The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-12 00:00:00

0. 41* V ,-.-: , ~. • • . , . C O NTR A C T S for PItP. S a 13 EL F • ~--_,_ , 15ePartnaent of the Comptroller for Irec , mal,iii..; and Tranliort 1131%0. The Co m ;., e rviees, B c 4 nerset-placc, .: , :ovem . .er . , : ~ Afinral ' ; ()r ule .„_., tn.as.,omers tor executin; the office of 1.,::.-d 11..., ,, ,, ..,:,,.. cva . totfee:Vaot, Klngthurt of Greatairitain•ated Ireland do 1,,,,,..',4 k , ,_, 'fril l be re on fitunsuar, the 2Sth instant, 4: - . One . 0 . ...1T. • ,t ‘ l o ',_-_ .., tract fo early to treat- with such Persons as may be %Olin,: t0. : ,1 _ , r supplyin g , s on !er separate Contracts) all suet quantitic. of PREsFI BEEF' , I .5...- 4'll aY be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels ...,,,..... at the foil' 1851 ~,, "ring Places, from the let January to the 31st December, Cbat'Ca th days included, viz, CON, M Milford and Pembroke , INT 1 bePtford to Portsmouth N Naionth Erith (both illelusive) Plymouth y Otlera, e) , aro jersey --- --- „,,,,„, Queenstov, - n and Kinsale Sheerness Or Itin..... ""e t Tobermory —6 '_ t O'frl and Dttblin 1 Waterford - se 11 Dam, Weymouth pal tivel y v i ' e '- , es about to Tender are particularly desired to read atten- ~,, thi s 0., ..onditions of the Contracts which may be seen either at '7 114 ifoe, or n hi, , Pplication to th- ' S ' n erintendents of the 1 , ictuat : ___ fittn-,44--sutrietits at Destferd 1 - ,•,r‘s p mou . th, and Plymouth ; tic, ; alirict:teadents of her Illajest ( Do'elt ' y ' ants at Cliathatn, Slteer . ne i s , • „, Becks b e ; Agent for Y the Victualling at Tlenlbowline t , r t a i t e `, Toberm-.4t0. the the;.. ostrnaster•Ger i eral at Dublin ; ' l. the other or to the. Collectors of her Majesty's Customs ..t. ,_ at a n t o r:vil ti b d e e r r e ; e ui ly st e,t sp af e i c e i r fv o t i l : Etery T , lacoa. the Postmaster e siteh ; of treaty . , _ op'crilc:cklaolwi otrhdes daya t length, ?n 1 norno altth or ,'_ 4 _c , r, nnle is the party attends, or an agent for him, duly )417,..._15e.._ In writing. e ' d 3 : rooder must he delivered at tile above office, and be accona :t Soni ers Z a letter cldressed to the ' Secretary of the Admiralty, ,,i, . to , beco the h Plaoo, and signed by tw , responsible per , o'ls , `' 11 "!•! - ,, ) ,” f or thed, °°ond with the person tendering, in the se'll of 1.,.)k fr " - zotitp -e , r o r a fo b rul , ance of the Contracts for Sheerness, Chatham, l',:rts- . l'eti, " ) moutti; and iu the stem of 5007. for each of the other ......._ 1t Pour— Tto a DECREE of •the HIGII t of c a ll Persons L"CERY. m'ide in a cause VARDON v. AN claiming to be the Bei: or Heirs at Law nut co • lbe custom of Gavelliind, of GEORGE AN DM'S, at L aw at the time of his death, or the Heir or respective w‘;',. o EoFtGi` n d co-heirs aceordin* to the custom aforesai I, of the to ANTDItu.' I' 4 , Coln, • A living, are, by their Solicitors, forth lityp,u',": and prove his and their heirshicis before RICHARD 'niberg S - ET . ESq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at h.' 'a dr, `" 4 SOUth - mere e thereof , amptcn-buildings, Chancery-lanc, London, The • they will be excluded the benefit of the said l tbor d itn e 'utty :trued George Andrus resided at Sutton-at-Hone, in App ent, and was a farmer, and died in the month of SIMPSON and DIMOND, • 10, Henrietta-street, Coven fish-square, Um, Solicitors for the Plaintiffs. /i ii t r , r — CPui t Stl T A . N . f f T s to , a DECREE . of the HIGH cause HART V. BAR rt-law' a ti n f 7 Lt e i c s :l l .ol i. p% %4 r C r E n ß s Y claTm a i d n e g ' co a be . the Heir or Heirs .orinerl Y ofki.._' i m• HAR I% late the wife ot WILL IA.!I 1 . 1A : 1tT... hilt,lerv...o7ineadiv-,l,_ane, Pendleton, afterwards residing in are Oid n. 418 4 R0n, near Bristol, and subsequently of No. 7, Granby -11350 ti IB4e .ristol, where she died in or about the month of E , sto colt , .8 and are, on or before the 10th day of Decembe v r, to t yr e in and make out his, her, or their descent before Jo.i! , i ir c a '"bers i -s T , E sq., One of the Masters of the said Court, at his tl e L 'attit ther" Southa mpton -buildings, Chancery-lane, London, fL or t o n f "ai d b e : r 6 e f e t heY Will he peremptorily excluded tile bene *------,..----__ J° IINSON SON, and WEATHERALL, Temple. A II j lif - --,-T -- Za, i t t r ,e'roh.,ol;u 1 1 b ° i ti N o n of WILL MODEOPENRaNt theBRITISH Galleryof MORN SAMUEL eltOTld - Istxr,: e clQtY, No. 5 Pall Mall East, on MONDAY ..1 Bth insant. STEPNEY, Sec. li.A v , - ' I "SEND STAR PACKETS. tore Cabin "d Second Class Railway NINEPENCIL to da les" or from London and Gravesend. , •• Fare Cabin First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwall. .. • 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d. In ttrmediate Pi ........ 6d. 21:4111n e t P e k r ir i ekets eau at the Grass Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. et : call at the ' Piers as Y underlined (weather permitting). .."---- '.110)1 TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Virz zx li, . — di—i i 'me Roah r j SUNDAYS. 'dn a ray s Ireem Pur ...,.. • I G Gi Roster - ' Green- Pur- I hs. fleet Time vine, ' Gray shithe. Itteet % v ------ fift -- ----- --___ , - -- -•--- ' !I -- .'.7***,--- ti --- g ' , ° 6„, —‘l'tain ' f rora the B t marked t ptrZ9m,gog from Fe nehurC a h- I street Station to all parts of London .........._tlie fo ft llowl"nWlClC titoilltarter of an hour. WHARF BLACKWALL, on the a . rrival of T Trains front the Fenehurch-street Station i'V'tzx ti h , ---- -- 7 -L"' D Ars ..e. 1 ----..._: Str NDAYS. •-.......1?„_ ..........k.ael. itrutl Grar t. Roshr. ri me' Pur- !Green- , Itoshr , ,--___,i ' I , bile. fleet I hithe. -- "Y s villa. 10 1 ll. M 12 --.. ...... . 4 •-•-- .-- -..., 1 it 's 31 .-..- i - '' , .--..____ ihitt ed '& m u . kaA . ~ PEt ai Illlttedt,ltarked a are run direct, the Packets not . step at Piers or for floats. 4(i let Tic k Months, Zriet_ll iI,TS.--Twelve Months, 41.4 e. Six on boa 1,..465;°0rntiL" 155 .; to be had of the Collectors .qe —r• Moon; Pier, Gravesend. elliber 5.1850. errace 1.40xD x., ---'--------Z-,______n'" AND NORTH-WESTERN The bi TE NTnERs RAILWAY. p 4 rectors f ti, London ADDITIONAL CARRIAGES• red to receiv e c :r - v''‘,`,..sd North-Western Railway are pre ''veTl"Sintatit:alrareTtl""anEattA fo a r n lso ' . CARRIAGES, to be built ac- Tend ersi n Tue s a ay Spectflcation;whieh may be seen at Eus li•overQuern4st be se m l i t ri -x_t_ , the 12th irritant E , The b iree , no n or before the ven ng of FRIDAY, 15th instant • ' ors w i r _ , , ,at E usto . '. utee + 4 Stati(;':o let the Contract on ..,/erunn.kr, the 16th tu . 11 Y order of the Directors, q°ll Statio n , CHAS. E. STEIVART, Secretary. " - "overnber 9, 1850. Al e ,, 4Beci ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL — E , ST. JAMES'S. (S ole t , 1)4"114 nt toAct of P T arliament of the 25th of King George the Second. A kt4 tE ' Zi e ,,' Charlel Emile Laurent, jun., 57, D A ro L mp E ttn-s i cut x re 6 ) l : t e t t ,, Dal c or S , CELEBRATED A I ND t UN fr tl n V L .4 .4 ehe t„, ,I Strauss' M. Bou cour , Paris, and Artiste tle t his Strauss' Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, France. Z'N . Sl: ri e Tgant and popular resort of fashion is now duly *lith e b y ACT of PARLIAMENT, 111418 eir " Mted CONCE hi htrt ilshe letit n w ot o h r i t n h g• Nb, " that •in addition to dancing. his part to render this th bee t , Y the distinguished patronage and support it ha . s .15 00 honoured with, and respectfully solicits , continuance re 013 e curs, which it will ever be his study to destive. ? t er" evening at Half-past Eight—Dan . cing to commence icr/1 - ",?'tne precisely.