The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-15 00:00:00

DIVISION OFPROPITV. The sucetss and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directrms, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, veiling from 30 to 75 rper cent. on the premiums paid on each Polley effected on the Profit scale. -, 1 F I Premium. EXAMPLES. I j 7g. %* 4 j Bonus Banns in I added. Cash. g• I • d. 1837 £l9l 13 1000 74 3 4 1 1838 1 65 13 1 1839 138 13 11840' .39 0 61187 13 5 1 X1317 1 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 6 61 14 3 9 210 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 =-019 1X395 Il 1 846 2 3 2% 13 4 247 4 5 The dtmision f',f profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the •Iresent year. F. FERGUSON CAMROU/C, See. TTNITED KINGDOM LIFE A` 3 S URANCE I COMPANY, 8 , WATERLOO -PLACE, ' , ALL-m.11,4 LONDON. stablished by Act of it 1834. DTVISIEON OF PROFITS AMON Parliament G TUB ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success ' , which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL 'INCOME being UPWARDS of 82,0001. In 1841 the Company added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1840, is as follows : Sum Time Sum added Sum Time Sum Added Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured, to Policy. £5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO 5000 6 years 600 00, 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-balfueed be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insu ranee is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No 8, 'Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. A RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF , PARLIAMENT, 5 and G Will. IV., c. 76. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LE, AF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Ilumphery, Esq., Alderman, William Banbury, Esq. M.P. Award Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Filcher, Esq. James Clift, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 ,Finsbury-square. &MORON —W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTIUG ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMII7M. P ersons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest Rate of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured, and which is. in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus ; they have likewise the security of a large subscribed capital —an Assurance Fund of nearly a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of HPwards of 6 0,0001., arising from the issue of between 5,000 and 6,000 Nixie's. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO, .--- For One Year. For Seven Years. I Whole Term, .£0 17 3 £0 19 1 1 13 1 2 7 Ibo 1 6 9 'l. 14 1 1 19 10 224 3 7 0 £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 for One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may rema i n on cre di t seven yer.rs, or one-thi r d o f t h e P rem i um may remain for life as a debt upon. the policy at 5 per cent., or may be p a id o ff a t any t i me Without notice. In Assurances for Advances or Money, as security for debts, or as a provision for a family, where the least present outlay is desirable, the v%ried and Comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. Claims paid, in one month after proofs have been furnished. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock, Bad Policies issued the same day. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A. liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. ------- THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. Tlie high estimate formed by the public during the tea years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) chemi callY purified material has been before it (made into every useful and ornamental article usually made is silver, possessing, as it does, the characteristic parity and durability of silver), has called into exist ence the deleterious compounds of " A.lata Plate," " Berlia Silver," and other so-called substitutes ; they are at best bad imitations of the genuine 'Articles manufactured and sold only by him. Fdle Threaded Kin's Table SPeA id ns and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern. dozen, ..... •• • 12s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od. beB sert (Mao and ditto, ditto • • 10s. ed. 21s. Od. 255. Od. Tea dltt,l and ditto, ditto •• ss. Od. I is. Od. 12s. ed. gravy ditto .. NI(JKEL ELECTRO-PLATED.—The REAL NICKEL SILVER, intreduced and made only by WILLIAM 8. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. El oron and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next losterling silver, that can be employed as such either usenally or °ma tt:ten/Ally. In the lengthened and increasing popularity of the ina• terial itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and by trim only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what Can 'be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can t he:7 be distinguished from real silver. Fiddle. Thread. King's. 7Nsa Spoons, per dozen ........ •.• • • • 18s. .. 325. • • 38s. 33essert Forks ••••••• • • • • • • • 30 s . .• 465. • 685. :DeSsert Spoons „ ••••••• • • • • • • • 30s. • • 525. • • 625. Table Forks „ ••..• • • • Table Spoons „ ••••• • • • • • 40s • • 725. • 80s. The and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIBBON and BURTON'S) stock or general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the vvorld, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of Its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it.- 35, Oxford-street (corner of Newman. street) Established in Wells street, 1620. TAKE The Establishment of B. MOSESN OTICE 1 and SON will be Closed_ on Thursday Evenhig next at Six o'clock until Saturcl,y Evening, wilen it will be Re opened at Seven o'clock, resuming business until Twelve. A WORD FOR THE HEAD Of all the places in the town For covering the human crown, The mart of MOSES you will find ' , tends highest in the public mind. MOSES and SON let nought escape, In point of quality and shape; And if yo u bu knew whaty y ou a a h r at a . t. You'd lia'Aten there to Try yito...stvEso,n coatsLiFOanß THE BACK. d waistcoats, too, And see how well they'll act by you. In ' , Ming there is not a wrinkle I T .or will they spoil when raindrops sprinkle. durability and make, The highest value they partake ; And when 3 our largest purchase Closes, You'll not find much expense with MOSES. A WORD FOR THE LEG. ',the leg's a most important limb, Which folks should always keep in trim, MOSES and SON may safely beg The patronage of ev'ry leg. For not a warehouse, any how, sirs, Can ever 'equal MOSES' trowsers. In cloth, and cut, and all the re e s s t i.,, These trowsers are " the very b LIST OF PRICES. HEADY MADE. s. d. Beaver Taglitails ....... .......... ..... from 0 8 6 Chesterfields or Codringtons . ....... ................ 0 10 6 D'OntrAys, Attols, Pembroke, and every description of Winter Coats Boys' Winter Coats in every style from 0 8 6 'Winter troasers, li ned. 0 4 6 Doeskin, ..... ............ 0 10 Dress Coate, edged . . . 1 0 0 Frock, ditto •••••• • • • • • .................. ...... 1 5 0 Double-breasted Boys' Hussar and Tu.,dc • • .......... 0 18 6 Ditto, Winter ................ • • 0 3 0 Ditto, ditto Ves+,a 0 1 6 CORK AND RILLARNEY RAILWAY COMPANY. The Shareholders I n this Company are informed that, in conse vmence of the measures announced as In contemplation by her Ma. jesty's Government in reference to Railway Companies, it is thought advisable to postpone the proposed Meeting of Shareholders in this Company until that measure shall be brought forwhrd, when it is believed that the object of the Shareholders can be more effectually carried into effect. The Meeting therefore advertised to be held at the George and Vulture Tavern, on Friday next, the 17th inst., will not be held. London, April 14, 1846. DIRECT LONDON and MANCHESTER RAILWAY and REMINGTON'S INDEPENDENT LON DON and MANCHESTER RAILWAY. The SUBSCRIBERS and SCRIPUOLDERS in this amalgamated Company are requested to MEET at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, on TUESDAY, 21st inst., at 3 precisely, to consider the pro priety of recommending the Directors to wind up the affairs and return the deposits, or to adopt such other measures as may be for the interest cf the shareholders. Gentlemen attending will be re quired to produce their scrip certificates, and (to ascertain the number of shares represented at the Meeting) are requested to hand in their Cards, with the number of shares they hold (distinguishing the Com )Qany) written upon them ; and these unable to attend are requested sweviously to communicate their wishes on the subject to the advertiser, Thomas Pocock, 58, Barthelomew-close, London, an original subscriber. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUB- ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £600,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr3w, without ex pense or forfeitese of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); a i .so the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of 414 inters Pts to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of pArs are granted on the lowest possible rates. MADE TO MEASURE. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, handsomely trlmnsed '' •••••• • • • • • 1 5 0 Milled Sloth ' Great Coats, velvet collar and cliffs ...... 1 12 0 ''' •6 .0* 0 18 6 Tweed Wrappers ...... .... • . • • •• • • • • • • ..... Winter T rousers, in all the new patterns .....: :: :: :. 0 8 6 . 9 12 0 Doeskin ditto .. 1 6 0 Best qvatlity, or dres s —• • d • o • .• • •• • • ••• " • •••• • • • • • • . • Dress Coats.. .... .......................... -. 1 12 0 2 15 0 ... J AW', best quality •••••••••••• • • • • " " • • • • ro.ek Coat s . •••••••• • • • • • • • " 113 0 • .3 3 0 VAto, best quality made . 0 8 6 'Cashmere Vests.... ••: .• • •••• • ' Satin do., plain or fancy • •—• :: . • • 0 12 0 ...... .. ...... B • o Grys Hussar at Coats and Tunic suits .. I ._ Tlloen New Work, entitled • " Hab il iment Hall," • with full di• ward ma s fo r self-measurem en t, may be had on application, or for. ed, " Post ee." Observe —E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. sers, and Outfitter, and Aldgate, City, London. 