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,-, ~' - - -- - - 1 . . • . , - _ - - .. KITS' GRAVESEND STAR -- PACKETS. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway NINEPENCE to • i I 1 I - _,.. • • A ! tXI g r . ; The in-, vk '4 i tty g o°4l ,',g sad Sal or from London and Gravesend. Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. . i ~'"; . :i ik i'" , made a" r iol To er from Blackwell. ', • -4, .'' ' , .2 All sp To Cabin • 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d. QS. he Intermediate Piers ........ 6d. • PIT. , .-i i 'Y „ A 91,10' Ill ' e til : r Paekets call at the Grays, Greenhitbe, and Purfleet Pier?. '`*s. I'B% Q u n Ol 0 0, to , P ac kets call at the Piers as underlined (weather perm'tting). ... '.. to ° ° -,----... FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. ..,, 0 , 0 9 laws..............Kcaoesucaradtaateuoisann.....meeximusnuascUusw, ........ _ i.L1C1505i....0i1r.M.t., 00' I° ON I 's. ....... .............___L2Al._:L________WEE i SITNDATs ..... (KIS co I lille i tollSr..i , , . ON t" I vili e. prays G reen- '1 3 nr- Time , Roshr- Green-' Pur- , o 7 991. ] LONDON, Ti It ''' Ptso lithe. , fleet 18, 1 - - ,. ......I 1 vine. Grays hithe. fleet N•l_ , _---- .-i 409. nod. N' - - - ~- 7 - . .. • 234. 4 . t 4141 I N I ..- - - - 12 ; - -i - - • PUBLICATIONS. • 6 A NI 275. ,A . -, -.- 3 - ‘lll. I. is. '- - "-- • - - 5 ' - - - -- 5 I t%' 7 ' - 13, Great Marlborong,h-strect. a sll° l 7 , --- - ' 31 R. COLBURN' SNOIY tDI NEW BOOKS ....Arr.' t I es ' the P si l '* TC .--------- ----- - - I ' during nob . noted P 0. 04Zt Trains from the Boats marked t General PEPE'S' NARRATIVE of EVENTS in ITALY, from s. - dea angl e ail' Nil aii °4B ea from F enchurch-street Station to all parts of London 1817 to 1849 ; including the Siege of Venice. 2 vol.. (Immediately.) r irgb nerd 1 11016 1 1 te r of an hour. IL Y W inds 11 at u° o th e , _, I MISWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on tho arrival o _ NOTES from NINEVF, , 11, ,, and 'Travels In Mesopotamia. 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EVERETT qua fl eet 2 -, • - 10 - i _ _ _ _ GREEN. 2 vols. 215., bound. • on for t a r 4 srf -41/ --. = - - 1 I Ocrae .c ti • -..- - ton. . - I _ 5 Sir JAMES ALEXANDER'S ACADIE ; or, Seven Years' Ex- 1 0 , 60 '' - tit: ' - - - - pl 'ration iu British America. 2 vols. 215., bound. tiff :'''' 6 ' ..".---........: - __. , VIII. tr: e" 0 °l isert,t. BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY tar 1350; Corrected to the Prc- oh sent Time. Comprising Particulars of 100,000 Persons. 2 vols. an 4- it s ith* t. • 4 - 1 Ill eee . are the times of the TRAINS leaving Fenchurch ad Yel' 44 l i a.,.. 21. 23., bound. pri ... Q ....* 41 - 1 ' k f s -71 " ma r ked * are run direct, the Packets not being per- if an., .., , i, at Piersor for Boats. •L t,„" vr to af f. , , , lx. Ti] :r. 58 - A PEPY'S DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE. New, Cheaper, gh ••• 3 8 ...• .`",,, i "roe 'kr TIP Months, 4/. 4s. ; Six Months, 27. 15s. ; ._ ..,.orit and Revised Edition. 5 vols. 10s. 62. each, bound. 11. !c l i ng'. , , .e' '!' e keta, I ' B .ll. 153.; to be had ef the Collectors on board the .x. nu t o n , I t _ Mr Monk, iy 1,15,„ • Terrace Pier, Gravesend. REVELATIONS of the LIFE of PRINCE TALLEYRAND. _ Irg •• ••• ror • AIBy M. COLMACIIE, the Prince's Private Secretary. Second and o at° - - ' - ---..Z1. Cheaper Edition. 1 vol. 103. 6c1., bound. 11 611 N 61 bi ' . 4 ° X I Al ... ... 5/6 1 k a D 0 N AND NORTH-WESTERN Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ;11. ... I WO G ol n o , RAILWAY. ses NEW AND MUCH IMPROVED EDITION - OF MR. M'CUL -0 41. 00I t° 6,1 toti a ' ° f FOURTH INSTALMENT on 25/. SHARES of 1846. - Hs . ••'. le Nuts e is hereb • - ' .. LOCH'S GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, IN TWELVE '' ........ 00i • drab . , ),,, ted 7v. IMlAlL: d iven, that the Directors, in contormity , with the MONTHLY PART-. the 755 Q ,... on the sealed certificates of the 2a/. shares EH . On Saturday, June 1, will be published. M Svo;, the First Part of a L .. . 2° -0 1 ' ,;` 4l llTl., ° fAllgust, 1846 have to remind the Proprietors that a - ,Nil u .....• ..0s -0; . e 0/1 r OT STALMENT ' of 5/. per share becomes PAYABLE in tbe neltt, New Edition, corrected and in part re-written, with a Supple- Hy .. . ... '6/ io 1 „„ 0 ti adtr. and that they havo ordered such call to be paid to one of ment ' of 13a ..... I , ' 1„0,40 Mentioned bankers, namely- A . DICTIONARY, GEOGRAPHICAL, STA- dal n330. 1 t ° 511 °6 --I,i --- .. gi; Al ' Il Y l lll "sr& GlYn, Hallifax. and Cu. ; TISTICAL, and HISTORICAL, of the various Countries, lug ' 14 "gharn ........ • 14..,„ ~i, t re , „. .., _---The Birmingham Banking Company ; viaces, anti principal Natural Objects in the World. Illustrated with Lo t astra lo 45; Blt° 1 , . h ttall e V e s_ otessrs. Moss and Co., or the Bank of Liverpool ; Maps. By J. R. M'CULLOCII, Esq. Di, _ dart.' .1,1 5 ' F L ' , 1,1%,„,..!''r5ir Benjamin Heywood and Co. ;or the Manchester *.* To be completed, including the Supplement, in Twelve 1:11,0 5 e 3t11,..,,'' 00 , . iil,, Cr p5OOl District Bank ; Monthly Parts, each containing as much letterpress as a large Octavo 40 , 6‘11*'„10 i liki i iore nu, 10th day of JULY next ; and the several Proprietors Volume. Price ss. each. . to *. ,„ sitet7,, . . t'l•illares are required to pay such acc n•dingly. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. • A I ;2 5 t ° 4"' Fa ° 7l , GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman. • , ....0 , • , Still- 355 ~, . . • CHARLES LAWRENCE, Deputy-Chairman. • ' Just ready, js Ott t° ,l 10 ° I D By order, T HE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LEIGH . op ' fDi ia I HENRY o r e r, HUNT. l'36 b a ttersc o sl/ 1 ' l, lO/1 CHARLES E. STEWART] b With REMINISCENCES of FRIENDS and CONTEMPORARIES. E• r , ea rio t on, May 21, 1850. , , In Three Volumes Post Bvo., with Three Portraits, price 31s. 6d., ,adr• v i a t I A 4,11, , eve J . '..- r C I ' "4 / AD in embossed cloth. ' e °3l Pe rtj. :o 44p BRIAN TAGEOUS PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. . ,at _ : y a goa.: 4j . . and UNIVERSAL INSURANCE ( 9 . 04 e r COMPANY. WINNER OF THE DERBY. 3 it s _,,' s e 4 s. ' 61, Moorgite-street, London. The ERA of May 25 will contain the ERA DERBY for ea 415 i freer c i i * l r t • Ye l ry, e!etislitlAN-Rev. HENRY HUGHES, M.A.tlen 64t0 t ,- PROPHECY by "TOUCHSTONE," with the latest Stable Talk 25 „) , fr e ,e. 1' eke, ' of Life Assurance on the lowest terms compatible about the Favourites. Published at five in the morning, so as to be _, 14/ to ol ' it ,to t t i,;•atri ag -', 13 , . delivered 200 miles from Loudon the same evening. Order early to A ,„y, ,• o 'lkl ln °writs, Life Assurance, 'and Deferred Annuities, em- prevent disappointment. 11" -,1 • by one p e 1 600 , ot r • , 1 , ali c i a , m o.lcy. , etr a ,._„ Declined Lives Assured. Join immediately the ERA DERBY GIFTS. All who send a was Vto '' 110 t Post-office order for 11. 6s. by Monday next, to Mr. Frederic cow yOs • Ate', ,; • . *"*ltin and Provincial Agents required. Ledger, will participate in them. Thus, by paying the sum of Bus g r it Ow t : 0 S Itl H. FELTON, Manager. Twenty-six shillings, one year's subscription to the Era Sporting b us , t 145 pe and Family Newspaper, you will receive that Journal regularly for .sane ite „ja dto ~ g GO 1 A 411 ° 1 `TAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU. Fifty-tyro Weeks, and be presented Gratis with a numbered receipt, rill, 'a' of ' ) lu 'A r elis -- RANCE SOCIETY. which may enable you to obtain a considerable amount, as we re- Rid TO' turn the Subscription at the rate of 501. for every 1,00,1 Subscribe; s 26, Cornhill, London. registered. Capital £500,000. Era Office, 3, Catherine-street, Strand. ... t _ In n Empowered Empowered by Act of Parliament. Vll l4l t - ,13) 014' ,,,_, pe., 1 „,, on embraces important and substantial advantages STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. PRI .0 a l..' ' 11 0 ,7 11 ele s1 .' L ° Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. Just published, price Is., by post free, 4d. in addition, Gdp.f* s era ' N i ter i i , f ueil Oy this Society have a twofold advantage :-provi- A FEW WORDS on PERIN2EAL SECTION, !sr - ,hs des— At ) 3 / 4 .: 14 r as , s ai nnY of the Assured, and au augmenting pecuniary IF ISO ~Ttfe ' Go, 4 ell ,"!irce to himself, if needful, while lying. The Assured as recommended by Professor Syme, for the Cure of Stricture of the Urethra, and on Mr. Wade's recent Remarks thereon, and on .. pl- jos *re of „" e cesiOns, the power to borrow, without expense, or for- rate I ts ; ' Vor . . `Qe Poi' his Treatment with the Potassa Fusa. aboi , • IcY, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. eCte to 1 11 11, Drt . By F; 13. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. and nb' 14 th e c orlifti DIVISION OF PROFITS. Published by 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. s posill °ll 0• . 10.; 41 0 .5a n .._ t ied prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors be , • 0 hn ual Meet'Also lately, by the same Author, price 55., sire, a t 110 r oll , Mt ~,‘ 7 401, , ,,, Ing, hell on the Bth of :May, 1850, to declare a The PATHOLOGY. and RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC it Ag. ~,it o , '''Q P 0 4_ 4 ' 1111 4 from. 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid TURF of the URETHRA. With important observations on the ITie O. ,kg ty„4 . , effected on the profit scale. and Abuse of Instruments. • IT since 1,• , ;,.. 8t y, , EXAMPLES. '''''" Pt ace 'fell ' .. , e ssl n js4 i;t , I rant no i. . 1 , ii‘ Atn, . Perms- sum the S PLENDID CHAMPAGNE, delivered carriage ful a co rreir e el. 'g f I 1 41 Policy Bonus it neat Re- A sso-e d ' , , at Ns; dog , l- e ' .= Pre- , taken addition Bonus in Auction of may bor- KJ free and duty paid within Six Miles of London. that 1,5 1 .• ,aO ll o; . , •.I i l att• out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on 500 dozen - Quarts, at 38s. per dozen. easy pOrr e ' r o,ll' , 1 7 '7 . !Assured. Premium. Policy. 600 dozen Pints, at 225. per dozen. antic e! Of I 66 6 ' ' -............. , -- Samples can be had at N. NORTON'S, No. 2, FISH-STREET- strof 111,7 0 ,55 -,I I 1 £ s. 0 £sd.£s.d. £ e. d. HILL, City, or at his West-End Establishment, No. 75, STRAND. man: eekS Fr . 1 i 1837 292. 6 9 139 16 922 13 1 , 642 15 6 The above Wines are in One and Three Dozen Casei, and will be lo Ire VV - 00 A . IT c ev ! 1838 '267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7593 6 8 stld in quantities of one dozen and upwards. 9-.. • le e „ %i 1 . t Li A , a . 4 3.d . [ 1839 241 18 C 113 17 717 18 8:543 17 9 , 050 1 " A S c P j . 'ull ; 4 . 1 1840 193 12 693168 14 0 10494 li 10 MESSRS. NICOLL'S PREMISES AND T ap. ,0 . 4 ' 1341 189 12 6 89 510 13 0 11 1 445 0 0 SYSTEM OF BUSINESS. limo] V I tlf 11, 1 1842 162 16 876184 11 0 3 395 11 1 . dessrs NICOLL'S -. ARE-ROOMS in REGENT-STREET now Lia .6 a! ' . 1 •• . C0,.1.,-- I , . 1 . . i 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 81 10 346 2 8 extend ' e from No. 114 to 120 (inclusive), and in that part which is niOis •ve/ • • 1:100r 41 ~1 ' , .... „..1...._____ I 1844 '77192 38 15 10, 5S 11 296 13 4 pronounced to b , the most favoured spot of row the first and most Capit ..... t or ~ ,, jr, ' , < , 1845 166 15 0 44 10 01 4 10 1 247 4 5 fAehinnnhlo qtrpet in Knrone. and ig. tharoinra .h. 1,-,.• ..;.... 0.... .. SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. The FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION IS NOW OPEN, at their Gallery, 5, PALL-MALL EAST, front Nine till Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence. - • GEORGE FRIPP, Se-. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. a u n r i (R. eLl3thEatt RT h! willS SMITH I T l Re h r a l . r s v, t P h ic e to h ri o a n l t 3 o f u s a i e n a " ; EN RTA ENT, at WILLIS'S ROOMS, on TGESEUT EVENING neat, the 2gih inst., entitled THE OVERLAND MAIL; being a Reminiscence of Travel an tile route from Suez to Bon- INne, via the Desert, Cairo, the Pyramids, the N - le, Malta, Mar seilles. and Paris. The Illustrations have heel 'minted, mom ort glial sketches, by Mr. W. Peverley.. ,No Money will be taken at the Doors. TicketH. 2s. 61. ea ; Stalls, 5:. ;tobell id only at Saws' Royal Library, St. James's -street. , The doors will be opened at Eight o'clock, cud the Entertainment will coaimence at lialf-past Eight precisely. INDIA OVERLAND MAIL DIORAMA, GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street, Water loo-place. Three- Exhibitions daily. A Gigantic Moving Diorama Illus trating the route of the Overland Mail to India, depicting every object worthy ofnot ice on this highly interesting journey from South ampton to Calcutta, accompanied by descriptive detail and appro priate music, is now open daily. Mornings at Twelve, Afternoons at Three, and in the Evening at Eight o'clock. Admission, Is. ; Stalls, 2s. 63.; Reserved Seats, 3s. Doors open h ilf-an-hour before, each representation. Descriptive catalogues may be obtained'at the Gallery.- WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. OY A L POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. AID During this week the ALPINE SINGERS will perform several of their National Airs, daily at Four, and /n the Evenings at Ilalf•past Eight. Dr. BACHROFFNER'S SECOND LECTOR]; on the PHILOSOPHY of SCIENTIFIC RECREATION, I .with.OPTICAL EFFECTS, daily at Two, and every evening at a Quarter-past Nine.—Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., en the Chemistry of `Hydrogen, with special reference to its application for conveying by Balloons Pyrotechnic and other Signals to Sir John Franklin, daily at a Quarter-past Three, and every Evening at Eight.—Dissolv ing Views illustrating the Arctic Regions and Ceylon ; also Views of London ha the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. -- .Messrs. NICOLL'S ACE-ROOMS in HEGENT-STREET now extend from No. 114 to 120 (inclusive), and in that part which is pronounced to b the most favoured spot of row the first and most fashionable street in Europe, and is, therefore, the best site for a large and elegant magazine for every article that comes within the catalogue of Gentlemanly Attire, for which one fixed and moderate price is most properly charged. Here the numerous skilful and in telligent assistants attend to such orders with which they may be intrusted, and with an equal amount of respect and civility to all, however small the purchase may be—indeed an inspection of the beautiful fabrics exhibited In these Warerooms, is courted by the above firm, without necessarily expecting the purchase of any article, wills regard to which the public have long since ascertained, that to be really cheap, it should be really good. kts / DEFERRED ANNUITIES. L t d- to tZ Per ation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to ct1i, 1 7 4 Public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta iloq hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con k h t ithe r very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se lartiOPtion c omfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or, 'IN! a.large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his k 'gat t giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of „ 44 14, 1 1 lUZ I P; t hirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk ern inability to continue premiums, besides affording 1114 4 _4 t4,7_o4rce during sickness and want of employment ; and h i . Of iii," ur chaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two. iolk„PaYments will be returned to his representatives. illp o ,Whi ch ,g Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan -4 tbl i , Judiciota application of a small saving can secure °.ciety. . -. Lui , ._- z.....i.a0us application 01 a Small saving can secure °ociety, • I, - IttatTEß/TS ' 11. PREMIUMS St" •11 To secure • 9i. by tti, attaining the age of en attain- AnnuityXlo 16 0 1 2e. .ntirtat Premium of ingtheage Cash .. 