The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-11 00:00:00

So. I 7,254.] LONDON, TUESDAY, EVENING

ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET,
• NEWCA STLE-ON-TINE.
CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his
BROTHER TRANELLERS to the above Establishment, which
has recently been newly itirnished and laid out expressly for a Com-
mercial Hotel. •
The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly
tilted in the NORTH, it is hoped will be found complete in every
respect.
Ti•e LIED-ROOM (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a
style which mist enssre the approbation of all visitors.
Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOW
ROOMS without any extra charge.
The Music Hall, Lecture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Room
are all attached, and under the same management.
The Royal Hotel is in the most central situation In Newcastle.

ALBION HOTEL, BRIGGATE, LEEDS.
lARAH 'WALKER, Widow of the late Thomas
Walker, begs to return her sincere thanks to her Friends and
the Public for the kind Patronage bestowed upon her late Husband,
and also to announce that it is her intention to continue the business
as heretofore ; and it will be her constant endeavour to deserve fur-
ther patronage and support. No expense shall he spared in the Ho-
tel to afford every accommodation to Commercial Gentlemen and
Private Families.

Tho Albion Hotel is in the most central part of Leeds.
Good Stabling and Choice Wines.

%/V.-ANTED, a PARTNER in an Engineering
and Boiler-shaking Establishment, in full work, well-situ-
ated in one of the principal outports. The present Establishment is
fully employed with work for steam-boat Companies and other par-
tles_of the highest responsibility, and is capable of considerable ex-
tension. Insufficiency of Capital is the alone cause of the present
advertisement, and to a party with from 7,001. to .0,0001. at com-
mand, the present offers a good opportunity for a safe and advanta-
geous investment. References of the highest respectability will be
given-and required.
Apply to A. 8., Mr. Abbott, 3, rump-court, Temple, London.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
1,• Princes-street, Bank, January 5, 1848.7
Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL DIVIDEND on the
Proprietary Capital of Als.Company is now In COURSE of PAY-
MENT, and may be received at the Office between the h•urs of
Eleven and Fvur.

PETER MORRISON, Resident Direotor.

A TION AL LOAN FUND LIFE
Li ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
28, 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, en 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 conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a flftk
banns, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each
policy erected on the profit scale.

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the
°Rice, or any of Its branches In the country ; or, on application, will
BA forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON, Loth-
bury, and No. 6. Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per
Cent, per Annum, free of Income-tax, for the half-year ending 31st
December la-t, will be PAYABLE at the Banking House of the
Company, in Lothbury, on and after the 24th instant. And the Di-
rectors further give notice, that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this BANK will be held
at the same place on 'Pompey, the Bth of February next, at One
o'clock precisely, for the purpose of ELECTING THREE DIREC-
TORS, to fill vacancies occasioned by the resignation of
HENRY CO RNFOOT, Esq.
GEORGE REN/sIE, Jun., Esq.
JOHN SHEWELL, Esq.
The Directors also give notice, that
CHARLES DICKSSON ARCHIBALD, Esq.
JOHN ALFRED CHOWNE, Esq.
WILLI M COOPER, Esq.
have announced their intention of becoming Candidates to fill the
said vacancies.
The Transfer Books will be CLOSED from the 10th to the 30th
instant.

By order of the Board of Directors,
A. B. CUTBILL, Manager.

Dated January 8, 1848.

AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per _lb. ; Genuine.
Sperm', Is. 9d, ; Yellow Soap, 48s. 545., and 60s. per 112Ibs. ;
Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German Wax,
Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd: ; Transparent Wax, 15. 11d. ; G ennine
Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm Oil, Ba. per gallon ;
Solar, 3s. 3d. , Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 641.; Wind-
ier aid Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. 9cl ;
Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Hale's Paragon
Composite, requiriag ne snuffing, 10d. per lb.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 61, St.
Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house.

CCEP.T..A..BLE P RESENTS.

es of friendship and affection ; the interchange of gifts, as re-
membrances of the donors, aud.tokeus of their esteem for the re-
ceivers. While large sums are expended upon the most costly trifles,
ao more appropriate present can be made at this season of the year
than a paekage of RoWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, ICALYDOR, and
ODONTO, combining, as these articles do, the most sterling utility
with elegance and luxury. _ .

