The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-22 00:00:00

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July, 1851, to establish such claims before the said Master, or in default thereof, such persons will be peremptorily excluded the bone 'lt of the said Decree, and the General Orders of the said Court• J. H. VAUGHAN, Plaintiff's Solicitor, 12, Porteus-road, Paddington. MA , 185. N ° . Y' 2 2 1 18 5 303.] LONDON, THURSDAY e r , 717 • 41 ' 1 - 44 4 7 [PRICE SD. GREAT WESTERN RAILNITAY. CHEAP EXCURSIONS. ,„O_Pen Excursion Carriages will be attached on week days to the 'u .30 A.M. and the 3.30 p.m. down trains from Paddin g ton to Wind sor, c a lli ng at intermediate Statitms ; and to the up tra ins leaving Windsor at 7.20 P.M. and 9.45 P.M. 011 Sundays, the Open Excursion Carriages will be attached to the 9 A.M. and 9.45 A.M., and 3 P.M. trains from Padd in g ton; and the , 5 P.M. and 6.35 P.M. and 9.45 P.M. up trains from Windsor to Paddington. Fares to Windsor and Back, in Open Carriages, 2s. Paddington Station, Ist May, 1851. 0 FFICIAL CATALOGUES. Advertisements intended for the Second Edition of 100,00 Copies should be sent to the Contractors immeiiately. SPICER BROTHERS, Whoiesa a Stationers. WM. CLOWES and SONS, Printers. 29, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and at Hyde-park. PERIODICAL PANIC the INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of our COMMERCIAL LEGISLA7'ION. (From the Liverpool Standard of May 20.) Yesterday, at one o'clock, according to the an nouncement, Mr. Jonathan Duncan addressed the merchants of Liverpool upon the above subject at the Cotton sales Room ; and, notwithstanding its being one of the busiest parts of the day, and the excite ment which prevailed in the Cotton Market owing to the arrival of the Asia, mail steamer, from New York, late on Saturday evening, a numerous and influential meeting attended, composed of members of the leading mercantile firms in this port. Francis Shand, Esq., was in the chair, and among the gentlemen present we noticed T. A. Bushby, J. M. Braga, Jas. Ryder, W. S. Colebourn, H. Littledale, J. Torr, Chas. Robertson, W. Watson, S. Boult, C. Logan, Jos. Brereton, S. W. Shand, Isaac Buchanan, Hender son, Jas. Harvey, Thos. Smith, Henry Wood, J. Highfield, W. Ile Wylie, Robt. Procter, F. Forster, T. B. Grinston, J. Bingham, Vienna, E. Jones, V. Higgins, H. J. Hampshire, P. Witherby, F. Pennington, J. H. Holderness, S. Rickman, J. 0. Johnson, Jno. Faram, C. E. Rawlins, jun., R. Duck worth, F. P. Sleddon, H. Grazebrook, jun., J. Dorn ing, jun., Deis. Mr. STAND, on taking the chair, said be was always very happy to preside over the intelligent gentlemen who met in Liverpool on such occasions, and it gave him great pleasure in introducing a subject which he was sure must be of so much interest as a lecture on currency, in reference to the e.-entsoversy be tween protection and free trade. At the present time, when, notwithstanding the alleged prosperity of the country, Government seemed incapable of getting on or doing anything, it was of importance that the great commercial world should be decided, not only on what was best in relation to this particular subject, but also as to the party who should carry out that which was right. He would not detain them, as he knew that their time was of as much importance as currency itself—(A laugh)—but would leave Mr. Duncan to speak for himself on the subject. Mr. DuNcAN began by saying that it might ap pear extremely presumptuous in him, who had no practical knowledge either of agriculture, of shipping, or of commerce to present himself before gentlemen who were so well versed in everything that relates to the trade of this great empire, but it did so happen in the history of the world that men who had passed their lives in leisure, devoted to particular subjects, alighted upon principles which in the hurry of busi ness escaped the practical man.—(Applause.) He had no political object to serve, nor had he to utter a single sentiment having a political character. He had nothing to do with Wbigs, Tories, or Radicals; he merely wished to present views before that audi ence, in order, if possible, to solve some of the difficult industrial problems which were now in a state of con fusion through the antagonistic principles of what were called free trade arid protection ; and the neces sity for doing so was the more important, since it was well-known that the next general election, which was not far off, would in a great degree determine the future prospects not only of agricul ture but of commerce, not only of the people of this country, but of all the people connected with our very extended colonies.—(Hear.) Now he thought that the very first reason that could be assigned why this question should be re-opened and re-discussed was, that all the promises and all the expectations of the Free-trade party had been completely falsified. [This Mr. Duncan showed by the fluctuations in the value of wheat since the repeal of the corn-laws, which we were told were to give steadiness of price.] The quantities of corn which could he produced by foreign countries had also been over-rated. The trade, he said, which we now had, under the name of free-trade, was no such thing in reality—(Hear)—it was nothing but a system of free imports. After il lustrating this and other general principles, Mr. Duncan then came to the immediate subject of his lecture. He said—As to the currency, had the people of Manchester really and truly understood the mone tary question—of which they knew nothing—(A laugh)—and never did know anything—but had they rightly understood the principle of money, they never could have entertained the views which they now held, of the destruction of British agriculture, and of the destruction of colonial prosperity. They could see that there wits something wrong in the monetary system, but i eatead of attributing the evil to legis lation, they attributed it most wrongfully to the Bank of England. Now the proper way to deal with this question, and the fairest way, was to allow Manchester to speak for itself. He bad before him the report of the Chamber of Commerce.of that town, dated 12th of December, 1839, in which they endeavoured to account for tiie enormous losses which they had sus tained, those losses amounting, in one y ear, to forty millions of property. Mr. J. B. Smith was chairman on that day ; and in opening the business he said— ,: ) 11 m is sl ts iegs c as o ti m eo dn e toa x o f v at e ht r ieo n t b h ; lee but su c i o tn u gt n ah t e r ey e f , " At that time resolutions were adopted by the Cham ber while h a w t e t h h easci, been in i n t g h s e peace, ample :harvests, and resolved that they wore unable to find a rational cause for this adversity amid these blessings. The recurrence of another period of distress so soon after the last has naturally directed the attention of this board to the causes of those sudden panics which were paralysing trade, suspending our commerce, and bringing distress upon the whole community; and the directors might, as their predecessors had done, resolve that they were un able to find any rational cause for the recurrence of such adversity. Bat they felt that it would be departing from their duty if they took such a course. They found there were causes, and that these causes were the erroneous, management of the currency by the Bank of England." ne fxmi indebted cdsi p r3e a eb6 r tt a tehh g dae r nt a so p ft hoot four w kre m h ow i fi col bullion ulodl is e ou; np‘vwiwouldhnaitrlhsd w hi l st Now that was the charge they brought, and how the se Ban itd wa's Bank operated to produce those disastrous effects read : wasat tk :. e e s x o hs w p : l md a a r i e d n f a s: il d i t me h n i e e n ,t e o t i l h t o i of thirty millions for its circulation and deposits. The directors now deermiried to cheek the drain upon their coffers, and to increase, their stock of bullion on hand. It had been stated, upon the auth or it y o f t h e B an k di rectory, in a memo'ragum presented to the Committee of the house of Coninions in 1832, that supply of gold can be procured from abroad only by reduced prices of commodities; in other words, at the expense of the ma• nufacturing and mercantile i t t h it e er v e a s l t u s e ; and eo t m he rno o d h i j t e ie c s t 2 0 5 f on the part of the Bank directors advancing the rate of interest, in two months, from 4 to 5 per cent., to which we have alluded, was undoubtedle i r e ta f hrn a a bgarreoatapudha,l advance t chriesa, in nh d att a h per caused,' eirt hcethnet v t i o 7 q h i i i st o os te tte t p he words of Mr. Horaley Palmer in hi s pamphlet, "_a t imoral apprehension in all prudent value of m oney. 'ln other words, it caused a panic." l a ;:f s t u l o m f t t i h:a c i g o n r ifi g c o a ld ut could be procured from abroad only by s T u h p e p l s y i the reduced price of commodities. Well, the emffiencdts tmhaotretheproesirp Bank of E n g land had to get these quantities of gold fr o m abroad and of course con tracted the issu e of their notes ; that suspended trade ; the price of all commodities fell, and when they fell to 30 , 40, or 50 per cent. below the cost of production, the forei g ner was tempted by the bargain he could make to r eturn the abstracted metal. But in the meantime 'M a nchester suffered, and suffered, as she says, to the extent of forty millions. Now, the quarrel was with the Bank of England, and that the Bank of England when prices were high would not keep accomo latiog the merchants. Had the Bank of England done so in the first place, it would have been bankrupt, and in the next piece, it would have acted in defiance of Acts of Parliament. The Act of 1819 was stringent, and it in sists that the Bank of En g land for every note which she shall issue, must have gold. was The price of coined go ld , fixed, but there was a tendency in all other commodities to rise above that level. Whenever that happens, the price of commo dities becomes dearer than gold, and the consequence was, that the foreigner takes away the cheap gold, and leaves the dear goods in our warehouses. Now, although the price of gold in our coinage was fixed, everybody was well aware that the price of bullion or raw ore was not fixed. It fluctuates like other commodities; but i mm ediately the Mint stamp was put upon it, then its price was fixed. He should state an argument by Mr. Cobden, borrowed from Mr. James Wilson, with the view of showing its complete fallacy ; and then he should ask those present, if they were Free Traders, to be consistent, and be Free Tr aders in all commodities cir culated between man an d man. In other word s , if there were to be free trade in g oods, let there be in money.