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o. r ~;,;. '+. PrnE NOTi VEA n Y c U o.,,EpAri.ONDE MINING ( , i Working Gold Mines in the Mariposa Loll the liononrable Celunl Jelin 41200,0'.)01., or 5 , 0 00,00(V., in shares of V. (or 25f.) each to bearer. „..,._ CO UNCIL OF SUPERVISION' IN PARIS. Iter,p:. ,DElT-P rince LOUIS LUCIEN BONAPARTE. 4i batsT-C onnt DE L i NT IVY, Ex-Counsellor of State toteit A 7 . f ah' alade Oate Fre nch Consul-General in Dublin.) es Issiietn°ne Villiers, late Auditor of the Council of State. Srse d,..,720a015, Inspector of Railways in France. spf,le. Director of the National Agricultural Establishment lit , 7 . .nillet. Di r .' -e Ines, late , 14 , eis ai, 5‘ ,... e . Chief of Division in the Ministry of Marine. .t r. ,:n m the Court of Appeal of Paris. G.'. lioaa ° 7a; Banker. st, d e wi n Assts., er the National Academy of M e dicine. .001tle,late Prefect. GintANT-dons. Fahien Paganelli di Zlcavo. Jie, ,„ -. 4ar .„... TaUSTEEs. er ' --(l. ' P.B.S.' I Henry H. Kennard, gag. Sir w iiiia COUNCIL IN LONDON. John Addin de Bathe, Bart., Portman-square. Joh n flu ', -sq., Corn Exchange. 0 . B. Carr, Brown, Brown, Esq., Corn Exchange. Joh n / ,'P a. r , Esq., 10. Laurence Pountney-hill. n. P. i r 44e Yr Esq., F.R.S., the Hyde, Essex. Capt e i vin e , Esq 16, Pau-man. ta.___ a Jesse, Malsonette, Ingatestone, Essex. - Messrs. John Taylor and Sons, G, Queen-street-Place Ilssi sn , Thames -street. --`-'4 -Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co. ' Th e tte li.ari,,,,Bavld Hoff ArDIT°. Piccadilly. sole, iS 'aerris, E, man, LL.D., Dover-street, lie ti i °4 th Es s , ' q ' 6 .51„ a$C O .a Managing Director of the St. John del Rey al ier,Dipany. `",t8.1.-...i="-ris• Valiance and Valiance, 20, Essex-street, Strand. t. Ofs s s „:srs• Dill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle-street. '41....pa-t:•..rafrir (a.l interim) iam Ceper, ESq• ac, 's 11, Place de la Bourse. London: 2, Moorgate- Css„ 'ealps e „ i _ ~ street, City. to t i,etes edi , us established in France under the French law of , 4 , , ' tia ' 4 l , ,i clial e f hisLiwhitiach the liabilisy of each s str a eholder is d I g paid up t in t full ta ll ct r e re nt g'i "4belligretso' a b n e d are t r he ( s a e u s p h o a r r t e eur), are not subject to muted th is l stratlon, dno deed has to be signed. i i ,, (en co mmandite) the affairs of the Company are ti to sa te s, bet pow le Oin•ant assisted b - the Council of Supervision fu ks e 4 th e ers have been obtained securing to the Englis 4, sh s, l4 Erigi an fu o l l control and supervision of the aff.lirs of the Corn ers h ,es to t hn and California. tis se - ftnt of ' ',ocen of 46 000/ have been already issued, and i1t5i,,,, (4 lease s 0 7, 1- ',,ital raised ' ther . eby has b en applied to the Pia elts.i,ortyati,ph, the Mineral property propos e ed to be worked by the ae capes,pio a Ment of the expenses incurred in the establish wlllhePitai to tanY in France and. California. l!bilk %Il e a s e raised from the remaining portion of the shares oess is.',4 Purchasing and sending out the necessary kin ; Lskill e a i '',. efficient staff of miners, artisans, and compe n te o n s t 4 tIS et ' the wor"Vbs various processes adapted for the extraction ~.e _ Ili, lease s t rin 'ing of the mines, and to the payment of all char s f 1 .4Pr0t,„„,_ , erred in Englaad and France. ats sii edir et r o ,; of the mines ar n C to be remitted to England, and, 44,111111 e sharn°.fall expenses incurred, will be divided rateaby liCislon 'aolders, and the dividends will be payable in Paris els... • tae,c-sees and ~The afire arta vsi,'" contracts of the mines am deposited with Messrs. C l ' l 4 a-c.killota-r%-111° English solicitors of the Company. e si Ilieli t Cala, ,a,triet In which this Company's_ property and n d 1843 Zirrete,l°.rioasZi°,l„, ShOWTI in the map. It was 1) •- s•'res i .,7 l wit h iv , ' ohn Charles Fremont, and nr o c tiOtions having Wrtis ta ssieet ai , ,,, !an throneh. the Honourable David n Hoffman, his 8N .. '"Pti' o ' a 140 11d e Copt Ba rone, a grant was obtained, entitling the ,sPany to four setts on the Mariposa t s es ein, or at ie. `sere r . - sore Il a Satis 4 ,s , ton % .gails on any other part of hi is,;tsiei ii 11 "`'0 oth er ` i. e . Company purchased t the leas es e ta of Baldwin's s efet Lo hol m u le is leases which were granted by Colonel Fremont. s ty els e t „ - .sreely on the great af armosa quartz N cal, which has h tc. liest i.ol 7 tie, in, P r oductive. The report of Captain Jackson in , ril e , c 3 Malt tie is annexed, from which it will be . seen that, in Ittit,bnltltzescl,ittot,lll,4B_B......ettrholits-the character and size of the vein w . h ! ch h • as rich ness of the ores It produces and facilities for H ens eras - one which is eminently distinguished as having RN -Sire,' -teasential to the success of a mining enterprise. The 15 1' 4 c : 41 a of thalo,4wln's ?Mine are extremely rich, and may be seen of t 4 44, -48 to ni' n ' n , ° a l Pitny, las 'n ees , " a l for Co mpany are for twenty-one years, with claus t es , is t„23111 pi , „_ farth er term of twenty-one years,.unde f r a m r t oi e r r a oi f s 1140'at p i r s f ., ed s3,`,'„ete,,gold Produced; raid the superfi . cies o ,t Ze , s7/4 8 b a y re sis i :, c e ) ° , ,h ra e P r ri ce se m s p a a n ay er s :tent seven . times greater a than kserea ro e s at Als,,OcaaPt from royalty during a •d of eighteen e cil 'lts " al led ts',`' 1851 , or until the profits of the mines shall Its tel aii , te ei l ' Orl ' i e ,,°f the,,, e ,, CI . allsany 17,0001. of their outlay in machinery 1115'Pstry ' s 'aliy Is; " i nhig setts, there are also 500 acres of otl t i b e t r , plis e ea as tioa lest, the timber upon which will secure to fon t 4 tle• ' ti ler •' n ee of Material for building, fuel for steam en s, Moi l 'aline s en- Thy, set f , i.o sh e is Purpos e ,. i iit '",lshi eli sr i a tae et grants, the Company has secured a %as.. t is is. * i. °al Colonel F'remont of ten ae . res of land, lsir i 1, fur '"ndeci to erect works for the extraction of gold. t ql "Ie t s a term, s sis,, - • q i ' th e . - of forty-two years, upon conditions higlaly i lt,l nl etts„ -411 lcies i O rn PanY - and it is intended to erect steam. nog' s fore-- Power, ' 'tl machinery of the most approved t1 a .."414- 1 . 11 lupin ' - han g , grinding, and amalgamating quartz ores. ts Pl 'aea . t hi scl not only in the extraction of ores t h l iste n ,„'athe r .,. n " leased by Colionel Fremont, butwill also be k'ls b.'. -41eticni of the quartz ores raised in the sumund te7l NI brave of I, . 1,, , 1ci0.,,, ratio,s asiness is a distinguishing feature in tlhetbireir a4yrosittisiss, ia ,Of the Company, as, independent of al 'D C .. *la Cslis h slifei s n'ge revenue will be readily obtainable . in letter 4 0, c1i h e e r p re ,: Sour ce. This view is confirmed in a _ 1, 'I • 'Plore s ° jl t .to Mr. Hoffman, dated 15th May, 1801, m 1 .. I s .... Ett e i nefficiency of the machinery hitherto e antekilrahlfYia z , 4 %11 se rvic ' t he Council to state that they have secured liSl- e>thletal Zitrla co- operation of the Hon. Mr. Hoffman, as k ater N ihe a t gep t ," s er on American law ; and they have been st he c onse nt ,lealan to state, that in the present instancy , IN gilt 4ll 1 "° aCt in cenneLon with any company of this t,late ii kei ti 14 th in p41),,e anticipated that some estimate t r should be 1111',ttSt:/,4lell't',°Weeer"sexPect.e..l to arise from , , this lt e r n tb e a p a r y ise, the state 4,ss 4 ,e t ta r „anti ot b.: determined to avoid petting f Mra i ;',4l,:u 4. rely ,;:_ee e out by the most i d n o g ubted evidence byt th,eiho.s„iseeii P_all admitted facts as to the vast results which c t:orkzwor ki ,,.ined by parties possessing no fae w iliti e e_s t a fo r r e Nea ih - e aeil ()roa r and upon the means and resources ai h u l l : .cns kt ritt aci vais.„ rle hlies e ' c m - I:snotty; rather than upon any e c ti 1, e4,,,s , age a r44,,0f selected specimens of quatz ores. . t biti s ast th e '' - ' 4ll er to this company may thus be briefly mil ks 415 4 8 / 1 40s ) ,,, t1. ?c,5 4 ,..eg, a , y • _aro to bearer, and no stamp, tr . ansfer,: t o b r e re e g m is: 404 1 1, the k a le ase deed has to be signed. 2. That w. . C ch u 17„ . 4 e4 k , 1 ,,d t rss repo rt ' f a located mine, the produce of hi - cess ' , by '" 4 Of a ° f Captain Jackson. 3. That the Company t i ,l r ' t tli l a nY Othuriferous territory seven times greater than that l' l . s 4'l'ls p •ea, i , os ol t r il e °rnPny in Europe or America. 4. That the ketk -4,, 1 „ e , e Ininmg setts are for 21 years, with el. uses 4 ofg o trt2 " 1.8 . Lastly • That the Company' bas an "uu tae kilo.: years Of lands • for erection of works for the ex tbe eii41,11•13 lett ki .l7 --- ----_____ David Hoff- Te tis ‘qt'il , 1 to 1,..,.as been received from the Hon. of , "e las Saper;,alce Louis Lucien Bonaparte, the President 45,„ . as e "ce L ool ' s 'cal in Paris. Zietsissizii„-,4.tipers,„is Lucien Bonaparte, President of the Council 11 4 'lk Ear ` . r.--..,C°4 Of the Nouveau Monde Company. , l 't 't tl °lie s the s esid n le l in , ,of tis _ .. sole representative and duly authorised ellf e , i ,qa D os "our to"e' ho nourable Colonel John Charles Fremont, Sh i, ais, e sees ertify that the Company of which you are ~b . e t l„'° l ee s a s tl i les: 43 s " of seven tracts of auriferous territory in steh's Wi th ' , th e D.: 'ntitlin kay 4. lap t i s th e s z ci ea ‘ t mari g pc y aa ov ei C a o s m e p r a e n l y sew to b a ere lo , e a a s ti a o l n e a t, t al t e h ae e na i - r L Th r : . efst e . subj ect 4 'raets of a due quantity of agrieultunt and aie -e si t . 1 . 0 the like selection as your Company'sagents t k i ,t rO % t b e e a t i a n t ' ea inn fi l)- s ° l ' A -41 cssi n ,, 8 e an extent of land greater than any . which sist4 l ls la ar r s isrf ea ,'" , . Colonel Fremont to any Company either i t , 1 11. 54. 