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IR, „. ~... • t,, ,0, • . i ...,, ,, ... . . ~,_ ~,:;,,,.:, o ts- 4 ,- 4 , , ,_ ,. .4, , ,,:,,:v .-%..„. _-...,„;,, , ,, , X .. 7 , ..;;4.,..• , -y.,N1k.t4, - : . ,• ,-- , . o ' r :: :- ;' l6 i l-1 ' 4 - 00 ,-- r \ ~ 40 , „, i , . . - _ i------.. - . - 1 . •, ji .... ~~ J NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, O. 48, Gracechurch-street, London, for Mutual Assurance Una, Aurkulties, &c. Enrolled under the Acts of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies. ptRECTORS. SAMUEL IIAYIIU.RiBT LUCAS, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM CLS.SR, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. OW. Pritchett Bou.st . leld, Esq. Robert Ing am, Esq. Jen itailtiltry, Esq. Charles Ln 01, Esq. . 'lna4Clustle, Esq. John st. Bsrbeq. it tar. Christy, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. Itelthani, Esq. William Tyler, Esq. quits Itodgkin, M.D. ~`~ a, LONDON, FRIDAY OaNiNG SUN, JANUARY 1, 1847. .- ; „ No. 16,938. PRICE sp. ama......... .11...0....1,111.• ^, ~ ` J. T. Conqllan, M.D., F.L.S. 1 Thomas Bevan, 2d.D., F.L.B. William TIMKEN. t Cash, Esq. Samnelll. Lucas. Esq. John FeWarn 1 , Esq. I Samuel Smith, Esq. BaNkrita—ldessra. Brawn, Janson, and Co. Sicrrola —Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. Cobialtrvitie Aavvatv....Chtzles Ansa, Esq., F.R.S. PUILICATIopIS. DOUGLARJERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWS , :p.Ant o n, Vol. T., being completed with No. 24, a TITLE PAGE and-INDEX will be given with nest -SA•rnanu's Paper; EIGHT PAGES being added gratuitously for this purpose. Sub scribers desirous to complete Sets are requested to make immediate application. _ _ _ LITE RAT URE. 34% 110 ,,,... / Ari Or h PIIErDIRECTORS FOR 1846 , i'RESENTED To. ArIE ELEVENTH 11 , 7).71JAL MEETING OF MEMBERS, IM1). 4.T WILE LONDON TAVERN, BISIIOPSGATE-iITRENT, o- - WiIIaticS,WALILATOTON, Esq., in the Chair.- 'was return of another Anniversary of this Instittgion affords the , Direct.. nirs t y - ii , ti fy grittl„ f .. l . 9ectlen of laylug,before• their fe ottltietubers a 1 . c d .,,,,, AMU, 'MPM• Iliciffilt not only a lart6 Inetlnifte of Ilus•- 11 1 - -nir the f I ist or a 14, but exhibiting in.its variousileialls the Prosperous condition of the Institution, far exceeding that of any er POW '...t .• - ,- .... - 4 .. .- It is Icith fettngl of lively satisfaction that the Directors e0n )„.fra,141.54143 Members g large on the high reputation the Institution . "` P h i.. at VlVl r estima4oo • and on the extensive sphere of usefulness ''" l ,j ll l;_ji/g1 attatintk Oeln4Rag, ei it now does, 4,372 Members. cotnpfiVekhieinbers residing in all parts of theeountry, ery.rothet of the,,nuriaber beitnic progressively ic ...„... _MussOds%4s th e nefnanis orenkoklaytecome More and more wide'y wg ivabdoillinliatai,nnitisgpOsigyfts may fully accomplish the des!, n 6 tAilkders, .In, proving Itself a truly National Provident I t b 41011.— • • ' / „,,. 110 bAlblirse of. the year just lerrninated..the, large number of ,vuo Pol etes have been issued, the Aanyal. Prentiutus ou which Stn ._ e uilt. to ~1411. sa. 344 and 126 ,Propcsals for Life Assurance 44 /4 btan d ned,se Paella*. ~ • . . * ••• • - • , t,..tbs ael hleVe :as usual, been made up to the 50th November "..„,__ l an ' from ith . 'Auditors' Ifsport, - the'Cirpltal Stock 'or thl a • I 'VelY en - that day twearsio ts .279;6751. - 12s. 40., being an in- Ortaae 'since 'hat year bt 58,1141. Ils. Id. ...," • ' %The Antvial income is nor 8%6404 at—Au• ,The claims Paid on account of deaths during the year amount to 1 84/001: )6. 4d. .. . At the 'elate of the ensuing year . 113 e assets and liabilities will be o u r T l i ft 444 by Charles A.itsell, .1/6‘., Actuary, "to the. Institution, e Purpose of apporti o ni ng suc h - s urplus funds as mug have ae enied suice the last division of profits . hi 1842 ; and, from the le , ge lacrettse of business. since that period, the directors entertain sanguine ' expeetationsof a satisfactory The following statitnent shows the progress of the institution since is commencement:- - n» Yes. '''' No. of . ~ -.1.12 No. Annual Interne. ImoUntofCapital "..».--.........._taga it trued. sir 4,- Xs. d. £ s. (1. 20th -Nov. 1826 GIG 8,021 12 2 10,736 3 0 ~ ~ 1837 435 14,600 0 0 31,592 10 8 . " 1838 459 19,934 19 4 46,855 010 . " 1839 490 25,497 4 2 64,959 10 10 • " 1840 494 31,051 10 10 90,545 13 9 . " 1841 357 36.357 1 4 114,993 2 4 . 1842 364 '39,360 9 7 139,806 1 7 » . 1843 703 44,219 17 0 167,079 11 2 . » . 1844 722 58,037 9 2 202,162 1 9 » . 1845 911 70,519 14 5 241,460 13 3 " . 1846 1005 88,940 8 2 299,675 12 4 ...................._22!Total num r — 6556 , Cho gratitying result of the f the Institution made In Nov , loloing instances, exhibiting till hen in existence from ene to I ralnation of the liabilities and asset ntber, 1842, is exemplified in the folv Iprofit assigned to Policies which had S'PM ..• Reduction Equal to a S. .6 .b •-• 1 " in Pre- Reduction Z Z g is S t I'4 .. T o - a' mium in per cent. As LE s? ' i g S "Z t ru of on the .4 ..st 5 ..,.. os i ~....A . 04 le Original 2,A ' 8 - 7 4 Bonus. Premium of ............,_ ..-- - Thu's. Years. £. L. s. d. X. - s. d. £. s. Q. 7 59 1,000 163 11 06300 ; 27 17 2 44 7 46 1, 0 9 0 115.12 04018; 16 3 5 40 7 23 2,000 177 10 05418;20 11 6 29 7 32 500 44 7013 2 11" b 1 4 39 6 82 2,000,227'19 09711 8; '34 510 35 6 50 1,000 106. 65145 19 10; 16 10 7 34 6 31 . 500 37. 20 4 12176; . 4 2 5 32 5 51 1,000 91 304726; 13 6 4, 28 5 41 .. 2,000 146 13 V 69 10 018 1 1 0; 26 5 30 600 37-2 0 . 15 8 0, 4 1 2; 26 4 42 " 500 28 19 017121 3 13 3 2 0 4 23 1,000 46 14 02434; 4 16 5 19 '4 3 46 • SOO 37 8031188; 4 18 10 1 5 % 3 25 2,000 65 60144501 6 14 11 15 1 ,E 2 63 3,000 140. 15 0 224 15 0, 23 11 1 . 0 % 2 26 seo 11.11 011100; 1 2 9% 1 42 2,000 26 14 07084 2 3 9 4% Mem are remi.. that time. The Next Division of Profits will be made up to the 20th of Novem ber, 1847. Copley of the last rerort, and every other information, may be obtained at the Office, or of the Agents in the country. December 28, 1846. JOSEPH 3IARSH, Secretary. :rs whose Premiums become due on the lst of January next, tded that the same must be paid within thirty days from 80yEREIG'N LIFE 'ASSURANCE COM- -- PAN - Y. Ne. 5, St. dames's-street, London. TRUSTIES. Sir Augustus Brydges Henniker, Bart, Benjamin Bond Cabkoell, Esq., M.P. Henry Pownall, Esq Claude -Edward Scott, Esq. D. ORAIRIdAtt —Lieutenant-CoIoneI IEECTORS Lord Arthur Lennox. Drptivr-Cmattnan—T. C. Granger, Esq., M.P. John Ashbarner, Esq., M.D. T. M. P. Retard, ER. Philip Patton IllYth, Esq. Heiary,Broadwood, Esq., M.P. Chailes Parehrother, Esq., Alderman. Win. TuiPich Fraser, Esq. John Gardiner, Esq, Aaron Asher Goldsmid, Esq. Lord Macdonald. HAlexander Ogilvie. SAL- • " Assu rances and enry Pewnall, Esq. annuities granted on favourable terms. the lbwest The Rates of Pr emium, of which the followi ng are spec i mens, are scale consistent with security. ANNUAL PREMIU3IS FOR ASSURING 1001. , Age. I For For One Year. Seven Years. Whole For tl Life, a oi —______ i .... 771 31 X s. d. X s. d. 20 1 1 0 fl, 11 8 i 113 7 . 7:7-7------------____ A new plan of Accutnulative Assurance by depositing paying Pretniums, thus : instead of By the deposit plan, commencing at the age 20, 40/ • per Annnm serves the ass ured at the age of X s. d. 949 16 4 1779 1 0 2495 0 0 69 3111 19 Deferred Annuities, to commence at any specified age. granted either with or without return of the Premiums, in case the age at Which the annuity is to commence is not attained. 29 a Polley for 89 .. _ 11. D. DAVENPORT, Secretary. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE ~ Ao. 11, LOMZIRD-STREET COMPANY at the Entrance of the Old Peat olliCe, London. MAL, /Vli, JOHN LABOUCHERE, a Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. John Geliihrand Hubbard, Esq. James Monk, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry IL Reynolds, Jun., Esq. Joha Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. A• W. Robarts, Esq Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Am:TAßT—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at few' Rates Without participation in the Profits; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has male, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Corn- Pliny exceeded 530,000/. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro- Tided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 3th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1845, and the same Is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. 'Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Christ mas-day must be renewed within ftfteen days at this Office, or with Mr, Cams, Nu. 1, St. Janus's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the comet/ Com oid.pany's Amite throughout the Kingdom, o th erw i se th ey be- GEORGE KEYS, Seeretary, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 4600,000. Zmpowere4 by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense er for enure of the Policy, two-thirds of the nreraituus paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in crests to meet other ceavenionces or necessity. Assurances ler terms et years are granted on the lowest possible DIVISION O The r etaarkable success and iacreasingF' PROFITS. prosperity of the S3clety hen enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, time declare a •aarth beau!, varying from 35 to Fb per cent. on the premiums paid as each l'elfey effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. t 1 .1 .1,7 Premium. Bonus Donne in i ~ g Assured • Wed. Cash. w — g- ~:;° may p.. Borrow. ------- ,1837 4217 1 - 5 --- i -------- --"-----i------- 4 £S. Cl. 1838 WA 3 () AWN!) 0 11,Z16 0 4 .