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EVENING SUN. BANK OF ENGLAND, NOY. 11, 1841. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the ENGLANDGOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of G LAND give Notice, T That a SPE CIAL GENERAL COURT o f PROPRIE -I,PR.S will be h e ld a t th e BANK on T HU RSDAY NEXT, the otn inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely, for the purpose of taking Igo c onsideration ADDRESSES of CONGRATULATION NESS PRINCE ALBERT on the BIRTH of a PRINCE. JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. ----___ NA TIONAL FLOATING BREAK WATER and REFUGE HARBOUR COMPANY. -- t _.. T be negotiations with the authorities at Brighton, Lowe , ;iuid other Ports of the first maritime importance being in Mn o progress, and the Directors of this Company having ore them several applications for the giant of Licenses to iwm r new Harb ours , an d f or reme dyi ng the defects of old ones, 4 t he adoption of C a pt a i n Taylor's invention, have fixed - the Q„11 instant as the LAST DAY on which ' applications for i iibe made. can be rec e i ve d ; i mme di a tely after which the allotment JOHN CHARRETIE, Secretary. 61 t. APIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s. the 4 SET, 44 FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe rior Lo n d on Table Knives, with ivory h an dl es , 14s. per dozen ; B rass P oles for Window C urta i ns , inch diameter, 8. 3 d. per foot • 2 inc he Is. 8d per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet 1 4 - s '• b s. SUP ERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR "ANTED. —TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14 s. t!r doz en ; D essert Knives, Ils. ; Carvers, 4 s . 6d. p er pair; !able K n i ves, w i th white bone h an dl es , B s . 3d. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. Bd. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe - shap e Tea till,' 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier M acho Tea erOntYs'; " th e shape, 50s ; the set o f full sizes. Catalo g ues, Article'a'cing the pri ce . with Engravings of every Ironm on g er y Y necessar to the furnishing of a house of a n y size, 25 Percent. under any other old established house, to be ha d gratis (p ost free). IP PON and BURTON, 12, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. 39, A LBENIARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (opposite the York Hotel), and KING ILLIAM-STREET, BANK of ENGLAND. SIGHT AND HEARING. - TESTI ONIALS on the Mess. S. and B. ' 4,-i Mnvented SPECTACLErs LENSES andSOLOMONS INVISIBLE "we, the VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Pe r s ons. e st we, the undersigned, have been for some time making th. °Messrs. Solomens' newly-invented Spectacle . Lenses ; --• t h e .3tonishing relief they afford to imperfect vision gives the decided preference to every other kind of Lens clearness of the transparency . brings every object very d'stinct, a n d ena b les i nd i v id ua l s t o view the most minute par t.t:els with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant b Y . candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and soften i a lght and brilliant lights R'es Blundell E ALD 1, Great George-street, West tninfter K 1" " 'l' 4 T r gy Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street: jo,". Ilamsb Pettigrevr m, Esq., Surgeon, F.R. S., Saville-row. otha ' Esq., 111. D., Broad-street -buildings. J i;" ° , White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street. . 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Nnirc a t l: l l l ) . ourn; ' Esq., ' Surgeon, 2k3, Harleyford-place, Ken- Nl'eann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street. sisTn'llel Banner, Esq., Surgeon , _ 26, Berkeley-square. A . ,Eaelish, Esq., Surgeon, Denmark-hill. Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-street, Blooms j:y. r ,• Pollock Esq„ Surgeon, Kensington. ,teddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. . 1 1 1 1 ,. : Walker, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury. g b am,Esq, Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square i ward Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire. ' the nsiP lacing the above list of Testimonials before the publi, essrs. 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You ma y s make whatever this use of this I a l V e re, only I thi n k the good effects ought to b e made p ublic. r ci i ,r , yours obliged, " CHAS. EDW D. HARDERN. 1 . si nam, April 30, 1841. afte r Mrs. Sarah Stansfield, of Dale-street, Salford, says, tei v ..; ft "lug two 2s. 9d. boxes of Parr's Life Pills, she has re i,e`u Tnore benefit Tr from their use than from any medical ad edicine she has been enabled to procure. She has • .afflict e d w i t h Si c k H ea d ac he and Bilious Complaints for ITst r t. l ! )(l of seven years, and has scarcely passe d a da y during i nle without pain until taking the a b ov e Pills, and now, happy to s a y, she is 'quite recovering. " A (Signed) " SARAH STANSFI ELD. -I'lll7, 1841." tg s . " Stalybridge, April 13th, 1841. 1101. " ;: --- My brother, William Carnson, No. 8, John-street, 1.71e5h%.,,ate, Carlisle, was cured of Gravel by taking two leei l :). -rarr's Life Pills . 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"Y most respectable Medicine Vendors in Town and e on ,o Lry . to be had wholesale of Edwards, 67, St. Paul's, toTau n* n order to protect the public from imitations, the Hon. be 'issi " e rs of Stam have ordered " Parr's Life Pills" to out engraved on the Government Stamp attached to each box, T i t a which none are genuine. /tern A JIS. - -The Life and Times of Old Parr, containing Lif t n , en Di sease, H ea l t h, an d the Means of Prolonging bt 1 3 ' 71 2 Pages, with Engravings, Anecdotes, Poetry , &c. , ma y gratis of all Agents. " Non est vivere sed valere vita."—MA RTI A 1.. ..." Life is only life, when blest with Health." HE E finest System of Ethics i s to confine with in%. due bounds, and thus is regulate thePassions, th ose b w a h rr i i c e h r: Ithi e zratned and insubordinate , impetuously destroy. r , to curb, but not InoniUteligion and Morality have made iosilt th atts them, appears the lesson of pruience best calculated to , Every eir effervescence. 4 11 0 ,,, i disorganization of the human frame requires great medical I. ;sci on ed i ge to remedy, and the public welfare is promoted when re _ett,4,4, men (disregarding the suggestions of the envious and into. of those complaints ge oetat4tevilite their studies to the treatment . ~,tosnie do Y imprudence and the ebullition o . f the passions at an un. s,'C ti i . moment. .. The strength of a nation consists dinitlyhosehereiafiltehe `o th; l) coPle ;" but it is melancholy to reflect on the '" po.. l ,P e ornt and unfceli , g empyricism, and to countearact, as far 'esi",°." s its further ravages, we offer to sufferinges Debility humanity Thethe 11n of our own experience in the station! disea of re h a is . 401, h_ Y v ictim of solitary vice (early acquired at schoo t lo w ", a r ,s asserted ber right over tt.e mind), will, in conelbpel.af_otir,nengow. tat tha ie t ss state, become susceptible of enlivening sensations,_....'oused i Pto in ,tho most complicated state of exhaustion m .' rei ‘ence my energy% Intense study—immoderate anxiety—log ran ge 1:.1 tropical Climes, and many other cause., will frequently de. .e o f . -an, Al r rat ni ` ne Nervous System ; in such cases we can holdout an as. by a treatment which has long answered sang ui ne That hopes of Patients of both sexes. tarZe s . l ne to human happiness, SYPHILIS, can now he treated kitid ‘ t- Y ) the improved state of Medical Science having divested e it! 11% 443 ..7 of those distressing properties that so long rendered its I the softerr ain and harrassing Some peculTitics incidental to ee rm ,_ sex have not haspescaed our attention ; in which mildness, In ii "„ Ted with efficacy, superseded the means usually adopted isiance"ses,4ur system is unique, yecullarly energetic, and eminently frolYtitta tt endance is given tot personal consultat ion ; and letters tern'ttaiei country are immediately answered ; these must contain a Any par . co for Advice and Medicines which can be forwarded to t of the world, however distant. ' GOSS and CO., M.R.C. Surgeons, Ju n; 7, Lancaster_ place, near Waterloo -bridge, strand. . a r4rnwil,,lthlished (Twenty-third Eslition), I. The ZEGIS of L 1.14., 4 7.??HilY: n tomentary on Debility and Nervous Ihscia!es.-2 Th i e die,,,, A.T, treating of Venereal Disease.-3 11l Op ANA, a, - v n .