The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-07 00:00:00

GRAS TRUNK RAILWAY of CANADA. c hut Noti ce is hereby given, that tin Molders of Shares in e kill oTRU-15"K RAILWAY COMPANY of CANADA, who are belt 111'03'1" in advance on the Debentures allotted to-t he m , tm ti eat els4attest erty to do so on the presentation of their Scrip Cer sa ch e 'srs• thyn, Mills, & Co., No. 67, Lembard-street. from ,Payments will bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent. Lent ar _ °. When and the Certificates will he exchanged for De °ince the same are received from Canada. By order of th e B oard. WM. CHAPMAN. 0 2 f , the Gr and Trunk Railway Co. of Canada, e nhall-street, 3d Sept., 1853. t A 7 OF DEP OSIT, Parties St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, London. o t i ! si r°Lis of Investing Money are requested to examine the be 'bt a'lled with P rfec securit y . iis byhich a high Rate of Interest may Interest payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, P rospectuses free on application. Managing Director. T itA ,VE, LLERS and VISITORS to Liverpool ilit:NIL,111(1 Comfort, Economy, and Dispatch. at W I TEMAN 'S e (,eter,-detil-K ROT EL — comfortable and well-aired beds m ay s Wit. u 1 ---- bed and breakfast, 2s. Gd.—a porter in atte nda nce SALE OF OLD STORES AT GOSPORT. ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, 3d September, 1853. 8E P l ir oft COM MISSIONERS for Executing the Ima i n . ce of Lord nigh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great 2 0111 i,,,,, 411 d Ireland do hereby give notice, that_ on TUESDAY, the ppt ,70Lansta,IEett 12 O'clock at noon, the Capta n Superintendent will '4'Eri t i lots ..,, at the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport, ~totes , "isipt is Z OLD STORES, consisting of serviceable Tongues, Old 'nicl e , ~! ' l nuit Bags, Paymasters' Necessaries, Books, Cooperage l'ers ' ' c '' 4 c. 411 i fit ons wi „,, , 3' ng in the said Yard ofeas,d_':n.,!,_,Blt,itoonvil.oerwththaet I p o u ts rp m os u e s . t apply to the Superintendent h t '' ci a . talog li and conditions of sale may be had here and at the ......._ RE AT WESTERN RAILWAY.— .. 1i ~„„ itet474•TA7l%..lith,, EX CURSION 'lO BATH AND _BRISTOL.— . ePtember, an Excursion Train will leave Pad '44El44° 'an., for Bath and Bristol returning the same even -001 at 6.39 p in., and Bath at 7.0 p.m. FARES THERE AND BACK. Bath First Class. Closed Carriages. 71,4 ta tristo • • los. 6s. Which are not transferable , and are only available for the '5 . 4 44 ."'"aM, Incur be obtained previously at 27, King-street, 'feet) . 40u, Strand ; and 25, Regent-street (corner of Jermyn- P astel, %re s. —gers hav ing luggage can only be conveyed at the ordinary Station, Sept. Ist, 1853. ALLSOpp: "-- Z4 w g PALE ALE. The WARM oth e4TRER--Tlae go 8 • -es is ALLMO recognised beverage in Indfa, for persons 1 1 , - •- PP PALE ALE, a hereits and tondii., . ac ts lave b een long recogn i se d, and lied in he itt;;;...lrttparis,• Bottles, Bs. per dozen quarts ; 55.; half-pints.. Measure onl ( y by which the public gain one third); kins, 18 gallons Obr draught), 30s- PARKER, 531, Pall-Mall. ... 00 --.,,,....•+ itry tritd faceo, o; in the o one n t avd b on w- e 3 I Old oaten ht id peas bro,,Dt Indian coal/ r qr. but did not see PO ady, a whea°t ►n tity of tor fferev liley i d• ,ugh arket Was v._ re turn to 114 ; OR g ull 00 g 0 05 t° 449 0 OY o ....... 3 6 5 to ....... 000 ° O , ....... k vu to 3, 1853' . . ;2s 9d 10s OJ lOs Od 10s Oa ws Oa tX i farmers i . t y o f and cl ll ' n tlf , ry indiffere, ' t s in old s cil Lll advance tiste-eti r The 11 %0 ;t . ft co.pn o l: 5 P 0 1 ,es. J° s black to d to bs Sea.. • to 47 h tug• nd Ar elr , to ....... erg 101 40 to .... ,o, 91500 d toseilo Si Os ,! to v ) ,, d + , 01,t 1 of Os v — oir 0 010 s t 0 1125 " , 2 , t o o go h...... 00g 10 10 1 ...... 0/ to , 4/ cos .978 ad t° 000 250 Od t 0 qd 4 s Od; rarad. 135 Od; 2 8 0 OdOe Carrenef'4, ' ), OP 0d is Is od—o"' 10 4 e'd s od Po eft' eS 113 1 8 xley. I last weelcig, g B, 2118. Aug , 27 es, 7.• gli extra,tbir; to 1351:N10;709:it: I, 7s 64 0 1 p er c pJ o 12 9 56 800, 4 i 55 :04400a; strap, )er ton. 3,,,5e,v0 dealers,_„, j o ;gen Ilt f , •esh b t 10 3 ., :1 3 re rr., 8d ; p 0 , 04 0 4; Fisb, l 9 " to 00 rings,„ A id to 1 " 'll ll, 25 ;_, C pooio 85 Per e a r t'Y 1 to 31. r D, 381. tl jo e t ;58; 1 dred. 4,* --- ol' or per c per br STET 113°. •• *... • 1 0 ••". ...• 1/4 • 0 4 ..••• . •• - - • • ";;ig lit daY 5 . of •• • • " 4 n 133r$ 0 u q 0 4 Coln •• 0 ' 0 4 •• •• 0 ' I •• •• 0 j ief yea, th e la ~a ,0 0 Of C3/4R ) s 04 I tiNEW tiA FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 18 , New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. C A"TAR---ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. I be c, ri o TRUSTEES. fit r‘ ipp troue nourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, P.C., Price her Majesty's Household. .‘,"- es Ge n .,, r ice, Bart., 3, King William-street, London. „•:11,1 Sir W. R. Clayton. Bart, Gloucester -place, Portman e' and Marden-park, Surrey. Th DIRECTORS. k -e Right Hon. the Viscount Dram lanri g , M.E., 1.4,30 o iler of her Majesty's Household. 14 0 11 0e1 v jj e Y, Eames, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury. ,rge e Portland late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club R ,..,el ler ,oode, 11)11 e , A , Jersey, -terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St. li , 'elv., -ra ckrlall, Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11, . 401 quare, Lincoln's-him v4leic.l", MD., Davies-street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth, s tershire 11_ 14 1L e • ICn °x, Esq. 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor „-ek„;,e. , Staitordsbi;e. to r , Maclean , Esq„ Harro w-on-the -Hill. Itt `an, Esq., Berkeley , G loucestershire. ?Dole,ili Esq., 32, Upper S e y mour-street, Portman-square. ,lla• "' Prinsep Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park cotth, 4 West. Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. an r , lan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. ' qerling, 14, St. Jameev-equare. AUDITORS, Le' 'II g, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical, ‘ l l.ll'' And General Life Office. 0 4 ' • e ek es, Lag., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers. tt,, Jon 8.A., Actuary to the Engineers and Magi:lto-Life '•11C 45 , Strand. btQdall, Esq., Manager of Times Assurance Company, r, t 46-'44 BANKERS. 'Mtg . 11' Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, I,,•ndor. oPkinson and Co., 3, Regent-street. , PHYSICIANS. • ka t il_Elnsbury-pl ace. 11,1, ' 1 ; 21 , Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. kitt4ha h ,„ SURGEONS. 1 , ," 411 , Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. - `Van, Esq., 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. bt lile DI • Charles W. Bevan, Esq. E pp % Mll e i s , respectftilly invited to examine the of the - "I "' Tr ' Of Assurance, which is based upon tablescalculated t i llder the immediate supervision ot, Francis G. P. Nelson, tw'jrnp,,,,," t he Consulting Actuary to the Company. 4 A l :_ t Y tl f ,,, t . i , v e Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged . " 4 44 - 4 .B " , irthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system ON TUE ORDINARY SYSTEM. The sum the ordinary The sum the Life Offices would give ordinary Lii" him if he were unable Offices would to pay, or if h e omit ' ed At the Flis give him for to pay his current end °f 1 policy the surrender annual premium of hirty at that ; or sale 81. 65. 3d. after he has s ' he n' are, ' of his policy, paid into their coffers the ?,,f ( rty In case after thirty 2491.75 6d., and which 1 of years'payments theey have had the use Years old, I death amounting to I of at oon I phave will be 2491.75. 6 d interest, or in Paid into d into th e I worth which the have t he event of his death -ce • had the benefit one hour after such of at compound omission Or inability interest. I to pay. 1249 1 .g5.6A I NOTHING. I te 41 4 1 urn 4re,, • 4 . little more than Sq. perhaps 901. THE D: POSIT SYST: If unable t o pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo licy would still remain of its FULL value, 522/.2a.7d.tilldeath, 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 put in, viz., 2251., but a certain bonus of 621. 2s. 9d. in the bargain, , 7/ 0 , ‘lCd 2 :51. 5 22/.257t1 257/. 20. 9d. which is more than one-fourth of the whole of his paynients, or he could either draw out a part, 201. or 501., diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum se drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and7in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq. t , Oo ~ -------...- ' ' .""der ' '' a iDar, , r t (lathe n o :ort of these two tables it " 1 4:arito g . e .' 1 a yatem of nErom a "saran paid annually, he can assure person uew. dly.'tar etth., -, :.a., l st. For a less undersum9 the ordinary ill be seen that a l't titt4the—evgit case of death surrender thann his Policy he will can securete n e to a all ages, 411(kt tl; 44Pa riY, be; the a n desire to ,ple, which ap il lies ln the event system. q IZ kl ' ii i l y " 4 much as e on al l a ke " or e dtary system. 3retilYilis property' receive t or 4 ' sa m e °r ornission to pay, his policy remalha system, he Bets the .othi t ?' no ntb alue as it was, though be cease his current paymentsts `al, 't er °f Years • whereas on the ordinary decrease by cl artt e 4 tbly. sh ' to increase or time, N„, 6'l\l f his pop °tad he require He Can at any 0 0 11. 4 g a f 0,.. •°3', he can do so at pleasure. w , 11 up to the from "4 ~." ,khoo,": "light's notice , withdraw any part o "' . After he j ',4l. s jtl atit - g f ,.. h _la previous and with interest . i iii to or ", „., part one Year he can, by i to fttler ,i' ll Lune afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even regulate :atr,„ t r llti 44 ,,,?wi : and by this system he can at all times the facility in a single payment, 4 a 4 t ,° Of h A L`rtas by his annual expenditure, with the three r t ,.. 