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ONTRACT for PROVISIONS. J ROYAL CHELSEA, AUGUST 13, 1851. The Right Honourasle the Lords and others, Commissioners of this Hospital, do hereby give notice, that they are ready to receive tenders from, and to treat with such persons as may be to Contract for Victualling the In-Pensioners of the sai I Hospital front the let October, 1851, to the 30th September, 1852, both days inclu sive, for the following Articles of Provisions, &c , viz. : Beef and Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, Salt, Oatincrd, Black Tea, and Suzar, at per heal per diem for the whole ration, accordingto the established allowances of the House, as s on I / in a Form of Tender, which may be obtained upon application at the Office of the Secretary, any day between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, which Tender must be filled up and delivered sealed, at the Board Room of the said Hospital, by the party or parties tendering, or by an agent appointed en his or their behalf, on Toes- DAT, the 26th instant (August), at 'twelve o'clock, at which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same into consideration. It is to be observed that the Contractors will be require.; to find Security to the Crown for the due performance of their Contract, and that ne Tender will be received after the day and hour above mentioned The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. PARISH of ST. GEORGE, TIAN OVER SQUARE. To Millers and Mealmen, Butchers, Cheesemongers, Corrichandlers, Grocers, Milkmen, Potato-dealers, Oilmen and TallowchandlerF, Coleurmen, and Cofiltimakers. Such Persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors and Directors of the Poor of the said Parish for supplying the Two Work houses for Six Months, from the 29th day of S .ptember, 1851, to the 25th day of March, 1852, may deliver in their sealed proposals at the Board-room in Mount-street, on or before Ten o'clock on WEDNE, DAY, the 24th thy of September, 1851. Persons Tendering must be in attendance at that time, and all Ten ders must be made upon and strictly in accordance •eith the printed Forms of Tender, which may be obtained on application to the Master of the Workhouse, in Mount-street, as well as any further particulars. By order. T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CfIA.NCERY, made in a cause MORRIS against IscSTLEY, the Creditors of MARY COTTON, late of Devonshire street, Portland -place, in the county of Middlesex, and of Welwyn, in the county of ilertiord (who died in the month of November, 1838), and was the widow of John Cotton, late et the same place, Gentleman, deceased, are forthwith to come in and pro ve their debts before RICHARD TORAH K I NDERSLET, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at Lis Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery lane, London, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. CLAY lON and GREVILLE, 12, Serle-strect, Lincoln's Inn, Plaintiff's Agents. T HE LONDON NECROPOLIS AND NATIONAL MAUSOLEUM COMPANY. Capital 250,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 101. each. Calls not to exceed 2/. per Share, nor to be made oftener than three months, with one month's notice. (Provisionally Registered.) TRUSTEES. Archibald 'Elastic, Esq., M.P. I Wm. John Evelyn, Esq., M.P. The Compaq' , have obtained a suitable site, and have caused it to be minutely surveyed, ant an estimate to be made of the cost of rendering it immediately available ; and are prepared to carry out all the requirements of the public without delay. Application for shares to be made in the usual form to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, No. WA. Great Georee street, Westminster; to the Solicitors, Messrs. Coombe and Nickoll, 3, Bridge-street, Westminster ; Alexander Doble, Esq., 2, Lan caster-place, Strand ; er to Messrs. 11l .hens and Harrison, Stock and Share Brokers, 18, Threadneedle-street, City. RICHARD CHURCHILL, Secretary, T HE LONDON NECROPOLIS AND NATIONAL MAUSOLEUM i•O NIPANY. Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in this Company will be received after the Ist day of September next. By order of the Board, BICH BD CHURCHILL, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 16A, Great George-street, Westminster, August 18, 1851. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN and MIDLAND RAILWAYS. YORK RAC ES. A SPECIAL TRAIN at Exhibition Fares, will leave the Euston square Station, on TUESDAY, August 19 at 12 37 Noon, returning from York at 6 P.M., on FqIDAY, the 22d. Fares for the Double Journey, FROM LONDON T,l YORK AND BACK. First Class, 15s. I second lass, 10s, j Third Class, ss. Tickets will also be issued on Tuesd ty, Wednesday, and l'hursdav, the 19th, 20th, and 21st, by any Train, including the Express, at One Fare for the Double J urney, according to the Class of Train. Th se Tickets vk ill he returnable by any Train, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, the 20th, 21st, 2/d, or 23d. August, 1851. By order. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. LAKES OF CUMBERLAND. Tickets, available for Seven Days, by the Ordinary Trains to 'Tin tiermere, will be issued at the following fares, en and atter the 30th natant. till particulars may be had on inquiry London to Windermere I First Class. I Second Class. and Back, 3/. 33. Od. 21. ss. Od. By order, MARK RUISII. General Manitzer's Office, Euston Station, June 25, 1851. L AKES of KILLARNEY, COVE of CORK, &c. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TICKETS, available for three weeks, enabling parties to visit the celebrated Tubular and Suspension Bridges over the Menai Straits, the City of Dublin, the Lakes of Killarney, and City and Cove of Cork, will be issued until September next from the following stations, where fall !Particulars may be had : First Class. Second Class. London to Killarney and back £6 0 0 - X 0 0 Birmingham to Killarney and back 50 0 - 45 0 Manchester to Killarney and back 4 4 0 - 310 0 Chester to Killarney and back 4 0 0 - 3 5 0 By order, MARK 1.11:ISH. General Ntanagor's-office, Euston Station, May, ISSI. CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. ILF,DTICTION OF FXRES. On and after FRIDAY, August I, 1851, P.,rsengers will be booked through and cony yed at the following Fares, s hich inclu les the passage -honey between Kin stown and Holyhead, either by the Stoats of the Chester and Holyhead, or of the City of Dublin Company. Single Fares. Return Tickets. Ist Cl. 2d Cl. Ist Cl. 2d^,l. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. L0nd0n........ d. 60 0 .. 40 0 .. 90 0 .. 60 0 Birmingham .. 40 0 .• 30 0 .. 60 0 .. 45 0 Between Kings- Manchester.... 25 0.. 17 6.. 37 6.• 26 6 town and Chester ...... 20 0 .. 15 0 .. 30 0 .. 22 6 Liverpool...... 20 0 .. 15 0.. 30 0 .. 22 6 Return Tickets between Dublin, Liver 001, Chester. Man chester. and Birmingham, will be available for the Return Journey for SEVEN days after date of issue. Those between Dublin and London FOURTEEN days. Departure from Kingstown. Arrival in London. *9 0A M. Express. 11 0 P.M. 1 0 P.M. Mail. 4 50 ♦.M. 7 30 p.m. Mail. 1 0 P.M. Denarture from London. Arrival in Dublin. *9 30 A.M. Express. 10 30 P.M. 1 5 0 P.M. Express. 6 30 A.M. 8 45 P.M. Mail. 11 0 A.M. * No Second Class by Express Trains between Chester, Bir mingham, or London. Tic , tets can be obtained at the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Terminus, or on board the Steam-boats. J. 0. BINGER. superintendent's Office, Cheste , July 31, 1851. TRAVELLERS and VISITORS to the SEA COAST would do well to provide themselves with a bottle of Rowlands' Aqua d'Oro. his fra , :,rant and spirituous perfume re trestles and invigorates the system d ring the heat of summer, and Will be found an essential accompaniment for the opera, the public assembly, and the promenade. In all cases of excitement, lassitude, or over exertion, it w 11 prove of great advantage taken as a bever age, diluted with water. Price 3s. 6d. per bottle. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR Will also prove a most refreshing preparation for the co-rplexion, dispelling the cloud of langour and relaxation , allay in g all heat and Fritabllity, aid immediately affording the pleasing sensation attend ing restored elasticity and healthful state of the skin. Fi eckles, Tan, oPots, Pimples, and Dlicolorations are effectually prevented and era dicated by its application ; and in cases o' sunburn, stings of insects, or incidental inflammation, its vii tues are universally acknowledged. Price 4s. 6d. and Ss. 6d per bottle. Bold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 2", Hatton-garden, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. GE NERAL ELECTIO N. THE MEN OF THE PEOPLE. Few are prepared for a general election, and yet th e on dit is, that the Present Parliament is m.t to meet again, cons, quentiy a few who think they are alone in the secret, are quietly, bu. very earnestly, Canvassing their constituents, in a friendly way, not as it they tvere in any alarm about their seats, but simply exhibiting an officious attention, as if they were desirous of serving all the people they call upon in the metropolis—one name absorbs a.l the interest - -not exactly for a seat in Parliament, because their ambition has always pointed to another office. But it the whole population of the metropolis were polled to-morrow, 'Messrs E. MOSES and *ON would be voted the eneapest, the best, the most extensive Clothiers, and the greatest benefactors in the kingdom to all classes. In the field they choose to o-cupy, they were reformers. Through their exertions, and the employment of their talent and capital, the price Of Clothing, which was a complete bar to the well dressing of all Persons of limited income, was reduced one-half, which brought it within the means of even the humble classes, who can nn'w dress respectably out of busi, a , and creditably in it ; for they not only procure things (heap, but durable; In fact, messre. E. Moses and S.,n have so completely laid them- Selves out with their immense staff of the first designers, fitters, cutters, and workmen in Europe, for the supply of rich and poor, txalted and humble, fashionable and plain, that they are not men for a class, but men of the people. By emeloying a capital that Wiand louy up the productions of half the factories, they command the markets, and the public hive the benefit of their cheap pur ,eh"'s, for their profit has always been uniformly small, because , have preferred to sell a hundred suits to any body else's Oise, a nd gain by numbers what oth ers unfairly gain by exorbitant profits. o iessrs. E. Moses and Son have every garmen made of the best nlaterial of the kind—they mark every article with their unvarying in figures which everybody can understand ; and if W any ono Should f ee l di ssa tisfied after purchasing, they receive W 1 the article and return the money. Their noble start, at the corner of 41 dgate and the Minories, is thrown open to the public, whether Purchasers or not, and they invite the visitors in London to inspect the first stock in the world. Nor is their Wes -end branch less at tractive in New Oxford street, corner of Hart-street. At both F' e se places there is such an assortme nt of Sportsmen's Dresses, rain head to f,ot, as was never seen elsewhere, com?rising every ar ticle desirable for the river and th e field, light, strong, and We ather-proof. E. MOSES and SON, la London City Establishment, 151, 155, 156, and 157, Miseries, 83, 48 , and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 441 _ 4 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Rile/field Branch, 36, Fargate. stl'allore Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers , Furriers, Boat and Bhoe ,erg. and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. e Establishments are closed ftom sunset Friday to sunset Sa s' V. when business is rosrmod till Twelve o'clock. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 147 nt-s To be had of Sherwood, 13, ;Pe ; Carvalho; , letreet ; Mann, 39, Cornhill or direct frem the author , One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LITE. ~ "Health, Recreation, and ratierial Use of Time." tu .,?rZwrs;—Early Rising—F,priag and Summer Morninge,—Ex pn:'ens about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, lii. s oats, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country vs and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening.. at Home „ Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, 4 1, -3e, Occupation, &c., rUGNENTS FROM TrIikOIINTAINB. Viso Vol*, OBIT Voll. —BIT TO THE LASES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGU, &a. Vol. 1411 LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; I DITBLLN, Br.o. ',CM 07 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. bitl "That three store years and ten our course may ran.' v o - ',_,D.Pidar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner. th'.7-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses Y°ling bests the man f pleasur, busins, r study, and ern ors IA , fi °‘- age e with tables o and rules for the es diet o and physical Toga -013 of ' everyday life. THE PASSIONS. What passions hurt the body—what improVa: Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Blni t r x „ th T -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent li e3 4 l „Pa. lBl ons. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of Thad- " u gness and dissipation, with illnstrations,.graphie, narrative, ram, °dia ." YU* Advocacy of early marriages.. THE MARRIAGE STATE. if zoo "Tobe or not to be, that is the question." u gto %Aims :—Laws and obligations of nature , society, and re hoieen regardi ng marriage, to be observed by either sax. Time and ti c „,,..,0n both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and vo secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearirg them. ~,71 2 al defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. ...sea, a,. Ey " ..,LCITLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (18 27 ) , L.S .A. les 4-w caption years Medical and Forensic Referee in then N k i s hours daily till mil. wining'. moo till all.; 3 41191 .13.13011ttleil s, the quali -58 was renal, nglieh 24s to and s great in ex )urB of le very rimers' s quite tpplied 3rind- Some !33 per t our sheep, F cattle prices. per do, dl sold. 3 were per lb, linking nferior L Wad of the bushels snd 16st Lbst 611), )ost 01b, tferior. 14 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 005 Od, bushel; ki to 245 178 I—Beet, ditto, 3d d to 6d; - - - T peck, each, 01 Id to 9a; 1; hens, do•, ch, B,od (present lozen, Oti of 141bs, rk, large s to Os• to 10(1; al, is 5d 1; barley ad vices ress the 3 during ency for 0 DOtiCe ❑d these t. The n to in" 10 bris, I of oats re taken foreign in retail trrel. In trade in difficult ibuiadant aoderate )f bread, Indian .se, and Prices me]. -20 stop• -20 do -16 do -14 do er cwt 27 oati. eek t—. ,0. .... .. 62s ..... _ 58' ..... 555 .. ...... 511 ..... 451 .. ....... als ). 131 6 d ; is, 6s toes )d; wheat lOs Od per Is; a verage —Farra,e" ) 00s lai; i d to ; , r . sd coals." per 01 ; M es 4 , 1 to bd per lb. o 3151 Pe! F r ench per stone . , ooOsir 6l to 11/ Pe f ,; yellow Hidet- - calf skills Minion') 31 to glOl .TS. )xtreme l l Led before depressed w ere 33 'e Chester ]arioasli lt° , 120 la-Eaoterri and Pri ces are a 3 (01 ' Vorkshire, 23 1: 1 * --- h-Eastero it railicAi rn beco ) i ce affair' arkable t Western arti" ore r „y n tiVelYl3°' It circua r accuracY• citations. npa an tbs nd Short ood effec t.° w ith 1 of breath, o ld, fears ( si g neoi and his sts`"; lollool° . . ‘ . • •' EawOr tb the 1'151• :r a. G• the lad/ h Esq' bac --- Regina ld )house, t° ['relit AD) t Thon 33s Ussex, to late .1?' • setehtre. __.-----"" aged 24, Torre'', ey, g.N : f Ca 0 3111 f Foot. of Ec., daug h , - surr_eN • tire, vi • ), Hotel, ' f Yo. 1 1 ' Qu Aty 0 r---.7::Bamnenadrtib,2:sessopo;rfoyivp;;79guyei; - _ y . t .l ll ,„tt, OTy v.., (1: ( 4 / .. , , . • ••, I p c l f,to , , , / 1.74 A- - - ' • U' 1 l' i ;?= • f / • , - 4 , . :;W• 4 , " • __ ,• „ 4••:•: copper-ore and na, A 7. „At sr% ,r 1 4,4 i.„ v • ,„ 704 • ' ✓;fir "."* • t #4. " f r - s „ 7N • - lon this table and j ' p —4e A,M( -l& D if,ll „ ,1 J `.;— I r**lsolss"k . x, Cy t 7. l , E6 C1 1 4 IN) " AUG UST 18. LO T NDON S MON DAY 9 N°. 18,378, NEW TRAVELS IN THE lIOLY LAND. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations , 21 5. , E IGHT YEARS in PALES TINE, SYRIA, and ASIA MINOR. From 1842 to 1850 By F. A. NEALE, Est , Late attached to the Consular Service in Syria. "By whomsoever these deeply interesting volumes are read, but one op'nion will be pronounced—that of unqualified praise. Full of striking incidents, graphic descriptions of scenery and events, racy anecdotes, and accounts of moving accidents by flood and field, inter spersed with illustrations of the sure word of prophecy,' we have tarely met with a work corn which we have derived so much plea sure and profit."--Messenger. Colt,uni and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. PRICES OF SHAItES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. tUBLISFIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 SOT2W' '-STOCZL SANKS. Dividend Amount :Yams of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. nitre. -.------ --- Australasia • • •• •• •• •• 41. per cont. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Brits!:North American 51. per cont.! 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon • • • • .. • • •• • • •• - , 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 6/. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial .• - Gloucestershire •• •• •• . lb/per cent. - - - lonian • • • • - - •• •• •• 1 61. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County •• 1 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - ..aniiii and Westminstr ( 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 28% London Joint-Stock .