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A host of copyists have followed in his wake; and—a yet surer sign of original genius— others, who are no copyists, have not disdained to borrow the form which he had introduced. Nor is it a mere JUNE 17, 1847. No. 17,081. LON DON, TH U RSDAY ORNING SUN PRICE SD. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LI FE ASSUItANCE SOCIETY. 26, COIINHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Th's Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured I is, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or tor viture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); tiso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of Igs t crests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847 to declare a fifth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 p er cent. on the premiums paid on each policy effected on the irofit scale. EXAMPLES. PUBLICATIONS. EAST INDIA HOUSE. 16th JUNE, 1847. IHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. ROGERS ON ELECTIONS-7th Edition. This day is published in 12m0., price 30s. boards, THE LAW and PRACTICE of ELECTIONS, ELECTION COMMITTEES, and REGISTRATION ; with an Appendix, containing the Acts of Parliament for England, Scot land, and Ireland, brought down to the present time. Seventh Edition, with considerable additions. By F. N. ROGERS, Esq., of the Inner Temple, one of her Ma jesty's Counsel, Recorder of Exeter, and Deputy Judge-Advocate- General Stevens and Norton, Bell-yard, Lincoln's Inn, and 194, Fleet-street. INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY Will be held at their House in Leadenliall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th Inst., from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six in the Evening, for the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR of the said Company, in the room of Major General Archibald Robertson, deceased. The Form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for ena bling the Proprietors of East India Stock to Vote by Proxy on this occasion may be obtained, upon application at the Treasury, in t his House in --- JAMES C. MELVILL. Secretary. MR. JAMES'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. On Monday will be ready at all the Libraries, R USSELL; a TALE of the REIGN of CHARLES H. By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq. Three Vols. Post Bvo. Price 1/. lis. 6. London : Smith. Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Lately Published by the same Author. THE CASTLE of EHRENSTE IN ; its Lords Spiritual and Tem poral its laliabitants Earthly and Unearthly. 3 vols. Price:ll. 118.6 d. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IHAVE have now the honour to inform you tha t the BALLOT for the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR of the EAST INDIA COMPANY will take place on WSDNESDAT, the 39th of June. I beg to offer my grateful thanks for the promised support of a numerous and influential body of Proprietors, and for the zealous and unwearied exertions of my friends, which enable me to look for ward to the result of the contest with perfect confidence of success. My Committee meet daily at the London Tavern, where commit nicatitnui from my friends will be thankfully received. I have the honour to he, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obliged servant. WILLIAM J. EASTWICS. London Tavern, June 16, 1847. Annual !rolicy Age. ❑ I're- taken mium. out in 73 I I Bonus WI Perma nent Re duction of Sum the Assured may bor row on Policy. addition Bonus in Assured. I Cash. Annual Premiums. £ s. d. 18 4 6 15 13 5 13 4 9 9 19 1 9 9 2 7 10 4 X s. d. 494 S 10 445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 X 'Xs. d. 60 1000 74 3 4 (1 A M E L I S T. tolil}ol T, WESTMLNSTER and MIDDLESEX. T O .„,, (SECOND PUBLICATION.) Tipi n fralSONS who have taken out GENERAL GAME CER -14,,....'..rEti at 4L Os 10d. each, including the Additional Duty of .4.`,"Cent. under the . Act of 3 Vic., cap. 17. 114R' Robert, Esq. Queen-street lakkinonlea Boston, Holborn-bridge An nstro , Hon. C., Eaton-place litt er n g , Christopher, 7, Tyndale-place, Islington 1444, Alexander, Esq. Piccadilly irk,r i° a. C., 61, Chester-square I rks, Chub s ed. Esq. Mile-end, Old Town is D.. Esq. Lownds-street tia,hin,llll, Oxford-street S, Dird,," :4 Jeffrey's -square i , ehric.. Srnithfield-bars ' l lelter, E t t4 Pher, Friday-street tatierkk, r.,!_arcl, Newgate-market d f.,_,ln e ,.. t " .. ;, o ad rg d e i , n ß t ow-churchyar 1 41 0 1 Z ik.. r}ilalerick, Elge ° w n are -. t, ,T - r: un., Union Club, Trafalgar-square besi34 , i,, , .s Esse-street e,.. a site,G e `' w ard,St. Martin's-place "alli Ink e ° tße, Isleivorth b.,...‘ter w ilß e ' G eorge M. Stable-yard, St. James' 4 1 7. s; a m , 8 , Royley street, St. Luke .Trer',. - ."1 )11 , 4/, Galway-street, St. Luke .award Hudson, Collingwood-street, St. Luke (1141 1/ben' Wil liam, 8, Lonsdalc-square, Islington ten s. zdwaohn, Charles-street elit attrt, , e1 t ,,,, d ; Esq., Piccadilly CZke, Jo h „-r, Esq., Bond-street ~._,, , celeston-place Chn ittn , u,l. Fred., Eaton-place takwi,,F., Captain. Upper Grosvenor-street titto ti ;f en fad, Finch-lane, Cornhill t.. 7 4, Wu? , 40 , Manchester-street em.on ~ an; II , 2, Gloucester-place u' G eorge, 18, Harevvood-square 0t14.,.. Charles 4, Warwick-square, Kensington tlltn;"k!lamuts. lenham l q, Th "las Norwood i lal,, O W I , 1111 ,! I n , Rey ' den, HadleLh ell. vg.,narles. St. Martin's-court w.flilife'Cktn, Strand i,! i ttlern., „„ ilit anl, Castle-street, Long-acre h„,'`geoenb - e '" . .. H., Twickenham Kte, R e i' lio ll°s• S., Spring-gardens Lt 7 4, Xa ' 43 R., St. Alban's- place .. oia,r,,_ ward, Muswell-hill, llornsey Rh . s i ',.. Robert Park-street tatinsrard, G;eat Winchester-street ten , ~...‘e, William, 1, sussex.square tat'7,.na, Little Stanmore tlli s, ', a ‘earles, H ayes kik V i gara. Ashford k hae,ii:.ere, a 2, Albany i W ' a 6,,, 0g n0 ,,.?' C., Esq., Upper Brook-street N. Ron '' e, Esq., 70, Jermyn-street t, • Charles, Grosvenor-square alltiZa , Hen. William, Laurence Pountney-hill - atelie n .; 3 Bl ! W. E. 16, St. James-street . 1 4 2 1 , ll,' • °a n 13 ,, Golden-square , ) , ,00:1'. Queen-street kZ. --I ' ,lo o -8 . Jtanitnesu,elE,s34Es.q,.B, Berkeley-street ,-'j"" Q - 0...‘ 1 4b1v ib .......... Mniaank prison ' • ' . t he ,- ' - 'wulu„,„_ P., Crouch-end, Hornsey . • ' . . • "vi i, ""‘ln, Pleasant-place, Islington CLLord br as, J., Esq., Berkley-square Ictritatoi, Gen, Chester-street ' 'ten. Samuel, Mount-street Richd. Mattison, Fleet-street t il o k it l ,l 44o l ;l l „,9 o orge, Billi ter-court 'les, Liverpool -street 'Repe r ~.n, William Samson, Skinner-street koktr. sUchard, Thaives' Inn 8 1 ants Thomas, Bucklersbury 8 ' T homas, Stanhope-terrace t ' Thomas Henry, Paddington Ice uert, Feltham - "va ~..ael, 8, Hanover Villas, Kensington . +an 14 low a . .i,as, Arundel-street It areo .mbert Walker, The Lower Heath, Hampstead !sin ) , ~ Charles, Finchley ylan,''alin, West Smithfield tianior,l4,' Richard, Hanover-square ES , ti v i gl u n e , i 4 N, , n C w ire li ncester -place I, 7 e ' ll t.,StaZ a . e -g alid• ' I leurY, Wood-steeet thtn iul i Captain John, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars taint. p et ' Coleridg e J o h n, L om b ar d street t_4l tr *. 4 ' 14 aiot , General, 11, South Audley - street iza , . Charles E wan , E a :on-place I, 4l ftirt n Wis ' scl ~ Connaught-place West n . n, Stephen G., Pall-mall East E arl of, L a l e h am t‘arsh,,, ti gh, the Duchess of, Grosvenor-gate Ipen, l 7. Thoina, Maddox-street l itir t h is t i . John Esq 15, Argyle-street 5t,.., n, Sir R'oderick,Belgrave-square Z lloctn, , Thomas, Nicholas-lane i ldle t T e raues, 78, Harley-street utiviii 8 . R. Hume, 4, St. Andrew's-place Vi1144,:,;11iP, 4. Clarendon-place "artoik' '`,7, 73 . Paddington hltae:',"'• H. Head addington i O J lln , n ih il well 1 1 Y. Ri ot , Upper East Smithfield )4Zarl,.. tey Warwick-street ) wilood, William Frederick, S., Guards Club, St. James-street t e're, 'firth,' Finchley tril i. 4ll,. , ilt i n, Doctors' Commons b..-Lmnos""ience, Crown-court, Cheapside -we n -...e, Thotnas, Uxbridee Na n ; 4 rthu 1, in,„ „.,r Mostyn, Cornhill NI l ..., on. Charles 24, George-street .vohn Allan, E.(; . George-street " 1 0 i,` Nir ' ~,,inlam Georg' -C, Threadneedle - street am. Finchley-road Littelker ter, North -end, Fulham "ps'..... j°ll n, M.P., St. Margarets L c ks ' xis -wil oul, 8, C anon b u ry-square, Islington k h.,.. '"win s ' 'amnel Piccadilly ki. . 4l , l:l4 Ciar t ,_ les, 4, Whitehall-place ...' ar rison,Muswell-hill Homey iletn4st 41ward, Finchley ' l.4%,..Grenville, Esq., Charles-street irDhe n , _,? 4 am. Dowgate-hill - go ]te e m ' 'trues Wilberforce, Moorgate-street :Dlien rn. Ravenscroft. Moorgate-street 1 ". p„'„Gmr George, Knt, Moorgate-street ''' , ll - -. An, Great. Winchester-street Nth " ' Willia a, e 5.... m. Campion-lane . i ritel,7 l .. Charles, Mincing-lane t'gate ' Thernitif 30. Wiginore-street t, e..... , 1 aiit Thos. Oriental Club, Hanover-squaro ih.7ls.ey ,-._ • H.. 7040,' `' , ' 0 ,..., • D., Jerrnyn-street - 'ulso k ;` , non. Fitzroy, Trevor-square Pr i n t n, Thomas, Finchley 4 144 0 1 William, 84, Old -street, St. Luke i ltYlo s W . J oseph Robert, Finchley ta mt . William Mason Seward-street, St. Luke Irti,,. i ' i n, William Henry, 23, Stonefleld-street, Islington •rftmo""eY, Captain Harry, Hertford-street Tho rn r, Ren ~. rY, Pall-mall 11 1. e t! n van ies. 3.lawbey-house. South Lambeth - ohm “-narles Commercial-road, Pimlico V il, Jo ! allt,t, im. Finchley Vsederick, Haymarket Ivey ...ord Harry, Grosvenor-place ~ Charles, Es . Hanover-street I tatinr, ri nn, John A. ' Esq.. Conduit-street It t li:ltuve, Dr. Alfred, 8, Ladbroke-place, Kensington WejireY, Lord Charles, Piccadilly 1,?Ill_, Robert, Esq 23 Down-street 11 10,Z ~Isaac, Grosvenor-street ' West Wicker, al, John, Fleet-street Lawrence, 46, Welbeck-street W in aml, 4. Green_ i 39. Wimpole-street t a cd bridge, John, tiarre-w all, Charles, Sunbury „lte, Colonel John, Heston Zoodward, John, Laleham i ' ',; °°(l . George, Ealing I,..a'xi, Henry, Craven -street ,Litters, Edmund Th omas, 25, Duke-street, St. James's attlon, James, Horseferry-road OOd, Josh, Carter, Artillery Brewery, Westminster. t/s- r 0 4 ,.nr PERSONS b e i ng ASSESSED SERVANTS for whom '''' lE CERTIFICATE.; are taken out at ii, vi• ''',„, ng the Additional Duty of 10 per cent. under the Act t -7s. 6d. each, o in; 0 3:33 ,x0ria 17, v• n, Charles, Wimpole-street, appointed by J. Green Wilkinson, ... -.41, for the manor of Laverstoke, near Overton, (no ehar6e to e ._ un dermentioned person has been sur Hants ",wrung without a certificate :- d in double duty, 7"'aY, Joseph, Greenford 11 144 1.15 T i n OF PERSONS LICE NSED TO _ DEAL IN GAME. George Poulter, 13, New street p r George-street • Stephen William, 1 114,Z,_ • tl iih, John, 61, Nortii-3sot;eljet,PEedgeware road elethZ` kn nbe, John, 13, Frinces-street Cly,—"ell, William, 107, Edgeware - roa d „eki Dert e, tI.F.Wm., Paddington Frederick, 58, High-street, Portland-town • U. Robert, Paddington Kottingldll Daniel, Paddington B,Xard, John 33, Theobald's-road krie, Charles , s2 , -street, Portiand-tOWn I ,Jo t, LIB hn. 6 1. Charles-street A' Abraham C., 9, Edgeware-road At., Arthur . 