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In his letter to f June, Mr. Kelsey informed r(41 .1• . -41 I -, that 411 onicia - c munication front the City Commissioners; would be m; de to those Of the County, would have the effec: of bringing to the question 41} the extensive ex perience of the other officers of that Cornmissinn who were much more largely interested in the question than the Citizens of London : this communication has, believe, been made, and has he considered ; but that the County Commissioners are not ;liposed to take any part in the matter ; their surveyor does not see the objections in the light Mr. ii..lsey does, but Is t s e e n p d po l s o ed the lions. t o re n s i e o e v aal and df advise any (7lll:)lerni,nlentthenxthitilran,Y THE ARCHIMEDES STEAM-YACHT -AL- This vessel, now lying in the. 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Guildhall of the said City, on Tuesday, July 28th, 1840 : The Surveyor laid before the Court the following Report TN consequence of th e i n t en d e d c h an ges, the PRESENT TIME, and the approaching MICHAEL MAS HOLIDAYS, afford the only opportunity for Visitors to sec all the recent Scientific Novelties, which are increasing daily; the Works exceed 1200 in number. The Engines and various Models are at. Work, among them STEVEN'S NFW PATENT PADDLE WHEEL, exhibited in a beauti ful Model of a Vessel, RAILWAY MODELS, GREEN'S HALOON and Guide Apparatus, the MICROSCOPE and CHROMATIC FIRE CLOUD. The CHORDXOLIAN, with Two First-rate Performers, at Four o'clock ; the GLASS WEAVING, the 120 fine DAGUERREOTYPES, and many other Works. SETTLEMENT OP NEW PLYMOUTH• UNDER THE THE FLEET DITCH. The attention of the public has been recently called to the plan of Mr. Walker for obviating the intolerable nuisance occasion e d by the opening at the river end of the Fleet ditch at Blacktriars Bridge. The work, we regret to state, is still retarded, and there is reason to fear that the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London will do their utmost to prevent so important an improvement from being completed ; and that in face of the opinion of Mr. Walker, the President of the Society of Civil Engineers. The following reports of the Commissioner's Surveyor and Mr. Walker. upon the subject, have occasioned a great sensation amongst the members of the Corpora tion, the more especially as the Court of C)mmon Council directed the work to be executed : At a Public Meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London and Liberties thereof, in the Guildhall of the said City, on Tuesday, March 8, 1840 : The Surveyor laid before the Court a Report, which was read in these words : To the Honourable the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London and Liberties thereof. The instant the contents of the sewer reached the side of the river, they w ere, (previous to the culvert being made) allowed as before-named to spread over the whole space between high and low water, and as the tide retired the filth and dead carcasses Were left upon the shore to a distance up and down the river as well as under the bridge. The object of the iron culvert, of which the top is several feet below the adjoining shore, is to receive the filth as it falls from the covered sewer, and to carry it (still under cover) down to the low• water of a low-tide. It is in fact a continuation of the covered sewer down to low-water, the covering plates are not yet all laid on, but al ready the appearance of the shore is very much in;- proved, as every observer must have seen, and the offensive smell is much reduced. Mr. Kelsey's appre hension is, that in process of time it may be ob structed by bricks, stones, gravel, trunks of trees, timber, and boards, which may have been swept away. I do not say that this cannot be, but the culvert being 12 feet wide, and 3 feet 6 inches high, gives a great area, nearly double the size of an ordinary stable-door,and there fore sufficient to pass the largest carcase, and having in a length of two hundred and fifty feet, a fall of five feet, the head or pressure at low water would be so con siderable as to remove any ordinary obstruction, itself increasing the pressure by raising the water behind it ; this failing, the obstruction might be removed at low water. But even if the worst happens, the extreme damage is the stoppage of the culvert, for the water would then only resume its ancient course on the sur face, the covered sewer in the river would again be come an open straggling ditch, diffusing its contents as it was wont to do. The works would in this case be come a failure ; but surely, considering its utility, should Mr. Kelsey's anticipations not be realised, it would be hard not to allow it a trial, when that trial can preju dice no one. It has already been in partial operation for several months with success ; and what Mr. Kelsey calls " avowedly an experiment" will I trust soon have the sanction of experience in its favour. I shall profit by his observations, and consider how measures can be adopted for the prevention of those obstructions which he apprehends. Now as to what are rather incorrectly called the tide flaps, (for they hang loose at the end of the sewer) and do not interfere with the tide—the open ing of the tunnel or arch of the Fleet Sewer, where it enters the river, through the wing•wall of the bridge, is elliptical, twelve feeet wide and eighteen feet high, being an area of one hundred and seventy feet. During the last five years the greatest land flood was never observed to rise more than three feet, nor to occupy more than nineteen feet, or about one-ninth of the area. The lowest piece of iron placed across the opening is five feet six inches from the bottom, the area under it fourty-four feet, or more than double the greatest land flood. This will be uninterrupted, to discharge the water into the covered sewer in the river already described. Above the iron are hung the loose swinging flaps which mov e in or out by the action of the wind water, in case of any flood ever rising, even higher than Mr. Kelsey states to be the highest ; and the space above these was intended to be covered by iron plates, but this was not proceeded with in conse quence of the objections by the Commissioners of Sewers, and the space remains open. Mr. Kelsey's first objection is. that the action of the flaps may be impeded either by floating substances, or becoming frozen ; this I allow within the range of probability, but almost every valve to every sewer upon the river or in the country, is more subject to this, be cause generally they close against a sill, while those in question are loose. In most cases also, a valve being prevented shutting would do immediate damage, flooding, probably a whole district of houses or of laud, whereas, in this case, I cannot contemplate any ; the space below, where there are no flaps nor interruptions of any kind, beimr, as I have stated, more than double what the greatest