The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-02 00:00:00

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'44- FEBRUARY 2, 1848.

SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that the FOURTLI ORDINARY GENE-
RAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS in this Conapany will be held
at Dee's Hotel, ii#Birmingham, on TIICRSDAY, the 24th day of Fe-
bruary next, at the hour of Two o'clock in the Afternoon.
The Books for the Register of Transfers of Shares in the Company
will be CLOSED from Monday, the 14th day of February next, to
the said 24th day of February, both inclusive.
And notice is hereby further given, that a Special Meeting will be
held at the same place, on the same day, at Half-past Two o'cb; ck in
the Afternoon, for the purpose of submitting to the Proprietors the
Draft of a proposed Bill, " to authorise an alteration in the line of
the °xfoi 'I, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and for other
purposes."

WM. ORMSBY GORE, Chairman.
GEORGE KtiOX, Secretary.
Company's Office, London, 3, Moorgate-street,
January 31, MIL

NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the next Halt-yearly Ordinary General
Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of Loudon, on
INIUILSD4T, the Nth day of February next, at Twelve o'clock at. Noon
precisely.
And notice is hereby further given, that immediately on the ter-
mination of the said Ordinary Meeting, an Extraordinary and Special
Meeting of the said Shareholders will be held at the same place, to
tate into consideration a proposal for purchase of the Railway coin-
manly called nagger Leazes Branch, and to approve or otherwi.e
such purchase, and also to have sabmitted to them for approval the
Draft of the proposed Bill interded to be promoted in Parliament in
the present Session, intitpled " A Bill to Amend the Northern Coun-
ties Union Railway Acts, and to enable the Company to make cer-
tain alterations in the line of their intended Raiiway."
WM. BERESFORD, Chairman.
CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary.
N.B. The Transfer Books mai be closed from the 3d to the 18th
day of February next.
Dated 1, Poet's Corner, Westminster, January 12, 1848.

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK.
EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
THOMAS FARNCOMBE, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Humphery Esq., Alderman.
William Banbury, Esq. M.P.
rdwasel Bates,,Eso. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
Thomas Camplln, Esq. Jeremiah Plicher, Esq.
James LIM, Esq. ►Lewis Pocock, Esq.
Rupert Ingle6y, Esq.
PNYSICtAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square.
CrILGIEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CONSULTING ACTUART—Professor Hall, of King's College.

LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
Perms Assuring in this Office haNc tte benefit of the Lowest
rate of Preininra which is co.npatitole with the safety of the Assured,
and which is, in effect, equiralen. to an Annual Bonus; thoy hare
likewise the security of a lar.lo subscribed capital—an Assurance
rand of a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of
0,0001., arising from the itsne of *early 6,000 Policies.
ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURI £lOO.

Per One Year. I For Seven Tu. s.

Ape.
20 £0 17 3
30 1 1 3
40 1 6 0
40 1 14 1
4;0 3 2 4

Whole Term
£1 11 10
2
£0 19 1 6 7
1 2 7
2 14 10
1 5 9
4 0 11
1 191•
3 7
6 0 10
9

One-half ef tte " Wholo Term" Premium may remain on credit
ilor seven
ebt upon the
Years. or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a
Pc."-4 at 5 par cent., or may be paid off at any time
without notice.
Policies assigned as a security I. others, will not be rendered void
n consequence cf death by suicide, duelling, •r by the hands of
atreilce. In. case of death by the above causes, where the Policies
nut "signed, the gross amount of Premiums received will be re-
tinned.

Claims paid in one month after proofs hare been approved.
Th. 'Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Cloek,
alsd Policies issued the same day.

E. BATZS, Resident Director.
A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents.

ENGLAND to INDIA. and AUSTRALIA.
The INDIA and AUSTRALIA. MAIL STEAM-PACKET
COMpANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re.-
sponeibility of the shareholders to the amount for which they
dually sttbseribe, and authorises the Company to establish cornmo-
Went:isms to and aid frem tke United Kingdom, the East Indies,
bastialaeia, aid New Zealand.
Capital One Million sterling.
Divided, into series of shares of 20/. each.

Ott' GOIABLII Da.
George Lamest, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of
1148 for Brateasion of Steam Navigation to Australia.
Sir William Yerner, Bart., M.P.
Ilan. Bramsts Scott, M.P., Agent for Xew South Wales.
norms L. Mitchell, Sarveyer-General of New South Wales,

London.

