The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-16 00:00:00

INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT

At the pres nt day, when Railway travelling has become almost
Universal, protection against the pecuniary loss to which the families
of sufferers from the accidents incidental to it arc exposed; is one of
the requirements of the age. To meet this general feeling, this Society
affords to all persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway in
Great Britain and Ireland, the opportunity of insuring against loss of
life by accident whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of
10a. per cent., in one single payment, for the whole period of life,
thereby rendering unnecessary the payment of Annual Premiums, as
in ordinary Life Assurance.
EXAMPLE.—A person may by one single payment of 51. assure to
his family or others the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his
using his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.
•
*** Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, and all information may
be obtained personally, or on application by letter, addressed to the
Manager, at the Offices of the Society,-No. 27, Regent-street, Water-
oo-place, London, or of any of the Local Agents.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
27, REGENT STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OP PARLIAMENT.
TRUSTEES.
Spencer Horatio Walpole, Esq., M.P.
Henry Peter Fuller, Esq.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
Edward Yansittart Neale, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
Samuel Driver, Esq., Whitehall.
Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly.
John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside.
Capt. Hon. G. F. Hotham, RN., United Service Club, and
Brighton.
Edward Legh, Esq., the Limes, Lewishem, Kent. •
Edward Lomax, Esq., St. John's-wood-park.
Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn.
E. Vansittart Neale, Esq., South Audley-street.
Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, Richmond, Surrey.
William Studley, Esq., Brixton, Surrey.
William A. S. Westoby, Esq., yde-park
AUDITORS.
Thomas Bates', Esq., Old-square, Lincoln's-inn.
Henry Peach Buckler, Esq., Basinghall-street.
• MEDICAL ADVISERS.
W. Fuller, M.D., 45, Half Moen-street, Piccadilly.
Robert Keats, Esq., Sergeant-Surgeon to the Queen, Hertford-street,
_Blay-fair.
Henry Smith, Esq., F.R.O S., Fonthill place, Clapham-rise.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of-London, 5, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
SOLICITORS.
• W. W. Fisher, Esq., King-street, Cheapside.
W. Chapman, Esq., Richmood, Surrey.
CONSULTING ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq.. F.R.A.S.
PROVINCIAL SUPERINTENDENT,
H. R. Addison, Esq.
• -
. MANAGER.
•
. E.• Ferguson Camroux, Esq.
The LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT of the Society em-

Aszfuranueq upon 11:411' or joint livesogontingent surviterehiP, or
the Itirvivor of two Qy more lives.
Enduvrmeate of 'widows and children.
Immediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities.
The payment of fixed sums to the assured at any specified age, or
10 their re..resentatives in case of death before that age ; and
Every other descriptio of risk contingent upon human life.
The RAILWAY LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT of the
Society embraces :=
The Assurance upon the lives of Railway Passengers, for the
Single payment of les. for every 1001. assured, in the event of their
Losing their liveg from the effects of any accident by travelling on a
•ISailway in Great Britain or Ireland.
The LOAN DEPARTMENT of the Society embraces:
A new and liberal system of Loan in connexion with Life Assur-
ance, whereby the assured may not only render their policies avail-
able to themselves during their lives, but also secure to their repre-
lentatives a sum of money at their decease.
Advances are made for the purchase, or on the security of, free
bold, leasehold, and other property.
The system is also peculiarly adapted fer cases involving the pay-
trent of lines on renewable leases, or ecclesiastical property, and on
admission to copyhold estates. Advances are also made for repairs
and improvements to owners of life estates, incumbents of livings,
sind other persons.
PROSPECTUSES, with every variety of Tables, and all informa-
'ion, may be obtained personally, er on application by letter ad-
dressed to the Manager at the Offices of the Society, 27, Regent-
street, Waterloo-place, London, or of any of the Agents in the
Country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97
George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col-
lege-Creen,Dnblia.
SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS.
_ .

This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords
las most perfect security in a large paid.up Capital, and in the great
....success which has attended it since its commencement—rrs ANNUAL
„.4,
'COSOI BEING UPWARDS OF 94,0001.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on
1110 sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the
unie they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from
that date to list December, 1847, 2141. per cent. per annum was
added at the General Meetingon the 6th of July, 1848. . _

The bonus thus added to pe'lides from March, 1834, to the 31st of
December, 1847, is as follows:

Sunk Time Assured. Sum added te Sum added to Sum payable
Agmred. Polley inlB4l Policy in 1848 at Death.
---___
£5OOO 13 years 10 mths £683 6 8 £787 19 0 £6470 16 8
6000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0
5000 18 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 18 0
6000 8 years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0
WO 6 years .. .. 676 0 0 5675 0 0
5009 4 years .. .. 455 0 0 5450 0 9
51100 2 years .. .. 225 9 0 5225 0 0

The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
°WY one-half need be paid for the first five years where the In-
lurance is for Life.
No Entrance Money or charge except the Policy Stamp.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
~
•uireetor, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
40. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post-

office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
..._llBllrY Hu/se Berens, Esq. Lewis Leyd, jun., Esq.
.rancis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq.
Theron
Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. StewartMarjoribanks, Esq.
Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
I.6hn Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
Qiul O. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
-`leorge_. Johnstone. Esq. Henry Reynolds, jun., Esq.
tunn Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
'Ohl Lech, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
AUDITORS.
a* Roberts, Esq. I Famuel Joaes Loyd, Esq.
Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
'OW Rates without participation in the Profits; or at moderate Rates
With participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
each of the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has made,
the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
pany exceeded 530,0001.
LOme s granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
*Wed such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 501.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
!!1 the 7th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
Which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1847, and the same
now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office; and
4130 by the Agents in the Country Districts.
_Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Christ-
'Os must be renewed within fifteen days, at this office, or with Mr.
-.Zraa, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the
‘" 411Pany's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become
void,

GEORGE KEYS. Secretary.

