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PUBLICATIONS• The Powerful, 84, Captain Massie, will sail from Ports mouth to-day for the coast of Scotland, to endeavour to pick up men to complete her crew. The Curacoa, 21, screw frigate, Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, bent sails at Portsmouth yesterday, and is ready for sea. The following letter addre;ased to the Postmaster-Ge neral by Sir James Duke, Chairman of the Aus tralian Postal Association his been forwarded us for publication : Now ready at all the Booksellers, in 3 vols., THE CURATE OF OVERTON. " Error is a hardy plant ; it flourishes In every soil; in the heart of the wise and good, alike w.th the wicked and foolish." — '4 upper. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great lOrarlborough . street. • Marche de " Macbeth" ...... • • Ouverture de " Guillaume Tell" .... •• . • Rossini. Polka-Mazurka, "Souvenirs de Varsovie." • Valse " Les Fiords du Rhin" .• .. • • . • .. •• Strauss. Quadrille, " Des Vieux. Airs Francais" • • • • •• • . .. • • .. Mohr. Fautaisie du " Prophete" CONTRACT FOR MUSTARD SEED. 7) , ar •,, :': • :-. -, : • , 111. - • ccr -,-; :'lie!' """. 4 7 -I-% ~, - . -,- , F, ,,, ‘1,..1;,,e, A,ll- 1 net,: ~, , I , v , I, ! T HE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on MONDIT, the Gth November instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and Be th such into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD : When to be delivered. Quarters. Half of each in i weeks, MUSTARD SEED (White)• • 150 and the remainder in 3 Ditto (Brown)•• 15 0 weeks afterwards, or earlier if pre! erred by the party tendering. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, w hen the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part th e reof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater q uantit y , or of not contracting for any ;and also an unlimited power of selection. Tenders will be received for the whole, or any portion of each description of Seed. s a mples (not less than 2 quarts of each) must be produced by the Parties tendering. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tract has been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten ties is called, may be seen at the said Office, and at Liverpool. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it 'will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of contract, a= the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him in *Writing. Every tender must be add ressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and be aid oast a corner the words " Tender for Mastard Seed," mast also be delivereclat Somersallot TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. SEALED TENDERS for the following Services, viz.:- 1. Completing the Interior of the Bull-point Magazine Establish /Rent, with Railroads , As p halting, Metalling, Sze 2. Forming a Railroad to connect the Bull-point Magazine with the Powder Establishment at Kinterbury : 3. Building two Walls at or near No. 4 Magazine, Bull•point, as a temporary completion of the enclosure : 4. Building a Guard-house at Bull-point: For specific sums, will be received at the Ordnance Office, Pall-hall, tendon, on or before the let December next. Detailed specifications of the above 4 services, and every requisite Information, may be obtained at the Royal Engineer Office. Bull point, daily (Sundays excepted) between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock, from the 17th to 29th November, both days inclusive. 4. Roya l Engineer Office. Devonigkrtfoetpber, 185 ECONOMIC SOCIETY. IFE ASSURANCE The Right Bon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chairman. =WRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Advantages—The Lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Profits divided among the Assured every Fifth Tear. No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or WidliaOrPs " Policies in farce nearly 7,000. • 4,6100621458 TWA. C.FeildA4oyA, of • • 1 ;Y.. 4 7;. '7 l "' The sum of 397,0uv&L'waS added to Pelicieeett the /ast Division, 'which produced an averagetkiou.s of 671. per Cent. on the Pre- Miume paid. F or particulars apply to, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. 6, New Bridge-street;Blackfriars. SPECIAL NOTICE. —Proposals for Assurance must be made prior to the Ist January, 1855, to entitle the Assured to participate In the next Division of Profits in 1859. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Constituted by Act of Parliament. The Figures contained in the subjoined Tabular View are given as an illustration o. the progressive success which has attend , d the ope rations of this Institution from its establishment in the year 1815 to 31st December, 18a2, when the Fifth Periodical Investigation of its affairs was made. --,.- -----:---- Annual Accumulated Ani.ul4t of Assuranc Revenue. Fund. ,ussist,nF.f. -.----------- ---- -- At Ist January, 18 1 5, the 0 0 0 date of Foundation.... • • At 31. t Dec., 1824, the Ist i X 17,454 £77,539 £392,808 Period of Investigation.. At 31st Dec., 1831, ih. 2d do. 54,653 264,818 1.280,033 At 31st Dec., 1838, the 3d do. 142,646 792,943 3.145.842 At 31st Dec., 1845, the 4th do. 248,929 1,701,633 5,781, - 54 At 31st Dee., 1852, the sth do. 338,362 2,581,109 7,449,038 The Invested Fund, arising Solely from the accumu'ation of Pre tapand belonging exclusively to the members, now am ounts to wards a of Two Millions, Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds. The Annual Revenue now exceeds Three Hundred and Sixty.five Thousand Pounds. The Sums already paid by the Society to the Families or other kepresentatives of deceased Members, including Bonus Additions (which in various instances have been more than the sums originally assured), amount to nearly Two Millions Sterling. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. LINDESAY, Secretary. Head Office —Edinburgh, 5, it. Andrew-square. Edinburgh, 30th September, 1854. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., 47, Wimoole-street and Mark-lane. Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple. David 11111, Esq., East India House. John Murray, Esq., Publisher, Albemarle-street. Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of Brighton Railway. Sir John Thomas Briggs, Admiralty. Leonard Homer, Esq., Home-ofilce. John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street -place. LONDON AND THIS SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh M‘Kean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District. Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover- street, Regent-street. Ferdinand Grat, 13, King-street, Southwark. --- -----_ CIOSMORAMA OF ST. PETERSBURG, ROYAL PANOPTICON, Leicester-square.—A COSMORAM A of ST. PETERSBURG, including a portrait of the per or ranopt Nicholas, has been added to t he many attractions at the Royal icon of Science and Art. Amonrt these are :—the Luminous and Chromatic Fountain, throwing Uturninat:d Water 100 feet high—Panorama and Dioramic Views of Ye , ona—A splendid Collection of `lhromatropes Diving Anparatvs, the Subaqueous Light, &c.—Scientific Lectures and Demonstrations by etr inent Professors—and Perfor mances on the Grand Organ by M. Best, and Distin's Fugel Horn Union every evening. Hours of exhibition —morning, 12 to 5 ; even ing, 7to 10, Saturday evenings excepted. Admission, Is. ; schools and children under 10, half-price. Season admission, one guinea ; life admission, ten guineas. • ItOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 309, REGENT-STREET. —Under the sole Direction of J. B. PEPPER, Esq., F.C.S. A. Inst. C.E. GOOD DRAMATIC READINGS are now added to the other attractions of the Institution. Miss GLYN will read HAMLET on the 21 of November, at Eight o'clock; and ROMEO and JULIET on the 4th of November, at Eight. LECTURE specially addressed to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES on Monday Evenings. Every NOVELTY in GENERAL SCIENCE will be secured tothe Public. An ever-varied succession o f LECTURES, MECHANICAL a nd COSMORAMIC EXHIBITIONS. MUSIC, thq, ROSCOPE, DI SS OLVING VIEWS, &c., is maintained daily, from Twelve till Five ; Evenings, Seven till Ten. Admission, Is. ' • -tails, 2s. Open on sATIIRDAY EVENINGS from half-past seven till ten, for Miss GLYN'S DRAMATIC READINGS ONLY. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS. — Now Open for the Season.—The Orchestra will perform dining the week—The Overture tLe Pre aux Clercs ; also a nd Schamyl ; , for ihe first time, the following novelties o —Quadrilles, Le Demon. Waltzes, Germania and Wiener Lust; Polkas, Les Polies, and Mos cow ;Schottische, Dona Maria ; also, by desire, The Etolle du Nord, Polka, Tilikins, Waltz, and Glory Galop. Principal Cornet a Piston, BOWCOUrt.—Altera.tion of Time—Doors open at 8 ; commence at half-past—Admission, One TO LOVERS OF FISH. — 100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package includ stamped.s, The above forwarde d to all p arts on receipt of penny postage or P. 0. 0. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county, and nearest station. —Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. GR AVESEND STAB PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfle eraveseet Pinders. NOTICE. —Day Tickets are issued upon the Star Packets, available for return ,y them or by the London and Tilbury Railway ; the Return Tickets by the Railway will also be available for return by the Star Packets. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. .................--. ,NDAYS. WEER DAYS. 4 h ) .- 1 23 0 .v, 4 5 0. Terrace Pier Time '4 1 2 4. Cr _ Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchnrch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hoar. ISltlissyncic WIIIRF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol evring Trains from the Fenchurch-str et Station. WE= DAYS. SUNDAYS. cu 5 4 . 