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EAST INDIA DOUSE, OCTOBEI 31, 1849. • THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That 'the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be ABUT on TzlinisDAY, the 6th Decem , er next, at Three o'clock, ant OPENED again on THURSDAY, the 17th January, 1850. T hat the Warrants for the Divi lends on the said Stock, payable on lIONDAT, the 7th January, 1850, under the 11th Sec. of the Act 3 4,34 4 William IV., Cap. 85, wlll be ready to be delivered on that day JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. HARKER'S YORK HOTE I L ST. HELEN'S-SQUARE, YORK. C. HARKER begs to inform his friends and the publ'c that be has entered upon the above old-established Hotel, for many rmrs known Ile the York Tavern. ~_7 h e interior of the Hotel has recently been thoroughly repaired, t i !cGrated, and refurnished, and is now replete with every conve wernee and comfort. The Establishment affords ample acconamhdation both for Families arid for Professional and Commercial Gentlemen, and will be con tineted in every respect in the first style. 11E' 11 • having taken the adjoining house, lately ocznpied by the n ii 4 ea Ilan, intends to set the same apart entirely for the u se of `maraercial Gentlemen as Stock Rooms. 4, G)2d Stabling and Lock-ni Coach-houses. January 1, 1850. • 4 ATIONAL LOAN FUND 141 FL ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .f. 500,000. Empowered by Act. of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample - "'" r ietorY Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. I *o-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits ha l f the Premium may rem . ain as a Loan for Five Years. Intensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. v.oderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 our cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. 4 . 1 - I Bonus in Perma• Sum the Ater 11 . 1 Anneal Policy l addition Bonus nent Be- Assured - g r Pre- takes lto sum in ductien ~f may bor wi Miura. out in , Assu ' red. Cash. Annual 1 rOw on .......,, I • I Prena'um. Policy. ..---- - X s. d. £ a. d £ a.- d. X a. d. 1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2.593 6 8 1838 251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 81543 17 9 .„ 1839 226 6 0 102 15 1 1 6 2 9 494 8 10 "" ICOO .£ s.d. 1840 178 0 082 14 2 12 14 11 445 0 0 74 3 4 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 f 5 15 10 10 2 4 316 2 3 1843 99 18 4 44 8 4 615 11 1 296 13 4 ,_1844 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 01247 4 5 t , li rosPectuses, with tables of rates, allY of its branches in the country " % rtied Pest free. W. S. :c., may be had at the office, or, on application, will be for- B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. E 11, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE: • Established by Act of Parliament, 31, CORNHILL, LONDON. h:Tltall 0 0,0007., In Shares of 20s. each, to be paid in full on allotment, 47L i nn a guaranteed interest ofs per cent. inperpetnity (irrespective dividends) upon the paid-up capital. r‘,1"1 1 Pheation for Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the O . :•": e s of Me Socity. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted -he most liber a l terms. ellnedlate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially vantageous for investment of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. FRE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. „First of a Series of Il'nitrated Lectures, by Dr. Eachhoffner, Philosooky of Scientific Recreation, daily at Two o'clock, and Il e um Evenings, at Eight.—An entirely new Set of Dissolving of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, with 14.:' )e soriptIve Lecture, daily, at Half-past Four, aid in the Even irs„,,at a Quarter to Ten.—Tho Views of Rome, including new fe t .,:! , of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's, with Dioramic et are shown daily, at One o'clock.—Leetares on Chemistry, with az4nant experiments, by Mr. Ashley.--Experiments with the Diver thi n IThr tn 2 -hell.—New Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma er3", Alcdels, kc., explained. Admission. Is —Schools. Half-mice. RE POET at the PARTY A. celebrated bard—myself I mean— Ilas lately at a first-rate party been, Where every single look, and every action, Proved him to be an object of attraction. The ladies smiled, and many struggled'hard To giin the sitting nearest to the bard ; Wkich honour fell, it must be understood, On Miss Cecilia Clara Collingwood, sweet young lady, with peculiar grace, Whose looks adorned the animated place." Pat never mind Cecilia Clara's beauty, For business calls, and I must do my duty. The poet's health was then proposed, and I, Who ant this 'toted poet, made reply; And as I think 'twill please you, all and each, I'll give you, word for word. THE POET'S SPEECH. Ladies and Gentlemen, I must allow " The proudest moment of my life" is now. The honourable toast which you propose is, Health to my humble selt, " The Bard of Moses." I need not say that I am proud at heart To be connected thus with Moses' Mart A Mart than which no greater can be found, Search London and the provinces around. I cannot cast my eyes around this room, Without admiring Moses' choice costume. Well may the lyre be struck in admiration Of such transcendent beauty.—(Great sensation.) Moses and Son are stamped on every vest, And on the coats and trowsers of each guest. And I perceive the ladles, bless their hearts, Have paid a visit to the " Mart of' Marts." Lone may I live to advocate the cause Of Moses' far-famed Warehouse—(More applause)— And long may Moses' Dress-mart be displayed, As now it is—The Sovereign of the Trade. LIST OF PRICES, REIDY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every style •£0 8 6 The Bulwer,handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditto ••••.. • • • ..... 018 0 Chesterfield, 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style ef Ov , r Coat .. ..... ................. . 1 5 0 Shooting Coats Lounging or Morning Coats .......... •• .. 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. • • 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 7 6 Ditto 2 6 Black Silk Velvet Vests... • • Dress Coats • • 19 0 - Youths and Boys' Over Coats, •7 0 in every style, from , 14 Itas.sar and Tunic Suits ...... •• • • ..... • 0 8 '"oYs' Autumn and Winter • Vests ••••• • • • • • MADE TO MEASURE. Ile 'es Autumn and Winter Over Coats • .from 1 1 Th -e Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial lined •• • T he Paletot,liandsornely and warmly trimnafA 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elegant style of Over Coat • • ..... ••—•.•••••••••••••• The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest Style, lined throughout ••• • • - • • ••• • • • 2 10 0 Autumn and Winter 'frowscrs, in Tweed and • Lest Black Cassimere ditto .. •••••••• • • • • • • 1 6 0 Autumn and Winter Vests •••••••• • • •• • • • ••8 6 It est Black Cloth ditto ....................0 • • • • • • 13 6 Flack Silk Velvet ditto •••••••••• • • • • • • •• • 0 18 G Dress C0at5...... • . —from 325. to 2 15 0 e• Frock • • from 355. to 3 3 0 1 1Ussar and Tunic Suits ...... • • ........ from 1 0 Superfine ...... • • ..... ..... 1 15 0 ren's Sho o ti ng C oa t ..................... 0 15 0 'legant Dressing Robes, in great variety, from .................... .to 5 0 0 elde m d edal, containing an Almanac for the year 1850, wil be pre . - to every customer. L arge Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, Br.c. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. 2 0 0 A. Suit of Mourning complete for li. 10s. 4; R The h ew book, entitled " The Minion of the Million," with full „.,, ?ns for S e lf- measuremen t, can h e h a d on a ppli ca ti on , er for m" 4 ,. Post free, to any part of the kingdom. ce—The Fur Department is now replete with every novelty • 1 . 1 1 e season. messerve—Any article purchased. either ready made, or made to assure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. 101- MOsES. and WoollenArapers, Clothiers, Hatters, jerr, Furriers, Boot and Shoernakers.. and General Outfitters, 154, t o ' LW, and 157 IC gorier., an,l and 81; Al4gate, Cvast "mtabl islunent. gtjaution.—E. Moses and Sou regret having to g narl the pub lic rle:Jt Imposition; hut having heard that the untradesman like . 0 0d of being inccted with them, or "It is the same concern," been h e resorted A. 5 in many instances, and for obvious reasons, %Z. beg to xte Mat t',cy ht,ve with any other house 4 t st ouilon, except theirl4o Branch connexion Establishments, 314 Far -41€4. tylefilela ? Iv)19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; 0 ~`" o requin cheap and genuine clothing, eitc., chonld call th e I t ' O n% t' ) the Minories and Aldgate, City. London; or either of I.„. r _ an _ e) . Establishments as above. to ; Q " otico.