Alxiv Indian Army J. Maclean Lee, Esq,
Thomas Erowne, Esq. Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian
Are.'
ClPtaill Cortn India' Navy Navy
,
bald Caninghante, Esq. Milboarne Marsh, Esq.
Captain U. M. Denham, 1.R.5., it. 3iontgomery Martin, Esq.
Royal Navy J. Monteflore, Esq.
41. R. Donaldson, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Myers, K.C.S.
r,_
CPt• J, Payrer, Royal Navy Alexander, C, Ogilvie, Esq.
-114 in Ford. Rost Intla Maritimeißichard Paterson, Esq.
.cruise Robert Nenley Eayne, Esq,
%Ma T. Gordon, E
Royal Navßy,John Wilson Pillans, Esq.
H- 8. Hale el Raq., M.A., F..S.!Ci. . Skead, Esq., Master, Royal
a~taE.Ramiiien, Royal Navy Navy
vas Italeilton. Req. Colonel Torreus, F.R.S.
.muss Hatter, Esq. William Gordon Thomsen, Esq.
~ A. Jackson, Esq. Lieut. Waghorn, F.R.A.S„ Royal
'2larles iq.Navy
arrederlek Lambe, Req. Melvil Wilson, F-541-
l'S•sraras—Mours. Currie and Co., Centhill.
SouclTOlS—Messrs. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square.
India. Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu-
little' of Trots than half the number of the inhabitants of the
ghThe, mkt beet will' every product which con minister to the wants
if mac
Ti
—IFY oat effectually and economically steam communication
With thou countries is the object of this Company, for whose ope-
ti", there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards
alir nauseous cad valuable colonies In the Southern Pacific, which
live at iiterowslng intercourse with India as well as with England
—are Ike only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam
Zartgation with the parent stale, and for which a charter by the
overleaf route fume been exelasively granted to this Company.
The route senotdoued by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Corn-
Pity h vA Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of
wig:lh are, that Sydrey, tie naetreplitaa capital of the whole of the
Australasian celeniee, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or
85 Ammo f Leaden (frequently in 6e),
and within lees than 30 days
of Jetta. The cowl stations are convenient, excellent
coal from the
Pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be pat en board there at
7s. to Is. et. per tun.
11.°P4Qtn43435, with forms of application fir shares, and hirther
Ikeeruatien nay be had on applicant.' at the *dives of the Corn-
Play, where a copy of the Royal Outwear of Ineerperatlon may be
obtained.
Offlca, $4, Gerskill, Leaden.

JOPIN YATES, See.

P 0 S T-OF FI CE CORRESPONDENCE.
Dtutkers, Public) Companies, Merchants, and Traders, are in-
termed that, owing t• the immense consumption of, and increasing
de-nand for, the PATENT METAL-SEAL ENVELOPES and
OFFICIAL ENCLOSURES, the Patentee is encouraged and enabled
Ts•ffer them at reduced prices, The perfect security and the ready
dispatch afforded by the use of these envelopes render this notifica-
ticn of ♦ast importance to the business public, especially to those
atakieg foreign communications, avoiding the use •f sealing-wax,
in compliance with the Postmaster-General's instructions. Speci-
mens of the above wig be forwarded on application to the Patentee,
4, Castle-street, Holborn, London. Authorized agents travel through
ke principal cities and towns in the kingdom.

QTANZAS for the SERPENTINE.
10 When Winter comes chilling the air, _
And kis subjects are Mlln a shiver,
What thousands are seen to prepare
For a skate on the Serpentino river.

Then the Dress-mart of MOSES and SON,
Is furnished with Coats for the skaters,
Which garments at all times have woa
The title of being "first-raters."
When the river a twelvemonth age
Was glazed by the clerk of the weather,
What a sight did the Serpentine show,
With its thousands assembled together.
The wrappers ef MOSES were worn
By the gents on the hard-freezing waters,
While the furs were observed to adorn
Past numbers of England's fair daughters.
And may we net view them again?
Yes, the river once more may be frozen ;
Skates again may be called for, and then
Will the Warehouse of MOSES' be chosen.

At ouce let the public prepare,
For truly there is very good reason ;
Maine to MOSES' famed Warehouse, for there
Is the choicest of dress for the season.
LIST OF PRICES.
aZADT DUDE.

Beaver Taglieni • •
Chesterfield and Codriagton's, and every
description of Over-coat, handsomely
1 6 0
The Pasha Coat ........... ...... . ...
Tho Dullraer, especially adapted for snowy and
wet wsather..... ...... 1 0 0
The Prensier........
15 0
Boy's Winter Coats, in every—s.ty;e:: 6 0
Men's De. Trousers, lined ............. ..... 0 4 0
Doeskin 0 12 6
Dress Coats.... ~...... .......... 1 0 0
Frock d 0.......
I)6*Mo-breasted Winter Tests • • ................ 0 2 0
801 l collar.. ....
toys' Hussar and Tunic salts •• • • ....... ..... 16 6
XILDI TO 11(11•8111I.
"Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand-
somely trimmed ..... ......... ••.. • • frost 1 6 0
Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet cellar and cuffs .. 2 4 0
Tweed Wrapper-- .. ........
Doeskin Trousers .......... .
Best, or Dress.• .................. 1 G 0
Dress Coat ....
Best quality rnade............ 2 15 0
Frock de
Pest quality made ............ 3 3 0
Cashmere Vests •••••• • • • • • •
Rallis, Plain or Fancy ...........•
Boy's Hussar and Tunis Suits
• Great C0at.............
A. Snit of Clothes complete
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
C'b""e•—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
e, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the
money returned.
E. MOSES and SAN, Tailors, Woollet.drapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
110
Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for
Ladies aid Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 83,
114. 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London.
Clatbs.—E. Moses and son regret being obliged to guard the
public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesinan-
-I,t reechoed of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
Liss been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
11Y have no connexion with any other house in or out of London;
440 those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &0., should call at,
or goad te, Wineries and Aldgate, City, London.
aet Pride..
Nett
—No business transacted at this establishment from sin-
-o.Cloek, eY, till sunset Saturday. when business is resnmed till twelve