4 ., 6 11 11 C -11 f-1 1 .. t , church en- PPI I Street 4 8 .-.. . s Street 'i 8 i e. F, 2 11 2Ni 5 4 1 4 —.— 4, 514 ------- direct, Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London•• •• • • 10d. •• Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .• Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. OS. 8(1. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, si. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Three Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets ; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Oct. 23. 1854. Passages marked • are ---- THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on SP er meter/Ili:ea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real 'ause and effect of eve ry variety o f complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on t we nty years experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on t he evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the eangerons remedies advocated by various writers on these , important disorders. '_ M By SAMUEL LA ARE, M.D. 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London H . &c., &C. The essential object of this treatise is :•1 point out the fearful con irr egularities, and excesses, Sequences resulting from certain habits, which have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any Other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of havi being is hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges t o which every human entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, tha t t ed there are without Principles of personal management wh ich cannot be viola Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regr et succeed , penalties 1 how these the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgen ce, may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterress May be rmoved, and how the evil and its consequences mar be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical intirinity or function derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cor al . e. The), tither has for a series of years been engaged n extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant empiric% who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 22, troth , and Co., 23, Pater nos t e r-row; Hannay, Cl, free Oxfor rost for d-street ; er Hornel s 9 39, Cornhill; Horne, 19, Leicester-square ; Mann, or of Messrs. Pi p er, 'Ay Bed thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, ford-square. At home for cm:mita+ $ l4 Wi WU- — ' ll4l dail y from EtTen till Two, and WM *Vs 9 11% THE NEW NOVEL. This clay is published, in 2 vols. Bvo., cloth, 18s., T HE LASTEARL O F DESMOND: A Historica E l Romance of 1599-1603. Dublin : Hodges Comith, 104, Grafton-street. London : Simp kin, Marshall, and Co. Glasgow: R. Griffin and Co. Just published, SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL.-WYLD•'S NEW 34AP of the SIEGE OPERATIONS, with the Fortifications and the Russian, English, and French Batteries on a large scale, embrac ing the country between the River Katcha and the Harbour of Bala klava, showing the High Ground, the Approaches, and the Points of Attack, and the positions of the Allied Armies. One sheet, 2s. 6d. ; ix case, 4s. ; on rollers, 7s. 6d. WYLD'S MAP of the CRIMEA, showing the Roads, Passes, &c., 35., 55., and 7s. 6d. James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next door to the Poet-office ; and 2, Royal Exchange. Jast Published, SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. AUTHENTIC MAP AND VICIV of Sebastopol and its Environs, including Balaclava, coloured, to show, the position of the Investing Corps of the Allied AraiPber.,lBs4; from Sketches made on the spot by Captain M. A. Hiram" R.A. Price, 28. 6d. ; per pOit:gs. Case, 45. 6d. ; per post, ss. - RATTLE OF ALMA.-CAPT. M. A. BIDDULPH'S ShIE ,CCH of the BATTLE of ALMA is now ready. Price Is.; per post, Is. 2d. London: Edward Stanford, Wholesale aad Retail Map-seller, 6, Charing Cross. New Publishing, Number 17 of LtrE FREEHOLD,_,.LAND.. TTMES-; , :AND k*stuammicEwl; tte Orgill - C - 4 the Land and Architectural Witireks. CeNTEN-rs :—Mr. Ruskin and the "Quarterly Review " The Architectural Exhibition—lmprovements of the Dwellings of the Labouring Clacses h Engravings)— Contracts and Competitions, open thromghout England—Provincial News —Law Intelligence - Land News—The Forty Shilling Franchise—Land Meetings of the Month —Meetings of the Church of England —Westminster—Conser vatve—Lambeth and Provincial—Metropolitan and General - Uni versal Investment—Suburban Villa and Village—London and Subur ban—Second East London—Magna Charta —and other Land and Building Societies—Prices of Building Materials - Dwelling Houses along Linea of Railways, &c , &c. Price 4d., Stamped, sd. Office, 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, 'UST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY will, IL as usual, be Published very early in the present month. Kelly and Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar. BBLUNDERS : - WATKINS'S DIRECTOR Y FOR 1855. In ight pages Imperial Octavo, a Review of the March edition of Watkins's London Directory for 1854, exposing a large num ,, er of blunders, by far the greater part of winch ap peared in the first edition f Watkins's Directory publisln d in De cember, 1851, and which have since been reprinted with every sub sequent edition oi the book. Watkins's Directory for 1855 has been already publi hed, and all the identical blunders exposed in the Re view have been again reprinted into it. Persons who have purchased the work should without delay obtain the Review, which may be had here gratis, or will be forwarded on receipt of one postage stamp. 5.* since the first publication of this announcement, an adver tisement, dated from Watkins's Directory Office, has been put forth, in which " The public is respectfully CAUTIONED against FALSE STATEMENTS circulated by KELLY & Co.;" but as mast have been observed, no attempt is made to disprove in any one case the instances quoted in the above-mentioned Review of Blunders, by far the greater part of which appeared in the first edition of " Watkins's Directory,' published in December, 1851, and which have s nce been reprinted with every subsequent edition of the book. The third paragraph • f the advertisement is as folio xs :—" The extravagance of the charge made for the Post Office Dir=ctory is proved by the recent extension of that work without any addition to the price at which it was sold before the present competition, and when, as may be fairly supposed, the sale must have been consider ably larger than it is at present." Without having recourse to the term "FALSE," we may say that it may "fairly lie supposed" that the proprietor of " Watkins's Directory," has read the Preface to the "Post Office Directory for 1853," in which it , s mentioned that "several Hundred more orders have been received for copies of this edition than were ever received for any former one," end in the Preface to the work for the present year it is stated that the Orders had again increased at the great proportion of thirteen per Cent. We may add that taking the sale of the " Post Office Directory" for the three years immediately anterior to the publication ef Watkins's Directory, 1. e. the years 1819, 1850, and 1851, the average numbers were 8,300, while the average of the years 1853 and 1854 is 10,400. After thus raising the question of numbers, it is incumbent on the projector of Watkins's Directory to settle it. He can do this by fur nishing- 1. The number of copies of Watkins's Directory for 1852 printed, and the number sold. 2. The same for 1853. 3. The same for 1854. 4. The same for the March Edition. 5. The number of complete copies of the edition for 1855 printed : and at what number it has already been deemed prudent to stop the binding of the book. But it will be found that after raising the question of numbers this information will not be given. To the charge of RECENT EXTENSION WITHOUT ADDITION TO THE PRICE OF THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY WC Dlettd guilty, and admit that the " Street" division in the edition for 1855 contains nearly THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND names which are entirely omitted from the corresponding division of Watkins's ; but, we have shown, the enormous extension of the Fost Office Directory is only proportioned to its extended sale. As to " monopoly," the correct statement of the case is, that the Pelt Office Directory enjoys the monopoly of the good opinion of the mercantile community, earned by very many years of unremitted exertion ; it is, ef course, preposterous to allege that it enjoys any other kind of " monopoly." We are perfectly willing to let this be tested in the fairest possible manner ; the agents for Watkins's Directory have induced many persons to " Subscribe" for their book for 1855 ; let these persons be released from promisees obtained from them in ignorance that the new book would contain many of the identical blunders of former editions, and let them be supplied with copies of the " Post-Office Directory for 1855," and copies of Watkins's, and ALLOWED A MONTH TO DECIDE WHICH THEY WILL RETAIN. If the prcprietor of " Watkins's Directory" is sincere in his expressed wish as to the public " fairly comparing the books and their respective prices," he cannot object to such a comparison. The public would then find that "Kelly's Post- Office Directory, 305.," contains, in ALL the proper classifications, the names of all persons resident in the Suburbs, all of which are OMITTED from Watkins's at 16s. 6d, There is, of course, no more difficulty in publishing a cheap (i.e. low-priced) Directory omiqing thousands of names, than there would be in publishing a cheap Dictionary, omitt ing thousands of words. Kelly and Co., 19,20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, London. QUACKS UNMASKED. The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, 55. 