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EVENING EDITION. Patterns of the krtieles, and a Form of the Tender may be sees at the said Office. _ N;Y;;I;;;;:11b; received after One o'clock on the Day if Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, •r an Agent for him duly authorized in writing. Every Tender must. be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad mit thy, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Time Glasses," and must also be delivered at Somerset plaae, accompanied by a Letter signed by a responsible person, •oAaging t• become bound with the person tender►ns, in the sum •f 1001., for the due performance of the Contract. BARRACK CANTEEN. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, LoNnoti, MAY 1840. NOTICE is hereby Given, that the CAN TEEN in the undermentioned BARRACK is TO BE LET, upon the following Conditions, to the 30th of Septem her, 1812: _ Ne Person but of unexceptionable character, nor any Person who will not undertake, bona fide, to reside in the Canteen and conduct the business thereof in his own person, will be ap proved ; and two Sureties will be required for the regular pay ment of the Rent, and of all Sums which may become due in respect of the said Canteen, and for the due performance of the several Conditions and Stipulations of the Lease. 'lhe Revenue or other Licenses to be paid by the Tenant. The Person whose Proposal shall be accepted (and his Sure tuts) must execute an Indenture of Lease,—must pay the Stamp Duty, the amount of which, and all further particulars, may be known by applying at this Office, or to the Barrack Master at the Barracks. The names of two respectable Persons, with their Christian Names, Professions, and Places of Abode, who will join the Tenant in executing the Indenture as his Sureties, must be inserted in the Proposals; and no Proposal will be attended to which is not accompanied by the written consent of the persons named to be the Proposer's Sureties. Sealed Proposals, addressed to the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, London, with the words " Tender far Canteen," written on the outside cover, will be received at this Office at er before Twelve o'clock at Noon of the 15th instant, after which hour any Proposal received cannot be noticed. By the Mutiny Act, Canteens are not liable to have Troops hilletted on them. 6TATION. RENT OF THE CANTEEN AS A DWELLING. Wellington Barrack•, Saint I Eighty Pounds per Annum James's Park. By Order of t.l Lo Board of Ordnance, R. BYIJAM, Secretary. Costly Repeating and other Watches, Ship Chronometer, Or molu Eight-day Clock, Splendid Jewels, Unset Brilliants, Gold Snuff-box, 1,200 ounces of Plate, Sheffield plated hoods, entirely from Mr. Baxter, Norfolk-street. EBENHAM and STORR will SELL, at their Rooms, King- street, Covent-garden, on Wen- NRSDAT next. Mat' 13, at Eleven, an assemblage of truly valua ble forfeited PROPERTY, comprising an unique gold repeater with independent seconds, and strikes the seconds, several other costly repeating watches, a large collection of fashionable gold, silver, and gilt watches by the most eminent English and Ge neva makers, a superior ship chronometer, by Tupman, hand some ormolu eight-day clock ; a display of elegant jewels, com prehending dress suites, armlets, bracelets, sevignys, head °nit aunts, brooches, ear-rings, &c., enriched with amethysts, ru bies, emeralds, pearls, turquoise, &c., set in fine gold; beautiful brilliant pins, brooches, rings, and shirt studs ; unset brilliants, gold and silver snuff-boxes, musical boxes, 1,200 ounces of an cient and modern plate, in waiters, candlesticks, toast racks, tea and coffee pots, cups, King's pattern and fiddle spoons, forks, ladles, &c. ; Sheffield plated dishes, covers, and warmers ; two ladies elegant riding whips, mounted in fine gold, one set with rubies, and other valuable items. M -- __ ay be viewed and catalogues had at the Rooms. PUMPS. N ORWICH AGAINST ALL ENGLAND, TEN POUNDS TO A CROWN. SHALDER'S FOUNTAIN PUMPS. The most powerful in the world, with which a man of ten stomp weight can raise an imperial barrel of water forty three feet high in a minute, but with no other Pump yet tried a ig minute dinary, seldom below 70, and more frequently above 100 per an• t., taking the average of the res u lt s o f ever y a ltit u d e f rom 1 foot to 100 feet high. This remarkable gain in the art of ieing water was effected in th e s i mp l es t manner poss ibl e , b eing merely by substituting a rolling instead of a sliding prin- Viple for Pump s , by w hi c h th e i r f r i ct i on an d l ea k age was abo t!thed, after the tens of thou s a n d s o f b oo tl ess a tt emp t s th a t h a d ueen made by the ablest mechanics in the world for 2,000 years. For a long time after this immortal invention was publicly introduced, a host of bullying novices insulted society by pre dicting that it would prove limited and frail, who are now snivellir.g about that their tr a d e wou ld be ruined, because Fountai n Pumps prove 300 per cent the most durable, whe ther used by the power of man, horse, or steam, and they are 11 * economical and invariable in their action, that they corn lustily perform for maltsters, brewers, and dyers for years with. Out the least expense or the slightest variation. Also, so re markably simple, that smiths, millwrights, wheelwrights, car penters, &c., as well as hydraulic engineers, successfully un dertake their fixing and reparation, neither are Fountain Pumps retarded, choked, nor injured by occasionally delivering a few tons of sand, although a very little of that material soon deranges and seriouslj damages the best Friction Pumps. Slowly indeed, the art of raising water approached perfection 4,000 Years ago. The beautiful Miss Rebecca brought up water from vk ell in a pitcher upon her shoulder for her sweetheart's eamehi. Since then appeared the four principles, namely, two limited, a r , d two unlimited principles—two of them sliding principles, • a lio a spiral principle, and one a rolling principle. t - ti llt. The Chain-pump in action is direct and simple ; but by Zion and leakage very defective and dreadfully uncertain, % D i; n from its numerous parts highly complicated. The Chain find! is a combination of inefficient expensive lumber—a "d sliding principle. • 2rl Archimedes' Scr e w-p um p i s f oun d e d upon a b r illi ant n'ea: but its applicability is very confined—a limited spiral Principle. Tesibies' Pipe and Poker Pump, or the Athenian Squirt. This is the root and principle of all Piston and Cylinder Pamps, under every name and modification. All Pumps upon this plan are of necessity bad beyond remedy, and stupid indeed %lust they be whe expect the contrary, because mostly above t "0-fifths of the labour employed is entirely wasted by their fiction and leakage, and when accurately tested against'the tew principle, always prove to be but contemptible machines. L•vertheless these imperfect Pumps stood unrivalled for the 2 ,000 years—an unlimited sliding principle. 4th, and last, Shalder's Pump appeared and made laughing lt selti of th e o th er three Pumps, and exalted the art of raising r ater to a sc i ence . The Fountain Pump is neither more nor " 1 / 5 than the Pump made absolute, because without any dis +verable defect or imperfection, it possesses every essential Property for the purpose intended in the highest degree. AN UNLIMITED ROLLING PRINCIPLE. ;Ttr. Eirkbeck. President of the Mechanics' Institution, Len ;rl' aals the Fountain Pump is free from the liabilities and ~.efeets of the common Friction Pump, and approaches a perfect 41341raulie Machine. fjil, • Vice-P res id en t, P ro f essor J o h n Milli ng t on , E sq ., I L S., publi s h e d a wor k i n IMO, and therein snakes a rash, . 