The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-18 00:00:00

S [PatcE SD.
No. 17,544.] LONDON, MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 1848.

rr HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.

Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan, at Half-past
Three, daily, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-
day, at Nine o'clock.—A Lecture on Voltaic Electricity, and the
Electric Light, on the Evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, acd Satur-
day, at Nine o'clock, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Also on Pneumatics
daily at Two .'clock.—Tho Microscope at One o'clock daily.—The
Dissolving Views, with historical descriptions.—The Chromatrope.
The Phantasmagoria, by Childe, at Eight o'clock—Diver and
Diving-bell.—Working Model's explained.
Open daily from Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (including
'aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission lg.—Schools ,llalf-price.—The New Catalogue. Is.

F.MPLOYMENT.—A GENTLEMAN is about
.4 to give up (for the most satisfactory reasons) a lucrative and
gentlemanly employment in the country, by which he has made 8001.
a year for upwards of ten years, and is willing to treat with any
gentleman who has a taste for Painting and 4001. at his command.
The most satisfactory explanation of all things relating to the em-
ployment will be freely given to any bona fide application. Refe-
rences of high respectability will be given and expected, and an in-
terview will be required.

Apply, first by letter, to A. C., at Mr. Wm. Thomas's British and
Foreign Advertisement-office, 21, Catherine-street, Strand, London.

D ISPEN S ART- FOR CONSUMPTION,
AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.
26, Margaret-street, Regent-street.
The FIRST ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this DISPENSARY
will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street, on
WEDNESDAY. January 17, 1849.
BENJAMIN BOND CARRELL, Dag., ai.r., in the

(By order)
December 16, 1848.

• W. T. -HUDSON, Hon. Sec.

Tickets, 2ls each, can be obtained en application to the Honorary
Secretary, 61, South Audley-street, of the Matron at the Dispensary,
or at the London Tavern.

fIRAY'S-INN WIN.
r The attention of the Public

WINES and SPIRITS, which aro

E ESTABLISHMENT.
c is directed to the undermentioned
strongly recommended for general

c .nsumption :
WENES. per dozen. SPIRITS. per gallon.
Port from the wood • • • • .. • • • • 30s Cognac Brandy. • • • .. 213 and 24s
1 do. 4 years in bottle.. 42s The pure pale do. per d0z..... 60.
Sherry, excellent Dinner Wine 30, Finest Scotch Whiskey, per gal 18s
Do. superior old - .• • • • 42, Jamaica Rum.. .•.. • • 12s and 14s
Marsala, best quality • • ...... 24s English Gin .. • • • • • • • • 83 to 12s
Cape •• • • • • • • •• • 18s British Brandy • • • • • • • 18s

RENE]

,Y, KISLLNGBURY, and CO.

23, High Holborn.
I'.S. Sample Bottles may be had. Price Currents, containing all
:he varieties of their Stock, forwarded upon application.

A CHRISTMAS SKETCH

I love to notice,, at a time like this,
The bustle of the great metropolis
A thousand indications meet the eye,
As glad December's holiday draws nigh.
A pleasing animation we may trace
In every part of every market-place.
Nor can we find a spot but what is rife
With animal and vegetable life.
In every branch of business we discern
A token of the holiday's return:
In poulterers' shops the birds of various feather
In goodly groups are hung and packed together ;
While butchers with their tempting fat supply
Give double boldness to their "What d'ye buy ?"
Grocers in " greens," and those in " green and black,"
Amid this stir are never found to lack.
The stationers, as Christmas-time draws nigh,
New books display, attra.dive to the eye ;
And every railway station is a scene,
Which proves that Christmas soon will Intervene.
" What next," cry Messrs. MOSES, " will you thus
Conclude your sketch, without a word for US."
Nay, Messrs. MOSES, don't imagine that!
'Tis you alone that I've been aiming at.
At such a time as this, I can't go less,
Than eulogise your matchless
CHRISTMAS DRESS.
MOSES and SON, believe me, when I say,
I highly value your superb display.
You seem determined, with your rare attire,
e To pay due honour to the " good old sire."
Such Trousers, Coats, and Vests, I never saw I
I cease to wonder at the crowds you draw.
Yours is the 'Warehouse, I am sure of that,
At which to buy a splendid
CHRISTMAS MAT.
MOSES and SON, I must confess I wonder,
Such Hats are sold at prices so much under.
You seem resolved that we shall never lose
In Christmas Hats, or
CHRISTMAS BOOTS AND SHOES.
My last new Wellingtons I bought of you,
And better Boots I never wish to view;
Stylish, and firm in make, and soft to touch,
I must confess that I admire them much ;
Nor do I, MOSES, feel the least demur,
In complimenting thus your
CHRISTMAS FUR.
Well may the ladies to your Warehouse flock,
And make selections front your varied stock ;
And well may judging buyers daily see
The value of your
CHRISTMAS HOSIERY.
I trust that Christmas, Eighteen Fertyeight
Will make the number of your patrons great ;
For in the quality of your display,
And hi your moderate price, you seem to say—
" All may be well prepared for Christmas Day."

E. MOSES and SON beg to call the attention of Emigrants to
7015:1.510ozelrisiftsreeqfnotrutefidts_ , commencingm .e...ys.y_nznessoarry2enatt
pueLiree.
E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their Shooting-
coats, which possess a peculiar cut and style, adding much comfort
in the St. E. M. and S. are convinced they will bo much approved
of by the public.
Shooting Coats, in a variety of materials from Si. 6d. to 21s.
The Doeskin, or Elastic Coat, from.... • ..... 17s. ed. to 325.

LIST OF PRICES.
READY MADE.

Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles • • from £0 9 6
Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description
of Over-ceats, handsomely trimmed ••••• • • • • .... 1 0
.... 0 15 0
..7D'Orsay ..........
Shooting Coats.... •• .. ..... •••• • • • ..... 0 g
I Autumn and Winter Trousers .. ••.••••• • • .. • • 4 6
Doeskin ditto ... • .... ••••• • • • • • •••• ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 12 6
Autumn and Winter Vests .... ••.. • • • •••• • • • 0 2 0
Dress Coats ...• .• • • ..... ••••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 0 0
Frock do. •• • •• .. 1 4 0
aßoys' Hussar and Tunic Suits.....• .. • •••••• • • • • • • 0 16 6
MADE TO MEASUB.E.
Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style rom £1 6 0
hill leg cloth Coat • • •••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 2 2 0
Tweed Trousers . ...... • ...• .. •••.•••. • • • • . • 0 9 6
rweed Wrappers • •
New Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles • • .... 0 16 6
Doeskin Trousers .. ........ ••• • • • 1 2 0
Best, er Dress ............ • • • ...... ••.• • .. 1 6 0
Dress Coats ..
Best quality ..... . ...... ........................ 2 15 0
Frock do. ..
Best quality . .
Cassimere Vest ..................
Satin, Plain or Fancy 0 12 0
Hussar and Tunic Suits .. ••.. • • • 1 9 0

Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
i Suit of Clothes complete for 1/. 16s.

N.B.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their pre-
snit Stock of juvenile attire. The designs are elegant and unique,
and the workmanship and materials are such as to command univer-
sal approbatien, while at the same time the prices are unusually mo-
derate. _ _

Notice.—A New Department for the sale of Parasols and Chil
dren's Dresses has been opened at 157, Minories.
E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers,i w
and
IGse7nektralinoOduetsfi,ttanersd,
Bfo3r,
ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 5
,345, and 86 Ah4gate, City, London.
Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
,ure, it not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the
money returned.
Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the
publie against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman-
like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London;
and those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &0., should call at,
or send to, Minories and Aldeate, City, London.
Notice.—,To business transacted at this establishment from sun-
set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when busincs is resumed till twelve
o'clock.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
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,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
I. the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox-
ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange,
21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ;
Starie, 23, Titclaborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hall-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 excessiveindul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and centains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.
PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This luaportant part of the Work should not escape the
eader's notice.
PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
luties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
Tug Commit. BALM or Srmacvm is exclusively employed in treat-
;ng nervous and sexual debility, impotence, tac., lls. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
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certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma-
ton of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute
retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
Cf. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by
which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry. Surgeons, are in atten-
dance daily at 19, Beraers-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele-
ven till Two, and rive to Eirtht on Sinai:mg from Eleven to nog.

A
M One half the world are desolately single, and the other
,opposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
eitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret tm-
comprosing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice demand that health sheuldform au item
in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little
,lEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., ls.
each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
oy mieinterpretatier, of their supposed contents, from obtaining
ern. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
"‘r the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
together, 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 " How to be Happy. They are not merely
pamphlets, 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 maxims he would inculcate—to do nillo others as he
would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
Sherwood, 23, Paterncitrer-row •
' Carvallio,,l4T, Float.street • Mann,
Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or otlis.'r-
wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally,
mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place Begent-stroct; and all
Bookocuari

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MOORE'S LALLA ROOKII AND MELODIES.
On Saturday next will be published, uniform with the Smaller Edi-
tion of Mr. Macaulay's "Lays of Ancient Rome," in 16m0., each
with a Vignette from a aew Design, by D. 'Maths°, R.A., engraved
on Wood by Thompson,
NEW and CHEAPER EDITIONS of

MOORE'S IRISIeMELODIER.I MOORE'S L ALLA ROOKII.
Now and Cheaper Edition. With New and Cheaper Edition. With
the Autobiographical Ireface from the Autobiographical Preface from
the Collective Edition of Mr. the Collective Edition of Mr.
Moore's Poetical Works. 16m0., Moore's Poetical Works. 16m0.,
with Vignette by Maellse, price ss. with Vignette by Maclise, price ss.
cloth ; or 12s. 6d. bound in mo- cloth ; or 12s. 6d. bound in mo-
rocco by Hayday. rocco by Hayday.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

LONDON-MADE WATCHES, with the Patent
detached Lever Escapement and Jeweik;(l.--In silver case,,
4;:, guineas; in g. Ll cases, 10 goineaa each. The information this
every customer should obtain previous to the purchase of a Watch
will be found in the pamphlet published by A, B. SAVORY and
sus. Watchmakers, 9, C 01142111, London, opposite the BAIA.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brom2ton.
EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR.
A BENEFIT will take place at the above Theatre on
TUESDAY, Dec. 19, under the most distinguished patronage, in
favour of the Employment of the Poor as STREO',T-ORDERLIES,
by the National Philanthropic Association, in keeping the streets
clean and improving the sanitary condition of the metropolis.
On which occasion will he presented THE WIFE'S SECRET, in
which Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN will perform, with a
new Farce called YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, and SUE STOOPS
TO CONQUER.

Between the Play and the Farce the Street Orderlies will appear
on the stage, and a Prologue will be delivered incidental to the occa-
sion. Her Majesi y the Queen has most graciously granted her box In
support of the Employment of the Poor.
Ten thousand honest, industrious labouring men, in the' metropolis,
could be saved from becoming paupers during the winter by this
useful employment.