The august patronage conceded by our gracious Queen, the Royal
Family, and the several Soiereigns and Courts of Europe, together
with the confirmation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these
creative and renovating specifics, have oharacterised them with per-
fection, and given them a celebrity. unparalleled.
Beware of Spurious Imitations—Some are offered under the Im-
plied sanction of Royalty, and the Government Departments, with
"
similar attempts at deception. The only genuine " MACASSAR
OIL," " KALYDOR,
and " ODONTO," are " ROWLANDS' " and
the Wrapper of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS' " preceding
that of the Article, with their Signature at the foot, in Red link, this

A. ROWLANL 8c SON.
Sold by them at 20, Ilatton-garden, London, and by every respect-
able Chemist and Perfumer throught the kingdom.

OR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.
1111 Patronised by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and her Royal Highness the Ductless of Kent.
Mr. THOMAS 110 WARD' SUCCEDANEUM. for Stopping De-
cayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in
a soft stale, without any pressure or pain, and soon becomes as hard
as the enamel, and will remain firm in the tooth for many years,
rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting the further progress
of decay. All persons can use Mr. Howard's Succedaneum them-
selves with ease,ss inn directions are enclosed. Price 2s. 6d.
Prepared only by Thomas Howard, Surgeon Dentist, 64, Burners-
street, who will send it into the country free by post. Sold by Sa-
vory, 220, Regent-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starkie, 4,
Strand ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Johnstone, 68, Cornhill ; and all Me-
dicine Vendors. Price 2s. 6d.
Mr. Howard continues to supply the loss of teeth on his new system
of self-adhesion, without springs or wires. This method does not re-
quire the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful operatien
whatever. —64, Berners-street, Oxford-street.
At home from Eleven till Four.

A It, K I A G E.
31 One half the world are desolately single, and the other
suppcaing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
sense of right determme the former, and miscalculated hopes eta-
titter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
cornprosime hurry ; but the truth lies sleeper. Physical Incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice deruated that health should form an item
In the compact ; it alone dignities the alliance. Blighted hopes or
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, If
.here surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIJIXERWELL'S little
MEMOIRS ' On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vole., Is.
each (by vest, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
-etined, or-prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
oy misinterpretatlor, of their supposed contents, from obtaining
.bem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but
ler the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
:he above subjects, by unqualified authors, whieh alone or
.ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " 110 w to be Happy." They are not merely
trimhlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servance of the maxthis he would inculcate— t) do unto others as he
would be done unto—tc live after nature's laws—and to keep always
on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be lad of
Sherwood, 23, l'aternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann,
39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally,
comings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; sad all
Itook4ellera

DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
STEEL.

lust published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed
Envelope, 2s. ed„ or post-free, iron the Author, for forty-two
Stamps,
ELF-PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise
1.. j on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive
Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practica:
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis.
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
Infection.

BY SAMUEL 9. B LANERT, M.D.,
actor of Medicine, Matriculated
N DMember of the University of Edin-
burg'', Licentiate of Apothecaries'
Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical
Marriage requires the fulfilmentSociety, &c.
that it may be really
tho of several condl.tions. in order
cause of mutual happiness. Could the
veil, which covers the origin
and its true source in everyof domestic wretchedness, be raised,
it be traced to physical disqu instanceaiifi disclosed, in how many could
pointments. Excesses are alwayTtions and their attendant disap-
used in moderation is fraught wiltilh uarionsva ; the gift, which when
abused, the prolific source of mischief; and of
becomes, when
f misery t,,,0r to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular greater or less injury
.he nature and consequence of hich'this Treatisevva excesses. on
are oductive of greater severity professes to dilate,
thanany other to which it is subject. the human frame,
This work contains an accurate and complete account
and Ptirdology of the Ind complete
0 of the
Anatomy Organs, and of
their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly
requires the closest attention and study. for what subject can
be of more imeortanee than the preservation of the health,
and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy
victim of excessive indulgence and. %lc' • ous habits, whether acquired
In early life or from the folliei of advanced age, while suffering
from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear 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 ad, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets that accurate discrimination iii ascertaining the causes of
disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
riably characterise the int;lliont and practical physician, and to the
medical man who can show by Ma posse sion of the requisite legal
qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes-
sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should he extended. Dr.
LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas
certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a
guarantee for bis professional experience, which has reference almost
solely to the treatment of these diseases.
Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards,
52, Paternoster row; Ilannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne-
Arect, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146,
Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps,
froth The Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally
or by letter, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight at his
TeglAttes. 9, IC eltbEd-rtrset Bedford-Kure Loudon.

RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, without
either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse-
quently this is the most important discovery ever made for the pre-
servation of life and property either at Sea or on Land.

F.N GLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA.
The INDIA. and AUSTRALIA. MAIL STEAM-PACKET
COM PANT, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re-
sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which they indivi-
dually subscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commu-
nications to and ant from the United Kingdom, the East Indies,
Australasia, ald New Zealand.
Capital One Million sterling.
Divided Into series of shares of 20/. each.

Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of
1846 for Extension of Steam Navigation to Australia.
Sir William Temer, Bart., M.P. '
lion. Francis Scott, M.P., Agent for New South Wales.

Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales,
London. '
Lieut.-Col. Abdy, Indian Army'
Thomas Isrowne, Esq.
Captain Cogan, Indian Navy
Archibald Cuninghante, Esq.
Captain I. M. Denham, F.R.S.,
Royal Navy
G. 11. Donaldsoa, Esq.
Capt. R. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy
Captain Ford, East India Maritime
Service
Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal Navy
E. S. Halswell, Esq., M. F.R.S.
Capt. H. Hamilton, Royal Navy

Gustavus Hamilton, Esq.
James Hunter, Esq.
J. A. Jackson, Esq.

Charles Joyce, Esq.
Trerlteick Larobe, Esq.

J: Maclean Lee, Esq,
Oaptali Richard Lloyd, Indian
Navy , .
Milbourne Marsh, Esq.
K Montgomery Martin, Ecq.
J. liontellore, Esq.
Sir F. Waskett Myers, K.C.S.
Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq.
!Richard Paterson, Esq.
Robert Henley Payne, Esq,
John Wilson Pillans, Esq.
Skead, Esq., Master, Royal

Navy

Colonel Torrens, E.R.S.
William Gordon Thomson, Esq.
Lieut. Waghorn, F.R.A.S„ Royal

Navy
Lehi' Wilson, Esq.

BANNERS—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill.

Somerrons—Sfessrs. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square.

India. Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu-
lation of more than half the number of the inhabitants or the
globe, and teem with every product which con minister to the wants
of man.

To carry out effectually and economically steam commualcation
with those countries is the object of this Company, for whose.ope-
rations there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards
our numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which
have an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England
—are the only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam
navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the
overland route has been exclusively granted to this Company.
The route sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com-
pany is vi.. Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of
which are, that Sydney, the metroplltan capital of the whole of the
Australasian colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or
65 days of London (frequently in 60), and within less than 30 days
of India. The coal statioiss are convenient, excellent coal from the
pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be put on board there at
7s. to 7s. 6d. per ton.
Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, and further
information may be had on application at the offices of the Com-
pany, where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may be
obtained.
Offices, 34, Cornhill, London. JOHN YATES, Sec.

ATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION
(Provisionally Registered.)

COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT.
Capital, 20,0001. is 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per share

On complete registration.

No further call will be made without three months' previous
notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
subscribed for.

The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHTNE is exchialvely used In
the offices of the Right lion. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters aro ap-
proved by

The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the

Royal Society.
The Right lion. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal In-

stitute of British Architects.
Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British ASSOCIA-
tion for the Advancement of Science.

