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7 AUGUST 24, 1852.

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THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH
COMPANY,
Securing Exclusive Communication between Great Britain and
the Continent, via Prance and Belgium.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
Limiting the liability of the sharaolders to the amount of their
subscriptions.
Capital, 150,0001., with power to increase to 300,000/„ in .shares of
11. each, to be paid in full.
Offices, 30, Cornhill.

HONORARY DIRECTOR/.

His royal Highness the Duke of Cambedge.
His Excellency the Count Colonna Walewski, Ambassador of
France,
Ills Excellency M. S. Van der Weyer, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of Belgium.
His' Excelleitcy the Chevalier Bunsen, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of Prussia.
His Excellency the ISaron Bentincic, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands.
Ilis•Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of Sardinia.
Ilis'Extellency Don Xavier de Isturiz, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain.
His Excellency the Baron Koller, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Austria to the King
of the Belgians.
His Excellency the Duke de Guiche.
DIRECTORS.
. .
The Lord de Manley, Chairman Le Chevalier Drouet
S:r James Carmichael, Bart. W. J. Chaplin, Esq., M.P,
Samitql Laing, Esq., M.P. J. W. Brett, Esq.
The Iron. Frederick Cadogan Ernest Bunsen, Esq.
John Masterman, jun., Esq. Francis Edwards, Esq.

. .
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Sir William Cubitt, F.R.S.
ErroiNEEas.
C. J. Wollaston, C.E. ; T. R. Crampton, C.E.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. Nicholas-lane; Sir Claude
Cavendish-square.
and Co., Cavelish-square.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Hand, 17, Warwick-street,
Regent-street; Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Co., 17, Bucklers-
bury.

SECRETARY.

George Lockyer Parrott, Esq.
In August, 1851, the promoters of the Submarine Telegraph
formed themselves into a French Company (Societe en Comman-
dite), and, at their own risk, and with their own funds, established
the Telegraphic Communication between Dover and Calais. • •
The cable was laid down on the 25th of September, 1851, and on
the 13th November following the telegraph was opened to the
public for transmission of messages, and has since that time been
worked without the slightest irregularity or interruption.
The feasibility of a submarine telegraphic communication having
thus been successfully proved, the promoters consider that the time
has now arrived for inviting the public to co-operate with them in
developing the resources and extending the advantages of this im-
portant undertaking._
With this view they have obtained a Royal Charter of Incorpora-
tion, under which they will be enabled to work the existing French-
line, and to lay down and work a submarine line of telegraph to
Belgium ; and this Company has concluded the necessary arrange-
ments for affording to the public the transmission and delivery of
dispatches to and from Great Britain and all the telegraph stations
in Europe (at present exceeding 200 in number), by a single payment
for the whole distance.
Contracts for the Belgian rope have been entered into with the
Gutta Percha Company and Messrs. Newall and Co., of Gateshead,
who have engaged to complete the same by the 11th of September
next, when it will be forthwith laid down from Dover to Middlekirk,
near to Ostend, from which point the submarine wires will be placed
in communication with the general system of the continental
telegraph.
The concessions from the French and Belgian Governments secure
to this Company the exclusive right of submarine communication.
During the short time which has elapsed since the opening of the
submarine telegraph between Dover and Calais, the development of
this mode of communication has been retarded by the great delay
and expense incidental to the transmission of messages at each end
over the wires of other companies, and from this cause the public
have enjoyed but a small portion of the advantages which this won-
derful invention of modern science is calculated to afford.
The Directors of the Royal Chartered Company have at length
succeeded in making arrangements whereby these impediments win
be removed, and messages from London to Paris and brussels, and
vice versa; instead of requiring two or three hours for their trans-
mission, will be instantaneously conveyed.
A company, acting under the powers of an Act of Parliament, are
laying down a subterranean line of telegraph from the offices of the
Submarine Company, Cornhill, to Dover, and have engaged to con-
vey the messages of the Submarine Company for one-half the
amount now charged by the South-Eastern Company ; and thus,
whilst the whole machinery will be concentrated in one place, and
instantaneous communication secured, the Submarine Company will
be enabled to make a great reduction in the scale of charges to the
public.
As respects the commercial results of the enterprise, it may be suf-
ficient to remark, that in the face of all the disadvantages necessarily
attendant upon its introduction, the first six months' working of
the Dover and Calais line has yielded a clear profit at the rate of 5
per cent per annum upon the capital; and the saving which will be
effected by the arrangement with the New Land Line will secure an
additional profit of 3 per cent. upon the Stock of the Submarine
Company. When the marvellous results which attended the intro-,
duction of the penny postage are considered, it is difficult to form an
estimate of the vast extension of business which must follow the
development of telegraphic communication with the continent, under
a system of moderate charges and electric speed—more especially as
the cost does not increase in proportion to the business done, and as
the network of telegraphic wires is gradually spreading over the
whole of Europe.
Out of the capital of 150,0001. now to be raised, 75,0001. will be
set apart for the redemption of the 75,000 shares forming the capi-
tal of the French Company. The remaining half has been
propriated in carrying out the contracts already made for the Bel-
gi in cable, the purchase of the patent rights, the Belgian con-
cession, and all incidental expenses attendant upon the estab-
lishment of the Company and the settlement of the Royal Charter.
No further addition will be made to the Chartered Stock, without
the express sanction of the proprietors.
The allotment of shares, which was delayed until the Charter had
received-the Royal assent, will now be proceeded with, and
any further applications must be addressed, on—mr liirao the 31st
August instant, to Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, 68, Old Broad-
str, et.
Dated 24th August, 1852.

