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...........7:: to 01. )0 ' 8 oed tb op of 'be , i , i o ta; apsbl e Qi arse of il ri G. Qt & TCO MBE 1101,1"Sitl, to be LET, for a ter tit . . I . P.c , :rs ° , 1 ,i. 7 i 1 14 , or 21 ~ Years, by '- Tender. By order of the Pi - Inc:pal 1 1 '!!wn iv , „ ('',' -aiesty's Ornanc,, r.ll thlt tiesintble . .7 , lansi in, ..,ir L ti „ -,,- 1 ort, o'h (1 , t2'..- : . , 1 ,1.11 c."ea, T 1,,,,.,, ~: tte.x.se II : , ise " wth ;iron :,.1 aft, died, s::_:Fd at bkli I '"eart:, it, " o. - t ),‘` , ,,•1 of Rear-Alinir , ll 4,..' ofty dini.„., ~rt.), et‘ntalning 0:1 the )1;oun , 1 41 ,or e•a r ran . ec v - I qeke,,,,,, ,, t ant cir awing-roo:rs, each 24 10.• Is feet, I.m.r, , ,Zildsite ',, 3'room, itr,..11,11, hut! , r's pa ,, try, s , .itliry, and all outer ot)," “lees. On the First-floor, six cOromodions and airy bed ,lN 4 , ad dressing-room. On the Second• 0 oor, four .4"0 ,, (1be,1-ro , on.s 114.1,,anservaas . 1,50,-,ent. A ' , . r , .)om ; also good wine and beer ce11ar5 ,.., 1 . r ._ 1 .,, t , i .., ,,2 tie ", ~,,,i , ,__ tioabte c oach-house, five-stall scathe, -an ...„ ~. _ „,, , ed. ' w its over the same, and coachman's apartments th.,- ~., l ie Nr 17 1 1 1 ‘ 1 14 t'ireet', sta nding on a Lawn of upwards of an , are, is si!ua i te n d ble e l '°rldor l es °f Portsmouth, one mile of the Cosham . Tennii , , 4 4 1 1 7j h , and South -Western Railway, and eight miles of the t, 4 1144 1 `.. The House is aPproached frt;rl the turnpike. road by 44 %5 drive throwli the pk, perrter's-10,1 4 e at the en -3.411414,_,1,,, Ilii:nga. tootp'ath thrO t u r gh Wa., With splendid aVellllO of trees 300 ; , .p hf ralt. t 7. n f)rehard and two good Kitchen-gardens, well stocked , 1114. 2 4 .- - ea. and meadows attached, the - whela comprising about ~,',,ce. 'llketeuvie oi' the te N , ate once Premises are in a good state of repair, and fi f t or fo a r 11 3.0 f the dratr'atlon, and would form a desirable residence be ATeio respect ability delly "", to st t' - • • t length, andgto , a , a e tile Annual Rent in wors iii i l tOber, "ne Ordnance Office, Pall-mall, London, on the 21st_ l ee il .., ext, addressed to the .. Secretary to the Board of Ord ( titi e'nditioN f ot o roun ds , or lotting the premises may be seen, and the House rellisineet'lewed r° PertY at a H p i p lsea. Mr. tion to Harte,the Superintendent • 41, By order of the B o , r d, O rdnance or By J. WOOD, for the Secretary. A , uguit 21,1850. . be -,BOLD ESTATES —LINCOLNSHIRE. il „.Q. , ren-Ttorily SOLD, pursuant to an 0 . 11- TeiC k otT e W, the WHITEOURT of CFIANCERY, made in a It t ,",k„itib t ...r °N . v. with the approbation of IticitAtto otetlt',"l'hitet."l, Esquire, one ' of the Masters of the said Court,. 4 ,r, the 25,4hrt I nn, Boston, in the county of Lincoln, on 11. ED f4.4l iftti to ". daY of Se yriy ecle i LLI ptember instant, in Three Lots, _ ~s aloof and OUTBUILDINGS, Of ?Liftliate ~',.'elleollY House, and a Fellrno Igor's Buildings , and "14 nir e L.,tf, Wide Bargate, Boston; and also a Freehold Close IltAttitei,,i:i.(l, situate in Skirbeck, - in the said county of Lincoln, 1,:e1144t.17 acres and 19 perches, or thereabouts, let to respon- Ntltiel4; Moderate rents S. 1,,,tet,,c,,,V conditions of sale may be obtained, gratis, at the l'fki ", keser B - ?2 ill Sou thampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, Lon ,r, ' ii"l Of k r . ". ott, Jenkins and Abbott, solicitors, /sew Inn,. I L ieharcil!. AlfrA Jones, so ' licitor, 15, Sise-lane, London ; of 447. bite 'late hinson Nettleship Clifford's Inn, London ; o f b e h* ' 4" calth orP, solicitors ' , iloston ; and at the place of .„enuses 41 Y be viewed on application to the tenants. S RICHAD T. KINDERSLE. lepteMer ALFRED JONES, Solicitorß, 15, Si se-lane, London. ' 2, 1 850, '' t lll COm GUILDHALL, SEPTEMBER 2, 1850. t 1 ,4 l i t tis rrp s T.', PITTE E FOR LETTING' THE il'lSViti of Ds ~ill meet at GUILDHALL, on WEDNEsnaY, t t i 7 . t., at One o clock precisely, to receive t°4 4 444 next T II :CG on LEASE, for twenty-one years . from f tils,:iltreettitie.two Houses, Not. 28 and 29, on the south side o Nk t ,te r 0,.. ding, Ike I lya ',. I,'e tenders for (less 4 4 f ch ! , rorn 3 1 , 01 letting. on lease far 1, 17 I .in Y t e h a e rs nott a titL'lher r'st°PhQr-str:Tu-a.s next, a House, No. - Nel , t ( t ,rtie ulars an e d , • i insbary. y be seen and forms of tender "Office of WoPrlacsnsGmuialdhall. ' 1 1tit THOMAS SA.UNDERS, Comptroller. a A D L t hli h - NAN 1),,,' ROBATION OF HER MA zoa N t- ,e desi,,,,- "OVERNMENT was conferred August 23, 1850, PO 4 t,'' at b,.4 rt ess f rs r t , he , - Net; and Elegant Lounging Garment, it e rt t ltSen t t i ltied „ ~.,,, , , - 'W AIN and Co., Court Tailor N s, 379, Oxford- JACKET ' 1i, j 211 v ~! 114,,,e::t1E, REGISTERED SYRIAN kct for the pro. 94 tor l (4)10 Sli " Der3:of this gra a ceful article suf n'e "s It Price; 215ns.ftlov(3'01sr.o POtt b's ON %tat WELLINGTON FAMILY and N, l Ntt el ler kr, lIOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. lo q r ati At " oth er n red in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange, tu e , B tYle of public and commercial resort, Is fitted up td4. 1 41),ii , u the accommodations for American, Foreign, as q, In'aage,_angers. will be found everythhur that is desirable, pNl e ,. h.° l;;:t "ts Of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate ial s ho e ' Ttl it ,°r Urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee to / 10 , - "Ts, as well as Sitting and Led Rooms, will be 1114, 1, 41y:!e11 rr 2 , c in the kingdom. t 4, tly a r I.T servants are included In the Bill (except those 7. t4 Peet ia iT 11. ours), viz., Walter all' Porter, and Chambermaid, it sated that farther payment is unue- 44 11., V? SE k i 'Z l/ t h ' bt Pt0z , ,,,, A' ON.—CROSSE and BLACK kto4 ~,peett,rs in Ordinary, by appointment to her Ma ' laa"l'Y to inform the nObility and gentry that they kk,l oilDenor7eltire the celebrated SOllO SAUCE, which will tt l : l 4l4l lo olg o e n v a er i description of game ; also their im i prov‘d tt lk: ll7) : l)4l'ci s e fish, It o n Y e a l l " T iN a 'i'' „ s le PSai'unnce°, r , e s is r Essence uo be rt r o e f ej %ir s i n p c s e , t O 4, the anchovy Paste, Strasburg Potted iteatq, &c. 1144:11t114 pried together with their superior pickles, may be 'tory, pnelPal sauce venders throughout the kingdom. t, Sollo- square, London. Established 1706. Oht 14°110T co 8 PATENT Ntilt„ed ,411bn„ ei \V 111 IT ZINC „, Ru g. _ itfn es . ,egance, durability, heslth, s nd Economy. It is permanent for ages—unaffected by `ft t ;ilial to "' carg o tOrt ab ' 'he ti n TaPour from o tl iN tB e finest coach panelli i i, esspools, or the most noxious without the use of var pealy:4lth of the pa c li g ler, and to the occupants it than v, lilted with It over . s so much work that it k%uf ile, lin. ,v (lllll l ,), e ,,Polsonous paints hitherto used. Each cask London, Patent." os" li t 4 'matt e aPnaarticulars, ay be obtained from the pri , L oad at the Works of THOS. lIIIBBLICK and on Docks. 4 Nec4EbinSEND STAR PACKETS to from t o c u or ci ld cia a ss u ß r ail av , tittl oo4 or w es a e y nd NINEPENC ), 1 , and T o t Mass ditto, ONE SIIILLING. S m, e eltbill. To or from Blahwall. lt h - p ? / ilt., , •• 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d. h o *eke, nterrnediate Piers ........ 6d. `ett ,eall at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purdeet Piers. plt;:Litt the P; 'r ers PIER, /weather GRAVESENDPe rm!ttiag). 41 TERR A CE GRAVESEND. T HE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after the 29th day of September next, the Chief Office of this Company In London will be REMOVED to Nos. 20 and 21, POULTRY. 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. Z Ittt i t f__4 Itki l l e rs z !ts p u i r E .d i rl4t ß ed (weather E, permitting). BENJN. HENDERSON, AV SEND. itt it o‘ 1 3 4, 7- ---- --- Resident Secretary. SUNDAYS 24th August, 1850. \ (ire G t* l, h ),, ree ' a- Pur ...th e - Time Koster-Drays - Pur- T HE PARLOUR LIBRARY, ls. each Volume. k l ike, •,. -,...... • fleet me vine. hithe. fleet hi, i --____ The Publishers beg to state that all G. P. R. JAMES'S ----- ——-- WORKS, lately out of print, are again RE-PRINTED, and may be I lli \ . .... *7 had of every Bookseller and at all the Railway Stations. Works by I , ..... — 8% the following popular Authors have also appeared in the Parlour 1., ....I 11 Library:- 1 N ...". 12 A, Lamartine. T. C. Grattan. i 2 1 G. P. R. James. Madame Reybaud. N ....., 3 Washington Irving. Mrs. S. C. Ball. --- 4 Ni N .... Miss Mitford. ' George Sand. 5 Author of " Emilia Wyndham." Rodollift Toppfer. Ii , .... 6% Augustus La Fontaine. Leitch Ritchie. The O'llara Family. --- 7 Miss Austen. 1 1 141111 .-- 78 l't William Carleton. Gerald Griffin. W. Meinhold. Paul de Kock. 'I/ 441 4 44 f B% Mary llowitt, Alex. Dumas. 4 01 1 111 4 1 : treZ' r n the n Simms and M'lntyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London, of whom pro . k itht. e la,, fencln„°,,aht'Lmarked t snectuses may be had gratis on application, or Irea by post. ,—I I 0 1: c Ntr i— 1 8 Y01%44444 tir o % ; ° h k fr, p t e Boats marked t . N an hntittchurch-street Station to all parts of London Tr 1,: PI IC • t v . p /TAit , k. . - kris f ront the . F , RL h ACK h W t ALL t , s o t n at t . h n e . arrival Of .. Nt I: q . t ., SUNDA I S. ' % e ". oren, Roshr. Time. Pnr- Green- v . Hoshr 'N. line. R. 31 fleet hithe. Gray'' vine. ii \ `,........ —.. -' -- '''' 9 14 11 {— 10 il -.. --- 10% lli 11 \ ..... .... 2 1 ,( ICA% -...— 11 t P Ctt ts..Nrk. 7% . ( 1, -, -.. ct . 0)01Q,.._ Pi e ,°re run direct, Lae Yoe Lets not eeing per or t i0inh. , 4'N ....... "' of for Boats. ` t littiki , r l/. 1 , 4 T. Welve Months, 41.45. ; Six Months, 21. 153.; I N: Muni' t ° be haa ef ' the Hectors on board the i hPY 4 - Terrace Pier, Gravesend. erald Griffin. Mary llowitt. Simms and M'lntyre, 13, Pater! spectuses may be ha:l gratis on api PROFESSOR YOUNG'S MENSURATION. Just Published, in 12tn0., price 4s. cloth, AN INTRODUCTORY TREATISE ON MENSURATION, intended for the Use of Schools and Pr: gate students By J. R. YOUNG, Late Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Belfast Academical In stituton, Author of " A Treatise on Algebra," " Elements of Geo metry," &c., &e. Simms anal 31.`Intyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London; and Donegal street, Itelfast. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious sauce is the best safe mard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon tho label and patent cap of the bottle. : 4 _1. -- P --- -----________„, q; 7t t3'...LYTECHNIC INSTITUTION t' Of their " eek tile si.LPIN F SINGERS from Styria will r.`4lfst Xational Melodies, - daily at Four, and in i‘ t i he c '444e o lih o j ne ig r ht.cilecture on the d Hydro-Electric aat '*Zet'r-Pgastt:' l‘lechaani i y ea a l t l' r r w op o ert a ie n s of a Jet of Steam, r 4tb jl e , .1, _Three, and in the Evenings ata Quarter -plat 'tj , s 1411 uissolving Views illustrating some of the Won t.: ttls at nalf-plst Fo r and in the Evenings a i t a s '.4ll J'a ° t 4 Sfir i,eB, eXl4‘ 4 gcenes in the Arctic Reg on A ar , s , ne 0 clock. —Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. ''B3lo7a, I.— Sehools, Half-orice. THE G!ZEAT REMEDY FOR ALL DISEASES IS TO PURIFY VI& BLOOD, 4. 1 0 I) ARIL'S LIFE PILLS. It is universally admitted that this fine Medicine will purify the Blood better than any other, and WILL CONQUER any Disease. None are genuine, unless the words " PARR'S LIFE PILLS" are in White Letters on a Red Ground on the Government Stamp, pasted round each box ; also the facsimile of the signature of the Proprietors, " T. ROBERTS and Co., Crane court, Fleet-street, Loudon," on the Directions. Sold In boxes at Is. I Y,(1„ 2s. 9d., and family packets at lls. each, by all respectable Medicine-venders. t \ it, L , qNt I\l Ro lily t ~, ".1,3 A ND ro ;ON ~ SINGING NOISES IN qiil .3 , b., TEE HEAD. ~, i.,, _ ~jk,„ of b'ttlfa ht „''',, NETrs Newly-discovered Remedy, Nkhr‘s, 4 l eafh e 0.. the most aged sufferer. Its application tt , lio,r e ilet ect st! enables sufferers of either sex, although I pr tti N e a les b ;r t, fi fty years, , I k ttip, 4tlttitikble instantly to hear a whisper, lie old treatment had been pronounced M- N ! v rid=es Nedy t ;14,111111.the ear ° be had Genuine only of Dr. Bennett, at • '4l,4l44Notio„Nki, lure of Deafness, 80, Upper Stamford-street, 'k/i, ir ' e t e t e l , ot: ree"e.ipotti,eifnpceasste:taomf s u s s ., fu s r en t t he fr s e u e m t e o . all parts in i lb s, l '' '' till teiru3 Afoaday, Wednesday, and Friday A 1 slit, l) l ;4. S c, 1 1,,N 4 1. 1 kk )0131 HL i it, l, B 4 ,Wlettp„,, and RHEUMATIC PILLS. ilki , ,NetL'itti "3' the". and of BLAIR'S G NIT and RHEU • y,,101),,i7e thisPuhlishecontinued series of testhnonials which have !ILk x % 4 tl he thoit,, 4 hY the proprietor for nearly twenty years, ,' l l l4 il 4 4 tire f lisliC eis n e the Most popular of the present age ; and ,4 t l‘h i ,rklei by the following extract of a letter, written N ti ,:t '4, 411 13. "Y . his i';' • ' E'cl., Collector of Customs, - Jamaica, hay -1,,,, t tsh,d., 44 ,eao n _ le rOth r then, at Swindon, to Mr. Prout for publi 1114h.4t1j,,t,741.,t14:14, ve her t1.04{,111: 1. 04_ 4 11 1 :N1C Lett ",, Q r had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but tNS,7 l l4, 4 'wh i 'l•le '„ 4 ', 4, in Mercy to any friend who may suffer ' O ,,Vt„, - . 1 1 , th' e l3 , -aiii",„' l utehago, ' sciatica, rheumatism, or any It4Ntt ei , th et el , a, eet,. farnilY, to recommend their using them. 7.onderful efficacy : not only am I person t44l4itkg4illtigr I)°, :ers OtilDO'tteitttOnhtellent fr7oltuse friends and acquaintances iNgh ,) i tr og, the . / 1 ta,._u their use I would not . be without N 4 4 4) 1 11,,%re t 1;; if i n ", in the early stage of disease they USVII ;gas I, r _art i )y . a, ._a other they alleviate pain and effect 14 :,.N. 1, 1 . 1 4D, 0t.. ?0t , 2291,rtahnedr means within my knowledge." t 4 .z 4 , i tt,,,ie, ? ,.. 9 bije Af,die'itne Vendors throughout ; anti by htiuseapicioliitnect ors `1 '1,1 1 11 1 ,1 a k 4 S q' , i l lir box. V h4E,, thj e l'S Of ..1..,,n(1 RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe , ~,,,e. tioporr;sUettlas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im p,!ll' n _ 'ut g t an a p affixed to each box of the o‘4 ‘jU t. N ul t 4t 1, t RWRT. ktritet;44„uer he - -L ' S NE w WORKS. - 4R e zitrin, ii w . ° ( ? o ci rn , i!i3, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; Aill\;stilev t b Y Post, 13 11; or direct from the author, IN 4t,,:t. t h, it I'IJ OYME - • 6d. tit ptit , tipi "rem!, NT OF LIFE. k. k 4 4 , 1 i,,, i flit I Ric, u. , glad rational Use of Time." . N, lith,. ICevirolf,-Pring and Summer Mornings—Ex '4lll•‘,ll,-4111,4 Ro-r 0 ,,,,, ' of London—Th Parks, Lanes, Hills, l i, ' br .... lhe - n‘, 4 ' and other pleasant e paces—Country Oito up ku ltti a . , o - r; —..London at Wight —Evening., at Home cici vtli 8,, Eatag. D rinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, I lk It •I l't Ni. TS 11 % TO 1... PI/C/ M Tim " ' I d t . . ~,, M OUNTAINS. Two Vols. 'kEti .1....1,a,„, .. Tool /. 0, ..s , SKETCH:OF EDINBURGH, &c. g rti, vol. 1 1. ttit'e l ; l l /t rl DUBLINA • REMDIISCENCES OF ,i c. 6 41 0). n t 1: t th r !T To ..,,, •it t lo h „ - tei h N i - e te em —AT lI R I L krLtt,,,rt Of . e Year ' s .' AND AVOID. ei. ., 4, h_ . a,h,,,,.,. e and ten our course may run." 11' ittZli t t ,'_Aith ;:,. e very fo rm (cause and cure) of ner 11,,tint17,:thatt".0;,4_. nfeebled constitution, that harasses 'day Lbles n_lmeasure, business, or study, and em we. ""d rules for the diet and physical regu % S/kh, ',„,,t h „_ ~,, t tl ' , p • .'ilth —4 410 ` 4 11: 1.4 ' 1, 1 4 01 1 : 1 1 . I .l ' a er '''' hUrt t h SSIONS. N i44,.. 1 44 ' 1 1 4 8. r e' ll e Dijgriflued as Atte beenelY—what improve, Nik 414 astit,,Mage, from ._, ln faucy to old age. The advent 4 0 - ' , on, with - " m genients. The casualties of li ii t it egt e , of illustrations graphic, narrative, ,rn„ .k I, efttl Y ' m arriages: i ,, ,imt 4 1, To I'll Lkli t !t,kr,i•t :,, l 't o r At ARR : 4' p s ,o 4 , -, tig ~..a w. hot t o b --.GE STATE. tkit.:4l'N'o,te'oth'arti" slid 0 ,,e, that is the V " ,11 ire n i •ag h t n.og at i en _ question." ion. C k e Of e h etl, ' 0 be ob • 3 of nature, society, and re it,/ I t , oeti v esit h as t o served by either sex. Time and `l),' 'es Y Offs. a g, ter,, 1.,.11,,,,i.v e 4,, rim , ...perament, complealon, and li‘li to th. : it s „ With the art of rearing them. 'Atop 114 1- :in4tri ttt al . Sterility and its conversion. 11 %, b ob }Z . ars iit.,,,,'D. (1841), 5 1.R.C.5. (1827), L.S.A. . +44.. - ,re d •weaj - 014_, aily ~ and Forensic Referee in these %N g ti l l WV.. ...., r.venings, ism till :duo. I DR. I.A'MERT ON TILE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH A:sTD MATURITY.—WITH 46 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. )test published, and may be had in French or English, In a Sealed Envelope, 23. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma urity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which debilitate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural *Wings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood; with Practical lbservations on the Treatment of Nervous DeWitt: , and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, itricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Imlis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the laatomy, Physlology, and Diseases of the tteproductive Organs, explaining their stractm es, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un rertunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering front their invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap dying to a qualified physi cian for relief. Shame and the dread so . - requently, but erro neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking or assistance where alone it can be procured. Dr. LAW EitT has taken the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference almost solely to i.he treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Ottford-street; Starie, Tichborne= Street, Haymarket; Mann, 39, Comhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps. ft•orn the Author's Residen ce. :57 Pea tr,r? THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. ITustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Efigravin'T on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just ptdished, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establlshment, 33 6d. In postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a 1%-dical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured En ravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. I'ublished by the Authors : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. . _ PART f. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART It. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from inrection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engt avings. PART IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART V. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and it. du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF STRIAC:'M is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remed:, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and th abuse of m• - •rcurv. lis. anfl 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, ha • 9d., 4s. 6 and lie. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, t, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. ‘,.,suitation fee, If by letter, Is. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, ani posi tion in society. li. Packets, with advice, to be had at the w.ts blish_ment ealy by which the fee, 1/., Is saved. Messre. lorry, Surgeons, are in attendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till Two and five to Eight; on Sun day, AVM lena to One, O !". N \l t k r ,!, s • p . ,4 1 As .. • ,44 IA - e4 • gr.': • •;' /<"?'" A A . POVik 01;1 0 f* • ei),.):•,•••:,..10:f_r 0-) (4%, • • • • • . r , ,-/ t ,) L • _ 01 - Lie NO . 