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RICHARD REES, ) "re"uver of the County of Carmarthen, I IN ACCOUNT WITIT I THE. INHABITANTS OF- THE SAID COUNTY. I After January Quarter Sessions, 1847. I RECEIPTS. I I- Amount of County Stock received 1847, as follows1:— LI E. s, d. Lkndilofkwr Union 189 13 9 'New-stle EmIyn. 62 10 0 Ilanelly 135 18 9 LarnPeter 37 10 0 ?'andovery 16-5 18 9 C-rm.rth,-W 16-5 189 arberth 77 3 9 -1011 5 0 l ?' amounts ofnnes received from the fbl- io'?ling Justices' Clerks 2. Mr. George Spurrell, Magis- trates' Clerk, Carmarthen division.. 3 14 6 3. Ditto, St. Clears division 0 5 0 4. Mr. F. L. Brown, Magistrates' -'crk, Llanelly division 4 18 0 6 Mr. Nathaniel Davies, Magis- *$W Clerk, Llandilo division 0 6 0 6. Mr. John Price, Magistrates' 5 7 0 Thos- Jones, Magistrates' CIŠrk, Newcastle Emlyn division 2 2 0 C& v t ,Wi H. Owen, Magistral' ??,Llanboidy division. 2 0 0 9- BY CMhfronttfr. J ohn Garner, St-?,? ?Weights and Measures, L1,Io,7ery, fees for stamping short   ?- 0 6 10t I g.- 13 cash from Mr. Thomas Lewis Inspector of Weights and easures for,Three Commotts, fees f stamping short weights, &c. 19 Õ ó 19 5 51 £ 1030 10 54 73alante due tb the Trtasurer 380 5 2 E 1410 15 74 DISBURSEMENTS. 1. Balance due to the Treasurer, on the fttV.eAuent of the last accouut 254 a O 2. Interest thereon and on the several lUlu. paid previous to my receiving the ''TOUary stock, as per account 4 15 9 3. Proportionate share of stamp receipts for and Police rates and postages e. 17 0 BRIDGES. 4. By cash to David Protheroe, Esquire, towards the repairs of Llandilo old bridge, as Per receipt 60 0 0 By ditto ditto, as per receipt. 60 0 0 6. By ditto to J. L. Thomas, Esq., towards the repairs of the Llandilo old bridge, as per eipt 100 0 0 r. Paid Mr. Edward Bagot, balance of ac- count for repairing Loughor Bridge, as per order of Justices. 84 19 8 8. Paid Mr. John Jones, Loughor, for lkeeping Loughor bridge in- repair, opening "d shutting same, putting in planks) &c., 26 *ftks' as per order of court 9 2 0 91 Paid William Williams, Bridge Sur- yor, for superintending the repairs of ]Llaudovery suspension bridge, as per order Of court o. 12 0 0 10. Paid Mr. Jacob Pendry for 6 months I &*velling, &c., New Amman, Clerk and errws bridges, as per order of court 3 0 0 11. Paid Mrs. Rachel Davies for the rent cfa cottage and part of a garden, used for Purposesm building Llandilo new bridge, as per order of COllrt 4 17 0 12. Paid Mr. Thomas Summers for 3 ZnOnths gravelling Brinan and Danyberllan 0 bridges as per order of court 1 0 0 13. Paid Mr. David Williams, for 6 months 9TM-Ilinir &c., Gloygodfach, Gloygodfawr, andCilgwin bridges, as per order of court.. 2 0 0 H. Paid David Thomas for 12 months gravelling Llansawel north and south bridg- t) as per order of court 3 10 0 15. Paid John Jacob for repairing Cwm- gwen and Pencader bridges, as per order of court. 0 7 0 16. Paid Jonathan Jones for erecting a temporary wooden bridge at Llanfihangel-ar- crth, as per order of court 82 12 10 17. Paid John Jones for six months gra- yling Treleach and Talog bridges, as per Older of court. 2 0 0 18. Paid Thomas Thomas for six months gravelling Longford, Egremont, and Cwm- In bes, as per order of court. 1 10 0 k tioy. Paid Sarah Griffiths for gravelling and eepmg in repair Pontyfenny, Whitland, Trevaughan, and Pontloyrig bridges, as per order of court. 3 0 0 20. Paid Mr. Thomas Lewis for 18 months gravelling Glanrhydw bridge, and six months gravelling Velingwendraeth bridge, as per 4 10 0 order of court 0 21. Paid Thomas Jones, Mason, for work done to Abergwilly bridge, as per order of c»ttrt 7 4 3 0 22. Paid Messrs. Joseph Waters and David Evans for repairing Cowin bridge, as Per order of court 14 10 0 23. Paid Mr. Lemuel Griffiths for one year and a hairs gravelling, repairing, and coping Alltycadno bridge, as per order of conrt 3 0 0 b 24. Paid the Treasurer of the County Roads "card three months composition for gravel- nB the approaches to county bridges, as per order of court 68 5 0 25. Paid John Jones for six months gra- velling &c., Drefach bridge, as per order of court 10 0 PROSECUTIONS.-QUARTER SESSIONS. 26. Paid John Morgan, Esquire, Solicitor, Uandovery, taxed costs of a prosecution against Mary Ralph, for larceny, as per order of court 16 1 2 C 27. Paid J. B. Jeffries, Esquire, Solicitor, Carmarthen, taxed costs of a prosecution against George and other, for a not, assault, Ikbd rescue, as per order of court 15 4 6 28. Paid Nathaniel Davies, Esquire, Soli- citon, Llandilo, taxed costs of a prosecution against Maria Thomas, for larceny, as per Order of court 9 13 2 29. Paid prosecutor in the Queen against Henry Jones, for larceny, the amount of his taxed costs, as per order of court 9 1 4 30. Paid Mr. Nathaniel Davies, Solicitor, LT landilo, taxed costs of a prosecution •gainst John Higgs, for larceny, as per order 8 98 Of court 8 9 8 31. Paid Hugh Williams, Esquire, Solici- r, taxed costs in Regina against Benjamin avies and others, for a misdemeanor, as 2 Per order of court 12 16 2 MAGISTRATES' CLERKS. 32. Paid Mr. Nathaniel Davies, Justices' Clerk, Llandilo, for returning a schedule of Convictions to the last October Sessions, as per order of court 0 3 0 33. Paid said Mr. Nathaniel Davies, for Returning a schedule of convictions, and for eturns m bastardy cases to the January Cessions, 1847, as per order of court 0 13 0 34. Paid Mr. George Spurrell, Justices' erk, Carmarthen, for schedules of convic- tiolis and returns in bastardy cases, as per 'Order of court 14 0 SHIRE HALLS AND LOCK-UP HOUSES. 35. Paid Mrs. S. J. Williams, Ironmonger, for a mop and scrubbing brush for the county offices, as per order of court. 0 6 0 18. Paid Mr. Thomas Jones, coal mer- Illftftt, for coal for the hall and county offieft, as r order of court o.. 4 0 0 3.7. Paid John Davies, hall-keeper, Car- Inarthen, a quarter's salary and disburse- Illeritr- as per order of court 4 4 9 38. Paid Moses Flook, Keeper of Llanelly lock-up house, a quarter's salary and dis- bursements, as per order of court. 4 14 9 39. Paid Thos. Lewis, hall-keeper, Llan- dlJO, a quarter's salary, as per order of court 3 0 0 COUNTY GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION. 40. Paid Mr. Henry Westlake, Governor of the Gaol and House of Correction, for dis- bursements, officers' salaries, maintenance of Prisoners, tradesmens' bills, &c., as per order of court 135 19 0 41. Paid the Treasurer for the borough for water for the gaol and county offices, due December, 1846 2 2 0 42. Paid poor prisoners and debtors in the county gaol from the 14th day of November, *846, to the 16th day of January, 1847, both delusive, as per book 1 6 0 CONSTABLES. 