THE NEW POSTAL CONVENTION

The new postal convention between England and the
United States was signed at the Foreign-office by
Lord Palmerston and Mr. Bancroft, the American
Minister, on Friday, and was sent off to America by
the mail the same evening for the ratification of the
President and Senate of the United States. As this
final form, however, is not at all doubtful, all the de-
tails having been settled carefully by the authorities
on both sides of the Atlantic, we have much pleasure
in stating that arrangements have been mutually
agreed upon to bring the provisions of the treaty into
immediate operation. One of the articles provides for
the ratification within three months, and its adoption
as soon afterwards as possible ; but the interests of
commerce, and the great and still increasing import.
ance of the communication between the two States
rendered it expedient tor tt cnututai agreement. to ha
entered into for carrying out at once the provisions
to facilitate the frequent intercourse between the two
countries. It is generally known that when the re-
gular mails were established by steamers between
Liverpool and New York by the British Government,
a uniform rate of postage on letters, amounting
to ls. a letter, was charged by our Post-office, and
payable in advance, the Americans not having then
any steamers on the station. Finding the corre-
spondence, as well as passengers, by the English
steamers constantly on the increase, the Americans
commenced the establishment of a steam-packet
station on their own account; and as they could not,
from the inadequacy of the accommodation which
as yet they have been able to supply, have been fairly
admitted to an equal participation in the receipts from
the sea postage of letters, they placed an additional
rate of postage on letters arriving from England in
America, an example which we were obliged to fol-
low by charging an additional rate upon letters ar-
riving by American ships. The much greater ex-
pense was incurred by us, and the much larger
accommodation furnished ; and it could not have been
expected that we should, therefore, give to others an
equal participation in the profits arising from our
capital, expenditure, and punctuality. The system
of double charges, however, has operated most in-
juriously, and it is to correct the evils thus produced
that the convention of the 16th December, 1848, has
been agreed upon. The immediate effect of this treaty
will be to reduce the postage rate from any part of
Great Britain to any part of the United States of
America to ls. for each single letter instead of 2s.—to
which charge every letter was at least subject by the
late practice. The Is. rate to which each single
letter is to be subjected is to be made up in the
following manner :—lid. for the inland rate of letters
leaving the United Kingdom, Bd. for the sea rate,
and 2kd. (five cents) for the delivery in any part of
the United States. The same with letters coming
from any part of the United States-2id. for inland
rate, 6d. for sea rate, and lid. for delivery in any
part of Great Britain. The inland rate for letters
from one part of the United States to another is five
cents within a certain area, and ten cents for any
greater distance. The lower rate has been fixed
upon as a fair proportion, considering the greater
average distances to be set off against our lid. inland
rate. By the old practice, as the Americans im-
posed ls. on every letter leaving or arriving in the
States, we were obliged to insist upon prepayment
of all letters leaving Great Britain for America, as
well as ls. on every letter received thence. By the
new convention letters may or may not be prepaid.
The Post-office departments of the two countries
will keep accounts with each other, and will pay at
stated times the several rates to which each will be
respectively entitled. The inland rates will be paid,
according to the proportion we have stated, on all let-
ters leaving or arriving at either country. The sea
rate of Bd. "baiii6nl-1-rbee6he
uy
veyed. This latter arrangement is perfectly fair, and
puts an end to all disputes, for each country will be
paid according to the accommodation afforded. The
Post-office authorities on both sides will, of course,
issue the usual notices that they will send letters by
their own ships, unless otherwise required by the
writers. The main result of the new convention,
therefore, will be to substitute in effect a charge of
Is. in the whole for each letter, for which now at least
2s. is paid. It will also be a convenience to the public
to have the option of prepaying their letter, or not,
as they may choose. A more liberal arrangement
still is provided for newspapers, which will be for-
warded to or from any place or places in the United
Kingdom or the United States for ld. each, without
any restriction as to the choice of conveyance; the
rate to be payable to the country from which the
newspaper is sent, and no accounts to be kept
respecting them between the two Post-office -de-
partments. A somewhat similar provision is made
respecting other periodicals, which are to
be charged at the rate altogether of 2d.
for everything under an ounce ; 6,1. for over one
ounce and under two ounces ; Bd. for over two ounces
and under three ; and 2d. for every ounce over. There
is also a most important provision for the transit of
closed mails through the territories of either country
by the other. It is provided that the closed mails of
the United Kingdom shall pass through the United
States in charge of an officer of the United King-
dom to any part of the British dominions or posses-
sions,'or to any foreign country ; and, that in like man-
ner, the closed mails of the United States shall pass
in charge of an officer of the United States through
any part of the British dominions or possessions in
North America, or to any foreign country. The
only exception to this latter provision is in the case
of France, in consequence of our convention with
that country of the 3d of April, 1843, to the provi-
sions of which we have no right to introduce the
affairs of another country. Both Great Britain and
America bind themselves, however, to use their best
offices to induce France to extend the provisions of
that convention. Each party undertakes to forward
the letters received from the other to their destina-
tion in other countries, subject to the expenses thereof,
and the rates imposed by the country to which they
are destined. An immunity of six weeks, in case of
war, is granted to vessels employed in the mail ser-
vice between the two countries. The convention is
necessarily made for an indefinite term, but not to be
ended without a year's notice on either side.---
Observer.

