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" 3C11.14° apt• 21 . 1 p 4 . 3° ncer tlWl t 41 1 Pt. 29 .t ;t: 1 ' !t. 16 16 ' n ' t. 36 pt. 26 .. h t. 1 pt. 3° t. 4 ly iced 3 ' -Iced 4lll i t. 26 ad t" ; T I ••-- Th t . t ti „ A a ropr eoror t I ~ d a :0 • 0. , giant Ge , ,eral Cour. or the id Co.ll . .11 , p to be their hous Leadenliall sire , t, on Wednesday, the 28t, , he will submit the following motion, viz.: chat copies or all correspondence relating to , eer Ali Morad, aeh has taken pace between t h II:d•an an' Home Go , rnment , , date subsequi,nt to the 27th February, 1853, be laid before the ""rt St Proprietors " J. Depnty - - . ecr,tary SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. Ta o__ . vcretarlea of Pu4'ic Ptstitutions, clerks, Station lkinsters, Rail way Officials, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARAN ,m_ T , . E COMPANY, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated 7 and 8 Victoria. cap. 110. ARLES HONORARY PRESIDENTS. HINDLEY, Esq., M P. Dartmouth -house, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. 'lames Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Qqeen-Qquare. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, T tvistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN—The Hon. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. ,NPIITY CHAIRMAN - James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. The Times " Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the eat the lowest pos , ible rate, and divides four-fiths of the profits. .'2 , 8, by applying the jus , ly popular principle of mutuality to public Mtee, the prilniums, instead o being a tax upon honesty, be -Ve A means of saving and investment. is:lt's—From 7s. 6d. u , wards. No charge for stamps or extra lii:es. An allowance made in the guarantee premium , where a .. 48811rILTICe and guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANC P. k on ta re assurance, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken ~._ Oily as well as quarterly, St,. Policies indisputable, save in .:4 of fraud. Arrangements can be made with this office to pre - Z l.7 i the loss of a policy where the assured is unable, from temporary "". arrassment, to keep up the payments. H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURAN,!E C )MPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. Sir WALTER R. FARQUHAR, Bart., Chairman. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. John artin.E , q ,Nf P. Sir W. M. T. Fa'quhar, Bart Rowland Mitzhell, Esq. Thos.Hankey,juo.,lisq , M.P James Morris, E.q John Hatvey Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Huhcard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds. jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John 1 abouch , re, Esq. J.,rnes Tudoch Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. ' AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. :I en. y Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, l jun., Esq. John Henry smith, Esq. gECRETART—George Keys, Esq. .ACTUARY —Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. 1 21 1 FE DEP VIE NT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par tt7tent, this Company now offers to , uture insurers Four-fifths of N e ,,Proffts with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Eats of Premium ''',,,,‘aout participation of Profits ~i ' ae next division of !lofts will he declared in Jime, 1855, when i t ' Participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year Christmas Issi. will be allowed to sh ire in the Profits At the several past divisions co F'ofits made by this Company, the . .Z!rsionary Bonuses added to the. Policies nom ine-half the i n 'ats amounted. on an average of the different ages. to about • , ire Lr Cent p,-r Annum on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses led at the Four Septennial Div.sions exce-dvd 770.000/. RISK , .—The Extra Premiums required for the East Wd West Indies. the "ritish colonies, and the northern parts of the 41 ted -tees of America. hive been materiady • educed 41% . VALID LIVES.- Persons .ho are not in such sound health as L e ald enable them to insure their L ves at the "tabular Premiums , - ' 4 3' hay their ives insured at Extra Prem urns mded rranted on ife Policies to the extent of the'r values. pro such Policies shalt have be e effected a sufficient time to have -.44111 ed in each care a value not under 501. SSICINMENTS OF P ,LECIES —Written Notices of, received gad rewstered 1, Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be m ade for tieY Stamps atter !he loth October, 103. A otice is h. reby given, l'hat Fire Policies which expi re at 1,, ;;; l elutelmas must be renewed within fifteen chys at thi- Office, or Mr. Sams No 1, St. James'.-street, corner of Pali-ma I; or n thth the Compaap's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise e> become void il NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSU RANCE. HE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. CAPITAL—ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. 15. TRUSTEES . e =bight Ponourab l e the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., p il foMptroller of her Msjesty's Heusehold. Charles Price, Bart., 3, King William-street, London. e ut-General Sir W. R. Clayton. Bart, Gloucester-place, Portman kinutre, and Marden-park, Surrey. Ohm— DIRECTORS. ~--.wan—The Right Hon. the Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., g'....°D 3 Ptroller of her Majesty's Household. zallowley Barneq, Esq., 11, CIO. -road, Finsbury. d ' Noel Clarke, Esq , late 17th Lancer-, Junior United Service Club. - ' u tge Coode, Eeq., Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St. Jersey E tPhen Cracknall, Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11, evf -sq o are, Lincoln's-inn. "Viones, M.D., Davies-street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth, • b eleestershire. e Ptge Knox, Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor linL°clffe, Staffordshire. E7T-an der Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill. b.Liorgan, Esq., Berkeley, Gloucestershire. i, C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. m` 413 3 , Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park- R ..-.4e4 west.Oben br, ~ ii•ndrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister - at - Law. .br a f„Ulan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. v'" oPerling, 14, St. James's-square. AUDITORS. P. J. ni gg. Esq.. 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical, Legal ,and General Life office. William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers. A. peck, Esq., 8.A., Actuary to the Engineers and Masonic Life Office, 345, Strand. 11 . B. Sheridan, Esq., Manager of Times Assurance Company, Lud gate-hill. BANNERS. 134 2 Charles Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, London. a 'essrs. Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regent-street. PHYSICIANS. pr:Lewis, Finsbury-place. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. SURGEONS. 11 • T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. bl ichael Teevan, Esq., 44, Gloucester-Place, Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. public is su respectfully invited to examine the principles of tho i nit System , f Ass urance. which is based upon tables calculated j Y. and is under the immediate supervision o f, Francis G. P. Nelson, F.L S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company. t parstive Table to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged '''"ltY next birthday, s on the ORDINARY and on the DReostr sy stem 'al Assurances ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. I 1 i The sum the ordinary The sum the Life Offices would give , ordinary Life him if he were unable Offices would to pay, or if heomitied At the ' His I give him for ; to pay his current end of ' policy' the surrender I annual premium of 4 Annual' thirty at that or sale Si. Cs. 3d. te r h r has t Premium years ',hen age, of his policy, psid into their coffers G+ assure the party in case after thirty 2491.75 6d., and which Is 500/. is fifty of years'payments they have had the use :41 years old, death amounting to I of at componn i i hevent have will be 2491.75. 6d I interest, or in paid into worth which theyhave the event of his death the office. had the benefit one hour after such 'of at comnound omission or inability interest. 1 to pay. -.. ----'"-------. little more 20 ,7 a. 5,1 9107 lii_fi l 500/. than V/. . NoilliNG. 1 1.63.3(1. 1 little more 2491.75.6 d. 5001. than 8 0 1. NOTHING. perhaps 901. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. Ifun able to pay, or not cie..irous of paying or omitting topay,the Po licy would still remain of its FULL value, 522/.29.7d.ti1l death, if 20 years alter, no fur ther payment beingre guired Ifhowever the party, from any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not onlydraw out all hehas put in, viz., 2251., but a certain bonus of 62/. 4 0 i71.10s Od 2251. 15221.287 d 287/. 2s. 9d. 2s. 9d. in the bargain, which is more than one-fourth of the whole of his payments, or he could either draw out a part, 201. or 501., diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum as drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and? in detailed pamphlet, by y. G. P. Nelson, Esq . N,. 114,0:33.] R. THACKERAY'S New Periodical " THE NEWCOME , ," illustralcd by RICHARD DIME, will be pub lished on the Ist of 0(:t )ber. Price One Shilling Bradbury and Evans 11, Bouveri,strc et. Just puhli,hcd, price Is , with a Map, THE QUICKEST PASS AGE TO ATIsTRALIA. rHE AUSTRALIAN DIRECT STEAM NAVI GAT C , )‘iPANY'S R )17TE vtA PANAMA. Contents -Ad v, , ntages of the Panama Steam Route —Arrange ments of the Company -Progress of the Pan= Railroad -Su .)erio r,ty of Paddle-wheel Steamers—Failure of the Cape Route—Opimons of the London and Austral n Press. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 35, Cornhill, DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, consisting of more than 700 Models IS NOW OPEN, at t he Pottlemi Git lery, Regent-street, opposite ;he Polytechnic, every day except Friday, from 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10, for gentlemen only ; on Fridays, however, the Morning Exhibition for gentlemen will close at 2 o'clock, when Ladies only will be admitted until 5 o'clock. I Sr. Leach will Lecture at 12, 2,4, and in the livening at a quarter to 8 o'clock ; and for ladies by Mrs. Leach Admission—One chilling. ELEVENTH PUBLIC DRAWING. --- Ott tiATURDAT the Bth of October, at IL o'cicck, at the CONSER- V vTIVE LAND SOCIETY, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand. the Elevepth Public D awing for High's of Choice on Estates in arious Counties, will take place. All uncompleted shares (the first payment being 12s. 6d. on each share) taken prior to the fl , al numbers being placed in the wheel, will be inculded in the advantages of thi-• Drawing. CH \AMES LEWI4 (;RUNE(-EN, Secretary. BANK OF DEPOSIT_, 7, St. Martin's•place, Trafalgar-square, London. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high Rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. PE fER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses free on application. NIECHI'S RAZORS, Strop, and Paste for 4, Leadenhall-street, London. Pair of Razors, 7s. ; Strop, 3s. 6d. ; Paste, 6d. The Razors war ranted, or exchanged If not approved. Those who find shaving pain ful, and difficult, will do well to tt, the ahoy., it. being well known that Mechi has been eminently successful in rendering shaving an easy operation. Superior shaving-brushes, Naples soap, and every article of first-rate quality tor the toilet. Caution. —Do not truy any strop as genuine unless Mechi's name is on it, there being so many counterfeits. EletTant case of razors for presents, from 255. to 10 guineas. Ivory-handled and Scotch strops. THE MOST CERTAIN PREVENTION . F CHOLERA r_VER DISCOVERED. THE BEST and. CHEAPEST DISIN FECTIN r UID is CREW'S I dPROVED CH 11: IDE of LINA', for :he purific Hon of Dwelling-houses stable-, Dog , Ken nels, Ids, Cesspools, taint, 5 ate,'-closets, &c. ; the Disi"- fection of -tick It urns, Clothing:, Linen, and for the l'revennon of Contagion. Chloride of Zinc, as the best Disinfecting and pur tying agent, is now e-tablished beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harmless in its *Pplicatiort and innoxious to itself. the high pr ce t which it h, hithert been sold has pre% ented it , general use; to obviate this obstacle to is univer-al ap lication as a dislyeeting and purifying agent, the present iva,utacturer, Kilo was many ear w it with ntic e n Sir W . Ramat's C nip in c , has arrang.d to ,upply th ey ear h e trati-d chloral, of Zinc in its greatest parity ;old at the lowest trice. It is sal .by Ii he nists and Shl^ in , Agents in the United El in I inper'al Quart Battles at 2s. 6d. each, and in larger vessels at is. t er .allon. Each Bottle wi i be ac •ompanied with instructions for its dilution nd use. come traced I ‘hloride of Zinc in use nay be diluteu with 200 times its quantity 0 , water. Orders executed I._” the -ole Agents, Messrs. Drew, Ileywarcl, and Barron, Bu.h lane, Cannon street. Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. SIR WILLIAM BIJR NETT'S DISINFECTING LUI O. Ihe 0 st Concentrated "t I DE OF ZINC .reat I? , (Fiction of Price —'(he mer ts of this Fluid, invented y Sir W. Borne t, M.D.. F. ft &c., Btc , for the Dist fectien 0' Sick Cl.thinz, Linen, &c ; the prevention o Contagion ; the preserva.t , ri of Animal atter from Putrescence, the purification 0$ Bilgewate , , Cesspoo s, Drains, Water (los , ts &c , are now so well known to the nui,lic as to render comment unnecess iry. Sold at the Office, ,8, Cannon-street, City, London. and by Clic mi,ts, Shipping Agents. and other= throughout the United Kingd' in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s 61.; in Pints at Is. 3d.; in Half- Pints at 9d. , and in bulk at 6s. per Gallon cAU ION.—t:EWAit I OF IMITATIONS —The only genuine Usinfectio, Fluid is s , q)led over the cork with the inscription. " Sir Win. Burnett's Disin , ecting Fluid," an t accompanied with num.!- r,:us Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for Its use. WHICH IS THE BEST PART OF A N ENVAP A PER? some say the Leader, others the Fo reim, some the Peril imentary, but the generality favour a good, plain, and seasonable Business Address. At the present time there is a general ,c , rcity of news, and all the literary and editoria! staff in the world cannot communicate facts which have no exis , ence ; hat these are facts of interest and import-tnee. The ATTIRE of the SE ASON, made with the GREAT EST A CCURACY in t.CCOR A•• CE WITH THE WISHES of all CLASSES. and for all PUR SUITS and 0 CUP ATIONS, is pre , ented by E. Mons and ox for c msiderably lower prices than are charged elsewhere. The READY-MADE CLOTHING offered by E. MOSES and SON is superior in DES , GN, FIT, FASNION, and GENERAL SUITA BILITY to the GOODS made to order by OTHER- HOUSES, and have a far greater degree of patronage than any other ARTICLEt at each season of the year. Tho SPO , TSMAN obtains his Field equipment at E. MOSES and SON'S to measure or ready made; it gives universal satisfaction, and in distinguished for STYLE, DURABILITY, and. KCONO AUTUMNAL NOVELTIES in MATER' ALS and FAS (lONS are-ready for inspection at E. Moats and SON's, and will convince every one of the commanding position occupied by them in all the VTARKETS and MANUFACTORIES of the world, and will again display the combineo attractions of TALENT, SKILL, and EXPE ENCE by their PRODUCTIONS for AUTUMN in every descrip tion of dress. The HAL. CAP, HOSIERY, and BOOT and SHOE DEPART MENTS, at the Establishment of E. MosEs and Sons are replete with the most superior ARTICLE - in every VARIETY selected for the season, and adapted for the immediate wear of LADIES, OEN TLEMEN, or CHILDREN; the quality and price combined render them the best purchases which can be made. SHIPPERS to the COLONIES and EMIGRANTS of all classes may avail themselves of extraordinary advantages at E. MosEs and SON'S WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT; the celebrity of the Goods and very economical prices are considerations of the highest im portance. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret hawing to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman.like lalsehood of " Being connected with heir Establishment," or " It'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 A NY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except ther own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 44, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506,507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street, Sheffield Branch, 36, 0 ar..ate. Colonial Branch, Melbou ne, Australia. Merchant failure, Clothiers, flatters, [toilers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters fort act.es and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it wins ,-charged if desired, or, if preferred, the Iry fley will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the In west price, from which no abatement can he made. The Establishments are cl- , sed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Herald of the Seasons,' containing full lists o:' prices, ear system or self-measurement, facts -e!ative to Australia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. A hand , ome Almanac tbr the year ending 1553 can be had gratis, on application. ici on male Francais. q, richt Den' Qui si purls tau, h la FAnstrol ..... Ship sailing information and full Lists of OUTFITS for LADIES and GE g TLE Ni EN may be had on appication, or p•st free. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi cacy of this medicine:— "157, sTew Bond-street, London, Octo'.er 12, 1850 " Sir,--In , cquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex porienced by taking BLAIR'S G UT and RIIEU M ATIC PILLS, I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly affected. " About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout in my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th Dragoons, and in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the Ifith Hussars. I always pro• 'tired the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by th se who knew some thing of this disease. " It was during one of those paroxysms, between twelve and thir teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I :o.t no time lit procuring a boa, and before I had taken that quantity the pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect health. "From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to ate is so valuable, that were it not that the days of mat.tic have ceasd, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. More e over, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf erect. but on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS e towards its improvement. " I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result has always been of the most gratifYing character. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, "GARRET FOSTER GILL. "To Mr. Front, 229, Strand." For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo rens, Btc., Btc., BLAI rt'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury, opium, or any other dangerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and tar ra pidity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and all respectable Medicine Vendors. Free Is. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S OLPUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe that • 1 Thomas Prout, 229, Strand , London," is impressed upon the Government Stamp. On comparison of these two tables It will be seen that a person l eg the novel system of DEPOS IT assurance can secure the follow- , advantages, viz., Ist. For a less sum, paid annually, he can assure 4 larger sum in case of death than ender the ordinary system. i dly. In the event of a desire to su rrender his Policy he can receive , this Company, by the above example, which applies to all ages, :Iran times as much as on the ordina r y s y stem. 3rdly. In the event " 1. inability or omission to pay, his pol ic y remains still his property, „.. " 4 the same value as it wee, though he cease his current payments fta, b ,:„_arly number of years ; whereas on the ordinary system, he gets 4thly. Should he require to increase or decrease the Z__ettnt of his policy, he can do so at pleasure. He can at any time , "Y giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from 11 up to the h bole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After he ihas withdrawn part one year he can, by a abode payment, three I... ea r/l, or any time ; afterwards raise his policy to a greater or even former amount and by thls system he can at all times regulate 44 annual savines by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the irtiain of having a fund to fir to in case of necessity, the same as 11 __ bank, with this palpable advantage , ho wever, that he gets lute „ 7lit for his money, and in case of death his family receive more than V.° amount of his savings. In ordinary L ife Offices he can do no e ach thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment he ceases to pay his current prep lums, and, instead of having any the to fly to for aid, all his hat 1-earned savings become forfeited to society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his more fortunate co-assurers. „Such a system is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked 0 2 1 , DEPoser assurance is the only system of assurance which can be t rersally recognised and adopted when the principles are impar -413/ canvassed, and its palpable bandits become widely diffused. It of . re " greater advantages than a b nk because tt allows a fair rate hminterest in case of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the the Company to the representatives of the Depositor in use of death, thus combining the ADVANTAGE.. OF A RANK WITH THE BENC;FITS OF AN ASSURANCE COMPANY. . r l case of endowment :issuances the advantages of the DEPOSIT Rb ', l- ella are still more striking. ‘ "" ). V.N.NTAGES OF THIS. COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY LIFE ASSURANCE. BRANCH. 6,0T.n those o who prefer this branch Po licies are g ranted from 201. to every known principle there of. Lives re in all but the worst Alleges of disease, and such as have been '"led by other Offices, are taken at ra te s e q uivalent to the pant star disease Lean I f rom 50/. and upwards ranted on every kind of security, a4r„,,,perelnal, on the most equita ble terms to the borrower lt every description granted on very favourable terms. No n - forfeiture of a Pol cy.—ln ca se of inability to pay the current pre miums, the tbe Directors will caner purchase the Policy at a fair et value, or g i ve a ew one in lieu the , e el' . lc,s 5 per cent., int. wtticc°"' gPentilng in amount to the w hole of the. previous pa., mains h have been made. Po s it„ l led Prospectuses with tables in further illustration of the De eau., °Mem, and any further infortnation may be obtained on appli vn to the Agents in the country, or to CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. Li oats wooled "a AU parts of the World W E K DAYS. . 81, N_____________! ) A YS : g .1 4 i Terrace c c , IA . r t Time. t Pier. ,f ggl 'g 2:1 5 g ';. 1 04 I,' ' it A - 8m Bs‘ rtR 1.4 * 1 1 t 934 i .., —.- 11 k 3 1 4 _ 1 , K ; 5 24i 6 3, -- 6 5 _ - 6% _ ------- Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Tn.:, A 1,4 beat on Monday Nfornings does not stop . at Purfleet. ... - . The Omnibuses every Mlarte' BRUNSWII ins ,at 01 fror r 01 •om the Boats Monday Morn a Fenehurch-sti an hour. ings does not st •eet Station to top al all p, HARF, BLAC 'rains from the :WALL, on ti 'enyhurch-stre Portlee% its of Londol he an ;et St; tval of the fol Mon. ---------- WEEK DAY , . SUNDAYS. —.—....-------,----7,77 - • i ~_..• , 4 . 7: '-' .... • F e n- •cl c-2 4.) 74 at V ch F Ur n c - la t.i 1 ' .. r "0: i church ! t' ...! i t ' O3 Street ''. E 4 6 5 , Street. I A . i 4 i'. ° "S ' • 0.. r 0 a , x ---- 9 -- 9 10U - _ it 4 ioy, _ 124 - - - n 214 _. - _ - im - 24 -- - - 3ri . _ 3 6 _.- .114 6 )2 *64 6% PaSSageS marked are run direct ' , tire cabin. r.... r.... frnrn n**ve‘end arid • i ttttt op .. .. .. .. a . 10d. • • 1 6 • .2Adri• erect Ire cabin. To or from firm/wild and • ~,,, ~,,„ tod„ ls. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. Md. Between Gravesend and intermediate Piers.. 6d. Os. 8. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIvo Months , b.. OS. ; Six Months, 3 1 . Os.; Three Months, 2L Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Sept. 20th, 18ba. I tr ...~: • , . .. 3 \ tt.•,) ii,:' l't , . i t ti "i5.44i,•,' :aa,.:K~v~2ea:: ~ti` Verr6lsC.•l"r:~bß;: - v onar . Kr j.- • .. ' : 1 . 4 ›. , ---- ;-... t 0r,.... r erf< , N, ,-.....,.,.. 4.....,...", - _ , - . '..:A. -:-'..,. .e . ' , F - • ' f\ . ' ',-• :. lv t 1 ' - "• ' k :',,,-,,,,:,,. , ~.., .. . 7', } ~.. 1- 54. .I ' 4 '' ,; (.4. : '". 7 e': - -7:1 : -\...-«:, •••••;. .: 77i . 5: , ' ) .,2.--"iaa.'..:i.,';i.. l 222L_Dt:r ,4i ,'- • Zji 3 " yd . , 30- volt Div -0 : r PRICE SD• of Health, dated September 20, 1853, in no wise super sede these powers. On the Other hand, they direct their active enforce ment. Boards of guardians are directed to see to the execu tion of the regulations of the General Board of Health, but it is for the Local Board of Health to execute them. All persons in the district who have complaint to make in respect to the matters above stated, should make complaint to the inspector of nuisances to the Local Board. Under the directions and regulations of the General Board of Health, the Board of Guardians of the Union have acquired new powers, namely, of—. Medical inspection by their officers of unhealthy localities. Certifying unwholesome houses or nuisances. Directing what is to be done where they find epidemic disease or the premonitory symptoms of it. Providing, where necessary, for house to house visita tion. Providing for the accommodation of necessitous cases. Providing for the removal of the sick, or of other oc cupants of the same premises. These duties, which are here stated to belong to Boards of Guardians, are not within the province of the Local Board of Health ; but the Local Board and the Board of Guardians will co-operate in doing all that can and ought to be done under their joint powers. But, however desirous the Local Board of Health and the Board of Guardians may be to carry out their duties, now that a formidable epidemic has appeared in the country, they must have the active aid of people of all classes, in bringing to the notice of the Boards matters requiring their attention ; in avoiding the creation of nuisances ; in removing those already existing ; and in giving warning, instruction, and help to the best of their power. PLAIN ADVICE TO ALL DURING THE VISI TATION OF THE CHOLERA. I. Conform to and assist every measure of prevention or remedy put in operation by the local authorities ; for such measures are fOunded upon knowledge and experi ence, and are enforced by direction of Government for the public good. If you sustain inconvenience, or ap prehend danger, from any public nuisance, immediately complain, either to your local board of health, your town council, or your board of guardians, as the case may be, either of whom are fully empowered to enforce a remedy. 2. Apply yourself, as far as lies in your power, to render the chief duties of parochial and other public officers unnecessary, inasmuch as regards your own home, by the instant removal of every nuisance about it and in it. 3. It is the special duty of the authorities at all times, but imperatively so now, to have all streets, alleys, and courts daily cleansed. sut is your duty to throw no refuse into the streets, nor to collect any in your back premises. Have no dung heaps, no ash heaps. Keep no pigs in clo se places. Make the scavenger and the dustman take away whatever is annoying. Have no sloppy holes in your areas or back yards, but get them paved or levelled. Insist upon your landlord making your house water-tight. See that your windows will open and shut, so as to admit air and exclude moisture. Every epidemic, whether fever or cholera, rages amid dirt and damp, and where there are stinking kennels and open ditches, foul with dead animals and decayed vege tables. Avoid all such places to dwell in ; and make your children, when they go out, avoid all bad-smelling places. 4. Look to the inside of your dwelling, as well as out side, to get rid of nuisances. Are the walls and ceilings dirty or mouldy ? At the cost of a shilling or two they may be limewhited. This has been found one of the most effectual preventatives of cholera. Avoid, if pos sible, crowding your sleeping-rooms. If there is a chimney in a bed-room, keep it open, and have no chimney-board, or chest of drawers, to stop it up. It would be good to make a hole, three or four inches square, nea r th e ce ili ng , i n t o t h e chimney—a very easy ventilator. Get pure air into your rooms by every pos sible means, and get rid of the foul air in the most effec tual manner. If there is a constant offensive smell within your dwelling, which other people as well as yourself notice, be sure that there is danger at hand ; and never rest till you have ascertained the cause, and have got it removed, as far as possible. Complain to the landlord ; if he neglects you, complain to those who have to enforce "The Nuisances Removal Act." If you cannot get the nuisance removed, you ought to pre pare to remove from the nuisance. If you go to other lodgings or houses, go to those where there has been no fever. There are houses, with no fault of construction, that are always disagreeable to the senses. They are the abodes of sluttishness—the forerunner of disease. The person is seldom clean when a dwelling is dirty. Personal cleanliness and house cleanliness are both health-givers, and are of vital importance when the ele ments of disease and death are around us. 5. This advice, with regard to your dwelling, assumes that