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GOVER .,_ ex N ORS and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND, GIVE eoTt , That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the BANK, on DAY. the 18th instant, a t Ele ve n o'clock in the forenoon, c• onside r of a Dividend, and a l s o that another GENERAL Will bo held at the BANK, on TUESDAY, the 13th April t o t..cent Ten o'clock in the forenoon till Four in the afternoon, ° Election of a Governor and Deputy Governor for the tam e Illng (which will be declared that evening), and - the Will be continued by adjournment, and held at the itryystud during the same hours, on WEDNESDAY, the " 14111 next, for the election of Twenty-Four Directors (which eh g• " 7be one of th e Q uarterly Genera l Courts, appo i n t e d b y th e ), and the election of Twenty-Four Directors will be declared s i the scrutiny is over. deli"' 44 lists of the Proprietors having votes will be ready to be WA at the Bank on Monday, the 29th March. B JOHN KNIGHT, Sec. u 3' an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of Geo. k il,"° Person will be entitled to vote at the said election who shall been stz calendar months possessed, in his own right, of the st ee — ▪ ' 4f °r which he s h a ll th en g i ve hi s own vot e , unless the said k s4ll have been acquired, or shall have come by bequest or by ot ti i -, ir. or by succession to an intestate ' s estate, or b y t h e cus t om et an e Cl tf Of London, or by any deed of settlement alter the death Person Who shall have been entitled for lite to the divi.lends of steo,• --.---.' .NCE. N 0.17,001. LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING SUN, MARCH 16, 1847. PRICE SD. THE NORTH RENT LINE. Mr. Thomas Philpott, town-councillor of Canterbury, gave general evidence in favour of this line. As to the idea of competition, it was preposterous. The lines would never pay, and in the end an amalgamation would throw the cost of the railway upon the public. The people of Canter bury suffered from an instance of that nature during the old coach system. There was once a severe competition i n coach travelling between Canterbury and London, but eventually a union of interests took place, and the public had to pay, i n the shape of increased charges and reduced speed, for the former folly. Besides, Kent had nothing to fear from mono poly, because, should the railway company misbehave them selves, there was still the old river communication open to them. `~;~~ 'ost— " HESTON and LAMPTON, near HOUNS LOW, MIDDLESEX. CIL:ABLE FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATES, Tithe Free. PUBLICATIONS. ALARMING. CONFLAGRATION AT CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. From the South African Commercial Advertiser, Jan. 2.) The latest news from the frontier are to the effect that a The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill, left Simon's Bay for England on the sth of January. The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Horton, sailed from St. Helena for the west coast of Africa on the 21st January. The Bloodhound steam-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Phillips, came into harbour yesterday, to coal, &c. Lieutenant Hire, late of the Reda, is appointed First Lieutenant to the Rattler. To be PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in certain Causes of TRl virr v. BENSON, TI{IVITT v. BENSON, an TRIVITT v ROSE, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON KNIGHT, one of the Masters of the Court. at the George Inn, Hounslow, on WED NISDAT, the 31st day of March, 1847, between the hours of Two and Three in the afternoon, in Five Lots, A DETACHED DWELLING-HOUSE, adjoining the road from Hounslow to Lampton. The residence comprises, on the upper floor two bed-chambers and closet; on the first floor, five principal bed chambers, water-closet, dressing-room, and ante-room ; ground floor, large dining-room and drawing-room, with bow windows, and handsome marble chimney-pieces, also breakfast room ; together with kitchen. scullery, pantry, wine cellar, dairy, and wash-house ; entrance hall approached by flight of stone steps, and portico, lawn in front of house, two orchards, pleasure and kitchen-gardens, partly walled, and conservatory ; carriage yard, with folding gates, coach house and room over, four-stall stable and harness •TOOIG, loft over in excellimt condition ; also another stable, two stalls, loft over, tool house, piggery, cow-house, hen-house, and cart-shed. The two orchards, gardens, and lawn, with the house, contain together about two atm a half acres of land. NEW WORK BY MRS, ELLlS.—March 31st, • post fivo., price 9s. PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE ; or. THE MORAL WANTS OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. Fy the Author of " The Women of England." Fisher, Son, and Co., Printers and Publishers, Angel- strect, St. Martin's•le-Grand, London. division of the forces, commanded by the governor in person, has marched for Kreili's country, for the purpose of seizing, in the territories of that chief, 20,000 head of cattle due to the colony, either as cattle actually carried off by the hostile ci.ietli during the war, or equivalents for such cattle known to have been placed there for safety. The troops selected for this excedition are said to be well equipped, and supplied with everything required in such a service. The highest expectations were entertained of their success. The distr'. buti.in of 20,000 head of ca ttl e among th e su ff er i ng borderers will be a seasonable relief. v ley Village; r r i., Tiddegel re; Fri., GIW Lieutenant F. Beckett (1805), who was mate of the Lon don, 98, and commanded her launch at Copenhagen, 1801, and was senior mate of the Spartiate, 74, at Trafalgar, has had the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital conferred upon him. He has deserved it. Mr. M. J. Knatchbull, sm of Sir E. Kuatchbull. the late Member for the county of Kent. and Mr. Cooper, alderman of • Canterbury, gave cor,ob;;ra:ive evidence. Captain -- Dyke of Sittingbourne, gave very positive evi. dente in favoitr of the South-Eastern scheme. Mr. Hawes proved that the cons ant cf the landlords from Faversham to Chilhain, to the South •Eastern North Kent line, had been obtained. Mr. C. J. Hilton, mayor of Faversham, was called to prove that the inhabitants of Faversham were decidedly in favour of the line from Strood to Chilliam. Mr. Alston, of Sheerness, bore testimony- to the great ad. vantage the proposed railway would of Kent. prove to the oyster trade Mr. I3;:xenda!e, of Queenbototigh, near Sheerness, gave similar testimony. Mr. Talbot, storekeeper of Chatham Dockyard, proved that the proposed line would be of the utmost importance to the public service. In hisopirdon the line would be anational benefit. The present stores had to be conveyed all the way round by Sheerness, and up the Medway: The railway would remove that circuitous route. Colonel Simpson, Cornmand.uit of the Military Deplit at Chatham, gave arroborative testimony. Mr. Hayward, Mayor of Rochester, proved that the inha bitants, corporation, and most of the public bodies were in favour of the South-Eastern scheme. Cloverly--1 GUILDHALL, Bianca 12, 1847. 11 , 8 COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at Guildhall on TvEsnaY, the ,' li ousig 2 lar h c instant , at One o'clock precisely, to me:lye TENDERS ; . r„, ING ON LEASE, for 204 Years, from Lady-day next, %Sar t ', N °. 8 , on the east side of the City-road, near Fins,bury etreet,Houses,and 10 on the south side of Lustle i IrlaXV - rbad ; twb Houses, Nos. , 21 and 22, on the west side o for 2 1 7;." - street, City road ; and also Tenders for Letting on Lease, of i . ?. ears, from Lady-day next, a goose, No. 97, on the east side ez!Ute Herse-street, Ratcliffe ; and also Tenders for a piece of Li4V„l i t . t the corner of Narrow-street, Ratcliffe-ctoss, on a Building rt ° 6 1 Years, from Lady-day next. lith e , s "r Particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying ullice of Works, Guildhall. THOS. SAUNDERS, Comptroller. Now ready, price ss. GI, the Second Division of Q. IR ROBERT PEEL: HIS LIFE AND Li TIMES. By W. COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D. Containin.7. 5 Portraits: Mrs. Peel—Lato Sir Richard Arkwright—C. P. Villiers—Pitt -and Canning. Fisher, Son, and Co., Printers and Publishers, Angel-street, St. Martin's-le-Grand, London. SPLENDID MARRIAGE-DAY OR BIRTH-DAY PRESENT. TIIE, PEOPLE'S FAMILY BIBLE: beautifully printed in large type, and profusely illustrated. Two royal quarto volumes, with 180 steel Engravings, three large Maps, and a Faintly Register Form, elegantly bound in morocco, 71. 75., now ready. Fisher, Son, and Co., Printers and Publishers, Angel-street, St. 31artin's-le-Grand, London. 0. ikhopt oo- 7 .1 In., Fincbur The Wolverine, 16, Commander Hay, left Penang on the 10th of January .for England. PLYMOUTH, MAncn 12.—8 y advice from Antigua, dated 12th February, it is reported that her Majesty's ship Vindic tive, 50, Captain Michael Seymour, bearing the flag of Sir Francis W. Austen, K.C.8., and her Majesty's sloop Persian, 16, Commander Henry Coryton, arrived there on the 31st of January, and her Majesty's surveying vessel Thunder, 6, Captain EdWard Barnett, on the 3d ult. Her Majesty's steam-sloop S,:lamander, Captain Ham mond, which put into Antigua in January, damaged, from Otaheite, has by orders from the Admiral, undergone a tho rough survey. She is fitted with a new mainmast, top gallantmast, and bowsprit, and notwithstanding the straining which the boilers had undergone by the large body of water previously kept in them, they were - reported by the engineers in a fit state to steam the vessel across the Atlantic. The Salamander was ready for sea en the 12th ult., and would probably leave on the 13th. On her arrival more than one court of inquiry is expected. Hei Majesty's steamer Bloodhound, Commander R. Phil lips, came in yesterday from Oporto and Lisbon. e ; Fri., Bit' the Cbhnuer -101. ars RMitig .. Sat., I I"' • All of copyhold tenure, held of the Manor of Heaton. These premises were formerly the residence of Robert How, Esq., and lately occupied by his widow, Mrs. Esther How, now deceased. The land tax on the above premises is redeemed. The fines are 25. 6d. en alienation, and Gd. for a herlot on death of tenant. Also TWO FREEHOLD PINES of MEADOW LAND, contain ing together 6s. 3a. 15p., adjoining the premises above mentioned. And also a small Piece of Freehold Laud, formerly part of the Waste containing 2a. 18r., adjoining the same premises, and situate in front of the dwelling-house. These premises were late in the occupation of Thomas Mitton, Esq. Also TWO OUT COTTAGES, held of the Man r of Hea ton, abutting on one of the orchards above mentioned, '.nd adjoining the said road, from Hounslow to Lampton, with email gardens, at tached, and respectively occupied by Mr. Payne and Mr. Buckle, as tenants, from year to year, at an annual rent of 121. each. These Cottages are in good condition, and the tenants very respect :ble. Also a FREEHOLD ORCHARD. situate in the parish of Heston, containing Is. 2a., now in the occupation of James Gilbert, the younger, ender a Lease for 1.4 years, front Michaelmas 1838, at a yearly rent of 101. 