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From the Brargwickharf, B lackwall SaSundaysincluded) at Ten NE leven Twelve, , Three, Four , Six, and Half-past Seven At Seven, Half- From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, past Nile, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Seven, and Eight. • On Sundays at Five instead of Two. hre—Fore Cabin and decent-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and • First-class Carriage, Ninepence. Star °Mee, Gravesend, July 10, 1844. F suspec ted por ts silo; .?3, tonn age, ether emptl eel sting' 'particulars e House be Members at Twelve, .'>=.;'.~"~Yr.V.:;a:~wdtd=:*,o2CL:.:S,R*!.l"3S-i'~-J':: .id~y~~iri:7*~£7lt. No. 16,212. LONDON, THURSDAY 4 " ' N G 8 ij Ny UG UST I I 16440 PRICE 5c4 PANT• Proprietor s go. 3, Nell ; ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COM PANY. EXTENSION STOCK, No. 1. 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By order of the Board, THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at :FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNO-01T-TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST; containing 'PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. stated that etings Pro• e Directors ers, not for t merely to en made Jr! Comps* sferred t o December ig that the y were of $ ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.' 111 HE NEW COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior STEAM-SHIPS leave London-bridge Wharf (weather permitting), for— RITI S I 3 INSTITUTION, PAL i.-MALL. 110 The GALLERY, with a SELECTION of PICTURE.; by ANCIENT MASTERS and DECEASED BRITISH ARTISTS, is OPEN Daily.—Admisslon Is. Catalogue Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. GRAVESEND, SOUTHEND, and SHEERNESS—Every morning at Half-past Nine, RAMSGATE—Every morning, at Half-past Nine. BOULOGNE—Every Sunday,. Tuesday, and Friday, according to tide. AL ek p T T , 4.4 t EC E i s N E l x e rE I n i S E T N I T T UTION • Offices, 17, Fish-street-hill, 12, "Water-lane, and Chaplin's Universal Office, Regent-circus. In consequence of the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION off BRIGH TON, the Directors of the ROYAL POLYTECHIC INSTITUTION yield to the generally expressed wish that Dr. RYAN should adapt one of his Lectures to .the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. This Lecture, illustrated by interesting Experiments, so far as they can be shown with perfect safety, rill be delivered daily at Four o'clock, except on Mondays and Saturdays, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. On Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock, Dr. POTT'S PNEUMA TIC MODE of forming SUBMARINE FOUNDATIONS in DEEP WATER, with various interesting Experiments. Professor BACH HOFFNER'S Lectures, and ail the other subjects of interest in the Institution. A. 'BULKELEY, Secretary. oftrees, Shoreditch Station, July 29, 1844. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last animal investigation, to declare a second Bonus, averag ing 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on th e Profit scale. Admissfpn, Is.; Schools, Half-price, EXAMPLES. TO the NOBILITY or GENTRY, wishing to Travel in Italy, Germany, or Switzerland.—An Italian Gentleman, Professor of Languages in Germany, seeks a SITUATION as SECRETARY, TUTOR, or GUIDE to a respectable family, wishing to Travel on the Continent. He can produce testimonials of the first respectability. All information can be had ov applying to Messrs. Allison, 49, Wardour-street, Soho. A Bonus Bonus in 4 added. Cash. U» .m .: ',; , 4K =2.- `;'464", Premium. tiPLENDID NEW Fotift-iluitSE wire COACH TO EDINBURGH. EMAG N E T :1, LEAVES the QUEEN'S HEAD INN, NEWCASTLE every ng at Ten o'Clock precisely (Saturday nights excepted), after • lof the Trains from London, Birmingham, Derby, Liverpool, the Z.°▪ Eircliester, Leeds, York, &c., mid proceeds direct to Edinburgh, via Alnwick, Belford, Berwick, Dunbar, Haddington, &c. atThe Magnet arrives in Edinbugh in time for the train to Glasgow, r em ie veu, A.m., and the Saxe Cobourgh Coach at the same hour, for ba ne n ,',!, undee, Dunkeld, Blair, AthoJ, Kenmore (Lord Breadal o, Inverness, and all parts of the North Highlands. is splendid Coach travels at Mail speed, and driven by First- Coachmen, who have been selected for the purpose. T he Ajagnet leaves the Black Bull Hotel, and White Horse Coach t 12, Princess-street, Edinburgh, at Four o'Clock in the Af ,;",, • coon, and an in Newcastle in time for refreshment, and to (7.‘ - 'eeeti to London, &c., by the Six o'Clock Morning Train from ta , The Magnet Coach leaves Newcastle on Sunday Evenings, T he ' 4 2Tarli on Saturdays. Ecli n b„,tYYAL MAIL, from the Queen's Head Inn, Newcastle, to seats `..z l , every Morning at Eleven o'Clock, by the same route. ` . .octlred at any time. Fares to Edinburgh same as the Coaches. W. ARCHBOLD and CO., Proprietors. IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. p uns , 7:A• consideTable saving can be effected in the purchase o! oill.!!,Ing Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON t 4 -square, where may be _, 58 , Raker-street, Portman th e 'tin the Most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in Wa r „,.. 0 ° ,71 , consisting of kitchen cooking utensils , German silver iron .LT,_ a 'ringoom stoves, shower and vapour baths, ornamental beat garden implements, japanned water cans and toilette pails, 'bein nefileld plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, al wirework, flower stands, table cutlery, Re. Every article ,u 4 rked in pl a i n fi gures , a t th e l owes t poss ib le price, will fully sinthilPurchas: re at this establishment of the great advantage re- Of th e g „ °in Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant every article THO R .,7 best manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per cent.— FALLOWS, and Co., 58, Baker-street, Portman-square. ""eral allowance to merchants and captains. SOILE D TABLE-CLOTHS and LINENS, at Th r ,, EXTRAORDINARY PRICES. T..- Yards long real damask table-cloths, each• £o 5 0 Yyaards square damask, ea,th• •••• • • • " ••••• • • • • • 0 0 15 2 0 0 Yards long, splendid damask, each .. •r"Patfis, Per dozen ••• • • • 0 2 6 b.?„111-square rich damask, for table use, the dozen 0 7 6 J.lnens, a little soiled, 26 yards for • • . . A . ;.,' o s finest Colraine, worth Is. Pd., if clean, 26 yards for 1 5 0 Pair, t t i l t 1,00 0 single pairs of linen sheets, from 4s. 6d. to 15s. the ose at 15. being three yards wide and seven yards long. the Thos Goods are manßeverae's Samples shown to the Trade early in begi n Vog, and which are nually sold to Brooks and Co.at th e e tittegte,ing of July. Many ladies who purchased last year having raa the 10 4 Portions to be laid aside, are requested . to call and select, 110 0 ?'s Year are mostly of the finest description . . Sar t , and CO , 136, High-street, Borough, facing Union-street. e art, tra of these goods will be sent to any part of town by horse and if write to, or forwarded into the country. tdIP L YALE N T.—Persons havin g a little time 1.01 1 , 1 „, to Spare are apprised that Agents continue to he appointed in er th e sale and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, o,fritesale of thir celebrated' teas. l'he t . es ' ll.o . 3 , e Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. Poun d •' are Packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a ,'_ Wi fh the pri ce and w e ight marked on each packet, and but ioniarn,rouble is occasioned by the sale. The licens- is only Ils. per 114 erabl Many during the without`nineten years have realised con- ,e Incomes by the agency one shilling let or loss. -IPPlication to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. lIR'LnELY FETE AT THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MANSE IE LD'S. C EN-WOOD. ]REN.'T AMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke- s t ree t, the 4- Q„., LtND Southwark, and 208, Piccadilly, wh o h a d t h e h onour to erect to '..ID MARQUEE on the occasion of the magnificent E . n zoiii,fl,naerif given by his L or d s hi p t o t h e R oyal Fam i ly and principal of h < y, and has been honoured at different times with the commands Duel'rs taiesty---her Majesty the Queen Dowager—the D u k e an d th e °f Ruceleuch—the Lord Glenlyon—the Marquis Breadalbane k on _ . Du of D evonshire—the Duke and Duchess of Somerset—the W e i ln Q 's and Marchioness of Westminster—his Grace the Duke of l'e rnbr igl"— , the Right Hon Sir Robert and Lady Peel—the Countess n„°.e---the Baroness Rothschild ;—who erected the . Marquees Duke"'„Tr!ted the Fitzwilliam Museum at the Installation ofthe for -N orthumberland, and has been engaged on other occasions . ce tit ;2an , Y distinguished nobility and gentry, respectfully solicits a d es( g e ctue e of their patronage, which it will still be his pride to fulOrders, Edgin g No. 2, Duke-street, Southwark, addressed in SILVER . PLATED DISH COVERS. 1-1• SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing kitk r l 4, sei,l,l,3ernrrrtnghs, 14, Corn l i, o la n t d e on nlo o m irs m ite a tyhT7alitaenrnits of fro m VITA in C(WERS, of Sheffield " Manufacture, tfen to Twenty Guineas the set, Double Dome Pattern. The Melon Pattern. meted Di s h Size. sd. Size . .a. a. ~over Slip. 5 I Dish Cover 90 in. 5 17 0 Dis h Cover, 18 in. 4 13 Plated 7 6 1 Dish Cover, , l6 in. 4 14 0 Dish Covers, 16 in. 5 12 6 2 Dish Covers, 14 in. 6 6 6 Per get .. . . ... 15 13 ) The above hay .. e .. silver handles ler rograving the crest or coat of „ A. Price Current,. illustrated b) nationinfo relative to the pureha testbe on application, or win i age. In answer to a paid letter Per set land mountings, and silver shields arms. Drwings, and containing every e of Silver or Sheffield Plate, nay e sent into the country, fre' of SNO PUFE'/sTIOR imp osr rios ------- 7 . •----,..