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London, England, 1850-12-21

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.

DIRECTORS.
t*T. LAMM MURRA.Y, Esq., Chairman.
*W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Ra►vson, F.sq.
*Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq.
tElliotson, M.D„ I.R.S. t*Edinund S. Symes, EEL,
*Ralph Gough, Esq. Mllament Tabor, Esq.
*M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq.
*John Moss, Esq. t*Angiastus Vigne, Esq•

AUDITOR.
tProfessor Wheatstone, F.R.S.
PHYSICIAN.
*J. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
SIMEON.
S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.
ACTUARY.
t*W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S.,
SECRETARY.
*D. T. Lyons Clench'', Esq.
SUPERINTENDENT.
*W. A. Hawkins, Esq. ,
HANKERS.

t*Mesirs. Glyn, Hall!fax, Mills, ant Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS,

Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommauney and Prudence, 6, Basinkall-

street.
*W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICH.
CAPITAL-500,0001

The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab e the Assured is
entitled, at any time, to receive at interest au immediate advance,
to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums.
without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with-
held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may ba renewed without fine, on proof of health
and payment of arrears of Premium without interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to mike them available as securities is the hands of
third parties.

No Entrance Pees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.

The present annual income of the Society from Premiums is
65,0001.; tLe amount covered by the Policies of the Society is
1,781,5801. ; and the reserved profit, applicable to fhture bonus to
the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a retwn of 15 per cent. on their Premiums

sh, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by
Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent.

EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

erinV"^
Annual Policy Bonus in lent
g Pre- taken addition Bonus in dilation of
minas. out in to Sum cash. Annual
12 Assured. Premium.
£ s. d. s d. E. d.
- 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1
1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7
1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8
s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010
60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 5 10 13 11
1942 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3
1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10
1844 77 19 2 88 15 10 5 S 11
_ 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1
London, England, 1850-12-21

REPLY OF ALFRED TENNYSON, ESQ.
THE NEW rOET LAUREATE.
Mosaic Bard ! your lines, addressed to me,
Were not unwelcome lines—how could they be
I feel quite proud, in fact, that one like you
Should notice ma—upon my marl I do
Nor would I let this first occasion slip,
Of warmly thanking such a brother "chip."
I do not wonder at your feeling " nettled,"
On finding how the " Laureateship" is settled.
When first you heard of what I'm now enjoying,
The disallointment must have been annoying.
The wonder is that you so calmly met it,
When every one expected "yon" to get it ;
T get the berth, I mean, of Laureate Bard,
The lo•s of which you seem to take so hard.
liu`, really, what with one thing and another,
You're far more honoured than your laurelled brother.
Think for a moment, cousin, what you arc
The muse of MOSES, that commercial star.
Proud would your brother be if he could jump
From his appointed " post" to Aldgate pump.
The " c'otii" of MOSES (understand the phrase)
Would please me quite as much as my " green bays."
Should MOSES, as you've hinted, change his muse,
And let me pop into your honour's shoes,
Good service to the dress I'll strive to do,
Although I know I can't come up to you ;
And oft shall MOSES have a rhyming benison,
From sour exalted brother, ALFRED TENNYSON.
The NEW EDITION of "EVERYBODY'S BOOK," containing
a full Report of the late important Trial, may be had gratis on ap-
plication, or by letter, post free.
Notice.—The Fur and Shawl Department are now replete with
every novelty of the season.
Observe.—Any article purchased, either ready-made or made to
measure, if not approved ot; will be exchanged or the money re-
turned.
Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public
against imposition, but having heard that the untradesmanlike false-
hood of being connected with them, or it is the same concern, has
been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They
beg to state they have no connexion with any other house in or out
of London, except their own Establishments, as 'ollows :
London City Establishment, 158, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
34, 85, and 88, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford "Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe-
makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sa-
turday, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock.
London, England, 1850-12-21

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lesser and Manager, Old Brampton.
MR. MACH EA DY.
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed HENRY THE EIGHTH. Cardinal Wolsey,
Mr. Macreacy.
To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND.
To conclude with AN ALARMING SACRIFICB.
London, England, 1850-12-21

Jug, published, in royal Bvo., new edition, gilt cloth, gilt edges, 12s.
JAMES'S (G. P. R.) BOOK cf the PASSIONS;
with 16 splendid lino Engravings, after Drawings by Edward
Corbould, Stepbanhoff, Chalon, Kenny Meadews, and Jenkins.
Henry G. Bohn, York-street, Covent-garden.
London, England, 1850-12-21

