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,Ctltp,4-,:r WESTERN RAILWAY.- „Altpqi,'"'„,A.P EXCURSION TRAINS to GLOUCESTER, stTN,,,v,c, CIRENCESTER STROUI). and CHELTENIIAM.-- failli n . A, 4th g epternb r ' Cheap and Fast Train will leave the beOri Station-at 7 . l s e a"m a ., for Gloucester and Chepstow'. It elle/410; ,rninged, in order to give as much time aq pos.ible , at ti kes.; t hat Ihis train shall run through direct, calling onl/ at I‘tni tr4 r, thus .• themple thne to visit the magnificent ruins as , 14 1.14 ch - rY, and unequalled scenery of the River Wye, Uie Castle, and the Tubular Suspension Bridge, return s Vcieck"--iiie evening from Chepstow at 7.0, and Gloucester at 7.4 `st ra Paddington. in will leave at 7 45 on the same morning N fre — ,„_er, Stroud, and ie the same en elettb,.— V ielten ham at 6.30, Chel Stroud nham 7 ' lo, re and turnin, ve Cirencester at 7.20 ki3gage can be conveyed by these trains. NAUS TRIBE AND BACK. --- First Class. Closed Carriages. 610 feesier Chen ...... • • • • .• • . .. 1 ls. .... ~,, ewer or 5tr0ud........ 93..... .. .. it 14 , t. -teite nharn .......... ..... 30, s tr '2 l 43 , be obtained previoatly at 27, 44,,,," 11 ; and 25, RI lit. s t reet ( corner of Jermyn - street). ...,......1"gtoll, August " . Kinz•s•reet, Chf a raids SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. P u l s , ic Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail , liankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. i s'FE ASSURANCE and GUA,RAN v,,,,„ • a ' l, , 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated Victoria, cap. 110. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. P„,.." t :Ta t , ii , Prot, , 1Pf t 4 14 4 8. " -.l. re . ti l °r 7 ng itivestmsr.t. A yd. LI, AV' -ds. No .charge for stamps or extra kia!tr,rie-in el lowittico I the gu - trainee premium, where a e ' 44 guarAntt . L re n combinad. ca g y as Lite E a ASAURANC cies as annuities, and, eralownutnts. Payments taken est, b r, 4l ,4 1 as luarty &c.i. Policies indisputabie, save in tat, 41 !1.„, Arr a „ gem.nts ' eau be miwe - with this office to pre , 4441 4: 31 1 4 rdieY where tho.avured is unable, tram temporary - t 'eeP up the payments. CONSULTING ACTUARY. ?rands G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. M SOLICITORS. - - 3 r l s. 11111 and Mathews St. Mary-axe. tl t ht RESIDENT SECRETARY. 0, ) Charles W. Bevan, Esq. ihj eis r "Pecthilly invited to examine the principles of the t t br id f Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated 8. the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Neison, "Nicheellt Consulting Actuary to the Company. 4,48 ktb.Tables to assure 5007 on death, by a person aged 'Lac, ( rtlul. -3', on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. ,The sum the ordinary The sum tiff ILifes Offices would give ordinary Life htm if he were unable At 1 Offices would ,to pay, or it he omit t ed en tll d e His give him for I to pay his current „' thit.:)! !Policy the surrender ! annual pr emium of ft ". Yo ar . , z' at' that or sale Si. 6 s. 3 d. a f te r be has ' the - , :lieu' ! age, of his policy, 'paid in to their coffers i "ZY in case, after thirty 249 /. 79.6d., and which 4"''Y 1 of 'years'payments they have had the use ttewdl? l d, death I amounting to i ot at compoun I pc lave will bel 249/. 79. 6d. I interest, or In . intothe, Werth which theyhave the eve nt of his death °Me. had the benefit one hour after such \of at compound omission o , inability interest. 1 to pay. - ------ ---- 1 little more i than 80/ 11 14 . 1i~~491.T1.6g --ac uriion ' August 19. egent-street .. (corne; of Jennyn-strt. ) I.*AlriVl —.---- RD CX RACES, on the Gth and 7th ,et„, -,TTEIIIBER.-GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-On * Q I at I d aYs th ar- th-• oP at w e -:,..prees Train leaving Pedington at 9.15 fr a. o m m . b,lllhaei i, ' :i nv ,, et at about 12 noon, a*id the i.p T - xpress 44 _ ~. 8 4 - `•,,`cii at 9 '' 4l a:so call at Warwick at 6.50 pan , arriving '! t " a 4,7* 4 P* 1,1 ., for the convenience of parties attending the at" m a cro io l2 o ' ~.,I , ' Train will also leave Paddington on those days at N*, an ~- I : ,l rvi., iet, calling at Reading at 7.30 a.m., Oxford th at -", at 7 15 a nuury at 9.5 a.m..; retumln4 from Warwick in e • , for Banbury, Oxloicl, Reading, and Paddington. FARES THERE AND BACK. Pe n „, , First Class. Closed Carriages. ~Pro- ' l4 f t ad e a d,lngton..... „ .. „ :, otii,3 4 'flii • • .............. .78. c d.. •• • • 4'. 6d . .. Its. 6d....... 6s. 0;1. Pro b lf °r (1 •• •• ........ .. hs. Od. •• - 33 - °d• It, n 1 - aubury ........ 3s. 0d .. 2s. 0.1. 11 3 , 1 r5,,,. ,04 1,. luggager le in the immediate vicinity of the railway sta- `ade,„to_ allowed by the Excursion Train. 5'`....., 4 L ......... 1 ttation, August 26. 13 )3 -k 4 . , —4- ArtINE AND EUROPEAN olt li ,„ . TELEGRAPH CoIigANIES -• ,, 11 t . - -uIItIIINGII A3l , and GREAT REDUCTION of lt‘ 44 ge , TARIFF. • , 5 forsol°fie2,o,,Nyords are now sent between Birmingham and bl, b q additi on ;;, lll nint'. bil l , ,otter,.."", 10 words or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence. -.,i ts-°"iion s ' e narged for the first mile from any of the Compa- **ll kii • I,ll:,tet, . e after the first mile, Sixpence. c et, 7, el otidon, 30, Conthill ; Pirmingham, 101, New.street ; „. 4(By,rder re uce. Ptace' a' De ', 100, - B . e •ch-strect. ', ,i,,:t.,\..........____ G. L. PARROTT, Secretary. .•.- ) ' •li ' , • 4, -. Pe. : .. , I rIE 'A N3> , E U R-0 PE A N • , it: -- 'l . : o 44oatak_ . , tti b , w - ro,tt - age , v' eiwn Gle C rO .'nisi rizoNl the CONTINENT. ks,..7 l : ' d te - th A " mr— eilarg. (1 by this cOmpany upon Messages -...., 3i . -cc ce ntiw4a-Frallew Mee pte tl . 1 l) , ltlii n r : Zl nt the Continent, including France, wil be delivered &ITN t:teircult of OM, Mile. 44 '"-1 4 d ) , l4ta n 9,2 6 Sixpence per wile only will be charged. ° ( . "''lnatreet Birtnin-liatu ; and 30, Cornhill, Lon Jon. D _.._ , '''.3"tirder.) U. L. PAItR(YT T, Secretary. ..i, • ' • , li kr* trio - SECURITY TO EMPLOYEItS. Pl*a; iSf l i% ° , f Ful.,le Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail- i*§ "..: 4:8 , liaskers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. tliA o *4l l' : 4 ' '' vl4,irciftFriEa. cap.AS SUR /INCE and GUARAN- '' , l ' rl V g ° ''''ll'l Y, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated 110. • Ittts p i HONORARY PRESIDENTS. ' * T l : l l.,Py 11-house, p 3,1 1. Dar tit - WU + . ES KERSH w,I AW, Esq.; 31.i'., tockporWestminster.t. 4, . es AI • Tatisramk th ... 411, 1*05,, e ,:', 'Drier Douglas; Esq:ol7, Qaecn-Bquare. -a4les,l,,'Loore, IF-sq., EndsiClirli;street, Taxistock-square. D (41 ei t „'"'"t , EF4., Berners.gtreet. Oxforthstre,et. i',.!iitil,''''''--The 11.,ri l'iti*C:3 Villiers, 13 , ,rkeley , - square. Ilt4he C r 'll, i ' A HUM A N _J,„I4 lyyla, , Esq., Cha p ri e Z n c s ro i ts q . utringt.b e tp, 4 t hem. Comps y • ft - was iqtaranteeto tki't , • Pst "- 4 ' 1 lur -Mils of the profits. , , am,,. * I , B , lhie roe, and (llvt•e. 0 .11tv to public . ' N e -qc c , it.L ., , n,, the )only, popular prific i p ), O f mum._ i.. k, 4 Tll e . ' PrPnlizur,s, instead o. beiOZ a tax upon honesty, be- m tu_ 'll% Of .. O \,......._, Tlit 11 / 4 1' ...! PE A TCIIE IN LIFE ASS URANCE. D EPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE 0 . IR ASSUR A NCE CONIPANY • , , N'ew ,-, ?,, to, ' . - ..ridge-street, Blackfriars, London. ' , tit, 1.4 ,-- 0 1 ns IiCNDILED THOUSAND i'OUNDS• - i• . 0 ~.IDt,.. rio,_ . TRUSTEES. 1L,! ) .14, 'II e O r or ei ,l e the T.ord ViAcount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., 11 'i1..t..f',, 4 P r i ee ej Majesty's. Ilcusehold. t,l.4l44:veini,:ltdal'.li;ai'rruunZu-t'p.:a3. King William-street, London. r ( k l , a s y u te r n re . y ll . art, •loucester-place, Portman. 0 . iria alts.. V I ~l?''l n tr,,, Tbe 'RI DIRECTO R S. . , i % ~.(11.,..1,1er .. ght Hon. the Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., , c.,,,,-n ey , her Mutest ' household Ic c l arnn , .„ , ya. 4 ker.. , 'rke, -,,,'" , 1, A(1-, 11, City-road, Finsbury. t t , eii, - ,uoki,, , ~...., q ,atel 17th Lancer-, Junior United Service Club. i; l i Dti tt '!, j s ,; ( - : 9-, Portiand-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St. 0 l i . N , jra ek Y. ; 4, 4,: 8 1,1 11r e :1' 1 , 1, Esq.. 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting - hill , and 11, tzet t ,. t . b ., 6 ,icelnis-inn. nt k 'rthi re unvies-strect, Berlzeley-square, and Luttorworth, 1., - "'Re, j, 4l t, z,,,, i 't lt'44l l(‘' aft° —l9 15 , Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and. Tor 11,,,:tr :‘,., shire .. al t i , , , lti ~ a l, t ` s eztan, F. 81,, Harrow-on-the-Hill. I . . ~' Ai': Jierkeley, Gloucestershire. 4,,:5e, Prins' ' , sq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. 4 , t;' 4 4 . e.q. e P , 'Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Ilyde-park- -4 s.R 1 , ta .re,, j . , . I I,; tillt,, , 21 Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. .?',:‘ 4 11 in... ' Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-squaro. I. 14, St. Jamesio-square. .1.1,, • ll 4R1I':: ' P AUDITORS, . • 4 Ila n , ‘;'negrl-, .-W ~-Strskud—Acivarr y and Secretar, -, to the Mc.ilet,', 'l' 6 4 neral LW. Ci L to °lle a ~., Mee- - 11-,'',A. Accountant, 3, Guth - than-chambers. .it, - Ai :Pte.'' Strand. rill, Actuary to tho Engineers and Masonic Life mt t ed d •11 an, ti p ill. , t Sq., Manager of Times Assurance Company, Lud- e ha ktr, ll, .s BANKERS. t, . lio tk ii ils. e_, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, London. t r . IA 'v i ta nod Co., 3, Regent-street. 'ltt '''l4, Pi PHYSICIANS. /1 441 4:1,27 , 1) , T 1r3'PL1C5. kll' ' r l) UPPer Seymour-street West, Connaught - square. 4 4it'atitti -. T oaf ' SURGEONS• ': ..,,N.l 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman -square. ' , sq., 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-r.rdens. 