—This F_stal;lis'.ment is closed from sunset Friday " Saturday. when big:Mess is resumed till twelve o'elock. .4bY A j K I A E. Or,e halt th e wor ld i.ro desolately single, and the other tier ` °l3l ag them ;harried, ine,lerfal4ly contented. Diffidence, or a right deter,i;;:i ‘ the '' fz,rrner, and MlECalcultteg hopes em- Of4th.)att.lr. The .eolitary one may shield himself u nder the p loy. telitratiTi and worldly prudence, and the i r .dissoluble, regret on rcsaag hurry; but the truth lice deeper. Physical incapacity, aka eroksn healthe the gret himirAnces the The only marriage set -Intt,"t• Ronour and instiee demand that health shouldform au item teelf„, ecn ElLseet; it elOna dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er tbi s Z i "' a'iinnd snore aorely than poverty or miaortuno. Reader, if 1 1, .Za i r i cni ts sea concsrn you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S %eh On Single and Marrizd Life." pub. in 2 vols., le. tent ei l "Y rant, iu stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let no imaginatively. by Prmils.h feebly , doter you, by their nor be hindered .aitvi'a.tcrPretattor - , of ' their sn.ppesed contents, from obtainina , , i"ti• hay are net intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, tilt,. a closet perusal of theee more deeply interested, to whom Mir arc offered antagonistic to the empyrical trash, put forth on At g • ague subiects, by unqualified authors, whieh alone er L ttie,!•, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other air ~,,.."aclieations elates your attention (same price Is. each, ketki ;7 4 Is. Ed.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and AtfnAii and " How to be rn.ppy." They are not merely s .her e a, but equal in quantity a library volreue, nor are they the Ute wZ 4 eabaral serlbblings of time hour, but the study of the author's l 'a" , r.tt? ewes his present existence., health, and position to this oh wotti of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto ethers as he on done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always 2 1 1erw r , kiney side of the way." The above works may be had of a i 13, Paternoster-row ; Carvrdho, 141, Fleet - street • Mann , Ala pau. e) -- Z; Spokes, 5, Holbern• hill ;or direct (by post or other blorni"_°M tile Author (who ratty to conferred with personally, Reak ai lr afxd Amerningyf). Arren-pivt. Reent....at - rep.t: *no Ail tiers THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. (sls t Tll,ll3trated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravirr. on Steel. , IrirSlC .d.L DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE DICAPA V or CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MA RRIA GE. b •e•dition enlarged to 19d pages. Just published, prise 25. Gd., or 1e.7 . n a r ,„._at, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamp 3, tiE SILENT - FRIEND, a Medical Work 011 teas the Infirmities and decay of the nenerative system, from cc gum indulgence, infeetien, and the inordinate rue of ns ,reur.:, ,- ,cations. on Marrbr. , ,, and the means of obviating cest tin d:s , L. - ,„' e ,„a_tions. IllustrAed by 2^, Coloured Engravings. By R. and fo r a - ~""IILY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, ln, Berners-:tract, OK -21-";41-1"oet, London. Publisked by the Authorsby strange, (ILL', ate rec4er-row ; I.la.u.aay, 63, and ganger, 150, Orrord-Aree , ; iti .e . 23 , Titchberne-streot, llayinnrket ; and Gordon, 146, L:11,1211- -straet. I'A e , 'r I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-eroductße pans.pA and is illrstrated by Six Coloured Engravings. re. I T 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive inditi iraeo. and their lamentable effects on the system, pro luring menial 1144J ,11 Y weakness, nervous excitement, and tenes at's° netpacity. _ rated by Three Explanatory Engravings. r e Ah'r 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in th e i ‘ im arY or secondary form, and contakes explicit directions for 15;2 Li oatmext. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured - -zricrt n 6rAirr IV.' contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Dies e v iigt simple application, by which the danger of infe,:tdon .s t h eader's' important part of the Work should no esense the nom A.str y • tut. • Is devoted to the consideration of mardag,e, and As the . The causes of unproductive union are elso zensidered, and "I,lble subject critically and philosophically Iniiired into. Ig i i . "' nc lu azIAL BALM OF SYRIACIIM is exclusi - cly employed In treat vous and sexual debirty, impotence, itc.,and 335. per b ottle. renied The Concentrated D Aerstye Essence. as anti-syphilitic Y, for purifying tom, tt 0 bloeti , i cases ofinfection, secondary s.:,,nap ipe • • ',eruptions, and the amsc of ree:cury, I I s. and 3s per bottle. cert a b: ParifYlng Specific 27115, 25. 9d. 45.6 d., and 1 is. per bon, a ~_ remedy for gonorrheea, elect, st;icture, and chronic infl arnm a- Oe'tnair the bladder. consultation fee, if by iettsr, 11. A minute ~, _ of the case is sequired : age, habits, ant position in society. -_, P ackets, with advice, to be had at the E ;tablia - anent only, by waio a, - ,_ ; th e ree,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, surgeons, are in attcn ;?.v_it tusuy at 19, Itorners- ,treat, Oxford-stnet, London, fro% Etc '''. WI TIM and fly s to illianti on Sunday, from =ova to Ono THE RUNIWAY ENGINE.—Many persons appear incredulous as to the details of a runaway engine on the North Kent line, which appeared in one of the morning newspapers a few days ago, in the absence of the slightest accident taking place, and the excellent ar rangements, courage, and presence of mind which ulti mately brought the engine safely to the London terminus. The train due from Strood to arrive at Woolwich at 4 o'clock P.M., being nearly half an hour over due the pas stingers en the platform bocame very anxious to ascer tain the cause of the delay, and the tel graph clerk allayed their fears by stating that the engine Lad gone back for some carriages at Gravesend, which was fortu nately the fact, as the carriages were all on the siding when the runaway engine started from the Strood side of Gravesend, and passed all the up stations at a great speed. Some idea may be formed of the rapidity of mo tion of the runaway engine when it is made known that none of the porters engaged in keeping back the pas sengers, or even the passengers themselves, could tell whether the engine or coke carriage came past first; or if there was any person attending, the engine. The per sons on the platform at Woolwich, where the view of the line of railway does not extend many hundred yards, describe the passing of the engine as instantaneous, and some engaged in conversation had not time to turn round to get a glimpse of it. The great speed and the great distance it continued is accounted for by the knowledge that the runaway engine had just been supplied with water, and a quantity of coke put on the fire about a minute before the ballast engine came in collision with it, causing it to start at full speed, and the moment the engineer had jumped off the starting engine. It is evi dent, from the accounts generally given of accidents on railwaye, that the greater number arise from attempts of the passengers or those working the lines to jump off the trains when in motion, and that to remain seated pre sents the greatest chance of safety when collisions are likely to take place. Lord John Russell is expected to arrive in town for the season on Saturday nex , ; and on Wednesday, the 16th, the noble Premier will give the first Cabinet dinner this season, at which all his colleagues are ex• pected to be present. His Lordship is now staying with his brother, the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. Lord and Lady Palmerston are entertaining a large family circle at Broadlands, Hants; the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian minister, has been on a visit to his Lordship. Earl Carlisle is at Castle Howard. surrounded by a distinguished party of relatives and friends. Lord Grey is in town. Sir George Grey arrived in town yes terday from a visit to Mr. 11. Drummond. The Lord Chancellor comes to town in the middle of the week. Lord Lansdowne , is expected to-morrow, the 7th inst. , from B owo od•perk, Wilts, for th e p urpose o f atten di ng the Privy Council, held on the following day. The other members of the Cabinet will arrive in town next week. Invitations have been issued to the principal members of the diplomatic corps and their ladies, by ' Lord John Russell, to a grand dinner, at his residence in Cheeham-place, on Thursday week, the 17th instant. —Sunday Paper. 