THEATRE ROYAT., ADELPIII.
Coder the direction of Madame Celeste.
TINS EVENING,

Will be performed a new ant origlnal Drama. entitled JESSIE
GRAY. Characters by NI usrs. Ingt:es, Boyce, 0. Smith, I'. Bed-
or 1, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam.
After which a new Force called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ;
or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff,
Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss
Chaplin.
To be followed by a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar
Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Eti-
quette.
London, England, 1850-12-21

MARY HOWITT'S EDITION.—Price Ninepence.

LAMARTINE'S GENEVIEVE.
NEXT WEEK.
Translated by Mary llowitt, forming an extra Volume of the
" Parlour Library." In ordering this, the Cheapest Edition of La-
inartine' s Genevieve, it will be necessary to specify " Mary nowitt's
Edition."

Simms and M'lntyre, London and Belfast.
Sold at all Booksellers, and at every Railway Station.
London, England, 1850-12-21

MAGAZINES, &c.—(CON TIN UED.)

THE HI STORY OF PENDENNI S.

'VOB.

XXIII- and \.IICI V. By W ill,Thadray.

Mr. Thalkeray has brcueit the "History of Pen-
deDnis" to a conclusion, and it is a work in no way
unworthy oF: the author of "Vanity Fair." It is a
work such as Henry Fielding might have mitten, but
such as most assuredly no English novelist vdo has
flourished since his days could have written save Wil-
liam Make piece Thackeray. He, and he al,ne, of all
our novelisls, draws men and women not as they
ought to be, but as they really are; he keeps no me-
nagerie for monsters of virtue or of but he
shoes men and women as we find them in society.
Who that is a member of any club, who that ever
mixes in nockty, does not know a Major Pendenni3
au:ong his acquaintances ? In his preface, Mr.
Thackeray says that he had' begun the book upon an
exciting plan, but he adds:—
" The • excitiog' plan was laid aside (wi;h a very
honourable toi 'Jean...nee on the part of the publishers).
b. cause, on attempting it, I found that I from want
of experience of my tuhject; end never Laying been it.-
tirnate with any convict in my life, and the manners of
railians al d gaol birds being quite unfamiliar to tee, the
idea of eicering into competition with M. Eat one Sue
was abandoned."

Herein lies one of the secrets cf Mr. Ti aeleeray's
great success ; he takes care to be intimate with the
members of every class of society which he draws,
and hence his pictures are portraits from the life, not
mere fancy sketches. But what becomes of Pen.
dennis ? the reader asks. Pendennis, having been
jilted by Blanche Amory for Henry F. ker, marries
Laura with the full consent of the old Mijor, who
does not die; but Blanche Amory does nut marry
Henry Foker, for just before the marriage the return
of Altamotit reveals the secret of her paternity, ard
at the carne time deprives her of the Begum's fortune ;
fur it appears that Altainont alias Amory, is rilso
alias Armstrong, and was as such the husband (1'
Madame Frib,hy before he went to India. He effects
iy esc::pe to France with his daughter, notwithstand
ing a hue and cry raised after him by Morgan, and
there Blanche marries a French count—avery French
count The work is dedicated to Dr. John
L'lliot,on, ;Ind the dedication does equel honour to the
dedicator and the d'..-dicbteci. It is as follows :
"TO DR. JOHN ELLIOTSON.

" My do ir Doctor,—Thirtetn months ego, w hen it
seemed likely that this story had come to a c:ose, a kind
friend brought you to my bedside, where', in all prnba-
bility, I aver should have risen but for your constant
waichtulness and skill. I hke to recal your great gond-
nets and kindness (as well as many acts of others, show-
ing quite a, surprising frit ndship and sympathy) at that
time, when kindnms and friendship %ere most needed
and welcome.

" And as you would take no other fee but thanks, let
me record them here in behalf of me and min; and sub-
scribe zny:,elf,
" Yours most sincerely and gra.efully,
" W. M. THACKERAY."
London, England, 1850-12-21

THIRTY-FIFTH EDITION.

CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF
DISEAE.
illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.

