The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENIBUG SUN. 7 FEBRUARY 15, 1847.

N 0.16,976.

TE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTE for the
TREATMENT and CURE ofSTRICTURE of the URETHRA,
and all DISEASES of the GENITO-URINARY ORGARS.
Surgeon, F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L.
This Institute founded, and partly supported by subscriptions, and
placed under the supervision of a Committee of Subscribers, offers to
the industrious classes, IN ALL CASES, THE GRATUITOUS
ADTICE of an able and experienced Surgeon, and, in sone eases,
Medicines also free of expense. The guarantees for uniform, humane,
and skinl treatment, which such an Institute affords, will, it is
hoped, induce the afflicted humbler classes to seek its aid, and
thereby avoid the waste of pecuniary means, and the risk to life
they are sure to incur, by appying for surgical, or medical, relief to
ignorant and unprincipled quacks, and nostrum-vendors.
Applicants for rebel must apply at the Surgery adjoining the
Surgeon's private residence, 2, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
CHEMICAL LECTURES y Pr. RYAN, with brilliant and
varied Experimeets, daily, and on the Evening• of Mondays, Wed-
nesdays,' and Fridays. On the commencement of Lent, Dr. BACH-
IIOFFNER will deliver a Series of Lectures on ASTRONOMY, ex-
hibiting the latest discoveries, ea the Mornings and Evenings of
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with new and appropriate
Music, by Dr. Wallis. • On the alternate Mornings and Evenings he
will Lecture ou the EL ECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, including
the recent Patent of Mews. Nott aid Gamble. The Models and
ether Works in the Useful Arts are daily described. The beautifal
Optical Effects include the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experi-
ments by the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &e.
Admission Is. Scheel", half-price. -

IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
CORIMILL, LONDON.

DIRECTORS.
HENRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman.
GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
James C. C. Bell, Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq.
Michael Bland. Esq James G. Murdoch, Esq.
Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq.
Andrew Cairn°, Esq. Henry Pearce, Esq.
George lleniy Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq.
George Hibbert, Esq. William! It. Robinson, Esq.
Thos.Newman.Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq.
FOUR-TIFTLIS, 119 per Cent., of the PRQFITS will be as-
signed to policies' every lifthicar, and. maybe: applied to increase the
Stint insured,- to an Immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction
and ultimate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow-
ing example :
PROFITS to POLICIES of 28 YEARS STANDING, entitled to
participate in the Bonus declared in 1846
Age

Age Cash paid on Or Prem. And an
at Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced naal re-
Entry. Insured. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn of.
£ £ s. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
15 1000 19 5 10 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 6 9
20 1000 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 )2 2 8 15 0
30 1000 26 14 2 451 5 0 236 18 7 710 5
40 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 4 9 8
50 1000 45 6 8 451 5 0 :',65 911 ..•••• 419 4
60 1000 63 13 4 461 5 0 384 12 5 .••••• 36 10 6

Insurances without participation ha profits effected at reduced
rates.

Prospectuses, and an explanatory statement of other advantages
now given by this Company, may be had at the Chief Offices as
above; at the Branch Office, 16, Pall-mall; or of the Agents.
SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary.

INVESTMENT for LARGE or SMALL
SUMS.

The attention of the public is invited to the following notice :
The Deeds for carrying out the resolutions of the Sharehelders in
the Guirantee Fund of the BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY are now ready, and the respective Shareholders
are hereby requested to attend at the offices, between the hours of
Eleven and Three, to sign and execute the same, when the old shares
may be exchanged.
Applications may be addressed to the Secretary for the remaining
unappropriated Shares entitled to the advantages set forth in the
following

LIFE ASSURANCE.—ERI fISII
- SOCIETY, 17, New liridge-!
DIREC

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
•street, Blackfrlars, London.

John Atkinson, Esq. Captain Twisleton Graves
Henry Wm. Beauclerk, Esq. Thomas Hamber, Esq.
Henry Charles Curtis, Esq. John Lodge, Esq.
G. Godwin, Esq., 1.R.5., F.S.A. Lieutenant-Colonel Montresor
Hon. William Gore George Alfr, d Walker, Esq.
THE BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE
A_ ASSURANCE SOCIETY cnt ertaius proposals of any descrip-
tion involving the contingency of human life.
Prospectuses and every information may be had on application at
the office, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
CHARLES JAMES THICKE, Resident Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN 14'UND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,

_
26 CORNIfILL, LONDON.
Capital .£500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
Tits Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
ith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
t 2, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
iture the Policy, two-•tkirds of the srcmiums paid (see Table) ;
Ise the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his la-
rests to meet ether conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
tes.

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
• fourth bonus, varying Iron 35 to 85 per cent. ea the premiums paid
oa each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

"Cil.:i
Bonus Bonus In ii.' 5 i Assured
5 I Brenthun. ; added. Cash. .."--• i g may
11 0 Borrow.
At...
---
1837 .017 15 1 £l6O 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0
£ Xs. d. 1838 112 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1
0 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3
1840 116 7 6 14 010 718 10 296 13 4
11841 it II 6 8 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 1

The division of profits is annual, and the neat will be made in
'eceillber of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CANEROUX. Secretary.

ROWLA.ND'S KA L YDOR
an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular
efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots,
Blotches, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, producing a healthy
freshness and transparency of Complexion, and an admired softness
and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifying and re-
freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the
Court and the Ito' al Family of Great Britain, as well as the
principal Coarts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and
Gentry of all civilised nations.

**v Beware of Spurious " RALTDORS," containing mineral as-
tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re-
pellent action, endanger health. Some are announced under the im-
plied sanction of Royalty, &c., &c. Each bottle of the genuine kas
the words " ROWLANDS' RALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A.
ROWLAND and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire
of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp alined on
each. Price 4s, 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle.
_ _

Sold by the Proprietors at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by ail
espeetable Chemists and Perfumers.

COPY OF A YOUNG LADY'S
VALENTINE.
A nice young lady, with a fond intent,
Address'd a letter to a nice young gent.
Her sole design, of course, was that of wooing,
And this the season sanctioned her in doing.
I shan't disclose the name of this young lady,
It might be Tomkins, or it might be Adey.
Nor shall I name the goat. in this affair,
For broken confidence I cannot bear.
'Twould matter nothing If his name were Loppy,
The Valentine's the same, and here's
A COPY:—
Dear youth i when I look at your form,
I long for your hand to be mine.
And often my heart has felt warm,
At the thoughts of my Valentine.
The elegant manner you dress,
My high approbation has won;
And I think I shall make a good guess,
If I hint at E. MOSES and SON.
It may be a fond failing to own,
That my thoughts of your fashion are such;
But, certainly, nature alone
Could never delight me so much.
The dresses of MOSES and SON,
Add beauty to beauty, forsooth ;
And hence has my notice been won,
T. thy charming appearance, dear youth.
If we'r ever united in life,
(Which fancy too fetidly supposes),
Yes, if ever we're husband and wife,
'Twill be dressesalthroughrtßhleeEs. of MOSES.
LIST OF
BEADY MADE.