4 t r,k,i'!,, tr - it .' b ri ." a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the samisetase. , 1 7: 1 B:4i o n i s llk - o - 4 3. ` 11 . 3 Palpable advantage, however, that he gets k all .k. atit t , and in case of death his family receive more than e. 4 'gill, ' ° his savings In ordinary Life Offices he can do e r nt ht o ' tl eti. 4 „'2 o b p ut b . , t —8 policiat once lapses or is cancelled the t i nom any tile ,•• fly to ?,3' his current pren lums, and, instead of hav ng to 'Ott lty, l or aid. all his hard-earned savings become forfeited of hs t i " fottt4taTd his m isfortunes serve to benefit the pockets 1 latki' l ', ll a sy,te co-assurers. D 4 osiT ern is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked 11411,1'1,24 rassurance is the only system of assurance which can be . '4llr3:,,.!albra4.,"eognised and adopted when the principles are imPal, 1 4 ;' , gre,„ed, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. -l e t rivit m 'arerit l't‘"r advantages than , a lyokk because it allows a fair rate kle o ' ;'„f the ' e as e of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount si i te n t in Abk,"ath, tl 3 , l ''„ PanY to the representatives of the Depositor ' Aispy.,,,,Volnhining the, AN A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF ikr4°,lit of e "," ASSURANTE COMPANY. 1 are tiqtTowitent assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT .4,1,114. t More striking. „To ft S (,). THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY ' Opo,'"ose wi, '-•IFE A.SSIIR. ‘NCE BRANCH. .1 . 4. on 5 , 7 '4 y ° rb_refer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to Neat" I°Principle thereof. o tuar el b y oth ut th e w , orst stages of disease, and such as have been r 4 "sea te er ,11flees, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti rta'?arta tro: „ A or, p4r-,zooi. arid upwards granted on every kind of Security, tisp o oit.„' o u f al, on the most equitable terms to the borrower reoZili:forfeithrtverY description granted on very favourable terms. Lo -4 '" th - a l'o hoY.—ln case of inability to pay the current ttt oet2,n,oe,eotbmirveetors will eitner purchase the Pelicy at a fair whlok,,_esp onat .o a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., Inte -1,: gave preen in amount to the whole of the previous payments ‘',lkilp„, nova e. ,iiit „_--•-• %atio„,stein Pectuses with tables in further illustration of the De m to tt,4 Agents Play further information may be obtained on appll .. in the country, or to CABLES W. BEVAN', Resident Secretary. 41a/Agan U.Wantott is au parts of the World ___-- 7 7 ‘ ,. _ ...,_,...,, - ~ - --c---,_--, , . _. z",_ zr _/' - 2._----z---- , --=-- -eV .?--z.--,_._..<;i/ , ~..--‘ , . ,_...... --- *-e - 4 - - % el , - .. -.• P ----__ 7 y ii :. r. i ..• , ... , . . ,- - - • " • f s ":':--- . . . sfr- imithh„...... / '''. ::;Z- ----- .7 ','.'. ` - '74 !%- 4 -. = 4: . ' 1 _ fr.:- . .,,4 4 , ). ' • Avik . C lig At MELANCHOLY TVRE.I6(O . F THE RE8800A.... ,_ - ..,,? ~ 6, _ 4+l I - . 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J ' / 1 c ley, . ... _ t-, SAILORS SAVED FROM STARVATION BY A regret to announce the total loss of ship with, unhappily, many lives, which west ) coast of Van Diemen's Land, between Sal. and Arthur River, while on her passage to Sydney, - London, with a cargo of wines, beer, and other articles. She sailed from Gravesend on the 2d of last December, in charge of Mr. Sheppard, the master, the number of her hands consisting of about 30—Mrs. Sheppard ac companying her husband. -After starting, she encoun tered some very heavy gales, and was obliged to pot into Fowey (Cornwall), whence she sailed on the 18th of January, and touched at the Cape Verd Islands for provisions. On the 29th of April the ship reached the west coast of Van Diemen's Land, and while sailing at the rate of eight-and -a-half knots an hour, with the wind north-west, steering north-east, she struck violently on a reef—at 930 p.m. Her helm was immediately put down, and mainyard put back, but she continued to drive on shore fast, and within an hour was thrown OR her broadside, the sea washing completely over her. The masts were immediately cut away, in the hope that it would bring her upright, but that fail ing, a boat was lowered, and the second-mate and Mrs. Sheppard, with a lad and seven seamen, having got into it, pushed off, but almost immediately after capsized, and, with the exception of three sea men, all perished alongside the wreck. The seamen swam to the shore. About this time a tremendous sea struck the vessel and swept off the longboat. The master and the remainder of the crew remained on the wreck till 4 o'clock the next morning, when, finding that the ship was fast breaking up, they resolved to make an at tempt to reach the shore, only about a quarter of a mile distant. In the attempt Captain Sheppard and several others were drowned, the remainder reaching the beach in a very exhausted state, through a heavy surf which was running all the time ; and out of 30 men only 11 were saved. The following day the bodies which were washed ashore were duly interred. Search was then made along the beach for food, the crew expecting to find most of the ship's stores, but all that they could disco ver was a small portion of bread and seven small ties of herrings : The crew then formed an encampment; and, having in the course of their travels along the beach noticed on the sand the footmarks of men and animals, proceeding in a southerly direction, it was resolved to send a party i n s earch_ of a habitation in that course, but, after two days' absence, they returned without being able to trace a single living creature. During this time the allowance served out was only one herring per day and a cupful of biscuit ; but subsequently quantities of bottled ale and porter were washed up from the wreck, which proved most accept ddoogg: w it hi a c p h able. They had no means of making a fire. It was then determined that two parties should start—one to the south, and the other to the north—both of which pweaarsedliailebdelaons belonged h t a o rbin a ge g r accordingly set out ; but these likewise proved fruitless. After enduring great privations and suffering for nearly a fortnight, they were surprised at the appearance of a ance. Fearing he might run away, they wrote an ac count of their situation and tied it round his neck. The Burgess, who, with dnelaimveerd a party, was exploring the country to the southward. The moment they heard of the wreck, which was by the return of the do , they set out, and came up with the survivors of the 23d day after the ship's loss. The the Rebecca on pa r ty fellows were fast sinking when the exploring enatletmheainr up, and through their attention and kindriessythce3imr came up, On their recovery, they set out foirvHoLterre Town, which they eventually reached in safety. The t Rebecca was 550 tons burden, and is u n d ers t ood to have been fully insured. Many f the crew who perished have left families in the metropolis unprovided for. r p.. 0. SD. he should add more upon the subject, but, as the com missioners bad but limited funds, they should look more to public than to the local objects of those who required sewers. He concluded by moving, " That the secretary be instructed to take steps for obtaining sums of money on the security of the rates, according to the provisions of the act of last session." Colonel DAWSON was of opinion that they should re ceive tenders through the means of public advertise ment. This was acceded to, and the secretary was instructed to draw up an advertisement for that purpose to be sub mitted at the next meeting of the committee. The Court then proceeded to the ordinary routine business, which was of no public interest. : ,^,--,724.-xtravriaax , rigen....mtmErtstrvwxr ,-7,3,arwmtsrs,,,, "crop'`® -- _ _ _ ON DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NG„ SEPTEMBER, 7, 1853, NO. 19,017.] -INfONT BLANC will CLOSE on SATURDA Y it. EVellillff, Sept. 10, and Re-open on Mr. ALBERT SMITH'S return from the Continent. During the present week the Entertain ment will be given Every Evening at 8, and Tuesday and Saturday morning at 3 o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.—Egyptian Hal', Piccadilly. • TtIONT BLANC.—A Special Representa tion VII will he given on SATURDAY EVENING next, the 110th, 8 o'clock, being the LAST NIGHT o f the SEASON. Egyptian hall, Piccadilly. 41 R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, • consisting of more than 700 Models, IS NOW OPEN, at the Poltiand Gallery, Regent-street, opposite the Polytechnic, every day except Friday, from 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10 , for gentlemen only ; on Fridays, however, the Morning close at 2 o'clock, when Ladies only wi ll be admitted until 5 o'clock Mrs. Explanations for gentlemen by Pr. Leach, and for ladies by Exhibition 'or g entlemen will Leach. Admission—One :shilling. ____-------, AURENT'S CASINO , w - h ou se, FulhLam-road). A R GYLL Rooms, (Lessee, Cu&s. C. Latutimr, Onslo The 'above Rooms will are now OPEN FOR THLAURENT'SE SEASON, ant; !will continue open every evening, with CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, is. Doors open at half-pst ast 8 Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter. o i n ate at half-Pa 11. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. • PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. CHANGE of the LECTURE on " THE THAMES." The SECOND PART of an HISTO RICAL LECTURE on THAMES," from its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE BIICKLAND, Fag., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with NEW SONGS and NEW D TS.4OLVING QCENERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock, and svey Evening except Saturday at Is ine PHOTOGRAPHY, with LElcTuars.