1 111 \‘' N°.17,574.,; LONDON NIPRoVE D DWELLINGS for the roon i t At the present moment, when a day of National Thanks giving is appointed, it cannot be out of pace to bring before the minds of the Christian public some of the efforts which have been made, and are still making, to remedy the deplorable evils which endanger both the lives and the morals of the poorer classes of society. The SOCIETY for the IMPROVEMENT of the CONDITION of the LABOURING CLASSES has now been occupied for more than four years past with these objects:— It has bnilt a range of Dwellings for the Industrious Classes, on sanitary principles, at Bagnigge-wells, Gray's lan-lane: here twenty-three families and thirty single women are accommodated. It has repaired and rendered fit for healthy occupation four houses in King-street and Charles-street, Drury-lane, wherein 103 working men are accommodated. R has built, in George-street, St. Giles's, a Model Lodging House for working men, where 101 persons of this class find a cemfortable habitation. It has repaired and fitted up, at No. 76 , Hatton-garden, a house for tke accommodation of fifty-eight females of the working-classes. It is now building. In Streatham-street, Bloomsbury, a' range of dwellings for mechanics and their families, wherein about 43 such families will find good and healthy habitations. At Tunbridge Wells it is aiding to raise a series of cottages fo a,gricaltural labourers, of which six and a lodging-house for single men are already completed and occupied. Besides these various works, it is in constant correspondence with a great number of benevolent persons in all parts of the kingdom ; who apply for its aid in the building or Improvement of cottages, or the settiug-out of cottage allotments. In these various works it has expended, and is expending, more than Twenty-three Thousand Pounds. For the works now in hand a further sum of between Three and Four Thousand Pounds is needed ; towards which the Committee now solicits the contributions of the benevolent. • The following are the sums already subscribed towards the house now erecting in Streatham-street : SUBSCRIPTIONS. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert - - - - Her Majesty the Queen Dowager - - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent - Ifer Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester - The Right Hon. Earl Spencer . Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. - The Right Hon. Lord Feyersham Peto, Esq., M.P. - Rev. E. Holland - - His Grace the Duke of Bedford Miss Portal - - Messrs. Barclay and Co - - £3OO 0 0 - - 150 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - 50 0 0 - - 100 0 0 2d donation 110 0 0 - - 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 - - - - - 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - £5,663 3 6 ['Cosmos - Abel Smith, Esq, , . Lord Willoughby de Eresby . Fr end, by L. Sullivan, Esq, Total, to Jan. 1, 1849 - Donations since received : W. S., a Tribute for the Thanksgiving Day - £lO 0 Mrs. Blair Mrs. Lambert Blair The Rev. Dr. Ellerton - - - - - 25 0 A Friend R. B. Cooke, Esq. Major Craft , shank A., per Nisbet - - - - - 5 0 Y. T. ----- - - - 4 0 C. Saver, Esq. _ _ - - - 5 0 A. Palmer, Esq. - - - - - 5 0 A. 11. Bradshaw, Esq. R. C. Kidd, Esq. W. S. Angell, Esq. The Dowager Lady Cooper - - - - 10 0 J. E. Denison, Esq., M.P. - - - - 10 0 Rev. J. Ware Mrs. Charles Pym - - - - - - 5 0 Geo. Pearce, Esq. J. Sperling, Esq. R. 11. V. Walpole, Esq. R. A. Hornby, Esq. Viscount Brackley H. B. Hickman, Esq. Miss A. M. Cotton Marquis of Blandford Rev. Dr. Pacey J. 0. Harris, Esq. H. Unwen. Esq. - - - - - - 5 0 Rev. Dr. Cotton, Principal of Worcester College 5 0 John Hardy, Esq. Mr. Hargraves - - - - - - 10 0 W. E. Hubbard, Esq. - - - - 5 0 Lieut.-Colonel Seymour - - - - - 5 0 Mrs. Rugham - - - - - 20 0 Major Little 1 0 M. 0., one who has read Lord Ashley's Letter in the " Times" of the 19th tilt., as a Thank offering of herself and family from the late Epidemic Lady Murray - - , - - 2 2 W. •rannings, Esq. - - - - - - 10 10 R. Wilkinson, Esq. - - - - - - 5 0 J. Beaufort, Esq. - - - - - - 5 0 Hon. Motintstuart Elphinstoue - - - 10 0 Miss Ware - - - - - 10 0 Edward Strachey, Esq. ' 2 2 Mrs. Dnmaresque - - - 5 0 Thomas L. Ward - - - - - 10 0 T. 11. Bastard, Esq. E. Gardner, Esq. - - - - - 5 5 T. Twining, jun., Esq. T. H. Parker, Esq. C. V. Mrs. Bird J. J. Smith, Esq. W. Penny, Esq. - - - W. Sparkes, Esq. 10 0 Chrlstianus B. Smith, Esq. G. Harding, Esq. 5 0 J. C. Hall, Esq. - 10 0 E. B. Bastard, Esq. - - - - Members of Rev. Dr. Cumming's Congregation 10 0 W. P. Angell, Esq. Mrs. Schaal Miss Catherine Stuart E. W. M. L. Donations and annual subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Hirchin-lane ; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Stratum, Pau', and Co., Temple-bar; and by Hatchards, Piccadilly ; Seeleys, Fleet-street and Hanover-street; and Nisbet, Berners street ; or by the Secretary, at the Office, 21, Exeter Hail. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS ' WO RCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. SOld by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchantl, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in ance. N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Tu=t published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2e. Od., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and DISMSCS of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their striectni es, uses, and finictions, and the various 1 iiuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and lafection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of A pothecaries' Hall, London, I [onorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un fertunatcly happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap:dying to a qualified physi cian for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent hie seeking `or assistance where alone it can ho procured. Dr. I,VAIF.It r has taken the highest medical hononrs, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Eent and Richards, 52, Paternostet-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Ilaymarliet ; Masts, 39, Coruhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. London ; ~r, free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Atr.thoi's Residence, 37. lledforcl-simare London. 0 Ifwt. : !i: , , , 1 le , v• - r Se 7'4-4'701: 714 ' qr • • L 4 ?1, 17i . ,•„` *-4 , < et ' /0 - 6 te l rig: . 4 0 ` l.l i-z4'l 4 1 0 1 1) 1 , MONDAY ' " •A\ but4‘ . JANUARY 7, 1850. - - Second. Master . Napoleon; Leven, whose appoint • meat to the Saturn flsg. ship at Pembroknwas given on the 231 December, 1849, will still be borne on the books of that vessel, and have the charge of the quarantine ships at Liverpool. Lieutenant Edward E. Maunsell (1846) joined at Woolwich factory on Thursday last, for the purpose of studying steam. Lieutenant Robert H. Burton (1849) has been appointed to study steam at Woolwich factory. The Niger steam-sloop was taken out of the inner basin to-day, and placed under the shears, and will be completed in the engineer department on Monday, the 7th instant. Captain Superintendent H. T. Austin, C. 8., superintended the removal of the Niger, from the inner to the outer basin ; :and the gallant officer has not been absent from his duties at this dockyard for a single day since Commodore Henry Eden went on leave, consequently no other officer has had charge of the yard for a single hour during the same period. The Enterprise, Captain Collinson, C. 8., and the Investigator, Commander M'Clure, have received their final orders for sailing, which are as follows :—They are to leave Woolwich en Wednesday, the 9th inst., and proceed to Greenhithe the same afternoon, and Captain Johnson will be there in waiting to adjust their compasses on Thursday. On Friday the crews will be paid wages in advance at Greenhithe, as it is not intended that they should touch at any of the eastern ports if all goes well during their progress round. On Saturday, the 12th inst., they will leave Greenhithe on their searching expedition, and the Monkey and African steam-vessels will tow them through the Downs. The Niger will then accom pany the Enterprise and Investigator-until opposite Devonport, when the two latter witrisold on their enterprising voyage, and the former be taken into that port to be kept ready as an advanced war steamer l i in the room of the Gladiator, recently commissioned. A great number of visitors went on board the Enter prise to-day, in the stream; amongst others, Mr. Collinson, a barrister, and the Rev. Mr. Collinson, hrothers of her gallant commander. Lieutenant Peter A. Halkett, R.N., also went on board, but he did not require any of the dockyard boats to convey him to the vessel, having brought his own boat with him. It was composed entirely of Macintosh cloth, and is only 301bs. weight, although capable of holding two persons with the greatest ease. The gallant officer inflated his boat in about one minute on the landing-place, and on launching went into it and rowed himself to the Enterprise with a small double scull. Lieutenant Halkett then inflated a Macintosh overcoat of 201 b. weight, capable of holding one per son, and with two small oars, similar to Chinese fees, moved about on