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It . 4ft: r ill , or t : infallible Cure for that dangerous disorder the n 4 fewl,' ° re Throat, in which it was never known to fail litsfBrxtv.,:°nrs' application. e ... ; e ci to e " -- , 'Mat none can be Genuine unless the Stamp .4‘;2, s t f a n bottle contains the name and address of BA ft lit --''gfi, th e in% No. 95, Farringdon.street, who have pm-- Il et ., — „e It iv . r° Perty in this valuable article from the Executors kir"' 4 tor, William Dredge, late of ford, Wilts 'bY ill. respect id., and 2s. 9d. per t own and sold re able Medicine Venders inand country. P11,4,,,,- "A.s,s SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF 11 0 .4 1 e dim e COPAIBA. t k i-AJT/ I-- ent I ,--at ki -ON ni ,-ngredients contained in FRANKS'S SPECIFIC 'nit - tele .'.' COPAIBA, are those advised by the most practi- Ili ec . t o _ ntific i n the profession, but, by a peculiar chemical pro_ !lier.'4Polinded that each drug greatly increases the efficacy of 104 i nv , - v practietboatble Medicine is recommended in the public and pri. SI R ASTLEY P. COOPER, Bart. F.R.S. 3, 1 , BENJAMIN BRODIE, Bart., F.R. S . - 7EPH HENRY GREEN, Esq. F . R.S. likr.ers e ttLANSBY B. COOPER Esq. F.R.S. the, by niai ly eth e Ceuncil of the Royal College s Surgeons, London, wh e :rhighly distinguished member of the medical profes ses to will ‘it. deemed the only Specifi c for the cure of th ose Niue t est; cri it is more immediately app icable. tiPing ot these gentlemen cannot fail to cen ... ln l c o e N ev o er l y, is,`Alt ik l '..ned that FRANKS•S SPECIFIC SOL UTION not only in every essential what it . professes to be, but i`kine s most valuable addition to these legitimate and adopted RAN.. ' l l Prescribed by the faculty. ilote r I S :S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA is proved to y DISCHARGES, 1 1. 4 1 0 ittlyi n rfleetual, safe, and speedy the 0 ,„lt A T GLEETS, all URETH re R m SPASMODIC STRICTURE, IRRITA TION of URETHRAL for the cure of L .tt si BLADDER, URETHRA, and PROSTATE %Sew: Purifying effects upon the general health renders qt -'l3' applicable in al cases of relaxed fibre and nervous• Thy. 4 4: 10: 44 t delicate persons may take it with perfect safety. 4 tai t i e ata lMl Y by George Franks, Surgeon, 90, filack . .triars.road. t.. tini t z,Tay be had ofall wholesale and retail Medicine.vend_ers P...nrio,,`` 4 •n•lngdorn, in Bottles at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. each. 1., - .1"1„•"-None is genuine unless " George Franks, Blackfriars. 'at (o , l fygraved on the Government Stamp attached to each bottle Mowing Testimonials are selected from amongst numerous "lah_ others forwarded to Mr. Franks. - " u 7416.'„„" nenry Green, Esq., F.R.S., one of the Council of the .ess-070eresurfSurgeonS.Su Cell to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Surgery in King/ k ege, London. 441411;Z:elini,_an,e _trial of M . r. I. ran s s Solution of Copaiba, at St. rpitai, in a variety of cases of . discharges in the male 0.2 rey„Z i and the results warrant my stating, that it is an effica. or ‘4Paaiba. nd one which does not produce the usual unpleasant k 4 .4 (Signed) ...JOSEPH HENRY GREEN. kik nealn's.lnn.fields, April 15, 1835." 1'i1eg..„ 31 ',..): Cooper F.sq ,F R.S., one of the Council of the Royal .;°etiir e w nnrgeons, London' ; Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and u. i ht je r loo Anatom fritti-el;.,oh?k-ft.ce..aLitspb,ly.eyso.uotpe_e i r n Y p' h re e s a e . t . i t i n ts g h t i r s s compliments to Mr. Oro. Franks, t'mon to the efficacy of his So. jr i !! 4ln Go . norrhrea, tor which disease Mr. Cooper has rie, 44 7oolution in ten or twelv e cases with perfect success. Ni l AI yet. Aprill3„ 1535." ez",,!,ier Tweedie, Esq., Surgeon to the ti Met s ropolitan Free 14,,?!tr Carey.street, Lincol n 's Inn . fi eld s . all Zed y 0,7 .194—1 4 —1 have notes of six cases, in which ' I have admi thit:' ahick .PrePration of Copaiba, for the cure of Gonorrhoea, in tb,:ac to „'.'Lne disease has been subdued in a shorter period of time ate.e s in g to . the ordinary plans hitherto made use of. Besides 1..!Fe1l at the r e!' ed it in several in. I have taken notes, I have tri . ass nand reville street Hospital, and am quite satisfied that it ng.7rlisth._trot over the urgent symptoms of Gon . orrhcea,rllieving ee botate mitigating the scalding in mir . ig water that! inst a ,7wrved In the usual methods of exhibiting copaina, lk - 'ned t o ,r only did it disagree with the stomach ; but in , th e is re it t. e i r elieno rather on the method of exhibition than there. fil ▪ e edrin or, on diluting it with a larger quantity of . w m atei & the h;_,ra th e ,Las e at once obviated, and the patient got well in ten day s an c ..,;•nk that he commenced taking the Medicine. I have no '" , er in which the discharge continued longer than ten days uotincing this treatment. ‘s• " I am, dear Sir, your's verytruly, kb, ithin . (Signed) "ALEXANDER TWEEDIE." period of Tw Months upwards of Hundred Pal rle.a.ted with FRANKS'S SPECIFIC Three SOLUTION of Sp 'l2. 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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 diseases, 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, 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 a pplicable than in medical practice. 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WARK. --- In pursurnce of a requisition addressed to the High Bailiff of Southwark, by a number of inhabitant house holders, a public meeting was held on Monday at the Town-hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration the intolerable state of distress that at present existed throughout the country. The hall was completely filled. At one o'clock precisely John Holmes, Esq., the High. Bailiff of the town and borough of Southwark, took the chair, and stated that he had called the present meeting in consequence of a requisition which had been addressed to him, numerously and respectably signed. He trusted that the resolutions which they meant to propose would be of a character to reflect credit on themselves, and pro mote the great objects they had in view. —(Cheers.) The requisition having been read by the Town Clerk, Mr. B. ‘boon, M.P., said that he had been invited by the requisition to attend the meeting. He understood that they meant to propose an address to the Queen on the subject of the present disti-ess, and as one of the mem bers for the borough he would undoubtedly give them all the assistance in his power in relation to this subject. He also understood that there was another petition to be proposed to the meeting, but he could not pledge himself to support the prayer of it, not knowing its contents.