£445 9 o 'looo 3 4 1839 165 11 146 i, II 1 1 t 13 10 2 395 11 1 11_ 7 Il i 'lB4i 111 6 6, 491. , 11848 44 0 10! 718 10 1 Inc ,?, 100 o 111416 o 4 °I 87 1 41 13 10 2 41. 74 1 91 11 3 1 44 10 101 718 8 491. 61 710 4 £445 9 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 , The division of profits is annual, an th s , mxt to i .scesolker of the proseat year. ON C *lade n F. FERGUS ~ la/ Imp _ .x. BeeretarY• --------...-.... ..____ Interest, at th B e 4 • NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIF E ANCE SOCIETY. of this ASSUR -26, Cornhill, Dec. 24, 1 6 Notice is hereby given that the Half-yearly of Five per Cent. per annum on the Capital Stock soei r e ate due on the Slat instant, will become payable on the 1 lth J anua t Y , oir, and Proprietors may receive the same on aPplication oursll jigi es • 1 2 that, or any subsequent day, between the of even and Three o'clock. By order of the Directors, ....-....--____ F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. Tii LIVERPOOL FIRE and LIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. "'es, 8 , Water-street, Liverpool ; and 3, Charlotte-roW, Mansion- house, London. LONDON BOARD CIIAI RMAN—RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P. do bEPUTT-C HAIRMAN—WILLIAM EWART, Esq., M.P. Tho Atkh4 ' E sq• ' James D. Nicol, Esq. ntas Blake, Esq. Hon. F. Ponsonby. ;121,..ttheyv Forster Esq , M.P. John Ranking, Esq. :itueriek Harrison, Esq, J. M. Rosseter, Esq. ..Slaelean Leeßy E sq. _the Act of Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. expressly Parliament obtained by the Company, it is e3l24loned that the liability of the Shareholders under the Policies y' ~3.1 , 9,_t_ be restricted by special contract, or otherwise. tit Irs,44'4,,v3yRANCES AGAINST FIRE are undertaken on property o: is_r criPtion in the United Kingdom, the British Colonies, and Countries. ktetf INSU RANCE. —Two scales of pr em i ums, th e one being ~.114 all THAN USUAL, secu r i ng t h e amount of the policy with )l44lll3' a ddition ; the o th er, lower than the participating scales ge -14144 adc 'Ptecl by companies offering uncertain bonuses, and this OusicArazED ADDI TIoNs on a plan entirely new and peca to WlNTONln stitut BOULT, Secretary to the Company, Liverpool. 4 / 4 4ZU WZRROBERTSON, Resident Secretary, London. erILE SELF-SUPPORT 'T YS~TPUTION, (aided by Voluntarypontributions,) for the Cure of Stricture of the Urethra, and all other Dllslise,s of Urinary Organs, Nervous, Local, and General Debility. SURGIION-F. B. COMMENSY, M.R.C.S.L., 2, Chaudos-street, Cavendish-square. To small tradesmen, clerk% Inoqhanics, and the working classes generally, this Institution offers, in all eases, gratuitous surgical Assistance, and lit others uledieine also free of expense. ' Apply at the Surgery adjolnng the Surgeon's residence. 1 RA.VESEND STAI and BLACK WALL PACKETS. Boat and Rail included is One Paymeat, avoiding the danger and delay of the Pool. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blacivrall, at 9%, 10%, I, 3,4, and 5. SuridayS, at 9%, 11, 1%, 4, and 5. The Trains starting one quar ter of an hour before each of these times. New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%. 'B%, 9%, 11%, 1,3, and 5. Sundays, at 8%01 1 ,4, 1,3, arid 5. N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Star Office,Cilraitestnd; Dec. 28, 1848. • L ATIONAL:FICURITY BANK.-NOTICE. —.No applications fqr hitfitrm inithis undertaking will be re ceived after SArransy, the 16th (lay ofJanntu7, as the Directors will, after that tilare,,todeed tai make en arotlnent. Application; for &tarts may he addressed to the Secretary at 163, Fenchnrch-street, by whous s prospeettilies Mid a detailed statement of the sources of profit, &c., will he fdriYarded pest free, if written for, to Mesas. Sutton and Co., Solleittity, 6, llasinghall-street ; Messrs. Capron and Co., Solicitors, Saviiii>plaCe,-Islew Burlington-street; and to Ntesses. guttbn and Co , Stockhrekara, Royal Exchange. lOU - ANTED, a STOREKEEPER for a RAIL WAY 'CO3IPA.NY. AY Applicants to state. (by letter .only, pest paid, addressed to Mr. Barker, 7, Birchin-lane), their, qualifications, and salary expected. IiVILLIAM TROTT, - deceased.—All persons having Claims, or Demands, upon the Estate of William Trott, late of Crown-court, Threadneedle-street, ; and of 8, Elizabeth-street, Belgrave-square, Middlesex, solicitor, deceased, are requested to forward the particulars of the same to Watson„. Liirmihton, grid Son, &, kac,4n-square, Loatlpn, Solid:yr" t 1 the ..4.,!- Taitiisfiratrix. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, le. 3d. ; Yellow soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per 112Ibs. , Mottled, 60s. and G4s.; Wax Candles, Fs. per lb. ; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans.larent Wax, Is. 10d.; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm 011, Bs. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ; Rose. 2s. ; Almond, 4s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Hale's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 9%d. rex. lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, Si. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. FOGS AND DAMP AIR. BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are so preva'ent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon -street, London; and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gifford, 104, and H. Burfleld, 180, Strand ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hallows, Drug gist, 2, High-street, Islington ; Heudebourck, Druggist, Church street, Hackney ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country.--Observe : none can be genuine, unless the names of " Barclay and Sons" are on the Stamp affixed to each Box. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE- itATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it Is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7s. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, eon. tat ning testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the llnnspn Hair, &c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8(1„ anti 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerilary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside ; Fisher and Teller, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all ,!hemists. Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Baimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, efeache and Son, Adver tiscr•office. TO TOE LADIES. This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news paper on Aug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put into the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. 'Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High- gate, for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using itabout four months, and the whole of her hair is much stronger and mere luxuriant than t ever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an Ils. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above facts.— 3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and 3revent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drone on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion le the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops en the erown of the head; if v ry bad, repeat it every' quarter of an hour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces hair on ehildren's heads in a few appplintions. It used on infants' heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.--See pamphlet of testimonials. All letters addressed to William Gemstone Herbary. Highgate. REMARKABLE CASE of RES [ORATION. A striking instance of the power of scientific art to remedy the detects of nature has lately occurred in the case of a Mr. F. Balls, a gentleman residing at Wortham, in Norfolk, who, in the year 1842, on returning from arlestone Ilarket to We: , bred, where he then re sided, sustained so severe a fall from his horse, as to bring on an ill ness of several months' duration, during which period his hair con tinued to come off, till he became, to use his own terms, " as perfectly bald as if his head had been shaved ;" and the Rev. J. E. Daniel, then clergyman of the parish, offered him a wig as a substitute for his lost hair. Under these circumstances, he was induced to try the effect of ROWLAND'S MACASSAIt OIL, and it is highly gratifying to add, with the most happy results. As soon as part of a bottle was used the growth recommenced, and he has now to boast of a very thick and luxuriant head of hair, which presents this peculiarity, that, though prior to losing his hair it evinced no tendency to curl, the new growth is curly and strong. This fact speaks too strongly for itself to require observation.