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STEAM TO C II I N A. Regular 3fonthly fiteam C'orninunleation for Passengers anti Light Goods to rellitW. Singaporc, sari tiong-Kong, via Egypt. Tha rENINSULA and ORIENTAL STEAM .NAVIGATIO3T COMPANY- book Passengers and forward Goods and Parcels to the &hove Ports by their Steamers from Southampton the 20th of every ruenth. For particalan, apply at the Company's Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe, London, or 57, High-street, Southampton. IRAYESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway ani Boat included in one Payment. Fors Cabin and Second Class Railway, NINEPENCE ; Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin.. No ether Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Prom The Terrace Pier. Gravesend, at 7%, 8%., 9%, 11%, 1,3, and 5. Sundays, at 7%, 8%, 11%, 1,3, and 5. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 5%, 11, 12, 1%, 3,4, ant s* . Sundays, at 9%, 11, 1%, 3,4, and s*. The TRAINS starting one quarter of au hour before each of those times. Passengers marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per- Initted t• stop at Piers or for Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 4%. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ; Three Months, 11. 15s. ; t• be had of the Collectors on board the Packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, B runswick Wharf, Blackwall. ?govember 22, 1847. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TENDERS FOR LOANS. The Directors of this Company are ready to receive TENDERS fir LOANS on security of the Cempany's Debentures, in sums •f not less than 1,0001. each, at Sl. per Cent. interest, payable half 7eArlY, and for terms of Three, Five, or Seven years. Applications to bo made to the undersigned. CHARLES A. 6AUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, August 20, 1847. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, by F. 11. ,Ohnee, Esq., Daily at Half-past Three, and every Evening at Nine o'clock, except Saturday Evening. TWO LECTURES by Dr. ACIIIIOFFNER—one on the Laws of Nature, in reference to the important subject of SANITARY MEASURES.; the other on the various modes of VENTILATION, in which the ruysi- CAL PROPERTIES of a JET of nTEAM will be exhibited, with Novel and highly Interesting Experiments, Daily at Two and at fight o'clock in the Evening. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS Worked, The WORKING MODELS, explained. DISSOLVING VIEWS. The CHROMATROPE. DIVING BELL and DIVER, With HYDE'S NEW APPARATUS for CONVERSING under WATER, kc. &C. . . Admission, Is. ; Seh•ols, Half-price. THE QUEEN'S BISCUITS, Manufactured solely by J. D. CORK and Co., of Carlisle, Bi scuit-manufaetnrers by special appointment to the Queen and )a1 Family. „ By virtue of the power to m e g i ven , I h ere b y appo i nt J onathan todifson Carr, of Carlisle, to the place of Biscuit-baker to her 34 6.ieety in Ordinary. He is to have and enjoy all the rights, profits, Drivileges, and advantages to the said place belonging, during my Win and pleasure. "(live* under my hand, this Eighth day of May, 1641, in the Fourth year of her Majesty's reign. " ERROL." " Entered in the Office of the Board of Green Cloth, the 20th day " . 34 61. 184 I . "CHAS. HILL." ..• D. CARR and Co. have opened an Establishment for th e sa l e I't, t heir Biscuits at 111, Strand, where purchasers, Wholesal e an d raay at all times have a perfectly fresh and extensive supply COUGHS, COLDS, INFLUENZA, &c. This Week upwards of fifty testimonials have been received of the efficacy of LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. From Mr. James Drury, Medicine Warehouse, 224, Stone b6w, Lincoln. " March 10, 1847. Gentlemen,—l am authorised by several ladies and gentleman U r bode names I can give if required) to state that Dr. Locock's Wafers have proved of the highest efficacy to them for colds, coughs, ueltrseness, wheezing's, influenza, sore throat, &c. (Signed) "JAMES DRURY." Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFURS give instant relief aid a rapid cure of asth nla, cooghs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs. To singers and publio speakers they are invaluable for clearing and str engthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. C P rice Is. 114 d., 2s. 9d., and Ils, per box.—Agents: Da Silva and 0., 1,. laride.lano, Fleet-street, London. Sold by all medicine Vendors. FOGS AND DAMP Allt. IiARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual preventative from the seta of the fogs and damp air, which, in the winter season, are so the stomach in this climate. Its effects are to expel wind, to preserve .. u "" e r stoinach from the admission of damps, and to relieve those who • _er from diffi cu lt y o f b rea thi ng . , I „. r repared only by Barclay and Sons, 97, Farringdon-street, Lon and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford- Gifford, 104, and 11. Barfield, 180, Strand ; Johnston , 68, o r nhill Hallows, Druggist, 2, High-street, Islington ; and all re l'eet,ible Medicine Vendors in town and country. n .„7,1 k,e_rve.-zone can be genuine, unless the name s of •'BARCLAY NS" are on the stamp affixed to each box. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New road, Lendon.—The fbilowing is a list of the AGENTS for t he sale of MORISOS'i VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE, 44 London and its vicinity :- 38 8. Strand—Tke Hygeist-office. 65 , Quadrant, Regent-street—Mr. Field. 5 3. Cambridge-street, Edgware-road-31m. Good. 1 , Park-place, Mile.end-road—Mr. Lofts. 24, Lombard-street, Cornhill—Mr. Chappel. 63 , Oxford-street—Dietrichsen and Hannay, perfumers. 20, New -road, St. George's - in-the-East—Air. J. Itaines. 1 55. Watling•street—lira. E. Dare. 33 , Great Tower-street-3lr. Baldwin. 128 , Strand—Mr. E. Griffin, perfumer. 8, Townsend -street, Old Kent-read—Mrs. Feulse. 128, Tottenham-court-road—Mrs. Baucher. w alham-green—Mrs. Merchant. Brentford (Post-office)—Mr. Norbury. Clapham —Mr. Batten's Library. 63 . Great Chart-street, Bast-road, Roston—Mr. H. Langley. Cornhill—Mr. R. Johnstone, perfumer, Sec. * 3 , then Holborz—Mr. William Hallett. '" a ndolPh-street Camden-town (Post-office)—Mr. J. rester. Deptford —Mr. Porritt, bookseller. Staines—Mrs. Norris's Library. No ekemist er druggist is authorised to sell this medicine. VAREWELL TO NOVEMBER Farewell to November ! Farewell ! Its triumphs will shortly be o'er; The clocks will have soon tolled its knell, And proclaimed that " November's no more." A comfortlees month has it bees, Witk its fogs, and its damp, and its cold No sun-beam enlivened its scene, Wkile vapours around it were rolled. But drear as November has proved, Its vapours no mischief have done For danger at once I removed, • jay going t. MOSES and SON. I purchased a coat for November, A sample for all in the trade; And really I've cause to remember The capital purchase I made. This over-coat still suits me well, And, thanks to E. MOSES and SON, They've thousands, just like it, to sell, So that each may be furnished With one. LIST OF PRICES. aZADY MAIM liukTer Taglien' • • •• . Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely Ike Pacha Coat .• • '' The tullmer, especially adapted for snowy a n d wet w3ather• • ... ters Winter Coats, in every style ••••••• • • • • • • . 0 6 • —4 " 11 De. Trousers, lined ..... 0 12 6 Dress Coats.. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1 e • Frock do.— • ....... ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 4 • _oll bs uble-breasted Winter Ireots•• •••••••• • • • • • • • • 2 • collar P. • . • • • soya, Missal . and Tonle 5a1t5...... •• • • MAD' TO MZIOWILI. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, h . and from 1 6 semely trimmed • • • • •• " • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dialed cloth Over -coats, velvet collar and cuffs • 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper ••.."•"•• • • • • • • • • •:• • 0 18 6 .. 1 2 Doeskin Trousers .. . 1 6 II Nest, or Dress.. • • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • Dress Coat .......... .. 1 12 Best quality made.. Frock . ........ 1 15 0 ....•••—••••• .... ... 3 3 Best quality made • • • • • • • • • 0 8 6 • Cashmere Vests .. ••••• • • • • ••••• • • • • • ..... 0 12 0 Satins, Plain or Fancy • •••• •• " " ••••• • • • • • oY's Hussar and Tunic Suits •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 6 ..... ..... 0 16 0 Great Coat.. •• ••• • • • ... 2 15 1 16 9 1 Suit of Clothes complete... • ••• • • • ••••• • • •• Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. 121 e attention of Ladles is especially directed to E. MOSES and stock of Furs, which will be found en inspection to be the 0 0 . Zgeat best assorted, and cheap e st i s th e t ra d e. R ese rve your pur ,mas n.l.2lbierve•—iny article purchased, ready made, or made to mea eogo not app roved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the Y returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, 'Hatters, llerg. Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for a4 ' B i. aid Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minoriea, and 83, 6 i. and 8$ Altigate, City, London. bU, finati u E • . Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the against impostors, but kave learned that the untradeernan- Z±llk_ e falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, b. 7 been resorted to in many instances, and for obviens reasons. have no connex i on w i th any other howm in or out o f L ondon; .sd those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &e., should call at, Or send to. Minories and .Mdgate, City, London. eliotice.—No business transacted at this establishment Prom sun- Prlday, ill gannet Saturday, wh en b us i ness is resumed till tw e l ve ‘eloek. DR. LA'MERT Olt TALI OECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOUT'S AND MATURITT.—WITH 40 COLOURED Ii.NGRATINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, Es. Gd„ or post-free, from the Aitthor, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise en the Physiology of Marriage, Infelleitons and Unproductive IRiins, and the S e cret Infir m iti es an d Disorders of Youth and Ma taeY. RamanY acquired at ai early period of life, which enervate PhY iced anmental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural ~ellnits :and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical rvations en tko Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, tropical arising from s close study, or the laflu , ence li of 16, —m a l eal eliatates: Local n and Constitutional Weakness, Syphi i s, -- „, et Ue. and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Inds t.",,,cu• With Forty caloured Engravings, illustrating the ki;r7., 4l Y, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, iv i r ri sa e ni tii ng their struCtures,ases, and functions, and the various cLio at are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and n. RT LA M.D., 9, 11 BDFO R D-9 TIEN SAMUEL T, ' BED MERT, FORD•SQUARE, LONDON. 6et° l... r , s t Iredicirie 3fatriculated Member of the University of Edin ,,—,.fa,Licentiate.of Apothecaries ' ' 9l London Medical Society, &c. Hospital Hall, London, Honorary Member th et "'",, age requires the fulfilment of several conditions , o ia tod or t d l e ie r `` may be really the cause of mutual happiness. raised, „..1. which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness , be ooaid , r.lc)t e lta tra t cednie t s e ou r, r h ce ys l i n eal every instance disclosed, in how many d. a .11thrierits. Excesses are always in ; disqualifications and tthheeirgaititenwdhaineth whenwishopl ,134:41ail Moderation is fraught with advantage, We the D r ° ll fis source of mischief, and of greater or less Injury becomes, e Anstitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on hal " and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, than oreelactive of great er severity of misery to the l l amas frame, imp other to which it is sabjeet. 4aa T/Lis_ w erk contains a s accurate and complete account of tie and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of reiat ive conditions l a h ea lth ai d di sease . It deservedly Ns34aifres the closest a tt ent i on and study, for what su b jec t can a,Na ofm imPortauce than the proservation of tke health, the physical capabilitiesof which every man should ctiOo••f eAse4l excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired a ar l 7 life or from the follioa of advanced age, while suffering nrn their invariable coasequonces, unwisely entertains a fear of ap tYing to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so tra;lnently, but erroneously entertained that those complaints are s a nd the reach of art, alike restrict hiai and prevent his seeking e se ssia where alone it c an h o procured. In acting thus, he that accurate discrimination in ascertainin g th e causes o f llabl.sea, empathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva lapYeehmaracterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the :If*s atio an who can show by his posse.sion of the requisite legal nil that he is entitled to esteem and respect In his profes lia,,al Ix:mutts, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. w obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas Rainf:at; great extent of his practice for many years is a solely to th or his DrOfessional experience, which has reference almost e treatment of these diseases. 21_a ed by th e A uthor, and may be had of Kent and Richards, ,tern oster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne -;;Mn..Ymarket ; .Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, 9la-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, dt t " . r, who may be consulted on these disorders personally _uab .ditily.from Tea till Two, and from Five till Eight at his 11441cvlgto BodS9r4:strott Boatord-stuare Lowlsa. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it Is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7s. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8/1„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Sen, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and It. Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver User-office. wAS d for NCred days No. 17,221. J LONDON, FRIDAY,EVENING PU NS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—Y ESTERDAY. DERBY. 11 to 1 offered on the field, but only one bet laid, namely :- 2,000 to 40 agst Mr. Wreford's Whitstone. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASE. 1,000 to 100 agst Lord Strathmore's The Switcher—t. LATEST BETTING AT WARWICK. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Scott's lot —taken to 4001. 13 to 2 agst J o h n D ay ' s lot—taken to 400 1 . 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken n 0 to 1 a gs t M r . B . Green ' s Beverlac—taken 30 to 1 ag s t C o l. P eel ' s Sesostris—taken 1,000 to 30 agst M r. P ayne ' s Ceryus—taken 1,000 to 25 agst M r . W re f ord ' s Whitstone — ta k en 1,000 to 25 agst M r. Gully's Edie Ochiltree—taken 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. Greville's Rosslyn—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Nunn's Tho Fowler—taken freely. WEIGHTS FOR THE WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASE. MURRAY'S lIOME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY. This Day is published, post Bvo., THE WILD SPORTS of the PRAIRIES and the ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Ey G. F. BUXTON, Esq. " This little work is merely what its title professes to be, The Rough Notes of a Journey through Mexico, and a Winter spelt amongst the wild scenes and wilder characters of the Rocky Moun tains,' and has no higher aim than to give an idea of the difficulties and hardships a traveller may anticipate, should he venture to pass through it and mix with its semi-barbarous and uncouth people, and 4o draw a faint picture of the lives of those hardy pioneers ofcivilisa lion whose lot is cast upon the boundless prairies and rugged moun tains of the Far West."—Author's Preface. John Murray, Albemarle•street. Just published, in One Volume Byo., price 18s., Illustrated with Maps nod Plans of Battles, &c., THE MILITARY LIFE of JOHN DUKE of MARLBOROUGH, with some Account of his Contemporaries. By ARCHIBALD ALISON, F.R.S., Author of "the History of Europe." st. lb. bar- Mr. James Ma son na St. Leger ... ••• "• 12 0 on Lord Strathmore's The Switcher ••• —ll 8 Icy. Mr. Th omas Oli ver ' s The Curate • • ••• 11 8 d. Captain W. P ee l na C handler ... ... 11 8 lo M ..• r. J. S. Mo se l ey ' s Jerry „. ..• ••. 11 7 o o Mr. W. H. Johnstone's The Dove ••• 11 7 1 1 Mr. Barry's S ir A rthur, 5 yrs ... ••• ••• 11 7 3 3 4 Mr. Ouseley Hi ggins ' s Pioneer .. ••• ••.11 3 1, 4 Mr. Walter's C aven di sh ••• 11 3 • Mr. Pearce's Jack... • ll 3 .•• Mr. James Stubb s na Ri c h ard th e ••• .First... ••• 11 3 Mr. R. H. Jone's bg by Glaucus, dam by Belzoni 11 2 Mr. F. Wilson's Khondooz ... ... ... 11 2 Mr. C. Bevill's Latitat ... . 11 0 Mr. W. J. God w i n na Tamworth ... ... 11 0 Mr. W. Ekins's Salopian ... ... ... ... 11 0 Mr. Neale's Chronometer ••• _ ... 11 0 Mr. Wm. Child, j un ., na M y Lord ... ... 11 0 Mr. W. C. Markham's Bribery ... ... ... 11 0 Mr. J. Richardson's The Judge, 6 yrs ... ... 11 0 Mr. J. Scott na The Roarer ... ... „. 10 13 Mr. Anderson's Profligate ... ... ... 10 12 Mr. Crowther na Lacon Lass, aged ~ ... 10 12 Mr. J. Elmore's British Yeoman ••• ... 10 10 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Rough and Ready ... 10 10 Mr. J. Mytton na Marengo ... ... ... 10 10 Mr. J. Elmore's Gazeley... ... ••• .. 10 8 Mr. A. M‘Donou g h' s St. R u th ... ~.. 10 6 Mr. Taylor na Ti m Whiffl er ... ... ... 10 6 Captain Barnett' s B ox k ee p er ... ... ... 10 6 Mr. Storey na S tan d ar d Guard, 5 yrs ... ... 10 4 Mr. W. Cl ar k' s Ki tty, age d ... ... ... 10 0 Mr. C. C. B roo k e ' s Eagle... ••• •• • ... 10 0 Mr. E. S. D avenport ' s Thugarton ... ... 10 0 Lord Strath more ' s R e d L ancer ... 10 0 ... ... Mr. W. H. Johnstone's King of the Valley .. 10 0 Mr. Man gan ' s Sh ep h er d ess , 5 yrs ... ... 10 0 Mr. Holman's Pembroke... ••• • ... 