„ 1 exciusively to the female Sex. May be had of Sherwood and 011,,i i ; , P attrnocter.row ; Onwhyn, 4, Catherine.street, Strand ; Post ii - s r ' 59 , Pall Nall; and of all Booksellers. Price 53. each; by ir.._ ---/ tAIvIPToNgs PILL of HEALTH for 11, . BOTH SEXES. "laendl) ecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re_ thei r u., ations of th e many thou'ands who h a vederivedb , :neflt from bot put ~ rende r a Luregtn corninent unnecessary . ; d they i are bu t for .!• . th as a for ail diseas:s t , wh.cli manl.in is i l , i-. , 1 . 3 w 1e, 4 ,... __, _tdilices,, 'br, dan 'Tious and liver Compla ns, w ith . the . r nTny veßselo; rafter 'Real, G .' s, !. 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P P ut, 2 - 2 l, Strand, London ; Price Is. 1 1 4 d, ai'4 9 ,7 9 ,d• 'RgAtitn, ' 4 ° , 4 the voider; ot' medicines generally throughout tint 4.14, for , Nate, .RAMPTON'S "of kIZAI,LTH, and observe the , a ___ 11.11,, address o f 44 T PILL • atif ar*Ast, 49pdon," on the `Teltrae u -,,it amp. lamas Prout, i - - . TO WHITE LEAD, COLO OTHERSUR MANUFACTURERS AND . FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT , TH. WHOLE OF THE VALUABLE PLANT OF THE KREMNITZ WHITE LEAD WORKS, BELVIDERE-ROAD, LAMBETH. These works are extensive—have been erected in the best and most substantial manner within the last three years, and are admirably adapted to the manufacture of White Lead, Car bonate of Barytes, or any Colour or Manufacture, wherein the use of Carbonic Acid Gas is required; there being means of producing from common cokers,ooo cubic feet of this gas in a perfectly pure state, per hour. There is a Dissolving Vessel of copper, capable of containing 3,000 gallons, and a Precipitating Do. of 2,000 gallons. 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The DISSOLVING ORRERY, MICROSCOPE, Mr. JAMES SMITH'S original and beautiful MODELS to illustrate PERSPECTIVE, and nearly Two Thousand Works of eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity. DIVER and DIV ING BELL. A VIEWof CANTON, elaborately finished by CHINESE ARTISTS, and other COSMORAMIC VIEWS, are added to the Evening Exhibition.. Admission to the whole, One Shilling. Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Morning, and Seven o'clock in the Evening. SUNDAY PERSECUTION.-! EDINBURGH. TO - THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I hate and abominate oppression in all shapes, but above all .that which assumes the part of religion. The. industrious and poor are suffering quite sufficiently from the cruel and life-destroying provision laws, without the addi tion of religions persecution. The Scotch .have been always,-Tam proud to say, remarkable for their observance- of the Sabbath; but such don duct as that which you describe on the part ceif those in authority, in the case of the person who was sent to prison, and his family reduced to the greatest distress, for selling sweattneats on a Sunday, must tend, instead of keeping up that proper respect, not only to destroy it, but also to engender a feeling of hostility to religion. Should the case be as you describe, • I beg you will send the enclosed to Mr. Robertson, in order that the man may be liberated forthwith. Your obedient servant, 23, Brook-street, Nov. 13, 1841. KINNAIRD. [We have had much.pleasure in forwarding the Noble Lord's bounty (three guineas) to Edin burgh.—ED. The following is the report of the proceedings in the Town Council, respectino•' the victim .of the Church, to which hi s L o rdship's letter re fers. We had not- room for it at the time, and on that account, in noticing, the prosecution, we adverted to the conduct of the guilty parties in more moderate terms than the actual state of filets warranted. The - case, as will be - seen by the report, is still worse than we represented it; and we trust that subscriptions will pour in, not only to compensate the sufferers, but to mark the indignation of the public against these inhu man religionists. . TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. shut up the New Club, and the United Service Club.? The fact was, that those self-righteous in dividuals were fast bringing Christianity and the Gospel of peace into contempt and hatred. For his own part, he would rather be an infidel than the prosecutors of this poor man on such a miserable charge, and under such circumstances, that his poor child would, in all human proba bility, be dead before he came out. It might be a short road to the eldership to give information upon this poor man ; but he doubted very much if it was the quickest way to Heaven.—(Hear.) tip Mr. BANKs also expressed himself strongly against the oppression which had been practised in this case. Mr. MAPVILAY said, that when he first saw this case me4ioned in the newspaper's, he doubted if it rally could be true ; but he had since made some in4ssify -into the case, and lie must say, that never in thenT r lacile•_eourse of his life had he heard of one more iniquiptgalian this. He agreed with Mr. Robertson that the persons who countenanced such prosecutions were doing great injury to the cause of religion. Why, where was the great heinousness of the case ? Was purchasing sweeties on Sunday any thing so very rare? He was satisfied that even the Lord Provost ate sweeties on the Sunday ; but whether they directed his attention away from the sermon or not he could not say.— (Laughter.) Was it not a fact that many gentle men were in the habit of buying lozenges as they went along to church? For his part, he must confess to having done so. He supported the motion of Mr. Renton. Mr. GRIERSON wished the case had been of a different description before such exorbitant charges had been incurred. He was perfectly astonished to find that a minister of the Church of Scotland had gloried in his place in the Pres bytery that he had prosecuted a poor man under such circumstances, and had boasted that it would be a long time before the man would be able to pay the fine by selling sweeties. Shame be to the man whose lips could utter such a sen tence !—(Hear, hear.) Could they not have got some other case than this, if they must prose cute? Were there not hundreds of puLlic houses open in the district, out of which they could have got a strong case, the prosecution of which would have been sanctioned by public opinion ? The LORD PROVOST could not allow the ques tion to be any longer discussed, without entering his protest against the charge of tyranny and oppression having been exercised against this man for keeping his shop open during Divine Service. He could not shut his eyes to the fact, that it was a crime both by the law of God and man to buy and sell during Divine Service on Sunday. It was reported to the Magistrates, that the keeping open of such shops was a grow ing evil, and one which ought to be remedied. It was not wished that snore rigour than neces sary should be used; but it was thought that as this man kept his shop open exactly in front of Mr. Guthrie's church, setting at defiance, as it were, all moral feeling, he should be made an example of. Mr. Macaulay - had asked him whether he did not occasionally eat sweetmeats himself on Sunday.—(Laughter.) Perhaps lie did but certainly he did not purchase them on the Sunday. Some gentlemen had talked of apothecaries' shops, as if they were on the same footing as the shop of this man. There was a great distinction. Human life might often depend upon a druggist's shop being open on Sunday. If such a daring and wilful violation of the law of God, however, were not put down as the one in question, all reverence for the Sabbath would soon be lost. He could not go along with the feeling of Mr. Robertson, who certainly spoke as he always spoke—strongly. He hoped, however, that in this case he had spoken snore strongly than sincerely, when he said that he would rather be an infidel than en gage in punishing the violation of the Sabbath. Ir. ROBERTSON-4 said rather than have been guilty of persecuting this man. After some further discussion, the Council unanimously agreed to the following motion, suggested by Mr. Logan :—" That the proceed ings in the case of the Procurator Fiscal against Butters, fur the profanation of the Sabbath, to, gether with the Fiscal's account of expenses ; should be laid before the Lord Provost's Com• mittee, with a view to determine whether or no it was a case in which the Fiscal was entitled to make any charge in the shape of fees." ABRAHAM HORNE, alias ALFRED HALLEN.—REWARD , —Whereas Abraham Horne, lately residing in the Foxley-road, North Brixton, AB SCONDED in the month of April last, from his securities and other creditors, taking with him a considerable sum of money, and leaving his wife and family, consisting of four infant children, totally unprovided for. The above person was last seen in the neighbourhood of Paris. The said Abraham Home travels under the assumed name of Hallen, accompLnied by a woman named Deborah Hallen. Any one giving such information as will lead to. the apprehension of the said Abraham Home will be liberally REWARDED. Address (pre-paid) A. C., care of Mr. Todd, Harleyford place, Kennington ; or to Monsieur De Belcour, Avocet, Montreuil, Pas de Calais, France. W c N O U MM FA IT C T T EE U , R pp I o N in G te d to DISTRICT ANAE S.