The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-27 00:00:00

C ONTRACT for BLACK IRONMONGERY. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, September 26, 1850. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give r ue tee, that on TUESDAY, the 29th October n e x t, at One o'clock, ~Y will be ready to treat with such Persons as ma y be willin g to Contract for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with BLACK IRONMONGERY, Under a contract for twelve months certain, and afterwards until the eapirat, on of six months' warning. Patterns of the Articles may be seen at her Majesty's Dockyard at "ePtford, and the Conditions of the Contract , a S chedule of the Ar ticles, and a Form of the Tender may be obtained at the said Office. Ao Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, rr any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, uat7 authorised in writing. every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, "d bear in the left-han i corner the words " Tender for Black Iron ongery," and must also be delivered at Somerset• place, accom !anted by a letter signed by tw responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 2,0001. for tha due performance of the Contract. GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway NINEPENCE to or from London and Gravesend. Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwall. Fore Cabin •••• •• • 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d. Intermediate Piers •• • • .... 6d. I to other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and PurSeet Piers. 'Jae Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. :K DA' ftoahr ville. Greeß-I hithe. Par ,fleet SUNDAYS , 'I Grays Tim e I Grays rime Roshr- 1 via 14 reen- E'ar hithe. fleet ......,. t *7 734 N ?tract Trains from the Boats marked t m ranibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London " c r . " quarter of as hour. intou BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival cf the Trains from the Fencharch-street Station. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. Tale. Green.! Iltoshr. purjGreen- ar .,. Reshr• fleet hlthe. Gra Y s ville. m fleet hithe. vale. g 10 10 IS •-•• • 11 9 4 2 - I % l'l 3% sP4 - 6% i 61.‘ I 14 1 : 44821 8es marked * are run direct, Us to step at Piers or for floats. 40A.T TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 4/. ,6 Mont M r. Monk, 11. 155.; to be had of the ' e ta or Terrace Pier, Gra' 6ePtember 1 2, 1850. A Packets not being per- '. 4s. ; SIX Months, 21. 15s. ; e Collectors on board the tvesend. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER p n MEETING. Il eave Bishopsgate Station at 8 30 A., due at Newmarket about ~ tftcl will return fr Nket V'F.CIAL TRAIN om will ewmar leave Newmarke m t for London on the T l],„ , i Y . of the Meeting o hour after the last race. ng the Meeting Ilo ne Nes will be conveyed by the 11 30 A.M. tit" rZ fr om London, in addition to the ether Tra ins specified in the e Table. tASTE RN COUNTIES RAILWAY. o ks ,, _EXCURSION TO CAMBRIDGE AND BACK. Il etop e ,D ty, the 29th September, and on each Sun da y during 4 .k `, a SPECIAL Tit -UN will leay,e4Bshopsgate Station at 8 15 'tad return at 8 P.M. Fares to Cambridge and Back. First Class . Bs. • • • • Second Class 6s Third Class 4s By order, CP. RONEY, Secre tar y . 1141,„ ate Station, September 14, 185 . 0. "M ......._ LAST TRIP THIS SSON. AT EA A RCUS' EXCURSION TRAIN to EDIN "4Ve BURGH and GLASGOW and BACK, for 378. 6d., will chett-tiston Station on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days. ‘ /1. 41) 8 1) Excursion from London to Dublin and Back, via Holyhead, uElle 4 . :, nday, October 7, offering a choice 01 , 5 or 12-days. 'Ond„e. Excursion to Liverpool or Manchester and. Back, for 215., on n _ch e - a -Y.:,!2ctobe r 7, oflering a choice of 5 or 12 days. Ic.b,„*'.. , ';xcursion to Bangor or Conway and Back, on Monday, h eh ea ; s t: s for 265. 6d. , offering a choice of sor 12 days. 'lob".".,Lxcursion to Chester or Shrewsbury and Back, on Monday, ,Ch ea 7 % for 205., offering a choice of 5 or 12 days. 'nel o „.l ) _,Excursion from London to Birmingham and sack, for 125. ,ehe:'n carriages), on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days. gliti,VExcursion from London to Carlisle and Back, for 345. 6d. ; I1, 14,; 1 ,1!nd Back, 345. 6d. ; Windera ere and Back, 325. ; Ken ,s, 'sack, 30, ; Lancaster and Back, 2-is.; Preston and Buck, 'lt aeii; Huddersfield and Back, 255.; on Monday, October 7, offer- Olek,„ °l ce of 5 or 12 days, from Euston Station, Euston-square. &ob tn " ,, bills, and every information for the above Excursions, may 7Thy;r e d of Mr. Henry R. Marcus, Manager and Conductor, 41 i - chambers, 25, Bishopsgate-street Within. - I P t 0 4 1 11 , PLUMBERS.—DIRECTIONS for Wc e , ..RING JOINTS in GLITTA. PERCH A., ca attaching to Me- TTA: w ith Lists of Prices, may be had on applition to the 'ottq • PI%RCIIA COMPANY, Patentees, 18, Wharf-road, City- NI)111'1tIE'S PATENT GAS BATH. f Y the use of the above, a hot bath can be obtained in six this or less than twopence. Every family should provide itself ti7t 41 28 o f I ,nvaluable requisite, its limited cost placing it within the it, t 4 2 l , and its simplicity within the management of a child. 4Z4.4 i IECONOMIC GA.. COOKING STOVES are adapted for forst7 l llents, large or small, and nePd only be seen to be appre ceir cleanliness and economy, entirely dispensing with all ;1 3 . seen daily in operation (Saturday excepted) at 224 Re 't • and. also in action, DEFRIE'S DRY GAS METER : 416 . -- li.B..The apparatus can be applied for all heating LE A APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROV ED. . and PERRINS' WORCESTERSH IRE 1 / 44 Tto CE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, h t b 3r it.. as t Meat rd Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, a invigorating properties enables the stoma ch to tb ne d„,; (l gest the food. dt,.7"3" use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is th e best safe -4t.4 health. by _ t he Proprietors, Lea and Perrin', 6, Vere - str eet, Oxford -4e143, "don, an 4 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. li 4 ke re Vd Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilm e n :e• a nts, Landon ; and generally by the principal dealers 113 PERx q.R. guare against imitations see that the names of " LEA 1 are upon the label a ' ad patent cap of the bottle. LIST tsi , POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. k0c,4,1,4 ° in London of the ALI'INE SINGERS from 41 1 4 1 k e „" 1 perform several of:their National Melodies, at Four, t tetrydifnings (except Saturday) at Half-past Eight.—Lecture Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner, daily at Two, and Itij,rer t„ n gs at a Quarter-past Nine.—Lecture on Che mistr y by J. g 44 Red illustrating the Ancient Firey Ordeal and t he Ilan I -143, ibg , at 'int Metals, daily at a Quarter -past Three, and in the 1 )4 4 W o ,L i ght• —Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Rail- Even„ e'r "ailY —Ne Series of Dissolving Views illustrating eti t er c s n' at on a d Q ers u • ar A c e f r w ls t ` o a L t T ur n e,. asterifelsalfe-xpast Four and in 4 13 It Pgions and Ceylone,Whiting Scenes in , C., &c. at One e'clock.—Diver and Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. ARGy o LL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great 81 ^aepe r _ ve Windmill-street, e S n t. , James's. )17q Evening with Lau tsce eb a A s :: 4l Cprnet-a-piston, Mons. BOULCOURT, and from unrivalled Paris, ; ache to Mr. Strauss's Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, le: lll o h serib ers are respectfully informed that Mr. Lau re e nt, tteUen 1 1 ,7 Lessee to the above Rooms, begs to an ounce h is 1n- It o , l :Y'ug to the Honourable Magistrates for a Lic ence to des °m,, "' 8 , and, if granted, he will g i ve CONCERTS of a veryi in conjunction with his Dancing Academy. r solicits the patronage of the subscribers and n t ot r iil i i o ty r I : l o 4,,, a _bati4„andertakin g , pledging hilt - Bell strenuously to ea _ rt h.biment, and hopes to deserve a continuance of that liberal h„Te "L . est a T t „bas hitherto been bestowed on this distinguished and *,, C3 or e -- alltnent isk",,,N o ng', l l b " . :criptio ' n:—S.x` months, Si. 55.; one month, 11.1 s.; t 4 e n 4 -- nalf-past Eight, Dancing commences at Nine pro s at Nast past Eleven. 4 ORNE GARDENS, On the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea. Open Daily at Three o'clock. 01% 1 ONE SHILLING ADMISSION. ' 4 4 l aYs Children, Half-price. Ot r i t ta llet4 tt enalf - past Four. No charge for admission except by .1 4. 