10 0 Mr. E. S. D avenport ' s Moonlight, aged...•• "'9 12 Mr. Holma n ' s D a ddy L o ng-legs... ... ... Mr. Dix on na O ne -Ey e d Mall e n ... Mr. Wortley's Sparta ... ... Mr. T. Smith's Little Tommy ... Mr. W. Vevert's Velocity ... ... ... NEWMARKET COURSING MEEETING. THURSDAY. The Puppy Stakes—(First Ties continued). Desperate beat Merry Mo- I Cactus be a t Pi cotee Larch Sir Harry beat Viceroy. Second Ties. Cinniraria beat Desperate I Pansey beat Red Rose Cactus beat Sir Harry I Young Warrior ran a bye. The Exning Stakes. Mr. Inskip's Pickwick beat Mr. Hanbury's Garlick Mr. Buckworth's Bonparte beat Ld. Stradbroke's Niaxse Mr. Bagge's Toscin beat Mr. Arabin's Agricola Mr. Miller's Miracle beat Mr. Bennett's Wee Pet Mr. Gillett's Great Western beat Mr. Batchelor's Dread- Mr n . o l u ' g ry h s t on's Gustavus beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Wing Mr. Squire's Our Betty beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Whirligig Mr. Dobede's Diamond beat Mr. Parkinson's Shepherdess HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Wed., Race Course, Fr ß i ;i l l y t k o e n — ha lo ris . ., Dion., Patcham; ... 9 12 •.• 9 12 ••• 9 2 9 0 Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Telscombe Tye-10i. Crawley and Horsham lids., Mon., Kennels; Wed., Hayes; Fri., Pease Pottage Gate, 10i. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Kennels; Wed., Howell; Fri., Tiddesley Wood, 10i. Heythrop hds., Mon., Great Tew; Wed., Bradwell Grove; Fri., Addlestrop Gate; Sat., Kiddington Gate— Mr. Giles's lids., Mon., 8 mile-stone o n th e Tewkes bury-road; Wed., Newent Wood; Fri., Kennel. Herefordshire hds., Non., Yazor; 'Wed., Ruckall; Fri., Perrystone—loi. Ludlow lids., Tues., Broadwood Bridge; Fri., Oni bury. United Pack, Tues., Hurst Gate; Fri., Netherwood. Mr. Theobald's stag lids., Mon., Sunborough. Wheatland hds., Tues., Spoonbill; Fri., Kennels. Mr. Farquharson's hds., M.ron, Buckland Wood; Tues., King Grove; Wed., Winton!. B. V. lids., Tues., Milton Park Wood, Croydon-11i. Essex Union hds., Wed.., Messing Maypole; Sat., Rettedon Common-10f. East Essex hds., Tues., Belchamp Bells; Sat., St. Ann's Castle. South Essex hds., Th., Coombe Wood; Sat. Berton Hall. Monmouthshire hds., Mo Hendre-14 Traveller's Rest; Fri., Mr. Roo's lids., Wed., Creyeombe Village; Sat., Bab land Gate. Hopton harrs., Mon., Bttrgh Castle; Th., Tofton Monks. Mr. Harlock's lids., Tues., l acock-1 1. Devon lids., Mon., Dunehit leech-11. ESTE. .)N OP THE CITY ARMS TAVERN, HAMMERSNYTIL—Yesterday morning, shortly before two o'clock, a fire, involving a serious destruction of property, and it is feared fatal consequences to one of the inmates, broke out upon the, emensive range of premises known as the City Arms 'Cavern, situate at the water side, near Hammersmith -bridge, is the occupation of Mr. Thomas Beaumont. The flames, when first dis covered, had obtained a firm. hold of the ground-floor, and, having extended to the spirits, they were rapidly making towards the staircase. At that time Mrs. Beau mont, her son and daughter, tegether with a servant, were in their beds asleep. After etot isiderable trouble the resi dents were made sensible of the great danger to which they were exposed, and vvitia the exception of Mr. Beau mont, jun., and a man, they escaped without receiving any personal injury. The ether two, however; were both injured by leaping front the window. Owing to the combustible nature of Vac, contents of the place, very f e w minutes elapsed bef ore the building, which wa s 40 feet long by as many foot ide, was completely enve loped in flames. The fir et nen and parish engineers laboured incessantly, but r,loiey were unable to get the mastery over the destructiv a element before the building was burned down. The premises occupied by Mr. Adams, 15, Seymour-place,, and a cottage adjoining, in the tenure of Mary Ware, have also sustained consider able damage by water and removal. The origin of the disaster is unknown. The tavern and its contents were insured in the Phoenix Firt rea m . DON'T USE COVERS FOR NEWSPAPERS.—Those who receive a newspaper throng 11 the post have no concep. tion of the dangers which i t has to encounter in its journey, and how fortunate they are, if it was dressed in a cover, that it has reached it destination; for on Satur day nights' several omnibus( .a are required to convey the newspaper bags to the dill anent termini, and they are jumped upon and squeezeal into almost inconceivable shapes, in order to account:lac date them to the bags for the different districts. Covers itr a at all times unsafe, un less they are well pasted as rthey issue from the news paper offices. Directing °lt a spare place, and tying with string is the safest. plan. Frequently a vast number of newspapers an s found in the bags, the covers of which have been violated, either from im perfect folding or the hurt 17-scurry of ackin thorn. sus such occasions the pers , as who clai m g the forsaken news-sheets are guessed at by the sorters and in order to pacify the Liberal politici to or the rigid Conservative who may have objectionable papers sent them, the fol lowing missive is dispatched ass balm, bearing the signa ture of Colonel Moberly : averal newspapers having escaped from their covers it a the ne wspaper office this morning, from the imperfect .canner in which they were enclosed in them, they have been repl aced as correctly as possible ; but as the accona ponying P a p er may not be the one originally intended f 4 tr you, I beg to explain, that the inconvenience you ten ty be subjected t o h as not been occasioned by this depart ment.—Civil and Mercan tile Journal. SLIM'SVRECK G) (ANT'S r. A T THE ....AUSY.—O Monday night the schooner it spokesman, Bell W A , mastner, from Liverpool to Derry, lade a with cannel coal, came on shore at Portnogher, a tot al wreck. The foremast, anchors, and chains, were goe e, and a g reat part of the bottom knocked out. The 1 og- book and papers were found, but no entry had been :made from the previous Thursday. The fate of the c row has not been ascer tained, but it is feared all ham is may have been lost.— Coleraine Chronicle. STOURBRIDGE.—TEE GLA SS TRADE. --We regret to hear that the depression in. this trade has occasioned the masters to discharge man y of their men, as, during the last few weeks, they I la ve not had a sufficient number of orders to employ' t 'nem more than two or three days per week, and cannt, t continue to support the whole of them with that limite d amount of employment without giving a part of them . notice, which has thrown numbers from the various gins. s manufactories in this neighbourhood out of employ.— 'Birmingh am J ourna l. COMMISSION or LUNACY.— -Yesterday a Commis sion of Lunacy was opened at the Swan Tavern, High road, Walham-green, Fulham,t iefore Mr. Commissioner Barlow and a jury composed r seventeen magistrates and freeholders of the county, ', to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. John Wood WI llie, a retired surgeon in the East I n di a Company's ser vice, late of Hollywood place, Fulham-road, and now a n inmate of Kensington House Asylum, Kensington. Mr. Willie, who was present, handed in a protest, after which ho left the room. Evidence was then got .e into, and ultimately the inquiry was adjourned. • (11 1111 41111 ) is , 2 3r. I •, • , _ . 11131 , - A t . ( .4 1 , ; .•74 •,. $ 4 . c 4 , • ±1" , , • • - - • • ti.; • , t • 1.:•1 r _ - „ . ‘ 4- • • I , 441 ;: ‘t -'r - • - i r C lk 15— /." • • William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THE LADIES' GAZETTE OF DINARY OR FASHION.- EXTRA ATTRACTIONS. The most superb display of WINTER COSTUMES ever witnessed. All the Paris Fashions, the Royal Ball and Evening Dresses, and Morning, Evening, Walking and Ball Dresses, Cloaks, Pelisses, Bon nets, Children's Dresses, &c., in endless variety. 4 Plates, 70 Figures, 100 Patterns, with Descriptions, Tales, &c. Price One Shil ling, or sent post free for ls. 6d. G. Berger, Holywell-street, Strand, and all Books oilers and Newsmen. THE RED BOOK FOR 1848. Just published, THE ROYAL KALENDAR, and COURT and CITY REGISTER, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies; containing an improved and enlarged Peerage and Baronetage--tho House of Commons, with the latest alterations-- the Queen's Ministers—Royal Household—Government Departments Ambassadors, British and Foreign—Navy and Army —Law and Civil Officers Ecclesiastical Establishments Universities Literary, Scientific, and Religious Societies—Charitable and Com mercial Institutions — Magistrates—Hospitals, &c., thoroughly re vised, price Ss., bound in red ; or, with an Appendix or Index of Names contained in the volume, Gs. Gd. London It. A. Suttaby, Stationers'-court, and other proprietors. HORRID MURDERS IN IRELAND.—These events were tints mentioned under Nevember in ZADICILL'ii ALMANAC, for 1847.—" On the 23,1 Mars will be very near the Earth, and it is then we hear of bloody deeds, ruthless murders, and savage slaughters. Alas! for Ireland," &c. 