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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 30th instant having been fixed for the Election of a Director for the vacancy oceasionel by the death of General Robertson, I have the honour to intimate to you, that proxy papers will, in the course of a few (lays, be forward...it for the signature of such of my supporters as may prefer that n ode of recording their votes in my favour, and request that such as may be absent, or about to leave their residence, will kindly favour me with their address, in order to ensure the early rcturn of those necessary documents. I have the honour to avail myself of the present oppor- Inlay to return my cordial thanks to my supporters and friends, and. to assure them that their continued kind exertions will render the success of the contest beyond a doubt. I have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servant, J. CAULFMLD. London Tavern, June 13, 1847. TH E LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; 23, THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH ; GREAT B;tIDGEWATER-STREET, MANCHESTER; WASON'S-BUILDINGS, and MATTHE IY-STREET, :LIVERPOOL. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The Company transact business in every department of Life and Pyre Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY—J. T. Clement, Esq. At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Life Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of 5 per cent. was added to the Shares , in addition to the payment of the annual interest. For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, Without a prospective bonus, a new table at lower rates has been calculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may remain on interest at 5 per cent. for five years, thus enabling a person to insure his life for 1,0001. on the immediate Darusent of the premium for 5001. only. The following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole Life, one-half of which may remain for five years by Merely paying the interest annually at five per cent. ; and should the Policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20, without profits £1 13 0 With profits ••••• • • • • , . 1 .£1 18 0 40 • ....... 214 3 •-• • • • ..... •••• • 3 1 3 • 50 . For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for ally ages or contingencies not usually advertised information may be Obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company insure housos, furniture, stock in trade, farming ~ s t ock, and every description of personal property, against loss or wunage by fire. The Directors beg to remind their friends, whose premiums become doe at Midsummer, that no extra charge is made at this office for the transfer of policies, and that they will be rated on terms pecu larly favourable to parties insuring. Insurances may be effected for any period of time • if for seven 3 ' oll , the Premium and Duty will only b e char g ed for six. June, 1847. • JOHN BIGG, Secretary. ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORN HILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Th:a Institution embraces important and substantial advantages With respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured it is, 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 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 at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each o °ltcy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. I Perma- Sum the i ;—: Annual Polley Bonus fill tint Re- Assured g ie• Ei i Pre- i taken addition Bonus in duetion of may bor o g mium. out in Assured. i Cash. Annual row on ce .......... , - --- , I— £ s. d. .£ s d. .Z s. d. £ s. d. r 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 S 10 1838 218 4 8. 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0 .£ X 0' 1 s d 6 0 0 ' . . 074 3 4 1839 192 1 10 , 86 9 3 13 4 9 , 395 11 1 1810 143 5 10 , 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 13.814 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 - 1842 111 6 8! 49 10 0, 7 10 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, wit Offlee, or any of its brand' be forwarded post free. :h tables of rates, Sec., may be had at the les in the country ; or, on application. will FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secratary. nUCKINGHA.MSIIIRE RAILWAY. THIRD INSTALMENT. 21 . Per Share of 171. 10s., due let of August, 1847, making 81. 4s. per Share celled up. OXFORD AND BLETCHLY JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PAN Y. Notice is hereby given, that the Direct ors of the above-mentioned riVany have this day made a Call of 21 . per S hare, p a y able on the of - August, 1447. ZThe Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at 11 Y of the under-mentioned bankers, producing at the same time , 1 call letter, without which payment of the call cannot be ac 'ePted. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDII A M. 'LARDING, Sgcretary. 30 . Great George-street, Westminster, 11th June, 1847, b UCKINGDAM AND ItRACKLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Xetice is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-named ." 1, 1 7 .any have this day made a Call of 21 . per share , payable on the 4st of AUGUST, 1847. The Shareholders are ancordingly requested to pay the same at tY of the undermentioned Bankers,* producing at the same time e Call Letter, without which payment of the Call cannot be ac e4Pted. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary, 30 , great George-street, Westminster, June 11, 1847. Interest ,t 5 per cent. will be charged by t he Bankers on all Calls which remain unpaid after the appointed day. No interest accrues on any Share during the period when any Call the Proprietor remains unpaid. 1 . 240 transfer of shares will be received on or after the I st Au g ust, '' 47 , until the call is paid. *BANKERS. r l Oradon Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard street. Li rtaingham .• The Birmingham Banking Company. verpool .. The Borough Bank. Manchester .. Sir B. Heywood and Co. "Vlesbury ....Messrs. Bickford and Hunt, and the London and County Bank. -- co“ngham..Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn, and the London ha nk and County Bank. -- "wurY • • —Mess s. Cobb and Co., and Messrs. Gilbert and Tawney. word • • ....Messrs. Wootten and Co., and the London and County Bank. Messrs. Tubb. Ri c ester TO LADIES. OWLA.ND'S KALYDOR an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular `'eacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Vetches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Diseolourations, producing a ... e4l thy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and a softness z.(l delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. It is invaluable as a 7: 4l :mating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling ; and. In cases of i's7tiburn, Stings of Insects, or Incidental Inflammation. its virtues ;.te long and extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and re -01,111g properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen, cHe Court, and the Roy at Family of Great Britain, as well as the dl n eiPal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and -PrY of all civilised nations. fk* Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS." containing mineral as !!gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re trent action, endanger health. Each bottle of the genuine has ii l ( ;,' words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. „. NYLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden , is also engraved (by desire the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on Leh. Price 4s. Gd. an I Bs. 6d. per bottle. 2.01 d by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. THE COLLAPSIBLE SHOWER BATH, the ~. only real novelty of the sea s o n, b y the aid of Vulcanised i „ 7.1 a-rubber, only occupies (out of use) a space of 11 inches l a nleter and 3 inches deep, while it holds three gallons of water. i t '' is thoroughly simple, and not likely to get out of order. Price 155.; a : Packed mplete in a japanned case, 12 inches in iaeter and Su Acs deep , 3s. Gd. extra. To be had of the proprietor and ma wTacturer, WILLIAM S. BURTON (la te Ri pp on and Burton), 1„ 144 e. BATH SHOW ROOM contains , besides toilet sets japanned I>xaitatlon of fancy woods, china, marbles, &c., in enormous va tietY, all the requisites for the season, so arranged in one room, de toted exclusively to articles of that character, that patterns, sizes, ndsorts can be instantly selected, and at thirty p er cent. under any other house where attention is paid to the quality. Full-sized Port able Shower Baths, very strong and japanned, with curtains and iesrlf valve, Bs. each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conduct rags force-pump and top, complete with curtains and Japanned, from 60s. Hand Shower Baths, japanned, 3s . .6d The o m m.directive Bath Detailed catalogues, with engravings , as well as of every ironmongery article. sent (per post) free .