The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-25 00:00:00

DIED.

On the 15th inst., in her 63d year, Georgians, wife of Ur-
T. Wilson, of Lombard-street.

On the 17th inst., at Holton Parsonage, Saffolk, Captain
J. P. Tweed, R.N.

On the 19th inst., at Brussels, Mary, the widow of A. L.
Newton, Esq.
On the 20th inst., at his residence, Hartest, Suffolk, ill his
76th year, .PL Leadbeater, Esq.

London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, at
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BORNEO, &c., VOYAGE TO.—A party of
Gentlemen have chartered a first-class armed yacht of large
tonnage, for prosecuting a VOYAGE to INDIA, CIII NA, BORNEO,
AUSTRALIA, and NEW ZEALAND, to sail early in May. A
Chaplain and a Surgeon will accompany the expedition, which:offers
Peculiar advantages to gentlemen of science, the friends of missions,
capitalists, &c. A first °timer and midshipman wanted. For par-
ticulars apply personally, or by letter addressed to Smith Evans, Esq.,
Hon. Secretary'.
Office, 18, Charles-street, St. James's

FREE EMIGRATION to the AUSTRALIAN
COLONIES and the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.
Her Majesty's Colonial and Land Emigration Commissioners hav-
ing appointed the undersigned their Principal Agents in the Southern
Counties of England, for receiving applications for and on behalf of
those who may be desirous to Emigrate, and the selection of suitable
Demons for a Free Passage to Sydney, Port Phillip, Adelaide, or the
Cape of Good Hope ; full information as to the classes eligible, and
the conditions on which free passages are granted, together with all
necessary aid in arranging for the same in accordance with the Com-
missioners' regulations, will be gratuitously and generally afforded on
aPplication, either personally or to
JOHN MARSHALL and CO.,
Agents for Government Emigration, at Southampton;
and at 26, Birchin-lane,_Cornhill, London.

READING SAUCE, for FISH, GRAVIES, HASHES, STEAKS, &c
JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Pro-
t" prietors and ➢ianufacturers of the celebrated READING
SAUCE, beg most respectfully to Caution the Public against the
.dally frauds and impositiess practised by many London and Country
Oilmen,'who are offering for sale their own spurious compositions as
the Genuine "Leading Sauce.
This SAUCE is patronised and recommended by most Families in
the Kingdom, and as a sauce for general use it stands unrivalled. It
I/retailed by all respectable Oilmen and Fish Sauce Venders in the
Xhigdom. Be particular in asking for
"COOKS'S READING SAUCE,"
Which is prepared Only by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manu-
factory, Duke-street, Reading.—All others are Counterfcits.—Obserye
the same " J. and C. Cocks, Reading," on the Seal and Label of each
Rottle ; without this none are Genuine.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
TILE NUMBER of STAMPS issued by the
Authorities of the Stamp-office, during 1847, to the

DAILY NEWS, was •• . • • . 3,447,009.
This, we believe, is within eight per cent. of the number issued to
the Morning Herald, Morning Chronicle, and Morning Post, all put
together. In addition to the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS,
komiag Paper, there were issued for the Evening Edition,
TILE EXPRESS,
Which was mere we believe, than were issued either to the Globe
or Standard, Evening Papers.
The DAILY NEWS, price Threepence, is published every Morning
in time for the early snails.
Daily News Office, Whitefriars, Fleet street.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London ; 97, George-
Street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, College Green,
Dublin.

(Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.)
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on
the yam assured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the
time they were effected.
When the insurance is for life, only oae-half the annual premium
need be paid for the first, flame years. tAa ent

Director, 10. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where prospec-
t:am, &e., may be had.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
Die. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post.
(Ace, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
Betn7 Rulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, But. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Joint Harvey, Esq. - James Morris, Esq.
John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
AUDITORS.
A. W. Roberts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
Avrnani—Grifilth Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
law Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates
With participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made,
the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. par annum on the sum
assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium retheceCom-
ived
and the whole amount of Reversionary bonus allotted by
pany exceeded 530,0001.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
Irided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 501.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of pront was declared
on the 2d of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
Which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1846, and the same
Is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office; and
also by the Agents in the Country Districts.
Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at
Lady Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with
Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. Janaes's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with
the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be-
come void.