The Right Rev. the Lord Hishop.The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Norwich of Lichfield
fhe. Right Hon. the Earl of Lei-,The Most Noble tho Marquis of

ie. Rig
ccster

Bristol

The Loral Rendlesham, M.P. !The lion. and Rev. Thomas R.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishopl Keppel
of Gloucester and Bristol .IThe Hon. Fred,Ryng _

flie Hon. and Rev. Edward il4he Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
Keppel I lum, Bart.
l'he Very Rev. the Dean of West-Igir William Foster, Bart.
minster, Dr. Buckland Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir-'Sir Francis Darwin
ley 'The Norwich Union Fire Office
Sir John P. Boileau, Bart. The Suffolk Fire Office
air Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Office of Bir-
Dr. Outram, F.R.S. F.G.S., In-' mingham
spector of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Equitalle Insurance
Right Hon. Earl Fitzliardinge Office
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort iThe Nottinghamshire and Derby-
Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, I shire Fire Office
Right Hon. F. li. F. Berkeley, The West of England Fire Office,
M.P. &c.
W. lilies, Esq., M.P.

The object of this Association Is totally to abolish the use of
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, car. 85,
are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utterim
possibility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of tbelvw by avoldin7 all necessity for its infringement, the inge-
nious and effective ltamoneur machine has been invented. This
invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, ae,ording to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
creating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with
universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle
and the whole is surmounted with a doutle revolving ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing it• route most
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine aro best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and
numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philantb: opic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jennyn-street, St
James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellingten•street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shares may be addressed.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.

ON PHYSICAL -DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA! A-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
. _ _

New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
• TIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the Infirmities and decay of the generative systern, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and tke means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and
L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London.
Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ;
Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne-
-treet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street.
PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive Indul-
gcnce, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity.
It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse
of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This sectipn is illustrated
by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PAnT IV. Treats of Perry's l'reventative Lotion, by the use of
which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the
virus chemically, and destroys its power on the system.
PART T. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
Antics, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and
dAcputimilolssoep.heicluaslily;eillyiqeulmrpedloyinetdo.
theT f
ISV111(0 loei bAjLe CBt
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sy
yr,
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Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 3d., 4s. 6d., and 18
Perry s . par box, a
certain remedy in gonorrhce,i,gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma-
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obviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if
by letter, It. 51. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment
only, by which the fee, 11. ,is 'saved. Attendance daily at 19, Ber-
ners-street, from Eleven till Two, and FIT, to Eight.; on Caa,nclays
trora Nona to Qne,

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THE ZOLLVEREIN PROTEC-
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(Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)
IV.

We proposed at the opening of this inquiry to put
forward all the considerations which are opposed to
the introduction of a common or general navigation
Act for Germany, even when clothed in the form of
the oft-mentioned draft of a treaty which is based
upon much more liberal principles -th?r, any former
proposals. In this, as in all former plans, the diffe-
rential system forms the nucleus round which are
grouped all the other proposed measures.
Several of these latter measures are highly de-
sirable and useful. Such are the proposed regulations
(sec. 6) for facilitating on all sides traffic by the
inland frontiers of the different states ; further, the
benefits to be conferred on the manufacturing inte-
rests, by mutual concessions as to remission of duties
and modifications of transit duties, and particularly
the diminishing or abolition of river dues. All these
are measures which would be of the greatest service
to commerce, would contribute to the prosperity of
the country, and would be everywhere hailed with
joy; but they stand in no immediate connexion with
a system of differential duties affecting navigation in
general, and might, the! efore, be introduced quite
irrespective of such system.
The union (recommended sec. 7) for introducing
a uniform system of coinage, weights, and measures,
which might perhaps lead to union also for postal
arrangements, for the taxing of commercial travellers,
&c., would likewise be very desirable, but would be
attended with great difficulties, which would, how-
ever, by no means be obviated by the proposed Navi-
gation Act. The same may be said of any common
agreement as to laws touching quarantine regula-
tions, stranded goods, &c. (sec. 19.)
These and other measures fraught with blessings
might indeed be the fruits of the united endeavours
of the German states for the prosperity of the com-
monwealth, if conceived in the spirit of national
unity, though quite independent of any union for a
common navigation law, such as the one we have de-
scribed; but there are other measures comprised in
the projected treaty, some of which can only be con-
sidered as the external signs of such a union, and
others as the conditions and consequences of it, and
can only be taken into consideration as such. The
success and utility of these measures, quite inde-
pendently of their connexion with that system, is very
prnhlem2tieal. A aermiau flag wonla not, ',cog-
nised as such until known to represent a permanent
union of all German states in matters relative to navi-
gation and commercial policy; and even in that-case
it would be matter for serious consideration whether
it would be advisable to substitute for the Prussian,
Bremen, or Hamburgh flag, which have for years been
known and respected beyond the seas, and which are
in a certain mea,ure favoured either by treaties and
laws or by the good opinion of merchants—a symbol
which as yet is perfectly unknown, and which will
require a long time to acquire for itself similar con-
sideration. The same may be applied to the Danish
flag, regarding which there is the additional diffi-
culty that it must be given up by some ships which
now carry it, while it would be retained by others.
Besides, surely not only the interests of the smaller
states individually, but the interests of Germany at
large, require that we should well consider what
would be the result in case of a war, even indepen-
dent of a war between the confederated states, if the
German commercial fleet, united under a common
symbol, should be obliged to follow the policy of the
more important belligerent ,powers, instead of the
smaller states being able, as heretofore, each under its
own neutral flag, to carry on the trade of Germany
unmolested.

