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TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
.TUNF,. No. CXCVIII. Published by Simpkin, Marshall,
and Co., London. Price Is, Contents :—l. Causes of Crime in the
Metropolis.-2. History of Oakley-common.-3. There and Back
azain.-4. Royal Academy: May Exhibitions.-5. Phantasies of
Walpurgis Night. —6. Salmon Fishing.-7. Banking : the Scotch
System in London ; the Savings Banks Blll.—S. A Pig Row in
Malta.

Price 2s. 6d. ; or by post, 35.,
THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
for JUNE.
Contents : The Wonders of Modern Lecometion.—The Duke of
Monmouth. A Letter from Dr. Anster.—Maurice Tierney, the Sol-
dier of Fortune. Chap. IV.—" The Night of the Ninth Thermidor."
Chap. V.—The Choice of a Life.—On Government. By a Liberty
Boy.—Billy Malowney's Taste of Love and Glory. —The Revolution-
ism of Miralseau.—Sonnets on France. By 11. B. Feltus.—Kilkenny
Private Theatricals.—Embassy to Japan.—An Afternoon with the
Italians. By Jonathan Freke Slingsby. —A Night in the Bell Inn.—
Grote's History of Greece.—Love.—A Taste of French Theatricals.
Dublin: James ii`Glashan, 21, D'Olicr-street. Wm. S. Orr and
Co.. 2, Amen-corner, London. Sold by all Booksellers.

PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF EVIDENCE.
Recently published, in 1 vol. Bvo., price ISs. cloth boards,
ATREATISE on the Principles of Evidence
and Practice as t 3 Proofs in Courts of Common Law, with
Elementary Rules for Conducting the Examination and Cross-exa-
mination of Witnesses.
By W. M. REST, A.M., L.L.8., of Gray's Inn, Esquire,
Barrister-at-Law.
S. Sweet, I, Chancery-lane, London.

THE LAWS RELATING TO THE CHURCH AND THE CLERGY.
This day is published, the Second Edition, price 11. fis. cloth bds.,
APRACTICAL TREATISE on the Law re-
latin to the Church and the Clergy,
ILYILEN aisnsmiate
emp C. -at-Law, ana Fellow of New College,

Oxford.

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CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT.
On Monday next, price Twopence, a full Report of the
SPEECH of the Rev. THOMAS JACKSON, at the Ipswich Meeting
of tho Canterbury Association.
J. W. Parker, West Strand ; and all Booksellers.

STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. •
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AFEW WORDS on PERINEAL SECTION,
as recommended by Professor Syme, for the Cure of Stricture
of the Urethra, and on Mr. Wade's recent Remarks thereon, and on
his Treatment with the Potassa Fusa.
By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E.
Published by 11. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street.
Also lately, by the same Author, price 55.,
The PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC
TUT. E of the URETHRA. With important observations on the Use
and Abuse of Instruments.

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THE CITY GAS QUESTION.
Yeates . bling-of tlakicitemyaitteal
Mr. Ciardwon in the cnair;—"Zur. -LaMar, wag in a
speech of sonae"hours' duration on behalf of the ex-
isting City gas companies, proceeded to animadvert,
on the vast amount of artificial excitement that had I
been occasioned in the City by what he designated as
the elaborate and skilful agitation of a new and em-
pirical imposture, promoted in the name of economy,
and under the disguise of a cry for cheap gas, while,'
in reality, the promoters proposed nothing more than
what was now done by the established companies.
Practically speaking, and on their own showing, the
promoters of the measure had asserted their inde-
pendence of Parliament, and were, in reality, doing
that which they a'ked Parliament to enable them to
do. They had incorporated themselves by registra-
tion, had constructed their share list, and constructed
their works, had purchased land, and got the consent
of the Commissioners of Sewers to lay down their
mains and pipes, and were nearly in a working con-
dition for the manufacture of gas, the supply of
which might be said to be impending. All they
wanted, and which alone an Act of Parliament could
give them, was compulsory power over property
and limited responsibility, though this latter
had been provided for in the company's deed
of settlement. What was the financial con-
dition of the proposed company ? The ac-
tual amount paid up out of the 150,0001., and half of
which was called up, was only 34,0001. Out of the
8,900 shares, between 2,000 and 3,000 consisted of
contractors' and contingdnt shares, and though the
last call was due on the 28th instant, nothing had
been said as to the net receipt that had accrued from
it. He believed that the Bill was introduced with
the view of making an union with the old City com-
panies. In the case of the City gas companies it was
a striking fact that they had reduced their original
charge of. 15s. per 1,000 cubic feet, successively, to
7s , 65., 55., and now to 43. They had never at-
tempted to raise it, and he was now instructed, on
the part of the old companies, to proffer that the
price should be reduced to 45., 3s. 6d., and 35., when
their profits enabled them to pay a dividend of ten per
cent. Besides this, there existed checks and securities
for a continuance of their good behaviour. On the
expiration of the contract for lighting the public lights
it was in the power of the Commissioners of Sewers
to lay down pipes, and let other companies in bor-
dering on the City. The existence, moreover, of the
City of London Gaslight Company expired altogether
in 1863, and as they would have to come to Parlia-
ment 4or a renewal of their powers, it was not
likely they would forfeit their pledge. He concluded
by calling on the Committee to negative the preamble
of the Bill.
The Committee then adjourned.
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MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AND
LOSS OF LIFE AT MORECAMBE BAY.
Several families resident in Manchester have been
thrown into great distress by the tidings of a most
painful and fatal occurrence at Morecambe Bay. The
whole of the details have not yet reached the relatives
of the sufferers, but the following general particulars
may be relied upon :—A large party of ladies and
gentlemen had left Manchester to spend the Whitsun-
tide holidays at a watering place in the neighbourhood
of Morecambe Bay ; and on Friday morning a boat-
ing party was formed to cross the water from Silver-
dale to Grange, consisting of five gentlemen, five
ladies, and two men servants. The name of the ladies
I have not ascertained ; but the gentlemen were Mr.
John Morris, solicitor, Manchester ; Mr. North, land
and building agent, and Mr. North, j un., his son ; Mr.
Alfred Coates (son of Mr. Coates, late cotton merchant,
Ind now resident in Plymouth-grove), and Mr. Porter,
also of Manchester. In the afternoon, Mr. Morris
and Mr. North, sen., returned with the ladies to SR-
verdalo, crossing the sands at low water in a car, but
the gentlemen determined to wait till the tide served
in the evening, and recross the bay in the boat. It
would be high water at eleven o'clock, and it is sup-
posed that the gentlemen attempted to cross the water
At that time. Their friends, however, at Silverdale
remained in painful suspense till the following morn-
ing, without tidings of them, and at daylight intelli-
gence was brought them of the boat having been
found capsized on the sands, with the dead bodies of
Mr. Coate., Mr. North, jun., and Mr. Porter lying
near it. It is said there were also two other bodies
found.

MILITARY SAVINGS rite total amount of
the fund for Military Savings Banks, up to 14th March,
1850, for cavalry, infantr.; , and ordnance corps, was
99,6661. The number of depositors, on the 31st March,
1649, was 6,747.