82 10 0 . of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 .. v$ - . option of 4., '3 l 74 >r,l 1 „i — gutty ..,` .s., 2! 1 Payable ! Payable ! Payable D 'M... iPolicy. Z :- . 3 1 Annu- lin one for is '. .- . . —.. I ..,,.. ! ~,,,,, nwritv_ 1$ li t i l 44 41 t 7 lii . ' l*-------- • .. A 4 /.li 4 AA ~. r , . \J i I( , ci071,: , 116. A . 7 1,,: ~ ,,t uA z nuities are also granted by the Society on liberal l SO' the a , .e seen by the following extracts from the Tab es. • " h jf ) ,-41 83 "'Illal amount of annuity upon every 100/. deposited . •0%, 4,1 ,, Ini e f., 4 I Age 60, £9 14s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d. ' l 4r...'Pan.. _,el 3 ort, with Tables of Rates, &c., may be had at the Tird i a .1 its Branches In the Country ; or, on application, will - • . • —4 Past fre e . N ,....,..............„ W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary ..:' i ts 'l a l l'i lf „. lt s , e : 4- 1 11 : en il tra TON'S PILL of HEALTH. ii Price is. 134 d. per box. 11f.,1: 7 Lt atli ~,_ 111 Y Pill is a medicine of long-tried of for ~.% t;V!1 at ~„11.#0rders of the stomach and bowels, the common ZVI, '1 b, A ;La39II are costiveness, flatulency, spasms, loss of appe ftllie:Yea, wiled, 'sin giddiness ense of stomach after meals, dizziness ClylProth, —. _ess and pains in the ' and be ' .1 • Judi . ;‘fl."' ' tb e twg a torpid ' state ofthcliverand aconse w qUe s ;ii inac 11,N"'t. at b owels, causinr , a disorganisation of every flinction of t e '' I " -1 . 11l this west excellent preparation, by a little perse- IN a t' '' e.ff tte4 ofe:etually removed. 'two or three doses will convince 47 01 / 4 11 . '„ ktlf, ~1 „ t Salutary'effects. The stomach will speedily regain 'N . ' falc, ' . l ealthy action of the liver, bowels, itud kidneys will ( 141, k 4p D , Idae,-;. and ta,„. r 4ra ne - instead of listlessness, heat, pain,. and jaun a.p„,„tsiiit,o„°. strength, activityond renews i health will be the 114 , 141 e 1 1 , g g.a0 " 4.1. 3.1 fi.: 3 1 7_, thisiii . e_ diiiliitl, according to the directions ac t° °f4 ~,asaift . '‘..... kf .......-- . . . .. . _, beZ_Nrild ol ; o safe, easy apperient, moist unite the recommends tl,;a4 , litt 0, d? -ration with tne most successful effect, an 4 require rt!i r e,Tet or centitacinent during their use ; and fol. elderly 1 1 40tot,Ape ze l "f kfeund•Ltfi be tiisl - itiost cortifbrtable medicine hi k7 ./. r ..** -- ""I : Nso k „ 1 1 , 2 29, Strando.London:- Price ls. i •!.4, 4. and 2s. 9d. l ' 4 4 :k . . tvt. '. ' l -. l4. Kcitilots otaledicines generally throughout the 4 .4 . rt Am li lt Avt, • . . % Th ._ mai,: Trorg PILL OF ITEALTII, and observe the 4.4",_'' .3 of " Thosaas'l'ront. 229 Strand, London," on the .411, D ., _ - 4' . . i Payable! Payable I Payable 0 0011— Volley. I . ..- . 3 I Annu- lin one for Dis i t 7 s , '.l ally. sum. parity. ''' ~------.. 1: 8. d. Xs. 'l. 1 Xs.d.Xs.d. X s. d. ' n 4 11 0 41;6 0 0 ' 20 0 10 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 221 0 0 261 0 0 i 30 10 19 616 7 1 7 3 11 115- 3 0136 6 0 . 40 ; 1 17 327 3 11 19 4 10. ..•1 0 e[ a.VERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 11 1 e,, ho 0, id Of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, Bth Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or direct from the author; - "NC each ; by post, Is. Gd. N• 4 4.1; ec th ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. lo , Recreation, and rational Use of Time." ab o ,, 4arly Rising —Spring' and Summer Mornings—Ex ,_l4 the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes. Hills , kAI N 4 d Itztrl. High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Sea—Londoa at Night—Evenings at Home 'mit rinna—On Eating, Dgin frig, Weeping, Bathing, Air, 'eeciPation, &c., &c. 4 V-‘4%llttlfTSl. _ FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Yols. 'A . To Tot I. - ` 4 E LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Ste. 4 . 4 • ICES Tol. 11. -F KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 1 41 , T rpul t it th re -0 EAT, DRINK, AND ATOID. run." rob44° Y e score years and ten our course may of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner -44611;5,,-,t, tx t ,,T l health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses '1 a t ,:ew the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em- Wet„.._" With tables and rules for the diet and physical rept . '''`Y-day life. !7 . 1 5 1 ;.. 6 A ..• ioire% 1 4 4 vegx:oo l a AP ;j 4l • '4l" • IV. THE PASSIONS. ruthsPa s sions hurt the body—what improve, L 1 4' 1 4 111 4r :4.: 10 •Lit a refinedrefinedas Athens ever heard." Ac 4 104„.. Pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent Nit7"l an d and its Infringements. 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N°.17,991.] LONDON, THURSDAY 1 i The expectation of the arrival in England of a real living specimen of the hippopotamus seems to be now so well-founded, that it is worth while to give a short account of all that is known of the habits and history of this extraordinary animal. The speculations con cerning him among the learned have been very nume rous, and the descriptions which have been given of hitrilmive been at times alike vague and fabulous, and it is only within comparatively modern times that the ac curate study of his structure has enabled physiologists to determine under what class he ought to be placed. In early days, as his name imports, it was usu%l to consider him a species of horse inhabiting rivers and marshy grounds, and in a more especial manner the denizen of the Nile. As one of the largest and most uncommon of the race of animals, he was nut unknown to the ancient world, and though, as we shall see, the descriptions which ancient authors have banded down to us are by no means so precise and accurate as the requirements of modern science demand, there can be no question that to - many of those who describe hint he must have been a much more familiar acquaintance than he has been to the modern and more learned investigators of his history. Suffice it that, if the narratives which we have of him from ancient writers are somewhat indistinct, and .their tales wear the mask of fabulous narration, we have many representations of him on coins, in sculp tue, and in paintings,. which prove beyond any ques tion that the artists as well as the writers had a dis tinct knowledge of 'what they theant .to represent. The earliest notice which occurs in any author, and which has been considered by many to be a descrip tion of the hippopotamus, is the celebrated account in the 40th and 41st chapters of the Book of Job of what be the behemoth and leviathan. Many learned men have contended that " behemoth" really means " ele phant," and thus the Zurich version of the Bible trans lates the Hebrew by !'elephas." In the edition of the English Bible printed by Robert Barber in 1615 for King James 1., and since considered as the authorized version, the word "behemoth" is preserved in the text, and the following annotation is added :—" This beast is thought to,bee the elephant, or some other which is unnowen." Bochart, Ludolph, and some others, have contended warmly. in favour of the hippopotamus. Cuvier thinks that though this animal is probably in tended, yet that the description is too vague for any one to hold a certain opinion on the subject. Good, on the other hand, imagines that some extinct pachyderin is really intended. We confess that we feel little doubt that the theory started by Bechart, and in the main sup ported by Cuvier, is the real one and that the description in the Book of Job, though doubtless vague, and in the highest degree p o etical, has yet suffici ent mar k s to render the identification perfectly. easy, while there are certain peculiarities mentioned which even a poe tical imagination could hardly apply to the elephant. Thus, when Job says of him, "He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of time reed and fens ; the willows of the brook compass him round about," this would seem to be the description of an animal