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--CV / 7 7 r ,/ • 4 . jT 4461‘,, !v-I4 • Z.L7- !, 11 -,' , •I. - • '/N• , - A 1 • CV , • , • , 411: ( ..-'4 4 " '4: • 4„--91' biti • 'Zik Vg, _ . - _.;• A jt k , • •••‘-' CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR LISBON. of the , Itnrokponer Gon,nl of thP Navy, The Comims.loners Lie of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 28th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying, from time , o time, at Lisbon, for a period of Twelve Months from the day of treaty, all such COALS as shall be required for the service of her Majesty's Steam-vessels. The Coals to be delivered immediately on demand on board the Steam-vessels at Lisbon. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Mee. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly au thorised In writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Coals," and Must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to becemo bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 500/., for the dale performance of the Contract. No. i7,147.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING S N 9 OCTOBER 23, 1847. [PRICE SD. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Last Week of the LECTURES on CHARACTER, with MuMeal Illustrations, by Mr. J. RUSSELL, each Evening, at Eight o'clock, except Monday and Saturday. A LECTURE on the PHYSICAL PROPERTIES of a JET of STEAM, in reference to ♦ENTILATION, &c., with Novel and Interesting Experimen:a, by Dr. BACHHOFFNER, daily at half-past Three. CHEMICAL LEcTums. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS worked. The WORKING ➢IODELS, explained daily. The beautiful OPTICAL EFFECTS include an entirely New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. DIVING BELL and DIVER, with HYDE'S NEW APPARATUS for CONVERSING with PERSONS under WATER, &c. &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. This Institution X,500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. this Institution embraces important and substantial advantages ?flth respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured lia 3 , en all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); !Cs° the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors F - the annual meeting held en the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth nus, varying from 3.5 to 85 per cent. ea the premiums paid on each , P ) ifey effected en the profit scale. EXAMPLES, Perms- Sun the , .4.4 sure Annual !Policy on 141 1 nent Re- As Pre- ' taken a B ddi u ti s on Bonus in duct on of may bor d - noun. out in Assured. Cask. Annaal row on Prenaiams. Policy. O. 4; X s d. X s. d. X s. d. r 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 d. 1838 218 4 899 81015 13 8 445 0 0 GO 1000 74 3 4 1839 192 110 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 1840 143 5 le 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 11l I 8149 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c. Oftee, or any of Its branches in the ceintry ; I: b.: forwarded post free. • F. FERGUSON CA: may be had at the on application. will ROUX, Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE coMPANY. 8 , WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London ; 97, George street, Edinburgh ; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, College Green Olin. b Parliament 1834.) In 1841 the (Established Company added Act a of 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 appli- Lation. When the insurance is for life, only one-half the annual premium Need be paid for the first five years. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where prospec tuses, &c., may be had. VALUABLE FREEHOLD LANDS and MANORIAL RIGHTS. in the parish of COTTINGHAM, near KINGSTON-UPON-HULL, MR. STAMP is instructed to offer for SALE by AUCTION, en THURSDAY, the 28th October instant, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull, at Three o'clock, the fol lowing Property, viz.:— Lot 1. West Balls Farm, containing 157 a. lr. 20p. of most valu able land, lying in a ring fence. and adjoining the Hull road. Lot 2. Meadow Land, called Salt Ings, containing 17a. sp. Lot 3. Meadow Land, called Ewe Lands, containing 15a. Ir. 14p. Lot 4. Meadow Land, called Newland Firths, containing 13a. 3r. 13p. Lot 5. Arable Land, called Newland Firths, containing 10a. sp. Lot 6. The manorial rights, fines, and quit-rents, &c., in respect of More than 480 Acres of Land, copyhold of the manor of Cottlngham Sarum ; and Lot 7. Fog rents of 221. 2s. 9d. per annum, arising from upwards of as Acres of Land in Cottingham, being at the rate of ss. per acre per annum. The tenants will show the Lands, and full particulars may be had of Messrs. Jones, Bateman, and Bennett, Lincoln's-inn, London ; •f Mr. Levett, solicitor, Hull; Messrs. W. and J. Wells, Booth Ferry, ear Howden ; and of the Auctioneer, 12, Market-place, Hull. THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, 8, LUDGATE-HILL, SIDNEY and COMPANY, Proprietors. The rapidly progressive increase in the consumption of Tea and Coffee is one of the pleasing features of the age. The people abstain ing to a considerable extent from the indulgence of intoxicating li quors, More especially from ardent spirits, have become thoughtful, the nation energetic and powerful. The very interesting statistical accounts published by order of the House of Commons at once show that both Tea and Coffee are coin- Paratively of modern use in these kingdoms, and that only within the last few years have they become the ordinary beverage of the people. They are no longer received as luxuries attainable by the wealthy, but aided by the wisdom of the Legislature in throwing open the markets of the East, prices have been brought within the range of all classes of the community. The Customs' duties on Coffee were very considerably lowered in the celebrated Tariff Bill of bir Robert Peel in 1842 ; and it is grati fying to know that the revenue has been benefited by such reduction, and the consumption, from 28 million pounds in 1842, increased to upwards of 36 million pounds in 1846. The duties levied upon Tea are enormous. In the past year this article alone yielded the sum of 5,110,8971. 15s. 9d. to the revenue. It is the prevailing opinion, that if Parliament on its assembling should reduce the tea duties to one-half their present rate (and the select committee appointed by the House of Commons recommend the adoption of such a measure), the consumption would be so vastly augmented, as to fully yield an equivalent revenue to that hitherto derived from this sonrce, and by thus cheapening an article so ge nerally esteemed, extend the comfort and social habits ofthe com inanity. The system of our business has been uniform. We have ever been actuated by the principles of fairdealing, in meeting the altered cir cumstances of the markets as they arise. This course has been ap preciated by a discerning public, and we gratefully acknowledge a large share of confidence and patronage. The present year's importation of Tea is likely to be very large ; and this circumstance has had a marked effect upon the value of all descriptions, which, added to the derangement of the Money Market, has tended to depreciate prices below all former precedent. COFFEE —The importation is an average one, the quality good, prices low. We invite attention to the following quotations : Previously Present sold at price, per lb. per lb. BLACK TEAS. s. d. s. d. The Choicest Imperial Souchong i 8 5 4 The Finest Pekoe Souchong .. 4 0 The •••••••••••••••• very fine Lapsang gouchong ...... .. ••.. • • • ... 4 10 4 8 The Finest Congou wiry Blackish Leaf, Full Rich Pekoe Souchong flavour.— 4 G 4 4 The Fine Congeu, Pekoe Souchong kind ........ 4 2 4 0 •• • • The Strong Congou, wiry Blackish Leaf .......... 310 3 8 The Good Strong Congeu 3 6 3 4 .•••••••••„••„...., GREEN TEAS. The F inest Gunpowder ull Pswtizan f1av0ur...... ";!,!leSuperfine Gunpowder, bright p ear ly l ea f Cawe s F ine Gunpowder, small c l ose tw i sted leaf— me Gunpowder, rich burnt flavour The Good True Gunpowder ...... .. :! 6 S uPerflue imperial. (very choice) ..... . •• The Fine ne Imperial.deticate Hyson flavour.. Finest Young Hyson, or true O uc h a i n , Th 6 very thi Ou e ch y h o i u n n •••• , g cloke wiry leaf.... •• ••• • • Th 6 Fine i • Cowslip flavour •• ..•••• The SuperfinerflavournedY7n• The Young Hyson ....... H °ung ..... The Choke Cowslip Hyson *• ••••••• • • • • • • • The" Superfine Tfyson •• • •••••••• • • • • • • • " T hd very fine .. ••• .. : :: • • :: • • ••• • • The Fine Hyson, fresh .and f 1 ••• • • •• • The Good Hyson ' .• • fia"ured • • •• • • •• • • The Hyren Kind.: ••••••••••••• • • • • • ' • •• • • • • • • • • • . ...... COFFEES. For the very Finest Mountain Fla' If For - Choice Old 'Mocha .• " red Jamaica The , Finest La Guayra .... • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • The Superior Cost a Rica . .• • • • The Fine Plant a ti on Ceylon.: ••• ...... • .. • The Good Cey10n........ ....... October 1, 1847 2 0 1 10 1 10 1 8 1 10 1 8 18 1 G 16 1 4 14 1 2 •• . . 