)N PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
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London, England, 1850-12-21

THE DEW OFF BEN NEVIS : the patronised
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by the patent metallic capsules, obtainable trom all respectab'e
spirit merchants In town and country ; or at 425. per dozen, of
BEITS and CO., at 7, SMITHFIELD BARS.
London, England, 1850-12-21

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London, England, 1850-12-21

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

yrfp OYAL POI, YTECHN le INSTITUTION.
1.11, Lecture by Dr. Bachhoirner on Voltaic Electricity, in which
will be exhibited Aliman's Patent Electric Light, on Tuesday and
Thursday at Nine. —Lecture by J. EL Pepper, Esq., on Fire and Its
Antagonists, illustrated with brilliant Experiments.—New Lecture
by Mr. George Barker, entitled an English Christmas, illustrated by
appropriate Ballads, composed expressly by him, and written by a
Lady of distinction, every Evening (except Saturday) at E:gnt
o'clock. —Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Railway, at work
daily.—Exhibition of the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope.—Entirely New
Series of Dissolving Views, illustrating some of the Royal Residences
of Europe.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &e.
Admission, I s.—Schools, Half-price.
Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex-
ept Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.

GRAND SALON DE DANSE
ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND.
OPEN FOR THE SEASON.
Lessee—Mr. Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great
Russell-street, Covent-garden.
Mr. SIMPSON, anxious to have the best Band in London, has re-
tained the valuable talent of the leading Artists engaged during the
past season at Cremorne Gardens, including the most eminent
Performers from her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera,
and the Philharmonic Concerts.
BORINTS BAND.
VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT.
Comprising Selections from the most celebrated Composers, and
Solos by first-rate Artists.
Overture, " Les Diamans de la Courenne,"
Song, " The Chamois Hunter," Miss G. Hodson
Comic Duett, " Love and Jealousy," Miss G. Hodgson
and Mr. J. W. Sharp.
Comic Song, " Useful Knowledge," (with a Burlesque
Collegiate Speech) Mr. J. W. Sharp • • .. Farmer.
olka, " Laura Bell" (First Time) Borini
REPERTOIRE OF MUSIQUE DE DANSE.
THIS EVENING, Dee. 21.
I. Polka • . Alice .. • • .. J. Strauss
2. Qiadrille.. Val d'Andorre (2d set) .. Musard
3. Waltz • . Morgenstern .• Labitzky
4. Polka .. Eclipse .• • . Kcenlg
5. Quadrille.. La Guerre des Femmes .. Bosisio
6. Schottische Hungarian D'Albert
7. Polka Laura Bell Borini
8. Quadrille.. All Nations Borini
9. Waltz Schoenbrunn Lanner
10. Polka .. Charlotten •• Labitzky
11. Quadrille.. Popular .. • . Borini
12. Galop .. G!ocken .. • • .. Labitzky
To the votaries of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence of
Borini's Band, after the experience of its Orchestral Triumphs at
Cremorne, would be superfluous.
Solos and Concerted Pieces will be performed during the evening.
Borini's Latest Compositions—The Adelaide Polka, Waltzes to
various popular Irish Melodies, Galop d'lndustrie, New Quadrille of
all Nations.
The Grand Salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone
considerable alterations and improvements.
Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock. Admission One Shilling.

.. Auber.
.. Ballinger.
London, England, 1850-12-21

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of la' itude.

