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C°STRACTS' fo r . R S a B EF. F . . B .F 4 • noPartinent of the Comptroller for Victualling ant Transport Th e Co __ ,ervlees, Soinersct-PlacO, IS: ovember 9, 1 . 8c)0. Or ttie unisit misitmers ior executing the office of Lord Higa Adlve r. r , al b otice _ .. ed kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do IPare4Y they vai be ' tha t ,on Tut - RDAs, the 2Sth instant, at One o'clock, tro t f , r m3 to treat with. such 'Persons as may be willing t0 . ,0. for suppl y ; .ng (un-ter separate Contracts) all such quantities of as may b ed • . FRESH BEEF • e at . ti , , ,,, , 00 , ,:;). emanded for the l i e of her 1851 , °sowing places, frost the Ist January to the 31st December, cla3s Included, viz. Majesty's Ships and Vessels na,„ n , ,l'laie rto Erith • • e wprirooti — tdii Milford and Pembroke Portsmouth (both itedusive) Plymouth Osernte Y e Queenstown and Kinsale oraway and Jersey . Sheerness . Tohermory • Il r i: nt • • • n - own and Dublin - : Waterford ell p an , Weymouth li y 4 , !.; aboutto-Tender are particularly desired to rend attent bits ,'e t;Onditions of the Contracts, which may be seen either a . 114 3 .ece, sr on application to this Superintendents of the Victuai siiptes_tilbli,llllnents at - Deptford, o ' rtsmouth,. and - Plymouth ; tile km p ' e l s .. ! 1 Manta r - Majesty's Dockyards at Chatham, Sheerness, t Seereta'rn, Ice Agent for the Victualling at Haulbow i , 1 T0b,,, , i . uti the Post master-Getivral at Dublin ; the postmaster at ofth - e '""r7; or to the Collectors of her Majesty's . Customs at each Eve other places. Teati,l7 TeMer Islet specify the price In word; at length, and no k y 40, i1l be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor , authoriielce,id,..., unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly Zvery T e "" w riting. ilard e , d ~ Mier Must be delivered at the above office, and be accom :t .1' a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, a 1.1)-lace, and signed by twu responsible persons, cling in" to siqund with the person tendering, in the sum of I,sooefor Dwor ~, malice of the Contnets for Sheerness, Chatham, Ports and r Inaouth ; and in the sum of 5001. for each of the other PURSUANT e r,„ to a DECREE of the HIGH .it ts 'ußT of CRANCERIa made in a cause VARDON v. AN ll'irs, 'calleorir°fts cl aiming to ' bethe Heir or Heirs at Law and co t ease d, ur ng to the custom of Gavelkind. of GEORGE ANDRUS, % rs at I mg at the tim of his death, or the Heir or respective 4 1,1 0 E0 ? and co-heirs accord!ng to the custom aforesaid, of the TIP, t o can G e E ,',. iN nitt7.3, living, are, by their Solicitors, forth lit."lN slN D ,.''' and prove his And their heirshlps before RICARD t pp. Chat ribersl "T ' Esq.. one of the Masters of the said Court, a tiL In defaw: „''' S outhampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, saidLondmt, ,re e . Luereolt they will be excluded the benefit of the The -ne, 184'7 th, bov e . n , Ju colitit, ~,4 1n ed George Andrus resided at Sutton-at-Hone, of °r ".ent, and was a farmer, and died in the month SIMPSON and DIMOND, 10, Henrietta-street. Caven Esh-square, Solicitors for the Plaintiffs. B I L S R II .„ A 'NT to a DECREE of the HIGH i ‘l of CH INCERY, made in a cause HART v. BAR tmrSon Or . pers' claiming to be the Heir or Heirs forp„ris,or LOU' ro SA HART, late the wife of WILLUNI HART. Pendleton afterwards afterwards residing in the Old 411 : Manchester, and subsequently of No. 7, Granby ltit,llBt, isi ue ,ar Bristol, where she died in or about the month of to ki „: , ! 3 and are, on or before. the 10th day of December. i . 74 4441 t t '" e and make out his, her, or their descent beforq Jom . sr L l n uN Lß,.srl, one of - the : ilasters of the . Court, at his therej' utn amOton-buildings, Chancery-lane. London, or in f "-2414.1:4 e t heY will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of 431 TIMUN, ster, artirWEATHERA.LL, Temple. \% 4 Th:- T!ON of MOI)ERN BRITISH A RT . 4ttrs,el;rt,Lll.lbition WILL OPEN at the Gallery of the Old AEx T - -- , bay, No. 5, Pall Mall East, on MONDAY MORN the 18th instant. SAMUEL STEPNEY, Sec. (r 4 SEND STAR PACKETS. " ore Cabin aad Second Class Railway NINEPENCE to s„, or fro m Loudon and Gravesen d . - - ( "on arid First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. /'era To or from Blackwall. Cabb " •••• 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d. .?' other •r, • I ntermediate Piers ........ 6d. ke ackets can _• •- Pack e ' 4t4 Call at the Grays Greenhithe, and Pnrfleet Piers. ta call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). rItONt TERR4CE PIER, GRAVESEND. " - ----____l______Vkx, NT Sl7rl.lllAlt'S to IRONar_I --- vill a. Gray s Green- Pur- ~ lioshr-I n ,. ,„IGreen-IPur • - - -44.4.. hlthe. fleet " Inc ' vile. m a ." . hithe. ;fleet ,i. i' -... " 4- -•••••• • -- ' I • i —l— +i -- --- 2 I % ••• 1 • itl le 1% I -- aye 4 -- 0 4 14 ' i l b t .4-ains from the Boats ma rked le try 11%4 troli to all parts of London • e nehurela-street Sta tion (leußfaull_lll eltriEiltw'uanTehrillVirs. 111-Rfro:th' I:LFAeencKilWurAchr:l;"ont the ealtirrion7ll of '-----.. Wiliz , T N _ ;--------. JAlre. SUSDAYS. 1 g ... : - ..`. 'r,."- Greel !Imo. p er _ I R05hr .......1....C1 ueet iiith . 0„ y , no . sh • Green -( drays Grays 1 villo. , u. rs vibe. io \.. • ---..—...... __—_ —. —_ . -- 2% "-- - -- it _. -- 2 --- .... -- 3'4 - - 5 --..,,... ................ i i I • P 4.3 h i 4..7. l ea lalarkoti 4 Packets not bell vk , 'to step are run direct, the toii Pat Piers or for Boats. Tlr t T TICICETA Twe l ve Months , 41.4 e.; Dackt e t tb s. IL '15. 3. • tebe bed of e , Gravesend. Collectors on , r boa Pi Six Months, 2' -,, u "vewy er 5.185, Terrace L V 6N AND NORTH-WESTERN TE3.,Tb„ , RAILWAY. ehrrdediengtboitriee_eteuizoTtaszj i London and ADDITIONALocCARRIAGES , CARRIAGES.IIR I North-Western G, Railway are pre- Mast be In M November n bn at ilt Eu ac s : ten Te B n ta ci ti e r ° , ll4°l) Th r it i l a lan n i t 4e f e e i r tl e c l l a s 2 ti t o h n in w st h a i n c t h . may be seen s b ee e The bi r ' , br. eewrs petil m t t lie th r before the Evening of FRIDAY, 15th Rant, at Em s ,. eet to let the Contract on SATURDAY, the 16th Lott Station. BY order of the Directors, —..:,,, Xtiaton station, - od, November 9 ,C 1 HAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. 850. 4 I_, riz ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL ce itil nseci STREET, T. 'S. 13tirs Urit to Act of ParliamentM of the 25th of King George (TS°le lessthe Second. 