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1711 OYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET,
L NEWCA STLE-ON-,TTNE.
CHARLES STATES solie4s the patronage of his
11110THER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, wbieh
.bas reettntl,y been newly furnished and laid oat expressly for a Com-
mercial HAW.

PUBLICA TIONS.

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The CONIMBEICIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly
iltierUin the it is hoped will be found complete in every
respeet.
The BED-ROOMS (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a
ktyle which mast enstre the spprohstion of all visitors.
faentlemen.trevelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOW
ROOAS vrillhallt any extra charge.
The Music Bail, Lesture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Room
are all attachekand under the same management.
I..lstßaysti Hotel is in the mast central situation to Newcastle.

CIIIit,TMAS HOLIDAYS.
1111POYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
...Dr. RYAN has been engaged to deliver a sl%ort COURsr
LECTURES oh CIEEMISTRY, with brilliant Exp(anneiss, El .d.a
dais,, m
Hatt-pot three, and every Evening at Nine o'cloik,i, exe7..14 Satur-
day EVening. A LECTURE by Dr. BACH* tenv
-- - ..efßit on the
Laws '6f . Nature, in 'reference to the lulhor.tan
NITART `ITEXSIIRES,"inid on the various r : Sosh)set of SA-
'Act of VENTILA-
TED_ in whick the PHYSICAL PROP...
-c.,lirl'",;'S of a JET of
tan 'BI will he exhibited Daily at Twrif4
: Wild on Tuesday and
Tkur ay Evenings at Eight k.si. The 0 f-lITD RODEN MICRO-
SCO E, New DIStiOLVIMSI VIEWS, t
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MAC lit: CHROMATROPE. PHY-
SIOS 'OrE, Src, MODELS a UNDER* at work, and ex-
"gained. Thu DIVING BELL 'and -
'WEL With HYDE'S NEW
Ar4RATUS tee CONVERSING ader WATE, &c. ke.
Admission. is.; nools, Ilalf-priee.
10dC.ENT1I

- • 'Phila • Day is- published,
N W A -N. D THE N,
13,ir SAMUEL WARREN, Esq., F. 11.5.,
Aathar `e}i. Thousand a Year," .and " Diary of a Late Physi-
cian," in Ohe thick Volume royal post Bvo., priee One Guinea, half
bound its morocco..

wolf= BiackwOod and .iOll2, lidinburgh and London. To be had
a all Booksellers. • '-

SOCI.E.TT. CLUB.
ING of the MEMBERS Mu take place
.11141 Z, 184,8, E4,Aly'a liptcl, Maiden-
f,4lness to commence at Ten o'clock in the
It, /LOYD, Secretary-and Treasurer,

11,14 A GENERAL MEE
03 SATURDAY, the Ist of J
law, Covent-garden., BI
rTening. - r f •

MERLE D'A lIIGNE'S JOURNEY IN 1845.
• On Deceit , In One To,. Bvo., price 125.,
ftERMANY; ENGLAND; and SCOTLAND ;
VA Or, RECOLLECTIONS of a SWISS MINISTER.
lly J. H. MERLE D'AUBWNE, D.D.
irnplEin, Mardian., and• Co., London ; OliVer and Boyd, Edinburgh.

11HE REGTSTERED SYMAN PALETOT is
prepared hi' every colour, for, a-040110n/ at SWAIN
CO,'S., CoUrt 'tailors, 379, Oxfoi-d-atreet., Price 21.

THE EDINBUII4I REVIEW, No. CLXXV.,
. • • Is this day published. .

CONTENTS:- •
L. LAIIARTINE'S HISTORY of the GIRONDINS.
2- THACKER kY'S WRITINGS.
3. The DISCOVERER of the COMPOSITION of WATER
WATT or CAYENDIS'H ?
4. The STATE of the NATION.
5. HUMBOLDT'S COSMOS.
6. The IRISH CTIISIS..
Louden : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black.

