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London, England, 1852-12-23 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1852.

AGNenTerEaDT'radbey a
nVOl'Flairnste-rillietestTenr House
ATELL
ER Sinfortthhee
West and Midland Grounds. Particulars required as to whom they
have represented, and the district taken.—Address S. N., care of
Messrs. Kelly and Slater, booksellers, Manchester.

QALLE ROBIN, 232, PICCADILLY.
The RE-OPENING of this elegant Theatre is POSTPONED
till MONDAY, the 27th inst. First appearance (this season) of
'Mille. Prudence bernard, assisted by Professor Wax, his first ap-
pearance in London.
- - •

Wonders in Clairvoyance, Mesmerism, &C.; also first appearance
of the Parisian Orphrionists (Lutece and Albion) 20 voices.
The entertainment will take place every evening, st 8 o'clock ;
and every Wednesday and S.-Au:Jay a Morning Performance at half-
past 2.
For places apply at the Box-office of the Theatre from 11 till 4.

`lO MANUFACTURERS of MATS, RUGS,
and MATTING. ' •
NOTICE IA ITER I: 111.` I I I VF ti , That the existing CONTRACT
for the Labour of a portion of the Prisoners confint d in the Middle-
sex House of Cerr,ctlen et Cohlbatlp•lields, in manufacturing the
a.hoee•nauwd articles, will TERMINATE on the 14th of Febrnary
next, and that tit, Visiting Justices are de.tirotts of RECEIVING
rItOt'OSALS from persons willing to cater into an agreement for a
period of five years from that bay, for teaching, instructing, and
employing in such manufacture not lees than 60 Prisoners.
Provided by the county, in the workroom set apart for the pur-
pose, are 12 looms, with mat frames, wheels, and requisite sppara-
tus, of which the Contractor will have the use, together with a store-
room for depositing the goods when manufactured.
The form of Pr posal, with a blank schedule of prices to bo filled
in, may be obtained upon application to me. The Tenders or Pro-
posals must be sealed, and delivered at the Sessions Rouse, Clerken-
well, on or before Thursday, the 6th of January next, and they will
be opened and examined by the Visiting Justices at 3 o'clock on the
following day, at the said ',louse of Correction.—Dated this 23d day
of December, 1852

CHARLES WEIGHT,
Clerk to the Visiting Justices.

CONTRACTS FOR RUM, COCOA, TEA, TOBACCO, AND SOAP.
Department of the Comptroller Ibr Tictaalllng and
Transport Services,
Somerset•place, 20th December, 1852.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord high A dmiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 30th
instant. at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering
into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the undermen-
tioned articles, viz.:-
-The produce of Gallons.
the British pos- 30,000
sessions in the
RUM West Indies
The produce of
other British 30,000
. possessions

1 • Half of each to be deli-
vered in three weeks
and the remainder in
three weeks after-
wards, or earlier if
preferred by the party
I tendering.

OCOA .................

Tons.
100
Lbs.
50.000
Tons.

TEA (Congoa) • • .. • • • • • _

TOBACCO (Virginia)....
SOAP (Mottled) .....• ••

20
30 J

The Rum, Cocoa, Tea, and Tobacco, to be exempted from the
Customs duties, and the Soap to be tendered for at a price exclusive
of the Excise Drawback, which will be allowed to the Contractdr.
Tenders will not be received for a less quantity than 4,000 Gallons
of Rum, 20 Tons of Cocoa, 10,0001bs of Tea, 6 Tens of Tobacco, and
10 Tons of Soap.
Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each import mark, and
the average strength of each mark Ex to be stated—and not
an average of different marks or strengths of several imports—
and any parcel of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality
mark or average strength of the sample tendered and accepted will
be rejected by the officers ; and samples of the Cocoa (not less than
2lbs), of the Tea (not less than llb from the Bonded Warehouse), of
the Tobacco (n rt less than 11b), and of the Soap (not less than a bar),
must be produced by the parties tendering, and geparate tenders
must be made for each description of Rum.
The Samples produced- by persons whose Tenders are not accepted,
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Con-
tracts have been decided.
Tire conditions of the revised Contracts, to which particular atten-
Von is called, may be seen at the said Office, at the Office of Com-
mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at
Bristol.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty,
nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly
authoris:.d in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
rally, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for
," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and
those for Rum and Cocoa must be accompanied by a letter signed by
Two responsible persons, and those for Tea, by one responsible per-
son engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the
sum of 201. per cent. on the value, for the due perormance of the
Contracts.

