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TEAM TO ITALY.
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HEIDELBERG: A ROMANCE
By G. P. R. JAMES., Esq.
Author of " The Stepmother ;" "The Smuggler ;" " Arrah Neil,'

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Part I. On Gonorrinea and Gleet, exemplifying the influence
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Secretions, and showing that the true nature of their diseased action
is irritative, not inflammatory.

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ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
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Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, In a sealed envelope, price
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Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
the Urethra.

By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London •

Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
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CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE.

HAPTED, 1.. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances
and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
CLIME& 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative
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—CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various cffeets on the
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Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.--CHAPTERS 5 and 6. On
the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhma,
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra.

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THE NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION
RAILWAY.
Incorporated July 27, 1846.
NOTICE to the PROPRIETORS of ORIGINAL LEEDS and
CARLISLE SHARES.
The Directors having resolved to equalise the amount of deposits
paid on the different Scrip Shares iu the Northern Counties Union
Railway Company, hereby give notice to the holders of Original
Leeds and Carlisle Scrip, that they may revive the sum of One
Pound Two Shillings and Sixpence upon each share of 251., on the
registration of the same.

The Office of the Company, at No. 1, Poets' Corner, will he open
every day, from Eleven to Four o'clock, until forty-eight hours pre-
vious to the general meeting, on the 25th of August, for the purpose
of registration.

By order of the Board,
CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary,

/11HE NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION
AL RAILWAY. (Late YORKSHIRE and GLASGOW UNION.
and YORK and CARLISLE.)
Incorporated 27th July, 1846.
FIRST GENERAL MEETING.
Notice to Shareholders

Notice is hereby given, that the Act of Parliament for the Incor-
poration of this Company, having oa the 27th of July last, received
the Royal Assent, the rntsT GENERAL MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS (required under "The Companies' Clauses Con-
solidation Act," to be held ,within One Month from the passing pf
the Special Act), is appointed to take place at the London Taveth,
Bishopsgate-street, London, on TUESDAY, the 25th day of August, at
One o'clock.l
One or other of the following conditions must be complied with to
entitle the Shareholders to be admitted to the Meeting :-
Ist. They must have signed the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union or
the York and Carlisle Deed, and must produce and leave at the same
ti re for registration, the identical Scripdor which they signed.
2nd. Parties who have not signed the Deeds, but who have bought
Scrip or Shares, must immediately depositor have the same deposited
at this Office, or at the Company's Office in Leyhurn, Yorkshire, or
at the Company's Office in Kendal, Westmoreland, for registration;
and such Scrip cannot be received at either Office later than forty-
eight hours preceding the Meethig.

3rd. Parties who have sold Scrip for which they signed the Deeds,
and have purchased and now hold other Scrip, must observe the
second condition.

4th. Parties who hold Leeds and Carlisle unstamped Scrip or
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the second condition.

Shareholders to whom it may not be convenient to attend and vote
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communicatin; to me their desire so to vote, a form of proxy will
be forwarded to them. Suck proxy, however, duly signed, must be
lodged at this office at least forty-eight hours preceding the meeting.
By order of the Board,
CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary.
Company's Offices, 1, Poet's-corner, Westminster, July 31, 1846.

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FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SCRIP.
I herewith deposit Scrip, viz.:—
For Shares in the original Leeds and Carlisle.
For Shares in the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union.
And for Shares in the York and Carlisle.
And I claim to be registered as the proprietor of the said shares,
subject to the general rules, regulations, conditions, and orders of the
Northern Counties Union Railway Company.
I request to have sealed certificates in exchange, in which describe
me as follows :