0 As
Sperm,
E S9d.
• CANDLES,YeIIoA
Soap; 48.5., s*. 4A. peran --d 60s. ; '
. per 1111:inths e•
Mottled, 60s. and 645.; W:A* Candice, I. per lb. ; German Wax,
Jr. 2d. ; Fine Wax, 111. 58, ; TrAosparent Wax, Is. 11d. ;
West, ; Waltitawfck Moulds, /B.i „sperm 011, Si. per gallon;
Solar, 3s, id., Pale Sea',, 4s. ; Argand. or Vegetable, 4S. rid. ; Wind-
sor itid Palm Soap, ls. 4d. per packet; Brown Vrind94r, la. id
R. 754, Qs. ; Almond, 24.)6d. ; SeAllg W 4a &Ii RAO rlothia. .40,1 e, remlig*lth
Tor C.! aalw,-% DAVIES'S Old Eatabllabed WArsheasa, 63, St.
Mart.bi's -oppolite Slaughties Coffee-house:

This nv is published, price Is. sewed,
sitrrrstr ALMANAC of the SOCIETY
.; the DIFFUSION of USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, for 1848;
containing the usual InformatiOn, corrected up to November 1.
Also,
The COMPANION- to the ALMANAC for 1848. Price Half-a-
Crown sewed; or bound in cloth, with the BRITISH ALMANAC,
Four Shillings. .

IrtORFLONTAL WATCHF4'B, VERY FLAT.
A./43. SAVORY and SONS. Watchmakers, No. 9, Cornhill,
London, oppOSib;Theißank. Price in Silver Cases, 31. 10s. each ;er
in 'Cold Cases, Six Guineas each. Ttiese watches are accurate and
durable, the Horizontal escaperner:z being peculiarly suited to com-
bine these important requisites. They are jewelled in four holes, and
continue going whilst being Wound. A twelvemonth's warranty given
with each.

PART I. —Decimal Colgage— CO
SphooINTENTS. of Design—Railways of Great
Britain—tlectric Telegraph —Health of Towns—Friendly Societies—
Rise and Fall of Funds—Baths and lrashbouses.
PART IL—Abstracts of Acts-:-Abstracts of Public Documents—
Chronicle. of Session—Private Bills—Public Petitions—Public Im-
provements, with Woodcut Illustrations of New Buildings--Chronicle
of Occurrences—Bankruptcy Analysis—Necrology of 1841,
London : Charles Knight, Ludgate. street.
Itrated by 26 "

DIAMOND OIL LAMP.-NEW LIGHT.
The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the world —is used in
all the palace: in Europe—is free from all the imperfections of ordi-
nary oil lamps—so simple it cannot be mismanaged—no cleaning re-
quired for years—costs less in burning than any common oil lamp—
gives double the light of candle lamps, at one-half the expense—this
is beyond doubt. Designs suited to every taste—the Diamond Lamp
is po'ffection in Light—tlae publie will have none other—it can be
fitted to any person's lamp pillar.

Illustm Anatemical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PUYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA! A-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establb,hment, 3s. 6d. In postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a 'Medical Work on
the infirmities, aid decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. 'lllustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London.
Published by the Authors r sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ;
Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie. 23, Titehberne-
"treet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street.
PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings,
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive ludul-
gence, and their lamentable erects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity.
It is illustrated by T.bree Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either In
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abase
of mercury, are.'also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated
by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of
which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the
virus chemically, and destroys its power en the system.
PART T. Is devoted to the eonsideratiou of marriage, and Its
duties, The Causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and
the whole subject critically aid philosophically Inquired into.
Tax 'CORDIAL BALK OF SYRIACIIM is exclasively employed In treat-
ing ®a roils and sexual debility, impotence, &c., Ils .and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
rantsdy, for purifying the blood in eases of infection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 118. and 338. per bottle.
Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, Ss. sd., 4s. 6d., and l ls. per box. a
certain remedy ix gonorrhosa, sleet, strictures. and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to
obviate the danger of infection. 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if
by letter, 11. 51. Packets with advice to bo bad at the Establishment
only, by which the fee, 11. saved. Attendance daily at 19, Bor.
ners-street, front Moven till Two. and Five to Eight; cut gandays
Eleven to One.

