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BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Established August 1, 1837.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet. cap. 9.
CliillMAN—Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM.
A Table especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and
to all other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary
purpose oily, but which may be kept up, if ne ossary, throughout
the whole term,of life.
HALF-CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.
Credit given for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre-
miums, the amount of the unpaid Half-Premiums being deducted
from the sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim.
SUM ASSURED PAYABLE DURING LIFE.
The amount payable at the death of the 3. ,ured, if he die before
attaining the age of sixty, but to the assured himself, if he attains
that age, thus combining a provision for old age with an assurance
upon life.

ORPHAN'S ENDOWMENT BRANCH.
Established for the purpose of affording to parents and others the
means of having children educated and started in life, by securing
annuities, to commence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a
child, if a son, shall attain his 21st year, or, if a daughter, her 25th
year of age.
These annuities are at any time commutable for their full value, if
a ready money capital is required for a marriage portion, or on en-
tering into business or a profession.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
I, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
Annual division of profits—applied in reduction of the current
year's premium.
Policy helders entitled to participate in the profits after payment
of five or seven annual premiums according to the table of rates se-
lected.
Premiums charged for every three months' difference of age—not,
as is usually the case, for every whole year only.
Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable to the
assured, the amount of half premiums for which credit is given,
being liquidated out of the profits.
At the Annual General Meeting on the 27th April last, 'a reduction
of 30 per cent. was made in the present year's premium on all policieS
of five or seven years' standing.
A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Tsvo o'clock.
Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy.
Medical attendants remunerated in all cases far their reports.

Jltftiars-rbarl. - f
VO ,PROPRIETORS OF FLOUR MILLS, SAW MILLS, &c.
Ir
vbe SOLD, a capital LEASEHOLD WHARF (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.)
Extract from the Half Extract from Table with Participation
Credit Rates of in Profits, after Seven Yearly
Premium. Payments
Vith a ,and PREMISES, situate in the Belvldere-road, Lambeth,
tloti,FBe Steam Engine, and all the requisite Buildings, Dwelling Half Whole
A ..t•table. &c., for conducting au extensive business. premium (Annual) Half Quar-
nj:PPlications to be made to Mr. Phipps, Lambeth Water Works
......____—"ee, lai, Blackfrian-road. c!,, , , during premium Age, Annual Yearly terly
.k."" First for Re- premium Pre- Pre-
Seven mainder mium. mhun.
1111rn HEAD HARBOUR COMPANY. Years. of Life.
bon _ increased information as to details and a minute Investiga- ---i------- --
bir_ul the a
-oPth of water at particular points having satisfied the £S. d.l £s. d. Years. I Months £a.d.£s.d. £ s. d.
/.111uT?rs that, by a slight alteration in the locality, an efficient and 25 0197;1 19 2 30 0 27314 2 0 12 3
tvat:le harbour may be constructed upon an increased depth of 30 1 1 9; 2 3 6 3 2 7 6 1 4 4 012 4
tlete,.at a less ex 6 2 710 1 4 6 012 5
perm thanjwas originally contemplated, they have 35 1 4 111 2 910
tus illed to act upon the powers reserved to them by the Prospec- 40 1 9 218 4 9 28214 8 0 12 6
8t04.01 the Directors have resolved accordingly to reduce the capital 45 114 10; 39 8 40 0 330112 3 0 16 5
tittob 1 the Company to the sum of 150,3001., and, as only a limited 50 2 2 45 0 3 336112 6 0 16 7
, er of shares can be allotted to the public, they regret it will not 55 212 91 5 5 6
111 %i 6 3 4 1 112 10 016 9
—.‘ Power to comply with the request of many applicants. 60 36816 13 4 9 3471131 0 16 10
By order of the BoardDEVON. A, E;ct.RFET FRANCIS.TER, R
Secretary.identDirector.
.- •

E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.

Saturday, August 28, 1852

~nß
E SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH
COMPANY.
Xll bels hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares
received after TUESDAY, 31st instant.
By order of the Board,
GEO. L. PARROTT, Secretary.

THE LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COM-
PANY.—Capital, 2,000,0001.—Fire, Life, &c.
The business of this Company is now carried on at their Offices,
2, King -street, Cheapside ; also at their Offices, Manchester and Li-
verpool.
Prospectuses and farther particulars may be had on application at
any of the Offices, or to any of the Agents.
JOHN REDDISH, Actuary.
N.B. Applications for Agencies to be addressed to any of the Com-
pany's Offices.

TI-1
ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, and AUSTRA-
„ The ...
.;,Zlrlle:rit a:rgernents
LIAN CHAR.TERED BANK.
for the Constitution of this Company are now
Ver..- '-unlPleted. Application has been made to her Majesty's Go-
a Royal Charter of Incorporation.
DtslB;rectuses, with the names of the Board of Direction, will. be
frora sled- In the mean time further information may be obtaic ed
Shopaessrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 39, Lothbury ; and Messrs.
ra and Sons, 28, Threadneedle-street.
4, Ada JOHN WILSON PILLANS, Sec., pro tem.
---______ al, s-court, Old Broad-street, August 26, 1852.

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.
No British or Co'onial Brandy can compare with this pure
and wholesome spirit, introduced by us to the public a generation
ago. Supported as to its purity at its outset by the testimonials of
such men as the late Dr. Turner, the late Mr. Hume, and of living
celebrities, professed chemists, who analysed the spirit, it ever has
been unrivalled for its WHOLESOMENESS ; the patronage it has
continuously enjoyed vouches the universal appreciation of its
FLAVOUR, which is identical with that of choice Champagne
Brandy.
It is sold throughout the Kingdom, by respectable dealers, in glass
bottles, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules, at 3s. a bottle ;
in dozens, bottles and cases included, at 18s. per gallon ; and in
stone jars of two gallons and upwards, at 16s. per gallon, pale or
coloured.

