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London, England, 1847-09-21 00:00:00

No. 17,160.] LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING SU' N 7 SEPT EMBER 21, 1847.

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lITTATNI.NITGH-ETNO"Zu CLUBvEsT E andc
TIBE. P 0 -ut
sOEP
The Committee for raising a Fund for the establishment of a
WESTERN CLUB-HOUSE for the Institution meet every TUESDAY
EVENING, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand; aid every
THURSDAY EVENING, at the Club-house in Gresham-street, at Seven
o'clock precisely on each evening, when the attendance and co-ope-
ration of all who are interested in the success of the undertaking are
earnestly requested.
7, Gresham-street, September, 1847

THOS. B. RAE, Hon. Sec.

UTEAM TO INDIA, VIA EGYPT.
L.T.i Regular Monthly Mail Steam Conveyance for Passengers and
Light Goods to Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta.
The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY book Passengers and receive Goods and Parcels for the
above Ports by their Steamers, starting from Southampton the 20th
and from Suez on or about the 10th of every month.
For Rates of Passage-money, Plans of the Steamers, and to se-
cure Passages, apply at the Company's offices, 51, St. Mary Axe,
Loudon.

NOTICE.
REDUCED FARES-LOWER THAN EVER.
GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
Second Class and Fore Cabin, SIXPENCE ;
First Class and Saloon, EIGIITPENCE.
Railway and Boat included in one Payment.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 931, 10, 1031, 11, 12,
2%, 331, 431, 531. 6,7, and 7g. Sundays, at 834, 9,9%, 10,
.0%, 11, 1%, 2%, 331, 5,6, 7, and 731. The TRAINS starting one
barter of an hour before each of these times.
The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7, 731, 831, 931, 1111, 1,
3,4, 5,6, 631, 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7,7%, 8%, 113¢, 12, 1,3, 4,
6, 031, 7, 731, and 8.
Star Office, Gravesend, June 29, 1847.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £ioo,ooo. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
is, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
1180 the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
t rests to meet other conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the annual meeting held on the 12th May. 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each
policy effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

1 Perma- Sum Om
..7'4,,g Annual 'Polley Bonus in nent Re- Assured
,10:5. g ~.. i Pre- ; taken addition IBonns in duction of may bor-
E P,,, mium. 'out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on
al Premiums. Policy.
1 -
£ a. 4.1 X a d. £ s. 1. £ s. d.
r 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10
1838 218 4 8 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0
r X Xs. d. 1839 192 110 86 9 313 4 9 395 11 1
60 1000 74 3 4 1840 143 510 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3
1541 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4
1842 111 6 81 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the
office, or any et its branches in the country ; or, on application. will
be forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON" CAMItatJX, Secretary.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post-
office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Robert Milford, Esq.
John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morrie, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
(TORS.
Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Henry Norman, Esq.
avies, Esq., I.R.S. _ .

AUDI'

A. W. Robarts, Esq
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
AcTuAnr—Griffith

In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
'ow Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates
with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made,
the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
pany exceeded 530,0001.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 501.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
on the 2d of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1846, and the same
is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
also by the Agents in the Country Districts.
Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Mi-
chaelmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with
Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with
the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be-
come void.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.

No. 3, Princes-street, Bank.
The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall
due on the sth of October next, that the same must be paid within
Thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are payable Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on
the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,
either of which several days constitutes the eonnuencement of the
year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So-
ciety as Members on the sth of October next, should appear or lodge
their proposals at the office on or before that day.
This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates all
its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the
whole term of life as Members of the Society.
An abatement of Premium has beet] made at the rate of 47% per
cent. for the year ending the 4th of April, 1848, under the confident
expectation of a continuing abatement at that rate, at least to all
Members of Five Years' standing and upwards.

RICHARD-HEATIIFIELD, superintendent.
Princes-street, Bank, September 14, 1847.

ENGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA.
The INDIA and AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET
COMPANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re-
sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which they indivi-
dually subscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commu-
nications to and and from the United Kingdom, the East Indies,
Australasia, a"td New Zealand.
Capital One Million sterling.
Divided into series of shares of 201. eaeh.
COMMITTEE.

Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of
1846 for Extension of Steam Navigation to Australia.
Sir William Verner, Bart., M.P.

Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., Agent for New South Wales.
Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales,
London.