the river with great facility. After exhibiting the buoyancy and usefulness of his inven. Lion, Lieutenant Halkett obtained the consent of one of the ladies on board the Enterprise to go on shore with him in his boat, and it was found admirably adapted for conveying two persons, and easily managed. One of the Macintosh boats and one of the cloaks have been supplied to the Enterprise, and one of the boats and one of the cloaks to the Investi gator. The other arrangements for giving every facility to the searching ships are of the bestdescrip tion. Mr. Lang, master shipwright, has had a tem porary rudder on his plan, which can be attached to a vessel by lashings, supplied to the Enterprise and also to the Investigator. Forty ice. sledges have also been put on board, one half of them 64. by lft. 41n. in dimensions, and the others double that size. The Louisa lighter, from Deptford, was engaged all day in delivering stores, which are ample for the wants of the missing voyagers, and of the best description. A number of suggestions have been made to enable the vessels to penetrate through the ice. Commander Smith submitted to the Admiralty a plan for firing a grapnel or anchor several hundred yards across the floes, and moving the vessels onwards by the aid of the capstans. Others have proposed melting a portion of the ice by steam to allow of the centre pieces being drawn back to make room for the passage of the vessels; and there are a considerable number of 14 feet ice-saws put on board, to work if required on the old plan. Lieutenant Gale has suggested the use of a balloon to reconnoitre for a far greater distance than can be done from the mast heads of the vessels. Others have suggested the simply flying of kites during favourable weather, which might be seen at a long distance by the missing voyagers if they are still alive. A large kite could support alight in the night time, which would be easily distinguished from a star by its different degrees of elevation as the kite ascended and descended, or its different position, effected by the variation of the wind. Light rockets might also be sent up attached to the tail of a kite, to be discharged by a slow match when run up to a high elevation, which if successful would give them a double or treble higher position at the time of explosion. It is satisfactory to know that, although many of the suggestions made are only theoretical, the gallant officers on board the Enterprise and Investigator have paid every attention to them, and will avail themselves of all that has been stated according to the means in their power when any emergency takes place. The Bulldog, 6, steam•sloop, Commander Astley C. Key, is ordered home from the Mediterranean, and will be brought to Woolwich, to have her t at i i s oap p , o s r i t n . The Commander en gines of 500-horse pow er exam i ne d h ere . The Rosamond Prometheus st steam-sloop am . sloop, Sampson steam-f r i gate i s or d ere d t o b e ma d e ready for commission. commission at s t - e sl e oopisto b ebrou for wardjghFteeteon th fore Mediterranean she was commis sioned in November, 1846, is ordered home. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH FRANCE. The following is a copy of a document which has been mercial and manufa c t ur i ng towns w i t hi n t h e l as t f ew days :_ ."lo the Right Ilonourable Lord John Russell, m.p., First Lord of the Treasury, eze• "The memorial of the undersigned merchants, bankers, and others, of " Humbly showeth, That the present postal com munication between England and France does not offer those facilities which the great interests of the two countries require. " That the mail service via Dover and Calais is performed with much unnecessary delay, and con veyed by a circuitous and expensive route, to the great detriment of commerce and international com munication. " That by the substitution of the more direct and less expensive ro u t e, v i a Folkestone an d Boulogne, letters posted i n P ar i s i n the even i ng would rea c h London in time f or th e fi rst morn i ng delivery, and in time, also, for th e early morning and west of England. mails to the north " That the delay caused by the present postal service between the two countries affects not only the correspondence between London and Paris, but the mails from India and China, and thereby occasions much inconvenience to the general trade and com merce of the country. " That the service between Folkestone and Bou lo,gne could be performed with certainty and regularity, except during the prevalence of south-west gales of wind, which render the port of Boulogne inaccessible for, not more than twenty times in the year, when the mails might be landed at Calais, and carried by special conveyance to Boulogne. " That even under such circumstances the mail would be conveyed in the same time, and delivered at the same hour as at present via Dover and Calais, where there is an insurmountable, fixed, and regular delay, occasioned by the additional length of Chi miles of road; and that the present failures in the service, which not unfrequently occur during north east gales of wind, when Calais is inaccessible, would entirely cease. "That your memorialists therefore pray, that for the interests of commerce, and the promotion of amity and intercourse between the two countries, the mail service may be transferred to the direct and natural highway between London and Paris via Folkestone and Boulogne. " And your memorialists will ever pray, &c." A copy of the above memorial lies for signature at the office of the Amiens and Boulogne Railway Company, Royal Exchange-buildings. AN ELIGIBLE OPPORTOPPORT UNITY.,_"For sale, a Co loured girl, of very super i or qualifications, who is now in Mr. llall's gaol in Nor,olk. She is what speculators call a fancy girl—a bright mulatto, fine figure, straight remarkably neat and belleaacnklyhianirherapnedrsvoenr.y l a v e ett e ir e venture say that there is not a better seamstress, cutter and fitter of ladies' and chil dren's dresses, in Norfolk or elsewhere, or a more fan ciful knitter of bead bags, money purses, &c. Any lady or gentleman in Norfolk or Portsmo u th w ho may wish to purchase a girl of this description ( w hom I consider may take her and try her and if she does not suit the most o m na o nth s s t y‘oerrm valuabletoiri the at i d n ( m ig ri s V i r pt i l i k u on :) here given, may return her to Mr. Hall. The cause of offence for which I intend (though reluctantly) to sell her i 3, that she has been recently induced, by some coloured persons, to make her escape with them to the north, is which she fail , d, and is now for sale. Apply to the subscriber in Suffolk, or to Mr. James Murdatigh, or C. C. Robinson, of Ports mouth, for further information.--JOSEPH HOLLADAY." —Anti-Slavery reporter. CHEAP CAPITAL for AGRICULTURISTS. (From the Spectator.) _ _ _ Sir Robert Peel's example, in aiding his tenantry with capital for improvements would no doubt be more readily and generally accepted but for one slight difficulty—the inability of landlords to com mand the said capital. Some prudent men have it, and in those cases where prudence unites with libe rality, the capital will be duly available for the aid of the tenants. But unfortunately, although an exalted standard of excellence presumes the union of both those good qualities, it must often happen that they are found in separate individuals. Very many intel ligent and liberal English country gentlemen will feel that Sir Robert Peel's plan is an excellent one for him, and for others . whose princely fortunea are not loaded with the accumulated burdens of collateral interests and the indiscretions of each successive heir through a long line of inheritance. Even one pre maturely enjoying heir, or one generation of daughters and younger sons, may impose serious burdens on the patrimony ; how much more many , such. The fact is, that in the vast majority of in stances the members of the landed gentry command just as much money as is requisite for their own personal expenses, and no more. Then, if such advances are for the benefit of the estate, why not charge them upon the estate ? Be cause the estate is in most instances already charged to the full amount of its credit, so that capitalists would need some better security than a share, and that not the first share, in the right to the land on mortgage or the like. The difficulty would be surmounted, if the Govern meat were to advance the money under an extension of the Drainage Acts ; but there are two grave ob jections to such a course, without mentioning several others. In the first place, Government has not at its disposal the requisite funds ; and " to tax the country for the benefit of the landlords," would be counter to the whole course of public feeling at present, In the next place, if Government could command the requi site funds for the general reinforcement of agricul tural means throughout the country, £0 vast a money operation would inevitably open