--._ PENCE R LI9UID 'S CELEBRAT ED CHINESE HI The thousands o f individuals wh AR DY E. o have had the pleasure of using Spencer's Chinese Liquid Hai- Dye, pronounce it to be the only Dye extant which will effectzally change, in a few minutes, red or grey hair to a dark brown or black, and it can be proved incontestibly that it is the safest dye in its use that ever Iv s prepared. Red or Y hair, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, c.,k d ae changed without trouble, by simply using a comb we' ted with te liquid ; 0 le aPPlica tion will produce a pleasing and a permanent change The colour it imparts to the hair can never be discovered to have been e fected by dye, it being so perfectly natural, and n ither washing, Per spiration, or anything will in the least lade r affect the colour pro duced. Huedreds of ladies who wore false hair, because their own became grey, wear. flaw their own. Also, thousands of gentlemen Who had grey or red whiskers, , hich was a great disfigurement, h,ry_e . become quite dark from the use of iPENCER'S CHINESE hair QUID HAIR DYE. Any lady or gentleman may dye their _ With ease and secresy in a few minutes. Price 3s. 6d ., 6&, and Ns Per bottle. robe had of the sole propr'etors 29, Nottingham -place, l!treet, Whitechapel ro•d, London; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn Fieldgate f.4ill; Butier, 4, Ch - ea a side; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Ox. t s treet Barclay, qSP, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, a 4, Old Bond.r ell an;":eet Edivards 6 7 '. St. Paul'. Churchyard ; Connell, .... . gin' ro e , - Kennah' B' th rs 10 Westmoreland.buildingsAamldbeersgwate-t -t Hastings ; and of most t.. 2:; rnni, no, Milsom-street, Bath; Elmore 31, BulLstree , en„lnam ; Shirley, 40, George-street, , aii -4 "ners and Medicine Vendors zn o u s ti t t p ry . . i d . Sen t to le st of the kingdom, by sending liberal allowance for suoper. a 1 roe; 'Town t t a a n n d c eC, Country. It e ,: e Te te ask fur Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye. tati„,.'"Ults and Captains will receive a , m at,ol observe that the Pi oprietor s address is on the wrapper Ju't Intla%shed HEALTH AND STRENGTH. 'ice 2,. 6d , an T d wenty.seventh Edition,a Seated Envelope, NUfxree Shillings. sent free, on receiving na Post-office order for It.GAINIC HEALTH ; a Comprehensive and rer<htvsiol,gical Treatise on a peculiar and delicate class al' ;„ L testr a ; omplaints, arising fr , m the decline of Manly Strength_ e.„ee-...don.ed„ g ai ety —excess -tropicil climate—late hou-s—intemper vr,,ATE4ol or infection Addressed to the NOBLEMAN . eLLiCAN — CLERGYMAN —PARENT —TV rort— TEA_ y G OQ ,,, and espec.ally t , the ANGLO-INDIAN. •-•, and coIM'ANY, Consulting Surgeons, 7, Lancaster hyoti Place, strand near Waterloo.bridge, London). Pl.4 t, Ss. A NA ; or the Physiology of Woman ; price 2s. 6d., by tr;tTh, hese TEMONIALS. co VfOtks ca n b e safe w recommended as well for the moral `u.lhors n , t anied, as for the extensive and s ' u^cessful result of the r : we a2l,rience." London Morning Journal. NVoltn e a,,ee„with the Editor of the London Morning Journal, and y p' Pilr. Goss's publication for general perusal...—Edinburgh ~eel aPer. joh, precepts contained in these works are interesting and T his ln burgh Pthe Publi aper. 4.,,Youthf ili ca top, whil e it neither spares the aged voluptuary, nor pia '."-.s; a'gow IPatrioto , ffers to both th e most i mportant advan ! N tori nt . ; thWeverks are properly called an analysis of certain corn ::::::i.ns,i, Written in a very peculiar style of moral adinuni- Nr erk v s tlb ry i s i n eo M m o b r ing Journal. ined with simplicity, and we recommend the t e ` t re ab ove gY. —ubliWeedy Journal. Pri e goh • Po rt er hc, had of Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, m e 25.' 6d . 72, Grafton-s' reet. Dublin • and of all Booksellers. Paii:ure. each' 72, a sealed envelope. ' Nil Ns i n th a May be consulte.l every day at their house ; and or /..00 rhe,..e.rein:,test part of the country c in be treated success ort,`',.! for a',;.lescribig minutely the case • and if enclosing a fee as th"e forw,7,, i ce, an answer will be immediately sent. Medicines tro t : te,ii e ..ed to any part of the world; no difficulty can occur, .7 (4) *er y Ite g Mil be securely packed, and carefully protected i , L ati atiot i . oti ke sa The: Lter.place, Strand, near Waterloo-bridge, London. em„..o`vrk will be forwarded by post, on teceiving a Post = r Three Shillings, or postage stamps to that amount. L4 .14 \ V7BON DEBILIT Y , NERVOUSNESS , ANI4 ALL • , dtDER S ARISING- FROM EXCESS He who in pleasure's downy arms . &c. Neer lost his health or veuthfu 'charms, ./4 4 . A hero li ves, and justly can Didaish„,, „Exclaim, in me behold a man I" ~_ 7, im a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 6 d., r.141 - 4, l ent by post, free, to any address, 35. 6d.. 54, 1 those ~„RESERVATION : a Popular Essay on Ike te 'toia -7hcealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses, kritiahei, 4 .,.., t '01l in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Pio: the' WQ all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which . sea,_ rla tions ~e a k, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical snej r "`. of 614' Marriage, and on the Anatomy . . Ph y . siol9gy; and Perfect n!.Reßroductive Organs, with plain Directions for 9. a_ ttv il•sceraton. I tath„eboo a s k uEL LA.MERT, Consulting Surgeon, it "et... -STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, --env, mein 1, 4 , 0 t h-, of th k- oer of the University of Edinburgh,. Honorary ....,, -*u b . ,t London Hospita 'Medical Society, Licentiate of b k .! ne e a ,„ -- ." nap, London &c. thr,l.t,rivih,,°4, Posi tions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the i 1.1.. 44 1.17 4 " th e 77. of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented Ilue tt !oth ers ..k.e. and frailties of early indiscretions . To m su a c n h, ' 0 ` 4 3 tri a i, 3 !..isay addresses itself ; and by its perusal evert e ~,Mes t ~,,,_,,..e satisfacunily adjusted that admit of ne appeal Sh i t ,w`e desrg:oderibal friend.' —StafFord Gazette. *wag'd,„ of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title, fi.,.,Y recommend the author and his book to all who are rliaL s'.. nervous debility and general weakness. A tl i, . 42 . Pii... ll Thell "—Wakefield ,it.--7risov.:--us Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 1, 1t ;i7 , lurt.-row ; Starie, 23, Tichborne-street, Quadrant, Regent • ' aord o Y and Co., 63, Oxford -street ; Noble, 111 , Chancery n, 141 i -, t hor ne , Lead enhalLstreet ; and by all Booksellers. 'erl , day till 'rhree, and from Five till Eight. j llt ~,t price 2s -43t 11tib4°VED FRipu lish„., , 6,4 B11111 fi I e N e (1H A !s‘f r a L se o a _l4 DON. led N velope) lit s- r , " Price :is. 13dy.,p0 C P hs li i, ttu„, ANT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on -ekt epp`an Frailty and Physical Decay, its cause; and the tii.engra.,lts of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated ' r etne,;, Is, with ob servations on Nlarriage, and directions for .o. of certain disqualifications. Iths_PU,blished by th eßY R. and L. PERRY and CO. teii7., O xfor,t Author; and sold at their Residence, 19, Berner!. kneton-str_lstreet ; also by Strang; 21, Paternoster row; Purkis, h. rdia„',!, Soho Noble. 109, Chancery-lane, Crocker, .). 2 . 7 ary l .-;. ; . tr and ; W ard, Strand (opposite Exeter-hall) ; Wil e, oxi.oxforti-strect we doors from Argyle-street); Phillips. 1,14..e3t, slirChAreet ; aidon, 14A, Leadenhall-st eet, fon 'on ; `. 0 . 11 e, ,_sull-stieet, Birmingham ; and by all Booksellers in k e .` t r;ie c 0 iigl i to try *l;o7ne cur. Al. BALM of SYRI A CUM is exclusively directed 4 I a'n,,,if ,"iervona and muscular debility, impuissance, Ae. lAs j , be z t t , l!y b e 1 .,: 4 Per bottle. Sold by all Med , cine Vendors, of "Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases ein.7ll It i5a1,16811.111. e 4,. fly, or qehiiis a!F:Y.e,ING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most eff;ec . tua e il atj:: l r t , :i ti l la. filernQboxondary symptoms in both sexes, price -s. 9d. ths,,Y. llteTl. if by let'er, I/ A minute detail of cases is ne- Nthkla_ reaktenrs. Perry are in dai Cy attendance, for Consultation, at till 1‘74 . 19, Berners-street, Oxford.street, London front 0 4 ,..,_ , and Five till Eight, and on Sund.sys from Ten til wvl.,Qll4tl visit only is nevenar7 t 9 effect apennantat our. . , `~~ to be c if. a vote o/ meeting - IT GO IWO Z s. d X s. d. s. d. IX s. d 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 1839 116 16 0 1 51 511 711 9 Z s. ds 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De. cember of the present year. This Institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIE OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Charles Hopkinson, Esq., Regent-street. Sir Thomas Phillips, Temple. Alfred Waddilove, D.C.L., Doctors' Commons. DIRECTORS. Edward Doubleday, Esq., 249, C. Richardson, Esq., 19, Bru. Great Surrey-street. ton-street, Berkeley-square. George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Thomas Stevenson,Esq.,F.S.A., Sloane street. 37, Upper Grosvenor-street. J. Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 80, I Robert Bentley Todd, M.D., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde.park. F. H.S., Parl i amen tst reet Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., Alfred Waddilove, D.C. L., 17, Wimpole.street. I Doctors' Commons. AUDITORS. John Pursord, Esq., 7, York. IJ. Stirling Taylor, Esq, terrace, Regent's-park. 14, Upper Gloucester-place, Joseph Radford, Esq., 27, I Dorset.square. Cambridge. terrace, Hyde- Martial L. Welch, Esq.. Wynd park. I ham.place Bryanston.square. STANDING Courssts,—John Shapter, Esq., Lincoln's Inn. B &NKE as—Messrs. C. Hopkin son and Co., Regent-street. SoLicyroßs—Messrs. Richardson and Smith, 2S, Golden-square, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL STATISTICS—WiIIiam Farr, Esq., General Register Office. ACTUARY—F. 0. P. Neison, Esq. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed tables, by which it can assure unsound lives on equitable terms. Similar tables enable the Society to grant ir•.creased annuities on unsound lives, the amount varying with the particular disease. Members of consumptive fami:ies assured at equitable rates. Healthy lives are assured on lower terns than at most ether offices. The first Life Assurance Society commenced business in 1705, and the principles of life contingencies, understood at that time to a very limited extent only, have repeatedly undergone important changes and improvements; but till the establishment of this So ciety in 1841 no attempt had ever been made to assure the lives of persons who suffer from disease. The science of statistics has only within a recent period been successfully applied to the duration and mortality of disease, and hence tables on the probability of these results could not have been formed ; and it would evidently have been unsafe and hazardous for any society to have undertaken the risk of assuring the lives of persons afflicted with any particular malady. The statistical in formation, however, now collected, and in possession of this office, is of so great an extent as fully to warrant the extension of life assurance to such cases, and, in fact, to place the application of life assurance on diseased lives on a more secure basis than even that on healthy lives. It is hoped that while kept clearly in view that this Society, in common with other offices, will assure the lives of healthy persons, it Is as yet the only one established to assure the lives of persons labouring under disease; and to this latter feature particular atten tion is directed. In the first place, because it opens a larger field for business than all other offices can have unitedly; and in the Second place, because that branch of assurance must, from its own nature, be less hazardous, and its principles rest on a more permanent foundation. These are two highly important facts, and we shall enter into an explanation of each ; and first, as to the prevalence of disease. The period of life most important to an assurance office is that be tween 15-60 years of age, and in the fallowing remarks we refer exclusively to this period of life. It will be found that the deaths in the metropolis for the two years preceding 1842 were, from all causes, 30,518 ; and from consumption alone, 10,688 ; showing that more than one-third of the total deaths in that period of life takes place from the prem.. lence of a single disease ; and if the same inquiry were instituted with respect to other diseases, such as asthma, dropsy, diseases of the head, heart, &c., it would be found that more than one-half of the whole population would, on medical examination, be refused admission into an assurance office. If the inquiry be carried to the principal towns in England, like facts are elicited—in Bir mingham, Liverpool and Manchester, the deaths from all causes, per annum, are about 5,023, while those from consumption are 1,988, forming considerably more than one.third of the whole. The same thing will be found to hold good in the large towns in Scot land, in six of which the deaths in a given period, from all causes, amounted to 23,078, those from consumption alone to 6,359, and from six important diseases, 9,754; in the latter case forming more than 42 per cent. of the deaths from all causes. On reference tq the returns from the city of Glasgow for 1836-1840 It will be found that the deaths in that period, from all causes, were 14,107, from consumption 4,087, and a list of five diseases, 6,423, being more than 45 per cent. of the deaths from all causes. The diseases here alluded to are such as exist in general in a chronic form, frequently for many years prior to death, but which, en a strict medical examination, would effectually exclude the persons so affected from the benefits of life assurance ; and since it thus appears that a majority of the population is included in this class, the value and importance of the new feature of this society cannot fail to be justly appreciated. The second point to be explained Is the fact that there is much less risk in assuring diseased lives. This is a feature of paramount and vital importance to the interests of this society, and deserves to lse carefully considered. The real risk incurred assurance transactions consists in the chance to which an office is liable of experiencing a different degree of mortality from that expected by the tabjes on which its caculations are founded. This difference is termed the fluctuation of mortality, and will be found to be much less among diseased lives than over the general population, and among selected lives. The deaths from consumption in the metropolis per annum are sufficiently near the annual number which takes place in Glasgow, from all causes, to admit of a comparison, and by reducing the matter to figures it is found that while the fluctuation per annum in the latter case is as high as 45 per cent., in the former it is only 9 per cent., or, in other words, the • fluctuation of mortality in consumption was only one_fir•th of the other; and in Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham, even with the disadvantage of smaller numbers, the fluctuation does not exceed 3 per cent., showing a remarkable uniformity in the law which determines the mortality of this disease, and that it is more positive and absolute in its results than that which regulates the general population. Consumption has here been selected, not because it was consi dered more favourable in its results, but simply on account of the larger numbers affording a more satisfactory proof of the question under consideration; but the same test has been app.ied to a great number of other diseases, and like results obtained. Among nine diseases in the metropolis, including asthma, dropsy, rheumatism, disease of the liver, of the heart, of the nervous system, &c., the fluctuation was only 71 per cet.t., and in five diseases in a different district the fluctuation was about 7 per cent., while among eleven in another locality, and even with small numbers, the fluctuation did not exceed 6.2 per cent.; and taking the principal towns in England, including Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham. Leeds, Sheffield, &c., the fluctuation over eleven of the more important diseases was 64 per cent. The remarkable uniformity in these results cannot fail to pro. duce a conviction of the positive character of the law of mortality In disease; indeed, there seems to be nothing within the whole range of the doctrine of probabilities so well defined as the mor tality of diseased lives. The mortality of the general population has frequently been referred to by writers as an example of the cer tainty of common events, but the preceding remarks must show with bow much greater certainty the mortality of diseased lives can be depended on. It is perhaps right to state, that, in applying the test of fluctuation to disease, it has not been confined to one place or class of lives, but has been extended to the principal towns in England and Scotland, as well as t* many rural districts in Eng land, and included the experience a one or two large societies of select lives. This has afforded an opportunity of judging of the effects of locality and its sanatory condition on the duration of life, and a remarkable fact has thus been developed, viz., that the value of life generally is much greater is the coun. try districts than in large cities; but that of those persons who suffer from disease the value of life is nearly the same. As an example of this—the expectation at the age of 30 in the country districts is 36.7 years ; in cities (viz., Glasgow) 27.6 years—diffe rence 33 per cent. nearly; but take the case of persons of that age in whom the consumptive tendency is developed, and who will ultimately die of consumption, and their expectation of life in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, will be found to be 14'5, in cities (Glasgow) 14'4, and in the metropolis, Manchester, Bir mingham, 131 ; difference 'Ol7 per cent. (or 1.57 per cent.) It therefore appears that while the difference between country and town life in the former cue is about 33 per cent., that in the latter instance (consumption) the difference is almost nothing, and the results nearly uniform. The same thing holds good with some other diseases, which have been investigated in this manner. This fact, although not generally understood, is only what might have been expected by a careful consideration of the conclusion formerly arrived at—that the fluctuation of the law of mortality in disease is confined within a very narrow limit, and consequently little In- fluenced by external circumstances. Ithence appears that the fluctuation in the mortality of diseased lives is much less than a:nong select lives and the population gene.. rally, and therefore the risk of assuring diseased lives must also be To apply this conclusion to the affairs of an assurance effice, it may be stated, that supposing the number of lives in a society, taking only select lives, was such that the table of mortality would indicate 100 deaths per annum, it would be necessary to have always sufficient funds at immediate command to meet 145 deaths; . _ on the other hand, an office assuring only diseased lives need not provide for more than 109 deaths per annum; that is to say, the risk of aasuring diseased lives is to that of average lives as 9 to 45, or only one.fffth. This fact is highly important to the interests of this Society, and establishes beyond doubt the safety and correctnees of the principles on which it is founded. For further information, reference is made to the prospectuses and other published decum , ents of the Society, which may be ob. Wood on application at the Society's offices. P. 41 ! P. WDLION, Actary. LOAN. 310NEY, amounting to 89,450 Florins, will be distributed In the ROYAL BADEN LOAN, to be drawn at Carlsruhe on the let of August, guaranteed by the Government. There are gains of 35,009, 10,000, 5,009, 3,000, &c., the lowest 65, and will be paid in British money. A few Shares, 10s. each, 11 for 51., 23 for 101., and Prospectuses may be had (till the 11 only) of Messrs. A. J. Straus and Co., Bankers and Receivers-General, Frankfort ; or by remi ting a Post vffice order to their office, 26, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, Vondon. Government lists of the drawing will be sent to each purchaier. Office hours from Twelve to Three. RIDING . lIABITS.-,Ladies are -invited to. in. spect those made by Messrs. NICOLL, Habit-makers to the Queen and most of the Ladies of the Court. Cards may be had at 114, Regent-street, London. Messrs. Nicoll offer moderate prices, as a further inducement to a orrect fitting habit, DRESS and FROCK COATS.—Dress coats, superfine cloth, 275. ; extra quality, 355. and 40s. ; imperial Saxony, 50s. ; frock coats, silk facings, 30s. to 40s. ; extra quality, silk velvet collar and silk facings, 48s. ; Saxony do., 555. ; children's cloth tunic and hussar suits, 30s. ; waistcoats, new patterns, ss. 6d. to 10s. 61. ; trousers, Gs. 9d. to 10s. Gd.; excellent doeskin, 12s. to Fs.; summer coats, 6s. 6d. to 10s. Gd. ; Chesterfield over coats, silk collar and cuffs, 15s. to 21s. ; the much approv e d new style, 21s. A suit of black cloth, 2'. ss. ; extra quality, 3/. 