The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

EVENING SUN. THE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL g h, PROVINCIAL BANK of ENGLAND •do hereby notice, that a DIVIDEND, at the rate of SIX PER I , N T. per annum for the half year ending the 31 st of ktielember, IE4I, will be payable on the Company's Stock on after the 15th of JANUARY next, when the dividend o ß uts will be obtained on application at the Company's ems, No. 112, Bishopsgate-strect, or at the different thianehes. The TRANSFER-BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED I,; p al kt alter SATURDAY, the Ist of January, until the Dividend 4111 es payable.—By order of the Court of Directors, r DANIEL ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. ' , Mon, Dee. 15, 1841. ESTABHED IS2I. 11HE LONDON M ARBL E and STONE p, WORKING COMPANY, are enabled with their °TENT MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Mo lltni ants, Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every description of 144 .... Work, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty durability of Polish, and reduction of cost, which cannot be "' t uned elsewhere. Ri l ) ,.,he Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW containino. the largest stock in this country. h_fle Trad e supplied with every description of Rough Slab , -- ""tksi Sr Scantlings; or Blocks seat to the Works cut to order. p_E s her-street, 13 olprell-street, Millbank, Westminster. ase to be accurate ha copying the Address, to prevent im slion, the C om p an y h a ving no connexion with any other -.....7lishruent but that in Esher-street. 'PARTNERSHIP. - A GENTLEMAN SATE,IIy be ADMITTED into a DESIRABLE FIRST OLD-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS, secured by 'enable Patents, where the profits are large, and the returns , ert • ,`", without risk. Capital required, from il,ooCii. to 5,00431. A lira to Messrs. Rosselloty and De Bernardy, Accountants, Charing cross. T 6 THE NOBILITY AND THE PUBLIC GENE RALLY. THE extreme Purity and Wholesome Properties admitted, 0! the PATENT BRANDY being so well known tiv e C that.• for many years past, it has been exters . - , 1 „, Preferred to Foreign, J. T. BETTS and CO. feel it 7 necessary to say, that the price. for Two Gallons and up ! th clq, pale or coloured, is Eighteen Shillings per Gallon 0 thei r only Establishment is the Distillery, No. 7, Smith leading to St. John-street. OTTLING SEASON.—Gentlemen and Fa of p Sullies are respectfully informed, that the BOTTLING Ip ( : ) RT WINES has COMMENCED at the GRAY'S WINE ESTABLISHMENT ; they consist of the thi'l,est vari e ty, f rom th a t of an economical kind to those of ii t nost superior description, so as so meet the means and 'went of every class of consumers, at the lowest-prices prompt 'went ought to command : Per Pipe, £65, £75, £B4. Per Qr. Pipe, 1:17, £l9 10s, £2l 10s. Per D ozen . 245., 275., 3 1 5., 335., and 365. HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and CO. f ' r ay's Y Ina Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn, London. ch tr "E.—A few Pipes of extraordinary Old Wines of and full of flavour, at £93 and £lOO per Pipe. high lILAYING CARDS, NEW and SECOND HAND._SECOND-HAND PLAYING CARDS, Illauted perfect, and of the very best quality, SOLD by sit e D IE and SONS, Stationers, 15, Coventry-street (oppo 14i i",,e Haymarket), at Is. 3d. and Is. 6d. a pack, or 14s. 2,. 1 % per dozen. New Cards, by the best makers, Is. 9d., N' „ 1 " 2s. 6d. a pack ; gold enamell.d cards at 3s. Neat love ed oases for cards 6d. each. Stationery in general at the est "r Prices. Envelopes 6d. and ls. a hundred. Name-Plate Nrled in the best style, and 100 cards for ss. A large , a t i,,l' n eoS of Steel-pens by all the best makers. Great N ew - 1 of Annual Pocket-books, Almanacks, Diaries, &c. )4, s i PaPees supplied in town and country.—Mud'e and Son, Tr kde rventry-street, opposite the Haymarket.—N.B. The supplied. l ' a i ,teonis e d by her Majesty Prince Albert. "AVIS'S CELEBRATED TOOTH-BRUSHES, DAVIS, Sponge Merchant and Brush iis it • Manufatturer, by Special Appointment to her Majesty, S o ° Yal Highness Prince Albert. their Graces the Dukes of g er ' r set, Northumberland, Argyle, and Montrose, the D?w -13, Due.hess of Bedford, and numerous families of distinction, tr and, begs to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry that he tipr u ecceslod in constructing a Tooth-brush upon a new prin tii4! Which f or th e p reserva tion of the teeth and gums and du st eo l tY, excels any ever yet offered. The fastening is composed k e'led silk and India rubber, by which t is impossible for kin h a ever t o come loose in the mouth s ; they are the only teth' il at can be warr a n ted from corroding ; persons frequently hi so a d teeth and gums from these causes, the corrosion being ktki nto the breath, and cancer to the gums. Families in town brt4onntry supplied carriage free, with every kind of sponges, 111, 4 es, brooms, turnery, mats, horse clothing, blankets, lea th", and every requisite for the use of houses and stables, of 11t1417 best quality at wholesale prices, 40 per cent. under any lin v oonse in England. Families in the country can have a \-1-wholesale prices by a post-paid application, 33, Strand. Vois-- 17 "TPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN rs,and OTHERS I ,"Pieg of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. n IMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the bil e h. patronage of his late Majesty, hPr Royal u n i versally 4 Co ttl - ,.? of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasu . ry, is I rdesrd d ed by the Faculty for its efficacy in remov ing dis- I iV r t=e R E E 3 , I 7 , a H R e a v d E OUS HEAD-ACHE Ry tb AND DEAFNESS CURED! It s • Most simple delightful, and fragrant Co mp ound! ta ng ni ° dg of applicat ion is fraught with pleasure ; man y thou r",ote, , r " have accomplished by its use , a t a trifling ex 's" de t certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary Tt 11 ' 31 t he sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com p,: use YOsed it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned b a . reht dhtir late Majesties, the Duchess of Practitioners—with the . mo st . 1. 4 , ant:, eulists, Medical t h at gigantic ;IN A ,' t he Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated ~I ° )* its . 4 „"Us Compound. known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," ries ' l4 cacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and .4 1 .„ G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F . R.S. See J. B. Lachfleld, li t i Leiter; Whiteha ll. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews ealls k t ,";tional blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The Air. Abernethy, with many others, recommed Gri # m - One' s Eye Snuff, and call it "Man ' s best Friend," n and the Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of 'e first respectability. Nottingham, 28th Aug., 1841. Il i , extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockson, TO , W Fore gn i Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. . Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London. s nt , S ir,—l feel g r eat pleasure in sending you the particulars of ease, and the miraculous cure performed on mysel f, by Ng your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my kYetr, and a native of Holland, have been in this country I ears- Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age , toot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight , lieh h ~ e kee unable to follow my business. I do most sincerely I r 'r! I should have remained in darkness and pain but for Plirs - e a recommendation of a friend to use your invention. I a te - "lsed a 2a. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wilcock:on, to 4,'eonist, who knows the above to be facts, and will bear wit -14,14 101 extraordinary recovery of that most inestimable fri lto r ',l; of our life—" Perfect Sight"—l declare has proceeded in I ° o use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer eof!jtso o May ma k e w h a t ute y ou please of this letter, Mr. Wil rl and man others will vouch for truth. I fer the k 4 ;re 3 to this y gentleman, being your s Agent, and so cell w o In Nottingham. 28 t h I am, Sir, your obliged servant, 1' S , Aux. lg4t. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. r eli e f Sir, I should not do you justice without stating my f reed ris almost i ns t an t an eous. My eyes b eca me clear and P t lttl r°4l humour, and by persevering its .in use very .fre am enabled to read small print without the aid of free-Fr'' Said continue to enjoy God's greatest blessing—Sight ! 44 114 „ ur ° Pain. I h a ve reason to be grateful, and do recom- Not j t il lr EYe Snuff to all I know. Oh, g h am. A. Z. M. i tht o ri re the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE ie the sole in hr, and th e only genuine is prepared by him. e klis t ia Odorif erous Herbaceous Compound of Horbs is sold in eaoh , e h r s, at Bd. Is. 3d ., 2s. 4d. 4s. 4d., Ss. and 15 s. 6 d. loo n a the Pro' l r'etorW: GE inistone, at 39, Broad-street, " i titiC aur Y, andcan be obtained in all the principal towns and A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and >s shi dons °f Crimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff %mit - Dad to all quarters o f the globe, anti retains its benign fjte s hi niest 41 ever c y . to It Snuffs snit Cigars shipped on noti e . Vma ' * FOGS AND DAMP AIR. 11 4 , 4 CLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY hay , hank tneio r 4, many years, been proved an effectual Preservative w i at euects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter t 4 Pl* prevalent in this Climate. HI e ff ects are to expel ~ e v,t V ir rye the Stomach from the admission . of Damps, and st k i par ed ",? , who su ff er from Di ffi culty of !treathing. _ . 0 . 1 Y by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farrtngdon-street, London ; J p iOrci, 1 ,`,L. 1 1, by their appointment. by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street - 11 4 , lat o 5 , and H. Burfield, lAA , Strand; March, 326, Holborn ; C h 411,_ ; t , orn ill D ruggist , Druggist, 2, High-street, Is (;,ll,,,tudebourck, Church street, Hackney ; and by Medicine Venders in Town and Count r y. sp a „ are n one can be genuine, unless the names of "Barclay and e Stamp affixed to each Box. 34t t itned the 14th Edition, price Is., and sent Free to any part ICEe le Kingdom on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 55., SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work . 11 1(ST Xr °ll the INFIRMITIES of the GENERATIVE t : t t 'Kith s cal exes ; being ri • rylirto he concealed ca . use eilerFy,. t an a t o n it i ti cPu b"lit of t manhood, ere vigor , w h bse e rv a at l ion y s on the baneful effects : 0 4 etiv it : r j I and ndulge r n e c in e ir Infec i flan ; and on the Loss of the Repro . - hil le etee we rg; with Means of Restoration. The consequ and the • Usnee tOnorrlisea, sleet, stric ure, secondary symptoms, ihtrssi,. °ll nercury on the skin are pointed out and ust r ated "t'ons for ra re by l lm .' ; followed by observations on Marriage, with direc of disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., tjtibli a • S rdeons, Birmingham anil Leeds. Ns,,, l e d, y the Authors, and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster ht.',% 6n, fg Bisho sgate.street ; Purim, Compton-street, .Soho • 1 1 1 dCO 130 New Pond-street, London; and by uest, (1 184:0-lane,ilirmingham ; Buckton, 50, Briggate, Leeds ; and by ellers in Town and Country L U irs t eaT fUlly abused powers of the human Generative System re tl i ndiscretion n ; and the debility aud disease eti ;,. ‘ ,"ma, early or venereal infection, demand, for *C t t ilose dreadful evils, that such medicines . should be e o rn e . s ortits t hat are most certain to be successful. It is for these ca *,?it Z!lan , d Co. particularly designed their CORDIAL BALM lith4llO l od M which is intended to relievc those pe . rsons, who, by rate indulgence of their passions, have s uined their con. t i i. n.. • kff eet l," ) r in their w. ytot h e p re summation of thatdeplorable . state, eh, a ;iwith any of those pvious symptoms that betray its ap -PS, the various affections oft he nervous system, obstinate gleets, 4in,' ' ar egulai it., obstructions of certain evacuations, weakness, I t h i uh - , P° d e te r l 'ev, barrenn e ss , inward . wastiogs, loss . of ap petite , indi sakt mien of spirits, trembling or shaking of th . e hads . or onebii ; :!nate coughs. shortness of breath, or cnnsumptive . habits, 4 , or i h "ea arising from venereal excesses, in bottles, pri..e I Is. ell - e quantit of four in one Family Bottle, for 3?.5., by which g. ft," y c h.., pared lily by Messrs. PERRY and CO., Surgeons, 4, Great r • " „ t-e eti Birmingham, and 44, Albion street, Leeds. wilily v . none are genuine wii hout the signature of R. and L. e a ' , to fru it CO. imnressed •n a stamp on the outside of each wrap s,* n at e h„ Which is felony of the deepest Thedye Five Pound "ad as usual. alidaßooksellers, Druggists, and Pa tent _ Medicine Venders in ge nd n A mtry ericathroughout the United Kingdom, the Continent (I, i N u n.i d err), expect, when consulted by letter, the usual fee of (IV* P ERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS. fl Pe °I 9 ts fid and Ifs. Box to r ”ch% t -- • aigna ric tur - e . of I. and PERRY per and CO. , ,on the outside s l i enr,PPer) are well known throughout Europe and America ?st certain and e ff ectual cure ever discovered for eeo ry 4o °rrh,, 3l oPtom of the Venereal Disease, in both sexes,. including_ 1% fir i w e i n G c leets, Secondary Synintom4, Strictures, Seminal Weak th, tee , cowl j em an e d n p o d r r i a n ss i s a o n f ce th Urinary Passages, without . loss from e business. They have effect ed Zltherl 41,111 prising ' cures, not only i n recent and severe cases, e b u ut_ i rt , t 'Z'gion and all other means ance to tbose afflicted wiltirSecofrabilue(tilc; Alecatrieonosf,Trup-t an y Part of the body Ulcerations, Scrofulous or Venereal iCtit4 g justly calculatd ' to cleanse the blood from all foulness, e Ver'Y morbid a ff ect ion, and restore weak and emacia.ed to pristine health and vir. 14'tat • 'errY and Co., Surgeons, m aybe consulted as usual at , . Albion, (four doors from tasy-row), Birmingham, an ht io th 4 "et, Ueda, punctually from eleven in the morning un t il p !erring, -,0 14,1,. e .e and on Sundays from eleven to one. Only one bi er y andiSit d trom a coun• be atient, to enable Messrs. te:! l trie n i e° . to rive such advice as willthe means of effecting a Ualand effectual cure, after all other means have proved inef 1 1.11 . =err ve, "trY Druggists, Booksellers, Pa'ent Medicine Ve nders . ity , . l l' other Shopkeepor can be sui plied with any quantity of e Usual u ' lf Ying Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm of S,riacum, with ate l4 siedallno the Trade, by mo:t of the principal Wholesale ace ust:s in London. 111UMA N LIFE.—At present the popular opinion is, that the natural duration of life is 70 years, but this is contrary to both sacred and profane history. This opinion is, no doubt, founded on a misunderstand ng of a passage of the 90th Psalm, where it is indeed stated, " That the days of our years are threescore years and ten, end if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore )ears, yet is their strength labour and sorrow." Now, it must be remembered, that this Psalm is ascribed to Moses, and that he is not speaking of the lives of men in general, but of what was occurring among the Israelites in the wilderness. They died not a natura l 6 death, but were cut off for their sin and unbelief by judicial dispensations. The clever Dr. Farre maintains, that 120 is the last grant of God to man, and quotes the sixth chapter of Genesis, and the 3d verse, where it is written, " My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh ; yet his days shall be an hun dred and twenty years." Now, we find this expressed inten tion on the part of God gradually carried into effect—the princi ple of vitality appearing to become weaker until the close of the era in which the postdiluvian patriarchs flourished ; when although several centuries had elapsed since the Deluge, we find that one hundred and twenty years was about the average of human existence. Supposing, then, that the theory of long life is well sustained, the question naturally is suggested how are we to attain what is so desirable ? A wise general, on the eve of battle, makes a proper disposition of his bras be forehand, and does not wait till the enemy has made an attack, and thus, by forethought and due preparation, reasonably ex pects a victory ;—thus, he who has a desire to attain a healthy, and, consequently, happy old age, does not indolently wait for the attack of the enemy, which is sickness, but is constantly en his guard against