the door to enormous abases. Immense sums would go to the creditors of heirs, to ballet-dancers, and such pensioners, to young gentlemen who bear a veiled escutcheon with a bar sinister, and a variety of ultimate recipients quite different from farming stock or arable fields. Concurrently with the peculiar pressure of want of capital in the agricultural world just now, is an extraordinary pressure of redundant capital in the moneyed world ; insomuch that the undoubted " pro • sperity " of the commercial orders is checked by the competition of capital with capital. To open a gate by which the pent-up flood of gold could be poured upon the fields, would be relief to capitalists not less than to agriculturists ; only it is restrained by the dif ficulty which we have mentioned above. Thus far we have only been stating facts, and we believe that those who are severally expelienced and informed in the different positions to which our state ment refers will give us their testimony to its cor rectness. On a comparison of the want on the one side and of the redundancy on the other, the deside ratum is, some means of enabling the redundant capital to be employed upon the exigent land, with security for its being properly laid out and duly recoverable by those who advance; as it would be by Government under a measure like the Drainage Acts. Such are the fects : the conclusion which they indicate is, that if you could place the general body of capitalists, in this behalf, on the same footing with a Government pro. ceeding under a drainage Act, you would obtain all that is needed. Now this would be a much more simple process for rendering capital " cheap" than any Dieraelitish plan of national stockj ebbing, and much more effectual. The measure would be born of the facts. Practically it might be put into this shape. Let an Act of Parliament be passed, authoriz ing companies already existing, or formed for the purpose, to advance capital precisely on the terms of the Drainage Acts, by a similar machinery, with similar guarantees, and with a similar right of recovery Drainagec harg charge u Act, p(sn onlyth e land. that This prior would e every e o t a h n e r extendedcl claim of capital being drawn through the me d ium o f taxation or Exchequer loans, it would be obtained by im or placing the capitalists and the agriculturists in direct communication with each other, under the sanction, guarantee, and control of the imperial Government. LORD WHARNCLIFTE AND THE YORKSHIRE PROTECTIONISTS. (Prom the Yorkshirenuzn) We are favoured with a copy of the following able and admirable letter, written by Lord Wharncliffe, in answer to the requisition circulated by Mr. Thompson, of Moat Hall, preparatory to convening the proposed Protectionist meeting in the city of York. Seeing that his Lordship is a distinguished Conservative, and possessing the highest influence in this county, the document we copy underneath will fall like a bombshell in the ranks of the Protectionist combination. The letter requires no comment from us ; it is sufficiently forcible of itself : " Wortley, Sheffield, Dec. 31, 1849. " Sir,—l am directed to address to you my answer to a circular which I have had the honour to receive, conveying a requisition fur a meeting at York in order to consider the best means of obtaining from Parliament the enactment of a fixed duty on grain. " I regret that I can in no degree concur in that proposal ; and as I wish neither to appear indifferent on a question so important, nor disrespectful to the gentlemen whose names are attached to the circular, I take the liberty of adding a few words in explana tion of my reasons for dissent. " It is my firm opinion that there is nothing in the present prospects of agriculture to justify such an ap plication to Parliament. "There appear to me to be circumstances in the commercial history of the last few years, and in the actual condition of the markets, which, together with the effects of an ill defined and exaggerated alarm prevailing at this moment, are amply sufficient to support the conclusion that the extreme depression of agricultural prices at the present juncture is owing to temporary causes. " Be this, however, as it may, I cannot think that the remedy for such depression is to be sought in a revival of taxes upon the most necessary articles of human food. and of general consumption; more espe cially since it cannot be denied that, as consumers, the cultivators of the soil have larely shared in the benefits arising from the reduced prices of many of these commodities. " The proposed requisition contemplates such an enactment in a double point of view, as a measure of protection and a measure of finance. " So far as the question a is to be considered as that of a financial arrangement; it appears to me that this proposal is misplaced. It is the business of the Go• vernment to judge whether the exigencies of the state require any addition to its income by general taxation. If the Government sees no such necessity, for any class in the community to assert it is, to say the least, unusual. If there are indeed any taxes on articles of general consumption the removal of which would more than counterbalance, to the community at large, the renewal of taxes on grain, let them be distinctly pointed out. It is the duty of Government end of Parliament to remit these without any countervailing increase of taxation, if this be possible ; and it will be time enough when these particular duties are specified, and when we are quite sure that their re moval cannot be otherwise anticipated, for those who hold an opinion on the question to say how far they , think such remission could secure the proposed com pensation. "As a measure of protection—in which light it is clear that the proposal is mainly to be considered-4 am fully convinced that the corn duties cannot be restored, and that to expect it is mere delusion, than the propagtion of which nothing can be more per nicious to the true interests of any branch of industry. I can therefore take no part in any proceedings for such an object. " What the agriculture of this country really needs is a wider and more energetic application of capital and skill. To invite this should be the end and aim of every true friend to its prosperity. To accomplish it, the one thing requisite above all others is a reliance upon settled prospects, without which the hope is small of attracting either the one or the other. lam therefore firmly persuaded that no course can be so deeply prejudicial to the cause of domestic agriculture as that which tends to promote and continue agitation and uncertainty, for objects whose very nature is, to say the least of it, in the highest degree problematical. I request that you will lay this letter before Mr. Thompson, of Moat•hall, and the other gentlemen who have signed the circular of the 26. h of December at the earliest opportueity. " I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " WHAILNCLIFFE. "Mr. T. Richardson, Black Swan." __— We have great pleasure in being enabled to an nounce that amougst the earliest measures to be sub mi.ted to Parliament by the Governmen t in t h e ensuing session will be Bills to provide sin extension of the suffcsge both in England and Ireland. We are not in possession of the details, but we have re7.son to e h that the scope of the prop os ed measure will mcet the views of a large section of the really libcral Members. It is not improbable that a reform of such importance iil be tecommended in the Speech from the Throne. Weekly Chronicle. THE ROCHDALE SAVINGS' BANK. (From the Manchester Courier.) The investigation into the affairs of this bank has not yet been brought to a close ; and until thattakes place there will of course be no official inquiry before Mr. Tidd Pratt. It was thought that Mr. Ken worthy's inquiry would have been finished before now; and under that impression Mr. Tidd Pratt, in reply to a letter from Air . Richard Hunt, solicitor, lto - chlth?, who acts on behalf of many of the deposi :ors, writes as follows : 5, Bolton. street, Piccadilly, London, Dec. 28, 1849. " Sir,—l am in daily expectation of hearing that Mr. Kenworthy, the accountant, has closed his examination; and my present intention is to attend at the wings' bank at cc n o'clock en Tuesday, the Bth of January, and I would suggest that on that morning we should arrange so that the question as to the personal liability of the trustees and managers should be argued before me in the course of that week. I have written to Mr. Jackson to the same effect.