•• 1 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincialof Ireland ' 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New••• •• •• •• 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - cgtiona! of Ireland .. Si. per cent.l 50 0 0 22 10 0 - gat. Provncial of En. 61. per cent.lloo 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. - South Australia •• •• .. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia •• Ll. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 35 Ditto •• •• .......... 61. per cent. - 2 10 0 - 'ni.on of London, •. - 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid .•• • • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. .-------- -, X 6. d. .f. s. 4. .tdbion .. - •• •• •• •• •• 3/. 105. 1500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 145.!Gd.b5. 1 100 0 0 11 0 0 21 . % Ditto Marine. •• - •• , 1. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 37% Atlas ....... •• Argus Life .• •• • • •• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - tritisti Commercial •• Is. 64. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% lierici,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 _lounty ........ •• •• •• 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 81 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 ...F.la4lc •••••• Egity and Law , :aropean Life • • 100. 20 0 0 Au paid. 12 General •• •• •• •• .... - 5 0 I IP bi GLAJe Giardian, • • .. - • • • • • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 544 r,uperial Fire - •• •• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 245 I nperial Life •• •• •• •• 125. 100 0 0 10 0 0 184 lel,emnity Marine.... 11.5 h.& bs. 100 0 0 j 20 0 0 5034 Law Fire • •••••• •••• - 100 0 0 2 10 0 2% Law Life .• •. - •..... 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 46 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 43{ London Fire - •• •• •• 105 & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 19 London Ship •••• - - 105. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 19 'tarine •• • • • • • .... - 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 16 vied. Invlid&Gen.Life 4341. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Mornitch • • •• •• .• .... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 • ational Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 2% ?alladium Lite 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 ' - ~ , a mix - - 156 Professional Life •• 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 0 10 0 175.6 d Provident Life • • ...... 11. ss. Lbs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 i.ock. Lifa............ ss. 5 0 0 0 10 0 6% , toyalExchange...... 6/. p.ct. & b 5 Stock. all 221 34 i..m tire.. - PP 209 Ditto Life ... - 48 United Kingdom Raversal Life lO% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - , liatoria Life - . - 4 12 6 5% CIATT LION.—In consequence of several parties selling a Sauce under the appellation of " RELISEI," A. SOYER respectfully acquaints the 11.)bility ant pu!Aie, that the only Relish made by bin has his Portrait on the Bottle, and also the names of his whol :ale agents, CROSSE and }ILACKWELL. Gore House, Kensington, April 22, 1851. THE L ATE FATAL ACCIDENTS INSURANCE against ACCIDENTS of ALL KINDS, whether from Falls of !louses, Fires, Railway Collisions, Explosions or any other c tuse whatever. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY, 7, Bank-huildings, Lothbury, London. Incorporated under 7th and Bth Vic., c. 110. CHAIRMAN—KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. Distinctive Features of the Company. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence. To Insure 11101. by Annual Payment. Class I. 1 Class 11. I Class 111. 2s. 6d. he. I 7s. 6d. to 40s. Single Payment for Life, Class 1., I/. Is. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence, with a fixed weekly sum in case of non-fatal injury, and an allowance for medical expenses. To insure 1001. on death, I/. per week compensation, and 21. for medical expenses, by annual payment. Class I. I Class 11. 1 Class 111. 12s. 1.55. 20s. to 503. A fixed sum on death by accident while travelling on a railway, with Compensation in case of non-fatal accident, by annual payment. To insure £lOOO .• 10s. 21 500 .• • • 7s. 300 .• 6s. Prospectuses, with further information, may be had at the offices the Company, or from any of the Company's Agenti. WILLIA 51 YOUNG, Secretary. U N LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY 1 - 7 LONDON. SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. Policies effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and re maining in force at each Septennial period of division, will PARTI CIPATE IN FOUR-FIF Ills of the Net Profits of the Society ac cruing after Midsummer, 1850, in proportion to their contributions to those profits, and according to the conditions contained in the Society' , Prospectus and Act of Parliament. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are much lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad dition to the accumulated funds derived from the Investments of Premiums. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. The GREAT EXHIBITION and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI f UTION. 'Hi the most interesting Deposits at the Great Exhibition will, in turn, be lectured on at the AT, Psi, f'rEcHN IC INSTITUTION `ik, The present Lectures arc on the Chemistry of the Minerals it the Great Exhibition, inclaling the precious Gems, Crystalisa tions, Sze., by J. H. Pepper, Esq. Popular Lecture by Dr Bachhoffr•,er on the recent Total Eclipseof the Sun, with splendid Diagrams, show fig, the appearances wnich actually occurred on the line of Totality. —file Rotation of the Earth, exhibited by Foucault's Experiments. —The great economy of Cooking by Gas explained.—A Lecture on tile History of the Harp, by Frederick Chatterton, Esq„ with Vocal Illustrations.—Two Series of splendid Dissolving Views.—Diver and L h-ing Bell, &C. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. . Open daily from Half-past Ten to Five, and every Evening from Seven till Half-past Ten. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Licensed by Act of Parliament. n,-°,YLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL - f;TREF.T, ST. JAMES'S. ole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-equare.) OPEN EVERY EVENING, With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt. D,ors open at Ilalf-pa.st Eight o'clock —Dancing to commends Ott anal terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission, One Shilling. ATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL iiIPPODRO‘IF., Kensington. OPEN DAILY. A Grand Change of Performance every Evening during the Week Mr, Batty Is proud to announce to his friends and the public in general, that, in addition to his present corps, he has succeeded in engaging the celebrated Henri Franconi and his highly trained steeds, who will shortly appear. The Performances will embrace the whole of the extraordinary ta le, t of the French and English Artists. TO-MORROW, Mr. Hampton, the celebrated Aeronaut, will make an Ascent in his magnificent Balloon the Erin-go-Bragh, precisely at Half-past Six o'eock. Mr. Batty has much pleasure in announcing to his Patrons that on THURSDAY, August 21, there will be a Grand DAY PER FORMANCE. Doors open at One, to commence precisely at Two. The entertainments in the Evening as usual. Doors open at Five. Performance to commence precisely at Six. Private Boxes - • - - -£1 Is. Od. Admission to the Reserved Seats 3s. Od. First-class do. Second do. Third do. CREMORN E.—Admission, One Shilling ; Children, Half-price. Last Week of Deulin's Ballet, The Star of Beauty. Ite-engagement of Franconi's Equestrian Troupe. The Four o'clock Performance is free from any charge. THIS DAY—A Grand Balloon Ascent by the celebrated Spanish Aeronaut, Giuseppe Lunardini, in the 'loyal Cremorne Balloon, at Seven o'clock, accompanied by a party of Ladies of distinction. TO-MOItItOW A resplendent Spanish Gala. On WEDNESDAY — The Last Grand Naval Fete, but One, of the Season. At Four o'clock in the Afternoon, and half-past Eight Evening, Franconi's celebrated Equestrian Trcupe, from 3.e Cirque National de France, no charge made for the Four o'clock performance. M Bosisio, the celebrated composer of da Icing music, con ducts the great Cremorne Band, and will execute all the music which he composed and conducted at her Majesty's Ball at Buckingham Palace. Exhaustless entertainments daily, in cluding tile Bosjesmans or Bush People, Deulin's Ballet the Star of Beauty, the Ethiopian Serenaders, the double-sighted Youth, Egg-hatching, the Bowling Saloon, &c. Doers open at half-past Two, admis•-ion is., Children half-price. The Hotel affords overy accotnmodation for private and public dinner and super par -603. Steam-boats and omnibuses nightly after the entertainments, ,he transit being superintended by Directors. Fare, 4d. by Boat, and Gd. by Omnibus. On Sunday the Gardens are open in the afternoon for refreshment, admission by refreshment card 61. Table d'llete at Four and Six .?clock, 2s. 6d. 1 2171LTEM,WOICKS. Dividend Amount rime of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ - £ s. d. X s. d. East London..