M A A E.
On e half the world are desolately single, and the oilier
them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
nit
tantie et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
t r the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
on co and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
mprosia r h
and broken' buthealth, are
h
the
ee truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
great hindrances to domestic happiness
snd social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage
.set-
tlement. Honour eadjustice demand that health should form au item
neglectin the compact ; it
these
wound tnorealcooir'4,dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes •r
sorely than poverty or misfortune. Ite,ader,
if
IhOse surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CULYERWELL s little
h17:11°Ilt8 On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is.
tack
(by vest, in stamps, is. each). Let ne imaginatively
,_•unod, et* prudish leeling deter you by their titles, nor be hindered
misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
;4- They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but
for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, t• whom
, th;5113' are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth en
e above sublects, by xnqualifled authors, which alone or
!!Yether are a disgrace te the age. Furthermore, two other
'etie publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
.7 post Is. Gd.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
.Avoid," and " How to be Ilappy." They are not merely
• Dataphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
store ephemeral scribbling, of the hour, but the study of the author's
°M, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servance of the maxims lie would inculcate—ts do unto others as he
would be done ante—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
On the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
13, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann,
4 • Cornhill; liaison, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
the author (who may be conferred with personally,
"ad (Tentage), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all
.-vv‘Patiora,

BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL.
The Gallery for the Exhibition and Sale of the Works of
British Artists will be OPENED on MONDAY NEXT, the 7th inst.,
811.1 continue open daily, front Ten in the Morning till Five in tke
Evening.

Admission, Is.—Catalogues, Is.
WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper.

THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES.

ixß. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No.
• 9, Cornbill, London, opposite the Bank, request the atten-
tion of purchasers to their stock of London-made PATENT LEVER
WATCHES, which are manufactured by themselves in their own
house. In silver cases, with the detached escapement and jewelled ;
the prices are four guineas And a half, and eight guineas each ; or in
gold cases, 10, 12, 14, and 16 guineas each. The very large stock
offered for selection includes every description, enabling a customer
to select that which is more particularly adapted to his own use.

RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, which roll tke water upward 4, without
either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse-
quently this is the amst important discovery ever made for the pre-
servation of life and property either at Sea or on Laid.

AT SEA
•rmerous skips it kas already eared, ,cud the eaptalns gratefully ac-
knowledge Ate glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall
sufkee

" Captain Greig, front QuLdiec to London, states that the Fountain
Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of
saving the ship awl 230 souls ou hoard, two seams in the bottom
beistg partly left without calking."
" The Argus brig, fzorn Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days oat
at sea, and soon after her common pump cheaked and became use-
less. Captain Itntherford states all then depended upon her Foun-
tain Pomp, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac-
tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London,
with a thank Cod for the Fountain Pump."

ON LAND
the New Portable Ftre-englues are of infinitely better service thau a
lire brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire.
"We are eielighted with the invention—it is a great boou to so-
clety."—Mditors Liverpool Mail.

The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of
liorwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on
Are In and near the city, they saved eleven 'olely and seven mainly,
including in the seven the Qneen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
eleven, Messrs. Ilerton's dyery, and 12,e801. worth of consigned pro-
perty; Stoke mustard, starch, a,cl lour lulus, and Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun-
powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de-
struetion and death.

•' Northlsham.—At this Are the Portable Engine wag of great
service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half
the property uow destroyed might have been saved."—Nerfolk Ciao-
nide, August 22, 18411.
At a Norwich Ore June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were
the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they
will de the work, which proved true. The four large engines present
proved useless.
Portable engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo-
spheres... . . _

Now the faet is this, all former Force ramps, Lift-force Pumps,
Lift Pumps, and Chaiu Pumps are had machines: they rub, grub, and
scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-nfths of the
power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young
and Hatton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented
thus : —7he quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom
exceejs half the power consumed, after oyerceming friction and
leakat.m ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had
triad in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects
In bydraalie machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and
won thr ever ; for friction and leakage are uow both annihilated by
the new rolling principle is pumps, and their effect augmented from
twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with-
out more outlay.

Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but
some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric-
tion ramp an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can
raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun-
tain Pump 8,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most
extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni-
versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is rower.
Joh■ Clenton Roberts, Es'l., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did
well in planing Gusset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good
deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump-
maker, Mr. Ruddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump hook-maker, asserted that the
two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull
and Paddy in No. 1.183, and in No. 496, Book-maker Millington's
remarks are preposterous. However, on the ether hand, Dr. Birk-
beck, Aberdour, Itay, Parkington, with many other discerning men,
after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the
rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and gust:Vit.
able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve-
ment is the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two
thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in
modern times.

The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out
for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude,
Bur man, horse, and steara power; deliy,ring from half a pint per
stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every lair
trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability Is ruarauteed
at less cost than 001112111011 pumps.

IT. SIIALDE/11.

Feeztai■ Pump Works, Nerwieh, Nev. 3A, 1847.
See Meehanie's Magazine, Nes. 231*, SG4, 323, 429, 430, 433,
482, 4116, 427, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 669, 510. 525, 533, 653.,
727, 804, 1,040, 1,110., 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus*

PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATI6N
(Provisionally Registered.)
COUNTIES of SURRET and KENT.
Capital, 20,0001. in 10,001 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 eaoh shareholder limited to the amount
subscribed for.
The PATENT RAMON-BUR MACHINE is exclusively used in
the offices of the Right Mon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agrioultnral Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap-
proved by
'The Moot Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the
Royal Society.
The Right Hon. Earl DE GRIT, L.G., President of the Royal In-
stitute *flit-Risk Architects.
Sir RODEItICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Associa-
Hon for the Advancement of 6cienee.
The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Norwich I •f Lichfield
Me Right Hon. the Earl of Lei- The Most Noble the Marquis of
caster I Bristol
The Lord Itendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop] Keppel
et Gloucester and Bristol 'The lion. Fred. Bylig
The Non. and Rev. Edward S.'The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
Keppel lum, Bart.
fhe Very Rev. the Dean of Vfeet- Sir William Foster, Bart.
minster, Dr. Buckland ,Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon lihir-Sir Fraucis Darwin
ley I The Norwich Union Fire Office
Sir John P. Boileau, Bart. l'he Sagelk Fire Office
Sir Richard l'aul Joildrell, Bart. ;The; District Fire Office of Bir-
Dr. Outram, F.R.S., F.G.S., In-I ininghara
spector of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Right Hon. Earl Fitchardinge Office
Ilis Grate the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire awl Derby-
Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Otliee
Right Hen. F. 11. F. Berkeley, The West of England Firs (Moe,
M.P. &c.
W. Miles, Nsq., 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 subjeeted by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85,
are eontinually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter int-
possitillty in iennineralde oases of cleansing a chimney er flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge-
nious and effective Renioneur machine has been invented. This
laveitien consists of four brushes forming a square bead, winds
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
creating an even pressure en all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with
universal spring joists, capable of turning even a right angle
and the whole is surmounted with a doable revolving ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and lets every corner, cleansing its route most
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used to the Government and
numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry I. eontinuing their minuet con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philaithropie views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
nay be obtained, and a working model of the machine sees, at the
slices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 311, Jerrnyn-street,
James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Req.'s, Nag's Head-court, Graceeliurch-street; and at the
principal aloe, I, Wellington-street, Londex-bridge, Borough, where
applioations for shares may be addressed.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT ritEys ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF lIU3IAN
LIFE.

ILLUSTRATED WIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS,
Just Published, iis a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. id., or free
by post, 3s. 6d.

CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular
Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Ccmplete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen-
sive Dissertation en MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.
Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
Cases, &c.
By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, London.
Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c,
CONTENTS OY TUB WORK,
Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by Inordinate
ndulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings.
Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body,
evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other
convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges-
tion, stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the
Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful
Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital
Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and
the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice
f self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhcea, its symptoms, complica-
tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease •f the Prastate.
Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. C3ses,
and concluding observations, Plates, &c.
Sold by Brittain , 54, Paternoster-row ; Gerd m 146, Leadenhall-
street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street,' London ; Wlnhal, 78, High-street,
Birmingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Rowell,
54, Church-street, Liverpool ; Robinson, 11, Greenslie-street,
Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; i.nd all
Booksellers. _ _ .

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THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE
SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

WOKING, TUESDAT.—The adjourned inquiry into
the circumstances attending the above accident was
resumed this morning, before Mr. C. J. Woods,
Coroner for East Surrey, and the jury etnpannelled
on the 17th ultimo, at the Railway Tavern, near the
station at this place.
Mr. Dalrymple (of the firm of Bircham and Dal-
rymple, of Bedford-row) again attended on behalf of
the Railway Company.
Mr. Gooch, the superintendent of the locomotive
department ; Mr. Stovin, the manager of the traffic ;
and Mr. Godson, the superintendent of the line, were
among the officials of the company present.
The jury having answered to their names,
The CORONER, addressing them, said they would
bear in mind that on the last occasion of their meet-
ing the proceedings had been adjourned for the pur-
pose of forwarding an object perfectly just and proper,
viz., the production before them of two persons said to
be involved in the present inquiry. He was of opinion
at that time that the Secretary of State had the power
of ordering the attendance of the parties alluded to,
but since then he had received an official letter on the
subject from Sir George Grey, which he would read
to them. The Coroner then read as follows :
" Whitehall, Jan. 27, 1848.
" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George
Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
'26th instant, and to inform you that he has not the
power of issuing an order on the gaoler for bringing
before you, as coroner, the two prisoners to whom you
refer, to be examined as witnesses on the inquest now
pending; nor does the magistrate who committed the
prisoners possess that power.
" Sir George Grey would be most ready to assist
you by all means in his power, with a view to pro-
mote the inquiry which you are now carrying on, and
regrets he cannot assist on the present occasion
"I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" S. M. PHILLIPS.

"C. J. 'Woods, Esq.,',County Coroner, Godalming."
The evidence was of a character similar to that
already published. After some further prelimi-
nary business, and several witnesses were examined,
the inquiry was again adjourned until the 15th
instant.

CITY COMMISSIONERS OF
SEWERS.

Yesterday the Commissioners of Sewers for the city
of London assembled most numerously in the Guild-
hall.

Mr. LAwitivicE, after the minutes of the proceed-
ings of the last court had been read, called the
attention of the court to Mr. Leslie's burners, which
had been introduced in the Green Park and other
parts of London, and which had been described as
constituting a great improvement upon the old plan
of lighting. The experiment could be made at a
very moderate rate, and some gentlemen had inti-
mated their intention to try it at their own houses
since it had been spoken of. It was his wish that the
Court of Sewers should be beforehand in testing the
efficacy of Mr. Leslie's plan ; and he moved, there-
fore, that twelve of that gentleman's burners should
be put up for trial at once in the Guildhall, or its
neighbourhood.
Mr. OBBARD seconded the motion of Mr. Lawrence.

Some objection was intimated.
Mr. HARRISON said the proposition was most fair.
The greatest care must he taken in the comparison
between Mr. Leslie's and the old system, and the only
way in which justice could be rendered was by actual
reference to the meter. The experiment of a dozen
burners was exceedingly cheap, and the committee of
general purposes would take care that the test should
be most strict.

