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L 4 1 ,12 1) i tu a kt u .1 e t the OA & L I!! r I I'‘'‘T.Tl.Y4cCandM3titi2R"&l.El - ICES. r _ Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy Somerset-place, 3d April, 1547. The Commissit ners for executing the °Mee of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of eat BritaM and IrelAnd, do hereby give notice, that on MURSDAY, th.. 22d intim it, at one O'clock, they will be ready to treat with such ersons as may be willia; to Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dock Yards, or any one or more 01 them, and the Admiralty and Marine Others with CO • LS. A distribution of the Coa, 5, and a f trm of the Tender may be seen at the said wilco. No Tender will be received after one o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorized In writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the 1 ft hand corner the words "'Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons. engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 201. per 10J Was for the due per formance of the Contract. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU n.A.NcE soctory. OFFICE, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, oreinslly proposed by the Na tional Lean Fund Life. Assurance Society, for the better advance. meat of the objects of Itenefit and Friendly Societ:es, having received the approbation of a considerable body i f the active niemhere and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund ies lety having been ur,;ently solieited..by thetu t establish a Branch Office in cminexion with theae :societies anst the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might be successfully ea gaged, a Committee has been sunetioued by the Directors to open conemunicetion with the different S,cieties, with the vi..tw St more effectually d ssennuatine the valuable benetite ainengst the indus trious classes, and a pla has been aseeeeed with th at o bj ec t . ADDREeS' OF THE COMMITITE. Many praiseworthy but Ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings ut' the induat rums classes, us well as various cal culation* reguletlag their di-Ohm:km, Inning fur teeir i-bject either immediate, contingent, er deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will ilmnon:trate that the con struction of these ass ciatimie or societies is detective; and that in stead of affording an easy access awl a free choice of investment, which should be the l.risilege of every ose, they confine too nar rowly the channel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; and, in proportion as their action is circeinseribed and embarrassed, their utility is limited. Fir example, it is not to every individual. or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such Importance as to call for a peenniary sacrifice ; whi'e to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness Is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state of things there Is an effective. and simple remedy ; that is to say, instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deterred beneate, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the aseecintion of two dissimilar functions, and by cOnleundieg a sick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the avilaand mismanagement has arisen amongst Bet , e(ft Societies. No niechanistn can he $3 perfect for the management et a sick - rese-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check Is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable ution it. But the saute perfection, or the gain* se ,urity, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated' through a succession of years, and where results are to bear out calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the Industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined tor a provision in slickness should be kept entirely distiuct from the find intended as a provision for o'd age :- Ist. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the same celcelation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a larger provision in old age are willin g t o t a k e t h e r i sk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing A provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and indiv dual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial bodie . 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when Baited In the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wis loin or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose nanss are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for these and other evils ; and in this manner to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After mach diligent search amonot the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the Industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has thrnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the other part of the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the convenience and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick 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 them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes In general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting tile Undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to Its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with tike Institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will iu their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thanes Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John H. Gordon, DA ' Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P. 0., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks, 8.0. F. Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell, Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUL TIES. Example.—A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. Gs., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the ace of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.--A person aged 2G next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the anuual payment of 17.65. 9.1.. or a single payment of 221.172.2 d.; or on paymen, of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of its. 11d., the same as or age 20. Example.-1 person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ineut of 11. Gs., or quarterly peymeut of 75., or monthly payment of 25. 2d., may secure en attaining the age of G 5, the option of re ceiving Annuity, is/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1451. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 1751. I is. Exam' le.