43. Paid Captain Scott, Chief-constable of the Rural Police, for services performed by the Police for the county, as per order of ft-t o. 13 16 6 44. Paid John Lewis and John Davies for attending the Insolvent Debtors' Court as Court-keepers, as per order of court 0 10 0 PRINTING AND ADVERTISING. 45. Paid Mr. William Spurrell, Printer, for printing for the county, as per contract.. 48 10 0 paid the proprietors of the Carmarthen Gurnal for advertising for the county, as 3 11 0 ^r order of court 1311 0 47. Paid the proprietor of the Welshman ewspaper for advertising for the county, as 0 ?r order of 10 14 0 I*r or d er of court 10 14 0 Paid John Evans, Bookbinder, for bindidg statutes at large, 9th and 10th Vir- ntla, II per order of court. 0 5 6 CORONERS. f. t. d* 49. Paid George Thomas, Esq., Coroner, for holding different inquests, as per order of court. 30 12 8 50. Paid William Bonville, Esq., Coroner, for holding different inquests, as per order of court 43 11 1 CLERK OF THE PEACE. 61. Paid, Charles Bishop, Esq., Clerk of the Peace, for business done for the county up to Michaelmas Quarter Sessions, 1846, as per order of court 116 16 9 SALARIES. 52. Paid Mr. William Williams, bridge surveyor of the upper division, a quarter's salary, due January, 1847, as per order of court. 11 5 0 63. Paid John Thomas, bridge surveyor of the lower division, a quarter's salary, and postages, due January, 1847, as per order of court 11 6 0 court i? the 54. Paid David Jones, trumpeter to the sessions, a quarter's salary. 115 0 56. Paid J. L. Rees, crier to the court of quarter sessions, a quarter's salary 4* 5 0 56. Paid the Rev. Thomas Jones, chaplain and schoolmaster to the gaol and house of correction, a quarter's salary. 25 0 0 57. Paid Thomas Lewis, inspector of weights and measures for theThreeCommotts, a quarter's salary, due January 1847, as per order of court 7 10 0 58. Paid John Jenkins, Esq., surgeon to the gaol, &c., a quarter's salary, for modiclu and attendance, as per order of court 20 0 0 59. Paid Thomas Thomas, inspector of weights and measures for the hundred of Elvet, a quarter's salary, due January, 1847, as per order of court 5 0 0 60. Paid Mr. William Thomas, inspector of weights and measures for Derllis, a quar- ter's salary, due January, 1847, as per order 0 0 of court. 4 0 0 61. Paid Mr. John Garner, inspector of weights and measures, Llandovery, half-a- year's salary, and for a schedule of convic- tions, as per order of court. 7 16 0 62. Paid treasurer a quarter's salary 12 10 0 GENERAL PAYMENTS. 63. Paid Thomas Beynon, examiner of fines and fees, per centage on the amount paid to the credit of the county, in October last, as per order of court 12 13 10 64. Paid MT. Richard Spurrell, Carmar- then, half-a-year's rent for the judge's lodg- ings, as per order of court 25 0 0 E1410 15 74 • This account having been referred to us, the several vouchers produced and approved of and delivered up to the Clerk of the Peace to be filed, there appears a ba- lance of Three Hundred and Eighty Pounds, Five Shil- lings and Two Pence, due from the County to the Trea- surer.—As witness our hands, this Twenty-first day of January, 1/847. J. E. SAUNDERS, DANL. PRYTHERCH, THOS. JONES, M.D., H. LAWRENCE, M.D. R. REES, Treasurer. ) Witness,—CHARLES BISHOP, Clerk of the Peace.
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I have used almost every means to procure a head of hair again, but all my efforts seemed fruitless, until accidentally a friend advised the use of your valuable Hair Restorer," (I can give it no better name), and after using a 3s. 6d bottle, every symptom of a new head of hair began to show itself, to the surprise not only of myself, but my children. I resolved on having another, and obtained a 7s. bottle before the whole of which was used I had, and have now, as handsome a head of hair as ever a man enjoyed, and I earnestly recommend that all who have not tried this most excellent Oil, will not fail to do so. I am, Sirs, your obedient servant. J. WALKER, Colonel. Whittly Lodge, near Taunton. On the wrapper of each bottle of the genuine articles are these words, in two lines, ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL. All others are "SPURIOUS IMITATIONS!" ROWLANDS' KALYDOR. 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The most successful liquid preparation ever known in this or any other country, for dyeing the hair of the head, whiskers, mustachios, and eyebrows a natural and permanent brown or black, so exactly resembling the natural colour of the hair as to defy detection. It is perfectly innocent in its nature, is free from unpleasant smell, and can be used by any Lady or Gentlemen with the greatest ease and secrecy. Its effect is so permanent, that neither water not perspiration will influence it; and it is entirely free from those properties (usual in Hair Dyes) which give an unnatural red or purple tint to the Hair.—Price 5s. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. 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Amount of County Stock, received > January, 1847, as follows:- Llandilo-fawr Union 126 9 2) Newcastle-Emlyn 41 13 4 | 5j Llanelly 90 12 6 5 Lampcter 920 5 0 0 ? 674 3 4 Handovery 110 12 6 j < Carmarthen 228 6 8 | Narberth 51 9 2J | By amounts of fees for ser- < vices performed by the Police, < received from the following ? Justices' Clerks and others:— 3. Mr. Geo. Spurrell, magis- } trates' clerk, Carmarthen and jj St. Clears divisions 8 3 6 ( 4. Mr. F. L. Brown, ma- gistrates' clerk, Llanelly di- j vision 4 2 6 i 5. Mr. Nathaniel Davies, ma- e gistrates' clerk, Llandilo di- < vision. 3 3 0 6. Mr. John Garner, magis- trates' clerk, Llandovery di- 5 vlsioa 4 6 0 7. Mr. John Price, magis- ? trates'clerk, Llangadock 2 3 6 j 8. Mr. Thos. Jones, magis- i trates' clerk, Newcastle-Emlyn and Llanvihangel-ar-arth di- J visions. 3 14 0 I 9. Mr. Wm. Allen, magis- S trates' clerk, Pumpsaint di- 5 vision 0 4 8 { 10. Mr. W. H. Owen, ma- | gistrates' clerk, Llanboidy di- i vision 1 3 10 j 11. Mr. John Davies, ma- 1 gistrates' clerk, Llangathen ..010 < 12. By Cash from Captain Scott, fees allowed by the Car- < diganshire Quarter Sessions, for the apprehension of Da- I vid Jones 0 7 9 j 13. By Cash from Captain | Scott, for services performed by the police 0 1 66 14. By Cash from Captain Scott, for services performed by the police for the county 13 12 6 Quarter Sessions prosecutions. 15. Received out of the taxed costs allowed Mr. John Morgan, solicitor, in the Queen against Mary Ralph, for lar- ceny, being fees due to the police. 2 1 0 16. Received out of the taxed costs allowed Mr. Nathaniel Davies, solicitor, in the Queen against Maria Thomas, for lar- ceny, being fees due to the police 0 1,3 044 17. Ditto in Regina against I John Higgs, for larceny. 