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N°. 18,073.] LONDON, TUESDAY - •• E e SIT N 7 AUGUST 27, 1850.

DISPUTED LIFE POLICIES.
" A trial of considerable interest to Life Assurance Offices and the
public was concluded yesterday in the Court of Exchequer. The
Eagle Company held a policy for an assurance of 5391. in the Albion
Company as security for an advanee, the payment of which policy
was now disputed by the Albion, on the ground that at the time it
was effected the fact of the assured party having been a man of in-
temperate habits was concealed from the office. Ihe chief evidence
turne upon the question as to the degree of intemperance that had
been exhibited, and the restf t was, that a verdict was given against
the resisting office, not only for the amount of the policy, but also for
40/. interest from the date when it became due. The circumstance
of the action being brought by one office against another presents a
striking illustration of the uncertainty which may attach to all po-
licies under the present system, and shows that the only mode by
which absolute security can be obtained by the public must lie in the
general adoption by Assurance Offices of the plan of proteltingthem-
selves in ev, ry case by due inquiries before the granting f each po-
licy, and of afterwards assuming the full responsibility of the com-
pleteness of such inquiries by holding themselves precluded from
raising any future question. In the present case two offices are
found to be diametrically opposed in their opinions as tc what can
properly invalidate a claim, and yet the public are expected to be
able to guare themselves against such contingences. Similar cases
have occurred before, and even if they were more rare, they would
seriously injure the progress of life assurance. The very principle
upon which the business is founded is the removal of uncertainty,
and whenever that principle is counteracted in the slightest degree,
the people who would be the first to resort to its advantages are the
first to be deterred."—Times, July 11, 1850.
THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE
POLICY COMPANY,
No. 72, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON.
TRUSTEED.
r. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Full Richd Spooner er, Esq.
Esq., M.
Richard Manus, Esq., Q.C.Madox., M.P.
William Wilberforce, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
Robert Henry Forman, Esq.
John Hamilton, Esq.
James Fuller Madox, Req.
, John Matthews, Esq.
C. Octavius Parnell, Esq.
AUDITORS.
George Cumming, Esq. IJames Turner, Esq.
William D. Starling, Esq. , David Henry Stone, Esq.
SECRETARY —David Alison, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.
PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD.
24, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware.road. •
Rev. James Sherbold Boone, A.M., Stanhope. street, Hyde-park.
Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square.
Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin-

William Adams, Esq.
John Atkins, Esq.
Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq.
J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq.
Jahn Dangerfleld, Esq.

coin's Inn-fields.
Thomas Jervis Amos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square.
George Y. Robson, Esi., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New.
square, Lincoln's Inn.

Secretary, Chas. Hoghton, Esq.
The POLICIES of this Company, being INDISPUTABLE, form
Family Provisions and Negotiable Securities, for their validity is not
dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policio, upon the Import of
previous reports and other documents.
Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As-
surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the com-
mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing.
Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will be fcrwarded,
on application, to SolicitoALrs, to whom Commission is allowed.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON.
The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head
Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the
report, which is too lengthy for publication :
During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England,
and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2801.—making
together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected
mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how
severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last

year.
The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and
the 31st of Slay, 1850, was more than double the number issued in
the twelve months preceding,
Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.:
of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45;125/. 6s.
sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3e.
was received by the Company in the shape of premiums.
Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last,
assurances were effected to the extent of 110,972/. 12s 6d., pro.
ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. 1 Is. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed,
amounting to 23,930/. 16s. 62., of which the annual premiums were
7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to
2,9911. 151. 11d.
Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,700/.,
but 1,183/. I Is. 102. only was advanced.
The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the
last four months they had considerably extended their busineis on
the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur
de l'Etaug, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for
his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,
who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris,
the Cardinal Arelibistr,p of Lyons, and Monseigneur Par:sis, Eveque
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con•
siderab!e amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An-
nuities both Immediate and Deferred.
After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning
thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice-
Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish-
me,nt, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results
and future prospects.

THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
2.OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after the 29th day
of September next, the Chief Office of this Company in London will
be REMOVED to Nos. 20 and 21, POULTRY.
3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house.
BENJN. HENDERSON,
Resident Secretary.
24th August, 1850.

MANY have assumed the use of the word
PA LETOT, but the PATENTEES of the design and
material used in this inexpensive and gentlemanly article of dress
are, Messrs. NICOLL, Merchant Clothiers, Paletot Patentees,
and Manufacturers of Cloth, who have agents in every principal
Town in the United Kingdom and its Colonies. Their London Ad-
dress being as follows :
No. 114, REGENT- STREET, forms a department for PALE-
TOTS, &c.
No. 116 (the next house), is devoted for MILITARY and DIPLO-
MATIC UNIFORMS.

------_____...
No. 118 for ROBES and every novel or established article of
costume.

