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London, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

N©. 17,155.] LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING S U Bir, SEPTEMBER 14, 1847.

FNULAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA.
the INItIA and ATSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET
Com I'ANY, incorporated by Hoya! Charter, which limits the re-
sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which th y indivi-
dually subscribe, and authorises the Company to establish coramu-
tdeations to and and from the United Kingdom, the East Indies,
Australasia, and New Zealand.
Capital One Million sterling.
Divided into series of shares of 201. each.
COMMITTEE.

Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of

1845 for Extension of Steam Navigation to Australia.
Sir William Verner, Bart., M.P.
lion. Francis Scutt, M.P., Agent fur New South Wales.
Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales,
London.
Abdy, Indian Army
Thomas Browne, Esq.
Captain C..gan, Indian Navy
Archibald Cuninghame, Esq.
Captain H. M. Denham, 1.R.5.,
Royal Navy
G. IL Donaldsow, Esq.
Capt. R. J, layrer, Royal Navy
Captain Fort. East India Maritime.
Service
Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal Navy
K. S. Ha'swell, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
Capt. H. Hamilton, Royal Navy
Gustavus Hamilton, Esq.
James Hunter, Esq.
J. A. Jackson, Esq.
Charles Joyce, Esq.
Frederick Lambe, Esq.

J. Maclean Lee, Eeq,
Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian
Navy
Milbourne Marsh, Esq.
It Montgomery Martin, Esq.
J. Montetiore, Esq.
Sir F. Waskett Myers, K.C.S.
Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq.
Richard Paterson, Esq.
'Robert Henley Payne, Esq,
John Wilson Pill:ins, Esq.
!G. H. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal
Navy
Colonel Torrens, F.R.S.
William Gordon Thomson, Esq.
Lieut. Waghorn, F.R.A.S„ Royal
Navy
Melvil Wilson, Esq.

nALNKEILS-3fesars. Currie and CO., Cornhill.
sotaciroas—Messrs. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square.
India, Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu-
lation of more than half the number of the inhabitants of the
gi ,be, and teem with every product which con minister to the wants
•f man.
To carry out effectually and economically steam communication
with those countries is the object of this Company, for whose ope-
rations there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards
our numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pficitic, which
have an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England
—are the only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam
navigation with the parent stale, and for which a charter by the
overland route has been exclusively granted to this Company.
The route sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com-
pany is vIA Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of
which are, that Sydney, the metroplitan capital of the whole of the
Australasian colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or
6.5 days of London (frequently in 60), and within less than 30 days
of India. The coal stations are convenient, excellent coal from the
pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be pat on board there at
7s. to 7s. 6d. per ton.
Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, and further
information may be had on application at the offices of the Com-
pany, where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may be
obtained.
Offices, 34, Cornhill, London.

JOHN YATES, Sec.

PATENT RAAIONEUR ASSOCIATION.
(Provisionally Registered.)

COUN'I LES of SliitßEY and KENT.

Capital, 20,0001. In 10,000 Sliarei of 21. eaeli. Deposit, 11. per Share

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on complete registration.
No further call will be made without three months' previous
notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
4uhscribed for. _ . .

The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in
the °flees of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap-
proved by
file Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the

Royal Society.
Toe Right Ilon.Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal In-
.

stititte of i •ritish Architects.
Sir !LOUP:NICK I. MURCIIISON,PreeIdent of the British Assook-

tion for the Advancement of Science.

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop
of Norwich of Lichfield
The Right Ron. the Earl of Lei- The Most Noble the Marquis of
tester Bristol
The Lori Rendieshaiss, M.P. The Hen. and Rev. Thomas R.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop Keppel
of Gloucester and Bristol The Hon. Fred. BS ng
The Hon. and Rev. Edward S. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
Keppel loin, Bart.
Che Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart.
minster, Dr. Buckland Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir- Sir Eran,is Darwin
ley The Norwich Union Fire Office
Sir John r. Boileau, Bart. The Suffolk Fire Office
Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Office of fir-
Dr. Outram, F.G.S., In- mingham
spector of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Right lien. Earl P itzhardinge Office
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby-
Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Office
Eight lion. F. H. F. Berkeley,. The West of England Fire Office,
M.P. &c.
W. Mlles, Esq., M.P.

