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TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FIE ELECTION of a DIREC rOR in the room of the late Willia m A s t e ll , E sq., h av i n g been fixed l, for R> D NEsnAy, the 14th i nst., b etween the hours of N i ne i n th e ore aeon and Six in the Evening, I once more take the liberty of most r : Pee 'f'illY and earnestly renewing my solicitations for the honour Your support o n thi s occa3lon. At the same time I beg to tender RarrneQt acknowledgments to you for the gratifying encourage- Mein which I have received doting my canvass. I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, Ladles and Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant, J. CAULFIELD, Major-General. Committee-room Loudon Tavern, April 12, 1847. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER. BEDFORD TAINMENTS, at the MUSIC-HALL, STORE - STREET , . ' 12r• WILSON SgHARE begs to announce that MS EVENING, the April, at Eight o'clock, he will commence his Series of En :llrments on the SONGS o f SCOTLAND, when he will sing livival songs for the first time in London, and also bring forward 49n se veral favourites.—Pianoforte, Mr. I and. PRGRAMME. NT FizsT.—My H ear t' s in the Highlands--The Bonnie House of "rue—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married Man's Lament—Au Thou i,t ain Thing—Auld Gudeman, ye're a Drucken Carle—The 'Tn Mother's Lament—Won't you lave us a lock of your hair ? rAItT SECOND.-0 Jeani e , th ere ' s naething to fear yo—The Stuarts Of liMiltellehintselasMhyesj°(;. Janet—Go fetch to me a pint o' wine — Green ; Reserved Seats, 2s. fxl. ; Private Boxes for Six Per -8",!. 15 8. ; for Eigb,t, 11. k "uning the season, Mr. Wilson will give his Entertainments in the every Monday Evening, at Eight o'clock. THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES; OR, THE SOCIAL REFORMER. _LABOURER'S JOURNAL. Partlll., ritiPer Royal Bvo., Price 3d., with a Stamp for posting. SAMPLE NUMBER. 1l.1•11. The Labourers' Rights, as a large and increasing multitude, to Zile's' Employment for the mutual service of one another. The Present Condition of the Labouring Masses deplorable, from fi ziot rather fr omhe being deprived of Employment and Bene dal Service fo r a The Irish in Loudon.—A Sabbath-day in the By-way of St. Cles 's :—A Contentment with Vice, and Apathy to Virtue ; or, in other words, a condition ao better than that of mere brutality, be rme the in se p ara bl e consequen ce of the early and neglected help sness of the capable, though unbetriended poor Labourer. Ti gitint Societies : State of the Badly and Insufficiently Employed Poor Labourers in the Parish of Lambeth. (From our Lady Re- Porter.) Letter from a poo r Labouring Man (a Tailor) as to t he condition of his Trade. Employment "_. - golrfnent of Able - bodied Labourers in " Workhouses," picking kmatim, instead of working Profitably on Land for Food, or on Goods for Comforts and Necessaries to their Fellow-Creatures. The Importance of regarding the Deserving Poor of our Country. — Y the Rev. G. Wallace, Author of the " Dressmakers' and Milliners' A.dvocate, Etc. ice. theZ..neouragem Cla s sesll Classes to Labour for the Regeneration of Labouring : —these are not unmindll of kindnesses on their behalf. (Read Two Letters from a Compo,t,) ~n _ The influence and Value of the Co-operation or ;he " Working *Mitu,",--of the Heart-honoured L a b ourer —i n redoubin..g the energies Of serve them. E OF THE LABOURER:- 1: A. Votes n the Appointment of his Rulers. 2. The Protection, from his Rulers, to the Female Innocency and 'Virtue a ys Family Home. 3., Th. rAbourer should not be disgraced but honoured In, and for, his LabQiir. Ihtblishing Ofßce, l l3, Wellington-street, North, Strand. .CAU Osiiimunicatione to be addressed to Mr. Luke James Hansard, Pftlaoe-yard, Westminster. rONDON and SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. , The Dipectors have this morning had their attention called to some FORGE 4 SCRIP CERTIFICATES of SHARES in the additional capital creAled in November last. These ficiii4 purport to be under the hands of two of the Directors and the D•ks , ores of the Company ; and, as far as tke Directors are at oresent *Ware, the forged Scrip are confined to Certificates of ono Share each: The Directors think it right instantly to issue this notice, that Personedeating in the Scrip may he put on their guard as to the per sons d py whom, and the circumstances under which, sales may be offere. The Diredors have satisfaction in noticing that there is every reason to - believe that the forgery has been committed by persons Wholly un•:ounected with the Company. .Further 44(1 the vilest urgent inquiries will, of course, be prose ._"ti_d, and kulders of the Scrip desiring information, or able to corn ..lunietite' atlything which may aid the Directors, arc requested to wn imuuli - C41141 with the Treasurer or myself, at this office. . f I.iy order of the Directors, ,',.. P. LAURENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. Nine ElintStation, April 8, 1847. 4 ,„ 11- B. The erged Scrip Certificates still continue confined to Cer "'wastes 'Of e ShaTe• ll inliXl April'lo, 1847. xi Wurr E CONDUIT HOUSE TAVERN.— rav e CHARD ROUSE, with deep g ratitude for all past nrs, b to inform his Friends a nd the Public, that his n rim Mer goments for the Reception and Accommodatiox of ar ge or 11 DINNER PARTIES, are now complete, and most tespectfu solicits a continuation of the hoi.our of their patronage. fi e - ` abundant supply and the quality of all dinners provided by R. antlhis publicly acknowledged superior mode of serving them 4 ,I".ving given such general satisfaction to his patrons, he begs to the attention of Stewards and Managing Committees of every Ztale dinner, to the near distance from the Cit y , the central and airy riUtion. the conveniences and capa bilities of the White Conduit 'Use Tavern, the certainty of cheap conveyances, at ahi hours, to ZY.,.:Part of the metropolis ; and in the event of unfavourable I n 7,` L 'er, more covered ground and premises than any other tavern ...f . ngland—advanteges certain to insure a more numerous attend co.""___ of the friends and supporters of their respective societies, and a paLsPendlng addition to the funds of their several benevolent and worthy institutions. Nn. 61, GROSVENOR-STREET, BOND STREET. ESSRS. MOSELEY, SURGEON•DEN TISTS, have REMOVED from 32, Haymarket. Their trs.em of supplying artificial teeth ensures the power to masticate, iTztiliout lessening the taste of the palate by artificial covering, or in abl:tthe r adjoining teeth by use of wires. Their teeth are unchange n colour, and perfectly resemble the original. Decayed teeth knnanently filled and restored to use, superseding extraction. OWLAINIDS' ODONTO, or, PEARL DEN TIFRICE, a FRAGRANT WHITE POWDER, prepared from oriental herbs of inestimable virtue for preserving and besuti- Itt the TEETH and strengthening the GUMS. It eradicates nar from the teeth, and thus lends a salutary growth and freshness to Z_ the gums. It removes from the surface of the Teeth the spots of ' 4 'elPient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the 3 : 1 1 ,? 8 t Pure and pearl-like whiteness; while, from its salubrious and infecting b ' qualities, it gives sweetness and perfume to the breath. '"..... 41,1 g an anti-scorbutle, the gums also share in its corrective powers; ""IrrY is eradicated from them, and a healthy action and redness are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) are thus rendered firm in their sockets. As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever know. ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a long series of lean occupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe. Price 2s. 9d. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the publie from fraud, the Rem Commis- Stoners of Stamps have.eireated the proprietors' name and address to be engraved oa the Government stamp, thus A. BOWLAIrD and BON, 20, Natten-garden," which Is affixed on each box. Sold by the Proprietors. and by Chemists and Perflimers. "F A I R P L AY" " Fair Play is a jewel" in most persons' view, And, if valued aright, 'tis a bright jewel too. Yet, alas ! this bright jewel, which no one contemns, Is hard to be met with, like all other gems. At any rate, readers, permit us to say That at MOSES and SON'S you will meet with " Fah* Play ." The light Summer Wrappers of MOSES and SON, Whose fashion such high admiration has won, The splendid collection of dress coats and frock, And the trowsers which form such an elegant stock ; And the now-design'd waistcoats, so costly and gay, Are proof§ that with MOSES' you'll meet with " Fair Play." The hats, and the caps, and the boots, and the shoes, Which with high satisfaction each purchaser views, The hosiery goods, and the outfitting store, Which, as bargains, are valued by all more and more. Yes, these, with the very low prices you pay, Bear out our assertion, and all seem to say With MOSES and SON you will meet with " Fair Play." A new Work, entitled " FASHIONS FAVOURITE," with a List of Prices, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. MADE TO KIMMEL Cashmere Codrington, from ..... 16 6 Taglionts, silk collar and cuffs .. • . .......... 1 2 0 Cambridge Coat, lined throughout .... ••. • . •• .• • 2 5 0 Tweed Coats •• .. • • .. 1 12 0 Beat quality manufactured •••••••••••• • • • . • • • • .• • • 2 15 0 1 15 0 Beat quality manufactured .. •• • Rich pattern Vests • •• • • ........ 0 8 0 utushmere, or cloth • • • • .. • • • 0 8 6 Tweed Trousers 0 8 0 . Single -milled Doeskin ditto ........................ 1 2 0 Boat, or Dress ditto ............................. 1 6 0 'woYs' Hussar or Tunic Suits ........ .. • • 1 5 0 SEAM MADE. Blouses, from . . . Cashmerette Codrington ......... 0 18 6 Cambridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and all the newest Patteris 0 18 0 Tweed Coat ................ from 0 8 6 Sporting ditto 0 6 6 Extra Superfine a superior coat •• .. •••• • • • PrOck Coat • . Extra Superfine, a superior coat • •• • • 2 2 0 Roll -Collar Vests ..... ••• • • • 0 5 0 Fancy Satins ~...... ••• • • 0 6 6 Cloth, or Ca551raere........... ...... „ .......... 0 4 6 Tweed Trousers Fancy Cassimere or Doeskin ••••• • • • ••• • • • • • 0 10 6 Boys Tunic and Hussar suits.. •••-••-.• • • • • • • . .•• .. 0 18 6 Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea- Bare. if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the Money returned. E. MOSES and SON. Tailors, Woollendraeers, Clothiers, Hatters, Resters, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen. 154, 155, and 156, 157 minoriee. and 85, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate. flty. London. Cantion.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the nntradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London ; and those who desire genuine and che, 14 clothing, &c., should call at, Or send to, Minorles and Aldgate, City, London. Notice. No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. DR. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, ILiPPLNESS, and LONG LIFE. _ In pocket volumes Is. each, by post(in stamps), Is. Gd. each. IT OW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucande Vivere."—Clc. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 3. MARRIMSE and its MYSTERIES. Tolbe, or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut valeas." eto publications are free the times. from empyrical mysticism, and are To the e of hie be had of Sherwood, 23, Patern o ster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn the Allo r earvalho, 147, Fleet - street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from tio n ' ilt ilor, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta ionings till Three , and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, ArgYie-place. Regent-street. UN NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. 4,, ' JUST PUBLISHED, THE THIRTIETH THOUSAND, iroProved Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price 25., in t s ealed envelope, or forwarded, post - paid , to any address, Secure 9 11 1 observation, for 2s. 6d. in postage stam p s, illustrated wtth numerous Ana t omical Coloured Engravings , tm A N II 0 0 D: l o ._ The Causes of Its Premature Decl ine ; with Plain Direc r for its Perfect Restoration. e tn Medical Essay on those diseases of the generative organs, nating from solitary and sedentary habits, indiscriminate ex ▪ r, the effects of climate, and infection, &c., addressed to the Th.,.., er ei in youth, manhood, and old age ; with practical remarks on deig i ge, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental by ...:I` 7 . impotency, syphilis, and other urino-genital diseases. • ':Web even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and w illt the full period of lire allotted to man. The whole illustrated fo r . l2 , umerous Anatomical Engravings on steel, in colour, explain- tithe various functions, secretions, and structures of the reproduc re.' ° rJranii itl health an I disease; is ith instructions for private cor rnslence , cases, &c. 7 J. L. CURTIS an 1 0.. Consulting Surgeon. 3, 7. Frith-street, - - Soho-square, London. REVIEW OF THE WORE. ''.ILTTS ON MANHOOD. ( Strange). Raving for many years en 1 v St andard work on these diseases, its or i g i n ality is apparent, be and ....7speavraeal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." .. 1 1 4 al and m ll4ll Eihed by M i t he Aut G hors, azette. and may be had at their re sidence ; sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; 0, 1 !_ 111, 39, Cornhill, London • yowler , 4, St. Ann's-square, Man !_w te r Philip. South Castle-stres I, Liverrool ; Campbell, 146, merle-str e et, Glasgow ; Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh; t. lll I Sealed envelope by all booksellers. di r n east's. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their reel- Pft::'IPRITH-STII.EET, 1110 •SQUARE, LONDON and Ilts can have this work privately torwarded them, by initial or °fh !r_ ' r ise, to any part of the United Kingdom, direct fro m the Relsldence, or from any of tho above agents, on remitting ' lt 's it Pottage etamps. 2 , ki' 0.17,024. LON DON MONDAY 7' NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNIYILL, 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 the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and ollicers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Branch Office in connexion with those Societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services inight be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effeetually d.sseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious 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 Less 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 secared ; 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 pecnniary sacrifice; white 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 deterred 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 - ress-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 same perfection,' or the same security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated throligh a succession of years, and where results are to bear oat calculation% money investment being in general beyond the experience of the inchtstrious 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 'sortie , . 