3B, High - street, Kensington I,,?iler T homas,AtA. 13* noiborn-hi 1 attrtieslYin., 38, High-street, MarylebOne • • hed, f ord weY, %Chard, 12, Portman-market , nten, a ll enrY, Newgate-market 4 sro o t. -, A. H., Coventry-street troje. Edward Alfred, Ship Tavern, Passage Stew George, Leadenhall market Newgate-market Coje. Arthur, Hungerford-market Net O,„ 1111 . iun. Newport-market c - ha . Shadwell Frith-street t Ge° rge. Ratcliff 11,, er, J ohn, Re:cliff c'ed, Henry, Princes-street William, Charing-cross pmll7• , t in. Arth ur , Lower Eaton-street Joseph, Piccadilly ooj e. , 2 ten, Joseph Pain, Newgate-stree t gim Newgate-market Anne Phillippa. Orford-arms , Passage tit,,,,,,, °° uShepherd, North Audley-s t William, Staines ,ItYlor, John, 2, Tyler's-court 4 rWick William, Clare-market James, 10, Vigo-street • u roo. William, Bridge-street - "e Undermentioned persons have been surcharged in double duty, for dealing in game without certificates . letriati William, Isieworth ,loot, William, Twickenham renny, George, New Brentford. Made up to Ist May, 1847. By order of the Board, C. PRESSLY, Secretary. Stamps and Taxes PENALTIES. The Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes hereby give Notice, that eery person taking, killing, or pursaing game, without first obtain "`g a certificate, incurs a penalty of 201 . , and is also liable to be sur -47 tted in double the amount of the certificate duty. .A ll 7 person in pursuit of gam e refusin g , on being duly required, to p „ '`oduce his certificate, or to permit the same to be read, or a copy tillereq to be taken, or refusing is dec l ar e his true name and p lace of —Adence, also incurs a penalty of 201 . rate 'unekeepers are desired to take notice , that a certificate at the of 1/. 7a. 6d. will not authorise any person to kill game beyond e 4 l imits of the manor for whichihe is deputed ; and , in order that a suis itileate at such a rate of duty may protect a gam e keep er, it is re 5, not only that ho should be deputed by some Lord i'r Lady of a ti i:nor or reputed manor, but also that such deputation should re- to tared with the Clerk of the Peace, or the gamekeeper will be liable surcharged in double the dutyld., and also to be pro- Ved by any c ommon informer for the penal o ty of 20/. Te.q 3l .---It is the intention of the Commissioners of Stamps and to publish in a separate List the naves and residences of all ` °°44 surcharged in double duty for sporting without cert,ficates. tOPULAIR TREATISE on the HEALTH. LIFE and VIIOti • 1%; of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. E TEENTIIEDITION price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Post (le s Seni, ' Envelope) 3s. 6d.. . THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Wor -4 rester „,ock the loss of the reproductive powers, with means oi con• ' .. x .. ho baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Itra d Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by F. PE followed by observations on tar n riage. R. and 1. /3 7 11 1 , ,x and Co, Consulting Surgeons, Lot o . void 1," 2 „ r, 114 by tha Anthers, and may be had at their residence. ,..t str, o4 -4 ~, ,t 'auge No. 21 , Patermoter-row ; Cordwa, 140, Lawaern.e . - Et- - t "' n _ r urkic, ' Coir.p', - ou-street; Soho ; Hannay tad Co., 62, Oxford- P e r t — d 3 7, Royal F. ,- ch^ngc , and all booltoelldre. P r event... 5 ttiS Woe - la particularly addrtzscd to fearfo ar tain `r,cm forming a 3latrimonial Alliance, through o cer th e mp -. " 4,l fleations and will bef ound an available introduction t I' of perfect ' and secret restoration to manhood. 1/1 treats hoW e n tunisers ontr perspicnousb upon those forms of diseases, eithe pri m or secondary state , arising from infection, shown! who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, themselvesyears of misery and suffering. CODIAL BALM OF STRIACU3I is exclusively directed ts re tiro o f d not, ous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar. ‘.43, loss f 0 - appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits. and delsill 4 ,ping from venereal excesses, &c. Price Is. and 335. per Got 11,4 Five Pound cases may be had as usual. ,ONCENTUATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti. t le ,..*Ttic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve contamination, scurvy,. blotches on the head, face, and body 3 ,'Zr,a , tions, and those painful affections arising from improper trea:. s seondary'rnrtorns, and all eruptions of the skin. Price 11 1 -• I ,a ~s• Per bottl e . gi nd ir VV.'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 28. 9d.. 4s. 6d. fl ;:,Per box, are the m os t effectual remedy for strictures, in. ess, bu n irritation of the bladder, Ise., 'without hindrance to censiit ation fee, if by Letter, 1/. A minute detail of ease is ne , it i tr) Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residence. b i ls.nr , neFs-st reet, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, and • ”" "ghti and On &Ways froui eleven till Well's. X s. X s d. 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 1838 218 4 8 99 8 10 1839 192 1 10 86 9 3 1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 1842 111 6 8; 49 10 0 The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, or :my of its branches in the country ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, conNniLL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Branch Office in connexion with thos4 societies and the Operative glasses generally, in which their services might be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually d.sseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes, and a plat has beeti iroposed with that object. ADDRESS OF TIIE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual httempts have been made to ming within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal illations regulating their distribution, having for their object either 'mmediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these ass..ciations or societies is defective; and that in stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, ',hie should be the privilege of every one, they confine too riar owly the •tainnel through which a benefit can alone be secured; Ind, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, 'heir utility is ;limited. For example, it is not to every individual sr to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision n case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a ;)ecnniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk against which they desire to he guarded. For this anomalous sti to of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to ssy, instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or ne re contingent or deterred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate , enelit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions. and by confounding a sick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick - !ess-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. But the same perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results arc to bear out calculations, money investment tieing in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a ~ r evision for old age :- Ist apparently sonnected, do not depend on the same calculation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a .urger provision'in old age are willing to take the risk of providing !Or probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract , that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial bodies. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when united in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings. with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manlier to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search amongst the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal obiects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against erovision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the other paz t of the plan itself, without being fully sailsfied that the conven ence and safety of Friendly and benefit Societies will be gr eatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their ,pinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.R,, Ancient Order of Foresters. John H. Gordon. Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Od d Fellows. Jo:ep - li Nugent, Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. J o seph Reeks, 13.0. F. Order of Old Friends. S am uel Timbrell, D.d.R.. Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.-A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d., may secure, on . attaining the age of 60, the option of res ceiving Annuity, 10/. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Lite, 1371.-175. Example.-A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of 60, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of 11.65. to.. or a single payment of 22/. 17s. 3d.; or on paymen , of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. 11d., the same as or age 20. E xam ple.-A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ()living Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 175/. 11s. Exam: lee.-A person aged 35 next birthda y , by the annual pay ment of 11. 