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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, COENHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages rsspect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured „r, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or tor te t Ure of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); t .!? the option of selecting benefits, necessity the conversion of his in 'ests to meet other conveniencies or. 418 Urances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors stt b n ,ue annual meeting held on the 12th May , 1847, to declare a fifth Z" varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each 4 e7'effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. 1837 1838 1839 1810 IA4I 1842 ~4 I Annual !Policy E E i 1 Pre- I taken E i mium. lout in ta Bonus in addition i Bonus in Assured. Cash. Penua nent Re duction of Annual Premiums. Sun tke Assured may bor row on Policy. s.d.j£ s d. 243 9 3 112 8 5 218 4 8' 99 8 101 192 1 10 86 9 3 1143 5 10 66 8 4 139 14 2 61 17 & 1111 6 8 49 10 0 S. d. 18 4 6 15 13 5 13 4 9 9 19 1 9 9 2 7 10 4 s. d. 1494 g 10 1445 0 0 Xs. d.l 74 3 4 395 11 1 ,346 2 3 296 13 4 1 247 4 5 If loon Lek, Annual Report, with tables of rites , Scc. , ma y he had at the . ek, or any of its branches in the country ; •or, on application , wi ll f orvrarcled poet free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. Its, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. DIVISION OF PROFITS. l och last, first Septennial Meeting of this Compa n y , held on the lith p r i i . e " , !l last, A BONUS, averaging 23 per cent. on the amount of "unms paid, was declared on Policies entitled to participate in oat s. vrreur fifths, or 80 per cent. of the entir e Profits of the Company, at future divisions be appropriated to all Assurers entitled to ° are therein. Ev e 0 ZYadvantage is offered by this Company to Assurers. olicies taken out for the whole term of life, one-half of the An ".;lll'reiniunis thereon may remain unpaid for five years. ir‘arties Assured with the Company are allowed to reside in many ! ir `a! Colonies without additional charge, and the . Premium required ~auEast or West Indies, and other extra risks, is more than iraY Moderate. to ~3 a plan originating with this Company, great security is offered parties Assuring the Lives of others. A dvances continue to he made to A ssurers on Assignable Property ty " c ° ,ll e, and also on the guarante e of most undoubted personal reties. in ., !tailed Prospectinfos, and every information may be obtained, by vPlication at the Office, or by letter addressed to the Actuary. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. r °T .CE TO HOLDERS OF POLICIES IN THE EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE SSURANCE COMPANY, . 1 ., 11,1 . 8, WATERLOO-PLACE , PALL -MALL, LONDON. e t ,'" rti e attention of Holders of Policies in the Equitable Assurance Ot rr panY of London, is particularly called to the Half-Credit Scales remium of this Company, by which table the bonus to be de at the next investigation of the Equitable Assurance Company's , t 7 rs. in January, 1850, may be secured at a present annual payment 'rle half the rates generally charged by other companies. In the othl it of death the sum insured will be paid, after deduction of the t ku 'r half of the rates. Should the life in survive the deela ,nr oh the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the 14 PanY will renounce all claim for the half premiums which may Vat e thereon ; or. in the event of the party being at that time th e ad health, the policy can be kept up the full orig premium of ge as when first accepted. The above plan, thi i inating with Company, was found peculiarly advantageous at the last division in in the Equitable Assurance Company in 1840, when it ilargelY adopted, and many of the policies then effected are n force, and large bonuses have been added to them on the kale of the following table :- 841 n Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. 45,000 ...... •• 6 years 10 months • • £683 6 8 5,000 ........6 years ••• • • • 5 ,000 ••• .•. •• 5 years ... ••• • • 500 0 0 5,000 - .... 4 years ......... ..... 400 0 0 5,000 .........2 years ••• • . • ...... 200 0 0 ? a,OOO ........1 year •••• • • • • ...... 100 0 0 I;°sPectuses and every information may be obtained on a pp lication t I , w e Resident Director, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., at the Offices, No. I tip ltterloo-place, London. PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London.—Established in 1826. Subscribed Capital, 240,0001. We % DIRECTORS. Goodenough llayter, Esq., I Robert Palk, Esq. th " T* John Louis Prevost, Esq . isles Johnston, Esq. Samuel Smit h, Es q . Tow good Esq. Le M arc hant Thomas, Esq. 400 44 G. Shaw Lefevre, F.E.S. TRUSTEES. J ohn Deacon, Esq., John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., F.R.S., and Charles Johnston, Esq. „ Society effects assurances in a great variety of forms, and on ;gt advantageous terms, both on the bonus and non-bonus systems. Stay, 1842, a bonus in ready money of 15 per cent. on the pre e„4.tog received (equivalent to a reversionary addition of about 30 per was declared on the beneficial policies ; and in May, 1847, a te,.,`, 10 r bonus in ready money, averaging 20 per cent. on the premiums A —iv ed (equivalent to a reversionary addition of about 40 per cent.), 4,1 4 ' declared on the beneficial policies on which three annual pre- Pt* had been paid in December, 1846. p rospectuses, with tables of rates, and all further particulars, may obtained at the office. MICILk.EL S.AMARD, Secretary. VGIIS 'LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. lil t ,' ": WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. l ard E. Arden, Esq. John Humphery Esq., Alderman, am Banbury, Esq. M.P. N'Tkl'd Bates, Esq. Thoma s Kell y , Es q ., Aldermai. Ames Camplln, Esq. Jerem iah Pllcher, Es q . I t f , les Clift, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq. , vuert Ingleisy, Esq. Parsiciesf—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbu r y -s q uare. . • "CautoN—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CoNSCLYING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College. . LOW RATES OF PREMIUM . P r 4t - "ons Assuring in this (Mice have the benefit of t he Lowest 44 40 f Premium which is compatible wi th the safet y of the Assured, li ke Which is, in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus ; they have ir u :Vse the security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance 64 r „„Th of a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of ''''' ,l , arising from the issue of nearly 6,000 Policies. .......... ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. ....L Ekge • 1 For One Year. { For Seven Years. I Whole Term. £0 17 3 1 1 3 1 5 0 1 14 1 _3 2 4 £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 7 0 £ 1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 f r % i e•lialf of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on . credit titht upon "ell years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a the policy at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any time notice. g Assurances for advances of mon e y , as security for debts, or as tl, e tpr 2 v iion for a family where the least present outlay is d 1i 2 ,.. v i ar s ied and comprehensive tables of the Argus esirable, will be found to be - "Lcularly favourable to the Assured. 4 e colicles as a bona fide security to others, will not be ren -4:1 void in I consequence of death by suicide, duelling, or by the policies of justice. In case of death by the above causes, where the eles are not assigned, the gross amount of Premiums received will returned.Clai Claims paid in one month after proofs have been furnished. e ll ,"," Medical Ofticers attend daily at a Quarter b efore Two o'Clock, rollcies issued the same day. E. BATES, Resident Director A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. li o ' 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman. 11,„_ JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman. pc.) liaise Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. t tr ,,ps Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. T h. alter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoriba.nks,Esq.,M.P. 4,0 ,8 0r1 Hankey, jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. .1 41 ,: Rantey, ESQ. Robert Mitford, Esq. C., 43 ; Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morri-n, Esq. 4 0 0? Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. 44;:, L fthouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. . AUDITORS. 