Z s. d
Beaver Taglionis, from .. •• •••• • • • ***** '' •.•• • • • •
Chesterfields and Coinnetons
Pashas, D•Orsays, and Chesterfields and •every description
of winter coats •, :
**** ............ 1 5 0
Boys' Winter Coats, in every style and make............ 0 8 6
Tweed Trousers, lined
0 4 6
Doeskin ..... .....
Dress Coats...—. . .. ...
Frock Coats.... ... • :: :: •••• • • • • .....
•••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 6 6
Double-breasted Tests . •.• • • • • • • • ••
•••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1 6 0
Boys' Hussar and Tunis Sul. t,i; ••
••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 2 0
I.Xoys' Winter Tr°us" •—•••— • • a 3 0
Ditto Vests... ..... ........ . .•••••• • • • • • • • .......
anyann exatetendtwatalt:rrep•roonu•'nf•,4•ltad;ne.O•tice.• •• • • • 8 1 6
Winter3iurailigCoatst°, DIA.DIS T 9 1911961191
to any style,
handsomely trimmed ........ ...
Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, yers:at c0"1.1,..• • . •an.• •cf, •cuffs. fi.,•• sin••ed•• 21 : l•i),
Tweed
v, ,ITweedn t er
TrousersO
Trousers,v er
Overcoats.
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1288 660
1 12 0
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Best Dress Trousers......
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Dress Coats • .. . b ..
Bost quality made
Frock Coats ........... .. .....
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Best quality made ....................... ••••
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a 8 6
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. • • 012 0
Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits
Firtincy, pVlitestntsor fancy .
•• • 1 5 o
A new Work, entitled " Costume Castle," with Aull directions
for self-measurement, may be had on application,
post free.
Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
sure, if not approved of, will bo exchanged, or if preferred, the
money returned.
E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for
Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minorias, and 83,
84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, '2.ity, London.
Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the
public against impostors, but have learned that the tintradesnaan-
like falsehood of being connected with tkem, or it's thesame concern,
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion with any other house In or out of London;
and those who desire genuine and chef, clothing, &c., should call at,
or send to, 31inories and Aldgate, City, London.
Notice. •No business transacted at this establishment from sun-
set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve
o'clock.

CARAND MEETING on the Subject of
CRACOW.
11)1U

The MARQUIS of NORTiIAMPTON in the Chair.
On TUESDAY, the 2d March, a Meeting to petition THE CROWN
on the annexation of the free c ty of Cracow to the Austrian Empire,
in 'Violation of the Treaty of Vienna, will be held at FREEMASONS'
HALL, Great Queen street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The Marquis of
Northampton will take the chair at one o'clock precisely.

THE OBNOXIOUS, VEXATIOUS, AND OPPRESSIVE RATE
AND TAX-PAYING CLAUSES IN THE REFORM AND RE-
GISTRATION ACTS.
APUBLIC MEETING will be held at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on WEDNEIDST EVENING
next, Feb. 17, 1847, at Half-past Seven o'clock.
THOMAS WAKLEY, M.P., in the Chair,
To petition the Legis'ature to repeal these much detested clauses.
Many M.P.'s and other Friends stand pledged to attend.

FEMALE SERVANTS' HOME SOCIETY,
For the Encouragement of Faithful Servants.
Estatolished 1836.
_

Homes: 21, Nutworth-place, Edgevrare-road ; 110, Hatton-orden.
The PUBLIC MEETING of the above Society will take place
To-Monsow, February 16th, at the HANOVER-SQUARE ROONIS.
The Right Hon. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, 31. P., will take the
Chair at Two o'clock. By order of the Committee.

JOSEPH BROWN, MA., Chairman.

COMMERCIAL INN, BIRMINGHAM.
TO be DISPOSED of by PRIVATE CON-
TRACT, with IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, the LEASE and
GOOD-WILL of that old-established and well-known Commercial
Inn, the WHITE HART, Digbeth, Birmingham. It has been in the
occupation of the present proprietor and family thr the last twenty-six
years, and is now, and for years past, doing a very profitable busi-
ness of upwards of 4,0001. per annum. The Rent and Taxes are
exceedingly moderate. The premises are in excellent repair. The
only reason for disposing is in eonsegtunce of the present proprietor
retiring fl'om the business.
For particulars apply to Mr. G. W. Cockerell, 47, Blackman-
street, Southwark ; or to Mr. B. Bull, on the premises.

HENRY RUSSELL at the. STRAND
THEATRE. • ' -
HENRY RUSSELL, composer of "Woodman spare that Tree,"
" The Ivy Green," " The Old Arm-chair," "The Ship on Fire,"
" The Gambler's Wife," " The Maniac," " Some love to Roam,"
" I'm Afloat," "A Life on the Ocean Wave," " The Newfoundland
Dog," &c. &c., will have the honour of giving his VOCAL EN-
TERTAINMENTS on MownaT EVENING, Feb. 22, and following
evenings, interspersed with Anecdotes of Negro Life and Character.
Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at
Miff-past Seven; commence at Eight. Private Boxes, 11. Is. Box-
office open from One till Four.

lETHERIAL INHALER, as constructed by
Dr. BOOT and Mr. ROBINSON.

Mr, HOOPER has the greatest satisfaction in stating that at each
of the Metropolitan and Provincial Institutions at which this appa-
ratus has been used, it has succeeded ; Messrs. Lawrence, Ferguson,
Guthrie, Aston Key, Morgan, Thomson, M`Murdo, and many other
eminent Surgeons, have operated on patients whilst under the in-
fluence of "Ether, by means of this instrument, with the most com-
plete success, to whom Mr. Hooper begs to refer, and to the reports
in the recent Medical Journals. The success attending this Inhaler
is in great measure owing to the construction of the valves.
Orders addressed to Mr. Hooper will be executed on the day they
are received.

7, PALL-MALL EAST.