• ••••• .• E. per cent. NO 0 0 - 151 Grand Junction .... • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 69 K,,nt................ 4/. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 82 Lambeth ...... •• - - N. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 Now Rlvr Lnd u Erdge 41. 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Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 - preductive Organs, explaining their strneturos, uses, and functions, Phoenix .••..•• • • • • • • 41. 50 0 0 100 0 0 4 9 0 9 0 0 0 27% and the various inju ries that are p roduce d in t hem b y solitary ',Latent/ •••••.. • • • • • • 5/. - habits, excesses. find mfection. U n ited General .. •• • • 1/. 50 0050 0 0 60 0 0 - 15% BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D„ Westminster Chartered V. 45 57, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Ditto, New •• ••- • • • 12s. 50 0010 0 0 9 Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edits burgh, Honorary Men-teer 3f the London Hospital Medical Society, SiZST OP SCOTTI SH COMPANIES' PHICES lAMB date of Apothecaries Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, Sce., I. e. Dividend Amount This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana- Name of Comitany. per of Paid. Price. toy and physiology of the r e p roductive organs, and of their relative Annum. Share. r/1 conditions in health and dis ease. 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The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the Hungerford ...... •• .. 2/. se. - 100 00 47 whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. London Institution .• • - - 78 15 0 7 Tzs: CORDIAL BALI OF SYSIACO3I is exc .lus;vel y employed la New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, s,c., I 1 s. an d 33 5. Ditto, New ........ - 25 001210 0 - per bottle. The Concentra t e d Detersive Essence , a n anti - syphilitic Russell Institution...• - - 26 5 0 - remedy, for purifying the blood in c ases of infection, secondar y Poninsir& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, lie, and 335. per Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100% bottle. Ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s, 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. 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Oxforl-street, Lon- HAVE B I.on, from Eleven till Two , and Five to Fight ; Cl Suniay. franc KEN EFFECTED BY Du BARRY'S DELICIOUS REVA LI NTA ArtABICA FOOD.-Cure, No. 71, of dyspepsia, from e 1..... tr• r.vie : __, , the Right lion. the Taird Stuart de Decies: -" I have de- [ ADVERTISEMEN T.] THOUSAND CURES HAVE BEEN EFFECTED BY Du BARRY'S DELICIOUS REVA LENTA ABABICA FOOD.—Cure, No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies: —" I have de rived considerable benefit from your food, and consider it due to yourselves and th e pu bli c t o au th or ise the publication of these lines.—Stuart d e D ec i es ." Cure N 0.49,832—" 50 years' indescribable agony, f rom d ys p e p s ia, nervousness, asthma, c.ugh, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the sto mach, and vomittings have been removed by Du Barry's excellent food.—Maria Jolly Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."—ln canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions :-11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21bs., 4s. 6d. ; slhs., 1 Is. ; 121 h... 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 21s. ; 10Ibs., 335. The 10Ibs. and 121bs. carriage free 200 miles, on receipt of Post office order.— uu Barry and Co., 127, New Bond-street, Lon don; Fortnum, Mason, and Co. ; Hedges and Butler. IMPORTATION Or COTTON WOOL.--According to a return to Parliament, printed on Saturday, the cotton woid imported into the United Kingdom in 1848 numbered 73 !,020,1611b. ; in 1819, 755,469,0121 b. ; and in 100 663,576,8611 b. Cur IN A PIE•DISH.—The custom of placing an inverted cup in a fruit pie, the cook will inform us, is to con tain the juice while the pie is baking in the oven, and pre vent its boiling over; and Elie is the more convinced in her theory, because when the pie is withdrawn from the oven, the cup will be found full of juice. When the cup is first put in the dish it is full of cold air, and when the pie is placed in the oven this air will expand by the heat and fill the cup, and drive out all the juice and a portion of the pre sent air it contains, in which state it will remain until re moved from the oven, when the air in the cup will condense, and occupy a very small space, leaving the remainder to be filled with juice; but this does not take place till the danger of the juice boiling over is past. If a small glass tumbler be inverted in the pie, its contents can be examined into while it is in the oven, and it will be found what has been ad vanced is correct,—Gower's Scientific Phenomena of Domes tic Lffe, THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Since the reduction of the charge for admission on Saturdays the barrier of exclusiveness which pre viously hemmed in the Crystal Palace on that day may be said to have been effectually broken down. The merely fashionable loungers are fled, or nearly so; and their presence can seldom be detected amidst the vast body of persons of the well-to-do middle class of society who now make so formidable a show. On Saturday last the number of visitors was very great, and scarcely to be exceeded by the attendance on any Saturday for months past. It was evident by the perseverance with which they traversed the various avenues that they were there determined to make the best and the most of their time. Fine weather and a balmy atmosphere too, combined with the splendours of the Exhibition, had the effect of in ducing more than the ordinary number of invalids to leave their couches, resort to the glass hive in Bath chairs, and to the extent of their ability maintain the industrial character of the scene. Throughout the day the temperature of the building was exceedingly agreeable, and the visitors being in no respect straitened for space, and able to move to and fro with facility, and without jostling against one another, the view from the galleries of the transept and nave wore an unusually animated and pleasing appearance —animated and pleasing as it is at all times, even under the least favourable circumstances. The following are the official returns of the receipts of the day: — Season tickets At t h a doors... ..11 11.11 U. £29 0 0 ... ... ...1,592 7 6 Total ... Police numbers ... «1,621 7 6 ... 16,741 Tho following shown the temperature during the say, us recorthd by Mr. Bennett's thereniometers, being the mean result of 100 readings:— Ten o'clock, 65; twelve o'clock, 70; two o'clock, 71; four o'clock, 70; six 'o'clock, 68; mean temperature, 688. face of their district, and of the works erected on it. They then disclose the working beneath the surface. Their ores are next exhibited, as well as their coal and their fluxes for smelting the ores. Then come their furnaces in well-executed working models, the rough metal produced by those furnaces, and, finally, the several kinds of refined manufactured iron. In No. 417 is exhibited another useful iron manufacture in the shape of tin plates from the Cwm-avon Works in South Wales ; and the housewife who daily bolls her kettle, and scours her saucepan, may here see the plates from which they are formed by the skill of the workman. The same Cwm-avon Works exhibit a book of iron, the leaves of which are as fine as coarse paper, and also a huge bar, 63 feet long, in the form of a rail, which has been rolled in one continuous length to exhibit the capability of the works for roll ing, but which, es if in burlesque upon its immobility, has been placed amid other " machinery in motion." Rich varieties of iron ore may be seen in the speci mens numbered 405 and 420, from the districts bor dering on Cumberland ; and in No. 423 we observe some curious samples of iron lately brought into the market from the lies formation, which promises to give an industrial impulse in a part of the country hitherto available only for agriculture. The next metallic ore which attracts thi attention is zinc, exibited by the Vieille Montague Company in No. 437, and also in a throned statue of her Majesty, which is placed in the east nave, and is rendered more conspicuous by its peculiar tint of variegated green. Zinc is a metal of comparatively recent in troduction into the more common domestic uses in this country; but on parts of the continent, more particularly in Belgium, its use is more extensive than with us. Its cheapness and resistance against atmospheric injury are much in its favour, while, on the other hand, its want of tenacity prevents its appli cation to