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Notice is hereby given, that a SrliciAL GENERAL MEETING of the London and North-Western Railway Company will be held at the Euston Station, London, en TUESDAY, the 31st day of De cember, 1850, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of de termining as to the acceptance of a proposed Lease, jointly with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company and the Midland Railway Company, of a portion of the Tolls and Duties authorised to be taken by the Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool and Douglas Navigation upon their Canal or Navigation, or some part thereof, for a term not exceeding 21 years. Dated this 12th day of December, 1850. GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman. CHAS LAWRENCE, Deputy-Chairman. 11. BOOTH, I Secretaries. C. E. STEWART. Now Published, in 2.000 pages royal s•ro., price 313., Being the Fifty-second Annual Edition, Comprising, among o' he • in onnation, OFFICIAL DIRECTORY; STREET DIRECTORY; COMMERCIAL DIRECTO Y; TRADES' DIRECTORY; LAW DIRECTORY; COURT L IRECTORY ; PARLIAMENTARY DIRECTORY, POSTAL DIRECTORY ; ( ITY I IRECTORY ; CONVEYANCE DIRECTORY; BANKING DIRECTORY; &c. & &c. N°,18,173.] LONDON, SATURDAY Vl , N 4- v; G S N - 7 DECEMBER 21, 1850. [PRICE SD. The following ara Reviews of the New Edition, which have appeared in the leading Metropolitan Journals:— division and subdivision are preserved, and such Is the completeness of the plan, that any fact touching the occupancy or calling of a re sident in London is placed within the immediate grasp. But the zealous and unwearying industry which has always presided over the preparation of this stupendous annual has too frequently been acknowledged to need panegyric now. The " Post Office Directory" has long been an essential in every courting-house; and such it will always be, so long as the same comprehensive spirit governs the supervision.. The new volume contains every correction and addi tion that the lapse of another year has rendered necessary ; and the excellence of .the machinery by which this is effected enables the editors to bring their labours down to a very rec Alt period. A book in daily use, as this is, and subjected to such frequent reference, is tested as closely as it is possible to test anything of the sort ; and the best praise that we can bestow upon it is, that we never knew it to mblead any one by false or imperfect information. Every yew ne cessarily improves the methods laid do wit for collecting the peculiar kind of intelligence in which it deals, and ensures the more certainly the accuracy of its registration ; and as the book has long distanced competition, so is it likely to remain what it has now for some years been, an extraordinary and unparalleled monument of dillg,nce, energy, and enterprise. lc; a sad picture. How long will it be ere the painting is altered ? The hody is indeed cared for in disease as well as in health ; besides more than 300 physicians, waiting to be called in, little loss than seventeen hundred surgeons are prepared to act as their pioneers. Such is London—living London— respectable Londoq—ou each of whose inhabitants depend so many of their fellow denizens of the Nionstu Hive. r • _ 911 HE WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE _A. EDWARD HOLLEST, of Frimley, Surrey —Frimley, Bag shit, December 4, 1550.—An earnest APPEAL to public benevolence is respectfully submitted by a g.tw friends and neighbours on behalf of the WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE EDWARD HOLLEST, who for a p-ried of 13 years, in an exemplary manner, performed the duties of his church. and was distinguished by his benevolenee and charity in the wide district under his charge. The act of atrocity by which the Rev. Mr. Holiest was suddenly cut off is universally known, but thote only who are acquainted with his posi tion are aware that he neter had the means of making a provision for his widow. Under such circumstances, it is hoped that the case of Mrs. Holiest will commend itself to the generous consideration of those who are blessed with the means of alleviating, so far as human sympathy and assistance can alleviate, the distress of a family so fearfully bereft of its natural supporter. 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SUN, NOvEmBER 13, 1850. ) , 41 : 11 0rig the many products of British industry, none, perhaps, will 'miter deserve a place in the Exhibition of 1851, than this mammoth volume, in itself a specimen of industry , re search, accuracy, and ,t ypography, which has rarely, if ever been creaalled, and which can the be surpassed, whilst, at the same time , it is the guide to, and "'le record of, all those great and magnificent industrial establish raeurs to the existence of which in Lond on she owes the proud posi tion which she holds as the metropolis of the civilized world, which tC I _,t I PY buildings covering a space of ground larger than the territo i74 of many a German or Italian independent Prince, and which five employment to individuals whose numbers exceed those of the armles of many of the first-rate powers of the world. As a not no , worthy specimen of British industry itself, and as a copious, and ac curate, and complete index to every other species of metropolitan in 'uarrY, "Kelly's Post Office London Directory" is certainly entitled to . 1 5, Place in the Exhibition which is to take place in the ass Palace of ..4ndtistry in the year 1851. This publication of t h e " Post Office Directory" commenced in the year 1799, and the present consequently, the fifty-second annual publication ; and it is a matter of curious research to compare the present with the early ed itions of the work, and to mark the vast improvement which hat peen' effected ; in fact the present resembles the earlier editions name merely. The work, in order to facilitate reference, is now divided into no less than ten Directories : —viz., an " Official 44 'ectory." a " Street Directory," a " Commercial Directory," a Trades Directory," a" Law Directory," a " Court Directory," a , Parliamentary Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " City Direc tory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Directory" ; and the whole is so admirably indexed that a person desiring any I nformation with regard to the great metropolis or its inhabitants, cannot experience the slightest difficulty in at once laying his finger on the page of the '2,091 pages of which this book is composed, which contains the information he requires. The pre sent edition of LT ) Directory contains a list of the principal hotels and commercial "um throughout England and Wales, with the names of the occu piers, and the population. In this we see only another proof of the anxiety of the proprietor to make his work es complete, as '4 _ e ftlit and as perfect as .posaible. As he himself well observes in ,„" r, Preface :—" Copiousness, accuracy , an d a pp ro p riate clay •Ifica "on, so that everything which msy reasonably be exoected in such : l i , 140 k may not only'be found , bu t fouad without difficulty, are in- • 'aPensable to perfection. These advantages can in any Directory O4lily be attained gradually, and not completely until , as in this ewe, e work enjoys the entire circulation. While rivals existed pa tronage was divided between books which were, or should have n, counterparts of each other ; the public, thererore, bad to pay more than they need have done for such werks as were brought out, and besides to submit to inferior productions, the total receipts not being sufficient to sustain two Directories of London, each as I () lnPrehensive as the present. And that the case was precisely as , e re stated is proved by the fact that this vo lume—to sa y nothin g of 4 superior accuracy, classification, and general arrangement— ' co ntains about double the quantity of mere le tter- p ress contained in t he o closing volume of its latest annual competitor , and is p ublished i its subscribers at a lower price. So that the public, as well as th e Proprietor of the Post Office London Directory; benefit by the c ircumstance that the work is—as it has for several years past been -- without a competitor. It may be safely predicted that this fa vourable position will be continued—firmly established as this Di rectory is in pubre favour, it can only be necessary that an equal arneunt of diligence to that which has led to so gratifying a result " 411 Le continued, in order to sustain it; on this the public may with i ri nlidence rely." The public have for years past r e lied with confi ence on the exertions of the proprietors of the " Post Office London Directory," and have invariably found their confidence responded to, so that year by year the work has become more copious, more ,eottrate, and better classified, until now it has attained that which 15 to all appearance a state of absolute perfection, and is, in every sense of the phrase, without a rival. TIMES, NOVEMBER 14, 1850. ...The volume for the year 1851 has just been published by Messrs. 4 -eity and Co , Boswell-court, Temple•bar, and is the 52d of a most Valuable series. This volume, like its predecessors, contains a mass Z C l ,,v,ery useful, and in the present state of the community almost otsDensable, information, compiled with indefatigable industry, and with an accuracy of research which may be relied on. The present volume is in arrangement and distribution of matter similar 1° those by which it has been preceded. It is remarkably well Drinted, and made in appearance as handsome as a book of such a p‘ss can be made. What can be said of few books of the same hilt may fairly be said of it—that no part could be taken from it Without doing it an injury, and its very bulk is a security for its eo Piousness. There is, as usual, a good map of London prefixed to the letter-press. and a variety of emendations which render it as Dertect as sack a work can be made. MORNING HERALD, NOVEMBHEL 13. 