10s., granted by the Trustees of the Will of the said Robert How. Ihe land-tax on these premises is redeemed. Also a PADDOCK, held of the Manor of Heston, containing la, 2a, and situate in the parish of Heston, late in the occupation of Thomas Milton, Esq. Also a FREEHOLD PIECE of MEADOW LAND, formerly part of the Waste, called the Bridge Piece, containing IA. 3a., situate in the parish of Heston, adjoining the aforesaid road, from Hounslow to Heston and Lampton, and late in tne occupation of Thomas Mitton, Esq. The whole of the land of the above lots is Tithe free. This Estate was late the property of the said Robert How, and was enjoyed by his said widow during her life. Particulars may be bad (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; , ef—Messrs. Holme,' Loftus, and Young. Solicitors, New Inn ; of Mr. Thomas Cooper, Solicitor, No. 24, Lincoln's Inn.ftelds ; of Messrs. Rogers, Solicitors, 22, Manchester -buildings, Westminster; at the principal Inns at lirentford, Isle , vorth, Richmond, and at the place of Sale. Dated this 6th day of Mwch, 1847. In the Press, and shortly will he published, in 1 vol. Svo , THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY, STRUC TURAL and PHYSIOLOGICAL. With a Copious Glossary of Terms. The whole illustrated with many Hundred Woodcuts. By JOHN LINDLEY, Ph.D., F.R.S. This will complete the series of Elementary Botanical Works by Professor Lindley, of which '• School Botany," and " The Vegetable Kingdom," form the other parts. Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. Sat., st"°. PARIS H OF Sr. GEORGE, Hanover-square. Oltn et tu„ BUTCHERS, CHEESEMONGERS, CORNCHANDLERS, Ittz t :uS, Milkmen Potato-dealers, Oil and Tallow-chandlers, Co and Coffin- makers. tl4 bi t ... P ersons as are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors Nine f or Six Months, from the 25th day of March to the 29th day of ?p orn tu ber, 1 847, ma y deliver in their sealed Proposals at the Board illy,;f,l,llount-street, on or before Nine o'clock on Monday, the 2 2 d .areh, 18 47. Persons tender i ng are d es i re d t o b e i n atten tiactWal to take notice that all offers must be made upon, and dis• Nab.; In accordance with, the printed form of Tender, whic hl may be I tttei fti aPPlication to the Master of the Workhouse, in Mount '-.onWell as any further particulars. By order, T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk. Iloughtor Otii. )stone --1 e lornby Coot In two volumes, post Bvo., now ready at all the Libraries, THE POACHER'S WIFE; A STORY OF THE TIMES. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. -11 1 /4', Chum, Pu- ET CHARLTON CAREW. " A story of deep interest, highly-wrought situations, and pathos." —New Monthly. "A forcible display of a sad portion of our social position."— Douglas Jerrold. Mr. Nicholson, banker of Rochester, and Mr. C. W. Martin a M.P., gave corroborative testimony. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. , Cheste r nit WiIITTIN GT ON CLUB. 44 Members who have not yet paid their ENTRANCE FEES (.7,, . 4 CRIPTIONS, are requested to do so immediately. ' 4lO l 1 3, 1 847. G. W. YAPP. Secretary. 1 windy:lig; "It ably and eloquently illustrates the mischievous influence of the Game Laws on high and low."— Sunday Times. It will be highly prized by all circulating library frequenters." --Asiatic Quarterly. " Every game preserver in the United Kingdom will ' read,' we do not say will ' like,' it. But read it, they all must."—Mirrar. Charles 011ier, 18 and 19, Southampton-street, Strand. MADAME ANNA BISHOP IN EDINBURGH. breePo° ° ,-, c1 4 liirsell .10 Tv HITT' NGT 0 N uLUB. liry Testimonials sent in by Candidates for the office of Secre ebta "'II be returned upon application at the office of the Club, 68, ode, on or after TUESDAY, the IGth March. G. W. YA', Secretary. i .o. v; Sat., ° il. Fri., Newell Fj tN COUNTIES RAILWAY.-- N a i EXTENSION SHARES. 13 8 `e is hereby given that the Directors have made a CALL of )4 74 Per Share upon the B Quarters of these Shares, which will be kar at e 11 1 Two Instalments of 11.55. each. The first on the 18th of litt• ~.a _ hd the second on the lath of May next. lilltccat at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum will be charged upon .• ears. STAR-LIGHT NIGHT-LIGHT !I PERFECTION.! I I WHAT is a MORTAR LIGHT? What are ordi narrlTlGllT LIGHTS? Certainly, things that are bye- genes, arid will be used no more. The Star-Light Night• Light is a charming little light to illumine the darkness of the bedchamber ; It must suc ceed ; its economy and simplicity myriads will admire ; for what can be desired raore than perfection T This beautiful little Light burns candles, and can be had complete from 3s. 3d. to Ss. each. Burning continually at CLARK'S her/tem. Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand. Ten deers from Lowther Arcade. Fres sll; , ate Cubbingt- 11. 17— Badbilrf GEORGE HUDSON, Osterman. By Order, ' ksh C. P. 2tONEY, Secretary. o Station 12th Feb. 1847. STEAM TO INDIA, VIA EGYPT. ih hir ,4eglllar Monthly Mall Steam Conveyance for Passengers and T he wods to Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. COI* P ,,,EXINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Move / 4 1' 1 book Passengers and receive GaAs and Parcels for the rre orts h „ -y their Steamers, starting from Southampton the 20th, tor h u .uez on or about the 10th of every month. itne p.... 4 teS of Passage-money, Plans of the Steamers, and to se ‘Olite ""aBcB, apply at the Company's offices. 31, St. Mary Aie, LECTURES on DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY during LENT, at the RO YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITLIIION, by Dr. BACHHOFFNER, eis the Mornings and Evenings f Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, w;th Illustrations, in which the latest discoveries are included, accompanied with new and appropriate Music, by Dr. Wallis. Lectures on ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-EL i.CTRIC MACHINE on the alternate Mornings and Evenings, Chemical Lectures. The Optical Effects include the last beautiful DISSOLVE.; VIEWS. Experiments with the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c., &e. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. PEARL CANDLE LAMP.-NO FICTION!! —The Lamps hitherto used have created vast inconvenience, and it is high time they were annihilated—thanks to the gigantic improvements of our age, the time is at hand. To offer a Lamp— perfection —is, we deem, rendering a publio service ; for what are we without light? The Pearl is so simple, it cannot be mismanaged. No cleaning required. To sell the ordinary Candle Lamps is now impossible ; the public have long enough been pestered with such rubbish. The Pearl Candle Lamp is the perfection of candle light 4. The publio will have none other. Designs to suit every taste. Burning continually at CLARK'S, the Immense Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, Ten doors from the Lowther-arcade Please write down address. _ _ 1., Wro)"1 Sat., Cbtri' lure., bb's, etherWittO 4alubletov ; ..... _ ___..._.... N.B.—Every persons Candle Lamp caa be altered t• the pearl rinciple. EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE - COMPANY. )Urgh, 15, George-street. London, 58, King William-street. Established 1843. Capital 300,0001. } l l C omPany's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF ,et tt,„! I EVEN I'EEN LIFE OFFICES as contained in the Report 1 18 to "' Mortality published in 1843. The Company embraces , in sh te _ U stitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary 1 4 e t ," ot Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, tb.:Parison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to to4 ' the rates for the whole period of life as low as is te at WITH PERFECT SE(7URITY. the l' r ospectuses, Sec.. apply at the ofilccs as above, or to any of `•3elits throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. tItOMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE AND , ANNUITY COMPANY. c ' datliam-place, Blackfriars, London.—Established in 1826. ,This ai„ Subscribed Capital, 240,0001. , ost effects assurances in a great variety of forms, and on F, -v antageous terms, both on the bonus and non-bonus systems. 0 - t P • ect ' - ' 3 e B . with tables of rates, and all farther particulars, may ' . .......2 .1trtect the orace. M. SAWARD, Secretary. p R OVI NCIAL AND GENERAL CEMETERIES COMPANY, atllliatMg,wit_h_t_i_ie METRO , and SUBURB A N CEM ETERIES SOCIETY First Capital 250,0001., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit 2s. per Share. TRUSTIFSS. B ENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, Esq., 51. P., F.R.S. 130 1. , LUKE JAMES HAN 'ARD Es 87.. c. -ell°4- -Messrs. Bourdilcio S n and . Son g s . , 30, Great Winchester. street. The PAILIAMENTART AGENT —James Coppock, Esq. ai Committee give notice that, having Allotted the Shares of the three rhtan and Suburban Cemeteries Society, and as they must in 4 51 be informed what Amount of Shares in the Provincial Dr,,,trea rtes , t v o rn e p orze t r h ose A liolitetaeetisonswilolfcloatihme,rsthey will next week E, BtoBY order, the a " E. 110A.RE, Secretary. By March 15, 1847. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, .sei • e t r ti n t , s of all ages, andE sta in bl e is v l e te r d y s lB ta 2 t 4 i . on, may assure with this t very moderate terms. residi7, 4 Premium is required for sea risk, or residence in go i ng gto vi 1 at, or returning from any part of Europe. Those wish - oliie3 4L ..t. or reside in other part ot the world, may also effect a small increase of Prem s ium. FOURTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. It to in : 4 MA of the (just published) of all the Bonuses declared, a oh ..c Large Reserve Fund, the favourable prospects of Assuring and the state of the Society ge nerall y , can be wes,,„ free of e; of of the Society's Agents , by ad g letter to expense, any _ . GEO. H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary, moo. 78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. . WATCHES, VERY FLAF. I. O 4„, O 4 IpOI SAVO RY and SONS,. W . a . tchm , akers Cornhill r 4 4 .41,1 e me t . e the Bank. Price in Silver Cases;3/. 10s. each ; hi th Six Ort , neas each. These watches are accurate and ne th,„ c Horizontal escapement being peculiarly suited to coin- Portant requisites. They arc jewelled in four holes, and " eli g . ° , rig whilst being wound. A twelvemonth's warranty given I'F. "'-'3 ro 1 1. COLLEGE of lIEALTII, NENV "tIce ROA, LONDON. -4As hereby given tht i the NEW LIST, for 1847, of all the .11. t , 1, al rs duly authorised to vend Morison's Veg . etable Aybe ,_.,..edietne throwdioat the world, is NOW READI , and It " 44 ° naPpli • t i • • ca ion at any of the Agents'. ''ver sc , r,lcralst o Druggist Is allowed to v end the Vegetable oils Medicine, they Isritish College of Health requiring that all Vtr i tir /l ea hy 4Q ,„,. cil iii s P o so 4 of it sliould have a practical knowle,lge of its C4111.14 7. 