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LAST TRIP THIS SEASON. MARCUS' EXCURSION TRAIN to EDIN BURGH and GLASGOW and BACK, G,r. 375. Gd., will leave Euston Station on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days. Cheap Excursion from London to Dablin and Back, via Holyhead, for 405., on M nday, Octobett7; offering a choice of 5 or 12 days. Chop Excursion to. Liverpool or Manchestee an d B ac k , f or 215., on llonday, October 7, offering a choice of 5 or 12 days. Cheap Excursion to Bangor or Conway and Back, on Mon?.ay, October 7, for 2Gs. 6d. ' offering a choice of 5 or l 2 days. Cheap Excursion to Chester or Shrewsbury and Back, on Monday, October 7, for 205., offering a choice of 5 or 12 days. Cheap Excursion from London to Bit mingham and ?tack, for 12s. (enclosed carriages), on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days. Cheap Excursion from London to Carlisle and Back, for 345. 6d. ; Penritja and Back, 345. Gd. ; Winderrr ere and Back, 325. CA.; "Ken dal end Back, 30s. ; Lancaster and Back, 2is.l Preston and Back,. 23s 64.; Huddersfield and Back, 255.; on Monday, Octotter 7, offer ing a choice of 5 or 12 days, from Euston Station, Enstonlquare. Tickets, bills, amtevery information for the above Excursions, may be obtained of Mr. "Henry R. Marcus, Manager and Conductor, Crosby-hall-chambers, 26, Bishopsg,ate-street Within. RD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and Tbia,F s) lVjekritOTEL, DALE-STREET, LTVERPOOL. ted In the InameetiatelitY a.the Fixchigtte; Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort:, is fitted up in first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as Well as English strangars: - Will be found everything that is desirable. While frit itriangoaftnts of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate ebok. ' The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be found S econd to none In the kingdom. N.B. The charges for servants are included in the Bill (except those who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid, and It is respectf u lly i n ti ma t e d that all further payment is unne cessary, • TO be peromptority SOLD, pursuant to a 1)E -CREE r,f the Tiglif• COURT of CIUNCERY, made in a cause - .CEIEETRAM v. STURTEVANT, with the a?probation of Ittflaki t p itio,np l , Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, Valnab'e FREEHOLD and COPYIIOLD ESTATES, situate at Sutton-upon -Trent, Weston, and Grasstlio,Te, in the county of Not tingham, late the estates of Saunderson Turner Sturtevant, Esq., de ceased, on WEDNECDAY, the lath day of Octner, MO, at Gilstrap's Hotel, Newark, at Three o'clock in the Atternoon, by Mr. THOMAS I 3 OSISER, auctioneer and estate agent, Plunger, near Bottesford, in the county of Nottingham. Prinjed particulars-of sale may be hal (gratis) at the-Chambers of Ri hard Richards, Esq., in Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane , London, on personal application ; and of Mr. Philip Jaquet, solicitctr, 9, Clifford's Inn. London ; Messrs. Watson and Sons, solicitors, Bou- Yerie-street ; Messrs.. Reed, . Langford, and Marsden, solicitors, Fri day-street; of Mr, Fearrthertd, s)licitor, 17, Clifford's Inu r of Mr. Bonser, the auctioneer ; and at the place of sale. PIIILIP JAQUET, Plaintiff's Solicitor, 9, Clifford's Intb. ptitLIAPS'S Patent NNNIIIETATOR. The Directors of -the. FIRE AssuirLxTort COMPANY beg to i tilf)rm the Public that, with the consent of her Maje.ty's ComnitsstoneTs or Woods 'and Forests, they have completed the eeerztion . in Ilattersea-fields, near to the Waterworks .(about a quarter of a mile from the Nine Elms Pier), of a House of larger dimensions than that recently set fire to at Wool xich, the whole of which they intend to set fire to on TUESDAY, the Sth of October, at Eleven o'clodk A.SS. precisely; in order to shiiw the efficacy of the Annihilator In extinguishing fire. They have also purchased a Vessel, in the hold of which they will make a large fire for the same purpose. Tickets of Admission may be had gratis, on application by letter, addressed to the Secretary of the Fire Annihilator Company, 105, Leadenhall-street, City. N.e: Those who.are notable to obtain ticke's, will have an op portnifity of witnessing the demonstration from the river, nearly op posite Pimlico Pier. • '• DISPUTED LIFE POLICIES. " A trial of considerable interest to Life Assurance Offices and the Public was concluded yesterday in the Court of Exchequer. The Eagle Company held a policy for an assurance of 5391. in the Albion Compdny as security for an advance, the payment of which policy Was now disputed by the Albion, on the ground that at the time it Was effected the fact of the assured party having been a man of in temperate habits was concealed from the office. The chief evidence turns lamon the question as to the degree of intemperance that had been exhibited, and the result was, that a verdict was given against the reslsting office, not only for the amount of the policy, but also for 401. interest from the date when it became due. The circumstance of the &ellen being brought by one office against another presents a striking illustration of the uncertainty which may attach to all po licies Under the present system, and shows that the only :node by Which absolute security can be obtained by the public must lie in the general adoptidn by Assurance Offices of the plan of prote'l.ing them selves in every case by due inquiries before the granting • f each po licy, and of afterwards assuming the full responsibility of the com pleteness of such inquiries by holding themselves precluded from raising . any future question. In the present case two offices are found to be diametrically opposed in their opinions as to what can properly invalidate a claim, and yet the public are expected to be able to.guare themselves against such contingences. Similar cases have occurred before, and even if they were snore rare, they would seriously- injure the progress of life assurance. The very principle Upon which the business is founded is the removal of uncertainty, and whenever that principle is counteracte I in the slightest degree, the People who would be the first to resort to its advantages are the first to be deterred."—Times, July 11, 1850. T LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 72, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Ca zpbellitenton,Esq., M.P. 1 Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Mali ns , E sq., Q.C. 1 James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John llamilton, Esq. fames Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. IJa•vies Turner, Esq. David Henry Stone, Esq.' William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John bangerfield, Esq. Clorge Cumming, Esq. Wllllarn D. Starling. Esq. SECRETARY' —David Alison, Esq. BANKERS— Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOAD. 2 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware -road. Rev..Tameg Sherbold Boone, A.M., Stanhope-street, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin coln's Inn-flelds. Thomas Jervis Amos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y. Robson. Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde -park, it-d New square, Lincoln's Inn, Secretary, Chas. llogilton, Esq. The POLICIES of this . Company, being INDISPUTABLE, form F amily Provisions and Negotiabl e S ecur i t i es, f or their validity is not ue pendent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the corn- Mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will be fcrwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to whom Commission is allowed. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. THE BRITISH ASSURANCE COMPANY, G 9, Loml , ard-streot. Cumumkte—SYDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A. The rates for both Fire and Lire Insurance are as lew as can With safety be taken. The Premiums for Life Assurance made payable to suit the conTe xlence of the assured. Prospectuses and all particulars may ba had at the Head Office, or of any of the agents. JOHN REDDISH, Manager, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lecture on the Ballad Music of England, by Mr. George Bar ker, illustrated by his own compositions, every Evening (except Sa turday) at Eight o'clock—Lecture on the FI) dro.Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner, daily at Two, and on Tuesday and Thursday Eve b.„ings at a Q uar t er - past N i ne.—Lecture on Chemistry by J. H. Pepper, illustrating the Ancient Fiery Ordeal and the Handling of Red Hot Metals, daily at a Quarter-past Three, and on Monday, Wed tnesday. and Friday Evenings at a Quarter-past Nine. —Model of Wes oys Patent No va -M ot i ve Ra i lway, at work daily.—New Series of Issolvins Views illustrating some of the Wonders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten ; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at Otte e'clock.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., Admistion, I s.