KINGSTOI-1":1 (DUBLIN) —Wind N.S. W., gentle breeze—

foggy.
PLYMOUTIT-Wind N.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
Po RIS3IOUTII - Wind N.W., calm-overcast.
Bumirrox-Wind N.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
1-lawrixcs -Wind N.W. gentle breeze-cloudless.
SOUTHAMPTON-Wind N.W.,
strong breeze-foggy.
TUNBRIDGE-Wind S.W., calm-partially cloudy.
BASINGSTOKE - Wind N.W., calm-overcast.
READING-Wind N.W., strong breeze-partially cloudy.
GIIEENWICII-Wind N.W., gentle breeze-hazy.
SWINDON-Wind N., light airs-frosty.
OXFORD-Wind N.W., gentle breeze-overcast.
LEIGHTON-Wind N., gentle breeze-overcast.
CAMBRIDGE-Wind N.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
RUGBY-Wind N.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
PETERBOROCoIr-Wind W., gentle breeze-cloudless.
YARMOUTH -Wind N.W., strong breeze-cloudy.
CREWE-Wind N.W., light airs - partially cloudy.
CONWAY - W ind S.W., gentle breeze-cloudless.
MANCHESTER-Wind N., calm- hard frost.
LSEDS - Wind N. W., calm- partially cloudy.
YORE - Wind N.W., calm-partially, cloudy. •
LANCASTER-Wind N.E., calm-principally clear.
DARLINGTON-Wind W.N.W., gentle breeze-strong frost.
SnAP-Wind N.E., calm-hard frost.
CAReist.F. -Wind S.E , gentle breeze-foggy.
BEATTOCK -Wind N.W., strong breeze-cloudless.
BERwIcK-Wind W.- gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
EDINBURGH-Wind N., calm - cloudless.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine
o'clock :
CORK-Wind N.W. gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
CAReow-Wind gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
M ULT,IN GAR - W in d N., calm-principally cloudy.
POOLE -Wind N.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
PoßzsmouTit-Wind N.W., calm-overcast.
CRXWE-Wind E., fresh breeze-partially cloudy.
LEEDS - Wind N.E., gentle breeze - partially cloudy.
Yoan:-Wind N., calm-partially cloudy.
EDINBURGH - Wind .N. W., gentle breeze-cloudless.
London, England, 1850-12-21

DARING FEAT OF HORSEMANSHIP.

At the steward's ordinary, at the White Hart
Aylesbury, after the aristocratic steeplechases yesterday
week, the conversation turning on the feat of bringing
a horse up into the dining•room in which the company
were then assembled, which was once done by Lord
Jocelyn and Mr. Ricardo during the meeting of tho
Royal Hunt some few years ago, Mr. Charles Symonds,
of sporting notoriety at Oxford, offered to bring a grey
horse of his up stairs and lead him round the table. No
sooner was this said than done, for off he started, fetched
the animal from the stable, and very shortly announced
his progress by a loud clattering on the old oak stair-
case. In a few minutes the horse was gazing on the as-
sembled company. His owner then led him over a
flight of chairs, which he 'jumped beautifully.
Nothing then
,would satisfy the company but
that he must jump the dining-tables. Mr. Fowler.
the proprietor of [the hotel, fearing lest some serious
accident might occur, as the room is of great antiquity,
having been built by the Earl of Rochester in the
time of Charles 11., made strong objections; but he was
overruled, and the horse was led over the tables, every-
thing standing. The champagne glasses rattled, the
plates quiverel, the candlesticks shook, hut nothing was
displaced; back again he went, clearing everything at a
bound; whereupon a most ardent sportsman, Mr. Man-
ning, of Wendover, volunteered to ride him barebacked
the
barsitAdlnejOrhrasaedndtleo.f The
epresent,
celebratedhe gentaccom-
plished,overanil, t
without
le-
man jock, Captain Ballo, a, next essayed, and manag ed to
make a smash of one table with its contents. This was
only a temporary check, for in the fats of a tremendous
fire and the cheering of all present he achieved the feat
gallantly. It was now time to desist and to get the
horse down stairs; this was sooner said than done, for
and was elidtntly afraid
tv
of the descent. At length, at the suggestion of wortby
greythe
stairsslipped ar(l
bPoaaus adgre e6a being
y, kept polished, the gallant
u
the baronet,entranhcee
entrance-'tall,
bbl iant managed to break about a dozend f, cl , and thus descended into
of the carved oak bannisters in his progress.—Bucks
Chronicle.
London, England, 1850-12-21

Entered at Stationers' Hall.

GREAT EXHIBITION ALMANAC for 1851.
Containing a View of the Building erecting in Hyde Park,
and a full account of everything connected with it in ENt>LISIL
FRENCH., and GERMAN ; also how to visit In Six Days the whole
of the Gratuitous Exhibitions in London, its principal Squares,
Streets, Churches, &c.; with the Cali Tares, and other necessary
information.

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London, England, 1850-12-21

BOVA", PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Managernerlt of Mr. C. Kea and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,
Will be Fie-formed the First Part of HENRY IV
Dartley

Falstrff, Mr

•
To conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS.
Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Jtooksebers, and of Mr.
Massingliam ; of whom aIP- places may be taken at the Box-office,
Oarord-street, 1 om ElcY,'i tilt Four o'clock.
London, England, 1850-12-21

HE ETTIEIIGIRAAND EN
tSTITONYAL'SCONCERTS.
Most Positively the LAST NIGHT but ONE of the present season
Mr. BALFE'S Benefit on FRIDAY, Dec. 27.
THIS EVENING.

