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By SAMUEL LA'NERT, MD -37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the Univ e tt al Y of goei Edin ety: burgh, Ho norary Member of the London Hosp i ta l M Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London. B se., &d. *out the fearful Tlte essential object of this treatise Is to Poll" Man - Premature have Produced more misery in Youth, degradation i hood, and pre mature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, I. other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatme nt adopted is f ounded on experience gained In the most celebrated t Schools of medicine both i n t hi s country and in cont i nen t a l E u rope. The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under the Personal supervislem of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few legally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un divided studios to this I mPortant branch of medical science. In short, nn every peculiarity re;ating to the treatment of the diseases incidental to the generative system. and the means of immediate relief and ultimateul cure are described In detail. Th e pro f ess i ona l repu t a tion L who has taken the most distinguished medical and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and Inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these cases. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchbonte-street, mann, 23. Cornhill i or fre e b y post for forty-two y sta Ha m market ; ps, from the author, who may be consulted personally, or by letter daily, from Ten till Two and from Six till Eight. URGEON HENRY lIA MILTON , Member of the Royal College of England, tw enty-eight years in London 1. - 3 practice, will remove any case of a rrivate nature before charge be made for medicine to those attending- In cases arising from debility. nervousness, scrofula, pains la the back, lumbago, affections of the kidneys, infirmities of youth and maturity, or any case re quiring practical professional skill, Surgeon Hamilton decidedly states that no case within reach of human aid shall leave him un cured. Ladies and Gentlemen who prefer consulting by letter, en closing a fee o• 10s, 6d., with a &tail of their complaint, will be answered by return of post. Surgeon Hamilton attends for personal consultation from 9 till 2, and from 5 till 9, daily. p os t orders pay able at Charing-cross post-office, to HEM HAMILTON, 3, King Wullitai-street, West Wuxi, Loudon. THE MOST SEASONABLE FOR THIS SEASON.—The weather being nearly one most suitable drop," with neither frost or snow. 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All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which ne 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, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigraat's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self•mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for Vie year ending 1853 can be had, gratis, on application. Id I'on pule Francais. Hier sgicht man Deutsch. Qui si parla Italian. Aqua se habla Espanol BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEIJMA.TIO PILLS. The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi cacy of this medicine 157, Wew Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850. " Sir,—ln ,cquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex perienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, I feel that I am but se-forming a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly affected. 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IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Ault publivhed, by U. 1311111 ere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Svo., in cloth. price be. by post free, be. 6,1., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHEA, with the View , . o the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cm of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. _ _ Trankatedfrom the German of Dr.PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi ,al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first ime, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall :elect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his sower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. "We promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. 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SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualtniel. of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic s narra., the, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. •- - --- "To be or not to be , that is the que'tion." P R OGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. CrtfATERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-live years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters, Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d. - - To be bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalbo, 147, Fleet-street ; Mani". 39, Cornhill ;I or of M. K. Culverwell, 10. Argyll-place, Rgent•street, who may be consulted daily from Ten till FiTe t and Seven till Nine. 7 (7 •• c-7/ . 4,//j . • • , 7 2 7 . 1..1 f - N \ • 1-4 ( 41111 11 L•• ("' ELEC ON INTELLIGENCE. • o. vr . ' , . o fi r ,, OXFORD UNIVERSITY. • 1 1., - • - •• ° 44. Ok • r ' I N t 4l ' • • , A • - • • IV N* • or;, ' A:4P • OXFORD, SATURDAY.--The result of the day's polling . 5 4 - _ 0 • • 't •1 5 ea :1 1 ' - 464 ,.- ; , . *1 has increased Mr. Gladstone's majority of 56 to 87. ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Gladstone . Perceval... .. 495 .. 437 .. -58 Majority for Gladstone ... [PRICE SD. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Gladstone.. Perceval.... . 511 . 447 .---64 bello Barracks on Monday, the 3d inst., under the com mand of Lieut. R. J. Henry, en route to Belfast. ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.—Three non-com missioned officers, one trumpeter, and 37 gunners have been recently added to the artillery force at Charlemont. The appointment of one serjeant and one bombardier to each of the 96 companies composing this regiment took place at Woolwich on the Ist inst., and also 96 corporals promoted to the rank of serjeants, 96 bom bardiers to the rank of corporals, 192 acting-bombardiers to be full bombardiers, and 192 gunners to be acting bombardiers. 2D BATTALION IST OR ROYAL REGIMENT.