-120 is for BOYS' and YOUTIS' CLOTTLING, of un-
anal excellence; and at 22, CORNIIILL. Specimens of all may be
seen. -

In each Department skilful and intelligent Assistants attend, and
the admitted fact, " That an article to be really cheap should be
really good," is practically sustained.
WHOLESALE WOOLLEN CLOTH and SHIPPING Entrance at
the rear in WARWICK-STREET, and CHANGE-ALLEY, in the
CITY.
H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, REGENT-STREET,
and 22, CORNIIILL

TO EVERY FAMILY in the KINGDOM,
and the PUBLIC UNIVERSALLY.
Dr, Ryan's Certificate of Quality.
Mr. Henry Clark,
Sir,—l have carefully examined the samples of ESSENCE of
ANCHOVIES, and of the HARVEY'S and READING SAUCE.
prepared by yourself, and have compared them with those which
have been for so many years favourites with the public, and I have
no hesitation in saying that yours are equal in quality, in every
way, to any now extant. I have also examined and tested the
strength and purity of the Vinegars manufactured by you, and to re-
mark that I highly approve of the same.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN RYAN,
Professor of Chemistry to the Royal Polytechnic Institution,
Regent-street, London ; the Royal Naval College, Ports-
mouth, &c. &c. s. d.
FISH SAUCES, &c.
Clark's Harvey's and Reading Sauce, per bottle - 0 6
„ Essence of Anchovies - - - . - 0 6
Mushroom Ketchup
„ Walnut Ketchup
, Chili Vinegar ----- 0 6
French Capers
SI Ditto
• Cayenne Pepper 0 6
The above articles are charged by most other houses from Is. 6d.
to 2s. each.
Real China Soy (usually charged from 2s. to 2s. 6d. per Lottle) 0 9
Real Gorgona Anchovies, pet bottle - - - 1 0
per lb.
Anchovy Paste, for Breakfast, Luncheon, &c., - - - 1 0
Fine Bloater Paste, made from real Yarmouth Bloaters, per pot 0 8
Best London Pickles, per bottle - . - 0 7
Ditto do. in quarts -
Mustard, in lb. bottles, each from - - - Gd. to 1 4
Superior Table or Pickling Vinegar, in half-pints, 3d.;
pints, sd. ; quarts, each - - - 010
The bottles are given in at the above low prices, and there is not
a better article in the trade.
It may be had also in any sized packages, at Is. 4d. to 2s. 6d. per
gallon for the finest article.
Real Danzlc Spruce, as imported from Danzic, 12s. per keg, or ill
bottles at is 4d., 10d., 6d., and 3d.
Lemon Juice, 1;, Pints, 3s. 4d. per dozen, bottles included ; Pints
6s. ; Quarts, 125., or Is. 3d per gallon
Seville Orange Juice, in Half-pints, Pints, and Quarts, ditto.
Dried 1 emon Peel, per lb. ----- - 2 3
Dried Orange-Peel, per lb.
The finest Salad Oil, imported direct from Leghorn, in a handsome
decanter with stopper, at Is. 3d. each.
Salad Cream, or prepared dressing fa Salads, also in decanter bot-
tles, Is. 3d. each.
As there are many spurious imitations of an inferior quality, ob-
serve the name and address, CLARK and Co., Coleman-street,
is on each bottle.
China Soy, 93. per gallon.
Finest Salad Oil, Ss. per gallon.
SPICES, &c.
s. d

s. d.
Cassia - - per lb. 1 6
Pimento - - - 010
Black Pepper - - - 1 0
White ditto - 1 6
Cayenne Pepper - - 2 6
Long Pepper - - 1 3
Isinglass, from Bs. Gd. per lb. 15 6
' Mixed Spice - 3 0
Maccaroni, from Bd.
[Vermicelli - - 0 10

Cinnamon - per lb. 4 6
Finest Bencoolen Cloves, 2 6
Bourbon and Amboyna
do., Is, 6d. to - - 2 Ct
Finest Mice - - - 8 01
A fair article of do. - - 6 0
Finest Jamaica Ginger - 2 6,
Fine .do do. - 2 0
Good ordinary do. - 1 8
Good Barbadoes do. - 0 6
Nutmegs - - - 6 6
MUSTARD.
In 91b. and 181 b. casks, second - - - per lb 0 5
Ditto fine
In 91b. and 181 b. casks, superior
Ditto do. double do. - - - - 1 4
Real Gorgona Anchovies, as imported from Leghorn, in double bar-
rels, also in single barrels.
Essence of Anchovies and Mushroom Ketchup can be had by the
gallon.
CLARK and Co., No. 40, COLEMAN-STREET, CITY.
Orders lay post solicited and delivered free three miles from the
above address.

Terms, Cash.
A liberal allowance to shippers, emigrants, dealers, and isri ;•() con-
sumers.

DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF Y OIITH
AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVVR4 15 ON
STEEL.
Just published, and may be had in French or English, in Sealed
Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for i ett, v-two

Stamps,
ELF-PRESERVATION; a
Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on
the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and D. tat urity,
usually acquired at an early period of life, which d ehlititte
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the ni Aural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with P ra ctical
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and InOlge rtion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, er the infi ties ce of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, .3y)
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting fro as /nal&
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illtistrat ing the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Or gales,
explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and tin vi Orions
-
Injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excel taw and
infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Win.
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary /4 ensber
of the London Hospital Medical Society, Sec.
This work contains an accurate and complete account • of the
Anatomy and Physi:logy of the Reproductive Organs. It un-
fertunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessit ul-
gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con-
sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualify d physi-
cian for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, t ut erro-
neously entertained that those complaints are beyond the ra soh of
art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking 'or assistan, 'e where
alone it can be •procural. Dr. LA'MERT has taken the . '.highest
medical honours, as his Cplozaas testify, and the great exte at of his
practice for many years is a guarantee for his profession' a a speri-
ence, which has refervico almost solely to the treatmer tof these
diseases.
Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Ilics lards,
ss, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street;. Stacie, I heist erne-
street', Haymarket; Mean, 39, Comhill ; Gordon, 14 1, 1,1 eden-
hall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two ate CMS
the Anther'. Residence, 117, Realerd-equert 101493.

