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FEMALE EMIGRATION. REPORT. ,P, was also proposed and'carried,—" That the-sub committee be re-appointed to carry out the recom nwndations of this report, so far as relatei to the disp , itch of emigrants " ' FAArthek, it was . proposed and carried, on the mo tion of the Earl of St, Germans,—",That a Qom raitteb of fselection he forthwith appointed, with in structions :o. prepare a list of fifty candidates for emigration." SIDVEY HERBERT. Chaiman. * The sulr.committ ,, e Lave drawn up forms of appli cation and, blank certificates of character, which the can didates for emigration will be required to fill up. The sub-committee appointed to report upon the most advisable mode of insuring to female emi grants• a _prpper reception on reaching the portS of their tiestination. in our colonies have deemed it ex pedient to include An. their report the information which, in the course of their inquiries, they have col lected on several other points•conneeted with the pre sent undertaking. They accordingly propose to divide their report into the following heads : r 1. The proper selection of eni-igiants., 2. The most effectual mode of proteding the emi grants during their transit to the cOlonte§., 3. The aid and protection to be in3ured to.them on landing. CHEAP RE- SSUE OF MR. AINSWORTH'S WORKS. Just published, fIRICIITON. Complete in one volume, price v/ boards, or Is. 6d. cloth. Now ready, liOOKWOOD. Complete, price la. boards, or Is. 61, cloth. Also, WINDSOR CASTLE. Complete, price Is. boards, ex Is. 6d, cloth. London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen, and at all Railway Stations, This day, PARLOTAZ LIBRARY, NEW VOLUME, being TALES of the WOODS and FIELDS, by the Author of " Emilia Wyndham." Price Is. boards, Is. 6d. cloth. Simms and Al'lntyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London ; and Donegal street, Belfast. 4. The cost of their outfit and passage. 1. TLIR PROPER SELECTION OF EMIGRANTS. JAMES'S WORKS in the PARLOUR LIBRARY. Now ready, The GIPSY, and ONE IN A THOUSAND. Price Is. each boards, Is. 6d. cloth. Also, nearly ready, The ROBBER. By the same Author. Simms and 111`Intyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London ; aid Donegal• street, Belf ast. ADVENTURES OF A MEDICAL STUDENT. Third Edition, post Bvo., cloth, price 10s. Gd., ADVENTURES (f a MEDICAL STUDENT. By ROBERT DOUGLAS, Surgeon, Royal Navy. With a Mewoir of the Life of the Author. " There are few who read one of these stories that will not go on V , rough the whole ; and we cats promise those who take up this vo lume much pleasant reading;with passages ofgreat power, and scenes of thrilling interest."—Daily News. " These tales frequently exhibit force and power. The author is fond of the marvellous and terrible, and sometimes deals with his materials with novel effect." —Athenmum. " We cannot imagine more delightful reading than this volume."— W3ekly Chronicle. London : William Tegg and Co., 115, Queen-street, Seven Doors from Cheapside. 'UNITED STATES EMIGRATION SOCIETY. MMUS AND DIRECTORS. T. LAMLE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Wallop Brabason, Esq. Mauri c e O'Connell, Esq.. M.P. Charles George Fairfield, Req. M. Charles Maher, Esq. Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P. Ednyin,l Symes, Esq. T. Colley Grattan, Esq. Col. C: C. henrys Tynte, M.P. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. Clement Tabor, Esq. MEDICAL BOARD. E. S. Symes, Esq., R. F. power, Esq. " The Association agrees bef,rehand to sell at COST ?nice, adding 'nerdy thereto a commission."—(See Prostus.) NORTH-EASTERN TEXAS HOPKINS COUNTY, consisting of 1 60,000 acres, in one block, for the most part prairie, abounding in rivers and springs. Recent and authentic information received from the Society's r ands, proves that no other state offers such decided advantages to the Emigrant, with a small or large caeital, either in respect to the Salubrity of climate, health, and temperature, soil, growth and Variety'of produce and markets (see Dr. Smith's recent travels and Work on North-Eastern Texas, price 2e.) ~I° , e Society contrasts with the Emigrant to defray , for a fixed ""'" (as below, varying with the number of acres and the number in One fazoilY) the cost of a free passage to their lands ; stock, seed, and implements ; six months' provision after arrival, a house, and a freehold of eighty acres of the finest land. The above for the sum of £6l 8 9 For each additional male, with implements, &c. 13 10 0 For each additional female - - - - 12 0 0 For each additional child under 12 years - - 6 0 0 ' If less land is repaired the cost proportionally reduced. The Society is in a position, from its extended connexions , to , Offer lands and farms in nearly all the other states of the U-ion. Every leformation, with map and plan of settlement, descript i on _ North-Eastern Texas, &s., may ba obtains! (gratis) from the agents of the Society, or on application to the secretary. • I.rst ship with emigrants will sail about the middle of Feb '''arY, and every suoceeding month. Each application registered ateerdim g to priority. _._4oheations for Agents to th e &dot,' must be accompanied by volrezeoe. D. BYRNE, Secretary. 2 R. yal Exchange-Dandling. TEAST INDIA HOUSE, YANUARY 16, 1850. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a Special General Court of the said Company will be held . House, in Leadenhall-street, on FRIDAY, the 25th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the desire of Nine Proprietors of 444 India Stock, as expressed in the following letter, viz. : " London, January 7, 1850. "To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. " Honourable Sirs.- - We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock. duly quail aed by law, request that you will convene, at your earliest conve rare% It Special General Court of Proprietors, for the purpose of ng into consideration the accompanying motion, and that you •lui be pleased to publish the same with this our requisition. " We have the honour to be, Honourable Sirs, " Your obedient Servants. (Signed) " J. SULLIVAN. "JOHN BRIGGS. " GEO. FORBES. " JAS. STE WART FORBES. " W. H. STEPHENS. "M LEWIN. " THOS. DICKINSON. • " PETER GORDON. " SAML. GOODFELLOW. lllfotion,—That copies of all papers relative to the engagements * high were entered into by the British Government with the Em • Ibero r _of Delhi, in 1803 and 1804, be laid before this Court, together With s a:_!opieS of all other papers and correspondence that may have a.1`7.411e ntly taken place up to the present period in any way aff et the said engagements." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. IFIARKER ' S YORK HOTE - L ST. HELEN'S-SQUARE, YORK. • C. ti t ut _ O , IIKER begs to inform his friends and the public that he has es ered upen the above old-ettablished Hotel, for many years known the York Ta • The vern nterior of the Hotel has recently been thoroughly repaired, Z4orated, and refurnished, and is now replete with every conve -lee and comfort. he Establishment affords ample accommodation both for Families and duct .or Profe ss i ona l an d C om mercial Gentlemen, and will be eon .e.ed in every res p ec t i n the first style. m i R having taken the adjoining house, lately occupied by the _"e3 Hall, intends to set the same apart entirely for the use of `'etablercial Gei,tlemen as Stock Rooms. York Good Stabling and Lock-up Coach-houses. , January 1, 1850. Tl's. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The DI irst of a Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Backhoffner, hi' the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, antediy at Two o'clock, and V I :" Evenings, at Eight. An entirely w Set of Dissolving a Li we of London in the Sixteenth Century. and as it now is, with b its e eeriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past Four, and in the Even- Vi e ! it a Quarter to Ten.—The Views of Rome. including new . i ts of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's, with Dioramic et iijui are shown daily, at One o'clock.—Leetares an Chemistry, with kid 3n r , t , experiments, by Mr. Ashley.—Experiments with the Diver "ving-bell.—New Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma ery, Models, &c., explained. • Admission. Is—Sehools, Half-mice. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. .!_ l . eading features of the Society are guaranteed of as ample ikr..e e tarY Capital. ~,t_%l rate Rates of Premiums. ler - thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Half Division of Profits. the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Tears. x 'ensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. 3,nderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 ; • cel l « a (ccording to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. .h I Perms- Sum the A t , '1 5i Annual Policy Bonus in Bonus ,vent Re- Assured ad t' Pre- taken is Iduction of may bor- I to Sum z • Imam ' out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on i Premium. Policy. -- £ s. d. X s. d X s. d. X s. d. 1437 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1835 251 18 10115 14 8 18 12 5 543 17 9 ep 4 1839 226 6 0 102 15 1 16 2 9'494 8 10 100 s.d. 