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_~~ • • ~; w.: // c 1 ~--. ~-' f OOO bags , iarket• r little bti up to Jae fioished ou TLC C O°. Trade tare 5i.•4190 lout 50,t; ° . re rejecter): or nest' , ien Bohea s lem by . o ne 3 n refused. ale • at the :cm,rous, f on ° former lowed thel ind may b 6 .;ompanY' s * nd but los' .ays having subsequen t pntrary, are ation of the its observe' CamPei s ' .ftention. s on whin Dec., Ilr' ton Mariie t o p urcha3es lencia Rai ; 10 casks finder con- Turpentin e d, but this re tolerably usually the )sc. 14. and an ad ,kri per lb. - sales ha ve ably more Pease. 1 - - 5130 ~, "", i. I S. ;, nE Average. 18 9 11 12 11 .; - 7, - 1 7. ) 5 I 12 64 to 163. 0— • to 133. to Ss. Od. (L S. 44. to 104. 53. U ;3 0 he Countr: .... 803. .' : d. s. 0 to V 0 '2 6 0 -- 0 2 1 15 6 ) 2 , t ( UU 3 6 5 !'3 4 3d. to d 4 6 2 4 V 5 10 I 0 a 0 3 • EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC. 16, 1835. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST . INDIA . COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY NtXT, the 23d instant, from Eleven o'clock in the forenoon until Six in the Evening, for the purpose of taking a BALLOT, in pursuance of the following Requisitiot*-viz. : " We, the undersiwied, objecting to the proposed grant 50001. to' the Earl of Clare, require that the question thereof shall be put by. the Ballot : " William Astell " William Wigram " Hugh Lindsay ' " G. R. Robinson " Chatles Blake " 16th December, 1835." The question alluded to in the foregoing rcquiaition, and upo: which the ball o t i s t o b e t a k en, i s as fogs, Trz. " That this Court appro,ve, the Ifesolutiun of the Court of Di rectors of the 4th of November last, granting to the Right Ho nourable the Earl of Clare, tift'sum of 5,0001. upon the grounds therein stated, subject to the confirmation of another Genera Court." Richard.Tiditrell Thomas Marriott " R. C. Sale " Thomas FielAcr. The said Resolution,- ho w lies open at this House for the perusal of the Proprietors. PETER AUBER, Secretary. 'fO NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS. ACAN TLEMAN desirous of leaving his present situation (from causes which will be satisfactorily explained) after retaining it for five years, and who during the last fifteen SArs has been engaged in editing popular country journals, and oreasionally contributing to the leading articles of one of the Alorning Papers, will he happy to undertake- the Editing of a TOWN or COUNTRY NEWSPAPER upon liberal pilinciples. He possesses important channels of Government information, and his references will be to several distinguished Members of the Legis lature, and eminent political and literary writers. Apply by letter, post paid, to N. S., Mr. Barker's; Country Newspaper Office, 33, Fleet -street. GRAND SURREY DOCK, CANAL, and JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. The HOLDERS of BANKERS' RECEIPTS may, from and after this day, r.:eeive their SCRIP CERTIFICATES on appli tation at the Company's Offiees, between the Hours of Eleven awd Four. SAMUEL T 2, Whit e Li on - court, C ornh i ll, NomAV 27, 1835ERS, Secretary.. PENINSULAR STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The LONDON MERCHANT, of 500 tons, and 160 horse power, HENRY WHITTINGHAM, Master, will start from off the Custom House, London, on THITE..SDAY the 17th December, at 2 o'clock P.M., and from Fallnonth on -SUNDAY the 20th of December, for LISBON, CADIZ, and GIBRALTAR, returning by the same route. The Rates of Fare have been reduced and a Table, with Wines, Liquors, and all other Refreshments, will be provided on board, under the controul of the Commander, at moderato prices, which will be exhibited in the Cabins. No goods will be received withut an order, nor after Wednesday 16th inst. ; and it is particula'ny requested, in order to avoid delay and difficulties in the Consular Clearance, that the entries at the Custom-house may be mad e for the Port only at which the goods are to be delivered. WILLCOX and ANDERSON, Managers, Dec. 9, 1835, No. 46, Lime-street. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. ;THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION —R. COMPANY'S FIRST-RATE and SUPERIOR PAC KETS leave the Custom House for HAMBURG (carrying his Majcitj's Mails), every Wednesday and Saturday, early-in the morning; returning every Wednesday aid Saturday. • ROTTERDAM and the RHINE (carrying his Majesty's Mails) every Wednesday and Saturday morning, at Seven o'clock precisely; returning every Wednesday and Saturday morning. Reduced Fares, Chief Cabin, 2/. 2s. ANTWERP and the RHINE (with a Bag of Letters from the Post-office), Thursday Morning at Eight precisely, returning Sun day at the same hour. Reduced Fares, Chief Cabin, 2/. 2s. OSTEND and the RHINE, Saturday morning ; returning Tuesday night. CALAIS, Sunday morning; returning Wednesday night. BOULOGNE, Wednesday morning, returning Saturday night. And from London Bridge Wharf for RAMSGATE, for Passengers only, every Saturday. Goods every Friday. MARGATE, Wednesday and Saturday. For Freight to Rotterdam and Antwerp, apply to Messrs. De Bic and Rahn, Crescent, Minories ; and on the other stations to Mr. Norman, 1, Water-lane, Tower-street. Berths may be secured at the Offices of the Company, 37, Regent Circus, and 69, Lombard street ; and at 61, Charing-cross, and 56, Haymarket ; parcels and small packages to be brought to the Offices of the Company, 37, Ilegent-eireus, and 69, Lombard-street. • 'Powerful Steam Packets may be engaged for towing and Excur sions. CHARLES BESSELL, Secretary., General Steam Navigation Company, 69, Lombard-street, and 37, Regent Circus. EA S TERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, from London to Norwich and Yarmouth, by Romford, Chelmsford, Colchester, and Ipswich. Capital £1,500,000, In Shares of £25 ; Deposit £l. Beans. 33s 03 29s Oti I 27s Od ere sold. Beans -33; Od Od 27; Od to to ; 7 . 73 to 05 37 tol Li ga _to 4 138 to Po _ to r 5 " 165 ta 1 •„, 165 to 171 to 1 1, to 31 zo to , 4} to -12 tola Q 9 13 s 516 ta b t3E 6% I% 6 1 A , to rni 6'4 8 6% 6 IROW. 1 ...... at il 3oldsn►ith► he offer T LEVE R a watch C. -- latest jor four hole , , and main- ;econd-hana sa unwa.ry... -- the 1101' ►lra. 'l°ll Esq., bat- I Archer J. Grenadier ilill Ucorge !dale, ESV n, St• Mar' xis ' by O a of Londo n, Vredeir 3sq., of Weld, tthill, jU U " ndarAtt iy to Sara h, and gran( 11, Egg . ' F. Fal l °Vl9 ' of Smith' , t h e late %-0 of the late .I'l'e svcorlet es Counq . ' Reading, in his 680 rye ‘' ire °f mbe, El(l.' !ter, nOl 95, otio of relict of purser of G . I,llcP 62. „•• the countY The Provisional Committee have great pleasure in inform ing the Subscribers to this .Undertaking, that it appears from the Reports of the Deputation of their Body, appointed to confer, with the principal resident Gentlemen of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, ttgat it has the approbation and assent of a very large majority of the owners of property along the whole line, and will have the cordial support of the Nobility, Gentry, and . people at large of these Counties. By Order of the Provisional Committee, J. C. RO Eastern Counties Railway Office, Nov. 16, 18385. E RTSON, Sec. Public Meetings have been since held at Chelmsford, Colchester tod Ipswich, at each of which the merits of the undertaking were very fully discussed, strong resolutions in its favour passed, local Committees appointed to promote its success, and the different county and borough members requested to support it in Parliament. The plans, sections, and books of reference, of the whole line, have been also duly lodged with the different Clerks of the Peace, and every other necessary preparation made for applying for an Act of Parliament in the next sessiox. The subscription for the remaining . shares is limited for the pre sent to persons residing, or possessing property, in the districts through which the railway is to pass. Applications to be made (if by letter, post paid) to the Secretary. _ Subscribers are no t li a bl e f or more than their first deposit of 11. Per share till the act of Parliament is obtained ; nor will they be afterwards responsible for more than the amount of their respective shares, which will be called for in instalments of not more than 31. at a time, with an interval of three months between every two instalments. Eastern Counties Railway-office, 18, Austinfriars, December 15, 1635. AIARBLE WORKS.