—A corres pondent writes as follows :—" A deputation of the non commissioned officers and soldiers of the 2d battalion let or the Royal' Regiment, who belong to the Kirk of Scotland, waited on the Rev. W. Magill, of Cork, on the 4th instant, and presented him with two elegantly bound Bibles, as a testimonial of their esteem and grati tude. During their stay in Cork these excellent men contributed largely to support the Connaught Mission. We have never met a class of men superior to them in in telligence and good conduct. They leave immediately for the Mediterranean, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Bell, than whom a better man or a braver sol dier never commanded a regiment. The conduct of this distinguished corps in Cork has won golden opinions from all classes." Majority for Gladstone %, ONE O'CLOCK. Gladstone Perceval .. .. 519. ~ 453 . -66 Majority for Gladstone ....- QUARTER-PAST TWO O'CLOCK Gladstone Perceval Majority for Gladstone ~-7o HALF -PAST TWO O'CLOCK Gladstone Perceval , 552 . 472 .---80 Majority for Gladstone . HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK Gladstone . . Perceval Majority for Gladstone .... . 583 . 493 • -90 FIVE O'CLOCIC.-CLOSE OF FIFTH DAY'S POLL. Gladstone 585 Perceval 498 . Majority for Gladstone ---87 Total number polled, 1,083. 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FOSTER, Resident Director, ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London, and increased only by the very cheapest cost of transport. Bread, meat, butter, poultry, eggs, sugar, salt, fuel, and water are cheaper here i then in any othe r E uropean cap i tal ; and, f the expenses of foreign ambassadors are not propor tionably diminished, that is because such charges in reality constitute only a small portion of their expenditure. We may learn to value our own clothes-markets by hearing that in Holland—that land of thrift and economy—" every article is dear, but clothing particularly so ;" and though, to be sure, it seems hard just now to say even a syllable for London weather, we may console ourselves by reflecting on what Mr. Bayard reportsfrom Brussels, that though in that capital " it rains, more or less, every day for 240 days out of the 365," there are few side pavement s t o serve as causeways in the deluge. Altogther, then, we have fair reason for self-gratulation. We cannot help our atmosphere, or entirely neutralize the natural condition of a population of 2,250,000 ; but we can take care that no restrictions are placed upon that trade which . brings the produce of the coun t ry to t h e service o f the town, and we can freely apply our vast re sources of capital and ingenuity to purposes of well-considered improvement. —Times. LONDON. It is pretty clear, we think, from the observa tions which we published on Saturday, that not withstanding the inveterate delusion about " un taxed foreigners," London, for people with the habits of Englishmen, is the cheap es t ca pit a l i n Europe. Men who divide their leisure hours be tween cafés and theatres—who are content to warm themselves at a public stove in winter, and rent a garden chair by the evening in summer—may no cluat firiLgreter_ accommodation in Paris. In outdoor luxuries the - Trench excel ii - STlnt for per-' sons who value comfort and independence, and who wish, as all Englishmen do, to keep a house of some sort, whether great or small, there is no capital city so cheap as our own metropolis. All the necessa ries of life are procurable at charges which, if still above the means of indigence, are at any rate in no case augmented by gratuitous legislation. We get bread, so Protectionists declare, at a less price than it costs to grow the corn, and at any rate we get it at about half the price of former days. We get meat and other provisions as cheap as they can be made by the competition of Europe. We get sugar and other tropical productions at charges within reach of the poorest mechanic ; a good fire may be kept for 15d. a-week, and if the water supply is not what it should be, it is at least better than in any other city of nearly the same extent. Neverthe less, London is stigmatised as an unhealthy place to live in ; and how, then, under these favourable conditions of life, is such an imputation to be ac counted for ? We think the matter can be made tolerably plain, and with some advantage to boot. In the first place, the unhealthiness of London is partial—partial not to quarters, but to classes. Professional men, tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, or artisans, with incomes of wages sufficient to pro cure daily comforts—and nowhere can such com forts be procured more cheaply—live as long and as heartily in London as in any part of England ; in fact, some of the finest specimens of the longevity have been furnished by citizens born and buried within sound of Bow Bells. No person who has ever visited a really unwholsome town and marked the appearance of the population could walk from Temple-bar to the Bank, and from the Bank to the Docks, without assuring himself, from the coun tenances and carriages of the passers-by that the city must be essentially healthy. The real truth is not that the well-to-do classes suffer from London residence, but that death's doings among the very poor and miserably swell the gross mortality of the metropolis to its higher average. If certain locali ties which the officer of health could promptly enu merate were set aside for returns of their own, the remainder of the town would probably bear a fair comparison with most English boroughs. In the next place—as follows, indeed, from what we have said already—the actual noxiousness of London atmosphere is not natural, but artificial. Such as it is, it is wholly of our own making, and waits for our own removing. There is nothing in the soil, or the air, or the water of our metropoli tan stream, which should be otherwise than con ducive to the health of our population. Thames water unpolluted is as good as water need be, and if any person desires to know what soil we stand upon he has only to walk along the new excava tions between St. Paul's and Cannon-street, where he will see the finest gravel in the kingdom. No doubt our atmosphere would bear some purification, but smoke is already described as an abatable " nuisance," and against any disadvantage in this respect we may set the notorious accessibility of means to counterbalance it. Wholesome food and medical aid are procurable with far more certainty here than in the country. It is quite a mistake to imagine that the virulence of disease is confined wholly or even principally to places crowded with habitations. The worst outbreaks of fever are seen in roadside villages, where there are hundreds of yards perhaps between the houses, but where the true elements of pestilence---undr a i ne d dwellings and unventilated rooms—are m ore consp i c uou s than in any city quarters. I n t own we h ave a t least the vigilance of able officers to assist us in abating these sources of evil, whereas in the country there is no control from auth or i ty, and no hope b ut in the hard-worked and ill- pa id 15 miles off. union doctor some The obvious moral of these considerations is that Londonn. othing basut