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11445 - 0 0 74 3 4 1841 174 0 078 3 412 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 5 15 10 10 2 41346 2 3 1843 99 18 4 44 8 4 615 11;296 13 4 1844 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 01247 4 $ Pros Peq qi;:attoot, ;tuses, with tables of rates, Sze., may be had at the office its branches in the country ; or, .a application. will be for )St free. W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE. Actuary, THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ...You,„ • ASSURANCE COMPANY. Is hereby given, that the TWENTY-THIRD HALF "L DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per cent., declared on the o netaut, is payable to the shareholders, without deduction of Illr e eT e-t ax , at the offices of the Company, No. 62, King William- London-bridge, between the hours of Ten and Four. By order of the Board, Ja n ,. " ...__ a rY 19, 1850. THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. WiECHI'S CHESSMEN, in Ivory, Bone, and sad ch Wood, 4, LEADENHALL-STREET, LONDON, the best ~,,enPest, Which may also be said of his Back-gammon, Draught, Boards, Cribbage Boards, and Pegs, Cushioned Bagatelle Vri t i, s ,' Pope Joan Boards, Work-boxes, Desks, Pocket - books , Cuti e :g and Env e l ope C ases , D re ssing Cases, Tea Caddies, Table and ~Y, Sheffield Plated Ware, Pen knives, Scissors, Clothes, Hair kti,„‘tooth Brushes, Combs, Razors, Strops, &c. Quality of all rafe - . U kRRY'S HEALTH RESTORING coIi4u FOOD. pr etn Patton, indigestion, diarrhcea, nausea, and sickness (durlnF ite a l ncY and under all circumstances, on land and at sea), acidity, •bitiou'Urn, flatulency, distension, hemorrhoidal affections, nervous, Of the and liver complai n t s , palpitation of the heart, derangement idneys and bladder, asthma, dropsy, scrofula, consumption, Y. Paralysis, depression of spirits, &c., effectually and perma renloved by DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABIC k tti r ; - _u_ without inconvenience, medicine, or expense, as it saves fifty !!.8 Tattle ill other more costly remedies. >tad tl 4 1-J 'trrY and Co., 127, N ew B o nd-street. In canisters at 2s. 9d. s. 6d.; 4 lb. at Ils. ; 10 lb. at 225. ; super-refined quality, 8 lb., lb., 225. ; 8 lb. and 10 lb. canisters forwarded by I)u Barry or r 4 :* , on receipt of Poqt-office orders, carriage free, to any town "way station connected by rail with London. Testimonials of the highest respectability sent gratis. a o:J.—Let no one be imposed upon by spurious compounds, under itnitation of name. THE POET'S PROPHECY. I do not want to imitate old Moore, ! V ho often tried the future to explore. ' n ever handle matters of chronology BY means of signs connected with astrology. F ar more I know of waistcoats, coats, and breeches, 4‘n an fortune-tellers, almanacks, and witches. Yet, notwithstanding this, my humble muse • !s h alf -inclined to tread in Murphy's shoes, telling you the reasons she has got For thinking winter will be hard or not. Judgi n Iti,sayginfg•rzm, ter signs, I do not ar think I'm wrong in will be hd and long. • I:ancy that the snowdrop's slender leaf ~?"ows certain signs that winter won't ben' fhe crocus and the hyacinth as well The self-same story of the winter tell ; And there is something in the robin's note Which indicate's that warmth Is far remote. • If You think I'm right in such warning take, and look to winter dress. If and Son's warm coats you must regard, winter's season's to be long and hard. ° opportunity have Moses' lost "`,„n waking preparation for the frost. n Alle trading bard's prediction, kindly meant, lead to Moses' famed establish ~ e nt, n ere winter dress for moderate price is sold, Adapted to the bard's predicted cold. • (SAT OF PRICES. HEADY MADE. Alt°Dm and Winter. Over Coats, in every •X 0 8 6 L lBlli wer,han • dso • m • ely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 Paletot, 0 18 0 Chestera e id 1 '0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome. style . of Dvtrg Coat Autshootin Coats •• ••• ••• o°l 845 6 uit 6 a ging or Morning Coats .. • • • • •• • • • • • 4 6 ta ms and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. • • 0 ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 • 7) 140 - Tests ...............0 2 6 Black Silk Velvet Vests .... 0 13 6 Dress coat, . 0 17 0 ' r ock Ditto ••• •• •• •• •• • ****** • •• 0 19 0 ••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••• 1..° fr 4 ths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, _om 0 7 0 143 ' 8 ' Anta .......... •••••••••• 1 1188 ar and Tunic Suits .................. 0 14 6 nnt and Winter Vests •• • •• • • • • • • 0 0 8 Mew S MADE TO MEASURE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats••*0111 1 1 terTiLesutneed ... Chesterfield ra!!! . r, in a warm ma ... • • • • • 1 8 71 0 e 4 P aletot, handso me l y an d warm l y t r i mme d 1 16 0 I k Over Eglin n to Wrapper, a very elegant • style of Coat • •••••••••••••••••• • ••••• The Strathmore Wit ney Over Coat, newest 2 0 style, lined throughout Aittntnn and Winter Trowsers in Tweed and Doe s ki n • 11 Black Cassimere ditto •• • • • • • • I 44,tht1111 and Winter Vests ...... 0 est B lack Cloth ditto .................... 0 13 Black Silk Velvet ditto .................... 0 18 .• Dress Coats•• .• .• •• • . •• from 325. to 2 15 0 5,," Frock ......... ..... • • from. 355. to 3 3 0 ...nasar and Tani S 'ts • • • • from 1 6 0 S uPerfht e . 1 15 0 A t dh ootlag Coat • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. 0 15 0 ega nt Dressing Robes, in great variety, It frollo ..... •. ..16s. to 5 0 0 hatededal, containing an Almanac) for the year 1850, wll be pre- T __ e very customer. - mils Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. siliaval and Military Eniforms, Liveries, & c . -ul rullstt to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. s. The e, Bait of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. LareAti on 7 s ew. book, entitled •• The Minion of the Million," with hill wnr d s e i tin ed, n „, eaaarement, can be had en application, or for te,stlee::•'ree, to any part of the kingdom. INtr Department is new replete with every novelty o bserv hc seag oit. 11 " 14 112 e—aal Y article pur c h ase d , e ith e r ready made, or made t o if Rot aPproved of will be exchanged or the money returned. 4 4k "Us and tt I st era, p, rri ex, Tad' ors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, a ere, t ifig aro. Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, i c •Zo r , ; l l 4- 1 18 157 Minories and 82, 84, S 5, and 86 Alggate, City, bila ittue ftnizalnieg t lll B With each other, forming one vast ; ° ltltioa4* 4Ctting h . • Moses and Son regret having to guard the public i ls aluse ul:l°Bl tion ; but 11. heard that the untradesmanake ates of hi having , 1111. -- 7 2 r eso '.O Rotennred with them, or "It is the same concern," Itt or to st ate dthat many instances, and for obvious h reasons, e. 2ht of ex they have no connexion with any other hones , 3 71!•310,era eit _ , except their Branch Establishments, 36, !ar m 1 _ those f•ua 18, Thor nton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; " or toad ~, e e qulre cheap and genuine clothing, &e., should call .11.ruchwitlt_kb_?dinories and itldgato, City, London ; or either of to 1 2!!_•• NOtice:tia is hn ienta. as above. maim kutrur Eatabliahment is closed from sunset Friday, • When baeiu". lB resumed till twelve o'clock. FIRE IN THE TEMPLE CHUROH.—Yesterday morn ing, about halt-past seven o'clock, the man employed in lighting the furnace by which the Inner Temple Church is warmed, having performed his office, ascended into the choristers' room, which is over the furnace. He bad not been in the room many minutes before he was alarmed by the report of an explosion immediately be neath him; on re-entering the furnace-room to ascertain the cause of the noise, he found the place in flames, which he made an ineffectual effort to extinguish by pouring several pails of water over them. He was nearly suffocated by the smoke, and was removed in a 'state of insensibility by some persons who fortunately came to the spot. The alarm being given, and messen gers dispatched to the fire-offiees, 'aid was speedily procured. The engine hose was carried round the church from Fleet-street, and the flames after some difficulty extinguished. A great part of the flooring of the choristers' room was, however, burnt, but fortu nately the sacred edifice escaped without injury, and Di vine service in the morning was performed as usual; immediately after the service Sir G. Rose, Sir B. Cum ming, and other benchers, visited the place, and insti tuted an inquiry for the purpose of learning the cause of the outbreak. The result showed that for some time past the man in charge of the furnace-room had been in the habit of piling bundles of wood over the boiler of the furnace to dry. On Saturday last a great quantity was placed there, and yesterday morning, shortly after the fires were lighted, the heat of the boiler set the whole of the wood :in flames. The explosion was, no doubt, caused by the bursting of the slate roof from the action of the fire. In order to prevent the possibility of another outbreak two firemen were left in charge of the church during the whole o' Sunday night. THE PROTECTION MOVEMENT IN SUSSEX.—PET WORTH, JAN. 19.