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rilikE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY Por SOCIETY. p r -- "rin g Permanent Annuities to Decayed Merchants, tankers , ° " 4"i°llal Men, Master Manufacturers, Tradesmen, their Widows 144 Clerks, and single Females their Daughters, from all Parts of ‘4e Ringdom. Founded A.D. 1827. • SRPPortod by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONS. Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN. L iis itoYM Highness the PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. Maje the KING of the BELGIANS, R.G. /ler P — 0 3%1 Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. tier Ro yal Highness the Duchess of KENT. The.,„. tier R oyal Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. ' 4I IVERSARY .4 FESTIVAL will be holden at the London ,13ish oVgate-strect, on WEDNESDAY, March 6. 11°14 . XDWARD HENRY STANLEY, M.P. for King's Lynn, in the Chair. • Supported by the following distinguished STEWARDS. ~.11111 Qmr-7... • fzi,..the Duke of Leeds gis a .X.a. - 7' t he Duke of Rutl an d ; areee sad h . •...e Duke of Hamilton ilia•andon, F.h.s., 11111 C c} rae. ethe Duke of Clevzland, • • Ranee Sliest:e Thn at Y the Chevali er 8a i t noble rho Marvis of kost oen r e o r g a t iteua oule the marquis of ThGkarqste h e Most Noble the ofLe ndonderry;CLC.B. Rho 1 ,4 ru t a , the Marquis et Right -Den —on Lord Alfred ehr Churchill to olifengtatubt 11)30non.ordonDonglas er e nel th e n , Do u g as Scott 11 1 - 4ardi gari . "'ght lion. the Eitil tonight Ban. the Earl of Mor- The ..ithd itlg l t il f t Hon. the Earl of Oxford ofe hi 'Milne r of ght 1• 11 . Aber,,a„llon• and Rev. the Earl TiVtight Hon. Righ t ...en. the Earl of Digby " L high t ',lon. the Earl Fowls th`Zrhugh "' e a. the Earl of Ald- Iti fflit The fi t , Blr enor Nt°n' Lord Robert h„ . '`lght '• Th e 'clita ari on. Lord Viscount The fi 31'P /4 'Clea t n. Lord Viscount .P. 4...4.0trd iii,,,,ss'"eral_the Right - Hon. ral th ie pm Lorton 0 net Right Ron. L or d Vis i,l 'erabermere, G.C.8., , Tordrieral the Right Hon. ti _ nt T he alta,: l t i lon• Lord Viscount kelit /i t * lh ar berte n °n • Lord Viscount ki lit 1 , Mit R on . c • Lord Ashley, Right L . • .1 F.R • A• s • Lord Viscount of Right " 1.4 l'eterb„ . the Lord Bishop tht ref St. D a Il eu gh .ey. the Lord Bishop The tt St Rev, t'; Asa ph the Lord Bishop f 641 111 ' , p the Lord Bishop yt,.;" S.. r.R.A.S, Lo rci n. and Right Rev. g'an 1410 P of Sodor and aPight R oo The 49 and s ete • and Rev. Lord on. Lord Southamp 1111to hit Thee .C11.11,4,,1110.11. Lord Kenyon, I , elo . 4l ght h o th e •Lord Bolton '1,` *. ...8. 6 " Tian. Lord Aylmer, The ` 4 l l lt e k ...4i g h t b .- 11 . Lord Crewe 7 1 , in ti te g Z,l• Lord Manners eate r itiught Hon. Lord Col- The hi g h; ...Nl'. itigh t " l iton. Lord Feversham 8o el th ea. Lord Sk elmersdale Th e e wde e e Right lion. Lord • , ‘.. t 'ti ght ght ,I',ton. Lord Leigh un- Henry Goulburn, • t o Ilieht II Tht $i s, John Charles ,It.p'allt n Q ''Ydney Herbert, •u Loinelo n.t.,h„, th; ul PSYdneyil errepont The rri ller L Il ea. Henry Cecil e . ) 41 11 th e e n7 Thomas Liddell The re e, '. Arthur Dun n ,t,Tou () P " ItN * . St a." -et avittS Duncombe, ti t .reh a ta c „ B IN G erard art. t 'num , Bart. kr art. bittuiderson Prideaux, t (t ' l ltard fa r , l l. k.ho l ineley Deering, Ita.'fir i t t. ) rte e , T 0 %ilikt,t i! ePh icnatchbull,Bart• f t te `'ita, Bart. tittlfttrt. obert Shaw Stewart, R o t e ° l o w nelgi r w ell, R a 1 11. Alexander I.l s ir j t. / 1 1 r : 4: A la Heron Maxwell, kritiehaa' Ronerietre Bart. Slt 4t brt Bert ti l o ', F4 oB Bart. • '4 l art Bandon Macken ;lli:lll%4:4Y Sacheverell Wilmot, p it f 4a l, 4 es " t % t , ° _Tg_ellesketh, Part. p 4 .7, Bart. 411;44;1 Col q ": 1 ,_•" oirell, Rart. itier,„ ll l" t a n ; Bart. asour, Bart B ar t . i.,ieAre,.e.plow.ril, Bart., M.P. 4 1anthai d .„`i, Barr. 4ig 'ah'Cam bell Bart. Sir p h ,„ P n t , .• , 1) Broke, Bart., ,a -g e, el Si th.•Sferdrl?eorge de la Poer vor ge art. ktfea,o4arster, Bart. ti, on en eral Sir Edward f iltj • •11, ' Rart., Gl 11:44ph .•itiltilhottafoisetoionee;,Bnaerrti. I,,'e 4 " :nt..e r e r n es t. Raft. N tos rZek eral Sir Henry K.C.B. `jerZt Day; rl Sir Wiliam, k.e,tqlerto, ' C.B. 'et a ' • Sir John Rolt, h Sir • Eda• ard B elcher, R.N., tr y hlate theirean E t Ite -g shir l t. Sheriff of er Bucking -1,11111•T sh • eriff of Leicester -4 i kt l ate l .gh She r i ff . ,th ttt li t h .of Norfolk 1 11 `tr„h i high Sheriff of Surrey e re ueriff of Worces -I'44't'rTdl4l the Mayor of I. l C l 4 lleZ e rshln. e th .est r • 411 the Mayor of the Mayor of ThIS • ugaor 81Pful Woit,,h.oll the Mayor of eno inpful `he ,Lifite r the Mayor of „Lla ' 4 e -et ill -11441 the M a y or o f Wo Ih t ha rstilpf ai the Mayor of W et 110att'11141 Berth ; le. tade a Mayor of P or e b ti il D f al r- th 4 o ' llayor cf The 4 q43 h ipf 1 the Mayor of Tht/e nre l'shiai ot the Mayor 01 Wo Theta ref the M a y or o f The tan ttr.rst riPful the Mayor of Abbiss, M.A. ale '4sq (1 ' L 14 Aent rY, Ea q,, r.5.A.., Vice. C k nie B tll /A144.111144i, Esqilo"ttd4riastr• teh h h at c y , I.l ; t4 kCte "t ts 't , MX, Vice. )4 a ' ti t 't B % 4 P r i., Esq. d• and h 1 14; Esq. It, 1,1? Bass, Esq., mr, 4..ile es perrj, r ,, 'at ard, Es q . re,i,, Battersby, Esq. ..th Bib, ,e Th 14 reF, A t lte k ot ' L. t, I , , i r t i t ' h e Bernd Bernays, ALA. \T t leti v ' w. ti ard Birch, M.A. btrft; e 4 q. ,44 t iri t,; !!I , rd, Yiee-Presi- NO 4 e1. 1, 3' arr ettt.er Young angements under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, as. he' (Ai n ' , es Birch, Mr. Francis, Mr. Lockey, Mr. H. Phillips, A Z. The celebrated Band of the Coldstream Guards will 'tf e l arler Ttt h ket s "Id b e provided for th e Lathes. a t L oh or ti to th'°l4, "'ion estival, 21s. each, may be obtained of the Stewards, t o , mr a r aten and ern, and at the Offices of the Society. Dre t , t estn o ''"" Gentlemen desirous of honouring the festival with 11444. 4 t is a e „ r e Tequested to make an early application for tickets ‘o f aro l'Pantment • and the Stewards are particularly re -1 .ch o r s, r at the Secretary, at their earliest convenience, the t ht or o 'lts they in 'lll 4 ttea %lite, may require. N ti e , of _trust respectfully and earnestly solicit the benevo thr for i te 'T,_Ptiblic towards the support of this institution, aet,hl4 ) Pli ue Joet the relief of misery and distress, at a period Tr ' to t , tat o e,"ta are too frequently bereft of all other aid, when qe par, stealth and ruined fortunes, they can look forward Lt e a, of t„4, Is-orkhouse as their last shelter, and from the de e;lets,lnosi"*ell thiS charity seeks te rescue them. qrs. eo kelo, re edless to state that there are very many whom this or th rnf orr othrelieve who have to mourn the deprivation of a in ti e herit e wi davis of such persons receive the protecting - w oine Y• It also includes amongst its annuitants deserv hill'aftete:olent „ li ...h,feature at once sufficient to claim at the hands i ot te, rh _r; are public the warmest support. What a numerous class totr il sr a th e ci parobeid f ( ;hund g u i ?; . l . er this h p e e all ape L t oo e k y a h have e struggled tee,,NeL t f su c r t — how full of self-denial in order to add to the ef,' 'nail' and " 0 . Look at the thousands who have acted as br o ', Ih e , - qd to such like capacities, and by thesis means have s j.aill their livelihood until old age prevented them. fle e arfd Jers oor 7et :more benevolent than to aid such a . class of un ,Yea t ,'lrta o „.. , whose early days wore pasied in instilling religt eh,' hi s jaff t o Principles into the minds of the young, an& in en t4eta, ,nstite tto a ke them ornaments of society ? li k „,het tl 'an 'ge'n'ie , in fact, its own advocate. Universal in its th e ties tophqsnt in its regulation', it may appeal fir support to relt reaedt Be ar ° a t. e ., v ery Persuasion and of every land, for the pecu ne s and the distinctions of country are no obstructions to e the"sts e of its ', and a , ` benevolence . Distress is the chief claim n t , •tr t former life of respectability the only condition it ret r i e at th e 2f. 58 Present time forty annuitants on the funds : the fa m erty eser, i , • Per month, the females 11. 10s. ; besides these, Lai the;.' r Te n orr "g Perzons, many of them reduced from affluence to t he th at ti r i nat th o e : i t ing for help ; for these the Committee plead. e ePPort aims of such an institution will not be forgotten, 1 4. te, r _lon of.._eunity will be seized. with pleasure of ameliorating ~Steo t „,,' ,l helpless and the aged, and thus answer one of the k e veh tt !. ll th ato " o our existence, which is to afford relief to the die tf,liatibutteas need. , aro Kratefully received at the Bank of England to the s ' lu es Bidd„ E t th' h art . s ' 15, Lomb ' Esq., and others ; at Messrs. Roberts, Cur- St- rotate ! . ard-strcet ;at Messrs. Sir John William Lob thq,,?.ere, ; end ~ , ,and Co.'s, Mansion House-street ; at the Office tins of _ 4 ' the Office of the Society, where lists of the sub tY •oay be obt7.,plilication, and every i n f ormat i on respect i ng th e ° ea. Ei wied between the hou rs of Ten and Fi ve da il y. Gj tt ,, STEPHEN J. ALDRICH, Secretary. " 114 4411Ti0n lA A "" 114— • ••• • • • ,11 trett, Feb. 6, 1860. • Richard W.Blakemore,!Esq , M.P John Blyth, Esq. Edward Bond, Esq. Thomas W. Booker, Esq. , Edward Lennox Boyd, Esq. Dominic Braggiotti, Esq. Emanuel Henry Brandt, Esq. Thomas Brassey, Esq. Edward Brewster, Esq. The Rev. Joseph Brown, M.A. Colonel Henry Bruen, M.P. The Rev. A. N. Bull Wiliam Earl Lyttenßulwar, Esq., 1.R.5., V.P. John William Bunion, Esq. Dr. Burnett R. Campion, Esq. George Frederick Carden, Esq. James Carter, Esq. W. G. Carter, Esq. Major-General Caulfelid, C. 8., Vice-President Elias Chadwick, Esq. E. Chalmer, Esq. Chamberlayne Chamberlayne, Esq Matthew Clarke, Esq. Charles Cobbold, Esq, Benjamin Cohen, Esq. I. Connolly, Esq., M.D. Lieut.