—Admission, One Shilling. ro ' r articulars of the Concerts will shortly appear. . n. ev„ - ',_M the: musts People of the Argyll Rooms are respeetfully t o in °t the whole of their claim Laure it, 4 Y, which will be discharged on the Saturday at Tyco lIICII WAREHOUSE CLAIMS THE Mien I roSoal PALM ? London rts we fairly test, If T h . Warehouse claims the palm-the East or West ? AeOd Your h as claims surior let me know lour ell me plainly wpe here I'd better go y ? tY stt " " ° n , reader, I can soon reply to, -•-ecl ask M oses n 2 that whichever Mart you hie to, Son will give you satistaction, p 4, 0 11 ask wi 3 i i ° ,, n r suPport in eacls transaction. Ts-"eaDness shine; cl aims the palm? I answer, Neither, And benefit a an equal footing -0 t 1 lho nse0 ". qUalitY are found at either. A IR , both ea are found on either hand ; stand, Above all other elei h„ el ,, the palm of public aid, t er "'"'" In the trae. The in,„, 3 and.the Branel alike display well at '' aPerio t f ,,„ t. , 1 Ana the E ast „ Q . ..mons of the day. I', , we n You% " e UI . Money you'll "invest," ' i ed both A d r i‘i3e money at the West. I readily p„ rts, and know knowing what they are, Moses .t.,°nane the r id cut she On bu sin ra es o s n " a n P o a thing loath,") i k . n _a hence stCoann,,e a dvantages at both ; 11011'0+e Orph eus ate these two rivals in the town, et,„ n e•--Th e , /ld Cecilia " share the crown." bong s no ' seas„ ,- th ur uav7l Department are now replete with ti o „ -e -Nea- 11,, ef , - a (~,,", for Bei f ..„° , , entitledfull direc " Ever bod 's Book," with . d "st-freo '"aasnrement y y application, or forwarded o_ Ito an_ , can be had on hte. a rre.-... A. ,, ' I,, rt Of the kinghom. t er asur e, h . Y article to ned, not a Purchased, either ready-made or made - Pproved f atitl 0 ., will be exchanged or the money re kith, °I L-E. "tr )10 4 , st hu pes oses and Son regret having to guard t. he public )I,Z r ( 4 bei ng e(:. ° 11 , but f lse ,, having heard that the untradesrnanlike a has beg to sta ted ben"eated With them, or it is the same concern, They et L e - ~State they In Many instances and for obvious reasons. L o -4 len, ~, have owne with any other house in or out 81 , , r ) , (101 1 ci, i , 'eP. their Establishments, as iollosys - _ _ C o • a nd ,537 Establishment, 1 ' 54, 155, 156, and 157, Minor . ies, 8.5, kg 'l ' l t . r ° l l We'st4l'lgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. _ hr ' a rt.st -en d Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, , %,,,dforil "Yorks it communitim. 1."711.110eld trenectilltshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. 414 ter a r ' Blothi , 3G, Fargate. khe ~,' and 'rs, Hatters, llosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe thtd_ 44 11 , eneral Outfitters for T dies and Gentlemen. .3-, N,nslirn e , ts lEV"sit busir are closed from - sunset Friday to sunset Sa t less is resumed till Twelve o'clock. 4 k111 , , Q , I , I ATThe " ( OUT and RHEUMATIC PIL LS . u. nen,: Pieallowledged efficacy of BLAIR'S WM . T andßH_L ave , s te `at to ~,,, bY the continued series of testimonials which have t years, al e4dered i:,'! Published by the proprietor for nearly tw 0. .. 1 1 ,/s h G brail e " medicine the most popul ent a e , ar of the pre ~, . and 4 k be 4 I tolla g ~0 1 . which the following extract of a let ~ ter written hav catiohen ham'', Wheeier Esq Collector of Customs, Jamaica, u. ~. let4ll' Will k r bY Ills br'other" at Swindon, to Mr. Prout for p LA , rn ' , new . ‘ ,„`Y confirm. • fr, oh, be e p ti a have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills s , o b_u e t ent e ,Pet, rh _ e allY tell you, in mercy,to any friend wh? may r n r il l ti i i iq af thalUrriatlC gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, them. 411 3 , i t s Ntetr WidalY-allied family, to recommend their using s eeh, tva te of ;htley are of wonderful efficacy : not only am •on- I . per. ces t ben t i ng Unt s z ei r Powers, but I see my friends and aequ • without dio m en so y a'e3 benefit from their use. I would not be te tit ta ,, te It altocount. they If taken in the early stage of disease ., a llol t j De ed ler _geiher ; if In a later, they alleviate pain and effect_• _ ~ rn,,,, by Th _ cure than by any other means within my knowledge." slZ_,by eir_nlats Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appo . t 4_toro. i,s,,esPectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United ~1 10I I' L le t , ,,8 * 9 d. Per box. les,,,ie ands r,„ n ROUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe ,, '''lbit: lIIIon th e Of " Thomas Profit 229, Strand, London, Ina -•iie A - ...e Gov ' dto each box of the b tedicine. Government Stamp affixed it. L A , klii k ,_ l4 tltT 0, ) 1 11b4e..A.T uit ,.. , 4 TELE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH . ''' AT I.-PrITII 40 COLOURED ENGRA.VINGS ON tat D tp , • Itir. , 1413 1isd ~,.. S42 ,o pe, 2 ',,"'m may be had i French or English, in a Sealed 4 1 -"' 6• o rpost-free, it from the Author, for forty-two t te, l4 . til t t dica l' i - ?RE SERVATION; a tra n let ht . Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on th e III , a egh li t. llrnaities and Disorders of Youth and Ma'nrlty, . 4 11 1 : 11 ., 311 Ical t i n ed ftt an early period of life, which debilitate nbt er ,, ,, , and e l l nlental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural 0 1 eti; ett ons 0 4e2 t the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical . lr o , er . 4 . 4 , 'I the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, filetc ell 'ng from these study, or the influence of . I,l 4tes. e causes, close tl etla,.% arid • Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, 4114-0, With Diseases and Derangements resulting from India ‘l;l k li C F orty coloured Engravings, illustrating the ihiltlnit,,, theslologY, and Diseases of the Iteproductive Organs, th f ales ', et ir stritetutes uses, and functions, and the various -'4101.1, are Produced in ' themby solitary habits, excesses, and ric kto at, n ~1 1? SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., bap!ofiqw,, ~.rb F ORD -SQUARE. LONDON. Pal Lir. e 'ne• Mat-i ul t d Member of the University of lildin e- the'y „ -, ritiabac A ' e a e lionorar- Member , ski % -.mo n „_• - Pothecaries' Hall, Edon, i ?a,40,,,:w0rh en,,,'Zardtal Medico 1 Society ' 1 to account of the I t rto,,`"„, . 11 and ~„'''''n'ia ali accurate and aomp e , It un valtes-'elY "' 31101 087 of the Reproductive Orans. i u _ Itq n . and yielaPPens that the unhappy victim of excesalve nd a l_ I:Ia. - Nes, Lina habits, while suffering from their invariable co . heelator reVe7.selY entertains a fear of applying to a qualified t ish orr ys o i : l ltt, l k el t ,„ ShaMe and the dread so frequently, reach of ken - e ,7, 4 ecl that thesecomplaints are beyond the as - I it rest"&el , hi e° ' r assistance where -441,,., can b e him and prevent hls seetin; o Prktihon,e,„,. Procured. Dr. LA'MERT has taken the highest tent of his ike t : e t ter ra `;: , as his diplomas testify, and tits great e7t ai expe . 4144,41'tch has3' Years is a guarantee for his profession ri- PUIA ' reference almost solely to this treatment of these 45 1 , ith ed byl'est,ttrni,ester„..,the r.Author, and may be Ind of J. (I , llb im er e t, h. -41 h ,„:`, ll Yrne, r - k W .,,,1 xtannay. 63, Oxford-street; Stade, Tichoo . - -4 dz iltr "'4 L ~.--.; 12 4 '39 Conahill ; Gorton, 146, Leaaen -'werg °--- ..1 or, free by post for forty-twe stamps, from ST, Bedpard. inasre Loud() i. ... ' t 1r 4P 1 • Nclfg,i3d,.j []PRICE SD. ...-----? 5.' . .:. , _,.._ .7/ ..1.4 - 7, i f . . ' tSI -- .. )6 . 0 . . 4.4:7p , t , s ,-,-,--,',.. - : , ' - 'f• - ' • --- f‘i i .I', .,..91 ,, 1, ,-- ....„,„,. ° li j r- r ‘ ;-. 4 441 "4 -1 ~\' - -- -- . -:--! .- - -_-_, ,, —.1. , .t.„ - - . . V '' P -I.' ' • „ ,_,ok ?,..- • 4 ' --.. 1r. " ' 'e _ ._:,..•_^, , - ...,.. ) i 1.. 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" A trial of considerable interest to Life Assurance Offices and the public was concluded yesterday in the Court of Exchequer. The Eagle Company held a policy for an assurance of 5301. in the Albion Company as security foi an advance, the payment of which policy was now disputed by the Albion, on the ground that at the time it was effected the fact of the assured party having been a man of in temperate habits was concealed from the office. "I he chict evidence turne ! upon the question as to the degree of intemperance that had been eKhibited, and the result wet, that a verdict was given against the resisting office. not unly for the amount of the policy, but also for 407. interest front the date when it became due. The circumstance of the action being brought by one Oni , C against another presents a striking illustration of the uncertainty which may int atth to all po.. the present:system, and sh . tows that the onlymole by h ch ansolutt, security can be obtained by the puble !oust lie in the general adoption by As utrance Offiees of the plan of proteeting them selves in every etc-e by Curt inquiries before the grmtint t each po lio', tti.l of atterryards ass:lining the bill respctrodbili:y (it the com pleteness of such inquiries by holding themselves precluded front raisihg any - lure question. In the present eve two offices are found to be.diamottieally opposed in their °pit:l(ms tc what can properly invalidate a claim, and yet the public are expected to be able to guarc th emselves ageds;t: such contingences. Sin , diar CaN,, have occurred before, and even • if they were more rare, they would seriously in lore the progress of life assurance. The very principle upon which the business is b:unded is th removal of unefetrainty, and whenever that principle is counteracted in the sliOitest degree, the people who wont:: be the first to resort to its advantages are the first to be deterred."