1 SIDNEY and Company, T en Importers, 0 8, Ludgate-hill, London. THE REGISTERED PALETOT OF LLAMA CLOTH, the most fashionable coat for both the present and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate price which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appearance, has secured such general popularity. It has been made, by special command for their Royal Ilighnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Idward of Saxe-Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, aad the Several royal visitors to the British Court. In London it can only be purchased of the Patentees, H. J. and D. NICOLL, Court Tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornbill. Agents for Liverpool, Daw barn and Son, Bold-street* for Dublin, George Macdona, M o l es - Worth -street ; for Edinburgh, Christie and Son, G e o rge - s t ree t ; for Birmingham, Wareing and Son, New-street; and the principal Tailors in other large towns. SiIiCRET MALAD-TES. k...Y Treatment of CII. ALBERT, M.D., a Member of the Univer sity of Paris, Professor of Pharmacy, Apothecary to the Hospit a l s o f Paris, Professor of Afedicine, and honoured with several Medals and national rewards. No. 21, Rue llontorgeuil, Paris. Numberless and well-authenicated cases which hitherto had been considered as incurable by the Faculty, and which in a short time have given way under this treatment, are most unequivocal proofs of its superiority over every other means as yet employed. It was for a long period of time a desideratum to discover a mode of cure adopted to all constitutions, and which should be free from the bane fill effects of mercury. We are now arrived at the solution of this problem by the discovery of a mode of treatment at once simple and easy, and which, without any degree of exaggeration, we can affirm to be Infallible in the cure of all secret maladies, however inveterate or of long standing. The method of cure, according to Dr. Albert, is economical and easy, either at home or on a journey, causing not the slightest derangement to the general health, and safe in all seasons and in all climates. Sold by E. W. Wilcox, 33G, Oxford-street; T. Miles, Gracechurch street ; and by ad the principal Chemists in London. A Treatise is enclosed with the Medicine. DR. LA'MERT ON TME SECRET INFIRMITIES OF 'YOUTH AND MATERITY.—WITII 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. Gd„ or post-free, from the Author, far forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marria ge , I n f e li c it ous and Unproductive . 11n !ens, and the Secret Infirmitie s an d Di sor d ers of Youth and 111a .`u,ray, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate re Physical and mental powers, di m i n i s h an d enfeeble the natural A — eel bs i ng , l, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice. oervaUens on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of 'tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis. •Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis- I r n eti on- With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LAWERT, 31. D., 9, B EDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARII, LONDON, D octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. „ Xarriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order mat It ulaY be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, !tad its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced tis physical disqualifications and their attendant disap- Point lnents. Exc esses are a l ways i n j u rious ; the gift, which when Ibied I n Moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes , when :Used, the prolific source of mischief, and of greater or less injury the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on Z t he mature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, u Productive o f greater severity of m i sery to the human frame, Kati any other to which it is subject. Arel This work contains an accurate and complete account of the a natomy and Physiology of the Reroductive Organs, and of A relative conditions in health an p d disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can Ve_.of More importance than the p rese rvation of the health, e ' of the physical capabilities of which every man should I, Possessed. It unfort una t e l y h appens th a t th e un happy tefim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired 21 ear ly life or from the f o lli es o f a d vance d age, w hil e su ff er i ng rent their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap niaZ to a qu a lifi e d phys i cian for relief. Shame and the dread so q t eliflY, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are Yond the re ac h o f art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking d or assistanc e w h ere alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he uirgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of ri,tr e, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva ,24_ Y characterise the Intelligent and practical physician, and to the edlical man who can show by his posse sion of the requisite legal roal fications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes- A T ; i a t, Pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. ,„.;ERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas , f a Y, and te extent of his practice for y ears is a ntee for his professional experience, which has man referen y ce almost to the treatment of these diseases. 421:platted by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, atrwater_noeter-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichbonie- RaYmarket ; 'Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, .e._7ennall-street, Lender; ; or, free by post for iorty-two stamps, Z — um the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally eir.„ le _ter, daily, from Ten till Two square, from Five till Eight, at his '"Vvt P. Btdford-street, Redford Louden. T HE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. London, 345, Strand, September 1, 1817. COMMERCIAL TE LEGRAPIL The works of the Lines for commercial communications between the places enumerated below, embracing a system of Telegraphs for commercial purposes only, and distinct from that reserved for the special use of Railways, being so far advanced as to admit of their completion by the commencement of the coming year, the Directors think tkat the time has now arrived when it becomes their duty to make known the arrangements which they contemplate for the ac commodation of the public. Stations will be opened in central situations in the principal Towns, whence Messages and Dispatches will be forwarded to and received rem all the other Stations of the Eleetrie Telegraph Company. In order to give to Merchants, Banke rs, Manufacturers, and all connected with trade, the greatest possible amount of information, a Room will be reserved in each of the Company's Stations for Sub scribers, in which will be received, tabulated, and exhibited, all intel ligence of commercial or public interest; for instance Ship Lists from the various Ports. Share Lists from the various Exchanges. Prices Current. Stott Exchange Lists. Corn Mar Lets from the various Towns. Prices of Live Stock, &c., &c., &c. Ix London, a Central Station, stilted to the importance of the Me tropolis, is in course of erection in the immediate vicinity of the Bank and Royal Exchange ; in this Station the whole Telegraphic News of the country will be concentrated and for warded in every direc tion ; and here, as in other Towns, a Room will be reserved for Sub scribers. The Subscription to these Rooms will be Two Guineas per annum, paid in advance, which will entitle Subscribers to the right of en trance to all the Subscription Rooms of the Company, including the Central Station at Lo idon. The foregoing details some of the advantages of the Commercial Telegraph to SubScribers,—but the requirements of the Public in ge neral will be provided for by the Establishment of Offices, which will at all times be open for the reception or transmission ( f Messages and Dispatches, while Messengers will be kept at the various Stations, by whom dispatches may be sent out to any part of the Town where the communication has been received by Telegraph at_the Com pany's Station. Subscribers' Names are received at the Commercial Telegraph Of fice, where any further information may be obtained. The following are the Towns to which the Commercial Telegraph will be first exteneed : London Barnsley Peterborough Chelmsford Margate Wakefield Yarmouth Ipswich Ramsgate Leeds Huntingdon York heal Halifax Hertfbrd Darlington Dover Rochdale Manchester Newcastle Folkestone Hull Leicester Berwick Canterbury Maidstone Derby Edinburgh Northampton Tonbrldge Nottingham Glasgow Coventry Gosport Lincoln Scarbor ,, ugls Birmingham Southampton Chesterfield Bridlington Wolverhampton Winchester Sheffield Stamford Stafford Dorchester Bradford Norwich Chester Bristol Wisbeach St. Ives Liverpool Gloucester Lowestoft Ware Rotherham Cheltenham Cambridge Colchester J. LEWIS RICARDO, Chairman. PUBLICATIONS. ANTIION'S XENOPHON. New Edition, Corrected and Revised, and adapted for Colleges and Schoo's, &c. In One Volume, 12m0., bound in roan, price 7s. 6d. THE ANABASIS of XENOPHON, with Eng lish Notes, Critical and Explanatory, a Map arranged accord ing to the latest and best authorities, and a Plan of the Battle of Cunaxa. By CHARLES ANTHON, LL.D. London : William Tegg and Co., Pancras lane, Cheapside. 31, ,,* A. List of Professor Anthon's Woaks can be had of the Pub lishers, on application. On the Ist of November, price 2s. 6d roan, gilt edges, PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK FOR 1848, in addition to all the requisite BUSINESS INFORMATION, will contain numerous Comic Articles, in prose and verse, with a Coloured Frontispiece and Six Steel Etchings, by JOHN LEECH, together with Seven Woodcuts, by RICHARD DOYLE. London : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet street. Published This Day, in 12m0., price 4s. cloth, r HE PRINCIPLE S and PRACTICE of I_ ARITHMETIC and MENSURATION ; with the Use of Logarithms. Adapted for the use both of Public and Private Schools and the Universities. By J. WHARTON, M.A. With the Sanction of the College of Preceptors. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. OPENING TO CHELTENHAM. On and after SATURDAY, October 23, 1847, the London Trains of this Company will run over the Line between Gloucester and Chel tenham. The Trains will leaxe Cheltenham for London at 645 A.M., 7 50 A.M. (Express), 8 20 A.M., 10 40 ♦.M., 11 15 A.M. (Parliamen tary), 12 45 P.M., 1 20 P.M. (Express), 3 55 P.M., 5 50 P.M., and 11 30 P.M. (Night Mail).—Trains from London will arrive at Cheltenham at 10 o'clock A.M., 12 5 rat., 12 45 P.M. (Express), 2 30 P.M. (Perna nientary),2 50 P.M., 4 24 P.M., 6 25 P.M., 8 30 P.M (Evening Express), 9 30 P.M., and 1 30 A.M. (Night Mail). The Express Trains arriving at Paddington at 11 o'clock A.m., and leaving Paddington at 5 30 P.M. will, on and after the 23d instant, convey Passengers to and from Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, and Cirencester Hand Bills, giving full particulars of the above, may be obtained at the Railway Stations. By order of the Directors, C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT, pursuant to 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. _ . Messrs. SWAIN and CO., in announcing the preparation of this garment, desire to have known that it bears no affinity to the com n:on produce vaunted as built of the " Llama wool ;" a material pos sessing no property by reason of which it can be woven to a cloth, and which is, to every manufacturer in the empire, or of Europe, a thing unknown. In securing to their house the entire and exclusive importation of the costly material from which the SYRIAN CLOTH is formed, they are enabled to preserve it in its unmixed character ; and to impart its beauty to the garment formed from it, which is of too select a species to be approached by any other extant, or to be devised.-379, OXFORD-STREET. Price FORTY SHILLINGS. lIIAMOND OIL LAMP. NEW LIGHT. The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the world—is used in all the palaces in Europe—is free from all the imperfections of ordi nary oil lamps —so simple it cannot be mismanaged —no cleaning re quired for years. The Diamond Lamp is perfection in Light—the public will have none other. Designs suited to the cottage, and so on to the mansion of the nobleman. To be had only, and all the New Lights are burning continually, at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, Strand, London, and of the Com pany's Agents in every Town in the Kingdom. PATENT CANDLE Sr CAMPHINE LAMPS. The literally largest as well as choicest assortment of PAL MER'S MAGNUM and other CANDLESTICKS ; Camphine, Ar gand, and Solar LAMPS, with all the latest improvements, and of the newest and most recherche patterns, in ormolu, Bohemian, and plats glass, or papier mache, in existence, is at WILLIAM S. BUR TON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), where all the seasonable no velties are now selling at from 20 to 30 per cent. under any house with whom quality and style are considerations. Palmer's patent Candle (marked " Palmer ") id. per lb., English's Camphine, in seged cans, ss. per gallon. The money returned for every article not - approved of. Detailed catalogues with engravings sent (per post) free. NOVELTY in FRENCH CORNICES, from Ils. A most .varied and beautiful assortment of these elegant PARISIAN NOVELTIES, wkich threaten entirely to supersede all of British manufacture, from I Is. and upwards, complete for any ordinary window (if inlaid with velvet of any colour about 15s. each extra), is now on SALE at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIP PON and BURTON'S), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-street. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every iron mongery article, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it, —Established in Well-street, 1820. T 0 MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND. " No. 208, Piccadilly, October 19, 1847. Sir,—lt is now three and a half years since I was sorely afflicted with Rheumatic Gout, the suffering from which induced rue to try all the proposed remedies that extensive medical experience could devise, without obtaining any satisfactory relief from pain. Dining one of the paroxysms a friend advised me to try BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, observing that he had in some severe cases takeu them himself, and they proved very successful. I in stantly adopted his advice, and to my joy the excruciating torment soon began to abate, and a few boxes restored me to health, since which I have bad no return of the complaint. " I trust you will give publicity to my case, that suffering humanity may know how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease. " I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, " MICHAEL NAYSMITII." The above testimonial is a further proof of the efficacy of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic I'ills, which afford speedy relief to those afflicted with gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, tic dolorcux, pains in the head and face, and an analogous complaints. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, and most respect able Medicine Vendors. Observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," in the Government Stamp. A A E. 31[ One half the world are desolately single, and the ether supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, er a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. Thu solitary one.may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justicedensand that health should form an item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. In 2 volt Is each (by post, in st amps , Is. 6d. each). Let n• imaginati ' vely . refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered by misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " llow to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's iffe, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet •street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo Regent-street; aid all Booksellers. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS ' GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and ex cessive indulgence, d ecay infection, and of t the the inordinate generative iaord n ate sy a s s t e em of , .fr e o r ni ca e r x y : qualifications. Illustrated' and l 26 th c e oi m oa e r a ed ns E oi ngi. ob a v y l i a a t g in s. g c ß er y ta l i t n . adaisd with remarks on Marriage Published by the Authors : srers-stroet, Oxford-street, London. L. PERRY and CO., 19, 150, Oxford-street Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, o l r 4 d-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. Six Coloured a Engravings. physiology of the re-productive PART I. treats of the anatomy ' organs, and is illustrated by resulting from excessive incinl asystem, producing mental PART 11. treats of the consequeue gene*, and their lamentable effects on and bodily weakness, nervous excitement s gr nd i generative incapacity. e E d x i p sa la a n se a s to r r a y sa E lt n ia g a rro n m e g a s in l Action, either in I t ii:Aiallru Treatss i t i r i a . tedl T of the the primary or secondary form, and contains their treatment. 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On the afternoon of the 13th of October the Caire, French steam-packet, entered the quarantine har bour of Malta, with the Egyptian standard flying, and soon after coming to an anchor it was ascertained to have been hoisted in honour of his Highness Ibra him Pacha, the Generalissimo of the Egyptian army, who, owing to ill-health, had, by his medical adviser, Dr. Franc, been ordered a sea voyage, and so alarming did his case appear, that although he only reached Alexandria on the 7th at noon, weak and fatigued as he was, he embarked ou board the Caire on the 9th, at nine A.M., and she took her departure at four P.M. on the 10th, in lieu of her remaining until the usual hour of seven A.M. on the 11th, an arrangement which the French would have it believed was come to out of regard to the precarious state of the illus • trious traveller, though in reality done to secure the passage money of his Highness and his suite of fourteen individuals, who no doubt would have pre ferred the Peninsular and Oriental Company's noble steam-ship the Hindostan (a far more desirable con veyance), had they been certain that the India mails were so close at hand as to allow the latter to follow so soon after the Caire. From Alexandria it is stated that his Highness suffers from a disarrangement of the digestive organs, but we learn that he had been troubled on board by dysentery, which, though at first was very violent, has so much subsided, that his Highness has almost resolved to give up his intention of proceeding on wards to Naples, and to return, after receiving pra tique at Malta, to Alexandria. The sudden departure of his Highness on the very day of an annular eclipse of the sun, a phenomenon always looked u p on w i t h awe by the astrologers of Egypt, added to the unusual high rise of the Nile on the two days preceding, had given rise to innume rable predictions and forebodings, some of which are of a very gloomy character. SOCIETY ISLANDS, SOUTH PACIFIC. Letters have been received announcing the official declaration of the independence of the Society (or Leeward) Islands. The following is an extract from a letter, dated Borabora, May 17 " I am happy to inform you that 'the people of Bora bora are at length assured , of the independence of this island, and of all the Leeward group. "Her Britannic Majesty's ship. Grampus, Captain H. B. Martin, arrived