-Colonel Crabbe, William Cubitt, Esq., MN. The Rev. T. Cartels • Thomas Curtis, Esq. Horatio T. Day, Esq. James Dearden, Esq. 'has. Dixon, Esq , Vice-Pres. dehriDudlow, Esq. The Rev. J. Ellis, M.A. Henry Emery, Esq. George Essell, Esq. ?Ivan Evans, Esq. William Evans, Esq., M P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. I. Fairlie, Zsq, Edward Fellowes, Esq., M.P. W. J. Frodsham, Esq , F.R.S. Robert Fox, Esq. Francis -Fuller, Esq. It. W. Fuller, Esq. William James Gardiner, Esq. Hobert Garrard, Esq. James Mines Gaskell, Esq., M.P. Samuel H. Gass, Esq. W. Gilbertson, Esq. Captain J. N. Gladstone, R.N., Vice-President J. IL Gledstancs, Esq. Edw. Sherlock Gooch, Esq., M.P. Edward Woodcock Gooch, Esq. William Goodinge, Esq. Wm. Ormsby Gore, Esq , M.P. Montagu Gore, Esq. Edw.Greaves,Esq.,Vice-President Gilbert Grecnall, Esq., M.P. Thomas Green, Esq., M.P. Benjamin B. Greene, Esq. Henry Greenway, Esq. Henry Gregory, Esq. Chas. Wm. Grentell. Esq., M.P. Samuel Gurney, jun., Esq., Vice- President Chas. Douglas Halford,Esq. Colon-21 J. Hall, M.P. S. Catter Hall, Esq . , F.S.A. William C. Hall, Esq. Jas. Hans Hamilton, Esq., M.P. I. S. Harford, Esq. The Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, M.A. G. R. Harvey, Esq. The Rev. E. C. Hawtrey, D.D., Eton College Jas. Heywood, Esq.,"M.P., F.R.S. Robert Charles Hildyard, Esq., Q.:l. John Wildant Hobbs, Esq. Francis nobler, Esq. Williams Nicholson Hodgson, Esq., Charles James Hogg, Esq. William Hogg*, Esq. Albany W. Higgins, Esq., LL.B. Robert Hook, Esq. Henry Hors, Esq. James Thomas Horne, Esq., Vice- President. • `. Brooks Hunt, Esq. William 8. Inman, Esq. James Johnsicne,jun., Esq. James Kevill, Esq. John Thomas King, Esq. Thomas Ring, Esq., Tiee-Pres. Andrew Lawson, Esq. Geo. Cornwall Lagh, Esq., M.P. Alfred Lilliagston, Esq. William Loft, Esq ,Viee•Pres. Robert Lush, Esq. W. Maed maid Macdonald, Esq. Thomas Maekerness, Esq. The Rev. J. R. Major, D.D., King's College. George Matson, Esq. Antonio E. Mavrocordato, Esq. Joseph Maynard, Esq. William Milliken, Esq. The Rev. Moses Mitchell, M.A., Private Chaplain to the Mar chioness of Bute William Mundy, Esq., 3f.P. Colonel William Mare, M.P. John Nanson, Esq. Joseph Napier, Esq., M.P., Q.C. Richard Newsham, Esq. Colonel J. Sidney North 1L S. Northcote, Eso. Benjamin Odveira, Esq., F.R.S. Alexander Oswald, Esq., M.P. Joh* Oviens, Esq. John S. Paklngton, Esq. Robert Palmer, Esq., M.P. Charles S. Paris, Esq. Edward Fenrhyn, Esq. R. M. Phillipps, Esq. The Rev. J. W. Pieters Jeremiah Giles Pilcher, Esq. The Rev. John H. Pinckney,D.D. William Pott, Esq. William J. Prentice,%sq. Richard Prhne, Esq., M.P. Philip Posey, Esq., M.P., Francis H. Ramadge, Esq., M.D., F.L.S. Charles Remade", Esq. Richard Ramsden, Esq. Charles Reed, Esq., F.S.A. Robert Reid, Esq. John Campbell Renton. Esq., M P. Foster Reynolds, Esq. Samuel S. Rix, Esq. rhomas Haley Rose, Esq. Captain George 'Unbent, M.P. Francis SadlEr, Esq. Mr. Alderman Salomon. Simon Samuel, Esq. Christopher Saltmershe,Esq.,Vlee- President. Philip Sancton, Esq. George Sanders, Esq., M.P. Major-General Sandwith, Constant Santa-Maria, Esq. George Schlotel, Esq. Charles Simmonds, jun., Esq. W. Simpson, Esq. G. T. Smith, Esq. James Smith, Esq. John Smith, Esq. John Smith, Esq. Newman Sin , .11, Esq. William Smith, Esq. John L. Sm) the, Esq. Captain Edward Arthur Somerset, Si P. George Startin, Esq. J. Ataanton, Esq. Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. Thomas Stirling, Esq. John S. Tanqueray, Esq. James Taylor, Esq. Vice-Pres. James Denten Thomas, Esq. Thomas Towend, Esq. I James Tiillech, Esq., F.R.S., Tice-President Col. C. Kemeys Tynte, M.P. The Rev. C. J. Vaughan, D.D., Harrow S hool • John Henry Vivian, Esq. M.P., F.R. F.G.S. David Waddington, Esq., M.P. a:Noel Welman, Esq. F. G. West, Esq. George Whieldou, Esq. Charles F. Whiting, Esq. Josiah Wilkinson. Ecq. Albert Williams, Esq. • Benjamin Williams. Esq. Thomas Peers Williams, Esq. M.P. Benjamin Edward Willoughby, Humplay Willyams, Esq., M.P. . John Wilson Patten, Egg., M.P. David Williams Who, Esq. Basil T. Woodd. Esq. R. R. Wood, Esq., Vice-President Charles John Wragge, Esq., Ywo President. Charles Wlnn, Esq. .r. A, .. . ~, . • ,r • . . '1 '. - r ' ' . .. ' r „ . . . . , • • • , ~ s r,_;, ~ v. ,t 4 i , ~:14 tsj: ; ~ i. .1 ~.,. . )0 .. , . , „., , . 2 ~, . ~.„.e itr,, , ll. _• ~ ,_._„..,.{,,t.L x, ,_.:. _ ,.....„/..,.,./ . , , ::„..,...;.,,.„t„.!-.-..• . : ..„.. t „.• . : :„.•,,.. F., _ , 40 ••-, .0.„ ...i..,..;:y....4. ~... ) I,c ..:. ... ___,...t,...• ,• s_ _ ,-.-,i. •• • • .....,,•,.....___, „.....„.:.„„,:_;•, , ~.„ ":..._ ..,-.4 4 6 ' • / , . . . ... 20 .,.- - ; - . o.u-a. • ;1 / • kr ....' 4 ..-' . t / . _J--.' ' ':ll4'r'. .. ' 4 1 q: -- "11 1 . '' ' \ Sri ~ k / 1 / 4 - .... _i:'y is V , -. ~, . • ~' .,1 . 1, , ',.-- 15 \ _ ,., S ~.- ,!.,:-'.0.. •--,,-,-• Vii: ‘ It- i --- ../ ---',` ' 4- - F .l--- ' 1 it' ' - 1 s - ' 4' 4 - .' ' - 9 i ),. 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The Commissionttrs for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingd oir of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give Notice that on TVESDAY, the 26th March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready t 0 ;treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with 4,040 Lo,ults of MOULMEIN TEAK TIMBER. Half to be deliweretd in the year 1851, and the remainder in the year 1852. A Distribution as d st Form of Tenier may be seen at the said °Mee. No Tender will be., r =eyed after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, u nle ss the party attends, or as agent for him, duly authorised in \tilting. Every Tender mu st be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-ha nd corner the words "Tender for Moulmein Timber," and must tilso be delivered at Somerset-place, accom• panted by a letter sig.eed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the, person tendering, in the sum of 5,0001. for the due perfermnce of the Contract. THE NEW ROMANCE BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COLLINS, Li 3 iol 1. post itvo., A. N T O l‘T I NA; Or, TIIE FALL OF ROME. By W. WILKIE COLLINS. Author of " The Lite of William Collins, ILA." Will be published To-morrow. Orders received by all Booksellers. Richard Bentley, New PAlrlington-street. " CONVEYANCE of her MAJESTY'S MAILS betwecut HOLYHEAD and KINGSTOWN, DUBLIN. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Se, !vices, Somerset-place, Feb. 22, 18M. The Commissioner • Oar executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingd , sto of Great Britain and Irelaad do hereby give notice, that on Tuxsturr, the sth March next, at One o'clock, they vrtll he ready to treat, :under conditions, which may be obtained at the above office, for :the- Conveyance of her Majesty's Mails, in Steam-vessels, twice * day each way, between HOLYHEAD and KINGSTOWN. All Tenders to be made upon the printed form I,revided for the Purpose, which may tie ,obtained upon application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, R.N., Liverpool, and to be addressed to the Secretary of the Achill ratty, at Somerset-place, with the words " Tender for the Conveyance of Mails," and " Comptroller for Vic tualling and Transport Services" in the left-hand corner of the en velope. No Tender wilt be recrilved after One o'clock on the day of treaty, ner will any be notimsd.,, unless the party attends, er as agent for him, duly authorised ini , writing. Every Tender must bAs delivered at the above Office, awl it must express when and wh(!re the vessels will be ready for survey, and when they will be cop letely ready for sea, and also state the ad dress of the party teneleri ng. TIDAL WATERS AND NAVIGABLE , RIVERS. APPLICATIONS gp PARLIAMENT FOR LOCAL BILLS, VICTORIA JOCKS (opposite Woolwich) BILL. NOTICE. • The Lords Commission ers for executing the office of Lord High Ad mi ral,und er an Act passe( tin the twelfth year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " A .et for amending an Act passed in the ninth and tenth years of her .pr erent Majesty for making preliminary En• entities in certain cases ;of Applications for Local Acts," in so far as the said Act relates to Lin intended application to Parliament for an Act in relation to the V is torte Docks Bill, Do hereby give Notice, that JAMES H. RENDEL, Esquire, Civi , En gineer, the inspector a ppointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, will attend on Tuesday, the twelfth day of Atarch, 1850, at the Brunswick Hotel, ' Blackwall, at half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose; 'of making an examination, survey, and en quiries in relation to t.hee proposed Act, and of investigating such ether matters relating thereto as the said Lords Commissioners hove by their order directed hint to make and investigate. And we do hereby require the pro rooters of the said intended work to appear before him, at the time :ir.d place aforesaid, and to produce all such surveys, plans, sections, estimates, documents. and evidences, as will be necessary to support :to eh intended application. The Lords Commission er s of the Admiralty do hereby further give notice, that all persons tlecireus of being heard in•opposition to such intended application do appear before the said JAMES H. 