GEORGE KEYS. Secretary.

PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICIi,
N, REGENT-STREET, and 2, ROYAL RXCILANGE-
NIFILDINGS, LONDON.
Established 180 G.
INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,231,000/.
Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 743,0001.
Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,678,0001.
PRESIDENT.
The Right Honourable EARL GREY.
DIRECTORS.

N0.17,317.] LONDON, SATURDAY VENING

The Hon. Arthar Kbmaird, Chairman.
The Rev. Jamee Sherman, Deputy Chairman.
Henry B. Alexander, Bsq. William Ostler, Esq.
Henry Blew:owe Churchill, Esq. George Round, Esq.
George Dacre, Esq. James Sedg,wick, Esq.
Alexander Henderson, M.D. Frederick Squire, Esq.
William Judd, Bsq. William Henry Stone, Esq.
Sir Richard D. King, Bart. Capt. W. John Williams.
The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life
Offices, the rate without bonus is lower than that of most ether

offices.
The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the reduction
Of the Premiums.
Policies issued by this office are purchased at their full value ; or
Loans may be obtained upon them, after they have been in existence
for five years.
If a party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may
repair the emission any time within twelve mouths, upon proof of
good health.
The whole of the profits (subject to a trifling deduction) are given
to the Insured.
Bonuses paid upon Policies which have become Claims.

Life insured.

,Sum insured.

Sum paid.

Joint Wharton, Esq.. Skelton Castle 5,000
Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart... 5,000
Sir William Wake, Bart. .. ••• • • ... 5,000
Earl Strathmore •• •• •• •• •• •• •.• • • ..... 5,000
Eel.H. W. Champneys, Canterbury 3,000
The Marquis et Wellesley ••.• •• •... 2,000
Earl Cathcart.. ••••• • • • • • ....... 1,000

QUEEN'S LARDER, 79, LONDON WALL.
QICHAPMAN begs to state that he has recii-
vered his health and resumed business in the aboTe Esta-
blishment, and trusts his attention to business in quality and price
will still merit their support.

BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
R
OWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL
DENTIFRICE.
A WHITE POWDER compounded of the choicest and most re-
cherche ingrtdients of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar-
ous adhesions to the teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to
the enamelled surface. Its anti-septic and anti-scorbutie properties
exercise a highly beneficial and salutary influence: they arrest the
further progress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of
the Gums, and by confirming their adhesion to the Teeth, perpetuate
effective and complete mastication ; the breath also, from the salt/.
brious and disinfecting qualities of the Odonto, attains a grateful
sweetness and fragrance.
The Proprietors of this Dentifrice pledge themselves that its effi-
cacy in p;lsClving and embellishing the TEETH, far surpasses any-
thing of the kind ever yet offered to the public, and has, in conse-
quence, obtained its selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court,
and Royal Family of Great Britain,;and the Sovereigns and Nobility
throughout Europe.—Price 2s. 9d. per box.
CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis-
sioners have directed the Proprietors' name and address thus.
" A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden," to be engraved on
the Government stamp, which is affixed on each box.
ROWLAND'S ALSANA EXTRACT.
For relieving the Toothache, Gum Boils, and Swelled Face, and
which, by constantly using, prevents those maladies. In the anguish
of excruciating pain it affords instantaneous relief. It is perfectly in-
nocent in its nature. Price 2e. 9d.,' 4s. Gd., and 10s. Gd. each bottle
The Government Stamp, as on the " Odonto," is affixed on each
bottle.
Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers.