- 39, Oxf ord- Street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. A It R I A M One half the world are desolately single, and the other 1 0Posing th e m married, questio nabl y contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and mishim,elcalculated under the plea - sitter th e l a tt er . The solitary one may shield f caution and worldly pruden ce, and the indissoluble, regret tin nlhProsing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, • 0 1c1 broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness t d social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set ttirl "tient. Honour and justice demand that health should form a n item t n t he compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or ne glect wound more sorely than poverty or misfort une. Reader, if Z c; e_se surmises concern you, procure Dr. CU LVERWELL'S little ''‘slolllS "On Single and Marritd Life, " pub. in 2 yobs., Is. rti ll (by post, in stamps, ls. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively D fl ed, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered t r i, Misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining to r , They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but t ,r , the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom ;_3' are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on above subjects, by u:iqualified authors, which alone or ir tgether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other O l e Publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, Post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and 'old," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pa mphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the fgre ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study 'of the author's who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob- Zrvance of the maxims he would inculcate—ta do unto others as he wo uld be do ne unto—to live after nature's laws — and to keep always s h t he "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of a 9 erwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet •street ; Mann, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; Barnes, 420, Oxford-street ; or direct (by post or otherwise) from the author (wh o may be con tiedi with personally, mornings and e venin g s), 10, Argyll-place, R egent -street ; and all Booksellers. OR TUN SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTT-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. ' l t published, Twentieth Thousand , in a sealed envelope, price 28 ° M., or post paid, to any address, for 38. 6d. in Postage tamps, direct from the Author's residence. SELF. PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. pa. nui rr ated with Twenty-five Coloured P lates on the Anatomy. .._ -. Ysiolegy, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, iii: l4llll nlC,_ their various •traetures, uses , and functions , and showin g whiles that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ether saes. With Practical Observatio ns on the Treatment of Nervous _y, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; -.ciliated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Ilonorar) ember of the London Hospital Medica l Society, Licentiate a pothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. eflarrea I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance• a n i : l ° l3l igations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— i ' l. Tta 2. On tile Anatomy an d Ph y siology of the Generative -Organs,li: their fluictions, :tructures , a nd secretions, proving that grea ...` lll al and physical Power are dependant u p on their healthy action - FIAPTER On Solitary H a bits; their various e ff ects on th• A nimal Economy ; the cmicealed cause of Debility of the function , lit, 'lle Stomach, L, and Brain, and general weakness of tin lental Faculties. ungs CLIAFTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youtl a !laturity and the Treatment of N ervous and Local Weakness, the Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERB 5 and 6. Oc Disorder. arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhcea u+eet, Strictures, and other Diseases of he Urethra. REVIEWS OF TUE WORE. "The au t h or o f t hi s s ingular and talented work is a le g ally quail aedthe 7111 cal titan, who has Jvidently had considerable experience of . \talent of the various disorders arising from the lollies an] ti 'Z o ti . u4 of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad . lict 14 ,by demonstrating the consequen ces of excesses, which mur ae a salutary wa r n ing to youth and maturity , and b y its perusal m ' n° _ l ,' questions may be satisfactorily replied to , that admit o no ap even to the most confidential friend."—Era. fr,nr ii shed by the Author, and may be teed ed at his residence; al s o Kent and kichard.i, 52, Paternoster-row; ilinnay and Co., 63, r n . 111- street Starie, Tichborrie-street, Quadrant; ` }orlon, 146 mi .enhall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church -street, Liverpool sad by_ Beek.sellers. 1 , 3 house for Consultation rom Nine till Two , an d :Iva. tillvn eeol l ßight ; and a:netters immediately replied to , if c ontainin 11 ., for advice, ke.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD -44E, LONDON, Tl. ••'1 ,‘„ LON DON, U THURSDAY ai +V • • • - " 4._ • No, 17,087. PUBLICATIONS. PAUL PEVENSEY ror, THE MAN FROM BELOW. A Novel of wild and stirring interest, by one of the ablest Writers of the day, will commence in the JULY NUMBER. of " THE MIRROR." CH PTER I.—FIRE AND WATER. CHAPTER IL—KATE PEVENSEY. CHAPTER 11L—W110 IS THIS GENTLEMAN? CHAPTER W.—THE BATH AT DAWN. CHAPTER V.—THE INTERVIEW BELOW. - Besides the usual varied Contents. The Volume from January to June, price Gs. 6d., is now ready. Charles Oilier, 18 and 19, Southampton street, Strand. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JUNE 22.—Th e con ti nue d Liverpool cotton cotton firmness and gradual advance in the Lie market, has caused spinners and manufacturers rally to ask higher prices here; and to some extent, particularly in yarn, buyers have acceded to their de mands. There appears to be a fair number of orders in the market for yarn for Russia, Holland, and the Medi terranean; but the advance of prices prevents the buyers from operating freely, and the business done is conse quently on a limited sca le. For goods there has not been so much inquiry as during last week, and very few sales have been made—generally at previous rates. RCCIIDALE, MONDAY, JUNE 21.—We have had very few buyers in the market to-day ; but though the busi ness dine has been very limited, there is a better feeling manilested, and more inquiry about goods. The wool trade is still slack, and there has been very little done. Prices have undergone little change since last Monday. HALIFAX, SATURDAY, JUNE 19.—Although there was no increase of business in the Piece Hall to day, yet there was a better attendance of mer chants, and evidently an improved state of feeling. The yarn market also presents a rather cheerful aspect; though we cannot say that either the demand or prices have decidedly improved. The stock of wool at market is very light, and a moderate business doing, to supply immediate wants; but prices have not been so low for many years. There is a prospect of a strong contest between the grower and the spinn er, the issue of which altogether depends upon the result of the harvest. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, JUNE 22.—We had a de cidedly better market to-day, with a fair attendance of buyers, and a considerable business done in the best sorts of fancy goods. LEEDS, TUESDAY, JUNE 22.—There was a rather better market last Saturday, and a littla more has been Going to-day in fancy tweeds and coatings; but no de mand for cloths and heavier descriptions of woollens has as yet set in, and these branches of our trade are still in a languid state.—Manchester Guardian. YEOMANRY CORPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.—It appears from a return to the House of Commons, that the total charge for the Yeomanry Cavalry in Great Britain, for the year 1842, amounted to 101,7041. ; the number of officers to 845, and the number of men to 13,358. I❑ the year 1843, the total charge amounted to 95,470/. ; the number of officers to 893, and the number of men to 14,311. Ia 1844 the charge amounted to 87,6221. ; the number of officers to 873, and the number of men to 14,169. In 1845, the charge amounted to 82,1821. ; the number of officers to 896, and the number of men to 14,353 ; and in 1846, the total charge amounted to 87,9481. ; the number of officers to 884, and the number of men to 13,818. PAISLEY, JUNE 18.—Since the last trade report, short as that time has been, it is gratifying to state that a very favourable change has taken place. A consider • able number of hands have been enaged these two days past by several houses, and for various descriptions of work. Among these are engagements for filled shawls, wool tartan shawls, striped shawls, and different descrip tions of low, heavy printing cloth. he various parties en gaged in preparing fittings for these new goods are very buy these two days, and a general impression among all parties seems to prevail that the crisis is over, and that now more abundant employment will be provided for the working classes.