0 'tor, ,arti— Sixpence. Children under Six years of age free. T . B. Simpson, Albion, Great Russell-street, Co- Hs 44 tt leh i oh t o THIS DAY, September 27, p,s _tl o e usual Entertainments, a perfect repetition and re )tee A?' t he Old h Sports performed . before her Majesty sal in celebration B Prinoelfr o e f a th a e t a o n s n b i o v n er ie sa , anniversary of the Birthday August 6. No ad- Eta ' 4 ha gt , fa r admission. The ' Sports Will commence at Four vh e .ni oeisttlelude with a Morris Dance on the Platform by the Rllrt4lli h newhile ' lernen of Herr Deulin's powerful Ballet Company. s uccess of Denlin's new Fairy Ballet, " The Origin of lt,inclNTew Groupings from the Antique. Dancing to e ll n uk e her Fhb" Instrumentalists. Madame Antonio •n - 5,, - _,s or Chevalier Ascent and Descent on the Rope amid , "evaller Mortram's gorgeous Fireworks. ChattawaY s kIN as. Band. 11 IE LATE LIEUTENANT GALE. t t 7 l , t;rnnre`lne,lors take thi s early opportunity of intimating that t his to,ket , t ; he R „ t, With a ll its attractive resources, is placed, for one tqh—,:, f lee of th e Wi dow and Eight Children ' of the late Lieu oA aeronaut, whose disastrous and lamented fate is re hetti the public journals. Due notice of the Benefit will be 141164"ei pre ca- operation of friends is earnestly solicited. Grand Chinese Fete. re, it Zte h '', l ' for the future, the usual entertainments will be pre eel, ~?z r t he Bal al Fresco, and the usual charge for adrins ylkbe IS. Ejte1, 8 0 444 t'PAULESE ARCHERY GROUND. k, t 4 -'4r3 ~:eßntletnen can here enjoy the health-promoting elegant rive tul shroaceful bow, with the advantage of proper instruc feet str,' 6 1, per ° u _;. ll g three dozen arrows before Five o'clock, r l !. • ozen Matches for Dinner, Wine, and a rize nret ie ,, open. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be bad of Mr. Q r lita gie 1.1 Manufactory, 164, Bishopsgate-street. i t llkZtr il t tAs of C‘aveThe Shooting (gallery lito 41 V+ th e 0/Zures illustrative of his Works—Summer and —Burns's Cottage, ke t hith i c ies A-etic i,L_ , Cr iritle Regions—The Maze —Statuary of the finest h b i h—The American Giant—The Log Hut of the Ca kil ger a — Anclent and Modern Groupings, by •ecni, 11 4 • .ect Duffel, 4 e ve • ed, t h t , re 01 1 Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticket, ?, r asen t . hese delightful . such high perfection hi e`alll - ' i ncl . /lent t, it e s h ade Iris tors to London should not omit a Sg,„ of the lofty trees and amongst the variegated b s 4h.te - u . , liehilt.,,,Cretnorne. Everything has been done to render ' l l4, ,. 'Stt ehtt 'flace of amusement worthy the most extensive 'c g, • oli anf dncossench in London is particularly requested to , lt. "'g Saloon of thi s es t a bli s h men t i s open f re e to the iwe m I,er / 7rnrn th kbT - ' 4 1)1 a ° S ycamore, the Largest Tree in the World, 11 0 " 11 riade ' ht i_a e 8 renio2 .-. l idays at Six o'clock—Half-a-Crown. ean be reached by road or river for 3d. ttersea-bridge every Night after the Fireworks. vkl 4 .)/. , rv b ß, 13A CE, GRAVEL. UNFIAGO, DEBILITY, 41so r"; 4(i r ST ION, STRICTURE, Tj &c., &c. - ' IO OS'S COMPOUND RENAL 11N„ 4 44,sas e , _„a certain Cure for the above dangerous complaints, 144,4%41,41g fr e es he Kidneys and Urinary Organs generally, whe dl4,4l4.*nd in nriPrudence or otherwise , which, if neglected, ti t t Sti:No73 , a ct stone In the bladder, and lingering death. By Zq.,Darlfy on acidity of the stomach, they correct bile and 14414;4""nuttrorind promote the renal secretions, thereby pre q. ob ' t l. or °f stone, and establishing for life the healthy ; 4 (1 . 11 1 .,ned thro ga g n : . 2. 9d., -4 ,4 tee, „q• per boa 7 all medicine venders, at Is. 134 d., receiptl or, should any difficulty occur, they will i;,13..n ef t ij oihn _he Price in postage stamp 3, by Dr. De mace,3. fro ''''" 4ll ll, London. ..74.„...5n 1 0 till 1, and 4 till 8, Sunday INECePted• Piu3gervua ImitAtictuk! TII F: BLOOD. Our bodies have been entirely formed, arc now forming, and will con tinue to be bult up during life from the Blood ; this being the case, the grand object is to keep this precious fluid (the blood) in a pure and healthy state, for without this purity, disease will show itself In some way or the other. pR'S LIFE PILLS. It is universally admitted that this fine Medicine will purify the Blood better than any other, and WILL CONQUER any Disease. None are genuine, unless the words " PARR'S LIFE PILLS" are in White Letters on a Red Ground on the Government Stamp, pasted round eachx ; also handil of the signature of the P r oprietors, "T. ROBERTS Ce., Crane cOurt, Fleet-street, London," on the Directions. Sold in boxes at Is. I}4d„ 2s. 9d., and family packets at Ile. each, by all respectable Medicine-venders. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Ekgravin7s on Steel. ON AC PIP SICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct irons the Establishment , 3s. 6d. in p ostage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical W ork on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster - row ; llannay, 63, and Sanger. 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PAR T 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from intection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engt avings. Pear IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Sec., lls. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of Infect ls ion, secondary sym pt o ms, eruptions, and the ab use of mercury, 1 . and . per bottle. terry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s • 9d., 4s. 6 and and 1 Is. per box, a certain rem ed y for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, U. A minute detail o f the case is required: age, habits, and posi tion in society. 11. rackets, with advice, to be had at the Feta blishment only by which the fee, 11., is saved. biessre. F rrye, Burgeons, are in stiendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford- Ore et , London. from Eleven till Two and rive to Eight ; on Sun day. from Eleven to One. DR. C ULVER WELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; CarvaLho; 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author, price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." Corrirrs:—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening., at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. 11. FRAGMENTS FROM THE oI I MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. V. A VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. rCES OF Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; 111. DUBLIN, Soc. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three score years and ten our course may ran." A popular review of almost every forni (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu- I Won of every-day life. D;;', () ° - /- - , • .."4• , o At ) 1 \ 4 -4111111 4 • , - • ;•1- - ;v. • \- f I „ /„. 1, I yS I rff 46 7 c , ' 4 . Dr , z - a V ' I • ••• it ' , • t It k - 4 1 1- • , * • [PRICE SD. `2~ e- admitted, provided for, and remedied. The greatest defect of a representative system, perhaps, is, that the class most powerful in the representation of a country will always be the most lightly taxed. This may be taken as an axiom, or a rule. Nor need we go on to indulge in denunciation of an aristocracy for Ringing off its burdens. Let us take it for granted, . that each class will consult its interest and follow its _ nature. Give each ascendancy, and each will convert its political ascendancy into fiscal exemption. Our own history speaks plain enough to this truth. There was no statesman who began public life with fairer ' or more honest intentions than Pitt, none who was more fully prepared to equalise taxation. And if one of his first proposals, indeed of his first crotchets, was Parliamentary reform, it was that be saw plainly that reform in inequality of taxation was im possible, till it was preceded by electoral emancipa tion. Defeated i n h i s views of reform, Pitt was hurried by the aristocratic passion of the age into war, and the war rendered him dependent on the classes whose passion supported him. Hence his annual increase of the duties on consumption, and his mortgaging of these revenues to the interests of an increasing debt, while the land and malt-tax he was obliged to reserve as subject to annual vote. To get money out of th e l an d e d i nterest he was compelle dto have recourse to tricks, of which the most egregious specimen on record was certainly that fur the redemp tion of the land-tax, as if any Government could have held the right or entertained the hope of alienatin g the country's fiscal claims upon its landed property. From that plunge he floundered on to the still greater one of the income-tax, the nature of which, and its effects on the landed interest, are forcibly and pithily described by Dr. Beeke : " I am convinced (says Dr. Beeke in 1799) the landed and agricultural incomes had to pay aisessed taxes in a triplical proportion to cnoniei and trading