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which is stopped.
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at the Town-hall, Manchester ; or to the Superintendent of the City
Police, chief offices, Old Jewry, London.
Manchester, April 18, 1846.

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DREADFUL HAIL-STORM

AT a PUBLIC MEETING, held at the LON-
DON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street, the 17th AucusT, 1846,
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., in the chair,
It was moved by J. ALLNUTT, Esq. ; seconded by W. T. Ilan', Esq. ;
and carried unanimously-
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That the severe lasses which the nurserymen, florists, and gar-
deners in the neighbourho2ll of the metropolis, sustained in conse-
quence of the dreadful hail-storm on the Ist day of August instant,
call for our warmest sympathy, and demand all our efforts to alleviate
the distress occasioned thereby."
It was moved by J. Coox, Esq. ; seconded by R. SELDON, Esq., and
carried unanimously—

" That a public subscription be now commenced, and a fund raised
For the relief of the sufferers."
"t was moved by M. SANGSTER, Esq., seconded by W. TRAHAR, Esq.,
and carried unanimously—
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' That Messrs. Barclay and Co., Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and
Co., Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., Messrs. Scott and Co.. and Messrs.
Young and Son, bankers, be required to receive subscriptions."
It was moved by W. A. Coomaz, Esq., seconded by ROBERT Han-
sox, Esq., and carried unanimously—
" That James Cook, Esq., of Mincing-lane, be appointed trea-
surer."

It was moved by Captain LAMONT, seconded by ROBERT Wit Ewen,
Esq.,-and carried unanimously—
" That the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
Benjamin Hawes, Esq., M.P.
John Allnutt, Esq., Clapham
W. T. BHT, Esq., M.D., Newington
J. F. Young; Esq., M.D., Kennington
John Bright, Esq., Brixton-hill
J. Betham, Esq, Brixton
James Coppock, Esq., Cleveland-row
J. Chapman, Esq., North Brixton
William Davis, Esq., St. Paul's-churchyard
J. E. Hadow, Esq., Mincing-lane
G. Jeffs, Esq.. Kennington-oval
T. J. Pring, Esq., Kennington-common
M. Sangster, Esq., Park road, Stockwell
Wm: Sandilands; Esq., South Lambeth
R. Seldon, Esq., Leadenhall-street
And Wm. Trahar, Esq., Whitehall-yard,
e a committee, with power to add to their number; by any of whom
subscriptions will be thankfully received."
The thanks of the meeting were given to 'the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, for his kindness in attending the meeting, and to his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, for his kindness and sympathy
with the objects of the meeting, and for his condescension in taking
the chair.

Subscriptions will be received by any of the above-named Bankers,
the Treasurer, the Committee, or Secretaries.
J. T. NEVILLE, Ebenezer House, Peckham,/ Hon. Secretaries.
E. B. CUTLER, 97, Farringdon-street,
Committee-room, Horns Tavern, Kennington.
The following Subscriptions were announced at the :Meeting :7.-

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor -

The Proprietors of the Gardeners' Chronicle -

dames Cook, Esq.

John Allnutt, E.

Messrs. J. A. Henderson and Company

Messrs. Batt and Rutley

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Benj. Hawes, Esq., M.r. - - -
W. S. Scholey, Esq.
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Robert Barclay, Esq. - - -
Messrs. Lawson and Son, Edinburgh -
Messrs. Booth and Son, llamburgh

Robert Hudson, Esq. - -
William Trahar, Esq. - -
James Coppock, Esq. - - -
James C. Weatherley, Esq. - -
Captain James Lamont, R.N. -
Messrs. Jacob Wrench and Sons -
Messrs. James Wood and Sons -
J. Bell, Esq., Norwich - -
Messrs. Burst and -
F. Fraser, Esq. - - - -
Messrs. H. Low and Co. - -
Edward Marlborough, Esq. - -
Messrs. Haines and Braddock -

Danson, Esq., Edinburgh
R. 11. Solley, Esq. -

Richard Gibbs, Egg,

Carstairs, Esq., Edinburgh
Thymic, Esq. • - -
W. Sandilands, Esq. - -
John Bright, Esq.
J. Chapman, Esq. - -

R. Salon, Esq

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W. T. Iliff, Esq.

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CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE.

