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I ,{ ~` t L-? -; • r.l imp" ; , ,r; I P 4 . ' • \"" , ) (7-.-.• 6, L . / • • 11 ‘, i l • ti Aart;Z: -. e r g ) 1 1 30, 11l it', ,jam "L " 0 EVENING EDITION. _EV ENING EDITION lONDON AND WESTMINSTER di WATER COMPANY. To be Empowered by Act of Parliament, for which Notices have been given. Office, 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square. • Capital £600,000, in Shares of £5O each. Deposit, (in order to comply with the Standing Orders' 1:1 per Share. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. TUESDAT EVENING.) • CHRONICLE.—We have a flulher improve ment in the funds. The public securities, both home and foreign, have advanced to-day; and thi • markets exhibited a firm appearance t' the ekse - of business. The settlement of the ‘'SYrian (Ines , tion by Admiral Stopford having been falls iecl - the intelligence which we communicated yeita r iaail,itat -- • the Douro affair would be amicably adjusted between Spain and Portugal, by the mediation of England, has produced this rise ; and the approachinz, payment of the January dividtnds has led to an impression that we are to have money easy. The extent of the Trinity•house Loan has been most marvellously exaggerated. We have seen it stated by some writers at millioss, and there is no limit to tile scope of the supposed intentions of the Board. There is no foundation whatever for these splendid imaginings. The operations of the Board will be confined entirely to our own coasts. The amount which they mean to lay out altogether does not ereced 400,000/. ; and we arc sorry to inform those who were looking out for a slice of the loan, that the Board have already got all the money which they want at present. The bonds are under seal of the corporation, countersigned by three Lords of the Treasury, and the transaction will be carried through agreeably to the oth and 9th Wil liam IV., c. 79. PROVISIONAL COMMITTF.F.. (From whom the Directors will be elected.) sir FRANCIS lIURDETT, Bart., M.P., Chairman. Major Adair, H. E. I. C. S. William Allen, Esq., Oxford-terrace. William Chaplin, Esq., Lad-lane, and Easton-square. John P. Clarke, Esq., Vincent-square, Westminster. Thos. de Year, Esq., Lisle-street, and Kensington. C. M. Elderton, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields . William Evans, Esq., Milbank. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Grey, M.P. William Gristhenwaite, Esq., Camberwell-grove, Sir Henry Elal ford , Bart., Al. D., G. C. 11., F. 11. S., F. S. A. Dr. Hamilton Roe, H a nover-square. John Ilerephrey, Esq., Alderman, M.P. Robert Keate, Esq., Surgeon to the Queen. John Lainson, Esq., Alderman. Captain MacDougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton. W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P. Mackintosh, Esq., Upper Seymour-street. Hen. Col. F. H. W. Needham, Jermyn- street. Dr. -Paris, Dover-street, F.R. S., F. L.S. Daniel Stewart, Esc., Upper Harley-street. James; Ruddell Todd, Esq., Portland-place. The Hon. H. R. Westenra, The Hon. Col. J. C. Westenra, M.P. Joseph Workman, Esq., Greenwich. With Power to add to their Number. RANKERS. Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., Lothbury Messrs. Drummond and Co., Charing-cross. ENOINEER.—Robert Stephenson, Esq. SOLICITORS.—;Messrs. Winter, Williams, and Williams, 16, Bedford-row. The Report of Robert Stephenson, Esq., is now ready, and the prospectus, containing .extracts from the Report of the Royal Commissioners, Dr. Roget, W. T. Brande, Esq., and the lats. Mr. Telford, with the estimate of expenses and profits, and other information, may be had upon application to Messrs. Winter, Willi am s, and Williams, Solicitors t o the Com p any; to Mr. Pates at the Works near Watford; to W. S. North house, Fsq.. 'Parliamentary Agent, 4, Parliament-street; or to M. E. Wilkinson. Esq., Guildhall-yard. Application for Shares and Prospectuses, and also the Re port, to be made to the Secretary, at the Office, 7, St. Mar tin's-place, Trafalgar-square ; to the Solicitors ; •r to the Sub- Committee, at the Swan-with- Two• Necks, Lad-lane. By order, GUSTAVUS WILLIAM BLANCH, Secretary, pro tem. No. 15,074 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1640. PRICE sd. THE ADMINISTRATION Oki THE POOR-LAW IN THE CITY OF LONDON. would doubtless equal the muster-roll of a little army ! Yet inquest follows inquest," accidental death," is the onl}• verdict, and the idea of a deodand on the masters who leave this terrible machinery unfenced in their fac tories tu:l of children seems never to enter any one's head. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Dye. 23, 1840. NOTICE TO MARINERS. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY hereby Give Notice That the CODE of SIGNALS invariably used at the LIGHT-HOUSE at the ENTP/ NCE of BOMBAY HARBOUR is that which was long since introduced by Captain Marryatt, and bears his name, to which Signals the Court suggest that, all Ships or Vessels approaching the Har bour should carefully attend when any may be made. JAAIES C. MELLVILL, Secretary. THE EVENING EXHIBITIONS of the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION (dur ing the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, adapted for the Younger Class), as well as the MORNING, has Laurent's new Cornet Band. The addiiional Theatre, Apartments, and Gallerier, extend to the number of Twenty-nine, in which are deposited 1.000 WORKS, displaying the most. EMINENT ART, SCIENCE, and INGENUITY, one-third of which arc new to the Visi tors. The LECTURE, the varied and beautiful EXPERI MENTS, and the MICROSCOPE. Open from Half-past Ten to Five o'clock ; Evenirg from Seven to Half-past Ten o'clock. Admission Is. A Modified Scale for Schools. _ _ Iv the Police Committee at Guildhall, there has been of late a very great stir relative to the manner in which the Poor-law has been administered bi the ma gistrates and other authorities. Mr. Pewtressi the De puty of Bridge Ward, having in the Comm i'.tee de nounced altogether the conduct of those eon; erned in the administration of the law, a request wax made to him that he would draw up a Report cont+ tinkle the objections to the existing practice in the treatment of the poor. Application was also made to Mr. Harvey, the Commissioner of the City Police, for an account of the numbs of destitute persons and vagrants taken up by his officers in the Mule of the last year, and ulterior proceedings will arise from the consideration of the Commissioner's Report. The following are the Reports A RETURNof the NUMBER of PERSONS who have applied at the STATION HOUSES. or have been taken in charge by the POLICE CONSTABLES, as being DESTITUTE or VAGRANTS, with their ultimate disposal, from the Ist day of Dccemlier, 1839, to the 30th day of November, 1840. VAGRANTS. These, and such as these, are the real grievances of the working classes, and that heart•burnings and aliens. tions should exist where such things arc is natural, is inevitable. The old English system was, to govern the working classes, and to take care of them. That which the moder❑ Liberals would substitute for it would begin by withdrawing all fostering care, all protection, all nur ture ; and then, when the tyranny of capital and the competition of the millowner had driven them almost to desperation, it would give them, got bread, but political power. STEAM TO GRAVESEND. From the PUBLIC PIER, BLACKWALL. The Public are respectfully informed that in the month of February IRON STEAM-BOATS of grrat power, and superior accommodations. will COMMENCE RUNNING between BRUNSWICK PIER, BLACKWALL, and GRAVESEND at such hours between Seven in the Alorning and Eight in the Evening (according to the season) as may be found to suit the convenience of the public. Further information may be obtained upon applicatian to Mr. Thos. S. Dyer, Brunswick Pier, Biackwall. Annual Subscriptions are from the Ist of January next. The Extensive LABORATORY is open to Pupils. The Chemist conducts Assays and Analyses. A Prospectus of the School for the Practical Education of Engine Drivers can he had of the Secretary. A New Edition of the Catalogue, price Is. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY IN TEREST on the COMPANY'S MORTGAGES, due 25th December instant, and on their BONDS, due on the Ist January, 1841, will be paid by the SECRETARY on and after the 26th inst., and Ist January next respectively, between the hours of Eleven and Two, at the offices, Clowes-buildings, Hunt's Bank. In all cases where Special Instructions have already been given, the said Interest will be paid as requested. Manchester, Dec. 22, 1840. GUIANA BOUNDARY EXPEDI. TION. TIMES.—By advices from Hamburgh the, pike of gold is 424 i per mark, which at the English 111 nt price of-31. 