The object of this Association is totally to aboliela the us• of
climbing boys, who, notvrithstonding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85,
are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im-
possibility In innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge-
nious and effective Rainoneur machine has been invented. This
invention consists (1 four brushes forming a square head, which
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
creating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with,
universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle
and the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route moat
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used In the Government and
numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detsiled prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jermyn-street, St.
James's ; at Messrs. Barry and (70.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Esq 's, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the
principsl office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applicat:ons for shares may be addressed.

BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-
road, London.—The cases of cure performed by MORISON'S'
VEGETARLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE reay be had as above,
and of all the llygeian Agents throughout the country, price 2d., or
4d. by post. In consequence of the numerous counterfeits of Mo-
rison's Medicine on tie Continent, parties travelling abroad are
requested to be on their guard, and to purchase only of respect-
able merchants.

A SPORTSMAN'S INVITATION.
About a week ago, or rather better,
• 55 bile walking in a field I found a letter;
Picking it up, and finding how it ran,
I saw 'twas written by a sporting man.
And now for MOSES' sake I can't do better,
Than let you hear tits• cornett' s of
THE LETTER.
Pear Mr. Phizz,—l hope you are well anti hearty,
For, Sir, we want you in a sporting party.
Our worthy friends, Popo, Marker, -hott, and RamM
Ilave all agreed to come, and pleased I am ;
An 1, ir, I hope you'll come and join us too,
But now I'll tell you what we have in view.
All have agreed to what frieno r.,pp proposes,
That every one shall wear a coat from MOSES ;
We think our taste, as sportsmen, will be shown,
In wearing shooting-coats which stand alone—
Atone in quality—alone in st, le—
Alone in lasting us a long, long while.
MOSES anti SON deserve support from us,
And that's the reAson I address you thus :
I've one of NIOSES' coat., and really, Sir,
In ev'ry sense its just what I prefer;
And 3 et it cost but very Raiz! cash,
Pray go to .V.OSES, like your Wend,
FRED. FLASH.

LIST OF PRICES.
MAIDS TO ItJUSOSI.
I 'ashmere Codrington, from
Tagbouts, silk collar and cuffs .• 1 2 0
Cambridge Cuat, lined throughout • • • • • • • • • • • •
•• •• • • 2 b 0
Tweed Coats • •• .. • • •• • • • • • • • •
Snortinz Coat •••• • • • • ••••••" • • •• ••
Dress Coat.. .....
Rest quality manufactured ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • •2 15 0
•
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•
•
•
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Best quality manufactured ••• • .•
Rich pattern Vests • ..... •• • ....• •• .• ••• • • 0 8
Cashmere, or cloth •••••.••• • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• •.. 0 8 6
Tweed Trousers .• • ..... •• ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 08 0
Single-milled Doeskin ditto ........ ... • ...... ••• • • • I 2 0
Beat, or Dress ditto .. • • ...• -••• • • • • ••••• • .. 1 6 0
Boys' Hussar or Tunic Suits ••.. • 1 0

Illnstrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON
PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY,kND I AIPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
Edition,
published, price is. 6d., or
New the Establishment, 35. 6d. in postage stamps
a Medical Work 4:;
T
by post, direct from
.... to 1% pages. Just
the infirßlllloB Rad decay n
of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence,
infection, and the in rdinate use of raercury,
LIE SILENT FRIEND,
with remarks en Mar, riage and the means of obviating certain dis-
26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
qualifications. Illustrated
b
Byerners-street, Oxf ird-street, London.
L PERRY and CO., 19,
old Isy Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ;
Published by the Authors : s
Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborno-
Lastreet.
street, -Haymarket ; and Gordon,
d livsiology of the re-productive
PART I. treats of the anatomy anl46, cad onhll-
P .
Six Coloured Engravings.
organs, and 13 illustrated by
Rini, from excessiveindul-
PAST 11. treats of the consequences resu .
producing mental
genes, and their lamentable effects on the system,d
generative Incapacity.
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, ani
It is illustrated b, Three Explanatory Engravings.l fection, either in
PART 111. Treats ot the diseases resulting tnim u .
..
tions for
contains explicit dirt
the primary or secondary form, and
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abu-e
of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated
by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PART IT. Treat- of Perry's Preventative ' Lotion, by the use of
which the dangers ot infection are obviated. It combines with the
virus chemically, and destroys its power on the system.
Pear V. Is devoted to the consideration ot marriage, and its
ditties, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophiddly inquired into.
Tux Coantaa, BALM OF Svaiscuu is exclusively employed in treat-
ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per
beetle. The Concentrated. Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle.
Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 25. Od., 4s. 6d.. and I Is. per box, a
certain remedy to gonorrhcea,gleet. strictures, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. Perry's Preventatlye Lotion, an application to
obviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if
by letter, 11. 5/. Packets with advice tube tad at the Establishment
anly;by which the fee, 11... is saved. Attendance daily at 19. Ber-
nm.stmet, from Voent till Two, mad Five to Eight; es Sands4l
tVAI leffea Va Oiph - -

ABD NK OF ENGLAN, SEPTEMBER 9. 1847.
The Court of Directors ol the Govei nor and Company of the
Bank of England give notice,
That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on Tucasnar
NExl, the 16th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to consi-
der of a Dividend ; this will also be one of the Quarterly General
Courts appointed by the Charter.
JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary.

NOTICE.
REDUCED FARES-LOWER THAN EVER.
GRAVESEND BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAB and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
Second Class and Fore Cabin, SIXPENCE ;
First Class and Saloon, EIGIITI'ENCE.
Railway and Boat included in one Payment.
From the Brunswick SThart, Illackwall, at 9, 934, 10, 10%, 11, 12,
1%, 2%, 334, 434, 5%, 6,7, and 734. Sundays, at 83g, 9,9%, 10,
.034, 11, 134, 23z, 334, 5,6, 7, and 734. The TRAINS starting one
luarter of an hour before each of these times.
The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7, 734, 834, 934, 1134, 1,
3,4, 5,6, 633. 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7, 734, 834, 1134, 12, 1,3, 4,
6, 634„ 7,7%, and 8.
Star Office, Gravesend, June 29, 1847.

This day is published, Bvo., price Bs., Thu
ANTIDOTE for the CAUSES that ABRIDGE
the NATURAL TERM of HUMAN EXISTENCE ;
And ;tit Outline of the Organs and Functions subservient to Life.

By JOEL PINNEY.
London : S. Highley, 32, Fleet-street,.

Just published, price Sc., with Key, 10s. 6d.,
GE-RMAN IN ONE VOLUME,
containing a Grammar, Exercises, a Reading-book, and a
Vocabulary of Synonymes. By FALCK LEBAIIN.
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
LECTURES on CHARACTER, with Musical Illustrations,
by Mr. J. RUSSELL, accompanied by Dr. Wallis, on the Pianoforte,
every Evening, at Eight o'clock, except Saturday. Dr. Bachhoffner's
LECTUR!'.3 on NATURAL PHILOAOPHY will comprise the sab•
ject of the ELEC ERIC TELEGRAPHS, &o. CHEMICAL LEC-
TURES. To the WORKING MODELS, explained daily, have just
been added GALLOWAY'S APPARATUS for ascending and de-
scending INCLINED PLANES on RAILWAYS. The beautlf I
OPTICAL EFFECTS inclu.le the last DISSOLVING VIEWS.
DIVING BELL and DIVER, with EXPERIMENTS, &c. Soc.

