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Y SOCIETY for the DISCHARGE and RELIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS through- ENGLAZcD and WALES. Established 1772. PRESIDENT. The EARL of ROMNEY. VICE-PRESIDENT. Lord Kenyon Ta rastata—Benjamin Bond C abbell, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. Arniroas—Capel Cure, Esq., and Henry Ilarwo•Ki, Penny, Esq. At a MEETING of GOVERNORS, held in Craven-street, on Wed nesday, the Ist day of October, 1851, the cases of 19 Petitioners were considered, of which 12 were approved, 5 rejected, and 2 inad talsstble. Since the meeting held on the Gth of August, SEVENTEEN DEBTORS, of whom 12 had Wives and 27 Children, have been Discharged from the Prisons of England and Wales ; the expenseof whose lib eration, including every charge connected with the So ciety, W 5 240/. 18s. 1 Id.; and the following BENEFACTIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST REPORT : William Gambier, Esq., per mama. Cocks an d C o. ....A £1 1 0 Ben efactions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., the T reasurer, No. 1. Bankers Messrs. C ock - s, Brick -court Temple • also by the following Drummo ' nds, llerries, Iloares, yeres ; and by the Secretary, No. 7, Craven-street, Strand, where I ?eoks may he seen b y those thoseho are inclined to support the Month %.; arity, and whe re t he Society meet on the first Wednesday in every JOSEPH LUNN, Secretary. IMPORTANT TO HO USEKEEPERA, AND TILE BEST CURE T F OR SMOKEY CHIMNEYS. HE FOR PATENT FULL ing Chtmni GENOITS MACHINE ASSOCIATION, for effectively clean es of the most difficult construction, are extending their operations by granting lic e and apointing By me thod simple an d ingenious this Machine p contracts or agents. expands, a so as to clean the largest chimney and smallest pot, and will turn an angle of 110 degrees; it is in daily use where all others have fail •.(1 ; its operation is so cleanly that it is used at all hours of the day without covering the most costly articles. Orders or other particulars, address to Mr. J. GREEN, 13, Pembroke-place, Pimlico. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY CONIPA Y. N Notice i s h ereb FOURTH HALF-YEARLY G ENERAL M EETING. h, y given, that the F ourth Half-year l y G e neral Meet the Coof g of the Proprietors in this Comp any w i ll be held a t the Offices onapany, 8. New Broad-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 1 4714 ucie ller, 115 1, at Twelve o'clock at Noon Pr ecisel y' !*Te_ral Business of the Company. And at such meeting resolutions for the Mil lieie Proposed for th we PurPese of confirming the forfeiture of . cer. fain hares in the own tore, uPen W..ch five rupees hi - air dy declared fortelted by the Duce- Pe e :share ec has been paid in Bombay. _, New B (Bigned) WHARNCLIFFF, Chat T h Th _ Rooky for the !N e eW Broad -street, London, Octobe'r l'Sl' CßOLSON an. Superintending Director. 18M. Registration of Shares will be Closed from Li ne 9, the 1 6th, t) Wednesday, the 29th October, inclusive. t , . APPETITE raa a n d D E , ,AZD DIGESTION IMPROVED. SAUCE la, ' 4a4111.1%T 5 ' WORCESTERSHIRE arid a n a o —Parts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops Ind ast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad xierfeetl Y r ita d t ee tti! and i nvigorating properties enables the stomach to tie d.. --., t the food. guard to h e ..17 alt useh of this arom a ti c and delicious Sauce is the best safe . ar lio a ld by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin, 6, Veto-street, Oxford sarTy LOndon' usand ' c,,, —..'n 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by 'Messrs. and More So us'Messrs. Cro sse an d Blackwell, and other Oilmen Ranee. , L ondon; and enerally by the principal dealers in wa N.B. To guard T „„,,, against imitation, see that the names of "LEA 4 PERIL '. le are upon the label and patent cap of the bottl e. GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. Cabin and Second Class Railway SLXPENCZ to Ral or front London and Gravesend. 1• 0 00 . 00 5 and First Cl a ss ditto, NINEPENCE. Th: e r Packets ca l l at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. -rnekets call at the Piers as underlined (weathe r permitting). -- -----___!1 ........ L1 TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. W E ....... u i........r......r8. ....._ SUNDAYS. 74 v co c.) ,F 1 ... talc 5: 4 m H S • a ..7 ..- 1J ; E 5 g 3 4 • ° Z "a. c 1 8 - Time .. O; e - 4 v, ; p .' 0 8p z 8 1 4 f. at 4x 8 —17 % ------- -----'— t , IN --- 74 ; , 11% -.— 1138 _ ili -' i}i ; a _ 5 i 6% -- 6, 1 1 0 ranlb ireet Trains from the Boats marked t nses .1,17 quarter f of an rom arch-street Station to all parts of London hour. tliellfßoltrNiovvrrlCK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of _ll3 Trains from the Fenehurch• street Station. ________ WEEP!) Au. SUNDAYS. • 4 . .... a 2 ! 4 , ...a 6 . CY Ti llie a . 3 .13 ig . " 4 :4 .2. a, " a, • . v. - a ri . t. Ti m 1 . 1 :: * 17 1 3 .1 . 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The lallt A.T XXII POLYTECHNIC IBITI ON and the ROYAL - All the n,,,,.. _ IXSTITUTION.- -" tuteresting Deposits at the Great Exhibition ipt D OT AL 13 6tnklltZured on at the _ INSTITUTION. will, In -.., The present Lectures are b j i liPepper, Esq., on the ittP: plicatien co Iran and Steel in the N/ Y • . dons, now exhibiting in the Cr t. anufacturei of b Dr Bachhoffncr en the F.lectro-Ifetalli I) Ya al Palace ; and d y by a splendid ae rie, of mews Fp.,_ c epoilts there, illuetrat , • Ton of I.l3,drogen Nil . 4 'lngten's Specimens. --The Exbib, 1 ereseepe, Magnifying 100 000 times the OxY their natur • 1 ......4 t.et a slze.—The great the of Cooking by Gu Chatterton, objects upwards of e , xplained. N-, y4 t f e on the lßstory of the Harp, by Frederick i n Vocal Illustrations. —A Series of splendid Dissolving "ewS.--biver and Ilving Bell, dr.c. on_ ~..,. Admission, is.; Schools, ti ev r'n daft Admission from gall_ Ten to Five, and every ................_°"110Ielf-Dast Ten. Half-price. Evening from L.kURENT'S GRAND CASINO. A.110..ri..„ Lic ensed by Act o f Parliament. (Sol e 44-14 R OOMS, GREAT WINDKILL• L etmee, Charles Emile Laurent, ' Jan:, STREET, ST. JANIES'S. 57, BrOmpten-intilro.) With OPEN' EVERY EVENING, OPEN UNRIVALLED BAND. beeri 0.. PrinciPal Cornet-a -Pisto ns , M. lionlconrt. Ilia, a nd !ielt at attf- Paat Eight o'cl oc k— Danc i ng to C°MB24nee at "emulate at Half- Admis past Eleven o'cl oc k pr ec isely. sion, One Shilling, C"'" M 0 R N E.—Admission, One Shilling ; Children, Half-price. tikenirleenly Italian Ballet t siotively the Last . Pantomime, entitled Week Harlequin and the Four thelntrnents,, Bc : c a rP . ts or th, Fire, and Water, with entire scenery, oft he Alr, new ed by most magnificent description, arranged e Win Family. I st, ,agement of the celebrated Italian Rope Dancer and Ascention tu. _ira Pauline Vtolant ; also Herr Hnric, the celebrated Pos terer M , , ttAter and Equilibrist, e assisted by the e renowned German Buffo will appear every evening. . 0 81510, the celebrated composer of dancing music, con -4111'4,3 the great Cremorne B an d, and will execute all the tti.,,lc which he composed and conducted at her Majesty's a t Buckingham Palace. Exhaustless entertainments daily, in itding the Bosiesmans or B us h P eop l e, Deul i n ' s Ballet the Star of f, • allty, the Ethiopian Serenaders, the double-sighted Youth, rbiello's Egg-hatching. the Bowling Saloon, &c. Doors open at : I f - past Two, admission ls., Children half-price. The Hotel affords wll , accommoaton for private and public dinner and suaer par- ,1". Steam-boa d ts i and omnibuses nightly after the entertainpments, transit being superintended by Directors. Fare, 4d. by Boat, wld 60. by Omnibus. THIS DAY—A Grand Parisian Gala Champetre. tinO.MORRW THURSDAYSATURDAY—Grand Exhibi " Gala., brilliant Illuminations , with unsurpassed Fireworks. PR IDAY—Grand Italian Fetes, with Fight Balloon Ascent, arid brilliant Pyrotechnic Display. pn Sunday the Gardens are open in the afternoon for refreshment, ohission by refreshment card lA. Table d'Hote at Four and Six ulelocit, 2s. 6d. to ISCOVERY of a PLOT to REVOLU TNF;E ENGLAND I An atte . mpt h , a m s a n d e a e s n conceived all such things are, in America, the um Ins i d t ef w ea " ted bn f l o d ; however, of the in g„„, eby the open ner . in which the revolutionarydeprasrtwyscsonto ,ed their affairs. The objelt, le to pronounce in . 