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MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov 20, 1846. _ The powers of ex p ans i on exhibited by this most useful annual Volume appear really unlimited. Publishe 1 during a series of f .rty light years, In a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by Yearly average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce ‘Xpands in sill larger measure, the "Post-office Directory" has be come enormously enhanced in bulk, as also in the complicated Variety of its i n di spensable contents. The admirable success with me indefatigable by th ch the really enormou s diffi cult i es o f hi s task h ave b een ove r come gable publisher has been proved by the experienoe M iany Years ; and w e nee d say li tt l e more t h an t h a t th e p resen t presents the same tokens as it s pr e decessors, of Intelligent Metho e d and ingen u it y of arrangement in packing into reasona b le Compass, and producing in lucid order its millions of facts and reference. Within two thousand pages every man may learn !verything he ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses, as well as everything Faeces la-17 to facilitate him in his own. The very rapid evension of our rai lway system, and the new postal arrangements with some conti nental states, ha ve ren d ered necessary some extensive additions to Me sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We find the information given under those heads not only as lull and ac curate as it was well possible to make them, but more new and re cent than we should have thought attainable in a work of such mag iituds- Prefix e d t o t h e volume is about the best Map of London we Happen to have met with. TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846. The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for 1847 —is now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the old Directory, width used to consist of little or nothing more than the alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for °erne years, a " Street Di rec t ory, " a " Trades ' D i rectory, " a " Court Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with a hest of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very varefully revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course, t he postal treaty with Prussia has not been *,verlooked ; and in minor Points the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in Which changes have been very recent. MORNING POSE, Nov. 19, 1846. The forty-eighth annual publication of this admirable work has Just been issued. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume, after its well-proven service in almost every counting-house in the Metropolis for so many years oast, must be quite unneeessary. Suf fice it to say, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede cessors, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart- Merits have been carried down to the latest period. MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546, talky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still flintier enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously enabled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of unrivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be Wanted by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient access. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive ness of the machinery which could bring within a common focus 30 much varied and scattered intelligence —embracing, as it does, a Multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of a vast number of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be liatchal in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local and specific information is no less a typographical wonder than a prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so Of separate Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to it permanent existence —a veritable triumph, indeed , of the utilitariaa principle over the ornamental. The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the fol ios by a Street Directory,' Government offices, and a record of official personages. This is fol th exhibiting the tradesmen in every thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets are intersected by Di ( se at right angles; while the "Commercial and Professional a " Trades' Directory," Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comes in which the nam e s are allocated under their respeetire callings. The "Law Directory" is a list of judges, Queen's counsel, sergeants, barristers, attorneys, &c., with a cata )3gue of. the various Cou rts of Law, their oticers, and their peculiari ties of Jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Directory - " is a record of th e Members of the House of Lords and Commons, with an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c. The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o every Post-office in t h e k i ngdom ; the cities and principal places oughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails and the cioss-road mails, . The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public companies, the brokers, the incumbents sod ministers of the ch urches and chapels, th e newspapers, &c. and the " Conveyance D irectory" includes th e ra il way tables, the coach and b oo ki ng o ffi ces , the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance Directories. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre senting a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be found under his proper section, from a prime minister down to a sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodging house. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced, Principally flowing from the employment of" selected agents," instead of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific alterations, the new postage treaty with Prussia, which came into operation on the ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable extent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems the most important. MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846. The " Post-effice London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. Theugh it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national Work, None of the leading towns can well Le without it ; It must be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to every place of business ie and about the metropolis. It is an invalu able work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de tails are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the immediate and 'Pedal patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest and coinpletest means were, of coarse, at the command of the pro prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty eighth annual publication. Few commercial and trading men can how require particular description of the reall, important and useful information, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying the two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages of this Di rectory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous Map of London, prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work, by Mr. E. R. Davies, there are divisions comprising, among other information, " Official," " Street," " Commercial," "Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parlia mentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," "Bankins," and many other Directories. The hope is expressed in the preface that this forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office London Directory" may be found " in all respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consider able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and information on matters which it must be so difficult, labori us, and expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede cessors, but in several particulars it surpasses all its predecessors. The information is not silly fuller in many respects, but there are iei several. mportant alterations and addition*, largely adding to the usefulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all competition has disappeared, tho present volume is conspicuous proof that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours, to per fect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is observed that it has been, " even in a pecuniary point of view, bene ficial to the public, is proved by the net that important improve meats and additions are annually made without any Increase of price "—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the ease. had the public patronage been divided." With reference to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it can be profitable to provide such varied materials —and materials constantly changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer. Ani the o ngth,e important portant a l terat i ons will be found those introduced i nto "Postal" Directory. It ie, indeed, singularly full, useful, and complete ; and must much increase the daily, it might be more truly pronounced Re hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the trader, or the professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia caused very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting the Austrian dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States, Hamburg, ilanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Olden burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg, &c. &c. &c., those changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged to come into operation on the lot of January, 1847." The other changes are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announced to be brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the appearance of such a volume in sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The business merits of the work are of the highest order, and render it, of its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for Its completeness, fulness, and usefulness. SUN, Nov. 18,184 G. The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post -office London Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it Is. The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under the management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of this work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory" now rules alone. Thi s astonishing success, however, has not had the effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. Ile is too thorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware that the fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same untiring energy by which the aucceis was in the first instance achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Post-office Directory" for 1847, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate arrangements than any farmer edition of the book. The extent and Minuteness of the details furnished, lender the work indispensable to every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that there is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the partietilar page required to furnish the information—a marvellous instance of clearness of arrangement in a n ork consisting of