--The the Fuis.,D raised in the years 1826-7, for the relief of the distress exist ing in the manufacturing districts in England and Scotland, having a balance of that fund remaining in their hands, deem this a period for rendering such assistance as their means will permit to those districts where cotton, flax, wool, and silk are manufactured, and where distress now prevails. The Committee think it right to express their wish and hope that in all places from whence applications are sent Local Committees will be foimed to co-operate with this Board, and it might be right to state that these grants will be regulated by, and in proportion to, the means and amount raised in the neigh bourhood. The Committee accordingly invite the Clergy, Magistracy, and 11sster Manufacturers, conjointly of the several towns and villages in England and Scotland where distress prevails, to apply by letter, enclosing an account of the manufacturing population, the numbers employed and partly employed, with their .average earnings, and of those totally unemployed and destitute, together with a statement of the exertions that have been made locally to meet the pressing ne cessities of the distressed. All letters to be pre-paid, and addressed to W. H. Hyett, Esq., Secretary to the Manufacturers' Relief Committee, No. 74, King William-street, City, on or before Thursday, 25th of November, 1841. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIET Y FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 2e), CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. L AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman ney, 6, Basinghall-street. BAxxxas—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. LIFE ASSURANCE. • The Council met on Tuesday, the Lord Pro vost in the Chair. SABBATH OBSERVANCE. Mr. RENTON called the attention of the Coun cil to the case of Butters, inserted in the Scots man of Saturday-, a case which he considered most oppressive, and of which the Council ought to express their entire disapproval. Re (Mr. R.) approved as highly of a proper observance of the Sabbath as any man, but he did not think that the best way to attain that object was to prosecute persons on such paltry charges as that of selling a pennyworth of sweeties, while they left coaches of all sorts at liberty to ply on Sunday as they pleased. Not only were hackney-coaches allowed to ply on Sunday, but if a coach proprietor should refuse to do so, he would be liable to a fine next day, in the Police Court. He appealed to the members of Council, if they themselves were not in the habit of occasionally employing these to convey them to Church and elsewhere, and when such was the case—when they actually compelled coach proprietors to break the Sabbath for their own and the public convenience—how could they approve of prosecuting a man for selling a pennyworth of sweeties ?—(Hear, hear.) But the prosecution was not only bad in itself, it was of the most oppressive kind. The man was, it seems, fined Bs.; added to which there were ex penses of Court, amounting to I ls., and Mr. Dy mock's fee, which amounted to no less than. 21. 25.. Now this last item required, he thought, a little explanation. Mr. Dymock had a salary of 2001:as Procurator Fiscal ; and why he should charge such heavy fees in addition he (Mr. R.) could not well understand. In these circum stances, he begged to move that it be remitted to a Committee to inquire into the reasonable ness of the fee, and to report. Bai.ie JOHNSTON said, that as he was one of the _ Magistrates before whom the case came for consultation, and as he had taken no small share of the responsibility of the prosecution, he thought he was entitled to take up their time ror a few moments. And, first, they had been told that the man was fined for selling a single pennyworth of confectionaries. Now, how stood the fact ? The same individual had been brought before Bailie Grieve on a previous occasion, for numerous offences of the same kind; but the case had been dismissed merely with a caution. The man then, in order to evade the law, while he still sold the confectionaries, put up the word " druggist " over .his door ; but he had again been brought up notwithstanding, and fined, as they had heard. Then, in the second place, they should bear in mind, that the Magistrates were, from the very nature of their office, im peratively called upon to prosecute those persons who sold sweetmeats, or trafficked in any way on the Lord's-day. The Magistrates had nothing to do with the circumstances of the man whose case was now before them; they had nothing to do with hii family distress ; they were bound to give protection to the public, and when this man opened his shop on the Sabbath-day directly in front of St. John's Church, they were imperatively called upon to put it down as a nuisance. The chil dren attendir.g Mr. Guthrie's church or his Sab bath school were getting into the habit of going to the shop and purchasing sweetmeats, which, in dependently of the impropriety of the conduct alto gether, rendered it impossible for them to attend to their instructions as they might otherwise do. As to what Mr. Renton had said about hackney coaches, he (Bailie J.) would be glad to assist him in amending the regulations regarding them, but the fact of hackney coaches running on the Sabbath could never excuse or justify the gross ness of this case; two blacks would never make a white.—(Hear.) He would just say a word as to the unwarrantable attack which Mr. Renton had made on the Procurator. By the old law, the Magistrates were allowed to fine the guilty person five pounds Scots, amounting to eight shillings and fourpence of the present currency. Beyond that they unfortunately could not go, and, therefore, that was the fine in the present case. But, besides, there were two guineas charged as a fee for Mr. Dymock, and lls. of other expenses. The two guineas, in this instance, did not go into Mr. Dymock's pocket—for, in order to guide him in the case, it being among the first of the kind for a length of time, he had, for his own guidance, paid the, two guineas to counsel for advice. So far, then, from gaining anything for himself, Mr. Dymock was at this moment out of pocket by the case. Mr. ROBERTSON said he was by no means satisfied with the explanation. He was, in fact quite the reverse of satisfied; for he thought Baillie Johnston, so far from improving the case, had made it worse. It was now admitted that the case was considered so doubtful that the Procurator Fiscal did not feel warranted to proceed without the opinion of counsel. This was an import ant fact, and showed how determined the party were to carry out their tyranny and oppression. He (Mr R.) had seen the man and his family. He had, in fact, just come from seeing the latter, and he must say that the description given of the wife was not at all overcharged. She was indeed an interesting, heartbroken-looking vannan ; and the child, from the cold to which it. Mad unavoidably been exposed in the shop, was fast dying, if it was not already dead.—(Hear, hear.) He had and that his term of impri sonment seen the man himself in gaol.. When he days, and so that he (Mr. waited upon him on Monday he found he had been sdoind inn eo i nntteg choose expiredoo o l s e s tdo the abomination t measures io a of liberation, seeing that he had some doubts of the he not R.) felt the Procurator Fiscal —a man with a public sa fienitteitltauerdmic.ocre i s l s i a s r e y ti t e o t take tiie lary-Laccumulating expenses in such a case doubt the person supposed why, then, give it up . Was it not the law and spirit of our constitution, that The cas e and they could not afford to be guilty should have the benefit of that wherever dbubt ?