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 6e.. or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 25. 2.1, may secure. on atta'itlng the age of G. 5. the option of re ceiving Annuity, IS/. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life, 175/. I Is. at •Lntry,! f LIFE AS;;I:It INCE. Example.--A person at the a;:e of 30 next birthday may Secure the sum et 1001. payable at 1113 de all, whenever it may happen, and also participate In the Annual Division • f Pronti, by the annual pay ment of V. 9s. 31. Example.--A person at the age of 2.") next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may s-ocure the sum of 1121.55. payah's at nis death. whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C ,24110171 C, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FU • D LiFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 26, COILNIIILL. LONDON, Capital .£500.000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages With respect to Litu Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasioni, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rates. DIVISIOtiOF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to S 5 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 7 „c 1 .... 7 to• Bonu s Itonus In g ?).. .. 3 1 g rreini" ' 2 aeLled. Cash. c — F Aasured may Rg '3 I 'Sorrow. I —i----, 1837,X217 15 1 .£lOO 0 11'.£16 0 4 £445 0 0 X XI. d. 18381 182 3 0 87 1 4; 13 10 2' 31:6 11 1 601000 3 4 1839; 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 1! 341 2 3 I II840! 116 7 6 51 0 I0;7 IV 10! `i96 13 4 118411 111 6 8 4910 0; 711 If 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will he made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. FIRE INSURANCES OF EVERT DESCRIPTION ARE UNDERTAKEN BY THE SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COM PANT, 37, Cornhill, London, on the most liberal terms and tonditioas. Special risks reasonably rated. Renewal receipts for insurances falling dee at Lady-day are n 'eddy. Printed particulars of the large bonus Just declared In tlo L fe Department may be had on application. F. G. tiMITII, Secretary, 37, Cernhlll, London. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Empowered by Act of Parliament. ADELAIDE PLACE. LONDON-lIRIDGE; No. 11, QUEEN.STREET. No. 30, OLDHAM-STRP.E.T. MANCHESTER ; and WASON'S-RITILDI NOS, LIVERPOOL. The Company transact business in every department of Lifb and Fire Assurance. in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. AcTuAar—J. T. Clement, Esq. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ♦ sum Air more than equal to the valne of the policies Is invested in the public securities, in the names o the trustees, so as to Le st all times available. At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Life Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of b 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 sew table at lower rates has bees calculated, ou which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may remain on interest at S per cent, for five years, thus enabling a person to insure his life for 1,0001. on the immediate Payment of the premium for 3001. only. The following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. lbr the whole Life, ono-half of which may remain Ibr five years by merely paying the interest annually at five per cent.; and should the Policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20, without profits.. Si 13 0 With profits • •• •• •• .t 1 18 0 30 .........• •• • ... 1 10 3 • ..... ..............258 40 .......... 214 3 -••••••••• • • " ' • • " • 3 1 3 83 ....... ...... 4 3 4 For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies not usually advertised information may be Obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company insure houses, fbniituro, stock in trade, farmi ag Mock, and every description of personal property, against loss or damage by fire. Imearauees may be effected Mr any perlol of time ; if for seven 700 re, the Premium and Duty will only be charged for six. JOHN BIOG. Secretary, - IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. HENRI' JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. GEOItGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. James C. C. Bull. Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. Ifichabi Bland, Esq James G. Murdoch, Esq. Charles Francis Cobh, Esq. John Ilordey Palmer, Esq. Andrew Colvile, E. Henry Pearse, Esq. 6, 'orgo Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, ER‘I. George Ilibbert, Esq. Willi:tat K. itobitimn, Esq. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. V OLTR-FIPTII,I. •r 80 por Cent., of the PROF( be as- Minted to policies every fifth year, and may be applied to Increase the 80M insured. to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction I nd ultimate ext i nct i on of future prem i ums , as shown in the follow ti nil example:- 1%01,1Th t• romcrEs of 25 TEARS STANDING) entitled to participate in the Bonus declared in 1846. Age Sum .llngured Annual Premium !Cush paid on Or Prom:And an- Bonus surrender reduced nual re wiled. I of Itonti4. j to. ! turn et-. ~.I S 1600 1000 L" io'N) 1000 100 , 1 00 1010 F_____ , ____•.__—. ---- I.£ s. d. X, s. tl.l .£ g. d. .£ s d..£ s. d. 19 5 10 451 S 0 174 12 3 8 6 9 ...... 21 15 10 451 b & 193 12 2 8 15 0 ...... 2r, 14 2 451 i 0 236 18 7 , 7 1I 5 ...... 33 19 2 151 5 0: 284 0 6 , 4 9 13 ...... 45 6 8 451 i 0' :35 911 •• •• •• ,4 19 4 63 13 4 451 5 0 1 384 12 5 •— •• 36 lO 6 111 8 t rues. ances without partic.pation ha profits effected at reduced Pl lMPect %o w uses, and an explanatory statement of otber 4 advantages um jinn by this Company. may be had at the Ch cOffices as --"; lit the Branch Moo, 16, Pall-mall; or of the .44euts. . 5.1511:EL L' , IO.ILL, Actuary. LON DON, MONDAY -''VENING QTANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. • (Constiteted by Act of Parliaraeut, 1825.) GOVERNOR. His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEI:CII and QUEENSBERRY. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR. . The Right Hon. the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE. ORDINARY DIRECTORS. 