--Isiorth British Mail. BALLOON ASCENT IN MAN CHESTER. On Saturday eveni:.g, as previously announced, Mr. G. B. Gale, an aeronaut who has made various ascents in America, and some more recently from the Punch-re nowned Rosherville Gardens, Gravesend, made his first ascent from the Pomona Gardens, Cornbrook. From 5 o'clock till 7 a continuous stream of people flocked t)- wards the gardens, and it is conjectured that not fewer than 4,000 persons were assembled within the gardens at the time of the ascent; while the lane leading to the gar dens, the whole line of the Chester-road, and various other open spaces in the neighbourhood, were thronged by thousands of spectators. Bands of music entertained the spectators during the tedious process of inflation, which on this occasion had not been commenced soon enough (only about twelve hours being allowed, whereas ordinarily this balloon requires eighteen or nineteen hours), and it was also found that the specific gravity of the gas was much too great for the purposes of aerosta tion. From three hundred and sixty to four hundred is the gravity of the gas used by aeronauts; indeed, some manufacture hydrogen gas for themselves, having a specific gravity of not more than 200 ; but this is wholly unfit for illuminating purposes. The balloon is a new one, made in Spitalfields, consisting of 700 square yards of oiled silk, and capable of containing, when fully inflated, 35,000 cubic feet of gas. The process of inflation commenced at six o'clock in the morning, the gas being conveyed to the balloon by a three-inch pipe from the street main ; but, under the circumstances above noticed, Mr. Gale soon found that he must abandon his original purpose of appending a duplicate car, and taking with him two other gentle men who had engaged to accompany him. Half an hour after the hour appointed for the ascent, there was no appearance of the inflation being nearly completed, and at length, to prevent the public disappointment, Mr. Gale had the gaspipe disconnected, and the balloon taken higher up the banks, where the crowd around it was very great, and it was with difficulty that the police could preserve a space suffi cient to complete the requisite arrangements. At length, all being properly adjusted, Mr. Gale entered the car,—a painted basket of cork and wicker-work, about four feet deep,—and, giving the signal, the balloon was liberated, amidst loud cheers, ten minutes before eight o'clock. As the balloon did not rise as buoyantly as was desirable, Mr. Gale threw out a large quantity of ballast, which did not imme diately suffice, for the car passing over the lake into the corner of the garden, there struck against the frame-work within the outer pailings, and as it oscillated from side to side, many cries were heard of " He's out." After clearing the palings and crossing the road, the balloon came in contact with a number of poplar trees, dragging the car after it; but it soon cleared these, and in its network were seen entangled two large branches, which it had torn off in its up ward progress. Mr. Gale, who had prudently squatted down at the bottom of the car, finding that all danger was over, stood up and showed himself, waving his flag;, and this conclusive evidence that he was not " out," was received with tremendous huzzas and cheering from the assembled thousands. The bal loon crossed the Chester-road, and keeping at a low altitude, passed over the lower part of Hulme into Manchester, by St. Peter's-square, and from thence towards Victoria-park. After clearing the town, the balloon rose very high, keeping a little to the eastward of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. The greatest altitude reached, Mr. Gale thinks, was about a mile and a quarter. Generally the balloon floated at the height of about 7,000 or 8,000 feet. Mr. Gale got a fine view of Stockport (past which he bore a little to the east) and of the windings of the Mersey, above and below the town, and proceeding onwards into Cheshire, terminated his aerial voyage in a grass field beside the village of Bredbury, about two miles beyond Stock port. The whole length travelled was about ten miles. The descent of the machine was of the gentlest possible kind. The grapnel being lowered, was laid hold of by one man ; two others, farm labourers, came to his assist ance, and afterwards other two, and the balloon was drawn to the ground as easily as a boy would "pull in" his kite. The people behaved to the aeronaut with great kindness, and a party of labourers assisted in carrying the balloon to a public-house, where a cart was got as far as Stockport; thence Mr. Gale came to Manchester in a cab, and arrived about midnight. It is stated that he will make a second ascent on Monday next, when, if the balloon be (as Mr. Gale expects) amply inflated, he will ascend with the duplicate car, and discharge some fireworks, at a great altitude. GLASGOW. SHOCKING DESTITUTION. During the last eight or ten days, a scene of Irish des titution has been daily and nightly presented in a vacant space of ground at the north-west corner of Stockwell bridge, which is altogether appalling. There,on the bare cold earth, or perchance with the least sprinkling of straw beneath them, exposed to all varieties of weather, are to be seen scores of shrivelled and diseased creature, chiefly ema ciated women and children, some of them infants at the breast. On Saturday evening last, a gentleman informs us that he counted no less than 67 individuals on this spot. This morning, about one o'clock, we visited the place; a shower of rain had fallen, and many of the poor wretches, no doubt, had sought better shelter, as we ob served not a few in the recesses of stairs and shop doors. But exposed to the rains and dews of heaven, and the damps and colds of earth, there were about a dozen, some of them huddled in groups for warmth, some covered with a wretched mat, not a few (and these mere youths) with nothing whatever over them. The hollow coughs that came from that den of misery, located in the centre of one of the wealthiest cities in the empire, told of the ravages that exposure and disease were making on their constitutions, leaving altogether out of view the moral and social consequences. We know that the authorities are perplexed with the immense amount of misery they are called upon to relieve, but it is a shocking thing that, in a Christian or a civilised land, such scenes should exist. Can something not be done in a temporary manner, say in the way of tents, to protect them from the inclemency of the elements ; or are there not vacant churches in the city which might be converted into temples of c h ar ity, if not hi ng e l se can be accomplished, until other means an d b etter accommo dation be provided? Nothing can tend mere to harden and render callous the feelings of a population than such scenes; and the sooner these victims of neglect are pro perly attended to, the better for all parties. THE VILLAGE SHOPKEEPER. There is scarcely a village in England without a little shop in it, where you see over the door-way, in strange looking letters, "Licensed Dealer in Tea, Coffee, To bacco and Snuff, Pepper and Vinegar," where they keep every thing well seasoned. and very little that is fresh. You cannot mistake it, for there are generally a lot of little children looking in, licking their lips, and seeming to envy the very sunshine which is melting the lollipops in the glass jars : wishing that they were small as flies to hop about and eat up the dirty handful of sugar that is thrown in one corner-of the window ; and fairly long ing to have a suck of the two or three wizened oranges, which have lain undisturbed for weeks on their little bed of comfortable dust in the corner: There is generally a hair broom, a mop, and a besom-at the door, and an empty tea-chest which the carrier brotight, and which, when full, contained a dozen- sixpenny fire shovels, a dozen pieces of hearthstone, ditto of Bath bricks, and the same number of the lumps of pipeclay, with divers and sundry packages of red ochr e . - They never lay in a stock of more than a pound of tea at a time, which the carrier brings to them in his coat-pocket ; and were any little girl .to come for a whole ounce, they would send her back again to see if it was not a mistake, so accustomed are they to serve out only half and quarter ounces. They make half-p enn y wor ths of sugar, and seldom give a child a pennyworth of t; eacle in a teacup without a caution not to put his finger in and lick it as he goes home ; for if he does it will be short weight when he gets there. They are never without ginger bread cakes, plum buns, and biscuits ; but as they are all mixed together in one drawer, it frequently takes some time to find such as are wanted, and when found, scarcely anything less than a good heavy hammer will break them ; nor is there the remotest chance of eating them at all, until they have had a good soaking in a basin of water. The top row of the window istenerally de dicated to a few whipping and pegging tops in a net; half a dozen shuttlecocks, stuck in one another; a couple of halfpenny battledores to match ; a spotted harlequin suspended by the neck, who kicks up his legs and arms beautifully when the string behind is pulled; a wax doll whose nose and lips the sun has melted ; a wooden dog that used to squeak when it was moved, before it fell down and got broken; two or three soldiers on horse back lying higgledy-piggledy together, some of the men without heads, and some of the horses without legs ; and two or three halfpenny kites, with a beautiful cross in the middle, marked with red ochre; with