upwards of two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This Directory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment entertain a doubt ; and considering the completeness and fulness of the information furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o capital that must have been made In order to acquire and digest the i nformation, the very reasonable price at which the work is published Is really wonderful. , Nov. 21, 1846. Kelly's invaluable work, GLOBE the " Post-office Directory," has just trade its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor mation whic.li this book contains, makes it not only desirable but absolutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of business ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, Who requires to know auything concerning the trades, professions, and localities of the great metropolis. In its present extended form, the book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it has cost to bring it to its present state of perfection must have been linnionse. In turning over Its two thousand pages, one hardly knows which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and utility of such a . compilation, or the m agn it u d e of the city which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover. contains an excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected dwn to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar." WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846. The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly-important and useful work has just been issued ; and we must confess that its bulky appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect that the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the materials mist have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of Kr, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per haps, no book ever contained so much useiul matter. Among other information, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory," a" Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Direc tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a "City Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Direc tory,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and pers tis In ordinary life, as well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in trade. Every description of information has been corrected to the latest possible period, and that information is arranged with a clearness and simplicity winch must have involved great activity of mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently engraved Map of London, more extended and accurate as to the aaburbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal Directory" there are the new rates with various parts of the Con. tinent which will come into operation on the Ist of January. Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we arc not surprised that other Directories should have gone to the tomb of all the Capulets. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21, 184 G. The French people have done themselves some credit by their in dustrial expositionS. But it must be acknowledged that, houg in genious and pretty, they app ear q ui te insignificant compared with the industrial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keeping pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still Increases in bulk, and keeping pace with the move ment of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes every opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete classification. We find In this volume many in stances of superiority to former issues, which, though comparatively trifling, show the intelligence and care exercised over every depart bent. It may be mentioned, that by the employment of private agents, the changes of residence are now brought down to a later Period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is conse- Z te ntlY enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to proper management of business. Its authority is now so univer sally established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metro p?lis, that any further recommendation of it is superfluous. JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846. This annual leviathan is already completed and published ; bah ;*! a Proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the Press has no t operate d aga i ns t it s careful accuracy, we may men tion that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent deniLse of Mr. Stewart, MP. for Itenfrewshire, are duly attende d to ( Sea Pages 1669 and 1676). We have so frequently expressed our a jDrobatlon of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary our commendation. It contains everything that can pos sibly be required in a directory —so full, so complete, so compre hensive are all its details. And when to this we add the extreme accuracy which pervades every department, we know not what else tilltabtesa. said in its praise. The machinery by which such volu ,s,lous information is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so as avoid errors, must ol itself be among the " curiosities" of modern ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1346. A. book of this kind. brought out even without much pretension, Would be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every merchant's tennting.house, and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with the utmost care—its materials being collected through the most au thentic channels, and embracing in its range every head of personal and co mmercial intelligence essential to th e comp l etene , s of such a work, we cannot suppose that any house, witpublic or private, which can afford a 1330 k of reference, will bewithout this compendious volume,The arrangement is admirable. You can find any name You want in a m omen t . All t h e h ea d s are clear and complete—the c °Urt—trades—streets--offices—hoteli, forming, upon the whole, a nl itsa Of local information such as could not be brought together with- Qut Utraorclinary _nutu4try, misted by an entire coaunand of an requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov, 28, 1846, This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface the proprietor maintains that the high character of the work is ri,t referable to its mere connexion with the Post-office ; for an important change has been gradually introduced into the man ner of collecting the in6)rmation ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely uncon nected with the Post-office, this being, in great part, the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor rested content with his past success, but has introduced many impor tant alterations in this volume for 1847, and added to its bulk with out my increase of price. The l'ostal Directory' is especially im proved, and there are numerous changes throughout the volume, to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effusion, to be seen in another column; and we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will third that his labours are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial country this is an indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. The new volume of the Post-Alec Directory for 1847 is already in our hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work se laborious, extensive, and mitrute, could be in any degree improved. It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former reputation ; it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The pro duction of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness IlilJ placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying an the business of this vast metropolis, which would indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense if it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have an opportunity of judging for themselves on pur chasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated. HEICAPATHIS RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, .1846. The Post-office Directory for 1847 appears with additions and improvements unon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge. meat in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with which this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say, national work Is conducted, merits the highest commendation. We know net whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made In the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest It from the hinds of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the possession of Government. But should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its con ductors will go home to the consciences, If they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down the grasping interference of Govern ment. "It can only be necessary to refer to a copy of the work pub lished before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor. to be convinced that the mere connexion of the Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high cha racter. That the improvements (the result of many years of un wearied toil and application on the part of those engaged in the corn pilation ot the work) are duly appreciated, is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully with this. They have disappeared," Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple Bar, and all booksellers. HONG KONG. THE ORDNANCE SURVEY of HONG KONG and ADJACENT ISLANDS, in Four Sheets, to a Scale of Four inches to the Mile, with Contoured Heights of Ground. ?rice Ten Shillings. Also, Ten Lithographed Outline Views of the Principal Parts of the Island, price Ten Shillings, are now published, and ready for sale, at the following Agents :—Messrs. Longman and Co., Paternoster-row; Mr. Arro .vsinith, 10, Soho-square; Mr. Saunders, 1, Charing-cross ; and Messrs. Letts and Son, Cornhill. By order of the Board, It. BYHAM, Secretary. Office of Ordnance, Sth Feb.. 1847, rtin, T. 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The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. ea the premiums paid on each Policy effected oa the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. b:1,7 :Ig m p c i „I-4 Benue Tionesta ga d Assured 'i a - r-m-um. added.. Cash. EF g may 51 ! g Borrow. :4... 1 -- --- 1 1837 £217 15 1 £ lOO 0 1 1 ,£ 16 0 4 £ 445 0 0 X Xs * , ''' 1838 192 3 0 97 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 0 1000 3 4 1839, 165 11 10 74 1 91 11 3 1 346 2 3 1840 116 7 6 84 010 i 718 10 296 13 4 118411 111 6 8, 4910 111 710 4 247 4 b Tke division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in .ceember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. InEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, PALL-MILL, LONDON, and 22, NASSAU STREET, DUBLIN. Subscribed Capital, 500,000/. This office was established in 1841, and possesses tables formed on a scientific basis for the assurance of diseased lives. The urgent necessity for such an institution may be estimated by the fact that two-thirds of the population are not assurable as healthy lives, and that about one in Bye of the applicants to other offices is declined on examination. And that during the period of five years, as shown at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors in November last, upwards of 2,000 proposals had been made to the Society, covering Assurances to above One Million. It is the only Company possessing tabulated rates of premiam for disease deduced from extensive data. Increased annuities are granted en Unsound Lives. HEALTHY LIVES, both at Home and in Foreign Climates, are ♦ssured with as much facility and at lower rates than at most other •fficea; and a capital of Half-a-Million sterling fully subscribe 4 affords a complete gu..rantee for the fulfilment of the Company's.. engagements. FRANCIS G. P. NEISON, Actuary. N.H. Applications for Agencies to be made to the Actuary. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. The Annual General Meeting of Proprietors will be held at the Office of the Society on THURSDAY. the 4th day of March next, at Ilalf-past One o'clock precisely. at which meeting Five Directors and One Auditor fon the part of the Proprietors) will he el..cted. Any Proprietor desirous of proposing a candidate for the office of Director or Auditor must send the name of such candidate to the secretary, At least Fourteen days before the day of meeting. The ballot will commence at Eleven and close at Two o'clock. The election of an Auditor (on the part of the Assured) will also take place on WEDNESDAY, the 3d day of March, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. AU persons assured for the whole term of life, and qualified to vote, are hereby referred to the conditions endorsed on their policies, for information concerning the candidate to be proposed. GEO. H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary, Feb. 10, 1847. FOURTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. detailed report (just published) of the bonus declared, and the state of the Seciety generally, can be obtailed, free of expease, by addressing a letter to the Secretary, ON Mk; bECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, In a sealed envelope, price d9sir.etrtrox .iotthepostr A patiodh,otr,s residence. oanyaddress, for 3e. Gd. in Postage tamps `ELF -PRESERVATION : A I\ledical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities said Disorders of Youth and Matur;ty. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. PhYstol , 7gy, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and shown t the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, am: oth r excesses. With P ractical Observations on the Treatment of error s Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other 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 TEL TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. Oa the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance, and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CulrrKit 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects en the Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function of tke Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of tin Mental Faculties. CuarrEa 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay. — Cuarrinui 5 and 6. On the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Goimorhcea Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of :he Urethra. ELVIEWS Or ma WOIIIC. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally g uali, fled sae li cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of the trr xtment of the various disorders arising from the follies an] frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which inns' act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its penultl many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit f no ap. peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also from Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street Starts, Tickborne-street, Quadrant; Oor.lon, Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, U containin, the fee of 1/., for advice, &c.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD SQUAItg, LONDOIS,I SALES BY AUCTION. The late MARQUIS OF AILSA'S noble and delight/1111y situated TOWN MANSION IN WHITEHALL GARDENS, adjoining that of the Duke of Bueoltuch, upon the bank of the Thames, with its handsome and appropriate furniture, and various very valuable an - . 1 ornamental. Effects. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are directed by the Executors to announce, that (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract) , the di s tinguished and splendid 'MANSION of the bite Most Noble the Marquis of Ailsa, in Privpgardens, Whitehall, will ba SUB MITTED to I'CIOLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, on Friday, FEBRUARY 26, at Twelve. It is held by all original lease from the Crown for a term of ninety-nine years from July, 1806, at a low ground rent. The mansion is admirably arranged throughout for the accommodation and comfort of a large establishment, is in most excellent repair, and immediate possession may he had, with its appropriate fittings, and with or without its superior furniture. It has a singularly handsome stone staircase, the rooms are strikingly cheerful and airy, opening backward to a lawn extending to the river, and are of fine dimensions, particularly the saloon or ball-room (64 feet long), its walls adorned with rich and beautiful tapestry in rare preservation. From its contiguity to the Houses of Parliament, St. James's Park, the Palace, and Down ing-street, and from its peculiarly quiet and choice situation, it Is admirably suited for a Cabinet Minister, or any leading Mem ber of Parliament ; also ;or a first-class club-house. Tlie purchaser will have the refusal of the capital freehold stabling, &c., near Great George-street. No person can view the house without a card of admission, which, c ' ti t o ,: re e ss, c, 01 7 r0 . p-pitlNa.aclee, particulars with every requisite information, may be had at their Offices in e \ ; also of Messrs. Ashfield and Clode, soli may also be had of Mr. Cain, Reuse- Agent, Richmond ; and at the Auction Mast. EXTENSIVE FREEHOLD STABLING, with ENCLOSED PRI VATE YARD, near DOWNING-STREET, WESTMINSTER. with possession. • MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on Friday, FE BRUAIIIr 26, (unless previously disposed of by Private Treaty), by direction of the devisees in trust for sale, under the will of the late Most Noble the Marquis of Albs, some EXTENSIVE and CAPITAL STABLING, at the west end of Blue Bo ~.r-yard, but completely enclosed within its own walls and gates, comprising a nine and four-stall stable, three large coach• houses, harness rooms, and several servants' rooms and lofts abcve, with pumps of soft and spring water, and all in substantial repair. The yard is entered both from King-street and Delahar-street, close to Great George-street. Particulars and orders to view may be had of Messrs Ashtield and (lode, solicitors, 7, Staple Inn; and el Messrs. Daniel Smith. and Son, Waterloo place, Pall-mall. STAPLETON GROVE. A delightfully situated and capital FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, with rich and beautifblly Timbered Grounds, within a short distance of Bristol, with immediate possession; also TWO smaller RESIDENCES. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will A b u y c d ti i o r i e l e f o a ri r t o , f o n th E I Fin, e a c v . t t o h n e 26th of February, at AUCTION,TweI,e lo S b E ru L a L ry b , y 'C att c h lf, of a gentleman deceased, the above most desirable and complete RESIDENCE, in perfect order, comprising a handsome substantial modern stone mansion, containing rooms highly decorated and of admirable size and proportion, with very superior domestic office" ; capital stabling and outbuildings, most productive walled gardens, vineries, and pine pits; beautiful pleasure-grounds, in which is an ivy-bound tower, commanding a grand view of Bristol and the ad jacent country, surrounded by rich park like paddocks—Su all about thirty acres, backed on the north side by a bold grove of lofty timber, and surrounded by the fine wooded domains of the Duke of Beaufort, the Bishop of Bristol and Gloucester, and of Sir J. Smith. The mansion is approached from the turnpike-road, through a rustic lodge, and altogether forms one of the most desirable retreats of its size in the county ; every part of the premises and grounds are most amply supplied with the finest water, and the house is filly fitted with fixtures of the best description. Also a smaller Residence, on the south side of the grounds, and in a separate lot, a cottage residence, with lawn, garden, &c., in the occupation of Mr. Gee, as yearly tenant. The estate may be viewed, and descriptive particulars, with plans, had in due time on the premises ; of Mr. Brook Smith, solicitor, Small street ; and of Messrs. Sturge, surveyors, Broad-street, Bristol ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land ageatts, &c., Waterloo-place, London. KENT. The very Valuable FREEHOLD t. STATES and DelLhtftilly Healthy SEAT and PARK of CHARLTON, near Canterbury, in the pic turesque parishes of Bishopsbourne, Kingstone, and Barham. ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are commissioned to OFFER for SALE by AUCTION, at the Mart, in March next, in Lots (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private contract for the whole of the property), the important and very desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE of CHARL TON, about four miles from Canterbury, upon the high Dover- Road, a remarkably healthy and favourite neighbourhood, compris ing the MANSION of CHARLTON, (of which immediate possession may be had), with its beautiful Pleasure-grounds, capital Stabling and Gardens, keeper's and other Ledges, surrounded by a finely va tied little Park of excellent sound Pasture Land, studded w ith some magnificent Timber and Ornamental Plantation, with Two very va luable Farms adjoining, interspersed with Woodlands, forming excel lent Preserves for Game, and some desirable Lands contiguous, with a plrtion of the healthy Barham-down, comprising the race-course, with important frontages upon the turnpike- road, parts opening fine commanding sites for the erection of villas, overlooking the pictu resque vale of Bishopsbourne, Kingstone, and Barham. Also another residence, now occupied by the Rev. J. Harrison, and it small farm and detached lands, in and near the village and church of Barham. altogether about 740 acres. All in a ring fence except a few lots in B*.rl Descriptive particulars may be had, when the day of sale is fixed, of Mr. Dvw•sett, at Ilishopsbourne ; at the chief inns at Canter bury, Dover, Maidstone, &c. ; of ➢feasrs. Delmar and Wynne, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel smith and Son, land agents, in Water-100-place, Fall-mall. CHESTER-HILL HOUSE, amidst the romantic scenery of Wood cheater Park, near Stroud and Nailsworth, in Gloucestershire, with a first-class Railway-station only three miles distant. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will offer for SALE by AUCTION at the Mart, early in Aram NEXT (unless an acceptable oiler shall be previously made by Private `Contract), ..... The above desirable FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, with gardens, pleasure ground , , and rich paddocks, together abowt eighteen acres. The House contains six airy bed-rooms, dressing-rooms, water closet, &c. three sitting-rooms, halls, and the usual domestic offices, with stabling and various out-buildings, excellent gardens, lawn, shrubberies, &c.; delightfully sitaato on a healthy picturesque spot, commara!ing scenery of great extent and surprising beaut. , and in the newly established Mission of the Passionists, and early posses sion may be had. Particulars may be had, when the day of sale is fixed, of Mr. Peake, the resident agent at Woodchester; at the chief hotels at Stroud, Bristol, and Bath ; at the Auction Mart ; of Mr. Hodson, solicitor, the Close, Lichfield ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, Waterloo-place, London. Freehold Villa and Grounds at Sunninghill, Berks, boriering on Windsor Great Park, Virginia Water, and Ascot. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, at the end of March, or cwly in April next (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously m ade by private contract), with possession, the FREEHOLD VILLA, late the residence and property of Mrs. Churchill, deceased, delightfully situated on an elevated and beautiful part of Sunning hill, adjoining Tltnest-park, and close to all the romantic rides, walks, and scenery of Virginia Water, and the Royal parks, through which is the drive to Windsor of only six miles. It has just been put into thorough repair, and has all suitable offices and outbuildings for a moderate establishment, surrounded by highly dressed pleasure grounds, gardens and paddocks.—More detailed particulars, with plans, will be published when the day of sale is fixed, and may be had on the premises ; at the Auction Mart ; of Messrs. Pemberton, offices in Windsor, and Waterloo - p lace, Pall-mall. Crawley, and Gardiner, solicitors , W hitehall- p l a ce ; and at Mr. Smith's The famous TOWN MILLS, upon the KENYET, is the heart o the town of NEW BURY , MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the end of March, or early in April next (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private contract), by direction of the Executrix of the late Richard Basing, Esq., the above capital FLOUR MILLS, with the residence attached, various outbuildings, paddock, &c., held by a renewable Lease under the Dean and Canons of Windsor, most commandingly situated in the town of Newbury, upon the Kennet and Avon canal. The mills are in the occupation of Mr. Leonard (whose term ex pires at Midsummer next), when possession may be had ; offering a fine opportunity for an active man of moderate capital to secure a first-rate old-established business. The Mills may be viewed by application to Mr. James Tanner, of Bagnor, near Newbupy ; and full particulars may be obtained when the day of sale is fixed at the chid inns at Newbury, Reading, &c. and at Messrs. Smith's ()tikes in Windsor, and Waterloo-place, Valuable Freehold Farm, in the rich parish of Walton-le-Soken near the coast, bolow Colchester, a favourite and improving sea bathing place. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, early in the Spring, unless an accept able offer shall be previously made, in One or more Lots, u very valuable FARM, in the occupation of Mr. Samuel Wilson, comprising a highly respectable Farm Residence, within a walk of the beach and public rooms, with about 270 acres of capital arable and grazing land, in high condition, with a small wood, and superior buildings of every description, in perfect repair.---Particulars may be known, and a plan inspected, at their Offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; also of Messrs. Pemberton, Crawley, and Gardiner, Whitehall-place, London. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITIf PION. CLIEMIC AL LECTURES y Dr. RYAN, with brilliant and varied Fidperiments, daily, and on the Evening? of Mondays, Wed nesdays,' and Fridays. On the commencement of Lent, Dr. BACH HOFF:4ER will deliver a Series of Lectures on ASTRONOMY, ex hibiting the latest discoveries, an the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with new and appropriate Musie, by Dr. Wallis. Ou the alternate Mornings and Evenings he will Lecture on the EL I :urn°. M AGNETIC TE L r.:GRAPH, including the recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble. The Models and other Works in the Useful Arts are daily described. The beautiful Ott Ica' Effects include the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experi ments by the DIVER and DIVING-REEL, &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. HENRY RUSSELL at the STRAND THEATRE. HENRY RUSSELL, composer of "Woodman spare that Trae, " The Ivy Green," • The Old Arm-chair," "The Ship on Fire," " the Gambler's Wife," " The Maniac," " Some love to Roam," " I'm Afloat." "A Life on the Ocean Wave," " The Newfoundland Dolt," &c. &c., will have the honour of giving his VOCAL EN TERTAINMENTS on MONDAY EVENING, Feb. 22, and following evenings, interspersed with Anecdotes of Negro Life and Character. Boxes, 35.; Stalls, 25.; Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at onmalefe-PoaptlSefrvocirni;OcnoeintiinlleFtioceura.t Eight. Private Boxes, 11. ls. Box- CHUBBS' LOCKS, FIRE-PROOF SAFES AND CASH BOXES. CIIIUBBS' NEW PA TENT DETECTOR ,) LOCKS give perfect sec ur it y from False Keys and Picklocks, and also detect any attempt to open them. They are 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 portablo. CH CTBBS PATENT FIRE-PROOF SAFES, BOOK-CASES, CHESTS, &c., made entirely of strong wrought Iron, so as effectually to resist the falling of brick work, timbers, &c., in case of fire, and are also perfectly secure from the attacks of the most skilful burglars. s P , s . Z. L 2=zl, Av L e o rp n o d o o l n . London; and C. cHLTBBS' CASH and DEED BOXES, fitted with the DETEC TOR LOCKS. Chubb and Co. C. CHUBclThuand SON, 5,7,:g1 6,IPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYP. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this ce lebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which eff ectuall y changes, In a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, Ste., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro cluces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestably proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65.. and lOs per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham - place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford nreet ; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; H oo p e r, 43, King William-street, London .bridge ; Finnigin, Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, peat-paid. ilease to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid !lair Dye.' Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. the boxes, MUSICAL BOXES, of high qualit y, the mechanism beautifully finished, playing upw ards of 750 airs, overt ures, & c. A C ata l ogue o f th e Music, with the price of or will be se n t, p es t-p a id, if a ppli e d for by a paid letter. —T• CO X is now published, and may be bad, gratis, on app lication, SAVORY and Co., Goldsmiths, Sic., 47, C9rahill (lISTOLI (UM/ fora Gracecharch-street), Undon. THE PATENT MILE-INDEX CARRIAGE COMPANY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 65,0001., in Shares of 101. each. Deposit, Is. per Share, (amount limited by Statute). Deposits will be returned without deduction, if the whole capital be not subscribed. TRUSTEES. • Richard Barker, Esq., 14, Fitzroy-square. R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Resington Lodge, Notting-hlll. It. d'artley Kennedy, Es O q., Chairman of the India and London Lite BARD OF DIRECTORS. Assurance Company, and Deputy Chairman of the Oriental Bank, Resington Lodge, Notti ng . hi ll, —Chairman. Captain Tyndale, Dire c t or of the South Eastern Ra i lway, 21, Alfred place, Brompton,—D eputy Chairman. Lieutenant General W r i ght, Royal Engineers, Army and .Is`avy Club, Sl. James's-squ are . W. B. Glacier, Esq., 84, "Milton-street, Dorset-square. J. E. B. Curtis, Ls q ., Li ncoln ' s Inu, and 29, Well i ng t on-roa d, St. John's-wood. Robert Faulder Esq., 24, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-parlt. (With power to increase the number to tan.) MANAGING DIRECTOR, Henry Von Uster, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs, Sapte, Muspratt, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-street. soLierivits. Messrs. Wire 11 • 11iid, St. Swithin's-lane, City. SECRETARY. Mr. Lionel Curtis. The features of the unklertalOng are as follmv :- 1. Patent Mile-Index. . Mile Tickets, at Gd. per tittle. 3. Supe rior Cabs, with better class of drivers, under control and guarantee of a body of gentlemen. 4. Act of Incorporation. 5. Detailed esti mates, showing five per ceio . interest, and a dividend of teu per cent. and upwards, both clea r as income-tax. 6. Abstract of deed for in formation of applicants, co: cs of deed given to sitscribers. 7. De posits returned if capital n , t. subscribed, un'ess subscribers decide on commencing business with :apital actually subscribed. 8. The re muneration to the prosnot^r and the directors postponed till share holders receive live per cent interest on capital, and then propor tioned to profits realised—Sins giving best proof of the accuracy of the calculations. The Subscription List will shortly be closed. Prospectuses, Estimates, and r of A.lplication for shares, may be obtained on applicatimi tc Ati.issrs. nod Child, Solicitors, St. Swithin's-lane, City; or to tie Secretary. By order of the Board, LIONEL CURTIS, Secretary. Temporary Offices, 32, Charing-ross, Feb. 9, 1847. The whole Prospectus was published in this paper , n Monday, Feb.S EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed in London and country towns to the EAST INDIA TEA COM PANY for the SALE of their celebrated TEAS. Offices, 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in leaden canisters, from an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The only license required is I Is. per annum, and many during the last 20 years hare realised considerable incomes by the agency, without Is. let or loss. Application to be made, if by letter, post paid, as above. WHITTINGTON CLUB and METROPO LI rAN ATHENEUM.—The COMMITTEE are happy to inform the Members that they have taken Premises at No. 7, Gresham-street, which are being adapted for the purposes of the Club with the utmost rapidity. WHITTINGTON CLUB and METRO- The Entrance Fees POLITAN for all Members of this Institution proposed on and after the Ist of March, 1847, will be increased to One Guinea for Town, and Half-a-Guinea for Country Members. All persona who have been nominated as Members, and have not paid their entrance fees are requested to do so immediately. VXETER AND EXMOUTH RAIL WAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the lie , -I.LF-YEARLY ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the EXETER and EXMOUTH RAILWAY COMP (NY, will be held at the Com pany's Offices, No. 13, Bedford-circus, Exeter, on SATURDAY, the 27th day of February, at One o'clock in the Afternoon precisely. EDW. WOOLMER, Chairman. The Transfer Books will be Closed on the 20th day of February, and will net be Opened until after the said Half-Yearly Ordinary General Meeting. Exeter, February 11th, lii47. JOHN CLENCH, Secretary. lETHERIAL INHALER, as constructed by Dr. BOOT and Mr. ROBINSON. Mr: HOOPER has the greatest satisfaction in stating that at each of the Mettopolitan and Provincial Institutions at which this appa ratus has been used, it has succeeded ; Messrs. Lawrence, Ferguson, Guthrie, Aston Key, Morgan, Thomson, M'Murdo, and many other eminent Surgeons, hays operated on patients whilst under the in fluence of ,Ether, by means of this instrument, with the most com plete success, to whom Mr. Hooper begs to refer, and to the reports in the recent Medical Journals. The success attending this Inhaler is in great measure owing to the construction of the valves. Orders addressed to Mr. Hooper will be executed on the day thay are received. 