17s. 10 id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of, 13. 4=l, and the exchange at H unburgh on London at short being 13. 3-1, it follows that gold is 71 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 4 Nr mille, which at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101,1. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 25, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25. 27i, it follows that gold is .10 per cent. lower at Paris than in London. NA'FIONAL LOAN FUND, LIFE AS SURANCE, and DEFERRED ANNUITY SO CIETY, 26 Cornhill, London.—Dec. 24, 1840. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF.YEARLY INTE REST, at the rate of 5 per Cent. per annum on the CAPI TAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, due on the 31st instant, Kill become payable on the 11th day of JANUARY oext ; and Proprietors can receive the same at the office on that or any subsequent day, between the hours of Eleven and Three. By Order of the Court of Directors. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. Sent to the Compter Disposed of by Magistrates, as under - Sent to Prison B3 Discharged . Passed Home 2 l Sent to Hospital Sent to Out Workhouses Sent to Different Unions 4l —334 In addition to the above x 94, were discharged by the In spectors on duty at the xl Stations. making a total of 428 ; of which somber *arc 248 Italcs,l47 Fem4lcs * and 43 Children. DESTITUTE. PAC" c STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Incorporated hr Royal Charter, 1840. Notice is hereby given that the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY are required to PAY the FIFTH INSTAL :NIENT of 51. per Share on their respective Shares to Sir Charles Price. Bart., and Co., London, on or before the 6th of JANUARY, 1841. • By Order of tho Court of Directors, WILLIAM TAGGAItT, Acting Secretary. The course of exchange at Nt.w York on London is 109 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent. it follows that the exchange is .57 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the discount on these GO days must be deducted from the aforesaid diff.rence. PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, for establishing Steam Communication with British India, &c. ; under Royal Charter or Incorporation, granted November, 1840. Capital One Mil lion, in 20,000 Shares of 50/. each, with authority, under the sanction of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea sury, to increase it to 1,500,000/. DIRECTORS. 'Arthur Anderson, Esq. leapt. Samuel Thornton, R.N. Richard Bourne, Esq. Robert Thurburn, Esq. Sir John Carsphell, K.C.H. *Brodie M'Ghie Willcox, Esq. *Francis Carleton, Esq. j Charles Wye Williams, Esq. Joseph C. Evart, , Esq. 'Peter John De Zulueta, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. With power to add to their number, and elect a Chairman and Deputy Chairman. * The Managing Directors. AUDITORS The Yon. J. T. Leslie Melville. Jameson{ Hunter, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, and Co. STANDING COUNSEL--11. Bellenden Ker, Esq. SOLICITORS—J. B. De Mole, Esq., Merchant Tailors' Hall ; ;J. A. M‘Leod, Esq, Billiter-street. SECRETARY—Mr. James Allan. Tke Directors have the satisfaction to announce to the Proprie tory and the public, that the Charter of Incorporation for the Company, which, among other advantages, limits the responsi bility of Shareholders to the amount .f their respective sub scriptions, has received the Royal Assent. Applicants for Shares are informed that the issue at Par will be allotted on the 20th of January next, and that tire Deposit of b/. per Share will be required to be paid on or before the Ist of February, 1841, to entitle Subscribers to receive a Di vidend out of the profits, which will be declared in May, 1641. No further instalment on such Shares will be required for six months. The Prospectus and form of application for shares may bo ob tained at the Company's Office, 51, St. Mary-axe, and at 44, Regent-street, London ; at the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company's Offices, Ltverpool and Dublin; and of the Bankers and Solicitors of the Company. By order, JAMES ALLAN, Secretary. GRAY'S INN WINE ESTABLISH MENT, No. 23, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. After ten years' experience, the Proprietors of the Gray's Inn Wine Establishment have the satisfaction of knowing that the liberalized spirit of enterprise with which they commenced business has accomplished the elsjeet they hoped to obtain—the continually increasing confidence and patronage of the public. It was seen that, while enlightened principles and improved systems of 'business were being extended to almostevery branch of commerce, the WINE and SPIRIT TRADE partook of kttle of those advantages—the consumers in many instances beinz supplied from small dealers, who frequently, from acci dent ti or necessitous circumstances, were thrown into the wine trade without the slightest claim t* a knowledge of its princi ples, possessing little or no capital, generally the most incom petent judges of the articles they profess to understand; and, from all these ceases, perfectly unable to protect the interests slid health of their customers. Thus a wide geld was open for ss ell-directed eepital and exertion. The Props ieters associated themselves with a gentleman edu cated from his youth upwards into a full knowledge and ac quaintance with every department of their business, embarked a hugs capital, opened direct communications, and ultimately established intimate relations with the wine growers and ship pers of all aoantriee, thereby placing themselves in the most favourable position to take advantage of both the Horne and. Foreign Markets. They have always soli at a fixed and moie rate profit, which, together with their increasing desire to gra tify both the tastes and wishes of their friends, has enabled them to saceeed in raising their Establishment to its present eminence. Tie Bonded, as well as the Duty-paid Stock, embraces every ratios of Wine, from the most economical up to the highest possible quality. Gentlemen who prefer it can make their se lection of Pipes, llogsheads, or Quarter-Casks, in the Decks. In the Duty-paid Steck there are always from Forty to Fifty Pipes of Wine on Draught, of which any quantities may be had. The Bottled Stock contains from Five to Six Thousand Dozen of Pert Wine of the best Vintages, from two to ten years is bottle; the whole at the lowest prices consistent with the quality offered. The most various and most curious of the Sherries shipped hi the Bay of Cadiz are to be found in their possession, and offer a rich treat to the Connoisseur in really Pare and Virgin Win e . The Proprietors, in returning their beet thanks te the Public fur the constantly-increasing encouragement their exertions bare met with, beg to add, that their Business will continue, 15 it has continued since the Ist January, 1834, under the di rection of Mr. Kislingbury, the Managing Partner ; ad their gratitude will stimulate them still farther , if possible n , to de serve its entire confidence. IIENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and CO. WINES IN WOOD, Including Duty, and expense of Delive r y in London, PE ' R. QUARTER CASK. PORT, goal young Wino ... £ls 10s. inperior dims ... ........................... l7 Os. fit for immediate bottling ......... ...1:19 les., and 21 101. extraordinary old Winos of high character £24 and £26 SHERRY, pale, golden, or br0wn...... pale (excellent Dinner Wine) l7 10s. superior old l9 105. 'I find class Wine ......... £2l 10s. and 24 Os. . extraordinary old, high character 26 Os. the golden do. (Santa Maria de Xeres) 27 Os. East India, very choice .... 3O Os. MA SDEU, the best quality VIDONIA ... . London particular MARSALA, best quality l2 Os, CAPE.. £7, £B, and 9 10s, .... 13 ONTAC, best quality ... ... 10s, WINES IN BOTTLE. Per Dozen, exclusive of Bottles. PORT, from the Wood 24s• to 30s. superior old, best marks 34s. to 40s. crusted, two years in bottle .325. to 965, superior, five to eight years in bottle ...425. to 48s. very choice. ten years in bottle *MERRY, gold colour or brown ... 245. to 301, tbe pale, excellent Dinner Wine ..... •• • .3os, old superior, any colour the extremely pate, dry and high-flavoured.. 42s, very superior choice qualities 4Bs. to 545. the golden (Santa Maria de Xeres) ...48s Amontillado, very old very superior old East India MADEIRA direct 3os. 365. to 425. West India 48s. to 545. East India, very old 6os. the Sercial, very old and scarce . MASDEU from the wood oBs. old crusted, 2 to 4 years in bottle 325. and 361. DUCELLA5............................................. 30s. to 365. ARINTO ... ••• 28s. Ws. to LISBON, rich or dry ................... CALCAVELLA, the finest iBs. VIDONIA, London particular 28s. MARSALA, the best quality ....................... 