floods require. The next class of objections is that the works will prevent a boat going up the sewer to examine its state ; that they will prevent the County Commissioners in their periodic it survey, from descending the sewer and floating out into the river ; and that the workmen will be prevented from cleaning the bed by tracking up a small barge, and dropping down with the stream. As respects the Commissioners' boat, the works will have the effect stated, and the question is as to the importance of the facilities thus interfered with. Mr. Kelsey best knows when the City Commis sion ascended or descended the sewer in a boat. As to the County Commissioners, Mr. Roe, their sur veyor, informs me, that during the eleven years he has been surveyor, they never did come lower than their ' own district, which terminates some distance north of Holborn ; that he has gone down twice, but more for the sake of doing so than with any idea of business ; the mud-barge or punt might be used notwithstanding the works, but not with the same facility as at present ; and the magnitude of this drawback must also be mea sured by the frequency with which the barge has been so used, which Mr. Kelsey does not state. On inquiry, I do not find that the barge has ever been seen during the five years the repairs of the bridge have been in hand. If the ascents and descents of the Com missioners have been but few, and if the sewer has usually been cleaned by working or raking its contents into the river, the work done by the Bridge Committee would be little impediment in the one case, and would tend to lessen the evil of thus emptying the contents of the sewer into the river on the other. PLYMOUTH COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 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The range of choice offered by the Directors will enable purchasers drawing consecutive numbers to choose Town Sec tions, adjoining, in many instances to the extent of an acre, and in some of an acre and hale. The Rural Sections may in all cases be chosen adjoining, to any extent, in the order of pre senting the Land. orders in New Zealand. he price of each double Land-order for the United Sec tions is 751. a deposit of 20/. to be paid on application, 251. three days before the order of choice is drawn, of which 21 days' notice will be given, and the balance on delivery of the Land-order, or on embarkation. An addition has been made to the Emigration-fund, from which liberal passage allow ances are made ; and a special fund is set apart for extra allow ance to Capitalists. 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GENTLEMEN,—In obedience to your order of the 14th inst., that I should report as to the culvert and tide flaps affixed at the mouth of the Fleet sewer, I am not aware that I can do other than refer you to my former Reports of February 11th and 25th, and June 15th, of the present year, and to that of your late Chairman and myself in May, 1834 ; but I may in addition state that after often reflecting upon the subject I cannot get rid of the impression that the occurrence of obstruction is quite within the range of probability ; and that closing the mouth of the sewer so as to prevent the free dis charge of foul air, will cause an annoyance to the inha bitants of all the localities connected with that sewer and its numerous branches. Such being my apprehen sions I am bound to submit them to you, leaving the weight and the value to be estimated at their just worth. 1 have always felt much difficulty in considering a project recommended upon such authority as that of Messieurs Walker and Burgess ; but I regard it as for tunate that, however ill grounded or erroneous all or any of my impressions may be, circumstances have oc curred within recent memory, and others are recorded in your books, which may largely assist you in arriving at a right conclusion upon the subject. In the year 1777 Mr. Panter was allowed to make use of the waters of the Dowgate Dock Sewer, to work some machinery in a manu factory at the mouth of that sewer. It does not appear at first to have caused much inconvenience ; but, at length, it became so seriously injurious by ob structing the free discharge of the sewage. that the Commissioners, after many orders for that purpose, and some threats of legal proceedings on the part of the suf ferers, effected its removal in 1810. Our motives are, I trust. all - feeding to th b san object, and if we, Mr. Kelsey, Mr. Roe, and myself, were to meet, we should, by comparing opinions, pro— bably agree in the result. 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GENTLEMEN,—Lest, in consequence of the imper fection in my mode of expressing myself as to the question of the iron culvert and tide flaps which have been placed at the mouth of the Fleet Sewer—there should be any misapp re h ens i on as t o t h e na t ure an d extent of the objections which have presented them selves to me, I beg to lay before you, in writing, those which occurred to me immediatelY upon the discussion, and others which at the time I had forgotten or not thought of, and I trust you will not find them to have arisen from any capricious feeling, but to be substantial and based on probability ; and, in themselves, such as it was my bounden duty to submit to your consideration. First, The culvert or covered sewer, may, in itself, be well contrived for the attainment of its object, and the tide flaps may act freely for some time, and under ordinary circumstances, yet it is possible that, as in heavy storms, the flood from the up country often and suddenly rises as much as five feet in the sewer, although the tide be out, and then bears with it the scouring of the stream, in process of time it may be seriously obstructed by the bricks, stones, gravel, trunks of trees, timber and boards which may have been swept away, and the ac tion of the flaps may be impeded, either by floating substances, or becoming frozen ; and if in consequence of anything likely to cause obstructions having been fixed by the Commission or permitted by them to be fixed, damage, should occur to any person, I apprehend that an action would lie against them for imprudence or negligence, inasmuch as they would not be acting within the line of their statute duty, but doing or permitting that which they are not enjoined to do or allow ; and I fear that the Blackfriars Bridge Committee cannot give any sufficient assurance that the Commis sion shall be borne harmless from the consequence of any action which might be brought against them. Second, As the top of the culvert is to be five feet above the bottom of the sewer, it will no longer be prac ticable (even were there no tide flaps) to examine its state by ascending in a boat ; nor can the County Commissioners in their periodical surveys, any more de scend the sewers and float out into the river ; neither will it in future be in the power of the workmen to cleanse the bed by tracking up a small barge, loading it, and dropping down with the stream. Thirdly, As the gullies have stench flaps affixed in them, if the tide flaps act effectually in stopping the dis charge of fcetil or inflammable air from the sewer, that air or gas may force its way through the private drains into the houses ; or if the mouth of the sewer, the gullies, and the private drains be all moderately air tight, no person dare venture into the sewer to exa mine or to cleanse it ; especially as the d anger w hi c h may possibly result from the imprisonm en t o f i mpure a i r or inflammable gas, is likely to be made more imminent by the refuse of gas works, which, at times, comes down from the country. EXTRACT FROM MR. WALKER'S EVIDENCE BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THAMES EMBANKMENTS. June 15, 1840. Q.