—The Public are invited to view the extensive SHOW ROOM fitted up by the London Marble and Stone Working Company, containing the greatest variety of CHIMNEY PIECES, Tables, Wash-hand Stands, and Shop Counters, Monuments, Tablets, BATHS, and all other articles of Marble Work, finished in a superior manner by the Patent Machinery. Country Agents supplied. Esher-street, Holywell-street, Millbank, Westminster. OFFICE IN LONDON, 15, Bridge -street, Blacktriars. SCOTTISH (Widow' Fund) LIFE ASSURANCE, Founded on Model of LONDON EQUITABLE. Earl of ROSEBERY, President ; Honourable Lord AI ONCREIFF, Lord President HOPE; Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K. G. Vice-Presidents ; Marquis of TWEEDDALE, K. T. WHO, along with the whole Directors, Ordinary and Extraordi nary, are Members of, and personally connected with the Society, b l y• Assurances of a determinate number of years standing. HIS is the OLDEST, and MOST EXTENSIVE LIFE OFFICE in SCOTLAND, INSTITUTED, A. D. 1815. HEAD OFFICE, EDINBURGH, 5, St. Andrew-square. Accumulated Fund at December 1820—.£10,000. Present Accumulated Fund nearly HALF A MILLION STERLING, Being an Increase of nearly Fifty-fold in l 5 years. ANNUAL REVENUE—NINETY THOUSAND POUNDS. WHOLE PROFITS BELONG TO THE ASSURED. The Additions made by w of BONUS to the Poli c i es o f thi s Office var y from FIF TY to NINE per CENT. on the A CAPITAL SUMS assured. ssurances granted to any extent not exceeding £5,000 on ap proved Lives. No Life Office in Great Britain, since the EQUITABLE of LONDON enacted its restricting Bye-Law of 1816, has been enabled to afford equal advantages to the Assured. Its Funds and Revenues are in a state of the most rapid increase. FARTHER ADDITIONS, in proportion to the amount and s tanding of the Policies, will be declared at the app roac hi ng T HIRD P ERIODICAL INVESTIGATION. ASSURANCES completed before the Books are closed for the anrrent year, have the important advantage comm a FULL YEAR'S S TANDING over those delayed till the commencement of another Year. EZIGLISH . LONDON -15, BRIDGE-STREET, AGENCIES BLACKFRIARS— ' H. M'KEAN., • ,JsraNinictwr—John B. Hebbert, Cohnor e - row . '.lvEupoor.—Messrs. Arthur Oughterson and Co., 1, Dale-street. hI ANCHESTER—Wm. A. Cunningham, 17, Bond-street. P R AnFOßD—Georrio Rogers, Old Rank, Kirkgate. L l uhoEusFiELo--Hugh Watt, Banker. "twcAsn.E—Charles Bertram, 12, Sand Hill. BELFAST.—George William Braddell, 18, Skipper-street. 'or Agencies in SCOTLAND, see Scotch 'Atlvertisenients. • ... - isw • r r • ...• <494, ( t....._i • . ....,' '• - a , ; \ * 1 ....., No: 13,499. MR. BULWER'S NEW WORK. • Now ready, in 3 vols. Kst.E3vo.3 Z 1 11) I E THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES. By the Author of " Eugene Aram," " The Last Days of Porn " &c. &c. Saunders and Otl e y, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. MR. GRATTAN'S NEW WORK. 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" This work is very striking in some parts, and very beautiful in others, with occasional touches of deep pathos interspersed with sensible, pleasant, and amiable reflections, and possessing charac ters of, nice conception and felicitous execution.' , —Spectator. " We have from the first been warm admirers of Mrs. Hall's ta lents, and the present volumes enforce a yet warmer and higher estimate. The Outlaw is a bold, Rembrandt sketch, admirably relieved."—Literary Gazette. Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. MR. GLEIG'S NEA WORK. This day was published, in 3 vols. pest Bvo., CHRONICLES OF WALTHAM. By the Author of " The Subaltern," &c. An admirable work."—John Bull. " We never read a more exciting production."—Metropolitan. " A work of intense interest and dramatic power."—United Service Journal. " Full of deep and almost Crabbe-like interest, and containing a mass of solid information concerning the recent history and the actual condition and habits of the English peasantry, such as we sincerely believe no other work of any class whatever can supply." —Quarterly Review, Sept., 1835. Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. CHRISTMAS PRESENT. In 2 vols. illustrated by OA Vignettes, by Turner and Stothard, THE POETICAL WORKS OF SAMUEL ROGERS, Esq. Comprising the " Pleasures of Memory," " Human Life," " Italy," tcc. Each Volume may be had separately. T. Cadell, St ran d, and Edward Moxon, Dover-street. This day was published, h a lf-b oun d i n morocco, pr i ce 125., T HE COMIC ANNUAL FOR 1836. By THOMAS HOOD. In Ten large sheets, price 6d. each, The Illustrations to the Five First Volumes of HOOD'S COMIC ANNUAL; - Comprising a complete collection of humorous designs for scrap ' books, &c. London : A. H. Baily and Co., 83, Cornhill. Now ready, CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW WORK, Splendidly illustrated by Clarkson Stanfield, R. A. THE PIRATE and th e THREE CUTTERS. With Twenty Plates, including a whole-length Portrait of the Author. In I vol. royal Bvo. price 1/. Ils. 6d. A few Copies in imp. Bvo. with India Proof Plates, 2/. 12a. 6d. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co. ONE IN A THOUSAND; Or, the DAYS of HENRY QUATRE. By the Author of " The Gipsy," &c. &c. • " His most successful production. Full of mystery and incident, and never flags till we arrive at the denouement. The period is exceedingly well chosen ; the name of Henri Quatre conjures up a host of romantic associations, and the chivalrous monarch himself is introduced with great effect. Indeed we have short and graphic sketches of most of the celebrated personages of the League. Madame de Montpeasier, shrewd, intriguing, but fascinating, has the effect of a finely-finished miniature. But the heroine, Beatrice of Ferrara, is the most powerfully-conceived character."—Literary Gazette. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co. TO HOUSEKEEPERS, LANDLORDS, AND THE PRO FESSION OF THE LAW. Just published, price ss. 6d., neatly bound in cloth, APLAIN and PRACTICAL EXPOSITION of the LAW of LANDLORD and TENANT, with a Summary of the Statutes and Decided Cases relative to the Assessed Taxes, the Poor, Sewer, Watching, Lighting, Paving, Highway, County, and Church Rates. With Precedents of Leases, Agreements, Assignments, Notices, &c. By CHARLES JOHN COPLEY, Esq., of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. • This Work is distinguished for its clear Arrangement, and its plaid and unaffected Style ; and, on account of facility of Re ference, and completeness of Information, is adapted for the use of the Profession of the Law, as well as for that of the Public in general. In it the many erroneous Misapprehensions, generally but improperly received and admitted as Law, as to Landlords' Rights and Authority, and Tenants' Liabilities, are shown to be unfounded and illegal. Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-row. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMVER 17, 1535. DINNER TO GENERAL SHARPE, M.P. FOR THE DUMFRIES DISTRICT OF BURGHS. On the 11th current, a large and highly respectable por tion of the Constituency of Dumfries met their representa tive, General Sharpe, at dinner, as a proof of their personal attachnient, and approbation of his upright Parliamentary conduCt, and unflinching expression of those liberal princi ples which are shared by the great majority of the Dumfries Constituency. About half-past four the General entered the room, and was received is the warmest manner. Among other gentlemen he was accompanied by his friend Mr. Aglionby, the member for the burgh of Cockermouth. Provost Kemp filled the chair, supported on the right by the Member for the Burghs, and Mr. Aglionby, M.P., and on the left by Patrick Millar, Esq., of Forrest, and Sir P. Maxwell, of Springkell, Bart., • Mr. M‘Diarmid, Courier Office, officiated as croupier at the principal table ; and Baillie Sinclair and Mr. Brand, at the side ones. The speeches, which occupy nearly four columns of the Danzfries Courier, were characterised by considerable ability as well as eloquence. The following extract from the speech of Mr. Douglas, is worthy of attention, as indi cative of the feeling abroad on the subject of Peerage Re form :—I do not wish to speak of the digni6ries of the land in the abstract ; but I say that there men in the House of Lords who are obeyed because they are placed there, and for nothing else.—(Applause.) Look on them in the aggregate ; put in your hand amongst them—draw them out, and whom have you ?—perhaps a cheating and unprincipled bankrupt, whose heraldry is, it may be, as I have seen it, in the keeping of the lean fingers of the Sew Broker. Again put in your hand, and what have you ? perhaps a person whose only claims are that the acts of his father, or the merits of his mother, may have secured him a Peerage, and maintenance from the taxes. Again put in your hand, and like enough you may have a man who would•not be admitted into common decent society were he not a Lord. Is it fitting, then, that the effects of the Reform Bill should be stopped by people of this descrip tion ? By pensioners, by needy exotics, and worse than either.—( Applause.) But I would not be understood to say that they are all of this class. No_; I believe there are ten good men and more amongst them. But then we are told, that we must not attempt a reformation in the House of Lords because it is unconstitutional ; but what is the con stitution ? Not what it was four years ago, for Old Sarum, and Gatton, and tip eld borough system, formed a part of it ; and we have no reason to deny, that four years hence-it may present as wide a change as it does from what it was four years ago. In 1707, as the gallant General has told us, the 16 Peers frOm Scotland, bearing the same propor tion to the Lords that the 45 was understood to do to the Commons, were incorporated with the English Upper House. The 16 were then, as near as may be, a tenth of the total number ; but now the total number is more than 450, while the 16 remains the same. Then we are told, if you reform the Lords, we can have no longer a King. How happens it, then, that, in 1707, when the representative sys tem was introduced into the Lords, that it did not prove fatal to the monarchy ? or that a fatal result did not follow the great change in the Constitution in 1800 ?—(Hear, hear.) How happens it, that that which was not fatal in the case of Scotland and Ireland would be fatal in the case of England ? On the health of Mr. O'Connell bein g drunk, the Hon. Member for Cockermouth pronounced a high euloo t' ium on the power of Mr. O'Connell's mind, the vigour and fresh ness of his conceptions, and the manly energy and splendid force of his eloquence. With respect to the Repeal question, he saik—" I have agreed with Mr. O'Connell; in; most questions but the Repeal of the Union, and am prepared still to go with him, for in doing so I conceive I am forwarding measures of civil and religious liberty ; and I do hope that succeeding measures of the Legislature will prevent that question from ever being again introduced." " The King," " The Queen," " The Princess Victoria," "The People," "His Majesty's Ministers,""Lord Brougham," and numerous other toasts were given, which our space will not allow us to enumerate. WESTMINSTER COURTS OF RE- QUESTS. DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Yesterday a deputation from the Westminster Courts of Requests, consisting of the Hon. Frederick Byng, bro ther to'Lord Torrington, Mr. Walker, Mr. Ewing, Mr. York, and Mr. Cuff, waited on Lord John Russell, at the Home Office, for the purpose of pressing on the atten tion of Government the great advantage of extending the jurisdiction of the 'Westminster Courts of Requests to all sums under 101., and also for the purpose of soliciting his Lordship to use his influence to get an Act of Parliament passed for that purpose, at the general expense. Mr. BYNG stated to his Lordship the purposes for which the deputation had waited upon him, and made se veral observations on the beneficial consequences which might be expected to result from the' jurisdiction of the Court of Requests in Westminster being extended as pro posed. Mr. WALKER said the Commissioners had waited on the Noble Lord to beg his assistance and that of his Majesty's Ministers to get a Bill passed through Parliament, at the public expense, for the purpose of extending the jurisdiction of the Westminster Courts of Requests to all sums of money under 101. The Act of Parliament by which those Courts were at present governed was passed in the reign of George the Second, and 101. now was no larger sum in effect, though it was so nominally, than 40s. then were. In that Bill there is no clause which would warrant the opinion that it was'not considered by the Legislature as a general local Act. It was on that ground that they respectfully ventured to ask the Government to advance the money necessary for getting a-new Act extending the jurisdiction. At present there are three jurisdictions in these Courts. He begged to say that no security was provided for the funds. They were confident the Legislature could never have contemplated the possibility of there being any balance of funds remaining in the hands of the Courts. He might mention as one of evils arising from this want of secu rity, that there was a defalcation to the amount of 2,300/. Lord JOHN RUSSELL asked Mr. Ewing, who is one of the Commissioners of the City Court of Requests, how the ten pounds jurisdiction operated there ? Mr. Ewnsio—We have not yet, my Lord, had much. ex perience respecting the operation of the ten pounds juris diction ; but so far as my experience has gone, it is very satisfactory. With regard to the five pounds jurisdiction I can testify, in the most decided terms to the beneficial way in which it has operated. ____ Lord JOHN IiUSSELL—Thbre are three other Courts, those of the City, the Tower Hamlets, and Southwark, which procured bills ; how were those bills paid for ? Mr. EWING—Out of the suitors' fund, my Lord. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Has the Westminster Courts no suitors' fund? Mr. WAKLER—They have not, my Lord. Our Courts are of more recent formation, and the Act does not give us power of instituting suitors' funds. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I will consult my Learned Friend, Sir John Campbell, his Majesty's Attorney-General, upon the sullject. .. --- The deputation thanked his Lordship, and, after two or three more observations, withdrew. They were received with much courtesy by the Noble Lord, and left him under the impression that their request was favourably listened to ;-at any rate, that he is favour able to the principle of extending the jurisdiction of these Courts to sums under ten pounds, and that, if there be any obstacle to the accomplishment of their object, it will arise from the indisposition of Government to take on itself the payment of the expenses of a new Bill. ANTI-TITHE MEETINGS, IRELAND. LEIGIILINBRIDGE.- 2 1711i3 highly important meeting was held on last Sunday, for the purpose of petitioning the Le gislature for the total abolition of tithes, and for the imme diate introduction of poor laws into that country. At an early hour on that morning, the roads leading to the town of Leighlinbridge were densely thronged by the peasantry of the surrounding country, all flocking towards the place of meeting, and anxious to record by their presence their detestation of 'the odious tithe system, and their sympathy for their ejected and persecuted countrymen. CASTLZDERMOTT.—On Sunday, the Gth instant, a most respectable and numerous meeting of the Catholic gentry, and landholders of the parish of Castledermott, was held. The most fixed determination of opposing, in every legal manner possible, the odicius and degrading tithe system, pervading the meeting. Practical measures were imme diately adopted, And resolutions entered into, to frustrate, as far as the law will allow, the obnoxious efforts that are now being made to resume the collection of a tax, so unjust In principle, and so calculated to degrade the professors of one religion, by compelling them to support the ministers of another. . _ John Barclay, farmer in Bourtrees, Loeliwinnoeh parish,.. from one-fourth part of a peck of lintseed.•sown this season,. reaped the unusual quantity of 3 stones 12ilbs. of clean dressed lint fit for the. heckler, . - .:Alff i r, - , • .7, - . .2,, 411 44, ( 1 -04( it -- 444421 - , (~._ -•- - (4' ,' , -- "j4, 04 ,,,... , ••• 0:IT - . c.` , ~,, f1........1Ak -- ,-,.. 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The Same Poems, in cloth, neatly lettered. [The Pocket Editions.] air All the above contain the Introductions, Notes, and Va rious Readings, which can bo found in no other but these, The Author's Editions. Robert Cadell, Edinburgh ; Whittaker and Co., London ; and all Booksellers. NEW BOOKS OF TRAVELS. In 2 Vols. DAMASCUS AND JERUSALEM Visited during the Successful Campaign of Ibrahim Paella. By Dr. HOGG. " We have derived• unmixed pleasure from the perusal of these volumes."—Atlas. EXCURSIONS in the MEDITERRANEAN. By Sir GRENVILLE TEMPLE. These volumes afford us information not to be found in any ether work : with which we are acquainted."—Monthly Review. 111. • ROME AND ITS VICINITY. By Sir WILLIAM GELL. With a new and beautiful Map made by the Author expressly for the Work. " These elegant volumes are indispensable to the complete scholar and the classical traveller."—Spectater. Iv. VISITS AT HOME AND ABROAD. By Mrs JAMESON, Author of " Characteristics of Women," &c. &e. Second Edition, 3 vols. post Svo. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. , GOVERNESSES AND MAIDS OF ALL WORK.— During the last week a London paper contained; on the same day, the two following advertisements :—" Wanted, a daily governess for a young lady, to teach English, French, drawing, singing, writing, and arithmetic. The required hours of attendance are from eleven to four daily ; salary twelve pounds per annum !" That is, a lady, for five hours' daily is to receive 12/. a year, or exactly fourpence for each 13 hours instruction in six necessary studies and accomplish ments ! The following appears in an adjacent column : " Servant of all work wanted in a small respectable family. where two other servants are kept, and the washing put out, wages 14/. per annum !" To be sure, the governess might breakfast and dine at home—if she found the twelve pounds a year more than enough to clothe her respectably—the hours of attendance being so accurately managed as to spare her patrons the opportunity of inviting her to join them at either meal ; and her " twelve pounds a year" was dignified with the title of " salary," while the 141. bore the more menial sound of " wages." On Monday se'nnight a male Aquila Albicilla, or sea eagle, was shot on the estate of Mrs. Styleman, Hun stanton Hall, by the keeper. The crop and stomach con tained 15 herrings ; extent of wings from tip to tip seven teat thiee inches, ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. • The ordinary Meeting of this Society was,held on Mon day evening, at its rooms in Regent-street ; Sir JOHN BARROW, President, in the Chair. Captain MACONOCIIIE announced several presents since the last meeting, amongst which were statistical tables of the revenue, commerce, and population of Great Britain and its Colonies, published by order of the House of Com mons, from G. R. Porter, Esq. ; Transactions of the Geo logical Society ; Observations on a new Mode of Tabu lating the Force and Power of the Winds, by Mr. Birt, &c. The Hon. G. 0. Darner, C. W. Dilke, Esq., Capt. Gould, James Holmes, and Thomas Staveley, Esq., were elected members. Sir JOHN BARROW announced that the Council had de cided that his Majesty's annual premium should be awarded to Captain Back, on account of his recent discoveries, par ticularly of a large river running beyond the Great Sl ave Lake,u distance of 500 miles. He felt convinced that the South land seen by Captain Back was the coast of North America, and this convinced him of the possibility of a North-western passage. He was happy to state the Council had decided in Captain Back's favour on no other authority than that of his simple and affecting narrative. So closely had he been within starvation, that he had been compelled on one occasion to eat his own shoes ; yet, notwithstanding the great sufferings which he had undergone, he had came forward gratuitously to the assistance of his six hundred fellow-countrymew-who were now inclosed in the ice on the shores of Greenland, with no other prospect before him than' death. He was happy to announce, that Captain fames Ross had previously offered his aid to the Admiralty, which he had every reason to believe would be accepted. Capt. MacoNociriE next read a narrative of a journey across the Andes and down the river Amazon, by Lieut. Gerard Smythe, in which he gave a minute description of the face of the' country, and the manners, customs, and habits of the aborigines of the country. He stated that there were upwards of twenty navigable rivers flow ing into the Amazons, some of which were nearly two miles wide at their mouth, one tributary stream connect ing it with the River La Plata. He crossed the im mense plain called La Pampa del Sacramentos, which he found intersected by many beautiful and navigable streams, and the banks of which were generally covered with forests of the most immense trees. The climate approached more nearly to that of the Island of Madeira than to any other he could name. The country abounded in animal and vegetable produce of the most luxuriant description. There were ten different tribes of natives, materially varying in character from those described by previous writers, one of which was so ferocious as to prevent him coming in contact with them, and these he also found to be cannibals. He procured from a mis sionary priest, whom he found to be a man of great in telligence, named Senor Andre Fernandez de Sasa, a detailed account of the country, a translation of which was announced to be read at the next meeting. Sir JOHN BARROW announced th a t th e prize awarded to" Capt. Back will be presented to him at the next meeting, on the 11th of January. •'.'