THE SPORTSMAN'S THREE WISHES.
The sportsman has wishes—we name them—they're three,
With the truth of this version you all will agree ;
Now September's set in, most nobly we'll strive,
To keep the old custom of shooting alive.
The game is abundant, the weather is clear,
Bright Phrebus commands all her gues's to appear ;
But sportsman, before you depart for the fun,
Obtain your three wishes—your Coat, Dog, and Gun,
The first in the field L. lIYAM now stands,
For his " I' .letet Shooting•coat," known in all lands ;
Enveloped in these, it soon will be found,
That the wind and the rain tall powerless around.
For warmth, style, and freedom, none such can be got,
Just wear one—you s-on wil be reckoned a " shot."
Then sportsmen of England, appreciate well,
One who pleases so much, and who strives to excel ;
For that is the cause why the journals express
Such very great faith in his prime shooting dress.
Fulfil then your wishes—your pleasures complete,
By a call at the Mart, 36, Graceer.urc-street.
The stock is unvatied, yea can't lack success,
In equipoing yourself in a " good shooting Dress."
An extensive stock ol' Shooting-coats, In all Ihe new materials, cut
in the latest fa hion, at she following reasonable prices:—
. esyerteen Shootb,g Jackets .. •........... 11025,..
601.
Angola
Mixed Doeskin Do.• •.• ••••••••• ...
Tartan Do. d 0....• • • Its. tid.
Plaid Do. do.
Very superior do. . .
Youths' and !toys' Shooting Jackets at prices in proportion.
ewmarket It ding Coats, 30s. to 405. ; Scarlet Hunting Coats,
first-rate quality, B.
The Hosiery, flat, and Outfit Department, recently added to this
Establishmen , is now complete, containing a well-selected stock of
Shirts, Gloves, Hose, Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. Paris and town made
Hats, Travelling, Fishing, Youths', and Mens' Caps, in every va-
riety, at prices in accordance, with L. Ilyam's well-known econo-
mical system.
L. II YA M'S Clothing, Bat, and Outfittiag Establishment, 34.
Gracechurch-street.

L,ANIB'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND; an
L. 4 Effectual Cure for all descriptions of Worms that infest
toe Human Body, Indigestion in all its varied forms, Ner-
v os Diseases, Bilious or Liver Complaints, all cases of Fits arising
from Intestinal Irritation, Impurities of the Blood, Early stages of
Consumption, and all other ailments producing a delicate state of
the constitution.
The Ve.;etable Compound is extremely mild and easy in its opera-
tion; females of tho most delicate constitution, either suckling or
during pregnancy ; young children, or persons at an advanced
period of life may take it with perfect safety, without hindrance of
business or change of diet, and at all seasons of the year without
the least danger of taking cold, and warranted not to contain any
preparation of mercury or turpentine.
Tho following are a few of the many thousands of cases success-
fully treated by the Vegetable Compound, during a practice of up-
wards of twenty years
MAT 19th, 1847.--John Lawrence, Cabinet-maker, of 13, Essex-
street, King's Cross, New-road, London, while taking Lamb's Vege-
table Compound, passed a tape-worm eight yards long. He com-
plained for some time of pains and giddiness in the head, sickness in
the morning, and violent pains and weakness between the stomach
and bowels, unpleasant fUllness after eating, the bowels distended
with wind, very low-spirited and nervous, a sensation of something
in the throat, aching pains in the limbs, &c.
MARCH 20th, 1847.—Mrs. Draper, aged 60, wife of John Draper,
of Wildmoor, is the parish of Sherfield Green, near Basingstoke,
while taking Lamb's Vegetable Compound passed a tape-worm
several yards long. She had been- subject to almost every symptom
of indigestion for many years, and never could obtain any benefit
until taking the Vegetable Compound, since which she has enjoyed a
good state of health tin to the [resent time, May 22d, 1847.
MAY 18th, 1847.--Mrs. Sims, living servant with Mrs. Hlll, St.
James's-walk, Clerkenwell, London, while taking Lamb's Vege-
table Compound passed a tape-worm several yards long. She had
complained of pain and giddiness in the head, sickness, weakness,
of the limbs, shortness of breath, and palpitation of the heart ; pains
in the stomach, side, and back, and scarcely ever felt refreshed from
food or sleep.
Sold wholesale and retail by the proprietor, Richard Lamb, 75,
High Holborn, in packets at 2s, 9d. each; one packet being suffi-
cient for a child from one to ten years old; all person above
ten years require two packets. Retailed in London by Mr. Miles,
Chemist, 78, Gracechurch-street ; Mr. Dodd, Chemis', 91, West.
minister Bridge-road, Lambeth; T. A. Bridge, Chemist, 270
Tornkin, Chemist, 1
Regent-street; Decostro and Co., Chemists, Wilton-place, Knights-
bridge ; J.
Nottingham. It will be scut Btoridagney-
Chapman, Chemist, 7, High-street, Islington ;
paid, on remitting 84 postage stern sp,tarertet,et N:haertxkhinaglld;mT:
cßarricihaevs,
Chemist, London-street, Greenwich • R. Sutton, " Review" Office,
old ; under ten years, 48 postage stamps, directed to Mr. Lamb, 75,
stamps for persons above tea years
High Holborn, London.

