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NI" . t' ___ . _ __ 45-- . E STEN I.N G EDITioN . ..4. ..,. 4.,..,_„...-.,. • ......,..,,., , , ..... • - - ,, q ~, : - Wi^ ;MIN 3 1 57 - 0 4. 5, ~„„, r t ‘ -' ' -.....:„ . ' 5 4ei ' -- z Tv.: V.l,i' Ni _ . G dal f) i - r(1 ORDNANCE LANDS AND BUILDINGS. ' I . . ~ ~.. lorg,_ j..--,-;-- 4 fi" -- .. •„'‘'e to . I I ,- , . . , 1 ., p r: 0.1/ I. t 5' , 4177..--- ~,,, , lAT HILSEA, NEAR PORTSMOUTH, AND STOKES • , ' , 4„' ~„..„, __„,, l ,T4 - ,,i, ..• (1 4(1 1- 1. -/ i/ I:''.4. _, r , , l i.„___,,,, ~. ~. „ , ~. ..,,,,z,,.., , ti•BAY, NEAR GOSPORT, IN THE COUNTY OF i HANTS. REEHOI,D ESTATES. , rn RP. soLD BY TENDER, .. ;II ~ to , - i 7 - ,‘ , 4 "4 „. .. -. •,,, • - ---, '--- ~, .. .*t • i p .....)- - - ,r - • ---.1. 41 / 4 6 \fc 1 tliS .....,,---,-. ..-'.'.•.— ': t— 7 k „ ~.. ~, . 4, r ' t ' - ''R " 4" /I Y 4II .... "..„ • '- 17 , . ) --iy, . l f, 11.- '' . ". ,-. ~' 41 /.1) . ' 4 ' l, -. • --- . .5-.4 ..;-, , .-,,.. ... :.4.4,, , •,,,-.-.›....... ~„ , . k „I, , 4 2 - _, : ,.. ) , * , N .. _____....,... Ins, anr ,,, ,....1 ... , (27 ..er.,,, , ,.c,,,5....-war.l..., , rtwnEnsairaxazur, v;mfra ie.grrewnworsiwas. ORDNANCE LANDS AND BUILDINGS. AT HILSEA, NEAR PORTSMOUTH, AND STOKES BAY, NEAR GOSPORT, IN THE COUNTY ,OF HANTS. FREEH OLD ESTATES. TO BE SOLD BY TENDER, By Order of the Right Honourable The Master-General and Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance, The undormentioned LANDS and PREMISES, with the Timber growi ng thereon, well suited for investment. The Property near Stokes Bay contains numerous Sites for auilding, commanding extensive views of the Isle of Wight and the surrounding country, containing together 532 A. 1 R. 34 r., let to highly respectable tenants. The Property at Hilsea, will be shown to the Purchasers by Air. Hart, Superintendent of Ordnance Property at that place, LuM the Property at Gosport will be shown by the respective Tenants on the Estate. Tenders will be received on or before SATURDAY, the sth October Next, addressed to the Secretary of the Board of Ord 'lance, Pail-mall, London, where particulars may be had ; also Pridd y ' s H ard; of the Storekeepers, at the Gun Wharf, Portsmouth, and at of Mr. Hart, Superintendant of Ordnance Pro perty at Hilsea ; and of Mr. Nightingale, Surveyor, Lyndhurst, New Forest ; of the Ordnance Solicitor, Office of Ordnance, Pall-mall ; an d o f G L. Greetham, Esq.lSolieitor, Portsmouth. By Order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. Oleo of Ordnance, August 21, 1839. , I.ONDOA. TUI-4:SD o. 14 .666. RUSSELL HO' TEL, PIAZZA. COVENT-GARDEN. Bed, 25.; Plain Breakfast, ls. 6d, rgl SALTS R respectfully submit s th e a b ove • scale of C' barges to Gentlemen making a short stay in the Metropolis eit her for business or pleasure ; and begs to assure them they witll not be subjected to any additional outlay for tavern expenses, except Is. 6d. per day for Waiters, Boots, Chamber Maid. &c.— Admittance - A t any hour of the ight. Warn and Cold Bat'As alsrays ready. LADY FLORA HASTINGS. STEAM-VESSEL ACCIDENTS. BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT. SWAIN and CO., TAILORS, Etc., to HER MAJESTY the QUEEN, 92, Fleet -street. Suit of Olive,-_ .... , .................. £4 10 Ditto of Blue ant/ Bl , lck Ditto of Imperial Saxon Pair of Summer- Trows,rs from ........ 14s. to 21s. Sumner Waistcoats f'..om ....,,..._ ... ASSESSED. TAX E S. COMPOSITION. Notice is hereby given, that by an Act of 2 and 3 Victoria, P. 3 5, all Contracts of Composition for Assessed Taxes are deelar t dto be continued, with the full benefits thereof, for the further term of one year, to the sth of April, 18t 1, except in oases of persons who shall be desirous of determining their o n trazta on the sth day of April, 1840, in which cases all such per nns most , on or before the 10th day of October, 1839, give no 'lee in writing of such their desire to the Assessor or Collector of the parish or place, or to the Surveyor for the District in w hich such composition shill be payable; and all persons in such excepted cases who may have made any increase to the ia ,lrober of ar ti c l es i nc l u d e d i n t h e sa il con t rac t s , wn i cts increase t Victor intend t o di scon ti nue , mus t give notice to the Assessor or of the parish in which they reside, or to the Survey , tittle District, on or before the 10th day of October at it is their intention to discontinue on or before ' i 83 9, ? lar chr-C.B, 40, the use of such additional articles, - - the s t h of osew - , befo . ps mll__uitist ac k Ye• • to keep the same, on or iW7Fid sth of ••• otherwise they will be cha the . ,„;egeable•tbr the same in mencing on the fithda.7,i April, 1840. rai, rOrati of notices to be_ deliver:::Ay persons desirous of deter tv. !int their contract ea sth day of April, 1840, may be 'c.,!,011 application t the Assessors of the several parishes. r Order of ',ter ithjesty's Commissioners of Stamps and es, CHARLES PRESSLY, Secretary. LA_ S - S-ESSED TA X E S . S G'AIIE CERTIFICATES. i; N otice is hereby g i ven . t h at b y the 3d sec. of the Act an ci3 Viet. 35, it is ena c t e d, t h at all Certificates for t4 e i 7 1,1 o , killing Game, grantedG and i n f orce a t the time of th passim , of the said Act (29th July,, 1839), and all such Ce • a /, AV/wee granted' after • that date, and before the:6th day of 41 3 1 i4840, instead of expiring en the sth day of April, 1840, la. 11 continue,in force until the bth d a y of JulylB4o ; and that' wl ,nch Certificates which shall be granted at any time after t'he 6th day of July, 1840 shall continue in' force until and Von • the ath day !:t July next, after the :thee of issuing the sam e. • " ' LICENCES, TO DEAL IN a AME. , It a; -also enacted, ;.iy , 'the 4th- section df Cie said Act, that !: 'tn.:d deal tel the holdinx of Special Sessi on s for g r anting Li ce n c e s °1 in Game 'ing confined to the mo n th .of July,. pursuant Itto the , Act I an'A' Wm. 4, c. 32, JuStices of the Peace shall tido , a ii ii l ch in SeA;iotas , :for - the purpose of granting such Licences, ''utootli pf July, but also at any time and from ti me t ; cy e m - le AS often as they shall ,think Et after the said month of ': 'Yin every yeal; and that it shall also be lawful for the '''' a Praly Of the said -Justie nt - being less than two) assm -1 bled at any such Session, c or ( t o any anjournment thereof, e to grant Licenses to deal i n G ame , in the manner dire c t e d b y t h e the Act, of th e I an d 2 W.. 4, e. 32, and un d er and subject to oo Provisions and Regulations ereof; provided that Seven YeNotieeof the holding of any th such Special Session, shall be n . en to each of the - Jitstices.acting for the Division or District i '11,,, 'hieh such Session is iniefidedi to be held; and provided a ' that every Licence to' deal in Game, at whatever time the ' i , raelses bean or shalle granted,: shall continue in force until ~lefirs elay of July •following the granting thereof and no z c , riger.: , • ii , .. ~ •-, J 3 - exclier;,Rt . ,ll`c,r Alajesty's Commissioners of Stamps and A .9e• ~ , , CII.A.RLES PRESSLY, Secretary. ,We2tIITED, of from 80 to 150 comfortable residen ce an d good offices, out-builiiigs,. (Tr-e, within nine miles of the W est - en d of oi,littritflf Close to Any railway stati on . fa'reiEitiars, stating situatio n an d rent required, to be n'ilt (if by later, poet paid) to Messrs. Murray, and Tattersall, savveyors an& WU:agent* 47 , Parliament -street. i,IIOUSES, &c., to b e LET, by JACKSON ,41-tit. and GO., in va r i ou s s i tuat i ons, in the following Trades, , AN many others.:—Tea, COffoe, Chop, • and Eating Houses ; i a, üblict r ouses • Beer, Houses ;:.Brew e r y ; • Bakei s ; T o b acco - i sts ; oces General Dealers ; Green. Grocers ; Co a l an d l 'atato Dealle k rs ; ; Oil; Colour' and Italian• BUsiness ; COW keepei.s, 'ltiry, and illiikeialk's • Private Houses ; Lodging t.,_K)uffisit, &el - , 11 'arli 60 4 , 1.r nitv be hadat the Offices of Messrs. J ac k son an d '""k, Auctioneers, i 26, Brydges-street, Covent-garden. N.B.'Letters to be paid. ' 1)1 "--- A.VIES " S ---- CANDLES, 61(1:per lb. ; 'Wax Candles, is. 2d: ; Fine Wax, is. sd. ; extra fine .4511 14 1 / I ,' Wax W Bd. ; transparent Wax, I. 9d. ; ge ui=l le 4pertn, 13 9d. genuine Wax, 2s. ld. ; Yellow Soap, 17 :3-Is., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; 11Iirtlled, 62s*. and 663. ; tl d=or, is. 4d. per packet ; Palm, 4d. ; Old Brown IqZ I nd , o'r, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Camphor, 2s: ; Almond Soap, ..7• ; superfine Se a li ng Wax, 4s. 6d p er lb. ; genu i ne Perm Oil, 83. 