GRE On AT WESTERN RAILWAY.
3.;',.AP EXCURSION to the WEST of ENGLAND.
l'af.-"`sin,,,°--"4"Y. Se tember 6 an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave
Law:
at 8 lrp A for Plymouth, calling at Weston-super-
-4w1;e1,--rl„agewater,) Ta.mun'ton Tiverton-road, Exeter, Starcro=s,
`eterii. 'elgnmouth Torquay,' Totnes,
at the from Plymouthand Plymouth ; and will
at 8 15 A.M., on MONDAY, Sept. 13, calling
Earee stations.
Fares There and Back.
Weston Ist Closed Classlst. Closed
Do.
Class. Carriages.
-8111,er-Mare Starcross
Tihitwater
..... 3 255. .. 13s. Dawlish • . 325... 175.
Tiv ....... Teignmouth
kutn-road ' • 28s. .. 15s. Torquay • •
"•
•' • " 1 335. .. 18s.
7nlollth ••• • • . 30s. .. 16s. Totnes .. • •
r,„"ae t... ••• • • • .... 355. .. 20s.
b."'"r ,
the -eursion Ticket not transferable, and are only available
str'zcnrsion Train.s are
Tickets may be obtained previously at 27,
'taton.eet, Cheapside; 269, Strand ; and at the Paddington
~tlCgl4 -e times of stopping at the different stations, and other
41
the -
cos ra'
will be given in handbills, which may be had at any
of the Company.
114°1'ESSOR LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE
ALE.
'"'" spec, Prom Baron Liebig to Mr. Allsopp.
rtener'''Mens of your Pale Ale sent to me afforded me another
-.Or of 4of confirming its valuable qualities. lam myself an ad.
rerriso,; 5 beverage, and my own experience enables me to re-
in accordance with the opinion of the most eminent
*tee:hiCsicis, as a very agreeable and efficient tonic, and as a
"`verage,an both for the invalid and the robust.
-(lieu " JUSTUS LIEBIG.
Th
en. May 6, 1852."
tleT, itt th
ot e üblic might form a correct judgment of the inten-
-1;1'411140 eminent authority, Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS have
all the Baron LIEBIG'S Letter to Mr. ALLSOPP in extenso,
Which London Daily Journals, as well as in other Papers, copies
Letter
Alt ofesoinnal, andot the very numerous and continually
Testimonialsinereas-
in favour of their PALE and BITTER
Trent ;4),,45- be obtaine on application at the Brewery, Burton-on-
Kr ria-ir at their Establishments in London, Liverpool. Manches-
`eY, Glasgow, Dublin, Birmingham, and elsewhere.
[T. No. 4.1
ARON LIEBIG'S OPINION of " PALE
The, ALB."
4,4 v Prorninence given to the name o.f Baron Liebig in placards and
l
erusem
w have created the impression that he coveted a
ebrit with the dignity of his station in the scientific
Y inconsistent
tom:* Having learned that he had attained such undesirable no-
1e Baron Liebig has requested the publication of the following
;fated
with the view of informing the public of the motives which
;;Kted his communication to Mr. AllsePP :•-
tay The question of adulteration by strychnine, which has been
eft up seriously in England, seemed to me of great importance,
IF4 I thought to do some good by aiding to demonstrate the error.
NI, Wished to associate with any individual brewery my remarks on
h._ alleged adulteration of bitter beer with strychnine, it would have
natural to have mentioned another brewery, in which alone,
ci,74,_10t in Mr. Allsopp's, I was engaged in investigating the Burton
114,,,,,_ef brewing : and it was also in that other brewery that the
10,:nan brewers acquired all the instruction they obtained at Bur-
kr. "The admiration I expressed of this beverage in my letter to
thas`'.."4oPp is advertised in such a manner as to lead to the inference
Wlss I'o3' praise was exclusively confined to Mr. Allsopp's beer ; thia
'let the case, my remarks referred to that class of beer.
" jl.l STU S LIEBIG.
July 24, 1852."
EMIGRANTS.—The following GUTTA.
r,pit,-111CHA ARTICLES will be found of great value to Emi-
-"Peeially such as are proceeding to the GOLD DlG-
ptregez. .ufGe utta Percha Lining for Boxes, Buckets, Drinking
tfoqa Tu*.binßueys Flasks Washing Bowls, Syphons, Gutta
g Suctions for rumps, Jugs, Carboys for Gun-
iesr'n,,'"lner's' Caps Boot and Shoe Soles. To keep the feet
fur °f the utmost 'importance to the emigrant. This may be
IlaterDs„? the use of Gutta durableo which are perfectly
hi ow cheaper, and more than leather. They can
-5i0N,,,,-11 With ease b an one• This cannot be too extensively
tiPern-aireT°rigst Austryal' y emigrants, as it is now difficult to find a
shabr-r in that count ian
Gold Washing' Vessels of every variety
aY be had to ryor.der Directions to emigrants for lining
"esenr"-I);naGwutta Percha Sheet (s.o as to preserve the contents from
Ce.lay ter). also for putting on soles of boots and shoes,
uaa GRA.TIS, on application to any of the Gutta Percha
__Dealers.
HIITTA PERCHA COMPANY, PATENTEES,
18, WHARF-ROAD, CITY-ROAD, LONDON.

J. T. BETTS and Co., FRENCH BRANDY DISTILLERY,
7, SMITHFIELD-BARS, ST. JOHN-STREET.

rrt........._____
NEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA
or Ilas
A kecii een for many years sanctioned by the most eminent
-":14,, cal Profession as an excellent remedy for
`IES, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT, AND
As.
a Ntur, INDIGESTION.
m.
Aperient,treit,4lar,',' it is admirably adapted for Delicate Females
I'Urnilring Pregnancy ; and it prevents the food of infants
it t.,_ —. Sour during digestion. Combined with the
keerks,ab , ACIDULATED LEMON SYRUP,
4tp:Eficirt',.,ffervescing Aperient Draught, which is highly agreeable
tell ions.
172 ';',.S 11 by DINNEFORD and Co., Dispensing Chemists (and
ttob%'.lN tilts for the Improved Horse Hair Gloves and Belts),
the
London, and sold by all respectable Chemists
'lle Empire.
OtA&TRoN-11. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT.
It
IIY J. ~.. 'll4 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
bil. 4. P
Ai triea tipper, 'Esq., LECTUTIES.
on Testing Gold, and on the Australian Gold
43, ,t VilthlPL2el also on the Alleged Adulteration of the Burton Bitter
lit '.ienine.
h. Mode a
fro. °Mier on the Patent Polytechnic GaS Fire; an. d on
,114111 Nies." vsh Provisions, illustrated by bpectmens
tyk,..tled ".Ritchiepi.. tce and M`Call, and Samples of Fadenilhe's So-
'')' qa,„—' eristerveci Milk, and Moore's Patent Concentrated Milk.
abroads.g 7, ~,on Morrall's Patent Needles.
t.tA'irill-fi."4—and. Esq., on Music and Musicians, at Home and
mei."' ofix. ‘" Y °cal Illustrations, assisted by Miss Blanche Younge,
. g.„., ......uste
%iv es or '
4.4411i0n'0a Dissolving Views.—Superb Specimens of the Patent
Prite. Vs. Schools and Children under Ten years of age,
'or Routs, see Programme.

DINNERS, BALL SUPPERS, and WED-
DING BREAKFASTS provided in Town or Country, by
Messrs. PURSSELL, Cornhill, including Wines, and the hire of plate,
linen, china, seats, tables, tents, awnings, dancing hollands, ser-
vants, carriages, &c. Ball-rooms lighted. Instrumental Music pro-
vided. Bills of Fare sent per post, for any number, or ono of the
firm will wait upon parties, if required. A magnificent display of
Bride Cakes for selection, decorated in a new and elegant style.
All the Parisienne novelties in Wedding Stationery.
Messrs. PIIRSSELL'S, CORNHILL.

OREMORNE 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 for Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from
Charing-cross, 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East-
end, 6d.

C-LVERwELL'S NEW WORKS. Is
To .
weal ,tet.stßand. of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho,
On wiling '', Mann, 39, Cemhill ; or direct from the author ;
each; by post, Is. 6d.
411 ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
‘4triav etath, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
re
or ,°-• nt Early Rising—Spring and Summer Morninge—Ex-
Din 'Re Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
),fh.,411d Iligh-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
4ir c--.l,ZoulesThe Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home
nefaxe Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing,
a". Occupation, Bcc.,
ritAct --.4_
TS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vol s.
148.11 TO TIT,. Vol. I.
LAKES siCETCII OF EDINBURGH, gcc
111 Z Vol. 11.
141M9 OF REMINISCIF—
" go.