incomes. But now by the income-tax the towns wilt pay more than last year in very nearly a triplical proportion, while the country ccarcely pays as much as it did by the for mer assessment." And yet with what tenderness and precaution did Pitt endeavour to render the income-tax palatable to the earner. He exempted all incomes paid on poli cies of insurance from the operation of the tax. He granted exemption for children whilst in a dependent state, and established a gra d uate d scale of payment for incomes between 601. and 2001. The man pos sessed of but 601. a year paid but 2d. in the pound, or 1-120th part of his income; the man of 1001. a year 6d. in tbe pound, or 1-40th, and so on until 2001. a year was taxed at 1-10th, or 2s. in the pound, which was the maximum. Thus the graduated scale had at least no radical origin. In all cases, however, then as now, the weight of taxation fell on the middle class, who not only, as employers, paid the greater part of the duties on consumption, but whose direct tax was infinitely more onerous to them than their proportion to the rich. We forget who wrote a book to prove that the most distressed people were those of from 2001. to 4001. a year—people always with families, generally liable to the expenses of gentility, obliged to be served by others, to keep up appearances, struggling to im prove their incomes, risking and losing what they had. A Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, can not enter into such considerations as these. Capa bilities of paying taxes must be to him in proportion to income, and ought to be in proportion to the nature and durability of that income. The classification of different kinds of income is, however, no easy pro blem To capitalise them, estimating them at their several years' purchase, is that most generally pre ferred. And certainly it were a fair proposition for income that was transferable and appreciable, but we must confess we doubt its applicability to the profits of either profession or trade. From the man en gaged in a business where there is little mystery and - large competition, and where the profits are but a little more than the current rate of interest on the money employed ; from this case to that of the apo thecary, whose capital is trifling, and whose skill is everything, there exists a regular chain of gradation through which to distinguish that part of income which is profit on capital, and that which is wages for skilled labour, would be impossible. Twenty thousand pounds in the hands of skilful and experi enced merchants is better than a million in the hands of a fool, but how appreciate the difference of their brain-pans? One man can drive a thriving trade upon no capital, whilst another manages a humble one with herd coin. Skill in the one com pensates for property in the other. But this is durable, that perishing. How could capitalisation reach all these mint& ce? Yet, in order to be perfect it ought to go:further—to take into consideration men's ages, fading health, offspring. Better to establish some simple rule, as that the income derived from the use of capital should pay so much; tbe income derived from personal exertion or skill, so much in proportion less. In land and trade, income replaces capital be fore it is considered profit. In professional income all is considered profit, and none set apart as replace ing capital, as certainly ought to be the case. A man's professional gains are analagous to all the re ceipts of the trader, and to all the receipts of land. He ought to replace capital for himself and his children in economy, in their education, in insurance, and [ these should be exempt, as Air. Pitt's Bill in some cases did consider them. This would be a fairer ground than capitalisation, or than a lesser rate on what was call,,d profits in both cases, while the net profit was only taxed in the one case, the gross returns in the other. There ought, therefore, to be a classification of incomes, according as labour, skill, and capital produce them, unskilled and manual labour paying nothing, skill paying something, and in the higher rates of each a fair proportion, but by no means equal to that paid by the profits of capital, regularly replacing itself independent of the income, now alone rated to the tax. But it may be as well to warn the public that no Minister will do this, un less the voice of the earning and industrious class be united, loud, and strong. Statesmen will exempt mere labour. To keep the wealthy and high born in power by contenting and alleviating the lower and working classes, is the great modern dodge, invented for the safer and surer oppression and spoliation of the middle classes. If these remain dumb they will be bitted, if they remain isolated they will be made to pay for the rest of the community. Nor will they get always men even of their own rank either to pity or to aid them. TRAGICAL EVENT. YORK, THURSDAY. —T wo events of a painful and tragical nature have occurred in this city, viz , the suicide of one female, and the supposed death, by her own act, of :another. The first victim was a woman about forty years of age, named Burton, who, along with her husband, kept a lodging and coffee-house for the accommoda tion of railway passengers, opposite the station in Tanner-row. She has had a family of two or three children, and she and her partner have lived very comfortably together, but for the last three-quarters of a year she has been afflicted with an internal com plaint. For this she had been at Buxton, and it was thought that her health had much improved. No thing peculiar was observed in her conduct on Tues day, but she attended her domestic duties as usual ss well as her strength would allow. In the eve ning she went upstairs, and some time afterwards the door of her room was di s covered to be fastened. A ladder was obtained, by which the room was entered and the door unfastened, and on the husband going into the room with a candle a dreadful spectacle presented itself. His wife was hi I extended on the bed with two fearful gashes in her throat, and life quite extinct. There was a raz )r and a pool of blood on the floor, and a portion of- the blood hid trickled through the flooring into the room below. Mr. Key worth, surgeon, was sent for, but of course too late to render the female any assistance. An inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Wood, the coroner, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased had cut her throat whilst labouring under temporary insanity. The second inquest was held the same day on the body of a young female named Smith, who had drowned herself. This event happened on the same night. The deceased had been labouring for some time under a depression of spirits, and had complained that she could not appear in as decent clothes as any other person. She had declared she would drown herself. She was beard to fall into the Ouse by some person near, and immediately to utter the exclama tion, "Oh dear !" An alarm was raised, but no assistance could be rendered, and she sunk. There was no positive evidence as to how she got into the water, and therefore a verdict of " Found drowned" was recorded. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SarT. 26. STomc ExcHAEGE.--The share market was firm to-day, and prices remain without any material deviation, the only transaction reported being—Midland, 41. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was firm to-day at the quotations. Midland and Dover shares commanded considerable inquiry. The transactions were as follow:-- Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 47 3 4—Ditto, Fifths, 8% dis.—London and North-Western, 114t/ 2 —Ditto, New Quarters, 2 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 2 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 18 1 4 Midlaud, 42 Ditto, Halves, 22 % dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( B), 2 13-1(i —South-Eastern and Dover, 20 1 4—Ditto, (No. 4). Regis tered, 6 3 1.,—Y0rk and North Midland, 20 4—Dutch Rhenish, 5 dip.— Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 2 . : . % p.—Newca s tl e and Carlisle, 8314—N or th B r i t i s h , 6%--North Union (B.), 166 3 / 4 —Shrewsbury and Chester (Oswestry and Chester), 64—Ditto, Preference, guaranteed P per Cent., 12N. MANCHESTER, Snpr. 26. Srocz E SERA/TOL—The market was pretty active to-day, and prices were firm. The transactions were as follow: East Lancashire, 10—Great Northern, 12 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 471—' itto, Fifths, 8 c. dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2 p.—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2 c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, lB—Ditto, Quarters ( No. 1), 8 t —Scottish Central, 12:4—Shropshire Union 33 die.—South-Eastern and Dover, 20—Ditto Consol. (No. 4), 6% c. • YORK, SEPT. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Great Northern, 11%—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 168—Ditto (CT. N. E. Purchase), 4. N°. 18,100.] LONDON, FRIDAY :7 VENING SUN, SEPTEMBER 27, 1850. CORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. This Hotel, situated in the Immediate vicinity of the Exchange, Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up in first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as well as English strangers. will be found everything that is desirable, while the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate Cook. The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be found second to none in the kingdom. N.B. The charges for servants arc included in the Bill (except those who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid, and it .is respectfully intimated that all further payment is unne cessary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. 8, Watorloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, i;eorge-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-Place, Glasgow; 4. coltege•green, Dublin. LONDON BOARD. CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Chairman. CHARLES DOW ES, Esq., Dep cy Chairman. H. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq. E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. F. Chas. Maitland. Esq. Charles B. Curtis, En. William Railton, Esq. William Fairlie, Esq. F. IL Thomson. Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st December, 1847, is as follows: Sum Sum added to Sam added to Sum payable Issured. Time Assured. Policy inlB4l Policyin 1848 at Death. -, £5OOO 13 years 10 mths i £638 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 • 5000 1 year .. .• 112 10 0 5112 10 0 1000- 12 years•• 100 00 157 10 0 1257 10 0 1000 7 years .. .. 157 10 0 1157 10 0 1000 j 1 year •• •• 22 10 0 1022 10 0 500 12 years 50 00 78 15 0 628-15 0 500 4 years .. •• 45 0 0 545 0 0 500 1 ye.tr .. .. 11 5 0 511 5 0 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on thl only one-halt need be paid for the first surance Is for Life. Every information afforded on applicat tor, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Londoi te most moderate scale, and t five years when the In- [on to the Resident Direc- PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Enrolled under the Friendly Society's Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND, 42, Moorgate.street, London. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I W. G. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq , 31. P. Tolicies issued in 1850 to 21st August-283, for X 55,500. Do. for corresponding period of 1849-260, for 51,170. Increase in 1850 ...... • . 23, for £4.330 The Benefits of Mutual Life Assurance In all its branches, on a medium of safe scale of rates, with economical management. Assurances may be effected on the non.participatiug scale at re duced premiums. Great facilities allowed for travelling to various parts of the word. A liberal sum given for the surrender of policies. Toe Board of Management meet on Wednesdays, at One; and the Medical Officers on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at Half-past Twelve o'clock, but every facility is given for effecting assurances on other days. DIVISION OF PROFITS every five years on policies of three years' standing. CLERKS assuring with this Association, ARE ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF THE BENEVOLENTENTITLED TO FUND. Prospectuses, proposals, and every information may be obtained on application at the Office, 42, Moorgatc-street. By order of the Board, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. August 21, 1850. DISPUTED LITE POLICIES. " 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 5391. 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 a man of in temperate habits was concealed from the office. The chief evidence turne I 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 when it 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 under 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 proteeting them selves in every case by due inquiries before the grantim - • f each po licy; and of afterwards assuming the fhll responsibility of 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 against such contingences. Similar cases have occurred before, and even 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 of 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. f. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John Dangertlcld, Esq. AUDITORS. George Cumming, Esq. Jawies Turner, Esq. William D. Starling, Esq. !David Henry Stone, Esq. SECRETARY —David Alison, Esq. elputicL, .a.ctwootts, atm C. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgevrare -road. Rev. James Sherbold Boone, A.lll , Stanhope-street, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin coin's Inn-fields. Thomas Jervis Antos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y. Robson. Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New• square, Lincoln's Inn. Secretary, Chas. Hogltton, Esq. The POLICIES of this Company, being INDISPUTABLE, form Family Provisions and Negotiable Securities, for their validity is not dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the com mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will be forwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to whom Commission is allowed. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. T" E CIDER CELLARS, MAIDEN-LANE. The Public is respectfully informed that the above popular Tavern having been entirely redecorated, is now OPEN for the Winter season. The vocal portion of the Entertainment is sustained by the first available talent, Innuling Mr. Ross, the celebrated per sonation singer, and Mr. Moody. The Refreshments are of the best description, and every attention is paid to the comforts and wishes of the visitors. Gentlemen will find the Cider Cellars the most agreeable all best conducted resort after the Theatres for Suppers, &c.,in the metro polis. The Chair is taken every Evening at Half-past Eight o'clock. FLOOR CLOTHS, Best Quality Warranted - 2s. 6d. per square yard. Persian and Turkey pattern - 2s. 9d. do. Common Floor Cloth from - Is. 10d. do. A. quantity of Remnants cheap.—N.lt. No higher Prices. JOWETT, Manufacturer, 532, New Oxford-street. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLXXIV., 'rill be published on Wednesday, October 2. CONTENTS: I. Tic'enor's History of Spanish Literature. 11. Church and Education in Wales. 111. Forms of Salutation. IV. Siluria and California. V. Mure on the Literature of Greece. VI. Metropolitan Water Supply. VII. Anecdotes of the Provisional Government. VIII. Cochrane's Young Italy. LX. Last Days of Louis Philippe. John Murray, Albemarle-street. CHEAP EDITION Of MR. AINSWORTH'S WORKS. Just published, Double Volume, price Is. Gd. boards, or 2s. cloth, Y 1' A WK E S. G Also, recently published, each price Is. boards, or Is. Gd. cloth, CRICHT ON—W INDSOR CASTLE—M I SER'S DAUGHTE [C— ROOK WOOD—ST. JAMES'S —OLD SAINT PAUL'S, 2 vols.— TOWER OF LONDON, 2 vols. London : Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. Just published, demy Bvo., price 2d., RAILWAY PROSPECTS ; or, a Glance into 18M . Bally Brothers, Cornhill, London. riNTATA L, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE --A GRAZING, AGRICULTURAL, and COTTON-GROWING COUNTRY ; comprising descriptions of this well-endowed Colony, from the year 1575 to the present time, by Government Officials and Travellers ; ul:h a Vocabulary of the Zulu Language, a Map of the Colony, and Engravings. By J. S. CIIRISTOPHER, of Natal. London : Published by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange ; Hat chard and Son, Piccadilly ; Trelawny Saunders, 6, Charing-cross ; and Dean and Son, Threadneedle-street. 4s. bound, with Views and Coloured Map. F RAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Price Is. 114 d. per box. This excellent Family till is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for cerrecting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the common symptoms of which are costiveness, filtulency, spasms, loss of appe tite, sick headache, giddiness, sense of fulness after meals, dizziness of the eyes, drowsiness, and pains in the stomach and bowels,: indi gestion, producing a torpid state of the liver, and a consequent inac tivity of the bowels, causing a disorganisation of every function of the frame, will, in this mest excellent preparation, by a little perse verance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun diced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions ac companying each box. As a pleasant, safe, easy apperient, they unite the recommenda tion of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no restraint of diet or confinement during their use ; and for elderly people they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hi therto prepared. Sold by T. Front, 229, Strand, Loudon. Price Is. I% el. and 2s. 9d. per box ; also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229 Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. Mr. ANDERTON gave notice of a motion, that it be referred to the Boundaries Committee to consider the expediency of applying to Parliament to extend the London (City) Small Debts Act, 1847 (10th and 11th Victoria), for the recovery of small debts to the amount of 501., thereby assimilating the same to 'the present County Courts Acts, and that they do report thereon to the Court.