—A Protectionist meeting took place here this morning, in a large tent erected in the Niarke - - square, adjoining the Town-hall. Ono peculierity of this meeting was that the chairman, as well as the movers and seconders of the resolution a, were all tenant-farmers and tradesmen. The resolutions were of the usual kind, denianding the reinstatemer t of protection and the dis solution of Parliament. Mr. Townley Mitford, formerly high sheriff of the county, who avowed himself a Pro tectionist, attended to oppose the objects of the meeting, on the ground that free trade ha I not yet bad a fair trial. It was not proper to call on Parliament to do away with what it p asse d i n 1846, w hi c h came into ope ration in 1849, and with regard to the Navigation laws only seventeen days ago. All the resolutions, however, were carried unanimously. A VETERAN.—Oui• readers may not be aware that Mr. Thomas Rend(l, who steered the Victory during the battle of Trafalgar on the 21st of October, 1805, in which Lord Nelson fell, is actually living on the Strepd, at 1 1 ( psham, and has lately received a med a l for that action. Lord Nelson's family had given him a medal shortly after the battle.—Exeter Flying Post. The sub-committee, after having examined care fully the reports of the emigration agents in our colonies, and having acquired much valuable infor mation from her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners in London, as well as from other parties practically conversant with the subject, have come to the con clusion that it is of vital importance to the success of the present undertaking that those persons only should be selected for emigration whose characters for morality and industrial habits will bear the strictest scrutiny. The evils occasioned by the admi-sion of even one bad character into an emigrant ship are incalculable, not only on account of the moral contamination to which the remainder of the females on board are ex posed during the voyage, but also in consequence of the suspicions which the known misconduct of indi dividuals engenders in the minds of the colonists against,the whole party, by which they are liable to be deprived, on their arrival,- of all chance of ob taining respectable situations, and to be exposed to dangers and temptations from which they can scarcely escape. The poor and friendless females of this country will thus be stimulated to more active exertions for the preservation of their good characters, and for the ac quirement of the qualifications which will render them eligible subjects for emigration, whilst the colo nies will receive indisputable benefits from the supe rior description of immigrants, by which the gradual adjustment of the disproportion of the . sexes under which they now labour will be effected. The following are the recommendations which the sub committee offer under this head:-- 1. The candidates for emigration should not exceed 35 years - of age. 2. They should be entirely free from any mental or bodily defect likely to impair their usefulness as settlers. 3. They should have had the smallpox or have been vaccinated. 4. Their characters for industry and morality should be satisfactory; and it is desirable that they should read and write. 5. They should have been accustomed to washing and cooking, or have had some experience in domestic service, as housemaids or nurses.* I❑ order that the character and the habits of the candidates for emigration may undergo a still further test, the sub-committee recommend the establishment of a probationary-house, capable of accommodating about 50 females, wherein they might reside for a short period prior to their embarkation. An ar rangement of this nature would afford the surest means of ascertaining the real value of the testi monials and recommendations which had induced the committee to select the inmates of the probationary house as emigrants. During their sojourn there they may be advantageously employed in preparing their outfit, and in the acquisition of any elementary instruction in domestic economy of which they may appear in need. The eligibility of applicants for admission into the probationary-house should be decided upon by a sub committee, assisted by a matron conversant with colonial life and its requirements, and by a surgeon. The general management of this establishment should be regulated by rules and orders, to be determined upon by the said sub-committee. 2. THE MOST EFFECTUAL MODE OF PROTECTING THE EMIGRANTS DURING THEIR TRANSIT TO THE COLO- NIES. The experience of those engaged in emigration has led the sub-committee to the conclusion that the best description of protection which can be afforded to young females during their passage to the colonies is that which they enjoy on board the Government emigration ships, in which the strictest discipline is maintained, and where the emigrants are generally benefited by the surveillance of a clergyman or a schoolmaster. The sub-committee trust that when the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners become satisfied as to the charocter of the emigration which the com mittee proposes to direct to our colonies, they will see no reason for withholding from their emigrants these advantages, which it would scarcely be in, the power of the committee otherwise to insure to them. Should, however, any difficulty occur in obtaining for their emigrants passages in Government vessels, the sub-committee would advise that they should be sent out in small parties on board free emigrant ships, with a view of securing to them that protection which the presence of married couples and families, inte rested in the maintenance of order and decency, would, to a certain degree, afford. And they would further advise that, where opportunity offers, the advantage of similar religious instruction to that usually given in the Government ships should be secured for them. The sub-committee have received from all quarters the most decided testimony as to the inexpediency of freighting vessels entirely, or even chiefly, with female emigrants, experience having proved the impossibility of preserving good order and discipline under such circumstances. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the toad. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, ®ere-street, Oxford street, London, and GS, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen wed Merchants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in ance. N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" aro upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. _ . lust published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Autkor, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate he physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural eelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical )bservations on the Treatment of Nervous Debilii.7 and Indigestion, vhether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of Topical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, stricture; and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis- Tetion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the ~y, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, ,xplaining, their structin es, uses, and functions, and the various i ijuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and i ifection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It , un fortunately happens that the unhappy rictim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their Invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap dying to a qualified physi cian for relief. Shame and the dread so 'requently, but erro neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking or assistance where alone it can be procured. Dr. I,IOIIIERT has taken the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi ence. which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, s 2, Paternostet -row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Static, Tichborne .4treet, Haymarket ; Maxn, 39, Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps, from the Author's Residence, 37. itedtorc.-aquare London. A One half the world are desolately single, and the other :apposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a snail of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em ;Ater the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea A caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an ,omprosing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity; mud broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set clement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item n the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er 'eglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if _hese surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little , TEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vole., le. •ach (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively ofined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered :y misinterpreta.tior of their supposed contents, from obtaining - ;eem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but coo the closet perusal of those more dee;- , ly interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, whieh alone or .ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Farthereaore, two other tale publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by cost Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and kvell," and " How to bo Happy." They are not merely pamviefs, 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 ob serV.Ohla of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto other:, as he camas `se done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to geeg alwayr on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be bad oi Sherwood, 23, Paternester-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann 39, Cornhili ; Spokes, 5, Holborn hill ;or direct (by post or other. wi4e) - -ens the anther kw :at) may bo conferred with personally , mornings sod ivesineal. 14) Ars97ll-01.0 Rama , - „ snot CO 0, Booksellers THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 24 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. )1 , 4 PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE LWCAPA • CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. slew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2 s. 6 d. , or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, lIHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on -the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex :essive indulgence, infection, and the Inordinate use of in :rcury , with remarks on Marriage, and the means , of obviating ceit dla nialifications. Illustrated by 24 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, i 9, Berners-street, Ox -Ord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger; 150, Oxford-street ; Starie,23, Titchberne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden ball-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productlL e nom, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PAST 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessivelsolu, (trice, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mentsi and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PAST 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in ,ne primary or secondary form, and contains oxplicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings., PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of Infection .s ob viated. This haporta.nt part of the Work should no ose , ;:e the reader's notice. PA=T Y. is devoted to the consideration of marrixge, and its lutes. The causes of unproductive union are alsn considered, and the whale subject critically and philosophically inciaired into. TIib,•ORDIAL BALM OF BYRIACIIM is exe , usi---ly employed in treat qg nervous and sexual debility, impotence, ic., 11s. and 33a. per b ',ale. The Concentrated Deters! se Tssence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood 1 - cases ofinfection, secondary r2mp toms, eruptions, and the abuse a ir^:cury, I Is. and 335. per bottle Perry's Purifying Specific I - 11s, 2t. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 is. per box, s certain remedy for gonorrLcea, elect, stricture, and chronic int:teams ion of the bladder. ,onsultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minut, detail of the case is lequi.ed : age, habits, and position in society. Si Packet*, wit advice, to be had at the Establishment only, vhich the 'se, 14., I. saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atter , ance new- a , 19, rter.ters-street. Oxford-street, London, tree*: Fir yen till Tr,. a • c tr. Wireht. nu anntl•v. rrnn• Woman to n., 3 TUB AID AND PROTECTION TO BE INSURED TO THE EMIGRANTS ON LANDING. The anxiety of the sub-committee on this point has been greatly relieved by the communications which they have had with the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, who have most readily placed at the disposal of the committee the macinery already established in our colonies for securing to the new comers the same protection, aid, and guidance which they are in the habit of affording to parties who emigrate under their own direction. On reaching the colonies, the emigrants will be received by Government officers, who will be in structed to give them all the assistance and advice they may require, as to the rate of wages, the places where employment may be most readily obtained, and other similar points. They will also be received in barracks and rationed for a limited period, should any delay inevitably occur in securing employment for them. Committees of ladies already exist in Sydney and Melbourne for the purpose of addressing female im migrants to suitable situations; and it may reasonably be expected that the interests of the communities of which they become members will induce the colonial Legislatures to co-operate actively with the com mittee in providing promptly and carefully for the emigrants consigned to them. 4. THH COST OF THEIR OUTFIT AND PASSAGE. Assuming that the sojourn of each emigrant in the probationary-house may average a fortnight, the sub committee conceives, from examination of the ac counts of similar establishments, that the total outlay thereby incurred will not exceed Bs. per week per head. The cost of passage may be estimated at from 121. to 141. per head, and the sum of money to be given to each emigrant on landing by the emigration agent in the colony should not exceed 10s. The sub-committee would further suggest, in order to diminish the expenses and extend the operatiofis of the committee— 1. That the district committees should ascertain whether applicants for emigration, or their friends, have any means of contributing a portion of their passage-money ; and that in every case in which such means are found to exist assisted passages only should be granted. 2. That in every case the emigrant should be re quired to furnish her own outfit, as specifieclloy the committee. In cases where the emigrants, `hale ac tually no means of procuring such outfit, the parishes on which they have a claim for support may reason ably be expected to provide it. It might be also advisable that the committee should consider whether, at • some future period, it would not be well to make known throughout the colonies that assisted passages would be granted by them to females whose friends, having already emi grated, are desirous of sending home for them, but do not possess the means of defraying the cost un aided. Were the committee to defray one-half of the ex pense of their passage, the other half being previously lodged ' in the h ands ..of the Government agent by their friends in the colony, all anxiety ;as`to their future fate would be dispelled, whilst the aid and protection thus affarded to women desirous of joining their friends abroad would prove an incalculable benefit to them and to the communities which they _ (Prom the Times.) In the midst of the splendour and abundance of this country there is so appalling an amount of squalor and destitution, that the imagination almost recoils from conjuring up before it the alternate pictures that would convey a faithful idea of the social condi tion of one of our great cities. It would be easy enough to dwell upon the contrast between the ex tremes pf human fortune presented to the eye of the observer as he passes along the London streets, and yet how faint are its outward signs, in comparison with the inward agony ef:,extreme destitution in the midst of civilization. The presence of the evil and its enormous amount are well ascertained facts. Not only is there no dispute thui far, but we are all agreed as to the necessity of checking the spread of " pauperism," and administering relief to those who, whether by circumstances beyond their control, or more directly by their own faults, have been worsted in the game cf life. Now, there is no use in tde ceiving our s as to the effect of individual efforts or of gusts r 'ng bene vo l ence . It may be easy enough to minis er, to the necessities of A and B; but C and D all crouching against the wall a little further on, their penury as extreme, their abasement as deep, as that of the persons who may have been snatched from a fate otherwise inevitable by the hazard of fortuitous charity. The impulse to give relief to the afflicted is implanted in us at our birth, and the attempt to stamp it out of our hearts by a steady course of syllogisms is but an endeavour to degrade human nature. But mere almsgiving, how ever well intentioned, will never attain any great permanent end, or produce any general effect worthy of mention. _ _ The mixture of feelings with which we contem plate the humane effort that is in course of opera tion in behalf of the distressed .needlewomen may be gathered from the above brief remarks. That any considerable number of , young persons ire so trying a situation should he assisted to emigrate to our distant colonies, under a proper system of checks and restraints, in order that the fund be not perverted to the benefit of undeserving objects, will no doubt prove of the utmost advantage to the persons so assisted. That many young women who would have pined away in wretched garrets at home with wan cheeks and broken health, and that others who would have been reserved for a still worse fate, will in those remote dependencies of the British empire become happy wives and mothers, we have no manner of doubt. Those who are disposed to contribute their " donation," or their " mite " to the fund for promoting Female Emigration may do so in a cheerful