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These works will not only protect the extensive tide mills erected here by the Messrs. Catt, who, we believe, have contributed liberally toward 3 the expenditure in curred, but the martello tower, the forts, &c., will be rendered secure. /101( of ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1850. k a , The Court give notice, De 'r 4 , 4 GLNERAL COURT will lie held at the Ranh on T11t3115- pr it tw at, the 19th iastant, at Twelve o'clock precisely, t) consider 111, 4 rI 1 4end; this will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts q..a by the Charter. / `/ L JOIIN BENTLEY, Secretary. N ° . 18,08 9 .] LOND ON, SATU SEPTEMBER 14, 1850. RDAY EVENING SUN, [PRICE SD. Cheap special trains will be run on the occasion by the London, Brighton, and South-coast Company, and an immense concourse of spectators is expected from all parts and of all ranks and classes. Seaford is about two miles from the Newhaven station. RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE CO NI PAN Y ; Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 40. Offices, 3, Old Broad-street, London. DEDICATED TO LORD STUART DE DECIES. Just ready, in 3 vols., rr H E A B B U C T I 0 N; OR, THE MARVELS OF MP SMERISM. By the BARONESS PROCHAZICA. " There are more things in Heaven and Earth Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."— Shakespeare. W. Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough-street. Immediate orders should be given to prevent disappointment. EFFECTS OF SHOT UPON IRON. ! Our readers will remember the experiments of the effects of shot upon iron which were recently under taken, with the view of testing the use of iron steamers in the event of war. The official reports of these experiments have just appeared in a Parlia mentary paper, moved for in the House of Commons by Mr. Wawn. We copy the reports of Sir Thomas Hastings, under whose directions the first experiments were made in 1142, on board the Excellent, and on those subsequently made by Captain Chads. The first report shows that wrought iron plates, six inches thick, rivetted together and fixed over the planking of a ship's side, would gitb no protection in the circumstances under which the experiment was tried : be free from the destructive effects that would occur by a shell exploding in a side of timber.—l have, &c., (Signed) 11. D. CIIADS, Captain. Admiral the Hon. Sir T. B. Capel, K.C.B , &c. of Africa, in want of provisions, water and fuel. Sh e has had a long passage, and we believe hor dates have been anticipated. She is ordered to Woolwich to be pais! off. r . Vi r n , ..„ .._... 5 D .L ., SUNDAYS. ketßOShr. pul e. 'G ray , IGreen-1 Pur- rime Iloshr- I (;rays 1 lreen-I Pur ..„... lithe. fleet vine. t" ' lithe. Peet tio, ---......1 , 1 . , _ .____ 14. ...... . 1 ... I 7 191 Z i lk - ...... 12 1 -- % ..., b 6% *•-• _ 6% •..- ---, , DIRECTORS. Chairman-JOHN DEAN PAUL, Esq., 217, Strand. Deputy-Chairman-G EORGE BERKELEY IARRESON, Esq , 24, Great Ton er-street, City. Humphrey Brown, Esq., M.P., Twining Park, Tewkesbury. James Clay, Esq., M.P., 25, Montagu - square. George Clive, Esq., Sauderstead Court, Croydon. Samuel Whitfield Daukes, Esq., 14, Whitehall-Place, Westminster. llarvie Merton Farquhar, Esq , 16, St. James's-street. Alexander Greig, Esq., 10, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-sqtiare. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Pall-nfall East. George Robert Paul, Esq., Portland Lodge, Worthing. Bankers-Messrs. Strahan, Paul, Paul, and Bates, 217, Strand ; Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall-mall East. Standing Counsel -Henry Davison, Esq., Brick-court, Temple. Solicitors -Messrs. Fry and Holt, Walbrook House, City. Surgeon-Barnard Wight Holt, Esq., F.R.C.S., 5, Parliament-street, Westminster. Secretary-Alexander Beattie, Esq. This Company has Leen established for the purpose of affording compensation in casts of personal injury, and the payment of a cer tain sum in the event of death by railway accident. During the year just closed the following are the particulars of the claims that have been made on this Company by 37 persons who have sustained injury in travelling by railway :- No. I. A holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,091, met with an ac cident by falling off the platform at Preston, on the night of the Ist November. Adjusted by a payment of rio d 71. Gs. ical ticket, No. 5, 584 , No. 2. A mail guard , in sured b y a pe whilst travelling from Coatbridge to Perth, on the 29th November, having occasion to get out at the Stirling Station, he slipped between the platform and post-office van. The injury he sustained prevented him from attending to his duties till the 3d January. Awarded 201. No. 3. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,396, whilst travel ling from Macclesfield to Manchester, on the 31st December, was thrown against a gentleman sitting oppasite to him, and received a ble on his fce, which rendered pl of attending to his busin w a business for a few days. His claim was settled by the Company pay ing at his request 5 guineas to the Manchester Infirmary, the claimant being himself a medical man. No. 4. A commercial traveller, and holder of a periodical ticket, No. 16,880, met with an accident at the Thirsk Station of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, whilst about to proceed to New castle on the 24th of January. The injury consisted of a severe bruise of the thumb, caused by a porter shutting the door of the car riage, on his left hand, before he could take his seat; the accident obliged him, after remaining a week at Newcastle, to return home from his journey, which he was unable to resume until February 11. Awarded 311. 103. No. 5. Theholder of a first-lass ticket, issued at Leicester,January 28, was a passenger its the train that ran off the rails between Bits worth and Wolverton ; he was thrown wills great violence against another passenger, and the shock unfitted him from attending to b us iness for some days. Awarded 141. 14s. No. 6. The party in this instance is a clerk in the Travelling Post office, and the holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,474, and was se verely injured, especially in the face and eyes, by the collision of the mail with the goods' train, that occurred on the 13th February, near the Abingdon Station, on the Caledonian Railway. Awarded 2101. The injury to the eyes appearing to be of a permanent character. No. 7. The holder of a single journey ticket was also a passenger in the same train. The claimant was about to proceed hi to New York, by the Can ada, but the injury he received prevented m doing so. Awarded 301. No. 5. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 7,313, was injured by the collision between the passengers' and goods' train in the long tunnel in the Leeds and Bradford Railway, on the 18th February. Awarded 401. .No. 9. A commercial traveller, holder of periodical ticket, No. 16,851, was travelling by the mail train that left Newcastle at 4 P.M. on the 15th March for Manchester, and sustained a severe shock by the engine running off the line near the Yictoria-bridge. Awarded 101. No. 10. A Government officer and his wife wer passengers b on y the mail train that left Durh am at Kali-past four r e pa k the points not P.M. 6th May, which ran into an en g ine in the siding having been properly set, near the Belm w ere both much hurtont Station ef the Yorkby the , New castle, and Berwick Railway, They collision. Awarded 351. No. 11. An engine-driver, whi lst driving the engine of a g oods' train on the 25th of May, between Dilworth and Wolverton, was thrown beneath the engine from the train comiag in collision with a bale of cloth that had just fallen on the line from a passing train ; he was much scalded and otherwise severely injured. Awarded Claims 12 to 17 were made by parties who were travelling by the excurs on train on the 3cil July from Leek and Macclesfield to Liverpool, the weight of which overpowered the breaks on entering the station. No. 12. The claimant, withhis wife and mother-in-law, from Leek, second-class passengers, were an bruised. Award c l a ss passenger, had No. 13. A young woman from Leek, a third- her face hurt. Awarded 21. No. 14. A man and his wife, employed in the shock. the manufacture of silt, thi r d- c lass passengers, were both s ightly injured by Awarded 21. No. 15. A passenger from Macclesfield had insured himself and family, six in number, three of whom received some injuries from the concussion. Awarded 51. 