7, PALL-MALL EAST. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos ton, and Eastern Junction, par—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 1 4 dis. —Bimingham and Oxford Junction, 9% p.—Dundee and Perth New, 10 3 4 p.—East Lancashire, 2 1 , , i p.—Ditto, New, Scrip, 1 IA 1). — Huddersfield and Manchester, 4►( p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 7% p.— Leeds and Thirsk, New, 7% p.—London and North-Western, 189— Ditto, Quarters New, 12% p.—Midland Stock, 121% ex div.—Ditto, Preferential, 129% ex div.—Ditto, New, 4 p.—North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley Junction), 3ls. 3d. p.—North Union (A), 222 Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4 1 % p.—Scottish Midland, 3% p.— Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, N 0.4, Thirds, % p.—West Riding Them, it. 13s. 9d. p.—York and Newcastle (late Newcastle and Darlington), Preference, 4% p.— Newry and Warrenpoint, 1 /, p. MANCHESTER, FEBRUART IG. SToCE EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, p.—Dirkennead, Lancashire. and Clicsidav c.—llirmingliam and Oxf Junettoo, yyt p.—East Lancashire, New (scrip), 1 5-16 p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 9-16 p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 1 4 c. p.—Great Northern (Direct North ern) Scrip, Registered, par-Ditto (late London and York), Regis tered, p.—lluddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4% T,drds, 13y v.—Lancaster and Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 174 p.—London and North-Western (Manchester and Bir mingham), (s), 6 3 4 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 5) p.— Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2 9-16 p.—Manchester Shef field, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, % dis.—Ditto (Great Grimsby and Dock), 2 dis.—Ditto (late Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 1 dis.—Man cheater and Southampton, % dis. —North Staffordshire, 3 5-16 p. Oldham Alliance, 4 c. p.—Preston and Wyre, 35 -Ditto, Ilalves (A), 414 p.— Ditto (11), 7-16 c. p.—Ditto, and Birmingham (A), 1 1.16 p.—Shropshire U nion, W dis.—est Riding Union, p. Sixths, 5 p.—Shrewsbury % LEEDS, FLIRUAIIT 16. STOCK Excnasmx.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. Is. p.—Buckinghamshire, 6s. c. p.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 12s. 6d. p.—East Lancashire, New, 2 1 ,i, n. p.—Ditto. New &sip, 265. p.— East and West Yorkshire, 35. p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 4% p.—Ditto. Thirds, 1% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, p.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 15s. dis.—Ditto, Preforence,27s. P. — Melton and Driffield Junction, 235. 6d. p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late Had. and Shelf.) 414 p.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Exten sions), 2 p.—Manchester, Buitonadatlock, and Midland, 155. P. anchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Extensions (Great Grinisby Counties Union, 245. dis.—North-Western, Northeni and Sheffield), 1% dis.—Midland, Preference, 31. 165. 3d. p.—North British, Thirds, 535. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 15s. p. — and . Birmingham (B), ss. p.—Shropshire Union, 158. dis.—W est /Aiding Uniou, 355. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% P. SHEFFIELD, YSBRUAIT 16. STOCK EXCIANGL.—The sales are—East Lincolnshire, 24 P. -- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield.), 201 Shares, 28s. 6d. dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 218. 6d, dis. —York and Newerstle, Preference, 4% p. Bs. 6d. p.— Shrewsbury NEWCASTLE-UPON -T Ils E. FEBEUAIT 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Huddersfield and Manchester. Thirds, IX, p.—Liverpool, Manchester, runt Newcastle J unction, % dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, New 13 p. —North British, 10 P .-- Ditto, Thirds, 525. p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 12 p. HULL, FEBRUARY 16. STOCK EXCIUNGE.---The sales are-North British, Quartel's F , le s :: : -Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 15s. p.-Ditto, Thirds, 7 3 5• 6d L Gd. P . wood, Preston, and West Ridi ng , 10 5 . p.-North-Western, 0.. EDINBURGH, FEintualT 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 231.-Mrclrle and , shares, 151. Bathgate, 41. Is.-Arbroath and F or f a r, 281.-Ditto, Half . "1-Ditto, New, 55.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. O s . 6d . -Caledonian, 2 , • n, 21. 55.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 2/. Bc. -- Cly desdale Duri Juncti blan o e, 39/. 55.-Decside, 31. ss.- Direct N o rthern, 21. lls. 6d• i .„,. , . 05. Donne, and Callender, 11. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Ar broath, -Ditto. New, No. I, 321.-Ditto, No. 2, 271. 10s.-Dundee 12.. 62Perth, .- 301. 10s.-Ditto, New, 171.-Ea s tern Counties, 211 21. . 165._Edin -77/ ...... Ditto, York Extension, 4/. 10s.-East of Fife , -, Ditto, burgh and Ilathgate, 5/. 45.-Edinburgh arid :li , t , o"' Half Shares, 201. 5.1.-Ditto, Quarter Shares. - 19 ;/. -Edinburg h Leith, and Granton, 19/. 100.-Dltto, Preference, 2 3 _ . 1 125. 6d.- Edinburgh, and Nortlieta 101. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Ditto, Newport, 5/.-Ditto, ditto, New, Glasgow and Perth (01,1). 11. 18s. 6d.- Ditto (New), 21. 8s• tarter Share , 5 161. New 2/S.h9ars!6:E_dinburgh and Ayrshire, 651.-Ditto, New Stock, 34/.-Ditto, Qt tarter halves, 71. 155.-Glasgow, and Garnkirk, 165 -Ohog"' -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, I/. • and Greenock, Dumfries, and Carlisle, dl. 161.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 105.-Glasgowwmgo Kilmar -191.-Ditto, New, 9/.-Ditto. Preference, stock, and Ardrossan, 6/. 175. 6d.- Great North fls 31. 12s. 6d. Great North of Scotland, 2!. Ss .-London gland, 2371.- Great Eastern Counties. -Manchester and Leeds, 1051.-Midland and British, 351. 2s. 6,1. 'Wt.-Newcastle and Berwick, 121. 155.-North -Yaorl;II. 135 62.-Ditto, • Thirds, 31. • d Ditto -Ditto, Halves, 16/. 155.-Ditto. crip), 11. 7s. 6 .- Grand . Quarters, 41. 45.-Ditto, New Qua rters (s 6d -4:potash G 1/7s. • .. Fifths, 71. 2s. 6.1.-Scottish Central, 2 • 21. 1 Stirlinglos. and Dun ' Junction, 11. Is. 6d. -Scottish M idland, 2 d Si. 108.-Strathern June ferinlins, 31. 12s. 6d.- Stirling and Midlan.._ 5 York and Newcastle , lion, 31. Is.-Wishaw and C oltness, 481. iB. tt Pre f e rence, 61.-Direct 361. 10s.-Ditto, New , 111 . 15 5 .-. Di Bombay and Madras, 35. 6d.-East Indian, m 38. Bs. 6d. - Great North 6d.-Madras, Nel- of India, 3s. 6c1.-Great Southern a Madi lore, and Arcot, 25. GLASGOW, ay 15. Fsil uA- B o mbay and Madras , 3s. . Facies E xcu ANGIE. -The sales a 2. 5 Dundee and Perth, '29% 3s. 9d.-Direct Northern (scrip)' _ Edinburgh. Leith, and Granton, - Ditto, New. 161.-East of Fife, : 57' d Perth (New), 525.-Ditto, New, Quarters, IGe. 6d.-Edinburgh a n n . • yr, Halves, No. 2,9/. 14s. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock , e a 9..l,Glasgow, Kilmarnock, arid Is.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle , el dSouthampton, 31s. 6d.-North Bri- Ardrossan, 6% -M anchester ;7.. 6d.-Scottish Central, 21)4-Scot tish, New Quarters (serif - York and Newcastle, Preference, 83i. tish Midland Junctio n, AL OF CUSTOMS.-It affords us INSPECTOR- GENER much pleasure to G. mo A tt * state that G i E sq., of Westow General of Custo Inspector- . ms, whose severe Lodge, Norwood, illness has, for some months past, caused to and protracted friends the utmost anxiety and fear, numerous his family and health and str th M is rapidly regain • ing ...s e eng . r. Amott, years back, making a survey of the out ports,while engaged some ittacked with accute disease of the he was suddenl y violent palpitation, as at time to alt attended with such fig disease h . .threaten suddkn death. This alar m . ol R ed with as, within the last been accompame so much suffering fron t few months difficulty of breathing , that he could scarcely walk across his room. Having c oasult e d several eminent members of th e ' p ro fession without . by a gentleman an y relief, Mr. Amott was advi se d some live or six weeks si nce, who was cured by Dr.to consult Y Dr. Cronin, of Leicester -piste, that gentleman and try the new mode of treatment so successfully introduced by hint at the Dispensary for the cure of diseases of the Heart royement in Mr. Amott's health i and Lungs. ;The imp a such, the mode of since he began to adopt by Dr. Cronin, tnat he can now take daily take two or three hours' active exercise, and is rapidly recovering his wonted health ad strength.- Globe. C IIANCE LLORSHIP OF THE UN IVERSIT Y OF CAM BRIDGE. -The following address from members of the senate of the University. of Cambridge to his Royal Highness Prince Albert is now lying for signature at St. Catherine's Hall Lodge :- " May it please your Royal Highness - The office of Chancellor of the Uni. versity of Cambridge having become vacant by the la mented death of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland; we, the undersigned, members of the senate of the Uni versity, beg leave most respectfully to prefer our request to your Royal Highness, that you will graciously permit your Royal Highness's name to be pr o posed to the sen a t e for elec tion into the vacant odic° according to th e prescribed forms of our academical constitution. GALWAY ELECTION.-The poll commenced on Saturday, and at the close of the day the sheriff announced that Mr. Monaghan, the Solicitor-General, h a d _ a majority of fourteen, the total number polled, en far, being nearly six hundred, or about half the constituency. WooLwicu, FEB. 16.