.2 - 1:„ . - -, '' '''i., - - . ',1,7., .L. . -----. ',.• '''' ' ~ , "teg.'•' . , i ~ ,,i, ~ i ,... K. t . ...."-- . • 1 ' '' ,.. 7 / - • \ ,F; ' ) '44, , / 4, • . _ PRICE 7D. PROTESTANT MEETING AT BRIGHTON. A public meeting was held yesterday at Brighton, for the purpose (as the advertisements stated), of affording the Reverend Mortimer O'Sullivan an opportunity of " making known the real character and purposes of Popery, as exhi bited in Ireland, and the Dangers to Protestantisre." At twelve o'clock Mr. SHARWOOD proposed that Mr. Churchwarden Good take the Chair. Considerable oppo sition was made to this by the parties who had got up the meeting ; and Mr. Good having been chosen to fill the Chair by the loud acclamations of those who were fa vourable to his election, proceeded to occupy the Chair ; but his design was opposed by the parties on the other side, who hastily mounted the platform, and defended the vacant seat. Mr. West, the Reverend Mr. Elliott, and another gentleman, were foremost in the party ; and in the struggle for the seat considerable tumult occurred. A per sonal conflict took place betwegn Lord Teignmouth and Mr. Good in front of the platform ; similar contests occurred at the back, chairs and forms were overturned, the combatants were rolling over each other on the floor, the ladies shrieked and fled in affright, and the scene at one period presented really a very alarming appearance. By degrees, however, order was in some measure restored, Mr. Good gained pos session of the empty seat of honour, and the business of the meeting commenced. Amongst the crowd of distinguished persons present during the meeting, we observed Prince George and his tutor. The Rev. M. O'SULLIVAN then came forward, and claimed an impartial hearing, which, he said, he was sure to obtain from an English assembly. He had been accused, and now appeared before a jury of his countrymen to de fend himself. A placard had been issued, headed " The Ratheormac Massacre v. O'Sullivan ;" he lamented that unfortunate affair. The placard said he was allowed 2,000/. a year out of the Conservative Fund ; that was a state ment unnecessary for him to notice, but having come for ward he could not pass it over in silence. At great pecu niary and personal sacrifice he had engaged in advocating the cause of a most persecuted claSs in Ireland, because his conscience, told him it was a duty. Mr. O'Sullivan then proceeded to state that it was right bad laws should be al tered, but all laws should be obeyed till repealed ; there fore so long as tithes were sanctioned by law they ought to be paid. The objection to tithes in Ireland was, that it was unjust to call upon professors of one religion to contri bute towards the maintenance of another. Now if there was one Roman Catholic in Ireland who could be said to pay forced tithes to a minister of the Protestant religion, he would say they ought to be remitted. The fact was, a tenant came to a landed proprietor and offered to take a piece of ground ; the landlord named the rent at so much and the tithe at-so much ; the tenant found the land was worth the money, and took it subject to the tithe. But would it be said the tenant therefore paid forced tithe ? He knew an instance where a piece of ground, tithe-free, was charged 6d. an acre higher rent than the adjoining ground, which paid tithe, and was worth 6d. an acre less. If the tenant paid no tithe, he paid higher rent. Nineteen-twentieths of the land in Ireland was held by Protestants ; therefore it was not true that the tithes were paid by Catholics. The speaker then went on to show that, in the province of Ulster, where Orange societies prevailed, there had not been from 1798 to 1835 so many murders and outrages committed as in Mr. Shell's own county of Tipperary, where Riband societies had the sway, within the last two Years, and not one individual had there been brought to justice. He therefore contended that the Orange societies had a good effect, and rejoiced that he belonged to them. The speaker next proceeded to say, the whole question, how ever now was, shall the Protestant or the Roman Catholic religion predominate in Ireland ?=---(Loud cheers, and cries of " neither !" Mr. Goulty asked what Mr. O'Sullivan meant by the Protestant religion ?) He meant by the Protestant religion—(a voice, " Pounds, shillings, and pence.") In the case of the individual ' interrupting him, that might be the truth ; but his (Mr. O'Sullivan's mean ing of Protestantism was, the right of private judgment— (loud cheers)—the liberty of conscience—(renewed cheers) —and a free circulation of God's holy Scriptures.— (Cheers.) Rome, when she had ,the power, would again renew her perseCutions, because the principle of the Catho lic religion was not to tolerate any other sect but her own, considering that every man who resisted or dissented from her had sentence of death passed upon him. At this period of the address, a Gentleman rose and ex claimed with much earnestness that Mr. O'Sullivan was misrepresenting the tenets of the Roman Catholics. Mr. O'Sullivan at once recognised the Gentleman who inter rupted him as Mr. Carew O'Dwyer, who, lie said, lie was glad to see there to answer him, as he ras an individual who had been deemed so worthy of the confidence of his fellow countrymen in Ireland, as to have been selected by them as a representative in Parliament. No doubt the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would make out the best case possible. He (Mr. O'Sullivan) would be glad to meet him at any time to-morrow, or any other clay, and discuss the subject. Mr. O'DwYER—" I will meet you now."—(Cheers.) Mr. O'Sowvasz resumed—He should be glad to hear the Learned Gentleman answer him.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. GoULTY then asked what was meant by the sen tence of death ? Mr. O'SULLIVAN went on to show from Dens' Theology, which he said had been published by authority of the Irish Catholic bishops as the best guide for their priests, that by the canons of the Catholic Church and the councils of La teran, Constance, and Trent, it was lawful for the Catholic Church to punish heretics with death, and Dens defined a heretic to be one who chose a religion for himself ; so that if the argument were carried to its full extent, a man who was a Catholic by choice was a heretic.