11111.011TANT. . money returnea. exchan4 . ti. er ti t_. article pnrchued ordered, if not approved of or .... .11.. No b "S tr ansacted at this RTinaf till sunset on meted Establishment from sunset on 041 , ,ek. a.r. when business is reclined at twelve CAMTI?... -Moses and Son ar. Against imposition, having learned t , l - ia o t r the obliged to guard the public tood of being connected wiinstutcher, and reit; u ntradeemanlike false the same concern, has been resorted to in many vious reasons. They have no connexion whatever li %tit any ether e ° s b t in or out Of London, and those who desire genuine Cheaanbtrhignagt'should (t o t prevent disappointment, &c.) call or send to 154, ica or i es, or 86, Aidgate. opposite the Church. BRITISH COLLEGE OF NEW-ROAD, LONDON, EALT H, MORISON'S PILLS, THE VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE. principal cities iin An Agent for the sale of the above Medicine is to be found ... grf erY town In the United Kingdom, and most of 3 4t ,„""roughout the world. See that the words t. Leklicines" are engraved on the Government stamp affixed to each .7 1, in white letters on a red ground, without which none eaenabcie die nine. No chemists or druggists are allowed to sell Moriso n , s ' e „ r i nts , The following are the principal depots in London : 8 Me- ZYgeiht Office, 368, Strand. r t " r • 65, Quadrant, Regent street. G00d,„c53, Cambridge-street, Edgeware - road. • Lofts, 3, Park-place, Mile-end-road. ` . ',.hal)pel, 84, Lombard-street, Cornhill... • u • 13 eines 20 New-road, St. George s in the East. Si m Dare, 55, Watling-street. Baldwin, 33, Great Tower-street. Aoy it r rs .,„ • Vaatnay and Co., Perftuners, OS, Oxford-street, and kr.•ipatscher, 128, Tottenham-court-road. s . ° LtrarY, Post-office, Bentiord. Williams, 6, Sloane-square, Chelsea. i..;;,..isrten's Lib rary, Clapham. bur -Langley, 53, Great f'hart-street, East-road, Holitcr: l, kr, J ohnson, pertinmer, &c., 68, Cori,hlll. i;__' . !-LLaln Hallett, 83, High Holborn. 34. 4 r ar,42, G rea t Q ueen-street. Dia Vaciii g EWA, areNtitd) 61163 - - 'l_,_ , , '--- /,---- — 1 -- -.. i - 401 / 2 c 2 , - Iv; . , , ---- ,i‘:.• '—ivir je • 4. ' -• . ..„,. -- -s‹. 4 ti '-' -?±_,,, 1,.. - .i. , • . i ., .-, , •p-, \''' , • /—, ~._._., , —___________ , - ~ ,,I. t . ,4- , .. '5- V Z" --- -T, , / - ~.•,, . ....ery '-, _7 .ms s , 4. l t h t=. - . ! ';' a• , ,-C ~,:, ' -, 1 , . - ' •-,`,''''' I s i .I. V ',;. ti .. --, . 0 ..,., ,7. . e _ ... .... :-, - , t , •' 1 - • - --- - --fz )., 4I • I A- - ; 4.: ,- : , _ Akc ( i.p. K 02 t ., ) 1 ... ~., ".„.. w , . -0,.T.1, v . .,_ , / •,- .. / , -a -.. _____ *'' ' ir, 4;. A . '? +, v 1/4- No. 16,714. LONDON, WEDNESDAY N G EASTER HOLYDAYS. Novelties of extrem. interest and information at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the - SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, with new and beautiful variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY. an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex. periments. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors. NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 66. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. FLAT PATENT LEVER WATCHES, Lon don-made, with the late improvement of placing the balance level with the other wheels of the watch, so as to render it flat for the waistcoat pocket, with the detadhod escapement, capped and jewelled in four holes, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, maintaining power to continue the action of the watch while wind ing, are offered in silver engine -turned cases, price six guineas each, or hunting cases six and a half guineas. An undertaking is given, with fixed terms on which the watches will always receive at tention. T. COX SAVORY and CO., Watchmakers, Jewellers, &c., 47, Conli 11 (seven doors from Oracechurch-street), London. N.B. Second-hand Watches puchased in exchange. PUBLICATIONS. Next week, Second Edition, Revised. 3 vols. Bvo., 42. .IVES of the LORD CHANCELLORS of ECA ENGLAND, from the Earliest Times till the reign of George V. First Series. By LORD CAMPBELL. John Murray, Albemarle-street. TITILARSH IN THE EAST. In 1 vol. post Bvo., price 12s. cloth, with numerous illustrations and a coloured frontispiece. NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM CORN HILL TO GRAND CAIRO. By Mr. MICHAEL ANGELO TITMARSII. Also by the same Author, TIIE IRISH SKETCH BOOK. Second Edition. In 2 vols. pose Bvo., price 143, cloth. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand TO CLE RGY 11 EN, CIIIJBCIIWARDENS, MISSIONARIES, PARISII SCHOOLMASTERS, AND TUE PROMOTERS OF GRATUITOUS EDUCATION GENERALLY. In 24 Parts, oblong foolscap, 12s. 6d. per 100, with Allowance to Schools, ' FOSTER'S PAROCHIAL-SCHOOL COPY BOOKS; a simple, comprehensive system, whereby the art of Writing may be taught and acquired at an expense of 3s. By 11. F. FOSTER, Author of " Double Entry Elucidated ;" " Pencilled Copy-Books ;" and other scholastic works. * 5 This system combixes, in a high degree, the essential qualities of excellence and cheapness. The written characters are analysed, classified, and progressively arranged, advancing, by easy gradations, from the simplest elements to a finished current hand. In short, the facilities afforded by FOSTER'S COPY-BOOKS are such, that any person, by their aid, may teach himself or others to write, at an expense of time and money so trifling as to be within reach of all classes. London : Souter and Law, 131, Fleet-street. Edinburgh : Whyte and Co. Glasgow: Ogle and Son. Aberdeen: Brown and Co. Dub lin : W. Curry and Co. ; and all Booksellers. Jut published, price ls., the Fourth Edition (translated from the - Nineteenth French Edition), CONSTIPATION DESTROYED; or, Expo sition of a Natural, Simple, Agreeable, and Infallible Means, not only of overcoming, but also of completely destroying, habitual Constipation, without using either purgatives or any artificial means whatever (discovery recently made in France by M. Warton), fol lowed by numerous certificates from eminent Physicians and other persons of distinction. Free by post, Is. 6d. Sold by James Youens and Co., Tea dealers, 45, Ludgate-hill, London ; and by all Booksellers in the United Kingdom. "FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY."—" YOUNG PHYSIC." VHRONO-THERMAL SYSTEM of MEDI CINE ; with an Introduction and Notes, by Dr. TURNER, of New York. Price 2s. 6d. " Under the sportive appellation of' Young Physic,' the British and Foreign Medical Review has at last done justice to the Chrono- Thermal system. ' Young Physic' is Chrono-Thermalism in disguise The great success of this system has reluctantly wrung from Dr. Forbes the humiliating confession that he has bees all his life prac tising in error. Our system (he says) is radically wrong!"—New York Tribune. THE ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The twelfth annual meeting of this company was held on the 7th of this month at the company's office in Throgmorton street. Mr. Aldermen Farncomb in the chair. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, the report was read, from which it appeared that the annual income of the company was 60,0001., which was progressively increasing —that the accumula tions of the Assurance Fund invested in Government and other real securities, amounted to nearly a quarter of a million, of which sum above 76,5001,, being the clear surplus income, after payment of all outgoings and ex penses whatever, was added to the fund within the last three years ; that the amount realised by dropped and purchased policies within the last twelve months is 11,1761. ss. 61, and that the number of policies issued was 5,324. The report was agreed to, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting sepa rated. GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY. A general meeting of this Company was held yester day, at the London Tavern, at one o'clock. R. HART, Esq., in opening the proceedings, stated that he had come up to town, at very great inconvenience, to meet the shareholders, with a view to put the state of the affairs before them, and he was quite ready to afford all the information the directors were possessed of.—(Hear, hear.) In giving this information, he had to state that the amount of the deposits was 64,2481. 10s. ld., out of which there had been paid 1,1021. ss. Bd. for brokers' commission, as well as 20,5211. 12s. Id. for solicitors' bills and engineering services. —(Cries of " Shame, shame.") In addition to this, there were liabiliti es st ill outstanding, to the ext en t of 6,000/. or 7,000/. Of these liabilities aAreat portion was for solicitors' charges, and they were so monstrous that he could not but ex press his great surprise and di sgus t a t th em , an d h e f or one would most decidedly object to the payment of them. —(Cries of " What are theylm " Read them.") He (the Chairman) was quite ready to do that, for he might state, once for all, that there was every desire to place all the information which the directors possessed before the meeting. These liabilities, then, consisted of the solicitors' charges. Messrs. Bush and Mullins, 4,8841. 9s. 6d., in addition to 5,0411. 155., which they had already received.—(Loud cries of "Shame.") Then there was a charge of 1,0151. 2s. 2d. made by a Mr. Gar dener, a local solicitor, of whom he believed Messrs. Bush and Mullins were the town agents. There was, again, a charge of 3841. 43. 3d. from a Mr. Lloyd, another solicitor, and still further a charge of 35/. 145., as well as 542/. 19s. Bd., with 37/. 15s. to a person named Morgan. Then there was a further charge of 211, 10s. for tavern bills in London; in addition to several accounts, of which the particulars had not been furnished.