6d. per gallon, Cash, at DAVIES'S.OII- , Established War e h ouse , 63, q ltlartin'slane opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-House. 'TONE ON PRINCIPLES E'9IRELY NEW, AND 'TON E . FOR COMFORT AND ECONOMY. T By her Alajestv' s R oya l Letters Patent. HE CHUNK PATENT STOVE, invented by :Air R. PROSSER, Ci v il Engineer, is distin guished f rom a l l ethers by its entire freed om f rom dust or smoke, its great economy of fuel, and its perfect safety from Cr e. It has been a source of great comfort in the nursery and ned-room of he invalid, affording an uniform- temperature through the clay and night most d e li , with only one supp l y , w hil e t h e cate test cannot detect anything arising from its use which is injurious to health—it merely war m s the a i r w ith ou t de composing it ; and, as there is no door, none of the gases generated by combustion can pass into the apartment. Wherever warmth is required, this Stove is applicable. It is as desirable for the drawing-room as the laundry ; for warming g re enhouses it p ossesses ex t raor di nar y c l a i ms, t h e very great ~..'r, e nse of building flues, and afterwards the immense con l''rription of fu"l, being avoided. For workshops and ship s ' 4 ab it , s it is i nva l ua bl e ; it requires attention only once in four h ours , d ur i ng w hi c h t i me t h e cost w ill not exceed - IP, e nce• Price, Plain, 31. ; Fluted, 31. 10s. a w nt lfactured by the Sole Proprietors, RIPPON an d ho T °N, WELLS-STREET, OXFORD - ST REET ; of Fir o, may be h a d d eta il e d Catalogues of the Prices of Fenders, S ce e-l trils, Warranted OTable Cutlery, Superior Nickel Silver, A 20 per cent. '"" under any other old-established House, which "1 be forrarded fo r a single postage. Established 1820. I , k 0 11 . t A . 1 tl rr tz Ift I: ~ g ... -4 A 4 45 2 I . th 1 CI i - * 4 ' '',`' ; is ' A !ti . A i l : 4 i'lli 3, ' • ~ : to ,:, ' ga r lll4' 1 . 'in ' Jo I ✓I 96 ' eIIEAPSIDE, AND 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET; PICCADILLY. IGIIT AND HEARING.—TESTIMO kB NIALS on the Messrs. S. dB. SOLOONS newly ronvented SP ECTACLE LENSES and an INVISIBLE O M PERATIVE ICE C ONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons.. From James Blundell, Esq , M.D. : ' 1 • " I have now tried for some tiine the Messrs. Solomon, .iew y I,4ented Spectacle Lenses, and have experienced much benefit ; . they :re Srf preferable to my vision than any other Lens; the relief is rrY great, in particular by candle Tight, and in course of use for a v e ''gth of time the clearness 01 the transparency brings every object ery distinct ; they can be fully appreciated only by those who, like 'elf, may stand in need of them. " JAME 3 BLUNDELL, M.D. " No I, Great George.street, Westminster.,. 14 4 We, he undersigned, have been fur snme time making use of rffiessrs. Solomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses ; the astonishing en s they afford to imperfect vision gives them the decided prefer -nee t . h ki n d of Lens—the clearness o t the transparency h ri.. o every ot er tflouJts every object vary . distinct, and enables individuals to vi w the perfect accuracy. They sire particeularly Dia.,' Minute particle with ~,- q satit by candle light, lights .--, 24, Dover-street. . I. s 2ree G. Sigmond Escj_ 2. 1 .. D Iyo Broad.street-buildin gs I. 7,amibotham Esq . , b . • s 1.2„ _Ramsbotham,..F ii sq ,__Ik , I.D., New Broad-street. x 8 flarleyford-place, Kennington. ~,. ,y.o.l_burn Esq.. M• , F KA, Saville-row ',.., Pettigrew, Esq., F. .C• I,l6Cann Es q •+ Surgeon, ;,0, Parliament-street. tStilt ' q'' , Brighton. I) . , :Ro lte ben Es sori,"Es sl q .D ., " ll - 1.D., Cheltenham. I i Wallingford -• ,1- Allnatt, EstsAk.'-A.,s. Surgeon, Kensington. . e. , P ia 1-3514 d a y ll' E Ea sq q " Surieo — n; -' ", New 2, Leadenhall-street. - te , sr t •' c v Bread-street. C . H . a Griffiths and Duncan,Surgeons,. A. %.,1 1 ?rn, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies - street, Berkeley-square VV t ,'"Le, N I Surgeon, , I worth. 3, ParliamentAtreet. . 1"n kalY' re ci- Es - n urg S e Ur n a I' e .29, Newington-place, Kennington E. St nd °°- r, --.'' -----"n.' Golden-square. R. ,_ dart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, o'n Regent-street '..4l.iliarn, Esq., surgeon, -$-, -Town. Tuna7 ' Esc ' , Surgeon, Camden i t J. _orely, Esq., 46, Great Alie : .street . , is o s i r th o t l h lzk, , Es q., q., Surgeon, Kensingto . n, Sk.icble Elwyn, Esq.,Surgeon, 36, Albe Surgeon, Hammersmith. arieztreet W. pones, Esn„ Surgeon, 15, Lower Broo k -street , GresVenor-square -n g li sh Esq., Surgeon Denmark-bill. In pt .. M..,,, - arlg the above List & of Testimonials befotrtehtehirenilrbilsicißtLhEe 0,....,5010m0n5, Opticians and Aurists, state th a h thousands of Deaf pe`i'_itsA_Tl'VE VOICE CONDUCTOR, be Persons hare been greatly benefited, is not lar w ge h r thi so n ft a asenvdeena-ssyh,illainndg nd when fixed into the cavity of the car is . a piece of won l ihn°t;.'hre uncomfortable nor perceptible than having h ea Z Place. By its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is th_with distinctness. the r.,nPortant new inventions are patronised by their Majesties pi..s e lig and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal i the Princess t ,, , ,_ . see t he and Sophia, her Serene Hignhe" IkL7 e r r'a, the Princesses Mary and Rosa,hnesses the .r...i, t(:ester, &c. &c. I n _,linecapside. and 29, Albemarle.strect,and his Grace the Duke of ~, .c .: equence of the gross imposition in the Country. It. Is r n • cce ' ' ' lisii,ia-e-rzi:e. Chet tisi I iave..ers vie Cx.ph+}ku i,y LI,C 4, . ' I ore Lat4u ilift-_ PU tiLICATIONS. FOURTH EDITION. This day i s publio i nb p' 6d H E POLE‘..; A‘l\l"'h -lem illE . CZ AR. By Of T • A. YOUNG, Esq., Reprinted • —nicoln's Inn, Barrister-at -Law. Associati , dt the request of the Council of the Literary .ds of the Friends of Poland. it and J. E. Taller, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. LORD BROUGOVIPLIN NATIONAL EDUCATION. This day, price Is. 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Now ~ ready, Part VIII., price f y. with Two Rlustrations, Printed uniformly with " Nicholas Nieldel4," THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF . 7 1k/VICHAEL ARMSTRONG, ....NI.. I TH FACTORY BOY. By MRS. TROLLOPE. " Mrs. Trollope wields a povierful pen, and has got a strong hold upon popular feeling. Her work is admirably written, and sells enormously."—Jehn Bull. Henry Coition), Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had all Booksellers and Newsrenders. ARMY AND NAVY. THE OCTOBER NUMBER OF THE TTNITED SERVICE JOURN.AL, IlL) AND NAVAL AND MILITARY MA6A'ZINE, CONTAINS 4- England's Wooden Walls--The On the Constitution and Sys- Agamemnon. By Joseph tern of Education of the Allen, Esq., author of " The y Prussian Army. By Lieut. Greenwich Pensioners." Nelson. A Journey from Tabrecz to Leaves from My Leg Book. Bagdad, through Kooidistan. By Plexible Grummet. Take the Hill before Dark. 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Price 65., N MARRIAGE—its Intent, Obligations, and Physical and Constitutional Disqualifications; with Illus trations graphic, narrative, and remediate. Also, by the same Author, A RATIONAL EXPOSITION of the TREATMENT of MORBID SECRETIONS, Stricture, and Irritability of the Uretha, and other infirmities of the reproductive system; with numerous cases and woodcuts, entitled Medical Cox sultations. Price 2s. 6d. Sherwood, 23, Paternaster•row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street ; Harris, 25, Bow-street; Baths, 23, New Bond-street, and Smith, druggist, 48, Lothbury, City. ORISON'S PILLS - CAUTION.