—Bell's Messenger. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL preserves and reproduces the Hair ; prevents it from falling off or turning Grey ; Changes Grey Hair to its Original Colour; frees it from Scurf and Dandruff, and makes it beautindly soft and curly. 6 ,,,* Beware of "spurious compounds" under the title of "MA CASSAR OIL," some under the " implied" sanction of Royalty and he Government Departments, with similar attempts at deception. ROWLAND'S MACASS IR OIL is sold by the proprietors, at 20, HATTON-GARDEN LONDON, and all respectable Chemi sts and Fortumers. T HE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late Er eroN and BURTON'S) chemically purified material has been before it (made into every useful and ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as it does, the characteristic purity and durab:lPy of silver), has called into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin SEver," and other so called substitutes; they are at best but bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him. Fiddle d King's Table Spoons and Forks, full s i ze per Pattern. Threa Pattern de . Pattern, dozen.. Dessert ditto and ditto ditto.... 10s. Od. 21s. Od. 255. Od. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto.. Gravy ditto NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such either usefully or ornamentally. In the lengthened and increasing popu larity, of the material itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a euarai,tee that the articles sold by 'W S. Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can they be distinguished from real silver. Fiddle. Thread. Tea Spoons, per dozen ..... its. • • 325. Dessert P'orks „ ...... . 20s. .. 465. Dessert Spoons „ . ..... 30s. • • b2s. Table Forks ... 40s. .. 625. Table Spoons ~ •• • ... Ring's, •• 28s. •• 58s. . • 625. •• 755. 80s. Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done 1)3- the patent process, petalled catalogues, with engravings, as wall as of every Ironmongery article, sent (per pos; ) free. . . WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can he employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it —39, Oxford-street (corner of Newmau-struet). Established in Wells-street, 1820. W IS.E C H O I C E; OR, THE JUVENILE'S WISH. A new year's gift I'm ask'd to choose, • A thing I never can rents() ; And as the choice is left to me, I'll fix on what it is to be. They've offered me a rocking-horse, But that will sever do, of course. I've something better in my eye, Which Messrs. MOSES can supply. The Braided Suits, at MOSES' Mart, Will make me look so very smart, That I have only one desire, A suit of juvenile attire. 'Tis MOSES' Mart, where Master Tom Gets all his genteel dresses from ; And Pick, and Will, tern up their noses, At any but the dress of MOSES. In fact, my sehool-mates, ev'ry one, Boast about MOSES and his SON. The choice I make, then, in my heart Is this—a Suit from MOSES' Mart; And none can readily despise, A wish so good —a choice so wise. LIST OF PRICES. BEADY MADE. X s. d Beaver Taglionis, from .. ••• • .. Chesterfields and CoAring,tons .. •• . • ........ • • ........ 0 10 6 D'Orsays, and Chesterfields, and every description of winter coats •• •• .• • .... • • Boys' Winter Coats, In every style and make....... 5 6 Tweed Trousers, lined • • • • • • • • • • • • Dress •..• 0 6 Frock Coats ........ • .... • • • Double-breasted Vests .......... ...... 0 2 0 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ..... ••• • • •• • • Joys' Winter Trousers .•• • • ............ •• • • • ... 5 3 • Ditto Vests.. ...... •••• •• • • • Mourning to any extent at Ave minutes' notice. MADE TO MEASURE. Winter Coats, warranted waterproof, made to any style, handsomely trimmed •••• • • • Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar and cuffs, lined 2 6 0 Tweed Overcoats. •••• • • • * Tweed Trousers ........ •• • • ... Winter Trousers, in all the most approved French patterns 1 2 6 Lest Dress Trousers ......... • ..... ...... .••..• • • • .... 1 6 0 Dress Coats . .... .. . Lest quality made •••• •• • ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • ...... • ... 2 IS 0 Frock Coats p« 13 s- quality made • ••3 3 0 S a neY Vests ..... : ...... . .... • 0 8 6 t a _ ti n• plain or fancy ..................................0 12 0 Viussar and Tunic Suits ...... ............... 1 5 0 any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure' ure ' i money return not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the F. d. M °StS and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, andn. 1 56, 157 Mi nor i es , an d 83, 84, 85, an d 86 .Allgate, city, Lndo •«. /doses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against i mpostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; genuine and chap clothing, &c., should call at, a o u r d se t n h rt e o, W 3 ll l ° irlndoe'rieseand Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establtAiment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock The entrance to the fur department is at 83, Aidgate, corner of the Minorles and Aidgate, opposite the ehureh, Order of any Newsnian. D OUGLAS JERROLD'S - WEEIiLt NEWS- P.Altat: ENLARGEMENT ON THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. In order to give ampler Space for all the News of the Week, in cluding The Debates in Parllatraut—The Miscellaneous Occurrences —Law and Police Reports—Public Meetings—Foreign Intelligence— Literature —Correspondenceits well as for Original and various New Serial Articles, the Proprietor lute determined to enlarge the Paper to the utmost limit allowed by' the Stamp Law, and to ADD ONE.TIIIRD, or TWENTY TOUR (100331N5, making is the whole THIRTY-TWO PAGES or NINETY-SIX COLUMNS, thus rendering it equal to the Fullest and Large& Newspaper in the ex tent and variety of its News of the Watk, and still retaining the large space heretofore devoted to`Oripial Articles by the Editor, and his Eminent Literary Colleagues. D •tiee (as heretofore) SIXPENCE. Order of all Newsmen, Town or Conutry, from whom detailed Prospectuses can be had. . THE SIXTY-SIXTH NITMHER OF THE HYGEIST, for JANUARY, contains : _IL The Report of the British College of Health. for 1847 ; also Observations' on the Great Oyer of Poisoning—" Lucretia," &c., in referenee to combining Chemistry with Medicine, which Hygeists contend should never have been permitted. There can be no safety so long as such is the CO3. &c. &c. &c. Office, 368 Strand. Price Id., or 2d. by post. "A WONDERFUL" SIXPENNYWORTH of INFORMATION. I. —Literary Gazette. " There is not, or over has been, an Alma nack or Calendar equal to this. Every family should possess It."—thsrlisie Journal. " Worth ten times the price it was published at "—Manchester Guardian. "All the Abnanacks of the season fall into insignificance when placed in junta-pogtion with the POST MAGAZINE ALMANACK."—Standard. " The thing is altogether a wonder."—Berwick Warder. 96 pages two', price fict. • Te be had of W. S. D.' Pateman, Winc•-aftice court, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers. TEA M TO ABERDEEN, Y REDUCTION OF FARES. _ _ The Aberdeen Steam Company's fast and splendid ship, CITY of LONDON", John Cargill, commander, will leave on Saturday morn ing, Jan. 2, at Ten o'clock, 01/Ices. Spread Eagle, Regent-circus, Piccadilly; or 257, Wapping, CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGIIIiy, Agent and Whartinger. MALTA NEW QUARANTINE ENACTMENTS. The Board of Health at Malta has adopted the reso lution of that of Marseilles, and reduced the quarantine of vessels of every description; and passengers from the Black Sea, and Ottoman ports, to seventy-two hours, when the duration of the voyage shall not have occupied less than twelve days, when less than twelve, the qua rantine will be increased as many more days as are re quired to complete the twelve days. Whilst this measure will benefit very materially the French steamers running between Constantinople and Marseilles, made, as it ap pears, purposely for them, since they occupy just twelve days in the voyage, including stoppages at the interme diate ports, it will, by securing them all the passengers, materially affect the English, Peninsular, and Oriental Company's steamers between the Black Sea, Constanti nople, and Malta; for as these reach Malta in five days from Constantinople, it follows that their passengers will have to perms seven days in the Malta Lazaretto, or four days more than a passenger leaving at the same time will be subject to in the Marseilles Lazaretto. We hope to see the Peninsular and Oriental Company esta • Wish a branch line between Malta and Marseilles. The following is the official notice of the p er i o d s o f quaran tine to b ordered at Malta under these new regulations. The Table of Periods of Quarantine in observance at the Lazaretto of Malta, as established by the Board cf Health for Arrivals from the Levant, and from various ports in Barbary. A bill of health shall be considered as foul when the country from which a vessel arrives is actually infected with plague ; it shall be considered as suspected after the expiration of forty-one days from the last case of plague ; and clean after the expiration of one year and •one day from the last case of plague. Bills of health of vessels arriving from Egypt and Syria are never to be considered clean. FOUL BILL OF HEALTH.