which frequented the water much more than elephants are accustomed to do. Again, in the fuller descrip tion of " leviathan," in the 41st chapter, we think it is quite clear that a water animal is intended, though what is there stated might be held to apply to the crocodile as well as to the hippopotamus ; both are animals remarkable for an extreme toughneas:of skin, difficult to kill o r t o t a k e alive,both are an and appearance and wildness of character,: would give almostbot are eciva such li as, from their u n c om m on to a poetical narrative an extraordinary liCense of nating in a point. Mr. Layard mentions their use so far north as Mosul, among the Arab workmen whom he employed in his excavations. The great canine teeth are the most 'valuable portion of the ailitnal, , as the 'ivory obtained from them has been found to •be superior to any other for the manufacture of artificial teeth. description. - • Of profane authors Herodotus is the first who notices this animal (in the 71st chapter of hii second book), but his description is far from accar4e. He states that they are found in the Papremithi Norne, where they are esteemed sacred, though they are not so considered in other parts of Egypt. He describes it as a quadruped, with cloven hoofs like those of an ox, the muzzle flat, and turned backwards,.the teeth projecting, and the inane, tail, and voice like those of a horse; the size as large as the biggest ox, and with a hide so thick and hard that when dry the people make javelins of it. Aristotle, in his _History of Animals, appears to have had this passage in his mind, as his account differs but little from ,that of Hero dotus, only that he makes the animal no bigger than an ass. Diodorus on the other hand (book i), is more correct as to, the size, for he says it is five cubits in length, and in hulk approaches that of the elephant. Pliny (Hist. Nat, 25, and ix., 12) follows Aristotle for the most part, and amplifies his description, ascribing, however, to the hippopotamus the tail and teeth of a boar; adding, that though they are hooked they are leis dangerous. He states that helmets and bucklers are made of the skin, which is impenetrable until softened by moisture, and speaks of its hab,t of feeding upon crops and its skill in avoiding the snares that are set for the purpose of taking it. • In a later portion of his work Pliny states that it is covered with a sort of hair like that of the seal ; at the same time giving a fabulous account of the manner in which it cures itself of diseases incident to it by pressing its legs against a sharp stake in order to let blood. " Dion" (lib. li.) and " Achilles Tatius" (iv., c. 2) both mention the hippepatamus, the litter entering into several particulars concerning him, and describing him with considerable.accuracy. The Ro mans had many opportunities of viewing these curious animals alive, for we have many instances recorded in which they played no insignificant part in the trium phal processions of the conquerors on their return home. Thus M. Scaurus, in his zdileship, exhibited five crocodiles and an hippopotamus, and is' men tioned as having been the first to do so. Augustus ex hibited one on 'the occasion of his triumph over Cleo patra. Antoninus exhibited some with crocodiles„ lions, and other animals; Commodus no less than five some of which he slew with his own hand. Helioga balus, and the third Gordian, also exhibited some of them. But still they could not have been common, and the demand for them seems to have exhausted the sup ply; for Ammianus Marcelliaus (xxii., 15) states that the hippopotami had ceased to exist in Egypt rr he t r i e ft p e r r es t e h n e ta time n s o f of J t u h l i it s sn animal which we have by ancient artists are generally y more correct than the descriptions with which they have furnished us. Thus, they are well drawn on many coins' of the Hamiltonnd with the crocodile, and met with frequently on those of Trajan, Hadrian, and on those of Otacilia Severs, the wife of Philip. Occasionally slotommetainmeetsnpwerithoros,ustotnTethimeyeeare they are not so well drawn, as in the 'figure from the caves of Beni-Hassan, where the feet are (A,Typtiaca ph xii.) represented the lower tusks are so enormous that it is impossible that they should be copiedby covered by the lips ; whereas the largely developed muzzle, and its consequent concealment of the' tusks, are portrayed on the ancient coins 'with accuracy. The same may be said of the figures on the plinth of a statue o f t h e Nile (formerly in the Vatican), on which the hippopotamus is represented as holding a crocodile in his mouth. Iu more modern times, the descriptions we have vary considerably, and 'are sometimes at variance with the real form of the animal they profess to de scribe. Such are the accounts preserved in Isidore of Seville, Vincent de Bauvois, Albertus Magnus, and James of Vitez. Belon and Gallus were pro bably the first who had actually seen the animal him ... SIR CHARLES NAPIER, UPON LEAVE OF ABSENCE IN INDIA. Hiad-quarters, Camp K brie, March 20. The number of applications from officers for leave Hof absence obliges the Commander-in-Chief to make the following observations, beginning with the European regiment, 1. The European private soldier has the same constitution as the European offi. - .:er. He suffers equally from the effects of heat. 2. He has necessarily fewer comforts and more discomforts than are experienced by the European officer. 3. He has never any leave on "urgent, private affairs ;" be it hot or be it cold, he passes the'year in his cantonment. - .4. On the other hand, the officer has every .comfort and every luxury that can diminish the discomfort of a hot climate ; and the. Commander -in-Chief cannot help thinking that the knoivn pride which British officers take in sharing all dangers and deprivations with their soldiers will induce the former to consider that,fleaving their brother officers and their men to encounter the heat of summer while they are divert ing themselves on " urgent private affairs" in •the hills is very like deserting their post from fear of climate. The Commander-in-Chief himself does not go to Simla fur pleasure nor to avoid beat. He goes much against his will, because all the head-quarters' esta blishments are located at Simla, and to move them is not practicable. Moreover, the Commander-in-Chief can best serve the army by, being near the Governor- General. If Sir Charles Napier follciwed his own wishes, he would establish . his head quarters at some one of the large stations, where he would be among the troops. • The Commander-in-Chief does not wish to prevent officers having short leave for a month or two, which is quite long enough to settle any " urgent private affairs" that an officer can have in India ; nor does the Commander-in-Chief wish to prevent officers having leave who are really ill, and whose medical men con scientiously believe that change - of air is necessary. But he cannot allow the fear of climate, the love'of plea sure, or the desire to escape from regimental duty to throw it on their hard-working comrades ; nor is it very encouraging to the private soldier to see his officers scampering off to the hills the moment the heat begins : no one likes extreme heat, and, there fore, no one ought to shirk ' from it at the expense of others. Holding these opinions, the Commander-in• Chief must call on commanding-officers to restrain applica tions for leave to those who are delicate in health, and whom they know to require change of air. Let the rest share with their men the dangers and displeasure of the hot weather. Discipline will thus be sustained. As to the officers of the native regiments, the case is different. Th e i r p resence i s not required to cheer and give heart .to their men. The Sepoy is at home, the heat is congenial to him, and he gets leave fre quently. He h as every indulgence that can be given to a soldier. There is, therefore, no objection on that score to a Company's officer having leave. But