Lieut.-Col. Abdy, Indian Army
Thomas Browne, Esq.
Captain Cogan, Indian Navy
Archibald Cuninghame, Esq.
Captain H. M. Denham, F.R.S.,

Royal Navy
G. H. Donaldsoa, Esq.
Capt. R. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy
Captain Ford, East India 'Maritime'

Service
Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal Navy
E. S. Halswell, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
Capt. H. Hamilton, Royal Navy
Gustavus Hamilton, Esq.
James Hunter, Esq.
3. A. Jackson, Esq.
Charles Joyce, Esq.
Frederick Lambe, Esq.

J. Maclean Lee, Esq,
Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian
Navy
Milbourne ➢larsh, Esq.
It Montgomery ➢lartin, Esq.
J. Montefloce, Esq.
Sir F. Waskett Myers, K.C.S.
Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq.
Richard Paterson, Esq.
Robert Henley Payne, Esq,
John Wilson Pillans, Esq.
G. 11. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal
Navy
Colonel Torrens, F.R.S.
William Gordon Thomson, Esq.
Lieut. Waghorn, F.R.A.S„ Royal
Navy
MeINS Wilson, Esq.

BANKERS—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill.
SOLICITORS—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
globe, and teem with every product which con minister to the wants
of 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 Pacific, 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 state, 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
65 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 psit 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, See,

DATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION.
(Provisionally Registered.)
COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT.
Capital, 20,000/. in 10,000 Shares of !1. each. Deposit, 11. per Share
on complete registration.
No further call will be made without three months' previous
notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
subscribed for.
The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in
the offices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Hortiealtural Society ; the Royal
Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap-
proved by
The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the

Royal Society.
The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal In-

statute of British Architects.
Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British lased.-
_

tion for the Advancement of Science.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lerd Bishop
of Norwich I of Lichfield
The Right Hon. the Earl of Lei- The Blest Noble the Marquis of
center _ Bristol
_ _

The Lord Rendleshant, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas B.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop Keppel
of Gloucester and Bristol 'The lion. Fred. Byng
The Hon. and Rev. Edward S. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
Keppel
lum, Bart.
The Very Rev. the Dean of West-i sir William Foster, Bart.
minster, Dr. Buckland Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon Shin- Sir Francis Darwin
ley
I The Norwich Union Fire Offiee
Sir John P. Boileau, Bart. - the Suffolk Fire Office
51ir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart.
{The District Fire (Moo of Bir-
Dr. Outram, F.R.S., F.Q.S.. In- mingham
spector of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Right Hen. Earl Fitzhardinge Office
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort 'The Nottinghamshire and Derby-
Philipe es of England Fire Office,
Th W tE
&c.
Right
M.P.
W. Miles, Esq., M.P.
WHO:: 3)31'!1 elt EFs.q.B'

. _
The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use of
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, can. 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..
possitility 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 Ran)°MAU machine has been invented. This
invention consists of tour 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 Jour 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 angla
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 most
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and
nimerous 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. Detailed prospectuses
offices of the solicitor, i , 3!), .lenn."".-Sic,-..,
Jallles's; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, iiirchin-lane ; at
IV. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracecharch-street; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shared may be addressed.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
AHISTORY of the BANK of ENGLAND,
its Times and" Traditions, by JOHN FRANCIS, In 2 vols.,
dedicated by permission to Sir Robert Peel, is now ready at all Book-
sel!ers and of all the Libraries.
" Mr. Francis has written a very amusing book. He has treated
his subject popularly. His opinions are liberal and intelligent. Mr.
Francis's book is agreeable reading."—Examiner.
Willoughby and Co., Amen-corner, Paternoster-row.

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
LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY will comprise the sub •
ject of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, &c. 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 beautif 1
OPTICAL EFFECTS include the last DISSOLVING VIEWS.
DIVING BELL and DIVER, with EXPERIMENTS, &c. &c.

ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATURITY.
WITH TWENTY-FITE COLOURED ENGRAN'TNGS.

This day is Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope,
pr, • 2s. 64., or forwarded, post paid, to any address, secure from
observation, for 3s. 6d. in Poore., Stain,
thg ELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise
kj on Marriage, and on those- Secret Infirmities and Disorders of
Youth and Maturity, that are usually acquired at an early period of
life, which tend to destroy phys cal and mental energy, ardour, pas-
sion, and all the attributes of Manhood. illustrated with Twenty-
five Coloured Engravings on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Dis-
eases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their
various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that
are produced in them, by solitary habits, excesses, and infection.
With i'racti'ml Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility,
Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and other
diseases.
By SAMUEL IXMERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall, London, Sec., &c.
CONTENTS OH THE TREATISE.
CRAFT hlt I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance,
and 0 bligatlons, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generally;
Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
—CP.APTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on tht
Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function,
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th,
Mental Faculties. CRAFTER 4. Oa the Secret Disorders of Toutl
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERS 5 and G. Or
the Disorder arising from indiscriminate Excess, Strictures, and
other Diseases.