—Schools, Ralf-price. Open daily fro m Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex cept Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. ARGYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Pen every Evening with Laurent's celebrated and unrivalled .and. erincipal Cornet-a-piston, Mons. BOULCOURT, from Paris, Fla Ar tiste Attache to Mr. Strauss's Orchestra at the B a ths of Vichy, n ce l'aThe Snbscribers are respectfully informed that Mr. Laurent, jun., tr v iog become Lessee to the above Rooms, begs to announce his in eil of applying to the Honourable Magistrates for a licence to e 'sine Rooms, and, If granted, he wit give CONCERTS of a very suouerrior description, in conjunction with his Dancing Academy. Mr in Laurent jun., solicits the patronage of the subscribers and nobility this new undertaking, pledging, himself strenuously to cater for to their am usement, and hop es t o d eserve a cont i nuance of that liberal Pport which has hitherto been bestowed on this distinguished and Popular establishment. Terms of Subscription: —Six months, 51. 55.; one month, 11. Is.; one evening, Is. D oo rs open at Half-past Eizlit, Dancing commences at Nine pre cisely. closing at Half-past Eleven. R EAD SlO AR versus SUGAR-OF-LEAD. THE HYGEIST for OCTOBER ConOffice' ' 368 Strand ; and may also• be had a t . th e Briti s h .. L..e 0... Health, New-road, London. Price One Penny ; or, Twopence, by post. IIEDIOITI) TO NO. 9,1 GREAT WINCHESTER-STREET, OLD CBROAD-STREET, . ARSON'S ORIGINAL ROYAL ANTh EXCIIANGE CORROSION Ve PAINT, specially patr on i se d by th e B r i t i sh and other Go rrtu/tents, the Hon. East India Company, the Principal Dock Com e% and other public bodi es , S ze ., i s par ti cu l arly recommended to e Nobility, Gentry, Agriculturists, Manufacturers, West India Pro- Mprietors, and others, it having been proved by the practical test of ore than si x t y years to surpass all other paints as an out-door pre rvative.. It is extensively used for the protection of wooden houses, farm and other out-buildings, farming Implements, conservatories, Park -paling, gates, iron railings. Iron hurdles, coprer, zinc. lead, brick, stone, old „coinpo, aced stucco fronts, and tiles to represent s'ating. The superiority of the Anti-Corrosion to every other paint for out door Purposes may be easily inferred from the simple fact, that its ass has been always most strenuously opposed by colour manufac turers, painters, oil and'eolourmen, and others interested in the sale ab le co mmon paints. It is also v e ry e c ono m i ca l, any l a b ourer b e i ng to lay. It on. Col ours -White stone, light stone, drab or Portland stone, Bath light and dark yellow stone, light and dark oak, light and b dark lead, - light and d ar k c h oco l ate, b r i g ht an d dark red, black, and ` ° wil, 3-13• per cw t. ; i nv i s ibl e green, 503.: b right green, GOs. ; deep reen, 6 0,,; and blue, 60s. pOv cwt. ; in casks 28 lb s ., 50 lb s. , an d 112 lbs. each. Oil and Brushes. I v l he Or:ginal A nt i-C orros i on P a i n t i s only to be obtained of wg',,TElt , C ARS 3N "(Successor to the Invento r: ), 9, GREAT iIES I'ER-STREET, Old Broad-street, Royal Exchange, who Will show, between 500 and 600 Testimonials rece i ve ' f rom th e Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, who ha v e u se d t h e A nt i -Corros i on for Many yearis at their country seats. No A Copy of the T. stimonials will he cent on application. Agents.—All orders are particularly requested to be sent direct THITY-FIRST EDITION. Hinstrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. O PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND 131 PEDISIENTS TO MARRIAGE. Xesv Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just pu!)lished, price 2s. 6d., or Tby post, direct from the E s t a bl' s h mcn t , 3 3. 6d. in postage stamps, HE SILENT FRIEND , a M ed i cal Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, Prom ex cessive Indnigence, Infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, With remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and PERRY;and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox iord-streetlondon. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 11. P aternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden nail-street.' PAST I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organ, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings, TAIT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in. silligence, and their lamentable effeots on the system, producing Mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative lile aPacitY. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PAST 111, treats of the diseases resulting from intection, either in the Primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured nel RVlngs. Pear IV.' cont a i ns a R emedy for the Prevention of Disease by a stipple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. Pear V. is devoted to the eonsideration of marriage, and its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the Whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tan CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACTIM is exclusively e m ployed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotenca, Sze., 1 ls. and 335. Per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic r eined:7, for purifying the blood in case , of infection, secondary ca 'lrittle. Ptoms, eruptions, an d the abuse of nrn cur 11 s. and 335. per terry's Purifying Specific Pills, Is. 9 1 43, Cd., and 1 is. Per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhea, gleet, stricture, and chronio inflammation of the bladder. Coault ition fee, if by letter, 11 . minute detail of the case is required : a ;e, habits, and posi tion in society. IL Packets, vdth advice, to 1)3 had at the te•ta llukaient only by which the fee, 11., is saved.. /deem. rerrY. r,Reons, are in attendance daily at 19, Bernemstreet, Oxford it . London, fr om Eleven till Two 11/1 , 1 'co;,El3 ht ;on Sun "V) frOln Eleven to One, kts.,,, ..„,......._,..4". 5 ::-? ••• , , . ' ‘i,,,. 4f . `—----- ----, --(-K , ._ . • -i . 41-• .H . ' i• ' • .t --4 - !" , .... .:',:.•4.• '`k.. 4- ' - __. , ,:- i ~ ~.., --,- 0 {Az. 7 , ./ *' 4 ---.------ ) -. " iT ,t j / / Nit4tlT<N":='!?-:, -,1- '/- 4.4: , . 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By 11JCHARD JOHN KING. " It wasbetweenth•!night and the d y." London John W. Parker, West•S:raad. This day, Third and Cheaper Edition, price 5 s , o f ELEMENTS of ALGEBRA. Chiefly intended for Schools and the Junior Classes in Coilexes. _ _ . By T. G. HALL. M.A., Professor of Mathematics in King's College, London. By the same Author. ELEMENTARY TREA t ISE on the DIFFERENTIAL and IN TEGRAL CALCULUS'. Fourth Edition, Ids. ed. ELE NIE:NTS of DESICRIPTIVE GEOMETRY. 63. 61. OUTLINES' of ASTRONOMY, Thirteenth Edition. 101. London : John W. Parker, West Strand. JOURNAL of • the - EXHIBITION of 1851. The Contributors to the CRITIC purpose to publish, in con nexion with that journal, a Peri,dical under the above title, similar in size and shape, to contain acomplete Record of the Exhibition. The First Number will appear shortly. It will app tr it first monthly, then fortnightly, and curing the Exhibition on alternate days, with copious illustrations, &c. Price Sixpence, and Sevenpence stamped. Orders, Advertisements, and Communications to be sent to the Critic Office, 29, Essex-street, Strand. rill-1E COUNTY COURTS CHRONICLE for JL . OCTOBER, No. 41, Vol.' 111., contains— . The Jurisdiction, as altered by the New Act. Ify George Tiarrl4, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.—Anticipated Results of the New Act.—Li verpool Court Again.—Review of Insolvency Case , for this Month. By D. C. Macrae, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.—Resolutions of the At torneys of Sheffield as to. County Court Charges.— Correspondence.— Repona of County Courts Cases.—Cases in the County Courts and in Insolvency. Price Is. 6d. - County Courts Chronicle Office, 29, Essex-street, Strand. MUSIC.The Geneuphonie Grammar of' Har monY, Counterpoint, and Musical Composition, preceded by the Elements of Music. Dedicated by special permission to 11. lt.ll. the Viince Albeit.' .By the late General J.. 1. DE VIRUEO Y SFI - CA and F. T. A. CITA.LAZ DE VERICEVIL, A.M„ is now pub lished, and may be had of Longman and Co. ; Cramer and Co. ; Cocks and Co. ; and of all Book and Musicsellets ; and at 7, Man sion-house-street, City. Communications may be Vdressed to Messrs. Vernevil and Haskins, care of Messrs. Cramer and Co., 201, Regent-street. THE EIGHTH of OCTOBER, 1850. The EIGHTH of OCTOBER, 1850, will display a new trading feature, in the shape of an Establishment never beforeequalled. The "town tourist' cannot have failed to notice, in his progress to the west end of the metropolis, an extensive range of premises in c urge of erection at the corner of DART-STREET, NEW OX FORD-STREET. The situation, extent, and character of these premises must, from the earliest stage of the undertaking, have impressed the public with the idea that :twit a project could be connected with no mean capi talists—no Irdinary speculation. The gradual development of the building and the ultimate display of the Name of the proprietary at once disclosed to the passer-by the true character of the speculation ; and thousands In that and other important localities have ever since been looking forward with anx ious expectation to the op6ning of the West-end Branch of E. MOSS.S and SON. The expediency of opening an Establishment like that under con sideration cannot properly be called in question. The east end and the west end of the metropolis are two perfectly divinct localities ; and to such an extent has the Capital grown, that a visit from one part to another involves both trouble and ex pense. The expe,liency of the present undertaking may be safely argued frotn the encouraging fact, that the proprietors number from the west end