—Can you state, from what you have seen your self, any of the evil effects produced by laying open the mouths of the sewers ? A.—Yes, I have both seen and smelt it. Q.—Can you suggest any mode by which this can be avoided, consistent with your plan for the improve ment of the river? A.--If the outlets of the common sewers into the river were carried through the front of the proposed embankment, then (as there woad be no space between high and low-water which would be uncovered,} the nuisance, in my opinion, would be very much 'reduced, if not entirely removed. Q.—Would not the contents in that case be at once discharged into the stream ? A. Yes, below low-water. The plan of embanking is not necc,sary for doing so, because under the direc tion of the Committee for the Repairs of Blackfriarie Bridge, an experiment is now being made on - one of the large sewers—the Fleet Direh—for the purpose of doing the same thing by continuing a very large iron box from the end of the present Fieet Ditch, below the lever of low-water, and carrying that up to the discharge of the• ottlet of the sewer, so that the cootents of the bevver will Le carried at low-wator under tin- shrr! , of the river. There is at present a want cf a perfect uud,r standing between the Commissioners of Sewers and the Blackfriars Bridge Committee, the Committee having (it appears) done part of this work, which is under the Commissioners of Sewers, with ut their approval, but I hope the Commissioners of Sewers will a llow th.- periment to 1.),e made, and in a winter or two I shall lyt able to see decidenly the effect of it. 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As to the Fleet Sewer it is by no means uncommon for its waters to rise several feet suddenly after a heavy rain, and the fact of its occasionally flooding the low ground near Battle-bridge is notorious. It has even inundated the Swan Inn-yard, Holborn-bridge, to a depth of some three feet. THE TRAINS LEAVE I II ull. orni n York. Leeds. 7 o ft Afternoon Morning Afternoon Morning Afternoon 10 3 0 4 15* 845 4 0 645 12 45 12 0 6 0* 930 445 6 4114' Sheffield. Derby. Morning, Afternoon Morning Afternoon . 8 0 2 0 6 0 , 1 10 30 6 0 830 4 45 8 0* The Trains marked th I 10 45 10 40* us * are Mail Trains. J. F. BELL, Secretary. In respect to the proj e ct e d s t o pp age o f th e di sc h arge of fetid air from the mouth of the sewer, I beg to refer you to the recent complaint of the inhabitants of Stone cutter-street, that foul air and steam were forced into their houses from the sewer, in consequence of the gullies in Shoe-lane having bad stench flaps placed in them ; and I may recal to your recollection, that upon the repeated suggestions of Mr. Cuff, that common stink traps should be formed in every gulley, Dr. Birkbeck, although advocating Mr. Cuff's proposition, admitted that it the air were completely shut in and the sewer de prived of free ventilation, it would become so deadly that no human being dare venture into them ; and, to get rid of that evil, he recommended the erection of furnaces at certain intervals to draw off such deleterious gases. I also beg to refer you to my Report of 17th Dec., 1833, containing an account of destructive explosions in the Westminster Sewers and the contiguous houses, espe cially those of November 27, 1826, in Wood-street and little College-street, and that of October 16, 1833, in King-street, St. James's-square. (See Ap pendix IV.) I apprehend that this statement will sufficiently justify me in looking at this experiment with a scrupulously cautious eye, and in pointing out that whatever com fort may be expected to result to the inhabitants of Chatham-place and the passers by from the suc c ess of the experiment, if it is only to be obtained by visiting any other locality with equal or in ferior annoyance, even t i f the property,question itd would 11 entirely remaina divested subjectof risk worthyor injury of grave consideration how far your Honourable Court would be justified in acceding to it, as well as how far you could be exonerated should any evil attend it. 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Fourth, It can only be a matter of opinion as to whether or not, in that which is avowedly an experi ment, it might have been better to have kept the top of the culvert level with the bed of the sewer, and formed an opening to receive the tall of the water at its head, and only to have suspended a tarpaulin over its mouth, fixed at, the sides but hanging in capacious folds, so as to expand before the rush of water from the sewer, and to fall as that rush should cease ; but such an ex periment having been found to answer the purpose at the London Bridge Sewer, I felt it my duty to men tion it. I have the honour to be, ACCOUNT OF TH COUNTRY. captain Wright, senior officer of his Majesty's naval force at ts i n t r u tta, in a despatch, addressed, in the year 1808, to Lord tibl e i r. eagh, then Colonial Secretary, uses the following for tic% , i 4 riguag e in reference to this country •—" Any descrip th4 ean give will fall very short of the actual fact, either as ! 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Slit,--Mr. Kelsey's Reports of the 3d March and 2Sth July, to the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, on the subject of the works done at the outlet of the Fleet Sewer, by order of the Court of Com mon Council, under the direction of the Committee for the repairs of Blackfriars Bridge, have been referred to me by your letter of the 4th August, to report any observations I may deem necessary thereon. For the understanding of the subject it may be proper that I name shortly the general object and nature of the works referred to, and of the nuisance they were meant to abate. That the sewers of London should discharge their contents upon the open flat shores of the river, nearer the level of high water than of low water, where for half the tide they arc exposed to the action of the sun and air, to general putrefaction and malaria, is an evil which has been long and loudly complained of. Every inhabitant near the river, and every person passing upon it, is sensible of it ; the effects