-- Whereas spurious imitations of my Medicines are now in circulation, I, JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist, hereby give notice, that none can be genuine without the words " Morison's Universal Medicines" are engraved on the Govern ment Stamp, affixed to each box, in white letters upon a red ground. Sold only by the General Agents to the British College of Health and their Sub-Agents. No Chemist or DruggiA is authorised by me to dispose of the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist. British College of Health, 2, Hamilton-place, New-road, London, 1839. GENERAL DEPOTS in LONDON for the SALE of the MEDICINES. Medical Dissenter Office, 369, Strand. Mrs. Twell, 10, Hand-court, Holborn. Mr. Good, Western Branch, 72, Edgeware-road. Mr. Field, 65, Quadrant, Regent - stree t. Mr. Loft s , 3, Park-place, Mile End-road. Messrs. Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street. Mr. Chappell, 84, Lombard-street. Mr. J. Kaines, 20, New-road, St. George's East. Mr. Saw, Tabeanacle malk, Finsbury. Mr. Lofts, 8, Waterloo-terrace, Commercial-road. Mrs. Orfeur, 15, East-lane, Bermondsey Wall. 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Gentlemen during their indisposition can be accommodated wltlrapartments with or without board. -SATIONAL PROVIDENT .INSTITU TION, 13, Nicholas -lane, King William-street, London, ' For MUTUAL ASSURANCE on LIVES, , ENDOWMENTS,DFFRRED SUM Si, and IMMEDIATE and DEFERRED ANNUITIES. j)wterons. C. P. I ousheid , Esq. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. John Bradb ur y, E sq . R. I ng h am , Esq., 11I.P. Wildam Cash, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. S. Hayhurst Lucas, Esq. James. Crofts, Esq. C. Luaugton, Esq., - M.P. John Feltham, Esq. John. St. Barbe, Esq. Joseph Hargrave, Esq. Richard Shortr.dge, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. , MEDICAL DIRECTORS. J. T. Conquest, M.D. F. L. S: Thomas Bevan, Esq F. L S TREASURER,. Joseph Janson, Esq. • TRUSTEES. William Cash, nil. John Feltham; Esq. James Crofts, Esq. Samuel Smith, E sq . BANKERS.—Messrs.rown, Janson, and Co: COUNSEL.—Frederick Lucas, Esq., Middle Temple. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. This Institution was established on,the 15th De:;ember, 1835, for the purpose of extending. the Benefits of Mutual Assurance to all classes of society ; and, for the more effectual attainment of this object, was enrolled under the Acts of Parliament passed 10 Geo. IV., and 4 and 5 Wm. IV2, relating to Friendly Societies, which confer on institutions of this nature some MOST IMPORTANT PRIVILEGES, amongst which are the following : Entire exemption-from all Stamp Duties. Permission to invest the Funds with the National Debt Com missioners, at a liberal rate of interest, and free from loss by fluctuation in value. Protection to the Members against fraud. Settlement o f Di s p u t es by Aritration. Priority of, Payment of Debts in cases of Bankruptcy or In selvency. Exemption from Probate and Legacy Duties, by the appoint ment of Nominees. These'privileges over ordinary Assurance Offices enable the Institution to afford the protection and-benefits of Life Assur ance at ths hiwest possible cost. The Whole,Piofits are divided amongst the Members at fixed periods, 'at their option, either by reducing the periodical pre miums; or increasing the amounts assured. . Prospectuses * and every information, may be obtained on ap plication at the Office between the hours of Ten and Pour. and, for the convenience of persons residing at a. distance, Agents and Medical - Referees have beed appointed in most of the prin cipal Towns in thei Country. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. Tp OYAI, EXCHANGE ASSURANCV .11.. t) OF HOUSES AND GOODS FROM FIRE, No. 21, LOMBARD-STREET, Lord Portman has add resse d t h e f o ll ow i ng to the (Established by Roy a l Ch ar t er i n t h e Re i gn of King George g gi v c e a d re t f o ull t 3i ie c w on o s r i l d d ere d the extraordi . the First) Editor of the - .7.'imes ;--' . l y i t t h h e: i A n l s a t r . :l l ui f s ee o l f Fer Assuring Houses, Buildings, Goods, Farming Stock, &c., . from'Lass or Damage by Fire ;• and also for the Assurance ..t)f • - 1. - lastings in the Morning Post of the 14th Granting Annuities on Lives. ' • nary S p i u r blk.. H at a io v n iin : Sir JOHN, WM. LUBBOCK, Bart., Governer. " it "necessary, in_ ilts4,:ce to,,,,Latly_Portman, to . lay . be ' THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., Sub-Governor. fore the public only . a feW observations on this painful BARTHOLOMEW JEFFERY, Esq De ty Governor. ' subject. .• Deputy-Governor. - DIXECTORS Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. ." Lady Portman -is called ' The Accuser.' Lady George Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Henry J.. 1 L. Melville. Portman never originated any accusation against Lady wm. rowo, Esq. Nelson, tsq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Flora Hastings, but having be e n i n f orme d o f t h e pre . John Deacort,'Esq. - Thomas Poyrider,'Esq. valence of suspicious entertained respecting Lady Flora John Ede Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. James. Gibson, Esq. Charles Robi,sen, Esq. Hastings, and obse.-vittg thaappearances on which they Riversdale Win. Grenfell, Esq. William Sampson, Esq. were founded, it seesued to her to be necessar th e William "fellow Hibbert, Esq. Sir.Sainuel Scott; Bart, yat th Lancelot Holland, Esq.. William Soltau, Esq. -doubts which rested on Lady Flora Hasti ngs , an d G. G. de Hochepi e d L a rpent, E sq . R o b er t Th or l e y, E sq tended to reflect di...ho 0 our upon the Court, should b e John Christopher Lochner, Esq. Oct av ins Wigr a m, E s q . - Persons whose Annual Premiums fall due on the 29th inst. cleared up. She was, however, actuated by no feeling are hereby informed that Receipts are now ready to be delivered against Lady Flora Hast,'ngs, nor had she any desir e but to discharge with the .most scrupulous propriety her at the Company's Offices, 21, 'Lombard-street, and in Pall difficult and distressing dut) - - Mall, as well as by their respective Agents in the several comi ties ; and the parties assured are requested to apply for toe re " Lady Portman never th ought of, nor suggested, newal of their policies on or before .the 14th of October next, as the usual fifteen days allowed for payment, beyond the date of the medical examination ; she .never received nor de each policy, will then expire. livered any message, suggesting; or requiring, or ad- SAMUEL FENNING, Secretary. .visiug it,; she never heard • that' anything of' the kind the room at the request of Lady' Flor: • had come • was likely to take place, until after she In consequence of the destruction of the ROYAL EX CHANGE by Fire, the business of the Company in all its . Hastings. The BARD-STREET, until the Company's Offices on the Royal statement that on tilzt occasi o n the demeanour . of Lady branch .s, is carried on at their New Premises, No. 21, LOM-t -' Portman ' was urineces.,' , lt:ily abrupt, unfeeling, and E.7iehange are rebuilt. .. . September, 1539 . . - indehehte,' I only notice for the purpose of giving to it Lady Portman's absolute (Ionia!: no more cruel accu .sation than this can be made against Lady Portman, nor any more unfounded arid.incredible " I refrain, from commenting" on other serious but un intentional mis'statetneuts ire the publication, yet I can oot conclude without tleclaring4tith the utmost sincerity, that to Lady PO . fttrian and to tie it has always been matter of the "deepest 'egret that eirCtimstances so sin gularly difficult and distressing should have concurred to create so much pain and so much sorrow. " Your most , obedient servant, " Bryanston, Sept. 27." " PORTMAN:" TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING POST.' Lyons, September 28. My, dear Sir—l have been requested to send the en closed to 'the Reform' RegiStry Fond. I beg leave to bear the testimony of long experience and of 'perfect Success to the admirable views of Mr. .Sharman Crawford, so clearly laid down it f hisletters published by you .t It is nearly forty years since I. found large,portion of my property in .Limerick very mach sub divided by middle-men, whose leaseS then expired. Where the subdivisions were not entirely too small, I uniformly continued the occupying tenants, and I have had. my rents always well paid. When I have had cause to complain it has generally been of large holders, of magisterial rank, or of those who, in breach of the roost binding covenants, have alienated their holdings. Dear Sir, very truly yours, CLONCURRY. . [ 4 The letters alluded to are entitled "A Defence of the Small Farmers of Ireland," and their aim . is to con vince LandlOrds that the letting of land in small par cels is more advantageous than assigning it'in large . farms.] • (Radical) L i telli ge ' ne e " The reports of the West r says, WEST RIDING R E GISTRATION.