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Domingo to of boats, bul -1 ts, from Aut° 1, and is likely )re last nights ;;RDAY.) heat has been carriage, con. on offer. A ll d in some in: was ohtainea Owing to th e n Wheat, th e mall, yet Pre" ived off freely show of Dfalt at a rise of Is were in short 5 I Flour. qrs. 1 1,150 stg , I and 960 tall e, the demand ices. Beef, 2s 4s to ss; and norning, be amed Willianl . ourt, Golden. d manner, by r some time in me love affair. mtly in better as thought, to leceased's bro xi to And him on hook, with tely cut hira morning the ig at No. 16, d by burglar!. ing a noise 1 0 p in bed, and nto the apatl effected their them which 'hey had rail: a pparel wring :eleton key , , ments used 01 s. Elizabet h lions is noir egent-stree t t interest vilt l4 )ment. 14r1/ ' Lambert that ng 85 inohe e arm and the portions, 29d , as the hea d, .han those of ample of the all these rare eight of 445 is, is no Joke Id her bodily iy flesh, the t terminated ! years of age; cheerful end icholy case appears that as the cottoll '"5 and gals at is turned t them wer e ged 14, Jo' having yeg -1 ated preeipi , .ople of bop s med Donklpo and plunged mt his efforts lapsed before urse extinct. —Since our turbance een shipped' ,bout having y emergent) swor e in ices have not tess has been majority of tie that meaL their reach, anerally been ;ed necessary rgh, in addi• Lli Regiment Burghead on ten resumed' I been inter wo or three /nrerness .—A WaN" —John Weir. h, was seize d ills, and the n ke out into A [though egerY both at the ce of hea l ' ral s vounds, sore. • use of the', ° , liellowaY 7 - :ogent's - P O: ' a daught er 4 ife of Vag :deric Georo lichell, IL P., rowel, x 041•, le Hon. 31r0. ire, 3 1 " . 1.. sr ,. wiiiito eph pick§O' r Coluatese of d 76. .. ldest dope est-road, las Pat Moro. , late of So- o f No. the Preci nc t up - Kukr , le • • • A ,& ,1 POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1847.—MARCH E DITION. —Corrected in the Parliamentary zind Postal divisions to the lalest p=ried. To how recent a date th • alterations have been brought Sown may be judg e d f rom the fact that he changes cons quent on the demise of the la e Duke cf Northum berland have been introduced in their proper order in the Parlismen tary division or the work. MORNING CHRON*LE, Nov 20, 1846. The powers of expansion eXhibited by this most useful annual volume appear rears, unlimited. Publishe 1 during a series of f'rty eight years, i n a t netropolis whose dw e lli ngs i ncrease in number by a yearly average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce expands in stll larger measure, the "Post -office Directory" has be come enormously enhanced in lark, its also in the complicated variety of its Indispensable contents The admirable success with which the really enormous difficulties of his task have been overcome by the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience Of many years ; and we need say little more than that the present volume presents the sane tokens its its predecessors, of intelligent Method and ingenuity of arrangement its packing into reasonable compa ss, and producing in lucid order its millions of facts and reference. Within two thousand pages every man may learn everything he ought to know about every one of his co-ilwellsrs in thegreat metropolis, their businesses, as well as everything neces sary to facilitate him in his own.* The very rapid extension of our railway system, anti the new postal arrangements with some conti nental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We nivi the Information given under those heads not only as full and ac curate as it was well possible to make them, but more new and re cent than we should have thought attainable in a work of such mag nitude. Prefixed to the volume isittbout the best Map of London we happen to have met with. TIMES, Sims 18, 1846. The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for 1847 —is now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the old Directory, whi c h used to consist of little or nothing more than the alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for some :veers, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' I)irectory," a ,Court Directory," a " l'ostal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory" with a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very carefully revised, as id supplies the latest iniormation. Of course, the postal treaty vvith Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in minor Points the work Seems to bear the test of search into matters in which changes have been very recent. MORNING POS r, Nov. 19, 1846. The 'forty-eighth annual publication of ths admirable work has Just 'seen isstted. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume, an sr its well-proven service in almost every counting-house in the r _.'etroisolis for so many years past, must be quite unneeessary. Sur vive tt to say, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede cessors, while the alterations and corrections in the 'various depart- Meats have been carried down to the latest period. MORNING lIERALD, Nov. 21, 1546, Bulky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still further enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously enkbled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of unrivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be 'wanted by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient access. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive so mess of the machinery which could bring within a common focus much varied and scattered in telligence —embracing, as it does, a multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of a vast number or contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to he matched in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local and specific information is no less a typographical wonder than a Prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so of separate Directory are included in this huge periodical—the ouly one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence —a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the nalT lenlaA. The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the lowed'erlyStent offices, and a record of official personages. This is fol uthfbY a " Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every oee u n g l t sf a r r ig ei it an e d hg th ie e e r while the e ffich the streets are intersected by Directory" is an alphabetical arrange7neeTtnomfe th rc e lat eh a o n v d e. P T r h o e f t, se c s o lo rd n es al a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated under their reepective callings. queen's counsel, ser geants, attorneys, witls cata ogue as The "Law Directory" ' is a list of judges, , barristers, s . 5 the various Cour ffi is of Law, their ocers, and their peculiari e"fellc ir i nobility seto The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses and gentry' and time "Parliamentary Directory" is record of the Nlembers of the House of Lords and Commons, with alphabeticid list of the boroughs, cities, and ceuntics returning Zdembers to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c. The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o 1 every Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places te thro ughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; h rates of for e i gn postage ; the railway malls and the cross-roadmails, &c. The " City Di rectory " registers the civic authorities, the public the c ompanies, the b ro k ers, the incumbents and ministers o churches and chapels, the newspapers, Esc. ; and the "' onves unc Di rectory" Includes th e railway tables, the coach and hooking offices, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance Directories. These vari ous h eads will serve to i nd i cate the multi tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of subordinate directories. which meet every conceivable want, pre- f a toenting a curious analysis of th e public and private institutions o the metropolis and o f the commercial world. Every person is be a fo und under his p roper section, from a prime minister down d to sh eriff's officer— every establishment, from a palace to a lo house. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulaie d hi mself on the many impr ovemen t s h e h as thi s y ea r introduced, Principally flowing from the employment of '• selected agents," instead of the• ordinary. carriers of the Poet- office. Among the specific alterations, the stew pestage treaty with Pru• which came into °Peration on the lot of January, 4847, and disturbs to a considerable eais ex tent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, 8e the most important. 31ORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846. The " Post-effice London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. ed. Though it is appar e ntly li m i te d to L on d on, i t i s i n real i ty a nationalitmust W ork. None of the leadi ng t owns can we ll b e w i t h out it ; be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom,asm,i every place of business in and about the metre-polls. It is e invalu able work of its kind.; and the extent and minuteness of its useful i de d. tails are truly w on d et f u l. B e i ng prepare d " under the immediate. an 'pedal patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest and completest means were, o f course , a t th e command of the pro prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous and crowded contents o f th e b u lk y wor k. Th e present i s the forty.