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. 1 .t. I fOs Od. - 1 ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. 32s to TIE idin, EXH IBITION of the ROYAL ACA DEMY is now OPEN. Admiss ion (from eight o'clock WI oats, ' yen One shilling. Catalogue One Shilling. a 35s ; JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT ILA., Sec. k, 34a 45. EAST INDIA. HOUSE, April 27, 1853. 91 114 F COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST 1 „*.. INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, o 58s ; ' That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut i...• , ...__ beans, = en Thursday, the 9th June, at three o'clo ck, and o p ened again on . . peas ; Tuesday, the 12th July ; and . , t That the Warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock payable • on the 6th July, 1853, under the 11th sec. of the Act 3d and 4th Wm. IV., cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day. ceived JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. , from - SUBMA Q IA RINE AND EUROPEAN TELE- 4 5..., GRAPH COMPANTES.— DIRECT AN D INSTATANTE. O u U_ F S COMMUNICATION WITH BRUSSELS.—REDUCNTION TAR=S.—Notice is hereby given that the Submarine T i e r eg ma ph to Belgium is now open to the public. Dispat ches will be itt No. 30 ed , o a . tf: Mars , I iastantareously to and from the offices of the Compan , YL. _ pe. Cornhill, and Brussels, and thence to all p arts of Northers Ee Conti r° The Tariffs for Messages to Paris, and all other Paits of th N _ neat, has also been further reduced. • By order of the Directors. 705 G. L. P.ARROTT 30, Cornhill, 20th June, 18 53 . , Secretary. Nvbyittht fir'st' . SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY , s. d. , between Great Brita i n and the Con ha le te n r t . of Europe. I ncorpora ted by Royal C .17 0 I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY „P .16 3 MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the above Company will SE Li Plate be held on Wednesday, the 20th inst., at one o'clock, . at the London .16 3 - choir .17 0 • Tavern, in the city of London, to take into considera ion the follow ing business ; Po i .17 3 To confirm the agreement entered into with the Society de Manley neml .17 0 and Co. for the joint working of the two undertakings ; and also the o:de .15 6 steps taken by the Directors in reference to the capital of the Corn- No .15 6 _ peny, and to authorise the application of any portion of the capital 80, C for addition?! works that may be acceSsaryZor thought advisable by .16 6 ' the Directors. 15 9 , G. L. PARROTT , Secretary. rir .17 0 30, Cornhill, July . 4,1853. .13 0 .16 3 s BEAT MI L ITARY CAMP at CHOBHAM. .16 0 • G SOUTH- WESTERN RAILWAY .16 3 4 In or d er t o g i ve o p por t un i ties for witnessing this Tc grand military .16 0 di s play, TRAINS will run, on and after M g ONDAY, 4th Jo Y, .15 6 ' from WATERLOO to CHERTSEY, STAINES, and WOKING. the ado 0 i nearest Stations to the Camp, at convenient intervals, from 7 a.m., Join .16 3 V retaining in the Afterno on. Horses and carriages should be at Waterloo Station by 6.30 a.m., Col. .15 6 ,., and will be forwarded by Trains at 7 and 7.20 a.m. Sir. 14 9 - Johi Chertsey Station is within four miles of the tap, Caand omnibuses Mar .15 0 t wiliuptiorcontinually running at moderate fares. Johi .16 0 s private conveyances can also be obtained at Chertsey, ..15 0 at fixed fares, on application to Mr. Rowland, Swan Hotel. Arrangements have been made at Chertsey Station for the accom modation and rell'eshment of passengers by these trains. _ The Camp is within five miles of Woking, and of Staines Station , tour, from whence conveyances can be obtained. The route from . Staines is via Virginia W a ter . By Order, . T f . ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. itch a' Waterloo Station, Jply, 1853. gr r n dull . 4 for Ren 1 per *shire CONTRACT FOR BRUSHES, BROOMS, AND PENCILS. cert of w d, 70k; Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, tric Somerset-place, July 2, 1853. THE Commissioners for executing the Offic e of b e x Lord High Admiral of the United Klngdoni of Great Britain T and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, and rer and the 26th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with thoi i' 94 l ; such P ers ons as m a y be willing to Contract for supplying and lug 1., 2 ; d elivering into Her Majesty's Dock Yards , I Conn- BRUSHES of varieus sorts , HAIR BROOMS , and Camels' Hair 50 1 17/. and other PENCILS. are . Patterns may be seen, and a Form of Tender, Schedule, and Con- sa p,' ditions of the Contract, obtained at the said Office. No Tender will ~' be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be o b i to-day, noticed unless the par ty attends, or an agent for him duly authorised Ent ied sus- ' in writing. worse. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, used at and hear in the le1i;-hand corner the words " Tender for Brushes, ~, &C.," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied ~,,„ by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become ''''''' wit hound with the person tendering, in the sum of 5001., for the due s ta Perfolinance of the contract. lay was - an] unians, , PURSUANT to , an Order of the High Court of co , Chancery, made in a cause, "Poole against Miller," the pie Creditors of James Miller, late of Welbeck-street, in the Parish of pet Saint Marylebone. in the County of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, Who died in or shoat the month of flay, 1853, are by their Solicitors, on or before the Twenty-fifth day of JULY, 1853, to come in and f oat-offlo prove their debts or claims, at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor, pry Sir Richard Torte Klndersley, No. 15,01 d-square, Lincoln's Inn, Mid- ins dlesex, or in de.ault thereof w.ll be peremptorily excluded from the thi ...._... When • benefit of the said order. th( ' Monday, the Ist day of August, 1853, at 12 o'clock at Noon, at the 16 due in Sall Chambers, is appointed for hearng and adjudicating upon the in, ,ngland. claiuns.—Dated this 25th day of June, 1853. OM - -----ii tch Mon. FRED. ERSKINE EDWARDS, Chief Clerk. im WILLIAM KINSEY, Plaintiff's Solicitor, an tly 5 20, Bloomsbury-square. Hi de rrived NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. es th T HE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIF E io ASSURANCE COMPANY, .. 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. I CAPITAL—ONE HUNDRED Tuoussarn POUNDS. 4 TaUsTEES. Inc 28 ( ply 1 1 The Right Bononrable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., N My 4 Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. o' l y 1 ' Sir Charles Price, Bart. , 3, King William-street, London. ally Lieut.-General Sir W. R. Clayton. B a rt, Gloucester- p lace, Portman- aly 16 . • square, and Marden-park, Surrey. DIRECTORS. Sty 16 Chairman—The Right Hon. tim Viscount Dramianrig, M.P., P.C., une 26 Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. T Inc 26 t R. YaJlowley Barnes, Esq., lt, City-road, Finsbury. G. Noel Clarke, Esq., late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club. George Coode, Esq., Portland-terrace, Wamisivorth, and Belvoir, St. . tine 26 . 1 Helier's, Jersey. u.Th.Fat I Stephen Cracknall, Esq., 1,6 t. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11, ely a New-square, Lincoln's-inn. • , ane 30 W. Jones, M.D., Davies - street , Be rkele y -s q uare, and Lutterworth, ply 4 i Leicestershire. t. wicedaily George Knex, Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Tlyde-park, and Tor --- ' -- 7- 1 4.tite. Staffordshire. wieedally .ftlexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-un - the - MIL illy 5 C. Morgan, E sq. , B er k e l e y, Gloucestershire. David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. uly 1 • William Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park nes. Sat Place West. my 1 Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. lon.Thur. Dr. Scanl an , 21 , Upper Seymour - street West , Co nnau g ht-s q uare. - my 16 . Major Sperling, 14, St. James's-square. lily 4 t o AUDITORS. um 30 1 F. J. Bigg, Bech. 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical, e WilliamA .Lve P eck, c a i Jones, Esq., Life Office. I 'wicedaily €Eaq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers. ply 5 8.A., Actuary to the Engineers and Masonic Life my 26 1 Office, 345, Strand. tine 28 H. E. Sheridan, Esq., • Manager of Times Assurance Company, Lud- • eate-hlll. ane 30 RANEERS. Sir Charles Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, London. "tine 26 Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regent-street. Panama's. Dr. Le w i s, Finsbury-Place' my 1 y 2 rely 1 Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. Theertain SURGEONS. rely 2 „...IT.eT. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman - square. rely 5 alt hael Teevan, Esq., 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. Italy 1 CONSULTING ACTUARY. rune 26 Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. rely 2 SOLICITORS. luiy 2 Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. uly 1 RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. B s T h pos era_blic is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the I by, at. :; rad of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated E.„„ under the immediate supervision or, Francis G. P. Nelson, -- 4., P.l - „S IS will be -, the Consulting Actuary to the Company. India (via ,Co mparative Tables to assure 5001. on death, by a person aged ached the tri;''! next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPosIT system ...tran ces. ON ----- ----..._____E ORDINARY SYSTEM. ERPOOL. •The sum the ordinary the year The sum the, Life Offices would give ordinary Life him if he were unable us year, Offices would to pay, or if he omitted :hibiting !!,:ilt His give him for to pay his current J 1 1852 ; to, Annual; il, — ,„_ cf policy the surrender annual premium of t premiumto asassure 4s. 7d.at that or sale 81. 6s. 3d. after he has 1.0 years ! Y t e h a e r-g Z e n age, o;" his policy, paid into their coffers nee that d 500/. i „ ~„.2 In case after thirty 249/.75.6d. and which - ""Y of years'payments theyhave had the use Teske in. 4 4 years old, death amounting to lof at compoun.l Paid hpewd in to will be 1 2491 .7 r. 6d. interest, or in trifling ti, vrorth'whichtheyoave the event of his death ay much -i the offic e• had the benefit one hour after such 912,502 , of at compou n d omission or inability ) ships ; -___. Interest. ________ 20 181.65.3( 1 ,91.78.6d. 50 01. 