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BROWN, the chairman of the Officers and Clerks Committee, brought up a report for awarding an allowance of 2751. a year to Mr. R. S. Jupp, upon his resignation of the office of Chief Clerk of the Sheriffs' Court, to be paid out of the general fund of that court. MOTION FOR EXTENDING THE USEFULNESS OF THE LIBRARY. Mr. BLADES said, that as the organ of the Library Committee, he was bound to call the attention of the Court to the further consideration of the report of the 29th of July, on the reference for extending the use fulness of the library. Ile regretted the present po sition of the library, and could readily imagine that if members, instead of being obliged to cross the, hall and ascend a flight of stew, had immediate and ready access directly by door or passage frutu the rcutliug room into the library, a much greater resort to the treasures of the latter might be expected.—(Elear.) It might not be uninteresting to the Court to be re minded that the library, which at present numbered nearly 20,000 volumes, and with its sister institution, the Museum, was increasing in public estimation, was established in the year 1824. Of the committee then formed, time had swept away every member, with the exception of two, but it was not a little remarkable that he had spared the two members who had taken the most decided and active part in its primary insti tution, and he had to congratulate the Court on the presence amongst them on that day of one of those gentlemen—Mr. Richard Taylor—(Cheers)—whose literary tastes and attainments, and the bent and bias of whose mind, peculiarly adapted him to the task of discrimination.—(Cheers.) The other survivor—Mr. Richard Lambert Jones—was the first chairman of the committee; he filled that office for 18 successive years (no indifferent test of the value in which he was held) and to his fostering care, untiring attention, and libe ral contributions, the library was also greatly in debted.—(Cheers.) " Speaking of that gentleman as a member of this Court," said Mr. Blades, " but believing that to his exertions the library in a great measure owed its success, if not its existence, I will venture to say that if he had done no more, and he certainly has done much, in connexion with this Corporation for the service of his fellovv•citizens, he has earned a fair title to their grateful recollec tion, and will, in my opinion, leave behind him a more enduring and appropriate memorial than the marble bust which ornaments this hall."—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Blades then moved, as in duty bound in his official character, that the report be adopted, and re ferred back to the committee for execution, but he reserved to himself the privilege of making any re marks he might, think proper as an individual member of the Court. The following is the resolution agreed to by the select committee appointed by the general committee, and adopted by the latter:— " Resolved,—That this select committee, having perused with attention the report of the select commit tee of the House of Commons on public libraries recently printed, and perceiving how very far behind we are as compared with the majority of cities on the continent in facilities for self-improvement, arc of opinion, and re commend, that under proper regulations and restrictions the members of the Corporation should be allowed to take home books from the Guildhall library. That in allowing this advantage to members of the Corporation it be recommended that all works of reference, works in foreign languages, and illustrated and other costly works, and works that cannot be easily replaced, should be especially excepted." Mr. BLAKE expressed surprise at the singular omission of remarks as to the expediency or inexpe diency of lending out the books of the library—the great point to which the attention of the committee was directed by the Court. He contended that if no loss or damage were likely to be sustained, there could exist no reasonable objection to the recommen dation of the committee, and that, at all events, the amount of injury to the library, under a liberal alte ration of the kind suggested, could bear no proportion to the amount of service which must be rendered by an extended diffusion of its valuable contents.— (Hear, hear.) He assured the Court that the sub ject had excited a warm interest out of doors, and that if the suggestion of the report were adopted, the amount of donations, which was now extremely con fined, would soon testify to the general approbation of their growing liberality. lle expressed regret that the opinion of the officers of the Corporation was ad verse to the principle which he advocated, and he concluded a speech which was very . much applauded by impressing upon those around him the paramount duty of gratifying that appetite for books which their great exertions for the rising generation had so powerfully created. Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR did not consider that the speech of Mr. Blake was exactly adapted to the sub ject of the report. The existence of loans of books in some of the continental towns alluded to referred to places of exceedingly limited population, where all the residents were known to the authorities, and where such facilities as every street in London pos sessed were not in existence. It would not be diffi cult to conjecture what inconveniences would be likely to arise to the Corporation from a plan of lend ing their books to a population consisting of two millions of people.—(Laughter.) The loans in the places alluded to bore no analogy to the case of Lon don. But the report did not recommend any course intended fur the benefit of the public. It merely meant that under certain regulations the members themselves should take home books. The Court knew well that five or six books at a time were to be had from the innumerable circulating libraries; and surely it would be most irrational to incur the danger of loss or damage to a library such as the Corporation possessed—a library raised for the purposes of the Corporation alone. He approved of the adverse opinion of the officers of the Corporation.—(Hear, hear.) There was no difficulty attending the admis sion of those who wished to visit the Guildhall library. Every member of the Court had it in his power to issue a dozen tickets.—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by advising the Court to negative the proposition, and moving as an amendment that " It is not desirable that any of the books should be allowed to be circu lated, or to be lent out of the library." Mr. ANDERTON said the library was one of refer ence, and there could b e no excuse for lend i ng the books, which could not, in fact, be useful to any body not belonging to the Corporation. Mr. Deputy PEWTRESS said he should like to see the librarian's return of the members who attended the library. He was sure that half-a-dozen per week were not to be found upon the list. What he wished was to give an opportunity to the members to make extracts from the works contained in the library. It was difficult for many to make such use of the books in the library as they could make of them at their own homes, where they would not be subject to in= terruption or annoyance of any kind.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the proposal of the committee was very reasonable. Mr. Deputy LOTT said there were many valuable books and manuscripts of reference which he should be very sorry to see removed for a moment out of the custody of the librarian. 1 • Mr. BLAKE—There are 800 works and 3,000 volumes, which are books of reference. Mr. BOWEN thought that if the Court consented to lend books of reference, they should have to deplore a loss which it would be difficult to repair. Mr. ELLIOT thought the recommsndatir R in the report was a very small affair, but although small, it was in the right direction, and therefore he considered himself bound to support it. Mr. Low said, he believed there had been but one book lent from the library, and that was called " The Minute-book of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs," and had been presented by himself. After the lapse of a considerable time, and after infinite trouble, he traced it to the Hall of Commerce.