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OST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1847. b e mi r e earnest copy of the work has been but a few lead issued, and °7l " , ing Revievrs have already appeared in the ing Metro clltan Journals : TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846. T he forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for 47-1 s now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the old Di rectory, which used t o cons i st o f little or nothing more than the 44 Phabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for some Tears 1,- a Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Di -17," a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with a of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very r re4lll Y revised, and supplies- the latest infbrmation. Of course, Ma Postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in Z i f°r Points the work seems to bear the test of a search into mat in which changes have been very recent. MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1846. ; th e Powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual appears really unlimited. Published durin a series of forty eaeina metropolis whose dwelling, i ncreas e in number by an largaverageer m easure, the Post-office Directory" has become enormously pranced in bulk, as a l so in the complicated variety of its indis etneable contents. The admirable success with which the really ;11 01 0tIs difficulties of his task has been overcome by the lade gable publisher has been proved by the experience of many years; r e we need sayllttle more than that the present volume presents „",e Muse tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and Inge :ft! of arrangement, in packing into reasonable compass, and pro i7,, in lucid order, its millions of facts and references. Within Pages every man may learn everything be our ht to know about 77 one of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses, .7„. we ll as everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The rapid extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar _tugetnente with some continental states, have rendered necessary erne extensive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance the Vost-ofilce. We find the information given under those heads not o n l y as 11111 and accurate as it was well possible to inake them, but more new and recent than we should have thought attainable in sverk of such magnitude. ];refixed to the volume is about the best , POf London we happen to have met with. MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. 2 3 _ u lkY as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto Tilthe volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still l er enlargement. Th e experience of 47 years has obviously en ed the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of ,narivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be nted by the merchant and the trader is placed within convenient The volume contains upwards of two thousand closely royal octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of indus _ Y rn as a m a tt er of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the !o ra prehe nsivenes3 of the machi ner y w hi c h cou ld b r i ng w ithin a a l Mon f ocus 80 much varied' nd scattered intelligence—embracing zum % l oes a multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of vast to b ers of contributors. W e b e li eve that t h e present vo l ume i s no t e matched in the whole world for such a mammoth aggregate 42eal and specific information is no less a typographical wonder, r odigious monument of diligence and enterprise. _ m e dogen or so of separate directories are included in this huge ". - ..._ w weal.--the only one, it seems, Of the annual tribe destined to a Principle !pie Permanent existence—a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian over the ornamental. The "Official Directory" is a key to m whole of the Government Offices, and a record of official perso ' 4.l'eg_es- This i s followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the a ".. , lesruen in every thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets L_ re intersected by those at right: ang l es ; w hil e th e "C om mercial and i Qe"'"otil Directory" i s an a l p h abetical arrangement of the a b ove. and c omes a " Tikderillrectory," in which the names are allocated r their respective callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the I s . s u g_es, Queen' s counsel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys. &c. with a ralogue of th e various courts of law, their officers, and their pecu liarities of jurisdiction. The " Court Directory" comprises the of the ad tor nobility and gen t s; an d th e tor t 8" Parliamentary Direc -18 a record of the Members of the Houses of Lords and 'Com rint us, with an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties pe e " ,.7 l _ o g Members to Parli amen t, th e surnames and eldest sons of a di ; , c.c. The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and cry " every post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal stei.es throughout the world to which mails are dispatched fro_ m tr , o don ; the rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails, and the iltopio l."4 malls, &c. The "City Directory" registers the civic an ;li—es, the public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and mi sters of churches and chapels. the newspapers, &c. ; and the Conveyance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and bookin g - oftices the wharfs & c. The volume closes , with Banking chic "l ' a lles ' Directories. These various heads will serve to indi- th multitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them come wantavarie . übordinate directories, which meet every conceivable tk,', "'• t y of s Si a curious analysis of the public and private institu me metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person to be found under his proper section, from a prime minister down r a sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg ;n8-honse. The Editor, in his Preface, takes ocdasion to congratu late himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced, _rMeiPally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," in lead of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific al terations the new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into ° A e ration on the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable ex tent the rat es o f postage over a great part of the Continent, seems the most important. MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846 :The " Post-office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. f u Otalh it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national rat. _None of the leading towns can will be without it. It must be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to every place of business in - and about the metropolis. It is an in valuable work of its kind, and the extent and minuteness of its useful details. are truly wonderful . Being prepared " under the lin- Tediate and special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," LUG amplest and' completest means were, of course, at the command Iff the proprietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo !tuninons and crowded -con tents of the bulky work. The present is The forty-eighth annual .publication. Few commercial or trading C oen eau now require , particular description of the really important and useful information, to almost every party in any sort of business, *c ooPYing the two thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages of this Directory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map If London, prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work by Mr. R. Davies, there are. divisions, comprising, among other informs ton, Official," Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " Law," Court:* " P ar li amen t ar y," " P os t a l , " " Cit y, " " C onveyance, " Banking," and many other Directories. Tha hope is expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual edition of the "Post-office London Directory " may be found "in all respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consi derable examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and Information on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and expensive to collect, we hesitate not t o say th at this unass uming ',risk is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede cessors, but in several particulars it surpasses all its precursors. The information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are Several important alterations and editions, largely adding to the use- Wess of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all 'competition .has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous Proof that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours toperfect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is observed that it has Viten even in a pecuni ar y p o i n t of view benell -41 to the public, is proved by the fact, that important improve- Melds and additions are annually made without any increase of Price" —a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case, .bad the public patronage been divided." With reference to the Wee, we certainly must acknowledge that it Is wonderful how it can be profitable to provide such varied materials— and materials constant] y changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless La- Dour and cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre c°,„endons sale could make the speculation answer. Among the im- Portant alterations will be found those introduced Hato the Postal" D irectory, It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and cemp7ete ; and Must much increase tha daily. it might be more truly pronounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the trader, or the pro fessional man. As the new treaty with Prussia caused very consi derable changes in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian do- Minions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen. Denmark, the German States, araburgh, Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburg, Oldenburgh, Poland,Prus- Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburgh. &c., &c., &c., those tha nges are detailed " precisely as they are arranged to come into o Peration on the first of January, 1847." The other changes are not ~° 41. 