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The prices are One, Two, and Three Guineas, and according to the climate or purpose for which they are required. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS! The acknowledged efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEU MATIC PILLS, by the continued series of testimonials which have been sent to and published by the proprietor for nearly twenty years, has rendered this medicine the most popular of the present age ; and in corroboration of which the following extract of a letter, written by John Mollard Whee'er, Esq., Collector of Customs, Jamaica, hav ing been handed by his brother, at Swindon, to Mr. Front for publi cation, will fully confirm. " I knew you have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let me emphatically tell you, in mercyito any friend who may suffer from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy : not only am I person ally aware of their powers, but I see my friends and acqu intances receiving unfailing benefit from their use I would not be without them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether; if in a later, they alleviate pain and effect a much speedier cure than by any other means within my knowledge." Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Pi'ice 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas ('rout, 229, Strand, London,' im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each boX of the Genuine Medicine. A VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &o. Yol. IT THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENSES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. 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 harasses the yonng, besets the man of plepure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rifles for the diet and physical regu lations of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what Improve, Truth; as refined as Athens ever heard." SunrEcr :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement 4. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remedlative. Advocacy of early marriages, THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." PROGRAMME:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, Complexion, and flgure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and Its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841). M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these ,ratters. Reception hours daily till five. Evenings, seven till nine. 10, Argrll place. Regent-street. DR. LA'MERT ON TILE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF 'YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of lift, which enervate the'physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Ohservalion,s on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their stracianes, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MEBT, M.D.. 37, EDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This work contains an accurate. and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un fortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualified physi cian 'for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking or assistance where alone it can be procured. Dr. LA'RIERT has taken the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these &Beasts. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hammy, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden_ hall-street, London; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Author's Residence, 37. Bedtord-souare London. FIRE AND PROBABLE LOSS OF LIFE. On Saturday afternoon a fire of a very serious nature, and nearly attended with fatal consequences to two or three persons, broke out in the extensive range of pre mises belonging to Messrs. Heathfield and Burgess, the experimental chemists, carrying on business in Princes-square, Finsbury. From the fact of the pro perty in which the disaster occurred being contigwaus to the congreve factory of Messrs; Hynau and Co., and the hot-pressing works of Messrs. White, a most fearful conflagration at one period was antici pated. It appears that shortly before three o'clock, whilst three or four of the workmen were engaged in the still:house attending to the distillation of some chloroform or naphtha, the man-hole of the still, from some cause, not clearly ascertained, blew off, and in an instant about ten or twelve gallons of the spirits became ignited, when the whole blazed upwards, and rushed the ough the rocf threatening every thing around. Two of the workmen who were nearest the still were burned by the flames coming in contact with their persons, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the other men on the premises were enabled to effect a safe retreat. The firemen were unable to get the flames extinguished until several gallons of chloro form and naphtha were destroyed, the roof of the still house partially burned off, and the:l emainder of the stock in trade, with utensils in that part of the premises con siderably damaged by fire and breakage. The two poor fellows who were so seriously burned remaining a very precarious condition. On the same evening a fire, which it is feared will be attended with fatal results, occurred at No. 20, Bell-lane, Spitalfields, in the occupancy of Mr. Lewis Symons. Jt originated in the first floor back room, from a spark flying out of a lighted candle on to a bed, and a young woman, about seventeen years of age, who was in the place, became surrounded with flame. With the aid of an abundant supply of water, the fire hr the room and about the fsmale was extinguished ; but so seriously was► she burned, that little hopes are entertained of her recovery. This fire had barely been subdued, when the firemen were called to another atNo. 7, Upper Park-place, Dorset-square, in the occupancy of Mr. George Collins, which was not extinguished until considerable damage was done. About the same time another fire happened at No. 3, Adelaide place, Whitecross-street, belonging to Mr. Henry Smith. The firemen and . engines were soon in at tendance, and the fire was happily confined to that part of the premises in which it commenced. Another fire happened at No. 173, Brick-lane, Spitalfielde, belonging to Mr. W. S. Stubbs, a sur geon, caused from an escape of gas, which, becoming ignited, set the shop in flames. The inmates and firemen, however, succeeded in getting the fire out before any considerable amount of damage was done. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illnstrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engraving: on Steel. ')l4 ririnicAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PA. CITY, .AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRLA.GE. clew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by nost, direct from the Establishme nt, 35.6 d. in postage stamps, 111:1M SILENT FRIEND, a Medica l Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex :chain indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain d:;- itmlifications. Illustrated by 26 Colenrca Engravings. Ity R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consultiag Surgeons, 13, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Autkors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, lao, Oxford-street ; ittude,l3, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; arid Gorden, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART It, treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul gsnee, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental aed bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, other :n the primary or secondary form, and cmtaiaa explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. Papa' IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection .s ob viated. This important part of the Work should no eacaae the eader's notice. Psear F. is devoted to the considefation of frarriere, and its I duties. The canoes of unproductive union are also zeasiderad, and 1 the whale subject critically and philosophically inqaired into. Tux Cialine&L Banal or STRIACIIM is exciusi—aly employed in treat- I se nervous and sexual debility, impotence, itc., 11a. and 335. per ib ittle. The Concentrated Detereire Pawnee, an anti-syphilitic re medy, f or purifyi ng the tioca I- ease: of infection, seconda r y rynip i 1 toms, eruptions , a nd the abuse of reeecur y , lls. and 335. per bottle. perry's Purifying apecific rus, Is. 9d., 4s. 6d., end 1 ls. par box, a certain remedy for gonorrLcoa, meet, !Ilia:tare, and chronic inflarnma ion of the bladder. -,onstiltation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is fequired : age, habits, and position in society. 51 Packets, with sdvice, to be had at the Establis'iment vale', by sehleb ile , foe, ii.. is r eeed. Messrs. Perry, RarzeNcs, ace `n ate I dance, daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till Two, and Filli to Eight ; on Sunday* from Eleven to One. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Fremington-house, three miles from Barnstaple, the seat of Mr. W. A. Yeo, the high sheriff of Devon, was on the night of Tuesday, the I 9th inst., the scene of a most cold-blooded attempt at murder. Mr. Yeo had returned at eleven o'clock at night from Barnstaple, and his coachman William Sy mons, was placing the carriage in the coach-house, when a pistol was discharged at him from behind some shrubs adjoining. The unfortunate man fell, and on assistance arriving from the mansion, it was discovered that he had received &mound which penetrated below the left ear, rupturing a branch of the carotid artery, from which blood was copiously flowing. A bullet is supposed to be lodged in the region of the throat, and little or no hopes are entertained of his recovery. The person suspected of this cowardly crime is John Lillycrop, a coachmsker, lately discharged from Mr. Yeo's service, in consequence of some information given ag ainst him by th e unfortu nate man Symons. lie had been seen late at night on Tuesday in the vicinity of Fremington-hous e; but, since the occurrence , the most dili g ent search f or him has hithert r been unavailing. Lillycrop was a man of violent temper, much addicted to drinking, and had fre quently been heard to express his determination "to serve Symons out" for the part he had ta'ten against him. He was known to be in possession of a large sum if money, and had obtained on the day preceding the assas sination 2501. in sovereigns from the Barnstaple old bank. HINT TO WATER COMPANIES.—It has been calcu lated that the metropolis might be supplied with many thousands of gallons of water obtained by being /o p t ,. rated from the London milk. If this be true, whatever Dr. Buckland may say, a pretty abundant source of water supply exists in the chalk formation.--Pwtch. INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.. IMPORTANT REPORT OF THE •BOARD OF HEALTIL-THE REMEIIIES STATED AND RECOMMENDED: The Board of Health bas made its long-looked-for report on the subj et of intramural interment ; and :has propounded in it "A qeneral Scheme for Extramural Sepulture." This report is a deeply interesting d'.cu m-tit, full of Bets, and abounding with information on the subject of which it treats, which is considered in all its bearings. But it is more than interesting ; it is, perhaps, the most important public paper that has been submitted to the country for a very 1 ng period ; and few who read it can fail to be impressed with the mag nitude f the evil that rxists, or With 'the practical wis d-}m thet is exhibited in the plan 'proposed f,r its amendment. tion intently occupied with the concerns of their daily traffic, in whom the funeral procession of strange - s can avvaktn! no sympathy, but who become familiar with such Apectnelf , s from their frequency, under circumstances in which it is impossible to arrest att: ration or create re spect, has a tendency to lessen and destroy those feelings regarding the corpse which it has been always considered of tne highest importance to chnish individually and nationally. Among those masses the pa.sing bell at tracts no attention; the rum ral procession excites no re spect, nn religious thought or emotion;* and hence that hardening effect is produced which must generally result from the sight of mourning and suffering when viewed with indifference. "Not even the hearse," says the R. v. :Mr. hiilman, "in its gnrgeous gloOrr, with all the pomp of heraldry, and . followed by the carriages of half the nobility of the land, will arrest fur an iiistanf the noise and confusion of our streets, or awaken any deeper im pression with the mass than idle curiosity. While the poor man, borne on the shoulders of men as poor as h'mself, is jostled off the pavement, the mourners, at some crossing, are either in danger of being run over or set a-ated from the body; in the throng ( f passers no sign of reverence, n:s stirring of conscious mortality in the heart" And yet, though the poor are sensibly aliva to the due divossl of the last re mains of their deccaied friends and relatives, thty cannot obtain'other than " maimed rites" 1)r their ashes, unless upon the payment of a gum to the officiating clergyman incomptablo with their miierable means. Oh religion! THE REMEDY. These . facts being established, it remained to seek a remedy on the part of the public body entrusted with the consideratioe of the subject of intramural interments; and such a remedy has been propounded by the . Board of Health accordingly. SAtiog out with the proposition that "considerations such as those which have been offered, involving alike the physical and moral well being a the people, are sufficient to satisfy the Legisla ture and tie public that a t All change in the practice of interment is absolutely necessary; and laying it down as a principle that if interment in the nee'ropolis is t , be wholly discontinued, provision must be made for the removal of 52,000 corpses a year, or of -1,000 a week and upwards, to considerable distances from the places at which the deaths occur, and also for the decent, orderly, and impro3sive interment of this number of ttle dead;" they reduce the remedies for the aril t) three, namely, the grant of powers t) parishes se parate or in combination; the encouragement of private cemeteries, such as those of Kensal-green, Norwood, Sze., and the appointment of a special board or commis sion. It boots not to enter upon the course of analysis followed only in the discussion ef these plans; and it will theref ire suffice to say, that having rejected the first as incompatible with the requirements of the case, on the ground that parochial practice has hitherto been the source of almost all the evils complaiced ef ; and, having rejected the second on the ground that death should not be the subject of trading speculation, as it would be if public cemeterfei were to be made the sole property of private companies ; they hare decided upon the adop lion of the third, namely—the appointment of a special hoard or commission—on the following grounds, " That these public officers should be bound to ac quire the requisite knowledge of the principles and dc tails of the department of the public service they would be called upon to administer—that they would to bound to he performance of this and their other duties by a direct and personal responsibility—a principle under the control of which neither parochial boards nor the direc tors of joint-stock companies can be brought—that the grrataess of the scale on which the arrangements would be made would give them simplicity, unifomity,effi ciency, and economy—that the saving of expense in all ways would be so great, that, there would be ample means of interring even the very poorest with increased propriety and solemnity—that - several of the requisite changes—such, for example, as the removal of the body by the propose I line of • river conveyance, with the sys tem of intermediate reception houses—could not be car vied into efftetual operation by any but a single autho rity—and finally, that there is no other mode by which the scheme of sepulture proposed can be carried into effect as a whole, and administered as one system under one direction and control." It is in favour of this conclusion, that the system which it involves has been tried in other countries with the most satisfactory results: in the chief cities of the continent sepulture is under the direct control of the State, and all classes are satisfied. In all the cities visited by Dr. Sutherland, as the agent of the Board of Health, the Government had provided by very stringent laws and regulations for the decent burial of the dead, and for the prevention of imposition on the living; at Frankfort the conducting cf funerals was placed in tho hands of a commission; at Munich it was under the magistrates; and it was the same in other towns. The various bodies entrusted with these important functions issued regulations and superintended their execution. They buried the dead according to a fixed charge, in a variety of classes, so as to suit the means cf all descrip tions of families, leaving at the same time ample liberty as to extra matters of expense. In some cases he found the charges included all the items of expense; in others, only the removal and conveyance of the dead from the house to the place of interment. From the fa• is and arguments, of which the preceding are ab stracts, however, the Commissioners of the Bead of Heath have arrived at the following conclusions, which they submit in this form in the report under notice, " as the foundation of a General Scheme for Extramural Se pulture:"— " 1. That with a view is remedy the evils of intra mural interment, as at present generally practised, it will be necessary to obtain separate Acts fur London and the country. "2. That, after the passing of the Act for London, all interments in churches and within the precincts of the metropolis, except in special cases, under license issued by the Metropolitan Interment Commission, should, as soon as the necessary preliminary arrangements are completei, be strictly forbidden. 