—(Loud and repeated cries of " Shame, shame," accompanied the reading of these items.) These were the facts of the case, and they wanted now to ob tain the authority of the shareholders for resisting the payment of these solicitors' bills, and also an agreement for the division of the funds still in hand. A SHAREHOLDER suggested, under the circumstances, that a committee of shareholders should be formed, to which all the papers and documents in the possession of the Company should be referred. Major RICHARDSON objected to this, and stated that, in his opinion, the better plan would be to elect seven auditors—three on the part of the directors, and four on the part of the shareholders—to whom, as suggested by the gentleman who had just spoken, all the Rapers and documents of the Company should be submitted; - and that on their conclusions an eminent solicitor should be employed to take the affairs and finances of the Com pany in band. Mr. DAVIS suggested, before taking this course. which appeared acceptable to the meeting, that it would be better to obtain a pledge from the directors that the resolution should be carried out, and recommended that the statement of Mr. Lawrence should be heard. Major RICHARDSON conceived that this pledge had already been given in calling this meeting. Mr. LAWRENCE (chairman of the committee of share holders) wished to remind the meeting that he and his brother shareholders had, for nearly two months, been engaged from day to day in investigating the affairs of the Company; and in the course of that investigation they had ascertained that, after the last meeting of the shareholders, when it was agreed that the solicitors of the Company should be dismissed, the bill of those parties had actually increased by 1,2001. Although it was positively understood that the Company should be dissolved, yet the solicitors had proceeded with the Bill before the House of Commons, and it was appointed to be read a second time on the 6th of Mirch; but, in con sequence of a petition which had lain at the Hall of Commerce till the last moment, the Bill was ultimately postponed till the 16th, when they had upwards of forty Members ready to speak against it. The Bill was con sequently withdrawn, and he believed it was mainly in consequence of the exposure of the proceedings of this Company that the Bill had been introduced through which the Government intended to protect the public. Since, however, that the business was still going on, the directors had refused to act with them In any way. Now, these were matters which ought to be inquired into, as well as the further circumstance of there having been an issue of 100,000 shares, while only 64,000 shares had been allotted. The accounts had not yet come to hand, but part of the documents had come into their hands. They wanted vouchers for 1,067/. for prelimi nary expenses; 5261. 7s. 2d. for advertising, in addition to 387/. 15s. In the solicitors' bill there was 5451. Its. sd. for stationery and printing; 3121. 18s. for allot ment—an expense which he could not possibly under stand; and a still more strange item in 876/. 18s. I Id. for the expenses of a deputation of directors into Wales, of which 400/. was for the expenses of the solicitors on this journey. It was evident that a sum of 26,0001. had already been spent, and he did think that, for the money which had been lost since the last meeting, they should come to the resolution to stop the Company. The committee of shareholders had taken legal advice upon their proceedings, and had, under the advice of Mr. Pritchard, their own solicitor, been ready to assent to a release of the directors, but to its terms Mr. Pritchard had objected, and it came ultimately to nothing. Now, then, the Company were in a position to take their own course, for he conceived the duties of the committee had closed, and it now remained for the shareholders to act. After much uproar, the CHAIRMAN, in reply to Mr. Lawrence, stated that the directors had always been ready to do all that the committee of shareholders de sired. But it was a matter of great difficulty to dissolve a company, and to this day it was still unsettled whether the directors had any such power. Within three or four days after the adjourned m ee ti ng , th e solicitors were in structed to lay a case before the Solicitor-General, giving them authority at the same time to petition the Committee of Standing Orders. The opinion of the So licitor-General was not obtained until about a fortnight afterwards ; indeed, it was from the 11th of February to the 10th of March ; and it was for the Parliamentary expenses, for which Messrs. Bush and Mullins had charged, that he conceived that no payment ought to be made. - He had himself come up 150 miles for the very purpose of carrying the resolution into effect, and he could but express his surprise at the information which he had received on reaching London, that the Bill had in fact been read a first time, and had been reported favourably upon, and was proceeding to the second reading. He had been exceedingly desirous of dissolv ing the Company, but the resolution had been negatived by a majority of four against two. Of one thing subse quent experience had convinced him, viz., that the soli citors ought to have been dismissed. The Chairman was here interrupted by cries of" Ques tion," and a reference to the resolution, with great uproar. Mr. HOPGOOD stated that he could assert .upon the authority of Mr. C. Hanbury, the secretary, that the first. balance sheet submitted by the directors had not been prepared by him, and that it was full of the grossest errors, and that the advertisement which intimated that the accounts were all paid was totally false. Throughout the whole of the management there had been the most grievous misdirection. Then, with regard to the sum charged for the deputation into Wales, there was one thing so monstrous that he could not but state it. This sixteenlwa d a T s i eh t s e h d e cog f uwu a Ai c nn t i , enwa3 t si htAbhaNat them; ds s ab o ied m e n e t ahpb o aad f ti dwi tnhfaosoorsbaeendi postingin i m r s e tpa c un t t o hca r eot s , moa h nes a . m d u t b a b k ea as that he mu s t d emand the name of the party.' so gross This was seconded by the meeting, but Mr. Hopgood f COURTENAY went int o a statement as to the oppo sitionMr.refused togive it. which had been o ff ere d to the breaking up of the Company. In doing thi s h e exonerated Mrßobinson, Mr. Russell, the Hon. Mr. Howard, and Mr. Hart; from all of whom but the last he had obtained letters to jus tify the proceedings for dissolving the Company, in which the committee of shareholders had been opposed by their coanter-statement, got up by the old solicitors of the Company. The directors present were, he be lieved, quite ready to act honourably, but the difficulty was, that after the meeting had resolved , the directors brother directors, and rendering the resolution not present would have the power of outvoting a u ng their hl . would i ty. utionto and, d b , e i c i a e u le s c e te i d t as an auditor, he certainly would not serve. He e t aso objected e g d m stigma upon the re committee, so ! Major RICHARDSON explained that nothing was fur ther from his intention, for he had been one of the corn mitte himself, but his proposion was made for the pur pose of binding the directors more closely. Mr. COURTENAY proposed that the auditors should be elected equally by the meeting and the directors, with a referee, who should have power to decide all differences. Mr. LoN-GmonTa, who represented the holders of 162 shares at eaermarthen, Wished to know whether , in the eventthe resolution being passed, the dire ctors wcw .. ,. .:t act upon it, and submit the books and p a p ers ? of And, further, runt was the amount whic h the y would oe able to divide ? The CHAIRMAN was quite ready to do so himself, but he could not answer for the other directors. With re spect to the second question, the directors were ready to divide I 1 s. in the pound, retaining a sufficient sum in hand to meet the liabilities. The CHAIRMAN then read the resolution proposed by Major Richardson, to the effect that auditors should be whom • appointed, four by the committee of shareholders, and all documents, three by the directors, to eluding the books,and papers should be laid before, in applica tions for shares; and that they be instructed to require the directors to convene a general meeting for the pur pose of receiving their report. Mr. RICHARDSON then moved his amendment, to which Major Richardson acceded, and it was put as an original motion, which, after much interruption, and several vague propositions from different parties, was put to the meeting, when Major Richardson altered his mind. His motion was about to be put, as previously stated, after an alteration by Mr. Davis, but he again withdrew it, and Mr. Courtenay's motion, after Mr. Davis's alter ation, was then before the meeting as an amendment. The amendment was carried. It was then moved by Mr. LONGMORE, that such share holders as should be ready to receive the dividend should have the option of doing so, and inquired what course the directors intended to pursue? The CHAIRMAN said that while the directors were ready to do justice to the shareholders, they would pro tect themselves. Mr. RUSSELL then again went into the accounts, and in doing so he observed, that of the large sum of 26,0001., the solicitors' bills were 11,1351., the expenses of engineer ing were 10,0001., which, with other expenses entirely beyond control, made the sum of 23,637/, leaving the whole of the sum for which the directors were respon sible 3,000/. He was anxious to get honestly and honourably out of the affair. Mr. Longmore's resolution was put, after an explana tion from the Chairman, to the effect that it would inter fere with the duties of the auditors, and was carried almost unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then stated that he had done his duty in putting the resolution, but he was bound to say, that in his capacity as a director, he could not recommend the board to acquiesce in it. Neither could he recommend them to acquiesce in Mr. Davis's motion, for he con cie ied it unfair. He made that statement in order that the :meeting might not be deceived with false antici pations. It was ultimately agreed that the dividend of 11s. should be paid, and a release of the directors signed. Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Share holder's Committee, and this most tumultuous assemblage separated. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE BRANDLING JUNCTION RAILWAY. SOUTH SHIELDS, MONDAY NIGHT.