'OSIT SYST ', ne e of the oeinwhea 701 b., Is a ; day we ek ' ;t1 frora the prime W e ! . , h il a delpbs their ratie, _ al 3 s l i ght 1 ; met qu est St icet to -dB7 ' wchrk' from Parke state of th t them a rke ' shed an 3'l; pearedf BR CI" R Z 00s to 38s to 345 tO 3 ! • ODs to A t • 00s to vw. 1853. 4t a , this dsP an ad va" ling to '2g to 3 1a of one ,• best i, it , 6d,,,te few owe t ' c "' t• 4 3g6 to ° 0 ; ,gto 4' rch _- to "" ind 40 t n ,c ) • • rer 03 0 . , oa to °/ i 5, Os Od Q 1 Oe Od to Os to 00 Of Os 00 Is Od to 36, 32 5 t ° ore 00s t ° ! t °ll3. o l a gd to ° °s 00 - - to 3 °' c a e , e ' bale Od • od 31s 0 r'''enc 7 "toe. ci—.°s d- 20 ". d- 16 do. d 1 -- o, oft. pot ~r e 1 1 • ee V.. O. ; pith 5 2 . 20 _ 1. tra, 2°S ir4 , ~ h° ' 6 sOd° 79, i."9j. 01 t 0 6a P er Oi 69 Od e ; 7 0 6 OC 1 ; A' to )11. , _ loatuvli t: ratter, beet fea t 5 a t c pork , , bp N °Wl° OP ; , 000 1 0 0 7cl; Cal° l ' P riai ga llOrje s i er e l; t l o o.' P" 'yel 4 0/. P e to ao, low r d. cwt. Gym • " 2 9 9' A 0 •• • 2 5 ' 4 0 ! ..••• , 53 •• • 0 4 •• sig ht • • °s' !,. 14 '.f: I! 9 0 , 0 ° ▪0 5 0 ▪ 0 534 .• n 0. ,t 01,1. ' A vg. s' IsePt• 1° i se p t t : f # I I O D3 l De lISIS D (C 10 . Tboto° f Ilelid wife of izobct fie vri lichsrd, inocgoeia " e h ire, to, in t" ~, ~- ~F, .•••• NOTIUNG, If unable to pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo licy would still remain of its FULL value, 522/.2s .7d .till death, if 20 years after, no fur ther payment beingre quired. Ifhowever the party, from any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not onlydraw out all hehas pat in, viz., 2251., but a certain bonus of 621. 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 therolicy only by the assured value of the sum so drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and7ln detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq. i 2 2/.257d1 2871.20.9 d. . 1 4' 1 en t , 111 0 tb l'ai ll 3 ob ef t will be seen that a person , I :, 44 1 ? nv ei syst these two tables ur i ance can secure the follows t;llP4t rtN,via., il l! f F p o l r P a ° l 3 ess il 8.5 81, paid annually, he can s a s s t s e ur ni. 1, 11 14 11 „tia - A: 4 ease of death than under the ord n in e a n ry y t,Fqx iioreN ti t ut of a desire to surrender his Policy ..es to all ages, of il l . th ,la es or by the above example, which 3rdly. In the event h)r t k i ly , t 1, 4 1t , 1 ; or eZtlisTicasn to the ordintui3; sys r t e e m m a i nsstirhis 1 proper t y, ii an receive l ' a V buZahla as it W o L 3ay t'n h o i n s t o n c e y n e nse his current pa i y ie me get ts s li t y 4 ' s lll' 4tlZ of tears; whereas on the ordinary t . gi ll Of bi a Y. Should he require to increase boit gill „ a fo_polieY, he can do so at pleasure. He can at any time, 11 up to the ;' , 4 veltLrino,trtot2hts notice, withdraw any part from est • After he or decrease the lt t 4 N, L arw t ,' nis Previous payments and with inter payment, three 14 f, trt r ehy ~ Part one year he can, by a siggie or even k,,,,e, oto"..TO.afterwards, raise his policy to a great er times regulate I 'rkb, , I' , i 4,,,,,..._1t , and by this system he can at all b;,:, r• h av -. , i . lis by his annual expenditure, with the faellity am in e th as e l ' h' l 'l; l it l , wi th ll , % fund to fly to in case of necessity, th e S Iti ' alt o 'h ino i , .."'' Palpable advantage, however, that he gets lute- Z, ql t uot •oY, und in case of death his family receive more than ttah,lll,2, hulaphlsisavings. In ordinary Life Offices be can do no tb t -„,' to D a „ , s ' Policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment 0 :'Y i n f''' ' l '3 current pren lums, and, instead of having any 'or e itty, ~,°,,r a ij, all his hat d-earned savings become forfeited to iiatNriaol°ll.4urlat','ells misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his 2bib,,,tr:Y:tor°-ass ;, i n u t r , t eg ra n i . e to be overlooked AllNdl„,'-' ,assurance is ihe ta o b illy system s triking o c`,,..,l4.c,.!kapa.l!t.ognised and adopted when the principles are irnpar assurance which can be E T . 144 ere at :e r n, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. It t' ll ,, 0 1 ,"t in Co ees than a bank because it allows a fair rate -.% oc l e t he c e Of withdrawal, and gives twice the amountinth n e ki) vi t atil l , A tiiri, P , a o n m y b t w o in th g e th r e epresentati ves of the Depos i to r 1 k 11 1 t "ES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF lit4 B t of ASSURANCE COMPANY. .40 4 1 ,t mill renir ent assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT .At- . 4,,,, e strikin g . t T q th —, O F THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY 4 / °se wh o LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. t . 14' on e,,, e P.refer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to 'ittt:' 4 1 ail l 'n°wll principle thereof. t,,. d b, other ut the Worst stages of disease, and such as have been o,t fLlit to " ase. (i. --, oes, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti r 1 44 ,' fro th kn .1 1 • Der to ;"q• and he granted on every kind of security, ,li - o h tlitie ß ', 41, on the most equitable terms to the borrower `ja'raitifri'ltfeitur('evneDr description granted on very favourable terms. ,;_ark,t, % the Litteslicy case of inab s i e litr to e pay the current - M.e, ) ;_valo e, ori ors will eitner purcha h Policy at a fair i t h , ,r , %, otoi g ye a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte tt q k're b li g 1 o amount to the whole of the previous payments t t, si"Mlect Dr t ell Made. ti,th,tykto,„,osPectues it tables in further illustration of the De vil t o t i' ail a :Illy father Intern 'tten may be obtained on appli e Agents in the ou country, or' to CRA R.LES e W. ut BEVAN, Resident Secretary. . 44 4..... A..... --- '' .4.44s .Wiated in all parts of the World, ~- No. 19,011.] THE DODD FAMILY ABROAD. By CHARLES LEVeR, author of " Harry Lorrequt;r," "Charles O'MsUey,' &e. The Thirteenth number, for September. ispublished this day, price one shilling, with illustrati”ns by H. K. BROWNE. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly'. LATEST ACCOUNT OF THE CHINESE INSURRECTION. Now ready, In postEsvo , price 7s. 6d. cloth, with fac-siaaille of Chinese map and portrait, THE INSURRECTION IN CHINA. With Notices of the Christianity, Creed, and Proclamation; of the Insurgents. By Dr. YvAN and Si. CALLEar, and a ftpplemen tary Account of the most recent Events. Ed ted by JOHN OXENFORD. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Combill. Secn , d Edition, mice is., or free by post for 18 stamps. " THE DESTRUCTIVE ART of HEALING; or, FACT= for FAMILIES." By the Author ef " Fallacies of the Faculty." " ri. Dickson's principles are becoming more and moreaclinow 'edged, and hs practice as we have seen is adopted in the treatment of some most obs , itiate forms of disease by our best practitioners. In merica his doctrines at pear to have been received with so much approbation as to cause a college to be founded for their especial teaching and di ffusion."—M edical Circular. George Routiedge and Co , 5, Far:ingdon-street, and at all railway s+ atom. FIRE at the GUTTA PERCHA WORKS.— RESUIt PTION of RUSINESS..- The GUTTA PER HA COMPANY h,g to inform their customers and the public that they have RE, UM ED the Manufacture of .Tubing, Sheet, Soles. Round and Flat ilattds, Chamber Vessels, Galvanic Eatter;es, Electric Telegraph Wire, &c. sac. Num. roes fancy articles are also in pro gress.' Orders to be addressed, as previously, to the Outta Perch°. Company, Patentees, 18, Wharf-road, City-road, London. .HANWELL COLLEGE AND PREPARA TORY. SCHOOL. The Tertxt divides this day. " Hanwell College, conducted by Dr- ihnerton, is fully sustaining the high character it has acquired as a itillitary Institution. Nor is it me•ely in the military departmentethat the method of instruc tion has proved effic.aelow—we find that former pupils of Hartwell College have been either high wranglkrs ar first-elm men of our Universities during the present yeaV:"--United Service Gazette, diugu-t, 1853. Prospectus may be had on application to the Principal,- the Rev. Dr. Estaavox, Hairwell, 59iddlettex. yr Q.PORTING - SEASON, 1853. -F. JOYCE'S Ly • A NTI-CORROSIVE and TREBLY- W ATER-,PROOFED PERCUSSION Can; for i;eneral Shooting, and very Wet Weather, may be had as usuit of most Guumakers in Town and Country. Sportsmen de sirous of obtaining ,Caps that can bs folly delmided on, and free from those corrosive qualities so injurious to the Gun, are requeste I to observe 'be namd and address Of " F. Joyce, Original Inventor and Sole: Manufactm e-," on elicit-scaled package, without which they are rot genuine. • This precaution is rendered necessary, by some unprincipled ind'viluals having Imitated the labels and wrap pers. Joyce's Improved Wire Cat trict"; es and Chernically-prepitred Wadd:ngs of a super:or description—goods manufactured •o suit .11 climates.--Whole;ale Warehouse, 57, Upper Thames-street, Lon,;on. A LLSOPP'B PALE ALE. The WARM 1314 W EATHE.ll.—Theirecogniscd beverafre in Ind'it for persons of both sexes, is A LLSOPI",I PALE ALE, where fts l raltbful v and invigorating effee:s ave been -long recognised, and stippled in the finest condition. Bottles , Bs. pet dozen•quaris ; pints, 594 half-pints, 3s. —lmnarial me sure only (by .which the public gapi" one-third),_ and kilderkins, 18 gallons (f.>r draught), 30s. HARRINGTON PARKER, Pall-Mall. SUMMER, —,Ladies will find the application of ROWLANDS' KALTDOR gratefully refreshing in presery rig the delicacy and beauty the complexion from the banefuldufluence of the sun and dust, dispelling the amid of iggtlor at d allaying all heat and irritability, and innnedlately affording the .pleas'ng sensation attending restored elasticity add healthful state of the skin: composed of chotee exotics of balsamic nature, t erly free from all mineral admixture, and pleax ing and delightful in its effects, Rowlands' Kaly dor tends to neutralise the effects of the atmospkere upon the Skin, and to pit:mote the healthy action of the minute secretory vessels, by which lt!t .general well being, and the beauty of Its appeararce, are ioAssentially.proinoted. Freckles; Tani Spots, Pimples Flue 'es, and DisColeirations fly before Its app leafier:, and give place to delicate clearness with the-glow of beauty and of bloom. In c ses of Sunburn, or Stings of Insects, its virtues have long been acknowledged.—Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. CAUTION.—The words " Rowlands' Kalydor " are on the wrapper of each bottle. . , Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London; and by all Chemists and Perfumers. • - NEW FEATURES IN A WELL-KNOWN BUSINESS. in every department of business by E. MOSES and SON are conspi cuous to every one. In this age of progress and improvemen% the intrepid steps taken The Attire E. Moses and Son have ready for pubic inpection comprises a variety o new dresses suitable for the seasem and adapt ed to the requirements of all classes. Sporting Dress made by E. Moses and Son, and the same lit their gigantic Ready-made Department, excels all previous productions ; en entire , y New Plan of Cu:ting and Making Sporting Attire secures Ease, Elegance, and Durability in every garment, and the prices charged are considerably lower than at any other house. E. Moses and Son's New s tyle of Paletots and Waterproof Over coats we eagetly sought by Excursionists, as the only Goods suitable for Travelling, Frornenacie, or Business. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, &c., for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children, offered by E. Moses and Son, are resplendent specimens of Quality, Beauty, and Utility, and are charged very considerably lower prices than at any other Establishment. Inc: Largest, Best, and Cheapest Stock of Boots and Shoes in the world is at the Estabdshment of E. Moses and Son.. E. Moses and Son's Wholesale Department offers advantages to Merchants, Captains, Emigrants, and all buyers of profitable stock, inch as cannot be obtained elsewhere. All classes of Emigrants Outfitted by E. Moses and Son in the or et suitable inalirteroat ryji aFlees. Full lips of Outfits for Lalitsatn3Oe, letnenovlllr okft* --7- 1 N:Rntott, may be bad on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. WANTED, several first-rate assistants in the ready-made and bespoke departments—two to take the place of shop walkers. Apply by letter, stating last situation. CAUTION.—E. bIOSEF, and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their 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 ANY OTHER. HOUSE IN OE OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street: Sheffield Rranch, 36, Vargate. Colonial Branch, Melbou ne, Australia. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it willbe exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lo west price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed 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 of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. let l'on perle Francata. Hier st richt man Deu Qui si parla Italian. Aqua so habla Espanol MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIE* OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matricolated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Ap othecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. VW AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on IV A the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro lured more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class or 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 it existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervons Debility, various iorms 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 consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree 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 thii department of practice, he has been amply res 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 tin Two, and 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'.METIT should first obtain a copy of his work on LF 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 Germ rice 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or an, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any addres' from the Author's resi dence. t-a. BEDFORD-8411ARE. LONDON. TAKE NOTICE 1 MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE CONSULTED AS USUAL, AT ID, BERNERS-STREET,OXFORD-STILEET, LONDON, ON THE SECRET CAUSES OP SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. TUE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE, Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. Gd., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 60. in stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of Infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO.. Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street t , Oxford street, London. P ublished by i,herwood and Co., 23, Paernoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gor e on, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. ART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive crg P ans, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devote' 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 e Atm OF STRIACIIM is exclusively employed in tree ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., Ils and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence , an anti-s3'Philitie remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purify iig Specific Pills, 2s. 90., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, aka, stricture, and chronic inflanunation 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 bad at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 11, in saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeon., are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon ' don, from Eleven TT°, and rive to Eight; on Sunday from Seven to One. -4-. `..., . ~, , , 4 ,, , ,.....:,-- , -, -, , ,:f.,' (_ ,Ci. ili 6 ' l ‘ . \ f' ' 7 , *, • ~,,,,j1 ~, , • .. , .:4 . ~. .:'./ -V. , ~ .sku -,_ J • el, j i i 0 .% ___, 4 5„...„;,i‘ • . .. s t t.l , V .,... r , „„ ~, , tir---, ..• ~,,44,...,r a N '''^-, ' ' %i. , .s, .., A ,c --- ri- -4,- .. .1A .'-N.( ' . , . '''.l,t , ! , , , 'kr . • \ l.,__ -,- . 7 ' , ....1 . , , . —. Lk . 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LAURENT, Onslow-housP, Fulham•road).— . is EVENING, MONDAY, the above Rooms will RE-OPEN nor the se son, and continue open every evening, with LAIIRENI",i ELE BR ATE D BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing: to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter. 'dilate at hall-past 11. THE FRENCH NAVY. PART VI. THE COMPOSITION OF THE FLEET. 1,1 R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC , i very Evening except Saturday, at S o'clock. Morning Performance, Tutsday and Saturday, at 3 o'clock. stalls, 38.; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. The present Entertainnunkt will CLOSE FOR TOE SEASON on SATORDAY, SeptClnlYer 16.•'-=Egyptiall Hall, Pic cadilly. , (Continued from The Sun of Aug. 25.) We cannot dismiss this important subject with out some more extended notice of the state and prospects of our fleet compared with that of France, having in mind the general views of the Commis sion, as well as its opinion in regard to the " com position of the fleet," which are now in the course of being actively carried into effect. Every dispassionate mind must see that we must be always prepared to send forth naval forces supe rior in amount to these of any assailant, and at least as quickly. This truth is nowhere more con clusively shown than in the recommendations of the French Commission, which are, in fact, based upon the assumption that we are overburdened with our vast commerce and. colonies, which render vulnerable in every quarter of the globe. Granting that our forces are superior in amount, members and witnesses with one voice declare that they must be dispersed over every sea, while those of France, free from such demands upon their ser vices, will be more than sufficient to inflict upon us serious and lasting injury. Neither must we conceal the opinion expressed by many of these gentlemen best qualified to form a just estimate of our position, that,-from the absence of all OFganised means of raising men, England could nit' in the hour of emergency raise a force even equal)* that of France. The principle characteristic , of our, penis, too numerous - fleet is the want of all intelligibreMckent - -)mposition:z "A ( - Wide(' -dctieiency oastAAA : l some of the most important description of shipi;t l and there is no unity of character and qualities in the ships of the same class, while each class in cludes a great many vessels far inferior in force to those which bear the same denominations in fo reign navies—vessels which either ought never to have been built, or long ago sold out of the service. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, consisting of more than 700 McdblA IS NOW OPEN, 'at tine Portland Gallery, Regent-street, opposite ;he Polytechnic, every day except Friday, from 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10, for gentlemen only ; on Fridays, howbver, the Morning ExhiSltion for gentlemen will close at 2 o'clock, when Ladles only will be admitted. until 5 o'clock, Explanations for gentlemen by Dr. Leach, and for ladies by Mrs. Leach. Admission—One OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 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'As the list of the French fleet has been omitted from the recent numbers of the A nnuaire de la Marine, we are obliged to take its amount in 1851, as given in the reports of the Commission. Ac cording to M. Coll, the number of ships building and aflout in that year was 566, while M. Darn states it to be 392 ' • this discrepancy is explained by a note, showing that M. Collas reckoned only those ships buildino• the construction of which was advanced to a certain point. According to our /Vary List for July last, the total number of ships on the effective list was 487. This includes not only every ship from the moment the keel is laid, but a considerable number of re ceiving ships, store ships, surveying ships, and iron vessels, wholly incapable of service as vessels of NICOLL'S AUTUMNAL PATTERNS are .NOW READY. EXCELLENCE and ECONOMY Colll' as illustrated by the well known Patent I'ALE COT, at Two Guineas. 