65.. or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d.. may secure, on ataining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d. t ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; h p a policy on his life, 1751. 11s LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. —A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the sum of 100/. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and a lso participate in the Annual Di vision of Profits, by the annual pay •xient of 21. 9s. 3d. Exiimpte7.--4person-at the age of 2b next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per , month, er Is. per week, may secure the sum of 1121.55. payab l e at nis death, whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual F. profits of the Society. FERGUSON' CAMROUX, Secretary. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE for WATCH- ING OVER the INTERESTS of PROTESTANT DISSEN; TEES at the ensuing GENERAL ELECTION. • - S AMUEL MORLEY, Esq., Chairman. All communications to this Committee may in future be addressed to the Secretary, Mr. CHARLES WALKER, at the Offices of the Committee, No. 16, New Broad-street, London. June 12, 1847. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY. THIRD INSTALMENT. 21. par Share of 171. 10s., due Ist of August, 1847, making 81. 4s. per Share celled up. OXFORD AND BLETCHLY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-mentioned Company have this day made a Call of 2/. per Share, payable on the i st of August, 1847. The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at any of the under-mentioned bankers, producing at the same time tile call letter, without which payment of the call cannot be ac cepted. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. 30, Great George-street, Westminster, 11th June, 1847. BUCKINGHAM AND BRACKLET Y. JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPA Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-named Company have this day made a Call of 21. per share, payable on the Ist of AUGUST, 1847. The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at any of the undermentioned Bankers,* producing at the same time the Call Letter, without which payment of the Call cannot be ac cepted HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary, 30, Great George-street, Westminster, June 11, 1847. Interest at 5 per cent. will be char int ged by the Bankers on all Calls % hich remain unpaid after the appoed day. No interest accrues en any Share during the period when any Call due by the Proprietor remains unpaid. No transfer of shares will be received on or after the Ist August, 1547, until the call is paid. *BANKERS. .ondon .• ....Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard street. Birmingham • . The Birmingham Banking Company. Liverpool • • ..The Borough Bank. Manchester • . Sir B. Heywood and Co. Aylesbury ....Messrs. Bickford and Hunt, and the London and County Bank. Backingham . • Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn, and the London and County Bank. Banbury .. . Mess s. Cobb and Co., and Messrs. Gilbert and Tawney. Oxford Wootten and Co., and the London and County Bank. "icester.... Messrs. Tubb. CARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other Go vernments, tale eHonourable East India Comp an y , the principal Dock Companies. most public bodies , a nd b y the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, for out-doo • work at their country seats. The Anti- Corrosion is particularly recommended as the most durable out door paint ever invented, for the preservation of every description of iron, wood, stone, brick, compo, cement, 85c., work, as has been proved by the practical test of upwards of 60 years, and by the nu merous testimonials (between SOO and 400) in its favour, and which, from the rank and station in society of those who have given them, have, perhaps, never yet been equalled b y anything of the kind hitherto brought before the public notice. Lists of prices, colours, and other particulars, will be forwarded the on application to Walter Carson, 15, Tokenhouse-yrd, back Bank of England. No agents. Dlt. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes Is. each, by post (in stamps) , Is. Gd. each. H. W TO BE HAPP Y, Jucunde Vlvere."—Cie. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for II Complaints.) a. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. To:be, or not to be, that the question."—Shakspeare. 4. • The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cora utvaleas." These publications are free from empyrical mysticislill, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. TO be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn bill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Eveninge from Seven till Nine, at 10, Argyle-place, Itegent.etreet. Nov ready, price ls. 6d., APLEA for SCHOOLS; with a Table of the Comparative increase of Crime, Population, and Instruction, in each county. By JELINGER C. SYMONS, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. James Ridgway, Piccadilly; and all Booksellers. MO ANGLERS and CRICKETERS. — NY REV'S CRICKETER'S GUIDE. New Edition.. Corrected by the latest authorised laws to June, 1847 ; with " The Cricketers of my Time." By COWDEN CLARKE, Esq. Price Is. 6d. Also, WALTON and COTTON'S ANGLER, with MAJOR'S 74 ENGRAVINGS. Crown Bvo., Half-bound Morocco Gilt, 10s. 6d. Washbourne, Publisher, New Bridge•street LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON's NEW WORE " GRANTLEY MANOR," will be published on WIINNESDAT NEXT. Edward Moxon, 44, Docer-street. CONTRACT for WELSH COALS for the PACIFIC. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Nary, Somerset-place, June 14, 1847. The COMIUISSIONERS for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the. United Kingdom of Great Brita . bt. and Ireland, do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY the Ist of July next, at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may b e willing to Contract for supplying and delivering at Valparaiso or Callao (as may be directed by the Senior Naval Officer in the Pacific), 500 TONS of WELSH COALS, fit for the serv'ee of her Majesty's steam vessels. The Conditions of the Contract, and a Form of Tender, may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'Clock on the ay of treaty, ner any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorized in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the vicrtis " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-Place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become ' ound with the person tendering, in the sum of 3001., for the due performance of the Contract. Eto YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY has just de posited a complete series of APPARATUS, illustrating the Prin ciples of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH as now worked on the lead ing Lines of Railway Also, superb Specimens of their ELECTRIC CLOCKS, ALARUM, &c. Among the various works of interest explained is a WORKING MODEL of CLAASEN'S PATENT IM PROVED RAILWAY. Dr. Bachhoffner's LECTURES on NATU RAL PHILOSOPHY. CHEMICAL LECTURES by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The beautif .1 OPTICAL EFFECTS, DIVING EXPERIMENTS, &c. &c. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. IF THE SUMMER, now approaching, should prove as hot as it was last year, doubtless NICOLL'S REGISTERED PALETOT, of Lama Cloth, will be again much worn, without any other coat under it. This luxurious ease and comfort once expe rienced is alone sufficient inducement to adopt the same course egai r. Price of Paletot, rich silk linings, Two Guineas and a Half; Not silk, Two Guineas. 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. EASE IN WALKING, WILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is induced to give publicity to his much-admired PAD. PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and D URABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles always ready on sale. Established in 1767. No. 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-buidge, London. H IGHLY IMPORTANT INVENTION IN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. An important INVENTION connected with the formation of the permanent way of railway lines (which has been proved on one of the principal lines in Lancashire), is, for the satisfaction of the pa tentee, and for confirmation of its adaptation for the purposes pro posed, undergoing the severest test as to form of construction and trial of strength for durability, which, when completed, a report will be published of the result of the test by a scientific gentleman of eminence. The invention will effect-1. A very considerable saving in the formation of the permanent way, by entirely superseding the use of wood sleepers, loose chairs, treenails, and spikes. 2. The laying of the line can be accomplished al a very diminished amount of labour and cost in comparison with the mode at present adopted. 3. The future maintenance of the permanent way may be reduced fully one-half of the present cost. A scientific report will be fur nished in a few days, and the patentee has considered it desirable to adopt this expedient to intimate to railway boards somewhat of the advantages of the invention, that railway companies about to contract for sleepers, chairs, Ecc., may defer such arrangements for a short period. All communications to be addressed to Mr. Joseph Adshead, 35, George-street, Manchester. - - Q. PEN CER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. t 7 The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy , the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate Area, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford- Street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin, Stilsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos 1 Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, peat-paid. please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye,' bserve, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. TO L ADIES, IROWL.A.NIS"§r—IC A L Y DOR an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Discelourations„ producing. a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. It is invaluable as a Renovating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling; and. In cases of Sunburn, Stings of Insects, or incidental Inflammation, its virtues have long and extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen, the Court, and the Ro3 al Family of Great Britain, as well as the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. *** Beware of Spurious " ICALYDORS , " containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endanger health. Each bottle 01 the genuine has the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each, Price 4s. dfl., f anfllls. 