his insidious approaches, by paying proper attention to the state of his health. Many would fain occasionally use medicine to assist nature in her operations; but, like a mariner at sea without his compass, knowing not where to steer, they first try this, and then that, and meet with nothing but disappointment; to those, how welcome must be the important fact, that PARR'S MEDI CINE is all that is required, the fine tonic properties it con tains invariably restores the stomach to a healthy longing for food ; or, in other words, it produces a good appetite, so much envied, but so seldom enjoyed, by the invalid ; the gentle stimulating powers it possesses assists the stomach to properly digest the food it receives ; the balsamic powers it bestows on the system produces that delightful feeling of good spirits so very desirable, and disposes both mind and body to healthy exercise; everything und er its influ ence soon wears a joyous aspec t, and t h e vari ed d u ties of life are performed with pleasure. It, in addi tion , weary n ig hts , a fine sedative quality, and, instea d of long an d g ives sound and refreshing sleep. If the stomach and bowels require it, it acts as the mildest and most agreeable purgative, and, by intestinal canal. To cleansing powers, totally eradicates a redundancy b i le, and completely removes all obstructions of the. r T a o t i o h n a vaen d Pr e o ff d e u e e t e s, d a an rn d eydeitcinsne e a ff o ec b t e u n al ivi and mildinsear searching g its p out oaned curing disease of however long s t a nding, exhibiting, on the part of Old Parr, deep research and a thorough k now ledg e of his subject. Th ose w h o have been the instrumenls of restor ing this long lost secret to the world, feel confident when they make the assertion—that none need despair, that if only a fair trial be given, th e resu l t w ill b e a r estoration to hea lth and hap piness " Thus shall their humble labours merit praise: And future Parrs be blest with honour'd days. The Life of Old Parr, containing an account of the discovery of his valuable Medicine, may be had gratis of all .Agents . IMPORTANT CA ILTTIex.--In order to protect t he p ublic from imitations, the Hono ura bl e C omm i s sioners Hof Stamps hare ordered " Parr's Life Pills," in white letters on a red ground, to be engraved on the Government Stamp attached to each box, without which none are genuine. Price Is. 10., 2s. 9d., and family bo x es II s. each. Full directions are given with each box. Sold by most respectable Medicine Venders in town and Country; to be had wholesale of Edwards, 67,' St. Paul's London. No 1.5,376 NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 2t, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. ',AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotaon, 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. A UDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. Professor Graves, A.M. F. R. S. ACT UA RY—W. 5.13. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ew ens, and Omman- ney, 6, Basinghall-street. BANKERS-111eFsrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. • LIFE ASSURANCE. 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. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most;irieciprovision for after life hitherto of fered—X2 12s. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65 give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. Gil., or £349 11s. 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 ease 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. COUNTY FIR'E OFFICE AND PROVIDENT Llf'E OFFICE, 50, REGENT-STREET. Established 1807. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. HisGracetheDukeofßutland,K.G. Sir Frederick A. Floe, Bart. Fhe Marquis of Northampton Alexander Henderson, M. The Right Hon. Lord Northwick Sir Henry Pynn The Hon. Colonel Packer J. P. Veering, Esq. Sir Wm. Earle Welby, Bart. John Gillyatt Booth, Esq. Sir John Osborn, Bart. Andrew Maclean, Esq . Sir R. Duckworth King, Bart. Glynne Earle Welby, Esq. M.P. JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director. The advantages offered to the publie by the above Offices are such as result from a course of uninterrupted prosperity, the fruits of a prudent and economical management for a pe riod of thirty-five years. At the present time so many establishments exist, ♦ieing with each other in the profession of benefits to the public, which numerous failures, and consequent ruin to many in dustrious families have proved to be fallacious, that the Di rectors think they will best discharge their duty to the Proprie tors and to the Public by a simple statement of the advantages which have been realised by these Offices. The COUNTY FIRE OFFICE has not only settled all claims with promptitude and liberality, but has, from its first establishment, made large Returns to the Insured.—These amount at the present time to 125,000/. The PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE has at each septen peried divided the whole of the profits, subject to a deduc tion of about a twentieth part only, among the insured. The benefits actually secured to lives insured in this Office, may be judged of by the following Table. No. of Bonuses in Policy. Age. 11513 & 1820. Bonuses in B nus in 1827 & 1 31. 1841. s. d. i. d, X. s. d 37 22 ill 2 337 11 10 604 0 4 38 PO 3 11 159 3 0 218 6 4 3, 217 2 1 :.06 13 6 714 19 6 41 1(6 15 9 197 16 2 299 15 II 3t 72 13 1 134 13 7 104 1 1 39 167 8 6 326 8 6 480 710 Agenti are appointed in all the prinei Total of I Sum Bonuses. Insured X. 9. d. 1213 3 4 4117 13 3 Isro 1 1 60& 7 10 411 7 t 974 4 10 ipal Towns, 2500 1000 3000 1000 1000 2000 VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN COMPANY. No. 18, King William -street, City. Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. William Allen, Esq. John Knill, Esq. Benjamin Barnard Esq. John Nolloth, F.sq. Charles Bakiwin , Esq. 7 homa s Nesbitt, Esq. James Cockburn, Esq. Major-General Robertson Bryan Donkin, Esq., } R.S. Daniel Sutton, jun., Esq. Aaron Goldsmisl, Esq. O'Bry an Bellingham Woolsey, James Law Jones, Esq. Esq. EOLICITOR3.— Messrs. Lake and Curtis, FO, Basinghall-street. Assurances of every description may be effected by this Com pany, on a scale entitling parties to participate in profits, or on a low non-participating scale. Premiums, in any case, made payable to suit the convenience of Assurers. Loans, repayable by instalments, are granted to parties assured with the Com pany, on a liberal and advantageous plan, either on real or undoubted Personal Security. WILLIAM RATRAY, ACTUARY AND SECRETARY. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT 4 VICT., CAP. 9. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, No. 1. PRINCES-STREET, BANK, LONDON. This Institution is empowered by a Special Act , of Parlia ment, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life As surance, in their fullest extent, to Policy-holders, and to pre sent greater facilities and accommodation than can be obtained in other Offices. ' The decided superiority of its plan, and its claim to public preference and support, have been proved in contestably by its extraordinary and unprecedented success. Amelia others, the following important advantages may be enumerated : A most economical set of Tables—computed expressly for the use of this Company, from authentic and complete data, and presenting the lowest Rates of Assurance that can be of fered without compromising the safety of the Institution. Increasing rates of premium on a new and remarkable plan, for securing loans or debts, a less immediate payment being required on a policy for the whole term of life than in any other office. _ . Premiums payable either Annually, Half-yearly, or Quar terly, in one sum, or in a limited number of payments. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the Assured in every case admitted in the Policy. All claims payable within one month after proof of death. Medical Attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports Premium per Cent. . per Annum payable during First Five Second Five Third Five tout th Five Remainder Age. Years. Years. Years. Years. of Life. 20 £1 1 4 £1 61• £1 10 11 £1 16 2 £2 2 1 no 1 6 4 112 2 119 1 2 7 4 217 6 40 116 1 2 4 4 214 6 8 7 3 4 6 4 50 216 7 it 2 4 4 4 5 5 6• 613 7 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents. PENDRELL'S PATENT FLEXIBLE PENHOLDER.