1 c) 9• DIS , MYTED ZIPZ POLICIES. " A trial of considerable interest to Life Assurance Offices and the public was concluded yesterday in the Court of Exchequer. The Eagle Company held a policy tor an assurance of 539/. in the Alhian Company as security for an advance, the payment of which policy was now disouted by the Albion, on the ground that at the time it was effected the feet of the assured party having horn a man of in temperate habits was concealed from the office. he chief evidence turtle upon the question no to the decree of intemperance that had been exhibited, and the resift was, that a verdict wile given against the resisting office, not enty fir the amount or the policy, but &so for 401 interest fr, , m the slat, when it becam, due. The circumstance of the action bein4 brought by one office agniust another presents a striking illustration of the uncertainty whirls may attach to all po licies utrier the present, systeir, and shoes that the only mode by wh'ch absolute security tan b obtained by the public mast lie in the general adoption by Assurance Offices of the plan of prote ning them selves in cvcry cf,se by du tstq tirics iseltire the grantini. f each po licy, and of afterwards assuming the full responsibility et the com pleteness or such inquiries by Sodding thnnseives precluded from raising any future question. In the protest case two offices are found to he diametrically opposed Its their opinions as is what can properly invalidate a and yet the public are expected to be able to glare themselves against such contingences. Siiqilar cases have occurred before, and even if they were snore rare, they would seriously injure the progress of life assurance. The very principle upon which the business is founded is the removal of uncertainty, and whenever that principle is connte-acted in the slightest degree, the people who would he the first to resort to its advantages are the first to be deterred."—Times, July 11, 1350. cREMORNE GARDENS, On the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea. Open Daily at Three o'clock. SHILLING ADYISSION. Children, Sundays at Half-past Four. N charge for admission except by rtefreshment Card—Sixpence. Children under Six years of age tree. Director, Mr. T. B. Simpson, Albion, Great Russell-street, Co vent garden. Lord Lyndhurst; in Ireland, Sir Edward Sugden and Lord Plunkett. If I am correct in the enumeration, there must ho four at least. Is there any itisurteountable objection to the separa tion of these elfi ;es, the judicial and political, so that the frequent possession of a retiring allowance by an ex- Chancellor might be avoided ?—I do not know that there is any insuperable obstacle. It is a matter which has fen been taken into consideratien, but I think the general result of ;he censideratien has been in favour of retaining the political and the judicial functions united. There hs,s been so much advantage to the Cabinet from having the assistants of the highest equity judge, teat objections have always been nestle to tee separation ut the two offices. You do not imagine that the frequent change of the highest judge in the realm, a change arising from poli ticel consideratio ns a l one, is prejuicial to the interests of justice on the whole?—l have not sufficient proles sioeal knowledge to answer very positively. I have no proof before me of ally Ectual injury sustained by it. It is a very complicated and extensive subject, to which it would be difficult to do justice in an answer to a queatioe. Mr. Evans—Are you of opinion that even if the judges' retiring allowance were more than it is, they would retire any sooner than the state of their health obliged them to retire?—l think there is great unwil lingness on the part of a judge to abandon his office until he is really disabled from performing the duties ofit. Mr. Bright—Havo you any information with regard to the number and the labours of the judges in Ireland?— No; it is very long since I held office in Ireland. My impression is, that comparing the duties of the judges in Ireland with those of the judges in England, the judicial establishment in Ireland is large. Are you aware that there have been alterations in the system in Ireland by the establishment and extension of Assistant Barristers Courts, by which the labours of the assizes have been very much diminished, and thet, in some cases!, the progress of the judge is rather a pro gress, of observation than of labour?—l have that gene ral opinion; but the Committee would get much better information respecting the amount of the judicial busi ness in Ireland from other sources. It has not come particularly under my review, and any estimate that I can form must be a very vague one. The Committee can get information as to the amount of business done by the Irish courts, and' as to the diminution of it, if any, more full and complete than any that I can give. Mr. Ricardo—With regard to the retiring pensions of the judges, do you know what the reason is of a different principle being adopted with respect to the Lord Chacellor, as distinguished from the other judges, with reference to the period of service which en titles him to a pension?—The Lord Chancellor holds his office by a much more precarious tenure than the other judges. He is not independent of the pleasure of the Crown; he is subject to the loss of office from a change in the Government; and that, I apprehend, is the rcasoa for the power to grant to the Lord Chan eel or a retiring allowance after a very limited period of service. [n the case of a judge in one of the superior courts in Westminster-ball, you require a considerable number of years' service before the grant of a pension. l'hose judges are entirely independent of the Crown, and hold their offices during life. Do you consider the Lord Chancellor in the light of a political person, or of a judicial person?—The retiring elision is considered part of the inducement to a man of the highest reputation at the bar to leave the profession, and to embark in political life, being subject to the con tingency of a sudden loss of power. Do you think it impossible to estimate the retiring pensions in the salaries of the judges and of the Lord Chancellor?—l think you are liberty, in calculating the t eat emoluments of the judge, to consider the retire• meet which he has in prospect, us well as the amount of actual salary which is paid to him during his tenure of office; it is a fair element in considering the amount of salary to be enjoyed by him. Could it not all be put into the salary; could not you give him a certain salary, and leave it to the individual tt mself to provide for the future?—You would propose that the salary of the judge should be increased to, say 6,0001. a year, or any other given sum, instead of 5,000/., and that there should be no retiring allowance. That the contingent interest in the retiring allowance should be merged in actual salary, as the judge would of course remain entirely independent of the will of the Crown, and hold his office subject only to removal on an address of either House of Parliament, I think you would find that the judges would retain their offices a very long period. Your objection to the judge being left to himself to provide for the future is that he would retiin his office longer than he would be capable of exercising the func tions of it properly?--There would be a tendency to that in the case of al ( Mom entirely independent of the Crown, and from which the holder is removable only on an address of either House of Parliament. If you allotted to the office a high salary and no retiring al lowance, there would be a tendency in the judge to retain the office and the high salary to the latest moment, in stead of retiring into privacy, there being no provision on retirement; I think that would be the result. That is an argument for retiring pensions generally, in all cases, is it not?—No, not in cases where the person holds office subject to the pleasure of the Crown; but in the case of offices held for life, or quamdiu se belle yes suit, there is an advantage in holding out the prospect of a retiring allowance after long and faithful service rather than increasing the salary of the office. Mr. Cobden—Might not the objection be partly met by fixing a certain period of life beyond which the judge wu eno should not occupy the b enc h ?—lt you advert to the his tory of the judges, yo u w ill find it a very delicate and difficult matter to limi t th e period of their service; you will find several judges w h o have attained the greatest eminence, have rendered t h e greatest ;service, and have performed their dutie s most actively and usefully at very advanced periods of life. Some c a se s there certainly have been, cases which must be familier to you all, in which complaint has b een made of a judge retaining his office much too long ; b ut st i ll I think any precise limi tation of age would be f oun d very difficult. A rule that a judge should not re ma i n in office after 65 or 70 years of age, might deprive th e pu b lic of the advantage of the learning and experien ce of judges competent for public se rv i ce. Mr. Bright—ls not t h e inconvenience to which you have alluded found to arise frequently who might the bench of bishops; do not they often retain office beyond the period at which they are capable of per forming their duties? --I do not know an instance of resignation by a bishop, Mr. Cobden—Do not you think that public opinion would very much tend to correct any tendency on the part of judges to remain upon the bench after their fa culties were no longer equal to the duties of the office? —lt has not done so in some remarkable cases. Mr. Bicardo—lf a judge would remain in office be cause he had no retiring pension, may he not also re main in office in order to get the difference between his retiring pension and actual salary?—That certainly is possible; but the judges are influenced in retaining office by higher motives. There is an unwillingness on their patt to retire from the discharge of active duties, and to receive retiring pensions, While they feel themselves able to render public service. Chairman—lnstances of judges retiring are not very numerous, even with the temptation now held out?—Not very. THIS DAY, September 3, Immense Success of Denlin's new Fairy Rallet. " The Origin of Harlequin." New Groupings from the Antique. Dancing to liorim's Band of Fifty Instrumentalists. Madame • Antonio will make her m•;rvelluus Ascent and Descent on the Rope hurric al es of Chevalier Mor tram's gor,Nous Fireworks. Chattaway's celebrated Brass Band. In active preparat:cn, a Grand Chinese Fete. On Saturd ty, for the future, the usual entertainments will be pre sented, instead of the Bal al Fresco, and the usual charge for admis sion restored, vie., Is. Ladies and gentlemen can here enjoy the health-promoting elegant exercise of the graceful bow, with the advantage of proper instruc t in, gratis l Shooting three dozen arrows, Is. Matches fir Dinner, Wine, and a Prize Bow are alway 4 open. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Mr. Teetgen, Archery Manufactory, 161, Bishopsgate street. The Magic Cave—The Shooting Gallery—Burns's Cottage, with Groups of Figures illustrative of his Works—Summer and Winter in the Arctic Regions—The Maze—Statuary of the finest Classical descripti•n, &c., &c. Be it recollected, on Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticket, Sixpence. 'HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 72, LOMBARD-S MEET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. r. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P, Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. fames Fuller Madox, Esq. , John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. J•Vin c-S Turner, Esq. ! David Henry Stone, Esq. Never were these delightful grounds in such high perfection as at the present moment. Visitors to London should not omit a stroll 'neath the shade of the lofty trees and amongst the variegated beds of flowers at Cremorne. Everything has been done to render this magnificent place of amusement worthy the most extensive patronage. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Henry Augu4us Bevan, Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John Danger&ld, Esq. The attention of the French in London is particularly requested to this metropolitan ducosse. The grand Bowling Saloon of this establishment is open free to the Public. N.B. The Mammoth Sycamore, the Largest Tree in the World, in the River Esplanade. George Cumming, Esq. William D. Starling, Esq. A Table ,Filote on Sundays at Six o'clock—Half-a-Crown. Creniorne can be reached by road or river for 3d. A Boat leaves Battersea-bridge every sight after the Fireworks. SEcurrAßY—David Alison, Esq. BANsEas— gessrs. Spooner, Attwoods. and CO. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware -road. Rev. James Sherbold Boone, Stanhope-street, Hyde-park, Captain Creed, lorfolk•crescent, Oxford-square. SIR R. PEEL ON OFFICIAL SALARIES. The following is extracted from the evidence an nexed to the House of Commons' Report on Official Salaries : Sir Robert Peel, Baronet, a Member of the House, examined : You have filled a great number of most important offices in the Government of this country, will you be kind enough to enumerate them?—l held the office of Udder Secretary of State in the War and Colonial de partment from 1810 to 1812. From that office I was removed to the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland in August 1810, and remained Chief Secretary with three Lord Lieutenants, from 1812 to 1818; with the Duke of Richmond, during a portion of his lieutenancy; with Lord Whitworth during the whole period of his lieutenancy; and with Lord Talbot, during a por tion of his lieutenancy. At the commencement of 1822, I was Secretary of State for the Home Department, and remained in that office till the spring of 1827. when Mr. Canning's Government was appointed. In December, 1828, I again accepted the same office, that of Secre tary of State for the Home Department, and retained it ut:til November, 1830, when on the meeting of Par liament the Duke of Wellington's Government re signed, and Lord Grey became First Minister. In Dect inner, 1834, I accepted the office of First Lord of this Treasury, together with that of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and remained in office holding those two appointments until April, 1835, not more than four or five months. In September, 1841, I accepted the office of First Lerd of tt - ,e Treasury, without the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and remained in office till Jull, 1846. From th general experience you must have had in those diff •rent public offices, the Committee are anxious that you should afford them any assistance in your power in coming to a right opinion as to whether any, and if any, what reductions are capable of being male, without injury to the public service, in a=ny of those different departments which have been referred to them for consideration; I could first place in your hands a paper which has been delivered in by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, containing a list of the offices referred to in the first part of the reference, namely, those held during the pleasure of the Crown by Members of either House of Parlia ment voted in the annual estimates?—l will take the refereece to the Committee. The Cornmite eis ap pointed "To inquire into the salaries and emolu ments of offices held during the pleasure of the Crown by Members of either House of Parliament voted in the annual estimates ; and also into the salaries and emolume=nts of judicial offices in the superior courts of law and equity in the United Kingdom, and into the re. tiring pensions allotted to the judges, and also into the expense of diplomatic establishments charged on the Consolidated Fund." I will first mention those branches of inquiry with respect to which the Committee can obtain from other quarters more full and more recent information than that which lean give. With respect for instance to the diplomatic establishments, it is scarcely necessary, on that account, for me to give an opinion upon therm I will however, take the liberty of referring the Committee to a return which was presented in. 1830, showing the charge of his Majesty's diplomatic service abroad, from 1822 to 'IE29, both inclusive ; distinguishing the several heads of charge. At that period the charge fur the diplo matic service did not come under the annual notice of Parliament ; it was provided from the Civil List, not by vote of Parliament. In the year 1828-29, Lord Aberdeen took a general review of the expenses of the diplomatic establishments, and after that review so un dertaken by him, there were considerable reductions in the amount of charge. The paper gives the expenses from the sth of January, 1822, to the sth of January, 1830, both inclusive. It distinguishes the various mis sions from the Consuls and other heads of charge, and the total charge of every kind under the heads of extra ordinary and incidental expenses, commissions under the treaties with foreign powers, missions to the new States of America, consular establishments, pensions to retired ministers, superannuation allowances to consuls. It embraces, therefore, every charge of every kind on account of diplomatic and consular service. Taking the account from 1825, I find that th e f o ll ow i ng are the charges for the several years from 1825 to 1829. In 1825, the total charge was 418,637/.; in 1826, 459,5381.; in 1827, 412,8591.; in 1828, 407,117/.; and in 1829, it was reduced to 366,0041. There may have been causes accounting in part for that reduction, as, for in stance, the discontinuance of some missions. I do not bear in mind the details, but I know that Lord Aberdeen, being then Secretary of State for the Foreign Depart ment, undertook the consideration of the whole expendi ture, and I consider that the saving which took place in 1829 was mainly attributable to the measures which he took to revise the diplomatic establishment. I believe that in subsequent years the reductions made by him were fully adopted by the Government which succeeded, and were carried in some instances still further. The progress of reduction was continued. I think that is the whole information I can give with respect to diplomatic service of any importance. With respect to judicial offices, I cannot give the Committee any information upon them so good as that which they can derive from other sources. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin• coin's Inn-fields. Thomas Jervis Amos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New. square, Lincoln's Inn. Secretary, Chas. Hog ton, Esq. The POLICIES of this Company, being form Family Provisions and Negotiable Securities, for their validity is not dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. . . Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As• urance, the progress of this Company has been ra.lid from the corn• mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will he forwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to whom Commission is allowed. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Manager. ATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY -STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England, and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 3601.—making together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and the 31st of 'lay, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve mouths preceding. Prop •sa.!s were made for 135 Pe'icies, amounting to 52,9631.25. td.: of these 121, comt rising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,048 i., upon which 3201. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums Since the c mmencement of the Company to the Ist of June last, assuran es were effected to the extent of 110,972/. 12s 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3.7321. I Is. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9501. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,991/. 15s. lid. ,iftee last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,183/. I Is. lthl. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four m-nths hey had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing' in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who under the sanction and patrona.,e of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbish 'p of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Eveque 8e Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con. siderab'e amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in Au nuitles both Immediate and Deferred. . After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prosrects. You were fur a long time Secretary of State for the Home Department; is it Sour opicir,n, looking at the general scale of allowances to the judges, that any dimi nution can be made in th-m without detriment to the public service?