The First Part of the Concert will consist entirely of the Works of

Mendelssohn.
Secondt Ime of Performance of the new grand Quadrille Fantastigne,

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

Composed expressly for the Grand Nationnl Concerts, and per-
formed under the direction of the Author, by the entire Orchestra sof
the Establishment, the Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, a com-
plete Corps of British Military Side Drums, and full Chorus ; the
Vocal Solos by Mrs. Alexander Newton—Scipio Rousselot.
Symphony in A, Mendelssohn.
Overture, "The isles of Fingal," Mendelssohn.
Wedding March, 31endelasohn.
Overture to "La Gazza Ladra," Rossini.
Angri, Mrs. A. Newton, Molique, Cooper, Baumann, Barret, Ar-
ban, Squab, Frelon, Franc, Remusat, Prospere, Winterbottom,
Richardson, and Miss Goddard.
Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Bale.
Conductor of La Musique de Dance—Herr Labitzky.
Promenade (admitting to the Half-Circles. Gallery/ 1 6
and Pit Static) .. • • • •SS
The Doors o:-,en at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com-
mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven.
Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office, where Programmes
of the performance n ay be obtained.
Mr. Thomas Maste.s of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum,
and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh-
ments and Wines, &c., &c.
London, England, 1850-12-21

DR. LAWERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
STEEL.
lust published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed
Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, fbr 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
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
9bservations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility 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 Inns-
action. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their structures, 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 Xpothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, Bre.
This work contains an accurate and complete account of the
kuatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un-
"ertunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive Uncial-
once and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con-
sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualified physi-
!lan for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro-
neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of
ut, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance whore
alone it can be procured. Dr. LA'MERT has taken the highest
•nedicalhonours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his
practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi-
ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these
liseases.
Published by the Author. and may be had of J. Gilbert,
;9, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starts, Tichborne-
treet, Haymarket; Mann, 89, Cornhill ; Gordon, 116, Leaden-
hall-Btreet, London ; or, free bY post for (London. stamps, from
ths Author's litosidome, ST, Bodlord-squars London.
London, England, 1850-12-21

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The leading prinelples of this Office ar3 —Moderate and equitable
Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits.
The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion
Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so
great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess
than calculation.

It has been found by experience. that the total annual losses of the
different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the
amount of annual Premiums received by each.
' It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers,
that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the
trua risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu-
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The true rate of Premium for Firs Insaranco can only be ap-
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been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as
security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer
is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by
supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica-
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The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant email sis of its own
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nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange.
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With this view an annual investigation will be made into each
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excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have
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London, England, 1850-12-21

LAUP.ENT'S GRAND CASINO,
Licensed by Act of Parliament.

ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-
STREET, ST. JAMES'S.
(Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.)

OPEN EVERY EVENING.

Immense success and wonderful performance of M. Boulcourt, the
Artiste Alt toile to the Orchestra, on the Cornet-a-Pistons, who will
piny a Fantasia each Evening atllalf-past Ten o'clock, aided by
LAURENT'S INIMITABLE BAND. The Selection of' Music will
be varied nightly.
N.B. The Programme of the Dances as usual.

_ ...
Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commute at
Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.

Admission, One Shilling.
London, England, 1850-12-21

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS,
for Orphan and Necessitous Children, Wanstead.
President—JOHN 3IASTERMAN, Esq., M.P.
The ANNUAL DINNER, to celebrate the Foundation of the
above-named Institution, will be held at the London Tavern. on
FRIDAY, the 27th instant, at Five o'clock precisely.
The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR (supported by the Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex), will preside.
Tickets, One Guinea each, to be obtained from any of the Stewards;
or at the Offices, 60, Bread-street, Cheapside.

A. L. SAUL, Secretary.
London, England, 1850-12-21

FRAN CE.

Accounts from Brest announce the return into that
port, on the 14th, of the frigate La Minerve, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Montagnies de la Roque,
whence he had sailed 15 days previously. The frigate
experienced a violent hurricane on the 6:b, which
caused her such damage that it became necessary to
use the pumps to keep her afloat.
The Court of Appeal of Paris confirmed on Wed-
nesday the judgment of the police court which con-
demned the director of the Courrier Franfais to pay
a fine of 1,500 f., for having published a leading
article divided into four parts but having but one
signature.
London, England, 1850-12-21

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West iJornwall
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Windsor, Staines, and S.

do. ..