—(Applause.) Now, Mr. Cobden says— " Take , a definite quantity of wheat—call it a quarter —divide it into eight equal parts, and call them bushels ; here is no fixing of price, but mere ly a question of weight and division., ' So far lie agreed with him. " Now, take the parallel. Take a quan tity of gold—call it an ounce—divide it into four, and all each a sovereign ; here, he said again, there was nothing but the process o4weight or division." But here was his fallacy. No money value was put upon the quarter of wheat or the bushel, but in gold a money denomination was put upon the ounce, and the- law says that 123 grains of gold shall always pass for 205.—(Hear.) Nov', putting a money de nomination upon a commodity, necessarily fixed the price of that commodity, whether it was a bale of cotton or a quarter of wheat. Now, Mr. Cobden had objected to put any money denomination upon wheat ; he let it find its market value ; and by a parity of reasoning, he (the lecturer) asked him, if he were a Free Trader, to 1 , ..1 the commodity, gold, find its level also.—(Applause.) He, and those who thought with him, had no objection that the sovereign should weigh 123 grains, and that the quarter loaf should weigh 41bs. ; but since we did not put a definite price upon the 41bs. of ground wheat, neither should we put a de finite price upon the 123 grAins of gold which con stitute the sovereign. Now, versed as his audience were in business, he would ask them if they ever looked into the price current to ascertain the price of 123 grains of gold embodied. in a sovereign ?—(A laugh.) They knew very well that it would always pass. Let there be only 1,000 ounces of gold or five millions in the Bank of England, 124 grains was al ways a sovereign. Not so with other commodities. When a foreigner comes here and finds the price of wheat 70s. or 80s. per quarter, he would sell his wheat at that high rate ; but when he looks around the market and asks what is the price of only when the country was exposed to anarchy and revolution that the nefarious Bill of Peel's passe d lB44, was suspended. T he Bill of 1844 had gone on smoothly enough until it was tried ;—like a new boiler which looked well, but, so soon as tried by steam burst, spreading devastation around. This Bill was looked upon by Peel, and those who followed him, as a grand measure of wisdom ; but in three years it was a failure, and what did Government do then ? It did an act unparalleled in baseness. There never was in the history of the world such an usurious bargain between the First Lord of a Tree e cent. i :Airy and a bank establishment. They said to t he Bank of England, "We hold you harmless against that the of Eglviolating th e A c t o f P ar li amen t, but dont lend any money unless you get e i g ht per dent. ; and recollect eight ment, shall g o s h ares i n t h e transact i on ." It should be borne p in r mind h a joint-stock company, an d t h ere never was a mo re profit n ;w a n e d , the was G s o:: ly rpn disgraceful compact made.---(Applause.) Mr. Dun can next treated of the " convertibility" of bank notes, showing that exchangeable would be a better term, for, if a currency would not exchange for goods, it ceased to be a currency. He and those who thought with him were not such blockheads as to say that they would advocate an inconvertible currency ; it was a contradiction of terms; but they said this, that the note should be converted into gold, not a t ' an ar bitrary fixed price, fixed by Act of Parliament, in defiance of every principle of free trade, but that it should be exchangeable into gold at market price of gold on the day when the exchange tools place.— (Applause.) Mr. Duncan said he was sorry to detain the company, but he felt that it was not sufficient to point out the defect without shadowing forth a remedy. He should be happy if encouraged to go into the question some other day; but would now endeavour in a few words to show what he meant by a reformed currency. Oar currency now was altogether based on a contradiction. In the first place, by the Act of 1844 the Bank of England was permitted to issue eleven millions of absolute inconvertible paper upon a debt due the Bank of England by the Government, and three millions more upon floating Exchequer-bills, making altogether fourteen millions of notes, which might be issued upon the strength of a debt without any metallic basis whatever. Then the country banks were permitted to issue eight millions of inconvertible notes ; then six millions were in like manner granted to the Irish and three to the Scotch banks. These altogether made thirty-one millions of inconvertible paper, without any metallic basis whatever. Then if the Bank of England had ten millions in its cellars, it was permitted to issue notes to that amount ; if it had nine millions, the issue must be contracted ac cordingly. Thus it would be seen that the major part of the issues are inconvertible, and not upon a metallic basis ; the minor part was ; and therefore Peel's system was absolutely worthless, since it was devoid of harmony and beauty in its proportions. Now what did he, and those who thought with him, propose instead of this ? They said the wealth of the country in round numbers was six thousand millions , it might be seven or eight—he would not quarrel about that. That was national property, and it was the basis for issuing the re presentative of value. Mr. Duncan then went on to show that, by a judicious system of paper money, the annual taxation of the country, amounting to fifty millions, could be most efficiently met. He proposed that when Government took a vote for mone3, they should merely take th 9 privilege of issuing fifty million 1/. notes ; these would go into circulation, be returned in the shape of taxes, cancelled, and fresh ones sent out. Government, he showed, stood to the country both in the position of a debtor and a cre ditor. Now, did any one think there was any novelty in this ? Not at all. They were in the habit of performing the same operation every day of their lives, but they wets doing it on a minor scale.—(Hear, hear.) What was a postage stamp, but one of these instruments ?—(Hear, and applause.) here was not any one who refused to give a sovereig gold for 240 penny stamps, but they had not in themselves any value. What was the consequence ? The Post-office revenue, which was two millions, might be collected in postage stamps; but if symbolic money of this kind could raise two millions, why not five, eight, fifty millions. It had been well observed by a gentle man whom he saw present in the audience, what a bungling system it would be if they went by Mr. Jones Loyd, stick with some sort of seal upon it a penny piece into the Post-office along with a letter. —(Laughter.) Then they came tollthe question of the money of commerce. With the money of commerce the Government had no right to interfere whatever. —(Loud applause.) Mr. Duncan lucidly enforced this position, and said, that he and those who thought with him wanted to make banks more secure than they had ever been made by any bullionist. They proposed that parties wishing to establish a bank should offer securities to Government, with a power of sale, and then be permitt7cl to issue notes to one-half or two-thirds of the amount of the pro perty so deposited .—(Applause.) Was not this much better than the present system ; for now we did not know whether a banking concern was solvent or not. In case of disaster through bad manage- ment, it was clear that the holders of the notes of a bank so constituted would have 20s. in the pound available at the Treasury.—(Applause.) Mr. Dun can concluded by showing, that if the question was to be decided by the authority of names, there were only two who could be quoted in favour of the pre sent state of things—that was Mr. Jones (Loyd and Sir Robert Peel : while, on the other hand, he could quote 150 names of eminent men in ancient and modern times who had been in favour of a symbolic currency. He quoted from several historians to show that the dissolution of the Roman empire was caused by metallic money, and dependence ut on foreigners for a supply of food, and almost all the ancient as well as modern authorities, including Adam Smith, bad condemned metallic money in the strongest terms. Tne lecture was listened to throughout with great attention, and portions of it, especially the references of the lecturer to the past monetary crisis, were warmly applauded. The suggestion as to giving free liberty of import to articles of produce, not raised in this country, was also most favourably received. Con sidering, indeed, the peculiar position of our market for our leading raw materials, and the cares which it was calculated to excite in the minds of the fre quenters of our Exchange, the attet dance was much more numerous and influential than could have been anticipated. At the conclusion of the lecture, after Mr. Duncan had expressed his readiness, if an oppor tunity offered, to go more into details as to his plans than time had allowed him, Mr. Toast, of the firm of Messrs. Littledale and Co., rose to move a vote of thanks to Mr. Duns. He said he was sure they would agree with bin] they had all been informed upon a su b j ect on whicht they wanted information ; and that they were gr eatly obliged to Mr. Duncan for giving then the lecture . heard Ail, he thought, would agree that they h ad facts, and having done so, he trusted the y would use their best exertions to rid themselve s of the iron chain which now fettered and rendered hazardous commer lie moved a vote cial operations.