The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. HENRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. James C. C. Bell. Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. Michael Bland, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq. Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Andrew Colvile, Esq. Henry Pearse, Esq. George Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq. George Hibbert, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. FOUR-FIFTHS, or 80 per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as kigned to policies every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the bUm insttred, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction And ultimate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow cksimple:— k I ROFITS to POLICIES of 25 YEARS STANDING, entitled to participate in the Bonus declared in 1846. Age 1 Cash paid on Or Prem.lAnd an at I Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced nual re- Entry, . Insured. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn of. X £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. X s. d. £ s. d. 14 1800 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 6 91 20 I 1000 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2 815 01 ...... ao 1000 26 14 2 451 5 0 236 18 7 710 5 ...... ' ll O 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 4 9 8 60 1000 45 6 8 451 5 0 335 911 .. • . 60 1000 63 13 ,4 451 5 0 384 12 5 , Insurances without participation in profits effected at reduced rates. Prospectuses, and an explanatory statement of other advantages 40 /v given by this Company, may be had at the Chief Offices as %ore ; at the Branch Office, It, Pall-mall; or of the Agents. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. ~Thfs Institution embraces important and substantial advantages rah respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured els, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; ; 05 0 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 t the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth 7„ 11 8, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Poiicy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. ... I Perma- Sent the ..4 A.. .6 Annual Policy Bonus In nent Re- Assured -"" Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor - ,72 1 mium. out in Assured. 1 Cash. Annua l row on ...... I Premiums. Policy. .----. - £ s. d.l £ s d. £ s. d. X s. d. 1 1837 243 9 3,112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 i._ X Xs. d. 1838 218 4 81 99 81015 13 5 445 0 0 w ; 1000;74 3 4 1839 192 1 10' 86 9 313 4 9 395 11 1 1840 143 510 66 8 4 919 1 ,346 2 3 1841 138 14 21 61 17 61 9 9 2 296 13 4 r ` _ 1842 111 6 fi 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 the Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the f':etS Or any of Rs branches In the country ; or, on application, will forwarded post free. F. FtItGUSON CADIROITX, Secretary. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). EIGHTH CALL-51. PER SHARE, Making 351. called up on each Share. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution passed ;7 the Board of Directors, the PROPRIETORS of SHARES in t h e rhaolidated Capital of this Company are hereby REQUIRED to re a CALL of 51. PER SHARE, 21. 108. on or before FRIDAY , re 23th day of June, and 2/. 10s. on or before MONDAY, the 26th Yof July next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers. Accord lo the provisions of the Acts of Incorporation, Interest at the 4-.5.!e of Four per Cent. per Annnin, payable half-yearly, will be Zuolved on the amount of Deposits and Calls paid up until the Rail trY shall be completed ; but sh ou ld a ny Call remain unpaid after day above-named, Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per kimUm will be Charged thereon ' • and " no interest shall accrue t o 5 Proprietor of any Share upon which any Call shall be in arrear r espect of such Shamor any other Share to be holden b y the ki d e „ProP:ittor dttrizlg the period while such Call shall remain un- By Order of the Board, Cell WILLIAM TAYLOR. Secretary. CP:e-green, Dublin, May 22, 1847. Bank of Ireland, Dublin. Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street, London. Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester. Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. Borough Bank, ditto. ‘All• Shareholders wishing to pay money In anticipation of Calls, ` ` um be allowed Interest on same at the rate of Five per Cent. p er " 41 Qt_tra from the date of payment. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY . SIXTH CALL of FIVE POUNDS PER SHARE, making L the amount called 321. 10s. per Share. .flo r Pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Dire ctors, SHARE- Np.,DXRS in this Company are required TO PAY, on or before i.agEsoxy, the 21st July next, a CALL of FIVE P OUNDS p er to either of the undermentioned Bankers : London • • ...Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street. - Liverpool ....Liverpool Borough Bank. Bangor.. .... Messrs. Williams am Co. a h 'uterest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged Calls remaining unpaid on the said 21st July. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. t.i.,....tM'edgate-street, London, June 22, 1847. IIOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Th 4 e ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY has Just de _ complete series of APPARATUS, illustrating the Prin. 7; Or the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH as now worked on the lead tLutes of Railway. Also, superb Specimens of their ELECTRIC KS, ALARUM, &c. Among the 'various works of interest 1,-gu..n_e_d is a WORKING MODEL of CLAASEN'S PATENT IM kkr'2lD RAILWAY. Bachhoffner's LECTURES on NATU t...' PHILOSOPHY. CHEMICAL LECTURES by H. N. Noid, ,ma the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The Vxp' 4 l OPTICAL EFFECTS include the last D I SSOLVING wS, DIVING EXPERIMENTS, &c. &c. Admission, is. ; Schools, Half-price. PLATE. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Eel • Silversmiths 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of 4.,_ 4 The best wr ought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle feli'ro, Is. 2d. per ounce Queen's Pattern, Is. 4d. per ounce. The 1114'1 1 4 are the weights recommended , but the art icles may be had Kr or heavier, at the same price per ounce : Fiddle Pattern. Queen's Pattern. 12 T ,_ oz. s. d. #s. d. oz. s.d. Xs. d. 12 b i DleSPOOns 30 at 7 2..10 15 0 12 Table spoons 40 at 7 4..14 13 4 12 r.easert ditto 20 at 7 2.. 7 34 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 74. • 9 10 8 , &Ibis Forks 30 at 7 2. •10 li 0 12 Table Forks 40 at 7 4..14 13 4 ert ditto 20 at 7 2. • 7 3 4 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 4.. 9 10 8 k I‘ ,l'rYSPoons 10 at 7 2. • 3 11 8 2 GravySpoonsl2 at 7 4.. 4 8 0 4 '''',UP Ladle 10 at 7 2.. 311 8 1 Soup Ladle 12 at 7 4.. 4 8 0 4. .`noce ditto 10 at 7 8.• 316 8 4 Sauce ditto 12 at 7 10.. 414 0 Z i kit Fpoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt) 2 2 0 1 t B h. Slice ............ 2 18 0 1 Fish Slice •.••• • • • • • • 3 3 0 1 i tta Spoons 10 at 78. • 3168 12 Tea Spoons 14 at 7 10.. 5 9 8 i r air Sugar Tongs .... 015 0 1 Pair Sugar Tongs • ... • • 1 5 0 14, 0 .1,8. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, illustrated by ,1111.2 11 g5. and containing information relative to the purchase of k '' or Sheffield Plate, may be had on application, or will be sent v.... 4 "to country free of postage, In answer to a paid letter. t i t t lliiY LIND'S PORTRAIT AND 280 NOVELTIES, WITH WALKER'S NEEDLE'S (by authority the . 1 QUEEN'S OWN ") ; they Tim large eyes, l i ;L threaded (even by blind persons), and work with great ease, 1s„ !8 improved points, temper, and finish ; they are made of every Ilk or substance, and for every purpose; the labels are correct tot . of her Majesty and H. R. H. Prince Albert in relief on eem grounds. Sent free by post, by any respectable kt. 't on receipt of thirteen penny stamps for every shilling value. h er .... W alker's Hooks and Eyes, Fish-hooks, Steel Pens, Sec., are ii:Mended. (I v , Walker, Manufacturer to the Queen, Gresham - street West '.3 , called Maiden-lane), New Post-office, London. ......._ Some of Miss Linwood's Pictures for sale. A R R I A 4% 0 ,_ One half the world are desolately single , and the ot her . k ng them married, questionably contented. Diffidence , or a of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes mil die latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea ehiltien and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un- Prosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, tieoroken health, are the great hindrances to domestic nl happiness see ai content. The dowry should not be the oy marriage set- Itt he t. Ronour and justice demand that health should form an item , ‘ begi e e° n l Pact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted h o p es or wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if ktb r A u Th rnlises ncern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little On SiiNle and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. :tfln..,`"Y Post, in stamps, Is. 6 d. e ach). Let no imaginatively ay. or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered th e in isinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining _r ql s . Th ey are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, ille.."