—(Laughter.) But he had to encounter more trouble before the book reached its proper destination, and he was sure that if the Court went upon the lending system they would have many more serious cases of trans gression.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BLADES begged to know from the advocates of the loan system what, if he were to take a book of reference home for his purpases, were others to do who might stand as much or more in need of the in formation it ccntained ?—(Hear, hear.) The amendment was, after a very long discussion, carried by a large majority. respectively, the first being formed by means of a public tax on all shipping passing the said harbour, the latter by means of money borrowed and secured on the tolls to be taken on landing passengers and goods, it will be necessary to consider and to report upon each separately. " That with reference to Margate _Harbour, it appears to this Committee that since 1833 the ma nagement of this concern has been, on the whole, creditable to those wbo have undertaken it. That although various irregularities are alleged to have been practised under former management, none are at present imputed to those who now conduct that con cern. And that as the treasurer of the pier company is bound to make an annual return to Parliament of their receipts and expenditure, the public at large and the shareholders have the customary check on the proceedings of the directors of this company. " With reference to Ram4gate Harbour, your Com mittee are of opinion that it can be well maintained without any longer requiring dues or tolls to be exacted from vessels not actually entering the said harbour; and that all dues and tolls now taken from all vessels, British and foreign, passing up or down Channel, ought wholly to cease and determine. In coming to this opinion they have considered that the present trustees and their predecessors have had a large income annually derived from the public, placed at their entire disposal, and that they have to the best of their judgment, from time to time, laid out the same in constructing the present harbour, and in rendering it as commodious as possible to make it under the disadvantages of its locality with reference to the want of a natural backwater, and to its inac cessibility at certain periods of the tide, and during the prevalence of p a rti cu l ar w i n d s . That for many years past the trustees have been principally engaged in adding to the strength and embellishments of the works and appearance of the harbour, while its actual condition as a harbour of refuge has continued in very much the same state, being in fact susceptible of no material improvement. That the large revenue annually arising from the tolls exacted from the passing shipping appears now to be no longer appli cable to any legitimate object ; while the original purpose for which they were ordered to be levied being fully attained, and no real improvement being either in contemplation or practicable, there cannot be a doubt as to the justice and propriety of relieving all vessels whatever from the payment of these passing dues or tolls. " It further appears to your Committee that the annual interest of a large accumulated fund of above 62,0001., together with the rents and profits of land and premises yielding upwards of 1,6601. per annum, and other valuable property belonging to the trust, with a toll of 6d. per ton, which your Committee re commend to be imposed upon all vessels, without exception, entering the 'harbour for the first time in any year, and Id. per ton for each time after wards in the same year, will form a fund which, in the opinion of your Committee, will be amply sufficient, under proper management, for the maintenance and future repairs of the harbour. With respect to the present management of the harbour, while your Committee recognises the indi vidual respectability and integrity of the trustees, none of whom, however, are resident in Ramsgate, yet looking to the evidence, it feels called upon to express an opinion that the trust has failed, as from the nature of its original constitution was almost ine vitable, to ensure that vigilance of management and strict economy necessary in a work of this descrip tion, supported exclusively by a tax on ships, not,one in a hundred of which ever entered the harbour. Your Committee would, therefore, recommend that the harbour be placed, as soon as possible, under a more responsible and economical management. "In conclusion, your Committee submit to your Honourable House that the pressure on the shipping and commercial interest of the country is such, that the subject ought to be brought under consideration at the earliest convenient opportunity. In dealing with a question like the present, of great public in terest and importance, your Committee respectfully , submit that the interposition of her Majesty's Go vernment would be calculated to ensure a more speedy and satisfactory conclusion than might other wise be attained, but if from stress of business, or any other cause, the state and future management of Ramsgate Harbour, and the present exaction of the passing dues should fail to attract the attention of the Government, your Committee strongly recommend that their report should be brought under the notice of the House, either by the Chairman or some other Member, as early as may be in the ensuing session of Parliament. "August 1, 1850." * See Report of Committee on Foreign Trade and Navigation, dated July 23, 1822. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Her Majesty's frigate Thetis, 40, Commander Kuper, which touched on Redding-point on Tuesday, was yesterday towed up Hatnoaze by the Confiance steam-vessel. Seamen and marines from the Albion and Impregnable, and from the other ships in port in commission, were im mediately ordered on duty in endeavouring to get her ready for docking to-day. The tides are, however, falling back, and it is not likely she can be docked until the next springs. It is suggested that by having taken her at once to the sheer-hulk much time could' have been saved in taking out her guns. The ground ing of the Thetis will probably lead to an Admiralty The w Petrel packet arrived yesterday from Ireland, where she was driven by stress of weather. She will go up harbour to-day to refit. Mr. John Eddy, pilot, who this morning brought in the merchant brig Alexander Steward, Captain D. Williams, from Civita Vecchia, with cement, for or, ders, reports that at 7 P.M., Wednesday, saw a large two-decked man-of-war, looking like a 74, six leagues S.S.IV. of the Lizard, steering up channel, say east by south, under jib, three top-gallant sails, three top sails, fore and main course and spanker; her topsails were reefed and studding sails taken in just before sun down, she had an ensign at the peak, hoisted ap parently to the Fox, 42, Commander Lambert, which was at 6 P.M. three or four miles to the wind ward of the Lizard. The stranger had a poop and forecastle, and seemed to have checkered sides. The wind was free from south-west, and if it continued she would probably be off Portland at 10 this morn ing, and arrive at Portsmouth, say, at 7 this evening. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD. —The Marten, 12-gun brig, launched on Thursday, will when rigged be navigated round to Devonport, and immediately be put into commission. The following is a list of her principal dimensions : Length over all ... Feet. Inches, ... 125 Ditto b e t ween t h e perpendiculars ... 105 0 6 Ditto of keel for tonnage ... ... 82 2f Breadth, extreme .. • ... 33 6f Ditto, for tonn age ... ..• ••• 33 2f ••• Ditto, moulded ... 32 8i Depth of hold ••• ••• ... 15 0 Burden ... ••• ... 481 29-94 tons. The Lords of the Admiralty, at their late visit, minutely inspected the ships in progress, the stores, and the state of every article used in the building, the official documents of the establishment, and the condition of the various buildings and erections. The workmen were duly mustered and passed in review, after which they received the customary half-holiday. The detachment of Marines in the fortified barracks, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell, Commandant of the Garrison, were likewise inspected. Sir F. Baring expressed himself to Sir Thomas Pasley, Superintendent of the establishment, in terms of the warmest approbation respecting the efficiency of the various departments. The Board were saluted on arrival and departure with the usual salute of 19 guns. Lieutenant E. N. Heygate, of the Royal En gineers, will leave for Nova Scotia, and will be suc ceeded by Li eu t enan t W. Stace, lately from Gibraltar. WooLwicit, SEPT. 26.