here on th e 4th o f thi s mon th, and she is still at anchor in the harbour. "On Saturday, the 15th inst., the French steamer Gassendi brought back the native adherents of the French from Otaheite. They were allowed to land in peace, and are now repairing to their respective localities in the settlement to rebuild their houses. " The steamer brought official documents from Admiral Sir G. Seymour, conveying the final deci sion of the French and English Governments. Our chief, Tapoa, who accompanied Pomare to Otaheite, is still there, but is expected to return shortly to his own land. " I send annexed the copy of a letter written by the chiefs to Captain Martin, on receiving the above documents, and his reply : "c TO CAPTAIN MARTIN, OF lIER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIP GRAMPUS. " Borabora, May 12. " Peace be to you from the True God. " This is what we have to say to you : It has frequently been reported here that our lands will become independent, and not be included in the Pro tectorate. With these reports we are much pleased, rejoicing in the thought that we shall not be under the Protectorate. " We now think that if our independence is ob tained we shall be left to ourselves. And this is what we wish—that Britain should protect us, our country, our people, and our religion, that we may not in future be troubled. We are afraid of any other powerful kingdom, and on that account we desire you to come and protect us for ever.' " This letter was signed by the Regent on behalf of Tapoa, and by all the principal chiefs. " The following is the reply of Captain Martin : " ' Her Britannic Majesty's ship Grampus. " ' TO TERIIMAEVARUA, AND THE CHIEFS TEVIVI, HAAPOUA, TIANOA,TAEAETUA, PA, MARE, HURIAI, RAITABU, TEHUIARII, REO, 13UTOI. " Borabora, May 14. " Peace be to you. " I have received your letter of the 12th of May, and this is what I have to say to you in reply : " It gives me great satisfaction to relieve the anxiety with which you have so long and so patiently waited for the decision of the Governments of Eng land and France respecting the independence of Bora bora and the neighbouring islands. " lam now able to communicate to you that your complete independence will be acknowledged. " In order that you may live in peace, you must norno t mustc onc e r y n y o n yourselves y o w u i r t s h e t y h e e affairs s nor your of peopleO t ah e i t t e o , excite the Otaheiteans to rebel against the Protectorate. Thus you will, I trust, continue on friendly terms with the French, as with other nations. "‘ England will not forsake you. She will watch with interest your improvement and progressive ad vance towards civilization ; and the English Admiral will send his ships to visit you as often as their other duties will permit. " In conclusion, I advise you to cultivate your lands, to educate your children, and to strive by honesty, industry, and sobriety, and by a steady ad herence to the religious truths which the missionaries have taught you, to improve the moral and social condition of yourselves and your people. "I am, your sincere friend, " ' 13. B MARTIN.' " This letter, as might be expected, gave much pleasure and satisfaction to the people, and has, I hope, filled them with joy and gratitude, " Those who went over to the French are again the subjects of Tapoa, and will, we trust, in future live in peace, and in the observance of the laws of the country. They all attended chapel yesterday, with their children, about 100 in number, and, perhaps, a ninth or tenth of the whole population. After being landed, the French authorities gave up all claim to he island." The Observer of Sunday, October 24, will give the fullest particulars of the state of the Money Market, the Funds, Failures, and all Commercial Matters connected with Monetary Affairs. The Observers of Sunday, Oct. 10 and 17, which together, contained sixteen folio co lumns of city, commercial intelligence, revenue tables, &c., have been twice reprinted, and copies of either can be had at the office, 170, Strand, all this month of Oc tober. Price of the Observer, 6d. ACCIDENTS ON THE BERWICK RAILWAY.—On Wednesday last, an accident occurred at the station of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, at Tweedmouth, which might have occasioned a serious loss of life. The train which leaves Newcastle at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, arrived at the terminus about half-past five, and whilst the guards and porters were collecting the tickets, an engine which is used for removing car riages, &c., at the station, called the Pilot engine, run into the train with fearful violence, and the consequence was that some of the carriages were more or less broken, and the passengers thrown together with such force that ten or twelve of them received severe bruises and wounds, but fortunately no bones were broken. One gentleman was much cut about the head, and was re moved to the King's Arms Inn, Berwick, when two pieces of plate glass were extracted from the wounds ; he was able to proceed accompanied by a surgeon. A lady was also much cut and bruised about the face, and had to remain all night ; but it is not expected that any serious result will follow. The greatest attention was paid to those who suffered by the station-master, Captain Bell, who immediately procured medical assistance. On Wednesday morning, a man lost his life at the railway works at Berwick, whilst employed in excavatimg earth, which, being undermined, fell upon him and crushed him to death on the spot. MESSRS. LITTLEDALE AND CO. SUCCESSFUL.—The express train from London has just arrived, bringing the gratifying intelligence that the Bank of England have agreed to assist Messrs. Littledale and Co. in their present emergency. The reply to all inquiries was, " They have granted all that was required." This is very satisfactory, and will go far in esta blishing confidence. Those who were present at the railway station, and saw the intense anxiety depicted upon the countenances of the large num ber of gentlemen deeply interested in bank and mer cantile affairs of this town, who were anxiously waiting the arrival of the train can only judge of the relief which this news appeared to give them. It was rumoured that the Bank of England had assisted the Messrs. Littledale with dine ri: to( a l n, odd o o atninl to-day, dh Cin e ss had a l l s dd , a%bt,h,794, en ia a s tp t o t , h s he e di e close im o c e r r .i the market was Littledaleun arrived by the train.—Liverpool Mercury. The Hon. E. K. Coke, M.P was entertained at %V dinner at Holt, on eda( .l day, by his friends and sup porters, to congratulate him on his return for the western division of the county. THE CURRENCY. Mr. Muntz, M.P. for Birmingham, has addressed the following letter to the Editor of the Times: — Sir, —I can ill afford the time necessary to address you respecting the subject of your article upon the most favoured locality of this empire, but I feel that I should neglect my duty both to my constituents and to myself if I allowed:such a jumble of misin formation and misrepresentation to pass unnoticed. As you say, Birmingham and the eastern part of its environs may have some little advantage from being represented by Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Newdegate, and myself; but certainly none of us represent any part of the iron trade, and our consti tuents are not only very few of them interested in the making of railways, or the various articles used in working them, but they have, during the last four years, been seriously injured in their general trades, and still continue to be so, prejudiced by the high rate of wages which the railway demand for labour in Staffordshire has enabled mechanics to maintain in Birmingham. I any willing to admit, that during the late war the injury which that war generally produced throughout the country was much neutra lised in Birmingham by the large expenditure of the Government in arms and other necessaries' lA* war ; and certainly the visitation of the cholera to all of the populous parts of the kingdom, excepting Bir mingham, app eare d to be a special interposition. The reason i s , however, very evident. The town and immediate neighbourhood have scarcely a flat piece of ground in them. An undulating surface, founded upon red sandstone and graikl, and therefore drained by nature far better this* most places are by art, and higher above the level.of the sea than almost any place in England, must naturally be freer from cholera and other epidemics than other localities. Besides this, the almost universal plan in Birmingham, of each family having a house to them selves, adds greatly to the cleanliness, morality, and health of the place. But, Sir, Birmingham is more favoured than most of our other manufacturing towns, by having its population employed in a great variety of trades, so that it rarely happens that all are de pressed' together. The variety of trades produce variety of ideas, and therefore each mechanic helps to enlighten his neighbour. The workmen of Birming ham are not confined in rooms at a temperature of eighty or ninety degrees, without change of air ; they work very hard, and come in contact with much fire, smoke, and noise, which have mad e th em , w i t h both hard hands: and hard heads, as careless and as few i nqu i r i es as to In fearless of the thunder of Printing-h ouse - square as of the still more empty emanations of D own i ng - street. t l h t e l is o evident yn d you have of made very an d th a t you er have lent yourself to the general opinion, that the in habitants are more interested in the construction of railways than those