!CM OF

Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON.
The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortara.
Oven for the Season.
The Last Week of the Cirque Oriental.
A new Grand Spanish Comic Ballet, entitled Le Barbier de Cadiz,
every Evening, at Half-past Seven o'clock.
THIS DAY, Signor Devani, the celebrated Ourang-Outang Contor-

4 Wu 111.
That, TTO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
ttAbe'Dtti Laree
lb. ly,Or racore years and ten our course may nin.,,
lialCZoknirlitatedle°f almost every form (cause and cure) of nor-
th:4h and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
1 old. ts
-.4 Ort,-.S.e ; with Tan of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
erma_ .... able's and rules to the diet and physical resa.
a. ule.

tionist.
THIS DAY, Grand Globe and Wheel Ascents, by Herr Franz de
Bach, on a Narrow Platform, 160 feet long.
An uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock
. .

until near Midnight, including
at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated
Pavilion,EverY evening
eivnenaddition 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. M'Cullom, Albert do Bach, Franz do
Bach, Jean de Bach, Devani, Mackney, Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leon
Sonßier. Signor Vilderini ; Madlles. Clementine and Olga Soullier.
Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and
Boxes, is.; Amphitheatre, 6d.
Open at Three o'clock.
Admission, Is.; Children, Half-price,
On-Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d.
Table d'Rote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d.
Private Room for Dinners and Coffee.

ACURE for CORNS and BUNIONS.
ALLINGHA.M'S ROTTERDAM CORN and BUNION
SOLVENT gives relief on the first application, being a safe and cer-
tain cure in the most obstinate cases. The proprietor of this impor-
tant chemical discovery cautions the public against base imitations,
which are most injurious in their effects. The genuine Solvent has
the signature of J. A. SHARWOOD on the wrapper.
Sold by Sharwood and Co., 55, Bishopsgate-street Without; Olin-
ger, 153, Oxford-street; and all Medicine Vendors. In bottles,
is. NI, 2s. lid., and 4s. fid,

Iv.
THE PASSIONS.
',who,
tibio_ passions hurt the body—what improve.
prim
t of--i .....14fe,.as Athens ever heard."
htb.°lllLassions c.,_age, from infancy to old ago. The ad,
s. kw "ousnea; .„-,,"2"'litY and its infringements. The casual-
' relnoultic,' Advocacy with illustrations graphic, nat.-
- of early marriages.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS,
Just published, by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London.
No I.
Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d.,
_ _ _

ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMITORRINEA, ;
with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
n relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the
Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis.
Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.
"Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his ft•equent practi-
cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi-
cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall
detrlct any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his
Power to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851.
—" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this
distressing malady by translating this little hook, and by laying bare
the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to
cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object
than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperma-
torrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are
accurately described, and thus a safe guide is offered for the
treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular, May 5, 1852.
—" We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preliminary
chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of
the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate
price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach 01
every one interested in the matter."—Dublin Medical Press, Apri
23,1852.

V. .
TIRE MARRIAGE STATE. to
Vsef, Lom! o be or not to be, that Is the questiOn•"
Maar
society,
~_. egod, •Lawe and obligations of nature.
Time and
i5t1i,..430. o.l7,ektin,2rriage, to be observed by either sea• , n and
hi.7ll,._to' secareutleB_, I'S to age. temperament, coniPlelo Lein.
Cs„W`..lderecti "'llooY offsPrlog. vrith the art of rearing la
s, a 'cocas and ita removal. Sterility and its d reli-
n.
Ity, •„,, •
111%7 J. CDL
.1, 'norm,
M.D. (1841), M.E.C.S. (1827). L.S.A.
14_044. --enty.„,_
lae..„,„....._Years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
conversio
—Mg gli 20111 daily till rive, Zventnrn' sclen till -----'• 140411treeil

THE NEW NOVEL.
Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols..
THE BELLE OF THE VILLAGE.
By the Author of

" The Old English Gentleman."
"An admirable story, quite out of the common order in its con-
ception, and highly original in its execution. The Belle of the Vil-
lage' may take its place by the side of The Old English Gentle-
man.' "—John Bull.
" Mr. Mills is pre-eminently the novelist of rural life in England.
His village pictures are Dutch•like is their minute truthfulness."—
Critic.

Also now ready, in 3 vols.,
HELEN TALBOT. A NOVEL.
By Miss PENNEFATHER.
Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, Aug' 21'
FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 25, 1852.
The Qaeon has been pleased to approve of Mr. James
Duncan Thomson as Coniul at the Cape of Good Hope
for his Majesty theliing of Sardinia.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
George Newenham Harvey as Vice-Consul at Cork for
the Grand Duke of 'Mecklenburgh-Schwerin.
DOWNING-STREET, ATM. 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William
ti*Beckett, Esq., to be Chief Justice, and Redmond
Barry, Esq., to be Puisne Judge, of the Supreme Court
of the Colony of Victoria ;--James Simpson, Esq., to be
Sheriff of that Colony ;—and James Denham Pinnoek,
Esq., to be Registrar of the Sepreme Court of that
Colony. -
Her Majesty has'also Nen pleesei to appoint George
Dyason, Esq., to be Ci i Commissioner and Resident
Magistrate for the Dist et of Graaff Reinet, in the Set-
tlement of the Cape ofd d Hope.
WAR-0 CE. AUG. 27.
2d Regiment of Dragoons —Lieut.-Colonel John Gor-
iti
don Geddes,from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Ricketts, 'who exchanges; Major Henry
Darby Griffith, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,
vice Geddes, who retires ; Captain Donald J. Macleod
to be Major, by purchase, vice Griffith ; Lieutenant
Henry Sales Scobell to:be Captain, by purchase, vice
Macleod; Corset Geor;e Buchanan to be Lieutenant,
vice Scobell, Aug. 27.
9th Light Dragoons --i.ry Lavington Payne,
A—
from
the 17th Light Dragoon% to be Cornet, vice Backman,
who retires from th,tnerv,loo by the sale of his COMatia.
sloe, Aug. 27.
.....

FRASER'S MAGAZ]
Price 2s. 6d., or by
1. Recent Travels.
2. Mullets and MuUomaniacs—
Fossil Fish, Dead and Alive.
3. Ilypatia ; or, New Foes with
an Old Face By the Author
of "Yeast." Chaps. 17 and 18.
4. The Musical Season.
5. Neglected French Authors—
C amfort.
6. Autobiography of Capt. Digby
Grand. Chaps. 19 and 20.
London : Jcdp. W. Parke

ENE for SEPTEMBER.
)ost, 35., contains :-
7. Ethical Doubts concerning
Reineke Fuchs.
8. Sketches of Remo under the

Pope and the Republic. By an
Eye Witness. Chaps. 9 & 10.
9. The New Orphan Muse at
. _

Ashley Down, Bristol.
,10. The Presidential Election for

America.
11. The Personnel of the New

Parliament,
crud Win, West Strand,

NEW SERIAL WORK EY MR. CHARLES LEVER.
On the 31st—of August will be published, price Is.,
TH M E FIRST MONTHLY NUBER OF
THE DODD FAMILY ABROAD.
By CHARLES LEVER,
Author of "Harry Lorrequer," "Charles O'Malley," &c., &c.
Each Number will contain Two Illustrations, by 11. K. Browne.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George Charles
D
from half-pay 4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieu-
tenant, Tice Hornet tromqted to be Captain, Unattached;
Cornet William Oliver Bird to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Dalbiao, who retires; William Henry Horne,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bird; Lieutenant
William Veal! Greetham to be Adjutant, vice George
Horne, promoted, Aug. 27..