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW NOVEL BY JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES.
Just published,- in 3 vols.,
GEORGE L ()YELL.
A Novel. By JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES:
In the Press, in 3 vols.,
A New Work. By Mrs. BUTLER (late FANNY KEMBLE.)
Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street.

FLORENTINE HISTORY.
Jest published, in small Bvo., rrice Os. c:oth, Vol. IV. of
FLORENTINE HISTORY, from the earliest
authentic Records to the Accession of Ferdinand the Third,
Grand Duke of Tuscany.
By Captain HENRY EDWARD NAPIER, R.N.
To be completed in six monthly volumes.
Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street.

Just published,

TUCK'S MAP of the RAILWAYS, showing in
a bold and novel manner the entire lines worked by each
Company, and the lines projected for next session ; ttie termini,
length, route, &c.. of all the railways in England; with tables of re-
ference, showing the lines leased and amalgamated, See. &e. ; the
whole forming the most complete map ever published. Price ss.
mounted on canvas, in cloth.

Wilson, railway publisher, 11, Royal Exchange; and all booksellers,

CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and
LONG LIFE.
In pocket volumes Is: each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each.

HOW TO BE -HAPPY
" Jucunde Vivere."—Cie.

WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID.
(With Diet-tables for all Complaints )
3.
MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES.
" To be, or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare.
4.
The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL.
" Cura ut -ra'eas."

These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are
adapted to the Intelligence of the times.

To be had of ,hirwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Corn-
hill; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or diroct from
the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta-
tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Soren till Nine,
at le, Argyle-place, Regent-street.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT MIRY'S ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF ILUMIN
LIFR.

ILLIISTRATED WITH COLOURED HNORATINCS,
Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. Gd., or free
by post, 3s. Gd.
CONTROUL OF TILE PASSIONS: a Popular
Inquiry into the Concealed Canoe of its premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, Indigcst on, and Consumption. Including a cotnprehen;,i
sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.
Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
Cases, &c.

By C. J. LUCAS and Co.. Consulting Furgeons, No. GO. Newman-

street, Oxford-stre;t, London

Published by the authors ; Ilannay and 0., 63, Oxford-street ;
Noble, 114, Chancery-lane; G. Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; 13.
Winhal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; IL Whitmore, 119, Market-
street, Manchester; J. Howell, 51, Church-street, Liverpool; W.
and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh; I. H. Pee/ell,
10, Westraoraland-street, Dublin ; and sold by Brittain, 11, Pater-
noster-row ; J. Gordon, 116, Leadenhall-street ; and all Booksellers

" The best of all friends is the professional friend, and in no shape
can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in " Lucas
on Manly Health."—The Yew Bell's Weekly Messenger.
Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to
apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it
direct from the Authors, by enclosing as. 6d., or Postage Stamps.
The security of happiness in the Marriage state is the chief anxiety
of all ; but many dread entering upon wedded union, through a
secret fear of unfitness for the disr..harge of matrimonial obligations.
This essay is most particularly addressed to all suffering under a
despondency of the character alluded to ; and advice will be found
calculated to cheer the drooping heart, and point the way to renovated
health.

Messrs. Lucas and Co, are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and
from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60,
Newman-street, Oxfort-street, London, and country patients may
be successfully treated, on iniuntely describing their case, and enclos-
ing the usual fee of 1/, for advice.

A POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE and ymoul .

of the ItODILY FUNCTIONS.
NINETEENTH EDITION price 2s._6d._; Free by Pest (ins Seale

Envelope) 3s. 6d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work
on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restora-
tion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se-
condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Ex
gralllngs ; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L.
PERRY send Co., Consulting Surgeons, Londoi.
Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence.
Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster-row; Gorden, 146, Leadenhal:-
street ; Park's, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-
street, and 37, 110, al Exchange ; and all booksellers.
Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who art
prevented ll'om forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of cer-
tain disqualifications, and will bef ound an available introduction to
the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood.
Part 11. treats perspicuous]) apon those forms of diseases, either
in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing
how munberg who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail
upon themselves years of misery and suffering.
The CORDIAL BALM OF SYItIACUM is exclusively directed to
the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar-
renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consamptive habits, and debili-
ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price 11 s. and 335. per bet-
tie. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti-
syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve-
nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body
ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treat-
ment, secondarysymptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price Ila
and 335. per bottle.
ohNfeattmSero sEtC
bladder,lfFe clCtu
Pait,ciLrL:Smw,eidpttyricoirltssigat.ri9cdart.u,ar4nesses.,
is
business.
Consultation foe, tf by Letter, 11. I minute detail of case is ne
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residence
19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, front eleven till two, sac
give till eight; and on Sundays from
eleven till twelve.

ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES or YOUTH AIPD
TeUoRLIOT
D ENGRAVINGS.
WITH TWENTY-FIMA.VR
Just published, Twentieth Thousand, is
2s. 6,1. Jr pest paid, to any address, for 31 se" envelope, price
direct 'from the Anther's residence. . 6d. in Postage tamps
SELF- PR's SERVATION: A Medical Treatise
on the secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth
illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates en and Maturity.
Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reoirijilt" Anatomy.
ex?ialning their various structures, uses. and (Unctions, anrie Organs;
the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits,
and C
excesses. With Practical Observations en the Treatment Nervous
r
Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other IS
the Urethra. of
By SAMUEL L &WERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate
Apothecaries' Hall, London, Svc., t&c.
CONTENTS IF THE Tlainn.
CHAPTEI I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance
andOlsligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
CuArrza 9. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ.
Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grew
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
--CHAPTER 3. OH Solitary Habits; their various effects on the
Animal Economy; the concealed cases of Debility of the function
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the
Mental Faculties. Cuarrza 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CnAPTEßs 5 and 6. On
the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonaorhcea
(Meet, Strictures, and other Diseases of .he Urethra.

REVIEWS OF TILE WORK.
"The author of this singular and tAietitod war% Is A legal] Y quell
fled 41)11 cal man, who ha> ,vidently had considerable experience
the trr xtment of the various disorders arising from the lollies an 1
aalcif
frailties of early Indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad-
dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which moo
act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and hp its perusal
many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit I no ap-
peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era.
Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also
from Kent and Richard.;, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63,
Oxford-street,
eeSt,taLrioen,
doTnic;llNboeTto-snt,reie::
cQhuaradefatigittr;t3,3;_fo,
Lrtii‘o.enr,i,col4ls
and by all Daoksellers.
At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from
Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing
the fee of 1/., fur advice, kc,---9 ISEDIQED-5,TFgu uEDFORD•
squoaug, Lwow!,

SOUTII WALES RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the next HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Com-
pany w ill be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the
Paddington Station, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of February
instant, at Twelve, for Ono o'clock precisely, for the election of four
Directors and one Auditor, in the place of the same number who will
retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair
will be taken at one o'clock precisely.