WOWS OF VIZ WOIK.
LAMERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION.—KENT AND RICHARDS.—This
work possesses advantages over every other other of thb kind sub-
mitted to public notice. The author is a medical man of some con-
siderable talent, who has devoted many years to the study of his
profession, and as a guarantee of his pretensions has published his
qualifications and diplomas in the work, and several testimonials of
his abilities from physicians and surgeons of great eminence, which
►s a most important consideration to those whom, from the peculiar
nature of their infirmities, are obliged to seek medical assistance
from strangers. The subject is treated altogether in an excellent
manner, and by its perusal the unfortunate victim of vicious habits
and excessive dissipation, will be enabled to account fer peculiar
disabilities, and to discover the means of alleviating their sufferings
in an easy and effectual manner.—United service Gazette.
Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also
from Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., G 3,
Oxford-street Stasis, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 14A,
Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool
and by all Booksellers.
At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and ftort.
Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, If containinf
the fee 'f It., for advicedlr.c.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD-
SQur A RR% LONDON.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The settling on the Doncaster events took place yes-
terday afternoon, and passed off quietly ; the large
account to which we alluded last week, remains unsettled,
and as no communication has been received by the
creditors, it is looked upon as a desperate case. Another
party is also inquired after, and with several persons
who were present money seemed very scarce; so that,
on the whole. we may repeat the remark made at Don-
caster, that the settling has been the reverse of satisfac-
tory. In the course of the afternoon several animals
were backed for the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire,
and for the former, Wood Pigeon, Cawroush, and Ulysses,
were at one time in great request; their friends, however,
became lukewarm towards the close, and the final quota-
tions showed a marked decline on the odds taken early
in the day. Closing prices:—
CEItAREWITCH STAKES.
7 to 1 aget Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle
15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon
18 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Rob Roy—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair
20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence
20 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. C. Marson's Rufus—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Marquis of Conyngham—t
25 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's St. Demetri—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Giselle
30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Crozier—taken
8 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's three
As a great number of the Cesarewitch horses are also
engaged in the Cambridgeshire Stakes, parties backing
them should be careful to specify the race—the necessity
of " comparing" is obvious.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
15 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Blackbird
15 to 1 agst Mr. Nunn's Prior of St. Margaret's
20 to 1 agst Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle
25 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Groville's Geraldine—taken
DERBY.
3,800 to 800 agst Scott's lot—taken
11 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken
13 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Springy Jack
15 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault
1,000 to 30 agst Colonel Anson's Backbiter—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Besborough-4,000 to
100 laid.
SALE OF THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S HUNT-
ING STUD.
In consequence of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort
having gone abroad, and given up hunting, the stud of
hunters, brood mares, stallions, and young stock, con-
sisting of 53 lots, came under Messrs. Tattersall's ham-
mer yesterday. We subjoin the prices of the principal
lot•;—Changling, 165 guineas; Speculator, 140 guineas;
Enchanter and Albert, 100 guineas each; a bay gelding
by Percy out of a Nimrod mare, 88 guineas; Vanguard
(the steeple-chaser), 85 guineas; Marian, 83 guineas;
Jew's-eye, 80 guineas; Lucy Neal, 77 guineas; Protec-
tionist, 71 guineas; All-fours, 61 guineas; Abdallah, 66
guineas; Tamburini (the stallion), 57 guineas, &c.

THE PROTESTANT CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION.—
On Sunday the 179th anniversary of this charity was
celebrated at the Protestant Dissenting Church, Curtain-
road, Shorediteh. The association was originally
founded in the reign of Charles 11. for the relief of the
Puritans and Primitive Methodists, who at that period
were subject to persecutions. It was stated, that in one
year alone, 1668, 500 preachers were imprisoned, and
2,000,0001. of property confiscated. The funds of the
charity are now used for the relief of the poor and
infirm.
A CHILD SAVED FROM DROWNING BY A DOG.—
On Sunday morning, a child of about five years of age,
during the absence of a servant to whose care it was
intrusted, fell into the canal from the parapet of the
City-road-bridge. The accident bad scarcely been dis-
covered before a large dog, of the Newfoundland breed,
leaped into the stream, and with great exertion saved
the life of the child, by keeping its head above water
until assistance was rendered from the shore.
DEPRECIATION OF RAILWAY PROPERTY. We
have taken fifty of the principal railway lines, and find
that a most carefully-calculated comparison yields the
subjoined facts:—
Value of fifty lines of railroad, at the X s. d.
, quoted prices of their stock, on the 2d
of January, 1847 ... 59 557 000
Total calls on the above since January... 13 529 000