those numerous positions where strength is required. At a considerable heat this metal will in flame by contact with a sufficient draught of air, and may be made to burn with a brilliant light of bluish white. The limestone ranges of Derbyshire, Flint shire, and Somerset are its principal localities in the United Kingdom, and the wanderer through the metropolis has only to cast his eyes up to our roofs and chimney-tops to see a practical illustration of the extent and infinite variety of shapes in which this mineral may be employed in aid of the faulty chim ney-flues constructed by our architects and builders. The ores of copper attract attention by their num ber, and the evident care and completeness with which they have been prepared for exhibition by va rious contributors. Cornwall supplies by far the greater portion of specimens, but Wales has also con tributed, although not in proportion to the wealth and extent of her marketable supply ; and Ireland, while generally delighting to show that she has gold in some of her recesses, rather than copper or the more ordinary metals, has creditably added to the stores of the Exhibition, through the medium (chiefly) of the Dublin Society fur the Encouragement of Na (From the Times.) We hear that to-morrow a meeting of the Royal Commission will be held to settle finally certain mat ters on which it is necessary to come to a decision before the Queen and the Prince leave for Balmoral. As the public will readily conjecture, the principal questions thus about to be discussed are, no doubt, the exact date on which the building should close, and the manner in which that event should take place. On the first point, it seems probable that an early day in October will be fixed for the purpose, as otherwise contributors from the north of Europe may have their goods overtaken by the winter ice; and, under any circumstances, at that period the pleasure-seeking season of the year is over. We may therefore fairly take it for granted that the building will close on some day before the middle of October. Upon this arise a variety of questions, which it is necessary that the Commission should dispose of at once, and the proper solution of which will require the exercise of much care and discretion. Shall the Great Exhibition terminate as it commenced, with a State ceremonial, giving solemnity and honour to the last act of its existence, or shall it go out quietly, and after the ordinary fashion, without pomp or show ? That is the first point to settle. Suppose it is arranged that there shall be a ceremony, then the question arises what ought to be its character, so as to render it effective and worthy of the occa sion ? It is a natural feeling that would connect with the closing day a ceremonial in which merit should be recognised by Roye 1-y, and we believe that when the scheme of the Great Exhibition was first started some indirect hopes of such an honour were held out by Prince Albert. The public, how ever, is reasonable, and will not expect in this matter more than is practicable. Supposing all other difficulties removed it would be clearly too much to ask the Queen to present even the great medals. Such a task would occupy too much time, and be tedious as a spectacle. It does not, however, by any means follow that on this account the Exhibition should be closed quietly, and without a ceremonial suitable to so remarkable an event. So lame and impotent a conclusion would, we think, cause general disappointment, and be especially unpleasing to the large and influential body of men who, as jurors, exhibitors, or in some other capacity, have laboured and made many sacrifices for the success of this great undertaking. It will not do to behave unhandsomely, or to give scope for grumbling now that the success of the Exhibition is undeniable, and no one can doubt that, with patience, good management, and a generous condescension, the harmony and goodwill which have hitherto prevailed need not be disturbed. As for the prizes, though the names of the successful competitors will of course be announced at once, months will no doubt elapse before the medals commemorative of their triumphs can all be prepared and distributed. We trust, however, that these decorations will nut be quite so long delayed as those of our Peninsular veterans. It has been rumoured for some time, and is generally believed, that every exhibitor will be presented with a medal as a memorial of his contributions, though he may not have been fortunate enough to carry away a prize. This will no doubt contribute much to heal jealousies and soothe disappointments. Proceeding with our examination of the mineral wealth of the United Kingdom, we find next in order, as exhibited along the south side of the Crystal Pa lace, a most abundant and well -arranged series of specimens of our staple ores, viz., iron, lead, tin, and copper, accompanied by snaps and working plans and sections, and models of th e mines or strata in which they lie, and of the modes by which they are ex tracted and brought into marketable condition. Our iron ores are, happily, so associated with our deposits of coal that to illustrate the extent and position in the present day of almost any iron-bearing district in the United Kingdom, except in Devon and Cornwall, necessarily involves the view of a coal-field, and, ac cordingly, in this quarter of the Exhibition are also grouped a most interesting collection of mo dels of collieries and specimens of their produce. We may especially dra w attention to No. 273 for the instruction of the visitor, but it is impossible to give too much credit to the numerous individuals — in tnany cases " worki ng men "—who have devoted their tie . and skill in contributing to the view of England'sthvited guests the m i n iature illustrations of the basis of England's wealth. Igo other portions of the Exhibition, whether colonial or foreign, show so much ekill and attention to illustrate the practical operations of that large c l as s o f ou r population occu pied in producing the coarser species of wealth ; and no portion of the Exhibition, not even that occupied by our machinery, with its almost self-creating powers, can . give to the inquirer a better view of the intimate springs out of which have arisen, and of the resources upon which rest, the power and stability of the nation. To obtain a clear insight into the iron districts of the United Kingdom, we may first exa mine the, table of Mr. 131ackwell, Nc. 427. Here we find the several districts in which iron ore occurs marked out by lines on the table, and their relative importance is tolerably well indicated by a glance at the respective extents of these spaces. In this respect South Wales stands first ; but we must not imagine that the quality of iron in any one district is con comitant with its extent. The extreme variety to be met with in the quality of ores is one of those simple means by which Provi dence appears to have designed to arouse the intelli gence, and at the same time to render more intimate the connexion of man with his fellows. Thus no one iron foundry is ro perfect in the make of iron from its own produce as it is enabled to become by mixing its own ores with those from adjoining or distant works; and in this way South Wales forms a useful connexion with Staffordshire, with the Dean Forest, and even with Lancashire, which is mutually beneficial to the maker of iron and to the public who consume his products. Besides the above districts we have the Shropshire, the North Wales, the Wrest Cumberland, Northumberland, Der byshire, the Yorkshire has district (which is die tinct from the Great lorksbire coal and iron field), and the isolated districts of Devon and Cornw a ll, which send to the furnaces a description of ore w e ll calculated for the production of steel. Our fore fathers were more limited in their choice of or es , and the small space assigned on Mr. Blackw e ll' s table to the Sussex specimens may well illustrate the Comparison of the make of iron in Great Britain 100 a mounted . to about 30,000 years ago, which then tons, whereas in 1850 the make is supposed to have amounted to more than 80 times that quantity, or two million and a half t o ns! . This general rev i ew of the iron-bearing districts of England is sur roun d e d by particular illustrations of the mineral produced, and the mode of turning it to marketable account in each locality. The Butterley Company exhibits, in No. 400, the iron of Derbyshire in its various stages. Staffordshire is ably illustrated in No. 411, by specimens of the various ." makes" of ir on , from the coarsest " pig" to the finest wrought " bars ;" and No. 416 may b e consulted as exhibiting, on one side, the rough block of ore, and, on the other, its product worked out by the skill and industry of the artisan into the form of a highly ornamental drawing room grate, with its accompanying fender and fire iror s The Ebbw Vale Company have sent from South Wales perhaps the most complete illustration in the Cryst 11 