there are objections on other points. • The European officers are few in a native corps, and they cannot he spared from regimental duty. The state of discipline is such as to demand every exertion in every officer to bring. it to that perfection which it ought to receive. It is idle to suppose that a regiment is•not to be kept in order during the hot weather., There cannot be so much drill as there is in the cold weather ; but there may be quite enough to keep a regiment in the highest order. Over doses at drill are not good at any time. It is a constant drill ap plied in small portions, and the 'constant instruction of officers by their commander, that keeps a regiment in good order. Parades and drills, however short and slight, may go on before sunrise and after sunset. A single manoeuvre performed daily, and with scrupu lous exactness, will keep a regiment in good order. There is always plenty for old officers to do, and for the young officers to learn, at the head-quarters of every regiment during the hottest weather; and this the Commander-in-Chief expects to bs done by those who are in health. His Excellency believes the mass of officers to have a sincere zeal for the public service, and great pride in their profession. All that the Indian army re quires is, that the sonior officers should instruct the junior. - In proportion 'as the number of officers is limited so must exertion increase. Sir Charles Napier will, therefore, not allow the portion of leave granted by his predecessors to officers in Queen's regiments to be increased ; this has been for the last 15 years as follows : reserving— Cavalry—Two field officers, four captains, and 14 subalterns ; . these are always to be present and fit for duty at head-quarters. Infantry—Two field officers, five captains, and 16 subalterns ; these are always to be present and fit for duty at head-quarters. " Commandidg officers must satisfy themselves, in communication with the senior medical officer of the regiment, that there is no probability of any subse quent application being made for others on medical certificate, that his Lordship may not be forced into the necessity of cancelling the leave previously granted to others on private affairs." Such was' the order of Lord• 'William Bentinck, and officers commanding regiments are answerable that this full allowance of officers shall be always at their head-quarters. Ey order of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief; ARMINE S. H. MOUNTAIN, Colonel, Adjutant-General of her Majesty's Forces in India. THE BOROUGH OF FINSBURY. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. \Vakley, M.P., to the Chairman of a meeting of electors of Finsbury : " Harefield-park-wood, Middlesex, May 21. " Sir,—A. friend has informed me of the object for which the meeting of this evening is held. Had I been favoured with an invitation I should have at tended. self. ' . Both were at Constantinople, and both probably saw the same. The description of .Belon is the most accurate, and it is clear that h e must have examined the err 0 r b e i a n s t the withsta statue eme alludedattention,t as he p o i nts out the above, and s h ows th a t the hippopotamus has five toes instead of four, and an undivided hoof. Lastly, Ludolph, in his history of Ethiopia, gives a full account of it , w ith an entire figure drawn upon a large scale. Thevenot, in his voyage to the Levant, mentions one that was killed in his time (1658), near Gidgeh, and taken thence to Cairo. With regard to the countries where the hippopo-, tamus is found, it would seem that at p resent A f r i ca s alone oan claim him for its own, as . at pre sen t exist ing; though Onesicratus, in Arrian s indi ca , spea k s of them as found on the hanks of the Indus. Str a bo, toinonth;eaontdhecruhvaienrd,anadn(33l uffn bothPa u usanias, ar itouht this asser of opinion that Michael Boyne is wrong i n supposing th a t i t i found in China, and Linnteus unwarranted in his beli e f that it occurs at the mouths of any Asiatic rivers. It has been disputed in modern times whethor or not there is snore than one species of hippop o t amus . M. de Moulins has given reasons, drawn from obser vations of -the skull, for supplsing that th ose ex i st i ng On the Nile and on the Senegal are different species ; and Cuvier has shown the same thing with respect to the inhabitants of Northern Africa, and the denizens "I am not surprised that a feeling of discontent should exist in Finsbury relative to the state of the representation of that borough in Parliament ; and it is my misfortune, and not my fault, that I am' one of the causes of that feeling. During 13 years a close attention to my Parliamentary duties obtained for me frequent expressions of approbation from my generous and, indulgent constituents. After a long, zealous, and anxious servitude, my health gave way, and the duties which I had to execute in Parliament remain undis charged by me from a powerful and irresistible neces sity. In the last session I could not attend the House of Commons at all ; in the present session my at tendance has been both seldom and irregular. Ill ness alone, of a distressing kind, prevented me from speaking and voting, against the detestable 'window tax, when the motion for its repeal was last before the House. "-These things have caused me much anxiety. I feel that I have no moral right to continue as the re•' presentative of Finsbury, if I cannot perform the duties of the great trust that has been confided to my charge. If I were to act so unworthy a part I should ill requite my noble-hearted constituents for their generous forbearance during my protracted illness. I place myself, therefore, entirely at their disposal. It is a duty which I owe to thein, and I do not shrink from its avowal. " The end of the present session of Parliament is rapidly approaching, and hence my resignation at this time would be of little. utility. Permit me, there fore, with - perfect frankness to• state that if I were to be allowed to make choice of the course of proceeding at this juncture, I should prefer to remain in the ho nourable position of your representative until the com mencement of the next session of Parliament, at which time, should my health not be sufficiently re established to enable me to resume my labours in the House of Commons, I shall, without hesitation and with the liveliest feelings of gratitude, restore to the patriotic and independent electors of Finsbury that honourable and dignified trust which I have so long cherished as the highest object of my ambition. " I have the honour to remain. sir, your obedient servant, " TIIGMAS WAILLEY. " To the Chairman of the Committee of the kins . bury Liberal Electoral Association." of the country round the Cape. At present the animal is very rarely found till you have ascended the Nile far into the interior. 'The French savans who went as fir as Syene saw nothing of him. . _ _ PAROCHIAL CONTEST IN ST. PANCRAS.-ELEC TION oN VESTItYIINN. — The parochial contest for the elec tion of vestrymen and auditors of accounts for the parish of St. Pancras was progressing yesterday with more spirit than on the first day's poll (Tuesday). At the close of the poll, at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, the numbers were— For the Pink list, proposed by Mr. Brettingham 1,191 For the Blue list, proposed by Mr. Douglas In Southern Africa the flash is said sometimes to be considered a delicacy, and the natives of Cape Town are in the habit of obtaining from the country farmers the fat which lie* under the skin, when salted •and dried. 