6d. per bottle. - • 30th by the Proprietors, and by Chemists anZiferfamers: T" " ERA " GRAND ST. LEGER AND DERBY SWEEPS. Every party, whether a present reader of " THE FICA" NEWS- TAPER, or intending to be such, must .pay in advance the-sum of ITwentr six Shillings, which will eatitle him to the supply,of "THE .ERA" for Twelve Months, and, in addition, he will be presented with a CHANCE GRATIS in "TILE ERA': ST. LEGER SWEEP of 1847, andthe DERBY Of 1848! RM.:ninth:l' to .SEVERAL HUN DRED POUNDS! FOR NOTHING ! • - • The THREE HUNDRED POUNDS given for the DERBY of 1847 were paid June the Ist, as follows :—The first prize of 1501. to Mr. John Ormrod, the Manor -bridge, Greek-street, Manchester; the second prize of 501 to Mr. Joseph Friend, at D. Dickson's, Esq., Unthank Hall, Haltwistle, Carlisle; the third prize of 501. to Mr. J. Richardson, jun., Fox and Hounds Inn, Norton, near Stockton-on- Tees ; and 501. divided among twenty-nine holders of starting horses. We now look forward to the p leasure of giving away more money at the ST. LEGER, which will be drawn on the 20th of AUGUST, under the management of a Committee of Subscribers and News agents ; and our friends are requested to join immediately, that we may be enabled to advertise the amount of our prizes. We care not how great the saw, for it will be in due proportion to our receipts. All who have had a chance in the Derby, have another in the St. Leger of 1847 ; and all who enter for the St. Leger will have a chance in the following Derby of 1848. N.B. Post-effice Orders of One Pound Six Shillings to be made pay able at the Post-office, Strand, to Mr. Frederic Ledger , Era Office , Ca the rin e-street, Strand, London. All Newsmen In Town and Country will receive Subscriptions. NOVELTY in FRENCH CORNICES, at 20s. —A most varied and beautilttl assortment of thews elegant PARISIAN NOVELTIES. which threaten entirely to supersede all of British manufacture, from 20s. and upwards, complete for any ordinary window (if inlaid with velvet of any colour about lbs. each extra), is now on SALE at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIP PON and BURTON'S), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-street. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every Iron mongery article, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (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 ta variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and Inspect it. —Established in Well-street. UM. LAMB'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND; an Effectual Cure for all descriptions of Worms that infest the Human Body, Indigestion in all its varied forms, Ner vous Diseases, Bilious or Liver Complaints, all cases of Fits arising from Intestinal Irritation, Impurities of the Blood, Early stages of Consumption, and all other ailments producing a delicate state of the constitution. Tho Vegetable Compound is extremely mild and easy in its opera tion; females of the most delicate constitution, either suckling or during pregnancy ; young children, or persons at an advanced period of life may take it with perfect safety, without hindrance of business or change of diet, and at all seasons of the year without the least danger of taking gold, and warranted not to contain any preparation of mercury or turpentine. The following are a few of the many thousands of cases success fully treated by the Vegetable Compound, during a practice of up wards of twenty years 8 — MAY 19th, 1847.—John Lawrence, cabinet-maker, of 13, Essei street, King's Cross, New-road, London, while taking Lamb's Vege table Compound, passed a tape-worm eight yards long. He com plained for some time of pains and giddiness in the head, sickness in the morning, and violent pains and weakness between the stomach and bowels, unpleasant fullness after eating, the boweli distended with wind, very low-spirited and nervous, a sensation of something in the throat, aching pains in the limbs, &c. MARCH 20th, 1847.—Mrs. Draper, aged 60, wife of John Draper, of Wildmoor, .11 the parish of Shertleld Green, near Basingstoke, while taking Lamb's Vegetable Compound passed a tape-worm several yards long. She had been subject to almost every symptom of indigestion for manors, and never could obtain any benefit until taking the Vegetompound, since which she has enjoyed a good state of health the rresent time, May 22d, 1847. MAT 18th, 1847.—Mrs. Sims, living servant with Mrs. Hill, St. James's-walk, Clerkenwell, London, while taking Lamb's Vege table Compound passed a tape-worm several yards long. Ske had complained of pain and giddiness in the head, sickness, weakness, of the limbs, shortness of breath, and palpitation of the heart ; pains in the stomach, side, and back, and scarcely ever felt refreshed from food or sleep. Sold wholesale andjetall by the proprietor, Richard Lamb, 75, High Holborn, in pets at 2s, 9d. each; oue packet being suffi cient for a child front one to ten years old; all person above ten years require two packets. Retailed in London by Mr. Miles, Chemist, 78, Gracechurch-street ; Mr. Dodd, Chemist, 91, West minster Bridge-road, - Lambeth ; T. A. Bridge, Chemist, 270 J. Chapman, Chemist, 7, High-street, Islington; Congreve Regent-street; Decostro and Co., Chemists, Wilton-place, Knights 1, New Bridge-street, Vauxhall ; T. Riches, Chemist, London-street, Greenwich ; R. Sutton, " Review" Office, Nottingham. It will be sent to any part of the kingdom, carriage Italy , 54 postage stamps for persons above tea year s paid, on rein o Knights bridge; 48 ostawe stamps directed Mr. L to Lamb 73, old ; under ten years, p . , gle)e;lisle, Chemists', high Holborn, London. pe r s ons above ten years old must ask for tko do be con sulted personally at his residgich our: Mr. Lamb may n d ITCS adn Oh from Tea to roar. M oaday. TtleadesT. a— :T:l e ° p b a s e e k r ets 'e .."-- Al I TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA. STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 30th instant having been fixed for the Election of a Director for the vacancy occasioned by the death of General Robertson, I have the honour to intimate to you, that proxy papers will, in the coarse of a few days, be forwarded for the signature of such of my supporters as may prefer tkat mode of recording their votes in my favour, and request that such as may be absent, or about to leave their residence, will kindly favour me with their address, in order to ensure the early return of these ne cessar y documents. I have the honour to avail myself of the present oppor tunity to return my cordial thanks for the services already rend ered to me, and to entreat my supporters and Mends to add to the obit gallon I already owe them, by a continuance of their va luable aid, for which favour I shall ever retain a lively and gratethl r ollection. I have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithfid Servant. J. CAULFEILD. ec London Tavern, June 16, 1847. FA fi STERN COUNTIES 11. .2 • WAY. A CHEAP TRIP to VIEW ..AmBRID01) GES and ELY and PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRALS, in 0 IAT. A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave London on MONDAY next, the 21st Instant, at Eight a.m., Arriving at Cambridge at 10 o'clock, and proceeding from thence at 12 o'clock. Arriving at Ely at 12.41, and proceeding from thence at 2.26 p.m. Arriving at Peterborough at L 45, and returning from thence to Ely, Cambridge and London, at 4.30 p.m. The CATHEDRALS of ELY and PETERBOROUGH are con tiguous to the Terminus. Refreshments can be obtained at Cambridge and Peterborough. The RETURN TRAIN will leave Peterborough, at - 4.30 p.m. Ely, - - - - 6.15 „ Cambridge, - - - - 6.45 ~ Arriving at London about - 8.45 „ To those desirous of visiting Cambridge or Ely ONLY, about Nine Hours will be allowed at the former place, and Five and a Half at the latter, FARES. Open Carriages • Ist Class 2d Class 3d Class with Seats To Cambridge and back 11 0 8 0 5 0 4 0 „ Ely and back 13 0 1 0 6 0 5 0 Peterborough & back I*. 01 0 1 6 .7 6 6 6 Tiekets issued for the above Special Train wilt not be available for any of the Ordinary Trains. By order, Bishopsgate Station, June )8, 1847. C. P. ROlat Secretary. N ATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of ENGLAND. 112, BISHOPSGATE-STREET , LONDON. Jane 16, 1847. The Directors of the Natioaal Provincial Bank of England, hereby give notice that a DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per Cent. per Annum, for the Half-year ending the 30th of June, 1847, will be PAYABLE en the Company's stock on and after the 16th of July next, when the Dividend Warrants will be obtained at the Com pany's Office, No. 112, Bishopsgate-street, or at the different branches. The Transfer Boeks will be Closed on and after MONDAY next, the 21st instant, until the Dividend becomes payable. By order cd the Court of Directors. DAN. ROBERTSON, Manager. LIST NIGHT BUT ONE. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER TAINMENTS. MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET. On MONDAY EVENING, June 21, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WILSON will give his last entertainment but one of the SONGS OF SCOTLAND. PART Firisr.—Ye Banks and Braes o' bonny Dopn —Lizzie Lindsay —Wha'li buy Caller Herring ?—The Laird o' Cockpen—John Ander son my jo—An thou wert my ain thing—Get up and bar the door. PART SECOND.