The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-26 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SUN,

ROYAL
AQ ACADEMY OFARE ARTS, TRAFAL-
GAR (J .
The EXIU3ITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec.

THE GREAT NASSAU BALLOON on
MONDAY next, at Seven o'clock, from Cremorne Gardens,
Chelsea. Mr. Green will take up a large party of friends.
Admission, One Shilling ; Children, half-price. The usual attrac-
tive entertainments will succeediMr. Green's ascent, concluding
with fire-works.

HILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
A. The Subscribers and the Public are respectfully informed that
the EIGHT ,1 CONCERT will take place on MONDAY EVENING
NEXT, when will be performed Haydn's Symphony in E flat, No. 8,
Beethoven's in C minor; Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer
sight's Dream ; and Weher's Freyschiltz. Solo Performers—Piano-
forte, Madame Pleyel ; Violin, Sig. Camillo Sivori ; Vocalists, Miss
Birch and Herr Pischek. Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Single Tickets, 1/. 15., and double Tickets, H. 105., to be had at the
music warehouse of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street.

THE GOLDEN FLAX CRAVAT-COLLAR,
registered by John Patterson, London, may be obtained in
any quantity at Edward Lodges, 13, and 16, Strand.

-ROYAL ASYLUM of the St. ANN'S
SOCIETY.—A Special General Meeting of this Society will
be holden, at this Office, on MONDAY, 6th July next, at two o'clock
in the afternoon exactly, to confirm appointment of House Steward,
to decide on proposed gratuities to architect, matron and master, and
to consider notice of motion to carry forward all votes at elections.
E. F. LEEKS, Secretary.
2, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, June 24, 1846.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
A New and Interesting LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, on the
PHENOMENA and EEFECTS of HEAT and COLD, at Half-past
Three daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, at Nine o'c:ock. Professor Bachhoffner's LECTURES on
NATURAL PHIL ..SOPHY, with brilliant experiments, daily.
MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined
Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, the ATMOS-
PHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. PORTRAITS of Distill
guished Men in the GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE,
magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN
MICROSCOPE. exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects. A
beautiful Picture of the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CA-
THERINE'S, Jerusalem, by Mr. Charles Smith, is one of the Series
of DISSOLVING VIEWS just introduced.
Admission, le.; Schools, Half-price.

LAND in AMERICA for SALE upon most
ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS.
Agriculturists, of good moral character, may obtain 150 ACRES
of RICH TIMBER LAND, in Western Virginia, described by Gene-
ral Washington as " the garden of America," for 112 dollars 53
cents., equal to 231. Bs. Bd. sterling; 21. 12s. only to be paid in ad-
vance, the remainder in five annual payments.
Further particulars, relative to the land may be obtained, by ad-
dressing a letter (post-paid) to Joseph Hubback, Esq., 4, Leicester-
buildings, King-street, Liverpool, From whom a pamphlet on Emi-
gration, addressed to the Clergy of England, Ireland, Scotland, and
Wales, by Thomas Rawlings, late Editor of " The Old Countryman
and Emigrant Friend, New York," may be obtained (gratis), on en-
closing two stamps to cover postage ; also from Messrs. Willmer
and Smith, newspaper agents, Church-street; Mr. Pugh, Secretary
.of the Welsh- Emigrant SoeletY. 6. Atill-street ; and of Mr. Charles
Wormer, newspaper agent, 6, South John-street, Liverpool.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL 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

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

MURRAY'S ROME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY.
On June 30th will be published, post Bvo., 2s. 6d.,
SALE'S BRIGADE in AFFGHANISTAN,
with an Account of the SEIZURE and DEFENCE of JEL-
LALABAD. By Rev. G. R. GLEIG, Principal Chaplain of th•
Forces.

John Murray, Albemarle-street.

COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

On the Ist of July will be published, handsomely printed in demy
Bvo., and copiously illustrated by Leach, the First Part of the
C OMIC HISTORY of ENGLAND.
By GILBERT ABBOTT a' BECKETT.
The Work will appear in Monthly Parts, price One Shilling each,
illustrated by John Leach, with one large etching, and from six to
twelve wood engravings. It will comprise from Twelve to Twenty
Parts, and will appear regularly with the Monthly Magazines until
its completion.
London : Published at the " Punch" Office, 85, Fleet-street.