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when united 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 these 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 amon.ist the combiftationi 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 other pa7t of the plan itself, without being fully sa.istled that the conven ence and safety of Friendly and Itenefit 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 Fries illy and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the 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 the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John 11. Gordon, D.S. ' Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Jo eph 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 1/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 23. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.-A person aged 2G next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of 1/. 6s. 9d.. or a single payment of 22/. 175.3 d.; or on payment of 6/. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 185. 1 ld., the same as or age 20. Example.-1 person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 1/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ;, cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 175/. I Is. Example.-A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of I/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 2.1. may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, lel. Os. 4d. I cash down, 1481. 125.; or a policy on his life, 1751. 118 PUBLICATIONS. NEW W. , RK BY MRS. BUTL'R. On the 20th, in two vOtnnes, post Bvo , AYEAR OF CONSOLATION. By Mrs. BUTLER (late FANNY KEMBLE). In a few days, in two volumes. T rat Fro., JOULNAL Of A FEW - MONTHS' RESIDENCE IN PORTUGAL, AND GLIMPSES OF THE SOUTH OF SPAIN By a LADY. Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street. MR. DOUBLEDAY'S FINANCIAL HISTORY. In a few days will be published, in ene vol. BTo., AFINANCIAL MONETARY AND STA TISTICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, fYom the Revo lution of 1688 to the Present Time. By THOMAS DOUBLEDAY, Esq., Author of " The True Law of Population." London; Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. IMPORTANT AND UNPRECEDENTED SALE AT HOLMES', REGENT-STREET. Messrs. HOLMES having taken several thousand pounds' worth of SHAWLS (at an immense sacrifice), in liquidation of a debt due to their firm by an eminent French manufacturer, the whole having been expressly produced for the coming season. The patterns are of a most elaborate and recherche description ; and in consequence of the immense quantity, they will be compelled to sell them at a sa crifice unprecedented. This vast additional amount of stock have induced Messrs. Holmes to remark (at a great discount from the original cost) the whole of their extensive and valuable assortment of MANTILLAS and FURS, with their unrivalled collection of INDIA, FRENCH, and BRIT ISH S iIAWLS to be included in this Sale, and to facilitate which, every article will be marked in Plain Figures. The Sale to commence on the 13th inst. t °reign and British Shawl Emporium, 171, 173, and 175, Regent street. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT FRETS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF - THE PASSIONS: a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with InstrUottops for its Complete Restoration. • Addressed to thong suffering 'from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigest!on , and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OF TllB WORE, Chap. 1.--Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the. production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Inanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal 'Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused by the practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhcea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gieet, Stricture, and disease •f the Prostate. s. —Syphilis, and its attendant maladie s an d treatment. Cases and , p c . oiluding observations, Plates, &c. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON, Capital X 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 ;or 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 at the lowest possible rates. 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, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Nine. The GYMNOTUS ELECTRICUS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited in a TRANS PARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO EL mile MACHINE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied Ooleal Effects include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. EXPERIMENTS with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &c., &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. PLA TE. rill COX SAVORY and Co., Silversmiths, ji_ • &e., 47, Cornhlll (seven doors from Graceehurch-street), London. The best wrought Pldd l e-pattem Spoons and Forks, from 7s. Od. per ounce. Fiddle Pattern. Classic do. oz. s. d. £s. d. s. d. 30 at 7 o—lo 10 0 11 2 0 20 .. 7 0 7 0 0 7 12 0 30 7 o—lo 10 0 11 2 0 20 .• 7 0 7 0 0 712 0 10 7 0— 310 0 315 0 12 Table Spoons 12 Dessert Spoons 12 Table Forks 12 Dessert Forks 2 (4ravy Spoons. 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To Mr. Knight the English nation is in debted for a splendid edition of our immortal dramatist; an edition more accurate than any individual edition ever previously issued, illustrated by antiquarian and philological notes of singular value, and accompanied by the most ingenious biography of the poet of poets. When, therefore, we find the Quarterly Reviewer bantering Mr, Knight upon the slovenliness of his English, and bantering him in English as slovenly, and uncondensed, and straggling, as any we can just now call to our recollection, we are disposed to "skip" the remainder of the article for something less splenetic and more agreeable. But we refrain from yielding to this momentary ebulition of indig nation, because of the acuteness by which these un merited sarcasms are accompanied. While we pro test against the Reviewer as having... no right to criricise the style of Mr. Knight, innarnuch as he him self has, in page 311, penned, perldps, the worst con structed sentence ever printed' in the Quarterly (be ginning " His fellow-payers, who enjoyed," Sre.), we t are bound to acknowledge that the criticism, in its: entirety is a beautiful and charming 'composition. Speaking of Dr. Johnson as among the most distin- guished of the very many distinguished commentators on Shakspere, we are rejoiced to observe that the writer awards him the praise which has been hitherto so seldom and so grudgingly pronounced, but to which he is so justly and so eminently entitled. Ac cording to the Aristida3an principle, it has become the fashion to depreciate the abilities and to disparage the disposition of the Doctor. Now-a-days he is seldom depicted as other than a surly old brute in a snuff- coloured coat and worsted stockings, growling per petually over the tea-table of Mrs. Thrale, throwing the insolent 2Egis of his patronage over Goldsmith, leading the town by the nose as coarsely as Saint Dunstan did the Devil, retailing platitudes to Bozzy, and possessing altogether about as much capacity for political criticism as a hound or a hedge hog. Never was a gigantic mind so traduced, never was a subtle fancy so maligned, never was so great a man so miserably and causelessly caricatured. Like all creatures of genius, Dr. Johnson had his eccen tricities