` e closet perusal of those more deeply: interested, to whom NJ are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on lo g ., a ,b o Ye subjects, by ulqualifled authors, which alone or burner, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other e Publications claim your attention (same price ls. each, Post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Leid," and " now to be Happy." They are not merely ).`mralets, but equal in qu an tity a lib rar y vo l ume , n or are they the sere ephemeral scribbitnas of the hour, but th e s t u d y o f th e au th or ' s gr. who owes his present existence, health, and position to this oh ance of the maxims he would inculcate—ta do unto others as he *re., be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always h "sunny side of th e wa y . " The above works may be had o f rood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet - street ; Mann. o r , A ,Cornhill • Nelson, 457, West Strand ; Barnes, 420, Oxford-street ; 'regt by post or otherwise) from the author (who may be con- DD e . - I' 6l With personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place, petit-street ; and all Booksellers. WHEREVER I GO 'Tis a singular th ing, but a fact you must know, I'm reminded of MOSES wherever I go. If I go to the East, if I go to the West, The garments of MOSES My notice arrest; And the North and the South in the very same way The triumphs of MOSES' famed Warehouse display. Wherever I go I am certain to meet With the dresses of MOSES, so stylish and neat. If I g o to a P arty, the gentlemen there Remind me of MOSES in all that they wear; If I take a long trip on the stage or the rail, Fellow-passengers tell me the very same tale. On the right and the left, and the left and the right, The fashions of MOSES appear in my sight. At the cot and the palace, the church and the play, The dresses of MOSES and SON I survey. Yes, the rich and the poor, and the high and the low, Remind me of MOSES wherever I go. And what do I learn from a fact such as this? That the garments of MOSES have nothing amiss. Should I meet with these dresses wherever I go, If the clothes were deficient in quality ? No ! But, quality marks them, and fashion s as well. And that's why the goods universally sell. In addition to this, they are sold very low, And hence do the public approve of them so, Lisne,p , !ve direction wherever I go. r ork• ry entitled " FASHIONS FAVOURITE," with a t DPIIe,:" "eta, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can be had on 'on, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. Cg s MADE TO KIAJOST. 't ere Codengton, from ...... Xl6 6 0,12 , silk collar and cuffs .. ••••••• • • • • • " '' • • 1 2 0 Tw o _lidge Coat, lined throughout ••••• • • • •• •• • • 2 5 0 i11i 0 ; 44. _" Coats . ..... • 0 16 0 Coat • • 013 6 kleal Coat_ _ •••••••••••.: .. : • ...... .••••.. 1 12 0 If.r!3nality manufactured • ..... ..•• • • • • 2 15 0 Coat 1 15 0 Iti os quality manufactured ••.••• • • • • • • 0 8 0 3 3 0 Pattern Vests ••••• • • • • • .. ••••.. • • • • ........ lcuMere, or cloth•• ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 8 6 • bit n :t l Trousers .... - ta r - Milled Doeskin ditto .. • • •••••"••• • • • " • • '• 1 2 0 Drees ditto .. •• .• • • •• ••• • • B°y a . 'Pinner or Tunic Suits •••• • • • 71. •••• 0 " • • '• • 1 5 0 Is on e i mlnel es, I1.om•••• • • • • • . • • ******* • i : i . . 1 . 1 . .. . 0: 0 1 1- 8 0 - 0 0 • •••• •• •• •• _ e ittnk rette Codrington • • ***** •"" " r idge's, Chesterfield • Polka's, and . fill the newest T‘ift"erns ........ ***** ......................ft- 0 8 6 fi ato Coat ~g ditto ... .. Irega Coat ... • ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..... Ewa Superfine a superior coat .• • • •• •••••• • • • • • • . 0 kc o ' .. __ - ... from 1 •• X atre at •••••••••••• • ..... •••• ... 2 2 0 Ref su perfine , a superior coat •••••••• • • • • " ' • • .. 0 , 0 IP ' a ltar Vests ........ 0 4 b 1 , e eil Trousers • •• • • . 0 4 6 t anC Y Cassimere or Doeskin .............. ••••• • • • • : 00 18 6 Oh T unic and Hussar suits .................... • • • to moo. allre:i f e " e • — Any article purchased, ready made, or made naon o - not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the E. Y returned. cro siers, and SON, Tailors, WoollendraPers , Clot hiers, Hatters, Lai - e , F urriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for 84 a and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 83, a 0 1 d. , 4116 86 Aldgate, 2.ity. London. Dubil,, 'n•—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the lik e f.',..against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman bar i,` 4 .., e hood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, To k ,` l : 3l le sortc.l to in many instances, and fox obvieus reasons. am ~,,-, ,v 5 no connexion with any other ;wage in or s h ou l d ondon ; 0r,„,,,.,°!e who desire genuine and cheep clothing, fkc., call at, g e .":_to• Mlnories and Aldgate, City, London. Oak 14 - • - ago business transacted at this establishment from sun *** ' till liunlet Baturdah whey titialneel 8 rewind till twelve ILEADY MADE• 0 2 6 0 18 6 - • • . -"" .. - • ~...,--4,,,', -' - 4 ---••_ .. • •-' , ..tr- . .19444 4 ..•,•..,-- .•;:: :-:,.. • ' 7,i4/1„ ... , "3 -- ui • At :,,, 1\ --- . T : ': 2- -1- . Is. i.. P ri ! `..,- '..., . , fi. :: * I , , , , Weleci::', .- ~ , O'C.',/, ‘ V yfit '6 , ,'S ' ,1 1 , ,„ <l t. •.. t lit ' - ~ :i, N * l4--4.,?*:•••/--, , •ti. .f.is ; I v iv' .' ~„---• . 1 _,, , \,‘ r „•.„.%,,,„. ' I ! • T !, i . ! • ~,,,, 1 :j ~.. ~.. ~..., e -- - \. ) 414 " 41 / 4 ' ,-...• ~x„ ' Mo t, . ..4,..., ~,_,.____ ;... .) ~ -- `47' IA t l t y , '• 4... \ .. \ YN+ , -"‘ ''' '' N . ,1,'„,, 4.,m - 4, 5 ,* - ::: •• . 6.• ~ ',X, .. ‘..;•• i 'll t , it ••'''''. j ' • l '" - " -- 0 1.- , Q 4.7 '4° -' . ''''';'' .‘ • -,-; .- '''&;.: '' - '''' ''' ' . '''''' -,'- ~ ..1 -, ~...0 ; ~-, cp_ et , ,„17,,,,,„•-•___.•,:; : ., .T 4 -„sv z2' , 'Citlit , ~'' o'S ,' ',4...r - r _ . i . ,-..<; ct,' :,,:,, -,:- '''.,,•_ - - -''-. - A..1% -- ~....4 0,... „, ...,--•,. ) _:: „."‘,, 3 ,--cly \ DIE ,14, , t 1 ,A,r,i%:, qi 1 4*,,,,?*7 7 - :. ...-.- ' - LONDON, M ONDAY EVENING SU N, TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TN the press of business it may occur that Letters of A Thanks miscarry ; and, being anxious to guard against the possi bility of being supposed insensible of favours, I adopt this public manner of offering, for the acceptance of my Supporters and Friends, the ex pression of my most grateful acknowledgments. I have now the satisfaction to assure them that their exertions justify my indulging the most confident expectation of complete success. To preclude all chalice of the non-receipt of proxies forwarded for execution, I earnestly request that my Friends will be careful to give me timely intimation of any changes in their places of residence. I have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, • Your obedient and faithful Servant, J. CAULFIELD, Committee-room, London Tavern, June 25, 1847, CONTRACT FOR BUILDING MAIL COACHES. BY COMMAND Or THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL Tenders will be received for the supply of MAIL COAChIES in IRELAND, for the term of five years, to commence on and from the 28th May, 1848. Tenders may be sent in for the whole, or for portions of this ser vice, in two divisions, the particulars of Which may be obtained on application at the Mall Coach Office in London; from the Post masters of Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Cork, and Belfast ; or from the Secretaries of the Post-offices in Dublin or Edinburgh. The Tenders, sealed up, and endorsed " Tenders for Al Coaches," nawa be delivered at the Secretary's Office, in LoNletsh IWO= noon on Monday, the 2d day of August next. _ . . Security .B'lll be rem - tired foi: the due performance of the Contract. General Post-office, June 26, 1847. CONTRACTS FOR OATS AND SALT. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 26th June, 1847. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United King tom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the Ist July next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned articles, viz.:— Quarters. When to be delivered. O ITS (Scotch Potato) ..... —2OO Within ten days. Tons. SILT 100 coarse grained] .00 [Within six weeks, in two / and stove dried t deliveries. Samples of the Oats (not less than Two quarts) must be pro!uced by the parties tendering, and a sample of the Salt, together with the conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly autho rised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty; and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS and OTHERS requiring a DE LIGHTFUL COUNTRY RESIDENCE and BUSINESS PRE- MISES in EXCELLENT REPAIR. THE NEW SALISBURY ARMS TAVERN and COMMERCIAL INN, at lIADLEY, adjoining BARNET, and at no great distance from the Great Northern Railway, with ex tensive STABLING, COACH-HOUSES, LARGE YARDS, GAR. DEN, &c., for Thirty Years, at only 401. per annum for the whole, with immediate possession. J. J. CLEMMANS has received instructions to submit the above to Public Competition, at Garraway'ol Coffee-house, 'Change-alley, Cornhlll, on WEDNESDAY, June the 30th instant. May be viewed, and particulars had, upon the premises of G. Ware, Esq., solicitor, 33, Blackman. street, Borough, and of the Auctioneer, Holywell-row, Finsbury-square. ELEGANT FANS.