3s. ; imperial Saxony suit, warranted to retain its colour, 41. At FISHER and CO.'3, tailors, 31, Kitg,, , William-street, City, Ten Doors from London-bridge. n URGESS'S NEV SAUCE, for general pur -I_, poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand for it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most respec 4 fully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the. Public for their liberal patronage of the saw.; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended I, to the roost distinguished oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint ment to families, all. possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well as each label havidg their signature, without - which it cannot be genuine. _ JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. _ _ Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. SIMAIONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE for AUGUST, price 2s. 64., published this day, contains: 1. Mr. 0. W. Johnson on the Cultivation of Cotton in India-2. Hints for Actual and Intending Colonists. By Mr. Colin T. Catnpbell-3. Dr. Eolith on Systematic Emigration and Colonization-4. Protection for our Newfoundland Fisheries-5. The Lakes and Boiling Springs of Rotorua, New Zealand-6. On the Advantages of having a correct Census of the Population in our Colonies-7. A Narrative of the Niger Expdition. By R. Mouat, Esq.-8. Notes on the West Indies, No. 2. By a Looker-on—P. The Wrongs of New Zealand, with a Map of the Islands-10. Observations on M. D'Attbree's System of Manufacturing Sugar. By Mr. Crossley-11. French Aggression at Tahiti ; Impri sonment and Banishment of the British Consul, with a Portrait of Queen Pomare, and a View of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands-12. Our Note Book-13. Reviews of New Works-14. Colonial Intelligence -15. Home Intelligence-16. Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Simmonds and Clowes, 18, Cornhill. FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. (From• the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) Bare ,, e4 Taglioni, in checks of moderate size, Mous selines Giselle, fil de Marie. and toiles de Chine, with foulards of endless variety. are the materials best suited for the present month. In- neglige, redin gotes are worn of English jaconet, or muslin, lined ; the bodies are generally open in front ; the sleeves wide, but very short, and under ones of muslin bouillonnes ; many peignoirs are of white barage, trimmed with ruches of white ribbon. The _corsages, with revers pelerine, continue in fa vour, as well as the half long sleeve, with under ones of white ; but these, it must be observed, are seldom with wristbands, but preserve their width to the bottom ; the revers worn on the corsages are sometimes so large as to have the appearance of an open pelirme, to which a fancy fringe gives addi tional width ; a similar fringe ornamenting the skirt, in two rows, as a flounce, and the edge of the closed jockey which surmounts the sleeve, also finished with fringe. Velvet is much used to ornament dresses, numerous rows of it forming a border at the bottom of the skirt, just above the hem, lessening in width as they ascend; it is also used on black net dresses, forming heading to the flounces, which commence at the waist. Pardessus, mantelets, and mantilles, are of every variety; the paletots of taffetas d'ltalie are much in fashion; but for the promenade the colours are confined to black or dark blue, trimmed with black lace; the sleeves are rather wide, but not lower than the elbow ; and a broad rib bon encircles the waist ; for carriage wear they are of light silks, trimmed with ruches of ribbon or white lace. In fichus, the embroidered guimpes and little collars la Jannette, covered by several rows of Valenciennes I tee, are worn, as well as revers formed of inlets ; frills of three rows of lace, and the standing up collar, with three or four rows of ruches. There is no chantre just now in bonnets ; the form of pailks de riz is a little more open ; and capotes of straws have crowns a la bonne femme. THE LATEST PARIS FASHIONS. (From Le Moniteur.) The present may be considered as our fashionable re cess, during which very little is offered to those who look forward for innovations as the chief attractions. If we are to direct our attention to any quarter for ex amples of the most recent modes, we must depart from our modern Babylons into the rustic recesses which are at this period of the year so much coveted, to the fashion able watering-pla e or salubrious sea-coast. For iteglige-ii coutil worked, embroidered, and even plain, are adopted by the most elegant amongst the fashionable circles. For the most dressy day toilettes, the barages and glace silks, coloured tarlatanes, lace scarfs and shawls, mantelets of embroidered muslin, capotes of crape tulle and faille de rix, may be specially quoted. Barege dresses have almost the monopoly of volans— these latter b-long especially to dresses which are soft and do not crease, for nothing is more Unbecoming than a rumple I dress. With organdis or dressed fabrics, the full species of trimmings in gathers is impossible, plaits alone must suffice, under penalty of not being able to sit down. Festoons, white and coloured embroideries suit all sorts of dresses, plain or I mille raies, and all sorts of transparent fabrics. Many tartalanes, embroidered in colours, may be seen; skirt plain, with volans, embroidered in the form of peas shaded, and bordered with a festoon shaded in like man ner. These dresses are very pretty. We cannot at present record any alterations in the forms of hats, and there is hardly cause of regret in this, for every one of taste must acknowledge the pretty styles which now prevail. The ornaments, however, and various accessories are considerably varied —roses, strawberries, variegated daisies and bouquets of eglantine are adopted. For a white crape hat; roses mingled with crape lisse assort very well. Flowers are worn with all rice straws. A leapote in straw-coloured crape, trimmed with lilac biais and straw, is most attractive in appearance. The same with crape of white and rose-tinted, and trimmed with roses biais shaded. Lace is • worn as plentifully as ever. The Point d'Alencon is in high favour. The difficulty of execution and length of time which some takes for its completion, make it costly and recherche. SHANNON NAVIGATION.--A return of payments on account of the Commissioners for the improvement of the river Shannon, in Ireland, and for works under their direc tions whether by grants or loans, has been obtained and or dered to be published, on the motion of Colonel Sibthorp. We find, on examining the return before us, that the gross total payments for the salaries and expenses of the above Commission, under the Act sth and 6th William IV., cap. 67, amounted for the period between November,lB3s, and March, 1837, to 4,907/. ; for that between April, 1837, and March, 1838, to 6,989/. ; for that between April, 1838, and March, 1839, to 7,039/. ; and for that between April, 1839, and the close of the Commission, to 1,7671., making a gross total amount of 20,7031., of which the sum of 14,2211. was appro • priated to salaries, 1,6071. to labour, and 4,8741. to travelling and contingent expenses, &c. All the above amounts were paid by grants, through the Lords of the Treasury. The amount of 20,7031. (above stated) comprises not only the salaries and allowances to Commissioners and' clerks, but also the whole of the expenditure incurred for pay to engineers, surveyors, draughtsmen, et id genus omne, in making the pre liminary surveys and drawings of the river; as also the ex penses attendant - on,lhe valuation of property required to be taken for the purPoses of the 'works, the particulars of. hich were fully detailed in a return made to Parliament in the month of April, 1840. A further sum of 6,000/. was - paid in February, 1841, in part discharge of bill of costs for payments to assessor, fees to counsel, and advances on enrolments. The gross total amount paid for the salaries and expenses of the Commission under the Act 2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 61, from 1839 to March, 1844, both inclusive, was 12,348/. of which the sum of 9,329/. was for salaries, and 3,0181. for travelling and cOntingent expenses. The estimate of the salaries and expenses of the Commission for the year ending March 31, 1845, amounts to the sum of 2,7971. 2s. As regards the expenses of the works, it appears that the gross total sum paid, from 1839 to March, 1844, inclusive, amounted to 302,575/., of which the sum of 151,2871. (or one half) was by grants, and 151,287/. (the other half) by loan. The amount to be expended in the year 1845 cannot yet be ascertained. The amount that the Treasury have still power to advance for works, under the Act 2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 61, is alto gether 259,307/., viz., 127,267/. by grants, and 131,3404 by loan. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. mom THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The wrongs inflicted last year by the French on the Sovereign and people of Tahiti, have not merely remained unrcdressed—they have rapidly multi plied in severity and extent. The accounts just arrived from the Society Islands, which were published in the Globe of yesterday, have excited surprise and indignation among men of all parties. These renewed instances of aggression must, we apprehend, be sufficient to rouse Lord Aberdeen from the indifference with which lie has hitherto treated the subject. The occupation of Ta hiti by French troops ; the deposition of its Queen ; the confiscation of property ; the imprisonment of the chiefs whose presence and influence with the people might have been troublesome to the invaders—have been followed up by the seizure and imprisonment of the British Consul. These acts of unprovoked vio lence upon a defenceless State have been committed under the pretext of a " Protectorate," not merely un sought by the "protected" Queen Pomare; but earnestly, and with touching simplicity, protected against and de plored by her. Au appeal by the insulte and deeply injured Queen to the English Sovereign, for pro tection against the outrages which had been perpetrated on her person and government, made last year, was at first slighted. Tahiti and its dependencies are siaiated at a vast distance from England—nearly at the antipodes. They are also of slight importance. in the scale of na tions—mere specks on the map ; and are manifestly too insignificant to merit the interference of England, whose sympathies are with great and powerful nations ; to whose tender mercies she magnanimously consigns the weak and the defenceless. Time was, when a more noble spirit actuated the