4 "el feul, an d s ill y assert i on, t h at t h e new pr i nc i p l e i s li m i te d , rd alth oug h , f rom i ts diminished friction it has its advantages s ome cases, it cannot he used for great elevations. Never beTlesti, Fountai n P um p s prove equa ll y d ura bl e f or lif ts a b ove as T,k'oat w one hundred feet, Millington might surely have known flexibility was no proof of frailty, nor rigidity of durability. rigid teeth of mamma and her four sisters were mostly ,T,?ne, but their flexible tongues remained in full activity when 4j u r e e ir ages, united with their only brother, exceeded five hun t d years. And the Connectors or (flexible Cones) in Foun .4lll rumps prove al s o not o n ly sur p ass i ng d ura bl e , b u t a l most Audestble. CASES SUFFICIENT. Thirty Fountain Pumps, that cost above LOON., have net cost Per y ear for all the connectors, though twenty-four of them, fro ni fifteen to one hundred feet long, are used to water the ?liblie road 3 from Wymandham to Avisham, and at Yarmouth. A Trebl e - act i ng F ounta i n Pump at Diss brewery (horse t if e ), the connectors lasted five years, lift ene hundred feet. It is the packing that scrapes up the water in the o:d es " rnp that wears out. And it is the connector that rolls up 'W I.Wate r i n the New Pump that wears out. ' , lark the next two c ases , b o th P umps h av i ng d one the same o rk N k Single -acting Fountain Pun-‘ at Messrs. Horton's, dyers, perwich (manual power). Here the connectors of the New 1, 441 1) last four times as long as did the pa-king of the old trntit superseded. ~A Double-acting Fountain Pump at Messrs. Stark's, dyers, orwich ( steam power). Here also the packing of their old T reble -acti ng Pump (superseded) used to last about three months new the connectors of their new pump last above six teen months. This noble machine has not. cost Os. a year for c onnectors, though constantly at work, and delivers eight im trial barrels of water per minute, PRACTICALLY PROV ING THAT IN SKILFUL HANDS THE NEW PRIN CIPLE IS DECIDEDLY THE MOST DURABLE. The Seven Road Fountain Pumps, fixed early in 1833, be tween Norwich and Aylsham, have not cost a s!tilling, varied in effect. The Ten Friction Pumps (alias Pumplings) mixed with them; have often been repaired, and the other day not one of them would answer the helm—so much for comparative frailty. EFFECT. At the many fair trials made by man, horsa, and steam Power, the rolling principle beat the sliding principle, upon an e verage, nearly eighty per cent., in raising wat er , 10, 20, 3tl, 4 4saud 70 feet high, and volumes of testimonials, by land and I N, certify similar results. But, whereas th ere are s till many nov i ces striving hard to "riietuate ignorance and the Athenian spurious Pump in pre :Niles to the New English genuine Pump and common sense, vretending that they can make miraculous frictLin Pumps wit h *et friction, T laerefore, let us at once come to seeds to t r y th e slues (o,n, end shame the fool who first cries " Hold, enoug h . " “ ) NDITIONS OF PROPOSED TRIALS AGAINST TIME. N e T . 4l (ll fine Pumps of the Old Plan, and four Pumps of the r oa " Plan, w ith mec hanical parts alike, and s o a dj uste d t h at a Z r t of ordi nary streng th ma y exert his full f orce , an d ra i se with `' 'toppi ng n i ne i mper i a l barrels of water five feet hi g h, th ree ht t rels fifteen feet, one barrel fifty feet, and nine imperial gallons ;thater 200 feet high, or over the London Monument. number of seconds required with one pump less than l'- i,",the Other, will he its gain in time and labour. 1 , - „"S competitors should find the ft um and the public the 4 '. in order to prove that engineers of the old school knew 'l !e , -. 4 1 , about raising water as sucking monkeys. si t i„ l, after all the stupid, lying, and even destructive (Tro t •„" 4 „(Neerearket to wit) the graduated scale of the Foun d4ellit,'"rnp is practically and successfully carried out from the of ' ( e ) r ing of a single pint of water per s!roke to the delivering it ' 0 0 imperial gallons ef water per minute. ce s , n i d now to congratulate all nations uon the complete sue -511 invention of boundless and un p dying utility , which re bars surpassing, is highly gratifying To the World's Obedient Servant and Instructor, W. SIIALDERS. Se ps th Mechani cs ' M agaz i ne, M arch 19, 1830 ; Son Paper, 21, Mil; and Norwi c h M ercury , J une 28, 1639. k3ettk Place Norwich worse Alarch 20, 1840. No wo r k is done then that of raising water. DIII" "Pecting fo r c e an d res i stance b oth town and country tP-makers eem most gloriously ignorant. of twe men pumping, between London-bridge and 241tinnel, how long it took them to fill their rix-barrel water , hit thirteen feet?—Answer •. About seven minutes, quick werki p . itt? . hin a No. Six New Plan they could have done the like ', T. ' , IR seventy seconds. httuil,ee F.ountain Pump would about equal all the three Cockney fnotion Pumps at the Queen's Barracks., Norwich. w. S. CONTRACT FOR TIME GLASSES. DEPARTMENT OE THE STOREKEEPER-GENERAL OF THE NAVY, SOMERSET-PLACE, MAY 9, 18-10. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIP,AT, of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND de hereby give Notice, that on THuxsnAY, the 21st instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Perseus as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dock Yards at Deptford and Woolwich with HALF WATCH AND OTHER GLASSES. iured METROPOLITAN INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, GONORRIICEA, GLEETS, SYPHILIS, Ste. This Insti tutien is closed, but as the Surgeon of it feels assured that there are hundreds suffering under the di,eases, to the cure of 'Web it was especially devoted, who would gladly avail them selves of his prefeesiunal assistance, rather than place them selves under the shams of chemists , or, worse still, have re course to any of the dangerous and inefficient nostrums daily aclttertised, he has made arrangements to see patients at his *Wu residence, at the mere expense to the patient of the neces stry medicine. Thus persons of limited means have now an opportunity of securing for themselves a mode of treatment that, whilst it is based on experience, is regulated by the pecu liarities which their ewn eases and constitutions may require ; thereby freeing themselves from the absurdities and dangers that wait upon the employment of one kind of medicine for all forms of dem diseases, without regard to these essential particulars. Apply at 42, Great Marlborough-street, Regent street, from Eight to Ten in the morning, and from Seven to Ni ne In the Evening. On Sundays in the Morning, but not in the Evening DRESS COATS, in the first style of fashion, 80s. and 355. ; superfine, 40s. to 50s. ; frock coats, silk facings, 355. to 455. ; superfine, silk velvet collar and silk facings, 50s. ; Gambroon, Canton, and Tweed Trousers, Bs. 6d. to 12s. 6d; fancy doeskin, buckskin, and kerseymere, 10s., 215., and 255. ; now pattern waistcoats, es. 6d. to 10s. 6d. ; rich silk ker.- seymere,los. to 15s. ; pilot coats, 165., 215., and 30s. Petersham great coats ' 255. to 80s. ; shooting jackots, 18 6 . ; dre s sin g gowns , los. dd. ; boys' and youths' clothing, cloth tunic suits, 30s. to 40s. ; a suit of clothes 21. 17s. ; snperfine black. 31. Ss. At FISHER and CO.'s, tailors, 31, King William -street, City, ton doors from London-bridge. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSU RANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place ' Pall-mall, London. The FIRST SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of PROFITS of this COMPANY will be declared in the ensuing year on all Policies of the participating class effected previous to the 31st December, 1840. Parties therefore who wish to insure their lives should avail themselves of the opportunity they now have of sharing in the bonus so soon to be declared, by imme diately raking proposals. The following are the annual premiums for the asuranco of 1001. for the whole period of life, on which half credit may be allowed for five bears ; which credit may remain unpaid at 5 per cent. interest, to bo deducted at death from the sum in- Age. Without Profits. With Profits. 20 . £1 13 10 80 4$ 50 -f 6 0 Annual premium for assuring 100/. payable at a fixed age, or at death, should it occur before tho party attains that age : Age to be attained. Sixty. Sixty-five. Seventy, Ago (20 .......£2 6 1 z€2 2 4 £2 0 0 when 30 3 210 .. . 215 2 . assured. 40 ' 50 Example.—A person aged 20, by paying an annual pre mium of 2/. becomes entitled to 100/. on his attaining the age •f 73, or to the same sum should he die before arriving at that age. For the convenience of parties residing in the City, they may make their appearaneo and pass the medical examination before tint agents, Edward Frederick Leeks, Esq., 4, Scots-yard, Bush-lane, Cannon-street, and S. F. Youde, Esq., surgeon, 9, Old Jewry. Every information will be afforded on application t• the Resident Director, Edward Boyd, Esq., 1, Waterloo-place. Proposals may be accepted on Wednesday at three o'clock, and any ether day appearance may be made at half-past two o'clock, when Frederick Hale Thomson, Esq., the Cempany's Surgeon, is in attendance. EDWARD LENNOX BOYD, Secretary. rHE CURE EFFECTED, OR THE MONEY CHARGED RETURNED. MESSRS. CO., Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, No. 10, Bouverie street, Fleet street, may lee consulted from Fight o'Clock in th e Morning until Ten at Night, on every stage and symptom of Syphilis, tionorrhtea, Meets, Secondary Symptoms, Seminal Weaknes s , en d Strictures of the Urethra, &c The treatment they adopt is the re sult of twenty-five years' extensive and successful practice in London. The most inveterate cases of Syphilis eradieated in eight or nine days, and eases of a slight nature in two or three, at a molerate expense, unaided ley the dangerously indiscriminate use of mercury. 