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%/ / ~~- , - 41 4 4 4 4 Monte :Video. A steknier had been sent t Ire ' • - ) t - 1 1 : - sista*. The British vessels in port were more f frUnate tr--Nis - • A ,k I 1 1 '7 c4 l-0 ,14444. ' t, 1 The Gauntlet parted three chain cables, and ra &foie ,4w' - -1' , the wind to about 10 miles above Martin Garci - 0.;` , 1 a rj crk., ----- • 4 Ct' • I returned to Buenos Ayres on the 24th. The Alstc4 ander Robertson. laden with -uano- dragged her T , -f • - 4,`A ; ; tom.l I‘, TOi peremptorily SOLD, pursuant to a DE CREE of the HIGH COURT of CIIk.NCERY, made in a cause CEETA v. STURTEVANT, with the approbation of R H HM RICHARD Ricrteaos. Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court. Valuable FREEHOLD and COPYROLD ESTATES, si:uate at Sutton-upon -Trent, Weston, and flra.ssthozpe, in the county of Not tingham, late the estates of Saunderson Turner Sturtevant, Esq., de ceased, on WEDNESDXY, the 16th day of October, 1850, at Gilstrap' Rotel, Newark, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, by Mr. TiloM. IIONSER, auctioneer and estate agent, Plungar, near Bottesford, the county of Nottingham. Printed particulars of sale may be ha I (gratis) at the Chambers of Rkhard Richards, Esq., in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane , London, on personal application ; and of Mr. Philip Jaquet, solicitor, 9, Clifford's Inn. London ; Messrs. Watson and Sons, solicitors, Boa verie.street ; Melsrs. Reed. Langford, and Marsden, solicitors, Fri day-street; of Mr. Fearnhead, solicitor, 17, Clifford's Inn ; of Mr. Bonser, the auctioneer ; and at the place of sale. PHILIP JAQUET, Plaintiff's Solicitor, 9, Clifford's Inn. \. ( 1!.4 . W.1N) g anchors, but brought up in safety ; the Archimedes rode out the gale • the Hibbert lost one man and a boat ; the Clemanthe lost a boat ; and the Mercurius went on shore, and was dismasted. Our mercantile advices are devoid of interest. N°. 18,104.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY ENI' a SUN, OCTOBER 2, 1850. [PRICE SD. PUBLICATIONS. THE LONDON OMNIBUS DRIVERS NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. This day, foolscap octavo, 75., A NSCHAR. A Story of the North. By JOIIN KING. AND CONDUCTORS. The subject of omnibus conveyance is one to the importance of which the aspect of every thoroughfare in London bears witness. Yet the dweller in the Strand, or even in a greater thoroughfare, Cheapside, can only form a partial notion of the magnitude of this mode of transit, for he has but a partial view of it; he sees, as it were, only one of its details. The routes of the several omnibuses are manifold Widely apart as are their starting points, it will be seen how their courses tend to common centres, and how generaily what may be called the great trunk lines of the streets are resorted to. FATAL ACCIDENT TO REAR-ADMIRAL SIR J. MARSHALL, C. 8., K.C.II.—We regret to state that intelligence has reached us of the death of Rear-Ad miral Sir John Marshall, Kt., K.c.H., from being thrown out of his carriage in some part of Wales. The gallant deceased was in the sixty-sixth year. of his age, and had been in the navy half a century. We have so recently given his services that it is un necessary to repeat them. It will be recollected that he was a distinguished officer, and that his last com mand was that of the Isis, 44, on the Cape station. By Sir John Marshall's decease Captain Edward Collier, C.B. (1814), becomes rear-admiral of the blue. This gallant officer has served afloat twenty seven years, and is in the sixty-eighth year of his age. Retired Captain Thomas Ball Suliven, C.B. (Oct., 1814) and David Scott (Oct., 1814), attain the rank of rear-admiral on the retired list, but without in crease of pay. a y r in d, ons e 50 827), captain comes on the list. the The promotion of Captai n C o lli e r leav es Captain Price (1815), the Superi n t en d en t o f Sh eerness Dock yard, 6d r 4s Wil . li p a e m r diem half C.B.enir o -pay list, and W. A. Herringham (1837), within the 12s. 6d. list. IRISH SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Dublin ; Mr. J. E. Redmond in th• chair. _pHILLIPS'S Patent FIRE ANNIHILATOR The • Direetora of the FIRE ANNIIIFT ? ATOR. COMPANY beg to inform the Public that, with the consent of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, they have completed the erection in Battersea-fields, near to the Waterworks (about a quarter of a mile from the Nine Elms Pier), of a Douse of larger ' , dimensions than that recently set fire to at Woolwich, the whole of which they intend to set fire to on TUESDAY, the Sth of October, at Eleven o'clock A.M. precisely, in order to show the efficacy of the Annihilator in extinguishinz fire. They have also purchased a Vessel, in the hold of which they will make a large fire for the s one purpose. Tickets of. Admission may ho had gratis, on application by letter, addressed to the Secretary of the Fire Annihilator Company, 105, I,eadethall-street, City. N.B. Those who are not able to obtain ticket's, will have an op portunity of witnessing the demonstration from the river, nearly op posite Pimlico Pier. " It was between th 3 night and the London : John W. Parker, West S!rand. This day, Third and Cheaper Edition, price 55., of ELENIENTS of ALGEBRA. Chiefly intended for Schools and the Junior Classes in Colleges. By T. G. HALL. M.A., Professor of Mathematics in King's College, London. By the same Author. ELEMENTARY TREATISE on the DIFFERENTIAL and IN TEGRAL CALCULUS. Fourth Edition, 12s. Gd. ELE , iENTS of DINCREPTIVE GEOME - URY. Gs. Gd. OUTLINES of ASTRONOMY, Thirteenth Edition. 10d. London : John W. Parker, West Strand. The principal routes lies north and south, east and west, through the central parts of London, to and from the extreme suburbs. The majority of them commence running at nine in the morning, and con tinue till twelve at night, succeeding each other during the busy parts of the day every five minutes. Most of them have two charges-3d. for part of the dis tance, and 6d. for the whole distance. JOURNAL of the EXHIBITION of 1851. The Contributors to the CRITIC purpose to publish, In con nexion with that journal, a Periodical under the above title, similar iu size and shape, to contain a complete Record of the Exhibition. The First Number will a?pear shortly. It will .appear at first monthly, then fortnightly, and euriug the Exhibition on alternate days, with copious Illustrations, &c. Price Sixpence, and Sevenpence . stamped. Orders, Advertisements, and Communications to be sort to the Critic Office, 29, Essex-street, Strand. T HE COUNTY COURTS CHRONICLE for OCTOBER, No. 41, Vol. 111., contains — The Jurisdiction, as altered by the New Act. By George Harris, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.--Anticipated Results of the New Act.—Li verpool Court Again.—Review of Insolvency Cases for the Month. By D. C. Macrae. Esq., Barrister-at-Law.—Resolutions of the At torneys of Sheffield as to County Court Charges. Correspondence.— Reports of County Courts Cases.—Cases in the County Courts and in Insolvency. Price ls. 6d. In addition to an appointment' of Naval Aide-de- Camp to the Queen, there is now a vacancy for a good-service pension at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. LAST TRIP THIS SEASON. MARCU S' EXCURSION TRAIN to EDIN BURGH and GLASGOW and BACK, for 375. 6d., will leave Euston Station on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days. Cheap Excursion from London to Dublin and Back, via Holyhead, , for 405., on Monday, October 7, offering a choice of 5 or 12 days. Cheap Excursion to Liverpool or Manchester and Back, for 215., on Monday, October 7, offering a choice of 5 or 12 days. ' • Cheap Excursion to Bangor or Conway and Back, on Monday, - October 7, for 265. 6d., offering a choice of 5 or 12 days. Cheap Excursion to Chester or Shrewsbury and Back, on Monday, October 7, for 205., offering a choice of 5 or 12 days. Cheap Excursion from London to Birmingham and Back, for 12s. (enclosed carriages), on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days. Cheap Excursion from London to Carlisle and Back, for 345. 6d. ; Penrith and Back, 345. 6d. ; Windermere and Back, 325. 