041 , ar e ere a " bY the terms of the contract the whole , o a f •se r ii .0111, 1 „ this ,i4aPted from ally royalty for a period of. eigshis'lemell 4 lt I, t ,pl44 , rim ha'4.naless the profits of working: the mdin erecting e, .'e s „ tt e as, %rat ft w v e repaid the cost of purchasing* an 7 , 4 , 4 ' ts - 41 p t a that I a r es to the extent of 17,0001. -4 el Val loti. ere °ot P'-'"411 aSsur v uof the repeated expression -let „,•-• les s , °, the hi e , ° • feels at the prospect t " k aki s s ,sses so „„ gh gratification he . ,ty the en7l enterie , upon their locations, and the ' ''' . e es-' al as of the profitable and auccesstal result. tO ' IVA T , t o ,-. ne, your most obedient servant, sp„ si la I,__llep res DAVID HOFF 51AN, To'ar lt,t()0-sentative of Colonel John Charles Fremont. a n s is, ~, ti•atreet Piccadilly, Aug. 15, 1851. " the C o s. a p 1 , 4, , a 4 eliti tik il ot Sub J ACKSON as to " BALDWIN% MINE.' s,irt Nei,Perilsion of Le Nouveau Monde Mining 'as alas '"siag r te h r th, i s e l a . °1 01,1 3 . (le inPanY. 'nty °I, ale to „. s with your request, I hand you herewith a f arid, p t ., a th e ~,..• A. Baldwin, Esq., en the 28th day o ''''' 403 is - h a s illw in Mine in Alta California, Mariposa ter klio ,, ..i.ssequently transferred to your Company. ?, Sept . 2 , oars respectfully, A b et,. s. ' I ,x BS e i i) W al• A. JACKSON, Mining Engineer. b,: t ,a as . tr,-- 1/ 0 , B. A. Ilauswlss, ESQ. e,' l liii4' ° l . flia, 08 be. City of New York, March 23, 1851. rkic, 3a te 'sleiasil actively engaged for nearly two years in d •os, its is as ~, 41, oAin v S'ell a ,,, - ` taet-, ex Plorations of the mining region, a l n a s , - V i n ' iqort:''vin si,'4o s having visited and persona ly sea p - ase I, ..--. "'sae, I therefore, at your request, make the telh a v the 3‘; ' , l ? eolo ta , zq,.it ei ,tob 1 4,, , 1ay r,,,john Charles Fremont, to D. A. Baldwin, k ' - 's t „th - s ss ' a e I ' ll -- .R,,'' kZ T a Y , ISSO a location was male and stir- The.,s, seet is ''aate tt s' s , sq., on the ' 20th day of November, 1850. to r ; ; liv e '''kerS o f anc t lies ea the great Mariposa Lode or vein, , '" jk, t '' 's r 01 t he s 4 rni le Weit from the city of Mariposa, and t 4,6 N it Irk tr 'r Not of eaine lisi t ';',, l 'ile . s r „ l 4,' anal was e nd e mbraced in this lease and location Is al,s'ltisi' - a hr 0 -,'•egillarly entered upon and occupied by the i az tices er Y, linaki;,..• Baldwin, and the operations of mining large`'h'ii,lllieealie %kilo crosseuts upon the vein. The corner / 1 1aail e erks l „ t tter, ar e s at l° l l being plainly marked on four trees, 14, '' ti,.,..ree ,'uka 3O rv " one at the beginning-name in full t a p,4 re el , star',7est at th eY, the boundaries of this Mine begin a . _ ... pi s ts,„'hig tb _flg at th_esMissouri Gulch, and marked "D. AA. B a s ' e a r 111 4 l iilP °4 th e s CfsP e s _aid tree, which is the S.S. , W E est st cor e r alt , t,,, rk lv t4tt !: tozireijor tiZlLillt,hanrodugh Gern ' Gull, N.N. .runammtt E.S. S,T 1 11?„:1), . O A. ° oaa n t e r t,ree thence Marke d n ' a ß al'e a d nd ßt running 600 feet 4 tq l ,-14, , 5 . )341, 1 ,( f e , niarke a . , and thence to the oak tree ktt l ej l '' at A a . e( natiil 4 ,,' the Place of beginning. t el ete ~,•ess saffter o ,,, - •atlian. of the Mariposa vein, and is traceable ii'ls4,4llo4ese.Q Points for three or four miles from the Ave 0 4 0 14 1 . 0 1)"n t , at . 3. t° th e Agua Fria River. The vein presents b, l / 4 4 1 .. issiOsati o ,, _w..hieh it has been cut down upon, an uniform ', l leL' e tif n ' s la r. fr om ~?! qtrartz ore containing gold, and on the . "7i' . iiieh' s to e „"yUt 4 , "_;ar to five feet in thickness, and dinning at ,B•4o',,erit-yit'etletriists a ‘teir as ees to the south. From the assays t n2, e l ore si s i zi fis;T e ria a 'ir,le goil7l.,,is.:Yers, and others, from the b q n a a v r erages "S 4 th r B eriZs t° 4 3 , 4. , , .7i c t t o the eye, the result of i t teli . e, N, e Di ees or ass " ..y La s t ot, l i e , l t oo , lbs. of t ore, o t r d m w i as ier e s ,t b si u b s t h e e t l i ' l l i.iN rtll'le fi ) eti,? o, veki a 10resultaeffirlleayslhchto geld dwts. per 1001bs. itver s,,e.rteotivens taken from the mine by Mr. King, the in itiel3rill i ,`l , " donat`s.,..who h surveys and location, would tp A t;s ai ver ) , 4lll . sh ots "? 700 dollars to the 1001bs. of ore. Selected l i a k n. ,' exp et el igibi s fo n , far greater yield. The situation of this t Is i s l a Vtt eii * Se. i t ~, .oPerating to great advantage, and at e tt ' i Lel4 ll l ll insr_ It nn.naediately on the main waggon-roa "lee ases - ` - e Of (1,1 , L eikY. Stockton being ninety miles die ), Is e by t raaehin ,arkation for all machinery and stores, from rs„ tst, ear l) , „, erg i n li'eb 1 ' Is a , eight ~.,_ n eces of one or two tons' weight can be l ae rr cil t o cit eoet four'oonths in the year, and at moderate charges. is l hei l4 Ssi‘ °s tsa, ' la n bY waggons from Stockton. From San ant ts, es, sillsur,,..vess, there are five steamers plyine reenlarly, and Nt IlLehal,reianeelsei,,a,t_reduced rates of freight ' . . ' \t lt r , li tt 7r of l ine „ .. s '_! sine tinaber at hand for buildings and for t , es, Ale p i , engi nes and fuel within a few hundred yards to run '• ems, ! th , no %f e l ts ' , eve health of this region is proverbially 'aes - , s a ies ort " s t,aa ever heard of. The Mariposa river affords I' and f or ss.uni,,!tanee of themine, for all purposes necessary 1, 1 s t , ii v e the honour and amalgamation of the ores. Wil s e 'l tlori ' , Jour to remain, your obedient servant, i ll s on f li o , r aliar V ,- tlf. A. JACKSON, Mining Engineer. la , ,b, after w hich M -' to th - ' n ay be de to the Coucil, at the Co- B rokers of a the Company, n on or before t m he °I CA,s, n° A aPPlicationst will be received. 'kis s l aricp• n s ,. , r, g, p i , y0 i 1.,1-'-'4 TUE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF it, elp.,:ani si i 's- '1 AND MATURITY. Iteilisili.y cot:cue/la for their Prevention and Cure. 4'tall.ParAti),ll,clilt,Elll?„,E,list?ltAVlNGS DOuNte7EspEaras, s. , 6d (l . e , r e ns r an, ish, and S r Forty:lA atn 's ' D invelop e, post-free from the Author I s t ir '4l) t s i t tl 'al s ,,.cal T ' „ ? R E S E R VA T I 0 N ; a 'olllltt '4!ilit..,-,l",sakike Oil the Physioloe of Marriage, and on the th li art ii lies pe ° ,.easl 3 , '',,(l, nisorders of Youth Maturity, usually ee ls' k i ae, si t '4, di0.,7 4 ,r0d of life, which destroy the physical and q,i, 'Ale ~`,` cri er ,,, ,, _sh and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex inikel„,':ols`ll,r,eventT444' Of Manhood Practical Observations on ),„1.017, and ! Co pe , i , and successful Treatment of _Nervosa Debi- Slertisilerao.4`l.l4ll.lonal Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all ba5 . 4 1 .:,• V?: 10101.7,nsents resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted ~eiss , , e y , . 1 1 pia:o%w ether eminent members of the faculty o t iss.,, l act,. 4 a ii 7 ja v l tired Engravings, illustrating the Anat9my, 'tice o ~., ri ses ' u se% of the Reproductive Organs, exp among L gkst a . j . 'a th e y,: ‘ a ) nci functions, and the various injuries that „ 11 „_ t,""sl7..solitary habits, excesses, and infection. !parr 4 4 . 1 . 1 r „AVATEL LA'AIERT. M.D.. •le."' Iles eqi chis s' - ' '-{' 1,- SQUARE, I. 0 N D 0 N. at,,lllll4.4lsorer;si!atrlculaied Member of the University of Edin -1,11a,,,tal 8 0 01 Arther of the London Hospital. Medical Society, e 0 , 4 1, s:Tcisk !l e ts.ot ,s'aries' Hall London, Member of the 'Waterton is i see •-on ' a lnatir •h ' la r , No Phy„,,ains a ~,_, L , &C., &C. hi a iltio , s ! tin 4 , 10 gy of L , un and complete description et: the aria h i I,, s 'eeel e ,,ntiti, 50,i,e,,e, re productive organs, and of their relative tre °l ls i t ilee i b onee rs disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken . the t lg lib al 'l cies l th e s voik s l evidenced by the diplomas and testimo t4,s by es or t [r ely, rutt, is the only legally qualified medical man lh Oil th o (l 4 ese co napi i : . r , Many yeara, devoted his stud . i t e b s ad o ... h l i i ll4 N;B ll.Qt Pr whOS e co n n t s s iit He may be consulted me wi debilitated , z Itte f,;.ast:l,r,a4tiees aegutre i d iti l o a ns may have b b,c t o be excessesor 11,:Ni,,Y a r , t ‘ lkterl , 05110 Pleasures of life are s er iarr y ed, the objects of 11 t eqatal 1 4 regret" existence itself rendered a term of unceas- riaa rli ‘v ' lla tl'e ' ll. O h'ssi h st • n _nr,sy 4 6 „or, and May be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater alkit;toal; post fin I.is Oxford -street . Starie, Titchborne-street, trob,-a Lea denhall-street • Mann, 2, Corninli ; Z„sasult e wo stamps, from , time author' 3 s residence, ...1 ta11,,,v-,..011 the se disorder s personally, or by letter, • an t rogla Biz till Eight. ~~ _~' ~~ ~~ t i; ! 4 t 6 . :,. . ~ N°. 18,450.] LONDON MONDAY *; • ' 4 . 4. 5 \ 4,411,- 4 : 4' 1 r' . . ' ~ tk * ' , ... 4 , .. ' ,-, 1- 1 17 -4 .: t '3 , t ' ! r , ..P ,- ~ •';lr 1 1 1 ''''. NOVEMBER 10 , 185 1 . AT an influential MEETING of MERCHANTS, SHIPOWNERS, and others, held on MONDAY, Nov. 3; in the Exenange Rooms, Hull, " to receive a deputation from the London Merchants' Committee for reform of the Board of Customs ;" Joust FO3TER, Esq., Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, in the chair ; the following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to : Moved by Mr. 11. BLUNDELL ; seconded hy.Mr. T WILSON, 1. That this meeting desires .t 0 ex ernes its entire concurrence in the Petition presented to the House of Commons last session, by the Bankers, Merchants, and Traders of London, for a reform of the Board of Customs, and its sympathy with the Committee of London Merchants, for inquiry into its constitution and rnanaeement, with a view to a thorough reform of that board, and its willingness to sup port and co-operate in that inquiry. Moved by Mr. Taos. Tifonrsos ; seconded by Mr. M. T. KEIGIILEY ; 2. That while the Merchants and Traders of this port have fre ;lntently had to c ,mplain of the obstruction to business, the hardship mid even injustice suffered by them from the administration of the cultOMS regulations, they have been informed by, the subordinate °diem's charged with their execation, that they only possess a limited discretio'n, and were only acting in obedience to - the orders of the board, or .