'lb° cure °awed without confinement or hindrance from business Letters (post paid) enclosing a remittance for medicines will be answered by return; and Country Patients corresponded with until recove,red. TO those afflicted with GOUT, RHEUMA TISM LUMBAGO, SCIATICA, TIC-DOLO- .EIJX, PAINS in the lIEAD and PACE, often mistaken for the 'OOTI - 1 7 ACIIE, &c. There is no medicine to whose praise higher and more numerous testimonials hire been given, than to BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUM/VI IC PlLLS,—from all parts of the Kingdom, and every rank in society, their great efficacy is acknowledged. The recent case of the Chevalier de le Garde, Chamberlain to Stanislaus, late King of Poland, is one of the mo , t convincing proofs of their great and extra ordinary virtues. Similar effects were also experienced by the Rev Doctor Blomberg, of qisperton-Ilall, Yorkshire, Chaplain to his late Majesty, and Rector oftripplegate, London, who, with a spirit of the kindest humanity, voluntarly gave his testimony to their happy effects. Cases have from time to time been published, as transmitted by, or wha can beat testimony to their extraordinary efficacy from Mr. Smocton, Leeds if, Drewry Derby, Mr. Noble, Boston, Mr. Drury, Lincoln, Air. liattvizb Barton, Mr Hall, Gainsborongh, Mr. Gardner, Banbury, Mr. May , Evcsham, Mr. Walker, Malmes ury, Mr. Cluing, Launceston, and a multitude of oth e r s th r o ug h ou t the Kingdom, particularly in London and its vicinity, too numerous forinseition in an advertisement. The afflicted with those tormenting diseases, Gout, Rheumatic lc_,t Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Pains in the Head and nice, often mistaken for the looth-ache, Tic-Doloreux, Cc., will find from the use of this Medicine, that speedy relief for which it it VP celebrated. And u hilt( its efficacy is unparalleled flu' the foregoing diseases, it roust he consolatory to the nffricted with Gout, to be as sured that it possesses the property of preventing the disease flying to the hrain, stomach, or other vital parts. Sold by Thomas Prout,ll9, Strand, London; and, by his appoint ment, by all respects') I (Medicine Vender throughout the King dom. Price 2s, lid. per box._ . . Ask far Blair's (tOUt VIII Rheumatic Pills, and observe the name anti ddress of" noir as Prout, IV, &rand, London" impressed nn the Oovernment t;tarnp affixed to each /Sox of the Genuine MtidiCille. •‘ Scraper nseuit differre paratie."—LUcAN. THERE is perhaps no situation in life so full of embarrassment as when the over-sensitive feel them 110VN compelled to reveal their moral indiscretions, or their physical 'lmperfections, to others. Day after day sloes the horror of exposure accumulate in the morbid imag'nation, while increasing disease aug ments the suffering of the body and the irritability of the mind. Sen sible of the anguish thus protracted, we havead rio se. 1 system which long practical experience has proved to be highly sod oessful, and which precludes tine absolute necessity of personal communication with those who recoil from such mode of consultation. A full and minute description of the case, written in plain language, will enable ne to treat the patient with delicate secrecy; and such has been the pecu liar nature of our practice, embracing every variety of difficult ctn. cumstances that the most timid may feel encouragement in the oppor_ i t inity thus offbnied them. 'Twenty-five years of practice, exclusively devoted to diseases ~.L.diso from indiscretion, gaiety, or climate, whereby the constitution may have become enfeebled, enable us to promise a restoration to Dealth, without any in terference . with the ordi nary di et and habits. m e ,.srs. GOSS and Co. are to he consulted, as usual, every day, at the ir residence; and Patients in the remotest parts o f th e coon _ try can he treated successfully on their describing minutely the case, a-'d end a remit lance for t trice and Medicine. No difficulty c an occur, SS 10 - i,, I Medicines will he securely packed, and carefully p rotected p 1 fr o nt obser v_._ - nOSSa.mi CO., 111.11. C. Surgeons, No. 7, LaneAst. , r.pl,,ce. Strand. London, J u st published (Twenty-third Edttion)—lnt. Th!.'rtil.S et LIFE, a familiar com mentary on the above Diseaso.l.-2(t. Th e soi ,_ PI 11 LIST, a Popular Treat i s e on Idles Von:ma fie.-3d .11y. GEIA N A addressed exeln sivol y • the female Sex May be had •t 32 Pal...,:iicacx.rcw, London; autlof all Beokee!lcri,Vrie bs.each. C N, lii OTICE TO THE PUBLIC. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, MAT 7, 1840. In those cases where Adhesive Stamps are used, it is re quested that they may be placed on the Front of the Letter upon the right hand corner on the upper side. Should is direction not be attended to, from the rapidity with which e duty must be performed, Letters which bear Stamps will frequently be taxed, while the Parties receiving them/ will put to much trouble in obtaining a retu: n of the Postage im properly chargel. In all eases of complaint, whether of over chaige or of any other irregularity, the Cover of the Letters must invariably be kept and sent to the Post-office, as affordin the only means of investigating the complaint, ly command, W. L. 111AI3ERLY, Secretary. EXHIBITION OF TULIPS. lIGROOM-, Walworth, Surrey, by appoin • ment Florist to her Majesty, respeutf Hy informs th Nobility, Gentry, and l'ublie that hi Eperb colection of TULIPS is NOW in FULL BLOOM, and will continue in perfection until the 21st of MAY, and may be viewed every day from Nine o'Clock until Five, Sundays excepted. Admittance Is. LINE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN. AMP that a suitable extension of tho proposed pier may be taken into consideration previously to the commence ment of any of the works. We have ascertained that stone may be had at a con venient distance from the port, and may be readily con ♦eyed thither by railroad, and we have computed the probable expense of all the works which will be re quired to complete this harbour at about 200,0001, allowing 3s. per cubic yard for the rubble pier, and 4s. per cubic yard of stone, which may be considered a covering price. (Signed) REPORT from Rear-Admiral Sir James A. Gor don and Captain Becehey to the Lords of the Ad miralty, relative to the beat means of communi cating between London and Dublin, and the rela tive capabilities of the Ports of Holyhead, Ormes Bay, and Porthdynllacn. Holyhead, Jan. 14th, 1840. Sta—We have the honour to acquaint you that, in obedience to the directions of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, conveyed to us in your letter of the 2d of December, 1839, desiring us to report upon the best means of communication between London and Dublin, and more immediately upon the relative capa bility of the ports of Holyhead, Ormes Bay, and Porthdynflaen, for cxpediting.and receiving the steam packets to and from Dublin, we have proceeded to those and.carefully examined into every circum stance bearing upon that question. We have considered the respective distances of those places from Kingstown ; the effect of tides and pre vailing wi n d s upon the passage, and every po i nt which might affect the expeditious and certain transmission of the mails ; the effect of races, prevalent swell, the form of the shore, and influence of adjacent mountains ; with reference to the certainty of making the port, or to a ready and safe entry or departure of the packets there from at all hours of the day or night, as well as to the perfect and immediate security when in, and to the facility of landing or embarking their mails and passen gers ; the works which it would be necessary to con struct at either of the above-mentioned places, and the probable expense that would attend their execution. We have used all possible diligence in inquiring into all these matters ; and we have the honour to acquaint you, for the informationoL4cir Lordships, that we arc decidedly of opinion thef - hieth Ormes Bay and Porth dynllacn are under such great disadvantages, as com pared with Holyhead, whether as regards the distance, the passage, the convenience as a station, or the ex pense of constructing works, that we have no hesitation in recommending Holyhead as the most fit and eligible point for the departure and arrival of the packets on the eastern side of the Channel. In coming to this conclusion, we beg to state that the reasons which have mainly induced us to decide in favour of Holyhead, are based upon the superiority of the passage across the Channel from that place to Kingstown, as compared with the run between the last mentioned place and either of the other ports ; and as the merits of these passages may be deemed a most material part of our inquiry, we have dwelt upon them somewhat in detail, and beg to refer their Lordships to their discussion in p. 41, under the head of " Remarks upon the Passages." We shall here merely observe, that, duly impressed with the importance which at taches to the subject, we have given it our full and most deliberate consideration. As regards the relative capability of the ports for the reception and accommodation of large steam packets, or the construction of works suitable to a packet establishment, we have the honour to observe, that upon visiting the places specified in their Lord ships' instructions, we found Ormcs Bay and Porthdyn !Jaen mere open roadsteads, and that the harbour of Holyhead was far too limited and shallow for the recep tion of large class steamers ;"so that at whichever place it might have been thought advisable to establish a station, it would have been necessary to construct a harbour purposely for their protection and accommoda tion. J. A. GORDON, Rear-Admira F. W. BEECHEY, Captain. More O'Ferrall, Esq., &c. &c. &c. Admiralty. BURMESE PRIZE MONEY. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Royal Hospital, Melsea May 1, 1840.. The Directors of the Honourable the East India Company having paid over to this llospital the amount of the Unclaimed Shares of Prize Money, on account of the Troops of his late Majesty which served with the Army under the command of Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, G.C. 8., at the Cap tures made in the Burmese Territory, which prize money was authorized to he distributed pursuant to his late Majesty's war rant : Notice is hereby given, that payment of such Unclaimed Shares on account of the said Troops will commence on 1110 DAY, the Ist clay of June next, and be continued at this office on each succeeding day, between the hours of ten and two. RICHARD NEAVE, Secretary and Registrar. We have, &....., Referred to in page 39 of le.ter. Remarks upon the Passages between Kingstown and Holyhead, Porthdynllaen, and Ormes Bay. The respective distances between these places are : From Kingstown to Holyhead 54 geographical miles. Porthd3nllaen 60 Ormes Bay But as the packets from Porthdynllaen will have to round the Kish light vessel, it will be proper to reckon the distance from that spot, in order to draw a just comparison. From the Kish to Holyhead Bay, 48 geographical miles. ENTLEMEN VISITING LONDON 3f will find SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION on Moderate Terms at EVANS'S GRAND HOTEL, PIAZZA and KING-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. Bed and Breakfast Coffee-room Dinners Two Shillings each. The Harmonic Meeting every Evening as usual, at Ten F J ONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. The Publie are informed that the SHORE HAM BRANCH RAILWAY will be OPENED on MONDAY, the 11th of May inst., and that on and after the 12th of May inst., the Trains of the Company will start as under, until further notice:— From Brighton—Morning, 9, 1 1 ; Afternoon, 1,3, 5,7, 9. From Shoreham—Morning, 8, 10, 12 ; Afternoon, 2,4, 6, 6. Porthdynllaen, 54 Ormes Bay ... 78- From this it appears that Ormes Bay is thirty miles further from the Kish, and consequently full three hours of time more distant from that spot than Holy head ; and as the packet, for about four days in every fortnight, would, during the first part of her passage, have to stem a tide running from two to three and a half knots per hour, this distance would occasionally be increased to thirty-six or forty miles, or very nearly four hours of time, even in moderate weather. This great excess of distance by sea, between the Kish and Ormes Bay, over that between the Kish and either of the other ports, is quite sufficient, in our opi nions, to put Ormes Bay wholly out of the question as a packet station, whilst there is a possibility of either of the other places becoming one ; we shall, therefore, limit our observations to the relative merits of the other two passages. It is shown above, that Porthdynllaen is six miles further from the Kish, than Holyhead ; and as in thick or hazy weather, it will be necessary to give a wide berth to the Kish and Bray banks, to compensate for the errors to which so long a route is liable, from steerage, lee-way, and the irregularity of the tides, this distance will occasionally be so much increased, that we shall not err far in giving the number of miles 8 or 10 more than that between Holyhead and the Kish. It is to be observed, with respect to the Holyhead route, that there is no necessity for this precaution, as the course of the vessel is at right angles to the danger, and an error in the direction, arising from either of the abovementioned causes, does not bring the vessel into peril until she has arrived within a mile of her true distance, as may be seen by the diagram which accompanies this Report. To show more clearly the necessity there is on the Porthdynllaen route of giving a wide berth to the dangers which skirt the Irish coast, and which lie directly in the route from Porthdynllaen to Kingstown, there is traced upon the diagram the effect of an error of a point in the course from both Holyhead and Porthdynllaen ; upon the Holyhead line it will be seen that this error will not endanger th'e vessel until she has arrived within a mile of her supposed distance from the Kish ; whereas, the same error upon the Porthdynllaen line will put the vessel upon the sands before she has run within nine miles of her proper dis tance ; and as this deviation from the supposed course may happen during bad weather, from steerage, lee way, or influence of the tides, without any neglect of the officer in command of the packet, it will be abso lutely necessary to guard against such a possibility by keeping well to the northward, and making a circuit which will considerably increase the distance to be finally run. The tides also operate more unfavourably upon the Porthdynllaen line than upon the other ; a whole ebb or flood upon the Holyhead passage increases the distance to the Kish about one mile only, whilst upon the Porthdynllaen passage the flood shortens the dis tance about two miles, and the ebb lengthens it five, making the distance from Porthdynllaen to the Kish, under such circumstances; 10 or 12 miles more than from Holyhead to the Kish, and about 13 or 14 miles more by observing the necessary precaution before men tioned, of giving a prudent berth to the said banks. This effect of the tides upon the distance to be run on dark and hazy nights, when the lights cannot be seen far, and when an officer has nothing to guide him but his distances and his sounding, will render extreme caution necessary on approaching the danger, especially when it is known that a slight error in the course, as has before been shown, will place the vessel among the breakers before she has run four-fifths of her distance, and will, in fact, ever deny to this route the confidence which has long been established and is so fully war ranted upon the Holyhead line. The extreme accuracy with which the distance may be run between Holyhead and the Kish, will be seen in Table 1 A, which contains a register of 22 tracks to and from the Kish and Platters in Holyhead, run by the Doterel, with the African's patent log ; the second and fifth columns (Table 1 B) contain these distances corrected for the known set of the tide according to the time of high water between the Platters and the vici nity of the Stack, where alone this route is liable to dis turbance, and an inspection of these two columns will show that out of 22 trials, there is but one by which the distance shown by the log erred a mile from the true distance between the two places, and that the other 21 trials are within a quarter ofa mile of the truth. With regard to the races and swell on either of these tracks, we consider them to op.2rato equally on both lines, except that we have always understood that a heavier swell from the S.W. and N.W. tumbles into Caernarvon Bay, than is felt in other parts of the Channel and that the race off the Stack need be avoided only at the springs, when the tides arc running in an opposite direction to a strong wind. We cannot discover, from the data we have collected, that the prevailing wind is more favourable to one route than the other. Table 2, abstracted from the African's log, shows the number of hours the wind prevailed in each point of the compass during 12 months, i n w hi c h s h e was surveying betw een Dublin and Holyhead ; and Table 3, abstracted from a year's kg of the double line of Holyhead packets, shows th e num b er o f d ays throughout the ye ar on which the wind was on each point of the compass. o'CloCk. BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, HOTEL FLO c U H R t Y u;s 4 E S . 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On and after Friday, the Ist of May, trains will start to and from Croydon as under, via. Mottxtriu.—Every hour, from five minutes after eight until five minutes past twelve o'clock. ArrEttwooN.—Every hour, from twenty minutes after two until twenty minutes past nine o'clock. SUNDAYS.—Morning : Every half hour, from five minutes past eight to fire minutes past ten o'clock. Afternoon : Every half hour, from ten minutes before two to twenty minutes after nine o'clock. All tho trains will stop at the intermediate stations—viz., Newcross, Dartmouth Arms, Spiel - 111am, Anerly, near Wes ton-hill, Norwood, and Jolly Sailor, near Beulah Spa, and that part of Norweed.—By order of the Board of Directors, R. S. lOUNG, Secretary. 