246. CAPE, good and soperior ..................... ... 15 s. and 181. PONTA C 18s. and 21s• All the above Wines in Pin ts at proportionate prices. ' F OREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS PER GALLON. BRANDY,,.. Genuine Cognac 245. and 265. nRANDY, Finest old Champag ne ... 28s. and 325. JAMAICA lII , XI ‘ ...WEDDERBURN'S DITTO, be st marks I6s. wII I SU, EY, Scotch and Irish, various strengths ,,.......125. id,. and 18s, ROLLA NDS, Schiedam ... .................... 265. 6d. and 28s. RUM SHRUB 101. Bd., 13s. 4d. and 16s. ENGLISH GIN, various strengths...Bs., 9s. 4d., and 10s. Bd. "------ best quality l2s. BRITISH BRANDY . Teem s .-Cesh without discount, bottles charged 2s. per dozen, hampers or cases Is. per dozen, stone bottles 6d. per gallon, which will be allowed if returned. HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and CO. P. S. Price Currents, containing all the varieties of their Stock, forwarded upon application. THE TOOTHACHE is PERMANENTLY CURED by the application of tho GREGORIAN PASTE; also for the Ear-ache and Tic-doloreux. The above valualie discovery was providentially made by the Rev. GOR MAN GREGG, a Clergyman of the Church of England, who Was many years the martyr of an excruciating toothache. The composition now used with such success was the only one 1 4 many which he found, not only o n trial in his own case , but in numerous °the's, in the course of an extensive private ad mintstratiou, to b i e instantaneous in its effect, and painless In its operation. Genuine at 3, Opera Arcade, Pall Mall East (late of St. Paul's), where all orders are executed; 78, St. James's -street; mid at several Medicine Venders. FOOS AND DAMP RCLAY'S ASTHMA'FIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual Preservative Rove toe ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter meson,._ are an prevalent in this Climate. Its elms are to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach front the admission of Damps, and to reliever hose who sutler from Difficulty of Breathing. Newell only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London ; and Si Id Retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; H. Barfield, ISO, Strand ; March, %IS, Holborn ; Johnston , RR, Corn_ hill itto , d, is 4, Strand ; Hallows, Druggist, 2, High-street, Is lington; Ileudebourck, Druggist, Church-street, Hackney; and by all respectable :ledicitie Verniers in Town and Country. Obnerve—None can be genuine, unless the names of "Barclay and Sous" are on the Stamp affixed t f each Box. ATIONAL LOAN FUND, LIFE AS- L SURANCE, and DEFERRED ANNUITY, SO CIETY, 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Di/LECTORS. T. L A MIE HURRAY, .Esq., Chairman. Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq. H. Gordon, Esq. • Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lung - ley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS—Dr. 0. Gregory, F.R. A. S. ; Professor Wheat stone, F.R.S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woollteuse, Esq., F. R. A. S. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large paid up capital, and accumulating funds, with moderate rates of premium, the following is one amongst many of the advan tages which belong exclusively to the principles of life assu rance and deferred annuities originated by t Society, viz.— Power to borrow, (without delay, expense, or lorfeiturc) two thirds of all premiums paid upon a policy of assurance. Premium far assuring 1001. d. Age. I s. d. I Age. 14: s. d. I Age. I£ s. 25 j 1 lo 6 1 35 I 2 10 - 11 45 I 3 9 4 30 I 2 4 4 1 40 12 18 I 1 50 I 4 4 2 DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. By the plan exclusively developed by the Society, a single deferred annuity is made, nit only to answer the same object, but to equal in amount the entire sure of all the advantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes by separate investments in Savings' Banks, Benefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly er weekly eentributien will secure the most ample return for after life; thus.-21. 12s. per annum ( Is. a week) at 20 will at 65 give the policy holder the choice of an annuity for life of 47/. 16s. 6d. : 3941. I Is. in cash; or policy without further contributions of 4661. at death. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. S. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in ease of premature death. The report to the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, prospectuses, tables, &c., may be obtained at the office of the Society, by letter or otherwise, 26, Cornhill, London, or at any of its Branches throughout the country. F. FERGUS(f CAMROUX, Sec . FAMILY ENDOWMENT SOCIETY, LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY OFFICE, No. 12, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London. GEORGE ALFRED MUSKET', Esq., M.l'., Chairman. WILLIAM I3UTTERWORTH BAYLEY, Esq., Deputy Chairman. The principles of Life Assurance are so well understood and appreciated, as to need not any explanation : suffice it to ob serve, that, by their adoption, many deserving families have seen preserved from want and misery. Tables illustrative •f the same, and that will bear a compa rison with those of any other Office, have been constructed, so as to meet the wishes of parties who may desire, or not, to par ticipate in the profits from time to time, according to the aye • age of the previous seven years. EXAMPLE OF A LIFE ASSURANCE FOR £lOO. Age. I 30 i 40 50 60 Annual Premiuml£2 4 71£3 0 3 I£4 4 9 I£6 2 5 Endowments of all kinds made for future or existing Chil dren. The usual Commission to Solicitors. THE VESTA PATENT STOVE, 70s. plain. That a Madeira climate in England may be produced by the VESTA STOVE, plants of the most tender kind requiring warmth have proved ; in sick rooms it has been found invalu able, producing one even degree of temperature throughout the day and night. The Vesta Stove has no doors, and as there is not any fire is contact with the outer case, warmth is ob tained without any of the unpleasant effects complained of in the use of others. The fire can be kept alight the whole season, and the part containing the fire is not open during the time it is replenished with fuel. The fuel passes from the Hod into the Stove without being seen, preventing entirely any escape of the noxious vapours, and that annoyance from dust which, in feeding other stoves, arises from the fuel being removed from the Hod into the Stove, or what is worse, into a funnel to convey it into the stove. The ashes are removed without causing any dirt or dust ; no raking out, with portable rakers, or the hands, being necessary ; tnd daring their removal from the interior of the Stove they are not visible. The cost for fuel (cinders, coke, or Welch coal) will be about twopence for twenty-four hours, during which time the stove will not require attention. The VESTA STOVES are perfectly free from all liability to explosions and such unpleasant consequences as have been met with in the use of A rnott's. A variety of sizes and patterns are made with ascending and descending flues, in iron and earthenware, suitable for warming apartments of every descrip tion, Churches, Ships' Cabins. &c. The Stoves rely be seen in use at RIPPON and BURTON'S Warehouses, Wells-street, Oxford-street. A List of Prices and a number of references and testimonials will be sent in answer to a post-paid application. Panci taciturn dolorem continebant."—Lr v. AS Manhood approaches, the human form, .coun tenance, voice, and the whole intellectual character, rapidly undergo a revolution. Love is the end and sum of life, creating image after image of ideal perfection. But in the present state of society, pure and. virtuous enjoyment is often postponei and obstructed, till the excess of youthful impetuosity impels to a course of wild and injurious indulgence, and the mind becomes painfully harassed by alterations of fear, disgust, and passion. In this state relief is perhaps sought from the inexperienced, perhaps from the ignorant ; in either case at the expense of health, that being only palliated which should have been effectually cured. Here we propose to step in and rescue the victim of unwise indulgence from the pangs of remorse, disappointed hope, and disease; and we pledge ourselves to eradicate every taint of syphilitic poison, and to restore to its wonted energy every relaxation of the generative economy, whether from this or other causes, whereby the dignity of man hood shall have become impaired; equally contemning unfeel ing empyricism, which with reckless ignorance destroys where it should restore ; and, on the other hand, that unworthy " principle" whose proud selfishness increases the embarrass ment of the afflicted. All classes of society, not excepting the Anglo-Indian, but more especially such as are about to enter into matrimonial life, are included in the limits of this address, and to all vie confidently offer the result of many years' suc cessful practice. Daily attendance is given for personal consultation; and im mediate answers are returned to country letters, which must minutely describe the ease, and contain a remittance for Advice and Medicine, which can be forwarded to any part of the world, however distant.