14 e u ,t a change in our social institution. Persons were detected fA.;luff proclarnatiuns inviting the P r'enLc._ lea appeal to the . Ladies o e f d E B n lo g omer, sex doub t tft 4hi an on d s n o o f 101 - the l of , a nondes m , e land exhorts them to inn o_ser te disguise themselves in the chaste , and elegan th 'ir e Sinrious land. The pure minds of En,lish l w ad a i s es ti l r i s a t ve sa d id efea th te a d t It )4e.nullotner conspiracy for the present. ~.. I 'M E. MOLES and SON had some . concern s in it tilst,e would d m b e e r iTin e e ntent ; but as their establishment, gtgan t t h ic is b ‘u. Jlo , ate th such an accession of business, , ON make every kind b r'urol It is true Messrs. E. MOSES and ts - . are at _ _ a idea was at once k m i r e Porel ; they have separate warehouses for ladies, who d tu t , upon hy ladiea. In these various departmentsmay b i e io f s o e u r n y, ,_. rfection every article in Linens Silks, Furs, Boots, Shows, n'esldes superb Shawls, D Ha' bits, e for ftarsta and male attire, re r f e e s s ' srs. E. MOSES and SON ha t v i re. and Cloaks. As for general lalerit;h 4 Tn eons of able artists, set the fashion, and cent b in l ua e L rip. tlo n imagine d tradei tt e b s e s t f r o exte b n i s e l " warehouses with every emote r t e n. sportsm en m en , oi r al, str ength en ' W orkmen and erior hip ever ' usefulness n atness, too, at half t hs — p y ri e r.. r . sup T th e is, Monarch Mart, Mrnoarieharg 'W M and never will be Inent, NeW 0 f eel by others for inte es and Aldgate : the r I noble branch es 3 , _ 8 _ x ordstreet and Hart-street ; ' rior clothing !etobil hMents Q , . —teffield and Bradford, are literally crammed with tablish- A _iltions for autumn and winter. their only two country 6tiZ til — T _ °E. —is businessshmn wil be closed This Day, Octobe h r , gm w ill as usual To-morrow morning, October 7t 84 ,,,,,_ _ also be as on Saturday evening next, October 11th, re "-ling business as usual on Monday murning, the 13th. `London City ll' E. MOSES and SON, —atablishraen 154, 155 156 and 157, Minutes, 23, endand 86, Aidgate, opposite the Chlirch, all oommtmicating. efrytoEttkihiclagreoetulninc:ra,uni:e:,,L4o7 .508, 11114XtradiOnrd7a. New Oxford-street, 1,2, Sheffield Branch 36 F 19,Bridge-street. T abora, Cl , , Fa te. rankers a nd P i ers. Hatter% Healers, Gentle Boot and Shoe- Tha istab eneral O utfitters for Ladies andmen. t "ttY, whe ti lu b lizn „..,_eva are closed from sunset Friday to onset Sa ------___ ...LeSS is roomed till Twelve o'clock. ----- • 41:Zb i 04,14 ADVICE ON THE SECRET 1r.,. - t n D irections for their pr eve ntion N V i . 01 :Pril AND MATURITY ntio . n and Cure. N STEEL. alit Ptibliel,U. COLOllltillD ENGRA V INGS 0 Italia n, le i In French, English, German, Dutc h, S panish, Author for %Med tnyelopa, E irt7-two tamps, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the T 1 0N ; a 0 Medical T;PREsEllvalk — marriage , and on the Regr et / Treaties on the Physiology which destroy Maturity, the b ae q, aire d at a ...I period of life , whl al sally ' e l fend Disorders of Youth and and facli -13 Yricai and nlclttal g l io w — ers .y , dimh abh and en ee nge, and on th e 4 . wi th Practical Natrvations oath ~mos Debility e vital energies of Id 00 . Treatment of f ble the net/1r areertain Prevention and successful as syphilis. uirlettire '" ' Loon and Constitutional Weakne ; rem India tun all Diseasee and Derangements resulting h. 1 the f aculty in Prance. With FiftY her s c ..' aa ade Pted bY Lallernand, Meord, and other eminent a m iv em: utustrating the ka ' d Diseases of the ice coloured Engr .V 1.... produ ctive ...„ ...a s.cmy, physiology, an and t he -.e ,s, a._, explaining their st•rocturos, uses, and A/notions, habit. ---- . 4 nuance that are produced in them , sXoe 3 See. and Infocton. nir SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D.. 31000 87. EttbroRD.BQuARE, Lox Dos. my solitary r°f Madlei ne. Main lated Member cif the University of Edin burgh, Honor ro' As Ileeni,. , . - — erabe cu r of the London Hospital Medical Society, tda--°. Al3othecaries' Hall, Loneon, Member of the Hunterian toinThls work contains a plain _ ediced so ciety of Edinbur g h &c Y and physiology oau d ti p organs, and of their relative ' cl. complete description of the ana conditions in he .,.., _ a .. there pro uc ve a,3 ert, 1 who has taken the highest rnedic4`o7l:nrsu disease. Dr. L liiale inserted In the . a.s evidenced by th e qualified medical man diplomas and teeth/10- ,th° has exehudveiwork is the only legally the treatment of theseaneodra for many years, dvoted his studies to y be consulted w ith ad. Vantage by all those wheeePainile map through secret paeil con stit utions y ,vaacquired ir r Youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby th e p, have become debill. of marriage frustrated, an d teasing misery and regret ren dered a term of m easures of life are marred, the objects existence itself Published by the A.uthor, e nd „ ley be had of 3. Gilbert, 49, rater liostar-tovr ; HannaY, 63. Ozro r-street • Staria, horn- street, X aymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leade,,,,-_,:treat . 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Mr. LANGSTON first responded to the toast, and said he felt that his services were of a humble n4ture when contrasted with those of his hon. colleague, who, he was glad to find, still continued to be their repre sentative, although he feared at one time that he would be induced to accept a high office which was offered him ; he was glad to find that he declined it, and that he (Mr. Langston) had such a colleague, and so long as the Solicitor-General represented that city, it would not want a friend to uphold its in terests.—(Cheers.) He congratulated them on tho state of the country, which was more prosperous than it was last year, and every year led him to hope that that prosperity would continue to increase. For that state of things they were deeply indebted to the mea sures which had been introduced in the last few years , and every one who wished well to the country must be pleased to witness the beneficial effict which they bad produced. With respect to the new Reform Bill, which was to be introduced next sea ' sion, he reminded them that he had great pleasure in supporting then first Reform Bill ; and he had opposed various proposals only because that for a time there should not be an annual .Reform Bill.—(Laughter.) Twenty years, however, h a d elapsed since the passing of the first measure, and during that time great changes had taken place in every town; even in this city there was scarcely a house which before let for 101. that was not now re. duced to 81. The remission of the duties on bricks and timber enabled persons to build cheaper; and if persons obtained houses at a less rate, they were equally entitled to be trusted with the franchise. He was, however, quite in the dark with respect to the cr m ae cs e ie a oi s tiv u e r hd e i st a hr b ei o o u t no t a. t s o ct be proposed, but, having voted for the extension of the suffrage, he trusted that it would be satisfactory, and pass into a law without encoun tering that trouble or - difficulty which attended the last Reform Bill.