15' i llit" , Ch 1 Fmlle Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.) -11 ,„, ---.V4 UNRIVALL ED BAND ! i t —eal r , CELEBRATED AND '‘ttaehA‘Lornet.a-Piston. M. Boulcourt, from Paris, and F Artiste ihth' - ',II Strauss' Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, rance. t ai l' E r ,'gant and popular resort of fashion is now duly v. S-- bY ACT of PARLIAMENT, ,: , 11 b, CONCERTS I , 4, self Dr , °4 ieed. In addition to dancing. The new lessee pledges — LAP ''at no shall be wanting on his part to rend t er t t h h a i s 111 1, Ame n , tf c,Q t .:t..::::th irt y l the distinguished patronage and suppo t r in i I ) ',tol open'en honoured with, anl respectfully solicits a con uance 'ch it will ever be his study to leserve. every evening at Half-past Eight—Dancing to commence II gat dine precisely.—Admission, One Shilling. t 0•8. T ' h r articulars of the Concerts will shortly appear. , Ned the Trade, People of the Argyll Rooms are respectfully in - o `lery a "e3r Inust send in the whole of their claim on Mr. Laurent el" '• 1141 ' w hich will be discharged on the Saturday at Two . x' Ill aii WAREHOUSE CL AIMS THE when Ito,. , PALM ? which Av . 3 London Marts we fairly test, If 0 _ , arehouse claims the palm—the East or West ? jttitiT aas claims superior, let me know, loyusratinelias,,t7 plainly where I'd better go ? that e .• . And Merit ader, I ean soon reply to, Ar„, an a s whichever Mart you hie to, on will give you satisfaction, *You ask.. Yonr support in each transaction. (1 1eapa s hi And benefits re eh claims the palm ? I answer, Neither , /loth hoes: l 4 quality are found at either. equal footing stand, :nil: Neauriencta e i' 'ound on either hand ; 4" " e all theretoes in the trade. i the Palm of public aid, The mo,, and th e o r i "rand allre display Well at th ni ? e— er Tashi i f the day. A nd well e ? s t Your m ene e a m ! 'v tr ied b0 3 4 1/1 'Pe 3 ll our money at the West. itioa/u hunt the sarn6ne . - Lreadd y Dronloltilarts, and knowing what they are, , ,11.,?,a and s qn !le them on a par. business "nothing loath,") . 1 ,. , Like o e ro n h ee ' ll6 llld ttlevant' ges at l bo itnht , he town, ,i—nliee.--,pb1,„43 and Ceella tw `t o r t i l v ar a e s the crown." *. T er h eN .veity 04 he r d tt Shawl Department are now replete with tt o , ew i 1 0,„,,. ason, ' for s e l f _ --., entitled " Everybody's Book," with full direc ,Post.p,, , 'lleu m , o b -e ) to any merit, can be had on application, or forwarded 5 erre,...... A „ , Part of the kinghom ` ll aur "Y article %Ned e ' .11. hot Ca _ - app roved Durc f has . e ll d b , e either ready-made of no n n ut e d y e r t e e . o , In exchanged , utio n ......,, --sldhst • ''''. l oses and gon regret having to guard • 04 i1 143130 5 . ti0i b een of b, irt , t I, but having heard that the untradesman like false ly,to state --, hi many instancesn r esorted has the public tr,nnueeted with hem, or it is the same concern, . c t ndo n, ex eY have no connexio ' n 'a w nd ith for tu c t ' y b • v o io th u e s r house in. o T r n ou y t a t t i in,ldo n ( , it eeDt their own Establishments, as follows : . ..... alai RI Pstablisbment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minortes, bid, 4 44 (I°4 W4tAldgate, opposite the Church, all communicatlng._ 2, hr.: iiart•str -nd Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1 , 'the ~ . t et, ail communicating. /."„Teid n r. urkshire Branch, 19, Bridge-street. make s n rs, ei,,a, n ,9 1 , 3 6. Fargate. , 4 1 '"lers, Hatter% Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe- Th e „ ni (l en _ tiird a r.stabu sh al Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. uns t sn _ 3' ' 'Thou b rl 'enbl are closed from sunset Friday to s e usiness is resumed till Twelve o'clock. , It L ikllts TIC PILLS, atktuih, 4 , kno c- 4 01 . .TT and RIIBLETIRA.sIAGOUT and . ltihaUve i-i.7 reaq e - 4 „," alhi pliblisheed°l y proprietor for nearly 1111" 4 ';Ii i, C I ,, LLS • bYlehdeg" b e n ffi in t e u i l i F s o e f ries of testimonials 7 to affe; and 13 . 1 . efl . ..trob or r ; this Medicine the most popular of the Is . eL i n n t e y h l' years. IW, O lla y v t4 l n em of which the following extract t o o f m a g r I: y e e a tt m er a c e N a v , ri h t a te y n . e 4 ^ecer; i,n,,4„.11 Whealer, Esq., Collector of C t as mr. , Profit for pubil ,,la, win f ;,`,.`; bY his brother, at Swindon, o let NIulY confirm. fr o n ts erc w i:: have never had occasion to take d ß w la h lr o 's m P a i y lls s , u b ff u er t 4' gcnt, ri s _ c ailY tell yen, in mercyito any In : . ' h e i ti Of thal4wlatic gout, lumbago, sciatic m a f , r e i r n e l n i d e t u h m et a r ti u s s m in . ally w "-o ilittry th: wonmily, to rec a o c m . o o , n e ; tek,,.. are o f ,_,_ Y are onderful erne 3' friends and acquzintant , Th e ' , ring unfaiZir Powers, but I see my ut g o t r h a e m n y . a.,ogethetr. • not only am 41 8 :II hn any ac l benefit from their use. _I w st o a u g l e d n o o f t di b s e e l tts wi p e e t r h t s hey fn in the I I,4_epsate It i'-'" -4lf la r i l d t'.ekher cure than within my knowledge." b I . ; a later th m ey e ea a a n l r l s e y viate pain and effect a . /Sen t bu 7 Thenlas Prout 229, -.. othery Str d London ; and by his appoint- AA kingd o ,Y all respectable' Medicine vendors throughout the United the j" er : e t l ,,, e 2 , 5. 9cl. per box. preys u,.d tipa•on,,el tldreLis of ecie ..tt S GOUT and RIIETT3IATIC PILLS, and obs”er-le " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, d to each box of tn Zieice Ate'cile,i,il,:. Government Stamp afilae 1), London, .,,,, nt. 4. 7 - ----__________________ R klN,:b lu ltE ,,, lt t . r O I 4 T THE SECRE T INFIRMITIES oF YOUTH /".,L a -4 .--""I'llr.--'WITII 40 COLOURED ENGRAVING 6 ON -tt PUNA ea ''',,evelon!l ,' a " may be had in French or English, in a Sealed . N 4 ithapi, ". Ed '' or post-free, from the Author, for forty - m° t e m -4 -r -PRE SERV ATION; 34 Q p,e,,e11l Treatise on the Physiology tt'i'leelly-r!t, Infirmities and Disorders of 71 outh and Maturity, of Marriage, and on • e i' l lY l'4lair eq at an early period of life, which debilita . to ieelles`tel arid meats.' powers, diminish and enfeeble the natui el ~senr;tl," exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice ;'eeth,,, r - as en tile Treatment of ' Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Lei climates ; from these causes, close study', er the iufluence of ,tri,tur ,uniates; Local and Constitutional Weakness,' Ntk'a e' a" all D iseases and Derangement? resulting from In4is 'eolsto; Wit Syphilis, Potty coloured Engravlr ge, illustrating the 1 1 1) . 14 . 