£73 086 000
Value of the same stock, including the
above calls, computed at the share list
prices of Saturday, Sept. 11, 1847 ... 57 834 000

Depreciation
So that the aggregate railway stock in these fifty lines,
which was worth in January last upwards of fitty-nine
millions sterling, is now worth only fifty-seven millions,
although thirteen millions and a half of money has been
added by new calls during the present year to their
paid-up capital.—Manchester Times.
THE PLAYERS; OR THE STAGE OF LlFE.—This
new work, by Mr. Serle, must come like a perfect god-
send to the circulating libraries, and to the ennuied
frequenters of watering-places, for it, is full of life and
spirit, and gives us, from the hand of one " as 'twere to
the manner born," an admirable series of pictures of
stage life. " This work (observes the Britannia) is the
best written romance of modern life we have met with
for a long time, and does more to enhance the reputation
of Mr. Serie as a man of talent, than any of his previous
productions. The plot and incidents of the tale are very
dramatic, and the characters well sustained throughout.
The work is altogether one of great merit."
TELTorm, TAILor.s.—A hundred and sixteen tai-
lors have been members of the Temperance Provident
Institution, some of them nearly seven years, and not a
ingle death has occurred,

RETURN OF THE COURT FROM

SCOTLAND.

The Queen, the Prince of Wal
the Princess
Royal, and suite, including the Duchess of Norfolk
and the Marchioness of Douro, and Viscount Pal-
merston, &c., left Ardverikie Lodge, Loch Laggan,
at half-past two, and proceeded to Fort William,
where, as on the royal debarkation, last month,
triumphal arches thrown across the streets, and
other demonstrations of loyalty, met the royal party
in its progress to the landing-place, which was also
conveniently fitted and tastefully decorated, in honour
of her Majesty's embarkation, which took place in the
royal bare.e, and when steered by Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, the Queen and suite proceeded, under
a royal salute, to the Victoria and Albert steam-
yacht, where her Majesty joined his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, who hal arrived in the Fairy tender,
a few minutes previously from Inverness, through
the Caledonian Canal, the Prince, as we stated yes-
terday having dined and slept at Mr. Baillie's, of
Dochfour, on Thursday evening.
His Royal Highness, on visiting Inverness, was
met by a grand procession of the civic authorities and
trades, by which the Prince was conducted to the
Town-hall. About 280 clansmen of Mackintosh of
Mackintosh, headed by the chief himself, attended by
two captains and his henchmen,
and pipers arrayed
in the Highland costume, formed the picturesque
portion of the cortege. About 50,000 persons hailed
with loud acclamations the arrival of his Royal High-
ness, and royal salutes were fired and addresses pre-
sented, to all of which the Prince bowed his acknow-
ledgment and returned his best thanks. The Prince
visited the Castle of Inverness, and admired the de-
lightful, extensive, and varied scenery from the Castle
hill previously to returning in Mr. Baillie's carriage
to Dochfour House.

On the Prince's return to Dochfour House a de-
putation from the heritors, commissioners of supply,
and justices of the peace of the county, waited on
his Royal Highness, by appointment, to present an
address from the gentlemen of the county. The de-
putation was headed by the Earl of Seafield, the lord-
lieutenant of the county, Lord Lovat, and Mr.
Duncan Grant, of Bught, the convener of the county.
The presentation of the address, to which the Prince
made a suitable reply, did not occupy many minutes.
The leading members of the deputation had the
honour of dining with his Royal Highness.
The royal squadron remained at Fort William on
Friday night, and at five A.M. on Saturday the Vic-
toria and Albert, the Fairy, Garland, and Scourge,
proceeded to Crinan, where the royal party left the
yacht, and, in the canal barge, attended by Mr.
Burns, proceeded to Lochgilphead. Here the Black
Eagle, Admiralty steam yacht, Master Commander
Cook, and the Undine steam yacht, Master Commander
Allen, were in waiting, and the former having re-
ceived her Majesty, the Prince, Royal Family, and
suite, both steam yachts proceeded at a rapid pace
to the general rendezvous at Campbeltown, where it
is expected the royal squadron remained during the
Sunday.

PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO INVERNESS.
(From the Inverness Journal.)
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied
by the Marquis of Abercorn and Mr. Anson, drove
from Ardverikie, by Spean, to (airlochy Locks, where
they shipped on board the Fairy, at ten o'clock on
Thursday morning. The forenoon was showery, with
intervals of fair weather. The scenery on Loch Lochy,
Loch Oich, and Loch Ness, was seen to a disadvantage.
Between two and three o'clock the gallant little craft
was seen steaming down Loch Ness, and about half-
past three she stopped her engine in the little loch
opposite to the modern mansion of Dochfour. It is
the property of Evan Baillie, Esq., and is beautifully
situated on the margin of a loch at the east end of
Loch Ness proper, from which it is separated by a
very narrow strait or cut, which forms a part of the
Caledonian Canal. The house is newly finished, and
is one of the handsomest in Scotland of the Italian
style. A jetty was run out into the loch till a depth
of seventeen feet of water was obtained, so that when
the Fairy arrived the debarkation was effected in a
few seconds. His Royal Highness was received by
Mr. Baillie of Dochfour, Lord Grosvenor, and Mr.
Popham. When the Fairy hove in sight, and at the
landing, cannons were fired. Two of Mr. Baillie's
carriages were in waiting at the loch side, and on the
Prince and his suite taking their seats, drove off to
pay the intended visit to Inverness.
The night of Wednesday, which ended in boisterous
wind and heavy pattering rain, ushered in a morn-
ing of no animating portent. The sky lowered, the
wind blew chilly ; at nine o'clock there was some-
thing more than a drizzle, but at ten it rained down-
right. The loyalty of our townsmen, however,
suffered no damp, for the preparation to receive his
Royal Highness went on with unabated vigour. A t
an early hour in the morning flags were displayed
in various parts of the town. At eleven o'clock
the Mackintosh marched about 250 of his clan
through the town to post them on the road to Doch-
four, conveniently for receiving the Prince. These
Highlanders presented a very imposing and fine ap-
pearance, and were loudly cheered as they passed
along the streets. About two o'clock the field pieces
brought from the Fort were drawn to the Castle. hill,
and the town, under the auspices of a blink of sun-
shine, was assuming a busy and very gay appearance.
A flag by this time was waving over the battlements
of the castle, and two displayed from the new Free
Church school a very fine effect. A procession was
then formed to meet his Royal Higbness.
The Town Council and the party that joined it now
opened up so as to receive the Prince as soon as he
arrived, and stood in this position for about an hour
in anxious expectation. The. Mackintosh, and his
brother, 2Eneas Mackintosh, Esq., of Daviot, and
Colonel Mackintosh, of Farr, both in the Highland
djess, acting as lieutenants, took his position at the
head of his men at Tomnahurich-bridge. When the
carriage came in sight the cortege were loudly greeted
by the chief and his followers, who, closing up behind,
preceded by Bruce, the piper of the Mackintosh,
playing the fine martial pibrochs of the clan, formel
a guard of honour, and escorted the Prince till he
joined the procession. As the carriage containing his
Royal Highness, the Marquis of Abercorn, and Mr.
Baillie, of Dochfour, came in sight of the
civic assemblage, a deafening shout was set up, to
which the heavy boom of artillery from the Castle ,
hill gave the time, and the bells of the town rang a
merry octave. The bands very appropriately
struck up "The Lass I left behind me, —a happy
allusion to her Majesty that was generally appre-
ciated. From the bridge to the Exchange the street
was lined by the various public bodies, the royal
cortege passing up the centre. A broad stripe of fine
carpet was laid over the Exchange from the carriage
to the Town-hall, which is a handsome building of
some antiquity, and contains fine paintings of Presi-
dent Forbes, Flora Macdonald, and others. His
Royal Highnses was led into the hall by the Provost,
and accompanied by the Marquis of Abercorn and
the other members of the royal suite, when an address
was presented, to which his Royal Highness returned
a gracious answer.
His Royal Highness then presented himself at one
of the windows, and was received with tremendous
cheering, which he acknowledged by repeatedly bow-
ing. Three cheers were given by the meeting for
the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Prince of Wales,
after which his Royal Highness left the room, pro-
ceeded in the carriage up Castle-street to visit the
county buildings. The magnificent view enjoyed
from the Castle-hill elicited his Royal Highness's
warmest admiration. Returning by the same route,
the Prince took his departure for Dochfour with
marked pleasure and satisfaction at the agreeable
visit, and the loyal attentions of the inhabitants of
Inverness. After his arrival at Dochfour, his Royal
Highness walked for some time with Mr. Baillie in
the garden and beautifully-arranged and picturesque
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The following parties were invited to meet the Prince
at dinner, and were all in attendance :—The Mar-
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Lord Lovat, Lord Saltoun, Lord Como Russell, Lady
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Mackintosh, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Hay Mackenzie, of
Cromartie, Seaforth, Glenmoriston, &c. &c. ; Sheriff
Tytler, Mr. Grant of Bught.
At ten o'clock the Prince, accompanied by the
Marquis of Abercorn and Mr. Baillie, came into
the northern meeting, and were followed by all the
party at Dochfour. His Royal Highness was dressed
in plain clothes, and wore a star and garter, as did
-also the Marquis of Abercorn. Having remained
about two hours at the ball, his Royal Highness re-
turned to Dochfour, where he slept and passed the
night. After breakfast this morning the Prince was
accompanied by Mr. Ballie and family, and those
staying at the house, to the temporary floating pier,
consisting of six barges thrown out into the loch,
and at half-past nine his Royal Highness embarked
in the Fairy, proceeded up Loch Ness, visiting the
celebrated Falls of Foyers in passing, and reached
Furt Augustus at mid-day. His Royal Highness
was expected to join her Majesty at six o'clock this
evening at Fort William, to depart to-morrow morn-
, ing on the homeward voyage from Scotland.