---(Cheers.) ay wpnea h andta e hnhrt oyvaye S ar yl o c gratificationr r o n , o - w G eh a e i ho : r rth had a a had Led w s s a i hnne always wofhbfe been him e hnmm theyoi in received had then m . sameueterms,d m s a c manifestation i n f d e e s x t h a pe t expressions valued as n sl oe o nd f s feelingthem h from em as h ; omn each a coming nd from t o hce woans formertheir long-tried oeca Bion occasions, h r e e representative, e n m t a o t r i e v es,oand, now,i pooweb b lnroe e iidme c mtTlihi ause he asked their confidence after taking a step which he had never dreamt of when he first appeared before them. When he first entered on public life, he did so mainly because he felt that it was the duty of every man who possessed the means to make himself useful in a free country, and to con tribute his beat services towards the advancement of the public interest.—(Cheers.) That of which be was most apprehensive in a country advancing in civilization and art was a selfish feeling of luxuriance which appeared tobe growing up among the younger members of the community, and made them abstain from taking a part in public affairs. For that reason he did not enter into public life until he felt that it was his duty to do so, and until he had acquired an independence ; and, looking to the long connexion which his father had with Parliamentary life, he felt a desire to fill a similar important position. He was not indifferent to that reward—the approbation of those who sent him to Parliament ; but any other selfish object he never entertained when he sought their suffrages, and no one was more surprised than himself when office was offered to him. It happened that upon a motion made by Mr. Locke King tor an extension of the suffrage, in favour of which he voted the Government were defeated, and shortly after, in consequence of other defeats, the Ministry retired from office, and Lord Stanley was empowered to form an Administration, but declared his in a bility t o construct a Cabinet. When Lord John Russell re accepted office, he stated that he had prepared a mea -1 sure of Parliamentary reform, which he had submitted to some of his colleagues, and intended to introduce, 1 and it was after that declaration that the office of Solicitor-General, which was wholly unsought and unexpected, was offered to him, when he felt that it was right, upon the principle which guided him when he sought a seat in Par liament, to accept an office where he might be of greater public utility.—(Cheers.) He knew that if his constituents were not satisfied with his taking office they would hare the opportunity of expressing their dissatisfaction because he could not acc e pt office without appealing to them. He made that ap peal, and it was met without a dissentient voice, and he was enabled to say that he held office with the unanimous approbation of those who returned him to Parliament, and he pledged himself that he would hold it no longer than he could be useful to bis country.—(Cheers.) It was true that he might have withdrawn from it, as a high and honourable office had been offered him in connexion with the court of law to which be had the honour to belong, and to which he was still attached.—(Cheers.) He felt that us a uleastire of reform was about to be propose, his proper place was in the House of Commons. He knew no more of that measure than his colleague, and if he did he would probably be unable to divulge it ; but he felt assured that Lord Juhn Russell would not make a pledge which he would not fulfil to the very letter ; and, whether or not it would meet with general acceptance, he was convinced it would be a substantial measure of enlargement of the franchise. —(Loud cheers.) He contrasted the present un paralled prosperous condition of the country with the period when he first solicited their suffrages, and when the most gloomy state of things prevailed. At that time the vast accumulation or capital tempted people to embark in large speculations, which brought on a commercial crisis, which involved in ruin many large firms which were based on a rotten foundation, and fell when the first touchstone was applied. There was then a famine in the sister country, and a fearful plague prevailing in this, in addition to which provisions rose to such a price that a loaf was then sold for Ild. which could be pur ' chased for 4d. now. It was impossible to have a more gloomy state of things, but it was some satisfac tion to know that they were struck by the hand of God, and not by the hand of mail. At the present moment he believed that the whole mass of the com munity never was in so flourishing a condition ; they had been blessed with abundance, were free from dis tress, and had a surplus revenue. The removal of the brick duties had caused more substantial houses to be substituted for those of lath and plaster, sod added to the comfort of the labouring classes, while through out the whole extent of the country they had bene nefited greatly by the cheapness of provisions, and employment had beenmore general, as was evinced by the fact that there were from 15 to 17 per cent. fewer inmates in the workhouses than there were last year. In addition to that they had had the window-tax taken off, which could not fail to promote their ge nerel health and comfort. The representatives were not insensible to the necessity of a reduction of ex penditure, but they knew the difficulty of providing for the security of the empire, and the dangers that but,eisat would accrue if that security were not g notwithstanding that, the expenditure had been diminished by 3,000,0001. per annum.—(Cheers.) They had a great surplus, and would have a still greater one. But he regretted to find that there was one class—the agriculturists—who were labouring under depression. It was difficult to devise a remedy for it ; and Mr. Henley had admitted that he could not see at the present moment such an amount of facts as would justify a reversal of that free trade policy of which they complained. It was, however, encouraging to know that the various interests of this country were so blended that one could not continue to prosper without the other participating in that prosperity; and therefore he believed that the agri cultural class would, ere long, share in that prosperity which other interests enjoyed. If, as be firmly be lieved, the large mass of the people was in a pros perous condition, fewer persons in their workhouses, and the labouring classes in employ, he considered t that they were perfectly justified in co . n f tin t u b i e n m g o pursue a policy until facts arose to just' to reversing it.—(Cheers.) The barometer_ ja e s a s n e d t but no one could tell what storm might he knew the effect place the present state of affairs. T of the last French Revolution, nothingandy. enabled this country tof Europe .. but the to escape the disasters which then pre vailed in almost every par confi dence in the stability of their institutions, which confi dence bad been increased by the steps which were taken 18 years previously to reform those institutions. He had never been a destructi ve , b ut he believed that the best conservatism was to keep their institu tions in a progressive state, to watch the inroads made in them by time, to adapt them to the age, and to be prepared to meet those difficulties which had befallen other countries, and which might at any mo ment befall their own.--(Cheers.) Whatever might be their views of the course which he had adopted, his object had always been to strengthen and ex pand their institutions to the mind of the people, whose skill and energy had been brought to a climax in the Great Exhibition.—(Cheers.) That Exhibit tion had shown the advance of intellect in this coun try, and they had reason to be thankful that the period had arrived when the great bulk of the people was enjoying a large amount of prosper.ityo their in dustry, to witness their institutions, an d their regard for them end their Sovereign.—(Loud cheers.) If they were but true to themselves, and pursued th e right course, studying the interests of the community, and exciting their industry, it would have the effect not only of promoting loyalty and obedience to the law, but afford the greatest encouragement to a people to be contented with their lot, and to do their duty in that station of life in Which it had pleased , N ° .18,421.] LONDON, TUESDAY E d Rt. 1 7 OCTOBER 7, 1851. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY. No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terrace. TRUSTEES. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. William Wilberforce, Esq. The POLICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are not, therefore, dependent for their validity on the construction to be put upon pre vious statements or the official papers which preceded them, or upon reports, prospectuses, or other varying documents. They are thus rendered CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, AND NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS OF SECURITY. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of life assurance, the progress of this company has been rapid from the commencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Manager. E QUITABLE FIRE PANY, 2G, CORN INSURANCE COM HILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. T. LAMir. MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. W. A. B. Belrett, Esq. John Rawson, Esq. Hugh Croft, Esq. Johh Shaw, Esq. Ralph Gough, Esq. Wm. Scott. Esq Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. Edmond S. Symes, Esq. M. C. Maher, Esq. Clement Taber, Esq. John Moss, Esq. Augustus Vigne, Esq. The Policy Holders in this office are respectfully informe I that the Michaelmas Renewals are in the hands of the several agents of the Company, and should be paid on or before the 14th of October. The Equilable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own excerience, from time to time, adopt such rates of premium as the nature of the risk may Justify, and with this view an annual investi gation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the net excess, will be made to all classes of Insurers whose policies have been in force for three years. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent. without the Average Clause. Losses are made good without deduction or discount. Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. EAGLE INSURANCE. COMPANY. LONDON", AUGUST 8, 1851. At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Proprietors held this day, the Hen. JOHN CHETWYND TALBOT, Q.C., the Chair man of the Company, in the chair, A report was read, from which it appeared That the Income of the Company for the year end. ing,June 1&51, Was - ••• .•Z140,338 1 9 The Premium on Policies issued in the year .. 5,399 13 9 The Claims on decease of Lives Assured .. •• 83,691 1 9 The Expenses .. • • • • • - • • • • 5,686 5 0 The total Assets of the Company •704,010 14 0 The Report entered into further details, and finished by stating that the Directors felt it unnecessary to dwell further upon the items of the year's account, as the quinquennial valuation to be made in June next was so near. The Report was unanimously adopted, and some routine business having been disposed of, the thanks of the meeting were very cordially voted to the Chairman, Directors, and officers of the Com pany—when the meeting separated. The Premiums required by this Co.npany are very moderate, and moreover are accurately adjusted. The Assured of the purticipating class share the whole surplus, less '2O per cent. only. The Lives assured may travel and live in any part of the globe, not within thirty-three deg. of the equa`or, without extra charge. Transfers are registered, and assignments may be effected on forms supplied by the Company ; and in all particulars the interests of the Assured are carefully consulted. 3, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, September, 1851. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Royal Charter of his Majesty George 1., A.D. 1720), For SEA, FIRE, and LIFE ASSURANCES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. GOVERNOR—Thomas Tooke, Esq. Sun-GOVERNOR—The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR —George Pearkes Barclay, Esq. DIRECTORS. Charles John Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Soames, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. Charles Baring young, Esq. Esq., F.R.S., Consulting Surgeon, Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Robert Hanbury, jan., Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. MEDICAL REFEREE—SamueI Solly, St. Helen's-place. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums tailing due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th of October. Life Assurance may he effected to the extent of Ten Thousand Pounds on one Life ; with, or, at lower Premiums, without partici pation in profits. The Reversionary BONUS on Participating Life Policies has amounted on an average to 46 per Cent. on the amount of Premiums paid. The Fees of medical referees are paid by the Corporation. This Corporation has held a high position during upwards of a Century and a Quarter, and affords unquestionable security by its capital-stock. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Vict., cap. 9. CHAIRMAN— Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. Halt Credit Rates of Premium. Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit for half the amount of the first seven annual premiums, paying interest thereon at the rate of flee per cent. per annum, with the option of paying off the arrears of premiums, at any time, or having the amount deducted from the sum assured when the policy becomes a claim. For Seeming Loans aid Debts. A Table adapted especially for the securing of Loans and Debts, by which the fullest security is obtained on ♦ery low, but gradually in creasing premiums. _ _ . reticle; revived, without the exaction of a fine, at any time within twelve mouths, if health remain unimpaired. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age or the Assured in every case admitted in the Policy. Medical attendants remun,rated in all cases for their reports. Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium. Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 1001. for the whole Age. Term of Life. Half Premium for Seven Years. Whole Premium after Seven Years. £ 0. d. X 9. d. 119 2 3 6 1 9 2 2 18 4 226 4 5 0 6 13 4 3 6 8 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. THE GREATEST WONDER IN LONDON IS BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL lIIPPODROME,Kensington. OPEN DAILY. LAST WEEK. opened at Half past Four, and the performance In consequence of the Evenings drawing in,cotmhemDeio4cogrsawtilkl,ivbee o'clock. An entire Change of Performance each Representation. The proprietor, determined to keep pace with its rival, the Great Exhibition, has decided up o n c ontinuing the Hippodrome open unt i l the close of the Crystal Palace, and begs to intimate to hie patrons and the public that as he opened on the same day as the Palace of Ind ustry, and as his career of success is without parallel, that he would impress upon the minds of his friends the necessity of an early visit, as it will positively close on the Ilth of October. This Evening and during the week, the performances will assume the most novel and uninue caste. In addition to the large and talented corps of this Establishment, theym w . Mr. a nl at b ts e assisted m iste u d c b h y the principal artists of Astley's Theatre Royal. The eve n i ng ' s amusements will terminate with a brilliant display of Fir ewor k s. pleasure in announcing to his Patrons that me O n n ts S w A. l — ' l l u t on THURSDAY, Oct. 9, the Last Grand DAY PERFORMANCE entertainments in the Evening as usual. The il b(' gi"ll.Doors open at One, to commence precisely at Two. commenceco ns eciuencuFitlenrpfeotuhre Halt-past Four, A lt t Y d e , a Grand t Fete n will ilc e take n d i p s l p a l c a e y , and r F t i r h e e w E o n r t k e s r . t a i l n n - O, elengthoek. of the programme, the performance will Doors open at Private Boxes commence precisely at Five. - __ . . - Admission to the Reserred Seats First-class do. .. - Second do. - Third do. -- £1 is. Od. - 3s. Od. - 2s. Od. - Is. Od. Os. 6d. '-. . : . _ . BLo_omEßlsm. .tai.,t sensation aovation. 