The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-03 00:00:00

'r 2 ..,. I . . 'll. \ soy . ' _ . InAA .7 . /..." 1 , i 10 4 - , ', , Q ' •At , • (9' TlC : .::: "'''' : ~,,...1 a., • ti..., _ . 4 ,..• - •: ‘, ~„ yid, _: , ..-::‘• Alb 1 , ,,,\ , • . 1.,.., , lt . ii- ,, gp , "' , ci--• - . ...... , , ~-,,,,.,,, -..i,71 : , 1 .c'91 ,0:i:,. 4t ::7,, i ."-• ..,„ ....4?...•0 , -,.• 'ti e , s,-* DIP. tv - yr - ~ -----11141 i ---'l ' f ' v •4, , -.- .... • • - ,•,-,;--,. „ ~.. . , . -/c• , - N \-• + _______, . 44 TO ME PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOOL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 14th of April being fixed for the ELEC TION of Six Directors, I have the honour to intimate that Proxy Papers, containing the names of the Five Gentlemen to be re elected agreeably to usage, together with my own, shall in the course of a few days be forwarded for the signature of my supporters, and beg that such of the Proprietors as may be temporarily absent from their homes will kindly favour me with their address, to ensure the early return of their proxy papers. I have the honour to avail my self of the present opportunity to return my cordial thanks fer the cervices already rendered to me, and to entreat my supporters and friends to add to the obligations I already owe them by a continu ance of their valuable aid, for which (avow' I shall ever retain a lively and grateful recollection. I have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and faithful servant, J. CAULFIELD. London Tavern, March 31, 1847. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY NEWMARKET RACES. Passengers booked through, between London and Newmarket, via Chesterford •r Cambridge, Sunday, 4th of April, per 2 rad. Train. April sth, Gth, 7th, Bth, and 9th, per 7, 15-11, 30 A.M. and 5 rat. Trains. The Express Train leaving London at 6 P.M., will stop at Chester. ford on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary, Bishopsgate Station, London, March 30, 1847. SCARBOROUGII.—TO DRAPERS, &c. AGOOD HOUSE, SHOP, and BUSINESS to be DISPOSED OF, where an excellent family trade has been done bythe present Proprietors for the last thirty years. The pre mises occupy nearly 390 square yards, including a small garden at the back, and might be adapted to an extensive trade of any kind. The frontage is 34 feet, with plate glass windows, and is in the best situation in the town. Apply to H. Ullathorne and Sons, Scarborough. N.B. A part of the purchase money may remain on mortgage if required. EASTER HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, Mornings and Evenings during the week. The GYMNOTUS ELECTRICUS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited in a TRANSPARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORK ING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied Optical Effects include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experiments with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &c., &e. Admission Is. Scheols, half-price. 8, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITT, WILL BE OPENED THIS DAY, APRIL 3, for the Sale of TEA, COFFEE, and Colonial Produce, of the best description, at a less cost to the consumer than has ever yet been attempted by any house in the kingdom. The ex traordinary importations of Fine Black Tea will enable us to supply the best imported at 4s. 4d. per Pe.; the price for good strong Break fast Tea will be 3s. 4d. to 3s. ltd. per lb. ; the Best Green Tea, and by the best we mean (regardless of its name) that which is beat in the tea-pot, will be he. lid., the Green we would recommend with ~lbe,...j4tek at as. 44, . will. be 4W -Gd; Tee' The beet Ceylon Coffee. is, Id. per lb. ; the finest Costa Rica, Is. 4d.; the finest Mocha. Is. 6d. The known Inconvenience to which families, when purchasing their Teas and Coffees, in not being able to obtain Raw and Refined Sugars at the same house, has determined us on supplying it, as also Colonial Produce, at the smallest per centage en import prices, our system will, therefore, effect a saving not only on a few, but every article; and we feel confident in establishing a business, in point of magnitude and usefulness, the metropolis has not yet seen. All orders per post will he forwarded, on Saturday, 3d of April, and afterwards, per own carts daily. List of Prices of every deszription of Tea, Coffee, and Colonial Produce, can be had on application, per post or otherwise. Phillips and Co., 8, King William •street, City, corner of Abcharch- "- THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT. A NEW LIGHT REPELLENT OVER-COAT FOR THE SPRlNG.—Registered 6 and 7 Vict., cap. 65.—rATRONISED by 11.R.11. PRINCE ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY, his Grace the COMMANDER-IN-GIIIEF, the PRINCIPAL NOBILITY, and OFFICERS of the GUARDS. This gentlemanly garment, cut without seams on the shoulder, so as to improve the figure, and which (owing to its elasticity) Ate equally well either as an over-coat or LIGHT SUMMER FROCK, is made of a peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west of England, expressly for this coat, of double twist warp and weft, and finest Saxony wool. It is guaranteed to endure and maintain its primitive appearance at least twice the time of ordinary cloth, however good the quality, as it does not wear white or rough, and although re pellent, is perfectly porous. The sleeves are lined with ar ich dura ble silk, so that the coat slips on and off easily, and, owing to its softness, lightness, and elasticity, the wearer experiences perfect ease and freedom when the coat is buttoned. The WELLINGTON -4.7ItTOUT commends itself to all who desire a quiet, elegant, gentlemanly appearance ; it is kept in every size and leading colour, ready for immediate wear, price Two Guineas and a Half, net cash on delivery. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal areas, with a number indicative of the size, and name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT STREET, REGENT-STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the MAN SION-HOUSE, LONDON. SILVER FLAT HORIZONTAL WATCHES, carefully finished, with engine -turned cases, jewelled in four bole , going barrel to continue the action of the Watch while wind in, are offered, price 3/. 10s. each. These elegant littlo Watches will be found to perform very correctly, and a printed un dertaking is given, with fixed terms on which they will always receive any attention required. T. COX SAVORY and Co., Watchmakers. &c., 47, Cornhill, (seven doors from (lracechnrch-street), London.—N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL Is celebrated throughout the world for its genial and nour ishing qualities for the Human Hair I It produces and restores hair ; stops it from falling off or turning grey ; restores Gray Hair to its original colour; frees it from scurf and dandruff, and renders it soft, silky, curly, and glossy. For Children, it is especially recommended a 3 forming the basis of a Beautiful Bead of Hair, and ren dering the use of the tine comb unnecessary. Its invaluable Properties have obtained the especial Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his /Loyal Highness Prince Albert, the whole of the Royal Family, aml of every Court of the civil ised world ; and the high esteem in which it is universally held. to gether with numerous Testimonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest proofs of its merits. Price 38. 6d., 75., or Family Bottles (equal to four small) at 10s. Gd., and double that size, 21s. Caution.—On the Wrapper of each Bottle of the Genuine Article are these Words, in TWO lines, " ROWLANIA' MACCASSAR OIL." Sold by the Proprietors, at 20, Batton-garden, London; and by all Chemists and Perfumers. THE ORIGINAL METALLIC STROP (with Four sides), for KEEPING RAZORS in PERFECT ORDER. The METALLIC TABLET STROP was invented In the year 1816, by George Saunders, of New York, and was favourably re ceived by the public as far surpassing any other Razor Strop. The first cutlers in Europe, after trial, have acknowledged its superiority, and many use it in preference to the Hone, the efect being much more powerflil, and requires neither oil or water. A keen, smooth edge to a razor, so necessary to shave with comfort, is obtained and kept without having recourse to any other means. The American Institute for the Encouragement of Science, in con sideration of its superior value and qualities, awarded the Inventor a sliver medal and diploma. To Gentlemen who shave themselves the following query is pro posed do all the - first cutlers in Europe use and recommend Saunders's Foar-sided, Tablet Razor Strop ? The answer Is, simply because it Is the only one that gives to a razor a keen and smooth edge. DEPOT, 278. STRAND. COMFORT FOR TENDER FEET, AND A CERTAIN CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND, which gives RELIEF on the FIRST APPLICATION. PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND (CORN PLAISTER) is ge nerally admitted to be the best emollient application for Corns and Bunions, and is worthy of a trial on the part of those who are afflicted with such unpleasant companions. Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence, as well as from Many pincers of both Army and Navy, and nearly one thousand Private letters from the gentry in town and country, speaking in high terms of this valuable remedy. Prepared by John Fox, in boxes at Is. 13 d., or three small boxes In one for 2s. 9d.; and to be had, with full directions for use, of C. Kiag, 34, Napier street, Roston New-town, London ; and all whole sale and retail medicine vendors, in town and country. The genuine has the name of " John Fox" on the stamp. A 2s. 9d. box cures the most obdurate corns. Ask for " Paul's Every Man's Friend." Sold also by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-ssreet ; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Newbery, St. Paul's ; Sutton, Bow Church-yard ; Johnston, 16, Greek-street, Soho ; and 68, Cornhill ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Willoughby and Co., 61, Bishopsgate-street Without; Owen, 52, Marchmont-street, Burton crescent; Eade, 39. Geswell street; Front, 229. Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Ilunter and James, 'Webber-row ; and retail by all respectable chemists and medicine 'vendors in every town In England. FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Price Is. I Nyd. per box. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Stomach And Bowels, the common symptoms of which are Costiveness, Fl atulency, Spasms, Loss of 44 _,YPetite, Sick Head-ache, Giddiness, &awe of Fulness after me a l s , Dizziness of the Eyes, Drowsiness and Petits in the Stomach and Bowels ; Indigestion, producing a Torpid state of the Liver, and a Consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, 0 7 a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses Will eonviase the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will aPeedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and instead of listlessness, heat, Pain. and jaundiced appearance, strength, achvity, and renewed h ealth will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box. These Pills are particularly efficacious for Stomach Coughs, Colds, Agnes, Shortness of Breath, and all Obstructions of the Urinary Passages ; sun, if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Persons of a Full Habit, who are subject to Head-ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of Blood to the Head, should never be wit hout them, as many dan gerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. For Females, these Pills are most truly excellent, • removing all obstructions. the distressing Head -ache so very prevalent with the sex; Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches. Pimples, and Sallowness of the akin. and give a healthy and Juvenile bloom to the complexion. To Mothers they are confidently recommended as the best medi cine that can be taken during pregnancy ; and for children of all ages they are unequalled. As a pleasant, safe, and easy Aperient, they unite the recom mendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no restraint of diet, sr confinement during their use. By re gulating the dose, according to the age and strength of the patient, they become suitable for every case, in either sex, that can be re quired ; and for Elderly People they will be found to be the most Comfortable medicine hitherto prepared. Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 13el. and 2s. 9d. Per box ; and also by the Vendors of Medicine generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on NI Government Stamp. ON TEE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINCIP. dust Published, Twentieth Thousand, i s a sealed envel ope, price za• 64, or pest paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamp s direct front the Author's residence. SELF-PRESERVATION : A M e di ca l T reat i se on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. nstrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. r hYslolegy, and Diseases of the Urinary ant Reproductive Organs, exPlaining their various structures, uses, and flinctiens, s and g the injuries that are produced in them, lay so li tary habit other With Practical Ob servat i ons en t h e Treatment o f Nervous — "''-utY. Local and Constitutional We fitness, and other diseas es of the Urethra. BY SAMUEL TAILERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, Redfbrd-street, Bedford. square, London; IrlitcieUlated Member of the University of Edinburgh. Honorary Member Of the London Hospital Mcalical Society, Licentiate 4110t heelUIes' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTINTS *7 Tii, TRIATISIII. ftd RAPTIII 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances O hligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive —r.= 2. On the A na t omy said Physiology of the Gene ra ti ve Iglins. thei r functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great 41(111 41 and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. Zenh_aarraa 3. On Solitary habits ; their various effects on the of t he lof the concealed cense of Debility of the functionsl ient _ . St omach , r_ Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the aculties. Cusrrms 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth 14.,7 Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness. Zeentill Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cnarrsis 5 and 6. On Glo a t ilk)r ae" arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonftorheea Strictures and other Diseases of .he Urethra. ILICTIEWS 01 Tiff WOZI. t ett We...author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail nauthe trf ,` Tt cal man, who has svidently had considerable experience of xttnent of the various disorders arising from the follies and tifti,s' e d of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad. kt .: ll , by d emonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must many a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal _(lltestions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit no ap is„.."ell to the most confldential frlend."—Era. t ro —Luiii hed b th O kford. kent Author, and may be had at his residence ; also and Richard -4 52, Paternoster-row ; !Limey and Co., 63, ttad e 4r... eet; Stars, Ticlaborne- street , Quadrant; Gordon, 146, - " l a by -8 tree t London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool At . Boolufellers k,, fionae " for kaghfo Co nsultation daily, from Nine till Two, and . from "144 4 ; an letters Immediately replied to, If contaluin . , ee o r LldVlCaell , -STREET BEDIONI.4- 14XDOXJ No. 17,017. LONDON, SA.TURDAY EVENING pOST.-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1847—MARCH EDlTlON.—Corrected in the Parliamentary and Postal divisions to the latest period. To how recent a date the a teration. have been brought down may be judged from the fact that he changes consequent on the demise of the la e Duke of Northum berland have been introduced in their proper order .n the Parliamen tary division of the work. MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 184 G. The powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual volume appear reaPy tmlimited. riffilishe t during a series of forty- Cght years, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by a yearly average of some fourteen thousand, and whose oomnserce expands in st 11 larger measure, the " Post-office Directory" has be come enormously enhanced in bu.k, as also in the complicated which yariety t hofe. r i e t a n n i y n e d i l , s . p r e m n o sa u b s l,el iffi co c n u t l e ti n e t s s of I T Li lle ta rt s d k n i i i i a r , a .. b. b . n uc o c v e e s r s c N o v n it i h e by the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience of many years ; and we need say little more than that the present in vo e l t tr od e p a r n e d se i nntgset n h u e ity sa o m f same tokens a e s ia its in pr p ec a le e c k e in sso g 7 at , oof reasonable compass, and producing in lucid order its millions of facts and reference. Within two thousand pages every man ratty learn everything be ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses, as we:l as everything neces sary to facilitate him in hid own. The very rapid extension of our railway system, and the new postal arrangements with some conti nental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to the sec ti o ns appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-offic e . We find the In f orm ation 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 is about the best Map of Loudon we happen to have met with. TIMES, Nov. 18, 1946. The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for 1847—is now issued. It is a wonderful'y different affair from the old Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing more than the alphabetical list of tradesmen; it comprises now, and has for some years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very carefully revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course, the postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in miner points the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in which changes have been very recent. MORNING POS I', N0v..19, 1846. The forty-eighth annual publication of this admirable work has ust been issued. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume, after its well-proven service in almost every counting-house its the metropolis for so many years past, must be quite nnneeessary. Suf fice it to say, the present edition possesses all the „writ of its prede. ceolors, while the ,alterations and cermet:ions in Aka vartbata;defillift;; merits Bare beentatlied down to the latest period. MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546, Balky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still urther enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously enabled 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 cakerenient access. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal octave pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter of dompilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive ness of the machinery which could bring within a common focus so much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of a vast number of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be 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 Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the ornamental. The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the Government offices, and a record of official personages. This is fol lowed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets are intersected by those at right angles; while the "Commercial and Professional Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comes a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated under their respective callings. The "Law Directory" is a list of judge., Queen's counsel, sergeants, barristers, attorneys, &c., with a cata logue of the various Courts of Law, their officers, and their peculiari ties of jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Directory" is a record of the Members of the House of Lords and Commons, with an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c. The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o every Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities awl principal places throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails and the cross-road mails, &c. The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the "Conveyance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance Directories. These various heads will serve to indicate the m tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre senting a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be found under his proper section, from a prime minister down to a sheriff's officer--every establishment, from a palace to a lodging house. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulaie himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced, principally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," instead of the ordinary carrier of the Post•oflice. Among the specific alterations, the new postage treaty with Prussia, which came into operation on the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable extent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems the most important' MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846. The " Post-office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. Though it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national work. Noce of the leading towns can well be without it ; it must be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to every place of business in and about the metropolis. It is an invalu able work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de tails are truly wondet ful. Being prepared " under the immediate and special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest and completest means were, of course, at the command of the pro prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty eighth annual publication. Few commercial and trading men can now require particular description of the really important and usettil information, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying the two thousand closely but clearly printed octave pages of this Di rectory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous Map of London, prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work, by Mr. B. It. Davies, there are divisions comprising, among other information, "Official," " Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parlia mentary," " Postal,' " City," " Couroyance," "Banking," and many other Directories. The hope Is expressed in the preface that this forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office London Directory" may be found " in all respects to equal thu best of its predecessors." From very consider able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and information en matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming wish is liberally realised. It net only equals the best of its prede cessors, but in several particulars it surpasses all its predecessors. The information is not enly fuller I n many respects, but there are several important alterations and addi t i on . , largely adding to the usefulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all competition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof w n:p be rov n e e : that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per fect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is observed that it has i b s ee p n r ,; e e d ve b n y T he e r p a e c c t un t i h a a r t y i po rnp in o t rt oLv t ie l m fle c i n si ts to an th d e additions publi are annually made without any increase of price "—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case, had the public patronage been divided." With reference to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderffil 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 the " Postal" Directory. It is, indeed, singularly (WI, useful, and complete ; and must touch 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 caused very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting the Austrian dominions, Baden. Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States, Hamburg, ilanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Olden burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg, &c. &c. &c., those changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged to come into operation on the Ist of January, 1547." The other , changes are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announces to be brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the . . appearance of such a Tolume in sufficient time for general circalation prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The business merits of the work are of the highest order, and render it, of Its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled iu the world for its completeness, fulness, and usefulness. SUN, Nov. 18,1846. The present Is the forty-eighth annual edition of the "Post-office London Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it is. The " Post-otlice 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. lie 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 book. The extent and minuteness of the details furnished, render the work indispensable to every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that there is not the slightest difficulty experienced In referring to the articular page required to furnish the information—a marvellous ustance of clearness of arrangement in a A ork consisting of upwards of two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This Directory is certain►y the most complete work of the sort ever offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment entertain a doubt ; and considering the completeness and fhlness of the information Ihrnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o capital that must have been made In order to acquire and digest the information, the very reasonable price at which the work is published Is really wonderful. GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846. Kelly's invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just made Its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of Infor mation 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 the 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 present state of perfection must have bcea immense. I❑ turning over its two thousand pages, one hardly knows which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of the oity which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover, contaiis an excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar." can be said in its praise. The machinery by which such volu minous information is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so ns to avoid errors, must ol Itself be among the " curiosities" of modern literature. • ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846. A book of this kind. brought out even without much pretension, would be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every merchant's -oanting-house, and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with am utmost care—its materials being collected through the most au thentic channels, and embracing in its range every head of personal and commercial intelligence essential to the completeness of such a work, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private, which can:afford a b..)ok of reference, will be without this compendious volume. The arrangerient is admirable. You can find any name you want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the Coort — trades—streets--offices—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a mass of local Information such as could not be brought together with out extraordinary industry, assisted by an entire command of all equisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 28; 184 G. This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sae 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 conilded 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 bulk with out any 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 hislabours are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial Country this is an indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. . _ _ The new volume of the Post-Wilco Directory for 1847 is already in our hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so laborious, extensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved. It would have been a safticient merit to have maintained its former reputation; it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The pro duction of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness has placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying an the bu.Anmof this vast metropolis, which would indeed be sublet:led tnjilb unar-inconatadottes -and 'elcpenst - If It were not ibei work of this 11191 . Ina 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. HERAPATII'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846. _ _ The Post-office Directory for 1847 appears with additions and improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with ne 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 net 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 be 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 com 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 successfully with this. They have disappeared." Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-ceurt, Temple Bar, and all booksellers. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received he approbation of a considerable body of the active members and officers of those Institutions, and tho Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to estabiish a Branch Office in connexion with those Societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more ffeetually d'sseminating the valuable benefits amongst the Indus- IdORS classes, and a plan has been proposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the ;laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either Immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies is defective; and that in stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, which should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the channel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual, or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a peenniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness Is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy; that is to say, instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate ' benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions, and by confounding a sick allowance and an annuity fund In one and the self-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick ness-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. But the sane perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results are to bear oat calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a provision for old age :- Ist. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the same calculation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial Bodies. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when netted in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search amongst the combinations Ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the ether part of the plan itself, without being fully sa'lstled that the convemence and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting tke undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to Ike present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fug - sell, C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John 11. Gordon, Is.S., Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks, 8.0. F., Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.