—(Cheers.) Mr.BLACKMORE rose to pr o p ose th e first resolution. In the first place, he must congratulate them on the High Bailiff taking the chair at a meeting of the working , classes. He hoped such conduct would long be remem bered by the working men. Let them but unite with the middle class, and they might bid defiance to all the efforts of the aristocracy.—(Ch eers. ) Th ey h a d nothing to hope from the aristocracy. They had only to look to the way in which the deputation from Paisley had been treated to be convinced that they must trust to them selves for a remedy. The distress in that town was ex treme, yet, when the deputation waited on a Noble Duke for the purpose of having tl matter brought before her Majesty, that individual refused to receive them.—(Cries of " Shame I") The feeling of the people of Southwark was now aroused, and they were now setting an example to every other part of the country. There was not one of the working men that (lid not feel the evil effects of the Corn-laws, yet they all knew that if the working men had had a voice in the Government, these things would never have taken place.—(Cheers.) He hoped the cry begun in Southwark would be raised in every other part of the country, and that the Queen's Ministers would be compelled to alter those laws under which the nation was at present suffering.—(Cheers.) Every working man had the same feelings as an aristo crat, and was equally anxious to provide for his family. There were now eight millions of working men who, ab staining altogether from intoxicating liquors, were anxious and willing to improve the condition of their children, by training them up in those habits of sobriety which con duced so much to the comfort of the working man. Every encouragement, therefore, ought to be given him to continue in this path, and nothing could so much tend to this as to afford him a cheap and plentiful supply of food. He begged, therefore, to propose the resolution which he had before read.—(Cheers.) Mr. limacic. seconded the motion. _ _ _ Mr. SPURR spoke in support of the resolution, from a conviction that the distress was not local in its character, but general, and not only general in reference to the nation, but felt by all classes of society throughout the empire. He believed that the distress was to be attri buted to the cause mentioned—in the resolution—to no thing less than to class legislation.—(Cheers.) Would the repeal of the Corn-laws remove the distress ?—(Cries of " Yes, yes," drowned in loud shouts of " No.") They might repeal the Corn-law, but its repeal, unaccom panied by other measures, would injure the working dasses.—(Cheers and cries of "No.") That law was passed by a House of Commons composed nearly of the same classes as the present. If they ever hoped, then, to see the law repealed, they must be able to send men into the House willing to do justice to all without in jury to any.—(Cheers.) The distress was no doubt to be attributed to class legislation, and the present Corn law was only one of the evils of that system of Go vernment. From the time of George I. to that of George 111., during the reign of the three Georges, no less than 9,000,000 acres of waste land, on which the people had been accustomed to feed their geese and pigs, had been taken from them by Enclosure Acts. This was another of the evils of class legislation. Thou sands had been thrown out of employment by the intro duction of machinery, and the cry of a repeal of the Corn-laws had been raised because it was said it would give employment to and better the wages of the working classes, but as the wages were regulated by the demand for labour the effect of a repeal of the Corn-laws would rather be to reduce the wages than otherwise, inasmuch as a great portion of the people thrown out of employ ment in the agricultural districts would flock to the ma nufacturing towns in search of employment.—(Cries of " No, no," and "Yes, yes.") A Parliament elected by Uni versal Suffrage would reduce the hours of labour, and afford the working men time for the cultivation of their minds. Gentlemen might raise subscriptions to relieve the distress, but the working classes did not seek charity. They wished for justice.—(Cheers.) The time was com ing when all opposition would give way. Let them, then, not swerve, but stand to their principles—the Char ter and no surrender.—(Great cheers.) For these reasons he begged to support the r eso l ut i on .—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. APSLEY PELLATT, in moving the adoption of the address to her Majesty, said that, although he could not go the length which the meeting seemed inclined to go in the work of reform, he hoped they would not re fuse his assistance and that of others merely on the ground that they did not go the full length of the Chartists—(Uproar, and cries of " Yes.") In his opinion, class legislation- had entailed injuries on the country, which required a speedy remedy. He would not go into details ou this head, but would only refer to Sturges Bourne's Act, as a proof of the injustice of class legisla tion. By that Act, the right of voting was proportioned entirely to a man's property, and under it a proprietor might vote at the election of guardians for the poor by merely sending his proxies. He believed that if the working classes had had a fair share-in the Government such things -would not have occurred ; but though he was in favour of an extension of the Parliamentary suffrage, he could not go to the extent of universal suf frage.