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- • , CONTRACT for COALS or her Majesty's , orncEsp.ooK-YARDS and the ADMIRALTY and MARINE Si ° : Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy S bl The Commissioner, for °let-place, 3d April, 1847 . executing the office of Lord High Admiral je t of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give !melee, that on TuuRsDAY, the 22d instaet, at one o'clock, they will tr lbc ready to treat with such rersons as may be willing to Contract eat , tier implying her Majesty's Dock Yards, or any one or more of them, ell :and the Admiralty and Marine Offices with COALS. A distribution of the Coa's, and a form of the Tender may be seen at the said office. 10f No Tender will be received after one o'clock, on the day of treaty, ir e nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorized in writing. Or g Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, of and bear in the left hand corner the words "Tender for /9 sod must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter Or Srr i segued by two responsible persons, engaging to become b ou nd with the person tendering, in the sum of 201. per 100 tons for the due per- Ile formance of the Contract. Itly NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU -001 RANCE SOCIETY. lb e . OFFICE, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. 51; 1 Empowered by Aet of Parliament. The system of Deferred Aunuraes, or;ginally proposed by the Ne e,' tional Loan Food Life Asserrar,ce Society, for the better advance- Ov anent of the objects of Benefit and Friendly' Societies, having received )1 0 the approbation of a consider-able body cf the active members and officers of those Institution', and the Directors of the National Loan iliC ll Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a lIC' Branch Office in connexi an with those Societies and the Operative c lesees generally, le w - oich their services might be successfully en (ii gaged, a Committee " nae been sanctioned by the Directors to open Or communication with ' , the different Societies, with the view of more eft:ctually dssem .aating the valuable benefits amongst the Indus li' Woes Classes, a' Ad a plait has been Proposed with that object. lir ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. Oil Many praleeletrahy but ineffectual attempts hare been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and IJ ej money the saltngs of the industrious classes, as well as various cal 010e, ciliation'. rev ulatiag their distribution, having for their object either I il limed' rte, contingent, or deferred benefits. ' A 'sight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con ad! str:settee of these associations or societies is defective; and that in ...;0 ?And of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, 'which should be the privilege of every one, they confine too liar s 0 rrowly the channel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; re Ct ' and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, O r their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual, or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision ; Sid in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a 0 pecuniary sacrifice ; white to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk lie f against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state 'ke t ' of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, Instead of covering, by one weekly or annual pay ment, two or inure lb e contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate 101 0 benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar fenctions,. and by confounding a sick allowance and lei l an annuity flunV n 'one and the self-same payment, that much of the ir evils and misma ent has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. 1 I No mechanisre n he so perfect for the management of a sick- Lif mess-fand provis ',as that afforded by the constant sectional asso (Of clatlon and watch nets of the several members composing it. By I, el this means a thorough and constant check is mutuallyexerclsed, and '2lone but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. 11 1)j ]fist the same perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable )p i l l where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results arc to bear out calculations, money investment the being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. I he For these reasons it is clear that the fends destined for a provision i n sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a I ti lf ; provision for old age :- Ist. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though a pp aren tl y 18 1/1- connected, do not depend on the same calculation. iri/ef 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to se cure a The larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing I lli' l for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, Id li ,i ' Continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible We ~ref nt voluntary associations , fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of iler ia such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial bottler. 1 11° 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when netted in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi a tbt mists still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en ,el danger the one for the sake of the other. In% Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge frOv of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing be ell Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing e ef ' or adopting a remedy for these and other evils ; and in this manner mO l 'f to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, (o f and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding P, . them from the risks of sudden dissolution. pe) After much diligent search amon;st the combinations ingeniously W e , proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal r is in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought Wi le° and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes , as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is trf illj true that the author of that plan has fttrnished an argument against tif provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex xo pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the h t ()° other part of the plan itself, without being fu ll y ea, isfied that the 11/ 3 eonventence and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be e it greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick eel allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to S them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of D; business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in- A S ' dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con e/ stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its e, , number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an- O rli nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, i and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected 1 35 4 with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies. will in their I re opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility , an d afford a protection rde,, - to the working classes in old age. and adversity , which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. artfi r Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. f h " John Fussell, C. 11„ Ancient. Order of Foresters. 0 • lil l John H. Gordon, U.S., Araelent Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.8., Amudent Order of Foresters. a fter Henry Hunt, P. 0., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. ' di le Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. 5 it l i J osep h Reeks, 8. 0 . F., O r d er o f Old Friends. 16 3 Samuel Timbre% D.C.R.. Ancient Order of Foresters. Ab le !I' DEFERRED ANNUITIES. d ( ° 3 Example. -A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay e titf ment of 11. Gs., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments cro of 2s. 2c1., may secure, on attaining the age of 60 , the opt i o n of ro t' ri oe "Islet Annuity, 101. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. Is. ; or a Policy Gi l l on his Life, 1371. 17 5 . Example. -A penes; aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at eo/9rl telling the age of GO, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by 09 the annual payment 0f90., or a single payment of 221.178.3 d.: iri° / or on payment of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to .0 0 the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. 