The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-21 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT.-('PHIS DAY.)

The Master of the Rolls satin his court at Wtst
miuster to-day.

SMITH V. THE EARL OF EFFINGHAM AND OTHERS.

The MASTER of the lioLts gate judgment this morn-
ing in this case, which was heard before him twelve
months since upon further directions, costs, and petition.
His Lordship, after going at some length into the case,
ordered the bill to be dismissed with costs.

Nothing of any interest occurred in sny of tho other
Equity Courts

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
CAUSFIELD v. BLENKINSt,PP.

This action was brought to try the right which the plain-
tiff alleged to be in himself to the office of sexton of the
chapelry of Castle Barnard, in the county of Durham,
and it was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson,
at the last Durham assizes, when a verdict was found
for the defendant.

Mr. ATHERTON now moved, in pursuance of leave re-
served, to enter the verdict for the plaintiff. It appeared
that this office of sexton was thought no insignificant one,
for on its becoming vacant several candidates came for-
ward, and the election, a hich rested with the inhabitants,
was carried on with great spirit and animation, simi-
larly to a contested Parliamentary election, flags
and banners being had recourse to, speeches
being delivered, and bands of music being engaged
by each party to parade the streets. The plaintiff had
held the office since 1825, but had been discharged by
the vicar and thechurchwardens,who claimed the right of
election to themselves; and who, in opposition to the
wishes of a portion of the inhabitants, bad appointed the
defendant to the vacant office.
Baron ALDERSON said it was a ridiculous affair alto-
gether. The plaintiff, who was a very old man, wanted
a reversionary interest in burying the inhabitants, when
he, in fact, would soon want to be buried himself.—
(Laughter.)
Rule granted.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Justice WILDE, and
Justices COLTMAN, CRESS WELL, and WILLIANS.)
ooppAnD V. DOBSON AND ANOIIIER.

Mr. Sergeant BYLES said in this case, which was tried
before the Lord Chief Justice at the last sittings for
Middlesex, and a verdict found for the plaintiff for 1531.,
he had to apply for a rule to show cause why there
should not be a new trial upon the evidence and upon affi
davit. This was a case which had been before the Court
on a former occasion. The former action was tried before
Mr. Justice Coltman, and on that occasion the jury
found that the signature of a Mrs. Lay bourne to a note,
which formed the subject-matter of the action, was not
her signature. The case was tried again before the
Lord Chief Justice, and the jury on that occasion found
that the signature of Mrs. Laybourne was her signature.
The note in question was dated " Harlow, Essex, 3d
July, 1845." The word " Essex " was written over
some other word. The suggestion on the
part of the defence was, that the word
66 Paris " was written underneath the word
"Essex." That was very strongly denied on the other
side. A witness, named Shepherd, proved that the word
" Paris" was originally written underneath the word
"Essex." The note was dated on the 3d of July, 1845,
and it turned out that Mrs. Laybourne, though she was
in France on that day, had left Paris, but was at Bou-
logne on that day, and crossed over to England
on the 4th. That circumstance was material in
this way, that the defendant had reason to
suppose she was at Paris when the note was made,
but it afterwards turned out she was not at Paris on that
day, and that might account for the alteration of Paris
into Essex. The husband of Mrs. Laybourne is the
professor of mathematics at Sandhurst, and the liti-
gants are nearly related. The case on the trial for the
defence was, that Dobson's signature was a genuine
signature, but that Mrs. Laybourne's was not genuine.
He (Mr. Sergeant Byles) submitted there was reason
for submitting this case to another investigation.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, having paid very con
siderable attention to the evidence given on the former
trial before Mr. Justice Colman, and having carefully
weighed all the matters given in evidence on the second
trial before himself, he owned it seemed to him (the
Lord Chief Justice) on the trial that this was an unde-
tended cause, and it was perfectly manifest that this was
a denial of handwriting contrary to the truth, and to be
manifest, moreover, upon the documents produced on the
efiraeientltyaststis•
tied part
so thh teh sod je tri es
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nd ea sns t oht
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verdict r diticet forwas
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Mr. Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and
Mr. Justice W meranis concurred; and
The rule was r. fused.