NOTICE.
This day, at all the Libraries, 3 vole,
ROYALISTS and ROU.NDHEADS;
Or, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE FIRST.
" What would you have, ye curs?
With every minute you do change a mind,
And call him noble that was now your hate ;
Him vile, that was your garland."—CoriolanuS.
W. Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough-street.
.Orders received by all Booksellers.

THE SCHLESIVIG-HOLSTEINJVAR..
Just published, tn_Bvo.,_prlce_3B._@!l, sewed,

THE POLICY' of DENMARK towards the
DUCHIES of SCIILES ,VIG-HOLSTEIN, from 1806 to the
breaking ont of the War in March 1848. From the German of MM.
DROYSEN and SAMVER.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK,
the original and by far the best, requiring no preparation,
offers the surest means of protection for every variety of household
linen and wearing apparel, against loss or mistake, for which reason
be careful to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the inventor,
JOAN BOND, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, City. Sold by most
Chemists, Stationers, and Medicine Vendors. Price IS. a bottle.

THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
Act 6 and 7, Vic. cap. 65.

By
Messrs. J. SWAIN and CO , Court Tailors,
379, OXFORD-STREET.

The REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT took the lead over
every other light over-coat last season, and will maintain it through-
out this.

The Local Agents for its Sale are—
Mr. Askew - - Tiverton
Messrs. Ackroyd and Co. - - Wigan
Mr. Abbott - - - - Lowestoft
Messrs. Butcher and Bard - Ely
Mr. Brunt - - - - Derby
Mr. Bevin - - - Chester
Messrs. Bastard and Son - - Cheltenham
Messrs. Boyd and Co. - - Clonmel
Messrs. Bateman and Son - Ripon
Messrs. Crispin and Co. - - Ipswich
-Messrs. G. and W. Clarke - Bury St. Edmund)
Messrs. Clarke and Co. - - Hull
Mr. Crisp - - - - Norwich
Mr. Davison - - - Sheffield
Messrs. J. and W. Dowling - Winchester
Mr. Elvidge - - - - Wisbeach
Mr. Fitzgibbon - - Cork
Mr. Gresham - - - Lincoln •
Mr. Hollingsworth - - Birmingham
Mr. Rutstein - - - - Bristol
Mr. Holt - - - - Bury
Messrs. Harrison and Son - Harrogate •
Mr. Hinchliffe - - - - Manchester •
Mr. Hemsley - - - Nottingham
Messrs. Harrison and Co. - Edinburgh
Mr. Johnson - - - - Ashton-under-Lyna
Messrs. Latnplough and Birch - Doncaster
Messrs. Lawson and Son - Whitby
Messrs. and Co. Leicester
Mr. 31 actaggart - - - Liverpool
Mr. Metcalfe - - - Driffield
Mr. John Meyers - - - Dublin •
Mr. Morley - - - - Scarboro'
Mr. Moore - - - - Wolverhampton
Mr. Mills - - Northampton
Mr. T. G. Nairn - - - Limerick
Mr. Newton - - - - Mansfield
Messrs. Nicholson and Eon - York
Mr. Oatway - - - - Bideford
Mr. Over - - Rugby
Mr. Pilling - - - - Burnley
Mr. Tinhorn - - - - Newport
Mr. Power - - - - Leamington
Messrs. Pickup and Son - - Blackburn
Mr. Rout ' Portsmouth
Mr. Roberts - - - - Taunton
Mr. Roberts - - - - Daventry
Mr. Robinson - - - - Huddersfield
Mr. reed - - - Newark
Mr. Saxelby - - - - Shrewsbury
Mr. Strange - - - - Swindon
Mr. Sheppard - - - Lynn
Mr. Seagrove - - - - Portsea
Messrs. Sharahui and Son - Huntingdon
Mr. Steward - - - - Great Yarmouth
Mr. Seaton - - - - Chelmsford
Mr. Sand•-rson - - - - Richmond
Mr. Smith - - - - Halifax
Mr. Schofield - - - Raale
Mr. Swauwick - - - - Ma chdcclesfield
Mr. Taylor - - - - Cambridge
Mr. Tremlett - - - Bath
Mr. Trowsd e - - - - Malton
Mr. Vergette - - - - Peterborough
Mr. Wilson - Newcastle
Mr. Workman - Gloucester
Mr. Wyatt - - - - Brading
Mr. Williams - - - - Oswestry
Mr. Willmott - - - - Spalding
Messrs. Wilson and Jesper - Preston
Messrs. Winter and Denham - Wakefield
and in London only of the Patentees, Messrs. Swain and Ce.. Court
Tailors, 379, Oxford-street.
The above Agents represent the Syrian Paletot in their localities,
in addition to whom, it may be had of the first merchant tailors in
every city of Great Britain and the Colonies, ,
This elegant garment Is the lightest coat offered for the summer
season; it bears no affinity to the produce called Llama, possessing in
its own intrinsic superiority advantages over every other cloth ex-
tant, and manufactured exclusively by the Patentees, at 379, Oxford-
street.

BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New-
road, London.