4 4 ? ii, -Y , al°lo FY, and Diseases of the laproductsve Org. % te ll -,, ee 0-:-.e. striettuas, uses, and Candi ' is, and the various end ell. ar a Produced in them by solitary _..tbits, excesses, a t b HY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M. r ii , D 0 N. --Lo h per m .. E D Il‘ o ED-8 QUA It Fi. '` of Ediri "UN% kliutne. Matriculated Member of the University t ' t ti. * Licen tiate of Apothecaries' Hall, Londor .., Hono r ary Member l'a is - 1 ;, () , n . I° u 11,,, Dital Medical Society. toe. fstotew„--, contains an accurate and eompl ate account of the 'erte,, -4 and contains f Rrductiv a Organs. It nu s,„nee , tll 3 ; , „ tl . l ,,PPens trat theunhappy , victim of er.cess i lv b o lo in e d o u n t t 'r e ltleii, es ',la habits, while suffering from t tier invariable physi ,.'au for ' u,uwislY entertains a fear of applying to a qualifiedbt cm_ `'eelial relief, Sham e and the dread so ftecll " fl y' u :1104 ealKil:ritelrta pactlne4hirathanitdtherseevecontmhpilsainsetesianaqs here ~,,,etlee ofmnrs, as his Dr. testafy assistance hest ,o b r el 'ond the reach of ~alediei I,4tlpred. p revent LA'MERT has taken the o g his te, fer rntindiplomas db. ' such ~ 7 Years is a guarantee f bis professional exp these an o d r ti , e great extent f .34- ''eles. 'As refer ence al most solely to th D treatment o f P eblish 45 p t ed b ) , the fitre4. erlaoster..ro. bonie: likuthor, and may bo had of J. Gilbert, 63, Oxford - street ; Start°, 'rich eall-Stre—et,l'r .. alart "; Id Y , ' 89 Coruhill ; Gor io.'s, 1.46, Lesdeu ta t A.hthsicunon ; or, free by post for forty- ti, 3 atainpa, from /1461unt, 57, Bodloll-41n4r* 14414(41s til e due Al~4lo4th, \f k _. ..- ~ / ----... ---, -- - a•--, .... ..*, • . , . • .. .. , • •••44-.- . . 1 , ,,,, #V, - ( .3. , _ t i ' ;'' '' 1 ' 11 i A „e',' • ~ .1-le. ~, • , 4,........: ~ , , - „....„,,/ i,* • , .., 0 . Tr r . , - *l ,- , c ' 4l4>. , , ' i . T ..,1% T c„4 : i.,.; , ,, ? ....„ . „ . „1.:. 1 ,w____ . „,e A . N . : :,..,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,, ,-;;.:,- , -1 4 ~,., - . 7 , > ,,,, - i , . ~,„,, *...„,40 ... ~. , _., --, .. -. 't - -- w,e ,_ •, ./.,. .. , ' •,e, , A ), - ' 1',. , ..L --0, 's •* ~., . - .1' - '.'. 4 .., z Ar, , , i- 441. ‘-' 0 14 ';'*' ..3*'''''''AllllllL-,3)1t- '''':\ ‘- S - ,lo'*•"c' l .- - ' ".3-- ' - '''' IfiN r-,/-i.t.:-; , , CV - 1e .. : i s '------- + 0 7 5,5 46 iiii . ...t'2,,,,_--.-..i-9.; __.c.i - .i,./A - ' ,.. .%2_ -- 'IT ' i •-'! --,;:' . - 15 / 1 (h). ' ...,.- • ' ‘ ‘,J 1 4- ...,,,..7...,....'-' - ' - ' '..-- ° ' .., . -., ,41 ~s '•'-'le -q t 1 147 , -..,, . Pi , , r.. • i--Ift t / ' , , 4 , ..,,,, , .5.,44,4_,..,, ,,. , , t ....., ~ . ..,, r ,,,,,,,,.,., PS im, / A / ....7,..„..q, / . i*,) 4. - -- . 1., —,Jr, V t - - -- 0 qh,i , 4l DIY, -, , ~. ' I ~,]•• 11,1. .2 ,- ...,..........--- --..._ 4 • LONDON TUESDA Y ,41 • f t' 5- E7 OVEM BER 1 0 18.50• _ 7 DISPITTICI) MITE roxaczns. " 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 539/. In the Albion Company as security for an advance, the payment of which policy was now disputed by the Albion, on the ground that at the time it was effected the fact of the assured party having been n man of in temperate habits was concealed from the office. *I he chief evidence turne t upon the question as to the degree of intemperance that had been exhibited, and the result was, that a verdict was given against the resisting office, not only for the amount of the policy, but also for 401. interest from the date..whenjt became due. The circumstance of the action being brought by one office against another presents a striking illustration of the uncertainty which• may attach to all po licies tinder the present system, and shows that the only mode by Which absolute security can be obtained by the public must lie in the general adoption by, Assurance Offices of the plan of prole sting them selves in every case by due inquiries before the grantins - • f each po licy, and of afterwards assuming the full responsibility on the com pleteness of such Inquiries by holding themselves precluded from raising any future .question. In the present case two offices are found to be diametrically opposed In their opinions as to what can properly invalidate a claim, and yet the public are expected to be able to guare themselves =deist such zontingences. Similar cases have occurred before, and ;eyen - if they were more rare, they would seriously injure the progress of life assurance. The very principle upon which the business is founded is the removal 01 uncertainty, and whenever that principle is counteracted in the slightest degree, the people who Would be the first to resort to its advantages are the first to be deterred."—Times, July 11, 1850. • THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE _ POLICY COMPANY • No. 72, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON. TRusTEES. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I Richard Malins,ESq., R.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. -James Fuller Madox, Esq. , John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavian Parnell, Esq. AUDITORs.. George Cumming, Esq. iJ isaes Turner. Esq. William D. Starling. Req. !David Henry Stone, Esq. SECRETARY—David .Alison, ESQ. BANKERS—The London and.. unty Bank PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, flonnaught-terrace. Edgware -road. Rev. James Sherbold Boone, A.M , Stanhope-street, Hyde-park. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. _ Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John Dangerfleid, Esq. Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin coln's Inn-fields. - . . Thomas Jervis Autos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's Inn. Secretary, Chas. Hogbton, Esq. The POLICIES of this Company; being INDISPUTABLE, form Family Provisions and Negotiable Securities, for their validity it not dependent, as in. ite case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As surance, fife progress of this Company has been raiiid from the com mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will he forwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to 'whom Commission is allowed. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Alanager. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTH 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 atisen.from deaths in Englac:•. and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2hol.—makiug together 7001., 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 t h e Ist ef June, 1249, and the 3lit of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.23. 6d.: of these 121, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,125/. Gs; sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 35. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums Since the commencement of the, Company to the let of June last, assurances were effected .to the extant of 110,9721. Pts 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. I Is. Gd. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9901.. Ns. 64., of which the annual premiums were 7411. is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,9911. 15s. I Id. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,1831. lie. 10d. only was advanced. The Director's were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had conside::ably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished 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 Parisis, Eveque tie 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 , hi g hl y gratified at.its present results and future prospects. WICOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Constituted by Act of Parliament. PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. NICE-PRESIDENTS. • The Hon. Lord Moncrieff. - Ills Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. The Most Hon: the Marquis - of Tweeddale, Kg., and C.D. Sir William' Gibson Craig,' Bart., of Riccarton, %I. P. ;All of whom, as well as the Directors, are, and must be Members of the Society:) This Society was founded A.D., 1815, upon the original basis of he Equitable Society of London, and is the oldest Life Assurance Institution in Scotland. Capital accumulated -and invested, Two Millions Two Hundred and Four Thousand Pounds. Annual Revenue nearly Three Hundred ThonsanS 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 av affords the true test by which to prove the estimation in which it is held by the public." In the case of a party Insured with this .society previous to the year' 1819 dying after payment of the Premium due In the current year, his representatives .would receive for each 1001. insured the sum of 3991. Os. Pd., or nearly double the amount of the original in surance. • In like manner, in the case of a party insured in the year 1830, dying after payment of the current year's premium, his representa tives would receice for each 100/. Insured the sum of 147/. 4e. 10d. or a Bonus of 47 per cent. N.B. No member is entitled to participate in the proSts of the Society unless the Policy he of five years's standing. The books of the Society close for the current year on 31st De cember, and Policies effected before that time have the advantage of a full year's standing over those delayed beyond it. 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Sterility and its conversion. o Ices, Scc. 133 , R. 3 . CUI.'VERWELL, M.D. (1841). M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1524). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these m ittsrs. necout4on bows daily till Ave tyeuiture.aeyen till ohm 10 Argyll-place. Regent-street THE BLOWING UP OF THE TURKISH THREE-DECKER. 640 70 45 75 FURTHER PARTICULARS. CONSTAPITINOPLE, OCT. 25.—A. most dreadful ca tastrophe, attended with great loss of life, has just occurred. The Neiri Shevket ship of the line, of 120 guns, bearing the fi tg of the grand admiral, was totally destroyed by an explosion d its powder maga zine on the 23d inst. (is stated in The Sun' of Satur day). This dreadful accident occurred in the arsenal at about ten minutes past ten A. M., and was so terri• fic as to have been. heard at a great distance. 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 combustible was spilled. It is likely the lower deck was net swept, and some dull mariner emptied the contents of his pipe on 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 vans 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 disaster, and a number of mutilated remains, showing but little re• semblance to human beings, were picked up. Of the 113 taken to the temporary ambulance erected on shore, 36 died immediately after; and most of the poor whateverfel o w ,a ''a l s ieu en te t n e sufferers were in such a dreadful condition that no h o o a p e e lieutenant, was opflitlliceedir up p ec n ov e e a r rl s y a 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 his sad state. No official list of the loss of men and officers has yet appeared, but it is acertained 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 th, first class. The list of casualties is supposed to be as follows :- 1 commodore (Vice-Admiral Mahinoud Paella.) 1 superior officer (Capitan Pac•-ta's aide - de. camp : 6 captains, including the commander of the Neiri Shevket. 21 lieutenants. 30 sub-officers. _ _ 25 midshipmen, including the scholars of the Academy. sailors and marines. workmen sent for repairs. • hammals, employed to raise the anchors. sailors belonging to the other ship 3, an I in at tendance on their officers. 50 visitors. 14 passengers in kaiks, which sunk while passing near the ship at the time of the explosion. 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 taken place two days before, the disaster would have baen incalculable, owing to the•vicinity of the dock and timber yard ,, , and to the other men-of-war, which must inevitably have been burnt. The wreck is , rionaplete, 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 Faller, not a pane of glass was whole, and even at Para, which is at a considerable distance, glass was sma,hed, and the effect was similar to a shock of earthquake. The first Minister who arrived at the scene of desolation were Suleyman Pacha, Mehemet Pacha, and Mehemet Ali Pacha. The first, who is the_great_admiral, was aa , affdctecLat the occurrence, that he swooned several tithes. It Was agreed that Mehemet Ali Pacha, who is the Sultan's brother-in law, should inform his Highness of the sad disaster, who immediately ordered a sum of 1,000/. 