—The circum stances attending the appalling accident on the Branding Junction Railway have been fully investigated by the manager of the line, but the result does not clearly indi cate the immediate cause of the engine running off the line. It appears the train had just passed over a switch, which had been locked overnight, the man in charge of it being standing near it when the train passed, and from the state in which it was found immediately after the accident, it clearly could have in no way contributed to throw the engine off the line. The engine seems to have gone off just after taking the curve; and, as soon as the engineman discovered this he shut off the steam and reversed the motion of the engine, which ran about 60 yards in the same direction in which the train had been going, and then turned off down the embankment, which is skirted by a wall about 15 feet high, a row of pit- houses running parallel with the wall, a few feet from it, the tree-fall being about the same height; and over this wall the engine plunged, toppled over, and descended end ways through the roof, the engineman being thrown some feet into the air, and alighting on that portion of the roof which remained unbroken, from which he slid to the ground beside the engine, and was severely scalded by the steam which escaped. The fireman was also thrown upon the roof, but escaped with comparatively trifling injury. The row of houses is very densely populated with the families of pitmen, employed at the St. Hilda colliery, but in that into which the engine fell there were but two elderly women, the nature of whose injuries has been already described. The leg of one is broken, but not by the engine falling upon it, as was at first supposed, though she was very near it, and had a narrow escape from being crushad to atoms beneath the ponderous mass. She is also much scalded. Her leg has, however, been set, amputation not having been considered necessary, and she is doing well. The other woman is dreadfully scalded, but a manifest improvement has taken place in her symptoms during the course of the day, and hopes are now entertained that she will survive. Favourable re ports have also been received of the other sufferers. The man who was riding outside the carriage, and had his legs broken, is a stonemason belonging to Sunderland. It is impossible to arrive at any certain information as to the extent of injury received by the passengers, but there is reason to believe that it is trifling, considering the na ture of the accident. The train consisted of eight carriages, five of which were dragged off the line, but not off the road, the chain between the first carriage and the tender having, fortunately, broken. As soon as the accident occurred a horse express was sent off to Gateshead, and in little more than an hour the manager and a number of the assistants were on the spot, having started by a special engine immediately on receiving the intelligence; and it is but justice to state that everything humanity could suggest was promptly done to afford relief to the unfortunate sufferers. The accident occurred so near to Shields that there was no necessity to forward the train; and, indeed, most of the passengers left it as soon as they could, or remained only to render assistance if it were required. Hundreds of persons were soon collected. Indeed, the inmates of the neighbouring houses rushed out in consternation, the place having been shook as if by an earthquake. There were not wanting those who hastened to the point of danger, and by their prompt exertions rescued those who were in peril ; and every home offered an asylum. The medical gentlemen of the town were speedily on the spot, and acted with the greatest coolness, decision, and promptitude. The engine still remains where it fell, and it has been found necessary to pull down two adjoining houses, in order to effect its removal. Indeed, it cannot be removed entire, but must be taken to pieces, repaired, and re built. The line has b een repaired, and the trains run as usual MANSLAUGHTER at PLYMOUTH. There has been a great deal of excitement here, owing to Mr. Edmonds, the coroner, having issued his warrant for the exhumation of the body of a woman, Rebecca Wyatt, the wife of a beer-shop keeper, living in Lower lane, who had been buried more than three months. The house kept by the deceased and her husband was a very low one, being used as a brothel as well as a public house, and, as is common in such cases, the man and his wife lived a very miserable life together, frequently getting drunk and fighting in a disgraceful manner. It appeared from the evidence adduced at the inquest, which was begun on Wednesday, that on the 21st of December last the husband of the deceased quarrelled with her, and struck her several times. She then ran into the wash-house, and took up a piece of wood to defend herself with ; but he got hold of it and struck her over the face so severely, that he knocked out three of her teeth. The injuries were so severe that she was con fined to her bed in a condition of great suffering till her death, which occurred on the Ist of January. Mr. Giles, a surgeon, was called in on the 28th, and he continued to attend her till her death, when he gave the _usual certificate, that she had died frOm effusion on the chest and head. Both the coroner and the jury strongly reprobated this conduct of the sur geon, and in order to ascertain if possible the cause of death, the inquest was adjourned till Thursday afternoon, at five o'clock, to give time for a post mortem examination by Mr. Freeman, another surgeon. On Thursday evening the jury again assembled, and Mr. Giles having given evidence as to the identity of the body, Mr. Freeman described its appearance, stating that the face was greatly decomposed, and that there was a great quantity of extravasated fluid blood in the right cavity of the lung, the jaw -bone had been severely bruised, and several of the teeth forced out of their sockets. Mr. Freeman added, that if he had been called in as a medical . man to attend such a case, and the woman had died, he should most decidedly have felt it c h a is use du o t f y he t r o death.have had a judicial investigation into the The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against the husband of the deceased." They also thanked the coroner for having made the inquiry. on the coroner's warrant. Wyatt has been apprehended , and committed for trial liupc k oremelancholysaodfdtehnei suddenly I d a ndti2sitiraicdt,u ehtegfeoule yresnlteoryte. is a i i p f afflicting A t r c i 'l kt o on C s c i occurrence o.e u e : c r r t L r i nb e l r hl n eoi r c so ° a e di i c s h , c h a ui 1 thejenppeßpia3weßnn:tnetoNdhdgia:nttg.hs llio A i :Pc. verya a s ae :: G t 0 1 e n h 1 his o surprise,n , o n the morning of Saturday last. Donald . Stewart, a shepherd re sidinglsonwc he fol lowed t n h e n n m w a o r n k t s e t d o far when he came upon a woman and a child, a fine bo about four years of' age, lying-..the little one clasped to y its mothePs bosom—in an apparently lifeless state On approaching closely, however, the mother opened. discovery e l uci d a t e thein s mystery, her eyes, and spoke to the shepherd, but in a voice that he could not make out what she said. Comfortingso feeble her as well as he could with promises of speed • y assistance, he wrapped his plaid around her—lifted the boy from h and literally ran with him to Inverm er .er arms, an, a distanc three miles from where he and his m o th er were foe of There he left th ye bo in charge of the kind farmer, returning und. with several of the servants, to assist in getting the mother conveyed to the same hospitable place lifeut by the time they reached her, the current of her had near cl ose a . She died as they were co nve y in g her to the farm of Invermeran. It appeared, from a little basket and some little tape and thread which were found be s id e her, that she had obtained her livelihood by selling these things through the country. She had been on her wa y over the mountains from Argyleshire to Glenlyon, and had been overtaken by the snow storm of Friday night, and becoming bewildered and exhausted, she sunk under it. The marks of blood which led to the discovery arose from her so rely lacerated f eet, which were torn and bleeding profusel y from her rugged and toilsome travel. She was decently buried in Glenlyon, where her boy, who has entirely recovered, is still domiciled.— Ross-shire Advertiser. —On Tuesday we k PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE . —'On , Dr. Pope, physician, of -e an eminent geologist and physißurnham , proceeded remains inblue the tie marl, and h 'to search for some having walked to the found some fine specimens, water's edge them when the bank sod and he was precipitated into water twel • denly gave way, feet deep. Mr. S. R. Chap panted him, at life, plunged the imminent risk of his own w into the sea, at the time it was believed the tide running out at the rate of nine miles an hour, and having grasped Dr. Pope by the collar, happily succeeded in swimming ashore with lum—lath Journal. ity law APRIL 15, 1846. all 9 PRICE SD, LITERATURE. THE PEOPLE. By M. 'Michelet. Translated from the French by C. Cocks. Paris appe ars to b e a kind of literary volcano ; it is in cessantly disgorging some strange monstrocity of letters. Its books are intended to startle, to amaze, to paralyse the public into admiration. M. Michelet is the last wonder of this particular species : he is evidently de sirous of imitating the classic fable by fixing the atten tion of his readers, but, on a rigid examination, his " Gorgon's shield" proves a very wooden one indeed, and its spies dour turns out in the end to be mere tinsel. We are perfectly conscious that our ideas are the very converse of those entertained by a vast multitude of individuals ; we are conscious that the productions of this author are bought up with avidity, that they have been lauded with extraordinary panegyrics, that his name is bruited about as a marvel of intellectual vigour ; we are conscious that a mere inuendo as to his being a charlatan in authoreraft will be received just now with more than astonishment by thousands. But how is this ? M. Michelet has the courage (or whatever else it may be called) to advocate principles which have long lurked in a large section of the popular mind, and the open declaration of which has been hitherto suppressed by the trepidation of individuals. To speak more defi nitely some portions of the people, composed of men half-educated, men of ardent fancies and of little rationality, have long cherished a kind of libertine in difference to many of the laws which regulate the social system. Their passions have rebelled against the in fluence of these laws, but