WEST MARIPOSA GOLD QUARTZ
MINE COMPANY. . .

The Committee of Mans gement have great satisfaction in an-
nouncing to the Shareholders that they have entered into a Provi-
sional Agreement with FREDERICK CATIIERWOOD, Esq., Pre-
sident of the Gold Hill Mining Company, for the application of a
portion of the capital of the West Mariposa Company to the work-
ing, on equal terms, of the Gold 1111 Mine, situated in the Grass
Valley, Nevada County, the richest locality in California.
This mine has b-en in very successful operation since August,
1851, and in a period of six months realised a net profit of upwards
of 200 per cent. upon the original capital.
The
anoilf the3o -h oGold p
power, driving
Company
28 stamped heads, an ex-
tremely consies of two steam-
engines,tremely valuable saw-mill on Wolfe Creek, with extensive river
frontage; upwards of 400 mining claims on the Gold Hill and adjoin-
ing lands, with mill buildings, houses, &c., all solidly constructed of
the best and most substantial materials. ,

The title of the Gold Hill Company to the mine, mining claims,
and other property, is indisputable, having been acquired partly by
original occupation, and partly by purchase, from individuals, who
held by preemption right the only original title to mineral property'
recognized
nt of this important mining property, Tothelti full California.aelviefolornprnia
committee have gladly availed themselves of the opportunity' af-
forded them of applying a portion of the large resources
placed
their disposal.
The works of the Gold Hill Mine are now in active operation,
and the West Mariposa Company will be entitled to their propor-
tion,
of the profits immediately, on the ratification of the provisional
agreement, by John Macdougall, Esq., the Resident Commissioner
in California of this Company, and by the authorised agent of the
Gold Hill Mining Company. The Committee of Management beg
to add that the splendid specimens of gold quartz rock, lately exhi-
bited at Messrs. James Davis and Sons', No. 9, Gracechurch-street,
were brought by Mr. Catherwood from the Gold Hill Mine.
By the last mail the Committee received advices of the safe arri-
val at Panama of the mining captain and staff, sometime since sent
from this country, and that they were about to proceed to San Fran-
cisco by the Golden Gate steamer, to place themselves under the
orders of Mr. Macdougall.
The Committee of Management have also to state that powerful
machinery of the most improved construction, from the works of
Messrs. John Taylor and Co., of Mold, and Messrs. Cox and Wilson,
of Oldbury, was lately shipped at Liverpool, on board the fast-
sailing schooner Porcupine, Captain Wallinger, and is now on its way
to California.
By the same vessel a further body of men was dispatched, to com-
plete the number of miners required to be sent from this country for
the service of the company ; and the two chief engineers will leave
England for California, in company with Mr. Catherwood, on the 4th
proximo. . .

Ey order of the Committee,
CEO. K. HUXLEY, Secretary.
London, 23d Aug., 1852.

CREMORNE GARDENS.
On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea.
Waterside Entrance close to Battersea-bridge Pier.
Fare by Steam-boat from London-bridge or any of the interme-
diate Bridges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be
anded at Battersea bridge fur Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from
Charing-cross, 3d.; from the City and • remotest parts of the East-
end, Gd.
Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON.
The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortrarn.
Open for the Season.
The Last Week of the Cirque Oriental.
THIS DAY, and Friday, the Italian Brothers in their Double
Trapeze ret.Devani , the THis p APerformance,
Thursday, a
at
nadn
Saturday,el e v a t i on of
s9igOnfoe
cele-
brated Ourang-Outang Contortionist.
Wednesday, and Friday, Mr. Mackney, the Astonishing Negro
Clown.
Wednesday and Saturday, Grand Globe and Wheel Ascents, by
Herr Franz de Bach, on a Narrow Platform, 160 feet 10-rs•
rriu itsDA , August yu, a most extraordinary Ilippodromattc
Spectacle, conducted by M. Soullier, who has engaged the cele.
braced Parisian Aeronaut, Poltevin,who will make a Grand Eques-
trian Balloon Ascent on his high-mottled Charger. Admission on
this occasion, 2s. until Seven ; atter Seven, is.
On Thursday, Grand Gala, in honour of ILILII. Prince
,Albert's
Birthday. _ .

A new Grand Spanish Ballet.
An uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock

until near Midnight, including
Every evening, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated
Pavilion, in addition to the following attractions, Louis Soullier's
Cirque Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu-
lars, see Special Bills.

Principal Artistes :—Messrs, llPCullom, Albert de Bach, Franz do
P.ach, Jean de Bach, Devani, Mackney, Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leon
Soullier. Signor Vilderini ; Miuilles. Clementine and Olga Souther.
Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promeuade, Pit, and
Boxes, is.; Amphitheatre, fid.
Open at Three o'clock.
Admission, Is.; Children, Half-price.
On Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d.
Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d.
Private Room for Dinners and Coffee.

ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
SanOdN Italian,BiE n a
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Dutch,
far Forty-two Stamps,
FIFTY COLOURED ENGRSApaTishG,
Envelope,English, 2s. 6d.,
or,
post-free,ln FBreeancehd,
SELF-PRESERVATION; an
Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions
Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject of
the health and happine a of Man, with its Disqualifications and lmects
diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits,
youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by pre:*
tical remelts, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment
of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhos,
Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il-
lustrated by 50 coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro-
ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease.
By SAMUEL LA'ALERT, M. 1).,
87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London. &C., &e.
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful
Consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which
have,lproduced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
oat, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any
ct,trrt class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment
schglole: is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated
The results
medicine both in this country and in continental Europe.
the of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under
a Personal su •
legally quaunedPervision of Dr. La'alert, himself one of the few
divided studies tilfitlysicians who have devoted their whole and =-
every Peculiarity rills important branch of medical science. In short,
to the generative ea attng to the treatment of the diseases incideutal
ultimate cure are aterm, and the means of immediate relief and
of Dr. La'Mert, who has
in detail. The professional reputation
and academic honours at home
taken the most distinguished medical
Xguarantee that those whhome and abroad, is in itself a sufficient
11, in every inirtaneo, 0 may place themselves tinder his care
Inviolable secrecy _
.. . meet with that delicate consideration and
eases. 'valet' are so requisite in the treatment of these

Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
naimArket ;
noster-row ;
Mann, Hammy,
23, Cornhin 63, OXfrd-street : Starie, Titehborne-street,
stamps, from the author, Who m ; or free by post for forty-two
ay be consulted pereonaltr, or by
later. (ZOIIL lOU WI Two, and Joni Siz WI Eight.

HOPE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE and
HONESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY.
Established ior Granting Assurances on Lives, Guarantee fir
Honesty, Endowments, Loans, and Annuities.
Incorporated under Act of Parliament with a Guarantee Fund of
100,000/.
Principal Department, 4, Princes-street, London.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
Mr. Serjeant Allen, Serjcaut'a Inn, Chancery-lane ; the Elms, Craw-
Icy, Sussex,
Charles De Borgne, Esq., Dowgate-hill and Blackheath.
Robert Douglass, Esq., Carey-lane, Cheapside, and Stoke Newington.
Lewii Glenton, Esq., Glenmohr-terrace, Blackheath.
Charles George Knox, Esq., LLD., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Henry Philip Hope, Esq., (MlLial Assignee, District Bankruptcy
Court, and Osmond Thorpe Hall, Leeds.
James ,v ix. Massie, D.D., LLD., Upper Clapton.
Walter Francis Robinson, Esq , E.R.G.S., 11, Air-street, Piccadilly.
,Robert Thcobald, E5q.,426, Paternoster-row, and Kentish-town.
Henry Morgan Vane, Esq., 42, Jermyn-street, St. James's.
Win. White, Esq., 68,,Cheapside, and Blackheath.
Thos. Wheelwright, Esq., Lower Phillimore-place, Kensington.
GENERAL MANAGER.
Henri Christopher Eiffe, Esq.
AUDITORS.
;Rice Hopkins, C.E., Parliament-street.
Win. Kent, Esq., 51 and 52, Paternoster-row, and Norwood.
Arthur Mere, Esq., F.1.8.A., 58, Pall-mall.
Campbell De Morgan, Esq.,
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Cl, Upper Seymour-street.
Nicholas Parker, Esq., 31. D., Finsbury-square.
Prior Purvis, Esq., M.D., Greenivich.
Ed. Johnstone. Esq., 3f.D., Regent-street, and Clapham.
STANDING COUNSEL.
Sir Wm. Page Wood, M.P.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., Lombard-street.
souciTolis.
Messrs. Terrell and Mattheere, 30, Basinghall-street.
The public in general are invited to a consideration of the compre-
hensive plan of this Society.
" Whilst it transacts all the ordinary business of Life Assurance on
the most liberal conditions, it freely opens its doors to those exposed
to extra risk, and affords them advantages which' have heretofore
been denied.
It grants Assurances against every contingencrof life to persons
of all classes or professions, on terms equitably adjusted to the risk
incurred.

SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES.
1. This Society grants Assurances on the lives of all classes, in-
cluding Seafaring, Military, and Naval Service, as well as persons
proceeding as passengers to foreign climates.
2. No extra premium charged on Assurers who desire to travel be-
tween any port in the United Kingdom and any of the ports from
Gibraltar to the Sound. . _

3. No extra preinium charged for residence in any part of _Europe,
in Australia, or Cariadas, or any healthy parts of North or South
America.

4. Assurances may be had on the Lives of Mariners, to cover the
constant trade between the United Kingdom and any part of the
world, or the constant trade in any given place, as for instance be-
tween the East Indies and China.

The premium for a specific Teyage may be obtained on libera
terms.

5. The extra premium which is charged for residing in unhealthy
climates, or for actual service in military or seafaring pursuits, Is
discontinued on return to, and during residence in, the United
Kingdom, or the healthy parts of Europe. The Policies are then
continued during residence at the ordinary premiums standing against
the age of the assured at the time of effecting the assurance, evi-,
deuce as to health being first adduced to the satisfaction of the Di-
rectors.
6. The whole of the profits divided among the assured for life, all
of whom are proprietors, and possess control over the management
without responsibility.
7. Guarantee Policies for Fidelity of Trust, in combination with
Life Insurance, granted at little more than the simple rate for ordi-
nary Life Policies.
8. All Policies indisputable, except in cases of premeditated fraud.
No charge to the assured for medical fees, stamp duties, or any other
expenses in effecting a policy beyond the premium.
9. The Directors give favourable consideration to proposals from
diseased or non-select cases, at premiums proportioned to the risk,
a system especially adyantageous to parties whose health may have
been impaired by over attention to business, foreign residence, ecc.
From the principles which are here briefly stated, it is evident
that the system of assurance acted on by the Hope Office cannot be
too strongly recommended. To all who have any surplus capital it
offers a secure and piofitable mode of investment ; it combines all
the advantages of Alsmances 'aild Savings Banks together, for, in
the event of premature deal h, a large capital Is at once created for
the survivors, that would require years to be produced by any other
mode of investment.
11. C. EIFFE, General Manager.