'George Moir, Esq. John Robert Tod, Esq. .T. M. Melville, Esq. John S. Newbigging, Esq, Humphrey Graham, Esq. George Tattoo, Esq. Joint Sligo, Alexander Clapperton, Esq. Alex. Jaines'llussell, Esq. Charles Pearson, Esq. William Wood, Esq. David Smith, !Cad • William Keith, Esq. Eagle Renders _ n,, Esq. James Contile, Esq. fames Eyre. M.D. Edward Tito. Whitaker, Esq. iamei Gadestlen. Esq. George Frederick Young, Esq. .I(hit Lindsay, Esq. NVi!ilani Haigh, Esq. year l !'regress of the Standard Lif e Assurance Company during the ye fromonipThe new I'plichs issued f i l y e .B ls b t i l i i m o :i f e. N s o y v e e a. m r br n ,..l m B4 te s d , to w 15th of d ew ohr. 1x146, the Company's 592, the number of proposals made to the Company during the same period being 769. • The t5 5 u 3 ra 64 17 6 7 9 , 1 c covered e ! d o b d y . the (an 5 . 9 , 2 , N riw e l e y Policies of6 25 l during the . 3 . , ,, Te: r v , for each Policy); are amount of Assurances applied for during the year being 476,135/. 9d. The claims were moderate, both in number and amount, and considerably le.s than shown by the mortality tables on which the Company's calculations are founded. The results in other branches of the business were tiwourable. The business of the o.anntercial Life Assurance Company of Scot-, land was transferred to the Standa,d Company during the year 1846, being 398 Policies, covering about 200,000 1 . of asc;rance, and being in aidition to the new business of the year above reported. The business of 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 exceeded 120,000/. per annum. The Standard Life Assurance Company is so constituted as to afford the lit nefits of Life Assurance to all woo may seek its protection iu 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 OCCA- - - alone—in 1835: In 180, and In 1845. The following are the examples of the additions made : Policy of 1825 for £l.OOll increased to £1,600 0 Do. 1830 do. do. 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 , London; 66, Upper Sackville-street, Dublin ; :t5, St. Vlneent-place, 0 asgow ; or at any of the Agencies which are established In the principal toWII6 of &AL:lld, .E:,gland. and Ireland. By order 4if the Directors. WEL. . TILOS. THOMSON', Manager. PETER ,V Alt r, Resident Secretary, 82, King William-street. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. %;o. 11, LOMBAItD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCIIEItE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. Vrancis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjorlbanks, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. thomson Haukey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Jan., Esq. Joha Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. I 11,nry Norman, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., I.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 I 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 530,000/. Loans grantod on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies s all have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under SQI. _ In the FIRE 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 (Mice; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice Is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady day must be renewed within fifteen days at this ()Mee, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. Janses's-street, corner of Poll-mall, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be come void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. sTBAhI TO INDIA, VIA EGYPT. Regular Monthly Mall Steam Conveyance for Passengers and Light Goods to Ceylon. Madras, and Calcutta. The PENINSULA, and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMP tNY book Passengers and receive Goods and Parcels for the above Ports by their Steamers, starting from Southampton the 20th, and front Suez on or aleout the 10th of every month. For Rat os of Passage-moncy, Plans of the Steamers, and to se cure -Passages, apply, at the Company's offices, 51, St. Mary Axe, London. ITALY VIA BELGIUM, TIIF RHINE, SWITZEitLINO, AND TIIE ALI'S. ----- Frtmily of the highest respectability, going to I ALY by the above pieture.rine route, would hay; no oljec tifill to talc• charfe a kill , YOUNG LA ~Y cr GENTLEMAN ia e;Med ;Or the tour. As they Intend to :cside permanently in the salubrious and ,aistecratie capita! of the tout whe e they h Ye ain'esi to the society ;,1 the court and nobdity, arrange ment, mhzlit be male to secure to a i - Vet:table young person these rote and most deiirAble advantages, No apAcations attend:d to, wireh do not bekr the natna and ~ddr..ss. AddreslO.P,Q., Betel, 173, Heet-street, Lon#.en EASTER IIOLIDAYS. lOY POI, YTECH NIC IN sTrru rioN. A, p LECTURES In illustration or ANIMAL MEEHASISM, by I'. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S.. Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's Codcge, Mornings And Evenings during' the week. The GYMNOT , S• ELECTiIICUS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited in aTR ~ :%isvAiV.NT vE,-;sr,r,. LEE I'URES on ARMSrRO•O'S I" DRO-EL ETHIC MACHIIXE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORK ING MODELS and MAGIHNERX clearly explained. The varied Op teal Effects inciude a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. F.:xperit4enta with the DIVE NO-RELL and DIVER, &c., &e. Admission Is. Schools, hs.tilirice. E LECTRO-CIIEMICAL PRINTING. CAUTION. .I.:eciric Telegraph Companies and the public generally ar. hereby CAUTIOSED against PURCHASING or USING any INVF:NTION wherein the above pr cess is in any way employed, the same being the invention and property of Mr. Isham Baggy, the sole patentee. All pc; sott3 who, after this notice, shall sell, use, or in any manner interfere with the said patent invention of the said Ishatn Baggy without his license anLarthority, will he proceeded against accorditg to.law, - • Dated this 3d day of April, 1847. CHARLES JAMES VTNER, Ironmonger Hall, Solicitor to the Patentee. ON THE CONTCEALED CAUSE TIIAT ritF:ys OS THE HEILTa AND SHORTENS I'HE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLI7STRATRO WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CIONTROUL OF . 't PASSIONS: a Popular Inquiry into the Concealsta Cause of its premature Decline, _ . with Instructions for its Ccmplete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering Irons the destructive consequonces of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constilutional Weaki,ess, Iniligest on, an.! Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on M. RRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory et the various Caves, &c. , Y C. J. LUCAS and Ce.. Consulting surgeons, N•. GO, Newman. street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medieifte, &o. &e, CONTENTS OF TIIE WORK, Chap. I. —Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate 1 indulgence of the Passion', illustrated with Coloured lingraviags. 