—(Loud applause.) of thanks to Mr. Duncan. Mr. FOSTER (Mann, Foster, and C 0.,) seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation, and the meeting broke up. va con6rmat4 that be was nol If he chose to, n in writing soo Foucault's Recent Experiment, Demonstrating the Rotation of tile Earth, is shown Mornings and Evenings at the OYA PO L YTECHN IC EN STIT OTION. Important Deposits by the Gas-fitters' Association, illustrat ing the econcanical application of Gas for Cooking and various other purposes.—Lecture by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., on the History of the Harp, from the time of the Egyptians, with Vocal Selections by Miss Blanche lounge, R.A. of Music, and illustrated by Drawings of the Harps of various Nations.—Lectures by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on Chemistry, with brilliant experiments ; and on Natural Philosophy by Dr. Bachboffner.—Two splendid Series of Dissolving Views : —One lllustratint the Holy Land, painted by Charles Smith, Esq., &c., &c. Open every morning and evening.—Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. og statement, in EPSOM R ACE S. OAKS DAY—TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, MAY 23 A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave the London -bridge Station at - . - past One o'clock, arriving at Epsom In time for the Race. Brighton Railway Terminus, SLIGHT Secretary. May 22, 1851. he attendance a ee r 5, imp : - msk , i , i Caroltne, 0 r, 212 IC, under GREAT REDUCTION OF FARES-RETURN TICKETS issued to Havre, Boulogne, Calais, Newcastle, Yarmouth, Margate, and Ramsgate, at One Fare and a Half. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class Steam-ships are appointed to leave from off St. Katherine's Steam Wharf London, for , I jAIIBURGII (carrying her Majesty's mails), every Tuesday and n 'day evenings. Chief cabin, 3/. ; Fore, 2/. ROTTERDAM and the RHINE (carrying her Majesty's mails), ev ery Wednesday and Saturday at Ten Morning. C hief cabin, ,; 1138 .; Fore, 17s. Gd. Return Tickets, 2/. 55., or U. Gs. Gd. The , r , u 'NCORDIA, Saturday. Wednesday in Ten hours. BRUSSELS and the RHINE. -Every wednesday and Saturday Mornings. Chief Cabin, 15s. ; Fore, 12$. Mai' 24, at Seven; 28, at Ten; 31, at Eleven, A.M. ANTWERP and the RHINE.-The SOHO every Thursday, at Ten Morning. Chief cabin, 11. ; Fore, 16s. , IIAYRE.-Every Thursday and Sunday, at Eight M ornin g . Sa 'eon, 15s. ; Fore, lOs ; London to Paris, First-class, 1/. 4s. ; Second ditto, 16s. 10d. EDINBURGH.-Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten Evening. Chief Cabin, Return Ticket, 30s. ; Second Cabin, 12 s. Gd.; Re turn Ticket, 20$. ; Deck, Bs. The TRIDENT, iaturday. 24. From Hore's Steam-wharf, Wapping. :NEWCASTLE.-Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight Even ing. Chief Cabin, 1/. ; Fore, 125.; Sailors on Deck, Bs. Return Tickets issued for the First and Second Cabin. From London Bridge Wharf. BOULOGNE.-Every Wednesday and Sunday Morning. Chief Cabin, 125.; Fore, Bs. The ALBION or SEINE. May 25, at Eight ; 28 , at Eleven. CALAIS.-Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. Chief Cabin, its. ; Second, Bs. May 23, at Nine ; 29, at Twelve Noon. HULL.-Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight Morning. Chief Cabin, Bs.; Fore, ss. YARMOUTEI.--Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Four After noon. Saloon, Bs.; Second Cabin, ss. MARGATE and RAMSGATE.-The ROYAL WILLIAM every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Ten Morning, calling at Blackwall and North Woolwich. Fares : -Ramsgate-Saloon, ss. ; Fore Cabin, 4s. ; Children, 3s. Margate :-75., 63., 4s. To secure berths, for freight, and for bills containing hours of de- Parture, fares, &c., apply at the offices, 71, Lombard-street ; 37, Re gent-circus ; 35, Leadenhall-street ; and St. Katherine's Wharf. When the packets start early in the morning, passengers may em bark the previous evening, beds being provided.. four o'clock.oa whilst passing ur 5L Bank ° t h e sa®e VI the dressed. nd in awhich she en. be bank-notee, the woman 1 1 ° o subeequentif 5 L note! ed four for the Om. 'm by stating iercks advised or ° tAlui . 1 t here ler sou, rcks s;cl, "" en tals/ eot e! ls e *if . Led Y. 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Admission, One Shilling. calico and cotton, he finds that taxation has raised the t p o ric se e ll o , f b g u o t od n s o , t an to d saysuy i hat n our it rk is a an et. dv n an e is tage told that gold does not fluctuate ; he b t m a con sequently purchases as mealy sovereigns as he can and takes them out , of the country; and when that is the case the Bank of England is com pelled to contract its issue, and the mercantile com munity are compelled to pay high interest for the notes. Now mind, they did not do so legitimately, but they paid a high rate of interest, because a famine of gold had been created artificially—(Applause)— and this had been the case in this country repeatedly. Now there was a way of putting this, which he thought would arrest the attention of every gentle man who beard him. It was a simple but effective one. He never knew any human being who would dwell enough upon the proposition who did not see the destructive character of the legislative measures adopted. They were all aware that an ounce of gold was coined into four sovereigns. Now suppose that they exported from the Bank of England four million sovereigns, one million ounces of gold. If that were to take place this week there would be a disastrous panic in Lombard-street and Leaden hall-street, and so soon as t l ae express train came to Liverpool there would be a panic here. But sup pose, instead of a million ounces of coined sovereigns being exported, a million ounces of gold plate, equal in purity to sovereigns, were exported, it would not produce the slightest disturbance in any part of the country. Nay, if we were to , pack up all the gold plate belonging to wealthy families in the kingdom, place the articles on board an. American steamer for the express purpose of having them sunk on the broad Atlantic, not the slightest disturbance would take place in any of the great marts of commerce.— (Loud applause.) What, then, was the inference ? We were not inconvenienced because we sent away wealth in the shape of gold, but because we sent away our legal tender, we sent away our money, the instrument of exchange. And when we were told— as we were by the Times in 1847—that we were a poor nation, that was why we were suffering. Sta tisticians tell us that we have in this country six thousand millions of wealth, but so many sovereigns do not exist upon the face of the earth. We were told that we were a pauperised nation, and were driven to extremities, simply because we bad got rid of a few thousand ounces of gold. This he took to be the most monstrous fallacy that ever was palmed upon an intelligent people ; and how, he might be asked, did he account for its existence ? Simply and solely because the merchants of Liverpool, for in stance, and the merchants of &1 the other ports of the country had not permitted their minds to dwell long enough upon the subject. There was an ex cellent remark some time ago in the Liverpool Stan (lard. Gentlemen it was said_ were asking whether BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following testimonial Is another proof of the great effi cacy of this medicine : " 157, Now Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850. " Sir,—ln acquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex perienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, I feel that I am but performing a duty, to that portion of the public who may be similarly affected. " About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout in my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th Dragoons, astd in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. I always pro • cured the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by those who know some thing of this disease. " It was during one of those paroxysms, between twelve and thir teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. lost no time in procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity the pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was In perfect health. " From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to we is so valuable, that were it not that the days of magic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf fered, but on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS is towards its improvement. " I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result has always been of the most gratifying character. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " GARRET FOSTER GILL. Friday Ile; fact of Abe e then ote%a he chflng' M IDDLESEX METROPOLITAN BUILD INGS ACT, 7 and 8 Viet., c. 84. Notice is hereby given, that a vacancy having occurred in the DIS TRICT SURVEYORSHIP of St. MARYLEBONE by the death of Mr. White, the late Surveyor, the Court of General or Quarter Ses sions will proceed at an early day (of which due notice will be g iv en) to fill up such vacancy, by the ELECTION of one or more SURVEYORS to such district, it having been resolved by the Court, in October, 1844, that upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the said district of St. Marylebone, the same should be divided into two districts, to be hereafter defined. And notice is hereby further liven, that such election will be subject to the standing orders of the Court as to districts and district surveyors, and that no Person will be admitted a candidate unless duly qualified under the Act and such standing orders. Aril every candidate must address to me, in writing, a statement of his name, age, resi dence, and qualification, and must also personally appear before the Committee for General Purposes appointed by the Court, at the sessions House, on Clerkenwell-green, at a day and hoar of Which notice will hereafter he given, and produce to their satisfac tion evidence that he is of the full age of thirty years, and a certi ficate from the Board of Examiners appointed under the Act, of their approval, and also such other testimonials of character and qualification as he may deem expedient, or the Committee may re quire, and if approved by the Committee, will then be sanctiened by them to be a candidate. C. HEATON ELLIS, Clerk of the Peace. Sessions House, Clerkenwell, May 20, 1351. " To Mr. Fruit, 229, Strand." For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo reux, &c., &c., BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury, opium, or any other dangerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and ter ra pidity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and all respectable Medicine Vendors. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe that " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the Government Stamp. ;mutab le 1111 ETS. iea. thii 41 1 . rather Plore r con efind t° SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, MAY 21.—Wind S.W. Arrived—Dispatch and Kestrel, from Ceylon; Canda. bar, from Adelaide; Speedy, Lively, Nithsdale, Hazard, Julia, and Dee, from Guernsey; Baron Murtis, from Havre; Dart, from Stralsund; Rose, Juan, and Trust, from Lisbon; Fidget, from Porto Rico; Sylph, from Rio Grande; Sarah Richardson, from Memel; Wave, from Medemblick ; Alliance, from Caen; Hans Christian, from Dantzic; Regina and Batavier, from Rotterdam; Cito, from Oporto; Coquette. from Figueira; Emile, from Denmark; Idas, from Corfu; Harriet Nash, from St. Übe's; Economy, from Stettin; Marlborough, from Ja maica; Beaufort, from Honduras; Albion, from Bou logne; Sir E. Bankes, from Ostend; City of Rotterdam, from Dunkirk; Sophie, from Havannab. Sailed—Augusta, for San Francisco; Ocean, and Magnet, for Rotterdam; Thomas Snook, for Fernando Po; Robert Mathews, for Ferrol; Helen, for Quebec; Emulous, for Nassau; Duncan Ritchie, for Clyde; Gre cian, and Blanche, for Jamaica; Paul Frederick, and Johanna, for the Baltic; Emma Colvin, for Shanghai; Prince Royal, for Hamburgh; Triton, for Ostend; Seine, for Boulogne; Queen, and Lion, for Harlingen, Diana, for Amsterdam; Dart, for Madeira; Stadt Dor drecht, for Dort. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Qll ol ' I,l ' oos , 00s to 00, 1 tO 00 0 00i t• 001 to po s to r, 185 1 . sd 114 —With the yes terdalt Arrica l nt of bus y ad a bettor ,t fully 10 paid ; Iferior tfae In he r :. ate. Oa— it come§ e Linseed it quota• ta are is DEVONSHIRE HOUSE. THE SECOND REPRESENTATION, by the Amateur Company of the Guild of Literature and Art, under the direction of Mr. Charles Dickens, of Sir Edward Rulwer Lytton's ttevirCoruedy, in Five Acts, entitled SOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM; OR, MANY SIDES TO A CHARACTER, With (first time) an original Farce, in One Act, called MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY, Will take place at Devonshire House on TUESDAY, May 27. Applications for Vouchers for the Tickets, price Two Pounds each, to be made to Mr. Mitchell, 33, Old Bond•street, who will refer the same to the Duke of Devonshire. There will take place, on the same Evening, a BALL, in the Great Saloon of Devonshire House, which, it Is hoped, will be agreeable to those purchasers of tickets who, from the limited space in the Thea tre, may not be able to procure convenient seats for the performance. WILLIAM HENRY WILLS, Honorary Secretary. there would be a good crop of wheat, of cotton, or of sugar ; but none of them think of asking whether there will be a good crop of money.—(Laughter and applause.) Now, it was a remarkable thing that al though money was the good half of a bargain, his mercantile audience, who were very astute and shrewd, and who would be offended if they were told that they did not look at both sides of a question, yet looked at only one side of this question. There was one mode of illustrating the subject,which he thought must come home to the minds of the gentlemen whom he had the honour to address. He had frequently compared our moneyed system to an inverted pyramid. When Lord Ripon, formerly Mr. Robinson, was Chancellor of the xchequer, Mr. Neatham made a calculation showing, that when the country is pros perous, there are 300 millions sterling of bills of ex change and promissory notes constantly floating. Now, this was the credit superstructure. On what did it rest ? It rested upon the basis of 30 millions of gold; consequently a million of gold sustains 10 millions of credit circulation. Knock away 10 millions of gold, and 100 millions of credit would fall ; take away 20 millions, and 200 millions of credit would fall ; but if they took away 30 mil lions of gold (a miserable sum, not more than one half of our annual taxation), the whole country would be reduced to a state of barter • there was not a single instrument of exchange by which we could buy or sell.—(Applause.) Now Mr. Jones Loyd was a great authority on these subjects—(Laughter)—or considered to be so. Unfortunately he had had an influence most pernicious, in the opinion of the most competent merchants, on the determinations of the Legislature , but in order that his audience might judge of the real merits of that gentleman as a reasoner, he should just read to them a short ex tract of the evidence which he gave before the Bank Committee in 1846, and they could then decide for themselves whether a banker, coining to such con clusions, was a fit guide to gentlemen extensively engaged as they were in trade and commerce. If they said that the answer which he gave to the ques tions which were put were rational, then he cer tainly must say that the opinion which he enter tained of Liverpool wisdom would be much changed. —(Laughter.) He was asked by the Committee : " Do you think that the internal trade of the country should be regulated and maintained by as steady and equable prices as possible ?" And to this he answered, "The idea of regulating the trade of the country by equable prices, I might say so with proper deference to the Committee, seems to me to be nonsense." Now he denies, they would see, that we ought to have equable prices ; he thinks that we ought to be in a state of spasm, sometimes very high, sometimes very low; so that our merchants must in dulge no hopes of steady business, but become a race of gamblers and speculators. The next question was : " By the Committee—Have you ever considered what would b 3 the effect upon the minds of the industrious classes if their wages fluctuated with the exchanges; or what would be the feeling of the internal trading com munity towards the sole bank of issue were their stocks to b 3 subjected to sudden depressions by the sale of f)reign stock, or the payment of the instalment of a foreign loan occasioning temporary depressions of ex changes? Mr. Jones Loyd—l must admit that I have never reflected upon such topics, because I am quite sure that if I was to make the attempt I should only lead my own intellect into great confusion, end come to no satisfactory or useful result either to myself or to the community." Now it was impossible that his intellect could be in greater confusion ; but one thing was certain as a practical result, that although panics had taken place from 1816 to 1819, the great panic of 1825, and the panic of 1837, 1839, and lastly, the panic f 1847 although these panics, it was well known, had caused in their aggregate a greater loss of property to the merchants of England than would pay off the national debt, yet it was equally certain that Mr. Jones Loyd had been no sufferer during these convulsions (Hear, hear.) The system had been extremely ad vantageous to him, and when he said t hat there should bo no equality of prices in the markets, it would have been a great advantage if he had to ld us that there should be no inequality in the rat e of discounting bills—(Applause)—for they had it in 1847, upon the evidence of Mr. William Brown , that the rate of in lertkt not only rose to 9 per cent., but that there was 'Thesea cnno 1- m w i e ss r i e ouof timate business could possibly stand. Ntoow, what Mr. Hume,of course, hap pened in this year of 1847 ? According s per cent. gi l ven . . Whyry. lost 9 of property was lost to this coun vent over to Be cause four millions of coined sovereigns N 12 enormous and sums, even wh 2 h o , immediately, and New York. But they came back l trade of the country which a tolerably good calculator, not l t es than 500 millions it was simply the internal produced the calamity. the evidence of the Governor of the then quoted from —Hear. The The lecturer fur coffers at that time, and asked why should the Bank of England stop payment simply because it could not control the demand of gold for its notes ? It was Bank of England to show the scarcity of gold in the compelled to contract its issues and take th e c h ance of further deman ds not being made up o n it. Y et suc h was the despe rate condition of affairs that on the 25th October , after a vast numbe r of West India s as risingstexperienced merchants todander t he and other hous es had failed, the Go vernment began t o relent. It did not relent till it had seen the sa ecountrytsho e o n as oldest butthewatermost o w soon a height of the Bank of England, then Lord John R usse ll and Sir Charles W oo d s t eppe d i n an d sus pended the Act of Parliament which had caused the lees of millions and the ruin of thousands. It was r waslticimminent,e of somein the of so s. 26 -- 24 9 „' 48 12 46 38 42 35 40 Par too I to 010 1 616 11 to 51 155 5/ to 00 1 ) 00i od 8 0011 8 308 101 100 to Os Od . 