1 numerous, but all the intelligence is announced to be brought fall, to a period as late as was compatible with the appearance of sueh a volume in sufficient time.for general circulation, prior to the' merits of the year for which it is designed. The business L cc its of the work are of the highest order, and render it, of its mod, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for its com pleteness, fulness, and usefillness. surr, Nov. 18, 1846. The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office t'olvion Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under the management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of this Jork, there were divers other directories in the field. They have, " o ..,_Wever, all disappeared, and the " Pest-o ffi ce Directory" new rules ' 4°4 e. This astonishing sucessc, however, has not had the effect of taking the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. Ile is too thorough a =MI of business, not to be perfectly aware that the alts of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same 'Miring energy by which the success was in the first instance achieved ; and accordingly we find that the " Post-office Directory" for 1847 is even more highly finished in an its elaborate arrange thents than any former edition of the book. The extent and mi lititeneas of the details furnished Tender the work indispensable to, every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that there is not the slightest difficulty experienced In referring to the Particular page required to furnish the informatlon—a marvellous instance of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up- Wards of 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con tents are arranged under various heads, as, for instance, the "Official Directory'," the " Street Directory," the "Commercial Directory," the "• Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory," t he " Court Directory." the. " Parliamentary Directory," the Postal. Directory," the " City Directory," the " Conveyance ufrectory," the " Banking Directory," and some others. Many Ins- Dortant alterations have been Introduced into the " Postal Diree torY." The'new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into ope ration on the Ist of January next, will effect very considerable ch anges in the rates of. postage to places in the Austrian dominions, H anover,. Bavaria, Bremen. Denmark, the German St a t es , li am b urg h , iittlanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia, u s , ia, Saxony, Sweden and:Norway. Wurtemburgh, &c., &e. Th ese volume c ages are fully detailed in the "Postal Directory" of the present The work, moreover,- is illustrated by a clearly engraved 1 , 4 2 1 1_ accurately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three Zeace to the m ile, This Directory is certainly the most complete work of-the rort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful ,s__ , but the indispensable necessity of such a wo r k, no man o f busi -7.711 can for a moment entertain a doubt ; an d, cons id er i ng th e com ,,oloteness and fulness of the information thrnished, and the enormous tttlaY Of time and of capital that must have been made in order to ,Moire and dig es t th e information, the very reasonable price at w alCh the work is published is really wonderful. GLOBE, Noy. 21, 1846. Kelly's Invaluable work, the "Post-office Directory," has just Zade its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of info' , Z o , a linn which this book contains makes it not only desirable but ab solutely necessary as a part of the - o ffi ce.furniture of every man of " s u'ess, and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who re quires to know anything concerning the trades, p ro f e ssi ons , an d ,Ocalities o f th e grea t mo t ro p o ll s . I n it s present extended form, the ° o ok is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it has cost to bring it to its present state of perfection must have been im mense. In turning over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which blest to be struck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and util ity of such a compilation, or the magnitude of the city which re quires such a directory. The classification of the various profes -110118. trades, and callings in the court, commercial, and law depart " Lents of the work on the one hand, and the arrangement of the Streets of London on the other, as well as the great mass of informa tion of various kinds connected with the Post-office, and the different ,modes of intercommunication, make it altogether as complete a di rectory as can be desired, or as it is well possible to conceive. The • eittme, moreover, - contains an excellent map of London and the iitiblirba, corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar." WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846. The tbrty-eighth annual publication of this highly important and usethl work has just been issued; and we must confess that its bulky appearance has surprised us not a little; and when we reflect that the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the Materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of kr. Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, perhaps, bo book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other infor rnation, there is an " dgi :tat Directory," a " Street Directory," a Commercial Directory," a " Trad es ! D i rectory, " a " Law Dire tory," a " Court Directory,” a " Parliamentary Directory," a " City "Directory," a.!' Conveyance Di rectory, " and a " Banking Directory ;" in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per sons in ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally dabbles in'trade. Every description of information has been cor rected to the latest possible period: and that information is arranged 'with a clearness-and simplicity which must have involved great ac tl2ltY of mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book i s an map we have seen ; and to make it as com ,-Aceliently engraved map of London,more extended and accurate as w the suburbs, than any tleta a reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal 'rectory," there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti nent, which will come into operation on the let of January. Alto- Esther this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are 1 :11 t ,P-rPrised that other directories should have gone to the tomb of use Canulets. JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846. T hisit, annual leviathitn is already completed and published ; but ~.1 4.00f that the rapidity with which it must have passed through th e ~ r ee e has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men et-What the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease i r e ,* B tawart. M.M. for Renfrewshire, are duly attended to. (See tt e4 "uu and 1676.) We have so frequently expressed our approba oth. "this most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary h„,„ co mmendation . It contains everything which can possibly be hiA ti lired in a directory —so full, so complete, so comprehensive are all Pep:Atils. And when to this we add the extreme accuracy which t o :.es every department, we know not what else can be said in 0142tists. The machinery by which such voluminous information is Itsrl ed, arranged, and superintendedso as to avoid errors, must of oe among the " curiosities" of modern literature. book ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846. of this kind, brought out even without much pretensions ' v,`mel, be indispensable to e ver y gentleman ' s l ib rar y, every mer cymit a e mating.house, and every trade r ' s s h o p. But edited, as this ) la ' With the utmost Care, its m a t er i als b e i ng collected through the htts authetite channels, and embracing in its range every head of sq,`7lella comme7cial intelligence essenti a l t o th e co mpleteness of 'work, we cannot suppose th a t any house, publ i c or pr i va te, ,11,"fo can aff,r4 a book of reference, will be without this compen ..._,B volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find anY Zlt' 6 You want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete tiZe Cpurt, trades, stree, ces, hotels ; forming, upon the whole , , L ass of local informationsueh as could not be brought together "404 utzunilaary industry, assisted by an calm Cemmad of all v Y.) • 4s to 6s:Pe r . i l i Kitchen tit id Lemons , '' )0s per 100 11 :d ; per doll ) 4s per bung!, ) 7s pet do, nious, 53 to ttle. r Ai increas!,l 4 and Ilnn i to Is p B4 : B.i ; an A Turkeys, 514 3d ; 64 0 ; pi g eons, . ,kerts, 4s t 4 Eggs; 1; Is 3d Per Al 3d to 2s A , Wild , 0 0 most artid at barer' to 43 6d; 'C ° l per Blbs, g,l [-fish, 25 '', 4 l ; and Lob o t. ts_ t Is Gd t°`i; Eels, 9d to to 4s 4d; Blbs. ropolis are ° ilbs loaf. 641 b to 72 1 q Ilb to 881 1 ) , ' to 104104 des, 13 3 ; F °P g ds, - 49 3d t° Is ; Clover, er load. ' jg ; Clover 7 load. SI 31155; lo p t/ 10s per 31.1{. 0 ' Cpence !)D LI I Restrain _e ws of PateP:ii )n Info licit o 7l marriages_;,, ffcal EXP.' qt r'd. its keen, and sago. ' s to Clio.° 7anquil fee ~E mind. 13 1 . h feeble, l'orl ria A.1 3 _ 4 ach is he''' what shun , ten." „ j et! upon found of tic every livi n toO f eh intoreu t ld mulgated tAVISG S * p# l envaleP 6 o Postage' t its teal 1 ii h and M' i ' t ,ot the Afi n - 6, 4 oductire 00" ns, and 57`,40 abits, ae`,.'„4o l nent of l' ‘o o. other die rRGEOI4 )13; otsm ugh, 0° to Vee p° its 11i0- r) / e the CIO 4 ; i're l wing 03' o; cti healthy „ctleoo tt„ effect. . f the fav o r!, -eaknes! .ders of 0m octal W e t u" 5 and ' 1 ;00 Goes° As l/ ' a legal!! 4 0 ,0 1 e expel id the tollj es $l, Invalua ble olP w hich ro ot 1 by lts peo „ vsiaeoce ° I A ty and Co., 7 . qenien, et, Liverp o •wo, and ° oo fi lo, if cattalo, BEDI C) or TNESS Imo f or ster at W o o a t e d the ,01 Pills to 51;0. is alm ost o il em A le r ,' pr i easy' 01 fily „ e woode flo r 'rofessor ”ple ill respec" fa of d' square , ' Esq., °1 ji Lain Ge°r° he Bev' f, puber t th, —„tbf, at lortitoot cresoce ° ' Johi l 'are, . et tor Hello ter . ;l o uceo. ------ fight o°lii ) late 10' aged 81 .:14 el PAtil' ged 8 9 '0 fe Of , the I%rift3 aare, gr' - 11 l f e preo lo t _ _ JAN U ARY 11, 1847. Ls -, V -ir •t-' t • - ,- • - • __ •”--% ~,,, i .. 4.. ..,, • s 14- .- , . k*. t• ,' LON DON ) MONDAY - _ .4- ~,i. 0 . '-'" - t ' 7 requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, NM'. ,1846. This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the work is not referable to its mere connexion with the Post Office ; for an important change has been gradually introduced into the manner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely unconnected with the Post Office, this being in great part the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor rested content with his past success, but has introduced many im portant alterations hi this volume for 1847 and added to its bulk without any increase in price. The " Posta, Directory" is especially improved, and there are numerous elkstiges throughout the volume to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effusion, to be seen in another column; and we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will, find that his labours are duly appree:ated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun try this is an indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. The new volume bf the Post Office Directory for 1847 Is already in oar hands, and a•e can only express our wonder that a work so laborious, erensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved. It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former reputation, it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The produc tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness has placed In the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying on the business of this vast metropolis, which would Indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense If it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have theopportunity ofjudglng for themselves on purchasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated. ' BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1846. The Freneb people have done themselves eredit by their industrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though ingenbus and pretty, they appear quite insignificaf.t compared with the indus trial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keep ing pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still increases in by lk ; and, keeping pace with the movement of society in a more imps rtant particular, it vigilantly seizes every opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete classification. We find in this volume.many instances of superiority to former issues, which, though comparatively trifling, show the in telligence and care exercised over every department. It may be men tioned that by the employment of private agents, the changes of re sidence are now brought down to a later period th to formerly; and the value of the " Directory" is consequently enhanced. We have before spoken Of it as indispensable to the proper managonent of business. Its authority is now so universally established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metropolis, that any further recom mendation of it is superfluous. lIERAPATWS RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 184 G. The " Post-office Directory" for 1847 appears with additions and improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with la hick this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say, national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation, We know not whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made in the ensuing session as was done in tha last, to wrest it from the hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the hands of Government ; but, should it be attempted, surlly the following statement of its conductors will go home to the consciences, if they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down the grasping Interference of Government :—" It can only be neces saryto refer to•rt copy of the work published before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere connexion of the' Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high character. That the improvements (the result of many years of unwearied toll and application on the part of those engaged in the compilation of the work) are duly appre ciated is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully with this—they have disappeared." NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANTE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital L 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages ,vith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured as, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for citure of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; ]so the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in , rests to meet other conveniences or necessity: Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible tes. REMARKABLE CASE of RESTORATION. A striking instance of the power of scientific art to remedy the defects of nature has lately occurred in the case of a Mr. F. Balls, a gentleman residing at Wortham; in Norfolk, who, in the year 1842. on returning from uarlestone Atarket to We) bred, where he then re sided, sustained so severe a fall from his horse, as to bring on an ill mess of several months' duration, during which period his hair con tinued to come off, till he became, to use his own terms, " as perfectly bald as if his head had been shaved;" and the Rev. J. E. Daniel, then clergyman of the parish, offered him a wig as a substitute for his lost hair. Under these circumstances, he was induced to try the effect of ROWLAND'S MACASSA rt OIL, and it is highly gratifying to add, with the most happy results. As soon as part of a bottle was used the growth recommenced, and he has now to bo , st of a very thick and luxuriant head of hair, which presents this peculiarity, that, though prior to losing his hair it ev4iced no tendency to curl, the new growth is curly and strong. This fact speaks too strongly for itself to require observation.—Bell's Messenger. ROWLAND'S MACASsAR OIL preserves and reproduces the Hair ; prevents it from falling off or turning Grey ; Changes Grey Hair to its Original Colour; frees it from Scurf and Dandruff, and makes it beautifully soft and curly. *** Beware of " spurious compounds" under the title of "MA CASSAR OIL," some under the "implied" sanction of Royalty and he Government Departments, with similar attempts at deception. ROWLAND'S MACASS XR OIL is sold by the proprietors, at 20, HATTON-GARDEN LONDON, and all respectable Chemists and Perflimers. THE TWO FEET.-AN ANECDOTE. FOR E. MOSES AND SON'S 800 PS AND SHOES. Two trotters convened as they happen'd to meet, And the rea4er shall hear what was said by the feet. Pray what do you honestly think (said the one), Of the boots and the shoes made by MOSES and SON? For my own mart a full satisfaction L feel. With my sole and my instep, my toes and my heel. The boots we have on are so stylish and neat. That, in truth, we're a couple of beautiful feet." " Well done 1 (sal I the left with a stamp of the foot). You are • right, Mr. Right,' with regard to your boot; rve oftentimes thought I'd begrudge not a ransom For a boot or a shoe thst would make me look handSOMe; And now I have got it, and so have you, too, Such a pair of neat feet very seldom we view. • Another prime feature which ev'ry one views As beloming to MOSES and SON'S boots and shoes, Is the fact that they are faultless in fit and in style, While they answer their purpose a very long while. Ev'ry foot would do well to attend our advice By obtaining such goods at a very low price, For MOSES rnd SON, in their boots and their shoes Are determined that a 1 folks shall gain and not lose. LIST OF PRICES. HEADY NADI. a. d Beaver Taglionis, from ...• • • . Chesterfields and Cottringtons •• ••.. •• Pashas, D'Orsays, and Chesterfields, and every description of winter coats.. ••• • • ••••••• • • • • • • '• '.. ; 5 0 S 6 Boys' Winter Coats, in every style and make •••. • • • • v Tweed Trousers, lined •• .• 010 6 Dress. Coats Frock Coats. Double-breasted Vests ..... 0 2 0 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ••..••• • • • • • 0 18 6 !Joys' Winter Trousers . ••• •• •• •• • 0 3 0 Ditto Vests... . . ... ..... • 0 1 6 Mourning to any extent at five minutes' notioe. 111ADT TO 711.11ASMIE. Winter Coats, warranted waterproof, made to any style, handsomely trimmed • ....... Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar and cuffs, lined 2 6 0 Tweed Overcoats • • • Tweed Trousers ..... . Winter Trousers, in all the most approved French patterns 1 2 6 Best Dress Trousers . ....... ................. ... Dress Coats .. .•••.. . • . . Best quality made •.. •.. Frock Coats .• • • Best quality made . ........... 3 3 0 Fancy Vesta ..... ........... ..... Satin, plain or fancy Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ••.•••• • •• •• * • •"• • • • 1 5 Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minoriea, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, 3ity, London. Caution. —E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradestnan• like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted Le in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other hotwe In or out of London; and those who desire genuine and the p clothing, Sze., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establi-hment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock 411 The entrance to the fur department is at 83, Aldgate, corner of the Aiimieg atlA Aldgate, opposite the church. ASSOCIATION FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA. WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., Chairman. CHRISTOPHER RAWSON, Esq., and HENRY WINCH, Esq., Deputy Chairmen. WILLIAM BALLENY, Esq., Treasurer. ROBERT C. CROSBIE, Esq., and JOHN SCOTT, Esq., Honorary Secretaries. COMMITTEE._ • George Armstrong, Esq. Thomas Bold, Esq. Edward Brodribb, Esq. W. P. Bashby, Esq. Malcolm Corrie, Esq. C. Cottesworth, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq. John Cropper, jun., Esq. J. Crosfield, Esq. R. Duckworth, Esq. A. Findlay, Esq.: W. F. Foster, Esq. R. Fry, Esq. T. Fry, Esq. George Grant, Esq. J. Hosack, Esq. A. Kelso, jun.. Esq. Harold Littledale, Esq. Thomas Littledale, Jun., Esq. Hugh Matheson, Esq. W. G. Molyneux, Esq. William Potter, Esq. W. Prowse, Esq. William Rathbone, Eel. William Rathbone, jun., Esq. W. Rotheram, Esq. G. C. Schwabe, Esq. T. W. Sharland, Esq. James steams, Esq. J. Thomson, Esq. Charles Turner, Esq. James Tyrer, Esq. W. F. Gray, Rsq. Daniel Harrison, Esq Lawrence Heywerth, Esq. I In announcing the formation of this Association, the Committee feel that little introduction from them is necessary to ensure from the public their hearty concurrence and support, seeing the benefit which would accrue to all classes of the community from the realise. tion of the object they have in view. It has long been the conviction of philanthropists, that the obtain ing for the poo:, at a moderate price, a beverage so wholesome as tea, would be an inestimable boon, not merely on account of its com fort as an article of daily use, but especially on account of its tendency to promote social feeling and temperance, with all the domestic and orderly habits consequent thereupon. Ample experience has also convinced the merchants engaged in the tea trade with China, as well as those engaged in the tea trade at home, that our export trade with the Chinese is in danger, and that, to preserve it, there is the most urgent necessity for a large reduction of the present high duty on tea. The Committee earnestly request attentim to the following con siderations on this important subject : That pressing, as this duty does, most heavily on the lower kinds, it prevents the use of tea amongst the most numerous class of our countrymen. That the original cost of tea is very moderate, the bulk of the qualities generally consumed varying from Sd, to 2s. per lb., and that its consumption is restricted by no indisposition on the part of the public to purchase it, but by its high price, caused solely by the present oppressive duty. That there is scarcely a limit to the capacity or disposition of the Chinese to purchase our manufactutes. That while, as already stated, ow - duty on tea ranges from 200 to 400 per cent., the Chinese admit our imports at an ad valorem duty of five per cent. That this impolitic duty materially limits our exports to China, and seriously interferes with the employment of labour. The Committee feel confident that a similar increase to that which has taken place in the consumption of coffee, by the material reduc tion of the duty, may be anticipated front a proportionate reduction of the duty on tea. That thereby the consumption of tea would be greatly augmented, mad the revenue correspondingly benefited. The Committee feel assured that there will hardly be found a single opponent to the justice of their claim, and that it only requires the hearty co-operation of the public to ensure succe.s. They have much pleasure in annexing a list of subscriptions already received, and they respectfully solicit the assistance of the public in furtherance of the object of the Association. Subscriptions will be received by the treasurer, or any member of the Committee. WILLIAM NICOL, Chairman. No. 1, Exchange-buildings, Nov. 2, 1846. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Mr. C. Rawson £lO 10 0 Mr. H. Winch 111 r. R. C. Crosbie • 10 10 0 . 10 10 0 Mr. E. Brodribb Mr. A. Kelso - Mr. W. Prowse Mr. D. Harrison - Mr. W. Balleny - Mr. A. Findlay - Mr. R. Duckworth Mr. Steains - - Mr. J: Scott - Mr. R. Jamieson - Mr. H Matheson - Mr. C. P. Dickson - - Mr. W. Rathbene - Mr. W. Rathbene, jun. , - Mr. George Armstrong - Mr. William Nicol - Mr. Potter M r. Molyneux Mr R. Fry - Mr. T. Fry - Mr. J. Thomson - Mr. W. Foster Mr. George Grant Mr. Robertson Gladstone - Mr. Smith Harr son Mr. Joseph Crosfield - Mr. T. NV. Sharland Mr. W. Rotheram Mr. James Tyrer - Mr. Thomas Bold - Mr. J. Cropper, jun. Mr. E. Cropper - . - - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 • 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 10,10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 .5 5 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10.10 0 .5 5 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 • 10 10 0 • 10 10 0 .. - • Mr. C. Cotesworth - - - . - 10 10 0 Corrie and Co. - - - - 10 10 . 