—(Cheers.) After some other observations, the Reverend Speaker sat down. Mr. CAREW O'DWYER then ascended the platform, and was greeted with loud cheering, intermingled with some hissing from the Tory party. One of the placards so pro fusely circulated in the town for some days had been placed in his hands, and in that vile document he found his own name set down as amongst those who had committed per jury by voting in Parliament in favour of Irish Church Re form ; he also read in that statement a disgraceful misre presentation of the tenets of the Roman Catholics, which was reiterated in the speech of the Reverend Gentleman who hail sat down, and which, to use the precise words of that Gentleman, asserted that " Popery had for its object the extermination of Protestantism, and that in the opinion of the Roman Catholics all those not belonging to their Church were adjudged to have sentence of deat pronounced upon them, and were to be considered as being under the Divine wrath." I could not (said Mr. O'Dwyer) repress my determination to meet my calumniators on this plat form. My first duty shall be to inquire, what is the oh ject of this meeting ? I am bound to give the Reverend Gentleman who preceded me full credit fur his positive as sertion, that his missionary wanderings in this country are instigated by motives more honourable to him, than the stimulus afforded by the rumour which has received his contradiction, of his having received two thousand pounds a year, by way of viaticums, from some Conserva tive fund. Yet I am persuaded the motive must have been lofty and cogent, indeed irresistible, which could have imposed on him the painful task of making a martyr of his duty, and leaving his parishioners of Killyman to take care of themselves, devoting himself to such exhibi- , tions as we have witnessed this day.—(Loud laughter.) Possibly, the Reverend Gentleman might yet receive a reward suitable to his services to his party which would satisfy his pious ambition, and glorify the cause to which he had espoused himself. If a certain party returned to power, it was to be hoped that some persuasive member of the new Administration may overcome the objections of the Rev. Gentleman, and by a gentle violence, force a va cant mitre upon his ample brow.—(Laughter.) But the object of this meeting--was it religion, or haply was' it po lities—(Loud cheering, and cries from the Tories " No po litics! How innocent is that cry proceeding from the gentlemen of "one class of opinions."—(Cheers.) What was the drift of the Rev. Gentleman's long speech ? Politi cal, and nothing but political;—(Hear, bear.) Ycs, and it. is the manly way at once to denounce the object of this meeting. I assert that this meeting has been convened to raise a No Popery cry within the hearing of our Gracious Sovereign. This place is now the resort of the titled and the wealthy of the land. This meeting is composed largly of that class, who may be said to have great influence in high places. It was the design of this meeting, by the inflated assertion of Irish Pro testant grievances, to act upon the alarms, the prejudices, and the interests of many who are identified with the existence of the present Church system, and to produce a re-action in the -public mind in favour of an Administration who were resolved to uphold the Irish Church in the inte grity of its abuses.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. O'Sullivan conceives it no grievance that a Roman Catholic popula tion should pay tithes to a Protestant Church. He says that the tenant, on entering into the possession of the land, is apprised that it is subject to the payment of tithes, and that if there were no tithes payable the landlord would place on his land an additional rent. Mr. O'Sullivan also states that tithes are properly granted, to the protestant. Clergy on the conquest of Ireland. The first of these statements is a great fallacy. Then, as to the nature Of tithe property. It cannot be said that the Protestant Clergy hold tithes by a better title or on a different foun dation than they were held by Roman Catholic Cltrgy be fore the Reformation. When the tithes were trahsferrecl from one Clergy to another, they came charged with all the incidents appertaining to them before the change of possession. In Catholic times, the tithes were applied to the quadriparte objects of sustaining the dignity of the Bi shop, repairing the church, maintaining the clergyman, who was of the religion of the people, and feeding the dis tressed poor. The case now stands thus : The clergyman is not of the religion of the people from whom he exacts tithes, and he appropriates to himself, to the exclusion of the bishop, the church, and the poor, the tithe which ho receives. There can be no doubt, however, that tithe is public property, and that as it has been dealt with before by Parliament, so • may it again..—(Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman defined Protestantism to meth.] liberty of conscience, and a free circulation of the Scriptures. If this be Protestantism, I avow myself a Protestant. I should say that this is Catholicity.—(lllnch cheering.) Therepow remains o k .ie charge of the R ev . G en tl ema n, to which I come. Mr. O'Sulivan has stated that the Catholic reli gion encourages the extermination of Protestantism. lam sorry that the Rev. gentleman should have gravely asserted the prevalence of a doci:ine which he must know—he can not be ignorant—has been repeatedly repudiated and so lemnly abjured on oath by the Roman Catholic body. But on what authority does Mr. o'su2livan rest his charge ? on the authority of Dr. Dens? Who is Dr. Dens? Why, he was a mad Flemish priest, and is no more to be consi dered an authority amongst the Catholics than any of our grandmothers. I shall now add, that I am one of those who, at a period not remote, was opposed to a continuance of the Legislative Union between this country and Ireland. I am free to confess that my opinions upon this point have undergone much modification, if not a total change. I witness daily proofs of the growing sympathy of the. English people for their Irish brethren ; and I have every confi dence, that if the will of the English people prevail, there will be ample justice done to Ireland. Let the Irish Church be reformed, not destroyed. Let it be made commensurate in its establishment to the duties which it has to perform. This will be one great move towards justice for the Irish people ; because, under the protection of the Irish Church;there grow up a thousand other abuses. If the Irish Protestant Clergy now suffer distress, they are victims to the policy of the ferocious leaders to whom they have com mitted the conduct of their cause. I sincerely pity their distress.—(Here a person at the Tory side laughed out.) I care not whether the person who expresses his incredulity believes me or not. lam sure I would go as far to assuage the individual suffering as he would. If I see a man struck down and bleeding in the highway, I shall not stop to ask if he have been attacked by robbers, or if he have been himself a spoliator. My first duty as a Chris tian, is to bind up his wsunds, and minister to his neces sities.