The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-21 00:00:00

No, 17,263.] LONDON, FRIDAY, _
EVIENI"--0

ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET,
NTEWCASTLE-ON-TYNN.
CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of Ilia
BrOTllldit TRATRLLIRS to the above Establishment, which
has recently bean newly ihraLsked and laid out expressly for a Com-
ateralal
no COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and nitwit elegantly
Stied in the NORTH, it is hoped will be fund complete in every
roe peet.
Tie BED-ROO3IS (Sixty in number) have been furnished ix a
style which nest eceare the approbation of all visitors.
Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times kayo SNOW
ROOMS without any extra charge.
The Music Hall, Lecture Room, and Royal Motel Assembly Room
are all attached, and under the same snanagstuext.
The Royal Hotel is la the most central situation ix Newcastle.

W PARTNERBing
Establishment,
in h anfull
wrEngineering
twell-situ-
A andTl.Eloile'r-maakn
ated in one of the principal outports. The present Establishment is
fully employed with work for-Steam-boat Companies and other par-
ties of the highest responsibility-, and is capable of considerable ex-
tens.:on. InsufNciency of Capital is the alone cause of tke present
advertisement, and to a party with from 7,0001. to 10,0001. at com-
mand, the present offers a good opportunity for a safe and advanta-
gee_is investment. References of the highest respectability will be
given and required. . _

SECRET MALADIES.
Treatment of CH. ALBERT, M.D., a Member of the Uni'ver-
city of Parts, Professor of Pharmacy, Apothecary to the Hospitals of
Paris, Professor of Medicine, and hesseured with several Medals aid
national rewards. 110. 21, Rue Montorgealt, Paris.

Numberless and well-aulhenicated cases which hitherto had been
considered as incurable by the Faculty, and which in a short time
have given way under this treatment, are most unequivocal proofs of
its superiority over every other means 113 yet employed. t was for
a long period et time a desideratum to discover a mode of cure
adapted to all constitutions, and which should be free from the bane-
ful effects of mercury. We are now arrived I: the solution of this
problem by the discovery of a mode of treatment at once simple aid
easy, and which, without any degree of exaggeration, we can affirm
to be infallible in the cure of all secret maladies, however inveterate
or of long standing. The method of cure, according to Dr. ♦lbert, Is
economical aid easy, either at home or on a journey, causing net the
slightest derangement to the general health, and safe in all seasons
and in all climates.
Sold by E. W. Wilcox, 336, Oxford-street; T. Miles, Gratechurch-
street ; and by all the principal Chemists in London.
A Treatise is enclosed with the Medicine.

EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS-
KEItiI produced in a few weeks, and Baldness; removed and
prevented by the use of GRIMSTON E'B AROMATIC REGENE-
RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers,
a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it Is also a
most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular
bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size,
75.; and double this size, lla. each ; enclosed ix a Pamphlet, cox-
!aiming testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes'
Advice on the Growth and Preservation at the Human Hair, &e."
By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. Ild„ and 125., for money orders only.
Sold wholesale only at Gritestone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near
London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger,
Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Teller,
Conduit-street; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, CS, Cornhill •
and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and
A. Raimes, Leith-walk; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver
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ACATECHISM ON THE CURRENCY.
By the Author of the "Catechism on the Corn-laws."

A R R I A G E.
m One half the world are desolately single, and the ether
supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, er a
sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes
the latter. The solitary one may shield himself ender the plea
of caution aid worldly prudence, aid the indissoluble, regret an-
compsosiag hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances te domestic happiness
and social contest. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour end justice densaml that health sheuldferra as item
in the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
neglect wound more sorely than poverty er misfortune. Reader, it
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little
3tEltfOlltS On Single aid Married Life, " pub. is 2 veil., Is.
each (by pest, in stamps, Is. bd. each). Let is imaginatively
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for the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
they arc offered as antagenistie te the empyrieal trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone er
together, are a disgrace te the ago. Furthermore, two other
ittle publications claim year attention (same price ls. each,
by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " Hew te be Happy." They are not merely
pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, bat the study of the author's
life, who owes his present existence, health, and position te this ob-
servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to de unto others as hs
would be done unto—tc live after nature's laws—aid te keep always
on the " satiny side of the way." The above works may be had of
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wise) from the author (who may be ceaferrei with personally,
.nonfings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place regent-street; and all
Hookmellers.