THE MINERVA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
84, King William-street, Mansion Douse, London.
Third Division of Profits.—Persons assuring prior to the Ist Jann-
PIT next, will acquire an additional year's standing at the Third Di-
Vision of Profits in 1852.
Amon; tie advantages of this Company are the following, viz.:—
Four-fifths of the profits, or 80 per cent., given every five years to
the
Assured by the participation scale.
persons assured with this Company are allowed to reside in the
Colonies of British North America, New South Wales, and Cape of
4o °d Rope, without extra charge, upon payment of sea risk only for
Idle two latter.
tk liberal sum given for the surrender of Policies.
Loans granted upon Policies of five year; standin,q.
-P4° aPPearance before the Court of Directors required.
Tables and every information can be obtained, by application to
WM. TILOS. ROBINSON, Actuary and Secretary.

ARCHITECTS', BUILDERS', and
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
69, Lombard-street, London.
CHAIRMAN—SYDNEY SMIRKE, A.R.A.
Thy rates for Fire and Life In,urances are as low as can
lelY be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid yearly,
Zalf-Yearly, or quarterly; one-half may be loft unpaid for seten
Je!ris, or one-third to the end of life.
'r°BPeetases, &c , may be had at the Office, or of any of the
agents.

JOIIN REDDISII, ➢tanager.

NATIONAL MERCANTILE FIRE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
POULTRY, MANSION-lIOUiE, LONDON,
December 15, 1848.
vn.lietlee PROPRIETORS given, that the ANNU A L GEN-P.:RAI. MEET-
-1:44 of will be held nt the Office of the Society,
December
Mansion-house, London, on SATURDAY, the 30:h day of
instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely.
pftverY Proprietor intending to become a Candidate for the office
oand
trector or Auditor, must signify the same by writing under his
be left at this Office five days at least previously to such
General Meeting.
By order of the Directors,
JENKIN JONES, Secretary.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND GENE-
RAL FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Ade-
-Te-Dlace, London-bridge.
Special Court of Proprietors holden at the offices of the Com-
"'"Y on the 12th of December, 1848,
JOHN MUSGROVE, Esq. and Alderman, in the Chair.
It was unanimously resolved,—
Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq., of the Lodge, Upper Clapton,
'a' elected a Director of the Company, in the room of Charles Blea-
-1,,E5(1., resigned.
"e Court adopted a resolution, granting to Charles Bleaden,
7- (the late Chairman) an annuity of 260/.
toi banks havin been voted to the Chairman and to the Board of
rectors, the Coo
broke up.
JOHN BIGG, Secretary.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER WANTED.
THE Proprietors of an old-established Concern
in the Varnish and Colour Trade are desirous of entering into
long ngagement wit a TRAVELLEof distinguished abilities and
connexioninThe among Painters and Coachmakers, &c., is indispensable.
situation will be permanent, and the salary liberal. Security,
Id
cl the Most unexceptionable references as to character and abßi-
Lies will be reqcired.
Communications to be made to 0. W. (pre-paid), 5, Westmore-
ia.nd-place, Walworth. No letter will receive attention unless bear-
ing the full name and address.

A Cr I A E.
„111 One half the world are desolately single, and the other
--a,„„..lPP°*lng them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
ef right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
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of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
eeraProsing hurry ; 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 an item
in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
Iteglect wennd more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
MEMOIRS "On Single and 31arried Life, " pub. in 2 vole., is.
each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
refined, qr prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
?I misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
L'eern- They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
tar the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
theyemt:eer offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
a
,bove subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
Publications claim your attention (same price ls. each,
"'Y ost Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid,, and Hew tx, be Happy." They are not reerel3
:raPhlets, but al a library volume, nor are they the
e_re ephemeralscribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
son mho owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
oe of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
°avail be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
gbet::s racy side of the way." The above works may be had of
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' "cm the anther (who may be conferred with personally,
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the Rights of Mankind—will be
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OP THE
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EAST INDIA HOUSE, DECEMBER 13, 1848,
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That a Proprietor of East India Stock has given notice that, at
the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be
held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th
instant, he will submit the following motions, viz.:—
" That copies of the Papers in the ease of the removal of the Judges
of the late Sudder Court, at St adras, be laid before this Court,"
" That copies of the Papers in the case of the illegal residence of
Lord Tweeddale on the Neilgherry Hills, and his exercising the
power of Governor of Madras, in direct violation of an Act of Parlia-
ment, which divested him of all authority when absent from Council
on the ground of indisposition, be laid before this Court."
" That copies of the Papers in the case of the suit filed by. M. Yen-
cataroyloo, a person removed from office by the Madras Government,
as reported in the Fort St. George Gazette, 25th January, 1848, be
laid before this Court."

That another Proprietor has given notice, that he will submit the
following motion viz. :
" That a copy of the Minute of the Court of Directors, granting a
pension of One Hundred Pounds (1001.) a year to Lieutenant Wag-
horn, R.N., for his exertions in promoting the Overland Mail to In-
dia ; and also a copy of the Correspondence with the India Board on
that subject, be laid before this Court."
That another Proprietor has given notice, that he will submit
the following motion, viz.:—
" That the Petitions from Leicester, Nottingham (1 and 2), New-
castle (1 and 2), Boston, Leamington, and Gamston, presented to the
Court upon the subject of Juggernauth, and ether Temples in India.
be taken into-consideration by the Court of Proprietors."