you live in a populous town ; but the principles on which the advice is founded hold good, whether you dwell in a village, or even in a lone cottage. All places, it is to be feared, have their nuisances. If there is a dungheap at your threshold, remove it to a distance. If fi foul ditch, or cesspool, stir yourself to have a change. If the pigsty is offensive, cleanse and wash it daily. Have no poultry or rabbits within doors. In a word, 'get dirt and damp away from your house and out of your house, and get pure into it. Be clean yourself, and have everything clean about you. 6. Having looked to your dwelling within and with out, consider what is best for your welfare as to food and clothing. Whenever cholera is present in a locality, there is a general tendency to irritation of bowels, and 'warm clothing and wholesome food are more than ever necessary. These happily are within the reach of the great body of the people. The extreme poor must be righteously cared for in these respects out of the abun ' dance of the more fortunate ; but all have in their power to avoid what is hurtful. Avoid cold ; but make your self strong by exercise in the open air, if your employ ment is within doors. The same duty of exercise applies to all your family, male and female. If there is any food or drink injurious at ordinary times, it is doubly injurious when there is pestilence in the atmosphere. Be very careful not to drink impure water ; and take heed that wells are not polluted, and that water-butts and cisterns are kept cleansed. Spend less money on beer and other drinks, and spend more on flannel and coals. 7. The following personal precautions against cholera proceed from the General Board of Health : " Cholera is not so suddenly fatal as is supposed ; it comes on with looseness or bowel complaint, which goes on for some hours, or even for a day or two. There is often no pain ; but no one must be put off his guard by this circumstance, but must immediately, when purging comes on, apply for proper medicine, by which the dis ease is usually stopped. Where cholera is prevalent in a district, the neglect of this caution for a few hours may be fatal. " Cholera is often brought on by improper diet. Tainted meat and fish, and damaged vegetables, should be carefully avoided. " Cholera is often brought on by excess even of whole. some food. The greatest moderation should be practised both in meats and drinks, always avoiding long fasting. Ardent spirits should be taken only under medical ad vice ' • drunkards always suffer mo s t. "Cholera is often brought on by cold. Wet clothes should be immediately changed ; the feet especially should be kept warm and dry. The most violent at tacks often come on immediately after incautious ex posure to damp foggy night air." 8. If an attack, even the slightest, should come on in your household, you must immediately apply for medical assistance. Arrangements will be made in every locality to render such assistance promptly and effectually ; there is no disease which can be more readily met than cholera in its first or premonitory stage. In cases of diarrhwa, or looseness of bowels, the following medicine is recom mended by the Board of Health, but avoid, if you can, exercising your own judgment in giving medicine at all : " 20 grains of opiate confection, mixed with two table spoonfuls of peppermint-water, or with a little weak brandy and water, and repeated every three or four hours, or oftener if the attack is severe. Half the quan tity to persons under 15 ; smaller doses to children." 9. If the disease assume a violent form before help can be obtained, put the sufferer into a warm bed, apply bottles of hot water, or heated flannel, to the stomach and feet, and along the spine. A dessert spoonful of brandy may be given from time to time in hot water. Constant friction with flannel dipped in hot vinegar is recommended, as well as the application of a vinegar and mustard poultice over the belly. A. prudent person will have the necessary articles at hand ; but prompti tude in getting assistance is the first duty. By night or by day send for the doctor ; and such is the zeal of the medical profession that the humblest person will not send in vain. 10. If any of the evil habits and neglects referred to in this advice exist in yourself or your family, begin to alter such habits and avoid such neglects without an hour's delay. The desired change to enable you to meet this epidemic disease is good for every other, and an im mediate preparation may save a vast amount of misery. The condition of the human body cannot be altered at once, but the practices which tend to an evil condition may be instantly changed. In days you may effect a change which you cannot effect in hours. 11. Whether the disease of cholera come into your household or you be spared, keep up your spirits ; have no vain fears ; relax no industry ; shrink not from as sisting your neighbours ; and put your trust in Him in whose hands are the issues of life and death. THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE DISTRICT. It gives us much gratification to state that the health of Birmingham and the numerous towns in the mining districts around continues in a satisfactory condition. In Birmingham' during the last week, there has been a slight increase in the number of attacks of diarrhoea ; but the disease is generally of a mild type, and the fatality has diminished. In all diseases there is a great diminution. Up to last Saturday the total number of patients under the care of the parish medical officers was 553, and the deaths, 4 ; in the corresponding week last year the patients numbered 610, aid the.deaths were 14. There was some excitement caused on Wednesday by N,- - ,e7— ,- ---r----c,—" l r "----C----- 7 /1 / . 7 . airy into a rumour that a fatal case of As' c cholera had cc- tip* curred in Little Bow street. I uiry into the facts, , ..' .:„ , .-1-..g. ' i ; however shows that the report was entirely without ilt',, 1 • -At - ..• 4 ' 11; :IIVA -I , t c ,--"- '-:. ..,- ~., N i', I / . .4?-t -e_ . , foundation. It is true that a man, 69 years of age, '\ / k& f c!: . rAS,:.e'W' c' ,-• ' ----" ' , 1 2' 1 I i named Edward Breadleston, residing in a court in - ~, ist,4o ,_.. ii , /. ', Little Bow-street, did die on Tuesday, but the disease - . Asiatir. - - presented no symptoms of ,iatic cholera whatever. The man had been ill for some days before, and was attended by Mr. W. Richards. The disease was simply English cholera, so common everywhere at this season of the year. We mention the case, not because we con sider it by any means important, but to allay any unne cessary alarm which might be felt in consequence of the rumour to which we have referred. While the facts are so, the board of guardians are adopting precautionarymeasures. They have giveninstruo tions to the medical staff and the relieving-officers to report all nuisances in their respective districts, that effective means may be taken for their abatement or removal. Directions have been also given for the instant report of the occurrence of any diseases having a choleraic ten dency, and authority has been given to call exigency meetings of the Board. The corporation have also de termined to put in force the Nuisances Removal Act. At Bilston, where the mortality was so fearful in 1832, there are fewer cases of diarrhoea than is usual at this season of the year ; but the board of commissioners, with a recollection of the unexampled severity with which the pestilence afflicted the town on each occasion when it has visited this country, are busily engaged in preparing to cope with it as far as human agency can. Sewers are being trapped, nuisances removed, and the materials for whitewashing provided for gratuitous use. This board has already done much in other respects to improve the health of the town. At Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Wednesbury, the local boards of health are also earnestly engaged in similar preparations. It may be interesting to note that the disease seems to be developing itself at a later period than in 1849. In that year the first case of cholera which occurred at Bilston was on the 6th of August ; at Wolverhampton about the same time ; and at Tipton on the 13th. These were the first cases in the mining district. The disease did not reach Birmingham—where, however , only about, 20 cases occurred, and these chiefly imported, not indi genous—until the 13th of September. From Birming ham it disappeared in about a fortnight ; in the district it raged until the 20th of October.—Birminglians Journal. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1853. rHEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-Mr. SNI I l' ti, the lessee. has great p e:.sure in acceding to the re quests of the Nob lity, Gentry, and Inhabitants of the environs of the Oetropolis tor a MORNING P RFORMANC PI of the great tragedian. Mr. G. V. BROOKE, previous to his departure for America. On WEI , N SDAY, Septemb:•r 28th, at Two o'clock precisely, Mr. G. V. Brooke will appear in OTHELLO, universally pronoun• - ed by the press of the United Kingdom to be a masterpiece. In the Evening the perform ces will commence at the usual hour The lessee has invited the children of the Duke or York's Scho, 1, w; o will (be performancesmf Colo el Clarke) attend the theatre. In the evening, the will commence at the usual Now% NAVAL lIVTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 24. NEW SCALE OF PETTY OFFICERS' AND SEAMEN'S ALLOTMENTS. The following circular has just been issued by the Ad miralty. Chief petty officers and first class working petty officers will now be permitted to allow their wives ss. more per month than formerly was allowed under the old and present scale ; second class working petty offi cers, 4s. ; leading seamen, 4s. ; and if engaged for con tinuous service, 7s. ; shipwrights, 3s. ; and if engaged for continuous service, 7s. ; ordinary seamen, 4s. ; and second class seamen, 3s. The increase of pay to petty officers and seamen will be better understood when it is stated that petty officers, including leading seamen, now receive of every rating 7s. 9d. per month of 31 days more than their former pay ; ordinary seamen, ss. 2d. ; and second class seamen, 2s. 7d. The increase in pay does not include good conduct pay or allowance in lieu of grog. Leading seamen on continuous service have 12s. 11d, of additional pay per month : THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- e see, Mr. F. T. Smith.