110 ne e.t.a the sa.fety of the people be iusused. GRATESEND STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Boat and Rail included it One Payment, avoiding the danger and delay of the Fool. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 934, 103(, I, 3,4, and 5. Sundays, at 934, 11, 13%, 4, and 5. The Trains starting one guar ter of an hour before each of these times. New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 734, BIA, 934, 1134, 1,3, and 5. Sundays, at 834, 11%, 1,3, and 5. N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or lireeikithe Piers. Star Office, Gravesend, Dec 28, 1846. BRITISH GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 9 Waterloo-place, Lon don, and 127, Princes-street, Edinburgh. The Association will grant Bonds of Guarantee for the fidelity of all persons employed 1. In any of the Government Departments (under the recorded sanction of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, 19th Feb., 1847). 2. Savings' Banks Friendly Societies Loan Societies Under the Special Benefit Building Societies provisions of the Government Annuity Societies Act of incorpora- Certified by John Tldd Pratt, Esq., (for tion. which no stamp duty Is paid). Poor-law Commission 3. All Public and Private Institutions Banks Insurance Companies Railway Companies Mercantile Houses And in all other Situations at home er abroad, where security against fraud or failure to account is required. Rates of premium % per cent. and upwards Forms of proposal may be obtained at 9, Waterloo-place. By order of the Directors, A. CIIAMBRE, Secretary to the London Board MORTGAGE MONEY, at 4/. per Cent. and 5/. per Cent. TRUST MONEY TO INVEST.-6,0001. In one sum, on Freehold or Copyhold Land or Ground rents only. This sum only advanced upon the above-named property by way of 3101:TerAGE, at 41. per cent. N.B. 100/., 200/., 3001., 5001., and 8501., on freehold or leasehold houses ; term of leases unexpired front 21 to 50 years ; at Si. per cent. Also several sums upon re versions and temporary security by way of anticipation of rents or otherwise. None but principals and respectable parties can be treated with, as this emanates from's% respectable source. _ _ Ap• ly to Mr. Green, money scrivener and conveyancer, 38, Wal broek, City, from Eleven to Four o'clock. INNUMERABLE Persons having been debarred from availing themselves of the aperient effects of simple water, through the inability of applying it in an effective and easy manner, W. PINE begs to apprise the public that by means of a nesv inven tion, sold only by him, at 369, Strand, and called the APERITi VE VASE, this natural and who'esome physic may be applied in an in stant, even by the most infirm persons. Those who are subject to indigestion, costiveness, &c., will in this manner find water to be the most agreeable aperient in the world. W. PINE is agent also for SON IFERS, by which deaf persons may magnify voices to the exact degree which their deafness requires. Descriptions sent post free, on receipt of two label stamps. CHU MIS' LOCKS, FIRE-PROOF SAFES AND CASH BOXES. 1 (111513 BS" NEW PATENT DETECTOR vJ LOCKS give perfect security from False Keys and Picklocks, and also detect any attempt to open them. They aro made of all sizes, and for every purpose to which Locks are applied, and are strong, secure, simple, and durable. CHUBBS' PATENT COMBINATION LATCH, for Front Doors, Counting House Doors, &c., are simple In construction, low in price, And quite secure ; the Keys are particularly neat and portable. CII UMBS' PAT ENT FIRE-PROOF SAFES, BOOK-CASES, CHESTS, &c., made entirely of strong wrought Iron, se as effectually to resist the falling of brick work, timbers, &c., in case of fire, and art also perfectly secure from the attacks of the most dkidul burglars. CHUBBS' CASH and DEED BOXES, fitted with the DETEC TOR LOCKS. CHUBB and SON, 57, St. Paul's Churchyard, London; and C. C.Chunb and Co., agents. 2S, Lord-street, Liverpool. pIE CIGAR IVARELIOUSES, LONDON. The Union 'Agar, equal to Foreign, I2s. 6d. per lb. ; Flue Foreign Cigars, of all Makers, lis. Gd., 18s. 6d., 205., and 21s. per lb. ; British made, from the finest tobaccos imported; Cheroots, 65., » exicans, is. per lb. ; Cigars, Cuba, 75., Ila• vannaii, is. Gd. Bs. 6d. per lb. ; Cabanas and Silvas, Ss. fitt. per 18. ; Principe, Lopez, Recompendzas, Esparteros, Dos Amigos, Estrcllos, Regalias, and Emperors. 9s. Gd. per lb., warranted first quality. Messrs. Tosswill and Co., Commission Merchants, Importers, and Manufacturers, have a large stock of the above, well worth the attention of large buyers. 6 and 7, Pudding-lane, Eastcheap, three doors from Gracechurch-street and King William-street, City. A pound sample of each may be had where required. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF ROYALTY AND THE AU THORITY OF THE FACULTY. KE A TING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A Certain Remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs— in Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient Consumption (of which Cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerrinz efficacy. In Asthma, and in Winter Cough, they have never been known to fail. Prepared and soli in Boxes, Is. I V., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and los. 6d. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St. Pail's Churchyard, London. Sold retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. Birkenhead, near Liverpool, Jan 8, 1847. Sir, I have teen afflicted with a severe cough and shortness of breath or nearly eight years, and atter trying numerous remedies, did not find myself any better. I purchased a small box of Keating's Lozenges of you, from which I found great benefit. The second box, 2s. 9d. size, complet.ly cured me, and 1 can now breathe more freely, and am as free from cough as ever I was in my life. Hoping that others, similarly afflicted, will avail themselves of so certain and safe a remedy, I remain, Sir, yours, faithfully, WILLIAM ANDERSON. To Mr. Geo. H. Howell, Chemist, 72, Dale-street, Liverpool. THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT. A NEW LIGHT REPELLENT OVER-COAT FOR THE St'itlNG.—Registered 6 and 7 'Viet., cap. 65.—PATRONISED by 11.R.11. PR[NCE ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY, his Grace the COMMANDER-IN-lIIIIEF, the PRINCIPAL NOBILITY, and OFFICERS of the GUARDS. This gentlemanly garment, cut without seams on the "shoalder, so as to improve the figure, and which (owing to its elasticity) Its equally well either as an over-coat or LIGHT SUMMER FROCK, is made of a peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west of England, expressly for this coat, of double twist warp and weft, and finest Saxony wool. It is guaranteed to endure and maintain its primitive appearance at least twice the time of ordinary cloth, however good the quality, as it does not wear white or rough, and although re pellent, is perfectly porous. The sleeves are lined with ar lets dura ble silk, so that the coat slips on and off easily, and, owing to its softness, lightness, and elasticity, the wearer experiences perfect ease and freedom when the coat Is buttoned. The WELLINGTON sURTOUT commends itself to all who desire a quiet, elegant, gentlemanly appearance ; it is kept in every size and loading colour, ready for immediate wear, price Two Guineas and a Half, net cash on delivery. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, and name and Address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT STREET, REGENT -STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the MAN SION-HOUSE, LONDON. ----------- ON THE SECRET INFIR URITMITIES OF YOUTH. AND MATY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, In a sealed envelope, price 2s. or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamp, direct from the Author's residence. 4aELF. PRESERVATION : A Medical Treati , e KY on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders et Youth and Maturi!y. Illuerated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive ()Nabs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other excesses. With Practical Observations •n the Treatment of Nervots Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and ether diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorer: Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy et' Marriage, with its Hindrance andObligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Ullioll3. CfrierrEn 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Gcnerativi Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that area'. Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action —Cliervaa 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on thi Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the flinctiorn of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Total and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Ctiarratts 5 and 6. On the Disorder arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonaorhma Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ..he Urethra. REVIEWS OP TILE WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work Is a legally quall fiedaeiical man, who has zvidently had considerable experience of the trr stment of the various disorders arising from the follies ant frailties of early Indiscretion. 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It is sold, throughout the kingdom, at a moderate price, by Chemists, Grocers, and Wine Merchants, whose names may be learnt by applying to the importers W. and S. KENT and SONS, Upton-upon-Severn, or W. S. icum , ey, 3, Queen•street place, Cheapside, sole Wholesale Agent for London and surrounding Counties. PARIS'S' PULMONIC ClGARETTES.—Phy sicians have long discovered that in diseases of the hangs and Air passages, a remedy to be really efficacious must come in direct contact with the diseased organ, and this cannot take place unless it be administered under the form of vapour or smoke. The diseases in which the Cigarettes have been found so beneficial are, difficulty of breathing, tightness of the chest, spasmodic asthma, catarrhs, hoarseness, sore throats, aphony (loss of voice), ear-aches, rheuma tism of the jaws, tooth-ache, neuralgia, Sre. In the first stage of consumption their beneficial effects are surprising, and in the ad vanced stages they relieve the cough, lessen the expectoration, check the night perspiration, and produce calm and refreshing sleep. Sold by Messrs. Barclay, Butler, Edwards, Hammy, Johnstone Sanger, Schooling, and all respectable medicine venders in Great Britain and France, in boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I is, Observe that the lame P. Pariss, 26 Place Vendome, is engraved on the Government stamp. DR. CULYERVIELL on HEALTII, lIAMNESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes Is. each, by post Oa stamps), Is. 6d. each. H OW TO BE HAPPY. " Jueunde Tlvere."—Clo. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, aid ATOM. (Wilk Dlot-tables for all Complaints.) MARRIAGEI and its MYSTERIES. To:be, or not to be, that is tke qacetion."—Shakspeare. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Curs ut valeas." These publications are free from onpyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 29, Corn hill; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, at 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street. EYEBROWS, MoUS'UACI - 110S, and WHIS KER; produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented $y the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REur.NE 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 doable this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on tke Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8d„ and 125., for money orders only. 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VINCENT-PLACE, GLASGOW. JAMES AN EL D E STU ART, S '"c"". Esq., Chairman . Deputy Chainnan. H Chairman. t i n t o d , n Samuel Anderson, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. I WI.. iciliaMmaißtal a sq. It. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. J o h n Ritchie, Esq. Ems. Charles Downes, Esq. I F. LI. Thomson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords n l as most perfect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great tteess which has attended it since its commencement, its annual ' e Pole being upwards of 84,C00/. the 1841 the Company added a bonus of 27. per cent. per annum on tt Sum insured to all policies of the participating class from the ; i the)" were effected. bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De er. 1840, is as follows : oft Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy. #.500n - ...... • • •.6 years 10 months • • .. £6B3 6s. Bd. 10 08 ... .... •• • • 6 years .. • . 600 Os. Od. • • • • .. •• 4 years 4OO Os. Od. 0 ,7 14 %, Are rnt • • • • • • • • 2 years 2OO Os. Od. on e ,Orns, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, an "glee isneed be paid for the first five years. where the inse t", ,_Par t i es life. 18 48 Wis hing to secure the benefit of the next Division of Profits ...Le III; siutio_.uld make immediate application. ''',..4ecu r i,: o e on Policies to the extent of half the sum to be assured, Ao approved by the Directors of the Company. ~rEyntr.fl ry,.. - -ee Money or charge except the Policy Stamp. Lorormation will be afforded on application to the Resident 4 .04 - ' l. * E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of \o.B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Do ULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE. LONDON. DIAECTOES. T un ,. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. - ••••AS SIDNEY Esq., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman. Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Wards, and Co.) William Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. William Lawson, Esq. (Trowel'. Lawson ; and Trower). f ;corge Moore, Esq. (Groucock, Copestake, and Moore). "llliorn Nicholson. Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) James leek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) flues Redmayne, Esq., New Bond-street. Peter Bolt, Esq. (Brocklebank and Bolt). '4 4 tj'i a c ' b r ;6 other advantages offered by this Society are security with- I nY, economy in the management, and low rates of premium. Promptly paid PROI * * , ....................._(80nus declared July 1, 1846.) o . ..f.' 9, 7 .:, 2 :X 2. ; ~„"s .'Z'• ,?; 3 g :7 k,- ~,, ' ' ,- -12,:fi nr : a. ri o' 7.' ri ;A' g .. ~. .2 gt- 's 3g - It'l P: 5 4 ',.), . a i . ~, LI g "4; „.... ; ii .... • 25" ,'; P ''• ...,.... •7, 5 ' 4 4 1' :, i -......__. l aki x x. .. d. X. s. Z. S 4 3P 60 1,000 62 15 0 24 15 b 248 40 143 5 7 48 1,000 39 15 0 14 7 3 244 36 114, 6 59 1,000 60 0 0 20 1 18 224 33 N o " 6 43 2,000 68 0 0, 21 0 7 474 31 144 1 6 44 1,000 35 0 0 I 9 6 0 202 27 '''' ......._ 4 49 2,000 82 10 o[lB 10 0 341 , 22 J. JONES, Actaary and Secretary. TO THE LADIES, This lady had the following letter Inserted in the "Times" news spar on Aug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put into the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the lierbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about tour mouths, nd the whole of her hair is much stronger and mere luxuriant than ever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s Regulator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an I is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and produotion of hair in ahund exec, bat as a cure et nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact:,-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few drops oa the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and lrevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops an the crown of the head ; if v. ry bad, repeat it every quarter of an hour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces hair on children's heads in a few apppllcations. It used on infonts' heads, 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 Grimstone Herbary, Highgate. IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROVE- MENT SOCIETY. On Saturday the half-yearly general meeting of the Irish Waste Land Improvement Society was held at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry, for the purpose of receiving a report as to the condition of its affairs and future prospects. The Earl of Devon in the chair. Colonel Roins;sox, R.E , read the report, from which it appeared that, in the month of March last, the Gallant Colonel went on a tour of inspection over the Society's estates in Ireland, with a view of ascertaining the system of management pursued and the future prospects of the Society. The stewards had been requested to induce the tenants, ,it possible, to abandon the sowing of potatoes, as it was im possible to distinguish between the good and bad seed. The appeal, in some instances, was successful, but the Connaught peasantry could nut be induced to give up their favourite potato, and hence, compared with others, they had suffered frightfully. Some lost a fifth, and others the whole of their crops. The society employed 200 able-bodied men, ex clusive of women and children, and the population of the estates numbered 3,000, not one of whom had been an inmate of a workhouse or gaol. In Ballinakeel seven new tenants lost the principal portion of their crops, the remainder 25 per cent., and the average loss upon the estate was 75 per cent. It would require 7501. to maks up the deficiency. On the Glencaske estate the average loss was 90 per cent., and it required 1,9601. to supply it. On the Kelkerron estate the loss averaged between 80 and 90 per cent., which required 8001. to supply it. In Galway the price of Indian meal rose from 91. to 171. a ton during the months of September and December. There was 1,7841. due upon the shares of the society.the balance in cash was 6911. 18s. Id., and the liabilities figured -12,4611. 18s. ld. The report, after giving a vivid and painful picture of the " misery and deso lation now existing in the sister kingdom," and after express.. ing fears that the worst was not arrived at, stated that the society's tenants would be remunerated for their improve ments, would not be charged their rents, and would have seed given them of all kinds on loan ; and also that there was little danger of their being visited by the unparalleled pri vations which were inflicting and destroying the other inha bitants of Ireland. The Noble CIIAIIIMAN after commenting on the report, and stating that, if possible, the society would borrow money of the Government to carry out their object, said that it was satisfactorily proved that Ireland had within itself ample resources for its wants, if they were properly developed.— (Hear, hear.) If those resources had the benefit of capital, and the personal superintendence of its own landlords, they would convert the present horrors existing in Ireland into a medium for the future advancement of that country and the amelioration of her people.—(Hear, hear.) The report was adopted unanimously, and on the motion of Mr. Maude, seconded by Mr. Smith, a vote of thanks was passed to Col. Robinson for his able and useful information. Colonel RonitisoN, in acknowledging the compliment, ex pressed his belief that although the public works in Ireland had seduced the people from tillage, with proper superin tendence, Ireland would be enabled to recover herself, and meet the awful cala mit y with IN hich she had been visite d. The Rev. NVilliatn Harness was elected a director in the le p i a e r d a , te t t anks were voted to th e h i . room of Mr. Ha ndel, deceased ; arid the other officers f or t h e l) e s a t i rin e a a n r , having eTiteletr e se c ine-g [ADVERTISEM ENT.] —IRAS AT ‘VIIOLESALE PRICES , No. 2, B UCK LERSBURY, UREA PSlDE.—Families whose! consumption is large , and study economy, will derive considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade. Black Tea 2s, Bd., as., 3s. 4d, 3s. 8d , 45., 4s. 4d., s s . Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 7s. Coffee. 9d., 10d., ls., is. 2d., is. 4d., Is. 6d., is. Sd. One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from the country forwarded the same day; and when the quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is paid to any part of England:J-411.05E4a, and Co., wholessle tee diggers, 2, Bucklersburyt ChesPude• BATTERSEA. About one o'clock yesterday morning the inhabitants of the other end of Nine Elms, about a quarter of a mile beyond the terminus of the South-Western Railway, and its vici nity, were thrown into great alarm by a violent explosion, which, upon inquiry, was found to have been caused by the outburst of a tire in the kyanizing premises of Mr. Beg ell, on the banks of the Thames. At that hour all the initte tants were fast asleep; and therefore, upoiebeing aroused by the cause named, it is easy to conceive the state of consterna tion into which they were hurried. It is not very often that anything else than praise can he bestowed on the Fire Bri gade; but in the present instance, according to the statement ut some of the nearest residents to the spot at which the fire commenced, for upwards of an hour that body remained alto gether inactive, declaring, when urged to take steps in order to bring their engines into play, that it was utterly impossible for them to do so. Several engines were driven home, not withstanding the fire was raging in all its fury, and in spite of the entreaties of Mr. Hutton, the proprietor of sonic large cern-mills, and Mr. Carne, an extensive timber-dealer, both of whose premises were threatened with extreme danger. The only replies Mr. Hutton has informed our reporter he could get, even after he had upon several occasions pointed out to the brigade the way by which they could get their engines down to the share, and so arrest the progress of the flames towards the timber-yard and his own mills, were that there was no water, that the tide was too low, and that they did not choose to run the risk of breaking their engines in getting them down to the water's edge. Mr. Hutton dig • bested that the horses should be taken out, and that he bee an abundance of power, with the assistance of his own and his neighbours' men, to draw the engines down the bank by means of planks on to the beach. The entreetics were of no avail, and therefore several of the engines drove off. There was, however, one engine which arrived at the