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. TIM WATER SUPPLY OF LONDON. The following interesting report has been pre sented to the General Board of Health, Gwydyr house, Whitehall, by the lion. William Napier :-- Part No. 1. "Farnham, Surrey, Oat. 2, 1850. "My Lords and Geutiemen,—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. "On reading 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 disp6sal 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 foundcd on the discharge of the streams at their outfall. "The board were thus also manifestly placed under great disadvantage when endeavouring to ascertain the character of these 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 bounded 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 de ject to examine the nature of the soils in which the rainfall of the country makes its appearance after perco lating through the upper crust, and next, the soils through which it passes to its outlet!. "The water-supply of Farnham being derived from the hill on the south side of which the village stands, I beiit my first steps thither, not only to examine its source, as likely to present indications for purity to be looked for else6-here, but a'so to have a good bird's-eye , view of the whole area under investigation. The 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, but 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 cf the gravel, the rain-fall could scarcely find its way through this surface. A violent st irm 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 sutface p er f ect l y dry, except where irregu larities retained a fe w pools, which subs qu ant observa tion proved to me were exhausted by evaporation rather than by percolation. I th en exam i ne d t h e nor th s id e , and found that on the same contour a st ill greater in dication of springs existed. This satisfied me that these waters are due chi t fly t o ra i n f a l l e l sew h ere; f or a rough c.lculation of the yield of the springs much exceeded the available rain-full on the area within the vincel of this, I naturally concluded that, if the nges of the district ' were of like geological for mation, about the probabi lity samelev contour. ot h„e cr ;a illation, they would in all in addition to the proposed l present similar ap pearances confined, therefore, to the for the streams 'of the country,° , a most desirable sourcewhich, drainage . the advantege a o l f d ' han be over estimated. Theil first t atinage supply, co week t e o f t researches Y the serf through out the district, presentinggenerallynaur o a lower, by a poor loam, from vast depth of pure sands, obscured in the higher level.; by extensive patches of gravel from 2 to 20 feet in depth; in the 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, subsoitof very stiff clay, ap parently of the London formation, which also crops out one to three feet deep. On the north side of Farnham hil. On the north and north-west, io the valleys, there eXists within a small area a considerable quantity of iron in some of the peety bogs. All these are marked upon the plan whiela Ishall hereafter have the honour to lay before the board, and which I have prepared as accurately as the shortness of :he time allowed. The next object of my research vras the quality and quantity of the water. The board , in their report , have Rowing with quantity n a o w velocity b ro of two miles an hour;ubrought into London by the feet deep, the il o different water comp an i es as a s tream of 9 feet wide and 3 v ivei 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 spywa where to be seen, which nt first rather clamped hopes for the future; but I yernembered that such a body might be made up by collecting the smal lest threads of rivulets, and went on my way. To effect this, then, was m y object. . " A most minute inspection of the gathering grounds has shown me that their nature exactly adapts the m for the moans of collection proposed by the board, namely, a system of thorough drainage. A more admi rable plan cf gathering rain-fall could not have been conceived; the sands, acting a s a natural filter, deprive the water on its passage to the pipes of any impurity contracted either in the sir or in percolating through the upper crust; as, for instance, where the water might be discoloured by peat, e xperiments have proved that the sands restore its primitive colour, and deprive it also of the flavour imparted by the peat. The heath, whien covers the entire area .of the gathering, grounds, also stains the' water, but the impurity is removed by this process of natural filtration. I would remark that the diseolouration visible in the stream called the Blackwater is not caused by peat, but by the heath and loose black loamy nature of the sod through which it flows. This I have proved by following up its various soutcee, one of which only, at Cove, passes over peat. Samples of springs rising in peaty bogs show no diecoloure.tion whatever, but are as clear as water issuing from the sands. " Remembering Farnham-hill, I turned my attention to look for spricgs, and, after much and close examine tioe came to the conclusion that the origin of many little silver threads of water, silently stealing dowel the hill sides under the grass, arose also from such sources. A diligent search showed me that the quantity of water to be derived in this manner within the original area of the gathering-grounds is so great, that if the neighbour ing ran ges a m ountains and hills on the south side— namely, llindhead, lilackdown, Haecorebe•hills, Leith hill, &c., presented the some feature, I might probably hope to collect a stre am nine feet w ide and three feet deep, of the desired soltncee and purity. " I am now happy to inform the board that a month's researches icto every, hia and glen, every copse and crevice, has produc ed this result. Having tested the waters as they issue from their sources. I cari announce that I have gn uced a sufficient number of springs arid rivulets to enable me to form an opinion both as to quantity and quality; the water beieg o f its primitive purity, perfect as to aeration, brilliant in colour, soft almost as distilled water, of a grateful temperature, about 50 degreef, and almost free from all mineral, animal, and vezotable imptegnatiou. In a future section of this report I hope to be able to give . the hoard more extended informttion on this point, as also with rererence to the levels of the springs above mean tide. Thus, by gauging and testing the streams at " their sourees, instead of in their course and outfalls, we have the realiz ►tion of the priLciple laid down by the bosrd; and this dhil•rence will account for the variance of my results with the.e of Dr: Angus Smith. •' Table of Springs and Rivulets, showing their hardness, daily discharge, and the number of houses each is egnivalent to, at th.; rate of 75 onliont Tom hail... ° Name*. Remarks. - -G Ilindhead and Black down:- Holy-water .. 2 1,350,000 19,000 Will be led away atone degree of ha, cln..ss. Ilraroshot 11 13,391, 7 14 178,62 One and a-half Dowit-lands •. 1 510,000 7,200 degr..es under Headley-down .. ,1 239,731 3,197 the mill wheel; Barford-mills 1 3,880,000 34,400 but will proba- Devil's-jumps .. 2 360,000 15,000 bly be led away Punchbowl .. 1 299,995 3,999 at halt a degree Cosford-house 1 674,928 8,999 of hardness. Gray's wood.. .. 1 84,240 1,123 Kotchet 1 32,564 434 _Five other springs . 1 127,562 1,700 Hascombe-hills : - Sweetwater-pond .. 1 1,066,795 14,223 Wlll be taken Bush-bridge .. 2 529.200 7.056 away at half a Chapel-copse 2 224,617 2,955 decree of hard- H aico mb e 2 229,116 3,948 ness. Leith-hills :- Totsford • • .. 