24 to pay. ;els, and little more (St year. , NOTHING. )n," the i perhaps 901. weather, 4 ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. le, with- -, t is the Ifunable to pay, or not irds the desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo it moon- licy would still remain at point or its PULL value, be new" 522/.25.7d.ti1l death, if 20 years after, no fur ave any ther payment beingre m, when quired. Ifhowever the P il art ils.: y iciet , : r di r ish o nt m oitt.he r 2 a anec. aecorgl:nsath:nei y :. m at the to exist. o p2at P n l h:c o ta : l n i ii:w d e nto r y tn a l ! fb e i o n c La u l l I d o h r n e 6 h o 2 a s t 1 . stence of , uts 2 r 2 t mh s 1 00 . , rf e b t h u e t 20 71.10 s Od 2251. 5221.237 d 2871. 2s. 9d, uralists,_ 3ence of pressure !ranting Whole ofh' conven- 1 or h„ pul dsneyments, out par either draw gain in f in the : onl y b „lm . th e p olicy value t he assured Inarians drawn out t aum se ig from 1 when wand '' ' . th e !Aag e pagess andyln dot gee 'ear ;or 1 Pamphlet, i ,,, 41 .ed Jewish t F. G. P. Net. on '... [by the ' • , ...s q . _ rtes end On comparison of these two tables it will b . e " s.e,mrtph the a f p n7T, , , , 0 , On comparison of these two tables it under the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance lcbaensseeecnurthheetahuateaufPo:ralse. ing advantages, viz., Ist. For a less sum, paid annually, a larger sum in case of death than nd h er is tphoelicoyrdbinea can sryesceteimve. 2dly. In the event of a desire to surrender applies ages, au ages, in this Company, by the above example, which a THREE times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdstillYChlisn the event of inability or omission to pay, his policy remains payments of the same value as it was, though he cease his current for any number of years ; whereas on the ordinary sys tem, nothing. 4thly. Should he require to increase ohe gets or decrease the amount of his policy, he can do so at pleasure. He can at any time, by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from Ii . up to the whole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After he has withdrawn part one year he can, by a single payment, three Years, or any tim e aft e rwards, raise his policy to a greater or even Its former amount; and by this system he can at all times regulate his annual savings by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the b argain of having a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the same as 11 1 a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, that be gets Inte rest for his money, and in case of death his family receive more than the amount of his savings. In ordinary Life Offices be can do no } uell t hing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment r e ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any irp,. t ..ny to for aid, all his bud-earned savings become forfeited to ro or ":petY, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his :sil_ertunate co-assurers. and n system is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked ouiveg'esrr assurance is the only system of assurance which can be tially arially recognised and adopted when the principles are impart confers greased,v and it,s palpable benefits become widely diffused. I of Inte rest vantage than a bank because it allows a air rate hands or "se of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the case of death Company to the representatives of the Depositor in ADv A xi combining the ''"-.8 OF A RANK wITH THE BENEFITS OF Ineaseoratiennd A N ASSURANCE COMPANY. system are ewreent assurances the advantages of the DEPOSI ADVANTAGEnIore strig a °F THISLIF COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY To those who p refer ASSURANCE BRANCH. 5,000/. on every lux wo wn p branch Policies are granted fr om 201 . to Lives in all but th e rlnciple thereof. rat stages of disease and such as have been rejected by other Oflices. arti cular disease. are taken at rates equivalent to the p Loans from 501. and ttpwy granted on every kind of security, real or personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower Annuities of every description granted on very favourable terms. Non-forfeiture of a Policy.—ln case of inability to pay the currant premiums, the Directors will eitner purchase the Policy at a fair market value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte rest corresponding in amount to the whole of the previous payments Which have been made. Divalled prospectuses with tables in further illustration of the De posit sYstem and any y rther information may be obtained un .. cat on to the Agents in the country, or to - CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. Light, in 3r made ri Conn was left as their he com- a copse- le prpce ick dur aturday Fames T. irk Gar- 3LO Ha• ation at the wife v, Lord ghter of 'fetcher, 1,7,ed 76. Surrey. MING, qc). 112, runty of N. 8 0.-AgeaKweetod in all part. of the World. ,~~ No. 18,963.] NEW NOVEL BY MRS. W. FOSTER. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LAD Y MARION. By Mrs. W. FOSTER. Also, now ready, in 3 vols., THE YOUNG HEIRESS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. RUSKIN'S NEW VOLUME of the STONES of VENICE: The SEA STORIES, illustrat d with Twenty Steel Plates, and nummui Wood EngaivinT,s, drawn by the Author, will be published on Monday next, uniform with the first 'volume. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornbill. PIC NIC WATER EXCURSIONS and RACE PARTIES provided w*th Refreshments by Messrs. FURS SELL'S, Comb]. l l, including Wines and the Hire of China, Wing, Plate, and Linen. Tents and AwningS erected and decbrated with choice Plants, &c. Dinners, Ball Suppers, and Wedding Break lists, provided entire; Dessert and Evening Ices. Bills of Fare for any number sent per post, or a competent pc...ion will be sent to receive Orders and give Istructions for the arrangement of Entertainments. Note.—Messrs. Instructions for the arrengement of Efltel.talmoh l ts. Note.—Messrs. PIJRSSELL'S on'y Business Premises are 78 and 80, CORNHILL, near the Eachan:,,e. mH CITMBEIMAND HEMATITE IRON gg ORE COMPANY. Offices of the Company, 18, Cannon-street. To be conducted on the "Cost Book" system. No Deed to be Signed. Capital, 60,000/„ in 30,000 shares at 11. each. To be paid up on allotment, and issued in certificates to bearer. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Edmund Burke, Esq., Lloyd's, and 3, Norfolk-road, St. John's wood. George Bush, Esq., Lloyd's, and 16, Camden villas, Regent's-park. John Lawton, Esq , 13, Seymour-street West, Byde-park. Col. A. Perceval, 1, Belgrave-road, Bel rave-square. Sir Arthur Rumbold, Bart., 27, Sackville-street, John S. Rymer , Esq., Ealing, Middlesex. Marvin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park. John Watson, Esq., Albion -lodge, Stamford=blll. With power to add to their number. Bankers—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, and Co. Solicitors—Messrs. Murray, Rymer, and Aturray,7, Whitehall-place , Broker—James Shepherd, Esq., 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill. S ec retary (pro tom. ) —Mr. Henry Hunter. PROSPECTUS. This Company, whose rights extend over an area of 132 acres of itch mineral land held by sub-lease, for the remainder of the term, granted by the Baroness de Sternberg to Richard Barker and others, for a pet :od of twenty-one years, from Ist June, 1850, at a Royalty Rent of Is. Gd. for every 34 cwt . .. of ore raised, and 1001. per rnnum certain rent which merges in the Royalty, is formed for the pu-poze of working Hematite Iron Ore in Frizington Parks I,linin; dh trict, situate within six miles of the Port of Whitehaven. The ore raised in the immediate district of this mine i 4 proved to be unusually rich, averaging from GO to 70 per cent. of iron. Three different provings have been made at a considerable outlay, and a rich bed of ore has been bored through at a depth of 25 fa thoms, correspone. ing with that obtained from the mines now work ing on the boundary lines. The thickness of the beds of ore varies from 12 ft., 22 ft., 30 ft., to 50 it. This Royalty being so well proved, and of such an extensive area, abounding in mineral wealth, affords the best guarantee for safe investments and large profits. Prospectuses, with printed forms of application for shares, may be obtained of the Broker and at the Offices of the Company, where the Engineer's Reports, maps, and specimens of the ore may be seen. HENRY HUNTER, Secretary. ABSTRACT OF REPORTS. "Therefore, judging of srr"ace appearance, and taking into ac count the apparently regular stratification of the rocks, together with existing proofs by bore-holes end drafts, I have no hesitation in stating, that the prospects of lucrative mining ere much supe.lor to any i*on ore royalty I am acquainted with. " JOSEPH Rorsow, WAltehaven." " Taking every circumstance connected with this Royally into consideration, we have come to the conclusion that there is every probability of a highly remunerat i ve yield extend i ng over a long pei "JOSEPH Roesox, Railway Engineer and Practical Geologist. JoaN PERCIVAL, Insnect'ng Viewer for Genera , Wyndham." "The Old 111'nes have been working many years, and must have produced an immense quantity of ore, and I am not aware of an instance of one of them having been worked out or exhausted since their commencement, nor do I hear that there is any prospect ol their present exhaustion. In prosecuting their workings they are led on to new discoveries ; they are all working to good profit ; the most productive yielts about 1,000 tons per week, and the party owning it is supposed, from the best of data as to selling price, work ing cha-ges, and leading, to clear eight or ten thousand pounds per annum (I have heard it stated twelve to fifteen thousand pounds). He has made a fresh discovery recently, and sunk a new pit. The depths of the sha.ts rarely exceed forty fathoms ; their working establishments are slur 11, no heavy engines, the water being light ; thera is a good demand for the ore, and a good price obtained, from 10s. to 12s. per ten. " GEORGE DIXON, Consulting Mining Engineer, Whitehaven." G R AVES.END STAR PACKETS , N., other Packets call at the Grays, Greenbithe, and Purfleet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permlttin) FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS, wxm DAYS. Terrace "E -iler. i 7 - *tai 111/2 - It 4 - 23l - 33 , 2 - 5 - 6 1 / 2 - Direct Trains from the Boats marked Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. WEEK Ders. SUNDAYS. Time. • F? a _ - - I - te, _l_ - I - Passages marked * are ri'n direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and Loudon ••• • • • .... 