—By J. H. Pepper, Esq. : On Illustration., Mornings and Evenings. By Pr. Bachhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING and SILVERING. The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE exhibited in Use and explained Daily. OPcn Mornings and Evenings. Admission, is.; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age Half-price. ATEW ZEALAND.7—FILEDK. YOUNG and - co 's LIN - E —To follow the NouTnilatrz'and Fail the 10th October, embarking passengers at Gravesend, for OTAGO, WEL LINGTON, and NELSON, the fine, well-known, A 1 passenger-ship DUKE OF PORTLA ND, 633 tons register, 800 tons burden, J. Alex ander, Commander. The superior qualities and commodious accom modation of this ship have rendered her a favourite in the New Zealand trade. Will load in the East India Docks. For freight, passage, or further information, apply to Frcdk. Young and Co.. at their New Zealand Colonist Rooms, 9, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, or 7 4 , Corn,ill. CREWS'S CHLORIDE OF ZINC , the best and Cheapest Disinfecting Fluid for the purification of Ship's Holds, Cesspools, Drains, vv ater.:closets, &c. ; the Dish'. fbctibn of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, and for the Prevention of Contacion. Chloride of Zinc, as the best Disinfecting and purifying ag less in its ent, is now ei=tablished beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harm application and innoxious in itself. The high price ,t which it has hithert. , been sold has prevented its general use; to obviate this obstacle to its universal apnlication as a disinfecting and purifying agent, the present manufacturer, 'vho was many years with Sir W. Burnett's Company, has arranged to supply the public with concen trated Chloride of Zinc in its greatest purity and at the lowest price. It is sold by all Chestists and Shippint Agents in the United King dom; in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. each, and in larger ve&els at Cs. per Gallon. Each Bottle will be accompanied with instructions for its dilution and use. Concentrated Chloride of Zinc in use may be diluted with 200 times its quantity of water. Orders executed by the sole Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bush-lane, Cannon-street. Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. COUGH, CONSUMPTION, SPITTING of BLOOD NIGHT SWEATS, and FEVERS.—lmmediate relief is effected by PASO' E'S CONCENTRATED COUGH and CONSUMPTION MIXTURE, in all affections of the throat, chest, lui as &e. In all cases of cough. hoarseness, wheezing, difficult breathing, Sac., r owe%er inveterate, this highly success ful remed y will be found the only medicine upon which entire reliance can be pla , O. It is also very v lu•ible in the febrile affections of children In all BILIOUS DISORDERS, liver complaints, indigestion in all its fornis, headaches, loss of appetite. &c., I'AsCOE'S INFALLIBLE GLOBULES will effect a radical cure, as proved by numberless tes timonials. Prepared only by the proprietors,. Henry and Co., with out whose signature across the Government stamp none is genuine. To be obtiined through Barclay, Sutton, Sanger, &c., or any re spectable medi.l ,, e vendor, in bottles at Is. I )4d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each.. Wholesale depot, Bohemia -place, Hackney. IMM EDIATE and RESERVE. — For immediate 1: use the Attire presented by E. Moms and Son is unparalleled in style, fashion, elegance, neatness, and durability; it is specially suited to the purposes of Excursiorrsts arid Travellers, being the most ar istfc in cut and make, the most accomplished finish, and may be had in waterproof materials at very economical prices. Sporting Gentlemen may immediately obtain the most novel and fashionable styles of Costume at the Establishment of E. Moms and Son, or at their West-end Branch. For this season their Sporting Dress is cut and mule on principles of art, only known at their cele brated Establishment ; its fit is more correct and the garments afford more ease to the wearer than any obtained elsewhere ; the charges for dress to measure or ready-made are considerably lower than at any other house. There may be a temporary reserve of autumnal weather ; but E. MOSES and Sox have ready for inspection every novelty in materials for the ensuing autumn. These are selected from every manufactory, Britt h and Foreign, and are calculated to create an unprecedented attraction in all circles of society ; the novelty, superior quality, and cheapness of the Goods will be immediately appreciated. The Wholesale Clothing and Outfitting Department at E. MOSES and Sost's is as much distinguished for superior quality and cheap ness as the Goods are for their unparalleled suitability. Captains, Merchants, and ' , migrants, may make the most elegible investments :n Goods which produce the greatest amount of profit in any colony. Full lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship sailing information, may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. WANTED, several first-rate assistants in the ready made and beelike departments—two to take the plape,o(shop walkers. Apply byletter, stating last situation: - ‘r" CAUTION.—E. 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IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it wffibe exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, tha 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 selLmeasurement, facts re'ative to Australia, advice to emigrants, gcc., 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. Id Fon parte Francais. flier st.richt man Deutsc' Qui si parla Italiano. Aqua se habil.% Espanol TAKE NOTICE ! MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE CONSULTED AS USDA L, AT 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-A H OPCQUI ESRED MISERIES AND . THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages--Fifeeth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Etundied Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Fstablishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, T HE SILENT F RIEND, 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 dii - ections for the use of the preventive lotion, tel lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PER RY an d CO., consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Hannay by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster row, and cold by , 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gor con, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, FarrinAdo , -street ; Br. Sutton, 10, ;low Church -yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Conthill. P AR T I. treats of the ana tom y and p h y siology of the reproductive organs, 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 to dily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the rimary 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 det.oted 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 't.ALI,f OF Svutecirst is exclusively employed in trea ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &C., lls and 31s. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases ot infection, secondary sympton., eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, l ls. and 335. er bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.. and lls. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 1/., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Bemers-street, Oxford-street, Lon•• don, from Eleven Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday from Seven t o One. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE MATUR SECRET T IFIRMITIES OF YOUTH ANDY. - - DR. SAMUEL LAWERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON i;octor of Medicine, and Matricalated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Ste., &c. tt i AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on ;Yi the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resu lting from juvenile irreg ularities and excesses, whi ch have pro Aimed more m i s er y in y outh, degradation in manhood, and prea m - ture decay at all stage s of life, than perhaps any other class of dis cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist once secret causes of self -acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in . existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitflil Marri ngel, 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 remove l, and how the evil and its comequenc es may be avoided, aabove all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity oafunctional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure DOCTOR LA'MER,T 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 and mock-modes Physic an who, r to has ard lied less of the taunts and envy of the hrpocritical , the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to ciety is direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade obeenf so amply tree. In selecting this depa rtment of practice, he has rem arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases w hich are too generally confided to the ca re of unqualified and i t gnora nt 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 be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirahle thrt patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a-copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Pldlosophy 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 or had, oerm price ai,, French, Spanish, 1. utch, I talian, Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Stolle, Tstchborne-street,63,Haymarket; Oxford-street; d s or by post for forty-two stamps, to any ad drer: fromrn o 2 f s G 3 d r e , , i , n r s Ensplipsehr, o r - tr e free e the Author's resi dence, 37, BRDroAD-fiQUAlti. LONPoN• THE GOVERNING CLASSES. A SERIES of PORTRAITS. (To be continued weekly.) I. H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. See the "LEADER" news paper of SATURDAY LAST, Sept. 3. IT. The EARL of ABERDEEN, appear n the " LEADER" newspaper of SATURDAY NEXT, Sept. i 10. " LEADER " is published every Saturday, in time for all party early morning malls, price Sixpence, and sold by newsagents ix all parts of England or may be had direct from the publisher. Terms of subscription, 13s. for a half year, to be remitted in advance ; and money orders should be made payable to Mr. Alfred E. Galloway, at the office, 7, Wellington-street, Strand. SOYER'S AROMATIC MUSTARD. - This pure and delicious preparation may now be had in small jars for the use of Families, of most Grocers and Druggists in the Ki n gdom ; also, Mons. Soyer's esteemed Sauces and Relish. Wholesale of his sole Agents, CROSSE and BLACKWELL, 21, Soho Square. THE ERA NEWSPAPER of September 10th will contain Origin?l and Spirited Articles upon " Events of the Week, Foreign and Domestic—Literature, Music, and Fine Arts —the London and Prov:riciel Dram?