6d. N TRUE & FALSE SPERM A.TORRHCE.A , with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real sufferers under this diseas , , and C• rrecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From 'he German of Dr. PICKFORI). With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " or. Ficktord is Known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nou-medi aal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall tetect any dher equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to cor rect!' —London Medical Gazette. " The tribe o, ..)uiet Sympathisers , ' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposet;; and if this book could find its way into the bands of tho: -; who suffer from the com olaint of which it treats. we are satisfied that many hundreds would t)e saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance• though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to placs the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: H. 13alliere, 219, Regent-street. TO N ERVOUS SUFFERERS. -A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few days after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known to ceiv others the means of cure. He will, therefore, send free, o reing a stamped envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre n cription used. Direct the Rev. E. Douglass, 18, Holland-street, Brixton, London. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely erad cates all traces ot those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the T poulation. Rl p ESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treat.; with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, stoBcc.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John ston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. DR. CULYERWELL ON NDIG NER ESTIOVOUSNEN. SS, DEBILITY, AND I Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Iltrmorrhoids, Is. each, by post is. Gd. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentla multi curantur morbl." A popular exposition of the principal causes (ever and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with ai equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructios for the regimenlllustrated and by observance of every hOur out of the twenty. four. numerous cases, &c 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that bath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. Subject Marriage, its expectations and Necessities —Development of the Affections—Love Matches —Precipitate impelled, and retarded Uniors—Marital Incongruities—Mutr al Unsuitableness —Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Ativantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation —Hereditary Resemblance —Mode of similable determiniAlliances—ng LegitimLaw of Divorce,acy. On Infelici&c., tous.&c. I n fertile, and all Unas 3. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture t. Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as reared as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to o ld age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, •wo•iathrbi,llmitsati7itaigoonss, s, ,groa.phic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of On Secret Diseases. their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhma ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Hemorrhoids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. BOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere." " Few words to fair faith."—Shakespere. SllerWood, 2DR. 3, Paternester-rowCornhill ; or of RICHARD CULVERWELL, B ro ther, Successor, and Twenty Years Cs/milting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, w h o may be advised with on the above matters daily, gem Ten till Flye, and in the eMillgs, from Seven till sine. EECONDE FARTIE Marche de l'Alma. • Air Varie ...... . ..... . ............. ••.• . ....... Mohr. Bolero de "Jovita" .• •• d. Ouverture de " Zampa" • • B en edictions den Poignards (Hug uenots) .. • ... Meyerbeer. Galop des " Masques." Tickets and places may be scoured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ;at all tte Libraries and Music sellers ; and at the Offite of the Sacred H arm onic Society, Exeter Hall. TN CHANCERY (in the late Master Kinder sley's Office), CLUTTON v. PARDON, HARRIS v. CLITT TON'S TRUSTEES. Refusal of 5001. for undivided trust share of a Minor. _ . JOHN HARRIS. HEATHER'S TRUST.-13nder the Manage ment of the Clothworkers' Company.—At the Court to be holden on the Gth December next, this Company will distribute to six poor Widows of Decayed Housekeepers, the amount divisible nyder the above Trust being about 8/. to each. Applic nits are required to produce a Certificate or other proper proof of the death of the husband. The application must be made in writing, and must state such particulars relative to the applicant as may be proper to be considered in deciding on her claim, and name reierences from whom information may be obtained respecting the party, and for -verifying the statement made concerning her condition and circumstances. All applications are to be addressed, as early as possible, to the Company's Hall, Mincing-lane, and none can be received and coo s 'dered after the 23d November i nstant. Printed forms of applicatin may be obtained at the H RO all. BERT BECKWITH TOW SE, Clerk. Clothworkere Hall, Ist November, 1654. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ADVICE. Secret Diseases removed before charge be made for medicine by a practical and experienced Surgeon. Nervous Debility, whether arising from Excesses, Accident, or premature age, are also treated to a successful issue, either sex consulting by letter. The fee is a Half-guinea, in cash or stamps. Hours of attendance, 10 till 3, and from 5 till 10 daily ; Sundays, 10 till 2. Address, Dr. SCOTT, 3, King William-street, Strand, London. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROTED. L E A and. PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIR E SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe cuard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. gurd against imitations, see that the names of " LEA a nd PERRIN S a " are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. N ATIO NAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, 48, Graeechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SA3lUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert M. Holborn, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Edward Crowley, Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Feltham, Esq• Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. TRUSTEES. Sohn Feltham, Esq. I Samuel H. Lucas, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., MT. Charles Lushington, Esq. BANKERS —Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., and Bank of England. SOLICITOR—Septimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Anvil, Esq., F.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors for 1853 : " The Directors congratulate. their fellow-members on the very grati fying result of the recently - co m.deted Quinquennial Investigation of the assets and liabilities of the Institution, by which it appears that on the 20th November, 1852, after providing for the present value of all the liabil ties in the Life Assurance Department, a surplus re mained of 242,6271., which has been duly apportioned as heretofore. " The reductions range from 5 to 89 per cent. on the original Annual Premiums, acc , ,rcling to the age of the party and the time the Policy has been in force; and the Bonuses vary in like manner, from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amo unt of premiums paid during the last five years. " The total amount of the reductions per annum for the ensuing five years is 33,3481. 17s. 2d. " The Bonuses assigned to those policies on which the original pre miums continue to be paid amount to 89,8801. ss. Otl. ; this, together with Bonuses apportioned at former divisions, makes an aggregate addition to the sums assured by the Policies in force of 126,5641. " Notwithstanding the great reduction of Premiums, the net annual income arising from 12,326 existing Policies is 163,9121. 7a. Id.; this sum, with the interest on invested capital, viz., 37,2981. 7s. 3d., shows a total annual income of 201,2101. 143. 4d." The amount of Capital exceeds ONE MILLION STERLING. Prospectuses and all other information may be obtained on appli. cation to the Office. Sept. 23, 1854. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. • OFF B RANCH OFFICE X ICES—ROYAL ECHANGE, LONDON. —29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigrain, Esq., Governor. The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, Sub-Governor. George Pearkes Barclay , Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Sir .Tohn Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Banbury, jun., Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Eso. William Tetlow Ilibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. James Stewart Ilodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE--SIMMei Say, Esq., F.R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th of October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and payment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation in profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary BONUS on Life Policies bas averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per mit. on the Premiums paid. Any sum not excee ling 10,000/. may be assired en one Life. The 'orporation bears the cost of Policy Sumps and Medical Fees, and requires no entrance-money. The ..tssured are subject to no expense but the Premium. No extra charm is made for service in the militia. LOANS are granted on Life Policies !