—During the period when I was Secre tary of State, there was an increase made both to the salaries of the judges and to their retiring allowances; and I em sure that that increase was founded at the time upon the difficulty of inducing men of the highest cha racter at the bar, possessing the qualifications most re quired for the judicial office, to accept it. In what year was that?—lt was in 1826, during Lord Liverpool's Government. Are you of opinion that any reductions might now be made without profaning inconvenience with respect to finding fit and adequate persons to undertake those offices?—My attention has not been much directed to the subject. I have a doubt whether the retiring allow ance of the judge does not bear an undue proportion to the amount of his salary, and whether that allowance might not admit of some reduction. Have you considered the proportion which those sa laries bear to one another with reference to one or two of the offices of which the salaries are the largest, for instance, that of the Master of the Rolls?—I have not given any particular attention to that subject. Mr. Walter—Are you aware of any particular occa sion on which tee difficulty to which you have alluded was experienced. of inducing suitable men to accept the judicial office?-1 am speaking now with respect to a period more than twenty years ago; I do no; bear in mind the names of any particular members of the bar who declined judicial office; the increase of salary was made in the year 1825, and I think the ground of the increase was a representation from the Lord Chancellor as to the difficulty of inducing men, of the highest qua lifications for judicial office, to abandon the profession. That was the general ground; the particular cases to which that statement may have referred I do not bear in mind. _ _ _ ngeenmtirineleynce in the profession. A kr. Bright—With regard :to the office of Lord Chancellor, when the judicial and political offices are united as they are at present, is there not danger that the Government, scekin g for a very serviceable man as a political character, may in some degree over ino f t a h eLoCourtrd Chancellor h o a f n oe i Chancery? lor look that which is required for the highest judge to relinquished if he sere i—G i I ❑n ooTt t v h aeh e remn pmaonel realm, inot tifewould the t ei u p l r de highest advantagesib Government which adopted an inferior man as Lord Chancellor for the purpose of receiving aid from him, in a political capacity, distinct from professional service, would lose immensely in the estimation of the profes sion. It would be their manifest interest to take a man of the highest eminence in the profession as Lord Chan cellor. Mr. Cobden—Have there not been instances within your recollection of men being called t o t h e office of Lord Chancellor purely on political grounds, and who have notoriously not been suited to the office in respect of legal attainments?—Political considerations must ne cessarily influence, to a certain extent, the appointment of the Lord Chancellor, because, as the office is a poli tical as well as a judicial one, it is necessary that the person accepting the office should concur in political sentiments generally with the administration with which he acte. To that extent, therefore, political considera tions du influence the appointment. But a Government would naturally select for the office of Lord Chancellor the lawyer of the highest eminence generally concurring with them in political opinion. Cnairtnan—We will now go on with the list before you of offices held during the pleasure of the Crown, usually filled by Members of either House of Parliament. Looking at the reductions which were made in 1830 upon the salaries in 1780, as stated here, are you of opinion that in any of those departments in th e list be fore you, further reductions can be made without detri ment to the public service?—lt would be impossible for me to prove that a salary of 5,0001. a year is exactly the sum which ought to be assigned to a particular office. The Committee will see that this is a matter in cap ts at present th w e ou p l u d bli b c e S se t r a ini v te ic:e. I able of demonstration. One cannot prove that 4,8001. might not be sufficient in future, w i h ip e o n n s p , u o b o l o i / c . has been sufficient; I can only state that my opinion, the g re e s o u u l n t ds o , f to ex a p, d , r i i m en in ce u , tio is n s o t f ro t n h g e ly em a o d l v u e m rs e e n , received by those who fill the chief offices of the State; oltihtiec I have a strong impression that the scale of emolument is not more than is just, so far as hairrideFiaviirdsoutfaLlsoradreofcothne cweirttnierde;fearnednothat o a t he interests reduction of o of t think that, upon the whole, the comparative scale is not an unfair one; It I recollect rightly, the chief officers of a n t n ion in the a lower C th h e an G e ( e )v il e o r r n o m f en th t, e t E he xeh th e r ei tue ee, S: in c , r i e t t Treasury, receive now 5,000/, a year; the First Lord of the Admiralty, an office of equal importance. receives 4,5001. a year, but thin he has a house attached to his office; the President of the Board of Control, I b e li eve, a r d o v ffi is c e e a s ny ar a e ll u er p h sc a a s le 3 ; s llL a n y o e t a p r r ; ep ti r o ed ot t h o e comparative scale. Mr. Welter—There are cases in which the offices al Mr. Deedes—Supposing that professional incomes now were on the average less tha❑ at the time you hare al luded to, perhaps that difficulty would not exist to the same amount at the present time?-0f course, so far as that was the ground of the increase; but I have no in formation upon the fact, whether they do make less or not. Chairman—During the time that you were First Lord of the Treasury, from 1841 to 1846, was any difficulty experienced in securing the greatest talent at the bar to fill the office of judge?—l do not recollect any instance during that period. Mr. Ellice —Are you aware of any distinction between the duties of the Master of the Rolls and those of the other judges in the Court of Chancery below the Great Seal, which would render it necessary or expedient to pay a larger salary to the Master of the Rolls than to either of the Vice-Chancellors, for instance?—No; I am not aware of any; I have not paid much attentiun to that subject. Mr. Bright—Will you state whether the union of ju dici.l and political 'tikes in the Lord Chancellor is not the occasion of increasing the expenses in the retiring allowancti department, inasmuch as on a change of Go vernment there i 4 a ci.anwo of Cll'anctAlors, and the Lord Chancellor after his elevation not going hack to his pro fessien becomes entitled to a large retiring allowance; and is it not the fact, in consequence, that there are three or four ex-Chancellors receiving large pensions at the same time?—l apprehend that the E ersons receiving re tiring allowances are, in England, Lord BrouLhara and LONDON TUESDAY , v a AV; $ 4-4 • . 4 4 ` 5 4 / 7, k ; SEPTEMBER 9 3 1850. Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Treasury have been held by the same person; has it teen usual that such person should receive the emolu ments Attached to each office?—ln 1830 it was proposed by the Committee of that year that where the two offices were united there should be a saving in the double salary to the amount of 2,500/. a year; that is to say, the person holding the two offices together should re ceive 7,5001. a year. I believe that mine has been the only else in which a person sicce that period has held the two offices together ; and in consequence of that suggestion of the Committee I r , ceive.l a salary at the rate of 7.500/ a year during the few months I held the teo offices. In former periods, I believe, when Lord North held the offices, he received the double salary, and I think Mc. Pitt did. Ido not know Whether the double salary amounted then to as much as it does at present; but I think theta was no abatement f r o m th e salary assigned to the two offices when held by one person. Is not such a combination of offices unlikely to occur again, in consequence of the great increase in the bee nes..? —Judging from the labour to be perf mned, I think it not likely to be undertaken again ; when re appointed to office in 1841, I determined not to under take the double duties, after my experience of them in 1834-5. Chairman—With regard to the Secretaries of State, is there anything in the nature of the duties attached to either of those offices which you think would entitle it to a higher salary than the others?—The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is subject, perhaps, to some expenses to which the others are not liable; but he has the privilege of an official house, if he chooses to avail himself of it. There are several other offices which the Committee have been informed have no very onerous duties attached to them; for instance, the Lord Privy Seal, the Pay master-General, and the Master of the Mint; will you favour the Committee with your opinion as to how far it is desirable that those offices should be maintained a their present salary ?—I think it would be desirable that the Committee should advert to the progress which has been made of late years in reducing the emoluments re ceived by persons tilling high offices in the State. It is because that progress has been made, because the tendency has been to increrve the labour and to reduce the advantages and emoluments of office—(l speak now of pecuniary advantages and emoluments)—that I come to the conclusion that it would not be advantageous for the public iuterests to carry the reduction further. Mr. Bright—l presume you do not apply that spe cially to any particular office, but speak generally ? Speaking generally. I will take the period when I en tered public life, the year 1810. I find that since that period there has been a progressive reduction in official advantages and emoluments, and an increase in thee,la hour imposed on public men. The conjoint operation of diminished emolument and increased labour leads me to think that it would not be wise, having regard only to the public interest, to diminish much further the induce ments to enter the public service. To a man who has independent means, to a considerable extent it may not make any material difference ; but to a person who has not the advantage of hereditary wealth, a man of very great abilities and of great capacity for rendering public service, but of comparatively limited means, the amount of salary may be a serious consideration. Those who obeerve with satisfaction a departure from the rule acted upon in former times, of confining high public offices to the great families of the aristocracy, or to per sons of great wealth, who rejoice in seeing the dis tinction and advantage of office opened to persons of superior attainments, but of no great wealth or high family connexions, ought to meint.in the policy of at taching liberal salaries to the highest official employ ments. Mr. Cobden—ls it not the fact that that exclusive class to which you refer, do monopolise appointments to those highest situations to which large salaries are as• signed?