Mr. LAWRENCE stated that Mr. Leslie, upon being
asked whether he could calculate upon reducing the
price of gas twenty-five per cent., declared that he
could reduce it for the City a vast deal more, and the
principle of purification formed an essential component
in his plan.
Mr. OIIBARD said he apprehended that the effect of
purification upon the smell was calculated rather to
do injury instead of benefit, as there could be then no
means of ascertaining whether an escape took place
until a complete blow up took place. Under such
circumstances, would it not be prudent to keep on the
smell ?

A MEMBER expressed his opinion that the smell of
gas was not at all objectionable, and that one of the
experiments recently made on the alleged improve-
ments had failed.

The Committee, however, would not listen to the
rapid conclusion that the experiment had been a
failure, and decided upon testing at once Mr. Leslie's
burners.

The inspectors made generally very favourable
reports of the attention of the contractors to the sca-
venging of the streets, lanes, and alleys; but some
instances of omission were brought forward against
two of the contractors, who were immediately fined.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LAMBETH.—Last night,
about half-past ten o'clock, the immediate vicinity of the.
Westminster-road was thrown into a state of consider_•-
able alarm through the sudden outbreak of a fire. The
flames were
.discovered by some of the neighbours
breaking through the roof of the fruit stores belonging
to Mr. Moses, the foreign fruit importer of Mount-street,
Westminster• road. There being an abundance of water
immediately procured, the firemen set their engines to
work, but they were unable to get the fire extinguished
until the building in which it originated, together with
the stock in trade, were nearly destroyed.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY.

LORD MIA NIBERLAIN'STOFFICE, FEB. 1,184 S.
Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thurs•
day next, the 3d instant, for his late Majesty Christian
VIII. King of Denmark, viz.—The ladies to wear black
silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, neck-
laces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans
and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black, full
trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and
buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday,
the 17th instant, viz., the ladies to wear black silk or
velvet, coloured ribbons, funs and tippets, or plain white,
or whit© and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black
ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and
black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and
silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and
buckles. And, on Thursday, the 24th instant, the
Court to go out of mourning. •
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Major-General Sir John Hunter
Littler, of the Bcr.gal Infantry, Knight Commander of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be an Ordi-
nary Member of the Military Division of the First
Class or Knights Grand Cross of the said Order.

DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31.
The Quern has been pleased to appoint Arthur Bailey,
E-q., to be Surveyor-General for her Majesty's Settle-
ments in the Falkland Islands.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reve-
rend Edward Hartoop Grove, M.A., the place and
dignity of a Canon of the cathedral church of Worcester,
the same being void by the death of the Reverend
William Digby, late Canon thereof.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ludwig
von der Pfordten, as Consul at Malta for ''is Majesty,the
.King of Hanover.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire.
John Broadhurst, jun., Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Argyllshire.
The Earl Compton to be Deputy-Lieutenant; The
Honourable Augustus Henry M‘Denald Moreton
to be Deputy• Lieutenant; Neil Malcolm, Esq., to
he Deputy-Lieutenant; Alexander Campbell, of Auch-
indarrach, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Archi
bald James Lamont, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Alexander Campbell, of Monzie, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; Murdoch MacLaine, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; Duncan Mac Neill, Esq., to be Deputy •
Lieutenant, Jan. 24.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwick.
Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Major King to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir Francis Lawley, resigned,
Jan. 25.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
HILARY TERM, ELFAVENTII VICTORIA.

Monday the 31st day of January.
This Court will hold sittings, on Friday the 18th day
of February next, for the purpose of giving judgment in
all cases then standing for judgment.
BY THE COURT.
Read in open Court, Edward Bennett.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 23, 1847.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of
Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed
Henry Stiles, of Northleach, in the county of
Gloucester, Gentleman, to be ono of the Perpetual
Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds
to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries and for the sub-

ititution of more simple modes of assurance, in and fur
;he county of Gloucester.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 27, 1846.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed ',Stafford Baxter
Somerville, of Doncaster, in the county of York, Gent.,
to be a iluster Extraordinary is the High Court of
Chancery.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

George Holland, licensed victualler, Portway, ;War-
wickshire.

John Stringer, draper, Kingston-upon-Ma
John Hall, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry.
BANKRUPTS.