AT AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING of the HOPE LIFE ASSURANCE and
HONESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY, duly convened, and held
within their Offices, No. 4, Princes-street, Bank of England, on
Wednesday, the 21st July, 1852, at the hour of One o'clock,
HENRY MORGAN VANE, Esq., in the Chair,
It was unanimously resolved—That henceforth the number of
Directors shall be increased from ten to twelve, and that
Henry Philip Ifope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Bankruptcy
Kensington, London, be elected Members of the present
Court, Leeds, and Dr. Thomas Wheelwright, M.D.. of Lower Philli-
more-place,
Board.
It was proposed by Jost; STEWART, Esq., seconded by diatEs Con.

arm, Esq., and unanimously resolved— --
That the best thanks of the members are due and hereby sincerely
accorded to the Board of Directors and General Manager, for the
unparalleled success which has accrued to the Society by their ju-
dicious and zealous management.
It was proposed by EDWARD JOHNSON, Esq., 32. D., seconded by

Joitx SHOVE, Esq., and carried by acclamation—
That the warm acknowledgments of this meeting be made to 11.
M. Vane, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Management for the
very able, lucid, and cheering statement rendered by him of the
Society's affairs.
By order,
HENRI CIIRISB. EMT, General Manager.
London, 21st July, 1852.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL-
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Notice is hereby given, that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per Cent.
(less Income-tax) on the paid-up Capital of the Shareholders will be
p..yable at the office; on and after FRIDAY, the 20th of August inst.
The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Share-
holders being now provided for, without intrenching on the amount
made by the regular business, the ASSURED will hereafter derive
all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, while, at the same
time, they will be completely free from liability, secured by an ample
I'roprietary Capital—and the advantages of both systems will thus
be combined.
The assured will in future participate in the Profits in propor-
tion to the number and amount of the premiums paid between every
division, so that if only one year's premium be received prior to
closing the books, it will obtain its due share.
At the FIFTH DIVISION of PROF ITS declared in January
last, the sum of 131 1251. was added to Policies then entitled, which
sum Produced a BONUS varying with the different ages, from 214
to 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid, during the preceding five
years ; or from Si. to 121. 10s. per cent. on the sum assured.
Th 2 next and future Bonuses may be received in cash, or applied
at the option of the Assured in any other way.
Credit will he given for half of the Annual Premiums on policies
for the whole of Life, for five years, at interest, to be paid off at the
expiration of that time, or earlier, or remain as a permanent charge
upon the policy.
INVALID LIVES assured at rates proportioned to the increased
risk.
Medical referees paid by the Societ in all cases. y
of the last Report, containing full particulars, ivith the
A copy
Claims paid in THIRTY DAYS after proof of death.
New Prospec be obtained of any of the Society's Agents,
ac
a linen ntEvro 0 . H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary.
or by addreSsinti;

99 Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London.
UNITED KuT INDOINI LIFE ASSURANCE
COM PANY,
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
No. 8, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, London.
The distinctive features of the Company embrace, amongst
others:
Tables of Premiums formed on the lowest scale compatible with
security, and constructed to meet the various wants of assurers,
and every risk to which protection by assurance can be extended.
One-half the Life Premium for the first Five years may remain on
credit.
Loans granted on approved Personal Security.
Assured not restricted in their limits of travel, as in most other
Companies, but may proceed from one part of Europe to another in
decked vessels, without License, and to British North America, and
many parts of the United States, Without extra premium, by merely
giving the ordinary
notice to the Office in London of the intended
visit.
Whole-world policies granted at slightly increased rates of
Premium, thus rendering a Policy in money transactions a real
security.
Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained upon appli-
cation to the Resident Director.

IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES OFFERED
TO ALL CLASSES.—LIFE ASSURANCE.
Offittestharee
apdrevseerntitsitnigmpe,ceviupiaernavoanmtaangeys,ntelaiyim-cprcoarttaedncelnosfuargasnucre.
ing in an office well established must be obvious, and the Directors
of the PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION feel confidence in
calling the attention of the public to their Institution, which was
formed in 1840, under the patronage of the Bank of England, and the
principal Merchants and Bankers of London and the Provinces, and
which offers the following peculiar advantages:
I. Being enrolled under the Friendly Societies Acts. the sum as-
sured Widower, or Children without
payment of Probate and Legacy Duty, or the risk of loss by
theunfortu-
natelotro th
e W
reversesidov of tradc.
2. Te Mutual principle of Assurance and Division of Profits every
five years, Assurers of thrte years participating.
3. An invested capital and a large annual income, offering a per-
fect
paid immediately under discount, and all Policies Indis-
putable, except in cases of absolute fraud.
Loans ou the ee.urity of Polioice of Ageuranee.
4 .
g;ciaraarcni
aumnmitesetesane
circumstances,
se:
. _

6. Policies can be assigned, and the assignments registered.
To Clerks in particular this Association, from its Benevolent Fund
attached, with an Invested Capital, offers benefits combined with Life
Assurance which no other office in the kingdom can present, as will
be seen on reference to the Prospectuses, which can be obtained at
the Office ili London, or from the numerous agents in the provinces.
By order of the Board,
PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary.
42, Moorgate-street, August 4, 1852.