RAFTER I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances
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Mental Faculties.. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Ciserrzas 5 and 6. On
the Disorders arising from ' indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhcea,
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ROLLS' COURT; Aug. 31.
GUINNESS U. FRIEND.
Mr. KENY°N PARKER, Q.C., applied for an injunction
to restrain the defendant, a bottled porter dealer, at
Dover, from selling as Guinness's stout malt liquor not
brewed by Messrs. Guinness and Co., and from selling
it in bottles with forged labels thereon.
It appeared in evidence that the plaintiffs, who are the
well-known brewers of Dublin,. have for many years past,
with the view of securing the public from imposition,
been in the habit of shipping their stout to Mr. Moline,
of London-bridge (their sole consignee for London and
the eastern division of England), or to his order, and
that Mr. Moline appoints agents, who sell the stout in
bottles with certain labels thereon, which are printed
exclusively by his order, and are by him supplied solely
to the agents, who are bound not to sell any bottled
stout without such labels. It was proved that the de-
fendant had been detected in selling considerable quan-
tities of malt liquor, of a very inferior quality, as
Guinness's stout, in bottles with forged labels, being an
exact imitation of Messrs. Guinness's labels, and con-
taining a fac-simile of the signature of the firm.
The MASTER of the DOLLS compared the defendant's
labels with the plaintiffs' labels, and said that they closely
resembled each other, and that the plaintiffs were en-
titled to the order.—lnjunction granted.
The solicitors for the plaintiffs were Messrs. Amory,
Sewell, and Moores.

ENFIELD PETTY (SPECIAL)
SESSIONS.
(Before Messrs. EDWARD JONES WILLIAMS, jun., Chair-

man, EDWARD WILLIAMS, sen., anti PRESTON.)
VIOLENT ASSAULT:—On 'tionday the above sessions
were specially called for the purpose of receiving evi-
dence against George Cohen, a gunsmith, at the factory,
Enfield-lock, which is under the control of the Board of
Ordnance, who was charged under Lord Ellenborough's
Act with cutting and maiming Mr. Lovell, inspector of
small arms, both Cohen and Lovell being in danger from
the injuries they respectively received. On Saturday
week, about noon, Cohen gave Mr. Lowell a most violent
blow on the back of the head with a file. Mr. Lowell
was going out through the door at the time, and was
for a moment stunned. On recovering himself, while
turning round to see who had struck him, he was again
attacked by Cohen, who exclaimed, " I am the man,
Sir ; lam the man. You have starved me, my wife
and family, and ruined us." Three of his fellow-
workmen closed upon him and prevented him doing
further mischief to Mr. Lovell, who was bleeding
profusely. At this juncture Mr. James Gunner, acting
inspector of the works, with a gun-barrel gave Cohen a
dreadful blow upon his head, than rendered him insen-
sible, and from the effect of which serious results are
expected. Both the wounded men were promptly at-
tended by medical gentlemen. Information was given
to the police, when Cohen was given into custody,
charged with assaulting Mr. Lovell. On the Chairman
directing the case to be brought on, Mr. Clarke, who
attended for Mr. Lowell, said that his client was unable
to attend, as he was still suffering from the injury he
had received upon his head. After a long discussion on
a point of form, and after an application of Mr. Dun-
combe, a solicitor, who attended on behalf of Cohen,
Mr. Gunner was bound over to appear to answer Cohen's
charge against him, and the inquiry was adjourned for a
week. The alleged cause of Cohen's assault is a breach
of contract on the part of the authorities, by which
Cohen's wages were much reduced, and of which he sup-
posed Lovell to be the author.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Thomas Foley Taylor, a clerk, was charged before
Mr. Alderman Sidney, with committing an assault on
a young woman, who described herself as being the wife
of a manufacturer of imitation teeth, at present out of
employment.
The complainant, Mrs. Cromwell, of Brunswick-
street, Blackfriars road, stated that about nine o'clock
on Saturday evening, as she was in Fleet-street, turn-
ing into Shoe-lane, the prisoner, who had a friend with
him, accosted her. He said, "My dear, are you going
to market ?" She replied " I am." He then put the
lighted end of his cigar down upon her hand. She
said, "Do not be foolish, you will burn my hand."
Without saying anything further, or any other provoca-
tion, he seized hold of her, threw her down, and threw
her clothes over her head. Her clothes were not
spoiled, but she bad a bruise upon her knee.
Thomas Wray, a labourer at the City Gas Works,
stated that he was present, and saw the prisoner take
hold of the young woman, lift her off the ground at
arm's length, and let her fall. Her clothes came up and
her person was exposed from the manner in which he
caught hold of her. She was stunned by the fall.
Two women corroboz:ated his statement.