secretly and silently ; the awful majesty of antiquity pervading that social juris prudence together with th e reverence st ill conceded to it by millions, deterring them from an announcement of their antagonism. M. Michelet has stepped forward as the exponent of these covert views, he has possessed the audacity to declare himself the enemy of things which have received the accordant voice of ages ; to brand as infamous classes who have been revered by immemorial generations ; to point, steadily and scornfully, with an untrembling finger and an unblushing cheek, at a policy sanctified by the wisdom of all past and present times. hi this lies the whole secret of M. Michelet's popularity. A consummate daring is the trumpet through which his fame (or shall we term it, his notoriety ?) has been blown over a large segment of Christendom ; a daring which has not hesitated to assail the purest, noblest, holiest, and most revered tenets of the social system ; a daring which has revealed what was hitherto latent, and ridiculed what was hitherto only obeyed. By so doing he has rallied round him a mighty battalion of free-thinkers ; his first declaration in their favour, under the title of " Priests, Women, and Families," has gone very rapidly through many editions, it has been translated into more than one language, its dogmas have been denounced as impious, as irreligious, as subver sive of all order ; the panegyrists of M. Michelet have waxed warm in their retaliation, and thus have his doctrines become bruited about from mouth to mouth, and himself put forward as a contemned patriot, as a re generator of his racy, who has been repaid only with ec clesiastical vituperation. The sympathies of the indis criminating have in this specious manner been aroused in his behalf, and the popularity of the French scribe ex tended more and more. To adapt himself adroitly to this position of affairs, to insinuate himself as it were into a yet more Catholic celebrity, and to instil in the most subtle manner possible, his new clerico-political, or politico-clerical creed into the mind of the multitude, M. Michelet has issued another production of a similar character, but entitled by a more showy and seductive name, " The People." This book is really a curiosity : it is a beautiful deformity, incongruous to a wonderful extent. So much pur e an d lofty thoughtfulness, so much dangerous and demoralising rhetoric; such excellence in one part and such insidious promptings in another, were possibly never before compressed into so small a compass. The weeds, however, infinitelyoutnumber the blossoms. What a mass of egotism alone is the introductory chapter ! What a cumulation of modest self-sufficiency and vain-glorious bashfulness ! Nor does this intolerable spirit of complacency restrict itself to the person, it enlarges to the bulk of the gigantic nation of which the writer's person is a nectional part. Let us see if this declaration of ours be not correct. And in the quota tion we are about to make let the reader especially observe the melodramatic flashiness of the composition ; let him note the mock solemnity of manner gradually swelling out into hyperbole as the climax of egotism is attained ! At page 14 M. Michelet speaks as follow: " Who does not see that from cast to west a shadow of death is pressing upon Europe, and that every day there is less sun ; that Italy has perished, that Ireland has perished, that Poland has perished, and that Germany is bent on destruction ? 0 Germany, Germany ! " If France were dying a natural death, if her hour had come, I should perhaps be resigned ; and, like a pas senger on board a sinking ship, cover up my head, and commend myself to God. But her situation is nothing like that ; and hence I am indignant ; the idea of our ruin is absurd, ridiculous ; it proceeds only from our selves. Who has a literature ? Who still sways the mind of Europe ? We, weak as we are. Who has an army ? We alone. "England and Russia, two feeble, bloated giants, im poseq.an illusion on Europe. Great empires, weak people ! Let France be united for an instant ; she is strong as the world." Parolles all over again—this ! A most delicate morsel of vain-glory ; so meekly done too : it is just the thing to tickle the vanity of our Gallic neighbours. That is a most gloomy, a most baseless, and (we cannot but declare it) a most base notion, that a moral darkness is settling over Europe. In the principles which are now gaining ground among the populace, and be coming engrafted on the constitutions of the earth, we recognise a promise of brighter, loftier, happier days than the Earth has ever witnessed since the expulsion. Our politics should be hopeful, buoyant, reliant—those of this French pseudo philosopher are, on the contrary, darksome, mournful, woe-begone. Which is the wiser? Has Italy perished? Has Ireland perished? Has Poland perished? He must be arrogant forsooth! who shall answer "Yea" thrice. And France it appears, according to M. Michelet, is the only coun try with what can really be designated a literature ! A very marvellous discovery truly! That sublime litera ture, no doubt, being marshalled by M. Michelet himself, and Eugene Sue, and Paul de Kock. Has England then no literature, or Scotland, or America, or Germany, or Ireland? Is Wordsworth no poet, Hallam no histo rian, Macaulay no Essayist, Wilson no monarch of the pen and of the heart, Dickens no wit? Are Whewell, and Brougham, and Buckland, and Lingard, and Jeffrey, and De Quincy nothing? But the catalogue would be almost interminable. Then France being the only power with an army! Sobraon of course will not alter such a notion of the incapacity of foreign soldiers. There i s no mention w h a t ever o f a navy, bit observed! As to the remainder of the paragraph, it is mere balderdash, unworthy of further notice. We are unwilling to tarry any longer over this eccentric publication, we believe the shallowness of the arguments are, in its instance at least, their own preventative against the propagation of evil. " The People" are in this book reflected as in a flawed mirror: the dissimilarity of the two, and the in congruity of the last-mentioned is fortunately too evi dent to innoculate the popular mind with its fallacies. TH rE FORTUNES OF TURLOGII O'BRIEN, No. I. Another of those pink-covered serial romances, with a grotesque woodcut by Hablot Brown, which some three years since obtained such an extraordinary,circu lation under the prestige of " H arr y L orrequer . ' No author's name is attached to " Turlogh O'Brien," and, h we think, judiciously enough. The conception of the scenes depicted is clear and smart in itself, but the ssa com position is defective beyond measure. To . expre the writing a loads the description. This blemish gives character most wretchedly jcleune and crude. The . s s c i n a g p l e e , a t thought , or unconscionableo.r to define ap petite for richness, whether literary or gastronomic, be un a d a n ce solitary o ffi . n pointel n gin g a e olavnedr comes cloyed by a superfluity. The author of this novel should bear that wholesome truth in his recollection. He leaves nothing, or scarcely anything, to the reader's imagination; every leaf is carefully particularised; sometimes every fibre upon its surface; and by this means, what might otherwise be brilliant, is marred be yond all redemption. To imitate those who have rendered themselves remarkable for an actual te nuity of style i s p re f era bl e to that turgid passion for a kind of effervescence in language which has occasionally all the pomp of Johnson, without his solidity or sym metry of construction. Saving, however, this blemish in the manner, the matter is pleasant and readable; with a little less of the ostentation of the lexicographer, the story may developo itself into a very stirring narrative. The period in which the incidents are supposed to trans pire is an excellent one for romance, namely, the time of the wars of James the Second. What with the Irish adventures of that unhappy monarch, whom Miss Aikin designates, very beautifully and very appropriately, as " the modern Lear," what with Sarsfield, and the other celebrated men of that epoch, much interest may be thrown over the fiction. The title-page, by "Phis" is most appropriately and elegantly designed ; on one side is the last regnant of the Stuarts embarking from his old kingdom, on the other is the first regnant of the Bruns wicks disembarking in his new kingdom. Let the writer prune, and he may succeed. 7HE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF ROBERT HALL. In publishing this noble effort of rhetorical genius at a charge of such comparative insignificance, Mr. Bohn has at once benefited the public and beautified his "Standard Library." Robert Hall has unquestionably no parallel in the language : his sentences have all the re sonance of Tully, though at times they lack that divine furor which burst from the Latin rostrum like lightning flashes. But in all the essential elements of his art, llall was infinitely more than a proficient. With Irving there was no deficiency of the " thoughts that breathe and words that burn," but his extraordinary intellect was too effete and shapeless ; his imagination had a para mount tendency to rhapsody, Robert Hall, on the con trary, was equally teeming with lofty images and subtle thoughts, while his sentences were perfect specimens of rhetorical symmetry. Besides this, he was a logician ; his tenets were suffused moreover with an atmosphere of the most transparent metaphysics, en • hancing their sweetness by a solemn grandeur. He is the Canning of the pulpit, without his natural advantages, but with more than his succinctness of exposition. Great ai the Orasones Funiires of Donut are, uoble and pathetic as they are individually, and incomparable as they are collectively, ire would venture to classify with them, for its deep and earnest beauty, its mournful , ness of decoration and impressive train of inferences, the funeral sermon preached by Hobart Hall, on the " Princess Charl o tt e o f W a l es .' W ere we to dilate upon each constituent portion of the volume before us our writing materials would be exhausted long before we arrived at the conclusion, so lofty, so enticing, so pure, so suggestive, so brilliant are the oratorical displays contained in its pages. Well may the Dissenters of this country