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.—At a very fully attended
meeting of the Marylobone Vestry on Saturday last,
Mr. Flood brought up and read the minute for confirm-
ing the contracts to be entered into with the Imperial
and Chartered Gas Companies. Mr. J. Bell objected
to the confirmation of the minute, because it appeared
to him that the Imperial Gas Company were not con-
tent with the clause in the present contract, giving them
power to refuse to enter into a contract for another
three years in the event of the mains of another com-
pany being permitted to be laid down, but had given
notice of their intention to have a clause in the con-
tract, giving them (the Imperial Company) power to
refuse to light the parish the moment the mains of
any other company were laid down.—Mr. H. C.
Wilson explained that the proposed alteration in the
contract by the Imperial Company did not apply
to the contract for the ensuing three years, but was
a sort of three years' notice that if the vestry allowed
the mains of another company to be laid down and
to compete with them, they could not enter into another
contract on the same terms. This, he thought, an
honourable, straightforward, and business-like course on
the part of the Gas Company. Some little discussion
ensued on this point, but ultimately Mr. Bell's motion
was negatived, and the confirmation of the contract car-
ried almost unanimously. Sir P. Laurie then reported
that at the quarterly general court of the magistrates of
Middlesex, on Thursday last, there were thirty-six
magistrates present in all, and out of that number only
two voted for the proposal of Mr. Rotch and Mr. Arm-
strong to do away with the treadwheel at the House of
Correction, these two being the mover and seconder.
He,expressed his gratification at the defeat of the pro•
posal, for, had it been carried, it would only have been
I the commencement of the institution of workshops, and
I the ex. cution of other alterations in the House of 'Cor-
rection at an enormous expense to the ratepayers.
Thanks were voted to the magistrates who opposed the
proposal in question, and the vestry separated.
MR. HUDSON, M.P.—A circumstance has come to
our knowledge this week which affords evidence, were
any required, of the high estimate in which the Hon.
Member is held by the public. The splendid portrait of
Mr. Hudson, by Grant, has been recently engraved and
published. So unprecedentedly great has been the de-
mand for the proof ns thr.t hilt. few copies re-
main in the bands or tae publishers, who have in eon-

,n to the pr

sequence made a consii!,rl;l!(
the unsold copiu.—Tc.,L,;.,,, u Gazeit,.
Viscount Canning has not sustained any ill effects
from the accident his Lordship met with at Cowes at the
close of the last week.

FINANCIAL REFORM.

The following document has been issued by the Finan-
cial Reform Association. It respects the army, ord-
nance, commissiariat, navy, and colonies.
SUBJECT—" CANADA CONTINUED."
In resuming the investigation of the wasteful expen-
diture of the British revenue in North America, the
Association proceeds to the commissariat department.
In Bermuda, which was last referred to (being in the
Parliamentary estimates treated as a part of North
America), two assistant commissaries, two deputy-as-
sistant commissaries, and two comn4issariat clerks, re-
ceiving as salaries 1,2311. 17s. 6d., and the pay of the
`• assistants, clerks, storekeeper, and other subordinate
persons," who perform the actual duties, is 1,5681. 17s.
8(1., to which sums is to be added, for miscellaneous
purchases, extra labour, and travelling expenses, 340/.
Next, there are special allowances for commissariat
officers, not ascertained as regards those in Bermuda.
Next, for land and water transport, 301. Next, there is
cost of provisions, 17,764/.; cost of forage for horses of
staff officers, 5341.; cost of fuel and light, 1.6701.; one
per cent. on the cost of supplies for probable losses, 2001.
Deduct 10,4941, which is the amount of stoppages from
the pay of military and other servants (not officers), for
their provisions, and the real loss on provisions, fuel,
and light, is to the public 9,674/.
In Canada there are one commissary general, two
deputy commissaries general, fifteen assistant commissa-
ries general, eleven deputy-assistant commissaries gene-
ral, and eleven commissariat clerks, whose pay for the
current year is 9,566/. Os. 10d. These gentlemen have,
like those at Bermuda, assistant clerks, store-keepers,
issuers, and other subordinate persons to do their work,
whose pay for the current year is 6,4541. Bs. 4d.
There are, besides, allowances for black servants,
for miscellaneous expenses. portages, advertising,
extra labour, and travelling -
making a total for the pay of public servants in
this department of Canada, as returned in the Commis-
sariat estimates (which are, however, under the actual
expenditure) of 18,076/. 9s. 2d. The same class of ser-
vants are paid, in Newfoundland, 7761. 17s. Id.; in Nova
Scotia, 4;5651 10s. 10d.; in Canada, for land and water
transport, and the supply of water for the troops by the
Commissariat, the charge is 11,2501.; ditto, in Nova
Scotia, 3,5001.; ditto. in Newfoundland, 1711.; loss upon
provisions, forage, fuel, and light (over the amount of
stoppages from the pay of the troops to defray those ex-
penses), in Canada, 17,349/.; in Nova Scotia, 12,4671.;
in Newfoundland, 2,8821.

By the Commissa.riat estimates, the foregoing sums
would appear to be all which this department of service
costs in Canada ; but the miscellaneous estimates tax us
with 14,3081. under the head of "Expenditure of the
Indian Department in Canada for its establishment and
pensions, from the Ist of April, 1848, to the 31st March,
1849," a considerable part of which falls into the emolu-
ments of the Commissariat. First, pensions, &c., to re-
tired officers, 4851 ; second, pensions to wounded
Indians, 601. ; Indian presents, 8,7681. ; total,
9,3131. The profits on those presents, which
consist of spirits, gunpowder, arms, blankets, and
other stores common to the Commissariat depart-
ment, may be supposed to be considerable; but, apart
from the profits on such articles, there are the following
expenses incurred in conducting this establishment :
Salaries, 2,4321.; contingencies, comprising office rent,
stationery, transport, distribution of presents, provi-
sions, &c., 2,5631.; together, 4,9951. Four thousand
nine hundred and ninety-'.ve pounds expended on the
agreeable employment of having a general holiday with
numerous friends, who joined the excursion from To-
ronto (so eye -witnesses report), to go to the head of
Lake Huron to meet Captain Teyoninokarawen, chief of
the Five Nations, once a year, to distribute the alleged
worth of 9,3131. in goods.
But there is another duty which devolves on the offi-
cers of the British commisssariat in Canada and Nova
Scotia ; it is, to pay out of the British taxes the follow-
ing sums to the undermentioned personages :