11d., the same as ,:jof e or age 20. d i e d Example.-A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay mentelrS of ll y es., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment Of 28, ed., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re riY e to ceivin g A nnu ity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash do wn , 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on ilecl e his life 1751.'1 is. Example.-A person aged 35 next birthday, by the animal pay e er, ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payme'at of 78., or monthly payment of 2s. 21. may secure. on attaining the ago of 6:5, the option of re ineitij celving Annuity, 181. Os. 40. ; cash down, 1481. 125.; or a policy on oi per. his life, 1751. I Is. f hie LIFE ASSUR ANCE. 0 Example.-A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure 5 of' the sum of 100 1 . payable at his d oath , whene ver it ma y ha pp en, and be a l so participate In tee Annual Division of Profits, by the annual pay s, ment of 21. es. 3d. 20 5; Example.-A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay „lra' ment of 4s. per month, or ls. per week, may secure the s um of 1121.55. payable at his death. whenever it may happen, and like ie' hie wise share in the annual profits of the Society. ro , •b; F, FERGUSON CAMROUX , Secretar y . al' b 9 NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR a o r :e d ANCE SOCIETY, , r -.008 26, CORNHILL, LONDON, . 41 0 4 Capital .£-500,000. tbe , Empowered by Act of Parliament . 0.71 This Institution embraces important and su bstantial advantages , ! S oie with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for- O il feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); a 0 le ° also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in- A rre# tercets to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible t" rates. if t ae DIVISION OF PROFITS. ,9 1 The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society Vl° has enabled the Directors, at the la s t annual investi g ation . to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. o n the premiums paid e riti f .: on each Polley effected on the Profit scale. 00 EXAMPLES. ~,,e 0 2l y e ' 0 8.7 rit e 2 W ° ''' w l Bonus Bonus in 0 ..... Assure ', a g Premittni. d' eft ;f1 :,, added. Cash. E" - 2' t may ' a-, ft. - sorrow. „0 .9....;, re - - ---1.---- -.1-er' er' il and a 1837 4 21 1 15 1 , .E100 0 11,.£16 0 414145 0 0 0 £ £ s ' - ' 1838 ales 3 o' • Se 1 41 13 10 V 395 11 1 I 60 1000 3 4 , l e 1839 165 11 Iff, 74 1 9 1 • 11 3 1 34 t 2 3 1840 116 7 6 , 54 010 718 10 296 13 4 le . :clef ere I , . 18411 11l 681 49 10 01 710 4 247 4 5 Thn divisioa or profits is mutual, and the next will be made In December of the preseat year. • F. FEUGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. FIRE INSURANCES OF EVERT DESCRIPTION ARE UNDERTAKEN BY TUE SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COM PANT, 37, C.Nornhill, London, on the most liberal terms and conditions. Special risks reasonably rated. Renewal receipt! for insurances falling due at Lady-day are now ready. Printed portico] ars of the large bonus just declared in the L'fe Department may he had on application. F. G. SMITH, Secretary. 37. CernhilL Lryndon. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANT. Empowered by Act of Parliament. ADELAIDE -PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; No. 11, QUEEN-STREET, EDINBURGH; No. 30, OLDHAM-STREET, MANCHESTER ; and WASON'S-lIIIILDINGS, LIVERPOOL. The Compaay transact business to every department of Lift and Fire Assuranes, to Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. Am/sax—J. T. Clement, Esq. LIF/3 DEPARTMENT. A sum far more than equal to the valne of the policies is invested 111 the public securities, in the names of the trustees, so as to be at all times available. At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Life P•licies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of 5 per cent. was added to the Shares, in addition to the payment of the annual interest. For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, without a prospective bonus, a mew table at lower rates has been calculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may remain ori interest at 5 per cent. for five years, thus enabling a person to mete 'e his life for 1,0001. on the immediate payment of the premium Tor 5 001. only. The fellowing are the ailnw►l Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole Life, one-hi di •ef which may remain for five years by Merely paying the lutenist annually at five per cent.; and should the Policy become a clali IV. the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20, without profits •. LI 13 0 With profits ••••• • • • LI 18 0 30 •• •••• • • • ..... • . 1 19 3 40 ... • • 211 3 •••• • • • • • 3 1 3 For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies not usually advertised information may be obtained on application to t he Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company insure ho•asss, nirniture, stock in trade, farming stock, and every descriptic ea of personal property, against lose or damage by fire. Inauranoas may be etTecised for any pariel of time ; if for seven Fears, the Premium and Drily will only be charged liar six. JOHN BIGG, Secretary. tre a : tb . 0111,31 be Id( IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORN - MILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. HENRY JAMES FRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE FIEL D, Esq., Deputy Chairman. James C. C. Bell, Esq. D an iel Mildred, Esq. Michael Bland, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq. Charles Francis Cobb, F,sq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Andrew Colvile, Esq. Henry Pcarse, Esq. George Henry Cutler, FA. George Reid, Esq. George Hilbert, Esq. William IL Robinson, Esq. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. 'O UR-FIFTHS, or SO per Cent., of the PROFITS will he m il:Med to policies every fll th year, and may be applied to increase the M insured, to an imm , xliate payment in cash, or to the reduction r_ n d ultimate extinction. of future premiums, as shown in the follow mg example:— Pito. ITS to POLICIES of 25 YEARS STANDING, entitled to participate in the Bonus dcarred in 1846. Age ------ -- 7 — _ leash p.nirlon Or PrernHAnd an attr \ Sum Annual Bonus sur render reduced , nual re- Xn Y.llnsured. Premium. added. of Bonus. i to. . turn of. ---.. --H--- 1 5 t .£ s. d. £s. d. .£ a. d. !..£ s• d• £s• d. 2$ 11100 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3 86 9 : •••••• , ~ ao 1000 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2 81 5 01 •••••• 40 1000 26 14 2 451 6 0 236, 16 7 7195 1 50 WO 33 . 19 2 451 5028 4 0 6 4981 ••.. Go , 1001 .t.; 6 8 451 5 0 , : ,•, 5 91 1 .„•••• i 4 19 4 63 13 4,451 5 0 4 •. ; 4 12 5 •••••• .36 10 6 rate9 ltr4 neos Without participation j profits iff ecie " ro, uow p-etwois, and an 'explanato , itb.„..„gn'en by this Company, 1r statement of other advantages at the Branch-Ofuce, t use ()dices as .ty be bad . oar of Agents. 14fggll Si m M a t il- EL 1.N64Z414 Actuary. Le , I ser 4,gr" a 1. rh or letb"° ,O r ce 13°1• ila r l' Igt * of b, Esq. ' i 1 9 rr; 6t° 16 41 • . . ---- 16 4 i f :: ie-4 1130 _7 , X , „,...,,,-., : ts ~,. ~, ) ~.. , 4 ,t , • \,•': •_. ,- ' -'4 l ,- ) No. 17 01-6'• ON DON ) MONDAY - r 1 STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Constitnte,d by Act of Parliament, 1825.). • GOVERNOR: ills Grace the Duke of BITCCLE UCH and QUEENSBERRY. DePUTT-GOWERNOR. *The Right Hon. the 14r1 of ELGIN and KINCARDINE. ORM/41T DIRECTORS. John Robert Ted, Esq. John S. Newbigging, Esq, George Patton, Esq. Alexander Clapperton, Esq. Charles Pearson, Esq. David Smith, Esq. Eagle Henderson, Esq. . die, Esq. Sir James Eyre. M.D. I Edward Tho. Whitaker, Esq. James Gadesden, Esq. George Frederick Young, Esq. William Haigh, Esq. Jchn Lindsay, Esq. • Progress of the Standard Life Assurance Company during the year 1846: — The new Policies issued from the 15th of November, 1845, to 5 15 92 t o t h f e N n o u v m e mb number , of 1 p 8 r 4 . 6 p ,. s t s h e C m o a m d c p t u o ty t " t s e b c u n u e r t: a s n year, during am amounted e s d a „i t o e period being 769. The amount of New Assurances, covered by the 592 New Policies issued during the year, WNS 368,6791. 7s. 10d. (an average of 6251. for each Policy) ; the amount of Assurancetbapplied for during the year being 476,1351. 