedient servant, Devonport, Jan. 15, 1849. J. T. T. CITYPIIAN ASYHUM.—The annual meeting of this Institution took place yesterday at the London Tavern; G. B. Harrison, Esq., in the chair. The pro ceedings commenced with an election for eight children out of twenty-six applications (all eligible), which had been submitted to the directors since the last meeting. After the poll, the Rev. R. Bickersteth read the report, from which it appeared that the average number of children in the asylum is ninety-four, and was on the 31st of December, ninety-one—fifty-seven boys and thirty-four girls. Applications bad in two instances been made for the admission of British orphans expelled from an asylum in Paris during the late revolution, bat, owing to certain requisites not having been complied with, neither was successful. The income for the past year bad been-- Life subscriptions, 554/. ; annual, 1,1331. 18s, 6d.; sermons, 211/. Ss.; admission children by rule 31, 4401.; dividends on 3,8501. stock, 109/. 105.9 d.; a portion of a legacy, 161. 2s. 10d.; total, 2,4641 15s. 3d.— The expenses were:—Food, 1,1324 12i.; clothing, 3144 Be. Bd.; medicines, 231. 12s. 4d.; salaries, master, matron, &c., 308/. 135.; repayment of a loan 300/. purchase, Go vernment securities, 316/. Bs. 4d.; collectors' commission, 671. 16s. 6d., with other items of less importance, making i►► all 2,135/.45. 9d , and leaving the balance in hand on the 31st Dec. last, 74/. 2s. Ild. The report was unani mously adopted, after which rewards for good conduct in service was given, with a suitable exhortation from the chairman, to Emma Miller, Elizabeth Scannel, Ann Pom roy, James Lieppenstal, Charlotte Cook, James Latter, John Crowther, and Joseph Needham. The proceedings terminated with the declaration of the poll, the successful candidates being—Simpson, 2,745; Currie, 2,418; Chap man, 2,406; Seaward, 2,371; Forbes, 2,357; Hood, 2,276; Haines, 1,966; Craddock, 1,752. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The quar terly general meeting of sub s cribers to this institution took place yesterday at the Thatched House, St. James's street, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm in the chair. The honorary secretary, Commander Dickson. read the report, from which it appeared that the charity was in a flourishing condition. The receipt% for the quarter amounted to 1,171/. Bs. 6d., and the disbursements, in cluding grants, to 4561., leaving a balance of upwards of 7141. in favour of the institution. The new subscribers of all ranks, including one marine officer, numbered 160, and their subscriptions amounted to 601. 7s. 6d., while they had lost by death 85 subscribers, whose con tributions amounted to 33/. 17s. 6d. The annual sub scription of the society to the Adult Orphan InAitution, for educating the daughters of clergymen of the Esta blished Church and of officers of the army and navy, raised from 20 to 22 guineas. A vote of thanks to Admiral Sir Charles Ogle for the successful efforts he had made to restore harmony to the quarterly meetings of the society was moved by Commander Jay, seconded 1.) . Captain T. Dickenson, and carried unanimously. The proceedings then terminated. WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY.—An adjourned meeting of this society was held last evening, at the York Hotel, Covent-garden, to take into consideration the lollowing resolutions, which were passed at the Free Trade- hall, Manchester, on the 10th inst. :—" That this meeting resolves to co-operate with the Liverpool Finan cial Reform Association, and other bodies, in their efforts to reduce the public expenditure to at least the standard of 1835, and to secure a more equitable and economical system of taxation.—That although a com bined effort throughout the country may, and will suc ceed in effecting a large reduction in the public burdens, yet experience has shown that economy will not be come the ruip of Government, nor the necessity for con tinued agitation be done away with, until the tax-pavers obtain a more direct and complete control over the House of Commons, by the amendment of our system of representation.—That, whether with a view to the speedy success of the efforts now snaking to reduce taxation, or to secure, by means of a real represen tation, a guarantee against future attempts of Govern ment to return to the present extravagant expenditure, the most effectual mode of proceeding is that adopted by the late Anti-Corn-law League, viz., the extension of the franchise by the 40s. freehold qualifica tion, and a careful attention to the registration in boroughs and counties; and the chairman of this meeting is requested to take the necessary steps for the formation of an ass( elation to carry out this object, in conjunction with such constituencies as may be willing to unite with it." Mr. Louis having taken the chair, Mr. J. Bull moved the first resolution, and after urging the necessity, on general as well as special grounds, of reducing the expenditure of the country, expressed it as his beli e f that they could not do better than follow in the wake ot. the Liverpool Association, and bring about that great desideratum which the commercial men of Manchestere G gson had so well defined in the resolution. r M ai e C obden (churchwarden), in supporting it, eulogised Mr. Peel and Wellington for his acuteness in selecting the year 1 for the guidance of Government, I :: also due to Mr being then in office. Great praise l: ise s d as a eted upon which to Cobden for the items he had n so a d windows. lie was reduce the tax—on malt m , a t d csi e ,; a debtor and creditor ac quite certain that if they count, placing the nav y, and ordnan ce on on e arm y+ and w i n d o ws on the other, that the side, and malt, tea, an a strong opinion in favour of the country would expr ess • seeonded the resolution, latter. Mr. Towle.] df r I hoping I, e ,v peutione o a ess e x • that, while -Tht ot the greatquestionenditure, they would not lose sig . A • of parliamen- Wright, in moving tary reform: " d that, (had it not been the second re solution, sal for the Reform Bill, ht have been r Eogian a migrecently in a convulsion from end to the other. There wa s One therefore great virtue i n timely concession. Mr. Tonalins was so pleased with the terms of the resolution that he begged to be permit ted to second it also. It was supported by D. 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