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, Idioey, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations us the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 2.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital 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.—Gonorrhcea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prastato. Chap. 6.—syphilis; and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. Sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row ; Gord in, 116, Leadenhall street ; Hannay and co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery lane; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Winhal, 78, High-street, Bir mingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; 54, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westt*oreland•atreet, Dublin ; and • all Booksellers. 1 Persons desirous •f obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, hays it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s : 6d., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. Lucas and Co are to be consulted from Tenet ll rwo, and from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. GO, Newman-street, Oxforl-street, London, and country patients may be successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclos ing the usual fee of 11. for advice. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-UP-)N-TYNE, Ann. 3. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Midland, New, 2% p.-New castle and Berwick, New, 3% p.-North , Staffordshire, 3 p. EDINBURGH, Ann, 1. STOCK ExertsNok.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 281.-Airdrie and Ilathxate, 3/. 186.- Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 155.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15L-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. le. kl.-Caledonian, 271. 10s.- Ditto, New, 21. 9s. -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 2/. 75.--Clydesdale Junction, 39/. 55.-Deeside, 31. 55.-Direct Northern, 2/. 10s.- Dunblane. Donne, and Callender, 11. 12s. 64.-Dundee and Ar-' broath, 42/. 10s.-I/Pto, New, No. 1, 301.-Ditto. New, No. 2, 301.- Ditto, New, No. 3, 41. 155.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 2/. Bs.-Dundee and Perth, 371. 10s.-Ditto, New Shares, 191. 7s. 6d. -East of Fife, 21. 165.-East Lothian Central, 21. 195.--Edinburgh and Batligate, 61. 10s.--Edinburgh Did •ilaigow, 71/. 10s. ex div. -Ditto, Half Shares, 19!. 15s. ex div.- Ditto, Quarter Shares, 17/. 17s. 6d. cx div. -Edinburgh, Leith. and Gran,al, 20/. 2s. 6d.-Idtto, Preference, 21/.--Ditto, New, 21. 17s. 64.-Ditto, Quarters, 155.- Edinburgh and Nortd ern, 161 75. 6d.-Ditto, New Shares, 41. 2s. 6d. -Ditto, Newport, 71. 12s. 64.-Ditto, ditto, New, B. 128.-Edln burgh and Perth (New), 21. 175.-Ditto, Halves. 11.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 621.-Ditto, New Stunt. 38/.-Ditto, Halves, No. I, 5/. ss. -Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 81.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16/. 10s.-Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 155.--Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/. -Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 51.-Glasgow and Greenock, 181. -Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. ss. - Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ardrossan, 5!. 18s.- Great North of England, 232/. 10s.- Great I•lqrtli of Scotland, 21.. 1 I s.-Great Northern (late Direct North (36 42 . :8: 7 1.:, ) .5.0:Lba 3, it i5 11 . rtT.0 - etahr: l l : r.B- I d t v.s t p: o u.6dist ( l3lht. l .9 a l.4 t .. e 3.3saos964l l : ,..o tt.et 158.-Manchester enths, 81. ss. -k, -Ditto, rters ,e Ne ish Grand w iult Junction, za ( scri p ), r s s i c (,) S c O t t . u t %h . Midland, 211.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, IL Iss.6d.--Shrewsbury. Owestry, a d Chester, 81. -Ditto, New. It. 28. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 41. 2s. 6d. --Stirling and Midland, 21. 75.-Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 15s. ex div.-York and Newcastle, 341. 155.-Ditto, New, 151. 7s. 6d.- Ditto, Preference, 81.-Direct Bombay and Ma dras, 3s. 6d.-East Indian, So.-Great North of India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras 38.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, is. 9d. GLASGOW, Await. 2. STOGY Exc at4oE. -The sales are-Caledonian, New, 475. 6d.- Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 64.-Dunblane, Donne, and Cal lender, 295.-East Lothian Central, 585.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, l 7 -Edinburgh Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 159.- Edinburgh and Northern, 161 2 -Edinburgh and Perth (Now Co.), li6s. CA-Ditto, Halves, 205.-Glasgow General Ten - ainus, 131.- Glasgow, Itarrliead, and Neilstou Direct, New, 7%-Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2,7 N Ditto, Quarters (5 percent. guar.), 15%-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 534-Kilmar nock and Ayr Direct, 38s. 64.-Manchester and Southampton, 28s. -Midland, Ilalves, 51.- Stirling and Dunfermline, 80s. 6d. THE WEA VIBE IN MANC LIESTYR.—MANCHEST ER, SATURDAY.—The snow which fell so heavily on Thurs day continued during the night and Good Friday. On Friday the sun was powerful enough to melt it nearly as quickly as it fell, and during the night we were visited by a severe frost, with a strong northern breeze, by which the fruit trees have been much injured. To-day the wind is not so high. but still very cold. A case, in which Mr. Thomson, an English resi dent in Paris, was plaintiff ; and the prop; ietors of the Messneries Royales defendant, was decided a few days ago, by the Judge de Paix of the third a rron di ssement '':)f Paris. The diligence establishment agreed with Mr. Thomson to rec,ive from him in London, and deliver in Paris, a considerable amount in 11-Igian bonds, at the rate of 3f. for every I,ooof. value. But, when the packet arrived, Mr. Thomson was charged, in addition to the 3f. for I,ooof, three several sums under the following items :—Disbursements at Dover, commission at Calais, and porterage in Paris. Against this extra charge Mr. Thomson remonstrated, but ineffectually. Requiring another remittsnco of Belgian bonds, he desired his bankers in London to pay the carriage of the second parcel in full, in order to avoid all question with the diligence office here. But still additional charges were laid on, and Mr. Thomson was obliged to apply for re dress to the magistrate, who decided in his favour, by granting the Messageries Royales the terms agreed upon and no more. [ ADVERTISEMENT.] --ASTHMA, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, COUGHS, AND COLDS.