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Prepared only by the proprietors, Henry and Co., with out whose sign intro across the Government stamp none IS genuine To be obtiined through' Barclay, Sutton, Singer. &c.; :or any re spectable inedici -e vendor. in bottlers at is. 110., 2s. Ocl,. and 4s. 6d each. Wholesale depot, Bohemia-place, Hackney. thought contend h, rotl pshi eoze war. The number of ships of the line, building and afloat, was 91 • while, according to M. Darn, France had but 2 50. France has, however, no ships of this class under 80 guns; and while 65 of our ships are of this, or larger classes, we have no less than 26 smaller, many of them of the old class, several hundred tons less than modern frigates. These vessels, having neither the speed of frigates nor the force of ships of the line of the present day, may be considered as of little service for general purposes. . . The nation that would maintain a maritime pre ponderancefuifi e et ofships must o b f be the a lw l a i y n s e , prepared an d,tho ugwithh it a p w o a w s e a r . t one time supposed that steam would cast aside these " oak leviathans," the wonderful and unex pected results that have attended the application of the screw to great ships have united speed and force, and immensely added to their power and importance. This discovery, however, has ren dered it necessary to furnish all ships of the line with this invaluable agent, and England has far superior means of fulfilling this object than any other Power. We have 12 ships of the line afloat already furnished with screw propellers, including four of the smallest size, intended for coast defence, and mounting only 60 guns. Eleven more are building, and will be ready in the course of from one to two years, and there is no reason to doubt that our force_ in these Vessels will be fully equal to any, contingency. *The proceedings of the Commission, however, show that the idea of contending for the flit place + .•.g maritimeXowep with ships of the ine has eon abimitriretcl-br F4ace .4Q=.6tv ow- af 4 4 - 4 roads with her armies on an enemy's-cogs ,aO/30,„it unexpected onslaughts on commerce and potseiiions in distant seas. Her reduced force in ships of the line arises, therefore, from the change of tactics, and her position being not one of defence she would be enabled to choose her weapons, as well as the place of attack. Our excess of line-of-battle ships cannot do the work of light flotilla in defence of our coasts, nor are they suitable for the protection of our commerce in distant regions. The history of our past measures with respect to frigates is worthy of a glance. In the American war we pitted our ships of 1,000 tons against the large American frigates of 1,500 tons, the disparity in the number of men and in weight of metal being in similar proportions ; in other words, our oppo nents' ships were just half as large again as our own. They were, moreover, to a large extent manned with British seamen. The result was not surprising, and we owed these reverses not to our officers and men, who did their duty nobly, but to 1 the Admiralty, which, having neglected to provide ewsio:nifeagainst impossible seei painfulbr lecepersistedaboverwhelmingtfuoaaucntdsdidisregard nfbggo rerafSodo2ru-oeg o a usdllyuundyescsh.e frigates , svaaenlnlidt lesson, swns building whilenu would d but,abue a proper class of ships, sent out small vessels to w t t other o h i e t t l i frigates of the same, and even smaller classe rusim s eiasi t d h iiiinn a a U gg that to which we owed our reverses. Down to a very recent period, while our harbours swarmed with these vessels, we did not possess a dozen 50-gun frigates. Then we built three or four ships of 36 and 40 guns, something larger in tonnage than the old class ; and it is only quite recently that we have begun to provide ourselves with any thing like an adequate number of powerful frigates of a force equal to those of other nations. It also deserves notice that several years have now elapsed since the Prince de Joinville published his pamphlet, showing how England was to be " struck to the heart" by divisions of powerful fri gfraotmes'evievryhicsheas.holunldlBB4w6eeap away our commerce part of the of 93 millions was applied to build a number vote of these first-class frigates, besides the steam-vessels ; the money, in short, was devoted to create the very force proposed in the pamphlet, all the opinions of which we have seen are re-echoed and confirmed by the Commission. Still, in the year 1853, we have only 41 50-gun frigates building and afloat, while in 1851 France had 45, of which those build ing were then nearly completed. On the other hand, we have no less than 70 vessels of various inferior sizes, many of which are scarcely equal to the French corvettes, though we persist in calling • OREWS'S-•011LORIDE OF ZINC, N.../ the best and Cheapest Disinfecting Fluld for the purification of Ship's Holds, Cesspools, Drain?, W ater-closets, ; the Di,in fection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen; and for the Prevention of Contagion. . Chloride of Zinc, as the best Disinfecting and pur!fying, agent, is now, established beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harmless in its application and innoxious in itself. The high price ot which it has hitherto been sold' has prevented its general use; to obviate this obstacle to its universal application as a disinfecting and purifying agent, the present manufacturer, who was many years with Sir W. Burnett's Company, has arranged -to supply the public with colleen tratod Chloride of Zinc in its greatest purity and at the lowest price. It is sol by all chexists and Shippin% Agents in the United King dom, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. each, and in larger vessels at es. per gallon., Each Bottle will be accompanied with instructions fOr its dilution and Use.. Conee . trated Chloride of Zino in use may 136 diluted with 200 times its quantity of water. Orders executed by the Sole Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bash•lane, Cannon-street. Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial .Wharf, Mile End, London. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Shrewsbury—Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., in the chair. The report was agreed to. A dividend of 31 per cent. was declared ; the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected ; 1898 shares were forfeited, and the secretary's salary was augmented from 300/. to 400/. a-year. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this undertaking was held yesterday, in the Do Grey Rooms, York, Mr. J. Pulleine, the chairman of the company, presiding. The report, which has already been published, was unanimously carried, as was also a resolution for a divided of 3 per cent., payable on the 7th of September next. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution, empowering the directors to apply to Parliament in the next session for leave for the amalgamation of this company with the York and North Midland and Leeds Northern. This resolution was also carried nem. con., and also a further one, authorising the directors to raise the sum undertaken to be subscribed by this company towards the construction of the Thirsk and Malton Railway. In the next place, the CHAIRMAN proposed a motion, sanctioning the construction of the Jarrow Docks, as recommended in the directors' report. A long discussion ensued upon this subject, in the course of which Mr. JOHNSON (a shareholder) moved an amendment— " That it was expedient to delay the construction of these docks for one year, in order to see what would be the effect of the extension about to be made in the Sun derland Docks." On the question being put, the amendment was nega tived and the original motion carried. NEWRY, WARRENPORT, AND ROSTREVOR. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholder: was held here yesterday, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, Liverpool ; Francis Shand, Esq., chairman of the directors, presiding. The attendance was small, the chief business being the reading of the report, which after a few observations from some of the shareholders was agreed to. It stated that, " The whole of the for feited shares having been sold, the debt of the company has been reduced from that source by the sum of 7,7001.; but, much to the surprise of the directors, Sir William Cubitt, the arbitrator between the company and the Newry Navigation, had, by his award of 1,850/. against, this company, added so much to the outstanding obli gations. The terms proposed by the Newry and En niskillen Company for effecting a junction were such that the directors could not comply with them. The directors had not yet succeeded in procuring the whole of the money necessary to renew the debentures at 44 per cent., at which they are willing to borrow. The traffic on the line continued to increase, confirming the confident expectation of the directors that when, at the expiration of Mr. Dargan's lease, the line again comes into the possession of the company, a much larger re turn might be anticipated." them frigates. It may be said, that ships of the line might be employed in the duties of frigates, of which class we obviously require a very large superiority of number over any assailant ; to say nothing of the expense, such a waste of our r e sources i n men, at the hour of need, would be the stron g est p oss ible con_ demnation of the obstinacy a nd wan t of f oresight which could alone have occasioned suc h a necessity. Still, this would be a bette r course than to insure defeat and loss of prestige by o pp osin g p o werful 50-gun frigates with vesse ls of half their size, also under the name of frigates. If we have neglected to pro vide a sufficie nt num ber of powerful sailing fri g ates, we have no w the m scr e e a w ns before oproviding neighbours, force andthese so o shif obtainingPs with th e the superiority in num ber re q uired for the s ecurity of our commercial and colonial interests. The frigates now building are admirable models, of sufficient force, and will all have screw propellers. The Imperieuse is, perhaps, the most perfect ship we have ever built, and promises well for her sisters on the stocks. It is to be hoped that n o time will be lost in increasing their number. A considerable number of highly efficient vessels have also been built with screws, but many are rather worthy to be called corvettes than frigates. The screw vessels building and afloat of all sizes amount altogether to 70 in number. We have a confused mass of some 70 small vessels, sloops-of-' war, and brigs of all sorts and sizes, many of them beautiful models, but by no means well adapted to war. These vessels will probably soon disappear from the Navy List, and must be replaced by an effective class of corvettes, fitted with screws, and answering in size to the corvettes of France and the sloops-of-war of the United States. At present, we have no class of vessels of a similar description. We have 115 paddle-wheel steamers, while France had, in 1851, 107. The French Commission ill un doubtedly right in its opinion that the larger classes of those vessels have been superseded as ships-of war by the introduction of the screw. As the re port states, they are only fit for transports, but in this character they are of great importance to France, as a means of transporting her armies, and bringing them suddenly to bear on remote and unprepared quarters. To us they will be a mere dead weight, since we have no ambitious schemes, and maintain a military force barely equal to the defence of the country. The smaller vessels will be useful for the coast defence, but the number is insufficient, and they are by no means particularly well suited to that important service. A certain proportion of the swiftest vessels must be built by the State ; but, as we have before suggested, the great mass of the vessels required for the defence of our coasts may be provided by measures under an act of Parlia ment for fitting merchant steamers to receive armaments, and enabling the Admiralty to take them into public service as hired vessels in case of war—an event that would put a considerable check on their ordinary employment. If this course were adopted, every vessel, when built, should be aeon ratel a and completely fitted to receive a certain armament, and the armaments of a sufficient num ber, should be at all times kept in perfect readi ness to be shipped at a day's notice. This sug gestion is one of the many hints of which we may avail ourselves, to be found in the proceedings of the French Commission. As France has resolved to apply screw propellers to all her larger vessels, no doubt can exist as to the wisdom and necessity of adopting the same course, and the process seems with us to be in active operation. The best proportion of horse power to the tonnage does not, however, seem to be yet quite satisfactmily ascertained, though it is certain we cannot safely allow ourselves to be sur passed in speed. If France build ships that steam . : 41 ,0r ,dabu i ta t ws must do the ,same_ ; ships SpAKl:M7Tiiiiots would be useless against them. Still it may- be doubted whether wood and iron can sustain the continuous shock . of a force which, acting on the least buoyant extremity of the fabric, is capable of driving a vessel of 3,000 or 4,000 tons' burden it the rate of 14 (land) milesan hour. A sparing exercise of this power will at least be prudent, and it will probably., be found necessary to employ it only on nnportant \ ocoasions. INS URA NOE ASSOCIATIONS rp... SD. exception to that rule. This exceptional treatment has been jastified and supported, on the ground that the ob ligation undertaken by such associations have reference to a very remote and uncertain period ; that the object which persons have in view in effecting insur ances upon their lives is generally of an important and solemn character—viz., the provision for widows and orphans after the death of their natural protectors; that, unlike any ordinary transaction of trade, a contract once entered into cannot be discharged or abandoned if doubts of the stability of an office should arise, without a great sacrifice of premiums paid in past years, and the neces sity of effecting new policies in other offices at increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age of the as sured ; and that in the present state of uncertainty which arises from the imperfect knowledge as to the real con dition of insurance offices, persons are thus placed in the anxious and unhappy dilemma of being compelled to per severe in ps.ying premiums from year to year, with some suspicion a,rtcl doubt as to the ultimate advantage of doing so, or of incurring the serious loss which, under the most favourable circumstances, must attend the abandonment or sale of a policy. On these considerations, as a special case, it has ihtten contended by different witnesses of great experience, that interference on the part of the Govern ment is not only justifiable, but a matter of high duty, for the protection and information of the public. "9. On the other hand, it has been contended with equal ability, that insurance business forms no exception to ordinary trade in these respects ; that the acts which have already been passed with a view of controlling the operations of insurance societies have been rather hurtful than beneficial for the very objects they had in view ; that an apps.rent compliance with the provisions of an act of Parliament an d a cert ifi cate of complete registra tion, while they have prov e d ent i re l y ineffectual for their professed o'bjects, and no real security to the public, have afforded facilities, under the sanction of Parlia mentary authority, embodied in regulations administered by a public department, for the. f ° ormati tnes - an — Ethe perPT.Fiffsi — Cof frailas . Which could not Ot&lwrsg have been acconiplished. And it has been further con tended that it is impossible to make such regulations, consistent with the free development of p r i va t e enterpr i s e , which, so far as tile public is concerned, will prove more prejudicial by lulling private prudence and vigilance than beneficial in respect to any increased security which they can' confer. 10. illuch difference of opinion has been expressed by the different witnesses favourable to the former of the two princ:intee4luded to, as to the extent to which Go vernment interfere:ice should take place ; seine have contended,: not only for an enactment which should more .strictly regulate the, circumstances under which insur- . ance companies can be formed, but also for the appGint- meat of Government actuaiLs, under a department of the State, who should have a direct supervision of the The select committee appointed to take into considers, tioa the subject of Insurance Associations, and who were. empowered to report their observations and the minutes of evidence taken before them to the House, have considered the matters to them referred, and have agreed to the following report : "1. Your committee have considered the subject re ferred to them, and have examined the Registrar and Assistant-Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies ; the Registrar of Friendly Societies ; Mr. Finlaison, the late actuary to the Commissioners of the National Debt; Dr. Farr, at the head of the statistical department of the Registrar-General's office; and many of the most eminent actuaries connected with insurance offices of every class. "2. So far as regards the Joint-Stock Companies Act of 1844, your committee have confined their inquiry chiefly to that portion of it which affects insurance com panies, and more particularly the business of life insur ances. From the evidence of the Registrar and Assistant Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies, it appears that the law, its it now stands, is extremely defective, and that the provisions of the act of 1844 are very imperfectly carried out ; many of which they have no power to en force if not complied with. " 3. With regard to provisional registration, it sap-: pears that the law, as it now stands, does not afford the security which was contemplated by the act of 1844 ; inasmuch as the representations made by the prospec tuses and advertisements issued by new companies often vary very materially from the objects for which they have been provisionally registered ; and there appears to be no means at present to prevent deception and misrepresentation being practised on the public in this way. Nor are the regulations required in order to ob tain complete registration more perfect for that pur pose. It is required by the law that the deed of set tlement should be signed by shareholders equal to one fourth in number and representing one-fourth of the proposed capital of such companies ; but it appears, from the evidence of Mr. Whitinarsh, that this provision has been extensively abused by means of false and fraudu lent signatures, and has thus proved to be a very insuf ficient security for the objects contemplated. It appears, also, that it has been frequently evaded by companies commencing business with a very small capital, and, immediately upon obtaining complete registration, greatly