are not confined to the sight and smell locally, but are considered to affect the general health of the metropolis. A short reference to public documents will show that the object of the work is of great public importance. The first Report (lately published) of the Registrar General of Births, Deaths, &c., states the mortality of Cities in England and Wales " as high," but that " it may be immeasurably reduced." The fourth Report of the Poor-law Commissioners recommends an applica tion to the Legislature for the removal of the constantly acting causes of death and destitution ; and in stating the causes to which the maladies of the poor are refer ' able, " bad sewerage, open stagnant drains, ditches, ! and waters in which animal and vegetable substances • are allowed to turn putrid," are placed first on the list. The bad drainage of the districts is mentioned by the medical officers of the Metropolitan Unions, as among the chief' causes of fever. The following extract from an able article in the Quarterly Review, on the above Reports, is illustrative of, though in some measure differ ing from, the position in which the Blackfriars Bridge Committee now find themselves. " The difficulty of a remedy to the evils complained of," says the author, " may be appreciated, when it is seen that the om nipotent Poor-law Commissioners are referred in vain from the Commissioners of Sewers to the Surveyors of Highways, and from them to the Trustees acting, under the Watching and Lighting Act. Whatever may be the willingness of these bodies, the chance of clashing renders them slow to move. In the interim death is doing double work." • Your faithful servant. RICHARD KELSEY. At a Public Meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London and Liberties thereof, in the Guildhall of the said City, on Tuesday, the I6th June. 1840 : The Surveyor reported as follows i To the Honourable the ,CciMmissioners of Sewe rs of the City of London and Liberties thereof, GENTLEMEN,—At an interview with Mr. James Walker, Engineer to the Blackfriars Bridge Committee, on May .sth, he stated, that if your Honourable Court required it he would remove the tide flaps from the mouth of the Fleet Sewer, but much wished to retain the lower beam and to complete the covering of the culvert home to that beam, so as that the water of the sewer should be concealed from public view. Feeling that the Commissioners of Sewers of the Holborn and Finsbury Division were largely interested in the question, I sought an opportunity of consulting with Mr. Roe, their Surveyor, thereupon, and found that, in his opinion, as well as in my own, it would be. better that all the iron work should be removed from the mouth of the sewer, and that it would be well if the last plate of the covering should also be omitted. He, however, suggested that as the communication between us was only in our individual capacities, it would be advisable that an official notification of the case should be made from your Honourable Court to the Commissioners for the Holborn and Finsbury divi sions. Just ready, in one volume foolscap Bvo, A NEW PEERAGE, BARONETAGE, and KNIGHTAGE. By CHARLES R. DODD, Esq., Compiler of the " Parliamentary Pocket Companion." 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Mln the DIRE DEPARTMENT, the Directors beg leave to remind their friends and the public, that they receive Fire Risks of all descriptions, including Chapels, School Rooms, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Docks, Farming Stock, &c., at the same reduced rates as other respectable Companies, and in the LIFE DEPARTMENT they continue to transact all Business relating to Life Assurance., Annuities, and Family Endowments, upon tho most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. No charge made for Fire Policies transferred from other Of fices. By order of the Board, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. Cloth lettered, Bvo., price 10s. F ALLACIES OF THE FACULTY. By Dr. DICKSON. " We cannot too highly compliment the author on' his fear lessness and firmness of purpose ; and if the eyes of the public are not opened to the nefarious practices of the apothecaries by his exposures, verily they deserve the treatment they receive at the hands of these cold-blooded impostors. Whoever reads this volume carefully, will henceforth throw physic to the dogs. Dr. Dickson has placed it in the power of the invalid to take care of himself. Poor Lord Durham ! had he read this vo lume, he might have still been living."—Metropolitan Maga zine for September. H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, and all Booksellers it town and country. Just published, in royal Itimo., cloth, price 34. ; and sent in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d., MANHOOD : the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to these suf fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. As a mark of respect to a gentleman of his high standing, I communicated the result of this conference to Mr. Walker, and that I proposed laying it before you. He has subsequently seen Mr. Roe, from whom I have received the accompanying letter, and should the commission under whom he acts concur in opinion with him that a fair trial might be given to the apparatus, subject, however, to the condition that the Bridge Com mittee shall engage to remove any obstruction or deposit, should any such be caused, and to make good such damage as may arise from the apparatus being fixed—it appears to me that the question resolves itself into " what shall be deemed a fair trial," and what , safe gua rantee can the Worshipful the Blackfriars Bridge Com mittee give to your Honourable Court, and that of the Holborn and Finsbury Division, against any evil W hi c h may result from the experiment. I have the honour to be, &c., RICHARD KELSEY. COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR. ROE TO MR. KELSEY, THE FREQUENT ROBBERIES OF PLATE. ---__________ PIT -PLACE, EPSOM. 1/188RS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS 4 0 t beg t , ar i d f -t , announce, that on TUESDAY. 6th of October The Atr °flwing day, they will offer for SALE by PUB to CTIoN tiet}eJk.knt MANSION a e n m d i G se ßOUNDS of . PIT -PLACE, k! r etril l ',lth all the excellent HOUSEHOLD I . URNITIJR O E . ir tt chetoog__ . i '"g also the Hunting and Racing Stables ! 44 / b Np i „nes the Second, contiguous to the above mansion , 00%4°1°1103' disposed of by private contraet. ilaff.,,, Particulars may be known by applying at the office ' ihd.'• Adam tre Marray and Sods, surveyors and land agents, 'aMent-set. :0 h NEW FOREST, HANTS. t " e s c 9LD a veil desirable FREEHOLD FOR MAN 1. 'e.