--A. TRULY SURTRMIN6 .'ASS. The 11ev. David Williams, the resident Wesleyan minister at Beau maris, 1.. the island of Anglosea, states, in a letter dated the 14th of January, 1845, that he " recommended Holloway's Pills to a poor man or the name of Hugh Davies, who at the time was unable to walk tor want of breath, that he had only taken them for a few days when he app:ared quite another man; his breath was easy and pa tural, and ho was increasing daisy in strength." These wonderful Pills cure any cough, cold, or asthma.—Sold by all druggists, anti at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Loudon. HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY. THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR'S REPORT ON THE LATE ACCIDENT. 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 toiloonnairuci,s dominiontlhemanag i em , e n nt m o a f tte t r h s is m s o e r c e tio p n art o i f eu t i l a i r e ly ra r il e w la a t y . in to the coupli ng 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 site and weight at present apparently dis• proportioned to the stain ina of the line's permanent way:— " Railway Department, 29, Great George-street, " have to Westinster report, Commis s i oners o f Railways, that, accord i ng to my in. information of the structions, I pro cee d e d to H u ll, an d on t h e 15 t h an d 16th inst an t ma d e an inquiry into the c i rcumstances relating t o an - accident which occurred on the 21st of err, Marcht hein 19, 1 o February to the mail train, on the Hull and Selby Railway : the inquiry having reference to the applies tien 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. "On my 4irrival at Hull, I waited on the mayor, and arranged a .I,ing at the offices of the railway company, at which t ".10engers by the train, who had not an opportunii. 4 ,...*4l. • t pearing before the coroner, might come ferVillf , • lus an '`ether Pieties who considered that they had information to impart. " I also made an inspection of the line at the spot where the accident happened, and examined the engines, carriages, and whggons, their mode of construction and connexion. " The meeting was attended by the mayor and seve ral magistrates 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 to 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, &cr., I feel confident that the following account will be as near the truth as the circumstances afford means to arrive at. " The train was drawn by two engines in front; then followed—a passengers' luggagevan; three fish waggo ns; eight pass e n gers ' carri ages , of di ff erent 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, without springs. The tender has spring buffers in rear, and a draw-chain and hook, 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 Let ds. 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 I 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 wheeli.. It is connected to its tower by shackle with tapered holt, 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 it 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 91 inches. " The carriages are all provided with spring buffers, and screw couplings of a proper description. "As I observed from the evidence of Mr. Glennan, 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 tburth 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 b e f ore t h e carr i ag es. Th e inter vals varied b e t ween seven and ten b:ches. The carri ages were all properly screwed up, and the spring buffers i. contact. " The permanent way is laid on longitudinal timbers, the rail being of the old Croydon pattern, in fifteen feet lengths, fastened 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, one foot from each end. "It appears from the evidence that the train started nearly to its time, being between two and four minutes late; that its calculated time for arriving at Castleford, forty-two miles, is one hour and three-quarters, leaving ten minutes more to adjust its meeting the mail from the north. It had eight intermediate stations at which it was liable to call if there were passerwers to take up o r set down. T o do this the train must' travel, while in motion, at a considerable, but not at an unusual speed. "CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENT. "The accident appears to mo to have arisen in this manner. Th e two engines were not coup l e d closely to gether, as is p rove d b y the fact that a f ter t h ey stopped they rem a i ne d coupled, the second engine beidg twelve inches off t h e l i ne. 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 oscilla 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 aggravating such tendency. " The permanent way, which has been laid down seven years, is laid according to what at that time was con swidaesrendotofefounitletnstrpelnagtetdh,twoitcharary e ngines of the s i ze and of 511b5., but whi c h 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 acqui re d suf ficient violence to bend the rail at A, in the rebound towards B (see Mr. Cabrcy's drawing), the engine bent that rail so suddenly, that it formed an angle, over whish it mounted, its weight cutting 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 leadin g eng i ne, w hi ch did not give up, from going completely off the line. The waggons following, not being fastened closely, did not happen to fall in to the spot where the bent rail was, and so passed 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 cientu to produce th e have, by an un fortunate force to d es t ro y and throw t h em all off, except the two last. " I think, therefore, that a vari ety of causes, each perhaps insufficientproduce cotr bdanger,ted disaster. It is difficult to define to what ext en t t h e com pany are to blame under the circumstances. The em ployment of two and even more engin es i s of daily occur rence on almost every line , and is not cons i dered unsafe; and, in this case, had not the engine to concurrence, which went off been restrained by the leading engine, the consequences would in all probability have been more serious. On the other hand, had tbe waggons which escaped been of proper construction, and tightly connected together, they would 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 attenti on 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 tr ain s. is objectionable ; but that in the same way as car riages, trucks, horse- boxes,luggage-vans, 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 company require to transport fish with passenger trains, they s h ou ld be bound to provide proper carriages for their c onveyance. Thes e 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) "J. CODDINGTON, Capt. R.E., " Inspector of Railways. " The Hon. Fred. W. A. Bruce, Secretary, &c., &c." The members of the Royal Yacht Club of Russia have lately purchased the schooner. yacht Georgia, 173 tons, from W. 