—(Cries of Hear " , hear.'' But But no ; the enough to do that. generosity portion of the community who had the interests sca Fiscal, it a dn' s ds : of the poor constantly on their lips, but whose man was a poor man, whole lives were devoted to persecuting the poor. --(Hear, hear.) With respect to Bailie Grieve lie would say that there never was a more ho nest or more conscientious magistrate than him, and he was sure he would not have convicted the man but from the best of motives; but even if he h a d been bound by the statute to im- Ipose a fine, was that any excuse for heaping such exorbitant expenses on the case? If the Pro curator Fiscal was ignorant, he had no right to be where he was; and certainly he did not see why the poor man should be taxed for Mr. Dy mock's ignorancd. He might mention that the Governor of the gaol gave the man an excellent' character for good behaviour during the time he had been there. When he (Mr. 117) saw him on Monday, he was busy Picking oakum. Was that a punishment to inflict upon a shop keeper of Edinburgh for such a paltry of- - fence I Was it not a well-known fact that hun dreds of respectable people went into druggists' shops on their way to church to putrchase lozenges? Why, then, did th ese gent l emen not prsecnte Mr. D u ncan and_ .Flockhart, 'and Mr. lickildon, and Mr. Butler? • Why did they not ADVANTAGES.—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi tal and accumulations--Equitable Rates—Power to borrow Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and Profits annually divided. N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual rates. l'- (......„1414,-"r„le /1 ' , -- may: . . .. _ .... e .,- ~ . r • -A -,1. k0 , . .. _.. ~,,,;,,,:‘ _kiLl -,) ... , ..•4..,, 4, ..,_ ~ ~, - Ai.,.,,8,r.1 _. , ,„,,,-. 1.46 ., .""`rte .t...„ 1 / 4 ,,, „...., .." 4 ~..„„... „.. ~„ ..,.. ..„............. .__..., ...,, ...„ 0 t.,... 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As regards the Army, we must refer our readers to the Naval and Military Gazelle of the 30th ult. on this subject, in which are the following remarks : That there will be a Brevet on the happy occasion of her Majesty's approaching accouchement, we enter tain not the least doubt, because, as we lately stated, the services consider Sir Henry Hardinge pledged to this very necessary measure. This Brevet will, we be lieve, include the Lieutenant-Generals of 1825 and 1830, the Major-Generals of 1830, the remaining Colonels of 1830, together with the very few who received that rank in the following years (1831 to 1836), terminating with that gallant soldier and truly excellent man, Colonel Aitchison, of the Scots Fusilier Guards. Also the Lieutenant-Colonels, Majors, and Captains, down to 1830 inclusive. We should only deceive our friends of the Army, did we hold out any hope that the next Brevet would ex tend beyond the year 1830 ; but we have every reason to feel assured that it will not stop short of that year, for the very sufficient reason that the Lieutenant- Colonels and Majors of 1826, 27, 28, and 29, are all, with very few exceptions, purchase men ; whereas the Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors'of 1830 are all veteran officers, and have obtained their present rank by sheer length of service. We should be truly happy to find that, in addition to the above, some few officers of long and distinguished service, but whose commissions are dated subsequently t'o 1830, are selected for a step of promotion by Brevet. We cannot conclude without acquainting the autho rities that the Officers of the Army and Navy confi dently look forward to a very extensive promotion in and appointment to the Order of the Bath. This will cost the country nothing ! At the same time it is hoped that some better claim for that honour will be substan tiated than the fact of having happened to marry a Duchess !—and that the claims of Officers of long and gallant services will not be again passed by. There is one class of Officers, however, who should not be over looked, happen what will : we allude to those very few Officers now in command of regiments whose fortunes they have followed from their first entering the Service. In respect to the Navy it is stated by many persons who assume to bo well informed, that the promotion of Flags will take in Sir Charles Napier ; whilst others say that it will not go below the end of 1807, thus in eluding Sir Thomas Troubridge, and ending with Capt. Charles Gordon. With regard to the junior classes, of course there will be a proportionate advancement in each rank ; and being most desi.ous for the welfare of the Navy, we sin cerely hope that it will include all the mates that are serving, down to the year 1836 at least, which will be about one hundred and fifty only, and all of whom must have been in the Navy full twelve years. W e should be glad, indeed, could we learn that it was intended to include another year, which would ex tend the number to about 230 altogether ; and whilst we hear of the great difficulty that now exists in getting active and efficient Lieutenants to serve in our ships, we do trust that the First Lord of the Admiralty may see fit to carry the expected promotion out to this satisfac tory extent. Possibly on the present joyous occasion the promotion may be extended to some of the old Commanders, Lieutenants, and Mates, whose claims appear to merit such favour. This was the ancient practice on a gene ral promotion, and, if revived, would give much satis faction. Of this we aro fully assured, that ALL and EVERY THING that can be done for the service will be recom mended by the distinguished officer who now holds the senior seat at the Board under the First Lord. We have ascertained that up to the present moment nothing has been definitively settled. Several commu nications, however, from the Naval and Military De partments, with regard to the expenses of the Brevet, have been made, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer during the week.—Naval and Military Gazette. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. 'I he best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of fered-1:2 12s. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65 give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d., or £349 1 ls. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any time, and Two-thirds returned in case of premature death. The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report to be had at the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE OF FICE, 1, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON. The Rates of this Office, founded on the most accurate ob servations of the duration of human life, are as moderate as is censistent with perfect security. One-fifth of the ascertained profits of the five preceding years is divided between the policy-holders and shareholders ; three-fourths to the former, and one-fourth to the latter. The remaining four-fifths are set apart to enter into the average of the succeeding years, and thus to provide against unforeseen contingencies. The first division of profits took place on the 13th of May, 1840, when a reduction of 60 per Cent. was declared on the current annual premiums of all those policies entitled to parti cipation. The second division of profits was in May, .1841, when a similar reduction was again declared. The following table will show the operation of the reduction made by the Society : Age when Policy was issued. Date ot Sum Original Policy. Assured. Premium. Reduced Annual Reduction Premium payable in 1841. May 1835. £l,OOO £l9 6 8 ... ... 1,000 24 8 4 ... ... 1,000 31 10 0 1,000 4215 0 1,000 65 11 8 .£ll 12 01 £7 14 8 14 13 9 15 4 18 18 0 12 12 0 25 13 0 17 2 0 39 19 0 26 12 8 This system of reduction in the premiums affords immediate benefit to the Assured, or enables them to secure a considerable bonus by effecting a new policy. Policies are granted in London, and by resident Committees at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, on India risks, at very ad vantageous rates, calculated from extensive data and tables, ex clusively in the possession of this Society,to show the true risk of life dur;ng residence in India, and after retirement from foreign service. By order of the Board, DAVID JONES, Actuary. SPORTSMEN should see DOUDN EY a nd SON'S celebrated SHOOTING JACKETS, 10s. 6d. and 2 Is., and the largest and best Stock of every description of Sportsmen's Clothing, at 49, Lombard-street. An immense Stock of Taglionis and Great Coats, fashionably made, 181. and 21s. -_ Superfine dress coat £2 7 6 Do. frock do., silk facings 2 10 0 Morning dressing gowns 0 15 0 Army cloth blue Spanish cloak, 91 yards round 2 10 0 The new waterproof cloak 1 1 0 Buckskin trousers, I7s. to 1 0 0 Winter waistcoats, 7s. to • Scarlet hunting coats Ladies' riding habits, 3/. 3s. to 4 0 0 Suit of best liveries 3 3 0 Boy's camlet cloaks Doudney and Son, 49, Lombard-street.