- eighth annual publication. F ew commerc i a l an d trading m now require particular description of the mall. important and useful ee Information, to almost ev e ry p arts - i n any sort o f business, occupying the two thousand closely but cle a rly printed o c t avo p ages of this Di rectory. Preceded by an admir a bl e an d p ersp i cuous M ap of London, 11 prepared expressly, it is de c l are d , f or t h e wor k , b y Mr. B. R. Davies, there are divisions comprising, among other information, ' 0- tci Street," "Com merc i a l , " "Trades," "Law," " Court," " larise nientary," " Postal," " Ci ty, " " Conveyance, " "Bankins," and many other Directories. The hope is expressed In the preface that this forty-eighth annual edition of the " Pest-office London Directory" may be found "in all respects to equal the bs et of its pred.cestors." Front very consider able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and information on matters which it must be so difficult, labori us, and expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede cessors, but in several particulars it surpasses all Its predecessors The Information is nut only fuller in many respects, but there are several important alterations and additions, largely ridding to the usefulness of the bo k. It is intimated, amid truly, that although all competition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours ee la e b e o c u c r e sto , i p t er is . feet the extraordinary work. In sp ea kin g of p o bserved that it has been, "even in a pecuniary point ' of view, ben . e: i ficial to the publi c , i s prove d b y t h e f act that important mproie meats and additions are annually made without any increase of price "—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the ease. had the public patronage been divided." With reference to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it can be profitable to provide such varied materials —and materials constantly changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer. Among the important alterations will be found those introduced into s the "Postal" Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and complete ; and must 'such increase the daily, it might be more truly pronounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the trader, or the professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia cthaeusedAti.vterrtyancodnesreidriaebnlee, changes in the rates of postage as effecting German States, Ha _, fibiug, l ia la a d t e ir n ii;er l . la L v u a b ri e a c , k, B 3 r i e e m ek en ie , gh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg, n b D u e r n g m h ,arkOlden bur into operation on the 1;t. of January, those changes ere detailed " precisely a.s they arranged to come tchabnges are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announced 1847." The other e brought down to a period s lte as ws compati with the a ppearance of such a v olume in eu a ffici a ent time for general ble circulation, prior to the commeneement of the year for which It is designed. Tke business merits of the work are of the highest order, and render it, of its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for its completeness, fuloess, and usefulness. SUN, Nov. 18,1846. The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office London Directory," and a truly marvelloue effort of compilation it Is. The " Post -office Directory" has been for some years under the management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of this work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory" now rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had the effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. He is too thorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware that the fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same untiring energy by which the success was in the first Instance achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Pest-office Directory" for 1847, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate arrangements than any former edition of the hook. The extent and Milattelleas of the details furnished, lender the work indispensable to every commercial and mercantile eseablishment. So admirably, however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that there is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the Particular page required to furnish the inf rmation—a marvellous instance of clearness of arrangement in a w ork consisting of upwards of two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This Directory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, hut the indispen sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment entertain a doubt ; and const'ering the completeness and fulness of Use information furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o capital that tuust have been made in order to acquire and digest the Inf ormation, the very reasonable price at which the work is published 1$ really wonderful. Nov. , 21, 1846. Xelly's invaluable work, GLOBE the " Post-office Directory," has just blade its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor- Illation which this book contains, makes it not only desirable but absolutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of business ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else , Who requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions, and localities of tie great metropolis, In its present extended form, the book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it .has cost to bring it to its pr esent state of perfection must have bees Immense. I(1 turning over its two thousand pages, one hardly knows Which most to be struck with and admire —the excellent arrangement and utility of such is compilation, or the magnitude of the city which re qu i res suc h a di rectory. The volume, moreover, contains an excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected ' lO %ll to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar." WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 1846. The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly. important and Cleful work has just been issued ; and we must confess that its bulky appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect that the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the Materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of 311 r, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per haps, no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other Information, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory," a" Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Direc tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a " City Directory," a " Conveyance Pirectory," and a " Banking Direc tory,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and pers ns in ordinary life, as well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in trade. Every description of information has been corrected to the latest possible period, and that Information is arranged with a clearness and simplicity which must have involved great activity of mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently engraved Map of London, more extended and accurate as to the suburbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal Directory" there are the new rates with various parts of the Con tinent which will come into operation on the Ist of January. Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are not surprised that other Directories should have gone to the WWI of all the Capulets. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21, 1846. some l credit by their The French people have done themselves in dustrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged though in genious and pretty, they appear quite insignificant population la m t i i . g , 1 1 . 1 mighty the industrial exposition presented to the m volume. Keeping pace with the advancing trade andd y , it vigilantly move_ tes London, it still Increases in bulk, and keeping pace with Ment of society in a more important particular, every opportunity of Improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and comparatively depart and more complete claSsificatiou. We find in this volume many in - - stances of superiority to former issues, which, though corn trifling, show the intelligence and care exercised over every anent. It may he mentioned, that by the employment of private aients, the changes of residence are new brought down to a later Period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is ron „„ qiie ntiY enhance;, We have before spoken of it as indispensable to ""e Proper management of business. Its authority is now so univer -84113' established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metro- PQ II 3. that any further recommendation of it is superfluous. JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846. This annual leviathan is alre‘dy completed and published ; but as i a Proof th a t th e rap idity w ith which it must have passed through Press has not operated against its careful accuracy , we may .:uention that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent tdoettifse , Q of Mr. Stewart, M.P. for Renfrewshire, are duly attended siblvyar np r ,,',, e ,! Pages 1669 and 1676). We have so frequently expressed our t o "umition of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how Y our commendation. It contains everything that can pos he_ybe required in a directory —.so full, so complete, so compre accur"eare all its details. And whets to this we add the extreme can acv tv . which pervades every department, we know not what else ~„;__ u : i said in its praise. The machinery by which such volu i...„.:a"v%idnfornation is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so as literature. errors, must of itself be among the " curiosities" of modern ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846. book of this kind. brought out CYCiI without much pretension, trWOulci be indispensable to every gentleman' s lib rary, every merc h an t' s iting-house, and every trader's shop. B u t e di ted as this is, w i t h neptie utm ost care—its mat er i a l s b e i ng collected through the most au e channels, and embracing in its range every head of personal ,Z.: - . !,eonl ni ercial intelligence essential t o th e completeness of such a _urK aff. w cannot suppose that any h ouse , public or private, which youtUore d a book o f re f erence, will be without this compendious ale• w The arrangement Is ad m i ra bl e. You can find any name ant in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the .._"rt=trades-"Streets—)3lCCS—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a :"„, of local information such as could not be brought together with 2Xtraorttnary indasiry, aniseed by an entire command of all _ __ - -,- :_ - •‘ — ` — ' 7 7 , y; ,-- -7' .. AK2 , ...K.R7' . ' , _ . _ ___ - , __-_ __... ~ -- . ~_ ____ . ~....... - : . .• .... - . . ..,-......-_,,„ . -.... . .... • - , _ - m y , r it 5t ,i,,.,,,,, ‘ . .1"%`: -. au i • itT . .-. . r 4 -' .. . I . - I , ' . .„: , ' - P-'') •-• ** % 1 5 ~ ...,r,, , ' l'lii•,',,'' . ifilm'c ) . ‘ . ..0. - r 4 •_.L. 't '. , 43 • •./..k • 0 -I ' , i,..t.,)': ..• '' -- ifittttY ''. ' . ..-;,.. \*.. 1. ••!- \ ~ ....f' i t ,- ;Yi ' . '''„' I • 1 C '.. 51 . ) . *i 'T... tr i g ... . , ......, , ~.. . ..gi *4. , t. . 4 , , , t,:'1' > • ' " -, f.„, . • ~ .N• ..; ----- ' , 11?.(44,,,,.., , . 4 .. .::., \'A l f:' ......5-_,.. .... .7 0 '9, ' N. No ' ~.- ,-,.;. \ '''T - ZZZ , ..'..4"...'' . 1: 1 . ; ) ' lr . '. 1":4.,, . „,... „... . i 4- 4 , .7 ,p,, ,- . , _..- ~,,i.,. - ' , : 4 1 /:4- . ~, t -,; , , p .. 41, - i ., - . ;et -..irr_..-....,.. ', ~,. ~ 3K 2 4' \-, DIE - 0,111 , 0,77 , 1, , ,,-„, - 4 1,1-!t- • /0' ~ ~ ..:- , 1 ;----• , gk; 4 1t,. ,tl' N, '1 '''' , :, ,, ,....t, ') .`;,, .? , i ', ..' ...- ' ~.„ '. +7,1-!t-• /0' ... fi sr,--- kho ri.k '',., CIIV . ~.•., . N .. 411W ."' - ' ' '• / '" - ...:.