‘) their full values. This Corporation affords all the sivantages of modern practice, with the stability of an office safelyeonstituted under Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. Tiere is but one older life office in existence. FARVING STOCK. The Corporation having deermined on a reduction of" One Shil ling per Cent." in the rate 1' Premium for the Insurance of Farm ing Stock and Utensils in England and Wales, the Company's agents have been fully instructo upon the subject, and are authorised to accept Insurances on that class of property accordingly. EcTAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. lIIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary. THE CERTAINTY OF VICTORY.- Sebastopol must fall before the vast engines of war brought to bear on its walls and fortifications. Victory will soon have en thusiastic expression from every patriotic heart ; the very word will have a charm for every individual in the land. Victory with E. Moses and •osi is encircled with commercial honours which have not been awarded to any other house ; and their splendid prepara tions in articles of dress for winter are victorious for superior qua lity, first-rate fashion, and unparalleled cheapness. E. MosEs and Sox are the sole inventors of the Twenty-five Shilling Paletot; it is the most comfortable and fashionable article of dress at this season. The Overcoats and Winter Clothing, in their gigantic ready.made department, are so novel, artistic, well made, elegantly finis:led, fit so correctly, and charged so economically, that they are victorious over all previous introductions. In selecting Winter Hosiery Goods on the most gigantic scale—in the manufacture of the most magnificent stock of Shirts, embroidered and plain—in the preparation of a vast variety of superior Clothing and U n derclothing for ladies and children— in procuring the best styles of Hats and Caps which the most distinguished French and English artists have produced -in making and exhibiting the most stylish, most seasonable, and most comfortable Clothing, Boots and Sh , es. &c.—E. MOSES and Sox have the absolute certainty of being acknowl. dged the victorious champions of trade; and charging every article at the lowest possible price has secured victories celebrated by every tongue, and beneficial to every individual and family in the world. E. MosEs and SON'S unequalled Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Bost and Shoe Department is furnished with an entirely new and season able stock, which may be selected from with the greatest advantages to retail-dealers, merchants, captains, emigrants, and others. CAUTION. —E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or 11 It's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for c')vious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTIIES HOUSE IN 011 OUT OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, 3finories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book for A utum and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measnre ment, &c., &c., may be had on applicatioa, or post-free. Id Pon parle Francais. Qui si parla Italian. Hier spricht man Deutsch , Aqua sa habla Espano. REVOLVER CANNON.—The director-general of the Louvre has just had a revolver cannon placed in the Museum of the Marine, capable of firing twelve shots in a minute, with the aid of two artillerymen to serve it. A NEW TRAGEDY BY SHAISPEARE.—The spirit of the bard of Avon, it appears, has lately been revisiting " the glimpses of the moon," in the prosecution of his old profession of pl a y-Wright. We extract the startling intelligence from an article in the Ala California on spiritual manifestations, in the course of which we are informed that a regular five act tragedy, con sisting of some 4,000 lines, has recently been written, under spirit impulse, by the kand of Mr. Isaac C. Pray. It purports to emanate from the spirit of Shak speare It was read to the manager of the Broadway Theatre and a select number of critics and editors, among whom was the editor of the New York Times, and we understand that all concurred in awarding to it literary merit of a very high order. One of them, as we under stand, went so f ar in his admiration as to decl are hi s be lief that no living writer could equal it. It was written with great rapidity, and very few erasures or alterati ons s are to be found u p on the manuscript, The Harrier, 14, screw sloop, Commander H. A. Story, is about proceeding to the West Indies, and will probably sail to-day. The Dee, 6, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutelant- Commander Smith, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the Cape of . Good Hope station—last from Plymouth. APPOINTMENTS. Masters.—Richard T. Saunders (1846), to the Esk, 20, screw steam corvette, at Woolwich ; Thomas H. Fraser (1849), to the Tartar, screw steam corvette, at Chatham. Surgeons.—Thomas H. Lowry, M.D. (1845), to the Esk, 20, screw steam corvette, at Woolwich ; Lewis C. Urquhart, M.D. (1846), to. the Tartar, screw steam corvette, at Chatham. Master's Assistant.—W, E. Jones, to the Swallow., screw steam -sloop, at Portsmouth. THE HECLA. TheHeela,'6, paddle-sloop, Capt. W. H. Hall, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday, from Spithead, to have her defects made g00d.,, sbe is well riddled with Russian balls ; no loss thai 70 pierced her Starboard side, 30 the port side, several the paddl'box boats, - 1 her mainmast, 2 her steam pipe, and 1 her funnel. Her figurehead has the union jack on one side and the French flag on the other, and underneath the Russian ensign. THE ENGINES OF THE AUSTERLITZ. The engines of the French line•of-battle ship Auster litz are on the horizontal principle, with four cylinders opposite each other. There is a great deal of gear connected with the machinery, and great difficulty is continually experienced to adjust lubricators, &0., while working. The engines are of 400-hers• power nominally, and 800-horse Power actually by indication ; she stows 500 tons of coals, and consumes, while working full power, 56 tons per day; and, with that consumption, steams in smooth water 9 knots an hour. As this is rather an extravagant consumption, they usually steam expansively, at an ex penditure of from 40 to 45 tona per day, and obtain a speed of 7 knots. (The Hannibal line-of-battle ship steams 7 knots, with 24 tons of coals per day). The Austerlitz' engines are directly attached to the screw, without the multiple wheel, making 45 revolutions per minute. She has two stokeholes, one forward and the other aft. When steaming full power these stokeholes are excessively hot. The boilers, which are tubular, are loaded at 181 b. on the square inch. The screw is of rather a novel construction, having four blades or fans, which are so arranged as to be capable of folding to gether, so that it will shut up into two blades or fans when steaming in Inc weather, but when steaming against a strong head wind, or towing, four blades are generally used. Several defects are now being made good in the shaft bearings by the engineers of this ves sel. Mr. Blaxland, civil engineer at Sheerness yard, and Mr. Rumble, chief engineer of the Royal Albert, have been on board to inspect her engines and note her defects. _ _ . _ _ No orders have yet arrived relative to the future movements of the Austerlitz. She has not yet com menced taking her coals. She requirAs 800 tons. The greatest courtesy is paid to persons visiting this ship, one of the lieutenants r mates accompanying the visi tors through every part of it, and ladies obtain the most polite and marked respect and attention from her officers and the entire crew. THE ACCIDENT TO THE COSSACK. DEVONPORT, Nov. I.—The Cossack is found to be very seriously dan2agel by running on the Draystone, off Mount Edgcumbe-park, in coming in on Saturday morning about four o ' clock. So violent was the shock as to start her boilers and engines, and she was found, on reaching the Sound, to leak so much that it was found necessary to keel, all the pumps going to prevent the water from gaining She was accordingly ordered into harbour immediately, and at one p.m., one hour and a half before low water, she was taken into the basin, and from thence into the dock, though drawing 17 feet of water at the time—.a fact that says much for the ca pabilities of the port. On examining her bottom it was found that her fore foot and false keel were gone, and more than 100 feet of her main keel carried away from forward to abaft the mailmast, and that other parts, as well as her sternpost, yere much shaken. Artificers wera immediately placed )n her. The whole of her cop. per has been taken off ani her hold cleared. It is anti cipated that she will not le out of the hands of the dock yard under a fortnight. A. court martial on the master of the Cossack takes place to-morrow. THE CURLEW. The Curlew, 8 guns, is waiting her sailing orders at Sheerness. This sloop was designed by the marine archi tects of the Navy-office and built at Deptford in the pre sent year. Her engines ate stated to be of 100-horse power. Their actual nominal power is 60-horse only -they are of Maudslay, Son, and Field's manufacture, They were originally mad. in 1846 for the Hornet, and do not possess any of the lite improvements—they take up so considerable a spars amidships that there is not room enough for fuel and stores or accommodation for, the crew and officers. She can only s t o w se ven days' fuel and one month's provision, and her crew of sailors and marines, 80 in number, are obliged to hang their hammocks in doable tiers in the forcastle, where there is not more than one-half the space for each man a s prescribed by the Mercantile Marine Act. The stoke-hole, engine-room, and galley are all open to the mess and sleeping deck of the crew, as well as that of the officers, even to the captain's cabin door ; the 'heat, when the steam is up, is intsnse ; and if they were for any short tune compelled to batten down (which is not unusual), it would be perfectly insup portable. The Curlew is a very five model of marine architecture, ext erna ll y. Her ancient eng ines, which occupy a very lar ge port i on of her mean s pace, are only sufficient to propel her five krots per hour under the most favourable circumstances, and an in quiry is going on as to what is to be done with her under all these serious disadvantages. Her dratght of water, 12 feet extreme aft, and 11 feet 6 inches forward, when fully coaled and stored, adapts her for a uwful gun-boat. She .has 8 short 32-pounders on carronada slides amid ships, and her long 32 -pounder for shifting from forward to aft. She cannot, however, carry fuel to admit of her leaving a coal depot for more than six days. MILITARY. THE OFFICERS SLAIN IN THE EAST.