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SON'S Establishment and its Branches, each of which give the
public access to every variety in Clothing, &c., &c. But the pro-
minent feature in their goods is, they are seasonable, novel, elegant,
and cheap, adapted for tours, excursions, sporting engagements, or
vi,ils to places of note amongst lovers of nature's magnificence,
quktude, or luxuriance. E. MOSES and SON'S Shooting Coats are
now rapturously approved by every class of sportsmen, for the cor-
rectness of their fit, for the novelty and the superiority of their
materl,l, for the ease which their peculiar cut secures, and for
their suitability for any kind of weather. Their Summer Dress
comprises every new style suited for every purpose for which dress
is required; and Excursionists are presented with every
Article
they require, not only the best but the cheapest in the universe. •
GOLD and WRETCHEDNESS—a contradiction in this country,
but possible in Australia„if Emigrants neglect to procure a proper
Outfit and Clothing suitable for the climate and their occupations
in that far distant land ; from neglecting this they may be very
wretched, though very rich. Every emigrant may prevent such
wretchedness by applying to E. MOSES and SON for such an
Outfit as cannot be equalled : free from cumbrous and useless goods,
it is composed of articles which will be daily and hourly required
from the moment of the emigrant going on board. In this outfit
every emigrant may have the most perfect confidence, its suitability
and completeness being acknowledged in all countries. And the
price at E. MOSES and SON'S is an advantage which everyone
appreciates ; with them Outfitting is not a new busineand asss, but on a
large scale it has had their attention for many years, several
gigantic departments of trade favour each other, so E. MOSES and
SON'S an,
in,, making up the most suitable and the cheapest Outfits. That the
.mighty and general business gives them peculiar advantages
L,ndnessels, cost of passage, &c., may
migrant may have immediate attention, a separate department is
keptexpressly for Outfitting, and Outfits are supplied at their
Branch Establishments the same; as at their celebrated house in
the City.
City Est bll
ingFoutll Lists of Outfits and all requisite information relative to sail-
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THE CAPTAIN'S GOOD SERVICE PENSION.
His Grace the First Lord of the Admiralty has
bestowed the good-service pension, which fell to his
patronage on the promotion of Rear-Admiral Bruce,
on Captain John Edward Walcott, 1822, th
M.P. for Christchurch. The paramount claims enew
of
this gallant officer to be rewarded for good service
will, we think, be universally admitted on perusing
the following sketch of his career from 0 Byrne s
Naval Biography:-
"John Edward Walcott, is third son of Edmund
Walcott Sympson, Esq , of Winkton, Hants, brother of
Captain Charles Walcott, RN., and brother-in-law of
Rear-Admiral George Henderson. This offieer entered
the Navy Oct. 19th, 1802 (under the patronage of the
late Right Hon. George Rose, Treasurer of the Navy),
on board the Blenheim, 74, in which ship, bearing the
broad pendant of Sir Samuel Hood, he sailed for the
West Indies. On his return he joined, as midshipman,
in June, 1804, the Lively, 38, and in her, with other ships
in company, Oct. sth following, was present at the cap-
ture, off St. Mary, of three Spanish frigates, laden with
treasure, and the destruction of a fourth. He also, on the
29th of May, 1805, bore a part in it very spirited
skirmish in which the Lively alone sorely galled, near
Cadiz, the Gloriso, Spanish 74. Being again, in Octo-
ber, 1806, placed under the command of his friend Sir
Samuel Hood, he continued uninterruptedly to serve
with that estimable officer, until the period of his death,
which took place at Madras, Dec. 24, 1814, in the Cen-
taur, 74, Hibernia, 120, Tigre, 74, Owen Glendower, 36,
Illustrious, 74, Clorinde, 40, and Minden, 74. While on
board the Centaur, he accompanied the expeditions of
1807 against Copenhagen and Madeira, and performed
the duties of signal lieutenant at the capture, Aug. 26,
1808, in sight. of the whole Russian fleet; near Rogers-
wick, of the 74 gun-ship Sewolod, which surrendered,
after a close and furious conflict, productive of a loss to
the Centaur (in company with whom was the Implacable,
74), of three killed and 27 wounded, and to the enemy
of 180 killed and wounded. Twenty days previously to
the latter event he had succeeded, on the death of
Lieutenant James Shea, who was killed, to the command
of the ship's cutter in an attack upon a Danish dispatch-
boat,
,which had in vain sought security . under the fire
of a body of troops and two field-pieces stationed
upon a high cliff on the island of Moen. As soon as
he had passed his examination he was ordered by the
commander in chief, Sir James Saumarez, Oat. 18, 1805,
to act at lieutenant in the Centaur; and on 25th Novem-
ber following he was confirmed. In recommending Mr.
Walcott for this promotion, Sir Samuel Hood, in a letter
to the Comptroller of the Navy. Sir Andrew Snape
Hamond,
thus (after alluding to his very gallant con-
duct' in the boat affair just mentioned), expresses him.
self:-' I can say no more to you in his favour than that
I hope he will not quit mo until he can get another step.
A more deserving, good young officer does not exist.'
A t a subsequent period, September, 1814, Sir Samuel,
who was then commander in chief in India, and had it in
contemplation to return overland to Europe, addressed a
communication to the first Lord of the Admiralty, Lord
Melville, of which the following is a transcript My
Lord,-The time of the approach to the termination
of my command on this station being near, and
having been enabled only to promote two of my
lieutenants, who had been with me many years, I have
to entreat your Lordship, should I not have the chance
of another vacancy, to do me the kindness before I
strike my flag, to promote to a commander my
flag lieutenant (John Edward Walcott.) Ho is
an officer whose attention and ability in his profession
caused me to place him in that station; he served with
me in the Baltic, Mediterranean, and this country in the
same situation, and when my secretary was obliged to
return to England from ill-health soon after my arrival
here, seeing me in distress be volunteered his services for
both situations, which he has filled with much capacity
and judgment. He is the son of a very respectable gen-
tleman in Hampshire, and will do honour and credit to
the service whenever he is advanced. I have, therefore,
to request,your Lordship's protection towards him.' As
a further illustration of the nature of the position held
by Mr. Walcott near the Admiral's person, and of the
circumstances which, as far as he was concerned, attended
the latter's death, we may quote the following passage