increasing its amount, which they are enableoe do without further recourse to the-office of the regis trar. f Theseubservations, however, apply to joint-stock ccu tir" . Art 34i * gs.ocIt ' ; coin - tered, one of the chief securities contemplated bytheaei of 1844 for the safety of the public is the duty imposed upon them to return annual balance-sheets representing the state of their affairs to the registrar's office, where they are open to public inspection. But from the fact that that act prescribed no form, and furnished the registrar with no power to enforce a compliance with the spirit, or even with the letter, of the law, it appears that this provision has been very imperfectly complied with in many cases, and in others altogether neglected ; it cannot be said that it has afforded, in a majority of cases, either the information or the security which was intended. Much doubt, indeed, has been expressed by some witnesses whether the publication of accounts in their present form has not rather tended to mislead than to inform the public, in which view your committee are inclined to acquiesce. And if the system of publishing accounts is in future to be persevered in, your committee express a decided opinion that the law must define more clearly what it requires, and that a greater power should be given to enforce whatever provisions are thought ne cessary for the purpose. " 5. There is one subject which has formed so pro minent a feature during your committee's inquiry, and which has partly arisen from the act of 1844, that they cannot pass it over without some remark—viz., the dif ferences of opinions and views entertained by the two great classes of offices, the one including those esta blished since the passing of the act of 1844 and com pletely registered under that act, and the other those established prior to that date, and not so registered. Your committee have arrived at the conclusion that in many ways that distinction has operated prejudicially, and that it would be eminently to the advantage of the offices themselves, as well as to the public at large, if all insurance companies could be brought under one law, leaving each company to recommend itself to the public upon its own merits. " 6. With regard to the general condition of existing companies, so far as any evidence has been laid before your committee, they feel it their duty to report that it is more satisfactory than they had been led to believe before they entered upon , their inquiry. No doubt, in stances of great abuses and flagrant frauds have been discloSed by the witnesses examined, but in general these consisted of an open violation of all law, more akin to swindling than to regul ar t ra d e , an d suc h as it would be difficult for any Legislature to prevent, so long as private persons exercise so little precaution in the conduct of their own affairs. But while the com mittee are enabled to speak in these satisfactory terms of existing offices, so far as the evidence has gone, their attention has been called to the great facilities which exist under the present state of the law, for insurance companies, in common with others, being brought into existence with no reasonable prospect of, or guarantee for success, and not unfrequently without any bona fide intention of transacting business. It appears by a re turn made to your committee from the office of the re gistrar, that since the passing of the act in 1844, no fewer than 311 insurances companies of various kinds have been provisionally registered, of which only 140 were completely registered, and of which only 96 con tinue to exist at this time. And while your committee have reason to believe that some of the companies which have ceased to exist during that period have been ab sorbed in other companies by whom their business has been taken over, yet at the same time they have no doubt that considerable traffic has been carried on in the mere creation of companies which never had any real prospect of a bona fide existence. "7. So far, then, as regards the present state of the law, as established by the act of 1844, it appears to be a very general, if not a universal opinion, that it requires some amendment, and in which your committee fully concur. They are deeply impressed with the opinion that, as the law now stands, it does either too much or too little ; too much, inasmuch as any legisla tive enactments professing to protect the public in such matters have a certain tendency to weaken and impair that individual vigilance which would be mere surely exercised if no such attempt was made ; and too little, inasmuch as the securities with the law provides are ill calculated to effect the object at which they aim. On the part of all the witnesses exa mined, your committee found a laudable desire prove the existing state of the law, differing, .no doubt widely, in their views as to the best mode of accom plishing that object. On the part of the old offices of extensive business, the witnesses who more particularly represented them, expressed their desire to be placed under one general rule, to make such annual returns, and to afford such other tests as could be given without an undue interference with their business for the purpose of securing one safe and uniform system, by which a rea sonable security may be afforded for the respectability and solvency of insurance companies. " 8. In approaching the question of what alterations in the present state of the law your committee are pre pared to recommend, they feel that it is one which is surrounded by great difficulties. The two distinct prin ciples in respect to subjects of this nature—viz., that of interference by the Government for the protection of the public, and that of no interference whatever, have been very fully and ably discussed by the witnesses examined by your committee. On the one hand, even admitting the general wisdom of the principle of non-interference on 111:: part of the Government in matters of trade it has been contended that the question of life insurance differs so materially in its general character from ordinary trad ing transactions that it may fairly be considered as an proceedings of all insurance companies, while the gene rality of witnesses favourable to some regulations have confined themselves to much narrower limits, and have contended only for such precautions as should test the bona fides o f new companies, and as should from time to time afford a fair amount of information with respect to the condition of such companies, relying upon the good faith of directors and actuaries for the accuracy of the informatioi 1 furnished. " 11. In venturing to express the views which your committee.' have been led to entertain as to the course which Parliament should pursue in future in regard to the subject. of life assurances, they will divide their re marks into!five heads :-- " 1. As to the mode in which it is desirable to deal with the present Joint-Stock Companies Act, so far as relates to insurance companies. "2. As to' the registrar's office, duties, and powers. "3. As to the registration of existing offices. "4. As to precautions which it seems desirable to take in order to test the bona fides of new associations, and to entitle them to complete registration. " 5 As to the securities which can be afforded to th e public . by the publication of periodical accounts. " 12. Your committee will now proceed to remark on each of these points separately. "Ist. Your committee are of opinion that the busi ness of assurance companies differs•so much from ordi nary business that it will be advisable to repeal all the provisions of the Joint-Stock Companies Act, so far as they relate to insurance societies, and to deal with them in a separate act. «2d. Your committee have already adverted to the in sufficient power which the existing act confers upon the' registrar of joint-stock companies to give_ effect to the provisions of the law. Your committee areof opinion that whatever duties may be intrusted to that officer under any act to be passed, it is essential that adequate powers nhould be provided to enable him,yither by him- self or through one of the departments of the State, to enforce any regulations that Parliament may think it wise to enact. Experience has proved that without such powers, regulations become a dead letter, and are only calculated to mislead by the apttarent banction which they give to' proceedings not in reality' controlled by them. _, " 3d. Your committee, ima, former part o hikreport, v haat0.at114.454,,,,15t ,the pA ciikwmiionee . - tyh_ - itl arisen, lepa 'from the :fact - Wit a portion of the exist g a..u . 