Palace of the whole process of working this valtiable mineral. They show a model of the sur tive Industry. The Cornish specimens will afford to the visitor the most comprehensive view of our copper ores, as affording a beneficial source of national industry. We may draw attention more particularly to No. 453, supplied by the Redruth local committee. The ore is exhibited in the states in which it is found by the miner and picked out by him, and his working operations in the mines are illustrated by the models and drawings (451, 452, and 524). The ore in these rude states may be compared with the lumps of native copper, Nos. 454, 517, and 518, which the miner sometimes stumbles upon in the course of his working. The lumps of rocky ore, when brought to the surface, are stamped or pounded into small gravel, and these particles are washed in some cases by hand, and in others by machinery, in such way that each process separates the heavier or more metal lic particles from those which contain less metal and by consequence are lighter. The latter rising to the top are swept off from the bucket or sieve in order to be again put to the washing test, and eventually (as seen by the specimens before us) the various degrees are assorted on the mine floors, which are yards pre pared in a convenient position among the mine build ings for the purpose. Some of the machinery for pumping as used in Cornish mines may be seen in the room with " machinery in motion," but we have not observed any model which gives us anything like an illustration of that beehive of activity and industry to which a Cornish mine may be likened during those frequently recurring periods when the ores, having been reduced to the powdered states in which the se veral qualities can with some degree of certainty be ascertained, are being laid out in their respective " sample heaps." To this 'activity and the peculiar management which leads to it we may hereafter advert, bearing as it does in an important degree upon the moral and social position of the Cornish miner. 'We must, however, now turn to the Swansea Committee, No. 473, who (literally receiving the ores from Cornwall for the simple reason that it has been found cheaper and better to take the ore to the coal, which is in South Wales, than to bring the coal over to the ore in Cornwall) show us their process of roasting the ores and of smelting out the copper into the several states refined so as to suit the various purposes of the market. I❑ this place the visitor may advanta geously compare the different specimens of ores from abroad and those from the United Kingdom, which come alike to be smelted in the coal-bearing districts of South Wales. A few years ago the restrictive duties on the admission of ores from abroad con fined the operations of the smelter chiefly to ores purchased in the home market, and the practical operation of the duty in addition to this limita tion also tended to stimulate the erection of smelting works in other coals bearing districts abroad. It was foreseen that the British smelter would receive an advantage if the duty were removed, but it was also apprehended by many practical men that this advantage would be gained at the expense of the British miner, whose ores not only contain a smaller quantity of metal than many foreign ores in proportion to the mass, but whose mines are more nearly worked out and more difficult and expensive to work than some of the virgin districts abroad. Hap pily the advantage has been gained and the fear proved groundless. The smelting trade has largely increased, and the British miner was never employed to greater extent than during the last year or two in which the change of duty has come into practical bearing. The tin trade is also illustrated aide by side with copper in several specimens between Nos. 440 and 469, especially in the processes as shown by Messrs. Bolitho (440), and in the block shown in No. 468, which by traditionary lore is supposed to have been smelted for the ancient trade of the Phoenicians. The Crown receives a duty or Lordship on tin pro duced in Corn wall and Devon, and this circumstance has materially hampered the producer, not only by rendering it necessary that he shall smelt his ores at certain spots in Cornwall, sometimes distant from the sites where the ore is found, but also by compelling him to comply with certain forms which occasion de lay in the execution of orders, and tend to keep the trade in that position which requires a large capital for its development. 'With this explanation the model of Messrs. Bolitho may be regarded as a partial representation of smelting-houses erected by them close to their residences, and coming under the class of works which the industry of Englishmen has forced into successful operation notwithstanding the pressure of fiscal difficulties. Lead is the next mineral of well-known impor tance that is exhibited in the section of minerals belonging to the United Kingdom, and in the metho dical manner by which the principal producers of this article have endeavoured to illustrate their works, they are second to none in the Crystal Pa lace. The principal lead mines are in Durham and Cumberland, next comes those of North Wales, and some in Scotland, and the remainder of our home supply is furnished by Cornwall, Devon, and Shrop shire. Lead is rarely, if ever, found in a native or pure state. Its admixture with oxides, carbonates, sul phurets, and other extraneous matters, makes it im portant that the processes of purification should be as simple and little expensive as possible, so that the British producer may be able to vie with his foreign rival, whose ores are purer. In this light the visitor may view with interest the illustrations by which (as in Nos. 483 and 484) are shown the ore as first raised, the breaking or crushing, and washing of the ore, so as to assort it in relative degrees of value — then the roasting and smelting, and, finally the re fining and extracting its more valuable co-partner, silver. The latter process depends upon the peculiar property of lead when molten and slowly , cooling to consolidate in crystals, while silver re tains its fluid state for a longer period. Taking advantage of this, Mr. Pattinson, some years ago, introduced the repeated refinery, by separation of the crystals, leaving a final residuum of lead with a quan tity of silver in it of such value as to render the loss of the lead a matter of little consequence. This lead is then driven off from the silver by cupellation (a mode of analysing by fusion in a cup called a " ctipel,") and the silver remains to enrich the returns of the lead minee as exhibited by the Duke of Buc cleuch in No. 509, and by Mr. Sopwith in his massive, shield-like lump of this precious mi ner4 l, The remainder at the mineral kingdom is less prc• mineutly illustrated iu the British department than 851. [PRICE SD. in some of them from abroad. Gold has not been exhibited by Ireland, although a fay: fragments are to be met with amid the older rocks which encircle the eastern coasts of Wicklow and Wexford, the value of which, when extracted from the ore, has not yet paid for the cost of extraction. Plumbago or black lead, and some of its products, are well exhibited in the numbers from 64 to 69. This mineral, while fou❑d in Spain, Germany, Ceylon, and eve❑ in Greenland, has been found in superior quality in England; it usually lies in gneiss, and mica or transition slate, and so valuable was the discovery of a large deposit of it in Cumberland a century ago thought to be, that the proprietors of the mine suffered severely by robberies both secret and open, and extraordinary precautions are still talon to prevent the abstraction of the mineral by the workmen. In No. 477 may be seen specimens of platinum, palladium, iridium, rhodium, uranium ; of these platinum is the least unknown in public repute, the Russians having coined part of their currency in it, and the philosophical instrument makers having brought it into common use for their purposes. South America and Spain, as well as Russia, pro duce this metal, but the chief supply is from the Dural Mountains, and in all these cases the geo logical character of the locality is nearly the same, namely, auriferous and quartzose sands, su perficial in their position. Though platinum is the heaviest of metals, ranking in this respect before gold, it is also equally ductile, and may be beaten out into leaves or films which the breath will blow away, floating in the air. Palladium is one of the discoveries of the present century, and is found combined with platinum, and also in Germany, where it is combined with selenium (a sort of metallic sul phur). Palladium may be familiarly described in its properties as being a steel-like silver, hard in txture, and not liable to tarnish in the air ; hence it has proved a useful ally to the instrument maker, in all cases where finely graduated lines or marks are re quired which must bear exposure to the atmosphere. Iridium, so called from the