200, Tooley-street, April 23, 1E340. Marquees, &o. are erected in the wood, close to the Anerly station ; and passengers by the railway are permitted to angle in the adjacent canal, which abounds with fish. A FIRST-RATE HOTEL and BOARDING HOUSE ADJOINING, in CHELTENHAM. 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Just published, price 2s. 6d. i _A L PRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILI TIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Va rieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure By a MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I an; impotent, and no' fit, to live,"—Last's Records of , Suicide. Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine- street, Strand; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; and all Booksellers in Town and Countr:•. N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of 3s. TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND W. MULREADY, R.A. PR AY do not Alter the Post-office Cover so as to exclude the Angels particularly, as the arguments used by Sir R. Peel in the House of Commons on the Bth May cannot in reality apply to them, and they serve to show forth in some manner of approximation the only national symbol that exists of the name of the land we live in, viz. 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Manufact ory, 28, Great It tissell- street, Bloomsbury, London. 1N1.13._....A1l communications .by post to be pre-paid. CAPTURE •OF A FRENCH SMUGGLING Uric:ult.—On Saturday at half-past one, P.M. the Cameleon revenue cutter, commanded by Lieut. Shairp, R.N., observed, whilst cruising off Portland, a large French- lugger, of sus picious appearance, then about fifteen miles from land, anal made all sail in pursuit. After a smart chase of upwards of fifty miles, which lasted five hours, the smuggler wag compelled to heave to and surrender. During the chase she threw the whole of her cargo overboard, which must have been upwards of 200 four-gallon tubs of French spirits of brandy ; fourteen only were picked up by the Camelion, the remainder of course arc entirely destroyed. She proved to be the Augustaine, Sim on master, of Chem bourg ; is almost a new vessel, and is known to be one of the fastest tuggers out of that port, and her capture may alone be fairly attributed to the superior sailing qualities of the Cameleon. Her crew consisted of five Frenchmen and one Englishman. She was brought into the harbour on Monday last, and will be forfeited. The Frenchmen are liberated, having been taken out of the bounds of limitation a; described by law. The Englishman, William Champ, is in custody, and will undergo au examination. Ile is somewhat unfortunate, this being his third capture, and on each occasion he has fallen into the hands of Lieut. Shairp.—Dorset County Chronicle. SHOCKIN G A CCID ENT.-011 Fr i day evening inquest was held at the St. George's Hospital, on the body of a journeyman glazier, named 'Milner. Deceased, on the tith of April, was cleaning the second-floor windows of a house, situate No. 41, Hertford -street, Mayfair, when he 1 - nissed his hold of the sash, and fell on the area railings, a spike of which pene trated completely the fleshy part of the left thigh, and held him impaled unt il di sengage d. Mr. Gascoyne, the h ouse sur geon, s a id d eceased was adm i tte d w i t h a f racture of the hone of th e l e f t thigh, and will,a severe wound passing througlie h a faire mass of the principal inuceles the fractured li m b . went on ;la until a week before his death, which took place on the 7 t h i nst., from the effects o f t h e i njur i es caused by the fall. Verdict, " Accidental Death," Upon a careful examination of each of these places, by land and by sea, aided by the boats of the African, and the surveys recently executed by Captain Beechey, Commander Robinson, and Lieutenant Sherringham, we found that a better harbour could be constructed at Holyhead, and at a leis expense, than at either of the other places. That from the nature of the coast about Holyhead, and the absence of rivers in its vicinity, a harbour formed there would not be likely to fill up ;4 , whereas the other bays being faced by high precipitous cliffs of loose earth and sand, and washed daily by a long ebb charged with the sands of the Dee and Mersey in one case, and with the silt and sand of the Menai in the other, there would be great probability of any har bour constructed at either of them being rendered so shallow by the enclosure of a space for that purpose, and by the obstruction of the current which now scours the bays, that it would shortly be available only for vessels of small draft of water. At Porthdynllaen, especially, we are of opinion that this would take place earlier, from the falling away of the range of cliffs of loose sand which overlook the bay, and rise precipitously from the high-water mark, to the height of 120 feet ;t and that any harbour constructed in this bay would require these cliffs to be partly faced with masonry, to prevent the mischievous effects of this evil, all of which would add materially to the expense. Or if, in order to obviate this, it were proposed to build a breakwaker, and allow the tide to rush through the anchorage and the sound, the harbour would be greatly inconvenienced by the current, and; always subject to a heavy ground swell ; and as the outer end of the breakwater would have to be carried into very deep water, and the stone for its formation to be water borne, the expence of this fabric alone would far ex ceed that of all the contemplated works at Holyhead. Porthdynllaen also is particularly deficient in accom modation for buildings of any description ; and if at any period it should be required to combine with the packet station an establishment for effecting the repairs of the packets and their machinery, which it is extremely de sirable to do, it could not be conveniently done at Porthdynllaen, as the buildings there would either have to be erected upon the beach at high water mark, and the sea to be walled out, or be perched upon cliffs of sand 120 feet above it, and all the heavy work of the yard to be carried up and down the face of the cliff along inclined roads. In accommodation of this nature, Holyhead is so pre eminently superior to either of the other places, that it is only rrecssary to allude to the Government estab lishment already there, and the ample space of Crown land adjoining the yard, for the extension of these works, if it should hereafter be thought advisable, either from the increase of the packet establishment, or the exigen cies of a war ; and there is also a capacious dock at Holyhead, for the reception of the packets, whenever their copper may require to be examined, or their bottoms repaired. But above all, we must not omit to notice the great advantage which would be derived from tie present harbour, which, although too confined for large steamers, would form a distinct and most acceptable asylum for the numerous coasters, sometimes amounting to upwards of .50 t at a time, which continually seek shelter from gales and.adverse winds, and thus rid the packet port at Holyhead of an inconvenience which, unless provided against, would be ,seriously felt at either of the other stations ; a consideration of much importance, both as it may affect the accommodation of the packets, or the size and expense of the works to be undertaken. All these advantages in favour of any particular spot are, we admit, of minor - importance compared with the expeditious dispatch of the mails across the Channel ; and we have to assure their Lordships that we should not have bestowed a moment's time upon them, had not the great object of our inquiry been decidedly in favour of the place possessing these advantages. Having come to the conclusion that Holyhead is in every respect the most fit and eligible situation for a packet station, in connection with that of Kingstown, and stated it as our opinion that it will be requisite to construct a new harbour at the first-mentioned place, for the reception of large class steamers, we proceed to observe that we have seriously weighed and considered this matter, and have the honour to transmit to their Lordships a plan, in .vhich the proposed w or k s are de lineated. By that plan, it will be seen, that we propose to ex-- tend the present pier about SOO feet in a north-easterly direction, and to face it on the northern side, and ren der it in every way convenient for the packets steaming alongside it to receive and land their mails and passen gers, and to project a rubble pier from the northern extremity of Salt Island, so as to enclose about a square quarter of a mile of water , varying in depth from a b out 16 to 24 fact, at low wate r spring tides. There will thus be left an opening of 450 feet between the pier heads, upon the northern one of which it will be neces sary to place a light-house : and as we h ave ascertained that the present one, which will then be no longer re quired, can be readily takea down and re- - !reeted, we submit the propriety of its removal to that place. In