And that another Proprietor has given notice, that It is his in.
tention

" To bring under the consideration of the Coart of Proprietors the
questions of the establishment of Railways in India, and of the rela-
tions if th• existing Indian, Railway Companies with the Govern-
ment."

JAMES C. MELVILLE, Secretary.

lb OCOMOTIVE STEAM-CARRIAGE
CONVEYANCE COMPANY,

For Passengers and Parcels on Turnpike Roads,

Preliminary Measures have been taken for carrying out the above
object, all Communications are requested to be addressed to Mr.
Henry English, Hon. Sec., at tile Office if the Mining Journal, Rail-
way and Commercial Gazette, 26, Fleet-street ; or to Mr. F. Her-
bert, solicitor, 8, Meathcote-street, Mecklenburgh-square.

GW RAY'S-INN IN.
The attention of the Public

E ESTABLIgLIMENT.
Is directed to the undermentioned
strongly recommended for general

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BromPton.
F.MPLOYMENT 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 STREET-ORDERLIES,
by the National Philanthropic Association, in keeping the streets
clean and improving the sanitary condition of the metropolis.
On which occasion will be presented THE WIFE'S SECRET, in
which Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN will perform, with a
TR FARCE, and SPEED E PLOUGH.

Ten thousand honest, industrious lab Oaring men in the metropolis
could be saved from becoming paupers during the ivin:er by this
useful employment.

WINES andSPIAITS, which are

c.-xsumption :

WINES. per dozen. SPIRITS. per gallon.
Port from the wood • • • • .. • • • • 30s Cognac Brandy . • • • .. 21s and 24s
Do. do. 4 years in bottle.. 426 The pure pale do. per doz... • • 60s
Sherry, excellent Dinner Wine 30, Finest Scotch Whiskey, per gal 18s
Do. superior old . • • •• • • 42s Jamaica Rum • • 12s and I4s
Marsala, best quality. • .. •• .. 24s English Gin .... •• • . • 8s to 12s
Cape •••
HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and CO.
-

23, High Holborn.
P.S. Sample Bottles may be ha,
lie varieties of their Stock, forwar

A. Price Currents, containing all
rded upon application.

Furthei particulars will be shortly announced.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening)
ss. each. First price—Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s.
Gallery, Is. Second price, at nine o'clock—Boxes, B; Pit, 2s.
Amphitheatre, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Deers to be opened at half-pas
six, and the performance to commence at seven o'clock.
Tickets to be had of Mr. Archer, at the Box-office of the Theatre
and of Mr. Jones, 40, Leicester square.

ISS JULIA BLEADEN'S
FIRST
M CONCERT will take place at the LONDON TAVERN,
B:shopsgate-street, on TUESDAY Evening next, the 19th instant, at
Eight o'doek precisely, on which occasion she will be assisted by
several eminent artistes, vocal and instrumental ; and 1117 s. Glover
will, by particular desire, recite " Alexander's Feast, orthe Power
of Music."

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.

Admission tickets, 2s. 6d. each, may be obtained at the London
Tavern.

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On Thursday next will be published, in 1 vol. Bvo.,:price 18s. cloth,
TLIE MAGISTERIAL SYNOPSIS; compris-
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BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,ibr
the Week ending on Saturday, the 9th day of December, 1848.
ISSUE DSPAITIVENT.

Notes i55ued........ 27,733,735

riviE ALBERT NIGHT LIGIITS are the
J 1,.. best. Price 6d. per Box. Sold everywhere.

111 ACING OFFICE, 301, STRAND,
OPPOSI rE "BELL'S LIFE."
No tice.—The Managers of the above Establishment having from
the commencement stated that they would at once close their Office,
should it be decided that they were acting against the law, beg now
to state, that in consequence of the late proceedings of the law offi-
cers of the Crown, which have led the Managers to the belief that
the Government might eventually be inimical to this Office, the Ma-
nagers, in deference to the wish of the Government, have deter-
mined to CLOSE the business hitherto carried en at 301, Strand.
The Managers beg to express their grateful thanks to the public for
the universal confidence which has been placed in them, a confidence
which they are proud to say they have deserved. All moneys en-
trusted to their care for the forthcoming Steeplechases and Races will
be returned in full, upon application to Henry Smith, Cashier.
JOSEPH DARCY, Secretary.
HENRY SMITH, Cashier.

RACING DEPOSIT BANK and BETTING
OFFICE, 301, STRAND.
The late Managers of the Racing Subscription Office, 301, Strand,
which is now closed, have much pleasure in announcing to the pub-
lic that they have commenced business at 30L, Strand, as a DEPOSIT
BANKING ESTABLISHMENT, and that a large fund has been
provided for the purpose of laying odds against all horses entered for
RACES and STEEPLE-CHASES, the principles of which will be
explained in prospectuses, now pi biting ; and that those prospectuses
will be forwarded, upon application to Henry Smith, Secretary, to
whom all Post-office Orders must be made payable, at the Strand
Post-office.

