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N°. 18,101.] LONDON, SATURDAY E wir E - S Ny SEPTEMBER 28, 1850. [PRICE SD.

CAMBRIDGE MONUMENT.
GENERAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Cusiastast-The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN-The Right Hon. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR,
M.P.
Aldrich, Stephen J., Esq. (Secretary to the Royal General Annuity
Society), IBa, Basinghall-street
Anderson. the Rev. J. S. M., M.A., Brighton
Anderson, George, Esq. (lion. Sec. to the Royal Society of Musicians),
12, Lisle-street, Leicester square
Bain, George, Esq. (lion. Sec. to the Highland Society of London),
Parliament-street
Barber, the Rev. J. R., D.D., St. Paul's, Vauxhall
Barnard, J. A. L., Esq. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's
society), Royal British Bank, Tokenhouse-yard
*Bartley, George, Esq. (lion. Treasurer to the Covent-garden Thea-
trical Fun 1), 11, Woburn-square
*Bennett, William, Esq. (Secretary to the Drury-lane Theatrical
Fund)
Cabbed, B. 8., Esq., M.P., F.R.S. (Treasurer), Brick-court, Temple
*Charlier, J. Esq. (Secretary to the Royal Humane Society), 3, Tra-
falgar-square
Clift, James, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
*Cochrane, Charles, Esq. (Chairman o!-the Leicester-square Soup
Kitchen), 40, Leicester-square
Cox, R. S., Esq., 7, St. Paul's-churchyard
Davies, William, Esq. (Secretary to the Asylum fur Female Orphans),
Wistminster-bridge-road
Douglas, Lieut.-General Sir Howard, Bart., .15, Green-street, Gros.
venor-square
Dousberry, Thomas, Esq. (Secretary to the Domestic Servants' Be-
nevolent Institution), 32, Sackvllle-street.
Edridge, Thomas, Esq. (Member of the Committee of the Leicester-
square Soup Kitchen), 40, Leicester-square
*Farraece, G. J., Esq. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's
Society), s 7, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
Granby, tile Most lion. the Marquis of, M.P., 102, Piccadilly
grant, George, Esq. (Secretary to the Servants' Provident and Ben&
volent Society), 8, C. ek-street
Hale, J. W., Esq. ( Member of the Committee of the Governesses'
Benevolent Institution), Tollington-park
Hall, S. C., Esq. (Member of the Committee of the Governesses' Be-
nevolent Institution), Marlborough-chambers, Pall-mall ees
Harley, John Pritt, Esq. (Hon. Treasurer to the Drury-lane Theatri-
,,steariedittl), 14, Tipper Gower-street
ftblland, J. W., Esq. (Secretary to the Royal Society ofFemale Mu-
sicians), 13, st aeclesfield-street, Soho-square
Hutton, Rev. Henry, M.A., Rector of St. Paul's, Covent-garden
James, Jelin, Esq. (Secretary to the Society of Ancient Britons),
Gray's Inn-road
Joneo, John, Esq. (Secretary to the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen),
40, Leicester-square
Jones, Jonathan, Esq. (Secretary to the Industrial Home for Gentle-
women), 39, Brunswick-square
Labouchere, John, Esq. (Treasurer), Birchin-lane
*Laing, the Rev. D., M.A., F.R.S. (Secretary to the Governesses'
Benevolent Institution), st, Mornawton-road, Regent's-park
Lliford, the Right Hon. the Lord, 10, Grosvenor-place
Londonderry, the Most Hon. the Marquis of, Holderness House
Lone, W. S., Esq. (Deputy-Chairman of Queen Adelaide's Free Dis-
pensary), Betlanal-green
Lott, Mr. Deputy, F S.A., 43, Bow-lane
Lusignan, the Rev. M. W., M.A. (313mber of the Metropolitan Sani-
tary Association), Allhallows, Upper Thames-street
Lutwidge, R. W. S., Esq., 19, New-street, Spring-gardens
Mackenzie, the Rev. Charles, M.A. (Hon. Secretary to the London
Orphan Asylum), St. Helen's-place
*Mackenzie, Colin, Esq. (Secretary to the National Philanthropic
Association), Leicester-square
*Marsden, W., Esq., M.D. (Founder of the Royal Free Hospital)
Lincoln's Inn-fields
Marsh, Henry Edmund, Esq., 2, Charlotte-row
Meadows, Drinkwater, Esq. (Secretary to the Covent-garden Thee.
trical Fund), the Grange, Michael's-grove, Brompton
Meyinott, Edward, Esq. (Secretary to the Royal Infirmary for Chil.
dren), 31, Stamford-street
Nash, Charles, Esq. (Secretary to the Metropolitan Free Hospital),
8, Devonshire-square
Nepean, the Rev. Evan, M.A., 21, Bolton-street
Nicoll, Mr. Sheriff, Albany
Nisbet, James, Esq., Berners-street
Page, Thomas, Esq., C.F.., Middle Scotland-yard
Peckston, the Rev. Thomas, M.A., 1, Gloucester-terrace, Cambridge.
heath
*Phillips, J. S., Esq. (Secretary to the Public Dispensary), Lincoln's
Inn
Powles, J. D., Esq., Bank-buildings
Po ;small, Henry, Esq., 27, Gloucester-gardens, Westbourne-terrace
*Rayner, T. 0., Esq., M.D., Associate King's College (Secretary to
the Royal Maternity Charity), 1, St. Matthew's-place, Hackney-
road
Reed, Andrew, Rev., D.D. (lion. Secretary to the Asylum for
Idiots), Poultry
Richardson, Henry F., Esq., F.L.S. (Founder of the British Benefi-
cent Society), 9, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Rowdee, tha liev. Dr., Temple-grove, East Sheen
Rowland, Lieut.-Colonel (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's
Society), Woolwich
Shed len, Alexander, Esq. (Secretary to the Middlesex II ,spital),
Charles-street
*Solomon, Samuel, Esq. (Secretary to the Jews' Hospital), 5,
Hoandsditch
Soul, Joseph, Esq. (Secretary to the Orphan Working School), 32,
Ludgate-hill
*Stone, David Henry, Esq. (lion. Secretary to the City of London
Hospitil for Diseases of the Chest), 6, Liverpool-street
Street, W. Jesse, Esq. (Member of the Committee of the Governesses'
Benevolent Institution), Lincoln's Inn-fields
Talbot, the Right lion. the Earl, Park, Old Brompton
Tapster, S. E., Esq. (lion. Secretary to the Hotel and Tavern
Keepers' Provident Institution), Craven-street
Tett, Charles, Esq. (Secretary to the Choral Fund Society), Polygon,
Clarendon-square
Thornton, Boyes, Esq. (lion. Secretary to the Hospital for the Cure
of Diseases of the Skin), 25, New Bridge-street
Twining, R., Esq. (Treasurer of the Public Dispensary, Line
Inn), Strand
Watts, Francis, Esq., F.S.A. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St.
Ann's Society), 1, Warwick-square, Pimlico
Wire, Mr. Under-Sheriff, Swith n's-lane
*Wood, George Watson, Esq. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St.
Ann's Society), Victoria-square, Pimlico
Wood, John, Esq. (Treasurer of the Royal General Dispensary, Al-
dersgate), 8, Falcon-square
Wright, the Rev. T. P., M.A. (Hon. Secretary to the London Orpban
Asylum), Dalston
wm,,a uiaraea WIIII asterisxs torm the Aellug a.onnaittee. --
Treasurers -B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., and John Labouchere. Esq.
Bankers-Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Messrs. Twining; and Messrs!
Williams, Deacon, full Co.
The Members of the Committee are anxious to collect such an
amount of subscriptions as will enable them to raise that description
of monument which will do equil justice to their own feelings and to
the many exemplary virtues of his Royal Highness the late Duke of
Cambridge.
The above-named bankers and gentlemen are sr tiling to receive
subscriptions ; and Mr, John Smart, the only authorised collector,
will wait on such parties as may be desirous of contributing to this
national object.