William Wyatt, coach maker, Neithrop, Banbury,
Oxfordshire, to surrender, Feb. 10, at two, and March
17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannon,
official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Sharp, Gray's Inn ;
Francillon, Banbury.
John Clayton, Manchester warehouseman, Crown-
court, Cheapside, Feb. 10, at half-past twelve, and
March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basingliall-street ; Teague,
Crown-cow t, Cheapside.
William Pike Barrett, ironmonger, Palace-row, New-
road, Feb. 11, at eleven, and March 17, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basinghall street ; Lawranoo and Plews, Old Jewry-
chambers.
John O'Donnell, bricklayer, Sid..iey-strlt,
Feb. 11, at half-past one, and March 14, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Druce
and Sons, Billiter-square.
John Sheppard, brewer, Shirley, Southampton,
Feb. 11, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Walker and Grid-
ley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury ; Deacon and
Long, Southampton,
John Bezzell, builder, Deptford, Feb. 7, at one, and
March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Atkins
and Andrews, White Hart-court, Lombard-street.
John George Moore and Henry Bayliss, warehouse-
men, Norwich. Feb. 11, at two, and March 10, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurck-lane; Abbott and Wheatly, Rolls-yard, Chan-
cery-lane; Miller and Son, Norwich.
Thomas Luker, innkeeper, Great Coxwell, Berkshire,
Feb. 8, at one, and March 17, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers ; White and Co., Bedford-row, London ;
Crowdy, Farringdon.
Alfred King, timber-merchant, Oxford, Feb. 10 and
March 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett,
official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basingball-street ;
Ruck, Mincing-lane.
John I3entlett, grocer, East Peckham, Feb. 7 and
March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Duds, St.
Martin's•lane.
William Starr, currier, Lynn, Norfolk, Feb. 10, at
half-past one, and March 25, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Haslam, Copthall-court.
Jason Pigg, grocer, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, Feb. 8
and March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
• 1
Nicholls and Doyle, Bedford-row, London.
Robert Rowell Fretwell, shipowner, Greenwich, Feb.
16, at two, and March 16, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Cotterill, Throgmorton-street.
Henry Cross, farmer, Maori, Suffolk, Feb. 8, at
eleven, and March 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Kirk,
Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane,
John Bumby, cattle dealer, Manchester, Feb. 13, and
March 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk-
ner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London ;
Lees, Manchester.
John Thompson, licensed victualler, Sheffield, Feb.
18 and March 17, at ton, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Moss, Sergeants'
Inn, London; Toottit, Barnsley.
Joseph Parker, grocer, Blackburn, Lancashire, Feb.
14 and March 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Milne,
Milne, and Morris, Parry, Temple; Sale, Worthington,
and Shipman, Manchester ; Neville, Ainsworth, and
Hollinshead, Blackburn.

James Rand, provision dealer, Preston, Lancashire,
Feb. 10, and March 2, at twelve, at tho Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, :Manchester ;
Mayhew, Son, and Reynolds, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn,
London ; 131ackhurst and Son, Preston.
Charles Middleton Kernot, chyznist,West Cowes, Feb.
8, at halt-past twelve, and March 9, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Caitlin, Ely-place, Holborn.
Thomas Fox, George Rippon, Christopher Akenhead
Wawn, and William Lishman, coal merchants, West
Cornforth, Durham, Feb. 11 and March 17, at twelve, at
the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley,
official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Lawrence,
Crowdy, and Bowlby, Old Fish-street, Doctors' Com-
mons, London; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle- upon-
Tyne.
George Cradock, rope maker, Darlington, Durham,
Feb. 15, at half-past ten, and March 10, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Burn, Great Carter-
lane, Doctors' Commons; Steavenson, Darlington.
John Tucker, attorney Plymouth, Feb. 15 and March
14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Maze!.
official assignee, Paul-street ; Stogdon, Exeter ; lieddell
and. Co., Lime-street, London.
Robert Spencer, printer, Saint Sidwell, Exeter,
Feb. 15, and March 14, at eleven, at the Exeter
District Court. Ilernan3an, official assignee, Exeter ;
Bishop and Pitts, Exeter ; Harris, Lincoln's Inn.
Samuel Benny Serjeant, attorney.
at'atw, Callington,
Cornwall, Feb. 10, at one, and March 8, at eleven, at
the Exeter District Court. llirtzel, official assignee,
B toter; Snell, Callington, Cornwall; Stogdon, Exeter;
F, ,x, Finsbury-circus, London.
William Bagnall, grocer, Burslern, Staffordshire, Feb.
19 and March 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
C ourt.
Valpy, assignee, Birmingham; Harding,
B urslem ; Spencer and Rollings, Birmingham.
DIN IDEN DS.

At the Court, I3asinghall-street.
E. Tone, Twickenham, tee dealer and grocer, Feb.
22, at one—C. 3. Hamilton, Islington, bookseller, Feb.
23, at one—J. ifilathorne, Spencer-place, Brixton-road,
r, Ft-b. 24, at half-past two--B. Coles, Olney,
Buckinghamshire, tea dealer and grocer, Feb. 22, at one
—W. Byers, High-street, Shoreditch, woollen ware-
h ousel flan, Feb. 23, et twelve.
In the Country.
T. Watson, Torquay, Devonshire, innkeeper, Feb. 24,
st one, tit the Court, Exeter-1.. Thompson, Salford,
Lances:tire, licensed victualler,leb. 23, at eleven, at the
;"‘Court, Manchester—E. Thwaite, Oldham, Lancashire,
;-4naciiine maker, Feb, 23, at twelve, at the Court, Mn'a

chester—S. L. Polack and R. L. Polack, Manchester,
merchants, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester
—II. Mason, Culver, Derbyshire, cotton spinner, Feb.
23, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—S. Timperley
and J. Tinaperley, Ashton-under-Lyne, linendrapers,
Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-IZ. D.
Pawson, Leeds, apothecary, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the
Court, Leeds—J. Haley, Batley Carr, Yorkshire, ma-
chine maker, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—
J. Spencer, l)enholme Carr, Yorkshire, worsted piece
manufacturer, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Le,,ds—
F. C. liusenbeth, Bristol, wine and spirit merchant,
Feb 24, nt eleven, at the Court, Bristol—S. Stocks and
M. L. Tait, Manchester and Heaton Mersey, Lancashire,
bleachers and finishers, Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester—('. Martin, Darlington, Durham, plumber
and glazier, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne—J. E. Gardiner, Birmingham, provisio❑
r.;erchant, Feb. 23, at eleven, et the Court, Birmingham.

[PRICE SD.