Just published, in 1 vol. Bvo., cloth gilt, price 10s. 6d.
'TINTS
ON ANGLING ; or, Suggestions on
Angling Excursions in France and Belgium. To which are
appended, some Brief Notices of the English, Scottish, and Irish
Waters. By PALMER DACKLE, Esq.
London: W. IV. Robinson, 69, Fleet-street.

THE LIFE ASSURANCE CHRONICLE.
On the 30th inst. will be published, No. 2, price Is , con-
taining articles on the moral duty of life assurance, with examples
of policies effected under various circumstances of life in numerous
offices, and the construction of life tables ; comparative tables of
premiums charged by offices, with participation in profits ; reviews
of books, reports of meetings, and other popular information on the
subject of life assurance.
R. Hastings, 13, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn.

....
0 o • WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c.
''
.;.4 Bonus Bonus in 0 ...,, Assured One Shilling eaoh, by post One and Sixpence.
P W Premium. added. Cash. R 1 g may
P 1.
oN SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE:
,D,c, 44 Borrow.
p.., e, (An Original Medical History.)
_ ---- - CONTENTS:
1837 £217 15 VXIOO 0 11£16 0 4'£445 0 0 Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restraint—Mis-
£ £s. d. 1838 192 3 0 87 1 41 13 10 2 395 11 1 direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity—.
60 1000 74 3 4 1839 165 11 10' 74 19:11 3 11 346 2 3 Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and
1840, 116 7 6 54 010; 718 10, 296 13 4 Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love
18411 111 6 8 49 10 0! 710 4' 247 4 5 Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience
&c. &e.

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

VICTORIA LIFE A S
No. 18, KING WILL

ISURANCE COMPANY,
JAM-STREET, CITY.

Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chairman.
BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Benjamin Barnard, Esq. Thomas Nesbitt, Esq.
Charles Baldwin, Esq. John Nolloth, Esq.
B. Donkin, Esq., F.R.S. Charles Phillips, Esq.
Aaron Goldsmid, Esq. Major-General Robertson
James Law Jones, Esq. Daniel Sutton, Esq.
John Knill, Ese. O'B. B. Woolsey, Esq.
Life Assurances are effected by this Company on every description
of risk, on a profit or non-profit scale.
Credit of half the premiums for the first five years allowed on Poll-
eies effected for the whole term of life.
Payment of Premiums so arranged as to meet the convenience or
wishes of the Assured. A Policy may be made an absolute security.
Advances continue to be made to Assurers on real or undoubted
personal security, for terms of years, repayable by instalments.
Particular attention is requested to the detailed Prospectuses of the
Company.

WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary.

GLOBE INSURANCE,
PALL-MALL AND CORNHILL, LONDON.
EDWARD GOLDSMID, Esq., Chairman.
WILLIAM TITE, Esq., F.R.S., Deputy Chairman.
GEORGE CARR GLYN, Esq., Treasurer.
Henry Alexander, Esq. Robert Locke, Esq.
Jonathan Birch, Esq. Boyd Miller, Esq.
John S. Brownrigg, Esq., M.P. Sheffield Neave, Esq.
Jonathan Chapman, Esq. Fowler Newsam, Esq.
Thomas Collier, Esq. William Phillimore, Esq.
Boyce Combe, Esq. W. H C. Plowden, Esq.
James W. Freshfield, Esq., F.R.S. John Poynder, Esq.
Sir I. L. Goldsmid, Bart., F.R.S. Robert Saunders, Esq.
Robert Hawthorn, Esq. Sir Walter Stirling, Bart.
John Hodgson, Esq. Wm. Thompson, Esq., Aid., M.P.
Richard Lambert Jones, Esq. enjamin G. Windus, Esq.
Established 1803. Mr fire and life insurance, and annuities, and the
purchase of reversions and life contingencies.
Capital, One Million sterling.
_ The whole paid up and invested, and entirely independent of the
amount of premiums received.
Insurances may be effected on single lives, on joint lives, and on
the contingency of one life surviving another.
Persons deriving life incomes from church preferment, public
offices, and any other civil or military employment, may, by appro-
priating a part of their income to provide the annual payment,
alleviate the distress which their death would otherwise occasion to
their family or friends.
Rates and conditions of fire and life insurance, or other informa-
tion, may be obtained at the offices in London, and of the Company's
agents in the country.
Fire policies due at Midsummer must be paid on or before the
9th of July. By order of the Board,
JOHN CHARLES DENHAM, Secretary.
London.