rainbow colours which it exhibits in different chemical states, is found but rarely, and then usually as a companion of platinum ; it has not yet been applied usefully in the arts. Rhodium is also a companion of platinum, and derives its name from the b e a ut if u l rose colour which it may be made to exhibit; its present use is chiefly confined to hardening the nibs of metallic pens. Uranium is found in Cornwall and Germany, but is rare, and has not yet been applied more successfully than iridium. Sulphur is exhibited in No. 23, and is a foreign specimen. The sulphur of the United Kingdom, which was found chiefly in combination with copper pyrites (or mundic), has been superseded by the foreign pro duct, chiefly from Sicily. In a quarter of a century the consumption in these kingdoms has increased nine fold, and while we cannot emulate the native purity which the sulphur of Sicily possesses, it is to be hoped that our industry exerted upon the purer material is more than compensating us for the loss of our busi ness in the raw article. Arsenic, which is so well- known in glasemaking and dyeing, or printing, is not so well illustrated as we could wish, especially as our na tive science and industry have of late years found a field in the reduction of this metal from some of the refuse ores of Cornwall. Arsenic as a metal is too brittle and soft for use, and is therefore known in commerce chic fly as an oxide in the form of powder. The yellow amber-like crystals seen in the refining pet are extremely beautiful, and we hope this hiatus in the industrial specimens of the Crystal Palace will shortly be filled. Nickel, of which specimens are exhibited in No. 476, is found chiefly in Germany, but also in Hungary, France, and England. It has been more generally known of late years under the name of German silver, and is chiefly extracted from the ores of cobalt. Manganese is exhibited in No. 505, and is found in considerable quantities in Devon and Cornwall, and also in Germany and Pied mont. In the form of a metal it somewhat re sembles cast-iron, but its readiness to combine with the oxygen of the air renders it difficult to retain in the metallic form. It is used in bleaching, in the potteries, in glassmaking, and in some other arts, and its production gives employment to an industrious section of our population in the west of England. In conducting the visitor beyond the precincts of our island minerals we shall request him to pass through the western nave, and (before we begin upon our colonial wealth) observe the gigantic crystalline masses of alum, which stand nearly behind those equally gigantic specimens of law—my Lords Eldon and Stowell. Alum employs an industrial portion of our population on the north-east coast of Yorkshire and in Scotland, where it is extracted from the earthy clay called alumina, combined with sulphur and pot ash or ammonia, but is found with a basis of superior quality in the Papal States and in Syria. It is used 1 for clarifying liquors, and in dyeing, leatherdressing, paperhanging, and other arts. Canada also shows her samples of various ochres, and of barytes, labradorite (felspar), jasper, peristerite, and agates ; some good whetstones, lithographic stones, limestones, marbles (in between 30 and 40 varieties), and gypsum. This mineral, more com monly known by us under the name of plaster of Paris, is a sulphate of lime, and is used in America to an immense extent for manure, for which purpose it does not appear to have found favour in this country; probably the cause of this may be found in the circumstance of the larger proportion of car bonate of lime contained in the Transatlantic deposits of this mineral. It is also used in pottery manufac factures, and for moulds, and the more common models and statues, its softness and little tenacity rendering it too liable to injury to be used for the more valuable works of the sculptor. Samples of compact and fine granite appear in this colonial series, and also of serpentines and slates ; the quality of which is coarse, but will probably improve as the quarries become more fully opened. So long as the settler can find at hand a covering for his roof of the " shingles," or wooden tiles, chopped roughly out of the smaller logs, while the larger logs form the walls of his house, he will not be disposed to delve beneath the surface of the soil for building-stone or slates, but the day is fast coming when the clearing of the forests in the neighbourhood of Canadian towns will bring these more enduring materials into use among the multitude (there are no " middle classes" in North America), and as that day advances in dustry will find her sure reward in working upon these fine mineral stores with which Providence has studded this colony. We may also notice the pitchstone, soapstone, and fuller a earth which are exhibited as samples of another useful series of indigenous minerals. Grains of gold are shown from the eastern extremity of the colony bordering on the United States, but we do not advise our Canadian friends to let any Californian visions divert them from the steady application of their industry to deve lope the less glittering minerals which we have briefly enumerated. We see no specimen of coal from Canada, and if the absence of such correctly leads us to conclude that no basin of that mineral has yet been discovered in the province, we may assure the Canadians that they will some day be made aware of the importance of connecting themselves more closely with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where this mineral is abundant. Without cheap fuel of strong quality and small bulk, the process of smelting, forging, and raising steam can be carried on only to disadvantage, and the industry of Canada must be exercised prin cipally on raw material, until she p u t s herself i n a position to command a good supply of the all-powerful stimulator—coal. The sister province of New Brunswick has not been entirely idle amid the general excitement to contribute to the show of industry of all nations; but this is all we can say, inasmuch as the samples of iron ore, manganese, plumbago, and pitch coal, which com pose her entire list of mineral specimens, are most paltry as an index of the mineral wealth which really exists in that fine province. New Brunswick is somewhat larger than Ireland; the greater part of her soil is fertile, and is covered with fine forests. Two thirds of her boundary line are formed by the sea, and, as a consequence of these conditions, the energies of her inhabitants have been absorbed by timber cutting and by fisheries. She possesses, h ow ever, vast stores of coal, of ore, and of ston e , applicable to building and to the arts, and as soon as the tempta tions to " lumbering" (cutting timber) an d fishing on the small scale dimini s h b e f ore the advance of population and the demand for produce of more skilled labour, then will the star of New Brunswick take its place amid the more solid and valuable jewels of the chaplet which adorn the brow of our Imperial Victoria. Nova Scotia has been more industrious, and has sent us a fine collection of iron ores and iron pro ducts through the medium o f one of her m ost enter prising inhabitants, Mr. C. D. Archibald. The mi neral property of this gentleman is exhibited in the ear not only rich • rough ores, which app ~ in quantity of metal, but of excellent quality ; and a systematic arrangement of p i g , , bar, steel, tinpl a t e, w i re, and ma nufactured articles (knives, grates, Scn.), deserve high credit, a s skill a s we ll as me thodical i e vincing energy and ndustry, to exhibit these very valuable pro ductions in a young colony, There are also exhibited by the same gentleman various samples of marble, som e of goad col our, which are fine in texture and of but apparently nut suf ficiently e.g.%) and eyen - grained to compete with the / t'7 Ercellent freestone is .