—The'Lfeds Riding R e Vi s i on w hi c h h as ner.v , prOgressed through the . Sheffield,. Barnsleylteilieitharri, Wakefield, Huilders-: field, H o l m f orth, Qu ick, an d Halif ax polling distr i cts, continue sat i s f actory. . W e are i n f orme d t h at t h e e ff orts , put f ort h b y the Whigs aye manifest in every district, as marking more than in . any preceding year their sense of the necessity for such exertions." The Sheffield (Tory) Mercury states that " The West Riding Registration, or'whicli we are.enabled to give the results up to Wed nesday last, still proceeds to the satisfaction of the Conservatives" The straggle this year is very. close. But after the extraordinary advancement last year, and ct ith the evidently dying struggle with the Whigs to rer gain their position, : it is no less a victory to baffle their ,utmost activity, than :it was to step rapidly in: advance ,upon their. supineness." — REVIVAL 'IN G LASGOW.—The inhabitants of the western pArts of the city have resolved, not to be behind their Kilsyth neighbours in religious zeal. They have had several revival meetings of late ; but all- went off without any remarkable manifestation till Wednesday evening last, when a poor female became treobled with a spirit, and.. aZter giviag vent t0,..* number of cciama tions (luring the prayer, she was carried out of the church in a hysteric fit. The noise and confusion were at this time so gre a t th a t some respectable individ ua l s left the meeting-, thouglk-Ae hour w as st ill ear l y; t h e mscorrvnieinsg.werOenPrTalh°unrgsePaybnwigeh‘t'era' till one o' c l oc k next congregation again assembled in a chapel-in Clyde-street, Anderston ; but the minister had scarcely taken his place in the pulpit when a cry was raised for an adjournment, as the place was too crowded, while hundreds were without clinging by the railings. On this another clergyman drew off a' portion of the multitude to a church in Hope•street, where he anti others held forth till two next morning. One of the p reac h ers appeared much excited; his ges tures, while deli ver i ng h i s " message" were most whim sical. Th e b e h av i our of both audiences were highly decorous, although th e story of imps of bell looking out of the eyes o f some present, which so frightened the poor women of Kilsyth, was again told by a reverend preacher.—Glasgow Chronicle. CHARTISTS AT CHURCH.—The Examiner has the followin g in refer ence t o t h e account w hi c h h as . appeared in the Sheffield papers of the Chartists having been excluded from church by the police :—" After this we think Lord Londonderry might take a new ground, and argue that duelling, unchristian as it is, is but a necessary training for soldiery put to the uses to which the church occasionally puts the military. Imagine the dragoons in readine ss t o sa b re peop l e f or insisting on going to church ! They were to he killed for going to church without having pews. Their offence, for which they were to be given to the edge of the sword, consisted in not having been able to pay for seats—a heinous offence, combining the state of poverty with the desires of piety. Come unto me,' reads the parson in his pulpit, while the Magistrate at the door reads the riot act to disperse the would-be congregation. Blessed are the poor, preaches his Reverence, while the soldiers are drawn 'up ready to shoot and sabre any of the blessed poor who might at tempt to make their way into the poor man's church. With policemen sword in hand at the church door, and dragoons within call, it must verily be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a poor man to enter the House of God. Next Session an augmentation of the army wilt doubtless be required to keep the people out of church. Happily Church-rates are not yet abolished, and a church-rate may be very gracefully levied for a couple of field pieces to be planted at the church door to prevent intrusion." . PITY THE POOR TORIES I—A meeting of the gentleman who subscribed the requisition to Sir George Murray was called for yesterday, at three o'clock, in the Royal Hotel. We know not how many names were adhibitcd to this precious document, but true it is, and of verity, that only tifty-five persons_gentlemen included—attended the meeting. We do not know what answer the fifty-five have sent back, or whether they have fixed on another candidate yet.—Aberdeen Herald. The friends of Mr. Baring, in this borough (Portsmouth), have determined to invite him to a pub lic dinner, to celebrate his return to Parliament on his assumption of an important post in the administration of this great country. The Liberal Members for Hants will be invited to meet him, as well also as several other noblemen and gentlemen who are known to estimate his high worth. More than 200 tickets are already dis posed of.—Harnpshire Telegraph. EASTER DUES.—Distra ints have been made in Burnley on th e goods of John Clemisha, tea-deal er , f or the sum of ni ne pence, and of Adolphus Kenyon f or t h e sum of fourpence halii)enny, as Easter dues, on behalf of the Rev. Robert Mosley Masters. These individuals having conscientiously refused to pay the dues, were summoned before the Magistrates, and their goods seized to the a mount of 31., but a part afterwards re turned.—Leeds Mercury. THE CHARTISTS _Th e Ma gistrates having formed a resolution of preventing the Chartists froth going in vast numbers to the parish church, on Sunday last they placed eight or nine p olic emen, arm e d w i t h their cutlasses, at each of the entrances to the church yard, and gave them orders not to admit any but the holders of seats to pass them. About elev en o'clock several thousand persons had collected round the church, but no disturbance took place. Several persons were prevented from going into the church, an d the dragoons were in readiness to quell any riot, but none took place. In the afternoon there was a meeting of the Chartists, who sang t wo h ymns , and then quietly marched home. Sheffield lris. THE YANKEE IN MONMPUTIISHI RE ._A avowed prin c i p l es of Tee totalism made his habits of sobriety never once doubted, walking out one day was observed to stagger, as if tipsy. Annoyed with himself, and totally unable to account for the circumstance, he returned home, when on inquiry, be found that the servant, in cle an i ng hi s boots th a t morn i ng , had maliciously mixed w i t h th e blacking a quantity of good old porter, which thoroughly intoxicated them.—Merlin. . . POLICE - INTELLIGENCE. • „ _ G'UILDHA L L. Peelsivoiqh, who had been remanded on a charge of defrauded Mr. Wood, stationer,.of Lad•lane, was again . bought' up. After the examination of two or three witnesses; • Mr. Mclennan . LAINSON thOught the evidence insnf fieicnt, and diklitirged the prisener after criving him a caution as to his future Conduct. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED 13URGLAIIY.-- George Brown, an ill lookinm man, dressed in the stable garb of' a groom, was placed ' at the bar, before Mr. Long, charged with at tempting, by means of a patent Bratnah key, to open the hall door of Mr. Schild, Greek -street, on Saturday night. He was surprised in the act, and another street door key found upon him. Police-constable No. 180 identified the prisoner as a well-known. offender, who was in the habit of gaining admission to gentlemen's houses in the disguise of a sweep, for the purpose of committing robberies. He had been in custody before. Mr. LONG said he should deal summarily with the prisoner, and sentenced him to three months' imprison ment and hard labour under the Police Act. BATTON-GARDEN. AN IRISH Row.—Ann Callis was charged with an assault. Mr. ComßE.