AGENTS for the SALE of MORISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVER-
SAL MEDICINE, in London and the principal towns throughout
the country:-
368, Strand (John Lofts, jun.) ..... The Hygeist-office.
65, Quadrant, Regent-5treet............ Mr. Field.
53, Cambridge-street, Edgware-road• •• . Mrs. Good.
1, Park-place, Mile End-r0ad........ Mr. Lofts.
63, Oxford-street.. • • ••.. • • .Dietrichsen and Han-
. • .... 1 nay, perfumers.
20, New-road, St. George's-in-the-East Mr. J, Kaines.
55, Watling-street •• . . .... • • .... Mrs. E. Dare.
133, Great Tower-street • • • • • • • Mr. Baldwin.
182, Strand.. .......... .......
8, Townsend-street, Old Kent-road.• • •
128, Tottenham-court-road. .....
Walham Green.. • Mrs. Merchant.
Brentford (Post-office) .....•
Clapham Mr. Batten's Library.
53, Great Chart-street, East-road,Hostop Mr. J. Dinmore.
Mr. R. Johnstone, per-
-63'
" timer, &c.
83, High Holborn ...... • Mr. William Hallet.
Deptford ..... ........ .
AGENTS IN THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRY TOWNS.
Manchester . ..... Mr. James Hibbert, 86, Oldham-street
Birmingham ...... Mr. J. Wadelton. 22, Sno.v•hill
Liverpool .... • • Mr. James Fisher. 196, Scotland-road
Exeter • . .. • • Mr. Ilavill, 91, Fore-street-hill
Edinburgh .... •• .• Mr. John Fraser, 49, Princes-street
Glasgow .... • ..... Mr. M'Dove, 17, Sydney-street
Aberdeen .. • • .... Mrs..T. Mitchell, 61, Broad-street
Dundee .......... Mr. D. Cramb, 77, High-street
Scarborough ...... Mr. Webb, Bell Hotel
..... Mr. Tleward, Grocer, Edear-street
Brighton .••• • • .. Mr. Snashall, 78, North-strect
llastings . ..... Mr. C. Moore, 1, Bourne-street
Ipswich .. ••..• • • • Mr. E. Giles, Tobacconist, Tavern. street
Bath Miss Watson, 17, Henrietta-street
Bristol .......... Mr. Evans, 29, Clare-street
Newcastle .. • • • Mrs Shepherd, 20, Carliol-street
Northampton •• .. Mr. J. Ratnell. Printer, Bridge-street
Nottingham •• • • Mr. Thomas Kirk, Bookseller
Dover ...... • Mr. W. Humphreys, 19, St. Ames-street
Southampton •• .. Mr. LarbalesVer, 12, High-street
Plymouth Mr. Acland, Treville-street -
Devonport •• • • •... Mr. A. Bradley, Tavistock-street
Gravesend . ..... Mr. Emery, Parrock- street
Portsea ..........Mr. Hudson, 46, Union-street
Huntingdon • • .... Mr. Edls, Printer
Stroud .... • ..... Messrs. Bucknall & Sons, llooksellere,High-st.
Norwich . ..... .. Mr. A. Chariwood, Orford-hill
Chelmsford Mr. Shearcroft, Bookseller
Bishop Wearmouth Mr. Gardner, 18, Lawrence-street
York .•• • .. ... • Mr. Rtimatt, Walmgate
Sheffield .. .••• .. • • Mr. Hopkins, 159, %Vest-street
Carmarthen ••• • .. Mr. Evans, Journal Office
Bangor ..........Mr. W. Shone, Stationer
Guernsey .. Mr James Cochrane, Tobacconist
Dublin r Mr. W. Shaw, 8, Bachelrr's-walk
• • 1.111-r. Cotton, 63, Aungier• street
Belfast •
.. Mr. J. Phillips, Bookseller, I:ridge-street
Cork ••• • • ...........Messrs. Messrs. Wood and Son, Hatters, Patrick-street
Kilkenny ........Mr. Fogarty, High-street
CAUTION.-No chemists or druggists are allowed to sell the Ve-
getable Universal Medicines.-See that the "words " Morison's Uni-
versal Medicines" are engraved on the Government Sterna in White
Letters, on a Bed Ground.
Phis list was issued by the British College of Health, August, 1850.
but a feller one, containing the entire list of the Agents, may be had
on application at the College.
The Vegetable Universal Medicine is sold in boxes at le. d.,
2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 Is. each.

BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
The acknowledged efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEU-
MATIC PILLS, by the continued series of testimonials which have
been sent to and published by the proprietor for nearly twenty years,
has rendered this medicine the most popular o r the present age ; and
in corroboration of which the following extract of a letter, written
by Julia Mollard Wheeler, E.q., Collector of Customs, Jamaica, hav-
ing been handed by his brother, at Swindon, to Mr. Front for publi-
cation, will fully confirm.
" I know you have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but
let me emphatically tell you, in mercy,to any !friend who may suffer
from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica . rheumatism, or any
branch of that widely-allied family, to recomir end their using them.
In this country they are of wonderful efficacy :: not only am I person-
ally aware of their powers, but I see my fee] ids and acquaintances
receiving unfailing benefit from their use. I would not be without
them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they
dissipate it altogether ; if In a later, they allevi ate pain and effect a
much speedier cure than by any other means within my knowledge."
Sold by Themes ['rout, 229, Strand, London : and by his appoint-
ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors th 7 oughout the United
Kingdom. PI ice 2s. 9d. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe
the name and address of " Thomas l'rout, 229, Strand, London," im-
pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the
Genuine Medicifte.