2 1,799,798 23,977 Will be led sway Walton 2 890,9 4 6 11,879 at one degreeof Rookery • • .. 2 1,436,400 19,532 hardness. Eastliampstead Plain :- Wishmoor • . 1 388,309 5,177 Broad-moor .. 1 176,440 2,347 Sandhurst • • .. 1 54,000 720 Ambarrow-hill .. 1 75,888 1,011 Barkhatn . 1 101.088 1,347 - Woking/3am ~1 599,914 7,99. Bull-brook • • .. 1 113,320 - 1,437 Chobham-ridges ' Pirbright 1 810, 1 '00 10,800 Rail way .. 1 410,000 6,134 Cow-moor • • .. 1 90,435 1,285 Coldingley 1 758,160 10,103 Folly .. 1 256.592 3,4'19 Bagshot • • .. 1 630,000 8,400 Bristow-farm 1 14,999 199 Farnham : - Aqueduct .. 1 45,848 584 311nley • • .. 1 134,923 1,798 Northfleet • . .. 1 6,426,000 85,t;50 Longbottom • • .. 1 31,809 425 Bramsbill .. . 1 43,372 578 EverSley 1 74,779 997 Castle-bottom .. 1 270,000 3,100 North:- Farnham-hill .. 1 G 85,454 8,739 Total gallons .. .. 39,407,324 523,156 Total equivalent , in houses. " Giving altogether 39} 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 offend as an approximation, I consider they will eventually 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 gang ings of the sewer gave 44} 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 hardnese, and the waters are also exposed to deterioration in colour, and, as I have found, in taste. For instance, at Minley Pond, itself situated between sandhills, the spring's 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 Bushbridge the springs have one 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 examined for test of quality, which, in pro portion to their slim alone, show a scale of hardness con tracted in their passage through loamy or other soilr. Hitherto the little springs rising iu pure sands, scarcely seen under the herbage, have been almost entirely 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 there. " The gauging of these springs having been 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 usuel summer ebb. Being a perfect stranger to the 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 information 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 to the knowledee 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-fail elsewhere, — probably on ranges of equal and higher levels, at a con siderable distance, where the nature ef 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 , grouads. I attribute the fact of the springs invariably coming out under the highest and steepest batik cf the hills to the circumstance that such is the only pl ace where on that contour there is not the usual dt.nsely packed covering of gravel, through which they would scarcely penetrate when there is an easier outlst The steepness of the bank itself is apparently c ause d b y t h e undermining action of the springs. My opinion of the unfailing yield of these springs is confirmed by the peasants, who iu several instances have of their own accord informed me th a t a t t h e c l ose c f au tumn, generally in October, when th ere h as b een no rain in this district , the spring s commence r i s i ng j us t after a high wind. They offer no explanation of this upparently extraerdivary circumstance, which to me, however, admits of e a sy ex pl anat i on; th e hi g h w i n d being possibly a fortuitous circumstance, bat probably in dicating a storm of rain and wind elsewhere, where the strata ere of the formation alluded to. " Droughts cf 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 r equirements of the metropolis, that there is little foundation for any ap prehension of scarcity. " To detect the presence of these springs in cambina 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, gene: any collections of rainwater are to be found, girt somerim-s by dense copses with rushes and long-tangled grass. The marshy appearance of the ground on the lower Lade might, by a casual observer, be taken for the sodeage of the pond, but if a trench be dug to the outfall the run is foetid to be constant, proving the presence of springs flowing into or rising in the ponds them. , clvcs. 0 one occasion, on questioning an intelligent lab turer, he re marked that, when bathing in Mutiny-pond, he tumid 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 splines, as I found the outfall to exceed the flew into the pond. " So secluded are some of these sources, that their ex istsnee, on one occasion, at Chapeheope, only became known to a soi-disant gamekeeper (but, irons l.is a ppear._ 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, n which am confirmed by all the residents, that these springs 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 or some work tor Vi years ago the paper - mill could only b tour hours a day, but the springhave tested ._en opened no w a feneels a sufficient supply for tested these waters, and all others in the district, including wells, and those from the suffice, at different stages, as where joined by fresh tributaries, or entering a new soil, from their ouifall to their sources, and the r esu l t h as been very decis ive in confirming the remark made by Professor Way , in his able paper on' Tho Po wer o f S o il s to absorb Ilanure,' that ordinary soils consist of three and vegetable m a tt er , b ut t h at substances , sa nd, cla y , very generally a fourth may be added, carbonate of lime. When these springs rise in any other than pure rands, the water at once becomes hard to five or six degrees. If in any case I believed a stream to have a very pure s a uce , I proceeded up its course, examining it at the jonctiou of each tributary, and have never fatted in dis covering at length, an d generally from the h i g h est sourc e, the thread of soft and sweet water to be added to the growing stream for water supply. " Let me point out, for exemple— D. grees " The Vey, at Guildford, which has hardness of ... 9 " At Elstead 8 Below the junction of the Bramshot river 9 " Above the junction of the FArnham branch ... 6 " Above the junction of the Bramshot branch • ... 14 " At Farnham ... ..• ••• ••• " But turning up the Brami;ict riv3r at Headley Wood ••• ••• ••• "At Bramshot - .•• ••• " At Shutter Mill ••• " The above shcws What different results two per sons making the same investigations might arrive at. From Headley to Bram.hot is scarcely more than two miles ; persons unintentionally, or for want of accurate investigation, might consider the water at Headley wood the sample of greatest parity to be found, and go away with and disseminate a totally false impression. 