—"We regret to state that amongst the officers dead is one of the sons of Mr. Cox, the head of the celebrated firm of Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, viz., Lieutenant-Colonel COX, of the Grenadier Guards. Ile leaves behind him many friends to regret his early, though gallant, death. We are re quested to state that Mr. Cust, of the Guards killed, wa s not the son of the lion. Mr. Cust, but of Sir Peregrine Cust, of Audley-street. The error has caused some painful mistakes. CORK, Oct. 31.—Lord Killeen, captain in the Bth Hussars, was amon g th e off i cers who left for the Crim ea in the steam-tran s p ort Jura, on Thursday. His lord ship's father, the venerable Lord Fingal, came to town to take leave of him. On Tuesday evening Mr. Don nelly, collector of customs, and brother-in-law of Lord Fingal entertained them at dinner. Lord Killeen has been fifteen years in the A rm y, having entered the ser vice as far back as 17th of September, 1839. He ob tained his lieutenancy on the sth of March, 1841, and was promoted to be captain on the 23d January, 1846. The following detachments go out in the Cleopatra to the Crimea :-102 of the 50th Regiment, 133 of the 55th, 122 of the 21st, 52 of the 30th, 62 of the 33d, 61 of the 47th, and 41 of the 68th ; total, 673. They are to proceed from the depot battalions at 13irr, Temple more, and Fermoy respectively. THE MILITIA.. Eight more regiments of ntilitia are about to be em bodied for permanent duty. On Monday a presentation of colours from the ladies of Somerset was made by Lady Paulett, on the Hoe, to the First Somerset Regiment of Militia, now quartered in the Citadel, Plymouth, and commanded by Viscount Hinton, her ladyship's son. The remains of Quartermaster Moore, 3d battalion Royal Artillery, were interred in St. Thomas's church yard, Woolwich, yesterday, with military honours. THE ARMY IN THE EAST.—Yesterday, a very inte resting lecture was delivered at the Polytechnic Institu tion, Regent-street, on a new hospital tent designed for the army engaged in the present war, and for other general purposes. The lecture, which way delivered by Mr. Johns, was attended by a large number of military and other gentlemen. MASTER BAKERS' PENSION SOCIETY.--Last night the 22d anniversary of this society was celebrated by a din ner at the Freemasons' Tavern, which Was very nume rously attended; Mr. Podger, of the firm of Kidd and Podger, millers, Isleworth, presided, and was supported by most of the eminent millers and master bakers of the metropolis and its vicinity. GENERAL DOMESTIC SERVANTS' BENEVOLENT INSTITII. TION.—N esterday afternoon a meeting of the Governors and Committee of Management of the above institution was held at their offices, in Sackville-street, The annual report was highly gratulatory. Her Majesty and Prince Albert had become patrons, and the institu tion now numbers upwards of 7,000 members, and has a permanent invested fund of several thousand pounds. Twenty-four pensioners are now receiving relief from its funds ; nineteen having 15/., and five 201. per annum. Temporary assistance has also been given in a number of cases of urgent distress. The qualification of member ship to this excellent institution, as a resource in old age and infirmities, is the annual payment of the small BUM of from Zs. to 10s,, according to age, " TO TIE AIGHT RON. THE POIITMASI'ER-GENERAL. " My Lord,---The arduous contest with Russia in which this country is engaged has for the last few months in duced the committee of this association to abstain from pressing the iruprovement of Australian postal communi cation on iter Majesty's Government ; though silent, they have, he,wever, not, censnd to lament that the executive, distmcted by exterior events, was unable to devote its attention to the organisation of postal arrangements more in unison with the material interests of the, empire and, of Australia. Influenced by the nature of the advices re cently received from the colonies, the committee now feel it their duty to express to you, the views of the colonists ; and at the same tithe they desire to point out to you how, in their judgment, the postal* grievances complained of may to some extent be remedied, without prejudice to the present demands of. the public service. ' " The committee will premise their plaserrvations by freely admitting that, since your lOrdship's accession to office, several improvements have been e ff ected in th e tran sit o f Austrian letters, amongst which they willingly class the abolition, at the commencement' f this year, of the sailing-packet system, which had totally disorganised the correspondence of the colonies, as also the recent reduc- tion in the rates of colonial postage. Much, however, re , mains yet to be done ; for the- service, as at present con ducted, must be viewed by every unprejudiced person to be far inferior to that on all other existing steam routes, and especially as far as regards the Cape line, to be essen tially deficient in the two main attributes of postal transit speed and regulatity. " Recent letters received by the committee describe the -colonists as not only dissatisfied, but highly irritated at the results of the existing mail system ; and some indivi dual; it appears; had even gone the length of , discussing the possibility of obtaining, through America, postal facili ties so lance sought in vain at the • hands o f the m o ther country. 'One of the latest newspapers asserts, that the question of steam communication had long constituted a rankling sore' throughout the Australian colonies. The journal using this very strong expression is the well-known leading paper of the southern hemisphere —the ably-con ducted Melbourne Argus, a copy of which, under date 21st July last, accompanies this letter for your lordship's pe rusal. The writer asserts facts, many of which admit of no denial. He states that the communication is infrequent and slowly performed ' • that while even Chi na, wh i c h im ports of British manufa ctures but 2 ,000,000%, enjoys a fort nightly steam communication at a speed of ten miles per hour, Victoria, which imports the astonishing quantity of 20,000,0001. of goods, i s cons i gne d to a slow, irregular, and ill-organised m on thly ma il service, of which the fol lowing are the distinguishing features :-- " 1. That the transit of the mails from England to Melbourne, by the overland Indian route, now occupies on an average 70 days and a half, being conveyed at the rate of six miles per hour, whereas, if forwarded at the same speed as letters are carried on the India and China line, viz., at ten miles per hour, they would easily reach Melbourne in 45 days. " 2. That the line via the Cape of Good Hope is for postal purposes a nullity—the average passage having been proved to be 81 days. " 3. That this last-mentioned line is highly irregular; a circumstance not only proved by the passages, but strik ingly exemplified by the fact, that in July last, the home.- ward steamers of both lines, instead of sailing each a month apart, both started within two days of each ether—the Indian steamer sailing as usual on her appointed day, the other vessel nearly a rponth after. " 4. That under these circumstances Australia may be said to possess virtually only one " effective and reliable" mail communication with England, once every alternate month, rid India.' " Such is the tone assumed by the public journals ; nor are the remarks of private individuals less stringent. Con. trasting the policy of America to her gold states with that of England towards her gold colonies, with bitterness of feeling the Australians observe, that California had barely been taken possession of when the United States brought her within 24 days' sail of New York, by organising, at the public cost, a steam line, with an average speed of 11 knots, from the shores of America to Panama, and thence to San Francisco, a distance of upwards of 6,000 miles. The Australian gold fields, they say, have, however, now been discovered four years. In wealth, in their influence on commerce and civilisation, they have far out-stripped California ; yet not even ordinary exertions have been made by England to approximate herself by steam to these —these most valuable colonies she ever yet possessed. They assert that she sails her fast mail steamers once a fortnight to India, to America, to the West Indies, to the Brazils, and even to China—in short, to every quarter of the globe—butthat Australia is forgotten. Last year, the colonial postages amounted to a sum more than sufficient to cover the expense of the most approved steam line, yet the proeeedg were appropriated to generalßritish revenue,while the mails were conveyed chiefly by cheap, but tardy, sail ing vessels. This year a steam transit, as slow as it is irregular, as unsatisfactory as it is unworthy the policy, of a great commercial country, dissevors Australia from Eng land. The colonists ask each other the grounds of this treatment, which they term ' unmerited contempt and neglect.' Referring also to a solemn promise, given eight years ago for the establishment of a regular monthly steam line, they allege that the present steam transit not only involves