The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-12 00:00:00

AUGUST 12, 1846.
No. 16,616. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING SU N 9

HAVE YOU SEEN VENUS RISING
FROM THE SEA?
At the HALL of ROME, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket; and
the much-admired New Group, the RAINBOW NY.APMS. Ex-
planatory Expositions by Mr. C. Sloman, the only English Impro-
visatore of the various Poses. Performances commence at Three
o'clock in the Afternoon and Eight in the Evening. Stalls, 25.;
Boxes, is. Gd.; Pit, ls.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, ,laily, and on
the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Professor
Bachhoffner's LECTURES on NATURAL PIIILOSOPIIY, with
hrilliant experiments, daily. MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING EN-
GINE. COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for as-
cending and descending Inclined Planes. FARRELL'S ARCIII-
MEDIAN RAILWAY. The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all in
action. lIALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE.
CLARK, M'NEILL, and CO.'S PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS
BURNER. The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN
MICROSOPE, exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects. A
beautiful Picture of the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CA-
THERINE, near Jerusalem, by Mr. Charles Smith, is one of the Se-
ries of DISSOLVING VIEWS.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

MR. BEARD'S PHOTOGRAPHIC POR-
TRAIT ESTABLISHMENTS are at 85. King William-
street, City, 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; and at the Royal
Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street.
" A great improvement has been effected ; the method of colouring
renderOhe portraits agreeable and life-like."—Times.
" We would especially notice the admirable effect of the flesh tints,
which appear embodied in the miniature, and not, as we generally see
thorn, spread on the surface."—Art Union.

THE JOURNALS of the FINE ARTS on
PHOTOGRAPHY.
" A. Daguerreotype Portrait that could truly be pronouncell a flat-
tering likeness, we certainly never expected to see ; that phenomenon,
however, was presented to us en recently visiting the establishment
of Mr. Claudet."—Athenaeum, July 4. _ _ .

"We confess we had no idea of the possibility of producing any-
thing so artistic and elegant on a metal plate."—Art Union. July 1.
"Mr. Clandet's productions approach more nearly to the highly-
finished miniature than anything we have yet seen."—Literary Ga-
zette, July 4.

f'ILAUDET'S DAGUERREOTYPE POR-
a. TRAITS, lately so much eulogised by the leading papers, and
particularly by the journals of the fine arts, are all non-inverted, and
when coloured by Mr. Mansion, an artist of ability, are the most
exquisite miniatures. Mr. Claudet operates himself, and never
allows an inferior portrait to leave his establishment. Ladies have
the attendance of a respectable female. Open from 9 o'clock.-18,
King William-street, near the Adelaide Gallery.

ri LINT and STEEL, 311, HIGH HOLBORN,
corner of Chancery-lane, importers and manufacturers, have
consigned to them monthly from Gerville's, and other celebrated
manufacturers in Paris and Brussels. the best WELLINGTON
BOOTS, of the finest Bordeaux Calf, which they offer at U. Is. per
pair; the price of the same quality at Gerville's is 26 francs, and
there are houses in London, both French and English, selling the
same quality at 11. 10s. per pair. French Well ngton Boots, of the
best patent leather, 1/. Bs. per pair. Best French Polish, Is. and
2s. 6d. the bottle.

FLINT and STEEL, importers and manufactu-
rers, have a large STOCK of BOOTS for SPORTSMEN, con-
sisting of stout enamelled leather and cow-hide, which approach as
near to waterproof as any that can be made. Also, Hunting Boots,
Antigropelos, and stout Drab Cloth Boots, lined throughout with
leather.-311, HIGH HOLBORN, corner of Chancery-lane.

WINDSOR PARK, ST. LEONARDS.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON re-
spectfully apprise • he Public that the particulars and plans
of this beautiful property are now ready, but the sale wilt take place
on TUESDAY, 25th August, instead of the 18th, as before advertised.
Waterloo-place.