By order,
EDW. FREDK. LEEKS, Honorary Secretary,
2, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, August 22, 1850.

JPOLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Ili LAST WEEK in London of the ALPINE SINGERS from
Styria, who will perform several ot:thelr National Melodies, at Four,
and in the Evenings (except Saturday) at Half-past Eight.—Lecture
on the Hydro-Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner, daily at Two, and
in the Evenings at a Quarter-past Nine.—Lecture on Chemistry by J.
H. Pepper,.Esq., illustrating the Ancient Firey Ordeal and the Haul-
ling of Red Hot Metals, daily at a Quarter-past Three, and in the
Evening.} at Eight.—Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Rail-
way, at work daily.—New Series of Dissolving Views illustrating
some of the Wonders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in
the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in
the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at One o'clock.—Diver and
Diving-bell, &c., &c.
Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.

ARGYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great
Windmill-street, St. James's.
Open every Evening with Laurent's celebrated and unrivalled
Band. Principal Cornet-a-piston, Mons. BOULCOURT, from Paris,
and Artiste Attache to Mr. Strauss's Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy,
France.
The Subscribers are respectfully informed that Mr. Laurent, jun.,
having become Lessee to the above Rooms, begs to announce his In-
tention of applying to tho Honourable Magistrates for a Licence to
the same Rooms, and, If granted, ha will give CONCERTS of a very
suDerior description, in conjunction with his Dancing Academy. Mr.
Laurent, jun., solicits the patronage of the subscribers and nobility
in this new undertaking, pledging himself strenuously to cater for
their amusement, and hopes to deserve a continuance of that liberal
support which has hitherto been bestowed on this distinguished and
popular establishment.
Terms of Subwription:—Six months, Cl. 55.; one month, 11. Is.;
one evening, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Eight, Dancing commences at Nine pre-
cisely, closing at Half-past Eleven.

iREMORNE GARDENS,
On the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea.
Open Daily at Three o'clock.
Positively the LAST NIGHT cf the SEASON.
UNE SHILLING ADMISSION.
Children, Half-price.
Sundays at Half-past Four. No charge for admission except by
Refreshment Card—Sixpence. Children under Six years of age free.
Director, Mr. T. B. Simpson, Albion, Great Russell-street, Co-.
vent-garden.

THIS DAY, September 28,
The Proprietors beg to return their best thanks to the Public for
the great patronage and support given to this Establishment during
the present season, and to announce that the Entertainments so suc-
cessfully produced under their management will conclude this Even-
ing, Sept. 28, but the Gardens will be open at Half-past Four on
Sundays, for Promenade, as long as the weather Invites. THIS
DAY, a splendid amalgamation of the combined Attractions of the
Gardens, with an extra display of Fireworks to crown the grand
finale of the season.
On MONDAY a Grand Extra Night, for the Benefit of the Secre-
tary, on which occasion Young Hernandez will make his appearance
at the Gardens. All Tickets issued for the Gala last Thursday will
be admissible on this occasion.
NEPAULESE ARCIIERY GROUND.
Ladies and gentlemen can here enjoy the health-promoting elegant
exercise of the graceful bow, with the advantage of proper instrue-
, ion, gratis ! Shooting three dozen arrows before Five o'clock, ls. ;
after Five, 6d. per dozen Matches for Dinner, Wine, and a Prize
Bow are always open. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Mr.
Teetgen, Archery Manufactory, 164, Bishopsgate-street.
The Magic Cave—The Shooting Gallery—Burns's Cottage,
with Groups of Figures iPustrativo of his Works—Summer and
Winter in the Arctic Regions—The Maze—Statuary of the finest
Classical description—The American Giant—The Log Hut of the Ca-
lifornian Gold Diggers—Ancient and Modern Groupings, by Duffel,

&c., &c.
Be it recollected, on Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticket,
Sixpence.
Never were these delightful grounds in such high perfection
as at the present moment. Visitors to London should not omit a
stroll 'neath the shade of the lofty trees and amongst the variegated
beds of flowers at Cremorne. Everything has been done to render
this magnificent place of amusement worthy the most extensive
patronage.
The attention of the French in London is particularly requested to
this metropolitan ducosse.
The grand Bowling Saloon of this establishment is open free to the
Public.
N.B. The Mammoth Sycamore, the Largest Tree in the World,
in the River Esplanade.
A Table d'Hote on Sundays at Six o'clock—Half-a-Crown.
Cremorne can be reached by road or river for 3d.
A Boat leaves Battersea-bridge every Night after the Fireworks.

DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF FoLITLI
AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGItAVINGS ON
STEEL.
fast published, and may be had ix French or English, in a Sealed
Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two

stamps,
SELF-PRESERVATION; a
Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on
the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity,
usually acquired at an early period of life, which debilitate
:he physical and mental powars, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations On the Treatment of Nervous Debihiy and Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from In
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, Illustrating the
anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their stractin es, uses, and functions, and the various
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
This work contains an accurate and complete account of the
Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un-
fortunately happens that the unhappy rictim of excessive indul-
gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con-
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practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi-
ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these
diseases.
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the Author's Residence, 37. Bokhord-square London,

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW
No. CLNXIV., Frill be published on Wednesday, October 2.
CONTENTS:
I. Ticlnor's History of Spanish Literature.
11. Church and Education in Wales.
111. Forms of Salutation.
IV. Muria and California.
Y. Mure on the Literature of Greece.
VI. Metropolitan Water Supply.
VII. Anecdotes of the Provisional Government.
VIII. Cochrane's Young Italy.
IX. Last Days of Louis Philippe.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

Just published, dewy Bvo., price 2d.,
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THIRTY-FIRST EDITION.
Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
dew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just pOlished, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
11HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
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Faux IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
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mental, and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
Pear 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
Ungt avings.
PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a
simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.
this important part of the Work should not escape the reader's
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Peal. V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du-
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
At the Court at Balmoral. the 24th day of September,
1850, present the Q loon's most excellent Majesty in
Council :—lt is this day ordered by her Muj-sty in
Council, that the Parliament', which stands prorogued to
Tuesday, the 15th day of October next, be further pro-
rogued to Thursday, the 14th day of November next.
ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, SEPT. 24.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of
Lord Folvy, to appoint the under-mentioned Gentlemen
to her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms:—Henry Shephard Smyth, Esq., vice Blake,
retired; William Lhoyd, Esq., vice Hay, retired.
CROWN-OFFICE, SEPT. 25.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR-

LIIMENT.

Town and County of the Town of Poole—Henry
Danby Seymour, Esq.. in the room of George Richard
Robinson, Esq., deceased.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire.
George Byng Morris, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ;
Frederick Rumilly, RI., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Ed-
ward Robert Wood, E,q., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 17, 1850.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Hunt, of
the town and county of the tuwn of Nottingham, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
Henry Francis Ross, West Cowes, South
and John W4l in Barrow Phi "..—beausaralasireept,
commission agents, to surrender, Oct. 5 at two, and
Nov. 12. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can-
nan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Tilson, Squance,
Clarke, and Morris, Coleman-street.
Thomas Probyn, licensed victualler, High Holborn,
Oct. 7 and Nov. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Hol-
slier, Bridge-street, Southwark.
Henry Wilkins, draper, High-street, Kensington, Oct.
4, at one, and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
William Keeping, common brewer, East-street, Wal-
worth, Oct. 9, at half-past one, and Nov. 14, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Wright and Bonner,
London-greet, Fenchurch-street.

tmnton,

Edward Hamlin Kiddie, miller, Valentine-place,
Blackfriars-road, Oct. 9, at half-past eleven, and Nov.
14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basingball-street;
Wrens, Fenchurch-street.

John Thomas Brameld, china and glass dealer, Tich-
borne-street, Westminster, Oct. 9 and Nov. 19, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
cburoh-lane; Wiglesworth and Co., Gray's Inn-square.
henry Lloyd and Thomas Lloyd, drapers, Carmar-
then, Oct. 10, at twelve, and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bris-
tol; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury; Bevans, Bristol.
James Horstiold, coal dealer, Wheelock, Cheshire,
Oct. 8 and Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
ou, t. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Bagsbaw
and Son, Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Bdsinghall-street.
J. King, Buckingham, scrivener, Oct. 24, at one—A.
Portsea, draper, Oct. 21, at twelve—J. Elliott,
Daventry, Northamptonshire, carpenter, Oct. 21, at one
—P. R. Morrison, Hammersmith, merchant, Oct. 17, at
one—R. Heath, Three Colt-street, Limehouse, brass-
founder, Oct. 24, at twelve—R. Skinner, West Mailing,
Kent, brick-maker and builder, Oct. 24, at two—D.
Pretyman and G. H. Hobson, Cornhill, ironmongers,
Oct. 21, at two. _

In the Country.
W. Henderson, Wolverhampton, tie-plate manufac-
turer, Oct. 19, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—S.
Knight, Primethorpe, Leicestershire, hosier and grocer,
Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Hilton
and J. Fisher, Foleshill, Warwickshire, silk-manufactu-
rers, Oct. 22, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—C.
I). Johnson, Liverpoolp.victualler, Oct. 22, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—G. Byford, Liverpool. whole-
sale grocer, Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool—J. Hind and R. Warbrick, Liverpool, cur-
riers and leather dealers, Oct. 22, at eleven,
at the Court, Liverpool—W. Cornish, Bristol,
cabinet-maker, Oat. 17, at eleven, at the Court,
Bristol—C. S. Fenwick, Tynemouth, Northumberland,
banker, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Court, 'Newcastle-
upon- Tyne—J. Wallace, Carlisle, grocer and tea-dealer,
Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
—R. Fairley, Sunderland, chemist and druggist, Oct. 13,
at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Horn-
ig, Crockernwell, Devonshire, victualler, Oot. 23, at one,
at the Court, Exeter.
PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS.