—Established 1784. NIT ATER PROOF WINTER CLOTHING. After more than three years' extensive and most successful trial, public attention is again invited to the VENTILATING WATERPROOF, introduced by W. BERDOE, which ren ders every description of Woollen Cloth, &c., thoroughly impe netrable to the heaviest rain, without confining perspiration. A large and superior stock of Beavers, Pilots, Milled Cloths, Doeskins, &c.. thoroughly waterproof, now ready. W. B. also invitesCODß spe lNGTONcial attentioFßOCK, n to his m uch approved A light, warm, and gentlemanly waterproof garment, much in use among the nobility and upper classes, and recommended by those who have adopted it, as the most convenient and valuable protection from the weather ever invented. Made only by WALTER BERDOE, TAILOR, &c., 69, CORNHILL (Eight doors from Bishopsgate-street). THE ASSESSED TAXES. (FROBI • CORRESPONDENT.) SIR—You have of course seen the shamefully mean and evasive article in the Times of this day, headed " Assessed Taxes." Is not the question relating to their future collection sadly begged and bedivelled? Sir, from beginning to end, it is a base untruth a nd fraud. " The Collectors of Taxes," forsooth, are the persons suspect ed, and whose payments alone are henceforth to be looked to ; and persons whose distressed circumstances justify an extension of time, will, as usual, have it ! Is not this mean, drivelling conduct? And so the late and present Government are not to blame! Oh, no! The Commis. sioners of Stamps and Taxes are alone the actors, and the Collectors the persons only to whom the " screw " is to be applied. Read the circular of the present Govern ment, or the Board of Taxes, whichever you like, and then say who and what is meant. [The writer hero quotes the circular, of which we gave the substance on Saturday.] Such, Sir, is the letter of the Surveyor to the people, not to the Collectors ; and after such a letter, the writer in the Times has the unbounded assurance to say that " the question, therefore, is not really between the Board of Taxes at Somerset-house and the public, but between the former authorities and the Parochial Collectors, and we (the Times, the people's advocate !) entirely concur with the Commissioners of Taxes, that some means are nes.essary to prevent Collectors from making use of the public mor.ey " The force of vileness can no further go." What an opinion the Times must have of the intellect c o l f e the ust people, ilav a e n l 1 at a e n i xcu n i t p cl a l t e o c r t y th i s e t ‘ h v r a i t te a r r o ti f el t e h o e f a r t thie present Government and the Board of Taxes, and how just it is t > throw general odium and suspicion upon the who!e body of Tax Collectors ! Why, these latter will owe " a Testimonial" to the writer in the Times, and ought to lose no time in offering it. Are these the times for the Government, or its agent. the Board of Taxes, to concoct such a letter and hold out such threats—after such a year of general suffering, and an absence of anything like an average amount of business done—after such a harvest, and such calamities as fire has brought, and famine threatens? My assessed taxes amount to more than 1001. per annum, and the . business done lay me has been exceedingly small this year ; yet the taxes of Michaelmas have been applied for within less than a month after they became due, and in addition to the merciful hopes hold out in the above letter, the collector has hinted in intelligible terms the propriety of an immediate payment.- It is said that already, through sheer fear, many have paid—l have not as yet ; I say I ought not to be pressed until Christmas. I will then pay, however inconvenient; but I shall return my letter and recommend every one to do so, and be prepared for a distress warrant ; the Session will open admirably well with a speech from the Throne in which we shall read " I regret to tell you that many of my subjects, indeed a large number of them, have refused to pay, or are incapable of paying, their quotas of taxes, but I r(joice to say that their goods have been levied upon, and there is every prospect of the arrears being obtained with all costs and expenses." "What an admi rable illustration this would be of the Times' assertion • " that the screw is not intended .to be applied to the people, but only as a means of preventing collectors from making use of the public money."—[Query, should not the Times say the people's money ?] NEW BISHOP'S PALACE.-It is believed that tit, Albans Abbey will be made the Cathedral of the new Bee, when the contemplated alterations take place in the diocese of London ; and that Barrington Hall, at H a t • field Broad Oak, wil be converted into the new Bishop's Palace. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. Oa Saturday afternoon a commission of lunacy was opened in the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, before Mr. Commissioner Blount, to inquire into the Nancy of Miss Elizabeth Fisher, niece of the late John Silvester, Esq., of Kensington-square, who died in the early part of last year in the possession of 20,000/. The commis sion was sued at the instance of Miss Fisher's sister. Ellen Tubb, one of the nurses of St. Luke's Hospital, stated that Miss Fisher was admitted a patient on the 23d of October, 1840. She was brought there in a strait-waistcoat, and it was repeatedly necessary to restrain her violence. She imagined that some of the female patients were men, and had acted indecently towards her, and she often destroyed her clothes and ill treated the nurses and the other patients. She la boured under the delusion that she was on terms of intimacy with the King and the Queen of England and an extensive circle of the nobility, and frequently held incoherent conversations with imagi nary beings. At times she made use of very im proper language, and at other times would sing most boisterously. She was removed from St. Luke's last October to Dr. Phillips's lunatic asylum, at Kensington, as the regulations of the hospital would not permit her to remain there longer than a year. Elizabeth Powell, a nurse in Dr. Phillip's establish ment, gave substantially similar testimony as to the conduct of Miss Fisher. After several other wit nesses had spoken to the same effeet, Miss Fisher was brought into the room, and, on being questioned by the Learned Commissioner, she said that she had been placed in• St. Luke's against her will, and complained of hexing been grossly maltreated there. She was stripped naked, and shower-baths were poured over her ; her hair was closely cut, and she was handcuffed awl chained down, and indecently treated by the medical men. Some even were dressed up as " molly cots," which was against the laws of the country, and they ought to be punished. Upon further interrogation Miss Fisher insisted upon the reality of the delusions spoken of, and worked herself up into a high pitch of excitement against the Commissioners. Mr. BLouNT—Well, Miss Fisher, you may trust to us to do what we can for you. Miss Fisher (vehemently)—No, Sir, I will trust to nobody but to God ; I see you are a tyrant, by your eyes; but I will not be tyrannised over by you, you blackguard, although you have black whiskers. Tlie unfortunate lady proceeded in a violent strain to insist upon her right to have four meals a day, sherry, &c. ; and the Jury, having intimated that they were satisfied, she was conducted out of the Court, and the Jury re• turned a verdict, dating her insanity from Oct. 23,1840. ATTEMPTED MURDER. IN DE , VONSIIIRE. SOUTHMOLTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. --We have scarcely .aped the late awful visitations of two angry elements in. the shape of fire and water, when our peaceful vil lage is doomed to be the scene of bloodshed, and to weaness the savage use of the a ssassin's knife, which of late has unfortunately becom e so general in this land. The melancholy circumstance alluded to occurred last :Sunday. Oa that day a man, named Robert Hid, et native of Rackenford (about ten miles from here), 'visited the parish of Knowstone (about eight miles from hence, and not far from Knowstoce, both being adjoining parishes). In the afternoon he went into the Racham public house, where he ma and drank with William Chapple, an old friend and com panion. Havieg drank for some time together, they 1 eft the public-house, and accompanied each other to I imovistone. Ou their way they met two other., %ellen a quarrel ensued about a girl, to whom Hill had been paying some attention. Hill and Chap p Je got so enraged with each other that they commencd fighting, and were several times parted by the others, Rho did all in their power to reconcile them. But it was all in vain, as jealousy excited Chapple and Hill to the highest pitch of rage. During one of the con flicts 11111 stabbed Chapple with a knife in the abdo men, and blood flowed in the most frightful profusion 'from the dreadful wound. Chapple fell insensible. Surgical aid was immediately procured, when it was !found that through the orifice 41 portion of the omenturn sand intestine protruded. The wounded man was conveyed Knowstone by Sharpcott, one of the two who tried to :make peace ; Hill and the other fled to the Racism public-house, but, much to the credit of the landlord, be would not admit them. The constable immediately vent in pursuit of Hdl, whom he arrested about two t o'clock on Monday morning in a labourer's cottage at Racham, and brought him a prisoner to the TOSV a ni the of this place. In the afternoon he was p a i tt c e e r a strict bar before a Bench of Magistrates, and able examination by Mr. K a rslake a , n o d l t ivi e _e t s o ba,,w; e o t n e e r .of the County Magistrates, he was coromi thadt unfortu gaol. I may here, en passant, ois ere con amission of the e nately for this town we h ave lost peace. I say unfortunately, as theth o e w b n o . clityall,cowrptothratae new rich, and we have a hands! .. m . ? T b u ilt prison. Chapple and Hai are wrestlersformer is first cousin to the noted Wiliam Chapple, of Bishops nympton, who played so many l times in London, about four years ago, at I think the Eagle Tavern, or some other similar place of amusement. William Chapple is living, but very slight hopes were entertained of his re covery yesterday. There are 818 paupers now within the walls 01 ere Nottingham Union gi n The out-pay is also exceed. heavy.