On Thursday last the first hoard meeting of the
Central School District Union took place, when Alder-
man Gibbs and the Rev. Dr. Russell were unanimously
chosen Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the year en-
suing.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The violent storm
of Thursday night laid prostrate several of the posts on
which the electric wires on the South Eastern line are
extended, and completely interrupted all telegraphic com-
munication. Yesterday it was impossible to communi-
cate beyond the Pluckly Station, but the utmost endea-
vours were being made to re-open the electric line.
FIRE AT A PAWNBROKER'S.—Yesterday a fire oc-
curred at the shop of Mr. Fish, pawnbroker, 14, Edg-
ware-road, by which a considerable quantity of property
was destroyed.

....

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Si. Vinesnt, 120, Captain S. C. nacres was Ps'"
off at Poi tsmouth on Thus's:day ; her ship's company
returned from leave in the morning. and payment COur
me need soon after Line o'c!ock. Nearly all the ere°
e ere busy oa Wednesday, landing their clothes and bed.
ding ; and from the ship being alongside the yard jetty',
were saved th expense of hiring wherries, and the shiP
was kept entirely tree from tno,se long coated gentryr
Rho sell spit its, and various other persons who reap their
harvest on the occasion of the paying off men of war'
Captain nacres has, by these good arrangements, ince''
red the mortal hatred of all these persons.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C. nacres, as we be:
fore stitcd, was cleared out and dismasted on Saturueli
The procrastination was occasioned by her books 0°
being ready, and thus the ship was kept in commie'
'ion, at a considerable expense for several
`There is some defective system in the par
office that should be examined into, for certainly
a couple of days must be quite sufficient time to cast her
books. The St. Vincent hiving returned all her stores,
and cleened ship. Captain Dacres very properly
on givieg the slip's company leave on shore on l'uoclei
at noon until Thursday moreiug.
The officers of the St. Vincent entertained Sir Chat!
Napier at diclier, at Portsmouth, on Thursday evening'
Commander Harper in the chair.
The Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain L. P. Jones',,,, „
flag-ship of Commander Sir C. Hotham, was paid off ',4-
Monday at Portsmouth. She was not taken alongsl
the dockyard, and the ship was surrounded by boats s°
people of all sorts. Most of her seamen landed in.
state of inebriety, from its being impossible to keep sPir"-
out of the ship. .
The Hibernia, 104, Captain C. Wise, with the fligi,of
Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., with
Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, in comPse)'
is said to hare arrived at Malta on the 11th inst.
fig
The Queen, 110, Captain Bruce, has orders waiting
her at Devonport for every exertion to be used to P`',
her off as soon as possible after going into harbour.
The Cleopatra, 26, has been reported ready for Corr
mission at Chatham.
The Heroine, 8, was commissioned at Devonport, on di*
17th, by Commander Marsh.
of