—For merchant vessels and goods, 21 days after the unloading of susceptible articles ; for steam vessels. 19 days after the landing of passen gers and their effects in the Lazaretto ; for ships of war, 17 days after the landing of passengers and their effects in the Lazaretto ; for passengers arrivin g e ith er i n steam ve‘sels, shps of war, or merchant vessels ad mitted in the Lazaretto 17 days after exposing their effects to ventilation ; for vessels carrying pilgrims, 25 days ; for pilgrims, 25 days after being landed, and their effects placed in depuration in the Lazaretto. SUSPECTED BILL OF HEALTH.—For merchant vessels and goods, 15 days after the ut loading of susceptible articles ; for steam-vessels and ships of war, 12 days after the landing of passengers and effects in the Laza retto ; for passengers landing from steam vessels, ships of war, or merchant vessels, 12 days in the Lazaretto, after exposing their effects to ventilation ; for vessels carrying pilgrims, 20 days ; for pilgrims, 20 days after their effects being placed in depuration. CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.—For merchant vessels and goods 12 days after the unloading of susceptible articles; for steam vessels, ships of war, and passengers admitted in the Lazaretto, 9 days after their effects being exposed to ventilation. PERIODS OF QUARANTINE ACTUALLY IN OBSERVANCE IN PURSUANCE OF THE PRECEDING REGULATIONS AT THIS DATE. '4 • E 6 .91, E.... J.; Suspected / Egypt and Syria 1 Bill of Healths 12 12 15 12 of de 0' ptrorna -The Regency of Tripoli 12 9 9 12 9 I The Regency of Tunis 5 5 5 5 Clean Bill of Health. The Black Sea, Constantinople, the Dardanelles,' Scala nova, Salonicco, Smyrna, Cyprus, Rhodes, Candle, and all other Ottoman Islands and Ports three entire days of observation, when the duration of the voyage shall not have been less than twelve days. In cases where the voyage has been performed in less than twelve days, the quarantine shall then be for as many days more as are required to complete the twelve days, but In no case to be less than three days. Department of Quarantine and Marine Police, Malta, December 7, 1846. E. BoNevis, Approved, Superintendent. By order of his Excellency the Governor, Wir. Sim, Acting Chief Secretary to Government. NEVER SAY DlE.—Such appears to be the motto of the old bridge of Westminster. Though his existence has been marked by various closings, we find him once more giving symptoms of vitality. He began receiving company last week, and though he seemed to be a good deal shsk-n, he exhibited on the whole far more firmness than might have been expected.—Punts. Mr. Holtzaffel had the honour of attending at Windsor Castle yesterday, and presenting to her most gracious Majesty an elaborate specimen of ornamental turning, or mechanical carving, in the form of a watch stand in ivory. He had also the honour of presenting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert the second volume of his work on turning and mechanical manipulation. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR IN ST. PANCRAS Within the last few days a rumour of a serious character has obtained extens.ve circulation in the parish of St. Pan cras, concerning the death of Rosetta Brown, aged 20, late in the service of Mr. Jenkins, surveyor, of Hunt ley-street, Tottenham-court-road, and w hi c h has given rise to a belief that instead of having committed suicide, a: she was supposed to have done, she was murdered. The inquest on Rosetta Brown was held by Mr. Mills on the 23rd ult. The evidence went to show, that al though betrothed to one young man, she was in love with another man, when she consented a day or two pre vious to her death, to have the banns between hers-lf and her betrothed put up in Paddington church. The other person was a lodger in the house where Rosetta Brown was in service, and about five o'clock in the of er noon of the day in which she put up the banns of mar r age she was discovered in Mr. Jenkins's coal cellar with her throat cut from ear to ear and a carving knife ling near to her. There was no medical man examined as to the nature of the wound, and some friends of the deceespd charged the suspPeted party with being the cause of htr death, and were about to give evidence in reference to her alleged seduction, but the deputy-coroner would not allow them to proceed, alleging, as his reason, if they al lowed private character to be assailed in that court, they might " sit there till doomsday." A long alterca tion subsequently ensued, and ultimately, a verdict was returned, to that effect, " That deceased destroyed her self, but what was her state of mind at the time there was not sufficient evidence to prove." The friends of the deceased, at the time, loudly expressed their dissatis faction, and subsequently had the body examined by a surgeon, who, it is stated, declares that the deceased's throat was cut in such a way that it was impossible she could have done the act herself. Since the occurrence, the suspected party has disappeared, and it is alleged that he has become a lunatic, and is one hundred miles off in an asylum. The affair is about to undergo a rigid examination. GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE'S WATCH.—A DELI CATE COMPLIMENT.—It is known that the widow and step-daughter of the great tragedian Cooke, are living, respected citizens of St. Louis—the latter, married to a gentleman universally esteemed for his social qualities and business intelligence. The admiration of the elder Kean for the genius of Cooke, and his monumental tribute over his remains in St. Paul's church •yard, New York, will be also remembered; as well as that Charles Kean, even now, is having this monument re newed. The widow and other connexions of the de parted actor, on Mr. Kean's arrival at St. Louis, signi fied their desire that he should become the depository of their celebrated relative's watch; and, accordingly, the day before yesterday, it was presented to him. It is a plain, old-fashioned gcld time-piece, the outer case bearing the initials G. F. C. The relic is one of high interest, and of all men upon the stage he should guard it, who, inheriting so large a share of his father's genius, proves that he possesses, in no less degree, his generosity of heart.—St. Louis Paper, MOSEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. • (From The Sun of last Night.) • The Cotton market Liverpool yesterday was steady, the -safes being 4,000 to 5,000 bales, nearly all to the trade; and chiefly American, at sfd. to 74d. per lb.— Shires were steady. • ku mercantile circles a more careful perusal of the *allege of the President of the United States has con finned an opinion previously entertained that the com mercial policy ot the Gevernmeot of the Republic in laying on taxes upon certain articles which, however, was not likely, in the main, to be of any considerable injury to the British intercourse in a trading point of view, wili•nut be detrimental to the policy of free trade, be cause sugar, coffee, and similar articles may very fairly be taxed to contribute something towards the revenue. Th 6 later intelligence from New York received to-day tumid** us with the report .of the Secretary of the Trensury, and there is auflialentevidence therein of the necessity of raising a stew loat4 - und the difficulty under the specie paying Sub:Treasury Act of being enabled to accomplish it. . At a meeting of the Proprietors of the Canada Com pany, held this morning,,e continuance of a dividend at at tab rate of 6 per oenrper annum was resolved upon. It is very satisfactory to find that the upper province is rapidly improving. The crops, except potatoes, were excellent employment was given to the newly arrived 'emigrants. '- The E l ands are not quite so well supported to-day, and there is lose business doing. Consols have been 934 to 931 for Ageoutit. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. are 44 ; and. the 'Tree per Cents, 931 to 94. Exchequer Bills have }PA). queed 14)s. to 75.; and East India 13onsiei 20s. pre • . Tho FotiOgnAiark: &fen very dull. Spanish are altogei.er nosniniti,.d PistemOise Four per Cents. have realised'3B. Mexican Bonds are 241 to 24i ; Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. are 604. Shares have been rather firmer to-day, and there bas in several instances been a slight improvement in prices. ONE CLOSING PRICES Or RItITISIT FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 94 94 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 95%% 95 3 4 Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto 30 y-ears, Oct. 10,1859 9 11-16 9 11-16 India Bonds, 1,0004 . Ditto under 1,000!.. 2O p 16 p Consols for Opening 933A % 93% Exchequer Bills, 10004 I%d. ... 810 7 9 p 9 p Ditto, 5001 Ditto. Small .. 11 9 p 8 p 031" E CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES 20 24% 24% 88 38 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 24 Ditto, Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account ..... ... .... .... 38 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% pir Cent . PRIcES OF PAID . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES, Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush IX... .. Belfast & County Down 4% — Birmingham and Dudley 4:14. ... Birmin. and Glemcester..loo 129 Ditto New 5% 2% ex inl 7p 129 Birmingham and Ox- . - ' 'ord Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 23a . Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. % p Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... • Bristol and Liver. June.. 2%...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares 2 l /2 2 % 3 /4 ... ... ..... Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27% ' 25% Chumet and Blythe 2 Chester and Manchester 425. — Chelteaham and Oxford 2 ...... . ..... Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 / 2 Cork and, Waterford ... 1 1 / 2 Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 1 / 2 % •••• Direct Lineoln, East Ret ford, and Sheffd. June. 2 5 % -.. Direct Northern Scrip.. 3 3 4 2 l / 2% ~.... Direct Norwich - r+ Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12 1 / 2 Dublin, Pelfas t., and .-_ -,, Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 EasterpCounties 141. 16s 23 22% 23%... Ditto New ...„ ..... 12/ 16s VA% p......... Ditto Perpetual, 5 por Cent, No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d — Do., York Extension.. 2 EastDerelfin andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union • Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1% — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% • East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire .....• 11, i 3 l /2 East & West of England IN.._ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ......... ... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/ ..„... • Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — - Edinburgh and Perth... 3 - Ely and Huntingdon ... 12%...... 1334 14 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/2 Exeter,lreovil,& Dorset 2 Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... .. 15 . D p i o t . t , o 'I 4 N e Shares w cent. guar.) Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 2 .... 2% Great Easter &Western 2 1 / 2 ...... ....... .... •• Great Northern (London and York Regd.) 2%.. ... 2% 3 / 4 .... Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) . 3 34 — ... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2l ............ ..• Great North of Scotland 2 %...... ..... - ..... ... Great North of England-100 ...... Ditto New . 5 ...... ...•• Ditto, New . Ditto, New ;;Freat Western B5 l3O 131 ..... Ditto IA Shares. Ditto 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ... 2 .......... • ... Huddersfield & blanches. 13 Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby Do. Half Shares Ditto M Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 ~.... ..... .......... Do., do., and Norwich 5 ...,,. _ ........ ....... Lincaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New - •••• •• ••• .• ••• Leeds and Bradford 3O ...... .--.•••• Leicester and Bedf3rd... 16s. ~.... . ••• Leeds, Dewsbury , , &c.... 22% — ... ..„ Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — .••.... Do:Extension( Green) 21,rQ.. ~ Leeds and Tbirsk 1 7 1h....„ 16 3 / 4 1 4- . ........ Ditto, New 5 - ....... • ••.••• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% 514 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .... .••—•-• 2 Limp., Mnchstr& New castle Junction 2%. ..... 2%..... - ••• ... _. _ .. Loridcn and Blackwell. 16/.135.4d ..••• Do New ' 3 ••• •• - • ...... . Ditto Extension • ••••• 7 1 / 2 --..- -...... London, Brighton, and South Coast ....•.• 5O •• .. 58 3 4 ....... .. ...... Ditto, Fifiks Do. Consol. Eighths lO Do. Guarant. 6 per ct. 9 London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d 9 i i i ........ .. .... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d 22 ......... ... .... .. London, Hounslow, and Western ........ •••-• 2 .. • . .... London and N. Westernloo 1951 ,E 19( A. Do. Quarters ....... .. 2 .. Do., do., New .........2 ...... 15% . ...... - Ditto Fifths Do. V I Shares (G. J.) 5 ...... - .... ..... ... Do 401.Shares(L.M.) ...... _ .... .. Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 ...... - ..,.. Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 4 A -.- Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 ...... - ..„. . • • • OR.. Do. 10/. a & B.) O. 1 ...... _ "-• . London, Oxford, and ....' ..... ••• Cheltenham .. ... _ ~ ~... ..... . Lend. & S.Western 411 6s lUd ...... ti3l/':i' 1)o. New ConsoL Bths 40 ..... .. Do. New ~. _ Do. New Ditto Tenths ..... .. 5 . ..... 52 ,... Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 ..... ''''' l' ***** . - Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ... - - London and York 214 .....• 2 •. •••• • ..... ••• Do. Extension ...... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry & Coleraine 15 - Londonderry and Ennis- - ••••••••••••• killen l5 .... . 0., 1M0 NI Lynn and Ely ..... 15 Lynn and Dereham : 5 Manchester and Leeds 82 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares . ... 38 — , ~ .••"••. Do. Quarters 2 ..... . •••• Do. Fifths 5 . '• Do. Sixteenths .... 64.. • ..... ....• ••••••• Do. Extension 42s. ...... NA p ...... ... Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 ..... : ..... Do. do. Fifths ...... - .... ••••• . .., ... Manohester,Baxton,ancl Matlock •... 42A. . liii 1) , ...,..„,... ••Manchest.&South:oBpt. 2 „....- Ili 7i.. , .... ... alai 1 and ....... ....._ • 100 ~ ..,..1.- 3 1 i31,-- ..... •,... .Do. Fifths. .............. d --... ....... ..., Do. Nevi ............. 24 .......„.. -- r. .....,•••• 11% . . . . 34 p % P 30 2% 251/2 Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo 107 Midland Great Western Irish Newc istle and Berwick 20 Do. North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 Newport & Abergavenny 2%...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ......... ........ —.lOO l2B .... „. ...... 128 Ditto Half Shares .. 9 - Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk — Do. do. Waveney Val. Northern Counties Union 2% North British ... .. ... ... 25 — ... . Do. Half Shan s ll ...... 15 3 4 ........ ...... Do. Quarters Do. Extension s' Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern 5O ••• •• ... Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 .... 91% 9 14 North Wales ..... 3% , Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% 44 4M Preston and Wyre 25 Do. % Shares . Reading, Guildford, and Reigate . 34 12s. — dis. Richmond l5 Royston and Ilitchen ... 1X l% l% Scottish Celli s t-al Scottish Midland 12% . — Sheffield & Manche s t er 100 •• . . Do. Quarter Sh ares ... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1% Do. & Great Grimsby._lo Do. do. Extension 425. .... ..... ..... Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 5M % ...... ..... 5 Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4, 2%% 2% Shropshire Union South Devon... — South S taffordshire June. 2% South Eastern & Dover. 33% 40% 4 O l /4 Do., No. 1 20 — D0., Nc .2. Do., No. 3 - •••• •••• •••• Do., No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. — ........ ..... Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — South Wales Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 ... .. .. ..... . Vale of .Neath '2 Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole 22% ••• — Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... Waterford and Limerick 27% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, %i , aterford, and Valencia Waveney Valley .. 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42s %Vest Cornwall — Nexford and Carlow Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. 38% 38% Ditto New Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 Ditto %% Share 3..... ... 25 Do. Selby Do. Extensiox 2O -- •• ••••• •••••• ...... Ditto, Preference Do. East and West Rid , iug Extension i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 - Barbadoes 1 '.1.''... Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% Boulogne and and Amiens... 18 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 " — Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... I Do. (Espelete's) - Calais, Dunkrk, and West - Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ..... ... 7s. Callao, Lima, and Pacific ' Coast. 1 .. •.. ••• Gls Centre!. of Spain ~. .„,. 2,„:„"_=-_ , — Ceylon .. .... ss. i Jemerara 2% ... .. 1 )endre Valley — Direct Bombay and _ Madras - ss. I )uteh Rhenish 6 I :ast Indian ... ..... .... ss. Vampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 ...... Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... .. J aniaica S.Mid. Junction 1 JJersey ...... .. . ........ 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ... _ Luxembourg...... ..... .. 4 ... Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras ...... - .. - Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 .. ... 10% lO% North Jamaica... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... ... .... Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — Paris &Lyons Constituted 8 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. 20 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... ......... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic ..... Tours and Nantes Con stituted ............... 5 Tounaay, Jurbise, Lan- _ den, and Hasseit....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 6 ~,, JOINT STOCK BANKS. - Australasia British North American 50 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of London... lO London & Westminster. 20 MINES. ___ Real del Monte Unregd. 3 1 / 2 ERRATUM.—In yesterday's List, read York and North Midland Selby Shares 81 LA instead of 82. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 31.—Wind S.E., light breeze, with frost. DEAL, DEC. 30. —Wind S.E., light breeze.—Sld. Persian, Calcutta; Zemindar, King, Bombay; Elizabeth Bruce, Day, New Orleans. PORTSMOUTH . , DEC. 30. Wind E.N.E. Sld. Prince William Frederick Hendrik, D'Escury, Surinam. CLYDE, DEC. 29.—Wind N.—Arrd. London, Boylan, Bom bay; Cashmere, Wilson, Havannali ; Agnes Sophia, Ma tanzas. Sid. Lady Colebrooke, M'Clear,.Trinidad• WATERFORD, Die. 29.—Wind S.W. to N.N.W.—Arrd. Pink, Young, Demerara. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Marianne, Rees, Rio Janeiro. LivFatrooL, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Herculean, Gibson, Bombay ; Benin Benin, Adeno, Rio Grande; Theresa Jane, Maranhao; 'Finamara, Ceara; Spartan, Hayti; Edward Boustead, Ar.- nold, New Orleans; Berlin (late Baker), ditto; John K. Skeddy, Luce, New York; Talisman, Some., ditto; Ash burton, Howland, ditto; Trenton, Putnam, ditto; Egreront, Bogle, St. John's, New Brunswick; Alexander, M'Donald, Prince Edward's Island; General Wiltshire, Lennox, Que bec; Charlotte, Smith, ditto; Ambrosine, T u rn er , ditto; lona ' ditto; Pacific, ditto; Promise, and th e B aron o f B ram - bet, 'A.b.ntreal. Off port, Delwellyn, Madras ; Royal Sove reign, Callao; Pomona, ditto; Anglesea, Rio Janeiro; Fin land, New York; Arethusa, Quebec; Pacific, ditto; Loo Choo, ditto; Emanuel, ditto; Helen, and Young Queen —. Sld. Ann, Johnstone, Maranham ; Sir J. Beresford, Bahia Emelia, Quesone, Rio Janeiro; Sandford, Barbadoes ; Pau line, St. Thomas's; Commercio, Havannah ; Bridgetown, New Orleans ; Abbyhauch , Eken, Savannah ; Aberfoyle, Jones, New York ; Admiral, Buchanan,ditto; Norman,Spavin, Boston. The Caroline of Inverness, hound to Leith (salt laden) grounded on her anchor this morning, off Woodside, and sunk. The Mersey and Reliance went on shore at Matane (St. Lawrence) 24th ult. The Empire was on shore at Little Matane, and the Hartland at L'lslet, covered with ice, the the Marquis of Normanby for this port put back to Quebec dismasted. The Zenobia bound to this port has put back to New York from Newport R. I. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Maponna, Mobile. SCILLY, DEC. 25. —Arrd. Ann Davies, Richebucto. BRISTOL, DEC. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Elizabeth Scott; Prince Edward's Island; Hamby, Allen, Quebec. Sld At taws, Grey non, New Orleans. BEAUMA RIS, DEC. 27.—S1d. Adelaide, Davison, Havannab. Ysamouzit, DEC. 30.—The Mary, Champlin, from Hartle pool to London, got on Haisbro Sands yesterday, crew and part of stores saved. SHIELDS, DEC. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Rolla, Brothe rick, Miramichi ; Britannia, Irvin, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Johns, Custard, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Hawthorn, Bell, Mi ramichi. Hum, DEC. 30.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. Peel's 0 ND, Askam, St. John. BOXING DAY. Mr. John Bull called upon Sir Robert Peel to ask him " to remember that little matter he had promised him four years ago. He meant tha repeal of the income-tax. The smaliest trifle would de." The answer brought to Mr. Bull was, that Sir Robert " had nothing for him, and to go about his business."— Punch. SPORT OF THE SEASON.—A variety of the game of Snapdragon is .one of the favourite sports and pastimes of the City of London. It is played by dabbling in the S ,uelts and in Railway Shares; but whilst a few here and there got ph,ms by this amusement, very many n Ore barn their fingers.— Punch. - % 2 % - 23% ? 3 3lh 14 2,1 28 1 A 7 61 A 17% ...... 7% 75 3 / 4 16 1 ,4 3% 58 3 4 471/t 9j 22 19514 22 1 ,4 15 1 4 20 75% 63 1.(2 - 5% 17% 163/4 11 1 A 11 p I%p 1% 130 1 1 h 15-4 KISS EN GEN, ITS SOURCES AND RI SOURCES, with Observations on their Use and Efficacy in the :Treatment of Di sease . B y A. B Granville, M.D., F. R.S. Dr. Granville has here given us a complete hand book to Kissengen, pointing the various routes from London to that far-famed spring, and detailing the expences of a journey to, and a residence at Kissen gen. Although Kissengen is situated some hundreds of miles from the sea (it is in the kingdom of Bavaria), yet the visitors enjoy all, the benefit of sea air, by a curious contrivance at one of the springs, which is thus described by Dr. Granville . :—, "It may truly be said that one of the great lions of Kissengen is the Sprudel, and its whole establishment for the manufactory of salt. Often have I escorted par ties of patients to both paces to explain the phenomenon of the one and the pr ceedings of the other, with a view of showing how th y have been made applicable to me dicinal purposes. "The daily produce of the spring just mentioned, at the rate of 2,000 cubic feet of salt water per hour, must be evaporated in order to obtain the salt held in solution. It is evident that such an evaporation, wholly conducted by means of fire, would be: too costly to be profitable. The well-known plan of spontaneous evaporation has been preferred. by suffering the salt water to drop from twig to twig, off vast open stacks of thorns, so arranged as to present a very large surface to the air, and thus carry on evaporation at an ordinary temperature. " These stacks of thorns, regularly piled up in stages, forming a wooden platform of twelve or fourteen feet from the ground, rise to a height varying from twenty four to forty two feet, being disposed in two separate parallel ranges, one foot in thickness, with a space of about one foot between. They are covered over with a wooden roof, under which are the hydraulic contrivances for the circulation of the water, and suff ming it to drop through the stacks of thorns is hen necessary. At the bottom of the stacks forming the central part of the wooden platform before mentioned, are wide continuous troughs, into which the dropping water falls, to be again earried up by suitable pumps to the top of the stacks, from which it is again suffered to trickle down into the troughs below. This operation is repeated not less than five, and very frequently as many as six times, when at length the . water having attained the required concen trated degree of saltness, is conveyed to the boiling house for the concluding part of the process necessary to ex tract the salt. " Those singular leokirg ranges of wooden building which the spa visitor beholds for the first time, on directing his steps from Kissingen!alongthe valley towards Hausen, and which attracts his curiosity, without finding him able to guess at their destination, are the evaporating sheds I have endeavoured to describe, and to which the name of Gradiren houses has been given. Nothing can be more admirably suited to the intended purpose of evaporating water by the ordinary temperature of the air. By an ingenious contrivance (which it is needless here to explain more minutely, but which, as well as the rest of the hydraulic apparatus, will amply repay the visitor to examine, by ascending to the top of the gra duating houses) the salt water is made to trickle down the sides of the stacks of thorns to leeward of the wind. Without this contrivance, the wind would scatter the drops cf water and disperse them through the atmo sphere. Two parallel rows of stacks are placed under each gradiren-haus, that the salt may trickle down t , e , o surfaces. The stacks are seven thousand feet in length ; so that a space equal to two English miles and a halt is traversed by the water bef ere it reaches the boiling-pans, where the final crystallization of the- salt rakes place. " During this progress of the salt water forwardathe quantity of oxide of iron which it holds in solution, and a large proportion—indeed nearly the whole—ef the earthy matter is deposited on the thorns, which become incrusted with those substances, and present to the ob ierver the red and dusky-white appearances observed in the Gradiren house'. This process of depuration saves a subsequent troublesome and very expensive operate )ti of re-dissolving the salt and crystallizing it afresh h,r purposes of purification, which the ordinary mode of obta'ning salt from sea water renders necessary. Ne thing can be purer or whiter in appearance than the salt drawn from the boiling pans or tanks after the first Crystallization. " What a vast charge of moisture the atmosphere has carried Off during the period of spontaneous evaporation, may be inferred from the fact that the salt water is seven times stronger (2.5 : 17 5) after, than before that. opera tion. Analysis gives 14 grains of salt water for 976 parts of water. Hence in the course of the year, 210 millions of pints of water are dispersed through the air in the form of invisible vapour, in