DR. CULVERWELL'S WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternc.ster-row ; Carvalho•
147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author,
price One Shilling each by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreati, and rational Us a of Time."
Cormers:—Early Rising— onSpring and Sau uner Mornings—Ex-
cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other plea.! ant places—Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night--Evening., at Home
—Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, SI oeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c.,

FRAGMENTS FROM THE 31017NTAMTS. Two Yobs.
I.
A VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH_OF EDINBURGH, ike,
Vol. 11.
THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, Sc.
111.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
"That three score years and ten our cotirse may ran."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
ation of every-day life.
IV.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever hoard.'
SUBJECT : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent
ofthe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of
licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations. graphic, narrative,
and remediative. Advocacy of early marriage!»
V.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
Pimitastsne :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterill4 and its conversion.
Oases, &C.

By it. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
.1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forenzic Referee in these
;Natters. Reception hours Allay till eve. Evenings, seven till nine.
10 Argyll-place. Regent-street

THE SWELL Mon IN DUBLIN.--Three persons,
dressed in the garb of gentlemen. one wearing a moustache,
were-arrested on Saturday evening in the act of picking
pockets at the terminus of the Midland real,Western Rail-
way. The moustached gentleman gave his name its satin-
dero, the Qtbor§ Jgbwitoa and gdwnaft.

I VISIT OF THE LORD MAYOR AND
SHERIFFS TO SOUTHAMPTON".
SOUTIIAPIPTON, MONDAY EVENING.—Tha splendid
entertainment given some time ago by the Lord Mayor
of London to the chiefs of many of the provincial muni-
cipal corporations seems to have excited on the part of
those functionaries a desire to reciprocate metropolitan
hospitalities. In a few weeks an entertainment on a
scale of great splendour will be given by the Lord
Mayor of York to the head of the London Corporation,
at which Prince Albert ar.d many distinguished indivi-
duals will be present; and to-day the people of this town
of all classes are in a state of hiu'h excitement in con-
sequence of a visit from the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of
the city of London, on the invitation of the Mayor of
Southampton, who is to entertain them at a grand
banquet this evening at the town-hall. From an early
hour this morning people have been flocking into the
town from the neighbouring districts, a large number
having also been conveyed from the metropolis by a ape.
vial excursion train, and the streets have been thronged
with eager gazsrs at the preparations made in all quar-
ters to celebrate the occasion. The inhabitants generally
have certainly determined to second the efforts of their
chief magistrate to do honour to his guests, and a more,
complimentary display of public gratification could scarcely
have been manifested in welcome of a royal visitor.
Along the. High-street and for some distance beyond the
Bargate, on the northern road, flags of almost every
nation and description, and of every hue, among which,
however, the union jack and British ensign largely pre-
dominate, are flaunting from the windows of many of
the houses, or hang suspended by lines across the street.
The royal standard is also flying on most of the public
buildings, and the vessels in the docks and harbour are
dressed in colours. The York Hotel, where the Lord
Mayor and Sheriffs have enkaged'apartments, and which
possesses an extensive frontage, is profusely and ele-
gantly decorated wit's evergreens, 'as also the house of
the mayor and several other private residences. A large
quantity of the same plants has been expended in orna-
menting the outer front of the Bargatea and the two
huge leaden lions which guard either side of the en-
trance are almost hidden in a perfect forest fof laurel.
The weather could not be more ferourabla, the oppres-
sive effects of a bright sunshine being counteracted by a
brisk westerly breeze. About noon the state carriages
of the Sheriffs of London, which had been brought over
by railway for the occasion, drove along the High-street
on their way to the point at which the procession was to
be formed, and the showy equipages, with the richly
decorated appointments, and the splendid liveries of the
servants, excited loud expressions of admiration from
many of the populace, who are uaused to such displays
of civic grandeur.
The Lord Mayor, attended by his secretary, chaplain,
sword-bearer, and officers of state' with the sheriffs of
London and Middlesex, arrived at the Bishopstoke
station, which is about five miles from Southampton,
soon after I o'clock, and were there received in their
robes of office by the Mayor, aldermen, and town coun-
cillors of Southampton, who had proceeded from the
town in ea,riges to meet them. Ater lunching at the
hotel at BiAopstoke the Mayor and corporation es-
corted the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London through
Stoneham-park, the seat of Mr. John Fleming, to the
entrance of the beautiful common belonging to the town,
where a triumphal arch had been erected. A procession
was there formed, headed by a band of music, which
was followed by the aldermen, common councilmen,
sheriff; and the various officers of the corporation of
Southampton, in carriages and on horseback. Next
in order came the mayor of Southampton in a
carriage and four, attended by his chaplain and the
town-clerk, and accompanied by the insignia of his
office. Two horsemen, bearing banners, on which
were emblsa !nod the arias cf the city of
Londor, were followed by the Lord Mayor
and Sheriffs of London, in their several
state carriages and attended by the usual efficns.
Then came the Lord Mayor's suite in carriages, many of
the inhabitants in carriages and on horseback, among
whom we observed Mr. Willcox, one of the Members for
the borough, and the procession was clo -ed, or rather
continued, by various bodies or lodges of Freemasons,
Foresters, Odd Fellows, and other similar associations,
each body being beaded by a band of music. It was cal-
culated that the procession extended for more than a
mile and a half.

The procession thus formed advanced from the com-
mon along the Avenue. road, through the Bargate, down
the High-street to the Royal pier and docks, where it
turned, and passing along the Eastern quay proceeded
through several streets in St. Mary's parish to White's
Royal Yolk Hotel above the Bar. The procession
reached the hotel at five o'clock, having occupied two
hours and a half in its progress. The banquet takes
place at six o'clock.
The Town-hall, in which the banquet will take place,
has recently undergone considerable alterations and im-
provements, on the suggestion of Mr. Richard Andrews,
the present mayor, which have adapted it to the in-
creased business and demands of the town.