ST. LEONARD'S, IN WINDSOR PARK.
The SPLENDID SEAT of the late WILLIAM DAWSON, Esq., for
the last four years occupied by LORD lIADDO, delightfully
situated adjoining St. Leonard's Hill (the noble seat of Colonel
Harcourt), amidst the most romantic and elevated portions of the
Royal Park, with a magnificent view of the Castle, the Thames,
and rich surrounding country ; also a former portion of the Forest
adjoining, studded with venerable Timber, efering a choice site

far Building.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON have
the honour to announce to the Nobility, and others seeking r
capital and beautifully situated residence, that they are instructed to
SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, at the Mart, near the Bank of Eng-
land, on TUESDAY, August 25, at Twelve o'clock (unless an accept-
able offer shall be previously made by private contract), in Two Lots.
The above most justly admired and elegant noble MANSION, ad-
mitted to stand unrivalled (except, perhaps, byits princely neighbour,
St. Leonard's-hill) in the whole circle of the Court. The Mansion is
modern, and of an elegant and chaste style of architecture, placed on
the verge of a romantic and finely-wooded eminence, perfectly se-
cluded, overlooking a lovely vale and a great breadth of the Royal
Park, with the magnificent Castle towering in the back ground, with
the rich banks of the Thames, Eton College, and other interesting ob-
jects. The House contains a splendid suite of rooms with east and
south aspects, a beautiful conservatory, paved terrace, &c., sur-
rounded by a rich small Park of nearly 100 acres, adorned with
handsome timber, noble avenue of elms, a sheet of water, with ex-
tensive terrace and other walks. About 20 acres adjoining will be
offered in a separate lot, extending from St. Leonard's hill to the
Winkfield-road, opposite Forest-hill, presenting a fine and romantic
building site, bounded on one side by Lot 1, and on the other by some
of the private drives and plantations of the /loyal Park, through
which, and the beautiful grounds of Col. llarcourt, are the approaches
to this delightful domain.
The estate can be viewed only with cards, which may be had at
Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son's offices, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall,
and Windsor; or of Thomas Webster, Esq., solicitor, Queen-street,
Ciseapside.

One of the most admire d
THE DELL.
long distinguished for its unrivalledoafndWstrprisSiOngElyPmAaltglliii,ficaeinidt
view of the Castle.
Mrespectfully announce that the late sale of this estate having
ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON
been abandoned, they are commissioned by the noble proprietor to
SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, at the Mart, near the Bank of
Eng-
land, on TUESDAY, August 18, at Twelve o'clock (unless an accept-
able Offer t;!tall be previously made by-Private Contract).
The above ddiglitful and highly distinguished FREEHOLD VILLA,
at Ilisliopsgate, a remarkably dry and healthy spot, overlooking one of
the most romantic portions of the park, through which is its beautiful
drive of only three miles to Windsor. It contains an elegant and
s paclous suite of reception rooms and carved oak library, and alto-
gether accommodation for a large family, with handsome conserva-
tories, partly surrounding the house, capital stabling and coach-
houses, &c., walled garden, complete farm-yard and cottage, entrance
lodge, beautiful pleasure gr,unds, lawn, and paddocks, in all above 17
acres, abundantly supplied with spring and soft water. A cottage and
about seven acres, a little detached, might be a separate lot. The whole
is in the most perfect order, and the purchaser may treat for the
elegant and useful fittings and furniture with the estate, 80 as to have
immediate possession.
This enviable retreat can only be viewed with cards, which, with
particulars, raay be had at their offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall
or Messrs. Pemberton, Crawley, and Gardner. solicitors, 20, White-
hall-place.