a large proportion of their wealthy supporters, whose interests and convenience will ncc•ssatily be better consulted in their own lo cality, and who, in return, will have more ready opportunities of fa vouring E. NOSES and SON with their commands. It would be idle and u eless to argue that such a vast speculation as the WEST-EN I) iIitANCR would not have been entered into, had not the voice of the public called loudly for it. E. MOSES and SON have had too much experience in such undertakings, and know to) well how to improve the capital which the public have placed at their disposal, to enter into a project like the present unsupported by the public, from whom they derive that c ntidence, without which such an enterprising speculation would never hav, been attempted. In starting the Branch of the City Establishment at the West end, L•'. MOSES and SON have taken especial care so to model their ar rangements to the requirements of the locality, as to render this Branch suitable to all parties. The BESPOKE TAILORING DEPARTMENT is deserving of particular mention ; being, as it is, the first at the Wcst-end,in point of business-arrangement, accommodation, and fashion. The Nobility and Gentry will here meet with no obstruction or confusion, and will have no neee.sity to pass through the more busy portion of the Establishment, there being aseparate private entrance to this department, with distinct accomay -, dation tor servants in at tendance. Attention it also called to the tact, that Ilart-street, whic runs parellel with Oxford-street, being quiet and private, af fords safe standing room for carriages— a circumstance worthy the attention of the gentry. • In connexion with the Bespoke Department, there are SELF, tT HABIT FITTING-ROOMS, and FITTING-ROOMS for GENTLE MEN, besides DEPARTMENTS devoted to the JUVENILES. Everything has been done by the proprietors to render their Branch Establishment in these important respects (without qualification of terms), the first Establishment in the first fashionable locality In the kingdom. . In the arrangements of the READY-MADE DEPARTMENTS there are also those recommendations which cannot fail to elicit the approval of a discerning public. The classification of goods, the ready ingress and egress, and every other arrangement, are such as must conduce to the accommodation and satisfaction of the purchaser. For such an Establishment, in such a situation, the most superior assortment of fashions has been prepared. The proprietors have determined not to be equalled in the collection of dress at their West-end Branch ; and, in order to produce the first specimens of attire, they have not only made purchases of the most superb materials in Clolhs, Silks, Satins, Alpacas, L"stres, &c., &c., but have secured the most elegant and novel designs, by offering handsome prizes for the b.:st .Tec mess of artistic skill in cut and workmanship ; an experiment which has proved more than success. ful to this end. The GENTLEMEN'S WINTER OVERCOATS, and the other ar ticles of att're, when inspected, will prove that the proprietcrs are not dealing in exaggerated terms in thus recommending the -present Stock of Attire. In LADIES' HABITS, E. MOSES and ON intend to convince their supporters, that as Fashionable Tailors, they are neither to be surpassed nor equaled by many degrees. Their STOCK of JUVENILE CLOTHING calls alike for terms of the highest recominendati.m. Where this branch of the Tailoring Trade has been too often overlooked or slighted, E. MOSES and SON have made it a point of particular study; nor do they question for a moment that their endeavours will secure anything short of the l.i;liest approbation. A conspicuous feature at the Ncw West• end Branch of E. MOSES and , ON is that of a STOCK of RE kllY-MA DE LIVERIES, which, though elegant in the extrem , , and superior in material, are sold at prices exceedingly advantageous to the purchaser. The attention of the Nobility a. d Gentry is particularly directed to this branch of the proprietori.' business in IC , Av Oxford•street. A •TOCIi. or iUPEIttOIt MOURNING, at prices less than those charged anywhere else, by 50 per cent., is also deservin4 of promi nent mention. No advantage will be taken in the furnishing of these articles of the melancholy circumstances of bereavement, or of the haste in the adoption of such attire—circumstances which have too often led to imposition on the part of tradesmen. The SHOOTING-COATS, FISIIINGOATS, LOUNGING COATS, and the various ready-made goods are in keeping with the rest of the articles scld ; and the most extreme satisfaction must re sult from an inspection and trial of the Stock. large and fashionable collection of H .tTS and CAPS adds much to the recommenda' ions of the new Branch House ; and the Public are assured that here their interests are equally consulted. . The system which the proprietors intend to pursue at their New Establishment is not new. Their old sys'em of cheapness, coupled with quality and fashion will be in operation at the Branch House as at the Origin ii Establishment. The Return of Cash or Exchange of Coeds, and the marking the price of each article in plain figures, will in no way be departed from at the West-end Branch. _ _ Before concluding this announcement E. MOSES and SON would hint that their New Premises In Oxford-street are of the most novel, elegant, and commodious description. The Establishment is an Ex hibition itself, quite alone in point of style, convenience, and decora tion —and is well deserving a visit from the curious in these matters. An excursion, in fact, would be well repaid by a view of this superb trading structure, of which no idea can be formed except u on in spection. The proprietors take this opportunity of Inviting the Public to view their New West-end Branch Establishment, whether purchasing or not ; where every attention will be paid to them, and every informa tion given. Having thus announced the opening of the New Branch Establish ment, and having touched (in as.brief a manner as possible) on the recommendations there held out, E. M )SES and SON would ac knowlelge gratefully that vast amount of favour at :he ha ds of the public, to which alone they can date this proud advance in their speculations ; and the proprietors would assure the Public, that it is their de!ermination to merit renewed support, by an adherence at the New Establishment to those principles which have worked so well at the Old. Will be OPENED at Ten o'clock on TUESDAY MORNING, the Bth of OCTOBER. • D E kFNESS AND NOISES IN THE HEAD SPEEDILY CURED. Dr. vENNETT, :purist, whose study has been devoted to Diseases of the Ear, continues by his,newly-discovered easy Remedy to effect astonishing Cures where sufferers of both sexes have been Deaf (even forty or fifty years), and considered Incurable, have found a spee, , y and permanent cure by using Dr. BENNETT'S easy, safe, and painless Preparxion, CVO! to au infant or the delicate nervous female. Sold only by Dr. Bennett, long established, at the institution for the Cure of 1)C01.S. 80, Upper Stamford-street. near Waterloo bridge, London, and sent carriage-free throughout the kingdom on re ceipt'of Ss. in postage stamps. Attendance to the poor Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, from Six till Eight. R CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho; 47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author, ,rice One shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." 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ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS (IRELAND). — According to a return recently published there were pending on the 20th of April last sixty causes in the ecclesiastical courts of Ire land. The number of rules taken in those causes up to the above date amounted to 1,630. From April 20, 1847, to April 20, 1850, the number of bills of costs taxed in each year was respectively 44, 46, and 52, making a total of 142. The total number of officers, exclusive of proctors, in all the ecclesiastical courts of Ireland is 123. The fees received by them for the last three years have amounted to 14,267/. 4s. 41, 12,5131. 3s. lld., and 11,728/. 9s. THE - LONDON OMNIBUS DRIVERS AND CONDUCTORS. _ The subject of omnibus conveyance is one to th , importance of which the aspect of every thorJughfaie in London bc•ars witness. Yet the dweller in th. Strand, or even in a greater thoroughfare, Cheapside. can only form a partial notion of the msgnitude this mods of.transit, for he -has but a partial view o it; he sees, as it were, only one of its details. 