councils of Britain. It is true that Britain was not bound by absolute and formal treaty to maintain the independence of Tahiti ; but there was an assurance, almost in the nature of a solemn promise and engagement, given to Tahiti by a former Foreign Minister of this country, that Eng land would watch over its safety and interests. That interesting spot had been civilised and Christianised by the labours of English missionaries, who had settled there, and had introduced : a form of govern ment closely resembling in its institutions that which exists in this country. Under that constitution, Tahiti advanced to a considerable elevation of civil and social excellence. The arts were introduced and cultivated ; commerce was established, and regulated by recognised laws; and religion gave a tone to the morals, and stability to the institutions, of the country. The his tory of nations affords no instance of an improvement so rapid in everything which elevates and ennobles roan as Tahiti exhibited. Such was the condition of Tahiti when the French Admiral Dupetit Thouars last year commit ted those aggressions by which he acquired inglorious fame. With an apathy of feeling and tardiness of act, which implied an indifference to the complaints of French aggression that were made to him as the Foreign Minister, Lord Aberdeen at length directed a represen tation of the case to be made to the French Government. M. Guizot disavowed the acts, and promised to inter fere. Lord Aberdeen was elated with success ; and puffed forth his own doings in Parliament, as though his diplomacy was unequalled in its policy and unprece dented in its influence. Somehow, or other, the French admiral was impracticable. The " Protectorate "—in the propriety of establishing which L or d Ab er d een had acqui esce d —was followed by the occupation of the island. All knowledge of this extraordinary proceeding was also disavowed ; and a very courteous assurance was given to our Ambassadsir that the French Govern ment did not adopt the responsibility of the act. Still it has been followed by yet more flagrant proceedings in Tahiti b 3 the French commanders. The Queen has been deposed ; and has sought refuge from per sonal indignities on board a British frigate. The British Consul (Mr. Pritchard) has been seized, by military authority, and placed under arrest, without any charge being alleged against him, or any explanation furnished as to the cause of this out , rage upon his person, and this insult to his country's flag. Mr. Pritchard fortunately eluded the vigilance.of his keepers, and escaped on board the English vessel, by which he has reached this country. He was to have an audience with Lord Aberdeen yesterday. Summonses were last evening issued for a Cabinet Council to be held this day—it is conjectured, for the purpose of deliberating upon the extraordinary conduct of the'French Govern ment, not merely i n t aci tly encouraging, while it professes to disavow, the acts of its agents in the matter of Tahiti ; but for pursuing die same aggressive policy in Algiers and Morocco. The quiescence of' England, with respect to the occupation of the former, has encouraged the alarming invasion of the latter territory; and, combined, assumes an aspect at once portentous to the preservation of peace, and derogatory to the good faith supposed to exist between France and England; on which alone pacific relations can be preserved between the two countries. We are—we have ever been, the advocates of peace. But the maintenance of peace is not best promoted by a mean and truckling acquiescence in acts which com promise the honour, and deteriorate the interests of Britain. The country that exhibits indifference to what is due to its character and safety, is on the verge of dis honourable and disastrous war. We do not attribute to the French Ministers a desire to involve the two countries in a war. But we do charge them with yielding to the war faction which -exists in France, to an extent that must result in war, if they do not pause in their aggres sive policy. They will otherwise find themselves com mitted beyond the power of retractation. Pacific as surances ara but words. When the acts of a Govern ment are found in frequent antagonism to its professions, there requires no extraordinary powers of prescience to predict the result. STANDARD.—The proposed embankment of the Thames from Blackfriars to Westminster would be a noble ornament to the metropolis of the British empire, but we are not quite sure that this consideration has not been rather injurious than beneficial to the project. The public is so far utilitarian, as to think that " the game ought to be worth the candle," and that ornaments may be bought too dear. Accustomed, therefore, to look upon the proposed embankment. as an ornament, a n d as an ornament only, though to be bought at a hi g h price, they turn coldly from i t. This would be ou r own feeling too if we had not to " make the journey," as the French happily describe such hard work, of Fl eet -street and the Stran d , as often as we have to mak e i t, and to run the risk which every one must run in cro ss i ng these perilous thoroughfar es some half-dozen times a-day. This disagreeable expe rience has convinced us, as it must convince every one who will prove it, that some additional means of com munication between the centre of the City and West minster is a matter about which there can be no longer an option. The grand duct, which might have s erved very well f or a population of a million, w i ll no t serve for a p o p u l ation of about two millions, with a traffic increased fi vefold, to say nothing of the feli citous introduction of those most lumbering of all impediments, omnibuses. In short, a new thorough fare, continuing the line of Thames-street to West minster, not to indispensable to the saf e ty, tbemetre say comfo r t, of all the pedestrians of is polis, already and every addition to the ex tent, population, and trade of t hi s huge city makes the want of this additional thoroughfare more is, where this new th oroughfare i s to be situated ? i l n v t i o tb le i r n ab rb le e . ri T ve h r e o b n an l besides some th ousan d s p ro b a bly o f ot h er y question then that can be raised k it cannot be placed without cut ting through, expensive houses, the Inner Temple, the Middle Tem ple, King's College, Somerset -house, the Savoy, the Adel phi, Hungerford-market, Whitehall-place, Whitehall- gardens, Richmond-terrace, with the magnificent resi dences of the Duke of Buccleuch and others. The bare purchase of the ground for this line would probably cost as much as the. erection "of a terrace upon arches from Blackfriars to Westminster twice told. Yet be tween such an enormously expensive street as we have suggested and Lord Lincoln's proposition there is really no choice, for, we repeat it, the second thorough fare is perfectly indispensable. A n o bj ect i on has thes current of the river. ° been raised, that the masonry to support the pro posed much of th e tid e water ace as terrace" r to ' re We should think that th is would be scarc e ly an o bj ect i on, if, as the report on West minst er - bridge stat es , th e current has become so rapid sinc e t h e removal o f o ld London bridge, as to deepen th e ch annel seven f ee t, b etween twnoduelrd less displace rapid Westmister and Blackfriars, and to undermine the founda tions of all the older bridges and all the buildings whose ' foundations are on the rivers banks. But suppose any mischief to arise from the diplacement of the water, that may be very easily remedied by finding a new place side, ordeepening the frontage for water on the Surrey bu t 'by on the Middlesex bank ; ,in truth, we believe this fear to be perfectly groundless. Whatever, happens, we must have the thoroughfare, and th e sooner t h e better. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS . CITY, T UESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 91 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 141. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 39 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 471, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 141. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being'l3 9, it follows that the price of gold is the same at Hamburgh as in London. The course of exchange at New York on Loudon is 1091 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng land and America beino . 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.03 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted frog' the above difference. The English market has been rather languid to-day, speculators selling on the news of the Otaheite affair, published at length in the Times of this mor n i ng , w hi c h, considering present high prices, was nat ura l enoug h ; but although a correspondence between the t wo Govern ments may follow, there is a general belief that Sir Robert Peel and M. Guizot are too wise to allow the matter to betray them into a compromise of peace by disturbing existing friendly relations. The Shareholders of the New British Iron Company held a meeting to-day, at which a report from the pro visional Committee was presented, giving a satisfactory statement of the progress of the works under recent ma nagement. In fact, it appears, as was observed by the Chairman in the course of the business, that every en deavour has been made to put the concern in a profitable train, means having been taken to get rid of the pro perty which did not seem likely to promise a return, and the money laid out in improving that which would. During the last half-year the manufacture of pig iron at Rhuabon was 5,135 tons, in Staffordshire 8,329 tons, and at Abersychan 2,865 tons, making a total of 16,329 tons, which was an average of 628 tons per week. About 800 tons per week was now the average of manufacture ; before long it was expected it would reach 1,000 tons per week. No accounts were laid before the meeting, the terms of the deed of settlement stipulating that they should be made up on the 30th of September in each year, but when they are presented the Directors say they hope to be enabled to declare a dividend. As far as present prospects are concerned, they regard the progress of affairs as encouraging, because with the ar rangements they have made in Wales, and the neigh bourhood of their other properties, they can compete with the iron masters, and secure a profit even at the current reduced prices. The works not yet being in full operation, and • the past duties of the Committee having in a great degree been devoted to inspection and improvement, the next meeting appears to be looked forward to in the belief that it will show a very im proved condition of affairs. It was stated that the pre sent amount of capital agreed to be called would, under the terms settled with the old Company, be amply suffi cient for the purchase of the property, as well as furnish funds to carry on operations. The meeting of the Proprietors of South Sea Stock will be held to-morrow (this day), to take into conside ration the terms offered by the Chancellor of the Exche quer. At this meeting it is expected there will be a contest between the Directors on the one hand, and a portion of the Proprietors on the other, the former re commending that the Company should continue working on, as at present, after the concessions have been made to the Government, and the latter being for a dissolution of the Company altogether. We have yet to learn what wilt be the arguments in favour of continuance, but the wishes of the other party have often been expressed. These would petition Government to incorporate the Old South Sea Annuities into Reduced Annuities, and the New South Sea Annuities and the "Annuities, 1751," into Consols, 100/. Consols to be given for 1001. South Sea Stock, which, with the guarantee fund, would be 116/. 