spirit and with a quiet conscience. Every shilling so contributed will buy off a full shil ling's worth of misery from a class of persons who have, unfortunately, but too few opportunities of ex tricating themselves from the tideway of evil fortune. A man fairly thrown upon his beam ends may do a thousand things—but what can a woman do ? She may go for a governess, or a companion, if she can ob tain employment. She may paint fans, or, if she have a turn for the plastic arts, and the market be not overstocked, she may try her hand at wax flowers. Beyond these and two or three other similar resources a woman is only separated from the union, or from death in the streets, or from a degradation worse than 'a thousand deaths, by her needle. The class of needle-women therefore is necessarily a large one. The central reservoir of destitution in London is fed by innumerable rills of poverty from every class of English society. The shirt one wears may not im probably be the result of a long vigil by the daughter or widow of a member of one of the learned profes sions who has been suddenly called away, of a West Indian merchant or an Irish landlord. -Whoever she might have been, educated with whatever pains, reared in whatev4r luxury, that long vigil and weary task will but entitle the weary workwoman to a few pence—a pittance scarcely sufficient to procure so much sustenance as will strengthen her poor fingers for the discharge of another task of the like nature. Not only are the ordinary reasons for contributing to a charity potential in such a case, but where the object is to relieve the 'distress of women in so help less and forlorn a condition as these, we should hope that the principles of every Christian and the impulses of every gentleman will be found enlisted on the same side. We must, however, at this point, again protest against the su r position that persons who have con tributed to this praise worthy object can be permitted to salve their consciences over with the supposition that enough has been done. We have no doubt that , before any long time has elapsed the organization of a continuous system of emigration will be one of the most useful, as it certainly will be one of the most ra tional, developments of the poor-law. A license of this sort has already been granted to the guardians of unions, and although it has not as yet been extensively acted on, there must ere long be an improvement in this respect. It will occur at last even to parochial authorities, in place of bandying a " pauper " about from union to union throughout the country, and maintaining him as a perennial inmate of some workhouse or other, that it would be more advan tageous to pass him on once for all to a parish where l i e will b e a bl e t o ma k e hi s own way, and will tr ou bl e the board no more. The systemis newhich administration, w as ill on re e citi p i e r c a ul g ia r r o l a y liable to abuse, unl ess i ts working be watched with t systemno discretionin its the most jealous eye. In such a ease as this, how ever, we may relieve ourselves with the reflection that boards of guardians have hitherto steered very clear of the sin of over prodigality. They are as unwilling to pay down a round sum to free themselves from a disagreeable claimant as an indifferent whist player is to part with his honours. It was in the course of the investigation of the lamentable affair at the late Mr. Drouet's, if we remember right, that the calcula tion was accurately put forth of the comparative ex pense of rearing a pauper child in pauperism or of dispatching an emigrant out to Australia. There is but little occasion to add that the balance was found to be heavily in favour of the emigration scheme. Now, if we use this result, within reasonable limits, in a con sideration of the policy o f our present poor. law, we cannot but foresee that emigration, upon an extensive and organized scheme, must soon be engrafted upon the old method of administering the law. If the boards of guardians will not see the necessity of availing themselves of so excellent a subsidiary means of keep ing down the pauperism of the country and of re lieving the tension upon the overstrained rates, we are not without a remedy. The matter is now ripe for di-cussion in the Houses, and no doubt the ques tion will be entertained with an attention commensu rate with its importance. Having thus earnestly repudiated the idea that any mere scheme of benevolence, however laudable it itself, will ever operate in any permanent or efficient way upon the aggregati distress, even of one class of sufferer., such as the distressed needlewomen, we return again with pleasure to the sub ject of this charitable scheme. The sub committee appointed to establish the conditions under which the objects of the charity shall become entitled to its benefits has published a report, which will be found elsewhere ; most of the restrictions and rules laid down appear rational enough, some, per haps, a lithe arbitrary, but where there is so much of misery under every category, no doubt any moderate restriction will not defeat the objects of the donors to the charity. It may relieve the minds of those who are still hesitating as to whether they shall contribute to the fund, to know than no young woman but such as can give good guarantees of previous character will be admitted to a participation in its benefits. The greatest care will be taken that on the outward voyage the young emigrants shall not be ex posed to any deleterious or contaminating in , . fluences. Measures have also been concerted with ,the- Colonial Land and Emigration Commis sioners, who have placed at the disposal of the com mittee the machinery established in the colonies " for securing to the new comers the same protection, aid, and guidance, which they are in the habit of affording to parties who emigrate under their own direction." There is to be a Probationary House, capable of AO commolating about fifty women, in which they will be retained for some time previous to their embarca- Hon, in order that their characters and past lives may in the meanwhile be subjected to satisfactory tests. The sub committee, in short, appears to have set earnestly to work in the task of removing the most natural and.plausible objections to this benevolent project. Under Sueh protest as the one we have just entered, the scheme may be safely recommended to the generous c )usideration of the public. join. This report having been considered, it was pro plied and carried,—" That the same be received and adopted." • • loe sttam-ship Ajax, arrived in F. the river i f i r ° e ß m s ' Ss C . Trk i , has brought eleven horses, the produce of lielai2d,.as part of a large general cargo, ~,,. MR. H. _DEMPSTER AND T lIE 11. E. I. COMPANY. • TO THE EDITOR OF TILE; SUN. SIR,—For the honour and credit of nautical science, so long as I had means of my own, or could be sup plied by my relatives and friends, it never once oc carred to me to exhibit my nautical improvements, • (now pretty wt 11 known to the publ!c) fur money, thinking that some one or other would have picked me up before getting altogether on the brink of despair. Latterly, since coming to London (June 16, 1849), I hare been obliged to solicit some help to assist me on with my experiments. The success I have met with, my present position and future pros pects, may he gleaned from what follows : Oa applying to the 11. E. I. Company, they gave me 51. Sir Charles Forbes, Bart. gave 121.; Sir James Duke, Bart.- (then Lord Mayor), 1/. ; Sir John Pirie, U., James Matheson, Esq., M.P., 1/. ; A. Anderson, Esq., M.P., 11.; Captain A. Forbes, 1/.; A. Jardine, Eiq., 11.; Sir Charles Malcolm, R.N., Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, R.N., Captain Hamilton, R N., Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes, J. P. Muspratt, Esq., J. C. Whiteman, Esq., Mason, E q., Herbert, Esq., J. G. S. Lefevre, Esq., G. R. Porter, Esq., Nayes, Esq., E. Speer, Esq., T. C. Harrison, Esq , H. and T. Kinnard, Esqs., Marjoribanks, Esq., Hoare, Esq., D. Dunbar, Esq., Wigram, Esq., Saunders, Esq., Hewitt, Esq., Morgan, El. Bonner, Esq., Galbraith, Esq., Pollock, Esq. ' CaMeron, Esq., Martin, Esq., J. Macgregor, Esq., M.P., P. ienings, Esq., and a, few others individually gave smaller sums. The greatest part of amount received in this form having been expended disseminating information on my nautical improvements, and finding a difficulty to increase the number of my patrons, and thinking that the Hon. East India Company, as a body, might again come to the rescue, with a distant hope that they ultimately may feel' inclined to adopt me as a protege of theirs, as the nautical improvements originated with me whilst in the Bombay pilot Ser vice, I again applied. All my correspondence for improvements that ever I gave to the public I always directed copies to the Hon. East India Company, and were I not certain that my services have been of much greater value to the public generally since I left my situation at Bom bay than they would have been had I remained in the pilot service there until this time, which would have entitled me to a pension, I would not now presume in the attempt to show that I consider myself to have a slight claim upon their sympathies. The following answer to my application for a little aid to help me through, and my succeeding letter, will show exactly my present position, and where I consider any slight claim I can establish rests : " East India House, January 3, 1850. " Sir,—With reference to the letters you addressed to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, under date the 10th November, 27th December, and Ist instant, on the declining state of the deep sea fisheries, the discontinuance of welled smacks hereto fore in use in ced-fishing, and the defects in the fish ing department, suggesting improvements in the berthing of the fishing-smacks off Billingsgate market, whilst unloading, and praying relief, I am directed to inform you that the East India Company have no concern with the cod-fishery or with Bil • lingsgate-market, and that the Court of Directors de cline to grant to you any further pecuniary assist ance.