NEST PRESENTATION to a desirable
REC PORT in WAR-
C SHIRE, of which the Incumbent Is about Seventy-flue
Years of Age.
ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and. SON will
SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of
England, on Tur.sbalt, August 18, at Twelve, (unless an acceptable
offer shall be previously made by Private Contract),
The right of NEXT PRESENTATION to the LIVING of IDLI-
COTE, situated about two miles from
te Ship
Stratford-ston-on-Stour,
on fourteen
Avon,
from Warwick, twelve from Banbury, n from
and thirty from Oxford. It comprises a neat small parsonage, upon
an e'evated spot, a short distance from the village, and near the
church and mansion of Idlicote. The tithes have been commuted
for a rent charge of 3001., free of land-tax, the extent of the parish
being only 1,500 acres, the population about 100, and the duty single.
Particulars may be had at Jackson's Journal Office, Oxford ; at
the Chronicle Office, Cambridge; at the Auction Mart; of Mr.
Henry Lewin, solicitor, 8, St. Martin's-place, Charing-cross ;
11-mall. and at
Messrs. Daniel Smith anti Son's Offices in Waterloo-place, Pa

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The ESTATE of NEW PLACE, with its MANSION and famous
TROUT FISHERY, close to ALRESFORD, Hants, about six
miles from Winchester, and 18 from SOUTHA3IPTON.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are
commissioned to SELL by:AUCTION, at the Mart, near the
Bank of England, on TUESDAY, Sept. 18, at Twelve o'clock (unless an
acceptable offer shall be made by Private Treaty), the above valuable
FREEHOLD PROPERTY; comprising the mansion of NEW
PLACE, the prominent feature amidst the picturesque
scenery on approaching the town of Alresford from Win-
chester, at present occupied by Lady Paxton, who will
give early po.session. The house stands elevated, sur-
rounded by well planted grounds, having an extensive and impor-
tant frontage upon the high road, from which it is screened by orna-
mental plantations. The estate comprises, in a most perfect and
compact ring-fence, about ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE ACRES,
part very valuable water meadows, extending to and embracing
the river, which bounds it on the lower or in rth side fora mile, afford-
ing some of the best treat fishing in the county. It is a remarkably
healthy and a famous sporting part of ths coantry.
It may be viewed with cards, which, with para.:el/ars and litho-
graphic plans, may be bad of Messrs. Jacob and Johnson's library,
Winchester ; at the Hotels, Southampton; at the Mart ; of Messrs.
Dunn, Hopkins, and Carter, solicitors, Alreeford ; and of Messrs.
Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

SOUTHAMPTON.OdNeErnA'sRpaeIousVILLA,
ONmT
th beautifully
A dellghtfallyCrs'iAturtagteMa
planted grounds, &c., the whole being Freehold, and within two
miles of the town, and commanding grand views of the river,
Isle of Wight, and New Forest, with Immediate pm session.
JIL.
ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are
directed to OFFER for PUBLIC SALE, at tho Mart, near
the Bank of England, on FRIDAY, September 18, at Twelve, unless
previously disposed of by Private Contract,
The above very desirable and loeautifuliy situate FREEHOLD
RESIDENCE, on a commanding elevated part of MILLBROOK,
within a short distance of the church, and only two wines from
Southampton. The MANSION' is modern, and contains rooms of very
handsome dimensions, and ample large airy bed rooms, all finished
with excellent taste and in a superior manner. The domestic offices
are very come • nient • the grounds, comprising about
is nine!a acres, ,are
e
well laid out, and ornamentally plant There prodi
walled garden, good stabling, and various out-offices, the whole very
complete, and fit for instant possession.
The estate may be viewed by application to Mr. Perkins, upholder,
Southampton, of whom particulars may be had ; also at the chief
Hotels at Southampton ;at the Aactio4 ht ;of Messrs. Coombs
and Son, solicitors, Dorchester , • • and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and
Son, waterloo-place, Pall-wall, who are fully authettiocl to treat for
the Bev.

