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UNITED STATES EMIGRATION SOCIETY. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. T. LA.MIE MURRAY, Esq., Cha'rman. Wallop Braba.son, Esq. Maurice O'Connell, Esq.. M.P. Charles George Fairfield, Esq. 31. Charles Maher, Esq. Anthony O'Flithe.iy, Esq., M.P. Edmond S. Symes, Esq. T. Colley Grattan, Esq. Col. CI C. Kemys Tynto, ALP. • Valentine Maher, Big , M.P. Clement Tabor, F-5(1. MEDICAL BOARD. E. S. Symes, Esq., R. F. Power, Esq. " The Association agrees beforehand to sell at COST PRICE, adding Merely the re t o a commission." —(See Prospectus.) N ORTH-EASTERN TEXAS HOPKINS COUNTY, consisting of 160 .000 acres, in one block, for the most part prairie, abounding in rivers and springs. .Recent and authentic information received from the Society's • Pk proves that no other state offers such decided advantages to Emigrant, with a small or large ca,ital, either in respect to the Salubrity of climate, health, and temperature, soil, growth and "MetY of produce and markets (see Dr. Smith's recent travels and Work on North-Eastern Texas, price 25.) The Society contracts with the Emigrant to defray, for a fixed (as below, varying with the number of acres and the number In ' .n. . f anaily) the cost of a free passage to their lands ; stock, seed, and :Nernents ; six months' provision after arrival, a house, and a eebold of eighty acres of the finest laud. The above for the sum of For each additional male, with implements, &c l3 10 0 For each additional female - - - 12 0 0 For each additional child under 12 years - 0 0 If less land is reqalred the cost proportionally reduced. The Society is in a position, from its extended connexions, to ugerlands and farms in nearly all the other states of the Union. Ev ery Information, with map and plan of settlement, description Of IT urth-Eastern Texa', &e., may be obtained (gratis) from the Agents of the Society, or on application to the 'ecrctary. ~„The first ship with emigrants will sail about the mid.lle of Feb . 'marY, and every succeeding month. Each application registered rdlng to priority. 41,Ptilicationa for Agents to the Scdoty mast be accompanied by et°,o nces. Royal Exchange-banding.. D. BTRNE, secretary, OFFICE OF ORDNANCE. January 3, 1850. ti : t l , b ° Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give b e Ace. that they are ready to DIAPOSE OF, to such persons as may a n r Hug to tender for the came, a quantity of Old Iron (ions, Shot, h &b ells, Sandshot, &c., in Store, at the Royal Arsenal, at Wool apst,. Which have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed, upon 4 ic atien to the Storekeeper, at that place any day (Sundays ex , ed) previous to the day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders. I.7Leittalogu e of the several Lots may be obtained by persons willing p pi 7e o ine purchasers, at the Storekeeper's Office, Woolwich ; at the 1y,,' ,1 1 3 111 Storekeeper's Office at the Tower ; and at the Secretary's p ' ! I n Pall-mall ; where the Tenders for the whole, or any number . " 4 said Lots, are to be delivered on or before the 28th instant. By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, Secretary. • LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, Office, Euston Station, 12th January, 1556. g to t settee is hereby g i ven, t h at th e B oo k s i n w hi c h the Transfer of k iln and Shares of this Company are registered will be CLOSED 18 50 t!ONnev, the 23th January, to FRIDAY, the 22d February, wand that all Transfer Deeds for Registration must be 0 !tett in this office. on or before the 23th January, to entitle Prietors to the forthcoming Dividend. By order, IT. BOOTH, CHAS. E. STEWART, / Secretaries. AN ELIGIBLE OPPORTUNITY for any l'iti nv Ynemployed Gentleman, not an Artist, but who is fond of P ou „,'," 3 2', and has a little knowledge of Drawing, with Four Hundred k rn T at his command, to succeed to a lucrative and pleasing tignnent in th e coun t ry, b y w hi c h the advertiser has realized qq'`ell'andred a year for ten years, and which he has now relin refere,,' for very satisfactory reasons, which will be explained, and A,'ee of the highest respectability will be given and required. Ode bY letter to A. C., at Mr. Thomas's Universal Advertizing -,..........!.... 4 2LCatherine-street, Strand, London. R. BUCKINGHAM'S SCOTTISH TOUR 1, 1110, h WM terminate at Dalkeith on tho 25th of January, after 4 4stit ui l e will have to fulfil engagements to Lecture at the Literary 4 teri l l:" 3 of Carlisle, Preston, Liverpool, Bristol, and Newport, o ,llth b .,"g to London on the 16th of March. He will, therefore, be that , 41, Y Professional engagement, in or near the metropolis, from ecn i t i r n ` r od to the end of June, when he will probably visit the ctn. 11 GYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. usleal Director and Condactor, M. LAURENT, Jun. 4 0to — A CADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is Foxe ° PEN . - for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, ~tiori,4nd Pranconi. ern ''S of Private Tuition apply at the office.--Tams of Sub- Oq e ,oenllfor morning and evening practice mo p ths, 5/. 55.; witil lfernbi l e , 11. Is.; one eveaing, Is. Subscribers tickets not Atria . termill open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight nate at Half-past Eleven precisely. N A TIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhlll, London. Capital X 500,000. tits I Empowered by Act of Parliament. int h reBnattution embraces important and substantial advantages ?oh, ' Peet to Life A ssurances an d D e f erre d A nnu ti es . sto, fe es issued by this Society have a twofold advantage i—provi ,4*ldittbine family of the Asured, and an augmentin: pecuniary r esource to himself, s if needful, whilel lying. The Assured ZLoceasioes. the power to borrow, without expense, or for ""ne Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. Th e DIVISION OF PROFITS. et t h continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors 1 4t1A 4n nilal Meeting held on the 10th of May, 1848, to . declare a °l t es e —nus, YarYing from 27 to 63 per cent. on the Premiums paid h Yr. -..cY effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perma- Stint tke ' , 3 Annual Policy Bonus in vent Re- Assured ti Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor miuma. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premium. Policy. • 2 s. 4. # s d. s. d. s. d. 1837 276 14 3,128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10,115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 4, £ s.d. 1839 226 6 0 . 102 15 116 2 9 494 SlO 1 ° 0 074 a 4 1840 178 0 0! 82 14 2 12 14 11 445 0 0 1841 174 0 0; 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 65 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1843 9, 14 41 44 8 4 615 11 296 13 4 J 1844 62 6 81 27 13 4 4 4 0,147 4 5 • )1 J t DEFERRED ANNUITIES. .._ktferd to be ?Peration of the earns principles, the Society is enabled to Publle a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta- ZNti o , ',. 4, 4 11 v Y hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con ery small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se onafortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, w W l l !st . large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his at 1:! Wing DY giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of reitur two thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk sh o -Itipi e from inability to continue premiums, besides affording 114:1 14 til s " ." "ree during sickness and want of employment ; and fill of hiPlirchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two founnutYMents will be returned to his representatives. 4;7 lrhij h ".ng Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan bah th is t he Judicious c application of a small saving ca n secure I ' k tv4. BENEFITS 14 2 1 : M b attaining the age of ' t4 nual Premium of kiniuty. 1 101 , , wpi—nnuities are also granted by the Society on liberal . 11 B th t ati... be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, amount of annuity upon every 1001. deposited : 7 L !N a l I Age 60, .£9 14s. 3d. I 'torC r any 0, •",e its port, with Tables of Rates, /cc.. may be had at the tra m Branches hi the Country ; or, on application, will Post free. IL PREMIUMS To secure on attstin- AnnuityXlo 10 0 Ing the age Cash .. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of d • 194 11 0 221 0 0 115 g co a Payable Payable' Payable oAnnu- ; in one ,for $- ally. ; sum. parity. .41= Cash. Policy. s. d. 466 0 0 1261 0 0 136 6 0 20 30 40 I .£ s. d. £ s. d. X e. d. 0 10 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 19 616 7 1 7 3 11 1 17 327 3 11 19 4 10 W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary, • 4„ LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, tit tie, 11 , 1 s h ere , rlet-street, January 11, 1850. 04 Llf gtven, that a General Meeting of the Proprietors Alt treet A ssurance Society will be held at the Society's Oftice, t ondo i tve SATURDAY, the 2d day of February next, at 4 'ry 4r . erm n o clock in the Forenoon precisely, pursuant to the t t 4 ,the Society ' s Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of re- SZt alsi"'„,"r's Anneal Report of the Accounts of the Society `rtist. "cemb , r hst, and fur genetal purposes, and also to eta, the ro o m of the Honourable Mr. Justice Coltman, nY order of the Directors, LIIII• em„ WILLIAM S. DOWN I k ES p , re A oi c s t e u ly ar . y. t . 4pid.ess will commence at Twelve , o r 'e.Oc_ , w .., . PAID 44 irtts_rtitle'4loll4l the Capita c l i S T t i o i c re k e fo d r ai t l h y e ( v o . esd l e ei y t 9 t iliee excepted), on b k ' h e G t L p o ru T n e e n xt a . n P 4111:1 2 .4111t 14 kA.„....