—(Groans.) He was satisfied that they ought to have either household suffrage or (Shouts of disap probation and great uproar, amid which Mr. Spurr stepped forward, and entreated them to give the gentle man a patient hearing. Let them hear what his argu ments were.] He was of opinion that they ought to have either hoinieliold suffra ge o r some educational test of a person's fitness for exercising the franchise. He was willing to concede much for the sake of unanimity. He said so at their last meeting, and he was there to redeem his pledge. He was quite willing to lend his assistance to forward some inquiry into the distress which now over whelmed the country, and to point out the nature of it, since they could nor agree as to its cause. He agreed with a principle which he found laid down in the intro duction to Blackstone's Commentaries, " that the written law binds for no other reason than because it is approved of by the judgment of the people." If all written laws had passed in that spirit he verily believed that the Corn-laws would never have existed. Locke held that when the Legislature betrayed its trust, the people had the power of altering its Constitution. He agreed in opinion with those writers. There were many in stances in history of changes made of such a nature ;_ but at the same time he tho ug ht it w as the d u ty of every one to petition in a constitutional manner. He had another quotation which he wished to bring to their notice. Montesquieu observed, that if the Constitution perishes it will be whenever the legislative power be comes more corrupt that the executive. He really be lieved they were in that condition at present. He be lieved that there was no instance in the history of any country in which the right to vote was so basely pur chased as it was in England during the last election. If they had a virtuous Parliament they would have a virtu ous people, but it required a virtuous people to make a virtuous Parliament. Let them look, therefore, to the education of their children. There were Sunday schools —(Laughter)—and he would be glad to see other schools to which the children of the working classes could be sent to be educated. The speaker then referred to a pamphlet entitled, " Clerical Conformity, by the Rev. J. Spencer, M.A., Curate of Hinton, near Bath," in support of his views on Church Reform, and on an equal distri bution of the wealth of the Church. If this were adopted the fund arising therefrom would enable the people of England to abolish all Church -rates, all Poor rates, together with all compulsory charity. The writer of the pamphlet also stated that he was favourable to an extended Suffrage, and the Vote by Ballot.—(Cheers.) In all these points he agreed with the writer, because he knew that they could not have a reform in the State without having a reform in the Church. 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Sold by most respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country ; to be had Wholesale of Edwards, 67, St. Paul's, London. ON THE NEW BARRACKS, PRO POSED TO BE ERECTED IN THE MANU FACTURING DISTRICTS, BY THE PRESENT G OVERNMENT. " Unfetter our trade, let us work and eat," Is ringing throughout the land ; Our artisans, starving, prolong their lives From Charity's feeble hand. " There is plenty of food, tho' for want ye die ; More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. Our merchants and traders are failing fast, And the banks they are shakin g too ; No hope does appear that the sky will clear, Wherever we turn our View. Whilst our ships in our harbours rotting lie, • " More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. Our workmen have industry, energy, skill; No favour unjust seek they ; No foreigner's rivalry would they fear, If fairly their trade had play. But whilst for their rights they peacefully try, " More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. Our Army, as ever, is gallant and true, For Britain thro' blood they would wade ; But, remember, the source of our glory and power, Our Navy, is nursed by our Trade ! Whilst patriots true o'er our danger sigh, " More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. As selfishness, sure, is a private vice, So monopoly's public sin ; Our arms at present keep foes at bay, Our ruin it comes from within ! Hark, hark " Down, ye murmurers, quietly die ! More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. BERANGER, JUN. view to the immediate relief of your Majesty's suffering people, to instruct your Majesty's Ministers immediately to convoke the Parliament, and to convey to it your Ma jesty's gracious wish that the corn and provision laws should be at once taken into consideration, with a view to their repeal. " We also humbly pray your Majesty at the same time to instruct your Majesty's Ministers to introduce into the Commons House of Parliament a bill for the enact ment of the principles contained in the People's Charter." Dr. BEDFORD said he was glad to say that meeting had given the lie to its opponents, for it was proved that no aid from the police was necessary.—(Cheers.) It was a peaceable and quiet meeting, creditable to the working men. He for one was not, disposed to shake a rod at the Government, but he would ask what would become of the army and navy if all the working men with hungry bellies were to declare that they would have justice ? (Loud cheers.) If it had• not been for the press, what would they have known of the disgraceful conduct of the Duke of Wellington in reference to the Paisley deputation ?—(Groans and hisses.) The same press would now diffuse to the whole country that South wark had had a large meeting, and a quiet meeting—a meeting that needed no aid nor overlooking from the police.—(Hear, hear.) He confessed he could not go the entire length to which some present were disposed to go, and he had had some difficulty, especially with the last clause of the address, but he had waived his scruples. After deprecating all disunion and differences of opinion among Reformers, Dr. Bedford proceeded to say that distress was unquestionably attributable to class legisla tion.—(Hear, hear.) While that existed, there would be no remedy for the evils. With respect to Universal Suffrage, he believed that property would always have a certain weight in society, and if Universal Suffrage were adopted to-morrow, property would have the sway.— (No, no.) Let him not be misunderstood ; by that he meant to say that property would have a sufficient pre ponderance to counter-balance any evils that might arise from Universal Suffrage.--(Cheers.) Mr. Pa RKElqa working man) said the gratitude of the meeting was particularly due to their revered and vene rated High Bailiff, who presided over them that day. Much had been said about the extravagance that had been ex hibited by the Chartists at various public meetings, but he would take occasion to say, that that extravagance, if such it was to be called, was exactly similar to that which was exhibited by the middle classes at the time the Reform Bill was in progress. They had met there with the view of bettering their condition.