—Times, July 11, 1850. TiLIE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 72, LOMBARD-S MEET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. r. Campbell Fenton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C.. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. fames Fuller Madox, Esq. , John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. George Cummintt, Esq. J isPs Turner, Esc'. William D. Starling, Esq. iDavid Henry Stone, Esq. SECRETARY—David Alison, Esq. BANKERS—The London and • ..unty Bank PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware -road. Rev. James Sherhold Boone, A.M , Stanhope-stroet, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin- William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. .T. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. Jehn Dangerfield, Esq. coln's Inn-fields. Thomas Jervis Antos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's Inn. Secretary, Chas. llogkton, Esq. The POLICIES of this Company, being INDESPUTABI,E, form Family Provisions and Negotiable Securities, for their validity is not dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As urance, the progress of this Company has been rauld from the com mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Sleeting will be forwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to whom Commission is allowed. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Manager. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURA.NCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURT II ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in Engler:fa., and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2501.—making together 700/., which have been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1549, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 133 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.: of these 121, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. Os. -Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 33. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. I Is. 6d. Of these 51 lapsed, amounting to 23,990/. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,9917. 15s. Ild. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,700/., but 1,1831. 1 is. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguishpd for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Par:sis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con. siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right • Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. QCOTTISH . WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Constituted by Act of Parliament. PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Hon. Lord Moncrieff. Ins Grace the Duke of Bucciench, K.G. The Most Hon. the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T., and C.B. Sir William Gibson Craig, Bart., of Riccarton, %LP. (All of whem, as well as the Directors, are, and must be Members of the Society.) This Society was founded A.D., 1 , 415, upon the original basis of the Equitable Society of London, and is the oldest Life Assurance Imtitution in Scotland. Capital accumulated and invested, Two Millions Two Hundred and Four Thousand Pounds. Annual Revenue nearly Three hundred Thousand Pounds. Total amount of existing Assurances, upwards of Six Millions Six Hundred Thousand Pounds. Average amount cf Assurances effected annually during the last twelve years, upwards of Half a Million sterling. Probably a larger average than has yet been attained by almost any other office, and such a, affords the true test by which to prove the estimation in which it is held by the pu'ilic." In the case of a party insured with this , ociety previous to the year 1819 dying after payment of the Premium due i I the current year, his representatives would receive for each 1001. insured the SUM of I S 9/. Os. 9d., or nearly double the amount of the original in surance. In I.ke manner, in the case of a party insured in the year 1830, dying after payment of tile current year's premium, his representa tives v. , oithi receive for each 1001. insured tie sum of 14;1. 4s. 10d. ur a Ilmiu= of 47 per cent. N.B. No member is entitled to participate in the profits of the Society unless the Policy be of five years's standing. 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We would remind the public that all TEA, bad or good, the be.t or the most worthless, pays an uniform duty of 2s. 21i d. per lb., and is necessarily subject to equal charges for freight, porterage, wharfa4e, dock dues, &c., consequently the commonest is much heavier taxed, in proportion to its real or marketable value, than either the medium or tn© finest class Teas. Thus, common Congou costs in Canton only 71. to Bd. per lb., but before it reaches the English consumer it pays in duty and charges Ho less than 400 per cent. ; the medium class Tea, which costs 12d. to Isd. per lb., aver ages in duty and charges not more than 200 per cent. ; whilst the finest class Teas, which cost in China four times the price of the commoner, psy no more than 100 per cent. It must be apparent that, with a fixed charge of 23. 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It is surmised by well-informed persons of the Admiralty that it is owing to accident. Others, again, give it out as the determined act of a sailor who was punished for misdemeanour, and detained in the hold of the ship. The most reasonable rumour, and on which I place most reliance, is , ' that it is owing to negligence, as several canisters of the powder conveyed to the magazines on shore were in a bad condition, and a quantity of this combusti ble was spilled. It is likely the lower deck was not swept, and some dull mariner emptied the contents of his pipe on t i the floor, when naturally it formed a train, and running to the pow der magazine caused an instantaneous explosion, which was so powerful that it divided the ship into two parts, and blew up the upper deck, with the trans and rigging, fully twenty-five feet in the air. This part fell sideways into the sea , and disappeared for a few minutes. The lower deck was then ob. served to catch fire and burn with intense violence for seven mtnutes, when the ship gradually sank. Im mediately after the explosion hundreds of kaiks and embarkations repaired to the scene of disaitor, and a number of mutilAted remains, showhey, but little re semblance to human beings, were picked up. Of the Ore poor whatever ll u w, was a lieutenant 113 taken to th e temporary am b u l ance erected on shore, 36 di e d i mme di ate l y a f ter ; an d mos t o f the sufferers ho wer e i n suc h a d read f u l con di t i on that no euentetnar n ta t i , n: . cl as of their u r p ec n ov ea er r y ly . 0 drowned, fearfully burnt, and a spike through his shoulder. He died six minutes after having been conveyed to the ambulance. A gallant Armenian porter had both his legs cut clean off, .and still cou rageously dictated a letter to his mother, informing her of hi 3 sad state. No official list of the loss of men and officers has yet appeared, but it is ascertained beyond all doubt that the most gallant officers of the Turkish navy have been lost. We have to deplore the death of six cap tains, who were on board the admiral's ship in con ference on a point of etiquette, as also of the aide-de camp of the grand admiral, of 14 lieutenants who were invited to an examination of several pupils of the Academy, and of 25 scholars of the first class. The list of casualties is supposed to be as follows :- 1 commodore (Vice-Admiral Mahmoud Exha.) 1 superior offil2er (Capitan Pac aide-decamp. 