e . .
At full length. jSurnam
5-Christian Name ......
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Designation.. •• •• .. • • •• • • • •
Address ..
Usual Signature
Dated this 184
To the Secretary of the Northern Counties Union Railway,
1, Poet's-corner, Westminster.
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INAUGURATION OF THE MONU-
MENT TO SIR WALTER SCOTT.
EDINBURGH, SATURDAY.—The inauguration of the
splendid monument erected in this place to the memory
of Sir Walter Scott, took place to-day, and as the occa-
sion was regarded as a truly national one, multitudes of
people were collected from all quarters to witness the in-
teresting ceremonial. Unfortunately the day opened,
most unpropitiously, and till after cne o'clock the rain
descended almost without intermission. In this respect
it would appear as if a sort of fatality attended such de-
monstrations in Scotland, for it is a somewhat singular
coincidence that the three most imposing pageants that
have occurred in this northern part of the kingdom for,
many years—the Eglinton tournament, the Burris' fes-
tival, and now the inauguration of the Scott monument
—have been grievously marred in their effect by the,
untoward state of the weather. Happily, how-
ever, the sombrous clouds which obscured the
sky, and spread a gloom over the city, began to clear
away about two o'clock, and for a short period a respite
was obtained from the pelting of the pitiless rain, It
was all the more grateful that this happened at the very
time when the procession was about to move from the
place of marshalling. The day was very generally ob-
served as a holiday, and but for the broken state of the
weather, all seemed desirous to render homage to the
memory of the great novelist, whose writings have added
so much lustre to his native city.
The public bodies and others who were to take part in
the procession assembled in the grounds of the High
School at one o'clock. After being marshalled accord-
ing to their rank or seniority, they proceeded along
Waterloo-place and Princes street, to the Monument, in
the following order:—

Mounted Military Band.
Auxiliary Scott Committee, in threes.
Scott Monument Committee, in threes.
Magistrates of Easter Portsburgh,
their Constables, and Suite.
Magistrates of Wester Portsburgh,
their Constables, and Suite.
Magistrates of Canongate, with their Constables,
those of Calton, and Suite.
Magistrates of Mussulburgh, with
their Constables, and Suite.
Magistrates of Portobello, with their
Constables, and Suite.
Magistrates of Leith, with their Constables, and Suite.
Magistrates of Edinburgh,
with their Constables, and Suite.
Freemasons, consisting of various Lodges, and the Grand
Lodge of Scotland, marshalled in the following order:—
Grand Tyler. (with drawn swords.) Grand Tyler.
Grand Steward. (With white rods.) Grand Steward.
Compass. (Carried by operatives.) Level.
Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
Square. (Carried by operatives.) Plumb.
Grand Steward. ';lrand Steward.
Mallet. (Carried by an operative.)
Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
Cup. Cornucopia Cup.
Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
Grand Director of Z Grand Bard. {Grand Director of
Ceremonies. Music.
Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
Usher of White } Bible Bearer. { Usher of White
Rod. Rod.
Grand Chaplains in their Gowns.
Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
Grand Secretary. Grand Treasurer. Grand Clerk.
Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
Senior Grand 1 Junior Grand
(With Batons.)
Warden. Warden.
Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
Past Grand Deputy Grand Substitute Grand
Master. Master. Master.
Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
(White Rods.) Grand Sword Bearer. (White Rods.)
GRAND MASTER.
Grand Steward Master of Grand Stewards Grand Steward
with (Carrying Grand with
(White Rod). Master's Rod). (White Rod).
Grand Steward. Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
Provincial Grand Masters.
Past Grand Masters. •
Past Grand Wardens, 0.
Grand Steward. Grand Steward.
Mounted Escort of Dragoons.
The distance between the High School and the monu-
ment is about a quarter of a mile ; and it took fully
twenty minutes for the procession to pass any particular
point on the route. The Freemasons, with their banners
and insignia, had a very picturesque appearance; and
the magistrates, arrayed in their robes of office, with
their respective suites, were not a whit behind them.
Altogether the pageant was a very grand and imposing
sight. Having entered the Prince's-gardens, in which
the monument is situated, the Freemasons and others in
the procession arranged themselves round the structure,
while the magistrates, representatives of public bodies,
and officers of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, took up
their position on the steps of the raised basement on
which the statue is placed. The signal was given, a
cannon was fired, and
e the statue was in a moment un-
veiled to the admiring yes of the congregated thousands
who raised a cheer which made the welkin ring. The
statue is a splendid work of art, and is the production of
a native artist—Mr. J. Steele. It represents Sir Walter
in a sitting posture, with a shepherd s plaid round his
shoulders, and his favourite dog, Maida, at his feet. It
is executed in grey Carara marble, of colossal dimen-
sions, and the living likeness of tl,e Author of " Wa-
verley," in one of his most appropriate moods, with a
book in his hand, and his mind absorbed in deep
thought.
After an eloquent prayer by the Rev. Dr. STEWART,
of Douglas.
Lord GLENLYON, the right worshipful master of the
grand lodge of Scotland, performed the ceremony custo-
mary on such occasions, and then came forward and
said—My Lord Provost, magistrates, and gentlemen
of the original and auxiliary committees, I have
to congratulate you, this day, on the completion of this
splendid monument, which will stand to future genera-
tions as a memorial of that illustrious poet and novelist,
the late Sir Walter Scott.—(Applause.) I am sure that
all of you must have experienced the greatest delight in
participating in the proceedings of this day. It was, I
thiuk? IA 1840, Chic Fay prcdeceion laid tilts f9widoical