‘;„ No. 16,979. LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, It is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 28, 1846. This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface the proprietor maintains that the high character of the work is not referable to its mere connexion with the Post-office; for an important change has been gradually introduced into the man ner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely uncon nected with the Post-office, this being, in great part, the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor rested content with his past success, but has introduced many Impor tant alterations in this volume for 1847, and added to its hulk with out a , :y increase of price. The Postal Directory' is especially im proved, and there are numerous changes throughout the volume, to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effusion, to be seen in another column; and we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find that his labours are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial country this is an indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1816. The new volume of the Post-office Directory for 1847 Is already in our hands, and we can only express our wonder that tt work so laborious, extensive, and minute, could be In any degree improved. It would have been a sufficient teerit to have maintained its former reputation ; it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The pro duction of a work unequalled for accuracy stud for clearness has placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying an the business of this vast metropolis, which would indeed he subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense if it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have an opportunity of judging for themselves on pur chasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated. 11 ERAPATH'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846. The Post-office Directory for 1847 appears with additions and improvements uron its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge. ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with which this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say, national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation. We know not whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it from the hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the possession of Government. But should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its con ductors will go home to the consciences, If they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down the grasping interference of Govern ment. "It can only be necessary to refer to a copy of the work pub lished before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor, to he convinced that the mere connexion of the Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high cha racter. That the improvements (the result of many years of un wearied toil and application on the part of those engaged in the cons pilation of the work) are duly appreciated, is now happily beyond all question; prior to the ' Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfhtiy with this. They have disappeared." Kelly and Co., 19 and 29, Old Boswell-court, SALE TION. The late MARQUIS OF AILSA'S noble and delightfully situated iO V DEe Thames,NS,adjoiwniinthg that c N c 1 e luTpEonlltAhLe LA bank G o ß f th its handsome and appropriate furniture, sunLvarious very valuable MANSION of I3u l and ornamental Effects. MESSRS. o N f the Duke directed by the Executors to announce, that (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract) the distinguished and splendid MANSION of the late Most Noble the Marquis of Ailsa, in Privy-gardens, Whitehall, will he SUB MITTED to PtliLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, on Friday, FELIIIUMIT 26, at Twelve. It is held- by an original lease from the Crown for a term of ninety-nine years from July, 1806, at a low ground rent. The mansion is admirably arranged throughout for the accommodation and comfort of a large establishment, is in most excellent repair, and immediate possession may be had, with its appropriate fittings, and with or without its superior furniture. It has a singularly handsome stone staircase, the rooms arc strikingly cheerful and airy, opening backward to a lawn extending to the river, and are of line dimensions, particularly the saloon or ball-room (64 feet long), its walls adorned with rich and beautiful tapestry in rare preservation. From its contiguity to the blouses of Parliament, St. James's Park, the Palace, and Down ing -street, and (Yom its peculiarly quiet and choice situation, it is admirably suited for a Cabinet Minister, or any leading Mem ber of Parliament ; also for a first-claw club-house. The purchaser will have the retlisal of the capital freehold stabling, ke., near Great George-street. No person can view the house without a card of admission, which, with every requisite information, may be had at their Offices in Waterloo-place, ; also of Messrs. Ashfield and Clodo, soli citors, 7, Staple Inn. Descriptive particulars may also be had of Mr. Cain, House- Agent, Richmond; and at the Auction Matt. EXTENSIVE FREEHOLD STARLING, with ENCLOSED PRI VATE YARD, near DOWNING-STREET, WESTMINSTER, with possession. 31 ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH an d SON w ill SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on Friday, Fe- BaCATCY 26, (unless previously disposed of by Private Treaty), by direction of the devisees In trust for gale, under the will of the late Most Noble the Marquis of Ailsa, some EXTENSIVE and CAPITAL STABLING, at the west end et Blue Bo .r-yard, bet completely enclosed within its own walls and gates, comprising a nine and four-stall stable, three large coach• houses, harness rooms, and several servants' rooms and lofts above, with pumps of soft and spring water, and all in substantial repair. The yard is entered both from King-street and Delahay-street, close to Great George-street. Particulars and orders to view may be had of Messrs Ashfleld and Chide, solicitors, 7, Staple Inn; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Waterloo place, Pall-mall. T HE PATENT MILE-INDEX CARRIAGE COMPANY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 65,0001., hr Shares of 101. each. , Deposit, Is. per Sha re , ( am ount limited by Statute). Deposits will be returned without deduction, if the whole capital be not subscribed. rausxzEs Richard Barker, E., 14, Fitzroy-s R. Hartley Ke nne l quare. Esq., Resington Lodge, Notting-hill. R . Hartle BOARD OF DIRECTORY. y Kennedy, Esq,, Chairman of the India and London Lite As surance Company, and Deputy Chairman of the Oriental Bank, Resington Lodge, Notting. hill, —Chairman. Captain Tyndale, Di rector of the South Eastern Railway, 20, Alfred place, Brompt on,—Deputy Chairman. Lieutenant General W r i g h t, R oyal E ng i neers , A rm y an d )(w r y Cl u b, St. James's-squar e . W. B. Glasser. Esq., 84, Milton- s treet, Dorset-square. J. E. s Curtis, ' — B4 l, Lincoln's Inn, and 29, Wellington-road, St. John's -wood. Robert Faulder White, Esq., 24, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park. (With power to Increase the number to ten.) MANAGING DIRECTOR, Henry Von Uster, Esq. Mess". Sapto, Muspratt, Ba B nbury, ANKERS and Co., 77, Lombard-street. BOLICITORS. Messrs. IVire a 'VI Child, St. Swithin's-lane, City. 316CRETART. M. Lionel The features of the undertra:sing are as Curtis. follow :- 1. Patent Mile-Index. Mile Tickets, at 6d. per mile. 3. Supe rior Cabs, with better class of drivers, under control and guarantee of a body of gentlemen. 1. Act of Incorporation. 5. Detailed esti mates, showing five per cer n. interest, and a dividend of ten per cent. and upwards, both clear of income-tax. S. Abstract of deed for in formation of applicants, co,ics of deed given to subscribers. 7. De posits returned if capital tt• s t subscribed, unless subscribers decide on commencing business with capital actually subscribed. 8. The re muneration to the prompt .1 - and the directors postponed till share holders receive five per cent interest on capital, and then propor tioned to profits realised—ltius giving best proof of the accuracy et the calculations. The Subscription List will shortly be closed. Prospectuses, Estimates, and Forms of Application for 'hares, may be obtained on Application to Messrs. Wire and Child, solicitors, St. Swithires-lane, City; or to the Secretary. By order of the Board, LIONEL CURTIS, secretary. Temporary Offices, 32, Charing... Toss, Feb. 9, 1847. The whole Prospectus was published in this paper on Moiday, Feb. 6. MPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed In London and country towns to the EAST INDIA TEA COM PANY for the SALE of their celebrated TEAS. Otlices, 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, 13ishopsgate-street. They are packed in leaden canisters, from an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by the Fale. The only license required is Ile. per annum, and many during the last 20 years hare realised considerable incomes by the agency, without ls. let or loss Application to be made, if by letter, post paid, as above. WHITTINGTON CLUB and iNIETROPO LI FAN ATHEILEUM.—The COMMITTEE are happy to inform the Members that they hare taken Premises at No. 7, Gresham-street, which are being adapted for the purposes of the Club with the utmost rapidity. WHITTINGTON CLUB and METRO. POLITAN ATHENA:U:If. The Entrance Fees for all Members of this Institution proposed on and after the Ist of March, 1847, will be increased to One Guinea for Town, and Half-a-Guinea for Country Members. All persons who have been nominated as Members, and have not paid their entianceftes are requested to do so immediately. F XETER-AND EXMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY. . . Noticeis , hereby , given, that the HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY GENERAL, MEETING of the Proprietors of the EXETER and EXMOVITI RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held at the Com pany's Ottices, No. 13, Bedford-circus, Exeter, on SATURDAY, the 27th day of February, at One o'clock in the Afternoon precisely. EDW. WOOLMER, Chairman. The Transfer Books will be Closed on the 20th day of February, and will not be Opened until after the said Half-Yearly Ordinary General 'Meeting JOHN CLENCH, Secretary. Exeter, February 1 I th, 1847. EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The Directors hereby give n tice, that it is intended (unless the charges shall have been previously paid) to SELL, on the 10th day of March next, such WINES, RUM, and other Spirits, as from length of deposit or depreciated quality are not considered to be worth the charges thereon, and that sundry parcels for which WARRANTS have been issued will be included in such Sale. A List of all the Goods may be inspected at this house. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billlter-square,Feb. 9, 1847. N EW SHARE and MONEY MARKET, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. SEVERAL TIIOUSAND SHARES WANTED, AT GOOD PRICES, Daily Share Lists are publicly exhibited at the TRANSFER-OFF ICE, facing Cornhill, and will be sent to any part of the Kingdom on appli cation. Detailed Lists may also be had at I t 4, Cheapside ; 25, Strand ; 32, 'ockspur-street ; 53, Piccadilly ; and 191 Oxford street. Stevens, Hansard, and Co., Transfer-office, 5, Royal Exchange, London. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCt 'SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages ,cith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured , as, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; lso the option if selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in , rests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances fir terms of years are granted on the lowest possible 'tes. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and Increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. • EXAMPLES. k,;XAMYLES. ^ DR. .CULYERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and Freehold Villa and Grounds at Sunninghill, Berks, bordering on LONG LIFE. ,7 a l . t 7 Windsor Great I'ark, Virginia Water, and ' Ascot. 1. L n b e y .t A (unlessUC T 10 a N n , aat, acceptable a l b l l a e r t o , ff a c t r th s e hal en l d b o e f 11 A P P Y. a° w t i Bennis Bonus in 'g i Assured MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will H 0 W T 0 B E Premium. 12 a added. Cash. ' may N c , In pocket volutnes.le. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each. __ • " Jactinde Vivere."--Clc. :• 9. I N_ ?, Borrow. early in Ap r il SL • F,',.-. 1 made by private contract), with possession, the FREEHOLD VILLA, late the residence previously Mar ch, o r WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. _ 1 ._— —_____ l _____ and property of Mrs. Churchill, deceased, 1837i.£217 15 1 1 £100 011 £l6 8 4 X 44.5 0 0 delightfiffly situated on an elevated and beautiful part of Sunning. (With Dlet-tables for all Complaints ) 3. _ £ £s. d. 1838' 182 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2' 395 11 1 hill, adieining Titnest-park, and close to all the romantic rides, MARRIAGE and its MYSTERTES. 41000 3 4 18391 165 11 10, 74 1911 3 1' 346 2 3 walks, and scenery of Virginia Water, and the Royal parks, through " Tsb be, or not to be, that is the qmStion." — Shakspea re. 11848; 116 7 6 64 010 718 10 296 13 4 which is the drive to Windsor of only six miles. It has just been 4. 18411 111 6 8 49 10 0; 710 4' 247 4 5 rut into thorough , repair, and has all suit a bl e ,_ „_ ices and outbuildi s , rs... 1-, IVIV 5 OCTO •1•1...1 t "wt....yr ..,i PCINTTIOL. Freehold Villa and Grounds at Sunninghill, Reeks, bordering on Windsor Great l'ark, Virginia Water, and Ascot. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, at the end of March, or early in April next (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private contract), with possession, the FREEHOLD VILLA, late the residence and property of Mrs. Churchill, deceased, delightfully situated on an elevated and beautiful part of Sunning hill, aNeining Titnest-park, and close to all the romantic rides, walks, and scenery of Virginia Water, and the Royal parks, through which is the drive to Windsor of only six miles. It has just been put into thorough repair, and has all suitable offices and outbuildings for a moderate establishment, surrounded by highly dressed pleasure grounds, gardens and paddocks.—More detailed particulars, with plans, will be published when the day of sale is fixed, and may be had on the premises ; at the Auction Mart ; of 31esars. Pemberton, Crawley, and Gardiner, solicitors, Whitehall-place ; and at Mr. Smith's offices in Windsor, and Waterloo-place, Fall-mall. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut valea4." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are To be had of ,herwood, 23, Paternoster-rovr ; adapted to the intelligence of the times. m a nn, 39, Corn hill;atl, oClarrvgyalleh.o.p,lalc4e, Regent-street. Fleet-street; and all Bookseller!, or direct from the Author, whose practi c e i s exc l us i ve ly d ev oted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Th ree , an d ix Die Evenings from Wen till :Vine, fhe division of profits is annual, and the neat will be made in ecember of the present year. F. FERGUSON' CAMROUX, Secretary. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE . OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON, and 2?, NASSAU STREET, DUBLIN. Subscribed Capital, 500,0001. This office was established in 1841, and possesses tables formed on a scientific basis for the assurance of diseased lives. The urgent necessity for such an institution may he estimated by the fact that two-thirds of the population are not assurable as healthy lives, and that about one in five of the applicants to other offices is deciined on examination. And that during the pc , iod of five years, as shown at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors in November last, upwards of 2,000 proposals had been made to the Society, covering Assurances to above One Million. It is the only Company possessing tabulated rates of premium for disease d-duced from extensive data. Increased annuities arc granted en Unsound Lives. HEALTHY LIVES, both at Home and in Foreign Climates, are Assured with as much facility and at lower rates than at most other offices; and a capital of Half-a-Million sterling fully subscribei affords a complete go ,rantee for the fulfilment of the Company's engagements. The famous TOWN MILLS, upon the KENNET, In the heart o the town of NEWBURY , MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON w ill SELL by AUCTION, at the end of March, or early in April next (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private contract), by directiox of the Executrix of the late Richard Easing, Esq., the above capital FLOUR MILLS, with the residence attached, various outbuildings, paddock, &c.. held by a renewable Lease under the Dean and Cations of Windsor, most commandingly situated in the town of Newbury, upon the Kennet and Avon canal. The mills are in the occupation of Mr. Leonard (whose term ex pires at Midsummer next), when possession may be had ; offering a line opportunity for an active man of moderate capital to secure a first-rate old-established business. REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS DURING THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 13. Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week. Males ... ... ... 592 Males ... ... ••• 702 Females ... ... 555 F em ales ••• ••• 662 Total ... 1,147 Total ... 1,364 The Mills may be viewed by application to Mr. James Tanner, of Itagnor, near Newbupy ; and full particulars may be obtained when the day of sale is fixed at the chief inns at Newbury, Reading, &c. and at Messrs. Smith's offices in Windsor, and Waterloo-place, l'all-mall. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, En:Rusts 17. &rocs EXCHANGE.—Th e sa l es ir e —Ambergatc, No ttingham, Bos ton, and Eastern Junction, N. 3d Junction, 9 —Chester and Birkenhead 464 ex div,—East Lanca shire, New, Scrip, IIL ' A .P.—Fleetwood Preston, and West Riding p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, % p.—Great Northern (Nos ' 1 to 103,000, 1 4 P• —•U field Canal and Railway, 4% p :Ditto Extension, 1% P. and Think, 2 3 4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, ' P.—London and dd e c d r ; North- Western, 189—Ditto, Quarters, 12 —Manchester and Leeds, Halves, New (late L. and 11 ),.5 p.—Manchester, field,Sh an es d Lin colnshire Extensions (Great Grimsby and Sheffield), , 11i dis.-31anchester and Southampton,.Sc. 8s 9d Idis.— M idl a nd, 121 ex,,re, div. —North British, New Quarters (scrip) N P• — Pr eston and ,NN 34%—Ditto, Halves (B), Bs. 9d. p —Shrewsbury. Oswestr3, and Cheshire, 2 dis.—West Riding Union, 335. 9,1. p.—Dubllli a nd Drog heda, 11 dls. FRANCIS G. P. NEISON, Actuary. N.B. Applications for Agencies to be made to the Actuary. Valuable Freehold Farm, in the rich parish of Walton-le-Soken near the coast, below Colchester, a favourite and improving sea bathing. place. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY , • MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, early in the Spring, unless an accept able offer shall be previously made, in One or more Lots, a very valuable FARM, in the occupation of Mr. Samuel Wilson, comprising a highly respectable Farm Residence, within a walk of the beach and public rooms, with about 270 acres of capital arable and grazing land, in high condition, with a small wood, and superior buiLlings of every description, in perfect repair. —Particulars may be known, and a plan inspected, at their Offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall; also of Messrs. Pemberton, Crawley, and Gardiner, Whitehall-place, London. Ne. 78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. The Atanual General Meeting of l'roprietors will be helot at the Office of the Society on TurasnaT, the 4th day of March next, at Half•past One o'clock precisely at which meeting Five Directors and One Auditor (on the part of the Proprietors) will be elected. Any Proprietor desirous of proposing a candidate for the office of Director or Auditor must send the name of such candidate to the Secretary, at least Fourteen days before the day of meeting. The ballot will commence at Eleven and close at Two o'clock. MANCHESTER, FEBEVARY 17. am and STOCK EXCRANGE.-The sales are-Arnb er gate, Nottingh . Boston, % p.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jun Lion, p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction,clit leroe, 14 c• p.-East &c., 3-16 dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, n= • . Lancashire, 2 p.-Ditto New (scrip), 1% P.-Fleetwood, Preston, 9,i, P•-Blackburn, 1 and West Riding, 9-16 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 33 -Ditto, 4 9-16 p.- Ditto. Toirds, 1% P. -Lancaste - r and Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 174 hire)•l c. dis.- p.-Idanchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire (late Sheffield and Lincolns ,_.. . s, ._. Manchester and Southampton, 1-16 dis.-North 13ritish , , es T 1111 ., g) , 2 . S p.-Oldham Alliance, )4 p.-Preston and Wyre, nal ' IA) 4 . 4 54 P.-Ditto (It), 7-16 p.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole," P. LEEDS, FEBRUARY 17. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottinghamastern , and Boston, par n. -Birmingham and Oxf ord Junction, 9 p.-E Counties, York Extension, 14s. s. p. -East Lancashire, 2), n. p.