__ T 0 - THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH ki tt t ... l %. - " Lu lt-ITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON 4 tib islied I° De, : "d may be had in French or English, in a Sealed AAs, 41. 6 d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two t 1 ., tl it.. l tecli,', - PRESERVATION; a Sektetr--. Tre t* h fology t ki ), t i rl ., a Ise on the rTs of Marriage, and on a,. " r illitles and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, le t tii) , Mired of life, which enervate 6,114..51em a .... at an early period . and n. g , ental powers, diminish and enfeeble the the natural with Practical loh tt ilat ten 4 eXhaust the vital energies t 1.1 0 4 .1 Sriph., ° 2 t he Treatment of Nev o o f us M D a e n b h il o i c i ' and Indigestion, the influence of R tp t i t lek r ellititpona these causes, close study, A11104.e, ana l ' Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, ,Iti7 l o.lsy With Diseases and Derangements resulting tte from India ill illustrating the .wee,„-. Ph.,„,,„, ortY coloured Engravings, kriti . ti l t th e y r ,,, s i t o nt gY e , tu ln e d s, Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, 'llo e. are pr y uses, and ftmctions, and the various .„._ cell in them by solitary habits, excesses, and bott,, tr, b " 1 SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., te litiZ r k ,, ,'nFOßD-SQUARE. LONDON. ett h LleZ,etne. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin ,V Lo on of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member Nlat.._lpoy.c"4 ne seltal Medical Society, Bee. k,Vioruntayiensioi sus a o c f cu t r i a e te and complete account of tke , so sec -sPpens that Re roductive Organs. It nn- 1 tinice, I 'lelee e at the unhappy p victim of excessive indul ti..-.., to. , habits,Nivrias, while suffering from their_ in e v elitt aria ed ble ph co ye n i. - 0541: re ef, ...LI entertains a fear of applying to a O l it,. iLeat ert - . ,' __S.hame and the dread so frequently, bat erre -04 l is . re stri 7:ico that these complaints are ' beyond the reach of a ‘ .6 him and prevent his seeking or assistance where iizelt ith , .: (; ti I ) , ~,, Otle: q _ nee r .,,"°?.'MEßT has taken the highest Sand the great extent of his itt, Jet „ 1 . 1 ... as his diplomas testify, an re _ , onal expert . 11...g1e.h b . ;,73' Years is a gitarantee for his p foul ' '. h t b iti,,,, , r eference almost solely to the treatment of these 16:44 • ism i.75t , re0ner.....11 Author, and may be had of Kent ri and ri ß e i h c ieo har m d e s : 13 1 . 1 442 11 41 1 , 4 7' . W_ . 1 . Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; r Sta n , • A rst, Z ;, Igni,i'n:: Morn, 39, Cornh f ill loGrtoy-dotwe, stamps, Rom fr den on i "tesidene e. rl37fre n e ed b to y rr a se t ua o re r London. • 1)/1 1:111"- ate ,_ T HIRTY-FIRST EDITION. k -- z h tk i c ,26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. tit k 'IT? A'' IS QUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA. pli . q.. to liti oa. 4 7:,:eiaIMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ' 2B. 6d., or t t lA ki from tit gs 6 ta l lslf e lls . e j r7,, t 3 p s u . b 6d. in po ' P s tage stamps. ttl eil tli e I -I`lT FRIE s ND, a • Medical Work on In tli 4 ilia 4lr laitte q h ,.. r t ,,. -ta,„.,.._ a and decay of the generative system, fromex litl,Qtrk473l I nfection, and the inordinate use of mercury, It Wea. ni "age, and the means of obviating certain 01L5... li Ito . „im n s atrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. BY H. and I k244 -° t, Lehd,;.°., Consulting Surgeons, le, Berners-street, Ox- .4.21:1L0ter..n• Published by the Authors: seld by Strange, 11411 0tp._ 41/0,,,_•-w nanitay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-straet ; %,4,‘,-.,t. —vmme-street Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden '`‘ei "teat ' . , 5 10 . o f 4 ,,._ hq,, k 't li 4 t ill anatomy anntoray and physiology of the re-productive , I kp, 4l , ~,,,.14.4 ta ated by Six Coloured Engravings. 11 b odir t heir la the consequences resulting from excessive indul- N montable effects on the system, prodncing mental the k ar il l bY Tk a s. nervous excitement. and generative neapacity. IV% . tltMle 11PlanaWrY Engravings. 'ther in kti tr:P,.. or ,2 f . .th_ o diseases resulting from infe i ction, e . , etla' 4 !eit, ~.orY form, and contains explicit direc inns or 4 , 4 r 1 1 4 . . - u. section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured t ift/i t tik ' Mai.. t tr i. ",' ,4l , t4 t ii tte Pp po e eat a t , E ;rescription for the Prevention of Divas , e . by which the danger of infaction las, -, eb vy. ce. ""'"‘ Part of the Work should no eSet,o the tii; 6l .‘ Th e 4 de .f.., ~,:nsi, cm: l / 4i — , to the consideration of marriage, and its l aiatie k le t h Nett crilputProdactive anion are also considered, and htegree t , 4 3. /1 4/. .. e anY and philosophically inqa.red into. ter r ;s l . ~ ,Zand :,°! STaLtenst is exciash-lly employed in treat te„etly, t .:ne e t ,,,... ..... oebility, impotence, ic., le. and 335. per p4,queDtparti.ltlnt!..4 Dktersi te Essence, as anti-syphilitic et.t.,.i Par s ur: a r rett us ir case( ofinfectiou, secondary eymp e r e ,,zgrip g , , eif me:cury, 1 la; awl 335. per bottle. ept w of tb;"ed, Y for 10 ' . " °Jabs, 2s. 9(1., 4s. 6d., an 1 I Is. per box. a 1 4 „`I se 'th ee 'ladder. . o a. stricture and chronic meets'inflamma -00 Veav I, ..,ensaltation fee, if by loft tr., IL A minute WWI, id,,,T u 'ed : age, habits, and p)sition in society. u % i i ..l. h eal 1,1 ee, to be had at the Erablishmaet only, by Litt Is g ia . 'avect mews. Perry, S ' ar %0n., -, , are in atsen ' .1 ag t i ,„. - —.moat, Oxford-strossf ° London from Els '''. 11l 41611 ii S ftgarli ticial ifilelolll,9 Ole , ___ i m w... 4 l47 / • .i. -- I . ''' 7(, r °4ll4lll*f. . •>!,:, Z: 44 He;.(• ,10 1-111. .. k '' . 4 1 •1 ' •:5 :7 ' (1 7 - .• ' •• • •• 14 ..- -• ---k\ - 1.-4-9- / 5 -' 7 3. . • ,'''.--&-. ': 7 4.e7-*: _it,--.:5 ,c:••1;:k. k •..1... t•- . •k''Ot‘' ' • --'. ••• 2.•• '' .-s .' y , 4.. k,:..;„ ki.-„,!-1 5.., , ,-, k pe , ' . , fai,4, .-..0 4 4 h 4 ( • ri,;, Ji , - , 0.,,.,, I ti t* , /1,. :•-k,,,.0 C •Z '.4 • 4'; . El'? 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In consequence of the Inclement state of the weather, the Central Asylum was opened on the Evening or the 81st of December. The appliviuts have been :IS follows : Men, Women. Chihlren Total Lodgings Rations of Bread 1,364 4,899 12,445 Subscriptions since At the Committee Itoom. Jahez Jackson. EFq. ..£3 0 0 J. Bradbury, Esq. . . 1 1 Oi 3lcssrs. Jacob Wrench those last reported. ,Frederick Squire, Esq. .f 3 3 0 Mrs. W. Archer . 1 1 3 At Sir J. IT. Lubbock and Co's. Miss C. Wheler, per Glyn and ions . . . 2 2 0 James Lyon, Esq. . 1 0 0 T. S. Seager, Esq. . . 1 0 0 William Drysdale, Esq. . 5 0 0 E. P. . . . . 0 10 0 J. L. If. 5 0 0 Humanitas . . 2 2 0 John 11opkMson, Esq. . 1 1 0 Joseph Gandar, Esq. . 2 2 0 Rev. Win. Deey . . 1 1 0 and Co. . . . 1 1 0 R. W. F. Stevenson, Esq. 5 b 0 Messrs. J. Watson, Sets and Co. . , . 10 10 0 1). J. 11. M. . . Octavius Wigram, Esq 5 0 0 r. T., from Mrs. Isabella Troyer C. S. N. Mrs. Elizabeth Taber . 1 0 0 Themes Hudson, Esq. . 1 1 0 The Rev. A. H. Douglas 5 0 0 Mrs. A. H. Dougl..s . 0 0 Thomas Ponton, Esq. . 3 0 0 .... 1 1 0 Thomas Ridgway. Esq. . 5 5 01 J. E. . 2 2 01 The Bishop of Peterbo- rough . . . . 5 0 0 T. P. Warren, Esq. . 2 2 0 Thos. Johnson, Esq. . 2 0 0 Ohm. Kelsall, Esq. . . 5 5 0 Jas. Strachan, Esq.. . 1 1 0 B. Oliveira, Esq. . . 3 3 0 J. J. S. . . . . 2 2 0 Bobt. Main, Esq , per Wm. Edwards, Esq. . 5 0 0 Wm. Smith, Esq. . . 3 0 0 Miss Smith • . . 2 0 0 Brickwell, Esq. . . 1 1 0 Miss M. J. Player . . 1 1 0 Anthy. 3lottley, Esq. . 010 0 THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLXXI., is published This Day. CONTENTS: I. Natural History of Mall. 11. Clergy Relief Bill. 111. Agriculture—Draining. IV. Memoirs of Lord Cloncurry and Mr. John O'Connell. T. Free Trade. VI. Venice. VII. Lord Clarendon and the Orange Institution. John Murray, Albemarle-street. Price One Shilling, bound, OLIVER GOLDSMITH, a Biography. . By WASHINGTON IRVING. Forming the First Volume of the POPULAR LIBRARY. Also just ready (forming vol. 2), price One Shilling, REPRESENTATIVE MEN. By R. W. EMERSON. London : Geo. Routledge and Co., Soho-square ; and all Booksellers. This day Is published, in Bvo., price 55., A LETTER to the QUEEN on a late COURT-MARTIAL. By SAMUEL WARREN, Esq., F.R.S., Barrister-at-Law. Win. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London ; and Wm. Banning and Co., London. Sold by all Booksellers. 1 1 HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STEEET. The First of a Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Bachhoffner, on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, daily at Two o'clock, and In the Evenings, at Eight.—Au entirely new SO of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, with a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Ualf-past Four, and in the Even ings at a Quarter to Ten.—Tho Views of Rome, including new Views of the Interior and Exterior of St Peter's, with Dioramic ef fects, are shown daily, at One o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant experiments, by Mr. Ashley.--Experiments with the Diver and Diving-bell.—New Exhibition of ChrotnatroPes.—The Ma chinery, Models, &c., explained. Admission. ts.—Sehools, Tlalf-price. 'NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain remedy to all who suffer from indigestion, sick headache, bilious and liver Com plaints, heartburn, and acidity or the stomach, depressed spirits, dis turbed sleep, violent palpitations, spasms, general debility, costive ness, &c. They act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient ; aro mild in their operation, safe under any dreumstauces, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from their use. Sold hi Bottles at Is. l 3 d., 2s. 9d., and Ils. each, in every Town In the Kingdom. CAurtoai—Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase an imitation. nREDGE'S HEAL-ALL ; or Celebrated Em is.brocation, has long been known throughout the West of Eng land, as the most efficacious Remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Paine in the Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and Paralytic Affections, Face-acb, Sprains and Bruises, Barns and Scalds, Spasms and Cramp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frozen Limb., Chilblains be• fore they are broken. It is likewise an infallible cure for that dan gerous disorder the Quinsey or Sore Throat, in whi:h it was never known to fail after a few hours applicatian. Observe—That none can be Genuine unless the Stamp affixed to each bottle contains the name and address of Barclay and Sons, No. 95, Farringdon-street. who have purchased the property In this valuable article from the executors of the inventor, William Dredge, late of Wisbford. Wilts. Retail price, Is. 13441. and 2s. 9d. per bot tle; and sold retail by all respectable Medicine 'Vendors in Town and Country. A I A G E. 1 .4 One half the wend are desolately single, and the other eitpposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret nn emprosieg harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, end broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness 4nd social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set dement. Honour and justicedensand that health shouldfbrm an item m the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er meglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yea, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little idEMOIRS On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining these. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but far the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or ,ogether, are a disgrace to the ago. Furthermore, two other tittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by cost Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Mretd," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere Ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's !ifs who owes his present existence, health, and position to this eb servAnce of the maxims ho would inculcate—to do unto others as ho worts lee done unto--to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, 89, Cornhill ; Spokes, 5, Holborn-hill ; or direct (by post or other wi.e) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings mid eveninetal. le. Are•vll-plaee Regent-street; and all Booksellers FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 15, 1850. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Samuel Chapman and Sidney Stephen, Esq., to be Judges of the Supreme Court of the colony of New Zealand. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Joseph Michael O'Neill, Esq., to be her Majesty's Advocate for the colony of Sierra one. Her Majesty has farther been pleased to appoint Algernon Montagu, Esq., to be Stipendiary Magistrate fur her Majesty's settlements in the Falkland Islands. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 14. The following promotions have this day taken place consequent on the death of Admiral of the Blue, Alex ander Wilmot Schomberg:— __. Vice-Admiral of the Red, James Carthow, to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White, John Wight, to bo Vice- Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue, Richard Thomas, to be Vice- Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red, Sir Thomas John Cochrane, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral cf the White, James Siurray Gordon, to be Rear-Admiral cf the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Peter John Douglas, to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart. G.C.8., K C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Retired Captai❑ the Right Hon. Kendal Lord Somer ville has olio been promoted to be a Retired Rear-Ad miral on the terms Etated in the London Gazette of the lit of Sept., 1846, but without increase of pay. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. Francis Pitney Brouncker Martin, Esq., to be Deputy- Liewenant, Jan. 9. J. Williams, Hampstead-road, builder, Is. 4d., any I Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. A. Aikins, Finsbury-square, merchant, a further divi dend of ed., towards the first and second dividend of 9d. and 74, on any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. G. Uffsrd, Islington, common-brewer, 114., on any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. A. Whi.e Bishopwearmouth, Durham, shipowner and merchant, 7d , on Saturday, Jar. 19, or any subsequent Sa►u:day, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Fenwick and B. Kydd, Tynemouth, common brewers and spirit merchlnts, 2s. 7d., on Saturday, Jar. 19, or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle•upon- Tyn , . J. Clementson, Whitehaven, Cumberland, tobacconist, 75., on Saturday, Jar. 19, or any subsequent Saturday, between tfn and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastl, -upon-Tyne. A. Harrison, Friars Goose, Gateshead, Durham, alkali manufacturer, 2e. in part of first and second divi dends of 8!. and 45., on Saturday, Jan. 19, or any sub sequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. P. W. Smiler, Blackburn, Lancashire, bookselle-, 4a. 110., on Tuesday, Jan. 15, or any subsequent Tues day, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. S. Dodd, Manchester, fustian manufacturer, 2s. 6,1 d., on Tuesday, Jan. 15, or any subsequent Tuesday, be tween tea and one, at the office tf Mr. Hobson, Man chester. W. North, York, jeweller, 4s. 3d., on Tuesday, Jar. 15, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Rope, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Tuhey, willow-walk, Surrey, builder, Feb. 6, at eleven—L. P. Capua, Duke's-place, Ahigate, fruit mer chant, Feb. 6, at twelve—C. Bray, Landpw t, South ampton, trader, Feb. 7, at half-past one. In the Country. P. Millard, Steeple Ashton, Wiltahire grocer, Feb. 7, at elev en , a t th e C our t, Bristol—E. Tapson, Cardiff, coal merchant, Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol— R. J. Ricks, West Derby, paper manufacturer, Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—G. Chapman, Liver pool, victualler, F, 13,7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. THE CHOLERA, AND THE TEMPERATURE or THE THAMES. A table on page 3 exhibits, in addition to the results which were printed lest week, the proportion of deaths from cholera in every district cf London under the several water companies. It shows also for each dis trict the general mortality at other times, and the principal circumstances v►hich affect the health of the people. Thus, in all London, 66 in 10,000 in • habitants died of cholera; the annual rate of mortality from all causes is about 252 in 10,000 ; the aver age elevation of the dwellings above the Thames high-water mark is estimate d at 39 feet ; the persons to an acre, 30; the persons to each inhabited house, 7 or 8 (exactly 7.4) ; the . average annual value of the houses assessed under the income-tax (1842-3) was 40/. ; and the average expense of house and shop room to each person is 5.5.95/. annually (Si. 12s. nearly); 2s. 21. weekly ; 3 5-7 d., or somewhat less than 4i. daily. The drainage, density, and poverty of the districts, it will be seen, ha - ve all a certain influence on the mortality; and the deaths from cholera vary also with the water supplies. Of the inhabitants of districts supplied with Thames water taken from the river above Hammersmith, from 6 to 17 in 10,000 died; of the inhabitants of districts supplied with water from the river below Battersea numbers vary ing from 31 to 111, 166, 194, and 268 in 10,000 lost their lives. The sewerage of all these districts is bad. The Thames, besides supplying water to a great portion of the inhabitants for washing, cleansing, and all domestic purposes, presents the large evaporating surface of about 2,245 acres ; which must be taken into account in estimating the causes of the great fatality of cholera in London. The contents of the sinks and drains and waterclosets are disgorged by the great sewers into the waters; and are agitated with the mud in dirty solution, from which vapours are given off day and night in quantities which the phenomena of a " London fog" reveal. The cold still air then condenses, and arrests the matter which 1 at other times enters the atmosphere invisibly, and escapes observation.. The mean night temperature of the Thames from May 27th to September 15th, 1849, was 64 deg. ; the mean lowest observed temperature of the air was 52 deg. ; so that the wide simmering waters were breathing into the vast sleeping city tainted vapours which the temperature of the air would not sustain. Undoubtedly, vegetable and animal matters in water or air, however noxious they may be, undergo decomposition, and are ultimately converted into their inorganic elements—water, carbonic acid, ammonia, different salts and substances. It is chiefly a process of oxidation, and the rapidity of the transformations depends on the oxygen present, the temperature, and other circumstances. With a view to assist in de termining the effects of the Thames on the health of London, Captain Dawso n , It E., o f t h e Tithe-office, estimated fir the Registrar-General the areas of the several districts, as well as of the surface of the Thames in London, and Captain Sanders, of the Dreadnought Hospital, has since 1844 taken obser vations on the temperature of this body of water, which have been sent to the Astronomer-Royal, and inserted by him in the weekly meteorological table. It is a fact well worthy of attention, that after the temperature of the Thames has risen above 60 deg., diarrhoea, cholera, and dysentery become prevalent, and disappear as the temperature subsides. The cholera reached London in the new epidemic form about October, 1848 ; it prevailed through the win ter, and destroyed 94 lives in the second week of January, when the temperature of the Thames was 37 deg. • it declined rapidly throu g h A pr il and May; the nig ht temperature of the Thames then rose to 62 deg. in the week ending June 2 ; with some fluc tuations it went up to 68 deg. in July, and remained above 60 deg, until the middle of September (Sep tember 15). The deaths from cholera during the 16 weeks were 9, 22, 42, 49, 124, 152, 339, 678, 783, 926, 823, 1,230, 1,272, 1,663, 2,026, 1,682. The mean eega.. the night de a th s temperature frem e of h ole r the at o 'lm 8 ' Thames es fell n the week t o 56 , September 16-22 ; the temperature gradually fell to 38 deg. in the last week of November, when there was only one death from cholera registered. The seven districts of London in which the morta- lity is highest from ordinary causes are the IVest London District (between Smithfield and the Thames), S. Saviour's, Whitechapel, St. George's in-the-East, Chelsea, St. Olave's, and It3therhithe. They all adjoi❑ the Thames. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Admiral of the Blue Alexander Wilmot Schoenberg died at his residence, Bognor, Sussex, near this pert, on Sunday, in the 76th year of his aga He was a lieutenant of the Solebay, 32, and served on shore at the reduction of the French West India islands in 1794; end was second in the Glatton, 56, in action with five French frigates, in 1796; captain of the Loire, 48, em ployed in co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Galicia, and captured the French ship Hebe, of 34 guns, in 1807. He subsequently commanded the Dictator, 64, the York, 74, on the home and North American stations; the Melville, 74, for the Medi terranean station. Between 1810 and 1812 we fi ad him chiefly employed in command of light squadrons in the Baltic., where he watched a Russian fleet in the Gulf of Finland, afforded great security to trade, and so completely blockaded the Danish cruisers that a single sloop-of -war was a sufficient protection for any fleet of mer chantmen crossing the North Sea. He continued on the Mediterranean station in the Melville, 74, until promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, on the 23d of July, 1830. On the termination of the war Admiral Schoenberg suggested to Lord, Melville (then First Lord of the Admiralty) a plen, much approved at the time—although eight or nine years elapsed before any of bis suggestions were adopted— for victualling the seamen and marines of the fleet, wherein he was the first to propose the substitution of tea, sugar, &c., for half the u s u a l a ll owance of spirits. In 1818 he printed, for private circulation, a tract entitled " Naval Suggestions," many of which have been embraced ; and in 1832 he gave to the world his "Practical Hints on Building, Rigging, Arming, and Equipping his Majesty's Ships of War, The commissions of the late Admiral bore date : Lieutenant, July 26, 1793; Commander, July 24, 1725 ; Captain, Jan. 1, 1801 ; Rear-Admiral, July 22, 1830 ; Vice -Admiral, Nov-. 23, 1841 ; Admiral, Oct. 9, 1849. Retired Surgeon Guy Acheson (1804) died a few days since in Dublin. The Sidon steam-frigate bad her steam up in the harbour to-day, but was not taken out, as it was deemed there was too much wind to allow of a fair result as to speed being arrived at. Rio DE JANEIRO, OCT., 1849.—Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., has been to Buenos Ayres in the Harpy iron steamer, to visit Roses, before sail ing to England in the Raleigh, 50, which visit was returned by the Governor at the lodging-rooms of the Commodore. Exchange was 62 to 62i ; the market glutted with ships and goods. The Hydra steam-sloop, Commander G. Skipwith, sailed hence on the 11th instant, at 10 r.m., to cruise to the northward. On the 15th, at 10.30 A.M., between Manguinos and Pum, she sighted a. brig at the dis tance of ten miles running along the land in a north easterly direction. She immediately chased, and the stranger altered her course to gain the laud ; the Hydra having cut off her retreat, and no possible means of escape being left to the brig, the latter run shore in a high surf. The Hydra then anchored about two miles off the brig and sent her boats to board. She was found to be the Imogene, of about 200 tons, which had left Rio three months previously, and had on board about 550 slaves from Benguela. An hour elapsed before the Hydra's boats reached the brig, during which time the crew of the brig landed, and suc ceeded in taking with them about 150 slaves, nearly the whole having swam ashore, leaving, on the arrival of the boats, about 400 black., of which numb_r 352 were taken on board the Hydra. It now getting dark, the sea increasing, and the weather threatening, Commander Skipwith recalled his boats, leaving still about 50 of the slaves, who were most likely landed next day. No papers were found on board. Several shots were fired from the Hydra to bring the brig to, but no notice was taken of them. On the Hydra's boats boarding, and until they left, the crew of the slaver, protected by a sand-bank, kept up an irregular fire of musketry, wounding Mr. Crawford, the senior lieutenant of the Hydra, three of her crew, and one black, slightly. The slaves have since been put on board her Majesty's ship Crescent, at this port, and are soon to be sent to Demerara, in charge of Acting- Lieutenant Ileweson and Assistant-Surgeon Patrick of the Hydra. The Southampton, 50, Rear-Admiral Reynolds, sailed on the morning of the 13th, for the Plats, to relieve the Rsleigh, Commodore Sir Thos. Herbert. The Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander Schom berg, arrived here from England on the 20'h ult. The Harpy iron steam-vessel is to be kept on the station as a tender. Her officers and men are going home, and she is to he attached to the flag-ship. On the 30th the Kestrel packet, Lieutenant Biker, sails for Monte Video; th? Spider packet, Lieutenant flaydor, for Santa Catalena; and the Griffon, Lieut. Thurburn, for Pernambuco. Dr. Morgan, acting-surgeon of the Hydrs, his been superseded, and goes to Demerara in one of the slave transports. Mr. Ryan, master's assistant of the Griffon, and Mr. Wildman, naval cadet of the Hydra, join the Dmialus, 20, Captain Wellesley. The Raneira tender was sold out of her Majesty's service at Buenos Ayres, a few days since, for 1,300 dolls., and next day was resold by the purchasers for 1,500 dolls. At the Treasurer's. Dr. Julius . . . 2 2 0 John Covenlale, Esq. . 2 2 0 Lady Darell . . . 2 0 0 S. B. Oliver, Esq. . . 5 5 0 Mrs. Catharine Oliver .10 0 0 G. E. Hodgkinson, Esq. 3 3 0 Capt. Houston Stewart . 5 0 0 Richard Williams, Esq. . 9 2 0 John Squire, Esq. . . 2 2 0 Subscriptions rec City. Messrs. Williams and Co. Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., and Co. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co. Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, and Co. Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co, Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co. Messrs. Sapte, Muspratt, and Co, London Joint-Stock Bank. Londcn and Westminster Bank. Union Bank of London. N.B. This Society employs no iii Homeless Committee-room, 75, January 15. WHITEHAL, JAN. 10. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Newbould, of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gene., to be a Mae ter Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. B XNKRUPTS. William Lee, bargebuilder, Rutheritbe, to surrender, Jan. 24, at one, and Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Chester, Blackfriars-road. Jonathan Payne, livery-stable keeper, Milton-street, Dorset-square, Jai 22, at two, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Fuller, Hat ton-garden. _ B;njamin Rawlings, linendraper, Queen's-row, Pim lico, Jan. 22, at twelve, and Feb. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings; Parker, St. Paul's-churchyard. John Morrish, cooper, Tiverton, Devonshire, Jan. 24, at one, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter. John Edward Todhunter, bookseller, Darlington, Durham, Jan. 28, at twelve, and Feb. 21, at one, at the Noweastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Nevins!lc-upon-Tyne ; Allison, Darlington; Hark, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, and New castle-upon-Tyne. John Charles North, coal dealer, Stamford, Lincoln shire, Jan. 25, and March 1, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Ettleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Wratislaw, Rugby. Vincent Cooke, eabinetnaalcer, WorceAlr, Jan. 29 and Feb. 26, at two!ve, at the Birmingham District Con: t. ChrLt . o, official assignee, Birmingham; Re:ce, Bir- Liam. John Muckleston, jun., grocer, Shrewsbury, Jan. 25, and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Britten and Suns, Bristol; Wri4ht, Birmingham. William Drabber, innkeeper, Askern, Yorkshire, Jan. 29 and Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assigne-, Leeds; Palmer, Doncaster; Payne, Eddisor, Ford, and Nortb, Leeds. George Olney, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 28, at twelve, and Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Henry Sutcliffe and Joseph William Harris, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Lancashire, Jan. 26 and Fob. 25, at twe!ve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Sutton, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall •street. J. Reid, Edge ware-road, Bexley-heath, Woolwich, Rochester, Chatham, and Maidstone, draper, Feb. 8, at eleven—W. Woods and S. Thomas, Cheapside, whole sale bardwaremen, Feb. 