AN INDUCEMENT to VISIT CREMORNE
GARDENS, CHELSEA.
The Gentlemen of London are most respectfully informed that the
whole of the interior of the tavern arrangements at Cremonie are
now placed by Mr. Ellis under the able direction of Mr. CHARLES
DAWS, so many years with Mr. Simpson, at the Albion, opposite
Drury-lane Theatre, and late of the NorthCre anmorned South Am
nsrican
can
Coffee House, City. Gentlemen visiting Gard
DINE In the Coffee-room, which is most elegantly appointed, for
HALF-A-CIZOWN.
Rooms for private dinner parties, and every acflommodation for
immense numbers, Worshipful Companies, Clubs, Societies, &c.
A Haunch of Venisori on Friday, at half-past 5 o'clock.
N.B. The NASSAU BA !,LOON on MONDAY next, Aug. 17, at half-
past six o'clock. A Haunch 6f Venison at five.

REMOle:ki"
REMOVED to Nro.
DR. CULVERWELL has _
to
10, ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-S.^ (leading
,dted# :0 usual,
Great Marlborough-street,) where he may be con: and
Daily till Three, and in the Evening from Seven till 'Nine ;
where also his several publications, of which entirely new •"4 11••
larged editions have recently been nublished, may be obtained.
`a.

THE MOORS.-GROUSE SHOOTING. - It
has been the frequent suggestion of several Gentlemen, con-
stant patrons, that a SHOOTING JACKET and VEST, made of the
same kind of Llama Cloth as used by them in the Registered Paletot,
but in colours more suitable for the purpose, would give much
satisfaction ; such have been prepared ; and the Jacket and Vest
together will weigh but 16 ounces. There will also be a variety in
thicker substances, but, for the extreme heat anticipated on the
moors this season, those described will be found a perfect luxury in
comparison with others. They will also be found very useful as a
Fishing Coat, and other such purposes ; but it is necessary to observe
that they can only be had in London, of H. J. and D. NICOLL, at
22, Conthill, and the chief warehouse, 114, Regent-street.

HOT WE ATHER.— TR AVELLING.—SEA-
SIDE.—The REGISTERD PALETOT in London, only at
22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange ; and the chief Llama
Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a
similarity of name, placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the
neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and
D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street."

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates.

The division of profits Is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON' CAMROITX, Secretary.

1f 1 NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
DIRECTORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman
HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq.
Hamilton B. Avarne, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq.
Edward Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Eaq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Assistant- John Ritchie, Esq.
Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq.
Surgeon—F. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid. up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it since its commencement iu 1834, its annual
income being upwards of 82,1001.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on
the sum assured to all policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De-
cember, 1840, is as follows:—
Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy.
£5,000 .• • • •• • 6 years 10 months £OB3 6 8
5,000 •••• .. • • 6 years
5,000 .• • • • 4 years ... 400 0 0
5,000 .. ••• • • . 2 years
The premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years, where the insu-
rance is for life.
Every information :will be afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8,
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

AL RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
39, TIIROGMORTON-STREET, BANK.
EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT,
5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76.
THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. John llumpliery Esq., Alderman,
William Banbury, Esq. M.P.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
Thomas Cam plin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq.
James Clift, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq.
Rupert Ingleby, Esq.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square.
SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College.
LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
Persons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest
Rate of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured,
and which is. in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have
likewise the security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance
Fund of nearly a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of
upwards of 60,0001., arising from the issue of between 5,000 and
6,000 Policies.

ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO.

Age.
20 £0 17 3
30 1 1 3
40 1 5 0
50 1 14 1
GO 3 2 4

For One Year. frFor Seven Years. I Whole Term.

£0 19 1
1 2 7
1 6 9
1 19 10
3 7 0

£1 11 10
2 0 7
2 14 10
4 0 11
6 0 10

One half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit
for seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a
debt upon the policy at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any time
without notice.
In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for debts, or
as a provision for a family, where the least present outlay is desirable,
the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found
to be particularly favourable to the Assured.
Claims paid in one month after proofs have been furnished.
The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock,
and Policies issued the same day.
EDWARD BATES, Resident Director.
A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents.