`o the requisition of the revenue-laws, while the represen tations of Merchants to the Commissioners, and to the Treasury or Board of TraJC, have been often practically neglected or perernp toddy rejected. Moved by Mr. CROITTIIER HAARISON; seconded by Mr. W.B. BROWNLONY ; 3. That the repeal of the navigation-laws, the peculiar circum stances of the shipping trade of this port, and the competition it has to sustain not only with foreign shipping but with British ports where the shipping is less heavily burdened with local dues, 'are cir cumstances which call for immediate and strenuous exertions for the promotion of an early and sweeping reconstruction of the management of the collection of the customs revenues, and a search ing revision of those laws, with the view of adapting both to the altered circumstances of our commerce and navigation, and the rapid changes which free-trade and the railway system have made in the commerce of Europe. Moved by Mr. Joust MIDDLETON ; seconded by Mr. II BLUNDELL ; 4. That the defective state of the commercial legislation and fiscal arrangements of this the trading emporium of the world, is con sidered by this meeting as chiefly attributable to the fact that In the choice of representatives, the mercantile classes have posponed the substantial interests of their order to mere party or political objects. That as a commercial country can only be adequately governed by legislators practically acquainted with, and substan tially interested in, the business of trade, it is essential that the choice of electors should he guided by a proper regard for the para• mount importance of our trading supremacy; and that this meeting is of opinion that members returned for mercantile constituencies should be pledged, irrespective of party considerations, to the support only of such measures as are calculated to promote the trade and Commerce of this kingdom. Moved by Mr. J. BLUNDELL ; seconded by Mr. J. MaEcor.sr ; 5. That a committee, consis'ing of Messrs. II Blended, T. Wilson, Thos. Thompson, Crowther Harrison, W. B. Brownlow, John Mid 'Beton, Joseph Blundell, W. Eyre, M. J. Keighley, and J. It. Ring rose, with power to add to their number, he appointed to co-operate with the Merchants' Committee of London, and in promoting the views expressed in the foregoing resolutions, and be requested to wait, as a deputation from this meeting, upon the members for this borough, and also this division of the county, to support in Parlia ment such measures as may he proposed for the promotion of the objects of this meeting. Moved by Mr. J. FOSTER.; seconded by Mr. J. ATKINSON ; 6. That the especial thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to the deputation from the London Committee, who have attended this morning, for the valuable information it has communicated and the zeal they manifest In a cause so deeply interesting, not only to the mercantile community, but also to the revenue, and that this meeting recommends the printing of the second report at once, JOHN FOSTER, Chairman. Mr. Foster having having left the chair, it was Moved by Mr. JOHN HALL; seconded by Mr. SIDNEY SMITH, the deputation from the London Committee for the reform of the Board of Customs, and carried unanimously ; 7. That the thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby pre sented to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair. BY .g.IiTHORITY OF THE ROYAL COMMISSIONERS. RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. CIIAIRMAN—CoIoneI ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, ADVANTAGES OF TIIIS INSTITUTION. Half Credit Rates of Premium. Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit for half the amount o f the first seven annual premiums, paying interest thereon at the rate of five per cent. per annum, with the option of paying off the arrears of premiums, at any t e ime, or having the amount deducted from the sum a ssared when th policy becomes a claim. For Securing Loans and Debts. A Table adapted especially for the securing of Loans and Debts, by which the fullest security is obtained on very low, but gradually in creasing premiums. Policies revived, without the exaction of a fine, at any time within twelve months, if health remain unimpaired. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the Assured in every case admitted in the Policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium. Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 100/. for the whole Term of Life. Half Premium for Whole Premium after Age. Seven Years. seven Years. .—............. ........_ _____ A a. d. X s. d. 30 I 1 9 2 3 6 40 1 9 2 2 IS 4 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 60 3 6 9 6 13 4 Complete in .Three Bands se Volumes, price Three Guineas. OFFIcrilL DESCE4PTIVE AND ILLUS. TRI ED CATALOGUE of the GREAT EXHIBITION of 14 the WORK of INDUSTRY of ALL NATIONS, 1851. `1 4, compl literary type of the original to which it refers, opentng up sou 3of amusement or instruction to every class of taste, proving equally at home on the drawing-room table. handle fashionable dilettanti in the study, pored over by the ay s, scholar o he man of science, at the merchant's desk as a book of constant r erence —in the factory, the foundry, and the workshop, as a repertoire for designs, and as highly suggestive for future pro gress. A more pleasant work to dive into during an idle hour can hardly lie imagined, for wherever it is taken up there is something new and striking, and worthy of attention."—Times. The work is without a precedent in the annals of literature ; and when we regard the circumstances of difficulty that surrounded the task of its execution, the praise bestowed on those who under took it can scarcely be too great. The Contractors, in that enlarged spirit which appears to have entered into all that belongs to the Eichibition, engaged men of reputation and authority in every department of science and manufacture to contribute such descrip tive notes as should render the work eminently instructive. It thus contains a body of annotations which express the condition of human knowledge, and the state of the world's Indust! y in 1851 ; and is a document of the utmost importance, us a summary report of this vast international " stock-taking," which no great library—nor any gentleman's library, of those who aim at the collection of literary standards—can liereafter;be without. It is not a work of a day, a month, or a year ; it is for all time. Centuries hence it will be re ferred to as authority op the condition to which man had arrived at the period of its publication. It is at mace a great Trades Directory, Mforming us where we are to seek for any particular kind of manu facture—a Natural History, recording the localities .of almost every variety of nativo production—and a Cyclopwdia, describing how far science hag ministered to the necessities of humanity, by what efforts the crude ploducts of the earth have been converted into articles of utility or made the medium of that refined expression which belongs to.the province of creative art. The Exhibition has lived its allotted time, and died; but this Catalogue is the sum of the thoughts and truths to which it has given birth—and which form the intellectual ground whereon the generations that we are not to sec must build ' It will be evident from what has been already stated that a more important contribution to a commercial country than the ' Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition' could scarcely have been offered All possible means have been taken to render it worthy of the wonder ful gathering of which it is the permanent record,"—Athenaeum.Sta This Work is also published in Five Paris : Parts 1 and 2, price 10s. each, and Parts 3,4, and 5, price 15s, each. SPICER BROTHERS, WHOLESALE STATIONERS. CLOWES AND SONS, PRINTERS. Otileial Catalogue Office, 29, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and of all Booksellers. E I HE DEPOSITORS o f WORKS of ART and INGENUITY in the GREAT E%IIIBITION, oud others, are respectfully informed that the ROYAL POLYTECIINIC INSTITUTION, Incarporated in 'lB3B, Is CLOSED to the Public, for the purpose of receiving approved De posits, for sale or otherwise, nithout expense to the Depositors. Those who wish to embrace this opportunity should send their works before the I st of December, and they will then be fully particularised in the Catalogue. The INSTITUTION will be RE-OPENED on the Bth DECEMBER. It. I. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. CCAUTION.--In consequence o f several parties gelling a Sauce under the appellation of " RELISII," A. SOYER respectfully acquaints tht nobility and public, that the only Relish made by him has hiS Portrait on the Bottle, and also the nameq of his wholsalc agents; CIP)SSE and BLACKWELL. Gore llouse, Kensington, April 22, 1851. 'nit SILENT FRIEND. DI SIX L.ANGUAGES—FORTIETEI EDITION. - - - - CO STAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE, Iduatrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Eagravings. )N PHYSICAL, DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE LNCA PACITY. AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director, ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. J. LATE FATAL AC CIDENTS. INSURANCE against ACCIDENTS of ALL KINDS, whether from Falls of Houses, Fires, Railway Collisions, Explosions or any other cause whatever. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY, 7, Bank -buildings, Lothbury, London. Incorporated under 7th and Sth Vie., c. 110. CIIAIRMAN—KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. Distinctive Features of the Company. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence. To Inure 1001. by Annual Payment. Class I. I Class 11. I Class 111. 28. Gd. ss. I 7s. Gd. to 40s. Single Payment for Life, Class 1., 1/. Is. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence, with a fixed weekly sum in case of non-fatal injury, and an allowance for medical expenses. To insure 1001. on death, 11. per week compensation, and 21. for medical expenses, by annual payment. Class I. I Class 11. I Class 111. 12s. 15s. 203. to 50s. A fixed sum on death by accident while travelling on a railway, with compensation in case of non-fatal accident, by annual payment. To insure £lOOO • • • .. •• I n os. 500 .