1850. The fifty-second publication of this stupendous annual has just Made its appearance, exhibiting no remission of that intelligent and s Ysternatic industry which has hitherto given the book so specific a c haracter for unique and comprehensive utility. Within this large and plethoric volume every name and residence, every trade and Profession, imident to the metropolis is to be found arranged u pon such a clear and orderly plan as to place it within in stant reach. Every succeeding issue has suggested some lin trrovemcnt in the methods of retail, as well as in the completion of t he machinery by which such a multitudinous assemblage of facts might be revised and corrected at intervals ; and the book may now , pronounced perfect. The experience of the last few years has ,Toßht us to put the most implicit filth in the records of the " Post Mace Directory." Error can scarcely be said to exist at all, so efficient is the process by which the separate lists are edited by special emissaries ; while the wants of any sort of inquirer, whether r eferring to the Government official or the City merchant, the Z i rofessional man or the shopkeeper, are met by the judicious mature of the sub-divisions and the facility afforded by the treble Directories of streets, trade, and persons. But the char icteristics of Mr. Kelly's mammoth periodical are well known, for no book is subjected to .ore frequent reference. It has now become a public necessity ; i t . ..! 1 (1, to be without it would be an inconvenience the public would but Fl like to encounter. We have ofte , i been called upon to applaud the 211Men,e amount of laborious enterpr se bestowed upon the prepare mon of this volume. Every fresh instance suggests the same species of apostrophe ; and no one can turn over the two thous and p a g es of Which it consists, every page a mass of small solid typography, with !ot being struck with the magnitude of the undertaking, and its m easurable usefulness to the public at large. We have 'loth ng now • add to our former commendations. The volume for 1851 contains .e Usual number of Directories, besides a variety of information ttiru every subject either remotely or immediately con n e c ted with e occupancy of London. Remark beyond this i superfluous. MORNING CHRONICLE, NOVEMBER 13, 1850. The fi ft y-second annual publication of this most useful work h a s 4 Vst been sent to as. The public, generally speaking, are fully alive V l ile merits of this enormous volume. extending to upwards of _ O O closely printed pages, and nearly every person engaged in com - Zrcial or professional pursuits In this great metropolis regards it b eing necessary to him in his avocation in consequence of the '"iastant, re f e rence he is (towelled to make to it It is possible, l b leever, that there are some wh o ma y su pp ose that the " Post O ffi ce D irectory" is merely a list of names o f p ersons engaged in trade ; Whereas, we can assure them that i t com p rises, under separate beads, 'lumber of different Directories, each of which furnishes a large 'pees of information, so admirably arranged that any matter apper abling to the distinct subjects may be readily found ranged under -",„ u e of the following titles : — The " Official," the " Street," the nrnmercial," the " Trades," the " Law," the " Court," the " Par 'ainentary," the " Postal," the " City," the " Conveya nce," and the Lis'anking" Directories. The proprietors state t hat, " co p iousness, ;:brany, and appropriate classification, so that everything t hat ma y '&Bonably be expected in such a book may not onl y be found, but fo und without difficulty, are indispensable to perfection ;" and as far rWA have been enabled to test this large vol ume we can congratu late them on having attained to that perfection. MORNING POST, NOVEMBER 16, 1850. This remarkable publication has reached its fifty-second year, and, " 11 tI as it is, it does net contain a superabundant line, or an item of information which might have been withheld without detracting urn its complet• ness. This is good evidence that utility rather ark display has been aimed at ; and the remark carries along wttli It high compliment to the discretion, ability and public spirit of r. Belly. Although competition has ceased, the circumstance has 'M no relaxing effect upon the efforts of the proprietor to preserve iRe Character of his publication, as will be abund antl y seen by all v I ' o have occasion to refer to its pages. The gre at streams of in -IPflation are, as usual, the " Official," the "Street," the "Commer ttal." the " Trades," the "Law,' the "Court , " the " Parliamen- FY," the " Post.l," the " Conveyance," and the " Banking D irectories. As affording an index to the commercial greatness of ,London, as well as to many other of its characteristic's, a perusal of the lists cannot be deemed uninteresting ; on the contrary, it may i nvite the application of some time and trouble to work out a few re sulta• Without aiming at anything beyon d a fair approximation to the truth, the following facts may be stated :—Of persons holding ° facial situations under the Crown, in the East India House, the I l ank of England, and other public offices, 7,000 na mes are insertel. In 7.350 streets, the names of 110,000 persons are me nt ' oned as en- Vged +0 business, or as householders , In t he " Commercial Diree- TY." when, the names appear without the street classification, and art limited mainly to those engaged in business, 80,000 may be taken as the number. In the analysis which is given of the persons en 'Aged in trades and professions (excluding the law), 90,080 names rear. In the " Court Directory" 26 , 000 names ara : .iven. Taking e religious characteristics of London as the subject of analysis, we have: 264 churches and 84 chapels belonging to the National ` Lu rch ; and 291 Diss Ming meetin -houses. The last are very v atted in name, and unequal in point of number. The Independe nts Vve 21 paces of worship • the Wesleyan., 44; Baptists, 69 ; RO r:t't Catholics, 19 ; Unitarians, 4 ; Irvingitos, 3; Society of Frien ds, Jews, 7 • connected with Scotch system, 8 ; of foreign ehap els, thiere are Bavarian, ' Danish, German, French, Greek, Swedish , and ~I 4u an. The "Directory" contains a minute , but clearl y en g raved ""al) of London, on a scale of three inches to the mile. . MORNIN4 ADVERTISER, NovasszEn 16, 1850. Arneng the proofs of England's commercial, social, and political g r eatness—the last named being a necessary sequent of the two To foter—we can certainly point with pride to the huge volume be fore as. It is, like the people whose avocatio ns, p rofessions, resi dences, and names it so accurately catalogues and classifies, labori . 112 . able, energetic practical , and solid. A microcosm of society, y and unattractive at the first view, but full of utility, nay, an ' o d ; spensable guide to him who seeks to track individuality in the vast labyrinth of London, which, if, in his ignorance, he supposes to .I._ b e a confused hive of h urr ying money-seekers, an understand n examination is Messrs. Kelly's stupendous Directory will show to be " A mighty maze, 3 et not without a plan." Sere in this storehouse of multitud inous facts, even the foreigner ~ -4 ' 4 3' gleam some idea of the vast variety of industrial pursuits, Wind, 'have made England great, and keep her so. The num ber of merchants, manufacturers , s ho p kee p ers, professional men, voverument officials, the butterflies of fashion, the peerage, 443 even those whom fortune has elevated to the questionable Privilege of " Nati consumere fruges," ! 1 . 111 3 , here be approximately guess ed ; and a picture in little of who la' ou r and battle of life in this co untr y be drawn by t v .'''. Possess the requisite appli cation and perspicacity. " On the 61 e, " The Post Office D irector y " is an honour to the direc 4.rs of so much systematic and intelligent industry, and its fifty ad issue " moults no featha r " of its p revious fame. Every !_ubJect remotely or immediately bear in g u p on the object of the Work seems to he foreseen and contrived for, and as the re . 24 of " a million of facts," it is the only volume we hav ever n to which we'could, without reservation , fairl y apply' that e often "us-used title. • DAILY NEWS, NOVEMBER 14, 1850. " The Post Office London Directery" for 1851 has just been , fted ; and after an examination of its multifarious contents, we flay declare it to deserve a continuance of the extensiv e p atronage it has hitherto so long received. More than 2,000 pages, divided 11 21 4 somewhere about 5,000 columns of close type, contain a mass In information about London and its people to be found in no other nook. To estimate this Directory fairly. one shoul egree cf attention through its pages, and then try to do g calc with s ulate the ome %Mount of fabonr bestowed on its production, and the great amount of time it saves to those for whose use it is intended. Haying done t hat —no rapid task—an attempt may be made to see how far it is accurate. Turn to the name of any person who, in trade or pro fession, has recently removed from one prominent part of London to another, and see if the name be posted up. After submitting the Volume to a test of this kind, which it stood most completely, we reel no hesitation in bearing witness to Its accuracrand complete 'lea& And we may add, that among the many things that may fall finder the notice of our foreign friends who come to see t he Ex hibition of 1851, few are adapted to convey a more exact idea of the Titaness of the metropolis of England than this huge volume with t*o thousand pages filled with the names, addresses, and occupa tions of her chief residents and citizens. STANDARD, DECEMBER 2, 1850. This publication is one of the marvels of our age —a work as much exceeding the celebrated " Annua re of Didot" as London exceed Faris in wealth, population, and exitent. Our readers may remember _to a late number of the " Quarterly Review" a remarkable article o .._escribing the wonderful machinery of the General Post Offiee. Now, the " Post Office Directory" is really a