HENRY SMITH, Secretary.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
The present Season is hallowed by one of the most delightful
offices of friendship and affection, the interchange of gifts. While
large sums are expended upon the most costly baubles and elegant
trifles, no more ,appropriate Present can be made at this season of
the year than a Package of ROWLANDS' MACASSOR OIL, KALY-
DOR, and ODONTO, combining, as these articles do, the most ster-
ling utility with elegance and luxury.
The august patronage conceded by our gracious Queen, the Royal
Family, and the several Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, together
with the confirmation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these
creative and renovating specifics, have characterised them with
perfection, an them a celebrity unparalleled.
BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS.
Some are offered under the implied sanction of Royalty, and the
Government Departments, with similar attempts at deception. The
only genuine " Macassar Oil," " Kalydor," and " Odonto," are
" ROWLAN I)S'," and the Wrapper of each bears the name of
"ROWLANDS' " preceding that of the Article, with their signature
at the foot, in Red InAk, thus—
. ROWLAND AND SONS.
Sold by them at '2O, Ilatton-garden, London, and by every respec-
table Chemist and Perfumer throughout the kingdom.

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vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or
forwarled by the Author, post paid, to any address, secure from
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merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings.
MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA-
TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT
RESTORATION. _

A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs,
emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex-
cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the
sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age ; with Practical Remarks
en Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De-
bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by
which even the melt shattered constitution may be restored, and,
reach the fall period of life allotted to Man. The whole illustrated
with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain-
ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro-
ductive Organs in heaith and disease ; with instructions for private
correspondence, cases, &c.
By J. L. CURTIS, Surgeon,
7 , Frith-street, Soho-square, London.

" ' Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thought less we
trust this little work will serve as a beacoa to warn them of the
danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their passions,
whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tempta-
tion, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chronicle.
" Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis.—Their long experience and re-
putation in the treatment of these painful diseases is the patient's
guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cirulation."

-Era.
" Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old
age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the
treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been
the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— 'United Service
Gazette.
The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast
approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease,
which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been
set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work,
be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per-
sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pnlnaonary con-
sumption, heart disease, tallies, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has
been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth
mach more frequently than it is at all suspected.
N.B. boars of consultation from Eleven till Two, aid BLi to
Sight in the Evening.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. _ _

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THESILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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, Titchborne-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.
PAST 11. treats of the consequences resulting from exce,ssive indul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
Illustrated by Three Explanatdry Engravings.
PAkT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains 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 important part of the Work should not escape the
eader's notice.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMERON:B COAL AND SWANSEA AND

The CgAIRMAN having declared the amendment ne-
gatived, and the committee dissolved, he said the busi-
ness of the meeting was concluded.
Mr. Bolti.s protested against the. proceedings.
Mr. Hart having been voted to the chair, a series of
resolutions were passed to the effect that legal proceed.
ings should be taken to dissolve the company; that the
board be requested to resign; and protesting against the
directors taking any measures involving the outlay of
money or liability.
After some explanations from Colonel CAMERON with
respect to the value of the undertaking, the shareholders
decided upon holding a meeting on Monday evening
next, with a ♦iew to devise means for protecting their
general interests.

LANCASTER AND PRESTON JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
A meeting of this eompany was held on Wednesday
at Lancaster, for. the purpose of considering an agree-
ment entered into with the Lancaster Canal Company,
respecting the lease of the above railway ; Mr. Bushell
in the chair.

It was stated that the Lancaster Canal Company had
agreed to surrender the lease of the railway to the Lan-
caster and Preston Railway Company, on consideration
of receiving an' annual compensation of 4,7801. for the
fifteen years yet unexpired of the lease, the railway
company having . the option of. purchasing the annuity
within eighteen months after the ratification of the
agreement.

Government debt • • 11,015,100
Other securities .... 2,984.900
Gold coin and bullion 13,225,826
Silver bullioa • • 507,909

Resolutions were passed confirming the agreement, and
authorising the .directors to make application to Parlia-
ment for certain powers relating to the management and
regulation of the company's affairs.

X 27,733,735
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 14th day of December, 1848.
BANKING DEPAILTDIEN T.

Z 27,733.735

THE OswEsTkcv 13114Nen.—This branch of the Shrews-
bury and Chester Railway will, it is anticipated, be
opened for public accommodation in the course of next
week. Oa Thursday last a ballasting engine passed
along the line, and in a day or two the Government in-
spector will survey the whole and report thereon.
The extensive line of the Great Grimsby- and Sheffield
Railway Company, from Lincoln to Market Rasen, will
be opened ort Monday, next, the 18th instant. This line
will give a direct communication . by railway both with
Hull and Great Grimsby; and will greatly add to the
facilities of Lincoln; ,it w3ll.also add very much to the
traffic on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway, the re-
ceipts on which, since the opening of the line from Hull
to Rasen, have already nearly doubled.— Nottingham
Journal.

Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest •• • .••• • • • . 3,374,251
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts).. 7,661,202
Other deposits 9,567,966
Sayan day and other
bills•• ••••••...... 1,002,726
£35,559,145

Dated the 14th day of Decembe]

I Government Beene-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) • • 13,329,012
Other securities •• • • 10,668,558
Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 10,771,720
Gold and silver coin.. 789,855

..~~~

A 35.559,14 i
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
;r. 1848.