61 01 Pandora, from Queenstown from New Zealand, on the 9th of April, in lat. 2 N., long. 20 W. Creole, from Calcutta for Falmouth, on the 7th inst., in JustWORK ON STRICTURE AND SP ER MATORRHCEA. published, Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 45., A TREATISE on the CURE of STRICTURE of the URETHRA. ; containing the True Reasons why that Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of Urethral Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro longed experience. To which is added, Practical Observations on the Treatment of Spermatorrlicea by Cauterization. By F. B. COURTENAY. M.R.C.S.L. "'nose who complain most loudly are those only who know not hew to use the common instruments. . . . . The prac tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence, and in difference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations, and all the excesses and horror of surgery."—John Bell. H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. lat. 43 N., long. 33 W. Belle, from Bombay for Liverpool, on the 27th of April, in lat. 32 N., long. 34 W. Eliza, of Newry, for New York, on the Bth inst., in lat. 44 N., long. 29 W. Mary Miller, from Hull for Rio Janeiro, on the 30th of March, on the line, in long. 20 W. Toronto, from London for Valparaiso, on the 31st of March, in lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. Etnelie Hill, from Liverpool for llavannah, in lat. 19 N., long. 40 W. William Nicholson, from London for St. Jago de Cuba, in lat. 47 N., long. 14 W. Six ships of war, apparently three-deckers, and a screw-stoamer, brig rigged, in company, steering to the south-west, on the 11th inst., in lat. 46 N., long. 80 W. Leopard, of Jersey, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres, on the 14th inst., in lat. 47 N.. long. 10 W. Maria Sarah, from Laguna fir Liverpool, on the 21st ult., in lat. 33 N., long. 69 W. John Bright, from London for Port Natal, on the 15th of March, in lat. 1 N., long. 21 W. Princess, of Greenock, on the 18th of March, in lat. 2 N., long. 22 W. Fernando, from the Clyde for Valparaiso, on the 22d of March, in lat. 3 N., long. 23 W. Jane Goudie, from the Mauritius for London, in lat. 5 S., long. 17 W. Dominion, from London for New Zealand, on the 16th inst., in lat. 48 N., long. 12 W. 7. 1) stono 9 do B do CREMORNE GARDENS. This Mammoth Establishment is NOW OPEN for the Season, under the direction of Mr. T. B. SIMPSON, with a new Grand Gala, entitled TIIE FE XST OF ROSES, of a novel and startling description, illustrative of T. Moore's beautiful poem, "Lallah Rookh"—lmmense concentration of talent and attraction— , A new Fairy Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF BEAUTY ; or, The Imp of Fire, composed and produced by Herr Deulin, with entire :new scenery, by Messrs. Gray and Devignes—New Tableaux Vivants, representing the Six Prize Medals of the Exhibition—New Chinese Pagoda—Orchestra and novel Platform, 100,000 feet, brilliantly Il luminated, and decorated with luminous flowers —Dancing al Fresco to Borini's celebrated Band—W. G. Pell (the original Bones), Ban don, and Ledger—The Three Brothers Elliott in their surpris ing exercises—Madame Tallien, the Female Wizard—War Exercises and Domestic Customs of the Bosjesmans, illustrated by a Family of that Tribe, on a new stage, with appropriate scenery—Professor Tay lor and the Double-sighted Youth—Splendid Pyrotechnic display on the Polychrome Palace, by Chevalier 3fortram—A new and intricate Maze—The Gipsey in her Tent —Shooting Gallery and Archery Grounds, and numerous other Entertainments. Mons. Francon', Director of the Cirque National de France, and his unrivalled troupe of Equestrian Artistes are engaged, and will arrive early in June. Admission, One Shilling—Children Half-price. Doors open at Three. The Proprietors have made arrangements with the Iron and Cl t'zen Steam-boat Companlesto convey their patrons to London after tl e entertainments. eats; SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General POSt-Oftat by the night—and M by the morning--dis Patch.) When made up in! From what when PLACES. General Post-office! port dis- due. London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N May 23 Liverpool • • May 27 . America (by U.S. pkt.) N May 27 ,Liverpool • • America (by U.S. pkt.) 31 May 21 'Southampt. May 29 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Juue 3 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. MaY 28 Belgium .. N Daily .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. M 9th of the month Southampt. June 12 Buenos Ayres M 9th of the mouth Soathampt. June 12 Calitornia(viaChagres)M 17th of month ,Southampt. May 20 Cape of Good Hope N,l4th of month Plymouth• . Juno 3 Constantinople* .. •• N, 7th 17th 27th cf mo !Dover .. May . 30 Central America .. 31,2 d & 17th of mon. ISouthampt. June 5 Channel Isles • • .. IVMon., Wed., &Fri.Southampt. Tu. Th.S a Chili .. . 31117th of the month Southampt. May 20 France M & N , Twice daily .. over Twicedaily Greece* .. N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover •. May 30 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday J.ondon .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. • • .. MWednes. & Sant.. London .. Mon.Thyr Honduras .. 3/17th of the month Southampt. May 20 Ireland M & NTwice daily .. ... Holyhead • . Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) 3120th of the mond t Southampt. May 23 India (via M arseill es) N, 7th& 24th of montit ,I,Dover .. June 2 Mediterranean (via I Southampton) .• M 20th of the month ,Southampt. May 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) Nith& 24th ofmonth' Dover June 2 Mexico M 2d of the month.. \ Southampt. June 5 51adelra 31 9th of the month (Southampt. June 12 Malta* •• & 7th,17 th,l9th,27th 30th of month 1 Dover May 28 Naples* .. Nlsth 15th 25th of molf/over • • MaY 22 Papal States* Nlsth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. May 22 Peninsular .. N 7th 17th 27th of me Southampt. !May 24 Peru .. M 17th of the inoMA i‘outhainnt.lMay 20 Tuscany* .. • . N sth 15th 25th °frac Dover .. !May 22 West Indies .. 31 17th of the month I ,Southarapt. !May 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 312 d of the month ... Southampt. ! June 5 * The mails to those countries thus marl :ed (*) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. . . , MACHINERY versus AIANTJAL LABOUR. Nobody can doubt that every invention that performs the labour usually supplied by men is for the moment injurious to the labourers It displaces, but in the long run it leads to the employment of a larger number. Every improvement temporarily injures a class. The railroads deprived thousands of coachmen, guards, and horse- Itepeers of employment, but there are now more drivers, conductors, :and horse-keepers than ever there were in the good old times of four laorse coaches, while there has been tens of thousands of labourers einployed in forming the railroads, and nearly as many permanently euiployed as porters, police, station-masters, and clerks, to say no thing of the engineers employed constantly in making engines, and A fterwards driving them ; in short, It must be borne in mind that all the inilliens expended on railroads was spent in labour. The very ironstone in the bowels of the earth, was worthless until raised by labour, converted into iron by labour, formed into rail, alai wheels, and carriage springs by labour, and all in our own country. Look at the mills and machinery employed in making cloth. The effect was :to make cloth better and cheaper than when it was all done by hand, and this very improVement in cloth caused thousands to be employed ht making it up. Step into the gigantic establishment of E. MOSES sued SON, and you will see more good clothes than you would expect all London contained. Consider the hundreds that are constantly employed by that firm alone, and its vast importance will at once be apparent. By adopting a system of buying largely, by means cf 41 large capital, and keeping hundreds of the best hands constantly employed, they have accomplished one of the most important changes that was ever known. Adopting besides all this a plan of t a king small profits, they have placed every man in a position to command, however limited his income, good clothing appropriate to Ws situation, while the higher classes may, by paying cash, save nestrly half of the amount which they used to be charged for ordi nary dress, and the more extravagant they are the more they save, whether it be in their own dress or that of their livery servants. The officers in the army, navy, and civil service can save forty per ,cent. in their outfits, and be better served ; in fact, every article of dress, from the most costly to the most economical, is equally weep at the price charged, and their warehouses are at this moment heavily stocked with every variety of summer fashion, adapted for all classes, while the facilities they possess enable them to measure sue/ make up any quantity of clothes in an incredibly short time. A handsome Almanac, for the year 11151, can be had gratis, on application. The new edition of " Everybody's Book, containing a full report o.l' the late important trial, may be had gratis, on application, or by let ter, post free. E. MOSES and SON have no connexion with any other house in Or out of London, except the following :_- London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156. and 157, Minories, 83, 64 , ess, and 86, Aldgat e, o pp osite the Church, all communicating. Lon d o n West-end Branc h, 50G . 