a breach of that promise, but is in itself a signal instance of Imperial mismanagement of their affairs. " If, my lord, these allegations are in part only well founded, is it matter of surprise the Australian journalists should term the steam question a rankling sere?' Is it to be wondered at that the colonists should look te• foreign countries for assistance, and assert that they are treated with ' neglect and contempt ?' The committee, on their part, have felt they would not be discharging their duty, if, under the influenco of false delicacy, they concealed from you the sentiments of their Australian fellow-citi zens ; they have, therefore, candidly expressed to you what has been stated to them in the hope that you would your self inquire into the facts of the case, and thus be enabled to see that the grievances complained of demand early re dress. How this, in their judgment, may for the present be best afforded they now proceed to detail to you. " By the printed documents enumerated in the margin and accompanying this letter, you will perceive how con tinned have been the efforts of the committee to induce her Majesty's Government to concede to Australia the same postal facilities extended to every other dependency of the Crown. These facilities may row shortly be summed up as follows, viz.:— " 1. The establishment of the same semi-monthly postal communication already conceded to other comparatively unimportant parts of the empire. " 2. The introduction into the service of that regularity, the entire absence of which is now so justly complained of. "3. The acceleration of the present speed of the mail steamers from eight and a half nautical miles to the usual contract rate of ten knots per hour. "4. The adoption of a direct course, and the abandon ment of those unnecessary deviations which so much pro tract the arrival of the mails at their destinations. "The printed papers referred to attest that the equity of these claims has been fully admitted by the country ; that their validity has been affirmed by the press, by influ ential public meetings, and by the leading commercial towns of this country. It is not, however, the desire of the body I represent to press you to make concessions at a moment when we feel that our doing so might, by diminishing the steam-power of the nation, in any way militate against the prosecution of that righteous war England has engaged in. Deeply sympathising with the mother country in efforts to repel the barbarism of the north, Australia is too patriotic not freely to bring her quota of sacrifice to the national cause, and she waives for the present what is most important and most dear to her—her right to frequent communication with the parent state. We do not, therefore, ask you to establish at present, what the commerce, the wealth, and the postal revenue of Australia entitles her to—a semi-monthly com munication—but we entreat you to improve, so far as you can, our present steam line, and to commence by snaking it regular. " This, in our opinion, can only be done by discontinu ing to forward the mails via the Cape of Good Hope. That lino, in the hands of the enterprising company who conduct it, is not without its merits, and we by no means advocate its suppression. It is adapted for passengers, and may be fitting for they conveyance of the heavier portions of the mails—always unusually heavy ; but being devoid of regu larity, it has proved itself unsuited for the general pur poses of correspondence, and it is in this respect, as the colonists justly term it, a nullity. To establish an effec tive and reliable' monthly communication, we respectfully suggest that the mails bo despatched monthly, instead of lA-monthly, via India ; and if you ask us where ships are now to be found without prejudice to the public for this service, we reply that the relative imports of China and Victoria, referred to by the Melbourne journalists, point at once to the source whence steam power may be taken without detriment to the country. " China, importing not quite 2,000,0001. of British goods, has a fortnightly communication, although a monthly line would be ample for the wants of her trad e . We s egg , therefore, that the China semi-monthly line be made a monthly one, and that the ships thus set free be employed in giving a regular monthly communication to colonies, which, by the paper herewith enclosed, you will see im ported last year, from England alone, goods of the astonish ing value of 14,506,532/. " From the paper we refer to, it appears that the export of British manufacture to Australia exceeded last year our average exports to the United-States by 1,500,000/. ; that it more than doubled our exports to India and Ger many ; that it was six times greater than our exports to France and the West Indies ; and seven times in excess of our exports to China. To your lordship, as a statesman, these facts will be more convincing than any arguments we could use ; they will prove to you that Australia is now the best market for English produce, and that a grave responsibility must attach to permitting such colonies to continue in that state of isolation from England to which they aro now consigned- We therefore respect fully suggest, that unless you should find that better ar rangements can bo effected, the snail ships employed in the China fortnightly line be for the present transferred to the Australian service. That this can take place with ad vantage to the interests of the empire is abundantly proved by the relative value of the British imports of the two countries concerned. The distances, on the other hand, of the two lines—viz., between Galle and Melbourne and be tween Calcutta and Hong Kong, being not dissimilar, it is assumed that the same number of ships which perform the one voyage, will also be able to effect the other. " Last, but not least, we would urge you respectfully but earnestly to accelerate the speed of the Judo-Australian steamers from 8 to 10 knots per hour. In an age when emi nent engineers and shipbuilders come before a committee of the House of Commons (Holyhead and Kingston, 1853), and talk of 23 miles per hour as a speed easily attainable, it is but little to ask that, on what is virtually the most im portant steam lino of the country, the usual contract this of 10 miles per hour should be maintained. That this speed was not originally stipulated for is one out of many practical proofs how little attention previous administra tions have devoted to Australian affairs. We find, how ever, that although an error has been committed in this respect, you have the power to rectify the mistake, for we are informed that, under the contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company, it is competent for you at any time to direct that association to increase the speed of their yes. sels so as to insure their realising 10 miles par hour ; and this power we venture respectfully to hope you will not hesi tate promptly to exercise. As intimately connected with the question of speed, we desire also to point out to you that the present route followed by the Indo-Australian steamers is devious, and that the distance and stoppages ought at once to be diminished. To satisfy your lord s hip's mind on this point, and to show you the results of a ten knot speed, we have had the distances between Melbourne and England carefully calculated, and now submit for your perusal a paper showing within what period the voyage, doing away with unnecessary delays and devia tions, may reasonably be expected to be performed. You will find that, after making every allowance for all usual stoppages, if a direct course be followed, and a ten-knot speed maintained, the mails may easily be delivered in Melbourne within 44 days, and further, that if the speed were increased to eleven knots, as we submit it ought hereafter to be, the passage might be effected within the 40 days. For the contents of this paper we beg to bespeak your attentive consideration, remarking that the elements of our calculation are derived from official soirees and cannot be questioned, and that the average passage by the shortest route, stated by the colo nists practically to occupy 70, 4 i days, has never been per formed under 64 days. "A memorial of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, recently addressed to the Lords of the Treasury on this subject, so entirely coincides with our own views as to speed and direct route, that we take the liberty of forward ing herewith a copy fer your perusal ; not doubting that it will be read by you with the attention due to a document emanating from so important a commercial association. We have to add, that our letters inform us the Sydney and Melbourne Chambers of Commerce were both preparing to address the home Government on the same subject. "The due approximation of Australia to the mother country is a subject so intimately connected with the future of both countries, that we believe it may be said to constitute one of the most important subjects which can come under your lordship's official consideration. In this view, we therefore trust you will excuse the length of this letter, as well as the earnestness with which we have thought it our duty to press the subject on your attention. "At the request of the committee, " I have the honour to subscribe myself, "My Lord, " Your lordship's most obedient servant, " JAMES DUKE, Chairman. " Australian Postal Association Committee rooms, 60, Fenchurch-street, London, Oct. 13, 1854." THE AMJEICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Second Grinnell Expedition, Brig Advance, Baffin's Bay, July 14, 1854. My dear —,—lt is with pleasure I comply with your request, made upon leaving New York. After a passage which only abounded with the usual incidents of ocean life, we arrived upon the coast of Greenland, June 27th. The passage was a somewhat protracted one, owing to the universal head winds and calms we en countered ; but, by