Preparations have been made for illuminating the ex-
terior of the Bargate; and the York Hotel, with the
houses of the Mayor and of several other inhabitants,
will also be illuminated in the evening. There will also
be a display of fireworks in the Houndwell.
Amongst the personages invited to meet the Lord
Mayor, and who have signified their intention to be
present, are—Lord Palmerston, the Solicitor-General,
the Lord Mayor of Dublin, M.P., Lord Dudley Coutts
Stuart, Lord George Lennox, Hon. Dutton, the
Dean of Winchester, Sir Edward Butler, Sir John Barker
Mill, Mr. Willcox, M.P., Sir John Freestone, M.P.,
Mr. Hutchins, M.P., the Mayors of Northampton, New-
ark, Cambridge, Hertford, Portsmouth, Winchester,
Roomy, Lymington, Christchurch, Newport, Yarmouth,
Salisbury, and Basingstoke,
Mr. John Fleming, &e. The
Lord Provost of Edinburgh and the Lord Mayor of York
have excused themselves on the ground that her Majesty's
visit to Scotland on the 27th will render it impossible
for them to be absent from their official duties.

CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST

A SOLICITOR.
Yesterday Mr. H. Blackhurst, solicitor, of Preston,
wbo was remanded on Wednesday last upon a charga of
having forged a codicil to the will of his late wife, was
brought up at the Town•ball, Preston, for further exa-
mination„.

John Thompson, 'of Efoghton-lane, near Blackburn,
deposed to having had a conversation with Mrs. Black-
burst a short time previous to her death, when she told
him that she had left the interest of her landed estate to
her husband; 301. a year to her sister, Mrs. Webster;
and 10s. a week to Mary Thompson. She also aided
that after the payment of a few legacies, her personal
estate would go to Glasgow.
Mary Aura Kerr Miller, of Glasgow, said she had been
introduced to Mrs. Blackhurst a few weeks previous to
her death. Mrs. Blackhurst told her that elle had in-
herited her property through her late husbairl, who was
a Glasgow merchant, and that she intended it to go
again to Glasgow, to endow 'a school. She said she had
made a will to that effect, leaving Mr. Blackhurst 2,000/.
Mrs. Blackhurst wished witness to call upon the I.lrd
Provost of Glasgow and inform him that her (Mrs.
Blackhurst's) will was not altered, and requesting him
to write to Mr. Noble, her solicitor in Preston, re-
specting the property in case of her death. Witness
saw Mr. Forbes, the town clerk of Glasgow, and stated
to him all that she had been requested to state by Mrs.
Blackhurst. This was the whole of the evidence for the
prosecution.
Mr. Seger, barrister, addressed the Court for the de-
fence, contending that the case was not got up fJr the
purpose of promoting the ends of justice, but to defeat
the codicil.

The Bench then retired, and after a consultation of
about half an hour they returned into court, when the
Mayor stated that the magistrates had decided upon
sending the case for trial at the assizes.
Mr. Seger applied for the prisoner to•be allowed to be
at large upon bail, but the Bench refused the application
and he was committed for trial at the Liverpool winter
assizes.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, AUG 26.

a shade
market to-day was
betStreor,c:ndEnlocrrermtanc;imi.Etibuyers. Great
Westerns closed at 58%—Midland, 33—Tail' Vale, 134 -d'
Li VERPOOL, AUG. 26,
ex iv.
Brocx EXCRANGE.—The share market has been very flat
Tonhewa S
all day, and very little business doing. The transactions were
as follow :—Laucashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 391/
Ditto, Fifths, PA dis.—London and North-Western, t 1 1%,.._
Ditto, New Quarters, 1 p.—Midland, 331.4—Y0rk, Newcastle,
and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 5 dis.
—York and North Midland,_lsN: .

Gni3a92r:ket to-day
—Ditto (West
STOCK EXCHAbIeE.O
firm, but little busbies was done. 'I he transactions were was
IrEbSeT E-li
share A u
follow : Lancashire and Yorkshire,
Riding Union), 8 dis.—London andsNorth-Western, New
Quarters, l p. Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham,
Quarters (C), 1 1-16 c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, Preference, 7%4—South-Eastern and Dover, Con-
solidated Stock (N 0.4). 5%—South Staffordshire, 4 dis.
BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 26.
STOCK EXCITANOK.—TTO have little change to notice in
this share market. A small business has been done, and
prices generally remain stationary. The few sales that
took place were confined to South Staffordshires, which were
done at at 41. Is. 3d. dis.
YORK, AUG. 24.
Stoci EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 1434 —North British,
5% Great Northern, 9%--York and North Midland, Prefer-
ence, 7%.