Observe.—ill persons above ten years old must ask for tke
double packets.
Mr. Lamb may be con tilted personally at his residenoo,7 every
Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday. from Ten to Four.

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THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.
(From the Court Circular.)
ARDVERIKIE, SEPT. 10.—This afternoon her Ma-
jesty and the Prince drove out in a pony carriage,
attended by Major-General 'SVemyss, the equerry in
waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal walked out, accompanied by Miss
Hillyard.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, who
remain on a visit to her Majesty, are the only addi-
tion to the royal party.
Her Majesty will leave Ardverikie on Friday next,
to join the royal yacht on her progress to the south.

(From the North British Mail.)
Locu LAGGAN, THURSDAY.—The object of Prince
Albert's visit to Glen Spean yesterday was not to
shoot grouse, but to see the celebrated parallel roads
of Glen Roy. His Royal Highness was accompanied
by Sir James Clark. The morning was misty ; but
as the day advanced, the cloudy vapour crept up the
sides of the hills, and allowed the valleys to be filled
with sunlight. The mouth of Glen Roy is distant
about eighteen miles from Loch Laggan. The Prince
and Sir James set out at an early hour without any
attendants, and after proceeding as far up the glen
as enabled them to obtain a good view of the "paral-
lels," as they ate briefly termed by the natives, they
returned to the lodge in time to join the royal party
at luncheon.