'File routes - of the several omnibuses are manifold. \Videly apart' as are their starting points, it will b seen how their courses tend to common centres, an , how generally what may be called the great trunk lines of the streets are resorted to. The principal routes lies north and south, east ane west, through the central parts of London, to and from the extreme suburbs. • Tne majority of then commence running at nine in the morning, and con tinue till twelve at night, succeeding each other during the busy parts of the day every five minutes. Mos. of them have two charges-31 for part of the dis tance, and 6.f. for the whole distance. The omnibuses proceeding on the northern and southern routes are principally the following : The Atlases run from the Eyre Arms, St. John's wood, by way of Baker-street, Oxford street, Regent. street, Charing-cross, Westminster-bridge and road, and past the Elephant and Castle, by the Walwortle road, to Camberwell-gate. Some turn off from " the Elephant" (as all the omnibus people call it), and go down the New 'Kent-road to the Dover Railway Sta. tion ; while ethers run the same route, but to and from the Nightingale, Lisson-grove, instead of the Eyre Arms. . The Waterloos journey from the York and Albany, Regent's-park, by' way Of Albany-street, Portland-road,*Regentzstreet, and so over Waterloo bridge, by the Waterloo, London, and Walworth roads, to Camberwell•gate. The Waterloo Associa tion have also a branch to Holloway, via the Camden Villas. There are likewise others which run from the terminus of the South-Western Railway, in the Waterloo•road, via Stamford-street, to the railway termini on the Surrey side of London-bridge, and thence to that of the Eastern Counties, in Shoreditch Tne Hungerford-markets pursue the route from Camden-town eking Tottenham court-road, &c., to Hungerford, and many run from this spot to Pal dington. The Kentish Towns run from tee Eastern Coun ties station, and from Whitechapel to Kentish Town, by way of Tottenham-court-road, &c. The Hampsteads observe the like course to Cam den-town, and then run straight on to Hampstead. The King's-crosses run from Kennington-ga'e, by the Blackfriars-road and bridge, Fleet-street, Chancery-lane, Gray's Inn-lane, and the New road, to Euston square, while some go on to Cam• den-town. The Great Nortberns, the latest route started, trav e l from the railway terminus, Maiden-lane, King's-cross, to the Bank and the railway stations, both in the City and across the Thames; also to Pad dington, and some to Kennington. Tne " Favorites' " route is from 'Westminster Abbey along the Strand, Chancery-lane, Gray's lon lane, and Coldbath-fields, to the Angel, Islingson, -ind thence to Holloway ; while some of them run down Fleet-street, and so past the General Post eflice, and thence by the City-road to the Angel, and to Holloway. The Favorites also run from Holloway to the Bank. The Islington and Kenningtons line is from Barns bury-Park, by the Post-office and Blackfriars-bridge, to Kennigton-gate. The Camberwells go from Gracechurch-street, over London-bridge to Camberwell; while a very few start from the %Vest-end of the town, and some two or three from Fleet-street; the former crossing Westmineter, and the latter Blackfriare-bridge ; while some Nelsons run from Oxford-street to Camberwell, or to Brixton. The Brixton and Claphams go, some from the Regent-circus, Oxford-street, by way of Regent street, over Westminster-bridge, and some from Gracechurch street, over London-bridge to Brixton or Clapham, as the case may be. The Paragons observe the same route ; and some of these conveyances go over Blackfriars-bridge, to Brixton. The Carshaltons follow the track of the Mitchams, Tootings, and Claphams, and go over Londtin-bridge to the Bank. Within the last few days some penny omnibuses have commenced running from the London-bridge Railway Station to the Bank. Those omnibuses pursuing the Eastern and Western routes are as follow : The Paddingtons run from the Royal Oak, West bourne-green, and from the Pine Apple-gate, by way of Oxford-street and Holborn, to the Bank, the Lon don-bridge, Eastern Counties, or Blackwall Railway termini; while some reach the same destination by the route of the New-road, City-road, and Finsbury. These routes are also pursued by the vehicles lettered " New-road Conveyance Association," " Paddington Conveyance Association," and " London Conveyance Company," while some of the vehicles belonging to the same proprietors run to Notting-hill,- and some have branches to St. John's-wood and elsewhere. The Wellingtons and the Marlboroughs pursue the same track as the Paddingtons, but some of them diverge to St. John's-wood. The Kensall-greens go from the Regent-circus, Oxford-street, to the Cemetery. The course of the Bayswaters is from Bayswater via Oxford-street, Regent-street, and the Strand, to the Bank. The Bayswater and Kensingtons run from the Bank, via Finsbury, and then by the City-road and New-road, down Portland-road, and by Oxford-street and Piccadilly, to Bayswater and Kensington. The Hammersmith and Kensingtons convey their passengers from Hammersmith, by way of Kensing ton, Knightsbridge, Piccadilly, &c., to the Bank. The Richmond and Hampton Courts from St. Paul's Churchyard to the two places indicated. The Putney and Bromptons run from Putney bridge, via Brompton, &c., to the Bank and the ondon-bridge Railway Station. The Chelsees proceed from the Kin in the Moon to the Bank, Mile-end-road, and City Railway stations. The Chelsea and Islingtons observe the route from Sloane-square to the Angel, Islington, travelling along Piccadilly, Regent-street, Portland-road, and the New-road. The Royal Blues go from Pimlico, via Grosvenor place, Piccadilly, the Strand, &c., to the Blackwell Railway. . Tie; direction of the Pimlicos is through Westmin ster, Whitehall, Strand, &c., to Whitechapel. The Marquis of Westminsters follow the route from the Vauxhall-road, via Millbank, Westminster Abbey, the Strand, &c., to the Bank. Tne Deptfords go from Gracechurch-street and over London-bridge. and some from Charing-cross over Westminster-bridge to Deptford. The route of the Nelsons is from Charing-cross, over Westminster-bridge, and by the New end Old Kent-roads to Deptford, Greenwich, and Woolwich; some go from Gracechurch•street over London b ridge. Tne Shoreditches pursue the direction of Chelsea, Piccadilly, the Strand, &c., to Shoreditch, their start ing place being Battersea-bridge. The Hackneys and , Claptons run from Oxford• street to Clapton square. Barber's run from the Bank, and some from Ox ford-street to Clapton. The Black walls run some from Sloane-street to the Docks ; and the Bow and Stratfords from diffe rent parts of the 'West-end to their respective destina tions. I have enumerated these several conveyances from the information of persons connected with the trade, using the terms they used, which better distinguish the respective routes than the names lettered on the carriages, which would but puzzle the reader, the principal appellation giving no indication of the des tination of the omnibus. The routes above specified are pursued by a series of vehicles belonging to one company or to one firm, or one individual, the number of their vehicles vary ing from twelve to fifty. One omnibus, however, continues to run from the Bank to Finchley, and one from the Angel to Hampton Court. The total number of omnibuses traversing the streets of London is about 3,000, paying duty (in • eluding mileage), averaging 9/. per month each, or 324 000/. per annum. The number of conductors and drivers is about 7,000 (including 1,000 "odd men," a term that will be explained hereafter), paying annu ally ss. each for their licenses, or 1,7501. collectively. The receipts of each vehicle vary from 21. to 41. per day ; estimating the whole 3,000 at 3/., it follows that the entire sum expended annually in omnibus hire by the people of London amounts to no less than 3,285,000/., which is more than 30s. a bead for every man, woman, and child in the metro polis. The average journey, as regards length, of each omnibus is six miles, and that distance is, in some cas.s, travelled twelve times a day by each omnibus, or, as it is called, " six there and six back." Some perform the journey only ten times a day (each omnibus), and some, but a minority, a less number of times. Now, taking the average as between forty-five and fifty miles a day travelled by each omnibus, and that I am assured on the best•au thority is within the mark, while sixty miles a day might exceed . . it, and computing the omnibuses run ning daily at 3,000, we find " a travel," as it was vorded to me, of upwards of 140,000 miles daily, or J. yearly " travel" of more than 50,000,000 of miles ; extent that almost defies a parallel in any distances J u arty familiar. And that this estimate in no way otceeds the truth is proved by the sum annually paid o the Excise for " mileage," which, as was before stated, amounts on an average to 91. each "buss" per nonth, or collectively to 324,0001. per annum, and his, at 111. per mile (the rate of duty charged), gives 51,840,000 miles as the distance travelled by he entire number of o nnibuies every year. Os each of its journeys, experienced persons have issured me an omnibus carries on the average fifteen iersons. Nearly all are licensed to carry twenty-two (thirteen inside and nine oat) ' and that number, per laps, is sometimes exceeded, while fifteen is a fair, mmoutation ; for as every omnibus has now the two pares of 31 and 61., or as "bus-men" ca ll them "long-`lns and short-uns," there are two sets of passengers, md the number of fifteen through the whole distance in each journey of the omnibus, i 4, * as I have said, a fair computation, for sometimes the vehicle is almost empty, as a set off to its being crammed at other times. This computation shows the daily "travel," reckoning ten journeys a day, of 450,000 passengers. Thus we might be led to believe that about one-fourth of the entire population of the metropolis and its suburbs — men, women, and children ; the inmates of hospitals,. gaols, and workhouses ; paupers, peers, and their families, all included—were daily travelling in omni buses. But it must be borne in mind th at as most omnibus travellers use that convenient mode of con veypce at least twice, a. day, we may compute the nuthber of individuals at 225,000, or allowing three