scene of desolation later than the others, and to the men attached to it Mr. Hutton was enabled to bring home conviction as to the feasibility of his suggestion. The horses were taken out, all hands went to work, and in a few minutes the engine was, without the slightest injury, drawn to the water's edge, and was at work. This ex ample induced two others of the four engines still remaining to accede to Mr. Hutton's request, so that within half an hour there were three engines playing with all their force upon the threatening hale,' And a providential circumstance it was that this etep wee- taken : for at the moment the first of these machines was brought into operation the flakes of fire by the aid of the wind were being carried ever to Carne's timber-stacks, and soon towards Mr. Hutton's mills. Had these places ignited, no act but the interposition of a superior Power could have prevented the devouring element from laying in ruins the whole of the factories and houses be tween Battersea-fields and the railway terminus. The latter, doubtless, would have fallen a sacrifice. From Mr. Hutton's mills to the terminus there is scarcely a yard's length of groand along the bank of the river which is not occupied by whiting-factories, lime-burners, timber merchants, ship breakers, malt-houses, and old wooden-buildings. Indeed, as is well known, the whiting-factories are wooden erections, which, from their peculiarity of construction, are more than usually favourable to the prejudicial reception of fire, whilst the other purposes to which the intermediate spaces are ap plied are, as will be observed, of an inflammable character. The complaint of Mr. Hutton is, that there appeared to be no one who was in command of the brigade, and that, had it not been for the subsequent steps, and the wind had con tinued to blow as forcibly at it did at the period when thetirst engine was taken down, so far as that corps was concerned, the whole range of buildings and timber-stacks between the spot where the fire originated and the railway terminus must have been destroyed. That the accomplishment of the proposition made by that gentleman was to be gained, and that, if adopted, it was calculated to prove of benefit, were established by . the result of the operations when it was ultimately carried out, and therefore there is the less excuse for that portion of the brigade which abandoned the place. There was an increased exertion made by the police under the directions of Superintendent Bicknell. But for their arrangements, the destruction of prop er ty, l arge as it was, must have been much greater, for we never saw such a collection of thieves as had congregated on the occasion, and as the length of the fire, perhaps 100 yards, was so extensive, numerous opportunities were offered for the exercise of their peculating vocation. There is, however, reason to believe that in the end the visitants were disappointed. The fire, it appears, broke out at Mr. Bethell's. Upon that gentleman's premises were numerous casks of tar, 1 1 pitch, and some persons also said of naphtha, from a corn , bination of which he ebtained a certain solution, which had been found to be a preserver of wood by the process of saturation. There were too, when we walked round the place, between one and two o'clock, several large tanks filled ' with this inflammable solution, and it was the explosion of one of them that it is imagined gave warning to the neighbourhood of what was going on. The banks and yards of these premises were covered with railway sleepers piled up to a considerable height, some of which had undergone the process of saturation, whilst others, which had been but recently landed from barges, had not been submitted as yet to the treatment. Every stick of these which had been stacked between the boiling-house, or whatever it may be called, and Mr. Hutton's mills, was at ene and the same time, and for hours, in one general blaze, the brilliancy of the picture been frequently enhanced by the ig nition of a stray barrel of pitch, of tar, or of the kyanizing combination. Shortly after the outbreak the flames com municated themselves to the limeworks of Mr. Pass, aml from them to some barges which were aground off the wharf. A density of tire was now arrived at, which time alone, and the natural consumption of the materials, could put a stop to. Had the engines been on the beach prior to this, the probability is, from the peculiarity of the position of the yard, that a very large quantity of the property might have been saved. In a few minutes there were two extensive lengths of wharfs and fear or six barges in a blaze, and it was against the two end barges, and the burning mass at the eastern end of Mr. Pass's wharf, that the engines which :Mr. Hutton had got down upon the water's edge directed their at tacks. This proceeding, accompanied by a temporary tunnel.; of the wind, was attended with the happiest effects; fur when we left the spot, at five o'clock, all danger of a further extension was at an end. The smoke, from the nature of the combustible materials, was so dense, that we were unable to make out the names of any of the engines on the water 's edge but that of the County. One of them, however, be longed to that company to which the younger Campbell and Howell, both of Westminster-bridge stairs, are attached. All the men connected with these engines displayed extra ordinary activity and diligence. The extent of the loss will not be ascertained for some days, but it must be very considerable. Great anxiety was felt lest the flames should make their way to the dock at the back of Mr. Pass's limeworks, wherein lay several steam boats, of which the locomotive Richmond and Hampton boats were two. The measures taken by the police and by the firemen referred to fortunately eventually set the minds of those interested at ease. The sky was illuminated over the whole of the western part of the metropolis, whilst the opposite side of the river, along Milbank and Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, and Vauxhall and Battersea-bridges, Were crowded by spectators. The river, too, was thronged with b oa ts filled with s p ectators, and such had been the arrival of company, that by 3 o'clock there was a double row of cabs reaching for upwards of a quarter of a mile along Battersea-flelds. A singular spec tacle was presented by th e fl oc ks of skylarks — for which Battersea is celebrated—which hovered for hours over the fire.— Ti mes. We regret to addd that Mr. Bethell is entirely uninsured. The nature of his business was considered so hazardous that no office would undertake his risk for less than a treble rate of premium, and he, therefore preferred a close system of watching. His loss must be enormous; independently of the buildings and stock of naphtha, he has lost fourteen thou sand railway sleepers, the present contract p ss. 10d. each. rice of which is The following is a copy of the official report of the damage : " Mr. J. Bethell, creosote and naphtha distiller and saw mills, Battersea-fields.—Engine-house, rectifying-house, saw mill, about 14,000 railway sleepers, and a large quantity of pitch, tar, &c. destroyed. Still-house nearly destroyed. " Mr. Robins, timber dealer, ditto.—F ur niture -shed and contents destroyed ; stock in open yar d damaged by fire, and furniture by removal.with " Widow Pass and Son, lime-burners. —A large shed, d contents, and two lug-boats destroyed a sa iling barge a two other craft nearly destroyed. " Two barges,respectively belonging to Mr. Hetherington, of Lambeth, and Mr. Lee, of Rotherhithe." THE PUBLIC FAST. !Es Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a form of prayer " to be used in all Churches and Chapels throughout the United Kingdom of England and Ire land, on Wednesday, the 24th inst., being the day ap pointed by proclamation for a General Fast and Humi liation before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon nod rdon of our sins, and t hat we ma y , in the most_ devout so l em n manner, send up our p ra y ers and supplications to the Divine Majesty for the removal of those heavy u j dgments which o ur manifold sins and p rovocations have most justly deserved, and with which Almighty Cod is pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a grievous scarcity and dearth ot divers articles of suste nance and necessaries of life." The service appointed to be used commences with certain sentences adapted to the occasion; then follow the usual prayers for holydays; after which, instead of the ' 6 Venite exultemus," a form peculiarly appropriate to the occasion is substituted. The proper psalms are the 32d, 39th, and 86th; the first lesson is the Bth chapter of the Ist Book oF Kings, vers e 22 t o 24. Then follows the eTe Deum;" the second lesson is St. Ma thew vi. to verse 22, after which " The Benedictus;" and, instead of the first collect, will b e sa id t h e two collects expressly set forth. Then will follow the collect for Ash Wednesday-, and the second and third collects at morning prayer, and the; Litany. After the Lit an y will be said one of the prayers appointed to be used in the time of dearth and famine, which prayers may be sa id continually at mornin g and ev ening pr a y er d ur i ng the time of the present visitation. Then will follow the three collects next appointed; then the . prayer for the Parliament, and the general thanksgiving, 84c., to the end of the morning prayer, as usual. In the communion service, after the prayer for the Queen, instead of the collect for the day, shall be used that which is set forth. The epistle is Joel , 12; the Gospel of St. Lu ke xiii , 1 ; then w ill follow the Nieene Creed, and after the sermon. In the offertory thine are special sentences; and after the prayer for the .whole Church of Christ there are six final prayers appointed to be . said. The order for eve nin g pray er is then appo i nted, w hi c h contains all the prayers adapted to the morning service. The proper psalms are the lxxxviii., xc., cxxx.; lesson Jonah iii.; the second 2 Cor. i x . the first The above form of prayer, printed by her Majesty's command, may be obtained at all booksellers and other shops for three -halfpence. A form of prayer will shortly be issued by the Kirk of Scotland. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH --The Lords of the Ad m i ra lty have at length directed the extension of the South- Western itailway subterranean electric telegraph to the Ati eokalty at Whitehall. It will branch ozT in the Strand near the toropoy'l preont OfEcer. (From the South African Comma vial Advertiser, Jan. 7.) The state of the country within the ancient border, now delivered in a great measure from the inroads or marauding parties of the enemy is at present very little understood, at lent at this distance. Private letters throw scarcely any light upon it, and Government is entirely silent. There can not but be much suffering and distress, not so much amongst the poor," who readily find employment at good wages, nor amongst traders of any description, as business is becoming every day mote active, and certainly less lucra tive than in former times of peace, nor amongst mechanics ; nor, in short, amongst any class accustomed to live by serv ing the community by the distribution of the necesoaries and luxuries of lite ; the distress must be chiefly amongst the producers, the farmers'on whose herds and flocks and crops it'd houses, the whole force of the enemy's destructive powers fell in the first instance. These, by their position in a new country, the most respectable class of the community, may be at this moment, in hundreds, at the very bottom of the scale, distressed and helpless. The boards of relief, the liberality of Government, and the noble sympathy of their fellow colonists, have carried the " poor" safely, even com fortably, over the dark season of invasion. Merchants, traders, and dealers of all sorts, carriers, mechanics, and the like, have taken, and will continue to take, good care of themselves. They have not been outwitted by the commis sariat. The former class would feel it the greatest of all misfortunes to be compelled to approach the Board of Cha rity; bat, with the spirit and position of independent men, they are for the time in the least favourable of all imagin able situations. The instruments and means of prodveoo4., , have been swept off or destroyed. They haVe neither sheep,' cattle, horses, nor seed corn. The least unfortunate are crippled in all these respects, and many are wholly disarmed. To the restoration of this class, in the first place, should the whole energy of Government be directed; to their resto ralion, that is, to make good to them the direct losses sus tained by the presence of a foreign enemy within the colony. This compensation, as far as it is practicable, is to be taken out of Kafirland. The Kafirs are in the same position as the Chinese were in the recent war. They provoked hostilities, they destroyed or seized private property, and they must, as far as they are able, pay for both. 'I he charges of the war, on the part of Government, form one claim ; the private pro perty seized or destroyed forms another. Private claims, however, must first be satisfied, as the public, through its representative, the Government, have the charge of private property within its territory, or under its flag, as against foreign enemies. Government is the grand insurance office of the people, to which every individual pays an annual pre mium under the name of taxes. This may not appear in any printed form ; it may not be set forth in any Act of Parlia ment; but it is ih the spirit of the common law of England, and it forms the first article in the code of political common sense. That such is the opinion of her Majesty's Ministers may be inferred from the appointment of Sir Henry Pottin ger to be Governor and High Commissioner for winding up the war. He did this very thing in China. He made them pay for the private property they had seized and destroyed, and then presented a bill of costs incurred for conducting the case to judgment and execution. In the present case the bill of cost, which is understood to be rather heavy, will probably be laid aside for a time, or at least • till the private claims are satisfied. t is with this view, amongst others, that Sir Peregrine Maitland has now stepped over the Kei. He wants back 20,000 head of cattle for the farmers, or more, but . certainly not less. About this number, or more, may have been al ready recovered, or rather taken from the Kafirs and Tam bookies, in the course of the war, some of which are distri buted amongst the sufferers. By the way, where are the Kafir horses? They were said to have exhibited a formid able cavalry at the commencement of this quarrel. Very few of them have been killed or captured, yet of late nothing is heard of them. A great number of colonial horses were also carried off during the war. These will not, of course, be lost sight of. Besides their value to the colonists, they are instruments of war in the hands of the Kafirs, who can not be considered as disarmed as long as they are mounted. The commissariat is said to be now in a most efficient state on the frontier. The mules and horses, but especially the mules sent from this end of the colony, have been of signal service, not only for draught and carriage, but for offensive operations in the field. This monster, it seems, was unknown to the Kafirs; and upon one occasion, when a strong body of them were rushing down upon a train of waggons, one of the mules of the party, by accident or instinct, opened his mouth and uttered that peculiar voice, which the poet Cowper supposes may form one of the punishmentsi of wicked souls in the next world. The enemy turned and fled as if five hundred lions had been at th e ir heels. This service has not yet been acknowledged in any official dispatch, but it rests on a pretty broad bottom of private, intelligence. If true. it illustrates the credibility of Herodo tus, who relates how an army of Scythians was put to flight by the braying of an ass. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Sum)Av.—By letters from the Herald, dated Panama, Jau. 20 and 21, 1847, we are informed that while the ship was at Siquatanejo, a circumstance occurred which had nearly proved of fatal consequence. Captain Kellett (the master), Mr. Hill (the purser), Mr. Thomas Woodward (the surgeon), Mr. Goodridge, and thirteeen men in two boats, went ashore to collect objects of natural history; and shortly atter landing, the whole patty were seized by a large body of Mexicans (half Indian, half Spaniards), armed to the teeth. It was with much difficulty they were restrained from using their long knives before the arrival of the com inandant, who deefaied them to be Americans, and took them all prisoners. Notwithstanding all remonstrance, they were hurried up to a rising ground, and impri son ed in a filthy shed. The Commandant would not c r edit their de claration of being Englishmen, although Captain Kellett offered to take him on board his ship and convince him. At last, he (the Commandant) was prevailed upon to allow Lieutenant Wood, of the Pandora, tender to the Herald, to go down to Acapulco (about 100 miles off ), where there was a superior officer, for instructions. The Herald, meanwhile, had anchored in the port, and the seamen came forward . in a body on hearing what had taken place, to request the First Lieutenant, Mr. Maguire, to allow them to man the boats and make the attempt to rescue their captain, officers, and inessinates, which he most prudently declined, as likely to lead to much bloodshed without accomplishing their object, as 200 troops had been brought up to the spot by the Com mandant, who informed them that the moment any one at tempted to escape, or a boat left the ship's side, he would break up the two boats which they had hauled on the beach, and the troops should fire upon them. Having no arms, the prisoners were obliged to put up with these insults, and re mained in their wretched prison six days, on the last of which one of the party was taken into the bushes and shown a large hole, which their captors had been digging and was told that on the morrow they would all be hanged and buried in that hole. On the following morning, how ever, Lieutenant Wood fortunately arrived in the boat,bring ing a letter from the Governor of Acapulco, ordering the liberation of the party, which took place in the afternoon, when they returned to their ship, right glad to be once more on her deck. " A narrow escape we have had of it," says our letter, "as any indi scre ti on on our part, or attempt to rescue ourselves, would ha ve cost us all our lives. " The Herald will remain at Panama until after April ; when it is expected she will proceed to the northward to endeavour to gain some intelligence respecting Captain Sir John Franklin's expedition. A court-martial, comprising Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., President; Captain Pascoe, of the Victory; Captain Chads, C. 8,, of the Excellent; Captain Henderson, C. 8., of the Sidon; Commander Goold, of the Victory ; and Mr. G. L. Greotham, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, assem bled to try John Savage, able seaman of the St. Vincent, 120, on the following charges, preferred by Captain Milne : "For that he, the said John Savage, when an able seaman of her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, was, on the 6th of March, 1817, absent from the said ship and from his duty without leave, he having on the same d ay, at about eleven o ' c l oc k i n the morning, been found concealed in a locker on board the schooner Alert, of Youghal, lying in Portsmouth harbour." Mr. Charles Wiletts, Master-at-Arms of the St. Vincent, was the first witness called, who stated that on the evening of the sth inst., between five and six o'clock, the prisoner went on shore on leave until seven o'clock on the following morning; that he did not return on the expiration of his leave, and witness reported him absent to the commanding officer; and having- received information from James Rey nolds, ship's corporal of the St. Vincent, that it was believed the prisoner was on board a schooner in the harbour, called the Alert, witness acquainted the commanding officer with the information he had received from the ship's corporal, and the latter was thereupon directed to go immediately, with Mr. Biggs, midshipman, to search for the prisoner on board the said schooner. o ship's e t ilwea C s o s r it p n. Oflor,ari informed o ce f edn t t h o, nse crewt S h t e . C V ho i ma n d c m en o t i e d th s a 4 t t ins t. h t o h n e e statedl ajdn; that r ßt t s oe e yn a n , tol de serted, and that his name was Savage, an "A. 8.," who was likely to be found on boa r d an I r i s h schooner lying off Gus port, called the Alert. • On reporting this fact to the master at-arms, on going on board the St. Vincent's hulk, he (wit • ness) was sent with Mr. Biggs to board the said schooner, and search for the deserter. The mate of the vessel denied having any such person on board, but on searching the wit ness found the prisoner concealed in a locker in the fore peak of the vessel, which sailed immediately afterwards. The prisoner is an Irishman, and entered on the St. Vin cent's books in June last, the first man-of-war he ever served in. He made no defence, and received a good character from Captain Milne and the master-at-arms. After mature deliberation, the Court decided that the charge had been fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner to receive fifty lashes on his bare back with a cat-o'-nine-tails on board the hulk of her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, at such time or times, and in such manner and proportions, as the Commander- iu-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels for the time being at Portsmouth aforesaid shall direct; to be mulcted of and to forfeit all pay due to him for his services done in the Royal Navy ; and to be imprisoned in Winches ter gaol for the space of twelve calendar months from the date of the sentence, and during the whole of that term to be kept to hard labour. A great number of men have " run " from the St. Vin cent since her return from the squadron. The master of the schooner will be prosecuted for harbouring a deserter from her Majesty's fleet. By the Poictiers