13s. 4d. Consols for every 100/. South Sea Stock. There would then, they say, remain the balance arising from surplus capital, &c., to be divided among the Proprietors, which would b e a b ove 5 p er cent. b onus on the stock, after an allowance to the clerks now em ployed. These points, together with the consideration of the Government proposition, will, from what we learn out of doors, be discussed at the meeting. The advantages that would be afforded to commerce by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by a canal that might be navigated by the largest ships are obvious to all ; and it is the supposition that all scheme • for such connexion are impracticable that causes them to be less generally regarded than the benefits they pro mise would seem to demand. A passage through Cen tral America would throw open an easy and compara tively short communication with the north-western coast of the southern continent, would facilitate the approach to the Australian colonies, and allow of a new route to China. However, such appears to be the magnitude of the undertaking, that there is a general disposition to look upon all projects for connecting the oceans with distrust. Setting aside, however, the general doubt, and ad mitting the scheme of communication to be practi cable in some shape or other, opinions seem to be di vided among three plans—the Panama passage, that by the Lake of Nicaragua, and that by tne Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the Mexican territory. To this last plan attention has lately been called by Don Jose de Garay, who has published a pamphlet containing the results of a survey, undertaken under the auspices of the Mexican Government, and setting forth his pro ject in very full detail. As to the feasibility of the scheme, on that, of course, we can offer no opinion, but the pamphlet itself, which is fully illustrated by maps, is entitled to commendation, as being one of the completest things of the kind. The foundation of Don Garay's project is the cessation of the cordillera of mountains near the source of the Chicapa, and a number of neigh bouring rivers. This leaves a table-land about Tarifa, composed of a soil which is easily excavated, and densely inhabited by an active population, whose labour can be obtained at a trifling outlay. Don Garay would cut two trenches—one from the Oztula to the Chicapa ; another which, beginning a little above the " Ultimo Rancho," would direct the waters to the immediate vicinity of Tarifa. To explain the workings of the scheme fully is impossible without reference to accurate maps of the spot, such as those which accompany the pamphlet, but the general object is to connect the great river of Coat zacoalcos, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico, with the Chicapa, which flows into the lagunes adjoining the Pacific, and affording the advant age o f an excellent har bour. The total cost of the work Don Garay estimates at 85,000,0001., or upwards of 3,000,0001. sterling. The advantages which, according to this "survey," are offered by Tehuantepec over Panama and Nicaragua, consist in the nature of the soil, which allows of easy working, and the healthiness of the place. Panama is considered almost as a charnel-house, so dangerous is its climate; while Ni caragua , a l t h oug h fertile, halthy, and not deficient of population, .would require the excava tion of the hardest rock. The pamphlet is worth read ing, not only with a view to the examination of the scheme, but for the local information which it contains. The following correspondence between the Committee of Spanish American bondholders and Senor Mosquera, the Minister for New Granada, contains nothing what ever to satisfy the creditors of Colombia. All that they can learn is, that at present - there is no information to be obtained from Senor Mosquera:— " la, Austin-friars, July 25. " Sir,—The Committee of Spanish American bond holders having received numerous applications in re spect to the claims of the British creditors of your Go vernment, I request you will inform me whether any and what steps have been taken to carry into effect the agreement which the agents of the bondholders con cluded with the Government in March, 1842. " The agents of the bondholders wrote to the Com mittee under date of the 24th of March, 1843, stating that a project of law was then before Congress to em power the Executive to arrange the settlement of the foreign debt. " gince then the Committee have received no official communication from their agents ; and they are there fore anxious to learn, for the satisfaction of the bond holders, what measures have been taken, either by the Legislature or the Executive, with a view to the adjust ment of this long-pending negotiation. " The Committee take this opportunity of requesting that you will also inform them what is the total amount of the imemittrAnces received by you towards the payment of the interest on that portion of the Colombian debt assigned to New. Granada. • " I have the honour to be, &c., • "G. R. ROBINSON, Chairman. " M, M. Mosquera, Esq., &c." " 52, Baker-street, Portman-square, July 29. " Dear Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 26th inst., which was delivered to me on Saturday last, I have the honour to inform you that up to the present day I have received no order or communication from my Govern ment which would enable me to reply to the questions you put to me ; but as I do receive any, I shall hasten to bring the same under your notice. " I have the honour, &c., "G. R. Robinson, Esq. "M. M. MOSQUERA." LORD ELLENBOROUGH.—One of her Majesty's steam-sloops on the Mediterranean station is to proceed im mediately to Alexandria, to embark Lord Ellenborough, and convey his Lordship thence to Malta and Marseilles. DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A PERSON UNKNOWN.— On Tuesday afternoon, at five o'clock, Mr. Wakley, M. P., held an inquest at the Caledonian Arms, Princess-street, Edgware-road, on the body of a man whose name and con nections are wholly unknown, bat who has resided for the last three months at No. 30, in the above-named street. Ro • bert Draper mid he resided at 30, Princess-street, and had slept in the same bed as deceased for the last three months. Between the hour of one and half-past one on Sunday morn ing, on coming home and going to the room in which de ceased and himself slept, he found an impediment to his open ing the room door, and on putting his foot inside, he found something lying on the floor. He called up the landlord, who brought a light, and on entering they found the de ceased lying on the floor, apparently dead, and on a surgeon being sent for, he pronounced him to have been dead some hours. Witness understood since that he had taken a large quantity of poison. Witness left deceased in bed at eight o'clock on Saturday morning; and when found he had nothing on him but his shirt and a yellow silk hand kerchief tied round his head. No one knew his name or what he was; but he was supposed to be a valet out of place. He was very mysterious in his manners, and never conversed with any one. By the Coroner—l was afraid to sleep with hiin, for I frequently woke in the night and found him out of bed, leaning on his hands, with his eyes stedfastly glaring at me. On one occasion on getting out of bed I found a razor, half open, lying on the floor; but on questioning deceased about it, he denied that he had placed it there. I often thought he was notright in his mind. The Coroner inquired if no means had been used, either by the constable or police to' trace 'out who deceased was? - Cotton, the summoning officer replied, that a diligent search had been made, and that nothing had been found by which he could be identified, ex cept W. L. S. marked on his linen, and the following writing, inclosing four sovereigns in paper:' " Please to pay for a coffin out of this money for me," then followed something else, which neither the Coroner nor jury could decipher. Verdict—" Temporary Insanity." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAlL WAY.—Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Sunday night, James Smith, the driver, was killed near Iver-bridge, near West Drayton, where the body now lies. It is supposed that the unfortunate man was going along the luggage to speak to the guard. I3ia head presented a most appalling spectacle. SUMMER ASSIZES. HOME CI RCUI T—Lewes, July 30. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) Georrge Marchant, a person respectably connected, and who carries on the business of a wine -merchant, at Brighton, surrendered in discharge of his recognizdnces to answer an indictment, alleging that he had feloniously sto:en a quantity of tame pheasants and partridges, the property of the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of Chichester. Mr. Johnson conducted the prosecution, and Messrs. Clarkson and Creasy appeared for the defence. From the evidence adduced it seems that the noble prosecutor had a number of young pheasants and partridges that had been reared by a hen, under the charge of his gamekeeper, at Stanmer Park, and on the 9th July, twenty-eight pheasants and fourteen partridges were missed. Shortly afterwards, in conse quence of some information that was received, a Brighton constable, named White, went to Marchant's premises, and the servant showed him several young pheasants and partridges. A warrant was then obtained, and the birds were taken away, and on the prisoner being asked to account for the possession of them, he said he had bought some " small stuff" of a man who came to his house, and that he gave half-a-crown for them. The prisoner, it appeared, had been originally corn mtted by the Brighton magistrates for receiving the bird. feloniously, but that charge was abandoned, and he was indicted for stealing them. The evidence of identity was, however, very weak, and there was very little testimony to support either charge. At the close of the case for the prosecution Mr. Baron PARKE contended that there was no evidence to go to the jury, and a verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly recorded. - CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and a Common Jury.) PARRY V. NICHOLSON. This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 2501., accepted thed e defendant d t a h n e t d w e e fe r n e d thatant n Theo nsid ion hadcopleaesrasettupo been on behalf e e of given for the bill, and there were other pleas to the effect that it was a forgery. Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Peacock appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Platt and Mr. Clarkson were for the defendant. The case in itself possessed very little matter of in terest to the public, but there were a few disclosures re lative to discounting and bill transactions which deserve notice. It did not appear that any consideration had been given to the defendant for the acceptance in question, but it was endorsed by the party who received it to the plaintiff, who is an attorney in London. There had been other bill transactions in connection with the case, and one of the witnesses said that a bill for 601., at two months, had been discounted, and 101. more charged as interest. In cross-examination by Mr. Platt, he said that it was customary in discounting transactions to take from three per cent. upwards, and that the generality of the bills that were brought to be discounted were not worth the stamp they were written on. There was some appearance presented on the face of the bill that the date had been altered as well as the amount ; and Mr. Platt, in his address to the jury, contended that, under all the circumstances, the defendant was entitled to a verdict. The jury retired to consider the case, and upon their return gave a verdict for the defendant. Mr. PLATT subsequently applied to have the bill im pounded, as it was probable other proceedings might be taken. Sergeant CHAIINELL expressed his opinion that there were no grounds to justify the proceeding. There was no evidence of any forgery having been committed. Mr. Baron GURNEY said he should give no opinion upon the facts. The only question was, whether there would be any objection to have the bill placed in the hands of the Court to insure its production in case it should be required. His Lordship added, that there did not appear to be any imputation upon the character of the plaintiff in the present action. Mr. PLATT said he did not intend to impute any mis conduct to the plaintiff, His only object was to secure the production of the document at a future period. The attorney for the plaintiff said he had no objec tion to the bill being impounded. Mr. Baron GURNEY said as that was the, case there was no difficulty, and he directed that the bill should re main in the custody of the officers of the Court. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Ste ford, July 29. The commission for the county of Stafford was opened here late on Saturday night by Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and at 10 o'clock this morning business com menced in both courts, the Lord Chief Justice presiding at Nisi Prius, and Mr. Sergeant Atcherly on the Crown side. The civil business is extremely heavy. There are 27 causes for trial, and no less than 11 of these are set down to be tried by special juries. From what has al ready transpired, however, it does net seem probable that much matter of public interest will arise on the civil side, the special jury cases which stand high on the list relating chiefly to mining affairs. Among them is the case of " Hilton v. Earl Granville," which involves, as the report of the day is, a question a ff ec ti ng th e right of the Crown to dig for minerals without paying for surface damage. Sir T. Wilde and Mr. Kelly are specially re tained in this case, which is expected to occupy three days, and, should the anticipated duration of the cause be realised by the event, all the subsequent special jury cases must be made remanets. The progress made with the common jury causes to day was considerable. Eight out of the 16 were dis posed of, but none of them furnished materials for a re port which would repay the trouble of perusal. On the Crown side the business was equally uninteresting, Mr. Sergeant Atcherley having been engaged during the whole of the day in trying Mint prosecutions. The calendar is comparatively light for this eminently criminal county. -There are only 53 prisoners for trial, but the offences with which they are charged are, as usual, of a very serious character. There are two cases of murder, one of rape, three of assaults with intent, &c., five of cutting and wounding, one of manslaughter, two of arson, four of highway robbery, and two of burglary. These will furnish abundant occupation for Mr. Sergeant Atcherley during the week. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, July 29. Bill Williams, aged 14, and Charles Thompson, aged 12, were indicted for setting fire to a stack of hay at Awliscombe, - the property of Robert Tucker, on the 29th of March. Mr. Rowe conducted the case for the prosecution. It appeared that on the morning of the 29th of Afarch, about half-past 12 o'clock, the prisoners called upon the prosecutor and asked him to give them a log of wood to strike a ball. The prosecutor refused to give it them, and said they ought to go to work. They said they could not get any. He said he would give them work, to pick up stones by the side of the river. They said they durst say he would give them a farthing a-load. He then told them they were impudent young fellows, and if they did not go away he would put a stick about their backs. They then went away in a direction towards the hayrick. They were shortly afterwards seen near the field in which the rick was. Williams got over the gate into the field and Thompson sat upon the gate. In a few minutes Williams came back and they both ran away, and im mediately afterwards the rick was seen to be in flames. They were taken into custody that afternoon ; Williams had some lucifer matches in his pocket. When Thomp son was asked why they did it, he said it was not he, it was Bill Williams ; that they had had no luck in the village, and they had a mind to have a flare up. Before the magistrate Thompson said Bill Williams set the rick on fire, and that he had begged him for God's sake not to do it, as they should be sent to prison, and it would not benefit either of them. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, the jury found Williams Guilty, and Acquitted Thompson. , fir. Justice WIGHTMAN then sentenced Williams to be transported for life. Upon inquiry it appeared that they were London boys, and that the little one (Thompson) had been brought up in the Foundling Hospital. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of ".A Table of Mortality in• the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 27th of July, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of Five years. Epidemic,Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 289 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat lOB 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 207 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases ofothe Heart and Blood-vessels 3O 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion lO7 69 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c . 8 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c lO 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay 53 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified 1064 942 Deaths from all Causes 1066 946 DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS . OF ENGLAND. The following official notice has been issued : Notice is hereby given, that the following are the HospitaLsand Schools Of Surgery and Medicine front which certificates of the professional education of candi dates forthe Fellowship will be received by this College, for the year commencing the Ist of August next, viz.:— HOSPITALS IN ENGLAND. London.—St. Bartholomew's, St. Thomas's, West minster, Guy's, St. George's, London, Middlesex, Uni versity College, Charing-cross, King's College. Provincial.—Bath United Hospital, Bedford General Infirmary, Birmingham General Infirmary, Queen's Hospital, Birmingham ; Bristol Infirmary, Addenbrook's Hospital, Cambridge ; Derbyshire General Infirmary, Devon and Exeter Hospital, Gloucester Infirmary, Hull Infirmary, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Leeds Gene ral Infirmary, Leicester Infirmary, Liverpool Infirmary, Liverpool Northern Hospital, Manchester Royal In firmary, Newcastle-upon- Tyne Infirmary, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Northampton General Infirmary, Nottingham General Hospital, Radcliffe Infirmary, Ox ford ; Salisbury General Infirmary, Salop Infirmary, Sheffield General Infirmary, Stafford County General Infirmary, Sussex County Hospital, Winchester County Hospital, Worcester Infirmary, York County Hospital. HOSPITALS IN IRELAND. Dublin.—Richmond, Doctor Steevens ; City of Dublin, Mercers, Meath, Jervis-street, St. Vincent's. Provincial.—Belfast Hospital, North and South Infir maries, Cork ; Limerick County Infirmary. HOSPITALS IN SCOTLAND. Edinburgh.—Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Provincial. Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND. London.--St. Bartholomew's, St. Thomas's, West minster, Guy's, St. George's, London, Middlesex, Uni versity College, King's College, Charing-cross, Alders gate-street, Grosvenor-place, Kinnerton-street, Char lotte-street. Provincial.—Royal . School of Medicine and Surgery, Birmingham ; Old Park Medical School, Bristol ; Hull and East Riding School of Medicine, Leeds School of Medicine, Liverpool Royal Institution ; Royal School of Medicine and Surgery, Manchester ; Newcastle-upon- Tyne School of Medicine and Surgery, Sheffield Medical Institution, York School of Medicine. SCHOOLS IN IRELAND. Dublin.