from Captain Basil Hall's third series of Fragments of
Voyages and Travels'-' When, unfortunately for his
profession and for his country, Sir Samuel Hood fell
sick at Madras, and knew that his last moments were
fast approaching, he called his faithful friend and old fol-
lower in many ships and many actions, Lieutenant. Wal-
cott, to his bed-side, and said to him:-" It will be too
hard, Walcott, to die in this country, but should it so
please God, let nothing deter you from going home and ac-
counting to the Admiralty for my command to the East
India station." These were nearly the last in-
telligible words he uttered, and they . servo to
show how strong, even in the hour of death, was
his sense of professional duty. As Lieutenant Wel-
oott had served during the whole of Sir Samuel
Hood's India command, in the double capacity of flag-
lieutenant and secretary, and had enjoyed the Admiral's
entire confidence, he, and he alone, possessed the moans
of accounting to the Admiralty for the measures com-
pleted or in progress for the good of the service, and
therefore the Admiral suggested to him the propriety of
his voyage home to report matters in person. The
,enioe officer, who succeeded to the command in the
Indian seas (Commodore George Sayer), felt so desirous
of following up the friendly intentions of his lamented
predecessor, that, knowing the late Admiral's attach-
ment to Lieutenant Walcott, he offered to promote him
into a death vacancy, which had either taken place or
was certain to fall within a week or two. Moreover,
he assured him that after the necessary time bad been
served he should have the first vacancy
for post-promo-
tion. These were, indeed, tempting offers to a y
young
,fficer devotedly attached to his profession; but they had
no influence over a man bred in the Sam Hood school.'
The Admiral's dying injunction, appeared to this right-
minded officer fully as binding, or, if possible more so,
than a written command must have been in his lifetime.
To England Walcott went accordingly, and the difference
in professional standing which it made to him was this:
-Had he remained in India, as Sir Samuel Hood's
successor propobed, be would undoubtedly have
become
a post captain of 1816, instead of which his name
now stands in 1822-six years later on the list I Had it
been sixty times six, however, it would have made no
difference in his conduct.' Mr. Walcott returned home
in the Malacca, 36, Captain George Henderson, bring-
ing with him, addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, a letter from Commodore Sayer, proclaiming in
cross of high panegyric, the opinion in which he had
been held by the Commander-in-Chief, by himself, and
by the captains of the squadron who had had any oppor-
tunity of witnessing his worth. His promotion to the
rank of commander took place Jane 6, 1815; but from
hat period until appointed, Sept. 14, 1821, to the Carus-
don, 18, he remained unemployed. Bailing, in January,
1822, for the West Indies, he fell in with, in the follow-
ing August off the west end of Cuba and gave protection
to the trade passing through the Florida Stream from Ja-
maica to England. A mistaken and singular oeinion
havihg been adopted by the committee of Lloyd's as to
the degree of attention he had paid to the mercantile in-
terests on this occasion, gave rise to a correspondence
between that body and the Board of Admiralty, and led
to a discussion in the House of Commons (on the motion
of Mr. Joseph Marryat, the chairman of the committee),
in March, 1823, when Sir George Cockburn, in address-
ing the House on the subject, declared " that Captain
VV alcott's conduct had been in exact accordance with the
duty he had to perform.' In December, 1822, Captain
Walcott joined the Tyne, 26, into which ship he had
been posted May 6 preceding; and at the commencement
of 1823 he again escorted a homeward-bound convoy
through the Florida Stream. He was subsequently sent
with the Thracian, 18, Captain John Walter Roberts,
under his orders, to endeavour to effect the extirpation of
the pirates cruising in the Old Bahama Channel, and on
the coast of Cuba adjoining. After searching 400 miles
of coast, in order to examine the different creeks and
inlets where small vessels could bo sheltered and con-
cealed-an operation that occupied two months-he
gained sight, March 31, 1823, off Baraooa, of the Zara-
gonna, a notorious schooner of 120 tons, carrying 1 long
18-pounder on a swivel, 4 long 9-pounders, and 8 swivels,
with a crow of between 70 and 80 ruffians, who, aware
;;hat their atrocities had placed them beyond the reach of
mercy, had bound themselves by oath, in the event of
their being at any time successfully boarded by the Bri-
tish, to blow up not only their own vessel, but themselves
and their assailants. On perceiving the schooner, of
which they had been several days in quest, the two
men-of-war, under the guise as much as possible, of
merchant ships, stood towards her under easy sail. On
ascertaining, however, their real character, the Zara-
gonna crowded all sail to the eastward, and succeeded
in gaining the difficult harbour of Mats, where she was
soon moored, head and stern, with her broadside com-
manding the entrance,littleanore than a cable's length in
breadth. Ak 130 P.N., the ships being far in the offing,
Captain Walcott, wishing to avoid delay, ordered the
boats, armed with two carronadea and manned with 47
hands, to be hoisted out, and in person led them to the
desperate attack. At three P.M., having arrived within
gunshot, the British became exposed to a galling fire
from the schooner and from several of her crew, who
had been sent on shore and stationed among the
bushes at the harbour's mouth. Having sustained
and returned the fire for three-quarters of an hour,
the boats, availing themselves at length of a favour-
able opportunity, gave three cheers, and dashed with
impetuosity alongside. Pacio-struck at their deter-
mined spirit, the pirates attempted to save themselves
by jumping into the sea. Twenty-eight of them, how-
ever, including their villanous chief, Cayatano Arsge
were secured, and the whole of them
of five, admitted as King's evidence) ultimate_hemi:be
(with the exception
.ned
at Port Royal, Jamaica. Sixteen, who escaped fir"
vessel, were taken in the woods by troops soono
of the
them by the Governor of Baracoa. against
enemy during the fight amounted to loThoiciiilfil
wounded; while that of the British was 0 neded and
dolnse
0 ge, persever-
e Lira
man killed and five wounded.
once, zeal, b 7 Captain Walcott
and abilities,' displayTedh-
e received for the
in the execution of the orders he ea
be highest commenda-
extirpation of piracy drew forth t
bon. and praise of his commandsr-in-chief, Sir Charles
Rowley; and the Admiralty, t'o mark its approbation of
hi' conductpromoted his seaior midshipman, Mr. Henry
Shapland, nu% confirmed in the rank of master the officer,
Mr. Thomas Bull, who bad been acting as such on board