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Maturity, ,sually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate he Physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural - eelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical lbservations on the Treatment of Nervous and Indlge6tion, ',nether arising from these causes, close study, er the influence of ropical climates: Local arid Constltiational Weakness, Syphilis, stricture, and all Diseasesoit,finodiulLeranteneermaeyintne.gsulitlilnusgtrfrart. , Physiology, lo l g 'o y r , ty and Diseases of the Reproductive o a d n u d c ti t r e • o , g r:al t u hl u s s e :, mrtaining their strectui es, uses, and fune injuries that are produced in thein by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., • 37, RED:FORD-SQUARE. •LONPON. Ojetor Cl Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. 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Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstene, Merchant, llerbary, Highgate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the "Times" newspaper, 7th of August, 1846. This pamphlet is forwarded through the pest, on receiving two postage stamps. • The Aromatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the post on receiving a post-office order for 4s. 6d., Is. Bd., er 125., which in cludes the postage with the case. The Ils. size contains four of the 45. A few of its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published In the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Reader. reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age you will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightless .beings. and given place to a straightforward, clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? 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Grimstoue'e signature att ac h e d, a t 714 d., is. 1 d. • FOOL-lAARDY EXPLOITS.—It having been bruited that a sailor named Lynch would spring from the summit of the Britannia-bridge into the tide below, on Whit-Mendav, which being an idle day, left some thousands of sight-seers at liberty to proceed to the locality named: Either Lynch's courage failed him or he was prevented from redeeming his pledge, so far as the tubular bridge was concerned. Further in the afternoon, however, he took the desperate plunge from the chains of the Suspension-bridge, having first discharged a pistol by way of signal gun. lie went down steadily, feet foremost, and on nearing the water manoeuvred so as to strike the surface nearly on the back. He was picked up by a boat in waiting. A Bangor lad, one John Jones, who was forward in drink, his mind made up not to be out-done by a Patlan der, had previously started on a voyage of discovery on his own account, having got outside the iron net work of the causeway, and leaped from there into the surge; having made the descent laterally and awkwardly, striking the w a t er with great force, it was supposed by the spectators that he ava• dashed to pieces by the fall; he re-appeared in due time however, a little shook, no more,-and was taken into one of the boats.. The two men of pluck received a good deal of money, and we have to apologize to Lynch for paying no attention to his .announcement sent to our office a fortnight ago, inasmuch as we took the affair in the light of a hoax. Worth Wales Gazette. (hAY's INN, MAY 22. —At a pension of' the Hondurable Society of Gray's Inn, holden this day, George Horsey, Esq. (Lecturers' Prizeman, 1849), and Alfred Mac kinnon Attree, Es €1 at-law. 1 were called to the Degree of Barrister- -4 , if [PRICE SD. M. 11,A , LEVY. For the last fifteen years this great composer has enjoyed thigh reputation in England, whether froth ; the.success of his -works in France_, or from their re production-on our own stage. Circumstances have, however, lately combined .on all sides to attract ge7 neral attention towards him. The French compcsers have lately SuPersoded the Italian maestri, and at tile opening of the theatrical campaign in London this year two of his minor works %%ere given with signal success at the St James's Theatre; another was no CleossveisiuteG-ec3arselfeuil ' i esit the tablishn lr ie ' n i r e tir s i s t:o s uVe li d d .th w e bilstth produc tion of two of his serious opera, it was found likes i.e that he been engaged, in conjunction with M: Scribe, in writing another, of the most impor ant anti prothising Character, on the subject of Shakspere'S Tempest. On the eve of the production of this work; on account of its authors and of its actors equally the object of general curiosity, some account of the life of M. Halevy cagnot fail to prove interesting. • Fromental Halevy; was born in Paris at the begin ning of the present century. His father was -a Ger man, his mother a French lady. As the. boy phowed a precocious understanding, and his father, like 'nest of his countrymen, was devotedly fond of philosophy and belles lettres, the young Halevy was ut an un• , usually early age.sent t o an aca d em y. ilow*ver, a few lessons on the piano -forte having been given him; with a view to employ 'his leisure- moments, And to vary and relieve his attendee, an invincible love of the musical-art absorbed all his thoughts. His father finding at list that he could not suriribunt this pro peasity, wisely gave: way, and placed his soni, at ten years of age, at the great Conservatoire. There, so rapid was.his progress, that being only twelie years of-age, he won'the grand prize -of harmony against all his seniors. Soon afterwards he had the still greater good fortune of attracting the attention of one whose name and worki ) . will endure as long as the art of music—at thirteen he studied composition under Cherubini. Only two years afterwards, when that great master was obliged to • visit London (in 1815), so high an opinion did be entertain of the young Halevy, that he chose him as his temporary'sub stitute to:direct his class at the Conservatoire. From . r. this moment the great object of ambition with the young artist was to follow the example of Mozart, and visit the schools of Italy. A new triumph afforded him this opportunity. In 1819, having won the grand prize for composition at the Institute, he was sent by the Academy of France to Rome. He spent three years in Italy, travelling from one great musical city to the other, examining the works of such old composers as Marcello and Palestrina, studying under such renowned masters as Galieri and Zingarelli. From Italy he went to Vienna, pur 7 posely to . visit one who' was the peculiar object of his reverence—one who like him had been a favourite pupil of Claerubini—Beethoven.. This sublimecomioser received him kindly, but gave him a melancholy proof that be had lost one—his most perfect and exquisite sense—that of hearing; for, to give him a sample of his inspiration he played on a harpsichord with broken strings, and so totally out of tune as to produce nothing but clashing discords, although the unconscious performer did not per perceive it. The time was now come' when the young Halevy must return to Paris, and shsw " the mettle of his pasture." His first compo sition • was Pygmalion, a work which he offered to the Grande Academie de Musique. It was immedi ately accepted, and its combination of Italian melody with German harmony created a great sensation amongst the critics. Political troubles, however, soon interfered to prevent the production of his opera. Halevy resumed his studies until 1827 ; at the be ginning of this year he gave the Opera Comique a work entitled Phideas. Its success was such that another was immediately demanded. This was the Artisan, which fully sustained the opinion enter. tained of his abilities. Passing over minor works, we most particularly notice an opera which he subiequently gave at the Italian in 1829. This was an Italian opera buffo, entitled Ii .Dilettante. It was performed for two con • secutive seasons with immense success by Malibran, Zuchelli, Donzeili, In 1830, he produced at the Academie de MUsique, a ballet, Marion l'Escaut, and in 1831, at the same theatre, a ballet' opera, La 7entation ' which was peifermed not only in Pa r i s , but in all parts of Europe; its catching, sprightly, popular, and highly original melodies being repro duced on every hand•organ then manuf ac tured, for the peripatetic musicians of the streets In 1832, Herold having suddenly died in all th - e fliish 'of his triumphs, leaving