SPANISH MiNisTEns.—Narvaez has been heard to
confess that in 1843 he landed at Valencia with 20 francs,
and now, notwithstanding his reckless extravagance, he
is known to be worth 200,0001. in money, besides pos-
sessing immense landed property, in the shape of confis-
cated Church property, purchased from the States.
Fifteen years ego, Sartorius, the Minister of the In-
terior, was a poor sodista (sizer) in the University of
Salamanca, and in 1840 accepted with gratitude the
situation of a copyist in the office of a newspaper en-
titled the Correo Nacioned, for which drudgery he re-
ceived two francs a day. His equipages and general
style of living now are worthy of a prince, and it is no-
torious that he throws away thousands upon his nume-
rous mistresses; which, however, does not prevent him
from investing large sums from time to time in foreign
stock. In 1842, Mon, Minister of Finance, was not
worth 100/. a year, and was celebrated amongst his ac-
quaintances for his "shocking bad hat." Ile is now
possessed of a fortune estimated at 400,000/. and hay
recently presented his illegitimate children with estates
worth 10,0001.

APOTHECARIES' HALL. The following are the
names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine, and received certificates
to practice, on Thursday, the 14th inat:—Joseph Stewart
Burton, Frederick Dicker Fletcher, Canterbury; Thomas
Ward Boswood, Joseph Harvey, Milford, Derbyshire;
Henry Sanders Grant, Northampton.
THE BRAZIES.—By the Dyson, Captain Canning,
which arrived at Liverpool on Friday, we have commer-
cial accounts from Pernambuco to Nov. 7. Freight, id.
pr lb. for cotton, and 5 per cent., for Liverpool; and 40s.
per tun, and 5 per cent., for ballast, for sugar, with a
downward tendency. Exchange, 25d. per milrei; money
plentiful. New sugar arriving freely to market. Cotton
—supply continues good; present rates 4 dolls. 100 c.
per arroba. Nothing yet doing in sugar freights; Mus-
covado sugar quoted at 1 doll. 400 c. per arroba. Last
arrival from England—the John Banter, on the 3d of
November, with dates from Liverpool to the 22d of
September.
THE WHOLESALE SWINDLERS.—The family of
swindlers, Maria, Ann, and Joseph Whitehouse, alias
Green, whose capture we noted recently, were again
brought up to the Manchester Borough Court, on Mon.
day last. Mr. Reay, of the Liverpool Guardian Society,
stated that a number of other cases of swindling by the
prisoners had been discovered, but they were similar to
those already investigated, and hitherto they had not
been able to find the husband of Mrs. Whitehouse. He
had, therefore, no additional evidence to produce on that
part of the charge.—Mrs. Buxton repeated the evidence
she had previously given respecting the towel missed
from her house, and identified by her little girl ; but
it was not thought to be sufficiently conclusive to war-
rant the prisoners' committal on that alone. Mr. Reay
then preferred a charge against Maria Whitehouse (the
mother) and Ann (the daughter) for passing base coin
at Liverpool. Mrs. Birchell, of Waterloo, Liverpool,
was called, and stated that the younger prisoner bought
a pound of sugar in her shop, on the evening of Friday
the 28th of January last, for which she paid a cowl.
terfeit ss. piece, the baseness of the coin being disco-
vered immediately after she left the shop. Mrs. Rum.
mer stated that she lived about a mile from the last
witness, and she was paid a base ss. piece at nine o'clock
the same night, for some coffee; she believed it was paid
her by the elder prisoner, but site was not positive. A
baker residing near the same neighbourhood was also
paid a base Ss. piece for some bread. He belived it was
the younger prisoner from whom he received it, but he
would not undertake to speak positively. Mr. Maude
said he should discharge the prisoners as far as his juris.
diction was concerned, and leave Mr. Reay to act as he
thought proper with respect to the matter. Mr. Reay
then had the younger prisoner taken into custody, the
mother and son being liberated.—Manchester Guardian.
Accounts from Smyrna, of the 24th November,
state that business during the week, although not very
brisk, had, nevertheless, not been inactive. The sales of
opium had been about 300 couffes at 72 to 83 the chequi.
Prices continued to have a downward tendency, owing to
the unfavourable news from Europe. The last packet
for England, which left on the 21st, took 238
boxes, 33 of which were for Singapore, 43 for
Hong-Kong, and 162 for London. The exports
of the drug since the commencement of the harvest
up to the above date had been about 1,300 couffes, and
there remained a stock on hand of about 700 couffes.
The prices of madders were going down ; 1,000 bales
had been disposed of during the week at from 163 to
175 per owt. The stock comprised 4.000 bales. Oi
valonia there had been sold for the London market
during the same period about 3,500 cwt. at 53k, and
2,000 cwt. of second quality at 35 to 38. The prices of
this article were rising ; the stock on hand consisted of
bstween 5,000 and 6,000 cwt. of the old harvest.
WRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—The brig Ann Pay-
ley, of Liverpool, Thomas Liston master, the property of
Vivian and Co., of that town, was driven on shore at
Tacumshane, county of Wexford, on Wednesday morn.
ing. In a short time she became a total wreck. Of a
crew of 10 men but three were saved. The master was
drowned. The cargo, which consisted of fruit, was
yesterday lying along the beach; and it was not ex-
pected that anything of value would be saved from the
wreck,

The new bridge across the Witham at Lincoln, for
the Grimsby and Rum, line, was completed on Saturday,
when its strength was fairly tested, by the passing over
of one hundred and fifty tons, on different carriages.
On the short branch line from Nottingham and Lin-
coln to Southwell, am running of an engine has been
discontinued, and the trains are now moved by horse-
power. Most probably, ere many years elapse, this
system for side lines will become general. Very little
power is required to keep the speed of a train which
has acquired swift movement; and thus a cheap system
of communication may be opened up to small towns the
business of which would not repay the cost of engine tran-
sit.—Lincoln Mercury.
Yesterday Lieutenant Pasley, the Government In-
spector of Railways, inspected the Great Grimsby and
Sheffield line, from Lincoln to Grimsby.—Lincoln Mer-
cury.