'rance' offices are ,completety registered under the act of 1844, and a portion not so registered. The effect of this dis tinction has been to lead to controversies between the ' old offices' (established prior to 1844), and the `new offices' (e.atablished since the passing of the act of that year); which have been prejudicial to the interests of the public. Your committee are therefore of opinion that it would be highly advantageous to all parties if all companies, both those existing and those that may in future be formed, could be placed under one general sys tem of registration. In accomplishing this, your com mittee wouAl recommend that the requirements for re gistration, as regards existing companies, should be as simple as possible, but that whatever periodical returns may be deemed necessary should be the same as regards all companies whatever. " With regard to mutual insurance companies, where the claims of the insured are confined to the funds of the society and where no personal liability attaches, your committee are of opinion that the requirement of the law, that the members of such societies should be registered, is of no real utility to the public or the as sured, while it is both expensive and troublesome ; and that all the objects of the law would be answered by a registration of the directors and other officers of such societies.. " 4th. Your committee feel that, perhaps, the most important part of their inquiry is that which refers to the precautions which should be hereafter adopted with regard to the formation of new companies. On the one hand, your committee feel that the ground hitherto cccu pled by these useful institutions has been comparatively limited, and that their application is capable of a great extension, not only in the higher and middle classes of society, but also among the humbler classes, to whom it has recently been very considerably ap plied ; and that it is, therefore, very important that no check or impediment should be placed in the way of the further extension of this enterprise, not absolutely needful for the security of the public. On the other hand, the committee are of opinion that, in the interest of the companies themselves, as well as in that of the public, it is desirable to interpose such checks as will give a reasonable guarantee as to the bona fide intentions of the promoters of such companies. To this extent only the committee are of opinion that any interference at this stage is desirable. With this view, in addition to such regulations as may be considered needful for the purposes of registration, the committee are of opinion that no new company should be admitted to complete registration until a capital shall have been subscribed, and actually paid up, of at least 10,0001., and which shall be invested in the public funds, under such regulations as Parliament may deem fit to enact ; to be considered in the double light of a test of bona fide intentions on the part of the promoters, and of a security for the liabilities of the com pany at its early stage of existence. " sth. No part of the subject submitted to your com mittee has received more attention than that of the pub lication of periodical accounts. Hitherto those accounts, as published, have been of a most unsatisfactory charac ter. Your committee have carefully considered whether it would be practicable to prescribe such a form of account as would accomplish the objects of the Legisla ture ; but, after the most careful consideration, they are led to the conclusion that no fixed form could be made applicable to all cases, which would not be exposed to much evasion, or which would practically afford any real security. ,‘ Your committee, therefore, would recommend that it shall be imperative upon each company to make a complete investigation into its affairs at least once in five years, as is usually prescribed by their deeds of set tlement, and at such times so prescribed, which shall show a complete valuation of their risks and liabilities and of their assets to meet the same ; and that all such valuation accounts, which may be made for the informa tion and use of their proprietors, shareholders, or mem bers, shall be registered in the office of the registrar ; and that in each intermediate year, between such peri odical balance sheets or valuations, there shall also be registered a statement containing authenticated infor mation on the following particulars : "The amount of receipts during the year for pre miums on policies. "The amount of expenses during the year. "The number and amount of new p9licies . issued. "The total number and amount Of liabilities on all current policies. " The total amount of premiums receivable on the same. " The whole amount of capital, distinguishing the manner in which invested. " How much in cash. " How much in Government securities. " How much in mortgage upon real estate. " How much in other securities, specifying- their nature. " The average rate of interest received upon each class of investments. 'The amount of such investment, if any, on which the payment of interest is in arrears. "The table of mortality, and the rate of interest used in calculating the premiums. "13. The evidence which your c3mmittee has ob tained leads them to believe that some such general statement would be of much greater utility in enabling the public to come to a correct judgment as to the con dition of an office than any form of account that could .be adopted. In addition to the above, in the case of ~ /A/47,,ZYif7":„ d e - , Ipr prietary companies, the amount of s cribegvital ;--.., 1V. ~ , should be stated, and also the amount ctually 'd up, , .._ . . - Ar-5,..N ~ 1 .- .. e /. - ...:_.-. -‘ • , .. ? , 00 ; , , how invested. ' - '4 - .---...• ....,1 ,-.,. - ie w e„ "14. It has been brought to the attention of your .1.:4" . ;-:,f/. *o', .4. -. I' t mittee that the business of assurance o ffi ces is be -4 1.1.-; - -tt >r ,-.. 1 1 ,8 • -.. coming every year of a more varied character. -,.., ~--• -1---,,,, , , 7,,-) ,-.; , " 15. This your committee regard as the necemaai re- J -,..,:, ( W suit of the advancement of the science on which 4 itiii . c Kl.;;-1., -. based ; but there is a class of business which some offices - oitiß• 4 , have undertaken—viz. that of receiving deposits of money at interest, which appears to your committee totally inconsistent with the business of life insurance. " 16. Your committee will conclude their report by calling attention to a part of the evidence which advo cates the formation of an incorporated society of actua ries, with a view to the advancement of that important science, and also with a view to issue diplomas or certi ficates to persons qualified to practise as actuaries. If any effort should be made to induce Parliament to grant such an incorporation, the committee are of opinion that it will be worthy of consideration, but that further in vestigation would be needful before such measures should be adopted, as considerable difference of opinion prevails on the subject among actuaries themselves. "August 16." FIRE AT THE ORATORY IN KING WILLIAM STREET. . . r a~ 'r' ~ c ; ~.;' At an adjourned petty sessions held yesterday at the vestry-house of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the -Fields, an investigation took place in reference to a fire that occurred on Friday, the 19th inst., at No. 27, King William-street, Strand, better known as St. Phillip's Oratory. The inquiry arose out of the demand made by the firemen for the usual rewards under the Metro politan Act ; but the ultimate object, as it appeared from a circular addressed to the parishioners generally, by Mr. Bowes, one of the overseers, and who lives next door to the Oratory, was to ascertain whether there was any foundation for a rumour prevailing in the neigh bourhood that the fire had been wilfully occasioned, and to petition Parliament for an act making it imperative on the coroner to hold inquests in all cases of fire. From the testimony of the enginemen and turncock who were called to extinguish the fire, it appeared that it broke out at half-past eleven at night, and that it was confined to a narrow space about one inch and a half wide, between an unused front door and the wains coating nailed behind to conceal the doorway on th inside. The fire was extinguished in less than half an hour and beyond charring the wood work did little or is.es•eetity ss .m,44sper,s,b,partlysbarrt, l ess found between :he door and the partition, and them. 'wing a hole , cut in the door fora letter-box, which had formerly been fixed to it, it was suggested by • one of the firemen, and the opinion seemed to `be shared in by the priests who reside in the house (one of whom was present at the inquiry), that the fire was caused by, some person outside dropping the lighted paper into the hollow space by means of this hole ; while Mr. Bowes thought th paper, or the fire that ignited it, must have been placed there from the inside, which, as the space was open at the top under the fan-light, it was possible to do. A great deal of evidence was gone into, with the view to establish one or other of these hypotheses, the weight of it being decidedly in favour of the first ; but the case was stopped by the presiding magistrate, who ruled that their only duty was to ascertain whether the fire bad taken place or not; this having been proved be.:. yond a doubt, the 'firemen were entitled to the reware In repl p y c t iti o yec ti ic q ule u pr e ko s n t s i at o oi n d claimed- In °X: r'SVg qti inquest t in coroneran case of fire. Mr. Bowes had been i n f orm e d that if he called upon -'f the coroner to hold the inqiest he - would have to 'jest. the expense. The Priest, who was in attendance, was anxious as one of - the residents of ,the Oratory, against what/inn imputation had been indirectly thrown, to give his ex planatiottof the eireunistanees.*(fitr as he knew them, and by permission of the masietrale did so, but Ms ac count in no respect differed from that of the firemen ;, and The Chairman said that aster as the investigation had • gone no impdation rested .upon any one, nor Lad that court power 'to pursue an inquiry for the purpose of attaching guilt in any quarter. The parties then retired:: -g~+~ ~ .t ~,~ CORK AND WATERFORD. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the above railway was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. P. D. Hadow was in the chair, and, in accordance with a recommendation in the report, a com mittee of shareholders was appointed to confer with the directors, as to whether they should proceed with or ahandon the undertaking. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CAMPBELL AND A WELSH JURY.—In a case tried the other day, at the Denbigh assizes, the jury having been some time in considering their verdict, when the case was really a very clear one, the judge told them that once when a jury had refused to convict a prisoner who had made a plain confession, a learned judge whom ho just remembered—Chief Baron Macdonald—thus addressed the prisoner :—" Prisoner, go and be honest, for your character is now so bad that the jury won't convict you because they can't believe your confession." [His lordship struck his hand on the bench with some violence while repeating Judge Mac , donald's words, which were evidently intended as a reproof to the jury.] PROFANE SWEARING.