Indianian, Captain Denny we have re ceived advices from the Cape of Good Hope station to the 10th of January. The Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefield, sailed on the sth to take the command of the East India and China station , t o relieve the • I A g incourt, 74, Rear-Admiral Sir " homm Cochrane, ordered home. The Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell , left the C a p e for China on the 26th of December. The V rod, '4O C o mmander Dacres, sailed from Table Bay for Algoa Bay on the 28th of December. She spoke n erWood, on the it of November, d 1 - h the Hound, 10, Comma bound for the west coast of AfrStanle ica. tam y, flag of Rear-Admiral The President , 50, Ca p s, Commander -in-Chief, and the Acorn,l6, Commander Dacres, bound for the East India and China station, were at t he Cape on the 10 th of January; also the Thunderbolt btellMlloop, Commaladn Boyle, The following is a letter, addressed by Commander Caffin to the Rev. G. 6toddart : " Her Majesty's ship Scourge, Belmullet, CO. of Mayo, March 10, 1847. "My dear Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and its enclosure with many thanks, for really the de mands upon my own purse were so many and great, that I should spoil be abe r, or, have te..ateel Day heart a . gainst the- misery - ifOe - around me, To do - this would indeed' be a work" of difficulty, and my only desire is, tharall who are rolling in riches and affluence in our land might be a participator with me in those scenes which I feel it my duty to witness and represent; nay, I will say more, it would in deed be well for their souls' good to see what poor human nature can be reduced to, and must thrust the inquiry upon all, ' Who maketh me to differ?' I much regret that I could not have furnished you with the state of things in this barony before ; but really my time is so much occupied in attending to duty, that it gives me little to devote to my.. self. I must plead this, too, as an excuse at this moment, fearing I shall be able only to give you a hurried and short note, as I leave for Westport, Newport, and Clifden, to-mor row morning, delivering the remainder of the cargo of the Society of Friends. " In the barony of Erris, about Bellmullet, the wretchedness is very great, and the cases of death from starvation of fre quent occurrence, although the greater number are earried off by dysentery caused by insufficiency, change, and unwholesomeness of food. On both sides of Blacksod Bay they are very badly off, and nothing but gratuitous issue of meal in the extreme cases can do any good. This too often comes too late, and the poor sufferer is carried off without be nefiting by it. On the west side of the bay, throughout the whole length of what is called " within the Mullet," is wretchedness and woe. At the extreme south point is a vil lage, seldom visited by anybody, called Surgeview; it has about 150 or 200 inhabitants; at this place they had been living upon horseflesh for three weeks past. I rode there in order that I might be able to bear testimony to this extreme state of destitution. It was the fact, and on entering one of the cabins, and being shown a piece of horse, my heart sickened, but a moment's reflection led me to commend these poor people to bring themselves to this rather than allow themselves and their large families to die; some, how ever, preferred death, or a miserable existence upon limpets and sea-weed, which • may be said to have kept them in a state of existence during the winter, together with a little fish which they catch when the weather permits them to venture out in their frail boats, which are only made of open basket work, covered with horse hides or canvass. In one cottage they had a quantity of the horse flesh salted, and some of it smoked. I asked them how they obtained this meat? They said that the horses died of starvation, the owners of them skinned them, and then allowed the fles h to be taken; in some cases taking a' portion for their own use. In this village lived an old lady with her two daughters—in fact the village belongs to her. She says she cannot get the rents paid, and the people impose upon her sadly. The poor creature, with tears rolling down her cheeks, told me she went to bed last night supperless, and cannot tell how one meal in advance of the other is to be obtained. She is the only Protestant in this wretched village, and /appears well prepared for Art end which must shortly. overtake her. Her manners Thd those of her daughters are quite ladylike, whilst their dwelling is more wretched thin you can con ceive—a mere hovel, clean as far as it could be. There was no sickness in this village, and the looks of the people bespoke a better state of things than we found. On our return we visited other villages; at Fallmore we found them eating horse flesh, as in Surgeview. Everywhere the poor !creatures'; with their children barely clad, were to IR. seerT searching for potatoes ; and ground which had not been • cultivated for two years, on account of the failure, they were now wining and returning, and had done this three and four times over, still looking for some; those that they got were no larger than marbles, Tuck principal support during the winter, as throughout this narrow neck of land, was seaweed and limpets. With few exceptions the middle aged and young people were healthy looking, with all their distress; but the old people and children mostly objects of starvation, and I should fear they were neglected, being unable to provide for themselves. Seine of these poor creatures were in bed exposing their limbs in order to show us their emaciated state, and many children positively skeletons, and without clothing. I need hardly tell you that it is very heart-breaking this spectacle, and one which cau never be effaced from my memory. *• It is inn possible to convey the melancholy aspect of the whole country lying fallow—not a patch of it touched—and the groups of poor creatures only looking for and hoping that employment may be found for them. Their spirits are sadly depressed. Their cry is for seed, and Ido think if they saw any chance of this coming they would rouse them selves, believing that their poor country might yet be saved ; but no provision has been made for the ground to do its part ; and the state of things next year must be ten times worse than this. The 12th of next month is considered here the end of seed time, and no ground has as yet been pre pared. If seed, however, was to be brought without delay, I do think the people would rouse themselves and prepare the ground, and things might yet brighten upon them. Green crops, too, such as turnips and mangle-wurtzel, would do well they say in this soil. " It is no use my entering in detail into the actual starve . ..,..•••• • VVII.III • tion cases, or to tell you of the particular distress which pre vails in any oae locality ; for they are all alike, getting worse as you travel south, and at Schull and its neighbour hood the very climax of misery finds its resting-place. " I have no doubt ultimate good will result from all this misery, when lie alone who brought it to pass shall speak the word, and say, "It is enough." A stranger coming among these people is at once struck with the filth and wretchedness of their habitations and persons, but little indeed removed from the very beasts who herd among them. He is at first inclined to think this is consequent upon the present distress ; but it is not so. They have thus lived from the earliest period till now. No care has been shown to improve their condition, and they are little inclined to do it themselves. I think, however, the time has come when it might be done effectually; and I think your society should, in granting any gratuitous relief, require that some labour be performed for it, such as paving their cabins with slabs of stones, which are to be found in abundance about them, putting their cabins in order, building chimneys to them, and in endeavouring to raise them to a degree of comfort which they are at present ignorant of; this would not stop short of improving their minds too. I have written more than I thought my time would allow—it has been written at random ; but I will convey to you any further information should I feel I can interest you, or forward the object of your society. You, of course, are at liberty to make use of this letter, or any parts of it, as you may think fit; and refer any one for particulars to the simple truths which I stated with reference to Schull for detail, which will answer quite as well here as there, starvation, in all its stages, is to be found. . _ . " Believe me, my dear Sir, very truly yours, "CRAWFORD CAFFIN. To the Rev. George H. Stoddart, Hon. Secretary, United Relief Association, 40, Leicester-square. MR. O'CONNELL'S HEALTH. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Morgan O'Connell to the editor of the Freeman's Journal:— " Merrion-square, Thursday, March 11. " Sir,—Having seen in your paper of this morning a com munication from yoar private correspondent in London, giving a most alarming account of my father's state of health, and knowing the great anxiety felt by all in Ireland on the subject, I feel bound to inform you and the public, that the letters which I constantly receive from my brothers and Dr. Miley are of a much more cheering nature. The following extracts from Dr. Miley's last letter will be read with interest:--` My dear Sir,—lt delights me to inform you that the rapidity with which your illustrious father's consti tution has rallied since our arrival in this place (Hastings) affords us a proof the most decisive and cheering, that when the physicians promised such great things as to his speedy and perfect recovery from change of scene and climate, they were, beyond question, right.',. Speaking afterwards as . to how he passed the night, he mentions his having enjoyeduthat and placid sleep, from which he arose so much refreshed, as he paced our delightful drawing-room, looking out o the sparkling waters of the sea, you would hardl y believe him the same man. He breakfasted well, and eat a hearty dinner ; his spirits, too, were cheerful. The doctors here entirely coincide with the London physicians and Sir P. Crampton, as to his soundness of constitution , and the certainty of his re servant, covery.'—l am, Sir, your obed , l ; e a t oßGAN O'CONNELL." OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. GIBBS.