of most other places where com panies are formed and shares are held ; and you assume, therefore, that the inhabitants oppose your view, that railroads are the main cause of the present ' pressure and extensive ruin. Never was a greater error committed by any paper. There is scarcely a person connected with the iron trade who resides either in the borough of Birming ham or in the district of North Warwickshire. The iron works are all in Staffordshire, of which no part enters the borough of Birmingham; and, strange to say, but not less true than strange, there never was one locomotive engine made in the borough of Bir mingham, and, until very lately not one car riage. On the other hand, such has been the injury to the general trades of Birmingham, from the high wages consequent upon th e de mand for labour in the neighbouring districts-- which additional charge for labour the manufacturers were unable to add to their selling prices, in conse quence of foreign competition—that scarcely a trade bears such a profit as covers_general expenses and risk of bad debts. Yet it is very lately that the increase of wages, and the consequent consumption of imports and produce, caused entirely by the railway specu lations, have been boasted of by Ministers, who then declared, as I know to be most true, that there had been no overtrading, and commerce was never in so sound a state. The supposition that the capital em barked in railways is the principal cause of the present monetary pressure, is nearly groundless. If the outlay was in threign railways, or the mate rials used were principally imported, the case would be different. Now the expenditure is home labour, and English materials and productions ; and although some indiscreet persons may have suffered from spe culation, others have gained, which would leave the nation as rich as before. The only way in which the railway speculation has affected the country has been, as I before stated, by raising wages above the usual level, and by causing an increased import of foreign produce, which our present monetary system cannot bear. My opinion about t a h r e t9r r ul a ei i tes lway system is not at all a o n f d an l y am governed by interested m o ti ves . I h av e not any rail mw a a y n usfhaaert rail shares, e am, on the contrary t , h pay, which causes me s r i usedunco n o n n ec r t a e i d lw w a i y th s. the l seriously injured by the hig h wages which I am, a o u l g o h s s 0 f a railway work, obliged to take, in supposing that Sir, having corrected your mis take, large sum per annum. And now, e majority of the inhabitants were immediately le interested in the constructio n of Pd railways, I cannot guilty to your general charge of propoundin g an n inconvertible paper currency. I sa am not prepared to that it is impossible to h a ve an inconvertible paper y eurrency so regulated as t o have all the soundness and solidity of a curren c y convertible upon demand into the precious meta ls ; but certainly I h ave never yet learned how the sufficient, insufficient/ or excessive quantity of such inconvertible paper could be ascertained. Under such circumstances, and yet convinced that the present monetaruntenable „/ I have always, y system is equally unjust and cated sucn an alterarays, for thirty-two years, advo the bank notes are red " in the value of gold at which to all classes and to all interests as shall be equally just I shall yet live to see s interests ; and I am confident worse carried into effeucch change, or something much all the philosophers, t. The claptrap argument of alter the yard, or thatfoot it is as just and necessary to value, may satisfy those measure, as the standard of think for themsel ves , e superficial persons.who never know ta d, but yard but and foot those who will think and so altered, but that the standard measure never have been tually altered from 1785 standard of value was vir tually from 1797 stead of suspending tothe 1815, will also see that, if in altered our measures f o standard of value we had period we had more for twenty years, during which debt, it would have b an trebled our rental and our the old measures as i t ee . n as impossible to return to our old standard o f val IS now impossible to return to ounce. I may herebue of gold at 3/. 17s. 100. per common resources _ , Y . caution you against the "i philosophers and bullionists when any man advocates standard—which is an alteration of the what he owes. i n that m he wants to avoid paying larger amount owing to y ease I have always a far maintain that the effects meor than by me ; yet, as I not half carried out, and will the present system are of all property, produce, and labourt be, until the prices average prices of 1785 to 1790 are reduced to the an alteration of the standard, 'nj am, in advocating loss, but an indirect loss of som o e t incurring a direct shall certainly obtain by reductiotr' which I present system can be carried out.of prices if the with your correspondent, " Spectator,'l quite agree Chancellor of the Exchequer, that no . which means be done for the public than the Bank more can under the present system. At the r is now doing, present standard only a certain amount of paper can P be circulated, whether wanted or not, or whatever ruin I also am aware that th e 1844 Bill is is produced. quite if the 1819 Bill and 3 /. 17s. 114 d. stand ite necessary ard be con tinued ; the former Bi ll is absolu tely necessary in such case to prevent thos e vacillatio ns in the conduct of the Bank, and those dep reciations and appreciations in the circulation, which were con stantl y between 1819 and 1844. Ha d the 1819 occurring been properly worked , b y kee ping half the Bill amount of the paper in circulatio n in b ullion in the Bank, without allowing any material deviation in the amount, the 18 44 B ill wo uld not h ave b een wanted, and is now only useful t o ensure result. Agreeing so far with " Spectator," I am such quite at issue with him as to the quantity of money now in circulation being enough for the wants of the country, and opposed to his ar gumentthat, be cause the same amount of notes sufficed at another time, it should do so now. An incr ease in prices, or the extent of transaction, or the discounting only short-dated paper, will have the same effect in ren dering money scarce as a reduction in the amount issued; and when confide nce is once lost , and the system will not allow of any thin g bei ng done to re store it, every individual w ho bas the p o wer to do so, by keeping an extra amoun t of mone y at command , impoverishes the whole c ommunity. " Spectator" says, the reign of reason must not be altogether sus pended ; that improper monetary and banking re strictions are not a prominent cause of the present difficulties ; that overtrading is the cause, aided by fictitious credit and railroad enterprise ; and that tampering w ith the currency will onl y increase the distress. I say, on the contrary, that nearly the whole of the mischief arises from an unsound, unjust, ignorant, and unnatural monetary system, instituted by men who knew nothing of the sub j ect ; t hat t here has been no overtrading i that the railroads would have done no harm if the system of money had been sound ; that there has been nothing but tampering with the currency since 1814 ; but what has been called legislation upon it would disgrace a schoolboy; and that, until the system is honestly revised, and entirely altered, there will be no lasting prosperity in England. And now, I ask you, who ought to be believed in preference —a series of Go vernments, who for thirty-five years of contined peace have governed the country on a system which has added to her national debt, and at repeated periods brought her to a comparative state of ruin—who have during that time, and to support that system, enacted poor-laws, truck-laws, c orn -l aws , and bank , laws, all impolitic, iniquitous, and unjust—whose every new plan was to be a cure, and whose every new plan failed; or a number of disinterested men, who have as repeatedly said that the Government plans were unsound, and would not succeed, and who now say that the remedy is easy, and the cure may be made permanent, and the principle of cure be a just one ? Of course no one will admit, if they can avoid it, that anything good can come from Birming ham. Nevertheless, the empire is indebted to my native town for niany useful and valuable discoveries, not to say anything of my own yellow sheathing, about which I was so much ridiculed and abused at first by all classes, and all interests and professions, but which the nation now saves about 200,000/. per annum by the use of. It appears fearful odds to be opposed by the Times, the Government, the philosophers, Sir R. Peel, and the money-holders; but no odds are important when one is acting in accordance with the principles of nature. It is only a question of time, and success is inevitably certain. Whether the 3/. 