The prisoner stated that he was walking with a friend,
and had been indulging a little too freely with drink,
having been visited by an old acquaintance. He should
not have interfered with the young woman if she had
not
.endeavoured to force her company upon them, and
to get rid of her he merely gave her a push, which
caused her to fall. He called his friend to substantiate
this representation.
David Kilo, of No. 6, Hatfield-street, Stamford-street,
clerk, said, they found the prosecutrix and another
woman, standing at the coroner of Shoe-lane. The
women spoke to them, and they told them they would
not have anything to do with them. The women per-
sisted in accompanying them down Shoo-lane. Witness
walked first, and the prisoner and complainant were be-
hind him. He heard a noise which made him look
round, and he saw the prosecutrix lying down, and his
friend picking her up.
'Thomas
the policeman, said he was at-
tractedsQs
suianrgt ear mn,
crowd,a and finding the young woman
had been hurt by the prisoner, who was drunk, he took
him into custody.
by

Mr. Alderman SIDNEY questioned the young woman
as to who commenced the conversation ?—She declared
she did not.

Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said it would have been more
discreet if she had made no answer, and turned a deaf
ear when she was accosted by the prisoner, sup-
posing her statement to be true. The prisoner might
not have anticipated what would result from his foolish
conduct, which amounted to brutality, and his drunken-
ness would not excuse him from the legal consequnces.
He adjudged him to pay U., as a compensation to
the complainant for the hurt done to her ; and 21.,
as a fine for drunken and riotous behaviour iu the street.
In default of payment he would be imprisoned for one
month.

The prisoner paid the fines in the course of the day.
BOW-STREET.
A ferocious-looking fellow, named William Norris,
was charged with stabbing Henry Figgins with a shoe-
maker's paring knife.

The case was only partially heard, owing to the
inability of the prosecutor to attend. The two men were
living together in Feathers-court, Drury-lane, and hav-
ing quarrelled, the prisoner inflicted seven wounds in the
side of Figgins, or on two of them being of a serious
character. He expressed his regret to the constable that
he did not take away his life.
This is the third or fourth case of stabbing which has
been investigated at Bow-street within as many weeks.
Mr. JARDINE remanded the prisoner for further ex-
amination.

WORSHIP-STREET.
An elderly man, named Riehdrd-Tbeeedy,' described as
a foreman in the London Docks,, 'and lending at No. 4,
Grove-street, Hackney, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Broughton, charged' with cutting and wounding his
wife, Catherine Tweedy, withlutent to murder her.
John Tweedy, the prisoner's youngest son, was exa-
mined, and stated that his eldest !brothir had spent the
afternoon of Sunday last.at Epping4Forest, and on re-
turning home, as the family were about to take supper,
his father prohibited him from sitting at the table, as he
had gone out without permission; his mother at the
same moment came into the room, and, in ignorance of
what had transpired, told the boy to sit down to supper,
upon which the prisoner started up in great excitement,
and exclaiming that " she should die, made a violent
thrust at her throat with a knife he had in his hand,
inflicting a frightful gash, from which the blood gushed
out upon the floor, and she was about td fall when her
eldest son ran forward and caught her in his arms.
Sergpant Hawkes handed to the Magistrate a medical
certificate, stating , that the flesh and superficial muscles
of the woman's throat had been divided to the extent of
three inches, descending into the jugular vein, and caus-
ing an extensive haemorrhage, but that the result of the
injury could not at present be ascertained.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner stated that he
was greatly irritated at the time, but had. no intention
of inflicting the wound, and was merely menacing his
wife with the knife, when he accidentally stumbled
against the table, and the injury was thereby involun-
tarily occasioned.
Mr. BROUGHTON said the exclamation -the prisoner
had used on rising from the table displayed an animus
.wholly at variance with his defence, and he should
commit him to prison on the capital Charge, but order
him to be brought up again in a week, when the result of
his wife's injuries would probably be decided.
THAMES.
Michael Donovan, an Irish labourer, was: brought
'before Mr. Broderip, charged with assaulting his coun-
tryman, Cornelius Driscoll, and biting off the first joint
of one of his fingers.
-The complainant, whose arm was in a sling, and who
appeared in great pain, statedtly.ei
antofinSdust,iday Poplar,night.with
his he
went se in i3efreshment ;; and while they
were
wife,talking
intoalk a
obtain
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ngobvtbeali some r
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of beer. tip
.priamert who was
in the same house with his brOther:an-taw;invited him
to drink with him. He declined, and said the pint of
beer he had was enough , for him,, on which the pri-
soner commenced abusing him, and made use of
veay bad language. A quarrel ensued, and the-pri-
soner and his relative both struck him, and knocked
him down, his coat and waistcoat were torn, and
ho was held down by the prisoner, who kicked him
and rendered him quite helpless. During the struggle
the prisoner got his (the witness's) finger in his mouth,
and began to bite it. He called out to the . prisoner,
"Let my finger go," but he scrunched it with his teeth,
and before he could extricate it he bit the end of it
right off.