Glen Roy, or the Red Glen, is a lateral branch of
Glen Spean. It is a long, narrow, winding, and steep
ravine, whose bare sides are scantily covered with a
reddish mixture of earth, grass, and heather. A rapid
stream, bearing the same name as the glen, dashes
down thel bottom of the valley, and, with its wooded
banks, assists in giving an air of life and beauty to
what would otherwise be a dreary and monotonous
chasm. The natural curiosities, with which the name
of Glen Roy is more particularly associated, become
visible immediately after entering the mouth of the
glen. As you stretch your eye up the ravine, your
attention is attracted by a line like a belt of rope
running horizontally along the sides of the hills.
Lifting your eye a little higher, you trace another
line of the same kind; and higher still another.
Curiosity is excited by finding that the same de-
scription of lines are marked on both sides of the glen,
and that not only do the lines on the same side run
parallel to each other, but that the lines on both sides
occupy the same horizontal levels. As you proceed
into the glen the lines become more marked ; and,
upon ascending to them, the traveller finds that they
are ample terraces or roads projecting from the sloping
side of the mountain, and composed of a mixture
of clay and gravel. These terraces are of tarrying
bree
Paartst th w
Por°ieecrtsisngelli only a few feet from
theng out into magni-
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the surface of the hill is composed of bare sharp rock, the
roads are entirely
destroy effacedthe
unbroken continuity of the ; but these gaps are too in-
significant
lines when viewed along two or three miles of the
valley. The first or lowest terrace is 972 feet above
the level of the sea, the second is 1,184 feet, and the
third or highest is 1,266 feet. One or two detached
rocks tower up out of the centre of the valley, and on
these, as well as on the lateral mountains, a line cor-
responding with the lowest terrace is covered.
The origin of these wonderful appearances has long
been the subject of curious and earnest discussion.
Five different theories have been advanced in expla-
nation of their construction. In the first place, of
course, they have been traced back to the flood—that
unfailing resource by which the popular mind resolves
every difficulty presented in the physical construction
oftheglobe
in accumulating.lnthe secoproofs second place, some people who
take delight
of
the antiquity
and greatness of the Celts, have contended, with more
zeal than wisdom, that the parallel roads were formed
by the persevering labour of the Fingalians, and were
intended to expedite the movements of the huntsmen,
as they scoured the forests after the deer. These vene-
rable notions received their first blow from Sir Thomas
Dick Lauder and Dr. Maculloch, who broached quite
a different view of the matter. According to the ,
latter writer, " the parallel roads are the shores of
ancient lakes, or of one lake, occupying successively
different levels; for, in an existing lake among
hills, it is easy to see the very traces in question pro-
duCed by the wash of the waves against the alluvial
matter of the hills. Ancient Glen Roy was, therefore,
a lake, which, subsiding first by a vertical depth of
82 feet, lett its shore to form the upermost line,
which, by a second subsidence of 212 feet, produced
the second, and which, on its final drainage, left the
third and lowest, and the present valley, such as
we now see it." The Learned Doctor consoles the
proud Fingalians for the loss of their darling fiction
nv
by assuring them that his theory invests their country
with "one of the must striking and magnificent phe-
nomenagular, unexampled, and
n
philosophy than it is splendid
in its effects and captivating by its grandeur and
beauty." But it was not long before the correctness
of the Doctor's own interpretation was called in ques-
o less ofinteresting the
u to e—niers
ques-
tion. Mr. Darwin maintained at a later period that
the terraces are sea beaches, formed at a period when
the now elevated land constituted a level hay of the
ocean, and that the successive volcanic forces by which
this land was ultimately raised to its present height
gave time for the formation of a lower and lower
beach. A more recent theory than either of these
has emanated from the celebrated French philosopher
Agassiz, who, in a letter to Professor Jameson,
dated Fort Augustus, October 3, 1840, writes
as follows :—" After having obtained in Switzer-
land the most conclusive proofs that at a former period
the glaciers were of much greater extent than at pre-
sent, nay, that they had covered the whole country,
and had transported the erratic blocks to the places
where these are now found, it was my wish to exa-
mine a country where glaciers are no longer met
with, but in which they might formerly have existed.
I therefore directed my attention to Scotland, and had
scarcely arrived in Glasgow, when I found remote
traces of the action of glaciers, and the nearer I ap-
proached the high mountain chains, these became
more distinct, until, at the foot of Ben Nevis, and in
the principal valleys, I discovered the most distinct
morains and polished rocky surfaces, just as in the
valleys of the Swiss Alps, in the region of existing
glaciers, so that the existence of glaciers in Scotland
at early periods can no longer be doubted. The
parallel roads of Glen Roy are intimately connected
with this former occurrence of glaciers, and have been
caused by a glacier from Ben Nevis. The pheno-
menon must have been precisely analagous to the
glacier lakes of the Tyrol, and to the event that
took place in the valley of Bagne." The view
taken by Agassiz is participated in by Professors
Buckland and Forbes, and, in short, is now the com-
monly received doctrine of the learned. Glen Roy,
therefore, has in all probability been the scene of
a clearance more awful and destructive than any
yet effected by the lairds. The solemn and majestic
march of a sea of ice from Ben Nevis, down through
every over-populated valley, would form a very potent-
agent in working out the new social economy of the
Highlands.
The parallel roads are not confined to Glen Roy.
Similar appearances occur in Glen Spean, Glen
Gloy, and the adjoining valleys, as well as in the
neighbourhood of Loch Laggan, Fort-William, and
other parts of the Highlands; while in Switzerland,
and in the mountainous parts of the continent and
America, they are seen on a much grander scale than
in this country.
In the afternoon her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort drove out to the falls of the Paatock, accompanied
by the Duke of Norfolk and General Wemyss.
The weather to-day is boisterous, but there is no
much rain.