FLEETWOOD, MONDAY AFTERNOON.---14 tO the
latest hour of regular dispatch the eagerly expected
royal squadron is not in view.

The expected arrival of the Queen at this port has
created the greatest possible interest amongst all
classes of society in the manufacturing districts of
Lancashire and Yorkshire.

We have already noticed the preparations which
have been made by the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway Company for the royal landing, and the con-
veyance of her Majesty, the Prince, and family, en
route to Buckingham Palace. The selection of this
newly-made and most eligible port to receive our
Gracious Sovereign on her return from her Majesty's
Scottish dominions, is justly regarded as the most
eventful era in the history of a place which a few
years since was nothing but a sandbank, and if the
Queen should so far condescend as to receive the loyal
address of the authorities, the gratification of the en-
terprising inhabitants will be complete.
The formation of the new port of Fleetwood, now
the principal mail communication between England
and the north of Ireland, was commenced in 1837,
under the supervision and plan of Captain Denham,
R.N., marine surveyor, and completed considerably
below the estimated cost, a very rare circumstance.
The site of the town of Fleetwood in 1837 was a
mere rabbit-warren, and scarcely a street in the place;
it is built upon the property of Sir Hesketh Fleet-
wood, whose mansion is about a mile from the town,
and was famous by the resort of the conspirators in
the time of Cromwell ; there is still the remains of
an underground communication, three quarters of a
mile from under the house.

Nothing can surpass the beauty of the view from
Fleetwood over Morecombe Bay, Ulverstone, &c.,
and to the Cumberland mountains, topping one above
the other in every conceivable variety ; the view is
extensive and grand beyond description. Lancaster
is seen on the right, with its noble castle towering
above the town, and the beauty of the scenery to a
considerable distance round about it is exceedingly
picturesque.
For the public, on this joyful occasion, every pr-
sible accommodation has been provided by the com-
pany, and special trains have been running from
every town on the line of railway between this place
and Leeds and Manchester ; the consequence is,
that thousands of people have flocked thither frOm
those places.
Although the royal squadron has not yet made its
appearance, there is no doubt that it was her Majesty's
intention to reach this place last night.
The state railway carriage arrived here, by com-
mand, last night, and Mr. Wheeler, the news-agent,
at Manchester, received instructions on Saturday
night to furnish several of the London daily and pro-
vincial newspapers to the royal party at Fleetwood on
Sunday night.
There are still a great number of visitors in the
town, amongst whom are Sir Heslieth Fleetwood, the
lord of the manor ; W. Gale, Esq., the high sheriff;
J. W. Patten, Esq., M.P.; James Heywood, Esq.,
M.P. ; Wilson Ffrance, Esq., late sheriff of the
county ; Henry Houldsworth, Esq., chairman of the
railway company, and many of the directors ; General
Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, and several other officers &c.
Daring the whole of the morning the wind has blown
a stiff breeze from the north-west, which is the most
favourable wind for the royal squadron should it be
on its way to this port.
GREENOCK, SEPT. 19.