The " Sheerness squadron" present at the opening of
the Docks at Grimsby, under the command-in-chief
Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Elliott, C. 8.. was the I)ashe2
1, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Parks; Lightnig',
steam-tender, Master Commander Petley, and the "
fire, et, am. tender Master Commander Brookman.
der
The North Star discovery-ship, Master Comma-
Sanders was to have been taken out of dock on the 16"
but the tide was too slack. She was undocked, odor'
rived at Woolwich yesterday morning.
The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Fitzroy,
..
I.e
still in dock at Portsmouth, and will not come out belt,'
Satui day. Mr. Grant is on board her daily, supenri;
tending the fitting of the distilling apparatus. 1-0
Arrogant would have been out of duck before, but
to
putting new pipes through the ship's bottom no 01°,
than two or three men cats work at a time, which reo ,
ders it a tedious process. The engineers, however, Pe
port that she will be out of their hands on the 25th.
The Basilisk steam-sloop, designed- by Mr.. 1,11)6
:.
with engines by Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., of 400 hot?''
power, having had sundry alterations made in her 1/
gieg and fitting, had a hill day's trial down the rivers,
'Tuesday, and which was deemed a very successful 0e,,;
both as regards vessel and engines, although it is thong'
that if the ship had been twenty feet longer she Tiet:o I
have had a little more speed. As it is, she ran d°,bo
to the Nore, and in four runs between the Nore and I„,t,
Mouse (nearly 32 miles), with all her armament sad sO":,
shot on board—wind before the beam, fresh both swarth
she attained the average rate of speed of 10.557 la3?„t
or 12.22 statute miles an hour, the engines avereglT
18.7 revolutions per minute. She then returned to W°°ll
wich atter an absence of nearly twelve hours, during,„,"‘
which time she was under steam, without the
heating or derangement of any kind in the machine%;
The engines of the Basilisk are from the same Patterds
as those fitted by Miller, Ravenhill, and Co,, to s
fine ships the Bombay and Ganges, built for the Peel,;,
sular and Oriental Company by Filcher, of Northne,;(l
and sold by them to the Sicilians. It has been rev:ll'l'4-8
that these engines have their air-pumps betweell"•.
linders on an inclined plane, an arrangement roe
tented by Miller, and we believe first applied to
itio
Gladiator, sti am-frigate, but which has been genet for
adopted (in the Russian steam-frigate Waldo:Dirt
instance) with or without leave. 111
The Termagant, screw frigate, at Portsmouth,
,111
be complete in the engineer's department on the 2'
instant. •
the
An account from the Odin, steam-frigate, Captainto
Hon. F. Pelham, in the Mediterranean, says, " sties so
experienced some bad weather, but so steady, 013" tell
easy is she in her motion, that people below earinc4
when she is in a heavy sea ."
s.
an
Lieutenant John Burgess, R.N., has presented n lot
tion of five guineas to the Royal Naval Belie°
Society.
.
OBlTUARY.—Commander James Charles Mann 'To
sop
zeau (1842), died on the 14th, at St. Aubyns, Je'"
aged 42. He was a Lieutenant of 1839.