17s. 9d. The claims were moderate, botjt In number and amount, and considerably less than shown by this mortality tables on which the Company's calculations are founded.' The results in other branches of the business were favourable. The business of the Commercial Life Assurance Company of Scot land was transferred to the Standard Company during the year 1846, being 398 Policies, covering about 200,0001. of assarance ' and b e ing in addition to the new bushiest' of the year above reported. The business 01 the York and London Assurance Company, which was transferred to the Standard Company in 1844, continued to exhi bit satisfactory results in its progressive development. The revenue of the Company tbleeeded 120,000/. per annum. The Standard Life Assurance COmPe.ity Is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life Assurance to all who may seek its protection in that form which is best suited to Attain their object; while to those who look to the advantage to be• derived by way of bonus to their Policies from the favourable results of the business, there is every Inducement to connect themselves with the Company. Bonus additions to Policies have been declared on three °ma siona—in 1835, in 1840, and in 1845: The following are the examples oflr additions made : Policy of 1825 for £1 . „00 inc sad to £1,600 0 Do. 1830 " 'taw. .-'4lO. 1,412 10 0 Do. 1835 do. do. 1,225 0 0 Do. 1840 do. do. 1,087 10 0 An investigation of the Company's affairs, and a division of pro fits, are made every five years, the next being in 1850. Forms of proposal and every information may be obtained at the Company's Offices 3, George-street, Edinburgh; 82, King William-stree', London ; 66, Upper Sackville.street, Dublin ; 35, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow ; or at any of tbo Agencies which are established in the principal towns of Scotland, England, and Ireland. By order of the Directors, WILL. THOS. THOMSON, Manager. PETER E WART, Resident Secretary, 82, King William-street. George Moir, Esq. J. M. Melville, Esq. Humphrey Graham, Esq. John Sligo, Esq. Alex. James Russell, Esq. William Wood, Esq. William Keith, Esq. ITALY YEA BELGIUM, TIIE RHINE, SVirITZERLAN9, AND THE ALPS. A Family of the highest respectability,' going to fALY by the above picturesque route, world hays no objec tion to take charge cf any YOUNG LADY or GENTLEMAN in edited tor the tour. ;,As they intend to reside permanently in the most salubrious and aristocratic capital of the south, .where they will h.ve access to the society of the court and nobility, arrange ments might be made to secure to a respectable young person these rare and most desirable advantages, No applications attended to, which do not be►r the name and address. Address 0.P,Q., Peel's Hotel, 178, Fleet-street, London. James Col EASTER lIOLIDAYS. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. RAJ LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, Mornings and Evenings curing the week. The GYMNOTUS ELECTRICUS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited in a TRANSPARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORK ING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied Owical Effects include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experiments with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &C., &C. Admission Is. Selmols,half-Price. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. JOAN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens ,Esq. George Lyall, Esq., 51. P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Moat 4, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Jan., Esq. John Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. RITDI TORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. I Henry Norman, Esq. Acruattv—OrMith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at 'ow Rates without participation In the Profits ; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 530,0001. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under M. In the rEIE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 3th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1845, and the same s now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady day must be reneweA within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be come void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. BOWL ANDS' ODONTO, or, PEARL DEN TIFRICE, a FRAGRANT WHITE POWDER, prepared from oriental herbs of inestimable virtue for preserving and beauti fying the TEETH and strengthening the GUMS. It eradicates tartar from the teeth, and thus lends a salutary growth and freshness to the gums. It removes from the surface of the Teeth the spots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness; while, from its salubrious and disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness and perfume to the breath. Being an anti-scorbutic, the gums also share in its corrective powers; scurvy is eradicated from them, and a healthy action and redness are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) are thus rendered firm in their sockets. As the' most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever know, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a long series of years occupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe. Price 2s. 9d. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis sioners of Stamps have directed the proprietors' name and address to be engraved on the Government stamp, thus "A. ROIVLA.ND aid EON, 20, Batton-garden, " which is affixed on each box. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. " rr 0B .E S 0 L D." now oft on the newspaper sheet wo behold This inviting advertisement-phrase, To be Sold." E. MOSES and SON beg to copy this jargon In its fullest extant —" To be sold a great bargain." Many " Lots' of attire at this warehouse appear, And the public aro coming to bid far and near ; While thousands of " bargains" are daily `‘knock'd down" At the - Dress Mart of MOSES—that Mart of renown. One " Lot" is a very remarkable " Lot," Such as no other House in the kingdom has got. Fifty thousand light Wrappers are offer'd for sale, The fashions of which you will heartily hail ; And as many choice Dress Coats are here " To be sold," And Frock Coats as well, which you all should behold. Another prime " Lot" is a " Lot" of rich Vests, And Trouse w rs, hose elegant fashion arrests. In addition to these there are "Lots" of prime Shoes," And " Lots" of prime Boots, such as none would refuse. E. MOSES and SON would invite your attention To their " Lots" of choice Hats, so deserving of mention. And they also refer, with the greatest of pride, To the Hosiery goods at their Warehouse supplied. till night ; TTohetia.titrensatiloens,owfmalelhMeoosnstirs, nu,letOfroSEmSmino;nitieag And they trust you'll remember the Auctioneer's jargon, Which they quote for themselves, "To be sold a great bargain." This lISTABLISIIMENT will be CLOSED on TUESDAY EVENING, SIX o'clock, till FRIDAY MORNING, Seven o'clock, when business will be resumed as usual, LIST OF PRICES. NAM TO MICABVILL. Cashmere Codrington, from .... ••••.. • • . • • Taglionis, silk collar and cuffs •• Cambridge Coat, lined throughout • • ... ••• . • ..-• • • 2 6 0 Tweed Coats • • • .... •••••• • • .. • . Sporting Coat ••..••.•• • • • . • • • ••• • • • 013 6 Dress Coat.... • ...... ..... ............... 112 0 Bost quality manufactureti Frock Coat .. . Best quality manufactured ••••..••• • • • .. • • • ... • • 3 3 0 Rich pattern Vests • • .... •••••• •• • • • . .............. 0 8 Cashmere, or cloth. •••..••• • • • • • • • .......... 9 8 6 Tweed Trousers ... • ..... •••• .. • • 0 8 0 Single-milled Docskin ditto .... • • • • • • • • Best, or Dress ditto .. • • .... • ..... ••• • • Boys' Hussar or Tuaic Suits ........ • • ........ • .. • • 1 5 0 READY MAHE. - Casinnerotte Codrington • Cambridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and all the newest patterns ........ • • • • Tweed Coat ••.••• • • • • • ••• • • from 0 lit fi Spr ting dittio ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • •• • •• • 6 6 Dress Coat ••••••..•.. •••••• ..•..•.. I 0 0 Extra SuperflsP, a superior cs.tt .••••... . •• • .. ..• .. •• I I IS 0 Frock Coat .•••• • • • • • •• • ..... • ...... •• .. from 1 4 0 Extra Superfine, a superiJr coat .... •• • • • • 2 2 0 Vests .. ••• • .. ••• • • • • ..... •• .• 0 Z 0 Fancy Satins ...... ... ••.•••• • •• • • • 0 6 6 Cloth, or Cashmere •••••••• • • • • • • • • • •••••••••••••• e 4 6 Tweed Trousers. ...... ••••••• • • • . • .. ••••••.. • • .. 0 4 6 Fancy Cassimere or Doeskin Boys Tunic and Hussar suits• ••••• • • • • ......... .....0 18 6 Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if net approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. V. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, *Flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot aid Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Wineries. and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City. London. Caution.