his score of Ludovie . irnperfect, Hatevy undertook the piou4 duty of fini.hing and producing•it on the stage; and this year he like wise composed Les Souvenirs de la Fleur, for the re-appearance of the celebrated Martin. In 1835 he produced,:at the Academie de Nlusique, an opera of the highest pretensions—La Juive, whose suc cess was such that it was immediately brought out in every capital in Europe. As if to show the ver • motility of his genius, he next produced, at the Opera Comique, L' Eclair, which has remained ever since one of the .lorightest gems of that theatre's repertoire. In 1837 it was the turn of the Academie de Mu sique to enjoy one, of his chef- d' ceuvres There he produced his grand opera, Guido et GineVra, of which.one song, " Apres la filte," 'has become the cheval de bataille of every tenor who has since ap peared in the musical world. He successively produced works whose titles alone suffice for an eulogy. In 1838, a successful piece at the Opera Comique; in 1842, La Reim de Chypre, at the Academie; in 1843, Charles VI., at the same theatre. In 1844 he produced the Guitarero, and in 1846 Les Mousquetaires de la Reine, at the Opera Comique. In 1848, owing to those revolutioas with out precedent which then peri s lred the very existence of society, Wand 'seemed to render every enjoyment and every solace impossible in Paris, at the earnest prayers of the director of the Opera Comique, whose theatre had been nearly forsaken, he gave Le Val d'Andorre, which was performed 165 nights running, and restored at once, and in spite of every inauspicious circumstance, the vogue and fortunes of that theatre. Last year he was equally successful at the Opera Comique with La Fee aux Roses, of which a transla tion is at this moment performed in London. Halevy has long since received the highest rewards his country could confer on him. At the Court of Louis Philippe he enjoyed the highest favour. The unfortunate Duke of Orleads, and his noble-minded widow, the Duchess of Orleans, had placed him at the head of their Chapelle. The Conservatoire conferred on him the title of Professeur de haute Composition. He is an officer of the Legion of Honour, and of a number of foreign . ' orders conferred on him by the different sovereigns who have listened to his compositions, and ha enjoys the highest title that can reward exalted merit in France, that of Member of the Institute. SOCIETY OF ARTS. The twentieth ordinary meeting of the session was held last evening at the society's rooms. The meet ing was numerously attended; Mr. F. Cooke, vice president in the chair. Mr. ROBERT HUNT delivered an interesting lecture l i on the application of electro-magnetism as a motive power. After briefly describing the various disco veries made and experimen ts tried in electro-mag netism, both in this country and on the Continent, and more especially the great series of experiments con ducted, by command of the Emperor 'of Russia, by t'rofessor Jacobi, at St. PeterAburg, and which had been abandoned after an expenditure of more than 30,0001., Mr. Hunt proceeded to state that the reason of his having.been asked oan t n o an d fp e oi l r i nn v il e ne r nr a ewv l he e in c e t ihn u g re , on this d °l ll B.l l that room h e had to the e es ff xub e i c ree t es t ts h e at the attempts made in the pr esent . state of the science to employ electro-ma tive power would end failure. manner th giniee ti tt ra en a d s es a cri m bed in a highly interesting the electro-motive force is produced, and ainneditehebyla' which wa b y which which its inducedaeti on h i i s m ge to ver t n h e in d k . that Among t.hia th in e 3 g s r te o r u i n n d u : agency must fail in practice as a fo m c o n tive poWer, were the following :—The magnetic d iminishes, . d.t ac cording to distance, with the greate st r r when the force .was 220 lbs ,with the ap a i rm i y at . ure llu i s n , contact, it was, at a distan ce . of one 250th p art of an inch, only ca p a bl e o f susta i n i ng 90 lbs. ;. at the 84th part of an inch 47 lbs., at the 60th part ‘f au inch 40 lbs., and at the 50th part of an inch, which would be a necessary distance for auy practical pur pose, it was but 36 lbs. Again, the moment motion was communicated the power was reduced from 2,232 to 920, or more than one-half. Thus, when they got a weight of 80 lbs. raised by tbe de composition of one grain of zinc, they could only raise 40 lbs. by the . same waste when the magnet became rotary. This he thought was caused by the secondary or induced current moving in a contrary direction to the primary current. lie con sidered great intensity of action necessary, even in point of economy, to produce strong motive power. Thus, with Groves' battery, which is the strongest, one-horse power for 24 hours was theoretically ob tained with 451bs. of zinc, whereas, in Daniel's bat tery, which.is more constant and durable, the same power requires the destruction of 751bs. of zinc. - A l o i f u z a ine co ia rni ise a s h B O a l t b e s a . m a -e f n o g o i t ne hig r h ai , ,a, ,wh i i 4 le al a bs g . r tan i ne g of ra c i ogi n same height- . the other baud,, a hundred weight r .of z'nc cost MI, while e, hundred flight of coal costs but 9d. ; and when to this was added. the reduc ion of power in electro magnetism the moment mo ion commenced, he had no hesitation in saying 'that -cost of the la,tter as a motive power would be :orn 150 to 200 tithes as. grit as that of steam power. • An interesting conversation ensued, after which the thanks of the society were voted to Mr. Hunt, and the meeting separated. • , ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A series of lectures on the 'chemistry of hydrogen, with special reference to its application for conveying 'by balloons pyrotechnic and other signals to Sir John Franklin, has been just. commenced by Mr. Pepper, chemical professor at the institution. After com meeting on the present doubtful position of the Arctic Expedition, the audience • was in'ortned that it was not a lecture on aerostation, the object of the lecture being to introduce certain ittgenioue signals invented by Mr. Darby, of Regent street. Lambeth, which the balloons were to curry. The materials and construction of the balloons were first noticed ; as they might be made of oiled silk, gold beater's skin, or prepared paper, the letter was pre ferred, because with ordinary care it lasted very well, and had'the great additional advantage of cht-apne,e. A five-fret gold-beater's Ain balloon cost 10/., whilst a dozen paper ones could be made for 3/. 16.. ; thus the number of balloons to be sect might he iticreused, ip , d the chances multiplied of some of the signals finding theit way to the missing expedition. The chemical nature- of hydrogen was then demonstrated by various experiments, and its extraordinary light ness shown by comparison with coal gas. A five•feet balloon was now sent 'up with Darby's petards or shelf, which are attached to a fuse or quick match lined to tithe, and yield a report directly they touch the ground equal to a 6-pounder cannon, one being dropped every quarter of an hour. The bill-distri butor, to Which so many aeronauts lay claim, was next. shown, being printed bills which are to be scattered "as the balloons travel over the range of' country. The land and water signals next claimed attention, being composed of gutta percha car, and cork; and .standing erect on earth or water, :and can be seen at a-distance of -two miles by an ordinary telescope, and would be more likely to attract :Wen ! tion,than the little paper slips. The buoy signals, to be used in case of distress by the searching party —the pyrotechnic signals by parachutes—the rocket signals, and Darby s arrangements for firing, are all clearly explained. The structure of the ftise or quick match employed, and its admirable principle (the argand), was likewise demonstrated ; and it wa s s h own that it would b urn j ust as well for a few minutes as for several consecutive hours. Many of the balloons era on the plan' adopted by Mr. Shepherd, to commu nicate with missing voyagers in the arctic regions. the numerous experiments exhibited by Mr.