—Where is the complainant? An old woman who looked as though she was made up for the part of Sangrida in the Wood Demon, here bustled up to the Magistrates' table exclaiming :—" Faith, then, that's myself, I'm Bridget Leary, place your Wurtchip. Mr. CoMßE.—What have you to say ? Bridget Leary—l've got nothing to say to you, only I tould this woman last night to give her child some suck, and instead of giving any thing to the poor child, she flung the crock at my head. The Defendant—She called me ondacent names your Wurtchip. Bridget Leary—She hit me with the crock, look at the blood. Mr. Co7.lßE.—Why have'nt you washed your face. Complainant—That your Wurtchip might. see the marks. Defendant—She's got no mark at all, at all, your Wurtchip. It's stuff, she's put on to make believe. The police Inspector, who examined complainant's face, here declared that there was no mark of any cut to be found, and that she had smeared some red com position over her face in order to produce the ensan guined appearance she presented. Complainant—Oh ! faith, but I've a witness, call Mary Donovan. Defendant—Don't call her for her, but call her for me, she's my witness. Mary Donovan was a long time before she made her appearance, and when she did it turned out she was no body's witness, for on being called on to give evidence she exclaimed— Shame on you to want me to swear, and me in the family way. I'll take no oath, and I never heard no words nor never see nothing. Mr. COMBE—You must go out and settle it. STEALING WEARING APPAREL.-- William Johnson and Frederick Pellatt, two young men, were placed at the bar, charged on suspicion of stealing certain articles of wearing apparel. Police-constable, 49 E, deposed that as he was on his beat on Sunday he saw the prisoner Johnson run into a house with a bundle under his arm. Suspecting all was not right, be followed him, and in reply to his in quiries the prisoner said the bundle belonged to a female residing in the house ; on his asking to see the female, he said it belonged to the other prisoner, who acknowledged the handkerchief to be his. On examining the bundle, it was found to contain various articles of female wearing apparel, which had been washed or rough dried. On each of the prisoners was found a hook used by thieves for de taching wearing apparel from lines. The prisoners had both been in prison before. Johnson stated that the articles belonged to Pellatt, who stated he bad pur chased them in Petticoat-lane. The prisoners were remanded, in order to give time o trace the property. UNION BALL. ROBBERRY AT MESSRS. BARCLAY THE BREWERS —Three men named Reece, 411agrath, and Jones were brought up yesterday before Mr. TRAIL, charged with robbing Messrs. Bartley, the brewers, of 13 gal lons of porter. From the evidence addved it appeared that the three prisoners were in the service of Messrs. Barclay, one as engineer and the other two as stokers, and that on the night. of Saturday between twelve and one o'clock, they were discovered by Keys and Ballard, two of the late officers of Bow-street, who had been placed to watch in consequence of Messrs. Barclay dis covering that they had been robbed to a great extent. Ballard stated that at the time in question be saw the three prisoners enter the cellar, No. 9, in which he, together with Keys, and a man named Mountain, had hid themselves. The prisoner Magrath took out the bung of one of the butts, put in a pump, by which he filled some cans and bottles, holding nearly 13 gallons ; after this had been done, Ballard and the others came from their hiding places, and after some little struggling, succeeded in taking the prisoners into custody. Mr. HumemuEs appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. CLARKSON, the Barrister, attended for the prison ers, all of whom have been several years in the service of Messrs Barclay. Two gentlemen also attended from Messrs. Barclay s. The prisoners were remanded till to-morrow, in order to obtain further evidence. [ independent of the bursting of boilers defective / machinery, and the negligence of the aptain or engineer, a number of vessels has been lost by another cause, which hitherto it has been found difficult to guard against—collision,' and particu larly in rivers. In 1825 a collision took place in the Clyde between the Comot and Ayr, by which 62 persons were killed or drowned. In the year 1837 the Royal William, during the night, r ran foul of the Tagus in the river, and, but for the former vessel being constructed with water-tight compartments, she must have gone to the bottom, probably with all on board. The Apollo was run clown by the Monarch, and sunk in the Thames in 1837 for want of proper lights. These are merely instances of cons•antly recurring accidents of a similar nature, by which many costly steamers, and also sailing vessels, have been sunk or destroyed. The following is a very simple plan for preventing these collisions during fogs : . A distinguishing sound should be provided on board steam-vessels, as an alarm, to notice their proximity to 'other vessels at night, on occasions, but more particu larly during fo-s or thick weather, when lights can only be sec ; on a very near approach. The want of. such rJgulation is alluded to by several of our corres pondents, and a means is also suggested for accomplish ing the end. Sailing vessels are generally provided with some instrument for making a noise, to Which re sort is had when circumstances require it—viz., bells, horns, gongs, &c. A steam-vessel carries with it an agent . more powerful than any of these contrivances,..,_ and one which could not fail in riotifyini , its approa c h, di st i nct i vely from every class of l ' vessel, and from a much greater, dis tance than belle, &c.—a circumstance of no slight consequence, when the greater velocity of a steamer is considered. The steam-whistle in common use at tached to locomotive engines, if applied to the boiler of a steam-vessel, would completely fulfil the desired end. ,All that is.- requi re d i s a sma ll p i pe opening into the steam chest, and brought .;up on deck, with the wliistle on the top of it, in a convenient position to be used when the commander may order it. By simply turning the "handle ot a cock, a prolonged sound is pro duer.d, or a Succession of soundS, on opening and shut- . ting the cock'at short intervals. The sound from the whistle of a locomotive engine has frequently been heard more than two miles. We have made particular inquiries as to the degree of sound producible with low, pressure compared with high-pressure steam, and learn tliat this vvhistle may be constructed so as to be equally' as effective with the one as with the other. The list furnished to the Commissioners con tained two instances of steamers sunk in the river in:fogs in 1836, namely, the Rob Roy and Red Rover ; and the digest furnished by the Waterman's Company exhibits a total of 71 accidents in the Thames during three years only. " Nearly' the whole of the passengers," states the Report, " and no inconsiderable 'portion of the mer diandise, coasting traffic of the British isles, is carried on kbY steam-vessels; the rapidly increasing number of which will presently be' shown. It is impossible to de termine, in the, absence .of official, record, whether the number of accidents has increased in a greater ratio than that of the steamer s ; b u t our schedule ex hibi ts an anntial increase of 'disasters, and shows that nearly the half of them has occurred within,the last three years ;- and' that from the beginning of 1838 to the present time,,aperiod of -fifteen tiontias only, no•fewer than 22 accidents have happened. They consist of -11 wrecks, founderings, or immi nent peril ... 8 explosions ... 