8.2' , • Robarts, Esq I H en ry Sykes Thornton , Esq . '' - nael Jones Loyd, Esq. 1 Henry Norman, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., I.R.S. In th hi w ~--II LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at ~s .u ates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates . t . Participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At thel of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made, .. ti rsonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum 72. rd, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; sad the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com- N ny exceeded 530,000 t. _ _ Loans granted on Life Polic i shall have been e s to the extent of their values, pro lido' such Policies un etr e eed a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not a In the FIRE DEP ARTMENT, a under of profit was declared ! 11 the 2/1. of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies Which had been in force seven y ears at Christmas 1846, and the same :hawin course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday except , c tween the hours of te n and three o'clock, at the head Office ; excepted), !a by the Agents in the Country Districts. 4 ' , Once is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Mid i:puller must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with thi,:,-,8"13, No. 1, St. Jarnes's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with - 'ompany's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they bo "'rat 'Mid. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE AS SURANCE COMPANY. Z nit , Esta bli s hed 1837. 20, and 10 '"ered by Special Acts of Parliament, 3d Vic., Cap. Vic., Cap. 1. 62 ' — l O ll William-street, London ; 21. St. David-street, Edinburgh. Capital, One Million. ler DMECTORS. T ho _f_fe Bousfield, Req. S. Morton Pets, Esq. J a Za 3 Challis, Esq. and Ald. Thomas l'iper, Esq. j ot , " George Cope, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. 4 bi xo _ .., bi, r.sq. Edward Smith, Esq. i,°'ePh Fletcher Es q. lion. C. P. Villiers, Nt.r. - "clkard . , Ch arles Denier, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. ',;,ies 'Lindley, Esq., MX. Edward Wilson, Esq. rin a ,, ne , MIDSUMMER FIRE renewal receipts are now ready, and ans be had on application at the Dead Offices of the Company, or ef i n ot its Agents throughout the country. In l3l , the Life Department the Co m p an y continues to transact all r iler gsa relating to Life Assurances, An s i s tent with sound prin ci p les nuities, and Family Endovv kid 1, lipon the most liberal terms con Dublie security. iz it 4 f. a nS are also granted on equitable terms to Life Assurers on Life i 4 o ests or satisfactory personal securities. lo w . all Agents, Soli c it o rs, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, liberal al flees will be made. By order of the Directors , THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. CORPORATION (Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.) OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OF HOUSES AND GOODS FROM FIRE. O FFIC ES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. Branch, 29, Pall-mall. iumi kitin 1110 t 1 ce.—The usual fifteen days allowed for paymentof of Prem . due at Lady-day will expire on the Bth clay July next will thirds ASS URANCES ON LIVES. WITH LAR GE PARTICIPATION I N PROFITS. of the profit on Policies dated since December, 1841, Wi t ,_ b t apportioned, periodically, among those effected for Life ; 'taut involving the Assured in any risk of Partnership. GOVERNOR—ThOMRS Tooke, Esq. SUB-GOVERNOR—WiIIiaIII Sampson, Esq. DIPIITT-GOVERNOR—The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville. DIRECTOR RS• ir J. W. Lubbock, Bart. Charles John Manning, Eeq. henry Nelson, Esq. Edward 11. Palmer, Esq. J o hn Henry Pelly, Esq. Abraham G. Roberts, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Si r Samuel Scott, Bart. William Soltau, Esq. Will i am Wallace, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. Charles B. Yortnz, Esq. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary. Hainbrid7,e, Esq. Ce P. Barclay, Esq. ~,uanond S. I'. Calvert, Esq. " A ° ,hn Garratt CattleY, Esq. -•,_+txander Colvin, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. ~%1011n Deacon, Esq• Llversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William T. Ilibbert, Etq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. t i George Larpent, Bart. " 011 U C. Lochner, Esq. 0 R I E N T A L B A N K. u or ,At a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE. , 0,, Tuesday of the ORIENTAL BANK, held by public advertisement. L o - .`.esclay the 22d ofJunc, 1847, at their Offices, No. 7, Walbrook, ndoon. Present, R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., in the chair, a num beri,.e., ! influential English Shareholders, and a deputation, sent ex c:rilbi Y the Shareholders in India. .n resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting of Share ho_ lclers in December last, for th e management of t he affairs of the t 4 twere unanimously confirmed. Thanks having been accorded to the Cha irman and Court of Di ,ecto Pi, the meeting separated with every p rospect of increased Stabl MY and prosperity in the affairs of the Bunk. By order, W. W. CARGILL, Chief Manager. rpt l a ,__Y.Shareholder desirous of obtaining further information, is Mr "19q tg WI 444419fi1e0 hi Walbroole , • - JENNY LIND'S NEW SONG, JUST OUT. Kind Mr. Lumley, let us crave your pardon While culling from your Operatic garden. In bringing Jenny Lind's new song to light, We would not rob you of the copyright ; We only wish to let the public know What honours to the Mart of MOSES' flow,; And therefore, Sir, to gratify the many, We'll venture now to give THE SONG OF JENNY. Far, far have I roamed from my fatherland, Au d travell'd o'er many a stranger strand ; But England's land I find display'd, As the glory and pride of all in trade, Ilere the Warehouse of 1110SES' is seen to rise, As a proof of unequall'd enterprise ; And I know not a land (ah no, not one) That is able to boast of its MOSES and SON. Far, far have I roamed from my fatherland, And witness'd the fashions on every hand ; But MOSES and SON deserve to claim Th e greatest approval—the widest fame. Succe ss to their M art I sing ! Success; May thousands obtain theirs m no t , not achless dress . ; For I know n ot a land (ah one) That is able to boast of its MOSES and SON. A new Work, entitled " FASHIONS FAVOURITE," with List of prices, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. lUDS TO RIADIIEE. Cashmere Codrington, from ••••"••"••• • • • • • • • • • •• 16 6 Taglionis, silk collar and cuffs .• •••••••••••• • • •• • • • • 1 0 Cambridge Coat, lined throughout ••••••""•• •• • • • • 2 5 0 Tweed Sporting Coats. coa t .... 0 0 1 1 1 6 32 Dress Coat •••••••• • • "• • • • • '''''' Bost quality manufactured ........ ••••• • .• • • •• • • 215 0 FrockßesßichtluCa quality manufactured v . t•s • . ... . 0 1 0 1 8 5 8 0 60 Cashmere or c10th.... •• •• •• • • • • Tweeti Trousers •• • • ••• • • • Single-milled Doeskin ditto •••••• •• •• • • •• .. 12 0 Best, or Dress ditto •••• • • • • . " • ... 1 6 0 Boys' Hussar or Tunic Suits • • ...... •• •• •1 5 0 • READY MADE. Blouses, from „• „ ............. ..... ••• . .. 0 2 6 Cashmerette Codrington ••••••••••• • '' • ' • • • • .. •• • • 0 18 6 Cambridge's, Chesterfield rolka's, • and all the newest patterns .......... •• .. ..... ....„ ••• • . • .......... 0 lg 0 Tweed Coat ..• • • • . „ .......... from 0 8 6 Sporting ditto .. :: :: :• :: ::: .::: .. ...., •• • ....... 0 6 6 Extra Superfine, a superior coat • • • • Dress Coat --.-• • . . ......... •• • ... from 1 4 0 ....... •. • „ .... 1 15 0 Frock Coat Extra Superfine, a superior coat •• • • 0 2 0 '''''''''' • • Roll-Collar Vests „ .. 0 6 6 Fancy ~atlne Cloth, or Cassiraero ... • ...„ • ..... „•' „ 0 4 6 0 4 6 Tweed 'trousers • • ..... . ..... . 0 10 6 Fancy Cassimere or Doeskin ......... • .. • • • • • • • " • " 0 18 6 Boys Tunic and Hussar 5uit5.......... Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to ma sure, if not approved of , will be exchanged , or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON , Tailors , Woollendrapers , Clothiers, 'Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 31inories, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, Zity. London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the nntradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to. in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion witk any other houre in or out of London; and t h ose w ho desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, Minorics and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business s resumed till twill' Q'QWBk. i i , 4 ...,,,,,,,, 4' - , - . k ~ 4 . -vi: . t i - /* ' 4 ~,, "SA, pp 6 \ ,'S. . (111 . l i ; ,.. 711. ft ., ~.,.. •., , , A ,' .: - - . ' s•-• ---- -...