—(Loud cheering.) - Mr. COLQUIIOUN, after declaring himself a Liberal, in timated that he had applied for the use of the Town Hall tor the meeting, which was refused him ; an assertion which called up Mr. Slight, who refuted the assertion of Mr. Col quhoun. Mr. Slight then entreated the meeting not to be led away by the statements of itinerant lecturers, but to keep clear from polemical and religious animosity. He was followed by Mr. Mott, who adverted to his having known Mr. O'Sullivan when a boy in Ireland, and produced a strong impression on the mind of the auditory by a description of some of the horrors which he witnessed during the rebellion in Ireland. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect : " That it is inexpedient for this meeting to entertain any question as to the regulation of ecclesiastical affairs, and the difference between the Ca tholic and Protestant reli g ions as introduced to the meet ing," which being carried by acclamation, the meeting sepa rated, after giv.ing three cheers for the chair. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard at the Court-house, in Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on To-morrow, Dec. 18, 1835, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon. Manning, R., Coborn-road, Mile-end Old-town, clerk i n th e Ba n k of England. Budge, W., Robert-mews, Hampstead-road, hackneyman. Smith, M., King's Arms yard, Coleman.street, wine-merchant. Davies, J., High-street, Camberwell-green, tin-plateLworker. Paddon, M., Southampton-place, Southampton-street, Camberwell, clerk in the General Post-office. Maides, T. W., St. John's-street, Clerkenwell, butcher. Higgins, W. L. D., Cecil-street, Strand, out of business. Stodart, G., Bayham-street, Camden-town, mariner. Haviside, W., Clapton Pond, Clapton, master mariner. Fisher, W., Bruton-street, Berkeley-squa re , l a b ourer . Dickinson, J., Addle -street, W oo d- s t ree t, Ch eaps id e , agen t . Davey, W., Castle-street, Leicester-square, builder. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS TO-MORROW. W. W. Peirce, cabinet-maker, Northampton 2 at 1 J. Greenhill, farmer, Westhamfrith, near Stratford, Essex 2 11 D. Clark, merchant, New Bond-street J. Johnson, bookseller, High-street, Bloomsbury G. Jone 4, wharfinger. Shad Thames, Horselydown MY AUNT PONTYPOOL.—The three volumes that compose this exciting novel comprise in its pages the sepa rate excellencies of several writers. We discover in them the deep yet practical philosophy of Bulwer, the refined wit of Mrs. Norton, the sterling humour of Marryat, and the originality of the Author of " Vivian Grey ;" but these qua lities arc combined in a manner so natural, that while we are reminded of the best points of the above-named authors, we feel that we are reacting the production of one who has too much pride to be servile even in a thought, and too much genius to make it necessary for him to descend to imitation. It is a work that must enjoy a great popularity, Tuesday night, about seven, a part of the extensive granary of Messrs. Spick and Raymond, at Rotherbithe wall, near the Thames Tunnel, was discovered to be on fire, and from the rapidity with which the flames spread the greatest fears were entertained for the safety of the entire pile of building. Intelligence was instantly sent off to the head station in Watling-street, and to the other stations, from whence a strong muster of men with numerous powerful engines was sent: Mr. Braidwood, the super intendent, was himself in attendance. The fire, by the time the engines had arrived, was found to have get a firm hold of the drying-kiln, and there being no hope of saving that, the operations were directed to the prevent ing its spreading thence to the highly-valuable stock in the granary. These, happily, proved successful, and by 10 o'clock all danger had ceased, the stock in the kiln, which was considerable, having burnt itself out. The kiln itself is nearly a ruin, part of the roof had fallen in, and the re mainder, with the side walls, was in so tottering a state th a t if they do n o t f a ll, th ey will require to be pulled down and rebuilt. The property is understood to be amply insured. BOMBAY.—About five or six weeks ago we men tioned that Lieutenant-Colonel Valiant, of the 40th Re giment of Foot, had been honourably acquitted of certain charges brought against him - by Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Dickson, of the same regiment, at a Court-martial held at Madras in the early part of the present year. Since that time another Court-martial has been held at the same place, for the purpose of trying certain charges made by Lieutenant-Colonel Valiant against Lieutenant. Colonel Dickson. The finding and sentence of the Court in the latter ease were given on the sth of June last. The na ture of the charges made against Lieutenant-Colonel Dick son will be seen from the findings themselves. On the first instance of the first charge the Court found him guilty of irregular conduct, as Commanding Officer of the 40th Regiment. On the second instance of the first charge the Court found that Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson caused two girls, Mary Walsh and Ann Smith, to be pu nished with a horsewhip, in the Orderly-room of the regi ment, and also to be confined in darkened rooms at his quarters. On the third instance of the first charge, and in regard to the punishment of a girl named Sarah Maitland, who received two dozen strokes on her hands, with a cane, the Court round Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson's, conduct to have been i rregu l ar an d oppress i ve. The Court also found him guilty of a stoppage of money to a Mrs. Walsh, which was made on insufficient grounds, and therefore irregular. Several other charges were preferred against Lieutenant- Colonel Dickson, on various of which he was found guilty ; and the Court adjudged him to be dismissed his Majesty's service. ' This gentence was afterwards confirmed by Lieut.- General R. N. O'Callaghan, Commander of his Majesty's Forces in India. HATS.—There is a tradition, that the first hats ever worn by the Town Council of Inverness were presented to them by President Forbes, one day after dinner, Bunchrew. He had brought the hats with him from Edinburgh ; and so highly were they cherished, that they were only worn on Council days, being all the intermediate time carefully locked up in the owners' chests at home. Before this time, there were only four hats in Inverness, which were worn by the two Ministers, the Provost, and the Sheriff. The first tradesman who wore a hat every day was the Deacon of the weavers, Mr. Young ; and as the country people stared at him with amazement, the Deacon used to exclaim in a humorous sort of fury— . What am I but a mortal man like yourself !"—lnverness Courier. UNFEELING CONDUCT.