6 captains, including the commander of the Neiri Sherket. 21 lieutenants. 30 sub-officers. including the 'scholars of the Ac 25 mid:i c h l i , ;i e n in ie y rf : 640 sailor 3 awl marines. 70 wort:wen sent for repairs. 45 hamrnal, employed to raise the andlors. 75 sailor= belonging to the oche: ship, gni in at• tendance on their officers. 50 visi:;ors. 14 passengers in kaiks, which sunk while passing near the ship at the time of the explosiDn. 1 Italian broker. Deducting from this total the wounded and saved, there remain upwards of 900 lives lost. The number of wounded has not yet been accurately ascertained, as many accidents occurred on board of other vessels, but they have been so far kept a secret. It is truly fortunate that but a small quantity of powder was on board, as, if the explosion had t a k en pl ace two days before, the disaster would have been incalculable, owing to the vicinity of the dock and timber yards, and to the other men-of-war, which must inevitably have been burnt. The wreck is complete, and the whole port is covered with fragments of masts, bulwarks, and timber belonging to the Neiri Shevket. The shock was felt all over the city. In the suburbs of Kassim Pacha, Djoubali, and Fanar, not a pane of glass was whole, and even at Pera, which is at a considerable distance, glass was smashed, and the effect was similar to a shock of earthquake. The first Minister who arrived at the scene of desolation were Suleyrnan Pacha, Mehemet Paella, and Mehemet Ali Pacha. The first, who is th Sultan'sl t was agreed that the great admiral, was so affected at the occurrence, tAhlaethehmeetswAoloinpedaesheav,erwaho i several times. s brother-in law, should inform his Highness of the sad disaster, who immediately ordered a sum of 1,0001. to be dis tributed amongst the widows, as also that pensions should be settled on the nearest relatives of the deceased. The complement of the Neiri Shevket was 740 men, and but 100 have answered the muster. The choicest men and officers of the fleet were on board of this ship. The officers were all well-educated men, and to replace them will require some time. 50 degrees, and almost free from all mineral, animal, and vegetable impregnation. In a future section of this report I hope to be able to give the board more extended intormation on this point, as also with reference to the levels of the springs above mean tide. Thus, by galging and testing the streams at their sources, instcal of in their course and outfalls, we have the r , alz Ition of the principle laid down by the board; ,end thts diff•rei.ce will account fir the varianca cf my results with those Dr. Angus Smith. " Table oF Springs and Rivulets, :11,Jwin ,. .z their hlnislias , , daily discharg,,, and the nurah,w of how;ei each is cuivalent to, at the , rate of 75 tzallon: nor 1 - Nranzs Ilindhead and 11Lick down : ll9ly-water Bramshot Down-lands .. Headley-down .. Barford-mills Devil's-jumps Punchbowl .. Cosford-house Gray's •wood • • Kotehet Five other springs . Hascombe-hills Sweetwater-pond .. Bush-bridge Chapel-copse Hascomhe •• Leith-hills : Totsford Watton Rookery Easthampstead Plain : "Wishmoor Broad-moor .. Sandhurst •• • Ambarrow-hill Barkham Wokingham Bull-brook •• Chobliam-ridges : Pirbright .. Rail way .. Cow-moor • • Cold' ngley .. Folly .. Bagshot • • Bristow-farm Farnham : Aqueduct . • Atinley Northfleet • . Longbottom Bramshill • • Eversley Castle-bottom Worth: — Farnham-hill Total gallons .. ~; p t, .2 '.'s • . cLP. 1,350,000 13,399, 7 14' 540,000 239,731 3,880,000 360,000 299,995 674,928 84,240 3 . 2,561 127,562 1,066,795 529,200 224,697 229,111 1,799,798 1 890,95 G 1,436,400 388,303 176,840 M,OOO 75,888 101,088 599,914 113,320 810,000 1 4'10,000 90,43$ 758,160 256,192 630,000 14,999 45,848 134,928 6, 426,000 31,509 43,372 74,779 270,000 656,45* 39,407,3241 T; ~-. a g t- ' t a. ts,oool 178,62 7,200 3,197 38,400 15,000 3,999 8,999 1,123 434 1,700 14,223 7,056 2,955 3,958 23,977 1 I ,g 79 19,532 5,177 2,347 720 1,011 1,347 7,99 i 1,497 10,800 6,134 1,285 10,108 3,419 8,400 199 584 1,798 85,650 421 997 3,900, 8,739 Remarks !Will be la away I at one degree of hardness. One and a-lull' d:grees under the mill wheel; but will proba bly be led away at half a degree of hardness. Will be taken away at half a degree of hard ness. Will be led away at one degree of hardness. 523,15 G Total equip alert in houses. " Giving altogether 39f millions of gallons, which might be brought to London at a hardness certainly not exceeding one degree. I can answer for at least 10 mil lions more under two degrees of hardness. I must re mark, that though these gaugings are only offered as an approximation, I consider they will evetitually prove to be rather under than over stated. " Farnham, Oct. 3, 1850. " The annexed table of springs and rivulets gives their hardness, according to Dr. Clerke's soap test, their daily discharge, and the number of houses they are equivalent to at 75 gallons per house; an addition of one-half the average domestic consumption, as proved by an experi ment instituted in the district of Earl-street, London, on a block of 1,200 houses of a fair average class, the gaug ings of the sewer gave 44i gallons, and the butts and cisterns, 511 gallons per house. " I would remark, that where the springs flow into ponds dammed up for the use of mills, I have taken the samples for tests from the springs themselves, as the evaporation alone of large surfaces of water generally adds two and upwards degrees of hardness, and the waters are also exposed to deterioration in colour, and, as I have found, in taste. For instacce, at Minley Pond, itself situated between sandhille, the springs do not show half a degree of hardness, the pond one and a half ; at Sweetwater Pond the springs have half a degree of hardness, • the pond two degrees; at Bushbridgo the springs have ore degree of hardness, the pond nearly six. " I would here remark that an erroneous opinion seems to prevail generally that large bodies of water should be exau3iued for test of quality, which, in pro portion to their size alone, show a scale of hardness con tracted in their passage through loamy or of ter soil:. Hitherto the little springs risiug in pure sands, seercely seen under the herbage, have been almost entirt ly dis regarded, although when gathered together they form a volume equal in extent to that collected on the lower levels, and of a purity and softness in no case to be found thorn. " The gauging of these springs having berm taken at the end of a drought of nearly five weeks, and at the close of an average dry summer, I conceive they are to be relied on with safety, as being at their usual summer ebb. Being a perfect arranger to tho district, and of course obliged to depend very much on the testimony of the residents as to the flow of the springs, I have ad dressed myself to persons of all classes, gentry, farmers, and labourers, many of whom have resided all their lives on the same spot, and are therefore well able to offer an opinion. I received much valuable ieformation from an herb doctor, who devotes his sole attention to wounds and sores, and finds his remedies in herbs and grasses, many of which grow in water, by which means he had come t 3 the knowledge of these springs. The unanimous opinion of all observing persons is, that I gauged these springs at their lowest. lam convinced that the greater mass of them are, as at Farnham-hill, due to rain-fall elsewhere, — probably on ranges of equal and higher levels, at a con siderable distance, where the nature et' the strata will not permit of the rain-fall making its appearance again after percolation; the water then finds its level, and an easy channel through the sands of the gathering ground•. I attribute the fact of the springs invariably coming out under the highest and steepest bank of the hills to the circumstance that such is tho only place where on that contour there is not the usual densely packed covering of gravel, through which they would scarcely penetrate when there is an easier outlet. The steepness of the bank itself is apparently caused by the undermining action of the springs. ady opinion of the unfailing yield of these springs is confirmed by the peasants, who in several instances have of their own accord informed me that at the close of autumn, generally in October, when there has been no rain in this district, the