•e - "' 3 TON and ESTATE, situated upon the . NEW I ch '' in the 4.k t arst centre of a sporting country, six miles from ti t4 ,en f rot h ve from Lymington, two from Brockenhurst, and )44_14141 So uthampton. The mansion,. which has been f e , f `s• r. OO Y re Paired and greatly improved within the last seven the-slandla;iinsdining and drawing-rooms (each 30 feet by 20 ' ~e„ l and 147! tnet high and ), breakfast room (18 feet by 17 feet), 1 '4, 411,1 4h. '', cam municating and opening on a stone terrace • el 44 ) 'we've bed-ro3ms (the best with good dressing ; st4t4,' a-4IT Provision for many servants if required, water sand, i suitable offices of every kind ; coach-houses a kr , ali' ') oh ' t en horses anti separate boxes for hunters. The park tri,Ni I tiVs 8 6 acres, is surrounded by a ring-fence of al4eal,44ltvcriely ornamented with fell-grown timber, pleasure kr/ o k k 'S'en h„ e " gardens with fountains kitchen gardens with hot d te4: e u a uildi 4 — , e)e!, and gardener's cottage, farm house and goo to ni " , and '','', The premises have lately been thoroughly re p',:elqh storre best rooms fitted up in the best manner by k m , ti c k ,"mn. 1.3;e1-'iaaropteellto view the house apply to Mr. C. Brooks. Nit Nto o . , the Crown Inn, Lyndhurst ; l or the Angel, to Messrs. ZVI p, Shaw rid for further particulars r ---* ki t i gh t,aud Smith. solicitors, .3, B a e p r P ne y rs-street ; or Nvi to , „..„, , 20, Nottingham-place, London. lic,,, l .llthFlß Y for the CURE of STRIC- Ity-4A, 6 - - If the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR t ' TI PPTS N ot s.ati an and all DISEASES of the GENERA eoldihwithst, a :l'N ARNI ORGANS. , / 1 :44" (4 v,ta 1 7 , 4 ::,!°g the above Instituti: isclosed, Patients may r eliii. l e. c. ' P re the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Su - 4 4 - 4 g h st hi, . ort e,n „ . , { a, Great Marlborough-street,) by op ted crs 4/ A - wri ne-ise instead of the Charity. 410,:ilial o,`l.,:ntetned;lce, f . rern Eight to Ten in tile Mornings k ' but eot in 'tliee in the Evenings. On Sundays in the Evening ~,... 4 8 Vatici taciturn dolorem continebant."—Lrv. '" nh a Niq i teN tri °O approaches, thehuman form, coun reati3' and er " , voice, and the whole intellectual character, pres, r 'g i otw go a revolution. Love is the end and sum of life, ht mat Re after image of i postho eof so • N i& ed and cloy, pure and virtuous en deal 'perfection . But in the Ali, . 4 to a _e, obstructed, till the excess of youthful all. , (t h, ce c e urs e of wild and injurio - us indulgence, and the impetuosity ti soften 14,1)44%447. ~painf.tilly harassed by alterations of fear, disgust, , p 7eri e ,, ed In this state relief is perhaps sought from the 11 , 0 4 5 e of health ir bal)a from the ignorant ; in either case at the th e n ,effeotua that being only palliated which should have di s , 'cl . irn of .Y c9red. Here we propose to step in and rescue ~,_ pi:444.4 !invvise indulgence from the pangs of remorse, t,,neate e„__e.°l>e, and disease; and we pledge ourselves to 4 ;i'e e ld , n e';',7 taint of syphilitic poison and to restore to its liir,4%tihtellrcfir?,,lhi:voerroYthreolraxatio.n Pof the ' generat . ive . economy, ;",keto,,_.4,ave beco me i causes, whereby the dignity of man :,' ghoplSin, w h ich _ Mpaired; critially contemning unfcel tth reckless wally contemning where , Prio e i e „estor e . _ gle at ~,,P 40,,,5e' and' on the other hand, that unworthy A„Cu th e anti 1) Quit selfishness increases the embarrass- and i!ied All classes of society, not excepting the 141 Matrirnor;i°et. more especially such as are about to enter 4 4 ,4 i an 4e e !' fe, are included-in the limits of this address, liZli Practi„":'fidentlY offer the result of many years' suc tatdatY attendance • • tai ne . 7 an.wer s ar is givpn foe personal consultation ; and im -414 ,!,y.deser.b... the er eturned to country letters, which must lt4ll44l'eines ... :. t e , a 4--e. and contain a remittance for Advice tin u )ho w „ er Vneil can be forwarded to any part of the i ler; . L fl be atto o securely No difficulty can occur, as the Medi packed, and carefully protected from ob- GOSS and Co. , (M. R. C. Surgeons), 7 Lacaster-place, Strand, London. * k k, C 4 l :3 'lO7 61, 1 ? E 1i , 51 71 f ( Tw ' enty- third Edition), Ist. THE m tary on the above Dis a4teort;isti32(td.• THITLGEI A zsralAnializirce°„med e e n xclusively to the Female mchl l i alltr oli a&li'.l3 SYPHILIST, a treatise on Lows Ven_erea, May be had at 23, Paternoster-row, Lon ooksellers (Price By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. ?üblished by the Authors, and sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street ; 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall ; Sxange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand; Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin ; Duncan 114, High-streetlEdinburgh ; and to Uo had of all Booksellers. The Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affec tiut.s, which for some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost in difference, by the c dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying that there is no member of society, by w hom the book will not be found iwteresting, whe ther we consider such person to hold the relation of a PA RENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a CLERGYMAN. The PARENT, who beholds his boloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which for want of a careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work be astonished to find that in nine tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits, practised by youth much more fre quently than is at all suspected. - - - - The PRECEPTOR, also, who holds temporarily, at least the relation and responsibility of a parent, will, by perusing this work, bo directed, and very ranch assisted in investigating and detecting the too often concealed practice a so often introduced Into schools, whereby the health and ultint..tely the lives of his pupils arc sure to be compromised, unless the evil be checked in proper time. He will hero find a clue to guide him through tho intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judge, when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the rea. "seise o f s u c h attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character, is at once concentrated the twofold relation of parent and instructor, will here be directed as to the nature of those habits, to which youth is addicted ; he will also be enabled to point out the disastrous consequences which are sure to follow from them, if not relinquished. ' ' Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence, No.. 7, Frith-street, Soho, from Ten till Three, aad Five till Eight is the Everirg; and Country Patients are re quested to be as minnto as possible in the detail of their cases, —as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, ge neral habits of living, and occupation in life of the party ; the communication must be accompanied by the " usual Consulta tion Fee of I/.," without which no notice whatever can he taken of their application ; and in all cases, the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on. N. B. Seven doors from Soho-square. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. MESSRS. SLOAN and CO., Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, 4, ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-STREET, and 28, IRONMONGER-LANE, CHEAPSIDE, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the Morning until Ten at Night, on every variety and stage of Syphilis, with that delicacy and secresy they have hitherto ob served. 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The Nickel Silver British Plate manufactured by Rippen and Burton, is, by a chemical process, rendered superior to any other so called, in appearance and durability ; it is equal to silver ; all the articles being solid and of wrought material, they improve with use, and are war ranted to stand the test of that *strong acid aquafortis. The ollowing prices are named as a criterion i— s. d. Fable Spoons and Forks, full King's rattern Table Spoons size, with fiddle handles, and Forks, full size,. per per dozen Dessert do lO 0 Do. Dessert, do. do., per l'ea Spoons, per dozen 5 0 dozen 25 0 Gravey Spoons, each 4 n Do Tea, do. do. do l2 0 Fish Knives, each Butter Knives 2 0 Do. Fish Knives, do. ‘;alt and Mustard Spoons .... 0 6 Do. Salt and Mustard Spoons, -oup Ladles 6 6 do 1 3 auce Ladles 1 6 Do. Soup Ladles, do l3 0 =agar TGags, each Table Candlesticks, per pair 12 0 Do. 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FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, CORNICE POLES, DISH- CnVERS,BATHS, &c. _ _ Fashionable Blain( Iron Fenders from 9s.—Bronzed ditto f om 12s.—Brass ditto from 10s.—Polished Steel Firs Irons from ss.—Block Tin Dish.-Covers the Set, 1 ls.—lmproved shape ditto, 16s.—Patent ditto, the very best quality and newest shape that is made, 35s.—Japanned Bottle Jacks, warranted to carry 251b5., 7s. 6d.—Brass ditto, 9s. 6d.—Brass Stair Rods, 3s. Od. per doz.—Brass Cornice or Window Curtain Poles, Is. 3d. per foot.—Copper Tea Kettle is hold 1 Gallon, 7s.— Copper Coal Scoops, from 10s. 6d.—Tea Urns, from 275. Shower Baths, with Copper conducting Tubes and Pomp, and with Curtains complete, 100 s. Purchasers are recommended to visit the Warehouses, Wells street, Oxford-street; or to apply for a Catalogue of prices, which can be forwarded for a single postage. Country Orders ,o contain a remittance. All Postages to be paid. Established 1820. A SUMMER'S DAY.—Good humour and hilarity beam in the faces of all around, for who has not felt the benign effect of a summer's day ? The smile of satisfac tion lights up the begrimed countenance of the coalheaver on the barge. The care-worn clerk and the industrious artisan appear to have forgotten their anxieties ; and the look of good nature is for once visible in the counte nance of our little friend the shopkeepe-. Every one, in fact, seems merry and light-hearted. The glerious sum mer sun is upon all. It dances on the water as the vessel speeds along—it lights up the golden summit of St. Paul's with more than usual brilliancy—it sheds its rays over the distant s a il o f th e s hip on the river—it dispenses its in_ spiriting influence everywhere. The balmy breeze im prints a roseate hue even on the cheek of the invalid, while a succession of animating objects imparts life and spirit to the excursion. —A Summer's Day at Greenwich. AFORESAID. 13, Gallialt-place,-Iguihnvieimn nldB4lofi.nd subject however DEAR SIR,—I understood when I saw you that Mr. Walker was willing to take down all the iron work from the mouth of the Fleet Sewer ; but in consequence of a letter I received this morning, , that he much wishes to give the air flaps a winter's trial. As far as regards the Holborn and Finsbury 1 5 t : he appa ratus District, what I mcaanysbeee deemedno objection a fa i r to h i his trial, to the condition,that the Bridge Committee shah engage to remove any obstruction or deposit, should any such some other mode might be caused, and to make good such damage as may arise prevent the nuisance from the apparatus being fixed. I think it really would be harsh to prevent a trial on these terms, particularly as so much money has been expended ; and the effect would be seen, and if found not to be such as i s ca . be e petted adopted by t oM remove com plained of. flap in those • Mr. Walker will place ll portions of the mouth of the sewer, which was intended to close en tirely, if he be allowed to give . t he . matter a trial. m N o V ve al o k r er, When you report to your Commissioners you can read my letter to them. I have sent to-day as lam l eav i ng town for a short time. ' I beg to remain, dear Sir, your 's respectfully, J OHN ROE. At a Public Meeting of the Commissi oners of Sewers of the City of London and. Liberties thereof, in the Guildhall of the said City, on Tuesday, July the 14th, 1840 : The Clerk laid before the Court the following letter, which was read in these directed by t h e Com missioners : Office of Sewers', Ha tton Garden, Ju ly 1 0, 1840 SIR—In reference to yo ur letter of th e 16 th ultimo,. inclosing copies of correspo ndence on the subject of Mr. Walker's proposition on behalf of the Blackfriars Bridge Com m ittee, relative to the outlet of t h e 'Ri ver Fleet into th e Thames, „,, are di o f S e wers for the Ho lborn and Finsbury divi sions, Middl ese x, to acquaint y ou, for the information o f the Com m i ss i o ners of Sewers for the city o f L ondon, that they d ec line giving an opinion on th e p l an pro posed, and that they rely upon the Commissioners of Sewers for the City district, preserving and securing at ail times a free passage for the waters of the River Fleet into the Thames. We arc, Sir, your obedient servants, STABLE AND LUSH. Joseph Daw, Jun., Esq., Clerk to the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. At a Public Meeting of the_Cornrnissioners of Sewers of the City of London tuld L ib ert ies thereof, in the Of all the sewers that contribute towards the above certainly very undesirable ends, the Fleet Sewer is probably the greatest and most powerful. Formed in the channel of what was originally the River Fleet, it receives the drainage of the vast popu lation east and west of it, extending on the north of Holborn to beyond Battle-bridge, with the surrounding district, perhaps the most densely-peopled of the me tropolis, including the neighbourhood of Smithfield with the numerous slaughter-houses round it. Its discharge is close to the foot of Blackfriars Bridge, a principal thoroughfare and principal point of commu nication with the water, and where the tide ebbs nearly 100 yards from the shore. Passengers along the bridge or upon the water need not, at the proper time of tide, to have looked for the place, the smell was sufficieut for them ; but if they had occasion for a nearer approach, they could scarce avoid seeing the shore rendered black by the decayed animal and vegetable matter, or the carsases of dead animals in the different stages of putrefaction. In his re port to the Poor-law Commissioners, Mr. Apple ton, the medical officer, I