117 liycs lost. -firdiito, and mank, - lions injurcll4 collisions pet 1 fire ••• ••, ;:•••. • i ;Li* ' 22 - 137 In . addition t 6 the amount of, human life. sacrificed; 688 animals were' throWn oveiboard, or sealded to death. • Seven of the; vessels were totally lost, four of which are traced to have had defective boilers or engines ; and others had to undergo costly repairs. SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS. The priMary causes of nearly all the accidents which occur to life and property on board steam-vessels may be classed as follows : OP WRECKS FOUNDERING, OR . IMMINENT PERIL 01? THE SAME. Causes. Defectiveness of hull ; intoxication } of captain and mate ... othsav Castle. Ditto of bull, boilers, and engines... Northern Yacht. Ditto of boiler, cables, and anchors Forfarshire. Ditto of boilers, cables, and sails... Ardincaple. Dit to of boilers and crankness ... Aurora. Ditto of boilers, engine, or vessel... Erin. Ditto of boiler or engine, and sails . Killarney. Ditto of hull, cables, engine, and Abbey. boiler ••• Instances. OF EXPLOSIONS. Ignorance, carelessness, recklessness, and drunken ness of engine-men. Bad construction or insufficiency of safety-valves. Inattention to, or want of, proper apparatus to de note the level of water and pressure of steam in the boilers. Malformation of boilers to sustain pressure. Working old boilers too long, and at too great pres sure. Bad materials and bad workmanship of boilers. OF FIRES. Carelessness and want of cleanliness. Bad construction of coal receptacles. Stowing coals on the boilers and against the uncle. fended sides of the vessel. Placing boilers too hear the decks and sides of the vessel. Defective state of the boilers. Want of fire-extinguishing apparatus. OF COLLISIONS. Want of an universal code of night signals. NVant Gf a defined and compulsory " rule of the road." Racing. Carelessness, or neglect of look-out. The principal measures of prevention recom mended by the Commissioners are a national system of registration, periodical surveys of the vessels and machinery, and the granting or withholding certifi cates of sea-worthiness, and of the sight to ply with passengers. Much useful information on these subjects was communicated by Mr. C. W. Williams, Managing Director to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company ; and few men of the present day, if any, are so competent to give instruction on the subject. This gentleman may be said to have created a new era in the history of steam navigation. The first steam-vessel ever intended for the convey ance of merchandise across the Irish Channel, and to ply during winter, was started by this Company, and chiefly through his exertions and enterprise. The Comp an y was f orme d. in 1824, when th e y commenced trade with one vessel between Liverpool and Dublin. They have now a fleet of twenty-oile sea-going steamers, amounting to neatly 9,500 tons gross measurement, propelled by engines of 5,550 aggregate horse-power ; they have also several river steam-vessels on the Upper and Lower Shannon. Independent of these, there are the three giant Transatlantic vessels, passing regularly between England anti America—the Great Western, the Liverpool, and the British Queen, the principal dimensions of which are thus given by Mr. Shaw, with additions by Messrs. Curling and Young, and Messrs. Maudslay and Field—probably the most correct description of them yet published, together with the dimensions of two other large steamers, the President at.d the United Kingdom, destined for the same traffic : Dimensions. Great Western !Liverpool British Queen Presi dent -cs g .21-z •6. be -9' Years. China. All other Total. places. 3 ... •.. 7,598 1,810 9,408 4 ... ••• 10.216 1. 7n11 10 non 1832-33 7,598 1833 34 10,216 1834-35 ... . 9,455 1835-36 ... ... I 13,094 1836-37 ... ... 10,393 1837-38 ... ... 16,297 Total 67,083 1,810 9,408 1,790 12,096 1,530 10,995 1,757 14,851 2,213 12,606 3,303 19,600 12,303 I 74,446 It appears from this table, that of an aggregate of 79,446 chests actually despatched from Calcutta in six years, 67,083 chests were exported to China direct. The correctness of this statement will bQ borne out by the records of the Government Custom-house through which the vessels laden with opium were cleared ex pressly for China, and it cannot, therefore, be asserted either that Government were not perfectly aware of the existence of the opium trade with China, or that they did not in fact look to that direct thetradeast this principal source source of consumption. It is important that should be borne especially in mind with reference to the prayer of this memorial. 3. Neither should it be forgotten that the opium trade has been distinctly recognized by the Governmentt of - Great Britain and by the Imperial Parliament that the net profits of this trade have yield e d to the Ircliaari Government an enormous rev enue, varying 'from 1,000,000/. to 2,000,000/. sterling per annum, and that by this revenue, in f act, h ave the proprietors of East India Stock been hitherto enabled to receive the I very high dividend guaranteed by Parliament in the new charter, 3 and 4 William IV., chap. 85. Extreme length...feet ' 236 Breadth within the paddle-boxes.... feet 35 4in Total tonnage.....tons 1321 Power of engines... 5 horses 40 Total weight of coals, 20day's ton 600 consumption. s Total weight of cargo ...... .. Draught of wa- }ton , 250 ter with the feet 16 above weight of store...—. 3010 in 1140 k 468 16 6 in 16 7 ittl The Commissioners, after minute and loll(' in quiry, an d i n accor d ance w i t h the general long of the communications made to them by men of science and experience, come to the conclusion that without a trust-worthy and compulsory survey no great change for the better can be expected. So far back as 1831, some legislative enactment, was recommended by a Committee of the House of Commons, yet the system has been allowed to continue, and from that period not fewer than 500 40 2016 41 1840 36 6in 1400 lives, independent of property, Lye been sacrificed. Another Session has passed over, and for six or eight months longer the Safety of the public is left to the mercy- of those who have, from negli gence and cupidity, caused such a loss of human life, The following is the outline of legislative regu lations lecommended by the Cotrnrii!sioners :- 1. That a Board.ba appointed, in Connexion with and under the President of he Board of Trade, whose business it shall be to register and ciasify all vessels navigated by steam, built, or building ; the register to recard de tailed specifications of hull and machinery ; periodica: surveys to be made upon them, and particulars of all dis,sfers and accidents which happen to or may be oc casioned by stelm-vessels. _.. 2. That the Surveyors of hull and machinery be paid for their surveys by the owners of the vessels, according to a fixed scale, as is the practice for Lloyd's register ; that they s1)311 forward their reports to the Board, which, in the event of the owner:or owners objecting to the repairs required, in order to entitle the vessel to a passenger license, shall (if the objection regard the hull) call in one or two of the principal shipbuilderS of the port or district, unconnected with the work of such repairs, to 's.urvey the vessel, in conjunction with the official Surveyor, and report specially thereon. 3. License to express whether it be granted for cargo o aly ; for towing-vessels ; for the conveyance of passen gers; or for these purposes combined ; also whether be vessel be intended to ply as a river or sea-going steamer. 4. That the Surveyor shall ascertain that the safety valves be sufficient to pass all the steam which the boiler.; can generate in their tirdinary state of work, at the pressure determined by the weight on the valves-; the maximum of which pressuie shall.he fix'ed-1r.7 the maker of the engines, or boilers, and the valves be loaded accordingly. 5. That, after an assigned period, no, passenger license. be granted to' any. -.vessel having safety-valves whose spindles or levers are exposed on deck, or capable of being loaded externally, unless satisfactorily_protected. Penalty on engineers, masters, or others, .for loading valves beyond the weight ascertained by the Surveyor, and regulated as above. 6: That in all new steamers, and, after an assigned period, in all steamers now afloat, glass water-gauges, and mercurial pressure-gauges, shall be' requited to be fitted,to the boilers ; to entitle the vessels: to a license to ply with passengers. 7., That, in the event of the ,Surveyor having in formation that any .boiler detfriorated in strength, or unsafe at its working presSiare, in the interval of his periodical surveys, he shall be enapOWeiea by'theßoard, on his representation, to examine it ;. and in the . event of the boiler proving faulty, the Board shall suspend the passenger license, until satisfied of the safety of such boiler. 