—A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. Gs., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of GO, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.—A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of IL Gs. 9.1.. or a single payment of 22/. 17s. 341.; or on payment of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. I Id., the same as or age 20. . Example.—A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay meat of 1/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure en attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1461. 12s. ; er a policy on his life 1751. I Is. Example.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of U. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of Is. 21., may secure, on attainin g th e age of 6 5. the option ef re ceiving nnuity. 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 14111. 128. ; or a policy on his life, 1751. lie. WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846, The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly-important and usefill work has just linen issued ; and we must confess that its balky appearance has strprised 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 Mr, 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 " Ofilcial 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 Directory," and a " Banking Direc tory,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and persc,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 •f the Con tinent which will come into operation on the lst of January. Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are net surprised that other Directories should have gone to the tomb of ail the Capnlets. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21, 1546. The French people have done themselves some credit by their In dustrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though in genious and pretty, they appear quit, insignificant compared with the industrial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keeping pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still increases in bulk, and keeping pace with the move ment of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes every opportunity of improvement to insure snore perfect accuracy and more complete classification. We find in this volume many in stances of superiority to former issues, which, though comparatively trifling, show the intelligence and care exercised over every depart ment. It may be mentioned, that by the employment of private agents, the changes of residence are new brought down to a later period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is conse quently enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to the proper management of business. Its authority is now so univer sally established, botk at the Post-office and throughout the metro- P °lis, that any Lther recommendation of it is superfluous. ' , 28, This annual leviat JOHN han is already Nov. completed lB46. and published as a proof that th e rapidity with which it must have passed through the press has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may mention that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent demise of Yr. Stewart, M.P. for Renfrewshire, are duly attended to (See pages 1669 and 1676). We have so frequently expressed our approbation of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary our commendation. It contains everything that can pos sibly be required in a directory —o full, so complete, so compre heasive are all its details. And when to this we add the extreme aecuraoy which pervades every department, we know not what else LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. —A person at the age of 30 neat birthday may secure the sum of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also participate in tko Annual Division of Profits, by the annual pay ment of 2/. 9s. 3d. Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or IL per week, may secure the sum of 112/.55. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON CAM - ROUX, Secretary. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON, Capital 1,500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense lor for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the Conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted tut the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prim! oerity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual Iva estigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent, .on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. ' , "4 , Bonus Bonus is n g Assured g Premium. it,' added. Cash. g• g may • g Borrow. s. d. :28 107 xl. 3 0 7 1 4 30 2 0 7 2 151 'LI B OO 011 Xl l 6 1 04 X 3445 1 5 0 1 0 1 60 1 1000 34 4 1839 169 11 10, 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 1840 116 7 6 54 010 716 10 296 13 4 LllB4l 111 6 8, 4910 C 710 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in ce,eniber of the present year. F. FERGUSON CA.] '[ROUX, Secretary. METROPOLITAN sOCIETY, No. 3, PRIM Establishe DIREC LIFE ASSURANCE viCES-STRE ET, BANK. .d in 1835. ;TORS. Thomas Henry Hall, Esq.E Frazer B . Ilenshaw, Esq. John Fra nets Diaubert, Esq.: Joscp h ase, Jun., Esq. Henry - Sdart,Eaq. John ' ray tor, Esq. Josepl- t Underwood, 'Esq. Georg e Vaugha;,, E sq . Charl es Free. d rick weber, Esq. John Allearil, Esq. Richard Low Beck, Esq. Edmund Chas. Buxton, Esq. Sir William Clay, Bart, M.P. James Dawson, Esq. Thomas Fowler, Esq. Francis Fox, Esq. Joseph Fry. jun., Esq.' Robert Grant, Esq. . . . Annual premiums upwards . of 1;0,,0 001. 000/. Accumulation from premiu Ins 300 This Society for mutual assurance, a 1 ages the premium,' to its members, after the first five years; tit, i reduction for the current Year is at the rate of 47 per cent. London, 180. BIC —MAAD RUT AFIELD, Buperinienclent. S IT N. ff APRIL. 3, 1847. LORD DUNDONALD. (From the Times.) Lord Dundonald has reached a stage of fate which few men live to gain. He has survived ill-usage, per secution, and neglect ; the tardy justice which death usually insures, even to the most helpless victim of ca lumny, has not been conceded to the civil extinction which has been his hapless lot. Had he sunk under his sufferings, the due tribute would doubtless have been paid to one of England's greatest sailors ; but obscurity and degrad a t ion were not powerful enough to turn the tide of popular feeling, or to attract the consideration of portethd e world, d, and the very s e lf approval which has sup his strength and pr o t racte d his days has, at the same time, damaged his fortune, and impeded his return to fame. He has been forgotten, without being righted; the generation which talked of his deeds and witnessed his sufferings has passed away, and to the majority of our readers it is probable th at t h e following illustrations of past times will tell a story almost as strange as it necessarily must be striking. We will not presume that many people require to be reminded that in 1801 Lord Cochrane, being then a com mander in the navy, and in charge of a little brig of 14 four-pounder guns with 54 men, encountered a Spanish frigate of 319 men and 32 heavy guns, captured her, and carried her off ; but perhaps it may not be so well known i that an act of pure generosity on his part neutralised the merits of the exploit, and laid the foundation of that ob loquy which he afterwards experienced. In correspond ence with the then First Lord of the Admiralty, be earnestly pressed that his brave lieutenant might share in the promotion which had been accorded to himself; and when it was replied that two officers could not be advanced for so trifling an affair, he pointed out the fact that in this trifling affair more men had fallen than fell in the flag-ship at a late famous action, of which, notwith standing, every officer had - received a step; This odious t'Omparnion placed him on the black list of the Admiralty for life, and the consequences of the remark extended even to the luckless subordinate whose cause he was pleading. People in the present day will hardly be able to credit the fate of this honest lieutenant. His com mander's rank was delayed fire years, and when it was at length bestowed, he was appointed at once to the Rainbow sloop, without, however, being exactly in formed where his ship was to be found. He was recom mended to look for her in the West Indies, whither he forthwith proceeded; but, after spending his time and his money in a fruitless search, he turned to th e Admi ralty, who exp resse d their "surpr ise and regret" at the little mistake, aNd left him uncompensated for the past and unemployed for the future to the end of his days! At length after a change of Ministry, but even then only by the influence of a powerful friend, were Lord Cochrane's notorious abilities once more admitted to an opportunity of exertion. In a small frigate he was sent to the east coast of Spain, where with his crew of 350 men he gave employment to 10,000 of the enemy. Uniting to the enterprise of a Peterborough the skill of a Nelson, he alarmed the whole coast from Carthagena to Barcelona ; landed boats' crew to de fend castles and storm forts ; attacked divisions of the French army on their march ; blew up their roads and intercepted their convoys ; and on one occasion actually compelled Duhesme to abandon the whole of his artil lery and field ammunition. The capture of the Scheldt fleet by the French cavalry was hardly a more extra ordinary exploit. Yet, with all these proofs of power, and with the undoubted reputation of being the most daring officer now remaining to the nation, he never had a pennant, save his own, placed under his command. He had not only affronted the Admiralty, but he had alarmed the Government. He was a reformer, which, in those days, meant a desperado. He dared to speak in the House upon naval abuses, to denounce practices which have since been indignantly exploded, to demand for the poor seaman comforts which have since been freely granted, and to express general truths which, though they are now considered as axioms of nature, were then held to be suggestions of the Devil. Fernint hatuit in cornu. He was more feared by the English Government than even by t h e F rench, and the Admi ralty,gladly rejected his talent s :t o di scourage his princi ples. A ti me , however, came when they had no choice. Things looked bad for England in 1809. The con vention of Cintra had demolished the credit of Vimiero; Lefebre had crushed Castanos and obliterated the me mory of Baylen; Sir John Moore had fallen at Corunna; Joseph was again in Madrid, Lannes in Saragossa, and Soult in Oporto. A blow was necessary to revive the hopes of the country, an d i t was resolved to strike a bold one. In the Basque roads lay a French squadron of ten sail-of-the-line