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As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever know, ROW LAND'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. 91. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis sioners of Stamps have directed the proprietors' name and mistress to be engraved on the Government stamp, thus "A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Natton-garden," which is affixed on each box. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers " T 0 B E S 0 L 1)." How oft on the newspaper sheet we behold This inviting advertisement-phrase, " To be Sold." E. MOSES and SON beg to copy this j ticon. In its ndlest extent —" T. be sold a great bargain." Many " Lots" of attire at this warehouse appear, And the public are 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 iu 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 Trousers, whose elegant fashion arrests. In addition to these there are "Lots" of pria.e Shoes," And o Lots" of prime Boots, such as none would ref use . E. MOSES and SON would invite your attention To their " Lots" of choice Hats, so deserving' of mention. And the they Hosiery also refer, goods with attheir the Warehouse greatestof pir pride, To su p plied . u l% . lo fr S o E m S m in o v nt ite img till night ; T T o lie ti a je t i t r eLti l t e m s, of all h M c c o s i s i n . And they trust you'll remember the Auctioneer's jargon, Which they quote for themselves, " To be sold a great bargain." 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Mouses, fr0m............ •••••. • • .. • • .... • ..• ••• • • • • 2 6 essitmerette Codrington • • .... ....... -... ••• . • . 018 6 Cambridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and alt the newest patterns •• ....•• ..•• • • • ..............• •• •• • • 018 0 Tweed Cost • • .......• • ••• • • 0 11 ti rp ) ting dtttto Extra SuperSe", a superior c• tt • • 1 15 it P'rocit Coat ........ •• - • ••• • • . from 1 4 0 Ex'ra Superfine, a superior coat .......... •. • .• 2 2 0 Ito:1-C ollar Yeats •• •• . 0 2 0 Fancy -.tains ...... •• .. •••••••• •• • • .......... 0 6 f; Cloth, or Casimere ........ 0 4 6 Twee I Trousers. ........... Fancy Cashmere or Doeskin .. Boys Tunic and Hussar suits Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, If not approved of, will bo exchanged, or if preferred, tke money returned. E. S 1 'SES and SON, Tailors, Wmllendrapers, Clothiers, Batters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Sho , makers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156. 157 Minorlea, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, amity, London. Caution.—K. Moses and lion regret being obliged to guard the public against Impostors, but have learned Mit the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to In many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of Loudon; and those who desire genuine and che• p clothing, Ste., should call at, or send to, Minories and Ahigate, City, London. Notice. •Ne business transacted at this establi.limont from sun- Friday., till sunset Saturday, when Widnes's !s resumed till twelve o'clock. DR. CULVERWELL in HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. Iu pocket Yelulus Is. each, by pot (in stamps), Is, Gtl,each.. a 0 NV WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and ATOP). (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) HAPPY, T 0 B . 1.!1 " Jucande TiYere."—Cic. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. To be, or not to be, tkat is tke qn stlon."—Skakspeare. The PASSIONS—Their inTENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut vss'ems." . _ These publications are free frotn erapyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To Ye had of , herwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn ill ; Carralho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers. or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to borne consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine. 10, Argyle-place, Ilegent-street. ON NnIIVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. JUST PUBLISHED, THE THIRTIETH THOUSAND, An Improved Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price 25., in a sealed envelope, er forwarded, p ist-paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps, illustrated with numerous Anatomical Coloured Engravings, MA 0 0 D: The Causes of Its Premature Decline; with Plain Direc tions for its Perfect Restoration. A Medical Essay on those diseases of the generative organs, emanating from solitary and sedentary habita. Indiscriminate ex cesses, the effe of climate, and infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in youth, manhood, and old age ; with practical remarks on marriage, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental debility, impotency, syphilis, and othe , urino-recital diseases. by which even the roost shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to man. The while illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings err steel, in colour, explain ing, the various functions, secretions, and structures of the reprcxlac live organs in health and disease; ,%itlt instructions for private cor respondence, Cases, &c. 11Y J. L. CURTIS and 0., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, London. BRViCW OF THE WOILX. " CURTIS ON Mammon. ( Strange). Having for many years been the standard work on these diseases, its originality is appareut, and its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." —Naval and Military Gazette. Publiiihed by the Authors, and may be had at their residence ; sold also by Strange, 21, eaternoster-row ; hammy, 63, Oxford -street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill, London; Sowlei, 4, St. Ann's-square, Man chester; Philip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Campbell, 146, Argyle-street, Glasgow ; R o bi nson, 11, Greensitle-street, Edinburgh; and in a seated envelope by all b oo k se ll ers. 119 s-rs CUR I tS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their reel ilence, No. 7, FRITH-STREET, 4 )10 .SQUARE, LONDON, and Pai lents can have this work privately torwardel them, by initial or otherwise, to any part if the United Kingdom, direct from the Author's Residence, or from any of the abovo agents, on remitting 2s. 6d. in postage stamps. o. 17,018. PRICE SD. if: - • - •'f NAVAL rNTzLLiormo,. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Sidon stein) ataf ordered away to Lisbon immediately wito triar s !Lnej..' -- stores for strengthening- t) - e force under the coarisiOvf; t. Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker. The marine??' will it is reported, be landed at Fort St. Julian. So peremp tory au order, accompanied with injunctiort for the ut most possible dispatch to be used in embarkmf ,the troops and putting to sea with them, yesterday reotetng natu rally created mu c h exc i tement and speculation as to the cause, which wa s i n now i se diminished when the party front this di v i s i on, under the command of Captain Nol 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 bad warped alongside the jetty, and was being supplied as fast as possible with stores, fuel, coals, provisions of various kinds for the sudden increase, Stea presenting a picture of bustle and preparation which re minded many who witnessed it of the almost daily events of the last war. At six o'clock last evening a further reinforcement of marines, cons i st i ng of one captain, three s, three sergeants, three corporals, one drum ner, seal 138 privates, arrived by um t)euth- Weston I n Ai I. Cu o aial e at ouce ccbz.tr!:t .1 f roze the Clarence yard, s flk Vic.ory, h,aid the Sidon, which vessel has he( n t;;Ii:lig in stoi.es all 11;glit, and now continut-s loaditiL.% It wits expected 1,114: would have left in the night, hut !wing unprepared for the iec , ptien of troops her depai tun- has be(11 necessarily del.iyed. She Rill he will foll ow t h e &Jon p..;'d • I% fte"o and leava for Lisbon direct. Another vessel , (the ,irh I n ' l e a r r r i i l h , e l s e, The St. Vincent. 120, Captain Milne, will b e undocked f', ‘,‘ r e th a a r- i e th i . nforaud) . 0 -morrow if possible, and Uspr.tel i . prepared for sea w i t h all The Olin 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 «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 the 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. Fitzelarence, 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 Dockyard, owing to the proposed superannuation, 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 state, that all seed, meal, corn, or other provisions forwarded for shipment along their line of railway by the relief association, is carried free of all charge whatever, such provisions, &c., being understood as for the relief of the prevalent distress in Ireland and Scotland exclusively. Many thousand tons 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 Wise (1842), of the Hibernia, to the rank of Captain, and appointed to the Inconstant, vee Fremantle, to the Albion. Lieutenant—A. P. Eardley Wilmot (1840), Flag- Lieutenant to Sir W. Faker, 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. A PPOINT3IENTS. Captain Sidney Colpoys Dacres, g ,vice to the Aven er Pethury, to the G row l er. 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. F. Day, 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 Hydrograper's-office, Admiralty. Paymaster and Purser— George Nicholls, to be Secre tary to Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, vice John W. Nicholls, appointed Clerk of the Check at Greenwich Hospital; James \Vinstanley, to the Growler. Naval Instructor —C, J. E. R. Archdeacon, to the V olage. Second Masters —John Richards, to the Kestrel ; William Imrie, to the growler. Clerk-in -Charge —J. A. Teller, to the Kestrel. Clerks—R. F. Morrison and A. M. Moore, to the St. Vincent ; Alexander J, &rya, to the Vindictive ; B. P. heather, to the William and Mary. Midshipmen —J. J. Barnard, to the Queen ;C. F. Curane, to the Excellent ; William Graham, and Charles F. Robinson, to the St. Vincent. Assistant Surgeons—J. B. 11. Collings, of the Hiber nia, to the Trident ; Charles Roberts, of the Vindictive, to the Nautilus. Masters' Assistanls.—James Walter Parrot, to the Victory ;W. Scott Harris-on, to the Crocodile ;S. Win niett, to the Kestrel. COAST Appointment—Cummander GU C. AR D IL Douglas, to the Wexford District us Inspecting Commander, vice Ken nedy removed to England. Removals—Command er W. 11. 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During th e l ast week it has b een very generall stated, that th e apartment in which the House of y Lords has held its sittings since 1834 was in course of demolition ; this, however, is not exactly the fact. 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 sessi ms, but, probably, for seine time longer, be used as a passage from the en trance near A bisgslon- street to the new House 01 Lords, which building is now on the eve of com pletion. Respecting this portion of the Palace at ‘Vestininster the strongest interest and curiosity are felt. It has been seen by a few who are judges of art; by a few others who regard it as they would any of the sights with which London abounds ; and the united reports of both classes have sent forth accounts of it s 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 constitutes the most dis tinguished and dignified portion 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 I 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 tour 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 compris es e i g ht 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 open ings 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 offere.l 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 llouse 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 glass. 