—No difficulty can occur, as the Medi cine will be securely packed, and carefully protected from ob servation. GOSS and Co.,(M. R. C., Surgeons), 7, Lancaster - place, Strand, London. *„ 4 ' Just published (Twenty-third Edition), Ist. THE AEGIS OF LIFE, a fam►liar commentary on the above Dia eases.—N. H YG EI ANA , addressed exclusively to the Female Sex.-3d. THE SYPHILIST, a treatise •n Lues Venerea, Gonorrhoea, &e. May be had at 23, Paternoster-row, Lon don ; and of all Booksellers (Price ss. ) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. MESSRS. SLOAN and CO., Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, 4, ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-STREET, and 28, IRONNIONGER.LANE, CHEAPSIDE, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the Morning until Ten at Night, on every variety and stage of Syphilis, with that delicacy and secresy they have hitherto ob served. The treatment they pursue will not subject any patient to confitiernent or hindrance from business. Cases of an ex treme nature they eradicate in eight or ten days, or if slight or recent in two or three, without the indiscriminate use of mer cury, and at a moderate expense. Generative debility, Gonorrheea, and Strictures of the Urethra, unhappily so preva lent, are treated upon those unerring principles which have in sured to Messrs. Sloan and Co. so large a share of nubile pa tronage for nearly thirty years in Louder), and which it will be their future exertion to maintain. Letters, containing an e nclosure, will be answered by return and patients, however distant, will be corresponded with until recovered. .MOST IMPORTANT SCIENCE. DISCOVERY IN MEDICAL . . AN Infallible Remedy has been discovered, in a simple vegetable compound and an outward application, for the Gout, Rheumatism. Rheumatic Gout, Tic-doleureux, Lumbago, &c., in all their agonizing forms, by which imme diate relief is of in the most inveterate cases, and the cure perfected within from two to three days. Mr Thomas Fearer, woollen warehouseman, Nos. 3 and 4, Friday-street, Cheapside, son of the discoverer, having tested this remedy by private circulation for several years, during which time thousands have been cured, from the nobleman to the peasant, considers he would be wanting in his duty towards his suffering fellow-creatures if he did net give them the full advantage of this most important discovery ; he therefore no longer hesitates to adopt this mode of making it publicly known. The cures: it has effected in the most violent and ob stinate eases have been truly wonderful, and a newspaper could be filled with letters and testimonials in confirmation of its efficacy from'persons of rank and distinction, including several from medical gentlemen of eminence. The great superiority this specific possesses over all other remedies is from its being an outward application, and so perfectly cafe and innocuous that the most weak and timid patient may ,use it with the greatest safety. This remedy is new known as Feaver's Embrocation, and may be had of the proprietor, 31r. Feaver, 3 and 4, Frida street, Cheapside; Barclay and Sons, Newberg, Edwards, T. Butler, Sutton, Sanger, and most of the respectable chemists and medicine venders in town and country. In bottles at 40. 6d., 6s. 6d., 11s., 225., and 30s. To prevent counterfeits, miehlabe 1 is signed by the proprietor. From Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen-waters, Herts, to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albermarle street, Piccadilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank of England.—" Gentlemen, having been deaf for many years, I was induced from recommendation to try your Invisible Voice Conductors, and I have great pleasure in telling you that they enable me to hear persons in company and at a place of worship most distinctly; and in consequence o fthe great advantage which I have derived, I have recom mended many persons to you, and their report is similar to mine—most favorable. The Spectacles and Hand-glass which you have sent me are very excellent, and suit my sight precisely, and surpass anything •f the kind I have ever tried; the transparency of which is so brilliant, that, although I have passed my 86th year the 22d of May last, yet they enable me to read, &c. by candle-light with the greatest case and corrfort to myself.—Gentlemen, I return you my best thanks, and remain your most obedient servant, HENItY Cowpaa.-22d of June, 1539."—1n con sequence of Mr. Henry Cowper receiving applications fram all quarters to know whether the above letter is authentic or not, he has addressed a letter to the Standard, which was inserted in that paper on the 6th of April last, stating that it was so, and that in consequence of his ex treme age and increasing infirmity, he requested ho might not be troubled with any further inquiries.—No connexion with persons of the same name. The Municipal Council of Batignollcs have come to a decision of protesting to Government against any fortifications being raised round Paris, MISERABLE DEATH OF A MISANTHROPE. —Monday forenoon an inquest was taken before Mr. Baker, at the Nag's Head, Hackney-road, on the body of Robert Smyth Stacey, aged 46, who died under cir cumstances of a voluntary deprivation of the common ne cessaries of life. His habitation was about six feet square, and in it were an old chair, a stool, and a few broken pieces of furniture. He was seldom seen by the neigh bours, it being his practice to shut himself up by day, and occasionally to walk about his garden during the night; and whenever any one called upon him he spoke to them throngh the crevices of his hut. The deceased's brother stated that the deceased was a single man. He lived upon the interest of some funded property which was bequeathed to him by his father. About fifteen years ago his manner suddenly changed, and he commenced avoiding society. This disposition grew upon him, arid he eventually determined to withdraw himself entirely from public. Ho used to have a boy to wait upon him till he resolved to take the House in Nag's Head gardens, where he had no one to wait upon him. When witness called he was spoken to by his brother from the inside. On Thursday afternoon witness called upon him. For some time he could obtain no answer ; but the door was then opened, when witness found his brother to be in an almost helpless state. He bad got out of bed to let witness in. Deeeaswal was not able to speak, and witness bad no doubt that he had no fire and nothing to cat for sonic days previous. Having given him some rum and water, witness returned home to make ar rangements for his accommodation at witness's house, but had not time to do so. The same evening he tried to get a lodging for him in the neighbourhood, but was equally unsuccessful. Witness, however, covered him comfort.. ably with blankets, and gave him some gruel. The next morning witness called with his brother, when they sound deceased dying. They had just time to shake hands with him before be ceased to breathe. By the Coroner—He was not in want of money. I asked him if he had any ? when he pointed to a bag, in which I found 103. Ido not know what was his income, but at any time he could have had 2001. in 300/. I have no doubt t hat he died from exposure to the cold and want of necessaries. Verdict— " Natural death." Sent to the Compter Disposed of by Magistrates : Committed to Prison Discharged: Sent to the Hospital or elsewhere ......... .... ... Sent to the different Unions 49 - 85 Sent to the undermentioned Unions by the Inspectors on duty at the several City Police Stations, and disposed of as subjoined : To the City of London—Messrs. Jopp end Thwaites. Relieved with Bread .. Relieved with Money .. Received in the House Refused .......... 20 To the East London—Mr Roberts. Relieved with Btead Relieved with Money 0 Received in the House . Bl Refused To the West Loadon.—Messrs. Miller and Carvill. Relieved with Bread Relieved with Money Received in the House Refused 300 Sent to the Hospital or elsewhere Total Bll In addition to the above, 20 were discharged by the In spectors on duty at the several stations, making a total of 916, of which number there were 501 Males, 323 Females, and 92 Children. Vagrants 428 Destitute 916 Grand Total .................. 