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If used on infants' cads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See pamphlet of testimonials. _ _ . . . . All letters addressed to William erinistone, lierbary, Lalegato. 3N THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WITS COLOURED SW/SAYINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Inclading a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the 'carious Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OF TEE WORK, Chap. I.—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced ix the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, (fleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, Jac. Sold by Brittain , 54, Paternoster-row ; Gerd ,146, Leadenhall street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street,7London ; Winhal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; Whitmore, I le, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, n 4, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Greenslde-street, Edinburgh; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin; s.nd all Booksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. 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Blighted hopes or neglect wonnd more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, If these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little s t;hey a ea c e. ( ,: b i Tn y ltre p er o pyp i rr t ua , erdei i : n tnhi z s i tr e ta e ul lin P g B ' deter s . 6ydo.. by y c h). MEMOIRS On Single an d Marr i ed Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. thtendedi r c e s r u t ai pp n o l y s f d . contents, e i from obtaining i ut their Let titles, i nor be imaginativel y hind hindered for the closet perusal of thos o more deeply inte d rested to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the e nspyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, w hi ch alone together, are a disgr ace t o the age. Furthermore, tw othoerr e little publications clai m y our attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. Gd.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " llow to be Happy." They aro not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volstme, nor aro they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's Ilfe,whe owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always ou the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all Booksellers. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 1 .2 .1:C 6 A1 d., e e t r - I N rg l e ) d l t e o f P l9 E , D p l m il es EN , J T . 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PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-prednetlve organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings, Pater 11. treats of the consequences resulting from e • Xee.9BlYe tidal once, and their lamentable effects on the system, proodueln and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Ine C cliental apaelty. It is illustrated by Three 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. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is Illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, and destroys its power on the system. Pater T. 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Attendance daily at 19, Ber ners-street, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sundays '013:1 MOTU to One. i S iv, DECEMBER 3 1 1847. short id s ela c f a n : LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2 2.—The Ne w Y or k packet ship Y da e y a s t , o a n r , ri a r f e t d er he a re re t m hi a s r a k f a t b er ly . noon. Sh e h as t hi rteen cabin passengers, including Colonel Sh er b ourrfe, bearer of dispatches ; and 60,0001. in go ld on f reight. Her news, which is only one day later th an th at , b rought by the steamer, is not importa n t, an d a dd s nothing to the details noted in our report o f th e C a l e d onia ' s news. The followi ng appears i n a New York paper of the 16th ult. : "By the a rr i va l o f t h e steamer Galveston at New Or leans we h ave v i a V era Cruz, four days' later intelli gence from the c ity o f M ex i co. U " Santa Ann a was at Tehuacan. Ile had only a few a T s a i g n e , oE tt e Nie TED STATES. hundred soldiers with him; this force mutinied for pay, and left him with only forty men. He then moved on towards Orixaba to meet his wife. " Colonel Childs had joined General Scott. " General Lane and his command were still at Puebla, where everything was quiet. " Nothing said about the movements of the Mexican Congress, or probabilities of peace. " Santa was prosperous, and in a thriving condi tion. Merchants were doing a good business. The Americans were building new houses, and laying off plans for the improvement of the town. Hotels were opened, a paper printed, and lots, &c., advertised for sale. Large commissary trains were arriving almost daily." The commercial accounts from New York do not dif fer from those received per the Caledonia. The follow ing are the reports of the country markets : " CINCINNATI, Nov. 15, P.M. Flour—The market showed some increased degree of firmness, and sales of all kinds footed up about 7,000 barrels, at 4 dolls, to 4 dolls. 25c. to 4 dolls, 50c. " PITTSBURG, Nov. 1 5 .—Flour—There was no change in the market, and prices stood the same as at the close on Saturday, 4 dolls. 81,fc. to 4 dolls. 9.3ic. Wheat was firm at 93c. for good Pennsylvania, and Ohio with an upward tendency. " ALBANY, Nov. 15,—Flour—The market continued dull at 5 dolls. 87fc. to 6 dolls, for western brands, in cluding Oswego and Genessee. Sales were very limited. Receipts by the canal during the previous forty-eight hours were as follows :—Flour, 20,000 barrels ; corn, 15,300 bushels; barley, 43,600 bushels." IRELAND. MURDER OF MR. LLOYD. DUBLIN, DEC. I.—The following is an extract from a letter written by a magistrate of Roscommon : " I was at Ballyglass yesterday, and, on my return found that the Rev. John Lloyd had been shot dead on his return from church about three o'clock, at the lands of Lisanella, between this house and Elphin. His carriage and family had passed on a little before him ;he was in a gig, with a small boy. Two men came up to him, one having laid hold of the bridle, he asked did;they know him, or what they wanted. They answered they did know him well, and wanted to I shoot him, and desired the boy to get out of the gig, which he refused. Poor Mr. Lloyd then desired him to do so, and one of the men pulled hial out. Mr. Lloyd then said, Boys, if you want to shoot me, I'm here ; fire away ;' when they instantly shot him through the right side, and killed him on the spot. No one can form the least idea of what motive they could have had, as he was always a kind, harmless man, and not in any way brought into hostile collusion with the people, to whom he has always been kind." DISSOLUTION OF ANOTHER BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The board of guardians of the Cavan Union was yesterday dissolved by the Poor-law Commissioners. A paid board will, of course, be forthwith appointed. DREADFUL MORTALITY ♦MONG SMALL FARMERS. In the Court of Chancery this day, Master Murphy called upon the receiver in the cause of O'Sullivan v. O'Sullivan to account, when that gentleman stated the appalling fact that during the last year " three hundred of the tenants had died and were interred in one trench." The receiver added that the holdings of those persons are now all unoceupied. The estate lies in the county of Cork. THE CORPORATION. A meeting of this body was held to-day, for the discharge of some routine business. After its dis posal Mr. Gustavus Hamilton, a Conservative mem ber of the House, gave notice of motion that an humble address be presented to her Majesty to convene a meeting of the Imperial Parliament in the city of Dublin, once in every three years, and that her Ma jesty should be requested to direct her Ministers, if such a step should be necessary, to bring in a Bill for that purpose : and the Learned Gentleman further moved that, in case his motion received the affirmation of the corporation, he would submit that the Lord Mayor should proceed to London in state, accom panied by the civic officers and such members of the town council as wished to accompany him, to present the address to her Majesty in person. ARREST Or SEVEN BOCILITES. Sub-Inspector Morgan, with constable Connors, of the Lisduff sta tion, and a large police forc e , t raverse d th e Gl an ki t and Blakefield mountains, and succeeded in arresting seven notorious characters. Among these was Pat Ryan, a most sanguinary desperado. Leinster Express. [PR ICE SD. NATIONAL EDUCATION. GENERAL EXAMINATION OF SCHOOLMASTERS WHO ARE CANDIDATES FOR CERTIFICATES AT EASTER. Committee of Cou nc il on Ed ucat i on , Council office, Whitehall, Nov. 25, 1847. Sir,---The Committee of Council have before them applications under the minutes of August and Decem ber, 11246, from the trustees and managers of elemen tary schools in every county in England, on behalf of their teachers, requesting that they may be admitted to an examination for the certificates of merit