APPOINTMENTS. Sr
Surgeon—Henry Edmonds (1848) to the Heroine,
fitting at Devonpurt for service on the coast of Afrieso
Assistant Surgeons—Thomas B. Purchas (1847);.gs
the Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth ; Dr. Ge°")
Mason (acting), from the Victory to the Heroll.ii
James A. M'Cullagh (acting), to the Crocodile flag'!
at Cork.
.n
Midshipmen—S. H. Pike, to the Ocean, flag-thlr
Sheerness; J. A. Poland, to the Heroine.

Boatswain—Robert Ilingston, to the Ganges. 01
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20.—This morning the Oith
and military authorities exchanged courtebies
-
Captain S. S. Count von Limburg Styrmer, of his Nis
therland Majesty's corvette Amphitrite, 20, wilier
undergoing refit at this dockyard. , la
There is a Danish brig of war, of 16 guns, 1)1136;00
Cowes roads, which occasioned quite a eorainti,
among the foreign merehait vessels there yester
all of whom hoisted their colours as if in defianoet!os
knowing the descendant of the ancient sea )bugs

not meddle with them in a neutral port. der
In Port and Fitting.—The Victory, 22, Comma° big
ie-Chiet's flag-ship; the Illustrious, 10. flat.
of Admiral Sup,rintendent ; the Victoria ';0.
Albert,* Royal steam-yacht ; the Excellent, ,g 1
nery exercise- ship ; the Blenheim, 60, guaro4 eft
of steamers ; the Arrogant,* 46, auxiliary sate •
steam-frigate ; the Amphitrite, 20, Dutch cornet
the Sparrow, surveying-ketch; the Rolla, exercise lc
for naval apprentices; the Diligence,
onaval store tril.
port ; the Stromboli, Plumper, and Reynard,* Fri
sloops ; the Comet, steam-surveying-vessel ; the
Fire Queen, and Bee, steam-tenders ; the Echo, otetio,
tug vessel ; the Fairy, Bee, Myrtle, and Fairy, s.„,t r- r.
tenders ; the Fanny, Port Admiral's yacht ; the -ru"
mouth, yacht of Rear-Admiral Superintendent.
In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, 104, Grarlil
50 gun frigate ; Vindictive, 50-gun frigate ; Airilsl,4
46, screw steam-frigate; Devastation, steam-sloop';
Bloodhound, steam packet (iron). hiP;
In ho: steam-basin—The Ajax, 56, steam guard's
the Sidon, Termagant, Penelope, aid Retribution bteso.
frigates; the Ph minx, Cormorant, and Polyphemus, stAel/ths
sloops; the Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht ; an
*pi ightly and Urgent, steam-packets.
At Spithead—The Superb, 80. the
In the Ship-hasiu.—None. This receptacle is int fagcourse of cleansing and repair, the walls requiring If;
pointing with cement, and the bottom being very foul is
The ship Kent, 659 tons, now fitting at Deptforcilgi•
appointed to convey draughts of the 45th and 91st P"
meets to the Cape of Good Ilok.
Wind—N. by E., fresh gales and squally, with Otis;
WOOLWICH, APRIL 20.—The North Star arri""ie
Woolwich this morning, from Sheerness, towedb)",io
African steam-vessel, and will be made ready witn,,,tos.
greatest dispatch, to proceed to the North Polar reg'lio
The Elfin steam-vessel, intended as a dispatch WI to
be stationed at the Isle of Wight, went up the rive-ko.
Blackwell this morning, under the charge of Lieut• "At
bertson, with Mr. Humphries, chief engineer at Woolfil-t
dockyard; and Mr. 0. W. Lang, assistant to the Iziste,
shipwright at Chatham dockyard, who designed be
At Blackwell Captain Ellice, controller of Inefi:
machinery, and Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer of the I— (1
ralty, went on board, arid the Elfin started to procee,.
down the river, and, if found satisfactory, to bold on to
Cat
isatham.
said that six frigates are to be con3missioned
imp
mediately, three of them new trigatea, and three of 410'
that have been razed.
Rear-Admiral znir Charles Napier, K.C.8., yisitej
Woolwich dockyard on Wednesday last, and went Oer
the whole of the works, to witness the progress roadid
since he was last at Woolwich.- The gallant Ading;
was alone, but he entered into conversation with 031
able to give him any information, and made a leygt d
ened examination of the Royal Albert, 120 guns,
the Nankin, 50-gun frigate.
which
CHATHAM, APRIL 20.—The Cleopatra, 26 guns,vi-1
has been got ready fur commission, is now reports
ready to receive men. s,
The Cressy, 80 guns, building on the plan of geos,rb;
Read, Creuze, and Chatfield, is progressing rapidly. op
is built with the best seasoned timber, and every exertl
will be used to launch her at the tnd of the year. „
The Elfitoteam dispatch-boat, is ordered to Chsttba7,;
Sheis to arrive to-morrow, the 21st, to complete 13`
fittings.

r
* Those marked with au asterisk are either in dock.°o
in the steam- basin, and will be found in the respect.
lists.

BMWS.
On the 17th inst., at Faringdon, Berks, Blanche, the wife
of the Rev. Vicesimus Lush, M. A., of a son. ran
On the 17th inst., at St. Ives, hunts, the wife of A—II
Osborne, Eq., of a sun. f•
On )he 18th inst., at Montague-terrace, Mrs.
Peat, of a daughter.
On the 18th inst., at Tavistock-place, Russell-square, tli.
wile of G. I. L. Noble, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED. ;cif,
On the 19th inst., ,at Bow Church, Middlesex, Freder.vg.
second son 01 Nicholas Charrington, Esq., of Ley SPIOO
Leytonstone, to Louisa Elizabeth, only daughter of the
J. Griffith Eso., of Bow.