507, 508, Ne w O x f or d -s t ree t , 1,2, .and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Eeadford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridga.st reet Sheffield Branch, 3 6 , Fa r g ate. Tailors, Clothiers , Ha tters, Hosiers, Furriers , Bost and Shoe m& deers, and General O utfitters for Ladies and Gentle men. a 'he Establishmen ts are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sa tuoay, when business is T.sinned till Twelve o'clock. Id l'on parle Francaise. Qtu si parle. Italian°. liler spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol. CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from Calife:mil are now despatched and due by every Am erli , via the United State an packet. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 21 . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share in arl Let is still depressed. The only transaction reported to-day - was Great Western, Original Stock, SO I / 4 . LIVERPOOL, MAI' 21. STOCK EXCHANOE.—There was quite a panic in our share market this morning, and up till one o"clock prices of all the leading stocks wore 4to 5 per cent. low er. But at the latter part of the day an improvement took p lace, prices somewhat recovered, and there was a more heal thy tone in all trans actions. The sales were—Caledonia n, 13—Chester and Holyhead, 191,i—East Lancashire , 14 ilia—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 56 —Ciao, Fifths, 7N I Hs.. —London and North- Western, 120—Ditto, New Quarters, 3 IA p.—Ditto, Fifths, 3 1 % p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 2 P.--11 lanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 27 1 4—Midland, 54 Ditto, Halves, 17 dis. —South-Eastern and Dover, '23%--1 'ork, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension Nos. 1 and 2), 5 1 4 dis--York and North Midland, 22 1 / 2 —Great Southern and Vre stern, lrelAld , Ditto, Preference, Eighths, 13-16 p. MANCHESTER, MA' r 21. STOCK EXCIIANOE.—The share mar ket to-day has wit nessed lower prices than yesterday; bi asieee9 has been, on the whole, good. The transactions - w , ere as follow :—East Lancashire, Quarters, 1414—Lancashirf land Yorkshire, 56% —Ditto, AV. Shares, 1 1 4 dis.—Ditto, I 'reference, 6 per cent., 13 , 4, North British, 7 7 / 5 —South-East ern and Dover, 23% —York and North Midland, 22. BIRMINGHAM, MA: y 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share mark et continues depressed. The only transaction reported to-day . vas— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 4 dis. eysneusactions re reent tens of very excited state of our produce Iv e congratulate the tri eon cngooftmwh our su e ori r en c oc i nat a hse l and ie-osnmi doiedfda i li n e r ( n l 0. industrial tree-tradeb t o r un i s a a l -- connunity of the empire upon the universally-sue seemed unanimous, and eessful demonstration of opinion made at the Cotton - monetary system. of gentlemen The markets. There were present a body attend antShne, a hctas l osn e sos hours, Duncan. Boom uhoareugslrgdrnaae ye and yesterday, nefarious ieieeneoxr transactions ance was most influential both in numbers mil lions annually; and, although differingP We may remind our readers amongs o t f th S e ir in was m politicalost enthusiastically opinion, P ti e li e s l's eve c n u i r i r lg enc a y na sys T te i m : Lord Nelson -street. v v : n t d e o w f or t k ha in n g ks l m as o s v e e s d o b n y M r . explanation of the present disorganization ursda n synpd cha racter,i t n h t e s ria interest which Torr to the lecturer, world. In the lectures announced for y, of at th t e he co e m o rn hc e e r r c t ia :l a a n i d l , clearest explp indust • 1 with otir tlh‘ the has causes will y yet t fof, hear baene an atrge given to for,tthbee conclusion we may be pardoned if we our own thanks—and we feel confident that doing we express those of the public —to Mr. F. Shand, for his kindness in presiding upon this mo mentous occasion, which he ever shows in promoting any movement which has for its object the benefit of his fellow-townsmcn and of society. Mr. Shand, w e trust, will have the satisfaction of having contributed most powerfully to strike a blow at a monstrous ex in pre:: F ong th e foundations of the prosperity and power of the B • British empire. ---, free-trade poopliperyesassioitns :dnjdunceliisdirtyaPilvdlhyiesha,—* —_ IN SLY LANGUAGES— FORTIETH EDITION. C ONTAISING THE REMDISEEDYASE. FOR THE PREVENTION O F :11Austrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. , ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE DMA_ PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. 1 New and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, pricy 2s. 6d, 3s 6d. in postage stamps, hy post, direct from the Establis t hm . ent, A. 11 Communicat ions being strictly conldential, the Authors have discontinued the publishing of C ases. %t roduced by t HI; SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the sy stem, p cra calve calveindulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse o ma cury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion,f tol 4,weii by observations en the Married State, and the disqualifies ' tons which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By . R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon:- lon. Published by the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 21, Pater s oster-row ; Hannay, 53, and Sanger, 1 5 0, Oxford-strut ; and (lor a, In, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. PLAT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive er, tans, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. 'Aar 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive In duicence, and their lamentable effects on the system , pro ducin g wet tal and bodily weakn e , s s, nervous excitement, and generative the avacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. rA,AtT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for the ir treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engtav - --- - NOVEL E X PLOSION.-SERIO II S ACCIDENT.-An explosion of a novel character took pl , ice on Sunday last, in the house of Mr. Edward Andrews, gi •ocer, at Ward-terrace, Hendon-road, Sunderland, which ha a been attended with dangerous consequences. Some of tl ie . family occasionally had a bottle of hot water plac ed at t' Heir feet in bed, and for that purpose a stone bottle, filled w ith water and tightly corked, was placed in an oven adjoin ,; *ng the kitalien fire on Saturday evening. The bottle was 4 of required, and was , forgot by the servant, consequently it remained in the oven. While the iamily were at church on Sunday afternoon, the water having expanded with the I teat, exploded with a tremendous noise. The bottle burst a nd broke open the iron door of the oven, destroying various a rticles of furniture and crockery, together with several squt Ives o f g lass in the state. hn e e A at kitchen window. The servant, who happened t o be sittin g Fearly opposite to the oven, was struck on her head, rendered insensible, and was una bl e to speak for several days ; she was removed to th e intirmary, where a he rema ins in a dan gerous child of Mr. was Andre , . a ys, hy slt t t h in e uponfregaeof the servant'sthe explosion under he kitchen grate, but, m i r aculously escaped 1 luthurt.—Newcastle Journal. I 1111 13 • Pawr rsr. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a Ample application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's ttotice. p i i t TV. is devoted to the eonsideration of m arriage, and its &t -oe, The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the toacie subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tu g COIDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is e xc l us i ve l y em pl o yed in treat i n g nervous and sexual debility, impote nce , &c., 1I s. and 335. per bottle. Th e Concentrated Detersive Essencc, an hut-syphilitic re medy,f s o , r eru purifY ption i sn,gand the blood in cases el i n f e‘ ti on , secon d ar y the abuse of mercury, hi a . an d 435. per tjettle. rerry's Purifying Specific Pills, 25. 9d. 4 8 , k id . , rsn d I Is. per bOX, a c ertain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultutiqu fee, if by letter, .1;4 A minute detail of the case is required: 'age, habits, and poet itzon in society. bl. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Itleta tijelment wily, by which the fes, 11., 19 saved. Messrs. Perry, an,in attendance daily at 19, Berne-s-strest, 2xford..9trae..., Lon don, from Eleven till Tito , and Five to Eight ; Sunlay, ftom Low to Out, MUNDER.-A young wom an namcd Ca l'eCrinlielLgeddes, or Macpherson, has been a p pre h en d e d a t Glasgow, on a charge of administering poison and exposing her i n f an t child so as to cause its death. ,`,ihe had admitted the charges, and retnaina for trial. ~.-----:mot -4-mow— --- \..,......