which are necessary to the enjoyment of augmentations of salary under those minutes. Their Lordships have reason to know that many other candidates only await the announcement of the pe riod when th e exam i nat i on will occur, and of its chief conditions, ere they request of the trustees or managers of their schools to present their claims to be examined. Many of these candidates have for some time past been engaged in preparatory studies, and in some towns have been assisted by courses of instruction, established by the friends of education. It has therefore been deemed expedient not to precipitate the period of the general examination of teachers who have not been educated to training schools under inspection, but rather to allow such time for their preparatory studies and courses of instruction as to increase the number of candidates who will present themselves with confidence for examination. School managers have also suggested, that a period of school holidays should be selected for a general exa mination, in order that the candidates, who must be as- 1 sembled for ten days at some central place in the in spector's district, may attend without serious inconve nience to their schools. For these reasons, the Lord-President directs me to inform you that the first general examination of the schoolmasters who are candidates for certificates will be held in Easter week, commencing on Monday, the 24th April, 1848, and extending to the middle of the follow ing week. You are requested, in the interval, to ascertain at what town or place candidates in your district can be most conveniently assembled. The chief considerations to be borne in mind in selecting this place, are the comparative facilities of access from all parts of your district ; the arrangements which, with the aid of persons desirous to promote the comfort of the schoolmasters, can be made for their lodging during the period of the examination, the ac commodation which you can procure for the daily assembling of the candidates, and the existence of an elementary school, the organization, discipline, and in struction of which render it a fit place for the trial of the skill of the candidate in conducting a class. When these arrangements have been reported for their Lordships' approval, you will be authorised to announce in the county papers of your district the time and place appointed for the examination, together with such other information as may be useful to the candidate. Meanwhile it may be desirable that you should ex plain to all persons interested in this general examina tion, that it is a necessary preliminary to the admission of any candidate to it, that the trustees or managers of his school should apply to the committee of council on his behalf, and should fill up certain forms of inquiry, which will be transmitted to them from this office in reply to their application. The examination of the candidates will extend to the subjects contained in the first of the two following schedules. The second schedule contains other subjects, to which, on the application of a candidate for the middle or highest class certificate, the examination may be extended. This latter schedule is intended to afford candidates an opportunity to prove the range of their acquirements, on subjects on which they will not be required to be examined for the third or lowest class certificate. MST SCHEDULE. Religious knowledge (in Church of England schools). Arithmetic. English grammar. Paraphrase of some passage from an English author. English history. Geography :—Descriptive. Physical. Historical (of the British Empire). Popular astronomy. Book-keeping. Geometry. Elements of Mechanics. Mensuration. Land Surveying. Levelling. Algebra. Composition of the Notes of a Lessen. Original Essay on a subject connected with the Art of Teaching. Note—ln the subjects of this first schedule the standard of acquirements should correspond to that of students who have completed one year s: course of in struction in the training schools under inspection, as reported in their Lordship's minutes. The most useful text books may also be ascertained by observing what books are reported to be in use in the training schools. SECOND SCHEDULE. Subjects to which examination may be extended, on the request of a candidate for the highest class of certifi. cates : Vocal music. Drawing from models. History and etymology of the English language. Modern history. Modern languages. Roman history. Greek history. Physical science. Higher branches of mathematics. Latin. Greek. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, J. P. KAY SHLITTLEWORTH. PA ISH OF LAMBETH AND THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Yesterday morning a vestry meeting was held at the Vestry-hall, Church-street, Lambeth, for the pur pose of taking into consideration measures which should put a stop to the present proceedings of the South-Western Railway Company in erecting a bridge over Church-street, the pier of which would stand right in the centre of the carriage way, dividing the road into two parts. Mr. NIXON, the Chairman, regretted that the parochial authorities had not paid attention to the proceedings of the company before, but it was now quite time to stop them. Mr. Hicks, in proposing the first resolution, adverted to the fact of the road being one of the finest in the parish, and of its being included in the Government scheme of metropolitan improve ments as the approach to the contemplated bridge over the Thames. The carriage way was originally 38 feet wide, but it was now divided by a pier, on one side of which the carriage way was 16 feet, and on the other 18 feet 5 inches. By the Act of the company they were compelled to cross the road with an arch of 60 feet span ; and by the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act every turnpike road crossed was to be crossed at a span of not less than 35 feet. This was a turnpike road at the time of the passing of the Act. It would be very easy to cross the road by a single arch span, supported on pillars, leaving smaller arches for the footways, as at Bermondsey-street. He moved, " That the churchwardens be instructed to apply to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to restrain the company from any further proceedings in the present bridge.' He He would wish to know what the board of surveyors of highways had been about to permit such a thing to be commenced at all. Several gentlemen on the part of the board of surveyors stated, that they had given no definite consent to the plan, which, however, sppeared to them to be the best proposed. When they spoke of crossing the road at a single span, Mr. Locke, the engineer to the com pany, said that he would not answer for the safety of passengers travelling over such an arch, especially after the experience they had lately had in reference to iron bridges. The Archbishop of Canterbury, to whose palace the road was the only approach for carriages, had seen the plan, and had not objected to it. The company had also built the piers of the bridge, and had all the cast-iron frames ready. Some discussion then arose as to the fact of the bridge being laid down on the plan, as crossing the road at right angles, giving a way of 46 . feet—when it cr osse d it o bli que l y an d gave way y tr ot only 33 feet. It was a t l eng th determined the effect of pacific measures at first, and committeesurveyors was appointed to act with the board of in representing the case to the company, railway Py, and inducing he them to construct a new bridgepend all further operations com pany to be requested to until the result of the negotiation sus became known. It was then agreed that the vestry should meet that day week, to decide upon the other steps to be taken in case the company should not accede to their request. On the night of the 22d ult. a most ferocious and unprovoked attack was made by nine poachers upon two of the keepers of Philip Bennet, Esq., at Rougham, who were most severely beaten, and a cowardly ruffian presented his gun at ono of the men as he was lying in nearly a senseless state, and threatened to shoot him ; but was dissuaded by another of the gang. Unfortu nately none of them are known ; but a large reward is offered for their discovery. —Bury Post. DEATH of DR. THOMSON.—We have the painful duty of again recording the name of another victim to the dreadful pestilence whieh is now raging in this city. Dr. Thomson, the highly -respected physician of the New Fever Hospital, in Great Clyde-street, died of fever on Friday morning last. —Glasgow paper. We understand that there is no truth in the report that a petition will be presented to the House by Mr., Hutchins or his friends against the return of our repre sentative, Sir G. R. Philip s . I t i s qu i te true that the d grounds for a petition against the r e t urn o f our goo_taherrepre sentative, Mr. Robinson.—Salisbury Journal. F. FERGLTSON CANIROUX, Secretary. ON LAND the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a fire brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. "We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to so , clety."