presume, for the dis trict, describes this sewer and its effects in the follow. ing terms : "In the neighbourhood of an open sewer, a river of filth, formerly known as the Fleet Ditch, emptying itself near Blackfriars Bridge, fever is seldom absent." I name the above in proof of the magnitude of the evil, which the work ordered by the Committee of Blackfriars Bridge would, it is thought, tend to re medy. How that Committee had to do with the subject may be stated in a few words. the repairing and supporting of the bridge was re quired, as you are aware, partly by its decayed state, and partly by the deepening of the river, and danger to the foundation of the piers by the removal of old London-bridge, which had also increased the nuisance of the sewer by a greater exposure of the shore at low water. The enlargement of the waterway through the bridge, by dred t ing, as well as the lowering and ex tending of the watermen's causeways down to low-water, became contingent works, and increased the previous nuisance of the black mud settling under the first arch, and upon the causeway. 'I here were constant applica tions or petitions to the Committee, and I was asked to suggest a remedy ; a plan was proposed, contracted for, and has been partly executed. I was not aware until after the works had been nearly in their presen t, state, but Unit the app rova l o f th e C o mmissioners of Sewers had been given, and this appears to be a geeeral impression, though an erroneous one. The works are described by Mr. Kelsey as consisting of a culvert and tide flaps affixed at the mouth of the Fleet Sewer. I am informed that the jurisdiction of the Commissioners does not extend to the culvert, which is laid in the river, and which is by far the most impor tant part of the work. Mr. Kelsey's remarks, how ever, apply to both, and therefore I am called upon to explain the culvert also. The third objection is the stopping the discharge of fcetid or inflammable air from the sewer. I do not appre bend this would be the case, even if the space above the flaps were closed, as criginally intended. First,—Because at low water a portion of the iron culvert is open to the air :—and, secondly, Because the flaps are loose, so as to open and shut by a very small force. But at present it cannot be the case, as the space above the flaps, con taming an area of for:y-four feet, is perfectly open. And here also I shall be very glad to profit by Mr. Kelsey's suggestion, and to suspend very light boards in place of iron plates, over this space, without arguing the principle (one worthy of his very serious attention) whether the quantity of foetid air is not increased by the free admission of atmospheric air ?—and whether the closed sewers, which those of Westminster gene rally are, are not less offensive and less injurious, than an open-mouthed sewer like the Fleet ? To carry the air-admission principle to its extent, would be to make the open ditch preferable to the common sewer ; and to make London. which (notwithstanding its numerous defects) is the best sewered city in the world, the worst. In this second Report, '24th July, 1840, Mr. Kelsey again states his objections to the culvert and the flaps, which he illustrates by two cases of damage, or the ap prehension of damage—the first, by allowing (in 1777) the water of Dowgate Sewer to be converted into a mill power—certainly a rather extraordinary experiment to be permitted by the Commissioners ; the second, by the case of a storm of rain being prevented getting off, the tide being at the time high in the river ; and the third, by the occasional rising of the waters towards the upper end of the Fleet Sewer. Now, if I have been under stood in my description of the works at the mouth of the Fleet Se.ver, none of the cases arc at all applicable ; and I cannot see why Mr. Kelsey should have introduced them in his argument, because nothing is done. or in tended to be done, to interfere with or obstruct the free passage of the flaod•water down the sewer or into the river. Mr. Kelsey also repeats his objection to the stoppage of the discharge of fccid air from the mouth of the sewer, and the proof of this is afforded by the complaints of the inhabitants of Stonecutter-street, of foul air being forced into their houses by the gullies in Shoe lane having had stench flaps placed in them. Now, if Shoe-lane drain communicates with the Fleet sewer, which 1 believe it does, this is rather an unhappy illus tration, as it shows what the openmouthed sewer does ; whereas, if the sewer had been closed at the mouth and trapped at the street gratings, there would not have , been a rush of air up the sewer to force the feetid air 1 into the houses ; and thus the open mouth might be the cause of the rush of the nuisance. Dr. thrkbeek's opinion is produced, which was, that if stink-trips were formed in every gulley, and the air shut in, it would become so deadly that no human being could venture into therm This is a decided opinion against stink-traps with closed sewers, and yet stink-traps are now adopted in the close sewers without these effects. In his valuable letter to the Registrar. General, Mr. Farr, Assistant-Registrar, recommends large well-constructed trapped sewers as one of the means for removing the principal sources of the poi sonous exhalations ; indeed, I have never heard of any sewer o peration so fatal to human life as the cleansing of the Fleet Sew er was some twenty ye ars s i nce. Y et the sewer was then, as now, open next the river. But if the air were , by confinement, to become thus so m uch more deadly, might not a current b e p asse d throug h it, teol:festeiss,tarane thousands named s o th e nl \ r ti . thenoKyseaalnsme w Kelsey y e t a n .l o ie re n there is no occasion to descend, without a allowing it to rise at times into an i d i , d 4, a p in i; g t e a t t , i ) w t h t e w a h health o in f ei x B p 2 l( 6 - is , io a ti nd ot t g h a e s other in W l e B st 3 m 3 i . nstr eS ewers, one Even supposing Mr. Kelsey to be perfectly correct, I repeat that the air would not have been exclu d ed from th e Fl e et, as it isithtngeh his inth re e ,s c a, lo , s it ? g, sew e r I have r e f erre d to ; but a and the authorities he adduces, In]glit, in the present case ' warrant the inference tha t he is an advocat e f or sewers being op en at one end an d not trapped at th e other, allow i ng theair to blow through them, and to escape by the gratings into the streets. I cannot suppose this to be his gen eral opinion. If it is, it is disti nc tl y oppose d to my idea of the best s y stem for `pity sewers. and the prevention of nuisance and disease. I.n t 1: e i c ,t a h, s i e n k o ,v. g . a it s h fr N o i m r: the pipes forc ed in b y pres sure,that a current of would tend todissipate the gas, and therefore de- MR. KELSEY'S REPORT, IN REPLY TO MR WALKER. To the Honourable the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London and Liberties thereof. GENTLEMEN,—Having