—" Go Lip," by " An Old Actress." " TOUCHSTONE'S PROPHECY" for the exciting ST. L KOMI RACE. List of Starters, Riders, and Trainers, with Pro gramme of the Meeting, Latest Betting, and Arr va's at Doncaster. The " STABLE MOUSE" will also squeak his Winner for the great event. 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Joyce, Original Inventor „ond Sole Manufacture! . on nich scaled package, withedl which they are not 'genuine. ' TVs precaution is reivered ne ,essary, by ome unprincipled individuals having imitated the labels and wrap pers. Joyce's Improved Wire Cr tridges and Chemiedly-prepared Weddings of a superior description Goods manufactured to spit Eli cl i ma t e s.—Wholesale Warehouse, 57, Upper Theme , street, London. ÜBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH COMPANIES OPENING OF THE WEST END OFFICE. On and after WEDNESDAY, the 7th of September inst., Messages for the Continent and for Birmingham, Dover, and Deal, will be re ceived at the New Office of the above Companies, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. No extra charge will be made for transmission. Messages of 20 words, between the West-end and City, will be forwarded for One Shilling. Each additional 10 words, or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence. No charge for delivery for the First Mils. BIRMINGHAM. - - - Messages, of 20 Words, between Birmingham and London, One S.hillin Y. Each additional 10 words or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence. Messages of 20 Words between Birmingham and Dover or Deal, Three Shillings. , e.gages of 20 Words between London and Dover or Deal, Two Shillings. N charge for Porterage for the first mile from any of the Com panies' stations. Each mile after the first mile, Sixpence. THE CONTINENT. No Porterage charged upon Messages to the Continent—France excepted. Messages from the Continent, Including France, delivered Free within a circuit of One Mile. Offices :-30, Cornhill ; Recent-circus, Picead;lly. Dover: 7, Clar ence-place. Deal: 100, Bean street. Birmingham: 104, New street. France: Paris-83, Rue de Richelieu; Calais, Railway station. Belgium—Brussels : Place de la Monnaie. G. L. PARROTT, Secretary. TO THE LADIES.—The powerful influence of the sun on the okin and complexion at this period of the year calls for increased attention in preserving their delicacy and beauty. The most pleasing and effectual specific for this desirable object is ROWLANDS' KA Lir DOR, FO deservedly established in Royal and public favour and estimation. Its application neutralises the effects of atmosphere, and induces that healthy action of the minute secreto , y vessels of the akin, by which its delicacy and beauty are so essentially promoted. Freckles, Tan, Spots, Pimples, and DiQcolourations are eradicated by the application of the Kalydor, and give place to a healthy clearness and trans parency of complexion. Ladies travelling or taking t ut-door exer cise will find it diffuse a grate:ill and re resting feeling, dispelling the cloud of lsmgour and relaxation, allaying fel heat and irritability, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity and healthful state of the skin. In ceses of sun-burn, stings of insects, or incidental inflammation, its virtues have long and extensively been acknowledged.—Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. CAOTION.—The words " Rowlands' Kalydor" are on the wrapper of each bottle, and their signature, "A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hat ton-garden, London," in red ink at foot. Sold by them and by Chemists and Perfumers. QIIRGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Twenty eight years in London practice, will REMOVE any CASE of a PRIVATE NATURE before charge be made for medicine. In all female complaints requiring practical professional skill, Surgeon Hamilton will guarantee a successful issue, or no expense will be incurred by the patient. Medicine can be sent to any part of the realm, secure►y packed, on receipt of particulars. Ladies and gen tlemen consulting by letter mast enclose the usual fee, when they wal be treated with by return of post. Hours for personal visits from Ten till Four, and from rix till Nine daily.—Address, No. 3, King William-street, Strand, London. Medicine to country pa tients, 1/. THE CONDITION OF MELBOURNE. (From the Times.) In the very long sieges, or rather blockades of antiquity, the inhabitants of the beleaguered city lost all possession, and gradually even all know ledge, of the surrounding country. As they gazed from their towers on the natural feature once so familiar not only to the eye but to the foot, and indeed to the hand that tilled the soil, all now was a region - of mystery. now was it occupied ? Was it cultivated, or merely grazed over by the hostile cavalry and the captured cattle ? Was it divided, or held in a brief community ? Who had succeeded this or that rural grandee in the enjoyment of his patrimony ? The immediate suburbs, where it was possible, were flooded either for defence or for closer, blockade ; but beyond that nature might still smile under other lords and for another na tion. Strange to say, this divorce might, till lately, be witnessed were it was least expected — in more than one of our new Australian cities. The far-famed Melbourne is the metropolis of a colony so extensive, so fertile, and so improvable, that in the course of a few generations it may vie with the mother country in population and wealth. Till the recent discovery the great bulk of the im migrants had even a fond and exaggerated leaning to agricultural pursuits. To cultivate their own land was the idea of their voluntary exile. All the expediencies of the case pointed to dispersing and settling the crowd as fast as it poured in ; and it was not without much scandal we heard in this country, some ten or a dozen years ago, that such was the difficulty of obtaining r:oper sites - avid good soil at prices withiu - the reach of -the or dinary emigrant, that most of the people re mained where they landed ; and that the infant capital of Port Philip was already an idle, dissi pat ed, and miserable city with ten thousand in habitants. They were besieged by law, and by usurpations and monopolies according to law. From the commencem of the colony the chief part of the country has been occupied by " Squat ters,"—not the small folk that run up little hovels on an English roadside, or the hardy adventurers that push their way with the axe and the rifle into the recesses of the American forest, but English gentlemen of family and interest, who had obtained licenses to run their flocks of sheep over twenty or a hundred, or even three hundred thousand acres. It has been said that unless a man had a tract as large as an English county he could not be sure of the plains, the mountains, and the streams neces- nary for his flocks in the successive seasons of the 3 ear, in a country where the natural herbage was the only resource. That might be true, and it is also true that the " Squatters," as the aristocracy of Australia really are, have proved of signal ser vice to the colony—especially now, when but for their mutton the diggers must have perished by famine. But the result, which was bad enough 10 years ago, has now become aggravated to frightful proportions. In May last the population of Mel bourne was estimated at 80,000, and that of the rest of Victoria, including all the diggings, at 200,000. As the diggers are estimated at tens of thousands in this place, and as many at that, it is evident that the remainder left for those agricul tural pursuits which are usually thought the staple of a colony, must be ridiculously small. So it is in fact. The colony consists of the inhabitants of Melbourne, so often described, gold-hunters, " Squatters," and sheep ; but of colonists, as we usually understand the term, it may be almost said there are none. Melbourne is the city of the dig gings, but not of the country, which is in other hands. Thus is it blockaded in the heart of its own territory. . . _ Such was the state of things up to the last date ; and the result was even worse than we have de- scribed. All the evils of the gold mania have been frightfully augmented by the circumstance of the successful diggers and others who have made their own harvest, out of the occasion being confined to a city thus insulated. It is known that vast num- hers of diggers have returned to Melbourne with their 4001. or 5001. worth of gold, and with the fullest intention of taking a piece of land and set- tling into farmers, but,lairing no opportunity, have " fooled away" all their money, and either re- turned to the diggings or perished - in - the midst of their excesses. Immigrants arriving with their small capital, their implements, and their tents, and-other preparations for ag;ieulture on a small scale, have found they might just as well have gone into Hyde-park or Wimbledon-common for the purpose. The district of Port-Philip had been created at once that which Ireland tends to be come—a country not of men, but of flocks and herds • and the upstart nomades of the colony set their faces against intrusion more resolutely than any Arab lords of the desert or A us t r alian abori gines. Relying chiefly on their wealth and actual power, they also pleaded the word of the colonial authorities in favour of a perpetual right to the soil, contrary to the meaning of the title by which they were commonly denominated. It was always known that their licens es a s well as the acts of the colonial Governm en t, and the in structions -from England on whi c h the acts were founded, all defined the position of the "Squatter" with careful exectness. He wa s to give back his land whenever it might be req u i red for th e better settlement of the colony,---in fact whenever