- Ditto, Blackburn and Presto's, 21i it. p.-Ditto , Ne w, 2)4 p.-Dilto, New Scrip, 265. Gd. p.-East and West Yorkshire, Is. 6d. p.-East Lincolnshire, 2% c. p.-Huddersfleld and Manchester, 4% p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 8 n. p.-Ditto, Halves, 4% p.-Ditto, New E x t o n. sions Scrip (pink), 21s. 6d. p. -Leeds and Thirsk, 2% rile. -Ditto 1 . 4 P.-Leeds, Wakefield, and New, 15s. dis.- Ditto, Preference. Midland, 10s. dis.-Malton and Driffield Junction, p l ._ % N p o . r - th Mat chester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2 E x tensio t n ios (sc . rl d P i )s r s o . kl.l ° : h o e r rn th Bri tish, Thirds. 523.6 d. p.-Ditto, Counties Union, 245. dis.-North-Wes ern, Bs. P.-West Riding 34 U-Ditto, (Into., 335. Gd. p.-Wharfdale, Junction, i British, Midland, Preference, log P. .., it ILL,L r EBBE/AZT 17. STOCK EXcnstwr..-The sales are-North Extensions (scrip), 155. p.-East Lino nshire, 2) p.-South York shire, Doncaster, and C = ools 6s. P. EDINII UR . ' GII FEBRUARY 16. StocK EXcliatios.-The salesoal-2ABbredeen, 231.-Airdrie and Bathgate, V. la.-Arbroath and F rf , 1 , 1 1 Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 9 / 55.-Ca let Olden, 271 55.-Ayr and Galloway, - • Ditto, New, 21, barton 2/. 8 *- ss. 6d.-Caledonian and Dum ec. ;ion, s --Clydesdale Junction, 391. 55.-Deeside, 31 55.- I l' s ire.a.-diern, 21. 135.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 11. 12 • Ditto , ee and Arbroath, 44/. 103 ' 1 32/.-No 2 2• ex new-Ditto, New, No. , • , 91.-- Ditto, N ew, No. 32/. 55.-Ditto New 3, N.-Dundee and Perth, Central, 21. le . 171. 5 5.-East - of Fife, 2/. 195.-East Lothian , . - Edinbu gate, 51. U.-Edinburgh an d ~hogovv, 771 ..._.1)• is. -Edinburgh and Math. 201. 17.. 6d, -Ditto, Quarter Shares,l9'. 2 . 111 0, Half Shares s. 61 --Edinburgh, Leith,, and Oranton, 191. 25. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 201. 10s• --Edinburgh and Northern. 161. 7s. 6d. ex new-Ditto, New Shares -1- rt 51 58• ex new - Ditto ditt o, Ice , 31. 12s. 6.1.-Ditto, Newport, " 11, 18, 6 ' Yr. 21. Ft,, 6 d. -Edinburgh and Perth (Old), . ~ . d.- Ditto (New), 2/ 9a.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, f51.-Ditto Is ew Sto • 1 ex, 341.-Ditto,Quarter Shares, 161. 103.-Ditto, Halves,.. , 71. 155.-Ditto, N -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, b l . - Glas 0.9/. Is 12/. lOs -G g" and G ar kl • n rk -Glasgow General Terminus , • lasgow and Greenock,' 39!. -Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 5 5 ,_.... G1a50 , 191. noek, aqd Ardrossan, 61. 6s.- Great North of E ngland, 2371.Ki1ma1.- North of Scotland, 21. Os. C a l.-London and York, 31. 12 -Great Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 21. 55.-Manchester and Leeds, ll. &el.-- Ditto, Sixteenths, 71. 155.-Ditto, Extensions, 3/, 2 ,___ N __ 1051.- Berwick,lss.-North British, 351. 2s. 62,-Di tto, ele "stle and 1 7s. 64.-Ditto, Thirds, 3!. 14s. 62.-Ditto, Halves, 161. Quarter Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 1/. 85.-Ditto, Fifths, 7 3. / 41 ' 65.- Scottish Central, 21/. 12s. 6d.-S cottish Grand Junctio • 2s. 6d.- -Scottish Midland, 221. I Os.-- Shrewsbury and Hereford'', U. is. Ga. -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, a,,d Chester, 8/. 55•_Ditto . 11. 7s. 6d. 6d.-Stirling and Dunferknlins, 31. 14s.- Stirling and Midland,'New, 11 Os. -Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 151.-York and If 2/. 10a, Si new-Ditto, New, 11/. Ms.-Ditto, evrcaatle 36/ 10 Preference.'9/ . s. Bombay and Madras, 35. M.-East Indian, 8 5. 6 41. -- - -Direct Great North of India, 3s. 64.-Great Southern of Madras, 3s. fsd -h lore, and Arcot, 2s. * - Madras, Net- GLASGOW, FEBRUARY 16. STOCK EXMIATIGE.-The sates are-Ayr an d G -Caledonian, New, 475. 6d.-Caledonian and Du a llorar, 475. 6d. -Dundee and Perth, 31%-East of Fife, 595. 1 6 n , bs . rtonshire, 50s. Central 41s. ---Edinburgh and Perth (New), ,I'.. --East Lothian Glasgow,l4s.- arrhead, and Nellston Direct, 2 35.-Ditto, New, marnock, and Ayr, 651.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2 61 4 --- , G , las g" r ' Ki t " Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. Is. 6c1.-Glasgow, ..' "'• . 3 .-GlaAgow, drosean, 6% -Great North of Scotland, 425.- ,GKilinarnock, and 3s. 6d.-Kilmarnock 6d.-Kilmarnock -and Ayr Direct, 455.-... rent North of India, ampton, 325.-North British,. Thirds, 71s. Gc i n a,choster and South (scrip), 275. 64.-,sc,otush Central, 21'A-Scottish . - " L ' itt°, New Quarters 225. 6d.-.Wilsontown, Morningelde, and Grand Junction yewcaele, Preference, Si. Coltness, 6 01.-York and The election of an Auditor (on the part of the Assured) will also take place on WEDNESDAY, the 3d day of March, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. All persons assured for the whole term of life, and qualified f o vote, are hereby referred to the conditions endorsed on their policies, for information concerning the candidate to be proposed. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CHEMICAL LECTURES y Ar. RYAN, with brilliant and varied Experiments, daily, and on the Evening? d Mondays, Wed• nesdays,. and Fridays. On the commencement of Lent, Dr. BACH HOFFNER will deliver a Series of Lectures on ASTRONOMY, ex hibiting the latest discoveries, on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with new and appropriate Music, by Dr. Wallis. On the alternate Mornings and Evenings lie will Lecture on the EL ECTRO-MAGN ETIC TE LICGRA PH, including the recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble. The Models and other Works in the Useful Arta are daily described. The beautiful Optical Effects include the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experi ments by the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c. Admission Is. Schools, half•price. GEO. 11. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary, Feb. 10, 1847. pu FOURTII DIVISION OF PROFITS. A detailed report (just blished) of the bonus declared, and the state of the Scclety generally, can be obtained, free of expense, by addressing a letter to the Secretary, yETtIERIAL IN HALER., as constructed by Dr. BOOT and Mr. ROBINSON. Mr HOOPER has the greatest satisfaction in stating that at each of the Met: opolitan and Provincial Institutions at which this appa ratus has been used, it has succeed,' ; Messrs. Lawrence, Ferguson, Guthrie, Aston Key, Morgan, Thomson, APAturdo, and many other eminent Surgeons, have operated on patients whilst under the in fluence of /Ether, by means of this instrument, with the most com plete success, to whom Mr. Hooper begs to refer, and to the reports in the recent Medical ,journals. The success attending this Inhaler is in great measure owing' to the construction of the valves. Orders addressed to Mr. Ilooper will be executed on the day they are received. HENRY RUSSELL at the STRAND THEATRE. HENRY RUSSELL, composer of "Woodman spare that Tree," " The Ivy Green," " The Old Arm-chair," "The Ship on Fire," " rho Gambler's Wife," " The Maniac," " Some love to Roam," " I'm Afloat," "A Life on the Ocean Wave," " The Newfoundland 1) .g." &c. &c., will have the honour of giving his VOCAL EN TERTAINMENTS on Mosrnaov Evartitio, Feb. 22, and following evenings, interspersed with Anecdotes of Negro Life and Character. B oxes, 3 5.; Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gd. Doors open at Half-past Seven; commence at Eight. Private Boxes, 11. Is. 13 ox office open from Ono till Four. LOCKS, FIRE -PROOF SAFES AND CASH BOXES. URBS' NEW ) PATENT DETECTOR LOCKS give perfect security from False Keys and Picklocks, and also detect any attempt to open them. They are made of all sizes, and for every purpose to which Locks are applied, and are strong, secure, simple, and durable. CHUBBS' PATENT COMBINATION LATCH, for Front Doors, Counting House Doors, &c., are simple in construction, low in price, and quite secure; the Keys are particularly neat and portable. ciitruns PATENT FIRE-PROOF SAFES, BOOK-CASES, CHESTS, gm, made entirely of strong wrought Iron, so as effectually to resist the falling of brick work, timbers, Sm. i n oase of tire, and are also perfectly secure from th e at of the most WIN burglars. CHURBS' CASH and DEED BOXES, fitted with the DETEC TOR LOCKS. C. CHUIIB dON 57, St. Paul's Ch urchyard, London; and C. Chu a n n ba S ndCO., agents, 28, Lord- street, Liverpool. SPENCSSCHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE ER'S The thousands of individuals' who for upwards of t ; and it years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be tho w o ent y y article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red only grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, kc., to a dark brown or black 68, Corn without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro. 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Nevertheless, as M. Viron was in great distress, as it was to him a question of life and death, I said, I will take the en gagement to give you in eight days a volume of 6,000 lines, and that you may be sure that I will do so, take 136 pages of paper, number them, sign them, and I will bring them to you in eight days, filled with the matter of a volume of 6,000 lines.' I did so, and the gratitude of M. Verna was extreme." M. Dumas went on to complain, that some delay having one day occurred in the arrival of the copy of the romance that he wrote for the Constitutionne4 M. Wren put a notice in the paper, saying it was owing to the negligence of M. Dumas, a proceeding anything but friendly. Shortly after M. Viron began an action at law against M. Dumas, and when the latter said to him that it would be better to settle their disputes by arbitration, M. Veron replied—" My dear Dumas, it will be better to leave them to the Tribunal—it will be cheaper, and will not derange you, for ycu need not appear unless you like." As to the advertisements in the Con stitutionnel and the Presse of his being obliged to write exclusively for them, M. Dumas said it was not suprising that the Siecle, the Com merce, the Journal des Debuts, the Democratique PaOfique, and the Putrie, to all which he was under engagements, should be annoyed at such a false hood being told to the public; and as they issued counter advertisements, M. Veron and M. de Girardin became angry. On the annullit g of his treaty with M. Dujarrier, upon which he reminded the Tribunal his treaty with Veron and Girardin only came into operation, be owed 24,000 lines to the Commerce. The romance called " Fabien" had been given up to him by Dujarrier's trus t4444‘. qiEtlitailr-Lt4t).thr: M. lireron taso declined it, and re commended hiin to give it to the Commerce to enable his to get rid by so much of his treaties with that journal. The Commerce at that period, - however, was in a dying state, and being without m one y h a d no t the means to purchase romances. It was then- that "Fabien" was carried to the Siecle, with which newspapers he had treaties secur ing him 190,000 francs in 10 years. The Siecle gave him 12,000 f. for the work ; " but," continued M. Dumas, " I felt tormented at its being described as inferior to my other works. I read it, and I found myself that it was really not equal to my other pro ductions. I determined to burn it ; and I did burn it in the fire of my conscience. 