—l am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, "JAMES C. MELYILL. " Mr. H. Dempster." Having received the above poser, it caused me to set my wits to work. The Hon. East India Com pany being constantly in my mind was the mainstay I would have to trust to in the event of being taken aback. I wrote as follows : " TO THE HONOURABLE THE DIRECTORS OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY. " Jan. 7, 1850. " Gentlemen,—Respectfully acknowledging the re ceipt of your letter, dated the 3d instant, in answer to my communications on the subject of the declining state of the deep sea fisheries, fishing smacks and Btllingsgate market, &c., together with the decision the Hon. Court of Directors had come to, declining to render me any further pecuniary assistance, I humbly - trust to be excused for giving further trouble on the same subject. I entirely concur with your Hon. Board, that as a body the improvements neces sary to be made on the cod-fisheries of Great Britain is not at all a subject likely to be connected with the duties of your Court, nor did I, when forwarding my information, expect it was a subject likely to be re sponded to as one that commanded your attention. My chief views were, as it is a subject of general public utility, and as your llon. Board are, perhaps, equally (if not better) acquainted with the extent of my labours far many years back, whilst endeavour ing to promote, not only improvements in the 1 fishery department, but general improvements in the I art of nautical science, my present position and how circumstanced, &c. I hoped your Honourable Board might have sympathised a little farther with toe, until I can get the proper parties fairly inter ested in the matter. It is possible your Honourable Court may be of opinion that I have no legal claim to solicit assistance from the Honourable East India Company to promote my objects in view, any more than I have a claim upon others, and that if the mem bers of.every board who must necessarily reap ad vantages-from my labours were to act as generously towards me as your Honourable Court did on a former occasion, that I might get on very well ; so I might, if other parties to whom I have applied had tendered to me a moiety of their patronage ; un luckily for me at the present time, however, such has not been the case. I have laboured hard, trying my skill at several quarters, but with the exception of receiving short evasive answers, not at all entering either into the merits or demerits of the question. I have received but little ; in fact, my attempts to get money for my labours have as yet been completely discomfited. When I call on parties to whom I have forwarded my information, as soon as my circumstances and the object of my visit is under stood, if I am not politely requested to retire, a broad enough hint is given that it is high time to go away.' Unless the sinews of war are supplied no war can be carried on, any more than considerable im provements can be brought forward without the aid of capital. One way to prevent an invader from en tering a territory is by cutting off his means of transit and supplies if possible, thereby starving the aggressors into submission. Such are the tactics it would appear many would employ against me. My improvements are considered intrusive innovations ; otherwise how is it, that although they have already been practically and satisfactorily shown upon a small scale to be improvements, still there is no one will adopt them upon a larger scale, so that they may be rendered of greater advantage to the public ? There are few persons seen inclined to offer me pecuniary assistance that I may go on progressing; there are none who have ever attempted to confute any of my arguments advanced as improvements, and perhaps that is the most satisfactory part for consolation. What are scientific societies constituted for when such practical instruments as my improved trawling apparatus, for instance, is allowed to re main both unconfuted and unadopted. One or the other courses should be attended to by men professors of practical science. The improved trawl is calculated to become of univer sal commercial value, and as such I have stated it to be. No man should be allowed to palm inventions upon the public unless they be correct in practice as well as theory. The great bulk of the public may be considered as unreflecting. There are many who give themselves little concern about anything be yond their own individual interests. The following will show that latterly I have experienced a pretty severe proof of the fact. " June the 16th, 1849, I arrived in London; was well clothed, and had a few pounds in my pocket. With it, and some pecuniary resources I received in a friendly manner from your Hon. Board and a number of other gentlemen privately, I speculated with lite rary productions. I thought that with written argu ments the discriminating public would reward me for the considerable sacrifices made, and much exertions employed to promote works of public interest. The result of my literary speculations up to this date has been to extract all my funds, gear worn out, and my property all gone. " Instead of acting upon the more common method of publishing my literary productions on sale, I forwarded them to parties, trusting of course that their merits would have been appreciated, and I would have been rewarded accordingly when calling for an opinion, &c. That experiment, however, has been en tirely discouraged. It might do well enough for men of means to present their information and ideas in such a form, but not for such as expect remuneration for their literary efforts. There is scarcely one out of every fifty called upon who will respond with what may be termed a patriotic spirit. Nature.' prejudices are against innovations. Many men have got plans and hobbies of their own, from which they are de sirous to obtain a name. Being disappointed on calling, it sometimes occurs to ask for the property sent to be returned—that also is of no use. It cannot be found ; it was not ordered; why was it sent? and who cares about it ? are the answers to be ex pected if it be asked for. • "With respect to any claim I may have upon the Hon. East India Company more than others in the time of adversity, unless the statement that follows entitle me to establish a claim, I have no other to offer. Just now I have no papers to guide me as to dates ; I will endeavour, however, from recd lection, to state as correctly as possible. , About twenty-four years ago my relations obtained for me a free mariner's indenture for your II m. Company's territory. After hiving expended a considerable sum f money for the fees of indenture, outfit, passage money, and other preliminaries, I arrived at Calcutte. On my arrival there I found the indenture in my po,session was not to me worth the value of the paper it was writ'en upon. It was no recommendation to a situation, and as there were a number of officers lying on their oars at Calcutta, waiting for berths that had been promised them, although they were not inden • turgid men, plainly showing to me the utter futility of the indenture at all. Since the openh)g of free tr,,de, of course it has become altogether useless. It was some time afterwards I entered the Hon. East India Company's marine service, with a view of get ting on to be a pilot of Bombay Harbour. I ulti mately did so. During the year 1834, whilst a pilot of Bombay Harbour, the idea to build and rig sailing vessels upon an entirely novel principle originated with me. All the money I had made in India was spent there, practically showing the merits of that novel invention in the first place. The idea having been considered better adapted for yachts than any other class of vessels, - and there being but few yachters at Bombay then, it was considered that England was a better field for bringing my inventions forward. I ultimately gave up my situation at Bombay, with the express object that I might be enabled to make the inhabitants of Britain's Isle acquainted with my new nautical improvements. Since coming home, which is now about eleven years ago, my mind, my time, and a property left me by my father, at Kinghorn, have all been expended endeavouring to promote the object I bad in view when I left my place at Bombay. Since coming home I have always made it my duty to se:id copies of my correspondence to the public on the subject to the address of your Honourable Board. " Gentlemen, the