-' ‘i . , . , 1; ..., I i i, c 41_7 , . 7 , is , .:4yll:::ii'.. ;:itij.;:7:;;:--+.l. ;::----':‘;;-; -----; '. 4'''il*(.4;l . -'- + 1, li I 'i..._ _. . , „... ~,. ~.„ ~ ,....1 7. - ,s , nnoti • . .410„.. Nro. 17,086, LONDON, WEDNE SDA Y EVENING SU N 7 MISIMITIOZIWIMUIIMMIMMEILJMN 6 . I LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION, FOR LIFE, FIRE, AND MARINE ASSURANCE. Established by Royal Charter, 1720. Offices, 7, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, and 10, Regent-street. This long established body has recently issued a new Prospectus, embracing a variety of very eligible pans for Life Assurance, and which may be had by a written or personal application. The ex penses of managing the Life Department are defrayed by the Corpo ration, and not taken from the premium fund. JOIIN LAURENCE, Secretary. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. SIXTH CALL of FIVE FOUNDS PER SHARE, making the amount called 321. 10s. per Share. In pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Directors, SHARE HOLDERS in this Company are required TO I'AY, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 21st July next, a CALL of FIVE POUNDS per SHARE, to either of the undermentioned Bankers: — London . Messrs. (11.)n and Co., Lombard-street. Liverpool • • —Liverpool Borough Bank. Bangor• •• • —Messrs. Williams an Co. Interest 4t the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged on all Calls remaining unpaid on the said 21st July. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. 61, Moorgate-street: London, June 22, 1R47. GREAT SOUTIIERN AND NVESTEIiN RAILWAY (IRELAND). EIGHTH CALL-51. PER SHARE, Making 35/. called up on each Share. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the PROPRIETORS of SHARES in the Consolidated Capital of this Company are hereby REQUIRED to PAY a CALL of M. PER SHARE, 2/. 10s. on or before FRIDAY, the 25th day of June, and 2/. 108. on or before MONDAY, the 26th day of July next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers. Accord ing to the provisions of the Acts of Incorporation, Interest at the rate of Four per Cent. per Annum, payable half-yearly, will be Allowed on the amount of Deposits and Calls paid up until the Rail way shall he completed ; but should any Call remain unpaid after the day above-named, Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be Charged thereon ; and " no interest shall accrue to the Proprietor of any Share upon which any Call shall be In arrear in respect of such Share, or any other Share to be holden by the same Proprietor during the period while such Call shall remain un paid." By Order of the Board, WILLIAM TAYLOR. Secretary. 3, College-green, Dublin, May 22, 1847. Bank of Ireland, Dublin. Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street, London. Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester. Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. .Borough Bank, ditto. All Shareholders wishing to pay money in anticipation of Calls, will be allowed Interest on same at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum from the date of payment. SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. THE FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBI TION is NOW OPEN, at their Gallery, 5, PALL-MALL EAST, each day; from Nine till Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence. J. W. WRIGHT, Sec. COCKERMOUTII. TO be SOLD pursuant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause, " Wil kinson v. Messenger," by Mr. ROBERT RICHARD SO, at the Sun Inn, Cockermouth , in the Cou nt y of Cumberland, on MoNnev, the 26th of June instant, at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon, All those FREEHOLD and CUSTOMARY LANDS and PRE MISES, situate at Blindcrake, in the parish of Isel, near Cocker mouth aforesaid, late the property of Jonathan Messenger, deceased. Printed Particulars may be had gratis, at the Chambers of Master Horne, in Southampton - buildings , Lon don ; of Messrs. Steel, and of Mr. Senhouse, solicitors, Cockermouth; of Messrs. Bischoff and Coxe, solicitors, 19, Coleman-street, London; of Mr. Armstrong, so licitor, No. 8, Staple Inn; and of Mr. Robert Richardson, the auc loneer ; and at the Sun Inn, Cockermouth. REDUCED FARES. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerfhl first-class STEAM -HIPS are appointed to leave — Custom-House or Tower, for— HAMBURGII, carrying her Majesty's Mails, every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. From Blackwall Pier, for— ROTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. ANTWERP and the RIIINE—The Soho, every Thursday, at Ten, Morning. OSTEND —Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. 26th, at Eleven, 30th, at Two Morning. From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— HA.VRE—Every Thursday and Sunday, at Eight, Morning. From London -bridge Wharf, for— BOULOGNE—In Eight Hours, every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. CALAIS —Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. HULL —Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. YARMOUTH —Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Six, Evening. RAMSGATE —Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at half past Nine, Morning. From Brown's Wharf, Poplit, for From EDINBURGH—The Trident, this present Wednesday, at Ten Night; the Clarence, Saturday, 26th; the Leith, Saturday, July 3„ at Ten, Night. From Hore's Stearn Wharfs, Wapping, for — NEWCASTLE —Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Even ing. Chief Cabin, 11. ; Second Cabin, 12s. Between BRIGHTON and DIEPPE —Every Wednesday and Saturday. Between BRIGHTON and lIAVRE—Every Monday and Thurs- day. Between DOVER and BOULOGNE—DaiIy (Sunday excepted). To secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours 01 departure, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, Regent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. SUPERIOR SHEFFIELD PLATED DISH COVERS, with strong silver mountings and silver shields for engraving the crest or coat of arms. Table Dish Covers. Light Plating. Heavy Plating. The Gadroon pattern .•• • • ... 11 0 0 .. £l5 12 6 The shaped Montrose pattern • . 12 6 6 .. 16 17 6 The Grosvenor pattern ........15 0 0 20 6 6 The Albert pattern .. • • ........ 15 0 Q • . 20 6 The Gordon pattern ••• • . • • 12 6 6 .. 16 17 6 The above sets comprise lour dish covers—viz., ono 20-inch, one 18-inch, and two 14-inch. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England. REMARKABLE CASE of RESTORATION. A striking instance of the power of scientific art to remedy the detects of nature has lately occurred in the case of a Mr. F. Balls, a gentleman residing at Northam, in Norfolk, who, in the year 1842, on returning from tiariestone 3larket to Weybred, where he then re sided, sustained so severe a fall from his horse, as to bring on an ill acne 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 MACASSAR 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 new to boast of a very thick and luxuriant . head of hair, which presents this peculiarity, that, though prior to losing his hair it evinced no tendency to curl, the new growth is curly and strong. This fact speaks too strongly for itself to require observation. —Bell's Mener. *** Beware of " Spurious Imitations!-The genuine article has the words " ROWLAND'S NIACASSAR OIL " on the wrapper. Price 3s. Gd.-7s.—Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. Gd.; and double that size, 21s. per Bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, at 20, Hatton-garden, London; and by al Chemists and Perfumers. A R E,A G E 31 One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determme the former, and miscalculated hopes em- Isitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. ELLCULVERWE'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Ma rried Life, " pub. in ols. Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered by misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They arc not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by ulqualitled authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the mixims he would inculcate—ta do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always s o n n h,e t cr h ,oy e ro 7 i,i n i2;3 ny ,Ni s e,,a i l d st e eorn o i,i f o4 t ss lc e e ,r N -I v ri, a .c 3i. t ' ; ' The above works may be had of StrandC av a T B ° ,a1r4n7,,, Barnes, o e .s treet; Oxford-streetil n or direct (by post or otherwise) from the author (who may be con ferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street ; and all Booksellers. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. LORD FEILDING'S COMMITTEE SIT DAILY at the BRITISH HOTEL, 27, COCKSPUR-STREET, Sir GEORGE 11. ROSE, Bart., Chairman. TO THE PROPRIETuRS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 30th instant having been fixed for the Election of a Director for the vacancy occasioxed by the death of General Itobertson, I have the honour to Intimate to you, that proxy papers will, in the course 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 those necessary documents. I have the honour to avail myself of the present oppor tunity to return my cordial thanks to my supporters and friends, and to assure them that their continued kind exertions will render the success of the contest beyond a doubt. 1 have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servant, J. CAULFEILD. London Tavern, June 18, 1847. IRELAND. THE POTATO DISEASE. DUBLIN, JUNE 20.—The caution which was exer cised in withholding a too ready confidence in the sanguine statements put forward for the last month respecting the hopeful prospects of the new potato crop, appears not to have been misplaced. The un favourable reports to-day, though by no means general, are yet sufficiently striking to convince the most sceptical that the old disease is gradually de veloping itself, and that the less reliance that is placed, now and hereafter, on this precarious root as the staple article of food, the better will it be for all parties—growers and consumers, or both. In an extensive district betwoen Eyrecourt, in the county of Galway, and Banagher, in the King's County, the plague spot of last year made its appearance in a crop which up to a day or two previous presented a healthy and luxuriant aspect. In the county of Antrim, too several failures have been discovered; but the most convincing proof of the prevalence of the blight will be found in the following letter addressed to the Limerick Examiner by the gardener to Lord Massey, a person possessed of no ordinary share of scientific and agricultural knowledge : " Sir,—As I was the first, through your paper, last year to give information of the potato crops round Limerick being infected with the disease, and as the papers publish various accounts of it—some asserting there is, in their opinion, disease th is y ear —others, that there is none, and that the crops of potatoes never looked more promising; and as many of your readers are anxious to hear my opinion of the matter, I, therefore, warn all those who have been so foolish as to plant potatoes, to lose no time in replanting the land with something else, as there is not the least shadow of a doubt but that almost in every instance the potatoes are very much diseased. I have been watching it since last January, and it is making rapid progress. Do not be deceived by the appearance of the tops until it will be too late to sow turnips, for be assured it will convince sooner or later that it has done its work. I examined a garden yes terday belonging to a gentleman in this neighbour hood, planted with seed that he brought direct from the south of Spain, and they are showing symptoms of disease as much as any I have examined. You may make any use you like of the above. " I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " DAVID HACKNEY. " Hermitage, Castle Council, June 18." As a set off to this intelligence there are highly favourable reports from Westmeath, Clare, and parts of Limerick, Antrim, and Galway. THE PUBLIC 'WORKS. It has been already stated that the whole monster system of Public Works shall cease and determine on the 15th of August. In addition to this wholesome retrenchment it is added, that from the same day Go vernment mean to dispense with the services of the Commissariat Department in Ireland. THE L A NDLORDS.—THE NEW RELIEF SYSTEM. A meeting of the landed proprietors and rate-payers of the barony of Inchigeela, county of Cork, was held at the close of last week, Major-General Shuldam in the chair, when the following resolutions, not the least curious that these strange times have produced, were unanimously adopted : " It having been stated by the Relief Committee that while the population of the parish of Inchigeela does not now amount to more than about 5,000, and the entire landed property is only valued at 7,4541. or 1421. per week, the issue of rations for the last week has been over 21,000 and the weekly estimate 1871., or nearly one-third more than the entire value of the parish : " Resolved,--That while we readily admit the rightful claim of all the destitute to be afforded the means of support for themselves and their families, and would deeply deplore the loss of a single life by famine, we cannot but view with the greatest alarm the perilous situation in which all persons dependent on land for their support are now placed, and the utter ruin in which they must inevitably be .involved if the present system of relief be continued—a system which, while it barely affords a wretched and very inade quate subsistence to the poor, is calculated to degrade the labouring class to a state of habitual pauperism, to foster habits of idleness, at the same time demo aalizing them by congregating such numbers for se veral hours in each day without any employment, and to exhaust the resources of the farmer and landlord, without affording any prospect of remuneration. " That owing to the great number of proprietors of the soil, the smallness of the interests of many in the properties they hold, the poverty of the working far mers in general, and the difficuty of prevailing on all concerned to unite, we see no probability of being able to accomplish a voluntary assessment, so as to become entitled to the aid proffered in such cases by Government. " That, under these circumstances, we conceive the only practical mode of averting the impending ruin is, by each person possessing ground giving employ ment to the fullest extent in his power to the labour ing class, so as to remove as many as possible from the relief lists, by which means he:would receive some return for the money expended, instead of as at pre sent, supporting s thos e labourers without any return whatever. That we should strongly urge on all landed pro prietors to stimulate and assist their tenants to the s f b th y e the eb grantomu made de labourer, of ba yn l o da a l nl the s e l a o s r lsae d ns r d a teod fining, mpereotp f ertniheceti proprietor ,e bese &c., utmost of their ability i n ava ili ng themse l ves o f th e aid provided by Governme n t f or t h e i mprovemen t o f under the full conviction th a t un l ess t h e most strenuous feloar exertionsfarms by the grant of loans for draining, fencing, &c., under the full conviction that unless the most strenuous exertions are made by all classes to meet the present crisis, the working f armers must soon partake o f t h e sharer in their ruin. "That in consequence of the absence of several of the landed proprietors of this district, and the want of information on the provisions of the act lately passed for the improvement of landed property, this meeting be adjourned to Thursday the 31st inst., in the hope that all concerned may be inducid to attend and give their aid in endeavouring to rescue them selves and their dependents from the ruin with which they are now threatened." MURDER TWENTY YEARS AGO. The Belfast papers of Saturday contain the report of an adjourned inquest on the body of the late Hugh Dunlop, Balloo, in the barony of Ards, that was found buried in Gransha bog, on the 2d inst., which was held on Thursday, before the coroner, Mr. Ward, of Downpatrick, in the public-house of Mr. John Mar tin, who resides beyond the Six Road-ends, on the road leading from N ewtonards to Donaghadee. The circumstances concerning the death of Dunlop are of a most mysterious character. He was missed from the neighbourhood about twenty-one years ago : and not the least trace of him was found until Wednesday, the 2d instant, when the body was discovered by two persons named Hayes, father and son, in the above named bog, at the depth of four feet. Three sticks were laid over the body, one across the breast, another over the thighs, and the third across the legs. Immediately after the body was found, several persons who had been inti mate with the deceased identified it as that of Hugh Dunlop. An inquest was held on Saturday, the sth inst., and four witnesses were examined as to the identity of the man ; but it was deemed advisable, in consequence of some rumours having been circulated to the effect that Dunlop's family, who are still alive, to his supposed murder, to adjourn until were Thursday last. Deceased's body had been lying at Mr. Martin's house since that period; and great numbers of people from different parts of the country have come to see it. Its appearance resembled some what that of a preserved mummy. It was of a dark brown colour, and the flesh on the trunk was in a singular state of preservation. The legs and thighs were greatly shrivelled up, and there was scarcely any flesh on them. The marks made by the