—To ensure ease and comfort in the use of Steel Pens, now in such general use, W. P. has, at great trouble and expense, constructed a PENHOLDER pos sessing four great requisites, viz., cheapness, durability, neat and elegant appearance, and flexibility. To quote here the many scientific opinions that have been given on the uses of Steel Pens, and of the great necessity of having Elastic Holders, would far exceed the limits of an advertisement. The Proprietor humbly, but with great confidence, ays before the publis this little, but no less effectual, promoter of comfort, to all grades of society using a Pen, knowing that his Flexible Penholder has only to be tried to be approved of. Manufactured solely by WILLIAM PENDRELL, Silver smith, 17, Regent's-place, Birmingham. rz -- ‹Y , $#- ---:."(1----e7 f ( 7- I . ---- 1---a- - --- -4e{-- --- 6‹ _ - ... . EVEN INC SUN ..„. r _ ~..„, ,__ - . „.. ..e . , f , , ..' may . - -.-......_.,, • 1 e- , - - (4-r'''",, 1" , .. ; ...., ko-t4, . -I"i'')'i (''' - *-. (... , ..„, , ~ ... _ 1 ~, ,,___Jl 4, ,,41 ... ' t •- • ,, ,,.., , .>/..,, It. , ? ..:... , 4, , :,,,, . ~ ,,,..-A, • ..„. f , ---_ -, . ___ , 4,. , kg AI - • , . . ( 1 . 1 ' 1761 ;A l id e lW,#/kk ' ', / 7 , 04/ 4 4 , I t r 4 __ - 'f. - - ET:',. - , , • ty) ~ \:%•.1-, , , ` , '•V US 1: ..0.. 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The new pavement at the entrance of the Champs Elysees, from the Place de la Concorde, is laid with square blocks of stone, previously steeped in bitumen, which, by entering into the pores of the stone, renders it impermeable to the wet, and inaccessible to the frost. Thii process is said to be applicable to most kinds of stone with advantage. Fifty extra pupils, over and above the number lately determined by the annual examination, have just been admitted into the Ecole Polytechnique for the special service of the engineers and the artillery. The Prefect of Police has just issued an order, that the persons who take charge of canes, umbrellas,.&c., at theatres, public balls, concerts, &c., shall only receive a fixed sum, viz., for a cane, umbrella, or sword, ten centimes ; for a cloak or other article of dress, 25 cen times. In public balls at theatres and other plaees, commencing at a late hour of the night, double the above amount is allowed. The operations for extracting the twisted tube from duo artesian well of Grenelle are going on as actively as cir cumstances will admit. The tube is got up only in frag ments, all of which are strangely contorted and flattened. About 600 feet have thus been brought to the surface, the water continuing to flow all the time in abundance, and much charged with dark coloured sand. As soon as the whole bore is again free a strong iron tubing will be let down into it. A fire took place on Sunday night, between 11 and 12, in the warehouse of a military accoutrement manu facturer, in the rue St. Denis, but by the prompt arrival of the firemen the fire was got under before it had ex tended beyond the warehouse, in which, however, every thing was destroyed.—At about the same hour, an other fire broke out in the Marche des Patrianles, in the Passage d'Orlcans St. Marcel. In the course of half an hour a dozen sheds were burnt down, but the fire was then got under. A lion from Senegal, which had been in the menagerie of the Garden of Plants six years, died a fortnight ago, and a lioness, his partner, took his loss so much to heart that she refused all food, and has survived him only a week. Among the animals lately added are a small stag from Brazil, which has never before been caught alive ; a camel or dromedary with two humps, a species notseen in France for thirty-five years ; and the black tiger, whose landing at llavre we have mentioned, and whtoh has reached Paris in good condition. A considerable number of workmen from Belgium autl. the northern departments of France, who were employed on the fortifications, have just left Paris to return home, the state of the weather no longer admitting of their being occupied. The soldiers of the engineers corps are now employed in making measurements of all the work hi therto executed, in order that an account ( f the progress hitherto made may be laid before the Chanibers. The following distressing aceident is related in the Journal du Havre :—" The Newcastle collier Julia, Captain Robinson, homeNard bound from Rouen, was for a tide moored off the north jetty of Haver. In the night of Saturday she endeavoured to . get under weigh, but, baffled by the wea her, and find ing that she was drifting towards s'iore, she put out two anchors and brought up in a pealous situation, within half a cable's length of the breakers. Here she lay the whole of Sunday, notwithstanding several boats fiad gone off to her, and tendered their assistance, which was declined. In the evening several captains of English vessels in the harbour, seeing the danger of the Julia, and not knowing what had taken place, expressed their astonishment, and Captain Northop, of the Elizabeth, used some strong terms of reproach at the want of humanity in the llavre seamen. He was told of the re peated refusals of Captain Robinson, but being still scep tical, Martin, the master of a tug-boat, offered to take Captain Northop on b oar d t h e Julia, that he might ascertain the truth of what had been told him. The boat was launched, and reached the collier, but, resist ing the remonstrances of Captain Northop, who went on board, Captain Robinson again declined moving from his station. The boat, in returning, was upset near the pier. Martin and three of his men got safe upon some piles, but seeing one of his companions struggling with the waves, Martin fastened a rope round his body, and, leaving one end on shore, swain out again. Ile caught tho drowning man, and was hauled safe to land, holding the other by the hand. They were both senseless from exhaustion, but are recovering. Captain Northop and two other men were drowned. The body of the Captain was washed on the beach, and all the English ships in the harbour hoisted their flags half mast high, in sign of mourning for his loss. The Julia was brought into harbour yesterday." Maret, a refractory recruit of the class of 1838, as we mentioned some time ago, being hard pressed by the officers in search of him, prevailed upon Conor, an associate, to re present him, and surrender himself in his name. In June last Conor went to the gendarmerie barracks in the Marais, and constituted himself a prisoner, signing the name of Maret. He hid not been long in confinement before one of the pndarmes re2ognised him as an old ac quaintance, but Conor, with a grave countenance, denied all knowledge of him, and even of his own wife and her sister, whom the gendardie knew, and brought to Ow barracks. The wife, who knew Afaret, and where he was, betrayed his retreat, thinking thereby to release her husband ; but, when the real recruit was brought, they were both detained, and brought before the Court of Assizes, f or th e offence signing a false nom: to a public document. They were tried yt s..et day, aid convicted. Conor was sentenced o imprist it cent for two, and Maret, fur three years. A sailor•of the FrAtch brig of war, Cygne, stationed at Monte Video, having fallen from the tops on. the deck, and been killed some time since, his comr.►des with great generosity, raised a subscription among them. selves of 1,000 fr., for the benefit of his widow. The statement that the exhibition of the painting of M. Paul Delaroche, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, was to be closed on the 15th, appears to be erroneous. The exhibition will remain open the whole of this month. In repairing the tower of the church of St. Etienne du-Mont, the old dial of the clock, which is near the summit, is being changed for one that is transparent, and it will be illuminated at night. A few nights since, three VI hales of the kind called " blowers," or " bottle-nose whales," were found on the shore near Morsalines, in the Manche. One of them was sixteen feet long, and they weighed together nearly a ton and a half. A violent hurricane was experienced at the beginning of this month at Bagneres, in the Hautes-Pyrenees, and in the surrounding district. A great quantity of farming produce was destroyed, and 133 habitations have been severely damaged.