'Fabien' has dis appeared—it will be never heard of again. Few men would have made such a sacrifice as that !" As to the " Amazone," it was, said M. Dumas, " a poor little thing of 11,000 lines " that he has given a year previously to M. Hetzel for his " Diable a Paris." He had forgotten it, and the Tribunal would readily .believe that a man who writes 100,000 lines might easily forget 11,000. He now came to " An drea del Sarto," which appeared in the Esprit Pub lic. M. Castille, a gentleman connected with that journal, paid him a visit and offered him three francs a line to write something for it. "I replied," said M. Du mas, "that the man who has charged you to offer me three francs aline is either mad, or has no money, for in my works there is a great deal of dialogue, and the mul titude of lines occupied by such words as oui, non, vraiment, &c., and to pay three francs for a oui or a non would be a folly." Then, said M. Castille, "we will offer 12,000 f. to M. de Balsac for something of his." "M. de Balsac," replied I, "is a man of great talent, and you could not do better than apply to him if he will give you something in the style of Le Pere Goriot, or Eugenie Grandet.' It was after this conversation that the Esprit Public published ' Andrea del Sarto,' which is extracted from a great work called La Ga leria de Florence.' Gentlemen, I publish not only in France but abroad.—(A laugh.) Here is a copy of the Galerie de Florence ;' it is a magnificent work, but being published abroad anybody could quote from it, and, I repeat, the Esprit Public did so." With respect to the, romance called " Elizabeth " being advertised in ttie Mode, M Dumas declared that he had given no authority for it, and that the proceeding was perfectly unjustifiable. " What!" be added, "it is supposed that I could write a romance called Elizabeth,' when I hate the name! I ask pardon of any- lady here present who may be named Elizabeth, but I am forced to avow that the name - is "One of my antipathies. I have published 300 volumei, I have written 25 dramas, and I will defy any person'.fo discover in any one o:my romances , et in • any one of my (Varese -the word 'Elizabeth.' " He had now arrived' tit this " bittard de Mauli)n." The Commerce, he had said, was dying, but one morning it woke up with new life, and came to him, and said, " You owe us four voluaies ; we were dead, it is true, but we have come to life again, so pay us the four volumes." In the treaty with M. de Girardin a reserve had been made in favour of the Commerce ; he had sold the " Batard de Mau!439" to M. Cadot, the publisher, who, with M. de Girardin's consent, sold it to the Commerce, receiving for it a price much higher th an h e had expected, that he had offered M. Dumas, 7,000 f. in addition .to what he had paid him. M. Dumas here entered into more lengthened details to prove what he had asserted with respect to the romances entitled " Fabien" and "Ite Batard de Diaulfin." He had undertaken to write a work called " MoSasoires d'un M - decin," for the Presse, and !id written to demand that the division intojeuilletons and volumes should be left to him, so as not to injure the interest of the work ; and the gentleman charged with the superintendence of the I euilleton department of the Presse had consented to his application in a letter which terminate d by saying to him, " Who dare assi g n a limit 'to gen i us ?" —(The reading of this ph rase b y M. Dumas himself drew forth marks of astonishment from the auditory.) He went on to say that he received from the Presse a sum of 10,000 E, once paid, on condition that his volumes should consist of 6,700 lines, instead of 6,000, as originally agreed ; and that this made an economy of 30,000 f. to that journal. The Presse had advanced him 6,000 f., but he had reason to believe that it would not be demanded from him if the success of the " Mt:noires d'un Medi cin," which were then being published, should carry its circulation up to 30,000 copies. In the account pre sented to him by the Presse, a sum of 3,500 f. was put down against him, but that was for :he registration of the treaty. Excluding, then, the three sums of 10,000 f, 6.000 f., and 3,5001., his account with the Presse stood : Received from the Presse 16,772 f. 50c., deduct profits of the " Memoires d'un Midecin," 11,808 E, difference 4,964 f. 50c. against him. But as it had been arranged that he should receive 3,500 E, the value of a volume in advance, and as he had actually remitted copy worth I,ooof. to the Presse, it followed that the Presse was really in advance to him to the amount of only 464 f. 50c. That was his account with the Presse. It would really appear that it had been believed that the cause would be pleaded in his absence when he was hunting lions, but instead of that he was there hunting other things.—(Laughter.) M. Lenglais, advocate to the Presse, here made solve observations. The President desired him not to interrupt, but to take notes. M. Dumas, turning to the advocate, cried "Take your notes !—(Laughter.) Ah! it is M. Langlais who interrupts me. I will just say a word to him. At the last audience, Sir, you said that I had shown audacity in hunting lions in Africa. I wish to tell you, Sir, that you did not employ the proper word--you should have said courage not audacity. I am not an academician, and it is not a lesson of language that I give you; but I am a man of the world, and I give you a lesson of polite ness."—(Sensation.) After this lesson to the Learned Advocate, M. Dumas continued In admitting that the Presse had advanced me 6,000 and 10,0001., it could hardly be called an advance, for I (M. Dumas) did not owe money to the Presse, but merchandise ! Besid, s it would not have been surprising that, in a running ac count of 80,000 lines, the Presse should be in advance to me (M. Dumas) to the amount of 6,000 f. Yet, after the detail I have laid before you, I persist in saying that the Presse was only in advance 4641., notwithstanding M. de Girardin had to pay me 157,000 f. in five years." After complaining of certain calumnies that had been made upon him, and especially of that in which he was represented as having given four volumes of blank paper, under pretence that it was the manu script of a romance, in return for 12,0001., M. Dumas proceeded :—" Gentlemen, I will now explain to you the circumstance which led to my departure for Spain. I had delivered 158,000 lines, that is forty-eight volumes in eighteen months. I was worn out after having written so much. I write all my volumes myself. I have, it is true, an assistant, who is very good, very intelligent, very devoted; but my labour is still considerable. lam reproached with going to hunt lions in Africa, instead of continuing the adventures of Balsamo' in the 'noires d'un Melecin.' Yet I had asked permission to enjoy a little repose, for I was unwell. AI. de Girardin knew that, for on the day on which he gave me permission to absent myself he dined with me at my villa at St. Germain—he passed the evening with me—he stopped with me until 3 o'clock in the morning, so much did he amuse himself, and he then left in his carriage, in company with Mdlle. Brohan, the actress of the ThCatre Frangais.—(lnterruption.) Gentlemen, I see no harm in that. An actress may pass two or three hours in a carriage with M. de Girardin, or with any one else. I did not say that in order to cast the least reflection in the world on the morality of M. de Girardin or the honour of Mdlle. Brohan."—(Smiles.) M. Du alas here read the certificates of several eminent phy sicians, and among them that of his " physician in ordi nary ;" for, said he, "I, too, have a physician in ordinary ;" and that of th e Ki ng ' s physician ; in all of which he was strongly recommended to take repose, on account of a complaint with which he was afflicted. He then concluded as follows :—_"l have spoken of my labours to sati s fy every b ody, but I have not spoken of my sacrific es of money to keep on friendly terms with My adversaries. The annullation of the Dujarrier treaty cost me 12,0001. ; I have no cashier, but I know I paid that sum. I burnt Fabien,' for which I had re ceived altogether 26,000 f., which I was obliged to repay. I am not a good hand at arithmetic, but the cashier of M. de Girardi n can tell hew much that makes. I owed two voktmes to M. Dumont, which I bought back ENTRAORDINARY LITERARY SQUABBLE. (From Galignani's Messenger.) Public interest has been much excited by a case be fore the Civil Tribunal of the Seine, in which the pro prietors of the Presse and Constitutionnel were plaintiffs, and M. Alexandre Dumas, the celebrated romance writer, defendant. The case itself; however, is nothing more than an action brought against M. Dumas for the breach of an engagement relative to the publication of his romances. The hearing of the process commenced on the 22d of January, when M. Lacon and M. Langlais, advocates of M. Viron gerant of the Constitutionnel, and of M. de Girardin, gerant of the Presse, exposed the case of their clients. From their statements it appeared that in March, 1845, M. Vs ron and M. de Girardin con- 1 ceived the idea that it would be most advantageous to their journals to secure the exclusive services of M. Alexandre Dumas, and thereby to prevent him from enriching other newspapers with his productions. M. Dumas having complied with their views, treaties were drawn up between the respective parties. These treaties, dated March 28 and 30, 1845, set forth that Alexandre Dumas bound himself not to write, during the ensuing five years, more than 18 volumes of romance per annum, of which nine were for the Presse and nine for the Constitutionnel. M . Viron and M. de Girardin, on their part, bound themselves to pay the price M. Dumas thought fit to put upon his own works which was, that each volume, forming about twenty-two feuiiekns, and consisting of lines (bits of lines being counted as whole lines), should be paid 3,500 francs, which made 63,000 francs per annum for the eighteen volumes, or 315,000 francs for the five years. But as M. Dumas, at the time of signing the treaties, was under other engagements, it was stipulated that he should be at liberty to fulfil them; and to prevent any misunder standing, they were stated to be as follow :—Five volumes of the " Comte de Monte Christo," to be pub lished in the Debats ; "Le Fils de Milady, ou vingt