LIED. gloo.
On the 17th inst., at Guernsey, aged 81, the Right .-- do
Dowager Lady de baumarez, relict of Admiral .Lard
Saumarez, G.C.B. of
Or the 17th ,t ' -

in the th inst., at Holloway, Joseph Smit_
Bartholomew-close, aged 68.
On the 17th inst , aged 53, at Great Castle-street, Covell:
dish-square, W. Callard, many years a clerk in the VVI
office, Bank of England. islet
On the 18th inst., at Portland. place, Charles Little.
Esq., aged 71.
On the Bth lost., Rebecca, relict of the late Rev. Genre
Clark, of Ponder's. end, Enfield, aged 75. •

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ARMY CONTR ACT S.
Office of Ordnance, Pall-mall, April 10, 1849.

Notice is hereby given to all Persons desirous of contracting to sup
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Evening, April 23, at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square,
to commence at Eight o'clock.
Programme—Part I. Overture to Euryanthe, Weber • Aether
Traume Walzer, Strauss ; Der Carnaval von Venedig—Caprice,
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Strauss. _

tart 11. Overture to Leonora, Beethoven ; Donau-Lieder, or
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Society and other scientific parties. The use of these Models, as well
as all others in the Institution, is explained from day to day.—Lec-
tares by Dr. Bachhoffnsr on the Ventilation of Mines, &c., by
means of a Jet of Steam, daily at fwe o'clock, and on alternate
Evenings.—Lecture on Chemistry, daily at Malf-past Three, and on
alternate Evenings.—The Microscope.—The New Dissolving Views
include Scenes in Tan Diemen's Land, from Original Drawings taken
on the spot by J. hicweer Trout, }..sq.—New cnroni.trspe.—Diver
and Diving-bell.—The Musts is under the direction of Dr. vrous.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ' • and in the Y.:Toning' (Ineludlai
Saturday) from Seven till Lls.lf-pastTea.
Admission, Is.—Sehools, llalf-price.---Ths Now Catalogue, Is.

ROYAL MIS SISSIP PICTURE
EGYPTIAN HALL.
BANVARD'S great PAINTING having returned from RTINDSOR
CASTLE, twhere it has been exhibited, by command, to her Majesty
the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, is NOW OPEN to
the Public at the usual hours, at the Egyptian Hall. Mori4ng, Half-
past Two ; Evening, Hall-past Seven.
Admission—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery. Is.

-UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
V COMPANY.--3, Watorloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97,
George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col-
lege-green, Duislla

DIZECTOES.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. llenriques, Esq.
Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. F. C. Maitland. Esq.
I:. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railten, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq. F. H. Thomson. Esq.
SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION or PROFITS.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords
the most perfect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great
- success which has attended it since its commencement-17i ANNUAL
INCOBLF FLING lITIVAIDS OF 94,000/.
In 1841 the Company added a ►onus of 21. per cent. per annum on
the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the
time they .were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from
that date to fist December, 1147, 2 1,4 T. per cent. per annum was
added at the General Meeting en the 6th of July, 1343.
:** The bonus thus aided to policies from March, 1834, to the list of
December, 1847, is as follows:

Sum Time Assured. Sum added to Sum added to Sam payable
Assured. Policy inlB4l Policy in 1544 at Death.
£5OOl 13 years 10 mths £683 6 8 £787 II 0 £6470 16 $
5000 12 years 500 0 0 747 10 0 6287 10 0
411110 10 years 300 0 0 757 10 0 6087 10 0
5000 5 years 100 0 0 757 10 0 6887 10 0
6000 6 years .. .. 675 0 0 6675 0 0
5000 4 years .. .. 450 0 0 6450 0 0
5000 2 years .. .. 225 0 0 6225 0 0
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years where the In-

The Pi
only one•
surance L

•emiums, nevertheless, are on th,
-half need be paid for the first
s for Life. .