-The Cockatrice victualling transport-ship left Woolwich yesterday morning • with boilers for the soup-kitchens in Ireland. Tuesday being Shrove Tuesday, nearly 500 four pound loaves, of the best wheaten bread, were given at the church doors to as many poor people residingin the •h f Paris 0 Wandsworth. ENTRAORDINARY LITERARY SQUABBLE. , (From Galignani's Messenger.) Public interest has been much excited by a case be fore the Civil Tribunal of the Seine, in which the pro prietors of the Presse and Constitutionnel were plaintiffs, and M. Alexandre Dumas, the celebrated romance writer, defendant. The case itself, however, is nothing more than an action brought against M. Dumas for the breach of an engagement relative to the publication of his romances. The hearing of the process commenced on the 22d of January, when M. Lacon and M. Langlais, advocates of M. Von gerant of the Constitutionnel, and of M. de Girsriin, gerant of the Presse, exposed the case of their clients. From their statements it appeared that in March, 1845, M. V6ron and M. de Girardin con ceived the idea that it woul.l be most advantageous to their journals to secure the exclusive services of M. Alexandre Dumas, and thereby to prevent him from enriching other newspapers with his productions. M. Dumas having complied with their views, treaties were drawn up between the respective parties. These treaties, dated March 28 and 30, 1845, set forth that Alexandre [ Dumas bound himself not to write, during the ensuing five years, more than 18 volumes of romance per annum, of which nine were for the Presse and nine for the Constitutionnel. M. Varon and M. de Girardin, on their part, bound themselves to pay the price M. Dumas thought fit to put upon his own works which was, that each volume, forming about twenty-two feuiletons, and consisting of lines (bits of lines being counted as whole lines), should be paid 3,500 francs, which made 63,000 francs per annum for the eighteen volumes, or 315,000 francs for the five years. But as M. Dumas, at the time of signing the treaties, was under other engagements, it was stipulated that he should be at liberty to fulfil them; and to prevent any misunder standing, they were stated to be as follow :—Five volumes of the "Comte de Monte Christo," to be pub lished in the Debats ; "Le Fils de Milady, ou vingt ans apres," in the course of publication in the Siecle ; six volumes of " Le Vicomte de Bragelonne," to he deli vered in three months to the same newspaper ; the " Chevalier de Msison-Rom:e," published in the Journal La Democratie Pacifique, to be reprinted by M. Cedot, publisher ; 6,000 lines of "La Fille du 114 rent," to be supplied to the same person ; a volume of the "S.l,Ae de Louis XV. ;" the " Histoire de la Peinture," for M. Bethune, a publisher •, six volumes called "La Guerre des Femmes," for M. Potter, publisher ; and tor M. Bethune "Le Fils do Milady," and the remaining volumes of Monte Christo," and "Le SiiHe de Louis XV." In the treaties in question it was also provided that half of the eighteen volumes, or at least four to the Constitutionnel and four to the Presse, should be delivered by the Ist of July following, and the re mainder at the beginning of the month of Decem ber, or, at the latest, on the 15th. M, Dumas, moreover, bound himself to protest publicly against any advertise ments that might be made in any newspapers, contrary to the stipulations of the treaties with the Presse and the Constitutionnel. The two journals, immediately on their treaties being signed, announced with great pomp to their readers and the world the important news that henceforth M. Dumas would write exclusively in their columns. But their mortification was extreme to find that in the month of August, 1845, the Siecle announced the publication of a novel, called "Le Troia Mousque taires,' by the great romancer; that in September a newspaper, called Le Soleil (now defunct), advertised the " Batard de Manlier]," from his pen; that in the same month, the Esprit Public advertised a work called "Andrea del Sarto," of which he was the author; that on the 29th September the Slick published a tale called the " Amazone," and advertised a work in four volumes, called "Fabian," both by him ; that the Patric announced the publication of a romance in two volumes, also by him; and that the Mode advertised a work called " Elizabeth." of which he was to be the parent. All this being in flagrant violation of the treaties that bound him to the Presse and the Con siitutionnel, and being moreover most injurious to the interests of those journals, M. Veron and M. de Girardin called upon M. Dumas to disavow them. He therefore wrote a letter to M. Veron, stating that the publication of the " Amazone" by the Siecle was unau thorised by him, that he had sold it a year previously to a publisher named Hetzel, who had resold it without having any right so to do, and that he might prosecute the Siecle in his name if he pleased ; but he took no steps to stop the publication, neither did he adopt any measures to prevent the advertising of works to be writ ten by him for other newspapers. Nor was that all; for, though he had undertaken that four volumes should be delivered to the Constitutionnel on the Ist of July, he did not deliver a line on that day, and up to the month of September following he had only delivered one volume of a romance called the " Dame de Montsoreau." Neither was that given all at once, as it ought to have been, but bit by bit, day after day, so as to cause great inconvenience to the journal. At the end of Sep• tembcr M. Viron sent a legal summons to M. Dumas to deliver the end of the manuscript of that romance, where • upon M. Dumas set to work, and, when he thought he had written enough, killed off all his personages. In 1845 he wrotp nothing more, so that instead of nine volumes be had only delivered five. In 1846 some communication took place between him and M. Veron, the result of which was that M. Dumas undertook to deliver a romance, called the " Qurante Cinq," by the beginning of December ; but, instead of doing so, he occupied himself in building a theatre, rehearsing plays, travelling in Spain, Algeria, and Tunis. Thus, in no respect had he acted up to this treaty, and M. Viron felt called upon to demand his condemnation for the damages he had occasioned, as also for the expense to which he had been put in registering the treaty, so as to be enabled to plead upon it. With respect to the Presse, that journal ought to have received nine volumes previous to April, 1846 ; but it had not received a single line. In May, however, M. Dumas gave it the first pages of a romance, called the " Mimoires d'un M 4 lecin," and subsequently delivered four volumes of that work. But that was all—not another line had he written. And yet the Presse have paid him as if he had faithfully executed the treaty—it had advanced him 23,695 f. The Presse, said its advocate, had no alterna tive but to proceed against M Dumas, but it had faith in his honour. It could, however, have wished that he had shown a little regard for it, instead of scampering over Spain and Africa, and showing his audacity in kill ing lions. The proprietors of the Patrie and the Siècle were cited to the tribunal in conjunction with M. Dumas, on the ground that in publishing his romances after the treaty had been entered into between him and the Presse and the Constitutionnel, they had inflicted an injury upon the two newspapers for which they owed reparation in damages. The advocate of the Patrie, however, alleged that the romance by M. Dumas, which it had published, was in virtue of a treaty previous to that which bound him to the Presse and the Constitutionnel, and therefore it called upon the tribunal to award it damages against those two journals for the injury they had caused it in asserting the contrary. The advocate of the Siecle ex plained that it had purchased the tale called the " Arne zone," from M. Hetzel, who had bought it from M. Dumas, and paid him for it. The Siecle had also pur chased from M. Dumas the romance called " Fabian," and had paid him 12,000 francs, though it had not yet published it. This romance had been offered to the Presse, but declined. As to the complaint made against the Slide, of having infringed the treaty between M. Dumas and the Consiitutionnel and the Presse, the Learned Gentleman contended that the Siecle was not bound to know what treaties M. Dumas had made with other journals; that when he offered his works it bought them, as it had a right to do. Besides, the Siecle bad treaties with M. Dumas, dating from 1842, by which it had purchased of him 500,000 lines. In the sitting of the Court on the 30th of January the case was resumed. It having been announced that M. Alexandre Dumas intended to plead his own cause. an immerse multitude assembled in the Salle des Pas- Perdus—such a multitude, it is said, as has rarely been seen in the old hall since the middle ages, when it was the custom to amuse the good people of Paris by the representation of religious mysteries. As soon as the court was opened it was crammed to excess, in spite of the exertions of a strong body of the municipal guard. The benches of the judges were even occupied by seve ral ladies. M. Dumas commenced by saying, that he had desired to one. i speakt wasin his notown a discussion case, a sort of th a d t u he did betweenno not see honour th between and either M. v on d o r u on r. or M. re gretteddGirardin present for th a t o bli ge d hi m to fir e in the 'e air, and the ball, instead o f t rave r s ing their bodies, would fall at their f ee t. Hi s t rea ty with - them depended on annullation of a treaty with IL Dujarrier, but thed a h y e after it was signed they announced in the Constitutionn el and La Presse, that, as soon as the works then in course of publication is other newspapers should be com pleted, he could only write in their journals. That, however, was not true. He had s till ei g ht y volumes to give to other newsppers and other permons ; namely, 30,000 lines of " Monte' Christo," 24.000 lines of " Vingt ans Apres," 36,000 lines of the " Vicomte de Bragelonne," 24,000 lines of the " Chevalier de la Maison Rouge," 24,000 lines to the Commerce, and several thousand lines to the Patric, and to M. Cadot. In a ll he had to give 223,000 lines, or eighty volumes ; and," cried M. Dumas, " to give eighty volumes within the time that was assigned me was a task that I alone could execute. I contend, that if the members of the French Academy had been called upon to supply these eighty volumes in so short a time as was allowed me, they could not have done it—and yet they are forty ! No; they cou ld not have done i t—the y would have become bankrupt."