W. Hague, S. Hague, and W. Shatwell, Manchester,
commission agents, fifd., on Tuesday, Oct. 22, or on any
subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the
office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.

P. Little, Blackburn, Lancashire, currier, Is. 4icl., on
Tuesday, Oct. 22, or on any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
B. Boyle, Manchester and Ardwick, Lancashire, check
and gingham manufacturer, 100., on Tuesday, Oct. 22,
or on any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one,
at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At theCourt,Basinghall-street.

G. H. Ward and B. Griffith, -Bear-alley, Farringdon-
street, printers, Oct. 18, at two—E. D. Busher, Picca-
dilly, cuaohbuilder, Oct. 2 1, at eleven.
Ia the Coutitry.
G. C. Baylis, Cardiff, dealer in flour, Oct. 23, at eleven,
at the Court, Bristol—N. Hedge, Bath, silversmith, Oct.
21, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Williams, Trow-
bridge, Wiltshire, auctioneer, Oct. 23, at eleven, at the
Court, Bristol—j. Wallace, Carlisle, grocer, Oct. 17, at
one, at the Court, Newcastle-awn-Tyne—G. Shepheard,
Modbury, Devonshire, linendraper, Oct. 23, at one, at
the Court, Exeter—T. G. Pocock, Somersetshire, miller,
Oct. 30, at one, at the Court, Exeter.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

T. Ellen, Great Russell-street, coal merchant, certi-
ficate of the second class—W. Carmalt, Romsey, South-
ampton, baker, certificat ; if the second class—B. Raw-
hogs, Queen's-row, Pimlico, linendraper, certificate of
the second class—J. Richardson, Edgware-road, iron-
monger, certificate of the second class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Mellor end S. M. MallOr,--I.2verpo+,l, merchants—
J. Mellor, S. M. Mellor, and C. 11. Wildams, Bahia,
merchants (as far as regards J. Mellor)—G. Bagnall,
D. Davies, and W. Davies, Carmarthen, drapers (as far
as regards G. Bagnall)—W. Hughes and J. P. Law•
ranee, Bristol, house agents—R. Gibson and T. Gibson,
Durham, millers—A, Eustachio and R. Wilkin, London
and Liverpool, ship and insurance brokers—Jane Archer
and J. A. Archer, Broadway, and Cartaret-street,
Westminster, tobacconists—H. Turner and R. Whita-
ker, Rochdale, steam-engine makers—a Ortelli and
F Primavesi, Hatton-garden, opticians-r-J. D. Harmer
ar:d G. Ransome, Ipswich, chemists—H. Brown and D.
J. Cameron, Aspull, Lancashire, manufacturers of ve-
getable black—G. Fisher, J. Holmes, E. Holmes, and J.
Foster, Handsworth and Sheffield, nurserymen—
J. Pritchard and G. Thomas, Newport, po-,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN.
The half-yearly report of the directors states that
;he gross receipts of the railway and the canal amount
to 31,4271., being an excess of 2,6251. as compared
with the correspanding period of last year, whilst the
expenditure has been economized to the extent of
1,0031. These results show an increase of 3,629/
realized in the half- year, and make the net income for
that period 19,829/. The contract for the locomo-
tive working of the line continues to realize the fa-
vourable results anticipated. The works for the ex-
tension ef the railway are in active operation along
the whole line, and it is expected that the line to
Galway may be opened in August, 1851, before
which time the directors hope that the eligibility of
Galway as a western packet-station will be fully
proved. With the view of promoting this object it is
intended to have the electric telegraph erected and
ready for operation on the opening of the railway.
The sum of 8,2771. had been received during the
half-year for arrears of calls. The net profit for the
half-year is more than sufficient to pay interest at
the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the capital. The
sums received on loan debentures amount only to
31,2001., which leaves sufficient borrowing powers
at the disposal of the company to prevent
the necessity of issuing preference shares. The
capital account to the 30th of June shows that
1,368,658/. had been received, and 1,333,3411. ex-
pended, leaving a balance of 35,317/. The revenue
account for the half-year ending 30th of June states
tha-.31,278/. had been received, and 11,598/. expended,
leaving a balance of 19,680/. The engineer's report
states that the works on the extension from Mullingar
to Galway are progressing most favourably; there
have been from 8,000 to 9,000 men employed upon
them during the summer, and the amount of work
got through has been highly satisfactory.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.-INVESTIGATION BY THE GO
VERNMENT INSPECTOR.

WOOTTON BASSETT, FRIDAY AFTERNOON: This
afternoon Captain 'Astral), the Government Inspector
of Railways, arrived here by special :train at one
o'clock, and proceeded to open an interesting and
important inquiry into the character ail causes of
the alarming accident that occurred to.lllo excursion

to ath and Bristol. The carriagi faVogy, a bun=
ing of great extent, was first visited. Here the two
carriages that were injured out of the four that wens
down the embankment, and of the eighteen that
formed the train, were upon the stocks for intended
repair, each of them 27 feet long, 10 feet wide, and
8 feet high, divided into six compartments, capable of
holding 72 passengers, and costing GOO/. each. They
presented a shattered appearance. The thick iron
coupling chains that united them were broken shoo
off, some of the corners were knocked in, and the roof
of one was broken up, in order, as the carriage was
precipitated on its side, to release the passengers from
their perilous position. A great piece was cut out of
the panel of one from the crush of the buffer striking
it, and which had the effect of inflicting the injuries
sustained by the passengers. The carriages being
cumbrous and full caused the connecting chains to give
way, leaving the remaining fourteen carriages safe on
the line, and which were taken on by the mail to
Bristol the same night. The Ajax, a powerful goods
engine that drew the train of twenty-eight tons, was
next inspected. Her axles were found to be unin-
jured. Four of the inside wedges were broken, but
the crank axle was unhurt. The large shaft, how-
ever, for working the slides was broken, and is now
replaced, together with some of her side rods, and
to-morrow goes out on duty. Her chimney, demo.
lished by coming in contact with the horse-box, has
been replaced. The tender had its axles broken and
sustained some other damage, but goes out to-morroa
with the engine.