pressure of the sticks were very visible. When first discovered the features of the face were more dis cernible than what they were on Thursday, because it had been for a few days exposed to the influence of the weather, besides having been tossed and other wise injured by the countr y people who came to exa mine it. The princip al mar ks of identity were upon and a protuberance the raise f o do o fu t u , w a h u hda were ad strikingly been peculiarb ro k e hollowness e n v in the nose,ident to an o b server . both , There were no external marks of violence on the body. A strong feeling of prejudice has been created for miles round the country against the family of the deceased. After a number of witnesses had been examined, whose testimony, however, threw but little light on this mysterious transaction, the jury, after a short deliberation, returned the following verdict :—" We find that the body of the man found in Gransha bog is the body of the late Hugh Dunlop, of Primacy, in the parish of Balloo, county of Down, who has not been seen since June of 1827 ; and we are of opinion that the said Hugh Dunlop's death was caused by violent means, though we have not evidence to show by whom." A reward of 50/. has been offered to any person who will prosecute to conviction the supposed mur derers of the deceased. ORIENTAL BANK.—A meeting of the proprietors of the Oriental Bank was held yesterday, at their offices, Walbrook, when the new regulations for the govern ment of the bank, which were adopted at the annual general meeting in December last, were confirmed as the laws for, their futuredirecti ons, ON THE CULTIVATION OF COT TON IN NORTH EASTERN AUSTRALIA. The following communication on this important subject appears in the Glasgow Argus of June 21 : Edinburgh, 17th June, 1847. Sir,—Having recently returned to this country from New South Wales, with a view to promote the general welfare and advancement of that colony, my attention has for some time past been strongly directed to a subject of transcendent importance, not only to our remote colonial community, but to the entire manufacturing interest of the mother country, and to the cause of humanity—l mean the practica bility of growing cotton, of superior quality, and to any conceivable extent, by means of European free labour in North-Eastern Australia. Towards the close of the year 1845, I made a tour to the northern portion of our vast colonial territory, with a view to ascertain its capabilities as a field for emigration, for virtuous and industrious families, and individuals of the middle and humbler classes of society in this country ; and in the course of my visit to the Brisbane River Settlement, in Moreton Bay, latitude 2 1 4 deg. S. I was particularly struck with the vigorous and healthy appearance of the cotton plant which I found growing there (merely, however, as an article of curiosity), and with what appeared to me the superior quality of its produce. And know ing, as I did at the time, that the climate was in the highest degree salubrious, and perfectly adapted, not withstanding its comparatively low latitude, to the constitution of the European field labourer, I could not help thinking that the prospect which the cir cumstances opened up was highly encouraging to the colony, as affording the assurance of remunerating employment to a free immigrant European popula tion of any amount, and likely to prove of the utmost importance to Great Britain, and to the interests of humanity ; for, if European free labour could be applied successfully and profitably, as I felt assured it might, to the cultivation of cotton in our own Aus tralian colonies, it appeared to me that not only might this country be supplied with the raw material for her principal manufactures from her own colonies, but that a new and unexpected, a legitimate and power ful, influence would thereby be brought to bear upon the extinction of slavery in America. On my return to Sydney, I mentioned the subject to several gentlemen of high standing in our Colonial community, and partioularly to certain of the lead ing members of our Provincial Legislature ; and I was encouraged, by their entire concurrence in my own views and opinions in the matter, to bring it under the notice of gentlemen connected with the cotton trade in this country. I have accordingly prepared a work, which will shortly be published, illustrative of the capabilities of North-Eastern Aus tralia, particularly for the growth of cotton, by means of European free labour; but the importance of the subject, and its bearings on one of the great questions of the day, (the means of affording remu nerating employment and permanent subsistence to the destitute population of extensive districts of this country,) have induced me to solicit attention to it through the press, on the part of those who are more immediately connected with the cotton manufactures of the country, previous to the publication of that work. I am prepared, therefore, to prove, to the satisfaction of all unprejudiced persons, the following important points :- 1. That in North-Eastern Australia, or the tract of country extending northwards along the Southern Pacific, from the 30th parallel of south latitude, to the Tropic of Capricorn—a range of latitude in the southern hemisphere precisely the same as that of the ancient land of Egypt in the northern,—there is a vast extent of land of the first quality for the cultiva tion of cotton. 2. That cotton, which has been grown from Ame rican seed in this tract of country, casually, as a mere article of curiosity, and without any attention to its cultivation, has been pronounced by one of the first houses in the trade in Glasgow, a very valuable kind, which, if imported in quantity, would readily bring at present from 11d. to ls. a lb. 3. That this tract of country possesses facilities for water carriage in extensive bays, inlets, estuaries and rivers, all navigable for steam-boats to an extent un surpassed by those of any other tract of country, without exception, having the same extent of coast, in the British empire. 4. That the climate is in the highest degree salu brious, and perfectly adapted, notwithstanding the comparatively low latitude, to the constitution of the European field labourer. These points lam pre. pared to verify, not only from my own personal ob servation and experience, but from the medical sta tistics of the district for the last seven years, and from the testimonies of public functionaries of various professions. and of undoubted intelligence and vera city. And 5. That for an industrious European population to grow cotton for exportation, as an article of agricul ral produce, on their own account, could be carried out from the mother country and settled progres sively along the bays, inlets, and rivers of this tract of country, wherever the soil and situation might render the formation of such settlements desirable, without costing either the mother country or the cotton trade in particular one farthing of expense eventually ; for as an Act of Parliament provides that land in the Australian Colonies shall not be sold for less than a pound an acre, and that the proceeds of such sales shall be appropriated for the promotion of emigration, there is land enough in the tract of coun try I refer to, of the first quality for the cultivation of cotton and other tropical produce, as well as of all sorts of European grain, fruits, roots, and vege tables, to pay for the progressive occupation of the entire redundant population of Scotland ten times over. It would be necessary, indeed, in the first in stance, to advance the funds requisite for defraying the cost of the emigration of the labouring popula tion to be employed eventually in this branch of cultivation ; but the land that would be received from the Government, either in trust or in perpetuity, for these funds, would form an ample security for their ultimate repayment, together with a higher rate of interest in the meantime than in ordinary circum stances is procurable at home. The special reason that has induced me to direct the attention of the cotton trade to this subject at the present moment is, that as emigration to Canada will, in all likelihood, have ceased for the present year very shortly, in consequence of the absolute neces sity of making timely provision, on the part of the emigrants to that country, for the rigours of its long and dreary winter, it would be quite practicable, in the event of the idea I have suggested being carried out, to effect a large emigration to Australia during this present year; as it is of no consequence at what season of the year a ship sails for that country, pro vided she can once get fairly off the land. Five thousand persons, including perhaps three or four thousand of the very people who, by a Destitution Committee, are