—Noitinglnint Review. COUNTY POLICE. The following letter refers to the cruel treatment of Mr. Mackay, beer-seller, Stoke-upon-Trent, of which an account appeared in The Sun on the 9th. This version of the story does not mend the matter much. The Ma gistrates and police in that quarter must be a singular race. Even their apologist admits that the prison was so bad, that prisoners were chained to a ring like wild bulls kept for baiting :- 7 0 THE EDITOR OI :7 ItE SUN. Sin--You have inserted Mackay's statement, and I am rather surprised that the correspondence did not em brace the proofs which were adduced before the Bench, and thereby show what verbose detail had been em ployed: parturiunt monies et nascitur mus. They were only, that Stonier had improperly detained Mackay, longer than was necessary, as every day a police-court is open ; and that the cell was so insecure that chaining was in a manner indispensable, while the accommodation was also unsuitable; and that Stonier had assaulted Wantling for resisting search of premises without a proper warrant. Had cruelty or scoundrelism attached to the cases, the bench, T. B. Rose, P. B. Broude, and J. Harvey, would immediately have discharged—not fined and suspended—Stonier. There was great pertina city in the manner of bringing forward the case, and much of what was merely adapted to degrade the police force in the opinion of a deficiently educated population. As the name of your correspondent does not appear, I ought to be excused also ; but having been present, and having taken very copious notes of the whole, Ivan vouch for what I state in contradiction.—Yours, Tunstall. SIMEON SHAW. THE SEWERS. TO THE EDITOR 01 THE SUN. London, Nov. 11, 184 SlR—Considerable doubt exists as to the power of the Commissioners of Sewers acting under the authority of the statute 23 Henry VIII., c. 5, and several subsequent statutes, to make new sewers. I therefore conceive that you will render an important service to the public by giving publicity to the • following truly constitutional opinion given by the present Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench and Sir William Horne, in an swer to a case submitted to them by the Commissioners of Sewers for Westminster, and printed in the Appendix to the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons (p. 12), dated August 8, 1834. Your obedient servant, A RATEPAYER. QUESTION. You are requested to advise whether the power given to the Commissioners by the Act 2 William and Mary, sec. 2, e. 8, and confirmed by the 47 Geo. 111., " To order and direct the making of any new vaults, sewers, drains, and watercourses, in all or any of the streets, lanes, and public ways," is an authority to them to give orders and directions for the building of sewers in those streets, lanes, or public ways, where they have been omitted ? And, if so, to whom the order and direction for the building of such sewers should be addressed, and if not attended to, how it should be enforced ? If you should be of opinion that the Commissioners are not authorised to call upon the owners of houses to build sewers in those streets, where they have been omit ted, can the Commissioners give orders and directions for their being built by their own workmen, and in that case you are requested to advise how such sewers are to be paid for ? - -------- OPINION. We are of opinion that no inference can be strong enough to authorize the levy of a tax upon his Majesty's subjects, and that the power of directing works to be done will not warrant the Commissioners to raise money for the pur pose of doing them. We also think that their general powers do not extend to making new sewers.DE NMAN. iii'Ar. HORNE. Lincoln's-Inn, Jan, 27, 1832. are MARCHIONESSt taken k i e e n t intended preservinge ~,----;------- . LSE POTATO CROP. --TheLtmenck C h ron i c l e says that this year's potata.crop will, beyond expectation, render fully an average produce throughout the south of Ireland. The favourable weather of the past fortnight has worked miracles for the farmer, and restored what I was considered lost. SEED TIME.—The fine and more than season able weather of the month of November, so far as it has advanced, has already done much to compensate the farmers for the extreme humidity of the month of Octo- • ber, and is enabling them to commit the winter wheat: seed to the ground in good condition. The late potato. d f r s eedpi En and t 1 3h k e e ß e no p e i Gx i t g is dporryi spring, the r ,oAr pota toesn thel. .. crop, both in England and Ireland, has been g a th ere d itu better condition than was expected, though the highs price shows that the yield of this useful root is below an: average of years in quantity ; and in many parts of thch, country the quality is much complained of. Great carte (rJ p of the next year may suffer as well as the produce.. of the present season.- —Leeds Mercury. besho T ul tn d haEt —We take this opportunity of informing our readers that the noble family of the Marchioness are natives of " .Astia in Piedmont," and have no relationship wit] a' the family Solari, of the "Reviera dc Genova,' men , tioned in the affair of the Excheque r b ills. The stock.t , broker now alluded to, some time since was the ex hibitor I of a painting of the travels of Queen Carotin© in the Holy Land.—British Queen. -' ' i SUPERIOR CANDLES. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax Candles, ls. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Cocoa Nut, 10d. ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, 7d. ; Transparent Wax, 2s. 4d. • Genuine Sperm, 2s, 4d. ; Genuine Wax , 2s. 4d. Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60 s. p er 1121bs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor and Palm, Is. 4d. per pac ket; Old Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. Od.: Cam phor, 2s. • Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Sperm Oil, N. Od. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter s Coffee-House. PUBLICATIONS This day is published, in 3 Vas. post Bye., closely and beau. tifully printed, T EN THOUSAND A-YEAR Carefully revised by the Author. Wrn. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh ; and 22, Pall Mall London. - 11 HE LANCET, Nov. 13.—Edited by Mr. 111.. WAKLEY, M.P.—Contents.- 1 . Lecture on the History and Origin of the Venereal Disease, by S. Lane, Esq. —2. Clinical Lecture on a Case of Cirrosis of the Liver, by Dr. Taylor.-3. Treatment of Ulcers.-4. Emphysema and Disease of the Heart.-5. Sounds of the Heart.-6. Pain in the Tibia relieved by Incision.-7. Instrument for the Relief of Inconti nence of Urine in the Female, and Vesieo-Vaginal Inflammation of the Ear, with Cerebral Symptoms, terminating in Suppuration.-9. Conference of the British Medical Asso ciation with the Society of Apothecaries Relating to the fur ther Prosecution of Unqualified Practitioners.-10. Disgrace ful Offer to the Surgeons in the King's Norton Union.-11. Abolition of Bodily Restraint in all the Ordinary Cases of In sanity.