—(Laughter.) AI. Dumas than went on to contend that his treaty with AI. V6ron was only ob ligatory upon the tr eat y with M. Dularrier being for mally annulled, and th at as such annullation only took place at the end of January 1846, he was not bound to deliver four volumes of romances to M. Vkon at the beginning of July, 1845. He bad been accused, he said, of occupying his time in other things instead of writing for the ConstitutionneL That was true, for he had written in order to liberate himself with respect to the other journals with which ho had entered into engage ments. " Yes;" cried he, " I have done what no other man has done, nor can do." I have written at the same time five different romances for five different journals. I alone did it hand.' li m ne was ine—every word was written by mrhndy." II? then continued, " Up to the moment at which the action was commenced my rela tions with M. Veron were always most friendly, lie came to me one day and said, My dear Dumas, we have the misfortune to be publishing at this moment a romance so, bad that we lose our subscribers. If you will not write something for us—something amusing, in teresting, witty, such as you always write—we are lost. And you must do that in eight days.' Eight days,' said I, is a long time when one has nothing to do, but it is short when one has, as I have, five feuilletons to write every day, and three horses, three servants, and the railway continually waiting for copy.' Nevertheless, as M. V6ron was in great distress, as it wai to him a gestation of life and death, I said, I will take the en gagement to give you in eight days a volume of 6,000 lines, and that you may be sure that I will do so, take 136 pages of paper, number them, sign them, and I ►till bring them to you in eittht days, filled with the matter of a volume of 6,00(1 lines.' I did so, and the gratitude of M. Veron was extreme." M. Dumas went on to complain, that some delay having one day oceur4 ed in the arrival of the copy of the romance that he wrote for the Constitutionnel, M. Veron put a notice in the paper, saying it was owing to the negligence of M Dumas, a proceeding anything but friendly. Shortly after M. V6ron began an action at law against M. Dumas, and when the latter said to him that it would be better to settle their disputes by arbitration, M. Veron replied—" My dear Dumas, it will be better to leave them to the Tribunal—it will be cheaper, and will not derange you, for you need not appear unless you like." As to the advertisements in the Con stiktionnel and the Presse of his being obliged to write exclusively for them, M. Dumas said it was not aPprising that the Siecle, the Com merce, the Journal des Debate, the Democratique Pacifique, and the Pairie, to all which be was under engagements, should be annoyed at such a false hood being told to the public; and as they issued counter advertisements, M. Veron and M. de Girardin became angry. On the annullit , g of his treaty with M. Dujarrier, upon which he reminded the Tribunal his treaty with Veron and Girardin only came into operation, he owed 24,000 lines to the Commerce. The romance calle4 " Fabien" had been given up to him by Dujarrier's trus tees, and he offered it to the Presse, which refused it as not equal to his other works. He then offered it to the Constitutionne4 but M. Veron also declined it, and re commended him to give it to the Commerce to enable him to get rid by so much of his treaties with that journal. The Com:nerceatthat period, however, was in a dying state, and being without money had not the means to purchase romances. It was then that " Fabien" was carried to the Siecle, with which newspapers he had treaties secur ing him 190,000 francs in 10 years. The Siecle gave him 12,000 f. for the work ; " but," continued M. Dumas, " I felt tormented at its being described as inferior to my other works. I read it, and I found myself that it was really not equal to my other pro ductions. I determined to burn it ; and I did hero it in the fire of my conscience. Fabien ' has dis appeared—it will be never heard of again. Few met' would have made such a sacrifice as that !" As to the " Amazone," it was,said — it.M;;;;, " apoor little thing of 11,000 lines " that he has given a year previously to M. Hetzel for his " Diable a Paris." He had forgotten it, and the Tribunal would readily believe that a man who writes 100,000 lines might easily forget 11,000. He now came to " An drea del Sarto," which appeared in the Esprit Pub lic. M. Castille, a gentleman connected with that journal, paid him a visit and offered him three francs a line to write something for it. "I replied," said M. Du mas, "that the man who has charged you to offer me three francs a line is either mad, or has no money, for in my works there is a great deal of dialogue, and the mul titude of lines occupied by such words as oui, non, vrainzent, &c., and to pay three francs for a oui or. a non would be a folly." Then, said M. Castille, "we will offer 12.000 f. to M. de Balsac for something of his." "M. de Balsac," replied I, " is a man of great talent, and you could not do better than apply to him if he will give you something in the style of 'Le Pero Goriot, or Euglnie Grandet.' It was after this conversation that the Esprit Public published Andrea del Sarto,' which is extracted from a great work called 'La Ga leria de Florence.' Gentlemen, I publish not only in France but abroad.—(A laugh.) Here is a copy of the Galerie de Florence ;' it is a magnificent work, but being published abroad anybody could quote from it, and, I repeat, the Esprit Public did so." With respect to the romance called " Elizabeth " being advertised in the Mode, M Dumas declared that he had given no authority for it, and that the proceeding was perfectly unjustifiable. " What!" he added, "it is supposed that I could write a romance called Elizabeth,' when I bate the namel I ask pardon of any lady here present who may be named Elizabeth, but I am forced to avow that the name is one of my antipathies. I have published 300 volumes, I have written 25 dramas, and I will defy any person to discover in any one of my romances. or in any one of my dramas, the word " He had awa , arrived at the batato tie Maul63n." The Commerce, he had chid, was dying, be , one mortitti, wolio up with new life, and came to him. and said, " You owe us four volumes ; we were dead, is true, but we have come to life again, so pay us the four volumes." In the treaty with M. de Girardin a reserve had been made in favour of the Commerce ; he had sold the " Bawd de Mau?e.)n" to M. Cadot, the publisher, who, with M. de Girardin's consent, sold it to tin Commerce, receiving for it a price much higher than he had expected, that he had offered M. Dumas, 7,000£ in addition to what he bad paid him. M. Dania: here entered into more lengthened details to prove what he had asserted with respect to the romances entitled " Fabien" and "Le Biltard de Mau 'n." Ile had undertaken to write a work called " .11•6„noires d'un decin," for the Presse, and had written to demand tha , the division into feuillctons and volumes should be left to him, so as not to injure the interest of the work ; and the gentleman charged with the superintendence of the jeuilleton department of the Presse had consented to his application in a letter which terminate d by saying tc him, " Who dare assign a limit to genius ?"—(T11, reading of this phrase by M. Dumas himself drew forth marks of astonishment from the auditory.) Ile went 011 to say that he received from the Presse a sum of 10,000 f.. once paid, on condition that his volumes should consist of 6,700 lines, instead of 6,000, as originally agreed ; and that this made an economy of 30,0001. to than journal. The Presse had advanced him 6,0001., but hi had reason to believe that it would not be demanded from him if the success of the " /1146cnoires d'un IVdi cin," which were then being published, should carry its circulation up to 30,000 copies. In the account pre. sPnted to him by the Presse, a sum of 3,500 f. was put down against him, but th a t was f or t h e reg i stra ti on o f tne treaty. Excluding, then, the three sums of'lo,oool, 6,0001., and 3,5001., his account with the Presse stood : Received from the Presse 16,772 f. 50c., deduct profits of the " Memoires d'un Midecin," 11.8081., difference 4,964 f. 50c. against him. But as it had been arranged that ha should receive 3,500 E, the value of a volume in advance, and as he had actually remitted copy worth I,ooof. to the Presse, it followed that the Presse was really in advance to him to the amount of only 464 f. 50c. That was his account with the Presse. It would really appear that it had been believed that the cause would be pleaded in his absence when he was hunting lions, but instead of that he was there hunting other things.—(Laughter.) M. Llnglais, advocate to the Presse, here made sone observations. The President desired him not to interrupt, but to eke notes. M. Dumas, turning to the advocate, cried " Take I your notes !—(Laughter.) Ah! it is M. Langlais who interrupts me. I will just say a word to him. At the last audience, Sir, you said that I had shown audacity in hunting lions in Africa. I wish to tell you, Sir, that you did not employ the proper word—you should have said courage not audacity. I am not an academician, and it is not a lesson of language that I give you; but I am a man of the world, and I give you a lesson of polite ness."—(Sensation.) After this lesson to the Learned Advocate, M. Dumas continued:—" In admitting that the Preset had advanced me 6,000 r. and 10,000 f., it could hardly be called an advance, for I (M. Dumas) did not owe money to the Presse, but merchandise ! Besides it would not have been surprising that, in a running ac count of 80,000 lines, the Presse should be in advance to me (M. Dumas) to the amount of 6,000 f. Yet, after the detail I have laid before you, I persist in saying that the Presse was only in advance 464 f., notwithstanding M. de Girardin had to pay me 157,000 f. in five years." After complaining of certain calumnies that had been made upon him, and, especially of that in which he was represented as having given four volumes of blank paper, under pretence that it was the manu script of a romance, in return for 12,000 f., M. Dumas proceeded :—" Gentlemen, I will now explain to you the circumstance which led to my departure for Spain. I had delivered 158,000 lines, that is forty-eight volumes in eighteen months. I was worn out after having written so much. I write all my volumes myself. I have, it is true, an assistant, who is very good, very intelligent, very devoted; but my labour is still considerable. I am reproached with going to hunt lions in Africa , instead o f continuing the adventures of Balsamo' in the 314,noires d'un Yet 1 had asked permission to enjoy a little repose, for I was unwell. M. de Girardin knew that, for on the day on which he gave m e permission to absent myself he dined with me at my villa at St. Germain—he passed the evening with me—he stopped with me until 3 o'clock in the morning, so much did he amuse himself , and h e then left in his carriage, in company with Mdlle. Brohan, the actress of the Tlleatre Francais.—(lnterruption.) Gentlemen, I see no harm in thals An actress may pass two or three hours in a carriage with M. de Girardin, or with any one else. I did not say that in order to cast the least reflection in the world on the morality of M. de Girardin or the honour of Mdlle. Brohan."