ans apres," in the course of publication in the Siecle ; six volumes of " Le Vicomte de Bragelonne," to be deli vered in three months to the same newspaper ; the "Chevalier de Maison-Roue, " neNi../.4n4 inet i lti. -T C,VCIft; • publisher ; 6,000 lines of "La Fille du Thieent," to be I supplied to the same person ; a volume of the "S Ile de Louis XV. ;" the " Histoire de la Peinture," for M. Bethune, a publisher ; six volumes called "La Guerre des Femmes," for M. Potter, publisher ; and for M. Bethune "Le . Fil s d e Mil a d y, " and the remaining volumes of Monte Christo," and "Le Sitisle de Louis XV." In the treaties in question it was also provided that half of the eighteen volumes, or at l eas t f our t o t h e Constitutionnel and four to the Presse, should be delivered by the Ist of July following, and the re mainder at the beginning of the month of Decem ber, or, at the latest, on the 15th. M Dumas, moreover, bound himself to protest publicly against any advertise ments that might be made in any newspapers, contrary to the stipulations of the treaties with the Presse and the Constitutionnel. The two journals, immediately on their treaties being signed, announced with great pomp to their readers and the world the important news that henceforth M. Dumas would write exclusively in their columns. But their mortification was extreme to find that in the month of August, 1845, the Siecle aunnounced the publicati on o f a nove l , called " Le Trois lecousque taires," by the great romancer; that in September a newspaper, called Le Soleil (now defunct), advertised the "Batard de Mention," from his pen; that in the same month, the Esprit Public advertised a work called "Andrea del SartoMeest.seehich he was the author; that on the 29th September the Siecle published a tale called tin," Amazons," and ad vert i se d a work in four volumes;' called'"Fabian," both by him ; that the Patrie announced the publication of a romance in two volumes, also by him; and that the Mode advertised a work called " Elizabeth," of which he was to be the parent. All this being in flagrsset violation of the treaties that bound him to the Presse and the Con stitutionnel, and being moreoverctnost injurious to the interests of those journals, M. ViSi•on and M. de Girardin called upon M. Dumas disavow them. He therefore wrote a letter to M.Teron, stating that the publication of the " Amazone" by the Siecle was unau thorised by him, that he had sold it a year previously to a publisher named Hetzel, who had resold it without having any right so to do, and that he might prosecute the Siecle in his name if he pleased ; but he took no steps to stop the publication, neither did he adopt any measures to prevent the advertising of works to be writ ten by him for other newspapers. Norwas that all; for, though he had undertaken that four volumes should, be delivered to the Constitutionnel on the Ist of July, he did not deliver a line on that day, and tip to the month of September following he had only delivered one volume of a romance called the " Dame de Montsoreau." Neither was that given all at once, 'as it oughi . '6',have been, but bit by bit, day after day, so as fo cause great inconvenience to the journal. At the end of Sep• tember M. Vkon sent a legal summons to M. Dumas to deliver the end of the manuscript of that romance, where upon M. Dumas set to work, and, when he thought be had written enough, killed off all his personages. In 1845 he wrote nothing more, so that instead of nine volumes he had only delivered five. In 1846 some communication took place between him and M. Veron, the result of which was that M. Dumas undertook to deliver a romance, called the "Qurante Cinq," by the beginning of December; but, instead of doing so, he occupied himself in building a theatre, rehearsing plays, travelling in Sp a in, Al ger i a , an d T un i s. Thus, I in no respect had he acted up to this treaty, and M. V‘ron felt called upon to demand his condemnation for the damages he had occasioned, as also for the expense to•which -he-had been put in registering the treaty, so as to be enabled to plead upon it. With respect to the Presse, that journal ought to have received nine volumes previous to April, 1846 ; but it had not received a single line. In May, however, M. Dumas gave it the first pages of a romance, called the " M‘moires d'un Mtitlecin," and subsequently delivered four volumes of that work. But that was all—not another line had he written. And yet the Presse have paid him as if he had faithfully executed the treaty—it had advanced him 23,695 f. The Presse, said its advocate, had no alterna tive but to proceed against M Dumas, but it had faith in his honour. It could, however, have wished that be had shown a little regard for it, instead of scampering over Spain and Africa, and showing his audacity in kill ing lions. The proprietors of the Patric and the Siecle were cited to the tribunal in conjunction with M. Dumas, on the ground that in publishing his romances after the treaty had been entered into between him and the Presse and the Constitutionnel, they had inflicted an injury upon the two newspapers for which they owed reparation in damages. The advocate of the Patric, however, alleged that the romance by M. Dumas, which it had published, was in virtue of a treaty previous to that which bound him to the Presse and the Constitutionnel, and therefore it called upon the tribunal to award it damages against those two journals for the injury they had caused it in asserting the contrury. The advocate of the Siecle ex - plained that it had purchased the tale called the " Ama zone," from M. Iletzel, who had bought it from M. Dumas, and paid him for it. The Siecle had also pur chased from NI. Dumas the romance called " Fabian," and had paid him 12,000 francs, though it had not yet published it. This romance had been offered to the Prose, but declined. As to the complaint made against the Stede, of having infringed the treaty between M. Dumas and the Constitutionnel and the Presse, the Learned Gentleman contended that the Siecle was not bound to know what treaties M. Dumas had made with other journals; that when he offered his works it bought them, as it had a right to do. Besides, the Siecle had treaties with Al. Dumas, dating from 184•), by which it had purchased of him 500,000 lines. In the sitting of the Court on the 30th of January the case was resumed. It having been announced that M. Alexandre Durcas intended to plead his own cause. an immense multitude assembled in the Salle des Pas- Perdus—such a multitude, it is said, as has rarely been seen in the old hall since the middle ages, when it was the custom to amuse the good people of Paris by the representation of religious mysteries. As soon as the court was opened it was crammed to excess, in spite of the exertions of a strong body of the municipal guard. The benches of the judges were even occupied by seve ral ladies. M. Dumas commenced by saying, that he had desired to speak in his own case, because it was not an ordinary one. It was not a discussion between man and man, but a sort of duel between honour and honour. He re gretted that he did not see either M. Vikon or M. de Girardin present for that obliged him to fire in the air, and the ball, instead of traversing their bodies, would fall at their feet. His treaty with them depended on the annullation of a treaty with M. Dujarrier, but the day after it was signed they announced in the Constitutionnel and La Presse, that, as soon as the works then in course of publication in other newspapers should be com pleted, he could only write in their journals. That, however, was not true. lie had still eighty volumes to give to other newspapers and other per.ons ; namely, 30,000 li nes of " Monte Christ(); , 24.000 lines of " Vingt ans Apres," 36,000 lines of the " Vicomte de Bragelonne," 24,000 lines of the " Chevalier de la Matson Rouge," 24,000 lines to the Commerce, and several thousand lines to the Putrie, and to M. Cadot. In all he had to give 225,000 linos ' or eighty volumes ; and," cried M. Dumas, " to give eighty volumes within the time that was assigned me was a task that I alone could execute. I contend, that if the members of the French eighty Academy had been called upon to supply s w alloed m e, these volumes i n so short a time as wa could not have done it — and yet they are forty ! No ; they could not have done it—they would have become M. Dumas than went on to bankrupt."—(Langhter., contend that his treaty with M. Viren was only ob ligatory upon the treaty with M. Dujarrier being , for mally annulled, and that as su ch annullation osi took place at the end of January of 1846, he was not bound to romances to M. V6,•on at the beginning of deliver four volumes of He had been accused, he said, of occupying his time in other things instead of writing for the Constitutionnel. That was true, for ho had written in order to liberate himself with respect to the other journals with which he,hich he had entered into engage moats.yes;" cr ie d " I have done what no other man has done, nor ca I have written at the same time five di ff erent n romances for five different journals. hand." was mine—every word was written by my I alone did it--curry line d He then continued, "Up to th e moment at which o the action was commenced my rela tions with M. Y ron were always most friendly. IL PRICE SD. • e., ,/,e2 • from him for 6,000 E That makes altogethM. Dumas here attempt e d t o a d d up the several su m s, ( but not succeeding), The President said, 44,000 E M. Dumas—" Thank you, Sir—l never was able to work a sum in addition. When I left these gentlemen (M. Viron and M. de Girardin) out of 171,000 lines that I owed to publishers I had paid 164,000. I had, more over, furnished 27,000 lines to M. Vison, and 27,233 lines to M. de Girardin, and they paid me 26,0001. or 27,000 f. And now they demand 50,000 f. for damages. If they get that sum, they will have had my volumes for nothing, and will have obtained from me 31,5001. be sides. It is easy to recognise in their manner of pro ceeding the lucky proprietor of the rate Reginault, and the clever founder of the Musk des Families.' That, gentlemen, is all I have to say—l leave the decision of the case to you." M. Lacan, in reply, said, that if a process could be gained by witty phrases, M. Dumas would certainly be victorious ; but a law case was not a romance, and M. Dumas was mistaken in supposing that in treating it like one he would succeed. M. Dumas had violated engage ments into which he had entered. He had not delivered to the Constitutionnel all that he owed for 1846, and it the Tribunal did not decide against him he 'would not fulfil his engagements for 1847,1848, and 1849. He had not protested against the advertisements of other jour nals, as he was bound to do. He had written for the Siècle and