—Yours faithfully, " J. TIDD PRATT. " To Richard Hunt, Esq., solicitor, Rochdale." Mr. P. L. Johnson, secretary of the friendly socie ties interested in the funds in the savings' bank, having written to Mr. Pratt, asking when it would be con venient for him to receive a deputation from those societies on the subject of the bank, received a reply, of which the following is a copy : " London, 28th December, 1849. " Sir,—l have written to Mr. Jackson (solicitor to the trustees) and Mr. Hunt, intimating that it is my inten tion to be at the savings' bank at Rochdale on Tuesday morning, the 8:h of January, and I have suggested that on that day it would be advisable to appoint a time during that week on which the question as to the per sonal liability of the trustees and managers should be argued before me; and perhaps the question respecting the friendly societies may stand over until I have decided that point, but this can be settled when I arrive at Roch dale.—Yours faithfully, _ _ _ " J. TIDD PRATT." Mr. Jackson, in reply to a letter sent to him, and which was similar to that addressed to Mr. Hunt, sent the following to Mr. Pratt:— " Rochdale, 31st Dec., 1849. " Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 28th inst. The accountant's inquiry will occupy some further time, and I can hold out no expectation of being prepared by the time you mention to go into the question of the liability of the trustees and managers, Isaules, the week in which the Bth of January falls is our first market week, and the time of holding our quarter sessions, and I shall be occupied every day in the following week with the sales of the late George Haworth's property. I should be glad to be furnished with the names of the depositors who had required an arbitration, and the dates of their applications, in order that I may be prepared to meet them.—l am, &c,, " ROBERT JACKSON. " To J. Tidd Pratt, Esq." On the following day, the Ist of January, Mr, Pratt writes to Mr. Hunt as follows : " London, Ist January, 1550. " Sir,—lt was my intention to have been at Rochdale on Tuesday next, but I have this day received a letter from Mr. Jackson (a (ivy of which I enclose), and in consequence thereof I must, for the present, postpone my intended journey. In the meantime, as Mr. Jack son requires to be furnished with the names of the depo sitors who have required an arbitration, and the dates of their application, I have, in order to save time and xpense, enclosed you the form of t...pplication which has been adopted on other similar occasions, and a copy of Well should be dated, signed, and forwarded to me by every depositor who requires the to adjudicate upon his claiw.—l am, sir, yours faithfully, " R. Hunt, Esq., R9cl.dale." ` JOHN TIDD PRATT. The following ia a copy of the form alluded to:— " Sir,—lnasm — uch as I am a depositor in the Rochdale Savings' Bank, and claim to be entitled to the SUM of 1, as deposited therein, which bank has stopped and refused payment thereof on the day of 1849, I request you will, in pursuance of the previsions of the statute in that case made and provided, a'ijudicatu upon such claim, and determine whether lam entitled to be paid my deposit out of the bank funds, if any such there be, or by the present or any other trustees and managers of th© said bank, personally, or any and which of them aro personally liable under the circumstances of the case.—Dated the day of , 1850. .4 —, Depositor. " To John Tidd Pratt, Esq, the barrister-at law appointed under the Acts relating to savings banks." A note, the contents of which were precisely similar to those of the one addressed to Mr. Hunt ~" THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. The general thaw which set in on Thursday pre vailed during Friday, but on Saturday moreing the mercury in the thermometer fell considerably, an d during the night was as low as 28—four degrees below freezing point. This sudden change in the weather caused the ice on the various ornamental waters in the royal parks, which during the preced ing days had partially broken up, to become again united. The ice, however, was far from being safe, that portion under the immediate surface being ex ceedingly rotten, and boards announcing that fact were put up along the several banks in the parks, which it was expected would have deterred any one from venturing upon the same. Such, however, will be seen from the official reports below was of no avail, and many thousand s amused themselves during yesterday upon the frozen waters, in spite of the cautions issued by the Royal Humane Society. The wind during yesterday varied from north north-east to due north, and at nine o'clock last night the glass was still falling, and from the quarter the wind was in there appeared every probability of the frost con tinuing for some time longer. At that period a heavy hoar frost was falling. Notwithstanding the extreme coldness of the day many thousands of spectators lined the different footpaths to witness the skating. The members of the Skating Club mustered in strong number during the day upon the Long Water in Kensington gardens. The ice here, although dan gerous was stronger than in the other parks, but in the Serpentine it was in a much worse condition, and several accidents occurred, one, unfortunately proving fatal. This occurred about half-past 12 o'clock on the Serpentine, in Hyde park, when a respectably-attired young man, who was skating on the south side, broke in, and became suddenly immersed in twelve feet water. Deputy-Superintendent Murphy, and Iceman Joseph Deae, immediately proceeded to his assistance with breaks, ladders, &c., but such was the unsound state of the ice, that it kept breaking away, and the men could not possibly reach the spot. Murphy him self also broke in while making the attempt, and it was with great difficulty that he extricated himself. At length the young man was got out, but not until he had been some minutes under water, and was evidently quite dead. It was, however, deemed neces sary to convey the body to the Royal Humane Society' receiving -house, where prompt attendance was given by Messrs. Sowyer, Christain, and Woolley (sur geons), who used the most unremitting exertions, with hot baths and usual restoratives, for upwards of an hour, but unfortunately without effect. The body of the deceased, that of a fine young man aged about twenty-four, and weighing nearly fourteen stone, was then removed to the parochial authorities to await the inquest, and also to be owned. From letters found in his pockets, and marks upon his apparel, his name is supposed to be Thomas Drayton. At the spot where deceased broke in, the ice was only one inch in thickness in consequence of its having been cleared a few days since to supply some ice -wells, but under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Williams every precaution had been male by the erection of a board marked "Dangerous," and poles were also placed around to keep persons off. In addition to this the deceased had, an hour previous to the accident, been warned by Murphy to keep clear of the place. NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE. MALTA, DEC. 24, 1849.—The only naval nevus we have of the slightest interest consists in a report which reached us by the Oberon on the 10th instant, from Cons'antinople ' to the effect that the fleet was about to leave the Dardanelles, or rather Besika-bay, for Malta, the Russo-Turkish differences being at an end. The news of the decease of her Majesty the Queen Dowager reached Malta by the Medina on the 14th inept. Orders were issued on the following day for motfrning, and the flags were hoisted half-mast on the Palace, the forts, the ships of war in port, public offices, and Consular flagstaffs, till the evening of the 21st, on which day minute guns were fired as follow : Fort St. Angelo, 60 guns ; her Majesty's ship Ceylon, 30; Prince Regent, 30; Thetis, 30; and Hercules store ship,ls. On the following day the flags were fully hoisted, but the mourning still continues. The India mails by Medina may be looked for to morrow. DEC. 23, 1849. DISTRIBUTION OF TIIE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey, Superintendent of Malta Dockyard, and second in command ; Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin ; Thetis frigate, 36, Captain H. Codrington en route to England ; Volage, 6, surveying ship, Captain Thomas Graves; Spitfire steamer (kid up), and Hercules, 12, store ship, Captain R. Fulton. At Gibraltar—The Janus steamer, Lieut. Powell. At Leghorn—The Porcupine steamer, Lieutenant E. F. Roberts. At Naples—The Locust, manned by the officers and crew of the Antelope. At Cephalonia--The Frolic, 16, Captain N. Van sittart, and Sharpshooter steam gun-vessel, Lieut.- Commander BAiley. At Cyprus—The Auxiliary, surveying-tender to Volage, Mate, J. IL Glover. At the Piraeus of Athens—The Racer, 12, Captain C. Beddoes. At Salonica—The Research, surveying-tender to Volage, Lieutenant Lord John Browne. At 13erika Bay—The Queen, 116, Captain C. Wise, bearing the flag of 'Vice-Admiral Sir W. Par ker, G.O 8., the Commander in , Chief ; Caledonia, 12 0, Captain T. W. Carter; Howe, 120., Captain Sir J. Stirling ; Bellerophon, 79, Captain R. L. Baynes ; Powerful; 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas ; Ven geance, 84, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood; Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain T. 0. Knox ; Bulldog, Com m.:nder Key ; Rosamond, Commander Foote ; and Ardent, Lieutenant Nowell, steam-sloops; Ganges, 84, Captain H. Smith ; Spiteful steam-corvette, Com mander J. Carmichael. ...... At Con3tantinople—The Olin, the non. F. Pel ham, end Dragon, Captain W. H. Heakl, steam-fri gates ; and Tartarus steam vessel, Comm ander Sir G. Webster. At Alexandria—The Growler steamer, Commander Stothtart. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smyth, repairing; Merlin, Lieutenant J. 11. Miner ; Oberon, Lieutenant Gardiner. _ _ _ En route from Malta to Marseilles—•:The 3iledus2, Li utenant Bathurst. En route from Malta to the lonian. Islands and Greece—• The Triton, Lieutenant Glinn- En route to Malta from Alexandria- 4 The Medina, Lieutenant A. Darby. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM 144 , 1171GAT10N COMPAN Y E S FLOTILLA. At Southampton— The Pasha, Queen, Tagus, Euxine, and Ilindostan. En route to Gibraltar and Soutb mpton from Malta—The Indus. En route from Southampton to 'Malta—The Ripon. En route from Constantinople and i3lack Sea to Malta—The Sultan. At Constantinople—The Erin. UNITED STATES SQUADRON.. At Naples—The Independence frio Lte, bearing the flag of Commodore Charles W. M organ ; Mis sissippi steam frigate, Captain Long; and frigate Cumberland. At Leghorn—The Constitution frig ate, Captain Conover. At Spezzia—The Jamestown corveae, Captain S. Mercer. En route from Gibraltar to Naples-- , .:The St. Law rence, Captain Paulding, and Erie slo.p. PORTSMOUTH, SosmAy.—The Terra de steam-fri gate, Captain Rope, arrived yesterda:y at 10 A.M. from Devonport to be docked, in c onsequence of having taken the ground on entering P lymouth. She will be taken into the Sidon dock to-i norrow. The expense of docking and undocking a .sh ip at this port is 501. per day. The Bangalore convict ship sailed ts t-clay at noon from Spithead for Moreton Bay, New South Wales. The Raleigh, 50, Commodore Sir 'Thomas Her bert, sailed from Rio for this port 01 t the 14th of November. The Des talus, 20, Captain G. W eresley, arrived at Rio from Plymouth on the 2d of N co ,ember. It is rumoured that the force of 3..t0yal Marines will be reduced 1,000 men in the new :financial year's navy estimates. Wind—N. by W. ; light airs, anstl thick hazy weather. PLYMOUTH JAN. 4.—Divers belongi ng to the ship were employed yesterday to examine' defects in her Majesty's steam-frigate Terrible, whic , h touched the ground on Wilderness Point on Weals esday last. It is reported that a considerable portie i of her false keel forward is carried away, and that ; some of her copper is rubbed off. She will probabil return to-day to Portsmouth. Her Majesty's steam frigate Strout boli, Captain Lord Amelius Beauclerk, came into th e Sound under canvass, on Thursday afternoon, from a cruise in the Channel to relieve wind-bound ships. Her Majesty's sloop Britomarta Commander Chamberlain, was paid off in Hainoav on Thursday. The schooner Active, Captain G Ord, came in last night; left Gijon, on the north CO4 st of Spain, on the Bth of December, called at Scilly - on Christm as • day, and at Salcombe on the 27th. The Active has brought passengers, several miners an d others, some time engaged on the works of the A sturian Mining Company, at Marias Valley, three al id a half leagues from Ovieda. A Spanish vessel, wit b thirty or forty pap,engers, men and their families, engaged in the same employ, entered the Thames al 'c ,ut a fortnight since. The Active landed two Mil ten and three forgemen at Salcombe, and has bi 'ought here two engineers, one moulder, two blast 1' arnacemen, five forgenien, pudd:ers, &c., with their f nilies. Some of these have been out three or four y( ts, others thir teen or fourteen months. The w' srks commenced upwards of six years since, when S ;l le Spanish Go vernment granted the Asturian Co alpany a decree. Many thousand pounds were expende; I before the mines were reached, about fifteen months si n ce. The passen gers by the Active state that abund la .nce of " mine" was to be found. At first the quant it yof phosphorus and arsenic which prevailed pre vi nted the iron from welding, but this difficulty has been entirely overcome, and the works are now in as condition to be turned to great advantage. The Illritish establish ment remaining at Marias Valley, i a December, con sisted of Mr. J. James, the mining agent, one minor; two engineers, one bricklayer, o moulder, one smelter, one refiner, one blast furnace keeper, and one labourer; besides these some 200 n 300 Spaniards were employed, but there was every - appearance of a speedy and total suspension of thew 0 rks. Wind, westerly, with rain. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, JAN. s.—Captain WI IlmmF. Martin (1824), of the Prince Regent, 9 2 , fiti appointed com modore of the second class, and to c 3mmand the ex perimental squadron ordered to as st .mble at Lisbon. The gallant officer's appointment is dated December 21, 1849. Master—Thomas Wallis (1816), to the Gladiator steam-frigate, at Devonport. Surgeon—John Gibson (1835), to superintend the Scindian hired freight-ship. Paymaster and Purser—George .A Lance (1844) to the Gladiator. Second Master—William W. Ri 4 Idle (1846), re. cently serving in the Spitfire, to t' p e Gladiator. Midshipman—Charles Hope Joh; 3 son, to the Ter rible steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Master's Assistant—William Gladiator. Clerks—William Holmes Turn et (1841), to the Agincourt, 72, depot ship o f or d ary, Devonport ; John Tompkins (1848) and C. Ji Goodyer, to the Gladiator. Naval Cadets—S. F. Shore, to 'the Phaeton, 50, at Sheerness ; Allen C. Adams, 1 :0 the Gladiator. Gunners—William H. Lewcocl c, to the Gladiator; David Hamm, to the Terrible. Boatswain—Edward Mann, to th, ) Gladiator. Carpenter—John Lee, to the I diator. Commodore William F. Marti; ('1849) was mid slipman of the - Akbar, serving in ;he Scheldt in 1815; and of the Alceste in Lord Am bet st's embassy to China, and wrecked in that ship. H. 3 was commander of the Fly in 1823, and rendered in .portant services to British interests at Callao vry lien senior officer at that place. 1,9 :Barrett, to the • \., ---- (..- . 4 11111111 . 4 1) 111 I g.tl c d ! ...-2' . '' ."....,,,,,,,- - --- • '- i',. 1 Ft: 3 1 ''' t44, 2, i i 4, +., /I , . 7-‘'' .L.2t,Zi4"-• .4 . ..-,,, 4 2 ' */ . / 1, t, ' l / 4 1 4 1V '. ....- [PRICE SD. on the Ist of January, having been sent to Mr, Johnson, the latter sends the following letter to Mr. Pratt [ROCHDALE RANK.] " Albion Inn, Rochdale, Jan. 4, 1850. Sir,—l am in receipt of yours of the tat inst. and its enclosures, which I will take au early opportunity of laying before the friendly societies haring funds in the savings' bank. As they will wish to be informed whe ther your investigation into the affairs of the bank will be considered a Government inquiry, or each individual applicant have to pay the fee fixed by the statute, where yea aro call( d upon to arbitrate between the trustees and the depositors, your early answer will much oblige yours most respectfully, " F. L. JOHNSON, Sec. to the Friendly Societies. " J. Tidd Pratt, Esq." We understand that the friendly societies intend addressing a strong memorial to the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the subject of their claim upon the bank. An adjourned meeting of depositors was held last Friday evening in the Public Hall, Bailie-street. On the assembling of the meeting Mr. Edward Taylor was called to the chair. The placard calling the meeting having been read, Mr. HUNT, solicitor, read his correspondence with Mr. Tidd Pratt, and stated that he had been at the savings bank that day, and bad learned that the claims upon the bank amounted to nearly 100,0001, that there was cash in Government security to the amount of 29,0001., and that in all probability Mr. Haworth's efidcts would realise 15,0001. more. Mr. LUKE SCOTT theta moved, and Mr. Jour IToymi seconded—" That there be a committee of five appointed on behalf of the depositors to seek an interview with the trustees and managers of the bank, with full power to take such measures (not legal) for ascertaining the state of the funds of the bank, and the position of the depositors, as they may think proper, and to report to the lepositors at a future meeting, and that Mr. Edward Taylor, Mr. T. Livescy, Mr. John Ashworth, Mr. James 111ellor, and Ilcnry Armitage form the committee." The meeting was then adjourned, it being left to the committee to call another meeting of the depositors when they thought it would be rtquisite. CONTECRATION OF THE NEW GREEK CHURCH Yesterday the first building erected in London, or in. deed in England, in connexion with the Greek Church we: consecrated with unusual ceremony. The edifice, which has been recently erected, is situate in London wall, erini:e to All Hallow church, and is designed for the accommodation of the families of the Greek merchants resident in London, numbering between 