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CAUTION TO S_
MOKERS.—A strange scene was wit-
nessed yesterday on the Boulevard Montparnasse. A wag-
goner was employed to convey some furniture from a cot-
tage near Paris to the Faubourg Saint Germain. On his way
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dragged from his seat by the bystanders. A spaurkafiroignnal,hiii,BB
pipe had set fire to the straw, and the cart and all its cm-
tents were in flames. All attempts to. check the progress of
the conflagration were vain, and soon all that remained of the
v3.eihesiscel,eigeliv..ere the springs and other ironwork.--
carryg. to the If 28. 64 next, it
It is now stated that the York and North Midland
oili!vsiadidentdhawtiltlhbeere2ws.B6ld.bpeelro,soh9alr:e,suorrpinu(s)thtoln
half-year,—ilerepaties Journal, of Saturday.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Furious, a new steam-
sloop on the paddle principle, on the design of Mr.
Flimflam, the master shipwright of this dockyard, was
launched to-day in the presence of at least 10,000 spec-
tators, ashore and afloat, whom the beauty of the weather
and the interest of the spectacle had drawn together.
The vessel was named by Miss Kennedy Er.kine, niece
of Lord Frederick Fitzclarence.

The following are the principal dimensions of the
vessel:-

Ft. in.
Length between the perpendiculars... 206 0
Length of keel for tonnage ... 181 7
Breadth, extreme ... 36 6
Breadth for tonnage ... 36 0
Breadth moulded ... ... 35 4
Depth in bold ... 23 7
Burden in ton', O.M. ... 1,286 86-94

Tons.
Burden by new measurement ... 1,365
Deduct for engine-room ... ... 561

Actual tonnage ... ... ... 804
Ft. in.
Draught of water with fore ... 8. 7
bilge-ways on ... aft ... ... 9 9
On her main-deek she has 16 ports, 8 before the
paddle-shaft, and 8 abaft it, and she will carry the fol-
lowing armament, viz.:— .

cwt.
Spar deck 1 10-inch GOO ••• 85
„ 1 68-pounder ... ... 95
„ 4 32-pounders ... 42
Main-deck 8 32-pounders 56

14
her horse power will be 400, by Penn and Son. She is
painted with a broad white streak with a black ribbon
above, and has a white ribbon round the upper part of
her gunwales; her figure-head being a very elaborately
carved and gilded half-figure of a warrior in scale ar-
mour, the helmet surmounted with a furious flying dra-
gon—the figure has been much admired, as is the work
of Mr. Hillier, the artist.

Rear-Admiral Superintendent Pres3ott gave a sump-
tuous dejeuner to a large and distinguished party, in ho-
nour of the launch; and Mr. Fiucham also, with his ac-
customed liberality, entertained, at an elegant lunch, the
principal officers of the yard, and a numerous party of
ladies and gentleman.
The new slip from which the Furious was launched
yesterday, and on which the Marlborough, 120, will be
laid down immediately, is differently constructed from
all other slips. The other slips and docks rest on an
innumerable mass of piles, some of which are driven above
forty-six feet into the blue clay forming the under strata
of earth under the dockyard; but in this slip there are
no piles, and the granite floor stands on a thick mass of
concrete—the blue clay having been excavated, and a
depth of concrete, sixteen feet in thickness. substi uted.
This appears to have; formed a firm and steady founda-
tion, and the slip is as perfect as the day on which it was
finished.

Miss Erskine, in naming the vessel, drank " Success
to the Furious, and may she add more laurels to the
British navy, and long protect our gracious Sovereign,"
amidst the usual demonstrations of music and shouting.
The Muster Shipwright afterwards gave an elegant de-
jetiner at his residence to the officers of the establishment
and a select party of friends.
To- lay being Prince Albert's birthday, the fleet in
commission here fired a royal salute at noon in honour of
the occasion, the ships being dressed in mast-he:d
The Tartarus steatn•vessel, Lieutenant Sir Godfcey
Webster, Wirt., tailed this morning for Woolwich, to be
pail off.

Dauntless screw-frigate, Captain E. P. Halsted, has
had her complement increased from 250 to 270; but
looking to her great armament and to her even compara-
tively light masts and yards, we do not think it likely that
she could very speedily get her complement if blue
jackets, if the Admiralty were to order her the comple-
ment of the Thetis—namely, 340. We feel at 'Jared that
on their Lordships' visit to this ship at Port,roonth she
will be ordered to be converted into a real and efficient
man of war—in masts, yards, and armament-----and that
their Llrdships will avail themselves of her great capa-
city, and surplus displacement to get the most out of
her in power as well as in appearance.
EXAMINATION OF MIDSUIPMEN.-.-A now Admiralty
regulation has come into force since the first of the
present month, with respect to the examination of mid-
shipmen. Those midshipmen who have completed two
years' service, and have passed the examination required
by article 23, page 24, of the Admiralty Instructions,
are to receive a certificate from the examining officer to
that effect; and no other officer will in future be
allowed to pass for the rank of lieutenant, unless he
has served a period of two years from the date of his cer-
tificate.