1,344 Whatever may be the opinion entertained with re spect to various parts of the New Poor.law, the full and complete system of relief pro v id e d f or the destitute poor, is secured by the Legislation of this country. The ancient mode of giving relief to the out-door poor (a right which they so lon g posses sed) is taken away, and th e l aw no w enacts that no person in this country shall b e l e f t t o perish in a state of destitution. If a person un d er an y circum stances is reduced to poverty, and has no money, food, or lodging, he is by law entitled to instant relief, and also to continued support, and so remarkable is the prompt provision by which it enforces relief, that it de clares the applicants shall in all cases of need be pro. vided with food and medicine, if necessary, before any investigation is instituted into his case, and accumu lated. penalties of increasing severity are enacted, and may be enforced against any relieving officer or mas ter of the workhouse who refuses instantly to relieve an) , applicant in a state of destitution. Such is the com prehensivenature of this law that it does not limit relict to natives but extends to foreigners, nor to the virtuous only, for it does not regard character, but only destitu tion. If a person was tried and found guilty of an of fence, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the mo ment this expired if he had no money, food-, or lodging, he is not compelled to commit another crime to sup port nature, but may go instantly to the master of the workhouse, and demand relief, and such relief he is entitled to receive until employment can be found him. It is utterly impossibl e if the full and explicit provisions made by the New Poor-law for the desti tute poor were fairly admini s t ere d, that any person in this country could be left in a state of pressing want to perish from starvation. Th e over seer of the guardians, the relieving officer, and the master of the workhouse, but especially the last, b ecause he is bound to relieve persons, by night or by day, these are all subject to heavy responsibility for any w ilf u l r efusal of relief. To prevent any difficulty in distinguishing character, the law has placed the whole of the metropolis under the control of two separate bodies, and now all the crime in Lon don is under the control of the Commissioners of Police, and all the poverty under the management of the Commissioners of the Poor, and a broad line of distinction is preserved between them. Poverty and destitution are not crimes, but misfortunes ; and such persons are not to be treated as criminals, but they are entitled to sympathy and instant relief. Vagrancy or begging is a crime, and thi s m ust be punished and suppressed, and entirely removed from our streets ; there is no necessity, if the New Poor-law is fairly adminis tered, for any person to b e d r i ven to com mit an act of vagrancy. 'lle line of di st i nct i on b etween d e sut?- tution and vagrancy may he easily overstepped, but still the distinction remains. Destitution is not criminal, but vagrancy is. If this is a true exposition of the law, what is the real cause that such numbers of destitute persons and vagrants continue to crowd our streets? It is because the laws are not fairly administered. The Commissioners of Polica have money, men, and power as much as they require, and there is no defect in the law ; they are well able to perform their part in the suppression of crime and vagrancy. The Commissioners of the Poor-law have the property of the country under their control, and the most ample powers it is p oss ibl e to give them to relieve the p oor and destitute, and they arc well able to perform their duty in relieving poverty. The Magistrates of the country have the su pervision of the whole, and the real efficiency of t h e l aw . depends upon the manner in which is administered severally by each of these departments, and th e real source of all the present evils is the bad is administra tion of the law. So long as a vagrant suffered to prowl about our public streets, or an unfortunate and perishing object is suffered to wander helpless and for lorn, and without relief, the fault belongs entirely to the police, they have the power, and it is is their imperative duty to place the perishing object of misfortune under the immediate care of the relieving officer, and if at night the master of the workhouse must receive them instantly ; this will effectually relieve all who are compelled to w an d er i n the public streets. The law is badly admi n i stered by the Commi ss i o n e rs of the P if oor they suffer with impunity th e s everal officers under t h e i r control to evade th e u r to neglect to car r y i ts provisions into effect. Th e duty of the relieving officer an d th e master of the workhouse is as follows.—(lle re the Re ort contained an extract from the A ct, specifying the several duties of the officer.) Nov,, if i ns tead of performing this duty, the officer evades it either by giving the applicants a small sum of money, or a small loaf, an d then turn the m again into ' the streets without shelter or more permanent support, this is not such relief, in the spirit or the terms of the law, which it provides and requires ; the law is evaded ; the poor object is again thrown upon the streets ; the police are frustrated in their efforts, a n d each arc para. lyzed, and the poor and destitute are the victims. The law not only contemplates, but provides that relief of a more permanent nature shall be afforded to such destitute persons as arc without m oney , food, or shelter. It is riot only the duty of th e relieving officer to administer :instant relief in f oo d and lodging, but also to continue such relief until t h e next meeting o f the Board of Guardians, when an investi g ation is to be instituted, sand they fare to be properly onveyed to their respective' parishes, and if thei r l ega l settlement cannot be ascertained, the perishes in which the desti tute persons are found must provide for them. If the destitute poor were fully acquainted with the full proviiion the law has made for their relief, and were laid!" supported by the administrators of the law enforcing it, nearly all the evils would be remedied ; but it is a remarkable circumstance which it is difficult to explain, that either through ignorance of the law, or indisposition to carry out its merciful provisions, the ma gistracy of the country, with few exceptions, have la mentably failed to afford that assistance which they have the power to bestow in obtaining prompt and efficient relief for the destitute and deserving poor. Their duty is simple, easy, and plain. If destitute persons apply to a Magistrate for relief, instead of tell ing the poor objects the law was altered, and that he had now no power to afford them relief, and so dismiss them—if instead of such a proceeding the Magistrate were to inform them that they had made application to the wrong place, and direct them to ap ply to a relieving-officer, and if relief was refused then to return and make their complaint to him, in such a case the Magistrate is all powerful—the law has invested him with the moat efficient authority that it is possible to entrust to a responsible person. In the event of any overseer, relieving officer, cr master of the workhouse refusing to afford instant relief, the Magis trate may immediately issue his summons, and upon the fact being established that relief had been refused, the law empowers the Magistrate to levy a fine for the first offence of five pounds ; ten pounds fur a se cond offence, and twenty pounds for a third ; and in the event of death ensuing from the officer's miscon duct he would be liable to an indictment for a cri minal offence. Is it possible to complain that the Legislature has not provided efficiently, and given the most full and complete power to the Magistrate to ren der the most effectual aid to-the poor, so that they may in every possible case be saved from starvation ? It is not in the power of Parliament to enact a law afford. ing more prompt, effectual, and permanent relief to desti tute persons than is now existing ; and, ;f it was fully and fairly administered by all the officers of the police, and of the l'oor and they were properly supported by the Guardians, the Commissioners, and the Magistrates, the evils now existing would speedily terminate. It has been stated that the present law is sufficient, and that ample powers arc given to carry its provisions into exe cution, but if this was attempted and effected, such a largo and overwhelming number of miserable objects would require support, that it would be utterly impossible to provide for their effectual relief. This representation may be admitted or denied, and it is