0 4 6 [ 18. Received out of the taxed costs allowed in the Queen against Henry Jones, for lar- ceny, being fees due to the po- lie. 0 8 0 44 10 7 i JE1480 3 2i DISBURSEMENTS. £ s. d. 1. Proportionate share of stamp receipts for county and police 1846. rates, & postages with same 0 11 0 Dec. 2nd. 1847. 2. By Cash paid to Capt. Scott.. 231 19 4 1847. Jan. 2nd. 3. By ditto. 236 9 4 12. 4. By ditto, being the balance of his accounts up to January, 1847, as per order of court.. 195 2 11 6. Paid Treasurer a Quarter's Salary 10 0 0 I E474 2 7 Balance due to the rate. 806 0 7 J £1480 3 21 I 1847, January 21st, Examined and found correct. J. E. SAUNDERS. THOMAS JONES, M.D. DANIEL PRYTHERCH. HENRY LAWRENCE, M.D. Witness-CHARLES BISHOP, Clerk of the Peace. RICHARD REES, Treasurer. FAMILIES THEIR OWN BREWERS. IE following is the CertiScate of ANDREW URE, rp Esq., M.D., F.R.S., &c.- I hereby certify that I have examined the Malt Extract, as also the Pale Malt Extract with Hop for Brewing Beer, and the Brown Malt Extract for Brewing Porter, as recently made at the factory of THE BRITISH MALT EXTRACT COMPANY, and I find them all to be exceedingly well prepared and perfectly adapted to the purpose of making the above two beverages of the best quality and in the simplest manner.13, Charlotte-Street, Bedford-Sq., 8th Dec., 1846. These Extracts enable private indivi- duals to make fine HOME-BREWED ALE and PORTER, without employing any Brewing Utensils. They have only to be dissolved in hot water and fermented. Sold in Jars for Samples and other purposes, at Is. and Is. 6d. and in Bottles for brewing Nine to Eighteen Gallons and upwards, at 6s. 6d. and 12s. 6d. each, by the BRITISH NATIONAL MALT EXTRACT COMPANY, 7, Ni- cholas-Lane, Lombard-St., London; W. L. Evans, 26, Duke-street, Cardiff; T. Walters,jun, 3, Temple-street, Swansea; R. M. Davies, 49, King-street, Carmarthen W. G. W. Freeman, High-street, Tenby; Charles Smith, Banes Well Road, Newport, Monmouthshire; James Mearns, Post Office, Presteign, Radnor; John Williams, Grocer, Solva, Pembrokeshire; T. Lambert, Aberyst- with; T. Bowes and Sons, Chester; O. E. Davies, Druggist, Haverfordwest; and Oilmen and Grocers generally. Also, just published, 17th Thousand gratis, National Brewing; a guide to the use of Concentrated Malt and Hop Extract, for Brewing and Wine Making; to which 'I  es of Malt is added Medical Opinions relative to the virtues of Malt and Hops. London Dircks and Co., 7, Nicholas-Lane, City. NOTICE.—These Lozenges contain no Opium, nor any preparation of that drug. Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Prussia, His Majesty the King of Hanover, and most of the Nobility and Clergy of the United Kingdom, and especially recommended by the Factilty. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A CERTAIN REMEDY for disorders of the PUL- MONARY ORGANS—in difficulty of breathing-in redundancy of phlegm-in incipient consumption (of 11? NCJL is the most positive indication), they are of unerring efficacy. In asthma, and in-winter cough, they  NEYER been known to fail.-KEATING'S H?7ELT OZENGES are free from every deleterious ingredient; they may, therefore, be taken at all times, by the most delicate female and by the youngest child; while the Public Speaker and the Professional Singer will find them invaluable in allaying the hoarseness and irritation incidental to vocal exertion, and consequently a powerful auxiliary in the production of melodious enunciation. Prepared and sold in boxes, Is. lid. and tins, 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, &c. No. 79, St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Sold also by Tardrew and Smith, and R. M. Davies, druggists, Carmarthen; M. Hicks, and O. E. Davies, druggists, Haverfordwest; John Jones and Philip Bright, druggists, Brecon; Griffith Phillips, druggist, Cardiff; Dawe and Son, Swansea; Humphreys, drug- gist, Aberystwith, and by all the respectable druggists in the principal cities and towns in the Kingdom. Cure of Asthmatic Cough of Twenty Years' standing, by the use of Keating's Cough Lozenges. Seend, near Melksham, Dec. 8th, 1846. Sir,-I was troubled with a bad Asthmatic Cough for twenty years, 'till I heard of your COUGH LOZENGES, through the Newspapers, and with gratitude I send you an account of my cure. My cough was so bad in 1843, 4, and 5, that I was scarcely two months without being under the Doctor's care; at the end of 1845 I was so very ill with it that my wife and friends, and even the Doctor, gave me up; I could not walk across my room and the phlegm nearly choked me; but, thanks to your valuable Cough Lozenges, they effected a complete cure for the first night I took them I slept without coughing, and in a week I was quite well, and have not taken any other medicine, or been laid up one day since. I wish for the good of my fellow-sufferers, that you would pub- lish these facts. I remain, Sir, your obedient and grateful servant, JOHN RANDKLL. To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard. IMPORTANT TESTIMONIALS. Copy of a Letter from Colonel Hawker" (the well known Author on Guns and Shooting.") Longparish House, near Whitchurch, Hants, October 21st, 1846. Sir,—I cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary eflect that 1 have experienced by taking only a few of your Lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks, that defied all that had been prescribed for me; and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your Lozenges, which I find are the only ones that relieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive organs. I am, sir, your humble servant, P. HAWKER. To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard. The following Testimonial of a cure of Cough of twenty years' standing, and recovery of strength, will be read with much interest:— Pencraig, July 6, 184.5. Sir,—I beg to inform you that for the hst twenty years I have suffered severely from a cough, and have been under medical treatment with but little relief, and have not for many years been able to walk more than half a mile a day. After taking three boxes of your Lozenges my cough entirely left me, and I have this day walked to Boss, a distance of four miles; for this almost renewal of life I am solely indebted to your Lozenges. You are aHiberty to make what use you please of this letter, and I shall be happy to answer any en- quiries respecting my cure. I remain, sir, your obedient and obliged servant, MARY COOKE. To Alr. Keating, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. N.B.—To prevent spurious imitations, please to ob- serve that the words "KEATiXG'sCnuGitLoxHXGLS" are engraven on the Government Stamp of each box. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN Liverpool and Bristol, calling at Swansea and Milford, During the Months of JANUARY & FEBRUARY, 1847.  