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the Tyne, and who throughout the cruise had re-
peatedly brought both her and the Thracian in safety,
through an intricate and dangerous navigation. Captain
Walcott's impaired state of health obliging him, in the
ensuing May, to invalid, Sir C. Rowley appointed Capt.
Roberts his successor in the Tyne, and gave to Mr. J.
D. Robinson, midshipman, who had assisted at the cap-
Lure of the Zaragozana, an order to act as lieutenant. Capt.
Roberts and Mr. Bull had been left during the engage-
ment on board their respective ships; but by the time
the capture was completed, having followed the boats,
they had reached nearly within gunshot.' We may add
that, during his examination of the different creeks,
iitngto
Captain Walcott had found on an island in the port of
Maranjo, a cargo consisting of 1,100 casks of wines and
patnadhe bbelbieyvitnhge
spirits; and that, upon his own responsibility, consider-
pirate, he had embarked it. It was afterwards con-
demned and sold at Jamaica for 6,0001., two-thirds of
thebe concealment
some
of
the
hoef thee s winethtedsuspicious,
property
which were deducted from the captors for ° Government
and colonial duties, leaving only 2,0001. to be shared;
whereas had Captain Walcott failed to establish the
cargo as the property of the pirates, he would have been
liable to the full extent of 6,0001, Since he left the
employment.
Tyne ho has been unsuccessful in his efforts to procure
command, claiming
" Upon the appointment of the Duke of Clarence to
the office of Lord High Admiral, Sir Charles Rowley
brought under the notice of his Royal Highness a state-
ment of Captain Walcott's services while under his
beentt
hh neSKseiionnrctg Secretary
witht
attended
of
heS
det
avttfieooe.rwfhoori him
He
tomahbteattrahr:
ieneiadsnra:mianenf
oydrtei mcbhroe:
nherti?ieha,ledl escloo9-t,
ration of the third class of the Order of the Bath. In
an official letter subsequently addressed by the Duke to
issueth e arrangement
nson an n couldtw o
De-
partment, Viscount Goderich, his Royal Highness de-
sired that Captain Walcott'a name and services, accom-
acendbehfoarse
panied by his recommendation, might be submitted to
tAhdernuireanlgwalenAt orutitiloarfy7
dis-
tinction he solicited. Unfortunately the Lord High
come into effect, and Captain Walcott's clonal have
Charlotte Ana; daughter of Colonel John ey, of
daughters."
Commander Henry James Lacon (1842) has been
appointed to command the Daring, 12, to be commis-
sioned at Sheerness. This officer is the third son of
the late Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart. He entered the
naval college in 1823, and after he had passed his ex-
amination he served five years as mate, having been
Promoted in 1835. As a lieutenant he served long
and with distinction. He was lieutenant of the Cas-.
tor, 36, and North Star, 26, under Lord John Hay,
during the operations on the north coast of Spain
from 1835 to 1840, but was not promoted until 1842,
when he obtained his present rank for his services as
senior lieutenant of the Blonde, 42, during all the
operations on the coast of China. As a commander
he served in the Vanguard, 80, and now, after 19
years' service afloat, he has received another appoint-
ment as commander.
, Lieutenant—George A. C. Brooker (1852), to the
Bittern, 12, Sheerness.
Masters—Charles Turner (1852) to the Bittern ;
,Thomas Wallis (1846), of Meander, 44, to Leopard
steam-frigate ; Frederick Wise (1852), to Medea, 6,
steam-sloop, Portsmouth ; and Thomas Osmer (1847),
to the Valorous advanced steam-frigate, Devonport.
Clerk—George Love, to the Victory, flag-ship, at
Portsmouth.