extremely diffi cult to ascertain the real truth of the case ; but suppose it is admitted that there is existing in London and its environs a vast number of wretchedly poor, .distressestpareosta,..wha .are re laced , by poverty, and are existing in such a state. of desperate distress by the want of employment as to be compelled to wander in the public streets in a state of utter destitution, what is to be done with them, according to the present mode of administering the law ? If they apply to the relieving officer, he will give them a small loaf, or, illegally, a few pence, which is acknowledged, and they arc sent away. When this medium of relief is exhausted, their difficulties again oppress them, and the difficulty and reluctance which they experienced in obtaining a temporary supply for their pressing ne cessities, sir operates on their minds, that they are ready to resort to any desperate measure rather than make another application to the relieving officer. Under these pressing and distressed circumstances, many are compelled to wander in the public streets, and reduced to the necessity of soliciting charity, others to commit crimes, and thus begging and stealing, the very evils the law was enacted to remedy, are really caused by the present cruel and illegal manner in which it is administered. It is by these means that our prisons are filled, and the public arc compelled to pay ten times the amount to bring such miserable offenders to justice, and provide for them in prison, as it would cost if the law was fairly ad ministered in providing for their honest support. If the Guardians and the Commissioners of the Poor are fully convinced that they arc unable to meet and overcome this pressing evil, it is their duty instantly to ascertain correctly its full ex tent, and to take into immediate consideration whether there are any means within their power to provide an effectual remedy, and in the event that they should determine that the difficulties cannot be sur mounted, it is their duty to inform the public, and also to be prepared to inform the Legislature. It will then be a subject of serious consideration, whether the poor are not fairly entitled to be restored to the ancient mode of out-door relief, until some more efficient remedy be devised ; but if it should be found upon a fair inquiry that the only fault is the inefficient ad ministration of the law, the police ought to be instructed to institute immediate proceedings against every officer of the Poor-law to whom is entrusted the administration of relief for every default in the execution of his office in effectually relieving the poor, and seek to have the proper penalties enforced by the Magistrates, for surely it must be esteemed a far higher crime to refuse to ad minister relief to suffering humanity, than to enforce the law against the driver of a public vehicle for abu sive language or loitering with his carriage in the public streets ; and if the police are properly supported and sustained by the Magistrates there is every reason to believe the evils would be soon remedied. THE LOWER AND HIGHER CLASSES. (From the Times.) " The working classes are now, in fact, at. war with all the superior classes. They do not, indeed, take the field in arms ; though, perhaps, there are many who might not object to that, and with whom it is simply a question of prudential calculation. But they are alienated nod hostile, heart and soul !" So wrote a leading Ministerial Journal some ten days since. To a certain extent the above description is correct. It is correct just so far as it has lain in the power of this very writer, with his patrons and coadju tors, to make it so. If we were to ask the writer of the sentence we have quoted to assign any such change in the treatment of the working classes as would account for this change in their temper and disposition, he mould find it nn easy task to give an answer. For, in truth, the only changes which have taken place have been those changes which " a liberal philosophy" prescribed ; and it would b,l too much for him to confess, that to those, and these alone, could the growing misery and disloyalty of the poorer classes be justly attributed. The changes to which we allude have been of three classes : Ist. A warfare upon the rights and comforts of the poor. 9.'1. A constant effort to sharpen their mental per. ceptions. 3d. A ceaseless supply to those poor creatures, ren dered uncomfortable on the one hand, and intelligent on the other, of provoeatives to dizloyAlty and discontent. We assert, without the least fear of contradiction, that this has been the regular course of tuition for the poor of England during the last 20 years. Manufactur ing competition has taxed their industry and reduced their wages. Legislative protection for the opprebsed labourer has been denied, or afforded only in show. The rights of the poor, as secured by the law of Elizabeth, have been grievously invaded. Education, mental only, and with an exclusion of all practical or opera tive religion, has been sedulously cultivated. And finally, a pestilential press, reduced to the lowest price, and filled with all manner of corruptions, has been per mitted and encouraged to vomit its moral pollutions over thelam o l Birmingham And the fromthehis la bourer employ by the growing use of women an d children— drawing his miserable sustenance , in idleness and gloom , the whole driven from the murderous toil of his own infants—denied the protection which the ancient Poor-law would have given him, lounges away his wearisome hours at the beer shop, or the Socialist meeting ; and sinks into the moody, reckless, desperate conspirator. It is in these particulars that the social system in England is getting out of order ; and if the hearts of the poor are to be won buck again, it must be by show ing them that we care for their bodily wants and dis tresses ; not by cutting off the Christmas pudding of the pauper, or by multiplying penny magazines or penny newspapers. A single circumstance which fell under our notice the other day forcibly impressed us with the difference of treatment between the lower and the m:d dting and upper classes—a difference which must ine vitably breed the alienation of which this feigned la mentation is now made. We are all aware of the commotion which has re cently been excited by the occurrence of several railroad accidents. There is no doubt, we believe, that travel ling, generally, has been rendered in some degree more secure than heretofore by the adoption of railroads ; but still the public would not endure the slightest careless ness—would not tolerate the least inattention in those who had the charge of these new means of conveyance. Deedand upon deodand followed, as life after life was lost, until it became almost an established doctrine, that a casualty on a railroad must be a punishable offence. Now, these locomotive steam-engines are chiefly used by the middle classes, and these classes do not relish being damaged with impunity. But there are other more numerous and more fearful engines constantly at work, and constantly destroying life and limb, probably to the extent of scores in every week ; and yet no one seems to think of a deodand on them ! But why this difference should exist, we know not, except it be that the suffirers in these cases are only the children of the poor. We happened to take up the other day a Bolton paper of the sth inst., and the first paragraph on which our eyes lighted was the following : " la the afternoon of Tuesday week a girl 10 years old, named Elizabeth Pryer, was going about her work in the Coronation cotton-mill, when she was caught between the wheel and the wall, and one of her feet was fractured. She was taken to the dispensary, and the wound dressed ; but she lingered only until Tues day last, when she died. An inquest was held on the body. Verdict, Accidental death.'" ( Here to!low two more extracts from the same paper, giving accounts of similar fatal accidents to a lad of 16, and a girl of 14 years of age.) Here was, we will not say a week's incidents, in the line of human destruction, but here was that portion which fell within the knowledge of a single local journal in a single week ! What the whole number of victims, in all England, in the course of a year, must be, it may be diaieult to compute ; but it An expedition has this week left this country f o r Guiana to explore and settle the boundaries of that important colony. In order to fully understand the ob jects of the expedition, it is necessary to state the posi tion in which this country stands in reference to our pos sessions in South America. The present colony of Bri tish Guiana was conquered from the Dutch, and ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris. This country, therefore, is entitled to the same extent of territory as was possessed by the Dutch ; and, as far as the Dutch outposts and possessions extended, Great Britain claims the right to extend her boundary. There had never been any treaty between Portugal, Spain, and Holland when in possession of this part of South America, in regard to their respective boundaries; and as far as these powers are concerned, they arc, therefore undetermined. The Bra. 