ETTS'S PATENT BRANDY having been
now before the Public since 1825, the proaf of its excellence in
its use by discriminative consumers being continuous and increasing.
and its purity and excellence being vouched for by the HIGHEST
MEDICAL AUTHORITIES, warrant Messrs. J. T. BETTS and CO.
in inciting universal attention to it as an article of incomparable
merit. 'Their PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES are, at the same time,
effective security to the public against the fraudulent sub.titution of
ally inferior article, whether as regards their PATENT BRANDY,
their celebrated Whiskey, " THE DEW OFF BEN NEVIS," or
their STANDARD OF COGNAC BRANDY; either of which may be
o`.tained of respectable Wine and Spirit Merchants throughout the
kingdom ; or in quantifies of not less than Two Gallons, from J. T.
BETTS and CO., Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, London?

BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH,
Hamilton-place, New road, London.
FOREIGN GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF MORISON'S FILLS,
the Vegetable Universal Medicine.
Amsterdam . . . Mr. Jaco, Meihuizen.
Baltimore (U.S.) • • ...... J. C. French and Son.
Barbadoes .
.. J. Monteflore and Co.
Barcelona (Spain) ..... .Messrs. Charles Sola, Miret, and
Cuyas.
Basle (Switzerland)
Brody (Germany)
Buffalo (U.S.) .. ••• • .. r. Czeieke.
Cadiz .... •• •• • ..... Mr. J. I ensusan.
Calcutta ...... • • • • • • T. Gardner, Esq.
Cape Breton ...... •• • • ........ Lieut. J. M`Kintion.
Carthagena ..... ...... • ...... Rafael Canto, Muralla del Mar.
Constantinople .. .• • • Mr. A St anipa.
Copenhagen .. •• • .
. SM.
Cracow ••••••• • • • • • . • .... Mr. Muldner.
Curacos (W. 1.) ................Messrs. Senior.
Douglas (Isle of Man). ••• • • .... Mr. Johnson.
Elsinore .. • • • • • • • • • • . • .. •• Mr. 0. S. Steenburg.
Frankfort .. ••.• • • • • •• . Derck, Freres.
George Town City (Demerara).. John M‘Donall.
Gibraltar....
Guernsey ...• ••• • • • ••••••••• . Mr. James Cochrane.
Halifax (U.S.) .• • •
Hamburg . . . Messrs. Krauskopf and Co.
Kempton (Bavaria) .... • • • Mr. M. Gayrhos.
Kingston (Jamaica)
Melbourne (Port Philip) Mr. A. Charlwood.
Madras ...... •• •
Madrid . .
Matanzas (Cuba) ...... .... •• • • Dr. Ambrosio C. Sauto, Calle del
Medi°, No. 13.
Mr. Jean Togno.
M0ntrea1......... ........ ....• Mr. R. Trudeau.
New York (U.S) Messrs. Firth, Pond, and Co.
Odessa (Russia)....... ........ . Wm. Wagner.
Paris M. Arthaud, 33, Rue Loais-lc.
grand.
Passau.. Carl Herman.
Pernambuco (Brazils) ..... ....• A. S. Corbett, Esq.
Valencia
Bishop's Auckland (New Zealand) Mr. R. Parris.

R. CIILVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho,
147. Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author,
price One Shilling each ; by post, Is 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
" Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
CONTENTS:—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, Bigh-roads, and other pleasant places - Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea -London at Night—Evenings at Home
Music—The Drama—en Eating, Drinking, sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.

FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Yols.

Vol. I.
VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, ike,

Vol: 11.
THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, Br.c.

WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
" That three score years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vousl-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harrasses
the yoyung, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em.
bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
lation of every-day life.

IV.
THE PASSIONS. •
What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."

SUBJECT :-Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties
oflicentionsness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra-
tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
•
"To he or not to be, that is the question."
PROGRAMME:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides. as to age temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing
conversion.
them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its
Cases, &c.
By R. J. CITLVERWELL, M.P.(1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824), Twenty•flve years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
matters. Reception hours daily till Five. Evenings, Seven till
Nine. 10. Argyll•place, Regent •street.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS,
Just published, by 1.1. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, London,
No I.
Bvo., in cloth. price ss. by post free, As. 6d..
ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA,
with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
In 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 Ms frequent practi-
,al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
'ime, he informs US, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi-
cal reader. We trust this may rot be the last, if be shall
detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his
,ower to correct."—London Medical Gazette. May 30, 1851.
"We promised in a former number that we should recur to this
work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes
with great severity the impostors wi'o make a livelihood by preying
on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers,'
and • Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; mid if this book
could find its way Into the hands of those who stiffer fr .in the com-
plaint of which it tre Is, we are satisfied that many hundreds would
be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of
less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize—
much Trolley .. .. —This volume is well qualified to Kit an end to the
empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat-
ment noon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore,
likely to do much good."—Mediecd Circular, June 16, 1852.
No. 11.
five., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45.,
THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, nn Princi
pies at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even Its most Inveterate
and. apparently Intractable Forms.
BY F. B. COURTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
"In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given
the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad
as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which lie had operated.
Such ere cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a
period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally
removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both
in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag-
gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the
treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successink"
—Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. ' ' !

SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND
LIFE ASSURA.NCE SOCIETY.

FINAL N
As the Books of the Society for the current septennial period close
upon the 31st current, parties desirous of joining the aociety are
reminded that, in order to secure right to participate in the alloca-
tion of profits so be then made, all proposals for assurance must he
lodged either at the Head Office, or at one cf the Agencies, on or
before that date.
• JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
W.M. LINDES'.4I', Secretary.
Ed*nburgli,,s, St. Andrew-square, Deceits4r, 1812.
N.B.—Proposals cannot be received afte-rrlday the 31st curt.
•
London Office, 4, Itoyal Exchange buildings:
HUGH M`KEAN, Ae.ent.

THE GENERAL LIFE AND
FIRE ASSURANCE COUPANY,
Established 1837. s
Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament, 3d Zic., c. xx., and
101 h Vie., c. i.
62, Kin William-street, Lonlim.
Capital, One
DIRECTORS.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, M.P.
George Ponsfield, Esq. James Pilkimrton, Esq., M.P.
Jacob (leo. Cope, Esq. Thoinas7Piper, Esq.
John Dixon, Esq. Thomas It. Simpson, Esq.
Chas. Maley, Esq., MX. Hon Chas. P. Villiers, M.P.
William limiter, Esq , Alderman John Wilts, EFq.
Edward Wilson, Esq.
The CHRISTMAS Fire Renewal Receipts are now ready, and
may be had on application at the Head Offices of the Company, or of
any of its Agents throughout the country.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT the Company transacts all busi-
ness relating to Life Assurances, Deferred Annuities, or Family En.
dowments, upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound princi-
ples and public security.
LOANS granted on personal security, and the deposit of a Life Po-
licy to be effected by the borrower.
To all Agents, Solicitors, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, a liberal al-
lowance is made.