prescribing limits to this port, we !lav e assumed that the establishment of packets will consist of six steamers, of the class of the Merlin and Medusa, and have placed the piers with reference to this number, and the space in which a vessel of this class can con veniently come round under steam, in order to take up her berth. We have thus limited . the size of the proposed harbour to what we consider essential to the use of the packets ; but it is evident that as soon as it is known that there is a port upon the coast capable of receiving ships of bu r d en , it will be resorted to by t h e pasting trade during gales and adverse winds ; and as i t will be impossible to deny access to these vessels, it appears to,:us to be proper to mention the circumstance, in order * As a proof of this, . the workmen employed in the diving bell in 1831, in setting the stones round the founda tion of the outer part of the Northern Pier, found several railway plates, a handninson's. haminer, and other tools which had been lost overboard in setting the foundation under the lighthouse in Pirl. These implements were found lying upon the bottein, not at all buried in sand or silt. Both Holyhead and Porthdynllaen are particularly conspicuous, ftom the remarkable mountains in their vicinity ; but from some cause, probably from their in creased elevation and vicinity .to the great Caernarvon range, the Rivals and the other hills about Porthdynl laen are seldom to be seen with southerly and westerly winds, whereas Holyhead is scarcely ever obscured. There is another rather important advantage upon the Holyhead route. In running for the bay in hazy weather, there are three lighthouses within six miles of each other ; the Stack on the south, the Skerries on the north, and the Picr Light in the centre of the bay, so that it can hardly happen that a vessel will ever be at a loss to know her position ; but in running into Caer narvon Bay the route from the Kish to Porthdynllaen passes the Stack 17 miles on the north and the Bard sey 14 miles on the south ; besides which, the Bard say is shut in several miles before a vessel approaches the coast about Porthdynllaen. We come lastly to the form of the shore, and, as immediately connected with that questlon, the confi dence which an officer feels in running for his port. Holyhead, from its prominent situation in the Channel, and without any dangers about it, may be run for at any time with the greatest safety ; and if, by chance, it should be passed unseen, a vessel, upon disco vering her error, has room to haul up north or south, as the case may be ; and if the gale blows too hard for her to steam against it, she may set her sails and carry off; whereas Porthdynllaen is situated in a bay upon a long extent of coast, which, with northward gales, form a most dangerouo lee-shore upon which the sea heaves in furiously, from the contrary titles along it, and the pre vailing in-shore stream running against the prevailing wind. With a gale blowing upon this shore it is ne cessary to observe the utmost caution in approaching it, and to be quite certain of making the port (sup posingonc to be formed there), for in the event of missing it, and in a vessel that could not steam against the gale, inevitable destruction would await her. Although such such a contingency as this does not, by any means, con stitute an insuperable objection to the Porthdynllaen route, yet it, nevertheless, appears to us to be a sub stantial reason for refusing to bestow upon it a choice, when no such necessity exists. Liverpool and other places, at times, unquestionably form as dangerous a lee-shore as Porthdynllaen ; but the consequences of this is, that the packets• frequently ease their engines to lia-to till daylight, a delay scarcely ever known upon the Holyhead line. The letters of the officers now employed upon this station, and of Lieutenant Davies, ho was fourteen Years in command of one of the packets, and copies of 'which are annexed to this Report, will show the confi dence they have always felt in running for Holyhead under the most difficult circumstances, and the neces sity there is for this feeling in order to insure the requi s:ta dispatch of the mails. If this cannot be established, —if a vessel, by a slight error in the course, is liable to be stranded upon sands before she has run four-fifths of her distance,—or if there is any doubt of rnaing her port and of saving the vessel in the event of. her miss- t Taken from Lieutenant Sherringliarn's plan. # See the Report of Mr. Evans, hal butr-master. C.' ••._..:- .. ..: ..", i'.. ..", •,,,,.. V• 7 ..... : :, „:I‘t _ j, ~ je . k: .,: - '"___l-/ •,. !!!!". 1:. 4 ',. . - 4. • . 4, •• .* • 0.1, ..b t ,-.. , ..- -.1„ e i 2,i 5 ,, --"----..- • ...... 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From this minute investigation of the question of the passages, we have been so strongly impressed with the advantages of the Holyhead line, that we have, at the commencement of our Report, ventured to speak warmly in its favour ; and we think, that when large and fast steamers are put upon this station, that the mails will not only be remarkable for the regularity of their de livery, but the average length of the passage across the Channel will be reduced to five hours and a quarter. (Signed) JAMES A. GORDON, Rear• Admiral. F. W. BEECHEY, Captain. Holyhead, January 14, 1840. I 111 PROVEMENT IN STEAMERS TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Sin—Although greatly averse to intrude on your columns, I request you will allow me to make a few observation s on a letter inserted in The Sun of the 21st inst., headed " Improvements in Steamers." From the ignorance exhibited by the writer, many might think it unnecessary to take any notice it, but I consider it may be ; better to correct him a little, and make him more cautious for the future. In the first place, the patents for our " Improvements in propelling vessels" were ob tained about two months before the publication of his letter. This " fact"is rather unfortunate for him, as to the invention being " originally" his. The claim he also makes as to the " original discovery of the prin ciple" is truly !udicrous ; but probably he may be in duced to resign the benefit of " his discovery" to the public, and the value of it may then be ascertained. He his, however, made some more blunders, which may be noticed. We make no claim to being the first in ventors of a method for propelling vessels without paddle wheels ; we know of patents for propelling without paddle-wheels upwards of twenty years ago, and pro bably twenty other patents for the same object. As no description is given in the notice you inserted of our improvements, it is rather inconceivable how he can state, " Now the filet is, the invention is originally mine," and " was published by me in a letter to the Limerick Chrome& of the 11th of May last." Our patents being granted two months before that time, he will find his " right of disposal" rendcred null, so far as refers to them. But it may be fair to refer to his : he says in his letter, "it occurred to me that ships may ba propelled by the agency of hydraulic or aquatic pressure. In the progress of a steam-vessel, a current of water is produced on each of her sides by the concussion oilier paddle-wheels. To this necessary effect I would propose that the current should be pro duced through the body of the vessel. The action of the common syphon represents, in sonic degree, lay idea. Probably the aid of a small steam engine and forcing pump might be required !!" Pet haps " his dis covery," or " invention," will enable him to propel ships with something like " the action of the common sy phon," and " by the agency of hydraulic or aquatic pres sure," probably without" the aid of a small steam engine or force pump." This, and the rest of the letter, is to me so perfectly unintelligible, that I mus t p l ea d inabi lity to compre h en d it. He may be assured, however, that I shall not " dispute the profits of his invention," nor would I presume to compete with such an " original" inventor.