counterpart of that 'Wonderful machinery4Suppose a man to stand of a clear morning Ed the top of Highgate-hill. and to look round upon the bounless sea of brick which actually fills the whole horizon, and then to be told that he might in one minute, by referring to a portable book, find not merely the name of every, even the minutest, street, lane, or alley in the prodigious accumulation sf dwellings, but even the Caine of every householder among the two millions of inhabitants. Such is, however, the fact. The " Post Office Directory" will tell lot all this and more ; for. besides the names *f streets, lanes, and alloys, it will supply a distinct index to all professions and trades. L a d to all establishments about which any one can have occasion to ?quire. The librarians'of the British Museum have been some ten at' twenty years trying to catalogue some 300,000 or 400,000 books, and they are not yet one quarter through the work. Would it not me "ell to send them to the compilers of the " Post Office Directory,' bave found out a way to catalogue some two millions of items ' " • InPfIINO AND MERCANTILtiGAZETTE, DECEMBER 6, 1850. The voluine of this -important and 'indispensable work' for the ~MhComing year has just made its appearance, and exhibits no fall f_ off, either in bulk or utility. when compared wi th the large rattily of volumes which have preceded it. The same principles of WEEKLY DISPATCH, NOVEMBER 17, 1850. Messrs. Kelly and Co. have just published the fifty-second annual edition of the " Post Office Directory."' Having ex Amined the con tents-of this mammoth book, in every department, with scrutinizing attention,. and having before given our unqualified approbation of it, we may readily be excused for printing the following observa tions from the address of the spirited publishers, and adopting them as our own The Directory was long at the head of books of its class, and has now, for many years, stood alone : its varied lists, classifications, and arrangements, comprising as they do —' Official Directory;' Street Directory ;' ' Commercial Directory;' Trades' Directory ;" Law Directory ;" Court Director y;" Parliamentary Directory;' Postal Directory ;' • City Directory :" Conveyance Directory ;" Banking Directory,' &c., leave all chances of com petition at hopeless distance, as success ve attempts have fully proved, It cannot be requisite to g've, in detail, the contents of a work so , universally known and in such general use, and all that can be neces sery to announce is, that every exertion has been used in order that the present edition may merit the gratifying description of its im mediate predecessors, characterised as these have been, in the metro politan journals, as the ' Hand-books to the corn erce of the first commercial city of the world.' In the case of Such a volume, pre dticed butinace a year, mere c - ,it must always be quite secondary to fulness of Information and accuracy of arrangement; still, it may not be entirely irrelevant to direct attention to the fact, that, taking its bulk only, without reference to the general typographical and other arrangements, it is by far the cheapest book which issues from the English press. In the year 1844 the classification and ar rangements which have been since continued were adopted, and the price of the volume fixed at thirty shillings ; at this time the work had an opponent, and . much surprise was excited that the ' Post Office London Directory' could, with its far greater amount of mat tor, be sold at a lower price than its competitor. In the year named, the' Post Office' London Directory' was included in 1,855 of its im perial octavo pages ; it now extends to 2,082, being en actual excess of 227 of these pages. ,This large addition (made since the Post Office has been the only Directory of London), although necessarily involving a greatly increased outlay in the production, has been ac complished without any addition to the price of the book to its sub scribers.", EXANITNER, NOVEMBER 16, 1850. This extraordinary compilation maintains its high character. For copiousness, correctness, and . admirable classification, it has no approach to a competitor. It is not si , nply one Directory; it is a dozen separate Directories; yet so skilfully arranged and connected as to tend each to the other's greater completeness. The several Directories of streets, trades, professions and persons, are a re markaole example of this. Each is complete in itself, yet none would be to to the same extent merely by itself. Successive years (and the book is now fifty-two years old) have contributed their ex perience, till the arrangement stay be pronounced nearly perfect. Jut we are needlessly commending what is become a public neces sity to every one engaged in the general business of London life. Perhaps we could hardly express the magnitude or wonders of our city more forcibly to the foreign friends who visit us next May, than by placing in their hands this astonishing record of the trades and callings, of the several modes of life, of the infinitely vast and various streams of human existence and interests, which are now all gathered together under the name of London. SPECTATOR, NOVEMBER 16, 1850. This gigantic publication, with its two thousand pages of closely packed type, seems to leave nothing more to be desired in the way of new subjects, or the exhibition of those subjects in different as pects, so that the searcher, who from want of particulars fails in one mode cf examination, may have recourse - to another. If there are here and there slight errors or omissions of detail, they may f kirly be ascribed to the multiplicity of minutia, or to the necessity of sometimes relying on second-hand information. It would be well, however, to bear in mind the necessity of unceasing watchfulness as regards accuracy. JOHN BULL, NOVEMBER 16, 1850. The fifty second edition of that monster repertory of the great Babylon of modern times, and of all that dwell and trade therein, —Kelly's " Post Office London Directory for 1851"—is now lying before us; bearing witness in its annually increasing bulk to the Incessant growth of the metropolis in all directions. In every de partment of its encyclopaedic contents the present edition furnishes evidence of the indefatigable industry with which it is kept ' au courant' of the countless changes which take place from year to year in so vast a population. HERAPATIVS RAILWAY JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 16, 1850. The fifty-second annual edition, which has Just appeared, merits all that could be said for it. The ➢lessrs. Kelly seem to glory in their "Post Office Directory," and to strive, year after year, to effect improvements. It is impossible to deny that up to, and including the present praiseworthy ed tion, they have succeeded. They have now securely in their hands the monopoly of the book, and far from abusing it, the result bears evidence that it has been beneficial to the public. ATLAS, NOVEMBER 16, 1850. Year after year adds to the wonders of this digest of the most wonderful of modern cities. " London," said M. Scribe, "is not a city, but an agglomeration of divers interests, passions, and preju dices." Whatever these may be, they are all tabled in this volume, with a completeness and accuracy without a parallel. We scarcely know which to be the most proud of—the enormous city which could furnish materials for such a work, or the industry and enterprise necessary to reduce to order such a complex variety of facts, which make the volume as interesting to the curious as it is indispensable to men of business. The volume this year extends to 2,091 pages. The classification is the same as usual; in fact, it w impossible to Improve upon it. We have examined for ourselves many of the new references for the present year, and can bear testimonyto their per fect accuracy. BELL'S WEEKLY MESSEN3ER, DECEMBER 7, 1850. We congratulate Mr. Kelly on the appearance of the; . /ifty-second edition of this most valuable publication. To convey a correct idea by description of the enormous: amount of labour which must have been employed in collecting an arranging the rnateria's, or of the variety of the subjects comprised in this Directory, is beyond our power. A mere enumeration of the general heads under which these subjects are placed would fill a column of our paper. Suffice it, therefore, to say, that to the merchant, the trader, the lawyer, the canker—in fact, to every class of the community whose business may lead them to require the aid of a Directory, Mr. Kelly's volume Is indispensable. The fee-simple lands are subject to 881. 18s. 5 %d. tithe rent charge not yet apportioned, part of which is, hoWever, payable out of Class, and a jointure of 3691. 4s. Bd. for the life of a lady aged near 90 years. The Leasehold Estate of CLASS is subject to the yearly head rent of 731. 175., and the DEER PARK to the yearly head rent of 2711. 10s., and 311. 18s. 9.1. tithe rent charge. Offers for purchase, by private contract will be received up to Ist December, 1850. The first lot is well deserving the attention of purchasers ; the House is a large cmvenient mansion, built on a rising ground, which fronts the south ; it is surrounded by pleasure grounds, which are thickly clothed in many parts with luxuriant plantations, tastefuly laid out, and in perfect harmony with the conformation of the ground, under the direction of a landscape gardener. From the entrance•gate to the house the approach is remarkably beautiful, consisting of a nar row valley, the sides of which are covered with ancient trees ; in the bottow are ornamental waters on different levels, some rich islets, a rustic bridge of grey limestone, and a profusion of evergreens. In a retired part of the grounds Is a well-built Roman Catholic Chapel. Tha estate surrounds the demesne in a ring fence, and is not more than five miles from the market town of Blidleton, and twelve miles from the city of Cork. HENRY CAREY, Assistant Secretary. For rentals and further particulars, apply at the Office of the Com missioners, 14, Henrietta-strect, and to Francis Hodder Tuckey, So licitor for the Petitioner, having the carriage of the Sale, 0, South mall, Cork, and.l, Upper Mount-street, Dublin. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, for Orphan and Necessitous Children. On Christmas Day, in the Morning, a SERMON will b 3 preache 1 in-Trinity Church, Cloudesley-square, Islington, on behalf of the above-named charity, by the Rev. HUNTER FRANCIS FELL, M.A., Incumbent. Divine Service commences at Eleven o'c'ock. A. L. SAUL, Secretary. Offices, GO, Bread-street, Cheapside. MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 16,'.1850.. The old adage, that " a great book is a great evil," is triumphantly falsified b.. the annual publication of this imposing volume, with Its 2,000 pages, and its'vast mass of practical information. All competi tors, at all approaching the same comprehensive scale, have lately dropped off; so that the work, both in its dimensions and the im mense variety of information it affords, is now unique. It stands alone, and is likely long to remain so in the extent of its resources the collective array of details of streets and squares of the great metropolis and inhabitants thereof. The admirable classification and arrangement of this mass of information forms, perhaps, its most striking feature and the secret of its usefulness, since under its various heasl3—" Official," "Commercial," "Trades," " ParliarlentarY," " Banking," &c.—the required fact may almost infallibly be ascer tained. It cannot be presumed that there is any apparent improve ment on its predeces§ors of the last few years, since the arrange ments hardly admitted of a change for the better. There is ample evidence, however, that the 52nd volume of the Directory contains the latest changes up to the time of its appearance—in that respect doing vast credit to the watchful care bestowed upon its contents down to the minutest details. In a word, it em bodies a dozen Directories in one, each under its separate depart ment containing the precise information calculated to be of practical use to the public for whom it has been so elaborately compiled. LITERARY GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 16, 1850. This massive volume, which yearly increases in size and useful ness, has made its usual appearance. The inhabitants of London are catalogued for us by the editors, not only alphabetically, but accord ing to their occupations and residences. A " Parliamentary Direc tory," a " Postal Directory," and " City," " Conveyance," " Bank ing," and " Assurance Directories," contain under their respective heads every item of information that can be useful, so admirably arranged as to be instantly accessible. No resident in the metropolis should be without the " Post Office Directory." It is as necessary and serviceable to use Nobleman and the Esquire, as it is absolutely essential to the Banker, the Lawyer, the Merchant, the Manufac turer , and the Tradesman. BRITANNIA, NOVEMBER 16, 1850. MODERN BABYLON, The advertisement sheets of a leading journal have with justice been characterised as the miniature of the wants, the wishes, and the employments of the nation, of which a perfect Directory would be the daguerreotype. Such a sun-painting of living London now lies before us, comprised in a mass of paper and print that frights us to behold. More than two thousand pages of close printing, and many columns in each page, are required to chronicle the residences and the occupations, not of London en masse, but merely of her upper and middle classes. All will agree with us in designating the well known" Post Office Directory" as UMOSt useful book, if not an'actual necessary to the man of business. We must, however, go farther. and speak of it as one as full of instruction as of information, and more profitable for useful consideration than many a book filled from cover to cover with statistics of men arid things. In its mass of type we have London laid out before us, in the social re lations of her people, as clearly as the best panorama has ever depicted the brick and stone of her outward garb. She is here, living, breathing London, represented by the classes who form the strength of her population, who not only consume, but by them selves and their subordinates create the wealth of which she boasts. Let us consider the various divisions of our higher and middle classes as they are mapped out before us. Within her boundarie , , as the mart of commerce, as well as the seat of Royalty and Go eernment— the emporium of trade, as well as the centre of professional exertion and talent—officials, courtiers, merchants, professionals, and trades men, are gathered in perfect masses. When we speak of these boundaries we speak not of the narrow closely-packed city, within its ancient line of walls, whence the great aggregate of the metro polis takes its name, but of that aggregate of life and life's abodes that forms the practical metropolis. We speak of a city of upwards of seven thousand streets, and more than one hundred and fifteen thousand houses, inhabited by the upper and middle classes. We speak of a city in which more than two thousand different trades are carried on, where commerce musters upwards of seventy-six thousand followers—where thirty-thousand officials are daily at work—and where upwards of sixteen hundred barristers hope for business, with the encouraging knowledge that were all the metro politan attornies there among them, there would be just a brace for each member of the other branch of the profession. For five miles from north to south, for nearly eight from east to west, this city extends, with little more space uncovered by houses than suffices for the daily traffic of its misses, and some half-dozen tiny lungs for their weekly respiration. When we bear in mind that these num bers refer only to the upper and middle cusses of our metropolitan hive, we shall not be surprised at the numbers of masters whom we find arranged under each separate head of those divisions of science or art into which we must now sub-divide London. Indeed, their numbers, more especially when due regard is paid to the numbers of the sections by which the necessaries of life are furnished, form the best evidence of the swarming masses of our working popu lation which go to fill up the complement of its myriads. Large as is the population accounted for among the list of " respectables," it sinks into insignificance when compared with that living swarm for which the pur veyors of food in London buy and sell. Our capitalists require 500 architects and 800 builders to devise and baild houses for them, and spoil streets ; as well as an equal number of artists to paint their forms and cooks; Our delicate eaters rejoice iu the. pre sence of 480 pastry with the comforting and consoling knowledge that the chemists and druggists muster 200 more. Our lovers of smoke fear no tobacco famine whilst 800 shops remain open for the sale of the noxious weed. Our ladles have 800 linen drapers' shops at their command—good, bad, and indifferent ; be sides 240 haberdashers, and upwards of 300 hosiers and glovers For their brighter ornaments other 300 jewellers labour, whilst nearly 1,000 milliners form the delicate coverings on which the jewels are to sparkle. If we turn from luxuries to necessaries, from the adornment of the body and the gratification of the tastes, to its necessary support and the coverings that nature demands, the sapply of master traders is equally unbounded. Mere than fifteen hundred butchers keep shops for our repasts, aided by a thousand green. grocers, to supply vegetables; tWO thousand four hundred other grocers add their useful condiments to our meals ; as many bakers pray to supply the family with that mixture called London bread ; whilst hard upon two thousand publicans, aided by half a thousand retailers, will send in the requisite supply of malt at a moment's notice. Two thousand six hundred professors of tailoring await your orders, supported by four hundred hatters to defend from the weather the locks or the wigs which any of the seven hundred professors of hair-dressing, let alone the poor barbers, will gladly dress or supply. Six hundred and odd coal merchants —real and brass-plate—will supply coals to boil the kettle for the tea, which eight hundred and eighty manufacturers of milk will weaken and slightly. discolour with:their patent composition. Let us turn fl'one the body to the intellect and the soul. For the mighty mass four: hundred and . fifty public and national • schools proffer education, mostly free; and, deVen hundred and 'fifty other private aeade- , inks Ara tUpplyies, strutter ,aziiele according , ,tlieepriee. jly vided for4bg peeple,,more than, halt of whi c h are,pract , the National Church one hundred and forty-nine,cherqs 11 , 11 0 0- to the poor, by ?eased betlieieheitig private propeßY: • The rest of 6413 , closed t the religious accommodation is divided among the sections and sub. one hundred and eighty iu all. . This r , sections of Dissent, numbering SELF -GENERATING GAS LIGHT. SECOND PATENT. HOLLIDAY'S PEERLESS LAMPS, from 6s. each, complete. Itself produces Gas Light equal to eight mould candles for ;id. per hour ; more portable than common oil lamps for the table, the shop, the school, workshops, railway stations, and every purpose where a good light is required, without trimming or trouble; it is peerless, clean, smokeless, governable as Gas by a stop tap, and will burn 16 !lours without attention. "In fact a surprisingly useful and econo mical invention." To be seen. and Prospectus with Engravings to be had, at 128, Holborn-hill, London ; at the Works, Turn-bridge, Huddersfield ; Sussex -greet, Sheffield; 23, Oak-street, Manchester; and Well street, Bradford. DR. E GARDNER'S CELBRATED WORM MEDICINE. It is a melancholy fact that thousands arc suffering the privation of health, and are ultimately brought to a premature death by a cause so prevalent as that of worms in the human body. The common symptoms are