s. d.
Bishop of Montreal ... ... 1,000 0 0
Archdeacon of Quebec . . ... 500 0 0
Rector of Quebec ... ••• 400 0 0
Rector of Quebec, for house-rent ... 90 0 0
Minister of Trinity Chapel, Quebec 200 0 0
Rector of Montreal ... ... 300 0 0
Rector of Three Rivera 260 0 0
Rector of Durham ... ... 100 0 0
Rector of Coldwell Manor ... 100 0 0
Rector of St. Armand
... 100 0 0
Verger (or doorkeeper) of Quebec... ... 30 0 0
Rent of Protestsnt burial-ground ... 20 18 6
Presbyterian Minister, Montreal ... 50 0 0
Presbyterian Minister, Argenteuil... ... 100 0 0
Roman Catholic Bishop, Quebec ... 1,000 0 0
Bishop of Nova Scotia ... ... 2,000 0 0
Archdeacon ••• ..• 300 0 0
Presbyterian Minister ... 75 0 0
Pension to President of Icing's College 400 0 0
Archdeacon of New Brunswick 300 0 0
Archdeacon of Bermuda .........200 0 0
ACiniuiPintan.of-Ne wfoßndland
... 300 0 0
To Foreign Missionaries of the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel in Nova
Scotia ... ... 3,412 10 0
Minister of Prince Edward's Island ... 100 0 0

In all, for North American Clergy paid
by our Military Commissariat £11,578 8 6
Among other personages in Canada paid out of
British taxes, there are persons employed in clearing
snow from official places of residence, and chimney-
sweepers and washerwomen are charged for wherever
there is a town-major, a barrack-master, or a fort-
adjutant; so that whilst those officers, their clerks and
assistants, hold offices in plurality, and draw pluralities
of pay, they draw pay also for every kind of imenial
service performed in their official places of residence.
The following specimen of expenditure in the Ord-
nance Department will lead us to those minor facts; and
those, again, will lead us to inquire where the corruption
begins, and what must be the rottenness of the govern-
ing system which spreads corruption to every extremity,
the most distant and the most minute in the Government
service. There is good reason to believe that, if a faith-
ful return were rendered of all the appointments of
subordinate servants in the colonies by the several heads
of the Army, Navy, Ordnance, Commissariat, Colonial,
and Treasury departments, it would be found that a
large majority of them were made at the solicitation of
Members of Parliament, representing small borough
constituencies, or counties which are in the nomination
of a few powerful families.

At Quebec there are—One storekeeper, 5501.; three
clerks, at salaries varying from 901. to 210/., 5101.; assist-
ant clerk, —l.; law charges, 2001.; ground rent, 511.;
removing snow, 20!.; postage, 80/.; sundry other con-
tingent disbursements, 1001.
MONTREAL.—One storekeeper, 560 L; one deputy
storekeeper, 3401.; five clerks, from 90/. to 250!., 7801.:
one assistant clerk, 80/.; one temporary clerk, 91/.;
postage, 200/.• law charges, 2001.; fines on release from
all seignoral Charges, —l.; rent of two storehouses, 2641.;
travelling expenses, advertisements, and other contingent
disbursements, 2121. .

,
KINGSTON.—One storekeeper, 2901.; three clerks,
from 901. to 210/., 5201.; postage, 1001.; law charges,
70/.; travelling expenses, advertisements, and other con-
tingent disbursements, 82/. ; signal station establishment
at Cape Diamond and Island of Orleans, consisting of
nine persons, 229/.
ISLE Aux Notx.—One deputy storekeeper and acting
barrack master, 2501.; postage, &0., 81.
TORONTO.—One deputy storekeeper and acting bar-
rack master, 3001.; one clerk, from 90/. to 1801., 1801.;
one assistant clerk, 861.; one temporary clerk, —; extra
pay to two barrack masters performing ordnance duties,
911.; law charges, 1004; postage, 2001.; travelling ex-
penses and small:disbursements, 534
RIDEAU CANAL.-One storekeeper and acting bar-
rack master, 3204; two clerks, from 90/. to 1701, 300/.;
one temporary clerk, 91/.; law charges, 100/.; travelling
expenses, 50/.; taxes, 200/.; postage and other disburse-
ments, 1701. _ .

OTTAWA CANAL.—One deputy storekeeper and acting
barrack master, 2401.; postage and other small dis-
bursements, 1801.