many of them unpleasant eccentricities —but that his intellect was pliant and com prehensive, that his literary knowledge was profound and versatile, that his judgment was ripe, his per ception keen, and his heart sensitive to its very core, not all the fribbles of the " parrot sentimentalists" and the " minnow antiquists" of this or any other generation can disprove. " Whatever flawii later criticism may have detected in Johnson's own magnificent preface, it helped to make Shukspere better appreciated. His notes accom plished the same end. He had, unfortunately, but little sympathy with the ideal parts of poetry —nor had he patience always to penetrate into his author's design, which required a stronger belief than he entertained of Sbakspere's approximation to artistic infallibility but his great general powers enabled him to paraphrase into perspicuity many an involved and muigmatical line —to stamp with a more legible impress many a noble specimen of worn or corroded coinage ; and few things are more disgusting than the disrespect with which his Shaksperian labours generally are treated by the parrot sentimentalists as well as the minnow antiquists of later times." Consultation fee, If by Letter, 11. A minute detail of ease is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residence 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, an eve till eight: and on Sundays from eleven till twelve. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. WESTBURY.—In consequence of the sudden and la mented decease, of T. H. H. Phipps, Esq., of Leighton House, on Sunday last, all operations were immediately suspended in reference to the contest for the representa tion of Westbury, which have been actively prosecuted during the last three weeks. With the same good taste which has marked Mr. Wilson's proceedings throughout the contest, and which has obtained for him the general respect of the borough, that gentleman left Westbury for London early on Monday morning, in order to pre vent the slightest appearance of a canvass being con tinued, which his presence in the town might still have given rise to.— Wilts Independent. OXFORD.—We hear that the Honourable T. E. Stonor (son of Lord Camoys), who was foreman of the grand jury at the late assizes, is to be brought forward on the Liberal interest at the next election.—Banbury Guardian. LINCOLN.—It would appear that the attempt to get Mr. Collett not to contest the city of Lincoln at the next election is a complete failure, as parties professing to be in the secret of Mr. Collett's intentions state that he will not be -induced to leave the Seld.—Stamford Mercury. HERTFORDSHIRE.—TWO of the sitting members for In a subsequent paragraph the critic remarks, that no judieous editor would ever attempt to supersede the majority of the Doctor's notes upon Shakspere, seeing that " for beauty and force they are rot to be surpassed." One figurative expression in this paper strikes us as being peculiarly happy, exemplifying as it does in a single sentence, the advantages derivable from the multitude of commentators on our greatest fellow-countryman. Shakspere, observes the writer, " is like a vast 'country from which no persevrring voyager returns without affixing his name to an islet or a creek which had eluded former explorers." Such is the amplitude of that continent of poetry ! Before we proceed to another article we must commend the elegance and originality of the elucidatory passages upon the opening scene in " Hamlet," that inimitable and thrilling scene, " every minute circumstance" of which Mrs. Radcliffe regarded as " contributing to excite some feeling of dreariness, or melancholy, or solemnity, or expectation. " (See her posthumous paper on "The S upernatural in Poetry. " ) A learned essay, descripti ve o f " Private Life among the Greeks and Romans," and a pal a t a bl e rechauffee from "Planche's History of C os t ume " follow. When we h ave re marked th a t th e Quarterly considers the Government protest against th e Montpensier alliance as h aving been mad e " under an erroneous interpretation of the Treaty of Ut rec h t, " and maintains "that the mar riage in questi on i s not at variance with the stipula tions of any t reaty or with public law, " we are persuaded th a t enough has been said upon the chapter about the late S pan i s h intrigues. Our readers will not be solicit ous to dip again into the dregs of such eccentric arguments as those adduce d b y the Honourable G en tl eman the Member for Shrews b ury and the Noble Lord th e Member for L ynn ; d regs, too, which taste neith er o f the saccharine a b sur di t i es of Lord George Bentinck or the acid wit of Mr. Dis raeli. One of the most extraordinary discoveries of modern times is undoubtedly that of the arrow-head ed writings of Behistan, containing a history of Da rius Hystaspes, his deeds, his possessions, and his pa rentage. By deciphering these mysterious hierogly phics, the science of philology has achieved little short of a miracle, and has confirmed not only the records of Herodotus but of every profane historian. As a popular account of this marvellous discovery the pa per relating to it in the Quarterly deserves the highest eulogium. It is scrupulously sequential throughout —is comprehensible to the shallowe3t understanding, without descending to a puerile simplicity, and com presses the substance of many volumes into the com pass of a pamphlet. The utter extravagance of the Irish policy unfolded by one of the reviewers in a Hertfordshire are, it is said, desirous of retiring, and Colonel Calvert, Mr. Hale, Mr. Spencer Cowper, Sir E. L. Bulwer Lytton, and Mr. Bosauquet, have, accord ing to the Hertford Mercury, declined the honour of being placed in nomination. Requisitions are now in course of signature, to be presented to Mr. Brand, a gentleman of Whig politics and much respected in the county ; and should he consent to be a candidate, his return is regarded as certain.— Stamford Mercury. BODMIN.-Mr. Wyld, the eminent map and chart seller at Charing-cross, is canvassing the electors of Bodinin, in anticipation of a speedy dissolution of Par liament. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Butt, both of the Western Circuit, are also spoken of as candidates.— Plymouth Journal. KENDAL ELECTION.—Mr. George Carr Glyn has issued an address to the electors of KendaL His senti ments are manly, straightforward, and liberal. His well-known business habits have met with much favour in this independent borough. The electors appointed a committee to select a suitable candidate, and from those who were named, the committee resolved that Mr. Glyn's sentiments were satisfactory, and will report such an opinion to a meeting of the electors to be held on Tues day next. Certainly the manner in which the choice of candidates is conducted in Kendal, and the unanimity and prudence manifested, is deserving of much praise. 1847.—The following is the House list of Governors and Directors of the Bank of E.'ngland for the year ensuing FOB. GOVERNORS. William R. Robinson, Esq., Governor. James Morris, Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOE DIRECTORS. Arthur Edw. Campbell, Esq. (Charles Fredk. Huth, Esq. Edward H. Chapman, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. James Malcolmson, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. H. St. John iiltinnay, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Et2q. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. Geo. Warde Norman, Esq. Thomas Mulkey, jun. ' Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. James Pattison, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Sir Jno. Henry Pelly, Bart. Kirkman Dnl. Hodgson, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. it John Rae Reid, Bart. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. homes Tooke, jun., Esq. The election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday, the 13th of April, and for Directors, on Wednesday, the 14th of April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. paper upon Out-door an y serious Relief," examination precludes o of its ts r en teringfrom objec tions and propositions. So outrageous are the absur dities crammed into the dissertation that they have induced a contemporary to exclaim, in th e very ex tremity of his astonishment, " The Qua r t er l y R ev i ew is delirious 1" And delirious it unquesti ona bl y ap pears to be in coupling so much of the ab us i ve w i t h so much of the Quixotic. According to the estimate crops, in fact of herein taken of the difficulties of Ireland, nothi ng can be done for her su bstanti a l advantage until a minute inventory of he r contents, her capacities, her expenditure, her inhabit ants, her estates, her munici palities, her mortgages, heraverage everything relating to, belonging t o , or contained in Ireland, shall have been drawn up and d epos i ted within the reach of the Legislature. The filling up of St. George's Channel, the aerial steam-carriage, and the removal of the town of INii i elsor, are nothi ng in feasibility to this. Reme mber ing the melancholy fate of Colonel Gurwood, the supplementary notice of the new edition of the " Wellingt em D ispatches, " collected and produced under his supervision, cannot be regarded as superfluous or ill-timed. Two other contributions—the first and last —complete this num ber of the review; both biographical, both of con siderah:e length, and both penned with superior ability. One in commemoration of a distinguished sailor, the other of a remarkable statesman, namely of Vice-Admiral Sir Jableel B renton and of the Right Honourable Viscount Sidmouth. One is suggested by a memoir written by th e Rev. Hen r y Helices, Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester, the other by a memoir from the pen of the Hon. and Rev. George Pellew, the Dean of Nor w i c h . As may readily be anticipated, the " Life of Lord Sidmouth," depicted in the Quarterly Review is col oure d b y that cool blue w hi c h i s the invariable tinge of e very thi ng political, w h en v i ew ed through its old Tory goggles. But the Quarterly looks more bluely than ever upon Henry Addington, for about Henry Addington there MR. JUSTICE MAULE'S LAST.—The accommoda tion for the judges at the Reading Assizes is extremely meagre. Mr. Justice Made reminded the authorities of this, the other day, in rather a humorous manner. 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Hence, therefore, does the Quarterly look thus " darkly, deeply, beautifully blue:' Such, indeed, was the aptitude of Lord Sid mouth for coalition with any Government, that he was once likened by either Canning or Windham to the small pox, seeing that every Administration must " have him once." From the import ance of the epoch in which he appeared, more than from any intrinsic eminence as a states man, the career of Sidmouth is one of peculiar inte rest. The contemplation of his parliamentary life throws, moreover, much light upon his renowned contemporaries. Henry Addington, the eldest son of Dr. Anthony Addington (a distinguished physician and an intimate friend of the great Earl of Chatham), was born May 30, 1755 ; and was educated successively at Winchester and Oxford. In 1772 he commenced his legal studies at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1784. Previously, namely, in 1781, he had been married, and scarcely four years afterwards was snugly introduced to the House of Commons by being elected representative of the pocket-borough of De vizes. Upon this latter incident the Quarterly pro nounces an eulogium on the old rotten-borough-mon gering syilezn—an eulogium as impudent as laugh able. "We cannot," says the reviewer, " allow the i tom old system t o b defrauded of the merit of having intrauge#4o4 . ouWaoParlkußeEt t yheye he , probably would never otherwise have arrived. T. instances of any of our eminent statesmen having been the produce of populous constituencies are very rare." Surely the West Riding of Yorkshire is forgotten. Surely the manufacturing districts of Manchester are forgotten, and the populous district of Stroud, and scores of other constitueneies ! But if rotten boroughs were really the only channel through which legisla tive genius could flow, then, say we, the Parliament now sitting is one of the grandest phenomena of the 19th century. On entering Parliament, however, Adding. ton took no effort to improve himself by participation in " the athletic struggles of debate." His tacitur nity was confirmed by his nomination to the Speaker ship in 1789. " For the chair," says the Quarterly, "he was eminently well qualified—a commanding figure, a handsome and dignified countenance, a clear and sonorous voice, a gracious manner, an imperturb able good temper, youth, health, and strength, with unwearied diligence and patience, and a peculiar aptitude for that species of formal business in which the Speaker is so particularly engaged." As the Reviewer very truthfully acknowledges, this splendid portrait exactly tallies with the qualifications of the present Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, Charles Shaw Lefevre. A facetious anec dote is about this period quoted of Dundas and Pitt entering the House one evening considerably flushed with wine. Next day Addington rallied the latter with having so disturbed the clerk at the table, as to have given him a violent headache. Pitt replied thereupon " that he thought it an excellent arrange ment that he should have the wine and the clerk the headache." An anecdote this, enshrined afterwards in the " Rolliad :" " P.—l cannot see the Speaker I Hal, can you ? D.—Not see the Speaker 1 hang it, I see two." When the Quarterly, by-the-way, indulges in panegyrics upon the extraordinary genius of William Pitt, we can freely sympathise in those panegyrics, though we must, of course, mourn the egregious misapplication of such vast intellectual powers ; re membering well, as Byron has said, that " Pitt, too, had his pride, And, as a high-soul'd minister of state, is Renown'd for ruining Great Britain gratis." But when the Quarterly grovels down into absolute idolatry (p. 502), and strives to aid in apotheosising its idol, the gorge rises. Influenced by the atmosphere of ceremonial that always surrounds, Mr. Speaker Addington gradually acquired a pomposity of speech and demeanour that clung to him ever afterwards. It "was in 1798 that he so far forgot his duty, as to connive at the duel between his friend Pitt and Mr. Tierney, who then exchanged shots on Wimbledon Com mon. And, towards the conclusion of the year 1800, he and Pitt met for the last time " in the unleavened cordiality .of private friendship?' Ambition and vanity then began to estrange them from each other, and their jealousies were consummated by differences respecting the Roman Catholic question. From the animosity of George 111. to any concessions in that quarter, it is notorious that Pitt resigned, and that Addington was, in 1801, called upon to form an administration. Here it was that the new first Lord of the Treasury received the memorable nick name of THE DOCTOR from Canning,—Addington having earned his diploma by recommending a pillow of hops as a soporific for the mad old king. Never was such nepotism as that of the Doctor, on grouping together his ministerial colleagues : such cramming in of cousins and brothers-in-law, and uncles, and what not : suck snug family arrangements as to the emolu ment derivable from sinecures ! Among others there were, Hiley Addington, Bond, Golding, Adams, and Bragge, afterwards known as Bathurst. In sarcasm at once of this favouritism in the distribution of th e sugar-plums of office, and of the stumbling delivery of the unfortunate Doctor, Canning sung— " Cheer him when he hobbles vilely, Brother Bragge and Brother Hiley Cheer him when his audience flag, Brother Hiley—Brother Bragge !" From the other facetiae and pasquinades perpetrated by the witty Canning upon the Addington Adminis tration, the reviewer selects three : we transcribe them for the amusement of our readers, with two at tributed to Pitt. "In allusion to those specious orations with which Addington used to captivate the country gentlemen, Canning quoted do remember an apothecary . . . gulling of simples!' On another occasion, when Ad dington was loftily enumerating his various measures of national defence, Canning interjected, loud enough to be heard, Oh, most forcible Feeble!' The relative merits of Addington,' he said, might be determined by the Rule of Three inverse:— .Pitt is to Addington— As London is to Paddington!' And we have half forgotten a French epitaph which concluded— Ministre par hasard et Mideein —j mi s lig ' re lui.' Mr. Pitt himself would in private indulge a smile at his successor's somewhat prosy orations. We heard very lately from one of the comp an y st ill h app i ly surviving, that about this time Pitt, who was expected to a dinner party, did not come in till the second course, 'begging pardon for being so late, as he was obliged to hear Ad dington out; and the Doctor, you know, travels with his own horses!' As we are on these light matters, we may add another specimen of that quiet, dry humour which Mr. Pitt possessed, but seldom indulged in. On his Additional Force Bill,' in 1805, he had a meeting of country gentlemen—militia colonels, we think—to con sider the measure. One of these gentlemen objected to a clause for calling out the force, which be insisted should not be done except in case of actual invasion. Pitt replied, That would be too late;' but the gentle man still insisted on the case of actual invasion. By and by they came to another clause, to render the force more disposable; the same gentleman objected again, and in sisted very warmly that he never would consent to its being sent out of England—' except, I suppose,' rejoined Pitt, in case of actual Invasion. The latter anecdote is as familiar as No. I. of Joseph Miller, and it has not even the credit of being neatly told. About this period of Addington's biography the writer gives an account of the official labours and industrious regularity of King George 111., which it may be interesting to extract:— "The King saw his Ministers once a week at levee, when those who had any business that could be transacted ver bally went into the closet; and on any emergency he was always accessible; but the greater part of his communi cations with tht m was in writing. The Minister sub mitted the matter in the third person, and a simple form : as, Mr. Pitt transmits for your Majesty's consideration,' &c.—or Mr. Addington submits for your Majesty's ap proval;' and the King replied invariably (or nearly so) in a similar style: ' The King has received' —or, The King returns the warrant'---. 4 The King is much pleased' —or, The King regrets, and signed without any supple mentary words, ' George 11.; or' G. 11,' " His Majesty was very methodical and punctual in his arrangements, and he expected o rdinary-business to be transmitted in dispatch-boxes over night, to be ready for his inspection at a fixed and early hour of the morning. Boxes from the Home and Foreign Offices i PitCt SD. went almost every night ;—from other departments as occasion required. Once a week he had returns of the state and distributi on an d moveme nts of every ship and regiment of the navy and army in particular forms, which he exam i ne d an d o b serve d upon , an d c ertain of them were retained for his own use. These and other routine communications from the various departments usually, we believe, reached the King on Thursday morning, because, as the levee was on Wednesday, he might there receive any verbal communications explana tory of the papers that were to be looked at next day. He was very careful never to cause any unnecessary de lay, and in order, we presume, to prevent the possibility of his dispatch-boxes being delayed in their transit for any undue purpose, he carefully noted the hour and minute-that he received and sent them. Business extra ordinary or of any immediate interest was received at all hours, and dispatched with like regularity and celerity. No clerk in a public office or banking-house was ever more assiduous or accurate in the daily discharge of his duties than King George III." With all his constitutional idiotism and bigotry the old monarch was exact in public buiness, even to punctilio. As everybody knows, the most memorable transaction of the Addington Cabinet was—The Peace of Amiens ; but, as everybody does not know, the rupture of that famous treaty by thepresentation of the celebrated message of the Bth March, 1803 (announcing the pretended hostile preparations of France, and calling upon Parliament for additional means of resistance), was effected in a grotesque manner. Canning smiled upon the presentation of the message, and Addington, without explaining the cause of Canning's merriment, complained of the cir cumstance to Lord Malmesbury. We well remember the cause of that merriment, says the writer in the Qriarterly Review--i-wstets4W " When Addington brought down the message- whether he had happened to - be with the King aßehad not time to change his dress, or whether, as was thought at the time, he meant to give more pomp and solemnity to the occasion prese❑ted himself at the bar in tne WINDSOR UNIFORM, and marched with the message up the House with a peculiarly erect and military air. In this sportive exhibition Cenning's eye caught' the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war;' and he made himself and others very merry with the Doctor—Doctor Cams —in his belligerent character." Shortly afterwards the Doctor's administration was falling to pieces, and the Doctor appealed to his predecessor to combine with him in forming another Cabinet—Pitt taking a subordinate position. " Pitt!" exclaims the Reviewer, in a paroxysm of just indig nation, "Pitt ! who at five-and-twenty had refused any secondary place—Pitt! who had been twenty years First Minister—Pitt ! to become a subordinate, and that, too, in a rickety Ministry, of which, with an inferior share of authority, he was to bear all the burden! " Oh ! the impudence of the Doctor! Such was the decadence of power with the Addingtonians, that, on the Naval Inquiry Bill the division was 130 for the Opposition, 201 for the Ministers. The writer hereupon gives us another pleasant anecdote : " The Scotch Members dividing against Addington on this occasion," says he, "Sheridan, on entering the House, addressed him in a stage whisper, altering only one syllable in the despairing ejaculation of Macbeth—' Doctor! the Thanes the from thee.' " On the 10th of May, 1804, Addington was no longer Prime Minister. After Pitt's death, on the 23il of January, 1805, Addington organised the famous " piebald Administration, called All the Talents." Previously, on the formation of Pitt's last administration, Addington had been elevated to the peerage as Viscount Sidmouth. On the demise of Pox, Sept. 14, 1806, Sidmouth again changed office. and in the following spring the fabric of the Talents was in ruins. It is amusing to find the Quarterly sneering at the Dean of Norwich for, inasmuch as he justifies the antagonism of Lord Sidmouth to the second Copenhagen expedition in 1807, by quoting Mr. Jefferson, and then to find this same hypercritical Quarterly giving a counter-quotation half way down the very same page, from whom on earth does the reader imagine ? Why, from Citizen Fouche ! Fouche, a wretch we would not believe on his solemn oath, sworn upon the four Gospels, on his deathbed ! We were prepared to hear the Reviewer characterise Lord Sidinouth's whole political life as " a whirl of inconsistencies," but we were scarcely prepared to find him the deliberate apologist of the Peterloo massacres ! Having recorded that Henry Addington otherwise Lord Sid mouth, otherwise the doctor, died on Thursday the 15th of February, 1844, we shall close this epi tome of his career. The biography which we have just noticed at such length is altogether a delightful gossiping paper, and breathes as much of the spirit as of the intelligence of the,Quarterly Review. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. This is a most interesting and instructive number, not only to the professional but also to the general reader ; it contains subjects suited to every taste, although, of course, the greater number relate to the distinguished services to which it is especially devoted. It opens with an article by Lieutenant-General O'Kounoff, on the " New Employment of Artillery, and the Revolution it is destined to produce in the System of Modern Tactics." Anything proceeding from the pen of so distinguished an officer, on a subject of such paramount importance, must prove in the highest degree interesting to those who are desirous of becoming acquainted with all the details of the profession to which they have devoted them selves. Napoleon was well aware of the great value of his artillery as an element of victory ; and it was perhaps to this knowledge, and the use he made of it, that many of his most successful efforts may be attributed. The science is as yet, however, in its earlier stages, and we may consider it as more susceptible of improvement than any of the other arms used in modern warfare. Each day adds to our knowledge of projectile forces. New explosive com pounds have recently been discovered, the full effects of which it is as yet impossible even to speculate on. Many inventions have been announced, which, if at all in accordance with the claims put forward in their behalf, must occasion a complete change in the art of war. All the improvements that have taken place, the introduction of new and more destructive wea pons and instruments have had tire effect of rendering wars less frequent and less bloody. The triumph is more speedily achieved. The Generals can calculate with greater certainty the result that can be attained with the materiel at their disposal. Victory no longer is obtainable by strength of body, or mere brute force but by the skill and judgment of the general. We can scarcely look for any great additional strength being given to our cavalry or infantry. New evolu tions may be introduced, other tactics may be disco vered, but we cannot suppose that men can be pro cured of greater steadiness and fortitude, of more iron frames, vigorous action, and unflinching bravery than the gallant veterans who have so well maintained the honour of their country at all times and seasons. We may hope that whenever this hour of trial may arrive the sons may emulate the deeds of their sires, rival their exploits, and become equally meritorious sol diers, but they can never surpass them. In that re spect we fearlessly assert that we have reached the ne plus ultra. There cannot either be a very great im provement in their armament. The of firelock and e bayor:et will still be retained in the hand foot soldier, and form his chief weapons of offence and defence. The sabre, the lance, the pistols or carbine, of the dragoon, but it is otherwise with the ordnance. There is no assignable limit to the career of discovery. It is to that vast and unexplored field that the atten- , tion of men of science will be directed. New inven tions will be- brought forward. More deadly coin pounds will be produced, and in all human probability the day will come when, in the words of our author, " The art of battles will be based upon the efforts of artillery, which will henceforward, from a secondary, become the principal arm of modern armies." We have four chapters on this all important subject; the first is introductory, and the General compares the battles of Eckmuhl, Wagram, Austerlitz, and Boro dceinnotraes, which, illustrations of the system of attacking the if successful, effects the most signal re sults, leading to the entire disorganization of the defeated army, but which from its ex traordinary difficulty has fallen into disuse, and that, by what are termed " movements of conversion," or attacking the extremity of cy ) the line, and thus turning the flank, a mode which though much less decisive, and less calculated to effect the total rout of an army, and the loss of its mat riel is more effective in compelling the enemy to abandon the field of battle, and produces minor advantages to the attacking force with far less risk of failure, and is therefore in more general use. The others offer con siderations "on artillery," on its division in the lines of battle," and "on its positions." We are happy to find that a promise of a continuation is given. The second article on " The African Ring Money," by Brevet Major L. Smyth O'Connor, after a pleasant gossiping introduction, anent the return of the gallant Major, a genuine specimen of the warm-hearted Irish man, and an Eleve of " Old Trinity" to his nativ land after a prolonged absence on active service on Afric's burning soil, gives the substance of a discourse addressed by him to the Royal Irish Academy, in which with considerable ability he agues that, as "the gold ring money brought from the interior of Africa, from Houssa, Timbucto, Lego, Teeinbo, and the gold ornaments worn by the Ashantees, Fantees, Yarribas, and other natives of Central and Western Africa, are identically the same as the rings and ornaments found in the Irish bogs ;" which the gallant major, from his own personal inspection and ocular demonstration, asserts to be the fact beyond the sha dow of doubt, that " an intercourse, connexion, or reciprocity of dealing must have existed between the inhabitants of these countries so distant from each other, no matter how remote, problema tical, or trifling it may have been, to account for this anomalous, but indisputable coincidence.' " The Indian army as it now is," founded on a quotation from the dispatch of the " Hero of Meeance," written immediately after his victory, points out forcibly the deficiency in the number of the European officers of the native regiments, a deficiency ‘shich seriously endangered the result of that action. As a mere matter of policy this fault should be re medied. The remonstrances of the Conqueror of Scinde should not be slighted or neglected, but it is due to those brave men that they should nd# have ex traordinary and most arduous duties heaped upon them. The complement of officers to a native regi ment is but half that of a European regiment of the same number of men. The proportion is fixed at the very smallest ratio, without any allowance being made for sickness, or any other cause of absence, whereas very many are necessarily absent on staff service or on furlough. The grievance is ably exposed, and it most certainly demands a speedy