—The nobility, gentry, and public in general are respect ully informed, that the BENEFIT of N, r. G. V. ti,,OKE, taxes place at this the,ttre, on MOND •Y, the 3d of Oct., under moat distinguished patronage. For particulars, see future announcements. The box of is open for securing places from 9 to 5 daily. rrHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE._ 2 it is intended by several of the friends and admirers of Mr. G. V. BROOKE and the Drama to Live him a PUBLIC DEJEUNP:It, previous to the close of his triumphant engagement at this theatre, to take place on THURAD kT NEX l', Sept. 29. Those genii , men desirous of attending will please send their names and addresses to E. T. SMITH, lessee. Chair to be taken at 2 p.m. precisely. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. The SECOND P ART of an HISTORICAL LECTURE on "THE THAMES," from its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE BIICKLAND, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with NEW SONGS and NEW DISsOLVING tCENERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock, and every Evening except Saturday at a ine. LECTIRMS.—By J . H. Pepper, Esq.: On PHOTOGRAPHY, with Illustrationq, Mornings and Evenings By Pr. Bachhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING and SILVERING. The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE exhibited in Use and explained Daily. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age Half-price. Pro- Present Pa y p er Posed nt al- allot -31 days 31 Ratings. month, lotme, days. 31 days, a. dl£ s. d s. d. Chief petty officer (master-at-arms to chief carpenter's mate)• • • • . • • .. • • 3 9 91 1 15 0 1 10 0 I 1 9 0 1 4 0 First-class working petty officer (ship's corporal to captain of hold) • • .. • • • • 3 2 0 1 11 0 1 6 0 Min , mum.. • • : • • ...... • • • • • • • • .. .. 1 5 0 1 0 0 First-class working petty officers (sail maker to leading stoker) • • • •1 9 0 1 4 0 Second-class working petty officer (cox swain of barge to captain mizentop)— 2 16 10' 1 8 0 1 4 0 .. 1 2 0 018 0 Second-class working petty officer (sail - 'ntter's 2-19: g 0 1 5 0 Second-class working petty officer (cox - mint/navy_ 3 0 0 19 0 swain of cutter) .. Minimum•• • • 1 2 0 0 18 0 (cooper, armourer, caulker's mate) .. 2 19 5 1 9 1 5 0 .. ••— tt • ) •• • oticer •• Minimum.... • • • • • , • • 3 0 0 19 0 Leading seamen, not continuous service 2 6 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 14 0 Leading seamen, continuous service .... 2 1 4 3 1 7 0 1 0 0 Se c ond-class workingpe Mi " imam • • '• " • • • • • • •• • • •• •• 1 1 0 0 14 0 Shipwrians, not continuous service ... 2 9 1 t 4 0 1 1 0 Min h nu m • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 18 0 0 15 0 Shipwright., continuous service ........ 2 16 10 8 0 1 1 0 Minimum.- 2 0 0 15 0 Yeomen of store-room to coopers' crew 2 11 8 6 0 1 1 0 Minimum stoker and coal•trimmer •—• • • . ..... .. 3 2 0 11 0 1 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 Ordinar , seatn.m ..........• •• •• 1 18 9 0 0 0 16 0 •0 14 0 0 12 0 Second-class seamen—. 1 11 0 0 16 0 0 13 0 •... .. ft 10 6 0 9 0 THE LATE STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION, with LOSS of LIFE, at LEEDS.—MI DWI , PS PATENT WATER AJAGES are self-acting, simple, shows the exact quart ty of water in a steam-boiler, may be understood by the most inex perienced person, willpreyent explosion or collapse of tubes for want of wa , ......ppito.ta. to on b0n...4.4a lire nutereWlttror with Out danger whistles. May be seen, with testimonials, by eppi, 4 ne to Messrs. OGAN and GODDA.RD, 2, Turuwneel-lane, Cannon-street, City. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road). The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TUE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with L AURE •T'S , 'ELE BR ATE!) 13AS D. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. N ATIONAL PROVINCIAL FIRE OFFICE, 127, c HEA.PSID - , LOUD Notice is hereby given, that in c , nsequence of the numerous ap lications which have been received from many iiifluenta , and ealthy persons, for anomie iis e.mcc e ink tire whole of the shares now cm:titling tudisposed 0 , , the Directors will, on the sth OCTO -13 h.R next, finally C1,0 , E T , th. SHAKE LIS r, after which no fur ther as plicatio , s can he receives The Directors will, however, proceed to co sider any mplic,it'ons which may be made in the memithre, with the view of di-tributing them in , uch prodor lots and among such persons as may be -, ondit lye to the interests of the Company. By order of the Board, EDMUND CLENCH, Secretary. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 25. The Conflict, 8, screw-sloop was taken out to Stokes Bay again yesterday by Lieutenant G. H. Clarke, in charge of the steam reserve at this port, to ake another trial with the same propeller as that she tried last Wednesday, but now cut at the four corners of the blades the length of a foot from the corner or angle of the fan. She took eight runs along the measured mile, but the weather was so squally the trials were not considered available for a sound judgment, and she will go out again to-morrow, if the weather (at present very adverse) should be favourable. The Russian frigate Aurora and a corvette are ex pected hourly at Spithead, the Vice-Consul (Mr. Wilkin son, of Gosport), have received advice of their intended visit. September 19th, 1853. NATI ONAL PROVINCIAL LIFE OFFICE, 127, C IIEAPSIDE, LONDON. notice is hereby given, that put scant to a Resolution rassed at the A. oral General Meeting of the l'roorietors and Assured Mem bers held at the London Tavern, on the Bth instant, a Dividend after the ate of sIX PER CENT PER ANNV M, was declared Ur On the pa d-up ; and notice is hereby further given that the Dividend Warrants may he received at th's office, on and atter the 22d instant, between tie hours of 11 and 3 EDMUND ' CLENCH, Secretary. September 14th, .853. N ATIONAL PROVINCIAL FIRE OFFICE, 127, CIUANIDE. Subscribed Capital, Quaver of a villion. The advantage o' insuring in this office is the Annual Re'VMS of one-half the entire profits the imared, whilst the same amount of security given by other offices is afforded, and a fully subscribed and ample paid up capital. The principle of divid ng the profits between the Proprietors aud the In wed is eing daily raco,mised, and has secured for this office a large a+ d increasing busir ess. Claims promptly and liberally settled. EDMUND CLENCH, Secretary. THE CHANNEL FLEET. QITEENSTOWN, SEPT. 24. A court-martial was held on board the Queen, 116, Captain Mitchell, at Queenstown, on Thursday (Rear- Admiral Corry, president), to try Kilbury, seamen's schoolmaster of the Duke of Wellington, on the charge of having struck Commander Preedy, of that ship, on the head with a book while at Spithead a month or so since, as reported by us at the time. The prisoner ad mitted his guilt, and the charge was of course declared fully proved. He was sentenced to imprisonment in a felon's gaol for two years. The martial law empowered the Court to hang him forthwith at the yardarm. Among the on dits in circulation in the Queenstown fleet is one that the commanders of two of the largest screw-ships of the force are likely to leave their ships, owing to not being over-comfortable with their captains. One of the said ships has had two commanders pre viously. The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain the Hon. H. Kep pel, arrived at Queenstown on Thursday, and joined the fleet. She is a truly perfect ship, and most ably handled. The fleet are all making good defects, painting, &c. The ball in aid of the Sailor's Home at this port (Queens town) takes place on Wednesday next, when, from the number of naval officers and others who will patronize it, it is expected a large addition will be made to the funds of the institution. ÜBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH cOMPANIE3. DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM THE CONTINENT, VIA CALAIS AND OSTEND,. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. It is requested that all Messages for the Continent from Liverpool. Manchester, and all proviccial towns of Great Britain and Ireland. to be forwarded by the Submarine and European Direct Rowe, via Calais, or via Ostend, be plainly marked "via Calais," or "via Os tend." The only routes by which London is brought into direct communication with Paris and Brussell. No Porterage charg,d upon Messages to the Continent—France excepted. Messages from the Continent, including France, delivered Free within a circuit of One Mile. Messages of 20 words to Paris, Twelve Shillings; Brussels, Twelve Shillings ; Boulogne-sur-mer, Ten Shillings. OPENING OF THE WEST END OFFICE. Messages for the Continent and for Birmingham, Dover, and Deal are now received at the New Office of the above Companies, Regent circus, Piccadilly. No extra charge is made for transmission. Messages of 20 words, between the West-end and City, are forwarded for One Shilling. Each additional 10 words, or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence. No charge for delivery for the First Mile. BIRMINGHAM, DOVER, AND DEAL. Messages of 20 Words, between Birmingham and London, One Shilling. Each additional 10 words or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence. Messages of 20 Words between Birmingham and Dover or Deal, Three Shillings. essages of 20 Words between London and Dover or Deal, Two No chance for Porterage for the first mile from any of the Com panies' stations. Each mile after the first mile, Sixpence. - Offices :—Lond on : 30, Cornhill; Rei.ent-circus, Piccadilly. Dover: 7, Clarence-place. 