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Regent-street. terdam ; Bulger, for Bremen; Mr. Simpson, for Batavia; Fame, for Calais; Neptune, for Tonningen. VESSELS SPJIiEN Standard, from Liverpool for Halifax, on the 10th of September, in la'. 50 N., long. 12 W. Midas, from Callan for Queenatown, on the 6th of Sep tember, in lat. 31 N.. long. 36 W. Bathurst, from Sierra Laone for Honduras, on the 19th of August, in lat. 19 N., long. 51 W. T. Clarkq, from Singapore for London, on the 28th of August, in lat. 9 S., long. 13 W. Arabian, from the Mauritius for London, on the 31st of August, in lat. 4 S , long. 19 W. Seindia, from Singapore. for Hawburgh, on the 7th of September, in lat. .13 N., long. 25 W. Geelong, from Adelaide for London, on the 14th of Sq tember, in Ist 21 N., lone 33W. Mary Carson, on the 31 of October, off Bardsey. Henrietta, from Maceio for Plymouth, on the 4th of September. in Ist. 3 I, long. 38. Waldemar, of Hamburgh, from San Francisco for tbo Sandwich Isles, on the 25th of July, in lat. 31 N.. long. 136 W. Colonist, from Gloucester for Quebec, on the 9th of Au- gust, in lat. 45, long. 30. - - Maidstone, from Loudon for elleutta, on the sth of August, in lat. 8 N., long 24 W., of Paris. Clara, for Rid Janeiro, on the 7th of August, in lat. 11 N., long. 26 W. Undine, from London for Hobart Town, on the 11th of August, Cape Verd Islands, steering E., distant 25 leagues. England'4Queen, from Mazatlan for Liverpool, on the 12th of August, off Cape Verde. Village Girl, from England for Monte Video, on the same day. Secret, from Moulmein for London, on the Ist of Au gust, in lat. 36 S., long. 21 E. China, from Algoa Bay for London,4n4t. 86 N., long. 21 E Creole, from California, for Falmouth, on the 3i of Sep tember, in lat. 15, long. 28. MILITARY STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for October.) SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TFIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The Arctic expeditions have now re turned to report their successes in the search after Sir John Franklin and his companions. Without attempting any simplification of the discoveries or conjectures of their several commanders—which in deed would be no easy task—we think the time has arrived for some general review of our proceedings and some deliberate reflection on the course which it may befit the Government of this country to adopt. The exertions made to accomplish the object in view have been in the highest degree meritorious. We have had expeditions fitted out by the nation with all the resources of our arsenals and all the aids of science, and intru:ted to some of the best officers in the service of the Qzeen. We have had other expeditions dispatched through the zeal and liberality of individuals, and large rewards, independent of honour and distinction, have been offered to stimulate that private enterprise which sn often outstrips the most strenuous public efforts. The Hudson's Bay Company have concen trated on the same object all the extraordinary means at their disposal on the spot. They have sent out exploring companies, effected communications with natives, maintained signal stations, and distribut e d over air and sea notifications o f the pending search. Neither has American hardihood been withheld from the work. We are sometimes surpassed by our kins men of the States in acts of venturesome audacity, but on this occasion they have made common cause with ourselves and shared the common success of the experiment. In fact, the one great object of English men and Americans, Queen's ships and merchant ships, whalers, cruisers, and volunteers, in these parts, has been to discover some trace of our missing navi gators. It would be difficult, in short, to suggest any scheme for attaining our ends which has not been already put in practice. Such being the case, what up to the present moment has been the result of our exertions ? We speak without any wish to discourage when we say that it is almost nothing at all. Even the latest and best ordered expeditions have hardly in creased our knowledge in any material respect. It was rendered probable some time ago that Sir John Franklin's fate bad not been that which was at first anticipated, and that he passed at least one winter in safety upon the ice. But beyond this point our in formation has not proceeded. There is not even a general agreement as to the path which the missing expedition probably took, the fortune it has probably experienced, or the direction in which the search may be best renewed. We are, in fact, no wiser than we were before, and all our recent exertions have gone virtually for nothing. It is with no kind of satisfaction that we record these conclusions, but we do not see how it is possible to maintain that any material point has been gained by our tenacious per severance and untiring zeal. Under these circum stances the next duties of Government become a se rious question for consideration. If it befits a nation like ours to spare no efforts in such a rescue as this, it also unquestionably befits us to regulate our efforts by some definite plan, and to carry them only to such a point as sound reason may dictate. As regards the original character and purpose of those " Arctic ex peditions" which originated our present perplexities we conceive there can hardly be two opinions sur viving. The very case before us shows what we may too probably lose, and every year's experience has taught us the little we could gain. The old idea of a "North-west passage," and its importance to Euro pean navigation, must have been long since exploded. Nothing could be clearer, even before the departure of Sir Jobn Franklin, than that no such passage could possibly exist under any available conditions. Whether it was or was not practicable for a particular expedi tion to force a way from Baffin's Bay to Behring's Straits might, perhaps, be an edifying geographical enigma, but it was at any rate no practical question. There could never be a passage .for vessels of com merce, nor could any substantial interests be concerned in the result. It was utterly impossible that any per manent way could be maintained through such regions as these. Whether the communication between ocean and ocean was intercepted by solid land or perpetual ice signified but little, so long as the impediment was so manifest and insuperable. In the present day the problem would hardly command even a speculative interest. We have learnt to deal with the globe most comprehensively. We manipulate the planet which we inhabit as a child plays with the ball. We not only put a " girdle round the earth," but we try it in twenty different forms, taking oceans and conti nents for nothing in our computations. Whether we shall reach the Antipodes by a western or an eastern passage is at this moment a matter of debate. We are told that we shall get to Calcutta in twelve days, and to China in little more than a fortnight, while steamers are already plying between the great At lantic and the great Pacific. Yet amidst all this ex perimental voyaging nobcdy has ever conceived that the Pclar Sea cculd become a highway, or that the best course to California would be by Behring's Straits. The problem of the north-west passage is as obsolete as the quadrature of the circle, and we can only now lament that so much has been staked on its solution. But though we do not think the geogra phical importance of these expeditions commensurable with the cost or exposure of a single sloop's crew, we unhesitatingly admit that our obligation to rescue those who have been dispatched on the enter prise is of a very different magnitude. It signifies supremely little whether Boothia Felix is a penin sula, an island, or a gulf—in fact, it seems not im probable that it may be all three in turn, according as the " land" of these parts acquires or loses consis tency from the