THE NEW AND POWERFUL IRON STEAM SHIP, ^(7 l/^MSV TROUBADOUR, ???????F JAMES BECKETT, Commander Is intended to Sail from Trafalgar Dock, Jiverpool JL with -Goods aad Passengers, for BRISTOL & Jan. 1847. o'clock. j Feb, ISt7. o'clock. XI, Mondav 14 2,nafotoenr I 1, Monday 10 morn. 20 Wednesday Wedue'l 4 aft(? r. 20, Saturday 1 after. From BRISTOL, calling at SWANSEA & MILFORD. Jan. 1847. o'clock. I Feb 1847. o clock. 5, Friday 4 after. 5, Friday 9 morn. 115, Monday .12 noon. 15, Monday. 6 morn. 25, Thursday 2 after. FROM SWANSEA. Jan. 1817. o'clock. Feb. 1847. o clock. 16, Saturday 3 after. 6, Sa tur aBy 7 morn. 26, Tuesday 11 morn. 16, Tuesday morn. 26, Friday after. FARESTo Liverpool, Cabin, 15s. Stewards Fee, 2s. 6d.; Deck, 5s. Goods intended for the above Steamer, from Lilrerpool, must be at the Trafalgar Dock two hours before the ad- vertised hours of sailing. Goods forwarded free of Commission. 0 All Freights paid on delivery of the Goods, and land- ing and warehousing at the expense and risk of the Consignee. Goods carefully forwarded to Neath, Aberavon, Llandilo, Llangadock,Llandovery, Llanwrtyd, and Llan- gammarch Wells, &c. &c., by PRICE'S VAN, which eaves Swansea for those places every Wednesday morn- ng at ten o'clock. ASTONISHING EFFICACY OF HOLLOW.A Y'S PILLS. ?%e!'M?M? o/' a C/e?yMta/?oM<'?'? o eleven cases of cures by these tpOM?e?? ? ?- EXTRACT of a Letter from the Rev. George Prior, ECurate of Mevagh, Letter Kenny, Carngart, Ire- land, 10th January, 1846. TO PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY. SIR,-l send you a crude list of some eleven cases, all cured by the use of your Pills. I cannot exactly give you a professional name to the various complaints, but this I know, some of them baffled the skill of Derry and this county. In a previous letter this gentleman states as follows :—Within a short distance of my house resides a small farmer, who for more than twentv years had been in a bad state of health Mrs. Prior gave him a box of the Pills, which did him so much good that I heard him say, for twenty years past, he never ate his food or enjoyed "it so much as since taking your Pills. (Sig"ned) GEORGE PRIOR. The above reverend ga 'd piou'! gentleman pu:chas('{l his poor some pounds worth of the Pills for the benefit of purchased parishioners. Cure of a Confirmed Asthma, accompanied with great Debility.-Extract of a letter from John Thompson, Esq., proprietor of the Armagh Guardian, Armagh 17th April, 1846. TO PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY. Sin.-There is at present living in this city a Serjeant, who had been for many years in the army at Cabul, in the East Indies, from whence he returned in September last. On his way here, from the change of weather of a tropical to a moist climate, he caught a very violent cold, which produced a confirmed case of Asthma. In December last he commenced taking your Pills, and by the use of two lis. boxes, with two 4s. 6a. pots of your Ointment well rubbed into his breast, he is, I am happy to say, not only quite cured of the asthma, but is also become so strong and vigorous, that he informed me vesterdav he could now run round the Mail with any person in the city, and that he never got any medicine equal to your Pills and Ointment. (Signed) J. THOMPSON. The Earl of Aldborough Cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint. Extract of a letter from his Lordship, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, 21st February, 1815. TO PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY. SIR,-Various circumstances prevented the possibility of my thanking you before this time for your politeness in sending me your Pills as you did I now take this oppor- tunity of sendin" vou an order for the amount, and, at the same time, to a,ff that vour Pills have enectcd a citw of a disorder in my Liver and Stomach, which all the most emunmt of the faculty at home, and a!\ over the Continent, had not been able to effect na'. not cv m the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad. I wish to have another box and a pot of the ointment in case any of my family should ever require L,ither.-Your most obliged and obedient servant (Signed) ALDBOROUGH. The mighty powers of these extraordinary Pills will do wonders in any of the following complaints Ague, Asthma, Bilious Complaints, Blotches on the Skin, Bowel Complaints, Colics, Constipation of the Bowels, Consumption, Debility, Dropsy, Dysentery, Erysipelas, Female Irregularities, Fevers of all kinds, Fits, Gout, Head-ache, Indigestion, Inflammation, Jaun- dice, Liver Complaints, Lumbago, Piles, Rheumatism, Retention of Urine, Sore Throat, Scrofula, or King's Evil, Stone and Gravel, Secondary Symptoms, Tic- Doloureux, Tumours, Ulcers, Venereal Affections Worms of all kinds, Weakness, from whatever cause, &c., Sold at the establishment of Professor HoUoway 2Ú' Strand (near Temple Bar,) London and by almost al respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines through- out the civilized world, at the following prices:-ls. 1 id., 28. Ðel., 4s. 6d., lis., 22s., and 33s. each box. There is a considerable saving by taking the larger sizes. N. B.-Directions for the guidance of Patients in every I disorder are affixed to each box. SPECIAL NOTICE. TO SECURE THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS YEAR'S ENTRY, PROPOSALS MUST HE LODGED AF THE HEAD OFFICE, OR WITH THE SOCIETY'S AGENTS, ON OR BEFORE 1st MARCH. —————— SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. EDINBURGH, 26, ST. ANDREW SQUARE. GLASGOW, 63, ST. VINCENT SQUARE. LONDON, 61, MOORGATE STREET. This is a MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY, in which the WHOLE PROFITS are divisible amongst the Policy Holders every THREE YEARS. The EXISTING ASSURANCES amount to TWO MILLIONS FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. The ACCUMULATED FUND exceeds THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS. The ANNUAL REVENUE exceeds NINETY THOUSAND POUNDS. ADDITIONS TO POLICIES. A Policy effected before 1st March, 1832, for E2000, is now increased to TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX POUNDS, being an addition of THIRTY-FIVE per cent. on the SUM ASSURED. Other Policies have received Additions in proportion. ROBT. CHRISTIE, Manager. AGENT FOR PEMBROKE. JAMES R. BRYANT, Surgeon. MEDICAL REFEREE—Dr. J. W. PAYNTER. IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES. THE POPULAR REMEDY. PARR'S LIFE PILLS. A MILD, safe, and most effectual cure of Indigestion, -fj L Bilious, Liver, and Stomach Complaints, Sick Head-ache, Costiveness, &c., &c. Their composition is truly excellent, they are compounded entirely of vege- table products, freed from all irritating and deleterious matters, which renders their operation mild and agree- able they do not require the least confinement