land was wanted for tillage ; and there , was no loophole left either for compensation or for delay. This was known from the commencement of the colony, but, strange to say, it could n o t b e prove d. The " Squatters" did not show their licenses or their leases, and the archives of Melbourne were carried off to Sydney when the district of Port Philip was proclaimed a separate colony. Th e colonial blue books, which contain the whole story, and which fill the grocers' shops in Londo n , we re not to be found at Melbourne ; so, well-known as the fact might be, the proof was not forthcoming. It has, however, been found at last, and the whole question elucidated, much to the delight of the pent-up population of Melbourne, who, at the last date, were considering how to deal with the "Squatters" and their immense territories. They had just heard, to their great joy, that the British Legis lature had resigned to their hands the management of the colonial land, and that this long-imagined attribute of imperial or " mother-country 'do minion was now to be wielded by a Senate elected by the free suffrages of the colonial householders. So, how are the people of Melbourne, or rather their new Parliament, to deal with the land of the colony ? The question concerns a territory as large as this island, and a population ready to occupy it, and likely enough to fill it before long. " Unlock the land," is the chief hustings' cry of the colony. The favourite proposition is to offer it for sale in small quantities,—fifty acres, or even twenty acres a-piece, though, as it appears to be proved that a man cannot maintain himself on twenty acres in this country, we doubt if he can do much better in Australia. But the great object is to defeat the land-jobbers, who buy wholesale and sell retail at 50 or 100 per cent. profit, as has been done quite recently at Melbourne. The competition for land is said to be immense, but then it is for manageable bits, and that is the scale that should be adopted in the land sal es . But how are the " Squatters" to be disposed of ? It is agreed that they have no right to compens a _ sation, as their tenure hitherto has been very profitable, and they have been all along under condition to quit when called on. But they are powerful, united, and useful. They have been hitherto the colonial magnates, and a debt of gratitude is felt to them for services that seem to be acknowledged in the colony. So small a scale of gratuitous compensation is proposed, to purchase peace and satisfy the feelings of all parties. This, however, is not the only question with the " Squat ters." They are disposed enough to resign any amount of the open plains, so notorious for drought. But the colonists want arable land, and that in situ ations where they may be tolerably sure of the har vest. They demand to pick out a few acres here and a few acres there, leaving th e "Squatter s " t o drive their sheep over the re main der, as heretofore. This appears to be the most difficult questi on be gore the new Legislature ; but, as the " Squatters" may buy in the market, and are quite as abl e t o buy as any other class in Vict oria, w e don't see why they should not be left to fight their own battles. But with the land thus thrown open to the public, and with this new employment for the capital of the immigrant and the successful digger, there appears to be a new era dawning on this wonderful colony. The re is the first re quisite of agriculture,—a good mark e t, hi g h prices, and increasing custom. As to the soil and the climate there appears to be no doubt. Immi grants will not now have the single alternative of Melbourne or the diggings, which sound s ra th er too like the well-known choice which was all that Cromwell left to the Irish. -There will be that bright spot in almost every .Englishman's hopes,— m the prospect of a snug manageable f arm f or as many as are likely to arrive at Melbourne for some years to come, and a much • surer resource we are persuaded it will prove than digging for gold. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. A general court of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers was held yesterday at the office in Greek-street, Mr. Richard Jebb in the chair. As this was the first court that had been held since the passing of the act of the last session, which gave additional powers and ex tended the jurisdiction of the commissioners, the pro ceedings were of more than ordinary interest, and, on the opening of the court, in, a few minutes it was com pletely crowded. . The Secretary reported that the balance in hand that day was 83,0351. 6s. 10d., but, deducting the amount for which cheques had been drawn but not presented, the available balance was 82,5921. The CHAIRMAN, on reading the notice on the agenda paper, "to consider the steps to be taken for effecting a loan on the security of the rates, as empowered by the 2d section of the act of the 16th and 17th Viet., chap. 125," said this seemed to be a proper occasion for him to make a few observations on the proceedings of the com missioners since the appointment of the present com mission in July, 1852. The act of Parliament increas ing their powers and extending the period of the existence of the commission, which expired on the 7th of August last, had continued the commission for another year. It was usual on such occasions, and he believed a similar course had been pursued in the preceding year, that the public should be informed how they had performed their duty and disposed of the funds intrusted to their care. He would shortly advert to the state of affairs at the ap pointment of the commission in July, 1852, and the cha racteristic of the time past was a period of great difficulty. Their predecessors in office had received "a heavy blow and great discouragement" by the sudden reduction of their powers of rating from 6d. to -3d. in the pound ; a measure which was passed without giving the com missioners an opportunity of remonstrating with the House of Commons on what was required to be done, - and without any consideration whatever as to the wants of the public or the engageMents of the commissioners. Before that time he and the majority of the present commissioners were unconnected with the commission, but the records of the Court showed that then the com missioners were most anxious to execute works for the benefit of the public, had ordered some to a very large amount, and, he believed, had entered into some con tracts for the purpose of carrying out the works pro posed. The consequence was, that a very large amount of public expectation was raised, for the orders that had a b n ee d n t gi he v ee en m w in e i r e e si a e l n m e o re st w lo e o re ked enl u y p p o r n ev as en p t o e s d it f iv re e p mea ro r m iTi ise n s g , those expectations into effect by the sudden and unex pected withdrawal of those means that they had calcu lated upon. The sum of 200,000/. was the amount re quired expenditure, but more than after an 100,0001. This step led to great inconvenience, as the w ry er a e n d nu t al o raise exp commissioners had entered into several contracts that e ti p n e a this .they e for y t wereheir ordinary could not be withdrawn from, and there was consequently the greater amount of discontent at the non-execution of those works which had been ordered in the anticipation of the rates of 1852, to carry out works of emergency and to be spread over the whole districts of the metro polis. A new commission was issued in July, 1852, when, after giving credit for all the rates, there was'still a balance of 36,0001. against the commissioners. The new commissioners had, therefore, this difficulty to con tend with. The former commissioners having resigned, the commission was re-constitued ; a body of gentlemen were happily got together, and, so cordially had they met each other's views that, while each took a perfectly independent course, that there were not more than two or three instances in which they bad found it necessary to come to a division upon any question. He would now advert to what had been done in the past year. After looking at the works that had been done in the several - %A ••••.4,, AAA {Oa years Since the consolidated commission was established, which had been going on for five years, he could affirm that, in no one of these years had the commissioners executed more works than had been done in the last 12 months by the present commission. In that period there had been executed public works either at the public ex pense or of the owners of property, brick and pipe sewers to the extent of 284 miles in length ; contracted for or put in hand, 12i miles, making a total of 41 miles in length, at a cost of 142,853/. Such was the amount of new - sewers executed at the public expense, but there were still many other works which were con- sidered as public, but were constructed at the expense of the proprietors of the property abutting on to public roads. There had been 11i miles of these public sewers constructed in that period at a cost of 36,4131. These works had been superintended by the officers of the com missioners, the plans having been previously submitted to the engineers, and corrected by them. In the first instance these sewers were built at private expense, but afterwards became the property of the public, and were cleansed and repaired at the public expense, the original proprietor receiving a contribution towards the expense from all parties who drained into them. Be sides those works, and those executed at the public expense, there was a large amount 'of pipe sewers that could hardly be separated from public works. The length of those pipe sewers was 70-miles, executed at a cost of 44,1081. The works superintended by the com missioners cost 80,5211., and the new sewers executed by themselves 142,8531., making a total for works su perintended during the year of 223,3741. The works of the commissioners, however, did not end there. There had been repairs, and the cleansing of open and covered sewers, and on those three objects they had expended a sum of 36,8801. There was one topic on which some observations might