THE LATE MURDER AT NAILSEA, SOMERSETSHIRE.
—BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—A young man named
John Mansfield alias Jakenays, about 18 years of age,
was brought before John Leigh, Esq., a magistrate at
West Bromwich, near this town, charged with having
been concerned in the murder of John Wall, in Somer-
setshire, in the month of December last. It will be in
the recollection of our readers that Wall was sitting in
his cottage, when he hoard some persons break a pane
of glass in the window of the room in which he was sit-
ting, and on turning round he received the contents of a
gun in his left thigh, of which he died. The prisoner
and his brother were seen by the deceased at the win-
dow, and one of them (not the prisoner) fired the gun.
The prisoner came to work at Oldbury, where be was
apprehended a few days ago. When before the magis-
trate he admitted he was one of the three persons who
were at Wall's house, but denied having discharged the
gun. lie was remanded, and information forwarded to
the authorities in Somersetshire.
THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING HOUSE
KEEPERS.—Yesterday morning the half yearly general
meeting of the subscribers and friends of the above as-
sociation was held at the Freemasons"ravern, Mr. J.
Chislett in the chair. The report stated that the insti-
tution was established in 1837, for relieving aged and
decayed members of the trade, their widows, and or-
phans. There are now five pensioners on the funds,
three males and two females, who receive each 131. per
annum. The financial statement was favourable, the
funds amounting to near 2,000/,
AN ENGLISH Bisixor IN CHINA.—It is intended,
as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made, to
found a new bishopric somewhere in the Chinese seas,
probably at Victoria, llong-Kong. Towards the funds
for this purpose there is at present upwards of 18,0001.
in hand (5,0001. of which is for a college, granted in part
by anonymous donors, and the remainder collected
under a pastoral letter by the Bishop of London.) The
remaining sum necessary is to be collected by voluntary
subscriptions, about 20,000/. being required before the
consent of the Government for the foundation of a new
see eau be expected,

CITY COMMISSIONERS OF
SEWERS.
The Commissioners of Sewers assembled at the
Guildhall on Tuesday, for the purpose of accelerat-
ing the sanitary improvement of the City. Deputy
Peacock in the chair.
The contractor for scavem;ing one of the districts
appeared to answer the complaint of an inspector of
the commission for not having removed a quantity of
rubbish which had been accumulated in an indigent
neighbourhood. - His excuse" was, that his prede•
cessor in the contract had done his business so neg-
ligently that it required double work to clear away
the nuisance.

The CHAIRMAN said, it was the duty of the accused
to look narrowly into the business be had engaged to
perform before he entered into the contract, and the
Commissioners could not under any circumstances
pardon a deviation from the sanitary rules laid down
for his observance. As the.contractor's labours were
only commencing, and as the person who preceded
him no doubt acted upon the old system of
procrasti
nation, the penalty in the present case should not
exceed 405., but the second offence should be visited
with a fine of Si., and that notice must serve for all
other persons amenable for neglect of duty, who were
to understand that in no case should there be a re-
mission of severe penalty.
Mr. DAW, the chief clerk to the Commissioners,
read the following letter :
" City of London Gas. Company Works,
Dorset-street, Jan. 12, 1848.
" Sir,—l am directed by the committee of manage-
ment of these works to acquaint you, for the infor-
mation of the Hon. the Commissioners of Sewers for
the City of London, that from and after the 25th of
March next this company's pride for gas to consumers
by rile_ter. bizl
.44uce4 jeja.1},4449 .0..;,.per 1,000
cubic feet.

"I am your obedient servant,
"D. RENIIAM Secretary:,

The Cirminswi—That is the first move made by
the gas companies, and must lead to a further re-
duction in that most necessary article. We must
consider it to be the result of the adoption of the
sanitary system, connected with which gas is mo3t
essential.