—Gentlemen desirous of making a handsome present to a lady, should pay a visit to MEC II I, 4,Leacienall-street, near Gracechurch-street,where they may inspect a variety ofFANS, tastefully ornamented, at all prices. Should the fancy of intending donors take any other direction, Mechi will be found equal to the occasion, as a glance at his stock will at once testify. In his celebrated Showroom will be seen the mostrecherche specimens of Papier Mackie manufactures in Work-tables, Dressing cases, Card-cases, Cake and Note-baskets, &c. Everything for the Toilet and Work-table may be purchased of Mechl, of first-rate quality, and at the most moderate prices. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or, PEARL DEN TIFRICE, a FRAGRANT WHITE POWDER, prepared from oriental herbs of inestimable virtue for preserving and beauti fying the TEETH and strengthening the GUMS. It eradicates tartar from the teeth, and thus lends a salutary growth and freshness to the gums. It removes from the surface of the Teeth the spots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness; while, from its salubrious and disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness and perfume to the breath. Being an anti-scorbutic, the gums also share in its corrective powers, scurvy 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 years occupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe. Price 2s. 9d. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis sioners of Stamps have directed the proprietors' name and address to be engraved on the Government stamp, thus " A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden," which is affixed on each box. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. A roruLAR. TREATISE on the HEALTH. LIFE and YIGOU, • et the BODILY FUNCTIONS. NINETEENTIIEDITION price 25,6 d ., .; Free by Pest (in a Scale Envelope) 3s. 6d., - THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restora tion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster-row; Gordon, 146, Leadenhau. street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford. street, and 37, Roy al Exchange , and all booksellers. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who art prevented from forming a Matrimonial Allianee, through fear of cer tain disqualifications, and will bef ound an available introdaction to the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood. Part 11. treats perspicnousl) upon those forms of diseases, either m their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering. The CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debili ties arising from venereal excesses, Stc. Price lls. and 335. per bot tie. The Five -pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti. syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve. nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body ulcerations, and those painthl affections aris from improper treat ment, secondary symptoms, and eruptions ing of the skin. Price lls and 3 as. per bottle. • , PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. and 11s. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, in. ffammation, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance to asiness. Letter, IL A minute detail of ease is ne Consu lt a tion fee, if by c essary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their resident: 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, an Ove till sigh d sundays from eleven till twelve. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS 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 Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, 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 Or THE WORE, ina c t l i r g p en . c l e .-- of ß t o h d e i y isa a s n . di ns,Mentalillustrated o d l u o e u e r d e d by E inordinate . Chap. 2.—Baneful p ß r ezlta cti o o f n a a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, convulsiveedec il s th ea e s Consumption, Epilepsy, and other i r e a pas e i i t ea t e e s e : Insanity, Idiocy, Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitflil tion, Stricture, Impotence , and moping Melancholy, I n di c ,. 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 a of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhcea, Ctiohnsap.asn.d—tsreypateion,ta, nGdlietest,atStetnridcaturnte, maladiesand its diseasea d me caused (i the shenef Prostate. and concluding observations, Plates, &c. Sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row; Gordyn, 146, Leadenhall street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery lane; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; WinhaL 78, High-street, Bir mingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, 54, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; and all Booksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining may,ve work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, to insare secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage stamps. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Tenti ll Two, and from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60. Newman street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients :may be successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclos ing the usual fee of 1/. for advice. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. 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The unfortunate vessel was the Miracle, 627 tons burden (Captain Elliott, master), which sailed from the port of Liverpool in the latter part of March last for Quebec. Besides her crew, she had on board no fewer than 400 emigrants. The particulars received, which are very brief, state that the vessel, in a gale of wind, on the night of the 9th of May, was driven ashore on a reef of rocks off the Magdalen Islands, where, in a few hours, she became a complete wreck. The mo ment she struck her masts fell overboard, and the cap tain of the ship, seeing that the loss of his ship was inevitable, bad the boats lowered, and, with his crew, exerted all possible means to preserve the lives of the emigrants, who crowded the decks in the greatest state of excitement. After incessant zeal, the greater bulk of the poor creatures were got ashore safe on the island, but in two instances the boats struck against the rock, and were shattered to atoms; and their living freight, amounting to nearly seventy persons, met with a watery grave. Before the vessel arrived off Magdalen Islands a fever had broken out among the emigrants, which carried off no fewer than twenty. The names of tho se who pe rished are not mentioned in the particulars; the survivors are said to have been conveyed to Picto u , w h ere th ey arrived on the 29th. The vessel had been properly sur veyed before her sailing from Liverpool ; she was a strong-built vessel, and registered at Lloyd's as 627 tons, having been built at St. Johns, New Brunswick, in 1841. It is not known whether she was insured or not. Two English vessels were lost on the same night, sixty miles southward of Magdalen Island. One was from London to Quebec, called the Brothers, the property of Messrs. Brooks and Co., of High-street, Southwark. All hands, it is supposed, were lost. Letters from Suez, dated Bth June, received by the late overland mail, announce the total loss of the barque Welcome, belonging to Greenock, on a coral rock, off the island of Yambo, in the Red Sea. It was attended with melancholy loss of life. The chief mate, an Arab pilot, and also twelve of the seamen were drowned. The accident occurred at ten o'clock on the night of the 14th of April, the vessel being on her home ward passage. No sooner did she strike, than the vessel turned over on her beam-ends, and shortly sunk in seventy fathoms water. The master and remainder of the crew, after being in the water some time, succeeded in getting hold of the long boat, which floated, and gained the village of Yambo on the 16th. The loss of the ship is estimated at 20,0001. Another loss, that of a whaler, off the coast of New Zealand, is also reported at Lloyd's. It is that of the Delphos, 500 tons burden, commanded by Capt. West. On the morning of the 27th December last, in the midst of a violent squall of wind and rain, breakers were discovered a short distance on the lee bow. The order was instantly given to veer ship, the helm placed hard up, the mizen topsail halyards let go, and yards trimmed, and she had already got the wind on her quar ter, and had begun to break the waves, when she touched lightly aft. Her fate was sealed—in a moment more she struck heavily midships, and in five minutes she was shattered in a thousand fragments. By almost a miracle all but six of the crew were saved. When she struck she rolled, bulwarks under, towards the reef. By the returning wave, she rolled outwards with her masts under water, and so remained, when the crew clambered over upon the side which lay out of water, which offered some protection from the waves. The next sea that struck her stove in her decks, and partially broke up her stern, and the succeeding one detached the side centre on which they were cling ing, and threw it, with the unfortunate sufferers, upon the reef. No land was to be seen, and there was much reason to suppose they were on a simple reef on the wide ocean. The morning light, however, dissi pated their fears, in revealing the land at a distance of four miles, to which they were able to proceed on the reef. It proved to be Palmerston Island near New Zealand. There they remained several days, and were l eventually i s vessel, taken t y the s contents, American i ship e p A o r l e t er d t o T h b e e about 10,0001. Father Mathew had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. OPENING of the TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.