—E. 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CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering front the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co.,' Consulting Surgeons, No. GO, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, Ste. Su, CONTENTS OP TUE WORE, Chap. 1. —Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by Inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Thal Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused by the practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease •f the Prastate. Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. 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The following is the report of Captain Coddington, the Government railway inspector, on the late accident on this line, near Hessle. Though the report is not very clear, on the specific cause to which the accident is trace able, it discloses quite enough to show that there is, so far as the public safety is concerned, room for ameliora tion in the management of this section of the railway monarch's dominion, tit matters more particularly relat ing to the coupling Of engines, intermixture of goods waggons with passenger trains, and the general inade quacy of the permanent way and rails, which were laid down, it seems, seven years ago, without at all partaking since of those modern improvements in structural strength which would have been calculated to carry with security engines of a size and weight at present apparently dis. proportioned to the stamina of the line'spermanent way:— "Railway , Department, 29, Great George - street, Westminster March 19, 1847. " Sir,—l have t o re p or t, f or the information of the Commissioners of Railways, that, according to my in structions, I proceeded to Hull, and on the 15th and 16th instant made an inquiry into the circumstances relating to an accident which occurred on the 21st of February to the mail train, on the Hull and Selby Railway : the inquiry having reference to the applica tion of the mayor and council of Hull, requesting an investigation, as the cause of the accident did not ap pear to have been traced at the coroner's inquest which was held upon the bodies of two persons who were killed by _it. _ - . arranged a meeting " On my arri va l a t H u ll, I waited on the mayor, and at the offices of the railway company, at which the p assengers by the train, who had not an opportunity of appearing before the coroner, might come forward, as well as any other parties who considered that they had information to impart. " I also made a; .insr,fction of the line at the spot where the accideatippen6d, and examinedthe engines, carriages, and waggons, their mode of construction and connexion. " The meeting was attended by the mayor and seve ral ma - gisrates and gentlemen. The coroner was also present, the gentlemen of the press, and several of the public. The evidence occupied that day and part of the following. The *minutes which I took are annexed td this report. " They did not supply any information explanatory of the cause of the accident, but detailed its effects. " But from the inspection I made both of the line and the carriages, &e., I feel confident that the following account will •be ds near the truth as the circumstances afford means to arrive at. " The train was drawn by two engines in front; then followed—a passengers' luggage van; three fish waggons; eight passengers carriages, of different classes; one fish waggon. " The leading engine, the Kingston,' is a single en gine, having 5 feet 6 driving wheels, 13 inch inside cylinders, 18 inch stroke, weighing, according to Mr. Cabrey's judgment, about 14 tons, of which eight tons were on the driving wheels. It is connected to its tender by shackle bolt, withcut springs. The tender has springJmffers in rear, and a draw-chain and hook, 3 feet four inches long, the projection of the buffers being 1 foot 8 inches. •' The second engine, No. 63, is one of 'Mr. Stephen son's long boiler patent, made by Wilson, of LeEds. It has six feet driving wheels (four coupled together), 15 inch outside cylinders, 22 inch stroke, weight 22 tons. " The whole length of this engine is 22 feet 6 inches, an.l the distance from front to hind axle is 11 feet 8 inches. The cylinders overhang in front of the leading wheels, and the fire-box overhangs in rear of the trailing wheels. It is connected to its tender by shackle with tapvred bolt, and India-rubber buffers kept in contact. The tender has spring buffers behind, and draw-chain and hook, length 2 feet 6 inches, projection of the buffers 1 foot 1 inch. " The middle wheels of the engine are without flanges. " The passengers' luggage van is a covered carriage, on four wheels, and is provided with spring buffers and screw couplings. " The three waggons used for fish are the ordinary goods waggon pattern, with solid framing, the cheeks projecting about a foot, hooped with iron, being without stuffing, springs, or any mode of deadening concussion, when they come in contact ; they have no screw coupling, but are connected together by draw-chains, which, when hooked up as closely as the links admit, leave an interval between of 9i inches. " The carriages are all provided with spring buffers, and screw couplings of a proper description. "As I observed from the evidence of Mr. Mennen, the station-master, given before the Coroner, that The carriages were all properly coupled in the usual way' when the train started, I attended in the station the arrival of four trains, and examined the manner in which they were coupled. "The first was a market train, having four waggons next the engine , followed by ten carriages. The wag gons had chain couplings only; when in draught the in tervals between them were as follows:—Engine and first waggon, four inches; first and second waggon, seven inches; second and third waggon, eighteen inches; third and fourth waggon, seven inches; in every case being connected by the full length of the chain. The three other trains had each a covered waggon without buffers, next the tender, and before the carriages. The inter vals varied between seven and ten inches. The carriages were all properly screwed up, and the spring buffers in contact. "The permanent way is laid on longitudinal timbers, the rail being of the old Croydon pattern, in fifteen feet lengths, fa,stened by a joint chair at each end, and spikes at the centre of the rail driven into the timber, not through the rail, but closely touching it, one on the inside and one on the outside; in addition a spiko is driven on the outside, o'ne foot from each end. "It appears from the evidence that the train started nearly to its time, beidg between two and four minutes late; that its calculated time for arriving at Castleford, forty-tw o miles, is one hour and three - quarters , leaving ten minutes m ore t o adjust its meeting the mail from t h e north. It h a d eight intermediate stations a t whi ch it was liable t o ca ll if t h ere were p as sengers to take up or set-down. T o d o th i s the train mus t travel, while in motion, at a con s id era bl e , b ut no t at an unusual speed. "CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENT. " The accident appears to me to have arisen in this manner. The two engines were not coupled closely to gether, as is proved by the fact that after they stopped they remained coupled, the second engine beidg twelve inches off the line. The second engine, therefore, had sufficient room to acquire considerable lateral oscillation, and it is known that engines of that peculiar construc tion, owing to the leverage of the heavy overhanging extremities, are more subject to acquire oscillation at considerable speed than any other kinds. This oscine. tion may have been increased by the fact that the driv. ing wheels of both engines were not of the same diameter, so that they could not beat together, and might at certain moments be oscillating in opposite directions, the pull then nggravating such tendency. " The permanent way, which has been laid down seven years, is laid according to what at that time was con sidered of full strength, with a rail of 511b5., but which was not contemplated to carry engines of the size and weight now constructed, as No. 63 ; it has therefore proved insufficient, to resist its oscillations. The mode of fastening also, which leaves six feet six inches of rail without lateral support, is against its power of resistance. "In my opinion, these oscillations having acquired suf ' ficient violence to bend the rail at A, in the rebound towards B (see Mr. Cabrey's drawing), the engine bent that rail so suddenly, that