—The Firefly steam-sloop, Commander George A. Seymour, left Woolwich yesterday for Greenhithe, to have her compasses ad justed by Captain Johnson. Previous to her taking up her station at the moorings there she made six runs up and down the measured mile, to test her engines and ascertain her speed, which was found to be on the average 7f knots per hour. She is a paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 550 tons, with engines of 220-horse power by Maudslay, Sons, and Field. Shortly after she left Woolwich a telegraphic communication was received by Commo dore Henry Eden to obtain the assistance of Com mander Seymour in a court of inquiry ordered to be held at Woolwich Dockyard to-day, on Mr. Button, chief-engineer of the Teazer, recently returned from the coast of Africa, on a charge of disobedience of orders on the passage of the vessel from Ascension to England. An express me=senger was consequently sent to communicate the order of the Admiralty to Commander Seymour, and he left the Firefly in charge of Lieutenant Trevenen, and assisted Com modore H enry Eden in the court of inquiry which was held here to-dav, and left at h a lf-p as t three P. M . by the North Kent . Railway for Greenhithe, to re sume the command of the Firefly after her further trial to day. The Wasp steam-sloop left Woolwich at half-past one o'clock P . m , t o -d ay , on a short experimental trial of her engines:and screw-propeller, and although her engines are only in the proportion of one-horse power to every ten tons, she started remarkably well against tide, and will evidently realise the expectation that she will make six knots per hour with steam alone. She appears a very fine vessel, and admirably adapted for the service she is to be employed upon—the cap ture of slavers on the coast of Africa. The Monkey steam-vessel went down at the same time to try her engines. THE ARMY. The following has just been issued for the guidance of commanding officers of regiments:— " (Circular, No. 1,073.) " War-office, Sept. 19, 1850. " Sir,—l am directed by the Secretary at War to annex for your information and guidance a statement of the drily rates of allowance to general and other staff officers, and to field and staff-officers of infantry recri ments, in lieu of f orage for the horses requir e d t o ' be kept by them for the public service, for the half-year from April I, 1850, to September 30, 1850, agreeably to which the charge for forage will be allowed. " I am to add that if a charge at a different rate has been already made, the same should be corrected accord ing to the said statement. " I have, &c., " L. SIILIVAN. " Officer commanding- the Regiment of . Statement:of the daily rates of allowance in lieu of forage for the period from the Ist of April, 1850, to the 30th of September, 1850: GREAT BRITAIN. Rate of Counties. Allowance. S. D. Berks 1 7 Chester 1 8 Devon Dorset .... Essex 1 9 Gloucester 1 7 Hants 1 9 Kent Lancaster Leicester Middlesex 1 7 Norfolk 1 7 Northampton 1 8 Northumberland Nottingham Somerset Suffolk Sussex Warwick Worcester 1 9 York Wales 1 7 North Britain The counties in which there are 1 7 no contracts ... Monmouth 1 7 Jersey Guernsey IRELAND. 'Rate of Counties. Allowance. B. D. Antrim Armagh 1 4 Carlow Cavan t / 4 Clare 1 4 Cork Donegal 1 4 Down 1 4 Dublin Fermanagh Galway 1 4 Kerry 1 4 Kildare Kilkenny King's County Leitrim Limerick Londonderry 1 4 Longford Louth 1 4 Mayo 1 3 Meath Monaghan 1 5 Queen's County Roscommon Sligo: 1 4 Tipperary 1 3 Tyrone Waterford 1 4 Westmeath Wexford Wicklow SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—Everybody is asking what has become of the Protectionists. For some years past they have come out with unusual force at this season, and we were as sure to have a demonstration by Lord Stan hope or Mr. Newdegate, or the Marquis of Granby, as a fat goose on Michaelmas-day. It makes one shudder to think of the . dreadful auguries and stern denunciations that began with the falling leaf, and fell in one continuous shower till Midwinter. But now all is still in the agricultural atmosphere. The equinoxial gales will return in due season, but no Duke of Richmond or Mr. Disraeli. Sir John Tyrell is quiet, and the Earl of Winchilsea at peace with mankind. We will confess ourselves not yet recon ciled to the change. Like the lady who could not sleep except on the ground-floor of her mansion in Piccadilly, we miss the rumble of Protectionists. Their tameness is shocking to us. With the single exception of the friendship they have struck up with the draymen of Bankside, they have hardly stirred a finger or wagged a tongue since the prorogation. Lord Stanley has made a speech at Warrington so full of civility and kindness to all parties as hardly to be worth a report. At Newark, on Tues day, Mr. Ilildyard, whose contest with Lord Lincoln rent the county in twain, could only recommend landlords to lower their rents, and tenants to employ more labourers, so as to save the first from the Ga zette, and the last from the union. The furious Chowler interrupted him in vain, for the meeting was all for peace. What does this presage? Is it the lull before the storm, or are we really about to have a grand fraternal embrace of all classes? Has Ana charsis liloots really carried the day ? Even the Standard would be content with the destruction of Llinbard-street, and the herald would be happy but for the spectacle of Mordecai sitting in the gate. Possibly so small an affair as our extinction would satisfy them both. Nor is this all. Where are all the calamities with which we are threatened ? The land is not gone out of cultivation. Excursion trains have visited Stonehenge, and returned without encoun tering either bustards or lions. The southdowns are disappearing under the plough, and half the Wash is being rescued from the ocean. As for the labourers, who by this time were to be laying themselves down to die at the door of the House of Commons, we hear everywhere the complaint that, like the emancipated " niggers,” they are getting quite saucy. In spite of the most tremendous difficulty, a dearth of material, the cotton mills manage to keep t.t work. There is distress, it is true, for the Irish bubble, and the colonial bubble, and the rail way bubble have all burst. Vicious systems will ul timately work themselves out, and frantic speculation will end in a collapse. But, somehow, the mas s o f the peopl e are en j oy i ng a great deal of" vulgar pros perity. One cannot help asking, ;then, when is the explosion to come ? The catastrophe hangs fire. England's sun is a long time setting. That sad event was confidently announced twenty years ago, but it has not yet taken place, on the testimony of alarm ists themselves, for they still predict it. So far, how ever, from the old alarm being fulfilled, a new alarm has almost supplanted it in the timid and prophetic Protectionist soul. The present fear is that the foreigners about to visit us on the pretence of the Exhibition next year, finding themselves in a vast majority, bating England, and being perfectly unanimous, will seizs the me tropolis and declare a republic ; or, at all events, do us a mischief of some sort or other. Well, one nail drives out another. A succession of bugbears is not quite so oppressive as a constant one. Depend upon it we shall have something else next year—the ap proach of a comet, or the conflagration of the Thames. The middle classes have been very severely punished. We have gone through a social revolution. The last five years have scattered, partly over the rest of so ciety, and partly to the winds, the hard earnings of many industrious families. It could not be other• wise when the vast majority of the middle class, of commercial and professional men, were the victims of a mania in which they bought dearly what was good for nothing, and undertook what was impos sible. Misfortunes seldom come alone, and they that halted to become rich have found their difficulties aggravated by famine and revolution. Hence pro perty has been destroyed, and property has changed hands. But the labouring classes of this country have been gainers. One of the most striking fea tures of the last five years, and of the present hour, is the number of persons rising from the ranks. In dustry already gives proofs of its emancipation. The wealth, and consequently the power, of the country have been distributed among a larger and a humbler class of owners. They have been divided as it were into premiums for industry and talent, and have re warded the exertions of innumerable persons pushing their way upwar d s f rom the plough, the shovel, and the loom. It has often been complained that the ten dencies of our social state are too much in favour of accumulation, and that the many are continually sa crificed for the aggrandisement of the few. Un questionably these tendencies are still at work, and many great fortunes have been made, and houses established on the commercial devasta tions of the last five years. But it is equally certain that what the middle classes have lost has not been altogether, or even mainly, swept up by the giant s o f commerce. Th e more i mportan t resu lt' of the recent crisis has been the elevation of the work ing classes—the greater independence and comfort of o the whole, an d the ascent of many among them t superior and more lucrative employment. Such we believe to be a fair account of the last five years. The disasters of that period are now becoming matters of history ; its benefits survive and grow. We never have denied the existence of much calamity and dis • tress, even though sure to see our statements tor- , tured into admissions against the operation of free trade. But free trade is now at length fairly in ope ration, and we may begin to form a judgment upon it. Where, then is the ruin ? In what s t a t e d o we find ourselves ? In a state not of ruin, but of reco very. Notwithstanding a more than usual allowance of difficulties, the country is now in a far more pros perous state than it has been at any time since the re peal of the corn-laws. DAILY NE WS.