By order of the Board,
THOMAS PRICE, Secretary.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established 41,0 gust
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4'Vict., cap. 9.
CRAIumAN Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park.
ADVANTAGES OP THIS INSTITUTION.
A table of increasing rates of premium, especially adapted to
the securing of Loans or Debts.
Half-credit rates whereby half the premium only is payable
during the first seven years.
Sum Assured payable at sixty, or at death if owning pre-
viously.
Orphans Endowment Branch affording the means of having
children educated and started in life, by securing annuities, to com-
mence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a son shall attain
his 21st year, or, if a daughter, her 25th year of age.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.

Annual division of profits.
Policy holders participate in profits after five or seven annual
payments, according to the table selected.
Premiums calculated for every three months' difference of age.
Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable ; the
unpaid half premiums 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 current year'spremium on all partici-
pating policies.
A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock.
Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy.
Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. • A

(PROPRIETARY.)
Extract from the Half
Credit Rates of
Premium.

(mirrult.)
Extract from Table with Partic
in Profits, after Seven Yea]
Payments!,

;Ipation
krly

Half I Whole

4 premium premium'
First for Re- 1
-4 Seven mainderi
Years. of Life.

Ago.

£ s. d.I £ a. d.
30 1 1 91 2 3 6
40 1 9 21 218 4
50 2 2 6 4 5
60 3 6 8 613 4

J
Half Quar.
Annual Yearly terly
premium Pre- Pre-
mium. mium.

Years. Months £ s. d.l£ s. d.l £ s. d.
30 0 2 7 3' 1 4 21 012 3
3 2 7 6 I'4 41 012 4
6 2 710 1 4_,...4..1) 12 3
9 2 8 21 1 4 8; 012 6

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

Princes-street, Bank, London,

NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE.
THE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,

18, New Bridge-street, Blackfrlars, London.
CAPITAL—ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND Founns.
DIRECTORS.
B. Yallowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury.
G. Noel Clarke, Esq , late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club.
George Coode, Esq., Fortland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St.

Helier's, Jersey,
Stephen Cracknall, Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hlll, and 11,
lew-sq.lare, Lincoln's •inn.
George Knox, Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor

Lodge, Staffordshire.
Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill.
David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymounstrect, Portman-Square.
William Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-Street, and 8, Hy de-park-

place West.
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Tnner Temtle, Barrister-at-Law.
Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square.
Major Sperling, 14, St. James's-square.
AUDITORS.
F. J. Bigg, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical,
Legal, and General Life Office.
William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers.

_
BANKERS.
Sir Charles Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-Strect, London.

THOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—At a General
Meeting of the Subscribers to the HOOD MEMORIAL, held
Dec. 24. at the Whittington Club. it was resolved that the Subscrip-
tion List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and

Miss ELIZA. COOK,
31u. ]MU] D° 'WONG, and
hln. JOHN IVATKINS,
were appointed TrUstees to the Fund.

The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London
and Commercial Bank. _ _ .