—SPEECH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. Saturday having been aointed for the opening of pp the Trent Valley Railway, the train started from the Euston-square station at twenty-five minutes past nine o'clock ; but for fully an hour before many persons had arrived at the station in order to take their places in time. At the starting of the train from Euston-square there were fourteen or fifteen carriages, each containing eighteen persons. At Rugby, and various other places on the way, a great number of individuals joined the company, and on the arrival of the train at Tamworth there could not have been fewer than 700 or 800 persons in the carriages. On reaching Nuneaton, the first sta tion after leaving the London and North Western line, a large concourse of persons were assembled to greet the arrival of the train, which they welcomed with loud cheers, and with every demonstration of delight at the opening of the new mode of conveyance to and from their little village. The train, which left Rugby at forty minutes past eleven, reached Nuneaton at half-past twelve and Atheratone at ten minutes to one. Were the villagers were dressed in their holiday attire. Crowds of persons came from all parts of the surround ing country, and all the children of the Sunday and other schools were brought out, under the care of their teachers, to witness the interesting sight. The station was decorated with flowers and evergreens, and flags were to be seen floating in the air in various directions. As the train arrived and departed it was greeted with hearty cheers and waving of handkerchiefs. A similar reception met the train on its arrival at Polesworth, which it re ached at fifteen minutes past one. But it was on its a, rival, at twenty minutes to two, at Tamworth, that it was greeted with the greatest enthusiasm. An excellent band of music was engaged for the occasion. The first persons who were seen oe the platform were Sir Robert Peel and his lady, and other members of his family. The Right Hon. Baronet went up to a number of the gentlemen as they quitted the carriages, and cor- dially shook them by the hand. Sir Robert appeared in excellent health and spirits. Shortly after the arrival of the train, the company pro ceeded to a commodious tent, beautifully fitted up for the occasion, where they sat down to a cold collation. The number of persons who partook of the collation, which was served up in excellent style by Mr. Bacon, proprie tor of the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, could not have been less than from 1,200 to 1,300. Among the noble men and gentlemen present, we observed Lord Sandell, M.P., Sir R. Peel, M.P., Lord Ingestre, M.P., Lord Anson, Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P., Sir C. Douglas, M.P., Sir W. S. Dugdale, M.P., Captain A'Court, M.P., Mr. Hud son, M.P., Captain Carnegie, M.P., Mr. G. C. Legh, M.P., Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Sir P. D. Egerton, M.P., Mr. Ricardo, M.P., Mr. George Glyn, Chairman of the London and North- Western Company; Mr. Houldsworth, Chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Company; Mr. Edward Tootal, Chairman of the Trent Valley Company; Mr. Edmund Peel, late Chairman of the Company; Mr. Yates Peel, the Bishop of Lichfield, &c. The following engineers, employed in the construction of the railway, were also present :—T. L. Gooch, Esq., chief engineer, and Messrs. Bartlett, Twining, Berkely, Peacock, Graham and Cowley, resident engineers. Mr. TOOTAL, chairman of the company, presided on the occasion, and was supported by Sir Robert Peel on the right, and by Viscount Ingestro on the left. The company having partaken of the refreshment, The CHAIRMAN rose and proposed the health of her Majesty, which was drank with great applause. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts followed, and were received in the most enthusiastic manner. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said, that the next toast he had to propose was one which he was sure they would all heartily respond to. There were times at which all men felt themselves incapable of doing justice to the subject in hand, and that was one of tam. He never felt more embarrassed in his life, and although he might put a good face on the matter—(Laughter)—they might believe him that the trial of that day was one of the most severe that he had ever under gone. He, however, felt extreme gratitude for the support which they had given him. When he first pro posed to have a formal opening of the Trent Valley line, he never anticipated that he would be surrounded by so much rank, talent, men of science, men of business, and railway directors, as be then saw present. He had in the first instance been anxious that the chair should be taken by the chairman of that great company, the Lon don and North-Western, under whose patronage this line was that day opened, but that Hon. Gentleman, (Mr. Glyn) declined to do so. He was next anxious that their late chairman, Mr. Edmund Peel, should fill the position, but he having also declined, the charge had reverted on him (Mr. Tootal), and he trusted that their kindness would make up for his deficiencies.—(Cheers.) He had to acknowledge a debt of gratitude he owed to the Right Hon. Baronet on his right (Sir R. Peel) for the manner, when introduced, he waited upon him for the first time at Drayton Manor House to request his support. The Right Hon. Gentleman at once saw him, and listened to his explanations ; and whether is was from the extreme kindness of the Right Hon. Baronet, or from the honesty of the cause he (Mr. Tootal) represented, the Right Hon. Baronet had continued to pay the utmost attention to him whenever he subsequently felt it necessary to call upon the subject. They had had a hard struggle, but there they were at last.—(Ch eers .) I n 1839 the Bill was first introduced into P ar li amen t, supported with the utmost interest of the Ri g ht H on . Baronet, who continued that support until they were finally success- ful. On the 13th of November, in the year before last, the Right Hon. Baronet, while labouring under a fit of the gout, neglected his important avocations to cut the first sod of their line.— (Cheers.) That was, under the circumstances, considered one the most imprudent things the Right Hon. Baronet had ever done ; but it showed how deeply he had at heart the interests of their line.—(Cheers.) He knew that by going the most direct and shortest route from Rugby, the centre of England, to Glasgow, Liverpool, Manches ter, and other places iri the north, they would be effecting a saving -alike of time and money to the 1 commercial interests of the country ; but the spot where they were then assembled (Tamworth) might now be almost called the centre of England, with respect to time, 1 the mode in which they now reckoned distance. — (Cheers.) He recollected that on a former occasion Sir R. Peel mentioned that this was the route formerly taken by the Romans to the north, and how correct they were proved by the fact that Telford followed in the same line at the short distance of 2,000 years—(Cheers)—and by the exertions of the directors they had that day opened that line, by which one hour would be saved in the dis tance between London and Liverpool—(Cheers)—tbe system of miles being now out of fashion ; and when the electric telegraph was completed, as it would be in a short time, they would be enabled to communicate their thoughts to John o'Gront's and back in half the time it now took to write them. At the period of cutting the first sod the Right Hon. Baronet expressed his opinion that they would be enabled to travel, when this line was opened, from London to Manchester in 61 hours. They had, by their arrangements, improved upon that 25 or 30 per cent., and he (the Chairman) expected that they would shortly complete the distance in 41 hours-1 (Cheers) —although when, in 1839, he talked of doing it in 7/ hours, he was looked upon as a visionary and a madman, but it was now proved that be was only a little before the time.