CURIOUS REGULATION OF TIME ON THE CHESTER
AND HOLYHEAD.—The directors have issued orders
that the clocks at all the stations on this line shall be
regulated by the well-known correctness of Craig-y-Don
gun, which is 16 minutes and 30 seconds after Greenwich
time.

The works on the :Oxford, Worcester, and Waiver.
hampton, are progressing slowly in the neighbourhood o.
Woodstock,

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ended Dec. 9, 1848:—Coaching traffic, 7271.05.
11d.; parcels, 43/. 2s. 4d.; goods and cattle, 164/. Os.
Bd.; steam-boats, 105/. 16s. 6d.—Total, 1,040/. Os. sd.
PARIS AND ORLEANS.—The following is a return of
the receipts on the Paris and Orleans Railway for the
week ending the sth December, 1848:—Passengers,
72,137 f. 35c.; luggage, parcels, &c., 17,151 f. 40c.;
goods, 67,123 g. 97c.; carriages and horses, 7,349 f. 91c.;
cattle, 7,049 f. 95c.; total for the week, 170,812 f. 58c.
Fur the corresponding week of 1847, 194,742 f. 47c.
Total receipts since Ist January, 1848, 8,773,456 f. 63c.

STRENGTH and HOLDING POWER
OF ANCHORS.

Our notice on Tuesday of a new testing experiment of
the strength of anchors, leads to the further considera-
tion of the principle of construction, the strength of form,
the holding power, and other qualities of those im-
portant instruments of safety to our ships in the hour of
trial.

It is understood by landsmen as well as sailors that
the intent and purpose of an anchor is to hold a ship; to
every man therefore interested it is desirable to know
what description of anchor is best adapted for that pur-
pose. There is neither difficulty nor mystery in the way,
of this knowledge, since by the application of the hy-
draulic press the exact extent of resistance an anchor will
bear is ascertained with precision and certainty. In
each of her Majesty's dockyards in which anchors are
received as naval stores, one of these powerful presses
performs the duty of testing by a given scale according
to weight the strain which an anchor of good quality of
iron ought to bear when fixed on rock or other unyield-
ing substance—a scale so correct that not one in twenty
of the Government anchors will bear a greater strain
than from 1 to 5 per cent. beyond it, while many of
those used for cheapness in the merchant service will not
bear the strain at all ; but on the indisputable and un-
erring evidence of this press, we find the. an anchor well
known in the Royal and mercantile navy as " Porter's
anchor," exhibits a power surpassing that of the Govern-
ment anchors by about 170 per cent.—a power beyond
the possibility of a vessel to break, even in the worst of
dangers.
The quality next in importance is holding power in
ground of the ordinary and softer kinds; and in this we
find a superiority in the same ratio. Experiments hare
been made between the Government anchors and Porter's,
not by Porter, but under the entire control and super-
intendence of officers appointed by the Admiralty. By
them the differect kinds of ground were carefully ex-
amined and chosen, to prevent either anchor having an
advantage—and the results clearly showed the bolding
power of Porter's to range from 40 to 170 per cent.
beyond those of the old form. The cause of this extra-
ordinary power is obvious and convincing to any man of
the least mechanical knowledge. By its construction in
parts, it will be seen that when this anchor is on duty
every ounce of iron is brought into action at once, pro-
ducing a union of strength and elasticity, just as carriage-
springs are better in parts than if made of one piece.
The common anchor, on the contrary, is a rigid mass of
iron—of no elasticity; hence it often snaps asunder
either by strains or by falling on rocky bottoms. About
one-fourth of the anchor cannot at any time be brought
into action, but forms a dangerous projection upwards,
often hooks the cable of its own and other vessels, be-
comes fouled, disabled, and incapable of holding the ship.
Again, in shallow water there is danger of this
pro.
jecting:arm and fluke breaking through the ship's hot' om
while passing over or overlying it, by which no less
than five vessels were sunk in the Tyne alone within as '
many months. Such accidents will ever occur by an-
chors with fixed arms—the common form of con-
struction. Sailors have been familiar with this trea-
chery for more than a thousands years. Hundreds !of
attempts have been made in vain to improve them—
clearly demonstrating the erroneous principle of their
formation. Any instrument intended for a special pur-
pose must be imperfect if it cannot be relied on—more

Flair V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
Tss CORDIAL BALM OF STaiseux Is exclusively employed in treat-
ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11s. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle.
ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, Xs. 9d., 45. 6d., and lie. per box, a
certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute
retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
5,. Packets, with advice, to be .had at the Establishment only, bj
which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten-
dance daily at 19, Berrien-street, Oxford-street, Louden, from Ele-
Yen till Tire, and PTO tO Eight; on sandays &OM EIOTOII to One.

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:LOUGHOR RAILWAY. ---
The adjovraed meeting of this complus), was held
yesterday, at the office, Moorgate-street, to receive the
report of the committee of investigation; Mr. N. P.
Cameron in the chair.