—l am, Sir, your's, &e. JOHN Edinburgh, 25th April, 1840. RUTH YEN. [The duplicate of this letter, formerly sant, never reached us.] DELIVERY OF LETTERS ON A meeting was got up hist week in Norwich, to adopt resolutions against the delivery of letters on the Sunday in that city and other country towns. The re quisitionists, however, were beaten three or four to one, an amendment having been carried to the following effect : " That it is the opinion of this meeting that every endeavour should be used for the better observance of the Sabbath in this city, by abstaining from all wordly business and unnecessary labour, and from all places of public amusement and recreation, and that the Sab bath should be employed in the performance of religious duties, and works of necessity, charity, and mercy. At the same time this meeting deems the delivery of let ters from the Post-office to ho essential to the public convenience and comfort, and which delivery does not and ought not to interfere with the high and important duties connected with the institution of the Christian Sabbath. This meeting, therefore, deprecates any at tempt to interfere with the present regulations of the Post-office delivery, except so far as any practical alte ration may be suggested for the greater convenience of the parties who are employed therein:" In the course of the proceedings the following letter was read from the Bishop of Norwich : " 38, Lower Brook-street, April 22, 1840. " D.mr Sir— No one can be more anxious than my self to promote a due observance of the Sabbath, and every judicious and rational mode of effecting it will ever meet my sanction and warm approbation. I must, how ever, cordially confess that there are some objection able consequences Which may be anticipated from an unqualified adoption of the prayer of your petition. For instance, in how many cases of sickness, or various domestic events, exciting deep interest, might not even the most religious individual regret that he was pre cluded from availing himself of intelligence which he had every reason to believe was within reach at the Post-office. At the same time, respecting as I do the object and motives of the subscribers, and the high characters of many of them known to me, I cannot object to aid my name, which you will oblige me by annexing ; and if a meeting should, in consequence of the petition, take place, may I request you to read this letter, expressive of my sentiments on the subject. " I remain, your's respectfully, " E. NORWICH. " John Skipper, Esq., Norwich." ON SUNDAYS. From Brighten—Morning, 10; Aftornoes, before 3,6, 8; after f), Front Shoreham—Morning, 9; Afternoon, 2,5, 7, 9. The Fares will be—First Class Carriages, ls., Second ditto, M., Third ditto, 6d. In the Coupe of the First Class Car riages, Is. 441. N.ll.—The Trains will call at the intermediate Stations to take up and set down passengers. The doors of the booking office will be closed precisely at the hours appointed for de parture, after which no person will be admitted to go by the Trains. May 1, 1840. THOMAS WOOD, Secretary. THE CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " He that withholdeth • corn, the people shall curse him."—Proverbs xi. 26. SLR The above Scripture has been thought to apply to those who keep back their corn from sale, thereby creating a supposed shortness, and increasing the price, and often doing so until it was spoiled. B u t may I not ask, how much more does it apply to those who pass or support laws which withhold it from hun dreds of thousands, r.nd thereby, to the poor and to the labouring man, make him pay more of the shekel for less of the corn ? thus " falsifying the balance by deceit, that they may buy the poor," &c. . . . Thus, Amos Bth chap. 4th v.," Hear this, 0 ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail. Saying, when will the new moon be go :e that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, falsifying the balances by deceit, that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes ; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat. The Lard hath sworn by the Excellency of Jacob, surely I will never forget any of their works; shall not the land tremble for this ?" I doubt not our law-makers laugh at this, and the absurdity cf its application. but the poor workiar man is made to know and feel it ; while he and his children are often obliged to suffer, he has this consolation from Gods word, that "the poor shall not always be forgotten' Fulham, May 7. A HARD WORKING MAN. 39, ALE EA! A E.LE-ST REET, PICCA DILLY—TES TIMONIAL, LIST 3.—" We, the undersigned, have been for some time making use of Messrs. Solomons• newly invented Spec tacle Lenses ; the astonishing relief they afford to imperfect vision gives them the decided preference to every other kind of Lens—the clearness of the transparency brings every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view the mast minute particle with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and soften bright and brilliant lights :—James Blundell, M.D., 1, Great George-street, Westminster; George G. Sigmund, M.D., 24, Dover-street ; Thomas J. Pettigrew, M.D., F. H.S., Saville row; John Ramsbet ham, M.D., Broad-street-baildings ; An thony .White, surgeon, Parliament-street ; W. Caudell, sur geon to the Duke of Devonshire, Devonshire-house; Frederick Leighton, M.D., 7, Upper Gower-street; 11..Colhurn, M.D., 28, IlarleyfOrd-place, =Kennington ;,eAlexander Farqulir, sur geon, 76, (Mogan-place, Belgrave-square ; It, Noble . Ey w n,, surgeon, 36, Albamarle-street ;W. D ay, surgeon, Isle h Griffiths, surgeon, liam merqu i t h . " The Messrs. So7m rt n ; state. that their Invisibl e V o i ce C on d uctor. by which thousandss of deaf persons have b een great l y benefited,-is thes t iz h e L of a seven-shilling piece, an d w h en fi xed into the caNii‘k of is soft and easy, and not more perceptible than having a e as of wool in its place, by w hi c h the faintest whisper atapu lit b lic assembly is heard with distinctness.-39 Albemarle-strcet.— Not to be had at any other house. • WILLIS'S ROOMS.. —Signor Pistrucci gave his first concert, . lecture, and improvisazione on Friday morn ing at these rooms, and they.. were well attended on the occa sion. The lecture was uppn the subject of Italian poetry, and delivered with considerable enthusiasm ; but the lecturer cen sured Dante and Petrarch with no small severity on. the score of the tendency of some of their writings, and contended that the main business of the poet lay in the encouragement of virtue and morality. There was a sert of concert interlude, in which Mademoisell e P arg i an i , Signor Brizzi, and Mrs. Alban Croft took part,with credit, and in which a Mrs. Percy Earl, a pupil of Madame de Munck, the mother and instructress of Caradori Allan, made a favourable debut. This lady has a mezzo soprano voice, of good quality, and sang with considerable ex pression. - Signor Pistrucci neat improvised with a good deal of fervour upon a. theme proposed to him from the company, " I sogno e la speranza," and illustrated it with several warm poetical developments of subject. His finale was an equivoque upon a series of last syllables propounded by the company, to, which he'4ieedily - acnited• lines dn.:II - 11pm to suit, and that with much cleverness and ingenuity. Altogether, the vene_ rable Signor delighted his company, and maintained his repu tation. g ->v , V 4 gz, I EVI'NI NG ED I'l (i4ie-; THE JEWS OF DAMASCUS. PETITION PRESENTED TO THE PACHA or EGYIT ar HIS JEWISH SUBJECTS, ON BEHALF 01' THErICOP-. PRESSED BRETHREN. " The nation of Israel hath not a prince, hath not state ; her glories arc buried by antiquity—her nation ality is extinct. " Religion, your Highness, gorerneth :Ire consci ence , but d o th not divide nations. The Israelites of llamas cus are your children, for God bath intrusted them to your government. They are slanderc.l by malice, Lad oppressed by cruelty, and to whom could they turn for justice if not to their lawful master ? " The name of Mehemet Ali is high-sounding through the universe, for in one hand he bcareth glory, and in the other justice. " The Hebrews of Damascus are accused of an atro cious crime— a crime which is contrary to reason, c 0.,. trary to their religious principles, contrary to truth, and still more so to history. " The Hebrews were the first who were corn:nen:led by God to abstain from blood, the first who banished human blood from the altars of God Thu people of Israel have been unfortuaate, it is true, but their cha racter in adversity bath been stupendous, and men like your Highness, whom God bath endowed with genius, pity them, but despise them not. "Of what arc they accused ? Of having killed a man, and taken his blood to make unleavened brrand. This institution bath endured 4,000 years and more ; for 4,000 years have the religious institutions of tha Jews offered a field for research to the learn e d o f the world, and could such infamy remain undetected? Shame to him who could think it ! " The Hebrews, your Highness, avoid blood, an d carry even to a prejudice this precept of their religion. They pour away that of animals, and do all they can to remove such a fluid from flesh before they taste it. Now, does it accord with reason that they would semi five a man and taste his blood ? " This is false on the very face of it ; but the old enmity of a person, too powerful in Syria, against every indivieual of our faith, gives credit to such a falsehood. Hence, your Highness, the most respectable people of that country are tortured ; blows without number are inflicted on their persons ; newly-invented and mo s t severe tortures afflict the unhappy race, and these are the means to induce them to confess. Surely such great suffering might extort a false confession from some of them, for, though there arc many men, who can face immediate death, there are but few who can en dure torture, and in Damascus the