MHE BARBER'S CHAIR is TAKEN EVERY
. Saturday in DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWS-

PAPER.

Ordor of any Newsman.

11HE LEARNED BLACKSMITH'S (ELIHU
BURRITT) ENGLISH SCENES ; the WHITTINGTON
CLUB ; the CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND ;
ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUT! =moms; l SANATORY CON-
DITION OF TOWNS; CHURCH AND STATE LETTERS, by a
Church Mouse ; the BARBER'S CHAIR, and other ORIGINAL
ARTICLES will be found in DOUGLAS JERIIOLD'S WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER. _ _

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 1, 1846.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon Captain William Thomas Denison, of the
Royal Engineers, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Die.man's
Land.

efoEunßdTelr,FlWCAesTt
EBsromtowbicehgr, Saenptet.d,l ,unatlestsenc,auaste thebe shown
Binning
Birming-
ham District Court.
to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
F. Rolfe, tailor, Great Marlborough-street, Sept. 3—G.
Felthouse, plumber and glazier, Fulham, Sept. 3—J. Philp,
stationer, Bristol, Sept 3—S. Smith, grocer, Bedminster,
Bristol, Sept. 7—J. Pearson, fellmonger, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, Sept. 4—P. Hare, tallow chandler, 'Liverpol, Sept. 4
H. Williams, apothecary, Llanrwst, Denbighshire, Sept. 1—
.j. Scott, flour dealer, Sheffield, Sept. 3—j. Holt, lace-glove
manufacturer, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, Sept. 15—
G. Longfield, tailor, West Bromwich, Sept. 15—J. Buttrey,
commission agent, Manchester, Sept. 2—W. Kirk, share-
broker, Salford, Lancashire, Sept. 3—C. Eicke, iron-rivet
manufacturer, Rotherhithe, Sept. I—W. and T. Edmond,
merchants., Liverpool, Sept. I—J. Rudman, oilman, Bath,
Sept. I—R. C. Caoleton, grocer, Cheltenham, Sept. 1-0.
Johnson, Maldon, Essex, Sept. I—E. T. Allen, apothecary,
York, Sept. I—J. Miller, plumber and glazier, Whittlebury-
street, Hampstead-road, Sept. I—W. Harding, sen., mason,
Johnson-street, Westminster, Sept. l —C. Best, printer St.
James's-walk, Clerkenwell. ,
P.ARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
R. Ray and T. Wynne, earthenware manufacturers, Long-
ton, Staffordshire—a. Steele and R. Ray, earthenware menu-
facturers, Longton, Staffordshire—C. and A. Crawford, con-
fectioners, Hulme, Lancashire—W. Hadfield and J. Shar-
rocks, machine makers, Manchester—J. Withers and D. I.
Wyatt, hat manufacturers, Bristol—A. and S. Sparks, glass
dealers, Preston, Lancashire—J. and T. B. Creed, lighterman,
Sampson's-gardens, St. George's-in-the-East—C. Sanderson
and H. Murray, beer merchants, Steel-yard, Upper Thames-
street—J. and W. Woodyatt, builders, Wilton, Chester—T.
and H. Houldin, painters, Liverpool—J. Barrand and C.
Welch, coal merchants, Whitefriars-wharf,Temple—R. Royle
and C. Worsley, common brewers, Manchester—T. Howell
and T. A. Warren, surgeons, Princes Risborough, Bucking-
hamshire—T. Tyndall, H. W. Tyndall, and W. Tyndall,
attorneys, Birmingham (so far as regards \V. Tyndall)—E.
Garbett and J. Dulling, attorneys, Wellington, Shropshire—
C. Ramsey, G. Barlow, J. Turner, and R. Williamson, dyers,
Manchester—J. W. Newcombe, R. Lewis, J. Lewis, L. J.
Lewis, J. Lewis, W. Clemson, colliery company, Dawley,
Shropshire—W. G. Harden and E. Howard, farmers, Benen-
den, Kent—J. Jackson and J. Smith, corn factors, Notting-
ham—W. W. Prole and J. Scales, wine merchants, Dunster-
court, Mincing-lane, City—J. Horwood and J. Monkman,
millwrights, Oldham, Lancashire—R. Kinneir and P. Blundell,
surgeons, Cirencester—T. Bickford and C. C. Bickham,
brewers, Reading, Berkshire—T. Parkinson and T. Penk,
builders, Manchester—J. Forrest and G. Hawes, hosiers, Pic-
cadilly—T. Nichols and W. S. Hepworth, booksellers, Knot-
tingly, Yorkshire—R. Powell and J. Bethel], spindle manu-
facturers, Manchester—W. Brooke and H. Fielding, nickel
refiners, Birmingham—C. Lazarus and M. H. Meyer, brewers,
Mansel-street, Goodman's fields—J. Dyson and J. Jackson,
millers, Leeds—T. Warren and R. Green, sword cutlers, Cur-
sitor-street, Chancery-lane.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