THE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square.
TRUSTEES,
The Right lion. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers,
Cheadle, Staffordshire.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Traquair, Traquair House, Peeble-
shire, North Britain.
The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk.
A. H. Lynch, Esq., Master in Chancery, 33, Queen-square.
Thomas Rarnewall, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's Park.
Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Palteney-street, Bath.
DIRECTORS.
The Right Rev. Win. Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex,
The Hon. Edward Petre, 26, Wilton-crescent.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. East India
Company, and of the London Joint-Stock Bank.
The Very Rev. Mona. A. Magee, D.D., 9, Romney-terrace,
Westminster.
Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark.
Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton.
Francis M`Donnell, Esq., Usk, Monmouthshire.
James Reade, Esq., 13, Lower Berkeley-street, Director of th
National Bank of Ireland.
William Seymour, Esq., Montague-place, Russell-square.
AUDITORS.

E. Jerningham, Esq. I James Marshall, Esq.
CONSULTING Pnisictsx—James Copland, M.D., F.R.S., 5, Old
Burlington-street.
CONSULTING Stritozow—William Terran, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-
square.

_
STANDING COUNSEL.
England—Mr. Serjeant Shee, Sergeants' Inn. .
Edm. Ideales, Esq., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Ireland—Sir Colman O'Loughlen, Bart., Merrion-square, Dublin.

SOLICITORS.

England—Messrs. Norris and Sons, 2, Bedford-row, London.
Ireland—Messrs. P. and D. Mahony, 23, William-street, Dublin.

CONSULTING ACTUARY—Willtain Lewis, Esq.
BANKERS.

The, Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street,
Covent-garden.
The London Joint Stock Bank, 69, Pall mall.
SEcarrAav--William Norris, Esq.
The Deed of Settlement of this Company having been approved
of by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, is now lying for Sig-
nature at this O?iice, and will remain until Saturday, the 13th inst.,
inclusive, from Ten, ♦.M., to Four, P.M.
Juae 4, 1846.

On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS
(An Essay for 1846.)
"Of human ills and frailties I discourse,
Those taught by nature, and by art acquir'd.
Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen,
Which young and gentle, the matured and sage,
The lonely and the mated—all sustain.
In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n,
How kealth, how hope, how happiness to gain."

WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID ;
With Diet Tables for all Complaints.

Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil feelings, a
good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob-
servance of the instructions herein contained, the feeble, the ner-
vously delicate, even to the most shattered constitution, may acquire
the greatest amount of physical happiness, and reach in health the
full period of life allotted to man.
" How we should live—what eat, what drink, what shun,
To reach in health fnll threescore years and ten."

SHOWER BATHS with CURTAINS, 2s. each.
Purchasers of any description of Bath should visit Wm. S
BURTON'S (lath RIPPON and BURTON'S) Bath Show Room,
which contains, besides toilet sets japanned in imitation of fancy
woods, china, &c., in enormous variety, all the requisites for the
season, so arranged in one room, devoted exclusively to articles of
that character, that patterns, sizes, and sorts can be instantly selected,
and at thirty per cent. under any other house, where attention is paid
to the quality. Full-size Portable Shower Baths, very strong and
japanned, with curtains and copper valve, 9s. each. Pillar Shower
Baths, with copper conducting tubes, brass force-pump and top,
complete with curtains, and japanned, from 60s. Pland'Shower Baths,
'apanned, 3s. 6d. The Omni-directive Bath.—Detailed catalogues,
with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per
post) free.
WILLIAM 5. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S)
Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery and Baths is literally the
largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give
a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call
and inspect it..-39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street).
Established in Wells-street, 1820.