journeys as an average daily travel, at 150;000. Cal culating the payment of each 'passenger at 41d., and 40 allowing for the set-off of the " short-uns ' to the " long-uns," we have a daily receipt for omnibus fares of 8,439/. ; a weekly receipt of 58,0731., and a yearly receipt of 2,903,6501.; which it will be seen is several thousands less than the former estimate; so that it may be safely assumed that at least three millions of money is annually expended in omnibus fares in London. The extent of individual travel performed by some of the omnibus drivers is enormous• One man told me that he had driven " his bus" seventy-two miles (twelve stages of six miles) every day for six years, with the exception of twelve miles less every second Sunday, so that this man had driven in six years 179,568 miles. . This vast V extent of omnibus transit has been the growth of twenty years, as it was not until the 4th July, 1829, that Mr. Shillibeer—now the proprietor if the patent mourning coaches—started the first omnibus. Some works of authority, as books of reference, have represented that Mr. Shillibeer's first omnibus ran from Charing-cross to Greenwich, and . hat the charge for inside and outside places was the 'ame. Such was not the case. The first omnibus, or rather the first pair of those vehicles—for Mr. Shillibeer started two—ran from the Bank to the Yorkshire Stingo. Neither could the charge out and in be the same, as there were then no outside oassengers. Mr. Shillibeer was a naval officer, and in his youth stepped from a midshipman' s duties into the business of a coach. builder, he learning that busi ness from the late Mr. Hatchet, of Long-acre. Mr. Shillibeer then established himself in business in Paris as a builder of English carriages, a demand t'or which had sprung up after the peace, when the current of English travel was directed strongly to Prance. In this speculation Mr. Shillibeer was emi nently successful. He built carriages for Prince Po lignac and others of the most influential men under the dynasty of the elder branch of the Bourbons, and had a bazaar for the sale of his vehicles. He was thus occupied in Paris, in 1819, when M. Lafitte first started the omnibuses which are now so common and so well managed in the French capital. Lafitte was the banker (afterwards the Minister) of Louis Phi lippe, and the most active man in establishing the MessagPries R vales. Five or six years after the omnibuses had been successfully introduced into Paris, Mr. Shillibeer was employed by M. Lafitte to build two in a superior style. In executing this order Mr. Shillibeer thought that so comfortable and economical a mode of conveyance might be advantageously introduced into London. He accordingly disposed of his Parisian establishment and came to London, and started his omnibus as I have narrated. In order that the introduction might have every chance of suc cess, and have the full prestige of respectability, Mr. ibeer brought over with him from Paris two youths, both the sons of British naval officers, and these young gentlemen were for a few weeks his " conductors. They were smartly dressed in "blue cloth and togs," to use the words of my informant, after the fashion of Lafir.:te s oonductors, each dress costing 51. Their addressing any foreign passenger in French, and the French style of the affair, gave rise to an opinion that Mr. Shillibeer was a Frenchman, and that the English were indebted to a foreigner for the improvement of their vehicular transit; whereas Mr. Shillibeer had served in the British navy, and was born in Tottenham-court-road. His speculation was particularly, and at once, successful. His two vehi cles carried each twenty-two, and were filled every journey. The form was that of the present omnibus, but larger and roomier, as the twenty-two were all accommodated inside, no one being on the outside but the driver. Three horses, yoked abre as t, were used to draw these carriages. There were for many days until the novelty wore off crowds assembled to see the omnibuses start, and m an y l a di es an d gen tl emen aTndheirfoareevwerays l d s .a . y f . or the whole h i‘ o l l r e . 6 s d h . a n n ii i be fo er r distance, and e ac h omn ib us made twelve took their places in them to file Yorkshire Stingo in order that they might have th e p l easure o f r idi ng as4d,hivg iswitaysoefftfearrwesa,rrdeeg,uinlataedgrbeyatdmisteaansucere; jebahosaatuclarfkbn regulationlaei the s g yh a s e i again. o . abandoned by omnibus proprietors, and then re established on our present 3d. and 6d. payments, the " long-uns" and the " shortsune." Mr. Shilli beer's receipts were 1001. a week. At first he pro but this p er ip a t ec ti c library was vofidehdias fceuwstbomooekrss, chiefly magazines, for the perusal discontinued, for the customers—l give the words of my informant -- " boned the books." When the young gentlemen conductors retired from their posts they were succeeded by persons hired by Mr. Shall beer and liberally paid, who were attired in a sort of velvet livery. Many week s h a d no t e l a p s ed before Mr. Shillibeer found a falli ng o ff i n his receipt`, although he ascertained that there was no falling off in the public support of his omnibuses. He obtained information, however, that the persons in his employ robbed him of at least 201. a week, retaining that sum out of the receipts of the two omnibuses, and that they bad boasted of- their cleverness and their lucra tive situations at a champagne supper at the York shire Stingo I This necessitated a change, which inner' Shillibeer a s expendedit was Mr. Shillibeer effected in hi s m en , but without pro secuting the offenders, and still it seemed that defal cations ceond i continued. That a T s h tr a i t ung they continued was so on shown, called. As an experiment, Mr. 3001. in the constr uc ti on o f a mac hine, fitted to the steps e r of pa a s n see te g m e r r i s ib , us, s wthheiychtrnshat a plate in enter ing record the num bering and leavi ng th e ve hi c l e , arranged on a simil ar principle The i to the nve t n el t l er t , ale A now of Wool s on our toll hr g wich, himself " worked " the o mnibus containing it for a fortnight, and it supplied a correct index of the number of passengers ' b u t at the fortnight's end, one evening after dark, the inventor was hustled aside while waiting at the Yorkshire Stingo, and i n a minute or two the machine was:smashed, by some un known men, with sledge hammers. Mr. Shillibeer then had recourse to the use of such clocks as were used in the French omnibuses as a check. It was publicly notified that it was the business of the con ductor to move the hand of the clock a given dis tance when a passenger entered the vehicle; but this plan did not avail. It is common in France for a passenger to inform the proprietor of any neglect on the part o f hi s se r v ant, but Mr. Shillibeer never re ceived any such intimation in London. In the mean time Mr. Shillibeer's success conti nued, for he insured punctuality and civility, and the cheapness, cleanliness, and smartness of his omnibuses were in most advantageous contrast with the high charges, dirt, dinginess, short stages." The short and the rudeness of the drivers of many of the " stage proprietors were loud in their railings against what they were P leased to describe as a French innovation. In the course of from six to nine months Mr. Shillibeer had twelve omnibuses at work. The new omnibuses ran from the Bank to Paddington, but by the rout e of H olborn and Oxford street as well as by Finsbury and the New-road. Mr. Shillibeer feels convinced that had he started fifty omnibuses, instead of two, in the first instance, a for tune might have been realised. In 1831-2 his om nibuses became gen eral in the great street thorough fares, and, as the short stages were run off the road, the proprietors started omnibuses in opposition to Mr. Shillibeer. The first omnibuses however, started after Mr. Shillibeer's were not in opposition. They were the Celedoniane, and were the property of Mr. Shillibeer's brother-in-law. The third started, which were two-horse vehicles, were foolishly enough called " Les Dames Blanches," but as the name gave rise to much low wit in equivoques, it was abandoned. The original omnibuses were called Shillibeers, from the name of their originator on the panels, and the name is still 'prevalent on those conveyances in New! York, which affords us another proof that not in his own country is a benefactor honoured, until perhaps his death makes honour as little worth as an epitaph. The opposition omnibuses, however, continued to increase as more - and more short stages were aban doned, and one oppositionist called his omnibuses Shillibeers, so that the real and the sham Shillibeers were known in the streets. The opposition became fiercer. The "busses," as they came to be called in a year or two, crossed' each other or raced, or 'drove their poles recklessly into the back of one another ; and accidents, and squabbles, and loitering grew so frequent, and the time of the police magistrates was so much occupied with " omnibus business," that in 1832 the matter was mentioned in Parliament as a nuisance requiring a remedy ; and in 1833 a Bill was brought in by the Government, and passed, for the " R.gulation of omnibuses (as well as other conveyances) in and near the metropolis." Two sessions after, Mr. Alderman Wood btought in a Bill for the better regulation of omnibuses, which was also passed, and one of the provisions