55. No. 16. A gentleman holding a periodical ticket. No. 8,751, left Macclesfield in the above train, and was so shaken as to be iAwarded nca pacitated from attending to his business for a few days. 6/. No. 17. A second-class passenger from Macclesfield was severely injured about the spine and neck, which still confines her to her room. No. 18 and 19. These claims were made by two gentlemen, holders of periodical tickets, employed in the railway post-office, and travelling by the mail train that left the Euston Station o u the eve ning of the 6th of July , an d ran into some waggons of a goods' t ra in, proceeding on the same l ine, near Harrow. One of them sprine te ule of his back, and te other was thrown against the a corn d er h m of the sc post-office, breaking one of his ribs, and being otherwise injured. Claims No. 17, 18, and 19. are In course of adjustment. No. 20. The claimant and his wife were third-class passengers by the same train ; he escaped with a few bruises, but his wife was much injured. Awarded 15/. From the accident that occurred to the excursion train at Cow lairs, on the Edinb ur g h and Glasgow Railway, on the 1s others t August, when six persons ware d e p rived of their lives, a nd many in jured, the following claims have arisen :- No. 21. A farmer from Dubheads, near Crief, was hurt about the head and face. Awarded 61. No. 22. A carpenter from Auchterarder, received a blow in the head. Awarded V. No. 23. A farmer from Strathallen, was also hurt about the head. Awarded 51. No. 24. A draper from Auchterarder, was injured about the thigh and sioe. Awarded 31.35. No. 25. A man. from Auchterarder, was severely bruised about the _ _ Captain Chads next reports on experiments made against a double section of iron vessels similar to the Simoom, in June of the present year. As the Gallant Captain states, they proved that iron is not a material calculated for ships of war : PLY MOUT 11, FRIDAY. -- Yesterday Sir Francis Baring, First Lord, and the other Llrds of the Ad miralty, accompanied by Sir B. Walker, Surveyor to the Navy; and Mr. Edye, master shipwright, in spected Le Sanspareil, building:on No. 5 slip. Their Lordships afterwards went on board the Impregnable, 104, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, in Hamoazo, and were occupied two hours inspecting the ship and examining her crew. From her they went to the Fearless steam-vessel, and then, leaving Hamosze, proceeded into the Sound, when they went on board the Albion, 90, Captain W. J. H. Johnstone, remain ing an hour. Their Lordships, at three o'clock, in company with Port-Admiral Sir W. Hall Gage and Mr. Irving, secretary, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, Sir B. Walker, and Mr. Thompson, Queen's Harbour master, landed at the Camber-steps of the breakwater, where they were received by Mr. W. Stuart, Super intendent, and his son Mr. J. W. Stuart. The Superintendent, who has been upwards of thirty eight years occupied on the works, conducted Sir Francis Baring from the Camber to the eastern end, his Lordship having on a previ ous occasion inspected the lighthouse and eastern arm of the breakwater. The First Lord walked over the rough part of the work, and seemed to take much in terest in the stupendous undertaking, especially in the ❑ew buttress at the eastern end, which obtained his Lordship's approval. After being nearly an hour on the breakwater, these distinguished visitors took water and proceeded to Devonport. Last evening the official dinner was given at Moor sherd's Royal Hotel, Devonport, and this morning they proceed in the Black Eagle for Falmouth and Milford, and not Queenstown, 83 previously stated. Two divisions of shipwrights were yesterday placed on board the Narcissus. BLACK.FRIARS BRIDGE. The following report from Mr. Walker, the engi neer, has been presented to the Corporation, with re spect t o th e rumours concerning the state of this bridge : REPORT BY CAPTAIN CHADS ON EXPERIMENTS MADE AGAINST A DOUBLE, SECTION OF IRON VESSELS 23, Great George-street, Sept. 13, 1850 : " Sir,—ln reply to the question as to there being reason for the report of imminent danger in the pre sent state of Blackfriars-bridge, I beg to refer you to our (Walker and Burges) report to you. " The following are the principal facts in reference to danger : That between the 26th June, when our (Walker and Burges) attention was called to the state of the bridge, and the 24th August, a period of nine weeks, there has been a sinking of one inch in the fifth pier from the Middlesex side ; that from the 24th August to this date there has been no sinking in the above pier, and that the sinking has been confined . to the fifth pier. SIMILAR TO SIMOOM, IN JUNE, 1850. , . Two sections of new iron, each ten feet square, were built similar to the Simoom at the wales, as to plates, ribs, and security, with the exception of the occasional filling-in pieces of oak between the ribs on the main deck and the inside planking, and which would not have added to the safety of a vessel or crew; the plates were 10-16 inches thick. These sections were placed 35 feet apart, and at a distance of 450 yards, secured to piles driven firmly into the ground • a screen of 1-inch fir boards was placed 10 feet behind the front section, to test the severity of the splinters, and another of extended canvas, to ascertain their number. The guns and charges made use of were such as all the steam-vessels carry. The accompanying drawing, for which lam indebted to Captain Savage, of the Royal Marine Artillery, will show more clearly than can be expressed the nature of the holes made by the shot on passing through the sections, to which a detail of the practice is annexed. LONDON and MANCHESTER GLASS COMPANY. Works, Sutton, near St. Heen's. Offices, 30, Brown-street, Manchester, Notice is hereby given, that the FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING of the Shareholders will be held is the Office of the Company, 39, Brown-street, Manchester, on MONDAT, the 23d instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. The Register of Transfers will be Closed from the 11th to the 23d hastant Inclusive. H.M.S. Excellent, Portsmouth Harbour, Sept. 29, 1842. Sir,—ln obedience to your order of the 31st March, 1842, I have tried the experiment made in America, and reported on by Mr. Belmano, of New York, in a letter addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen,transmitted to me with your order, as to whether plates of wrought iron three-eighths of an inch thick, rivetted together to the thickness of six inches, are ball proof. Herewith I enclose drawings showing the result of our practice with 5-inch guni of 65 cwt., and 32- pounders of 56 cwt., with their distant charges of 101bs., at a butt equal in thickness to the size of a line-of-battle ship at the bends, over part of which fourteen iron plates, three-ei g hth s of an inch thick, had been rivetted and firmly fixed, and which was placed at the distance of 400 yards. It appears from this practice, that wrought-iron plates, six inches thick, rivetted together and fixed over the planking of a ship's side, would give no protection at that distance against shot fired with 101bs. charges from 8-inch guns and heavy 32- pounders. It may be added, supposing that they would, they could not well be brought into use, because the weight of the top-works would be so much increased by the addition of such iron plates that the velocity of steamer), the velocity mad stability of sailing ships, and the qualities of each class as sea-boats, would be so materially injured as to render this measure im practicable. I understand the American experiment produced a different result, but it is possible the hollow shot or shell used in that experiment were not so thick as those used in ours. It was the conviction that hollow shot of 461bs. weight would not stand when fired with their highest charges against stone—for example, granite walls—that led me to apply that the weight of the 8-inch shot might be increased to the greatest which the guns would bear with their highest charge of 101bs. This was finally fixed at 561b5., and the recent practice against the butt covered with iron plates leads me to conclude that 8-inch shot of that weight, " if their metal is of a proper quality," will be found effective for battering in breach against stone walls constructed of the ordinary thickness used in fortifications. One of the 32-pounder's shot, which passed through the plates and the butt, was split; as the rest which passed through were not observed to ricochet, it is possible that more of them were broken. The drawings transmitted herewith were made by Lieutenant Savage, R.M.A., of this ship, whose ability, zeal, intelligence, and attention in the discharge of all the duties he is and has been charged with, during the eighteen months he has served under my com mand, have been conspicuous and constant. I have, &c., (Signed) TIIOMAS HASTINGS Captain. Admiral Sir E. Codrington , Consmander-in- Chief, &c., G.C.8., Portsmouth. Captain Chads' report upon the experiment of 1846 is equally conclusive : k e . .......:!AZ1E. DAYS. SUNDAYS. .....11N ir It. it. tt a .: I Gread Roshr iftoshr- rime * Pun Green- G rays ", la the. Graya y ... e hull , -raYs vine. ........ t lu . 11. x fleet ---. 1 1 11 , 11 4 •-- 11 ...- --- 2 q ..... hs ix 3% it, ..... 5 6R 1 A,'"*...---......_ By order of the Board, HENRY ROBINSON, Secretary. " That the previous sinking in the fifth pier, which took place from the completion of the great repair in 1841, to June 1850, and also the sinking of one inch above stated, have arisen from the bed of the river being lowered by the current of the tide and the wash of steamboats, so as to be six feet under the tops of the piles that enclose the pier (the former level of the bed of the river), and that the stoppage to the sinking is to be ascribed to the stone and other heavy material (upwards of 3,000 tons) wbich, during the last two months, have been thrown in to restore the level, and also to the repairs which have been done to the paving, and piling of the foundation by the diving bell. Sutton, September 11, 1850. FORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. This Hotel, situated in the Immediate vicinity of the Exchange, Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up In first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as well as English strangers, will be found everything that is desirable, while the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate Cook. The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be found second to none in the kingdom. N.B. The charges for servants are included in the Bill (except theso who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid, and it is respectfully intimated that all further payment is unne cessary. . 1 1s - • - :Leck - plarked * are run direct, tl 40 P at Pi ers or for Boats. s kate ; AT li el(ETi -4, 4 - -onth s, jc-Tv t r . elve Months , f 4l 49. • Six Months, 21. 159.; had the Collectors on board the Monk, s.' Te o rr b a e ce Pier o , Gravesend. ~lp~mbcr 12, 1850. "TERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. it.. 4 •r i e 4 ,,,L TRAINS wEiDII3IieOaNveTOEVVI.O'NIRTON STATION for Lon and lialf-past Ten P.M., on the 141 h, 16th, and 17th in -44 at all intermediate Stations. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. to Packets not being per- The result of these experiments is the reverse of those made on the Ruby in 1846, a small, slight-built iron vessel, when the great damage was.found to be sustained on the shot passing out on the opposite side to that fired at, making clear round holes only on the first side. On the present occasion, the resistance being so much greater, the principal injury has been on the front side; and the fractures made are of that description, and two or three shot, and some times even a single one, striking under the water line, must endanger the ship. There is also another most serious evil attending this greater resistance which was not anticipated, and which bas caused great surprise. The shot or shell on striking are shivered into innumerable pieces, passing on as a cloud of lan grage with great velocity, sufficient to pass through the l -inch fir boards, the larger pieces going to a considerable distance (400 or 500 yards), and some through the rear section, making large irregular holes ; this would ha most destructive, and I firmly believe men could not stand behind it. CAMBRIDGE MONUMENT GENERAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. CIIAIBILAN—The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR. DieuTY-CsArsuArr — The Right Hon. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, M.P. "We have nothing new to report, and you will judge from the above if there is any good foundation for alarm, or sufficient reason for putting the public to the inconvenience that would arise from stopping the traffic upon the bridge. • "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " JAMES WALKEN. "P. Brand. Esq., Comptroller of Bridge-house Estates." A new buoy-boat, for service at Bermuda, is ordered to be built on the mast-house slip. Ships building at the dockyard. Slip, No. 1, Nar cissus ; No. 9, Phciabe ; No. 3, Algiers ; No. 4, Ex mouth ; and No. 5, Le Sanspareil. The emigration ship Andromache, chartered by Messrs. Gull and Woolley, of Cullum-street, left Plymouth on Wednesday for Adelaide and Port Philip. Mr. A. Beckett, brother of the judge at Port Philip, with numerous other respectable passengers, proceed by this vessel. 141DIIL___aber 13, 1850, Aldrich, Stephen J., Esq. (Secretary to the Royal General Annuity Society), 18a, Basingkall-street Anderson, the Rev. J. S. M., M.A., Brighton Anderson, George„Esq. (lion. Sec. to the Royal Society of Musicians), - 12,Lis1e-streel, Leicester-square Bain, George, Esq. (lion. Sec. to the Highland Society of London), Parliament-street Barber, the Rev. J. R., D.D., St. Paul's, Vauxhall Barnard, J. A. L., Esq. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society), Royal British Bank, Tokenhouse-yard *Bartley, George, Esq. (lion. Treasurer to the Coxent-garden Thea trical Fund), 11, Woburn-square *Bennett, William, Esq. (Secretary to the Drury-lane Theatrical DUO Cabbeil, B. 8., Esq., M.P., F.R.S. (Treasurer), Brick-court, Temple *Charlier, J. Esq. (Secretary tO the Royal Humane Society), 3, Tra- AprotyrmENT.--Surgeon Walter Dickson, M.D. (1848), to the Firefly steam-vessel, commissioned for service on the coast of Africa. 1140r -squire Clift, James, Esq., Bloomsbury-squaro •Cochrane, Charles, Esq. (Chairman of the Leicester-square Soup It will be observed that all description of shot, from the 10-inch down to the grape, have been used, and all with similar destructive effect. Kitchen), 40, Leicester-square Cox, B. S., Esq., 7, St. Paul's-churchyard Davies, William, Esq. (Secretary to the Asylum for Female Orphans), Westminster -bridge-road Douglas, Lieut.-General Sir Howard, Bart., 15, Green-street, Gros- WooLwicu, SEPT. 13.—Lieutenant Trevener, ap pointed to the Firefly, has arrived at Woolwich, and taken up his commission. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley, returned to Woolwich yesterday from Cher bourg, after landing at Portsmouth the gallant officers who proceeded in her to visit the French fleet. The Hecate, 6, steam-sloop, at present in charge cf Chief-Engineer James Brown (acting), is ordered to he commissioned immediately at Portsmouth. She has engines of 240-horse power. CHATHAM, SEPT. 13.—The Trafalgar, 120, Cap tnin the lion. M. Stopford, which has been fitted at Sheerness, will proceed to the Nore next week, where she will remain until the spring of next year, when she will proceed to her station in the Mediter rite n . The last shot fired, an 8-inch with a 51bs. charge, established the point that the wood-work will not pre vent the evils before stated ; it struck a rib that fast ened it to the pile of fourteen inches ; it cut away everything, and made the effect worse. These experiments, I consider, prove that whether iron vessels are of a slight or substantial construction, iron is not a material calculated fur ships of war. (Signed) H. D. CIIADS, Captain. yenor-square Dousberry, Thomas, Esq. (Secretary to the Domestic Servants' Be nevolent Institution), 32, Sackville-street. Edridge, Thomas, Esq. (Member of the Committee of the Leicester square Soup Kitchen), 40, Leicester-square *Farrance, G. J., Esq. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society), 47, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square Granby, the Most Hon. the Marquis of, M.P., 102, Piccadilly grant, George, Esq. (Secretary to the Servants' Provident and Bene volent Society), 8, Cork-street Hale, J. W., Esq. (Member of the Committee of the Governesses' Benevolent Institution), Tollington-park Rail, S. C., Esq. (Member of the Committee of the Governesses' Be nevolent Institution), 31arlborough-chambers, Pall-mall Harley, John Plitt, Esq. (Hon. Treasurer to the Drury-lane Theatri cal Fund), 14, Upper Gower-street Holland, J. W., Esq. (Secretary to the Royal Society of Female Mu sicians), 13, Macclesfield-street, Soho-square Hutton, Rev. Henry, M.A., Rector of St. Paul's, Covent-garden James, John, Esq. (Secretary to the Society of Ancient Britons), Gray's Inn-road Jones, John, Esq. (Secretary to the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen), 40, Leicester-square Jones, Jonathan, Esq. (Secretary to the Industrial Home for Gentle women), 39, Brunswick-square Labouchere, John, Esq. (Treasurer), Birchin-lane *Laing, the Rev. 1)., M.A., F.R.S. (Secretary to the Governesses' Benevolent Institution), 62, Mornington-road, Regent's-park Lilford, the Right Hon. the Lord, 10, Grosvenor-place Londonderry, the Most Hon. the Marquis of, Holderness House Long, W. S., Esq. (Deputy-Chairman of Queen Adelaide's Free Dis pensary), B etk nal-green • Lott, Mr. Deputy, F.S.A., 43, Bow-lane Lusignan, the Rev. M. W., M.A. (Member of the Metropolitan Sani tary Association), Allhallowa, Upper Thames-street faitwidge, R. W. S., Esq., 19, New-street, Spring-gardens Mackenzie, the Rev. Charles, M.A. (Hon. Secretary to the London Orphan Asylum), St. Ifelen's-place *Mackenzie, Conn, Esq. (Secretary to the National Philanthropic Association), Leicester-square *3farsden, W., Esq., M.D. (Founder of the Royal Free Hospital), Lincoln's Inn-fields Marsh, Henry Edmund, Esq., 2, Charlotte-row Meadows, Drinkwater, Esq. (Secretary to the Covent-garden Thea trical Fund), the Grange, Michael's-grove, Brompton Meymott, Edward, Esq. (Secretary to the Royal Infirmary for Chil dren), 34, Stamford-street Nash, Charles, Esq. (Secretary to the Metropolitan Free Hospital), 8, Devonshire -square Nepean, the Rev. Evan, M.A., 21, Bolton-street Nicoll, Mr. Sheriff, Albany Nisbet, James, Esq., Berners-street Page, Thomas, Esq., C.E., Middle Scotland-yard Pecksten, the Rev. Thomas, M.A., I, Gloucester-terrace, Cambridge- _ Excellent, June 21, 1850. But it was objected that the effect might have been different if the timber had been fitted differently, Accordingly a further experiment was tried; and the result confirmed the previously expressed opinion of Captain Chads : Her Majesty's ship Excellent, Portsmouth, July 12. Sir,—lt having been objected that the result of the recent experiments against an iron section similar to Simoom, might have been different had it been fitted with timber on the inside, as is done iu that vessel, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiraly directed the experiments to be repeated against another section, to be prepared in every respect like that vessel ; it was filled and made solid with 53-inch oak timber between the iron ribs, and 4-inch oak planking above the water ways, which were one foot thick, and 3-inch fir above the port sides ; these were strongly secured to the iron plates by bolts through all, and clenched ; in fact, the inside timber was that of a frigate, with a casing outside of 3-inch iron plates. The result I have now the honour to report :- 1. The holes made by the shot are not so irregular as on the former occasion, but as clear and open ; all parts of the shot passed right through the iron and the timber, and then spread abroad with considerable velocity ; parts of the iron plates and a very few small pieces of shot were sometimes retained in the timber. 2. With low charges the shot did not split into so many pieces as before. 3. With high charges; the splinters from the shot were as numerous and severe as before, with the ad dition in this and the former case of the evils that other vessels are subject to, that of the splinters from the timber. A drawing and detail of the practice is also enclosed. _ _ _ The Cumberland, 70, the ordinary guard •ship, in lieu of the Poictiers at this port, is complete i❑ all her rigging and fittings ; she is a magnificent ship. The: Lively naval lights, from Portsmouth, hes arrived with stores for this dockyard, and when she is unloaded will load again with stores for Devonport. A general court-martial assembled yesterday in the officers' mess room, Royal Marine barracks, for the trial of William Tree, private of the 37th company ; Colonel S. B. Ellis, C 8., Royal M.riues, president. Lieutenant and Adjutant Fellows, deputy judge advocate, read the charges against the prisoner. 