the neighbourhood of these graduating or evaporating houses. "Advantage has been taketei - Of this circumstance to establish a marine promenade for the benefit of such in valids as require to inhale a moist air, ehirged wick stic - 11 saline particles as are found by the sea-side, but con si•lerably stronger. Accordingly a footpath is established on each side of the whole length of the graduating houses, on the elevated platform, guarded by a parapet, along which the patient is made to walk fur an hour or so in the middle of he day—sometimes early in the morning—selecting that side on which the sun happens to be shining at the time, and avoiding the side to the wind, a matter easy to accomplish, as the graduating-houses are placed at various angles of incidence to each other. " The patient, or indeed any person thus engaged, is not long in perceiving that he takes into his mouth salt air, inhaling and smelling that peculiar aerial principle which consists of chlorine or bromine exhalations, and which mark marine atmospheres, until he cheats himself into the belief that he is really by the sea-side—a belief confirmed rather by the view of certain confervce or marine plants that grow in those troughs of the gradua ting-houses in which the more concentrated water is last dropped from the thorns." A young lady, named Fitzgerald, had a narrow escape on Monday, while taking equestrian exercise on the Marine-parade with her brother and another gentle man. Owing to some unexplained cause the horse on which she rode ran away, and the lady, after many in effectual attempts to save herself, was at last unhorsed by her saddle slipping round, and she came to the ground and was dragged some little distance before the animal was stopped by a Hyman. Wo are gratified to add, that though her situation was one of imminent danger, she escaped with a few slight bruises.—Brighton Guardian. CORONER'S INQUEST. A MANKSCALDED TO DEATH.—On Tuesday night, Mr. Payne entered into an inquiry at Guy's Hospital relative to the death of Wm. Minter, aged thirty-two. The deceased was a stoker in the service of Mr. Chapman, Francis-street, Lambeth. On Monday morning, about ten o'clock, he was em ployed at the copper in which was about seven feet of water nearly boiling, and in which he dropped a 'ID:NiI He put a ladder into the copper, and was descending, when he fell into the water. Assistance was promptly obtained, and he was got out. He was instantly taken to Guy's Hospital, where he died in a few hours, nearly the entire surface of his body being scalded. Verdict— " Accidental death." COMPLETION OF THE MARLEY TUNNEL.—The last piece of maspnry of this tunnel, on the South Devon Railway, was laid on Wednesday last. On Thursday the contractor and :sub. engineer went through the tun nel, for the purpose of inspecting it. After the most minute inspection, the engineer declared himself per .tectly satisfied, and he has made his report to the dire .- tors accordingly. EXPLOSION OF GAS, AND NARROW ESCAPB.—Wed nesday ferenoon, shortly before 11 o'clock, an expLsion of gas ocsairred in the private residence of Mr. R Bax. ter, No. 43, Cadogau-place, Chelsea, by which had a very narrow escape of losing his life. It appeared that the lad took a lighted candle into the knife-room, in the front area, which was filled with gas that had escaped from the .main. The party had no sooner entered the roam than the gas exploded, with a loud report, knocking down the lad and burning himself most severely over 64 arms and face. RI.-APPEARANCE OF MR. CARTER, THE " LION Kisc;."—Mr. Carter has just imported a number if value ble animals from their native forests, for the pur pose tlf forming an extensive menagerie at the Egyptian hall, Piccadilly. The arrivals at present consist of four splendid African lions, three fine Bengal tigers, four beg utiful spotted leopards,. two magnificent South Ame rica tri tigers, and two (hitherto conceived untamable) hyt•nas. The principal object Mr. Carter has in view in marking this zoological collection is to exhibit the modus oparundi adopted in subduing these wild denizens of the fori..sts. Mr. Carter will appear in the dens with the anitmals ; and his celebrated" Mammoth horse" and dog " Leo" (the largest dog in the world) will also be it.- eluded in the exhibition. It is understood to be the in tention of Mr. Carter to give a series of pcses plastiques, such as Daniel in the Lions' Den, and other scriptural subjects which have been delineated by the great histo rical painters. SINGULAR POLICE NOTICU.—The following sir gu tar information was on TuPs thy circulated throughout the, divisions of the metropolitan and city police :—" P Di vision, December 28 , 1846. At 3 o'clock p.m., this da r, a coachman and footman, with carriage, set down at King's-cross, and have not yet returned. It is supposed they are locked up at some station. Description : A yellow-bodied chariot, arms painted red, a pair of light bay horses, 16 hands high ; harness brass, mounted crest a tree ; the servants in green livery, with drab great coats." At the Norwich Consistorial Court, on Monday, the case of Beckham v. Bluck again came on. The defendant is rector of Walsoken, Norfolk, and the pr( - ceedings were instituted by the Bishop of Norwich fi r the purpose of appropriating a portion of the incou (1,5861. per annum) to the support of a resident ch rgy man, to perform the spiritual duties of the parish, the incumbent being non-resident. Three different suits have been commenced, and Mr. Block is in conten - pt. A fourth suit stands fixed for the Ist of January. Ttie first proceeded, on this occasion, only as far as the allegation. The Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway Com pany are about to meet to consider the propriety of uniting with the Glasgow. Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr. Also to determine on the expediency of branching out into the counties of Cumberland, and Dumfries, and Lanark, with diverging lines from Kirkcudbright. This e-mprehends in brief their measures ifl meditation for next session. FEMALE CURIOSIT Y. A naval officer, who lately came to resCde in Elia-, burgh, having engaged a la: ge :wins 0:1 it s:ort lease, despatched his butler 4'l. -ittire, and 'lava the house put in order. The ) - utiet• ngaged a •yonng. woman, residing in.thc neighbourLood, to ele!n wit the. rooms and arrange'part of the furniture) ; and he assisted. her himself to carry u p a l arge c h es t o f tivber singular appearance. This gigantic boa hiS master had purs.hased, as a curiosity ; bLit, unlike that described in the song of the "Mistletoe B.:ugh," it did not shut," but opened with a spring attached to the lack, wnich being touched, the lid fjew open, and a tall brawny Higif.attiman, in full costume, stood erect,- and struck out his right arta, •in which was a wooden sword. '1 he gentlementurclia,ed it as a piece of curious mechanism, and was wont to amuse . hiS children with it. "That's a heavy chest," said tfo' . woman, as they placed it on the floor. " Yes," answered the butler, who was a wag of the first water, " There's something heavy in it, certainly ; but there's something mysterious about it also, for although the key hangs at the end of it, not one of us is allowed to open it." " Did. you ever see the inside of it ? "• replied she, walking round it. "Never," said he. "It's as much as any of our place is worth even to speak about it." So saying, the knight of the corkscrew lo;:ked first at the woman, then at the chest on the floor; and • then retired slowly down stairs, whi s tli ng , to wor k , on t h e ground flat. The girl proceeded to put things to rights in the room ; but every time she passed the chest she thought it looked the more odd. "Frailty, thy name is woman !" She rapped on the lid with her knuckles-.-it had a curious, hollow sound—very! And none of the servants had dared to open it! What on earth could it contain? Well, it Was none of her b u si ness; so s h e went diligently to work for five minutes, at the end of which time she saw. herself standing, with her arms akimbo, gazing on the .chest. "It can do no harm to look into it," thought she; so rho quietly took the key from the nail and applied it to the lock. Of course- she heard footsteps on the stairs —as every one will do when afraid of detection in the commission of some act they wish to keep secret. Again - she regained confidence, and returned" to the chest ; she stooped, and turned the key. Up flew the lid; and the wooden Highlandman, kilt, and philabeg, sprung on his legs with more than human agility, and fetched the petrified girl a sharp: whack across the shoulders with the fist of his " .Apdrea Ferrara." A prolonged shriek, ending - iirvintian ordilFr".7 l *"..* spair, indicated that the poor woman had sought relief in a swoon. In the course of a few minutes the woman rose on her elbow, lOoking wildly round the.room, till her eyes caught the Highlandman bending over her. Seeing nothing but destruction awaiting her, two springs took her to the door ; down stairs she went, nor did she slacken her pace till she: found herself standing in the house of &lady in the neighbourhood. The poor woman did not recover from her fright for several days. AN OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE.—It is now some what extensively known that in America and on the continent, schemes have been proposed, th. 7 object of which is to bring letters from any inland town to any town on the sea-coast for the charge of one penny. Now suppose this was carried, which it is 'mire ultimately to be, is it not an imperative duty incumbent on the Eng lish nation to introduce throughout the wkole.world an " Ocean Penny Postage ?" Thus, suppose., a friend in the far west of America wishes to write tti'e, friend in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.. He puts birm:elf in pos- '- session of three penny stamped envelopes.-'• On the first he writes the following address i—Jamer.:„Green, book seller, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; that is enclo'3,ed in another, addressed James Green, England ; and that in another addressed James Green, England, to 1)) sent peilfirst , from Boston. Now h-re for three postage stamps the . letter will be conveyed from the centre of America to Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and will also be prepaid. The first envelope to be taken off at Bosfon, the second at Liverpool, and the latter enclosed in the third, wculd reach the of A n r in Newcastle. No other nation on the fact; of the earth is capable of (I, ing this';:fome po!' tion of her item 4 tn,c , navy might im profitably employed for this purpo,e, and thus he the m nos not o:.1;' of en riching herseh, but of scattering the blessings of eivkli. 7 _ sation throughout the whole world.. We i , ay siXpence for the carriage of 64 lb:, of rti he, , t m America to England, and can we not, when w. ate into ateirint the immense increase there will be in. correspondence sequont on such a plan, carry letters from r:ation to nation! - letters rleiehitg only half an ounce, for One penny.-- , Essex Herald. NOVEL MODE OF SMUGGLING SPIRITS INIO A WortimousE.-- On Tuesday, at the mei Ong of el e di rectors and guardians of the poor .at Pancras, chnree was preferred by Mr. Cooper, the workhouse sur geon, against a nurse of one of the sick wards, named Lloyd, that she was in the habit of getting intoxicated, and that on Wednesday last she was so much so, as to be incapable of performing her duties. Lloyd admitted the " soft impe.tch went," but expressed her entire ignorance of how she obtained the " three half- quarterns" within the walls of the workhouse. Mr. Chadborr, the super intendent, was called, and, in answer to questions, said he knew the inmates of the workhouse got gin somehow, . but how they got it was a perfect mystery, unlees it was brought in by these paupers who Rent in and out on errands for the workhouse, such as the unety.takers. In answer to further questions, Mr. Chadbern admitted that he had a strong belief when the undertakers went out to fete' a body for interment by the parish, that they managed to smuggle large quantities of spirits in the 19.falla .;Ct.4 l "'aL- 1 7 4 1 1- 5 1 e *PA for the - future to search Corns on their-'arrive, and.th'aind females coming in to the matron for a similar purpose. UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF MURDER.—OiI Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. William Baker, at the George public-house, Mansell-street, Whitechapel, on the body of Mary Fitzhenry, an infant, aged five months. The parents of the child, Thomas and Caroline Fitzhenry, were brought before Mr. Yardley at the Thames Police Court, on Monday, on a charge of causing the death of the child by unfair means, but after a long investigation they were discharged, and the magistrate directed a post mortem examination of the body, tor the purpose of ascertaining the precise cause of death. Mr. John Liddle, a surgeon, stated that he was celled to see the deceased on Sunday morning last. There was an extensive burn on the left thigh. He had since made a post mortem examination of the body, and discovered the viscera to be healthy, with the exception of the lungs, which were highly congested, resulting from suffocation, and quite sufficient to cause death. The Coroner said it was a very peculiar case, and should advise the jury to return a verdict of " Found dead, apparently from suffo cation," which was, after a short consultation, agreed to. COMFORT TO SECOND-CLASS PASSENGERS FORBID DEN.—The directors of the Eastern Union Railway have lately placed on their line second-class car:iages of a greatly improved construction, and in which the comfort oft he passengers has been studied, in a manner worthy of imitation. They are inclosed with glass, and the seats are of stuffed leather, and they altogether approximate much nearer to the English elysium—comfortable—than those in general use. But, unfortunately, the Eastern Union authority extends only 17 miles of the 68 between Ipswich and London ; and, on Tuesday, a peremptory order from the magnates of Shoreditch was received at the Colchester station, that the new Eastern Union second-class carriages should not: be suffered to proceed beyond Colchester. The passengers were accordingly obliged to resign their warm seats in the Ipswich car riages, and locate themselves in the Eastern Counties ltailsvay tumbi ils for the remainder of the journey. The comfortable second-class carriages will, therefore, for the present, be only available for the local traffic 1 - etween Colcht.ster, Ipswich, and Bury.—lpstvich Journal. If FISHING AT THE CAPE.—By • no means the least singular circumstance in connexion with Cape Town is the apparently inexhaustible su 1 ply of fish which its har bour furnishes. There are a great variety of species, all different from European; but though several of these are wholesome and fine flavoured, they are not worthy to be ranked with English sorts. The two most abundant kinds seem to be Cape salmon, a heavy fish, in S . X 3 and in external aspect somewhat resembling ; s British namesake; and the snook, a mc,st ferocious marine pike. Boats, after an cietasion of a few hours, often return laden with these fi 4/, which though rarely below five or six pounds w,_icht, gem.rally sell for less than a penny a piece, and dispile the great cheapness of butchers' meat, constitute the principal market to which this commodity is es:ported. The mar: gin of the bay is strewn in all directions with the heads, tails, and refuse of fish. In lark of other amusements, a fishing excursion will be found no bad way of passing away the time here. Snook are the roost ravenous, and rarely fail to give good sport. They may be caught either while the boat is in motion, by trailing a laden heck astern, with Si:me white strcainers of rag on it, or when at anchor, by alternately casting the bait to a distance, and drawing is quickly back through the water. They will almost spring into the boat in put suit. of the hook, and in the clear water are of a beautiful purple hue, and way - bo seen with their back fins erected rushing to destructiop, like furies. Their teeth are very formidable and they know how to use there, which n nders the awkward process of knocking them on ttehlisp bl adewnistahbe step batons,. Much before s iait,irao,dluiceniogtittenmds oti r.n i inthis which appears highly e xhilirating to the fishermen it Lot the fish. Penguins, Cape hens, and albatrosses, with some kinds of seagull, surround the boat on those occa sions so closely, that it is barbarous to shoot them, and an unjustifiable breach of confidence. Gannets and cor morants also fly around in great numbers.-Methuen' Wanderings in South Africa. "Coast AND TRY MY . _ TAP,"—An anecdote not inappropoiate to the season is related to have occurred the other day within 100 miles or so of the pretty little village of B-. A worthy inhabitant thereof is pos sesed of a better half, whose personal proportions are on a scale of magnitude very superior to those of her spouse. Of this superiority the lady made too great use tor the comfort at home of her meek and quiet partner, who was thus'driven to seek more peaceful society in the comfortable parlour of the neighbouring tavern . here he met many hearty good fellows, and on the event ful evening of our story mine host's excellent cheer so far overcome his natural shyness, that in the plenitude of his valour he invited a boon companion to " come home with me and try my tap," an offer, of course. too good to be rejected at the time when " stout October" may be looked far ; and home accordingly they went. Ar rived at the house, " knock," says our hero, and his friend knocked ; the door promptly flew open, and the. astonished guest was instantly saluted with a tremendous whack on the head from the doubled fist of the lady of the house. "There ! how do you like my tap ? that's what I get every night !" laughed out the successful practical joker. We regret to hear that the unfortunate victim has taken so strong a dislike to our friend's " tap," that hocannot even bear to hear of it. ----Lancas. ter. Gazette. . v WOLF AT PEcKnAm.—A large and ferocious wolf, supposed to have escaped from stirsetravellingmenpgerie. was on Wednesday morning cle,natched in a field near Peckham. The skins of sLwral do.zs and can, found near the animal's lair, suffiCiently showed hOW the was ter wolf " got his living." •