> and its crystallised variety called efuantities of this wiaer4l are raised and exported for manure. Gray tive copper, of fair quality, appear _ some oxide of manganese. Some interesting fossils of the carbonaceous series have been sent by the Central Committee of Nova Scotia, and one lump of coal of good bituminous quality. But where are the specimens cf the General Mining Association, which company leases the Crown mi nerals reserved by ancient C rown r i g h t i n N ov a Scotia, and which comprise by far the larger por tion of the mineral property of the province ? Property has its duties as well as its rights, and we cannot but be surprised that a name so distin guished as that of the leader of the Transatlantic steam navigation should not have been attached to a copious and well-arranged series of freestones, coals, iron-ores, and limestones from the basins of .Picton and Cape Breton, where that gentleman has the prin cipal dtrectim of the affairs ef the General Mining Association. Let us hope that the omission will be rectifieLl as soon as another opportunity is presented; and save we are that no effort of the Mining Association will be disregarded which may show to the inhabitants or this fine province that their mineral wealth is skilfully handled, and its prodnets are available for their use in competition with those of all the world beside. British Guiana ha: sent some good samples of clay, which may be turned to account in bricks and pot tery when her population presses upon the present abundant resources of the forest. Trinidad appears to be rich in some of the most useful minerals. Her pitch, petroleum, and mineral oil, are specimens of one of the most extraordinary natural formations in the world, viz., the Pitch Lake of Trinidad. This lake is about three miles in circumference, and situ ated on high land in the interior of the island. In the cooler season the surface will bear the human foot, but in hot weather the surface becomes liquified and cannot then be walked upon. Deposits of pitch or asphaltum are almost invariably found in association with the more recent geological formations, and in that of Trinidad traces of volcanic agency are abun dant in the vicinity of the lake. The Dead Sea is another remarkable locality whence asphaltum is obtained ; but there the mineral flows from springs into the waters of the lake, where as in the basin of Trinidad the entire surface of the lake is asphaltum, and if water be beneath it, of which there are some indications, the depth of asphaltum fa such that it has rot yet been penetrated, so as to arrive at the supposed underlay of water. Li gn ite (coal) and anthracite (coal) are exhibited; also mag netic and heematitic iron ores, and slat es apparently from the surface, and therefore coarse, but promising well for further discoveries. With these elements we cannot but think that a good mineral survey of Trini dad would afford information of a highly valuable character ; and would probably develope large sup plies to be obtained of excellent coal. Trinidad is admirably situated for giving the benefit of such supplies to the steam navigation which is now beginning to connect all the shores and islands in the eastern seas of Central America; and we trust that the Governor, Lord Harris, who has laudably ex erted himself to send for the inspection of the worlii such useful beginnings from an island hitherto com paratively unknown, will not relax until he shall have shown that the seat of his government is on the high road to wealth and prosperity by the aid she will giv• to the commerce of Central America in cheap supplies of mineral fuel. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant George Williamson (1807), of Ports mouth ordinary, has been promoted to the rank of commander in the reserved half-pay list. Commander David Robertson has been appointed to be inspecting commander of the Grimsby coast guard district, vice Maitland, service expired. Master William Hugh Tilly Green has been ap pointed to be in command of No. 2 battery, coast guard station (Folkestone), vice F. J. Kent, pre viously removed . Surgeon Charles Kennedy (1815) died recently at Gall, near Lockerbv, aged 60. Paymaster and Purser James Thin (1830) died at Morice Town, Devonport, on the 29th ult. Paymaster and Purser Samuel Christy (1810) died on the 4th inst., at Southampton. Myrmidon, steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Jol liffe, arrived at Spithead on Saturday evening from Woolwich. She will proceed to Plymouth, en route for the coast, to be paid advance. Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander:Allen, arrived at Spithead from Devonport, yesterday morning, and having put a launch-load of seamen on board the Vengeance, went into harbour. MALTA, Au°. 11.—Since my letter of the 2d inst. we hate the arrival of the Scourge steam-sloop on the 6th, from Zante, and the Terrible steam-frigate, from Zante and Corfu, on the 9th. These vessels fur nish us with no news. Also, on the same day, that of the steam frigate Firebrand from the squadron. bringing Captain Wise, of the flag ship Queen, and Mr. Brown, purser of the same, both invalided, and proceeding to England on sick leave. The squadron under Sir Wm. Parker had been to Trapani and ex changed salutes with the Neapolitan flag, and weighed again on the Bth inst., the Admiral intending to pro ceed to Pula (Sardinia). Local news we have none. The Peninsula and Oriental Steem Company's steam-ship Indus, from Alexandria, arrived at six r.at. this day, and her Majesty's steamer Medusa leaves for Marseilles with the overland portion of the India mail at eleven o'clock. The Caradoc, with the London mail of the 7th, i" expected about noon to-morrow. The Bombay mail will be conveyed to Alexandria by the Banshee ; the mails for the lonian Islands by her Majesty's steamet Merlin. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 17.—The inquiry yesterday before th 3 Gosport magistrates into the matter of the putrid provisions in the Royal Clarence Victualling establishment, resulted in a resolution on the part of the bench to make an application to the Lords of the Admiralty through Captain Sir Edward Pany, YRS., the superintendent of tbe Clarence Yard, &c., for the removal of so dangerous a nuisance. In the event of no such redress being grante3, the local authorities will, it is said, proceed to legal means to enforce it. The Retribution and Sidon steam-frigates, Captain Warden and Commander Gardner, with the 60th Rifles on board, arrived at Madeira on the 23d ult. from Queenstown, and sailed on the 25th for the Cape of Good Hope. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, will sail from Spithead about the 30th instant for the• Mediterranean. The Vulcan steam-frigate came into harbour from Spithead yesterday. The Alfred Indiaman sailed yesterday for Calcutta.. The Vixen steam-sloop will be taken out of har bour to-morrow by Captain llenderson, to try her engines and speed by th e measure d m il e, i n St a k e s F. LTMOUTH, SATURDIT.—We regret to state that the illness of Commodore• Superintendent Lora John Hay has assumed so serious a character that, under the advice of his medical attendants, his Lord ship was, on Wednesday, removed from his official residence in Devonport dockyard to Peulee-cresceat, where be was yesterday visited by his noble relativß, the Marquis of Tweeddale. The Virago steam-sloop, Commands t W. Houston Stewart, having had her copper cleaned, was the Ju piter, coal depot, preparatory to her sailing for South America. The steamer Myrmid on , Lieutensat.Co nanaandet ‘ Wool _ J olliffe, is appoint e d t o ca ll at this por t Commander wich, for the c o a s t o f Af r i c a, to emb ark frigate p enekve. Hillyar for passage to join the t The Grecian, 16, was undocskteecem are y not to be grants d The artisans of the dockyard axste a m-frigate visit of the Lords ote leave of absence until a ftcr .l expected here for their the Admiralty, who are .d in aid of the orphata of annual inspection. TheiralLyordships patronise a ball at Moorshead's on seamen and soldiers. ___ .... who L ai done H. Ha ll, R.N., Lai done so much Captain W. andpersonal influence for the establish ment Monday, by his purse , at various seaports,will I of sailors h o mes . h the same benevolent object. visit Plymouth I'It II ' The Bremen sc hooner r , emu° Captain Hyslop,. which l o ft Venezuela on the loth of July, with 3,000 b ag s o f coffee, for Hamburgh, p asse d up Ch anne l tbi s morn ing and landed here M r . an d M rs . M ac d on ald, p assengers. — Under the President, General Monaghan, the Republic of Venezuela is gradually recovering from recent disturbances. Produce is very high— coffee, 11 dolls. per cwt.; Muscovado sugar, 5i dolls.; cocoa, from 18 d o ll s. to 23 d o ll s . per 1101 b. There were many Spanish vessels in port. The brig Amicis, from Bordeaux, loading at Laguayra ; the brig Co lumbus, for Hamburgh ; the brigs General Paez, Ve nezuela, and Thomas Pellet, for Philadelphia. The English brig Magician sailed on the 12th for Liver pool, and the ship Ellen Kelleck, from Liverpool, sailed the same day for St. Domingo. EXECUTION AT NORWICH.—NORWICH, SATITIDAX. —The Execution of Henry Groom took place this clay at soon, on the public scaffold, erected in front of the CA,Nunty Gaol at Norwich, before an immense =co arse of person , . Groom, it will be remembered, was convicted at the recant assizes for the wilful murder of John Ayton, who was sh of while proceeding to pay some labourers in the employ of du, Earl of Leicester. The culprit since his condemnation ha I been very penitent, and paid great attention to the spiritual' instruction of the chaplain of the gaol, who has repeatedly visited him. His awful situation had evidently affeeted him deeply, both physically and mentally, and his outward ap pearance underwent a great change for the worse during the brief period which has ela p sed since his conviction.. For some days past he had given up all hope of mercy, and it i s reported that he made a confession to the chaplaini Tha body, after han gizg the usual tics*, was cut down.