—Ower the Water to Charlie—Flora M'Donald's Lament—Wha wadna fecht for Charlie ? —Harne cam our Gudeman at E'en—The Stuarts of Appin—Tak yer auld•Cloak aboot ye. Tickets, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes for Six Per sons, 15s. ; for Eight, le. ANTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE. *LONDON TO COLOGNE IN THIRTY HOURS. (Sea Passage Seven Hours only.) The Antwerp Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite steam-ship ANTWERPEN, THOMAS JACKSON, Commander (re fitted and re-decorated throughout in the most sumptuous manner), leaves the St, Katharine's-wharf, Tower, every Sunday Morning at Ton o'clock, returning from Antwerp every Wednesday Afternoon at One o'clook. `By this steamer and the railroad from Antwerp, tra vellers going to the Rhine reach Cologne in thirty hours. The general accommodation for passengers on board this renowned ship, as well as her spacious Ladies' and Private Cabins, are entirely unequalled. Carriages and horses may be sent to the wharf up to one hour b:-fore the time of starting, but all applications for the shipment of goods mast be made to the London agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon, 123, Fenchurch-street, where, as well as at the Packet-office, all, Regent circus, Piccadilly, berths may be secured and every informa tion obtained. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH Arils MATURITY. WITH TWENTT-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 9e. fvt. , or post paid, to any address, for 35. 6d. in Postage tamps direct front the Author's residence. SELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treat if e on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various ....7:..tures, uses, and fUnctions, and showing the injuries that arc ploduccd in them, by solitary habits, and ether excises. i-va d ctical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local an Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. ,By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Medford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorer; Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE. ceArrza 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and 'Unproductive Uniens.— CHAIPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their fUnctions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. —CHAPTER r,. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy ; the concealed cease of Debility of the fluictions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. Cnarrka 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cnarrzas 5 and 6. Oa the Disorders arising from indiscnminate Excess, Gonaorhcea Greet, Strictures, and other Diseases of :he Urethra. ItZVIEWS OP TIII ROSY. "The author of this, singular and talented work is a le g all y quell fed siedi cal man, who has evidently Ned considerable e x p erience el the ter stment of the various disorders arising from the cantles of early indiscretion. _ The engravinks are an ifivilluable Jollies and ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must act as a salutary :warning to youth and maturity,. and by its perusal ;ntny questions may be satisfhetorily replied to, that admit et no ap peal, even to the most' confidential friend,"—Eras Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also from Kent and Richards, 52,, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, ox ford-street Stacie , Tichborne-street; Quadrant; • Gordon, .146. `Te.adenhall-street, London; Newton; 16, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. At Home for ConSaltation daily; rem Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight; and all letters, iramadiately,replied to, If .containing *a fee ot IL, for Wilco, &c.-9 BEDFORD -STREET BEDFORD. SQIT ARE. LONTIOV MR. COBDEN AT FLORENCE. 1 During Mr. Cobden's stay at Florence, Monsieur Fenzi gave him a dinner at his country house a few miles from that city, at which upwards of thirty ladies and gentlemen were present; on which occasion Signor Zamrini delivered, in Italian, an improviso poetical address to Mr. Cobden, which we are told created a great sensation in the minds of his susceptible and enthusiastic auditors. The following is a free para phrased translation from the pen of a gentleman of this town: — Cobden I thy far-known and self-honoure,d. name We hail with pleasure and with gratituddll 'Tis link'd with patriot-zeal, and the warm wish To serve the common cause of all Mankind. Albion's new day-star I thou diffusest light In realms by mental darkness long obscured, And brighter times dost herald through the world! Victorious champion in the glorious war 'Twixt Reason and tyrannic Ignorance, Which once bore sway within thy native shores, Accept the tribute of our heartfelt praise, In which all Europe bears a willing part! Unsought-for praise be thine in every clime, For wheresoe'er thy footsteps may be led The triumph of Free Trade shall be proclaimed. In fair Etruria Commerce first was freed From vassal bondage:—Leopold the wise Thus wrote in characters indelible " This for the World'—and for the weld it was. In thee, illustrious Stranger! is displayed The glory of that noblest civil right, When exercised by great and generous minds! Freedom and Fame in every land, And every age — m ove landinhand. But Italy was the ele ct of God, In this his glorio us p lan; —for she mai ntained uirtehsasla shed spread, More than a centu r y , 'midst darkest clouds, O And Of Throughout direst unrestricted tthether sd glorio us habitable fo rprinciplemutualgood, globe." Nature A thousand blessings on a thousand realms. N A V n h d e here aidedF Freedom e cdoommtre Yes! palaces and temples have been reare d By the donations of commercial wealth; • While knowledge has diffused its light sublime, And bade defiance to the power of Time! If, honoured Visitor, thou should'st pursue Thy course through other districts of our realm, Although thou must in sympathy lament The cruel degradation of its bonds, Yet wilt thou its surpassing beauty own; And the benignant power of Commerce hail. Etruria, Flora's garden and delight, Like a new Eden will entrance thy sight, Or, like the Elysium of departed times, Will realise the dream of heaven on earth. Cobden! we thank thee from our inmost hearts For the delight thy presence here imparts-. We hail thee, like a long-known, long-lov'd friend, Or cherished Brother,—sure, in every spot That variegates the Wanderer's shifting lot, To find community of heart and soul: Thus may the truth extend from pole to pole! Till one expansive law of Christian love, Shall govern earth below, and Heaven above! —Manchester Guardian. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 235. 9d. dis.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preference, 1% p.—Eastern Counties, 20 1 / 2 —East Lanca shire, New, 34 dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), ls. 3d. p.—East Lincolnshire, % p. ex int.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 1 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Pre ference, Bs. 9d. dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, % p.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 11 p.— Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 16%—Manchester and Leeds, 19 p. —Ditto (late Hod. and Sheff.), p.—Ditto, Fifths, 4% p.— Ditto, 32/. Shares, % p.—Ditto, Fifths (late W. R. U.), % p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 2 3 / 1 p.—Ditto, Eighths, 1% dis.—Matlock, and Midland, dis.—Midland, 124%—Ditto, 401. Shares, 5% p.—Ditto, New; 3%'p:—Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 9514 —Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 1 / p.—North Stafford shire, 2% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4; IA dis.—York and Newcastle , Preference , 3% p. MANCHESTER, JUNE 15. STOCK Excmorciu.--.The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1% dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Juac tion, 7 p.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 3 dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 13-16 dis.—East Lancashire, New, 3 / 4 —Ditto, New (scrip), 1-16 dis.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 19 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Rail way and Canal, 6 A—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, dis. —London, Brighton, and South Coast, 54—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 70—Man chester and Leeds, 20 1 ,4—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), par n.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), % 13 — Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 2 c. dis.— North Staffordshire, 2 9-16—North Union (A), 209—North- Western, 1 7-16 dis.—Preston and Wyre, 36%—Ditto, Halves (A), 4 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 36%—Ditto, No. 4, 5-16 dis. LEEDS, A= 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 235. a. dis.-East Lancashire, New, s is t dis. -Ditto, New (scrip), ls. 6 d. dis. - East and West York shire, n. dis.-Great Northern, 1% dis.-Hull and Selby, 103-Leeds and Dewsbury, ss. c. p.-Leeds and Think, 6 n. dis.-Ditte, New, 4% dis.-Ditto, Preference, lls. dis.- Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 21s. dis.-Malton and Dritfield Junction, 15s. n. dis.-Manchester and Leeds (late ilud, and Sheff.), 15s. c. p.-Ditto, 321. Shares, 2s. 6d. p.- Ditto, West Riding Union, ls. n. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, ss. dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Union,N oo Rotherham, h e h ß a2 ri z4 t , ish an , n. dT dis.-North-Western, Goole, N Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1 3 % dis.-Midland, New, 4% p.- 6d N di t s 3 p.. c.a . e s li : e a r uff w no i er c t ion, 1 d - c o . rNk N o e ra w tnh , de2n2lN. Newcastle, Preference, 3 0 3 s . 2 r 9 t hs6.-dWd. dis.-Shropshire h D r, 02 i p.-Ditto, ss o b.h , e Extension, irrdgei sa:se:Ni ohonetffit i4ne 2 ll : ds G H E E . T F h I E e L salesD , J a r u x e ._ z A ls m . Preference, 3% p. STOCK EXCHANGE .- Th e Notting ham, and Boston, 14 dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1 4 n. p.-Great Northern, 1 3 / 4 dis.-Manchester and Leeds (IN est Riding Union), Is. 6d. p.-Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 77 dis.- Ditto, 20/. Shares, 545. dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), dis.-North-Western, 1 dis-York and North Mid land, Extension, 17% p. HULL, JUNE 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-.The sales are--Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), par- Newcastle and Be rwick, New, 24 p.-North British, Quarters, 908.-North-Western, 28s. dis.-Shropshire Union, 365. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Juan 15. Sirocx EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great Northern, 1% dis.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 435. 