11th Regiment of-Fet—Captain Thomas Peebles,
from half-pay Unattacled, to be Captain, vice Grant,
who exchanges, Aug.,27.
54th Foot—Ensign Dnest Le Pelley to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice lake, appointed Adjutant; Lieu-
tenant Percy Godfrey Botfield Lake to be Adjutant,
vice Thomson, promotec, August 27.
62d Foot—Lieutenant George Perceval Drought, to
be Paymaster, vice Kirwan, who retires upon half-pay,
as Lieutenant; Lieutenant Christopher Minnit, from
half-pay Royal Canadiat Rifle Regiment, to be Lieute-
nant, vice Drought, Aug. 27.
85th Foot—Ensign Henry Godolphin Rooper to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rycroft, who retires.
Ist West India Regimem—Lieutenant Bolton Edward
Stretch, from half-pay 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Barrett, appointed to tie 19th Foot; Ensign John
Echlin Matthews to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Stretch, who retires; John Steel, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Matthews, Aug. 27.

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have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
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The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under
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every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental
to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and
ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation
of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical
and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient
guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care
will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and
Inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these
cases.
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP- S TR EB T.

Elizabeth 'Mullen, a young woman of about 17 or
18 years of age, was charged with the felonious abduc-
tion of one of the children of her master, and also with
robbing him of two half-sovereigns.
Mr. Richard Thompson, a master baker in Prospect-
place, Bethnal green, stated, that the prisoner had been
in his service for about six months as maid of all work,
and, until the circumstances occurred which gave rise to
her present prosecution, bad always conducted herself in
the most honest and satisfactory manner. On the morn-
ing of Monday last, however, she was sent out by her
mistress with one of the children, a little boy about two
years and a half old, for the purpose of giving it an
airing; and shortly after she had left, her mistress
having occasion to go up to a drawer in her bedroom,
where she was in the habit of frequently keeping loose
cash, she was surprised to find that the drawer had been
forced open and two half-sovereigns stolen out
of it. Several hours elapsed without the pri-
soner returning home with the child, and this,
coupled with the loss of the money, excited
such strong suspicions in the minds of both himself and
wife that the remainder of that day was occupied by
them, in a state of frantic anxiety, in searching for their
missing child in every place they could think of, and
messengers were dispatched in every probable direction
upon the same errand, but no tidings whatever could be
obtained of it until the preceding afternoon, when they
were at length rejoiced by the little boy being brought
home by a person who had shortly before discovered
him sitting by himself upon the doorstep of a house in
the Hackney-road, in a most deplorable condition, and
crying bitterly. A few hours after the recovery of the
child the prisoner herself made her appearance, accom-
panied by her father, and upon the witness calling her
to account for her infamous conduct she coolly told him
that she neither knew anything of the stolen money nor
where she had been, and altogether displayed such
effrontery that he became greatly exasperated, and a
constable having been procured, he gave her into cus-
tody upon both charges.
Edward taltiullen, the prisoner's father, a journey-
man weaver living in Green-street, Spitalfields, stated,
that on the preceding evening the prisoner unexpectedly
presented herself at his house, and in answer to his in-
quiries as to whether she had left her situation, returned
such evasive and contradictory replies that he felt satis-
fied she
fhe ther scandalous begn withengu him of some misconduct, and com•
pelted m to her master's residence, upon
her had
to
men
tt
ala
t he ha
d
been
beha-
viour, and which resulted in her own apprehension.
The witness added, he
rt
he ea yc h nhga had hbiecehnbe enduring was apprised
athsgrievedo u through
ho
to say h
been subjected for a long time past to constant dis-
tress and disgrace
in consequence of the prisoner's vi-
cious and abandoned habits, and, although he had placed
her in numerous respectable and comfortable situations,
she had invariably lost them in a short time after through
her incorrigible thieving propensities and general mis-
conduct. On the last of these occasions, which was
about a twelvemonth ago, he again received her into
his house, and used every means in his power toleffect
her reformation, but she had been only a few weeks with
him when she absconded in the middle of the night, and,
atter leading a degrading life about the streets, he at
length traced her to a distant workhouse, in which she
had been subsequently provided with a situation.
The prisoner, who had listened to her father's state-
ment with an air of callous indifference, here exclaimed
that she would not have left her home if she had been
properly treated, and accused her mother-in-law of
having subjected her to repeated acts of ill-usage. This,
however, was indignantly denied by her father, and as,
upon being asked if she wished to say anything in
answer to the charge, she shook her head and maintained
an obstinate silence, . _

Mr. INGHAM ordered her to be brought up again for
the completion of the depositions. and at the name time
intimated his intention to oommit her for trial.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Aua. 27.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was extremely
dull to-day. The only sale reported was Midland
Stock, 76%.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 27.

..... . ...... ,
&rocs EXCHANGE.—The share market "to-day was ex
tremely depressed, with very little disposition to bu;
There seems to be no orders in the market whatever. Ms'
transactions were as follow:—Caledonian, 20 i 4 —East Lan-
cashire, 17 11-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 80%—Londo
17 'A —Chester
and North-Western, 121—Alanchester. Sheffield, and Linnet:.
shire, 28%a—Midland, 753/4—North Union (A), 267.
MANCHESTER, AUG. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGIL—The business done to-day was Very
limited, and prices had a downward tendency. The transac-
tions were as follow :—Blackburn, 6 9-16 —Ditto, Preference,
25—Eastern Counties, 10 Ti —East Lancashire,
and Birkenhead, 19—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81—mid.
land, 7534—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 2534_
Ditto (No. 1), 10—Ditto, Preference, 12—Ditto, New
Pre
ference, N p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 21
Staffordshire, 7 7/8 dis.
BIRIIIINGHAIII, AUG. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was more active to-day,
and in some instances there was an advance upon yesterday's
prices. The transactions reported were--Birmingham, Wol-
verhampton, and Stour Valley, 1134—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (A), 91/2.

Cape Mounted Riflemen—Ensign Ralph Lovel
Thursby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice 'Stuart
Wortley, promoted, May 14; Arthur Gonne Bell Mar-
tin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thursby,
Aug. 27.

UNATTACHED.—LieUteRaIIt William Frederick Mac-
bean, from the 84th F)ot, to be Captain, by purchase;
Lieutenant Benjamin Hidgley, from the 27th Foot, to
be Captain, without purchase, Aug. 27.
MEMORANDUM. Captain Thomas Southall, upon
half-pay Unattached, 3as bean permitted to retire from
the Army by the sale of his commission, he being about
to settle in Nova Scotis, Aug. 27.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 24.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General George
Turner, ' C. 8., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Sir
Thomas Downman, deceased, Aug. 12.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell, Lord Bruce, to
bo Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug. 17.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Southampton.
The Hon. Ralph Reneage Datton to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; Sir George Elliot Meyrick Tapps Gervis,
Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Sir John Rivett
Carnac, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Charles Wil-
liam Beauclerk, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; John
Beardmore, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Albert John
Hambrougb, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Fran
Jervoise Ellis Jervoise, Esq., to be Deputy-LieutenanW
Edward St. John Mildmay, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieute-
nant ; John Shelley, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant,
Aug. 14 ; Edward Hulse,-, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieute-
nant; John Richard Beste, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieute-
nant, Aug. 24.