had the advantage of a perusal of the Report made by Mr. Walker to the Worshipful the Committee for conducting the reenrae tion of B:ackfriars Bridge, as communicated ;I, your Honourable Court on Tuesday, the Bth instant, I eery respectfully request leave to observe, as to those points which seem to impute that I have been guilty of making false statements, that my authority for mentioning tho the surveys of the Fleet Sewer by the Holborn and Finsbury Commissioners, was derived from Mr. Wil liam NVickings, many years Surveyor to that Commis sion, and who (in one of those periodical examinations,) fell upon the side of the punt and had two of his ribs broken ; and, that the practice had been still continued, I was led to infer from the occasional receipt of notices of the obstructed or dilapidated state of the sewers within the City, which could only have been known from actual observation. There is not a syllable in any of my Re ports to hang the insinuation upon, that I ever stated the Commissioners of the City had passed through the sewer :—that is wholly gratuitous, As to the cleansing of the sewer by using a punt, that was ordered to be adopted several years since by a contractor. It has certainly been discontinued, but cir cumstances might hereafter render it eligible ;. and as to the later examinations in boats by your officers, in nddi• tion to those of Roger Stonhouse, one was carefully made by Howarth in 1830, and repeated by Hogarth and myself, and one by William S intler in November, 1834. Their Reports were sufficiently fearful, but it pleased your Honourable Court to repose confidence in my opinioa, as to the tenacity of ancient although dread fully dilapidated brickwork, and take the risk of its clinging together, rather than strive to uphold that which would probably have brought down the incum bent houses in the attempt. ) These examinations were discontinued for fear we should see too much, and be frightened into an useless expenditure, upon that which was intended within a few years to be destroyed. This was done with the distinct knowledge of the Court, and the result has happily jus tified the risk which was incurred. As to the rise of water—after a storm it has corn. monly been about five feet, both in the county and in the city. That rise is looked for, and not wondered at ; but in September, 1839, the men were driven out, more than once, by the water rising about twelve feet in the west ern branch of the sewer in Farringdon-street. In the middle of October, 1839, the stream rose upon the men nine feet in the space of an hour, above the usual depth, in the western branch. It snapped a twos story ladder in two, and swept the lower end into the river, together with a quantity of timbering and scaf folding, with ninny deals, of which between forty and fifty were sexed by a man who chanced to be at the mouth of the sewer in a boat. He fished them up, and put them on some barges ; and James Brown, the contractor, commuted the salvage by giving bins i I.yeuty shillings for his trouble. On or about November 13, 1839, the water rose, at the end of Black Horse Alley, to within two feet of the crown of the arch, the sewer at that spot being fourteen feet four inches high, and during the late reparation of the sewer in Farringdon-street and Fleet Bridge (as well as in former reparations above Holborn Bridge), it It is been an often repeated or. urrence to tear ae ay the dams, sweep out the new bottoming, and force the men to flee for their lives. These facts can be attested by Mr. Brown and his men, as well as by Mr. Santler. As bearing upon the question of the sudden rising of a sewer after a storat, ou will allow me to mention, that, even with the headlong current of Holborn Hill, the water has risen three feet at a rush (in the old sewer), and flooded houses at the south end of Hatton Garden. With respect to the chances of obstructions oc curring from accumulations ; I have only to state•that the quantity of hard material, consisting of bricks, large stones, gravel, coarse sand, crockery, scc., almost entirely free from mud of any kind, but quite black, ranged in the sewers in Farringdon-street, from four to six feet in depth. Conceiving one fact to be of more worth than the result of a thousand reasonings, while expressing my apprehen sions, I have endeavoured carefully to avoid the sem blance of arguments in my reports, and confined my self to a succinct statement of circumstances which I believed to be facts, and have rt io n l e s f t ai sn it t pou t rpn o a y oy o r t u e t r xoab meinmat made ode n of Honour able Court to draw such inferences as those f a ct s wou ld justify such : olbsdeorvnaotito,ntsheorreta'osrsee,enter in reply to or in contradiction of arguments which have nvoicrioiussitcanrre y e i d n f g u I o m u t o r o e f t o h n a e n a t s o . ne paintver ofivatd that, existence i t tll : o a su s m im e i d ia p ri r y in , e .i i c p i l o e u w s o c u o l u d rs l e ea o d f t p o r o a c n e e a d b;s n u g r , d i i t n y a o n n m op y p p o a st r t t e , direction, would lead to an equal absurdity in another, and while it may be perfectly right to go owe certain length, it may be unjustifiably wrong to pass beyond it. Notwithstanding Mr. Walker's Report, I venture to hope that you as my employers will feel satisfied I have been, and am, only actuated by a wish fairly and faith fully to discharge my duty to you, and to free myself from blame, without impugning the veracity or dero gating from the skill of others ; and that the more espe cially as, while the concession of Mr. Roe rests PP" the concession that a valid guarantee can be given t• save both Commissions harmless, the whole bli the responsibility of preserving and secu rin g oto r l t i h: i n tne o s a free passage for the waters of the Hirer Fleet into the Thames, has been distinct ly' upon you, by the Commissioner s of th • and unreservedly Finsbury Division. 1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen. ri e l s o er ib v o e r d n ly a l e n f d t Your faithful Servant, RICHARD KELSEY, Surveyor. Sewer's Office, Guildhall, Sept. 15, 1840. LARGE s._Tliare are now i n t h e available hlPil =-.__--- Coburg Doc kS therfoEuAr . ol7sil l i fi:testand largest steamships the world, occupy i ng President, just arr i ve d here from the greater part of th qt , R y-ruom ; viz. New York ; the Great Liverpool, of th e M ed i terraremn line of ro y a l mail-ships ; and the Acalia and Caleclmia, of t h e Halifax and Boston royal mail line. The floating capital in these superb ships is imincnse.—Liveroo/ Standard. A N EXCUSE.--I‘liravaux Was onr.: day accosted by a sturdy beggar, who asked alms of him. " How is this," inquired Mi r a vaux , " that a lusty fellow like you Are unemployed?" "Ah !" replied the beggar, looking V. r Y. piteously at him, " if you did but know bow lazy I as The reply was so ludicrous and ucczpected, diet D3irpv4P 7 gave the varlet a piece of silver,