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 mistake. " The power of soils in hardening water is particularly 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 occars 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 tagers has a hardness of Si degrees. Again, Minley Pond has a hardness of only l degrees, while a well, sunk through the loam into the pure sand, has 3 degrees of hardness. " The following is a list of well and surfaca waters, with their degrees of hardness:— " WELLS. Degree:. " Hartford-bridge Flats, 25 feet deep ... " Ash-common, 80 feet deep ... 6f " Pubright-common, 20 feet deep... ... 5 " Chobham Well .., 5 " Swirdepeottage, DisthamstPad-plain ... 5A- ti ia, always preserving an average fle i lw of lmmer and r, over surface drainage, are twafaj t ! • 1. The cont.' uous flow from spriega gives water of better quality as to aeration and temperature. • .'ll--eAn a iLumense saving will be efl'ectAl on the item of storage reservoirs, end, I believe, a considerable sum in the diminished quantity of excaystian man pt age. Assuming that the supplies from these sprig tio not materially alter, no necessity can exist I'Jr storage reser voirs. A covered reservoir fur two days' supply alight be provided at Wimbledorecommon to meet aiy exaa ordinary emergency; otherwise, a main wi:b 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, Uroucht direct without detention from the Hiniihrad to the at is of the highest house in London. How Brat ful will be the daily use of cool soft water only 24 hours Crean a natu ral reservcir 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 whole value of the scheme ap pears to me to depend on the accurate following up of this principle. " On consideration of the original proposal, there is only one more point I shall at present touch upon. namely, the great and scarcely estimable benefits of laud drainage, not only to the soil, hut to tao tants of the district. From the rainfall, a depth IT: the year of 22.65 inches (allowing seven to be absorbed), there remains nearly 15 inches, or 1 529 tens of water on every acre, impeding cultivation by diminishing the temperature of the soil, by not allowing a proper circu lation of air in it, and by eausing a perpetual evapora tion, not only injurious to health in itself, but exces sively wasteful of the heat of the atmosphere, a loss which in our damp climate is a very serious considera tion indeed, and it is only when the whole country shall have been perfectly drained that this stigma of unne cessary and dangerous damp will be effaced 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 cf view it is most necessary, then, to remove this noxious agency. " . Having giien 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 wa'er, its advantages in economy, its beneficid influence on health, &c., my experb-tuee not only distinctly con firms the views of the board, tut has elicited further illustrations, in respt et to which I hope shortly to have toe honour of addressing them. This information I have collected from persons of el classes, medical men, manu ftwurers, farmers, tradesmen, peasants, &c., all of whom, in their different spheres, hive 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 gronn6, in whatever method of collection.— " The report gives 28,000 000 of and under three de gren 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), and leading it away before it can be affected by contact with soils. I beg to express my conviction that the rurity wilt depend entirely on the careful execution of the work; it would give, to reczpitulate its qualities, 40,000,000 of water— "Of rrimitive purity; " Perfect as to aeratir ; " Of a grateful temperature, about 50 dcgreee; "Brilliant in colour; " Soft almost is distilled water, " And almost free from all roino.4l, and vege table impregcmion, sudicing, for the supply, ut the esii m,ste of 75 prr bou..e, of 523,126 houses, The 10,000,600 of mud under 2 degrees of berdness are deriv , ...blo from sourc , S rising in sands not. quit, pule. By the direct means of collection from sprirge, „. iuste.,d c,f the extensive syst , rn cf Is4nd drailutge , origi : ally cf,ll:emplated, wry contidErahle saving (.f cx; case would b effected. " 1. Io the lea.; quantity of pipage rF crire.l, akd, con scquently, cf lab ur exp, ncted. ‘• 2. Ou Cie item of the large extent of storage re servoirs, originally required to provide for summer months, periods of drought, and which, by my plan, would btu necessary. 3. On the reduced claims for compensation, especially as no breadth of land would be rrquired to be taken up. In fact, after collection, on descending into the lower levels, the mains would Lad along and just outside the lines of railway. A mere underground right of way-- a pipe-laying casement—would be r. quired. " A resume of the above then gives, in favour of the plan proposed,— "I. Greater c ,, rtainty supply. " 11. Superior quality. "111. Greater abundance. "IV. Greater speed of execution of work and appli cation for service. " V. Greater economy. "Should the future exigencies of the metropolis rcquire an increased supply, it may still be derived not only from land drainage of rain-fall on the pure sands be neath the level of the sources now proposed, but also to a great extent above them. " In conclusion, I would remark that it might be con sidered desirable to allow the towns of Guildford, Rich mond,,&a., and the different villages en the line of water supply to London, to partake 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 (, f the rate to be levied to meet the expense of the works, which I hope shortly to be able to show a ill not, for an increased, continuous, pure supply of soft water, at high pressure, exceed a fraction of the SUM now levied by the water companies for an impure, hard, and defective one. " I have the honour to be, my Lords and Gentlemen, " Yours obediently, "WILLIAM NAPIER. " The Gcteral Board of Health, G wyd3 r-house, Whitehall." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 11. Her Majesty, with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, drove out th;s morning in a puny phaetJa 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 ;on. 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 hergßoyal Highness (Lieut.-Cc lonel the Hon. A. Liddell), is expected to arrive itt 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 jesty and the Prince. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Lbuchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchesr., of Gloucester, Lord Chancellor and Lady Tv..uro, Lady A ttgwts Bruce, the Lady in Waiting ttf the Duchess of G-leu cester,Baroness.de Speth, and, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A Liddell. The Quen will hold v. Privy Council to: i norrow (Wedne,day), at Windsr,r Castle. A Cabinet Council 'way' held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Alioisters present were — Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Alinto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Cnance'dor of the Exch,quer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, the Eprl of Carlisle, the Right lion. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox .M:aule. The Council sat three hi lurs and a-half. The Lord Chancellor left town after the Cabinet. Council for Windsor. Castle, 6n a visit to her Majesty. A. deputation of the Committee of the Inventors' Patent Reform League hsd an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, al. the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. F. W. Csmpin, 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 tne Governors of the West India Colonies, and also from the! Governors of the North American provinces, were received yesterday at the The Observer, price sixl:ence, 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. 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The Manchester Guardian states that on Friday night an ironmonger's shop in that town bad a mold. destructionramark abliearegsecappeyrfurotemehnic,ealled a by " wheel, , a xplos i :o cu n t of o„ h o i,e'reNkeoti k i s n . A diametqr, had become ignited, and bad burnt entirely away. e l, It had been placed upright bQtween two shelves. and Its position was such that it coul d not turn round which was a moat fortunate, for it was sur-oundeci by a large collection of ockets and other fireworks , and had close to it, i n a drMver, 60Ibs. of gunpowder 1 All the parts of the wheel successively er;ploded, sending forth a profusion of sparks, but the whole died out without setting fire to any of the dangerous cianbustinles lying around. The Cheviots and other high grounds in the: mrtii and nort,ti•west have this week been capped with. snow. 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Messrs. _ 'trust, Lond , m, (WM Vann ti 1 i at 19, Berners-street. Oxfora day ,from Eleven to Ono. I Tiro and /17. to.Elght ;ne SOD- " SURFACE WATERS. Ash-common 3 5 " IloIt•pond 24 Dippenhall... 35 " Whitemoor... " Aldershot ... " Canal Reading-road-bridge " Thus we see that waters stand for purity in this diz xict 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. gt 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 4001. 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 5; 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 groat 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 hard water and another of soft near the premises, and the servants will, I have frequeetly found, to save trouble, use the former for ail purposes, thus extravagantly 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 seeraee reservoirs on gathering grounds as now existing in some parrs of this country. They collect the crude surface waters, always liable to diseolouration and thickening tram 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 triflin g as compared 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 reiee ral qualities of the soil, hence to a covered reservoir in the n, ighbourhood of its distribution, safe from the noxious influence of the impure atmosphere of a city. The impor , ance of covered reservoirs cannot be over rated w hen 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 detrimental, often dangerous, in large volumes of water. A tumbler of water cannot be exposed half 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. " Referring again to the plan of collecting rain-fall by draining the sandy heaths, I question whether it could in one case be carried out with advantage, namely, on the higher levels; as, for instance, the crests of the Fox 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 ascer 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. Tne 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-curveyor, from whom I have obtained much valuable information, assures me :thut 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 rtquired. 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 in 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 surfacr-washing. In the case when leading away a stream of epringe it would be liable to discolora tion from heavy rams, I propose to provide a remedy by preparing at the point of dive , s've from the natural channel a new tel for a short distance at a less inclination. The bed to he 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. The stre;:in 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 she rain-fall in contour trenches with pipes tie ' dernenth t hem also, and ley u branch to lead the water away to the main. I have shown both these plans as adapted in the case of Faruharn-hill, and a large addition might thus be made to flow of the springs ii 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 scheineworks, compen sation to mills, Sec., alio some general infermeti in en the collateral advantages of a pure soft water supply— the results of some experiments I am making on the action of sand as a flutes', 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-tall from 22.65 inches per annum; a mean of 30 years' register at the Military College, Sandhurst, allowing the usual deduction 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 hill is due 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 cf 1,794,786 gal'ons. 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 toe pipes and their outfall is calculated in proportion to the quantity of rain likely to fall in the shortest time, 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 Ilong-K mg, 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. The quantity of water supplied from springs on the top of this mountain is notoriously far be} and its rain -fall, which latter, from the declivity of the other groune, is at once discharged into the sea, as all who have been there are well aware of. The shore of the mainland is net further than two miles and a half, but the range it 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 !evel 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 quaatity oven after a three months' drought in the island, ti the thermometer often at 88 degrees and upwards in the shade, " The advantages I propose to derma fro permanent N ° .18,139.] ~/ ~/ [PRICE SD. yer- r. 15s. ; tit the ,r] `~ L %~ .a- ---e , 8111:11 idg 19. in Lon )1 fa o for ie4o f its in Lt,s), ll3 l ° ---- 391 01 '6 , 1. 0 a i 13 5b01 r 10 0 , iled 11 fb 4p:6 0 r i c e. Oor 0 le i eo re 30° f () ao t t jot° f eAtt Irref ...-", 1 1 I t 1 °