it formed an angle, over which it mounted, its weight eutting off the inside web, and breaking the chair at the joint ; it then rolled along the longitudinal timbers,; being restrained by the coupling of the leading engine, which did not give up, from going completely off the line. "The waggons following, noa , being fastened closely, did as not to fall in to. the spot where the bent rail wa s o happenndsopassed on in safety ; but in the waving motion which a train assumes, a carriage further back was the first to enter the bend, when it immediately went on as the engine did ; but its coupling having broken, it came to a sudden stop upon the ballast, when all the remainder of the train was dashed against it with suffi cient force to destroy and throw them all off, except the two last. " I think, therefore, tha t a variety of causes, each perhaps insufficient to produce danger, have, by a n un fortunate concurrence , contrib uted to produce the disaster. a ny are to lt em ployment of two and ev en more en gines is of daily occur rence on almost every line, and is not considered unsafe; and, in this case, bad not the en g ine which went off been blamei s difficult under to t d h e n fi define . The e circumstances. to what extent t h e com p restrained by the leading engine, the consequences would in all probability have been more serious. On the other hand, had the waggons which escaped been of proper construction, and tightly connected togeth er , th ey wou ld have been the first to go off, and having to bear the brunt of the collision, the passengers in the carriages behind might have escaped better than they did. The rails are certainly, in my opinion, too light, with their present system of fastening, to bear very heavy engines at high velocities; and although I do not trace this acci dent to the presence of common goods waggons in a passenger train, yet I think the attention of the company should be called to the subject, and its discontinuance pressed upon them. " It is not that the sending of fish by the passenger trains is objectionable ; but that in the same way as car riages;trucks, horse-boxes,luggage.une , guards' breaks, &c., are all made with the same care, and provided with the same springs and fastenings as the .passenger car riages are made with. So, if the comp an y requ i re to transport fish with passengertrains, they should be bound to provide proper carriages for their conveyance. These fish waggons may not have tended to produce the acci dent, and yet the . looseness or want of solidity they gave the train may possibly have enabled the engine (No. 63) to acquire greater oscillation than it otherwise would,— I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, (Signed) CODDINGTON, Capt. ILE• , " Inspector of R a il ways. " The lion. Fred. W. A. Bruce, Secretary, &c., &c." • The members of the Royal Yacht Club of RuFsin have lately purchased the schooner, yacht Georgia, 173 tons, from NV. 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Nothing more than the furniture and fittings are being removed; the walls, roof, and floor remain untouched; and that chamber will not only throughout the re mainder of the present session, but, probably, for some time longer, be used as a passage from the en trance near Abingdon-street to the new House of Lords, which building is now on the eve of com pletion. Respecting this portion of the Palace at Westminster the strongest interest and curiosity are felt. It has been seen by a few who are judges of art ; by a few others who reward it as they would any of the sights with which London abounds ; and the united reports of both classes have sent forth accounts of its graceful splendour, noble pro portions, artistic beauty, and admirable adapta tion to its purposes, which, certainly, have not taken the world by surprise, for great re sults were universally expected ; but the occasion supplies a favourable opportunity to perform the grateful task of giving to these vague rumours con firmation and consistency—of assuring the nation that the hundreds of thousands already expended on this vast undertaking, as well as the sums yet to be simi larly applied, will produce commensurate advantage, while the liberality and taste of this country and of the present generation must be largely acknow ledged by our immediate descendants, and rewarded by the admiration of distant countries and future ages. The more immediate purpose with which we now notice the new Palace is to describe the House of Lords, which of course c ons tit u t es th e mos t dis 4i4guished and dignified" - ticrtion of .this magnificent edifice. That it forms an appropriate and pre-emi nent feature in our great temple of legislation, is a pro position on which no judgment can be pronounced without at least a cursory glance over the whole of this splendid structure. The reader who has not yet had the good fortune to survey its outlines must be told that to the eastward it presents a frontage of nearly one thousand feet—consider ably upwards of nine hundred ; that when complete it will cover an area of nine statute acres ; that the great tower at the south-western extremity, which has already been raised to the height of 90 feet, will ultimately reach the gigantic elevation of four hundred ; that towers of lesser magnitude will crown other portions *of the building; that fourteen halls, galleries, vestibules, and other apartments of great capacity and noble proportions are contained within its limits ' • that it comprises eight official residences, each first-rate mansions, fit to receive families of distinction ; that twenty corridors and lobbies are required to serve as the great roadways through this aggregation of edifices ; that two and thirty noble apartments facing the river will be used as committee-rooms ; that libraries, waiting-rooms, dining-rooms, and clerks' offices, exist in a super abundant measure ; that eleven greater courts and a score of minor openings give light and air to the interior of this superb fabric ; that its cubic content exceeds fifteen millions of feet, being one-half greater than St. Paul's ; and that it contains not less than between five and six hundred distinct apartments, amongst which will be a chapel for Divine worship, formed out of the crypt of old St. Stephen's. With such facts presented afresh to the minds of some readers, and for the first time offerel to the pe rusal of the great majority, we now proceed to de scribe the gorgeous apartment in which the Peers of England are to deliberate from day to day, and in which the three branches of the Legislature will at stated times assemble. It is to be reached from the new House of Commons by a long line of stately halls, ante-rooms, and corridors ; but the immediate vestibule of the Upper House is a great triumph of art, a fine specimen of exquisite though subdued beauty. By a gradual and agreeable progression, the admiring stranger is led from one degree of ele gance and splendour to another, till he gains sight of the throne. Folding doors of burnished brass, formed of delicate tracery, in the style of the florid Gothic, admit the House of Commons to the bar of the Peers; and the spectator, proceeding by that route, enters a room, ninety feet by forty-five feet, and in height forty feet. The ceiling first attracts attention. It is not arched, but perfectly horizontal ; mas sive ribs, carved and gilt, divide it into eighteen compartments, and each of these is subdivided into five minor compartments or panels, the ground of those panels being azure, enriched with heraldic de vices. The ribs are, of course, supported by corbels and by spandrils, perforated. At each point in the ceiling where the ribs intersect each other there are pendants, which greatly enhance the beauty of that portion of the building ; but there are no depending lights—no lustres, no chandeliers swinging from the roof, to conceal elegance or cover deformity. The length of the House of Lords extends from north to south, and during the day it will be lighted by twelve windows, six on either side—which nearly reach to the ceiling, but do not approach within twenty feet of the floor. These apertures are to be double glazed, the inner portion being stained glasl f One of this number has already been finished, it ex cites much and deserved approbation, but the other eleven windows let in at present more light than the architect intends they should eventually supply, for it is obvious that their effect will be much softened by the influence of the intended staining of the glass; the general result, therefore, now is more glare from the unrestricted admission of light than will ulti mately be found to prevail. The completion of the windows