5, at half-past eleven— R. Wor ters, Melford, Suffolk, maltster, Feb. 1, at twelve—E. Mumford, Great Maplestead, Essex, miller, Feb. 1, at eleven—A. Rainey, Regent-street, Piccadilly, estate agent and auctioneer, Feb. 1, at twelve—F. Adamson, Bond-court, Walbrook, merchant, Feb. 1, at eleven—W. Minton, Liverpool, linendraper, Feb. 1, at half-past twelve—J. Alexatider, Great Winchester-street, City, merchant, Feb. 7, at eleven—J. Bickerton, Bread-street, Cheapside, hat manufacturer, Feb. 7, at one—A. More craft, Marlborough, Wilts, draper, Feb. 7, at two—J. Flemming, Salters' Hag-court, Cannon-street, printer, Feb. 7, at twelve. _ In the Country. A. M. Paterson and J. Walker, Kingawinford, Staf ford►hire, ironfounders, Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—Sarah Ross and Timothy Ross, Leicester, hosiers, Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Nottingham—L. Thompson, Westbromwicb, Staffordshire, coach and railway springmaker, Feb. 7, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham —W. Eccles, Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Man chester—W. Clayton, Langcliffe, Yorkshire, banker, Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. C. Wetton, factor, 2d., any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. B. Goring, Brentford, butcher, 4s. 9d., any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall. chambers. R. T. Smith and Co., New Inn, Old Bailey, railway carriers, 2s. 10d., any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. S. Leon, Rathhone-place, tailor, 2s. 64., any Thurs day. between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pen nell, Guildhall-chambers. Garrod, Thornham Magna, Suffolk, grocer, Is. 3d., any Thursday, betwee n e l even an d two, at the office f Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. B. H. Thorold, Harlesdon Green, dealer and ebqp man, 35., any Thursday, between eleven and two, Et the office uf Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. Joyce. Warwick-lane, corn dealer, Is. 4d., Eny Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office (f Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. Bessell, Farringdon-street, glass cutter, 21. 6d., any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office cf Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. S. Stopford, Austin-friars, merchant, 25., any Thursday, b tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. Walters, Union-,crest, Southwcrk, and London wall, bet:le merchant and stuc,ical instrument maker, lid., any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the °ifice of Mr. Fennell, Cruildiall-obtunberd, THE NEW RUSSIAN LOAN. The new Four •and-a-Half per Cant. Russian Loan has been the chief topic of attention in the City. to-day. that the terms are favourable, looking at the pre yious Five per Cents , is universally admitted, and the investment is still further recommended by the Allegation that the money is wanted fir the comple tion of a work of internal improvement. At the same ime this allegation must be received with some al 'owance, since it is understood that the railway in question has long been nearly finished, that the iron Ind rolling stock are on the ground, and that little remains except to lay down the rails ; so that it would appear probable the undertaking is in a great measure used as a pretext, in order to obtain in a popular way supplies for exigencies which have resulted from the recent war. A notice which h as b een g i ven o f a meeting in the City to reprobate the transaction has, it need hardly be said, produced no effect on the capitalists who may be expected to subscribe. So far as the speeches at the former meeting tended to expose any political or financial weaknesses of the Russian Empire, it was felt amongst business men that a service had been rendered, since it would help to put them on their guard to exact sufficient terms to compensate for the danger of lending money under such circumstances, but when these calcula tions have been made it is of course useless, and not only useless, but most undesirable, to expect that any other considerations should operate. If a trader In parting with a commodity, whether it be money or anything else, is to be held answerable for the uses to which the article may subsequently be put, here must be an end at once to all commercial transactions; and it is because this truth is recog nised by every merchant and shopkeeper that regret is entertained, even by the sincerest friends of peace, t the course which has been proposed. It is ad mitted that any statements calculated to demonstrate he perils of lending money to Governments whose rule is maintained upon objectionable principles ire worthy of respectful attention, and can have no other effect than that of benefiting the lender by caus ing him to demand a higher premium for his risk ; but it is at the same time seen that an attempt to denounce bun for accepting the risk when the adequate terms have been decided upon could have no other effect than that of disturbing the natural order of events (which will, in their due course,bring all proper consequences upon those who borrow money or who buy goods for the purpose of misapplying them), and of fostering morality by a sort of protective system. The risk in the present case has been estimated to amount to this, namely, that while an annuity of 34 per cent from Great Britain is worth 971., an annuity-of 41. lOs. per cent. from Russia is only worth 931. By this disparity the intelligent capitalists of England express their sense of the relative degree of security the respective Governments possess, and no one can doubt that it would be prejudicial to the best inte rests of the world if, neglecting their legitimate avo cations, they were to seek to express it in any other way. Judging from the feeling in the money market, the estimate which has fixed the price at 93 is to be regarded as a fair one. Meanwhile, however, if any one can point out suffi csent reasons why the price should be lower, they will confer a benefit by so doing, and should be thankfully listened to. If they are unable to accomplish this, and should resolve to substi tute in its place the intimidation of popular anger, it can only result in weakening the cause with which their proceedings are professedly connected, and for the ultimate success of which by legitimate means all persona, and none more than those connected with commerce, must entertain an earnest hope. Subjoined is a calculation of the exact results in the shape of interest which will be yielded by the pro posed loan: — Discount; on the instalments at 3 per cent. ..3 13 6 71. profit on disbursement of each 1001. bond— estimating the redemption at an average of 26 years, is worth now (interest at 3 per cent.) ... ... 3 £3 18 6 which deducted from 93, the contract price, leaves 891. Is. GI. as the sum expended in the purchase of a 4i- per cent. stock, with an averngc duration of 26 years, and therefore yielding for that time an interest of about 51. per cent.—Tires' City Article. Mr. Love, the Polyphonist, was last night engaged to give an entertainment before a birge party at the residence of Baron Alderson, in Park Crescent. [ADYEItTISEMENT.]—A most awful Wound cured by Holloway's Ointment arid Pills.— George Morris, a me chanic of Newport, was for months rendered totally unable to work, or even move about the house, from the effects of a dreadful abscess, which had formed in his thigh, and which had been repeatedly lanced under the advice of various surgeons ; ultimately he was admitted into the hospital, whence, after the belt medical skill had been tried, he was dismissed as incur able; yet, to the astonishment of all, this dreadful bad wound was soundly healed by the use of Holloway's Ointment and Pills, a supply of which 'was kindly presented to him by the minister of Isis parish.—Sold by all Drug fi sts, and at Professor liollawsfa Eatablifilawata 2141 Stand ; 14911614, APPOINTMENTS. WooLwicrr, JAN. 15 —Assistant-3urgeou Henry Loney (1846) to the Stromboli steam-sloop, cruising in the English Channel. Midshipman Francis T. Symour . to the Gladiator steam-frigate at Devonport. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander Petley, returned to Woolwich, from Greenhithe, on Saturday morning. The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commander Bryant, returned to Woolwich this morning from towing the Investigator to the Downs. Shortly after the crew of the Investigator were paid wages in advance, at Greenhithe, on Friday last, six of the men managed to get on shore, and it was ge nerally reported they had run and left the vessel. It was subsequently found that, sailor-like, they wished, as they had obtained their pay, to treat their friends at Woolwich, and bid them goodbye a second time. The facility of railway communication ; between Greenhithe and Woolwich enabled them to accomplish their wishes and return to Greenhithe the same night, where they kept up their jollity with the fcitnds they had taken with them from Woolwich until five o'clock A.M. on Saturday, when they were all found and taken on board their vessel by Master-Commander Petley, of the Lightning, with the sergeant of marines. The men all declared they had no intention of being ab sent when the vessel was to sail. THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL, "COUNTRY QUARTEttS."—." This novel is not the least amusing cf Lady BlessingOn's books, the interest of which rests upon the ' sayings and doings' of the officers of an English regiment who are quartered in a quiet provincial town of Ireland. Young hes, t. flutter, bright eyes glitter, and old heads calculate. Its pages are re plete with husband-hunting misses, match-making mammas, and love making, lighthearted aspirants fur conquest in love and glory. Its principal characters are %sell drawn, and the secondary personages by whom they are surrounded are sketched in Lady Blessingtou's peculiarly racy style."