These interesting little volumes, although bearing upon subjects of
very delicate Import, as their titles imply, will be found of immea-
surable and general utility, for they tell of matters every Hying crea-
ture able to understand ought to know, but which information in
these enlightened times, except that quality promulgated through
questionable channels, is at a very terrible discount.
_ _

In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of
nature, of human disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not
contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician
any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we
should know the simple principles of our own organization, the laws
whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy
states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual
capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and
happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely.
By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted,
health will be found to be in our own keeping, and happiness
within the attainment of all ; by the availment hereof in fulfilling
our duty to ourselves, we secure the like advantages on our offspring
to follow, and finally by the cultivation of our faculties, which is in-
consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may
be exalted to the summit of perfection, as best becomes the highest
of God's creations.
The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own writ-
ings, and the avowal of their integrity of purpose, must be measured
by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the
topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit.
To be had ,of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Camillo, 147,
Fleet-street; Hannay, 63, Oxfbrd- street:; Mann, 39, Comhill ; or
direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand, who may be ad-
vised personally on these matters daily till Three, and in the Ever:
ngs from Seven till Nine.

The Third Edition, Just published, priee 55.,

JUVENILE PLEASURE.
Amidst the bright scene we delightfully treasure,
We witness with ecstacy juvenile pleasure!
Their light-hearted revels we cherish with joy,
Whilst the face is illumin'd of each beautiful boy
Oh 1 there is not a youth, we may venture to say,
But enraptured looks forth to the bright holiday ;
And amongst all the transports, and many are those,
There is nothing that pleases so much as New Clothes I
Now lIYAM, we freely acknowledge with truth,
The very best Clothing provides for each youth,
Transcendently high his great name now it shines.
For Hussar Suits and Tunics of novel designs 1
At incredulous prices he now will dispose
Of his splendid assortment of Juvenile Clothes !
Parents and Guardians are respectfully invited to inspect the im-
mense variety of Boys and Youths' Clothing always kept on hand at
this Establishment. An immense saving in price is effected, and
every garment warrante to durability, quality, and fashion.
LIST OF PRICES.

APRACTICAL TREATISE on STRICTURE
of the URETHRA ; its Causes, Varieties, and Cure ; by AN
IMPROVED METHOD of TREATMENT, of such efficacy, that
by its adoption Urethral Contractions that had resisted for periods
varying from ten to twenty years, all the ordinary means of cure,
have been in a few weeks completely and permanently removed.
The mode of cure is illustrated by numerous cases, showing every
peculiarity incidental to each variety of stricture to which the
Urethra is liable, and the modifications in the treatment consequent
thereon.

By F. B. COITRTENAY, M.R.C.S.L.
Published and Sold by H. Ball Here, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-
street, London; Messrs. Maclachlan, Stewart, and Co., Edinburgh;
W. Strong, Bristol ; Hedges and Smith, and Famin and Co., Dublin ;
Simms and Denham, Manchester ; W. Grapel, Liverpool; and all
Booksellers in town and country.

FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Haman
Frailty, with Coloured Engravings.
Sast published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 35.6 d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
the Infirmities of the Systeml n both sexes ; and on the loss
of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneftil
effects of indulge' ce, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En-
gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage.
By It. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence
19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET.
Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox-
ford-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton-
street, Soho; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street; and all Booksellers.
"We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Friend,' as a work
embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint,
hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me-
dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must
however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable
impression on ear minds, that we net only recommend, but cordially
wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis-
cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed
to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap-
petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from
excess, &c. In bottles, price 115., or the quantity of four in one
bottle for 335., by which 1 ls. are saved. The five-pound cases may
be had as usual.