and seven frigates, intended for the West Indies, to relieve their own colonies and threaten ours. These were to be destroyed; but as they were protected by land fortifications of tremendous strength, and by shoals and shallows of the utmost dan ger, it was not a service for every political favourite. " I am sure," says this veteran hero, in a memorial of his ser vices just published, which has suggested these remarks, " that had any other officer been found who did not despair of the success of the enterprise, I should not have been appointed." He received, however, this compul sory compliment, betook himself to Rochefort, and in the dead of a dark and tempestuous night, led the des perate attack, steering with his own hand the leading fireship, charged to the brim with 1,500 barrels of pow der and 400 shells, through the coacentracted fire of a thousand gu ns . H a d h e b een duly supported, not a ship of the enemy's could have escaped. As it was, five were destroyed by his own almost unaided frigate, and the projected e x p e di t i on w h o ll y demolished. H i s rewards for winnin g a v i c t ory an d comp l aining of his Admiral were the Order of th e B a th an d fi ve years' exclusion from employment; till at last, in 1814, he was nominated flag captain by his uncle, and was proceeding to change the character of the American war, when the event took place which gave his enemies a final and effectual triumph. On the 21st of February, 1814, at the very moment when Napoleon, after routing the allies at Montereau, was foaming and fretting at Surville over his unproduc tive victory, a stranger dressed like a French officer ap peared at Dover, announcing that he bore news of the death of the Emperor and the downfall of Paris, and from Dover he proceeded to London in a post-chaise and-four. The Stock -Exchange was in a fever ; Om nium rose from 27 to 33, and half-a-million of money changed hands. In the afternoon the hoax was dis covered, and amongst its alleged contrivers was after wards prosecuted the hero of the Basque-roads. The prisoners were all found guilty, and Lord Cochrane was condemned to pay a fine of 1,0001., to be stripped of his commission, deprived of his rank, and imprisoned for twelve months in a common gaol. This, of course, finally concluded his career in his own country's service, and after amusing for a while his active spirit in the New World, where he founded one empire and two re publics, he has devoted his energies to procure the revi sion of his sentence and the restoration of his cha racter. That a convicted person should accuse the judge and impugn the verdict is so common an oc currence as hardly of itself to excite attention. But it is undeniably true that the whole tenor of Lord Dun donald's previous arid subsequent life has spoken for his innocence. He has been incessant in his applications for further inquiry. He has constantly kept the case before Government. And though some twenty years after the sentence he received a free pardon, with the restoration of his rank, yet he never acquiesced in this in-tahnent of justice, but demanded rather a fresh in vestigation than a silent condonation. He asked for a revision, not a remission of his sentence, and is still more anxious to reclaim his good name than to recover his fair debts. It is clear, too, that at the moment of the inquiry he was in the highest degree obnoxious to the Government, and the authorities of 1814 were less scrupulous than the authorities of 1847. Nor will our readers be unlikely to remember that the deed which was visited with this felon's doom, even if actually com mitted, might well seem less than capital in the eyes of the present generation. How many hundred transac tions of last October twelvemonth, in Cape/-court, in volved twice the turpitude and entailed twentyfold the ruin that characterised the cheat in question? And what has been the fate of these heroes ? "Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hic diadems." At this moment, after the lapse of three-and-thirty years of disgrace, is Lord Dundonald still entreating an opportunity of vindicating his honour. The chief wit nesses against him have since been convicted of crimes utterly destructive of their testimony. Even at the time, Mr. Ponsouby, Mr. Whitbread, Lord Wharncliffe, and others, acknowledged their disbelief of his guilt ; and their sentiments have been echoed and adopted by the latest and most popular historian of these eventful days. But Lord Dundonald's recompense need not yet be left to the historian. He is still alive to hear the reversal of his own sentence, and the convictions of a repentant na tion. King William IV. began the work in restoring to the navy its greatest ornament—a step which all ap proved, but which was either clear injustice or most im perfect justice. No lapse of years can destroy the expediency of the inquiry prayed for, since, as his Lord ship most truly asserted in the memorial he vainly ad dressed to the late Ministry—" Time cannot, indeed, add to the justice of the verdict, if just it was ; but it must aggravate its injustice, if just it was not." The railroad from Leipsic to Oderburg (Austria), the point of junction railroad of Prussian Silesia, was to be opened on the Ist of thia month. The great bridge over the Danube, which was damaged by the breaking up of the ice, has been completely repaired, and the trains can again go over it. LITERARY MEN.—Sir Walter Scott, in a later written in 1821, against the formation of the Literary Society founded by George IV., for pensioning and con ferring other rewards on authors, thus describes the dif ferences and resemblances of the genus irritabile : " Leave us at a distance from each other, and we may ob serve decorum; hut force into one body a set of literary men, differing so widely in politics, in taste, in temper, and in manners, having no earthly thing in common ex cept their general irritability of temper and a black speck on their middle finger—what can be expected but all sorts of quarrels, tracasseriesdampoons, libel, and duels?' NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.—His fate furnishes a re markable instance of the instability of human greatness, a n d there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine remotely caused his early dissolution; for rather than take some simple remedy, he allowed disease to gain the ascendancy over his constitution, and death was the result. Thus it is that per sons cannot be too watchful of their state of health, and being always provided with a safe and efficient medicine, such as Frampton's Pill of Health, enjoy the t wo greatest blessings of this world, health and long life. PRICE SD. VAN DIEIVTEN'S LAND. Copies of Correspondence between the Secretary of State and Sir Eardley Wilmot, Bart, relative to the Recall of the latter from the Government of Van Diemen's Land. COPY OF A DISPATCH FROM MR. SECRETARY GLADSTONE TO LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR SIR E. EARDLEY WILMOT, BART. ffosvning-street, 30th April, 1846. Sir—lt has become my painful duty to apprise you that her Majesty is pleased to dispense with your future services in the administration of affairs in Van Diemen's Land, and that you may expect the early arrival of a successor to you in that charge. In stating to you the reasons by which her Majesty's Government have been induced to tender this advice to her Majesty, I shall have occasion to point out that you are not recalled from the office which you hold on account of incompetency, either real or alleged, for the ordinary duties attaching to the chief executive officers of the dependencies of the Crown, but from a regard to the special exigencies of that particular colony over which you have been appointed, and have undertaken to preside, and to the very defective manner in which, according to the judgment of her Majesty's Govern. ment, those exigencies have been met by you. You assumed the government of Van Diemen's Land at a period when a new system of convict discipline had been adopted, and was in course of establishment. It was a system brought into use for the purpose of affording a solution to one of the most difficult of social problems ; it was also to be tried under circumstances of the utmost severity, not such as choice would have dictated, with a nice adaptation to its immature and experimental state, but such as were determined by the exigencies of the mother country and the previous and concurrent course of events. .at least, as to render ,inevitable th e infliii or a very large number of convicts into Van Diemen's Land during the period of your government, and so far, likewise, as to render that necessity pefectly clear and evident beforehand. This new system bad been adopted with a view not to economical, but to moral purposes. Dissatisfaction with the moral working of transportation as it stood when assign. ment was in practice had led to a determination to try an experiment founded on an opposite principle ; that is to say, on a method of management in which the transported prisoners, instead of being separated one from another, and interspersed among the free po pulation, should be separated from the free population, at least during the earlier portion of their terms, and associated together in probation parties. You had be fore you, without doubt, a very arduous task. It was requisite to maintain in these probation parties that severity of character which it was thought could not be insured without a somewhat broad separation between them and the general community, and yet to neutralise, by discipline and by religious and humanising influences, all those dangers which arise from the close juxtaposi tion and constant intercourse of criminals among them selves. That you should not, in a short period, have attained a complete success in the trial of such a system could not justly have been made matter of complaint against you. Where other men and other methods have par tially or entirely failed, it would have been to deal out a hard inequitable measure towards you to have alleged such a state of facts as being necessarily a cause of blame, or to have withheld support and sympathy from your efforts. Ilut the case, as it has presented itself to her Majesty's Government, has borne a very different aspect. The question with them has been whether you have, upon the whole, during the period of nearly three years through which you have held your office, applied your mind with due diligence and with earnest concern to the Government and improvement of that portion of the population under your charge which is perhaps, now, the most numerous undoubtedly, and by far the most, dependent—l know not, also, whether the one exercis ing the moat decisive influence upon the condition and destinies