— Weekly Times. THE POOR AND THE FINE ARTS.—The exhibition of paintings in Post-office-place was finally closed on Saturday eveninr, having been open sixteen weeks. During the last month the exhibition has been accessi ble to the working classes at 2d. etch for adults, and ld. for children; and, :although many of the middle class have availed themselves of the cheap rate of admission, gnat numbers of the people in more humble circum stances have also attended. The fact that the weekly receipts have been as great during the past month as when the price of admission was Is. is conclusive evi dence that the poor as well as the rich are capable of admiring and appreciating the beautiful in art. The average weekly attendance during the month has been upwards of 3,250, being six times greater than the at tendance at the original charge. The exhibition was closed on Christmas-day, so that it has been opened twenty-three days at the low prices; and it is calculated that no fewer than 13,000 have availed themselves of the opportunity thus afforded for visiting the exhibition. Last 3 elr the exhibition was open for seventeen days at the charges of 2d. and Id , a nd 11,391 p er sons attended. ti The number of pictures sold during the exhibiti e has been much smaller this year than on any previous occa sion.—Liverpool Albion. — f e e s f t r r n d e a r y s attendedsusse Sussex, favourable meeting ON fevourable to protec aftrßnOoTenEcan numerously MEETING and others of the county of n AT LEWES o . iienrV the r .h a tx w c Exchange, er,;eis); .`sir On the In ti( o 3n tio w n a o s f i l l ' e ' ledBihneitiffht: te by the Earl of SW _ was supper n n :Af.p., Mr. Walt r Burrell, and ethur f w flueece in the countr. The meeting was fiSoblidff,nleirr'. B a rt . r 7 Mr. John , , . nen, r. C. "`lr. M B agde e dn a r r tle d es , ins hl eed r i . tl-yl3 ::t . r, Mr. Frewin, M.P., and other gt nt'e men. A number cf resolutions in fa,v, - lur of prat-etion to agriculture were adopted; also a petition to the Qucen to dissolve the present Psr:ilment, and to call to her councils men who possessed the confidence of tt e nation. B inquestl a ck in held i ) c o r n - GAMEKEEPER SHOT.—III the case of th e game keeper Thorpe, whowas adjourned s htnear by shire, last week, the Tuesday, when the jury returned a verdict—That the deceased was shot by some person., but whether wilfUlly or by accident they could not ascot - tin. The case is still in the hands of the ruagibtmtes at Mansfield, for further inyettigation. . 3 0 0 . 1 0 0 .1 1 0 . 5 0 0 G. D. 11. P. At Messrs. Glyn's. t.T. G. Winn. Esq. . [I. H. H. W. Farrer ileta X. X. X. . 6 5 0 . 1 0 0 . 5 00 - 5 O . 5 00 F. and C. Hunt. Esqs. . 2 2 0 At Messrs. Hoare's. .W. Itlvington . 110 0 C. C. . . . . 2 2 0 W. Spence Esq. . 1 1 0 . Admiral Bauch . I. Collii .3 3 0 . 5 0 0 . 1 0 0 Lord Kenyon . . . 10 0 0 H. J. Wheeler, Eng. . 5 0 0 At the London Joint Stock Bank. I'. Hodgson, Esq. . . 5 0 0 Washbrien . . 1 0 8 Rev. Charles terrinr . 1 At Messrs. Nisbet's. itrs. Gelston . 5 00 EL . . . . . 1 0 0 At Messrs. Hatehard's. Rev. John G. Lonsdale . 2 2 0 R. IL M Major Thurlow - itolleston, Esq. Mrs. Rolleston IJ. 11. jived as under : . 1 0 0 . . 5 0 0 . 1 0 0 . 1 0 0 . 1 00 West. Messrs. Hoare and Co. Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co. Sir Claude Scott and Co. Messrs. Cocks and Co. Messrs. Bouverle and Co. London and Westminster Bank. Messrs. Hatchard and Co. Messrs. Nisbet and Co. :inerant collectors. C. W. HICK, Chairman Old Broad-street, This day is published, price 3s. 6d., 12m0., bound, containing 496 pages, and a Map of the United Kingdom. HISTORY of GREAT BRITAIN" and IRELAND; with an Account of the Present State and Resources of the United Kingdom and its Colonies, with Questions for Examination at the end of each chapter. For use In Schools. By IL WHITE, ILA., Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A., and Ph. Dr. Heidelberg, Author of " Elements of Universal History," &c. In the Press, Edited by Dr. White, A SCHOOL HISTORY OF FRANCE. 12mo. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd. London, Sinapkin, Marshall, and Company. MEG DODS' COOKERY. Price 6s. 6d. cloth, marble edges, containing 681 closely printed pages, an'Enlarged Edition. earefulli relined, of r 1 1 HE COOK and HOUSEWIFE'S MANUAL. 1 By Mistress MARGARET DODS, of the Cleiktun Inn, St. Ronan's. Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. THE LADIES' COMPANION at HOME and ABROAD. Edited 1y MRS. LOUDON". No. IV., price 3d., or stamped 4d., will be published on Saturday, the 19th instant. CONTENTS. A Moral for Doctors' Commons. By Red Riding Hood. Letters on the Chemistry of Every Day Life. By Edward Solly, F.ft S.—Fires. On the Cultivation of Female Taste. With Illustrations. By J. W. L. Chimes. By Florence Wilson. Window and Balcony Gardens. With Illustrations. By J. W. L. A Few Words about Governesses. isy Tom Taylor, Esq. Letters of the Ladies of Enamel. By Peter Cunningham, Esq. A Morning Visit to New Zeal :m With Illustrations. Dress and Fashion. With Illustrations. The Work Basket. With Illustrations. &c. &c. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie•strect, and sold by all News men. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.-- A certain remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs— in Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient Consumption (of which Cough is the most positive Indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In Asthma and in Winter Cough they have never been known to fail. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES are free from every de'eterious ingredient; they may, therefore, be taken at all times by the most delicate female and by the youngest child ; while the Public Speaker and the Professional Singer will find them invaluable in allaying the hoarseness and irritation Inci dental to vocal exertion, and consequently a powerful auxiliary in the production of melodious enunciation. Prepared and sold in Boxes, Is. I}id., and Tins 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, itc., No. 79, St Paul's Church-yard, London; retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders in the kingdom. THOUGHTS in a SNOW - STORM. These falling flakes, how cold they arc, While dull the vapours lour; I really would prefer, by far, A pleasant April shower. I have, at best, a chilly form, My glowln7s arc but few ; And hence in such a wint'ry storm I scarce know what to do. Bow glad I am I ever went An Over-coat to buy, From Moses' famed Establishment, With inch a prime supply. Ilad I not hastened to procuro The dress by Moses sold, From my own feelings, I am sure, I should have caught a cold. Moses and Son to you I owe Protection in the storm ; For, let it freeze, or la it snow, Your wrapper ke ps me warm. While winds blow bleak, and snows descend, I'll go to Moses' Mart, And purchase there a winter friend, Cheap, durable, and smart. WANTED.—Several Youths as Cashiers. Apply by letter, on or before Thursday next, the 17th inst. N.B. None need make appli cation who cannot produce the most unexceptionable references. LIST OF PRICES. BEADY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, La every The Bniwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditto... ...... •.. • • 0 18 0 Chesterfield. ditto. ..... •• • • 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Over Coat .• ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 5 0 !Shooting Coats ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 8 6 Lounging or Morning Coats Intamn and Winter Trousers, ii Tweed •••• 0 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto Tests • • •••• • • • Black Silk Velvet Tests ...... •••• • • • • Dress Coats ••• • • . . Frock Ditto ••••• • • • • • •••• • • • Youths and Boys' Over Coats, la every style, . „ „ ..... from Masser aid Tunic Suits ••.•• • • • • • Boys' Aatumst a id Winter Tests •• • • 0 0 8 YAM , TO =AMIN, Me i 's Chesterfield ut Wrapper,umnand Winter Over a warts erCoat m Coats tom a. 1 1 The terial, lined • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elegant style of Oyer Coat ••• •••••.• • • . • • • ••••••• . The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest .• •• • • 3 10 0 style, lined throughout •• • • • • Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and 0 10 6 Doeskin • Best Black Cassimere ditto .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 6 0 Autumn and Winter Vests •• • • .... ..... ••• 0 8 6 Best Black Cloth ditto .. • • ................ 0 13 6 Black Silk Velvet ditto .. • ••••••••••• 0 18 6 , Dress Coats.. • . .• • • —front 225. to 215 0 '„ Frock .... ••••..•• • • • • • • from 355. to 3 3 0 Hussar and nude Sttits. • .... • • .. from 1 6 0 Superfine •••• • • • ..... ... lien's Shooting Coat .•••••. •• 0 15 0 Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, A. Medal, containing an Almanac for the year 1850, wil be pre sented to every customer. A Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 301. Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, fee. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. A Suit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. The new book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with full directions for Self-measurement, can be had en application, or for warded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice—The Fur Department is now replete with every novelty •f the season. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to Measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MOSES and Sash, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers. flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 15G, and 157 Minerier, and 8:i, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London; all communicating 4yith each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition; but having heard that the tuttradesmanake falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, bey beg to state that they have no connexion with any other hence (n or oat of London, ana e o x , ce T p h t o t r h n ei t o r a, B s_ r b a u n E p s , tabl l m Bradford,es t Yorkshire; Far gate, genuine clothing, Bso., should call g a aai t ite2 Or tS z lih s o n erl d e ewtoldbot;hreeqsalrneorcier:aBPnd Aldgate, City, Loudon ; or either of the Branch Establishments, as above. Tate Notice,—This Establishment is Coiled (rem sunset Friday, to must eitturday, whoa bitiition II rolumod till twelve 'Nook. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. M. Levine and M. Levison, Norwich, jewellers, certificate of the third class—J. 8. - Elworthy, Bridge water, draper—J. Elliott, East Ham, cattle dealer—W. Fortesque, Artillery-place, Woolwich, baker—J. Knight, Ipswich, licensed victualler—J. M. Gardner, Bristol, draper, certificate of the first class, at the expiration of 21 days from Jan. 7—J. Evans, Gilbert-street, Oxford street, wine and spirit merchant—E. Brien, Bristol, upholsterer, certificate of the second class, at the expi ration of six months from Jan. 2—J. Carter, Bristol, victualler, certificate of the first class—G. Sedgwick, Moorgatc-street, stationer, certificate of the third class— P. Healey, Birmingham, factor, certificate of the first class—J. W. Gowing, East Derebans, Norfolk, certificate of the third class, at the expiration of 21 days from Jan. 11—J. Roberts, Kidderminst.T, clothier, certificate of the third class, at the expiration of 21 days from Jan. 11. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. L. Pike and G. Lyme, Hammersmith, tailors—T. Inkersole and J. Inkersole, Matching, Essex, farmers— B. Dobson, J. Metcalfe., and R. Reeve, Bolton, Lanca shire, cotton spinners—R. Booth ant J. Baxter, Has lingden, Lancashire, brewers —P. Pierce and J. A. Pierce, Liverpool, grocers—W. Bastard and J. A. Speakman, Cheltenham, tailors—W. Helmer, J. Martyr, and W. Jones, Southwark, ironmongers (a 3 far as re gards W. Holmer)—G. Boulton, T. Nowel', and J. Nowell, Thornton, Yorkshire, contractors—N. Ring, J. Vickess, J. Vickers, jun., and J. Vickers, Liverpool, sugar refiners—H. Harris and D. Griffiths, Carmar then, cabinet makers—J. Dennison and J. Dennison, Lee-bridge, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers —J. Murphio and J. Brown, York, stock and share brokers —C. F. Weber and W. Brown, London, merchants—F, Clark and J. Foxall, Birmingham and London, jewellers —J. Jackson and E. Pindar, King's Lynn, Norfolk. slate and hair merchants —J. Lane and W. Penny, Chancery-lane, lithographers—W. Brier and S. Parker, Castle-street, Saffron-hill, horn sad bone merchants— W. E. Musgrove and 11. Collins, Park -street, Camden town, chemists—ll. Lovett and A. Banks, jun., Liver pool, brokers—R. Welham and H. Welham, Disa, Nor f sik, bricklayers—J. Newlands and T. Ayre, Low Elswich, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, farmers —T. Collins and Collins, Sandhurst, Kent;farmers—F. Taylor and J. M. Llewellen, Upper Thames-street, tea dea'ers— S. Bottomley, W. Wilkinson, and E. Atkinson, Brad ford, worsted spinners (as a^ as regards E. Atkinson) S'ubbs and N. Stubbs, New Alresford, Southamp tonstiire, butchers—J. Wes' see., H. West, W. We s t, J. West, jue., R. Clarke, and d. Clarkr, Leice,t :e, iron and brass nunders and engineers (so far as regards R. Clarke and G. Clarke). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Gibson, Beverley, Yorkshire,journeyrean wheel wright. John Hurd, Cockermouth, Cumberland, tinman. William Lincoln, Deeping St. Jamey, Lincolnshire, market gardener. Arthur Motley, Laughor, Glamorganshire, agent to the Spitty, Copper Corn r any. George Holden, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, clogger. Waiter Carter, Bristol, general commission agent. John Edwards, Hanley, Staffordshire, bricklayer. John Carr, Woodbridgn, Suffolk, baker. John Bathelor, Rotherham, Yorkshire, licensed vic tualler. John Unwin, jun., Shelton, Staffordshire, cabinet maker. John Betteley, Shelton, Staffordshire, appraiser. Edmund PeppFr, Dover, buteher.' SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Todd, sen., Glasgow, blacksmith and gasfitter, to meet within Peter Barr's Oak Tavern, Glasgow, Jan. 17 and Feb. 7, at one. W. Baird, Glasgow, baker, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Jar. 22 and Feb. 12, at two. t e h a e d t e : i l s : i t az a ti r izr: lo ß 6 e s tu d r e n at .) hs were HEALTH OF LONDON during the WEEK reg l i n st t e h( r el ed ‘srroc i m n ek the metropolit an di stricts ; for the second week of ten previous years (1840-9) the average corrected , Population, is 1,260, he deaths having; increase ranged in of that week from 929 in 1844 to 1,457 in in 1848, at whi c h l atter period the mortality was much increased by i n fl uenza, then on the decline. The deaths in the present return are, therefore, less than the average by 195. T he mortality from small pox, though it shows a tendency to increase, is still less than half the average. Scarlatina and hooping cough also cause less th an t h e usual number of deaths, only 11 having occurred l ast wee k f rom t h e former epidemic, though the corrected average is 37 ; in the correspondin g wee k of last year the deaths from scarlatina rose to 63. N o death from cholera occurred during the week ; there were ;24 from diarrhoea and dysentery. From typhus, which ranged in the same week of ten previous years from 22 to 83, the deaths returned last week were 33, or rather less than the average ; but the mortality from measles is at present rather a b ove it. The only complaint which is n ow f atal to a considera b le extent is bronchitis, from which 25 children under 15 years, 31 persons between 15 and 60, and 64 at 60 years aed upwards, died i n th e week ; its increasing fatality during the last th ree wee k s, in w hich the weekly mean temperature had been successively 33 deg., 35 (leg , and 30 deg., is marked by the numbers returned, namely, 78, 103, and in the last week 120. Pneu monia was fatal to 83 persons, one-half of whom were children. The latter disease is now less than the average, whilst the former is in excess. Of the 1,065 deaths 303 were those of persons of 60 years old or upwards. A few facts are selected from the reports made by the registrar. A child died of measles, followed by dropsy, at Prince's-steet, Aldgate, in a small room which is " very dirty, and has two fami lies, comp ose d o f e i g h t persons , hvieg and sleeping in it." Mr. Spencer adds, that " the deceased h a d been lately un d er t h e care o f the medical officer for scald head ; the mother afterwards applied for relief, but refused to enter the workhouse, and neglected to take the child for further medical advice." Mr. Bowring states that " the wid ow o f a grocer, age d 47, w ho died in the workhouse, Kingsland-road, of diarrhce9, was found by the me dical officer at 14, Glocester-street, Curtain-road, in a very bad state, from the accumulation of filth i n different part s o f h er roo m, while her body, of w hi c h the only c over i ng was an old shirt, swarmed with vermin." Mr. M a tth ews states that " a child di e d of hooping- coug h a t 1, Tom's-buildings, Somers town, in a house consisting of two r ooms , one of in which contai ne d a p r i v y, only separated by a par tition, no yard bel ong i n g to the premises. Ten per sons and sometimes more occup . ied the ap ar t men t s, y a rt, ri g d a s r l d e p t t o i nagfoaur or sex." bel v bads di l scrimte child a at l, and with ou t Fulham di e d o f "debility," having been born prematurely in conse quence of the father being suddenly sent to prison. Lincoln-court, in St. Giles's-in-the-fields, is reported as "Pl-cleansed and having much destit u ti on. " A house, 21, Church-lane, is described by Mr. Simpson as "overcrowded, ill-cleansed, and_ badly ventilated," and 12, Prospect•ph N ce, Stoke ewingt on , by Mr. Yardley, as "overcrowded and unhealthy." The mean daily height of the barometer was above 30 in. on Tuesday and Wednesday ; the mean was 29.821 in. The highest temperature Was 38 d eg . on Sunday; the mean was never higher than 31.8 deg. The lowest mean temperature occurred on Saturday, when it was 28.7 deg., and lower by 7 deg. than the average of the same day in seven rim. On every day the temperature was lower than the average. The mean of the week was 30.3 deg, 4- K /~ ~2 c--G~ 7>j° '4.-7-€7- g //- , COURT OF ALDERMEN . .1111111 ' 7 1 . ti c e Yesterday a C our t was h e ld f or t h e dispatch of A 7 e:A) ' e - business. 