- CIDIMES RUSSELL, Chairman.
The Directors and Auditor retiring are re•eligible under the Pro.
visions of the Act.

The Transfer Books will be closed on and after the 14th instant,
arid will not be re-opened until after the said Ilalf-Yearly General
Meeting on the 24th Instant.

By order,
N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary.
South Wales Railway Mice, 449, West Strand, London,
February 1, 1847.

GREig WESTERN RAILWAY.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next
I. HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS •f this COMPANY will be held in London, pursuant to
the Act of Parliament, at ibe Paddington Station, on TIMASDAY, the
18th February next, at Twelve for On• o'clock precisely, for the
election of Four Director* in the place of th• same namber who will
retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair will
be taken at One o'clock precisely.

-
CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman.
BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman.
The Directors retiring are re-el.glble under the proTisions of the
Act. By order,
January 91;1947. CIJAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

LONDON and SOUTH WESTERN
RAILWAY.
NOTICE.—The resolutions of the Special General Meeting of
Proprietors and of the Board of the London and South Western
Railway Company on the 17th November last, having allowed an
option to all Proprietors of New Shares of 501., formed eut of Tenths
of 51. each, and to all ProPrletOra of New Shares of 401., formed oat of
Tenths of 41. each, who attitt be registered as such Proprietors of
Slums ori the 16th P The Holders of Letters repro•
minting_ Traiths. an - hided that Illatragettart and Bankers
Receipts must' be sent into the Treasurers Office forthwith, in order
to the completion of the Registration on or before the said 16th
day of February next, and that the above mentioned option will be
lost in respect of all Tenths for which the Letters and Bankers
Receipts shall not have been seat in for Registration on or before
such day. Immediately after the 16th proximo, the proper form for
declaring his option to take New Shares, will be forwarded to each
Proprietor of Shares formed from such Tenths.
By order of the Directors,
P. LAWRENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary.
Nine Elms, Vauxhall, Jan. 22, 1547.

NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice Is hereby given, that the ordinary HALF-YEARLY
MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be
held at the London Tavern, Blshopsgate-street, in the city of London,
on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of February next, at the hour of Twelve
for Half-past Twelve o'clock, upon general business, when the Report
of the Directors will be submitted for their approval.
And notice is hereby further given, that at the said Meeting, pur-
suant to notice already published, and in compliance with the Stand-
ing Orders of the House of Lords, the Bill, for which a petition is
already deposited, to enable the Northern Counties Union Railway
Company to make certain regulations In their railway in the parishes
of Aysgarth and Wensley, in the North Riding of the county of
York, will be submitted to the approval of the Shareholders.
CHARLES LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary.
WM. BERESFORD, Chairman.
The Register of Transfers will be closed, and remain so, from the
12th day of February until the 24th day of February, 1847, both
days inclusive.

CIIAS. LOCOCIi WEBB, Secretary.
Dated, Company's OMcss, 1, Poet's-corner, Westminster,
February 3, 1847.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF SHARES IN THE
DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a PUBLIC MEETING of the
Shareholders in the above Railway will he held in SATURDAY, the
20th of February next, at One o'Clock, at the Cotton Sales-room,
Exchange-buildings, Liverpool, to receive a Report from the Com-
mittee. .

Parties residing at a distance and unable to attend are particularly
requested to authorise some party to represent them on this occasion.
By order of the Committee,
HENRY CHRISTIE BELOE, Hon. Secretary.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FEB. 11.—Daily the accounts from Ireland be-
come more gloomy and alarming. The extreme severity of
the weather has aggravated the horrors of destitution, and
famine is extending its ravages in the south and west. The
very heavy fall of snow throughout the country has caused
a general suspension of the public works—almost the sole
source of sustenance for at least two millions of human beings,
and although the regulation established by the Lord-Lieu-
tenant entitles the labourers in such a contingency to a
moiety of the ordinary -wages, yet, where provisions are at
a famine.price, the poor creatures will not be able to purchase
food enough to keep body and soul together.
Although arrivals of flour and Indian corn continue at
Limerick and other ports, prices continue to advance. Alto-
gether the prospects are hourly becoming more disheartening.
Many more deaths from starvation are reported in the pro-
vincial journals. The Mayo Constitution contains the parti-
culars of ten inquests, on all of which the verdicts were
"died from starvation."

Various presentment sessions have been held, under the
Lord-Lieutenant's proclamations, but the votes were limited
to sums required for completing works. At the sessions of
Markethill, county of Armagh, on Tuesday, no presentment
was passed, because the local gentry and farmers are endea-
vouring, by employment and voluntary relief, to provide for
the destitute.