—The Toulouse Journal has accounts from Sengowagnet, in the Haute Garonne, stating that on the Ist inst. the valleys in that part of the coun try were visited by a violent hurricane which uprooted trees, carried some to a considerable distance, and blew down numerous barns and dwelling-houses. As a proof of ith the of the force of the wind it is stated that a slate weighing 81bs. was torn fro m the roof of a s table to which it was' all Cur Cure at a force of s s t h en o e t da,gaainnsdt the e rr k i o e u d w se con siderable distance. H e r e it was driven through one of the windows into the opposite wallstr a strongly c'galit'no fastened, a , which was cased in which several strong cement. At Milhau a hay-loft h seve ral men slept was unroofed, an d the inmates with t h e hay blown completely out of it. A fall took place at St. Ad resse, in the Seine-Infe rieure, at the end of last week, of a ' port of the cliff 600 feet long at top, and ' I,2ooThree feet a t th e bottom, and about 60 feet in breadth. men, who had been working on the shore from the spot on an alarm being given from above only a few moments before. A few Sundaysre. ago a grand ceremony took place at La Chapelle-Bla nche body of the martyrs sur Loire, near Tour t s, fr w o h m e i r t e the by the Cure of thpa t r . i lfonore lately brottgh to the shrine of si was l trans fe rred ts the Church with the usual The Archbishop of Tours and a great number s° of clergy were present. A similar ceremony has also recently tak en p lace at Chinon, where th e body of St. Probus was enshrined in the church. According to a decision of the Minister of Justice "the Man without a Name," who has for so many years been constantly confined and discharged from the prison of Aix as a vagabond, is again released, and given the range of the whole town for his residence, but without liberty of going beyond it. Another instance of the danger of a too precipitate interment in France .s mentioned by the Pilule de Calvados. An inhabitant of Caen, engaged in carry ing wood and charcoal from Rouen to Paris, slept one night last week at an inn he constantly fru- Next morning the people of the house found q uented. him, as they believed, dead in his bed, end a medical man, called in by the authorities, confirmed the con viction. He was laid out, and a coffin brought, but a s he was being put into it signs of life were perceived. Means of resuscitation were used, and in a short time he re covered his speech, declaring that he had only be en ' in a state of e p ile p s y , and had heard nearly every thing that passed around him. A short time - a f terw ards he was again occupied in his bnsiness. An unfortunate accident occurred at Radon, in the Ille-et-Vilaine, a few days since. A gentleman and hi wife, with their niece, aged 16, were in a cab s driving along the river side upon a causeway cabriolet flooded. 'rho horse got out of the right line partially into the river, where the vehicle was overturned,and went The gentleman and his wife supported themselve s willows till assistance was given, but their niece bY some drowned. r niece was The Impartial de la Ilieurtheuleations the fol lowing remarkable instance of unintentional suffocation, which has just happened at Blamont, in that depart ment :—" A horse belonging to a person who had seve ral others, being attacked with violent p a i ns in the loins, had been fomented with a large bag of hot bran, steeped in vinegar ; but this not relieving th e animal, the owner ordered that the Lran should be heated again, applied dry to the part affected, and there left for the night. On the following morning the servants, on entering the stable, found the poor animal, with two others shut up with it, dead from suffocation ; and, on inspecting the other buildings adjoining, four fine cows, and between 80 and 100 head of poultry were discovered in the same state. It appeared that some particles of the bran had inadvertently been ignited in heating, and had gradually smouldered during the night, until it caught the bed of s t ra w on which the sick horse lay, and oven the partition which divided him from the next stall. The smoke thus occasioned did not break into a flame from the want of air, the stable being very close. (Illinois) Journal ILLINOIS Bows.—The Springfield Journal says that "it is rumoured that the Governor has made another issue of State Bonds." LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1841. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION, REGENT-STREET.-I% I ORNINGS and EVENINGS except SA's URDAY EVENINGS. THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Mr. J. SMITH will deliver his FIFTH LECTURE on PERSPECTIV E, which will be illustrated by a Series of beautiful Models. The Sixth and Last Lecture will be To-morrow, at Two o'clock. Other Popular LECTURES Daily. • Nearly 2,000 Works of eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity, among which are BARWISE and BAIN'S METHOD of PRODUCING SYNCHRONISM by VOLTAIC ELEC TRICITY. The ORRERY, MICROSCOPE, DIVING BELL, DIVER, &c. MODELS of NOAH'S ARK, and a LARGE STEAM VESSEL, each built to scale, showing that the relative proportions are the same. The GREAT FIRE of the TOWER of. LONDON, with the Klitary Signa's, are added to' the DISSOLVING VIEWS. A VIEW of CANTON, by a CHINESE ARTIST, the MODEL of the UNDERCLIFF, Isle of Wight, and various other COSNIO RAMIC PICTURES, areincludesl in 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. SUPERIOR CANDLES. 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Also, in same size, 125.. half morocco, 17s. morocco, THOMSON'S SEASONS, and CASTLE of INDO LENCE, with Life by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, embel lished with Forty-eight Engravings on , Wood, from drawings by Sam. Williams. Tilt and Bogue, Fleet-street. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS: FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The question whether State Stocks are " bills of credit," within the prohibitive clause of the Constitution, referred to yesterday, is again revived in the American journals, and legal authorities are cited on the subject, from which a result may be gathered not unfavourable to the holders, though we would still warn them, as we did yesterday, to look on the very exist ence of the question as a sign that their position is not perfectly secure. The decisions of the Supreme Court tend to show, that those only are the bills of credit designated in the clause re ferred to, which are issued by the State Govern ments on the credit of the Government, and de signed to circulate as money. These decisions would preclude the notion that the Stocks are " bills of credit," but it would always be as well to look into the exact wording of the instruments, and distinctly to as certain whether there be or not anything to bring them within the meaning of the clause. It appears that though the benefits of the im proved communications with India are tolerably complete as regards the three presidencies, much yet remains to be done for other places, and especially for Singapore, Ceylon, and China, to enable them to share that advantage. A cor respondent, who directs our attention to the subject, states That there is no certain and direct post from those places for England, and that even though sent by ship to Bombay, and marked in the usual way by " Overland mail via Marseilles," they will be forwarded by ship, unless the party has some agent or friend at Bombay to pay the overland postage for him. This may not often be practicable, and hence the appointment of Post-office agents at those places out of the re gular course of the India mail would appear to be called for by the merchants; and as the rates are high by this mode of conveyance, there can be little doubt of its ;being worthy of the atten tion of the Post-office, even in a pecuniary point of view, though that ought to be a secondary consideration in all new arrangements, the utility of which is clearly established. SUN.—An impression seems to exist in favour of an improvement in the Funds, but it would be premature to calculate much on this, until it is known what President Tyler says in his next message to Congress on the subject of the " lit tle" matters of Right of Search and Boundary, and what the Government here will do to im prove the resources of the country. Consols for the opening and ex. div. were marked I per cent. higher, viz. 89 to 891, and for present de livery, under special transfer, at 901, the market closing well. The premium on Exchequer bills was steady at IQs. to 125. ; East India Bands were ls. to 3s. - prem.; Bank Stock advanced again, being at 166 to 1651; the Reduced Three and-a-Half per Cents. touched 981 to 99, and the Three per Cents. 