William Cleland, stockbroker, Edinburgh, Aug. 4 and
Sept. 9, at one, at the chambers of J. Somerville, S.S.C.,
Edinburgh._

Thomas Hislop, grocer, Alloa, Aug. 15 and Sept. 5, at the
shop of Thomas Hislop, Alloa.
Alexander Stewart, farmer, Rodgorton, Perthshire,
Aug. 17 and Sept. 14, at one, at the George Hotel, Perth.
Peter and John Stirling, stablers, Edinbnrgh, Aug. 17 and
Sept. 10, at two, at Ferguson's Ship Tavern, Edinburgh.

VENTILATION OF THE NEW
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

There has just been issued, by order of the House of
Commons, a return relative to the ventilation of the new
Houses of Parliament, and containing Dr. Reid's reply
to the report of the referees appointed to inquire into
the warming and ventilating of that building. The fol-
lowing is an extract from the said reply, containing a
summing up, as it were, of the Doctor's arguments upon
the subject :
Having now offered such observations as appear re-
quisite in respect to the report of the referees, Dr.
Reid considers it incumbent on him to present the fol-
lowing summary.
The Select Committee of 1835, appointed to consider
the best mode cf warming and ventilating the new
Houses of Parliament, and of rendering the same favour-
able to the transmission of sound, recommended, in the
first place, the experiment made in the House of Com-
mons, and also specially recommended that some plan
for warming. and ventilating should be systematically
adopted, before the commencement of the new buildings,
stating that provision should be made for it in the first
instance by the architect, so as not only to insure its
succees, but to prevent needless expense and incon-
venience.

Mr. Barry not only commenced the work, but built
the vaults of the river front from end to end, under
all the libraries and committee rooms, without any
plan for ventilation being either considered or
adopted ; and although he agreed at the earlier pro-
ceedings with Dr. Reid, that the necessary channels
and chambers should be provided there, successive
alterations in plans he at first agreed to were made at
his request (of which the evidence may be seen in the
works, as well as in recorded investigations), and these
contemplated everything required there. Dr. Reid's
attendance in London commenced in May, 1840. State-
ments and questions by Mr. Barry, in 1845, would lead
any one to believe that the appointment was given to
him in consequence of undue influence exerted in his
favour, and in opposition to Mr. Barry's views.
This is not the fact, as is proved by a letter from the
Hon. C. Gore, one of the Cominissioners of her Majesty's
Woods, &c.