...,
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland.
The Honourable Algernon George Percy (commonly
called Lord Lovaine) t01.4n Deputy-Lieutenant; the
Honourable Charles Bennett (commonly called Lord
Oasulston) to be Depetyk44entenant; Thomas An-
derilia, Esq., to be -.bepatV-Lieutenant;. We'atworth
Blackett Beaumont, ksq.v to be Deputy-Lieutenant)
George Burdon, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Wii -
ham Henry Charlton, Esq-; to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Ed ward John Clavering, iieti., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
la
John Errington, Esq., to be
..-,eputy-Lientenant; Row-
land Errington, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Charles
Bacon Grey, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; George
Annett Grey, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Thomas James, Esq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Henry George Liddell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Edward Riddell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Walter
Selby, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Prideaux Selby,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Sir Walter Calverley
Trevelyan, Bart., to be Lieutenant; Samuel Edward
Widdington, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Wil-
liama Wharton Burdon, E 5...., ute
il
to be Deputy-LlB
Bryan Burrell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Linskill, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Henry Silver-
top, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; John Cookson,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. William Gray, EN" to be
Deputy-Lieutenant; Charles Atticas Mona, Esq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Sir
Matthew White Ridley, Bart.
to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug.
11.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire'
Humphrey de Trafford; Esq.,
Wliam
Ralph Anthony Thioknesse, Eaq., to be Deputt Lieu
tenant; James Pilkington, Esq to be Deputy-Lieu-
tenant; Lieu-
tenant; Jonathan Peel, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
tenant; Gilbert Greenall, Esq
Benjamin Heywood Jones, Esq., to be Deputy• Lie-
u
to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
tenant; Charles Roger Jaeson, i to be DeP°tr
Montague Ainslie, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Ed
ward Every Clayton P,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
William James Garnett, Esq., Lieutenant;
to be Deputy-
Thomas Littledale, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug.
14; the Hon. James Lindsay, to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
John Smith Entwisle, EN., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Robert Henry Norreys, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant
John Frederick Foster, Req.,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant,
, to tole'Deputy-Lieutenant;
Aug. 21.
Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
James Robertson Bryant, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieute-
nant, Aug. 21.
Richard King Meade King, Esq , to be Deputy. Lieu-
tenant.l.Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire
Aug. 20; Sir Alexander Bateman Peri°°l
land Hood, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Philip
Pleydell Bouverie,
Philip Broadened, Esq., to be Deputy-Lie t t
John
George Bullock, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;Francis
Halliday, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Francis
Henry
Fownea Luttrell, Esq,, to be Deputy-Lieutena
nt;
.... Fran-
George Moysey, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieuteee
ute_,.
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieteennaannt:
Lie umuk
cis Wheat Newton, Esq., to be Deputy-
he Deputy-
Frederick John William, Earl of Cavan, t° -
Lieutenant, Aug. 25.
2d Somerset Regiment of Militia
William, Earl of. Cavan, to be Major, vice Jefferies,
superseded Aug. 25. f Kent.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant 0 . ..
Lieutenant,
Charles Henry Tyler, Esq., to be DOW,' b De-
Willi Esq., to °
De-
William Wriothesley Turner Baldwin, -
to be Deputy-
Puty-Lieutenant; Matthew Bell, Esq,, .
Lieutenant;Lieutenant;
--Frederick John
Henry Boys, Esq., to be Deputy"
_Lieetetiet;
Edmund Barrell Faunce, Esq., to be DePulYbe
libel:lLp, eptouty.bLeieutDenepanut47
J?hn Tracey William French, 80.. to
Esq •, Deputy-Lieu-
Lieutenant; Edward Foss, Esq., to ';‘, Deputy-Lieu-
tenant; John Baker Esq.,
tr.° bbock. Bart., to
tenant, Aug. 19; Sir John Sladen,Villiam —u James Tylden,
Deputy-
John
;2a Chap-
Deputy-Lieutenant ;
,Pl..,au, Eeq.,
D.C.L., to be be Deputy-Lieu-
unarles Wykeham Martin, Esq., t°Deputy-Lieutenant;
tenant; John Malcolm, Esq., to be be Deputy-Lieu-
William Augustus Munn, Esq., t°,l gugessen, Esq.,
tenant; Edward Hugessen Knatebbm
Woodgate, Esq., to
Deputy-Lieutenant
be Deputy-Lieutenant; WilliaSir Walter Charles
ber Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug. 20;
et, Aug. 21.
Norman Esq', to be Deputy-Lieutella
......
it Ensign Robert
West Kent Regiment of 3111"-lav to be C •
t of the North
Litutetn;
Thomas Gybbon Gybbon MonYPailud
eamesßart to be Deputy-Lieutenant; George Wapataridoe,
. on, Bart., promoted,
vbe Sir Thomas Merril Ws
Esq., to be Deputy-
Altegom. 2moi.ssions by the Lord Liekustriruen.
Thomas William Waldy, Esq".
Riding of Yor.
to be Deputy-Lieute-
-Joseph
nest; Richard Bassett Wilson, to be De
E,q., . puty-Lieu-
Henry
tentm
East York Militia—Simon
from July 30, vice
North York Regiment of
Hudson, Esq., to be Captain.
arati.lliam Thomas Hustlemr,ilitia
nueen, Aug. 2.
Commission by the ‘a.
est Riding
late Lieutenant and Adjutant in 8 Royal
tie—Simon F. ittzhheer2bderotrJgaucesoenn: Gent.,
8011, retired.
Commissionby theLord-Lieutenant
of Yorkshire.
Regiment of Foot, to be Adjutant,
East York Militia—Adjutant Simon Fitzherbert Jac-
Aug. 21.
Jac-
son to serve with the rank of Captain, _
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridge-
- shire.
Cambric]Octavius
geshire Militia—The Hon. Dan.
combo to be Colonel, Aug. 2. Michael Dickment to be
Ccdnrnis •
Lieutenant, June 22. the Queen.
Commission by
of
Michael Diekment, Geat,, to be Adjutantthe C am.
bridgeehire Militia, July 3.
Commission
by the Lord-Lieutenant of Debighshire.
Royal Denbighshire Rifle Regiment of Militia—Da-
niel Me Coy, Req. (late Captain in the 55th Regiment of
Foot), Adjutant of the Regiment, to be Captain. July 31.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Alilitia,Uenry Moots Wit.