891 to 891. The Foreign Market presented a listless ap pearance, but prices were not lower generally. Active panish Bonds were quoted 24 to 231 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. were a trifle better, being at 321 to 32k, and Colombian Bonds were worth 201. The possibility of a probable renewal of hostilities between Texas and Mexico has no particular effect upon the Stock of the latter country, which was marked to-day at 261 to 261 for account; Russian Stock has been firm at 1131 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds have been at 51i. The Shares have been higher. For the prin cipal lines the nearest quotations are these : London and Birmingham, New, 24; York and North Midland 39; Great Western 191 to 20; Gosport Junction 6, and Sluth Western, 1.81 prem.; Birmingham and Derby Shares 43; Manchester and Birmingham, 111; and North Midland, 27 dis. ; London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 21 premium. PUBLICATIONS. Just ready, embellished with Portraits of Dr. Dee, Paraeelsus, and Cagliostro, THE CONCLUDING VOLUME OF MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS. 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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 of several new and highly in teresting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily increasing experience in„a class of diseases, which, for some 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 for a considerable time devoted themselves ex clusively to a certain class of diseases; of the necessity of se doing, they were further convinced by feeling that tact in in vestigating the latent sources of many disease 3, which arise from certain secret practices, can only be acquired by an ex clusive and undivided attention to this department of medical practice. The numberless instances daily occurring, whersin 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. 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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 o f careful investiga tion of its real cause, has been set down to the score of con sumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, takes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. the PRECEPTOR, also, who holds (temporarily at least), the relation and responsibility of a parent, will, by perusing , this work, be directed and very much assisted in investigating and detecting the too often con cealed practices so often introduced into schools, whereby the health and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to be com promised, unless the evil be arrested in proper time. 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The edition now announced will, it is hoped, be allowed to put these marvellous performances within the reach of the masses. It is expected that the entire Novels will comprise about 260 sheets ; and, besides the Weekly Issue, a Monthly stitched Part, price Ninepence, will be delivered with the Magazines. Robert Catlell, Edinburgh ; lioulston and Stoneman, London. No. 3, \Vim:better Buildings, Dee. 9, 1541. TEST INDIA STEAM PACKETS The DIRECTORS of the ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY hereby give Notice, That, in order to be prepared for the Distribution of the Mails of the Ist Ja nuary, the fallowing Steamers will leave Southampton for their respective Stations as follow : The FORTH, on Thursday, the 16th instant, at One r.st., for' Havana, calling at Nassau, procegd to New Orleans, Tam pico, and Vera Cruz, and thence return to Havana. The SOLWAY, on Saturday, the 115th instant, at One r. m. , fur Barbadoes, proceed to St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadaloupe, Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Tortola, St. Thomas, St. Juan's, Porto Rico, Grand Key, Turk's Island, Hayti. St. Jago de Cuba, 13.. , 1ize, and thence to Havana. The TWEED, on Saturday, the 18th instant, at One P.M., for Barbadoes, proceed to St. Vincent's, Grenada, Trinidad, La Guayra, Porto Cabello, Curacoa, Santa Martha, Cartha gena, and thence to Jamaica. The CLYDE, on Saturday, the 18th instant, at One P.m., calling at Madeira, and proceed direct to Surinam and Deme rara, calling off Berbice, thence to Barbadoes, call at Tobago, and from Barbadoes to Grenada. Two other Steamers will be dispatched on or before the 25th of the month, and timely notice will be given of their route. From and after the Ist January Steamers will be regularly dispatched with the Mails, at intervals of fifteen days. Applications for Berths to be made at the Offices of the Com pany, No. 3, Winchester Buildings, Old Broad street. LLO Y LYS SHIPPING VESSELS SPOKEN Wint.—The Charles Eyes, Liver pool to Ceylon, 11th Oct., lat. 22 S., lon. 27 W. ; George Washington, Liverpool to New York, with foremast sprung, 10th inst., lon. 14, by the Magnet, arrived at Liverpool Lady Flora, London to Madras, 28th Oct., lat. 4 N., lon. 21 W. ; Woolsington, London to Ceylon, 30th Oct., lat. 7, lon. 32 ; Godiacus, Hamburgh to St. Thomas, 19th ult., l at. 23, lon. 37, by the Aimwell, ar rived at Liverpool. Albana, Malaga to New York, 23d pool t O o re vg sairinia (brig), lat. 28th, t 43,7: lon. 50, 59; Madison, Liver arrived in the Clyde , ion. by the Acadian, GRAND REFORM FESTIVAL. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] STOKE-UPON-TRENT, WEDNESDAY.--Tbis afternoon a public dinner was given at Burslem, at the Bedford Arms Inn, in honour of Mr. Ricardo, the Liberal Member for the borough. Richard Heathcote, Esq., formerly Member, and proposer of Mr. Ricardo, was in the Chair, supported by J. A. Wyse, C. J. Mason, John Ridgway, William Harding (Coroner), Esc's., and a great number of respectable householders. About 200 were accommodated in the chief apart ment, and 700 in others who joined the former after the cloth was removed. The apartment in which this ma nifestation of Liberal -principles was made, was hung with drapery, and large festoons of ivy and laurel, with a profusion of rosettes of the colours used by the Libe rals. The tables were well supplied with venison, game, &c., from the parks at Trentham, the preserves of Ape dale, Whitmore, Clayton, and Fenton, the farms at Longton. Hanley, Shelton, and the Grange. The ad joiningkindly r o ts etso b , lately occupied o f c o c r u t p he ied g theebnytlem ento Bank, ass em we b 7 e in, prior to entering the apartment for the banquet. The desert had been collected from the numerous con servatories of the Liberals in the district ; the wines were of the most choice excellence. Burslem never witnessed before such an assemblage of real talent and high respectability. - Many . speeches suitable to the occasion were made, and the Company did not , break up till a late hour. NOBLE CONDUCT OF A PORTLAND MAN. —On the morning of the loss of the brig Amyntas on Portland Beach, a party of Portland men were anxiously awaiting the unfortunate vessel coming on shore, and all equally desirous of assisting in saving the lives of the crew. Shortly, after she struck these brave fellows were to be seen in the midst of th e foaming surf (trusting only to a rope fastened round the waist, which was held by their companions) throw ing ropes on board for the •crew to secure themselves ; the ship was at this moment struck by a tremendous sea, so violently that the foremast (on which six of the crew had sought safety) was carried away, and broken in three places, and the whole were pre cipitated into the midst of the surf. One loud shriek was heard from those who witnessed this awful sight. All were on the look-out to offer assistance and to save life ; and, in an instant, J. llansford, a Portlander, rushed into the surf and was buried amongst the white foam. After the receding of the waves he was seen struggling with a man in each hand, and, although he was unable to keep upon his legs, he fir m ly kept his hold of them, and was by his brave comp a nions hauled up the beach, bringing with him th e two p oor fellows, who with Hansford were With difficulty re stored. Such scenes redound to the credit of these brave islanders. The whole of the cargo of this vessel, consisting. of timber, belonging to Mr. Cornish, builder, of Exeter, has been, under the able direction and superintendence of' Mr. G. Arden, agent to Lloyd's, safely got out. The bodies of the master, Hallett, who has left a widow, and two chil dren, and John Harris, cook, were picked up on Wednesday last, off Fleet. On Monday the leg of a youth was found on the beach, having been by the violence of the sea torn from the body ; it is sup posed to be that of Robert llarris, the other sufferer. ORIGIN OF COPYRIGHT, AND THE FIRST LITERARY PIRACY.