In the King's county and other districts, meetings are in
progress to promote the tillage of the land, and the sowing
of the spring crops.
REPRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT COMAMTTEE.—Meetings of
this committee were held on Tuesday and yesterday. A
petition in favour of Lord George Bentinck's Irish railway
project was unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks to
Lord George was passed. It was recommended that peti-
tions in favour of the project should be adopted throughout
the country, and to be forwarded for presentation in the
House of Commons to Lord George Bentinck, and in the
Upper House to Earl Fitzwilliam.
With respect to the New Poor-law Bill, a petition was
adopted by the committee, strongly objecting to any right of
relief, and to the system of out-door relief in any shape. The
petition requires that the electoral divisions, instead of the
unions, should form the area of taxation, and that even a
smaller area than the electoral divisions should if possible be
adopted, with a view to protect improving landlords from the
pauperism of negligent proprietors. But the most remark-
able feature of the petition is a suggestion for a general pro-
perty-tax, limited in amount, for the support of the p.m..
GOVERNMENT SUPPLY OF SEED POTATOES.
The Cork Examiner contains the following important letter
from Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, who have been commis•
sioned by Government to look out in the different grain
markets of the world for a supply of seed. The letter is ad-
dressed to Mr. D. Kenhealy, of Cork :
" Monument-yard, London,Feb. 6, 1847.
" Dear Sir,—We regret to state, that all our exertions to
obtain potatoes for seed have turned out a failure. ' France'
has prohibited the exportation. The ' Azores' have like-
wise stopped the shipment, the drain of Indian corn from
that quarter compelling the authorities to fall back upon the
crop of potatoes, to prevent a dearth of provisions them-
selves, in proof of which the shipment of Indian corn is now
stopped as well.
"We have tried ' Russia,' both by steam and sailing
vessel ; both parcels were landed in a bad state, and dis-
heartened us from another attempt. We have sent out in-
structions for a supply from 'Bermuda,' which will be our
last resource.
gra"inlifoind. We sveryeevlidooenkttotbtahte Irelandresent mvitsiisttatfiaolnl
asbacakprunpz
no doubt, will
dential warning as to the futility of depending upon so pre-
carious a root as the potato. The reflection,
be severe, but it will tend to the regeneration of Ireland,
and God grant it so, speedily, with the exercise of his
mercy.—Faithfully yours,
• "KEELING AND HUNT.".
Mr. Owen, of Bradfield, county of Wexford, has pub-
lished a letter, with a view of dissuading small farmers from
sowing potatoes. He states that failures M the early-sown
potatoes are occurring, and urges those farmers, who are
consume them at once. IFE.
husbanding the remnant of their sickly store for seed, to
SHOCKING MURDER OF A HUSBAND AND
LIMERICK, Fan. 10.—A double murder,
be exceeded in atrocity in the most savage country,
was pasert.
petrated in the town of Askeaton, on Saturday night,el, _
The unhappy victims were David Fitzgerald and his weir a
nindustrious and inoffending couple. The murders
waswer found
com-
mitted with Fitzgerald's ow hatchet,
which visited the
covered with blood, and we learn from one
:brio blows
awful scene upon Sunday morning, that thetheeP faces of the
most revolting and hideous—the gashes upon
unfortunatethe house
w victims,
as floor of
whichwh o
ecctoaue could de
wasn o
_t
deadly force, as
must have been rapidly inflicted, and with
in the centre of
no alarm was heard, although the house wtase
f h police -barrack,
literally
several others, and within ten yards o
thedierlubgraiednswiptrhothrluodod.ing,
and at a very early hour of the n
bed, Robbery is sup-
wife had not undressed or retired to
' t that led to this horrifying
,ght, ss Filhngdee thefa
ltda 1 11
posed to have been the objec found unlocked and
crime, as Fitzgerald's boxes were
d John M'Carthy, who appa-
rentlyworied rifled. A man. nan!e
Fitzgerald, and who was at
as a journeyman weaver with night, was suspected,
and
Fitzgerald's house on Saturday
police. An inquest is holding the
last himself to the r ht, the coroner, and '3
an intelli-
gent two days before Dr...--.nra.kr .s. ,
eu n Esq.,of
one the local
gent jury, assisted by Carrot la
magistrates of the district.
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REMARKABLE RECOVERY OF BANK VOTES.--OnVOTES.--OnThursday a very singular circumstance happened to a man
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fH
5e
owl.
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a sh
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pocket. At
a late hour in the evening he went into the Town of Rams-
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2,
public-house, Wapping, where he partook of some re-
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residence. Yesterday morning he missed his bank notes,
and hastened to the public diouse where he had been on the
previous night. He made various inquiries, and had given
up the property as lost, when, on searching the parlour, he
discovered the missing notes under the wood in the fire-
grate, which had evidently been picked up by the servant in
a hurry and placed there at a late hour the previous night,
as it was her usual custom to lay the fire before she went to
bed. If the owner had been five minutes later the fire
would have been lighted, and the property of course con-
sumed.

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LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON.
EARL GREY ON THE EXTENSION OF STEAM
NAVIGATION FROM SINGAPORE TO PORT
JACKSON, AUSTRALIA.

My Lord,—On the 20th of May last, I had the honour to
address a letter to your Lodship's predecessor in the Colonial
Office, the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone. on the subject inti-
mated in the title-page, and to which letter I received the
following reply:—
" Mr. W. E. Gladstone presents his compliments to Lieut.
Waghorn, and returns his best thanks for the pamphlet on
the extension of steam navigation from Singapore to Port
Jackson, which Lieut. Waghorn has been so good as to trans-
mit to him.
" Mr. W. E. Gladstone begs to assure Lieut. Waghorn
that he regards with a lively interest a proposal, the effect of
which would be to diminish by one-half, for many important
purposes, the distance between the United Kingdom and the
Australian Colonies, and that it will be to him a matter cf
sincere regret, if, upon examination of the charges attending
the execution of such a plan, these departments of the Go-
vernment which are peculiarly responsible in that respect,
shall arrive at the conclusion that the expenses aro too heavy
. to warrant any early ,attempt to give it effect.
" Colonial Office, May 28, 1846."
Since the date of the foregoing, the Sub-Committee of the
Association of Merchants, Bankers, Traders, and others, of
the city of London, interested in the extension of steam na-
vigation to Australia, have, as your Lordship is aware, laid
before you an elaborate report descriptive of the various
routes for the proposed connexion of our Australian and New
Zealand dependencies with this country and India—analysing
the respective merits of each, and recommending to your
Lordship's notice the one first advocated by me, in conjunc-
tion with the gentlemen composing the Committee, and
whose names are appended to this letter. In answer to that
.report, your Lordship directed the annexed communication
to be made by the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, B.
Hawes, Esq.; M.P.:—
" Downing-street, November 3, 1846.
" Gentlemen,—l am directed by Earl Grey to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 19th ultimo, enclosing the
report of a committee appointed by merchants, and others,
connected with the Australian Colonies, to examine into the
merits of the various routes by which a communication by
steam-vessels between those colonies and Great Britain
might be established; and I am directed to acquaint you in
reply, that Lord Grey attaches the greatest importance to the
subject, but that the necessity of communicating with the
governors of the Australian Colonies must prevent any
definitive arrangement being made at present.
"I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant,

"B. HAN'VES.

" Sir George Larpent, Bart ; Hon. F. Scott, M.P."
My Lord, the incessant pressure on my time in organizing
the machinery for the transmission of the Overland Mails, in
the face of hitherto unattempted difficulties and with un-
exampled dispatch, as is not unknown to your Lordship, has
prevented me carrying out the intention I first conceived on
the perusal of Mr. Hawes' letter—namely, to entreat your
Lordship to allow me, with the greatest deference, but at the
same time with the utmost earnestness, to urge upon you at
once to lend your countenance to the great object of bringing
our Australian possessions within the sphere of those blessings
which steam enables us to confer upon nearly all our other
colonies. Believe me, my Lord, I speak after anxious and
careful reflection, when I venture to assure you that this
noble project may be advanced a long way towards maturity
before you can receive any reply from the Colonial Governors.
I well know the disposition that exists in the mercantile body
of London, and also in the large commercial and manufac-
turing towns of Great Britain, to draw Australia and New
Zealand into the closest proximity to the mother-country by
steam, within the shortest possible pericd. I know to what
extent that disposition may be made available, in seconding
whatever assistance the Government might be pleased,to ex-
tend; and I know that, owing to various causes, such dispo-
sition will be materially damped and will not be easily
revived, should delay intervene in setting about the accom-
plishment of a purpose to whose importance your Lordship
bears witness.