1. For being drunk in the Royal Marine barracks, at Chatham, o❑ the evening of the 27th of August ; and 2. For having at the same time and place struck his superior officer, Corporal Daniel Race, and thed threatening language to the said corporal ; the corporal at the time being in the execution of his duty. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the first charge, and refused to plead to the other, as he knew nothing of the circumstance. From the evidence given by Corporal Race and other witnesses, it appeared that the affair took place in the barrack-room of which Corporal Race had the superintendence. The Court found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner's general character was bad; his age is twenty-eight, and ser vice nine years and five months. The prisoner called upon First-Lieutenant 11. H. Gold to speak to his character. That officer said that the prisoner em barked with a detachment under his command on board the Formidable, in September, 1841, and re mained in the ship until October, 1845, during which period his general character on board was very good. The sentence must be confirmed by the Admiralty before it can be publicly known. 1,. ------____ . 9 be h ail TO THE PUBLIC. at the Post Office, Weymouth. price is., or post free, on receipt of 18 postage labels, pre-paid. 11 ° l t T RKS ON E LA REMA ND BREAKWATER 44 1(1 pm,.T and n S y J HN H.ARVEY. ---. EC O ON - D ADDRESSES of his SON, Mr. JOHN ]HARVEY. Postmaster of Weymouth, Lill ia ll aa Wo ke successful Promoter of the Breakwater. V I Of (beat most forcibly to the nautical and mercantile ~. k„_ 1; • b . wain. The Act of Parliament for the " Portland it 4ti a3 , , t _ 4 . 7 ..f..fti , a ~_ge and Breakwater" received the Royal Assent 11th V 3, 18 49 , . 1 .R.11. Prince Albert laid the First Stone on the 25th hi tt : h oox • t ki lt b t wo t "Remarks, &c., is wa rtnly recommended to the public: si t a o rehe s albe llisinnents—one a iflap of the environs of Wernr. h l ii t i; - etre; te r (including the Railroads and Breakwater), des,r tt of ti n 12complete h en _ th e n _ _miles round Weymouth, and forms llts.`a ca, .. e ' 3 ' most useful to m riners the siep f a hav : tq lt e: bi e p l o u s llY io added. This Mae is Viewsold separate at 6d., and if If tt ilr,,, msed i ll. The other is a of Weymouth Bay, 84e., t , te nt free by Breakwater and _ %arbour, price 3d. separate, and IP (3 : , ail''rerlirnen!tows o . k 185 rliibit an interesting scene of ac tsitzttistbtreadets_uumr.beras(of v e ls ) it e o - ra d . ally; some of the Breakwater ris k 11 of s , rate is now seen y rojecting, from the shore, and the qe.i i 4 by r ."Due from the quart' es; is regularly and rapidly carried !It .. he eli , a`ltr aY. A number of additional tram waggons have vet a t ' , lll l ar 'eeolvol at the works, with a view to the employm t e h n is L , 04 0 '4 4 4" number of convict:B , on the arrival of I ,ilyZgt ;h e _ e nterprise will be car. , •ted on with increastehdweelri,calpwnidnittkys. ? ti lt , sae ntio r emarkable machiner., , to be observed on th eto th t i sisin a V a gigantic crane om. a moveably platform, intended nd whi h If e 0 - ~, stones from the re. uisses of the quarrles, a-- c ‘sfo 4 h t . f sustai • lt e ,.' t e s : o ßing with ease this immense weight of 60 tons _An n rltd been recently erecte d for the chemical impregnation , itt ,by ' ' f 0 1 les for their rese , "V ation by a new and ingenious I ,', 'll,,,nich they are re P nde; sci imaervions to the action of kari e llm a -in terest which attache ' s. itself to Portland from its rare I tti4 a rett a lt i , ‘ f°3 sils, its striking gi;clogical stratification, and anunt,iv ttle all it nil eti i i ! B sufficiently notoes - ius.. These attrac t ia l o e n r s e a s r n e nrce, ta !(10, - t e olq aer r . teed by the grand e e hibition ef the fe t r i ‘%e r. ,' beudi *g inZennity and proCc.und achievements of the skilful "sic g ti „ng to his uses the m 7 ,t stubborn obstacles, and dr 'lll, , 7,,e o llower and sway of I.)te mighty ocean. rltitliThabit.airlt_TL.4.ND HARBO'CrIt OF RE_ e F o ril I,, t i ti; eT t e 4l‘ win t i a , t o o t' I%teyamoVhiaind,Porftlnrandhi; and his father's no- W.':'.l° ling that a debt of IriZkleee,3l°ll, both by r. por o so n nal aapriAYcation and writing, in b . r t ing n i f ng a Zsoatter J e ,Governments and' . the public etehe necessity s it ila g Int l .-ortland. (now happaly commoda), shneatcytesnebsrliee v, '' Th e l"a subscription to pr es ant him with la t, 8 of ins . , ,? . Mr. John Harvey yaatelvstaid -03, by the especial i.,c. itt b. a,„, a , la Jesty George the `T w h a ir s h, in a 18 i 'ted Postmaster of Zitht tame e i',l l e present Mr. .1, )bin Harvepyposuacceededwhuist fbaetlireer. Pto ,',"Y th e vy .La ion in the year tE , I7. Subscriptions " , 3..! u at th. mouth Banks, Libraries, and Post-ofllce, and is "'Nth 411",,e2ntry generally will unite with the inhabitants of ' P ortland, in prometillig this laudable object. 11q.11 T Alt '44 SUBSCRIP TION ROOMS , Great . 1 . ti,_ lend i ,, Windmill-street, St..T ant " .. ' 1 -. ...1 1 1•.;° Wu s ipd 'a celebrated and Magnificent SI ale de D r a e r t e has RE-OPENED lilt ti ter7 l , 11..... INTER SEASON, , SEASON, wi:tii Lau 1 t ke e'der• the Rooms during the s iort recess have been Ake-It beg t rat ed under the direction of G. F. Bryer, The Ma -1 h, 0 Inform the Subscribe *2 that they have concluded an ,„ 4 , . 1 ,,,,, _ th i,lo s ti ...'l Mons, BOULCOU RT, from Paris, and Artiste 1 ki s , Or 8,,, .tr . auss's Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, France. th 11 ls • b oo gitt ig ,u3cripth m: _ six mont h s , Si. Sc.; one mon , • . 9 ‘4,,, r,„ ~... l'• I , l a ° at gal- The 4,,,,,,-PaSt Eight, Dem cing to commence at Nine pre --"elllY closes at Hall past Eleven. It x xi . ---------------- zORNE GARDENS, "tl the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea. Open Daily at Three o'clock. )4t4y ONE SHILLING ADMISSION. bc.11, 4 1 at /I Children, II alf-price. It h .'ree e llt C ar a - Past Four. No charge for admission except by ''‘i t „,, , , 1,/,',„ - Sixpence Children under Six years of age free. 40 13 -'' 4 :. B. Simps . on, Albion, Great Russell-street, Co- Illy eae s ), -, te ln , se 5 u ,..... THIS DAY, September 14, ~ Origin lin. r blN at .'' .Z. 1 ,.'" 8 of Denlin's new Fairy Ballet, The anningign of to ti l , , r t , ke lla n rw_ . Groupings . from the Antique n . dam D e Antonio NteSh e , o her rn u a t ry pity Instrumentalists. M l a at. s _f e bev _. marvellous Ascent and Descent on the Rope amid n' ktr 144. ,41Ier Mortram's gorgeous Fireworks. Chattavray'a Skil So,_ V a Prep an .d. t ki l,4 ,reit the Grand Chinese Fete. 0_ y, for thlk ' tstl:. 4t ead of.,_ fhture, the usual entertainments Wlll be . p !e -l_ ""ted l ,4" oo Bal al Fresco, and the usual charge for annals elnt. es NiP l A s . ' (I, l3 oh it - and ,en„ 'MESE ARCHERY GROUND. krt,!ers,,_°l. gentle can here enjoy the health-promoting elegant pi,,' , / theAraceful bow, with the advantage of proper instrue- Z ar ' e e " ed.4 cti ng three dozen arrows before Five o'clock, is. ; Nsa alvra ya dozen Matches for Dinner, Wine, and a PLiao fit .4 , eher, Z e n._ an T t ickets, 10s. 6d. each, to b t e had of Mr. in ine ll r r tiu ric ' e ay.efTheoryihlo6o4;inßishunsigiate-stnrenern. s 's Cottage, li t Skt i a kecrZlilUres illustrative g of his Works—Summer and Y l azi n 'it i os eript7 ei c L i e Th t e egions-- The Maze —Statuary A k e. 'tg 1)1I1gers American Giant—The of the finest 'se, It r Log Hut by y f tbie nff C e a l : — Ancient and Modern Groupings, i "lc s. et°ll eot 1 4 4 4 td, On Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticket, lt4,t tit s \vete these;'neal'rese delightful grounds in such high perfection till Or je, the 81Tonlent. Visitors to London should not . omit a Ost iN pla tt e i lver e itt Zle of the lofty trees and amongst the v t a o ri r e e g n a d e e d r h.1 . 11:alle. a e , liat taarceeninorrnaeninsEeinveernytti,ivionrgthhyas the n ra d n o s n t o Ns at Place extensive ATil r4tl.o"ti " of ti . T he gi._Dolita, the French in London is particularly requested to loon of this establishment is open free to the -9 .4 4 14 , 13 .taTh m .,,,, - Tate ' , Dla -' Sycamore, the Largest Tree in the World, e trt, llade. t; eats -a oundays at Six o'clock—Half-a -Crown. reaby ched road or river for 3d. aatteseabrldge every Night after the Fireworks. ---- Iqt NtLkkrti /t () ,,, ‘ 14 44 1 t T UE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH fakt , ib . ` 4lr,- WITII 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGn ON 06 1 ,:q10 D . tom ► 2 1 ma y be had In French or English, in a Sealed —, or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two 4 4 - 1 4 . Li hh_Eie."(lie ' I- RESERVATION; a liAb3.rriage, and on t tit ' ‘ l l ,el'et l al aj rea tise on this Phyaiology of M qiit rtoi t ies and DI al cm aa rod at an early sordty i s ea of et Youth and ' ' life, which debilitate V ' h lt t'bi tA tti „ 6n tai powers , diminish e and enfeeble the natural 44 0 - •, l lt r 'as e , cab s att the vital energies of Manhood ; with Pract!eal 1 / 4 ,4'41 ' 46 Treat fr arn „ rnent of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, r's, C a ltea, -I,,,lO!leacauses, close t study, n or the influence of N; all bi s u a 'a l nd d rstitu Constitution a l W res e ni alr in e g ss fi ,. e S nl YP in h ai ll t hatlll'll Porty Z a l i f e gy m avings illurtrating the % th. 4 tile? r i°l° 0, and ° r es of the Reproductive Organs, 4 .t Itra s.rlietures us s e L s as and functions, and the various Dt° 4, ieed th ' l, solitary habits, excesses, and . em M D bq, ,,, r 14 ,„_... z0 xi, LA MERI, • :_t N. tift.' , l.l e - sgtne D-13 QuARE, oe Lesatiate' ..,atriculated Member .f the University of Lila ;llii7 a1..11'104 of Apothe urtee H a il, London, Honorary Member tt.ora)-,}t -aaDltal Medical Society toc. tok 4 , .atiti rta 1, 11 4:41 P4 3 , 441 ‘ , . accurate and complete account of the ‘ 4 t l ' 4 lVe 0 0:3' of the Reproductive Organs. It un tikli‘4l.l Vic !oas that th e unhappy yid:lm of excessivbel inedeuln: 111 . 