one or two other articles, such as a sixpenny fiddle without strings, the bow of which has long since been lost,—and these make up what the village shopkeeper calls his tay department. Thesecond row is dedicated to a very small show of crockery ware; a few little packages which are either groats, oatmeal, or lucifer matches, you cannot tell which, unless you go close and read the labels; beside these stand two or three bottles of patent medicines, those intended for the use of the villagers being the smallest, those for the cows and horses a little larger. Next stand a couple of pens, a box full of wafers, and a little bottle which once contained ink. These are matched by half a dozen pipes, very tastefully crossed and tied together ; then a bill about something which was stolen, lost, or strayed, you cannot tell how long ago, for the date has slipped down. This is aceompsaied by another bill, announcing "Day and Martin's Bieck ing,"—not . that they ever had any, for they found it come cheaper to make their own; but as the pane hap pened to be out, and it just fitted, it came in very handy, and the glazier lived above five miles off. This pieces row the second, with the exception of a written paper, announcing "A Cotage too Lett Ink-sire within." The bottom row it is almost impossible to describe, tor it is made up of soap and soda, and stone-blue; a pair or two of boots, ditto of shoes, a hat, and a little suit of corduroys; parcels which are supposed to contain every. thing, though they have very much the appearance of bricks tied up in brown paper; a piece of bacon, mounted on a lump of cheese, a half-quartern boa', overhung by half a pound of candles, on both of which the effects of the hot sun are visible; two or three eggs which have been kept long enough and made 'warm enough to contain little chickens; three onions, one of which is wizened, while the other two have begun to sprout; a mouse trap, a frying-pan, and a gridiron, with a tin saucepan turned bottom upwards, and surmounted by a half bladder of dirty-looking lard. These, with a notice that passengers and parcels ate booked there for the Red ' Rover coach, make up about all you can see without a very minute examination. If you venture inside and ask for anything, no matter what it is, they have it ; but bless me! wherever can it be? it must be somewhere in one of these drawers. John I John I John comes out of the little back parlour; he also is certain it must be somewhere.--he scratches his head, and tries to remem ber—has a recollection of Mrs So-and-so having a penn'orth about six months back—knows he tied it up and put it away carefully—must be this —no, those are tin tacks —must be that—decry me 1 they're thimbles —did'nt know they had any—and had given an order for two dozen to come by the carrier on Saturday.—Could'nt you look in again in about an hour, or call next day ? they should be sure to find them then. Perhaps it is a lead-pencil you want. They have black-lead, but they reckon that won't do. They have pens also, but, unfor tunately, at that time are out of ink : the last ink they had, a great jar tumbled off the shelf, fell on it, and broke the ink-bottle; and it was very unfortunate , for it happened all to run into the drawer where they kept the moist sugar. Is there nothing else you want? a pen knife, or a pail, or a penny box of paints ? You shake your head and say no ; and bid good by to the Village Shopkeeper.—From Miller's Boy's Spring Book. ROBBERIES BY ENGLISH SER VANTS IN PARIS. Two English servants, named Templeton and Macken zie, were on Saturday tried by the Court of Assizes of the Seine, for robbing the proprietress of the Hotel Vic toria, in the Rue Chaveau-la•Garde. At the beginning of 1846, Templeton, who was then in a state of great distress, was kindly received by the lady of the hotel as one of her domestics. A little time utierwards he was observed to be flush of money; and as this caused sus picions, the plate was examined, and it was found that several forks, spoons, &c., had disappealcd. Oa being questioned, Templeton admitted that he was the thief, but urged that he was in great poverty. Although this was notoriously false, he possessing an exc.-Aleut situa tion, his employer, touched by his appeals for pardon, consented not to place him in the hands of justice, and contented herself with dismissing him. shortly after repaid this kindness by a shameful participation in the robbery of his benefactress. On the night of the 28th of December, a young Englishman arrived at the Hotel Victoria with a handsome portmanteau. lie re quested the porter to give him a bed without delay, and to call him at an early hour the next day. On going to the room the following morning, the porter was asto nished to find that the visitor had already departed. and it it was evident from the disorder of the bed, that he had laid on it without undressing. The man, fearing that a robbery had been committel, descended to the dining room of the hotel, and found the windows standing open. He also discovered that some plate, which had been used on the previous evening had disappeared, as also some jewellery belonging to the lady of the hotel, which had been left in an adjoining parlour. There was no doubt that the young English visitor was the thit and his handsome portmanteau, which he left, was ac cordingly broken open, when it was found to contain nothing but a large stone. A rubbery on an extensive scale had evidently been planned, and there was every reason to believe that the portmanteau had been destined to take away the booty. Fortunately, however, the thief had not had time to attack the plate closet, in which the greatest quantity of plate was kept; and, having no doubt been alarmed whilst in the perpetration of the theft in the dining-room, he had been compelled to make a hasty retreat, leaving on the table a silver cruet-stand, a silver bread basket, and several other valuable articles. Fur some time no clue was obtained to the thief, but at last Templeton fell into the hands of the police for another robbery, and this led to his lodgings being searched, when some articles that had been stolen from the hotel Victoria, and pawnbrokers' duplicates for some others, were discovered. The prisoner Mackenzie lived with Templeton, and both passed by assumed names. On being confronted with the domestics of the hotel, Mackenzie was recognised as the person who had entered the hotel with the portmantea u on the night of the robbery, and it was also proved that he had been concerned with Templeton in disposing of the stolen 'articles. The jury declared Mackenzie guilty of a robbery in an inhabited house during the night, The Court • and to ° r tun 1: o 1 en t mudl understandinght t u o i t tysvoof French,ya e d a o t, m s t s mi n t iirobbery . etr. Temple - had to be •employed. A professor of E.;gfish was chosen, but he created immense amusement throughout the trial, from the groat deafness with which he is afflicted preventin , him fro u clearly undorstanding what was said, and also from his continually confounding English with French and French with English, he talking to the Court in English and to the prisoners in French.—Galignoni. DETERMINED the wife o r a man named Pasc a SUlClDE.—Tuesday foreman DE—.l'u e i s n d tae St. Katharine Docks, committed suicide under the following eirenin stances:—The deceased lived with her husband in Holmes-street, Stepney, and had be,:n for so ,„ t h ee past in a Very low and nervous state. Tuesday morn ing her husband rose at t he usual hour , and went into an adjoining room for a shor t time, leaving his wife in bad and apparently asleep. On his r eturn , a few minutes , he hade saw made f h her suspendedsttoabed post. H e cut h er down by the flock t o a rope , wfhteicrhwa h . immediately, and called in a surgeon, who pronounced her to be quite dead. TLIE GREAT BRITAIN. — There is every hop now afterwards, entertained that this noble vessel will got off in the end of next month. The most active preparations are going on for the purpose. Upwards of twenty boxes, of immense size and strength, are being comileted on the beach, and all is expected to be in readiness to mice the effort by the latter end of July.—Downpatriek Recorder. ImrosmoN.—This week a respectable-looking old man, who pretended to be a lecturer on " Ptiiielogy and the powers of the human mind," called upon smeral p )r -ties in town, representing that he had engaged a public room, and intended to deliver a course of lectures on the above topics. A number of persons bought tickets, but on their arrival at the room in which the lectures were announced to be delivered in, they found that they had been duped out of their money, the room never having been taken for such a purpose.