pride them wives in the memory of this renowned man, who delivered front their pulpits words stamped with the lustre of genius, the sanctity of conviction, and the lambent splendour of immortality. To listen to those ravishing torrents of eloquence, the loftiest and most fastidious of the contemporaryintellects numbered them selves among the auditors of Hall; to linger over, the record of that eloquence, to drink in the silent but visible voice of the great Orator, the students of many ages to come will dwell over the volumes in which they are . transcribed. S uc h a volume is the one at our elbow: it IS replete with solid wisdom and with superb rhetoric. We need not as in other cases commend this book to the public: it is its own advertisement and eulogium. THE TOPIC. —No. I. The Indian War. No. 11. The Tarfft. No. 111. The Oregon Question. obj These are the first numbers of a new periodical, the ect of which, as stated by the projector, is " to fur nish an article each week of the same kind that the es tablished Reviews do quarterly," and, as far as the two numbers before us are concerned, that object has been successfully achieved. The first number opens with a geographical description of the Punjaub, followed by-e-- sketch of its history up to the present time, and con cludes with reflections on the consequences of the recent English victories, in the course of which the writer strongly urges the policy of immediate annexation, in preference to that proposed by Sir 11. II trdinge. The second number is a complete history of the progress of the sound principles of political economy from the days of their first announcement brAdam Smith up to the days of Sir Robert Peel, to whose glory it will be recorded by the future historian, that he converted the abstract truths of political economy into the great fact of prac tical free trade. The writer, who is a sound political economist, thus speaks of the future prospects of Eng land. " It cannot be concealed that it is a condition of her ex isting state that she possesses a vast productive power, for whose healthy and regular action a commensurate range of employment is indispensable. Her creative energies are extraordinary, and have a tendency to accumulate faster than the objects upon which they can be fixed and occupied. The increase of capital, population, and machinery, does, in their present extent of development, require to be provided, to avert mercantile reactions constantly occurring, with a cor responding increase in the outlets and demands upon which they can be remuneratively employed. Free trade is likely to afford this relief and opening to our rapidly expanding resources. The earth, in truth, is only beginning to be civilised and reclaimed in earnest. At home and abroad there is wide scope for extended consumption, for that con sumption which multiplies the material comforts and enjoy ments of mankind. Even in our own island there are nu merous classes whose condition would be elevated by more and better food, by superior clothing and more wholesome habitations. Foreigners ►n the main exist under still greater privations. Hardly anywhere has the condition of the la bouring classes been essentially ameliorated, in food, personal or domestic conveniences. In the north-east of Europe many provinces are desolate, thinly-peopled, and their inhabitants destitute. In Egypt and Syria, in India and China, and in America, North and South, the range is boundless for the beneficial interchange of commodities. It is the mission of England to effect this desirable consummation, to supply the wants of nations, and to bring them together by the recipro cation of benefits, and thus complete the cycle of her glories by realising the poet's vision of the future world of London : ' The time shall come when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind; Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to meet the old." The Third Number consists of an interesting article on the Oregon Question. THE PROTECTIONISTS. The Augsburgh Gazette, just received, says:—" In consequence of the anxiety of the public for news from the East Indies, the Oregon question is in the meantime almost forgotten. At all events, no one takes it ill of the Ministry, except the protectionist organs, for making no answer to the swaggering of the Americans, and con tinuing to offer its hand for an equitable adjustment. Lord George Bentiack, who is all of a sudden, as if by a magic stroke, transformed into a great statesman, and delivers his judgment, in a single speech, on all points of internal and external policy, upon trade, finance, and national education, spoke very freely last week, in the Bramarbas style, of the destruction of all the American seaports. I assure you, however, that John Bull infinitely prefers buying from his brother Jona than cotton, corn, salt meat, and cheese, to destroying his towns with cannon balls; and if Jonathan has not entirely lost his senses, he will not thwart old Bull in his peacea , ,le humour. The Opposition (behind the Treasury benches) contest Peel's plan step by step ; and seem to derive fresh courage from Lord Stanley's decla ration that he hopes the House of Peers will throw it out ; and yet the result of all their divisions on each individual point of the tariff which they thought proper to oppose ought to have rendered them more discreet ; for they were not only beaten every time, but on every division the Ministerial majority was larger, and in the sequel the House of Commons adopted the tout ensemble of the tariff without the slightest alteration. At this moment all the articles therein included are already either free of duty or admitted at the newly-reduced rates. What, however, they should take still more to heart is the almost total silence of the manufacturers and artisans affected by the alterations ; even those orators who at first cried out so loudly had partly withdrawn their complaints against the intended alteration in the timber duties (since adopted), and partly ceased to complain at all. Yes, the prevailing silence of the farmers, and even of the landed proprietors, should serve them as a warn. ing that, as these have attained conviction, it would be better to bring the affair to a termination at once, than any longer to depend upon an apparent, but, on account of its uncertainty, a useless protection. All this, however, does not restrain the landlords from continuing to struggle. On the 23d ult. Peel proposed the second reading of the new Corn Bill, and a long debate ensued. The result is known. Unfortunately, the Government finds itself com pelled to press forward the Irish Coercion Bill, and on this account the business on the Corn Bill and the tariff must be postponed. There is, moreover, no hope enter tained, in spite of all the prayers and complaints of m the commercial world, that this affair will be entirely brought to a close before the end of May. What is intended by this delay it is difficult to ascertain, as even amongst the Op position ranks it appears to be deemed a matter of cer tainty that a majority is gained in the House of Peers. It suits their purpose, however, to impute to Peel every possible act of treachery in the world ; and thus their organs declare, with all the appearance of conviction, that he has already concerted with the Whigs, Radicals, and Repealers, the sacrifice of the church in Ireland and the granting of repeal to O'Connell, as soon as the Corn-law battle has been won ; and that consequently every bishop who may vote for the repeal of the corn-laws will really vote for the down fall of the church. I fear, however, that this mingling of „corn and church will not much avail either the corn producing aristocracy or the aristocratical churc h the es tablished by law. From the very circumstanc e t ha t r L e e c a te g d ue be i y s on c d on c s o ta ra ntl a y n a d e a c i u m se e d d t a h t a t t he its ch i a n r t c e h n , ti t o i ; latt sd e i ; might easily be enabled to direct its powerll as against an institution, the clergy of which are on all pressed upon it as adversaries." THE SQUIRES V. POACHING.—The squires are a terrible race, harmless enough, indeed, in all other matters, but a terrible race when the majesty of the game laws is attacked. We. heard of one of them a week or two ago, who, like Robinson Crnsoe, " monarch of all he surveyed," was walking about his dominions with, like the same Robinson, his gun Ili on his sh3ulder ready for action, should he fall in with any invaders of his territory. And he did. In one of his fields, bordering upon the turnpike road, he espied, not a yard from the road, a very small, wee wee dog. In short, it was a lady's lap-dog. Visions of pheasants, hares, and partridges destroyed by this horrid four-legged poacher instantly arose before the mind of the angry squire, who, cocking both barrels of his gun, advanced, like Sir H. Gough upon the Seikhs, bravely towards the terrible aggressor. The little dog made no efforts to retreat, but having been taught all kinds of tricks, stood up upon his hind legs and put out its paw to shake hands with the new acquaintance who was approaching. In this position the cruel wretch shot it dead. Hardly had he effected this noble deed, when he learned from one of his servants who came up, that the poor creature was the property of a neighbouring gentleman, who, upon hearing of his feat, would make no scruple about elongating his nose to the greatest mathematical proportions of which it was capable. Upon this he proceeded to bury the animal, as the best way of putting it out of sight and preventing all discovery. But he had been seen. Within an hour came a note inquiring after the poor dog. The cow ardly assassin of the canine innocent equivocated. Then came the stern rejoinder :—" You shot it yourself, were seen to bury it under such a tree, and my servant has orders to see the body disinterred and bring it home with him." And there the matter rests, but only rests for the present, as the falsehood of the dog-killer is putting him out of the pale of all society in his neighbourhood. But what a picture of the effects of game preserving upon civilization does this incident set before us! and it is only one out of a thousand examples which might be adduced to show how the happiness and harmony of society are interrupted and destroyed by the hateful laws which make the birds and beasts of the field the . property of one man in preference to another. — Liv er p ool Chronicle. SINGULAR DEATH OF A WATCHMAN.T:Y wh eS a t r er d near a Y , James Russell, night-watchman at the Ironga _e ales of flax, the Tower, was found suffocated between two bales under very singular circumstances. The about fifty years of age, is suppos ed during the night, on the flax, to bal7ce"faslelet asl ee p, wh o is d ed a tiinp an ngainst opening,the wall, and must have attempting to get out was between two of the bales, fallen head wh c o h w i n s w p a . i r l greatmuch effortsdiscolou t e r discoloured nd suffocated. His face andannetdlcklmwaedree swollen, and lie had evidently made n igh t-watch man, named extri cate himself. There who missed his colleague Gerrard, employed on premisestli a e s about two o'clock, but did not make any search for him, and it was not until eight o'clock, when the labourers came to the wharf, that the body of the deceased was found in the situ atim dtecribed! Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-court ; J. Olivier, Pall-mall. Elegant pocket edition, price Is., by post Is. 6d. DR. CULVERWELL ON MARRIAGE, its Il ENDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. "To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspere. Contents : —On Matrimonial Eligibility and Fitness—Laws of Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence—On Infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experi ence, Cases, &c., &c. , Also, companion to the same, price is., by post Is. 6d., CHASTITY; its ABUSES and DISEASES (72 Engravings.) These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or in discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive consideration of those wko may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Caryalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings 7 till 9. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Unman Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Jest published, price 2e. 6d., free by p os t (i n a sea l e d enve l ope) 33.6 d.. THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the Systemi n both sexes • and on the loss of the reproductive p owers, w i th means of rest oration. The baneibl effects of indulge. ce, &c., are hilly pointed out. illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Sargeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ' • Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Gordon, 14G, L ea d en h a ll-street ; Purkiss, Compton street, Soho ; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street ; and all Booksellers. "We regard the work before us, the Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on ear minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis. creti on, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus. The CORDIAL BALM of GYRIACUM is exciusively directed to the cure of nervous dqbility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, &c. In bottles, price 1 Is., or the quantity of four in one bottle for 335., by which 1 is. are saved. The five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood fbem scurvy, b: u t e h es en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from impreper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price l Is. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S i'ITRIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s, 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11 s. per box, are the most effectual remedy fot 4 .,rictures, inflam mation, &c., without hindrance to business, detail of cases necessary. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. 31La Messrs. R. and L. Perry and Cu. surgeons, may be consulted, as usual, at 19, Berners-street. '2.4o'ord-street, London. daily, and at 106, Duke-sreet, every Thursday, Friday, and S a t ur d ay; and at 10, St. do''.";l-street, Deansgate, Manche ;ter, on 11Piadays, Tuesdays, aP'!. Wednesdays. THE TWLFTH E. Just Published, in a sealed env E elope, price DITION 2s. 6d., and sent free, en receipt of a Post-offiee Order for 3s. 6d. MANLY HEALTH: a Popular Inquiry into bons the Concealed Cause of it s p remature Decline, with Instrue for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to th use suffering frore the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminatingin Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, In digestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehensive Dissertation On AR MRIAGE, I ncontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Cases, gee. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, And sold No. 60, Newman -street, Oxford-street London. by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row; J. Gordon, 146, Loa denball-street•; aud all Booksellers. CAUTION.--Cornplaints having reached us that several persons wishing to purch anusur work, entitled " Manly Health," have had placed in their haa fraudulent infringement of our copyright, pro duced by illiterate and dishonourable men, and which, though bearing a close resemblance of title, is utterly valueless; we deem it a duty, by way of protection, to caution the public against being duped Ly such base imitations. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct trona the Authors, by enclosing 3i. dd., or Postage Stamps. . The best of all friends is the professional friend, and in no shape can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in " Lucas en Manly Health."—The New Bell's Weekly Messenger. liessrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ton till Two, and ,atanthdeleor r uit esi t d r e y -ce p,4l N ea e u . 60,m may be Oxford-street, minutely describing their case, and enclosing lly treated, on m successfa ightintlie " L e o ni n a n on' hem Five till E advice. the usual fee of 11. for ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, an eminently balsamic preparation, is equally celebrated for its safety in application, as for its mild and soothing operation, in thoroughly purifying the skin of all redness, pimples, spots, freckles, tan, and discolourations ; producing a healthy freshness and transparency of complexion ; and an admired softness and delicacy on the hands, arms, and neck! In cases of chilblains, chapped skin, or incidental inflammation, it is pre-eminent!! successful, and gentlemen after shaving will find it allay all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and render it soft, smooth, and pleasant. Balmy, odoriferous, and creamy, its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Conti nent of Europe, together with the " elete" of the aristocracy, and "haute voids." Its high reputation induces unprincipled shopkeepers to offer the spurious " Kalydors" for sale, composed of mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant action en dangering health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see that the words "Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an en graving of exquisite beauty from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co.) and that A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton garden, aro engraved (by authority) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. Gd. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by chemists and perfumers. Vi` All other Kalydors are fraudulent imitations 1 SNEEZING MAL-APROPOS.—The following laughable incident is related in a New York paper :—ln the new melo drama, recently got up at the Chatham Theatre, a famous robber is taken and beheaded, and his head is exhibited to the audience by being placed on a table in the centre of the stage. To accomplish this to the life, the robber's body is fixed to the table, and his neck is fitted to a hole in the centre of the leaf, so that to the audience it looks precisely as though the man's head had been cut off, and stood up in a pool of its own blood upon the table. On the fifth night of the exhibition, a wag got into the third tier of the stage boxes, and by some unexplained manoeuvre, managed to blow a lot of Scotch snuff over the stage, just at the tim. the head was placed on the table. As soon as the. -- cn b co e u g l u sdm n atlol not a s e bna t e t u l s e es di ep w np n te , do,f t 1 e tthi, head men c. laughter and confm: ACCIDENT - that ^A 9/1 111 had aliening, to the ce; and as the sneezing --0 curtain fell amidst roars of .on. MR. BADDELEY.—WO regret to hear the recent fire at the Canada Steam Mills, Rother hithe, Mr. Baddeley, who for many years has been con nected with the .lachanie'A .2lragazine, has turned his attention to the statistics of fires in the metro polis, fell from a l a dd er and broke his leg while he was ren dering assistance in directing the fireman. He was ilnme diately cpriYeyod 19 Qur4 HOsPitfil.-7-Theßuildor. DEVON AND COR I," WRESTLING. - S D DAY. Oa Tuesday afternoon the Devon and Cornwall wrestling was resum,:d at the Brecknock Arms Tavern, Camden-town, and although the weather was far from _ Avowable, the attendance wsts numerous and respectable, in consequence of the " playing - off." The ground was ~.. in very bad condition, in consequence of the wet weather, but the play during the day was extremely good. The bouts came off as follows: IL Ball, of Cornwall, and " The Unknown," were the first players; and after ten minutes "time" was.called Havey, of Devon, entered the ring, and after several fouls threw " The Unknown" cleverly. William Kemp and H. Cryper, both of Devonshire, were the next contending parties, both men displaying much science, but neither giving a chance, Kemp throw ing his antagonist by the inner lock, and played time with J. Truscott. J. Bunt, of Cornwall, and C. Dyer, also a Cornish ( tia:.n. entering the ring, the f6rmer played time, and the latter retained the ring, being opposed by T. Bassett, whom he quickly threw by the fore-hip. J. Truscott threw R. Dyer (of Cornwall) by the fa vourite lock, making himself a double player. J. Bunt threw Cox, and played time; and Edward Ball also threw two men, also becoming double players. DOUBLE PLAY. The double play now commenced with Edward Ball, of Cornwall, and J. Harvey ; each man played well, but after half-an-hour's tussel, Harvey was thrown by the fore-bip amidst cheers. Joel Teague (Cornwall), and James Truscott (of Devon), the champion of the light weights, were the next players. The