8. That no steam-vessel be permitted to ply which is not furnished with a binacle and compass, in good order. 9.. That, after an assigned period, no sea-goieg steam vessel which carries Coals on the tops, 9r about the sides of the: boilers shall' he erititled to a passenger license, unless the boilers be protected by dshel of meta!, or other sullicient security, DI • All riVersteathers•to carry :one effective boat— coasting and Channel steamers two or three boats, as cording.to their size—,and ocean, steam-ships four boats, as a minimum. 11. Allsiearners to be provided'yvith sufficient. hoses to convey water to any part of the. vessel, with a ser viceable outfit•of water-buckets - 4' and a moveable fire engine to be carried in ail coasting, .011w - 11 - L..1, 'and ocean going steamers. In order to - diminish the frequency' and . danger' Of collisions, and being convinced +of, the riecesSity for es tablishing a definite _'° rule ;Of the road,". aad an uniform system of signals;i,fer : the government.of steam-vessels, ' we should nave intraticed -Into the foregoing outline, dis tinct provisions . on The 'subject, had it riot been-that a measure of this kindhadteen advised in the Report of the' Commissioners nppainted 'to - inquire into the Laws and • Regulations relating. to the Pilotage of the United ,Kingdom, to be incorporated in a new Pilot Act. Re ferring, however, to- tile tenor of our instructions as to • the. nature of the accidents in steam . vessels," and to " the . means of preventing- them," and onra review of the valuable information supplied to us on this head, we cannot avoid recommending the adoption of a system which has for so many years been found practically effi cient, against which no objections have hitherto been urged, and which has met the concurrence of so numer ous a body of steam-navigators. The system we ad vise is— 1. As - to the " rule of the road ;" that steam-vessels approaching and assing each other should starboard 'their helms, with the view of keeping on the starboard iitin of each ether, respctively, as far as practicable. - 2. As to night-s!gnals.—The want of an uniform and sufficient system of lights has been so fruitful a source of collision and injury, we recommend a system similar to that now practised by a numerous class of commanders of private steamers, and which has • been substan tively approved of and adopted by the comman ders of her Majesty s steam packets at Liverpool,— viz., that in all sea-going steam vessels there be " a white light • attached at the foremost head, visible in clear weather from eight to ten' miles ; a white light attached to the fore part of the starboard paddle•box, which can be seen six miles in clear wea ther ; and a third light, which is red, attached to the fore part of the larboard paddle-box, visible about three miles. The three lights can only be seen at one and the same time when right ahead, or nearly so ; in any other position, before the beam, two only are visible, and their colours define the position of the vessel." 3. That the obligation to carry some powerful steam whistle, bell, or gong, be part of the proposed law, as reg%lrcl3 steam-vessels ; also that their rate through the water be defined, during fog, and thick weather, in crowded waters, whether plying by day or night. It is also obvious that some regulations are essential to determine the nature and enforce the carrying of lights in river -steamers, sailing-vessels, and vessels at anchor. OPIUM TRADE WITH CHINA. PETITION TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL: To the Right Honourable the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. The humble prayer of the undersigned British Mer chants, resident at Calcutta, in the East Indies, Showetb,—l. That your petitioners have been en gaged, or otherwise interested iu the opium trade between Calcutta and China, and that the British Go vernment of Bengal are the sole producers of opium for that trade throughout its dependencies, and have for years been the parties most deeply interested in encou raging it. That the opium trade, although always known to be prohibited by the Chinese Government, was eagerly sought after by the Chinese people, and has been fostered - into its recent magnitude by every means that ingenuity could devise on the part of the British Government of India, who are the sole producers and the manufacturers of Bebar and Benares opium, who have consulted on every oc casion the wants and wishes of Chinese consumers, who afforded compensation when the opium, on reaching China, was found by the Chinese to be inferior to the standard guaranteed by the State, and who even on occasions made direct consignments to agents in China, that they might practically learn whether consignments packed in new forms would be acceptable to the peo ple of that empire. In one case the opium was not approved, and did not sell for the amount expected, which led to a draught being drawn for a balance on the East India Company, which draught was duly ho noured and paid. 2. The extent to which the trade bad been carried on will he understood from the undermentioned ex tract from the Custom-house books of Calcutta, where the proportion of opiUm shipped to China direct, and that sent to all other places whatever, is separately specified. 6. We trust, therefore, that we have some rieht to expect at the hands of your Lordships the fullest consi-* deration of the n•assnt claims preferred on the present . occasions, proceeding-in China are so fully before •your Lordships frem.otheasources, that. it is unnecessary to enter into detail here, beyond the most brief summary. Suffice it therefore to say, that in order to save the lives and property of all Europeans residing at Canton, then placed in imminent peril by the outrageous proceedings of a Commissioner, armed,. as . he himself statesewith ir responsible power, her Majesty's superintendent in China purchased on behalf of her Britannic Mejestte the whole of the opium then on laiard the sevisral receiving ships nuti s otherels moored at the :several e oate'r an eimrages of Hang Kong, Lintin, & c ., or that had pro- ceededl to' more 'distant stations up the 'eoast. ()pions her' M.,:j'egty's Superintendent 'subsequently "de livered to the 44ittese -Gov eremeht, and the trade of . Canton has since been reopened and all foreigners.ra leased from peril, we believe, but solely upon the sseri fiee of •so• large a- property ptirchased from the holders for her Majesty's service.. 8. It will bg obvious to Sour Right _Hon. Lordships, that this measure, though arising from momentous necessity, and as the only means of saving-Britilt inhabitant s in China from a .repetaionsof rapine and massacre similar to the horrors of Amhbytia, Japan, Calcutte;arel lins been productive.of serious injury and /nes ;to tal,whose property has thus been dilivered to tike:.Phi- • nese Government ; and although we may rely. with -the most entire confidence on the honour and responsibility of her Majesty'e GOvernMent: to unreservedly recognize the act of her Majesty's Superintendent, yet we must! b e pardoned for .expressi og our earnest anxiety. sfor the earliest settlement that the Leances of Government will afford ; .and, should circumstances unfortunately render immediate peiva.ent impracticable, we trust that no delay may occur in tire. ackuo w l e d gment of these claims, and that sum's specific dates may be assigned, by public proclamation through the London Gazette, at which the instalments may be severally paid. 9. As the means of most readily•meeting the wants of your petitioners, we would beg most respectfully to point oat that the ellannela through which these claims may be most conveuiently liquidated rvesuldiaagtestrea sury of the - East India Compsny at Calcutta:: An ar rangement that should repay the amount. of the,.e.clairns in Ca.leutta,leaving the adjustmentin England to be made T. between the ,East India Company and her Mejesty's Government, must, we would suggest, be of manifest advantage to all parties, since it would materially assist in remitting a portion of the amount anuually required for the expe nses o f th e h ome Government. • But even„/ if otherwise, should such immediate payment on the 1 part of her Majesty's Government be inconvenient, we most respectfully submit that the East' India Com pany should still be required to pay our demandis at once, which we contend would in fact be merely the refund of certain revenues virtually advanced of.kte years to Government by individuals, on the faith of their existing relations with Chi na , and On the delive r y I of the opium to parties for shipment, but which opium has sieee been purchas e d b y h er M a j esty ' s Supsrinten- I dent on behalf of her Majesty and delivered to the cti 112S0 Goveroment. May we not also urge that in Use total subversion of those relations the holders have be come as between her Majesty and the East India Company a mere intermediate party, upon whom the loss should not be allowed to fall, fur having conveyed tlx opium to China, upon which so large a profit has been actually real:zed by the BCngal Government. 