—Editors Liverpool Mail. The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on fire in and sear the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly, including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Horton's dyery, and 12,0001. worth of consigned pro perty; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de struction and death. " North Walsham.—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half the property now destroyed might have been saved."—.Norfulk Chro nicle, August 22, 1846. It a Norwich ' fire Jime 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they will do the work, which proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo spheres. Now the feet is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain rumps are bad machines : they rub, grub, aud scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young and llutton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom exceeis half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had tried in ♦ain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the ♦ictory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some men drop at mi-iute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 11,100 lbs. of water one lost high in a minute, and with a Fenn ' tain Pump 9,010 lbs. In half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power. John Clenton Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) silo by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in No. 1,183, arid in No. 496, Rook-maker Millington's remarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the inveation the following true and sustain. able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts belevr and above 100 feet altitude, for man, horse, and steam power ; delivering from half a pint per stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every tair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed al less cost than commen pumps. W. SIIALDERS. Fountain Pump Works, Norwich, Nor. 38, 1847. See Mechanic's Magazine, Nos. 231*, 364, 333, 429, 430, 433, 482, 486, 457, 499, 492, 495, 496, 508, 509, 510, 528, 533, 858*, 727, 804, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus* ROWL AN D' S ALSANA EXTRACT. For the tits Toothache and Gum Bolls, and for eradicating all disorders of the Teeth and Gums. In tho anguish of excrutiating pain it affords instantaneous sellef, while its frequent me will b• found to strengthen the gums, and fortify the Teeth against future attacks. It totally exterminates scurvy, restores the Gums to the fullness of health, and by endowing them with additional firmness of adhesion, it firmly fixes and roots the Teeth in their sockets. It era- dcates unpleasant taste and injurious secretion from the mouth, and repels the approach of incipient decay. It is perfectly innocent, and is also an excellent stomachic in cases of flatulency and depression of spirits. This invaluable specific has been held in high estimation for many years, and is under the sanction of the first physicians. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and las. Gd. per bottle. CAUTIODT.—Each bottle of the genuine preparation is enclosed in a wrapper, on which are the words—" ROWLAND'S ALSANA EX TRACT." The Government stamp has also the Proprietors' name and address, thus —" A. ROWLAND AND SON, 20, HATTON GARDEN," engraved thereon. Sold loy them, and by all Chemists and Perfumers. T • HE SPORTSMAN'S THREE WISHES The sportsman has wishes—we name than—they're three, With the truth of this version you all will agree: New September's set in, most nobly we'll strive, To keep the old custom of shooting alive. The game Is abundant, the weather is clear, Bright Phoebus commands all her guests to appear; But sportsman, before you depart for the fun, Obtain your three wishes—your Coat, Dog, and Gut, The first in the field L. lIYAM now stands, For his " taletot Shooting-coat," known in all lands ; Enveloped in these, it soon will be found, That the wind and the rain fall powerless around. For warmth, style, and freedom, none such can be got, Just wear one—you soon wit be reckoned a " shot." Tken sportsmen of England, appreciate well, Ono who pleases so much, and who strives to excel For that is the cause why the journals express Such very great faith in Ills prime shooting dress. Fulfil then your wishes—roar pleasures complete, By a call at the Mart, 36, Graceckurch-street. The stock is unvaried, you can't lack success, Ix equipping yourself in a " good Shooting Dress." An extensive stock of Shooting-coats, in all the new materials, cut in the latest fashion, at the following reasonable prices : Beaverteen Shooting Jackets los. od. Angola Mixed Doeskin D 0..... .. Tartan Do. 183. 6d. Plaid Do. d 0.......... .. 'Very superior d 0.... ..... ........ .. Youths' and Boys' Shooting Jackets at prices in proportion. Newmarket Riding Coats, 3es. to 40s. ; Scarlet Hunting Coats, first-rate quality, 3/. The Ilosiery, Ilat, and Outfit Department, recently added to thh ' Establishment, is now complete, containing a well-selected stock of Shirts, Gloves, Hose, Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. Paris and town made Hats, Travelling, Fishing, 'Youths', and Mens' Caps, is every va riety, at prices in accordance, with L. Hymn's well-known econo mical system. L. HYAM'S Clothing, Hat, and Outfitting Itstablislinseat, 35 Graceehnrch-street. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire 31/. Shares, 5 3 4 c. dis.—Eastern Coun ties, 16%—Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifths, 9 p.—London and North-Western, 155 1 4—Ditto, Fifths, 10 1 4—Ditto, 40/. Shares (L. and M.), 18% 5 i —Ditto, Manchester , and and ßirmingham, Lincolnshire, Qu Preference,rs (B )(B), 4 p p . ! m a d c l h a e p.—Blanchester, r n dl , .11e Sheffield, , Ditto, 401. Shares, 43 1 4—Ditto, Halves, % dis.—North Staffordshire, IA p.—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), 1 p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, Preference, 2 p.—South-Easternth dis.—Ditto, ad Consolidated, Dover,Nw No. No. 1,3. dis.—Ditto, dts.—Ditto No. 2,v c. No. 4, % dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 136—Ditto, Extensions, No. 1, 4 p.—Ditto (N. and B.), No. 2, 2% p.— Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 1% p.—York and North Mid land (East and West Riding Extension), 8% p.—Dutch Rhenish, 4% dis. MANCHESTER, DEC. 2. STOCK ExcriAwort.—The sales are—Dublin and Drogheda, 31 dis.—East Anglian, New Preference, par—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1-16 p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 5-16 dis.—London and North-Western (M. and B.), 60% —Ditto, Quarters (B), c. p—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 4% c.—Dit to , Q uarters, No. 1, 36 c. p.—Ditto, Preference, '4 p.— North StaflOrdshire,%—Shropshire Union, 2 1 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 5 / 6.. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 2. STOCK ExcitamoE.—The sales are—Midland, 110—Ditto (Consolidated Birmingham and Derby), 83—North British, Extension, ls. 3d. p.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 1 1 4 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Rail.. way and Canal, 2 dis.—North Staffordshire, 3s. 9d. p. (for preceding account)—Shrewsb ur y an d Birmingham (A), 3 dis.—Ditto (B), 2 dis.—S ou th S ta ff ordshire, 335. 9d. dis. YORK, DEC. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Ncrrthern, n.—North British, :Thirds, 2/. ss. 6d.—Ditto, Extension, 12s. 9d.—North Staffordshire, 7 %--York, Newca s tl e, and Berwick, G. N. E. Purchase, 9 1 ,4. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DEc. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New Quarters, 13s. 6d. dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 981—Ditto, Quarters, 24/. 12e. 6d—North British, Extension, 14s. 61-- North Staffordshire, % p.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, New, No. 2, 3 p. EDINBURGH, DEC 1. STOCK ExciraNGE.—The sales are — Aberdeen, 24 Eastern Counties, 48—Edinburgh and Northern, ex. int. 171s — Ditto, New, Registered, 43s.—Great Northern, 89s. 6d.— North British, 27% 4 —Ditto, Halves, ex. int. 1 2% 4 —Ditto, Quarters, ex. int. 96s.—Ditto, New Quarters, Scrip, 13s. 3d. —Ditto, Thirds, Registered, 465. 6 d.—Ditto, Fifths, 5%, — Scottish Central, 23. PETITIONS TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. --The first report of the Select Committee on Public Petitions has just been issued. It appears that up to the 26th of November 33 petitions wero presented; of these the principal were—lS against the removal of Jewish dis abilities, with 715 signatures, while those of an opposite description were presented with seven signatures. N A TI ONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This lnstitition embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for :eiture of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in .erests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assarances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. . i Perms- 'Sum Ow ;.