NEWFOUNDLAND.-One deputy storekeeper and acting
barrack master, 2101.; one clerk, from 901. to 1801.,
1801.; sundry small disbursements, 31/.
HALIFAX.-One storekeeper, 400/. ; one deputy-
storekeeper, 2501.; four clerks, from 90. to 2101., 6101.;
two assistant clerks, 1601; ordnance hospital, 40/.; post-
ing, travelling, advertisements, and sundry other dis-
bursements, 286/.; signal station re-establishment, con-
sisting of five persons, 1001.
NEW BRUNSWICK.-One deputy storekeeper, 3001.;
two clerks, from 90/. to 1801., 3001.; sundry small dis-
bursements, 401.; signal station, Partridge Island, 171.
PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.-One deputy-storekeeper
and acting barrack master, 2501.; sundry small disburse-
ments,
31.
BARRACK DEPARTMENT.-QUEBEC DISTRICT.--One
barrack-master, at 15s. per day, 2741.; seven barrack
sergeants, one at 35., five at 2s. 6d., and one at 2s. 2d. per
day, 3171.; labourer,'-/.; lighting lamps, 33/.; washing,
bedding, sheets, &c., 3301.; sweeping chimneys, postage,
advertisements, and other contingencies, -1.
MONTREAL DISTRICT.-Five barrack masters, from
7s. 6d. to 151. per day, 868/.; eight barrack sergeants,
lat 3s. and 7 atl2s. 6d., and 1 at ls. 6d., 373/.; one la-
bourer, 271.; rent of officers' quarters and taxes, 1,792/.;
washing, bedding, sheets, &a., 9481; sweeping chimneys,
postage, advertisements, and other contingencies, 5261.
KINGSTON.-Two barrack masters, from ss. to 12s.
6d. per day, 3651.; four barrack sergeants, from 2s. 6d.
to 3s. per day, 192/.; washing, bedding, sheets, &c.,
3251.;sweeping chimneys, postage, advertisements, and
other
contingencies, 230/.
TORONTO DISTRICT.-Five barrack masters, 6841.;
eight barrack sergeants, 365/.; three labourers, 91/.;
washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 6651.; sweeping chimneys,
postage, advertisements, and other contingencies, 738/.
ISLE
washings,
N O IX. - -boe Rd ed bn agr:
sa
he ke est es
,r gs:
ea.n,
6t , at
01 2ssw.
e6ed. pipnegr,
day, 461.;
chimneys, postage, advertisements, and other contingen-
cies, 112/.
RIDEAU CANAL.-O' I,l!'r!,•l'',"'":llli.^t 2'. (14, •""r
day, 461.; vtashilig, - .•. swgel i:4;
2(lvertis,s,,.. . 'nd 1)1111Y, I
per day, 641.; washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 11/4
sweeping chimneys, postage, and other contingencies,
2

NEWFOUNDLAND.—Two barrack sergeants, at 2s. 6d.
per day, 911.; washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 1001.;
sweeping chimneys, advertisements, and other condi'.
gencies, 1001.
ITALIFAx.—One barrack master, at 15s. per day, 274/ ;
four barrack sergeants at 28.6 d. to 3s. 6d. per day, 2011.;
two ditto labourers, 23/. ; washing, bedding-, sheets, &c.,
2501. ; sweeping chimneys, postage, advertisements, and
other contingencies, 2001. ; rent, 42/.
SYDNEY, CAPE BRETON.—One barrack master, 137/. ;
one barrack labourer, 12/.; washing, bedding, sheets, &c.,
40/. ; sweeping chimneys, postage, advertisements, and
other contingencies, 641.
NEW BRUNSWICK.—Two barrack masters, at 7s. 6d.
per day each, 274/. ; two barrack sergeants, at 2s. 6d.,
1371. ; washing-, bedding, sheets, &c., 1501. ; sweeping
chimneys, postage, advertisements, and sundry other
contingencies, 1211.

PRINCE ISLAND.—One labourer, 12/. ;
washing, bedding, sheets, &c., 251.; sweeping chimneys,
postage, advertisements, and sundry other cuniingen-
cies, 20/.

ANApoLls.—One barrack master, 2001.; one barrack
labourer, at Is. per day, 111.; washing, bedding, sheets,
&c.; 151. ; sweeping chimneys, ; 'postage, advertise-
ments, 481.

FORT GARRY.—One barrack master, at 10s. per day,
183 L; one barrack sergeant, at 4s. 61 per day, 821.;
sweeping chimneys and contingencies, 20/.
In addition to the foregoing, there are establishments
charged for in the navy estimates at Kingston with such
sums as the following :—Clerk in charge, 3501.; acting-
foreman of shipwrights on special service, 3001.; allow-
ance to the incumbent of Fort Maitland, for officiating as
clergyman to the crews of her Majesty's vessels at that
fort, 101.; allowance to the clergyman of the English
church at Penetanguisliene, for the use of two pews
forthe crows of the steam-vessels on the Lakes of Ca-
'e'ailis"; 121; foretnsif br shipwrights
in lieu of a house, 2/ 2s. per week; allowance in lieu of
stationary, namely, to the officer in command on the
Lakes of Canada, 10/.; to the clerk in charge 10/.; tra-
velling charges, &c., 871.
And at Halifax there are, the naval storekeeper and
agent victualler, 4501.; clerk to ditto, 2001.; rates and
taxes, 191.; allowance to the storekeeper in lieu of sta-
tionery, 121. ; printing, sweeping chinaneys,.and other
small charges, 351.
Again, there is under another head at Halifax, clerk
to the agent victualler, 200/. ; allowance to the agent
victualler iu lieu of stationery, 61.; fuel, &c., 141.
Again, at Halifax, there is under the head of naval
medical establishments, clerk in charge, in addition to his
salary as agent victualler, 50/ ; allowance of stationery,
2/. 25.; fees to the chaplain to the garrison, 10/. 10s.;
other small expenses, 9/. Bs.

Next there are, under the head of wages to artificers
in Canada, 4601.; Halifax, 2,700/. Again, for the same
in the victualling department at Halifax, 80/.
The variety of heads under which those items are en-
tered and charged, require a variety of clerks and office
expenses to correspond.

Once more, at Halifax there is, wages to artificers in
the medical department, 1001.