8. d.
do o 8 6
DsurrestosuCtso,at, braided edges. . .
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from 1
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Trousers, in cloth and doeskins • • . • • • •
. 1.
51
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Trousers, in Tweed • • • .
Vests, either in cloth or fancy Materials • • 0 4 6
Summer Coats,Sij SUMMER
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Cashmere Ditto .. 0 12 6
Fishing or Shooting Ditto .. • . 0 7 6
Blouses, in countless p;ofu.s•len• ..
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Vest, ditto, Designs guaranteed to retain
their colour • • • •
MADE TO ORDER.
Dress Coats, made to measure ... •• • from 1 10
Surtouts, ditto • •
Trousers, ditto • .
Test, ditto ..
SUMMER GARMENTS.
The Ilyamonian Paletet, a fashionable
Over-coat, made to order, extremely
light and well-adapted for the present
Trousers, of peculiarly light fabrics .. 08 0
Vests, in rich Cashmere and printed
Quiltings, French patterns ....
An immense Stock of Youths and. Boy's Clothing at proportionate
ew prices. Money will be returned to any purchaser, shou,ld he not
approve of his purchase after seeing the articles at his own house.
Ifo business transacted on Saturdays until the evening.
L. UTAK, ranteelmethoca, 36, Gracedarclz-otreet,Lendoa.

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The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, el remedy
for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches
en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painful
affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury,
removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Prise
I ls. and 335. per bottle.

PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4.5. 6d.,
and 11s. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam-
mation, &c., without hindrance to business.

—Consifitition fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cues necessary,
Messrs. R. and L. Perry ar-d Co., surgeons, may be consulted, as
usual, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, daily, and at
106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
and at 10, St. John-street, Deansgate, Manche ;ter. on If gadays,
Tuesdays. and Wednesdays.

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[ADVERTISEMENT.]—DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE
VISION RELIEVED, 39, ALBEBMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY.—Newly
invented acoustic tubes, for relief of extreme deafness, and when
inserted in the ear cannot be perceived by the nearest observer—
they are entirely different from all others, and are the smallest hear-
ing instruments constructed—measuring only a quarter of an inch in
their widest part; they may be securely adjusted in the ears unob-
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distinctly in a place of worship, &c., and what should be greatly
considered, a natural expansion of the cavity o fthe ear is preserved
—a thickening or contraction of which in many instances is par-
tially the cause of deafness—and by their use the unpleasant sen-
sation of singing noiaes in the ears is entirely obviated. Also im-
proved bearing trumpets of every description. Immediately the
newly-invented spectacle lenses are placed before imperfect vision,
either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness which appear
ni once()str eangieodv ed,
defectiveever y objectsight
becomesbecomes
beelgelairt
and
powerful achromatic telescopes, opera glasses, and
Also the most
Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, are
.
brilliant, and is bought to its youthful, natural, and original state.
microscopes.
dbeisftoirneett,heane
ythesatistahte
way
not in anynor in any part of the country. To prevent
immediate neighbourhood,
connected with a person of the same name in their
opposite the York Hotel.
Albermarle-
street, Piccadilly,
An inquestheld yesterday
was
hampton), on the body
in this town (Wolver
Cock Inn, Berry-street,
mistakes, be cautions, and observe—Only to be had at 39,
of Charles Price, a man about 55
neer on the mail train which left Birmingham death on Sunday last, ou the Grand Junction ,i,vahilowamy.et
Twhiethenhgiis.
oi
f ghagame at a quarter before
deceased with his head resting upon his
sitting upon the outside rail
was stopped anbcrt hye. a.nudiret
sufferer
wheels
brought on the
hands, fast asleep. The lifeguard of the engine struck him
ItcwftosoidneSoufnhdia: afternoon, when near the station, saw the
where, in a few minutes afterwards he expired. Verdict, " Acci-
dental death."— Wolverhampton Chronicle.
The Earl of Arestniortslaild transacted business yes-
amt
o theed overdis p elni issafreye tin
tThihsettorvinain,
yes-
terday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs.