The railway from the Wootton Basset station,) and
parallel with the siding where the horse-box stood,
takes a considerable curve upon an embankment,
varying in height from twelve to fifteen feet high,
down the sides of which the marks of the engine
were visible,•making a continuous furrow or ploughed
place, until the trail of the wheels was lost sight of
on the spot where the engine stood upright on its
wheels, the carriages falling in various directions in
the ditch.

The scotch alleged to have been placed on the
siding has not since been found, and some persons
surmise that one was not there. It was shown in
practice to the inspector, who desired it to be done by
running the special train and engine over the line
parallel with the siding, that the points at the extre-
mity of the siding were all right, and prevented the
hor►e-box from travelling any distance down the
main line. It is considered that the strength of the
carriages saved the passengers. The switch remained
uninjured. The train was running at about 25 or
26 miles an hour when it struck the horse-box. The
gradient of the siding was found to descend on to the
main line in the ratio of eight feet-per mile. It was
stated to the inspector that the company were placing
scotches on all their sidings, to be kept locked by
the station-masters, as a guard against casualty in
future.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, SEPT. 27.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was more active
to-day, and pzices higher. The sales were—Great Western,
713'8—Midland, 41 -Taff Vales, Quarters, 33 ex div.

LIVERPOOL; SEPT. 27.

STOCK ExcHANOK. shf;re market • was firm to-day
at the quotations. The transactions were as follow:
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 47 th —Ditto, Fifths,
8 1-16 dis.—London and North-Western, 114—Ditto, New
Quarters, 2 p.—Manchester, Sheffield,. and Lincolnshire,
till 1=53, 8%—Midland 4134—Ditto,
Quarters (No. 1), Ph
Halves, 22 3-16 dis. - North British, 736—South-Eastern and
Dover, 201/2—Ditto, (No. 4), Registered, 6 13-16—Dutch
Rhenish, 5 die.—Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 2% p.—
Letds and Thirak, 11[4.

MANCHESTER, SErr. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was pretty active to-day,
and prices were firm. The transactions were as follow :
East Lancashire, 9% Great Northern, 11 13-16 (EL—Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 8 1-16 dis.—Ditto,Prefer-
ence, 6 per cent. (Reg.), 12 5-16—Leeds and Thirsk, 103/4
Loudon and North- Western, 114—Ditto, New Quarters,
fe e c
div. after July, 1852, 1% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
e, sLincolnshire,LlNBo—rtllhitstota,ffQourdsarhteirrse, (1N0.0%
dl)is,.—South-Eastern 8 —Ditto, Pre-
and Dover, 2014—Ditto Consol. (No. 4), 6 13-16.
BIRMINGHAM, SErr. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have little change to notice in
this share market. Only a small business has been done,
and prices remain without any material deviation, the only
transactions reported being—Shrewsbury and Birmingham
(A), 81/2 dis.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour
Valley, 91A.

_ •_
YORK, SEPT. 26.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol-
low: —Great Northern, 11%—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick (Newcastle Extension), 11.

ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Thursday after-
noon a serious accident occurred at the new dock works, by
which six men were more or less injured. It appears that
the men were employed in hoisting large blocks of stone by
means of a moveable crane or jenny, the stones being placed
on trucks for removal to a distant part of the works.
Whilst so engaged, one of the stones, a block
about six tons weight, proving too heavy, the crane gave
way with a tremendous crash, falling upon the unfor-
tunate men. One of them had both thighs broken, a second
received a fracture of the skull, and a third had his legs very
much injured. These were conveyed to the hospital, where
they lie in a very dangerous state. The remaining three
were cut and bruised about the head and other parts of the
body, but their wounds are not considered of a danrous
character. It is said that the accident arose from an
imper-
fection in the crane, which had been out of UBO for it long
time. Liverpool ercury.

tato merchants—J. Ring and T. Taylor, Old-
ham, Lancashire, builders—T. W. Watson, A.
Young, and G. Tyrr.,ll, Abchurch-lane, merchant:
(as far as regards A. Young) —J. Tomlinson and W. E.
Tomlinson, Hillingdon-end, Uxbridge, masons—J. D
Pountney and G. Goldney, Bristol, potters—R. Caarn-
ley and R. Whittle, Evertcn, Lancashire, blacksmiths-
7. Greig and H. J. Ellis, lto:herhithe, ironmongers—F
Ashton and J. Wilson, New Holland and Barton-upon-
Llumbcr, Litco/11.-hire: builders.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
George Gore, Bristol, medical galvanic apparatus ma-
nufacturer.
Humphrey May Freestun, Piazz 1 Hotel, Covent-garden
lieutenant.
Thomas Bennett, Cheltenham, butcher.
William Easby, Hungate, Darlington, surgeon's alsistant.
Arthur Varey, Lower Broughton, Lancashire, book-
keeper.
Henry Jones, Bangor, tailor and draper.
David Davies, Courtia, Carnarvonshire, joiner.
Thomas Beard, Tetbury, Glouce3terebire, timber dealer.
Joseph Callender, Stockton-on-Tees, joiner.
Thomas Day Tha3er,Walcot, Bath, journeyman farrier.
George o.,borne, Moorfields, Gloucestershire, carpenter,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Syme, Pittendriecb, cattle dealer, to meet within
the Red Lion, Muirs of Kinross, Oct. 3 and Oct. 31, at one.
W. Beldon, Craigbauk, New Cumnock, contractor, to
meet within the Black Bull Inn,Oct. 3 and Oct. 21, at one.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Sept. 24,
1850, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain:—
From the British possessions in America 265. M. per cwt.
From the Mauritius ... 265. Old. ~
From the East Indies ... 265. o*d. ~
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 265. 5-id.
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKN zu., Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Sept. 27.