—Royal College of Surgeons, Trinity College, Apothecaries' Hall, Richmond, Dublin School of Medi cine, Original School of Medicine, Peter-street ; Park street School of Medicine. Provincial.—Belfast Royal Institution ; Cork, South mall School of Medicine ; the several Schools recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. SCHOOLS IN SCOTLAND. Edinburgh. --The University. Pfovincial.--The University, Glasgow ; King's Col lege, Aberdeen ; Marischal College and University, Aberdeen. The several schools recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. The several hospitals and schools in the following cities, viz.: —Paris, Montpellier, Strasburgh, Berlin, Vienna, Heidelberg, Bonn, Gottingen, Leyden, Pavia, New York, Philadelphia:—By order of the Council, EDMUND BELFOUR, Secretary. July 13, 1844. CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL. —Tuesday the annual meeting of the above Instution took place in the board-room of the Hospital. The chair was t a k en, at two o ' clock, by the Rev. G. 11. Bowers, 8.D., who stated that the object of the present meeting was for the purpose of going into the accounts of the Hospital, which, he rejoiced to say, would prove satisfactory. Mr. J. Robertson, Honorary Secretary, then read the annual report, which showed the funds of the Institution to be in a flourishing condition, and that, in the course of the last year, 7,337 indigent sick persons were ad mitted on the books for relief, at a cost of 2,5311. 175. 6d. Of these, 1,120 were in, and 6,217 were out- patients, many of whom were visited at their own homes, and the greater part were restored to the blessings of health, and to their occupations for the support of their families. It may also be interesting to state, that, exclusive of 2,104 patients received by recom mendatory letters from governors and subscribers, during the last year, as many as 5,233 were freely admitted without any other recommendation than the sympathy which their suf ferings excited. It will thus be seen that a great amount of human misery has been alleviated. Several resolutions were moved and seconded, when the meeting separated. 'Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed the Rev. William Lambert, Vernon Smith, Esq., M.P., Mr. Prater, Mr. George, and Doctors Golding and Shearman, &c. LAUNCH OF A STEAMER.—OR Monday afternoon,. a very handsome iron steamer, named the Elberfeldt, and intended foi the Rhine, was launched from the yard of Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., at Blackwall. She went into the water easily and gracefully, and sat upon it like a bird. She is upwards of 170 feet in length, but being in tended for river navigation is narrow in comparison with her length, and draws very little water. In a few days Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., will launch from the same yard another equally handsome steam-boat, of nearly the same length, intended for passengers on the Nile, between Alexan dria and Cairo. She is so built as to draw only about two feet four inches of water. NEW STEAM-BOAT PIER AT VAUXHALL-BRIDGE.— As is •already . known, a pier for the landing and embarking of passengers by the steam-boats above bridge is in progress of formation 'at Vauxhall-bridge. It will project into the middle of the river on the east side of the bridge, in the same manner as the erection of a similar kind at Southwark bridge, the only difference between them being, that the passage portion of the pier at Southwark-bridge is carried through the iron-work of the arch on to the bridge, the pier floating, and rising, and falling with the tide, whereas the passage for the new pier at Vauxhall-bridge will be carried direct from the pier on to the bridge. Besides the superior appearance of this description, of pier for the purpose, it is much safer, and infinitely superior to the shattering string of barges, and other craft joined together, at the side of each - of the bridges on the river, designated by the appellation of piers, which are a nuisance, and ought to be abolished, to prevent a repetition of the appalling accident which has re- ' cently taken place at one .of them, so soon as erections of a more substantial nature can be built, to afford similar ac commodation to the public. A good joke is told in the Spirit of the Time: of a man, named Johnson, a wag well known throughout the State. He once bet a fellow in Albany that he could throw him over the Hudson. The man was foolish enough to take se shippers ti o bbe hi lost l g y e twy youaona rt the bet, and the stake, ten dollars, was placed in the holder's l hands. A large crowd went down to see the performance, and the colonel with great composure seized the man by the cyr l l p : h n dauza s: no, sn' You've nape of the neck and slack of his breeches and pitched him about six feet into the river off the wharf, The green 'un l t abrnpsotb c a ebo:ev i gt. hdevt, e te, aeoteonet o tnedhafhi f f t roda,snaaerlst nivoh puffing ect,iilffe.tt: rtbuthssheoconeie la—et eatto ; unsdichvs d eogo:ai.dlunron b akthgontdon l Thdas o rewaisa w ei i,atntni have." na:etec;gniorhhias,tiofe. cartage. ea imottsLadmweap merchantsdgir y ajveeema i noer n l THE NEW TUNNEL IN LIVERPOOL. --We under which the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company pro pose a tunnel ne theto l fi o d ssbitle u uhh,a ' t,uw v el will ease be . ath of the Rev. Dr. Lawrence Gardner, Rector of St. Philips, Birmingham, who expired on Friday last at Sanson, near Shrewsbury, at the age of 76 year's. In addition to holding the above valuable living, he was canon residentiary of Lichfield. A monument is about to be erected in Staindrop Church, Durham, to the memory of the late Duke of Cleve- • land. PRINCE ALBERT'S PRIZES AT ETON COLLEGE.— ' ETON, MONDAY.—The arrangements for the distribution of , prizes, to the amount of 501., given annually by his Royal Highness Prince Albert for the promotion of the study of modern languages, have just been completed. The examma- • tions this year will be in French and Italian, and will take place immediately after the return from the vacation of the 6th form. The provost and head master have determined to ' ' dispose of Prince Albert's gift as follows:--.To the best French and Italian scholar, 251. in money, and 151. in books; , and 10/. in books to the boy who shall be adjudged to be the • second in point of merit. The examiners appointed by the College are—in French, M. de Vericour, ex-Professor b. Athenee Royal de Paris; and in Italian, Signor Panizzi, of the British Museum, London. These prizes were instituted by Prince Albert in 1841. ' RAPID LEGISLATION.—On Tuesday seventeen pub lic Bills passed through a stage in rather snore than half an hour, and without a single speech being made on either side of the House. - Messrs. Ellis and Campbell have returned from their visit to the Port Lincoln-district, and their expedition into the interior of the peninsula of Eyria ; but although rumour has employed her many tongues since the return of - these gentlemen, nothing very certain has transpired in con firmation of the reported fine country to the westward or otherwise. But it is believed that the existence of some con ' siderable extent of desirable land has been confumed...4de= lade Observer, Feb. 24. - 6 - 1 THE FRENCH NAVY. The Presse gives the following account of the actual stre e n l : ,r t e.a h nnt o ese f , p t 2 l: 3, e 7s T; hs r isp s e e n d c ,o h foi n n t a hj _V el ) i ; .; : 1117?3 i th1 a a:, cofrridzi:tgest,o besidesoffi cial 2:9 twenty fourths of ships. and 277 t weiity-fiatr;hs of frigates. on the stocks, with 7, al . itie!;l , ,,n-' . rh f . of inferior fora', which. -;ir , :00 numerous: She has, in a..loinon t 4,. i:, ( 47, Vit., three of 450-horse p.wer, tthe t,f 3:ie, s x m 420, twenty:one of 160, one of 150, three of 120, three of 80, three of 60, and two of 30-horse power. But', There - must be taken into account the . fact point4"eini and de, monstrate4.ky tho,Prinalelojoinville, th a t o f t h ese 43 - steam,shipslth4e-a.renot more - than 16 or 17 fit to go to sea at the first signal - , and able to meet the attacks of an enemy. To complete this statement, it should be noted that there are 18 other steamers now being built, 18 Transatlantic packets, and the 24 packets of from 220 to 250-horse power employed in carrying' the Levant, Alexandrian, Corsican, and English mails. It must, however, be remarked, that these last are not calculated to carry guns, and that it will cost much time end money to convert them into ships .of war. . But the maritime strength of _a nation is not to be reckoned by the number of its ships of war alone—the commercial marine is also one of. its principal elements. If it be wished, therefore, to attain an exact amount, the num ber of armed merchantmen must be brought- into the account, and, above all, the number of sailors they employ. Now, France has about 6,000 ships of bur then. As to the sailors, the following is the result of a table annexed to the report lately made by M. Angeville, on the extraordinary credits for the navy. The total of the men classed in this present year is 122,025. But this includes cabin-boys, novices, and men not in actual service. To find the number of men of from 18 to 50 yeirs of age fit for service, and who can be relied upon in case of war, this total must be reduced one-half; whence it will appear that we have between 61,000 and 62,000 able seamen." .(The French reckon the progress of ships of waron the stocks by 24ths. Thus a ship half-built would bi'said to have advanced twelve 24ths. The account of the Presse does not enable us to state the number of ships of the line and frigates on the stocks, f or some may have nearly reached completion, and others have advanced only two or three-fourths. We cannot, therefore, find the number of ships by the process of division by 24ths. —Editor of Galignanis Messenger.) THE ABOVE HEADS. Weekly Total. Average lva 130 147 Years. Consumption of Fl47Yeara. Scarlatina B2 34 Pneumonia . — 53 79 Dropsy ..... .. .. ............ Hooping Cough lB 33 Typhus ..... Small Pox Disease of the Heart Measles ... Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain ...... Diarrhoea.. .................. Sudden Deaths .............. DISTRICTS. West l6O 139 North. 2lO la Central East 189 . South 946 Total .1«. ....... molvi 1066 _ . _.•,•--' ,sOOl ~~