or alteration of diet, and may be taken by the invalid with perfect safety as an occasional dose in all nervous and debilitated cases, recoveries from protracted diseases, &c., they will be found highly valuable, imparting vigour and tone to the system when emaciated by disease. Their value as a general tonic and restorative of the impaired stomach and biliary system, is daily manifested to the Proprietors, by their increasing rapid sale, and the numerous testimonials forwarded by those who have proved their efficacy. The following, with many others, have been recently received:— Communicated by My. J. GAMIS, Yeovil. Yeovil, July 13th, 1846. SIRs-Having during the last two years witnessed the remarkable efficacy of PARR'S PILLS, I feel much plea- sure in stating the following cases for the encouragement of others. I am, truly yours, Medicine Warehouse, Yeovil. J. GAMIS. E. A. An elderly gentleman came for a second box of PARR'S PILLS, and with pleasing astonishment said these are the best pills I have ever had, and I intend always to keep them by me, they are the best remedy for the Piles I have ever tried." P. G. Another person, aged 76, affirmed, that after trying almost every medicine for Indigestion and Bilious Complaint, that PARR'8 LIFE PILLS stand unequalled, and emphatically said it was the best aperient medi- cine extant. W. E. A young man, who had for a long time been. rendered incapable of following his usual employment, being painfully afflicted with a most obstinate complaint in his stomach, is now able to follow his usual employ- ment, by persevering in the use of PARR'S PILLS. E. H. Who declares he has spent pounds in endea- vouring to cure a complaint which he terms the blind Piles, has, by taking three 2s. 9d. boxes, received a perfect cure. B. M. Who has been sadly afflicted with Rheumatism for two years, has found these pills a perfect antidote, by having recourse to them especially in the Spring and fall of the year. These are but few amongst the very, many testimonials that I have received of the good cffects of PAKH'S LIFE PI Ll,'S for all Disorders in the Head and Stomach, and particularly for all Rheumatic Complaints. P. S. You will forward me as usual, one gross of PARR'S PILLS, and also a case of SI-F,N CEit's PULMONIC ELIXIR. This medicine, the more it is tried, the more it is approved of, for Affections of the Lungs, Coughs, Tightness of Breathing, &c., &c. Communicated by Mr. G. BATTERS, Agent for the sale Of PARR's LIFE PILLS, Nottingham. Sins-The many thousand boxes I sell in the course of a year, fully testify the superiority of PARR'S LIFE PILLS over every other Patent Medicine. Old and young, rich and poor, all acknowledge the great benefit they derive from taking them; many ladies and gentle- men of high standing in society, and numerous respect- able families have adopted PARR'S LIFE PILLS as a family medicine and thousands have given me full proof verbally of the cures which PARR'S LIFE PILLS have effected. I remain, Gentlemen, yours obediently, GEORGE BATTERS. BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. None are genuine, unless the words PARR'S LIFE PILLS" are in WHITE LETTERS on a RED GROUND, on the Government Stamp, pasted round each box also the fac-simile of the signature of the Proprietors, "T. ROBERTS and Co., Crane Court, Fleet-street, London," on the Directions. Sold in boxes at Is. IJd., 2s. 9d., and family packets at lis. each, by all respectable medicine venders throughout the world. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, Sixteenth Thotisand, iit a sealed envelope, 2s. 6d., or for- warded post-paid, to any address, secure from observa- tion, for 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps. CJELF-PRESERVATION: a Medical Treatise on O Marriage, and on those Secret Infirmities and Dis- orders of Youth and Maturity, that are usually acquired at an early period of life, which tend to destroy physical and mental energy, ardour, passion, and all the attri- butes of Manhood. Illustrated with Twenty-five Co- loured Engravings, on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, ex- plaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and shewing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. With practical observations, on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, Bedford-st., Bedford-sq., London, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Ho- norary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society Licentiate of Apothecaries' lIall, London, &e. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Union s.-C I I AP-TER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependent upon their healthy action.—CIIAPTERS. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy the concealed cause of Debility of the functions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Reproductive Or- gans.—CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Yofith and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.- CHAPTERS 5 and 6. On the Disorders arising from in- discriminate Excess, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Strictures, and other diseases of the Urethra. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. Unquestionably this is a most extraordinary and skilful work, and ought to be extensively circulated for it is quite evident that there are peculiar habits acquired at public schools and private seminaries, which are totally unknown and concealed from the conductors of those establishments, and which cannot be too strongly reprobated and condemned. The Engravings that ac- company the work are clear and explanatory and being written by a duly qualified medical practitioner, will doubtless be the means of saving many a youth, as well as those of maturer age, from the various evil conse- quences resulting from early indiscretions." Magnet. "This work has the advantage over other treatises on the same subject, in being the production of a re«ularly educated and duly qualified member of the medical pro- fession, who has had very great experience in the treat- ment of a class of infirmities resulting from secret habits and excesses, which, for their treatment, the utmost secrecy, confidence, and skill, is so essentially requisite." -London Journal. At Home for Consultation daily, from Xino till Two, and from Five till Eight; and all letters immediately replied to, If containing the fee of £ 1, for advi *X_ C. !? The work may be had, price 2s. M., in Carmar- then, of Mr. Shackctt. bookseller, Guildhall-square i).iv< v, Broad-street, Bristol; Times O.iiee, Hereford Kent and Richards, -52, Patcrnoster-iow, London.
IMISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE.