—The first appearance of any thing in the shape of a legal security granted to authors for their productions. is referred, by Mr. D'lsraeli, to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. No book was allowed to be published without the permission of the li censers o f th e press, who were instructed, for the bett er p ro t ec ti on o f not, however, appe ar to h ave h a d t h e b l i e te e ii t a . ry I p i r t o is p d er ee ty s , to give only one li cence f or the same effect,d w e i s th ire b d y booksellerssineethese persons were eas i ly tampered of those day s , to furnish half-a dozen authorities to different persons for th e same wor k. the In Queen Anne's reign, the office of licenser of the press was done away with, and literature received a more de finite and decided protection ; a limited term was granted to every author to reap the fruit of his labour ; after which a man's right in his own work ceased altogether. This has been the case ever since. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Prince Castelci cala, Neapolitan Minister, and Mr. Edward Everett, American Minister, arrived here to day at the Castle from town, on a visit to her Majesty. In the afternoon the Earl of Aber deen, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, ar rived at the Castle from town. Ia the forenoon the Queen and Prince Albert walked on the Terrace and in the Little Park. Afterwards the Prince enjoyed a run with the beagles, attended by the Earl of Warwick, the Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir Edward Bowater, and Mr. G. E. Anson. Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent walked for some time on the Castle Terrace. This afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert walked to Adelaide Cottage, attended by part of the Royal Suite. General the lion. Sir W. Lumley, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Sir E. Bowater, rode out on horseback. Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Au gusta Somerset, left their residence at Kew, on Wednesday, to honour the Earl and Countess Delawarr with a visit at their seat, Buckhurst Park, Sussex. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Bir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharn cliffe, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Had dington, Lord Fitzgerald, Earl of Ripon, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Council sat two hours. Sir Henry Hardinge left town after the break inp.lup of the Council. The Chevalier Bunsen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Prussia, bad an interview with Sir Robert Peel, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, and Count Kielinansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign office. The Mayor of Manchester, and a Deputation, had an interview yesterday with Sir Robert Peel in Downing -street. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at official residence in Downing-street. The Lord Mayor had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Wednesday. DEATH OF THE EARL OF WEST MORELAND. BRIGHTON, DEC. 16.—This venerable Earl, who had been confined to his bed for some weeks past, expired last night at five minutes after ten, in the presence of Lady 13urghersh, and other branches of the family. The Noble Lord inherited the title as tenth Earl, at the decease of his father, on the 26th of April, 1774. He married first on the 20th of May, 1782, Sarah Anne, only daughter and heiress of Robert Child, Esq., the eminent banker of Ostesley Park, Middlesex, by whom he had issue, one son and three daughters, viz., John Lord Burghersh, who married Priscilla Anne, daughter of the Right Hon. William Wellesley Pole, now Lord Maryborough ; Sarah Sophia, who inherited by be quest the immense fortune of her maternal grandfather, and who married in 1804, George, the present Earl of Jersey ; Augusta, married in 1804, to Lord Boringdon, now Earl of Morley ; her Ladyship was divorced by Act of Parliament in 1809, and in the same year mar ried the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, G.C.B. ; and Maria, who was married on the 16th of November, 1805, to John William, Viscount Duncannon, M.P The deceased Earl married again on the 24tk of March, 1800, Jane, eldest daughter and co-heiress of R'chard H. Saunders, M.D. ; by this marriage he had issue two ions and one daughter, viz., Henry Sutton, a Lieut.. Colonel in the army, born 14th January, 1804 ; Montague Villiers, born 19th Sept., 1605, and Cecily Jane Georgina. His Lordship was Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum for the county of Northampton, Recorder of Lyme Regis, and patron of three livings ; was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland from 1790 to 1795, and filled the office of Lord Privy Seal from 1797 to 1806, and from 1807 to 1827, thus having been Privy Seal for the long period of 29 years. He was b orn i n 1759, and was consequently 82 years of age at his death. His eldest son, now Earl of Westmoreland, i 3 B r i t i sh . Minister at the Court of Berlin, and is in his 58th year. DISALLOWANCE Of EXPENSES OF WlT NEssEs.—Some time since a rule was laid down by the Judges at the Central Criminal Court, that in cases where persons were convicted of stealing goods, which hung exposed for sale outside their doors, they should not be allowed their expenses, it being considered as holding out a temptation to the peor and profligate. The same rule applied to the stealing of publicans' pots, unless they were taken from off their premises. At the Sessions just ended, there were an unusual number of prisoners charged with stealing articles thus exposed, and the Commissioners expressed a determination henceforth to enforce the rule above referred to. PRICE 5d MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MA- GISTRATES. Yesterday there was a full attendance of the County Magistrates at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, in consequence of its being known that the Report of the Visiting Justices of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum was appointed to be discussed upon that day. Mr. Sergeant Adams took the chair. Mr. EDMONDES, the Deputy-Clerk of the Peace, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, addresses to the Queen, Prince Albert and the Duchess-of Kent, on the birth of the Prince of Wales were unanimously agreed to. HOUSE OF CORRECTION. The Report of the Visiting Justices of the House of Correction was received and read. It stated that the number of prisoners now was 1,117, viz., 833 males and 284 females, besides 18 children. The prisoners were stated to be generally healthy, and it was stated that there had been but two deaths in the prison during the last three months. NEW PRISON. It appeared from the Report of the Visiting Justices of this Gaol that there were at present confined there 96 prisoners, viz., 54 males, 27 females, and 15 boys. lIANWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM. Mr. P. LAURIE requested the Magistrates would pro ceed to the consideration of the Report of the Visiting Justices of the County Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell, and also the Report of the resident physician thereunto an nexed, and which were laid before the Court on the last county day. From the length of time that has elapsed since the system of non-coercion mentioned in the Re port had been adopted at the Asylum, the Magistrates had had ample opportunities of judging of its effects, and were now fully competent to decide whether it should be continued or not. He was about to propose a resolu tion to the effect that the Magistrates approved of the present system. He confessed that he felt a very con siderable degree of anxiety as to the result of his motion convinced, as- he was, that the question about to be discussed was among the most important subjects that had ever been brought under :he notice of that Court, and the result was looked forward to with considerable anxiety by the people of France,.Belgium, German), and America, and if the present system was sanctioned by the Court, there could be no doubt that it would have a considerable effect in those countries. It was only fifty years since that the treatment of lunatics in this and other countries was that of criminals of the very worst character, and the places appointed tor their reception, were neither more nor less than ill-constructed and badly-arranged prisons. The French were the first who endeavoured to ameliorate the condition of these unfortunate persons Mons. Pinel made the first attempt, which was attended with the most beneficial results. His plan was soon after introduced in this country, and had been attended with success. In fact, receptacles for insane persons werenow hospitals for their cure, and not as formerly, mere places for their safe custody.