3. That public burial grounds be provided at a suitable distance from the metropolis; that, with a view to prevent the near approach of the population to such burial grounds, no new dwelling-houses be permitt“d within a distance proportioned to the size of the cemetery and the number of interments for which it is calculated; and that, in order to render possible the al. vantages of extramural interment, without, at least, en hancing the cost to the poor, to secure the proper de cencies of burial, and to put an end to the injurious kiluence to health occasioned by the careless and un checked disposal of bodies, it bs, with the exceptions above referred to, unlawful to inter in any ottser place thin the public burial grounds within the prescribed pre cincts. " 4. That, considering the river as a highway passing through the largest extent of densAy-peopled districts, the facilities for establishing houses of reception on its banks, the convenience' arising from the shorter dis tances within the larger portion of the same area for Vie. removal of the bodies to such houses of reception, the advantages of steam. boat conveyance over that by rail way in respect to tranquillity, and the avoidance ( f any large number of funerals at any ono point at any one time, and of any interference with common traffic and with the throng of streets; and, lastly, taking into ac count its great comparative cheapness, it is desirable that the chief metropolitan cemetery should be in some eligi ble situation accessible by water carriage. " 5. That it be unlawful to inter in any burial ground more than one corpse in one grave. 6. series That e th e f se p a i r e i c a e e o r f e f l u a a n s e e r i a ; l s a b e e d regulated w according to ‘ a i prise of each funeral be included in the charge fixed for its cliss, and be paid for in ono sum. '' 7. That, it being essential to the success of the pro posed improved practice of interment that it be adminis tered on one system, under one responsible authority, all public burial grounds and the whole arrangement for burial be intruded by commission to a smell body, not exceeding five, of whom not less than ono should be paid, specially qualified and responsible. " 8. That in every cemetery there be a part conse crated and a part unconsecrated, and that in the conse crated past there ho erected a church stiaptecl to the purpose, and fitted also for full services according to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England; and that in the unconsecrated part there be erected a com modious chapel. 9. That the new consecrated grounds be under the same ecclesiastical jurisdiction in matters spiritual, and in respect to the performance of the service and the superintendence of the chaplains, as the parochial burial grounds for which they are to serve as substitutes now are; that the inhabitants retain the same right cf sepul ture as they would have had in their, respective burial grounds, subject to the general provisions which may be necessary for the public health and the convenience of sepulture; and that the incumbents have the right of performing the burial service for any of their parish ioners in the public cemetery, subject to the regulations established for the same. " 10. That, inasmuch as the fees and voluntary offer ings paid to the clergy constitute one of the least of the charges incident to interment, and at the same time form in some instances almost the whole, and in many instances the greater part, of the funds on which they have been accustomed to rely, provision be made for compensat i on to the benefice, on account of the receipt of fees for interments, on the average . of three years be of the Act. ‘ i. the P ing That compensation be made to the proprietors of p fo r r i e v a i te burial grounds and to the holders of cemeteries established by Act of Parliament according to the awards of juries. " 12. That provision be made for placing the existing burial grounds under such regulation as may be most conducive to the public health and advantage. s. 13. That although, if the whole work were to be done afresh for the first time, one part of a general scheme of extramural cemeteries would have included the formation of a corresponding set of intramural officers to receive orders, to give instructions, to collect and enforce payments, and to transact other general business, yet, to avoid the unnecessary creation of new offices, it be provided that the present parish clerks or and their offices made use of for maintaining the paro sexton, or both, as the case may be, should be retained, chial connexion with the cemeteries. " 14. That the whole immediate outlay . for carrying into effect this scheme may be obtained without any e id from the Treasury, and without the levying of any new rato, in the fullow;ng way—that is to say, by loan; the principal and interest of such loan to be defrayed out of the receipts of the cemeteries, security being giTea by Act of Parlian ent for making; good froth the rates what ever deficiency may occur, should there be eventually any." There is reason, however, they state, to believe Olt, along whh the equitable arrangements as to compenet lions, and even with a considerable reduction oil the ex- isting charges f o r i n t :rmen t, there_ will be no defi.mency to he defrayed by rates. The Commissioners then pie= seed to explain more in detail some pa, ti of the sel:enas proposed by them; to state the estimated expense of carrying it into effect; and to point out the purpose that may be expected to.be fulfilled by the adoption of it. "It appears to lis v " they say, " to be essenral that as soon as provision shall be made for interment in public burial grounds, interment within the district included in the Act, in any other place s whatever, should be strictly prohibitert, excepting in Special cases under the sanction and regulation of the Interment Commis don, and excepting also in cases in which, at the dis cretion of f_tmilies, the body is removed for burial b:- yond the district." " With these exceptions they regard the absolute prc hibition cf interment in any other than public burial grounds as essential to the success of the scheme:— " 1. Because it is indispensable to such success that control sbolld be exe.reiscd over the whole of the inter ment , tad this cannot be effected unless the whole are placed under the direction and mansgeme,A of ono au thority. _ _ ‘• 2. I.3eraits9 if interments are not restricte Iby law to the public burial grounds, interments may still go on in the old burial grounds, iu which case the old evils will be continued; and in. the present joint-stock corn ail, a' cemeteries, in which case the objections already urged against the principle of allowing the burial ( f the decd to be tho subject of commercial speculation and tradin g profit, will apply in their f u ll f orce . ‘ . 3.Because unless the whole of the interments are placed in the hands of -one authority, and are under one mantr,rement, the expensa of int •rtne it cannot be diminished. "4. Bei•ause in all countries, as far at least as our in quiries hare extcndel, wherever the practice of inter ment has been placed under legislat•ve regulation, it it as been found nett: ssary that some adroini,trative and re sponsible authority should 6 , , charge.] witn the control and management of places f burial, as well as of burial itself." The Commissioners argue the three last objections; but the conclusions at which they have arrived are only necessary in a notice of this description. A supplemen tary conclusion, however, is of a nature not to be over looked. Interment in public burial grounds under the supervision cf the State would, they infer, " operate as an additional check in the prevention of crime, by in creasing the difficulty of the disposal of the body in the case tf murder, and in all other instances where con cealment for illegal purposes may be desired. Were the interdiction of ibterment in any but a public'or national burying-ground," they add, " invariably consequent on ;he opening of a public one in any district, the oi-covery of a dead body any where within that district, except tug in c :use !rated or public ground, would be in itself positive proof of an unlawful tat, and presumptive proof of a criminal set." The Commissioners then proceed to devolope their system in this manner:— - " If the whole plan for extramural sepulture fur Lon doll were now to be devised for the first timc, we should probably recommend the formation of two cemeteries only, placed in districts the most convenient of amess the western and eastern extremities of the metropolis. But there are several suburban comet,-ries, on which large sums of money have been expended, and to which certain powers have been granted by Act of Parliament. Our opinion of the gereral condition and maosgement of those cemeteries may be gathered from .what has been already sated. " " It appea7s that there are a'toge.her eight cemeteries in the immediate neighbourhood of the me .ropolie, com prising at the present time about 282 acres of ground, of which about 17 acres have been used, exclusive t f the space occupied by roads, plantati.ins, and building*. These cant teries are— Acres. Kensal Green, containing or ground about 54 Norwood ... 50 Elighcate Nunhead Brornpton Tow( r Hamlets Abney Park... Victoria Park ... 50 ... 39 .... 30 ... 