Gunner—William Smith, to the Bittern.
Boatswain—W. R. Honeysett, to the Bittern.
Carpenter—Charles Kent, to the Bittern.
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain
Lord A. Fitzclarence, and her tender the Fairy, are
coaling—both vessels will go down to Osborne this
morning. It may be probable that his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert may pay a visit to the Cbaonel
Islands during the early part of the week. On
Friday next will be given the annual fele to the sea-
men of the Royal yachts and the labourers at Osborne.
Rear-Admiral Superintendent H. Prescott, C. 8.,
went on board the Neptune, 120, Captain Scott, yes-
terday morning, at Portsmouth, and mustered the
crew of that ship, and the officers and men attached
to the ordinary establishment.

Sheerness seems to be rather a favourite port for
commissioning ships, although it is the worst for
manning them.
Bittern, 12, Commander Hon. George Douglas,
has hoisted the pendant at Sheerness, and has com-
menced entering her complement of 125 officers and
men.

Daring, 12, to be commissioned by Commander
Lacon, will also have a complement of 125 officers and
men..

Miranda steam -corvette, designed by the late Rear-
Admiral Lord John Hay, C. 13 , has returned to
Sheerness from the Clyde, having received her ma-
chinery there. As her fittings for sea have been
prepared at Sheerness she will remain there until
complete.
Odin, 12, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, has filled
up her coal bunkers, but has unbent sails.
Woonwicu, AUG. 23.—The Resistance troop-ship
will leave Woolwich at an early hour to-morrow with
Captain Fitzgerald's company of Royal Artillery and
detachments for Gibraltar, and Captain Goodenough's
company and detachments for Malta. The companies
and detachments paraded at half-past five o'clock this
morning, and marched from the garrison, headed by
the band of the regiment, to the dockyard, at half-
past six, and shortly after seven the men were all on
board, with the wives and children of those who were
fortunate enough to be drawn—five in number being
the regulation of married women permitted to obtain
a free passage with each company when ordered on
foreign service. There were so many married men
in the companies embarked to-day, that five more
than the regular number of wives were permitted on
board for each company for a free passage, on their
undertaking to find their own provisions during the
voyage. Brigadier Major Bingham, Captain Harrison,
acting in the room of Captain Riddell, Deputy-
Assistant-Quartermaster-General of Artilery, and
the Adjutants of the 4th and sth battalions, superin-
tended the embarkation. The men were much
gratified to be allowed the whole of the day to stow
the necessaries they have token with them for their
comfort during the voyage. On previous occasions
they used to leave in an hour or two after their em-
barkation, and often became sea sink before the ar-
rangements for the voyage were all completed on
board.
MANNING THE NAVY.—A committee of flag offi-
cers and captains, consisting of Admiral Sir William
Parker (chairman), Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, Cap•
tain the Hon. Richard Dundas, Captain Peter
Richards, and Captain John Shepherd, are now sitting
at the Admiralty, Whitehall, for the purpose of sup.
plying the royal navy with efficient and able-bodied
seamen, whenever an emergency may arise to call
l for
their services. We presume that his Grace the Duke
of Northumberland has entirely discarded the crnid'ep,
thetbe
has
to
and abortive plan bequeathed to him by Sir Francis -
Baring, and has determined in vindication of the
pledge given by himself at the commencement
of
late session of Parliament, to put his shoulder
wheel, and endeavour to accomplish that which
puzzled and bewildered every first lord up to the pre-
sent day, viz
—a simple and
easy
smyasytembebymwanhniecdh
cimAti.it.—At the
recourse to it:a Pg
the
withoutw oo wooden
havingwalls
DEATH OF AN OCTOGENARIrAeIIs senLn
All Saints' Union-house, Lewes, on Tuesday night
, a
last, died Samuel Tickner,
honour of serving under thn old sailor, who had the
advanced age of 83, e immortal Nelson, at the
namely, at the battle of the Nile,
for which he obtained a medal about two years flirt
He entered the service in 1792, on board the Ardent,
then then lying at Portsmouth, from which he was cbsogt:-
to the Culloden 74, Captain Sir Thomas 11,.iteeist •
1793, and sailed with a fleet of ten sail t° /I:res his
Indies. After the return from the West innd 'Was in
ship joined the fleet under Earl How9ef
7 4 when the
the engagement of the Ist of June,
thef line-of-battle
French.were defeated and two Salle of -8
d joined the
ships sunk. The Culloden aft
"a trhe Mediterranean,
fleet under Earl St. Vincent i°
at the defeat of
where the deceased was,„Pr-,
ge when four of the
the Spanish fleet, jaca'pitured. At the attack
enemy's ships wereeie year, at which Lord Nelson
on Teneriffe, in theosesr
was
sent on board the Fox,
lost his arm, T_ietaek by a shot from the enemy's
cutter, which wig.
the whole of the crew perishing. At
guns, nearly trophe the deceased was swimming
the above estss hours, until
e five
about for
above
frigates out of gunshot. He was
by one 0 .
up OW off Cape St. Vincent, and the taking2
also at the
of Civita Vecchia. After the battle of the Nile he
obtained his discharge from the Princess Royal in
1802. Deceased did not receive a pension, not hay-
ing..served a sufficient length of time. He had been
curious enough to keep a list of the ships engaged at
some of the battles at which he was present.
deceased left his watch to Captain Hurdis, one of the
officers under whom he served.

AN UNWELCOME PASSENGER.—The Radiant, Cap..
tain Parkin, arrived here on Tuesday afternoon from Moul-
mein, in the East Indies. About three weeks ago, while
drawing near to the English land, a great snake serpent, of
the most venomous kind, made his unexpected appearance
in the cabin during the night v,atch. Those on board who
were asleep were immediately aroused, all more or less ter-
rified. A light was procured, while the captain armed
himself with a sharp instrument, and after following him fcr
some time and watchinghis movements, they at last suc-
ceeded in cutting him right through the middle and chop-
ping off his head, but not before he had made several at-
tempts to dart at his pursuers. He was found to be About
10 orl2 feet long.—Sunderland ,herald