disagreeable odour of the breath, fe vered tongue, heaviness or languid bluish appearance about the eyes, swelling and paleness of the lips, frequent itching of the nose, appe tite irregular, and the bowels also, pale and emaciated countenance, and, at other times, the face will be flushed, griping pains, a short dry cough, great thirst, vomiting, starting during sleep, and grinding of the teeth. Youth or age may with the utmost safety have re course to this old-established medicine. Sold by Thomas Trout, 229, Strand, London, whose name and ad dress observe on the dovernment Stamp, and may be procured from the dealers in medicines, at 2s. 9d., and for children at Is. I)4d. Full directions are given with everyboz. Denomin . ations Leamlara House and Demesne Carrigane •• Glengarriffmore Gleugarriff beg . • • • • Doneen .. .. Ballyvatta itallynaglogh .. .. Moanba vn •• •• Ballynabranagh East .. Ballynabranagh West.. • • ISouth Condonitown .. • • 12 ,Class • • 13 Deer Park Yearly Value. £ s. d. 272 8 0 61 13 9 92 0 8 68 18 10 115 7 10 234 17 5 81 0 111 4 6 138 0 3 33 11 10 31 19 7 1251 8 6 128 3 39 336 3 32 127 0 0 449 8 8 COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, for Orphan and Necessitous Children, Wanstead. President—JOHN 3IASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. The ANNUAL DINNER, to celebrate the Foundation of the above-named Institution, will be held at the London Tavern. on FRIDAY, the 27th instant, at Five o'clock precisely. The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR (supported by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex), will preside. Tickets, One Guinea each, to be obtained from any of the Stewards; or at the Offices, 60, Bread-street, Cheapside. A. L. SAUL, Secretary. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, for Orphan and Necessitous Children, Wanstead. President—JOHN MASTERMAN:Esq., M.P. Notice is hereby given, that a lIALF-it - EAWLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors of this Institution will he held at the Lon don Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on SATURDAY, 28th Dec. inst., at Ten in the Forenoon precisely, for the purpose of receiving the Half-yearly Reports of the Board of Management and he Auditors ; to entertain, discuss, and determine the motions of Mr. W. S. Rumsey, Mr. Aug. H. Moore, and Mr. Geo. Lawrence, of which due notice has been given, and copies of which may be seen on 'application at the offices; and te entertain, discuss, and determine all such other questions and matters as may be authorised and re quired by the rule of the Institution to be brought before the Court. A. L. SAUL, Secretary. 60, Broad-street, Cheapside, December 19, 1850. DULCKE N'S PRIVATE • HOTEL and BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT, 80, Harley-street, Caven dish-square. T. A. DULCKEN (husband of the late Madame Duicken, Pianiste to her Majesty) has the honour to announce that he has fitted up his spacious premises at the above address with a union of elegance and comfort to adapt it to all the purposes of a private hotel and family boarding-house, in which ladies and gentlemen, or families visiting London from the provinces or the continent, will find all the privacy and convenience of a domestic home in the very centre of the fashion able quarter of the metropolis. Prospectuses of terms and other details will be forwarded, per post, to applicants from a distance, and personal inquiries will be answered on the premises to all who nifty be desirous of inspecting the estab lishment. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. yrfp OYAL POI, YTECHN le INSTITUTION . 1.11, Lecture by Dr. Bachhoirner on Voltaic Electricity, in which will be exhibited Aliman's Patent Electric Light, on Tuesday and Thursday at Nine. —Lecture by J. EL Pepper, Esq., on Fire and Its Antagonists, illustrated with brilliant Experiments.—New Lecture by Mr. George Barker, entitled an English Christmas, illustrated by appropriate Ballads, composed expressly by him, and written by a Lady of distinction, every Evening (except Saturday) at E:gnt o'clock. —Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Railway, at work daily.—Exhibition of the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope.—Entirely New Series of Dissolving Views, illustrating some of the Royal Residences of Europe.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &e. Admission, I s.—Schools, Half-price. Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex ept Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. GRAND SALON DE DANSE ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND. OPEN FOR THE SEASON. Lessee—Mr. Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden. Mr. SIMPSON, anxious to have the best Band in London, has re tained the valuable talent of the leading Artists engaged during the past season at Cremorne Gardens, including the most eminent Performers from her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, and the Philharmonic Concerts. BORINTS BAND. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. Comprising Selections from the most celebrated Composers, and Solos by first-rate Artists. Overture, " Les Diamans de la Courenne," Song, " The Chamois Hunter," Miss G. Hodson Comic Duett, " Love and Jealousy," Miss G. Hodgson and Mr. J. W. Sharp. Comic Song, " Useful Knowledge," (with a Burlesque Collegiate Speech) Mr. J. W. Sharp • • .. Farmer. olka, " Laura Bell" (First Time) Borini REPERTOIRE OF MUSIQUE DE DANSE. THIS EVENING, Dee. 21. I. Polka • . Alice .. • • .. J. Strauss 2. Qiadrille.. Val d'Andorre (2d set) .. Musard 3. Waltz • . Morgenstern .• Labitzky 4. Polka .. Eclipse .• • . Kcenlg 5. Quadrille.. La Guerre des Femmes .. Bosisio 6. Schottische Hungarian D'Albert 7. Polka Laura Bell Borini 8. Quadrille.. All Nations Borini 9. Waltz Schoenbrunn Lanner 10. Polka .. Charlotten •• Labitzky 11. Quadrille.. Popular .. • . Borini 12. Galop .. G!ocken .. • • .. Labitzky To the votaries of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence of Borini's Band, after the experience of its Orchestral Triumphs at Cremorne, would be superfluous. Solos and Concerted Pieces will be performed during the evening. Borini's Latest Compositions—The Adelaide Polka, Waltzes to various popular Irish Melodies, Galop d'lndustrie, New Quadrille of all Nations. The Grand Salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone considerable alterations and improvements. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock. Admission One Shilling. .. Auber. .. Ballinger. THIRTY-FIFTH EDITION. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEAE. illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. )N PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IM I'EDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. A New and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d. by nest, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by ex gssive indulgence, the consequences of Infection, or the abuse of mercury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, followe; by observations en the Married State, and the disqualifica- Eons which prevent It. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and by the detail of cases. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ord-street, London. Published by the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall street, London. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from Imection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is Illustrated by Seventeen Coloured L'ngtavings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Preventio of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of Infection is obviated. 1 This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART V.lB devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACDM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 1 ls. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases - of infection, secondary symptoms, - eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11x. and 335. per .bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 28. 9d„ 48. 6c1., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhea, gleet, stricture, and chronic. Inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the 'case is required: age, habits, and posi 'len lit society.. 11. Packets, with. advice, to be had at the Rea blishment only by which the fee, U., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford reel, London, from Eleven till Two and _rive to Eight ; en Sun day, !COM EIOYOII to 01114 R. It. Bayley, Esq., Mitchett, Frinile3 , Bagshot. J. F. Burrell, E:41., Manor House, Frimley. Rev. J. H. Clayton, Farnborough, Bagshot. Rev. John Lawrell, Cove, Eagshot. Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart., Farnborough-place, Bagahot. Thomas Longman, Esq.. Farnborough-hill, Bagshot. Captain Cnarles Edward Mangles, Poyle-park, Farnham, Surrey. The Commit ee have the itistacti nt to state that her Majesty the Queen, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Bishop of Winchester, kavc sanctioned their exertions by very liberal donations. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington £5O 0 0 The Lord Bishop of Durham- . . 15 0 0 The Lord Bishop of St David's . . 10 0 0 The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph . . 5 0 0 The Lord Bishop of Ripon . 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 1 1 5 0 Per Messrs. Coutts. A. B. - - - -£5O 0 A. R., Fernley - - 15 0 IV. W. W. - - - - 10 0 M. J. - - - - 10 0 S. 11. - - - 1 1 C. S. D. - - 1 1 C. T. T. - - 2 2 E. E. T. - - - 1 1 A. B. - - - 1 5 Harford, Mr. - - Harford, Rev, Alfred • - Hawker, Colonel Peter - Rodgean, Rev. John • Hall. Rev. 7Tansloy • - Haines, Mr. - - - Dr. Bisset Hammond, Geo., Esq , Hunt, Fredk., Esq. - Ingram, James, Esq. Janson, F. El., Esq. Janson, Mr. Thos. Jansou, Mr. Henry Jones, Isaac, Esq. - Jones, Win., Esq. - Jackson, James, Esq. Johnson, H., Esq. - lohnson Miss E. - - - 1 0! H. A. E. L. - - 5 0 T. G. - 1 9 E. 11. - - - 2 0 Per Barclay and Co L. L. - - - 2 101 Mrs. A. B. . - 1 Op J. 11. - - - 1 0 C. R. L. - - 2.01 R. P. - 10 0: 'Jackson, Miss, Jackson. Wm., Esq. I Jakyll, E., Esq. . King, F., Esq. Kelsey, Richard, Esq. - The Kentish Mess, Clif ford's Inn - 215 Lawrell, J. G. 8., Esq. - 5 5 Lambert, the Lady - - 5 0 Levien, Edward, Esq. - 1 0 Latham, Alfred, Esq. - 5 Lyall, G., jun., Esq. - 5 Lawrell, Miss - 5 0 ,Lee, Wm., Esq. - 2 0 Lee, Mrs. - 1 0 Liddiard, Wm., Esq. . 