healthy, comparatively resolution as we 011awvoe speaking, as it . is wanting to make cal air of the Brighton Downs rse ' Cheapside any more than is cheap. We cannot, of course, cheap as it is in Wales, or coal a s create the identi weover the chimneys of can . get . mutton as fuel from twice the price to pit's mouth ; but exactly t n a s t t i e a o n d s e n f o not s inferior,"it is sold at the s t t o re 7 e d t . s t in he to lo h a a f bi i 1 7s. a ton, and bread m b brought g turnh td o o w u n r con sidered, to country houses. othhempuosotrerbeclassfirsets, it . s the chief . suffering A all things their accommoda istioanmewnhig is attended to. For the wretched, ill-drained, comfortless, tene ments of the indigent should be substituted and . costly lodging houses on the most approved principles tituted and economy. We should not be of salubrity inclined, for this purpose, to extend the presentbe enough, .limits of the metropolis. London is large con science, already ; indeed, it is in all not one of . our smallest inconveniences that half everybody's friends live at least three miles off. What we d should re commend is, that the surface alrea y covered should be better economised. Acre upon acre may be found in the poor quarters of the town crowded with low, rambling, ill -contrived houses, whereas, on better principles of building, the same superficial area would lodge a mu c h larger number of people in comparative luxury. There is no need of covering every inch of ground with brick and mortar—squares and fields, or even gardens, con duce to the health of a locality, b y t . promo mg a free circulation of air, and they might easily, s ere by a scientific process of construction, besuffered to remain. A good lodging - house, well built furnished with all proper appliances, would , an .e d p the best accommodation for forty families on nless than one-third of the ground covered, things now thin s go, by forty miserable dwellings.lf reforms like these could be carried into execution, if the long-pending drainage of the metropolis could be effectively consummated, and the water supply put on a proper footing, we are perfectly persuaded that London would no longer be reputed un healthy. Nor is there any one of these measures which is beyond the scope of very moderate enter prise. Nothing impedes the water supply but th e cupidity of the great companies ; nothi ng s t ops t h e drainage but an imperfect apprehen s i on o f th e means required ; and nothing, we fear, but indiffe rence stops improved building at all. We have already proved the truth of these propositions by actual experiment. Baths and washous es answer every one of the purposes predicted even beyond expectation, and model lodging-houses have been erected and occupied in just sufficient numbers to show that they may be increased to any required extent without fear of failure. The poor, however, cannot act for themselves. They have neither the means nor the knowledge, and the obligation must necessarily be discharged by others. But as others and all will reap the common benefit of a purified atmosphere and a contented population, it is surely not too much to ask for active co-operation in a work of remunerative charity, which, if it does not exactly begin at home, will most infallibly end there.—Times. NARROW ESCAPE. —Last week Mr. Spencer, of Wood croft, near Peterboro', and Mr. Pratt, of Greatford, t a n d e og m -r d r la t n fr d om ß a ll il e w lp ay sto , n a e nd to h M ad ax a ey p .. of the Great Northern line, when a They ph hader o d c the h e c e d r ioensdgs edge R fast down train was perceived close upon them. The two gentlemen just time to remove their horse's head off the rails, when the engine and carriages whizzed by them. Had not both been very active, they must have been smashed to Mow, ' NAVAL INTELLIGENC PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 8. Simoom, 18, iron serew troop-ship, Capt. Kingcome, went out of harbour this day, at 10 a.m. She has brought up at Spithead waiting final orders. She proceeds to Ireland for troops for the Mediterranean, thence to Ha lifax, which we reported in the early part of last week. Plumper, 12, screw steam-sloop, has had her masts taken out of her, and is cleared of everything. London, 92, Captain Mundy, has hauled over to the moorings on the Gosport side. Vengeance, 84, Capt. Lord Edward Russell, has given in a list of her defects, and will come into harbour for repairs. Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, has nearly completed new coppering, and her repairs are being expedited in the north dock. Medea, 6, steam-sloop, Commander J. C. Bailey, will come out of dock on Monday, and will soon be ready to go out of harbour. _ _ Blenheim, 60, screw guard-ship, Captain Henderson, C. 8., has had the metal co ver i ng o f h er s h a ft t a k en o ff , and doubtless here will be found the cause of her trifling leakage, so nicely were the metal covers fitted to the dead wood that it was a work of considerable labour to get them off. The artisans are busy throughout the dockyard in bringing forward for service the Duke of Wellington, 130, Gladiator, Hecla, Gorgon, Conflict steam-vessels. Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliot, is to be paid off at Sheer ness, at which port she was commissioned and fitted out. The Magdalena West India mail packet, which made Southampton yesterday, brings the melancholy news of 16 officers and 60 of the crew of her Majesty's ship Dauntless, screw, 28, Captain Halsted, having been car ried off by yellow fever. The friends of those on board look anxiously for the official announcement of the names of the victims. The restoration of Mr. Engledue, the manager of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's flotilla at Southampton, to his former rank in the Royal Na,,, s is tile theme of general conversation in naval ides at this port. All praise the act of restoratiort-as Lieutenant Engledue stands high in the estimation of all practical naval officers who know his merits ; but all are puzzled to which Board of Admiralty—the Northum berland or the Graham—to award the credit of having done him this tardy justice. PLYMOUTH, JAL 9. Avon, steam-tender, Mr. Veitch, second master, in charge, returned to this port, from Portsmouth, oit Fri day night. She left the latter port on Monday after noon, and was compelled by stress of weather to put into Torbay. Vulture, 6, steam-frigate, Captain F. H. H. Glasse, went out of harbour yesterday morning, and proceeded on a trial trip, from which she returned in about an hour and a half, and lies moored in the Sound. An alarm of fire on board the Henry Duncan, timber ship, lying off the Vi c t ua lli ng -y ar d, was reported to the authorities early this morning, but no assistance was sent as the cause of alarm was speedily subdued. In consequence of the scarcity of coals in the port, the Bombay, Austrian Lloyd's steamer, is being sup plied from the Government stores, for which purpose she is now alongside the hulk in Hamoaze. The new dock in this arsenal is now nearly com pleted, and only awaits the arrival of the iron entrance gates to be made available to the public service. WOOLWICH, JAN. 8. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, at tended at Whitehall to-day for the first time since his appointment to that office under the Earl of Aberdeen's Administration. Official notices have been sent to the various dock yards that Mr. R. Bernal Osborne, M.P., is appointed First Secretary at the Admiralty, and that all circulars, &e., are to have his name attached to them. Mr. R. Bernal Osborne has appointed Mr. Henry E. C. Stapylton, one of the third-class clerks at the Admi ralty, and recently private secretary to Sir Phipps Hornby, to be his private secretary. The Imp6rieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., was not taken out of basin to-day, but she is quite ready to be taken out on Monday, when the highest spring tide will take place between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m., and she will at once proceed direct down the river, and hold on to Chatham. The African and Monkey steam-vessels are under orders to accompany her. Captain Watson returned from leave to-day, hav ing been absent since Tuesday last, and proceeds round to Chatham in the. Imperieuse. Brevet-Major Strang ham, Lieutenant Tomlin, two sergeants, two corporals, one drummer, and 46 privates of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines,, who have been draughted, and under orders for the last fortnight for service in the Impdrieuse, are to embark in her at Woolwich Dockyard early on Monday morning. Otte bombardier and twelve gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery will embark at the same time from the Hebe receiving-ship, having been accommodated on board that vessel since they came round from Portsmouth. The Megera steam-frigate, Commander John 0. Johnson, had her crew paid down to-day at the pay office in the dockyard, and the one-half of the men ob tained leave until B'clock p.m. on Wednesday next. She is still in dock, but will soon be ready for sea. SHEERNESS, JAN. 9. The sloop Rattlesnake, 8, Commander Henry Trol lope.—Lieutenant John Paulet Miller (13th July, 1850), took up his commission yesterday, and obtained the Ad miral's leave for four days. In consequence of some de fects being detected about the bows of this vessel in the range of the hawse timbers several shifts of plank from forward on both bows have been taken out for the pur pose of putting in new timbers, and making good the said defects. This will not in the least retard the un docking of this vessel at the time appointed. Captain Patey, of the screw steam-frigate Amphion, of 34 guns, returned from leave yesterday, and rejoined his ship. Up to the present time only one able seaman and about six ordinary have joined this ship. Her present muster on board are her officers, marines, engineers, and stokers—these certainly form the greater portion of her complement ; her deficiency is, therefore, among the blue jackets only. . The paddle-Wheel steam-sloop Barracouta, 6 guns, Commander George Parker, is at present about 80 sea men short. It is expected that an officer from this ship, and also one from her Majesty's frigate Amphion, will be shortly sent to the western ports to obtain volunteers for their respective ships. _ . _ _ _ The frigate Melampus, 42 guns, arrived here yester day, from Chatham, in tow of the steam-tug African, J. Gill, Acting-Master, and the steam-tug Adder, J. Mun chen, Acting• Master, assisted by seamen riggers from Chatham yard. On the Melampus being berthed at the docking buoy, the Adder returned to Chatham with the seamen riggers. At tide time the Melampus was taken into the fitting basin, and the Hercules, of London, having discharged her masts and spars, for Government use, was put out of the basin, and left immediately for London in tow of the steam-tug Victory. The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Cyclops, 6 guns, and 320-horse power, chief engineer Mr William Chilcott, will be taken into the fitting basin to-morrow, prepara tory to her being docked for a survey on her hull. The line-of-battle ship Hdwke, of 72 guns, now in the fitting basin, is completed as an advanced ship, and will be put out of the basin on Monday next, and berthed at her harbour moorings. Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, in command of the Agamemnon, of 91 guns, and 500-horse power, mustered yesterday the officers and crews of the following ships in commission at this port, viz.:—the Agamemnon ; Monarch, 84, guard-ship in ordinary, Captain Charles Hope ; Amphion, screw steam-frigate, of 34 guns, Cap tain Charles G. E. Patey ; Horatio, 24, screw steam guard-ship, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie ; Barra couta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander George Parker, and the Rattlesnake, 8, Commander Henry Trollope. Commander W. Houston Stewart has resigned the command of the steam-sloop Virago on the Pacific sta tion, and Commander James C. Provost has been appointed to the Virago in his room. Lieut. Fairfax Moresby, serving as flag-lieutenant to the Commander in -Chief, is appointed commander of the Portland, vice Prevost.—United Service Gazette. THE ARMY. DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL BURRELL—This gallant and distinguished officer, whose demise was announced on Saturday, entered the service as ensign Feb. 4, 1797 ; lieutenant, May 3, 1797 ; captain, March 25, 1805 ; major, April 30, 1807 ; lieutenant-colonel, June 4, 1813; colonel, July 30, 1830 ; major-general, Nov. 23, 1841. He served at the capture of Guadaloupe, 1810, and the campaign of 1814, in Upper Canada. He also served in China, and commanded the forces, when lieutenant colonel of the 18th, at the capture of Chusan, and a brigade at the attack on Canton. By his demise the colonelcy of the 39th Regiment (which General Burrell had only held since last February) is placed at the dis posal of the Commander-in-Chief. Lieut.-Colonel Hughes, of the Ist West India Regi ment, proceeds from Jamaica to take command of the troops at the Bahamas. Serjeant-Major Beeby, of the Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment, has been presented with a handsome silver cup and a purse, containing 211., by the officers of the regiment. The inscription on the cup is as follows —" Presented to Serjeant-Major Beeby, as a testimony due to his long and faithful service of 58 years, by Colonel the Earl of Beverley and the officers of the Northumber land Light Infantry Regiment." The 16th Lancers, now stationed at Dundalk, will be moved to Dublin in the spring, on being relieved by the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. The 31st Regiment will embark on th e Bth i ns t . a t C or k , on b oard the steam ship Simoom, for the Mediterranean. On Thursday se'nnight the troops of the 16th Lancers, stationed at Monaghan for some time past, under th command of Captai n Dix on , were re li eved by the B trooi e ) of the 4th. Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, under the com mand of Lieut. J. R. Scott. E troop 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards left Porto. THE 3D LIGHT DRAGOONS, The Governor-General of India having approved of he embarkation of this regiment on its return home, after 15 years and 6 months' service in the East Indies, the corps was to move down from Auzeerabad, in the Bengal presidency, and embark at Calcutta on the Ist of January, 1853. The Commander-in-Chief in India issued the follow ing general order, previous to the embarkation of the regiment for England "Head-quarters, Simla, Nov. 22, 1852. " Her' Majesty's 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons are under orders to return to Europe, after discharging an honourable service of fifteen years' duration in India. "In this term of service are comprised the advance into Affghanistan in 1842, and the great battles of the SUttej VIZI - Ptinjab campaigns of 1845-6 and 1848-9. " Throughout these successive arduous operations the conduct of the corps has been conspicuous for gallantry and soldierlike steadiness ; and its contribution to the general result has been repeatedly and signally noticed in official dispatches commemorative of victory. " The Commander-in-Chief hopes that this further re cognition of services well performed may not prove un acceptable to the corps on the eve of departure, coming, as it does, from one whose fortune it has been, on vari ous occasions, to see its standards borne forward in a like gallant spirit on fields of note in Europe. "The satisfaction which the Commander-in-Chief feels in publicly recording these facts is much enhanced by his being able to add that in the present, as in former days, the distinguished service in the field of her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons has been combined with exemplary conduct in quarters. The unusual good health of the corps during a series of years may be con• sidered a further proof of the zeal and attention of the regimental authorities and of the orderly disposition of' the men. "The Commander-in-Chief cannot suffer the 3d Light Dragoons to leave his command without expressing to Colonel White and Lieutenant-Colonel Yerbury, under whose superior and immediate command the regiment has repeatedly distinguished itself, and to the officers and men generally, his regret at losing their services, and his conviction that they will earn fresh honours for themselves as often as the opportunity is afforded. "In further expressing an earnest hope for their pros perous passage to their native country, Sir William Gomm begs to assure the whole corps that he will always feel a lively interest in their welfare." t ITsLomsefialrte l evninti t ibctneLeeee i fr s s irxg3oith n nmdwt o cli t aLElDnvl i inda n grgpila t harrl e gytao n ooneD d ronede e ne drg l t;gm(f t eHorl o eoonntunm a detsg e n ni:fa n atob d rhraiusnet o ct: u epcttit t iratuhoepnr a asiene n tsno o ocfff h ;t ootr tr et asoalob l e v a ; n 7 oegpthei sepw r i .el e t2aiaf g inotcir i he-re. - a barked for foreign service in June, 1839, or upwards of 13 years ago. CIRCULAR RELATIVE TO BARRACK LIBRARIES. The following circular has been issued for the guidance of commanding of ters and paymasters of regiments : "The question of allowing officers to participate in the advantages afforded by the barrack libraries having been brought under my consideration, I have much sa tisfaction in acquainting you, with reference to the cir cular from this department of the 6th of May, 1845, that the General Commanding-in-Chief has concurred with me in the propriety of extending to officers of the army the privilege which has hitherto been withheld from them in this respect. " These institutions were originally established for the sole use of non-commissioned officers-and soldiers, and I should have hesitated, therefore, to` entertain this pro position, - had I considered it w'clAilti interfere wit% the Zi ir means of amusement and instructi on sp ec i a lly s slimed for them during their leisure hours ; but I feel o o (lent that, with the great additions thlrt have been may c of late years to the contents of the libraries,' and‘nder proper regulations, the extension of the privilege proibsed to officers may prove advantageous by extending the interest taken in, and the utility of these establishments,' . . without inconveniently or injiiriously interfering with the use the soldiers make of them at present. "It will be necessary, however, to guard against such a possibility arising out of the unnecessary detention of books by officers, and I have to request that special instructions may be issued to the officers commanding the several barrack library stations within your com mand, that the booki shall be delivered out to officers and men without partiality, and in the strict order in which . they are applied for, and that you will take means effectually to prevent any officer detaining books beyond the prescribed period ; and, further to enforce this rule, that a proportionate penalty to that imposed on soldiers be enforced . from officers in any case of detention of books beyond the times allowed by the rules of the library ; and, should any officer so far abuse the advantage now afforded to him as to incur this penalty three times in any quarter, he *hall be deprived of the use of the library. " The rate of payment to be made by officers, who may become subscribers to the lib rar y, w ill b e one day's pay of their rank per annum, and- the same should be paid to the paymaster of the regiment in quarterly sums, avoid ing fractions of a penny, and credited in his accounts in the same manner as the subscriptions of soldiers, under the directions contained in article 398 of the explanatory directions of July 1, 1848, but a nominal list of the offi• . . cers subscribing should be annexed to form 212, showing the rates payable by each. " I have much pleasure in adding, that in the begin ning of next year a further supply of books will be issued for the use of military libraries.—l have, &c., " W. BERESFORD. " To the officer commanding -- Regiment." ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAILwAY.—On Friday night an accident of a very alarming nature occurred about last two-and-a-half miles from Bristol, on the Bristol and Gloucester portion of the Midland Counties Railway, and which produced the utmost consternation throughout the surrounding neighbourhood, but was fortunately unattended by fatal results. The following may be depended on as correct particulars of the acci dent, which was one of an unusual character, viz., the explosion of the locomotive engine boiler. It appears that a powerful engine, No. 363, was employed in drawing the up goods train, which has to start from the terminus at Temple Meads, Bristol, at eight o'clock p.m., and was upon this occasion unusually light, carry ing but little more than seventy tons of goods and a few empty pickle trucks. The train started punctually and the engine, No. 363, was preceded by another loco motive, No. 360. Soon a ft er leaving Bristol there is an incline, on commencing the ascent of which the rails were found to be so slippery and greasy that the wheels would not bite sufficiently to enable the train to progress, and after a short time the train came to a standstill, upon which the engine -driver, who is stated to be a most care ful man, signalled the guards to put on the breaks in order to prevent the train from running back into the station. This had scarcely been done when the boiler of the engine No. 363 exploded with terrific violence, shattering everything connected with it to atoms, and frightening the cottagers, &c., of the surround ing neighbourhood, who describe it as having been accompanied by a noise like thunder, and shaking the cottages in such a manner as to induce them to - imagine it the shock of an earthquake. Indeed, so violent was the force of the ex pl os i on th a t l arge p i eces of brass and iron belonging to the engine were hurled to a great distance, and picked up in the surrounding fields. ln a miraculous way the engineer, Henry Barne s , escaped i altogether without injury, and the stoker received only a few contusions, none of which are lik e l y to prove of a dangerous Character. Both the men owe their escape with their lives to their carefulness and strict attention to their duty. According to the company's regulations the drivers of good engines are required to take with them upon their tenders pieces of elm timber called " sprags," with which, when the rails are in a greasy state, and impediments to progress take place, they assist the breaks by forcing the " sprags" between the tender wheels and checking any tendency to back ward revolution. Upon the occasion in question, on find ing the train at a standstill, they each seized a " sprag," and jumped off the en g i ne f or this purpose, and they had butjust got alongside the tender when the explosion of the boiler took place. Had they remained on the en g their ves. The superintendent states that he is alto gether unable to account for the explosion, as he thinks it impossible that it could have been occasioned by any deficiency of water in the boiler, there having been no delay in despatching the train, and consequently there had been no wasteful expenditure of steam, and it had he can not either account for any defect in the boiler, asand , very re cen tl y un d ergone a thorough examination complete repair. CAUTION TO FARMERS.—Mr. Hy. now of L a ugh of Tickencete, near Stamford, and of his valuable agriis near Falkingham, has just had arsenic, administered, it e , cultural horses poisoned with ho ahadTh charge of them. time supposed, by the servant w for soFie I Ormond, fermteornly. man a character , se l i j c 7t is believed the their appearance. and enjoyedapprove enainMr. Ormond's. CAVAN The local correspondent of the Evening Post says : There will be no contest in Cavan. Up to the present moment, at least, notwithstanding the stout assertion of a Dublin morning journal, there is no bond fide candi date in the field. Mr. Burrowes, the only gentlemen who would have the shadow of a chance against Sir John Young, has declined being a party to raising a religious cry in the now peaceful county of Cavan. Mr. Humphreys has also declined the contest. Other gen tlemen have been applied to in vain. The moderate Conservatives, the leading Liberal interests, and the Catholic clergy; almost to a man, are determined to support Sir John Young. CARLOW. In Carlow the rival candidates, Mr. Sadleir and Mr. John Alexander, are actively proceeding with their can vass. The success of Mr. Sadleir is counted upon as certain by his friends. No day has even yet been fixed for the erection, in consequence of the continued absence of the High Sheriff, Sir Clement Wolsey, Bart. The local Tory journal, the Carlow" Sentinel, of this day, says—' Sir Clement Wolsey has, we regret to learn, sustained a dislocation of his shoulder by a fall, and, in consequence, was unable to leave London to hold the election for this borough." The same journal expresses its gratification that the absence of the sheriff prevented the Tory party from being taken by " surprise." The election cannot now be held until eight days after the delivery of the writ to the sheriff. The case is a very novel one, and the Liberal party are much discontented at the delay. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. PROPOSED RAILWAYS IN AND NEAR LONDON.—It ap pears from a compilation by Mr. W. R. Botham, of the London and North-Western Railway, that 24 companies have deposited their plans, &c., at the Private Bill office, and intend to apply to Parliament for power to make 24 new lines of railway within a circle of 20 miles round London. Nine of the proposed railways are within a circle of five miles from the General Post-office, and 10 are situated outside that circle, and within a circle of 10 miles. The existence of these new schemes is attributed to the success attending the East and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Railway (North London Railway) ; the re-erection of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and the increasing traffic in the streets of the metropolis. The proposed railways referred to are the Albert Dock and Railway, capital 500,000/. ; the Barnet and Willesden Railway, 220,000/. ; Bayswater and Battle-bridge Junction ; Eastern Counties Woolwich Extension ; Dartford and Farningham ; Eastern Coun ties branch from Stratford to Woodford and Lough ton, 100, 000/. ; Great Northern branch to St. Al ban's ; Great Western Junction with the North and South-Western Junction line ; Great Western and City Junction from the Paddington station to the North London Railway at Kentish-town, 275,000/. ; City ter minus and stations (northern section), 600,0001. ; Lon don, Brighton, and South Coast, Crystal Palace branch; London and Mid-Western from Oxford to the South- Western at Brentford, and to the London and North- Western at Willesden, 1,000,0001. ; London and North. Western branch, from Watford to St. Alban's and Amersham ; London and Westminster, along the Thames, 600,0001. ; Mid-Kent from Deptford to Farn borough, 100,000/. ; North and South-Western Junction branch to Hammersmith, 16,000/. ; North and South- Western, Hampstead and City Junction, 250,0001. ; Norwood, Streatham, and Wandsworth ; South-Eastern extentions to the North Kent and the Thames ; South- Eastern branch, through Lewisham to Croydon and Bromley ; Staines, Woking, and Woking Junction, 300,000/. ; West-end of London and Crystal Palace, from the South-Western at Battersea to the Crystal Palace and the Norwood station, 386,0001. ; Woodford from the East and West India Dock line at Hackney to Woodford, 120,0001. ; Wimbledon and Croydon, 45,5001. 