wise foresight of the planners of the expedition, we left New York with plenty of time on our hands to guard against every contingency of delays, and to make the best of whatever accidental circum stances might arise to favour an early and safe passage to the scene of our labours. The barrenness of " Greenland's icy mountains" has long held a place in my imagination, but I was unpre pared for the absolute desolation which greeted us. Peak after peak rose abruptly from the very water's edge, and the interior seemed to be one continued waste of snow-capped summits. Not a single foot of level land or soil was to bb seen, and the rocks told a mournful tale of sterility. Although water poured plentifully from the hills, even the usual surface vegetation which fol lows our streams at home seemed entirely wanting. Why it should have received the name of Greenland is a puzzle to me. Such as it is, however, with its vernal cognomen, it was doubtless discovered and occupied by the early Ice landers and Norwegians ; and when the suspended in tercourse with the Old World gave rise to the fable of a " lost Greenland" its discovery was due to Frobisher or Cabot, those indomitable Arctic pioneers. To the efforts of a single man—Hans Egede, "The Greenland Apos tle," as he is termed by the Lutheran Church—the Greenland of the present century owes whatever it pos sesses of civilization with Christianity. We made the coast near Godshalar, the scene of his early labours, and I write from a point nearly opposite that neatest and most flourishing of its settlements— Egedsmunde, "the nunnery •f Eg,ed6." On the 29th, being becalmed off Fiskenaes, we de spatched a boat by the fiord to look out for the town. Returning soon with a pilotboat and crew from the go vernor, we stood in, and were in a short time in sight of the first Greenland town I had yet seen. It was in keeping with the scenery around. In the midst of Es quimaux huts rose the only mansion, the residence of the governor, a most kind-hearted old gentleman, full of • Scandinavian hospitality, and fond of his wife, his chil dren, and his pipe. The courtesies of his humble man sion were cordially extended to us, and after breaking bread with his Excellency we felt quite as much at home as on board of our little brig, from the cramped quar ters of which we were by no means sorry to be for a short time relieved. The official letters brought by our commander from the Court of Denmark were anticipated by the cordial kind feeling of the authorities. Every care was extended to the expedition, and we departed with a good supply of oodfish and an Esquimaux hunter, whose kayack and lance are expected by Dr. Kane to keep his dogs in food. Sukkertoppen was our next port, a quiet little glen, shut in by rocks, and looking quite cosy in its barren solitude. Here in a single hour we laid in reindeer furs, dogs, harness, and mocassins, filled our water-casks, and stood out to sea. At both these places, while my comrades were busily engaged in hasty preparations for departure from port, I made the best use of my time in collecting botanical specimens. With botany-box and gun I made two sal lies at Fiskenaes and one at Tukkertoppen into the deep mountaia gorffes, where the water, caused by the sun's genial rays, had melted the snow that trickled down the mountain sides, and at last found a resting place, around which grew a highly interesting and quite luxuriant flora. Upon the southern slopes I found the willows, as if determined to force a living out of the world, clinging apparently to the solid rock, and, though stunted in growth, looking no less fresh than members of the same family growing in our own rich soil. The cuttings of these plants were found to be of very deficient development. The same was also observed of the Ana , romida Tetrigona, one of the characteristic heaths of this region. These circumstances seem to our commander to indicate a backward summer, while the meteorological returns obtained at Fiskenaes and Lichtenfels show a winter of unusual mildness. The bergs, too, arc not numerous, and he seems to expect we shall meet no floe of ice until we reach Melville Bay. Disco wo longed to visit—a longing which the sight of & the high mountains only increased ; but the breeze, I suppose, did not justify us in losing an inch of ground, for we stood on to the northward, in expectation of reaching the middle ice. But one thing more remains —an increase of dogs—for deficiency of which wo are humbly thankful, as but for that we should not see the settlement of Proven. Proven, July 20. Proven is not unlike the settlements previously visited, except that, in being further to the north, its inhabitants are proportionately more poor and wretched. It is, with one exception, the most northern of the Danish settlements on the threshold of the great barrier of Mel ville Bay. The scenery around presents the same barren picturesqueness characteristic of the Greenland coast. Here resides the Royal inspector, a clever old Dane, possessing a small fortune, obtained through his office, an Esquitnaux wife, and good beer. His one-story man sion, looking almost as old as the kills, presented a grand appearance beside the miserable huts of the na tives. Built as they are of stones, covered with sod or moss for winter, and sealskins for summer, they look more like the houses of burrowing animals than anything human. Poor creatures !—their only pasture ground, the sea, affords them occasionally an inadequate supply of food, at which time their condition is truly deplorable. It is the custom of the coast, brought from the father land, to set before the stranger the welcoming cup of coffee, after partaking which, like the salt of the Arabs, he may consider himself at home. This custom extends from the governor's house to the native's hut—and good coffee do they make. At the inspector's, signal credit is due to our good Esquimaux hostess for her skill in coffee-making, and the natural ease with which she did the honours of the house. We have here procured some 15 or 20 Esquimaux dogs, but, as the number is less than half a supply, we shall be obliged to stop at Uppernavik, 20 miles further to the northward. These dogs are a necessary part of an Esquimaux settlement, and seem to mingle with the natives in about equal numbers, and in terms of the greatest familiarity —living, in many cases, in the same hut. One striking peculiarity I observed was their huddling together, and tuning their pipes to the notes of a chosen leader, who occupies the centres of the pack, the whole settlement, young and old, set up a chorus, loud and shrill, that lasts about five minutes. Leaving Proven and the civilised world at our backs. we shall in an hour be pushing forward to the scene of our explorations. This is, as you are aware, Smith's Sound. how far we shall be able to penetrate with our vessel into this unknown region will depend upon the point at which nature has thrown up her impenetrable ice-barrier. its waters have only yet been sighted by previous navigators of the region, and we have every reason to hope that we may be able to conduct our ex ploration into this unknown and mysterious quarter of our planet. Once arrived at the terminus of our voy age, winter quarters will be selected at a point protected to the northward and westward some prominent head land against the floating ice in the early spring. In this selection great experience and judgment are required ; but in our commander's sagacity we have every conifi dence. Here we shall be frozen i❑ for the line long winter months, during which period the se arc h f or Franklin will be made. For this search the most active preparations are going on. Once at anchor, but few hours will expire before a boat and sledge party will set out to continue that which could not be accomplished with the vessel. This party will consist of nine, all of whom have, I believe, been selected, as all hands have volunteered ; but the doctor is not very communicative as to his intentions, and we are iu ignorance as to who will be its fortunate mem- hers. They take with them one of the light indiarubber heats constructed by Mr. Bennet, and the dogs. The great object of this expedition will be to pave the way for future operations in the spring. For this pur pose they carry with them a stock of provisions, consist ing of pemican, preserved meats, meat biscuit, &c., with a few luxuries, to be left at different points on the way. The boat, the Forlorn Hope (for so she is called), is so constructed as to propel either on ice or water—on ice by eight men operating against wooden bars lashed athwart the boat, while the doctor will lead off in ad -1 vance to explore the track. The stern is covered with an india-rubber cloth tent, to serve as a protection by night and cooking apartment by day. Having arrived at the termination of their journey, leaving the Forlorn Hope and provisions to the mercy of the wolverines and bears, they will return to the brig on foot, in the darkness of the Polar night, guided by their compass and the stare. This plan of operations, hitherto considered impracti cable by the English, is entirely new, and originated with this expedition. By it there are many advantages gained. The men are more fresh and vigorous than in the spring, and the party that follows them at this time base not only the advantage of travelling the r march bute.llingovergrou a ground preoieuslyluiplored, but carry duns.. b comparatively small quantity of provisions ' there is a great saving of time. The boat is extr e e s m id e e l s y , light compared with those used by Parry and others who have undertake' similar journeys. The most rigid economy with regard to space is preserved, and calcula tions are made with mathematical exactness as to the stowage of the different articles. Nothing will be taken that can possibly be dispensed with, and the eooking apparatus will be of the most simple kind. The whole _is a modification of the North American Indian and Russian ; while the complicated machinery for cooking, with the little odds and ends used by the English, is dispensed with or greatly simplified. Quantity and not quality with regard to food, convenience and them,sniodtercomfort ivn w ei rn i y t g h t w r e o g a m a r d o lt o e a s r p r y a c e a , a haversackr are the po i between a simple change of clothing for each. ghn i o s thanmabe, including 2O lb. a Thus pair theof canvas Arctic boots, traveller'sto to wardrobe weigh used in the homeward journey. Pemican is about the only food to be used, preserved meats and milks, &c., being looked upon simply as antiscorbutics and luxuries occasionally to be indulged in. &c., together with aa may be procured from bears, birds, a small quantity of lard taken with them, with a little spirits to melt and light it , will serve as the only fuel, both for heating and cooking purposes. The lamp used will be the simple copper dish, cork float, and cotton wick of the Icelanders. A supply of tea and coffee, together with the different extracts prepared by Messrs. Alden and Borden, will be taken, as also a small quan tity of the meat biscuit of Mr. Borden, and prepared milk of Mr. Abbott. Oar pemican is of a very superior quality, having been made under tie personal superin tendence of Dr. Kane. In our sledge parties we shall be served much like the boy whose variety consisted in first " mush and milk, then milk and mash," pemican soup, fried pemican, pemican raw, and rice versa. The one thing in these regions to be dreaded from such rigid adherence to animal diet, and that of one kind, is attacks of scurvy ; but there is unquestionably more of it in many of our vessels than need be if proper hygi enic measures were taken. Thorough and regular ablu tions, with moderate exercise, will no doubt do almost all that can be done to ward off its attacks ; and whet such a system has been made a regular branch of discis pline, cases have been rare ; at least such has been the experience of the recent exploring expeditions. In the sledge parties every man will be required to wash down with snow, and rub with a coarse towel, previous to turning into the snow hut for his nightly, or rather pe riodic, rest. " A cold comfort," truly ; but experience has proved it to be a very necessary one. Since leaving Fiskenaes, we have lived almost exclu sively upon the products of the region, little animal food being u:ed but birds and fish. A. species of codfish, which I believe to be the gadus messoria, is our almost constant food, and, although a most delicate morsel, it has so often shown itself on our table as to have become very unpopular. The elder, with several of the uria, one of the lorno (uria Bourivechii), the little auk, or " Greenland dove" (W. auk), and the black guillemot (W. grylle), and others, are becoming an every-day dish, and are a most decided improvement over salt beef. Yesterday, while on an excursion to a settlement 20 miles to the southward, for the purpose of procuring dogs, we stopped at a little island, and in a very few minutes procured several fine eiders and a large number of eggs. Is a few hours we could have shot hundreds, if not thousands, and obtained as many eggs as would have laden our boats. A fire made upon the sand from the fragments of a broken oar soon roasted for us as rich a repast of ducks and eggs as ever mortal need wish. With snow water, and the other necessaries which our good steward had the precaution and kindness to put aboard our boat, we made toddy and tea, and enjoyed . . our feast, sincerely pitying you New Yorkers who would envy us our ducks. In a short time we shall make it our business to lay in a large supply of different birds that abound so plentifully, to serve as one of our prin cipal articles of food and luxury during the winter. They will be shot and strung on strings, much after manner of our good farmers in preparing apples, and dried. The bay abounds in gulls, and of these fine specimens have been shot. Our collection already numbers five sr ecies. The lestris, or Arctic jager, the skara of the Icelanders, is a beautiful bird. The stormy peterel followed us at high as latitude 57 ° , and almost immediately afterwards the maulemoke of the whalers took its place. Oat slow advance has enabled us to collect interesting facts as to the zones of the ()ills and peterels. At Proven we had the first opportudtir of testing the beautiful daguerreotype apparatus sent out by Govern ment. In the hands of our artist, Mr. Bonsalt, a num ber of fine pictures have been taken, representing, the geological and picturesque character of the country. The difficulties apprehended in the working of the chymicals have been happily in a great measure over come, and Mr. Bousalt confidently thinks he will be able to take pictures with a great deal of decency, even in the highest latitudes we may he able to reach. It pro mises fair to become a most valuable aid in enabling us to bring back such material as will make this little frequented portion of our globe more familiar to you. The glaciers will form an interesting series. Thus far we get en happily and well, each one in every way seeming determined to do his best to further the one great object of the expedition, while every oppor tunity is embraced of making contributions to different departments of science. Our decks present quite an in teresting and amusing appearance. One is busily en gaged sewing pemican bags, another hart-sacks, another lining buffalo robes with indiarubber cloth, to spread upon the ice and snow, &c., while the carpenter is with great diligence at work on the Forlorn Hope. Our net brings up many little curiosities out of the deep, while our guns now and then give us a bird for preparation. All seem, as by one accord, to recognise the necessity of harmony, and a good degree of the same spirit of hope and expectation that inspires our commander he has not failed to instil into those around him. The regulations of the ship enforce a rigid system of domestic discipline. Our only quarrelsome companions are our dogs, who keep up a continual snarling and snapping, and scarce a day passes that does not bear witness to the doctor's heavy Arctic boots flying in the air, preceded by some unlucky peppy, who may have been so unfortunate as to be too little disposed to show fair play. The doctor being remarkably fond of their dogships, it is astonishing to see the gratitude and affec tion they hold for him, and he is almost always sure to excite their jealousies and raise a fight when he shows any favours. The officers and men of our party fare alike, and the products of our guns are shared equally. We look anxiously for the events in store for us ; mid, if the re storation to a sympathising world and devoted family of the man who braved perils for the world's good in obe dience to his country s commands may he involved in obscurity, we hope at least, with God's blessing, to bring back something which may set the world at rest with regard to his fate.—Yours very truly, ISAAC I. IfavEs, 11. D., Of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Surgeon to the Expedition. DEATH 01 MR. GEACH, M.P. FOR COVENTRY. Geach, the colleague of Mr. Ellice, sen., in We regret to announce the death of t lf e r.Charle member bad represen tation of the city of Coventry. The hot . i. Geach returned from his Scotch shootioge fat the latter since, in unusually good health, although been during the last ten days in a precarioeuasrlsytaatern. month g from overwork end of the session he had been su ffering Three weeks since it was erroneou sly cholera. His primary had been suffering from Asia tic dbut his depressed condi tion of health subjected him , y onrtteddiatrhrair he . 's of that member became the let leg. incipient The x from that period becalms ' d, His state . fortdight ago. Sunday last, we believe, a change for the alarming. zb. ~ temmortification ensued about a d after much suffering, borne with ulcer-tie and inci worse occurred i t a u n o d and resignation, Mr. Geach ex. the greatest fortitude 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. piped at half-past England, on the small salary of 150/. per B an k of . Geach began life as a clerk in the Birmingham branch of the director of the 13irmiughant and Midland From that situation he was selected as the annum. k Bank, which he conducted with 1, - r great a i ity and credit. Mr. Geach was a few years since the co pastner in the patent for the railway axletree, a lucra tive monopoly, which, though the patent has expired has continued alarge source of wealth to the two proprietors. J m o a i n n s t g S i n te g c Mr. Geach was a director of the Crystal Palace Com pany, of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham railways, and he was a large contractor for working power. He wor also the principal and active partner in one of the most extensive manufactures of machinery in Staffordshire. His habits of business and personal industry were un common, and his extensive commercial operations were all conducted with singular regularity and prudence. ,i On the last general election his return, and that of fir. Eliice, for Coventry, was unopposed. His death will be deplored by his constituents of every grade of politics,. and his seat will not be easily supplied. He was e lected by the more Radical section of the electors, b . his to their general satisfaction. course in Parliament was independent and temperate, BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES IN CLERKENWELL.—The acts for the establishment of public baths and wash houses were adopted by the parish of St. James, Clerken well, rnore ,than two years ago, and a committee ap• pointed to take the necessary proceedings for their estab lishment, lent the committee, notwithstanding their ut most endeavours, have not been able to obtain a site ou. which to erect the necessary ;..1 lin gs.