CORNWALL RAILWAY (BRIDGE

AT SALTASH).
RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS, DATED 19TH JUNE, 1846 (PRESENTED
23D JUNE, 1846).
Copies of the letters addressed by the Board of Admiralty
to the Chairman of the Committee on the Cornwall Railway
Bill, touching the bridge at Saltash.
Copy of Mr. Walker's Report and Communications to the
Admiralty thereon.
Copy of the terms proposed by the Cornwall Railway Com-
pany on which the Board of Admiralty consented to with-
draw their second letter of the 10th June last, touching the
said bridge :—prepared in pursuance of a precept of the Ho-
nourable House of Commons, dated 19th June, 1846.
H. F. AMEDROZ, Chief Clerk.
Admiralty, June 23, 1846.

"Admiralty, June 10, 1846.
"My Lords,—l am commanded by my Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty to acquaint your Lordships that
the Board of Admiralty will not object to the construction of
the bridge proposed for crossing the Tamar at Saltash, pro-
vided it be built with four arches only, all of the same size,
and of the greatest possible height, consistent with the
standing orders, and provided also that the Cornwall Rail-
way Company will undertake to provide, at their own ex-
pense, a steam tug of sufficient power to tow vessels through
the arches.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) "W. A. B. HAMILTON.
" Viscount Morpeth, Chairman of the Cornwall
Railway Bill Committee."
"Admiralty, June 10, 1846.
"My Lord,—With reference to the letter of this day's
date, on the subject of the railway bridge across the Tamar
at Saltash, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty to acquaint your Lordship that my Lords de-
sire, that of the four arches composing that' bridge which
are to extend from high water, the two middle arches to be
300 feet span in the clear; that the roadway is to be flat;
and that the underside of it shall be 95 feet in the clear
above high water spring tides; and that before operations
are commenced, working plans are to be submitted to their
Lordships for their approval.—l am, Sce.,
(Signed) " W. A. B. HAMILTON.

" Viscount Morpeth, Ch-airman of the Cornwall
Railway Bill Committee."
"Admiralty, June 11, 1846.
"My Lord,—l am commanded by my Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty to request that the second letter
of yesterday, addressed to your Lordship, relative to the
arches of the bridge across the Tamar at Saltash, may be
returned, the same having been written under a misappre-
hension.—l am, &c.
(Signed) " H. CORRY."
" The Viscount Morpeth, Chairman of the Committee
on the Cornwall Railway Bill."
MR. WALKER'S REPORT ON THE PROPOSED
BRIDGE ACROSS THE TAMAR AT SALTASH, OR
THE CROSSING AT HAMOAZE.
23, George. street, June 1, 1846.
Sir,—l have, in compliance with the instructions of your
letter of the 23d ultimo, surveyed the side of the bridge pro-
posed for crossing the Tamar at Saltash, and considered the
plans thereof; I have also considered the alternative plan of
crossing by a steam and chain ferry at Hamoaze, and have
taken the opinion of the Master Attendant, the Queen's Har-
bour Master, and others, thereon.
It remains now that I report my opinion.
First, as to the Saltash Bridge plan. The centre arch of
this bridge is designed to be 255 feet span, the side arches of
which—there are two on the west and four on the east
side of the centre arch—are each 105 feet span. The two
middle piers 20 feet, the others 15 feet thick. The clear
level height, or the soffitts of the arches above high-water, is
by the description 70 feet ; but is shown to be 80 feet upon
the elevation, of which a reduced copy is drawn upon the
accompanying sheet marked (A).
The high-water width of the river at the point of crossing
is 1,060 feet; at low-water the width is 820 feet. The
depth at high-water 68 feet, the rise of tide 16 feet. The
velocity of the tidal current is about 2 to 2i knots per hour.
In fresshes the ebb is one mile greater.

