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't ~~ r-. ~~~ ; _~ - - Ailtrz‘ / L •e,( . , c • 5 „. ,..74Hr g 71 " ° 4 1(• / • N., 4AV • ••••,:!. -r- ok 5 ... 11119*.v f r,1 4 ‘, • iv-, - 4111111 L., .y-" fg- \ 'lll • L Tvr y,lT - Yr,/ 1-• - ,D.R orr , • nrm.r/RPM - /./Z M ORNING EDITION. SCOTCH BANKS. MORNING EDITION CALEDONIAN ASYLUM, In c orporated for SUPPORTING and EDUCATING the CHIL DREN of SOLDIERS, SAITIORS, and MARINES, NA - I IVES of SCOTLAND, who have died or been disabled in the service of their Cetintrv, and of Indigt-nt Scotch Parents, resident in London, not entitled to parochial relief. The TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY FES TIVAL of this PISTI fUTION will take place at the Free masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, on TUESDAY, the 1 lth May. THE CHISHOLM, President of the Highland Society, In the Chair. STEWA EDS. His Grace the Duke of ArgylllJames Adam Gordon, Esq. The Hon. Fox Manle, M.P. IJames Brodie Gordon, Esq. The Hon. Charles Hope, M.P. Captain John Hine The .Hon. Cha r l es A . M urray ' Henry Longlan d s, E sq . John Boucher, Esq. James Mackie, Esq. Andrew Clark, Esq. Thomas Murray, Esq. William Dallas, Esq. Andrew Murray, Esq. Captain W. H. Duff Alexander Milne, Esq. Captain Charles Forbes William James Maxwell, Esq. 'John Forbes. M.D.,:F.R.S. Samuel Pocock, Esq. Hugh Fraser, of Newton, Eq. James Walkinshaw, Esc. Rev. Alexander Fletcher George Young, Esq. Commodore Sir CHARLES NAPIER, K. C. 8., has kindly promised to countenance this National Charity with his presence on this occasion. Dinner on Table at Six o'Clock precisely. Ticke's, 20s. each, to he had of the Stewards; of the Di rectors ; at the Bar of the Tavern ; and of the Secretary, at the Institution, Copenhagen-fields, Islington. JOHN LEES, Secretary. BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY, for the ABOLITION of SLAVERY and the SLAVE TRADE throughout the WORLD. •The ANNUAL MEETING of this SOCIETY is to be held in Exeter Hall on FRIDAY, May 14, 1841. The Chair will he taken at Eleven o'Clock precisely; the Doors will be opened it Ten. J. H. TREDGOLD, Secretary. Tickets or admission- may be obtained, on application at Harvey and Darton, 55, Gracechurch-street ; Edmund Fry, 4, Rishonate-street ; Hatchard and So n , 187, Pi cca dilly ; Nisbet and Co. ' Berners-street ; J. Clark, 13, Aloorgate street ; Th omas Ward and Co., 27, Paternoster-row ; Joseph Starry and Son, 156, High-street, Borough; and at the So ciety's Office, 27, New Broad-street. VOLONI AL SOCIETY . V The COMMITTEE o f MANAGEMENT of the CO LONIAL SOCIETY having under their consideration the Financial Measures of her Majesty's Government, proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, relitive to Colonial Pro duce, feel it to be their duty to call a MEETING of the MEMBERS at large, pursuant to the authority given to them by the 23d Rule of the Society, and they therefore request that the Members will assemble at the Rooms of the Society on THURSDAY, the 6th instant, at Two o'clock precisely, to take into consideration the best measures to be adopted on this occasion. li y order of the Committee, JULIUS LE SOUEF, Secretary. Colonial Society's House, 15, St. James-square. 4th May, 1841. PRAYER BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY. The TWENTY-NINTH GENERAL ANNUAL MEET ING of the above-named Society, will be held on THURSDAY, 6th May next, at Free-Mason's Hall, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, (when fixed propositions will be spoken to, 12y appointed speakers). The Right Hon. Lord BEXLEY, President, will (D. V.) take the Chair, at Twelve o'Clock precisely. Also, on the evening of the same day, the TWENTY NINTH ANNIVERSARY SERMON of the said Society, will be preached in the Parish Church of St. Dunstan's, Flea street, by the Rev. A. R. L. DALLAS, Chaplain to the Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Winchester, and Rector of Wons ton, Hams. Divine Service will commence at Half- it Six o'i ENJ AMIN EDGINGTON, Marquee, Tent, Flag, and Rick Cloth Manufacturer, 2, Duke street, London-bridge, and 208, Piccadilly. " Every hour, every minute of Lerd Snowdon's time was now occupied in preparations for the reception of the Royal t arty. Gunter was forthwith called into council ; Edgington was summoned in the tent and marquee department."—Love and Pride, vol. ii., p. 77. Marquees and Tents, withboarded floors, and tastefully lined, suitable for royal and noble parties, or fetes of the most exten sive and brilliant character, may be had at the above esta blishment. A Warehouse at 208, Piccadilly. Address at full length, Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. WILKINSON'S ANTI- CORROSION PAINT. REMOVED from 63, Upper Thames-street, to 54, WATLING-STREET, near Queen -street, Cheapside. J. R. WILKINSON particularly recommends his Paint to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, who wish to paint their houses of Roman cement, stucco, or brick walls, as a preven tive to damp or sea spra y in exposed situations; it will not blister or peel off as common pa i nt. On tiling, to represent slating, iron hurdles, roofs, conservatories, hot-houses, fences, farm, or any out-buildings, it will last four times as long as common paint. It is so simple in its use, that any labourer can lay it on. To ship-owners for their decks, bottoms of ves sels, &c., it will be shown, as well as to the public, to be supe rior to any paint in use, by testimonials of its lasting fourteen years on wood and houses, twenty years on iron (see the South wark-bridge). The public