influence of the season. But it does import most emphatically to our national honour that we should ascertain the fate of our missing country then, and redeem them, if living, from the dangers to which they have been consigned. As yet we have made no substantial progress in the attempt; and it becomes us, therefore, at this conjuncture, with the prospect of another expedition in the ensuing spring, to revise our plans of action, and endeavour to put the work in a satisfactory shape for completion in some way or other. In the first place, that no time may be con sumed in useless explorations, it is clearly advisable to decide, according to the best opinions, what are the particular localities in which there is any probability of our obtaining the information we desire. Hitherto we seem to have been merely groping in the ice upon the speculation of coming somewhere or other upon some traces to guide us. But our Arctic navigators are now a numerous body, and their experience should enable them at least to point out what parts should be searched and what passed by. When this decision shall have. been arrived at, we conceive it would be desirable to invest the officers dispatched on the expe dition with as large a discretion as possible. Let them be well furnished, well appointed, and well sup ported, and then let them employ the resources at their disposal in any way suggested by actual cir cumstances. We suggest, too, that our efforts might be maintained with a little more continuous perseve rance. As it is certainly not impracticable, and not absolutely unsafe, to winter on the ice, it seems unfortunate that any ships should have been compelled by their instructions to return home with eighteen months' provisions still remaining, and with both vessels and crews in good working order. We shall never attain our end by sailing up to the ice and then sailing back again. There is a point in these expeditions which must needs be discernible enough to an experienced commander beyond which it is un advisable to proceed, and that point therefore should be reached as quickly and as effectually as possible. The exact limit cannot be defined in the offices of the Admiralty ; it can only be ascertained on the spot, and carte blanche should be accordingly given to the officers employed. The problem is one which de pends entirely upon individual resolution and discre • tion. If good men are selected, ample resources fur nished, and full liberty of action allowed, we could hardly fail of arriving at some conclusive decision, and this course we consider should be adopted forthwith. We can only trust that the result might be the resto ration of Sir John Franklin to his country ; but in any case we hope that these efforts may terminate the na tional propensity for Arctic expeditions. ADVERTISER.—The article which we yester day copied from a Sunday paper, which has access to official information, relative to the state of the forth coming quarter's revenue, will have been read with I much gratification by all classes, save one. The ex ceptional class are the habitual croakers—a set of men who exist in all countries, but who are just now particularly numerous in England. These men live on disasters. National reverses are the aliment of their souls. Without something calamitous, either real or imaginary, they could not manage to live at all. They are, happily for themselves, men of fertile imaginations—so that where they have no real evils on which to feed, they can fancy that they are sur rounded by them. There is, fortunately for all but themselves, abundant room for the exercise, just now, of the wits of these persons. They never had greater need to call their imaginative faculties into play ; for there never was a time when appearances and pro spects were so much against them. They must have felt sadly disappointed and fearfully crest-fallen, when they read the anticipations of our Sunday contem porary, respecting the revenue returns, which will be laid before the country next Friday—the word anticipations being, in this instance, synonymous with :actual facts. The forthcoming returns will be a sore trial to the croakers. They will prove the heaviest blow and greatest discouragement they ever re- [PRICE SD. ceived. We are curious to know on what tack they will now go. They will, we fancy, be constrained for very decency's sake, to admit that the couutry is rather prosperous at present. We do not see how c country admission they can d o ot h erw i se. The fact is too palpable to be denied—t oo d emonstrative to be disputed. It would be an utt er l y h ope l ess thing to attempt to convince the ry that missiton is not w in and a healt a h t y o a n n ne d . happy unreservedly no condition. It w ill , t h erefore, be their wiser course to make only sustenance that we can see for their croaking dispositions is in the future. That they may picture in as gloomy colours as they please. No one can contradict them there. We have no facts t.o marshal against their predictions. No one can tell to a cer tainty what may be the condition of the country two or three years hence. For at least one year, humanly speaking, we are safe. We have a present certainty of twelve months unparalleled prosperity before us. The class, there, to whom we allude, whose very existence is wrapped up in gloom and disaster, should apply themselves to the portraiture of the state in which matters may be some few years hence. Let their imaginations be exercised on the apprehended calamities which will befal the country in 1854 or 1855. They may affirm with impunity that before we have seen the end of either of these years, Eng land will be involved in utter and irretrievable ruin. These persons have at least the authority of one well•keown individual for the adoption of this course. Mr. Henry Drummond, the Member for West Surrey, has set them an example. Compelled to give up the idea of clinging any longer to the hy pothesis, that the country is at this moment on the verge of ruin, Mr. Drummond has bethought .himself of postponing the catastrophe, which was sure to follow the repeal of the corn-laws, till some future time. He does not commit himself to any definite period for the distressing occurrence. In this he acts wisely. It is to come some day. But on what day, deponent sayeth not. He does not even name the year. It was to have happened before now; but it has not happened. Mr. Drummond postpones the period of its occurrence with the same easy, cool facility with which the Irishmen of St. Giles's, seven or eight years ago, postponed the day on which Lon don was to be swallowed up by an earthquake. With the croaking section of the community, we are willing to do a stroke of business. If they give us up the present, we shall give them up the future. If they admit that just now the country is in a state of unexampled prosperity, we can have no hesitation in admitting, that some time or other grievous disasters may befal Great Britain. Let those that feel so disposed brood over the future. Let them picture to their own minds, the time to come, in the most sombre colours which can occur to their imaginations. We are too thankful for the pre sent, to suffer our sense of the blessings we now enjoy, to be impaired by the contemplation of what is within the range of possibility at some distant, inde finite day. As to the cause of the unparalleled pros perity which pervades every branch of trade and commerce, there cannot be two opinions. Free trade has done it all. That which we were assured was to precipitate a crisis in the financial and commercial condition of the country, as well as drive all the farmers into the Gazette, and send the landlords, in the lump, to the workhouse, is now proved to have been the means of saving the country. Under the ascendancy of Protection, England, in all its interests —its agricultural interests among the number—was rapidly hurrying to ruin. Just at the critical moment, when a longer persistence in a restrictive com mercial