30 " To-Kensall Gm:en, the first established, and, upon the whole, the best, it would appear to be easy to make any degree t f extension that may be deemed desirably in one direction by the addition inacfinitely of ne of por tions of land. All the other cemeteries are more or less limited in their capacity, and there are rely few of them which it would be ee , irable to extend, if their extension were practicable and easy. " Almost *ll of them are already, on some sides at least, closely approached by the habitations of the liv ing, their outward boundary being, in some instance!, as in that of Norwood, separated from dwelling-homes scarcely more than by the width of an ordinary st-eet; The only means by which it would appear to be practi. cable at the present time to interpose between these burial•grounds and the advancing population, the de sirable distance is to confine interments to the centre of the ground, and to obtain from the outer pot tion the space that may be necessary, an expedient which must of course be attended with a great loss of ground. " We apprehend that the whole of these grounds must be purchased, and it is proposed that they should be taken upon jury compensation. The Kemal Green Cemetery at present divides 7 per cent. upon their outlay; two o;hers, the Highgate and Nunhead pay 21 per cent.; and the Brompton pays only 1 per cent. On account of the distance of these cemeteries from the great masses of the metropolitan population, no provision having been made for convenient removal to 'them, but the only mode of conveyance being by carriage proces sions, they have been placed entirely beyond the reach of the very poor ; equally beyond the reach of the respectable class of artisans; much beyond the reach of the larger portion of the middle class; and their general use has cons quently been confined to the more wealthy part of the community. Still with apprcpriate adapta tions and provisions for easy access to them by scone mical means of removal, it appears that several of them might fur some time to come be made avai'able for the purpose of sepulture, and it is probable that from vari,ms circumstances they retold be often selected for interment in special cases. SITE OF CEMETERY. " We are of opinion that, supposing the utmost avail able use mere made f the existing cemeteries, the wants of the public would require at least one additional prin cipal metropolitan cemetery. After an exploration of the ; distticts round London, a singularly eligible site for such a cem-tcry has ben found, fulfilling, with refers nee to situation, distance, surface, soil, extent, and acce,sibility, the requisite conditions. It is situated at a sufficient dis tance from any town or village to fulfil the conditions of remoteness and seclusion. It forms past of an ancient domain, a considerable portion of which is abbey-land, and has been consecrated ground for many centuries. It rises by a gradual ascent from the river bank to the height of 80 tees above high-water mark. The surface is moderately irregular, being hero and there a good deal broken, but consisting, fir the greater part, of gentle undulations and slopes. It comprises an ample extent of land, in a tract of gravelly and firm sandy soil over chalk. Imtnediately beneath the gravel is a bed of sand from 70 to 80 feet in depth, so firm that when cut with the spade it stands !perpendicularly, requiring no shoring. In excavations in the neighbourhood there are blocks of this sand standing perpendicularly, to the height of from 60 to 70 feet. Below the sand is the chalk, which is 'nearly on a level with low wate-, hut water is nt,t arrived at for the depth of from 270 to 300 feet. There are no. streams or rivulets crossing the surface of the land in any direction and no springs whatever. "These conditions secure the dryness of the ground, and are conducive to the natural process of decomposi tion. There is on the land much ornamental timber, a considerable portion of which is of appropriate character, but additional planting would be required, particularly of trees and shrubs that have naturally dark foliage, with great heigl.t in proportion to their width, admitting air and sunshine freely—vegetable forms which would give to the ground a distinctive character at once sug gestive of its purpose, and quite different from that cf a pleasure ground, and which are classically and popularly associated with places of sepulture. It has the advan tage of river-side as well as railway conveyance, the distance of water-conveyance by steamboat being from London bridge one hour and a quarter, wad by railway half an hour. "For the reasons set forth in the fourth general con clusion, a river-side cemetery app ears to possess paramount by objections ountalvautges which .The o single superiority of railway conveyance, that speed, is counter baseem to be insu perable: such as the di ffi culty of ; having special trains on al)? main trunk-line out of London on account of the nature and amount of the regular traffic • the in convenience and incongr u ity o f h a ving funeral assem blages at the same stations at which the ordinary traffic of the railway is carried on ; and the• necessity of har ing, f I this special service, railway mourning coaches and hearses, which could be used for no other purpose— thus requiring not only the exclusive use of the line at certain fixed times but the provision and the exclusive use of particular classes of carriages, 80. The furth break er objection arising from the danger of collision, or ef down, need be suggested only, not argued. " On the other hand, with regard to the metropolis especially, a reference to the map will show that the highway a the river passes through the very cents e of the largest extent of the most densely peopled districts ; u hile the quietude, the more complete isolation, the fit aides for unihttlrructed transit at all hours, and the great economy of water-coNveyanc , , give to this m o d e advantages with which no other can be compare& CONVEYANCE OF THE DEAD. " The halfpenny steamer?, which at present ply on the river, indicate at how cheap a rate the service in ques tion might be effected by this mode of comeyanee. At the same time railway conveyance may be convenient on same occasion?, and may be ( fen chosen by the attend ants, who may join the funeral at the cemetery. There is, convenient for such cases, a railway station near the spot which we have in view for the Great Eastern Me , Ropolitau Comte* - THE WRONG. The Commissioners of the Board of health--:namely, Lords Carlisle and Ashley, Mr. E. Chadwick, and Dr. Southwood Smith—set out by stating that the epidemic of last year, " the severest that has afflicted this country in modtrn times," has destroyed no fewer than 16,000 persons in this metropolis alone ; and that k truch of, the virulence and intensity of that scourge wita_owing to tl,e existence of crow icd graveyards within' its pre cincts. "They have," they state, “aseertaitsed by personal examination • the state and capacity of the principal cemeteries in the neighbourhood of London, and visits(' various sites, proposed for new cemeteries, with & view of determining, from tl;eir own observation, whether those sites possessed the re quisite conditions for placing interment for the metro polis in a satisfactory state." This gives them a dis tinct locus standi ; and independently of their merely official authority, entitles their opinions to the fallest possible weight. What, then,,= do they say on the subject of burial in graveyards within the precincts of cities? They lay it down as an axiom that a few feet of earth does not obstruct the escape of those noxious gases which• are evolvad_by the ,de=nposition ;att." human body ; and they point to the escape of vi aeer, and com mon coal gas through a stratum of sand or gravel seve ral feet in thickness, as a proof of this physical fact. A calculation made by Dr. Lyon Playfair, and quoted .by the Commissioners. estimates the amount of the gases evolved annually from the decompofition of 1,117 corpses per acre, which is very far short of the number ac'ually interred in the metropolitan graveyards, at not t less than 55.261 cubic feet; therefore as 52,000 in t Talents take place annually in the metropolis, accord ing to this ratio the amount of gases emitted is a qual to 2,572,580 cubic feet. The whole of this, however, be yond what is absorbed by the soil, must pass into the water below or int the atmosphere above. What, then, must be the state of the air that is breathed, the condition of the water that is drank, by the denizens of this metropolis? The bare idea of either is almost too frightful to contemplate. When the living body is exposed to these putrid emanations in a highly concentrated state, the effects are immediate and deadly; when more diluted they still taint the system, inducing a morbid condition which renders it more prone to disease in general, Mit especially t ► all the forms of epid mac - disease, and which further predisposes it to pass into a state verging upon, if not actual) , that of putrefaction. Estimating the duration of a simple generation at 30 years, there must have been interred in the small space of 218 acres—the area of a'l the graveyards in the me tropolis—in the last generation, a million and a half of stead bodies; and within the next 30 years more than another million and a halt of the dead, that is to say, a large paopoition of those who now people the metro polis will have to be crowded into those same church yards, unless other and better provision for interment be made. Yet such is the cupidity of the Church, the un >crapulousness of the metropolitan undertakers, and, it must be added, the practical supiee ses of the al - to whom the