'These scliemea would at least involve an aggregate capi tal of 6,1100,000/., together with the usual borrowing powers of one-third, or 2,000,0001., making 8,000,000/. ; but it is — TiMbable that Parliament will not sanction schemes within the limits mentioned involving more thati half that amount. ABORTIVE RAILWAY SCHEMES.—Of the 1,57 railway companies that lodged plans and sections in November, 30 are not able to proceed this session in consequence of not having also lodged the necessary deposits with the Accountant-General, and other causes. These 30 are as follow :—Albert Dock and Railway ; Ayr, Maybole, and Girvan ; Barnet and Willesden ; Birkenhead Dock Branch ; Birkenhead (Great Western), Cords, Machynl leth, Aberdovery, and Towyn ; Dorchester and Exeter (Coast Extension) ; East and West Surrey Union ; Glas gow, Earlwood, Busby, and Eaglesham ; Hawick and Carlisle ; Inverleithen and Peebles ; Jedburgh ; King road Harbour ; Lewes, Uckfield, and Tonbridge Wells ; Mid-Kent ; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford (Ex tension to Swansea) ; North and South Wales ; Norwood, Streatham, and Wanstead ; Rugby, Southam, and Ban bury ; St. George's Harbour and Railway ; South Derby shire ; South Midlands Union ; South and West Lon don ; Shrewsbury and Aberystwith ; Staffordshire, Mid land, and Mineral ; Stockton and Hartlepool (Haswell Branch) ; Sunderland and Leeds Northern Junction ; Torquay and South Devon ; Vale of Clwyd ; Yarmouth and Lowestoft. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND.-It appears that this company had been rated to the poor some time ago at 2251. a-mile in respect of a part of the East and West Yorkshire Railway, and at 2001. a-mile in respect of the Harrowgate branch. Having appealed against this charge, the magistrates, in petty sessions, reduced the amount to 1251. per mile. The company not being sa tisfied with this reduction appealed to the quarter ses sions at Knaresborough ; an examiner was appointed to investigate the accounts, and on his report the rateable Monday last at 401. per mile, and on the Harrowgate line at 58/. per mile. o p sr r i a ia e d t op appertaining a o c f ki n this ifno gr IRISH MIDLAND GRIAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-At s. value o n the East and special meeting of the Grand Canal Company, held on Saturday, in Dublin, a report, agreeing to the transfer of the Grand Canal to the Midland Great Western Rail waydescriptions, Company, was adopted, there being only three dis eseonntgi,eanntsy. shall Tiie principalconsent sen tto conditionaccaccept p t in o n 501, which or the transfer shares ares stock of the Midland Railway Company equal to one Company making over and transferring to the railway company n s olm l ip as d a dh i n ea p y r g i es thefenl Governmentl t io i ° r entire of the iztdh. Stock, e: e to ach th l e o :ra o n f from and after the 30th June next. DISTRESSING CASE OF DROWNING. — pas sengers on board the Star, Gravesend steamer, g the which left Blackwell at half- past twelve on Saturday, was a young man accompanied by his sister, who had seated themselves near the fore gangway on the starboard side, and appeared to pass their time pleasantly in conversa tion, until the steamer got into Long Reach, and here, as her course was changed, the paddle-box partly shut out from view a large ship towing down the river, and the young man not being able to see what he desired, leaned over the bulwark ; while in this position, and di recting the attention of his sister by pointing at the ship, he fell overboard, and never rose again above water. The captain immediately stopped the steamer, had the boat lowered, and life-buoys thrown overboard,re. and did all in his power, but it was of no avail, h and oor , c ,. luctantly had to pursue his voyage. From the p een, : , : r low's hat now and then appearing above w „t , imag in : the passengers thought the boat wouldthe save a P7, s p icked ing that he must be there, ~but only am h eet i speecahiineaae up. His sister for a time app d eare n d t, 1 an d she reln.. d the but after a time her grief foun et ve to Blackwell on board the Star until its in a evening, receiving every herattention home in the b° f r° m u oney on who accompanied her to joint stock o one in which brother had their t was the in . cab, as her pointing ou d their object going him. The ship he was - day, an d hewould have sailed to OPToard of her. the river was to g ° liamentary paper (yester doPUßLTC WORKS.— Thrthat on the 10th of October last d) it is shown of a dvances for public works day issue mg is estimated that in the next 10 7 Bs. id. It r from the steweidess, years 3,o2sl„ll—Holloway's Ointment and Pills bad 'ln idi l l e b g e s . repa id. —Mr. Liddell, of [ADvEnTaiii other remedies for the cure of sores, surpasses and . Druggist , blotches, Norwich, states, in a letter to Professor Hollowsy, dated there was 45 2 , . ~o n i tsl t a. Nov, 1852, that a male n named Ray B a t e, was suffering „11 f m bad s•• droadf—Y ro g , they were covered from the knee to the ankle with sores and proud flesh, interspersed with white and red blotches. lie recommended Hol loway's Pills and Ointment, which produced a most ex traordinary result, for in less than three weeks the sores were healed, and he walked about with ease and comfort. His legs are now perfectly sound and well, and his bodily health much improved. --Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor liolloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, COMPARATIVE EXPENSES. All Englishmen, and Londoners in particular, may draw, we think, a satisfactory kind of moral from certain remarkable documents which we pub lished on Wednesday. The United States of America, like a more ancient republic, appears to be bent upon getting the greatest possible amount of information from their Ministers in foreign parts, and the " relations " of these gentlemen may be almost matched with those of the old Venetian Ambassadors for characteristic interest and exact ness. Not long ago the State Department of the American Government addressed circular inquiries to the representatives of the Union in foreign capi tals as to the cost of living at