• . 7 , % PP 300 .• 4. Prospectuses, with further information, may he had at the offices of' the Company, or from any of the Company's Agents. WILLIAM YOUNG, Secretary. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MISTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. lIONORARY PRESIDENTS. CHARLES IIINDLEY, Egg., M.P., Dartmouth Home, W es tminster . JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen -square. amss N Ambrose Ni. bet , Moor Esq.e, Esq. Berner . End s -street, Oxford-street. -street, Tavistock-square. J CRAIRMAN—The Icon. FRANCIS VILLIERS, Berkeley-square. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN --JAMES W IrLD, Esq., M.P., Charing-cross. "THE TIMES" COMPANY Affords Guarantee to persons requiring the same at the lowest possible rate, and Divides Four-fifths of the Profits. Thus by apply ing the justly popular principle of Mutuality to Public Guarantee , the Premiums, instead of being a tax upon honesty, become a means of saving and investment. RATES—From 7s. 6d. upwards. No charge for Stamps or extra charges. An allowance made in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As surance and Guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANCE. Life Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments. Payments taken Monthly as well as Quarterly, &c. policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments: H. P.. SHERIDAN, Manager. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. Waterloo-place,Pall-mall, London ; 97, George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-Place, Glasgow ; 4, College-green, Dublin. LONDON BOARD. CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Chairman. CHARLEA DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 11. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Ilenriques, Esq: E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. F. Chas. Maitland, Esq. Charles B. Curtis, Esq. William Railton, Esq. William Fairlie, Eq. F. 11. Thomson. Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st DecemUer, 1847, is as follows : Sum addedto Sum addedto Sum payable Assured Sum . Time Assured. IPolicy inlB4l PolieyinlB4B at Death. -------1---- £5OOO 13 years 10 mths £638 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 5000 1 year .. . 112 10 0 5112 10 0 100 0 0 157 10 0 1257 10 0 1000 12 yearS .. .. 157 10 0 1157 10 0 1000 7 years 22 10 0 1022 10 0 1000 1 year 50 0 .• 0 78 15 0 628 15 0 500 12 years 45 0 0 545 0 0 .. .• 500 1 4 years 11 5 0 511 5 0 .. .. 500 ' 1 year __ but - ____---:--- L----__ EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of they ear 1841 a person aged thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Anl Payment for which is 241. Is. 85.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 160/. Us. 85, ; the profits being 2% per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which is 221. Ns. per annum for each 1,000/.), he had 1571. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid. The premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need bo paid for the first five years when the In surance is for Life. Every information afforded on application to the Itesidept Direc tor, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. U N LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY S LONDON. SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS . Policies effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and re maining i n f orce a t each Septennial period o f division, will PARTI CIPATE IN FOUR-FIFTIIS of the Net Profits of the Society ac cruing aft er mid summer, 1550, in proportio n to their contributions to those profits, and according to the c onditions co ntained in the Society's Prosp e ct us an d A c t of Parliament. The Premiums required by this Society for i nsuring Young Lives are much lower than In many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully'protectod from all risk by a n ample guar antee fund, in ad dition to t • ums. h remie accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. POPULAR - RECORD of the GREAT EXHIBITION. HUNT'S HANDBOOK, being an Explanatory Guide to the Na tural Productions and Manufactures of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, 1851. In 2 volumnes, price 6s. By ROBERT HUNT, Professor of Mechanical Science, Government School of Mines. CIIARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. " Every care has been taken to render this compilation a record worthy of preservation, as giving within a limited space a faithful description of certainly one of the most remarkable events which has eve , taken place upon this island, or In the world—the gather ing together from the ends of the earth, of the products of human industry, the efforts of human thoughts."—Extract from Preface. " Clue of the most popular metnentoes and histories of the actual gathering of the nations."—Athernenm. " It should be read and retained by all as a compact and portable record of what they have seen exhibited."—Literary Gazette. OCIETY. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE S Instituted 1823. Office, Fleet-street, London. Parties neuring during the present year will participate Bonus to he declared to 31 st December, 1854. Four-fifths of the profit s are allotted to the assure d. Reversionary to Bonuses, amounting in th e whole to 1,929,085/., have been added the policies at the past di v i s i ons. The assets of the Sniety exceed Three-and-half Millions , time whole invested in Govern ment or Real Securities. in the Prospectuses and proposals may be had on application at the ofaCc. WILLIAM SAMUEL DO VNE3, Actuary. SP ICE It BRO CH ERS, WHOLESALE STATIONERS. CLOWES AND SONS, PRINTERS. Official Catalogue Office, 29, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and of all Booksellers. THE OFFICIAL SMALL CATALOGUE, FINALLY CORRECTED AND IMPROVED EDITION, with a full Alphabetical and Classified Index of Contributors and of Articles exhibited, Lists of Commissioners and others engaged in the Exhibition, Local Committees and Secretaries, Jurors, and Description of the Building, bound in one volume, price 7s. 6d. SPICER BROTHERS, WHOLESALE STATIONERS. WM. CLOWES AND SONS, PRINTERS. Official Catalogue Office, 29, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and of all Booksellers. NEW WORK by the Author of " GERALDINE OF DES24OND.' On Wednesday next, in 3 vols., II E D E A T H FL A G. "I'll read you matter deep and dangerous ; As full of peril and advent'rous spirit, As to o'erwalk a current, roaring loud, On the unsteadfast footing of a spear."— Shakspeare. W. Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough-street. *,,,* Immediate orders should be given to prevent disappointment. HUNGERFORD-HALL, STRAND. ANIMAL MAGNETISM. In consequence of Mons. LASSAIGNE and Madlie. PRUDENCE BERNARD'S numerous'engagements in the provinces, the "SOIREES LASSAIGNE" will be continued at the above Establishment on MONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY only, at Eight o'clock rm. precisely. Prices of Admission:—Chairs on the Stage and Reserved Seats, ; Pit, 2s. Reserved Scats may be secured at Mr. E. S. Ebers, 27, Old Bond street; at Mr. Sams's, 1, St. James's•street ; and at the Manager's Office, Ilungerford-hall. AT HALF-PAST FIVE, instead of SIX, TABLE D'IIOTE at the NELL GWYNNE TAVERN, Bull-in-court, Strand. Fish and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until Eight, Suppers until One o'clock. Messrs. ARCIIER and BOLT guarantee a Good Dinner with Comfort and Economy. Visitors to the Metropolis, Citizens, and Gentlemen In Public Offices, as well as the Legal Profession, will dad the hostlery of Nelly to be the most convenient Tavern in London, being in the very centre of it, and surrounded by all places of public amusement. Nell Gwynne's Punch in perfection. TESTIMONIAL TO KOSSUTH. Where there is a difference of opinion as to the amount of credit or discredit due to a public man, there is a great difficulty, if not an utter Impossibility of proposing anything acceptable to all in the case of Kossuth. Many people think him a hero and a mtrtyr ; others fancy he is an enemy to monarchy. One party wishes him at Coaenhagcn•fields, that they might see and hear him ; others wish him at the North Pole, that they might see and hear no more of him. What a striking difference in the fate of men. What a wonderful odds between people who have one half the world loving and another half hating them, and people who have everybody in their favour. This may, however, be for substantial benefits conferred, as in the case of E. MOSES and SON, who for the last twenty or thirty years have been saving the public half their expenses in dress. And how did they do this? by investing an enormous capital, by incurring a great risk, by trying a great experiment. As, however, they founded their proceedings on the hope that the people at large would see their own interest, and deal where they were best used, they have not been disappointed. How should they be ? Every man who buys an article pays but half the sum he has been used to before he dealt with them, and found he had a better article. Let any one go and look at the Winter Dresses, the Over-coats, Cloaks, and extra-warm Clothing, and he will see such a contrast in the style and workmanship to any he has seen elsewhere, that he cannot hilt try them, and once trying is enough. Hundreds of new customers come daily, but none were ever known to have gone elsewhere atter a trial. I. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, pricy 2e. 6d. by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps. TIHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on • the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by exceasivo indulgence, the consequences of inibction, or the abuse of nercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, 101- lowa by observations en Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. elatßY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Bernors-street, Oxford street, London. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 13, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-14 t Gordon,l46, Leadenhall-street ; Barclay, 95, Farringdon-strut; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. gage Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapsido ; R. Johnson, 68, Cornl4l; and Simpkin, Stationers' Hall-court. Past I. treats of the anatomy and physiology or the re-productive 3rgans, and is it by 28 Coloured Engravings. _ - PAnT iI, treats of tie consequences resulting from excessive in iulgence, and their lamentable effect on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanr ory Engravings. PAST 111. treats of the diseases resa, v.rg _.from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ngs. October 1, 1851. PART IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Macau by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. - • - • - • T° THE AFF LIC TED* A certain and speedy cure for all persons afflicte d with rheumatism, pains in the chest or limbs, stiff joints, or any dis ease :, arising from colds, by the us e of MEASAM'S MEDIC ATF, CREAM SOAP, the properties of which are so astonishing in dis eases such as erysipelas, ringworm, scrofula, and other cutaneous eruption, as it produces a regular action of the pores, rendering the skin clear and healthy. It is equally efficacious in burns, scalds, bruises, or wou n d s o f long standi ng, that no family should be without it. Sold at Ifeasam and Co.'s medicated cream depot, 238, Strand, London, in pots at Is. 1)0, Ana 2*. 'a. each. -- • --- Pisi V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole snbj act critically and philosophically inquired into. THE COMDIAL BALM OF SYRIICUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I Is. and 335. par bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of =miry, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 25. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoaa, gleet, stricture, and cbronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi tron in sociaty. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Esta blishment oat;, by which the fee, 13., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Burners-street, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sun - dsys from Eleven to One. SHIP NEWS. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following has been posted at Lloyd's;— " men:7. " The Chamber of Commerce has given the following notice to mariners, under date of the 21st of October:— " In consequence of the extensive spit of sand near the fifth black buoy D, at the entrance of the river Weser, it has been deemed advisable, for greater safety, to lay down a second buoy; therefor, instead of one buoy two buoys are now laid down there, in the direc tion of S.E., and N.W., distant about a ship's length from each other. Furthermore, an additional white buoy has been laid down in the Wurster Channel, op posite to Bremen, in this river.' " HELIGOLAND, OCT. 29.—The Eiche, from Newcastle for Hamburgla, was in contact with a utter six miles west of this island last evening, and received so much damage that she was abandoned by the crew, being in a sinking state. Oct. 30.—Since noon ttis day a heavy , gale at N.E. has prevailed. Shortly before the com mencement of the gale yesterday an English collier brig, bound for the Elbe, took the assistance of six pilots from this place, and much anxiety is felt for die safety of the vessel. MISTED, OCT. 30.—The Johanna, cf Uelrermunele, stranded near the Agger Canal, broke up on the 26th, and the wreckage has washed on shore. CRONSTADT, OCT. 30.—Thu Queen, in quitting the harbour yesterday,: broke her bowsprit against the Molehoad and got aground. During the nights of the 28th and 29th a great deal of ice farmed along the shores. The frost continues, but ice has not yet appeared in the Neva. A good deal of snow fell last night. GRAVESEND, Nov. 9.—Wind S.W., light, hazy. Arrived—Helen, from Berbiee; Carlos, from Genoa; Oscar, from Sandefiord; Scandia, from Sundawold; John and Eleanor, Askea, and Calcutta, from Quebec; Gustave, feom Finland; Spring, from Archangel; Au rora, from Denmark; Gevalia, from Gelle; Adalia and Maria, and Romp, from Memel; Enterpriso, from Gefle; Prometheus, from Riga; Costena, from Gottenberg; Winterfield, from Arendal; Griefswold Jardsberg, from Dram; Fort Augustus, from Dantzic; Attwood, Giraffe, Concordia, and Adonis, from Rotterdam; Wilberforce, from Toningon; Panther, from Ostend; Seine, from Boulogne; Green Isles, from Nieudiep; Triton, from Alexandria; Queen, from Harnburgh; City of Rotter dam, from Dunkirk; Tourist, from Calais; Stadt Dort, from Dort; Tiger, from Tonningen; Zolveroin, from Finland; Diadem, from St. Lawrence; Princess Vic toria, from Alexandria; Culloden, from Madras; Alex andria, from St. Petersburgh; Ezio, from Constantino ple; Vesta, from Norway ; Gil more, from Bombay; Caroline, rom Buenos Ayroa. Sailed—Will Watch, for Western Australia; John Bull, Elbe, anal Sarina, for Hamburgh; Triton, for Ostend; Rhine, Batavier, and Earl of Auckland, for Rotterdam; Gazelle, for the Azores; Bianca, for Ascen sion; Tysket,:for Halifax; American Congress, for Now York; Alacrity, for Genoa; Albion, for Boulogne; City of London, for Du n ki r k ; B aron Osy, f or AntworP; Lord John Russell, f or H arlingen; William Joliffe. for Havre; Burgermeister Hyndekoper, for Rotterda m ; Rosins, for Cardiff ; Railncur, for Gravelines; liitty ,for Breinershaven; Salsett o , f or Si erra Leone; Warrior, for Mauritius; Menai, for C a l a i s; Blanche argt, retta, for Nieuport; Aurora, for S a yl an d er. VESSELS SPOKEN Walt. Hooghly, for Port Philip, on the 20th of September, in lat. 5 N. George Canning, from Liverpool, for California, on the 29th of September, i n l at. 15 N. Catherine, of Glasgow, f rom C oquimbo, f or Queenotown, on the 28th of Octob er , i n l at. 50 N., len* 17 W. Sobraon, from tho Straits of Sunda for the Cape of Good Hope, on the Bth of August, in lat. 6 S., iong• 73 E. Loch Lomond, from Calcutta for Liverpool, on the 31st of August, in lat. 21 S. long. 74 E. Lord Sidinouth, from Bombay for Glasgow, on the 11th of September, in lat. 27 S. long. 44 E. Caroline barque, of L on d on, for Jamaica, in Ist. 45 long. 10 W. Lancaster, from Liverp oo l f or Calcutta, on September, in lat. 15 N., long. 26 W. Prince Albert, from L on d on for the Cap of Good Hope, the same day. the 29 th of Fancy, from Miramichi for Plymouth, on the 26th of October, in lat. 52 N., long. 12 W. Niagara, from Liverpool f or N ew Y or k, on the 23d of October, in lat. 41 N., l ong. 68 W . Humboldt, of Bremen, bou n d f or t h e w estward, on the 29;1 of October, in lat. 51 N. l ong . 28 W. Stanley barque, with emigrants, in lat. as N., long. 27 W. Argyle, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, from the Clyde, on the 16th of October, in let. 47 N., long. 30 W. Europa, of and from London for tho East Indies, en the 28th of October, in lat. 33 N., long. 18 W. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. DAILY NEWS.—The words Republic and Re publican are employed in the present discussion and manifestation throughout continental Europe in two very different senses. In one signification it implies a hatred, amounting to a horror, of existing princes, and of all those who have broken faith with the people. These absolute Sovereigns have all by wretched go• vernment forced their people to look for a remedy in a constitutional reform; at the first outbreak they have consented to their people's demands, sanctioned them, and swore to them. And thus having first forced their people to become constitutionalists, then approved of their being so, and joined even as far as the most solemn oaths in the establishment of such governments, they have turned round, brought in the military, overthrown the constitutions, shot, hanged, and prosecuted all those who abetted them. From Naples to Copenhagen this is the story of every Court in Europe. And the mere facts are sufficient to malee every man of heart and feeling a Republican. And such a school of republicanism as this has not only taken root in Hungary and in Italy, but has spread through Germany and the whole of Central Europe with a rapidity and general accord, that may in truth give some colour to that general conspiracy which Louis Napoleon denounces in his Message, but which has none of the attributes of conspiracy, being neither secret nor confined to a few, but professed openly by all the world except by the functionaries and the de pendents of the several Governments. To this almost universal republicanism of sentiment prevailing throughout Europe must be added the republicanism of action ; that is, the general conviction amongst capable and eminent men that the great resistance to absolutism, and its final overthrow, can only be achieved by a great popular movement, by a rising of the people under their own leaders, and not under the guidance of either princes or aristocracies. All know that the last movement in North Italy, and, indeed, in all Italy, was given up to the guidance of the mo narchic, the aristocratic, the moderate constitutional party in each state. Although this latter is the party to which we ourselves feel most attached, we cannot but admit that it failed in Lombardy, failed in Rome, failed in Prussia ; and that the only brave resistance was made by the democratic principle and move- ment. There was more political sense, and more military talent in the defence of Rome, than in the entire campaign of Lombardy. We must not be sur prised, then, if, after the experience of 1848 and 1849, all those men, who look to the rescue of Europe from absolutism and soldier law, seek it no longer in a con stitutional struggle or in civic resistance, but in a wide, large, thorough democratic movement. Such are now the opinions of all continental liberals, and such are the convictions of Mazzini and Kossuth: We must confess ourselves unable to gainsay those argu ments, upon which their convictions are founded—un able to deny the facts or to question the necessity and yet we must repudiate the name, if it be reproached to us, of being republican. For however admitting the justice of that sentiment in the soldier-ridden and soldier-devoured countries of Europe, as well as the necessity of recurring to the masses