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He, for one, stood before them an evidence of the evil effect of the want of political power, for he was a journeyman tailor, who in vain had sought for employ ment. There were 15,000 journeymen tailors, of whom there were 9,000 out of employ, and 6,000 in par tial employ ; and the result was, that the 9,000 were continually knocking at the doors of the 6,000, and en deavouring to gain the work. They (the working men) did not want the property already acquired by others, but they wanted a fair protection for their own labour. He, as a working man, indignantly repelled the insinua tion that they wished to grasp the property of others— (Cheers)—it was true they wished to acquire property of their own to maintain, educate, and clothe their chil dren, but they had no design- of spoliation.—(Hear, hear.) All they desired was equal privileges with other classes.—(Cheers.) Mr. WILSON was glad to see that differences of opinion had been merged. He was convinced that all the points of the Charter were good and necessary ' • but, as they never could get half a.dozen men to think exactly alike on all the details of,;any one subject, those minor points ought not to be absolutely insisted upon. Mr. RIDLEY proceeded to say'that he agreed with the address as.far as it went, and gave an account of the distress - existing among the people as it had fallen under his own eye while' traversing the counties of Essex and Sussex. It had been said, and propagated widely too, that the country was over-populated. No such thing. There was enough of landt,to maintain five times the population. The speaker then proceeded to condemn the system of large farms, and contended, as we un derstood, that if the land were divided in allotments of five or six acres, the occupiers would be far happier. If the Charter were the law of the land, these things would be remedied. If that were the case the workingmen would not seek to become aristocrats or non-producers, but laws would be passed that would give a man a living from his labour, and then capitalists would find it to their interest to goiland in hand with their men. All the miseries and suf ferings endured by working men were produced by class legislation. The legislators were aristocrats, and was it to be supposed they would make laws to injure them selves ?—(Hear, hear.) Look at the increase of gaols and poor-houses I In 1792 there were but forty-three pri sons in the country, and now there were from 140 to 150. —(hear, hear.) There was no hope for the people until the Charter should become the law of the land. The HIGII BAILIFF then put the Address, which he declared to be carried unanimously. It was proposed by Mr. SPURR, that as the Address contained a request that the Queen would be pleased to summon Parliament immediately, it would be necessary to forward the Address immediately through the Secre tary of State, and a resolution was carried that the High Bailiff do present the Address to the Secretary of State to be placed in the hands of her Majesty. " Mr. MAYNARD (a Chartist) then rose to move the adoption of " the national petition," which he read at length. (The formidable extent of this document precludes its admission into our columns.) After reading the peti tion Mr. Maynard begged to move its adoption, and that the Members for the borough be requested to present the same to the House of Commons. Mr. JEANS seconded the motion. Mr. HEARNE was announced to speak amid much up roar and cries of " No secretary to the Corn-law League." When silence was obtained, he said he rose to submit a petition somewhat different from that proposed, in many of the points of which he could not agree. It was as serted in that petition that Prince Albert had an allowance of 1041. per diem, when the fact was that it was only 721—(Great uproar.) Again he asked why it was they had not mentioned the salary of the Queen Dowager, who received upwards of 2731. every day. Was there an alliance between the Chartists and the Tories, that the salary of this lady had not been mentioned in the petition ? After stating the several points which he ob jected to in the national petition, he, amid much confu sion, proposed a petition, which stated that the distress was to be ascribed to the Corn and other restrictive laws, and praying that the Charter might become the law of the land. The adoption of the amended petition was then put to the meeting, bnt only four hands were held up in its favour. The National Petition was then put and carried by a great majority. On the motion that the Members for the borough be requested to support the prayer of the National Petition, Alderman HUMPHERY said that he could not agree to such a motion, for though he approved of some parts of the petition, there were other parts of it which he could not approve of.—(Groans and interruption.) He had waited until every person had spoken, and they ought to hear what he had got to say. He said that there were allegations in the petition which were not true—(Great uproar)—one of which was that certain men had been tried by packed juries. He did not believe they had been so tried.—(Oh, oh.) The juries in this country were pure.—(Renewed groans.) He would like to ask any working man whether he would not rather be tried by a jury chosen from the aristocracy than one chosen from his own class.—(" No, no.") The petition prayed for the repeal of the Union with Ireland—(Hear. hear) —to that he could not consent.—(Uproar continued.) He had lived long enough to remember the anarchy which had been caused in the time of the French Revo lution— A Voice in the Meeting—By what? Alderman HumpuEny—By the same system which the Chartists of the present day sought to establish. — (Groans and hisses.) Mr. SPURn begged the meeting to be quiet. " Be," said he, " still as death." Alderman HulltriiEnY—Tf they had the Charter it would not be long before they were as still as death.