2 2 Loyd, L., jun., Esq. - 10 0 Lennox, Lord Win. - - 1 0 Legg, Rev. WM. - 10 0 A Lady, per Berries & Co. 5 0 Le Marchant, Sir Denis, Bart. - - 6 0 Lumley, W. G., Esq. - 1 1 Lakin, Rev. J. M. 1 0 A. Lady, of Sidmonth - 1 0 Mullens, W. H., Esq. 2 2 Morier, C. W., Esq. - . 1 1 Meade, Rev. John - 1 0 Morris, Norman, Esq. 1 1 Morgan, Edward, Esq. - 1 0 Mocatta, E., Esq. . 1 0 Marshall, Wm., Esq. - 1 0 Mitchell, P. S., Esq. - 1 0 Mitzhell, W. R., Esq. - 1 0 Nfo ant, Geo., Esq. - . 28 0 Morelli', John, Esq. - . 5 0 Majendle, Rev, 11. - - 5 M ethold, Rev. T. - - 5 0 Milner, Mrs. L. G. - 10 0 Murray, the Hon. Mrs., Friends of - - 28 9 Menu', Rev. Samuel 2 0 online, Richard, Esq. - 1 1 tiatthew, Jelw, Esq, 1 I Mackenzie. Alex, Esq. - 2 2 Niorland, W. C., Esq. - 2 0 Moore, the Lady - - 1 0 Monins, Rev. John - - 5 0 Miles, Mrs. - - 2 5111!er, Boyd, Esq. - 2 10 Mangles, Ross, D., Esq., Anonymous = - 010 Per Harries and Co. _ A. B. - - 1 0 H.B. - - 010 A. L. L. - - 1 0 E. W. W. - - - 1 0 X. Y. - - 5 0 R. H. M. T. - - 210 Per Messrs. Mangles. M. S. - 0 10 Per Messrs. Scott and Co. • H. W. B. - - 1 0 G. H. W.- . 1 0 T. and L. H. - - 2 0 F.O. - - 2 I Per Messrs. Smiths and Co. J. H. M. - - 1 0 J.C. D. - - - 0 5 J. M., jun. - . 1 0 X. Y. Z. - - 1 1 Per Williams and Co. _ _ M. A. - . . 1 1 Amory, Samuel, Esq. - 5 0 Alcock, Thomas, Esq., M.P. - - - 10 0 Allason, Thomas, Esq. - 2 0 Allason, Mrs. - - 2 0 Allason, Miss - 1 0 Abraham, Rev. Mr. and Family - - - 5 Austen, Alfred, Esq. - Austen, R. A. C., Esq. 1 0 Alexander, H., Esq. - 5 Bayley, Samuel, Esq. - 20 Bostock, Samuel, Esq. - 2 Banbury, F., Esq. - - 1 Brown, John, Esq. - 1 Bowyer, Mr., Frimley - 0 1 Bantle, Wm. IL, Esq. - 1 Baillie, Mrs. Jo►naa - 1 0 Bury, Mrs. and Miss M`Kenzie Grieve - 6 0 Battersbee, Hartord . Esq. 1 0 Brown, James, Esq. - 1 / Best, H. P., Esq. - - 1 0 Burrell, J. F., Esq., Farn ham - - - - 3 3 Burrell, Miss - - - 1 0 Barclay, Bevan, and Co. 10 0 Barker, It., Esq. - 5 0 Mfrs. Bosanquet, Samuel 5 0 Brassey, Mrs. - - 10 0 Bellitigton, Miss - - 2 0 Bulnois, John, Esq. - 5 0 - 5 0 Marryatt, C., Esq - 1 0 Millet, F. Esq. - 5 0 Mangles, Rev. A. - - 5 0 Melville, Hex. W. L. - 1 1 Molineux, Rev. G. M. • 2 0 Moßuena, Miss- - - 1 0 Mousley, Rev. W. E. - 1 0 Morris, Huson, Esq.- - 5 0 Neel, the Hon. and Rev. Gerard - - - - 10 0 Two Friends per ditto - 010 Nicholson, G., Esq. - - 3 0 North, W. R„ Esq. - - 2 0 Newcombe, Captain G. - 5 0 Ogle, Mrs. Henry - - 5 0 Pocock, John J., Esq. - 10 0 PligllPS , ROY, W. Spencer 1 0 Payne, W., Esq. - - 1 0 Parker, James, Esq. - 5 0 Parnell, 11., Esq. - 5 0 Payier, J.; Esq. - - 1 0 Pembroke, the Lady- - 30 ' Percival, Rev. Henry - 10 0 Pannell, C., Esq. - • 10 0 Pope, Yen. Archdeacon - 5 0 Pope, G., Esq. - - 8 0 Peachey, Rev..T. 0 Poole'', R., Esq. - - 1 0 Price, A. T., Esq. - - 5 0 Parkinson and Frodshfun, Messrs. - - - 2 2 Richardson, Sawford, Esq. 1 0 Ridge, H., Esq. - - 1 0 Randell, Rev. John - - 5 0 Rennalls, W. R., Esq. - 1 1 Richards. E. P., Esq. - 5 0 Raine, Miss - - 5 0 Robinson, Rev. G. - 1 1 Rowsell, Rev. E. E. - 1 0 Rhodes. Mr. - - - 5 0 Scott. Sir C. 8., Bart. - 10 0 Sheppard, Thos., Req. - 10 0 Smily. W. R., Esq. - - 2 0 Brawling, Stephen, Esq. - 1 0 Slocoek, Mrs. C. - - 1 0 Stevens. W., Esq., High field - - - 5 0 Stephens, W., Esq. - - 5 0 Scovell, Lieut.-General Sir George - - - 10 0 Sumner, Rev. C. V. H. - 2 2 Savage, Rev. J. A. - - 3 3 Seall, Rev. B. - - - 2 2 Sandley, Rev. Gee. - - 2 0 Sandley, Miss - - - 1 0 Sewell, Rev. H. D. - - 1 0 A. Sussex Curate - - 2 0 Sullivan, Mrs. Stuart - 5 5 Sykes, Vice-Admiral - 5 0 ISysapathy, per Cox and Co. 1 0 Sutton, Sir Rd., Bart. - 5 0 Shaw, Sir John, Bart. - 210 Short, Colonel - - - 1 0 Shrub, Rev. H. - - 210 Suaby, Maurice, Esq. - 5 0 Slandering, James, Esq. - 1 1 Smith, Samuel G., Esq. - 10 0 Slaughter, Edward, Esq. - 1 1 Tustin, E. E., Esq. - 5 0 Tyrie, David, Esq. - - 2 0 Tudor, Henry, Esq. - - 1 0 Two Sisters - 1 0 5 0 (rower, G. S., Esq. - - Two Ladies, per Child and Co. - - - 8 0 Caddy, Rev. Wm. - - 1 1 Three Members of the Travellers' Club - - 5 0 Thompson, J. D., Esq. - 2 0 Thrupp, J. W., Esq. -10 0 Vile, Thomas, Esq - - 1 0 Villebois, Mr. and Mrs. 0 Venables, Rev. Edmund 5 0 Mrs. E* 52 00 Vidal, Rev. 0 . E. - 1 0 Warrall, Septimus , Esq. 10 10 Wilkinson, Norman, Esq. 5 0 Watson, , TA vv - kl o n i t,aepvt. v Co . d i a r n a , d i 41• Mrs. 5 o Wyatt, Rev. J. J. P. - 5 0 Wyatt. Hugh P.. Esq. - 1 0 A idow's Mite, a, per Ccutts and Co. Warden of Now College Irlns, Mrs. - - - I of Bliss, Miss - - 3 0 Badcock, Henry. Esq. - 2 0 Bridges, Thos., Esq. - 50 0 Barlow, Rev. John - 1 0 ' Barlow, Rev. John - 111 Brymer, Ven. Archdeacon 1 0 I Bury, G , Esq. - - 5 5 Beardmore. Miss - 5 0 I Birch, Rev. C. - - 1 0 Bayley, W. W.. Esq. - 2 0 Bowles, Rev. H. - - 5 0 Best, G., Esq. - 5 0 Best, Mrs. - - - 5 0 Beevor. Charles, Esq. - 2 0 Brooke, S. 8., Esq. - 5 0 Barnett, R., Esq. - 5 0 Cobb, C. F., Esq. - - 2 2 Charlton, Rev. C. D. , 1 0 Cornthwaite, Rev. T. - 010 Clayton, Rev. J. H. - 5 0 C. C. 8., per ditto - - 1 0 C. N., per ditto - - 1 0 Carter, Rev. W. - - 1 0 Cholmley, Mrs. Jane - 15 0 Cording, J. C. and G. - 1 1 Comber, Mrs. - - - 10 0 Comyn, T. 8.. Esq. - - 1 0 Cust, Hon. Miss • - 1 0 Cust, Hon. Miss Lucy - 1. 0 Cust, Hon. and Rev. R. - 2 0 Clayton, John, Esq. - 2 0 Colesworth, Rev. W. - 5 0 Cock, General H. - - 2 0 Causton, Miss - - - 2 0 Copeland, Ald., M.P, - 5 0 Cresswell, Mrs. - 1 0 A Clergyman's Wife, Bt. Peter's. Stepney 1 Crofts, Rev. G. P. - - 5 0 Capper, Miss S. S. - - 1 0 Cartels, John, Esq. - - 2 0 Cantrell, J. P., Esq. - 5 0 Davis, Hart, Esq. - - 1 0 Darnford, Rev. F. E. - 2 0 Darley, Rev. W. B. - - 1 1 Davis, John, Esq. - 5 • 0 Doyle, Miss - - 1 1 Dundas, Lady C. . 2 0 Dartmouth, Earl of - - 5 0 Denton, Henry, Esq. - 1 1 Dumbleton, 11., Esq. 10 0 Delafosse, Rev. C. D. - 1 Dyer, C. 0., Esq. - 1 0 Edwards, S., Esq. - 2 2, Edwards, Charles, Esq. - 2 0 Echalaz, F.. Esq. - - 1 0 Ellicombe, Mrs. C. - 5 Evelyn, W. J., Esq., M.P. 5 Everett, Rev. C. - - 1 0 Eveleigh, Rev. John - 1 1 Ellis, John, Esq. - 1 1 Egham, J. J. J., Esq. - 1 0 E , le, Mr. Justice - 5 0 Effingham, the Earl of - 10 0 Eden, the Hon. Emily - 2 0 Elwee, J. W. Esq. - 2 0 Elwes, Mrs. - - 1 0 Field and Peckett Messrs. 5 0 Field and Son, Messrs. - 2 0 Flower, Matthew, Esq. - 2 0 Fry, W. Esq. - - 1 1 Furlonger, C. Esq. - 1 0 From one who became a widow on the 30th of September, through a sudden catastrophe - 2 0 Francklin, Rev. J. F. - 1 5 Frere, John, Esq. - 5 0 Friends at Frimley-park, per John Tekell, Esq. - 5 0' A Friend, per Mr. J. - Porter - - 2 0 Freene. Edward, Esq. - 20 0 Fletcher, Sir Henry - 5 0 Favenc, Mrs. - - Freeman. Rev. J. - - 4 4 Freeman, Mrs. J. - - 1 0 Franks, Rev. G. H. - - 10 0 Gurney, Hudson, Esq. - 5 0 Greatorex, John, Esq. - 2 0 Gobb, .T. R., Esq. - 1 1 Goldsmid, S., }'sq. - 1 0 Greenhill, Chas., Esq. 1 0 Gates, W. 8., Esq. . 2 2 Gutch, Geo., Esq. - 3 0 Gutch, Mrs. - 2 0 Gold-mid, F. H., Esq. - 2 A 2 firenfell, Mrs. - - ~`" Gwyn, Mrs., of Neath Godman, J., Esq. - - 10 0 Gurney, ':idney, Esq. - 2 0 Grote, Mrs. - - 1 0 Hamilton, Rev. L. - - 1 0 Hilton. A., Esq. - 5 0 Henry, W. C., Esq.. M.D. 5 0 Henley and Sons, Messrs. 5 2 Hopkins, Henry, Esq. - 2 Hereltine, Sam., Esq. - 2 0 Hutchinson, Rev. B. S. - i I , Hayley, Rev. Burrell - A Hughes, Mrs. - - 1 Hayward, Miss - 1 0 Hayward, Miss E. - 1 0 ! Watt', R., Esq Wailer, Miss Farnham - Widow's Mite, a, per lia•clay and Co. • Wagc.den and Co., Messrs. White, Henry J., Esq, Aratson, John, .Esq. Watson, Mrs Wix, Rev. Samuel - Wiustanley, Wm., Esq. - iii - d - Ow's_ - kite, a, from Canterbury - tViclow, the Offering of a Vrainewright, Mrs., John Wigston, Capt. Wilson, Rev. J. Wright, Mrs. Ross - Wigram, W. Esq. - Wynne, Mrs. Miles - Wheeler, 11., Esq. - 'Webb, Jonas, Esq, - Williams, Wm., Esq. Wilde, C. N., Esq. - Watkins, Rev. H. G. Watson, Rev. H FURVIER SU' M. F., per Contts and Co.£l 0 0 0., per ditto - - - 1 0 0 A., per ditto - - - 0 2 6 J. T. 1-1., per ditto - - 010 0 F. C., per ditto - - 2 0 0 E. J. S., per ditto - - 2 0 0 T. W., per Herries & Co. 1 0 0 G. S., per ditto - - 2 0 0 J. S., per ditto - - 1 0 0 J. Y., per ditto - -20 0 0 E. C., per ditto - -10 0 0 D., per ditto - - -0 10 ru 0 1 A. F., per Dmmonds - 5 0 0 , J.D.T., per Scott and Co. 2 00 , Mrs. J. 8., per ditto - 1 00 , J. 8., per Smiths and Co. 3 0 0 C. M., per ditto - - 1 00 , G. W. H., per ditto -0 2 6 H. M., per ditto - - 1 1 0 C. J., per ditto - - 3 00, C. C., per Williams & Co. 2 0 0' H. Lincolnshire - - 1 0 0 P. S. M. - - - 5 0 0 Atkinson, F. 8., Esq - 2 0 0 Astell, J., Esq. - - 5 0 0 Ames, Mrs. George -1 0 0 Ames, Miss - - - 010 0 Blakey, Messrs. J. and E. 0 10 0 Blunt, Rev. Walter - 1 1 0 Bentinck, Chas. A., Esq. 3 0 0 Burton, Mrs. - - 1 1 0 Bates, Lieut.-Colonel - 1 1 0 Byass, Thomas, Esq. - 010 0 Byass. Thomas S., Esq. 0 II 0 Beauclerck, C., Esq. - 2 0 0 Beauclerck, Mrs. - - 1 0 0 Brooks, James, EM. - 2 0 0 Bennett, Rev. H. L. - 5 0 0 Bowles, Rev. C. B. - 5 0 0 Boodle, 11ev. T. - - 1 1 0 Brederman, H. F., Esq. 1 .1 0 Beaufort, Dowager- Duchess of - - 1 0 0 Blissett, Mrs. - - 1 0 0 Bridges, Miss H., col lected by - . . 1 0 6 ISC RI PTIONS, Browne, Mrs. . 0 10 0 Buchanan, Mrs. . . 1 0 0 Colville, the Lord - . 5 0 0 Carter, Mrs. A. M. . 5 0 0 Crofts, the Lady - . 2 0 0 Crofts, Rev. John - - 1 1 0 Currie, the Misses - 5 0 0 Cornop, Capt. and Mrs. 10 10 0 Coope, J., Esq. - 1 0 0 Clericus Salopiensis - 2 0 0 Cavan, James, Esq. - 5 0 0 (Chappell, Captain, R.N. 1 0 0 Clark, Rev. C. - 5 0 0 Cotton, Rev. C. - - 1 1 0 Cholmondeley, the Mar quis of - - - 2 0 0 Cholmondeley, the Star- chieness of - - 1 0 0 Clay, Miss - 010 0 Clay, Miss Harriet - 0 10 0 Collected in small sums near Clifton . 