for action and re sistance, we still have considerable doubts as to any country in Europe possessing the elements requisite for the establishment and working of a republic. When we behold France, certainly the foremost of all those countries in civilisation and enlightenment— when we behold the French literally incapable of making a fit choice of a president of their republic, end this from the utter ignorance and incapacity of the masses, as well as from the selfish and petty views and rivalry of men in the upper classes of society—when we see this in France, we cannot but despair of Italians, or Germans, or Hun garians succeeding in any essay of republican !go vernment. We entertain infinite admiration for Kos suth, and considerable respect for Mazzini ; and we do not say but that both may be right in employing the democratic lever to throw off the incubi that weigh on both their countries, but wo must say that we totally disbelieve in the power or ability of either to found a Hungarian or an Italian Republic. Kossuth, indeed, is not wedded to the necessity of a republic. When in Hungary he would have accepted from Europe any constitutional Sovereign that the liberal powers of Europe might have recommended. All he desired to be rid of was the incurable despotism of the Ilapsburgs. Mazzini is more puritan in his repub licanism, lie scouts the house of Savoy, constitutional as its proves itself to be, quite as much as the house of Hapsburg. And Mazzini in this opinion is decidedly wrong and monstrously unjust. The greatest misfortune that can befall any coun try, is the disruption of all ties and all sympathy be tween the middle and the working classes. The mere existence of such a schism is either a raging civil war, or a state of things which is no better than civil war. France at this moment offers the example of a complete schism between the middle and work ing classes, that schism being kept from breaking into civil war by the neutrality of the soldiery ; 1792 offers an example of the same schism, overawed by no army and by no authority. There is no one evil that should so carefully be avoided by politicians, whether Conservatives or Reformers, as this the greatest of all. And when we see men like Mazzini, or like the Red men of France, seeking to base their power exclusively upon the lower classes, not in con junction with, but in opposition to, the class of in dustrious middle men of society, we dread the ten dency of these proceedings and this policy, as almost certain to lead to the extreme of democracy in the first instance, and after no great lapse of time, to that other extreme, which is antagonistic and de structive, not merely of democracy, but of all liberty and of all progress. [PRICE SD, OPENING OF THE SUBMARINE TELE- GRAPH. On Saturday the following important and interest ing report was presented to the directors of the Sub marine Telegraph Company : " Gentlemen,---In compliance with your request we beg to submit the following report of the state of the works of the submarine telegraph. "Four protected wires have been laid down be tween the South Foreland, on the English coast, and the village of Sangatte, about four miles from Calais, on the French coast. The land communication on each side of the channel connecting Sangatte with Calais on the one hand, and the South Foreland with Dover on the other, will be completed on Tuesday next, the 11th inst. " Some delay has of necessity occured in con structing the works on the English coast, arising from the question of arrangement and compensation with the different proprietors through whose lauds the wires have been carried. FRAIVKLIN'S POLAR EXPEDITION. (FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.) A fresh effort is about to be made in a region hitherto untried to discover traces of this long-missing expedition. From the remains found at Cape Riley it is now pretty generally inferred that the exploring vessels passed through Wellington Straits, beyond which and to the north of the Parry Islands it is thought by many geographers and navigators that they would meet with a more open or "Polar" Sea. It is also believed that Franklin himself had resolved to endeavour to reach the longitude of Behring's Strait by sailing westwards i n s uch Polar Sea. Oa o i i n re li se e a h r r c i h ngLa Strait, has these data Lieut. Finn, a zealous and able officer, who has served on board her Majesty's surveying. ship flolremrae d ld, the Ca fo p l t l a o i w n i li ng el p le la tt n , He conceives that when Franklin reached the longitude of Behring's Strait he would be foiled in all his efforts to get southwards through the one only passage from m eetin g with a g re at east and west barrier of ice and lan d, and that consequently he may have struggled on alon g its no rthern shore further to the west, unt il he became i nextricably entangled in a region which, though entir e ly d evo id of human beings, is supposed to abound in animals on which the navigators could subsist. Lieutenant Pim has, in consequence, suggested the following bold plan of research :—He purposes to leave London on the 18th of November for St. Petersburgh, whence, if the project should meet with the approbation of the Imperial authorities, ho wishes to travel directly across Siberia to the mouth of the river Kolyma. Tuence, accompanied by two or three persons only, he will proceed eithor to the islands of New Siberia and others visited by Wrangel and Anjou, or in whatever other direction ho may be led by the infor mation obtained from the Samoydes, wh o roam farthest towards the nor th in those p arallels of longi tude, there occupying himself in a thorough survey during two or more years. This arduous project has net with the approbation oLfadmyaiearii many geographers, whilst,al)hers and is warmly advocated by in order to facilitate its suc cess, the President of the Royal Geographical Society, Sir Roderick Murchison, hes written urgent letters to the chief authorities at St. Petersburgh. Our own Government has also offered every assistance to the intrepid vo y age r. - Lieutenant Pim will kive a f u ll e xp l anation of his project thi s even i ng at the first meeting of the Royal Geographical Society.—Times., " These arrangements are now made upon fair and equitable terms, and the telegraph will be brought into a station on the east side of the town of Dover. "We have very great pleasure in stating to you that nothing can be more perfect than the insulation of the submarine wires, and we must hero b eg t o re cord our opinion of the excellent manner in which these wires were cased with gutta percha, under the direction of Mr. Statham, the manager of the Gutta Percha Company. " Since the telegraphic wires were submerged in the Channel last month they have been tested by daily experiments, and notwithstanding the prevalence of the equinoctial gales, and the unusual strength of the tides, nothing has occurred to disturb either their insulation or position on the two shores. "We can, therefore, with confidence recommend that the telegraph be opened for the public transmis sion of messages on Thursday next, the 13th inst. "During the progress of these works the French and English Governments have not only expressed themselves anxious for the success of the undertaking, but have in the most liberal manner placed steamers of their respective navies at the disposal of the com pany. been usOpwooVnr Lit enlitioE returnNffi Te ofaintihldlepee,am.rpLol lviltnerarga.: ak Aldermano Hooper, ti‘iloa C ro Saturday a C fit se l tri T nbga Y vo evening, James eePeg present f Aldermanrequisition Humphrey,to ion f rison, Mr. %Eerie w, Mr. Dakin, m m considerationo n Council, bim a waited r ni tn t ooteua- importantli I n early Court of and hisWire,t hej Deputy t Lordshipllkb. a t r in Co e m at m o o f n Council, tr t o o p c o o li n s :id p e a r rt t i h c e ul p a r r o ly pri oe t ythoe f city of into t the e their C London; Mr. Deputy HattarsoN, who headed the requisition ists, said the document had been signed in six days by upwards of 150 members of the court, including a majority of each of the three classes, aldermen, depu ties, and other commoners. It was a requisition quite unprecedented in the number of signatures, and it demonstrated the strong conviction of the Court of the magnitude and importance of the object Mr. Pear son had in contemplation, and their sense of the ne cessity of having it fully examined. The Loan MAYOR said he should at all times deem it his duty to concede to the wishes of the Common Council in convening courts upon all subjects affec ing the welfare of the City which they might think it necessary to discuss. He wished it to be distinctly understood that he should not require a requisition so numerously signed to induce him to call a court ; but when a requisition came recommended by so large a body of the members, and by the presence of so nu merous and influential a deputation, he should at once most convenient.