-- -.K4-- iRIDGE - COMP Y. 4 ‘l ol l llo CHARING-CROSS _ A special meeting of the shareholders in this com pany was held on Tuesday at their office, 9, Villiers street, Strand;; Mr. Coles Child, chairman of the directors, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN read a report, which stated that the meeting had been convened for the purpose of laying before the propretors the draft of a Bill, which the directors, acting upon the power conferred upon them at a previous meeting, had thought it advisable to introduce into Parliament. That Bill, after having passed the House of Commons, was now opposed by Mr. Few, a large shareholder in the company, whose objection, however, had been taken more with a view of obtaining a right to be heard in support of a clause for altering the mode of voting, than with the serious intention of opposing the Bill. The financial condition of the company had occasioned much anxiety to the directors, and they saw no other way out of their difficulties than by raising capital in the manner provided for by the Bill. The directors thought it right to say that they did not approve of the alteration of the voting clause, as proposed by Mr. Few, and hoped they would be authorised to proceed with the Bill i n i ts present state. The SECRETARY then read a draft of the Bill, which empowered the directors to raise additional capital to the amount of 40,0001., the guaranteed in terest not to exceed 6 per cent. In reply to some h oasereations by Mr. ADAMS, The CHAIRMAN said no one could regret more tbaa the directors the circumstances which compelled them to apply for another Act of P ar li ament. The mort gage and bond debts of the company amounted to 44,4701., and the sum in question was reqeired to pay part of that debt and to discharge other liabilities already existing. The directors had endeavoured in vain to raise money upon bonds and mortgages, and the proprietors had themselves compelled them to take the present course, instead of resorting to preference shares. He concluded by moving that the Bill be ap proved of, and that the directors be authorised t o t a k e the necessary measures with a view to the passing of the same. Mr. ROBERT FEW moved as an amendment the in sertion of an additional clause. lie observed that the company's Act of incorporation provided that no per son or corporation should have more than five votes, but that the Hungerford Market Company had evaded that provision, and by spliting their votes (a course of procedure which had been declared to be illegal by Sir F. Kelly and other eminent lawyers) had obtain e d an undue preponderance over other in terests in controlling the affairs of the Bridge Com pany. The clause he proposed to insert was intended to:remedy this evil, by enforcing more stringently the original arrangement, and thus preventing the Market Company from assuming, under any circum stances, more than five votes. Mr. STUTELEY (chairman of the Market Company) said the introduction of such a clause would jeopar dise the whole Bill, since it would necessarily excite much opposition on the part of the directors of the Market Company, who would not lightly forego the privileges and advantages which they now possessed, and which they considered that they had dearly purchased by the sacrifices which they had made in favour of the Bridge Company. They had consented to take 9 00 new shares upon the express understand ing, that they should have such an influence in th e management of the company as was warranted by the large stake wiikh they had in the property ; and the dispute n hich had taken place on the subject had al ready been decided in their favour by the late chair man, the Earl of Devon. He thought it was dis honourable for the Bridge Company, because they no longer required the service of the Mket Com pany, to attempt to repudiate their votes. Mr. Hawes (late deputy-chairman of the Bridge Company) controverted some of the statements of Mr. S'uteley, and a very warm discussion ensued, which, after c-litinuing :some time, was terminated by the interference of the Chairman. The amendment was then put and rejected by a large majority. Mr. Few demanded a pol?, which was taken, when the amendment was negatived by 39 to 19. The original motion was then pw. and carried, a2d the proceedings terminated. / 7 _ '"""'_ IRELAND. DIPLOMATIC REVELATIONS. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—It would appear from the following very singular account of an interview had within the precincts of the Viceregal : lodge, which ap pears in the Packet of last night, that we are on the eve of a great legal "crisis" here, which may or may not terminate to the *atisfaction.of the indignant juror who means to figure as plaintiff in the ease of "Burke r. the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland :" " Yesterday Mr. Burke's solicitor waited upon his Excellency at the Pheenix-park, and was favoured by an interview with the Honourable Gerald Ponsonby, who throughout the affair acted with becoming cour tesy. Mr. Burke's solicitor informed that gentleman that he had written twice to the Earl of Clareudon with reference to the publication of the libel on his client in the Tablet newspaper, but had been favoured with no reply. Mr. Ponsonby, on the part of his Excellency, acknowledged the receipt of the letters, but added that he had received no instructions to return any answer. Ur. Burke's solicitor then said he had called therefore on that cecasion, accompanied by his clerk, in order to have the writ served in the usual way; that he was desirous of performing this necessary duty in the most courteous warner possible; that the ordinary mode of service was the delivery of the writ personally to the defendant; but that, as in the present case, this course might not be convenient, he desired to know if Mr. Ponsonby would accept service for the Earl of Clarendon? Mr. Pon sonby promptly acquiesced, and having accompanied Mr. Burke's solicitor to the room where his clerk was in waiting, accepted the customary service. He was then advised, that within eight days the Earl of Clarendon should enter an appearance, and that it was presumed he would instruct his solicitor to that ef e:t. Mr. Pon sonby replied he supposed so, but remarked that until he had consulted with his Excellency he could not state any thing further." SALES OF INCUMBERED ESTATES. A bitch of six estates was set up yesterday for sale before a more than usually crowded court—a great number of speculators being present. The biddings throughout the day were generally spirited, and altogether the tone of th e mar k et was m ore an ( l 3l - 1 , mated than it had be en f or severa l wee ks past. the six properties, f our were s i tua t e d in the on one c ounty of Kerry, and with th e exce pti on of four lots of the estates the wh o l e f o und ready buyers nerative rates of purchase to the at remu of land. The considering the present depressed estate of Mr. Collis was offered in value was but 1751. per three lots, the aggregate profit rent of which annum, and which realised the sum of 3 , 5301 . The was a bout 18, 34, and 15 years. The estate rate of purchase for ea o c f h ot Mr. Hickson was put up the first four were whin. in six lots, drawn, and the other two, producing a profit rear, were sold for ') 060/ or -, •, rent o f 1401 ' h a .-,'T, • The estate of Mr. Richard 15 years' uarc profit a rent of 3971 ; was sold in the Leyne, with P The estate of Mr. William Sealy, 1 for 3,800/. y, 1 o f which was estimated at 443/., subj ec t 1 the rental l t ber charges, whi c h re d uced it an , o to an annuity by more than 501. a year, produced 6 , 6 00/. The foregoing properties were all situated in the county of foreg Kerry. An estate in the e',manty and town of Sligo, the property of Charles Martin, and consisting, for the most part, of building groun d and premises in the county, yi(bling a rental of about 4501. annually, was sold in tour lots, which produced 6,7001. The concluding sale was of the Monaghan estates of Mr. Henry Mitchell. The profit rental was a little over 400/. a year, which was disposed of in three lots for the sum of 5,810/. The entire amount realized by the day's sales amounted to 28,440/. .el YO THER SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION IN THE CITY. afire Last night, ab ou t a quar t er -past ten o'clo ck, that for upwards of an hour caused _arringdon g_reat alarm amongst the residents of Shoe-lane , street, and the s urrounding localities, broke F o ke out in the premis es belonging to Messrs. LL. a nd W. Pontifex and J. Wood, lead merc hants and coppersmiths. Th e n premises belonging to the firm are of vast extent, tlit, front being in Shoe-lane rd s tretching almost a s f ar backwards as the Angel I ' i n Farringdon-st ree t . I t was at one period fall a victim t o th e fury of the flames. we are happy to s a y, proved -illed that the great er Port i on of the neighbourhooidrn woulda Such, ' groundless. It appears that Mr. Lamplough, chemist, of No. 88, l eking out of oof ne his bedroom Snow-hill, whi ls o it ereelved an unusual glare of li g ht in windows, p , Messrs. - v -- accompanied by a dense i it'ex s premises, , volume of sreexe rolling tow ar d s t h e roof of the mar lie immedfately pr ocee d e d to the spot, calling, a 5 be w ent along, the engines in I, 'arringdon-street. Forthwith the various engines of the Brigade, West a England Company;, and the parish were dispatched to the scene of danger. The firemen then found that the conflagration was raging in the premises used as the lead casting shop and the brass casting depart m' nts. A plentiful supply of water baying been p rocured from vie New River mains, the engines were called into Oper a ti on , an d un d er th e direction of Mr. Braid w coil, the superintendent of the London establish ment, MI. Colf, the foreman o f the B district, and Mr. Connorton, the chief cfficer of the West of England brigade, powerful streams of water were scattered over the blazing pile, but, notwithstanding, it was nearly midnight before the flames could be conquered, and not until the lead and brass casting shops were nearly burned out, and the contents destroyed. One of the firm informed the reporter that a number of moulds had been destroyed, but that the costly assort ment of patterns had escaped the least injury. Respecting the origin of the fire nothing that could bon upon euuld be learned during the confu sion and excitement which prevailed when this report was written. Fortunately the firm was insured. ~ 73; ~ 66, . ,54 , . 