10d. .. Is. 2d. •• Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. • • Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and interrne."ate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—Tvvelve Months, 51. Os. ; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Three Months, 2'. Os.; to he had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For Tel Ars, apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch•street Ter minus, Blackwell Railway. July, 1853. 11R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 7 To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalbo, 117, Fleet-street, Mann, 39, Cornbill. Price One Shilling each; by post, is 61. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS: —Early Rising—Sprit); and Summer lvfornings—Ett cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Bills Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pica.ant places—Country Tr,i)s and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night —Evenings at Home Music—The Drama—On Rating, Driokin3, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., II FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, 80. Vol.II. TAE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, "That three score years and ten our course may run." A"popular 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 lation 01 every-day lite. 1 V. THE PASSIONS. What passions hurt the body—what Improve, Truths as refined as Athens over heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old acre. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To he or not to be, that's the question." PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion. and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. BY it. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. ( 1841 ), M.R.C.S. (1827 ) , L.S.A. mat 2 i l 2. ,.. Twenty-flve years Medical and Forensic Referee in there Price is. each ; by post, ls. 6d. I'. be h 10, ; Mann, 39 Cornhillr Pleet. ad of Rherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Ten tii s ' it-Pla ce ' t who ay be consulted daily from , ok.ent .stree , m or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D., rieven till Nine. MES S " R. ~ Tri TAKE v NOTICE I , 7 1_10 1 . 2 . ry5 : sst 7 7 5. ET R E zoT Y D,r ON THE SECRET E A ) AT 19, II 0 85A x s E F SC O L O R U v . DS. CONTINUE-AUs APPOINTED HOPES. M ORE , illustrated by One 1::::::: e4,:nCta'agtat7-Rlv. N'ER, f , T R C A Q L E E ra , T , R E LONDON, D ir In Six I. 4 "L ENT FRIEND. SERIES CONTAINING THE It a t u st gu x b a r, s---- Piftieth Edition. SILENT FRIEND: in a sta lCciloal , EtrrioN OF DISEASE. ; . : ri a l e e Coloured 2. 6d b Engravings postfrom rom and New Edition, enlarged to 200 pa es. Physical decay 0 W ork in excessive indulgence, the consequences of of sYstem, produced by mercury, with directions for the use of the ection, or the abuse, of lowed by observations on Marriage, and the TrltEhe exhaustion and preventive lotion, fol prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured E ngr n a Jilugaslincations which PERRY and CO.. Consulting Surgeons, 19, Bora u erß . n —3' B. and L. and Flange!, 150, oA2.l4.aternoster street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co ,-,steet, Oxford chespside ; R Johnson, 68 r 0 0 0 w n: l a 4 n 6 d s L o e l a d d b e y ni l m la u n .s n t a r Y ee , t T , 95, Farringdon-street ; av:`'!!t Gor ,Suttonm, 10, Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology !af th e re ,,, i ,u_ Fnhin. organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured. Engravings. , .QUCtfore excessi, dulgence, l and their lamentable effects one ti. the s 3 stem, producing PART I. treats of the consequces ng fr ?in e in. mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engra.vi_ngs.. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in ure the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit dire . cons for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Colo d tI Engray.. ings. b FART IV. contains a Remetly:for the Prevention o f Disease y a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL ISALM OF STRIACIIM is exclusively employed in 33treat per ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s an d bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence , an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifj ing the blood in cases of infec tion, secondary symptons, eruptions , and the abuse of mercury , I Is. and 333. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9c1., 4s. 6d.. and 115 ' s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish , natant only, by which the fee, I/., is saved. Messrs -Perry, Surgeqns, arc in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-streof, Oxford-street, libn den, from Eleven till Two, and live to Eight; en Sunday from EleVell to Ono. ... , . . - . . .., . . - ..." r...- . ...... . _. . ._ • ..... ebt.. . . • ... .. - _,.1:1 r ..a t .-„,,,,,.."*?:'. 400 , 41 14 , , i ' • LIM/ snit ei , / / --` ....,_%-." . I-- , f 44 ' " ' 7' s : I '' . ''''. 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We may remark, in passing, that the town of Melbourne, which in 1851 contained 23,000 1 3itanto, had increased by the end of 1852 to a popu• lation`of 80,000, an amount probably much kept down jp by the i ossibility of finding house accommodation, and that he population of Geelong had increased in the same pe 'od from 8,000 to 20,000. Of the prospects of r ' • s some estimate may be formed from the fact, that the carriage of supplies to Bendigo and Mount Alexander last year was at the rate of 1/. per ton per mile, and it is estimated that the cost of the carriage of supplies during the last Australian winter from Mel. bourne to these two places would have defrayed the ex pense of constructing a railway. The fluctuation of prices has been as extraordinary as the increase in wealth and population. Hay is dearer, weight for weight, than the best quality of flour, and oats are twice the price of the best imported oatmeal. Cabbages are ls. 6d. a piece ; pears, lettuces, and turnips are 6s. a-dozen ; potatoes, 245. a hundredweight ; ducks, 12s. a-pair ; geese and turkeys; 14s. each ; and this in a country which until the discovery of gold had some claims to be considered . the cheapest in the world. The account of this sudden and incredible prosperity suggests a consideration as to the wants of the colony, which parents and guardians in England would do well to bear in mind. What the country wants is neither cul tivated intelligence nor in-door employes ; the effort of the colony is, and for many years will be, to bring the amount of its fixed capital into some proportion with the angregate of its treasures. The inhabitants of Melbourne, infinitely the richest town of its size in the world, are worse lodged and cared for, in all matters of physiral comfort, than the denizens of the poorest and most decay( d citio of S?ain or Germany. El - ads they have none, and the tracks which lead to the spots where nature squanders her treasure with so lavish a hand aro difficult in summer, and barely passable in winter. What they want is masons and carpenters to build them houses, and "navvies" to make them docks and railroads. Till these wants are supplied it is vain for young men of talent and knowledge to seek their fortunes in a land want ing nothing which they have to give, and appreciating far more highly the coarsest manual than the finest intellec tual labour. This is the tendency of every new country. Physical material wants must be first supplied, and only when men have gained leisure from the struggle will they turn their minds to the cultivation of the intellect or the taste. What cruelty can be greater, what misconcep tio'n more lamentable, what betrayal of a trust more re prlthensible, than to send a boy from schcol or a student tidal college, with a few pounds in his vicket, to seek his fortune in a land which wants nothing that he can contribute, and will contribute nothing that he wants ? To send such a person to Australia is, in fact, to sentence him to work on the roads at ten shillings a-day—good pay, certainly, but a miserable avocation for one brought up with the feelings and aspirations of a gentle man. [ PRICE SD. Even with the goods which othei countries can con tribute Victoria has, as appears from the scale of prices, been but scantily supplied ; but there is a marked dis tinction between those things which she can procure from abroad and those which she must, from necessity, pro duce for herself. Till this inequality is reduced every body's mind will be absorbed in mere material progress. The owner of thousands who cannot get a house, until he is released from the necessity of living in a tent or a bark hut, will scarcely think of a tutor fcr his sons or a governess for his daughters. We feel it right to couple the account of this unprecedented prosperity with this warning, because we are well aware that every ship carries out to Australia its cont.ibution of young men and women destined to poverty and wretchedness from a neglect of these very obvious considerations. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1853. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL 1100 MS . CHARLES E. LATheURENT, O stra nsl willow-ho perfo use rm, duri, Fulham ng road.) Open Every Evening. Orche the week, "The Rose," " Thistle," "Shamrock," " Amins," and "Rigoletto" Waltzes, by H. Laurent ;Rosalinda," and " Nymph," by D'Albert ; the " England," " New Topsy," and " Lago Maggoire" Quadrilles ; the " Gold Hawk" and " Juno" Polkas. — Admission, is. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock ;to com mence at Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—It is seldom that the enjoyment of a luxury is authenticated by the approba tion of the Physician. In the special instance of Messrs. ALLSOPP'S ALES, however, recent circumstances have given occasion to a re newal by the faculty of these reco nmendations which first ensured their vast popularity. I have therefore made arrangements for sup plying them genaine as from the Brewery, and in fine condition, from my Cellars, at 83. per dozen quarts ; pints, 5s ; and half-pints, 35., imperial measure only (by which the public grin one-third) ; and also in kilderkins (18 gallons) for draught, at 30s. HARRINGTON PARKER, 51, Pall-mall. BRIGHTON SELTZER WATER, 4s. a dozen. Mr. HOOPER his REDUCED his PRICE for Brigh•on Seltzer and Fachingen from Ss. to 4s. per dozen. Also other mrat^d waters In proportion, and which are unsurpassed, if not unequalled. Six-dozen hampers carriage tree. Balls and fetes supplied in such quantities only as may be required. Delive-y twice daily. A pro spectus with list of prices can be had on application.-1100PER, 7, Pall-mall East; and 55, Grosvenor-street, Hood-street. PARENTS, &c., SHOULD READ THIS ADVERTISEMENT. 911 HE juvenile vacation of the present Midsummer has afforded L. HYAM a favourable opportunity of coin hieing a large and respectable class of purchasers that Dress for the Young of various ages is designed and made at 36, GRACECHURCH STREET, City, in the newest and best style. It is a familiar maxim, that paternal pride is not only pardonable, but becoming, and it would appear that this sentiment is in lively existence, judging from the numbers who have brought their chil dren to L. Hymn's Establishment for attire, which d'sparys novelty, juvenile fashion, neatness, and general superiority. L. Hyam's Dress for " the rising race _ " may be divided into three k'nds, thus : DRESS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. DRESS FOR ELDER BOYS. DRESS FOR SENIOR YOUTHS. The proprietor would intimate that in each of these chiss'ficat'ons a distinct style is made strikingly apparent. A variety of new and beauticvl materia l s have been brought out by L, Hyrm, together with many novel fashions peculiar to the present season. With regard to the prices charged for these unique Anti excellent Grrments and Suits, the proprietor would observe that the lowest figures (consistent with just remuneration) have been quot'd by him, in order to render .ell satisfaction to the public. OBSERVE !—L. lIYAM begs -to state that he has no connexion with any similar establishment in London. 36, Gracechurch-street, City (established upwards of lii years), is the only place of busi isess carried on by L. UYAM, where the public can be supplied with good, durable, and fashiolable Clothing, of sound workmanship, at such economical prices as must defy all competition. L. HYAM, Tailor, Clothier, Hatter, Hosier, and General Outfitter, 36, Gracechurch-street, City. MECHI'S RAZORS, Strop, and Paste for us. 4, Leadenhall-street, London. Pair of Razors, 7s. ; Stroh, 3s. 6d. ; 6d. The Razors war ranted, or exchanged If not approved. Those who find shaving pain ful and difficult, will do well to try the above, it being well known that Mechl has been eminently successful in rendering shaving, an easy o4eraLion. Superior shaving-brushes, Naples soap, and every article of first-rate rymoity for the toilet. Cautton.—Do not buy any strop as genuine un'ess Meces name is on it, there being so many counterfeits. Elegant case of razors for presents, .izom 23 to 10 guineas. Ivory-bandled and. Scotch strops. 52, Fleet-street. ANEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH.- Mr. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-street, has intro peed an entirely NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICAL TEETH, fixed without siftings, wires, or liga Tres. They so perfectly resem ble the natural teeih as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be fourd ve-y superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require t. e extraction o: roots, or any painful operation, and will give support and preserve teeth that ai e loose, and are guaranteed to restore articu'ation and rcaslcalion ; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be w. thin reach of the most economicrl, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possib'e. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'BIERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. 1 1,1 AY be consulted, personally, or by letter , o n IL the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile lrregn , arities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist. once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of scien oscannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and s the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritle.al and mock-modest, has bad the confidence, through the medium of the public tress, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great succe , s that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, aid from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street;. Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchbornc-street, Haymarket; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. 4 Vi o Vi 0 - Z 2 IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, duet published, by 11. Baffler°, 219, Regent-street, London No I. vo., in cloth. price ss. by post free, ss. 6d., (IN TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, 1 • 7 with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the ▪ enemtive System, or Sexual Hypocbondriasis. Translated from •_he German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Plekford 's known to English readers by his frequent predi ct' contributions to German medical literature. This is the first t me, he Informs as, that he has addressed bimself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his over to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 110, 1851. "We promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of Quiet Symatbisers,' and • Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the bands of those who suffer from th com‘ plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many h mdreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat wait upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, Juno 16, 1852. No. 11. Svo., in clotb , price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., TUE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "In proot of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad 's any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Ilfch are cases lx., xi., Xii.. and xvi'l. No. ix. had res , sted, for a period of twelve yeses, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases /rat. and xix. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successffil." Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. NEW and INTERESTING ATTRACTION. On TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS, at Four o'clock, and Every Evening (except Satur day) at Nine, the FIRST PART of an HISTORICAL LECTURE on ,4 THE THAMES," from its source to its Estuary, by GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with appro priate Songs and Dissolving Scenery, in addition to the varied SCIEN TIFIC LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS. -- - Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age Half-price. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRAL DUNDAS'S FLEET. We hear from the Mediterranean that the finest spirit pervades the small but efficient fleet. Rumours of wars have been rife among the squadron during the whole cruise ; and, speaking for the ships with the officers of which we are best acquainted, we can safely say that should such a consummation ensue we do not envy the gentlemen, be they whom they will, who will have the disagreeable task of endeavouring to thrash them. For downright work we do Kt_ believe there ever was a squadron in finer trim or better spirits. Show and parade have been less attended to by the commander-in chief than the getting up of a good morale among the men ; and in this he has perfectly succeeded. Hours and days that in former times used to be spent in routines of racing, drill, in flinging about huge unmanageable spars which could never require to be so rapidly shifted as to make it worth while to risk the expenditure of human life, which has often taken place in the bravado of a race at shifting them, are now occupied either less laboriously at gun drill or in recreation • so that the men, not hav ing their energies so intensely drawn upon, have some remaining for a pinch, and are as full of life at the pro spect of active service as a well-bred and well-condi tioned hunter would be at the cry of a pack of hounds. Small as the squadron is, every particle of it is in excel lent condition, ready and eager for anything. The voyage of the squadron to Besika was prosecuted with the greatest energy, the latter part having been performed by the steamers taking the liners in tow, a sight which was as striking as it is novel. The whole fleet looked like a party of gnats returning with a num ber of huge black beetles as prisoners of war. A correspondent says, writing on the 13th : " A French steamer has just come out from the Darda nelles (one o'clock)—looks warlike. " 13th, Evening.—Consul (or vice) came down in the Tiger to-day. Since then the following has been given as the news brought by him :—The French fleet, consisting of nine or ten liners, &c., are at Mitzleur, and the steamer before-mentioned was carrying dispatches to their admiral. The Russians are at Burgos, a town on the other side of the Bosphorus, having 16 sail of the line, frigates and transports, large and small, amounting in all to about 60 vessels—the transports full of troops. Further, it is said, that the Turkish troops are assembled from all parts, and that the Turks are not quietly awaiting their fate by any means. One thing, it is said, has been already done—viz., a regiment of refugees has been raised of E angarians and others, not less than 3,000 strong. " If it be true that the Turks have six liners in readi ness, the united force of the allies will be considerably beyond those of the Russians in strength. Whether or no, I wish them well out of it. Whether it be the natural feeling of affection which arises in the mind of a weak civilian to the burly military who are about to fight for him (a feeling which comes particularly home to us just now when we want a battle to be fought) which induces me, I cannot say ; but I must repeat, that a fleet in bettor fighting condition, with men possessed of more pluck and bottom than, this said'one at Besika Bay, is not often to be met with ; and it is to be hoped that while inducements for our seamen to return to those ships at present manning may not be wanting at home, the Parliament will take care those abroad shall get something more than the amuse ment of exchanging hard knocks for their pains. " I hope Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and Co. will not be forgotten—that their peaceful prophecies and millennial proceedings may be called to mind, to induce the people to reward them as those who had done their best to destroy this naval force of ours so richly deserve. "14th.