policy would have proved fatal, Sir Ro bert Peel resolved on reversing that policy. He made up his mind to do it at all hazards. He was the only man in her Majesty's domi nions that was competent for the task. He set about the work directly. He applied himself to it with a self-sacrifice, both in regard to his ease and to his party and personal friendships, of the greatness of which none but himself could form any idea. He accomplished it in defiance of an opposition the most formidable which ever any Minister had to encounter. The greatness of the boon which he coferred on the country is now beginning to be seen and felt by all. Of the benefits of which his great free-trade measures are destined to be productive in the future, it would not be possible to form an exaggerated notion. There is just only one drawback to the pleasure with which the country looks back on those free-trade measures which are now spreading plenty and producing prosperity among all classes of the community. The illustrious author of those measures is no longer susceptible of the gratification which a nation's admi ration and a nation's gratitude could not fail to have afforded him. He has been snatched from our midst just when he was beginning to be seen by all in the light of a great benefactor. Had he but lived until now—had his life been prolonged for one year more, it is easy to perceive with what inexpressible delight he would have looked around him, and beheld in all parts of the country, and among all classes of her Majesty's subjects, that unprecedented prosperity of whieh his policy has been productive. THE ACCELERATED MID-DAY MAIL. We have received a list of the several provincial towns from which letters and newspapers are daily dis patched to the metropolis. This list, which is corrected up to the Ist of October, is as follows:-- Abergavenny, Abingdon, Accrington, Alnwick, Amers ham, Anipthill, Andover, Andover-road, Arund e l, Ash ford, Atherstone, Attletorough, Aylesbury, Banbury, Barnesley, Basingstoke, Bath, Battle, Bedford, Belford, Belper, Berkhampstead, Berwick, Bewdley, Bicester, Billericay, Bilstone, Birkenhead, Birmingham , Bishop's Stortford, Blackburn, Blandford, Bognor, Bolton, Bos ton, Brackley, Bradford (Yorkshire), Bradford (Wilt shire), Brandon, Brentwood, Bridgwater, Bridport, Brighton, Bristol, Broadway, Brom.grove, uckingham Burford, Bromley, Bury (Lancashire), Bury St. Ed mund's, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chatham, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Chepstow, Chertsey, Chester, Chesterfield, Chichester, Chippenham, Chipping Norton, Christchurch, Chorley, Cirencester, Cobham, Cocker mouth, Colchester, Cottrington, Congleton, Coventry, Cowes, Crewe, Cranbrook, Crawley, Cuckfie!d, Dar lington, Dartford, Daventry, Deal, Derby, Devizes, Dorking, Dorchester, Dover, Downham, Droitwich, Dud ley, Dunmow, Durham, Eastbourne, East Grinstead, Eceleshall, Edenbridge, Ely, Emsworth, Eustone, Ep ping, Epsom, Exeter, Esher, Evesham, Farnham, Fare ham, Fsrringdon, Fenny Stratford, Feversham, Folk stone, Frome, Gateshead, Gloucester, Godalming, Goa port, Grantham, Gravesend, Guernsey, Guildford, Hales a orth, Halifax, Harlow, Harwich, Hatfield, Hastings, Havant, Hemel Hempstead, Henley-on- Thames, Hereford, Hertford, Hexham, Higham Ferrers, High Wycomb, Hoddesden, Holbeach, Horsham, Hud dersfield, Huntingdon, Hy the, Ipswich, Ingatestone, Jer sey, Kelvedon, Kendal, Kenilworth, Kettering, Kidder minster, Knutsford, Lancaster, Launcester, Leather - head, Ledbury, Leeds, Leicester, Leighton Buzzard, Leominster, Lewes, Lichfield, Lincoln, Liphoek, Liver pool, Loughborough, Lowestoft, Ludlow, Lyme, Lynn, Lymington, Lyndhurst, M acc l es fi e ld , Maidenhead, Maid stone, Malvern, Malden, Manchester, Manningtree, March, Margate, Marlow, Maryport, Melksham, Melton Mowbray, Milnthorpe, Monmouth, Morpetb, Moreton in the Marsh, Nantwich, Newark, Newnh am, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Newmarket, Newport (Isle of Wight), Newport Pagnel, Newport (Salop), Northampton, North Shields, Norwich, Northwieh, Nottingham, Nuneaton, Oakham, Odiam, li Ongar, Oundle, Oxford, Penrith, Perahore, Peterborough, Pe tersfield, Poole, Portsmouth, Presteign, Preston, Pres ton Brook, Queenborough, Ramsgate, Reading, Rei gate, Ringwood, Rickmansworth, Ripley, Rochdale, Rochester, Ross. Rotkerham, Rugby, Rugeley, Rumsey, Ryde, Rye, Saffron Walden, Salisbury, Sandbach, Sand wich, Saxmundliam, Sevenoaks, Sheerness, Sheffield, Shepton Mallet, Sherborne, Shields (North), Shoreham, Shrewsbury, Sittingbourne, Slough, Shields (South), Southampton, Spalding, Stafford, Staines Stamtord, Staplehnrst, St. Alban's, St. Ive's (Hunt.), St. Leonard's, Stockport, Stone, Stourbridge, - Stoney Strat ford, Stowmarket, Stratford-on-Avon, Stroud, Sunder-. land, Swindon, Tamworth, Taunton, Tenbury, Tenter den, Tetbary, Tewkesbury, Thane, Thetford, Think, Thrapstone , Tipton, Tiverton, Towcester, Tring, Trow bridge, Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Ulverstone, Ux bridge, Ventnor, Wakefield, Wallingford, Walsall, Wal tham Cross, Wansford, Wantage, Ware, Wareham, War minster, Warrington, Warwick, Watford, Wednesbury, Weedon, Wellingboro', Wellington (Somerset), Welling ton (Salop),Wells (Somersetahire), Welwyn, Weymouth, W estbury, West Bromwich, Weston-super-Mare, White - haven, Wigan, Wimborne i Winchester, Winohfield, Windsor, Winslow, Wisbeacb, Witham, Witney, Wo burn,,Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Woodbridge, Wood stock, Worcester, Workington, Worthing, Wymond ham, Yarmouth, Yeovil, York, and the whole of Ireland and Scotland. Newsvenders and other persons using these mails are reminded that bags to the above named towns sr!,for warded from London to these places every mornin g, They so that the dispatch is outward as well as in ward . and papers outwards t should also remem he be f r on t o h w a i t ng in ina d t i r s u p c a t t i c o h g i s n at tended to:— g should eost ber letters epn b s ao e e spyitesn7: till " 7 T a l 7 xe ar letter -hoses r a e n e cl eiv u in n g hous e tilsffies minwuitlel Charing- c a r .s o r s . s f , o o r Ildetetearrse;nadnidsht-hsouseeeat,t s t n h d e tbhreanßcohroou Borough, papers until half- r past t 70 office, and and forth the B letters ran untilßranch o o ffi ce c a M. At the General Lombard-street, the boxes will close for newspapers at :a quarter before 8 A.M., and for letters at half-past 8 A.M. PERvEESIONS To RomE.--The " Sisterhood" for merly settled at St. Barnabas, Knightsbridge, under Mr. Bennett, and latterly resident in Margaret -street, Cavendish square, were publicly received in a body into the Roman c 4 th o uo church atishogton on Sunday evening last. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE COURT-MARTIAL AT STONEHOUSE.-ii court assembled at the Royal Marine Barracks, Stonebouse, on Saturday last, for the trial of First Lieutenant Charles Thomas Forest Onslow, on a charge of in toxication while on duty. On the opening of the court a question was raised on the informality of the Admiralty warrant, in the latter part of which an error in the Christian name of the prisoner was dis covered. The court was in consequence ordered to be cleared, and on its being re-opened was adjourned sine die. APPOINTMENTS. Chaplain—Rev. J. R. (1847), to the Rod ney, 92, Portsmouth. Second Master—Wm. J. Reddell (1849), to the Victory flag -ship, Portsmouth. Boatswain—Robert Shearer, to the Hercules store ship, for Malta. The Royal :yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, with her tender, the Fairy, in charge of Commander Crispin, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday. Confiance steam-tug, having undergone a thorough repair, has been taken out of dock at Devonport, and is now complete for service. Dauntless screw steam-frigate, Captain Halsted, and Sutlej, Indiaman, were still at anchor in St. Helen's Roads yesterday; the weather was still un settled. Desperate screw steam- frigate, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, from Devonport, en route for Wool wich. Modeste, 18, Commander Lord W. Compton, has left Sheerness for Portsmouth, en route to the Me diterranean. Pioneer steam-tender, Lieutenant-Commander Sherrard Osborne, has arrived at Woolwich, in ad vance of Captain Austin's Arctic squadron. Vulcan screw troopship, Master-Commander Penn, on her way from Portsmouth, to Cork and the Cape, put into Torbay on Sunday. DEVONPORT, SUNDAY. The weather is still squally. The St. George, ordinary guard-ship, struck lower yards and topmasts on Friday. The Ocean, freight-ship, is expected at this port, to take in pro visions from the Royal William Victualling-yard, for the Cape of Good Hope. WOOLWICH, OCT. 6.