6d.; Ken t dal and Back, 30s. ; Lancaster and Back, 265.; Preston and Back, .23s Gd.; Huddersfield and Back, 255.; on Monday, October 7, offer ing a choice of 5 or 12 days, from Euston Station, Euston-square. Tickets, bills, and every information for the above Excursions, may be obtained of Mr. Henry R. Marcus, Manager and Conductor, Crosby-hall-chambers, 25, Bishopsgate-street Within. ORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. This Hotel, situated in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange, Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up In first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as well as English strangers, will be found everything that is desirable, while the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are In the hands of a first-rate • 'Cook. The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be • found second to none in the kingdom. N.B. The charges for servants are included in the Bill (except those who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid, and it is respectfully intimated that all further payment is unne cessary. DISPUTED LIFE POLICIES. " A trial of considerable interest to Life Assurance Offices and the • Public was concluded yesterday in the Court of Exchequer. The Eagle Company held a policy for an assurance of 5391. in the Albion Company as security for an advance, the payment of which policy was now disputed by the Albion, on the ground that at the time it was effected the fact of the assured party having been a man of in temperate habits was concealed from the office. The chief evidence turne I upon the question as to the degree of intemperance that had been exhibited, and the result was, that a verdict was given against the resisting office, not only for the amount of the policy, but also for 401. interest from the date when it became due. The circumstance 'of the action being brought by one office against another presents a striking illustration of the uncertainty which may attach to all po ,licies under the present system, and shows that the only mode by ;Which absolute security can be obtained by the public must lie in the ,geneyal adoption by Assurance Offices of the plan of prole sting them selves In every case by due inquiries before the granting— f each po ,licy; and of afterwards assuming the full responsibility ot the com pleteness of such inquiries by holding themselves precluded from .raising any future question. In the present case two offices are found to be diametrically opposed in their opinions as to what can • properly invalidate a claim, and yet the public are expected to be -able to guare themselves against such contingences. Similar cases have occurred before, and even if they were more rare, they would seriously injure the progress of life assurance. The very principle upon which the business is founded is the removal of uncertainty, ' and whenever that principle is counteracted in the slightest degree, the people who would he the first to resort to its advantages are the first to be deterred." —Times, July 11, 1850. THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 72, LOMBARD-S TREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I Ri chard Matins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. fames Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, - Esq. Jehn bangertleld, Esq. George Cumming, Esq. William D. Starling. Esq. AUDITORS. 'James Turner. Esq. ;David Henry Stone, Esq. - - SECRETARY—David Alison, Esq. "ANlERS—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware -road. Rev. James'Sherbold Boone, A.M., Stanhope-street, Hyde-park. CaPtain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin coln's Inn-fields. .Thomas Jervis Amos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. G eorge Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's Inn. Secretary, Chas. Hoghton, Esq. The POLICIES of this - Company, being INDISPUTABLE, form aMiIY Provisions and Negotiable Securities, for their validity is not dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of 'previous, reports and other documents. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the com mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will be fcrwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to whom Commission is allowed. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. THE BRITISH ASSURANCE COMPANY, 69, Lombard-street. Crtautstii—SYDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A. The rates for both Fire and Lile Insurance are as low as caa With safety be taken. The Premiums for Life Assurance made payable to suit the conve alence of the assured. Prospectuses and all particulars may be had at the Head Office, or of any of the agents. JOHN REDDISH, ➢tanager, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lecture on the Ballad Music of England, by Mr. George Bar ker, illustrated by his own compositions, every Evening (except Sa turday) at Eight o'clock,—Lecture on the H 3 dro-Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner, daily at Two, and on Tuesday and Thursday Eve nings at a Quarter-past Nine.—Lecture on Chemistry by J. H. Pepper, Esq., illustrating the Ancient Fiery Ordeal and the Handling of Red Hot Metals, daily at a Quarter-past Three, and on Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday Evenings at a Quarter-past Nine. —Model of Wes ton's Patent Nova-Motive Railway, at work daily.—New Series of Dissolving Views illustrating some of the Wonders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten ; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at One Velock.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission. Is.—Schools, Half-orice. Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex cept Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. ARGYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Op n e every Evening with Laurent's celebrated and unrivalled Band. Principal Cornet-a-piston, Mons. BOULCOURT, from Paris, and Artiste Attaché to Mr. Strauss's Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, Prance. The Subscribers are respectfally informed that Mr. Laurent, jun., h aring become Lessee to the above Booms, begs to announce his In tetion of applyi ng t o th e H onoura bl e Magistrates for a Licence to the s ame Rooms, and, if granted, he will g i ve CONCERTS o f a very !aPerlor description, in conjunction with his Dancing Academy. Mr. •aurent, jun., solicits the patronage of the subscribers and nobility its this new und er t a ki ng, ple d g i ng hi mself strenuously to cater for t4eir amusement, and hopes to deserve a continuance of that liberal AlPPort which has hitherto been bestowed on this distinguished and Popular establishment. Terms of Stibicrlption:—SlX months, 51. 55.; one month, 11. ls.; one eveolng, Doors open at Half-past Eight, Dancing commences a t Ni ne pre- C laQ7. closing at Hail-past Eleven. S IiGAR versus SUGAR-OF-LEAD. READ THE HYGEIST for OCTOBER. Office, 368, Strand ; and may also be had at the British College of Health, New-road, London. Price One Penny ; or, Twopence, by post. AEIIO,EIFTO NO; 9,1 GREAT WINCHESTER-STREET, OLD BROAD-STREET, RO EXCHANGE. CARSON'S ORIGINAL YAL ANTI-CORROSION PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other Go- Yernments, the Hon. East India Company, the Principal Dock Corn and other public bodies, &c., is particularly recommended to the Nobility, Gentry, Agriculturists, Manufacturers, West India Pro prietors, and others, it having been proved by the practical test of More than sixty years to surpass all other paints as an out-door pre servative. It is extensively used for-the protection of wooden houses, farm and other out-buildings, farming implements, conservatories, Dar k - Paling, gates, iron railings, iron hurdles, coprer, zinc, lead, brick, stone, old comp., and stucco fronts, and tiles to represent slating. The superiority of the Anti-Corrosion to every ether paint for out door purposes may be easily inferred. from the simple fact, that its Ise has been always most strenuously opposed by colour manufac turers, painters, oil and colourmen, and others interested in the sale common paints. It is also very economical, any labourer being able to lay it on. Colours —White stone, light stone, drab or Portland stone. Bath ,tone, light and dark yellow stone, light and dark oak, light and dark lead, light and dark chocolate, bright and dark red, black, and brow n, 345. per cwt. ; invisible green, 50s. ; bright green, 60s. ; deep g r een, 60 - 5.; and blue, 6og. per cwt. ; in casks 28 lbs., 5G lbs., and 112 lbs. each. Oil and Brushes. ~.The Original Anti-Corrosion Paint is only to be obtained of CARS3N (Successor to the Inventors), 9, GREAT PER-STREET, Old Broad-street, Royal Exchange, who -. s how between 500 an d 600 TeStimonials received from the raouility, Gent ry , and Clergy, who have used the Anti-Corrosion for any years at their country seats. No .A A Copy.of the Testimonials will be se n t on app li ca ti on . gents.----All orders are particularly requested to be sent direct THITY-FIT . Illustrated by 26 Ana ß tomical ßS Coloured EDITION Engravinv on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, Just published, price 2s. 6d., or Tby post, direct from the Establishment, 3c. 6d. in postage stamps, HE SILENT FRIEND , a M edical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, With remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis ilnallfications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; _ B tarie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden nall-street. PART I. treats of the a n at omy and physiology of the re-productive or and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in -4,llgence, and their lamentable effeots on the system, producing Mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the `he Primary or secondary form, an d con t a i ns explicit directions for ir treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured rain avings, PAST IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a Ne application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. ulastice i rePartant part of the Work should not escape the reader's no . Paar V. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the Whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Ten CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACIIM Is exclusi ve ly em pl o y e d i n treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I ls. and 335. Per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic r_Tremedy, for purifyi ng th e b lood in CMOs of infection, secondary 'Ptoms, eruptions, an d the abuse of menu!, 11s. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9 1., 4s. 6d., and 1 is. Derhr box, a certain remedy for gonorrhl a, gleet, stricture, and conic. inflammation of the bladder. Co,sult ttion fee, if by letter, 1 1. A minute detail of the case Is required: ate, habits, and posi tion in society. IL Packets, with advice, to ba had at the Frta blishment only by which the fee, U., is saved. Messrs. Perry, trileons, are in attendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford tvreet. Tendon, from Eleven, till Two and I've o; Flight ; on Sun uaY, Prom mac to One. THE EIGHTH of " OCTOBER, 1850. The EIGIITII of OCTOBER, 1850, will display a new trading feature, in the shape of an Establishment never before equalled. The "town tourist" cannot have failed to notice, in his progress to the west end of the metropolis, an extensive range of premises in c urse of erection at the corner of HART-STREET, NEW OX FORD-STREET. The situation, extent, and character of these premises must, from the earliest stage of the undertaking, have impressed the public with the idea that such a project could be connected with no mean capi talists—no ordinary speculation. The gradual development of the building and the ultimate display of the name of the proprietary at once disclosed to the passer-by the true character of the speculation ; and thousands in that and other important localities have ever since been looking forward with anx ious expectation to . the opening of the West-end Branch of E. MOSES and SON. The expediency of opening an Establishment like that under con sideration cannot properly be called in question. The east end and the west end of the metropolis are two perfectly distinct localities ; and to such an extent has the Capital grown, that a visit from one part to another involves both trouble and ex pense. The expediency of the present undertaking may be safely argued from the encouraging fact, that the proprietors number from the west end a large proportion of their wealthy supporters, whose interests and convenience will necessarily be better consulted in their own lo cality, and who, in return, will have more ready opportunities of fa vouring E. MOSES and SON with their commands. It would be idle and u7eless to argue that such a vast speculation as the WEST-END BRANCH would not have been entered into, had not the voice of the public called loudly for it. E. MOSES, and SON have had too much experience in such undertakings, and know too well how to improve the capital which the public have placed at their disposal, to enter into a project like the present unsupported by the public, from whom they derive that c nildence, without which such an enterprising speculation would never have been attempted. In starting the Branch of the City Establishment at the West end, E. tIOSES and SON have taken especial care so to model their ar rangements to the requirements of the locality, as to render this Branch suitable to all parties. The BESPOKE TAILORING DEPARTMENT is deserving of particular mention ; being, as it is, the first at the West-end,in point of business-arrangement, accommodation, and fashion. The Nobility and Gentry will here meet with no obstruction or confusion, and will have no necessity to pass through the more busy portion of the Establishment, there being aseparate private entrance to this department, with distinct accommodation for servants in at tendance. Attention is also called to the fact, that Hart-street, which runs parellel with Oxford-street, being quiet and private, af fords safe standing room for carriages—a circumstance worthy the attention of the gentry. In connexion with the Bespoke Department, there are SELE 'Yr HABIT FITTING-ROOMS, and FITTING-ROOMS for GENTLE MEN, besides DEPARTMENTS devoted to the JUVENILES. Everything has been done by the proprietors to render their Branch Establishment in these important respects (without qualification of terms), the first Establishment in the first fashionable locality in the kingdom. In the arrangements of the READY-MADE DEPARTMENTS there are also those recommendations which cannot fail to elicit the approval of a discerning public. The classifications of goads, the ready ingress and egress, and every other arrangement, are such as must conduce to the accommodation and satisfaction of the purchaser. For such an Establishment, in such a situation, the most superior assortment of fashions has been prepared. The proprietors have determined not to be equalled in the ccllection of dress at their West-end Branch ; and, in order to produce the first specimens of attire, they have not only made purchases of the most superb materials in Cloths, Silks, Satins, Alpacas, Lustres, &c., &c., but have secured the most ele.mitt and novel designs, by offering handsome prizes for the best spec mens of artistic skill in cut and workmanship ; an experiment which has proved more than success ful to this end.. The GENTLEMEN'S WINTER OVERCOATS, and the other ar ticles of attire, when inspected, will prove that the proprietors are not dealing in exaggerated terms in thus recommending the present Stock of Attire. In LADIES' HABITS, E. MOSES and SON intend to convince their supporters, that as Fashionable Tailors, they are neither to be surpassed nor equalled by many degrees. Their STOCK of JUVENILE CLOTHING calls alike for terms of the highest recommendation. Where this branch of the Tailoring Trade has been too often overlooked or slighted, E. MOSES and SON have made it a point of particular study; nor do they question for a moment that their endeavours will secure anything short of the Ligliest approbation. A conspicuous few urc at the New West. end Branch of E. MOSES and SON is that of a STOCK cf REIDY-MADE LIVERIES, which, though elegant in the extrein - , and superior in material, are sold at prices exceedingly advantageous to the purchaser. The attention of the Nobility al..d Gentry is particularly directed to this branch of the proprietors' business in New Oxford-street. A STOCK of SUPERIOR MOURNING, at prices less than those charged anywhere else, by 50 per cent., is also deserving of promi nent mention. No advantage will be taken in the furnishing of thi se articles of the melancholy circumstances of bereavement, or of the haste in the adoption of such attire—circumstances which have too often led to imposition on the part of tradesmen. The SHOOTING-COATS, FISHING-COATS, LOUNGING COATS, and the various ready-made goods are in keeping with the rest of the articles s Id ; and the most extreme satisfaction must re sult from an inspection and trial of the Stock. A large and fashionable collection of HATS and CAPS adds much to the recommendalons of the new Branch House; and the Public are assured that here their interests are equally consulted. The system which the prooletors intend to pursue at their New Establishment is not new. Their old system of cheapness, coupled with quality and fashion will be in operation at the Branch House as at the Originil Establishment. The Return of Cash or Exchange of Goods, and the marking the price of each article in plain figures, will in no way be departed from at the West-end Branch. _ _ Before concluding this announcement E. MOSES and SON would hint that their New Premises In Oxford-street are of the most novel, elegant, and commodious description. The Establishment is an Ex hibition itself, quite alone in point of style, convenience, and decora tion —and is well deserving a visit from the curious in these matters. An excursion, in fact, would be well repaid by a view of this superb 'trading structure, of which no idea can be formed except u on in spection. The proprietors take this opportunity of inviting the Public to view their New West-end Branch Establishment, whether purchasing or .not ; where every attention will be paid to them, and every informa tioo given. Having thus announced the opening of the New Branch Establish ment, and having touched (in as brief a manner as possible) on the recommendations there held out, E. M. ISES and SON would ac knowledge gratefully that vast amount of favour at the ha , ds of the public, to whirls alone they can date this proud advance in their speculations ; and the proprietors would assure the Public, that it is their determination to merit renewed support, by an adherence at the New Establishment to those principles which have worked so well at the Old. 'Y. Will be OPENED at Ten o'clock on TUESDAY MORNING, the Bth of OCTOBER. DEAFNESS AND NOISES IN THE HEAD SPEEDILY CURED. Dr. nENNETT, Aurist, whose study has been devoted to Diseases of the Ear, continues by his newly-discovered easy Remedy to cfnct astonishing Cures where sufferers of both sexes have been Deaf (even forty or fifty years), and considered incurable, have found a speedy and permanent cure by using Dr. BENNETT'S easy, safe, and painless Preparation, even to an infant or the delicate nervous female. Sold only by Dr. Bennett, long established, at the institution for the Cure of Deafness, 80, Upper Stamford-street, near Waterloo bridge, London, and sent carriage -free throughout the kingdom on re ceipt of ss. in postage stamps. _ _ _ Attendance to the poor Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, from Six till Eight. FAR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; 47, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author , price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex airsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, nest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. IL FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol I. i VISIT TO THE LAKES;SKETCH_OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF I iILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three seore years and ten our course may run." A malar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu -1 stion of every-day life. Iv. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." &Timm : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The advent ofthe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, aad remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Paociamgrgs :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and ignrc, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Oases, &c. By L. J. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1324). Twenty-eve years Medical and Forensic Referee in these , natterg. Reception hours till eve. Evenings. seven till nine. 10 Argyll-place. Regent-street. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS (IRELAND). — According to a return recently published there were pending on the 20th of April last sixty causes in the ecclesiastical courts of Ire land. The number of rules taken in those causes up to the above date amounted to 1,630. From April 20, 1847, to April 20, 1850, the number of bills of costs taxed in each year was respectively 44, 46, and 52, making a total of 142. The total number of officers, exclusive of proctors, iii all the ecclesiastical courts of Ireland is 123. The fees received by them for the last three years have amounted to 14,2671. 48. 4d., 12,5131.35. 11d., and 11,7281. Os. 4id. The omnibuses proceeding on the northern and southern routes are principally the following : The Atlases run from the Eyre Arms, St. John's wood, by way of Baker-street, Oxford•street, Regent street, Charing-cross, Westminster-bridge and road, and past the Elephant and Castle, by the Walworth road, to Camberwell-gate. Some turn off from " the Elephant" (as all the omnibus people call it), and go down the New Kent-road to the Dover Railway Sta tion ; while others run the same route, but to and from the Nightingale, Lisson-grove, instead of the Eyre Arms. The Waterloos journey from the York and Albany, Regent's-park, by way of Albany-street, Portland-road, Regent-street, and so over Waterloo bridge, by the Waterloo, London, and Walworth roads, to Camberwell gate. The Waterloo Associa tion have also a branch to Holloway, via the Camden Villas. There are likewise others which run from the terminus of the South-Western Railway, in the Waterloo-road, via Stamford-street, to the railway termini on the Surrey side of London-bridge, and thence to that of the Eastern Counties, in Shoreditch. The Hungerford-markets pursue the route from Camden-town along Tottenham-court-road, &c., to Hungerford, and many run from this spot to Pad dington,_ The Kentish Towns run from tLe Eastern Coun ties station, and from Whitechapel to Kentish Town, by way of Tottenham-court-road, &c. The Hampsteads observe the like course to Cam den-town, and then run straight on to Hampstead. The King's-crosses run from Kennington-gee, hy the Blackfriars-road and bridge, Fieet-street, Chancery-lane, Gray's Inn-lane, and the New road, to Euston square, while some go on to Cam den-town. The Great Northerns, the latest route started, travel from the railway terminus, Maiden-lane, King's-cross, to the Bank and the railway stations, both in the City and across the Thames; also to Pad dington, and some to Kennington. The " Favorites ' " route is from Westminster Abbey along the Strand, Chancery-lane, Gray's lon lane, and Coldbath-fields, to the Angel, Islingson, and thence to Holloway; while some of them run flown Fleet-street, and so past the General Post office, and thence by the City-road to the Angel, and to Holloway. The Favorites also run from Holloway to the Bank. The Islington and Kenningtone line is from Barns bury-Park, by the Post-office and Blackfriars-bridge, to Kennigton-gate. The Camberwells go from Gracechurch-street, over London-bridge to Camberwell; while a very few start from the West-end of the town, and some two or three from Fleet-street; the former crossing Westminster, and the latter Blackfriarz-bridge ; while some Nelons run from Oxford-street to Camberwell, or to Brixton. The Brixton and Claphams go, some from the Regent-circus, Oxford-street, by way of Regent street, over Westminster-bridge, and some from Gracechurch- street, over London-bridge to Brixton or Clapham, as the case may be. The iaragons observe the same route ; and some of these conveyances go over Blackfriars-bridge, to Brixton. The Carshaltons follow the track of the Mitchams, Tootings, and Claphams, and go over London-bridge to the Bank. Within the last few days . some penny omnibuses have commenced running from the London-bridge Railway Station to the Bank. Those omnibuses pursuing the Eastern and Western routes are as follow : The Paddingtons run from the Rnyal Oak, West bourne-green, and from the Pine Apple-gate, by way of Oxford-street and Holborn, to the Bank, the Lon don-bridge, Eastern Counties, or Blackwell Railway termini ; while some reach the same destination by the route of the New-road, City-road, and Finsbury. These routes are also pursued by the vehicles lettered " New-road Conveyance Association," " Paddington Conveyance Association," and " London Conveyance Company," while some of the vehicles belonging to the same proprietors run to Notting-hill, and some have branches to St. John's-wood and elsewhere. The Wellingtons and the Marlboroughs pursue the same track as the Paddingtons, but some of them diverge to St. John's-wood. The Kensall-greens go from the Regent-circus, Oxford-street, to the Cemetery. The course of the Bayswaters is from Bayswater via Oxford-street, Regent-street, and the Strand, to the Bank. The Bayswater and Kensingtons run from the Bank, via Finsbury, and then by the City-road and New-road, down Portland-road, and by Oxford-street and Piccadilly, to Bayswater and Kensington. The Hammersmith and Kensingtons convey their passengers from Hammersmith, by way of Kensing ton, Knightsbridge, Piccadilly, &c., to the Bank. The Richmond and Hampton Courts from St. Paul's Churchyard to the two places indicated. The Putney and Bromptons run from Putney bridge, via Brompton, &c., to the Bank and the ondon-bridge Railway Station. The Cnelsm proceed from the Man in the Moon to the Bank, Mile-end-road, and City Railway stations. The Chelsea and Islingtons observe the route from Sloane-square to the Angel, Islington, travelling along Piccadilly, Regent-street, Portland-road, and the New-road. The Royal Blues go from Pimlico, viu Grosvenor place, Piccadilly, the Strand, &c., to the Blackwall Railway. The direction of the Pimlicos is through Westmin ster, Whitehall, Strand, &c., to Whitechapel. The Marquis of Westminsters follow the route from the Vauxhall-road, via Millbank, Westminster Abbey, the Strand, &c., to the Bank. Tne Deptfords go from Gracechurch-street and over London-bridge, and some from Charing-cross over Westminster•bridge to Deptford. The route of the Nelsons is from Charing-cross, over Westminster-bridge, and by the New and Old Kent-roads to Deptford, Greenwich, and Woolwich ; some go from Gracechurch•street over London b Vie Shoreditches pursue the direction of Chelsea, Piccadilly, the Strand, &c., to Shoreditch, their start ing place being Battersea-bridge. The Hackneys and Claptons run from Oxford• street to Clapton•square. Barber's run from the Bank, and some from Ox ford-street to Clapton. The Black walls run some from Sloane-street to the Docks ; and the Bow and Stratfords from diffe rent parts of the West-end to their respective destina tions. I have enumerated these several conveyances from the information of persons connected with the 'trade, using the terms they used, which better distinguish the respective routes than the names lettered on the carriages, which would but puzzle the reader, the principal appellation giving no indication of the des tination of the omnibus. The routes above specified are pursued by a series of vehicles belonging to one company or to one firm, or one individual, the number of their vehicles vary ing from twelve to fifty. One omnibus, however, continues to run from the Bank to Finchley, and one from the Angel to Hampton Court. The total number of omnibuses traversing the streets of London is about 3,000, paying duty (in • eluding mileage), averaging 9/. per month each, or 324,000/. per annum. The number of conductors and drivers is about 7,000 (including 1,000 " odd men," a term that will be explained hereafter), paying annu ally ss. each for their licenses, or 1,7501. collectively. The receipts of each vehicle vary from 21. to 41. per day ; estimating the whole 3,000 at 31., it follows that the entire sum expended annually in omnibus hire by the people of London amounts to no less than 3,285,000/., which is more than 30s. a head for every man, woman, and child in the metro polis. The average journey, as regards length, of each omnibus i s s i x m il es , an d th a t di stance is, in some cases, travelled twelve times a day by each omnibus, or, as it is called, " six there and six back." Some perform the journey only ten times a day (each omnibus), and some, but a minority, a less number of times. Now, taking the average as between forty-five and fifty miles a day travelled by each omnibus, and that I am assured on the best , au thority is within the mark, whil e s ixty miles a d a y might exceed,. it, and computing the omnibuses run fling daily at 3,000, we find " a travel," as it was worded to me, of upwards of 140,000 miles daily, or s yearly " travel" of more than 50,000,000 of miles ; ►n extent that almost defies a