9eal : 100, Beach-street. Birmingham: 104, 2C ew-street. France: Paris-83, Rue do Richelieu; Calais—Rail way station. Belgium—Brussels : Place de la Monnale. By Order. G. 1 -. PARROTT, Secretary. CANCER CURED.—Cancer, white swelling, enlar.:ed stlf and contracted loints, rheumatism. tic &ion rvAtix, lumbno, fistula, pil,,, corns, spin tl complaints and neuralgic MAJOR'S ,INOVITIC LOTION, as modified pbayinf:ra.reß(AlT%llF,LhO Y ITR, M R.C.S.E., ILA C. Dr. Batche!our may be con,ulted at 12, Fffishury.place, City, daily, till 3; and it Mr. Watt's, drugcists, 17, , ttrand, every Tues,tay anol Friday, from hair past 3 ti'l s. The lotion is sold in h.ttles, at 1 is. and :as. each at 12, Finsbury-place, south, and 17, Strand. MEDICAL AD YOUTH AND CE ON THE SECRET IN.FIRMITIES OF DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matricu'ated 'Wernher of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society. Licentiaie of Apothecaries' Bail, London, &c., &c AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on II the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenileirregirarides and excesses, which have pro !need more misery 'n 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 h us proved that th , 're 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 Unfrultfhl 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 incurrine grievous penelties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-ieduigence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con equenc es nosy be avoided, and aoove all, that there is scarcely any decree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot 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 is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting thi department of practice, he has been amply roc arded by the great success 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, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of It., and advice and medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address. It 13 destrahle that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF - PRE ERVA.TION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloered 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, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free y post fbr forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rest e nee. 37. REDMILD-AOTTARt. TAWOOS, In the late cruises of the fleet, comprising the time of their departure from Spithead to their arrival at Queenstown, the Prince Regent, 90 (Admiral Corry's flag-ship), and the paddle-steamer Leopard, 16, have proved themselves the smartest of the sailing division, in which the Queen, 116, has not improved in any visible respect since the last trial of an experimental squadron. The Agamemnon, screw, 91, was distanced 570 fathoms dead to windward on a trial with the Imperieuse, screw, 51, and Tribune, 30, on the 14th inst., in a fresh breeze with much sea, ships on the port tack, under double reefed topsails and topgallant sails. The trial lasted two hours. The Tribune distanced the Imperieuse about 50 fathoms in the same trial, thus showing a superiority in point of sailing qualities over those flowers of the fleet, the Agamemnon and Imperieuse. In this trial the fid of the foretopmast of the latter broke, which it was thought had wrung the head of the foremast, but on examination, subsequently, in Queenstown harbour, it was discovered sound. The A triphion sails very well for a screw-vessel, but cannot steam over 51 knots, even at full speed. The Valorous paddle -steamer sails very fast. The ifighflyer (screw) seems to have lost all her former s ailin g qualities, which distinguished her under Cap tains Matson and Heatbcote ; she was far astern in all the trials of rate of sailing. Both squadrons were well exercised at sea in every manoeuvre of sea manship, gunnery, steaming, night-quarters, &c. The cruise is considered to have been good on the whole for exercising the young ships' co m p an ies, and they had enough of exercise to keep them well in practice with out distressing either man or officer. The stations were on the whole well kept, and the value of sailing in line of-battle and order of sailing, to the young officer, need not be expiated upon. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 24 The Madagascar frigate was commissioned on Wed nesday, by Lieutenant J. N. Harward. She is to re lieve the Crescent receiving-ship at Rio Janeiro. The Cyclops steam-frigate, in charge of Mr. Pope, sailed on Thursday for Portsmouth and Sheerness. The Avon steam-tender, Second Master A. Veitch, sailed to-day with seamen and marines for Queenstown. It is stated that the honour of practically opening the new and important works at Keyham will be accorded her Majesty's ship Queen, 116, Captain Mitchell. She laid many months inside the breakwater before joining the fleet, and is now hourly expected. After her copper has been cleaned in one of the new docks she will pro ceed to the Mediterranean. The Valorous, 16, steam-frigate, Captain C. M. H. Buckle, having been struck by a sea, is ordered here for repairs. SUNDAY EVENING. It is reported that the St. Jean d'Acre, 100, screw ship, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, has received orders by the Black Eagle to proceed to the Mediterra nean. Letters from her, dated Thursday, state that she was to cruise off and on outside Queenstown on Friday, and enter the port on Saturday, The Leander, 50, Captain G. St. Vincent King, has had the blue peter up all day. Her original orders were to leave the Sound to-morrow for the Mediterranean. The crew were paid last Monday, and many of them are absent on leave. There has been a strong gale from the north-west all day, and it is now, 8 p.m., increasing. TAKE NOTICE 1 a s t o s e t s hN adjusted ore at to thetak take swinging inher MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE byinspected, Commodore CONSULTED AS 'USTI AL, AT 19, TURNERS-STREET, OXFORD-877tEET, LONDON, SHEERNESS, SEPT, 24. ON THE SECRETAN D C A D U I s S E A S PP O O F IN S T E E L D F-A H T E I S R . ED MISERIES The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant -Commander THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Waterloo, W hn e o b y l:e a r, nd has has had pr h o e e r ee co de m d p Cases. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and enlarged to 201) pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Montagu Stopford, in command of the Establishment, 3a 6d. in stamps, poffiowcedresr aaonddereshwellms.netSehreedhtashie bdeaeyn The Mariner, William A. Walker, commander, from 1 the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by , Newr ri EE[diEtionS'ILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on ladenwith African teak timber ' • indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of Sierra Leone, 11 12 ° O n iuns. Majesty's dockyard, has been taken into the fitting basin lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which , with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol to facilitate her discharge. Mr. Walker reports that mercury, exeessme prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. able seaman • .., Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster- last John Anderson, an , died on board from street, London. Published by Sherw PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons , 19, Berners-street, Oxford- the Mariner has been out 78 days, that on the 9th July general debility, after the African fever ; and that on the 7th of August, Peter Carr, the boatswain, died from •iipown,, 146,and sLoeladdbinhilaun.sntrayee,t?,9s7dratArrainngizedro,,LsBotr, Oxford-street; ir c, - , nc,ve Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. native of Sweden, PART I treats of the and and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. and Peter Carr was a native of Falmouth, in Cornwall. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in- SEPT. 25, 3 p. m . dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and ',tiny weakness nerv..us exciteirent, and generative It has blown a very hard gale from the south-west, Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory N:ngravings with the barometer at 28 deg. 59 sec., and rapidly fall- PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in • • • the primary i r secondary form, and contains explicit directions for ing. The ships in commission in port are just striking their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- topgallantinasts, and housing their topsail yards. There nes. is every indication of a very heavy gale. At intervals PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. the sun is very powerful. PART V. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The President, 50-gun frigate, bearing the flag of The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole Rear-Admiral of the White David Price, has taken in subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL ~A L OF Sinatscrst Is exclusively employed in tree- moorings off Folly Point , abreast of M Gillingham, and ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., II s and 3 1 s. per will in a few days be towed down here to complete her bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic armament. Her gall ant and much respecte d a d m i ra l remedy, ter purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per (formerly captain-superintendent of this yard) arrived b o ttle. Perry's 1 , rifying Specific Pills. 2a. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Ils. here on Thursday last. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gli et, stricture, and The Cleopatra, 2 6 , Captain Thomas L. Massie, at c hronic inflamm Mon of the bladder. consultatio n t ee , if by letter, 11. A minute detail e t the ens, is required : age, habits, and posi- Chatham, is to be paid off on Wednesday nest. tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish- 1 The Malacca steam-sloop is being stripped from her ment only, by which the fee, 1/., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeon , * ' jury rigging, &c., and will go into dock in a few days are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford•street. Lon- f further improvement to her machinery. She don, from does her builder high credit. Eleven Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday from i . Seven to One. or some _.di . THE CHOLERA. PRAYERS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THE CHOLERA. Yesterday solemn prayers for deliverance from the threatened visitation of the cholera were offered up in the several places of worship of the various denominations of dissenters, and in the Roman Catholic chapels through out the metropolis. In the parish churches and chapels of the established religion the ordinary prayer for delive rance from sickness was read and fervently repeated. The congregations at morning and afternoon services were extremely numerous. NEWCASTLE. Deaths on the 23d of September : Cholera 63 Diarrhoea 4 GATESHEAD Cholera.... Diarrhoea . Thus the total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle, during the present outbreak, has been 1,062. In the same period—viz., the first 23 days during the prevalence of epidemic choera there in 1831-2, the num ber of deaths was 180. The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Gateshead to the present date has been 277. During the like period—viz., the first 17 days in 1831-2, the deaths amounted to 130. The regulations and directions issued by the General Board of Health under the Nuisances Removal and Dis eases Prevention Act, 1848, being addressed to bodies such as boards of guardians, town councils, commis sioners under local acts, &c., accustomed to deal with acts of Parliame n t, and having legal clerks, are techni cally worded, and appear to many unnecessarily minute and statute-like in style. The board have authorised the printing for popular information of short and sim ple handbills, intended respectivelyfor places having local boards of health, and for places where the execution of the directions falls, entirely on boards of guardians. To gether with some simple sanitary directions, which, trite as they may seem, are habitually disregarded by many, they have also prepared the simple directions appended for the use of sailors, in the event of cholera occurring on shipboard. CHOLERA IN LAMBETH.—STIIPID OBSTINACY.-011 Friday morning the first fatal case of cholera which has taken place in the extensive parish of St. Mary, Lam beth, took place in Vauxhall-square. The deceased, whose name was Michael Hemming, resided with his family opposite to the London Gas Works, and was at tended by Mr. Arthur, the parish surgeon. All efforts to arrest the dreadful disease proved ineffectual, and the deceased died after a few hours' distressing suffering. The neighbourhood being densely populated, and the disease presenting itself in so malignant a character that Mr. Arthur considered it most desirable, both for the safr _.tety of the other persons in the house and those in the vicinity, that the remains of the deceased should be removed with the smallest possible delay, to the dead house, and from thence for interment, he forwarded a notice at once to Mr. Hogg, the parish undertaker. Mr. Hogg promptly attended with a shell and his men to re move the body, but the friends and countrymen of the deceased declared they should not do so. Remonstrances of all sorts proving unavailing, and the undertaker find ing that the feelings of the Irish in the neighbourhood were becoming very much excited, and that there was no chance of getting the body away without risking con siderable violence, abandoned the intention, and left the parties to " wak e " th e i r d eparted friend and countryman. In cases of this kind some power should be given to the police to enforce the interment, or, at least, the removal of the body. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE CHOLERA. BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH IN ENG LAND.-TO CAPTAINS OF MERCHANT SHIPS, STEAMERS, AND COLLIERS, First Instruction—Guard against Looseness of the Bowels and Purging.—Before a person is attacked by the cholera, he is almost sure to have for a day or two, or for several days, or only for a few hours, some loose ness of the bowels or purging, there is often no pain, but this must not put any off his guard, as to the im portance of this warning. The captain or mate, ought, therefore, without alarming the men, to inquire of the crew daily, whether any of them have looseness or pur ging, as this might by chance become worse. If a man is purged let him go to bed, be kept quite warm, and if he is cold, apply bottles of hot water, or bags filled with hot salt, or bran, to the stomach and feet. Give him immediately, eight drops of laudanum in a wine glass of hot and weak brandy and water ; give the man this every two hours, as long as he is purged ; the samedose should be given night and morning for one or two days after the purging has stopped. Second Instruction—What is to be done if a man is seized or taken with cholera.—This comes on with cold, giddiness, sickness, vomiting and purging of what looks like dirty water, or rice and water. Let the man get into a hot bed ; cover him well with blankets ; apply bottles of hot water, or bags filled with hot salt, sand, or bran to the stomach spine, and feet ; be sure he is exposed to a draught or cold, the object being to get him into a sweat. Put a large poultice of mustard and vine gar over the stomach, and keep it on 15 or 20 minutes. Give the man 15 drops of laudanum, with a teaspoonful of brandy (or whisky or other spirit in the absence of brandy) in a little hot water ; a little ginger or cloves may be added. This medicine may be given every hour for six hours, but not longer ; it must then be left off. When the man begins to sweat give him some hot tea, with a teaspoonful of brandy in it, and keep him warm in bed. Third Instruction.—When the ship is in port, medical advice should be got as soon as possible, in any case of seizure, as the delay of even one hour may cause death. Fourth Instruction—On Food.—All kinds of fruit, s , lads, cucumbers, celery, and pickles had better be avoided ; also oysters, lobsters, crabs, muscles, or other shell fish. The most wholesome articles of food are well baked bread, good biscuits, rice, oatmeal, peas, and good potatoes ; solid food is better than fluid, and therefore at this time it would be a good thing to give the crew beef and mutton instead of soup. Fifth Instruction—On the Danger of Spirits, Corn Brandy, Wine, Beer, &c.—lt is a very common notion among sailors and other people that brandy, whisky. rum, wine, and the like, are good as a protection against the cholera. This is a total and fatal mistake, In every, country and town where the cholera has broken mitt drunkards, and those who drink freely, have been the , first and greatest sufferers from the disease ; temperate men usually escape, drunkards usually die. It is, there fore, earnestly hoped and requested that captains will warn their crews against all excess in drinking. More especially warn them from taking corn brandy or gin, which often acts as a poison ; they should also not drink any of the white and brown beer sold at Hamburgh and other ports, especially if it is sour. The Elbe water is bad, and likely to purge, therefore it would be better to use water brought from England, and captains are re-4 commended to take in a supply accordingly. Sixth Instruction—Against exposure to Wet and Cold: —Wet and cold should as much as possible be guarded against, by warm dry clothing, and stout shoes ; a thick flannel belt or bandage around the stomach and loins is a good defence for sailors ; when they go to bed, if the shirt is damp or wet, they should change it, and put on a d r y one. They should not stop out at night on shore : many sailors who have been drinking at Hambro' Bar, and lying about on Sunday night, have been seized oh Monday with cholera, and died in a few hours. Seventh Instruction Concerning Cleanliness and Ventilation. Nothing is of greater importance as a pro tection against cholera ,than cleanliness, and a good supply of fresh pure air. It is, therefore, the duty of captains to take all the means in their power to improve andaarree Englishppk la e ar e ct p ei cdp u uou p l rant : sdl h ye e tr orte healthhqseeuieer sthesete d nd r eo annstrengthinstructions perroett eu o cr f tni t o he r crews, onctmhTpe hliireesdoh w wp \ n i et h s trh o os. The forecastle should be frequently cleansed, and the hatches be opened in fine weather, so as freely to admit the fresh air. The forecastle should be whitewashed. To sweeten the ship, bleaching salt or powder (called also chloride of lime), which is very cheap and may be got at any druggists, should be mixed with water, and poured down the pumps ; it should also be sprinkled about the forecastle and in the cabins. Keep the ship as free as possible from bilge water, using the pumps daily for this purpose, because it prevails most when ships are very tight, and open the hatches to purify the hold. All the bedding should be kept well dried, and be brought on deck in fine weather, and well aired. Mark this well.