„. ......
Contributions are received by Mr. William Strud wicke, at the
Whittington Club, l• trend ; by Miss Etiza Cook, Treasurer, 54,
Great Ormonde-str et, Bloomsbury; and by Mr. John Watkins,
Hon. See., 34, Parliament-street.
Among the subscribers are the following :
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 0 0
Tr:e Right Hon. Lord John Russell, ...... 5 0 0
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.l' .... •• • • ...... 5 0 0
The Tlight Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M. () 0
Sir IVilliana Frazer, 8art..... .. ••• • • 5 0 0
James Harmer, Esq., ...... ..
' John Macgregor; Esq., ST. I' . .
Arnold ilogers, Esq. .. •. • • .... •• • .. 5 5 0
rs. Robert Elliot... ••• . • • ............. ..... 5 0 0
Richard Dawson, Esq., ALD ..... ••• . . • 5 0 0
George Peabody. E5q........ • • •• • 5 5 0
Edward Moorman, Esq
• David Salomons, Esq.. • ..... • • 5 5 0
Messrs Spalding and Hodge.— •••• • . • • •• • • 5 5 0
Miss Eliza Cook .............. ........ 5 0 0
Miss Cushman.... • • • ••. • • • • • •-• • • 5 0 0
Proceeds of an "Evening with Hood ” at the
Whittington Club... •• • .. 8 8 0
Murdo Young, Esq., and family , 4 4 0
Samuel Rogers, E5q........... ..... ... • 3 0 0
C. W. Dilke, ......... • .... 3 3 0
Charles Lushington, E5q...... •• • • .......... 3 0 0
Elias Davis, 3 3 0
The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere •••• • . 2 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M.P..• •.. 2 0 0
Sir James Duke. Bart., M.P..... . .... 2 2 0
R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., M.P..... 2 0 0
B. W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) ....... 22 0
Douglas Jerrold, Esq...,
T. K. Hervey, Esq. .......... ...... .......... 2 2 0
Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office • • ...... 2 2 0
C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. 2 2 0
C. W. Dilke, jun., E5q.......... ...... ........ 2 2 0
Edward Ifoxon, Esq.... .... ••• . • • 2 2 0
James Coppock. E5q..... • •
Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham . 2 2 0
Jas. Wyld, Esq., and family.... ..
Mrs. Theodore Martin (Miss Helen Paucit) .... 2 2 0
A few Young Men at Simpkin and Marshall's.. 1 .5 6
Nine half crowns from Manchester.... •• • .... 1 2 6
The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle .• •• • • .... 1 1 0
The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans •• • • 1 1 0
The Right Hon. Lord Brougham.... • ..... .... 1 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. .. 1 1 0
The Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne.. •••• • • • ..... 1 0 0
Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate)... ..... 1 1 0
Lady Sandys ...... •.••.•.. • • • • . 1 1 0
W. M. Thackeray, E5q..... .. .. • • ..... • • ...... 1 0 0
Charles Swain, Esq, ........................ 1 0 0
W. C. Macready, • • 1 1 0
J. Westland Marston, Esq .......... 1 1 0
Albert Smith, E5q..... • • ... •.. • • ............ 1 1 0
Lady Morgan--
W. CM. Kent. Esq. •.. • • ...... ••.. • ..... 1 1 0
Alfred Crowqulll, Esq. .• ••..•. • • . • 1 1 0
William Jerdan, E5q..... •
Hepworth Dixon. Esq • • ... •••• • • • • ...... 1 1 0
Charles (Cavan Duffy, Esq., M. V• • .... •• .. 1 0 0
R. Swift, Esq., M.P.... •• • • • 1 1 0
James Macgregor, Esq., M.P • •
B. Oliveira, Esq., ALP.... •• • ......• • ...... 1 1 0
W. J. Fox, Esq., M.P . . 1 1 0
Sir John Kerle Haberfield, Knt. Bristol ••• • .. 1 1 0
Mrs Milner Gibson ... • ..... ....... . • 1 0 0
ThomasrucCkrsetsowin:
Es Ec .
. • .q R A
:• 11
J. .
-Mrs. Fitzwilliffn ..... .................... • . 1 1 0
Nei. Felix Palmer, Frierning .... ••.. • 1 1 0
. Horace Mayhew, E5q...... • 1 1 0
C. Cowden Clarke, E5q..... 1 0 0
Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford .. • • ••• . • . 1 1 0
tlon Class, Walworth Literary Institution 1 1 0
'Rev. J. C. Collins .. _ 1 0 0
Eight half crowns from Preston..
In pence from Bideford • • .......... • •
.In pence from 8r12.01.... •.•.• • • • • •
,* •
*VW .
nnett. ...... ..... 0 10 0
E. L. Blanchard, Esq.... • • ....
A few Poor Needlewomen.... • • .............. 010 6
In other sums ...................... ~...... 182 19 0