A. e. d.
7,70 G 6 0
7,652 13 3
7,500 5
7,120 15 8
4,509 1 1
1,411 1 3
1,862 4 11

Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtair
lion to the agents of the office is all the principal to,
Kingdom ; turd at the bead offi
A.Bce, No. 50, Regent-s 1
JOHN EAUMONT, Man;

Led upon applies:
wyns of the United
:reet.
tging Director.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton.
John Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant. March 10.
Commission by th'el Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Frederick Leopold Sapieha Monteuffel Baron de
Rutzen Frentz to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 9.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutlandshire.
The Honourable Gerard James Noel, to be Deputy-
Liett,tetlapt ,flay Reewen, Esq., to be Deputy-
LieutetittlitobraPth4l-.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
Gilbert Stapleton, Esq., to be be Deputy Lieutenant ;
Thomas Emerson Headlam, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute-
nant, March 11.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant and Sheriff Princi-
pal of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry Lord
Fergus Kennedy to be Cornet, Vice William Cochrane
Patrick, promoted, March 17.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 20.
The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent upon the death of Admiral Richard Matson :
Vice Admiral of the Red Sir Adam Drummond,
K.C.H., to be Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White George M‘Kinley to be
Vice-Admiral, of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.11.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red, James Richard Dacres, to
be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White, Honourable Josceline
Percy, C. 8., to he Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Honourable Sir Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds I'ellew, C. 8., K.C.H. to be Rear-
Admiral of the White.
Captain Charles Sotheby, to be Rear-Admiral of the
Blue.

WAISEIVS NEEDLES (by authority),
• the "QUEEN'S OWN," with the new large eyes, are
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and finish; Os labels are correct likenesses of the Queen and Prince
Albert in elief on coloured grous. Sent free bst, by an
fespectabler dealer, on receipt of thirteen stamps for po
every shilling
value.
H. WALKER'S NEEDLES FOR TILE MILLION are about half
the price of the " Queen's Own." H. W. also manufactures improved
Crochets, EWest, Loiadon.
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'Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
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feelings, and a,xhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations va the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arisi u from these causes, close study, or the influence of
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Anatomy, Pkvsiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their strectures, uses, and functions, and the various
Injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
kifection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Liewetiate of Apothecaries' Hail, London, Honorary Member
of the LOIVIOTI Hospital Medical Society, he.
Marriage rt ...attires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order
that it may he really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
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and its true source iu every instance disclosed, in how many could
*the traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap-
pointments. :Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when
lased in modoration Is fraught with advantage, becomes, when
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to the constit ational and vital powers. The particular excesses. on
she stature and conseauence of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
are productive of greater severity ef misery to the human triune,
Shen say other to which it is subject.
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Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of
their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly
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and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
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In early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap-
plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so
frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are
beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
for sweet/thee where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
tbrgets that acenrate discrimination, a ascertaining the cansee of
disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
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palely to the treatment of these diseases.
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MEETING OF/MIDDLESE MA-
,
/91STRATES.
On Thursday it' meeting of the magistrates of the
county of Middlesex took place at Hick's- hall, Cler-
ken well. The chair was filed by Mr. H. Powrall.
The deputy cleik of the peace having read the mi-
nutes of the last court, the reports of the visiting j ustices of
the county prisons were produced and real. That relating
to Col.llath-fields prison stated the sanitary condition
of the establishment to be satisfactory: it contained a to-
tal of 1,141 prisoners, exclusive of child:en—viz , 933
males and 208 females. The report from Westminster
Bridewell stated the number of prisoners at present
therein confined to bc 537 males and 197 females, making
a total of 734. The report from the Nouse of Detention
showed that since the date of the last report, January
10, the total number of prisoners committed to that
prison was 1,846.
I.lslauTuoarsED VISITORS To PRISONS.—In conse-
quence of the governor of the Coldbath-firlds prison
having, some short time ago, received at the prison as
visitors two persons who were objectionable to the visit-
ing justices, that body passed a resolution making it
imperative that every visitor should have his name and
address entered in a book to be kept for that purpose
by the gate porter. The governor protested against it;
but, as far as regarded them, the visiting justices deter-
mined to enforce the regulation, and the chaplains now
memorialised the full court to order the rule to be ex-
punged from the order-book. A long and. very animated
discussion took place upon the matter, and the result
was, that the rule laid down by the visiting justices was
confirmed; the numbers being—ayes, 20; noes, 18.
NEW LUNATIC A SYLU2I. It was resolved to raise
10,0001., by mortgage on the county rates, for the new
lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch, making a total of
30,0001. raised for the same purpose.
After transacting some routine business the court
broke up.