—(Smiles.) M. Du mas here read the certificates of several eminent phy sicians, and among them that of his " physician in ordi nary ;" for, said he, " I, too, have a phy s i c i an i n ordinary ;" and that of the King's physi c i an ; in all of which he was strongly recommended to take repose, on account of a complaint with which he was He then concluded as follows :—" I have spoken of my labours to satisfy everybody, b ut I have not spoken of my sacrifices of money t o k eep on friendly terms with my adversaries. The annullatiun of the Dujarrier treaty cost me 12,0001. ; I have no cashier, but I know I paid that sum. I burnt Fabien,' for which I had re ceived altogether 26,000 f., which I was obliged to repay. I am not a good hand at arithmetic, but the cashier of }I. de Girardin can tell how much that makes. I , owed two volumes to M. Dumont, which I bought back M. Damas—" Thank you, Sir—l never was able to work a sum in addition. When I left these gentlemen (M. V 6 on and M. de Girardin) nut Of 171,000 lines that I owed to publEhers I had paid 164,000. I had, more over, furnished 27,000 lines to M. Won, and 27,233 lines to M. de Giiardiu, and they paid me 26,000 t. or 27,000 f. And now they demand 50,000 f. for damages. If they get that sum, they will have had my volumes for nothing, and will have obtained from me 31,500 f. be sides. It is easy to recognise in their manner of pro ceeding the lucky proprietor of the pate Reginault, and the clever founder of the Mutee des Families.' That, gentlemen, is all I have to say—l leave the decision of the case to you." M. Lacan, in reply, said, that if a process could be gained by witty phrases, M. Dumas would certainly be victorious ; but a law case was not a romance, and M. Dumas was mistaken in supposing that in treating it like one he would succeed. M. Dumas -had violated engage ments into which he hal entered. Ile had not delivered to the Constitutionnel all that he owed for 1846, and if he Tribunal did not decide aainst him h e -would not fulfil his en gagements for 1847, ^ 1848, and 1849. He had not protested against the advertisrtments of other jour nals, as he was hound to do. He had written for the Sleek and the Pat , ie. What he had said about " Fabien" being refused by the ConAtitutionnel and the Presse, was not true; he hart never offered it to them, but bad taken it at once to the Slick, and got pai-1 f;e• it. He had sold his exclusive services to the Constitutionn e l and the .Presse, ut had not even yet given the nine volumes to each that he was bound to deliver in 1845. Since the publication of the "Dame de Montsoreau," in the Constitutionnel he had written nothing. He had promised a romance, to be called the " Quarante Cinq," and why had he not deli vered it? He pretends that he was ill, and obliged to travel for the recovery of his health. M. Dumas—l was intrusted with a mission by the Minister of Public Instruction. M. Lacan—That reason is no better than the other. When a man is tied down by treaties, when he has en gagements to fulfil, he ought not to accept a mission. The Minister, besides, would not have gives it if he had known the sacred ties of honour that bound M. Dumas to remain in France. But even that defence slipped away from him, for it was in October that he left France, whereas it was in June that he had undertaken to write a new romance for the Constitutionnel. What had he alone in the four months from June to October? Four months for him was a long time, and in them he might have written more than four volumes. But he preferred to amuse himself in the delights of his villa at St. Ger main, of which marvellous tales are told, and in which he has endeavoured to realise the dreams of his " Monte Christo;" he occupied himself with his theatres—he caused to be recited his own pieces and those of Shakspeare; but he did nothing for his literary creditors. And, in October, he accompanied the Princes to Spain, apparently thinking that France would not be worthily represented if he were not there. M. Dumas—Such, at least, was the opinion of the Minister of Public Instruction! M. Lacan—From Spain he went to Africa, where, he said, he had a mission to study a system of colonisation, and to make it popular in France. But he occupied nimself not with colonisation, but with fetes, with re ji,icings, with combats, with the release of prisoners, with everything. From Algiers he went to Tunis, where he pompously fraternised with the subjects of the Bey, whilst the Bey was in France. He returned to France n January, and wrote to M. Veron, "I arrive from Spain and from Africa; I have seen everything, men and things, beasts and people. I can, for my head is at work, give you in a month (whilst waiting for the " Qua rante Cinq"), two of the most amusing volumes that have ever been written. Giraud could illustrate them. Veron, you may gain the sum of 20,000 f. with this trifle —it is two-thirds of another Rachel.'" But it was impossible to place any reliance upon this proposition, because there was an immense difference between the promises of M. Dumas and his performances. The learned advocate concluded by calling upon the Tribunal to con& mn M. Dumas, and even to insert the penalty of Imprisonment in their verdict, in case he should not act up to his engagements. Imprisonment would certainly be pronounced against any other person acting as he had done, and it would teach M. Dumas that if there be merit in writing good romances, there is also merit in showing oneself a slave to one's word. The glory of the latter, it was true, was not great—it was a glory with out emotion, without noise, without prestige, but in the eye of justice, and for a man of honour, it was the greatest of all glory. M. Dumas.—l will only say a few words in reply to the Learned Gentleman. He talks of the treaty, but forgets all its most important previsions. From June to October I remained idle in my charming villa at St. Germain ; but I wrote eight volumes of " Balsamo (Me moires d'un Melecin,") and the eighth volume was only finished a few days before my departure. It is said that I caused to be rehearsed the pieces of Dumas and Shaks peare. That is true, but it was in the idle moments of Dumas, and, besides, the time was not so lost to art that people who are half artists should reproach me with it. It is said that I solicited the mission with which the Minister of Public Instruction intrusted me, but that is a mistake. It was the Duke de Montpensier, who has shown me some kindnesses, who proposed to me to go to Spain. " I desire," said he, "in a circumstance so solemn for me and for France, to see you at my mar riage," (his brother had expressed q .;molar desire to see me a. versai.l l -.): "for," he added," it is necessary tuns you and Hugo shoulu q national fete." His Royal Highness asked the 'Minister of Public Instruction to be aliOwed to take me with him. The Minister then -tent for me and said, "Can you go to Spain?" I said hat I could, for being ill I had need of travel. " You will go to Spain, then," said he, "and from Spain you will go to Algeria, the fi nest country in the world; a country perfectly unknown to our deputies, who speak of Africa without having seen it, and of colonisation vithout understanding it; and to enlighten them and France with respect to the subject, it is necessary that a popular man like you should write about it." ['hose were the very words of the Minister—no one will deny it. I went. I accompanied the Duke de Vlontpensier to Madrid. I was received there, not merely as a simple author--as M. Alexandre Dumas!— [ alone, of all the Frenchmen at Madrid, was invited to he marriage of the Prince--I alone received the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles 111. ! But all that respect .vas shown to me, not, I repeat, as Alexandre Dumas, nut as the friend of the Duke de Montpensier, as the Marquis Davy de la Pailleterie. After quitting Madrid I went to Tunis. There I was received still better. There reigns a Prince, who though Tunisian, is not a savage, and ho knows our worth. He gave meth° Grand Cross of the Order of Nichan. I have been asked what I went to do in Africa. I went to save from the Arabs 12 lives that were about to be sacrificed by the Arab executioners. It was I who was charged to "go and deliver Lieutenant- Colonel Courly de Cognord, and his brave companions in arms, the sublime heroes who escaped the massacre of Sidi-Ibrahim. It was I who penetrated into the interior of the country to save them. It was I who rescued there 12 Frenchmen, the only remains of the 200 who were cruelly assassinated. It was I who had under my orders the vessel destined to receive them. It A-as I who conducted the vessel to Melilla, and it was I who conveyed the prisoners to Djenima-Gazaouat, where I was received by 3,000 person,, who offered me a banquet, the remembrance of which consoles me for the insults I have this day received. And if the voyage that I have made in Spain and Africa had cost me 50,000 f., I should not regret it after having helped to ,ave our prisoners. I went to Tunis, fcr which a steam frigate of 220 horse-power was placed at my disposal —a vessel that had never been given but to me and to a Prince! At Tunis I made notes for a work which I am ready to deliver in four days if required. These notes were destined for the Constitationnel, which has placed itself at the disposal of Marshal Bugeaud. In acting as I did I believe I did a thing grand and useful to my country. In Spain and Africa I displayed the grandeur with which I represented France. I had with me six persons, repre senting painting and the drama, as I represented litera ture. I had received for my mission 10,000 f. But how was it possible for seven persons to live fur months upon. Io,ooof. ? What did I do ? Before leaving Paris I ceused to be sold railway shares of the value of 50,000 f. and in so doing lost 7,000 f. But I was determined to figure grandly at the marriage of the Duke de Mont pensier, as became a man accustomed to such so lemnities. I spent 26,000 f. in Africa, and 11,000 f. in Spain, and on my return to France I compelled the Minister of Public Instruction to receive I,ooof. that I had drawn above the 10,000 f. allowed me. Such is the only answer I have to make to the insults of these gentlemen." The case was then adjourned for a week. On quit ting the Court, M. Dumas was surrounded by an im mense crowd, which escorted him to his carriage. H. frequently saluted the admiring multitude, and receive d in return their enthusiastic plaudits. The Court assembled again on Saturday to bear the remainder of the pleadings. M. Langlais, the counsel for the Presse, replied to M. Dumas. That gentleman, he said, had thought, with out doubt, in the intoxication of his brilliant and legiti mate fame, that it would suffice for him to speak of his literary triumphs, like the romance of his victories, to impose silence upon his adversaries. He had, however, deceived himself; and was already expiating his illusions. M. Langlais then went through the statement of M. Dumas point by point, bringing th f e or a w m ar o d un fa t ct o s t in 23 r , e 6 f 3 u s ta : trconcluded whichb stating he eh t h h d a t e n A t l e . r D e du, thatm a a n s d had v i t ° e - to for which nothi ng h a d b een m ,„ lt ' i a t o tie s p n cl e d y t !! He baedtovrantcoe advanced theto him,P r andse furnished. M. Nogent-Saint-Laurent then addressed the Court for M. Dumas, who, he said, having taken up too se riously the bitter attacks which had been made upon him in that place, had resolved not to appear again per conally ; and had, therefore, charged him with his cause. M. Nogent-Saint-Laurent denied that his client had committed the infractions of the treaty charged upon him, and in doing so repeat(d, but in a more consecu tive manner, the statements of M. Dumas, and observed that the treaty itself had been signed under the express reservation of the rights of the heirs of M. Dujarrier, and was not, therefore conclusive. In terminating his address, M, Nogent-Saint-Laurent alluded, in feel ing terms, to an incident which has excited some inte rest, and which has been made, he said, the subject of comment unfavourable to M. Dumas. but which only showed the goodness of heart of his client. The Court then adjourned for a week, to hear the requisitory of the Avocet du Roi. The following is the course ein u e r i s d e en of t alluded tobyl.Nhoe da gent e , day after in the afar M. Dumas had pleaded his cause, a placard ap peared, announcing that, " in consequence of a seizure there would be publicly sold at Versailles, on the 25th, a properproperty situ ited at Port Marley, sear St. Ger tnain-en-Laye, consisting of a plantation, a building ornamented with turrets, and a pavillion surrounded with water, called the Ile de Monte Christi)," such pro•