remedy. The " History of Texas " is concluded in the present num ber, which brings it up to its incorporation with " The United States ;" and a resume is given of the American operations in Mexico up to the present period. " Napoleon and Goethe " is a translation from the diary of the great German poet, detailing the particulars of his interview with the Emperor, an event which led to his obtaining the order of the Legion of Honour, and to which he ever referred with the greatest gratification. There are several narratives of great interest. The Attack on the Fort of Bou lukamba, by H. M. S. Cornwallis, in 1809, will be perused with much pleasure. " The Memorial of Ensigns Blake and Patterson," details briefly the adventures of two high spirited lads, who had taken part in the school recitations, &c., that preceded the Midsummer vacation at the school of Dr. Valpy, one of whom fell on the sanguinary field of Corunna, while his co-mate had a leg shattered in the same memorable contest ; and formed one of the audience at the ensuing vacation, but halt and maimed, with a cork substitute for the limb he had lost in the service of his country ; and The Rocket Battery at St. Lorenzo, on the Panama," presents a graphic account of one of the more recent successes of the British arms in forcing the passage of the Panama, and the convoy of a number of vessels of all nations up the river, and beyond the influence of Roses. In addition, we have " The Guerilla's Leap," continuations of " Guard-room Stories" and of " A Tale of the Sea," and an excel lent paper on " District Medical Officers ;" while, in " The Editor's Note-book," there is a just tribute paid to the liberal policy manifested in the proposi tions of the Secretary at War. He is manifestly an advocate of limited enlistment, although he does not enter into the subject as fully as we would have wished. We should be delighted to have the senti ments, in extenso, of so able a " collaborateur" as the Editor of the United Service Magazine, on this most important subject. THE SPORTING REVIEW. This periodical well maintains its high character. We have an excellent portrait and memoir of the ce lebrated horse Switcher, the winner of the Worcester and Newport Pagnell steeple chases, and of twelve other races, he being the victor on fourteen oc casions out of thi r t y - two contests. " Have a care for the Vixen," the other engraving, shows an instance of maternal love in the vixen braving the beard of the whipper. in and the hue and cry of the whole army of hounds, in order to rescue her cub from her enemies. The literary portion commences with an account of the Great National Steeple-chase, by Craven, who, as is his wont, is not satisfied with a mere detail of the contest, but enters, in some degree, into the philosophy of the sport, and the account of events now brought within the statute of limitations, but which must still retain their iuterest for so faith ful a votary as Craven. "Metropolitan Horses," by Harry Hieover, gives a capital s k e t c h o f the various classes of horses required in " the modern Baby lon," and of the different machines that have from time to time been the fashion. We shall allow him to speak for himself as to the cab-horse, the neces sary adjunct of the exquisite of the present day. He says— " He must be, or should be singularly handsome, of commanding size ; must be fast, or, at least, extremely qnick in all his movements ; be able and willing at one moment to go along rating fourteen miles an hour, the next as willing to walk, if wanted, at the rate of three. He must stand motionless while his aristocratic owner en j,,ys his colloquy at the coronetted carriage window ; must not want the application of the toy whip, or pull so as to stretch or twist the fingers of the white, lemon, or pink kids. To want holding at a door would render him useless, for who is to hold him ? He must know by instinct that minute piece of humanity, yolept, " the tiger," is before him, for seeing him is out of the ques tion to a horse in harness. In going, the slightest indi cation on his mouth must suffice. He ought never, if a well-taught cab-horse, to voluntarily stop or attempt to er ' bakers', and s ed , at them be ts. o t o r e p ;at thisd o o s is only because the such plebeian horses. The baker may be proud and feel he ha b b as it o o rt f en bu s tr it his interest to stop at my lady's or other ladies' doors; but though our scion of nobility or aristocracy may also at times stop at the same doors, it might be extremely inconvenient that his horse should indicate that his master did so. There are also numberless other places where our pink of hunt ton often calls, in that question able light of an hour or two before dinner, that it would not do if Mr. Cab-horse in broad day evidently showed he was in the habit of visiting ; some inhabited by good souls who never refuse a few hundreds to a spirited 11,iniT who has some old hunks of a father who is illiberal ~ t ough to wish to prevent a sucking lordling or heir spending his patrimony before he gets it. Then there are other locales, where snuff boxes, rings, dressing cases, bronzes, and till sorts of things of that ilk, are 'old, exchaugA, and sometiines—" name it not in Gath !"—left in return for certain small earth, and ()lour as those por eertain advaiTees of coin of the samec being two to one tentous globes that indicate a b Why somethi ng ceshoud be the still ex against the punter. increased so wonderfully in betakep personite to it lf be supposed that follows as a it must not :sting number seems But it is absolutely necessary that matter of course a s n h d ould made the votary o the owner against these golden worlds; there are more aristocratic places where silver and gold plate is exhibi ted,the cri tically-a rranged f fashio that to the initiated are equally well-known, where the same sor: of business is transacted to larger amounts. These mammoth contrebawliers in this trade are sad tumbling-bl o ck s i n t h e way of the honest man of balls. God bless them, one and all of the fraternity I though the number three may mean that it is two to one he will not do so. However, my good wishes arc the same. " Having here stated some actions that the cab-horse must not perpetrate, we must look to the action he must have. This is precisely that which some fifty years since would have caused him to be rejected by any good judge as a " clamberer"-_a sty le of going then considered as of the very worst sort; and so, in fact, it is for use, for such goers must tire. It is true Rattler, Mr. o,baldiston's horse had extraordinary lofty action, yet was =corn tuonly speedy, and could " last at it. The miser's horse had just begun to live without food, but he died; s ) poor Rattler did a long match, but he died also; and I doubt not that had his action been less fatiguing, he would not have done so. But the cab-horse is only wanted for show; so the more parade he makes about what he does, the better ho is thought of : in truth, this is pretty much the same with men now-a-days. One animal of this sort (I mean a horse), not long since, waa actually bought at seven hundred guineas, solely from his lofty action." "Extracts tracts from My J ourna l," an accoun t o f t w o sporting excur s i ons i n I n di a, where t i gers, b ogs , rock snakes,&c., are the quarries, in fact nothing, whether relating to the chase,lthe gun, or therod, appears to come such vari e d a d ventures , an d the very . da astray. Ther e can b e no want of exc n ite ge m r en ita t e i l n i p m ic u t s s t a ad c d ha t r o ac t te he r w pl h e o a ll su y re. unknown i n England, but " La C o nciergerie de- ;,4-4 1