their respective sta tions. These questions were, of course, framed with a view to the proper regulation of diplomatic expenditure ; but the replies put on record in the correspondence to which we refer, present a compa rative survey of national advantages so very intel ligible and amusing, that we think it will consist both with our own duty and the reader's gratifica tion, if we revive the subject for a little further re mark. It will be readily understood that the position of a foreign minister is peculiarly unfavourable to experiments in domestic economy, and it was the effect, perhaps, of these invariable conditions which appears to have impressed every American envoy with the not unnatural conviction that his own station must inevitably be the very dearest spot of the habitable globe. Still, the very universality of this impression enables us to deal with it, for, though every foreign minister may doubtless live at higher charges than any native resident, yet, as the ministers in every capital fare alike in this par ticular, the general expensiveness of their respec tive locations may be ascertained as easily from these returns as from those of any other class, the only difference being that the scale is somewhat higher throughout. From London, then, we find Mr. Abbot Lawrance writing that a house befitting the position of the American Minister would cost from 7001. to 9001. a-year, and that carriages and horses would require from 2251. to 2501. more. These are the only items which it was thought necessary to spe cify in the British return. On turning, however, to Paris, we observe that Mr. Rives, after enumerat ing very nearly the same charges in respect to house-rent and equipages, proceeds immediately to recapitulate certain other items of expenditure almost as serious as the former. Fuel, for a house hold of half-a-dozen persons and their servants, averages in Paris from 2501. to 3001 a-year--a fact not. perhaps astonishing to those who can re collect what they have paid for a few days' firing at a Parisian hotel, but which will promptly sug gest to the untravelled reader a very sufficing explanation of the value of woods and forest in France. Be it remembered, too, that the country thus enormously taxed for one of the chief neces saries of life is within an hour or two's voyage of another country where the best coals may be had at less than 1/. per ton. Passing from fuel, Mr. Rives next reports the extraordinary price of eatables, and remarks, with the true em phasis of an American, that ham, which his coun trymen would probably be glad to send into France at 6d. or Bd. a-pound, is charged in Paris at ls. 6d. or 2s. Fowls, too, at Bs. 6d. a-couple are very properly recorded for the wonder of posterity, though on that point we have not much to boast of at home, for all the " poultry mania," to which the coming will testify, has not yet re sulted in bringing to London markets at less than ss. or 6s. a-pair chickens which are certainly raised in the country for less than half-a-crown. In " common groceries," indeed, the contrast would have been surprising, but Mr. Rives is content to allude to this charge upon French residence without entering into particulars. From Vienna we get but few details, as Mr. M'Curdy does not yet " know much personally about the expenses incident to his residence." From St. Petersburgh Mr. Brown reports that the Russian capital "is emphatically and in every re spect an artificial city—artificially built and artifi cially sustained. It is dependent for all its supplies on distant regions • the necessaries o f lif e are ex orbitantly high, while the tastes and habits of the place are extravagant." Nevertheless, as Russia possesses some railway communication, and is in the way of getting more, St. Petersburgh, not withstanding this character, must be largely in ad vance of more ancient capitals. The description given of Madrid is in the highest degree instructive. " The great distance," writes Mr. B arr i nger , " o f this capital from the coast, the universal want of good internal communication, the barrenness of the immediate locality, the peculiar habits of the nation, their general prejudice against everything foreign, their indifference, and. even content w ith the stationary condition f their country, have all had a most pernicious influence." Water, which is brought to the house-doors on men's shoulders, is exceedingly expensive ; wood, when it can be procured at all, is sold by the pound ; coal, oil, and other articles of daily consumption, are first carried over hundreds of miles on mules' backs, and then burdened with crushing duties at the very gate of the city whose wants they arrive to supply. As an example of the state of things, Mr. Barringer mentions that one of his carriages, which was brought for 121. from New York to Cadiz, cost 721. in coming from Cadiz to Madrid. It is amusing to observe how closely the metropolis of Turkey corresponds in these respects with the me tropolis of Spain. The same total want of internal communications, the same uncertainty of supplies, and the same extravagance of prices are reported from Constantinople as were returned from Madrid, and either account would nearly serve for a description of Burmah or Affghanistan. Civilized capitals have at least this advantage, that their re sources are known and unfailing at a current rate of charge; but at Madrid, no less than at Constan tinople, the latitudes of which are politically as well as geographically the same, no supplies can be reckoned upon with certainty at any price at all. We have not yet exhausted the list before us, but we have probably said enough to make Lon doners tolerably content with their lot. To grum ble is not only an Englishman's privilege, but, so long as obvious improvements are wilfully neglected, his duty too. Nevertheless, we may think more comfortably even of our sewers and our water-rates —of our narrow streets and our national " embel lishments," when we compare our institutions with those of other capitals. Free trade has already ac complished Londonf what cheapestSirßo tastesiavy charges and a habits of upon makingin ber ntlePtreoepl o p l r is edi in predicted, The Eu rope. imposestill n sch fashionableresidents e s n o society ta as foreign ministers ,• but even these visitors a re ex empted from all those dom es ti c an d d a il y t axes which perversity o r i gnorance maintain elsewhere. r u th e All the necessaries of life are brought to our doors, both from foreign and home markets, at a price I really regulated by the expense of production, `-_ ._ - , NEW WORK BY SIR E. BULWER LYTTON BART. In a few days, 0 V L. By PISISTRATUS CAXTON. OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE. In 4 vols. post Svo. Price 425. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. I I -ee