200 and 300 persons, almost all of whom were present at yesterday's ceremony. The church, which presents a remarkably handsome exterior, is internally in the 13)zantine style of archit eture. The exterior is a sort of composite style, the Corinthian and Byzantine pre dominating. Hitherto the na..mbers of the Greek Church have assembled for the performance of their re ligious services at No. 9, Finsbury-circus, the back drawing-room containing the altar, and the front being set apart for the congregation. Tho officiating priest was the Rev. M. Morphinos, who, after the altar ser vice and the act of consecration, ascended the pulpit and delivered an animated and impressive sermon in the modern Greek langauge. He remarked that the day selected for the consecration of their new temple was peculiarly appropriate, inasmuch as it was the day on which they were called upon by their Church to com memorate the birth of the Saviour of the world. The Greek Church had not adopted the now style, so that it was twelve days later in its observance of Christmas-day than any other Church. The edifice has been erected at a cost of nearly 10,0001. On the front there is an in scription in the Greek language, which sets forth that the church was erected in the reign of Queen Victoria, in the midst of the Great British nation, to the honour of God the Saviour, and in the veneration of the custom of their fathers. The interior is richly ornamented, and in general appearance is not unlike the chapels of the Roman Catholic body. It is intended that there shall be one service every Sunday, commencing at eleven o'clock. h at the THE PROTECTIONISTS.—Who, of the old Play going world, does not remember and laugh at remembrance of Liston's Apollo Belvi, o t Murder, attired as a mourner, preposterous liuilio defunct was de cease, and explaining that lamentedthebio s h t h,eh withad atrlluehisLliisfetobneieann hat-band, scarf, and weepers, with most his own very sulpet. car ried off by . s udd T en h d e ea r t r h o , i , Ivi throughout the country, and with every appearance of unimpaired vitality, t t e o etTnni , pro f,ice, are playing Apoll pro claim that they are dead and gone. But the farce is a very old one, has been repeated to weariness, and we cannot call to mind the time when agriculture was not perishing. so subject has it ever been to the chronic com plaint of Listen's character, sudden death. For so it is that agi icuhural man never is, but always to be, ruined. He has been poisoned as often as Dickens's Mantilini, and is no whit the worse, or nearer his end, after all. What is it that makes rural calamity of so long a life ? How is it that it is ever sieking, and never gets to the bottom? When are we to come to the promised wilderness ? When is the plough to be deposited in the British Museum as a curiosity belonging to a past and destro)ed world ? HOW much longer are sowing and reaping to go on, just as if farmer s t h oug ht o f se lli ng an d li v i n g by something ditivrent from a loss r—Examinen TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The ob:ervations which have recently ap peared in the newspapers relative to the proposed lines of steam communication with the Brazils and with Australia, and in which the comparative merits of the screw and paddle-wheel have been more than once alluded to, have induced me to rcqueA your attention to the following statement of the results of the work ing of five screw-steamers belonging to the General Screw Steam Shipping Company, for the year 1849. They have made altogether 170 voyages outwards and homewards, with cargoes, and have made good a dis tance, from port to port, of 110.849 knots, at an average speed of' Bto 81 knots per hour. Only one casualty has happened to any of the company's vessels during the year; the incident here referred to oc curred in the Thames. I beg also to band you a report of one voyage of the new screw. steamers Bosphorus and Hellespont, to and from Constantinople, showing a inPan of 7.91 knots. These ships have been laden with 360 tons of merchandise, besides 120 tons of coals. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES LAMING, Managing Director. General Screw Steam Shipping Company, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, Jan. 1. The following statement will show the actual working of the screw as a propelling power in the vessels of this company, from January Ist to Decem ber 31st, 1849: City of Rotterdam. 272 tons. 30-horse power. To Rotterdam ... ... ... 20 voyages To Dunkirk ... . • ... 19 „ To Bayonne ... ... ... 1 „ To Middleburg ... ... . . 2 „ Total ... 42 voyages-15,450 miles. Average speed, 8 knots. City of London. 272 tons. 30-horse power. Rotterdam ... 8 voyages Dunkirk ... ... 34 „ Harlingen ... 1 „ Middleburg... 1 „ To To To To Total ... 44 voyages-13,327 miles. Average speed, 8 knots. Lord John Russell. 320 tons. 40 horse power. To Harlingen ... ... 49 voyages To Middleburg ... ... 1 Total ... 50 voyages-25,379 miles. Average speed, 8i knots. Sir Robert Peel. 320 tons. 40-horse power. Liverpool to Constantinople 3 voyages London to Liverpool ... 2 „ To Roche Bernard (Biscay) 1 9 I To Rotterdam ... ... ... 18 „ Total ... 24 voyages-2SX6 miles. Average speed, 8k knots. Earl of Auckland. 4,41M0n5. 60-horse power. To Oporto ... 1 voyages London to Liverpool... ... 3 „ Liverpool to Constantinople 4 „ To Rotterdam ... 1 „ To Dunkirk (out) ... 1 „ Total ... 10 voyages-28,487 miles. Total 110,849 miles. Performance of the new screw-steamers Bosphorus and Hellespont on their first voyages from Liverpool to Constantinople, 1849 : Bosphorus. 536 tens. 80• horse power. Sailed from Liverpool Sept. 15th. Time on passage, 16 days 151 hours. Average speed ..• ••• Sailed from Constantinople Oct. 10h. Time on passage, 15 days 111 hours. Average speed Hellespont. 536 tons. 80-horse power. Sailed from Liverpool Oct. 15th. Time on passage, 16 days 20 hours 25 min. Average speed Sailed from Smyrna Nov. 14th. Time on passage, 18 days 6 hours 30 min. Average speed ... 8.02 knots. 8.50 kcoti. 7.93 knots. 7.20 knots. 4 ) 31.65 Average speed of four passages 7.91 knots. Speed at trial of Bosphorus. The measured mile in Long Reach, 9.68 knots. Speed at trial of Hellespont. The measured mile in Long Reach, 9.65 knots. COUNTRY QUARTEIM, A NOVEL, BY TUB COUN. TESS OF BLESSINGTON. With a Memoir by her Ni( ce, Miss Power.—" This is a tale of light hearted Irish girls and light-heeled red-coats; which latter, in place loving and riding away,' for the most part stop and ' propose; greatly to the profit and delight of the little town where the scene is laid. Rich gifts and com fortable entertainments make its pages glad; and, allow ing for the selfishness of one or two hardened women of cpality, and for a little meszeroom frivolity, we do not often encounter so shining a display of the beauties, t h e virtues, and the luxuries which brighten and smooth this it con cludes. vale e Power's gracefultears: ' Country and affectionate Q uarter u h d e ss. tale itself is biographical ce.adl b y M iss T ALARMING OCCURRENCE AT THE ROTUNDA, s lf fu is ll ' o l f u ln a / of fi re was raised in the Rotunda, Blackfriars-road, BLACKFRIARS-ROAD.—Lute on Saturday night an alarm itdoenat.hy"—cfAtthheenBceerluente. which whilst the amuse ments were g oin g on, w hich had well nigh boon thedwas w ith beingmos most house te d e disastrous results to many o f the persons p resent. Whilst the pantomime in oae part ersented, and Middle ton's wax-work exhibition was op en i n ano th er , an d eac h pl a ce filled with peopl e , an a l arm of " Fire, f i re, " ran of e ea tn through the building. In an instant the dense mass of persons present left their seats and rushed to the doors in order to gain the street. The passages not being sufficiently wide to allow so great a number to pass, caused the greatest confusion to prevail, and several persons were forced down, and a few trodden upon. A boy was picked up who had been knocked down by the crowd, at the entrance to the premises, and conveyed to the surgery of Mr. Rose, at the corner of Stamford-street. lie was then perfectly insensible, and it was at first feared that he bad been fatally injured. lie however soon recovered, and was able to be removed to his own residence. Two other boys were knocked down, and although much hurt, were enabled to walk home. The engines of the West of England and London Brigade, from the Waterloo road stations, quickly attended, but their services were not required. Respecting the cause of the accident two versions are given—one is, that some blue fire used for lighting up one of the scenes set the gauze curtains in flames; and the other that some wax, whilst being melted, caught fire, and being seen burning in the pro perty-room behind the stage caused the confusion. Happily, no life was sacrificed, although several persons had narrsm escapes. Count Sehitnmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister has lift town for the Continent. i