now feeding on public charity in the Highlands and Islands, could be shipped off with perfect safety for that portion of Australia to which I have been referring, before Christmas. And supposing that these emigrants should include, as I would propose they should, perhaps a hundred families of practical gardeners, or persons accustomed in some measure to the cultivation of exotic plants at home, to introduce the cultivation of cotton in their adopted country, and whereby to set an example to the rest of the emigrants (who would, generally speaking, require, of course, to hire themselves out as farm servants, shepherds, household servants, or labourers, in the first instance). I could pledge my self that the whole number of these emigrants would find immediate and eligible employment in the dis trict, in one or other of these capacities, on their arrival in the colony, and until they are able to settle successfully on land, as they would be able to do very soon, if at all industrious and economical, on their own account. In reference to the climate and general capabili ties of the country I have been describing, the following is the test imon y of Oliver Fay, Esq., J.P. Commissioner for Crown Lands for the Clarence District, in North Australia:—" I am satisfied there is no part of New South Wales, however, justly it may be famed for the salubrity of its climate, which is more conducive to the health of the human body than the district of Clarence River." And again—" On the whole, a four years' residence in the district has confirmed me in the opinion, that no country ever came from the hand of its Creator more eminently qualified to be the abode of a thriving and numerous population than the one of which I have been speaking ; and in forming this estimation I h ave been uninfluenced either by prejudice or by interest, being in no way connected with it, save in that arising from my official capacity." As for mysel f, I think I can say, without the slightest degree of egotism, that I am no visionary, like most of those who speculate about emigration and colonisat ion in this country, w ithout having bad any practical experience on the subject themselves. I have resided for nearly 25 years in the Australian colonies, all of which I have visited but one, and I am, therefore, thoroughly acquainted with their phy sical character and capabilities. Neither am I altoge ther unqualified to give an opinion on the suitableness of the soil and climate of north-eastern Australia for the cultivation of cotton. I saw the plant growing there myself, healthy, vigorous, and w veloped. I pl ucked its p ods with my own hand ell de s ; and, although I could not, pretend to be a judge o JUNE 23, 1847. PRICE SD• its quality, I had no idea that it would be found to be of so superior a quality as it was proved on examina tion in Glasgow. I had been three times in the Brazils, both at Pernambuco and at Rio Janeiro, where I had seen it growing also, and where it is grown for exportation, and I had also been in Charles ton, South Carolina, one of the principal cotton growing states of America. Neither is the compara tive cost of free labour a subject which I have not considered, in reference to this question, or on which lam unqualified to offer an opinion. I have seen slavery, and considered it well, both in the United States and the Brazils, and it is, after a careful con sideration of the whole subject, that I have come to the conclusion, that with European free labour—that is, with plenty of virtuous and industrious people, of the humbler or working classes, from this country, we should not only be able to produce a much sup rior article to the cotton of the Brazils in North- Eastern Australia, but even to undersell " Jonathan and his niggers." and thereby to drive him eventually out of your market till he should mend his manner;. In short, I am firmly persuaded, that " the heaviest blow and the greatest discouragement" that negro slavery in America is destined, by Divine Providence, to sustain, will be experienced from the application of European free labour to the growth of cotton, and other tropical produce, in North-Eastern Australia. Anticipating, then, as I do with perfect confidence, that this object will very soon be regarded as one of national interest and importance, and that it will call forth at once great national effort for its accomplish ment, I am desirous on many accounts, and not merely as a native of the West of Scotland, and an alumnus of the University of Glasgow, that that great commercial and manufacturing city should take the lead, and assume the initiation in the matter. For, if the manufacturing city of Manchester took the lead in that memorable agitation which issued in entire freedom of trade in the great staff of life, it ap pears to me that it would be peculiarly fitting, as well as highly desirable for the city of Glasgow (which is surely not inferior to Manchester, either in point of intelligence and enterprise, or of public spirit and an enlightened interest in the national welfare), to as sume the initiation in a somewhat similar agitation — an agitation which I have no hesitation in adding, promises equally important, equally splendid results. For success in the object and agitation, I contemplate, would not only ensure a future supply, to any conceivable extent, of the raw material, for our great national manufactures, independently alto gether of slave labour, either in North or in South America, and thereby give a wonderful additional impulse to British commerce, but it would also in sure the conveyance out and progressive settlement in a land of plenty, free of all cost eventually to this country, of thousands and tens of thousands of your destitute population, who are now a burden to so ciety at home, but who would there become valuable consumers of your manufactured produce abroad ; and I am greatly mistaken if it would not tend, more directly and more effectually than all the Abolitionist and Evangelical agitations in Britain, to give ulti mate freedom to the American slave. For I confess, that so long as America continues the principal source of the supply of cotton for your factories, I have no hope, from what I saw myself in that country, of the extinction of slavery in America. Only let us be able to undersell Jonathan, however, from Australia, which I maintain is perfectly practicable, by means of European free labour, not only in the article of cotton, but in other articles of tropical produce in America, and slavery will be extinguished as a matter of course, as being no longer either profitable or re munerative. With a view to bring this whole matter under the consideration of the public generally, and especially of gentlemen engaged in the cotton trade, I propose to deliver two lectures on the points I have enumerated above in the city of Glasgow ; and, if a few gentlemen should be appointed to make further inquiries on the subject, and to report, I should be most willing to submit to any subse quent interrogation they might propose, with a view to develope the real capabilities of the tract of country I refer to, and the practicabilities of employing Eu ropean labour to any considerable extent in the culti vation of cotton within its borders. And if the mer chants and manufacturers of Glasgow should only take the lead in this matter, so as to form some organisation for action and agitation on the subject, I am confident that immediate and zealous co-opera tion would forthwith be afforded to the carrying out of whatever measures might be deemed practicable and advisable in Manchester and the other manufac turing cities and towns of England, and that her Majesty's Government would, at the same time, moat willingly afford every facility that could pos sibly be desired. As a further inducement to take up this subject, I would remind your mercantile readers, that while the vast population of the Russian Empire consumes British produce and manufactures at the rate of only 71d. per head annually, every man, woman, and child in our great colony of New South Wales con sumes such produce and manufactures annually to the extent of 71. 