—At the New Bailey Court house, Salford, a case of this kind was brought before Mr. Trafford, magistrate, upon a summons, rather reluctantly granted, at the application of a master silk manufacturer, against his servant. Mr. Smith, the applicant, said the offender's name was John Buckley, a labourer in his employ, and he was in the habit of using oaths which were most shocking to hear. On the defendant coming into court the magistrate said, "Buckley, do you plead guilty of swearing profane oaths ?" Buckley—" Yes, when I'm out of temper." Magistrate—" Then the act of Parliament says you must pay a shilling." The court fees made the fine into one of four shillings, which was paid. Mr. Smith was beginning to lecture the man in court, when Mr. • Trafford said, "I suppose you take the man into your , e mploy again ?" Mr. Smith—" I don't know that." ; Mr. Trafford—" Because you can th en fi n i s h y o ur lee ' ture at home instead of here." LONDON TO DUBLIN, `?, _ • -, - The class of steamers recommended by Mr. Lang are to be 400 feet long, with 1,600 nominal horse power, working up to 8,000 horse power by the indicator, and drawing 13. feet of water. Mr. Penn, Mr. Scott Rus sell, and other eininenf engineers and ship-builders, attest the perfect. practicability of constructing such vessels with complete security and efficiency, and the .1-awl . ) , naval gentlemen examined acknowledge the adequacy of the corresponding harbourii of Holyhead and 'Kingstown (Dublin) to accommo4te them. Th e only difficulty that has been suggestO is that vessel movin,giAt such rapid speed as 25 mies an hour might he dangerous to the traffic of - St. george's Channel. It seems . to have been forgotten, hoyeier, that a v esse l . running twelve miles an hour, tl)ei.)resent rate,,would be as fatal runnin g in upon natother as if she ra n 25 miles an hour, and that the larger and swifter vessels ,! provided would be but half/as long upon the water as i the vessels now in use, and would necessarily greatly reduce the number of vessels in the trade ; the effect of the adoption'of the larger' class of vessels being, thus, much to diminish the chances of danger from collision that now . "stg r o.n, the. whole,-she slngle.tenablesk7,... ech jon to tigliiropco:6T - ily -- thedarit.ittifeis the-. question or expense, for steam-ships, like diamonds and looking-glasses, are costly according to their size, far beyond the direct ratio. This question of expense is, however, we hold, quite unworthy of consideration when we take into account the inealjulable benefits that must attend every improvement in the communication between the two islands, The great—the immeasurable—benefits to be expected from the improved communication, are two-fold--mili tary and social. First, of the military, not as the most important, but as that to which the report of the com mittee more directly refers. It was stated, by all the witnesses to whom the question was put, that one of the vessels proposed by Mr. Lang would with ease carry 2,000 men, that is more than two regiments, across the Channel in two hours and twenty minutes ; and thus the Guards might, in case of emergency, be transferred by steam vessel and railway from London to Dublin in about eleven hours, and vice versa, the Dublin garrison might with equal rapidity be brought to London • nay, long within the compass of a single day might the gar risons of Galway, Cork, and Belfast be conveyed to the metropolis of the empire. About seven or eight years ago, when the Times was using , all its exertion to dis courage railway enterprise, we (and we were the fir s t to do sofdirected:the public attention to the immense im- portance of railways, as multiplying ten or twentyfold the defensive militpry power of any country intersected by them, enabling a Government to act almost cum tote corpore regni at any point at which danger threatened, and to act immediately. We have a proud recollection of our efloris upon the occasion, because we know that they were honoured by the high approbation of the Duke of Wellington. It is unpleasant to refer to such subjects as the Irish rebellion of 1793 ; but it were un just to the subject before us to withhold the fact., that in that crisis of the fate of the British empire the trans mission of troops from Liverpool and Bristol to Dublin I occupied no less than three weeks' sea passage ! We shall never have another rebellion in Ireland—thanks to steam navigation and railroads and other as pleasant causes —though corrupt Ministers may, to serve their factious purposes, by truckling to factions, threaten such a calamity. We now come to the more agreeable consideration of the social benefits to be anticipated from the improved communication between Great Britain and Ireland. Every ofadvtahe UnitedntagesecuKreidngtdoolmre.lanAds i s t there r b e n l es seiveegr to was the a whole true frienzdt, of Lucas—who was n Ireland—as Straffor d, oanimated with a sin cere Ormond,Moly neux, Swift, of England, so every true hearted Englishman wishes for the peace and prosperity of Ireland, not merely as a philanthropist, but as studious of the wel fareofhis own country. The commercial and industrial prosperity of Ireland is absolutely dependent upon its identification with Great Britain as part of the United Kingdom. Were the countries politically separated to morrow universal bankruptcy must overwhelm the western island. A common paralysis must starve and deaden all its industry. This is well known to the com mercial classes of Ireland through all their ramifications, and it is no secret to the humbler classes, who ever look to England as a bank at which they can receive remune ration for their labour, their only possession. The bene fits that Ireland enjoys, the benefits that she expects, from the British connection are the hostage for the in violable fidelity of the commercial classes, and of the humbler classes for the inviolable preservation of the national union ; as to the higher classes of Irishmen they are in fact Englishmen in spirit; as they are Eng lish by race and religious faith. In conferring benefits upon Ireland, therefore, we are securing benefits to our selves—wealth in peace and strength in war • but it need not be said how much Ireland must be benefited by an improved communication between the islands ; the 400 feet steamers at Holyhead will of course be emu lated by vessels of equal or even greater capacity and speed from Liverpool, Fleetwood, Bristol, &c. &c. And it is scarcely being too sanguine to anticipate a day 1 when the London merchant shall have his villa in Wick low, Dublin county, or Wexford, and Brightons, Bog nors, Margates, Itamsgates, Scarboroughs, shall gem the beautiful coasts of "the green island. The mea ns I leading to this happy consummation— happy for bean improved means of communication.—Standard uan all— must dard FATAL ATTACK BY BEES.—On the morning of the late storm, the Abb6 Jouanneau, cure of Fatines (Sarthe), went into his garden to replace a beehive which had been blown down. Scarcely, however, had he touched the hive, when he was attacked by the bees with such fury that his death took place shortly afterwards. EXECUTION OF HURLEY AT GALwAy.--This unfortu nate culprit, convicted of murder at our last assizes, underwent the extreme penalty of the law at half-past six o'clock this evening, in front of the county gaol. He appeared on the platform faint and feeble, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Commins. He desired to address the immense concourse, but his voice being so weak, it was repeated by ti e rev. gentleman. He said he was guilty of the crime imputed, was sorry for what be had done, and what had occurred at the court-house, and begged the prayers of the people for mercy on his soul ; after which the fatal bolt was drawn, and in a few minutes the unfortunate Hurley had ceased to exist. Thousands o f people, amongst whom the female sex predominated, were witnesses of this harrowing and inhuman spectacle. _Galway Mercury. S AROMATIC MUSTARD.- 2 : KJ This pure and delicious preparation may now be had in small jars for the use of Faint les, of most Grocers , ittl Druggists in the Kingdom ; also...:Mothi.Soyer's esteemed "antes and Relish. Wl,o'esale of his sole Agents,' CROSSE and BLACKWELL, 21, Soho square. • N O ETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE '---- n .: UT po COMPANY. means c Notice is hereby given, that the THIRD INSTALMENT of 1/. per shard w,ll become payable on the ' hares of this Company on the hour Of 30th September next. ' .'• of Frans ,Sharetolders are requested to pay the sarnelitthie banking house of Messrs. Masterman and Co.,Niebolas.-lane,.London, wito•will give The p a receipt for It, which must atterwatls be prelklntetwith the shares 1111111eT01 1.1140,0ftif. ,,,,, of 14e.CsantY;v*L, in order that the atnougt..oc_the..eall. .i n .• I . t„. •C ~ f . 4*. bal'•endorsed titereon. • - , . , . By order of the Board. CEO. FASSON, Secretary. some of 3, Adelaide place, Dandon-bridge, 29th Aug., 1853. 311C1 thei fl,. .1,;,,, ----- QIIRGEONHENRYHAMILTON, Twenty- four 0 eight years in. London practice, will REM.OyE any CASE of and a PRIVATE NATURE before charge be made for medicine. In all buildi female complaints requiring practical professional skill, Surgeon Hamilton will guarantee a successful issue, er no expense will be ono t( incurred by the patient. Medicine can be sent to any part of the that realm, securely packed, on receipt of particulars. Lsdies and gen t 0 aII - tlemen consulting by letter must enclose the usual fee, when they will be treated with by return of post. Hours for personal visit* ' Thf fAm Ten till Four, fuck from till Nine daily.— Address, No. 3, show Xing WilliaM-stritit,'Strarld, London. • Medicine to country pa- Wtt„. • -411 1 1:ft _, • - . •:•*' o f 1