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet, true to the support he had given to the railway through out, had that day, at no little personal sacrifice, honoured them with his company; and without attempting to pass any eulogy on the Right Hon. Baronet, which he was sure would be out of place, he begged to propose the health of Sir Robert P ee l, art., M.P., one of the most ardent of our supporters.—(Cheers.) The toast having been drunk with three times three and one cheer more, Sir ROBERT PEEL rose, and spoke nearly as follows : —Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen—lt is with much pleasure I rise to respond to the kind manner in which my health has been proposed from the chair, and the equally kind manner in which it has been received.— (Cheers.) There is only one statement made by my Hon. Friend, the Chairman of the day, which I will not confirm—that in which he has informed the meeting that I have made any sacrifice in being present to-day.— (Cheers.) That statement is, lam sorry to say, so at variance with the fact, that I cannot let it pass; for I assure you, that it would have been a great disappoint ment to me if anything had occurred to render my absence necessary from this assembly.—(Cheers.) I will not forget the occasion on which we are met—that here men of all political opinions meet upon neutral ground. I shall not forget that on this day all political differences ought to be forgotten—and even on this day railway animosities ought to be suspended.— (Cheers.) Let the memory of all former grievances be forgotten as to the broad or the narrow gauge, if, un fortunately, they were doomed to be renewed to-morrow. —(Cheers.) We have met this day to celebrate the completion of a great work, which reflects equal credit on the company who undertook it, the contractor who carried it out, and, lastly, I will add the men whose sinews and industry have brought it to a successful issue. —(Cheers.) Gentlemen, without having any per sona l interest in it, I h ave g iven to this line my b est support, because I have always felt that it must be ultimately completed. Although there might be a long struggle before the Committees of Parliament—though the land owners might be kept in suspense—and though large sums might be transferred to the pockets o f th ose whose genius we honour, while we have no peronal sympathy with their gains—(Laughter)—l felt th a t th e t i me must c ome when the Trent Valley line would b e completed.— (Cheers.) My Hon. Friend has remind e d me, that, on a former occasion, I said that the Romans had pur sued the same road to the north as that of this line. I am obliged to my Hon. Friend for so reminding me, and I am sure it will not abate from the merits of a Stephenson, because, 2,000 years ago, the Romans found it necessary to open up a north-western—a great north western—communication, the termini being London and Chester.—(Cheers and laughter.) That line was opened by a celebrated engineer, who appears to have united in his own person engineer and contractor—being the Ste phenson and the Brassey of his day—Julius Agricola.— (Cheers and laughter.) Gentlemen, when that engineer found it necessary to make a road to Chester, he deter- Imined to take the the direct line, although the gradients were not favutuable.—(t:l,cer;,.) 11- 1.L,3.1 no tunnel:, he made no embankments or cuttings, but he went through the valleys and up the hills.—(Cheers and laughter.) His stations were not badly chosen, for leav- TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PER MIT me to remind you that the BALLOT for the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR of the EAST INDIA COMPANY will take place at the India House on WEDNESDAY, the 30th instant, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six i❑ the Evening. I beg to repeat my grateful thanks for the promised support of a numerous and influential body of Proprietors, and for the zealous and unwearied exertions of my friends, which enable me to look to the result of the contest with perfect confidence ofsuccess. My Committee meet daily at the London Tavern, where commu nications from my friends will ha thankfully received. I have the honour to he, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obliged servant. WILLIAM J. EASTWICK. London Tavern, June 26, 1847. JU NE 28, 1847. ing Wolverton about a mile to the right, he went to Weedon ; from thence, between Hinckley and Nuneaton, to Atherstone, and on to Fazeley, one mile from Tam worth ; from thence he proceeded by Lichfield, on to Chester.—(Cheers.) I take it that if Mr. Stephenson has not taken quite so direct a line by the Trent Valley, that ho has improved on the gradients of Julius Agricola, while it must be admitted that this line is as good and h's stations as well chosen.—(Cheers.) I thought that if, 2,000 years ago, the Romans thought it necessary to have a direct line, when probably their passenger trains only carried a few recruits for the 20th legion, and goods trains were unknown, I knew enough of Man chester men to know that in the nineteenth century they would not long consent to be carried ten miles round, even though they were thereby enabled to exchange com pliments with the men of Birmingham. I may now, on the part of myself and the great body of the landed proprietors of this line, return thanks to the company for the spirit, liberality, and justice, which has distin guished all their trahsactions.—(Cheers.) I think, also, that I am bound to return thanks to those who have had the carrying out the works, for the manner in which they have become the protectors of the property through which they have gone, and for the ex amples of steadiness, industry, and obedience to the laws which they have met, and which all similarly engaged ought to imitate.—(Cheers.) Many gentlemen present are probably struck with the contrast which this ancient town presents to its former position—its origin being lost in remote antiquity. Gentlemen, on the east of our town stands a monument to Ethelfrida, the daughter of Alfred the Great ; and on the west we have met to inaugurate a monument of the reign of Queen Victoria.—(Cheers.) That mound was raised by Ethel frida for the purpose of protecting the town from the incursions of Pagan barbarians, who were in the habit of laying it waste, while this day we are met to cele brate the completion of a work which presents in itself the triumph of science, of knowledge, of civilization. The period that has passed between the time when Ethelfrida flourished and the reign of Victoria is not less tb an ten centuries. " A thousand years their clouded wings expand." And, gentlemen, we cannot contemplate without ad miration the wonderful contrast presented to us.— (Cheers.) This day we are met to celebrate the coin; pletion of a work as part of a s) stem which is probably destined to iffect a greater social revolution than any invention since the art of printing was discovered.— (Cheers.) I believe that the effect of railways must be for good, and that they will promote the moral and social welfare and political security of the country.— ' (Cheers.) Within a few months our bodies will be carried along this railway with the fleetness of the wind, and our thoughts, by the agency of the telegraph, with the fleetness of lightning.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, let us hope that these combined influences will be for our good, by drawing closer family affections, and facilitating the intercourse of life—(Cheers)—while they tend to promote civilization and the advancement of knowledge. —(Cheers.) As regards their political security, I believe that we shall not have cause to regret their construction. In a country like this it is impossible to do more than support a limited army ; and, in the event of war, which may God in his mercy avert, we might be exposed to the most fearful consequences, for it is difficult to say what effect steam navigation may have on maritime warfare. Of this, however, I am sure, that railways would enable us to concentrate our limited forces on any point that might be required ; and I have no doubt, then, that the spirit of Englishmen would enable them to combat successfully against any enemy, even if numerically superior, by being conveyed by this new element of transport without fatigue. Gentlemen, it is only by drawing closer the " great metropolis" of the empire with the great towns, each of which may be said to form a metropolis of their districts, and getting a cheap conveyance, if we are ex posed to the rivalry of other countries, that we shall be enabled successfully to compete with them ; but I have no fear but by the means of railways, and the increased facilities of intercourse, that we shall continue suc cessfully to compete with them, and add to the prosperity of agriculture and manufactures.