---Glasgow THE CORN TRADE. THE PROTESTANT ELECTOR. On MONDAY, June 28th, will he published, to be continued three days a week, for fourteen weeks, H E PROTESTANT ELECTOR," Price Threepence stamped, Eight Pages Qaarto. As the amount for the fourteen weeks will be but 10s. 6d., it is hoped the friends of the cause in every Borough and division of County will at once forward their subscriptions py Post-office Order. Advertisements and Letters to be addressed to the Publisher of " The Protestant Elector," 3, Shoe-lane, Fleet•street. C 1 RIMSHAWE'S STANDARD AND CO3l - pLE CE EDITION OF COWPER'i WORKS. Vol. 111. Price 3s. On the Ist July will be published, the Third Volume of Cowper's 'Vorks, edited by the Rev. T. S. Git I MSIIAWE. Lond9n : William Tegg and Co., Pancras-lane, Cheapside. CONTRACT for CARRIAGES, CARTS, &c. Her Majesty's Postmaster-General will receive Tenders for the supply of CARRIAGES for the conveyance of Letter-carriers, Mail-bags, &c.; and also for tile conveyance of Mails and Mail guards to and from the several Railway Stations, for tile term of Five Years, to commence on and after the 6th April, 184 S. The conditions of the Contract may be seen upon application at the Inland-office of this department between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Tenders to be addressed to Her Majesty's Postmaster• General, marked " Tender for the Supply of Carriages for the Conveyance of Letter-carriers, Mails," Re.; and to be delivered at the Secretary's department of the Post-office, at or before Twelve o'clock at Noon on the 31st day of July, 1847. Each Tender must bear the signature and address of two persons willing to become sureties for the due performance of the contract. General Post-office, June, 1847. IDRICES' PATENT CANDLE COMPANY. 31. The whole of the Shares offered to the Public, amounting, with those retained by the original Proprietors, to 23,000, having been allotted, the Directors give notice that they are prepared to allot the 2,000 reserved Shares, giving the Trade as many as they may now apply for, and the remainder to the Public. Prospectuses may be obtained Irom Messrs. 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Berners-street, Oxtord-street, London, from eleven till two, an: eve till eight: and on situalays from eleven till twelve. SUPPOSED MURDER. On Sabbath morning the inhabitants of Alain-street, Calton, were thrown into a state of consternation by an alarm of murder. It appears that Agnes Sutherland or . Thomson, residing at 14, M a i n - street, a wom an of int( mperate habits, and who is said to have been labouring under delirium tremens for the last eight days, has been cohabiting with a sheriff's officer, named Archibald Smith, belonging to 197, lligh street. About a quarter past three o'clock the neighbours were alarmed by the cries of murder, murder, help me," from the unfortunate woman, who had her head out of the open window. About half past three one of the neighbours lifted her window and spoke to her, when she exclaimed, "Will you no help me ; see hoo he's kicking me.' Such scenes were not unusual, and the neighbours did not expect th a t th e ma t ter wou ld en d so seriously. About four o'clock S m ith l e f t t h e H ouse , w hen the neigh bour who had spoken over the window, alarmed by a heavy fall, entered the house, and found the unfortunate woman lying dead on the floor ; the body was very much discoloured. Yesterday forenoon Smith was apprehended by Serjeants Mitchell and Arnot, of the eastern division of the City Police, and was committed to prison. The case is undergoing an in vestigation by Sheriff Bell. Yesterday afternoon, Dr. Easton of the Central Police Establishment, and Dr. Young of Eastern district, held a post mortem examina tion upon the body, the result of which has not yet transpired. The body of th e d eceased, who was 33 years of age, was interred last night about eight o'clock. —North British Mail. GEOLGGICAL DISCOVERIES. The following extracts from the diary of on e o f th e su p er i n tendents, although relating . almost exclusiuely to scientific and geological matters, will be perused, we have no doubt, with interest by many of our readers :- ." On r t y K oe berry, r l 3 ) , n ( i s e o l cCarlkliendi because e E j s u q t iltnugthhr the East the p tFractio r n ope f so ting into the county of Cork), the section of a new road exposes a great number of large trees, pines, oaks, and birch, all broken short with a jaggard fracture ; the branches lying in all directions, but chiefly from east to west, and sometimes the bark adhering to the under side. The fragments of the trunks are from 10 to 12 feet asunder, all upright. and bedded on a white argilla ceous clay beneath the peat or turf. An intelligent peasant observed to me that he understood it was some great flood that destroyed this forest "in the ould an cient times." But I did not notice any boulders or de bris in the peat or clay substrata. However, such statements, though coming from unlearned lips, may be traced to remote traditi o ns, and contain hint s orthe - true causes of the catastrophe. It was an unlearned man in the United States who first conjectured that the striated marks on the rocks of the old and new continent were caused by the drifting of icebergs over the bottom of ancient waters ; and the theory has set at rest many a geological controversy. The same peasant also pointed out to me in sundry places detached heaps of half-burned brown stones, about the size and shape of powdered pavement, and evidently broken with the hammer. These were broken in shallow, vat-shaped hollows, generally about 20 feet by 13, and us , d in th e b rew i ng o f th e bior (beer), the mead of Ossian's heroe s , b ut t h e ru d e tr ib es of these " ould ancient times" —the Lughenhagh whom Brian (Horhoime or Boru) expelled from Ireland. So my informant told me. I have similar remains of these primitive brewing vats ; and once heard from an old mountain patriarch, that the secret of th e manufacture had been preserved inviolate for many generations, until it rested with two brother, and . one of them s l ew t h e other, and then dispatched himself, lest the secret should ever transpire." PAINFUL NECESSITY. —During the long drought of last summer, an American paper says, water became so scarce in a parish, that the farmers' wives were obliged to send their milk to town genuine. JUNE 24, 1847. (From the Mark-lane Express.) The weather has been decidedly broken throughout the week, and though the rain which has fallen has done no further positive mischief than deranging a portion of the hay in the early districts, where cutting was com menced the first week in June, still it has caused some uneasiness. That a dry summer generally proves fa vourable for wheat in this country is a well-known fact ; and there can be no doubt that plenty of moisture has fallen for the spring sown corn. A change to dry warm weather would, therefore, be very desirable, whilst a longer continuance of rain might prove injurious. Up to the present time the reports from the agricultural dis tricts continue to speak well of the grain crops, but the complaints respecting the reappearance of the potato disease have lately increased, though they are not, we are happy to say, so general as to have given rise to serious apprehension. That the late wet weather must have proved very trying where any predisposition to the disorder in the plant existed is certain, and should a moist state of atmosphere unfortunately prevail during the summer, the failure would probably again prove ex tensive. Several large growers of potatoes with whom we have conversed on the subject stated that their great fear was an excess of moisture ; with dry weather they hoped and expected they should do well. The very im portant fall which took place on Monday in the price of wheat had a depressing effect on 'all the leading pro vincial markets, held in the early part of the week. At Liverpool, on Tuesday, considerable surprise was occa sioned by the tone of the London advices, so great a reduction at Dlark-lane coming wholly unexpected ; the re,ult was, that though the market was well attended by local and distant buyers, sales of wheat could not be made except at an abatement of 9d. per 701 b.; whilst American flour was taken off slowly at a decline of 2s. 6d. per barrel, and all other articles were decidedly easier to buy than on that day se'nnight. Later in the week something like confidence appears to have returned, still on Friday neither wheat nor flour was at all dearer. At most of the other large consuming towns the wheat trade had taken its tone from the London and Liverpool reports, and as regards wheat, the decline, taking the kingdom collectively, may be estimated at 6s. to B s . p er quarter. Meanwhile very little,. if any, increase has taken place in the deliveries from the growers; and, cautiously as purchasers have operated, there has been no accumulation of stocks in the hands of merchants. Last week we directed attention to the extreme insig nificance of the quantity sold at the 290 towns at which an official account of the sales is kept for the purpose of compiling the averages ; small as the return then was, that for the week ending 12th of June shows a further falling off. To put this matter clearly before our readers, we beg to call their attention to the folloaing statement : SOLD AT THE 290 TOWNS RETURNING THE AVERAGES. 1847. 1846. In the week ending May 8 ... 111,156 ... 129,169 15 ... 100,676 115,681 - —22 ... 78,269 ... 78,064 29 ... 68,843 ... 79,001 - June 5 ... 41,223 ... 88,378 12 ... 31,364 ... 