-12. Medical Societies, Reviews, &c. Lancet Office, Essex-street, Strand ; and all Booksellers and Newsmen. THE HOLY BIBLE, in One beautiful Pocket Volume, elegantly bound in morocco, with Maps, and Tables, Price 12s. 6d.. Largtr Edition in boards, 15s. 6d. Containing the Sold and New Testament, with 20,000 emendations, derived from ancient and modern Versions, from original and scarce Manuscripts, and from the works of more than 300 of the most learned and pious men of the last two centuries. It is freed from many obselete, obscure, and inde licate words; and printed in paragraphs; the poetical parts being in parallelisms. Published by Longman and Co. ; Barritt and Co., London ; and to be had of all Booksellers. EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS. " The editor has deserved well of his country and of the church of God for his present undertaking." "'A very high weed of praise is due to the pious and bene volent editor for having, at the expense of a large sacrifice of money as well as of time, accomplished an undertaking to which hitherto only the exertions of an episcopal bench, and the ex penditure of national funds have been deemed adequate." " Sacred regard has been paid to the moulds of thought and expression which our venerable translators had used." " A multitude of the emendations are admirable, and while they bring out more fully the spirit of the original, they strikingly tend to elucidate the truths and facts of the sacred oracles." " The editor has impaired no doctrine of the Gospel ; has ventured on no conjectural renderings ; and has done no vio lence to the evangelical spirit of the inspired oracles. In not a few instances he has shed light on the sacred text by placing it in a clearer point of view ; while by better renderings he has removed many contradictions and indelicacies out of the way of the English reader." Just published, the Seventh Edition, price 3s. ; and sent , on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3s. 6d., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold by Bailiere, Medical Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent street; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, London; Guest, Bir mingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ' Philip, H i South Castle-street , Liver p ool ; Machen 'Olier street, Dublin; Duncan,ll4, gh-street, Edinburgh ; D and to be had of all Booksellers. This Work, a Seventh Edition of which is now presented to the public, ten thousand copies have been exhausted since its first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general principles, as also by the insertion oT several new and highly in teresting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily i n creasing experience in a class of diseases, which, for s ome unaccountable reason, have been either altogether overlooked, or treated almost with indiffer ence, by the ordinary medical practitioner. The proverbial and well known rapacity of unqualified practitioners, who traffic on the health and credulity of patients, has been en couraged and aroused by this supineness, on the . part of the regular surgeon. In order to obviate the pernicious effects sure to result from the practices of such pretenders, the authors have fur a considerable time devoted themselves ex clusively to a certain class of diseases ; of the necessity of so doing, they were further convinced by feeling that tact in in vestigating the latent sources of many disease 3, which arise from certain secret praetices, can only be acquired by an ex clusive and undivided attention to this department of medical practice. The numberless instances daily occurring, wherein affections of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of consumption, which, however, when traced to their source, are found to result from certain baneful practices, fully proves that the principle of the division of labour, is nowhere more applicable than in medical practice. We feel no hesitation in saying that there is ne member of society by whom the book will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation of a Parent , a Preceptor, or a Clergyman. The PARENT, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in conse quence of some disease, which, for want of careful investiga uylomunognarpyercsooonssumofptbiomt,h, tion of its rwe.ailli,caouusep, ehraussiubgeenthissetwdoork7hteo aathteonisschoer,ei to o f c fi o n ti d - , umntion, sexes, who peris heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has ' that' in nine-tenhthsofowf htahte is ca c s a e lle d o f p been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently holds suspected.arily at nen tly than it is at directed and very much by . per using this work, be least), the relation and responsibility of a parent, will, d into schools, whereby the practices so often introduce assisted in investigating and detecting the too often con cealedn proper time. He will promised, unless the evil be arrested i health and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to be com d when this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to ju ge, here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the real causes of such attack may be, and us he will be enabled to cheek the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character is at once concentrated the two-fold relation of parent and instructor, will here be directed as to the nature of those habits to which youth is addicted ; he will also be enabled to point out the dis astrous consequences which are sure to follow from them if not relinquished. Messrs. CURTIS and CO, are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases—as to the duration of the complaint, qe symptoms, age, general habits of living , an d occu p ation in life of Cue party ; the communication must be accompanied by the usual 6onsultation 4e of 11,, without which w h a tever can be taken of their application; axld ip 0 cases, notice the ..„ no lost inviolable secrecy way be nllO inu EVENING Stil4. NEW ROYAL EXCEIANGE::_,' The Gresham Committee, who conduct the sestare- . .) tion of this building, resolved on Friday, the sth ins;'„ that the first stone should be laid with the usuLl monies, and that his Royal Highness Prince .AlVvii"-:" should be applied to to undertake the lionourab'..e . du: y, - At a special meeting of the Comnalttee, held on Sa turday, the Chairman, Mr. R. L. Jones, reported that he had been honoured by an interview with his lto, ai Highness, who had most graciously condescended to accept the invitation. The architect (Mr. Tite) received directions to erect scaffoldinc , to contain seats for 1,200 spectators, covered with roofing and enclosed from the weather. The ceremony is to take place early in .January, and the site chosen is as nearly as possible that of the first stone of the old Royal Exchange, laid by Charles 11., being the foundation of one of the pillars of the walk or piazza surrounding the Merchants'-cou't. The col tract and specification of the new Exchange have been printed for the use of the-Corporation, and from a copy of it we learn that, as we have form ly stated, the contract is taken at the sum of 113,9061. ; and that the building is to be finished in ell respects the 23th of June, 1844, under a penalty of 201. per d,y. 'rbe specification appears to describe with the gre.lr est minuteness the mode of constructing and titilAleg every part of the building. It is to be fireproof througi!- out, every separate shop and letting being divided by party walls, and fire proof arches on iron beams are described as separating the building horizonteliy at -.•i rinus levels. The number of drawings attached to the contract (of which a list is given) amounts to no I.ss than 151. It was mentioned by the Chairman at the Committee on Saturday that his Royal Highness Prince Albert first appointed Tuesday morning, at half-past eleven, to receive him on the subject of laying the first store ; but that on his attending at Buckingham Palace f.,r that purpose, his Royal Highness was unable to do so on account of the very gratifying circumstance of the birth of the Prince of Wales. THE COMMERCIAL CONVENTION We have great satisfaction in announcing that the Anti-Corn law Convention of the Midland Counties will be held at Derby, on Thursday, the 9th of Decem ber. A number of Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, and Loughborough manufacturers, after ascertaining the state of public opinion in their respective towns, met a Loughbourghlast Wednesday, and finding that a get e ral and strong feeling existed of the importance of a uni ted and decided expression of public feeling on the et its and injustice of all restrictive laws,and more partictearly the Corn-laws, resolved that it was desirable to convene the manufacturers, merchants, and traders of the three midland counties to inquire into the causes of tte long and unparalleled depression of the trade of this district, and consult as to the best means for rcmady log the evil It was also resolved that the gentlemen present constitute a Committee, to make the necessary arrangements for the meeting ; that the Convention meet at eleven o clock in the morning for business, and give a dinner at four in the afternoon ; that the Mem bers for Derby, Nottingham, and Leicester, with Mr. Cobden, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Gisborne, be invited ; and that the Chairman see the railroad Directors, and arrange for special trains from Leicester and Nit tinghatn. We are very glad to bear that this meeting is now definitively arranged, and we trust that all those manu facturers and others in Leicester, who are directly or indirectly connected with the staple manufacture of the place, and who aro therefore deeply interested in the repeal of the Corn-laws, will make an especial point of attending, and will thus give the meeting all the moral influence in the eyes of the Legislature which it will necessarily derive from the numbers, influence, and social position of all those who take part in its proceed ings.