To be had only at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light
Company, RICHAIIII CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand.

fitzlß JAMES MURRAY'S FLUID CAM-
-6.73 PIIOR —Three grains to the fluid ounce, the most cordial re-
storative in low fevers, mental depression, and nervous diseases. See
" The Lancet," November 20, 1847, page 552. In bottles, Is., 25.,
45., and 83. each, with directions for use.

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.04.y(tr.
Lords of the Admiralty,
" 'One of those sweet pfothictions which must be moat acceptable
some of thorn, including the
to every lover of
•playful and refined literattire.”—ltiterary- Gazette. first sea Lord, Admiral Dundas, (8., M.P., are ex-
" The volume in Its TOUT IibISENDLE is not to be surpaased '' -
Naval atid Military Gazette. petted here to. morrow.
London: Smith, Elder. and Co.. O. Corshill. The Echo steam-tug has been tispatched to Fresh-
water, Isle of Wight, to embak some recovered
stores, late belonging to the Sthynx steam-sloop,
from the custody of the coast-gurd.
The Avon steam-vessel, Cm-mender Otter, which
has been employed in the survying service on the
coast of Scotland,- arrived here his morning for the
winter.
Commander J. D. Hay sailel on Monday, per
Indus, to take the command of the Columbine, 16,
on the East India and China station, vice Grey,
promoted.
Our letters from the China scjia,dron are down to
the 30th of October. The Verran, 50, Captain Fitz-
gerald, flag of Rear-Admiral Inclefield, C. 8., Com-
mander-in-Chief, had Sailed for leMbay to be docked,
and it was considered doubtful vhether the Admiral
would return to the China Seas.
The Childers, 16; Commandre J. C. Pitman, was
at the northward; and the Smut, 16, Commander
Loring, had also sailed for the same quarter. The
officers and men of the latter shi, expected to receive
at least 6,0001. for head money, on ateount of destruc-
tion of pirates.
The Rattlesnake, 26, surveying vessel, Captain 0.
Stanley, was at Sydney on the 29th of July, and,
after remaining to refit, which would occupy about
six weeks, she would proceed to the northward to
survey the inner passage of Torres Straits, which
will be of great importance to steam communication
between Singapore and New South Wales.
The Nautilus transport sailed on Tuesday night
for Deptford.
The Sinbad lighter sailed yesterday with a portion
of the effects of the late Rear-Admiral Shirreff for
London.
Wind E.N.E., moderate breezes, and dark hazy
weather.
PORT3MOUTIL—In consequence of the favourable
report made by Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier of
the high state of discipline of the Caledonia and her
thorough efficiency as a man• of-war, the Admiralty,
directed the Commander-in-Chief at Devonport to
signify their Lordships' satisfaction at the same,
which was communicated to Captain Dixon' his offi-
cers, and ship's company, by Rear-Admiral Sir John
Louis, on the quarter-deck of that ship, upon the
inspection on Monday, the 20th instant.
Woof, wicu, DEC. 23. The whole of the ship-
wrights recently employed upon the Royal Albert, 120,
have been placed upon tie Nankin, 50, a fine frigate,
building at Woolwich dockyard from a design by
Mr. Lang, jun., assistant to the master shipwright
at Chatham dockyard, where the timber of the vessel
has been converted and sent round. to Woolwich, that
she may be finished with the least possible delay.
The Stromboli, steam sloop, Commander Lord
Amelius Beauclerk, went down the river to-day to try
her engines, and will return to-morrow.

LIGHTS FOR STEAMERS.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 15, 1847.
Extract from a letter addressed to the several Super.

inten den ts of her Majesty's Dock-yards.)
The attention of the Board of Admiralty having
been repeatedly called to the necessity of establishing
a uniform system of lights for steamers, directions
were given (after a long and careful series of trials
of various lights) to fit the several mail steamers on
the west coast of England, viz., those of Liverpool,
Holyhead, and Pembroke, with lights, as follows

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W VVHEN UNDER EIGH.

A bright white light on the foremast head.
A green light on the starboard bow.
A red light on the port below, to be fitted with
inboard screens.