W'estern
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-

m9r th • • • • • • ..
York, Newcastle, & Ber-
wick .. ..
Ditto and Newcastle
Extension ..
Ditto G.N.E. purchase
or preference • .

Do. Hartlepool• Dock
and Railway
York and North Midland
Do. Preference • • ..

Anglo-Italian (lath La-
Ilan and Austrian)
Boulogne and Amiens ..
Central of France (Or.
h ans and Viemn)
Demerara
Dutch Rhenish

East Indian .. .
Do. do. do.
Great Indian Peninsula •
_ Ditto ditto • • ..

Louvain a la Sambre

Luxembourg
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Madrid and V alentia

Namur and Liege ..
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• Orleans and Bordeaux ..
Paris and Orleans . • ..
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Paris and Strasbourg ..
Rouen and Havre .
Sambre and Meuse .•
Strasbourg aril Basle ..
Tours and Nantes
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Ilasselt
West Flanders

Australasia •.......
British North America..
Colouial ..............
Commercial of London..
London Joint Stork ....
LoiV.oti and Westminster
National Provincial Eng.
Do. New
National of Ireland ....
Provincial of Ireland....
Do. New .....
Union of Australia
Do. New ............
Union of London
Union of biadiicl • • •• •
London, England, 1850-12-21

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EXANITNER, NOVEMBER 16, 1850.

This extraordinary compilation maintains its high character. For
copiousness, correctness, and . admirable classification, it has no
approach to a competitor. It is not si,nply one Directory; it is a
dozen separate Directories; yet so skilfully arranged and connected
as to tend each to the other's greater completeness. The several
Directories of streets, trades, professions and persons, are a re-
markaole example of this. Each is complete in itself, yet none
would be to to the same extent merely by itself. Successive years
(and the book is now fifty-two years old) have contributed their ex-
perience, till the arrangement stay be pronounced nearly perfect.
Jut we are needlessly commending what is become a public neces-
sity to every one engaged in the general business of London life.
Perhaps we could hardly express the magnitude or wonders of our
city more forcibly to the foreign friends who visit us next May,
than by placing in their hands this astonishing record of the trades
and callings, of the several modes of life, of the infinitely vast and
various streams of human existence and interests, which are now
all gathered together under the name of London.
London, England, 1850-12-21

SPECTATOR, NOVEMBER 16, 1850.

This gigantic publication, with its two thousand pages of closely-
packed type, seems to leave nothing more to be desired in the way
of new subjects, or the exhibition of those subjects in different as-
pects, so that the searcher, who from want of particulars fails in
one mode cf examination, may have recourse-to another. If there
are here and there slight errors or omissions of detail, they may
f kirly be ascribed to the multiplicity of minutia, or to the necessity
of sometimes relying on second-hand information. It would be well,
however, to bear in mind the necessity of unceasing watchfulness as
regards accuracy.

JOHN BULL, NOVEMBER 16, 1850.
The fifty second edition of that monster repertory of the great
Babylon of modern times, and of all that dwell and trade therein,
—Kelly's " Post Office London Directory for 1851"—is now lying
before us; bearing witness in its annually increasing bulk to the
Incessant growth of the metropolis in all directions. In every de-
partment of its encyclopaedic contents the present edition furnishes
evidence of the indefatigable industry with which it is kept ' au
courant' of the countless changes which take place from year to year
in so vast a population.
London, England, 1850-12-21

Author of

A NEW

NOTICE.
NOVE L, by the
"EMILIA WYNDIIAIf,
entitled
" TIME, THE AVENGER,"
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London : Hatchard, Piccadilly ; Hamilton and Co., Paternoster-row,
London, England, 1850-12-21

DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.-VITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
STEEL.

lust published, and may be had is French or English, is 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
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
Ibelinga, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility 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 Indis-
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their strictures, uses, and functions, and the various
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D..
London, England, 1850-12-21