—l think not. Take the succession of Cabinet Ministers for the last twenty years, do you not find that nine-tenths of them, or at all events four-fifths of them belong to the aris tocracy?—l think Cabinet offices of late years have been appropriated very much according to the Parliamentary ability displayed by those who were candidates for them; I cannot say of late years I recollect the case of any eminently distinguished man attached to a party, to whom (when that party came into power) a man of mere wealth, but of inferior attainments, has been pre ferred, Chairman—Will you state to the Committee what the advantages of patronage were at the period when you first entered office, and what they are at present?—ln the advantages and emoluments of office I include the opportunities of a Minister to benefit himself and the members of his family; and I will compare the extent of advantages and emoluments of that kind in the year 1810 with their present extent. First, let me take the state of sinecure offices in 1810. In that year a Committee was appointed which had duties to perform very similar to those which are entrusted to this Committee. There was a subs( quent Committee on sine cures in 1834, which in its report said, " On consulting the Report of the Select Committee on Sinecure Offices appointei in 1840, they find that in that year, according to the papers referred to that Committee, there were in existence throughout his Majesty's dominions 242 offices, which, according to the opinion of that Committee, came under the denomination of sinecures, and of which the total net income amounted to 297,095/, per annum. By the return of the sinecure offices now in existence, re ferred to your Committee, it appears that there remain 100 offices of a similar description, the total net emolu ments of which amounts to 97,803/. Now those sine cure offices were offices which the Ministers of the Crown had the power in many cases of appropriating either to themselves or to their immediate relatives. In 1782, in the memorable speech made by Mr. Burke upon economical reform, he expressly refers:to some of these sinecures. He says that, the nature of those profits which grow out of the public distress is in itself invi dious and grievous; and he proposes to regulate the offices and to diminish the salaries, but still to retain them as sinecure offices available for the reward of public service. Those sinecure offices thus applied as the reward of public service were among the advantages of office. They were left untouched in 1782, being con sidered the legitimate means of making a provision for the descendants of Ministers. Are you aware how many of those sinecures which you state to have existed in 1834 are now iu existence? —I presume there are none. There may some remain in which the existing life interest was protected; but the intention of Parliament was to abolish those offices alto gether as a means of reward; if there are any that now exist, they would be subject to reduction on the termina tion of the life interest. L )oking at those offices as part of the advantages con nected with holding high officer in the State in 1810, you are of opinion that the circumstances of their abolition must be taken into consideration in estimating the in ducements to men to take part in the public business of the country ?—I think the view of the Committee would he an imperfect one if they did not consider those things. Ido not mean to contend that because those sinecures have been abolished, you must necessarily maintain the existing salaries at their present amount; but I think that you ought to compare the inducements which there were at a comparatively recent period to enter into public life, with the inducements that exist at present. Such com parison is one element in the consideration, and the review will be an imperfect one if it be omitted. I show you that in 1810 there were sinecures to the amount of 295,0301. that have been swept away. Some of those offices were applied to the increase of the official emolu ments. Lord North when Prime. Minister of this country held also the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Mr. Pitt when First Lord of the Trea sury held the office of Lord Warden. Lord Liverpool, when First Lord of the Treasury, also held the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. I apprehend that there was attached to that office not only considerable patronage and a residence by the seaside, but a salary of 4,0001. or 5,0001. a year, which salary was enjoyed by those Ministers, in addition to the salary of the First Lord of the Treasury. I believe that in 1780 the emo luments of Lord North, as Prime Minister, derived from all those sources, were not less than 10,400/. a 3ear. Here is a case, therefore, in which sinecure offices were among the emoluments and advantages of high office. Those emoluments and advantages have ceased; not, in deed, altogether, because, upon the abolition of sinecure offices many of which had been applied to the increase of official income, and to the reward of public service, Parliament granted to the Crown the means of making some provision for retired Ministers. This report to which I have been referring alludes at the conclusion of it to that provision, in the following terms: —" Your Com mittee, in presenting this statement of the amount of saving which will ultimately accrue to the public from the abolition of sinecure offices, have not overlooked the circumstance, that by the Act of 1817 the Crown was empowered to grant pensions as rewards for official ser vices in lieu of these sinecures which were formerly ap plied, to a certain extent, for such purposes. The amount of annual charge which, according to the 57 Geo. 111. c. 65, might be incurred by the public, was limited to 45,0001." N ow , t h e system o f retrenchment, has beet here also progressive, because that amount of 45,0001. which was allotted to the Crown on the aboli tion of sinecures in the year 1817, was further reduced by the Act which passed in the year 1834, from 45,000/. to 21,600/., "of which," this report says, " according to thelast return, pensions to the amount of 16,5001.0n1y were actually granted and in existence." The result is that there is now no power of attaching any sinecure office as an increase to the emoluments of a Minister ; that the amount which now can be appropriated by the Crown as retiring allowances to those who have held the highest offices in the State cannot exceed 2 1,6001., and that practically, it is never likely to reach that a there can be only a certain number ofpensions mount'since granted for the tenure of certain offices. Mr. Ellice—By the Act of 1834, is not there another limitation with respect to the means of a person apply ing for a pension after filling a public office?—There is. No person can now hold one of those pensions with out a declaration that his private means are such as to require an addition to his income?—That is quite true; I believe the highest amount of pension is now limited to 2,0001. a year; and the holders of iour offices only can receive that largest amount of peneion • that is to say, a pension of 2,000/. cannot b e held at the same time by more than four persons who have filled certain specified offices, being the highest offices of the State. Do you know to how many persons it is now paid ?--I /, 72 4 / 1 1 4 I 4 :1 4- , , t4 . • - .'it;',77- 77- 4, 4 1 , , ~.. .... r: • ./...-, ~--. 1 )/‘,, r ; ~,,,,,,,,,,... —=- —,s, •, _ . , .-, ~ \.,,, .i i 1, . %.' , ~ 1-,,,, 4 , ..- „.-+- , - - / [PRICE SD, _______ ew ,„.„. think there is one pension of 3,0001. a year, to which the existing Act does not apply. Lord Bexley, I ba liere, receives 3,0001. a year. Ido not know how many other pensions there are. Mr. Cobden—ln speaking of those sinecures, and of the advantage they afford to Ministers of State, do you mean that they were advantageous as furnishing the opportunity of their appropriating one of those sinecures to themselves, or as patronage which they had to distri bute?—Mr, Burke, is speaking of the great offices of the Exchequer, says, " Efficient Ministers have been their own paymasters. It is true; but their very par tiality has operated as a kind of justice; it was service that was paid. When we look over this Exchequer list, we find it filled with the descendants of the Wal poles, of the Pelhame, of the Townshends." I appre hend he meant that long after the death of the Ministers to whom he referred, he found their desendants occupy ing some of these sinecure offices in the Exchequer. A Minister, therefore, had, or might have had, it he were so inclined, a double advantage from those sinecure offices; he might, as in the case of one of the best of these offices, the Wardenship of the Cioque Ports, ap propriate it to himself, and he had also the means of providing for his relations and connexions by the grant of other sinecure offices. In 1810, the Crown bad also the power of granting offices in reversion; the Minister of the Crown had the power, up to the year 1809, of conferring the reversion of one of those great offices upon some friend or relative of his own. That oppor tunity of rewarding service, which existed in 1809, exists no longer. Mr. Walter—With reference to the question put by Mr. Cobden, whether as a matter of fact the highest of fices of the State have not generally been filled by mem bers of the aristocracy and persons of ample means, are you not of opinion that the salaries attached to those offices should be so regulated as to admit of persons taking them whose private means would not be adequate to the discharge of these duties in a suitable manner without the aid of these salaries?