47• . 41; . 275 lb. per ich ne. iNTATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNEILL, LONDON. DIRECTOP.B. t*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *John Rawson, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. t*Edmund S. Symes, Esq. }*Clement Tabor, Esq. f Joseph Thompson, Esq. f*Augiastns Vigne, Esq• Arnrrou. }professor Wheat,tone, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. Elliotson, 3LD„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SCBSEON. t*E. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &c. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Cianehy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. t*Messrs. Glyn, Hanna, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, *W. A. B. Bennett, Eel. *Hugh Croft, Esq. tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.B. *Ralph Gough, Esq. •M. C. 7ilaher, Eel. *John Moas, Esq. 'Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Baslnghall- street. •W. Tatham, Esq., 22, 'rhrogmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,000k The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the Ac sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table the Assured Is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities in the hands of third parties. Ns Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,0007.; the amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of l 5 per cent, on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. Perma -1.6 Annual lPolicyl Bonus in nent Re- Age. E ePre- taken addition Bonns in ductlon of ri mium. out in: to Sum Cash. Annual 5o I Assured. Premium. --1 - -- X s. fil. X s d. £ s. d. 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 .£ £ s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 60 'lOOO 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 511 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 110 1844 I 77 19 2 88 15 10 5 5 11 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climatal. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. lie.) The leading principles of this Office are—Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fin.; has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total antnis.l losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an appromitnation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the EqueaLble Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, amid the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopt such rates of:Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be rc ade into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent, of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses, and every information may be Obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. t Natiwnal Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. ■ Equitable Fire. t • Both Offices. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVEN - TRY-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 Englant and but two in Ireland—one for 501/. and the other for 290 i.—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, 1549, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number Issued hit the twelve mouths preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 68..: of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0451., upon which 3201. 33. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last;, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 125 6d., pro•- ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. I Is. Gd. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9501. 16s. 68., of which the annual premiums were 7411. le., leaving the yearly income on tho Ist of Juue last equal to 2,9911. 15s. 11d. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,1831. lie. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within this last four months they had considerably extended their business o the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etaug, a gentleman of high standing hi Paris, distinguished fo:r his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters , who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris , the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Eveqtu de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a com siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in AD unities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning ; thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vico- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. ATT Y' S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPODROME, Kensington, within Five Minutes' walk of the Crystal Palace, immediately opposite the Broad-walk, Kensing:- ton•gardens. Open Every Evening. Mr. Batty has great pleasure in informing his patrons that his llil►- podrome is crowded with rauk and fashion, and being always anxious to cater for the amusements of the public, he will produce a grand change of Entertainment hitherto unattempted in England, which will take place This Evening, and be continued every Evening until further notice. The Doors will open at Five o'Clock, to commence at Six. Private Box Admission to the lteserved Seats - 3s. Od. First-class do. Second-class do. Third-class do. Ladies and Gentlemen taught the polite Art of Riding. ilorsas Broken for the Road or Field. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; CarYalh.a; IC, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author' , ',WO Ono Shilling each ; by post, is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LITE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." Cowrimrs:—Early Ilising—Spring and Summer Mornings—E2° 3urslons about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places--Count47 rt'ips and Ramblen—The Sea—London at Night—Evening., at Horn e —Muzic—TheDrama -- On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air , ;oat, Ease, Occupation, bc., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM THE I. Ie I OIINTAINS. Two You.You. Vol VISIT TO THE. LAKES; E TCH OF EDINBURGH, &o: Voi LAKE 3 OF KILLARNEY ; uzstuNiseENCES or DUBLIN, &o. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasan the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, er study, and eni eitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical rep - ation of every-day THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as relined as Athens ever heard." gtrBJEcT : -Lite's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent °Cite passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties o. Licentiousness and disT.Pation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and reinediative. Advocacy of early marriages.: V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To bo or not to be, that is the question." 111.0011011XE:—Lawn and obligations of nature, society, and re- Men regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time end zhotee, on both side,, as to age, temperament, complexion, told figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing thou. Physical defe.etiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Oases, Ste. By Y.. ezivEliwELL, M.D. (1811), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 1824 ). 'neer ty-dve years Medical and Forensic Referee in them 4128 r 4 . B.neption ' , ow,: Oath , till five. filvenhvoi. seven till Dine. 10 krevti - D i Reg,nt-Rtreat DR• I..VMERT ON 11111 SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YO1J1: H With Plain Directions for l'i MATURITY. /est hod in Author fo Isom'- two bledlleTreatise onarfithesi FIFTY COLOURED T R ir Prevention lTir and Cure. . -.AND ENGRAVINGS ON sTEEL. /to . , in a French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Sealed Envelope, 2s. 61., or post-free, from dire S PRESERVATION; a Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirnaities usually acquired at a n Disorders of Youth and Maturrry, the physical and mental R early period of life, which destroy feelings, and exhaust the P , Aw ta c i rs, diminish and enfeeble the natural Observations °nth() certain energies of Manhood ; with Practtcal Nervous Debility, Local Preventionand and successful Treatment of Btricture, and all Diseases and i;nstitutional Weakness, Syphilis, ;Ireton, as adopted by Lallemand 1.11 ements resulting from Intlis hers of the faculty in France. . w Zrd, and other eminent mean- Illustrating the Anatomy, Physiolo Fifty coloured Engravirocs, prcductive Organs, explaining th eir 1 3 t 7 ,r , . and Diseases of the Ro und the various injuries that are pro ,_ et ures , uses, and ft:meth/n.l, habits, eXcesses, and infection. produced in them by solitary BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, L O D " Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member ef th NDO N. burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital m e University of E.l l / 1 - Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member Medical SoctetY, Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. of the Hunterian This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of thei r .. con ditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken iv et hi g hest medical honours , as evidenced by tile diplomas and te,sitirTe n ials inserted in the w ork, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. Ile may be consulted with ad_ vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through secret practices acquired ha youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un ceasing misery and regret. Published by the Author , and may be had of J. Gilbert; 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street; Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill, Or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these dis orders personally, or by letter, daily, tr9m Ng till two, aut from Nis 011 eight,