CHATSWORTIL—On Tuesday last his Grace the
Duke of Devonshire was honoured with a visit from the
Prince and Princess Mecklenburgh, on which occasion the
ducal Palace of the Peak was the scene of one of those su-
perb displays so characteristic of the refined taste and
princely hospitality of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.
The Prince and Princess Mecklenburgh travelled from Derby
to Rowsley by speciai train, and were received at the last-
mentioned station by the Duke in person. The magnificent
suite of rooms was thrown open, the waterworks were in
full play, and
never erha s was Chatsworth seen to greater
advantage than on this occasion. The royal pair were ac-
companied by Madame Taffimovitch and M. Chrontschoff,
and the following had the honour of receiving invitations :
The Prince and Princess Mecklenburgh, the Duchess of
Bedford, the Earl of Burlington, Lord Cavendish, Lord and
Lady John Manners, Sir Augustus Clifford, the Hon. G. H.
Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Louisa Cavendish, the Hon. F.
—.P., Lady Louisa and Miss Cavendish, Sir
Josep Leveson Gower, m h
and Lady Paxton, Miss Paxton and Miss Victoria
Paxton, &c. At eleven o'clock the waterworks were lighted
up with coloured fires, and rockets were fired. The effect
of the green and red lights was both peculiar and beautiful,
and the NY11919 had A nest pleasant effect...herby Reporter.

ley Palmer to be Surgeon, vice Dr. George North Ro-
binson, resigned; Thomas Reginald Cotterell to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Robert Roberts, deceased, Aug. 21.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Thomas Webb,
Esq., to be Major, Aug. 20.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED'
Samuel Po wnceby, stationer. Shadwell.
BANKRUPTS.
George Bolton, coach maker, Albany-street, Regent's-
park. to surrender Sept. 13, at one, and Oct. 5, at two,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Aboburch-lane, King Witham-street; Surr and Gribble,
Lombard-street.
Henry Bromage Roberts, tailor, Nicholas-lane City,
Sept. 6, at one, and Oct. 8, at two, at the Court of °Bank-
ruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury;
Linklater, Size-lane.

Edward Halford Why, butcher, Hornsey-road, Sept.
6, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street; Neal, Austin Friars.

Patrick Hayes, oil manufae:urer, Widnes, Lancashire,
Sept. 6 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Payne,
Liverpool

DIVIDENDS.
In the Country.
R. Fowke, Wolverhampton, chemist* Sept. 25, at
half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—S. Mason,
Neweastle-under-Lyne, draper, Sept. 25, at half-past
eleven, at the Court, Birmingham--W. R. Fenn, Bir-
mingham, dra-,,er, Sept. 25, a. Ulf-past eleven, at the
Court,
INIDEND DEC ABED.

TLIE IMPROVED RIFLE MUSKET.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—My attention has been lately called to an ar-
ticle in the Quarterly Review for March, 1852, on " The
Cannon, the Musket, and
Rifle " in which it is admitted
that the musket-rifle (improperly called " Minis"), being
constructed on more scientific) principles, " fairly beats
poor Brown Bess out of the field ;" and the reviewer
states that, " were our soldiers universally mechanicians
or gamekeepers, he would advocate their immediate ar-
mament with either the needle•gun or musket-rifle as
,
strenuously as the Times, but that our soldiers, in nine
cases out of ten, are either country bumpkins or unem-
ployed weavers." This remark induced me to make in-
quiries as to the composition of the Chasseurs de Vin-
cennes (Chasseurs a Pied), whose superior armament
you first brought before the British public by the inser-
tion of my letter in your paper on the 3d of January,
1852, and I find that when the conscription takes place
the officers employed choose from the body of drawn
conscripts, first, the men adapted for the cuirassiers,
dragoons, engineers, and artillery; next, a certain num-
ber of the most active- made men are chosen for the
Chasseurs de Vincennes, but with no reference whatever
ethenetrevdiewer against
to their former trades or occupations; and the remain-
ing conscripts are put aside for the infantry of the line.
From what I have seen, I should say a very large
Vincennes.
oeofrrteormotf the Duke of Wellington for serving out
It
is oohfsett
duty
thyißritish
s assertions; p
erifnnframterdbyubatyr suchaetshr.,
is
Chasseursee syiwdeonutldt
that
et
unnecessary to enter into all the arguments of
the reviewer is not_ only au answer
these improved firearms to each regiment is an
in the field, one of improvedhistheanassertions_ m
uriflest nmo musket, sbke ept
a,
studied lii'd profession, has also seen much service
an officer who has minutely
" that the Minis rifle has no to
This old and experienced offickepoint range whatever?'
what
makes the following
alarming remark:—" Consider
will be when a regiment armed wlitththhee consequences
asseetdheovree,
pressed upon by a line of infantry wieldingtMini‘ rifle
is
plain bore muskets, the former giving their improved
perhaps accurately, will be astonished to fifire eagerly,
find that the
nearer the enemy approach the less fatal their volleys
become, while the latter, encouraged by the im-
munity from danger which they
experience,
will
first shake the riflemen with a telling discharge, then
level their bayonets, and sweep them from the field;
and so it will be when cavalry fall upon squares,of
which the fire, though very destructive at 200 yards, is
even more uncertain within these limits than beyond
them; such squares will as certainly be broken as they
are attacked. In the last dispatch of General wadi;
hen, detailing his late razzia in Algeria, his rear-guard
only consisted of two companies armed with the im-
proved musket-rifles. They were attacked by a body
of Arab cavalry, who boldly approached to within 100
yards, when they were received by a volley, which sent
them to the right-about. The cavalry rallied, and again
showed face at a distance of 800 yards, supposing them-
selves in safety, but another volley was poured into
them, producing at that distance nearly the same effects
as the first volley, and they gallopped off in dismay.
That the British public may be able to judge whether
the additional expense caused by serving out this new
firearm be worth the money spent, allow me to give the
results of experiences lately made in France by four
regiments (not picked) of the comparative value of the
old and new muskets, bearing in mind that the British
and French common musket are nearly equal in their
range and the correctness of their fire. General Sir
Charles Napier, in his letter " On the Defence of Eng-
land," calculates the expense of the old musket at about
11., and the new or Mini 6 rifle at about 151. 15s. In
France the common musket costs 1/. 65., and the im-
proved or Mini 4 rifle N. 35.: and the contract price for
new or MiniS rifles served out to the British army is
under 41. There were nearly 300,000 balls fired by
these four regiments out of the improved muskets with
the Culot or Minis balls, the Tamisier or solid elongated
balls, and the musket or spherical balls out of the regu-
lation musket, all the different balls being fired by the
same men from the new and old muskets.
From 30 to 100 yards, superiority rather in favour of
improved musket-rifle with Minis ball. ..
.. ~.
150 yards—The improved musket-rifle with mune
ball twice as good as old musket end spherical ball.
20Q yards—Ditto, thrice aigood.
alyards—Ditto, seven tiffika better than.
400 rds—Ditto, eleven times better than.l4.i
500 y —Tm proved musket- rifle with Minis
yelky
ball hit n as olten as at 150 yards, but no old mus-
kets hit.
600 yards—Ditto, hit nearly the third of what hit at
150 yards' distance.
700 yards—Ditto, hit nearly the same as at 600
yards' distance.
800 yards—Ditto, hit nearly one-fifth, as at 150
yards' distance.
It was tound if 150 men of any of these four regi-
ments were armed with the improved musket-rifle and
blinie ball, shut at distances of from 300 to 600 yards
they would in one minute do more execution than 525
men at similar distances and the same time with old
muskets and ammunition; consequently 1,500 men can
be made equal to 5,250 men, or 15,000 British soldiers
can now be drilled and armed to do as much execution
as could have been done by 50,000 of the Peninsular ve-
terans, _ _ _