0 12 6 Dunnage, Rev. J. A. - 1 0 0 Diggle, Colonel - 1 1 0 Daubuz, Wm., Esq. - 5 0 0 Doxat, Alexis J., Esq. - 2 2 0 Evans, Mrs. S . 5 0 0 Edmonds, Rev. This. - 010 0 Edmonstone, Miss - 0 10 0 A Friend at Bristol, per Mr. L. Walker, Esq. 100 0 0 Farrer, James W., Esq. 5 0 0 Fazakerly, John, Esq, - 5 0 0 Flight, Thomas, Esq. - 1 1 0 Forsyth, Mrs. J. H. - 1 0 0 A. Friend - 0 10 0 Graham, Miss - - 2 0 0 Greame, Rev. G. - 1 1 0 Greenslade, Mrs. . - 1 1 0 Gordon, Rev. J. G, . 1 1 0 Howard, Miss . . 2 0 0 Howard, W., Esq. - 1 0 0 Howett, Samuel, and Friends - 2 10 0 lialford, Rev. Mr. . 10 0 0 11043013, Rev, J. Q. - 9 0 0 Acreable Contents. A. E. P. 317 0 11 188 3 32 184 2 29 180 1 35 185 1 17 575 1 31 164 3 28 400 3 18 225 0 24 89 1 30 70 0 12 *2 1 27 - 5 0 5 0 - 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 0 10 1 0 - 1 0 -- 1 0 - 1 1 10 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 -- 1 0 - - 0 10 - 1 1 - 5 0 - 1 0 - 5 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 5 0 -- 1 • _ ham - - - Lewis, Rev. E. P. - Law, Mrs. - - Long, Henry L.. Esq. Lefevre, Right 11on. C. 8.. M.P. - - . Monteflore. Sir Moses -10 00; and Lady - • - 5 0 0 Murray, Henry, Esq. - 5 0 0 Makepaace, Miss - - 2 0 0 Macklesfleld, G. G., Esq. 1 1 0 Mddmay, the Lady - 10 0 0 Mlldmay, Edward, Esq. 5 0 0 Mils, Rev. F. - - 1 0 0 Miles, J. W., Esq., and _ _ _ Miss - - - - North, Rev. W. - Orde, the Lady Elizabeth Pett, Samuel, Esq. - - Padwick, Henry, Esq. Philleotts, Rev. E. C. - Pullen, Mr. Borlean - 3 00 2 0 0' 0 10 0 1 00 I 00 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 6 Pideock, Rev. W. - Plumare, J. P., Esq., M.P. - - - 1 0 0 Plumptre, Mrs. J. P. - 010 0 Raby, Mrs. and Friends - 3 12'0 Randolph, Rev. J. 11. - 5 0 0 The list of subscriptions will be coi NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. t*T. LAMM MURRA.Y, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Ra►vson, F.sq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. tElliotson, M.D„ I.R.S. t*Edinund S. Symes, EEL, *Ralph Gough, Esq. Mllament Tabor, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. t*Angiastus Vigne, Esq• AUDITOR. tProfessor Wheatstone, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. *J. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SIMEON. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. t * W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clench'', Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. * W. A. Hawkins, Esq. , HANKERS. t*Mesirs. Glyn, Hall!fax, Mills, ant Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommauney and Prudence, 6, Basinkall- street. *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICH. CAPITAL-500,0001 The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab e the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest au immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums. without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may ba renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to mike them available as securities is the hands of third parties. No Entrance Pees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp . The present annual income of the Society from Premiums is 65,0001.; tLe amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,5801. ; and the reserved profit, applicable to fhture bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a retwn of 15 per cent. on their Premiums sh, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. erinV" ^ Annual Policy Bonus in lent g Pre- taken addition Bonus in dilation of minas. out in to Sum cash. Annual 12 Assured. Premium. £ s. d. s d. E. d. - 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 5 10 13 11 1942 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10 1844 77 19 2 88 15 10 5 S 11 _ 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITABLF. FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.) The leading prinelples of this Office ar3 —Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience. that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. ' It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the trua risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Firs Insaranco can only be ap proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant email sis of its own experience, from time to time, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange. ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. _ _ _ .. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses. and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. i National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire f* Both Offices. REPLY OF ALFRED TENNYSON, ESQ. THE NEW POET LAUREATE. Mosaic Bard ! your lines, addressed to me, Were not unwelcome lines—how could they be I feel quite proud, in fact, that one like you Should notice me—upon my word I do ! Nor would I let this first occasion slip, Of warmly thanking such a brother "chip." I do not wonder at your feeling " nettled," On finding how the " Laureateship" is settled. When first you heard of what I'm now enjoying, The disair e :ointment must have been annoying. The wonder is that you so calmly mat it, When every one expected " yon" to got it ; T • get the berth, I mean, of Laureate Bard, the lo:s of which you seem to take so hard. But, really, what with one thing and another, You're far more honoured than your laurelled brother. Think for a moment, cousin, what you are— The muse of MOSES, that commercial star. Proud would your brother be if he could jump From his appointed " post" to Aldgate pump. The "cloth" of MOSES (understand the phrase) Would please me quite as much as my " green bays." Should MOSES, as you've hinted, change his muse, And let me pop into your honour's shoes, Good service to the dress I'll strive to do, Although I know I can't come up to you ; And oft shall MOSES have a rhyming benison, From your exalted bother, ALFRED TENNYSON. The NEW EDITION of "EVERYBODY'S BOOK," containing a fifil Report of the late important Trial, may be had gratis on ap plication, or by letter, post free. Notice.—The Fur and Shawl Department are now replete with every novelty of the season. Observe.—Any article purchased, either ready-made or made to measure, if not approved of, will be exchanged or the money re turned. Cantion.—E. Moses and on regret having to guard the public against imposlion, but having heard that the untradesmanlike false hood of being connected with them, or it is the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. 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With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their strictures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.. 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Min burgh,Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London HosAtal Medical Society, &c. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un fortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vioious habits, while suffering from their invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualified physi cian for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. Dr. LAIIEUT has taken the highest medical honours, as his .11p1otrias testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author. and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Paternostet-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne &Get, Haymarket; Mann, 89, Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Luther's UWOO. 17.1341410r4-Bqtiare London. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalhe; 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author, eriCe One Shilling each; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." Corriwrs:—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening.. at Home —Musio--The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, Sae., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Volt. poll. A VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH_OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. ul. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three seore years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and care) of new vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, er study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. _ IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refilled as Athens ever heard." SverscT : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, gruPlllo, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Funnies:a :—Laws and obligatio n s of nature, society, and re; ligion regarding marriage, t o b e o b serve d by e ither sex. Time and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing th em. PllYel cal defectiveness and it s remova l. an d Sterili ty. its conversion. Oases, By R. J. CULVERWELL , M.D. (1841). (1827)in, L .S.A.h L 1824 ). Twenty-five years Medical and F orensic Referee matters. Reception hours daily till five. Eventn°' wen till em s. 10 ArgYll-place, Reent-atrost. IRELAND. TIIE EARL OF MOUNTCASHEL'S ESTATES. Dumas, FRIDAY MoRNING.—The Braid estate of the Earl of Mountcashel was set up for sale at Belfast on Tuesday, by order of the Commissioners of Encum bered Estates. It was offered in 26 lots, 23, of which were readily disposed of, several of them realizing very high rates of purchase. A few samples ill indicate the general result. The second lot, co i n i ng 1,137 4 acres, and producing a profit rental of 698 . a year, was knocked down to Mr. Fulton, of Lisburne, for 13,0001. The next lot, yielding a profit -rent a' only 1491. per annum, sold for 3,1501. The fourth lot, consisting of 1,100 acres, yielding a profit rental of 4071., was also purchased by Mr. Fulton, for the sum of 8,6501. A profit rent of 491. 14s. went for 1,0251. 4 a5and, still more tematkable, lot 9, containing 188 acres, yielding a net profit rent of 161. I Is. 11d., with but one tenant, brought 1,4501. The 17th lot, consisting of 1,606 acres, on which there was also but one tenant, and producing a profit rent of 321. I Is. 9d., realized 3,2001. The 21st lot, comprising 1,479 acres, on which there are 45 tenants, and yielding a profit rental of 4331. 