will, doubtless, add much to the elegance of this apartment, though it will somewhat subdue the magnificence which now dazzles every beholder. Upon the same level with the windows, but on the northern and southern walls, are six compart ments' three on each extremity of the House, fi ve o f which are now temporarily covered with figured damask. They are ultimately to be filled with fresco paintings One of these six which stands immediately over the throne has been completed ; the subject is the baptism of Ethelbert. It is to be hoped that at all events the three frescoes at the south end will be en- trusted to one artist, for the effect of dissimilar styles upon one short wall could not fail to offend even the most uncultivated taste. Such an appro priation of space would constitute no monopoly, for the compartments throughout the new palace in tended for frescoes almost exceed calculation. With these no progress can be made until the several apart ments in which they exist shall have been cleared of the ordinary workmen, and resigned to the exclusive possession of the artist. The spaces between the se veral windows and compartments are fourteen in number, and they contain niches which are yet to be filled with statues of the barons who obtained Magna Charta. _ _ Having now disposed of the upper That of the House, we descend to the galleries. That which is intended for the admission of strangers bearing Peers orders occupies the north wall, and contains accommodation for about one hundred and fifty per sons. The throne and the reporters' gallery fill spaces of pretty nearly equal extent, but at opposite ends of the House. With the exception of those spaces there is carried round the entire apartment a light gallery, consisting of only one line of seats, and capable of containing about one hundred and eighty persons. This portion of the building will, we un derstand, be appropriated to a few ladies, and to Members of the House of Commons. The railing which protects these seats is a very beautiful speci men of brass work and enamel. The only other gal lery is that intended for reporters, which is placed in front of that for strangers, but considerably nearer to the floor, and immediately over the bar. The situation thus appropriated for reporting is certainly , in the most favourable position that could be as signed for that purpose, consistently with the accom modation of the Peers and the architectural arrange ments of the building. The floor of the House presents to the eye of the spectator three principal divisions, which extend transversely, viz., from east to west, each occupying the full breadth of the apartment, but unequal parts of its length. In the upper or southern division are the throne, together with the spaces assigned to dis tinguished foreigners and eldest sons of Peers. The boundary of this division is fifteen or sixteen feet from the south wall. Next comes the central region, or " body of the House," which seems capable of containing the four hundred and forty Lords spiritual and temporal. The table and woolsacks will of course occupy the middle portion of the floor. At either side of these are placed, on ascending steps, five lines of benches, covered with scarlet morocco leather, which will be of course reserved for the exclusive use of the Peers. The woolsacks have not yet been intro duced. It is to be hoped they will bear such i a re semblance to that which they are intended to imitate as similar pieces of furniture did in the old House of Lords, and not be such mean looking squabs as cum bered the temporary building during the last 13 years. The body of the House is about fifty feet in length, by the full breadth of forty-five feet. The north ern or lower boundary of this division is called the b ar, where the Speaker, accompanied by the assembly over which he presider, stands when summoned to attend her Majesty or the Royal Commissioners. From that place gentlemen of the long rube add ress t h e H ouse in its judicial capacity ; witnesses are also there ex amined, and culprits are arraigned. The space below the bar will afford standing room for two or three ~ . . • -, : - --"-n „ , ‘.'-•';,,,:÷;,;-;:,!;.=)-%,.. „ ~ : t ~ 47.,:,-troA',*'Z,- -....:______ - -1. . f 4 fm ~ 4, .4 , . ', , Vt.' . ~....._,,,,, _ ~,,,..!, , A , ,,., imor -,,,..„1,A-- ~, APRIL 5, 1847. PRICE SD. hundred of those who are entitled to fill that locality, and the House, if completely occupied in all its parts, seems capable of accommodating at least eleven hun dred persons. The throne, an account of which has till now been postponed, is not therefore the less deserving of attention and admiration. Hitherto this portion of the Upper Chamber was an affair of velvet an: gold lace, with a canopy like a great window curtain. It remained for the excellent taste of Mr. Barry to dispense with those cumbrous draperies that seemed to enshroud the Sovereign ; and though retaining abundant gorgeousness, the new throne is distinguished by an airy, light, and graceful character which harmonises at once with the building and with the monarch. The plat form, on which her Majesty's chair will stand, is ascended by four steps, and constitutes a sort of central compartment, on either side of which, forming as it were two wings, are minor elevations, where chairs for Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales are to stand, the latter on the right of the Queen, the former on the left. The frame work of her Majesty's chair of state is of course carved and gilt, but it is also, we understand, studded with crystals. In other respects the structure of these seats is conformable with the established fashion of such furniture, which, for the enlightenment of those who luxuriate in mat ters of upholstery, we may state to be crimson velvet and gold embroidery. The arms of her Majesty are emblazoned on the central chair, those of the heir apparent on the chair appropriated to that interesting young personage, while Prince Albert's chair is adorned with his own shield, surmounted by the multitudinous crests which Germans of gentle blood are usually entitled to display ; and now that we are On the aubjeet beraldy it - may be art welt ti men-` tion that the arms of the successive chancellors, placed in juxta-position with those of the monarchs under whom they served, are emblazoned upon shields in a line, formed on the wood ceilings, under the side galleries. It is impossible, finally, to conclude our description of the throne without stating, than in its most ele vated and conspicuous parts there are five niches, in which statuettes will be placed, fully armed, each in the costume of one of the five British orders of knighthood. Ventilation, illumination, and temperature yet remain to be noticed. Ever since the destruction of the old Houses of Parliament, the theory and practical arts of giving air and warmth to large public buildings have been exposed to an amount of discussion and controversy which has exalted the apparent importance of these subjects far above the local, the structural, or the decorative diffi culties whereon an architect was wont to exhibit the power of his professional resources and the extent of his individual contrivance. Ventilation and acoustics seem to have been regarded as the approbria of modern architecture. While the tem porary Houses were resigned, like the unclaimed bodies of paupers, to all the vicissitudes of scientific experiment, the new palace, and its future inhabi tants, were apparently looked upon as instruments for advancing the great cause of ventilating philo sophy—as creations subservient to the science by which heat, cold, and moisture were tempered, dis tributed, or denied. When the force of public opinion, however, eventually reduced ventilation to its true level, and curtailed the eccentricities of its practice, three portions of the new building—the House of Lords, the Royal ante-chamber, and the public lobby were withdrawn from Dr. Reid and confided to Mr. Barry, for ventilation. As might na turally be expected, such a transfer imposed on Mr. Barry the necessity of meeting the defects of Dr. Reid's system as well as the older evils of having no system. Accordingly there are to be no local draughts ; no stains on walls or doors resulting from these " ill winds ;" no movement or dispersion of dust by the ingress of air ; no sudden changes of temperature ; no necessary derangement of the whole system by the imperfection or failure of apparatus in a distant part of this vast pile. These objects are secured by an impervious floor, warmed from un derneath with hot air, like a Roman bath; by a central foul air chamber and chimney which carries off the vitiated atmosphere and assist in