4..inoultishire, collector
of
Illinm'
dividend of la. 4d. in the pound,
uty Court, Gainaborough.
payableJosephtaxes,
at first S
tt
ho re r,
and
n °do :
NOTICE OF CERTIFICATE.
In the Country.
C. Rogers, Camborne, Cornwall, draper, Sept. 28, at
eleven, at the Court, Exeter.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
C. L. Kelly, Woolwich, grocer, cheesemonger, and
provision merchant, certificate of the second class—J.
Stafford, West Smithfield, tailor and draper, certificate
of the third class—Sarah Curson and G. Curson, Ex-
eter, booksellers and stationers, certificates of the first
class—G. A. Davis, Union-street, Berkeley-square, dis-
tiller and wine merchant, certificate of the third class—
D. L. Williams, Thornhill, Carmarthenshire, and Albert-
Camden-town, coal owner, certificate of the third
J. Marsden, Manchester, lace dealer, certificate of
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
tcshltareessel second class.

soy, Neshells, Aston-near-
Bilinrgrabatmt and T. H . Joy,
Warwickshire, metal-rollers—J. R. and
W. Gallard, Greens Norton, Northamptonshire, farmers
—wA. King and T. Greenway, Fenchurch-street,
wine merchants—R. Kidd and R. Follett, Bristol,
sawyers—T. Tyler and G. Goodfellow, Wood-street,
Cheapside, Manchester warehousemen—J. Coleman and
W. Tagg, Oxford, curriers—D. Morgan, D. T. Morgan,
F. Clarke, and A. F. Clarke, Broad-street, London, and
Archangel, Russia, merchants (so far as regards D.
Morgan) Morey and N. S. Dodge, Regent-street,
general agents-78. Jones and J. Evans, Carmarthen,
printers—J. Nisbet, J. Murray, T. Taylor, and J.
Watson, Berners-street, Oxford-street, booksellers (so
far as regards J. Nisbet)—J. Cross and S. Plant, Wol-
verhampton, blacksmiths—Frances Cockett and F. Bull.
Aldermanbury, warehousemen—E. B. Cooper, H. W.
Fitton, and M. Maclean, Billiter-square, merchants—N.
Burton and E. Lonsdale, Princes-street, Hanover-
square, tailors—R. IL Ambridge and A. Andrews, St.
John-street, West Smithfield,
. corn and coal merchants
Gray,
and T. Wisden,
—C. Edwards and J. Spurgin, New Sarum,
. Wiltshire,
Jordan, Parker-
tailors—G. Strachan and W. Rohan, Friday-street, ware-
housemen—G. Ramsden and J. P. Knoyw,lecs,.oHndaluiifta-xst,rceoertn,
factors—T. Parkin and T. Shepherdson, Kingston-upon-
gdGlea
BHareuiggl leh,njttoo-nist:tremeresi—tl
jeTrosaiWyTery.eonArsda_3l; Cainn
Parker-
street, Queen-street, St. Giles's, licensed victuallers—
W. G. Laing, J. Laing, and H. W. Todd, Birmingham,
drapers (so far as regards J. Laing)—J. Dixon and T.
Hunter, Liverpool, joiners—B. Smith, J. F. Smith, and
T. S. Smith, Manchester and Ardwick, wine merchants
(so far as regards J. F. Smith)—E. Radcliffe and J.
Webb, Eversholt-street, St. Pancras, glaziers—W. M.
Burt and J. Heap, Manchester, commission agents—R.
Kelsall, J. Kelsall:11. Kelsall, and J. Heap, Rochdaler
flannel manufactured!—J. Amos and J. Featherstone,
Bristol, coopers—J. Hutt, J. Arlidge, T. Randle, J.
Budworth, and E. Sabell, Coventry, ribbon manufac-
turers.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Merritt, Birmingham, pin manufacturer.
Thomas Gardiner, Birmingham, tailor and draper.
George Allen, Birmingham, baker.
Edward Bowker, Chester, coach builder.
David Tone°, Swansea, joiner and housebuilder.
Samuel Daniel, Cardiff, butcher And farmer.
Anthony Page, Duraley, Gloucester, attorney's clerk.
Henry Grundy, Nottingham, chemist and druggist.
John Leake Heighton, Nottingham, commission agent.
George Fairless. Thurston, Durham, journeyman joiner.
John Gray, Heyworth Shore, Durham, steam-boat

captain.
Matthew Hastings, North Shields, Northumberland,
publican.
John Wood, Cowifeta, Northumberland, publican.
John Newton, Dukenfield, Cheshire, grocer.
John Moss, Chester, porter agent.
George Hardwick, Bristol, beer retailer.
John Thomas, Bristol, stone and marble mason.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
C. Hutchinson, Glasgow, merchant and dealer in iron,
to meet Sept. 3, and Oct. 1, at one, within the Waverley
Tavern, Glasgow.
J. Hogg, Lauder, farmer and cattle dealer, to meet
Sept. 1, and Oct. 1, at two, within Watherston's Black
Bull Inn, Lauder.
R. Thomson, Leith, carter and builder, to meet Aug.
30, and Sept. 20, at two, within the Royal Exchange
Coffee-house, Edinburgh.
J. M'Lachlin, Glasgow, carter and spirit dealer, to
meet Sept. 2, and Sept. 23, at one, within the Waterloo
Hotel, Glasgow.
T. Buchan and D. Miller, Leith, wine merchants, to
meet Sept. 2, and Oct. 1, at two, within the New Ship
Hotel, Leith.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending August 24,
1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain:—
From the British possessions in America 225. 4id. per cwt
From the Mauritius ... 203. 9id. n
From the East Indies 275. lid.
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 223. 7d.
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKNELL. Clerk of the Grocers' Company
Grocers'-hall, August 27.

AQUATICS.
RICHMOND ROYAL REGATTA.
This highly-respectable aquatic annual, in honour
of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's birth-day, was
contested on Thursday by eighteen free watermen
of the place, for a purse of sovereigns, subscribed
by the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood.
The weather was very delightful, and the as-
semblage of spectators extremely numerous and re-
spectable, accommodation being afforded the elite of the
place on board the beautiful state barge of Styles's, for-
merly belonging to the Goldsmiths' Company, where a
very excellent band of music was in attendance, which
added materially to the pleasure of the afternoon. The
race was in four heats, the first man of each of the three
first to contend in the grand one.