— (Uproar.) Much confusion here ensued ; the Chartists persisted in drowning the Hon. Gentleman's voice by screechings and howlings of the most varied description. Amidst the din we understood him to contend against the principle of the division of land into small allot ments. Suppose, said he, the land were divided as you require into small portions of five or six acres to each person. Well, each man marries, begets children, say five or six, or seven ; these children have an equal right, each and every one of them, to an allotment as well as the sire. Suppose, then, it were admitted that five or six acres would support a family in comfort, how would the subsequent subdivision among the children answer the same purpose ? What would then be the condition of the children, and of their children ?---(Hear, hear, and Chartist yells.) Among other absurdities it had been objected that eight millions of waste land had, during the reigns of the Georges, been taken into cul tivation for the benefit of the people.—(Great uproar, and cries of " No, no 1" during which Mr. Spurr denied that that had been his argument. The greatest part, he said, remained uncultivated, and much of that which was in cultivation was compulsorily worked by the paupers in the union workhouses, at the command of gentlemen and noble lords.) But he (Mr. Alderman Ilumphery) wanted to know how much of that land had actually c rN o vf i h i r t i :u smt s i i i ( C : l n ogns l : i i e na r uh e idn b gh a o ffl ho e cti s -s. been thrown into profitable cultivation. Why, e i g h t millions of acres had been cultivated for the benefit of discord, and effec tually of the people.--(" Prove it, prove it.") If the small al lotment system were carried into effect, nut three months would elapse before large farms would again exist.- -(Tremendous uproar.) He would exhort them to go MAYNARD withdrew his re solutionhome and reflect, and would recommend those who could s ß ie o i , Hbne pre-eminenceoxensme.. execrations, i ( te r i r mo h nb e s e, remarks ; he therefore retired.) that the members " be requested to I r a nu e l g l a aA d ls d l t c s iopcodrrnrsieettpe:ttnedihnodentet prevented confusion, to e thir l s prayer of the petition , " and substituted a motion t t that e Mr. B. Wood only be requested to give it his u ort. The din that prevailed at the conclusions tl" meet ting prevented us from vouching for of the bthe accuracy of anything that transpired. The business concluded at about a quarter past five. We understand that Government have deter mined upon offering a reward for the discovery of the persons who set fire to the premises at Chitton, Berk shire, on the 22d of November last. PRICE 5d AMERICAN NEWS ARRIVAL of the GREAT WESTERN. BRISTOL, TUESDAY MORNING. This splendid vessel arrived at Bristol at half past ten o'clock last night, after a remarkably fine passage (considering the season of the year) of a little over 13 days. She brings 30 passen gers and 500,000 dollars. By this arrival we have received our usual files of North and South American papers, the date being from New York to the 23d ult. There is no political news of importance. Such extracts as are of interest we subjoin. We copy the following letter, which is of later date than any of the papers received per Great Western, dated Hale's Newsroom, New York, 1 P.m., Nov. 23, the authenticity of which may be fully relied on : " DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION AT ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK. "By the Boston boat just in, I learn that a destruc tive conflagration took place on the evening of the 15th inst., at St. John's, New Brunswick. It swept away all the buildings on Market-street Wharf, and down to Whitney's Wharf, and from Prince William-street to the water, the new Market-house, &c. Large quantities of goods were placed in the Market-house for safety, but were afterwards destroyed. 40 vessels are stated to have been burnt, amongst them 5 ships. The fire was still raging when the mail left, so that you cannot have more particulars by the Great Western. "We hear that 75 buildings were destroyed, and as the wind was blowing a gale from W.S.W., it is feared that the destruction of property will be much greater than above reported ; as your folks the other side have much interest in St. John's, I have been at some pains to collect all the particulars I could get." A dreadful fire had also occurred at Vicksburg on the 10th of November, of which the Vicksburg Whig says:— "DESTRUCTIVE . CONFLAGRATION. TWO SQUARES BURNED, AND ABOUT THIRTY HOUSES DESTROYED. " We stop the press to announce the most destructive fire that has ever occurred in this city. It was disco vered about 12 o'clock last night in the kitchen of N. Droz, Esq., in Main-street, from which the flames spread with frightful rapidity, destroying in their course two entire squares, one on each side of Main-street, from Cherry-street to Locust-street. The wind was blowing a perfect gale, and the noble exertions of our gallant firemen were of but little avail, still all was done that strong arms and stout hearts could do to stay the pro gress of the destroying element. " At this late hour, wearied and worn down as we are, we connot pretend to state the amount of the loss, but it must be immense. We are unable to give the names of all the sufferers. The principal losers, however, must be W. H. Hunt and Co., furniture dealers, and the Messrs. Vough, of the Union Hotel." Lord Morpeth was at New York, and had been invited by the British residents and a number of influential citizens to a public dinner, to take place on Monday, the 28th ult., which, it was expected, would prove a grand affair, as the Governor of the State of New York and several other distinguished personages had expressed their intention of being present on the occasion. The celebrated Mr. Fenimore Cooper had been figuring in the Law Courts, in two actions for libel against the New York Morning Courier and Enquirer, for a review of his work, entitled Homeward Bound. One of these causes was tried on the 20th, but had ended in the Jury's being discharged without agreeing to any verdict, after being locked up from three in the after noon until half-past nine o'clock in the morning. Upon the second indictment the editor of the Enquirer had written a letter of apology to the attorney, upon which proceedings were stopped. The New York Journal of Commerce of the 20th of November says, " The Government of the United States has filed a bill in equity in the United States Circuit Court against the Bank of the United States, the object of which is to annul all the assignments made by the Bank as fraudulent, and to obtain the appointment of a receiver to take into his possession the funds of the in stitution." CANADA. The