possibly be expected from him, and that was what was called—or rather miscalled—the main drainage of London, or those drains that passed into the Thames, and the substitution of what were called inter cepting sewers to carry the drainage of London into the -Thames at an eastern point of the river. The commis sioners' attention for years had been devoted to this ob ject,• even from the institution of the commission in 1848, and they were most desirous of carrying a plan for that object into effect. Some years ago, at the invitation of the commissioners, 120 or 130 plans were sent in and fully considered. They were subsequently referred to a committee of the commissioners, who also maturely con sidered them, and the result of that invitation was that Mr. Frank Forster, their engineer, then put together a scheme for the interception of the entire sewage of Lon don, and it was considered the best scheme that had been brought forward on that subject. Other gentlemen, as he had said, proposed their plans, but they had not the same amount of knowledge'of the subject as Mr. Forster, who was aided by the commissioners and by many gentlemen of great skill out of doors. This plan was agreed to, but want of funds, and want of funds only, prevented the commissioners from carrying the scheme into effect. If the present commissioners had the necessary means they would endeavour to execute those works, but parliament had not at present given them the powers for raising the money. They were, therefore, confined to doing that which was need ful and the more important for them to do, for the preservation of the health and even the lives of the inhabitants of London. Their funds were inadequate to do more than the ordinary drainage, but he might state that all the works now carried on by the commissioners were executed in reference to a scheme of intercepting sewers, and would fall into that system whenever it should be executed. He should here say, with regard to the main drainage of London, that there had been many private suggestions, and a scheme had been brought forward by a body of gentlemen, and which had been submitted to Parliament, to do the work, not exactly at their own expense and by their own resources, but proposing to apply their skill, and to be guaranteed by the commission a considerable part of the expense, these gentlemen still retaining their control over it. When the scheme was made known by Mr. Morewood to the commissioners, they held that the measure would be beneficial to the metropolis, and were anxious that it should be adopted if it was a good one, but the commis sioners never concealed from them that they were averse to the proposition of giving a guarantee of profit to that company. If the company's scheme was to be a private speculation, let them, he said, provide all the expenses. In the bill they required a guaranteed profit of 3 per cent. from the Commissioners of Sewers in case they failed to make that profit by their own exertions. The measure passed the first and second readings in the House of Commons, upon which the commissioners re ferred the measure to their consulting engineers, whose opinion was not favourable to it, and they advised the commissioners to watch the progress of the bill with the greatest possible vigilance, to take care that the errors in it were corrected, and, if not cor rected, to prevent the passing of the bill altogether. There was another matter they had to consider, and that was, that if the company should fail in their works, that very failure might involve the metropolis in one gigantic nuisance, which it would be very difficult to deal with, and therefore it was the duty of the com missioners to see that no improvident measure was passed. O n th a t pr i nc ipl e th e comm i ss ioners appeared by counsel, for th e p ar t t a k en by them could no characterised i n an y sens e as an o pposition. Sofar fromt be it, they t en d ere d th e ev id ence o f their own engineers, and a 'valuable body of evidence thus collectedwas ownnow in print, and of w hi c h th e public might form their judgment. l w T h a s e n c u o t m p m r i u t v te e e d, d n ec n ied d d i t w th a a s t tre t i e he p cted re . am The commissioners were prepared to carry e Mr. Forster's p sc o h s e a m l, ewohfieihntnertcperpetsioenntifththeyeyhheaddntohte, f o u u u n d d w s h at ile th a e t i t r e d u i d s - - i u n l g atu t o v e h w e m t a o h r e eimmediate w w u r a k n s t s w of s the th a e rircn mheei. metropolis, pstlheoefo flto t hic h naa e i t s e eh rc e e m pt e io t n h . at T a h t e s s o e m w e ers tim w e ou m ld i drains of the districts through m w i o s i s t i l o d n b e e rs th t e o ir raise duty which l la they on might pass, d xcee be d e t n u g gi 2 v o e o n ,o t o o u t . h , e an c d om it f P u o n w d e s r i s iot ha e to consider how they might spend that money to the greatest advantage. In making this statement, the public were not to expect that although seghthweeyrs whereverhadanac cession of money they could lay down they were required, and it never was the intention that the sewers' rates should cover the expense of providing a sewer for every street. It was the duty of persons to make the sewers in the streets, and if they were required of an extra size as main lines, fmthreunthtehecodsti commissioners were were only called upon to pay for the extra size so required to be made. Mo dem refinement required that more sewers should be made than formerly, but they had not learnt that those luxuries derived from good sewerage must be paid for by those who enjoyed them. It was necessary that MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN AT STOCKPORT. The police authorities at Stockport have been en gaged since Saturday last in investigating the circum stances connected with the disappearance of two chil dren, whose dead bodies we re found in a canal on Mon day, and the result leaves very little doubt that they have met their death by violence. The names of the children are James and John Hinham, the former eight and the other four years old. Their father died four years ago, and about two years subsequently their mother was married again to a man named Thomas Moore, and had by him one child, now deceased. This man was employed some time ago at the mill of Mr. M'Clure (late Alfred Orrell), cotton spinner, as a stripper and grinder, but since then has not been in regular employment, and has been generally absent from home. In May, 1852, he was imprisoned for a month for neglecting to support his family, but in the November following they had again become chargeable to the union, and a warrant was then issued for his apprehension, which did not take place till Saturday last. His wife has supported herself and children for some time by working in a factory, but during the re cent turn-outs was compelled to resort to begging for a subsistence ; and whilst so engaged met with her hus band as he was coming out of a mill at Hyde, where he said he was at work. She had recently been living with her father, James Taylor, of Marsland-street, Portwood, and on Friday last came home at noon, and prepared dinner, but her children did not come in befor e she re turned' to work. Shortly after six o'clock in the even ing her husband came in, and began to scold her be cause she had not sent him any dinner. "How should I know where to send it to ?" she asked. He replied that he was at work at M'Clure's, and had sent one of the children to her to fetch his dinner. He seemed to have been at work, as his clothes were covered with fragments of cotton, but on inquiry it appeared this was not the case. His wife was very much distressed at the absence of her children, believing they were lost, and she and her husband went out in search of them. Between nine and ten o'clock that even ing Moore went to the police-office and stated that the children were missing, and gave a description of them, requesting that inquiries should be made. On the following day he was apprehended under the warrant which had been issued in November, and Mr. Sadler, the superintendent of poliC.e, asked him some questions respecting the disappearance of the the children, which he did not answer satisfactorily, and so excited suspicion against him. In the evening placards were posted about the town and neighbour hood containing a description of the children and offer ing a reward for their discovery, as it was suspected they had met with foul play. All the rivers and ponds were dragged, but without success, until about twelve o'clock on Monday morning, when the bodies were both found in the Manchester and Ashton Canal, near Shaw cross or Whitehill bridge, at a place called Reddish, a short distance from Stockport on the way to Manches ter. Their stepfather was at that time undergoing an examination before the magistrates at, the Stockport Court-house, and was remanded till Saturday. It has since been ascertained that Moore was seen between nine and ten o'clock on Friday morning lead ing both the children towards the canal, near the place where the bodies were found. About an hour after wards he went to the house of a widow named Eliza beth Barton, alias Walton, with whom he lodged before his marriage, and asked her permission to dry his clothes, which were wet through. It had been raining a short time before, but the man was so thoroughly drenched as to excite her curiosity, and she asked him how he had got so wet. He told her he had been helping a woman to lift a can on her head by the liver side, and had fallen back into the water whilst doing so. She had asked him, he said, to go and dry, himself at her house, but he preferred coming to Mrs. Barton's. The motive which prompted the prisoner to the com mission of the crime is only too obvious, the eldest boy being entitled to 4/. in the Old Admiral Burial Society, to 3/. 12s. in the Branch Admiral Society, and 4/. in the Temperance Club ; and the youngest to 4L in the' Old Admiral Society, and 41. in the Temperance Club, making 191. 