springs commence rising just after a high wind. They offer no explanation of this apparently extraordinary circumstance, which to me, however, admits of easy explanation; the high wind' s being possibly a fortuitous circumstance, but probably in dicating a storm of rain and wind elsewhere, where the strata are of the formation alluded to. " Droughts of much longer duration than five weeks seldom occur, and, should they do so, the yield of the springs is so far in excess of the present requiremeuts of the metropolis, that there is little foundation for any ap prehension of scarcity. " To detect the presence of these springs in combina tion with other waters was in some cases very easy, as where the residents are acquainted with them, or where they are so large as to thrust themselves on one's view, but often they have nearly eluded my most vigilant scrutiny. Situated in the hollows of the hills, generally collections of rainwater are to be found, girt sometimes by dense copses with rushes and long-tangled grecs. The marshy appearance of the ground on the lower side might, by a casual observer, be taken for the soakage of the pond, but if a trench be dug to the outfall the run is found to be constant, proving the presence of springs flowing into or rising in the ponds themselves. On one occasion, on questioning an intelligent labourer, he re marked that, when bathing in Minley-pond, ho found the water at some parts much colder than others, and was at a loss to account for the circumstance, which clearly indicated the position of the spines, as I found the outfall to exceed the flow into the pond. " So secluded are some of those sources, that their ex istence, on one occasion, at Chapel-cope, only became known to a soi-disant gamekeeper (but, from his appear ance, I fear, a poacher occasionally) by the flight of game to drink there after dawn. This spring yields 224,697 gallons per day, equal to the supply of 2,995 houses, and forms one of the many threads contributing to the desired supply. lam further of opinion, in whichl am confirmed by all the residents, that these sp rin g s will, when opened, that is, given a free passage to the surface, often be doubled in volume; indeed,this has, on several occasions, been proved to be the case by paper manufac turers and others who have been anxious to increase their supply; as, for instance, at Barford Mills, where some years ago the paper-mill could only work for three or four hours a day, but the spring having been opened now affords a sufficient supply for six hours work. I have tested these waters, and all others in the district, including wells, and those from the surface, at different stages, as where joined by fresh tributaries, or entering a new soil, from their outfall to their sources, and the result has been very decisive in confirming the remark made by Professor Way, in his able paper on' The Power of Soils to absorb Manure," that ordinary soils consist of three substances, sand, clay, and vegetable matter, but that very generally a fourth may be added, carbonate of lime. When these springs rise in any other than pure sands, the water at once becomes hard to five or six degrees. If in any case I believed a stream to have a very pure source, I proceeded up its course, examining it at the junction of each tributary, and have never failed in dis covering nt length, and generally from the highest source, the thread of soft and sweet water to be added to the growing stream for water supply. " Let me point out, for example— Degrees, " The Wey, at Guildford, which has a hardness of 9 " At Elstead ••• ••• ••• ~, 8 " Below the junction of the Bramshot river 9 " Above the junction of the FArnham branch .. 6 " Abovo the junction of the Bramshot branch 'to ... 14 " At Farnham ... ... " But turning up the Bramslict river at Flead ley Wood " At Bramshot " At Shotter Mill " The above shows what different results two per sons malting the same investigations might arrive at. From Headley to Bramshot is scarcely more than two miles ; persons unintentionally, or for want of accurate investigation, might consider the water at Headicy wood the sample of greatest purity to be found, and go away with and disseminate a totally false impressio•:. I have reason to believe it will be generally found that the opponents to the board's proposition have, from one cause or the other, made this great miitake. " The power of soils in hardening water is particulerly evident when comparing the water in a large pond to that in a well, which becomes hard almost in proportion to its depth. A notable instance occurs at Tomlin's Pond, a collection of rain water with a few small springs in it, which has a hardness of only 2 degrees, whereas a well sunk close by for the convenience of some cot taxers has a hardness of Si degrees. Again, Minley Pond has a hardness of only 11 degrees, while a well, sunk through the loam into the pura sand, has 3 degrees of hardness. " The following is a list of well and at:taloa waters, with their degrees of hardness:— " WELLS. Degree e. ... 4i ... 6i ... 5 " Hartford-bridge Flats, 25 feet deep " Ash-common, 80 feet deep " Pirbright-common, 20 feet deg).— " Chobbam Well " Swinley-cottage, Eastbamstead-plain ... 5} " SURFACE WATERS. " Ash-common 3 1 " Holt-pond ... 2 2 " Dippenhall... 3} " Whitemoor... ... 3f " Aldershot ... " Canal Reading-road-bridge 5i " Thus we see that waters stand for purity in this dis trict in the following order:— " 1. Spring issuing from pure sands. " 2. Collections of rain water. " 3. Water running through ordinary loamy soils. " 4. Well waters. " How great is the loss of capital and labour expended on wells, which when made what has been done ? A vast expense is incurred to dig a hole in the ground to allow water to soak into impure from the mineral quali ties of the soil ; what water ?—that which fell origi nally soft and pure. and which might have been col lected on roofs, or by drainage of cultivated lands and led into a covered reservoir, and thence to the highest room in the house. One gentleman with whom lam acquainted spent from 3001. to 400/. in sinking a well 300 feet deep, whence he obtained water of a hardness equal to that of London. 4001. would have drained from 40 to 50 acres of his land and paid for a covered reservoir, besides saving the labour of pumping and carrying, the waste of the latter in the case of using 57 gallons per day per house, amounting to a loss of three days' labour of one person in a week. The improve ment of the land drained would alone have repaid the outlay. " A great economy in having water laid on to the top of a house exists from the indolent propensities of servants, should there be two supplies, one of lased water and another of soft near the premises, and the servants will, I have frequently found, to save trouble, use the former for ell purposes, thus extravazantly wasting their masters' tea and soap; the saving in the consumption of which with soft water would soon have paid the cost of laying pipes into every part of the house. "I would point out the defects of storage reservoirs on gathering grounds as now existing in some parts of this country. They collect the crude surface waters, always liable to discolouration and thickening from dirt brought in by heavy rains, to deterioration in taste, to hard ness from contact with the soil, as also by evapora tion; this last, however, being trifli ng as com p are d with the first, as we have already shown. Compare these results with the proposition of the board. After the ground is once saturated, the rain-fall passes im mediately through a natural filter of sand into the drainage pipes, which lead it away to storage reservoirs lined with tiles to prevent the water acquiring the mine ral qualities of the soil, hence to a covered reservoir in the neighbourhood of its distribution, safe from the noxious influence of the impure atmosphere of a city. The importance of covered reservoirs cannot be over rated a la: n the evidence given by several eminent pro fessors of chymistry before, the board is considered, al though little more than every day's experience is needed to show that what is disagreeable on a small scale must be very detriments!, often dangerous, in large volumes of water. A tumbler of water cannot be exposed halt an hour without becoming warm, vapid, and badly tasted; and from what cause? Simply because water has an