odds were 2tol on Truscott on his entering the ring, but he soon found his opponent was well up in the " science." Both men played safe and T th ru e se l o e t a t s t wascha n t c h e r , o b w u n t after ell, n o e n t e t h h e r o umeasn excellent g play, aw a y amidst tremendous cheers. Robert Bond, of Norfolk, threw Eason, of Somerset, by the heaving-toe, after many foils. J. Dyer and Bunt (of Cornwall) were the next anta gonists ; each man being on the alert, Dyer gently throwing his adversary. W. Kemp forfeits his back (not answering to his Jaime) to Bowden. J. G oo d man, h av i ng met with an accident, laid down to Snell. W a l ters remained the' odd man." - - Thum. TntE OVER. —This commence d t h e tre bl e play, and each first contendi n h a. ; man and, appearedafter a cautious, long Bowden and Bond thrown by th e h anging toe. struggle, Bond was J. Walters, having slightly injured himself, gave his back to Teague. Snell and Harvey next entered the ring, and many foils took place, Harvey being ultimately thrown by the ip. J. Dyer remained odd man. FOURTH TIME OVER. - Joel Teague and Bowden _both of Cornwall), came together, two excellent light weight players. The science displayed was good on both sides, each at times trying their native hug; but Bowden proved the better man, throwing his opponent by the fore-hip. Snell and Dyer, two fine heavy-built men, tried their prowess and science for a considerable time, many foils taking place, Snell ultimately proving the victor. Two men of opposite counties opposed each other, Bowden of Cornwall and Snell of Devon. They played together for forty minutes, during which many foils took place; and Bowden being much the lesser man, deemed it advisable to give his back, being entitled to the second prize. This concluded the wrestling, which, during the after noon, was patronised by many gentlemen from the West of England. The prizes were awarded as follows: First Prize.........., William Snell, Devonshire. Second P r i ze I V. Bowden, Cornwall. Third Prize Daring the tw o days, m stick took place, which will be played off to-day by Messrs. Stone, Moore, Giblet, Hobbs, &c. GliffEesAltepTrdAayFNODthO RACE FOR THE CHAMPION SHIP IWO nOgHUNDREDd S e O x V e t E i n R g E I f O G O N t S r a e . a between Benjamin Butler and Charles Westhall, who were matched to walk twenty-five miles of road for 1004 aside, came off near the White Hart Inn, at Hayes, in the presence of a vast concourse of persons. Both men have acquired great celebrity as pedestrians, and have defeated some first-rates, and the present match was made to decide their claims to the championship. In the betting Butler was the favourite. The preliminaries were arranged, and they started at a clipping pace, keep ing the horsemen riding alongside in a full trot. West hall first turned the mile, and maintained his lead ',hough Butler seemed full of confidence, waiting close upon him. The men accomplished seven miles in 58f minutes, fair toe and heel, a feat quite unprecedented in the records of a twenty-five-miles' contest. At this stage of the contest, Westhall still led, and to all appearance was winning, certain, keeping up the steam at extraordinary speed. However, at the fourteenth mile, he began to flag, when Butler made play, pressing his opponent severely. Westhall perse vered till the eighteenth mile, when nature became ex hausted, and he wascompelled to relinquish the struggle. Butler then went over the remaining distance at his ease, and finally performed the tweniy-five miles under four hours, winning the pedestrian championship, and its pa cuniFy accompaniment. FOOT RACE AGAINST TIME. On Monday last, Thomas Hick, of Leeds, better known as " The West End Shadow," undertook for a subscription purse to run fifty miles in seven hours and a quarter, half a mile out and half a mile in, starting from the Queen Inn, Woodhouse-moor, to the watering trough in Headingly-lane, near Leads. This arduous task he completed eight minutes within the given time, not at all fatigued by his exertions. He was delayed some few minutes owing to - the inclemency of the weather. DIOCESAN INTELLIGENCE, SALISBURY.—Steps have been taken to enlarge, repew, and renovate the parish church of Liddington, near Swindon, Wilts, and which improvements, it is expected, will be made in the course of the ensuing summer. The parish church of Hinton Saint Mary, near Stur minster Newton, Dorset, is to be taken down and re built in the course of the ensuing summer, and the ser vices of the church will be performed in the National School room, until such time as the new church will be ready for consecration. It is intended to rebuild the parish church of Wam brook, near Chard, in this diocese, at an expense of about 1,0004 rendered necessary in consequence of the dilapidated state of the present edifice, and the insuf ficiency of the accommodation afforded therein. The funds will be raised principally by voluntary contribu tions, aided by grants from the Church Building So cieties, and a church-rate, which has been granted for that purpose. The Rev. E. Caswell, Clerk, M.A., Perpetual Curat e of Stratford, under the castle of Old Sarum, has re signed that preferment, which is a curacy of small value, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING Arrivals—Renown, Wood, from Van Diemen's Land, off Falmouth, sailed from Launceston December 4 ; Montrose, Ferguson, from Ceylon, in the Downs, sailed from Colombo December 13 ; Sophia, Saxon, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed January 12, St. Helena, February 23 ; Juliet Erskine, smith, from Bengal, off Plymouth, sailed Dec. 8, St. Helena Feb. 26. Arrivals at Launceston—Jane and Henry, Nov. 6 ; Elisa beth Buckham 10th ; Union, 13th ; Winchester, 30th, all Philip; from London ; vv J i u l i l i i a a m B , th l , 7t f h rr fr P om ort s P y h d i n li e p t L . Swan, y 2th, . New Zealand; Minerva. De b orah Scout,2 f 4 r t o l i, 2 f P 7 r from t C u r io. J: w o r e t r Philip. e loading fTorheLoEinrciiimar.lb. P ortland Nov.klbsam, Arrivals at Hobart Town— nn o,fro : m ilenrY Adelai an de ; fromfrom Sydney; whaling; F P l a y l i m ng yra frn Adelaide;Highland Lowestoft. d es kt to arb 2 a s ot Dutch man, 20th; Prince of Denmark, 22d, from whaling; Dundee Merchant, 28th, from whaling; Derwent and Eudora, 29th, from London ; Wallaby, from whaling. Departures from Hobart Town—Royal Archer, Nov. 12, to Adelaide; Waterlily, 18th, to New Zealand; Timbo, 22d, to Adelaide; Scotia, to Sydney. The Jane, Frances, and Cal cutta, were loading for London. Departures from Mauritius—Amicus, Jan. 1, to Cork - Guiana, 2d, to Ad e l a id e; S ophia, 3d, to Arracan; Robart ; 6th, to Rangoon Arrivals at St. Helena—Elizabeth and Henry, Feb, 26, from Calcutta t o L on d on ; St. Lawrence, from Bombay to Liverpool; Bilton Currency and Blorenge, from Calcutta. Departures from St. Helena—George Armstrong and John O'Gaunt, Feb. 21, to Liverpool; Thetis, to Jamaica. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.—We perceive that Mr. Wag horn, of overland to India celebrity, is to attend a meeting which is to be held at the London Tavern on Friday next, at twelve o'clock, to give his valuable opinion upon the advan tages to be derived from opening a steam communication from England to all our Australian settlements. LIVES OF THE ICINGS OF ENGLAND. BY THOMAS ROSCOE, Esq.—The first volume of the above work, which will supply a want long telt in our literature, has just ap peared, printed in a similar form with Miss Strickland'a , popular "Lives of the Queens." It comprises a most in teresting biography of William the Conqueror, full of personal anecdotes, which will be new to the generality of readers, and displaying great historical research and critical taste and judgment. There can be little doubt, to use the words of the prospectus, that " The Lives of the Kings of England will prove a valuable auxiliary to those readers, who, fond of tracing effects up to their true causes, are desirous of ascertaining the real share contributed by ea ch . of the British Sovereigns to those results which b re ve *ty freedom, an d g l ory In ferred on our country and nation their present pu p T eminence in power, prosperi , z n b g: and doings of personages o f the such as seek amusement on l y , they e equally acce ptable as a connectevderyrechoicardhnesnof ottrtehfaneodwn. h he shortly yd attemptedwa f t e h r h i 1 itfoe. get It On Saturday night last a young son TIES RAILWAY.--- kingoffice of the Eastern Con- EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE ON THE §ASTERNmaCnOUN of Mr. Snow, clerk at the boo the tickets l appears that, as is s h . oh r s d h c eh usual, p n passengers, s r rseonw practice, e y s e s c ties Company, had been taken from upon the step of one of the carriages upon the up-trai n, whic h a rrives in London at 10 A.M. , when it was in motion, intending to ride into the station at the terminus. He, how ever, missed his footing, and, uttering a piercing scream, fell into the . narrow space between the wheels and the stone-kerb of the footway. Happily, he fell close to and parallel with the side of the footway, where he had the presence of mind to lie motionless upon his back until all the carriages—the steps of which projected over him—bad passed by him, and, to the astonishment of all who witnessed the occurrence, he escaped without the slightest injury. WINTER IN AMERIcA.—A correspondent, writing from New York under the date of the 28th of February last, says — " We are enjoying (?) a most severe winter : snow three feet deep in the streets, thermometer twenty degrees below zero. The sleighing is magnificent—it is really quite a treat, a good sleigh ride. And yet, with all this cold, the sun over head being so brilliant, and the air so dry, you would not feel it so much as you would suppose."—Literary gazette. . c_‘._, 7.(--e-,171 ~--~~ Now ready, in 3 vols. Bvo., price 425. cloth. JAMES MACKINTOSH'S MISCELLA NEOLTS WORKS. Including his Contributions to the Edin burgh Review. Edited by R. J. MACKINTOSH, Esq. " This highly interesting and valuable collection belongs to the brilliant series of Edinburgh Review' re-publications, and is not less illustrative than either of those of the literary character of the age which has just passed."—Morning Chronicle. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.