11hz t'Nt ia 1: 14t8, While sufferin front their invariable h 411 . e ci'i. ent ertains a fear of applying to a qualified P ‘ l asnks - ',. te ttitin;" a nle and the dread so frequently, but erro- f ysi- Si it aa ,letrl a it i that these co ' mplaints are beyond the reach where t'lttt'ili a -g a be m a; and prevent his seeking tor assistance -.t % ter - % Dr. L.VMEPT has taken the highest 41 44:tlit a - 1 114 1 0 1ploraa s testify and the profess extent of his Nllll 4 ' h 44 refer hi a guar nice for his ional expert -kruta uca moat solely to the treatnaent of these It het tl ta M th A 4, t, 4,.-11..0r and be had of Sent and Richards, 'Ver,.14t ... " 4 1t 1 4 1 a aarla 63 n1a d treet• Stade, Tichborne -41101.1„;ZO„` ; Maxi' 39' Coe r ; Gordon, 146, Leaden ' ktielia-,s; fr eed eb , po n st for forty-two stamps, *Oa 37 .rcl-g , .nare London. Ih r 111 e -----..„ Ilitttitted T/lIRTY FIRST EDITIN. tg i by 2 6 .e. - Engravingson Steel. tt e p CAL t natomical Coloured TIVE INCA' l't ritAert.t. ISQUAL IFICATIONS, GENER A TIVE $ ka t ti oe, , T A AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. g i tged to 196 pages. Just published, price eh. ttl d SIT .. N ra the E stablishment, 3s. 6d. in postage siarcips• k on -. q e tee -"aiXT F RLEND, a Medical Wer 2;or I N (' lod realties p ro m es ti.), T QN 111 g t,,,,, , and decay ef the generative system , o _ __ ury_ r,,,tieetiqs orilllnfectlon, and the inordinate use .. eterl%* mercury, kro 'lll4. ti o. ra•re, and the means of obviatin rta B- U. and 11 Ziltr ets kid co. rated by 26 Coloured Engravings. _ Y . 11 0 , te h .) 1.13144,,,, Consulting Surglons, 19, Berners s y treet, Ox 11.41,2i't,',.Iter„ro;; . Published Authors : sold b strange, 1b eiltchho.' ilainiay, 63 Yana Sanger. 150, Oxford-street ; e* 'tit .t ka I.rre -.4-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146. Leaden , 1.,„ • lox i_ a ts of th e It illi‘t II ' t hestr anatomy and physiology of the re-productive keeße e, • tre ma ~..ated by Six Coloured Engravings. l eta,N anakhl he irtl the consequences resulting from excessive .. iR , ... Fecit,-4bodi7 larnentable effects on the system, produc ing tb 4 /et i f tio eakness, nervous excitement, and generative Cll.th'lerl m. 1. tr eatsrate they Three Explanatory Engravings. Cavitt7y ~,,. Of diseases resulting from inrection, either in iPentlrith,darY form, and contains explicit directions fo_ klre`k't fc• -'4l aneiioll /8 illustrated by Seventeen Coloured 1 1 ,111 e ai. • e ett4 . 40314 1 4 11e itie n. 1! a Rensedy for the Prevention of Disease by . a .. z,.ee, tikut Y.'which the danger of infection is obviatea. ne e. `Vt v et the Work should Rot escape the reader's w h , N.ll de part v ot il l ti t e.. 6,erlief ed to the consideration of marriage, and its du unproductive union are also considered, and the NAtit tt hg,, 13,4/. b: l ' l7 and Philosophically inquired into. I uottie:rvoue „ l a.* ox SIERIACUSI is exclusively employed in li>roM:', f or he c o se Xual debility, impotence, &c., I Is. and 335. I)44lb c ,, s k eras r po,licentra blob etersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic '. p 1 „,.._' 41 11.4:g thed in cases of infection, secondarY chr,.og, `. - P's p„,„„.' and the abuse of mercury, Ils. and 33 5. p er 11. s'elo i e l l t 41147111 g Specific Pills, 2s . 9d., 4s. 6 , and 11s. ttehitikth:tiletthation t o i A,e 4 Y for gonorrhcea, gloet, stricture, and kb, k tiek detan of '4e ,bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, tli tt. 4 et ).• it. rAn',. e ease I s required: age, habits, and posi- Ntr e :e. 14, zil. by ...-".ets• with advice to be had at the ktta.- 'll v -•• •to,, --, ... tri 1,447`.01, the fee 1/ , ' is saved. Messrs. Perry, • 4 , 4 4 \ken tr,o4Mdance daily 'at .19, BernerS-street, Oxford '447kl .i) 64. 74 / 1 1 WI TWO and Five toEisht 3 on "I" ribs. - No. 26. A brother to the above was slightly injured. Awarded 21. 2s. No. 27. A female was br uised, and otherwise Internally hurt. Awarded 61. No. 28. Another female was injured about the chest and side. Awarded 21. 2s. No. 29. A man, from Auchterarder, was slightly Injured. No. 30. A farmer, from Talliebardine, was seriously bruised. Claims 25, 29, and 30 are in course of adjustment. In most of the above cases the sum awarded is exclusive of the medical exeenses incurred on b to that ff of their own medical the suerers which bave been d office efray rs, ed by this Company, in additi who promptly visited the injured parties on hearing of the accidentes, traveller. The utility of such a C om p any is demons trated by these cas and the conviction t hat the premiums which the railway pays are but a small a ddition to the cost of h is journeys, and create a fund fin' the relief of those who from time to time suffer by railway accidents, which no human foresight can prevent, wilt it is hoped secure the public support to this Company. ble of Premiums. Table for a Single Journey, irrespective of distance, to Insure 1,0001. in a first-class carriage, at a prem 2d. ium or 3d. 5001. In a second ditto ditto 2001. in a third ditto ditto Id. For the convenience of frequent travellers, the Company also Issues periodical tickets, to insure 1,0001. for one month, at a pre mium of ss. ; for three months, 10s. ; for six months, 16s. ; for twelve months, 205., with the option of travelling in any' class car. riage, and in any railway in the kingdom. These tickets may be obtained at the stations of most of the rail ways in England and Scotland, of the provincial agents of the Com ,any, and at the Company's office, Broad-street, London. Ps CATLIOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY -STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTEI ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the rroPrie 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—orni for 5001. and the other for 200/. --making together 700/., which haie been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is rememb.ered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidem ie of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1 849, and the 31st of May, 1830, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,96 g. '2s. 6d.: of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. , 6s. gixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3::01. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of Sur Le last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,972/. 123, sapro ducing in annual premiums 3,732/. 1 Is. 6d. Of these 51 lapsed, amounting to 23,990/. 16s. 6c1., of which the annual premium 3 were 7411. Is. leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last es mal to 2,991/. 15s. I Id. lied for to the extent of Si n ce last meeti n g loans were app 117,7001., but 1,183/. 1 ls. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their bu siness on the Continent, having appointed, as Bead Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distingr Ashed for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance raattersris, , who, under th e sanction and patronage of the Archbishopelf Paris, the Cardinal Archbish3p of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis„ con de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a cons siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, bi it In An nuities both Immediate and Deferredg of the Report , a nd returning Aft e r various resoluti ons, approvin thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, Ihe Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the , ist ablish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. ---- ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. TWO LAST WEEKS in London of the ALPINE 8 INGERS from Styria who will per`orm several of their National Me' :oclies, at Four, and in the Evenings at llalflpast Eight.—Lectur s on the llydro-Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner, daily at Two,. and in the Evenings at a Quarter -past Nine.—Lecture on Chemist" 7by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., illustrating the Ancient Firey Ordeal and On Ilan ling of itcd Hot Metals, daily at a Quarter-psst Three, and in the Evenings at Eight. —Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Mott," e Rail way, at work dally.—New Series of Dissolving Views RIO trating some of the Wonders of Nature, daily at half-past Four. and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten ; also anti eries, exhibiting St a n d in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily One er'clock.- 1011 ter and Diving-bell, Sec., Sec. Ad m ission, la.—Schools, Half-price. --------- re. a....... D CULVERWELL'S NEW WiD:RKS. R. bof Sherwood, 23, Paternos ter-row ; .;111 rvalho; To 147, Fleet-str e had eet ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the, author each ; by post , Is. 6d. price One Shilling ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Morn! ilfr, s—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lar Les, Hills, Forests, Fields, Iligh-roads, and other pleasant places- -C ountry Trips and Rambles —The Sea—London at Night —Evening, a Borne —Music—The Drama —On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bat hi) Nest, Ease, Occupation, &c" &43. 11. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAMS. Two • ro) s. Tol I. V ISIT TO THE L AKES; SKETCH-OF EDINBUR GI 1, &c. AVol. 11. TEIE LAKES OF KILLARNE UB LEN', Y ; REMENISCENC OF D &C. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three seore years and ten our course may ru. A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure)) of net vonsly-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harass the yonng, besets the marl of pleasure, business, or study, at id em bitters old age, with tables and rules fbr the diet and phys lea rep. life. e. of every-day I . V. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body--what improve. Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Stnincr i -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. rle advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The ca AA 'ties of and and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, sar rative, and reinedistive. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. ..._._ " To be or not to be, that is the question." Psociaalfsre i—Laws and obligations of nature, octet: ft . and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. cit is aud choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, comp le Sic 2, and Physic al to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rears all th em • Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its o no ersion. QaseS, tr.e. By B. 3. CIILVERWICLL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (18' ft), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Refere e li 1 these niattere. IteceptiOn hours daily till Ave. .EyeliniglitileVi 014 1 WO* 10 dxsyll-plAce, Regent-street, hodh *Phillips, J. S., Esq. (Secretary to the Public Dispensary), Lincoln's Inn Powles, J. D., Esq., Bank -buildings Pownall, Henry, Esq., 27, Gloucester-gardens, Westbourne-terrace *Rayner, T. 0., Esq., M.D., Associate King's College (Secretary to the Royal Maternity Charity), 1, St. Matthew's-place? Hackney road Reed, Andrew, Rev., D.D. (Hon. Secretary to the Asylum for Idiots), Poultry Richardson, Henry F., Esq., F.L.S. (Founder of the British Benefi cent Society), 9, Lincoln's Inn-fields Rowden, the Rev. Dr., Temple-grove, East Sheen Rowland, Lieut.-Colonel (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society), Woolwich shedien, Alexander, Esq. (Secretary to the Middlesex Hospital), Charles-street *Solomon' Samuel, Esq. (Secretary to the Jews ' Hos p ital), 5, Houndeditch Soul, Joseph, Esq. (Secretary to the Orphan Working School), 32, Ludgate-hill IBtone, David Henry, Esq. (Hon. Secretary to the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest), 6, Liverpool-street Street, W. Jesse, Esq. (Member of the Committee of the Governesses' Benevolent Institution), Lincoln's Inn-fields Talbot, the Right Hon. the Earl, Park, Old I3rompton Tapster, S. E., Esq. (lion. Secretary to the Hotel and Tavern Keepers' Provident Institution), Craven-street Tett, Charles, Esq. (Secretary to the Choral Fund Society), Polygon, Clarendon -square Thornton, Boyes, Esq. (Hon. Secretary to the Hospital for the Cure of Diseases of the Skin), 25, New Bridge-street Twining, R., Esq. (Treasurer of the Public Dispensary, Lincoln's Inn), Strand Watts, Francis, Esq., F.S.A. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society), 1, Warwick-square, Pimlico Wire, Mr. Under-Sheriff, Swithin's-lane *Wood, George Watson, Esq. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society), Victoria-square, Pimlico Wood, John, Esq. (Treasurer of the Royal General Dispensary, Al dcrsgate), 8, Falcon-square Wright, the Rev. T. P., M.A. (Hon. Secretary to the London Orphan Asylum), Dalston Those marked with asterisks form the Acting Committee. Treasurers —B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., and John Labouchere. Esq. Bankers —Messrs. Coutts and C.,; Messrs. Twining ; and Messrs!, Williams, Dean, and Co. The Members of the Committee are anxious to collect such an amount of subscriptions as will enable them to raise that description of monument which will do equal justice to their own feelings and to the many exemplary virtues of his Royal Highness the late Duke of Cambridge. The above-named bankers and gentlemen are vi Ming to receive subscriptions; and Mr, John Smart, the only authorised collector, will wait on such parties as may be desirous of contributing to this I national object. By order, EDW. FREDK. LEEKS, Honorary Secretary. 2. Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, August 22, 1850. THE FIRE AT CHISWICK. Last night (Friday) Mr. H. M. Wakley, the De puty-Coroner, opened an inquest at the Burlington Arms, Church-street, Chiswick, on the body of Mr. Robert Butler, aged 42, the unfortunate person who perished in the fire which occurred upon his premises in Bennett-street, on Wednesday night last. Some particulars of the melancholy event a pp e ared in this journal of yesterday. Samuel Girard, a fireman belonging to the London engine establishment, said that on Thursday afternoon last be found the remains of the deceased, which were lying in the premises at the corner of Bennett-street. John Stevens said that on the night of the fire the deceased was in the Feathers Tavern, and, being called, he hastened to the premises and got into the children's bedroom. He then handed the children out of the window, and witness laid hold of the infant and took it down a ladder. When he arrived he found Mrs. Butler in front of the house. John Jennings, a labourer, said that on the night in question he met several children at the Feathers, who cried out " Fire, fire," and shortly afterwards be saw a female in front of the house, who said, " My children, my children." Having opened the door he found the fire running over the roof of the shop. He immediately went for the engine, and when be returned found the flames issuing from the several windows, both back and front. The woman, when he first reached the premises, was in front of ' the door. He met the deceased, and he was going back with one or two children. Miss Clara Butler said that the deceased was her father. On Wednesday night she was sitting with her mother at work in the kitchen. About ten minutes after they had been sitting together, wit ness saw a strong light in the direction of the top room. She called her mother's attention to it, and then saw fire running up the stairs. Witness imme diately ran out and gave the alarm. There were six children up stairs in bed at the time. She imme diately ran up the street and called out " fire." Her father had gone a short time previously to the Feathers to have a glass of gin, he having stated that he did not like the beer. Her mother had been a few minutes before into the shop to turn off the gas, but could not do so. After the children were all got out, the deceased was heard to say, " Oh, my dogs, my dogs," There was, therefore, no doubt that he went after them and perished. Girard, the fireman, in answer to further questions, said that he had no doubt after the deceased had handed the children out of the window that the heat and smoke became so dense as to overcome him. The premises and the contents were insured for 1,0001. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased was burnt to death by fire, but how the said fire ori ginated there was no evidence to prove." REPORT OP CAPTAIN CHADI9, C.D., DATED HER MA JESTY'S SUR" EXCELLENT, POITSMOUTII, AUGUST 7, 1846. Sir,—The Ruby iron steam-boat having been given over to me for the purpose of ascertaining the effect of shot on vessels so constructed, I have the honour to report that she was yesterday placed about 450 yards from this ship, when the practice on her was made, as shown in the accompanying table. The shot going through the exposed or near side generally makes a clean smooth bole of its own size, which might be readily stopped ; and even where it strikes a rib, it has much the same effect ; but on the oppo site side all the mischief occurs; the shot meets with BO little resistance that it must inevitably go through the vessel; and should it strike on a rib on the oppo site side the effect is terrific, tearing off the iron sheets to a very considerable extent; and even those shot that go clean through, the fracture being on the off side, the rough edges are outside the vessel, preclud ing the possibility almost of stopping them. Splin ters from the near side are very few, but severe; they are not, however, by any means so destructive as a shot passing through a body of timber. As it is most probable steam-vessels will engage directly end on, I have thought it desirable to try to day what the effect of shot would be on this vessel so placed, and it has been such as might be expected ; each shot cutting iron plates away sufficient to sink the vessel in an instant. away the ribs, and tearing t h e As the Lords of the Admiralty intend visiting this pert shortly, I propose, should it meet your approba tion, leaving the vessel on the mud for their Lord ships' inspection, that they may not only see the effect shot produces on iron vessels, but judge of the com parative damage between the 32-pounder, or the 6-inch shot, the 8-inch shot, and the 10-inch shot. I have, &c. (Signed) H. D. CHADS, Captain. Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Portsmouth. The next experiment was to ascertain the resist ance that iron plates of different thicknesses would make against musketry, canister, and grape-shot; and it will be observed that a trial was also made with oak plank, in order that the two materials might be fairly tested. The following is Captain Chads' report : Her Majesty's ship Excellent, Nov. 6, 1849. Sir,—ln obedience to the directions of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty of the 30th tilt., I have carried out experiments to test the resistance that iron plates of different thicknesses would make against musketry, canister, and grape-shot, and at the same time I have done so with an oak plank, that a comparison may be made of the two materials. I un derstand plates of 6-Bths are used in the bends and iths in the topsides of the Birkenhead, and iths in the bends, and 4 Bths in the topsides of the Recruit. A marine's percussion musket was used, with a charge of 4} drams of powder, at forty yards. REMARKS. Iron plate, one-eighth, all passed through, making holes 9 inches. Oak plank, one inch, all passed through; the hole closing up. 3-16th in the thickness of the hatchets set down, but it is of harder iron than the iron plates ; the hatchet is herewith returned. Iron plate, 3 -16 ths, all passed through, making very jagged holes of 1.2 inch in the inner part. Iron plate, 2-Bths, four in six just passed through ; two stuck in the plate; jagged in the inner par!. Oak plank, 2-inch, four in six passed through, and dropped; two did not; holes closed in front; small splinters at the back. Iron plate, iths, oak plank, 3-inch, both musket proof. ver Canister at 100 yards from 32-pounders, holes charge : of the Iron e size of the sometimes a z te, ! t hs,all edthrou h very makingjagged within. Oak plank, 3 , inch, generally passed through ; par tially closing at the front, and slightly splintered at the back. Iron plate, 4.Bths ; oak plank, 4-inch ; canister proof. Grape at 200 yards from a 32 -pounder, GILs. charge : Iron plate, 4 Bths, ditto iths, all passed through, making holes the size of a shot; jagged within. Oak plank, 4-inch, ditto 5-inch, all passed through, partially closing on the front, with small splinters within. Iron plate, 6-Bths, all passed through, making holes the size of the shot; jagged within. ---- Oak plank, 6-inch, genera ll y passed through, par tially closing in front, splintering much at the back. The specific gravity of iron a n d oak is nearly as 1 to 8, and it will be observ ed th at the resistance to shot is as near as possible in t he same ratio ; the shot making jagged holes of its o wn size on the iron, the 1 oak partially closing up on the front, w i t h spl i nters at the back. The inferences to be drawn from the fore go i ng practice, and against iron plates in 1842, an d th e Ruby iron steam-vessel in 1846, are 1. make Sh such l Shot ofevearryge bolesdescri hpttioant t on Passing through iron his material is im proper for the bottom of ships. 2. Iron and oak of equal weight offering equal re sistance to shot, that iron for the top sides affords better rotection o men than v, as the °a - from i t are not so t destructive. s p linters 3. Iron offering no lodgment for shell s on pas s i ng through the side, if made with single plates, it will In conclusion, it appears that the combination of wood with iron does not remedy the evils experienced in the former experiments, that of endangering the iron vessels from the large holes made by the shot on passing through, and when they meet with resist ance, their splintering into small numerous pieces, that would prevent men standing at their quarters. From these circumstances, I am confirmed in the opinion that iron cannot be beneficially employed as a material for the construction of vessels of war; the only exception may be in slight vessels exclusively for river service, where the shot may pass through with out resistance, making few splinters, and when pass ing in or out so as to endanger the vesssl, it may be run on shore, and, being wholly of iron, would not be susceptible of fire. For mercantile purposes, where the vessels are not liable to be subject to the fire of an enemy, iron may , be very desirable, require less repair, and when so re quiring it may be more readily performed than in •essels of timber. The builder's description of the butt is also enclosed. I have, &c., (Signed) H. D. CHAD9 ' Captain. Admiral the Hon. Sir T. Bladen Cap e l, K.C.8., &c. These experiments may, under these circumstances, be fairly deemed to set the question at rest. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, RUDA:T.—The Blenheim, GO, Cap tain Henderson, CB. ; Fox, 42, Captain Lambert; Thetis, 38, Captain Kupar ; Dragon steam•frigate, Captain Gaud ; and the Rolla exercise brig, remain at S pithead. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Ame Hug Beauclerk, will be paid off early next week. The Retribution steam frigate, Captain Warden, will be at Spithead in a few days. She will bend sails to-morrow. She is a very fine looking ship now, and very much resembles the Sidon in her war like appearance. The Adventure store-ship, Master-Commander Peter Wellington, arrived here this morning from Deptford, with stores, after discharging which she proceeds westward. The Britannia, 120, Captain Yates, is fitting and rigging with dispatch. The Dauntless screw steam-frigate, of 1,569 tons and 520 horse power, Captain E. P. Halsted, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Thursday, with all her weight on board, to test her engines, and to try her speed along the measured mile in Stokes Bay. Very great interest was attached to the trial, consequently there was a large number of officers on board, includ ing Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C. 8., the builder of the Dauntless (Mr. Fincham), Captain Chads, C. 8., Captain Henderson, C. 8., Comm o d ore Lambert, of th e F ox , Captains Woodford J. Wil liams, Lewis, T. Jones, W. Warden (of the Retri bution), Ryder; Professor Mayne, Mr. F. P. Smith, &c. The object of this trial was not so much to de termine the ship's capabilities of speed, as the effec tive power of a new screw which had been provided. In an experiment made in May, the ship had a mean speed of 10.265 knots an hour, with 30 strokes of the engines in a minute. On Thursday the mean speed was 10.044 knots an hour, with 30 to 31 strokes a minute, the strength of the current, which varied considerably in the course of the trial, being taken into account. There was a• strong breeze nearly in the line of the ship's course • and the stre ng th o f b oth the wind a n d tid e , i n these fast experiments, was such as to place the results under a measure of uncertainty as to the exact character of the performance. 'lhe new screw is of the same diameter, and of about the same pitch, as the screw with which the ship was previously tried. Mr. Grant's apparatus worked won derfully well, making upwards of forty gallons of fresh water per hour with the same coal that was ne cessary to cook the ship's company's dinner. Provi sions will be put on board, and in another week the Dauntless will be ready for sea. Fox, 42, Commander Lambert, has not yet sailed from Portsmouth ' • she and th e Th et i s and Dragon are all waitin g at Spithead Admiralty orders , . Furious steam-frigate was masted at Portsmouth on Thursday, and will be forthwith jury-rigged, for the purpose of proceeding to the river for her en gines Hecate st eam - s l oop will be commissione d a t Ports mouth next week. Stromboli, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, is returning stores at Portsmouth, and will be paid off on the 19th. Teaser screw gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander coastr f Sel wyn, put into Queenstown on the 11th from the COMPLETION of the BRITANNIA BRIDGE. lIENAI STRAITS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 13.—After some years of unremitting labour, the engineers connected with this great work safely lowered the " last" of the Britannia tubes to its permanent resting place to-day. The Carnarvonshire end of the tube was lowered three feet, the opposite end being joined on to the Anglesey large tube in the interior of the lower on the Britan nia rock, and, obedient to the law of the novel opera tion, the centres of both tubes, as before, were raised up several inches. The Government officer will be down on an early day to inspect the entire structure preparatory to its permanent opening. Nothing beyond a mere fractional deflection has been observed to take place in the tube that has been opened since March,'and which has been subjected to the constant transit of heavy trains and traffic. Some curious acoustic ef fects have been observei. Pistol shots, or any sonorous noises, are echoed within the tube half a dozen times. The cells of the top and bottom are used by the engineers as speaking tubes, and they can carry on conversations through them in whispers; by ele vating the voice persons may converse through the length of the bridge—nearly a quarter of a mile. The following (not hitherto published) is an official re turn of the cost of the entire structure :—Pedestals and abutments on Carnarvon side, 17,459/. ; Carnar von-tower, 28,6261.; Britannia-tower, 38,67]1.; An glesey-tower, 31,430/. ; pedestals and abutments on Anglesey side, 40,470/. ; lions, 2,0481.; total, 158,7041. Wrought iron used in tubes, 118,946/. ; cast iron in tubes and towers, 30,619/. ; construction of tubes, 226,234/. ; pontoons, ropes, capstans, painting ma terials, 28,0961. ; raising machinery, 9,7821.; car pentry and labour in floating, raising, and completing bridge, 25,498/.; experiments, 3,9861.; total, 601,8651. The total weight of each of the wrought iron road ways now completed represents 12,000 tons, sup ported on a total mass of masonry of a million and a half cubic feet, erected at the rate of three feet in a minute. THE OPERATIONS BY THE SAPPERS AND MINERS AT SEAFORD. The preparations for the great explosion antici pated here are at length so far advanced as to enable us to name the afternoon of Thursday next, probably between two and three o'clock, as the time at which the mines will be fired. The operations have been intrusted to Captain Frome and Lieutenants Ward, Crossman, and Greatorex, of the Royal Engineers, and they appear to have been conducted with a degree of skill highly creditable to that deserving branch of the service. The operations have not been unattended with danger, but they have hitherto been unaccompanied by any serious casualty. Thousands have visited the spot during the last few weeks, and a brief description of the character of the works will doubtless be interesting to the numbers who will as semble on Thursday next to witness a sight which can only be presented to us at rare intervals. A sort of staircase leads the visitor to a chasm in the lofty cliff about thirty feet above low-water mark. On entering, he finds a gallery of 6 feet high and 5 feet wide penetrating the