extraordinary capacity for absorbing the impuri ties of the atmosphere. " R ferring again to the plan of collecting rain-Fall by draining the sandy heaths, I quesVon whether it could iu one case be carried out with advantage, namely, on the higher levels; as, for instance, the crests of the F tf.X Hills and Chobham Ridges, where the strata of sand are of a very loose nature. I think that the surface once broken through, the water would pass by the pipes. The area on which this would happen is, however, not very large. It is very desirable to ascet tain this point by trial works; a few acres drained would satisfactorily settle an important question. The same . would occur in the lower levels were it not that nature has abundantly provided a subsoil in the form of a crust or pan about nine inches thick, composed of three inches of closely-packed pebbles and sand resting upon six inches of sandstone. This pan lies at a depth vary ing from one to three feet below the surface; in some cases it is found beneath a few inches of sandy loam. The pipes might be laid on the pebbles and sand in crusted together, which would hold the water. The pan once broken through the water would, I fear, be lost for ever. The cultivation of these heaths would eventually repay a large portion of the expense of collecting a rain fall by drainage. Mr, Hewett, a most intelligent farmer and land-surveyor, from whom I have obtained much valuable information, assures me :that where this pan comes near enough to the surface to be broken through, which is done at an expense of 81. or 101. per acre, and when properly manured, the cultivation pays. " The only disadvantage attending the board's scheme, if to such an important matter it may be deemed so, is the expense of the large lined storage reservoirs neces sary to contain a six weeks' or two months' supply for a city of the giant proportion of London; otherwise the system is unique in simplicity and perfect adaptation for the purpose required. So vivid was this impression on my mind, that on developing the idea of supply from springs, I conceived a method of adapting the principle to my own case. Where the springs are large, I propose to enclose them iu brick or tiles, but when small and numerous I would prefer to gather them in one stream to be led away in pipes, but this must be effected on the pure sand, and great care must be taken to avoid the mixture of surface-washing. In the case when leading away a stream of springs it would be liable to discolora tion from heavy rains, I propose to provide a remedy by preparing at the point of divers'an from the natural channel a new bed for a short distance at a less inclination. The bed to be a trench with a pipe at the bottom, and filled up with small stones and sand, heather or heath being placed round the pipe joints. Tho stream being led on this new bed will percolate into the pipe beneath. When the extent of the ground above the springs would expose them to be choked up by rubbish and dirt after a storm, I would intercept the rain-fall in contour trenches with pipes un derneath them also, and lay a branch to lead the water away to the main. I have shown both these plans as adapted in the case of Farnham-hill, and a large addition might thus be made to flow of the springs if desirable. " Hereafter I propose to detail my arrangements of branch lines from the spring -heads, leading to mains terminating on Wimbledon-common, giving also an esti mate of the expense of the entire schemeworks, compen sation to mills, &c., also some general inflmation on the collateral advantages of a pure soft water supply— the results of some experiments I am making on the action of sand as a filter, and some qualitative analyses of the springs. " The annexed plan is that of Farnham-hill, reduced from the Tithe Commission plan, and tested as to accu racy. The blue contour line represents the level of the springs. I have gathered them together and gauged their flow as accurately as in my power. Their daily discharge is equal to 897,393 gallons. The area within the contour line is 571 acres. The available rain-fall from 22.65 inches per annum; a mean of 30 years' register at the Military College Sandhurst, allowing the usual d e d uct i on of 14 inches for evapora tion and absorption, is 279,858 gallons per day. The difference then, 611,160 gallons, is the least figure in favour of my assertion that the water in this bill is duo to rain-fall elsewhere, for the rain on this hill does not percolate, but passes away. "I assure the board, however, that a careful collection of these springs would double their value, and produce a daily discharge of 1,794,786 gallons. This then leaves a total of 1,514,928 gallons above the available rain-fall on the hill, supposing it all to penetrate. The plan also shows the hill drained above the springs on the principle already alluded to. The section of the pipes and their outfill is calculated in proportion to the quantity of rain likely to fall in the shortest Vitae, according to the prin ciple laid down by Mr. Chadwick. "In reference to my idea of the cause to which these springs are due, I would mention that a notable instance of the kind occurs in Hong-Kong, an island mountain of not 25 miles in circumference at its base, and of 1,000 or 1,200 feet elevation above the level of the sea. Th. quantity of water supplied from springs on the top of this mountain is notoriously far beyond its rain•full, which latter, from the declivity of the other groun, - , is at once discharged into the sea, as all who have teen there are well aware cf. The shore of the mainland is not further than two miles and a half, but the range of mountains of equal and higher elevation, and which furnish the supply, are at a distance of upwards of ten miles. The rain-fall cannot find its way again after percolation to the surface, and is necessitated to find its level by crossing the sea and rising through the fissures of the granite formation of Hong-Kong. The springs are rarely known to be affected in quantity oven after a three months' drought in the island, ?the thermometer often at 88 degrees and upwards in the shade. " The advantages I propose so derive from permanent THIRTY-FIFTH EDITION. CONTAINING TILE REMEDY FOR TILE PREVENTION OF E. IT nstrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. )N PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. 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The following interesting report has been pre sented to the General Board of Health, Gwydyr house, Whitehall, by the Hon. William Napier : Part No. 1. "Farnham, Surrey, Oct. 2, 1850. "My Lords and Gentlemen,—Having had the plea sure of receiving in August last your instructions to visit the gathering-grounds of the proposed water supply to the metropolis, in order to gauge the streams and make a careful re-examination of the general capabilities of the country for the purpose intended, I have now the honour to submit to your notice the results of my ob servations, with a few remarks on the different bearings of the scheme. "Oa rending the board's report presented to the Houses of Parliament during the past session, I per ceived that from the very short time at the disposal of the board the calculation of the quantity of water available from the rain-fall on the district, an extent of nearly 150 square miles, was necessarily founded on the discharge of the streams at their outfall. " The board were thus also manifestly placed under great disadvantage when endeavouring to asePrtain the character of those waters; for, as such waters inevitably partake of the nature of the soils through which they have passed, and as the pure sands of the district are not only !minded by clay on the north-east, east, and south-east, by chalk on the west, but are also inter sected from east to west in the south by a high range of chalk hills, the course and outfall of these streams pre sent certainly a widely misleading test of the quality of the water to be derived from pure sands. " Considering the purity and softness of the supply to have the first claim upon my attention, I remembered the principle enunciated by the board, the nearer the source the better the quality,' and made it my first cb jeet to examine the nature of the soils in which the ainfall of the country makes its appearance after perco lating through the upper crust, nod next, the