and which consent there is no provision for obtaining until
the Act is passed, and would at any rate require time to
procure. The promoters can easily obtain all these consents
the instant the Act is obtained, and will undertake to do so
at any cost, and even to incur the cost of coming to Parlia-
ment for a short Bill to remedy the evil, if this should be
thought preferable; and will undertake generally (but this
is amply provided for by the 17th sect. of Bth Vic., cap. 20)
to conform in every respect to the requirements of the Admi-
ralty. The promoters, therefore, earnestly entreat their
Lordships not to allow a measure of such importance, which
has for some years past been persevered in through great
difficulties, and which, after an enormous expense incurred
during the last and present years, is now, as they believe,
about to be sanctioned by the Legislature, to be defeated by
an interested opposition on merely technical grounds_
The promoters are entirely in the power of the Admiralty;
and as it appears to them evident that the particular height
referred to in the second letter has been named under a mis-
apprehension of the limits of height which the standing
orders admit of being assumed, as referred to in the first
letter, they would entreat their Lordships either to make
the minimum height at present for the two centre arches 85
feet, instead of 95 feet, " with as much more as, the requi-
site consents being obtained, the Admiralty may consider
desirable," or to leave the matter as it stood under the first
letter, which, on the part of their Lordships, you addressed
to the Chairman.—l have the honour to be,

The objections that have been made to the above design
are :

1. That the pier would occupy so considerable a portion
of the water-way as to increase the velocity of the current,
and to prevent the water from attaining its full height above
the bridge.
2. That the piers would be an obstruction to vessels work-
ing up the river against very light foul winds.
3. That the height would not be sufficient for many of the
vessels that now go up the river to the numerous small
towns, and to the copper mines.
That war vessels could not get above the bridge can
scarcely be ranked as a tenable objection, because during the
last thirty-five years only two frigates (French) have been
laid up so high ; these were taken down again twenty years
ago, when, also, the moorings were taken up ; and, which I
consider a more decisive answer, because war-vessels to be
laid in ordinary are dismasted, and there could be no diffi-
culty, even with the bridge as designed, in tugging the hull
of the largest frigate through the centre arch should it ever
be thought desirable.
Returning, therefore, to the other objections, I consider
the greatest, practically, to be the want of height according
to the proposed design, even supposing the height to be
eighty feet.
The trade up is chiefly in coals, timber, and other supplies
for the copper mines; the down train consists of the produce
of the mines. It is carried on chiefly in sloops and barges,
but there are also schooners and some brigs, the greatest
tonnage of which is from 160 to 200 tons. The total annual
number of vessels is about 300.
Having examined the statements of the extreme heights
of the vessels, my opinion is that 70 feet or even 80 feet is
too low ; but that an addition of 15 feet, giving 95 feet in
the middle openings, and 92 feet in the two side openings at
the high water of neap tides—there would be 100 feet in the
middle and 108 feet at half flood—would remove all reason-
able objection. Even then a few of the largest brigs must
strike their top-gallant masts to go up quite at high-water,
as their extreme height with these on end exceeds 100
feet; but such contingencies are not frequent. And it is
also to be borne in mind that about half the number of ves-
sels is now being tugged up ; that the practice of tugging is
on the increase, and is considered as, on the whole, an eco-
nomy in time without an increase of expense.
If there were any very great difficulty, or even expense,
in removing the objection to the diminution of water-way
by the spaces which the piers occupy, and the having only
one very large arch for navigation, it might be worth while
to consider them ; but I do not think either that the design
would suffer, or the difficulty and cost be increased, by
doing away with all the small arches, and having four arches
all of the same size, which will require only three piers, in
place of seven arches with six piers; therefore, I recommend
this alteration (see accompanying sheet, marked B). And
although the bridge will not, for the reasons I have stated,
be perfectly harmless, it will be so as to be nearly unobjec-
tionable, provided the railway object be considered impor-
tant as a public good. A footway crossing upon the bridge
might be a convenience.
I now come to the Hamoaze crossing.
I have not to inform you that a steam ferry, worked by a
chain laid in the bed of the river, has been in use at Hamoaze
for ten years. The regular crossings, at every half hour, are
continued during the whole of the day. They occupy from
six to eight minutes. On the Plymouth side the sloping