'zilian Government, bnvvever,which is always grasping,has lately laid clairn'to a large portion of the country clai me d by, and hitherto supposed to belong to Great Britain. They have encroached largely on the south-western boundary of the colony, and so barefaced have been their pro ceedings that they have even ventured to seiz, upon Pirara, a sill ige in which English colonists were settled as early as 1811, and where, as late as the year 1838, a missionary of the Established Church founded a Pro- testant mission. This village has recently been taken possession of by a detachment of the Brazilian militia, and the mission dispersed. A second attempt of the mis sionary to found a mission, further eastward, on the right bank of the Russunasic, met with a similar fate. The Brazilians have also for some time pursued an atrocious system of making predatory incursions into the country, where they surprise the Indian villages by night, set fire to the houses, carry the unfortunate in habitants into their own territories, and detain them in a state of slavery. This system has been pursued for a series of years, and is to the present day in full opera tion. The consequence is that the unfortunate natives, who look to Great Britain for protection, are kept in a state of constant alarm, and are in fact hourly exposed to be kidnapped, as many of their countrymen have already been. In these circumstances, and in pursuance of the rei terated application of the Colonists, her Majesty's Go vernment has resolved to ascertain the exact boundaries of the colony, in order both to prevent future question with the Brazilian Government, and to enable it to afford efficient protection to the natives living within our ter ritories. The Commissioner selected to execute this duty is Mr. Robert H. Schomburgk, a gentleman of great scientific acquirements, and well calculated for the employment, both from his previous pursuits, and by his extensive knowledge of the colony, to the explor ing of which he has already devoted several years of ar duous exertion. • Along with Mr. Schomburgk are as sociated Mr. Glascott, R.N., as assistant surveyor, and Mr. Walton. an artist. The Baron do Humboldt, who takes a great interest in the subject, having communi cated to his Majesty the King of Prussia the object of the expedit;on, and the region which it was to traverse, the Prussian Government applied to Lord John Russell for permission to appoint a gentleman to the expedi tion, who, at their expense, would collect specimens of natural history and plants for their institutions. 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Notwithstanding the above Institutit is closed, Patients 'Hay continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap plying at his own hcase instead of the Charity. Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings and from Seven t• Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the Morning, but oot in the Evening A CHANGELING. On Tuesday last, an occurrence of an extraordinary nature came to the knowl2dge of the inhabitants of Whiddon, near Itainhill. Ia the course of the day, a plain-looking woman, with a child in her arms, walked into the •• Hanging Birch," a small beer-shop at Whiddon, and called for a glass of ale. This request was addressed to the female who kept the house, who, at the time, was busily employed preparing a batch of bread for the oven. She immediately abandoned her then occupation to wait upon her customer, and went down stairs to draw the beer, leaving her own infant in the cradle fast asleep. On her return from the cellar, the landlady's surprise may be conceived at finding her customer had vanished, without waiting for the liquor she had been put to the trouble of drawing. The abrupt departure of her guest caused no suspicion at the moment of anything being wrong, as every thing, 03 her return from below stairs, ap peared just as she had left them. In a little while, however, a discovery took place which nearly deprived the poor woman of her reason, and might have led to consequences not easily foreseen. The child in the cradle having become restless, and ❑o tifying by loud screams that the attention of a parent would be desirable, the mother stooped to take it in her arms, when, who can describe the state of her feelings, she found the infant quite black in the face. Think ing it was labouring under strong convulsions, sl posted off for medical assistance in a state of mind bordering on distraction. The medical man, on being consulted, declared that nothing on earth was the matter with the child, it being as healthy a babe as had lately come under his inspection ; and as for the darkness of its face, it was produced by natural causes, the fact being that the child was born black, fur no other reason than because its progenitor must have been of the same colour. The truth of the matter instantly flashed across the mind of the unhappy woman, and the conclusion was, that her own " sweet babe" had been carried off by the stranger woman, who had substituted this precious piccaniny of ebony hue—a black child, on the principle that " exchange is no robbery." The hue and cry was instantly raised, but without leading to the discovery of the perpetrator of this wanton and cruel outrage. It is thought that a sense of shame, induced by an illicit communion of the fetnale.with a man of colour, must have been the cause of her practising this " ingenious device." The yoang " darky," who was of the genuine " double smut," and would rival in lustre Morison's famous Japin, was im mediately packed off to the workhouse, where, we be lieve the " nigger" still remains, but with slender hopes of paternity.— Livcrpool Times. ALLEGRO MURDER.—On Monday an in quest, which had been adjourned from Saturday night last, was held at the Rising Sun public-house, Oxford-street, Stepney, before Mr. Baker, on the remains of Elizabeth Ryan, an aged female, who had lived for several years with a locksmith, named James Lee, in that neighbour hood, and who was found dead on Christmas morning at the foot of tin stairs. Lee, the man with whom she lived has beer, in custody since Friday morning on suspicion of having caused her death, and had been examined before Mr. Norton at Lambeth-street on Saturday last. The evidence adduced before the Coroner, and which was taken at considerable length, disclosed a scene .1 drankenness and dissipation on the part of the deceased and Lee almost incredible. A au , goon who had opened and ex amined the body attributed the death of the deceased to the breaking of the vertebrae of the neck, and this ho thought, from the position she was found in, was caused by her falling backwards in attempting to get up stairs. The jury did not think there was anything in the case to attach criminality to Lee, and returned a general verdict, •' That the deceased was found dead with the injuries de scribed on her person, but how those injuries were caused there was no evidence before them to show." THE 11TH HUSSARS —On the 21th instant we alluded to the leave to sell out asked by Captain J.. Reynolds (the Mack bottle man). Three weeks had passed without his receiving an answer ; but on the very day we wrote the paragraph an order went down to Chi chester to require his attendance at the Horse Guards, with what view we shall not say. Before deciding on this step Captain J. Reynolds no doubt had considered the subject in all its bearings, and made up his mind to brave all consequences rather than continue under the command of the Earl of Cardigan. We understand that the com plaint of Dr. Sandham against Lord Cardigan has been attended to, and that his Lordship has been reprimanded. In the case of Major Morse Cooper a copy of the repri mand was sent to Lord Cardigan, and it found its way to the public, not certainly by Major Cooper. But we pre sume Lord Cardigan n ill not favour the public with a copy of his own reprimand.— Chronicle. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT,— A very deplorable event occurred, a few days back, at St. Omer. A number of persons wer e s k at i ng on t h e r i ver , or canal, when the ice suddenly gave way i n t h e m iddle, and precipitated twenty-one unfortunate beings into futurity. There was not a possibility of saving any one of them ; for it appears that their weight, added to a fall of the water beneath the ice, caused it to open only in the centre, and, after swallowing up these denoted beings, reelosed, thereby rendering all assistance impossible. It is supposed that the sluices had been opened the day before, by which the waters were drawn off, and the vacuum caused whi c h h as produced this frightful calamity. Our Correspond e nt a t Boulogne, who sends us this intel ligence, states that more minute particulars had not reached him when his letter was despatched.