—Admiral made signal this morning, ' Leave to go on shore ; but all who go are to continue near the ships.' Caradoc not yet arrived."—Morning Herald. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4, Another trial of Sir Thomas Mitchell's bomerang pro , peller took place this morning on board the Conflict, un der the command of Captain W. H. Henderson, C.B. of the Blenheim, attended by Mr. Murray, chief engineer and inspector of machinery in the dockyard. The Con flict left the harbour at 9 a.m. for the measured mile in Stoke's Bay, when the average result of six runs was 9.378 knots—an improvement of about two-thirds of a knot on the speed attainable with the Conflict's own propeller. The average revolutions were 651. This trial with the bomerang was made in order to test the action of the blades, after the two small con tinuations which Sir Thomas Mitchell had been induced to make had been taken off and the propeller reduced to its original shape and proportions. The result has been a gain of two-thirds of a knot, which nautical men consider a great deal with so heavy a ship as the Conflict ; and we understand that Sir Thomas Mitchell means to challenge Griffith's propeller to do as much with the same ship. That fine steam-frigate, the Arrogant, went out of harbour this morning shortly before the Conflict, and we observed her trying her speed also at the measured mile. The Arrogant has been recently refitted with new boilers, &e., and her screw is a common one. We therefore watched with much interest when she turned into the mea sured mile, hoping to see a trial between the two ships, or rather between the two propellers; for the Arrogant is a remarkably fine vessel of her class, and with respect to the Conflict, we need only point to the official records of her doings and misdoings. Notwithstanding the Arro gant's advantages, it was soon apparent that she was losing ground, and while the distance between the two vessels was growing more and more, the Arrogant sud denly altered her course. No accident of a serious kind could have occurred to occasion this deviation, as we per ceived her again upon the measured mile after the Con flict had finished her runs. The general result of the trials to which the bomerang has been subjected seems to us fully to establish its high claims to public favour. Its form is based upon strictly mathematical principles. In point of celerity Sir Thomas Mitchell has proved the efficiency of his bomerang in a very heavy vessel, and that efficiency will be more pal pably manifest if his offer to fit one to her Majesty's yacht the Fairy is accepted. In other points, not so striking to superficial observers, perhaps, as celerity, but not less intrinsically important, namely, the diminished wear and tear of ships and the economy of fuel, the superiority of the bomerang is decided. We alluded to the absence' of vibration in the trial we last reported ; and to-day we purposely took our station for a considerable time upon the taffrail where, of course, the vibration would be most perceptible, and were even in that position scarcely conscious of any ; in the midships of the vessel and below, while. the Conflict was making nearly 10 knots, we could perceive no vibration at all. The enterprising merchants of Liverpool have shown themselves sensible to the vast economical advantages of the bomerang, and have already fitted it to several of their ships, which have accomplished quick voyages with a much dimi nished expenditure, as we noticed in our former report. The propeller used on board the Conflict was manufac tured by Taylor and Co., of Birkenhead, and Sir Thomas Mitchell pronounced an emphatic eulogium on the skill of their workmen, and their ready appreciation of the principle of his invention, or rather his ingenious appli cation of the principle of the rude Australian weapon to the purposes of propulsion. The leading and the follow ing blades of the bomerang propeller may be likened to the dorsal and caudal fins of fishes when swimming ; act , on water at similar angles ; and are rooted on the shaft on the same principle of strength as those fins are at tached to the fish's body, imparting the power which is to give it motion. To give the bomerang propeller full space to develope its powers, larger apertures are re quisite than are now generally found in either ships of of the Royal Navy or in merchant vessels. The full bomerang propeller requires, we are informed, a space in length equal to one-third of the height. This alters,- ' tion can, however, be easily effected. Meanwhile the exhibition of the bomerang propeller in its present com pulsorily crippled form has so convinced us of its im portance that we are confident of its eventual adoption. The Comus, 14, Commander Fellowes, arrived at Spit head last evening from Sheerness, and saluted the flag of the Commander-in -Chief at this port. The Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, Captain Fre mantle, having been supplied with new boilers, steamed out of the factory basin this morning, and proceeded out of harbour to try her engines. She will re-ship stores and receive her crew from the Camperdown immediately, and join the squadron at Spithead. The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain Goldsmith, came into harbour this afternoon, and hauled under the sheers to be supplied with a new mainmast. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert returned from her cruise and came into harbour last evening, the trial of anthracite coal being most satisfactory. The Fairy Royal yacht will be undocked to-morrow, after-refitting. WOOLWICH, JULY 4 APPOINTMENTS. Acting Assistant-Surgeon H. R. Ley, to the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth. • 'The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley, left Woolwich at 11 o'clock on Sunday night for Dover to embark his Majesty the King of Hanover, and her Majesty the Queen and the three children of the Royal family, with their suite, for a passage to Ostend, the Royal party having proceeded this morning by the South-Eastern Railway to Dover. The Lucifer steam-vessel left Woolwich this morning in charge of Master-Commander H. W. Allen, of the Lightning, and the crew of that vessel went in the Luci fer to navigate her to Portsmouth. PLYMOUTH, JULY 4. Her Majesty's brig Rolla arrived yesterday from Pem broke. She will be fitted for commission immediately.; The Vulture, 6, Captain Glasse, having received her .new foremast and got the lower rigging over her mast head, took in coal to day from the Jupiter depot. The launching of the Algiers is postponed in conse quence of .extra, hands being requires.l.o4 the,Bt" .. .,T,ean d'Acre. _ . ---- A large barque-rigged steamer, supposed to be a man of-war, was observed at 4 30 p.m. to-day outside the Eddystone, going up channel. The merchant ship Margaret Evans, Captain Pratt, 23 days from New York, was off Plymouth to-day, bound to London. On the 29th of June she spoke the brig Stag, from Liverpool, for New Brunswick ; and, on the 27th, the Continent, from New York, for Liverpool.. The brig Elizabeth Buckingham, Captain Bewley, from Geelong, on the 26th of February, for London, landed a small mail this evening. The Marlborough, with a heavy mail, was appointed to sail a few days after. The ship William Fletcher, from New Orlfans, for London, was off the harbour this morning. James Hill, pilot, on Friday last, boarded the barque Sarah Anne, of and for London, 118 days from Laun ceston. Her master declined to give the Launceston mails to the pilot. REDUCTION OF ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. WE are always glad to hear of a reduction ol duty, and think everybody must entertain the same sen- Vment. The duty on advertising has not been so much a tax on newspapers as on businessmen and servants communicating NC.th the put 11c by means of advertisements. It will be obvious to every observer that E. MosEs and Sox have adopted this means of in tercourse with their friends and the public to a larger extent than any other Business Establishment ; yet they have never been able fully to express the facilities they have in the Tailoring, Cloth ing, Matting, Hosiery, Boot and Shoe Making, and General Out fitting Business for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children. To have done so would have required space not less than half that of an ordinary newspaper, or would have occupied the pages of any supplement published. If it is remembered that the frost gigantic and commodious Establishment ever maintained is that of E. Moans and Sox, Aldgate and Minories, and that another called a Branch of this commercial pile is occupying the most conspicuous position at the West End (New Oxford-street, Corner of Hart street); and in Yorkshire, at Sheffield and Bradford, are two others of equal celebrity. Thousands on thousands are contautinl to these stores of magnificence and comfort ; and while the greatest benefits are derived by the public ftom cheap and elegant articles of (tress, an advantage is possessed by thousands from the em ployment thus distributed amongst the people. If, therefore, E. Moses and Sox had been inclined to indulge in amplification, 'it would have been difficult for them to express one-half the char acteristics of their unrivalled Business Establishments, where the most accomplished artists in the world are daily devising novel ties in Attire—where for each season the most appropriate mate riots and styles are associated—where every section in society is furnished with unparalleled articles of Dress to measure or ready made—where separate departments, each communicating, display the most extensive, novel, elegant, and superior stock of Caps, lists. Hosiery, &c., and where a Wholesale Clothing Business is conducted which has for many years proved the most profitable means of in vestment to tradesmen, merchants, captains, and all classes of emi grants. At this time E. Moses and Sox invite particular attention to their extraordinary preparations for the Summer Season, whiCh comps Ise novelties in every way excelling, and specially so in Jaye niie Attire, to which the attention of the best artists and workmen in the world has been distinctly directed. Whatever may be the benefits derived from reduced taxation, E. MOSES and Sox are confi dent that the reductions they are making in the price of every de scription of Clothing will be the greatest of all advantages to the public. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON r eg ret having to guard the public against imposition, having learnek that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " ft's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, 157, ories 83, London City Establishment, 1 54 , 155 , 156, and Min , 1 ' 4 . 85 , and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. 505, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, except their own Establishments, as follows : L ondon West-end Branch, l, 2, 3, hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Saturdays , oadfAvpri cii new , ts ß o muo or i kgs system a, ts, Sheffield linnet] 36, Fargato. 'Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Make , . and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORT ANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, It will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on "The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists stem of s e l f - measurement, facts relative to Australia, Sm., may be had on application, or post-free - to Almanac for the A handsome Year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. Id I'on perle Francais. [ filer spricht wan Deutsch. any part of the kingdom. Qui al parla Italian. Aqua se habla Espanol FLOGGING IN THE NAVY. ( From the Times.) Mr. liume has been true to his ancient spirit of in quiry in obtaining a return "of the number of person flogged in the navy since 1847 ; distinguishing each year, specifying the name of the ship, the offence, the sentence, and number of lashes inflicted, and sating the highest and lowest number given in each class." This paper is now before us • but, notwithstanding the air cumstantiahty of its title, and the evident desire of the hon. member to get the most complete information on the subject, we do not think its contents would support any conclusion on the particular facts disclosed. So much obviously depends upon the size of the vessel in commission, the number of her crew, and the length of time over which her punishment returns extend, that very inaccurate conclusions might be drawn from the mere specifications given in the A vessel with a crew of 150 men, and making a return of -40 lashes inflicted, might in reality be a worse example than an other returning 200 lashes from a crew of 800 or 1,000. Some consideration also should be extended to the temp tations contingent upon the particular station or ser vice on which the vessel was employed, and to other points of the same character, so that a real con- tra.st between the several ships afloat could only be ex hibited after very careful computation. Nevertheless, we may draw some general inferences from Mr. Hume's return without much danger 9f error or injustice. . In the year 1848 the total number of punishments in flicted in the Navy was 1,363 ; the total number of lashes was 40,545 ; the highest number at any single punish ment 48, and the lowest number 1. The next year shows a material decrease in these figures, the whole number of puniEhments in 1849 being 1,087, and the lashes 32,446, while the highest and lowest numbers stand at 48 and 2 respectively. In 1850 the improvement still continues. Tke total number of punishments in that, year was only 967 • the total number of lashes 27,291 ; 50 being: the highest, and 2 the lowest number inflicted. In 1851 the total number of punishments sinks still further, to 842 ; and the total number of lashes to 26,587 ; the highest and lowest numbers being 50 and 6. Finally, the last return shows the greatest improvement of all, for the punishments dropped in 1852 to 578, and the lashes to 17,571 ; being considerably less than half of the total number reported four years previously for the year 1848. There can be no mistaking the general purport of figures like these ; and we can add even another illustra tion of the progress effected. A certain number of ves sels every year make a blank return, indicating that no corporal punishments whatever have been inflicted in the ship. The number of ships thus distinguished WPS —in 1848, 46 ; in 1849,.45 ; in 1850, 60 ; in 1851, only 43 ; but, in 1852, 78 ;the Victoria and Albert being always included in the honourable list. Of course it would be necessary to compare the total number of ships in commission during each of these periods before any accurate deductions could be framed, and the same re mark will apply also to the figures_ in the preceding paragraph, but it is not likely that the general result could be seriously affected. Flogging in the navy is clearly on the decline. We still observe instances of particular ships where the punishments inflicted appear to betoken a bad state of discipline or government, and perhaps of both ; but it would be invidious to institute comparisons without a complete detail of the circum stances affecting each particular came. We are contented with discerning that this odious species of punishment is falling more and more into disuse, and that anything like a frequent resort to it is taken to reflect discredit, not only upon the whole ship's company, but upon the officers in command. It is high time, indeed, that such reforms were ef fected. We have arrived at a period when the practice of impressment can no longer be relied upon, to provide our men-of-war with crews in cases of emergency,yand the scheme recently promulgated for attracting seamen to the service of the fleet is a proof of the solicitude with which the question has been regarded. It is plain, how ever, that the most considerate provisions in respect of treatment and pension might be imperative against the repulsive influence of a system admitting the exercise of personal tyranny. Beyond doubt, the liabilities of sea men in this particular have been greatly exaggerated. So many restraints, not only of opinion, but of posi' ive regulation, have now been placed on officers in com mand, that little room is left for cruelty or oppression ; and indeed the seventies of the merchant service in this particular frequently exceed anything that could be ex perienced in the fleet. Nevertheless, the knowledge that captains retain and employ the power of appealing to the lash may exert a prejudicial influence over the minds of seamen, now that the attractions of the royal and merchant services appear so nearly balanced ; and it is impossible that too great vigilance can be exercised on a point of such signal importance. Jt would, we fear, be discovered, on inquiry, that the. whole difficulties of manning our fleet have arisen from the injustice of the terms proposed ; indeed, no other supposition will satisfactorily explain the result. The British isles possess a hardy and intrepid seafaring popu lation, numerous enough to furnish full complements for any fleet which we could wish to send to sea. If " Go vernment service" in this respect were considered as ' desirable as it is in most others there could never be any lack of seamen, cor our men-of-war would get the first choice of all the sailors in the country, and nothing but the surplus would be turned over to the merchant ser vice. The contrary result can only have occurred be cause the merchant service offered better terms than the service of the Queen. In former times we used to counteract the preference thus created by an ap peal to force, and impress those whom we could not hire ; but this expedient can be relied upon noionger. We must obtain our seamen by fair means in fair market, nor need there be much difficulty anticipated in such a practice. It is very possible that merchant men may always keep ahead of the Government in the money wages they offer ; in fact, they could otherwise scarcely get seamen at all. But this nominal difference of pay ought to be more than compensated by the very superior advantages of treatment, victualling, promo tion, and pension which are offered on board a Queen's ship. At this moment, indeed, we really believe that the terms of the two services, fairly stated and rightly understood, would leave a decided balance in favour of the Royal Navy. The misfortune is, that this fact is not popularly known, and that other considerations — among which that of discipline may doubtless be reckoned—exercise a species of countervailing repulsion. All, therefore, that can be now done is to make the truth as public as possible, and to exercise such a super vision over the power of commanders as shall relieve the seamen from any apprehension of tyranny. THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. (From the Timls. ) We have just received another of those astonishing documents which have taught us to view plain, sober, practical truth as more strange and more extravagant than the wildest Oriental fiction. The gnome or the genius who showered upon his favourite the hidden treasures of deep caverns and secluded mountains gave him nothing but the power of gratifying his passions, his luxury, and his magnificence. It never entered into the head of Eastern fabulist to conceive the simultaneous enrichment of a whole community, and to trace the effect of the change on the destinies of nations and the commerce of the world. The tale usually represents the Sultan as richer and his Court as more splendid, but leaves his subjects pretty much as it found them, and regards the increase of wealth as a means of foreign conquest and external aggression. Plutus has dealt more favourably with the Australian colonies ; his favours have been lavished on communities instead of