87,508 It will be scan that the decrease has been progressive, uninflu?neecl by the important fluctuation which prices have undergone during the time referred to ; and we can, therefore, draw no other conclusion than that the stocks of home-grown wheat have been reduced into an extremely narrow compass. If we are right in this belief, the expected arrivals from abroad are likely to be all wanted before the new crop can be ready for con sumption. A large fleet of vessels grain laden have this week arrived off the coast, the greater part at Cork and Falmouth for orders; this arrival is principally from the Mediterranean, and has been long expected. By far the greaser number of the ships appear to be laden with Indian corn, and that article has consequently fallen materially in value not only in London and Liverpool, but likewise in Ireland. The quantity of wheat, when distributed to the several ports, will not, we apprehend, prove so great as to have much influence on prices; but Indian corn seems likely, for a time at least, to rule much lower than it has done of late, the consumption of the amide being comparatively small, except in Ireland. The arrivals of English wheat into the port of London have not increased to any extent, the supply up to this (Saturda3) evening having amounted to only 2,864 ' quarters. The trifling nature of the home supply has, however, failed to cause any uneasiness, liberal receipts, viz., 20,646 quarters, having come to hand from abroad. It must, however, be recollected that very little of the foreign wheat is sufficiently fresh to make a good sack of flour without an admixture of English; and, if the latter comes forward in such small quantities as it has done of late, its value must remain relatively above that of the former. A considerable proportion of the English left unsold on Monday was disposed of on Wednesday, without any further decline occurring in quotations. On Friday the millers tried hard to obtain a concession, but finding factors more inclined to raise than to lower their pretensions, and their wants being urgent, the whole on sale was taken off at quite previous prices. Our market has again been visited during the week by country millers from distant parts of the kingdom, for the pur pose of purchasing foreign wheat; but finding importers Amer than they had calculated on, the transactions have not been particularly large, Early on Wednesday a few parcels of Danalc were parted with, to clear vessels com ing on demurrage, at rates which would not have been accepted at the beginning of the week ; but towards the close of tho market there was less pressure, and we heard of the sale of a cargo of fine Rostock at 88s., being is. to 2s. per quarter above the highest offer made for the same lot on Monday. Since then the disposi tion to purchase has increased, and a fair share of busi ness was done in the finer sorts on Friday at fully pre vious rates. The concession made by the millers on Monday has I led to a somewhat better sale of flour, and a tolerable quantity has been taken by the bakers during the week. The transactions in American had not been of much importance, the arrival of 33,705 barrels, and the ex pectation of further receipts, having led buyers to expect a greater abatement in price than sellers have been willing t ) submit to. The supplies of barley have been small coastwise, Duly 483 quarters having come to hand, and from abroad ~ 5 686 quarters. This grain, has, nevertheless, hung very heavily on hand ; indeed it has been absolutely impos sible to sell except in quite retail quantity. In this position of affairs quotations afford but very little guidance us to the real value. Malt has participated in the dullness which has pre vailed in the barley trade, and the turn has been in favour of the purchaser. The market has been sparingly supplied with oats, and should we be much longer without large foreign arrivals the dealers' stocks will run very short. Of lirlish only 84 quarters, Scotch none, Irish 4,205 quar ters (principally screenings), and foreign 6,566 quarters, have been received during the week. Notwithstanding the insignificance of the supply, business has remained in the same languid state as before. Factors have, it is true, displayed rather more confidence, and fine corn could perhaps hardly be bought so well at the close as at the commencement of the week ; but there has been a total want of activity in the demand, which has rendered it impossible to realise any advance. Banns and peas have come sparingly to hand, and the inquiry for these articles has been of a strictly retail character. Needy buyers have had to pay former terms, but to have sold largely less money must have been taken. The arrivals of Indian corn have been more that equal to the demand, and stocks have lately accumulated, the effect of which has been an important fall in its valur. Our foreign advices are not of much interest this week, business in grain having, it appears, remained in much the same position at the different continental mar kets as before. At the lower Baltic ports the tendency of prices had, it seems, been downwards; whilst at Danzic, as well as most of the markets in Holland, and Belgium, and France, quotations of wheat and rye had rather risen. Stocks appear nearly, if not quite, as trifling on the continent as with us; and we are in clined to think that when what is now on passage to this country shall have conic to hand, the supplies will for a time be unimportant. Letters from Danzic, of the 12th instant, inform us that the quantity of wheat in granary there had been reduced into a very narrow compass, and that owing to the want of sufficient water in the Vistula, great diffi culty was likely to be experienced in getiing supplies down from the interior. Holders of the little on hand had, consequently, raised their pretensions ; and though the business actually done had been trifling, an advance of is. to 2s. per quarter on the currency of that day se'nnight had been partialiy established. From Stettin our advices are of the 14th of June. Though no increase had taken place in the deliveries from the neighbouring farmers, business had become dull in wheat, and very little was being shipped to Great Britain. The last prices paid had been equivalent to sos. for red, and 82s. per quarter, free on board, for white, the weight being only about 591 b. per bushel. Rye had been in active request for transit into the in. tnior, and prices equal to 56:. up to 60s. per quarter had been paid for the article. The wind having been contrary the expected arrivals from Russia had not come to hand. The accounts from Rostock are of the 17th of June. No increase had taken place there in the supplies of grain from the growers; and though the weather had, on the whole, been favourable tor the grow i ng crops, holders of wheat had remained decidedly firm. At Konigsberg the tendency of prices had been rather downwards, owing to an unexp ec t e d i ncrease i n the su pplies from Poland. Freights appear to have receded m aterially ail over the Baltic, which will be an item in favour of the importer. llamburgh advices of Tuesday last inform us that very little . had been passi ng t h ere s i nce the prev i ous post day in the grain trade ; holders of wheat on the spot had, nevertheless, continued to ask 88s. to 90s. per quarter for the best qualities of red, we ighing 601-10. to 611 b. per bushel, and other kinds had been held at proportionate rates. In barley and oats scarcely anything had been done, and prices had tended downwards. Rye on the spot had commanded 655. to 675. per nnartcr free on board. In the I)utch markets rye has risen materially, and in Belgium prices of wheat have advanced. From 'Marseilles we learn that the trade had recovered from the panic which had prevailed during the previous PRICE SD. week, and that a slight improvement from the lowest point had taken place in prices. From the Black Sea we learn that stocks of wheat and Indian corn were large and vessels scarce, which latter circumstance had rendered the execution of shipping orders very difficult. EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA. (From Charles Willmer's European Mail.) The number of emigrants now crossing the Atlantic, and the immense amount of sickness which usually takes place on the voyage, has attracted a good deal of attention from the fact, that the poor who are thus afflicted are beyond the reach of ' medical aid, not one ship out of fifty that sail with emigrants carrying a surgeon. Efforts have been, and indeed are now being made, for the purpose of providing these vessels with medical assistance, and among those who have been most energetic in their efforts in endeavouring to accomplish this most de sirable end is Mrs. Maury, of Liverpool, who, in speaking of the measures which have been adopted, says, in a letter now before us— " I subjoin a copy of the memorial which was pre sented to the Senate and House of Representatives, in Washington. The subject met with the entire appro bation of the President of the United States, and with the hearty concurrence of the Secretaiies of State. All the civil local authorities were in its favour. The medi cal profession, and the Catholic priesthood (who are in many cases the sole physicians and nurses of the suffer ing immigrant,) concurred in its approval. Meetings were called in New York and Philadelphia, and petitions presented from those cities, as well as from Baltimore, Charleston, and New Orleans. A large majority in the Senate and in the House were heartily in favour of the Bill, but the shipowners contrived to secure five votes out of nine in the Committee of Commerce, and the Bill was withdrawn to be tried in England. Here its fate has been no better. I obtained an interview with the Commissioners of Colonisation