parallel in any distances popularly familiar. And that this estimate in no way .xceeds the truth is proved by the sum annually paid . o the Excise for " mileage," which, as was before stated, amounts on an average to 91. each "buss" per nonth, or collectively to 324,0001. per annum, and . his, at 41 per mile (the rate of duty charged), gives 51,840,000 miles as the distance travelled by -he entire number of omnibuses every year. Oa each of its journeys, experienced persons have assured me an omnibus carries on the average fifteen persons. Nearly all are licensed to carry twenty-two (thirteen inside and nine oat), and that number, per • haps, is sometimes exceeded, while fifteen is a fitir computation; for as every omnibus has now the two fares of 3d. and 6d., or as "bus-men" call them " long uns and short-uns," there are two sets of passengers, md the number of fifteen through the whole distance on each journey of the omnibus, is, as I have said, a fair computation, for sometimes the vehicle is almost empty, as a set off to its being crammed at other times. This computation shows the daily "travel," reckoning ten journeys a day, of .450,000 passengers. Thus we might be led to believe that about one-fourth of the entire population of the metropolis and its suburbs— men, women,-and children ; the inmates of hospitals, gaols, and workhouses ; paupers, peers, and their families, all included—were daily travelling in omni buses. But it must be borne in mind that as most omnibus travellers use that convenient mode of con veyance at least twice a day, we may compute the number of individuals at 225,000, or allowing three journeys as an average daily travel, at 150,000. Cal culating the payment of each 'passenger at 4f d., and so allowing for the set-off of the " short-uns ' to the " long-uns," we have a daily receipt for omnibus fares of 8,439/. ; a weekly receipt of 58,0731., and a yearly receipt of 2,903,6501.; which it will be seen is several thousands less than the former estimate; so that it may be safely assumed that at least three millions of money is annually expended in omnibus. fares in London. The extent of individual travel performed by some of the omnibus drivers is enormous. One man told me that he had driven " his bus" seventy-two miles (twelve stages of six miles) every day for six years, with the exception of twelve miles less every second Sunday, so that this man bad driven in six years 17'9.568 miles. This vast extent of omnibus transit has been the growth of twenty years, as it was not until the 4th 1 July, 1829, that Mr. Shillibeer—now the proprietor of the patent mourning coaches—started the first omnibus. Some works of authority, as books of reference, have represented that Mr. Sbillibeer's first omnibus ran from Charing-cross to Greenwich, and that the charge for inside and outside places was the same. Such was not the case. The first omnibus, or rather the first pair of those vehicles—for Mr. Shillibeer started two—ran from the Bank to the Yorkshire Stingo. Neither could the charge out and in be the same, as there were then no outside passengers. Mr. Shillibeer was a naval officer, and in his youth stepped from a midshipman's duties into the business of .a coach-builder, he learning that busi ness from the late Mr. Hatchet, of Long-acre. Mr. Shillibeer then established himself in business in Paris as a builder of English carriages, a demand for which had sprung up after the peace, when the current of English travel was directed strongly to, Prance. In this speculation Mr. Shillibeer was emi nently successful. He built carriages for Prince Po-I lignac and others of the most influential men under the dynasty of the elder branch of the Bourbons, and had a bazaar for the sale of his vehicles. He was: thus occupied in Paris, in 1819, when M. Lafitte first started the omnibuses which are now so common and so well managed in the French capital. Lafitte was the banker (afterwards the Minister) of Louis Phi lippe, and the most active man in establishing the Messageries Royales. Five or six years after the , omnibuses had been successfully introduced into Paris, Mr. Shillibeer was employed by M. Lafitte to build two in a superior style. In executing this order Mr.' Shillibeer thought that so comfortable and economical a mode of conveyance might be advantageously introduced into London. He accordingly disposed of his Parisian establishment and came to London, and started his omnibus as I have narrated. In order that the introduction might have every chance of suc cess, and have the full prestige of respectability, Mr. Shillibeer brought over with him from Paris two youths, both the sons of British naval officers, and these young gentlemen were for a few weeks his " conductors. They were smartly dressed in " blue cloth and togs," to use the words of my informant, after the fashion of Laffite s oonductors, each dress costing 51. Their addressing any foreign passenger in French, and the French style of the affair, gave rise to an , opinion that Mr. Shillibeer was a Frenchman, and , that the English were indebted to a foreigner for the I improvement of their vehicular transit; whereas Mr. , Shillibeer had served in the British navy, and was born in Tottenham -court-road. His speculation was particularly, and at once, successful. His two vehi thbeeingtwenty-two ontb vehi cles carried each twenty-t wo , an d were fill e d every journey. The form was th a t o f th e present omn ib us , but larger and roomier, o as u e accommodated inside, no the driver. Three horses, yoked abrea s t, were used eoutside u t weresde butall to draw these carriages. There were for many days until the novelty wore off crowds assembled to see the omnibuses start, and many ladies and gentlemen took their places in them to e Yorkshire Stingo in order that they might have the pleasure of riding back again. The fare was ls for the whole 6d. and for half the distance, and each . whole; omnibus made twelve journeys to and fro every day. Thus Mr. Shillibeer ; established a diversity of fares, regulated by distance ; a regulation which was afterwards, in a great measure abandoned by omnibus proprietors, and then re established on our present 3d. and 6d. payments the " long-uns" and the " short-uns." Mr. Shilli beer's receipts were 1001. a week. At first he pro vided a few books, chiefly magazines, for the perusal of his customers ; but this peri t t' li b rary pa ec was discontinued, for the cust • omers—l give the words of my informant—" boned the books." When the young gentlemen conductors retired from their posts they were succeeded by persons hired by Mr. Shilli beer and liberally paid, who were attired in a sort of velvet livery. Many weeks had not elapsed before Mr. Shillibeer found a falling off in his receipts, although he ascertained that there was no falling off in the public support of his omnibuses. He obtained information, however, that the persons in his employ robbed him of at least 201. a week, retaining that sum out of the receipts of the two omnibuses, and that they had boasted of their cleverness and their lucra tive situations at a champagne supper at the York shire Stingo 1 This necessitated a change, which Mr. Shillibeer effected in his men, but w ithout pro secuting the offenders , _ and still it seemed that defal cations continued. That they continued was soon shown, and in " a striking manner, as as it was called. As an experi men t, M r . Shillibeer expended 3001. in the construction of a machine, fitted to the steps of an omnibus, which should record the saum• ber of passengers, as they trod on a plate in enter ing and leaving the vehicle, arranged: on a similar principle to the tell-tales in use on our toll bridges. The inventor, Mr. now of Wool wich, himself " worked " the omnibus containing it for a fortnight, and it supplied a correct index of the number of passengers • b u t at the fortnight's end, one evening after dar k,l the inventor was hustled aside while waiting at the Yorkshire Stingo, and in a minute or two the machine was:smashed, by some un known men, with sledge hammers. Mr. Shillibeer then had recourse to the use of such clocks as were used in the French omnibuses as a check. It was publicly notified that it was the business of the con ductor to move the band of the clock a given dis tance when a passenger entered the vehicle; but this plan did not avail. It is com mon in France for a passenger to inform th e p ropr ietor of any neglect on the part of his servant, but Mr. Shillibeer never re ceived any such intimation in London. In the mean time Mr. Shillibeer's success conti nued, for he insured punctuality and civility, and the cheapness, cleanliness, an d smartness of his omnib uses were in most advantageous contrast with the high charges, dirt, dinginess, and the rudeness of the drivers of many of the " short stages." The short stage proprietors were loud in their railings against what they were pleased to describe as a French innovation. In the course of from six to nine months Mr. Shillibeer had twelve omnibuses at work. The new omnibuses ran from the Bank to Paddington, but by the route of Holborn and Oxford street as well as by Fin sbur y and the New -road. Mr. Shillibeer feels convinced that had he started fifty omnibuses, instead of two, in the first instance, a for tunerealised might have been • In 1831-2 his om nibuses became general in the great stn. tet thorough fares, and, as the short stages were run off the road, the proprietors started omnibuses in opposition to Mr. Shillibeer. The first