individuals, and are felt almost as strongly on one side of the world as on the other. It is impossible within the limits allotted to us to give an adequate idea of the revelations contained in the report of the Melbourne Chamber of Com merce, a document ably drawn up, and containing a statement of facts such as never before have been sub-, mitted to the perusal of mankind. Progress and ad vancement are but faint and inadequate terms to express, what has been happening in Port Philip : the thing, as witnessed there, has no name, for the world has seen nothing in the least resembling it. All we can do is to call in figures to our aid, and leave our readers to esti mate as well as they may the facts of which those figures are the symbols. Eighteen years ago the province of Victoria was a savage and unknown wilderness, inhabited by a few bar barous tribes, and contributing no more to the wealth and progress of the world than it would have done if its shores had been submerged beneath the waves of the Southern Pacific. From that time to 1851 its progress was wonderfully rapid—its population had risen to 95,000 souls--its shipping inwards to 669 vessels, with a tonnage of 126,000 tons, and its revenue to 380,0001,, —an increase, we believe, never exceeded by any community. Now mark the difference of" a single year. In 1.852 the population had become 200,000, the shipping inwards 1,657 vessels, with a tonnage of 408,000 tons, and the revenue 1,577,0001., of which 842,000/. was raised from the Customs. During I the year 1811 the value of imports amounted to 11,056,0001. ; in 1852 it increased to 4,044,000/. `the exports in 1851 were 1,144,0001., in 1852 they had reached 7,452,0001. ; but, taking into con sideration Ole large amount of gold which has left the colony without being recorded, the total amount of exports is nott, probably, less than' 15,000,0001. per an nuns—that, 'every man, woman, and child in Victoria produces an 'export to the amount of 751. per head. But even this statement does not do full justice to this astounding illiflux of prosperity. The pi-eduction of gold is taken. from its commencement, when most of the labourers were inexperienced, and the machinery they employed mile and imperfect. The colony was unpre pared for so -vast an accession to its population, and . bad roads, and i aiperfect supplies, and every other physical dlfficulty hav - e impeded the industry o f the minem There is no symptotni of falling off or exhaustion in the gold. field ; the supply is practically boundless, and seems to admit of an ;increase in proportion to the number o f hands employed, and the greater facilities of transport, supply, and machinery. Seven hundred and twenty thousand pounds have been, voted by the- Legis lature of Victoria for public works, OA, be s iles 'this, three ':railroads have' bden sanctioiiect;'ofie to connect Mel bourne with the port, another to connect THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM COMMON. Yesterday was the first Monday of the new regime, Under which it was positively asserted that both Mon days and Saturdays would be field days, yet the whole of yesterday passed off at the camp in a very quiet, if not a very dull manner. This, we believe, arose from accidental causes, as up to Sunday afternoon a grand field day was fully intended to take place -at -!-Virginia , Water ; and the public we think may,., therefore, con tinue to rely on the announcement which as a general rule, and wind and weather permitting, fixes sham battles for the first and last days of the week. As we have said, we believe there was every intention of com mencing the operations at Virginia Water yesterday ; and a party of Sappers and Miners were to have left the camp at three a.m. yesterday morning, for the purpose of pitching a tent near the pontoon bridge for the ac commodation of her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, who were expected to honour the review with their presence. But at a late hour on Sunday night a messenger arrived at the camp from Windsor countermanding the order for the erection of the marquee on the following day, as her Majesty would not be present. It was under these circumstances, we believe, that the review was postponed ; and, should the operations be commenced to-day at the pontoon bridge, they will only be in the nature cf a rehearsal, at which her Majesty will not be present. It is ex pected by all the officers that the pontooning manoeuvres ,will be„one of the most brilliant and warlike displays that has been attempted in this country for sonic years past. Orders have been issued to commanding officers of the different regiments to see that the men march out of step while crossing the pontoons, as it is thought that the combined movement and weight of so great a number of soldiers crossing at once might be perilous to the stability of such a fragile structure. The troops will parade at nine to-day. THE NEW HALL IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Accord ing to the newspapers, the ceiling has been painted in oil, and panelled with a great variety of geometrical forms, and adorned with shields of arms, heraldic badges, the insignia of the national orders of chivalry of the three kingdoms, the badge of the Prince of Vales, and the monogram of the Queen and Prince, with wreaths of flowers and the varies mottoes interspersed. A large oval occupies the centre of the ceiling, in which are the shields of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, surrounded by a wreath of flowers. On the one side is the golden harp of Ireland in a circle of deep blue, and on the other the lion of Scotland. The stars of the orders of the Garter and St. Andrew, with the rose, shamrock, and thistle, on squares of vermilion, are arranged so as to form the points of the geometrical forms into which the ceiling is panelled by colour. The architectural ornaments of the architrave, frieze, and cornice, are also picked out with vermilion and white, blue, gold and white, and green and white.—Builder. THE COMMITTEE ON DOCKYARD APPOI NTMEN Yesterday, the committee whose sittings were a short time since so protrated relative to the appointments and promotions in the different dockyards, and in which the proceedings of the late Board of Admiralty were in volved, re-assembled, in pursuance of an order of the house, to inquire into the circumstances connected with the memorials and correspondence regarding the restora tion of Lieutenant Engledue by the late Board of Ad miralty to his former rank in the service. The com mittee consisted of Lord Seymour (chairman), Lord Hothani ' Sir B. Hall, Sir F. Davie, and Mr. Beckett. Admiral Berkeley, Captain Duncombe, M.P., Sir T. Herbert, M.P., and several other witnesses, having been examined respecting the circumstances of the transac tion, the committee adjourned to Tuesday next. ROYAL COLLEGE 01' SURGEONS or ENGLAND.—TiIe following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary' examinations for the diploma of the college, were ad mitted members of the college, at a meeting of the Court of Examiners, on Friday, the Ist instant : Messrs. Samuel Argent, Hinckley, Leicestershire ; W i lli a m Hall Ryott, Thirsk, Yorkshire ; Ephraim Matthews Cridge, Stoke, Devonport ; John Halliday, Wakefield, Yorkshire ; John Henry Gould, Broad street, Golden-square ; Arthur Henry Sankey, Dover ; William Turner, Lancaster ; Northcote William Spicer, Chard, Somerset; Peter Clark Kirkconnell, Dumfries ; Thomas Chaplin, Lewes, Sussex ; Richard Burford Searle, Bridport, Dorsetshire. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH FROM ORFORDNESS TO HOLLAND.—The following order has been issued by the Trinity House :—" Notice is hereby given that the sub marine cables from Orfordness to Holland, lay in a direction E.S.E. from the Orfordness Light House, with the light house on with Gedgrave high trees, bearing W.N.W., and that it is desirable that vessels should not anchor with those marks or bearings on, lest, by so ding, they damage the electric cable, or lose their own anchors. —By order, J. HERBERT, Secretary." SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN THIS COUNTRY AND AMERlCA.—Arrangements are far advanced towards completion. for laying down a submarine telegraph be tween the United Kingdom and America. It is intended to connect the two countries, or rather the Old and New Worlds, by means of Galway and Halifax—these being the two nearest points of communication. .The distance is about 1,600 miles. The perfect practicab ility of the thing has been guaranteed under the hand of nearly all the eminent engineers of the day, and various parties have sent in estimates for the execution of the work. These estimates vary from 800,0001. down to 300,0001., and it is a remarkable fact that some of the lowest estimates have been sent in by some of the most respectable firms in the country. When this extraordi nary project has been carried out, we shall be able 'in half an hour to send messages from London to N e w York, and receive messages from the United States in about half an hour. And not, we ought to add, from. New York alone , _ but from the • interior of A mer i ca , t h e electric telegraph being laid down for upwards of 2,000 • On Wednesda,v miles up the country. SUICIDE to work Up 'the after noonlast, asAT s otUeDnE collier s R s EI:D were— goingroad leading to the railway station, known as Covi-late, Hinley, near Huddersfield, they perceived a man lying, as if sound asleep, in the corner of an elevated field ad joining. As he did not appear to - moVe; an aged znan, named Simeon Oldfield, who was passing at the tithe, was sent to awake him, and on arriving at the place found him lying in a pool of blood, quite dead, his throat having been cut in a very shocking man ner, evidently by a razor, which was found near him. The colliers were anxious to get from t 4 place so as not to be mixed up with the matter, but the old man prevailed upon them to stop near the bodvi„ and went immediately for the constable. A cart haying been procured, the body was conveyed to the J'a&A's Well inn, where it was identified as that of \Villain Hanson, whose course of life has, we understand. le some time back been dissolute and unhappy. Hy h 4 once before attempted to put' an end to his exiSterfe. The deceased was forty-one'years of age. He has 14 a wife and several children. 