Mr. GODSON said there appeared in the newspapers
a brief statement of what had taken place in the com-
mittee last week relative to the exorbitant demand
for the supply of gas in the City ; and to that ex•
posure he considered the public were indebted for
the promised reduction of 16 per cent. He had
urged the necessity of making a stir last year upon
the subject, but the suggestion, like all former ones
to the same effect, fell unnoticed. The question was
most important to the City. They paid, he believed,
upwards of 12,0001. a year for gas, and he should
most willingly join in any attempt to break down the
existing monopoly, and to invite some other company
to come forward with a supply.
Mr HARRISON thought highly of a suggestion
made some time ago, to the effect that the corpora-
tion should endeavour to purchase all the pipes by
which gas was communicated through the city, as
the only means of destroying the monopoly by which
their fellow citizens suffered so much. Light and
water were the two most essential things in the con-
sideration of the sanitary question, and if the
committee persisted, as he knew they would, in the
vigorous prosecution of their labours, they would ac-
complish a reduction in the price of gas much more
nearly approaching the price of the article in other
great commercial towns. For the present deter-
mination upon the part of the City of London
Gas Company, they were indebted to the
present chairman.—(Hear, hear.) They had
not as yet had any intelligence on the subject of re-
duction from the Chartered Gas Company, the only
other company in the city. Such was the manage-
ment with respect to gas, that in many instances the
price varied most essentially, houses on the borders of
the city being charged infinitely more than the houses
opposite to them in the county. The manner in which
the other large corporations were supplied with gas
was a reproach to the corporation of London. The
City paid nearly twice as much as it ought to pay,
and ought to look to Nottingham and Liverpool as
authority for the cheap terms upon which an abundant
supply could be obtained.
Mr. PRIOR said, he was an advocate for a reduction
of price in gas ; but surely the London market could
not be supplied upon the terms on which Nottingham
and Liverpool—great coal districts—were accommo
dated. All things considered, there was not much
difference between the markets. Gentlemen, in the
consideration of the sanitary question, seemed to over-
look one very essential thing. The fetid at-
mosphere generated by gas hiipPened to he more
injurious to the public health than any other descrip-
tion of nuisance, and the preparation of it was indis-
pensable. He well knew that gas companies would
be delighted to co-operate with the Commissioners of
Sewers in abating the existing evil ; but it was quite
out of the question that the charge for gas in London
could be reduced to the price paid in coal districts.
Mr. LAWRENCE said he saw no reason why gas
should not be had in London upon terms as reasonable
as those demanded elsewhere. With respect to the
nuisance arising from it, no public contract ought to
be made for its supply without a strict specification
as to its purity. The question of purity should be in
every case raised. In all other trades the purity of
the article to be supplied was looked to, and why it
should be overlooked in the article of gas he could
not comprehend. He moved that the subject be re-
ferred to the Committee of General Purposes.
Deputy STEVENS said there never was a chairman
in thetchair of the sewers before the present one whu
was upon the side of the public on the gas question
There was always some excuse ready the moment
economical charges were spoken of as likely to result
from letting other gas companies into the City. The
citizens then heard of the calamity of a perpetual
disturbance of pavements and a host of other miseries,
and every suggestion for the purpose of obtaining a
reasonable article met with the most decided
negative from the jobbers. For twenty years
had some remedy been wished for in vain.
He hoped that there would be little future
cause of complaint, and that much practical benefit
would arise from the pressure from without, the only
power likely to operate in a case in which the divi-
dends paid by the only existing companies were in-
finitely beyond what they ought to be allowed to be.
The CHAIRMAN said, it was true the civic commu•
nity were completely at the mercy of the two gas
companies.
The subject was then referred to the committee for
strict investigation.
Memorials were presented from certain districts by
the churchwardens of the parish, complaining of the
dirty state and the defective drainage of some of the
most crowded, populous, poor lanes and alleys.
The CHAIRMAN thanked the churchwardens, as-
sured them that immediate attention should be paid
to their complaints, and expressed an anxious hope
that similar activity and zeal in the cause of sanitary
reform would be displayed by the authorities in other
parishes.
The several inspectors having received directions
from the board as to future operations with respect to
drainage, the removal of mud, &c., the committee
adjourned.

THE ROYAL SAPPERS A.ND hinemus.--.-Within the
last two years there were only 14 companies of this
branch of the ordnance corps. Subsequently three
companies were added at the same time as the tenth
battalion of of the Royal Artillery was formed, and an
ditional number of men attached to each of the former
companies. In Decemb
and der lesi ast
gnated another company was
formed at Chatham, the 18th Company.
Preparations are now making, in compliance with orders 1
from the authorities of the Ordnance, to form five addi-
tional companies in April next, each company to consist
of 5 sergeants, 5 corporals, .5. second corporals, 90 pri-
vates, and 2 buglers. This intended increase of a corps
whose principal duties are to repair or construct fortifi
cations, renders it probable that next season will exhibit
great activity in the construction of national defences for
the protection of this country, and for the protection of
the most exposed colonial possessions of the United
Kingdom. This corps is commanded by officers of the
Royal Engineers.
GIGANTIC CASIC.—T
he attention of those engaged
in the wine trade has been this week attractedaby an
extraordinary
importation into the St. Katharine's
Dock, viz., an imniense wino cask, the largest that es er
entered the port of London. It arrived by the Union,
Captain Dodd, from Cadiz, and at present it is close to
the entrance of A P B vault, filling up the space be-
tween two large pillars. Its dimensions are most ex-
traordinary, and the workmanship le of a most superior
quality. In a rough estimate it is supposed to contain
very close upon 500 gallons of the choicest sherry.
The revenue authorities at the dock aro somewhat
gauge it, the rules constructed for daily
puzzled how to
use being too small for the purpose. Seen at a consieer-
able distance, it towers above the other casks like Gul-
liver amongst the Lilliputians, and indeed furors the
most prominent object in the entire'dock.
ALARMING PIRS. Between four and five yester-
day—
morning the roost painful excitement . prevailed for
the lives of the family of Mr. Houghton, painter, Cannon-
street, St. George's in the East. A fire, which had
obtained a firm hold, had been discovered raging among
some oil in the shop. The family were with some
difficulty aroused, and effected a retreat. When the
engines arrived water was in good supply, and the flames
were arrested, but the stock was partially destroyed.
bir.iloughton is insured iu the Sun.