10s. per head. In short, we are excel lent customers. I am well aware that anything new is usually re garded with suspicion and distrust. It is not yet fifty years, however, since the project of growing sheep's wool in Australia was submitted to the con sideration of the public in this country, and I need not inform your readers how magnificently the promise which was then given on behalf of our colony has since been fulfilled, notwithstanding the distrust and incredulity with which it was at first received. Now, lam quite confident from what I have seen myself, that our soil and climate are equally adapted to the production of cotton wool of superior quality; and as the growth of cotton wool can be extended by means of an industrious population much faster than that of sheep's wool, I anticipate from the experiment much speedier and far more magnificent results. It is well known, for example, that the cotton crop in America is not unfrequently destroyed by un seasonable frosts; but in the tract of country in Australia to which I have been directing attention, frosts are never severe enough to hurt the vegetation. While, therefore, the cotton plant in America is an annual, and must be renewed from seed every year, it is perennial with us, as it is also I in India and in Egypt, and, consequently, much less labour is required for its cultivation. There is no more difficulty, indeed, in the matter, than there is in the cultivation of a gooseberry bush ; for the separa tion of the cotton from the seeds is a mechanical process, that has no connexion withjthe cultivation of the plant, and that ought, decidedly, to be carried on by a different class of people altogether from the mere cultivators, which, I am happy to add, the great extent of water communication in North- Eastern Australia would afford the ampliest facilities of doing. In further proof of the superior mildness of our Australian climate, as compared with that of the United States, and of its consequent adaptation to the growth of :cthe cotton plant (which is decidedly a native), I shall only add, that when at Charleston in the year 1840, I ascer tained of the warmer regions of the temperate, ra ther than of the torrid zone, and which appears not to like extremes either of heat or of cold, that the orange could not be grown either in that vicinity, which is in 32 deg. north latitude, or in Savannah, or in New Orleans, which are in about 30 deg. north, considerably nearer the equator, on account of the extreme severity of the American winter even in these comparative low latitudes ; but the orange grows freely in the neighbourhood of Sydney, in New South Wales, in latitude 34 deg. south ; and, if I am not mistaken, it has been grown, and suc cessfully, two degrees farther to the southward. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN DUNMORE LANG, D.D. 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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 bowels 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, 'in the parish of Sherfield Green, near Basingstoie, while taking Lamb's Vegetable Compound passed a tape-worm several yards long. She had been subject to almost every symptom of indigestion for many years, and never could obtain any benefit until taking the Vegetable Compound, since which she has enjoyed a good state of health up to the 'resent time, May 22d, 1847. MAY 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. She 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 and retail by the proprietor, Richard Lamb, 75, High Holborn, in packets at 2s, 9d. each; one packet being suffi cient for a child from 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 Regent-street; Decostro and Co., Chemists, Wilton-place, Knights bridge; J. Chapman, Chemist, 7, High-street, Islington; Congreve and Delisle, Chemists, 1, New Bridge-street, Vauxhall ; T. Riches, Chemist, London-street, Greenwich ; R. Sutton, " Review" Office, Nottingham. 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Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co.. Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &e. Scc, CONTENTS OF TIIR WORK, Chap. L.—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by Inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice of self-indulgence. 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By SAMUEL , LA"MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., Lee. CONTENTS or THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Ilit 2 0 REVIEWS OF VIE WORK. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d. or pest paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps , direct front the Author's residence. SELF. PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on tho 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 et — r.ctures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that art produced in them, by solitary habits, arid ether excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— Unarms 2. On the Anatomy and rhystology of the Generative Organs, their flinctions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the functions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. •On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cmarruts 5 and 6. On the Disorderr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gorutorhcoa Gieet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. 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At Home for Conenitition daily, rom Nine till Two, and t y„,, n Five till Eight; and all letters immediately replied to, if containine 041 fee of if., for advicei&n.-.-9 DEDIVED•STREET BEDroiDa- SWAIM, LANDON', We have a great deal of fly still, but the bine continues to prosper. Little Chart and Pluckley—Growing very fast and is promising, with but little fly. Bethersden and Smarden—Generally growing well, and bids fair for a good crop. Some grounds are backward. Bine mostly clear of fly. Biddenden—Looking healthy, some pieces have a good deal of fly. Tunbridge—Plenty of bine, but not free from insect. Mayfield—The bines very full of fly; should the weather become more co ngen i a l they will overcome any ill effects the vermin has bad upon them. Peasmarsh—Growing rapidly, and of good colour. Since Saturday fly has made its appearance and increased daily. Ry e Th e co ld h as c h ec k e d the hitherto vigorous growth of the hops, and also had the effect of checking plc ravage s o f th e fly. Battle— Continue to thrive in the neighbo ur h oo d. Th ere h as been some talk of vermin, but it is th oug h t b y many goo d judzes 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—The growth of the bines here has been rapid. We have consider a bl e fl y, w hi c h seems most prevalent in low situations. Easthoathly— The bine in most instances looks strong and vigorous, and at present bids fair to overcome all its enemies. Farnham—Never looked more healthy, and continue free from fly and blight. Alton and country districts — Some plantations have suffered from the cold nights, and we have a considerable quantity of fly and vermin. We do not expect a heavy crop.—Canterbury Journal. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. WINDSOR.—RaIph Neville, Esq., one of the represen tatives of this borough, and eldest son of the Very Rev. the Dean, on Monday morning put forth a printed announcement of his intention to decline the honour of soliciting the suffrages of the electors at the ensuing election. His motive for thus withdrawing himself, he says, is the lukewarmness of some of his former friends in the borough. SOUTH DURHAM.—The friends of protection to native industry will secure the election of Mr. Farrer, and tacitly acquiesce in the return of Lord Harry Vane, rather than encounter a contest which would be attended with great turmoil and excitement. NORTH DIIRHA3I.—For the northern division it is positively said there will be a contest, as Colonel Beck with resolves to go to a poll. The contest, we are satis fied, must be nominal. The mass of the electors in every district consider the present Member, Mr. Liddell, and Mr. Shafto, who has become a candidate under the auspices of the party who supported Mr. Lambton, as certain to be elected by very large majorities. DURHAM CITY.—The city of Durham will be the arena of a very spirited contest. In addition to Mr. Granger and Captain Wood, Mr. Spearman (of Newton Hall) is now in the field. The differences in the Con servative ranks, arising out of the election of Mr. Bright at the last vacancy, not having been reconciled, the independent Conservative party have formally resolved " to withhold their support from any candidate present ing himself under the influence of the Marquis of Lon donderry;" and the electors will, we believe, at present very generally refrain from promising their votes. SOUTH SHIELDS.—WiIIiam Whateley, Esq., a bar rister, has presented himself to the notice of the electors of South Shields, as a candidate in the Conservative interest, to represent that borough in the next Parlia ment.—Durham Advertiser. READING.—Mr. Apsley Pellatt, of Staines, and the principal proprietor of the extensive establishment at Blackfriars, known as the Falcon Glass-works, will start as a candidate for the representation of the borough on the Liberal interest. STiFFOßD.—Anotber candidate has entered the field in the person of Mr. E. W. Robertson, of London, as a free-trader. He is a graduate at Oxford, and has con siderable property at Chilcote, in Derbyshire. SUNDERLAND.