The Princess Royal passed close to the royal
squadron (saluting in the usual form) steering south-
wards, at half-past six this morning, off the Point of
Corsewall.—Glasgow Argus.

EXPECTED ARRIVAL AT BUCKING-HAM
PALACE.

Her Majesty's return was expected in town early
yesterday afternoon, and a crowd of persons assem-
bled early at the Euston-square terminus to greet the
Queen on her Majesty's arrival again in the metro-
polis. Along the line of route, and at the park gates,
groups of persons also collected, and, notwithstand-
ing the heavy rain, they kept their ground for many
hours. A long line of carriages also assembled in
Hyde Park, and the inmates waited patiently for
many hours the return of the Court.

[PR7OE SD.

The Vixen steam-sieloop, Commander A. P. Ryder,
came into the harbour this morning, to replenish fuel,
and refit for foreign service "on station.
The Fury steam-sloop, Commander J. Wilcox, got
under weigh this morning, and proceeded to the
westward for a trip round the Isle of Wight to try
her engines. She goes direct to Rio, thence to the
East Indies.

The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander F.T.Brown,
hauled off from the dockyard this morning, to have
her compasses tried. It is understood this vessel and
the Fury will sail together for Plymouth about Satur-
day next.

The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, is
taking out her powder, lower deck guns, &c., prepa-
ratory to coming into harbour, where she will be
docked to examine her bottom.

The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, landed her
treasure to-day; it was in most excellent condition as
to the package, rather an unusual circumstance, which
reflects very great credit upon the officer most imme-
diately in connexion with its custody, Mr. T. H. C.
Gray, the clerk of the ship.
The Dockyard fire-brigade was called out this
morning at four o'clock to assist at extinguishing a
fire in Clock-street, Common Hard, Portsea. By the
directions of Lieutenant Hall, the director of police
in the dockyard, the hose of the engines of the
establishment were fitted to the pipes in the yard, and
carried the whole length of the Hard, whereby so
immense a body of water was thrown upon the blazing
tenement that the fire was speedily extinguished,
though not before the house in which it originated
was gutted. Had not this assistance by Lieutenant
Hall and the men under his command been promptly
rendered, the whole of Common Hard must have been
destroyed, as a very fresh breeze, amounting to half a
gale, had been blowing all night.
CHATHAM, SEPT. 19.—The Sealark, 10 gun brig,
Commander R. D. White, was towed into this har-
bour yesterday morning by the African steam-vessel,
to be paid off, and this morning she disembarked the
crew of a Brazilian schooner, of the name of Ebro,
164 tons burden, which she captured on her passage
home, having 197 slaves on board, in 4 N. latitude,
and 22 West longitude, bound to Rio de Janeiro.
The crew of the slaver consists of Spaniards and
Brazilians, 14 in number, one of them having died
yesterday, on the passage to Chatham. They were
landed at the Sun-pier, and conveyed thence to Lon-
don, to be disposed of by order of the Government.
The Diligence, naval transport, Martin master,
with stores from Pembroke, arrived alongside the
dockyard this morning, and has commenced unloading.

LOSS OF TWO WHALERS.
(From the Hull Packet.)
We regret that we have this week to record the
total loss of two vessels, employed in the Davis'
Straits Fishery; one, the Bon Accord, of Hull, com-
manded by Captain Lee, and the other the Alfred,
of Boness. The following is an extract from a letter
received by Mr. Robert Collinson, of this town, ma-
naging owner of the Bon Accord, from the mate,
dated Egosminde, Danish Settlement, Davis' Straits,
July 28,1647 :
" We lost our ship on the 3d of July, and after 20
days' hard suffering arrived here, and are now on
board the brig Peru, of Copenhagen. We had two
fishes, 25 tons. The ship was lost in 75 deg. north,
as was the Alfred, of Boness, also; she had one fish.
The day before we saw fourteen sail about ten miles
north of us. The 29th of June, the Prince of Wales,
clean ; Lord Gambier, clean ; Truelove, one fish ;
Abram, one small fish, all of Hull ; Traveller, one ;
Joseph Green, one ; Resolution, one, all of Peter-
head. All the Dundee ships clean. The St. An-
drew, of Aberdeen, two fishes, and Pacific, same
port, clean; Lady Jane, of Newcastle, one fish; the
Kirkaldy ships clean ; the American ship, five fishes,
800 seals, 95 tuns. Signed Francis Lee, late mate of
the Bon Accord, of Hull."