of the colony. Of all the objects that could challenge the attention even of a superficial observer, and much more of the person honoured with the confi dence of her Majesty and the management of her affairs in Van Diemen's Land, by far the most prominent as well as the most momentous was the care of the un happy perpetrators and victims of crime ; and the very first among the tasks belonging to your position was that of impressing deeply a moral and reformatory character upon the whole scheme of their management, or if this could not bo effected, then of demonstrating, by the assi duity and anxiety as well as the prudence of your efforts to accomplish it, that the absence of successful results must be ascribable to the inherent defects of the system, and not to the apathy and neglect of those to whose charge it had been committed. To the inquiry whether you have duly, according to the measure which may and must in justice be exacts from publi servants, given your time and mind to the pressing eTtgeucies of convict discipline, her Majesty's Governmeht are compelled, after a careful and anxious consideration, to reply, without doubt, in the negative; and, further, they have concluded, that it would be vain and futile to anticipate that during the term which, ac ' cording to ordinary usage, would still run before the ex piration of your government, this defect would be repaired. I conceive that if the facts of the case, as they have lain beneath your immediate and daily view, could not of themselves attract your attention, and I would even say compel your interest, no written instructions from hence could possibly produce a result involving so great and fundamental a change. To such instructions recourse may justly be had for repairing omissions or for correct ing faults of detail. They might elicit mere information if there were no other lack to be supplied, as indeed they I have already b een em pl o y e d f or t h at purpose; b ut the Go- I vernment consider that you have altogether failed in a principal portion of your public duty—namely, the active care of the moral interests involved in the system of con vict discipline, and that verbal suggestions, however ela borate, can never be adequate to supply so great a defi ciency. They have no hope remaining of being enabled, through your instrumentality, to bring the character and results of transportation to a fair issue, of being enabled either to achieve success or even to ascertain failure. The immense interests involved in that method of punish ment for this country, for the colony, and for the indi viduals, absolutely forbid her Majesty's Government to allow them to be gratuitously compromised. I do not now advert particularly to the occasions on which it has been the duty of my predecessor or my own to express dissatisfaction with the mode in which, as to this or that particular, you have transacted the public business, although those occasions have been numerous, to such a degree as even, when taken apart from greater matters, materially to impair the confidence and satisfac tion with which I should otherwise have hoped to carry on our official intercourse. With these it might have been pos sible to deal in a manner less decisive. Nor do I now declare it as the conviction of her Majesty's Government that you have failed in the . discharge of duty under ordinary or easy circumstances. You have been placed, I freely avow, in circumstances of difficulty. So far as that dif ficulty has been economical and financial, you have given. it your attention, and have endeavoured to meet it, if not always in such a manner as to command the concur rence of her Majesty's Government, yet by no means so as, upon these grounds alone, to have necessitated the cessation of your tenure of office. But so far as the dif ficulty which you had to meet was a moral one, and this I must add was its chief characteristic, it has not only not been overcome, but it does not appear from the in formation with which you have supplied me, that any adequate or sustained effort has been made to contend against it. Indeed I might even proceed one step fur ther, and observe that your statements, taken strictly as they stand, do not show so much as a consciousness of its existence, far less of its grave and formidable character. Ygo have underour charge and responsibility many thou and convicts fo y rmed into probation parties, or liv ing together at government depots. It is only with ex treme rarity that you advert in your despatches to the moral condition of these men. You have discussed the economical questions connected with their maintenance or their coercion, and you have even entered into argu ment, though in a manner too little penetrating, upon their offences against the laws. But into the inner world of their mental, moral, and spiritual state, either you have not made it a part of your duty to examine, or else, which for the present issue is, I apprehend, conclusive, you have not placed her Majesty's Government in pos session of the results; and I need scarcely point out to you that this is the region in which reformatory efforts are to operate, and that it is a region very distinct from that of offences actually brought under the cognizance of the law. Indeed, it would appear from almost every account of the colony which reaches me, except your own, that there is supposed to prevail in these probation parties a state of things the most formidable, perhaps, of all ; in which the very absence of the external notes of crime is but the sign of the extensive and undisputed reign of some of its very worst and most revolting ex cesses, and of the all-po w e r f u l com bi nat i on b y w hi c h it is sheltered from the light. This is not, it is true, systematically stated to me i n official reports, b, d o r able to because , those by who m it oug h t e i t h er to b e state d a are altogether s il en t on th e matter . lam not judge to what p rec i se extent th e horrible impres sions which p reva il u p on these subjecet f s re co e r r r a e b s ie pontdowith the fact, or bow apprehension, r r f o ra t u h g g e h m y enintaayry and indirect, b obscurity. But from the evidence before me, though, I regret to add, too concordant as it is, I can entertain no doubt of so much as this, that the ideas to which I refer have a foundation, and that of no inconsiderable breadth, in o th o e e r f e o a r l s a t l a l t d e i o s- f things ; and here I must broadly and n tinguish as between the rumours and the extent of actual facts corresponding with them ; so between the inac tivity which I have to impute to you, and any supposi tion that you arc indifferent to the horrors of which I now speak. In the first place I cannot doubt that you disbelieve much of what is alleged with respect to them, perhaps the whole of it. In the second place, without attempting to account for your silence and inaction by any reference to inward motives, of which I am not the judge, I can have no hesitation in declaring the strongest persuasion, that they are not owing to apathy or to any approach to apathy on your part, with respect to the atrocities themselves that are stated to prevail. I might, perhaps, say that the rumours themselves which exist, even if they can be proved to be wholly at variance with fact, yet from their effect both here and in the colony, had such a claim on your attention, that your entire disregard, in practice, of that claim, has amounted to an error of judgment so serious as to render it altogether inexpedient that you should continue in the mroise of your present functions. But I look exclusively to acts and omissions without any reference to their mental counterparts. Thu 7 contemplating the case, I conceive it to be beyond doubt that you have around you a state of things very critical and serious, and very urgently calling for consideration in its moral aspect ; and yet that aspect remains unim proved by your efforts, wholly unexplained by your communications, nay, even denied and ignored by those rare sentences, in which, using the most general terms, and attracting suspicion by their very largeness and Vagueness and total want of all characteristic descrip tion, you refer from time to time to the mental and religious improvem en t o f th e convicts. I wish it were allowed me to give to your silence in respect to details, and to your broad, slight, and undistinguishing allega tions, such weight and force as would enable them to overbear all the evidence which reaches me incomplete, but yet full of meaning as it is from other quarters. That I should have been in possession of detailed state ments and deliberate conclusions from you, contradictory to the public impressions, would have been embarrassing; but that, while such impressions subsist in such a manner that they cannot be wholly false, and in a subject matter of such deep and awful interest, they should remain unnoticed, and that for a length of time, is a circumstance which, established as it is by the whole tenor of your official correspondence, has convinced her Majesty's Government that you cannot longer exercise your present functions with advantage or with justice to the public. From the negative character of that correspond ence i t is di ffi cult for me to afford practical and lively illustra tions of my meaning. But I cannot avoid expressing ta th i e surprise with ttedtomy which I observe predecessor, atada t t h e a n t e 3ru have w , o sernewha tr t a r n e s : mote. the most horrible and revolting accounts of the state of morals among a portion of the female convicts, a and de t y a e i l t o h f av r e em n e e d v i e a r l followed up that measures which y statement, ouha either had atinto by operation, ferthee o ea r si b d y era te ti n o d a eri e n f g h s u e g r g n Majesty's o ty, f s that Go v c e h r a n r ac m e t n e t : And again, upon a very recent occasion, when you sent home the very interesting report of Dr. and Mrs. Bowden, on the subject of the female peni tentiary on board the Anson, although you must have been aware that that establishment had been founded at great expense, that it was regarded with peculiar interest by her Majesty's Government, and that the experiment involved results of vital moment to the interests of that portion of.the convict population; and further, although those results as actually detailed in the report were of a character the most important and cheering, yet you neither affirm, contradict, nor qualify the statements, but pass them by as if they were matter of trivial account ; you do not show that you have given any attention or care to the establishment, nor am I possessed of any positive evidence of your having perceived that it had any claim upon your time or your thoughts, although you have entered upon the