„; ' Annual /Policy! Bonus in! stout Re- i Assured Ago. .El Pre- taken addition Bonus In duction of ay bor. e, mium. out in Assured. Cask. Ann ua l row on ao - Premiums. Policy. 1 --, £ s. 4. X a d. £ a. d. £ a. d . X Xs. d.l 1837 243 9 31112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 1838 218 4 81 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0 601000 74 3 4 1839 192 1 10 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 [lB4O 143 5 10 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 133 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 8 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 b The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be kad at the Felice, or any of its branches in the country ; or, on application. will be forwarded post free. RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN Kiln's, which roll the water upwards, without either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse quently this is the most Important discovery ever made for the pre servation of life and property either at Sea or on Land. AT SEA numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefully ac knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall suffice : " Captain Greig, front Quebec to London, states that the Fountain Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was tke means of saving the ship and 230 souls on hoard, two seams in the bottom being partly lett without calking." " The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days ont at sea, and soon after her common pump choaked and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was is ac tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London, with a thank God for the Fountain Pump." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH •THURSDAY.—The funeral of the late Rear-Admiral Shirreff, late superintendent of this dockyard, will take place on Wednesday next, in ac cordance with arrangements made to-day by the Naval and Military Commanders-in-Chief, and sub mitted to the Lords of the Admiralty. The remains of the gallant deceased will be interred in this gar rison Chapel burial-ground. The Bellerophon, 78, Captain R. L. Baynes, has been paid advance wages to-day at Spithaad. The Sharpshooter iron steam gun boat (screw) has been docked, and is being prepared for the reception of the composition of the Chemical Assistant on one side of her bottom and on the other the preparation invented by Baron Wetterstedt. The Rifleman screw gun boat has been out to-day to try her rat e o f s p ee d a ft er h er a l terat i ons. The Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander Seymour, is hourly expected at Spithead from the Pacific, with freight on merchants' account. She was to have sailed from Rio on the 10th of October. Wind W. by S.; moderate breezes; dark, hazy weather. PLYMOUTH, DEC. I.—Her Majesty's steam-tug Confiance, Jago master, was dispatched on Monday in search of the Lady Kennaway East Indiaman, abandoned in the Bay of Biscay, and subsequently taken in tow by a Danish schooner. The Alert sloop, 6, sailed yesterday for Lisbon, Ascension, and the coast of Africa. The Arabella, American liner, f rom Li verpoo l f or Boston, put back yesterday leaky. Her Majesty's ship Asia, 84, flag of Admiral Phipps Hornby, sailed this morning for Madeira, Rio, and the Pacific. Wind southerly, very light. A PARDON—FOR NOTRING.—In October last a young woman, named Mary Ann Turford, was tried in the Central Criminal Court for stealing a watch. She was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprison ment at Brixton. The theft, it appears, was committed by another person. One James William Ward has been convicted of the same offence, of which, moreover, he has confessed himself the perpetrator. The innocence of the girl thus having been clearly esatablished, a re presentation of her case was made by Mr. Norton to the Under Secretary. Sir Denis Le Marchant, we are told, writes back, and says that Sir George Grey, taking into consideration the facts as set forth in Mr. Norton's communication, has recommended her Majesty's free pardon in the case of Mary Ann Turford. As a pardon means the forviveness of an offender, and Mary Ann Turford committed no offence, the propriety of the term as applied to the remission of her sentence, may be questioned. But this is a shallow cavil. A philosopher has said, that men have the greatest difficulty in forgiving those whom they have in jured. It is with the law as with mankind in general ; the law, therefore, has stretched a point in having forgiven Mary Ann Turford. To con sider that tho order for her liberation should have been accompanied by any expression of regret—not to say by any compensation for her month's false imprisonment— is to be extremely ignorant of human nature—at least of Home-office humanity. Of course Mary Ann Tur ford may think herself very well off. She has received a pardon—for nothing.—Punch. SUICIDE - IN DUBLIN.—A coroner's inquest was held in Dublin, on Monday, on the body of Mr. Richard Wall, bookkeeper to Messrs. Williams, stockbrokers, of Dame-street, who had been found with his throat cut in the water-closet of Messrs. Dame's offices. He had had lately several causes of irritation. His son had enlisted, some tenants bad net paid rents, and he had committed an error of about 601 in over-paying some one who . had transactions with his employer. On the floor of the water-closet was a piece of paper with the following inscription, in the deceased's handwriting:—" Worn down by misfortunes unparalleled, and unable teo bear up against them, I can live no longer, and trust in the merciful Saviour that he will receive my soul. God lookwith pity on my wife — the best.. Mr. Thomas 11- hams said the firm always placed the highest confi dence in Mr. Wall's integrity, and had never for a moment had reason to believe that their confidence had been misplaced. A verdict of '• Temporary insanity" was returned. ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—TWO non-com missioned officers and 44 privates of this branch of her Majesty's service left Woolwich yesterday for Chatham, to acquire a knowledge of fortification and mining works. The staff of the ISth company, which the strength of this force is to augment, is to be formed during the pre sent month. SANGUINARY AFFRAY ON BOARD A SLAVER. The following is an extract from a private letter, dated Sierra Leone, October 6, 1847 : "On the 22d of July last her Majesty's ship anterwitch, with h er M a j esty ' s ship Rapid in com , captured the Brazilian brigantine Romeo k'rimero, which was subsequently given in charge to Lieutenant W. G. Mansfield, R.N., and four seamen, to be conveyed to St. Helena for adjudication. Owing to adverse winds, and the unmanageable qualities of the prize, the officer in command found ik necessary to alter his destination, and to bear up for this place. On the 11th of August, about mid-day, two of the crew being engaged aloft and the others in the bunks, where the arms were stowed, the Lieutenant being at the moment pulling a rope which had been recently spliced, was murderously assailed from behind by one of the prisoners (who were four in number, and during the day time allowed the liberty of the vessel) with an axe used fer chopping firewood. At the same moment the other prisoners furiously attacked *le sailors in the bunks, who, from the unexpected na ture of the assault, were driven from their post wounded and unarmed. Lieutenant Mansfield, laying hold of a piece of firewood, gallantly, but unequally, contended with a Brazilian armed with a cutlass the course of a desperate struggle the officer received no fewer than nine wounds, more or less severe, in the head, arms, and abdomen; a great coat which he wore being, under Providence, the means of saving him from instant death. The two sailors who had been occupied in the shrouds having reached the deck, of course unarmed, the lieutenant, nearly exhausted by profuse hcemorrhage, made a violent effort to join them, in which he fortunately proved successful, though in his progress one of the prisoners discharged at him a marine's musket, the contents of which took effect, inflicting a most dangerous wound on his head, and bringing him for an instant to the ground. Having succeeded in recovering his feet, and gaining his men, he encouraged them to rush aft upon their armed antagonists, a piece of service which three of their number performed in the most daring manner ; the fourth seaman (since dead) being heft de combat by his wounds, and the lieutenant himself fainting at the instant from loss of blood. The intre pidity of the three British tars rendered them more than a match for their armed antagonists, whom they speedily overpowered, one of the prisoners leap ing overboard, and perishing in the waves. Believing their officer to be killed, the seamen, in the excite ment of the moment, were about to hurl the surviving prisoners over the gangway, when Lieutenant Mans field, partially reviving, ordered them to be im prisoned, that