0 Mr. Charles Turner - - - - 10 10 0 Dlr. Wdliam Earle - - - - - 10 10 0 Mr. Thomas Earle - - - - 10 10 0 H.ll. - - - - - - 2 2 0 Moffatt and Co. - - - . - - 10 10 0 Mr. J. Stokes - . - - - 10 10 0 Mr. W. F. Gray - -•-- - - 10 10 0 Mr. W. P. Bushby - - - 10 10 0 Mr. Robert Lloyd - - - - - 10 10 0 Mr. Thomas Matheson - - - 10 10 0 Mr. G. Schwabe• - . - - - 10 10 0 Mr. L. Heyworth - - - 10 10 0 Mr. H. Littledale - - - - - 10 10 0 Mr. Al . .F. Brownrigg - - - 10 10 0 Mr. G. Hargroaves • - - - - 10 10 0 Mr. Kindermann Z - - - - 5 5 0 Mr. J. Ilosack - - - - - 10 10 0 -5 5 0 -2 2 0 -1 1 0 -1 0 0 Mr. W. 3. Millard - - - Miller Brothers - Mr. E. Hall - Mr. William Higgins Mr. It. N. Jones - - - .. - 2 2 0 Mr. J. A. Hulbert - • - - - 2 2 0 Mr. Thomas Murray - - 5 5 0 Messrs Woodall and Jones - - - - 2 2 0 Mr. Caleb A. Tate - - - - 1 0 0 N A Lady - - - - - 010 0 A Labouring Man - - - - 0 2 6 Mr. James Chesney- - - - - 0 5 0 Mr. John Benyon - - - - - 0 5 0 Messrs. J. W. Cater and Co. - - - 5 0 0 Mr. G. J. Wainwright - - 10 10 0 James Alex. Scott - - - - - 5 5 0 Thos. I,ittledale, Jun. - - - 10 10 0 John Wilks - - - - - 1 1 0 A. Radcliffe - - - - - 10 10 0 Robert Roberts, Bank-buildings - - .. 2 2 0 ADDRESS of the LIVERPOOL ASSOCIA TION for the REDUCTION of the DUTY on TEA. In again calling public attention to the present oppressive and impolitic tax upon tea, the Association are anxious to give promi• nence to those facts which indicate the necessity for an immediate reduction of the duty. The conclusion of the treaty with China encouraged confident expectations of the extension of our trade with that empire It was reasonably anticipated that the low rate of duty imposed by its Government upon British manufactures would be reciprocated by a corresponding liberality in the admission of the staple production of the Chinese for the use of ourselves. The elements of agricultural industry essential to the production of tea,—the fertile and exten sive territory, and the superabundant population of China, esti mated at above 350,000,000,—are capable et enlarging its supply in a ratio at least equal to that in which the machinery of our manu facturers can increase the production of fabrics required for exporta tion. Our imports of tea from China have never yet reached four per cent. of the entire production of that country, according to the best calculation. It is, however, a notorious fact, that the expectations thus cherished have been disappointed. The merchants are exposed to heavy losses n the importation of teas, which are now selling in the British 'markets at prices below their current value in China ; while at the same time our manufactures are selling in China for less than the cost of their production here. The population at large are unbeneflted by any practical result accruing from a treaty that has left behind it a tax upon British Ind 0 stry, which at the same time confe a bonus uponforeign competition• There is no difficulty in ascertaining the cause of so disastrous an issue. The pressure of an impost, unprecedented in any other tariff, cripples the operations of our merchants,• and excludes our manu factures fr. m the larger proportion of the Chinese population ; while it deprives the labouring classes in this country of one of the most needful articles of domestic comfort. The foreign policy of our Go vernment has achieved a brilliant success; but its results are maned and counteracted by the incongruous arrangements of' the Home Exchequer. The chief export of China is brought in abundance to our shores, only to accumulate in our warehouses. A tax, as anomalous in its principle as it is mischievous in its results, stops at once the tide of commercial prosperity and the pervading currents of social civilization. _ _ Under such circumstances, it is almost as easy to predict the future as to review the past A losing trade can never be a permanent one. The discouraging results of this year's imports will curtail the ship ments of the next. Comparative scarcity, and proportionately high prices, will follow. he professed intention of the financial measures of Government for some time past has been to cheapen the necessa ries of life. In this country tea occupies a more prominent place among those necessaries than in any other. Under the opera tion of any uniform and reasonable system of taxation, it would, therefore, have been recognised as a primary object for the ameliorative inter position of Government. On the contrary, however, the Legisl attire of the country in which it is most extensively consumed is the last to recognise its importance in the civil and social economy of the state. The British Government has afforded every facility for its supply to other countries, where it is little more than an occasional luxury, and has impeded its consumption among ourselves, where its use is indispensable The necessities of the Exchequer, the only plea advanced in pallia tion of an impost so obviously indefensible, is ono which will nut bear examination. There is no reason to apprehend that the reduc tion of the duty to Is. per pound would leave a deficit of any import ance. The immediate result of such a change would unquestionably be the liberation of a larger quantity from bond than had ever been taken out during the same period before. If any temporary pres sure upon our finances existed, it would thus be promptly relieved. There is ao room to doubt that in the further course of time the gra dual increase of consumption would enlarge the revenue upon a sure and satisfactory basis. This is not , a gratuitous conjecture, but a reasonable deduction from the result of similar changes in the duties on coffee and sugar; and, above all, it is confirmed by the only two existing precedents of a reduction in the tax upon tea itself. In 1744, the duty was reduced from 131. 18s. 75 d. per cent. and 46. per lb. to 381. 18s. 734 d. per cent.. and Is. per lb. The consumption im mediately advanced nearly 50 per cent. In 1784, the duty was re duced from 651. 15s. 10d. per cent. and Is. Id. 4-sths per lb. to loy per cent. The consumption was at once more then doubled. In 1785 it was trebled, and in 1794 it was quadrupled. Since that pe riod the duty has gradually advanced. Under the monopoly of the East India Company it was 100 per cent.; and wider a system of in dividual enterprise and competition, it is nearly 200 per cent. Every reduction in the price of the article has, however, been followed by an increase in its consumption. The present consumption of tea in this country amounts to an average of about I%lb. per head per annum for the entire popula tion. This is about one-fourth of the allowance usually afforded to domestic servants in families of the middle classes ; it is less than one-half of the quantity consumed in the Channel Islands, where all intoxicating beverages are far cheaper than in this country ; and it is scarcely one-sixth of the proportion used in Australia, by a popu lation whose physical requirements will appear to most persons less favourable to its use. Whatever test may be applied to our present consumption, it will evidently appear to be restricted by the artificial limits of price, and not by any objection to the qualities and proper ties of the article. A careful examination of these will justify the conclusion that it is adapted more than any other beverage for in corporation with every description of diet, and for use at every meal ; that it is suited to every variety of physical constitution, and adequate to sustain every description of mental or corporeal exercise. s th o a f tththeccdosetaloefrethreegmeiorset, le s h e l ry ic e a co ver their investments in i ts purchase , three order bto times the The presednetsderuitpytiaemnsoeufnitienz ittoistwevoi-dtheinrdt a tax upon a tax; the magnitude of the im public have thus to pay being indefensible and oppressive. Were post, in the first instance, consumer would obtain at least profit which would repay them, were the article free of duty. Ihe money that he now pays Mr 21bs. ; and 3lbs, of tea for the same the larger quantity would be used. there is no doubt whatever that involves that of slbs. of every pound of tea As the consumption o f added to that on the increased the duty reduced to Is. per lb., t he sugar, the extra duty on the latte r, . quantity of tea at Is., od ate eomtation, while the millions, according to the most m income might confidently future enlargement of this source of public be expected.upon those The committee conceive it unnecessary to enlarge - would at once e y r ield a revenue of about four aded that the impost. They are persu operation of a more equitable Impede the use of a cheap removal of those restrictions which novo to the happiness and salubrious beverage would be highly conducive . moral and social bene fi ts that may fairly be anticipated wider the radical dissua perance and domestic comfort, and by supplying p th tax as now elves from crime. They regard the burden o i e under what and well-being of the community, by encouraging habits of tem -cially developed ; and t ey there• ever character these may be benef. in their efforts 11 classes fore invite the sympathy and support of a pressing upon the energies of the entire populat on, h for its removal. WILLIAM XICOL, chairman. Liverpool, November, 1846. AGENTLEMAN of consid era ble influence and long standing onthe Liverpool Exchange is desirous of taking an Agency, which he could further by his general knowledge of the Merchant,, Shipowners, Ship - nd pr. duce Brokers, &c., of Liver pool- Ills references will be of the most unexceptionable character. Apply by letter, Liverpool. . only, to "L. S . l i . Box C ., 112," Post-office, 1 1 0 WHOLESALE CABINET MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PAPER STAINERS. and FACTORS. The ADVERTISER, having a first-rate connexion thoughout Scotland, amongst Cabinet Maker 4, Upholsterers, and Paper Hangers, wishes a Commission trom any respectable parties for any article in the above trades. • • The Advertiser, residing in Scotland, and taking his journey twice a year. Most resptctvbie references and se,urlty to any amount can be given.—Address, A. L., Post-office, Glasgow. PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORK OA lITIILICAL CRITICISM. In the course o January will be published, in Bvo., Vol. 1., Part 1., to be continued Quarterly,. ASYX4 /PSIS of CRI'FICISAIS upon those PASSAGES of the OLD TESTAMENT in which MODERN COMMENTARORS have differed from the AUTHORISED VER SION : together with an Explanation of various Difficulties in the Hebrew and English Texts. By the Rev. RICHARD A. F. BAR RE VT, M.A., Fellow of King's (allege, Cambridge. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. On Monday, the 18th, will be published, in two thick and handsome Bvo. volumes, the Third Edition, corrected throughout, enlarged, end greatly improved, of a DESCRIPTIVE and STATISTICAL ACCOUNT of the BRITISH EMPIRE ; exhibiting its Extent, Physical Capacities, Population, Industry, and Civil and Religious Institutions: By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. NC YC L OPIEDIA BRIT A NNICA. _LA Seventh Edition. Edited by Professor NAPIER. In 21 volumes 4to. Illustrated by 506 Engravings on Steel, and many thousands on Wood. An Index of 68,000 References, compiled with great industry and judgment, is appended to the work, forming a ready key to its multi farious contents. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh ; and sold by all Booksellers. PERFECT FREEDOM from COU GAS, in Ten Minutes after use, Is ensured by DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. From Mr. W. H. Waterhouse, Chemist, George-street, Ashton under-Lyne. "Jan. 8, 1846 " Gentlemen,—One of our most respectable townsmen called upon me yesterday, and stated that -he had derived more benefit from Locock's Wafers than from all the cough medicines he has used for the past five-and-twenty years. SeVeral other cases equally remark able nave been reported, so that the efficacy of the medicine in this district is now beyond dispute. (Sizned) W. H. WA.TERHOUSE." Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief, and a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs. To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice ; they have a pleasant taste. Price Is. lid. , 2s. 9d.. and I Is. per box. Agents :—Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London. Sold by all medicine vendors. SAUNDERS' RAZOR STROP. THE METALLIC TABLET STROP, for keeping R 4.ZORS hi perfect order, has been in constant use for the last thirty years. The following certificates, from the most scientific gentlemen, are published to show their worth From General James Tallmadge, President of the American In- statute, " Saunders' Razor Strop, with its four sides, combines admirably all the requisites to sharpen and set Razors with a fine and smooth edge ;—it is a real comfort to possess it. " New York, Nov. 1841. JAMES TALLMADGE." " From Professor Griscom and Dr. Valentine Mott. " George Saunders' Imperial Strop.—We can freely testify to its value. The side which he calls the Metallic Tablet is, as far as we know, a thing of hid own intrbduction into this country ; it appears to be an excellent, convenient substitute for a hone, and operates on the same principle as steel does upon a table-knife, but with far greater smoothness and certainty; it save+ the unpleasant necessity of oil and water, to assist in whetting. The other three sides of the Strop are extremely well finished, flat, smooth, and almost elastic, preserving the razor from that roundness of edge which so soon destroys its keenness. " J. GRISCOM. " May 10, 1827. " VALENTINE MOTT." Depot, No. 278, Strand. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RtrroN and BURTON'S) chemically purified material has been before it (made into every useful and ornamental article usually made in silver. possessing, as it dces, the characteristic purity and durab li'y of silver), has called into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," and other so called substitutes ; they are at best but bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him. Fiddle Threaded King's Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern, dozen. Dessert ditto and ditto ditto.. •• .. 10s. Od. 21s. ed. 255. Od. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto— • • ss. Od. 11s. Od. AU. Od. Gravy ditto ••••..•••• • • • • • • • • NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIBBON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. Elkington and C0., 1 1 beyond all comparison the very best article, next to sterling silver, that can be. employed as such either usefully or ornamentally. In the lengthened and increasing popu- larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can they be distinguished from real silver. Fiddle. Thread. Tea Spoons, per dozen Dessert Forks „ ••• • • - Dessert Spoons „ ••••• • • • • • 303. .• 525. Table Forks •••-• • • • • - 403. •• 6es King's, 38s. 58s. 625. 755. Table Spoons „ • • • • Tea and coffee zets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process, Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, ent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing- Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it —39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. Doncaster, September 26th, 1844. Sig,—The following particulars have been handed to us with a request that they might be forwatded to you, with permission for heir publication, if you should deem them worthy of such. J. BROOKE and Co., Doncaster. - Elizabeth Brearley, residing in Duke-street, Doncaster, aged between forty and fifty, was severely afflicted with Rheumatism, and confined to her bed for a period of nearly two months, with scarcely the power to lift her arm ; she was signally benefited after taking two doses of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and after finishing two boxes was quite recovered' The above recent testimonial is a rurther proof of the great efficacy of this valuable medicine , which is the most effective T remedy for he Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Tic Doloroux, Head and Face, often mistaken for tooth- ac he, and for all Gouty and alus in t Rheumatic Tendencies. It is also gratifying to have permission to refer to t h e following gentlemen, selected from a multitude o :others, whose station in society has contributed to advance this popular medicine in public esteem :—.l. It. Mandell, Esq., Coroner, Doncaster ; the Rev. Dr. Blomberg ; the Chevalier de la Garde ; Mr. Miskin, brewer and maltster, Dartford ; Mr. Richard Stone, Luton ; John J. Giles, Esq., Frimley ; Mr. Inwood, Perbright ; William Cour tenay, Esq., Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway St a tion, Hants. ; a ll of whom have received benefit by taking this medicine, an d have allow ed the proprietor the privil2ge of publishing th e same for the benefit of the afflicted. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, St ran d , L on d on ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicin e V en d hroughoUt the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S' GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of Thoma, Prout 229, Strand, Londoon." impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each b" of the gen mine Medicine M. TRIERS'S HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE.—The sixth volume of the authorised English edition of this important work, translated by D. Forbes Campbell, Esq., has just been published by Mr. Col burn. Under the titles of " Ulm " an d e Trafalgar," " Austerlitz" and the " Confederation of the Rhine, M. Thiers has e.nbodied in the present volume the great events which occurred between October, 1805, and Au gust, 1806. The disasters of France on the ocean, and her triumphs on the Continent, are portrayed with the a masterly hand. The diplomatic negotiatio ns of period are laid bare, and the political reconstruction of Germany explained with admirable lucidity. Although the author has entered minutely into the internal condi tion of Imperial Fi ance, her military strength and or her system of finance, national education, pub lic works, &c., he has reserved space to record what was passing in the other states of Europe, and to pay a noble and eloquent tribute of admiration to the memories of Nelson, Pitt, and Fox. B RIS T O L SUGAR-MARKET, J AN . B.—A. large busi ne,s has been transacted in our sugar-market since the re-opening of the offices on Tuesday last, and prices have imp , oved about Is. per cwt,—Bristol Mercury. THE HIGHLAND CLANS.----Tile following is an alphabetical list of all the known clans of S distinct i cotland, w i t h a description a the particular badge of with a wot nby each clan respectively, and which served as the distinguishing mark of their chiefs:—Buchanan, birch— Cameron, oak— Campbell, myrtle—Chisholm, Oder—Colquhoun, hazle—Cumming, common sallow-- Drummond, holly—Farquharson, purple foxglove—p er _ guson,poplar—Forbes,broora—Fraser,Yew—Gordon,joy —Graham, laurel— Grant, cranberry heath—Gunn, rose wood—Lamont, crabapple-tree Macalister, five-leaved heath—M‘Donald, bell heath M John'sa cl (a 3 , bu l l hwort heath—M‘Farlane, cypress— WDougal, cloud berry bush —Macgregor, pine—M.lntosh, boxwood—Mackay, deer grass—M•Kinnon,St. M•Lachlan, mountain ash—M`Lean, blackberryhereath —M‘Leod, red wortle berries—M`Nab, rose back berries M'Neil, seaware—M‘Pherson, variegated boxwoodri---es MacQuarrie, black thorn—Wßae, fir club m oss _ maple.) -Munro, eagle's feathers—Menzies, ash—Mu -rray, • h • Ogilvy, hawthorn —Oliphant, the great piper— son, fern Or brachins—Rose, brier rose—Ross bnehert ries—Sinclair, clover—Stewart , thistle —guthear ber ries—Sinclair, cat's tail grass. The chief of each clan to eagle's feathers in his bonne t, in addition wear two to the forego ing badge of his clan. DEATH OF JAMES SCULLY, ESQ. D ied, --- re sidence, in Tipperary, on the ni g ht of the at his after a short but severe illne ss, James Scully, E sq ,, 31st ult., sen., in his 70th year. Mr. Scu ll y was th sur viving son of the late James Scu ll y , Es e only House, in this county, and was for nn€l, of Kilf eac l e leading and active partner in the respectableay year s th e establishment in Tipperary, carried on under banking Up to his death he was the director of the y joint stoc k ears he acted his name. bank in the same town. During several as grand juror of this county, and when were relaxed, giving Roman Catholics thethe penal l aws holding the commission of the peace, he privilege of the first of that class appointed to the responsible situ • was amongst ation of magistrate. Mr. Scully was the magis trate of the barony in which he resided,senior the commission for nearly torty years. As having held name of the late James Scully will be lieig as the will be associated with all those recoll,cti:emembered, it sity, high-mindedness, independence, and d ans of genero ciple, which through life marked his sterling character. prin- May he ' rest in peace,—Tipperary Free Press. DEATH OF G. BYNG, ESQ., M.P. Twenty years ago, the subject of this notice was an exceedingly fine specimen of the old English country gentleman; but for some time past, ceasing to be a fine old man, he became a very feeble old man, and the more onerous duties which appertain to the representation of Middlesex devolved upon his colleagues. Still, on all great party divisions, he managed to get down and re cord his vote, generally in favour of what are called liberal p,inciples; but, sila , ‘! his attenuated form was only a remnant of what had ono been a magnate amongst English squires—a venerable wreck—the skele ton, if not, the shadow, of his former self. At length, however, to the great regret of his nutnerOus and affi c donate friends, he has reached the goal to which all men are involuntarily hastening. Ho ho so long was father of the House of Commons has, after attaining a ripe old age, descended into the tomb of his own fathers, forgetting the world, and soon to be by the world for-, gotten. He was born in London, on the 18th of May, in the year 1764, and had therefore attained the great age of 82. The lineLge of Mr. Byng is the same as that of the Viscounts Torrington, a family of great antiquity in the county of K-nt ; its honours in the peerage, however, are of comparatively recent date. Admiral Georg,- Byng, created a barona by Queen Anne, was raised, in 1721, by George 1., to the dignity of a viscount. His third son, Robert, became the father of George Byng, who for some years represented the county of Middle sex in Parliament, and who married Anne, daughter of the Right Hon. William Conolly, of Castletown. in Ire land, by whom he had several children. Of these the eldest was the very estimable person whose name stands at the head of this notice. Being the heir -apparent of his father, whose fortune was considerable, having good expectations, which were subsequently realised, trom Mr. Conolly, who had no sons, and who possessed great estates in Ireland, Mr. George Byng never once thought