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DISTRESSItTO AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT APEDALE
COLLIERY.—One of those awful casualties, so frequent in
mining districts, occurred at Apedale on Monday last. It
appears that the pit No. 1 (Sladdershill) has, for some time
past, been considered dangerous, and great care has con-
stantly been used before the men were allowed to go down
it, and commence -their 'day's labour. That these precau-
tions have not• been uncalled for, and that they have had
their due effect, will be gathered from the fact of this being
the first fatal accident that has ever taken place in the pit.
On Monday morning a number of men went to the pit,
headed by Daniel Kelsall, a turnsman, who being a sober
steady person was much trusted. Kelsall had been in the
habit of depositing his safely lamp at a certain point in the
pit, sufficiently removed from the foul air to be considered
safe. The .current of. foul air is• directed into certain
channels by m.eans- of drop-sheets ; but, on the morning
in question, the drop-sheeps were , not suspended as usual,
the foul , air had passed the point, and no sooner aid
poor Kelsall approach the part with a naked candle—in
order to get the safety lamp—than an explosion took place:
Kelsall and a companion. named Lightfoot were killed on
the spot, and three other colliers were severely burned.
There.were about thirty men and boys in the pit at the
time, besides others descending, when the explosion took
place. The rush of air to. the mouth of the pit was so great
that the party descending had the greatest difficulty in
keeping their places; their hats were blown off their heads,
and conveyed a distance of twenty yards up the shaft. On
searching the pit to ascertain the extent of the accident,
Kelsall and Lightfoot were discovered quite dead ; the
latter had both legs broken, and was otherwise dreadfully
mutilated, havitig been blown upwards of forty yards. The
accident is wholly attributable to the absence of the safety
lamp, and the neglect in not putting down the drop-sheets.
We regret to hear that each of the sufferers has left a
widow with four young children, and that both the women
are at the present time enceinte. An inquest was held on
the bOdies lust Tuesday, at the Robin Hood, Roggin-row,
before W. Harding, Esq., coroner, when a verdict in ac-
cordance With • the' facts was returned. Staffordshire
Mei'
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A LAR. While Serpant-Bennett and ice-
man Jones were on their .beat in High-street, one k .day
night, they tibserved a: rat of a large size, and feroclous ap-
pearance. On receiving a blow' from the officer's club it
" showed fight," making several attempts to jump at
him. It was killed by a few additional blows. On being
weighed, it' Was found to be' nearly four pounds, and
measured 18 inches from the snout to the tip of the iaiL
The Cambrian.'
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We are informed by Mr. Morrison, whose letter ap—
pears elsewhere, that the document °published in The:
Times of Saturday, and purporting to be the second'
report of the Select COmmittec on Railways, is not the •
report of the committee, but merely a draught prepared
by Mr. Morrison for the consideration of the board. It
is proper, fcr the sake of truth, that this statement
should he made, but for no other reason is it at all neces-
sary. Its only effect is to transfer front the general
body of members to their chairman whatewr merit the
public may conceive to exist in the document in question.
In our own estimation the paper loses nothi.ng of its
importance in losing the official stamp. The arguments
remain the same; the information is not less valuable;
the facts are equally true; the resolutions alone are
somewhat diminished in their weight by being reduced
from a general verdict to the expression of an individual
opinion. That opinion, however, will bear the test
of the most rigorous analysis ; and we are convinced
that the more it is examined, the more clearly will its
truth appear. It has been commonly objected to the
system of Government surveillance, and especially to the
appointment of an executive board, with powers of pre-
liminary investigation, that either would operate injuri-
, ousiy, as a check even upon legitimate enterprise. 'We
believe that no more erro.leous notion could possibly
have taken possession of the p:iblic mind. That the fear
of a searching inquiry into their merits might stifle many
fraudulent or visionary projects is ,a, supposition not more
probable than satisfactory ; for surely there can be no
one so blindly devoted to the non-interference principle
as to view such a result with disaffection or alarm. Even
the bubble companies themselves, or at lena,t the ge-
neral body of their subscribers, would feel :he ad-
vantage of a tribunal which would stop theix• pro-
gress at the outset and save them from a needless
and unprofitable expenditure. To the bond
,fide
useful schemes the benefit would be immense. The
sums that have'been wasted in Parliamentary expenses
by the railways now working, are so enormous, that to
state them is to draw almost too largely upon public
credulity; we believe they are not less than ten millions.
Mr. Morrison's report informs us that, if an account
were taken of all the premiums already or hereafter to
be divided among directors, through the creation of
new shares, and of the expenditure incurred in buying
off parties supposed to possess powerful interest, and in
Parliamentary proceedings, which alone amount to
twenty-five millions, the total would be a sum sufficient
for the construction of trunk lines for the whole coun-