stone of this beautiful structure ; and we must all feel
deeply grateful to the great Architect of the universe,
that in the course of its erection, not a single accident
occurred—a circumstance, I believe, almost unprece-
dented in the rearing of such a stately edifice. I will
not detain you longer. No words of mine can express
the feelings of pride and pleasure with which I have pre-
sided at this most interesting national cez emonial ; feel-
ings which, I have no doubt, are fully shared in
.by the
many thousands I now see around me. I beg, therefore,
es my final duty, to hand over this monument, duly
finished, to the care of the committees, and to the Lord
Provost and magistrates of Edinburgh, as a testimony to
the memory of the great novelist and minstrel, in whom
Scotland has been so highly honoured.--(Applause.)
The LORD PROVOST then, addressing Lord Glenlyon,
said, I congratulate you, the Right Worshipful the
Grand Master, and I congratulate the countrymen of
Sir Walter Scott, on now seeing placed on its pedestal,
in this magnificent monument, a statue worthy of its
shrine. This tribute of a nation's gratitude to one of
the most honoured of her sorts adds a new feature of
beauty and grace to his native city, but the halo of his
genius sheds a far brighter lustre over the name of
Edinburgh and of Scotland. As one burning torch not
only illuminates the sphere of its own brightness, but
kindles the latent fire in others, so who can tell how
many dormant spirits have been roused to arduous and
successful exertion by the honourable example of Scott ?
Even here we see how the glowing genius of the poet
has stirred the soul of the architect, and awakened the
talents of the sculptor, whose skilful chisel has moulded
the rude block into the all but breathing form and
features of Scotland's darling son. (Loud cheers.)
While we lament the untimely fate of the gifted archi-
tect, we rejoice in the, growing vigour of our citizen
sculptor, who, by this exquisite work of art, has given
earnest of future productions that will rival the works
of the most celebrated artists of this or other coun-
tries. The sister arts of architecture and sculpture here
vie with each other in presenting their richest offerings
to the genius of poetry, history, and romance, and they
are themselves signally honoured in combining to
honour him who has contributed so largely to the in-
struction and enjoyment of the human race. This mo-
nument and statue, admirable for beauty and durability,
I trust will long adorn our city ; but though they
crumble into dust, the author of Waverley ",has reared
for himself monuments of more surpassing beauty, and
more lasting endurance, and more extensive celebrity.—
(Cheers.) The forked lightning may dash these turrets
to the ground, the tooth of time will corrode these
marble features, but over the monuments of his mental
creation the elements have no power—these will continue
to be honoured at home, and under distant and more
genial skies.—(Cheers.) Continents, as yet unexplored
will be taught by the wisdom of Scott, and enlivened by
his wit, and rivers unknown to song will resound with
the lays of his minstrelsy ; but nowhere will the memory
be cherished with fonder attachment and more endearing
delight than in the cities and the hamlets of his own be-
loved Scotland.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. Mr. BOYLE, Portobello, then pronounced
the blessing ; after which the national anthem was
played by the band of the 3d Dragoons, and the pro-
cession returned to the High School in the same order
in which it set out. This ended the proceedings at the
inauguration.

PRICE SD.

Glenlyon, in connexion with prosperity to the Grand
Lodge, to which Mr. Melville replied. The Rev. Dr.
:Mmes proposed the health of Mr. Steele, the sculptor
of the statue of Sir Walter Scott ; to which Mr. Steele
replied. Mr. Gordon proposed the memory of Burns,
which was acknowledged by Colonel Burns, a son of
the poet. Mr. Milne proposed the Executive and
Auxiliary Committees of the Scott Monument, in con-
nexion with the names of Mr. Guthrie Wright and
Councillor Dick, which was acknowledged by these
gentlemen. Mr. A. M'Neill proposed tine Lord
Provost, which was acknowledged by his Lordship.
Mr. Robert Chambers proposed the Memory of Kern'',
the architect of the Monument ; Mr. Pringle, the City of Edinburgh ; Mr. A. M'Neill, the Fine Arts of Scot:- I
land ; Archdeacon Williams, British Literature ; Dr.
Schmitz (rector of the High School), the Music of Scot-
land, and John Wils-on (the vocalist) ; the Lord Pro-
vost, the ',ldles ; Mr. McDiarmid (editor of the Dum.
Dries Courier), the Croupiers ; and Mr. Gordon, the
Drama and Theatre, in connexion with Sir Walter
Scott's writings.
In the course of the evening the company were cn-
livened with several songs from Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Donaldson, and with several spirit-stirring airs from the
band of the Ist Royals, who were stationed in the gallery.
The company, after spending the evening in the most
agreeable manner, separated about half-past ten.