of engaging in any profession, but was natu rally regarded as the probable successor of his father in the representation of Middlesex. Down to the period, therefore, of his becoming a member of Parliament, the greater part of his time was spent as that of country gentlemen usually was in those days ; he participated in the field sports of his neighbourhood, and he shared with his father the cares and the responsibilities which belonged to the possession of those estates to the ownership of which he was des tined to succeed, but which do not now descend to any offspring ot his own; for, though he married in early life, Harriet, the eighth daughter of Sir William Mont gomery, Bart., and sister of Anne, Marchioness Towns bend, yet he leaves no issue. Mrs. Byng died about a year ago, and Lord Strafford is, we believe, the nearest surviving relative of the excellent gentleman whose death we have now to record. The father of Mr. Byng died in the year 1790, and his son (who had previously been a candidate for Maidstone, the principal town of that county in which his family had been originally seated) offered himself for Middlesex, and was returned as the colleague of Mr. Mainwaring, sen. From that time till he expired at two o'clock yesterday, he never ceased (except during dissolutions of Parliament) to be knil,ht of the shire for the great metropolitan county; he enjoyed the confidence of its constituency for a period of 56 years, and was returned by their suf frages to 16 successive Parliaments. But he was not always returned without opposition, nay, sometimes he was obliged to contend against considerable difficulties. At the general election in 1806 he presented himself under some circumstances rather unfavourable to his popularity, in consequence, it was said, of an unfortunate allusion in his advertisement to one of the three candi dates (Sir Francis Burdett). Notwithstanding, how ever, a declaration against him on the part of the county club, and notwithstanding a violent struggle on the part of Mr. Mellish, Mr. Byng was returned by a majority of two to one ; but, for the first time since he entered Par liament, he was not placed at the head of the poll, and when he returned to St. James's-square in his triumphal car, he was not received with those enthusiastic plaudits which usually greeted him upon such occasions. The election of 1806 was an exception to the general rule of Mr. Byng's Parliamentary lite, for he almost always stood at the head of the poll, al .d was supported not only by the higher class of Whigs. but by the whole strength of the Liberal party. Although some portions of this aggregation of cities called London extend into Surrey, Kent, and Essex, still those counties being of great ter ritorial dimensions are not yet quite impregnated to their extremities with a town population; Middlesex, however, is not only of more limited extent than any of the other three counties, but it happens to contain three fourths of this monster metropolis; its two representa tives, therefore, may be regarded as the organs not only of a vast trading and commercial race of men, but of the most wealthy, dignified, and enlightened body of electors who can be found amongst those classes. Yet George Byng was not the greatest of legislators. Although he represented a powerful constituency, he was not a power ful man. It is quite true that Pitt, Fox, Peel, and Can uing, occasionally sat for important places, yet throughout a great portion of their respective careers they derived no reflected influence from the dignity of their constituents. Mr. Byng's Parliamentary weight, however, was not in himself, but in those who sent him. Tiverton has long been represented by Lord Palmerston; I)ungarvon, and such places, by Shell; Caine, for many a year, by such men as Macaulay and Mackintosh ; Winchilsea, by Brougham ' • Burke was generally returned f or a norni tion borough, and Sheridan by the potwallopers of Staf ford ; while innumerable instances every day arise of men acquiring tho confidence of large constituencies without any higher intellectual attainments than those which Mr. Byng possessed ; but orators and statesmen must often be content with the refuse of the electoral bodies. The man who for more than half a century represented Middlesex was a thoroughbred, true-hearted gentleman—a staunch partisan—and, on the whole, diligent in the discharge of his public duties, yet nei ther learned, eloquent, nor profound. But the influence of unimpeacbed political character and high personal honour is always practically recognised by the con stituencies of England. If Mr. Byng were to give an account of his own political life, he would pro bably recall, and endeavour to revive, that admira tion of genius to which youth is more prone than age, and say, " I entered the House of Commons when its councils were guided by a race of intellectual giants. My early days were spent amongst such men as Pitt, Burke, Fox, Windham, Dun ning, Wedderburne, Erskine, Dundas, Grenville, Sheri dan, and Grattan. Amidst such associates I gave my entire confidence to my illustrious friend, 111 r. Fox ; and I have lived to enjoy the satisfaction of seeing many of his principles carried out into practice—religion set free, Parliament reformed, the restrictions on the importation of food in course of being abolished, the slave trade, and even slavery itself suppressed, and the Whig party filling the Cabinet of the Sovereign." Such, no doubt, were the conscientious feelings of the excellent and honourable man just deceased ; but almost every tyro in politics knows that the true principles of the Whig school were not those upon which Mr. Byng acted. In the Regency debates of 1789 Pitt said of Fox " I'll un whig the gentleman ; " b ut F ox unwhigged himself, and his party followed that example. Mr. Byng put his faith in the great opponent of Pitt, and renounced all other leaders. Mr. Byng, throughout his long life, proved how fully he believed that the doctrines which the Ministers of George 111. and George IV. held were " damnable and heretical." He loved his country, but, judging from his Parliamentary votes, one would say he sometimes thought that the interest of the Whig aristocracy was the same thing as the interest of the British nation. As we have referred to the measures which he supported, let not those which he opposed be forgotten. He uniformly raised his voice against everything proposed by Pitt, Perceval, Liverpool, Wellington, and all other Tories. He was ready to make peace with the French regicides, then with the usurping Emperor, or by any process to arrest that glorious resistance to foreign tyranny which has already given to Europe thirty-two years of repose, and secured to England empire, and freedom, and tame. Unhappily, the influence of party darkened the intel lectual vision of Mr. Byng. But, though he might have been in some respects a mistaken politician, he was always an honest man. He had the moral courage often to vote in small minorities ; often to support measures which of late years ceased to be unpopular —which have been accepted by the natibn, and ex posed with advantage to the test of prolonged and practical experience. Having said thus much of Mr. Byng's votes in Parliament, justice to his me mory requires that a willing testimony should be borne to the readiness and cordiality with which out of the House he supported the interests of his party and the maintenance of what be believed to be liberal princi ples. He was always ready to meet and account with those whose " most sweet voices" sent him into the House of Commons, and they, in return, never deserted him. Whether Wood, or Hume, or Pownal, Forbes, Lillie, or Mellish, Whitbread, Burdett, or Mainwaring, started for the county, George Byng's name was almost always at the head of the poll. Old age and declining strength finally induced Mr. Byng to relax his hold upon the representation of Middlesex. On the last day of the year 1846 he issued an address, taking leave of his constituents. It was an affecting farewell from a man who had seen two generations of electors pass away, and who had lived to witness so many changes in the political constitution and social condition, not only of England, but of the whole family of nations. Mr. Byng expired at a quarter past two o'clock yesterday after noon, at his residence Wrotham-hall, Middlesex.— Times. --- DEATH OF MR. HAWKINS, TAE VOCALIST.—It iS with deep regret that we announce the death of this talented and much respected musician, which took place at his residence on Saturday morning. Mr. Hawkins had for many years past occupied a distinguished po sition in the musical profession. He was looked up to by his compeers as an artist thoroughly proficient in tha science of music. He was member of the choirs of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal, and has for many years been considered the first 'alto singer in the metropolis. His death, which was quite unexpected, was caused by internal inflammation. He had but a short time previously been in the enjoyment of excel lent health. THE PENINSULAR MEDALS.—The number of medals likely to be required will not, we are informed, exceed half a million. NEW ZEALAND. PLymorra, JAN. 9.—The barque Portley, Captain Francis Reed, put in here yestereay, bound to London ; left the Mauritius on the 9,h, and Cape of Good Hope on the 31st of October. Her Majesty's sloop Snake, 16, Commander Thomas B. Brown, was at the Mauritiu-. Her Majesty's ship President, 50, Captain P. Stan!. y , flag. ship of Admiral Deere, had left - before the Pc.rtley sailed. The unpleasant feeling of the French toward the English, caused by the misunderstanding bete, eon the English Admiral and the French Consnl at the Mat,- ritius, has not yet subsided. Her Majesty's frigate Conway, 26, Captain William Kelley, left the Cape for the Mauritius about the 20th of October. The Portley, which is laden with sugars from the Mauritius, anl w , ,01 and hides from the Cape, reports the ship Pestonje, Bomanjee, lat. 7 50, long. 22 12 W., Nov. 28; the Wasp, lat. 24 28, long. 29, Dec. 11 the Dutch ship Pieter Floritz, from Batavia for Amsterdam, lat. 29 50, long. 29 4 W., Dec. 20 ; the Virginia, from London for New Orleans, long. 22 30, lat. 29 16, Dec. 20; and the Amity Hall, London, lat. 47 43, long. 12 50, Jan. 5. The schooner Triton, of Brixham, was off Plymouth yester day, bound up Channel. The barque Mery, Captain Levens, arrived at Ply mouth on the 9th of January; left Auckland September 20; rounded Cape Horn Oct. 23; touched at Pernam buco on the 3d, and left on the sth of December. She is laden with copper ore, flax, oil, cowrie gum (from the cowrie tree), and the bark of the hirrau, a new black dye, considered most valuable. Her passengers are Captain Sweeney (late American barque Noble), Mrs. Skivington and two children, Mr. O'Neal, Mr. Little wood, Mr. Reeves, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Potts, Mrs. Hill, Mr. M‘liey and family, and Mr. Seaman and family- Her Majesty's ship Castor, 36, Captain Charles Graham her Majesty's ship Racehorse, 18, Commander George J. Hay, and a sloop of war, not the Carysfort, were at Auckland.. A native chief, of Banghieta's tribe, was on board one of these ships. The merchant vessels Stra , thalia and Haidee were advertised .to sail Nov. 1; the Cecilia, in all that month; and the Mary Katherine, after her repairs are completed at Kaipara. The settlement of Auckland is in a most flourishing condition. The government of Captain Grey gives en• tire satisfaction. Emigrants from Sydney anti Hobart Town are constantly arriving. A mounted police, coal , posed partly of natives, has been some time established, and