12s. is all. It is said that the prisoner made an attempt to drown the children in the river Thame about a month ago, but they made their escape. Whenthe bodies were found on Monday there were no marbe yond their a o g fe profoundndgeneral violence raat hd. e n reserveaelapparent.osal a lsince nna cot T iewv he knowledge of gf pr e London,i b s o o nw apprehension,e rt the hea children a s ndmain tainedhb ae met lived in Stockport about 12 years. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. — Yesterday a numerous meeting of 'the members of this society was held at the Institution in Bloomsbury-square. A discussion of about three hours took place upon the subject of the determination of the administration to enforce certain bye-laws, and terminated with a vote of confidence in the council. THE ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY-TWO OF BIR MINGHAM.—This grand cricket match having, as already stated, been commenced on the Small Heath ground, near Birmingham, on Thursday, Was resumed on Friday and Saturday, and brought to its conclusion on the last mentioned day. The Eleven were vanquished by six wickets. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN 'UNION. The report of the directors to be submitted to the shareholders on Friday next congratulates the latter on a continued progressive increase in the traffic .. receipts, fromwn notwithstanding etr t Efi h u e tl hyaat neighbours n r f e o r h t n ;as a b t ee thoughel y n t a l n hostility . crease of expenditure upon a reduced scale of rates and fares, owing to the unequal and unfair contests in which they have been compelled to engage, and which, if they had not entered upon, they have reason to believe that their through traffic, especially in goods, would have been almost annihilated. The total receipts for the half year, exclusive of the receipts by the boats of the Ips wich Steam Navigation Company, amount to 61,4661.; the working expenses, rates, and taxes for the like pe riod to 39,024/., leaving a profit of 22,4411. applicable to the payment of interest on debentures and other fixed charges. These and the continued pressure on the company by its creditors have more than absorbed the balance remainiyg, leaving nothing for the payment of ....dividends, They state Oat, on the termination of the Norwich agreement, the Eastern Counties Company diverted the entire goods traffic from London down wards to Norwich, and that district of the line, and the greater portion of the traffic upwards in cattle and goods on their Cambridge line ; and gave the direc tors to understand that they would leave no means whatever untried to destroy this company's traffic ; and, regardless of consignments or directions, inter cepted all goods, parcels, and other traffic com ing on to the line at Colchester, and thence carrying them in carts and waggons, by the high road, even through Ipswich ; and at rates absolutely unremunera tive in many cases—at less than the cost of the cartage from Colchester alone. The only course left open was to make an arrangement with the Ipswich Steam Navi gation Company (whose steam-ship Orwell had been constantly running between that port and London for many years) for through traffic, with a division of rates and fares, thus promoting and cultivating the traffic over 56 miles of the line below Ipswich, at the cost of a portion only of the traffic of the 17 miles between Ips wich and Colchester, and by low rates and fares largely developing the remarkable sources of traffic in the dis trict ; the apparent loss of traffic over the 17 miles be ing counterbalanced by a considerable traffic which now passes down the line from Colchester through the port of Ipswich to London. The directors state that they sincerely regret and de precate the adoption of a proceeding on both sides so subversive of the interests of the railway system. They are convinced that the prosperity of the share holders, as well as the convenience of the public, would be greatly advanced by a friendly co-opera tion with the Eastern Counties Company ; but still more by an entire union and amalgamation upon fair terms. The directors rely upon the shareholders to enable them tO- give full effect to the act of the late session for effecting an arrangement with the preference shareholders, by the creation and distribution of a Four per Cent. Guarant ee d St oc k, f or th e purpose of redeem ing the existing preference stocks, to the extent of nearly 400,000/. ; thus putting the company into an advan tageous position to negotiate with other companies for advancing their common interests. In the standing orders committee of the House of Lords a clause was introduced into the act, reserving the right of the pre ference shareholders "to interest or dividend (if any due) on any preference shares up to the time of the re demption under the act." The directors caution the preference holders against being misled by the construc tion put upon it by a recent advertisement and circular from one of their number, as they are advised by emi nent counsel that unless profits have been made from which dividends could be declared from half-year to half-year—and which has not been the case—no divi dends or arrears have become due or accrued. The capital stock is made absolutely redeemable on a pay ment of 1091. for each 1001. of stock, and your directors trust that the main question at issue having been thus settled, all may henceforth unite their efforts for the general interest of the company. The works upon the Harwich line have progressed as fast as it was practicable under the difficulties inter posed by landowners and owners of property, corn ' bined with scarcity of labour, but which the directors hope are now so nearly removed as not to cause any serious delay in the completion and opening of the line for traffic. The corporation pier at Harwich, now in use, is found of great service in the development of the pleasure traffic from all parts of this company's lines, and will be found adequate for the carrying on of a large amount of traffic in connexion with the Harwich Rail way. The act of incorporation, just passed, for the establishment of an extensive floating dock at Harwich, to be in connexion with all th e ra il way compan i es o f th e district, cannot fail also materially to enhance the value of the Harwich line, by stimulating to the utmost the large continental and pleasure traffic which is certain of passing over it. The - company is authorised to raise 2,110,0001. on shares, and 620,0001. on loans, together 2,730,0001., and of this power 444,8751. remains unexercised with regard to shares, and 3811. with regard to loans. The ordinary capital authorised amounts to 1,232,1751., the preference capital to 550,0001., and the creditors' stock to 50,0001., together 1,832,1751., of which 1,531,5591., has been received, and 300,6151. is stated to be receiv able. The capital account shows that 2,168,1121. had been received, and 2,263,3841. expended. The Harwich branch account shows that 65,236/. had been received, and 59,8531. expended, leaving a balance of 5,3831. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June shows that 61,4661. had been received, and 39,0251. expended, leaving 22,4411. The estimated liabilities of the company on capital account amount to 386,2351., and the assets to 372,708., leaving a de ficiency of 13,5271. The estimated liabilities on revenue account amount to 78,6221., and the assets to 61,6751., leaving a deficiency of 16,946/. Of the 619,6181. raised on debentures, 44,2001. was borrowed at 6 per cent., 396,4251. at 5 per cent., 16,666. at 41 1 per cent., 58,5771. at 41 per cent., and 103,750/. at 4 per cent. The traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1852, amounted to 54,9161., and the expenses to 29,0051., leaving a profit of 25,9111., while the receipts for the past half-year, ending the 30th of June, amounted to 61,4661., the expenses to 39,0251., and the profit to 22,4411. ; so that while the receipts showed an increase of 6,5501., the expenses also showed an increase of 10,0201. This ought to convince the directors that the present unfortunate mode of conducting the traffic is not in accordance with the interest of the shareholders, and it is to be hoped that some reasonable arrangement will be come to with their neighbours which will put an end to the existing strife, and increase the net revenue of the company. MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at Dublin, Mr. John Ennis in the chair. The Secretary read the report, an abstract of which has appeared. The capital account showed that 2,038,200/. had been expended. The revenue account showed that 62,633/. had been received on the 1261 miles of railway during the half-year, and 28,784/. ex pended, leaving a balance of 33,849/. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the undertaking was as safe, as compact, and as satisfactory a mercantile investment as could be found in Great Britain. The west of Ireland, wherein property some time ago was so valueless, was now rivalling the most fertile districts of the north and south—where but a few years since existed a poor and almost houseless population. Men of energy had now sprung up, and the consequence of this change was to be seen in the increased and increasing traffic upon the railway—a traffic that he believed was in its infancy. In extending their line to Cavan they not only wished to accommodate that northern district with railway facilities, but to meet, as it were, Bel fast half-way, and bring her merchants and her enter prise to the United States. When the universal demand was for quick transit all over the world they must con tribute their quota of assistance, and as a move still nearer to Belfast, they proposed to assist in the con struction of a line from Caxan to Clones, which, with the contemplated project between Armagh and that town, would open up the country from Belfast to Galway. They had made but a very small addition to the capital account during the half-year, and, as the various works upon the line were in perfect order, he did not think there would be much difficulty in closing the capital account. They had now an available surplus of 35,000/., and he entertained the strongest anticipations that when they came to make up their revenue account to December next they would, in common with other railways, feel the influence that one mau's munificence had exercised upon all branches of industry, and have a larger surplus to acknowledge at the hands of William Dargan. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. PERRY seconded the motion, which was carried. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was then declared out of the net profits of the past half-year, and the retiring directors were re-elected. The meeting was then made special, and the directors were authorised to subscribe 33,0001. towards the con struction of a line of railway between the towns of Armagh and Cavan, or from Clones to Cavan. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. CLOSING OF A RAILWAY STATION.—The Wednesfield station of the London and North-Western is to be closed from the commencement of this month. THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON FOR JAPAN. The naval force of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia now in the Chinese waters with the intention of proceeding to Japan to watch the movements of the American squadron under orders for that destination, consists of the Pallas, 52 guns ; the Dwina, 10 guns ; and the Vostock, 4 guns. After remaining at Hong Kong for about a week, the Pallas and Vostock are to proceed in search of the American fleet, supposed to be about the Loochoo Islands, waiting for the Powhattan, hourly expected. The editor of the Friend of China was favoured with an invitation to go on board the Pallas, and gives some interesting particulars relative to that fine vessel and the Russian naval service :—" She was built at St. Petersburg in 1838, and, as a specimen of her sailing qualities, made the passage from the Cape of Good Hope to Java Head in 32 days. Her armament is composed of 4 68-pounders and 48 24-pounders, with a beautiful stand of the newly-invented rifles, carryingl at blank-point range, a distance of 400 paces. Her crew numbers altogether 400, including a brass band of 20. There are no marines—indeed every seaman is en listed in Russia, and has to do military as well as naval duty if required of him. The period of service is in some instances 18 years, in others 22 years, at the ex piration of which they retire on a pension, but at any time during the first five years afterwards they are liable to be called on to do duty should any emergency arise. For this service they receive, besides food and clothing, an annual payment, the average rate of which will asto nish the seamen of other navies—one guinea per annum ; 1 for foreign service two guineas. Of course everything is found them ; and, according to their appearance, they do not want for food or clothing. Besides this, the fa milies of those who are married are maintained in bar racks, for every son an extra ration being allowed (for daughters none), on the express condition, however, that when of sufficient age—say 16 years—the male youth does duty as a seaman or soldier. (The soldier's period of service is, for cavalry 10 years, infantry 15 years.) Children born during the five years after period are to tally exempt. A guinea per annum we have mentioned as the average rate of pay. There are, however, seve ral classes of seamen-Ist, helmsmen ; 2d, topmen ; 3d, able seamen ; and then ordinaries, as in the English navy, with various grades of petty officers, as boatswains and their mates. Among the list of principal officers to be found below it will be seen that there is no pay master or purser. The duty devolving on that officer in an English ship, in the Russian navy is attended to by ono of the lieutenants, the actual working of the business being done by officers of the second grade. The following are the officers of his Imperial Majesty's ship Pallas :—Vice-Admiral, Putiatin ; Post-Captain, Un kofski ; Flag-Captain, Possiet ; Admiral's Secretary, Goncharoff; Secretary of Legation, Goschkavitch ; Chaplain (Archimandrite), Awvakoom ; First-Lieute nant, Tihmanoff ; second, the Baron Crudmer, aide-de camp to his Imperial Majesty the Grand Duke Con stantine ; third, Saevick ' • fourth, Balavinetz ; fifth, Schwartz ; first surgeon, Arefieff ; first master, Galle zoff ; second, Porfoff; gunner, Lasseff. There are three passed midshipmen, four midshipmen, and one naval cadet, the last mentioned a son of Admiral Lazereff, who commanded one of the Russian ships of the line at Navarino, and who at his death was commodore of the Russian squadron in the Black Sea. We found the Pallas in first-rate order, the decks and every part of her as clean as we might expect to find, and cleaner than we have found English frigates just from sea, and a credit to any service. The squadron sent to the seas of China and Japan by the Emperor of Russia is not with any view of interrupting the squadron sent by America to Japan, but with instructions to co-operate with Ame rica, if necessary, and secure to Russia a share of the advantages expected to be derived by opening a com mercial intercourse with that country. The Russians say their Emperor thought of sending an embassy to Japan long before the Americans did. Between Rus sian America and the most northern ports of Japan there is still, and for a long time has been, some trade, and it is in no way unreasonable to find his Imperial Majesty desirous of improving and regulating it on such terms as may be obtained by other Governments," THE NEW ACT To REGULATE PROFESSORSHIPS IN SCOTLAND.—The new act to regulate the admission of professors to the lay chairs in the Universiti es Scotland, which attracted a good deal o f attention in f its progress through Parliament, is now in force. From and after the passing of the act on the 20th ult., it is declared not to be necessary for a n y person who shall have been or shall be elect ed, presented, or pro vided r office ee th i e n tohffieceunoivferpsritoifeea or co lleges regent, m as t er , or in Scotland, such office not being that of p rincipal or a c h a i r of theology, to make and subscr ibe the acknowledgment or declaration mentioned in , an act passed by her Ma jesty Queen A nne, entitled An Act for securing the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Church Govern ment." The declaration substituted is to the effect that the person will never endaenavoour,indioirnecotly opposed in directly,to t o t eac h or inculcatethe divi ne authority of the Hoi r y . p Scriptur P e P s, or to the Westminster Confession of Faith as ratified by law in the year 1690, and that he will not exercise the functions of the office to the' prejudice or subver sion of the Church of Scotland as by law established, or the doctrines or privileges thereof. In case any professor, at the time of passing the act, should be sued for not having complied with the statute of Anne, it will be 'sufficient to plead that he is pre pared to take the declaration now provided. The Lord Advocate may present a complaint for violating the declaration, and her Majesty may issue a commis sion. EXTRAORDINARY AcciDENT.—On Sunday night, be tween 10 and 11 o'clock, a very singular accident oc curred on the road between Watford and Rickmans worth, which resulted in the drowning of a valuable horse, and imperilled the life of the driver of a licensed carriage belonging to an innkeeper at Watford. It appears that the vehicle, a handsome dog-cart, was being driven home, after having been discharged by a party of Waltonians, who had gone to Rickmansworth. It is supposed that the driver (who could give no ex planation of the cause of the accident, himself) was drunk at the time, and had fallen asleep on his box while driving home. He allowed the hurse to diverge from the proper course, and to ialte the carriage down a pre cipitous hill, into the bed of the canal, about two miles from Rickmansworth, where the turn-out was found o a n t tive o'clock the next mor nin g , b y a bargeman pa the tow-path. The vehicle, horse, and driver , when di scove red, were all immersed in the water. The horse was drowned, but the dog-cart had suffered no material injury, and had not been turned over. Extraordinary as it may appear, when the bargeman hailed the driver, lie remained fast asleep on his box in the canal, a situa tion in which he must have remained five or six hours , d u ring a rather cold night. It i s surprising that the s truggle of the horse in th e cana l h a d not caused the de struction of the carriage, or awakened the driver in time to have extricated himself and his vehicle. ts .serst an SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. o es of Public Institutions Clerks, Station Masters , Rail fileWs, Ba n k ers ' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. 1 44 ASSURANCE and GUARAN • R ° Iry 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated " Victoria, cap. 110. ka tts HONORARY PRESIDENTS. LEy, Esq., M.P. Dartmouth-house, Westminster. - "" - ES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. ,ttles TRUSTEES. exander Douglas. Esq., 11, Queen -square. J- es i Sloore, Esq., ;7 1 14.1 sbet, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. Berners-street, Oxford-street. 'LatArs—The Hon. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. • , Cry s'ilAntm ko z ~ ex -James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. Tt.' Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the b 3, as,;"°,vest pos.ible rate, and diviees four-flths of the profits. CLaat ee the justly popular principle of mutuality to public b d e premiums, instead o being a tax upon honesty, e th.....atu.srs of saving and investment. cs. A. 1. ' 411 7 8. 6d. unwards. No charge for stamps or extra "11a5q,,,?-: allowance made in the guarantee premium, where a - "c and guarantee ure combined. 'on/ " 8 0ran LIFE ASSURANC ^- Illy ... nos, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken ;:ki" otas quarterly. &c. Policies indisputable, s t ave re in kint, fraud'l,BArrangements can be made with this office op a rt'ass yne ° 2 - a Policy herbswhre the assured is unable, from temporary "t, to keep payments. H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. r•• MI '4