tortures are greater than they have ever been in the world. Already have Israelites been known to confess themselves guilty, and afterwards their innocence bath been proved. Above 100 children are perishing in prison for want of food, and this is the way in which justice is administered to your people in Damascus. We have frequently heard, your Highness, that many letters have been received, not fro m the Hebrews of Damascus, but from honest followers of Christ, whose conscience is afflicted by such cruelty. These letters declare the Hebrews innocent, and the Ministers of your Highness unjust. " The Consuls of Austria and Denmark have re ceived such notices. But we will not mention all the sympathising narratives possessed by those of our faith. " Your Highness, we do not ask pity for those of our persuasion —we ark for justice, but let that be done by your Highness, their just and severe father. T. you alone hath G o d i n t ruste d hi s power over t h ese unfortu nate people, and you alone have the right to govern them. Let them be brought before your Highness, heard and punished if they be guilty, or, it they be innocent, let their innocence be proclaimed aloud. " The question is of an ancient religion, that they wish to defile, and it seems that. God hath destined for you an additional glory—th at o f f ree i ng an oppressed nation." MOTHER CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR--\V hen fanatical Divines tell their congregations that the encouragement of horticulture is a tin against God, who can wonder that our spirited manager should receive so little support, notwithstanding the constant production of novelties and stars, and the rich treats he is nightly offering to the lovers of good acting and music. From the sublime to the ridiculous they say is but one step. On Sunday last the " Clerics" went (ex cuse the vulgarity), " the whole hog" against every rational amusement. One said that she who danced had the devil for a partner ; another, that races were an abomination ; a:third,:that thelsubscribers to our Horti cultural Show had better lay out their money in sub scribing for additional " Clergy.' For whom, do you ask ? Why, for the Sandwich Islands, or some other luxurious regions, where pa rsons may fatten in:secu rity. These arc the constant themes. God knows we have distress cnongh in our city, as the grass-covered and deserted promenades fully testify. Our delightful Concerts at the Pump Room, that charming lounge for invalids, have been closed for want of funds. 1 counted but fifty individuals at the benefit concert, just double the number of performers. Is it wrong, I would ask, to encourage these, and the like amusements? Yes, the Simeonitish Priests says so. Look at the pale faces of our ladies, no rouge, no cards, no balls, and, let me add, no one in the streets. Where are all the people ? Oh ! at the Rooms, hearing the ministers of one reii gion running down those of another. " What a good eol!ection, says one, 175/. taken at the doors!" Who can wonder that Bath, like ancient Rome, is a Owe that has been ? I will give you a specimen of the cant in the Abbey Simeonite hymn-books, and pleased am I to say, that our venerable and respected Bishop has forbidden their use. One verse will suffice— " The terrors of law and of God With me can have nothing to do, For Christ's obedi ence an d bl oo d Hide all my transgressions from view." Look at Davidge's bill, which I enclose. Go and see Dowton, Wallack, and othcrs, surrounded on the stage with more persons than there ore in the audience, and then say—" Can such things be." Your constant reader, THOS. ALDIS. Bath, Bth May, 1840. The following heading to one of the Bath play-bills ,ut too strongly confirms the statements in the above letter : "THEATRE-ROYAL, BATH. -- In consequence of the rapturous applause bestowed on Rossini's ! Rossini's !I grand opera stria, the Maid of Palaiscau, produced, for the first time, in the city of Bath, on Tuesday, May sth, by Eleven in the boxes ! Nine in the pit and Twenty-eight in the gallery ! it will be repeated this evenirg, to give the lovers of music another opportu nity of hearing the composition of that great master." UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. The despatches by the packet ship Sheffield, which sailed from New York on the 13th ult., were brought here this morning by the City of Wexford steamer. Tho packet is off Holyhead, becalmed. The boundary question had been (!iscussed again in Congress, but in a spirit so calm and unexceptionallo as to encourage the belief that it will ultimately be settled to the mutual satisfaction and honour of both countries. The cone of debate in the House of Representatives on this subject is strikingly in contrast with the belligerent notions entertained some time back by certain American statesmen. It is gratifying to observe also that the warlike pen chant in which a portion of the American press has of late indulged, has given way to more pacific and rational views. The files, by the present arrival, exhibit little, if any appearance of this feeling. The war fever has evidently cooled. This may, perhaps, be owing, in some measure, to the attention of the country being occupied with the spring elections, which were in progress when the packet sailed, but everything points to the conclu sion that Jonathan, now that reason begins to rise supe rior to false notions of patriotism, sees the folly and the danger of quarrelling with his best friend and customer —Great Britain. The latest news from England received at New York was to the 20th of March, by the packet ships South America and Sheridan. United States Bank Shares are quoted in the New York papers of the 13th at 7.5ic. to 76c. The rate of Exchange on England was 72- to 8 per cent. premium. Last week, as the Duke of Wellington steam packet, Captain Bushell, was on its passage from Boulogne to Dover, a la rge w h a l e was di scove r e d half-way across, f o steamer 'wed within thirty yards of the monster, which ap peared to be about thirty feet in length. MELANCHOLY CASE.-00 Friday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the Ship; Stone's end, Borough, on the body of a male infant not named. It ap peared in evidence that the mother of the child is a respectable young female from a distant part of the country, who, on being seduced and abandoned, came to London to hid e h er s h ame. She took lodgings a month ago in Newington-causeway, and on Monday last gave birth to the object of the Coroner's inquiry. The child, after repeated denials on the part of the mother, was found in her box dead. She had provided 'baby-linen for it. Mr. Gellatley, a surgeon, of the London-road, said the child wanted four or five weeks Wits full time, that it had breathed for a short time, and there was every reason to believe would have liveclif it had been properly attended to. The body had no marks of criminal violence, and the child died probably from accidental suffocation. The surgeon said that on account of Ending herself in that situation, she had meditated self-de strdction, and if she thought it were known to her family and friends, would take the earliest opportunity of destroying her self. Verdict—" Natural death, from want of proper assistance." ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.--At the last sit ting of the Dumfries Synod, the Rel. Mr. Wright of Hutton, stated that, within the last five years, there have been not fewer than between 200 and 300 cases w ithin the Synod bounds, wherein th 6 fathers of illegitimate childien contrived, by one villainous ark or another, to trample on the rights of poor help less, females, and avoid doing anything for the support of their own effspritig.— Scots Times. LONqEVITY.—There arc now living in Unioo Yird, in this town, six persons whose united. ages amount. to 502, being an average of 83 years, viz !---Jatiii Betts, 93 ; John Swallow, 90; Wm. Broom, 87 : Wm. Palmer, 80 ; Samuel Palmer, 77 ; Wm. Livings, 75. Chelmsford Chrenicle. THE Magnificent FIRE CLOUD, Mr. Green's BALLOON and his Guide Machinery, the late Mr. Cocking's Parachute and Garnarin's Illustrated; weaving splendid specimens of Spun Glass and Silk (Messrs. Williams and Sowerby, patentees); Models and Engines now in motion ; a variety of beautiful Scientific Works, Works of Arts and Experiments, including Electrotypes and Daguerreo types; Diving Bell and Diver.—Admission to the whole, ls. ; annual subscribers, 1/. Hs. to 3/. 3s. A modified scale 'for schools. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Directors beg to announce that Mr. Maughans, the Professor of Chemistry to the Institution, has now opened the extensive Laboratory, and is ready to receive applications from Pupils either in classes or private. Persons desirous of obtaining tests will have their wishes strictly attended to. Analyses and advice given in mining and manufacturing processes. Private rooms for Noblemen and Gentlemen. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, 309, REGENT STREET.