—(Cheers.) I also hope that the result of bringing closer the sister country to us will be to increase its prosperity, and unite us in bonds of mutual good feeling, and strengthen in us all the loyalty and affection to our graeious Sovereign, who, if zeal for the interests of her country and examples of domestic virtue constitute claims upon the affections of her subjects, has at least as strong a claim on those affections as any Sovereign that ever sat upon the throne. The Right Hon. Baronet sat down amid loud applause, which lasted some minutes. On its subsiding, Sir R. PEEL again rose, and said--Gentlemen, I am happy in being permitted to give a toast by the Chairman of the meeting. It is a matter of pride and gratification to me that I am allowed to propose " Success to the Trent Valley Railway, " and with that toast I should wish to associate the names of George Carr Glyn Esq., the chairman ; Charles Lawrence, Esq., the Deputy Chairman ; and the rest of the Directors of the London and North-Western Company. Gentlemen, these names of themselves afford a tower of strength to the railway, and are calculated to afford a guarantee that they will properly carry out the affairs of the company, and that they will attend to the interests of the public with industry, zeal, and integrity.—(Cheers.) The pe culiar feature of railways is, that they unite in their management merchants of the highest station and inte grity, who are influenced not by a desire of pecuniary aggrandisement by means of the direction, but to serve the interests of the shareholders and the public,— (Cheers.) That their motives are not influenced by pe cuniary considerations is proved by the fact that they could easily the better promote them in other pursuits ; and I refer with confidence to the means which are taken since religious subjects have beeil mentioned, to attend to the wants and interests of those employed such as we do not witness in other employers. I most unfeignedly hope that while the interests of the public are attended to in the way they now are, that Parliament will never consent to interfere with them—(Cheers)—in a vex atious spirit, or under any circumstances adopt regu lations which shall have the effect of driving from the management such men as a Glyn or a Lawrence into other pursuits more profitable to themselves, but by which others would be introduced who could not give to to the public, by their position and well-known integrity, such guarantees for good management and the safety of the passengers. All the advantages supposed to be likely to arise from diminished fares, or the interference of Go vernment, would be entirely neutralised if they tended to throw the management into inferior hands in the place of the gentlemen I have named, who, as I have before said, would more profitably employ their time and money. In conclusion, I beg to propose " Success to the Trent Valley Railway," coupling with it the names of George Carr Glyn, Esq., Charles Lawrence, Esq., and the Directors of the London and North-Western Rail ' way.—(Loud cheers.) The toast having been drunk with due honours. Mr. GLYN returned thanks, and briefly alluding to the position in which the London and North-Western and Trent Valley Lines formerly stood to each other, passed a high eulogium on the promoters of the latter company for their perseverance in bringing the line to a successful issue. Car negie, m ne .p xt ., to w as a t s , t w h h a i t ch of w , as , TA r e oposed mayo b rs y a C n o d lonelCar- Corpora tions present and represented at the meeting." The Mayor of Manchester returned thanks. " The Members for the counties and boroughs of Staffordshire and Warwickshire," were then proposed by the Chairman, and responded to by the Hon. Colonel Anson. Mr. W. YATES PEEL then proposed " The health of Mr. George Stephenson," whom the Hon. Gentleman warmly eulogised for his distinguished professional at • tainments. Mr. STEPHENSON, in returning thanks, characterised the atmospheric system as very good in theory, but as a gross delusion and humbug in practice. With regard to the broad gauge, he had no hesitation in saying that it would have been found equally impracticable but for his (Mr. Stephenson's) engines. When the broad gauge was first laid down it was found impossible to work it, until they sent to Newcastle for his engines and received the aid of the " Star of the North."—(Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Directors of other Railway Companies who were present on the occasion." Mr. HUDSON returned thanks on behalf of himself and his brother directors. He could assure those present that they always had the interests of the public as well as their proprietors in view in all the measures they adopted. He was happy to see that meeting graced by the presence of so many ladies, for whom they (the di. rectors) considered themselves trustees, especially as many of their number had invested their little all in rail ways.—(Cheers.) " The Chairman," " The Engineer," " The Officers of the Company," " The Contractors," and " The Vice- Chairman," were then successively given and duly acknowledged. Five o'clock, the time for starting, having struck, the company, with the exception of those who reside in the locality, took their seats in the carriages, and the train started amidst the cheers of the assembled specta tors, reaching the Euston-square station at a quarter past ten o'clock. The length of the Trent Valley Railway is about fifty miles, and runs through a singularly rich and beautiful district of country, which is nearly a dead level throughout. In an interesting article in the current number of the Monthly Railway Record, there i s a history of the circumstances under which the line originated and has been brought to the successful issue which was this day celebrated at Tamworth. " The company," says that able journal, " which pro jected this line, was originally formed in 1838, as the Manchester and Birmingham Extension, its ob ject being to shorten the distance between Man chester and London, by avoiding the circuitous route of Birmingham. The line then proposed was from Stone to Rugby, with a branch uniting the Derby and Birmingham Railway—the total length being a little better than 621 miles, and the estimated cost 1,045,0001., the saving in distance being twelve miles. In 1839 the Bill was brought into Parliament, and not withstanding a most strenuous opposition on the part of the London and Birmingham Company, wasreada second time by a majority o f forty - eight — Sir Robert Peel giving it his support , which he continued until finally successful. The Bill then went into Committee; but its inquiry having been protracted, by opposition, PRICE SD. over a period of nearly five months, although it ob tained a favourable verdict, it dropped in consequence of the session coming to a close. In the following year no steps ware taken in Parliament ; but negotiations were carried on with other com panies to see 'whether any arrangements caula be effected to carry out the line. They only resulted, however, in an offer which was made to the promoters by the London and Birmingham Company to pay them twenty thousand pounds, on condition that they would abandon the scheme. This proposition was submitted to a meeting of the proprietors, when, prin cipally through the exertions of Mr. E. Tootal, the de puty-chairman —one of the first and firmest supporters of the line—the offer was unanimously rejected. Arrange ments having shortly afterwards been made for the line to commence at Stafford, and come into connexion with the Grand Junction, instead of with the Manchester and Birmingham, as had been originally proposed, the company was formally dissolved, and re-organized under the title of The Stafford and Rugby Railway Company.' In 1841 a Bill was introduced into the House of Commons for the company, but was rejected in the second reading by a majority of 154 to 94. In 1844 the company, which had been virtually dissolved, was resuscitated under the title of The Trent Valley Railway Company.' In the following year the Bill was obtained, the capital being 900,0001. The first stod was turned by Sir Robert Peel in November, 1845, so that the whole has been completed in less than twenty months. The entire construction has cost 1,050,000 L, being about 21,000/. per mile. By means of the Trent Valley Railway the distance between Manchester and Liverpool and the metropolis is shortened rather more than one hour's travelling." The Medea steam-stoop, Commander Mason, arlifred in Simon's Bay on the 18th of April, from Spithead. The Conway, 26, Captain Kelly, having been relie►ed at the Mauritius by the Eurydice, 26, Captain T. Anson, Balled on the 13th of April for Spithead, to be paid off. I - The Brilliant, 22, Captain Watson, was, at the last dates, eruixing in the Mozambique, as was the Snake, • 16, Comnaander Brown. The squadron generally is reported " all well." No priz‘ oe had been taken since the capture made by the Brillitv The t 'llgvvin.g are the pr omot i ons and appointments j for the pass' week Pp 'o2,loTrorts. Ma te at —Henry . Jobn B A `o om 6 e/d, for proficiency in his studies I Naval Coll ege, to the rank of lieu thener i lieu tenant. NAVAL INTEL LIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 27.