---: re ionlit.r,
to be baffl—s- It is impessiale to knows el
what tne
secret thoughts of the men at the wheel were when
-he valiant observer announced his intention of
making the best of his way from the cuddy-roof
to the larboard paddle-box. Now he was to be
Seen tumbling about with the motion of the ship, at
me moment clinging to a chain-box, at the next
Throwing himself into the arms of the second mate.
Now he is buried in spray, and in a few minutes
afterwards his spare form is seen clinging to the rails
which connect the paddle-boxes.
Despite the storm without, a calm mathematical
process is going on within the mind of that ardent
.)bserver. The professor knew that he was standing
at a height of 24 feet nine inches above the flotation
mark of the ship ; and allowing 5 feet 6 inches as the
'eight of his eye, he found the elevation he had ob-
alined to be altogether 30 feet 3 inches. lie now waited
-ill the vessel subsided fairly for a few minutes into the
:rough of the sea in an even and upright position,
while the nearest approaching wave had its maximum
altitude. Here he found also that at least one-half
part of the wave intercepted by a considerable eleva-
ion his view of the horizon. lie declared that he
frequently observed long ranges extended 100 y ards on
me or both sides of the ship—the sea then coming
right aft—which rose so high above the visible hori-
zon as to form an angle estimated at two to three de-
grees when the distance of the wave's crest was about
100 yards off. This distance would add about 13 feet
co the level of the eye. This immense elevation oc-
curred about every sixth wave. Now and then,
when the course of a gigantic wave was im-
pertinently interfered with by another liquid
giant, and they thundered together, their
breaking crests would shoot upward at least
10 or 15 feet higher—about half the height
of the monument—and then pour down a mighty
flood upon the poor professor in revenge for his
attempt to measure their majesties. No quantity of
salt water, however, could wash him from his post till
he had satisfactorily proved, by accurate observation,
chat the average wave which passed the vessel was
fully equal to the height of his eye—or 30 feet 3
inches—sand that the mean highest waves, not includ-
ing the fighting or broken waves, were about 43 feet
Above the level of the hollow occupied at the moment
by the ship.
Satisfied at length of the truth of his observations,
the professor, half-pickled by the salt water, and look-
ing, it must be confessed, very cold and miserable,
descended to the cabin. Throughout dinner-time a
conversation was kept up between the professor and
he captain—the latter appearing to be about the only
individual on board who took any interest whoever in
'hese scientific proceedings. The ladies, one and all,
vowed that the professor was a monster, only doing
"all this stuff" in mockery of their sufferings. To-
wards night the wind increased to a hurricane ; the
.hip trembled like a frightened child before the terri-
ble combat of the elements. Night, with her pall,
closed in the scene :—it was a wild and solemn time.
Cowards morning the wind abated. For thirty hours
a violent north-west gale had swept over the heaving
bosom of the broad Atlantic.
This reflection hastened the dressing and break-
fasting operations of the professor, who tumbled up
on deck at about ten o'clock in the morning. The
storm had been subdued for several hours, and there
was a visible decrease in the height of the waves. He
took up his old position on the cuddy roof, and soon
observed that even then, when the sea was compara-
tively quiet, ten waves overcook the vessel in succes-
sion, which all rose above the apparent horizon ; con-
sequently they must have been more than 23 feet--
probably about 26 feet—from ridge to hollow. From
the larboard paddle-box, to which the professor once
more scrambled, he observed that occasionally four or
five waves in succession rose above the visible horizon
—hence they must have been more than 30-feet
waves. lie also observed that the waves no longer
ran in long ridges, but presented more the form of
cones of moderate elongation.
Having so far satisfied himself as to the height of
Atlantic waves in a gale of wind (the professor's esti.
mate must not be taken as the measurement of the
highest known waves, but simply as that of a rough
Atlantic sea), he directed his attention to minuter
and more difficult observations. He determined to
measure the period of time occupied by the regular
waves in overtaking the ship, their width from crest
to crest, and the rate of their travelling. The first
point to be known was the speed of the ship; this he
ascertained to be nine knots. His next object was to
note her course in reference to the direction of the
waves. lie found the true course of the vessel was
east, and that the waves came from the west-north-
west, so that they passed under the vessel at a con-
siderable angle. The length of the ship was stated
to be 220 feet. Provided with this information the
professor renewed his observations. He proceeded to
count the seconds the crest of a wave took to travel
from stern to stem of the vessel ; these he ascertained
to be six. lie then counted the time which inter-
vened between the moment when one crest touched
the stern of the vessel and the next touched it, and he
found the average interval to be 16 seconds and a
fraction. These results gave him at once the width
between crest and crest. As the crest travelled 220