discus sion of a pecuniary question connected with it. But before I conclude, I must advert briefly to the subject of the late financial and political crisis in the colony. Her Majesty's Government are not able to concur with you in the full censure which you have pronounced upon the conduct of the seceding Members of the Legislative Council ; because, though her Ma jesty's Government may deem such language as that which you report to have been employed by Mr. Gregson, at an early stage in the proceedings, to be worthy of blame, yet they are compelled to admit that much is to be alleged, if not in justification, yet in excuse, of the conduct of these gentlemen, as to its substance, from the extreme circumstances in which they were placed ; and they are also compelled to dissent from your doctrine, that a broad distinction is to be drawn between their duties and those of elected re presentatives of the people. All members of a Legisla ture, including those who are chosen by constituencies, must be regarded as belonging to that great council of the Crown, and as therefore bound to advise and assist it. But I cannot deny that such advice and assistance may be sometimes conscientiously, and sometimes also wisely rendered, whether in the case of elected or of nominated persons, by a strenuous opposition to the measures of the Queen's executive government, either here or in tke colonies. I find it difficult to define, in general words, the limits of such opposition, in cases where the two conditions are combined ; first, of a purely official preponderance, and, secondly, of a claim of which the substantial justice is in great part acknowledged; and though I might concur with you in taking exception to the course which was actually pursued, fcould not, on the part of the Govern ment, support you in your formal application of the term " disloyalty" to the conduct of these gentlemen, even within the restricted limits which you have, and I have no doubt justly, assig ned to its si gn i fi cat i on. But, on the o th er hand , in justice to yourself, I must adipit the embarrassment in which you were placed: and I am not prepared to pronounce blame upon the substance of your proceeding, under the very peculiar circumstances of your position, to press forward, by the exercise of the entire privilege which the constitu tion conferred upon you, the Bill by win& alone regular provision could be made for the primary exigencies of the colony during the year. Your collision, therefore, with these gentlemen, has no part in the motives which have led her Majesty's Government to advise that your administration of affairs should be brought to a close. At the same time, lam disposed to doubt whether you had adequately estimated the amount of your difficulties in connexion with that crisis, or the amount orirnpublic sentiment, which if not approving the manner of their proceedings, would nevertheless excuse its form from sympathy with its meaning and purpose. It is, however, my intention shortly to enter i n separate dispatch upon a statement of the measures which I propose to adopt respecting the resignations, and the new appointments to the Council which you have made and referred for approval.—l am, &c. (Signed) W. E. GLADSTONE. (Secret). COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR. SECRETARY GLADSTONE, TO LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR SIR E. EARDLEY WILMOT, DART. Downing-street, April 30, 1846. Sir—l have now to discharge a duty still more painful and delicate than that of addressing you in a public dis patch to co mmun i cate to you your recal from the ad ministration of affairs in Van Diemen's Land. Adverting to the du f ru a e c t i t eos t n i l o a n y t bo, t ,u h ,,r i s , hpi r ca e c hr t a a l twt r ai e tch s h t stroeustpphoeenc caret athe special al l egati on tind ° p i e e a u I i f a a r i l of a penal colony, but not to that of colonies in general, you may feel some surprise at the circumstance that I have made no allusion to the possibility of your employ ment during the ordinary term of six years. I should have felt authorised to express a willingness to consider of any favourable opportunity which might offer itself for such employment, had it not been for the circumstance that certain rumours have reached the from a variety of quarters relating to your private life, to the nature of which it is perhaps unnecessary that I should at present particularly allude. Had these rumours been slight, and without presump tions of credibility, I might warrantably and gladly have passed them by. Had they, on the other hand, taken the form of charges or of information supported by the names of the parties tendering it, it would have been my absolute duty, independently of any other reason for interference with your tenure of office, to refer the mat ter to you, and at once call upon you for your exculpa tion. But they occupy an intermediate position. Pre suming that I have been justified in refraining from bringing them under your notice up to the present time, I feel that it would be impossible to recommend your resumption of active duties under the Crown in any other colony until they are satisfactorily disposed of. To found proceedings upon theta against a person holding office appeared to me a very questionable matter, but I think it quite unquestionable that they must be taken into view when re-appointment is the matter at issue. I know not what your views and wishes on that subjec may be. I should not have entered wantonly and need lessly on such a topic as that to which I now refer. My reason fer doing so, without waiting for any request from you for re-employment is, that I think that some favour. able intimation on that head would have been your due myselfh had n o obstacle t i o n t account r e v e fi e red u t nt , for I r d th e h a ve h omission , t ere therefore, found mm n y d despatch of this day of any such intimation. I have, &c., W. E. GLADSTONE. (Signed) GERMAN ADVERTISEMENTS. Something of the character of a people may be guessed from the advertisements in their papers. The Germans appear to have leisure to be sentimental or complimen tary in their newspaper advertisements, which contain elegies for the departed, congratulations for birthdays, and various other private matters, with which one would think the public have no concern whatever. The Cologne Gazette contained some curious advertisements lately, Berner for a repetition of Linda,' or, _o We e beg e H rs e t z from which we cull a few specimens :—" in n from Wiesbaden." T the H ch rr aracter of " • :13 Gentlemenaro offered to actresses in a M — e W lc e ho s i h ."" Compliments and criticisms u s ld ig l n ik e e d, to youagain :—" To he following are two samples my dear fat com mon ; t wife in Meurs, I wish much joy on similar style. Congratulations on birthdays are friend and his goo the birth of their first daughter. " Many g oo d w i s h es to Mdlle. Fr „wises, on this her bi r thd ay, from her good friends in Cologne. Inuendos, apparently directed against personal enemies, freq uent l y appear. Of such " a dvertisements the following are mild specimens Maria ! Why so p a l e ? Do you tremble at the word?" Another is in rhy me : " The owl avoids the light of day, And hides herself in night; Like ---, who never dare display his actions in the light." The following is aimed at some parsimonious gentle. men :—" Is it not the duty of gentlemen, when they re ceive a barrel of ale from the brewer, to treat the porters to a qua r t ? Si gned by several brewers' porters." The advertisements for maid -servants are generally brief, only laying stress on " good sewing and ironing;" but sometimes religion is included, as in the following : " Wanted, a solid, young, evangelical maiden of all work." The next two refer to some delicate affairs :—" Sir Robert,--I beg you will let me know the contents of the billet you have received by the postillion clamour." "To T. N. Must I :not see you until Sunday ? Ah, that you could know how tediously the hours will pass till the time arrives which will be the most important (may I hope the most happiest also?) in ray whole life." (No. 49)).—For the following we can find no description : " Wanted, a young, educated, and handsome maiden, as housekeeper to a single gentleman. All applications must be sent (sealed) to O. 1). ll."—Cologne Gazette, Feb. 22d, 1847. UNNEL UNDER LEWES.—The railway tunnel under the town was finished on Wednesday last. Mr. W. Ver rall was to have inserted the last brick; but in his ab sence Mr. G. Norman officiated, and the men were after wards regaled with strong ale. Mr. Wythes, the con tractor, gave a dinner in honour of the occasion at the Lamb Inn, to the whole of the men employed in the tutted—Brighton Guardian. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE -STREET, BLACKFRIALES, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 2 William IV. CHAIRMAN — Tho Right lion. Sir T. DIRECTORS FRANKLA'ID LEWIS, Bart. DEPUTY CRAnexavt—HENRY FREDERICK STEPIIENSON, Esq, Stephen Nicholson Barber, Esq. Thomas Edgar", Esq. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Bernett, Esq. Archibald Matte, Esq„ Robert Biddulph, Esq, I John Mendhtut a, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. William 10m3r. Esq. Francis Dumergue, Esq. 1 AUDlTORs Charles MorriS , Esq. Capt. Robert Gordon, R.N. I John Gilliam E;tilwell, Esq. PHYRiCIAN — John Ayrton Paris, M D., F.R.S., No , 27, Dover-streel No. 12, Bruton-streel President of the Royal College of Phytticians. SURGEON—Benjamin T ravers, E sq., F . /LS ' , Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons. SOLICITOR —Henry Young, Esq., No. 12, Essex-mtreet, Strand. Ektrazits—Messrs liankey, Fenchurch—street. ACTUARY—Arra John Downes, Esq., FR.A.S. - - _ . SacaErmor--- 7 ,Campbell James Downer, Esq. The following are among the,advantages offered V this Society Lower Rates of Premium thain,those of any other office, which en• title the assured to participate' in the profits, and cg nsiderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. No Proprietary participate in the profits, the whple being divisible among the Assured. A Bonns is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Pre mium, to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits- The iirstßonus, in 1834, averaged 161. percent on the Premiums paid. The second ditto 1839, ditto 311. ditto since the Ist division. The third ditto 1844, dia.() 361. ditto since the 2d division. Prospectuses end fall particulars may be obtained on application to CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. FIRE INSURANCES OF EVERT DESCRIPTION ARE PANT, 37, Cornhill, Londe% 'ea UNDERTAKEN BY THE SCOTTISH most liberal terms and COTTISti UNION INSURANCE COM conditions. Special risks reasonably rated. Renewal receipts for insurances falling dae at Lady-day are now ready. Printed particulars of the, bonus just declared in the Lif e Department may be had on a U. _.O . _.,. - - .:.' F. G. MTH. Secretary. 