—(Hear, hear.) If it were desired s o a o y ur t t h , a b t e , w w i o t u h l o d ut gr i a n n q t ui i r t in o g n a in n t y o da t y he tb o a bj t e ni ct ig o b f t the e to be convened during the week the court must be held within the Egyptian-hall at the Mansion-house, as the arrangements of the Guildhall would not admit of the court being held in the usual place. Alderman CHALLIS said it was important that no time should be lost, and his Lordship gave immediate orders to the town-clerk to issue a summons con vening a court for Thursday next, the 13th inst. Mr. C. PEARSON then, addressing his Lordship, re quested the use of the Egyptian-hall on the previous day to enable him to exhibit his model, and explain his project to such of the members of the Court and their families and friends as had not had an nit of attending his soire es i n P ar k- street d ex pounded his views and objectp o It was fiossible to convey an adequate egpositton of his plan except by visual examination and oral explanation, and he felt that his official position as city solicitor would render it embarrassing for him to give the requisite explana tions before the Court, although, as individual mem bers and part of the public, they might allow him at a previous meeting a freedom of expression which, at a Court of Common Council, he should deem it improper to employ. The LORD MAYOR said he should afford Mr. Pear son the use of the Egyptian-hall with much pleasure, and, at the request of Alderman Challis, his Lordship consented to preside on the occasion. Wednesday next, at twelve o'clock, was then fixed for the previous meeting. The following is a copy of the requisition : "TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR. " We, the undersigned members of the Court cf Common Council, request your Lordship will convene a Court on an early day to consider Mr. Charles Pearson's comprehensive plan for improving the metropolis —par ticularly the city of London—by widening the internal new street from Farringdon-street to Clerkenwell; by raising it on a level with the high ground of the adja cent streets, and extending it to King's-cross; by con structing a trank railroad in a well-lighted and venti lated subway under the surface of the street, connecting the northern railroads and northern suburbs of the me tropolis with termini in Farringdon-street and the new street; by lifting Holborn valley 17 feet, nearly on a level with Holborn-hill and Snow-hill; and by removing the wholesale meat and vegetable markets and the rail way carriers' receiving houses from their present con fined and inconvenient situations to spacious sites in the new street; by which means (as Mr. Pearson asserts) the over-crowded streets of the City will be relieved of a large portion of the railway waggons and the omnibusses from the northern railroads and the northern suburbs of the metropolis, that now throng the City, and impede its ordinary traffic. " We likewise request your Lordship will insert on the summons convening the meeting notices of the spe cilia motions it may be intended to propose for the con sideration of the Court. " November, 1851." 'iVe wish to take this opportunity of most respect fully offering our best thanks to Captain Bullock and the officers of her Majesty's steamer Fearless, as well as Captain Arpin and the officers of the French steamer Ariel, for their cordial co-operation, and the many kind acts we have received at their hands. "To Captain Bullock and Lieutenant Burstill we are especially indebted for much valuable assistance and advice in the actual work of laying down the telegraph. _ _ " Indeed, it has been our good fortune in every quarter to meet with kindness and aid in carrying out what may be justly termed a work of great im portance to our own nation, and the Continent in general. _ (Signed) "T. R. CRAMPTON, ) En2ineer B " " C. J. WOLLASTON, ) A continuous decline in the bullion of the Bank of France is beginning to attract a tt ent i on. During the past four weeks the diminution has been equal to an aggregate of 800,0001. It is attributed solely to the influence of political distrust, which has caused extensive hoarding, especially in the provinces, the facilities for that practice being greatly increased by the power,.which has existed only during the past year or two, of obtaining gold without paying a premium for it. . LIFE BOAT AT PORT MADOC.—A public meeting was recently held at the Town-hall Port Madoc, Samuel Holland, Esq., in th e c h a i r, for the purpose of establishing a life boat for the bay, in connexion with the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Ma r i ners ' R oyal Benevolent Society. The leading gentlemen of the neighbourhood took part in the proceedings, Chronicle, and a CQlnalittte wee appointed.—North Wales THE LATE OUTRAGE NEAR OLDBURY. Our readers will rejoice that the men who lately broke into the house of Miss Nicklin, Newbury-lane, and perpetrated so murderous au outrage on one of the inmates, are now in the hands of the officers of justice. The capture was a gallant though unexpected one. So far as our information goes, it would appear that on Wednesday night one of the county constabu lary stationed at Leominster, was patrolling a road in the immediate vicinity of that town when he met two men of suspicious appearance. One of them carried a bundle, but a saucy answer being given to his inquiry as to what it contained, the constable very wisely sought assistance before he attempted to act upon the suspicions he entertained. He ac cordiagly got the aid of a brother officer, and having overtaken the two men, the capture was attempted. One of the men, however, drew a pistol and fired it at the constables, slightly wounding one of them, and the constable thus injured, deem. ing himself justified in using a gun which he happened to be carrying, discharged the contents into the lower part of the abdomen of his assailant. After some further scuffling, the appre hension was effected, and the two were safely l o d ge d in Leominster lockup. On being searched no fewer than four revolving pistols were found, two having five barrels each, and the other two six, nineteen or the barrels being loaded with deadly charges. No thing was known of the men, but their connexion with the Oldbury burglary was proved by nearly the whole of Miss Nicklin's property being found upon them, including the four 51.- notes, the two shirts, the purse, the watch, and the silver spoons, along with five or six sovereigns. The Leominster officers brought the articles capable of being identified to Old bury on Thursday, and the result was that Miss Nicklin and a Miss Lewis, of Rowley. Regis (the latter of whom knitted the purse), went over to the former town yesterday, in order, we suppose, to give the evidence necessary to justify the prisoners being sent on remand before the magistrates of the Old bury district. We understand that the burglar who was shot is in a dangerous state, and we are sorry to learn that Mr. David Nicklin has not progressed so satisfactorily as to enable his medical attendant to pronounce his recovery anything like certain.— Birmingham Journal. POOR-RATES. At the Mansion-house on Friday, R. King Fletcher, a whitesmith, from Tewkesbury, was brought before Alderman Wilson upon a warrant signed by two magistrates of that town for the apprehension of the defendant, for the non. payment of a poor-rate amount ing to 85. 6d. Mr. Goodman (the chief clerk) informed the alder man that the expenses accumulated upon the unfor tunate man, who in all probability was not able to pay a shilling, amounted to the enormous sum of 193., so that the demand was at that moment 8/. 7s. Gd., the original claim being no more than Bs. Gd. Alderman Wilson—This is certainly a most ex traordinary case. How does it happen that you are placed in this difficulty for the sum of Bs. 6d. ? The defendant—l was not in Tewkesbury at the time the warrant was issued. I w a s i n L ondon, out of employment, but the summ ons was served upon my v withe every reason this proceedingbelieve that aga s t spitemhea,s ora l ed b eo e followed t o London at know I cannot pay ? a tdo v must n an expense Alderman Wils on which good hh if iy e ha d ht e l oh a ule l h y —lf the case be as you describ e it the proceeding has been indeed a strange Where are your wife and children now ? one. d fondant—They are with me in London. I 1 lope your e worship will accept bail for my appear Alderman Wilson—l regret that I itnce• take bail. This This warrant compels me t eep you in custody until th© ar r i va l o f the o officer from Tewkesbury to morrow. The defendant was then sent to the Compter, under special directions from the alderman as to his treat ment there. The defendant was again brought on Saturday before Alder man Wire, an officer from Tewksbury having app eared for the p u rpose of executing the warrant. Alderman Wire having been informed of the cir cumstances of the case, asked the Tewkesbury con stable how it happened that the expenses were so large? The officer replied that the defendant was able to pay the rates which he had refused to pay, and the authorities had accordingly sent after him, and the expenses had been incurred in travelling and looking after him. The defendant—l am not able to pay the rate, and am not able to pay the demands, and that was well known in Tewkesbury. 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' % _ • '' , 1.44k1,,,,,„, , ' • - = :,!..4.4. ~ t,,,-,, ~..rJ 47 , r. --- : :.t.a - ..,.* ~.. ~,,,71 b 4 4;' ' 1., in - & t v, ,1 • 4 , :4 4%. 4,'',., 4i,/,) q /.., 0 7 ( ~,,51 4.01 4 .: 5740,7 10. , : l zit 0 - ir - i ~.. ~,---- - - 4 t",, ti , 4 7 ,ezi , -,. TRIBUNALS 0 1'C ------;---- 'O --- I.IAIERCE . . A meeting of the society for promoting the esta blishment of tribunals of commerce, and reducing our various mercantile laws to a simple and intelligible commercial code, took place on Saturday at the London Tavern, under the presidency of Mr. M'Gregor, M.P. The object of the meeting was to afford Mr. Leoni Levi, of Edinburgh, the author of a work on the subject, an opport un it y o f su b m itti ng hi s views as to the formation of a code of commerce for England. Mr. LYcE, as the h onorary secretary, explained , how it was that they h a d i nv it e d M r . Leoni Levi to meet them. Although they knew that the whole commercial community agr ee d i n th e prin ciple of tribunals of commerce, and upon the immense advan tage which would result from them, y e t th e magni tude of the task that they had undertaken was such that they had to proceed in it step by step. The committee uniAciaatnicollies,atedrth andt the Chambers Liverpool on the subject, which h a d a t hadcf Commercebn iu c°m ofm length b een ta k en up .b y th em an d by other commercial bodi es . It h a d been suggested by in fluential ,sho u ld t h ink of preparing the draft of a commercial code f or G reat Britain. When the suggestion was made, the committee felt its importance, and applied 1 t o L or d Brougham to point out a gentleman qualified tooktA h l .e . part Hume, ti ' o e f t t it ehe consider I to frame such a code. The Noble and Learned Lord aquar fo te r r s t u h o e h y a couldpurpodsoo n i o nst l e e ad ss t o h f a s n om a e ct m . authorities, and ultimately' he suggested, as did also of Mr. Leoni Levi. public ei e c r a t g b a e in P s u subject, committee j a e c fs t ohro a eu n