AFFAIRS OF MEXICO.

The following summary of affairs in Mexico (from
he New Orleans Picayune) is valuable, from its minute-
ness and general accuracy, and will be read with interest
by those who take an, interest in the condition of that
sad spectacle of a republic:—
The discourse of General Paredes before the Mexican
Congress was pronounced on the 6th of June. It has
already been received and published in the United
States. Congress proceeded at once to organise the
executive power, by a decree that it should be deposited
provisionally in a magistrate elected by a plurality of
the votes of Congress, and that a Vice-President should
be elected at the same time to act in the absence of the
President.
This decree was passed on the 10th of June, and on
the 12th the election was held. General Paredes was
elected President, receiving 58 out of 83 votes. General
Bravo received 13 votes, and General Herrera 7 votes. I
General Bravo was then elected Vice-President, re-
ceiving 48 out of 82 votes. The highest opposing can-
didate was D. Luis G. Cuevas, who received 17 votes.
General Paredes took the oaths of office on the lath
as provisional President, and at the same time pro-
nounced another discourse, in the most notable passage
of which he expresses his confidence that Congress will
grant all the supplies and make every effort necessary
to defend the national cause. He reviews at length the
wrongs which Mexico has endured at the hands of the
United States, and concludes with desiring permission
to assume the command of the army in the field.
In the absence of Senor Bustamente, who was ill, Dr.
D. Louis Gonzaga Gordoa presided over Congress. He
replied to the President in substance, that every ques-
tion of domestic policy shrunk into insignificance com-
pared with the invasion of the country on the frontier
of the Rio Bravo; that the Mexican who should think
of aught else than the injustice and treachery with which
their soil was trampled, and the necessity of avenging
their outraged honour, had no right to claim a share in
their patriotic devotion.
On the 18th permission was granted to Paredes to
place himself at the head of troops, and proceed to join
the army of the north. General Gonzalez Arevalo was
to leave the capital on the 19th, in command of the ad-
vance of the forces of Paredes. General Mejia was in
the actual command of the army of the north, Arista,
having been ordered to Mexico, and Ampudia to re-
main at San Luis Potosi. (A paper of the 27th ult.
says that General Arevado, instead of proceeding to the
frontier, had marched for Guadulajara to put down the
insurrection.)
General Bravo left Vera Cruz for the city of Mexico
on the 24th, to discharge the functions of President in
the absence of Paredes. Our papers are not late enough I
to contain his arrival.
The committees of Congrees upon foreign relations
and upon war made a joint report on the 16th on that
part of the message of Paredes relating to the United
States. The report recommends the passage of a bill
declaring Mexico to be " in a state of war with the
United States." We do not find that the bill had ac-
tually been passed. The project of the law or bill will
be found below.
The cannonade between St. Mary's and the three
Mexican gun-boats, Quereiana, Union, and Poblana, at
Tampico, is mentioned in all the Mexican papers.
They claim no great victory, but express themselves
satisfied with the valour displayed by the Mexicans.
We see no mention of any loss which was suffered. A.
report is mentioned in our correspondent's letter and in
the papers before us, that the Americans had taken
Altamira, a sea-port lying directly north of Tampico,
and only a few miles distant. There seems no impro-
bability in the report.
The General left in command of Vera Cruz on the
30th ult., formally declared that city to be in a state of
siege, in order to prepare all the people for an antici-
pated attack upon it. The garrison of the castle had
received orders to be on the alert, particularly at night,
as the danger of a night attack was thought imminent.
Our correspondent writes—" It is said" an attack was to
be made on the 10th instant, but we know nothing more
on the subject. The General to whom the command of
Vera Cruz was intrusted is Rodriquez de Cela.
A report had reached Vera Cruz that the Californias
had separated themselves from Mexico, but nothing is
said to let us know whether Commodore Sloat had any-
thing to do with the separation. The subject is men-
tioned by our Havannah correspondent.
A communication has been received in Mexico from
the commander of the troops sent to put down the insur-
rection in Jalisco, in which he attributed little impor-
tance to the events which occurred there, and expressed
the hope that he should be able promptly to chastise the
authors of the movement.