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 e x t rem i ty o f t h e House, five of 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 portion 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 exte n t, b u t 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 w es t, eac h occupying the full breadth f the apartment, but unequal parts of its length. In the upper or southern division are the throne, together with th e spaces ass i gned to dis tinguishecfforeigners 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 s eems capa bl e of containing th e four hundred and forty Lords spiritual and temporal. The table and woolsacks will ofl 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 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 northern or lower boundary of this division is called the bar, where the Speaker, accompanied by the assembly over which he presides, stands when summoned to attend her Majesty or the Royal Commissioners. From that place gentlemen of the long robe address the House in its judicial capacity; witnesses are also there ex amined, and culprits are arraigned. The space below th e bar will afford standing room for two or three 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 anti admiration. Hitherto this portion of the Upper Chamber was an afiitir of velvet and gold lace, with a canopy like a great window curtain. It remained for the excellent taste of Mr. Barry to dispense vc ith those cumbrt,tt draperies that seemed to enshroud the Soveleig,ii and though retaining abundant gurge , ousnes, the ne w th rone is distinguished by an airy, light anti graceful character ‘shich harmonise. 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, n here chairs for Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales art to stand, the latter on the right o f th e Q ueen, the former o n th e left. The frame work of her Majesty':. 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 subject of heraldy it may be as well to 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. I Ventilation, ill um i nat i on, 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 %hole 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 itn 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 becomin g 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 door from below, descends through the ceiling from above, and the current, unlike the ghost in Hamlet, brings with it " airs from h eaven ," no t " bl asts 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 floor. 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 dientthaeLrisneltvhees e a d d in op g t s ed o , f to t e h n a a t bl as e s t e h m os b e ly wh to o t i lk a e k e a p o e 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 e x t erna l aspect of the building must mainly depend, h ave not yet r i sen muc h a b ove the line of the r oo fi ng . Th e remova l o f Westminster bridge, er- 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 bring all contro versyects—if any should then ex i st —to suc h a o n point, these subjects—if s a u sthat the admirers of Mr. Barry' s genius may point to his great work, and affirm that he was equally eminent in every department of his noble prof e ss o n . It is impo ss ibl e to take a general survey of new palace without a deep conviction that the years already spent, and hereafter to be con sumed in rearing it up from its broad foundati ons , hare not been m i sapplied. Yet 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 douse of Commons are complete, but the other portions of that important chamber have not yet been brought into view; thougii 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 were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial•office, for the Governors of the North Ameri can Colonies. PORTS3IOUTII DC CK Y.: RD PROMOTIONS. Mr. Bennett, foreman, to bo Inspector of Timber ; Messsrs. I larrison, James Chase, Ilelby, and G. Newton Inspectors of Shipwrights, to be measurers. The fol lowing have been sup , rannuated:—Mr. J. Page, timber converer ; Mess. Gison, liunt!ey, Wicker Johns, and W. t Knight, Inirspectorbs of Shipwrights ; and , Messrs. W. Barnard, Dawson, Scriggins, John Orley, and Thomas Summers, leading men ; also Messrs. Singer and Chase, Inspector of Joiners. K.C.8., FSir a Charles i r 4 st d a L m o e F A irs d t m N ir a a v l a ti , Auckla Woor,ww ir , A PRIL 4.—The Earl of nd, oVrdice- -cAodinmniiroa! dore Lord John Hay, C. 8., and the Hon. William Cow per, Lords Comrmssioners of the Admiralty, arrived at Woolwich dockyat d on Saturday morning 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 thri,ugh the Downs on Good Fri day, and in her course went betwixt 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 the 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 boilers in passing through the Downs, and although heavily laden with meal, made 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 th 3 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 wor ks on board that vess e l. Th e iron steamier sustained damage which it is estimated will cost 250/. 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 on yester day evening at ten minutes past eight o'clock, on their return from Sheerness, and left for town. ROYAL MARINES.--WOOLIVICH, APRIL 3.—An express araived at Woolwich yesterday afternoon for the undermentioned draught of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines to proceed to Portsmouth with the least pos sible delay, 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 Barris, Lieute nant Taylor, three sergeants, three corporals, two drum mers, and 130 privates. The officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, made themselves ready on the short notice they received, and embarked at sev en o ' c l oc k A.M. this day at Woolwich, for conveyance to the ter minus of the Southampton Railway at Nine Elms, and thence by that railway to Portsmouth. THE WIFE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POI BONING suff F ol o k st u. , er BONING HER HUSBAND.—Th e case of Catherine who was on Saturday w ee k convicted at sizes, at Bury St. Edmunds, of poisoning John Foster, three weeks aft er marriage, still exci tes very great in terest through out the town and neighbourhood. On Saturday the order for her execution was received by the High Sheriff, but the day has not yet transpired on wh . ch it will be carried into effect. She has been daily visited since her conviction by the Rev. Mr. West, the chaplain of the gaol, the Rev. C. J. P. Eyre, mbaister of St. Mary's parish, and Rev. Mr. Ottley, of Acton, the village in which she and her 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 hoard the brig Bolton, North Shields, then lying in the harbour, under the following circumstances:—Th e vessel, it appeared, had been smoked with charcoal the previous (lay 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, thinkieg 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 wsei evident the their deaths had occurred from entering the vesse before having allowed the poise nous gam from the char coal to es ca p e . Th e r i ver po li ce came on board, an d t h n e o t b e en removed th e b o di es to t h e i r sta ti on . able to a scer t a i n t h e names o f the one is said t o b e a na tive of Shetland, the other a nati v of Shields.—Durham Chroxick. sufferers: We 7have