—The Monkey steam-vessel, took the Lady Franklin, sailing vessel, recently com manded by Captain Penny, in tow this morning and proceeded with her for Chatham. Commander Henry Eden, Mr. Macdonald, master attendant (who has just returned from leave of ab sence), Mr. Lang, master shipwright, Mr. Atherton, chief engineer, Mr. John Penn, of marine engine celebrity, and Mr. F. P. Smith, inventor of the screw propeller, with a number of gentlemen, attended in the chain-testing room in the dockyard to-day to witness experiments with a new description of chains submitted by a Monsieur Sisco, a native of France, the Lords of the Admiralty having ordered that every facility should be afforded of ascertaining their quality and value compared with the chains now in use in her Majesty's service. The new chains are made of common hoop-iron of the breadth required, and wound on a reel by machinery into an oval shape and to the same breadth as the outer surface, which is rounded off after the whole has been brazed in passing through a furnace of molten metal. The usual test of an iron chain for naval ser vice of two inches in diameter is 72 tons strain, l b e u ss t many r a links d y e b t r e t a h k e w o t i h t h e r t p h a e r t s a p o p f l itchaet chainon of far are e fou a n in d ef twoqualifi inches edtopashsrtahaedraeaqduirtewdooirndeehaels. tMhic.kS,isivoiot'hs h stays in the centre of each of the two links, was placed of 2* i then inches testing-frame, s t n i n diameter, g-fm e'atta ched ah d en to the a hydraulic testing chain power being applied, one of t he links was length ra ened five-eights of an inch and the other one eigth of an inch, when it reached a strain of 110 tons, and the 2} inch testing-chain broke off in two places when the strain reached 114 tons. The hoop-iron chain had some openings in one of the links, which had been imperfectly brazed, but it didinot appear to have been made otherwise defective. One link of the same dimensions, two inches thick and two inches broad, was afterwards placed in the testing frame, and when a strain of 70 tons was applied it had lengthened one-twelfth of an inch; with 80 tons, one-eighth of an inch; with 100 tons, three- sixteenths; with 110 tons, one-fourth of an inch ; with 115 tons, five-sixteenths ; and when it resisted 120 tons strain it was considered advisable not to continue the strain, as it was so great as to loosen the stone frame on which the machine rested, and liable to damage other parts of the powerful iron-frame of the machine. The strain applied on this occasion was one ton more than had ever been previously applied, and the hoop chain was only slightly opened on one side. When inquiries were made as to the price at which the hoop chains could be supplied, it was stated that they would not cost more per cwt. than the common chains, al though their holding powers were so much greater in proportion. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Right Hon. Sir Francis Baring, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, arrived here to-day on a private visit to patronise a local charity—the Beneficial Society—a long-conti nued annual custom bath with Sir Francis and his colleague, Sir G. Staunton, M.P., the other Member for this borough. Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., the Commander-in--Chief of this port, visited Sir Francis at the George Hotel. Captain Charles Eden, R,N., the First Lord's private secre tary, accompanied him in his visit. The Odin steam-frigate, Commander Sir William Wiseman, which lately bore the British Ambassador to St. Petersburgh, returned to this port to-day, and will resume her place in the advanced steam fleet. The Rattler steam-sloop, Commander Arthur Mellersh, arrived this morning from Woolwich to embark the Lieutenant-Governor of this garrison, Lady Fitzelarence, and daughter, for the island of Madeira. The Rattler proceeds thence to the East India and China station to take the place of the Reynard screw sloop, lately lost on that station. On her passage round to this port the Rattler encountered foul weather, and in a gale off Beechey-head caraied a way the head berthing and part of her head-rails. She has come into harbour to refit. SHIP NEWS. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Gibraltar, Sept. 25. _ _ All vessels arriving at this port from Lisbon, 'and the line of coast between that port and Oporto, are to per form three days' quarantine of observation. GRAVESEND, OCT. 6.—Wind S.W., fine. Arrived —Leon, from . Harlingen; Citizen, fromßotter dam; Aeis, from Denis; Roscommon, from Rotterdam; Sir E. Banks, from Havre; Soho, from Antwerp; John gull, from Hataburgb ; Rhine, from Ostend. Soiled —Joseph Somes, for Sydney; Magnet, for Rot- Troops for Service Regiments & Corps Companies. 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Fort Boyle Chatham Nenagh Chatham Chatham Walmer Gosport Jersey Hythe Chatham ye of Wight !Chatham Canada Chatham Chatham New port Chatham Walmer Chatham Muilingar Isle of Wight Chatham Winchester Castlebar Aberdeen Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Waterford Chatham Chatham Bristol Buttevant Chatham Canterbury Tralee Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Youghal Isle of Wight Birr Isle of Wight Chatham Guernsey Naas Kinsale Chatham Isle of Wight Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham 'Carlow IChatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Canada •. • isle of 'Wight 49th do.. 50th do. 51st do. 52c1 d 0......... 53d do.. 54th do. . 55th do. . 56th do 57th do. 58th do 59th do Ist bat 60th do .o 2d bat 61st do. 62d do. 63d do. 64th do. ......... 65th do. 66th do. 67th do. 68th do. 69th do. 70th do. 71st do. 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[ADVERTISEMENT ]--Richard Atkinson and Co., Irish poplin manufacturers to the Queen, her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, tic., 31, College-green, Dublin.—Atkinson and Co. beg re spectfully to acquaint the nobility and. gentry of G rea t Britain, that they transmit specimens for inspection per post free, and any poplins ordered are sent free of expense to Lon don, Liverpool, Bristol, Plymouth, Falmouth, or Glasgow, from whence they are forwarded as addressed without any delay, and at the risk of Atkinson and Co. DARING STREET ROBBERY.--Yesterday informa tion was received that between twelve and one o'clock in the morning, as !Mr. Manson, of the East India -road, Poplar, was proceeding homeward, and when within a short distance of him residence, he was attacked by two mien, one of them grasping him tightly round the throat, which prevented him making any alarm, whilst the other rifled his person of 211., leaving Mr. Manson in a state of insensibility from the ill usage. They decamped, and got clear off. He describes his assailants, one about 30, short and stout, dressed in a short blue coat :and cap; the other about 40, tall and stout, and dressed in black. FOREIGN E EL S.—An importation of se vera l pack ages of eels has just taken place, by a vessel ar r i ve d f rom Prince Edward's Island. We are not aware of a previous importation of eels from this distant part of the world, and the arrival is therefore of some interest and importance. f sr d ! ,t (1 44 5 rtr