17s. 10d. standard is partially got rid of by a heavy property tax in exchange for indirect taxation, or by any other insidious plan, it must and will be got rid of. The other classes will not allow the money class to mono polise all their property, produce, profits, and labour, long without remuneration ; and, in spite of all op • posi mtione,n of Bthenairtminh ionwi a ll m watlearse long before the resttconfessthatthe o prac ticalf the people in discovering that the great cause of the distress and misery of the last thirty-five yeitrs was attributable to an ignorant, vicious, and unjust legis lation upon the monetary system of the empire. You say that any change in the currency will only be robbing Peter to pay Paul, but you are wrong. A proper change in the monetary system would only prevent Peter from con tinuing to rob Paul, as he has been doing for the last thirty years. If you could show them that all 31. l prices s I . la i d o r d., co l m a m h o o d u a ld ted im t m he a m di s a e t l e v l e y s atodmthiet yourstandardof posi tion ; but the far greater proportion of prices have still to be greatly reduced before they will be in ac cordance with that standard. A nominal convertibi ty of bank-notes is not a real convertibility, and here has been the deception. It is very easy to effect convertibility when none, or few, want to convert; but, whenever circumstances make general converti bilityp p of r o t a h c e h wretchedness, t c ehden pressure ess, mise misery, , nowan d ruin great, cover but pos sibly it may be temporarily postponed ; but the present it t is e t n a ong to what we shall yet feel, although cae nothing Money Laws will not be carried into full effect until the value of land, the value of landed produce, and the value of labour connected with them, are reduced to the level of 1785. Then, when farmers are ruining, mortgagees foreclosing, land uncultivated, and both agricultural and mechanical labourers unemployed, with the tax-collector clearing away all the existing profits, you may rejoice in your healthy standard of 31. 17s. 101 d. And now, Sir, I may as well give you my remedy, as proposed in 1840 to the Commit tee upon Banks of Issue, the efficiency and justice of which the events of the last seven years have mournfully convinced me. The first and indispen sable step is a suspension of cash payments, whilst the subject is debated and arranged. The second, an entire separation between the Bank of England and the Government. The third, taking out of the hands of the Bank the management of the circulation of the country, and giving it to a national bank, managed by commissioners appointed by, and respon sible to, Parliament, which bank should issue notes which should be a legal tender, and in which all other banks should pay their notes on demand. The fourth, empowering such commissioners to issue their notes very gradually, to such extent as should eventually raise all prices which have fallen, and with them gold and silver, until silver was 7s. 6d. per ounce, which would keep wheat at an average price of 7s. 6d. per bushel, and all other prices in due ratio. And when such price of 7s. 6d. should have been obtained, the national bank should at all times receive silver at 7s. 6d. against their notes, and pay the notes on de mand in silver at 7s. 6d. per ounce. The above proposal will be a fine field of cavil for the philosophers, bullionists, and the press; in the meantime I have only to say, that I would most willingly undertake by the above plan to relieve, im prove, and entirely restore the country to permanent prosperity, with satisfaction to all interests, all classes, and all parties, subject to any forfeiture, even were it loss of life.—Yours, respectfully, G. F. MUNTZ. Ley Hall, near Birmingham, Oct. 18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlB,—Let the Bank of kniitincf issue ten millions of Government one pound notes, which notes should be payable for duty at every custom-house through outß England Oct. lan 2 dan 2, and Wales.—Yours, lB47. &c., T. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The fluctuations in the English Funds have to-day been somewhat less violent. Consols opened at 79i to a for money, being a slight decline upon the closing prices of yesterday, advanced to 80*, receded again to 79k, and closed at 79} to For the account the first price was 79i to 80i, and, after ascending to 80k, they left off at 80i to There was more business transacted in the foreign exchanges than on any recent post-day. The rates for Holland, Frankfort, Vienna, and Trieste were higher, and for other places about the same as last post. In London, although at the Bank, out of doors, and at the Stock Exchange, there has been a strong demand for money, the day has passed off well. From the country, reports have been industriously circu lated of the stoppage of two joint-stock banks, but in one case the town agents are wholly without advice of any such event (while, from the state of the ac count with them, they also consider it highly im probable), and in the other a contradiction has ap peared in the third edition of The Sun. The arrangement which was described yesterday as having been made by the Bank of England with Mr. Littledale, of Liverpool, far the support of his firm, is now fully ccmpleted, and the house will re ceive the required amount. The letters from Newcastle received this afternoon mention the existence of considerable excitement in the town, on account of the stoppage yesterday; but they are free from news of any further disaster. The proprietary of the Union Banking Company are very respectable ; and it is believed that any call that may be necessary towards the liquidation of the concern will be promptly met. Letters from Manchester received this morning maintain the same comparatively steady tone which we mentioned a day or two back. Everything here," says one writer, "continues quiet, and there is a more hopeful feeling beginning to prevail. We are likely to have cheap food and cheap cotton, and, with a beter state of the money-market, business will certainly improve." The accounts from India by the present mail, as regards the affairs of Messrs. Cockerell and Co., are, it is said, not unsatisfactory. Owing to the better state of the market for piece goods, the house had disposed of the old stock, and were proceeding to sell those of 1847, while, with respect to indigo, it appears that, although the crop was estimated at only 116,000 maunds, the factories with which the firm are con cerned were better than the year preceding, although, like the crop generally, inferior to what had been anticipated. Confident expectations were entertained of large remittances being made during the season to cover the bills drawn. CHRONICLE.—Our letters from Liverpool de scribe a better state of things as having commenced. This has arisen, no doubt, from the partial improve ment which took place in London, the favourable reply to Messrs. Littledale's claim for assistance, and the general belief that the Government will step in to aid the commerce of the country in its distress. The Bank returns have, as usual, appeared in the Gazette this evening, being the account up to Satur day last, the IGth inst. Under the circumstances, we do not think a better return could have been antici. pated. Compared with the same period of 1846, the effect of the payment of the dividends this year is less apparent, although of course the change in the posi tion of the Bank is very great. Much anxiety prevails in the north of England with regard to tho contemplated stoppage of works, and the most fatal consequences are apprehended from a continuance of the present crisis in financial affairs. The Government have an opportunity for preventing the further spread of the evil ; but every hour lost is the addition of more difficulty to be here after removed. the epidemic, which we call_ panic, is on the in crease, and although a lull may here and there for a brief moment occur, yet with the state of feeling which paralyses the heart of the country, London, we may be sure that the extremities cannot escape the pressure which it endures. We hope to see the matter taken up by the leading firms in the City. It interests all alike, whether supporters of the Bank Act of 1844, or its opponents; for it must not be for gotten that the original scheme contained a clause authorising, under certain circumstances, the increased issue of notes which are now found to be required. We believe it was to the opposition of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer that we are indebted for the exclusion of this clause ; and if so, the Right Hon. Gentleman has a debt to pay to the commercial commu nity, whose troubles are now aggravated by the feeling that the remedy is a matter involving a responsibility which the Ministers of the Crown seem but little de sirous to incur. To this point, however, they must come at last; and if the period be delayed, it will be with the misfortunes tenfold greater. The prestige of " the proper moment" lost, and their own reputa tion as statesmen must be seriously damaged in the estimation of the country. HERALD.