4 The SHER IFFS re p or t e d t o th e C ourt that the City l e ,45 . r + prisons were in a healthy state. In the representation of the state or the debtors' prison, in Whitecross-street, by Mr. Burdon, the governor, were the following paragraphs :—The pf n aa u rr mb et dh eep witha cf past personsuhaertcorresponding r c s o h m o w m s it a t committed n the q urt debtors'qu a rter 1 0 5 f 151 as st yc o pr i son mear: This in part may be accounted for by the increase o f ' business i n t h e various Counts, Courts, commitments fromm we a r de ha le t t e h , e w d i t e rl i c ta n n o t i f l W thehi te c c o h n a n pe t y l a b l e id ing the no l; camp and intow wh i ch operationcb commitmentsh a d n parrieson byto commitCout Act to, the Small D e bt s Amendment Act,made to the debtors' prison. The prison is healthy, clean, and in good order. During the year 74 prisoners have availed ithemselvesi of the privilege of working in the prison work-room, and receiving all their earnings : and 247 have been assisted from various charitable funds, either in arranging with their creditors, or by taking them through the In solvent Debtors' Court. Many future inmates of the debtors' prison will experience a severe loss in the lamented death of her late M jesty Queen Adelaide. e I am unable (says Mr. Burdon) to state theavien rage annual number of those who w ere th e recipients of her b oun ty, h er wor k s of charity being done secret ; and it was only in those cases which required information I had the honour of being applied to." ALLEGED DIBQUALIFICATION UNDER THE RRW COX. PORATION ACT. The Court proceeded to take into consideration the following petition against the return of two gentle men who were elected on St. Thomas's day, to serve as Common Councilmen for the ward of Aldersgate. " Tbe humble petition Of _Robert Begley, an inhabitant householder of the ward of Alderegate. " That an Act was passed in the last session of the Imperial Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic., entitled ' The London Corporation Act,' by which the Legislature dc. fined the qualification required for members of the Court of Common Council of the city of London. " That in the 3d clause provision is made for the pre. paring a list of inhabitant householders, who shall be entitled to vote for aldermen, or common-eouncilmen, or ward officers. " That by alb sth clause, under the head of qualifies. tion for common-councilmen, it is enacted that a come mon-councilman must be a freeman of the city of Lou den, an occupier of premises of the annual value of 101., and who shall be registered in the register of the voters for the city of London, now in us e , i n respect o f premises of the ann ua l value above-mentioned. " That at the last election of common -councilmen for the ward of Aldersgate,- two gentlemen (Mr. John Lorkin and Mr. George Stacey) were returned by the alderman presiding as duly elected to fill the office of common-councilman, neither of whom were at the time of the election registered in the register of voters for the city of London in use at elections for members to serve in Parliament, and then in force in respect of premises of the annual value of 101. That a written protest against the return of these gentlemen was duly handed to the presiding alderman before the return was made, and objections taken previously to the election. "Your petitioner, theref ore, humbly prays your Wor shipful Court to declare this election, as far as these two gentlemen are concerned, t ) be null and void, and that the Lefore-namel Mr. John Lorkin and Mr. George Stacey be declared by this Act of the' Imperial Parlia ment disqualified to sit us members of the Court of Com mon Council, and that your Worshipful Court will fur ther cause a precept to Le issued f the election of two qualified persons, instead of the before-named Mr. John Lorkin and Mr. George Stacey, and your letitioner will over pray, (Signed) " ROBERT BESLEY, Fann-street,Aldersgate- street. " Londor, Jar. 7, 1850." The petitioner, who was, upon the suggestion of the Recorder, allowed to correct an error in the drawing up of the petition, which error, however, did not at all interf e re w ith th e genera l meaning of the docu ment, proceeded to argue that Mr. Lorkin and Mr. Stacey were to all intents and purposes disqualified by the new Act. He had uniformly supported the elec tion of the two gentlemen against whom he petitioned, and he had had no occasion to withdraw that support except fur the purpose of testing the efficacy of the New Corporation Bill, which he contended dimi nished instead of increased the franchise. Mr. STACEY, in addressing the Court, said he was perfectly aware of the excellent intentions of the pe titioner, but he believed the clause objected to as a disfranchising clause would soon have an opposite effect, and operate in considerably increasing the franchise. Alderman THOMPSON looked upon the New Cor poration Act as an extension, and not a contraction of the qualification, and moved that the petition be dismissed. Alderman FAREDROTHER seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Lorkin and Mr. Stacey therefore remain mem bers of the Court of Common Council. THE NON-FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON. Mr. B. TAYLOR, the foreman of the inquest of the ward of Farringdon Without, appeared for the pur pose of supporting the presentment handed into the Court of Wardmote on Plough Monday, from the district of Sr. Andrew's relative to the non freemen. He had found that many other present ments to the same effect had been made; and he re gretted that, for the twenty-five years during which, to his knowledge, the grievance had been annually complained of, no attempt had been made by either department of the corporation to apply a r.mely. In fact, the return of non-freemea hal become such a farce, that some of the wards considered it to be ab - surd to make any presentment at all upon the sub ject. How long, he wished to know, were 200 or 300 gentlemen to be compelled to give up their time to the performance of such a farce? There were several serving with him on the inquest who were not freemen, and they were obliged t o serve i n that office although excluded from every other civic right. How long was that system of annoyance to last? Mr. Taylor proceeded to contend against the unjust practice of compelling some retail dealers to take up their freedom and excusing others from taking any trouble in the matter—giving, in effect, a license to all whole sale dealers to do just as they pleased. The object of the inquest was, he said, not by any means to use compulsion in any case, but to extend the franchise to all paying scot, and who should be returned in the presentment by the wards ; and they trusted that, in stead of being, as they appeared to he now, divided into hostile parties, the citizens of London should enjoy the privileges which constituted the great- fea ture of their original institutions. After a discussion, in which the arguments sc frequently u-ed in both courts on the question of the freedom were repeated, the presentment was received, and the inquest withdrew. A memorial from the Court of Assistants of the Hon. Artillery Company, and a communication from Mejor Barnard, with resolutions passed at a meeting of members of the company, were, we understand, discussed with closed doors, and referred to the com mittee of privileges. Adjourned. [PRICE SD. FARNHAM, JAN. 14.—The following mysterious discovery has produced no small amount of excitement in this neighbourhood, the facts of which are not much much unlike those connected with the recent child murder case at the Old Bailey, at least as far as regards the disposal of the body. An inquiry was instituted by the county coroner, from which we gather the sub joined. In the course cf last Tuesday, a carrier named Stewart was (leaked by Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of the Unicorn Inn, to call at the Reading Station of the Great western Railway, and inquire if there was a parcel for a lady staying at their house. He called at the station on the following day, and Dixon, one cf the railway porters, stated there was a parcel direoted " Mrs. Smith, to be lift at the Reading Station till called for, carriage paid. Paddington.' It was a round shaped package, covered with canvas, and sewn round the address. It was given to the carrier, who took it to the Unicorn, but it not being the parcel expected by the landlord or lady they decline I to receive it. Stewart then conveyed it to sac tier Mr. Smith, who lives in East-street, who opened it in the presence of himself and two other persons. On the canvass being removed a light chip box covered with paper eas found. The box was forced open, and in it was discovered the b body_ of a female child wrapped up in a coarse ele c r i r t, Newell, the constable, was called to take c h a r g e beend on Mr. Knowles, a surgeon, attendin g , w l 3 bornrant. A pro nounced it to be e that - it had been born fichif° ± -wa v e i d olence on the face and m ti o n rl d em from head he had a strong p al o i s v i e, suspicion that it had met its death Therailway porter stated that the by unfair means. thetile exa minationb traces G d parcel reached th e the 4t Reading station on 2 h of De cember, by the seven o cl ock train from Paddington. It • rema ined in his custo dy till f etthed by Step art. He noticed that It had an offensive smell, but he thought it o )1 , t ailed dead game. In order that the police might h ave every opportunity of solving the mystery con nected with the fite of the deceased child , h te tuquiry was adjourned IT a fortnight. RELIEF OF METROPOLITAN DFSTITUTION•—Yes tcrday the City Kitchen was opence for a e relief of the distre•sed poor, t ) %shorn breaii, coal, and potati - es wire pie ief,lly distri'mAA. At tie Leicester-iquate Soup Kitehtr, llam-yarn, Great Windmill st:e-, 1,500 poor fstiiihhing ercuture, v. e e relievt.d. At two bloat] Soup Kitchen, Bath-itre t, Ne7.-rood, upwards (f Soo were relieved. At the Westmiurter Soup livelier), Lan isham strett, Broad Sam t Lary, upwards of 900 were fur ni,hed with a plentiful meal. Tte Marylebone, Fins bury, and Sisitalfi. Ids Benevolent Associations em u e ,cud dislribut;og bread, Inca!, and coals to the poor. At th,i Ittfuge, fir the ilouseless, n Marke,street, Rd ware-road, and PlayhouAe-yarif, Whitecross-street, 400 persons received a shelter from iiielemez.cy o f the weathar and a aubstantial meal. A bcc ey of bene volent individuals are abriut to fit up several cf the arches of the South-Western Railway in LamLeth, as a shelter for ;he homeless duriug the present inclement season. THE ARMY.-It is stated that the reduction is to ba 3,400 men—viz.. that the 17 regiments, having now fiat and merve battalions, are to be consolidated and reduced to 1,000 Lima each; the officers to remain en semis.