—Mr. W. Al Wilkinson's address to the electors appeared on Friday morning. He avows himself a thorough free-trader, and a friend to the entire abolition of the present navigation-laws. It is the universal belief that Mr. Hudson is perfectly safe, but that the contest will be severe between Mr. Barclay and Mr. Wilkinson. POOLE.—We understand a Conservative candidate will be brought forward for this borough.— Wiltshire Herald. LYME.—We have authority to state that Mr. Edmund Batten, of the Chancery bar, is likely to offer himself as a candidate for the borough of Lyme, at the next elec tion, on moderate Whig principles.—Sherborne Mercury. STAMFORD.—The Marquis of Granby and the Right Hon. J. C. Herries (formerly Chancellor of the Ex chequer) will be candidates for the representation of this borough. CORK.—Mr. Shee denies having ever entertained a thought of aspiring to the honour of representing the county of Cork in Parliament. GLasoow.—Mr. Dixon, of Govanhill, will submit his claims to represent this city in Parliament.—North British Mail. GLASGOW.—We are authorised to state that there is no truth whatever in the rumours which have been cir culated respecting the retirement of Mr. Lockhart from the honourable post of representative of the county of Lanark. On the contrary, when the proper time a en rr c i y ves o , f th t e he H c o o n u . n G ty e , ntl s e o m i:o an itin w g - i t h e e d d r r e e s n s e I, t , h a l e c o o f ns t t h i teu i r fa v o urs.— Gla sqo w Courier. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 21.—The arrangements for holding this, the 18th meeting, which are now completed, differ in some respects from those of previous years. The first general meeting, previously held on the Thursday evening, will take place on Wednesday afternoon, at three o'clock, on which occasion Sir R. J. Murchison, the President at Southampton, will resign the chair to Sirßobert Harry Inglis, Bart., M.P., the President for the present meeting. The scientific business of the sections will commence, as usual, on Thursday morning at their several meeting rooms, and the evenings, with the ex ception of Saturday and Tuesday, are appropriated to . scientific discourses. On Saturday there will be a pro menade and conversazione at the Radcliffe Library, which will be open on Tuesday s for the exhibition of microscopes and microscopical illustrations. On Thursday evening the Rev. Professor Baden Powell will deliver a lecture upon shooting stars ; on Friday evening Professor Faraday will describe his recent researches in dia-magnetism ; and on Monday evening Mr. H. E. Strickland will deliver a discourse on the natural history of the dodo and other allied birds. The concluding meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 30, at three o'clock, when the proceedings of the general committee, and the grants of money sanctioned by it. , will be stated. On Sunday the Bishop of Oxford will preach at St. Mary's, and by a singular coincidence the subject of the sermon, which is from a bequest, to be preached on that day is " humility in literary and scientific inquiries." The whole of the evening meetings are to be held in the Radcliffe Library, and the follow ing are the places of meeting appointed for the different sections:— SECTION A. Mathematics and Physics.—Randolph Gallery—Rey. Professor Baden Powell, president. .. ►SECTION B. . Chymistry.—Taylor Rooms—President.—Rev. W. V. Harcourt. SECTION C. Geology and Geography.—Convocation House—the Dean of Westminster president. SECTION D. Natural History.—Ashmolean Museum—Mr. H. E. Strickland president. SUB-SECTION. Ethnology.—Music School—Professor Horace Hay man Wilson president. SECTION E. Physiology. —Writing School—Dr. Ogle president. SECTION F. Statistics.—Natural Philosophy School—Dr. Twins, president. SECTION G. Mechanical Science.--Taylor-buildings-Bev. R. Walker, president. A room for the exhibition of models, philosophical ap paratus, natural and artificial products, &c., will be open during the week at the Divinity School. Amongst the distinguished visitors whose presence is expected during the week is his Royal Highness Prince Albert, whose attendance at the sectional meetings is confidently announced for next Monday, and for whose accommodation preparations are being made at Exeter College, the rector of which, the Reverend Doctor Richards, is one of his private chaplains. It is also currently reported that he will on this occasion be accompanied by her Majesty, who will stay at the seat of the Archbishop of York, at Nuneham. Amoigst others whose attendance is certain are the Prince of Canino, the Chevalier Bunsen, the American Minister, Count Rosen, deputed by the Crown Prince of Sweden to exhibit some elaborate maps executed by the latter ; Professor Struve, the eminent astronomer ; Dr. Lang berg, Baron de la Fresnage ; Pr ofessor Van der Hoeven, of Leyden ; M. de Verneuil ; Professor Nillsonnu, of Lund ; and M. Major, who is now in this country, de puted by the Norwegian Government to make inquiries concerning lunatic asylums in England, &c. Every intellectual resource of Oxford in the various halls, museums, and gardens of the different colleges, with the libraries, &c., will be thrown open to members of the asscv_tiation during the week The Duke of Marlborough will, on Saturday . next, throw open Blenheim -palace and gardens for inspection, including the private and kitchen gardens, hot-houses, and pineries, &c. The Great Western Railway C ompany will also, on Saturday, convey members free to their great central station at Swindon, for the purpose of inspect ing their extensive works. They have also arranged special trains both for London and Bristol, which will leave Oxford after the termination of the evening meet ings. The members will be extensively accommodated at the different colleges, and there will not, as has been the case on many former occasions, be any exorbitant charge for lodgings during the week of meeting. The reception room for inquiries and information is St the Town-hall. HOP INTELLIGENCE. CANTERBURY. —The hops are growing vigorously, though the weather of the past week has not the most favourable. The fly is on the increase. One or two grounds on the Boughton-road are in an awful plight ; yet, in the neighbouring v illage, the plantations res ent gros s a re comparatively clear , and on the whole, p pects of a good crop. General accounts inform us of the bine being strong, but much infested with vermin, and the tops of the bines having been partially injured by the late rcugh weather. MAIDSTONE. —Our bine is now as vi g orous as could be — wished, but it is followed up by the fly and lice to such an DUNSE BRANCH RAILWAY.—The heaviest works extent that in all probability it will shortly give way to on the line are between Churnside and Dunse. Over the their attacks. The blight, as usual, is more Particularly at Whitadder there is to be a high bridge of four or five the outskirts of the grounds, and in confined situations. arches, with heavy embankments on each side. The Duty 170,000/. to 175,0001. Farley — Look well, but there embankment work is begun, and two smaller brides are is some increase in fly. Boxley, Aylesford, and Burham— being built for the mill lea dames water pipes of Clurnside Bine has not grown so much during the past week; but it Paper Mill, while great p ption is being mide for is very full for the time of year, looking healthy, with the works of the main bridge. On the Reston side of scarcely any fly. Staplehurst—Looking healthy, although the Whitadder cuttings are commenced at two different in some grounds the f ly is still numerous. Wrotham, places ; and on the side nearer Dunse several cuttings Plaxtol, Ightham, and Shipbourne—Continues to grow are in active operation at Craigswalls, Edrom, and at vigorously, considerably in the grounds, and the hail- Brieryhill, where the heaviest cutting on the line is storm has decapitated many of the binds, but upon the there, however, the work was stopped on Friday last, in whole there are at present prospects 'of a good crop. consequence of an interdict from the proprietor, but we Ticehurst—Looking well, but a great many fly at places. understand a settlement will be immediately made, when Goudhurst—Strong and healthy, Audis generally beyond we trust, the works will not be again stopped until their the tyeis reach. The fly during the past week has made completion. The company have had great difficulty in its appeara n ce in s ome of the grounds, while others making settlements with the proprietors along the whole are quite exempt. Horsmonden —Still very foul, but line.—Kelso Chronicle. the pr es ence o f fly is certainly more partial than it WAS 1 Le Comte de Lalaing had an interview with the Earl ten days since. The bines growing fast. Cranbrook— ' of Clarendon yesterday. • t