A minute inspection of the site. of the new Houses,
and of the obstacles to the introduction and supply of
fresh air, led Dr. Reid to propose a peculiar series of
arrangements, in addition to those required for the venti-
lation of all principal apartments. It was in the option
of the architect to enter into these new arrange-
ments, or to decline them, when each House would
have been treated as if no other existed in the
building. He entered into the views proposed ;he
stated in a letter that he saw no practical nor other ob-
stacle to their application. He was then the architect,
as now, responsible for the construction of the building.
He now objects to plans he was the means of authoris-
ing, at the very time when he still records his anxiety
that the central tower proposed by Dr. Reid should be
retained for architectural purposes.
Dr. Reid's plans were presented to the architect in
April, 1841, but were not finally adopted till August,
1842. Mr. Barry could have objected to these plans at
any time between his first application to Government
for Dr. Reid's assistance, and the final decision of
the Committee of both Houses in 1842. But though
examined repeatedly before Committees of both
Houses both in 1841, 1842, 1843, and in 1844, when he
never said one word either against him personally or
against his plans, he tried to impress his witnesses and
Mr. Gwilt, the referee in 1845, with the idea that Dr.
Reid's services had been thrown upon him without his
knowledge and against his consent.
In the following year, 1842, great difficulties, which
had occurred from the commencement in procuring sa-
tisfactory information from the architect, led Dr. Reid
to address two letters to him, which have been re-
corded in evidence before a Committee of the House of
Commons.

In 1844 it was represented by Dr. Reid to the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons, of which the Earl of
Lincoln was Chairman (at that time Chief Commis-
sioner of Woods and Forests), that the architect was
proceeding in opposition to the report of the Committee
in 1835, and to his own evidence of a more recent date
before the Parliamentary Committees.
In the beginning of 1845, Dr. Reid reported to the
office of Woods the differences that had occurred with
the architect at the temporary committee-rooms ; the
progress of the session proved practically the extent to
which imperfectly closed drains below (and open gas-
pipes), and tarry roofs above, destroyed the ventilatign.
He appeals to Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Card.
well, and other Members of the House of Commons, who
are aware of the effect produced by some of these causes,
as to their influence on the atmosphere of the com-
mittee-rooms.

In the same year the atmosphere supplied to both
Houses was severely affected by circumstances not under
Dr. Reid's control, some of which are detailed in a
lithographic print referring to this matter.
In April of the same year Mr. Barry opened a corres-
pondence on a point connected with the fire-proofing,
founding his observations on a reported conversation be-
tween two gentlemen in his office and Dr. Reid. The
evidence subsequently laid before Mr. Gwilt, proved that
Mr. Barry and one of the parties in question had dis-
cussed, and were perfectly aware, two years previously,
of a difficulty of construction which they now for the
first time attempted to fix on him.
Dr. Raid then recommended that the system of com-
munication between the architect and himself should be
made the subject of inquiry.
Since that period, May, 1845, the works have ad-
vanced without any intermediate party to adjust dif-
ferences, or to arrange temporarily any plan for the
removal of immediate difficulties ; passive and active
resistance in every shape and form has interfered with
the advantageous application of the plans for warming
and ventilating. A document both unjust and most
inaccurate was transmitted by the architect to the of-
fice of Woods, of which Dr. Reid was ignorant, and
which must have seriously injured his position. And
while inquiries have been conducted in a manner which
have deprived him of the opportunity of bringing out
the essential features of the case, the course taken has
tended to injure the ventillation of both Houses, and to
multiply difficulties that ought never to have existed.
In addition to those that have arisen from the course
adopted by some of the parties, the architect has thought
proper to place between himself and Dr. Reid, fifteen
months have now elapsed since Mr. Barry and Dr. Reid
have had any meeting for any useful or practical pur-
pose, and the determination of numerous points on warm-
ing, lighting, and ventilating have been accordingly re-
tarded or suspended. Thus facilities have not been
given, on the faith of which, as recorded in the official
letters of 1840, Dr. Reid undertook his present engage-
ment. The works, as well as official documents, prove
the endless alterations made by the architect, with which
he has had to contend ; and, in short, the business of
the works, for the last eighteen months more especially,
have been conducted practically, in a manner hostile to
his plans, and destructive of any fair opportunity of
satisfactorily adjusting his arrangements.
(Signed) D. B. REID.
Ventilating-office, House of Commons,
July 20, 1846.