Canadian papers do not possess much interest. There was considerable anxiety expressed for the arrival of the new Governor-General, Sir Charles Bigot, and the papers were occupied with a variety of speculations as to his future policy and measures, the loyal party auguring the best from his appointment; while, on the other hand, the organ of the French party, the Aurore des Canadas, was indulging in a series of violent arti cles against Sir Robert Peel's Government, and endea vouring to stir up the Canadians against them. The Mon treal Messenger, of the 19th ult., states that rumours of Pa triot movements were growing rife. and that meetings of men, who were known to be disaffected, were said to be held in the country parishes. Fears had consequently arisen of a new series of troubles during the winter, but it was hoped that the lessons taught the insurgents, in 1837 and 1838, would deter them from any fresh outbreak. Much satisfaction was felt in the United Province that Mr. Murdoch, the Secretary to the late Lord Sydenham, and who had been to New York on his way to England, had been re-appointed Secretary to the new Governor- General. Mr. Murdoch had consequently returned to Quebec, where he was awaiting the arrival of his Excel lency. (From the Montreal Transit, Nov. 18.) MR. M'LEOD. To the great gratification of his numerous friends, Mr. M'Leod arrived here on Sunday last, looking 'tone the worse for his long captivity among the Yankees. Oa Tuesday he returned to Toronto, and after settling his affairs in this province, he will in December leave for England, where, no doubt, he will receive, in the words of the London Times, a " personal solatium for his twelve months' unjust imprisonment, as an indemnification for such a protracted term of cruel and arbitrary oppression." The Times, like the Canadian Journals, is of opinion that compensation should be demanded from the United States, the Government thereof having already clearly admitted that the imprisonment of Mr. M'Leed was un just —Niagara Chronicle. By the latest arrivals from ➢iexico, we learn that the aspect of affairs there had taken a decidedly pacific turn, Santa Anna having been confirmed in his authority, and the Convention which had been drawn up by the Junta having been agreed to by Bustamente. The Siamese, who are at war within Cochin China, had, by advices received at New York, gained a very considerable victory, a large force of the enemy having surrendered to them. (From the New York Express of Nov. 23.) MONEY MARKET. Since the sailing of the last steamer for Liverpool, there has been a considerable sensation in the Money and Stock Markets. The rate of Sterling Bills has con tinued so high, that there has been a constant drain for specie. With the exception of a limited amount of bills on Paris and London, received from the South, there have been but few legitimate bills offering. Most of the Ex change has been drawn against specie shipped to meet it. This has been the case until a few days since, when five of our principal banks appeared in the market, and offered any supply that might be wanted, at 110 on London, and 522 on France. The consequence has been, that private bills are plenty in the market at 1091 on London—and 525 on Paris. This will effectually check any further exports of specie. Indeed, since the banks appeared in the market as bill drawers , _ there has been no demand for specie. For three months past, the rate of Exchange has been so steadily against this country, that about five millions of dollars have been exported from this port alone, since the Ist of August last. Of this sum, the greater portion has gone to France, and mostly in silver. For a considerable time this export was not felt by the c banks, their supply b e in g most abundant ; but within the last month, there ha s been a considerable demand on the banks, which has bee n the p rinci p al cause of their ap pearing in the mark et as sellers of Exchange, and which has had the effect to check the ex p ort of s p ec ie. The banks, can w ith g reat safet y come to the reli e f o f the bill market , as t he bills from the S outh drawn against cotton shipped, will soon become abundant here. The cour se of shipments, of this great staple, cotton, has, so s ra o l u v th o e n r L n o p n o d rt o s n , , d t r o a m w far as funds are concerned, continued in this city. Ship cenew York, t their accep hen the Southern E banks were in t a p a n e n r d e s e t ahs lances. agents t l ll , e or p ii r i ienhrele:rl3,,ca when wit _ il ofn g a l and tgoodhrou through credit, them, a l l now the endorsement regulations days, b ut formerly. i s Withinnot in aas h h e i high st favourtwo a s were Southern made bank last three days, there hasi lit particularly within the and Illinois Stocks, and all other a serious fall in Indiana the influence of this aother State Stocks have felt have fallen to depression. thii The two Stocks men tionedty-five cents on a dollar, and this too' when the latter . State has always paid its interest regularly, and the former State has passed but one ha lf year. 'i lie depression of these Stocks, will seriously embarrass the S in tates paying their interest in Jan.next. The election in ' the State of Mississippi, has turned on repudiating the disputed bonds of the State, which are said to be fraudulently issued to the Union B ank, and the result, although not fully known, is considered to have gone in favour of repudiating the bonds. That the sub ject should be made a question, under any circum stances, has created quite a sensation with capitalists, and is undoubtedly one cause of the decline in Stocks. The f a ll trm'e is now very nearly over, and the result has been favouroble. A large number of merchants have visited the City, and have likewise selected a supply of goods. the sales for cash have been larger than usual. The internal trade ()Cour State is nearly closed, as the " d for the closing of our great Western Canal is period amount of produce, particularly of nearly at hand. The Flour, has been larger !his year than usual, the demand for our Eastern market and for export having increased. The stock on hand for the seroon is less than common. Flour has risen a dollar a barrel within the last four weeks, being no w $ 6 75, and Wheat being more than a corr esponding price. Coarse Grain, such as Corn, Rye, Barley, and Oat s, also have advance very materially. The high