10. We trust that the equity of this proposition will be readily admitted by' your Right Hon. Lord the of peace or war or th e ships, and,'however future relations with China may be determined, that the settlement of the claims herein preferred, based as they are on the acknowledged good f a ith an d h onour of the British nation, may be effected at the earliest possible date. 11. We. should not here omit to state, that while the profits of opium shippers have seldom exceeded from 5 to 15 per cent. on the Government sale price, those of the opium manufacturers, viz., the British Government of India, have usually varied from 200 up to the enormous amount of 500 per cent. on the cost of manufacture. 12. We trust, therefore, that Her Majesty's Govern ment will be graciously pleased to direct either that the amount of those respective claims be paid Jhrough the East India's Company's treasury at Calcutta, at such rate per chest as may be resolved on by Government, or that the Hon. East India Company be directed to refund the amount paid to Government at Calcutta for every ehest of opium brought forward at auction in the years 1837, 1838, and 1839, that may have been deli vered up to her Majesty's Superintendent, in Chime, to gether with interest on the same at the rate of five per cent. per annum from the date on which the cost of each chest was paid into the Gevcrnment treasury at Calcutta, besides all charges of shipping, and transport to Canton. And your Memorialists will ever pray. THE NEw PUBLICATIONs.—Mr. Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty, New Btu.ling ton-street, has just published the following New Works, which can now be obtained of all Booksellers, and at the various Libraries :—L 'rhe concluding vo lumes of the Memoi rs o f Ch ar l es M at h ews. B y Mrs. Mathews. (Vols. lIL and IV.) with numerous illus trations.—ll. The. Duke, a Story of the Present Day, By Mrs. Grey, 3 vols.—lll. Ireland ; Social, Political, and Religious. 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"01 a complication of disorders," replied his friend. " Hots do von describe a complication, my good Sir ?" "He died," rejoined the other, " of two physicians, an apotho carv, and a surgeon." DUKE OF'' 0 gLIANS.—The coininunicationz we have niceivcd to-day from our Toulon correspondent lead us to infer that the stay of the Duke of Orleans in Africa is likely to be extremely short. The steamer Phare, with his Royal Highness on board, left Port Mahon on the 21st for Oran, whence it v:as expected the Prince would return almost immediately to Toulon ; his carriages had alread y arrived at the latter place, and the Prince himself, it was believed, would land there about the 27th. The short stay which the Duke of . Orleans intend s t o male in Algiers, makes it extremely improbable that any im portant military expedition 15 `...=.S , Ut to be u n d erta k en in that part of the world.—Evening Paper. 4. The sale of opium in China has always been con traband, but it was a contraband trade which, like that in Chinese crape, or French lace, er tobacco, in Great Britain, or in British piece goods at Hamburgh, during the war, has flourished through the connivance of - Go vernment officers, While the edicts of the Emperor proved as unavailing in China as the celebrated &din decrees of •Napoleon on the continent of Ettropc. Iu fact, by prohibiting the trade, the Chinese Governmrnt have lost a certain customs revenue, Which has bern‘in, consequence transferred to the pockets of - Chin, se smugglers and mandarins, or, as has generally been sup posed, that Government may have knowingly allowed the extortions of th ese man d ar i ns, as -a means of eco nomizing in the. salaries of these funLienarica, whom they are but too glad to have an excuse ler po.yng inadequately. 5. The export of sycee silver, is also contra in China, and as bullion was always received ;n reuaent for opium, it is to this fact that the recent violen ceedings of that Government may be chiefly attribeted. The export of silver, by the law of China, is death. Like other _half civilized nations, which understand not the principles of political economy, the Chinese consider the export of bullion as injurious to their weP-be'ree and tl.o ider edicts against the " leakage of sycee".erni "the T noz;ng out of dollars," as Clough such exports were de- - Welly a loss to the St_ ti. It is necessary to , y but little in proof of this fallacy. China possesses silver mins of immense value, but I,vhich ere worked only to a limited cxtent, and the circulation of whose products the Government would fain restrict cxduively to the impe rial domains. These mines are exhirustlese, save in the fear of their Government, vrhose proceedings in prohibiting the exporteof , bullion are truly lamentable. As reason tilde would •it 66 ihr the BritiSh Government to prohibit railroads and steam vaMe - becaus-: the one Might exhauSt the iron, the other the coal mines, of Great Britain. The export of opium from ledia, which has thus defeated the restrictive policy of the Chinese Government, and which has - caused the .mines of that empire to be wrought far more cetensively than would otherwise have been the case, in order to replace--the vacuum in circulation created by continued export of sycee from Cnina, has thus been of esseeti ti benefit to commerce ; for it has drawn forth the resources of the most fertile and poperleus empire in the world, and the 'bullion thus hroirght- back is exehinge for opium has • covered vast traetseof British India with smiling fields and a flourishing population-; ,itebaa enortneftly ex tended the import of British manufactures thkughout Hindoostan ; has increased - largely the shipping and general commerce of these seas ; has brought into the British Indian Treasury,a revenue exceeding the land revenue of an entire Pesideacy—that of Bombay ; . and has thus paid in Loudon the dividends of the proprietors - of India Stock, amounting to 630,00 G/. per annum, if not indeed the whole •suiphss of 2,000,000/. sterling, required for the expenses of the Bonze Government of India. i ABINET UPHOLSTERY and BED- S DING, at th e C ABINET-MAKERS' TRADING "t O CIETY, 71, LEADE NHALL- STREET, enrolled agree. ably to Act of Parliament ; being the Manufacturers in all its b ranches. The system upon which this is conducted precludes the pos sibility of competition for cheapness, quality, and durability, as no hou se i n L ondon can manufacture at their prices. The Society wishes it to be thoroughly understood that they do not receive hawked goods for sale, like the baracers and haber dashers, but they make every article themselves, which enables t hey': confidently to warrant their goods of the best materials, ..,,a if any fault appears within twelve months, it will be made good free of charge. A trial is earnestly solicited of those about to furnish, as the only criterion by which the merits and de cided advantage of purchasing at this establishmen can be fairlo estimated. The funds of this Society provide for the members in sick ness, old age, and burial ; they therefore sincerely hope that their humble endeavours will meet with public patronage. 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