'An inquest before J. Dyson, Esq., coroner, was held over _ the ;Jody on . Frptiv, - whdn - a - verdict in accordance Tr:Sl tl..z.v circumstances of the case was returned. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of authorising the directors to raise 250,000/. by the issue of new shares ' • Mr. S. Laing, M.P., in the chair. The following report of the directors was submitted : " The object of this meeting is to consider the financial arrangements for raising the remaining capital required for the purposes of the undertaking. At the last general meeting it was stated, that the capital authorised by the deed of settlement and charter was 500,000/. of share capi tal, and 166,6661. 6s. Sd. of loan capital, making, together with 51,000/. profit on land, a total of 717,6661. 6s. Bd., and that as far as was then seen (the principal contracts being let) this amount of capital would be sufficient. The works being now further advanced, the directors are able to repeat with more confidence their belief that no material excess in this estimate will be incurred, although the postponement of the opening until next year will of course entail some expenses which had not been anti cipated. The question, therefore, before the meeting - will not be as to providing extra capital to meet unforeseen e:::penditure, but as to the raising that capital which had been foreseen and included in the previous estimates. The deed of settlement and charter, as already stated, gives a power of raising money by mortgage or loan to the extent of 166,6661. 6s. Bd., and also of creating new share capital to any extent not exceeding 500,000/. ; such power of being exercised by resolutions of a general meeting of the proprietors, and with the approval of the Board of Trade, whose assent has been already signified. While the original shares were at a discount the exercise of the borrowing power appeared preferable to the creation of new shares, which could only have been issued with some guarantee or pre ference ; but now that the favourable state of public opinion with regard to the undertaking has raised the original shares to a considerable premium, the question has assumed a different aspect. On the one hand it is un doubtedly a saferbasis for an undertaking of this description to have all its capital on an equal footing, w ith ou t any debt, preference charge, or other liability ; while, on the other hand, the creation of new shares, instead of being a burden on the original proprietors, becomes a benefit to which they are entitled. Accordingly, the directors recommend that the additional capital should be raised by the issue of new shares, instead of by the exer cise of the borrowing powers; and for this purpose they proposelthat 50,000 new shares, of 5/. each, should be created, to be offered among the present holders, in the proportion of one new share for every two original shares. They pro pose that the first payment on these shares shall be 1/. 10s., to be made oa allotment, and that a further payment of 1/. per share shall be made in October next. Any calls beyond 21. 10s. per share will be regulated by the ultimate expenditure, and in :the event) of the whole amount not being required the new shares will take equal dividend on the amount called up. As regards the ultimate prosperity of the undertaking, the directors have only to add their conviction that everything is tending to a favourable re sult ; and that as the structure rises, and the magnificent plans of Sir Joseph Paxton and his able associates become developed, public interest in this great national enterprise is being awakened to au extent which cannot fail to insure complete success." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said, that the ordinary general meeting of the company would be held in August, when they would have an ac count of the receipts and expenditure laid before them. He believed that the expenditure at present amounted to about 490,0001. He read a report from Sir J. Pax ton on the state of the works, from which it appeared that the accident which had lately occurred at the west transept in consequence of the scaffold having been blown down involved a loss on the contractor of about 2,0001. The damage had been made good, and the works generally were progressing favourably. The ex ternal works would be completed before the end of the year, and they would have the winter to finish up the in terior, so that they had no doubt whatever that the build ing would be opened to the public on the Ist of May. With regard to the prospects of the undertaking he (the chairman) thought the less said about them the better ; they were now going on favourably, they had had a great number of visitors, and the objects of the undertaking were becoming every day more extensively known and ''appreciated. There-was -another matter- in which tli.ey were interested : it was the letting of the spare room in the building, and he was informed by Mr. Belcher that the whole of the space would be let in a few months, and that he (Mr. Belcher) was confident that 100,0001. would be received for space in the building during the first year. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving a reso lution adopting the report and authorising the directors to raise 250,0001. in conformity with the recommenda tion in the report, the proportion of new shares being one for every two of the existing shares in the company. Mr. Alderman WILSON thought it would be a great convenience if persons were allowed to pay up the new shares in full. After a few observations from other proprietors the resolution was put and carried unanimously. The proceedings and directors.edingsconeluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MR. CARDWELL'S COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS.—This committee met again on Saturday to consider their re port, but nothing transpired' as to what progress was made in preparation of the document. — LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND WARRINGTON AND ALTRINCHAM RAILWAYS.—The special committee decided on Saturday that if, by Monday, the former company did not make some arrangement to accommo date the traffic of the latter, the committee would them selves compel a solution of the difficulty much more onerous than merely carrying forward traffic brought to the station. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY.—The bill of this company, which, like that of the Leeds Northern, seeks to curtail the interest on preference shares, passed the Commons committee on Saturday. It is the only bill of the kind that has been so far successful, but there is no expecta tion of being able to carry it through the Lords, after a declaration made by Lord Redesdale against all such measures of relief. REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY BILLS, AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON. Mr. Corry reported from the committee on this bill that the proposed additional capital winch the company are au thorised to raise for the purposes of the bill is 120,5001., and the additional amount of loan they are empowered to raise is 40,1661. The length of the extension line is 2 miles 6 furlongs, and of the junction line 1 furlong 5.70 chains, the steepest gradient being 1 in 200, and the smallest radius of a curve 30 chains. It is intended to cross on a level one turnpike road. The estimated cost of the railway is 120,5001., and the quantity of land required 401 acres. Mr. Underwood, Mr. J. Hawkshaw, and Mr. C. H. Gregory were the engineers examined in support of the bill ; and Mr. T. Hawkesley, Mr. A. Gee, and Mr. Salmon were the engineers exa mined in opposition to it. The committee are satisfied of the fitness, in an engineering point of view, of the proposed lines of railway. EAST ANGLIAN (No. 2.)—Mr. Corry reported from the committee that the new works, power to construct which is sought by the bill, are to be executed out of funds already under the control of the company. The length of the proposed line of railway is three furlongs one chain, the steepest gradient being 1 in 100, and the smallest radius of a curve 4 chains. The estimated cost of the railway is 18,0001. Mr. R. Stephenson was the engineer examined in support of the bill, and the com mittee were satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point of view of the proposed railway. That with respect to the power sought by the bill, that with the sanc tion of not less than four-fifths in amount of the registered holders of the preferential shares or stock of any class, the company may reduce the rate of interest payable on the shares or stock of that class to any rate below the rate agreed on, and thal - , thenceforth such reduced rate of interest alone should be payable on the shares or stock of that class, it appeared to the committee that, under the circumstances under which the preference shares were originally raised (the company being at the time in great financial difficulties), an d the p resent im proved position of the company's affairs, the restrietlon required by the 129th standing order should not be enforced. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN &c.)—Sir &c.)—Sir J. B. East reported from the committee t hat they had examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN itAlLAY.—TrD.ffie re turn for the week ending July 2, 1853 .. W £17,851 12 11 Corresponding week last y ear 16,342 1 . 8 Increase in 1853 £1,509 11 3 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending July 2, 1853 .... 211,662 16 9 Corresponding week last year ..... ... .... 12,096 19 2 Total of the half - year to this date, 1853 11,662 16 9 Total of tho half-year to this date, 1852 12,096 19 2 GOLD DIGGINGS IN SCOTLAND.—We were shown the other day, says the North British Mail, a piece of gold, exactly resembling an Australian nugget in shape and colour, and weighing about an ounce, which we were assured had been obtained by a process of separation from wlmt appears to be common clay in a particular district of Scotlarid. The auriferous soil, we are told, is most extensive, and the per tentage of gold which it contains very great. It is situated in Government pro perty, and the discoverers are negotiating with Govern ment either for the purchase of their secret, or the right to work the gold mines at their own risk undei'alord• ship. Time. Time. 74 Bi 4 11% l% 3%