price of Flour particularly, which has a con trolling influence on all other Grain, is o,wing in a great d eg ree to tha high price in England, for N ;hich market purchases were made up to $ 6 50 . The proOsien mar -1 let coathmes depressed beyond all former p.:ecedent. MORNING SUN. 13ith Beef and Pork are selling at unpreeederaecily low prices, and without any prospect of speedy amendment:. The Cotton crop, it is believed, will far excised that of last year. The ruling prices are from Bto 10 cents. Although there has been no recent decline, yet the pre sent rate is full as low as it has stood at any period during the past year. Freights continue very much depressed. The prices at the South have kept so low, together with the sickness in several of the sea ports, that but little Cotton has reached the market. Ships consequently lay idle for want of freight. The banks in the whole country south and west of this continue to do business without redeeming their notes in spcie, and there is really as little prospect of a resump tion as there was two years ago. Exchanges on all plases south of this range from three to ten per cent. discount, and on Florida and Mississippi much more than this. Congress will assemble in two weeks. The great ques tion that agitates the country is the state of the currency. The President's Message is looked to with great interest. His hostility to a national bank hitherto has prevented the establishment of an institution of that description. The condition of the old United States Bank is one of complete ruin. The capital of the Bank is all gone— there is not a dollar left for all the stockholders, and the bills are selling at 40 per cent. discount. _ . • The Mutual Insurance Company declared on Saturday, a dividend of six per cent. on the renewed capital stock, payable after December 1. ILLINOIS BONDS.—We learn from the Sangamo Jour nal that the State Bonds belonging to our State Bank, which were deposited with Messrs. Nevins and Towns end, of New York, have been returned and placed in the Bank at Springfield. The most erroneous statements with regard to these bonds have been made by the Loco Foco papers.—Chicago American. The depositors in the Commercial Bank of Buffalo have received pretty nearly all the assets of the Bank for their deposits. The injunction on the Bank was served at Albany and New York on the same day (Monday), but owing to the absence of Mr. Starr, who had gone to Jamestown, the injunction was not served at Buffalo un til Wednesday—two days afterwards. The Buffalo paper contradicts all the rumours that the Chatauque County Bank had suspended ; and the Ro chester Democrat denies the story that the Rochester City Bank bad stopped. The Democrat says the Bank is doing its accustomed business, and is in a sound condition. There is more demand for Exchange on some parts of the South to-day, but the rate has not changed. There is a good deal doing in sterling bills to-day, at 1094 to 1091-, and the Banks draw at 110. On Paris the rate is 525, and bills abundant. At these rates no more specie will go. The weather is so stormy te-day that all out-door bu siness is suspended. The Great Western will take a large amount of bills to-morrow. SYRIA. Extract of a letter from Bey rout, dated Nov. 8, 1841:-- " We regret to say that business is wholly suspended here, owing to the disturbances in the Lebanon moun tains. A civil war is now being carried ,on between the Druse and Maronite population of a very destructive and barbarous nature. Much valuable property, as silk, &c., has been already destroyed, and if some means be not found to check the fire and devastation which mark the progress and the path of the Druse conquests and aggressions, it bids fair to utterly ruin the commercial resources of this part of Syria, and it is to be feared that the rebellion will spread to the north of Syria, where the population has been long disaffected. It is reported to-day that the Ansarica, who inhabit that mountainous district of country extending from Tripoli to Latakia, are now in arms; and it is expected a few days more will apprise us of some serious commotion in Aleppo and neighbourhood. The Turkish Government—at best, supine and venal—seem to look on with indifference (if, indeed, some one of the Pachas be not the promoter of the disturbances), and either dare not, or are not, de sirous to put an end to such a fearful and ruinous state of things. It may indeed be their policy to allow the population, which is much opposed to the Turkish rule on account of the oppressive nature of the new tariff, to waste its means and energy in feuds of the nature now existing, and when their strength shall be exhausted, they may hope to step forward, penetrate the mountains, and establish their venal and fanatical rule. They may succeed, but their success will be the ruin of commerce and the destruction of the already well-drained resources 'of the country. It cannot but be apparent to all, how unfit and incapable the Turks are of governing this country, and we hope the Foreign Powers, who have assisted and been the chief means of bringing about this state of things, will again unite and free the country from the imbecile rule they have wished to establish. It has been rumoured that the Consuls of some of the strongest Powers have proposed the return of Ibrahim Pacha as Viceroy of Syria; we fear anything hall so fortunate does not await this country. We learn dis turbances against the Christians in Damascus had been manifested, and that Nedgib Pacha had arrested sev en ty persons, and put them in prison as the leaders. Alto gether the country is in a much worse condition than we have ever known it." SURREY THEATRE. Mr. Phelps commenced an engagement here for a limited number of nights on Monday evening, and chose the character of Lucius Junius Brutus, in Howard Payne's tragedy of Brutus, for his debut before a Surrey audience. This character was written expressly for the late Edmund liean, then in the zenith of his fame, and in the full enjoyment of all his energies, and Kean at once made it his own. Since his death the tragedy has sel dom been produced, the stage possessing no actor qua lified to represent the arduous character of Brutus. This reason, however, no longer exists. Mr. Phelps is an ex cellent representative of Brutus ; since the days of liean there has been no Brutus at all approaching Mr. Phelps. His oration over the dead