The latest dispatch from Guadalajara is dated June
18, at which date General Pacheco informs the Govern.
mont that he has possession of a good portion of the
public buildings of the city, and the insurgents numbered
only 1,200 and were daily dispersing.
General Tornel has again assumed the functions of
Minister of War.

A large quantity of ammunition has beent sent to the
city of Mexico from the CaA,tle of Perote, together with
some mounted cannon and muskets.

The papers are full of individual tenders of money to
aid in carrying on the war.
The Mexican Government has declared the ports of
Mazatlan and Matamoros closed to foreign commerce.
The publication of El Tientpo, the Bourbonist paper,
has been discontinued since Congress has.commenced its
session.

El Indicador, of Vera Cruz, of the 23d ult. states

that the English war steamer Vesuvius (which arrived
at Sacrificios on the 11th) had left for Tampico to de-
mand from the commander of the St. Mary's explana-
tions as to his motives for not permitting the steamer
Clyde to take on board specie, as the English steamers
had hitherto done. It also says that the commander of
the Vesuvius would take it on board his own vessel.
In this connexion we may mention, that beside the
Vesuvius, another English war steamer, a 50 gun frigate,
and a brig of-war, arrived at Sacrificios on the 14th,
from Jamaica. The Vera Cruz editor is at a loss to
account for the concentration of such a force there by
the English. A Spanish frigate and brig, and a French
bark and brig, all vessels of war, were lying there on
the 18th ult.

Ou the 21st news was received at Vera Cruz that an
American brig-of-war was blockading the port of Al-
varado. The next day intelligence reached there that
some boats from the brig had pursued a Mexican boat
across the bar. Somo boats from the Mexican vessels of
war went to the assistance of the boat, and the people
were called to arms. The Mexican boat made its
escape. Say the Mexicans, " The victory was ours ;
but there was none killed or wounded, as the Americans
did not venture to measure strength with us." The
American boats were by signal ordered back to the
brig. Subsequently to this tremendous affair the brig
went to sea. The whole is reported as a great outrage.
An American sloop-of-war arrived off the port of
Vera Cruz on the 30th ult., and an American brig-of-
war at the same date was seen sailing towards Isla
Verde. On the 18th ult. there was an American frigate
at Sacrificios, and a brig-of-war. On the 29th, the Spa-
nish ship Flar de Llanes spoke an American vessel •of-
war twenty leagues from Vera Cruz, which he supposed
to be the flag-ship Cumberland.
The Committee of the Mexican Congress to which
was referred the report of the Minister of Finance, in
relation to obtaining resources for the war, on the 20th
of June, reported a law to the following
.effect:—
" 1. During the existence of the war which the United
States is making upon the Mexican nation, the Govern-
meat is authorised to raise the sums necessary for the
war in the manner most convenient and efficacious, (but
without taking possession of the private property of indi-
viduals or corporations), allotting to each class the
amount of money which it should. contribute to the pub
lie defence, in the order it should judge equitable.
"2. The Government is authorised to make use of all
the national revenues, taking care to apply them in the
best manner the circumstances will admit, to the fulfilment
of the objects to which each of them is appropriated.
"3. The Government is authorised to regulate the
payment of the national debt.
"4. To take measures for the regulation and improve-
ment of the public revenues and their administration ;
consulting in everything relating to the organisation of
the bureaus and the administration of the revenues the
superior junta of the treasury, which it will organise in
the manner which it shall deem most suitable."

This report, signed by Senor Alamanamong others,
was objected to at once awl in toto, as being too indefi-
nite as to the powers with which it would invest the Go-
vernment. Two members were then added to the com-
mittee, and the subjeci; referred back to them.
On the 23d June, Paredes issued a decree for the
organisation in the capital, of a battalion of infantry
and two squadrons of cavalry from the commercial
classes, which were to find their own equipments, and
whose sole duties should be the preservation of order
in the capital and the protection of private property.
This measuro was adopted with a view to leave the
garrison at liberty to march to the capital.
Q the 20th Committee of Congress upon the form