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the , Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, great and important alter ations were effected by the late Sir William Elli s ; b u t Dr. Conolly, soon after he had been appointed the resident physician, went farther, and said, that all mechanical restraints might be altogether dispensed with, and accordingly, ever since September 21, 1839, they had been altogether discontinued. A period of 'two years had since elapsed; and, in an asyltun that, on an average, had contained about 1,000 patients, restraint had not been applied in any one instance, and the altera tion had been attended with the happiest results. He did not intend to call upon his brother Magistrates to pledge themselves to a continuance of the present system, but merely that, as far as it had been tried, it had been attended with the most beneficial results. The worthy Magistrate here read several extracts from the reports of the Visiting Justices and Resident Physician •, and proceeded to remark that many persons considered that patients disposed to suicide, and those subject to epileptic fits, ought at all events to be kept in some degree of restraint, to prevent them from injuring either themselves or others. In answer to that, he would state that, within the last year, eight patients, who were disposed to commit suicide, had been admitted into the Asylum ; that no restraint whatever had been imposed upon them, and that no bad consequences had resulted.—(Hear.) He was happy to state that the success that had attended the anti-coercion system at Hanwell had led to its adoption in several other asylums, In conclusion, he would call the attention of the Court to the Adelaide fund which . had been established by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Dowager, for the pur pose of providing for the future welfare of persons on their being discharged from the Asylum cured. He much regretted that the report of the Visiting Justices did not contain any notice of that most excellent charity —(Hear, hear)—and that independent of that fund a sum of money was not placed by the county at thz: disposal of the Visiting Justices, to be distributed as they might think fit among more unfortunate persons who were discharged from the Asylum to defray the ex penses of their return home. The Visiting Justices of the different gaols had the power of rendering this kind of as sistance to disc Larged criminals, and surely the unfortu nate persons who were discharged from the County Lunatic Asylum had a much stronger claim to that sort of assistance. The latter had been rendered destitute from no fault of their own. On their return to their miserable homes they found them completely deserte.l. They had no friends to whom they could apply for as sistance, and it not unfrequently happened that their first effect of returning reason was to regret their restora tion to health, and it was a melancholy fact that many instances 'of relapse were owing to the wretched circum stances in which unfortunate lunatics found themselves placed after they had been discharged from,the Asylum. The Learned Gentleman concluded by moving the fol lowing resolution : " That on a full consideration of the reports of the Visiting Justices and of the Resident Physician of the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum, at Harwell, presented on the county day of the last Michaelmas Quarter Ses sions, this Court is of opinion that the system of manage ment pursued therein for the last two years has been at tended with highly beneficial results, and affords strong evidence in support of the opinion that the personal co ercion of the patients may be safely abolished, by the substitution of uniform kindness, efficient superintend ence, and constant vigilance ; and also that such system tends greatly to the amelioration of the condition and the increase of the comforts of the patients, and on these considerations this Court now express their confidence in the advantages, and their sanction of the continuance, of the system of non-restraint as now practised in the Hanwell Asylum." Mr. Sergeant HALCOMBE opposed the motion, on the ground that the discussion ought not to be gone into pending certain proceedings that had recently been in stituted in the Court of Queen's Bench. After a strong discussion, the amendment was nega tived by a majority of thirty-two, there being seven in favour, and thirty-nine against it. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, and several other Magistrates, eloquently addressed the Court in favour of the non coercion system, and the resolution was carried by a large majority. Mr. Charles Wright Ns as elected housekeeper of the Sessions-house, in the room of the late Mr. Richards. There were sixty Magistrates voted, and there were three candidates. Mr. Wright had fifty-seven votes. The Court then adjourned, after the transaction of some other business of minor importance. HEDGEHOGS. Oee of the most interesting facts in the natural history of the hedgehog is that announced in 1831 by M. Lenz, and which is now confirmed by Professor Buckland. That is, that the most violent animal poi sons have no effect upon it—a fact which renders it of peculiar value in forests, where it appears to destroy a great number of noxious reptiles. M. Lenz says that he had in his house a female hedgehog, which he had kept in a large box, and which soon became very mild witnessed and familiar. He often p ut into the box some adder. w'aich it attacked with avi dit y , seizin g the m indifferently by by the head, the body, or the tail, and did not appea r- a l arme d or embarrassed when they coiled the mse lves vvhenthe around its body. On o ne occ a s i on M. Lenz • tnessed a fight between the he d geh o g and a viper . . hedgehog came near and smelled the snake, f or w i t h n seized those i tb y animals t h t e h eh head, and held it f ast b etween here of sight i s very obtuse, she teeth, but without appearing to do it much harm ; for, having disengaged its head, it assumed a furious and hissing vehemently, inflicted several severe bites on the hedg ehog, men acing attitude, a n d ani mal, however, did not reco il mu muc h about the bite T s h o e f t li h t when the reptile was fatig ue d baybiotust efforts, e tle viper or indeed seem to care seized it by the bead, she At last, teeth, compressing the fangs which she ground between her then devouring ever and glands of poison, and that battles of this y part of the body. M. Lenz says m sort occurred in the presence of many persons ; eight or a n d sometimes the hedgehog has re ceivedten wounds on the ears, the snout, and even on thetongue , without appearing to experience any of the ord . of the . 'nary symptoms produced by the venom viper. Neither herself nor the young she was sualing seemed to suffer from it. This observation agrees w ith t h at o f P a ll as , w ho assures us that the hedgehog can eat about 100 cantharides without ex periencing any of the effects which the insect taken inwardly produces on men, dogs, and cats. A Ger man physician, who made the hedgehog a peculiar ob ject of study, gave it a strong dose of prussic acid, of arsenic, of opium, and of corros4e sublimate, none of which did it any harm. The hedgehog in its natural state only feeds on pears, apples, and other fruits, when it can get nothing it likes better. Its ordinary food consists of worms, slugs, snails, frogs, adders, and some times rats and mice. THE CITY PLEADERSHIP.—III the event of the promotion of one of the pleaders to the office of Judge of the Sheriffs' Court, in the room of Sergeant Arabin, deceased, Mr. Laurie will become a candidate for the office of City Pleader. It is said that the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P. for Coventry, is so seriously indisposed with a complaint in the throat, to which he is subject, that he will be com pelled to reside in Italy for the betbefit of the climate during the winter season.— Worcester Journal. ~~~ 109 430 435 492 515 962