ATTORNEYS' ANNUAL CERTIFI-

CATE DUTY.

On Wednesday ameeting of the attorneys of the:metro-
polis was held at the Law Society s Hall, in Chancery-
lane, for the purpose of considering the best mode of
inducing the legislature to repeal the above named tax.
The chair was taken by Mr. C. Ranken.
Mr. WING proposed the first resolution. In doing
so the speaker entered into some details respect-
ing the imposition of the certificate duty and its
progressive increase, and showing its pressure o❑
the calling of attorneys. The sum extracted
from this class in the four terms of the years
1844 and 1845 amounted to 89,2221. The per tentage
of the annual certificate duty on the average incomes of
attorneys was 41., whilst the whole average amount ex-
tracted from attorneys' incomes was no less than 9 per
cent. per annum, taking into account the heavy duties
imposed on articles of clerkships and on annual admis-
sions. The operation of the tax was to exclude a great
number of persons from practising the calling of an
attorney, whilst at the same time advantage was taken
of that circumstance to enable several persons not
licensed as attorneys to practice under legal certificate.
With these observations he begged to move the follow-
ing resolution:—
" That the profession of attorneys and solicitors is
unjustly taxed towards the exigencies of the State, and
that the payment of the duty of 1201. on their articles of
clerkship and 25Z on their admission (equivalent on the
average of lives to the annual payment of 9/. and up-
wards), and the annual certificate duty of 12/. and 81.,
besides the income-tax of three per cent, paid by them
in common with the rest of the community (making
altogether an income-tax of 101. per cent. on the average
of their professional incomes), is unjust and oppressive."
Mr. KINDERI-LEY seconded the resolution, which, after
some discussion, was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. K. BARNES and Mr. ARMSTRONG respectively
proposed and seconded the next resolution, as follows:
" That as the incosue of attorneys and solicitors is de-
rived from severe mental application, is dependent on
health, and is consequently of a precarious tenure,
instead of paying a greater tax than others, the taxes on
their professional incomes should be in proportion to
such tenure."
After a lengthened discussion the resolution was
agreed to.
The third resolution was to the effect, " That if the

legislature, in spite of the Efforts of the attorneys, per-
sisted in levying a special tax on them, then that, instead
of appropriating this amount to the public revenue, it
ought to be appropriated exclusively to the purpose of
providing for the education of the rising generation of
attorneys."
This resolution was proposed by Mr. CROWDER, and
seconded by Mr. FIELD in an able speech, wherein the
latter gentleman insisted upon the facts lately exposed
at the old Bailey and other criminal courts, showing that
the attorneys of a certain class did ii-.t scruple to lend
themselves to the practices of protecting and encourag-
ing unqualified persons in the practice of criminal law.
The general sense, however or the meeting was very
strongly expressed on the subject, and after a stormy
discussion, in which it was broadly intimated that the
resolution if carried would stultify the two previous
ones, as well as tend to place at the disposition of the
Law Club a large sum of money levied un the whole class
of attorneys, the resolution was negatived by an all but
unanimous show of hands.
The third (actual) resolution was then proposed by
Mr. CITRRIE and seconded by Mr. COVERDALE aS follows:
" That the foregoing resolutions be signed by the
chairman and advertised in the daily papers, and that a
petition founded thereon and now read be presented to
both houses of parliament, and that the council of the
Incorporated Law Society be requested to take charge
of such petition."
Which being agreed to, the meeting passed a vote of
thanks to the chairman and separated.

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