—Leicester Chronicle. THE WEATHER. During the first eleven days of the month we have had very favourable weather for the farmer, very little rain having fallen. The happy consequence of this will be that the sLted wheat will in most places be well g't into the ground, though the superabundance of mois ture lost month w.ll, we fear, have prevented nue) , lands from being sown till the spring. We had a wet night on Thursday, with showers to-day (Friday). The quantity of rain which fell in this neighbourhood in October Cs registered by Mr. Atkinson at Harrah)) was rather more than 51 inches, being more dam the average by 2 inches, and more than has fallen in any October on record except in the year 1804, when 51- fell. In de corresponding month last year we bad only 11 inch. In October, 1819, rather more that 5 i:lLhes fell ; and in the same month of 1835 nearly 4f inches fell. In each of these years was as follows, viz , in 1804, 28 ; 1819, 16 ; 1835, 22 ; 1840, 18 ; 1841, 28. The movements of the barometer during October last have beers vary remarkable for their frequency and ex tent. The highest point which the mercury in the barometer reached was 30.107, the lowest was 28.709. The maximum of the thermometer was 60 degrees, the minimum was 24 degrees.—Carlisle Patriot. With r...gard to the approaching winter the weather wise pecple, who can see through a mill-stone as far as other persons, say that it will be a season of great sei e rity. It is to be feared that it will, in some parts of the country, be ore of great suffering. The early ar rival, and in large numbe - s too, of several descriptions of winter birds may, it is true, be considered a sufficient indication that the weather in the north of Europe is already severe. But this circumstance is no positive proof that unusual severity will be experienced here. Generally speaking, however, the movement of the brumal visitors may be considered a pretty correct in dication of the state of the weather in certain parts, not in all. They attempt to escape the severity by moving to milder regions in search of food ; but these movements only go to show that severe weather has compelled them to seek milder regions. The proof that this character of weather will follow them is some what problematical,—Doncaster Gazette. TWO MISERS. (From Galignanrs Messenger.) An old man, tall and meagre, wearing a long white beard and a small cap, known as a vendor of jour nals and programmes, in the morning in the yards of the various diligence offices, and in the evenings at the theatres, and who, among his associates bore the cognomen of Father Progranisnc, died a few days op, the victim of parsimony. He never indulged himself in meat of any kind, but subsisted entirely upon bread and water, had no dwelling-place of his own, pass ing his days in the open air, and at night sleeping on a wretched bed in the corner of a garret, in the Passage Brady, where there were tea or twelve other lodgers, and for which he paid 4 sous a night. Being unable to get up one mor nin g from illness, his associates in misery called in the Doctor from the Bureau de lien faisanee of the quarter, who recommended the imme diate application of twenty leeches. On being told that these would cost him 4 sous a piece, francs, the to aricious m aking an outlay of 4 old man firmly refused to ex p en d so l arge a s um, declaring he WOl Id prefer death itself ; and die he did on the following morning. When uncovered for the purse of performing the last offices there was found, tight bound round his waist a girdle, villa) on being opened contained no less than B,ooof. in bask notes and a few pieces of gold. The corpse was in terred by the authorities of the arrondissement, and the money taken possession by the authorities, in n , hose hands it is likely to remain, as the real name of its 1 3 (0 passersor is totally unknown. Another instance of avarice was about the same time displayed by a person in a much higher sphere of life. The widow of a D, putt', though enjoying an annual revenue of 7,000 or 8,000f4 had the spirit of economy 10 strong, that she dismi,sed her servants, and determined to make her own mark , z ings. Feeling the want of a fire, she went, a few 5 since, to a distance from her home, and m ade .ei a . pur chase to the amour.t of 12 sous, wishing the and r t o carry the wood home gratis. This he r elud„da she resolved to be her own porter, co ncealing , r. fuel under her garments. She was so in. at On h ( t.. her .nt on hiding a7t l h ag e this'act of meanness from observation , that not e th across the Rue des Moulins, 9yh of Police war unrinn n g ovfe. r a r co, , ie n l.me cuin tndrtn ar ivisnsgd own t he s w c e a t; t and was sent ascertained that the accident and discharged the for, and upon inquiry as his fees L n ler c a o ro a s c e hm en a t n ir . el hm.gruaedohsvihnahvfujanrutgltna'nued, requiring the aid -there possibl) to must conte out of o the ia d s e 3 e r i g s c i o°n:Tosfhhhtoeohumedgeht o n m e missary, e r meet with the fate o own pocket ; and s f b F e a l t i hinePtc3Prholaeimme. UNI Nov. 13.—There will be an ele ct i on on VERSITY INTELLIGENCE. oxFoen, • Thursday, t he 18th inst., of a Craven Scholar. These scholarships were founded by John Lord Craven, W i le in chosen this by n the i - 'll dated May 28, 1647, bequeathed lands . for the by , verkate, time i e b h r o i a g r o s it t o w b o e C r hancellors, King's Professors, and Orators, for the t being, the preference to be given to thte kindred of the ann'altinttuffhoaft ofofuCrans founder, if such should be poor. They are tenable ft r. 14 years, on condition that the scholar cannot any preferment of double the value of the scholarship. A Scholarship on the Wightwick foundation, and one on the Cutler &miter foundation, in Pembroke, are va cant, and will be filled i t the course of next Term. llis Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has nl,- pointed Sir John Dodson, f Grid con,4 Master of the Faculties in the room of Dr. Nicholi, now Judge Advocate General. Mr. Gould has presented the Rev. W. Thorold of Worcester College, to the rectories of Warkleigh and Sutterleigh, Devonshire. The LOrd Chancellor has presented the Rev. C. F. L. Wightman, of Lincoln College, to the vicarage of St. Chad, Shrewsbury. The Rev. Gcurge Moyle, of Lincoln College, has been appointed Chaplain to the Queen's Hospital, Bir mingham. The Professorship of Poetry will become vacant at the end of the present 'fera l . The Rev. J. Williams, Fel low of Trinity College, and the Rev. J. Garbutt, late Fellow of Brasennose College, have already become can didates. AILROADS.—TRAVELLERS to LO N IA) DON by Railroads, or otherwise, will find the most ample accommodation on reasonable Terms, at EVANS'S GRAND HOTEL, King-sti eet and Piazza, Covent-garden. Bed and Breakfast, One Guinea per Week; Coffee Room Dinners, 2s. Fine Sherry and Port at ss. per bottle. Admittance at any Hour. EXTENSIVE SALE of SILKS, SHAWLS, DRAPERY, CARPETS, FURNIe TURES, HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, &c.—By th- Direction of the Trustees, now selling off at very reduced prices, on the premises, No. 53, St. John-street, Clerken well. The whole of the well selected and valuable Stock of SILKS, SHAWLS, DRAPERY, CARPETS, FURNI TURES, HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, &c., of the }ftte Mr. JAMES WILSON. November, 1841. This day is published, price One Shilling, AWEATHER ALMANAC, and BARO METER of the SEASONS, for the Year 1842. By Mr. MURPHY, Author of the Weather Almanac for the Year 1838, &c. &c. Containing, with the Calendar, Weather and Tide Tables, &c. &c., a Scientific Notice, by the Author, ex planatory of his recent discovery of a Bar ometer of the Seasons; and to which, from its importance, the attention of the public is par ticularly requested. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. OO d o f Pec` f S , 4 I r bls 011 { e '