6d. p.-North- Western, 295. 9d. dis. EDINBURGH, JUNE 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 30/.- Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.- 15x.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 24-Caledo nian, 291. 153.-Ditto New, 21. 25.-C a ledonian and Dum bartonshire, 11. 155.- Clydesdale Junction, 421. 10s.-Dee side, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. 7s. 6d.- Dundee and Arbroath, 381.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 271. 10s. -Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Dundee and Perth, 321. 10s.- Ditto, New, 131. -Eastern Counties, 191. 155.-Ditto, York Extension, 6/. 2s. 6d.-East of Fife, 11. 'lBs.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 84-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 221.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 3s. 9d. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 201. IN.-Edin burgh and Northern, 181.-Ditto, New, 3/. 105.6d.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 75. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21. 7s. 6d.-Edin burgh and Perth, 14 35.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1171. 101. -Ditto, New Stock, 401. 53.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 81. 6s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 2s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dum fries, and Carlisle, Si. 45.-Glasgow and Gamkirk, 38/. 105. -Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 155.-Glasgow and Gree nock, 171.-Ditto , Halves, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 81. --Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 55.-Great North of Scotland, 21. 25.-Newcastle and Berwick, 264 12s. 6d. -North British, 32/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 151. 2s. 6d. -Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 13s.- Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 115.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 15 s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 64 Bs.- Scottish Central, 271.-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.-Scot tish Midland, 18/. 10s.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 41. 175.- Stirling and Midland, 2/. 55.-Wishaw and Coltness, 491.- York and Newcastle, 37/.-Ditto New, 14/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 6/. 17s. 6d.-Direct ' Bombay and Madras, 2s. 6d.-East Indian, 2s. 9d.-Grest North of India, 2s. 6d.- Great Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, Juxi 14. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 43s.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 645. 6d.—East Lothian Central, 355. 6d.—Edin t.ili:le 8 , % 51. 6d.—Edin burgh and Northern , Newport, 7M —Edinburgh and Perth, 235.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock , an d Ayr, 40%—Ditto, Halves, R D s . i B—Ditto, od. 6d.—Manchester a n 2 e , h es 6l t . e r Southampton, Bs.—Glasgow, and Gia s gow , Dumfries, 8s . 6d a . n — d Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 475. 6d.—Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, 475. CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST AN ALLEGED GERMAN BARONESS. On Tuesday Frederika Asge, a handsome -looking and fashionably attired native of Germany, was finally exa mined at Westminster Police Court, charged with steal ing ten sovereigns from the residence of Mr. James Thomas Roberts, a short-head writer. The facts detailed by the N itnesses are briefly these: — The prisoner had resided for the last three weeks at the house of Mr. Robert's mother, in Water street, Black friars, and hence an intimacy arose between the prosecu trix and the prisoner, the latter of whom represented herself to her as a German Baroness. The accused called at Mrs. Roberts's residence, 15, Holy well-street, Mill bank, on Friday last, and during her stay had an oppor tunity of knowing that there was a considerable sum of money in gold and silver in a cash box, and deposited in a trunk ; and manifested considerable desire to know the exact amount, besides which she examined the pro secutrix's bunch of keys, alleging as a reason for so doing that she had lost her own and thought some of Mrs. Roberts's keys might fit her locks. At about one on the following day she repeated her visit, and so pressed Mrs. Roberts, who at first declined, but ultimately re luctantly consented, to fetch her some ham, as she could procure it so much better than the servant, that she complied, and was absent about twenty minutes, during which time the prisoner waiialone ni - the apartment; On Mrs. Roberts's return the prisoner declined to take any of the ham, and invited Mrs. Roberts to take a drive with her round the Regent's-park ; she went with her, and returned home in two hours and a half, her apart. ments being during her absence left open, and there being other residents in the house. At a little after nine at night Mr. Roberts went to the cash-box, and finding that the key would not turn in the lock, forced it, and discovered that ten sovereigns had been extracted. In consequence of his wife communicating the above cir cumstances to him, and the landlady of the house stating that she had distinctly heard the prisoner go towards the place where the box was deposited, during Mrs. Ro berts's absence, the prosecutor suspected the prisoner, and immediately repaired to her residence. He asked her for the ten sovereigns, when she replied that she had no ten sovereigns, but immediately placed her purse, containing two sovereigns, upon the table, and taking a gold chain and eye-glass and some jewellery from a drawer, offered them to the prosecutor, and also re quested her landlady to lend her sight sovereigns, which, with the two she bad, would make 101. She at the same time repeatedly declared that she bad no other money than that in her purse, but, upon a minute search, six sovereigns were found between a table and a look ing glass, in which the latter was placed. These with the two found in the purse, were all quite new, and in this respect corresponded with the ten stolen from Mrs. Roberts. The prisoner's answer to the charge, through an in terpreter, was that she was perfectly innocent. She accounted for the possession of the six sovereigns, by stating that Frederick, the head waiter at the Royal Hotel, Blackfriars, had lent her the money, as she was about to start on a journey, and might require it. She said she could have no necessity to steal, as she could procure any sum of money she wanted at the Royal Hotel. With respect to the ham, she observed that Mrs. Roberts said she was fond of it, and went out and fetched some. A gentleman from the office of Messrs. Wire and Child, who attended on the part of the accused, repre sented her to be most respectably connected ' • put some questions to Mrs. Roberts, with a view of showing that at the time the prisoner offered the chain, jewels, and money to Mr. Roberts, that she did not clearly under stand the nature of his visit, or of the observations made to her. In reply, Mr. Roberts said that she did perfectly understand him ; he spoke to her partly in German, partly in English, his reason for which was that the offi• ' cer, who was present, might understand what he said to the prisoner. She at the time of offering the things said, " Take them, only let me be till to-morrow." Mrs. Ro berts, in her cross-examination, agreed with her hus band that the prisoner could carry on a conversation in • tolerably geed English, and added that she could read an English bock. Mr. Broderip considered it IL: dni,y to commit the pr i son er to Ne77gato for trial.—She was comnaittad accor dingly. We understand that it will be proved on the trial that she obtained the sovereigns in the manner stated? MONEY MARILET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 15 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101,A. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of c 2; a nd the exchange at Paris on London at short being 255 n, :it follows that gold is 0.22 per cent. dearer in undQnJhan in Paris. The price of gold at Ilamburgh is 435h , per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 Ad. ,per ounce for standard gold, gives; an exchange of 13.10 q ; _and'the exchange at liamburgh oa London at short b e i ng 13*,. it follows that gold is 0.87 per cent. dearer in liambur: 't: ;an in London. The course of exchange at New Y o rk 'oft .e.. ‘; in is 107* per cent., and the par of ex change. between England and America being 109 23-40 againstcent., England. at the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must bye deducted from I the 'boll cligeroqc 0. " THE RIVER PLATE. MONTE VIDEO, MARCH 25.—Colonel Rodriguez, ex- Minister of Bolivia, was found the other morning on the beach at Buenos Ayres, killed by a deep sabre cut on the head. His dress and valuables were untouched. It was generally believed in Buenos Ayres that the same will which had caused so much blood to flow in that unhappy city had also ordained the forcible death of Colonel Rodriguez. The Dictator has taken no steps either to remove those suspicions, and from this circum stance an inference unfavourable to his innocence is drawn. It cannot be forgotten that the deceased, as charged with the affairs of Bolivia, was one of those public agents who surrendered themselves entirely to the will and service of Rosas. To the discredit of his public cha racter, he occupied, gratuitously, a house which the Rotator had conf Ated from its rightful owner, and placed at his disposal : he was one of those who served Rosas with their testimony in the protest against the declaration of the Anglo-French blockade ; he extolled him in the most servile manner in his documents pub lished even in Buenos Ayres ; he at length went so far as to declare to Rosas' Minister, Arana, that the Boli vian Government, which he represented, " had done very wrong" in naming General Guilarte Minister Ple nipotentiary to Buenos Ayres. Neither can it be forgotten, that while Rodriguez was doing all this, he was writing letters to Monte Video, in which he class:fied Rosas' as " an assassin Government," and declared that he himself was influenced to certain acts by his fear 3, because in Buenos Ayres " none—not even those public agents s who had cannons '—were safe from the knife of an official assassin." The man who wrote so has been found dead in the streets of Buenos Ayres, with his head smashed in pieces. IHow fatally has he proved a true prophet! The police gathered up the body as they would that of the most obscure or common person; and, after under going an examination, it was sent to the cemetery in a common cart, without a funeral attendance, without a demonstration of any kind. When the packet left Buenos Ayres four days had passed since the body was discovered, and yet, extraordinary as it may seem, the Gaceta (Rosas' official paper) had not so much as an nounced the event. Judging from its silence, one would say it was ignorant of Rodriguez's death. The British Packet is the only paper which mentioned it four days afterwards. For some weeks pact there has been a very active demand for all description of goods suitable for the winter season, which is now approaching. The bulk of the purchases have been made for the Buenos Ayres market and the enemy's camp. The stores are com pletely cleared of their assortments, and the prices paid, in many cases, such as the merchants chose to demand; such is the paucity of supplies of suitable goods. Freights now exceed the late high quotations, the slipping in port not being at all adequate to the necessi ties of the purchasers of produce. The rates freely paid are:—S a lt e d hid es , 85 s . t o 90 5 . ; dry hides, 110 s. to 1205.; tallow, 90s. to 955.; bales of hair, 655. to 70c.; ditto of wool, 60s. to 655. Even condemned ships are in active requisition ; some of them have adopted the national flag, changed their names, and are now filling. Exchange is firm at 45d. Salt is worth 16 to 17 reals on board, per fanega. Some English and French steamers passed to the eastward yesterday, conveying, it is supposed, the rem nant of Rivera's army, and the general himself, from the island of Martin Garcia to Maldonado. This city remains quiet, under siege, as usual. HOP INTELLIGENCE, MAIDSTONE.—Our hop bine is now as vigorous as could be wished at this time of the year, but it is fol lowed up by the fly and lice to such an extent that in all probability it will shortly give way to their attacks. The blight, as usual, is more particularly at the outskirts of the grounds, and in confined situations. The large plantations are much more clear, but they are more in danger from the effects of the latter fly. Duty, 170,0001. to 175,0001. FARLEIGH.—Our hops look well, but there is some in crease of fly. BoxLzr, AYLESFORD, AND Bunitem.—The hop bine in these parishes has not grown so much during the past week • but it is very full for the tim e of year, looking healthy, with scarcely any fly. STAPLEHURST.—The plant is looking healthy, al though in some grounds the fly is still numerous. The cold nights this week have rather retarded its progress. WROTHA3I, PLAXTOL, IGHTHAM, AND SHIPBOURNE. —The hop plant Ist the above named districts continues to grow vigorously, notwithstanding the cold winds, and the unfavourable nights of the past week. There is to be found considerable fly in the grounds, and the hail storm has decapitated many of the bines, but upon the whole there are at present prospects of a good crop. TICEHURST.—The hop bines in this parish are look ing well ; but a great many fly at places, particularly where the bine is weakly. BATTLE.—The hops continue to thrive in this neigh bourhood. There has been some talk of vermin, but it is thought by many good judges that the plant is in so forward a state that it will be able to withstand any attack that may be made upon it. BURWASH.—For some time past the growth of the hop bines here has been rapid. To keep pace with them the tiers have had to work incessantly. Their services are now, however, nearly at an and. Fostered by the lat t easterly winds. we have considerable fly, which seems most prevalent in low situations. It does not, however, appear materially to retard the progress of the plant. EASTIWATRLY.—The fly on most of the bine in this district were for a time completely eradicated, but they have since made their appearance in increased numbers yet the bine in most instances looks strong and vigorous, and at present bids fair to over .ome all its enemies. FARNHAM.—The hops have made very great progress; they reach in some places to the top of the poles. They never looked more healthy, and continue free from fly and blight of every description. GkounnunsT.—The hop bine in this neighbourhood is looking strong and healthy, and is generally beyond the tier's reach. The fly during the past week has made its appearance in some of the grounds, while others are quite exempt. LIoRSMONDEN.—Our hops are still very foul, but the presence of fly is certainly more partial than it was ten days since. The bines are growing fast, but not so ra pidly as they were, in consequence of the very reduced temperature we have experienced for the last week. MAYFIELD.—The cold nights of the past week have retarded_the.progress of the bine, but it still looks in a growing state, and to all appearance doing pretty well. The bine is still very full of fly, and should the weather become more congenial they will overcome any ill effects the vermin has had upon them. PEASNARSH.—Our hops are growing rapidly, and of good colour. Since Saturday fly has made its appear ance and increased daily; upwards of fifty on a leaf have been seen, and from three to ten generally through the ground. RYE.—The cold of the last few days, while it has checked the hitherto vigorous growth of the hops, has also had the effect of checking the ravages of the fly. Previous to the late cold nights this insect was very much upon the increase. CRANBROOK. — We have a great deal of fly still, but the bine continues to prosper. LITTLE CHART AND PLCCILLEY.—The bine is grow ing very fast, and looks very promising, with but very little fly. Some of the grounds in I'luckley were never looking better than at present. BETHERSDEN AND SMARDEN.—The bine is generally growing well and at present bids fair for a food crop. Some of the grounds arc rather backward. The bine is mostly clear of fly. BIDDENDEN.—The bine is looking very healthy, and some pieces have a good deal of fly. TUNBRIDGE.—We have plenty of bine, but it is not free from insect, although daily improving. ALTON AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, JUNE 14.—Some plantations have suffered from the cold nights, and we have a considerable quantity of fly and vermin. The plantations which produced such large crops last year appear to a certain extent to be exhausted, and we do not expect a heavy crop in thp ensuing spagon. BRADSHAR 9 B RIILWAT AND CONTINENTAL GUlDES.—Besides the usual monthly Guide to Railway Travellers in the British Islands, Mr. Bradsaw has just issued a compact and reasonably-priced railway guide for those who are journeying through the continental kingdom. The map prefixed to this excellent publica tion is really beautiful, and is alone worth double the amount of the little book itself. The information, which is lavishly condensed into the pages, is admirably ar ranged, and, as the phrase is, " well digested:' HAND-BOOK TO THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII. — A second edition of this ingenious little hand-book to the most marvellous of modern discoveries, has just been published. It is illustrated by neat diagrams engraved on wood, and is written in a very comprehensible strain. LAUNCIIES AT BLACKWALL.—A fine frigate-built ship for the East India trade was launched from Messrs. Green's building-yard, at Blackwall , yesterday afternoon. She was named the Sutlej, and from what we could judge, not having the advantage of the builder's information, she is about 1,300 tons. A smaller vessel of about 450 tons was launched at the same time. A flag amid-ships, we presume, gave some indication of her name—" The Free Trade," and we understood that she is to have an auraliary screw pro peller, and is to be employed in conveying cattle from the Continent. She is of rather a handsome form of body, and floated well, but we should say that there are vessels turned out in the river better adapted for the screw than this " Free Trade." There was a very large number of spectators present, including some of the directors of the East India Company, some of the members of the Trinity Corporation, and, we be lieve, Lords Alfred and Clarence Paget. arrivals t l s a c n o : nf l t theeemx t extensive ns al f bo t e ry r a t a i it o lh n e s pa i r n rtso th sot e f. POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS.•--We believe that dispatchcsoetrlia e Scotland d of andi are r : n o r r r t office authorities, and will probably come into operation in the course of the next two or three weeks. In the first place, tit • s expected that the considerably London mails will shortly b e the opening of When this line the opens, Newcastle expedited on e and Berwick Railway. the London day mail, which ar rives here at present about 9 A.M., is expected to arrive about 6 A.1+1.; and the London night mail, novv arrivin,i, about 8 P.M., will arrive about 5 P.M., being a gain of ttbout three hours in both instances.