—The pressure for money to• day in the discount market, if such a market can now be said to exist, in the proper sense of the term, was severe beyond all former precedent, and the rates charged puts carrying on regular business in any department of trade utterly out of the question. We have repeatedly cautioned the public not to look at the Stock Exchange as affording any criterion what ever for the actual state of affairs in the metropolis, for the prices there are governed to such an extent by speculative operations that they lead to no con clusion that can be relied on. Although, however, every person having the slightest knowledge of the subject is perfectly convinced of such being the fact, it is currently reported in circles that have ample means of judging, that so limited is the knowledge, and so narrow the views of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, that he clings with the utmost tenacity to the belief that an advance of I per cent. in the price of Consols for the account is an irrefragable evidence that things are im proving, and that consequently there will be no necessity for interference on the part of the Govern ment. It is scarcely credible that such shallow flip pancy could be displayed in such alarming circum stances as the country is now placed in, by any man having the confidence to accept of such an office, and we have no hesitation in stating that we speak the mind of a great majority of the country when we affirm, that if Lord John Russell cannot find a man with a more expanded grasp of mind to fill the office, the doom of his Cabinet is sealed. Reports were industriously circulated, and which for a time obtained credence in a number of the banking-houses, that the North and South 'Wales Bank, the head office of which is at Liverpool, had suspended payment. As this bank has a number of branches ramified through Wales, the report in ques• tion excited considerable interest ; for, being a bank of issue, the maximum of which is 63,9511., it was inferred it would create great distress among a num ber of poor people. We are very glad to be enabled to state, that on inquiry at the London and 'West minster Bank, who are their agents in town, we were informed that they had received no advice on the subject, and bad not only paid and received every thing for them during the day, but were to remit a sum in bank-notes to Liverpool by this evening's post. There were other rumours circulated respecting two or three commercial houses in town being unable to meet their engagements, consequent on the arrival of the mails yesterday, but the facts were not attested on such authority as would render ft prudent to give them publicity at present. The letters received from Manchester this morning announce the stoppage of the private bank of Scholes and Co., but except as an evidence of the extension of the pressure, it is not treated as a matter of much importance. The bank was established in 1790, and by the return made to the Stamp-office, the partner ship consists of Thomas Seddon Scholes, of High bank, Prestwich, near Manchester ; and Joseph Sed don, Cheatham, near Manchester. The directors of the North of England Joint-stock Bank, whose head office is at Newcastle upon-Tyne, and which suspended payment in March of the pre sent year, have been actively engaged in realising the assets, and have just issued a circular to the shareholders, together, with a balance-sheet setting forth the assets and liabilities to the 30th of Octo ber, 1847. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES.-9 to 1 agst Geraldine, 9 to 1 agst Giselle, 12 to 1 agst The Prior of St. Mar garet's,,l2 to 1 agst Patriot (t), 13 to 1 agst Hydrangea, 14 to 1 agst :Collingwood, 15 to 1 agst Blackbird (t), 16 to 1 agst Foreclosure, 16 to 1 agst Queen Mary, 18 to 1 agst George Hudson, 25 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 25 to 1 agst The Cur, 33 to 1 agst Dulcet, 33 to 1 agst Sagacity, 40 to 1 agst Wanota (33 to 1 taken). NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 aovs. each; for three yrs old and upwards. D.M. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 31b; five and upwards, Bst 81b; the winner to be sold for 3501. Criterion Course. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft; for two Trs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b .+ From th e urn of the Lands in. (45 Subs.) Colonel Anson's Corsican—Colonel Anson's *Con tessa—Duke of Bedford's *Motacilla (paid)—Mr. Bowes's c by Hetman Platoff, out of Maid of Lune—Mr. E. R. Clarke's Weathercock—Mr. J. Day's Carthage —Mr. Dennett's *Thug—Lord Eglinton's Eagle's Plume (paid) —Mr. W. Etwall's *b c by Venison, out of Soldier's Joy—Mr. W. Etwall's *ch c by Thistle Whipper, out of Pelerine—Lord Exeter's *Vulcan—Lord Exeter's *Xan thus—Lord Exeter's * Tisiphone—Lord Glasgow's br c by Don John, dam by Jerry—Mr. B. Green's Flat catcher—Mr. B. Green's Assault—Mr. Greville's Ross lyn (paid)—Mr. Greville's *Panic—Mr. Greville's Dun robin (paid)—Mr. Hargreave's *Sunnyside—Sir J. Hawley's *Lovelace—Lord Lonsdale *c by Redshank, out of Bridegroom's dam—Lord Lonsdale *c by Rat catcher, out of Souvenir—Mr. Irwin's The Monk —Mr. Mostyn's *Loadstone—Mr. llostyn's Mastiff—Mr. R. H. Neville's *Sceptre—Mr. R. H. Neville's * Hussar—Lord Orford's *c by Grand D u k e , ou t o f Ad elgund—Lord Or ford's *b f by Touchstone, out of Firefly—Mr. Osbal deston's f by Cardinal Puff, out of Croton Oil's dam— Mr. Pedley's *Lady Mary—Duke of Richmond's *Re flection—Mr. J. Rogers's *Sir Anthony—Mr. Bolt's *Comet—Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff (paid) Lord Strathmore's Sweetsauce—Mr. Townley's *f by Bay Middleton, out of Corranna's dam—Lord Waterford's *Wilmot—Mr. Watson's *Paladin—Mr. Watt's *1 by Touchstone, out of Ohio—Mr. Watt's *f by Lanercost, out of Cara—Mr. Wigram's *Pithus (paid)—Col. Peel's lodine (paid)—and Lola Montes (paid). Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Payne's *Woodcraft, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow'a f by Hetman Platoff, dam by Action, Bst 21b. Match, 200, h ft. D.M. Duke of Bedford's *Bridle, Bst 71b, agst Lord Exeter's *Cosachia, 8$ 41b. Match, 100. T.Y. C. _ _ Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary, 3 yrs, Bst I.olb, agst Mr. Sandford's Laura, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b. Match, 300, h ft; Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's 'c by Elis, out of Tuft, agst Mr. Greville's *Panic. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Sir J. Hawley's 'Lovelace, Bst 71b, agst Lord Strath. more's *Passion•flower, Bst. Match, 100, h ft. Last half mile of Criterion Course. Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Rough and Ready, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Osbaldeston's *Vice Consul, 7st 71b. Match, 100; Bst 51b each. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's *Bishop of Romford's Cob, agst Mr. Mostyn's *Wilderness. - Match, 200, h ft. First half of Ab.M. Duke of Bedford's * Villiers, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Mostyn's *Tamarind, Gst 71b. Match, 100, li ft. T.Y.C. Mr. W. Gratwicke's *The Flitch, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bedford's Eiithen, 7st 71b. Match, 100, h ft. D.M. Mr. Payne's *Spider, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's *Discontent, ist 111 b. Match, 200, h ft; Bst each. T.Y.C. Lord Strathmore's *Sincerity agst Mr. May's*Senza. TUESDAY. Handicap Plate of 100 sovs.; for three yrs old, &c. 501.; for two yrs old, a feather; three, 7st 51b; four, Bst 91b; five, 9st 31b; six and aged, 9st 71b. Last three miles of B.C. Winner to be sold, with his en. gagements, for 300 guineas. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 7st IMb; four, Bst 41b; five and upwards, Bst 81b. Last half of Ab.M. The winner to be sold for 801., &c. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for 900 sovs. D.M. The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5 ft if declared; with 100 added. Cambridge shire Course. (140 Subs.) Pyrrhus the First, 4 yrs, Bst 1 01b—Lightning, 6 yri, Bst 81b—Sir Tatton Sykes, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—*Dulcet, 5 yt.s, Bst 51b—Poyriten, 4 yr s , Bst 5 1b —Chanticleer, 4 y rs, Bst 51b— * St. Lawrence, aged, Bst 51b—The Travers 4 yrs, Bst 41 b—Pantasa, 5 yrs, Bst 31b—*Lady Wild: Air, 5 yrs, Bst 31b--*War Eagle (includi ng 61b ex t ra ), 3 yrs, Bst 31b—N ewcourt, aged, Bst 21b—*The Cur. 5 yrs, Bst 21 b—Patriot, 6 yrs, Bst 11b—*Brocardo, 4 yrs, 8s t— *The Prior of St. Margaret's, 4 yrs, Bst—Grim sten, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Blackbird, 4 yrs, 7st 1.21b — Princess Alice, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—*Collingwood, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Rowena, 6 yrs, ist 111b—*Winche ster, .5 yrs, 7st 101b—Pilgrim, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Nottv igham, aged, 7st 81b—*Vanish, 4 yrs, 7st 'i - ih—Predestir6?, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Blunderbuss, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Blackie, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Clumsy, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—*Pic• nic, 5 yrs, 7.--slT2hl b e — S *7l l i l r o m w il 1 0 3 , ist 51b—*Bridle, 3 yrs, ist 51b—Ennui, 4 yrs, ist 41b — The Mongrel, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Foreclosure, 3 yrs, 7st 31b — *Tragical, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—*Reminiscence, 3 yrs, ist 21 b —* Clementina, 3 yrs, 7st 21b—*Miami, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 3 y7 r , s, 7 7 s s t t- 21 T b— he M w r ido b w ia , r a ti g n e , d, 3 7s Lrs, Giselle, 4 yrs, 7st—Ruf us , 4 y rs , 7 st —Th e Lib erator, 3 yrs, ist—*Secundus, 6 yrs, 7st—Limestone, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Clermont, 31yrs, Est 121b—Valiant, 5 yrs, Est 121 b Fisticuff, aged, Est 101b—*Montrensier, 3 yrs, Est 101b— *Hydrangea, 4 y rs , Est 101b—Rough and Ready, 5 yrs, 6st 101b—St. Leon, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Master Downes, 5 yrs, Est 101 b —* Chistopher, 3 yrs, Est 101b—*Wanota, 3 yrs, Est 101 b--*Cosachia, 3 yrs, Est 81b—*Brown Bess, 3 yrs, 6st 8 1 b— * Kimblesworth, 3 yrs, Est 81b—*Camera Obscura, 4 yrs, Est 81 b—*Slander, 3 yrs, 6st 81b—*Col leen Bawn, 5 yrs, Est 71b—Queen Mary, 5 yrs, Est 61b —*Doctrine, 3 yrs, 6st 6 1 b—Sagacity, 3 yrs, Est 61b— *Ulysses, 3 yrs, Est 61b—*Rob Roy, 3 yrs, Est 6th— Crozier, 3 yrs, Est 61b—*Gabbier, 3 yrs, 6st 61b— *Fergus,3 yrs, Est 51b—Deloraine, 3 yrs, Est 51b—Timour, 3 yrs, 6st 31b--*Wintonia, 3 yrs, 6st 31 b--*Millwood, 3 yrs, 6st 21b—*Cardinal's Niece, 3 yrs, Est 2 1b--*Sir Peter Laurie, 3 yrs, Est 21b—*Lazarillo, 3 yrs, Est lib —Chainbearer, 3 yrs, 6st—*Geraldine,4 yrs, 6st--*Lady Lurewell, 3 yrs, 6st—*George Hudson, 3 yrs, 6st— Martext, 4 yrs, Sat 121b—*Fistiana, 3 yrs, sst 121b— *Redwing, 3 yrs, sst 111b—*Marpesus, 3 yrs, sst 101b— *Deriades, 3 yrs, sst 101b•—*Sloth, 3 yrs, sst 71b—*f by Don John, 3 yrs, sst 71b—*Jolly Dick, 3 yrs, sst 51b— *Pillage, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Miss Sarah, 5 yrs (paid)—Spit head, 4 yrs (paid)—Planet, 3 yrs (paid)—Duke of Rich mond, 4 yrs (paid)—Finvaragh, 4 yrs (paid)—The Tartar, 3 yrs (paid)—Clara Webster, 4 yrs (paid)— Congress, 3 yrs (paid)—Doctor Goodall, 3 yrs (paid), Match, 200, h ft, A.F. Mr. Boyce' s *Dr. Goodall, Bst 101 b, agat *Lord Strad broke's Marpes u s, B s t 11b . Match, 100, h ft, last half of Ab.M. Mr. Osbaldeston's * Vice-Consul, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bedford's Sable, 7 s t 21b. WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 501. for three yrs old, &c. A.F. Sweepstakes; of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four yrs, Bst 21b ; five yrs, and upwards, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 1501. Subscription Plate of 501., for two yrs old, 6st 71b, and three yrs, Bst 101 b. The winner to be sold for 350 sovs. T.Y.