its beneficial efftcts are felt dad). The church and college for the natives is in full operation. Good order and decorum prevails, and the Sabbath-day is respected. The Government are erecting barracks upon a most ex tensive scale. llappily for this settlement the neigh bouring tribe, that of the Waleata, the most populJus on the island, is friendly disposed towards the settlers, for whom they willingly labour for hire. Their chief, Te Werrowerro, who is called the King of New Zealand, lately offered Captain Grey help to suppress disturbances created by another chief. This proffered assistance the Governor most prudently declined to accept, being willing to put down the tumult with his own forces, thereby preventing the two tribes from becoming em broiled through British interests, and at the same tim e exhibiting undeniable pr oo f o f th e colonial Government to quell the outbreak themselves. Within a radius of 50 miles round Auckland the country is unequalled for agricultural and arable purposes, and the land is culti vated entirely by settlers, assisted by the natives. Land in the country ranges from 10s. to 101. per acre. Town land in some parts has recently obtained 30/. per foot frontage, with a depth of 50 feet; in other parts 31. Flour, 20s. per cwt.; pork, 2id. per lb.; fresh butter, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d.; tea, 25.; and sugar, 4id. per lb. Dollars, 4s. Hostilities in the north of the island, said to be first caused by the interference of the Americans, is now en tirely arranged. The war was between the natives and the Government, and not between the natives and the settlers. The two latter are now on good terms, and the native chief, Heki, regrets ever having taken any hostile steps. There was no British man-of-war at Pernambuco. Freights very high, and still rising. Several English vessels laid on. Not so much shipping there as usual. LORD J. RUSSELL and the FAMILY • OF THOMAS HOOD. (From the Examiner.) It will be seen in the subjoined copy of Lord John Russell's letter to the friends of Mr. Hcod's family, that the continuance of the pension lapsed on the death of Mrs. Hood is impossible, a fact which his Lordship states with a kind expression of regret. It is to the last de. gree disgraceful to the country, that the fund available for such purposes is a pitiful 1,2001. a year. Better, far better, to abolish the bounty altogether, than to stint it so miserally, for the niggardly dole measures the national liberality with the most damning exactness. Some one in Parliament should propose either to aug ment the fund or to sweep it away, with the admission that the State denies the claims of distressed literary merit. The comparison between the prodigality to military services (however questionable both the merits of the success and the result), and the measured parsi mony to literature and science, is too odious. "Downing-street, Jan. 4. " Gentlemen,—l have had the honour to receive your letter of the 30th of December. "After stating the circumstances of the grant of a pension to Mrs. Hood by her Majesty, you request me to advise the Queen to renew the grant, in the name of the public, for the benefit of the very objects for whom it was originally intended.' It is necessary that I should explain to you why this cannot be done. "Upon the accession of the present Queen, it was de termined by Parliament, on the recommendation of a Committee of the House of Commons, that, instead of a fixed sum to be granted in pensions, an annual sum of 1,200/. should be at the disposal of the Crown. " Under the former plan, when a pension fell vacant it could be renewed to any member or members of the family; under the present arrangement, the pension lapses to the public, and cannot be renewed. It is true a pension can be granted if any portion of the 1,200/. re mains undisposed of; but that is not at present the case. The whole sum has been already bestowed, and any grant I should recommend for the children would be illegal and void. " - I - much regret this circumstance. I should have been happy to have recommended the continuance of this pen sion, but until June next the Crown has not the power to grant any pension on the civil list. " I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, " J. RUSSELL. " Messrs. D. Salomons, W. Elliot, and Thos. Pringle.' SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR EDWARD EAST., BART.— We regret to announce the sudden decease of Sir Ed ward Hyde East, Bart., at his residence, Sher oud Lodge, Battersea. The deceassd, who was in his s3d year, was one of the members of her Majesty's Privy Council, and Indian assessor. Sir Edward went to town on Thursday, returned apparently in his usual health, and retired early to rest, after partaking of a very hearty supper. It had been the deceased's invariable custom to throw open his chamber door at seven o'clock every morning, that the fire might be lighted. At eight o'clock on Friday morning the door was not open as usual, and the domestics, after knocking for some time and receiving no reply, became alarmed, forced the door, and discovered Sir Edward lying in bed, dead and cold. He appeared to have expired withouta struggle. The ne cessary information has been forwarded to Mr. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey. Sir Edward East was much beloved by the poor of Battersea, to whom he was extremely charitable, and his loss will be much felt. Count Revel, formerly Secretary of the Sardinian Legation, has returned to this country, having been appointed Sardinian Chargé d'Affaires in London, in consequence of the death of Count Pollon, the late Mi nister. FIRE AT THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY Yesterday afternoon (Sunday), between four and five o'clock, a fire, which created considerable alarm, broke out in a small wooden building, termed the Cokemen's Lodge, situate in No. 3 arch of the Eastern Counties Railway, Bell -court, Wheeler-street, Spitalfields. The building was used by the men employed on the line to dry their clothes in, and it is supposed that some wear ing apparel had been left too near the stove, and, becom ing ignited, had set the place in a blaze. In th e cours e of a few minutes the parish engines arrived, and also six belonging to the London establishment and the West of England. Plenty of water being at hand, the flames were soon extinguished, but not before the lodge was burned down and a tool-shed damaged. ELY AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY.—This line will be opened for passenger traffic on Thursday next. The Government inspector will, we understand, proceed down the line this day, and should his report be favour able, as in all probability it will, there will be no further obstacle to the opening ; thus giving Cambridge and Norwich a direct railway communication with . Peter borough, Northampton, Birmingham, Liverpool, & c. Since the line has been opened for luggage and ock, we understand a great deal of business h as been _ d one, which will, no doubt, gradually increase.—Cambridge Independent Press. " RESERVE MY BED."—On Saturday morning an impudent robbery was effected on the premises of Mr. J. Shipman, Sun Coffee-house, 136, St. John-street. On the previous night a gentlemanly man called on Mr. Shipman, and after partaking of supper, engaged a bed and retired to rest. He waited on the following morning until the other inmates of the house had gone down stairs, and then he broke into Mr. Shipman' s sleeping ' room, from which he stole a dark suit of clothes, con sisting of a dress coat, a double-breasted waistcoat, and blsek trousers; also a mourning ring, a breast pin, and other property, the whole of which he concealed about him. When he came down-stairs he threw the atti nd ants in the house completely off their guard, by prai,ing the accommodation he had received, and reque:,ted they would reserve the bed for him, at the sam, tine hanzhig over the price of the same. He then walked away. He is about twenty-two years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, and was dressed in a Taglioni °oat. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the `Mciety enabled the Directors, at the lest annual investigation, to declare fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the prefniums paid each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. ,;< Bonus Bonus in gg g Assured ro m is Premiu. added. Cash. t c a may p g Borrow. 1837 £217 IS 1 £lOO 011 ZIG 0 4 1 £445 0 0 S. d. 1838 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 0 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10 74 19' 11 3.1 346 2 3 1840 116 7 6 54 010 718 10 296 13:4 1841 111 6 8: 49 18 0 710 .4 247 4*5 The division of profits is anneal, and the next will be made In December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION, (aided by Voluntary Contributions,) for the Cure of Stricture of the Urethra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous, Local, and General Debility. SURGEON —F. B. COURTENAY, 31.R.C.5.L., 2, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. To small tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes generally, this Institution offers, In all cases, gratuitous surgical assistance. and In others medicine also free of expense. Apply at the Surgery adjoiung the Surgeon's residence. F . ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. OPENING OF THE PETERBOROUGH BRANCH. This Line will be opened for General Traffic on the 14th Instant. The arrangement of Trains will be as follows : FROM LONDON. 7.15 a.m.; 11.30 a.m. ; 2.0 p.m. ; 6.0 p.m.—Week Days. 6.45 a.m ; 2.0 p.m.—Sundays. FROM PETERBOROUGH. *6.0 a.m ; 8.25 a.m. ; 12.0 n. ; 4.40 p.m. ; 7.0 p.m.—Week Days. .6,0 a.m. ; 8.45 a.m. ; 4.0 p.m. - Sunda., s. A Train also leaves Cambridge at 6.50 a.m. every morning, for Peterborough and Stamford. All the Trains, excepting those marked *, are in conjunction with Trains at Peterborough to and from Stamford. For particulars as to Fares, Rates, and Coaches in connexion-with the Trains see Time Bills, to be had on application at any of the Company's stations, or at the coach.ofllcas in connexion with the Company, on and after the 10th inst. By order, Bishopsgate Station, January 4, 1847. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. r ' , • , r {~dCt,`ii:.►~-~.+.S~s': - : , . - rccvraa 7 Rs:. ~~' No. 16,946. NORTH .BRITI-SH REVIEW. To ADVERTISERS. _ The latest day for. receiving Advertisements for the 12th Number of the North British Review, is Saturday, the 16th inst.; and for Bills Wednesday, the 20th. . ......, . . Agent for Advertisements—Hugh Cunningham, 154, Strand. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PROFESSOR SCWENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other Explofive Compounds, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED on y Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three o'clock; and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.' The principle of the various EL LCTRO-MAGNETIC TELE GRAPHS explained daily by Professor BACHHOFFNER, including the Patent of Messrs. Cook and Wheatstone, Muse on the railways, and the more recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble ; the various Models explained. Magnified Specimens of DISEASED POTATOES, exhibited by the OXYHYDROGEN MICROSI'OPE, with the DE- S TRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Smee, Esq , F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. A beautifhl Series of NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. The DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Experiments. The PHYSIOSCOPE, new CHROMATROPE, &c.. &c. - Admission Is. Schools, half-price. • 4 - - Afitt • A*. ) 14" , , . • ,\ - 44 06 0 _ . • ill-• • R IV • \ CA. fi ~. ~~ -~G RAILWAY TRAFFIC OF THr PAST YEAR. The increase of revenue for the yoar 1846 over that of 1845 (says the 'Railway Chronicle) has been most satisfactory. The gross receipts have considerably ex ceeded a million of pounds sterling. Upwards of 900,0004 of thin amount have been yielded in the following pro portions by' the undermentioned componivs PRICE SD. Dalin and Dioghada Eastern counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Wee, rn . London and North Western.. .. Lon linglitoq. and Soulli Colts; London and , Outh-lirestvrn.. Alaiteneater and Lewis 31 idiand Newcastle, and Carlisle Norfolk.. Aleftiell and Manchester South-Eastern.. York and North Mifland Total of 1845. 