It appearmf from the report of the committee, which
was distribute d in the room, that the directors wished to
induce the shareholders to subscribe 30,0001. to make a
new winning; for the coal, and provide railway accom-
modation by, means of an independent line to Llanelly,
and a junctini -1 line to the South Wales Railway. The
committee ettl mit that some such arrangement is India.
pensable, if ever the colliery 'is to be made effective;
that in the original prospectus the public were in-
vited to believe that an annual vend of 120,000 tons of
coal could he secured, if but 2,0001. more were ex-
pended; the lit three years of management and 50,0001. of
money were. entrusted to those who held out this induce-
ment, and tb en the parties thus indicating their con-
fidence are Informed that their money has been spent
and all ch at:ce of success depends on an outlay of
30,0001. of money, and three years more time. The
committee have no hesitation in recommending the
shareholder 4 not, under present circumstances, to ad-
vance in any -way ivhatever, by mortgage or new shares,
any sum of money for any new engagements until it has
been shown, that such additional advance of money will
ref/inmate them, and not be absorbed, as heretofore, in
general and unproductive expenditure; that no progress
be made in the Llanelly line, because, if completed, the
demand for :coals at the Llanelly port is not equal to the
sale require ul for the purposes of the company. There
being no probability of an early construction of the
South Waltz :line, any junCtion with it must be excluded
from present -consideration.
TinrerwiliatAx refused. to receive the committee's re-
port„ because„ one of Wig five gentlemen constituting the
committee Iliad not signed it. This announcement of the
chairman was received by the shareholders with strong
expressions of disapprobation, which continued nearly
throughout tb e whole of the proceedings.
On the motion that the committee be dissolved being
put and sewn ded,