their wounds should be washed, and that they should be reserved to be dealt with by the authorities here. On the Ist Sept., the Romeo Primero, the scene of this bloody encounter , entered our port. Lieut. M ans fi e ld , who since the day of con flict had scarcely been able to stir hand or foot, was promptly conveyed to sick quarters, and for many days his life was entirely despaired of by his medical attendants. The gallant little crew, all wounded, were also looked after in the best manner which skill and sympathy could suggest; but, alas ! two of them were soon removed beyond the reach of human succour, one dying of the direct consequences of his wounds, and the second of fever induced by them. After a fortnight of extreme danger on shore, Lieu tenant Mansfield's powerful constituti on showed symp toms of triumphing over his injuries, and he is now so far convalescent as to justify sanguine hopes of his complete restoration. Yester day the Brazilian prisoners were brought to trial before the Chief Justice, his honour Chief Jus tice Pine, and assistant-judges Heddle and Lennon, on charges of piracy, and attempt to murder Lieu tenant W. G. Mansfield, R.N. and others. On the indictment being read, several preliminary: ob jections were' taken •on the; part of the prisoners by the Spanish Consul, as the only representative of a foreign country in the colony. The Court, after some consultation, declared the following objection fatal to the proceedings That the alleged crime had been committed in an attempt to recapture their own vessel, then under the Brazilian flag, and not amenable to British jurisdiction, the sentence of a Court of Admiralty not having been then pronounced.' His Honour, in announcing the decision of the Court, said, that the case being thus shut out from an investigation on its merits, he felt called upon to state that, having read attentively all the depositions connected with it, he considered the conduct of the prize officer to have been marked throughout the trying circumstances by most praiseworthy courage and forbearance. The prisoners were then discharged. The brigantine has been condemned by the Admiralty Court as a slaver." ---- - COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of public business, The greater part of the day was occupied with discussions relative to the purchase of a small piece of ground belonging to Messrs Morley, of Wood -street, about which there had been some negotiation. After a variety of amendments, it was determined to keep open the negotiation. It appeared to be the opinion of some of the members, that the traffic of Cheapside would be considerably eased by the appropriation of the ground to the purposes of widening the thoroughfare of Wood street, while others thought that the advantage to the public would not be proportioned to the sum required by the proprietors. Upon the motion of Mr. R. L. JONES, the committee appointed respecting the city's right to the soil and bed of the river Thames, was dissolved, and the business of that committee was transferred to the consolidated com mittee. THE ROYAL HOSPITALS. Mr. LOTT brought up the report of the Charity Com missioners and the privileges of the corporation respect ing the Royal hospitals, &c., to which he particularly called the attention of the Court. The report was ordered to be printed. Adjourned. COTTON FROM SOUTH AFRICA.—We have been favoured with the subjoined extract of a letter just re ceived from Port Natal, giving a favourable account of the soil and climate of that colony for the growth of cotton. Tho great difficulty in the way of an extension of the cultivation will be a deficiency of laboar:—" I am sorry to say, that in coasequence of the unprecedented wet weather last season, the cotton crop from the young trees is small, and much damaged; that from the old and transplanted trees, from its ripening much earlier, is very good. Late last season I planted a small quantity of imported American black seed, the produce of which appears very superior in colour, fineness, and length of staple. This season I shall plant about five acres of it, to give it a fair trial; but I fear the seed is almost too old. One great advantage we have over the Ameri cans,—the cotton plant here produces several years in succession. The other day I compared the produce of a six-year old tree with that of a ono-year old, and could not distinguish between them. I have lately pur chased 3,000 acres of land on the Omgani River (adjoin ing the upper part of my old farm) another near Mau ritzberg of 9,000 acres. The latter contains abundance of water and valuable timber. I have lots of labourers just now, but they are not to be depended upon, as many of them hire themselves for six or twelve months, and bolt at the end of the first; so that until the Masters' and Servants' Ordinance' is passed, and proper laws esta blished, little can be done."—Manchester Guardian. PA CTORIES.—The following statement of mills working and stopped, &c., may be relied on as correct. In the power-loom weaving department only four mills are working full time, thirty-six are working from four to eight hours per day, and not less than sixteen are entirely closed. 2,200 power-loom weavers, and 200 dressers and tenters, are at present on the unemployed list. In the cotton-spinning department two mills are stopped, four are on full time, while all the others—a very large number in Glasgow and neighbourhood, and employing numerous hands—are working short lame. — Glasgow Argus. THE LATE MURDER IN MADRID.—A correspon dent in Madrid, in his letter of the 25th ult., writes— "lt seems, that a native of Valencia was arrested tho day before yesterday, as he was leaving for that place in the Madrid diligence. Some suspicion, it is impos sible to say how well or ill-founded, is said to attac h to him respecting the murder of the unhappy woman in the house of Maria Christina. There i m possible to ar various stories afloat which it is recon cile with reference to that e ve nt appears uppermost , t h e deed wi m°"as committed by some one most familiar with the house. In whatever way Yet one feeling : that it is thatis going on, termi na t es, one thing is notquite clear, very different that the inquiry, such as steps are being taken f ro m murder had occurred in th m what would be adopted i n case even murder bu t in case of sudden p the house of any other p er son ; and death. The first act of the authorities w ou ld b e to p lace u nder the strictest surveillance of th e police the w hole of the persons—servants, children, and all i n the house; because the Spanish law guilt until inno cencepresupposes be proved ; th e second step, to lay an embargo on the property of th e persons arreste d, ex penses of the t e di ous law r oceedi to meet the pngs that may follow. This occurs in every inst ance, to the great b ene fi t o f the harpies o f th e law, for whom a case of the kind is a rich harvest , thou g h it may lead to the ruin of many innocent persons. In the p res en t re t case, however, no- one . in the house has been in the slightest degree incon venienced; nor, as far as can be learned, has any article of furniture been marked to answer the expenses of law proceedings—if, indeed, any are to follow. Much dis satisfaction is felt at such deference being shown to the household of the wealthy Duke of Rianzares." BRISTOL, DEC. I.—Our sugar market has been quiet to-day, influenced by the flat accounts from Lon don, but there is no alteration in prices. A few lots of chrystalised Demeraras have been sold at from 378. to 50s. per cwt. DENIISE OF " TUE GLASGOW ARGVS."—W e are sincerely sorry to state that this journal , in whic h we have often found an able its fellow-labourer, ceased i ex istence on Monday.—Scotsman. rADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDRORCRIGH AND noLLowAY'S PILLs.—An astounding cure by this miraculous nsedicine, after every other means had failed. See extract fronx.hia Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 15345. l'rofessor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach all the men eminent of the facnity, at borne and all over the continent, had not been able to effect ; nay, net even thd waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOYOUGR." These wonderful pill& will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Ilellocrars Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Straw; and i))) , ell medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. S MIT HFIE L D CLUB PRIZE CATTLE SHOW, 1847. The ANNUAL EXHIBITION of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Im plements, &c., Bth, 91k, 10th, and 11th December, at the HORSE BAZAAR, King-street, Portman-square_ Ladies are enabled to view this National Exhibition with perfect comfort ; and for the better accommodation of visitors, a large Sa loon for refreshments is this year added. Open from Daylight till Nine in the livening. Admittance —ONE SHILLING. )orne, Lord WI lees' Son• a in g on jesggun An d 8• APO Mr; Or 01 ce it' view :so' ~,ight front wier, r . O lt 1 o f rn' of Ace d SOP lek. i