—Scotsman. form, a simple accidental circumstance connected with the mode of publication. Forms in such matters affect the substance; and he who creates a now form of litera ture, is the founder of a school. Minds of all varying casts may adopt it; but, under the individual differences, there will be traced the family likeness, sufficient to en title the founder to claim the honours of paternity. Such honours a future generation will not be slow to award to Mr. Dickens. Though seeing, as we begin to see, that when he struck into this new path, the public was already crowding towards the gateway; though feeling, as we begin to feel, th a t i ts direction was truly downwards, despite the many beauties of this lowe'r region; though free, as the pres en t generat i on can never be, from the prestige of his earlier successesi— this), will yet acknowledge, that it could be no common man to whose lot it fell to guide a movement so prolific of results; for they whom nations choose to follow, bear upon them the stamp of mental royalty. Here, there can be no usurpation; to be obeyed is the guarantee for a legitimate title. Unlike other crowns, however, Mr. Dickens' diadem has allowed his head to lie too easily in the lap of for tune. Piquancy and quaintness have too much subsided into fixed mannerisms; " the charm dissolves apace" from " Pickwick" we have descended to " Martin Chuzzlewit;" the series which began with the "Christ mas Carol" is closed, for the present, by the " Battle of Life." The " Battle of Life!" It was a noble title, sugges tive of high thoughts. We looked for a picture of some lofty nature sorely tried—placed struggling between temptation and duty, between passion and principle, be tween the promptings of selfishness and the whispers of self-sacrificing love; and we longed to see a battle such as this fought out in the glowing page, as many such are fought and won, unrecorded, in daily life. Instead of this, what have we? Our pen refuses the task of analysis. We have first a description of a real field of battle—very prettily drawn, indeed; then enter a father and two daughters—then the affianced lover of the younger—a parting—mysterious inuendos—at last, on the day of his return, she elopes with a stranger— misery, mystery—her betrothed marries her sister— ibaally, she re-appears, not lost nor dishonoured; and, lo! it was no elopement at all; but thinking, in her wisdom, that her sister loved him, she had vanished to break his tie to her, that that sister might fill her place! And this is the " Battle of Life!" This is " A Love Story!" F, ere ever noble titles worse pro faned? Did ever book issue from an eminent writer's pen, more fatal to his claims to the character of a master in his art. ,For, be it observed, in reviewing such a plot, im probability is our lightest charge. That such " battles" are not fought in the " Life" of man, we are thankful. That " Love' is not apt to choose such modes of show ing itself, we are thankful. But there is a kind of im probability which does no discredit to the poet or the novelist. Shakspere's Miranda is as unearthly a form as even his Caliban or his Ariel. No island ever saw so bright a gem. But she, or any other imaginative creation, is unlike real life, simply because more true that nature to nature's principles. The harmony of the character is true; every element in keeping: only analysed by severer tests than real life affords. As, then, chemical analysis introduces no new principle, but only discovers more plainly those which lay concealed; so the poet, placing a human heart in a new light, unveils some beauty—makes his fictitious character more beautiful, perhaps, than any real personage —but leaves it to the last in per fect unison with the feelings of our every-day nature. Has Mr. Dickens so dealt with his Marion ? Indignant Nature answers, no ! Her love is not the love of woman; her battle not the battle appointed for human life. Were it possible for any one so to act, to wring the affections of father, sister, lover, for a mere fancy of her own—we should judge that some fearful malady had befallen her; —the loss, not of reason, but of something higher, the magnet of a woman's heart, true to the pole of love. If the author really meant to portray a type of high-toned self-devotion, most wofully has he missed his mark. His Marion comes forth from his easel, not like one of Scott'er heroines, the beautiful likeness of— " A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food ; Nor Yet, like a Miranda, superhuman in the angel-like brightness of her woman's form, but rather like a soft and delicate female Frankenstein, whom, labour as we will, we cannot admit either to admiration or to sym th pay. We were about to ask, whence came this feebleness of touch, and had dipped our pen in critical gall for the reply. But, a fair vision crossed our path, and the soft voice of little Paul pleaded for a milder sentence. We cannot resist the appeal. We might, indeed, were we so minded, find some flaws in the beautiful sentimentalism of Paul's death-bed scene ; some affectations of style, some little mawkishness of feeling, more than a little want of a healthy spirit in contemplating death. We might object to the whole description, its too close re semblance, in touch and colouring, and light and tone, to the well-remembered chapters, which told the death of Little Nell. We might say, it is not the sign of strength to reproduce old creations. But we forbear. After all our criticism, the spell of beauty and pathos would remain, and we, ourselves, the surly critics, must how, with others, to its power. Mr. Dickens stems, however, like another Antaeus, to renew his strength on touching familiar ground. No where has he painted with a more vivid pencil, than in drawing . the picture, in the 6th number of the poor for saken Florence. If some might say, that Paul was like a dream of fairy-land, Florence, at least, is a true child of earth. We know the look of her dreary chamber, we share her solitary watch, mark her patient endurance of her aunt's pedantry of comtbrt, her timid visit down stairs, her harsh repulse—all is as lifelike as if we had seen and talked with her in her grief. Diogenes himself seems no stranger to us. And most of all, we are at tracted by the brave spirit which would not be crushed —which would not like to feel as if the house was avoided, though " the recognition of some spot or object very tenderly asscociated with him, made the miserable house, at first, a place of agony ;" the spirit which drove her to watch the children opposite, though every mark of their father's affection sent a pang to her breast : this, indeed, shows a master's touch, and for the sake of this exquisite portrait, we can forgive " Dombey and Son" the tameness of its earlier numbers. It has revived our flagging interest in the story ; and we now wait, with no small anxiety, to see how the author will deal with this child of his fancy. On such a point it is unfair to speculate ; should the completed picture realise the pro mise of the first outline, it will be, in many respects, Mr. Dicken's proudest achievement ; deeper in philosophy, and richer in poetry, than any of his previous perform ances. If it be said, that here and there the author seems to forget, that he is painting a child and not a woman, he is still true to nature, and to something above nature, which tells us, that there is no school in which the moral and intellectual faculties are so quickly matured as the school of deep aftliction.—North British Review. THE LATE DR. CHALMERS. AN EFFECTUAL REPROOF. During the time that Dr. Chalmers was minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow, he never forgot giving occa sional visits to his native town, Anstruther, and also visiting his old parishioners in the parish of Kilmany, who were much endeared to him, having first broken the bread of life amongst them. On one of these occasions, whilst journeying homewards to Glasgow upon a Satur day, and arriving at a certain town where there was a collegiate charge, the youngest clergyman of which, having waited upon him, and begged most earnestly that he would remain over Sabbath and preach for him, he, after considerable denial, at length consented to do so. The 'amour that the Doctor was to preach the next day quickly spread like wild-fire through the town and parish, so that the church and its passages were crowded to suffocation, besides some hundreds in the churchyard who could not obtain an entrance. The Doctor's power ful and impressive discourse was the chief topic of t 1 parishioners for many a day afterwards. The other minister in the charge (who was not over-popular with the people) did not like to hear so much said to the praise of the Doctor. "For my own part," said he, "I think he is really mad." A faithful friend soon after wrote to the Doctor, and, among other things, acquainted him with what his elder brother had said. Some months after this the Doctor had been again on a visit to his friends, and on his way arriving at the town above alluded to, called upon his reverend friend for whom he preached before with such satisfaction, and by whom he was again urged upon to preach that evening, which the Doctor at once consented to do. Although it was a weekday the attendants was immense, and instead of montoi of mounting h t e h e c h p a u r l c p h i he bo t h h a a d t t t h o e s h t a u n a d d r i n e d o s n w e hoof were h e a win dows r sit tinge beae fi u t p o o n f h t e a a b r l i e h t g s i h n im t h a e s w ch a u ll rc a h a y t s h r e d r w o o w u d l a d d have t audiencelmP within. Among the hearers was his reverend friend's colleague, who spoke so rashly of Dr. Chalmers on the occasion before alluded to. Truly it was a most solemn sight to see such a mass of human beings, and especially to hear them engage in the praise of their Redeemer. After prayer the Doctor chose for his text the words, " I am not mad, most noble Festus , but speak forth th e words of truth and soberness." After a most eloquent and heart-stirring discourse, which affected not a few, not even excepting the minister who used such sarcastic expressions on the former occasion ; and, ab the Doctor was going out at the gate of the churchyard, the same minister came to him, being self- convicted, trembling, and in tears, like the Tailor of Philippi b e f ore now , and begged ten thousand, pardons for what he formerly co rtn:.:freeieuely remarked regarding him, when the Doctor, with his usual benignity, cordially shook his aged and penitent brother by the hand, and said he freely forgave him. To his merit the minister was, ever after, while he lived, one of the Doctor's greatest admirers, and also one of his best friends. THE CRopS.—The following is an extract of a letter from the south-west :—" June to, 1847.—The potatoes grown in the open air in the g arden of Sir David hisx in - well, of Cardoness , Baronet, which I was to-day, and ready for the table; they have broad leaves, and indeed the healthiest a ppearance the gardener has seen for years. Cardoness is ten miles from Kirkcudbright, and potatoes in general seasons are ready there (Cardoness) for the table by the Ist June ; but this is the Devonshire of Scotland." The accounts of the crops that we have seen express the best opinion of harvest prospects in wort articles, especially those of heaviest importance, and it seems that of wheat a much larger than average breadth has been planted.—North Briti.ch