of the Bill was that the drivers and conductors of omni buses should be licensed. The office of Re gistrar of Licenses was promised by a Noble Lord in office to Mr. Shillibeer (as I am in formed on good authority), but the appointment was given to the present-Commissioner of the City Police, and the office next to the principal was offered to Mr. Shillibeer, which that gentleman declined to accept. The reason assigned for not appointing him to the registrarship was, that he was connected with omnibuses. At the beginning of 1864 Mr. Shillibeei abandoned his metropolitan trade;. and commenced running omnibuses from London to Greenwich and Woolwich, employing 20 carriages an&l2o hories; but the increase of steamers and the openitg- of the Greenwich Railway in 1835 affected this trade so materially that Mr. Shillibeer fell into arrear with his payments to the Stamp-office, and seizures of his property, and re-seizures after money was paid, entailed such heavy expenses, arid such a hindrance to Mr. Shillibeer's business, that his failure ensued. I have been thus somewhat full in my details of Mr. Shillibeer's career, as his procedures are in truth the history of the transit of the metropolis as regards omnibuses. I conclude this portion of the subject with the following extracts from a Parliamentary paper, " Supplement to the Votes and Proceedings, Yeneris 7 0 die Julii, 1843," containing the " peti- tion of George Shillibeer." " That, in 1840, after several years of incessant ap plication, the Lords of the Treasury caused Mr. Gor don, their then financial secretary, to inquire into your petitioner's case, and so fully satisfied was that gentleman with the hardships and cruel wrongs which the department of Stamps and Taxes had inflicted upon your petitioner, that he (Mr. Gordon) promised, on behalf of the Lords of the Treasury, early redress should be granted to your petitioner, either by a Go vernment appointment adequate to the loss he had sustained, or pecuniary compensation for the injustice which, upon a thorough investigation of the facts, Mr. Gordon assured your petitioner he had fully estab lished to the satisfaction of the Lords of the Treasury " That in proof of the sincerity of Mr. Gordon, he in his then official capacity of Secretary to the said Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, applied in April, 1841, to the then beads of two Government departments—viz., the Marquis of Normanby and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, to appoint your pe titioner Inspector-General of Public Carriages,' or some appointment in the railway department at the Board of Trade; but these applications being unsuc cessful, Mr. Gordon applied for and obtained for your petitioner the promise of one of the twenty-five ap pointments of Receiver-General of County Courts (testimonials of your petitioner's fitness being at the Treasury), the Bill for establishing which was then in progress through Parliament. " That, shortly after your petitioner's claims had been admitted, and redress promised by the Lords of the Treasury, Mr. Gordon resigned his situation of secretary, and on the 6th May, 1841, your petitioner again saw Mr. Gordon, who assured your petitioner 'hat, but for the fact of the Miscellaneous Estimates being made 'up and paved for that year, your peti tioner's name should have been placed in them for a grant of five thousand pounds ; further observing that your petitioner's was a case of very great hardship and injustice, and assuring your petitioner that he (Mr. Gordon) would not quit the Treasury without stating to his successor that your petitioner's case was one of peculiar severity, and deserved immediate attention and redress." And so the matter remains virtually.—Chronicle. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANIES. Yesterday a summons, arising out of the differences between the South-Eastern and the Brighton Railway Companies, was appointed for hearing before the ma gistrates at Reigate, the result of which was looked for with much anxiety by the officers of both com panies. At the time appointed for the hearing of the case, two o'clock, the Rev. James Cecil Winter and Mr. Alexander Frazer, took their seats of the bench at the Town-hall, Reigate. The summons was in the shape of an information against James Whitehead, an engine -driver in the service of the Brighton Com pany, for having, on the 26th of last month, wilfully and negligently omitted to stop his engine at the Red bill Junction, and by such negligence had caused da mage to some carriages belonging to the South- Eastern Company. Captain Wynn, one of of the Government inspec tors of railroads, was present, to hear the proceedings. Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, Mr. Freeman, from the firm of the solicitors to the South-E astern Company, Mr. Church, his managing clerk, and the superinten dent of the traffic department on the South-Eastern line, were in attendance to support the information ; and a legal g entleman, whose name did not transpire, appeared on behalf of the Brighton Company. Mr. Ballantine, addressing the magistrates, said that immediately after the information had reached the directors of the South -Eastern Railway of a collision having taken place near the Red-hill Junction, by the defendant, who was in the employment of the Brighton Company, running into one of the goods trains, they at once caused a preliminary inquiry to be instituted, and the persons in charge of the train that had been injured and others were examined, and a certain conclusion was come to on the result of that examination and inquiry. lle (Mr. Ballantine) felt bound likewise to say, that he believed a similar in quiry had taken place on the part of the Brighton Company, but he was sorry to say, as the matter stood at present, that the conclusion arrived at by the two companies were not identically the same, and under such circumstances it was deemed proper, on the part of the company, that he (Mr. Ballantine) represented, to have the matter brought before a bench of magistrates, that it might be fully investi gated, the directors feeling that in which the bench would fully concur, that the public were very much interested in having a matter of this kind fully investigated, and that if any error should occur on the part of any servant belonging to either company, it should be discovered, and a proper punishment should follow. Acting upon this feeling it was that the directors of the South-Eastern Company felt it necessary to institute the present proceedings. He ( Sir. Ballantine) had looked carefully through the facts which it was his intention to place before the bench that day, but having had, since his arrival in Reigate, a conversation with a gentleman who re presented the Brighton line, and that gentleman hay ing met the matter in a perfect spirit of fairness, he was saved the trouble of going into that w hich would be a lengthened investigation. There was a gentleman present, he (Mr. Ballantine) believed a Government commissioner of railways, of great in telligence and experience, and to this gentleman it was arranged the matter in dispute would be re ferred, and by his report and decision in the matter both the companies would be very much benefited. The gentleman who attended on behalf of the Brighton Company concurred in much that had been said by the Learned Gentleman who had just ad dressed the court, and said he was sorry the South- Eastern Company should have felt it necessary to adopt the present, and other similar proceedings,when an offer had been made to them in the first instance of referring the whole matter to a Government commis sion of railways. Capt. Wynn said he was present in consequence of an application made by the Brighton Company to hear the proceedings, and report to the Comtnis sioners on them, and he had no objection to enter into the investigation as requested. The Rev. Mr. Winter concurred with the Learned Counsel that there could be no better means of satis fying the requirements of the public in this matter than by referring it to a gentleman who could bring to the inquiry considerable experience rind scientific knowledge. With respect to the proceedings adopted by the officers of the South-Eastern line, and which had been found fault with, he (Mr. Winter) consi dered that they took the only proper course to allay the public mini. The summons was then discharged. Three thousand labourers are now employed al Birkenhead Docks. [PRICE SD. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FATAL ACCIDENT TO REAR-ADMIRAL SIR J. MARSHALL, C. 8., K.C. ll.—We regret to state that intelligence has reached us of the death of Rear-Ad mini Sir John Marshall, Kt., K.C.H., from being thrown out of his carriage in some part of Wales. The gallant deceased was in the sixty-sixth year of his age, and had been in the navy half .a century. We have so recently given his services that it ia.un necessary to repeat them. It will be recollected that he was a distinguished officer, and that his last com mand was that of the Isis, 44, on the Cape station. By Sir John Marshall's dec:ase Captain Edward Coll er, C.B. (1814), becomes rear-admiral of the blue. This gallant officer has served afloat twenty seven years, and is in the sixty-eighth year of his age. Retired Captaiii Thomas Ball Sulivan, C.B. Oct., 1814) and David Scott (Oct., 1814), attain the rank of rear-admiral on the retired list, but without in crease of ply. The promotion of Captain Collier leaves Captain Price (1815), the Superintendent of Sheerness Dock yard, the senior captain on the list. Sir . William Symonds, C.B. (1827), comes within the 143. 