—l think it is of the greatest public advantage that men of ability without large here ditary fortunes should be enabled to accept office. ' If you consider the men who within the last hundred years nave exercised the chief influence upon the march of political events, and upon legislation, you will find that those persons exercising that influence have not been the possessors of large hereditary fortune. In that class will be found the two William Pitts, Mr. Fox, Mr. Burke, Mr. Canning, and Mr. Iluskisson. Of the first William Pitt, Lord Chesterfield says, that the whole of the fortune that h e i n h er i ted was 1001. a year. He en tered life as a cornet of horse, with a fortune certainly not exceeding 4,0001. lie did not accumulate money in office, fOr on his death Parliament paid his debts to the amount of 20,0001. The second William Pitt must, there fore, have entered public life without any independent fortune. He held office for a long period; but the means which it afforded to meet the expenditure to which he was subject were so inadequate that on his death Parliament paid his debts, to the amount, I think, of 40,000/, there being no imputation of extravagance. Mr. Ellice—During that time he held the offices of First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exche quer, and Chief Warden of the Cinqud Ports?—Yes. Then take the case of Mr. Burke. Mr. Burke was pri vate secretary to Mr. Hamilton, the secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant ; he was afterwards private secretary to Lord Rockingham. Mr. Fox entered life without the advantage of hereditary fortune. Mr. Canning had none. Mr. Huskisson's means must probably have been very small, when he entered public life as private secre tary to Lord Stafford. Whatever was the time for which those eminent men held office, the emoluments of it in no case enabled them to make a provision for their families. It is surely a great public advantage that men of those eminent qualifications for rendering public ser vice should have some inducement for entering into the public service, rather than into professions. If they do enter it, it would be most unfair to allot to them any amount of salary which places them in an inferior posi tion to that of colleagues who may have, from the acci dent of birth, larger means of supporting the expenses of office. Chairman--Will you be kind enough to state whether, independently of those sinecures to which you have re ferred, any other advantages attached to the o ffi ce of Prime Ministe r , or any o f t h e other principal offices, in 1820, which they do not now enjoy?—l have stated what has been the reduction made in sinecure offices. I will now call the attention of the Committee to the pen sion list of the three kingdoms, as it existed in the year 1810. I will take first the pension list on the Civil List of Englard. In 1782 an Act passed (the 22d of Geo. 111., c. 82) for the regulation of the Civil List and the control of the grant of pensions. By that Act the Eng lish pension list was limited to 95,0001. a year, and until reduced to that sum the power of the Crown to grant pensions was limited to 6001. per annum. It was then provided that no greater sum than 1,2001. should be granted to any one person, except members of the royal family. With respect to pensions on the Irish Civil List, in 1793 an Act was passed, with the consent of the Government, placing restrictions on the power of the Crown as to the grant of pensions on the Irish Civil List. In 1793, when the pensions on the Irish Ci vil List amounted to 124,0004 an Act was passed restrain ing the Crown from granting pensions in any one year exceeding altogether th e sum o f 1,200 2 , until the whole pension list should be reduced to 80,000/. a year. The Irish pension list was net reduced below 80,0001. until the year 1813. As to pensions on the Scotch Civil List it appears that before 1810 there was no check whatever upon the power of the Crown in respect to the grant of Scotch pensions, except the amount of the revenue from which those pensions were derived. In 1810 the Scotch Civil List pensions amounted to 39,3791., and that year au Act was passed, providing that until the total annual amount was reduced to 25,0001., no larger pension than 300/. should be granted to any one person from the Scotch hereditary revenues. Besides those several pension lists, there were pensions charged on the 4f per cent. duties. That was the state of the Pension List in the three countries on the Ist of January, 1810. Can you state the amount of the pensions on the 4i per cent, duties?—l do not know that. The Committee will find in the report which was made in the year 1838 (Paper No. 621 of 1838), a full account of the Scotch pensions, the Irish per, ions, and the English pensions. That report, speak ing of the pensions charged on the 4 per cent, duties, says, " Over the 4 per cent. duties the Crown exercised a right of full dominion. Till the year 1830 these re venues had not formed any part of the Civil List ar rangements, but had continued vested in the Crown. No new grants have been made subsequent to the year 1826, and the original charges are in progress towards ultimate extinction." What is the amount of pensi ons at t h e present moment as compared with the amount in 1810 —At a much liter period than 1810, the total amount of pensions was not less 145,000/. I n t h e report of the Committee of 1831, on C iv il Govern ment C harges, there is this:passage: " The pension list, formerly charged on the Civil List of England and Ireland and the hereditary revenues of Scotland, and which amounted to 145,7501., is now re duced to a sum of 75,000/. charged on the Civil List." But that sum of 145,7501., wss the amount of the pension list as it existed in the reign of George IV. The pen sion list which existed in 1810, in the reign of George 111., was of much larger amount. (TO BE CONTINUED.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY. THE LEAMINGTON STAKES (WARWICK, THIS DAY.) 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gains's Kennington—taken aEd afterwards offered 7 to 1 agst Mr. Meeson's Doubt—taken and after wards offered 8 to 1 agat Mr. Dawson's Priestess—taken and afterwards offered 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Tophana—take 10 to 1 10 9 ttoo a l s g gs Mr. it t mr. . E Mry M i e w r e,, s 's Fe i r s n s An— hinn—taktaekne 13 to 1 andafter. wards offered 16 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca—take 20 to 1 20 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry—taken freely abut showed a great T 2 h o e t b o e t l t i a n g g s t o nM thisr. W even v l k e inn; sw a s a n fl g a t t o , improvement in Kennington, and a strong feeling against Priestess, Tophana, and Langton. Minimum is scratched COUNTY STAKES (WARWICK, WEDNESDAY.) othe O r ff ,ers but to lay low struc2 to 1 agst and 5 to 1 agst any no bk. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Captain Hervey's Strongbow—taken CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Hobson's Rhedycina—taken ST. LEGER. Even on Lord Zetland's Voltigeur—field for choice 5 to 1 agat Mr. H. Hill's Pitsford 6 to 1 agat Capt. Archdall's Windisehgratz-7 to 1 taken freely 8 to 1 agat af L Mr. eLro afterwards ss n coo fi fft e te l ,s e d r 's d ßee-hunter taken and 16 to 1 a gat Cyprus 20 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Murphy's Cruiskeen colt—taken and afterwards offered Several hundreds laid at even between one and the field, the field always having the call; 9 to 1 taken freely about Beehtinter; 20 to 1, to 200 L, or 300/., about Boling broke; and I,ooo's to 30 and 20 about the Cruiskeen colt. DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Powney's Lamartine—taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichols's Newminster—taken sfcerwards offered 25 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Hippolytus—taken and and afterwards offered 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Phiegathon—taken 33 to 1 agat Lord Stanley's Storm 40 to 1 egst Mr. Hslford's Prime Minister—t freely 40 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Aaron Smith—taken 3,000 to 60 agst Mr. Liley's Old Ralph Barns—taken COPPER COINAGE.—The town-council of Sheffield recently memorialized the Treasury for a new issue of copper coinage; and, last Friday, they received rather a curt reply. " I Liu commanded," says Sir Charles Trevelyan to the mayor, " to i n f orm you that as there is a superabundance of copper coin in London, of which parties at Sheffield, or other towns, experiencing a deficiency, can avail themselves throagh a banker or other agent, my Lords do not consider it expo dient to comply with the prayer of the memorial." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Poictiers (ordinary gu3rd-ship), Captain Y. Richards, C. 8., was put out of commis-ion en the evt Ding of Fri day, and the Cumberlil,d, 70, W 33 ccunmisAioned on Sa turday morning. She is ordered t> be fitted and stored for service at sea, sod is to hare a compltracnt of 287 moo, the same as the Poictiers. St. George, 120, Captain J. Niai, C. 8., bears the red broad pendant of Commander Lord John Hay, C. 8., at Devonport, and is to be stored and fitted for service at sea. Trafalgar, 120, Captain Hon. M. Stopford, fitting at o S r h d e e e r T s. ness, is not to proceed to the Nore until further Crane packet-brig, Lieutenant-Commander Parsons, was paid wages yesterday morning, and sailed direct for Fa'moutl-. Linnet, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant-Commander James, will be paid wages this morning at Devonport. On the trial of the Grenock iron-screw frigate, on Friday. her speed w as much the same as on the last trial -9.5 knots per hour. The vspourous condition of the steam still affects the Working of the engines, not withstanding all the efforts the contractors have made to remove it. The condition of the vessel or engine if nothing improved. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Blenheim, Laliarnan, arrived at Spithead from the river, to embark passen gers and stock, and will sail fur Calcutta to-morrow. THE PACIFIC. We have correspondence from Valparaiso to the 30th of June. The Commander-in-Chief; Rear-Admiral Horn by, C. 8., in his flag-ship Asia, 84, Captain R. F. Stopford, was there, with the_ Daphne, 18, Captain E. G. Fanshawe, Champion, 14, Commander Hayes, and Driver, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Johnson. Our cor respondent says—" The flag-ship, having now more than completed her three years of commission, will in all probability remain at Valparaiso until the arrival of her relief. On the anniversary of Queen Victoria's acces sion and coronation, the ships of the squadron at Val paraiso were tastefully dressed or decorated with flags, and all of them, including the foreign men-of-war and the forts on shore, fired a royal salute on each day at twelve o'clock. On the glorious 18th of June the ma rines of the squadron at Valparaiso were landed at half past eight, A.M., for a field-day, under the command of Captain Anderson, the captain of the marines of the flag-ship. After going through a variety of battalion and light infantry movements with great steadiness and precision, and firing away 20 rounds of ammunition, all of which lasted until about three o'clock,? M., they were marched from the Playancha to the music of the old English drums and fifes, and returned to their respective ships about four, PH. Previous to the conclusion of the field day, Lieutenant Snow, the junior first lieute nant-, was ea/led to:the front to give him an opportunity to put the battalion through a movement or two. The Admiral and family are quite well." The merchants -at California complain bitterly or having no consul or other authorised representative of the British Government, and the visits of her Majesty's ships, Inconstaut and Driver, have, under these circum stances, been highly beneficial. The shipments of specie by the American steamers to Panama are becoming larger every month, so that man of-war service in the way of conveying freights will, ere long, be at a discount. Meander, 44, Captain the Hon. 11. Keppel, bad not arrived at the station, and the Admiral was wondering what had become of bar. We have reported her, how ever, so late as May last, at Hobart Town. She is or dered home on her arrival. Inconstant, 36, Captain Shepherd, had not arrived at Valparaiso, but as the largo shipments of specie are made in May and June, he was Expected to arrive with about a million and a half of dollars. Dmialus, 19, Captain Wellesley, had a spell of two months at Callao, but the Admiral had ordered her to California, where she is to remain to the end of the year, and return to Valparaiso early in January. Daphne was to be sent the first week in July to Mexico, but not for an English freight. Swift, 6, Commander Aldhate, was on her way from Mazatlan to Honolulu with Admiralty dispatches for Captain Collinson. Champion was to leave Valparaiso the first week in July to visit some ports on the coast, and then to return to Valparaiso. Cockatrice tender, Master-Commander Rundle, was at the Sandwich Islands. Driver rejoined the flag-ship on the 21st June, 51 days from San Francisco, where she remained a fort night on her way from Vancouver's Island. It is satis factory to find that she did not lose a man. She brought a remittance of 173,000 dollars in gold dust, the greater part of which was consigned to Valparaiso, and the re mainder—about 60,000 dollars—will be conveyed to England by the Inconstant. She also brought some dis tressed Chilians. Gorgon, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Paynter, was at Chiloe, but was daily expected back to Valparaiso., American corvette Vaudelia was at Valparaiso. Store-ship Australia, from Deptford, arrived on the 27th June. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—The First Lord of the Ad miralty held a levee to-day at the Royal Naval College, and saw about fifty officers, to whom he had given au diences elsewhere this year. The other members of the board, except the official secretary, embarked this morning from the Sally-port on board the Fire Queen steam-tender soon after nine o'clock, and procceded to the Blenheim, $O, Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., steam-guard-ship at Spithead. The Board returned at half-past twelve, and landed at the dockyard, which they left again at half-past one o'clock and proceeded to the Clarence Victualling esta blishment, Gosport; thence their Lordships proceeded to the Royal Marina Barracks Forton, and inspected the division of Royal Marines under Colonel-Commandant Menzies, MEL, with whose efficiency their Lordships could not fail to be otherwise than satisfied. Their Lordships re-embarked at Clarence-yard at three P.M., and crossed over to the Gun-wharf, over which they were escorted by Mr. Stewart, the di rector of the establishment ; from the Gun wharf the Board re -crossed the harbour, and made an inspection of -the Royal Naval Hos pital at Hasler ' under the superint en d ence of Captain Sir W. E. Parry, F.R.S., which, like the other establish ment (Clarence-yard), over which Sir Edward so ably presides, yielded eminent satisfaction to their Lordships. To-night their Lordships entertain the heads of all the departments at their hotel, and leave to-morrow for the Channel Islands. the Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, watt towed out to Spithead, by the Echo steam-tug, at half-past five this morning. The Flamer steam-vessel, Commander St. Ledger, pro ceeds this evening to Spithead. Her Majesty's schooner Bermuda, Lieutenant Jolly, arrived at Jamaica on the Ist of August from a cruise, and sailed on the 3d for Greytown; her Majesty's ship Imaum was at Jamaica, the Alarm at A n ti gua , th e Persian at Greyt own , and the Indefatigable at Hsvannah. The royal mail steamer Severn, left St. Thomas's for Jamaica on the 11th of August, and the Tay on the following day for the same place. The Clyde was at St. Thomas's when the Avon left, waiting to take the Mexican mails of the 2d of August. The Conway was at Demerara, the Derwent, Larne, and Eagle at St. Thomas's, and the Great Western in the Gulf of Mexico. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 2.—Acting Assistant. Surgeon— James F. Stoddart (1850) to the Portland, 50, fi4g ship of Bear-Admiral Moresby, C. 8., for the Pacific station. Naval Instructor—James Stephen (1841) to the Tra falgar, 120, at Sheerness. Midshipmen—William T. W. Ilambly to the Fisgard flag-ship at Woolwich; and James Willcox to the Sbearwater steam-vessel, employed on particular service. Naval Cadets—E. W. Warren to the Portland; Charles J. Dare° to the Victory flag-ship at Ports mouth; and Dudley Beaumont to the Fisgard. Boatswain—John Turner to the Geyser steam-sloop at Woolwich, now realy r commission. ROYAL MARINES. Colonel Parke, C. 8., Commandant of the Woolwich division, has an additional month's leave of absence; Captain Fleming an additional month; Captti , l Maxwell fourteen days; Captain Onslow, Lieutenants Usher and Gwyn, three months, and Lieutenant Pratt an additional mouth—all dated August 30. I THE FRENCH FLEET AT CHERBOURG. The ships composing the squadron have been for the la4t few days constantly exercised, but the heavy rain that has fallen has bcen a great impediment to the evo lutions. The day before yesterday the whole fleet ex ercised at general quarters, and the firing was perfect. At two o'clock P.M. a sham attack, by gunboats, was made upon the Flemish fort. Forty boats, each carrying a carronade, from a 12 to a 30-pounder, were farmed in line ready for the attack, when an immense wave roltod in and prevented the mancouvre from being executed, to the very great disappointment of the numerous body of spectators, who had anxiously gathered to witness its being carried into effect. We regret exceedingly to relate that the gunnery practice of the morning did not pass over without a very serious accident, which unfortunately occurred on board L'Hercule. It appears that after one or two discharges the vent of one of the guns was not properly attended to, and the consequence was that an explosion took place, and two of the gunner's crew, while sponging the gun, lost their arms, and the gunner's mate has since suffered amputation of the thumb. The sufferers were immedi ately removed to the naval hospital, where they are now lying in a very dangerous state. _ _ - The town is quite full. No lodgings can be procured for love or money. In fact, we are really suffocated with visitors. Our jetty presents a most unusual ap pearance. It is perfectly crowded with visitors, and our only regret is that it is to be so soon doomed to return to its usual state of dulness. We have visited the various ships of the squadron, and can bear testimony to the po liteness we, in common with all strangers, have met with horn all the officers with whom we have been brought in contact.—La Marine. [ADVERTISIIMENT.]—A Liver and Stomach Com plaint of long standing cured by Holloway's Pills.— Sergeant Wilton, late of the Honourable East India Company's service, and for nearly 25 years employed on the Bengal establishment, suffered most intensely from an affection of the liver, indiges tion, and sickness of the stomach , which appeared to be rapidly undermining his constitution, notwithstandi ng the treatme n t of some of the most emine nt of the med ical prof 2 e 4 s a s 4p i , o p n ar . tits return to this country he was advised to try Holl oway ' s Pills, and this superior medicine has effected su c h a per f ect c ure that it has astonished a ll that hiswetraeaiwisahrmeeonftp Strand, enOtlay hopeless case. — S old b y all vendors of medicine th roug h out the world, and at Professor Holloway's Esb London. The Sardinian Government has just presented Mr. E. A. Wood, a young gentleman only eighteen years of age, with a splendid gold medal, for courageously taking com mand of a Sardinian brig from the Brazils to Genoa, when met at sea, with captain and mate dead, and several of the crew dead and dying, from the yellow fever raging on board, and safe:y navigating her to Gibraltar, upwards of 1,000 miles, and thence to Genoa, i. o f ie . 0 r i t t oo ° , OP 0 , th 0 , A V s. Llv-