—PARISH ST. STEPHEN, WALBROOK. In the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Friday, before Knight Bruce, the suit instituted in November, 1843, against Mr. Alderman Gibbs and the select vestry of the parish of St. Stephen, Walbrook, for an account of the receipts, by Mr. Gibbs, of certain charity moneys in respect of the parish, was heard. The report of the Master had found that Mr. Gibbs was a creditor to the extent of 5001, though he claimed 1,8001, to be due to him. This sum of 5001. had not in any portion, under the decree, been paid into the banking-house of Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co. The Vice-Chancellor said—My present impression in the par ticular circumstances of this case is, that the defendants should be allowed to speak on Thursday morning next ; and I think that the only decree that can be made is this : Let the Master inquire whether any and what sum or sums of money has or have, under or in pursuance of th e direction in that respect contained in the decree, been paid to the joint account of Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Whitaker, or the churchwardens and overseers f or the time being of the said parish with the banking-house Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and if °f shall End no such payment has been made let the Mast l e le r state why and under what circumstances it has that no such payment has been made; let the happened event continue the accounts directed by the decraseeteirolmn any foot of the report : continue the reservation of further direc tions and costs, Mr. K. Parker suggested the appoint men t of a receiver, but the Vice-chancelo; said that he could not do thin upon the present state of the pleadingi. ' This lady having completed her engagement at Dublin, where, - says the critic of the Pilot, " we do not recollect for years a star who has so completely won the good-Will and sympathy of a public," appeared on Tuesday evening for the first time before an Edinburgh audience. A first appearance, in Edinburgh is a trying ordeal for any artiste for the Edin burgh audience has the character of being the most learned and at the same time the must critical in the kingdom. To an inferior artiste this would prove a source of failure—to an accomplished artiste like Madame Bishop, it is, on the con trary, a harbinger of success; an accomplished artiste likes a critical and a learned audience. The character chosen for her debdt was Amine, in the Sonnambula. The Caledonian Mercury, speaking of her performance, says—" The beauti ful morceau, ' Oh, love, for me thy power,' was given with the most brilliant finish and execution, and elicited the most rapturous applause. But the greatest triumph of the even ing was the concluding solo, " 00, don't mingle," which she gave in the original language. Such a furore did the singing of this fine composition create, that notwithstanding its re petition, the cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs did not subside until the curtain again rose, and it was giver% a third time." The notice thus concludes—" This lady is now decidedly the first English singer of the day; and we are glad the Edinburgh public have the opportunity of lis tening to such a splendid voice, and with all the accessories of the musical art—full orchestra, chorus, and efficient operatic support. MORE THEATRICAL LITIGATION (From the Opera-Class.) THE RENTERS OF COVENT GARDEN THEATRE AT WAR WITH THE HOUSE. No sooner has the legal question been mooted of the closing of Covent Garden Theatre against the performance of Italian opera, than, pendente lite, and during the abeyance of that important point, a hundred matters of public prerogative spring forth and grow into greatness, from among the dujecta niembra of violated contracts and broken faith. While, with a morality as bad as their law, and a want of principle as desperate as their undertaking, the adventurers of Covent Garden seem to have encouraged the delusion, that time can cels honour,—that integrity is banished by Act of Parlia ment,—that the value of a deed vanishes with its infraction, — and the terms of a lease lose themselves among the years which roll it on to its duality,—the public—holding very dif ferent and more 'constitutional views —determined after the truth, deeming honesty sacred, and quickly jealous of its pri vileges, begins to make the gates of the new Babel quake under a thunder of its own, and is proclaiming a will and purpose which defy, and will assuredly crush, inroad after inroad upon its rights. Our article of last week—copied in full into the public jonrnals, and iterated by the country press—has not only told its tale of terror to the Covent Garden contractors for the " pig in the poke," but has set the holders of other vested interests to see how far the infringers of one right will be the despoilers of another. A description appears in the papers of the alterations and desecrations which have been made architecturally within the house; the renters read it, and exclaim, " Why, this new management is laying the foundation of another spoliation ; our money consideration for the • renters' shares will be abrogated, as the money consideration for Mr. Lumley's ex clusive right to the performance of Italian opera would' have been abrogated, but for a warning from justice, and the in stepping of the law." once the renters ate in arms; and the result of their resolution is, that they will, in the event of the opening of the theatre under the projected selp.nte, Vriwly enrolee their statutable privileges, that the subscrib.2N ill be finite as ready as the (I medlar to close the home. We have received a number of letters from this class of property-holders of Covent Garden Theatre. One of them, a gentleman of position, who has authenticated his statement to us, has also forwarded extracts from the statute by which . the rights of the renters are secured. Olc of these is a provi. sion that " Each renter or his nominee stall be entitled to be pre sent at and see gratis, in ANY rAnT of COVFNT GARDEN "FrIEATRE, 6r p►ace to be used in lieu there: f; except the stage and behind the scenes, and except the boxes reserved" L meaning the private boxes previous to the present altera tions], " every theatrical or other performance which shall be publicly exhibited at the above theatre," &c. This is as unmistakeable as the deed quoted in our last. Our correspondent very properly argues, that the. manage ment can have no legal right to convert those public boxes, in all of which the renters have saleable shares, into private boxes, from which they are to be excluded. No; the ren ters will be legally free of the prieate boxes, as well as (by matter of course) of the stalls:, " unless," as it is playfully remarked, " the lessee can make out in a court of law that a stall is a reserved box !" With much moderation, our correspondent suggestively hints, that " he (the lessee) should not attempt to infringe their indisputable rights, and thereby provoke hostility and litigation, to which he must eventually succumb." Well, this is a very pretty quarrel as it stands ; but oye gods, to what a consummation does it lead ! There are hun dreds of renters; and all of them are not, like our correspon dent, of the genus gentleman. Many a man of them will have " that as is his'n " at any sacrifice of courtesy or good taste. Many of the renters' shares are in the hands of those who bought them for a guinea, and are now premiumising them among the multitude upon the, temptation of a possible contact with fine company. In the Times they are advertised from day to day, and the right of entree into stalls and private boxes is the democratic impetus which sends them up. The right of inconvenienc ing the aristocracy is something, and hundreds would pay for it with brutal pleasure. Imagine Lady —, a sub scriber, rapt in the luxury of some divine performance, sud dealy started out of propriety by the appearance of the market-gardener who supplies her ladyship's greenhouse, in the distinguished society of her ladyship's cook I Con ceive another Jeames, of Berkeley Square, the nonchalant occupier of the crimson-cushioned sitting of his lordship's private box ! Fancy a true connoisseur, arrived a little late in the pit, and finding an unrelenting renter in his fancy stall. And again, how exquisitely the project of a lady's omnibus box, par exemple (and we have heard that such an absurdity is on the tapis), would assimilate with the notion of some fair frail renter—from one of the resorts which the theatre—presented with a lean share by the hard-ex torted liberality of some stockbroker's Newman Noggs, claiming her right of entrée among the polished coterie ; and afterwards setting the fashions of Hart-street, from a careful imitation of the glories of the emigrants from the Nest! We confess, however, that while thus alluding to the abomination of those precincts of the theatre, which defile it by immediate contact, there is, nevertheless, one ad vantage of locality, which stands out in fine relief, and es pecially for the quelling of the renters' rows. The police station is the resort in esse , for all practical purposes, and now the re h a d better be established an electric telegraph between Bow-street and the boxes, the station and the stalls! Or should legal assistance be required in an emergency, the aristocracy of the theatre will be convenient for the opinion of the learned Baron of the Judge and Jury Club! There e r a e n n d t earss whatw ill hhaayse alreadytheir ben i f done they d is o n n n ot do h n a b v t e n treir t r h i a g t h t ts h in the way of alteration demonstrates that the rights_ at least_ are to be defied, it is as w e s ll o to at be fol i lo n w t . he L n o ei ‘ th rs bo o u f rhoodo the police-office, for the row disturb ance, too, may their account take a round dozen of nightly brawls into of the evening's enterta i nments; and we shall have the critics of the morning papers writing eurrenk calamo, "Box 49 interrupted this beautiful aria with an erneute in alto, in whieti' it was completely lost;" or " the obstreperous behaviour of stall 86 led to an exchange of cards, by which a noble lord found himself in prospect of a duel with his cheesemonger." The old O.P. and P.S. riots —which really were riots in their way—will revive their formidable character—not like a " giant refreshed with wine," but" like a revolution refreshed with renters;" and while parvenu fashionable do their pugilism in the pit, there will be ladies in the boxes in an hysteria of consternation at the determined presence of" those odious renters or their abominable nominees." AwruL SHIPWRECK, 160 PEaSONS DROWNED.--. Intelligence was received yesterday in the City, announcing the awful loss of an emigrant ship belonging to Hamburgh, in the Gulf stream, while on her passage to Canada, by which upwards of 160 emigrants perished. The vessel is re.. ported to be the barque Stephani, Captain Bruger, master, which sailed from the port of tiamburgh on the 28th of Oc tober last. The calamity is stated to have occurred daring the heavy gales on the 18th of December. The master and four of the crew are reported to have been picked up in an open boat by a schooner frbm New Orleans. Further ac counts arc anxiously looked for by the ci : - , , :nts in London and liamburgh. —Sunday paper. EFFECT or A MAND AMUS. — FauIkner, who was committed at the Macclesfield County Police-office, on a capital charge of cutting and maiming the gamekeepers at Astle, he having been engaged with others in night poach ing, and who was bailed out some weeks ago, on a mandamus from the Court of Queen's has just set out for America. His family intend to follow him in the course of a week. Macclesfield Courier. ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDROROUGH AND HoLLowat's PILLS.—An astounding care by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. 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