—The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., hoisted his flag in the Ondine steam-vessel this morning, and proceeded, soon after seven o'clock, on his visit to the Channel Islands. The command of the port now devolves upon Rear- Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., superintendent of the dockyard. The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, was placed under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., and changed her ensign from white to blue. She wants hand s sa dly. It i s reported that the Admiralty intend ordering the construction of sever a l li ne - o f-b attle ships of 80 guns, with steam power of 700 horse. Mr. J. Newey, master of the metal mills and foundry in this dockyard, has been superannuated on 125/. per annum. Ten of the working men in the same depart ment have also been superannuated, and the remainder have been transferred with the establishment to the new metal mills at Chatham, under the direction of Mr. Jeremiah Owen, formerly of this dockyard. A contract for 850 sacks of dressed biscuit meal was taken at the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport, on Thursday, at 565. 6d. and 58s. 6d. per sack of 2801 b., being about ss. less than on the 13th ult. The Orestes, 18, in dock here, is ordered to be fitted as a depot, to be stationed at Cove. The Committee of reference on ship building, sitting in this dockyard, having submitted to the Admiralty plans and drawings for the construction of a 90-gun ship,they have been approved of by the Board, and orders were re ceived on Friday for a ship of that class, to be called the Caner, to be built on the slip on which the Royal Frederick, 110, is now building. The Mediator, American line of packet ship, Captain Stark, arrived at this port yesterday from New York in 16 days, bringing dates to the Bth inst. She landed passengers and a file of papers and passed on for the river. The Larne, 18, Captain Brisbane, arrived at Spithead this morning, at five o'clock, bringing news from the coast of Africa, to the 18th of May. She left As cension on the sth, and the Banana Islands on the first named date. The Commodore, Sir C. Hotham, K.C.8., in the steam-frigate Penelope, 22, Captain Giffard, and the Actaeon, 26, Captain Mansel, were at Ascension. Two courts-martial had been held on board the latter ship, of which her captain was President, to try Lieutenant Alston, late of the Pantaloon, for unbecoming conduct, and Mr. John Wilson, acting purser of the Favorite, for drunkenness. Both officers were adjudged guilty and dismissed from her Majesty's service. The Courts were composed of Captain Mansel, Pre sident ; Captain Hutton of the Tortoise ; Captain Brisbane, of the Larne ; Commander Newton, of the Lily ; Commander Murray, of the Favourite ; Com mander Douglas, of the Pantaloon ; and Mr. George Hickman, acting Paymaster and Purser of the Panta loon, acting Judge-Advocate ; neither of the prisoners were defended. The Aetteon'.was about to sail for St. Helena. The following was the disposition of the squadron at the last dates:— At Ascension—The Penelope (Commodore), Actaeon, and Tortoise. At the Bights of Benin (northern division)—The Favourite, 18, Commander Murray (spoken off Sierra Leone, by the Larne) ; the Albatross, 12, Commander Farquhar ; the Wanderer, 16, Commander Montresor ; Rolla, 10, Commander Ellicombe ; the Contest, 12, Commander M`Murdo ; the Syren, 16, Commander Chaloner ; the Bittern, 16, Commander Hope ; the De vastation steam sloop, Commander Crouch ; th Hound, 10, Commander Wood ; and the Grappler iron steamer, Lieutenant- Commander Lysaught. Congo Division—The Heroine, 6, Commander Ed munds ; the Sealark, 10, Acting-Commander Whyte ;' the Waterwitch, 8, Commander Birch ; the Ferret, 8, Commander Sprigg ; the Rapid, 8, Acting-Commander Hill ; the Flying Fish, 12, Commander Dyke ; and the Styx steam sloop, Commander Chads. At Benguela—The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Hor ton. The Prometheus steam-sloop, Commander Hay; the Kingfisher and Ranger were daily expected at As cension. The Pantaloon, 10, Commander Douglas, had sailed on the 3d of May for Bermuda, to join the squadron on the West India station. The Island of Ascension was very healthy, water was not scarce, and there were 500 turtle in the pounds when the Larne left. The French were very sickly at the Prince's Islands. Mr. M'Crae, surgeon of the Actieon, at the request of the Freneh squadron, went on shore, with permission of Captain Mansel, and administered to the sick, and also supplied them with medicines, they only having an assistant-surgeon of their own to attend upon them. The slave trade was very brisk, nor is it considered possible to repress it until that traffic is treated as piracy. The high priest of the Bonny had been taken prisoner by the Waterwitch for the murder of three British sub jects belonging to a palm oil trader in that river, and at the date of our advices was on board the Tortoise store and guard ship at Ascension, awaiting orders from the Admiralty as to his disposal. Treaties have been effected by Ca_p tain Murray of the Favourite, in the river Nunez and Rio Grande, for the suppression of the slave trade. Lieutenant Vesey, and Mr. Spain, master of the He roine; Lieutenant Strangways, of the Favourite,- Captain ILM., of the Actaeon, on promotion • Dr. Gil bert King, inspector of hospitals and fleets, and the late acting purser of the Favourite, dismissed by court-mar tial, have come home in the Larne. Mr. Eversfield, clerk of the Promotheus, is appointed acting paymaster and purser of the Favourite, vice Wilson. Lieutenant L. W. Peyton had joined the Favourite from the Penelope. Lieutenant Whyte, senior lieutenant of the Sealark, had been confirmed in the command of that brig by the Commodore, for the very efficient manner in which she was found on inspection, after Commander Gooch had invalided. Lieutenant rowel, formerly in command of the King fisher, has remained out on the coast and joined the Styx as senior lieutenant. The Lame has been employed upon the coast upwards of three years, and has been very healthy, having only lost one surgeon and one man from fever, and invalided two lieutenants and a few seamen. Commodore Sir Charles Hotham had inspected all his divisions, and on visiting the southern subdivision, under Captain Brisbane's command, was pleased to express to that gallant officer in the most gratifying terms his highest approbation of the state of the Larne and the other vessels under his command generally. The Philomel, 6, Commander W. C. Wood, has not arrived on the station. The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, arrived at Spithead on Saturday afternoon from the above station, bringing dispatches for the Admiralty from the Commodore and numerous invalids. She has been ordered home some time since (upwards of twelve months), in order that sundry courts-martial may be held on her officers. The first trial on the roster is Lieutenant Branch, second lieutenant, whom we are informed has already been under arrest seventeen months. The day she left Sierra Leone the Hound sent in a slave felucca taken in the Bights, fitted for the traffic, but with no slaves on board. The Grappler also took a prize the same time as the Devastation (an account of which we gave on Saturday) —a fine schooner fitted for slaves, but with none on board—which was also sent into Sierra Leone for adju dication. We have letters from the squadron under Rear-Ad miral Dacres, Commander-in-Chief on the Cape station, to the 18th of April inclusive. One of them, dated the 10th, expresses fears of the renewal of the Kafir insur rection, and says:— " The Pottinger arrived yesterday, and also two Spanish steam•vessels. They bring no news. " The Rattlesnake, 26, surveying vessel, Captain Owen Stanley, having refitted, sailed yesterday for the Mauritius and Sydney. " The Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres, sailed this day for Table Bay, to embark the new Lieutenant- Governor, and then s h e proceeds to Algoa B a y. she is doing the duty of th e l ate Thunderbolt . A steamer to replace her is very much wanted." The Rosamond s t eam - s l oop , Commander arrived in Si mon ' s Bay on the 12th u Foote, England. Ricketts, Bart., The Hele na , 16, C a ptain Sir C. Mozambique on the 17th ar rived at Si mon ' s B a y f r om the Mozambi of April, en route to England. of .April, from No. 17,090. APPOZNI 'ALENTS. Commander—C. F. A. Sigtdtv,ell, to study steam at the factory, Woolwich. Lieutenants—Wm. R. Brooman, and James B.: R . Lilburn, to command revenue cruisers:. Acting Second Master James S. Collins, to the Vengeance. Assistant-Surgenn—Dr. Denholm, to the Ocean. Clerks—Eusten J, Gray, to the Vengeance ; John Shepherd, to the Fearless. Midshipman—Edmund Walsh, to the Howe. Naval Cadet—Walter T. Arnold, to the Avenger. Masters' Assistants—H. V. Beatson, to the Odin ; Edward Wilds, to the Seringapatam ; William Pearce, to the Caledonia ; R. D. Spear, to the Vixen. _ PLYMOUTH, JUNE 25.