try. Contrast this wasteful extravagance with the
state of things in France, and Belgium, and Pru,%sia-
In the first country, the capital of the lines executed 911
the 3lst of July, 1845, was eight millions and a half ;,.•
of those in course of execution, fourteen millions ; and
of others sanctioned or projected down to the present
period, forty-two millions ; making, in the whole, about
sixty-four millions and a half. The whole of the
Prussian lines cost about thirty-six millions, and of the
state lines in Belgium not quite six. The cause of the
extraordinary difference here apparent is not the supe-
rior cheapness of labour or material on the continent.
This we stated on Saturday. The expense of mere
construction on the French Railways has been, in some
instances, greater than that of the English. The real
cause is to be found in what may be called the inci-
dental expenditure, especially the Parliamentary ex-
penses, which Mr. Morrison reckons in the Aggregate
at fifty millions. The Eastern Counties are said to
have paid 810,0001. for land alone, being about
12,0001.. per mile, more than the whole cost on most
of the German and many of the Belgian lines ; and
we have heard it said that the Parliamentary ex-
penses of the London and York exceed a million. With
these facts before their eyes, the English people will un-
derstand at once why they have to pay so exorbitantly
for the carriage of themselves and their goods on English
railways. The enforced extravagance of the company
falls eventually upon the public, who by this considera-
tion, if by no other, may possibly be induced at length
to appreciate the advantages of Government co,atrol. It
will of course be said that an enforced reductio.l and a
compulsory revision of the charges made by eelsttng
companies would be arbitrary and unjust, for that there
ought to be a fair return for capital expeeoed.
Mr. Mcrrrison has anticipated this objection, ae'd
proved by the evidence of Mr. Stephenson and others, as,'
well as by independent facts, that a reduction of charges
would not necessarily nor probably be attended with a
dirninut:on of profits. It is certain that the fares on
most of our railways are very much less now than they
were at the commencement of the undertakings ; and we
believe it is admitted on all hands that in me instance
have the dividends been injuriously affected. :Ku agri-
cultural districts, which, according to the opinion o` some
are more favourable to railways than manufacturing dis-
tricts, Mr. Peto thinks that low fares are absolutely ne-
cessary to create traffic, for, as the rural population can-
not afford to pay high, if they are charged high they will
not use the railway at all. Mr. Stephenson thinks that,
in course of time, experience will teach the companies that
they best consult their own interests in yielding to
the wishes of the public. This opinion is probably
correct ; but the public may very fairly ask, how long
they are to wait? The probability of an evil curing itself
will hardly be thought to relieve a Government from the
duty of applying remedies, or from the responsibility of
neglect. The full benefits of railway communicationcan only be developed by cheapness. It is not the rich
only who require and who will be improved by a more
frequent intercourse among each other. The?' national
interest demands a method of speedy and cheap travel-
ling ; and it seems to us that sound policy dictat,ls the
adoption of such a system as will immediately ensui 'e the
desired result..— Times.

DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGN
MAILS DURING SEPTEMBER.
The following notice was issued on Saturday, at the
General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, giving the
dates on which the foreign mails will be made up at the
chief office, London ; also when the return packets aro
due at Southampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth :
Isma..—The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the
lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong. Kong
and China, will be made up on the mornings of the 3d
and 21st, to be forwarded via Southampton. The
Oriental Company's steam packet Erin will convey the
mails of the morning of the 3d. By the fortnightly over-
land closed mail to the Mediterranean, Egypt. India, &c.,
via Marseilles, on the evenings of the 7th and 24th.
PENINSULA.—The mails for Corunna, Vigil,. Oporto,
Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be made up
on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th, to be .for-
warded via Southampton. The Queen steamer ill
convey the mails of the morning of the 7th. Neat
packet due, the Pacha steamer, on the sth. The l'enin+o
sular steam-packets will not call at Corunna, either on
their outward or homeward voyage, during the winter
months of November, December, January, and February
next, commencing from the 17th November next.
THE WEST INDIES, &c.—The mails for the British
and foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Ha-
vannah), Venezuela, Madeira, &c., on the mornings of
the 2d and 17th ; Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah, on
the morning of the 2d only, and Bermuda, San Juan de
Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the morn-
ing of the 17th only. The mails of the morning of the
2d will be conveyed by the Trent steamer rid South-
ampton. Next packet due from the West Indies,
Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, Bermuda, San Juan de
Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the 7th, at
Southampton.
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, &c.—The mails fOr Bri•
tish North America, Bermuda, and the United States,
will be made up on the evenings of the 3d and 18th, to
be forwarded, via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. The
Cambria steamer will convey the mails of the evening of
the 3d. Next packet due the Caledonia steamer on the
15th, at Liverpool.
MADEIRA, BRAZILS, &c.—The mails for Madeira,
Brazils, Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c.i will be made
up on the evening of the 4th, to be forwarded, vt4
Falmouth, by her Majesty's brig Crane. Next packet
due her Majesty's brig Express, now overdue since the
28th instant.
Benceforvvard the mails for the Brazils, Buenos
Ayres, Monte Video, &c., will be made up in London:
on the evening of the 4th of every month. When the•
4th falls on a Sunday, 'the', mails will be made up in
London on the following evening. From August tv
January inclusive the packet touches at Pernambuco
and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio de Janeiro,
and the other six months on her homeward.
NEW SOUTH WALES, B:C.—Tilt- mails for Sydney.
New South Wales, South Australia; Van Diemen's
Land, and Newfoundland, will be made up on the even-
ing of .the 3d of September, to be forwarded at
Gravesenti.
The Walmer Castle -will convey the mails of this
month. Letters and newspapers in time this evening,
the 31st instant.
FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, HAMBURGH,
The. mails for Calais and Ostend are ..made up every
evening except Sundays; due daily. Forwarded by steam-
packets rid Dover. -
HOLLAND on Wednesdays and Saturday mornings ;
due Mondays and Thursdays. Hamburg on Tuesday
and Friday evenings ; due Tuesdays and Saturdays--
forwarded by steam-packets from the Thames.
NOTICE.—A mail will be made up for the Island)'
Ascension, to be forwarded by her Majesty's ship Hound.
All letters intended to be so forwarded must be addressed
by " her Majesty's ship Hound," and will be liable to a
packet rate of potlage of Is. if not exceeding half an
ounce, and so ors in proportion. No charge will 1:10
made upon newspapers. The Hound will sail from
Portsmouth on the 3d September.
NEW Yonx:—Thb Great Britain steamer will sail
from Liverpool on the 22d of September, with a letter-
bag for New York. Lettere and newspapers in time on
the evening of 21st.

SHOCKING CooL.—Most people have heard the story
of the Irishman who, on being awakened one night with the
intimation that the house was on fire, coolly turned himself,
and as coolly replied, " It is nothing to me, I am only a
lodger." The anecdote has generally been looked upon as a
joke, but the following incident may prove that it may have
been no joke at all. One day last week, as the, stage coach
was being rapidly driven past a small village between Ayr
and blaybole, a child, apparently between four and five yeart
of age, was observed playing in the middle of the road, un-
conscious of the approaching danger. The driver, having
given the alarm without effect, succeeded in pulling up just
in the nick of tune.. A woman, who was • observed'lazily
resting herself against the wall of a house, and looking upon
the whole transaction with the utmost composure, while
every person on the coach Was painfully alarmed, on being
asked by the indignantodriver why she had not rushed to the
rescue of a child in such imminent danger, replied, with a
look of surprise, and in tones of innocent simplicity, " The
bairn's no mine." Improbable as this may appear, it is never-
theless a fact.— Glasgow Exanzincr.
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of
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excursion. She sailed from this on the 23d of May,
189,
and arrived at Appinam, Lombock Straits, on the 23d of
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