—The cholera is not contagious ; so no one need be afraid of catching it; there is no danger in waiting on and nursing any one of the crew who may unfortunately be attacked. The captains of all vessels trading to the port of Hamburgh are hereby informed that proper medicine, ready made up for use, and with plain directions, can be procured at prime cost of all the shipbrokers and agents for English ships in Hamburgh, and they are hereby re quested to provide themselves with the same, in order to afford all the protection to their crews which the cir cumstances of the case admit. Signed by order of the General Board of Health of England, HENRY AUSTIN, Secretary. October IS, 1848. REMOVAL OF NUISANCES AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE. (By authority of the Local Board of Health.) The Local Board of Health feel it their duty to in form all persons that under the Public Health Act, 1848, they have power to provide for— The cleansing of streets. The removal of filth, dung, dust, ashes, and rubbish therein.' The keeping in order of water-closets, privies, and drains. The filling up or covering of places used for the collec tion of liquid filth. The removal of any nuisance from pigstyes. The whitewashing and cleansing of filthy or unwhole• somesome houses. And, under the Common Lodging-houses Act, the regulation of common lodging-houses. The directions and regulations of the General Board SCOTLAND. A few insulated cases of cholera have appeared in some of the large towns in Scotland, brit it does not appear to have fixed itself seriously in any Of them. The public authorities are making strenuous efforts to remove all predisposing causes, and have taken time by the forelock in appointing medical officers equal to any emergency that may occur. At Aberdeen, besides the legal proclamations ordered by the Board of Health, the magistrates have published the following "precau tions" in handbills all over the city : "1. Cholera is not so suddenly fatal, as is supposed; it comes on with looseness, or bowel complaint, NMI& goes on for some hours, or even for a day or two ; there is often no pain, but no one must be off his guard by this circumstance, but must immediately, when purging comes on, apply for proper medicine, by which the dis ease is usually stopped. Where cholera is prevalent in a district the neglect of this caution for a few hours may be fatal. "2. Cholera is often brought on by improper diet. Acid fruits and vegetables, unripe fruits and uncooked vegetables, of all kinds, should be avoided. 3. Cholera is often brought on by excess even of wholesome food. The greatest moderation should be practised, both in meats and drinks, always avoiding long fasting. Ardent spirits should be taken only under medical advice. Drunkards always suffer most. "4. Cholera is often brought on by cold. Wet clothes should be immediately changed ; the feet especially should be kept warm and dry. The most violent attacks often come on immediately after incautious exposure to damp, foggy night air." THE AFFINITY MARRIAGE BILL IN SCOT LAND-A CASE I.\' THE CHURCH COURTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—Some time since I saw in your esteemed journal an article in vindication of the proposed legalisation of affinity marriages. As is well known, the present Re corder of London, Mr. Wortley, introduced a bill with this aim, but afterwards dropped action, declaring that Scotland was against the change. I deny the assertion. Scotland is not against the change—but multitudes in Scotland are afraid to open their mouths. They are gagged and fettered, and the principle of the alteration of the law (if, indeed, in Scotland an alteration of the law be requisite) does not come home to their business and bosoms. This is not exactly a case where men choose to speak out in defiance of ecclesiastical fulmina tions. In this place, whoever I spoke with, (and they were persons of no mean understanding) what was called the Affinity Marriages Bill was approved of in every case save two, and the argument set up was utterly absurd ; in the one instance, that a text in the Old Testament Scriptures was against such unions, though the entire contrary be the case ; in the other, that legal permission should not be granted to form such unions lest it should fret the wife during her lifetime. The Scripture and reason are demonstrably on the side of the concession, which should never have been required. I need scarcely remind you that the saintly Dr. Chalmers was on the side of affinity marriages. He read the " Book of Life" devoutly and intelligently—he read it as a "Bible Chris tian," and he could there find nothing adverse to the view I presume to advocate. Since his lamented de cease, a very able man, a professor of theology in one of our strictest sects, the United Presbyterian Church, has stood forward in vindication of the truth on this subject. Others of his order would, I believe, do the same, but they are afraid to think on the point, or dread hostile sentiment among their brethren. As for petitions from the Church Courts, these are to be taken as matter of course--as common-place actions ; and petitions other-' wise are such easy affairs, that they might be had for the establishment of a republic, the banishment of 'all Ro man Catholics from the United Kingdom, or almost any thing whatever. The people of Scotland have never yet properly spoken out on the subject, and perhaps not a great many of them have taken it into consideration. There are cases in human life where the arguments pro and con are about of equal weight. In other in stances of debate the party who has not the best cause may have a good account to give of his convictions. At times, although we oppose certain opinions, we are com pelled to allow that they are such as a wise and good man might hold. The opponents of the just and rational arrangement under notice are here decidedly at fault. However able as reasoners—however enlightened as theologians— when their hostility is made to wear the form of reasoning, it is at once found to be weak and vicious. This was particularly exemplified in respect to a case which came under adjudication at the last meet ing of the United Presbyterian Synod at Edinburgh. A. member of that church, a female, had contracted an affinity marriage, and was in consequence excommuni cated as asi liner unworthy of church privileges. The poor woman appealed to the highest jurisdiction in her communion. Illness prevented the offender from being present ; but as she explained, supposing that she could attend, she would not feel herself at liberty to speak in an ecclesiastical court. In the United Presbyterian Synod lawyers are not permitted to appear for or against parties, and the individual would have been left wholly undefended, had not a gentleman belong ing to the congregation of the accused volunteered to be her representative. At this point was brought out the truth of what I have advanced as to the poor figure cut by the adverse party. Men of talent, of logi cal power, and fluent eloquence, spoke in the debate, but only to display weakness and perversity. Contrast ing the appearance of those theologians, on this occa sion, with others more becoming and more characteristic, you might picture forth the strong and active man run ning a giant's race, or wielding a giant's prowess, and the same individual shorn of his strength. and grovel ling on the floor in a fit of apoplexy. The truth is, neither Scripture nor reason could be consistently ad duced in respect to the judgment. The same result, and more strongly marked, will be noticed in cases where inferior minds are concerned. Where feeling and senti mentalism are made to supply the place of argument, we have the most gross inconsistency—for we are suffi cientiy aware that the man of maudlin emotion would repudiatdand protest against being affected in his own case by such inferior and fickle influences—which may be employed in any way, and are often on the side of sin and error. But, say some here, the Westminster Confession (used as a subordinate standard of the Presbyterian sects) is against affinity marriages. I could wish to find it determined by authority as to whether casuistical matter found in this book has the force of law within the realm of Scotland. If so, it is time that the Legislature inter pose for the relief of the people, as in this very case it has already substantially done. Witness the toleration of Dissenters, the emancipation of the Romanists, and the renunciation by the civil magistrate of the power to persecute Separatist.o—all contrary to this very code. To hold a nation of civilised, educated people, with the Bible in their hands, to be the abject subjects of canons made by fallible men some centuries back in a village near your place of business, is rather too bad. On many points I agree with the Westminster Confession, but would repel it as an authority to bind the conscience, or to determine the civil actions of the citizen. Let those to whom that standard is a link connecting them with benefices in the Church uphold its dicta. It is matter of wrong and dangerous policy to allow ecclesiastics to dictate the arrangements of society. We know the use made by the Church of Rome of the "prohibited de grees." We know that the ancient ecclesiastical laws against usury would have stopped the business of human life, and have left the people starving and unemployed. To assume that a Protestant people are ever to be the slaves of the Westminster Confession is to hold them more infelicitously situated than the Papists themselves. Ii countries decidedly Roman Ca tholic, the canons of the oecumenical Council of Trent, so far at least as regards discipline, have been but and those regarded as par tially received — an election bein g made betwixt those rious. Surely the regarde regarded unnecessary a s s o u r i t i a m b I p e a l n t i d u pro ur Il e j r u , pre sent age is fit to judge for itself in what concerns the interpretation of Scripture and the morality of domestic and social life. Let no onesay that the affinitynaarriage arrangement is contrary to the mind of Scotland. If any one ventures on such an assertion, he has no authority for making it. —I am, Sir, &e., SCOTU S. Edinburgh, 1858. I/FINING INVESTMENT.-Mr. JOHN S. 8 , 4 4 LA E. Minim' t 32. Poult , y, Loudon effers his bi d to jurtias wishing to emba! kln MitAne enterprise, to p ril . tu 'ill in the selection of the so . lide4 as well as th , most pro. p rob g, till'ertakings. At the pres.nt ,Ime. whin depreciation has Iv 4 ° 1 7 gone to the farthest xtent, ;aid when so many safe a,ci Ili liable shares are SO much below their intrinsic value, an invest ,neht Would douhtless be attended by immense profits as soon as a ;ro'action takes place, which may be near at band. All instructions attende.f to. GR AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting FROM TERRACE PIER, aarket ; bpd pt. 25 t.l; n• l6 ;t. 20 iced° 16 1 6 20 .eirto , i ro , " 1 ; r o t lege, Or a Afr°' 10,