soils throng!' which it pas,es to its outfsll. " The water-supply of Farnham being derived from the hid on the south side of which the village stands, I bent my first steps thither, not only to examine its source, as likely to present indications for purity . to be locked for elsewhere, but also to have a good bira's•eye view of the whole area under investigation. Tho posi tion of the hill in the south-west, its elevation of nearly 700 feet above the level of the sea, and 300 feet above the plains beneath, admirably adapted it to this pur pose. It was then only I discovered that the Farnham water does not come from surface drainage, hut is de rived from sixteen small springs, issuing at the south side, on a contour, so to say, about fifty feet below the highest level of the hill, From the contracted area out of which so large a supply is gained, I was induced to suspect that these springs are not due to the rain fall on the ground above them. I was further led to this consideration by observing that, from the slope of the ground, and from the almost impenetrable hardness of the superficial covering of the gravel, the rain-fall could scarcely find its way through this surface. • A violent storm having most opportunely come on whilst speculating over this probability, I per ceived that the whole of the water apparently ran rapidly down the hill -sides and was speedily out of sight, leaving the surface perfectly dry, except where irregu larities retained a few pools, which subsrqusnt observa tion proved to me were exhausted by evaporation rather than by percolation. I then examined the north side, and found that on the same contour a still greater in dication of springs existed. This satisfied me that these waters are due chiefly to rainfall elsewhere; for a rough calculation of the yield of the springs much exceeded the available rain-fall on the area within the contour. " Convinced of this, I naturally concluded that, if the other ranges of the district were of like geological for mation, they would in all probability present similar ap pearances about the same level ; a most desirable sourco for the streams of the country, the advantage of which, in addition to the proposed drainage supply, could hardly be over estimated. The first week of my researches was confined, therefore, to the nature of the soil through out the district, presenting generally a vast depth of pure sands, obscured in the higher levels by extensive patches of gravel from 2 to 20 feet in depth; in the lower, by a poor loam, from one to three feet deep. Patches of peat here and there in spots of some depth exist principally in the lower levels. On the west and south-west, the loam has a subsoil of very stiff clay, ap parently of the London formation, which also crops out on the north side of Farnham hill. On the north and hiehanveextproebp object t d o a f s a m c y cu r r e a s t e e north-west, in the valleys, there exists within a small bogs. All these are marked upon the area a considerable quantity of iron in some of the peaty p l a n which I:shall hereafter have the honour to lay before the board, and the quality the time allowed. was s e shortness of which T their report, and quantity of the water. The board, in have given the quantity now brought into London by the different water companies as a stream of 9 feet wide and 3 feet deep, flowing with a velocity of two miles an hour; a supply double the actual consumption. In the course of my exploration, I could not fail to observe that such a volume of water of any quality P 739 no where to be m y hopes for the seen, which at first rather damped a ly rch as b, d ' h future; but Irememberod that such a) y mtg rivulets, be made up by collecting the smallest threads.of then, was my and went on my way. To effect this, - . object. A most minute inspection of the gathering grounds has shown me that their natur a e natural exactly fi a lt d e a r, pt d s e t p l r ie iv n e i for the means of collection prop osed b y the board,• namely, a system of thorough dr aina g e. A more admi _ e r h ab h l e e eiv p e la d n ; t o h f e s g a a n t d h se,riaccgtinragina-sfall could not have been the water on its passage to the pipes of any impurity contracted either in the air o r in percolating through the upper crust; as, for instance, where the water might be discoloured by peat, experiments have proved that the sands restore its primitive colour, and deprive it also of the flavour imparted by the peat. The heath, which covers the entire area of the gatherieg grounds, also stains the water, but the impurity is removed by this process of natural filtration. I would remark that the discolouration visible in the stream called the Blackwater is not caused by peat, but by the heath and loose black o loamy nature of the soil thro u g h which it flow s. This I have proved by following up its various s ources, one of which only, at C Samples of springs rising in pnve, passes over peat. ty bogs show ho discolouration whatever, but are as clew as water issuing from the attention Farnham - e hill, u l ch t a u n r . n d e . c d lo m se y examins stealing down the sands. . to 1 forollecm e msbporriirnj springs, , F :r e n a l; hill sidessilver underth tion, came to the conclusion that the origin of many little grass, arose also from such sources. A diligent search showed me thir, the quantity of writer to be derived in this m anner within the original area of the gathering-grounds Is so great,. that if the neighbour. ea t d i s lo of water, bilvntly ing ranges of mountains and hills on the south side— namely, Ilindhetid, Blackdow c n, Hascombe-hills; Leith hill, &c., presented the same ,cadre, I might p ro b a bl y hope to collect a stream nine feet wide and th ree f cei deep, of the desired softness and purity. " I am now happy to inform the board that a month's researches into every hill and glen, every copse an d crevice, has produced this result. Havin g t aste d the waters as they issue from their sources. I ca n announce that I have gauged a sufficient number of sprin gs and rivulets to enable me to form an . opinion both as to quantity and quality.; the water be . n.g of its primitive purity, perf e ct as to aeration, brilliant in colour, soft almost as distilled water, of a grateful temperature, about ~~ t/L - , •\. . 7 ,----- A / --,--,.___ r ..? ....-- - IT springs, that is, always pragoling tr, a 4 A i :11:.,,Cci'or, IV summer and winter, over surface drainage r e *ft 91;s1x1I-s.—/ -f-. .'. - • . --\ "1. The continuous flow from sprin gs g*;i47,l,ii,:r'- c ,f-___ ... - .*‘ ‘ betteK quality as to aeration a:,d temp,.r i.trrii. - 7 • :.• 1 '. , •7.; -- i n l "2.' Au iumenso saving will be effee J.1',,0t0---tilo'iiermi i,•:: . 77 : ;-, r i .444 orate reservoirs, and, I. believe, a c,, sii,lst.able ar.gi e '__.'.--;!--.,f,' in thOditninished quantity of excavatiop p . •, )i- tige.;-- _ ,;:.,:,,./ Assuming that the suppli e s fro m thesi's -riliti p - ttlt — ;:,... materially alter, no necessity c a n e x i s t f o r s t orag rN4II-. ;,:-- voles. A covered re servo i r f or t wo d ays ' supply might ' I 7 be provided at Wimbledorecomnaon to nieet any extra ordinary emergency; otherwise, a main with a simple waste-pipe into the Thames would suffice. " Too much importance cannot be attached to a con stant flow of pure, cool, and soft water, brought direct without detention from the Ilindhead to the, attic of the highest house in London. How gratc_fal will be the daily un of cool soft water only 24 hours from a natu ral reservoir in the depth of the earth! " I consider I have realised, in a remarkable manner the board's enunciation— , ‘ the nearer the source the purer the supply.' The wholf, vrlue or ti- , . fvherne an pears to me to depend on the accurate .f , llowing up c,f this principle. " ()a CQLideratinn of the therr, is only one nriq - c pain: I shi.ll h touch namely, the great gni Iy. boo-6.s of land drain ag•e, not only to tlo rloi!, tql: to tle tents of the tEstrict. Froth .4:-pth in the year of 22.65 inches (allowivg seven to ho üb“srbed), there remains nearly 15 inch, or 1.529 t , nn, f wa•er on every acre, imp& ding cultivation b d!ratai.hing the temperature of the soil, by no; allowing a proper circu lati3u of air in it, and by causing a perpetual evapora tion, not only injurious to. health in itself, but exces sively waste:ul cf the belt of the atmosphe:c, a loss