16 s . 3d., sold for 6,9004 The entire sales of the day realized the sum of 82,725/. The sale of the residue of the Bella estate is fixed for the 7th of January. PERVERSIONS.—Tne confirmation of the report of Mr. William Monsell's secession to the Romish Church has caused but little surprise among those who were ac quainted with the antecedents of the Hon. Member for the county of Limerick, and recollected the strong pre deliction he entertained for the observance of not a few of the religious customs of the Roman Catholic faith. If rumour speak truly, there are some additional " conver sions" (including a clergyman of the Established Church), about taking place, but although the names of the promised perverts have been bruited abroad, it would, in this age of misrepresentations, be manifestly improper to give them further publicity until the whole truth shall be known . THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols (shut), 96j; ditto for account, January 8,96 i; Three-and-a-Quarter ptr Cent. Stock, 984; Dublin and Kingstown Railway Debentures, Four per Cents., 101; Mining Company of Ireland Shares, 5.f; Dublin and Belfast Junction Rail• way, 22i; Waterford and Limerick (501.), 161. 2_ 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 Flarsdon, W. F. Esq. - 5 0 0 Rhodes, Mrs. - - 1 0 0 Rusher, Gco., Esq. - - 5 0 0 Rush, Captain - 3 0 0 Rush, Mrs. - - 2 0 0 Rowley, Mrs. W. W. - 019 0 Smith, James, Esq. - 2 9 0 ;haft°, Mrs. J. D. - - 1 0 0 Scott, Rev. Robert and Mrs. - - - 2 2 0 St. Clair, Mrs. Gen. - 1 0 0 Sturges, Josh., Esq. - 2 0 0 Shaft, Thos. 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OPEN EVERY EVENING. Immense success and wonderful performance of M. Boulcourt, the Artiste Alt toile to the Orchestra, on the Cornet-a-Pistons, who will piny a Fantasia each Evening atllalf-past Ten o'clock, aided by LAURENT'S INIMITABLE BAND. The Selection of' Music will be varied nightly. N.B. The Programme of the Dances as usual. _ ... Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commute at Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission, One Shilling. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. INTERESTING SCREW-TRIAL AT PORTSMOUTH.--The Hogue, 60, steam guard-ship, Captain Macdougall, has recently been tried under steam at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, to determine the relative effects of two screws differing only in their pitch. In the first trial the pitch of the screw was 21 feet, and in the second it was only 19 fee, the diameter of each screw being 16 feet. In the first experiment the mean speed of the en gines durit:g six trials was 47.16 strokes in a minute ; and the mean speed of the ship in the same trials was at the rate of 7.698 nautical miles an hour. In the second experiment the engines worked up to a mean speed of 56 strokes in a minute, and the mean speed of the ship in six trials was at the rate of 8.45 nautical miles an hour. The advantage is thus shown to be in the screw with the smaller pitch, by its giving the ship an increase of speed at the rate of three-fourths of a nautical mile an hour. APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Joseph Pinhorn has been formally appointed storekeeper of Clarence Victualling-yard ; Mr. Grant appointed comptroller of the Victualling and Transport Service at Somerset House, vice Meek, superannuated. Mr. Robert Laws, first-class olerk at Devonport dock yard, as was anticipated, has been appointee' store receiver at Woolwich dockyard, vice /Inborn. Mr. Laws was secretary to the late admiral-superintendent at Devonport dockyard. Muter W. R. Orme (1846), late of the Albatross, 12, to the Amphitrite, 25, fitting at Patamouth. Carpenter—John Grines, to be acting. PROMOTION. Second Muter Edward Youell (1846), of Inca, flag ship, Mediterranean, bas b een promoted to the rank of master, vice Dowers, late of the Bellerophon, 78, who died within the limits of the Mediterranean station. This promotion is in every way creditable to the judg ment of Sir William, as Mr. Youell is a very deserving officer, having during the period be has been in the ser vice given the utmost satisfaction to all the captains under whom he has served. Mr. Yonell was engaged in the operation on the coast of China while belonging to her Majesty's ships Serpent and Thalia ; since then he has served under the flag of Sir William Parker, in her Majesty's ships Hibernia and Queen. Mr. Yonell is the son of Lieutenant Youell (1812), of Plymouth. Lieut. Bosville J. Wilson (1832), Admiralty agent in China packets, son of the late General Sir Robert F. Wilson, died at Hong-Kong. THE AMPHITRITE.—With the exception of the ap pointment of Captain Frederick to this ship, who has taken up his commission, we are really not able to an nounce the name of one single officer who has followed his example. Mr. Williams, the master, has declined the appointment, and another has been named in his place. Mr. William Morgan, the paymaster and purser, also declines serving, for what reason we cannot tell. It is really high time for the Admiralty to insist upon offi cers taking up their appointments when nominated, un less they are physically incapacitated from serving. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE DART.—Halford and Co. have given notice to the officers and crew of the Dart, Edward Hill, Esq., lieutenant commanding, that an account of bounty for tonnage received for the Despigue, captured 11th May, 1849, will be forthwith deposited. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE CvcNET.—Messrs. W. and E. Chard have given notice to the officers and crew of the Cygnet, Commander David Robertson, Esq., that an account of the sale proceeds of the Volador Brazilian brigantine, and of the bounty money upon the tonnage and slaves captured on board the said brigantine on the 24th May, 1849, will be d e p os it e d, & 0 ., before the 20:1 January ncxt. THE GRAPPLER, STEAM-VESSEL.—Ocomanney, Son, and Co., have given notice that an account of the ton• nage bounty received for the capture and destruction of the Brazilian schooner Esperarca, No. 2, on the 23d Fe bruary, 1849, by the Grappler, and also of the net pro o.::eds and tonnage bounty received for the capture of the Brazilian schooner Esperanv, No. 1, on the 17th March, 1849, by the same ship will be delivered into the registry. _ Amphitrite, 25, Capt. Frederick, is ordered to be fitted ±,r the Pacific station. DEVONPORT, THURSDAY.—We have a change of weuther to thy—wind N.E. Sailed, the Advice, for It ciand. Duck, lighter, which has been wind bound, sailed to-day for Pembroke. Rochester lighter, Sud wicks master, sailed with stores from this yard for Sheerness and Chatham. DOCKYARD.-Wiliium Macey, a police-constable, was detected on Wednesday evening, attempting to embezzle copper. The Commodore being absent on leave, he was banded over to the civi! power. He was ex2mined on Thursday before the magistrates at the Town-hall, and committed to take his trial at the next sessions. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Independence, Ameri can packet, is embarking provisions and will sail for New York this ev,ning. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DEC. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was moderately active and firm to-day. The transactions were as follow :—Bristol and Exeter, 76%—Great Western, 77% LIVERPOOL, Dxe. 20. STOCK Exertaxox.—The share market was not so active to-day, and prices are rather lower. The transactions were as follow:—Caledonian, 10%—Chester and Holyhead, Prefer. ence, guaranteed 5 1 , e per cent., 14 3-16—East Lancashire, 12%—Lancashire, and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 58 1 4—Ditto, 6 per cent. Preference, 13 c.—Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 6 p.—Leeds andThirsk, 14 7-16—London and North. Western, 126 1 Ditto, New Quarters, 4%—Midland, 48% —Ditto, Halves, 19 7-16 dis.—Ditto, Consol. (B. and D. ), 25% Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 4b South. Eastern and Dover, 23V—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19—York and North Midland, 23%—South Staffordshire, 3 3-16 dis.—Boulogne and Amiens, 9!,2 —Dutch Rhenish, dis.—Northern of France, 3 / 4 dis.—Rouen and Havre, 10% BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 20. STOCK EXCHAIMIL—The market was not so active to-day, but there was no important alteration in prices. The trans actions reported were—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 5 3 4 dis.—Ditto (B), 5 dis.—South Staffordshire, 31 . 30 * 9d. dis. YORK, DEC. 19. STOCK EXCHINGX. —The transactions to-day were as follow : —North British, Preference, s—York and North Midland, 23%. DEATH OF COLONEL WILLIAMS.—II i 8 with the deepest regret that we record the death of a ga ll an t soldier and a true patriot. Colonel George Williams, late M.P. for Ashton, died yesterday morning, at half past six o'clock, at the age of 87, at his residence in Wool ton.—Liverpool Mercury of yesterday. M R , DISRAELI'S CHARLES I.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn has this day published " The Life and Reign of Charles 1.," by J. Disraeli, a new edition, re vised by the author, and edited by his son, B. Disraeli, M.P., in 2 vols. Bvo., price 28s. bound. Also just published, 2. Historic scenes, by Agnes Strickland, 1 vol., with Por trait, 10s. 6d. 3. The eighth edition of Mr. Warburton'a Crescent and the Cross, in 1 vol., with illustrations, 10s. Gd 4. Germania; its Courts, Camps, and People , by the Ba.: roness Blaze de Bury, 2 vols. Bvo. 5. The Rev. R. Mil man's Life of Tasso, 2 vols., 21s. 6. The History of Religion, by the celebrated John Evelyn, 2 vols., 21s. Also just ready, Captain Crawford's Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, with Sketches of Admirals Sir E. Owen, Sir B. Hal lowell Carew, and other distinguished Commanders, 2 vols., 21s. ,3. .-~"