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RAILWAY' RETURNS

TRAFFIC RETU'NS FOR THE PAST WEEK.
London, England, 1850-12-21

WEEKLY DISPATCH, NOVEMBER 17, 1850.
Messrs. Kelly and Co. have just published the fifty-second annual
edition of the " Post Office Directory."' Having ex Amined the con-
tents-of this mammoth book, in every department, with scrutinizing
attention,. and having before given our unqualified approbation of
it, we may readily be excused for printing the following observa-
tions from the address of the spirited publishers, and adopting them
as our own The Directory was long at the head of books of its
class, and has now, for many years, stood alone : its varied lists,
classifications, and arrangements, comprising as they do —' Official
Directory;' Street Directory ;' ' Commercial Directory;' Trades'
Directory ;" Law Directory ;" Court Director y;" Parliamentary
Directory;' Postal Directory ;' • City Directory :" Conveyance
Directory ;" Banking Directory,' &c., leave all chances of com-
petition at hopeless distance, as success ve attempts have fully proved,
It cannot be requisite to g've, in detail, the contents of a work so,
universally known and in such general use, and all that can be neces-
sery to announce is, that every exertion has been used in order that
the present edition may merit the gratifying description of its im-
mediate predecessors, characterised as these have been, in the metro-
politan journals, as the ' Hand-books to the corn erce of the first
commercial city of the world.' In the case of Such a volume, pre-
dticed butinace a year, mere c-,it must always be quite secondary
to fulness of Information and accuracy of arrangement; still, it
may not be entirely irrelevant to direct attention to the fact, that,
taking its bulk only, without reference to the general typographical
and other arrangements, it is by far the cheapest book which issues
from the English press. In the year 1844 the classification and ar-
rangements which have been since continued were adopted, and the
price of the volume fixed at thirty shillings ; at this time the work
had an opponent, and . much surprise was excited that the ' Post
Office London Directory' could, with its far greater amount of mat-
tor, be sold at a lower price than its competitor. In the year named,
the' Post Office' London Directory' was included in 1,855 of its im-
perial octavo pages ; it now extends to 2,082, being en actual excess
of 227 of these pages. ,This large addition (made since the Post
Office has been the only Directory of London), although necessarily
involving a greatly increased outlay in the production, has been ac-
complished without any addition to the price of the book to its sub-
scribers.",
London, England, 1850-12-21

THE STANDARD of COGNAC : the very
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pale at 60s. per dozen, of iitt:rrs and CO., at 7, SMITHFIELD
BA RS.
London, England, 1850-12-21

Western, Ireland

Do. eighth-4
Great North of England .'
Do. new 401• ..
Do. new 301. .
Do. new 151. • ..
Great Western ..

Do. .N4w, 171. ..
Hull and Selby • •

1)o. half shtires • • •

Do. quarter shares
Lanee.s:er and Carlisle ..

Do. thirds • • •• • •
Laneast cr and Preston ..
Lancadiire and Yorkshire
Do. quarter glares ..
Do. nabs .
Do. F. 2CI.
Do. new, guaranteed 6'
iscr cent. .. .. •• I
Do. Yludders. & Sheff.l
Do.
West Riding Union'

Leeds and Bradford ..I
Leeds and Thirsk
Do. pref. 6 pet., No. 1
Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2
Do. pref. 6 p ct., No, 3
Do. pref. qrs., 1818 ..
Llyeipool, Crosby, and
Southport
London and Blackwall
London, Brighton, and
South Coast ..
Do. guarteed. 5 per ct.,
late Croydin thirds..
Do. preference, 5 p et.
Do. preference, cony. 5
per cent., 1852 ..
Do. new guaranteed, 6
per cent._

Lonon and Greenwich .

Do. preference
London and N.-Western'
Do. do. new quarters

Do. fifths

Do. 101. sh., M.& B (c)
London and 8.-W astern .
Do. new 50/.

Do. new 401.

Do. new preference • •
Londonderry & Coleraine

Do. half sLares
Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct.
Do. do. 6 per cent. ..
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen. .. .. • • • •

Do. half shares ••
Manchester, Buxton, and

Matlock ..
Manchester, t heffleld, &
Llncolnibtre
Do. gearters, No. 1 ..
Do. new, 101 preference
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union • •
Al 'land • • • • • • •. i
Do. consolidated pref.
Do. 501. shares • • • •
Do. 3d.mirg & Derby!
Do. Consul. Bristol &
G per cent.
Do. Bri.tol & Glouces.
Do. do. do. • •
Do. Erewash Val. pret.i

Do. Leic. & Swanning.l

8 per cent. guar.
Midland Gt. West. (Ire.),
Middlcsbro' and Itedcar,l
6 per cent guar. ..
Newcastle and Carlisle • .
Do. quarter shares ..
Newmarket ••
Do. extension scrip'
Newport, Abergavenny
and 1 lereford • •
Newry &44..0 1j
Newry, Wil-fii4lo

Rostrevor • ..
Norfolk ..
Do. New 20/. shares•.
1 EatenElon

.1,0. guar. 5% per cent.l

Do. Warenei Valley..
Northern Counties Ilaion
N orth BritiEh • • ..