In addition to the above, Mr. Robert Collinqon,
who arrived here from Hamburgh on Wednesday,
states that there were in that port fourteen of the
crew of the Alfred, who had arrived from Davis'
Straits, via Copenhagen, and reported that the whole
of the crews of both the wrecked vessels were saved,
except one of the Bon Accord, who died previously t
her loss, and another of the same crew by falling froi
an iceberg. Both were Shetland men.
The following interesting narrative of the suffering
of the crew of the Bon Accord, after the loss of th •
vessel, is extracted from a letter of the mate to hi -
wife, in this town :

" It was on the 3d of July that we lost the shir,
between three and four o'clock in the morning. It w:1,
then blowing a hurricane from the S.W., with con-
stant snow. The hands were called about a quarte
of an hour before she was lost. I bad just time to get
my things upon me, when the two floes came toge-
ther. I never thought that I had so much strength,
for I carried my father like a doll and handed him
over the side. I then ran down into the cabin to s7re
his watch, but it was too late ; the deck under my
feet and the beams above my head were flying in all
directions, and it was with the greatest difficulty that
I reached the deck again. I have lost everything. I
never shall forget the sight. The Alfred was about 200
yards ahead of us. She took the nip first, and the ice
weld right over her. Oh, what a sight ! To see
98 men upon the ice, some of them cursing the hour
that gave them birth. I first looked at the wreck
and saw there was no shelter there. Then, with
horror, looked to the ice, and oh, what a sight met
my eyes I There was my poor aged parent wring-
ing his hands and tearing the hair off his head, pray-
ing to God to take his life. These eyes, I hope, will
never see the like again. We were twelve hours on
the ice before we got a seat made for my father, and
a fire made. I then went down to the wreck, and
saved his chest and bedrug, one cask of pork, one
cask of bread, one- cask of flour, four casks of ale,
and twenty gallons of brandy, which we took to his
tent, and got the crow's nest there also, to make a
bed cabin for him. We then made a tent for the
men, and a fire. I got an empty bread cask and
made a tent for myself, but being wit through and
cold I could nut sleep. I got up and walked on the
ice to get warm, being almost perished. I went
into the men's tent, and they had a fire that would
have roasted a drove of oxen, but there was no
chance of getting near it. They were laid
one upon another, but at length the fire dis-
appeared through the ice, and when they
awoke they were almost frozen. I then tra-
velled over to the Alfred's tents, and there they
were a great deal more comfortable, for they bad saved
their bedclothes and chests all dry. The next day
was spent in getting our boats ready for launching
over the ice; constant snow, and the wind blowing
as hard as ever. We all suffered a great deal from
wet and cold this day. The fifth it fell calm, with a
very hot sun. We got some clothes dried a little.
My father gave me a shirt and a pair of stockings.
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and those that were laid upon top were saved. At
nine o'clock we commenced launching the boats over
the ice, and at two o'clock in the morning of the 6th
of July we got all the boats in a hole of water. I
then lost my eyesight for two days by the reflection
of the ice. I suffered a great deal, and I felt that I
could have lain down and died, had not the thoughts
of my wife and child borne me through all my trials
and sufferings. At four o'clock we launched our
boat again and proceeded south, my father and otherick
three boats in company. Midnight, very thick
weather, snonroew.;
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N.E., with a very nasty sea. Ten o'clock at night,
landed on a barren rock very little larger than our
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moderate ; left the rock and landed on a larger island.
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was on one side of the island and lon the other. July
Bth, heard a gun fired to the south of the island, which
proved afterwards to be one of the Alfred's boats in
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landed upon an island, worn out with pulling, made
fire, andtea fried some meat in our old utensils ; six
o'clock, left the island, one boat in sight to the north-
ward ; midnight, a light breeze from the N.E., suf-
fered a great deal from cold, having to launch our
boats over very bad ice, knee-deep in wet snow, and I
had nothing but a pair of shoes on, having lost both
pairs of boots. July 9, six o'clock in the morning,
landed on an island to make some tea ; found five
dozen duck eggs on the island, fried them and made
a very hearty meal. There were one of our boats
and twe boats of the Alfred left the island as I landed.
Eight o'clock, another of the Alfred's boats landed.
Ten o'clock, left the island in company with the
, Alfred's boat. Noon, could not get any further