bo.ly of Lucretia was beautifully given ; his warm and natural style of eloquence contrasting most favourably with the monotonous syllabic declamation to which of late we have been too much accustomed. The whole of the two last acts was magnificent, from the first expression of horrible suspicion that his son may be a criminal in the fourth act, to the fearful condemnation of that guilty son, at the conclusion of the fifth, when the stern duty of the patriot has been fulfilled to the letter, the Roman be• comes humane, and the Consul softens into the man and the father—all was given with a truthfulness to nature which stamps Mr. Phelps as an actor of high genius. We hope frequently to see him in impassioned charac ters such as tkis, which give full scope for the exhibition of the play of the feelings. Ile was called for at the fall of the curtain, and loudly applauded. The drama of the Two Locksmiths followed. During its progress some persons in the gallery . raised a cry of" Fire, Fire! " and the whole house was in commotion. The pit was cleared in a few seconds ; the boxes were empty in almost as short a space of time ; and the rush to the gallery doors was terrific. All the actors came forward to the front of the stage, calling out, " Keep your places, there is no cause for alarm." The door-keepers also assured the flying audience that it was a false alarm, and prevailed on the greater part of them to return and await the con clusion of the piece. flow the cry originated it is im possible to say. It is, however, exceedingly probable, that some persons in the gallery may have perceived a light in the painting room over the theatre, where pre parations are going on for the pantomime, and not knowing that there was a work-room in that situation, may have imagined that the ceiling was on fire. Tho alarm spread outside with great rapidity, and in less than five minutes an engine was at the door, which, however, drove away when the firemen had ascertained how matters really stood. The neighbourhood of the house continued crowded during the whole evening. CAVANAGH, THE " FASTING IMPOSTOR." —This fellow is not. y.eetnsusfficiently recovered from the effects of his nine or ten days' partial abstinence from f o od in Reading gaol t wheel; nor has he yet o undergo the exercise of the cers of the prison, in been allowed by the medical offi his stomach at eensequence of the weak state of " fasting " worthy, h present, to take any animal food. This however, is allowed two pints of pretty stiff gruel and four rounds of toast daily, with the addition, every alternate day, of a pint of soup. The whole of these allowances he regularly consumes, and with a capital appetite i he man aged to nto the bargain. Cavanagh admits tha t 1 k gull the publicpretty we ll outside of the gaol, uut that as soon as he P ot inside he expected to be " b ow l e d out. " Hi s hopes g were, that if ho could have contrived to keep up the deception for a week, the Magistrates would have been impressed with the be lief that he was not an impostor, and have therefore libe rated him. Before he was detected he was generally found in his cell upon his knees, a posture he has not since been once seen in. Tiernan, who acted as a sort of showman to the " fasting" knave, and who is incarce rated in the same prison, s t a tes that when the fellow ex hibited himself in Dublin as " a miracle," he received as much as 20/., and sometimes NI. a day, from the hun dreds of visitors who flocked to see him. It does not ap pear that Tiernan was wholly in Cavanagh's confidence. He says he never saw him eat while he was with him, bet he always had his suspicions that " he got some grub by the sly." How the impostor managed, when he was locked and sealed up in London for eleven day s , to be able to leave his place of confinement, in appa rently good health, still remains a mystery, especially a only nine or ten days' partial a bstinence in Readin g gaol completely " did him over," and nearly cost him his life. Letters have been rec eived at the p rison from two pro fessional gentlemen (one from Abingdon and the other from London) evidently in search of practice, offering their services to the p risoner, and g uaranteein g to bear him harmless from all costs and expenses, in r osece ting an action against the Ma y or of Reading,prosecu ting part of Cavanagh, for fals e imprisonment. vthe h on anything will arise out of this, u p on hie li be ration, ether re mains to be seen. [ADVERTISEMENT.] The Beauty of the Teeth is certainly a of high consideration. Te e m in g , as is the subject with useful and elegant discoveries, there has age, auxiliary Rowland's nated from scientific research a more important" not ema of manly grace and female beauty, than Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice. This valuable and elegant appendage of the Toilet is a preparation the most balsamic nature, and, as a purifier from e xo ti cs o f embellisher s ~ and preserver of the Teeth and Gum a ny Dentifrice of the age. It is at is unequalled by P and the Nobility, and is strongly ronised by Royalty recommended by h e most eminent of the faculty. t MR. VVAKLEY AND TAM CLERGY.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest on Friday last, at Nor wood, Middlesex, on the body of an infant found dead in bed. To this inquiry the Rev. Frank Hewson, incum bent of Southall, being summoned as a juror, and pro bably thinking that the lion. Coroner was about to try a point of law with him, attended, but on the Rev. Gen tleman expostulating with Mr. Wakley, he was informed that he was exempt; the Coroner adding, however, that till the passing of a recent J ury A c t, no p ers on in the kingdom, with the exception of the Chief Justice, wa free from attending as Crewner'sjaryraen BRILLIANT CHEAP LIGHT. 40BINSON'S PATENT LAMPS, to Burn tac o f I LLUMINATIVE NAPTHA, an economic substi -110 I gas, oil, or candles, require little trouble in trimming., kv::'°l7,, or any attention whilst burning, consume their Ltd ' ln °ke, are free from grease, dirt, or sparks, never . chill, D att ' 4o t liable to be out of repair. A post franked circular of (f re " l o, with prices, will be sent, by forwarding the address V ei to H. M. Robinson and Co., 19, Minories. Aldgate. tiltaPtlia sent regularly to order. Agencies and Licenses Dealers supplied. L AT ENT FIRE-PROOF SAFES.—C. ot th . 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