in London, and they would cheerfully comply with the recommendation ; but such is the overwhelming distress of the country, and so great the necessity for relief by means of emigration, that they are fearful of proposing any measure that could by any possibility interfere with its progress, or increase the expenses of the emigrants. The wishes of the Ame rican Government were frustrated by the avarice and short-sightedness of the shipowner; and the wishes of the English Commissioners by the difficulties attend ant upon the present awful visitations of Providence. " But where Government fails the pestilence succeeds; the scourge of God has power where the efforts of man are unavailing. The suffering crowds that rush into the ' Atlantic cities of the United States reward the hospita lity they receive with infection. In the " between decks" of the passenger vessel is fostered fever. No skilful hand is there to minister to the sick ' • no experienc e d mind to adopt to preventive means by which alone escape from universal death may be effected. Such a state of things cannot continue ; and already many vessels in the port of Liverpool are advertising for surgeons, and recently several have sailed thus provided. The captains generally are themselves in favour of such a precaution ; it is the shipowners only who have objected. Could the emigrant be informed upon a subject so nearly connected with his dearest in terests he would himself accomplish this desirable pur pose, by selecting for his voyage such a vessel only as may be provided with a " doctor," and rejecting all others ; and this has now become his legitimate mode of redress, for other means have failed. " Among the various provisions of the Passenger Act, there exists one of so capricious and incomprehensible a nature, one so inconsistent with all prudence, so utterly at variance with all humanity, that it is impossible to imagine on what grounds such a regulation should have been suggested or adopted. The Act of Parlia ment provides that " All vessels carrying one hundred passengers and upwards, and going to all parts of the world (North America excepted!) shall carry surgeons.' " I, Sir, have seen the evils I allude to, and personally have gone through the opposition I have related. With out presumption I trust that I may assert the imperative necessity of employing medical officers on board of emi grant vessels, and the futility of all the objections against the measure. " It remains only to be stated, on the authority of Dr. Sutherland, of Liverpool, and Dr. Carmichael, of Dub lin, that medical men having taken out their diplomas could be procured in abundance in both these cities, at a small salary, for emigrant vessels. This precludes all difficulty. " I remain, Sir, in the earnest hope that shortly this moat desirable object may be attained, " Your obedient servant, "SARAH MYTTON MAURY." "Liverpool, June, 1847." REPORT ON THE SHIP lIOTTINGUER. Captain Ira Bursley, which sailed from Liverpool on 6th May, 1845. DY RICHARD FRASER, SUROEON. " Having been requested by Mrs. Maury, of Liverpool and the other cabin passengers, as well as Capt. Bursley to draw up a statement of facts which occurred on board the Hottinguer, during her voyage from Liverpool to New York, and to subjoin therewith my own private opinions, I now beg most respectfully to lay before them the fol lowing details:— " The Hottinguer sailed from Liverpool on the 6th May, 1845, having on board 397 steerage passengers, a crew of 22 sailors, with four officers of the ship, and six cabin passengers. Of the steerage passengers one eighth were infants; a very small proportion of these, as of the adults, had undergone vaccination. On the eighth day after departure two children were seized with the small-pox, which quickly developed itself in the most virulent form. Of course this infection had been imbibed previously to coming on beard. Their respective ages were - five and seven. Neither of these children had been vaccinated. These cases both termi nated fatally. It is impossible to describe the dismay which prevailed throughout the ship ; nor was this dismay unfounded; because, notwithstanding every precaution that might be taken, the probability was that had the voyage been prolonged another week, many would have fallen victims to the disease. In justice to Captain Bursley, I wish to state that he most cordially adopted every suggestion that I made to him, both for the comfort of the patients and the safety of the ship. The bodies were thrown overboard the instant that life had ceased; their beds, bed clothes, and linen were also thrown into the sea, and their berths puri fied with burnt tar. But notwithstanding these precau tions, even now (seven days after landing), seven of the passengers have been attacked with the small-pox, and Mrs. Maury herself; the instigator of the present report, has been a sufferer from varioloid. These cases have been under my own care since landing; how many more may have broken out it would be impossible to state. Mrs. Maury's son, a boy of fourteen, has also had a slight attack of varioloid. " Were this a solitary case less importance would of course attach to it; but I have made the subject a matter of inquiry, and find that it is of constant and daily re currence in all the emigrant vessels upon the Atlantic. " I attribute the yearly visitation of this deplorable malady, the small-pox, in the cities of New York, Bos ton, Philadelphia, and other ports, in a great measure to the landing of emigrants from vessels in which the dis ease has been raging. No quarantine examination can be efficient in this case, because small-pox will lurk in the system many days before it appears externally, or before the patient even feels himself indisposed. "It is customary for the American emigrant ships to carry a full complement of passengers without a surgeon on board, neither is the health of the passengers ever inquired into ; still less is it considered requisite that they should be vaccinated. " From the 40 circumstances, I am led to the fol lowing suggestions :-Ist. That every emigrant ship be compelled to carry a surgeon, who shall examine into the supply of medicines necessary for the cure of the most probable kinds of disease which may occur, 2nd. That every passenger, immediately after coming on board, be submitted to vaccination, although he may have previously gone through this operation, because vaccination produces no personal inconvenience, and because it has been found that it invariably modifies, though it does not always prevent the invioloid and small pox. Mrs. Maury and her son had each of them been twice vaccinated. The patients under vaccination would suffer no more at sea than they do on land. 3d. That a small surgery be allotted to the use of the surgeon, where he may receive his patients in private. This is urged for manifest reasons of propriety. 4th. That no emi grant labouring under any infectious or contagious dis ease be allowed to sail in any vessel, because where so large a number of persons is congregated together, and confined for a length of time, it is probable that disease of some description will break out, the risk and fatality attending' it depending on the malignity of its nature, the means available for cure, and the length of the voyage. "There will be no difficulty in procuring surgeons for these vessels at a trifling expense, because many young practitioners would gladly avail themselves, for a very small remuneration, of the opportunities thus offered to improve their knowledge and experience, and thus also they would be enabled to proceed to Europe for the pur pose of enlarging their acquaintance there with profes sional men and practice, while the vessel remained in port. "RICHARD FRASER. "New York, Bth June, 1845." FEVER VESSELS.—In compliance with a request to the Government, the Admiralty have ordered two ships at Pembroke to be immediately cleared out and fitted as fever ships for Liverpool, to which port they are to be towed by steam vessels as soon as they are ready. The Saturn, old 74, is one selected, and will be fitted as soon as ossible. SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A FEMALE. Tuesday morning, about seven o'clock, the body of a female, about eighteen years of age, and five feet five inches in stature, with fair complexion and dark hair, was found floating in the Regent's Canal, near Cat and Mutton Fields, Hackney. She was dressed in black. The body, which had apparently been in the water several days, was taken to the Sportsman, Margaret-street, Hackney road, to await a coroner's inquest. We learn by letters from Russia that the Trans- Caucssian provinces have been ravaged by locusts. The Iquantity was so immense that the people collected them in heaps )qovered them with straw, and burned them. Ti? COMMITTEE ON THE NAV 011-4-":" TION LAWS. ° The Select Committee appointed by the Commons, to in qu i re i n t o th e operat i on of the „i; g: tion-laws, me t aga i n on T ues d ay. The fol X L "jf Members were present :—Mr. Lidd e ll, M r. T. Bir n‘ of Mr. Ricardo, Sir Howard Douglas, AdMiral Dun , virijabir Sir Geor ge Cl er k , Mr. Villierc, 'Mitchell, a n d Mr. M`Carthy. L i the absence of Mr. M. Gibson the chair was taken by Mr. Ricardo. Mr. Phillips was called and examined. By Mr. T. Baring. —He was a shipowner and shipbroker, and had considerable experience in shipping. If the navigation-laws were repealed the value of BritiLl shipping would immediately be reduced to 30 per cent., and he should be very unwilling to own ships on such terms. -He could purchase shipping in a foreign country at a much lower rate than he could here ; and there were many ports abroad to which they would not be ad mitted, while all ships would be admitted into our ports. From the cheapness, it would be an advan tage to the British ship owners to buy foreign ships, and to navigate them with foreign sailors. Mr. Col quhoun stated in his evidence that a ship could be built, coppered, and copper-fastened at Lubeck, and fitted for a voyage to India, at from 81. to 81. 