foregoing statement being all that I can offer as a claim, together with the efforts I have made in Scotland and England to promote improve ments in the fishery department, I hope they may be considered sufficient to enable your Honourable Board to reconsider your last decision, 1 at present being much in need of pecuniary aid. Gentlemen, I have the honour to be " Your most obedient and humble servant, " H. DEMPSTER. " 14, Cannon-row, Westminster." To the above letter lam told no answer can be given, I must try some other channel to bring for ward my inventions. With my improved model yacht now lying at Shields I can make her perform twelve manceuvres more than any other built or rigged sailing-vessel afloat ; one of them being that she will go over a rock whilst sailing at the rate of seven knots, where there is one and a half feet less water than her draught in centre, without sustaining damage—something like a horse going over a five barred gate. But the rock that stands in the channel of prejudice is not so easily to be got over. On one occasion, during a very heavy gale of wind, the model yacht was driven over rocks off North Berwick, where there was three feet less water than she drew in centre, and sustained little or no damage. Let then the press get up a gale in favour of making the experiment at London, as it was made at Bombay, Canton, Leith, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Newcastle, and Shields, and I'll be bound (if all goes well) the little vessel alluded to (which is twenty feet in length and six feet beam) will be seen floating and manoeuvring about on the Serpentine River, Hyde park, in the year 1851.—1 am, Sir, &c., 11. DE.AIPSTER. NAVAL IN VELLIGENCE. MALTA, JAN. 12.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon, with the Indian mail, due to-day, has not made her appearance. The French steamer from the Levant has arrived, and will proceed to Marseilles this afternoon. Yesterday her Majesty's brig Racer, from Athens, Suda, and Syracuse, came in. Except the receiving ship, she is the only vessel of war in port. The Spitfire steamer, with the crew of the Oberon, has left this place for Leghorn, to relieve the Porcu pine, which vessel is hourly expected, and will be dis patched to the eastward to Sir W. Parker's squadron. A melancholy accident has happened to an officer in the Odin steam-frigate, Lieutenant 11. \V. Dawson, late of the Thetis. It would seem that he had been out shooting, and, on returning, had incautiously placed a loaded gun between his legs, when, accident ally touching the trigger, the gun was discharged and the contents were lodged in the heart of the un fortunate young man, who almost immediately ex pired. The accident has thrown a deep gloom ov, r the:ship, for he was a general favourite. Mr. Winstanley, of the M , Aina, has been invalided to England fur change of air. lle has been tempo rarily relieved in his duties by Mr. Sainthill, a clerk of the Volage, surveying ship, until a successor to the Medina shall be appointed. Lieutenant-Colonel Ward has arrived in Malta, to relieve Colonel Whitty, in command of the Artillery. Ile will assume command on the 20th. The corps was yesterday reviewed by General Ellice, who ex pressed his extreme satisfaction at the state of effici ency in which he found them. The General in the evening gave a magnificent ball. The'irrembers of - the new Council of Government were sworn in on Tuesday last, at the palace. The Council was afterwards prorogued till the 15th inst. The arrival of the Locust steamer from Naples, on the 9th instant, brought the agreeable information that the quarantine imposed on arrivals from Malta had been taken taken off. P.S. One o'clock, P.M.—The India mail is tele grated. The Medina will leave this evening at eight, r.m. News has been to-day received from Constantinople of the death of Mr. Rizo, Greek Minister at the Porte. The fleet is about to leave Macronissi for Malta. This may be considered positive, on the strength of letters to-day received. PORTSMOUTII, SUNDAY.—The fallowing ships are reported as ordered for commission : The Trafalgar, 120 guns, to be commissioned at Sheerness. Amphion, 30 guns, 300-horse power, Sheerness. Albion, 92 guns, Devonport. Arethusa*, 50 guns, Devonport. Vulture, first class steam-frigate, 470-horse power, Devonport. Aj•ix, screw, GO guns, 450-horse power, Portsmouth. Fox, under repair, 42 guns, Portsmouth. • The Terrible steam-frigate, 21, Captain Hope, C. 8., left, Spithead this afternoon for . Devonport, whence, after being paid wages there, she will start, in com pany with the Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, for Lisbon, to try the experiment of steamer r. sailer; the firmer not to use her coals if she has fair wind, and always to keep a forward course. Captain W. F. Austen (1846), nephew of Rear- Admiral C. J. Austen, appointed Commander-in- Chief of the India and China station,_ is reported to the Flag Captain to that officer; Lieutenant G. T. M. Purvis (1841) to be Flag• Lieutenant ; and Mr. Price, at present in the Hastings, in China, late secretary to Sir Francis Collier, will be continued as secretary. The Phaeton, .50, Captain G. Elliot, when ready for sea, is ordered to Devonport, to receive advance for her crew. The Madeira packet Eclipse passed this port for London last night, and suit in passengers by a pilot boat, who landed at the Quebec Hotel. Her dates were the 2d inst. The only news of consequence is the re-imposition of the odious quarantine for five days, which was operating most prejudicially to the interests of Madeira. THE SQUADRON OF EXERCISE IN THE TAGUS. —The Hogue, 56, Captain Macdougal ; the Leander, 50, Captain Dacres; the Arrogant - , 46, Captain Fitzroy ; the Thetis, 40, Captain Codring ton ; the Encounter, 14, Captain Gordon ; the Con flict, 8, Commander Drake ; and the Scourge steam sloop, 6, Commander Lord Frederick IL Kerr, were off Lisbon on the 19th i ns t an t, awa iting the a rrival ine c of the Commodore (Captai n Martin, of theal t r i a l of P r Regent, 92), to proceed on another . sailing and steaming. The above returned from a partialcruise, in v e whichsh.P qua lities in sailing fr (auxiliary steam-frigate) show ed a equal to the sailing g ea nde r ships had Arrogantrd I recently screw - E sloop ncou o n rt Encounter corvette)off the scr wind. The H o g ue ( t o e n r a b e w a i t n t d h , e a nCd h o o fli c Conflictt( i al a e o t a e w beat block-ship) steamed 8i bde)bythe Arethusa, knots, and the Selovuhregne mak ingsttheaemesdqufaasdtreornthisanauagllt,nentozi (as ts knots. reported speedily ton f r igates Indefatigable, y an 50's, and the Terrible steam-ship, the squadron will be one of the most powerful and efficient ever at sea, and will doubtless develop some valuable data for ship-building, both sailing and steam. The Phaeton is by White, of Cowes ; the Indefatigable by Edye, of Dc.vonport dock-yard ; the Arrogant by Fincham, of Portsmouth-yard ; the Arethusa by Captain Sir William Symonds ; the Leander, by Blake ; the Thetis, by the Scholars of the ex School of Naval Put in commission last night. Captain T. M. C, SymondE, 1841. • 7 W hi ti l k s Aferiectu ; e Terribb; by ', t ang; of W 4 4 • yard ; the Encounter(hy Fin ha` • and-the Coeflid _ iv y 4,„ V/e n t o h t e f, l i fa o v f y- p o r ffl oy c i e ng d t es f ig b n e et o lt .le tz , p; t 4 vl3;. , -sa. 7 "4 , , -- - - the naval service._ jr. is Rossihte4hat;-* _ - - - *37 -- Miatini, jun., buddingisVaviict,cand; -trip a Ajax, 60, fitting at Portsmout Anizzle ottesaY mod, join the above squadron, and 14;t 7 Welits ; ,Wjth the rest. A NEW DESCE.IPTION OF ST' k-V MEL—For som e clays past great excitement has prevailed at Marseilles by the arrival in that port of an entirely new description of steamer, and which, if successf ul, will cause a complete revolution ' in the present plans of I p t , hr b ta u sd il en d o i m i t l g tahr t see te su a li t ieg n s.t. - 2es ve at F ad E p l pw s. eatisr T abl l ul ie cil; s o • b e fy ss m e a l is" named the aMsts. 6Lriffeuutnineueir.; in fact, there is nothing A to show whether she be pro p •)led by wind, or steanl, or car. -She glides through the water as if propelled 'by some invisible agency. , The propelling power is by a eimp:e lever of sufficient power.—La Marine. The French Admiralty have issued an order to tie effect that the officers and seam en o f th e FA nch navy, as well as the employes co..nected with the civil dt-- parttnent of the navy, are not to wear the se " or a ments" to the huff an face, the moustache and imperial. They may, however, wear the beard encollier. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, JAN. 19.