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. It is a somewhat singular fact, and perhaps may be regarded as an indication of the present dismemberment of the Conservative party, that the Duke of Welling- ton, who over the long period of 24 years has invariably prefaced the session of parliament by an entertainment to his political adherents, failed to do so on Monday week for the first time. The Marquis of Lansdowne, on that day, gave a dinner to a party of about forty supporters of the government in the House of Peers. Lord John Russell gave a dinner to about the same number of Commons and Lord Stanley gave a dinner to his par- tisans, as head of the opposition in the Lords. We hear the Ministers of Austria, Russia and Prussia did not attend the opening of Parliament with the rest of the corps diplomatique, in consequence of the formal protest contained in her Majesty's Speech against the recent annexation of Cracow. No doubt this step was taken by their Excellencies as a mark of deference and respect to an opinion so forcibly entertained and ex- pressed by the Sovereign and Parliament of this country, with reference to the violation of the treaty of Vienna by their respective Courts.-Times. The designs for a new throne, for the Queen, in the House of Lords, and two chairs of state, for the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert, have been entrusted to Mr. Welby Pugin. The Prince of Prussia, as Grand Master of Free- masons in that kingdom, has sent a circular to all the lodges, declaring that he adopts, without reservation, the principle laid down by the masonry of England, that there is nothing to oppose the admission of Jews as freemasons. His Majesty the King of Hanover has transmitted to the fund for the relief of distress in Ireland, the sum of LI,000, as the contribution of the Duke of Cumberland and the Chancellor of the University of Dublin. Colonel Hector Maclean, a distinguished Peninsular officer, died at Teignmouth, on the 16th instant, aged 62. In Great Britain, the Roman Catholics possess 622 churches and chapels, 14 colleges, 34 convents, and 8 monasteries. The number of their missionary priests is 818. According to a writer in the Quarterly Revieic, out of 2,345 children in 15 Ragged Schools, 219 had never slept in beds. A family council will be held shortly at the Tuileries, conformably to the French law, to authorize the Duchess de Montpensier, who is a minor, to transfer her property situated in Spain. Mackerel is more abundant this season at Portsmouth than has been known for many years past—fish of the finest quality selling at from 10s. to 12s. per 120. On Saturday 10,000 mackerel were caught off the Isle of Wight. The Emperor of Russia has ordered an increase of one-half in the land-tax paid by the free peasants in Russia. Liverpool, says the Daily News, possesses the unen- viable distinction of being the most unhealthy town in England. The Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son of the Marquis of Normanby, is a candidate for the representation of Scar- borough at the next election. Lord John Russell has granted EIOO from the royal bounty, for the children of the late Thomas Hood, until they can be put on the pension list. It is said that the ministry have submitted to the con- sideration of the episcopacy, an offer to create a new bishopric for Manchester, with a seat in Parliament, or several new bishoprics without parliamentary seats. A meeting has been held in Sheffield, to promote the establishment of an Athenaeum, in conjunction with the Mechanics' Institute. Above JE 1,000 was subscribed. Mr. Smith, of Deanston, has been lecturing at Shrews- bury, upon thorough draining."—We are told that some of the farmers said the landlords performed that operation admirably. A race of Malthusians occupies the parish of St. An- thony, Roseland, Cornwall, for according to the West Briton the clergymen, landowners, and tenants (except a miller) are all unmarried. It is a peaceful place. Ronald Gordon, late secretary and accountant to the Exchange Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, was found guilty, at the High Court of Justiciary, on Wednesday, of embezzling the funds of the bank to the extent of from JE2000 to £3000. He was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. In an address to the people of Ireland, Father Mathew says, The man or woman who drinks, drinks the bread of the starving."—Is not a contribution to the Repeal Rent, then, an abstraction of bread from the starving ? Very painful accounts continue to be received of the distress of the poor population of the Highlands and Islands; though great exertions are now being made to supply the destitute with food. County meetings are taking place for setting on foot subscriptions. Upwards of £14,000 has already been Subscribed in Edinburgh. It is understood that the Lord Chancellor will shortly introduce two measures into the House of Lords-to separate the two systems of bankruptcy and insolvency, and to abolish arrest in execution. Imprisonment will only be allowed in cases of fraud. The New York Sun mentions the invention of a steam type-setter, which, with the aid of two men and three boys, can put up as much printed matter as ten com- positors can do by hand.—" 'Tis an old tale and often told. At the present time England possesses the sovereignty of forty colonial governments. Lord Londonderry has applied to Lord Palmerston to prevent the publication of the late Lord Castlereagh's despatches concerning Poland in the Times. Lord Pal- merston replies that he has no right to interfere. Mr. Edward Colston Wall, auctioneer, of Bristol, committed suicide on Monday last, by taking a quantity of essential oil of almonds. Two voung, men, named Smart and Smith, in the ser- vice of a farmer residing at Easenhall, near Coventry, came to their deaths on Sunday night last; they took a pan of coals up stairs to warm their beds, and having done so, poured the coals into an open charcoal pan in their bed room. The next morning both young men were found quite dead, having been suffocated by the fumes of the coal. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Wolf Alexander, as Consul for Bristol, Cardiff, and Newport, for the Republic of Chili. A rumour prevails in Plymouth that there have been food riots in Cornwall, amongst the distressed niiners, and that the aid of the military has been required. On inquiring at the garrison at a late hour on Wednesday night, we find that a detachment of fifty men left there yesterday, and our informant believed that a similar number also left Devonport.-Plymottth Journal. A grand Celtic dress-ball, patronised by the Queen, is to take place at Edinburgh on the 28th inst.; the pro- ceeds to be given to the fund for the destitute Highland- ers. Of forty-six reigning sovereigns, married or widowed, thirteen have no children. 