Whatever may be your sense of that importance, it cannot
be exaggerated. I am well aware of your Lordship's in-
timacy with the condition, prospects, and requirements of our
colonies in every part of the globe ; but it cannot be supposed
that your Lordship should have bestowed on our Australian
territories in particular that minute practical observation
necessary to possess you of the full commercial and social de-
sirability, as well as the political value, of extending steam
navigation to those remote but important regions. lam
sure, if I could prevail upon your Lordship to examine the
data adduced in the pamphlet addressed by me, on this subject,
to Mr. Gladstone, and if you would fortify, by inquiry, the
accuracy of the calculations therein made, and the reason-
ableness of the inferences drawn from those data, you would
be induced forthwith to advise the Crown to allow Australia
to participate in those advantages which so many other colo-
nies now enjoy, through the instrumentality of private steam
companies, who are assisted by public grants. It is in vain
to wait to know what the colonies will do. Be it much or
be it little, the most that could be hoped from them would
not be equivalent to the gain that would accrue from a
prompt decision en your Lordship's part to make a pecu-
niary grant, and leave the rest to the merchants of London.
I ask no more than that your Lordship should make such
offer as your own appreciation of the interests affected may
dictate, and as the precedent of state donations towards
steam communication with the West Indies, China, North
America, &c., may seem to you to justify. If that offer be
not met in a corresponding spirit by the gentlemen whose
Sub-Committee have already reported to you, and in whose
name I now speak, I am content to forfeit whatever slight
credit I may pretend to, as a promoter of rapid intercommu-
nication between England and the Eastern hem;spliere, and
to be accounted the visionary and the dreamer which so
many people were kind enough to pronounce me, when I first
undertook to carry the Government dispatches from Bombay
to London, through Central Europe, in the depth of a more
than Alpine winter, in one calendar month.
But my Lord, if you would impart full value to the offer
I solicit, let it, I pray you, be made at once. Notwithstand-
ing the various unusual claims on the national treasury at the
present moment, no wise economist can look at the popula-
tion, wealth, and hourly-increasing capabilities of our vast
colonies in the Pacific, without admitting that any reason-
' able amount would be well laid out, that should bring them
and us within half, not to say one-third the distance, in
point of time, that now separates us, and must continue to
separate us, without the adoption of the plan already sub-
mitted to you.
I cannot think of tsxing your Lordship's time by a reca-
pitulation here, however brief, of the pamphlet already
alluded to—and in which, I persuade myself, several points
tending to enhance the humble estimate of Australia,
me,
vNeN o
.delivered
fromreinforced
formed by the general English public, were brought pro-
! sj small
e m
sc ta
inll nowa compass,passage
being
strongly
a s
tninently forward. But I will venture to make an extract,
in which a great deal of matter appears to me to be con-
call the energy I am master of.
ech d
illustrative
b )'
en Friday, the 17th of April, 1846, at the London Tavern
the e nTtruhr aeotrei d
extract
i n
oft a
hc veoe
pry-
meeting, called by me, and at which Sir G. Larpent presided
—many leading London merchants interested in the colonies,
being present—most ably assisted by J. W. Sutherland,
Esq., together with the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., the agent
for the colony of New South Wales—to whose indefatigable
labours, solidity of judgment, and unflagging zeal, no praise
of mine can do adequate justice, nor his •
can services to the
Australian colonies generally be possibly over-esti-
mated. The speaker 1 allude to was Mr. ;lark Boyd,
of the eminent firm of Boyd, Brothers and Co., whose
intimate connexion with Australia, and the large possessions
of members of whose family at Boyd-Town, Two -fold Bay,
and in all parts of New South Wales, are well known to
every one acquainted with the colonies. But to those who
do not possess such knowledge, it will perhaps be sufficient
to say, that the speaker is brother to Mr. Benjamin Boyd,
chairman of the Pastoral Association of New South Wales,
member of the L?gislative Council, &c. ; and a gentleman
who is not more esteemed for those private virtues which add
lustre to his well-acquired opulence, than for the public spi-
rit in which he to worthily exercises his great energies and in-
tellectual accomplishments. After citing many cogent facts,
as to the increase of letters and newspapers between Eng-
land and Australia., Mr. M. Boyd said :—"To attempt to define
a limit to the advantages which the introduction of steam
would afford Australia is impossible, but there can be no
question as to the following. It would facilitate the invest-
ment of capital for the gradual development of the bound-
less resources of Australia and New Zealand. It would
establish much greater confidence in all mercantile trans-
actions connected with the colony by preventing loss from
over-stocked markets, and also obviate the inconvenience
arising from the scarcity of supplies of European merchan-
dise. It would enable the merchants and shippers in the
colony duly to effect insurance of their ships and merchan-
dise in England. It would enable East India invalids either
to settle or recruit their health in that most congenial climate ;
the distance to Swan River only occupying fourteen days, to
Sydney thirty. It would lead to a large emigration of a
highly respectable class of capitalists, with their wives and
families, who are at present deterred undertaking the voyage
from its tediousness. A steam communication would there-
fore be of incalculable advantage to the colony, both morally
and politically. It would greatly facilitate the pacification of
New Zealand, by affording the means of promptly introduc-
ing the requisite precautionary measures sin case of need. It
would likewise produce the same effect as in Australia, by
encouraging the introduction of wealthy settlers, and the
consequent employment of the native population. It would
be of the utmost advantage, by affording facilities for the
farther extension of the present Pacific trade carried on from
(=Australian colonies, and the civilisation of the inhabitants
of the islands in the Pacific Ocean.' It would enable us
promptly to anticipate and frustrate any attempts of foreign
aggression, either upon our settlements or trade in those seas,
It would accelerate the introduction' of numerous necessary
reforms in the local governments of the Australian co-
lony, and permit public opinion in England to exert its
salutary influence on the acts of the
colonial executives
and aid in preventing the colonists sufftermg the most
grievous wrongs to which they are et present
ocfoani.istrotyrasli.Lbn
jected. In conclusion, by the. establishment
link between Great Britain
steam communication, the entireßritain
and all the colonies will be complete,, as well as those cold-
vies with each other respectively. '
These are the heartfelt sentiments of a gentleman whose
house has been conspicuously
result of a diversified experi-
ence of the wants of nearly allyears; our settlements in the Pacific,
n of the Indian Archipelago, from
and of the important region
which such substantial advantages will be derived from our
' increased propinquity between it and Australia, by the
ended, and which becomes
communication recommended,
steam mm
of even greater importance, when we bear in mind
new trading
our invaluable
station of Labuan, on
the west coast of Borneo,—supplying, besides innumer-
able other advantages,
inexhaustible quantities of coal.
When that communication
shall have been established,
as at no distant day
it must be, the Australian and New
Zealand colonies will owe an inexpiable debt of gratitu le to
their exertions in awakening public
opinion at home to our
the Messrs. Boyd for
their oxerttons in awakening public
opinion at home to our obhgobligations regarding those great
weight of . It
tri-
butaries to the extent and
my
testimonythe to parent
state
the services of
would be unjust to withhold
Mrs. Boyd—viz., Mr. Samuel Brown-
the able coadjutor of
ing—who, as a resider: in Australia, and having visitel
almost every part of the Indian Archipelago, China, &c. &c.,
has brought to the discussions in which the committee have
been engaged, afamiliarity with these localities, and
personal
a comprehensive knowledge of the most judicious mode of
dealing with them in reference to the present object, that can-
not be too warmly commended.
Since theo date Mr.
f Mark Boyd's speech nothing has
much to enhance, the value of
d to diminish, but
occurred
Australia to us, and to render more and more desirable the
her. The memorable
means 91 speedy intercourge with