—A representative system of t government has its defects as well as advantages. The latter, indeed, incalculably overbalance the former ; but thAt is no roam why such defects should not be rv. THE PASSIONS. ---- " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, aid remedlative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." l'itoosAmbiz :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its convers i o n, Oases, &C. com plexion, and By R. J. CULVERVITELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 1824). Twenty-Live years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hours daily till itys. EVFLiDII I QByia t 4 / 1 111129. 10 4rull-place, Begent-street, PETITION OF WATERMEN PLYING AT THE SURREY SIDE OF LONDON-BRIDG E . Mr. WIRE presented a petition from the licensed watermen of London-bridge-stairs (Surrey side), for permission to land steam-boat passengers by a plat form and barge on the south-east stairs of the bridge. After a long discussion, it was resolved that it be referred to the Thames Navigation Committee to in quire into and report whether it will be for the public convenience to afford accommodation for the embark ing and disembarking of passengers by steam-boats and other vessels and boats at the Surrey end of the east and west sides of London-bridge; and if the committee are of opinion that it will be a public con venience, that they prepare and lay before the Court a plan or model showing how the same may be pro vided. SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS IN BILLINGSGATE-MARKET. The Court agreed unanimously to the report brought up on the 29th of July by Mr. Rowley, the chairman of the Markets Committee, recommending the adoption of a plan of sanitary arrangements for draining, ventilating, and supplying water for the uses of Billingsgate-market and for flushing the drains, at an expense not exceeding 1,8401. Adjourned. REPORT ON THE RAMSGATE AND MARGATE HARBOURS. The Select Committee appointed to investigate the revenue, condition, and expenditure of Ramsgate and Margate Harbours, who were empowered to report their observations, together with the minutes of evi dence taken before them to the House, have examined witnesses on the matters to them -referred, and have agreed to the following repOrt Previously to giving their report on the evidence, and on the information laid before them, your Com mittee deem it desirable, for a clear perception of the to ot.t. .otne particulars in reference to the har bour of Rarnsgate. It appears this harbour was com menced about a century ago, and for maintaining and improving it a power was given to certain trustees by the 32d and 55th George 111., to levy dues on all vessels, British and foreign, passing up or down channel, whether east or west of the Goodwin Sands. These dues are usually paid by British vessels on being cleared from their respective ports, and on foreign vessels when they anchor in the Downs, or enter the precincts of any British port. Under the fore-mentioned Acts the trustees have the right of levying these dues on all vessels passing up or down channel. Prom the evidence given before the Foreign Trade Committee in 1822, it appears that the sums ex• pended on Rarnsgate Harbour up to that period amounted to 1,500,000/. ; and it also appears in evi dence taken before your Committee that since that period a further sum of 457,966/. has been expended; making in the whole nearly two millions. The pre sent engineer states in his evidence that such a har bour might now be made on the same site for 700,0001. Tne following extracts are taken from the report of the Foreign Trade Committee in 1822: " Your Committee next directed their inquiry to Ramsgate Harbour, and the dues collected for support of it, which are of an amount sufficient to press heavily upon the shipping and commerce of the coun try, and which have been a cause of serious complaint on the part of British and foreign shipowners, nor, in the opinion of your Committee, without justice. The charge is made on all ships above a certain tonnage that may pass, whether to the east or west side of Goodwin Sand, although many by their size and draught of water are precluded from entering the harbour • and a practi ce h as prevailed in regar d to foreign ;hips, of exacting a payment upon ships ca• pable of entering, at a rate amounting to double that on British ships of the same description, and upon those which are unable to enter, about 400 per cent. more, both prospectively and retrospectively. The management of Ramsgate Harbour has by several Acts of Parliament (continued and enlarged by the 55th Geo. 111., c. 74) been placed under trustees, from whom a committee of direction is chosen, con sisting of the chairman and deputy-chairman for the time being, with the addition of the deputy-master of the Trinity House ; these are elected by ballot. At a general meeting of the trustees, annually held, 3001. are taken annually from the funds and divided amongst the members of the committee, by whom the business is done. The trustees hold an annual meet ing at Ramsgate, where a building for that purpose has been erected. " Your Committee are of opinion that such of the repairs as are considered to be absolutely necessary, ought for the accommodation of the public, to be com pleted with every possible dispatch, and that persons should immediately be contracted with by public tender to execute the works, to be performed within a given time, to be done under the general superin tendence of the engineer. That the trustees should raise, in the manner authorised by the Act, the neces sary sums for that purpose, by which they would be enabled at once to discontinue the rates on ships above 300 tons, and to equalise the duties on foreign ships with those on British ships, and reduce the rates upon all vessels bound to or from foreign ports."* It is the opinion of your Committee that the causes of complaint enumerated in the above extracts, al though somewhat diminished in their extent, continue to exist at the present day. It is not reasonable to suppose that the Legislature intended, when the Act of 55th Geo. HI. was passed, to give to the trustees the power of levying for ever the rates already mentioned; nor do the words of the Act appear to bear this construction. It ought also to be noticed that since that period steam navigation has become general, the coasting trade as well as the general trade of the country has increased consider ably, the exportation of coals to foreign countries has likewise been augmented, and a greater amount of toll, therefore, is consequently collected than for merly, and its further increase may naturally be ex pected. Taking these circumstances into account, and hav ing examined many respectable and competent wit nesses, in accordance with the directions of the House; considering also that since 1822 the sum of 457,9661. has been expended in maintaining a n d im proving Ramsgate Harbour (an outlay impossible to have been anticipated from the evidence given in that year by Mr. (now Sir J.) Rennie, and by Sir W. Curtis —the former the engineer, the latter the chair man Of the trustees), your Committee on Ramsgate and Margate Harbours, taking the whole evidence in consideration, have agreed to the following re• port:— " The harbours of Ramsgate and Marg a t e b e i ng wholly disti nc t as t o t h e i r res p ec ti ve objects and con structions, as also in the means adapted for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the said 0W4111000113 _ I to b is b is , , dertu va lue AO i ion' Via g ntiti ,g of )05 1 9 eau' gle ertf ince bi bed