FORT WILLIAM, SEPT. 9.
A few days since we stated that the royal yacht
steam-tender Fairy and the Garland, steam-vessel,
Master Commander Smithett, had proceeded through
the Caledonian Canal to Inverness, to be in attendance
on the Queen, on her Majesty's projected visit to
that place. This morning, however, the Fairy and
Garland returned to Fort William. They only pro-
ceeded for about two miles up the canal when they
were stopped, and owing to the unsettled state of the
weather their previous orders were countermanded,
and they were desired to return to Fort 'William.
The 14th instant is the time fixed for her Majesty's
departure from Fort William, and the royal squadron
will be in readiness by that time, and it is expected
that her Majesty will arrive at Osborne by the 20th
instant.
A royal visit to Fleetwood, it is said, is projected,
an I Captain H. M. Denham, who may be said to have
made that port, is spoken of as the officer appointed
to pilot the royal squadron thither.

---,----....
REDUCTION IN THE rRICR Or BREAD.
—Yesterday
the bakers of the metropolis again reduced the price of
the 41b. loaf. The high-priced bakers lowered their
the south side of the
Icihsalrogve
as to
67dd..: wanhdilesotmhoeseshoof
hops
qualities were figured
Thames intimated a further reduction in the course_ of
this week, those of the League anticipating their price
at sid.
FOOD CHEATER THAN MANURE...-
Within the last
few days Indian meal has been sold at 12s. 6d. a barrel,
or about 71 per ton. The present price of 6 to; of guano
i h Ig—iir/Art Niwt Letter.

HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM

[PRICE SD.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAIL

WAY COMPANY.
(PROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
The half-yearly general meeting of the share-
holders of this Company took place yesterday, at the
George Hotel, Walsall ; and, although the meeting
was not numerously attended, there were many of
the most influential gentlemen of the neighbourhood
present. Among them we noticed Charles Smith
Forster, Esq., the banker of Walsall, Chairman ; the
Hon. Mr. Littleton; Mr. Edward Buller, the late
M.P. for Staffordshire; Mr. Johnson ; Edward
Elwell, jun., Esq., of the Forge, Wednesbury ; Mr.
Sowerby, &c., &c.
CHARLES hiITH FORSTER, Esq., took the chair at
half past one o'clock • and, the advertisement calling
the meeting having iaeen read, he proceeded to con-
gratulate the shareholders on the undoubted success
of their undertaking. He regretted that there was
not a larger attendance; but it showed the pro-
ceedings and prospects of the company did not create
any great amount of dissatisfaction among the share-
holders. The report which would be read represented
the satisfactory state in which the affairs of the com-
pany then were. The contracts had been let to re-
spectable men, and they had every reason to believe
that they would be speedily completed. They had
entertained hopes that the branch line to Birmingham
would hare been opened that day, but they had been
compelled to postpone that event for another fortnight.
The delay was not their fault, but rested with the
engineer of the North-Western Company, whose duty
it was to form the junction of the two lines. When
they last met they had a prospect of litigation with
the North-Western Company; but that point, which
was with respect to the Lichfield line, had been ar-
ranged by himself and Mr. Chawner on behalf of the
South Staffordshire, and Mr. Hornby and Mr. Booth
on the part of the London and North-Western Com-
pany,
at a meeting which they had had in London.
xpensive proceedings had thus, in this instance,
been avoided. They had also had litigation with
the North Staffordshire Company, but the clauses
introduced into the Bill brought into Parliament
by the latter company having been defeated, there
was an end to that dispute. With respect to the Bir-
mingham Canal Company he was happy to say, that I
although they (the South Staffordshire) had had
to pay a considerable sum of money, the Canal Com-
pany had made liberal and most satisfactory conces-
sions. Before concluding, he might be allowed to
congratulate them upon the pecuniary affairs of the
company. They had an amplitude of capital, and in
this respect stood in a much higher position than
many other companies. He might also state that the
depressed state of the money market might in some
degree account for the depression in the price of their
shares, as wall as the shares of other established and
paying lines of railway. The Legislature, during the
last session, in his (the Chairman's) opinion, had been
too liberal in granting railway Acts of Parliament,
and he hoped that many of those companies who had
obtained Acts would not proceed to act upon them.
The Chairman concluded by moving that the seal
of the company be affixed to the register of share-
holders.