PRICE SD.

events in India have invested it with fresh importance as a
locale for the restoration of the shattered health of our
troops. Occurrences in New Zealand warn us, that
in no way can their repetition be more effectually
prevented, than b.:, encouraging steam communication
between _ that colony and Australia, and between the
•

latter and England, so as to admit of the transmission
of instructions from the Home Government with the
least loss of time. The alteration iu the laws affecting the
importation of food opens the Lome market to many
of the productions of Australia heretofore inadmissible
here ; and the exhaustless supplies of meat, in a portable
form, and adapted to English and Indian rants, that may
be brought hither, is, alone, a consideration not to be
overlooked in seasons like the present, whose recurrence
may, unfortunately, at any time be expected. The clim2ges
that arc being introduced into the colonial system of
administration, according to public report, under the
auspices of your Lordship, must further increase the
desirability of learning the effect of these changes speedily
on such colonies as those more directly alluded to here; and,
above all, the new footing on which colonisation is apparently
about to be placed, especially as regards emigration from Ire-
land, emphatically demands that Australia be no longer sub-
jet:led to the hardship and injustice of being the only great
dependency of the Crown whose geographical remoteness is
not virtually diminished by steam.
My Lord, I say that, if it were only on the score of the
value of the Australian settlements to England in respect to
future emigration, these settlements alone would be entitled
to the Government aid now sought at your hands. In my
letter to Mr. Gladstone, I said, "If I did not hope that these
remarks may come under general attention through the me-
dium of the press, which has already given an extended pub-
licity to the question of 'Steam to Australia,' I should not
attempt to hint to a gentleman whose knowledge of public
affairs is as extensive as yours, any one of the various
momentous considerations embraced in the single word