0 Game watching on the Duke of Buckingham's pre- serves at Wottou has found nightly employment for no legs than 60 persons, on some occasions lately. Oxford Chronicle. The report of the Duke of Marlborough having caused 200 does to be killed and given to the poor of Woodstock is not wholly correct. The haunches were given to voters in the duke's interest and to his grace's personal friends at Woodstock, and the fore quarters and offals only were given to the poor. Globe. Mr. Ward has paid his annual visit to the electors of Sheffield. In the course of his speech he made a posi- tive announcement respecting the ten hours' bill ;—" I shall go to the House of Commons this year to see the ten hours' bill carried. I say this on a higher authority than my own, and believe that Lord John Russell will give some modification of a ten hours' bill his support." The Court of Queen's Bench has decided in favour of the right set up by Mr. Alexander Hope, to the exclu- sive possession of the diamonds, valued at £50,000, left by his uncle. It seems to be generally understood that Lord Lin- coln's avowal that he would support a proposition for the state payment of the Roman Catholic clergy of Ire- land, has so damaged his case at Manchester, that he will not now be called upon to offer himself. It is very probable that his lordship was aware that he stood very little chance previously, which made him the more can- did in the declaration of his sentiments on this ticklish question. Mr. Hussey has announced the resignation of his seat for Salisbury. Mr. W. J. Chaplin, chairman of the South Western Railway, has issued an address to the electors declaring himself a candidate. The Dundee papers relate a sad and fatal accident with a naptha lamp. The three children of a shoemaker in the neighbourhood were trimming the lamp, when an explosion took place, and they were all involved in lfames. The father immediately ran to their assistance, and succeeded in extinguishing the file but one of the children, seven years of age, died next day, and another was scarcely expected to live. 11 What adds," says the account, to the melancholy nature of the calamity is the fact that the mother, a very delicate person, was at the time confined to bed from disease, and was a horri- fied spectator of the desolation caused by the explosion and it is mclancholy to relate that she has since died." A dreadfjl accident occurred on the 4th, in one of the first boarding schools for young ladies at Berlin. A stove, placed in one of the dormitories in which twelve of the girls slept, had the effect of rendering them all senseless. Nearly all the medical men of the city hastened to the spot, and, owing to their exertions, eight were saved. Of the other four, one was dead when the accident was discovered the remaining three showed signs of life, but died afterwards. The gross assessment of Manchester is now £ 759,802. The expenditure last quarter, for the relief of the poor, was £ 54,000. The assessment is now five shillings in the pound. A vessel which has arrived in the London Docks, has brought a cargo of raw sugar from Canton. The Dishop of Ripon has established a Sunday school in his palace, for the neighbouring cottagers. On Friday night, as the men in an extensive foundry in London were moving, by a crane, a frame containing not less than 7,000 pounds of molten iron, the ladle toppled over, and the hot liquid ran over the floor, and even poured from the windows, setting fire to the premises. It was long before the flames, could be subdued, and then it was found that three of the men were dreadfully burned. Two of them were not expected to survive. A strong disposition has been shown in London and other towns for a repeal of the window tax. A singular accident occurred lately in the village of Eaton Norfolk. A young man named Blyth, while seeking rabbits, thrust his head into one of their burrows, when the earth above gave way, and crushed his skull in such a manner that when extricated he was found to be quite dead. No less than 31 steamers, with a total of 21,773 tons, 7,943 tons, and 2,369 crew; six sailing vessels, with a total of 468 tons and five depot ships, of a total ton- nage of 5,282 tons are now employed by the govern- ment in the relief of Irish distress. The Great Western, North Western, and South Wes- tern Railway Companies, have offered to carry supplies intended for the relief of Irish distress along their lines to Liverpool, Bristol, or Southampton, free of charge. On Sunday night, a powder-mill at Kendal, exploded, and blew two men who were within it to pieces. There is at present a general movement in the north of Scotland to do away with the entertainment usually afforded on the occasion of funerals, so burthensome to the humbler classes of the people, and which often degenerates into excess. According to a German paper, the distress is so great in Hungary, that the poor are grinding the bark of trees to make into bread.
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CONSOLATION.—An inhabitant of Corfu, who re- cently returned from Spitzbergen, after an absence of 28 years, found his wife in very good health, but the widow of three husbands !-Globe. THE FAMINE—QUEEN'S LETTER.—The Home Se- cretary on Wednesday transmitted to the Lord Primate, and also to the Archbishop of York, the Queen's letter in aid of the subscription for the distressed population in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland. Her Ma- jesty directs, that these our letters be communicated to the several suffragan bishops within your province, expressly requiring them to take care that publication be made hereof on Sunday in the present or the ensuing month, and in such places within the respective dioceses as the said bishops shall appoint; and that upon this occasion the ministers in each parish do effectually ex- cite their parishioners to a liberal contribution, which shall be collected the week following at their respective dwellings, by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor in each parish." EDINBURGII.