whole question of graveyards has been delegated by the State, that at this very moment there are further burials going on in some of the most frightfully gorged of the Golgothas of this metropolis— among others St. Paul's, Covent- garaen, where it is abso lutely impossible for " the boring iron" to find an unoccu pied inch of ground. Why the Commissioners have not or dere I the closing of this graveyard—situate as, it is in the midst of a dense population, adjacent to the largest market in. Europe, and flanked on its three sides, if not on the whole four, with the abodes of perhaps the poor est class of the metropolitan :population—is, to say the least et it, perfectly unaccountable. In reference to this topic, Dr. Sutherland speaks in a manner not to be misunderstood in his report to the Board of Health on this subject:—" I am sorry to say that there are no in dicetions of any change for the better. The frightful exposures which have been made before Parliament as to the state of our burial grounds may have led to the partial abatement of nuisances cf more than ordinary msguitude; but speaking generally, it may be safely stated that the language contained in the Parliamentary report, and the descriptions in the report on The Prac tice of Interment in Towns,' aro as applicable now as they were at the time these documents were laid before the public. lam decidedly of opinion," he aids, " that. no material improvement has been effel. , ted. The grave yards of London are still the plague-spots of its popula tion. The putrid drainage from them pollutes its welly, seethes beneath its dwellings, and poisons its atmosphere; and some parts of the metropolis are still honeycombed with deposits of the putrescent remains of millions of its citizens, just as with cesspools and other abominations." Nor are the London graveyards, as such, the only sources of pestilential disease, the solefocii from whence ra hates inevitable death, in connexion with intramural sepulture; the vaults of the several churches of the me tropolis are equally deleterious to life and health as are the circumjacent burying-grounds. The vaults of many churches are still little better than charnel-houses, which it is absolutely dangerous to enter, or, if they have been ventilated, the noxious effluvia which they ceaselessly genersee have been poured forth to contaminate the at mosphere without. And it matters not, in practice, whether -the bodies deposited there be cased in wood only or in lead, the result is the same, with merely an imperceptible difference. In wooden coffins decomposi tion goes on very much more rapidly than in leaden coffins, three or f years generally sufficing to reduce the contents to a dry, powdery, bony skeleton. The sur rounding air, therefore, sooner becomes charged with tl e deadly products. After a certain number of years, depending upon the state of the ventilation of the vault, or becomes so rotten as no d h r o o l p d s to t g o p eth o e w r. d a e n r, and the cont en t s a re revealed to the visitor. Leaden coffins last lon ger t o th e e y e; but it the longer wood t o is doubtful whether the lead does not act as a filter, and allow a passage to the deadlier hydrogenous gases, even while it refuses all outlet to others, denser in their character, and therefore less dangerous and less subt'e, such as carbonic acid gas. The condition of one of these receptacles of " rotting" humanity may be taken as a specimen of the greater number of them— if not of the whole—ex ono disce omnes. It is Dr. Wal ler Lewis, a medical man appointed by the Board of Health to visit the vaults of the metropolitan churches that speaks; and St. Mary -at-Hill is the locus in quo, to which he makes allusion—" Here are placed," he says, ".some hundred and fifty coffins, in all possible positions, piled one Rhos(' another—th e lower crushed by the weight of those above. The great majority are broken and decayed—the remnants (.f mortality falling out be tween the rows of coffins. In all buathe newest coffins the external_ wood is decayed, leaving the lead exposed. Enormous cobwebs and fungi, with much dirt and filth, render the inscriptions that remain illegible. Many of the coffins consist of a mere shell of decayed wood, which, on the slightest touch, breaks into powder and exposes the remains of the skeleton. The coffins are so fragile, and the piles so much out of tbe perpendicular, that it is dan g erous to approach very near them. In the two farther corners large collections of bones are piled together without any attempt at order or decency—a moat revolting sight. The churchwar den was not aware, at appears, of the condi tion of the vault. The vault is not ventilated, and the odour of decomposing flesh is extremely foul." Who can wonder at the remark ho makes as a sequel to this picture—" After remaining for about an hour in this vault, I was much oppressed by sickness, and an attack of diarrhoea, followed, which lasted about 24 bolus." Aod yet the practice of interment in this vault is still continued. "Oh shame, w here is tby blush!" There are i n th e metropolis of Great Britain alone not less than two handled graveyards, to almost all of which are annexed those focii of concentrated pestilence, char nel vaults; there are, therefore, two hundred centres of more or less pollution, each pouring off unceasingly day and night its respective contribution of decaying matter. The whole together, reckoning only the gases from de c.-imposing human remains, amount, as already stated, in one year, to upwards - of tWo millions and a half of cubic feet. Whatever portion of these gases is not absorbed by the earth—earth, be it remembered, already sur charged by the faecal accumulation of centuries—and whatever part not mix with and contaminate the water already, God knees, sufficiently contaminated froni a thousand impure sources—must be emitted into the atmosphere, bearing with it putrescent matters perfectly perceptible to sense. From the law of the diffusion of gases, these must be rapidly spread through the whole of the atmosphere that surrounds the metropolis; and though they thereby be come diluted, and are thus rendered proportionally in nocuous, vet that they do materially contribute to the contamination of the air breathed by two millions of the people cannot admit of any reasonable doubt. With these facts uncontested and incontestible, is there not an insurmountable case made out for the total prohibiti on o f interment in the metropolis, simply on account of the in jury resulting from the practice to the public health, and setting aside all other c onsiderations. But these other considerations are, in their various degrees, no less cogent than this consideration. Public morals are of equal importance with public health, in civilized society; and public advantage may be consulted as much in economising expense, especially to the poor, as it may be in preserving life in the richer and more comfortable classes. If the proletariat be not abolished, the pauper should at least. have a decent funeral. At present. however, such a thing is unknown among the poorer classes; and te hat is still worse, that utter indif ference to mortality which has always been a prevailing vice of society when a country touches on its decline, is every day becoming more and more manifest among the richer portion cf the community. The coaveyance of the dead through the crowded retreats of a busy city such as London, amidst a popula- , . S -" If, however, we assume that *r tho'iast aj of the corpses and attendants will be conveyed igir'7 4l .4 ti then it will be necessary to provide—first, a \ specially adapted and 4clusively eppropriat 'object; and secondly, reception-houses placed Went distances along the banks of the river. Th Taliiitis — necessary to give to the boats all the ralasadva s lit 2 conveniences deserve cart ful consideration, but may be safely left to the authority to which the execution of this service may be entrusted. " • , With reference to the reception-houses a very correct plan of the metropolis has been prepared to show the relative distances from the river Thames of certain pro. portions of the population. Between Vauxhall-bridge and Litnehouse, on the north side of the river, upwards of three-quarters of a million of inhabitants reside within a mile and half of the river bank, This amount of population would be at an average distance of three qusrt.rs of a mile from reception-houses established along the banks of the river; but it is now an average of nearly three miles, or four times greater distance, from any of the preseq metropolitan cemeteries. The chief portion of the dense population on the south side of the river is situated within one mile of its banks, and consists of upwards of one-third of a million. This amount of population would Le at an average of only halt a mile from the proposed reception-housev, while it is now at an average of three miles from the nearest present cemetery. " For this mass of the population," says the report, it is calculated that the river conveyance would there fore be the most economical, and as under all other con siderations. it would be preferable, it may safely be in ferred that whatever arrangements may be made with rtfaence to the existing cemeteries or other extended provision, that the whole t f the poorer class, and th e great msjority f the higher, would avail themselves of this accommodation. Looking also a• the position of large outlying areas, containing a great amount t‘f population, and considering the adiaawles which would be afforded under combined management at, the reception-houses, and the general Eaitt rn Cemetery, it is considered that, irrespectiVe of any local accommodation which may . exist or may be prorid,d, large additional numbers from these outside digrie;s would voluntarily adopt also the river Cou rt:3l •" As the entire f the poorer classes of the districts abovementioned bordering on the Thames, forming up; :►ard, of three-fourths of the whole population Of this part of London, may be assumed to take advantage of tl e river conveyance, it can scarcely be safe to reckon that lass than two-thirds of the whole number (linnets's I.f the metropolis would lave to be eccommodated in the eastern cern' ttry, and that reception-houses on the river banks must be provided for an annual mortality of 35,000, or 96 daily deaths. - RECEPTION HOUSES. "Ii is therefore submitted that there shoal be five revel ton-houses on the north sideni the riverslaud three on the south side. The loc,liti4 s most convenient for th,m would appear tote the neighbourhood of the fol lowing place, viz.:— ON THE MIDDLESEX SIDE. 1. Between Wc.tmir.ster and Waterloo-bridges, the most accessible spot from Charing-cross. 