16s. per ton ; a similar ship could not he built and fitted out in England under from 161. to 171. per ton. Taking the statement of Mr. Swale, that the wages of a crew of thirteen men on board a Hamburg ship of 350 tons amounted to 251. 2s. 10d. per month, while the wages on board a British ship of the same tonnage amounted to 401. 10s. per month, many foreign countries gave their own ships great privileges, which was an advantage to them. Mr. M`Gregor stated in his evidence that a British ship could take French produce to the United States ; he (Mr. P.) knew of an instance when, by a mistake of an agent at Liverpool, some articles of French produce were shipped on board a vessel with a British cargo, and that vessel, on its arrival in the United States, was placed under seizure, and the owner was put ,to a very great expense. Mr. M‘Gregor had, he thought, made a great many mistakes in the course of his evidence. If England repealed her navigation laws, and foreign countries maintained theirs, it would be ' an advantage to the British shipowner to own foreign ships. If a foreigner could own a French ship, it would be a fortune to him to trade between Havre and India, as the French navigation laws were so exclusive. He understood that the expense of build ing a good oak ship at Danzic, with the exception of coppering and fitting her for sea, would be 8,3001. for a ship of 800 tons, or 101. 17s. 6d. per ton. The freight received on her voyage from Danzic to London, with a cargo of railway sleepers, would pay the expense of coppering her and provisioning her for an Indian voyage. Such a vessel could not be built in England under 15/. per ton, and there would be a difference in the rate of insurance. The Prussian ship would stand quite as long as the British ship. The expense of building a similar ship in the United States would be about 12/. or 131. per ton. As a general rule, all foreign ships were navigated cheaper than English vessels, and, of course, every one would employ the foreign rather than the English seamen. With regard to ship-building, if the navigation laws were repealed, the number of naval artisans would be greatly reduced; and in consequence, the Govern ment, when it wanted hands in the dockyards, would be very much inconvenienced, unless they also employed foreign shipwrights. About 200,000 seamen would either be thrown out of employ ment, or compelled to serve at a much lower rate of wages, and rather than do that he thought they would seek some other employment, In fact, he believed that the repeal of the navigation laws would involve pecuniary loss to about 2,000,000 of people in this country. The greatest disadvantage from the repeal of those laws would be the difficulty of manning the navy, which could not be obviated in any emergency unless they also employed foreigners. At present, in any emergency, the navy could obtain from 10,000 to 20,000 seamen from the British mercantile marine. The effect of throwing open only the foreig4 trade, and not the coasting and colonial trade, would be a disadvantage, as they had all the restrictions to submit to which they were willing to put up with while protected, and in foreign ports would have to compete with the foreigner who had not those restrictions, who were badly paid and badly fed. In taking a cargo to South Australia he should be obliged to charge a higher freight in consequence of the impossibility of obtain ing a return cargo, and from there on going to India the ship would come into competition with the cheap foreigners. If a return freight from the colonies were to be obtained, it would not be of so much importance ; but it was notorious that 19 ships out of 20 did not obtain a return cargo from the colonies, but were obliged to go on to India for a cargo. He had been much amused at the statements made by former wit nesses that the Australian colonies were inconveni enced by a dearth of British shipping to send their produce home. The admission of Asiatic and American produce in all bottoms would deprive the British shipowner of the greatest advantage he at present possessed, by giving the foreigners the long voyage, as they built and navigated thir ships cheaper. The repeal of the navigation laws of America and Great Britain would throw into the American ship ping the great bulk of the carrying trade to this country, as they would as a matter of course use their own ships. The trade between America and this country was almost exclusively an import trade. By Mr. Mitchell.—The Americans at the present moment were in possession of the great bulk of the carrying trade. The American ships were nearly as cheap as the cheapest foreign ships. The advantage that would arise from allowing foreigners to compete with Americans would be very small in this trade, while the disadvantages would be very great. By Mr. Ricardo.—The reciprocity treaties put the United States on a better footing than we were, because we admitted them to trade to our colonies, and they had no colonies. He did not think that the Americans had anything to fear from the ships of the ports north of Europe. The north country ships were more cheap, but more clumsily built and fitted out. Our case with regard to com petition with these ships was very different from that of the Americans. The Americans had many great advantages over us. For example, they built their ships cheaper, and they manned them as they pleased ; they were subject to no restrictions such as were under the Merchant Seamen's Act, and they usually sailed with a very fair proportion of fo feigners. On the whole they navigated their ships a great deal cheaper than we did. By Sir George Clerk.—Although the navigation laws had been suspended, he was not aware that ad vantage of the privilege to bring provisions to this country had been taken by foreign ships up to the present period. He believed the reason was that at the time those laws were suspended foreign ships were frozen up in their ports, and were unprepared ' for the trade. Now, he understood, that several fo reign ships were on their way to America for the purpose of bringing provisions to this country. By Mr. Mitchell—He did not think that a re duction of freight of 11. per ton on sugar from the West Indies would ever be felt by the consumers of the article; the difference would be absorbed by the importers and the exporters. By Admiral Dundas—ln his opinion the repeal of the navigation-laws would cause a great reduction in first•class shipping of the country, and that 40,000,0001. of capital, which was at present em ployed in shipping here, would be transferred to foreign countries. He was an advocate for the examination of masters and mates. By Mr. Ricardo—The Americans could build ships 30 per cent. cheaper than we could, but our ships lasted 30 per cent. better. He did not think that we could build as cheaply as the Americans with the exception of insurance, because after a certain number of years all ships, foreign and English, lost ()lass at Lloyd's. The Americans for the same amount of capital were enabled to send one third more vessels to sea than the British • ship builders. The Committee adjourned till Thursday. PARIS AND ITS CITADELS. According to an official return, when the whole of the citadels . and fortifications round Paris are completed, the following will be the number of troops that will occupy that capital and its vicinity in the course of the present year :-- Mont Valerian, 3,C00 men, of which two com panies of engineers and one company of foot artil lery. 2. Charenton, 2,500 men, one regiment of lir- , tillery and one company of engineers. 3. Togy, 1,800 men, two companies of artillery and engineers. 4. Ro mainvillo, 2,000 men, two companies of engineers. 5. hey, 1,600 men, one company of artillery and one company of engineers. G. Bicetre, 1,200 men, one company of engineers. 7. Montronge, 1,000 men. 8. Vauves, 900 men, of which one company of engi neers. 9. The four forts of La Double Couronne, St. Denis, De la Beeche, and Stains, 3,200 men, one company of artillery. 10. Fort de l'Est, 800 men. 11. Fort d'Aubervilliers les-vetus, 1,100 men, o ne company of engineers. 12 . 1 F ort de Noisay, 1,30 0 men. 13. De Rosny, 1,000 men. 14. De . Nogent, 1,500 i n t i me . of peace an . army of c 4,800 of engineers. 15. .Cttadel do Vin cennes, 3,200 men, of which four batteries . are artillery garrison of Paris will form en and two companies engineers. The Parisian citadels m an e d n, for w t h s i w ch ill w Oc it e h upl' e effective force of 60,000 cavalry, infantry, and artillery ; and 1,262 cannons, 80-pounders, mortars, &c. The above force is exclusive . of the National Guards. 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