WAVES OF THE ATLANTIC.
One brisk March morning, in the year 1848,; the
brave steam-ship Hibernia rolled about in the most
intoxicated fashion on the broad Atlantic, in north
latitude 51, and west longitude 38 50, the wind blow-
ing a bard gale from the W.S.W. To most of the
passengers the grandeur of the waters was a mockery,
he fine bearing of the ship only a delusion and a
inare. Everything was male tight on deck; if any
passenger had left a toothpick on one of the seats, he
would assuredly have found it lashed to a near
railing. Rope was coiled about every imaginable
item; and water dripped from every spar of the gal-
lant vessel. Now it seemed as though she were tra-
velling along through a brilliant gallery, flanked on
either side by glittering walls of water ; now she
climbed one of the crested walls, and an abyss,' dark
and terrible as the famous Maelstrom, which cannot
be found anywhere, yawned to receive her. Toe
snorts of the engine seemed to defy the angry waters;
and occasionally when a monster wave coiled about
the ship, and thundered against her, she staggered
for a moment, only to renew the battle with fresh
energy.
The cooks and stewards went placidly through their
several daily avocations on beard this rolling, fighting,
shaking craft. If they had been Belgravian ser-
vants, or club-househlvaiterei they could not have
performed their duties with more profound unconcern.
Their coolness appeared nothing less than heroic to
the poor tumbled heaps of clothes with human beings
inside, who were scattered about the cabins below. An
unhappy wight who bad never before been five miles
from Boston, was anxiously inquiring of the chief
steward the precise time in course of that evening that
the vessel might be expected to founder; while an-
other steward, with provoking pertinacity, was asking
how many would dine in the saloon at six, with the
same business-like unconcern as if the ship were glid-
ing along on glass. So tremendous was the tossing,
so extreme the apparent uncertainty of any event ex-
cept a watery terminus to all expectation, that this
sort of coolness appeared almost wicked.
Then there was a monster in British form actually
on deck—not braving, it was said, but tempting the
storm to sweep him into eternity. He astonished
even the ship's officers. The cook did not hesitate to
venture a strong opinion against the sanity of a man
who might, if he chose, be snugly ensconsed in the
cabin out of harm's way, but who would re-
main upon deck, in momentary danger of being blown
werboard. The cook's theory was not ill supported
by the subject of it; for he was continually placing
himself in all manner of odd places and grotesque
postures. Sometimes he scrambled up on the cuddy
roof; then he rolled down again un the saloon-
deck; now he got himself blown up on the paddle-
box; that was not high enough for him, for when
the vessel sunk into a trough of the sea, he stood up
on tip toe, trying to look over the nearest wave. A
consultation was held in the cuddy, and a resolution
was unanimously passed that the amateur of wind and
water (which burst over him every minute) was
either an escaped lunatic or—a college professor.
It was resolved nem. con. that he was the latter;
and from that moment nobody was surprised at any-
thing he might choose to do, even while the Hibernia
was labouring in what the mate was pleased to call the
most " lively" manner. The professor, however, to
the disgust of the sufferers below, who
ought it was
enough to feel the height of the waves, without going
to the trouble of measuring them, pursued his obser-
vations in the face of the contempt of the official con-
clave above mentioned. He took up his position on
the cuddy-roof, which was exactly twenty-three feet
three inches above the ship's line of flotation, and
there watched the mighty mountains that sported' with
the brave vessel. He was anxious to ascertain the
height of these majestic waves, but he found that the
crests rose so far above the horizon from the point where
he was standing, that it was utterly impossible, with-
out gaining a greater height for observation, that
he could arrive at any just estimate on the subject.
His observations from the cuddy-roof proved, how.
ever, beyond a doubt that the majority of these roll-
ing masses of water attained a height of considerably
more than 24 feet, measuring from the trough of the
sea to the crests of the waves. taut.
`was not satisfied with this negative n)2ut',, • profess
-o
r

Being quite satisfied with the result of this expEri-
ment, the hardy professor, still balancing himself on
his giddy height, to the wonder and amusement of
the sailors, found that the calculations he had already
made did not give him the actual velocity of the
waves. A wave-crest certainly passed from stern to
stem in six seconds, but then the ship was travelling
in the same direction, at the rate of nine geographical
miles per hour, or 15 2 feet per second ; this rate the
professor adiled to the former measure, which gave
790.5 feet for the actual distance traversed by the
wave in 16.5 seconds, being at the rate of 32.67
English miles per hour. This computation was after-
wards compared with calculations made from totally
different data by Mr. Scott Russel!, and found to be
quite correct.
With these facts the professor scrambled from the
larboard paddle-box of the Hibernia. He had also
made some observations on the form of waves. When
the wind blows steadily from one point they are gene-
rally regular ; but when it is high and gusty, and
shifts from point to point, the sea is broken up, and
the waves take a more conical shape, and assume
fantastical crests. While the sea ran high, the pro-
fessor observed now and then a ridge of waves extend-
ing from about a quarter to a third of a mile in length,
forming, as it were, a rampart of water. This ridge
was sometimes straight, and sometimes bent as of a
crescent form, with the central mass of water higher
than the rest, and not unfrequently with two or three
semi-elliptical mounds in diminishing series on either
side of the highest peak.
When the wind had subsided a few of the bolder
passengers crawled upon deck in the oddest imagin-
able costumes. They had not much to encounter, for
about a third part of the greater undulations averaged
only twenty-four feet from crest to hollow, in height.
These higher waves could be seen and selected from
the pigmy waves about them, at the distance of a
quarter of a mile from the ship.
The professor had been very unpopular on board
while the stormy weather lasted, and the ladies bad
vowed that he was a sarcastic creature, and would
have his little joke on the gravest calamities of life ;
but as the waves decreased in bulk, and the wind
lulled, and the sun shone, and the men took off their
oil-skin coats, and the cabin windows were opened,
the frowns of the fair voyagers wore eff. Perfect
goodwill was general before the ship sighted Liver-
pool ; and even the cook, as he prepared the last dinner
for the passengers, was heard to declare (in confidence
to one of the stokers) that, after all, there might be
something worth knowing in the professor's observa-
tions.

When the professor landed at Liverpool he would
on no account suffer the carpet-bag containing his
calculations to be taken out of his sight. Several in-
quisitive persons, however, made the best use of their
own eyes, to ascertain the name of the extraordinary
observer, and found it to be legibly inscribed with
the well known name of Scoresby.
That his investigations may be the more readily
impressed on the reader's mind we conclude with a
summary of them. It would seem from Dr. Scoresby's
intrepid investigations that the highest waves of the
Atlantic average in
Altitude.....
43 feet
Mean distance between each wave .559 feet
Width from crest to crest . 600 feet
Interval of time between each wave 16 seconds
Velocity of each wave per hour ... 32 miles.
—Household Words.