37, Cisitibill, londoe. ~ Or UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London : 97, George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col lege-green, Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. _ _ In 1841, the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class, from the time they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the next division of profits in 1848 should make immediate application. When the Insurance is for life, only one half the Annual Premium need be paid for the first 5 years. Every information will be afforded on application to tke Resident Director, E. Lenrox Boyd, Esq., No. a Waterloo-place, Pall-mail Londo% where Prospectuses, &c., may be had. PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, REGENT STREET, LONDON, Established 1806. INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,0001. Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 529,0001. Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001. PRESIDENT. The Right Honourable EARL GREY. DIRECTORS. The Earl of Macclesfield. Rev. James Sherman. I The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. Henry B. Churchill, Esq. Sir Richard D. King, Bart. William Judd, Esq. Alexander Henderson, M.D. James Sedgwick, Esq. Capt. W .John Williams. Alfred Beaumont, Esq. John Deering, Esq. George Dacre, Esq. William Henry Stone, Esq. Richard Sherwood, Esq. I. The Rates of Premium are these adopted by the principal Life Offices, the rate without bonus is lower than that of moot other offices. 2. The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the reduc tion of the Premiums, or may be received in cash as soon as de .,:ared, at their then present value. 3. Loans are granted upon the Policies issued by this office, sr the Policies are purchased at their full value. 4. If a party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may repair the omission any time within twelve months, upon proof of good health. Bonuses paid upon Policies which have become Claims Life insured. 'Sum insured.] John Wharton, Esq., Skelton C as tl e X. 5,000 Sir John Saunders Seb l i g ht, B ar t 5,000 Sir William Wake, Bart. 5,000 Earl Strathmore..... ...... .., „ 5080 Rev. 11. W. Champneys, Canterbury 3,000 The Marquis of Wellesley .. .., 2,000 Earl Cathcart .......... • .... . Sum paid. X. a. d. 7,706 6 0 7,652 13 3 7,500 5 9 7,128 15 $ 4,A9 1 1 3,411 1 3 1,862 4 11 Prospectuses and full particulaapplica tion to the agents of the office in all the principal towns of the United Kingdom ; and at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street. JOIIN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director. MITE CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS. This Society is established on the principle of combining all the known advantages and conveniences of the oldest Life offices, with the general results of their experience. Its Premium Tables are adjusted on the most economical yet safe scale, and embrace three distinct divisions or departments : Thus, Policies may he effected on THE MUTUAL SYSTEM, securing all its advantages without its risks or liabilities, AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO ASSURERS. TEE PROPRIETARY SYSTEM, with the full benefits of its acknow ledged SECURITY, SIMPLICITY, and ECONOMY; and THE ACCUMULATIVE OR DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED BY THIS SOCIETY, which perfects the principle of Life Assurance, the full amount of the Deposit—Premiums being at all times available to the Assured. ALSO HALF-CREDIT PREMIUMS for stinulated periods, a pecu liarly advantageous arrangement for YOUNG LIVES and for all per sons WITH ADVANCING MEANS OR INCOMES. And, Tables expressly calculated for NAVAL and MILITARY RIMS in all quarters of the world, on the most moderate terms. Together with all the usual divisional rates, accommodations, and conveniences. EDWD. F. LEEKS, Sam-num. PUBLICATIONS. On Saturday next, Byo., as. 6d. THE SCHOOL, in its relations to the STATE, the CHURCH, and the CONGREGATION; being an expla nation of the minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, in August and December, 1846. John Murray, Albemarle -street; and to be had of all Booksellers in Town and Country. Volume, contains, Price Eightpence-halfpenny. QHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE for April, 1.-7 consisting of the f our N umbers, and T itl e and Index to Thi r d Fairlegh—Maiden Aunt. in addition to Five elegant Illustrations, and many other ori g i na l and selected articles— Frank Roadside Sketches of Germ an y—Cinque Ports. Life and Character of John Forster. Talk about Buckingham Palace. Piscator's Sketches, Philosophy of Rearing. Poetry — Miscellaneous Extracts, Ike. London : T. B. Sharpe, or any Bookseller. THE THIRD VOLUME of SHARPE'S any BoLok7ell4l:l4rlni‘toiAwGnAoZrlcNouE London : T. B. Sharpe, 15, S kinner - street; or ma y letter-press. for 4s. Gd., bound in crimson cloth, is now ready. be ordered of t r ry o . rty . Illustrations, and 420 pages of Disease in the Potato satisfactorily acco unted for on Hygeian p rinci ples—The People's Petition against Poisons as Medicines—. More Poison Vi c ti ms —E ther a new Poison to gull the Lieges and sometimes kill them. - -Chemistry, Ilygelsts declare, has been the ruin of the Healing Art.—All the cases of poisoning throughout the country have been effected with the deadly chemical preparations used " Medicinally." Ilygeists deny that such Poisons should eve r have been held out or used medicinally; in their eyes they oaly ap pear as infernal engines of d ea th . THE SIXTY-NINTH NUMBER OF "THE lIYGEIST," for .APRIL, contains Articles on the above subject. Office, 368, Strand. Price ld., or 2d. per post ; and may also be had of all the llygelau Agents to the British College of Ilealth through. out the country. The public is hereby informed,' that a Supplement to this " HY (MST" will appear on the 15th of April, containing the case of Miss Collier. N bound, Now ready, p r i ce O ne Shilling, 3 16 PP• , -- .....-_--. PARLOUR LIBRARY , VOL. FOR APRIL. MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN, *VOL. I. By A. DUMAS. Forming the Second Volume of a New Series of Novels and other Standard Works, by Mary Howitt, Mrs. S. C. Hall , Miss Mitford, Countess of Blesslngton, T. C . Grattan, Al e xandre Dumas, & e., under the title of TIIE PARLOUR LIBRARY. Simms and IP Intyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London, and 26, Done gall-street, Belfast. TO W. A PUBLIC STEAM ACCOMMODATION AND GREAT IMPROVEMENT. The ORIGINAL IRON STEAM BOATS will, on and after EASTER SUNDAY, leave Old Swan Pier, London Bridge, City side, calling at all the intermediate stations to Kew, Five minutes before every hour, commencing at 5 minutes before 9 A.m., till dusk, without changing Boats or Tickets. DAGUERREOTYPE at the COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S-PARK. Mr. CLAUDMT bogs to annonnoo to the nobility and "gentry that, on the sth of Aprll, he will opirar a itataITICEREO TYPE PORTRAIT ESTABLISHMENT at the Coloseum, which will be fitted up in the most complete and elegant manner. A wide and easy staircase will lead to spacious rooms at a moderate elevation, and th e w h o l e h as b een cal culated for the greatest convenience of visitors. The atmosphere of that local,ty being free from smoke, will greatly facilitate the pho tographic operations.—Admission free. The Photographic Portrait Rooms, established by Mr. Claudet in 1840 (under Daguerre's Patent), No. 18, King William-street near the Adelaide Gallery, will continue as before. , DR. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, tur rnitss, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes Is. each, by post i ,t ~.., n stamps), is. 6d. each. HOW T 0 zi E .. Juntas Tvre."--cio. J 1 A. P I'Y. 2.ie WHIT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables L for all Complaint s ) MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. To'be, or not to be, that is 4 the gaeotion.,,_shats e. . . The PASSIONS —Their ADTENT and CONTROL. " Cora ut valeas." the iadapted to to home consults isexFluiosdteerv_orted These publicantelligence of the times tions are free from em py ric al Mysticism, an i are T. be Author, had f whose °°d. ; Mann, 39, Corn bill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; all Book sellers, or direct from tion, Mornings till Three. and the Evenings from Seven till sine, theAur,•Sphrearwctice, 23, c Paternoster-row ow 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street. their Graces the Archbishops of Can ,...-- [ADVERTISEMP.NT.] — SENT INTO THE COUNTRY PEEK UPON APPROBATION,-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Newly in vented Spectacles, powerful Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Raced before imperfect vision, either by ice.—Patronised by his Majesty the King of Hanover, her Grace the t i). erb w ar ag y e , r the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Ar gyle, Marlborough and Manchester, Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Masers. S. and B. Cork, Kilmore, and Kildare. &kmono, Oculists York, Ducl and Dublin, Bedford , and Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construe dliaoyn.or Imm ediatelyod which appear before the eyes is at once ”etnevod, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes Wight and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also the most powerful Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, and Microscopes. leliglit,t t h h a e t y m v is e t and dullness Invisible, and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of the most extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. n cure by this miraculous and B. &tomtits, Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected w ith a person D art the same name in their immediate neighbo ur h o — , ou nor in any Piccadilly, opposite the Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious and observe— Only to be had at au, Albeniade-stre a ngt ed P . York Hotel. [.ADVERTISEMENT.]—THEEARL OP ALDBOROUGH See extract from his medicine, AND Lordship'sH oL r. after o l w e tatve everyr' s , d dated PlLLS.—An eir;dth or,mlue a tt. : l h u a n d d fi Messina, Professor Holloway—sir , I b e g to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect ; nay. not eves the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOSOUGII. " These w onderful pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, str an d, an d by all ruedlolue youllors throughout the °MUM World. n vP' to, td 4 )01 k