First Heat.
John Mackinney and Henry Kidner (White) 1
George Jackson and William New (Blue) 0
John Jackson and John Chilly (Red) 0
It was a double scullers race, the distance extending
from Richmond-bridge down to Lord Kilinorey's, up to
the Duke of Baneleuch's, and finish at the bridge. After
a few strokes the winners went in front and kept it.

in this by
---
When you published my letter on the 3d of January,
1852, I stated therein that this new firearm and ammu-
nition would make a complete change in the system of
actual warfare, and I am daily more and more fortified
the experience of the oldest and most expe-
rienced officers of the French army who have witnessed
the experiments at Vincennes, Toulouse, and Grenoble.
Their opinion is, that heavy cavalry can now no longer
be used with effect, and that artillery must be restricted
to siege operations and defence of fortified places. A
distinguished officer, upon whose word and honour the
most implicit confidence can be placed, assured me, that
he lately saw Captain Minis (the inventor of the Culot
ball) (bat primitif ) hit a butt (target) seven times out of
ten shots at a distance of 1,804 yards. The target was
about 100 feet in length, and about eighteen feet in
height. A company of infantry 100 strong shows a front
of about 100 feet. A troop of cavalry, I imagine, shows about
the same front. I suppose the heads of our Life Guards,
when mounted, are about 10 feet from the round.
seven ballscorrect,arly the
of Captain
chances
atnhei this
scalculation
fouras toou
tcoafvalt
the
ev
Minis would have taken effect eve
n through the
cuirasses. In making this experiment Captain Mini 4
did not place the firelock to his shoulder, but held it
have seen a pair of double-barrelled pistols with which
the above distinguished officer has hit a small target
tight against the upper part of his right haunch bonfuet.urloe
eight times out of ten shots at a distance of 180 yards,
, and sabre,
but the range is much greater. The late impartialmeaxd-e
ex-
periments by these four regiments proved the decided
superiority of the improved musket-rifle over the old
tlaussehdowbyhotwhe
musket; but it may perhaps be interesting
much more efficacious the old musket may be made by
being loaded in a peculiar manner. In my first letter I
referred to the "nail ball" invented by Lieut. Nosier,
which, when fired out of the common musket, was
said to be very efficacious at very long distances, but
said I had never seen this ball fired. The nail ball was
used at one of the emeutes at Paris, but there is n
rhmotab6.B-pAounnadielr
bsfhoatboluattetly
doubt but that it will come into use in
asnedsotsotrit
wars. The ball has been objected to en
to round shot, rocket, shell, bayonet, lance, the
of humanity, but the same objection may be Score
an the
at red-hot
equal thickness at the head as at the two inches long,
the hole of the mould of the common point, is put into
the boiling lead is put into the hole, musket ball, and
firmly fixed iu the ball. The nail and thus the nail is
only. The engraving of it may be protrudes at one end
plate 6, of the fourth edition of
lairs, by Captain Panot. I ours sur lei Armes For-
have lately witnessed; the shall now mention what I
talented author. experiments were by this
A
Captain Panot was regiment was at ball practice;
locks. Ha fixed upon allowed to take one of their fire-
which is described in it his moveable graduated sigh_t,
fare," published in the
could Times of 20th January, Lewe'd
to the barrel, easily be permanently
agdo
He had
and only raised when re 0° 11
seven •. - „won ba
nail balls. He took the co
Eamon
cartridge, poured in the powder, bit off Pehll the
musket ball and rammed down the valloinag ' into
point first entering into the barrel ea
(bee
sight at
the powder at the breech. Fil., u.eng of the target,
400 yards, he fired and bit the C"ing the sight he
which was the size of two men. till: aif the shoulder
fired at 500 yards, and hit that tosedsclose to the head
of the left man. The next eht I?
„ nn °retired to about 650 yards
of the target. Captain ' 4'7
the sight, lodged the ball
rrampog
from the target, and a.. and the next shots so near
at the foot of the targ frontnes of five men ell these seven
that if there bad 11,!_e,,,,n effect. The loading with the
shots would holler
as with the musket ball, and it
nail ball is as qui
an advantage over the elongated ball
ricochets corr
Some of our sportsmen, deer-stalking on
(Mini' hall)• • 9 may thus make their fowling-pieces
the moue
talc !ous as rifles. It has been attempted •
equally efficact
France to wake cannon-balls upon the same principle,
but the represented nail was generally broken off before
the ball left the cannon. Captain Panot has tried load-
ing with two balls, and the effect in battle at distances
/ng
under 200 yards would be terrible, but the recoil is too
great, and the firelocks thus used are soon rendered un-
serviceable.

Second Heat.
Richard Messnm and Joseph Borley (Green) 1
George Platt and T. Messum, sen (Yellow) 2
James Godfrey and Henry Rigby (Pink) 3
They were together for a short distance, but it was
ultimately won easily.
Third Heat.

William Platt and Charles Jackson (Stripes) 1
Alfred Chitty and Charles Cripps (Purple) o
Geo. Howard and Ed. Brown (Black and white) o
Won by five or six lengths.
Grand Heat.

......... (Green) 2
..... ..(Stripes) 0
Jacksonl o rley
John Mackinney and H. Kidner .....,.........(White) 1
Richard
William MP
Platt
They were all off together at
.a fine pace, but owing to
a steamer being alongside the pier, and the course being
impeded by small boats,
. a slight foul occurred between
White and Green, which could not be avoided. All were
uamn and and Charles Joseph
at work again in a moment, and after some capital rowing
down to Lord Kilmorey's the winners took the lead, and
came in first by six or eight lengths.

ROYAL ORTHOPXDIC HOSPITAL.—The half-yearlji
meeting of the governors of this institution, which wesortt
Wished for the cure of club foot, lateral curvature
e n
spine, &c., was held at the hospital, Bloomsbury-square !
the
Thursday ; Mr. Jacob Bell in the chair. The secretre a
, , stated that
report of the committee of management, which months.
895 patients had been admitted during the lees,.
year. 12,898 persons of both sexes, and
of this cha-
had been relieved or cured through the T
mai affairs of the in-
rity since its establishment. The &ire
number of patients,
showing an increase of 228 patients overdthofpvrareviioouu:
ahgeelf;:
stitution, owing to the increase in n
to meet the pressing de-
were stated to be wholly inadequate imougy adopted, and
wands upon it. The report was 'man terminated the pro-
the usual compliment to the cillu
rm
ceedings. LUNATIC ASYLUMS.—An
COUNTY AND BOBOUOTI
abstract of the accounts of the
number, were 236,7
p 2:
epi
a-rsir d Wales, for the year 1851,
lunatic asylums in England ano _
: „ f the whole, twenty-four in
states that the total rece,Pti_ -.
private patients, and 167,002/. 195.
A id Of this sun 10,086/. 17s.
several county and borough
2d, was contributed by The total expenditure was
10d. for pauper
207,0171. M. Oidt

To those military men who take an interest
' jt,noinsitrtuhcceatipcoo;idn-e
parative perfection of the British and French armies, and
who are anxious to see what is going on in the French
army in regard to armament and manoeuvring, I would
call
ot ht , e i
,r,
Da titsecnutsisoinont to
utrh or
onregwanpizuabtlioicnaet
tioin
1 ' Infanterrie Francaise," and they will there find how
strong prejudices are engendered and remain among old
military men of all nations. The French army still con-
tinue to move with three ranks, and even to fire, except
the Chasseurs de Vincennes, who fire with
two ranks.
The theory is that the
etvheirndwriatnhkthd
the front
not
rfire,rank
n k bur load
their own and the firelocks of the centre rank for the
centre rank to fire ; bat I remarked that even in " ball
no t o practice"nly causestbis s
by s at edi n,
firing
the third rank, in spite of all orders, do fire, and even
though sectuy experienced officers pointed Qut the Pleat