Again, there are at Kingstcn, Canada, repairs and
painting, 1741.; for the same at Halifax, 1091.; and
again, at Halifax, in the medical department, 11/.
These small items in the aggregate, make up very for-
midable totals; arid the totals of all the colonies repre-
sent a fearful amount of British taxes. Their relations
to the commercial statistics of the colonies will appear
hereafter.

NA VAL INT t LLIGENCE.
SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SUADRON.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—SIT Charles Napier, with
his squadron, sailed this morning for Lisbon. The wind
was Lair from N.E. all day yesterday, but accompanied
with such thick weather and heavy rain, nearly all day
and throughout the greater part of last night, that it
would have been impossible to sale under such circum-
stances with a squadron, except at great risk. The Rear-
Admiral accordingly did the best that could be aec,m-
plished; he untnoored the squadron yesterday afternoon,
and sent notice to his fair passenger, the Hon. Mrs.
Norton, of his intention to sail this morning if the wind
continued. She was accompanied on board in the Myrtle
steamer immediately afterwards by the Port-Admiral,
the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, 1i.C.8., and the Lieutenant-
Governor, Lord F. Fitzclarence, G.C.H. She is on a
visit to her sister, Lady Seymour, at Lisbon. This
morning the wind continued the same, but the weather
had cleared up. At 8 A.m. the ships crossed topgallant
and royal yards, and at 9 A.M. loosed and set top-
sails, topgallant sails, and royals simultseeeu.ty, and
commenced heaving up their A.,,-1•... a. In twenty minutes
after, the whole of th. vessels, with the exception of the
Strout hen, ~ere aweigh. The St. Vincent was the first
vessel in tripping her anchor, at five minutes past 9, and
was followed in rapid succession by the Reynard, Prince
Regent, Rifleman, Plumper, Powerful, and Orestes.
The Stromboli, from some unexplained cause, did not
weigh till nearly a quarter of , _
pas•J'eaciv; ...The squadron stood to the u
the Knob light at 10h.
40m., they bore up in suz..as3iiofl in -tee eiue..
The Earl of Essex, nephew to the Port Admiral, Sir
Blades Capel, went off in the Myrtle steamer, at 9
o'clock A.M., to pay a farewell visit to the Hon. Mrs.
Norton. The squadron was under weigh before she
got out, but the Admiral hove-to to receive his last dis-
patches and letters, which the Myrtle also carried. The
wind has since shifted to the S.S.E. At 1 o'clock the
squadron was in sight in the S. by E. quarter, the St.
Vincent leading, with all plain sail set, followed by the
Roynard, Pow erful, Plumper, Prince Regent, Strom-
boli, Rifloman, and Orestes, in the order in which we
write them; wind very light. The Prince Regent and
the Powerful had reduced sail to topsails, jib, and main
trysail. At 3h 20w. the wind had changed to S. by W.,
still light; the squadron carrying all plain sail on the
port tack, the western tide just making in their favour.
Fears are entertained that they will be back again. The
St. Vincent has just tacked at 3h. 27w. P.M.
We shall again enumerate the vessels that sailed to-
day, under Rear. Admiral Sir Charles Napier:—
Guns. Crew. Tons. Builder.
St. Vincent l2O 890 2612 Sir W. Rule.
Prince Regent

1 After Caledonia,
90 820 2613 by W. Rule.
_1 After Fr. Canopus,
Powerful B4 750 2296 1 200 tons larger.
Orestes ......

STEADIERS.
Guns. Crew. Tons. E. P. Builder.
Plumper ... 12 110 490 60 Fincham.
Reynard ... 12 110 5C6 60 Altered copy, Dito
Stromboli.— 6 160 970 280 Symonds.
Rifleman ... 8 80 486 100 Fincham.

Thus the force under Sir C. Napier comprises eight
ships, four sailing and four steam-vessels ; the aggre-
gate tonnage is 10,423 ; number of guns mounted, 346;
horse power of steamers, 500 only ; number of mvn,
3,085.

The Driver, steam-sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson,
returned from Portland yesterday morning, and came
into the harbour.

The Sharpshooter, iron screw-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Bayley, which got on shore on a grass bank be-
tween Lancing and Worthing, on the Sussex coast, in
proceeding from this port to cruize off the Kentish and
Sussex coasts, for the protection of the fisheries, got off
without damage, with the prompt and highly efficient
assistance of the Coast Guard corps in the district of
Inspecting Commander Hills. The Sharpshooter struck
about a quarter to six o'clock on the morning in ques-
tion (but under what circumstances is not yet known);
she was quickly seen by the Coast Guard on duty, and
when her stranded position was observed the Coast
Guard galleys from Worthing and Lancing were imme-
diately launched through a heavy and most dangerous
surf to the assistance of the vessel, which appeared in
danger of going to pieces. Lieutenant Maxwell of the
Worthing station, took comtnand of the Coast Guard boats,
and assisted in towing the Sharpshooter's boats to
lay out her anchor, for the purpose of heaving her off
on the flowing tide, and remained by her about three
hours until she got afloat, when he returned with his
boat ,party to the station. The officer and men who
launched to the assistance of the Sharpshooter did so at
the imminent danger of their lives, and are deserving of
more than praise, as there is no doubt entertained but
that ;for their timely and prompt succour, the Sharp-
shooter would have become a wreck, as there was a
raging surf foaming around her, and a strong southerly
wind, almost a gale, blowing at the time. The circum-
stance of the Sharpshooter's stranding was quickly re-
ported by the Inspecting-Commander of the district to
the Controller-General. When the Sharpshooter comes
to this port, she is ordered to be docked and examined.
The following are the promotions and appointments
during the past week, as given in the Hampshire Tele-
graph:—

PROMOTION.