especially if it causes dangers and accidents. The new
principle known as Porter's, is free from all the dangers
complained of in anchors and fixed arms. Ships' bottoms
cannot be injured by them, nor can cables foul them.
They have other adaptations for the safety of a ship
which are totally void in the cowman anchors, and if not
perfection a. e a long way in advance of all othLrs.
Reflecting on the vast number of lives and the isarnerw
amount of property afloat all over the world, dependent
on anchors, we cannot but look upon the use of anchors
of that description which has bet n so often prov, d in-
efficient and at most times dangerous, as a tempting of
Providence for which we should nut like to be rcspun-
sible.—Herald.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.-e-About nine years ago, when the President
elect of the French Republic was residing in Carlton-
terrace, and Fortune gave no promises of the favours
she had in store for him, Prince Louis Napoleon amused
his hours of exile and sought to promote his cause by
the composition of a treatise, which may now be ex-
amined with some interest, as the most authentic record
of the powers and opinions of a man destined at least to
a conspicuous position in the history of our times. The
immediate purpose of this publication was no doubt to
prepare the public mind in France for the expedition
of Boulogne,
.and to promulgate a theory of which that
undignified and unlucky attempt was the practical come
mencement. But as this work is a dissertation on the
civil adminstration and the political principles of the
Emperor Napoleon, it is even more interesting in the
present aspect of affairs than when it was written, and
we have no reason to suppose that the President repudi-
ates any part of the opinions which ho at that time an
•
nounced as the basis of his own political creed, and as
the permanent objects of the Imperial family. The
Emperor, Napoleon is described throughout this pro-
duction ad"-the testamentary executor of the French
Revolution, whose duty and mission it was to
restore tho empire of the law, to reconcile the differences
which that great convulsion had caused in society, to
establish the rights and improve the condition of the
peasantry, to protect manufactures, and, in short, to
found a government which should respect the democratic
tastes of the French people, whilst it reserved to itself
the authority necessary to maintain order and to direct
the State. " France," sage the Prince, " became demo-
cratic in 1789, but it is difficult to conceive in any great
European state the existence of a Republic without
aristocracy ;" and he adds, that though aristocratic go-
vernments, which stand in less need of a head, may
exist and have achieved great actions in a republi-
can form, a democratic community essentially requires
to be represented by the hereditary government of a
family identified with its own interests, and able
to supply that fixity and strength which democracy
itself does not possess. For this reason, the French
people by three millions and a half of votes con-
ferred the hereditary dignity of Emperor on Napoleon
in 1804 ; and a somewhat similar phenomenon has
been witnessed in our day, when at least the people are
neither dazzled by the glory nor appalled by the power
of the Imperial candidate. The occurrence and the re-
currence of such a manifestation of the popular will is
the basis on which the Bonapartes rest the hopes and the
claims of their dynasty. They boast that this dynasty
took its rise from the very hearts of the people, and that
whereas every other form of government for 60 years
past has been overthrown by the French themselves, this
alone stood erect and popular, until it was overpowered
by the combined forces of Europe; and they infer from
this sympathy between the people and the name they
bear, that even their errors and failures will meet with
indulgence from the nation, whilst a harsh and hostile
construction is put upon every action of a less popular
race. Starting from this foundation Prince Louis Na-
poleon maintained that the two great elements required
to complete the scheme of the Imperial Government
were liberty and peace. Those certainly were the
elements in which that Government was most de-
ficient, for it trampled on every political right at home,
and assailed every independent Power abroad. But in
these particulars it would not now be convenient to hold
it up for imitation. The Prince argued, on the contrary,
that no other power in France could be equally favour-
able to the unlimited exercise of the political suffrage,
because to the universal suffrage of the nation it owes
its existence, and that its strength lies not in the remnant
of the aristocracy, like that of Henry V., or in the upper
and middle classes, like that of the Orleans branch, but
in the masses of the people, and in the country even
more than in the towns—a prediction which has just
been strikingly verified. By the same rule the Prince
declared himself a sincere partisan of peace based upon
the common interests of nations, and an opponent of
those conflicts which frequently arose out of the hos-
tility of rival Sovereigns and dynasties, to the
great prejudice of the family of Europe. It
is beside our present purpose to inquire bow far
these doctrines were in reality to be found in the
system of government pursued by the Emperor Napo-
leon, or what account that eminent person would have
made of the liberalism and pacific philosophy of his
nephew. To say the truth, it is somewhat burlesque to
see the chains of an iutolerant despotism concealed by
the robe of a tribune, and the red blade of the soldier
exchanged for the drab-coloured appendages of Mr.
Penn. A more partial and distorted judgment was never
passed on a reign every step of which was marked by
acts of cruelty, bad faith, insolence, and brutal force.
But we are infinitely more concerned with the sort of
homage thus openly paid by the nephew to those prin-
ciples of justice, freedom, and humanity which the elder
'Napoleon so constantly set at nought. Since the
posthumous influence of that great name, the caprice
of fortune, and the will of Providence have
placed a son of his family once mare at the
head of the French people, it is satisfac-
tory to believe that the President of the Republic is dis-
posed not to imitate the founder of his greatness in those
excesses which suited his daring ambition and his mili-
tary genius, but rather to copy the nobler parts of the
Imperial administration, the skilful direction of the in-
ternal resources of the country, the improvement of the
condition of the people, and the maintenance of those
civil institutions which confer an imperishable glory on
their author. Those are the duties of our age, those are
the tests by which the modern nations of Europe will
judge the ability and the disinterestedness of their
rulers. As Louis Napoleon owes nothing to any mili-
tary achievements of his own, and in fact holds no
military rank whatever, but the highest civil office in
the service of France, it would evidently be an im-
mense error on his part to allow the country to be
plunged into war. The people would ere long murmur
at sacrifices:to be paid for by their treasure and their
blood; the restoration of the public prosperity would be
indefinitely postponed; and the first successful General
would prove a formidable rival to one whose duties and
whose military acquirements would alike preclude him
from the chief command of armies in the field. By in-
clination and by policy, we hope, therefore, that the ad-
ministration of Louis Napoleon will be sedulously de-
voted to the restoration of order and the maintenance of
peace. Ho stands upon the threshold of the Temple of
Fame; but he stands there surrounded by temptations,
jostled by factions, menaced by crimes. He enters that
Palace of the Elysee Bourbon from which the Emperor
fled thirty-three years ago; but he enters it with the
universal applause of France, and with no enmity in
Europe. The fugitive of Strasbourg and the prisoner
of Ham is the master of France, and though we may
smile at the wondrous mutability of the destinies of the
French people, we can only wish to Louis Napoleon
success in all that is laudable in his designs.
POST.—We have to congratulate an influential con-
temporary of ours, whose good word is seldom with the
unfortunate or against the successful, upon having made,
within the last few days, a very rapid advance in its
knowledge of the better parts of the character of Louis
Napoleon. So long as the Times instructed the public
that there was no reasonable ground for anticipating that
France would choose him for the President of her Re-
public, he certainly received no compliments ,
except, of
that kind which are significantly described as left-
handed." It was not represented to the world that
strength of character, independence of mind, or ability in
the expression of his political views and sentiments were
among the qualifications of the Prince. Unless we
strangely mis-remember, something very different in-
deed were the impressions likely to be derived from the
observations which our contemporary offered to his nu-
merous readers. Happily, however, the sun of success
has shone upon the fortunes of the Prince, and our con-
temporary can now see that which but a few days ago
was obscured by the clouds of a comparatively inferior
position. The Times is very rapidly coming round to
take a favourable view of the new President's abilities
and frankness. Our contemporary now assures the
world that—
" Whatever its merits or demerits, the manifesto of
Prince Louis Napoleon,
since,
published a week or two
was every word of it his own. When he had writtenit,
he read it to MM. Thiers, Emile
_de Girardin, Mole,
Veron, and one or two other of his friends, each of whom'
proposed an addition or subtraction or an alteration.
Gentlemen,' said the Prince, with much emotion, this
is my child, my offspring. lam accused of incapacity.
You are so kind as to say my bantling is creditable to
me. Do allow me to be able to claim its exclusive pa-
rentage ?' His friends concurred, and thus the world
became possessed of one means ofjudging of the capacity
and
the principles of the Prince. The touchstone pros-
perity is now about being applied to him. If his head
be not already turned by the success of his candida-
ture, he may claim merit for modesty, for without ad-
mitting with many that this triumph transcends that of
his uncle's journey from Elba to Paris, it cannot be
denied that it is the most extraordinary electoral victory
on record."
Such a paragraph as this would not, perhaps have
found its way to the columns of our contemporary if
General Cavaignac had been at the head of the poll. At
all events, it is a great advance upon the knowledge of
a few days ago, which not only was unenlightened with
any perception of the merits of the manifesto of the
Prince, but which was better pleased to dwell upon
another little publication by the Prince which we ad-
verted to yesterday, and which the Tunes held to be
nothing better than a
i tract in favour of Socialism. Per-
haps we shall learn, n a few days more, from our con-
temporary that the tract in question exhibits a very
careful digest of a large amount of statistical study, and
puts forth views which, if not in harmony with the
more fashionable precepts of political economy, are yet

Mr. BURLS moved an amendment that the report of
the committee be received and read, which was eventu-
ally put DN,r a long delay, and carried by 45 against 7.
It was stat ad that only one of the latter gentlemen had
actually paid. his calls in money, the others having credit
given them, in the company's books, and the amount
written off against Colonel Cameron's claim on the com-
pany for the purchase of the coal mine.
The secretary made out a list of the shareholders not
in arrear of call, by which he endeavoured to show that
1,329 votes were against the amendment, and only 299
in favour Of it.