- Pepper were_ admirtibly done, illustrating his discourse in a popular and instructive manner. The lecturer was greatly applauded at the conclusion of his discourse. ST. MARTIN'S HALL. Last evening there was a performance of choral music, under the direction of Mr. Hullah, in the great Music Hall in Long-acre, erected through that gentle man's spirited exertions, and lately opened to the public. The solo-singers were, Miss Deakin, Mrs. Noble, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. W. H. Seguin ; and the chorus consisted of the members of Mr. Hullah's first upper singing school. The performance com menced with Mendelssohn's cantata, " Lauda Sion" (or " Praise Jehovah"), a work full of that sublime simplicity which characterises the author's sacred composition.' It was finely performed. The quar tette, "Ye who from his ways have turned," was es pecially excellent; and the grand final chorus was magnificent. Beethoven's grand symphony in D con cluded the first part. Mr. Henry Leslie's festival anthem, " Let God arise," which was performed for the first time on the occasion of the opening of St. Martin's Hall, was now repeated. This is a surprising production—though the composition of a young amateur it i$ entitled to take— and has tuken—its place among the great sacred works "of the age. Mr. Leslie weilds the massive and com plex machinery of a double chorus and a full orches tra with the facility and freedom of nveteran master, rand with a skill which enables him to give full de velopment to his conceptions, which are r often grand an I original. It was on the whole very effectively performed. The beautiful air, " But let the righte ous rejoice," , was admirably sung by Miss Deakin, and loudly encored. The chorus, " 0 God, when thou wentest forth," a piece of . . descriptive music, which might have been- written by the author of Elijah, was given with great power. The chorus, " Tne Lord gave the word," was less successful; it is full of difficulties, whiolitwere hardly, mastered by the performers,' tied labettrs, moreover, under the diiadvantaxe of calling WI mind the chorus in the Messiah upon the same "aViirds. The performance cooclu led with the overture to Oberon, and a short selection from that opera. The noble hall was quite full, and many eminent musicians and amateurs %ere among the audience. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Mijekty the Queen of the ikigiana took leave of the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday, and quitted Buckingham Palace at twelve o'clock, attended by the Countess Van der Straten (Dame du Palais) and Col. de Moerkerke, for Clarence House, St. James's, where her Majesty partook of luncheon with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and after wards left, at half-p•ast one o'clock, fur the Lon don-bridge terminus, proceeding to St. Leonard's, attended by her suite. • The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the,Princess',Alice, the Princess Helena, the Princess Louisa, and the infant Prince, and attended by the Countess Qainsborough, Lady in Waiting; Hun. Caroline Cavendish, Maid of Honour in Waiting ; the Master of the Household, General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting; Francis Hugh Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, and Mr. Birch, left town at twenty minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for o.,borne, Isle of Wight. • Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were con ducted to their carriage by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord Waterpark, Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Viscount Cliftlen, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Colonel Wylde, Cap tain Francis Seymour, and Lieutenant -Colonel the Ilon.A. Gordon. • I fi ' v h e e n a a u r g r u ia s g t e p s ar tn ty t w he en ls t ri f n r e om elm ß s u s ek ta in ti g o h n rn and Palace traim . vi r l e le st d er b n y ß a n s i p lw ec a i y a . l train on the London and South a his o () to , y i a n l Highness st. oam e a s lug H t i e s t ß en o i y n a g l HwiigthhnetshsethneffiDneurske of f f C th an e ibr e id o g id e st d r i e n a a m d Palace. Guards, Colonel, in Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester of the e ta h t a r e lfa i o m q e u n e t t received her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam bridge and a select party at dinner yesterday, at Gloucester-house. The Royal Duchess afterwards received a small evening party. The Building Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday, in the New Palace of Westminster. There were present Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Barry,. Mr. C. R. Cocksrell, Mr. Brunel, and Mr. T. L. Dona'dson. Lieut.-Col. Reid and Mr. M. Digby Wyatt were also present. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors Of the North American colonies, also from the Governors of the West Indies, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and N ew Zealand. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) arrived in town yesterday, from his residence at Richmond. PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MRS. MARGAtET . MAITLAND, OF SUNNYSIDE. WRITTZN BY HESStFe.d. new edition of this charming work has just app ear ed. In all things this pleasant story is a iu of tone and its lan guage scenery,; s eis also characters, Scotch o the incidents, pure, ' se ntiments — its etiaSiedatt3nth,nnexpressive kind. Our readers will enjoy its genuine nat ion alit y The autobio graphical unaffectedrs Mland is very wellma. sentiment, its refined and poetic homeli t n e es ty s . , its strokes o f quiet humour, and its air of self-portraiture of b a l s clearly . defined, thoug h of a is " the similarly delineated t it por ra totally Waged, differentand the character order, ns 'of Jane Eyre. In many respects the present auth or i s worthy of being compared with the eminent Swedi s h novel i st Miss Bremer. She is extr emel y felicitous in sweet hom e scenes; in delicate sketches of character, and in affecting touches of pure and quiet pathos. In t he pathetic el ement we are not unfrequently remi nded o OF THE P RINCESS C HARLOTTE WITH f W ilson's ' Light s and Shadows'. " M ARR IAGE PRINCE OF LEININGEN. —A letter from Kerlin of the 18th instant says—" The nuptials of her Royal C M ajestiesharl ot teenndb theurg , R at o y seven a, F a o'clock , ' i c l l y e , c t k b , e in diplomatic the Hi g hness the Princess Ch ar l otte with his Highness the Hereditary Priece of Leiningen will b e ce l e b rate d thi s even ing, abd of those persons havin g the entrée. The Royal couple presence corps, o their f wid proceed, immediately after the ceremony, to Potsdam, where the M ar bl e Palace has been prepared for their re ception. To-morrow they will, however, return, and kold a Court, an d receive congratulations in the Palace at Berlin, aster which they will again return to Potsdatn, where there will b e a succession offetes, which will last until Wed nesday. The marriage trousseau of the illustrious bride has been exposed to public view in the palace during two days, and has attracted numerous spectators, especially of the fair sex, who looked with longing and admiring eyes upon the rich drerses, costly jewels, exquisite Brussels lace, tantalising shawls, massy silver toilette and dinner services, and the prodigious stock of linens, cambric; and embroidery spread before them. l'he greater part of these articles were presents from their Majesties and the Royal Family, and from Prince Albrecht and the Princess's Royal mother. Among . the prettiest articles exposed was a . pihea - uf-embroidery, the joint Labour of Lady. Rose cane, the Mitres: Howards, and other young ladies,:prepared under the guidance and with the aid of her Royal Highness Princess Louisa, the fair and graceful cousin of the • •