2. As near as practicable to Blackfriart-bridge. 3. Near to tt e Tower. 4. Near to the Thames Tunnel. 5. Blackwell. ON TUE SURREY FIDE. 1. As near as pr,:eticable to Vauxhall-bridge. 2. Ne kr to Sr. Saviour's Dock, 13ermondsey. 3. Dcp ford. " A rEception-house near Vauxhall-bridge on the Surrey side, and one near Blickfriars-bridge on the Mid d!esex side, would probably prove convenient fur a cer tain portion of the district also on the opposite side resprctivtly, and be the weans of saving the expense of additional establishments. " Recerion-houses at Blackwall and Deptford would, it is conceiver), be of greatbr importance than is indicated by Vie mere atoit t cf the population of those neightmurhoods ; for, c a considerable length of the river transit through the Pool would be saved if embarked from these points, it is most likely that the inhabitaLts of nriny districts would avail themselves of them in preference, although situated somewhat nearer to other stations. Foi instance Lime house, Mile-end, and portions of Bethnal-g - een, would probbh!y pr,ree th e Blackwall receptiot -louse to the e rer one of Shadwell; and Peckham, Cambe:well, a 4 thee extensive outlying districts in that neighbourhood, might rather proceed to Deptford than to the less remote ktation of BermondLev. "For these various reasons it is difficult to estimate the extent of eccemaieddtion which each particular reception• house should contain; but the total and daily number. in the following list exhibit an approximate c,leul: tion cf whit on the average may be probably (-x -i), c:cd. These numbers, however, form only a guide to the proportionate accommochtion in each receptioi house; the actual provision must be considerably greater, in order to meet the contingencies of epidem i c;, the variable seasons t f sickne:s, and conveniences of time of burials." In fixing the ( xtent of accommodation of each rteep• lion• house, tlo rapid increase of the outlying districts and the stationary character of the older portions will 'have also t he considered. ESTIMATE OF TEE AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER OF CORPSES TO BE PROVIDED FOR AT EACH RECEPTI('N-HOUSE. Reception-housfa on the Mid- Average dlesex-side. daily number. 1. Between Westminster and Wa terloo-bridges .. ••• 16 2. B'aekfriars ••• ••• ..• 16 3. '1,.w.-r ... ... ... ... 8 4. Tham.s Tunnel • • EZ--. 1 $ 5. Blackwall ••• 14 On the Surrey Side. 1. Vauxh.:ll-hridge ••• ••• 12 2. St. aviour'e Dock ... ... 8 3. Deptford 14 96 ".But," continue the Commissioners, " we have now to state that these houses t f rsceptioa, which a:e recess sary as affording convenient intermldia'e stations at which the corpses may be received, and from . which at regular and pre-appoictel times they tray be conveyed to the boats, are intended to answer a farther and much more important purpose." This purpose is the removal cf the remains of the dead, from that immediate and fatal contact—fatal, morally as well as physically—which -is compulsory among the poorer class, s of the population under the existing system c f social arrangements as regards sepul ture. It appears that of the deaths which take place is the metropolis, upwards c f are of the labouring classes, and that of these four out of five occur in f.milies that have only one living and sleeping-morn; that is to say, in upwards cf . 20,000 instances the corpse must be kept, during the interval between vie death and the in terment, in the same room in which the surviving m• m bars of the family live awl sleep; while of the t 4 ,0)3 deaths that occur in the metropolis every year from opt demic diseases, by tar the greater part take place am ng this class of the populatior, and under the circum,tAnt es just described. "The corm xion," adds the report," between'thn ex tinction of the feeling of respect for the dead and the growth f that caliousnPss which renders the brutali-ed wind insensible to the sacredness of life, and which thus prepares it for the perfetration c f crimes of violence t f the greatest enormity, has been often• traced by those who have had the best opportunity e f witnessing the procuss; and they concur in stating that is is in these filthy, unwholesome, and crovtie I rooms, where none of the observances of decency are regarded, aid where the living, without emotion or concern, eat and drink and sleep in the presence of the dead, not only that degra led and profligate who constitute the ordinary pests of society are trained, but also thst it is out of th4se same abodes that our great crimirals gent - rally cetne, brutal and reckless men, who every now and then perp.4rate in cold blood, with a savage callousness, deeds which fill the whole country with disgust and horror." . TiiTs . to provide against these evils that reception houses are proposed; and though the desire to reiain the remains of a beloved relative as near and as long as pos sible is as natural, and may be as strong, in the bosom of the poor man as in th)ft of tho more educated. and refined, there are circumstances affecting both rich and poor strong enough to overcome tills feeling, and which ought to overcome it. When the dwelling-house is - smell and ill-ventilated, and :.ituited in a close end er.,wded neighbourhood; when the inmates of such a dwelling are numerous, and particula ly when the death has occurred from au epidemic or contagions disease; but above all, when the whole of a family occupy only a single room in such a house, it is absolutely indispensa ble to the safety of the survivors that the corpse should be at once removed from such a dwelling-place; and there ate few indeed who would object to the removal of the b_dy under such circumstances, if it could be taken to a place fit f )r its reeeption,_and confided 'to the care of those who would take respectful charge of it. " Considering, then," say the Commissi oners, the large prop o rti on i f the working classesthat live in to which single rooms, and they are subject, the a highrate ofmortality appeared to be necessary to cal culate upon an extensive provision of houses of reception fur their me." To this they add, that they are satisfied that when the poor perce i ve the superior care that wo uld be taken ot the body than that which can be g iven to it in their own abodes, and learn that they may have free access to the corpse while it remains in the house of reception, any prejudice which they may at first have against its removal there would disappear." The want of houses of recepti on . i f, They are right. however, not confined to the very poor. To shopkeepers ( w h o of en occupy only the basement story of the house for the purposes of business, and let off the upper room to lodgers), lodging-house keepers, innkeepers, the owners of small houses who let single rooms to families, or single rooms to single persons (the latter being, per hair, strangers in London), the necessity for the imme dia e removal of the dead is often so urgent that they are compelled to resort to some expedient, however un satisfactory. The usual practice under such circum stances is for the undertaker who conducts the funeral to re;eive the body, and he either keeps it on his own pre; mises, often in a shed, or on the premises of his work mer. Hence receiving -houses become an indiepeniable adjunct to a large and comprehensive system of extra mural interment. BURIAL OFFICERS. In carrying into effect a general system cf extra mural it.t2rment for the - metropolis," observes the re pe•rt, " it is obvious that a staff of persons of superior insorruation and intelligence will he required to make et rangurnents for funerals; to superintend the removal of the bodies; to visit the houses of the poor when death Curs in single living and sleeping rooms; to g i ve the necessary instructions to the survivors for their own sarety ; to oboist-, as far as may be practicable, the danger to bt , apprehendei from the presence of the corpse ut,tst it can he removed; to examine into the existence of any local causes calculated to promote the extension of disease, more ospecialiy if the death has &rim from