Mr. EDWARD &Liza seconded the motion, which
was unanimously carried.
The CHAIRMAN, at the suggestion of Mr. Chawner,
explained that no blame was attributable to Mr.
Norris, the engineer of the London and North-
Western Company, for the delay in not placing the
points and completing the junction at Bescott. Cir-
cumstances had occurred which prevented him
doing so.
Mr.
.11ostaTro BARNETT, of Bescott-hall, the se-
cretary to the company, then read the following
report :
"Since the last half-yearly meeting of the com-
pany, the second and third contracts have been let on
very satisfactory terms, the former to Messrs. Hoof
and Hill, and the latter to Mr. Earle. These, to-
gether with the first contract (previously let) include
the whole of the lines of railway authorised by the
Acts of incorporation, except the Darlaston and Daw
End branches.

" The proprietors will learn from the subjoined re-
port of the company's engineer the progress of the
works comprised in the several contracts ; and the
directors congratulate the shareholders at the pros-
pect thus afforded of an early completion of the
original undertaking. The portion of the line com-
prised in the Birmingham branch, and such part of '
the main line as is requisite to open a direct commu-
nication between Walsall and Birmingham, will be
completed and ready to open in the course of the
present month ; and an arrangement has been con-
cluded with the London and North-Western Railway
Company for the working of this portion of the line
on advantageous terms.
" The directors confidently expect that another
portion of the line, viz., from the Trent Valley Rail-
way to the Midland Railway will be completed and
opened in the spring of the ensuing year.
" The Bill alluded to in the last report of the
directors, and which was then in progress through
Parliament, has now received the sanction of the
Legislature. By this Act the company are autho-
rised to construct branches to Cannock, Norton, and
Wyrley.
" The original capital of the company is amply suf-
ficient to meet the additional expenditure occasioned
by construction of the new branches, consequently
it has not been found necessary to take powers for
raising further capital.
" The accompanying balance-sheet will show that
a considerable sum remained unexpended at the close
of the half-yearly account on the 31st of July; but
the directors have, notwithstanding, found it neces-
sary to decide on a further call of 11. Bs. per share, in
order to meet the disbursements which the simulta-
neous prosecution of the works throughout the whole
length of the main line will necessarily involve. And
the directors avail themselves of this opportunity of
congratulating the company on the promptitude with
which their first call was paid up.
" The directors recommend that a sum of 101. 10s.
shall be subscribed out of the funds of the company
to the General Hospital at Birmingham, and the
Stafford Infirmary, in equal moieties, in order to
obtain relief for the workmen on the line in cases of
accident.

" In conclusion, the directors venture to express a
hope, that up to the present time they will be found
to have redeemed the pledge they gave at the last ge-
neral meeting of the company, to press forward to an
early completion of the undertaking."
The Secretary also read the following report of
Mr. M'Clean, the engineer of the company :
" Contract, No. 1.
" The portion of the railway included in this con-
tract, with the exception of the works at the junction
with the London and North-Western Railway, is
ready for the inspection of the proper officer of the
Railway Commissioners, and the necessary notice
previous to the openibg of the line, has been given to
that board.