38,272 268,205 139,785 892,8:,5 1,g60,4 , 8 319,084 353,104 334,853 717.934. 8q.586 31,53:3 51.226 3 , 13,5`,43 138,721 Total of 1846. - 39,221 438,794 180,018 963,478 1,979,583 368,582 354,388 387,416 801,303 101,616 74,009 96,229 794,993 296,065 "ncrease on the whole year. - • The on:y company who.e revenue leis been materially affecled in a dA-rent directn.n lit en the Dublin and lii7l.4stown ; and here we regr,t to o , matt a decrease on the year of upwards of 3,900/. The greatest per centage of increase has been on the Norfolk, a line whose traffic almost wholly agricultural. Is Parrs ard very mode rate, and its traffic plincipdly What may be called " short." On this rail.ay, though the re has been only an ad,lition of 11 miles to a line already 59 miles in length. there has la-en the enormous increase of upwards of 1:35 per cent. So touch for enc..uraging agricultural traffic in - a thinly populated distrie !- 1, ,, t us hint to the Great Western, and to thr South Western likewise, to ponder on this fact. On the York a - nd North Midland the increass has been 86 p er cent., the mileage extended from 53 to 162 miles. On the Sln-ifi , dd and Manchester, with a mileage increased from 19 to 49 miles, the in crease has been upwards of 82 per cent. The next greatest increase, and great it is, considering the pro portionate amount of mileage, 124 miles in 1845 and 161 miles in 1846, is on the Eastern Counties; here we find the increase to be as much as 62 per cent. 03 the South• Eastern the mileage has increased from 88 to 140, and the increase in the traffic has been 23 percent. The London, Brighton, and South Coast traffic has increased 15 Der cent., with mileage from GO to 112 during the latter part of the year. That of the Manchester and Leeds has increased 16 per cent., with mileage extended from 84 to 117. On the Midiand the increase has been 11 per cent. On the London and North-Western and Great Western each 7 per cent., with increased mileage on each of some 20 miles. On the South-Western the traffic has been nearly stationary as to receipts, with a slight advance however ; as to numbers of passengers, the increase has been considerable, occasioned by the liberal reduction of fares, to which the company adhered, even with decreasing receipts, for a long period. If wa make the required deduction for working expenses and for extensions opened, we shall find the increased value of the old railways over last year amounting to about fifteen millions sterling ; a fact which sufficiently shows the absurdity of the present depressed value of such property in the market. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH- WESTERN RAILWAY. We regret to have to announce that an accident of a very frightful character, and attended w:th fatal con sequences, occurred at tit , We) bridge station on the South-Western line, en Saturday ( veiling. The following are the particulars of this melancholy affair:—Amongst the passengers by the halt-past fire P.AI. train from Nine Elms, was an elderly person of respectable appearance, and whom we understand has been since identified as the schoolmaster at the Chertsey Union. This person had paid his fare to Weybridge, which is the nearest station to Chertsey, but it seems that on the train arriving there at twenty minutes past six o'clock, although the name of the station was called out repeatedly, and several pas sengers had alighted, the deceased, who was seated at the extreme end of a second-class carriage, and most probably dozing, did not become aware of the fact until after the train was in motion, when he instantly opened the door and jumped out, and as the other passengers thought, had alighted in safety, as the train had not then cleared the plattorm. The result, however, was not so. Whe her the deceased had failed to lose his hold of the carriage, or had got any portion of his dress en tangled with it, is not known, but it is quite certain that he must have been speedily thrown down between the platform and the metals, and dragtted several yards, as at the spot where he had attempted to get out was found the iron heel tip of one of his boots, firmly driven into the edge of the platform, and from thence, for nearly twenty yards, the brickwork was grazed and besmeared with blood. Tile servants in attendance at the station had no intimation of an accident having occurred, until one of the passengers, crossing the rails after the train had left, heard a groan, and, when the porters proceeded to the spot, they found the deceased lying upon his face, and as they approached him, he turned over and expired. The sight that present,- d itself was of the most horrible and sickening kind. The left leg and thigh had been torn away from the hip, the right leg was broken in three places, and the foot was all but separated. The deceased was conveyed to the station, and the attendance of a surgeon procured as speedily as possible; but, of course, his services were of no avail. The body was afterwards taken to the Hand and Spear Tavern, adjoining the station; but the landlord refused to receive it. Mr Keene, the governor of t orsemonger-lane gaol, was i n the same carriage with deceased, and he, with other gentlemen, concur in stating that the servants of the company were not in any way blameable. SURGICAL uPERATIONS BY THE INHALATION OF ETHER. The following particulars, connected with the intro duction of the recently-discovered ethereal influence:to patients in the course of undergoing surgical operations at several of the metropolitan hospitals on Saturday, and which was generally adopted at those institutions on that day, will doubtless be read with considerable in terest. Mr. Ferguson, the eminent surgeon of King's College Hospital, having signified his intention of operating on three patients by the inhalation of ether in that institu tion, the theatre was crowded by members of the medical profession, amongst whom were Drs. Forbes; Todd, Rudd, Farrar, Pabridge, Avery, Bowman, Drewett, Hall, Thompson, Robinson, Cartwright, Stevens, and others. The first patient operated upon was a young woman, a sempstress. She had been admitted on the 31st ult., suffering severely from an abscess formed by constantly sitting at needlework. It was the second time it had so formed. It appears that sho had it opened on Thursday, and the operation rendered necessary on Sa turday was the removal of what was described to be a blind external fistula. The young woman when brought in had a handkerchief tied over her eyes, and seemed exceedingly weak. Having been placed on a kind of couch, the inhalation of the vapour was proceeded with, and in a few seconds she fell asleep. Dr. Forbes, perceiving Mr. Ferguson was about commencing the operation, observed that the patient was not effectually etherised, adding, as a proof of his assertion, that she still clenched his hand. In the next moment, however, the knife had completed its work, without a murmur from the patient, or the least muscular action. The apparatus was only kept to her mouth till insensibility was apparent, not more than two minutes. She recoi vered to a state of consciousness immediately after the operation. On Mr. Ferguson asking her if she was aware the operation was performed, and whether she felt any pain, she replied that she was confident she felt the use of the knife, but experienced n ,t the slightest pain. Two other patients (males), who evidently were suffer ing severely, were next op, rated upon with equal suc cess. One of them, on recovering from his insensibility, remarked that he had had a dream. On Saturday the inhalation was tried by Mr. Mac murdo, at St. Thomas's Hospital, in the presence of Mr Green, Dr. Barker, Dr. Leeson, Mr. Clark, Mr. Whitfield, and other gentlemen connected with the in stitution. Toe effects of the ether were first tried on a patient who is to be operated on hereafter. The inhalation, although continued for upwards of three minutes, did not produce insensibility on the patient first tried, and the amount of cerebral congestion, contracted iris, and other symptoms, were so unsatisfactory as to induce the medical gentlemen to desist. The next patient was a child, six years old, who had a scrofulous disease of the index finger. Insensibility was speedily produced, and Mr. Maemurdo immediately removed the finger. The child did not attempt to withdraw the hand during the operation, and on recovering ask( d if his finger was off.: He did not seem cognisant of the fact, and when asked if the finger should then be removed, answered " No." The child seemed to suffer no subsequent inconvenience, neither did the patient to whom the ether was first ad ministered. On the whole the result was considered very satisfaet,ry. At Charing-cross Hospital an operation was attempted under the influence of ether. It was the removal of is large fatty tumour over the shoulder of a young woman, twenty-two years of age. It is difficult for the writer to state whether the non-success of the trial 'arose. lions the defective construction of the apparatus, or the . vapour not acting upon the constitution of the female. edroisuscoverye use th i i n s valuable discovery will N o be do b u r b o t Vg i h n t c in u to rs g e e o n f er t a im l hos pitals throughout the kingdom. E XPERIM E N TS QUARTER-MASTER FREE. BU WITS HELLS.—The select com m it tee CONCUSSION having rep ort. din favour of the adoption of th ese s h e ll s in the service, but the Lords Commissioners of th e Ad miralty having a predilection in favour of metal fuses over those made as in the present case with wood, a trial was ordered at Portsmouth, which took place on Thursday and Friday last in the presence of Captain Chads, R.N., Major Lethbridge, 11. A., Major Stevens, ]LM.A., and other officers. One hundred and twenty shells were fired on both days. On the first day fifty five shells were fired —thirty from an 8-inch gun of ninety-six cwt., with a full charge of 151bs. of powder, and twenty-five from a 32-pounder of fifty cwt. The shells were fired at a range of 2,450 yards, and at an ele vation of 20i degrees. Ten of the shells struck the target, of which nine burst on striking, and one did not burst; one burst in flight, and of the remainder no ac count was taken, as the height of the angle at which the shells were fired, and the great length of range, rendered. the task of hitting the target a very critical one. 'These fuses have hitherto proved highly satisfactory, whilst their small cost must recommend them for general use, the expense of preparing them being only three half pence, whilst the brass fuses cost Gs. Gd. each. Macready has been fulfiliing short engagements at 1 Caille.'oury 4,nd Exetcr. llenry Betty is announced to ap:) , .ar at C.lnterbury on Thursday next, Jun. 14, in the of ar.ieter of lti.:hard the Third, and afterwards proc..ecls to Exeter anti Devouport, previous to his per forming at the Surrey Theatre on Monday, Feb. 22. :NTS I I