THE LATE CASE OF MILITARY FLOCCING.—A
correspondent of the Northampton Mercury gives the follow-
ing particulars of the late unfortimate soldier, Frederick
White, of the 7th hussars:—" I knew him when a boy; and
we grew up together, and continued friends and companions till
his father was compelled to leave his situation as postmaster at
Nottingham. After leaving the academy in Toll-street, Not-
tingham, still conducted by Mr. Roper (where he met with
some of the most respectable families of the town, and one
who is now an able barrister,) he was apprenticed to Messrs.
Barker and Adams, wholesale hosiers. I believe he con-
tinued with them about two or three years; and about
the same time that his parents had to give up all they
possessed, the above house either stopped or decreased
its hands ; poor White was then out of employ-
ment, and he tried in vain to obtain a situation in the
town. He stayed however about Nottingham some
time, and was supported by his friends who knew him
in better times. I recollect the night before he left the
town; he was then going to London, where he expected
he should find friends who knew his parents, and who, he
confidently said, would get him a good berth—a situa-
tion under Government, or in the East India Company's
service. Ile went, and met with repeated disappoint-
ments, till he was driven to enlist in the 2d Life
Guards. He did not remain long in this regiment. He
met with an accident—put his arm or his shoulder out,
and was discharged as being unfit for service. After
this lie was in the London police, and was one of that body
which was sent to Birmingham to quell the riots there in
1840. At this town, he tells me in a letter, that he enlisted
into the 7th Hussars, being in liquor at the time. I had
letters after this from Nottingham, Leeds, and lastly.. Bir;
mingham, extracts from which I beg to give.
As an apology for not answering one of my letters
sooner, he states, " I intended to have written to you
as soon as I arrived at Birmingham, but almost
directly after I came here I was taken ill and poked into
the hospital, and to obtain money or paper there was
out of the question " Is not this an answer with respect to
what the adjutant said on the inquest ? His friends
had not been written to, nor did they know whore to
write ; at least so it appears to me. In another part of
the same letter, he says, ' Some day I may have the
pleasure of showing you that my wild oats have pro-
duced a good crop after all.' I have not heard from
him since February, 1845. He was a tall, rather slender
young man ; and I remember when he was about seventeen
years of age, he stood nearly six feet high. He was of
a kind, affable disposition, gentlemanly in his deport-
ment, and respected by al! who knew him. In conclu-
sion, Sir, I beg to deny that he was destitute of friends;
there are gentlemen now filling high stations in so-
ciety, in Nottingham, London, and Sussex, who were his
friends and companions, and would, like myself, have served
11:m to the utmost of their ability, had they but known.
Sir, I cannot, as a friend and companion in boyhood and man-
hood of the deceased, refrain from raising my voice against
the brutal use of the lash to any of her Majesty's subjects,
more particularly to those brave men who defend our land."

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—The following extraordinary
case, as connected with HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, cannot be made too
pablic:—George Wright, of High-street, Vauxhall, well known at
11111's Potteries, Vauxhall-walk, where he formerly worked during
ten years, but for the last five his health had been se had that he
could do nothing, being greatly emaciated, suffering from a diseased
hver, and also the dropsy, besides an affection of the spine. Ile was
n the hospital at Winchester for Ave months, and afterwards in
Westminster Hospital for three months longer. To sum up, from
almost a dying state he has been restored to suoh comparative health
and ♦igour, in the short spac-e of five weeks, as to astonish all who
know him, and this by Holloway's Pills, which may be had at l'ro-
fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand; and Cf 41.1 respect-
able raedicine Texan's throuilwut the ciyillzeeliTyrig.