the Patrie. What he had said about " Fabien being refused by the Constitutionnel and the Presse, was not true; he had never offered it to them, but had taken it at once to the Siècle, and got paid for it. Ee had sold his exclusive services to the Constitutionnel and the Presse, but bad not even yet given the nine volumes to each that he was bound to deliver in 1845. Since the publication of the "Dame de Montsoreau," in the Constitutionnel he had written nothing. He had promised a romance, to be called the " Quarante Cinq,' and why had he not deli vered it? He pretends that he was ill, and obliged to travel for the recovery of his health. M. Dumas--I was intrusted with a mission by the Minister of Public Instruction, M. Lacan—That reason is no better than the other. When a man is tied down by treaties, when he has en gagements to fulfil, he ought not to accept a mission. The Minister, besides, would not have given it if lie had known the sacred ties of honour that bound M. Dumas to remain in France. But even that defence slipped away from him, for it was in October that he left France, whereas it was in June that he had undertaken - to write a new romance for the Constitutionnel. What had he done in the four months from June to October? Four months for him was a long time, and in them he might have written more than four volumes. But he preferred to amuse himself in the delights of his villa at St. Ger. ich marvellous tales are told, and in which he eteettsrca—Lle caused to be recited his own pieces and those of Shakspeare; but he did nothing for his literary creditors. And, in October, he accompanied the Princes to Spain, apparently thinking that France would not be worthily represented if he were not there. M. Dumas—Such, at least, was the opinion of the Minister of Public Instruction! M. Lacan—From Spain he went to Africa, where, he said, he had a mission to study a system of colonisation, and to make it popular in France. But be occupied himself not with colonisation, but with fetes, with re joicings, with combats, with the release of prisoners, with everything. From Algiers he went to Tunis, where he pompously fraternised with the subjects of the Bey, whilst the Bey was in France. He returned toFrance in January, and wrote to M. Veron, " I arrive from Spain and from Africa; I have seen everything, men and things, beasts and people. I can, for my head is at work, give you in a month (whilst waiting for the " Qua rante Cinq"), two of the most amusing volumes that have ever been written. Giraud could illustrate them. V(..'ron, you may gain the sum of 20,000 f. with this trifle --it is two-thirds of another 'Rachel.'" But it was impossible to place any reliance upon this proposition, because there was an immense difference between the promises of M. Dumas and his performances. The learned advocate concluded by calling upon the Tribunal to condemn M. Dumas, and even to insert the penalty of imprisonment in their verdict, in case he should not act up to his engagements. Imprisonment would certainly be pronounced against any other person acting as he had done, and sit, would teach M. Dumas that if there be merit in - wilting good rom ances, t h ere is also merit in showing (Myself a slave to one's word. The glory of tibe latter, it was true, was not great—it was a glory with out emotion,, without noise, without prestige, but in the eye of justice, and for a man of honour, it was the greatest of all glory. M. Dumas.—l will only say a few w or d s i n reply to the Learned Gentleman. He talk of the but forgets all i ts most important previsions. From treat Ju y, ne to October I remained idle in my charming v ill a a t St. Germa ain ; un but 4 wrote idine ds of "-I#al samo (M e - Moire d' .th volume was only 'finished-a, few days before • • . . -It is said that I caused to be rellearsed the pteceieeeCv'ee as and Shaks peare. That but it was in the idle nuwents of Dumas, and, - besides, the time was notAo lostctoYart that people who are half artists . ghould reptosch messvith it. It is- -said that I solicited the Vesion with whi c h th e t fYlinister of P u bli c Instructioniniiliiiect mesebun'that is a ifiistalte. It was the Duke de' Mdiskeraiigtr i who has shown me some kindnesses, who proposaVne to go to Spain. " I desirf," said he, "in a cii : Chenitance so solemn for me and for France, to see you at my mar riage," (his brother had expressed a similar desire to see me at Versailles) ; "for," he added, " it is necessary that you and Hugo should assist at a national fete.' His Royal Highness asked the Minister of Public Instruction to be allowed to take me with him. The Minister then sent for me and said, "Can you go to Spain?" I said that I could, for being ill I had need of travel. " You . will go t o 'Sp a i n , then," said he, " and from Sp a i n you will go to Algeria, the finest country in the world; a country perfectly unknown to our deputies, who speak of Africa witho ut h av i ng seen i t, and of colonisation without understanding it; and to enlighten them and France with respect to the lubiect, it is necessary that a popular man like you should write about it.' Those were the very words of the, Minister—no one will deny it. I went. I accoinianied the Duke de Montpensier to Madrid. I was received there, not merely as a simple author —as-M. Alexandre Dumas!-- I alone, of all the Frenchmen at 'Madrid, was invited to the marriage of the Prince—l alone received the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles 111. ! But all that respect was shown to me, not, I repeat, as Alexandre Dumas, but as the friend of the Duke de Montpensier, as the Marquis Davy de la Pailleterie. After quitting Madrid I went to Tunis. There I was received still better. There reigns a Prince, who though Tunisian, is not a savage, and who knows our wort h . He gave me the Grand Cross f the Order of Nichan. I have been asked what I went to do in Atrica. I went to save from the Arabs 12 lives that were about to be sacrificed by the Arab executioners. It was I who was charged to go and deliver Lieutenant- Colonel Courly de Cognord, and his brave companions in arms, the sublime heroes who escaped the massacre of Sidi-Ibrahim. It was I who penetrated into the interior of the country to save them. It was I who rescued there 12 Frenchmen, the only remains of the 200 who were cruelly assassinated. It was I who had under my orders the vessel destined to receive them. It .eas I who conducted the vessel to Melilla, and it was I who conveyed the prisoners to .Djeanna-Gazaouat, where I was received by 3,000 persons, who offered me a banquet, the remembrance of which consoles me for the insults I have this day received. And it' the voyage that I have made in Spain and Africa had lost me 50,0001., I should not regret it after having helped to save our prisoners. I went to Tunis, fur which a steam frigate of 220 horse-power was placed at my disposal —a vessel that had never been given but to me and to a Prince ! At Tunis I made notes for a work which I am ready to deliver in four days if required. These notes were destined for the Constitutionnel, which has placed itself at the disposal of Marshal Bugeaud, In acting as I did I believe I did a thing grand and useful to my country. In Spain and Africa I displayed the grandeur with which I represented France. I had with me six persons, repre senting painting and the drama, as I represented litera ture. I had received for my mission 10,000 f. But how was it possible for seven persons to live for months upon 10,000 f. ? What did I do ? Before leaving Paris I caused to be sold railway shares of the value of 60,000 f. and in so doing lost 7,000 E But I was determined to figure grandly at the marriage of the Duke de Mont pensier, as became a man accustomed to such so lemnities. I spent 26,000 f, in Africa, and 11,000 f. in Spain, and on my return to France I compelled the Minister of Public Instruction to receive 1,0001. that I had drawn above the 10,000 f. allowed me. Such is the only answer I have to make to the insults of these gentlemen." The case was then adjourned for a week. On quit ting the Court, M. Dumas was surrounded by an im mense crowd, which escorted him to his carriage. He frequently saluted the admiring multitude, and received in return their enthusiastic plaudits. remainderThCourteof th assembled pleadings. e p l e ble d lag s ain on Saturday to hear the brilliant and legiti mate Langlais, the counsel for the Presse, replied with out mate fame, that it would e su r fil om c entleman, he romance of his victories, to o p u u t m d a o s u , bt, T in ha t t h g e of his to th s o p u e g a h k t, of his literary triumphs, like th his already expiatingillusions, for him to • d himself, and was deceive went through the statement of M. t impose silence upon his a d versaries , 11e had, however, forward facts in refuta tion.oin , Dumas had vi Dumas s n p g o la i i n s t st b h y e p ri He concluded by sta ti n g M.o bringingthat M l vi st as ted the treaty into which he had entered, and that he debtor to the Presse to the amount of 23,635 f., money . advanclid to him, and for which nothing had been furnished. M. Nogent-Saint-Laurent then addressed the Court for M. Dumas, who, he said, having taken up too se riously the bitter attacks which had been made upon him in that place, had resolved not to in appear gaer- Fonally; and had, t h erefore, charged him with a his cause. M. Nogent-Saint-Laurent denied that his client had committed the infractions of the treaty charged upon him, and in doing so repeated, but in a more consecu tive manner, the statements of M. Dumas, and observed that the treaty itself had been signed under the express reservation of the rights of the heirs of M. Dujarrier, and was not, therefore conclusive. In terminating his address, 111 , Nogent-Saint-Laurent alluded, in feel— ing terms, to an incident which has excited some inte rest, and which has Leen made, he said, the s u bj ec t o f c omment unfavourable to M. Dumas, but which only showed the goodness of heart of his client. The Court then adjourned for a week, to hear the requisitory of the Avocet du Roi. The following is the incident alluded to by M. Nogent- Saint-Laurent in the course of his pleading. The day after M. Dumas had pleaded his cause, a placard ap peared, announcing that, "in consequence of a seizure - there would be publicly sold at Versailles, on the 25th, a property situated at Port Marley, near St. Ger main-en-Laye, consisting of a plantation, a building ornamented with turrets, and a pavillion surrounded with water ; called the Ile de Monte Ch into," such pro- toady, HOW. TO RE-CONSTRUCT THE INDUS• TRIAL CONDITION OF IRELAND. A LETTER TO LORD J. RUSSELL; Ey JAMES WARD, Esq., Aithor of " Railways for the Many mut not tor the Few." (Tide " Times' " City Article, Feb. 18.) Smith, Elder, and Co. 1 -- f.