No tni

Eiery I
Director,

ranee Money or charge except tl
Information will be afforded on
No. $, Waterloo-place, Pall-na

the Policy Stamp.
application to the Resideat
all. London.

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matter, contains the " Postal " and " Parliamentary Directories
exactly as in the complete work. As the Supplement extends to
upwards of an hundred closely-priated Imperial Octavo pages, it is
sold at nearly the same proportionate price as the " Post Office
London Directory" itself, which, as stated in an able Review of the
book for the current year, published in the " Times" on the 30th of
November last, " is necessarily a bulky volume ' • but its bulk,
contrary to the general rule, is an advantage, and it may be said
to contain no superfluous pages whatever." The " Post Office Lon-
don Directory " is, beyond all comparison, the cheapest work which
is,ues from the p- ass, taking mere size into consideration, and
without reference to the various classifications, and other matters too
numerous to be detailed here. This Directory was characterized by
the " Examiner," of the lath. of December last, a " perfect marvel
of arrangement, accuracy, and fulness of information. " And the
" Morning Herald" of the 30th of the previous month, likewise re-
viewing the " Post Office London Direoiory for 1249," described it
as " an authoritative Directory of the capital of Great Britain,
laughing rivalry to scorn." The " Supplement" now published at
-the price of one shilling, contains the " Postal Directory," furnish-
ing all the regu'ations of the Post Office as affecting the receipt and
dispatch of letters to the five thousand principal places throughout
the world, copious Money Order information, &c., &c., &c., and the
" Parliamentary Directory," likewise contained in this "Supple-
meat," furuiahos the usual Information with roforenao to Peo,o and
31ellaben of the House of Commons.
Likewise, price 18s.. the " Post-office London Directory for 1849,"
containing " Official Directory," "Commercial Directory," "Court
Directory," " Parliamentary Directory," " Postal Directory,"
" Banking Directory," &c., &c. Some copies of the Complete
Post office London Directory for ISO, price 365., are still on sale.
Rod contain, In addition to .all the foregoing, " Street Directory,"
Trades' Directory," " Law Directory," " Conveyance Directory,"
tf,c Ace, Sze•
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e and Wiltshire ; Derbyshire, Leicestershire,
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from any Bookseller in Town or Covitry.

OUSE PAINTING WITHOUT SMELL.
HUse the newly-invented SWEET OIL of TURPENTINE,
as certified by Dr. Serny.. It goes further, Aries quicker, lasts longer,
adds to the brilliancy of colours, and prevents the many ill effects
and
too often consequent in the use of the old turpentine. Painters.
lovers of health, writs this upon the tablets of your memory
Sold In bulk and in bottles, Is. and 2s, each, 4 the SWEET OIL
of TURPENTINE COMPANY'S DEPOT, Bream's-buildings, Chan-
cerY-lale ; by every Oilinan ; and the Company's Agents throughout
the Kingdom.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENB 'friE DURATION OF HUMAN.
LIRE.