main taining an equable, imperceptible movement to the extent of ten thousand cubic feet per minute. The air by which the floor is warmed receives its heat in tubes traversing a steam cockle supplied by one of Lord Dundonald's boilers. Underneath the solid floor of the public lobby, where that apparatus and its furnace are placed, the heated air passes ; thence it spreads over the under surface of the equally im pervious floors of the House of Peers and the Royal ante-chamber, and, by the same well-known pro perty of heated air to ascend, it eventually rises to certain reservoir chambers above • the ceiling. From these reservoirs it enters the apartments, descending almost imperceptibly by the walls, and becoming cooled as it passes the windows. When arrived at the level where respiration and animal heat de teriorate and again warm it, the air is drawn to wards the centre, and upwards, to be ejected through a foul air chimney by the draught of a flue, and by Bell's steam jet. The novel application of a jet of steam to displace air is founded on the fact that when the former is produced at a pressure of thirty two pounds to the square inch, it actually sets in motion 217 times its bulk of air : so strong a pressure as this, however, is not used in the House of Lords. Precisely the same apparatus which gives heat in winter will produce coldness in summer, by substituting water from the artesian wells around the tubes in the steam cockle. Thus it will be seen that the manifest differences between Mr. Barry's and Dr. Reid's plans—the solid impervious nature of the floor—stands prominent, while the pure atmosphere, instead of ascending through the dusty floor from below, descends through the ceiling from above, and the current, unlike the ghost in hamlet, brings with it " airs from heaven," not " blasts from hell." The means of illumination adopted are the well known and' ingenious inventions of Mr. Faraday. The air necessary for combustion is supplied from without ; the vitiated atmosphere is removed by means of its own high temperature ; and the whole results of lighting the apartment are obtained by having the burners at once inside the house as far as illumination is concerned, but outside the building as far as regards all the products of combustion—de creeing a practical divorce between light and heat. The burners above described are twenty in number on the side walls, - two to each of the spaces between the windows, a proportionate number on the walls at either end of the house, besides several candelabra springing from the door. The transmission of sound in the new building is a subject on which of course there has been much unprofitable discussion. At present there is no reverberation in the House of Lords ; and we understand that every possible pre caution has been taken, and every imaginable expe dient adopted, to enable those who take a part in the proceedings of that assembly to make themselves heard with facility and effect. It would be premature to anticipate either failure or success ; but the latter is by far the more probable result. Experience of several nights' debating will be required to determine the question, for the galleries, as well as the spaces below the bar and about the throne will at first be crowded with people who come rather to admire architecture than to hear oratory. Before bringing this article to a close, a few " more last words" are necessary with reference to the general state at present of this great national under taking—this magnificent domicile of a Legislature, that comprises the statesmen, the warriors, the judges, and the prelates of the most powerful empire of the world. The exterior of the new Palace' at Westminster has been criticised suffi -ciently, though with rather a premature anxiety to pronounce a judgment, which the most skilful and the most learned in architecture can scarcely yet form with any degree of confidence. The three great towers, upon which the general effect of the external aspect of the building must mainly depend, have not yet risen much above the line of the roofing. The removal of Westminster bridge, and the formation of the eastern terrace — works not even commenced—must exercise a vast in fluence over the exterior character of the edifice ; a few years, however, will suffice to should p ri at n rhn xtim g em a ae l ffe l nirsotf_o thhtaits contro versy on these subjects — if a n y such a point, as that the admirers of Mr. B arry ' s genius w eniv a s s maytohis ignreeavteryde work, and t noble proequally fe pt s sn. i o oi n eminentlt is impossible to take conviction that s urvey of the new palace without a d ee p that the years already spent, and hereafter to be con sumed in rearing it up from its broad foundatio ns , have not been misappli e d . Y et much time must elapse before the last of the artists and workmen can be made to disappear from its precincts. The walls and the roof of the House of Commons are complete, but the other portions of that important chamber have not yet been brought into view; though for anything that appears to the contrary the joiners' work may be all ready on the builder's premises. The same may be said of the Royal Gallery, the Central Hall, St. Stephen's Hall, St. Stephen's Porch, and various other portions of the building. The Royal ante-room, how ever, is nearly complete, and so are a large proportion of the committee-rooms.—Times. Dispatches wer‘l sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial• office, for the Governors of the North Atnrri. can Colonies, . A ~ . _ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PoßTemouTH, SIINDAY,—The Sidon steam frigate is ordered away to Lisbon immediately with marines and stores for strengthening the force under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker. The marines will it is reported, be landed at Fort St. Julian. So peremp tory an order, accompanied with injunctions for the ut most possible dispatch to be used in embarking the.troops and putting to sea with'them, yesterday moThing iaatu rally created much excitement and speculation as to the cause, which was in nowise diminished when the party from this division, under the command of Captain Not loth and Lieutenant Croker, marched out of their quar ters about an hour after receiving the order, proceeded to the dockyard, and at once embarked in the Sidon, which vessel had warped alongside the jetty, and was being supplied as fast as possible with stores, fuel, coals, provisions of various kinds for the sudden increase, Sce., of in t e e d last ma war.n?. w hoAwitnessedt sixo,c i o'clock presenting a pi c t ure o f b ust l e and preparation which re mkoflathste ev e ning almost a daily reinforcement of marines, c ons i s ti ng o f one capta i n, t h ree fu ev rt e h n e t r s subalterns, three sergeants, three corporals, one drum mer, and 138 privates, arrived by the South-Western Railway, and at once embarked from the Clarence yard, in boats of the Victory, on board the Sidon, which vessel has been taking in stores all night, and now continues loading. It was expected she would have 'left in the night, but being unprepared for the reception of troops her departure has been necessarily delayed. Sh e will b e paid advance, and leave for Lisbon direct. Another vessel (the Terrible, we are informed) will follow the Sidon with marines forthwith. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne, will be undocked to-morrow if possible, and prepared for sea with all dispatch. The Odin steam-frigate, Captain Williams, left this morning for Ireland, with seed corn. The Cygnet, 6, Commander Somerille, sailed yester day morning for Sheerness, to be paid 6 , ff. The Myrtle steam-tender, Second-Master Battiston, proceeded yesterday with Mr. Bellamy, Assistant- Master-attendant, to Brook, Isle of Wight, for the pur pose of raising and bringing away the guns, and some of tke heavy part of the machinery of the Sphynx, which were unavoidably left behind when that vessel was hove off the shore, The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fitz , darence, was masted yesterday. The Kestrel brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Baker, has hoisted the pendant, and is entering men, it is said or service on the South-east Coast of America station. - A little consternation prevails in the DoekyardeP.wing to the: igoposedr-Quperaknutecion, -within the last two days, of a great number of inferior officers in the esta blishment, said to be consequent upon the promulgation of the Secretary to the Admiralty s (Mr. Ward's) re cent order for the better regulation of promotions in Dockyards. It is due to the London and South-Western Railway Company to stute, that all seed, meal, corn, or other provisions forwarded for shipment along their line of railway by the relief association, ic; carried free of all charge whatever, such provisions, &c., being understood as for the relief of the prevalent diArt ss in Ireland and Scotland exclusively. Many thousand tans have already been carried free by this liberal and efficient company. The following promotions and appointments have taken place during the past week : PROMOTIONS. Commanders —Charles %Vise (1842), of the Hibernia, to the rank of Captain, and appointed to the Inconstant, vice Fremantle, to the Albion. Lieutenant—A. P. Eardley Wilmot (1840), Flag- Lieutenant to Sir W. Paker, to the rank of Commander, vice Wise. promoted. Mate—Wray R. G. Palliser (1845), of the Vanguard, to the rank of Lieutenant, vice Wilmot, promoted. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Sidney Colpoys nacres, to the Avenger, vice Potbury, to the Growler. Commander—Edward Codd, to the Hibernia, vice Wise, promoted. Lieutenants—Thomas Cochran, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, vice Collier, resigned ; Henry Baker, to command the Kestrel ; G. XI% lay, to the Excellent ; N. D. Jolly, to the Vindictive ; R. T. Bedford, to study at the steam factory, Woolwich ; William Perrier, to the Sidon. Master—John Burdwood, to the Flydrograper's-office, Admiralty. Paymaster and Purser— George Nicholls, to be Secre tary to Rear-Admiral Sir llugh Pigot, vice John W. Nicholls, appointQd Clerk of the Check at Greenwich Hospital; James Winstanloy. to the Growler. Naval Instructor—C. J. E. R. Archdeacon, to th© olage. Second Masters—John Richards, to the Kestrel ; William Imrie, to the growler. Clerk-in-Charge —J. A. Telfer, to the Kestrel. Clerks—R. F. Morrison and A. M. Moore, to the St. Vincent ; Alexander Jefferys, to the Vindictive ; B. P. Heather, to the William and Mary. Midshipmen—J. J. Barnard, to the Queen ; C. F. Curane, to the Ex ce ll en t ; Willi am G ra h am, and Charles F. Robinson, to the St. Vincent. Assistant Surgeons—J. B. H. Collings, of the fiber nia, to the Trident ; Charles Roberts, of the Vindictive, to the Nautilus. Alasters' Assista,n!s.—Jamcs Walter Parrot, to the Victory ; W. Scott Harrison, to the Crocodile ; S. Win niett, to the Kestrel. COAST GITARD. Appointment—Commander C. H. Douglas, to the Wexford District as Inspecting Commander, vice Ken nedy removed to England. Removals— Commander W. H. Kennedy, from Wex ford to Fowey disticr, vice 'Liman, term of service ex pired. PORTSMOUTH DCCKYARD PROMOTIONS. Mr. Bennett, foreman, to be Inspector of Timber ; Messsrs. Harrison, James Chase, Helby, and G. Newton Inspectors of Shipwrights, to be measurers. The fol lowing have been superannuated:—Mr. J. Page, timber converter ; Messrs. Gibson, Huntley, Wicker, Johns, arid W. Knight, Inspectors of Shipwrights ; and Messrs. W. Barnard, Dawson, Scrig;ins, John Orley, and Thomas Summers, leading men ; also Messrs. Singer and Chase, Inspector of Joiners. WOOLWICH, APRIL 4.—The Earl of Auckland, s K i . r C c . B h . a , Adam, Lor K.C.B.,th e Fi Admiralty rstN a% al Vice-Admiral&)rd Commo dore Lord John H a y, C. 8., an d the Hon. Witham Cow per, Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty , arrived at Woolwich dockyaid on Saturday morn i ng at the early hour of eight o'clock, and immediately embarked on board the Black Eagle, to proceed down the river, on an official visit to Sheerness dockyard. The Terrible steam-frigate, under the command of Captain Hall, passed through the Downs on Good Fri day, and in her course went bstwixt the Gomer and another French war steamer, lying in the Downs, with flags half mast high, and their yards crossed in com memoration of the day. The Terrible passed within 100 yards of these French war steamers, and the ap pearance of that noble frigate, as she passed them, was very imposing. The French officers and men assembled on the decks of their vessels to view the Terrible. As tho Terrible neared Dover to put her pilot on shore a great number of the inhabitants of that town flocked to every available place to have a sight of her. The Terrible only used two bailers in passing through the Downs, and although heavily laden with meal, made a speed of nine knots per hour. The Monkey steam-vessel when towing the Sphynx steam-sloop to Woolwich, on Wednesday, was run against by the Prince Metternich iron steam-vessel, built for the Austrian Government by Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, when the latter was coming down the river on an experimental trip at a speed of about fifteen and three quarters knots per hour. The collision took place in conse quence of the great speed of the Prince Metternich. The force with which the Prince Metternich struck the Mon key carried away the paddle-box of the former and left a portion of it on the deck of the latter. The Prince Metternich also came into collision with the Sphynx and left a portion of her works on board that vessel. The iron steamer sustained damage which it is estimated will cost 2501. to repair, while the two Government vessels scarcely sustained any injury. The Lords of the Admiralty landed at Woolwich Dockyard from the Black Eagle steam-vessel en yester day evening at ten minutes past eight o'clock, on their return from Sheerness, and left for town, exp ß r O e Y ss A a L rsiv l l , l d A a ß t lN Nl E To Sz . l ic \; l oog t ' e lc rt t i T a , y a A.--An e undermentioned draught of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines to proceed to Portsmouth with the least pos sible del y, where they are to embark for service. Brevet-Major Stransham, whose orders to proceed to Chatham, as recently announced, were countermanded, with Lieutenant Fitzgerald, Lieutenant 11arris, Lieute nant Taylor, three sergeants, thn e corporals, two drum mer, and 130 privates. The officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, made themselves ready on the short notice they received, and embarked at seven o'clock A.M. this day at Woolwich, for conveyance to the ter minus of the Southampton Railway et Nine Elms, and thence by that railway to Portsmouth. TWIFE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POI SONINIE G lIEIC lIIISBA.ND.—The case of Catherine Foster, who was on Saturday week convicted at the Suffolk as sizes,y after St marriage,Edmunds, ot poi , qming John Fost e r, three still excites ve r y grea t in terest throughout th e town and neighbourhood. On Saturday the ord er f or her execuCon was received by the High Sheriff, b ut t h e day has nr:t yet transpired on weeks atu r which it will he carried into effect. She has been daily vi ited since her conviction by the Rev. Mr. West, the chaplai:i of the gaol,the R.,v. C. J. P. Eyre, minister of St. Mary's parish, and Rev. Mr. Ouley, of Acton, the village in which she and h , r husband lived, and who married them. She has not yet made any statement either as to her guilt or innocence. DEATH OF Two SAILORS FROM SUFFOCATION.— On Sunday afternoon two young men lost their lives on board the brig Bolton, North Shields, then lying in the harbour, under the following circumstances:—The vessel, it appeared, had been smoked with charcoal the previous day to kill the vermin, and these young men, one of whom was an apprentice just out of his time—the other still a servant in the vessel, had forgotten something in the forecastle which they required. They went on board a little after one o'clock, and descended below in order to procure what they wanted. A boy who was in the vessel lying alongside, thinking they were long in coming up, went over, and looking down the hatchway discovered them lying on the floor, apparently motion less. He immediately gave an alarm, and some men ventured down and brought them on deck, when it was discovered that they were dead. It was evident tha their deaths had occurred from entering tLe Tessa before having allowed the poise sous gas from the char coal to esoepe. The river police came on board, and removed the bodies to their station. We have not E. , 2en able to ascertain the manes of the sufferocs: the older one is said to be a native of Shetland, the other a War of Shields.—Durham Chronicle. Ca TEAM TO INDIA, VIA EGYPT. L. - 7 Regular Monthly Mail Steam Conveyance for Passengers and Light Goods to Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY book Passengers and receive Goods and Parcels for the above Porta by their Steamers, starting from Southampton the 20th, and from Suez on or shout the 10th of every month. For Rates of Passage-money, Plans of the Steamers, and to se cure Passages, apply at the Company's offices, 51, St. Mary Axe, London. ELECTRO-CHEMICAL PRINTING. CAUTION. 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