THE SECOND FLAG SHIP AT THE PORTS.—The Ad-
miralty have ordered the ordinary depots at the porta
to be paid off on the 30th inst., and the newly nominated
sea-going ships to be commissioned on the 31st lost.,
thue :—At Portsmouth, the Illustrious, old 72 (mounting
10 guns), is to be relieved by the Britannia, 120; at
Devonport, the Agincourt, old 72 (mounting 10 guns),
to be relieved by the St. George, 120; at Sheerness, the
Wellington, old 72 (mounting 10 guns), to be relieved
by the Monarch, 84; at Chatham, the Poictiers. old 72
(mounting 10 guns), to be relieved by the Cumberland, 70.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA TTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY.
LEAMINGTON STAKES.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Meeson's Doubt—taken
9 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Priestess—taken
9 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Tophana
12 to 1 agat Mr. Elwes's Fernhill—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Russell na Docility
15 to 1 agst Mr. Barber na Knight of Gwynne
The above prices were taken to small amounts.
SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES.
2 to 1 each offered agat St. Rosalia and Little Jack
YORKSHIRE HANDICAP (DONCASTER).
6 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Mark Tapley—taken
6 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Uriel
7 to 1 agst Captain Hervey's Strongbow—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Clothworker—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Post-tempore—taken
ST. LEGER.
Even on Lord Zetland's Voltigeur—field with the call
5 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Pitsford—taken
7 to 1 agst Capt. Archdall's Windischgratz
10 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Bee-hunter—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Cyprus—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew
40 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's William the Conqueror
4, 000 to 30 agat Mr. Irwin's King of Oude—taken
225 to 25 agst Clincher and Cyprus—taken
Several hundreds were laid out at even and 11 to 10
on the field agat the favourite, at 5 to 1 and 11 to 2 a g,t
Pitsford, and 10 to 1 agst Bee-hunter; the betting, irre-
spective of this lot, was very dull.
DERBY.
900 to 300 agst John Day's lot—taken
750 to 100 agst Mr. Henry's Grecian—taken
600 to 20 agst Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee
4,000 to 100 agst Lord Caledon's Aaron Smith—taken
5,000 to 75 agst Mr. Liley's Old Ralph Burns—taken
Offers to take 30 to 1 about Newminster
LORD CLIFDEN'S STUD.
The following yearlings were sold yesterday at Messrs.
Tattersall's : Gns.
Copia. by Lanercost, out of Plenty 2lO
Hyacinth, by Bay Middleton, out of Snowdrop 260
Hesperus, by Bay Middleton, out of Plenary 550
The other lots were bought in.
WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1850.
Acceptances for the County Stakes of 20 sove. each 10 ft.
Yrs. st lb( Yrs. at lb
Collingwood
Glauca 4 7 7 Escape..
Cockermouth 5 7 5 Juggler
Priestess 4 7 4 Lammermoor 4 6 2
Miss Ann
Turnus
Repletion
Uriel
Rhesus
Langton
Ribaldry 5 6 9 Scarborough
Ktnnington 4 6 7 The rest pay 5 sous. each.

RACES T

Egham.... ..
Canterbury.

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Warwick
Wilmslow 51'22T398
3
Weymnath 4
Morpeth
Lincoln
Roches;er
Western Meeting
Barnet 6
Bungay .........
Mendip
Lichfield 9
It tdclitie
Werneth Low 9
Cheadle (Staffordshire) 9
Bromley (Kent) lO
Marlborough ....... 10
Leicester ll

Newmkt. First October 1
Chesterfield 2
Monmouth
Chester Autumn 8
Royal Caledonian, &c

O COME.
'UST.
I Paisley

AQUATICS.
UNITED CLUBS EIGHT•OARED SCRATCH
MATCH.

The great aquatic gathering under this title yester-
day was, in every respect, of a most gratifying charac-
ter, and was most materially calculated to promote a
friendly feeling amongst aquatic gentlemen, and to re-
store the somewl so languid condition of aquatics. The
proposal had emanated from the Lox Club, and was
most cordially responded to by several other metropoli-
tan gentlemen's clubs, who were all anxious to enter the
lists; and so many excellent crews, or so great a number
has hardly or ever been seen upon the Thames. The
prizes were really both elegant and valuable, consisting
of wine-cups electro-plated, and the distance contested
was from Chiswick to Putney-bridge.
Red—Messrs. Frazer, Moesom, Whellock, Woodcock, J.
Carsey, J. Smith, Sadden, Gregory (stroke); Creston,

. , .
steer v _ei . 1
Wack—Messrs. Richter, Purdie, Howard, Revell, Luca,
Caper, W. Nixon, Berry (stroke); Patham, steerer 2
White—Messrs. Abbott, H. Nixon, Rule,' Tomlin,
Coveney, Schultz, Dafour, Layton (stroke);. Davis,
ateerer
Yellow:—Messrs. Charles Earlee, Ireland, Rotchtord,
William, Henderson, Iles, Aylmer, Atkinson (stroke);
Dea raun, steerer
Three others started, forming no less than seven eight-
oard crews. Mr. E. Searle was the starter, and Wil-
kinson, of the Thames Club, operated as ampire in their
Eight.

WENTZELL'S OARS MAIM
The pair-oared race amongst tradesmen, for two pair
of silver oars, annually presented by Mr. A. Wentzell,
of the Ship, Fore-street, Lambeth, took place yesterday,
and afforded first-rate sport.
First Heat.

J. Laves and Palaw (Green) 1
Manning and Sullivan (Yellow) 2
Stanley and Castles. (Rod) 3
D. Manning and Pegler (L. Blue) 0
Fenswell and Benns (Stripes) 0
Tho distance was from Lambeth Palace up to Nine
Elms, down to Searle's, and finish at the Ship. Green
took the lead and kept it, closely followed by Yellow
Won by three lengths.

Turner and BleuckhoSecond Heat.
(White) 1
Dennis and Sanderson (Purple) 2
B. Lawn and J. Harrington (Red and White) 3
Morton and Everard (Pink) 0
H. Hawes and Greenland (Black and Yellow) 0
It was a good heat, well rowed throughout, and won
by two lengths.

Final Heat.
Turner and Bleockho (White) 1
Dennis and Satclerdon (Purple) 2
B. Lawn and J. Harrington (Red and White) 3
Morton and Everard (Fink) 0
They were oar and oar for half a mile; then the winner
took a short lead, which he ultimately increased to a oon•
siderable distance.