Seventeenth Edition.
So 61 ~ or free
Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, 2
by post. Ss. 64
VONTROUL OF THE
remature Dec
PASSIONS
.v Inuiry into the Concealed:Cause of tb! p
: a Popular
with In tractions for its Ccmplete Restoration , the physiol ogyin,luse,
and abuse of the passions ; and advice to those suffering
from dul-
Kenos lu a secret vice, or from infection.
RS, CHARLES LUCAS and Cc, Surgeons,
60, 11ewirtan. street, Oxford-street, London,
_a,
___os.
Of whom the work may b street d sold by Brittain, 54, r tern , .
ter-row ; Mansell, 115 Pnleetd ••Gard ,n, 146, Leadenhall-stree, ,
Ward, 67, Strand ; Ha C0.,'3
and Sanger, 130, Oxford-
street ; aad all aooksenilearYs. an
' '
The authore continue to b
generative system
ary 87W-
, comprising syphilis, gonorrhoea, second
ce
e congulted dally on all diseases of the
Some, seed Hoot doplorable disorders resulting from early indulgence
ti excesd. Their successful treatment being based upon upwards
of thirty yaws' practical experience, ,s a guarantee for their pronW-
titude and skill to those who are sufferins from any
plants, and in most cases one ers onal interview only is required to
sliest a sound and pertnanent
supre. of these corn •
At home from tea till two, and from five till eight. Immediate
replies sent to all letters, if containing the fee of 1/. for advice, &c.
40, NEWMAN-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON.

[n the ISLE of WIGHT.—The favourite and spaclons PRIVAI
HOTEL, at VENTNOR, patronised by the Queen, her Majesty
the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
and nany families of distinction and fortune : also, other impor-
tant Properties in well-secared Ground-rents and unrivalled and
romantic Sites for the erection of Villas, Crescents, and Cottages,
commending a grand extent of the Beach and Undercliff, with
magnlcent Sea Views.

MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
OFFER for SALE by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the
Bank ofEngland, in MAY next, in One or more Lots (unless an
acceptable offer shall be first made for the property entire), the well-
known and highly respectable first-class HOTEL, at Ventner, for
many years most beneficially carried on by the late Mr. John
Fisher, consisting of two modern mansions, conveniently connected,
in perfec: substantial and decorative repair, with gardens and plea-
sure-grounds, distinguished for its superior arrangements for pri-
vate families, with detached stabling, tap, &c. Also, numerous
valuable- and highly improvable Properties for investment, and for
speculefve and pleasurable occupation, consisting of several well
secure,: ground-rents on villas and louses, the baths and read-
ing-rocm, and various parcels of pasture and garden land, pre-
senting most delightilil sites for building, embracing nearly the
whole of the unappropriated ground in this remarkable and
highly favoured spot, now deemed the Madeira of Europo from
Its pectliarly dry, sheltered, and genial atmosphere, screened by the
cliffs front the east, north, and westerly winds, amidst the roost
romantic scenery of the island. If net acid in one let, the lands will
be offered separately from the hotel in various lots, consisting
partly of well-secured ground-rents, and partly of very choice spots
for budding, affording au immediate income, with a certainty of
realising, by a judicious and gradual outlay, a great increase in re-
version, the extraordinary local advantages and beauties of this
delightful sea-side place becoming yearly more developed and
esteemed. The tenure is leasehold, renewable for ever on payment
ors small fixed line.

The Estates may be viewed by application to Mr. Miles, at the
Ventnor Hotel ; and descriptive particulars and plans may be had
when the day of sale is fixed at the chief hotels at Cowes, Ryde,
Southampton, and Portsmouth; of W. H. Moberly, Esq., solicitor,
Southampton ; of J. J. Foquett, Esq., solicitor, Newport ; of Messrs.
Sewells, Norris, and Estzourt, solicitors, Newport; of H. Sewell,
Esq., Bloomsbury-square; of Messrs. Sewell and Fox, solicitors, 5,
Old 11-oad-street ; at the Auction Mart, in the City ; and of
Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, in Waterloo-place,
Pall-mall, who are authorised to receive oilers for the whole of the
property.