omnibuses however, started after Mr. Shillibeer's were not in opposition. They were the Caledonians, and were the property of Mr. Shillibeer's brother-in-law. The third started, which were two-horse vehicles, were foolishly enough called " Les Dames Blanches," butes the name gave rise to much low wit in equivoques, it was abandoned. The original omnibuses were called Shillibeers, from the name of their originator on the panels, tad the name is still prevalent on those conveyances in New York, which affords us another proof that not in his own country is a benefactor honoured, until perhaps his death makes honour as little worth as an epitaph. The opposition omnibuses, however, continued to increase as more and more short stages were aban doned, and one oppositionist called his omnibuses Shillibeers, so that the real and the sham Shillibeers were known in the streets. The opposition became fiercer. The "busses," as they came to be called in a year or two, crossed each other or raced, or drove their poles recklessly into the back of one another ; and accidents, and squabbles, and loitering grew so frequent, and the time of the police magistrates was so much occupied with " omnibus business," that in 1832 the matter was mentioned in Parliament as a nuisance requiring a remedy ; and in 1833 a Bill was brought in by the Government, and passed, for the " Rsgulation of omnibuses (as well as other conveyances) in and near the metropolis." Two sessions after, Mr. Alderman Wood brought in a Bill for the better regulation of omnibuses, which was also passed, and one of the provisions of the Bill was that the ,drivers and conductors . of omni buses should be licensed. The office of Re gistrar of Licenses was promised by a Noble Lord in office to Mr. Shillibeer (as I am in formed on good authority), but the appointment was given to the present Commissioner of the City Police, and the office next to the principal was offered to Mr. Shillibeer, which that gentleman declined to accept. The reason .assigned for not appointing him to the registrarship was, that he was connected with omnibuses. At the beginning of 1834 Mr. Shillibeer abandoned his metropolitan trade, and commenced running omnibuses from London to Greenwich and Woolwich, employing 20 carriages and 120 horses ; but the increase of steamers and the opening of the Greenwich Railway in 1835 affected this trade so materially that Mr. Shillibeer fell into arrear with his payments to the Stamp-office, and seizures of his property, and re-seizures after money was paid, entailed such heavy expenses, and such a hindrance to Mr. Shillibeer's business, that his failure ensued. I have been thus ,somewhat full in my details of Mr. Shillibeer's career, as his procedures are in truth the history of the transit of the metropolis as regards omnibuses. I conclude this portion of the subject with the following extracts from a Parliamentary paper, " Supplement to the Votes and Proceedings, Yeneris 7° die Julii, 1843," containing. the " peti tion of George Shillibeer." " That, in 1840, after several years of incessant ap plication, the Lords of the Treasury caused Mr. Gor don, their then financial secretary, to inquire into your petitioner's case, and so fully satisfied was that gentleman with the hardships and cruel wrongs which the department of Stamps and Taxes had inflicted upon your petitioner, that he (Mr. Gordon) promised, on behalf pf the Lords of the Treasury, early redress should be granted to your petitioner, either by a Go vernment appointment adequate to the loss he had sustained, or pecuniary compensation for the injustice which ; upon a thorough investigation of the facts, Mr. Gordon assured your petitioner he had fully estab lished to the satisfaction of the Lords of the Treasury " That in proof of the sincerity of Mr. Gordon, he, in his then official capacity of Secretary to the said Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, applied in April, 1841, to the then beads of two Government departments—viz., the Marquis of Normanby and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, to appoint your pe titioner' Inspector-General of Public Carriages,' or some appointment in the railway department at the Board of Trade ; but these applications being unsuc cessful, Mr. Gordon applied for and obtained for your petitioner the promise of one of the twenty-five ap pointments of Receiver-General of County Courts (testimonials of your petitioner's fitness being at the Treasury), the Bill for establishing which was then in progress through Parliament. " That, shortly after youi petitioner's claims had been admitted, and redress promised by the Lords of the Treasury, Mr. Gordon resigned his situation of secretary, and on the 6th May, 1841, your petitioner again saw Mr. Gordon, who assured your petitioner that, but for the fact of the Miscellaneous Estimates being made up and passed for that year, your peti tioner's name should have been placed in them for a grant of five thousand pounds ; further observing that your petitioner's was a case of very great hardship and injustice, and assuring your petitioner that he (Mr. Gordon) would not quit the Treasury without stating to his successor that your petitioner's case was cne of peculiar severity, and deserved immediate attention and redress." And so the matter remains rirtually.—Chronicle. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANIES. Yesterday a summons, arising out of the differences between the South-Eastern and the Brighton Railway , Companies, was appointed for hearing before the ma gistrates at Reigate, the result of which was looked for with much anxiety by the officers of both com panies. At the time appointed for the hearing of the case, two o'clock, the Rev. James Cecil Winter and Mr. Alexander Frazer, took their seats of the bench at the Town-hall, Reigate. The summons was in the shape :of an information against James Whitehead, an engine -driver in the service of the Brighton Com pany, for having, on the 26th of last month, wilfully and negligently omitted to stop his engine at the Red bill Junction, and by such negligence had caused da mage to some carriages belonging to the South- Eastern Company. Captain Wynn, one of of the Government inspec tors of railroads, was present, to hear the proceedings. Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, Mr. Freeman, from the firm of the solicitors to the South-Eastern Company, not of a tran s p i re, , Mr. Church, his managing clerk, and the superinten ldent of the traffic department on the South-E as t ern line, were in attendance to support th e i n f ormat i on ; and a legal gentleman, wh i e n s g e t n h a e m Rai l way magistrat e s , did s information h a d reac h e d th e t having e M d r e. defendant, edirectorset Ballantine , na odk fa nnt th, placeaftere a who d the d near e the Red-hill J u nction, by South-Easterne ar saidcol l is i on that immediately the appeared on behalf of the Brighto n Company. was in the employment of the Brighton Company, running into one of the goods trains, they at once caused a preliminary inquiry to l?e instituted, and the persons in charge of the train that had been injured and others were examined, and a certain conclusion was come to on the result of that examination and inquiry. He (Mr. Ballantine) felt bound likewise to say, that he believed a similar in quiry had taken place on the part of the Brighton Company, but he was sorry to say, as the matter stood at present, that the conclusion arrived at by the two companies were not identically the same, and under such circumstances it was deemed proper, on the part of the company, that he (Mr. Ballantine) represented, to have the matter brought before a bench of magistrates, that it might be fully investi gated, the directors feeling that in which the bench would fully concur, that the public were very Much interested in h aving; a matter of this kind fully investigated, and that if any error should occur on the part of any servant belonging to either company, it should be discovered, and a proper punishment should follow. Acting upon this feeling it was that the directors of the South-Eastern Company felt it necessary to institute the present proceedings. He (Air. Ballantine) had looked carefully through the facts which it was his intention to place before the bench that day, but having had, since his arrival in Reigate, a conversation with a gentleman who re presented the Brighton line, and that gentleman hay • ing met the matter in a perfect spirit of fairness, be was saved the trouble of going into that which would be a lengthened investigation. There was a gentleman present, he (Mr. Ballantine) believed a Government commissioner of railways, of greatin telligence and experience, and to this gentleman it was arranged the matter in dispute would be re ferred, and by his report and decision in the matter both the companies would be very much benefited. The gentleman who attended on behalf of the Brighton Company concurred in much that had been said by the Learned Gentleman who had just ad dressed the court, and said be was sorry the South- Eastern Company should have felt it necessary to adopt the present, and other similar proceedings,when an offer had been made to them in the first instance -of referring the whole matter to a Government commis sion of railways. Capt. Wynn said he was present in consequence of an application made by the Brighton Company to hear the proceedings, and report to the Commis sioners on them, and he had no objection to enter into the investigation