which in our damp climate is a very serious considera tion indeed, and it is only when the w h o l e country shr.ll have been perfec!ly drained that this stigma of unne cessary Ad dengerou3 damp will be effeced from our registers of temperature. " Again, experience has satisfactorily shown (vide the report on the water supply) that the low temperature of undrained land is the chief cause of scanty and poor crops, and inferior growth of timber. In an economical point of view it is most necessary, then, to remove this noxious agency. _ " Having given the results of my observations in de tail, it. may be now proper that I should state my opi nion of their variance as compared with the conclusions enumerated in the report, which difference I attribute to the limited investigation of the subject. " Generally, in all points as applied to the quality of water, its advantages in economy, its beneficial influence on health, &c., my experience not only distinctly con firms the views of the board, tut has elicited further illustrations, iu respect to which I hope shortly to have the honour of addressing them. This information I have collected from persons of all classes, medical men, manu facturers, farmers, tradesmen, peasants, &c., all of whom, in their different spheres, have given me valuable evidence on the subject in question. " The results of my experience are as follows: " I. With respect to the quantity and quality of water to be derived from the gathering grounds, in whatever method of collection.— " The report gives 28,000 000 of and under three de grees of hardness. " My results give 40,000,000 of and under one de gree. and 10,000,000 of and under two degrees of hardness. '• This improved quality is gained by my development of the principle of taking the water from its source (that is, where it issues from pure sands), sad leading it away before it can be affected by contact with soils. I beg to express my conviction that the purity will depend entirely on the careful execution of the work; it would give, to recapitulate its qualities, 40,000,000 of water— " Of primitive purity; "Perfect as to aeration; " Of a grateful temperature, about 50 degrees;, "Brilliant in colour; " Soft almost as distilled water, " And almost free from all mineral, animal, and vege table impregnation, sufficing for the supply, at the esti mate of 75 gallons per house, of 523,126 houses. The 10,000,000 of and under 2 degrees of hardness are derivable from sources rising i❑ sands not quite pure. 11. By the direct means of collection from springs, instead of the extensive system of land drainage origi nally contemplated, very considerable saving of expense would he effected. Si I. In the less quantity of pipage rcquired, and, con sequently, of labour expended. "2. On the item of the large extent of storage re anvoirs, originally required to provide for summer months, periods of drought, and which, by my plan, would be necessary. " 3. On the reduced claims for compensation, especially as no breadth of land would be required to be taken up. In fact, after collection, on descending into the lower levels, the mains would lead along and just outside the lines of railway. A mere underground right of w ay— a pipe-laying easement—would be required. " A resume of the abeve then gives, in favour of the plan proposed,— " I. Greater certainty t f supply. " 11. Superior quality. " 111. Greater abundance. "IV. Greater speed of execution of work and appli cati.n for service. " V. Greater economy. " Should the future exigencies el the metropolis r quire an increased supply, it may still he derived not only from land drainage of rain-fall on the pure sands be neath the kvel of the sources now proposed, but also to a great extent abova them. " In conclusion, I would remark that it might be con sidered desirable to allow the tcwns of Guildford, Rich mond, and the tliMreet villages on the line of water supply to L'indcn, to nartakt. of the advantages proposed for that city. The first of these suffers severely from hard and expensive water. Of course they would have t) pay their proportion t f the rate to be levied to meet the expense of the works, which I hope shortly to be able to show will not, for an increased, continuous, pure supply of soft water, at high pressure, exceed a fraction of the sum now levied by the water ccmpanies for an impure, hard, and defective one. " I have the honour to ho, say Lords and Gentlemen, " Yours obediently, WILLIAII NAPIER. " The General Board of Health, G wydyr-house, W hiteh all ." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 11. Her Majesty, with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, drove out this morning in a pony phaeton in 'Windsor Park. Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, attended on horseback. The younger members of the Royal Family took their accustomed walking and pony exercises. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, attended by Colonel the. Hon. Charles Grey, Major-General Bowles, and Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by her Lady in Waiting, and the Gentleman in Waiting on her/Royal Highness (Lieut.-Colonel the llon. A. Liddell), is expected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro are also ex pected to arrive this evening on a visit to her Ma jests and the Prince. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the Lard Chancellor and Lady Truro, Lady Augusts Bruce, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Glou. tester, Baroness de Spetb, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A Liddell. The Queen will hold a Privy Council to:morrow (Wednesday), at Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were — Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right lion. Fox Maule. The Council sat three hours and a-half. The Lord Chancellor left town after the Cabinet Council for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. A deputation of the Committee of the Inventors' Patent Reform League had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. F. W. Campin, Mr. V. Price, Mr. G. Shepherd, Mr. Waller, Mr. Townley, Mr. Mahin, and Mr. Ellis. The Master-General of the Ordnance had an inter view with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing. street. Dispatches from the Governors of the West India Colonies, and also from the Governors of the North American provinces, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Observer, price sixpence, of Nov. 10, con tains Lord Mayor's Procession by land and water ; also the Banquet at Guildhall, Speeches, Bill of Fare, &c., 5 cols. National Resistance to Papal Aggression, as shown in Lord John Russell's Letter —Public Meetings—Dr. Cmming's Lecture—Bishop of Bath and Wells' Address—Bishop of Exeter's Reply—Celebration of Gunpowder Plot Discovery— Incidents, Anecdotes, &c.—Further Examination for the Strand Robbery—Holford Burglary—The Frimley Murder —Discharge of Mr. Sirrell, the refiner—Original Articles on the state of Germany, and rumoured hostilities—The Pope's Bull—New Play of the " Templar," at Princess's Theatre.—Parochial and Vestry Meetings of St. James's — Pancras Paving Board—Marylebone Vestry and Address t 3 the Queen—lslington Retbitu Association, &c. A Monday afternoon edition of the Observer, containing the markets and the latest intelligence, is regularly published et four o'clock. The Manchesttr Guardian states that on Friday night an ironmonger's shop in that town had a most remark able escape from destruction by an explosion of fireworks. A large pyrotechnic, called a " wheel," about two feet in diameter, lied become ignite ] , and bad b urnt entirely away. It had been placed upright between two shelves, and its, position was such that it could not turn round; which was, most fortunate, for it was surrounded by a large collection of rockets and other fireworks, and had close to it, in a drawer, 60lbs. of gunpowder ! All the parts of the wheel successively exploded, sending forth a profusion of sparks, but the whole died out without setting fire to any of the dangerous combustibles lying around. er tfhr corns s lights have h prevailed av e occasionally t on gh- The Cheviots and other high grounds in the north and northwest have this week been capped with snow. olluut the r district,several n a i n g d tit . s the sharp n been visible. ~ 7 ( _-~ , 29 [0 ; 0 00 oa ;$ S' of ore e l OP 01 r Qt