—Morning .Paper, Without any groat amount of business being doao, the English sleek-market has been firm throughout the day. The Peninsular securities have further advanced, principally on the belief that the diffarenecs between Spain and Portu"al will be speedily arranged. now that it is likely the mediation of England will he ac cepted in the matter. Shares arc all better. There was very little business transacted in the foreign exchanges ; and, as the supply of bias, though small, was fully adequate to the demand, there was a slight consequent improvement in the rates upon Ham burgh and Paris. Amsterdam remained much the same as last post. Many complaints have been made from time to time against the administration of the Post-office, seldom, however, amounting to more than mere negligence, but if some remarks, made by a correspondent who has given his name. on the mode of dealing with the letters for Malta or Egypt, and the Mediterranean generally, have any foundation in truth, they constitute a charge of a more serious nature than any yet male. He says that alter the letters ere made up for the Indian mail, via " Marseilles," namely, after the 4th of every month, all letters to Egypt or Matta are detained at the Post•oftice until the 4th of the following month, when the next Indian mail departs. That this is actually the practice is, he says, proved by the postmarks en letters for Malta in his possession, by which it appears that one was kept back 29 days, another 21, and a third 19—a series of delays that can be explained in no other manner. The interval, therefore, of a whole month may elapse be tween the posting and sending from England of letters on which the whole amount of postage has been paid to cover the transit through France. During the in terval that occurred between the extreme dates of the letters referred to, two or three French steamers had left Marseilles for Malta, and thus so many opportu nities had beets lost. The suspicion of the public on these unnecessary delays is, that the Post-office is anxious to secure to itself as much of the postage as would otherwise go to the French, and that to this desire for gain the convenience of the merchants is sacrificed. It is said, that a complaint was addressed by a mercantile man to the Secretary of the General Post Office as far back as last spring, and that he re ceived a reply that the matter should be inquired into. The practice, however, still remains unaltered. The whole of the arrangements under the treaty with France for a more speedy communication with Malta, Egypt, and India, require revision and simplification. The treaty is worth nothing for the public service unless the whole route is treated pr.•cisely as RA English one, and full instructions given, so that all who please may avail themselvei of it. While on the subject of the Post-office it may be remarked, that the mercantile men have been much amused to-day by an intimation, apparently an official one, that foreign letters, As well as those distributed within the kingdom may be paid for, if desired, in stamps. They admit the convenience of such an ar rangement, were postage stamps of higher value issued, but at present the trouble would be much greater practically than that of making payment in uo►ney at the different offices. Letters addressed abroad, espe cialy by commercial houses, often contain several enclosures, so as to make the postage very heavy, and on the average they arc prob ibly not less that► half-a-crown, which would require 15 stamps at 2d. and 30 at Id. each, and cover the whole 'surface on which the address is written. Foreign letters vary also so much in the rate of charge, that an express examination of each by the receiving clerk is usually required in order to determine its amount ; and any error committed, therefore in fixing the stamps for countries with which no postage reciprocity is esta blished would cause the opening and return of the letter to the sender, to have the error corrected. To make the suggestion effectual, there would be required a reciprocity with ail other countries, the same as with France, and the issue of course, of postage stamps of higher value, to meet all emergencies. SUN —This afternoon Foreign Exchanges without the least alteration. The more current rates for bills on the Continental cities were these :—Paris 25 521 to 55, Amsterdam 12 2,i, Antwerp 12 24, Frankfort 1481 to ;1, Hamburgh 13 7. and Trieste JO 3 to In the English Stocks we have had an impeovement to-day, the affairs of the East being ngain considered as all but settled. The value of Consols dor the open ing has been advanced from 88-'l,- to 881 The Re duced Three per Cent. Annuities have beim up to 881 and the Three-and-a-Half per Cents to 97 : . 1 ,- to 1. Bank Stock has been steady at 1561 to 157 ; Exche quer Bills have been maintained at 4s. to 2s. premium, and East India Bonds at 12s. to 15s. discount. The advises from Madrid to day to the effect, that the Spanish Government has accepted the o,r of Mr. Aston, for the mediation of Great Britain between it and Portugal ; and that Eipartero has in the meantime pledged himself to abstain from all offensite measures, caused an improvement in the Peninsular securities, and a partial renewal of speculation in them. We think, however that it would be Kiser to await the result of this mediation before venturing too boldly. for a rise, since much will yet depend upon the feeling of Ate Par. tuguese Cortes. The Lisbon mail i 4 rather anxiously expected, by those interested, in ordcr to learn wbcther the Ministers of Donna Maria were as active as ever is their warlike preparations. Spanish Active Lands ad vanced iron% 23. to 24 and ; Portuguese New Five per Ce: ts. from 3l 4 to 31i awl 321 ; and the Three per Cents. from 201 to 20Z-, and 21. Colom bian Bonds rallied from 22 1 5 ,- to 23} to ; and Alexi can from 271 to 277 4 - and 281. Russian Bonds vi - nre at 113 ; and Dutch Five per Cents. at 97i to 971. The market for the Railway and other shares was not very animated ; but the quotations realised were rather better. Great Western brought 25 to 251, the New 11 to 12, the Fifths 6.4 to G 4, the London and tm 82, the South NiTesrern 16t, the York and North Midland 17, the Greenwich Scrip 1i to Lk, and tha Eastern Counties Debentures 2 prem. ; Brighton were 7 to 61, Blackwell 4-1, Croydon 1 to 11, and Midland Counties 25 di scount ; A ustra l as i an . Bank Sharps were at 15 to 14 premium. Complaint is justly made by the parties interested in the City of the late hour at which the bullion returns are made public by the Custom-house authorities on the Tuesday evening. Surely it would not be so difficult a matter, seeing that the return is only completed up to the preceding Thursday, to get it out by post hour. EFFECT OF THE FROST ON RAILROADS.- The Alsace of Strasbourg states that on the 15th inst. three trains were stopped on the Alsace railroad, although there were six locomotive engines set at 'critic. When brought out on the rails each engine became so;<clogged with ice that it was with the greatest difficulty it cculd be made to roll. This obstacle overcome, and the train set in motion, it required only a moment's suspension for the water in the supplying pumps to become frozen, and cease to fill the boilers. The oil also froze, and the friction became so violent that ignition and the total destruction of the4whole material became imminent. In the night of the same day a train was compelled to stop in the forest of Lutter bach, on account of the engine becoming frozen. Another engine, sent to its assistance, was unable to move the train, and the passengers were of necessity taken on to the ten der of the supplementary engine, and thus carried to Mul hausen. For this i .strpose it was obliged to make a Second trip, and it was not till eleven at night that all the passen gers with the guards and luggage arrived. One of the en gine men had his feet frozen. The cold was so intense that the Directors, feeling that they ought no longer to risk the lives of passengers and their own men,liave determined to suspend the service till the weather changes. REPRESENTATION OF DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. —lt is reported that Lord Oxmantown is to be brought forward as a candidate for the representation of the Uni. varsity on the first occasion of a vacancy.