—Captain Thomas 31. C. Symonds (1841), to command the Arethusa, 50 gun frigate, commissioned this day at Devonport. Lieutenant Octavius Cumberland (1841), to the Arethusa. Lieutenant Edward B. Rice (1844), to ditto. Lieutenant Richard W. Courtenay (1844), to ditto. Lieutenant Arthur W. A. Hood (1846), to ditto. Lieutenant William Bowden (1847), to ditto. Master David Craigie (1838), to ditto. • Paymaster and Purser John H. Greaves (1835), to ditto. Second Master John P. Dillon (1848), from the Fisgard, flag-ship at Woolwich, to ditto. Midshipmen—Charles J. Fitton, E. H. Murray, P. G. Luard, E. P. Pocock, and W. M. Cornwall, to the Arethusa; Arthur Trahere, to the Terrible steam. frigate, at Portsmouth ; and F. A. C. Dumaresq, to the Cambrian, 40, East Indies. - Master's Assistants—Alfred Perry and D. 0. Burd wood, to the Arethlus. Clerks—Henry W. Arlidge (1847), Francis Wheeler, and W. H. Oggard, to the Arethusa. Naval Cadets—Thomas S. Dickenson and J. M. Croke, to the Arethusa ; and D. K. W. Perry, to the Arrogant steam-frigate !It Lisbon. Rear-Admiral Charles John Austen, C. 8., accom panied by his Flag-Lieutenant ; George . T..M. Pur vis (1849), andjhis Secretary, Paymaster, and Purser, George P. Martin (1849), arrived at Woolwich to day, and immediately after, accompanied by Captain Austin, C. 8., acting superintendent of the dockyard, went on board the Fisgard flag-ship, and hoisted his flag as Rear-Admiral of the White on board, where it remained flying during the afternoon. The gal lant officer, with his Flag-Captain, Francis W. Austen (1846), his Flag-Lieutenant and his Sec retary, will proceed overland to assume the com mand of the vessels of the Royal navy serving on the East Indian and China station, and will hoist his flag on board the Hastings, 72, formerly the flag- ship of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Francis A. Collier, C 8., K C.H. The following notice has been put up for the guid ance of the workmen of this dockyard : " The paymeLts will, fir the future, take place on the workmen quitting the yard, and each man is to sign the tickets on which the amount (f wages is shown, and pre sent it when he claims payment. Those wages not taken in regular rotation will be with} old till the following week; unless the party is detained on duty." A NEW NAVAL NOVELIST.—A successor to Capt. Marryat, as a writer of narratives c f Baysl adventure, is, we understana, about to ap; ear, in the person of a naval officer of high rank, well known as baring commanded at the blockade of Alexandria in Ib'4o. This dis- tiLguished officer intends, it is said, to embody in a series of naval stories the re3ults of his career of active service in various parts of the world. llis first literary enterprise is announced under the title of The P. trel," and its appearance will no doubt bo hailed with welcom e by the 'wading public in general, as well as by the author's professional brethren. COUNTRY QUARTERS, A NOVEL, ET THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON.—" 'This novel is OAS of the liveliest and most natural of all Lidy Blessingtou's productions, There is a rapid, quick, light, and easy style; a fr, e. dom of narrative, a niceness cf observation, and a uni ❑uteness f description, with an agreeable satire, which please as, vvhi!e they (xeite our admiration. It is a quiet narrative, flowing principally through ball-rooms, drawing-rooms, mess-rooms, and the other resorts of the gay and fashionable world. Numbers of gentle manly officers, with numerous light-laughing maidens, and staid demure young eamsels, eat •r and play their parts in this simple life•liko drama, which is full of natural settles, painted in every derail from nature, and evincing that grt at power of observa tion fir which Lady Blessington was celebr..ttd among writers of fiction."—Sunday limes. [ADVERTISEMENT.) TIIE ATRAPILATORY 7 OR LIQUID LIAR DYE.—The only dye that really answers f,r al colours, and does not require re-doing but as the hair grown, as it never fades or acquires that unnatural red or purple tint common t all tiler dyes. Ross and Sons car, with the greatest contid, rice, recommend the above eas it fdllibie; and ladies and gent'emen re quiring it are requested, if convenient, t, have it done the first tice at their establishment, which will enable them to use it af.ecsvprds themselves without the chance of f.ilure. They think it necessary to add that, by at tending strictly to the instructions given with the dye, numerous patties have aucceeied equally well without coming to them.—Addres , , Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. EXHUMATION OF HUMAN REMAINS.--OD Wed nesday John Orwell, of Redcliff-steer, railway labourer, while employed in digging out the ground for the new terminus of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and at about a few yards from the Bath-road at Totterdown, at the depth of about a foot from the surface, discovered first skull, and afterwards the ren ainder of the bones of a human body, and then of another beneath the first, He afterwards discovered, about a 3 and from the former, the bones of another body. The two first found appeared to be doubled up, and the other lying straight. He found no clothes or buttons, or anything but bones; one skelitmi appeared to be full grown, the others not so; the bones were but very little broken. The earth in which they lay was dark, but about the bodies yellowish. He carried all the bones careful) , to the other side of the line, where they remain. The earth had not been sunk deeper in the place. About a month ago he found two skulls in the earth about six feet from the same spot. The skeleton of a horse lay close by. An inquest has been held by Mr. Grindon on these remains, and Orwell having given evidence to the above effect, the jury returned a verdict of "Found dead." The expla nation of these seeming marvels may prob,.bly be found in the fact that a gallows formerly stood at this place, under which criminals after their execution were some times interred.—Bristol Mirror. ADVENTURES OF A Si. NOTE.--A short time since, a lady residing at East Ham called upon the Rev. W. Streatfield, the vicar of that parish, and in the course of conversation asked the Reverend G'entlem_in the amount of money collected at the church on the General Thanks giving Day. The sum was mentioned, which the lady observed was rather less than she expected. as her hus band had put a 51. note into the plate. Upon this the vicar remarked there must be some mistake, as no such thing had been returned in the collection, and he there upon communicated the circumstance to Mr. T. Mat thews, by whom the plate was earned round. Mr. Matthews, a highly respectable farmer, bad not seen anything of the kind, and waited upon the gentleman re ferred to as the donor, who explained that he had the note in his band some little time previously to dropping it into the plate, and had rolled it up in a very small compass. It at once occurred to Mr. Matthews that the note might have fallen out of the plate, and, upon making inquiry of the sexton where he was in the habit of throwing the dirt, the placa wai pointed out, and, after a minut3 search by Mr. Matthews and the vicar, the missing note was found in the long grass of the church) ard. It had been almost destroyed by the wet, but sufficient was recovered (when pasted on a piece of paper) to sati,fy the bank authorities, who have since paid the amount. The affair has thus ended to the satisfaction of all parties.—Essex Standard. THE BIRMINGHAM MAGISTRATES.—BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.--The deputation appointed to wait upon Government with respect to the recent appointment of magistrates on the nomination cf Messrs. Geach and Thornton bad as interview with Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey in Downing-street„ onj Friday last. The Pt emier and Home Secretory declined to interfere, and que.tioned the power of town councils to nominate borough magistrates. T he y la ferred the deputationm e lengthto rr d Chancellor. Afte r an interview of so t w h i e t:h L the Noble Lord the deputation was induced to Wipe, if not be li eve , that the recent commission will be super seded. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, JAN. 2 0.—The Penin sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Indus, Captain J. Soy, took her departure this morning, with the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails, in charge of Lieutenant Tancock, R.N. She had about 120 passengers, and a large general cargo. The Ripon, with the heavy portion of the homeward East India mail, is xpnted here on Thursday next. RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE IN SEARCHING FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—It having bet n suggested (by the late com mittee of Arctic officers) that a memorandum, stating what had been done, and what is now being done, to re lease Franklin, should be translated into the Russian language, and plentifully circulated along the northern coats of Siberia and throughout his Imperial Majesty's American dominions, 200 or 300 copies printed, and at tached to each copy should be an order from the Russian Minister in London, enjoining all Russian subjects, in the Emperor's name, to carry out the objects therein named. His Excellency Baron Brunow, on Monday last, assured the British Government " that every step will be taken to second the measures taken by the Admiralty fur the discovery cf the expedition under Sir John Frank lin."— Unitcd Service Gazette. PARLIAMENTARY BANQUET.—Lord Stanley has issued cards of invitation for a grand dinner on the 30th inst., at his mansion in St. James's-square, to an influen circle of his political friends iu the House of Peers. The Noble Lord is expected to arrive in town on the 29th inst. from the Earl of Derby's seatoin-eLaneashire, preparatory to the meeting of IN,rliament;" ;:; - `;L Ja•u LX I P5O. [PRICE SD.