Another measure (sec. 5), namely, the framing of
uniform regulations as to the requisites of a national
ship, with regard to is-s origin, crew, measurement,
and papers, must, if it is not to prove injurious, in-
stead of advantageous, be couched in the most gene.
ral terms. The limits which other nations choose to
impose upon themselves with regard to these matters
ought not to be considered a rule of guidance for us,
as experience has proved their unfitness, and will
probably soon lead to their being abandoned. No-
thing could be less advisable than to prevent the
purchasing of vessels built in foreign countries, in
order to promote ship-building at home, for this
would be an indirect burden imposed alike upon ship-
owners and commerce ; and it would be equally im-
prudent to restrain the shipowners in their choice of
an efficient crew, in order to promote the training of
mariners, who are after all not required for man-of
war service.
The joint appointment of consuls to act for all the
different states (sec. 18), would either deprive the
Governments of these states of the advantage of re-
ceiving frequent and direct accounts from foreign
commercial places, or would overwhelm the agent with
labour, by rendering it necessary for him to write ten
or twenty reports instead of one, independent of its
placing him in the difficult position of having some-
times to choose between the interests of his different
employers, which cannot possibly always be identical.
It is only in exceptional cases, and under very pecu-
liar circumstances, that several states can be repre-
sented in a foreign country by a common agent,
without inconvenience arising therefrom ; but it is
even now the rule, that the subjects of such German
states as are not represented in foreign ports are to
he protected by the representatives of the other
German states.
The concerting as to the common adoption of
principles of neutrality, blockade, &c. (sec. 19) by
countriesi Powers, and which are
t key which
to b e eanrgeangoet naval
n war together, can only be
with a view to concentrating their efforts towards
effecting the universal acknowledgment of the prin-
ciple " free ship, free goo a principle which,
even now, the German states individually, and par-
ticularly the lianse Towns, do all in their power to
promote.
Though it may in many cases be very desirable for
the German Governments to enter in common into
treaties of navigation and commerce with foreign na-
tions, it is very doubtful if it would be for
interest of Germany, if it were to be made a standing
rule, that treaties of this kind could only be concluded
in common, or at least on the condition that all Ger-
man states should equally participate in the benefits
conferred by the treaty. Such a rule would prevent
individual states from securing to themselves by
treaties commercial advantages, Which, though they
might, in the first place, benefit the subjects of the
pan ticular state, could not fail to benefit indirectly the
general commerce and indusitry of Germany also,
while the omission of the ru.e can injure no one.
Experience, indeed, shows that the navigation treaties
hitherto entered into by individual German states,
have often been beneficial, and never detrimental, to
Germany in general. The (sec. 17) proposed notice
to terminate all these treaties would not only deprive
the contracting parties of the advantages secured
thereby, but would, by appearing to foreign states
as a hostile proceeding, induce them to retaliate
against the trade and shipping interests of Germany
by measures 1, hich no Navigation Act of ours could
ever remedy.
Finally, there is an object which has not been dis-
tinctly named in what has hitherto been said, but
which is contemplated throughout the proposals which
we are discussing, and which has also been borne in
mind by us during the course of our inquiry. The
draft of the treaty (sec. 2) proposes as the object of
? the projected union :—" To establish in all matters
relative to navigation and trade the principle of the