i gl d dn e r, hears consultedbthe eiin vitednvogiteh w e other Upon a suggestion from so high aware that some prejudice might be entertained on the English bar ; but that objection had been well answered by Jeremy Bentham, who had pointed out the . great advantage which would result from per mating a foreigner to take the field in competition with the native authorities in framing such a code. Bentham even went so . far as to propos e " that for the drawing . of the original draught all foreigners be admitted into the competition, and that in so far as applicable,.unless . it be in all particulars taken to embeerviasof gethrtr decidedly inferior, the draught of a foreigner be employed in preference." Mr: Lioei Levi then presented himself. He said he believed the committee had undertaken a task which would confer the greatest benefit upon the country when it should be realized ; but it was one which could not be accomplished satisfactorily without the greatest caution, and a full knowledge of all matters bearing on the subject. A code of commerce should embrace all the several branches of commercial law by which the mercantile community, in its various relations, could be effected. Starting with merchants, it would be necessary to define what belonged to the civil law as regarded minors, unmarried females, and idiots. Then they would have to deal with the law of partnership ; and here they would have to consider the different relations of general and private partner ship, unlimited liability, and partnership with limited liability. Again, they must consider the law of gene ral contract, and contracts for sales—a subject which in itself opened a large field for discussion, inasmuch as the law was widely different in Eng land and Scotland. Next, there was the law of exchange—of principal and agent, including broker age and insurance. Then there was the law of shipping, the law of bankruptcy, and, lastly, mercantile jurisdiction. A code of commerce should define the law in all these several branches. In some points the law was established permanently, but in others it was changeable with varying circumstances, and it would be necessary in the code that these should be divided and kept distinct. It would also be essential, in dealing with the subject, that they should conciliate the various interests, and combine those which were at present permanently opposing. In bankruptcy again there was a considerable differ ence between the English and Scotch law. The Eng lish bankrupt law had been the subject of constant alteration and change, while the Scotch law had been permanent; and any one who attempted to combine the mercantile laws of Great Britain into a simple and compact code must deal with all these points, and overcome all these obstaclss. The object in which the society had embarked in this respect was one of the noblest in which they could engage, for it was the chief point in all reform of mercantile law, and would prove to be the readiest means of extending information upon the subject. Though the commer cial law of Great Britain was at present frightfully confused, it was yet based on sound and solid principles. Under a mass of heterogeneous materials it contained the results of profound reflection and wisdom, deep research, and the principles of a normal standard for the administration of justice. The first thing to be done was to extract from these materials what was the law, and to lay it before the public in a plain, practical, and intelligible form ; not to frame a new law, but to bring th e l aw as i t was under the comprehension of every one a ff ec t e d b y it. The proper course would b e t o d e p u t e a person, qualified and able to grasp the w h o l e su bj ec t i n a ll its difficul tics and details, t o pr e p are suc h a pro j ect o f l aw, com prising under distinct h ea d s th e permanent l aw, t h at which was sus ce ptibl e o f mo difi cat i on, an d t h at wherein the Sc o tch an d E ng li s h laws differed. This project should then be f o r war d e d t o th e var i ous mer cantile communities, in ord e r th a t th ey m i g h t criti cise it, and explain the cu s t oms i n diff erent p l aces, an d the variance that there was fr om th e l aw as i t ap peared to be. He would allow s i x mont h s f or t h e in quiry, and would suggest that th e Ch am b ers of Com merce at Liverpool and Manchest er s h ou ld b e re quested to investigate the law und er it s diff erent heads, as the law of partnership, the law o f exc h ange, and so on. Then, having obtained th e v i ews of these important bodies, and of the l e adi ng mercant il e men of the country, he would prop ose th a t th e i r ob servations should be compared a n d cons id ere d , and that where they agreed in support of an y po i nt, t h at article should be inserted in th e co d e . I n t hi s way, by such gradations, a code o f mercan til e l aw might be formed which would ha ve th e concurrence of the gives: e a e a Levi appearedsubject; whole of the mercantile c l asses o f t h e kingdom, and which would then be su ffi c i en tl y r i pe and matured to be submitted for the sancti on o f t h e L eg i slature.— (Hear, in Edinburgh, Gl asgow, an d B i rmingham, and be had addresse d hear. ) outline a meeting Committees and in all these pl aces h e h a d found that themercan tile iv li body were unanimous. i n by h Dublini‘i The brief d ra. already L y v on i been the o t give general satisfaction. The chairman expressed his full concurrence in it, and his belief that it was perfectly practicable, and concluded by proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Levi, which was seconded by Mr. Paul, and carried unanimously. THE PANAMA RAILWAY. t i e t d w by y themiles The following description of the works in progress on the Isthmus by Captain Abott, of the West India Mail steamer Thames, will repay perusal : " Sir,—For theinformation of the directors,ll beg to inform you that, during the stay of the Royal Mail steamer Thames at Chagres in September last, I availed myself of the opportunity offered me by the wen:ma:a:l late resident engineer at Navy Bay to visit the works o there ne n ot and w i t t h h s e t a P n a d n i n a m g a wh railroad, ich ,e Admiralty agent and some of my officers. The day I selected unfortunately proved a very unfavourable and a half, or nearly three miles, on the railroad, and were much gratified to see the progress they had made, and the systematic manner in which the work was going on. The rails are laid on piles, ve ry thickly placed, and apparently very substan tial ; a considerable distance is already filled is round the piles, and under the road, with a sortof earth much resembling brick-earth, which I should imagine' would soon bi n d, an d form a fine embankme n t . The navigators w ere at work at the time we v i s ited the road carting thi s sort o f eart h from a bank through which th e y h a d made a short cutting; the waggons were transported by a l o comotive engine. The line, made in sections. as you may b e awa r e , is being_romNavy Bay is, The length com pl e ted to runoeo e n gineer, f three miles, lam told by Mr. Preston, the to have the line completed and he hopes by Christmasofseven miles. From the na tureto Gatlin, a distance t e h y are filling up with between of the earth tha o t ncefre that after it had laid for the piles, I should d c got firm, the road will be inde pendent little time aid should they in the course of dent of the piles, even withp en way o r be eaten worms. At present, Mr. time give there was not th e Pres t on assured me slightest ap pearance of suhc a thing, and ma n y h un d red of piles had been in the ground since the commencement. I sbould imagine they had at least 150 men employed on the section we visited, principally, I think, natives of Carthagena. The offices and workshops on the section have every appearance of a system of deter mination to get on, and the wharfs made afford great facilities for landing materials and provisions. While we were there, a brig of about 450 tons came along side the wharf, where she had 20 feet of water, and although a light breeze was blowing from the north ward with a swell i outside, the water was perfectly still and ~ m ooch in the bay. I should observe, also, that we saw passenger carria a :es, first and second of a vety sup e r ior d escr i p ti on , an d n i ce ly fitted ;:these had been se n t f rom A mer i ca , and were at the station ready for u se a t an h our ' s no tice, also several luggage station." vans, and another making at the MUNIFICENT DONATION. ----Recently - Gillow, Esq., a Mexican merchant, visited this town on matters connected with his mercantile pursuits. In the course of his stay he presented to a reverend gentleman the sum of 2,0001. for the purpose of building schools for the education of the poor children of the town.--kiverpool Mercury. LAURENT'S CASINO. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, Is OPEN every Evening for the Winter Season. 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CONTENTS :—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 Rara4les—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home —Music —The Drama —On Eating, Drinking, Sleepirs , , Bathing, ir, Rest, Ease, Occupation, Sec., tkc. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two 'Vols. Vol. I. A VISIT TO TUE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &C, Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of olmost every form (cause and cure) of ner von gly- 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 rides for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever hoard." SUBJF.cT : —Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual ties 01 licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphi c , nar rative, and remediative. Advocac V y of early marriages. TILE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to he, that is the question." PaoGitAxxis :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, gm By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hears daily till Five. Eveniugs,leyen till Nino, 1 0 , AzgY ll l l4 co , Regent-area. ;~ r -------)-- ~ , , U ' ‘rii"t .- . 4 . • t 1 . .e,ef