Do. Preference ••
.north Staffordshire ..
North-Western
Oxford, Worcester and

Wolverhampton.. ..
Preston and Wyre
Do. Halves (A) ..
Heading, Guildford, and

Roston and Ilitchin ..
r,). thepreth Exten.• •
Scottish Central ..

!..ze:N.t,:sh Midl.ind
Dn. new
S Irev;sbury & Birming.
Clas 3 A.. ..

Do. Class 8..
De. New Guarantee..
Stirewshuiy & Hereford
Inewstury and Chester
(Nor. W. Yin.) ..
Do. Hal, es .. •• ••
Do. Oswestry • • ..
Do. New.. .. •.

Do. 8 p.r cent. Pref. .
Shrop=hire I; nion
South Devon • • ..
Do. Preference • .
South Staffordshire
&nit h-F.astern .. • .

Do. do. 4% per cent..
IVales.. .

South Yorksh. and River
Dun
Shelf., Roth., and Goole,
N. Div., guar.s p cent.
Do. do. South Div. ..
Swansea Sc Loughor, ace.
raw Vale Extension ..
Thames Haven Dock and

Railway .. .
Vale cf Neath .. •

Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick
Waterfo:d, Wex., Wick.,

and Dublin
Wear Valley, 6 per cent.
guaranteed • • ..

Lo. do. do. ..
London, England, 1850-12-21

GERMAN Y.

The Swabian Mercury states that during the sitting
of the Dresden Conferences the Frankfort Assembly
of the Bund will neither adjourn nor suspend its sit-
tings, nor take any holidays, the secondary states,
Bavaria and Wurtemberg, having determined to act
together, and by means of the above-named body
avert or try to avert from themselves the danger they
imagine threatens them from the conferences.

An experienced naval architect of New York is now
constructing a yacht schooner, of about 150 tons, which
will be present on the Thames during the Exhibition of
next year. He has carte blanche from the gentlemen to
whom she will belong; and is so confident of rendering
her the model of perfection which they wish for, that he
contracts to build her without charge, if she do not prove
to be faster than any other which may be brought for-
ward in competition.—Liverpool Mercury of yesterday.
MONEY MARKET—The premium on gold at Paris
is about at par, which, at the English Mint price of
34 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.15; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 24.90, it follows that gold is 1 per
cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 423* per mark, which,
at the English Mint price of 31. 17e. lOid. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.4 it; and the ex-
change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.4,
it follows that gold is 0.30 per cent, dearer in Ham-
burgh than in London. The course of exchange
at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight
is 1091 per cent., and the par of exchange between
England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it fol-
lows that the exchange is nominally 0.17 per cent. in
favour of England, but, after making allowance for
difference of interest and charges of transport, the
present rate does not admit of the transit of gold either
to or from the United States.
Yesterday at noon a new steamer arrived here from
the Clyde. She is called the Singapore, and belongs to
the Oriental Steam-ship Company, who, it is understood,
will employ her on one of the Mediterranean stations.
e-- - , The Singapore is a tine-looking vessel, of about 1,30 A
tons burthen. On entering the river she fired several
cNi EIN .--, . pejo. . sie was taken into the Nelson Dock, where
-.....-, __ many persons inspected her.—Liverpool Mercury of yes-
Cr
C7-'7!"'K':' , terartv.
...-1..._ :
FOLKEIONE HARBOUR, DEC. 19.—Yesterday
1;{ ,- '-s. ;.-morningtfi South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet
V .4.„,:. : :_ileen•qsanyfirlihip, the Lord Warden, arrived from Boulogne
D'--- `witl4 53 14 2ngers and 3 horses. In the afternoon the Prin-
0,
.2,-- : , con kifaen ', belonging to the same company, sailed for Bou-
.. ...----- 0
..,..,:* 53 passengers.
j
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