cal Colenred E
crry,,
jum 1
mrLICATIONS, GENE PtATIVE
ngravings on Steel.
Illustrated by 26 Anatemi
es. Just published, price 2s 6d
ON PHYSICAL DISQUA
enlarged
frarogusedthte
b. pest, dire
Sew Edition,
e ElAstappbialLEif NTS TO mARRIAGE.
INCIPA-
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postage siansp"a or
,
the inervoitles and decay a Medical Work o
,essive Indulgence, infection, and the generative system, from n
:rich remarks on Marriage, and the inordinate use of mercury,ex-
,ualifications. Illustrated' b the means of obvitting certain di
y 26 Colour
L. Pf REY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, Engravisgs• By R 2.
Oz-
ford-street, London. Püblished b
the Aut i. --
21, Paternoster-raw; Hannay, G3,Y
andora : sold by Str
Starie,23, Titchborne•street, lia Sanger,!a 160, Oxford-strects:
k t.
hall-+treet. e , and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
PAST 1. treats of the anatomy and physiology of
there-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
FAIT U. treats of-the consequences resulting from
:time, and their lamentable effects en the system,
pre:Le:give Indul-
Lnd bail
ey weakness, nervous excitement, and generati Ing mental
dlustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. ye neapacity,
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either I
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section Is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.
a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
FIAT IV. contains
by a simple application, by which the danger of infection Is ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the
eader's notice.
PAST T. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
luties. Tha causes of unproductive union are
i nq also couired nsidntoered, and
%he 'allele subject critically and philosophically i.
TaICOBADIAL SALM OF STAIAOI7M Is exclusively employed in treatper
-
'Jig nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Ste., 11s. and 335.
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive EtSenCe, an auti-syphilitle
remedy, for purifying the blood In eases ofiniection, secondary symp-
*onis, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, lls. and 335. per bottle.
Perry's 'Purifying Specific Pills, 2e. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11E. per box, a
eertain remedy for gonorrhemt, elect, stricture, and ehrcnic Intarrtn a-
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retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position la s-,...: I e.
51. Packets, with advim), to be bad at the Egtablishu.4l., •,!:, e.
which the ice,!l., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, .i.re ii: al, ~
pange daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Louden. . -ez ~,, -
~yai4 alit TWO, And EIVO 1,0 Eight on Sandays from, Lan on o . ~>.

THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, DUBLIN.—The deserved
popularity which this elegant little theatre enjoys,
affords a most satisfactory proof of the appreciation with
which the enterprise and energy of Mr. Harris is re-
garded. He has succeeded in catching the public taste,
and catering for it well. In the performances selected
for representation there is that liveliness, variety, and
attraction, which is just' the antidote to ennui, arid'
the most agreeable evening's relaxation which we
know of'. In the operatic entertainments the manager
has evidently borne in mind the now settled axiori
that " Progress is the order of the day." Accordingly
there have been produced a series of well-selected
pieces, the principal characters of which are admirably
sustained, and which have been put on the stage with a
good eye to dramatic effect, and with excellent musical
and scenic accessories. The engagement of Miss. Re-
becca Isaacs has proved highly successful. With a most
agreeable and well-cultivated voice, she combines no
ordinary degree of ability as an actress. Her songs are
nightly encored, and her admirable execution of those
gems of our national poets, "The Minstrel Boy" and
"Kate Kearney," is sure to evoke repetition by the most
enthusiastic applause. Of what is generally spoken of
as the stock company, we must speak in terms of high
praise. It is one of the " features" of this theatre that
every actor is, to use the stage phrase, " well up" in his
part.—Freeman's Journal. •

TilE NEW SOCIETY OP PAINTERS IN WATER
COLOURS.—His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, at-
tended by his equerry, Colonel Seymour, honoured the
New Society of Painters in Water Colours with a visit
yesterday afternoon, previous to the exhibition being
opened to patrons and the pres., this day, and to the
public on Monday. His Royal Highness was received
by the President, Mr. Warren, the Vice President, Mr.
Haghe, and the Secretary. Mr. Fahey, to whom ho ex-
pressed his warm admiration of many of the works upon
he walls, and his great satisfaction at the general ex-
:•ellence of the entire exhibition.