Colonization,' as affected by
,Australia being broight one-
-half nearer than it itto. England.: ne distance diminished
fone-half, and the improvement immefflately created by that
diminution, Australia would become, as it ought, the focus
of all emigration from the United Kingdom. The ungrateful
soil and trying climate of our North American possessions
would no longer baffle the industry and exhaust the means
of our small farmers. The United States would no longer
absorb the skill of our mechanics, and leave them to learn that
the habits, the comforts, and the independence of an English
home, if poor even to poverty, may be unwisely exchanged
for affluence where these accessories are wanting. The Cape,
the West Indies, &c., would no longer act as quicksands to
the industry that annually flows thither, where it is lost or
frustrated, because the locality is altogether unsuited to
such of our population as live by labour, for the most part,
out of doors. No, sir; emigration would flow to Australia,
where soil, and climate, and produce, and the currents of
traffic, and, in short, every circumstance an intending emi-
grant should take into account, invite him to settle, and
where nothing repels him, but the distance and the evils this
distance alone occasions. I repeat, that emigration, on the
largest scale, will find its way to Australia once steam is
established, and that the benefits to all parties will be im-
mense." If there were any truth in these remarks in May
last, I trust you will be of opinion that nothing has since
transpired to impair their force and applicability. For
my own part, I am more and more convinced of their
correctness the more I ponder upon the subject. I
am convinced, that the mere announcement of a monthly
steam communication being about to be established with
the Australian settlements, would, at once, turn the eyes
of the great bulk of intending emigrants in that direction.
I do not mean, of course, that emigrants would think of
proceeding there by steam. Comparatively few, and only
the more wealthy, would be able to do that; but the know-
ledge that the intercourse with the mother-country would be
doubled and trebled as compared with the existing state of
things—that a letter and its answer might be received in
London and at Sydney in less time than the letter alone now
takes to reach its destination—that, in fact, for all purposes
of correspondence and communication, Sydney and London
would be almost as near to each other as are London and
New York by the sailing packets ;—this knowledge, I say,
would remove nine-tenths of the objections new entertained
towards the Australian colonies.
I abstain from touching on the mercantile bearings of the
question ;—that is not my province • though I cannot help
reminding you that, but fur Australia, all cur manufacturers
of the west and north of England, who require fine wool,
dwiot3u,ladtberutiontoaullsy
prices
—dennottonlessthetiGiaeurmman,sofooor tbhaaletscohmavmino-
g
been received from our southern colonies last year. It must
be sufficiently obvious to every one, that an immense impetus
would be communicated to the commerce of the settlements
by the more increased facilities for the merchants and traders
advising their agents of the state of the Australian markets,
and being advised in return of the state of the markets of the
world suited to the produce of the Pacific; for, it should be
remembered, that it is not the English markets only which,
steam would bring closer to these colonies, but the markets of
the whole Chinese and eastern seas,from llong-Kong,Calcutta,
and Ceylon, to the southern extremity of New Guinea. On
these points I would take the liberty of referring you to my
previous pamphlet, and to the map accompanying it.
I take for granted, my Lord, that you have no hesita-
tion whatever to admit the easy practicability of the plan
tLe.-ein laid down, confirmed as it has been by the careful
and volum'neus report of the sub-committee. The sum and
substance of 'it is—to place adequate steamers, at Singapore,
to proceed with mails, passengers, and valuable goods to
Port Essington, through Torree Straits, to Wednesday Island,
and so to Sydney—the nature of the navigation, coaling
depots, &c, being detailed in the former pamphlet, and ample
references given to the authorities from whose official reports
my calculations have been compiled, and especially from the
surveys of the Beagle, conducted by that most able navigator,
Captain Stokes, R N., to whose exertion and intelligence all
connected with this project are deeply indebted. To make
this invaluable extension to the ends of the earth as it were
—to perfect that system which I have been the humble in-
strument of carrying so fir as Singapore—to belt the world
with steam, and consummate the great design of which the
Overland Route to India is a part, the sum of 100,000/. per
annum only is required,—a suns very much less than one-
half of what Government now gives towards steam navi-
gation with our West India Colonies, and a little more than
one-halt that already given annually for the same object in
connexion with Singapore and China.
I have said to Mr. Gladstone, and I now earnestly repeat
to your Lordship, that fur the Government to work out this
great undertaking in a manner worthy of it, and worthy of
the objects involved, there should be no niggardly econo-
mizing attempted at the outset, as that, before long, would
prove ae bad, or worse, than the most reckless extravagance.
Government should make their offer (through me) to the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and if
an exorbitant price be asked, I am perfectly confident that,
with a grant from the Crown, a monthly steam communica-
tion between Sydney and Singapore, and vice versa, may be
entered upon by a private company of merchants, which
would be forthcoming in the city of London in two or thrce
months, provided your Lordship will at once assure Sir George
Larpent and the committee, that the Crown is ready to afford
such pecuniary succour as the Australian Colonies are entitled
to expect. lam certain that the offer of 100,0001. would in-
stantly call forth all needful energies in the city; and for
that sum, I repeat, in my former words, you bring into com-
parative contiguity with England a region far more in want
than any other of the harmonizing and moral influences thus
to be imparted ;—a region that would repay the generosity
and care of the mother country with ten times the good to
be expected elsewhere ;—a region that has long cried aloud
against our mismangement and neglect, and which accom-
panies those cries with the bitter and costly fruits which never
fail to spring from the discontent that is produced by a sense
of indifference at the hands of England.
It would be easy, my Lord, to extend these observations
to an almost indefinite length; and it would not be a little
gratifying to me to lay fully before you the results of my
experience, in the prosecution of the Overland Route, as to
the vast benefits which I clearly foresee are springing up for
England in her relationship with Central Europe through
our adoption of that channel in reaching the East. It is
because steam to Australia is part and parcel of the Over-
land design that I advocate it. But vain would be my ad-
vocacy if the merits of the case did not fully sustain the
prayer of this my petition to you, that you will not delay ass
hour in.saying to Sir G. Larpent and the Committee,—
" Gentlemen, draw on her Majesty's Treasury for 100,0001.
a-year, and place Sydney and London as near together as
the existing machinery of the Overland Route will permit,
availing yourselves of every possible improvement to in-
crease their proximity." Do this, my Lord, and you will
at once effect a most beneficial revolution throughout an im-
mense extent of our colonian empire, and lay the founda-
tion of a prosperity in the New World which the future his-
torian of the present Administration cannot fail to record to
your enduring honour.
The cost is as nothing compared with the certain and the
lasting advantages that must immediately spring from it.
Knowing what I do from my own observation of the ener-
gies that France is putting forth—seeing the immense, but
at the same time sagacious, expenditure she is incurring in
perfecting her steam mails and packets, and accelerating her
intercourse in every direction, and by every possible means—
labouring, in short, to become, as it were, the highway of
all intercommunication between all other countries; I am
quite sure I do not speak extravagantly when I say that
she would gladly devote a million per annum, had she such
colonies as ours in the Pacific, to secure the benefits which
we may now secure by one-tenth of that outlay, which would
diminish yearly after a brief time, owing to the increased
traffic on the route rendering the Government bounty less
and less necessary.

Trusting that the deficiencies of this hasty appeal to your
Lordship will, in some respects, be found compensated for in my
letter to your predecessor in the Colonial-office,—again en-
treating you to believe that much of the value of the grant
applied for will depend on the quickness of its bestowal, and
begging that you will on that head take the opinion of the
Lords of the Admiralty, upon whose co-operation I am war-
ranted in fully. calculating, I have the honour to remain,
my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant,
110 MAS WAGHORN, Lieut. R.N.
Cornhill, Feb. 10, 1847.

CITY OF WESTMINSTER LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC
INSTITUTION.—The veteran comedian, Mr. J. Russell, gave
the members of this institution a very agreeable reading of
the "Merchant of Venice" on Friday erening. His concep-
tion of the characters is just, and his general reading kept
the scene with Tubal, and the deep, implacable, bigoted
parishionersC°si°N.-- olfli St.ig i sJ
James's,
edse' s..
vengeance of Shylock, in the trial scene, were delivered with
consummate power. The audience evinced, by_ repeated
up an unflagging interest, while the revulsions of feeling in
expressions of applause and the profoundest attention, that
they were highly gratified. .
TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. G. T. ANDREWES,
A.M., CLERK IN ORDERS OE „ST. JAMES'S, AND CHAPLAIN
Westminster, in order to testify the admiration, respect,'
rEa t
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part
sof sf
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and esteem they have long entertained for that Rev. ntle-
mTOo ifslt'
man, by raising funds sufficient to purchase such a testi-
monial as would be both acceptable to him and
to the subscribers. The articles selected by' thecreditable
for presentation, consisting of several valuable committee
elegant and appropriate bindings, works, in
and other
splendid workmanship, chiefly articles of
connected
together with a valuable gold chronometer, with the library,
exhibited during the past week, in&c., have been
a spacious
James's-street. The address, which accompanies
gallery in St.
accompanies the
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testi-
monial, and which is intended to b
family, is a most elaborate and beau lasting record to his
ship, richly embellished, and • tifal piece of penman-
written on vellum, by Mr.
Robertson, of the wr't. cr , Inn institution, Coventry-street,
Haymarket.

The Government are about to allocate a grant in
aid of the orphan charities of Ireland. Similar grants have
been made in former yeas,—kitnerkk Chronicle.