Lieutenant—Thomas Hills (1806), from the Sema-
phore-station at Holder-hill, in Sussex, to the rank of
Commander.

APPOINTMENTS.

Second Master.—H. G. Thomsett, to the Teazer.
Assistant-Surgeon:—G. E. Freeman, to the Penguin.
Clerk. —R. M. Lindsay, to the Reynard.
Midshipmen.—R. Morris and H. R. Stuart, to the
Superb; C. A. Johnson, T. M. M. Wynyard, R. J.
Laurence, L. A. Whymper, and C. Broadhead, to the
St. Vincent; T. J. Young, to the Excellent; L. T.
Jeaves, to the San Josef ; W. K. Buck, to the Plumper.
Naval Cadets.—W. Moriarty, to the Superb.
Boatswain.—Thomas Downs, to be Master Rigger in
Portsmouth dockyard,
The following Mates and Midshipmen passed their
examination in navigation on Wednesday :—Messrs.
George Henry Parkin, James Edward Bickford, John
Edmund Commerell, John Ward, Charles Fairholm,
Charles John Balfour, Richard Dawkins, John Wallace
Douglas M'Donald, Edwin Charles Symons, William
Kemptown Bush, Francis James Dash wood, Charles
Egerton Harcourt Vernon, Edward Murray Winter
Carrington.
Wind S. by W., light airs, and dark, hazy weather.—
Sunday, four P.m.

AT BI

win Buincr, SanDaul Banner, ‘Te. Sm: ,
v imam Henry Hill, have been committed to take
their trial for the burglary and robbery of 500 sovereigns
at the house of Mr. Sly, at Shirley-heath, on the morn-
ing of the 6th of the present month,

..‘-• • 4.ds=i.:
• IThIVERSITY INT y
,
CAME
PRIZE SUBJECTS.
I. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Chancellor of
the University, being pleased to give annually a gold_
medal, for the encouragement of English poetry, to such
resident under-graduate as shall compose the best ode or
best poem in heroic verse,
The Vice-Chancellor has this day given notice, that
the subject for the present year is Titus at Jerusalem.
N.B.—The exercises are to be sent in to the Vice-
Chancellor on or before March 31, 1849, and are not to
exceed 200 lines in length.

11. The Most Noble the Marquis Calnden being pleased
to give annually a gold medal, as a prize for the best
exercise in Latin Hexameter verse,

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that the "subject for_
the present year is—

" Coorta es
Seditio, emvitque animas ignobile vulgus."

N.B.—The exercises are to be sent in to the VieCa-
Chancellor on or before March 31, 1849, and are not to
exceed 100 lines in length.
All undergraduatt s who shall have resided not less than

two terms before the day on which the exercises must
be sent in, or who shall at least be then in the course
of their second term of residence, may be candidates
for this medal.

lIL The liepresentatives in Parliament for this Uni-
versity being pleased to give annually-
1. Two prizes of fifteen guineas each, for the en-
couragement of Latin prose composition, to be open to
all Bachelors of Arts, without distinction of years, Rho
are not of sufficient standing to take the degree of Master
of Arts;
2. `Andlwo Other prizes, of fifteen guineas each, to be
open to all undergraduates who shall have resided not
less thin seven terms at the time when the exercises are
to. be sent in; .
The subjects for the present year are-
1. For the Bachelors—
" Baeonus an Newtonus in Philosophic felieius elabo-
raverit, scriptis eorum inter se collatis, quwrenduzn est."
2. For the Undergraduates—
" Cari aunt parentes, eari liberi, propinqui. familiares;
tied omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa
N.B. The exercises are to be sent in on or before
April 30, 1849.

IV. Sir William Browne having bequeathed three
gold medals, of the value of five guineas each, to such
resident undergraduates as shall compose-
1, The best Greek ode in imitation of Sappho;
2. The best Latin ode in imitation of Horace; •
The best Greek -epigram after the mo-derearTle
Antbalogia, and the best Latin epigram after the model
of Martial;

The eubjects for the present year are-
1. For the Greek Ode—" Cassandra."
2. For the Latin Ode—" Maurorum in Hispanii im-
perium."
3. For the Greek Epigram—
cG Vaewy 6E re Y 727710; Ey:, w."
4. For the Latin Epigram —" Sus Minerrani."
N.B. The exercises are to be sent in on or before April
30, 1849. The Greek ode is not to exceed 25, nor the
Latin ode 30, stanzas.

The Greek ode must be accompanied by a literal Latin
prose version. . .

V. The Person Prize is the interest of 4001. stock, to
be annually employed in the purchase of one or more
Greek books, to be given to such resident undergraduate
as shall make the best translation of a proposed passage
in Shakspere, Ben Johnson, Massinger„or, Beaumont
and Fletcher, into Greek verse.
The subject for the present year is—
Shakspere. Julius Casar, Act 1, Scene I.
" Afar. Wherefore rejoice . . . .
to the words
. most exalted shores of all."
N.B. The metre to be Tragicum lambicum Trime-
trum Acatalecticum. These exercises are to be accen-
tuated and accompanied by a literal Latin prose version,
and are to be sent in on or before March 31, 1849.
N.B. All the above exercises are to be sent into the
Vice-Chancellor privately: each is to have some motto
prefixed; and to be accompanied by a paper sealed up,
with the same motto on the outside; which paper is to
enclose another, folded up, having the candidate 'a namo
and college written within.

The papers containing the names of those candidate
who may not succeed will be destroyed unopened.
Any candidate is at liberty to send in his exercise
printed or lithographed.
No prize will be given to any candidate who has not,
at the time of sending in the exercises, resided one term
at the least.