THE IRON TRADE.
BIRMINGHAM, FRIDA.Y.—Tbe usual meeting of the
iron trade preliminary to the general quarterly meet-
ings was held at Wolverhampton yesterdayl, There
was.k. large attendance of the ironmasters o the dis-
to t present state and 17 tc'--str."--rospecom trade!, Beni-
ness was described as • extremely flat, and Mr.
Thorneycrofc introduced a communication from the
Welch masters, in which they ituggested as a remedy
for, or an alleviation of, the general depression under
which they were all suffering, a reductiom‘..the
extent of one-third of the make in 'SOoiland, Wales,
Derbyshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire. This
communication, as a novelty, being the first received
from the rival ironmasters of. the principality, was
looked upon with considerable interest, and will no
doubt, from the favourable.opinions. expressed by the
principal ironmasters present, be acted upon to a great
extent. Over-production is considered one of the main
causes of the present ruinously low rates. At a period
when iron to an enormous amount was demanded for
railway purposes new works were created and fresh
furnaces put in blast, now no longer required for the
common and every-day supply of trade and commerce.
It is difficult to predict what immediate effect the pro •
posed reduction of make will have upon prices, but
its natural tendency will be towards an advance ; and
this is avowedly the result hoped for and anticipated.
The condition of the workpeople must not, however,
be overlooked. At present, upon a close calculation,
it is stated that throughout the whole of this great
iron-producing district scarcely any of the forges are
working to more than half their capabilities, and by
far the greater portion of them not to that extent. A
further reduction of the manufacture of iron will of
necessity produce greater additional suffering among
the ironmen of South Staffordshire--a race of men
already ill-employed and impoverished. The masters,
however, appear to have no other course before them
than the one proposed. Were it not fur the fact
already mentioned, over-building and over-making, it
would seem strange•that with the apparent activity, if
not prosperity, of all other trades, that of iron should
be " utterly lifeless and unremunerative."
Under the circumstances described it was appre-
hended by some persons interested in the trade that
at the meeting yesterday a reduction of the price of
iron would be proposed. Such, however, was not the
case. The masters resolved to abide by the quuta-
tations of last quarter, and upon the motion of Mr.
P. Williams, seconded by Mr. Routh, the meeting
adopted unanimously a resolution to that effect.
Prices at the works nity therefore be stated at about
as follows :—Bars or merchant iron, from 51. 15s. to
61. per ton ; hoops, Cl. 10s. to 71. ; sheets, 71. The
business done in pig iron is comparatively limited,
prices var) ing, as in other description., according to
maker and quality.

THE EXHIBITION OF 1861.
At length the actual work of erecting a building
wherein the products of the Industry of all Nations
are to be collected, has been commenced. 'Within
the vast hoarding which has been put up round the
site selected a busy scene presents itself. The levels
and measurements of the ground necessary before
commencing operations have all been comple,ed, and
the iron pillars upon which the structure is to rest are
bring fixed in their places. A large portion of the
materials to be used are already witnin the inclosure,
and the working sheds and other nreparations and
facilities for pushing on the great undertaking having
been finished, the inhabitants of the will
now from day to day be able to watch the proress
made. In three months from this time an edifice g
con-
structed entirely of iron and glass, covering more
val
than 18 acres of land, and capable fgiving house
room to all that is rare and
uableo ingi human in-
dustry, is to rise from its foundations. Within as
short a period it seems almost impossible to imagine
that a work of such magnitude can be completed;
but those who have undertaken the contract and are
responsible for its performance speak confidently on
the subject. In the meantime there is nothing to be
seen within the enclosure but heaps of iron,aew
sheds, some cranes, two or three slendeuily
lender scaffoldings
engfagd
engaged
at about 250 or 300 workmen,
alli h
at their appointed tasks. At ththee
hopean entrance crowds
m of employment,
of labourers are collected 3
and where, between the
planks
of the hoarding, a
curiousglimpseo assemblef
the interior
watch.
eriorcan be obtained, the idle and

EXECUTION OF PIRATES AT BREST.—The three
negro sailors, Domingo da Salva, Jose da Costa, and nine('
Foule, convicted of having assassinated the captain of the
brig Acli:le, during the shipwreck of that vessel on the
African coast, July 28, 1849, underwent their sentence on
Friday last. Two of them were executed, and the third
sent to the hulks. The Ocean, of Brest, gives the following
particulars of the execution :—" The condemned men were
led to the spot on which they were to expiate their crimes.
Both embraced their confessors, and pressed the crucifix to
their lips. At that terrible moment the courage of Da Costa
failed. He asked for a glass of water, which was imme-
diately brought. The eyes of both were then bandaged, and
the two knelt on the ground. At the same moment the
detonation was heard, and the unhappy men fell each on his
side. Da Costa was killed at once. Domingo showed signs
of life. The surgeon, ascertaining that the pulse yet beat,
made a sign to the sergeant, who approached to terminate '
the sufferings and the life of the unhappy man. His musket,
however, missed fire, and a second sergeant was called, who,
placing the mouth of his piece to the ear of the dying man,
blew off the top of his skull. After the execution the
troops Present defiled before the bodies, which were removed
by cvnyict4 from the amphitheatre,"

feet (or the length of the vessel) in 6 seconds, and 16
seconds elapsed before the next crest touched the
stern, it was clear that the wave was nearly three
times the length of the vessel ; to write accurately,
there was a distance of 605 feet from crest to crest.
The professor did not forget that the oblique course
of the ship elongated her line over the waves; this
elongation he estimated at 45 feet, reducing the prob-
able average distance between crest and crest to 599
feet.