THE NEW KING OF DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, JAN. 24.—King Frederick VII. has
commenced his reign by an act of clemency, which
augurs well for his Majesty's constitutional spirit.
By a royal rw.cript dated this day, his Majesty has
been graciously pleased to decree that all proceedings
now pending in any of the courts of the kingdom for
political offences, or for the violation of the laws
which regulate the press, shall be at once cancelled
and annulled.
It is needless to add, that the publication of this
rescript has been received with joy by his Majesty's
faithful subjects, and that measures of reform are con-
fidently expected, which will at once unite the com-
ponent parts of the ling loin, and establish the throne
on a firm constitutional basis.

Yesterday forenoon the magistrates of Copenhagen
were admitted to an audience by his Majesty on the
occasion of his accession to the throne, and the Chief
President, Lange, addressed his Majesty in a long
speech, the gist of which was that the faithful capital
had perfect reliance and confidence, from the letters
hadest out
patent of the 21st of January, that the King, well
acquainted with the hope and expectations of the
people, resolved
a carryjy
wasthe
pleased begun by his predecessor.To
this
speech his iamsepdro:o'ermeepnl
reply,
" I thank you for your sympathy in the great afflic-
tion which has befallen me and my country, and
which nobody can feel more deeply than I do. I
have already expressed, in my letters patent to my
subjects, that it shall be my first and most anxious
endeavour to follow the example of my departed father,
and especially to carry out that arrangement of State
affairs which he was in the act of putting into execu-
tion when he was laid upon his bed of death. In
that letter I have briefly declared my intentions ; and
as truly as I shall keep my royal word, so truly, so
confidently, do I rely that my people will await in
reliance on their King for the resolution which I shall
take in these important matters.
" Mr. President, be assurred that I am graciously
and affectionately disposed towards you and the city
of Copenhagen."

PROBABLE ANTIQUITY OF
CHLOROFORM.

At the Medico-Botanical Society, on Thursday
evening last, a Mr. Huttmann stated his reasons for
believing that the extraordinary properties of chlo-;
roform viz., the production of insensibility, and
the creation of dreams, were known in very
remote times, but used most probably for
magical purposes only. He first drew atten-
tion to the words formica and murmex, the Latin
and Greek names of the ant, the insect which
yields the formic acid. These words, together
with morphe, the Greek word for form, he stated
to have a common origin, and to have reference to
the property of creating dreams, or immaterial forms.
They also gave the name of Morpheus to the god of
dreams, and furnished the root of numerous words
having reference to those things which produce sleep
and dreams, as well as to the various phenomena con-
nected therewith, and even to death itself—viz.,
Mors, which the ancients personified as the Brother
of Sleep. Admitting these points, the sneaker said they
contained ample proof that in giving the names for-
mica and murmex to the ant, the ancients selected
that distinguished property which the insect pos-
sessed of inducing dreams or forms (morphai) ; and
this would carry back the knowledge of this property
to a very remote antiquity, probably to the time when
the Magian College in Chaldea was in its zenith, and
when chemistry and astronomy pre-eminently flou-
rished under the influence of religious zeal.
The next point to which Mr. Huttmann drew at-
tention was the way in which it was most probably
used, and he thought there was ample proof to warrant
the conclusion that it was applied externally in the
form of an ointment. He read several extracts from
"Baptista I'orta's Natural Magic," "Lorenti's His-
tory of the Inquisition," "Reginald Scott's Dis-
covery of Witchcraft," and " Sir Walter Scott's
Letters on Demonology," to show an identity between
it and the far-famed witches' ointment which had the
reputation of possessing in an eminent degree the two
leading properties of chloroform above referred to.
To be present at their " Sabbath" the witches were
compelled to anoint the palms of their hands and
the soles of their feet. Their midnight rambles,
armed with spadea, and under the influence of
their favourite Diana, i. e., moonlight, may have
had reference to the time and means best suited fur
securing the ants. The sensation of flying, which is
admitted by nearly all who dreain under the in-
fluence of chloroform, has its parallel in the aeriel
travels of the witches, and the "pricking c f the
thumbs" may be a waking sensation incident
to the external application of the ointment
Alr.llutttnann concluded his remarks, which seemed
to create great surprise from the novel light thrown
upon the subject. by suggesting the probability that
in cases where congestion of the brain or other injuries
may be anticipated from inhaling the vapour, an ex-
ternal application may be used with good effect, and
that ultimately local applications may be used bene-
ficially for local evils, without disturbing or injuring
the general system.

IRELAND.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

DUBLIN, JAN. 31.—Outrages in search of arms
are still very prevalent in Limerick, Tipperary, and
Clare. So far as the prevention or deterring from
that description of crime is concerned, the special
commissions appear to have totally failed. It is,
however, to be hoped that the more serious offences
against the person have been effectually checked, by
the conviction and punishment of the leaders of the
exterminators. One thing is quite certain, namely,
that the terrorism which induced peaceable and well-
disposed persons to harbour such notorious ruffians as
Ryan (Puck) has been thoroughly dispelled, and that
from henceforward criminals will not be permitted to
evade the civil officer, or set justice at defiance for
months, as many of the convicts did previous to the
late commission.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Associa-
tion was held this day at the Conciliation Hall. The
attendance was very numerous.
Among the speakers was the Rev. Dr. MILEY,
who made a long oration, in the course of which he
discussed all sorts of topics, temporal and spiritual.
The rent for the week amounted to 1701.

A SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA FOR UPWARDS OF A
MONTI:I.—The owners of the barque Henry of London,
have received from the master the particulars of a most
serious fire having occurred on board, while on a pas-
sage to Bombay, which very nigh terminated in the
complete destruction of the vessel. All appeared safe till
the 27th of Sept. last, when the crew reported to the
master of an unusual heat being observed forward. The
hatches were removed, and the cargo, which entirely
consisted of coals, was turned over to a certain depth, ,
but there was no sign of fire, and the heat had sub-
sided.
Fourteen days afterwards (weather in the mean-
time very boisterous) the men experienced a renewal of
the beat. On the main hatches then being taken off smoke
poured forth in dense quantities, which, from its sul-
phurous character, nearly suffocated those standing
round. It was evident that the coals in the lower part
of the hold were on fire, and the must prompt efforts
were taken to save the loss of the vessel, though for up-
wards
of a fortnight the crew were left in suspense, the
fire raging below the whole of that lengthened period.
The men worked day and night turning over the coals,
but they were unable to withstand the sulphurous vapour
for any lengthened time. Some hundreds of tons of
water were thrown on to the cargo, the pumps being at
work the whole time. Yet it was not till the 2Sth of
October that the fire was wholly got under. On the
Good Hope, the
vessel at the Cape of
arrival of the
chief part of the coals were found to be consumed, and
the bottom of the vessel nearly burned through. lied
the fire continued another day, the vessel would imme-
diately have foundered. That the fire resulted from the
spontaneous ignition among the coals there cannot be a
doubt ; there was nothing whatever in the hold to have
occasioned it.
THE ART or BALANCING.—An exceedingly " fast"
young gentleman, after running through a fortune, was
induced to become a clerk in a public office. The dull
routine of his duties,however, interfered too much with
the allurements of society to be long agreeable, and the
salary was small. lie had made up his mind to resign,
when the chief of the department to which he belonged
took occasion to task him severely for his general negli-
gence, and contempt for all the rules of the office. The
superfine clerk was indignant. He did not care a rap for
the paltry berth—the salary scarcely found him in cigars
and gloves. " Very well," said the precise principal,
"it will be my painful duty to supercede you. As soon,
therefore, as you have balanced your books—"
" Balance be hanged!" was the interruption. " I never
learnt conjuring. If you want the books balanced, send
for Ramo Samee, he'll balance them for you—on his chin,
if you ask him."—Farnily Jo: Miller.
WooLwicu, FEE. I.—The Earl of _Auckland,
K.C.8., First Lord of the Admiralty, Captain Alexan-
der Milne, Junior Naval Lord, and Henry G. Ward,
Esq., M.P., First Secretary to the Admiralty, arrived at
half-past nine o'clock A.m. today. Their Lordships
visit being principally to inspect the new saw-mills just
completed, and ready to be taken off the hands of Mr.
Rolt, the contractor, their first visit was to these works.
Their Lordships proceeded from the saw-mills to the
west end of the yard, and inspeeted the engine store-
house; and on arriving at the basin went on board the
Sharpshooter, the Janus, and the Driver, and they also
descended King William the Fourth's Dock to inspect
the works at the stern of the Niger, At
i
present in the
dock fitting with a screw propeller.

Yesterday a special general-meeting of the go-
vernors of this corporation was held at the Scottish
I Hospital office, Crane-court, Fleet street, for the pur-
-1 pose of considering whether the society should accept
of the somewhat singular bequest of gentleman
named Ros, and also whether a benefit society
should be founded in connexion with the institution;
Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., in the chair.
The SECRETARY (Major Adair) read a letter fi*om
a relative of the gentleman above-named, and who
still living, informing the governors of the fol owing
clause in his will. The two houses, Nos. 12 and 13,
Queen-square, Westminster, will shortly revert to
Mr. Ross ; and after that event takes place, and after
his decease, his executors are to pay over to the credit
of the trustees of the hospital the sum of 1001. per
annum until the amount reaches 1,0001. by principal
and interest. The interest of that sum is then to
be expended towards the board, clothing, and lodg-
ing, but not the education of children, who to be
qualified to participate in its benefits must be of
the name of Ross, and natives either of the counties
of Ross or Sutherland. In addition to this, the
temis of the bequest, painted in letters of one inch in
length, were to be kept on a board in the hall of the
Scottish Hospital, which board was to be hept in
repair at the expense of the governors. The gover-
nors were also to keep the vault in which the remains
of Mr. Ross were interred in repair, and also to
keep the iron railings round it in proper order and
condition. In the event of these conditions being
declined, the money was to be paid over towards the
maintenance of the Seamen's Hospital on board of
the Dreadnought, off Greenwich.
Considerable discussion then arose as to the pro-
, priety of accepting such a bequest, as their solicitor
expressed his opinion that the trust would be a very
hazardous one to the governors.
After much debate, pro and con, it was agreed that
the solicitor of the institution should take the opinion
of counsel upon the matter.
The governors then proceeded to consider whether
it would be advisable or not to found a benefit society
in connexion with the institution, to enable members
of it to take any of the following benefits in any de-
gree that might suit them, within certain defined
lmits—a sick allowance, a sura payable to his heirs
at death, and a deferred annuity.
It was strongly objected that the terms of their
Act of Parliament would not admit such a foundation,
and, after much discussion on the point, it was agreed
that the matter should be referred to a select com-
mittee, five to form a quorum. The committee was
to consist of the Duke of Montrose (the president
of the institution); the Duke of Buccleuch, the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Bute, Lord Ro-
bert Grosvenor, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. B. B.
Cabbell, M.P. • Mr. G. Forbes, Dr. IVebster, Captain
Lamond, Mr. Nelson, and many other gentlemen
connected with the society.
The business of the day being concluded, a vote of
thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.