stage is run upon the beach, which is rather back from the
general line. On the west side it is run upon the slope of a
raised bank, which was made by the Ferry Company when
the steam ferry was established. It is an unseemly projec-
tion above the regular surface of the beach, forty. six yards
long, and extended forty yards within high water, tending
to cause a deposit above and below it. A condition with the
new company to remove it would be useful.
By the present arrangement the ferry must stop on a sig-
nal from any ship that is being transported, until the ship
shall have passed, and the authority for the ferry to proceed
being signalled. Although the written instructions to the
ferry people are of very recent date, this understanding has
been acted upon for the whole time, and the delay to the
ferry has been very small ; sometimes one stoppage of half
an hour to an hour, in the course of a month; sometimes not
one in six months. When the ferry vessel is at the shore on
either side, she is completely out of the way. Her length is
100 feet, including the hinged flap at each end.
Mr. Brunel, who (together with the engineer of the oppos-
ing line of railway) accompanied me on my survey, informed
me that the Railway Company have purchased the property
and rights of the Ferry Company, and that their crossing is
to be at the same place.
The Railway Company's vessel will probably be longer
than that of the Ferry Company. This may affect in two
ways, as being more in the way in crossing, and projecting
farther into the water when the vessel is at her berth. As
to the former, the length may be limited ; perhaps 60 or 70
yards, exclusive of the flaps, would not be objectionable ;
and the company might be called upon, if thought expe-
dient, to make a dock on each side, so that the stern of their
vessel should in no case project farther into the stream than
the present boat does, of which there never has been any
complaint. I think it probable that for their own sake they
will do this, so as to enable them to transfer their railway
carriages from the railway to rails laid on the deck of the
vessel.
With these observations, I should consider the Hamoaze
crossing unobjectionable. It may be prudent at the same
time that the Admiralty keep a general control and power
to make bye-laws for the government of the ferry.
I have presumed that in future the public, whether on
foot or with carriages, are to be conveyed on the same terms
as at present. This will, of course, be attended to.
I think it may safely be left to Parliament and the rail-
way company to select Hamoaze or Saltash for the point of
crossing, if the modifications and restrictions which I have
recommended at either place be attended to.
I have the honour to be, &c.
The Secretary:of the Admiralty. (Signed) JS. WALKER.
18, Duke-street, Westminster, June 10, 1846.
Sir,—The promoters of the Cornwall Railway Bill have
directed me to address you on the subject of the second
letter received from you on the part of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty by Lord Morpeth, the Chairman
of the Committee on the Bill. The requirements specified in
this letter, relating to the height of the bridge at Saltash,
have the effect of at once defeating the Bill; and which
would indeed have taken place immediately on receipt of this
second letter, if Lord Morp_eth had not himself, from the ap-
parent disagreement betlden the two letters from the
Admiralty, thought that possibly some mistake might have
occurred. The promoters believe that such must be the
case, and fully confident, particularly after the receipt of the
first letter, that their Lordships would net desire to throw

any impediment in the way of so useful a public measure as
that now before the Committee, they earnestly entreat of
their Lordships to consider the peculiar circumstance of the
case.

(Signed) I. K. BRUNEL.
Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, &c., Admiralty.

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The promoters are ready and most anxious to bind them-
selves to adopt any plan of construction for the proposed
bridge that can be required by the Admiralty, but there
are technical difficulties which would defeat the Bill if the
height is now defined at more than a few feet greater than
that shown in the section. The height on the section is 80
feet ; now, without consent of the landowners and occupiers,
this cannot be raised to more than 85 feet ; such consent can
nev6r be obtained during the passing of an opposed Bill, par-
ticularly when there are small tenements, as a single lodger,
or even a person having a reversionary interest in the
smallest building, could be brought by the opponents to re-
fuse his consent.

Eighty-five feet at the edge of the shore is therefore the
greatest height which can be assumed as within the power of
the promoters. From this point the bridge could be made to
rise to the centre arches, giving perhaps 5 feet more, or 90
feet, as there are no owners of the river whose consent would
be required ; but here again a technical objection will now be
raised by the opponents, that such a rise, involving a change
in the gradients, requires the consent of the Board of Trade,