as requested. The Rev. Mr. Winter co ncurre d w i t h the Learned tote who proceedings could ad bring Counsel that there could b e no b etter means of satis fying the requirements of the publi c i n thi s matter t k h n a e n w b l e y d g e. With ig th itto respecta gentleman h t t ktho t n h l - y E p a r s o te p r e n r l e i e n u e r , a e n t d o which allay to the inquiry consider a bl e exper i ence and scientific b d y ere th d e th ffi at oc t e h r e s y of oo he South-Eastern been found fault with, h e (M r. Winter) consi the public mind. The summons' was then discharged. Three thousand labourers are now employed at Birkenhead Docks. • Commander F. Beamont (1844), on the retired list of 1830, died a few days since at Cheltenham, aged 63. He was midshipman of the Ardent, at Copen hagen, in 1801, and was promoted in 1808. The Flamer steam-vessel, Commander Seymour, has been detained at Devunport from proceeding to the coast of Africa until the 4th instant. APPOINTMENTS. Commander—William P. Crozier (1847), to com mend the Wasp steam-sloop, commissioned this day at Woolwich, for service on the coast of Africa, and she will take out the mails of the Ist of November next to that station. ' Lieutenant—Sydney Wolridge (1848), to the Ex cellent gunnery ship, at Portsmouth. Midshipmen—A. C. Couher, to the Centaur flag ship, on the west coast of Africa ; James B. Grove, to the Hecate steam-sloop, at Portsmouth ; James S. B. Fraser, to the Albion (90 guns), at Devonport ; and W. R. Shine, to the Hecate. Naval Cadets—S. F. Shore, to the Hecate ; and Harrington C. On slow, to the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth. Second Master—William H. Petch (1843), to be Acting Master of the Resistance troop. ship at Wool wich. Gunner—George Green, to the Astrsea store-ship at Falmouth. PROMOTIONS. Richard F. Moore, to be Acting Gunner; John , Millar, to be Acting Boatswain. CHATHAM, OCT. I.—The Bonetta, 3-gun brigan tine, Lieutenant and Commander Frederick C. Forbes, from the coast of Africa, was paid off this day into ordinary. On board this ship is an African Princess, who was made a present to the commander. She is between seven and eight years of age. She sings prettily, and her voice is very good for a child of her years. The Queen has been written to concerning this young lady, and her Majesty has directed the commander to bring her to London. Nine privates of the Royal Marines from this ship, joined the head quarters of this division this day. The corporal John Stewart, belonging to the detachment, died on the passage home; and 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 1 drummer, with 10 privates, Royal Marines, from the Albatross, 12 guns, paid off, also joined this division. Two privates from the same ship proceeded to Ports mouth, and two privates to Plymouth division. THE EMIGRANT SHIP HARPLEY. (From the Shipping Gazette.) Some concern has been evinced in the City to-day by the appearance in the Times of this morning of the following statement, which was picked up in a bottle off Hope Cove, near the Bolt Head, on Sunday last :-- " We, the passengers and crew of the ship Harpley, bound for Australia, enclose this paper to inform our friends that we are half starved on a raft, having drunk the contents of this bottle, the only thing we have drunk for 24 hours. " The vessel sprang a leak, and foundered Sep tember 24, 1850. " COURTENAY FOWELL." Our agent at Salcom be has forwarded to us the original paper, of which the Times must have received a copy. The statement is written upon a leaf torn from a copy-book, and is addressed "To the Editor of the Times." The writer, Courtenay Fowell, was a passenger on board the Harpley when she left Ply mouth, and we have ascertained that the signature to the statement is the genuine signature of Fowell. Still we agree with our agent, who has forwarded the paper : he " very much doubts the truth of it ;" in deed, we do not believe a word of it. The following letter on the subject is from the char terers of the ship : "TO THE EDITOR Or THE SHIPPING AND MERCAN' TILE GAZETTE. " Sir,—We notice in the Times paper of this day's date a communication from Mr. W. T. Smith, C. 0., enclosing an extract from a bottle picked up by one of the boat's crew connected with the coast-guard station, and as the report in question is calculated to engender considerable alarm among the friends of the 120 passengers on board the Harpley, we have to request the favour of your inserting our reasons for believing such report to be wholly false. " The Harpley did not leave Plymouth until the 23d ult., on which day, at noon, Mr. Mallet, one of the charterers, saw her under canvass, with light westerly winds ; she could not, therefore, have been so far at sea on the 24th as to have foundered without some signs of the wreck or boats reaching the shore, none of which have yet come to hand, upwards of seven days ago. It is not probable that a raft could have been constructed in so short a time as that given from the ship first springing a leak, and the passengers having been on board such a raft' for twenty-four hours. Nor is it very probable that, in the confusion and distress attendant upon such a catastrophe, paper and materials for writing could have been at hand. "The document itself, although - in the name of We, the passengers and crew of the ship Harpley,' is not certified either by the captain or the officer of the ship; is -signed Courtenay Powell,' a passenger possibly addicted to intemperate habits, and who, it is probable, when under the influence of intemper ance may have penned this document, which by ex traordinary means has found its way there thus early. " The Harpley is nearly new, had just come out of dock, and undergone strict examination by the sur veyors, and is, in all respects, a sound and seaworthy vessel. We may add that, with ourselves, the z:ecre tary at Lloyd's believes the whole matter to be a base fabrication, but we deem it our duty to the friends of passengers to give thus early our opinions as to the truth of the report in question. " We are, Sir, your obedient servants, " Ilarcnalte and MOBBS, Co. Charterers. "3, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street, Oct. 1, 1850." The owner of the Harpley has also written to us on the subject, and confirms the foregoing state ment : " TO THE EDITOR OP TUE SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE. it Sir, —Observing a letter in this morning's Times, stating that a bottle had been picked up at Kings bridge enclosing a letter from one of the passengers of the Harpley, in which it was stated that that vessel had foundered on the 24th ult., I beg to state, I proceeded round to Plymouth in that vessel from London, and that I left her at eleven A.m., on the 23d, outside the Rama Head, with a very light breeze at S.E., and during the whole of that night and the next day the wind was light, and easterly; she could not have proceeded more than from sixty to seventy miles, and if, as stated, the passengers and crew had been on a raft, they must have been seen by the numerous outward and homeward vessels passing in the track, and picked up by some of them. "I am now proceeding to Plymouth, and shall hire a steamer, after making due inquiry, if necessary. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " T. B. MALLET. "4, Castle-court, Birchin-lane, Oct. 1, 1850." County Courts Chroxiele Office, 29, Essex-street, Strand. USIC.—The Geneuphonic Grammar of Har mony, Counterpoint, and Musical Composition, preceded by the Elements of Music. Dedicated by special permission to the Prince Albert. By the late General J. J. DE VIEUEO Y NO L.k. and F. T. A. CHALAZ DE VERNEVIL, A. 111„ is now pub lished, and may be had of Longman and Co. ; Cramer and Co. ; Cocks and Co. ; and of all Book and Musicsellers ; and at 7, Man sion-hduse-street, City. Communications may be addressed to Messrs. Vernevil and Haskins, care of Messrs. Cramer and Co., 201, Regent-street. THE RIVER PLATE. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—By the May, Captain Millard, we have advices from Buenos Ayres to the 3d of August. The papers announce the ratification of the treaty negotiated by Mr. Southern. A severe hurricane had been experienced at Buenos Ayres and its vicinity, causing much damage to the shipping and to property in the town. The French brig Lammenais, ready to sail for Havre, parted her anchors and came in contact with the French barque Nouveau Provencal, losing topmasts, rudder, and boats, and having her stern stove in. She afterwards went on shore at the north of the Mini, and was con demned. The Nouveau Provençal by the collision lost topmast, boats, and anchors, and drove on shore at the Alra Viej a, being likewise condemned. The French barque Zillia sailed from Buenos Ayres for Havre on the 18th of July, and was wrecked on the 21st on the Falena Rock, not far from The report stated that the directors have given no tice to the Railway Commissioners that the line to Kilkenny will be open for public traffic on the 28th of October. The line could have been opened in Sep tember were it not for some difficulty in settling with the Waterford and Kilkenny Company as to tha sta tion arrangements at Kilkenny, and other matters of importance to this company, which rendered it neces • silry to refer the points of difference to arbitration. These matters are now adjusted, and although the award is higher than was anticipated, yet the hoard are of opinion that it is for the interest of the com pany to have the question settled. Th - e application to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners for an advance of 35,0001. to complete the line has been acceded to, and as arrangements with the Waterford and Kil kenny Company are now concluded, the first instal ment may be expected immediately. Negotia tions for working the line between Carlow and Kilkenny are at present pending, and it is hoped that a satisfactory arrangement will be come to, so as to limit the working ex penses to the smallest amount consistent with efficiency. As the several contracts for works are now nearly completed, the board will be enabled to direct their attention to closing the capital account, and will use their best exertions to do so before the next half-yearly meeting. It - is recommended that interest to the Ist of September at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum be paid on all shares not then in arrear of calls. The accounts to the 30th of June lust showed that 182,7941. had been received, includ ing 5,9751. from traffic on the line, and 179,656/. ex pended, including 6,8131 for the traffic department, leaving a balance at the bankers' of 3,1381. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report and ac counts were adopted. A short discussion ensued, in the course of which the engineer's report on the state of the works was read and adopted ; and, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WIIIIKLOW, AND DUBLIN. —lt appears that a requisition is .in course of signa ture by the registered shareholders for a dissolution of the company, in consequence of the directors hav ing intimated to Messrs. Lewis and Nash, who are acting for the dissentient shareholders, that on receipt of a requisition signed by a majority of the share holders they will consent to the winding up of the company's affairs. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTIIPORT.—An in teresting event, as regards this " omnibus" railway took place yesterday in the opening of the through line to Liverpool. Hitherto much inconvenience to the public has been caused in consequence of the line being only opened between Waterloo and Southport, the former place being six miles from Liverpool. Omnibuses have had to convey the passengers be tween Liverpool and Waterloo ; but the opening of the line throughout does away with this inconvenience to the public. The line having been inspected by the Government officer, was formally opened by the di rectors on Saturday last, and found to be in every respect ready for traffic. In order to avoid the enor mous expense which would necessarily have been incurred by making an independent entrance into Liverpool, the directors at the time they obtained their Act of Parliament en . tered into an arrangement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company to run into their line about three miles from Liverpool, and also to make use of their station near the Exchange. This has been fully carried out, and the trains this morning started. from the station already named. Terms have been agreed upon with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company to work the line, finding both carriages and locomotive power, and this morning the latter named company's engines and carriages traversed the line. A valua tion of the carriages, engines, &c., belonging to the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Company is imme diately to be made, after which they will be handed over to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company in pursuance of the terms of the agreement. The open ing of this line is considered of the greatest import ance to the immense number of Liverpool merchants and others who reside out at Bootle, Seaforth, Wa terloo, and other places on the banks of the Mersey. IRISH SOUTH-EASTERN.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in Dublin on Saturday. . The report stated that the line would be open for traffic on the 28th October. The application to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners for an advance of 35,0001. to aid the completion of the line had been acceded to, and as the arrangements with the Water ford and Kilkenny Company w ere now conc l u d e d, i the first instalment might be expected immediately. ; The report recommended that interest to the Ist of September instant, at the rate of 4 per cent. par annum, be paid on all shares not then in arrear. A statement of accounts was then submitted, after which the report was agreed to, and the meeting separated. GLASGOW TERMINUS AND HARBOUR.—This COM pany held their half-yearly meeting at Glasgow on Friday. Much allusion was made to the Caledonian Company ; and, in the course of the discussion, the chairman mentioned that neither the line, nor the Act under which it was made, had been handed over to the Caledonian, whilst they had received 47,0001. out of the 107,000/. which was to be its price. The report, which recommended that " a part of the in terest accruing on the profit of land sold should again be devoted to the payment of a dividend for the cur rent half-year, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, payable on the 11th of November next," was agreed to. GLASGOW, BARRHEAD, AND NEILSTON.--On Fri day the proprietors of this line held their half-yearly meeting, when they adopted the report presented by the directors. This document stated that the directors had resolved " that the most energetic measures should be adopted for enforcing payment of the stipulated rent, and for fulfilment of the various obligations rest ing on the Caledonian Company under the Leasing Act, and they have given directions for these being immediately proceeded with. They have been ad vised by counsel, and are themselves satisfied that these claims must be met and provided for by the Ca ledonian Company, and that that company has the means of doing so, and that any opposition they may offer thereto is untenable at law, and in direct oppo sition to the engagements and arrangements formally and deliberately entered into by the two companies. and sanctioned by express Parliamentary. enactments, Your directors hare, therefore, no fears in regard to the result." STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE.—At the half-yearly meeting of this company, which was held at Glasgow on Friday, the directors' report, which has already been published, was agreed to after considerable de bate. The Agreement entered into with the Edin burgh and Northern Company for working the line was confirmed ; and the directors were authorised to make a call during the winter if such should be ne cessary for completing the line. NEW RAILWAY SIGNAL.-0:1 the 23d ult. a trial, regarded as successful, was made on the Caledonian Railway, of a new signal for enabling passengers and guards in a train to communicate with the engine driver. The mechanism of the signal and modes of operation are thus described :—Over a series of pul leys, centered in pillars fixed to the roofs of carriages, was passed a wire attached to the engine steam whip tle, and extended to the guard's seat at the end of the train, while branch wires communicated with each of the passengers' compartments. The inventor took his position at the guard's seat, and several scientific gentlemen occupied the compartments. The result was most satisfactory—the connexion most complete ; every pull at the wire brought forth an answering whistle from the engine. The inventor is Mr. Cop ling, one of the directors of the Caledonian Railway Company.—Edinburgh Post. TIM PRINTERS' PENSION SOClETY.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the committee of management, and other friends and supporters of the above laudable institution, for the relief of aged and infirm printers and their widows, was held at the London Tavern, for general business. The report (being the 23d of the society's existence) for the past year of the general state and progress of the society's affairs, showed that no retrograde movement had taken place during that period. The funded property at the date of the last audit amounted to 5,512/. 178.3 d., with the Commisioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, produced an annual in ome of 2071. 6s. 10d. The amount paid to pensioners last year was 556/. 16s. The income from all sources was 910/. 18s. 2d., and the expenditure 8 0 7 1 . 6 s. Since th e in stitution was founded (independent of the present number of pensioners) 163 parsons had received its benefits. The report concluded with an appeal for support, it being presumed sufficient inducement had been held forth to point out the absolute necessity for unceasing exert i o n on the society it behalf. regulations Of se a la special RAmsaATE.—Yesterday the new the trustees of the Royal H arbour of R81113,411t0 came into m o p e e e r t a i t n i g o n, heldand o the n th e reduced i rates agreedre levied u p o o n n v at a enter ing the harbour, in lieu ofthosehertehteofporreesceonitlercetguied.atiThe on: f o llowing are the rates payable under viz. :—The reduced rate of 2d. per ton on British and on foreign privileged vessels of 20 tons and not exceeding 300 tons burthen is further reduced to 10. per ton; the reduced rate of 4d. per ton on foreign unprivileged vessels of 20 tons and not exceeding 300 tons is further reduced to 3d. per ton; and the reduced rate of Id. p m e f r oeur c et h g a oo l if d a r gs o a n wp o ie n trh e c o te a l l e s t f i ocr s rom fu mer rth tb er reduced to id. per to n. e re duction, constitute an abTahtee original rates. e