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 30 sous. each, 10 ft, if de clared, for three yrs old. Last mile and a dis. of B.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. First half of Ab.M. Winner to be sold for 70/. Sweepstakes of 501. each, h ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b. Winners of 200/., 51b extra. D.M. (9 Subs.) Mr. John Day's * Carthage—Lord Exeter's *Hecuba —*Mr. Greig's c by the Earl of Richmond, out of Sin gleton's dam—*Lord Lonsdale's c by Ratcatcher, out of Souvenir —Mr. Irwin's The Monk—Lord Orford's cby The Colonel, out of Dorothy—Mr. Osbaldeston's *Buck stone—Mr. Osbaldeston's b f by Cardinal Puff, out of Croton Oil's dam—Mr. Greville's Dunrobin, paid. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. *Duke of Bedford's Eothen, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glas gow's c by Don John, out of Impertinence, 7st 51b. Match, 200, h ft. R.M. Mr. Payne's Pavilion agst *Lord Glasgow's f, out of Miss Whip, Bst 71b each. Match, 100, h ft. Last half of Ab. M. Duke of Bedford's Villiers, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Barne's Blackcock, 7st 101 b. THURSDAY. Subscription Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. for three yrs old and upwards. D. I. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for two yrs old, 7st, and three yrs, Bst 121 b ; fillies, 21bs. The winner to be sold for 80. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for three yrs old, 7st ; four yrs, Bst 41b ; five yrs, and upwards, Bst 111 b ; mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Winner to be sold for 2504 A.F. Sweepstakes of 10 SOTS. each ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Winner to be sold for 401 b. Last half of Ab.M. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for two yrs old. D.M. Sweepstak es o f 10 sovs. each ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Winner to be sold for 1501. T.Y.C. The Prospect Stakes of 10 sovs. each ; for three yrs, Bst; four yrs, 9st 111 b ; five yrs, 9st 81b ; six yrs and aged, 9st 101 b. Winner to be sold for 2001, if entered for 150/. allowed 71b, if for 100/. allowed 141 b, and if for 50/. allowed 241bs. D.I. The Glasgow Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b. Last three-quarters of R.M. (13 Subs.) Colonel Anson's * Backbiter—Mr. Mostyn's Surplice —Mr. Mostyn's * Loadstone—Mr. Mostyn's Blackthorn —Mr. Mostyn's Mastiff —Mr. Mostyn's *Propeller— Mr. Ford's Judge Advocate—Lord Glasgow's *b c by Don John, out of Canada—Lord Lonsdale's *The Northern Eagle—Mr. Osbaldeston's cby Lanercost, out of Queen of Beauty—Duke of Bedford's *e by Elis, out of Tuft—Lord Spencer's Bungaree (dead)—Mr. Gre ville's Rosslyn paid. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Ab. M. (11 Subs.) Lord Exeter's *Sister to Pergularia—Lord Lonsdale's *c by Ratcatcher, out of Souvenir—Sir J. B. Mill's Deer-stalker—Mr. Mostyn's Fallow Deer—Mr. J. Moore's *Blaze—Lord Orford's *c by Grand Duke, out of Adelgund—Lord Strathmore's *Sincerity—Mr. H. T. Worley's Narva—Duke of Bedford's *Motacilla, paid— Mr. Greville's Rosslyn, paid—Sir J. Hawley's Cava tina. paid. Match, 150, 50 ft, Bst 71b each. Field Marshal Grosvenor's Sir Oliver agst Mr. Low ler's_ •Chapelgorie. _ Match, .306, h ft. Last mile and a half of 13.01. Mr. Pedlcy's * Administrator, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bedford's *Bridle, Bst 41b. Match, 300, h ft. T.M.M. Mr. G. H. Moore's *W o lfd og, Bst 121 b, agst Mr. PaYne'sClementine, 0 enl l ell o, 8t each. tina:6stslb. Match, Last half of Ab.M. Lord Strathraore's Valeria agst Mr. Johnson's Rough and Ready. F RIBAS. 501 ; for three yrs old, 7st 61b ; four, Bst 51b five and upwards, Bst 10Ib ; winner to be sold for s 1001. A.F. The Audley End Stakes, of 30 sovs each ; for three yrs, &c. A.E.C. The Nursery Stak es , o f 25 sovs each ; for two yrs old. D.M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for two yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b; the winner to be- sold for 501. First half of Ab.M. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each ; 5 ft if declared, &c; for three yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; for three yrs old, 7st 91b; four, Bst 31b ; five and upwards, Bst 81b ; winner to be sold for 4001. First half of Ab.M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for two yrs old, 7st 71b ; and three, 9st 41b ; the winner to be sold for 2001; if for 150/, allowed 51b ; if for 100/, 101 b ; and for 504 151 b. T.Y.C. 501; for three yrs old, ist 61b ; four, Bst 51b ; five &c, Bst 101 b ; the winner to be sold for 1001; &c. A.F. Match, 200/., h ft. Cambridgeshire Course. Mr. Sandford's *Kimblesworth, 3 yrs, list 71b, agst Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary, 3 yrs, Bst 31b. Match, 300/., Bst 7lb each. D.M. Lord Glasgow's Chainbearer sgst Mr. Mostyn's Crozier. Match, 2002, 50/. ft; Bst each. T.M.M. Mr. Parr's liosin-the-Beau agst Mr. Derry's My Mary. Match, 2001., h It. T.Y.C. Lord Glasgow's Discontent, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b, agst Mr. Ilayne's Woodcraft, 2 yrs, 7st 71b. SATURDAY. The Houghton Handicap of 15 sous. each, and 5 ft if declared, for three yrs old, &c. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, Est 71b; three, Bst 71b; four, 9st; five, &c., 9st 41b; the winner to be sold for 2001., &c. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 50 toys. each; for two yrs old, 6st 71b; three, Bst 51b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five and upwards, Bst 121 b ; the winner to be sold for 25/. First half of A b.M. Sweepstakes of 10 toys. each; for three yrs old, 7st . 91b; four, Bst 71b ; fi ve, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st; manor to be sold for 120. Ab.M. The Selling Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft if declared; the winner to be sold for 1202, &c. A.E.C. iee the thrown h F r i o r w el n , premises belongi ng t o FIRE AND S EIZVRE OF AN I LLICIT S OAP F ACTORY. —Yesterday morni ng , s h or tly a ft er t we l ve o ' c l ock, the into neighbourhood astat e ef excitement, i L t street, e a m m e. in c o n B s P e al ltufiltleecis of , was spring ing of policemen's rattles an d a gen' o r a l It soon became apparent th a t th e cry of ,- Messrs. Johnstone and Co., oil and TT I colourmen, i n th e above street, were in flam es . several belonging to th e London. 33 e parish engi ne , w i t h arriving, when the fir emen fou - Brigade, were early in ud occurred in the b ac k room, that the outbreak h a d some trouble the flames we on the first floor. After making an examination tore extinguished, when, upon disaster, they found that • ascertain the cause of the of the premises where tl immediately over that portion soap manufactory, and a . e fire commenced was an illicit from the flue leading to, the was quite clear that the heat Search was mad coppers had caused the mis chief.been carrying on their.c for the parties who had thus as they had illicit calling, but without suc cess,managed to effect their escape. , The officers of the Excis 'were apprised of the discovery, and, having repaired!to the premises, they took posses sion of the plant. INCENDIARY FIDE.--.This • is morning, about half past one, a fire happened in the tim • b er-yard of Messrs. Johnson and. Co., timber-merchants, Gurney-mews, Exmouth-street, Spafields. Mr. Colf and Mr. Connor ton, with the London Establishment and West of England engines and men, were quickly on the spot, when the piled timbers of the yard were found to have been. set on fire in more places than one. By the ex ertions of those present on the outbreak the fire was quickly extinguished, but not until some damage had been occasioned. A private watchman is retained on the establishment, who has always been a most active servant, and there is every reason to hope that the guilty parties will be traced. When the work men left last night, everything appeared perfectly safe, the greatest care having been taken by th ose on the premises to see that the li g hts were properly attended to. SUSPENSION OF RAILWAYS IN LANCASHIRE.—The South Junction Railway works are suspended in Man chester ; as is also, or very nearly so, the Manchester and Altrincham line. Besides these two important un dertakings, the Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Man chester and Leeds) have discharged a great number of men during the last fortnight in Manchester, and no doubt on other parts of the line. Nve f ox f l aw u times are close at hand. bly the tiro th tto,