interior of the cliff to a distance of 80 feet. lie traverses this passage, dimly lighted by candles and supplied with air by shafts, and finds at its termination two smaller galleries bran c hi ng off in opposite directions, Tstns, onehe' a distance o f 17 feet and the other 22 ht smaller galleries are only 3 feet in h eig ht, g , and each of 6 feet 6 inches them terminates in a chamber wh ich i s each way. In these edhamh ers , which for greater security have been ascending to this parth finds Leaving g w ere depooefaseittehede w ith boards, 24,0001 b. of gunpowder ownoTrklturasoddaylast. five shafts have been sunk ttoheatopdeopfththeofclft ,feeet, each of which w ill contain a no chargeless of th than 0 2 0 7 1 , b 0 0 0 0 f Ib. gunpowder, will be the so tremendous in the m t e nd u whol e explo sive force applied to the.cliff in these operations. A voltaic battery has been placed in a temporary build ing on the declivity of the bill, at a short distance from the upper mines, by which the whole will be fired. The object of these operations, and the cause of the assistance rendered by Government, may be very briefly stated. The sea, for some time past, has been encroaching on that part of the coast between New haven Fier and the Cliff-end at Seaford. Such an FATAL OCCURRENCE AT LEEDS. An inquest was held at the Court-house, Leeds, on Thursday, before Mr. Blackburne, the coroner for that borough, on the body of Anthony Devine, aged 52 years. The deceased was an Irish labourer, and resided in the neighbourhood of York-street, Leeds, which on Sunday night last was the scene of great tumult and violence, occasioned by the apprehension of a drunker! Irishman, at the Lloyd's Arms public house, on a charge of felony. No sooner had the prisoner been brought into the street than he uttered a cry which brought a great number of his fellow countrymen and women who inhabit that quarter of the town to the rescue. Brickbats, stones, sticks, broken pots, and all the dangerous missiles that could be procured were hurled at the heads of the police officers—lnspector Child, Ottwell Kell, and Samuel Gregson—while they were endeavouring to convey the prisoee: to the lock-up, and after withstanding the knocks and blows for some time, they were ultimately quite overpowered. The prisoner, after nearly all his clothes had been torn from his back, was carried off in triumph by the lawless rab ble, with two pairs of handcuffs on his wrists, and he has not been heard of since. In the riot the police were compelled to use their staves, and one man, Anthony Devine, the deceased, who was a ringleader, received a blow on the forehead which caused his death, at the Infirmary, on Tuesday evening. The policemen and other witnesses, who might be sup posed to be disinterested, described the riot as one of a most violent character; and, according to the evi dence of policeman Gregson, he struck the deceased with his staff and knocked him down, after the de ceased had struck him several times. Policemen Child and Kell spoke to seeing Gregson strike the de ceased over the head and knock him down, and they also saw that his head was bleeding when he got up; and, according to the evidence of one of them, which was confirmed by oth er w it nesses , t h e deceased again struck Gregson. The Coroner stated that several witnesses had been summoned at the request of the son of the deceased, and he thought it was but right that they should be examined. They were called, as was al.() the deceased's son; and their evidence was altogether contradictory as to the nature of the tu mult—some of them stating that there was no riot at all, that no missiles were thrown at the police, that the police were never struck, that policeman Kell went up to the deceased (who was standing quietly on the causeway looking at what was going on) and struck him a blow which knocked him down, and that afterwards policeman Child punched him in the side with his staff. They also said that Gregson never struck the deceased at all. The CORONER summed up with great clearness. He remarked on the contradictory evidence which had been given both as to the person who struck the de ceased and the circumstances under which he was struck ; on the impossibility of believing the testi mony of some of the last witnesses that there was no riot at all, and that the decease& was altogether an unoffending person (in which case, in bis judgment, the party who struck the blow which killed the de ceased would have been guilty of murder); on the difficulty which he had always experienced in get ting the truth from Irish witnesses respecting mat ters of this kind, through the prejudices they had in favour of their own race ; and on the unlikeliness of Gregson saying that he struck the deceased if be did not do so. lie thought the jury would have no dif ficulty in coming to the conclusion, from the evidence, that Gregson was the officer who struck the deceased and knocked him down. There was no doubt that the deceased died from the wound on his head ; if the jury came to the conclusion that Gregson struck the blow, the next question would be whether he was justified in doing so. As to the law of the case, if a constable was resi s t e d w ith v i o l ence i n the legal execution of his duty he had a right to repel force by force ; and if in so doing he killed a person who was resisting him, it was justifiable homicide. If the jury were satisfied that Gregson was the party who inflicted the blow which caused death, then he (the Coroner) thought that all the circumstances would fully warrant them in saying that that officer was jus tified in what he did, and their verdict in that case would be justifiable homicide. Some of the witnesses had said that Kell gave the blow, but he (the Coroner) thought the jury would be of opinion that those wit nesses had not stated that which was correct. If the jury thought that the fatal blow was not given by any policeman, then he did not know what verdict they could return except that the deceased received a blow which caused death, but that how or from whom he received it there was no evidence to show. Mr. Burniston (one of the jury)—We are of opinion that the conduct of the police was above all praise. The jury, after a very short consultation, gave the following verdict:—" That the deceased appears to have come to his death by a blow or blows in a riot ous affray and an attempt to rescue a prisoner ; that it appears from the evidence adduced that the police-officers used no more force than was necessary for the protection of the prisoner and the preserve • tion of their own lives. Verdict—Justifiable ho micide " The CORONER supposed that the jury meant justifi able homicide against Samuel Gregson. The Town Clerk said he did not understand the verdict as applying to policeman Gregson any more than to any other officer. The foreman of the jury explained that they did not fix a fatal blow upon Gregson, Kell, or Child ; but their opinion was, that whoever struck the blo w was, under the circumstances, perfectly justified in so doing. T IC was p E demonstrated CT rVI he onSunday gr eat f telegraph Ecellowa had induced the son of a resp ec t a bl e ng. StmcitizenboeelectriclieuE youn g to E r L ob his parent of 201. The parties left Lincol n f or H u ll by the six P.M. train, consoling themselves with the re flection that they could not be stopped, as there was no tele graph along the line. The father, baring discovered his loss, and communicated with the superintendent of police, the latter, at twenty minutes past seven, communicated by telegraph, via Derby to Hull police •station: the message ar rived at forty minutes past seven, upon which one of the officers went down to the Humber side, and apprehended the young delinquent as ho was stepping from the packet at 8.25. Unwisely, the father would not permit direction that the others should be stopped ; and, consequently, though be recovered his son, he lost his 201. It seems that, when paa. sing Rasen in the train, the companions of the youth adrise4 him that the money was not safe, and prevailed upon him to entrust it to one of them. The lad has since informed his father that they chose this route because they imagined there were no means of telegraphing from Lincoln to Hull.— Stamford Mercury. PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.—The breed of birds is very partial. There are many barren pairs —many cosies of very small birds, evidently second broods; taken altogether the breed is not a good one. Hares, where preserved, are pretty numerous. The birds are wild, owing to the number of persons at work in the fields finishing the harvest. The scent has been unusually bad; dogs have been of little ser vice, and the sportsman must fag hard (as he cannot expect much assistance from his dog) to make a respectable bag. The heat has been very great, the ground hard and dry; the dogs have consequently suffered much from sore and swollen feet. The harvest bobs are plentiful. If sportsmen will rub their legs with strong vinegar (which kills them) on their return home, it will prevent the tormenting itching they create.—Deviz es Gazette. C i r t tAVESEND STAR PACKETS P ore Cabin and Secon4 Class Railway NINEPENCW to or from London and Gravesend. ' 41 ‘ 1002 1 and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwall. Per. `-aulli• •••• • • . 6d. Chief Cabin.." 9d. Intermediate Piers •• • • .... 6d. Tie l i e r Packets call at the Grays Greenhithe and Purfieet Piers. It kets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). PROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. ~-,,nbZ. r _itins front the Boats marked f q t ,: 4 2 8 front F enc h arc h- s t ree t Station to all parts of London ter of an hour. l'aalliSWlCK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival Of Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. DAYS. SUNDAYS. 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