—Her Majesty's ships .. Queen. and Caledonia went off the harbour on the 22d mat. to exercise shot and perform evolutions. They stiled seven or eight miles to the south. west of the break water, and each ship fired about 200 shot from brass 6- pounders. The targets were fixed in ballasted barreb... and after they were thrown overboard, the ships sailesi to a distance of half a mile, and then fired. The mark was hit on most of the trials with very great precision, and it is said that from that distance a bottle or a hat could have been skilfully struck by a ball from a six pounder on board either ship. The bottom of the Cale donia is foul; she was outsailed by the Queen on all trials. WOOLWICH, JUNE 26.—The Garland steam-vessel, Captain Smithett, left Woolwich on Thursday morning to resume her duty. The Monkey tem-vessel returned from Harwich on Thursday, having towed the old Dover racket, the Charon, to that port to be sunk at the mouth of the harbour to serve as a breakwater. The Triton steam-vessel, of the sa me class as the Oberon iron steam-vessel, is to be taken down ttie river from Blackwall to Woolwich to-day, to be fitted for sea. The Riflleman wooden steam-vessel and the Sharp shooter iron steam-vessel, both fitted with screw propel lers, are ordered to Portsmouth to be fitted for service on the coast of Africa. The Minx and Teazer steam-vessels, fitted with sorely propellers, are ordered to Chatham to be fitted at that port for similar service. A Russian frigate and war steamer, with two other vessels, are expected at the Nore, to embark the Grand Duke Constantine, Lord High Admiral of the Russian navy, on his return to the continent. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ordered a trial to be made y esterday of a portable smith's forge, submitted by Mr. Haig, the blast of air being caused by a tan-wheel, worked by hand, and dispensing with the use of a bellows. The fire was lighted, and a good weld ing heat produced on a piece of round iron 2i inches in diameter, and 12 inches long, in seventeen minutes. The apparent simplicity, and the great power and utility of the invention, surprised the workmen in the blacksmiths' shop where the trial was made. The forge is very com pact, being only three feet long, by two feet six inches wide, and two feet four inches in height, and gave great satisfaction to the scientific gentlemen present to witness the effects produced by it. The fan-wheel is 15 inches in diameter, and revolves with a rapidity of 1,000 turns in one minute. The blast is uniform, and the introduc tion of the invention on board vessels of war and others would be of great advantage, as it is so portable and not liable to get out of order, while it gives a great welding heat in a very limited time, and is capable of heating larger bodies of iron than could be effected with the usual portable bellows forge. Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, Captain LordAdolphusFitzclarence, commander of the Royal Victoria and Albert steam yacht, the Hon. H. G. Ward, secretary to the Admiralty, and a party of friends, arrived at 9 o'clock A.M., in the Woolwich Company's steam-vessel Dryad, and without landing at the Dockyard, went on board the Black Eagle Admiralty steam-yacht, for a passage down the river to Sheerness. Ships in Harbour—William and Mary yacht, carrying the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. and K.C.H., Superintendent of the Dockyard; the Dee steam-troop ship, Master Commander T. Driver ; the Acheron steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Dunlop, and Ceres tender. The Rifleman, Sharp shooter, Oberon, Triton, Minx, and Teazer steam-vessels not in commission. In the Basin.—Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Hall; Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Ryaer; Kite steam vessel, Master Commander Filmer; the Gorgon, Hecate, Dwarf, and Ariel not in commission. In the Docks.—l-Iydra and Niger steam-vessels. CHATHAM, JUNE 26.—The Antelope steam-packet, in dock, fitting for the lonian Isles, is ordered to be paid over with a coat of linseed oil and red lead, and the port side with a mixture of coal tar, tallow, and arsenic, by way of experiment. Previous to this vessel arriving at this yard it was paid over with a composition not approved of, and on Thursday last several labourers were employed in getting it off. The method adopted was the application of fire in pans, which they applied to the bottom and sides of the ship; and as the vessel is of iron, and cased withinside with wood, the fires over heated the iron and ignited the interior, and the whole of the vessel, particularly the fore part, was densely filled with smoke, which was not discovered until Mr. Scott, a leading man of shipwrights, went round the ship to see that the candles were extinguished previous to the men leaving the yard for dinner. Mr. Scott immediately made the circumstance known to the proper authorities, and the master shipwright and other officers were prompt in their attendance. The engines were soon put into play, and by the exertion of the shipwrights the fire was safely extinguished in half an hour. The damage sustained was made good the following day. The Rochester sailed on the 24th for Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Pembroke yards, with stores; and the Batt arrived from Portsmouth with stores. The Black Eagle steam-yacht, Commander Wood, ar rived this afternoon opposite the Queen's stairs, and dis embarked the Lords of the Admiralty, consisting of Admiral Dundas, Captain W. F. Berkeley, Captain H. Eden, Private Secretary of the First Lord, Lord A. Fitz clarence, G.C.H., and other officers, with several ladies. A guard of honour, consisting of the Grenadier corps of infantry, under the command of Captain Moore, of the dockyard battalion, saluted their Lordships on landing. Their Lordships proceeded in front of the Captain- Superintendent's residence and inspected the battalion, drawn up in line, consisting of 15 companies—viz., 4 of artillery, 8 infantry, and 3 boat brigade, under Lieute nant-Colonel Karley, Master Attendant. The Adjutant then put the battalion through their manual exercise, forming quarter distance, deploying into line again, and other manoeuvres. The able and steady manner in which these men performed their duty called forth some very high complimentary observations from their Lordships. Their Lordships then left the yard by the Lower-gate for the purpose of witnessing the siege operations under Sir Frederick Smith. In addition to the pension of 100/. a year, so gra• ciously conferred by the Queen from the Civil List upon the children of the late lamented Thomas Hood, her Majesty has granted a pension of 2001. per annum for his life, to Mr. Leigh Hunt, from the same fund, in con sideration of his many brilliant contributions to English literature. The decision of her Majesty has been no tified to the veteran writer by Lord J. Russell in terms of kindness and cordiality, and will be appreciated by the republic of letters, to whom Mr. Leigh Hunt's ser vices and sufferings are so well known. The public is already aware that the amount of annuities from this fund for literary, scientific, and public services is limited to the grant of 1,200/. in each year, on the responsibility of the first Minister of the Crown, the returns of which are to be regularly laid before Parliament. The appro priation commences on the 20th of June. In the amount already granted, we feel assured that the public voice will recognise the taste and the consideration which have in auenced the selection.—Observer. Harriet Martineau has returned from her travels in the East ; she arrived on a visit to her relatives, Mrs. and Miss Martineau, at Beacondale, Norwich, on Tues day last. We understand she made daily copious notes, which it is her intention of publishing. She was absent above eight months. The work will be looked for wick much interest. The Hon. Wm. Temple, her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Naples, has arrived in London on leave from the Queen, after an uninterrupted absence of eight years in discharge of his diplomatic duties at the Court of the Two Sicilies. Her Majesty has conferred upon that pious and good man, the Rev. Theobald Mathew, better Lord John known as to the the Reverend R Fa u t s h s e e r il, M w a h th o ew co , m a m p u en ni s c io a n ted of th 3 e ool f . ac ai Gentleman, stated that her Majesty conferred that mark of her royal bounty upon him in con sideration of the sacrifices he had made for the promot ion t _ of morals and the services he had rendered hiskereby to the poorer classes—indeed to all classes — o f hTahnegormeaetemstancnreedritiniswhdiuche t het t o his fell". i lsjoble e r a, Lord for has man ; and all honour must be accorded fellow - countrymen. been paid to. the public and privatweevit:teuesnof that worthy for of f he r r quiescing in the arrangement of to her Majesty her Ministers in respect of these matters, and sanctioning with this fiat in the cause of temper ance and an k p u r m ob s a n t i i t o y n ._ h o is bserw labou7 [A —Tux 'EARL OF ALDBOROUGH AND oLVLEOR, LA n astounding cure by this miraculms ii DT A Tbi pi ni:3 after e ye* , other means had failed. 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Jullien, with his band, will be there, and there cannot be a doubt but that this will be one of the most fashionable riunions of thesseason. .1 . •