6d. per diem half-pay list, and W. A. Ilerringham (1837), within the 12s. 6d. list. In addition to an appointment of Naval Aide-de- - Camp to the Queen, there is now a vacancy for a good-service pension at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Commander F. Beamont (1844), on the retired list of 1830, died a few days since at Cheltenham, aged 63. He was midshipman of the Ardent, at Copen hagen, in 1801, and was promoted in 1808. The Flamer steam-vessel, Com'mander Seymour, has been detained at Devonport from proceeding to the coast of Africa until the 4th instant. APPOINTMENTS. Commander—William P. Crozier (1847), to corn maw! the Wasp steam-sloop, commissioned this day at Woolwich, for service on the coast of Africa, and she will take out the mails of the Ist of November next to that station. Lieutenant—Sydney Wolridge (1848), to the Ex cellent gunnery ship, at Portsmouth. Midshipmen—A. C. Couher, to the Centaur flag ship, on the west coast of Africa ; James B. Grove, to the Hecate steam-sloop, at Portsmouth; James S. B. Fraser, to the Albion (90 guns), at Devonport ; and W. IL Shine, to the Hecate. Naval Cadets—S. F. Shore, to the Hecate; and Harrington C. Onslow, to the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth. Second Master—William 11. Fetch (1843), to be Acting Master of the Resistance troop-ship at Wool wich. Gunner—Gcorge Green, to the Astrtea store-ship at Falmouth. PROMOTIONS. Richard F. Moore, to be Acting Gunner; John Millar, to be Acting Boatswain. CHATHAM, OCT. I.—The Bonetta, 3-gun brigan tine, Lieutenant and Commander Frederick C. Forbes, from the coast of Africa, was paid off this day into ordinary. On board this ship is an African Princess, who was made a present to the commander. She is between seven and eight years of age. She sings prettily, and her voice is very good for a child of her years. The Queen has been written to concerning this young lady, and her Majesty has 'directed the commander to bring her to London. Nine privates of the Royal Marines from this ship, joined the head quarters of this division this day. The corporal John Stewart, belonging to the detachment, died on the passage home • and 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 1 drummer, with 10 privates, Royal Marines, from the Albatross, 12 guns, paid off, also joined this division. Two privates from the same ship proceeded to Ports mouth, and two privates to Plymouth division. THE EMIGRANT SHIP HARPLEY. (From the Shipping Gazette.) Some concern has been evinced in the City to-day by the appearance in the Times of this morning of the following statement, which was pieked.up in a bottle off Hope Cove, near the Bolt Head, on Sunday last : " We, the passengers and crew of the ship Harpley, bound for Australia, enclose this paper to inform our friends that we are half starved on a raft, having drunk the contents of this bottle, the only thing we have drunk fur 24 hours. " The vessel sprang a leak, and foundered Sep tember 24, 1850. "COURTENAY FOWELL." Our agent at Salcom be has forwarded to us the original paper, of which the Times must have received a copy. The statement is written upon a leaf torn from a copy-book, and is addressed " To the Editor of the Times." The writer, Courtenay Fowell, was a passenger on board the Harpley when she left Ply mouth, and we have ascertained that the signature to the statement is the genuine signature of Fowell. Still we agree with our agent, who has forwarded the paper : he " very much doubts the truth of it ;" in deed, we do not believe a word of it. The following letter on the subject is from the char terers of the ship:— "TO THE EDITOR OF THE SHIPPING AND MERCAN TILE GAZETTE. " Sir,—We notice in the Times paper of this day's date a communication from Mr. W. T. Smith, C. 0., enclosing an extract from a bottle picked up by one, of the boat's crew connected with the coast-guard station, and as the report in question is calculated to engender considerable alarm among the friends of the 120 passengers on board the Harpley, we have to request the favour of your inserting our reasons for believing such report to be wholly false. " The Harpley did not leave Plymouth until the 23d ult., on which day, at noon, Mr. Mallet, one of the charterers, saw her under canvass, with light westerly winds ; she could not, therefore, have been so far at sea on the '24th as to have foundered without some signs of the wreck or boats reaching the shore, none of which have yet come to hand, upwards of seven days ago. It is not probable that a raft could have been constructed in so short a time as that given from the ship first springing a leak, and the passengers having been on board such a raft for twenty-four hours. Nor is it very probable that, in the confusion and distress attendant upon such a catastrophe, paper and materials for writing could have been at hand. " The document itself, although in the name of We, the passengers and crew of the ship Harpley,' is not certified either by the captain or the officer of the ship ; is signed Courtenay Fowell,' a passenger possibly addicted to intemperate habits, and who, it is probable, when under the influence of intemper ance may have penned this document, which by ex traordinary means has found its way there thus early. "The Harpley is nearly new, had just come out of dock, and undergone strict examination by the sur veyors, and is, in all respects, a sound and seaworthy vessel. We may add that, with ourselves, the Secre tary at Lloyd's believes the whole matter to be a base fabrication, but we deem it our duty to the friends of passengers to give thus early our opinions as to the truth of the report in question. " We are, Sir, your obedient servants, " florcnKlN and Moßus, Co. Charterers. "3, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street, Oct. 1, 1850." The owner of the Harpley has also written to us on the subject, and confirms the foregoing state ment : TO TUE EDITOR OF THE SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE. Sir, —Observing a letter in this morning's Times, stating that a bottle had been picked up at Kings bridge enclosing a letter from one of the passengers of the Harpley, in which it was stated that that vessel had foundered on the 24th ult., I beg to state, I proceeded round to Plymouth in that vessel from London, and that I left her at eleven A.M., on the 23d, outside the Rame Head, with a very light breeze at S.E., and during the whole of that night and the next day the wind was light, and easterly ; she could not have proceeded more than from sixty to seventy miles, and if, as stated, the passengers and crew had been on a raft, they must have been seen by the numerous outward and homeward vessels passing in the track, and picked up by some of them. "I am now proceeding to Plymouth, and shall hire a steamer, after making due inquiry, if necessary. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " T. B. MALLET. "4, Castle-court, Birchin-lane, Oct. 1, 1850." THE RIVER PLATE. -~ = T 4:-e , c hair. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—By the May, Captain Millard, we have advices from Buenos Ayres to the 3d of August. The papers announce the ratification of the treaty negotiated by Mr. Southern. A severe hurricane had been experienced at Buenos Ayres and its vicinity, causing much damage to the shipping and to property in the town. The French brig Lamtnenais, ready to sail for Havre, parted her anchors and came in contact with the French barque Nouveau ProvenAl, losing topmasts, rudder, and boats, and having her stern stove in. She afterwards went on shore at the north of the Mini, and was con demned. The Nouveau Provencal by the collision lost topmast, boats, and anchors, and drove on shore at the Alra Viej a, being likewise condemned. The French . barque Zillia sailed from Buenos Ayres for Havre on the 18th of July, and was wrecked on the 21st on the Palena Rock, not far from tr 2 21' • • 5.4 .Monte Video. A steamer had been - sent to \O4 - • shtance. The British vessels in port were more &ta n t e . . The Gauntlet parted three chain cables, and ran beiturekl.,Vii .If the wind to about 10 miles above Martin Garcia. She. .. o returned to Buenos Ayres on the 24th. The Alex ander Robertson, laden with guano, dragged her anchors,. but brought up in safety ; the Archimedes rode out the gale • the Hibbert lost one man and a boat ; the Clemanthe lost a boat ; and the Mercurius went on shore, and was dismasted. Our mercantile advices are devoid of interest. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. IRISH SOUTH-EASTERN. The half yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Dublin ; Mr. J. E. Redmond in du) The report stated that the directors have given no tice to the itlilway Commissioners that the line to K.ikerny, will he t•pen for public traffic on the 28th of October. The line could have been opened in Sep tember were it not for some difficulty in settling with the Waterford and Kilkenny Company as to thq sta tion arrangements at Kilkenny, and other matters of importance to this company, which rendered it neces• nary to refer the points of difference to arbitration. These matters are now :adjusted, and although the award is higher than was anticipated, yet the board are of opinion that it is for the interest of the com pany to have the question settled. The application to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners for a. advance of 35,000/. to complete the line has been acceded to, and as arrangcmet , ts with the Waterford and Kil kenny Company are now concluded, the first instal ment may be expected immediately. Negotia tions for working the line between Carlow and Kilkenni , are at present pending, an d it is hoped that a satisfactory arrangement will be come to, so as to limit the working ex e penses to the smallest amount corsiste,nt with efficiency. As the several contracts for works are now nearly completed, the board will be enabled to direct their attention to closing the capital account, and will use their best exertions to do so before the next half-yearly meeting. It is recommended that interest to the Ist of September at the rate of '4 per cent. per annum be paid on all shares not then in arrear of calls. The accounts to the 30th of June last showed that 182,7941. had been received, includ ing 5,9751. from traffic on the line, and 179,6561. ex pended, including 6,813/ for the traffic department, leaving a balance at the bankers' of 3,1381. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report and ac counts were adopted. A short discussion ensued, in the course of which the engineer's report on the state of the works was read and adopted ; and, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. WATERFORD, - WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DUBLIN. —lt appears that a requisition is in course t.f signa ture by the registered shareholders for a dissolution of the company, in consequence of the directors hay log intimated to Messrs. Lewis and Nash, who are acting for the dissentient shareholders, that on receipt of a requisition signed by a majority of the share holders they will consent to the winding up of the company's affairs. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT.—An in teresting event, as regards this "omnibus" railway took place yesterday in the opening of the through line to Liverpool. Hitherto much inconvenience to the public has been caused in consequence of theline being only opened between Waterloo and Southport, the former place being six miles from Liverpool. Omnibuses have bad to convey the passengers be tween Liverpool and Waterloo; but the opening of the line throughout does away with this inconvenience to the public. The line having been inspected by the Government officer, was formally opened by the di rectors on Saturday last, and found to be in every respect ready for traffic. In order to avoid the enor mous expense which would necessarily have been incurred by making an independent entrance into Liverpool, the directors at the time they obtained their Act of Parliament en tered into an arrangement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company to run into their line about. three miles from Liverpool, and also to make use of their station near the Exchange. This has been fully carried out, and the trains this morning started from the station already named. Terms have been agreed upon with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company to work the line, finding both carriages and locomotive power, and this morning the latter named company's engines and carriages traversed the line. A valua tion of the carriages, engines, &c., belonging to the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Company is imme diately to be made, after which they will be handed over to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company in pursuance of the terms of the agreement. The open ing of this line is considered of the greatest import ance to the immense number of Liverpool merchants and others who reside out at Bootle, Seaforth, Wa terloo, and other places on the banks of the Mersey. IRISH SOUTH-EASTERN.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in Dublin on Saturday. The report stated that the line would be open for traffic on the 28th October. The application to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners for an advance of 35,000/. to aid the completion of the line had been acceded to, and as the arrangements with the Water ford and Kilkenny Company were now concluded, the first instalment might be expected immediately. The report recommended that interest to the Ist of September instant, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, be paid on all shares not then in arrear. A statement of accounts was then submitted, after which the report was agreed to, and the meeting separated. GLASGOW TERMINUS AND HARBOUR.—This pang held their half-yearly meeting at Glasgow on Friday. Much allusion was made to the Caledonian Company ; and, in the course of the discussion, the chairman mentioeed that neither the line, nor the Act under which it was made, bad been handed over to the Caledonian, whilst they had received 47,0001. out of the 107,0001. which was to be its price. The report, which recommended that " a part of the in terest accruing on the profit of land sold should again be devoted to the payment of a dividend for the cur rent half-year, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, payable on the 11th of November next," was agreed to. GLASGOW, BARRHEAD, AND NEILSTON.-011 Fri day the proprietors of this line held their half-yearly meeting, when they adopted the report presented by the directors. This document stated that the directors had resolved " that the most energetic measures should be adopted for enforcing payment of the stipulated rent, and for fulfilment of the various obligations rest ing on the Caledonian Company under the Ltasing Act, and they have given directions for these being immediately proceeded with. They have been ad vised by counsel, and are themselves satisfied that these claims must be met and provided for by the Ca ledonian Company, and that that company has the means of doing so, and that any opposition they may offer thereto is untenable at law, and in direct oppo sition to the engagements and arrangements formally and deliberately entered into by the two companies. and sanctioned by express Parliamentary enactments, Your directors have, therefore, no fears in regard to the result." STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE.—At the half-yearly meeting of this company, which was held at Glasgow on Friday, the directors' report, which has already been published, was agreed to after considerable de bate. The agreement entered into with the Edin burgh and Northern Company for working the line was confirmed; and the directors were authorised to make a call during the winter if such should be ne cessary for completing the line. NEW RAILWAY SIGNAL.—OH the 23d ult. a trial, regarded as successful, was made on the Caledonian Railway, of a new signal for enabling passengers and guards in a train to communicate with the engine driver. The mechanism of the signal and modes of operation are thus described :—Over a series of pul leys, centered in pillars fixed to the roofs of carriages, was passed a wire attached to the engine steam whis• tle, and extended to the guard's seat at the end of the train, while branch wires communicated with each of the passengers' compartments. The inventor took his position at the guard's seat, and several scientific gentlemen occupied the compartments. The result was most satisfactory—the connexion most complete; every pull at the wire brought forth an answering whistle from the engine. The inventor is Mr. Cop ling, one of the directors of the Caledonian Railway Company.—Edinburgh Post. THE PRINTERS' PENSION SOClETY.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the committee of management, and other friends and supporters of the above laudable institution, for the relief of aged and infirm printers and their widows, was held at the London Tavern, for general bu , iness. The report (being the 23d of the society's existence) for the past year of the general state and progress of the society's affairs, showed that no retrograde movement had taken place during that period. The funded property at the date of the last audit amounted to 5,5121. 175.3 d., with the Commisioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, produced an annual in once of 207/. 6s. 10d. The amount paid to pensioners last year was 55e1. 163. The income from all sources etas 9101. 188. 2d., and the expenditure 807/. 6s. Since the in stitution was founded (independent of the present number of pensioners) 1.13 persons bad received its benefit. The repo rt concluded with an appeal for support , it being presum e d sufficient inducement had been held for th to point out the absolute necessity for unceasing e xertion on the society'. behalf. RAMSGATE. —Yesterday the newdizaumreosrn,atleattciaomnes operation,the of into tru s trustees of odf the rßedoyucaeld.lrlaartbesouargroefe 13 a a special meeting held on the 9th ultimo were levied on vessels enter ing the .rbour, in lieu of those heretoforet collected. .The following are the rates payable under he present regulations, viz. :—The reduced rate of 2d. per ton on British and on foreign privileged vessels of 20 tons and not exceeding 300 tons burthen is further reduced to lid. per ton; the reduced rate of 4d. per ton on foreign unprivileged vessels of 20 tons and not exceeding 300 tons is further reduced to 3d. per ton ; andth the reduced rate an of abatement per ch a o l f d r s o o n p o e n rc coals ,en t isfr front farther re duced reduced to id , per ton. The f orego i ng. w i t h t h e f ormer re duction,original rates. /,~