-The gross Highland population is 400,000, and of these 100,000 are in such circum- stances as not to be affected by current casualties. Of the remaining 300,000, one-half may be regarded as mainly dependent on potatoes for three-quarters of a year, and the other exclusively dependent on potatoes for the whole year. Assuming five as the average of a family, we have 60,000 families req-uiring subsistence during the eight months that intervene between this and harvest; and allowing two and a half stones (about 3.51b.) to each family, the consumption would be 75,000 bolls per month, or 600,000 bolls for the whole eight months. There are two Scotch bolls in an im- perial quarter, and the price of meal at 60s. per quarter, the cost of the quantity named of that particular food, would amount to about £ 1,000,000. This is appalling enough, but other things besides meal would of course be required, and above all things seed for next crop cannot be overlooked. However, the evil in all its hor- rors really exists, and must be fairly met in the face if we are at all to surmount the difficulty. Of the E312,019 19s. Id. applied for by Scottish proprietors under the Drainage Act, about £ 150,000 will fall to the Highlands, and so far the expenditure of such sums will lighten the burden. The opinion is gaining ground that this act should be expanded into a general Land Improvement Act, embracing trenching, fencing, and other requisites of rural cultivation as well as draining. CONNUBIAL COMPLICATION.—In the parish of Cruwys Morchard there is a remarkable lady, who is now near her 70th year, and is the mother of ten children, who, have all given their hands in wedlock, and who has upwards of 40 grandchildren. This venerable dame hath now for the third time been led to the altar by a young farmer of the parish aforesaid, and who is about the age of her ninth child by a former husband, in order that she may enjoy the solace of a marriage life in the sweet society of a young and tender consort. The old lady's niece has been married to her sister's husband's father, and consequently has become grandmother to an older sister's children.- JVestern Times. TOTAL Loss OF THE SIRICS STEAM-PACKET, AND NINETEEN LIVES.—The Cork Reporter publishes the intelligence of the total wreck of the Sirils, Dublin and Cork steam packet, with a most calamitous loss of life. Between three and four o'clock this (Saturday) morning, the vessel having made an excellent passage from Dub-* lin to the offing of Cork Harbour, struck, in a dense fog, on a reef of rocks in Ballycotton Bay, and instantly a scene of consternation not to be described prevailed among the passengers. Captain Moffett, the master, turned the vessel towards the land, and she soon after began to strike on a ridge, called Smith's Rocks, about half a mile to the west of Ballycotton, with the certainty of going to pieces in a few hours. The total loss of the vessel being thus inevitable the attention of all on board was directed to the preservation of the crew and passengers, and, amidst the confusion and alarm that prevailed, the life-boat, which is usually carried over the paddle-box, was attached to the davits, and lowered, though unfortunately on the wrong side of the ship. This boat, we understand, was not equal to accommo- date more than eight, but immediately she was launched twenty crowded into her, principally deck passengers, and before she was well clear of the steamer, melancholv to relate, she was swamped, and all in her met a watery grave, save Captain A. Cameron, of the Prince river steamer, who was a passenger from Dublin in the vessel. Meanwhile the steamer continued to thump heavily on the rocks, while the screams of alarm from the affrighted passengers, and the heavy surf breaking on her sides, and on the deck, rendered the scene one of awful danger and intense anxiety. Soon after the coast-guard boat, from Ballycotton station, under the command of Mr. Coghlan, chief officer, came alongside, and the ship's boats having by this time been also launched, the reo maining passengers were got into them, and safely landed, though with the loss of every portion of their luggage, &c. The extraordinary exertions of Captain Cameron, of the Prince (who was so providentially saved) in superintending and assisting the landing of the pas- sengers, have been described to us as beyond all praise. Up to the last accounts the ship was fast going to pieces, and probably after another tide there will not be a vestige of her left. The Sirius was valued at £ 15,000, and was only insured for £10,000. Had there been a light on Cable Island, ship, lives, and property would have been saved. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR WILLIAM ANSON.-This officer, whose name stands near the head of the Army List, died near Weedon, on Wednesday. He was a baronet, and held the colonelcy of the 47th Foot since March, 1837. FUNERAL AND FUNERAL SERMON OF JOSEPH JOHN GUUNEY.—A member of the Society of Friends, who was present at the funeral of that most estimable gen- tieman, Mr. J. J.'Gurney, calculates that from 20,000 to 30,000 persons of all classes lined the road along which the procession passed. At about half-past eleven the hearse arrived at the narrow gateway leading to tle burying ground, from whence the coffin was borne to the grave by six members of the Society of Friends, followed by the mourners. After the procession had reached and surrounded the grave, at the mouth of which the coffin was supported, a profound silence en- sued, according to the simple but solemnly appropriate practice of the Friends." This was at length broken by Mr. John Hodgkin, who made a brief reference to the 55th, 56th, and 57th verses of the 15th chapter of the 1st Corinthians. Another pause took place, fol- lowed by an address delivered by Mrs. Lucy Maw, of Xeedham. The coffin was then lowered. It was an impressive and affecting moment. The circle of mourn- ing relatives, the surrounding crowd of spectators-- scarcely less moved or less warmly attached to the de- ceased—persons of all ranks, of all ages, of all commu- nions, magistrates and artisans, clergymen and dis- senting ministers, Churchmen, Independents, Baptists, Methodists, and Friends-in short, representatives of the whole population of Norwich, took their farewell of Joseph John Gurney. The funeral sermon of Mr. Gur- ney was prcached by the Bishop of Norwich. It is toi me, says the correspondent we have mentioned, a good sign of the times, that a Bishop should preach a funeral sermon for a Quaker. We give an extract frcin the Bishop's discuurse He who is removed from amongst us, and whose loss every member of our Church must deplore, it is true, was not of our community bill who. will be buld enough in intolerance to say that thereby,, or in consequence thereof, his salvation was in jeopardy ? Can we doubt that he was in danger whose peaceful life was one unwearied comment on evangelical Christianity in its fullest and most expanded sense of whom it may be said to the very letter, Wiieii the ear heard him, then it blessed him and when the eve savv him, it gave witness to him, because lie delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless; the blessing came upon him, for he causrd the hearts of all to sing for joy.' To give a mo- ment's heed to doubt of his acceptance on the score of differing from us in church membership, would bc, in- deed, and ill verity, a mockery of thc_Biblr, a pervcioiuu of Gospel truth, a libel upon Christianity itseil.