—On Thursday evening last a fatal accident happened to one of the crew, a lad of 18 years of age, of the Newcastle trading sloop Times, Capt. Elliott. While sculling a boat off the Irongate stairs, near St. Catherine's -dock, ho fell overboard and was drowned ; and Captain Elliott sailed from the river on Thursday without having apprised any of the relatives of the deceased of the fatal catastrophe. A placard to that effect was on Saturday morning posted, along shore, , on the findi n g o f th e body, informa tion to Mrs. Pe ac h, 13, G rea t Ch ape l -street , Soho-square, e o ci h u o e n: s s i t qg i requesting eabest t , ls also oe t n ha . alleviate -the distresd feeling's of a dis consolate mother. The body has not. yo been found; COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business. Mr. Deputy WESTON" brought up the report of the Committee appointed to consider of the most advisable means of congratulating- the Lord Mayor upon the birth of a son in his mayoralty. The report recommended that an address, framed and glazed, and richly emblazoned, should be presented by the members of the Court, in their gowns, to his Lordship. The worthy Deputy said that he had an amendment to propose, in Ivhich he trusted the Court would acquiesce. The address, decorated in the manner described, would cost from 801. to 1001., and he thought it would be much better to vote to the Lady Mayor ess the more substantial testimonial of the feelings of the Court in a piece of plate of the value of 100 guineas. A small piece of silver would be found more durable than a large piece of paper, which time would soon destroy. He then moved that a piece of plate, of the above-mentioned value, with a suitable inscription, should be presented to his Lordship, and that the report be sent back to the Com mittee, with directions to prepare it accordingly. Mr. DAVISON moved a resolution, congratulating the Lord Mayor upon the accession to his family by thc.birth of a son, and trusting that such addition would prove a source of permanent happiness to him.—(Cheers.) The other amendments were then withdrawn, and Mr. Davison's was carried unanimously. THE COURT OF ALDERMEN AND PORTSOKEN WARD. Mr. TYEas presented a petition from the inhabitants of the ward of Porteoken of rather an extraordinary kind. :The petitioners prayed that the Court would grant them the still, of 1,000/., or such other sum as should seem meet, to aid them in their proceedings instituted for maintaining the sacred p „,:ileges of the freemen of London ; and also that the Court would interfere to prevent the Court of Alder men from a ftir,`ber wasteful expenditure of the City funds in the prosecution pf their attempt to deprive the citizens of their just r ights. Referred to the Finance Committee. Several motions were owle, and others were postponed, and the Court adjourned. Government have given notice that they require im mediately twenty transports (coppered:), for three months certain. This looks like an expectation of hostilities, as but three or four are usually advertised for, ond for a lesser period of service. So great a number as twenty being men tioned, is a proof that a much larger number aie wanted, and the term mentioned, that of three months, also implies that their service will be required for three or four times that period.—Hampshire Advertiser. CO.RONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE. Yesterday evening an inquest' was held at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Ellen Lucas, aged 30, one of the assistant nurses of that institution, whose death was occasioned by poison. From the evidence adduced it appeared that the deceased went out on Tuesday evening, and returned to the hospital, after an absent,' of about three quarters of an hour, in a very agitated star. Some of the patients, having seen her crying piteously, ask.d her what was the matter? and were informed by her that she had met a person, ra ther than have seen whom she would willingly have fdr feited M. It was a young matt who had formerly paid his addresses to her, and with whom she was once so nearly being married, that the bans had been published at Christ Church. She had met him (she said) with a young woman, whom he had introduced to her as his wife. After lamenting for some time, she went to the medicine-case of the ward, and taking out a bottle of lauda num, swallowed the contents. Medical assistance was im mediately sent for, but the deceased expired shortly after wards. She was stated to have been a widow, with two young ebigren. The jury returned a verdict of—" Tem porary Insaniy." TIIE PHANTOM' COACII.—A number of the more nervous portion of tho inhabitants of this town have lately been alarmed by a report that a phantom coach perambu lates the different streets of the town almost every night at the " witching hour." We have not heard if any one has had the good (or bad) fortune to see this nocturnal vi sitant ; but certain it is that many have heard it, who affirm that they can easily distinguish the sound of it from that of any other ordinary, or material, coach—it giving no intima tion of its approach until apparently within about ten yards of their domicilos, and the sound dying away in the dis tance before any other coach, drawn by the fleetest horses, could have proceeded ten yards farther. It would also appear that its peregrinations arc extended to a wide cir cuit, as it is not heard every night, but often allows one or two nights to elapse before it again returns ; and, judging by the sound, it must travel at a pace infinitely swifter than any locomotive carriage yet invented.—Kelso Chronicle. On Saturday afternoon the neighbourhood of Devonshire-place, Chiswick, was thrown into a state of the most painful excitement, by the discovery of the following most dreadful attempt at suicide :—lt appears that in con sequence of loud screams being heard issuing from the house of Mr. Hill, No. 5, in that place, several persons in stantly proceeded to the spot, and on going to the back room on the first floor, they found Mr. Hilllying on the ground, weltering in blood, and on examining him they iis covered an extensive wound on the right side of his neck, and it was also subsequently found he had stood over a washhand basin, and with a razor had mutilated his person in a horrid and indescribable manner. Mr. Loadnian, surgeon, of Hammersmith, was immediately sent for, with his assistant, promptly attended, and did . everything which humanity and surgical skill could suggest, but we regret to say, that although alive yesterday afternoon, very little hopes arc entertained of his ultimate recovery. The unfortunate man, who has for years been employed in. the office of Mr. Whittingham, the extensive printer at Chis wick, has recently laboured under great ~depression of spirits. 11OREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS. The attention of consumers is called to one of the largest stocks in this country, and which cannot be excelled for qu a lity, age , and flavou r , a t th e undermentioned prices, for cash on delivery . BRANDY.—Genuine Cognac, 245., 265. 6d., 28s. per gallon. - Very old CHAMPAGNE ditto, 325. per gallon. The pale ditto (vintage 1808), 725. per dozen, bottles included. RUM.—Good Jamaica, 10s. Bd., 12s. ; Wedderburn's 14s. per gallon. The old Pine-apple (in bottles), 365. per dozen. ENGLISH GlN.—Excellent quality and strength, Bs., 9s. 4(1., 'Os. Bd.`per gallon ; th e s t rong and high-flavoured (in bottles), 2 45. per dozen. GEO. HENEKEY and COMPY. Gray's Inn Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn, London. GBEAT COATS, INDIAN RUBBER WATER-PROOF FROCKS, CLOAKS, &c., at J. CHARLES'S EMPORIUM, No. 171, Fleet-street, opposite Sergeant's Inn. A superior Petersham Great Coat, bound, 50s.—Dress Coats, of Dahlia Puce, or Adelaide Brown, from 21. 10s. to 2/. 18s.—Extra Saxony Black or Blue, 2/. 15s. to 3/. 10s.— Buckskins, d'Orsay Ribbs, Polish Cords, &c. for Trowsers, from 25 s.—Fashionable Waistcoats, 12s. to 16s.—A Footman's Suit of Livery, 4/. 4s. Every article warranted of the best quality and workmanship, and equal to any that can be produced ; and J. C. feels confident that one trial at his extensive Establishment will secure him a re- Petition of orders. Observe the No. is 171, Fleet-street, opposite Sergeant's Inn.