are particularly guarded in giving their orders for Wilkinson's Anti-Corrosion Paint, that no ether colour may be imposed upon them for his. A liberal allowance to the trade. COTTLE'S GRANULES, or grains de santil ; fibrous particles for mixing in the food of chil dren and adults, and insuring a daily action on the bowels by an operation totally mechanical and not medicinal. They form an effectual substitute for physic, are of an agreeable spicy taste, and act on the principle of bran bread, with an effect that renders them valuable to all, and in valuable to children. In Is. lid. packets, with a synopsis on thesr qualities, by a Surgeon. Hannay and Deitrichsen, 63, Oxford-street, and all Chemists. FEAVER'S INFALLIBLE EINIBROCA TION, for GOUT, RHEUMATISM, &c., &c. Public attention is requested to the following Letter addressed by Thomas Schofield, Esq., to the Editor of the " Morning atronicle":— SIR.—As I am sure you will be happy to promulgate any thing that will benefit your fellow-creatures, I confidently send pat the followinr, statement of an ext raor di nary cure from a violent att ac k of that dreadful malady the Gout, which I Lave obtained by mere accident, feeling assured you will give it publicity in your widely-circulated paper. I was attacked with it for the third time on Saturday night, the 31st of May last, and suffered the most dreadful agony till the following Wednesday, when I war, recommended to apply to a Mr. Feaver, woollen warehouseman, Friday -street, Cheapside, for a bottle of Embrocatioa for the Gout—a remedy discovered by his father, and by which, I was told, he had cured himself. At that moment my sufferings would have induced me to apply anything ; I therefore obtained a bottle of this Embrocation, for which I paid 6s. 6d., and applied it immediately ; and to my delight and astonishment, in one hour the intense pain ceased, in two days I could walk, and at the end of one week the gout had entirely left me. I have no doubt but for this remedy I should have had at least six weeks of suffering, as 1 hail in former attacks. I am indueed to take this step solely for the benefit of the thousands who are victims to this distressing disease (and for which, until now, it has been said there was no cure) that they may know where to obtain the same relief. Of Mr. Fearer, the proprietor, I know no thi ng, h av i ng seen him but once, when I called to thank him for the benefit he bad been the means of conferring on me; and finding he had never made this invaluable discovery publicly known, I resolved at once to make known my cure to you, and I trust through you to my fellow -sufferers. It is much to be regretted that Mr. Feaver does not imme diately publish it. It cannot fail to prove beneficial in a large degree to himself, while at the same time it would be con ferring a great blessing on thousands of our suffering brethren. However, I feel myself bound to give publicity to my own cue in every possible way ; and I consider, by inserting this in your columns, you will lie doing a much greater good than usually results from whole pages of matter contained in some of our daily journals. I remain, Sir, &c. TOMAS 52, Low er Th ames -street, and 1 H 2, MarlboroughSCHOFlELD. - place, Old Kent-road, July 6, 1840. May be obtained of most of the respect able wholesale and retail chemists and patent medicine vendors in the United Kingdom ,of the proprietor, Mr. Feaver, Friday-street, Cheap side ; and art the Depot, 135, Strand, corner of Wellington street. FR ANICS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF The diffk T COPAIBA. 3OLUTI( ent ingredients contained in FRANKS'S SPECIF IC rir OF COPAIBA, are those advised by the most practi_ cal and s' ientifie in the profession, but, by a peculiar chemical pro cess so c (impounded that each drug greatly increases the efficacy of the otb er. Thi', invaluable Medicine is recommended in the public and pri vate practice of SIR ASTLEY P. COOPER, Bart. F.R.S. SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE, Bart,, F. R.S. JOSEPH HENRY GREEN, Esq. F. R.S. BRANSBY B. COOPER, Members of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and many other highly distinguished members of the medical profes sion, by whom it is deemed the only Specific for the cure of those diseases to which it is more immediately applicable. The testimony of these gentlemen cannot tail to convince every reflecting mind that FRANKS . S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA is not only in every essential what it professes to be, but Is considered a most valuable addition to those legitimate and adopted Medicines daily prescribed by the faculty. FR ANKS'S SPECIFIC SO LU'l lON OF COPAIBA is proved to be the most effectual, safe, and speedy remedy for the cure of G ONORRHCEA, (SLEETS, all URETHRAL DISCHARGES, FLUOR ALIiUS SPASMODIC STRICTURE, IRRITATION of the KIDNEYS,' BLADDER, URETHRA, and PROSTATE GLAND ; its purifying effects upon the general health renders itparticularly applicable in al cases of relaxed fibre and nervous debility. The mos delicate persons may take it with perfect safety. Prepared only by George Franks, Surgeon, his, Blacktriars.road. London, and ;nay be had of all wholesale and retail Medicine-venders In CAVTI the United Kingdom, i n B o ttl es at 2s. 9(1., 4s. 6d ., and I I s . eac h , road ON. None i s genuine unless "George Franks, Blackt r i ars . ," is engraved Li the Government Stamp attached to each bottle. The following Testimonials are selected from amongst numerous others forwarded to Mr. Franks. From Joseph Henry Green, Esq., F. R.S , one of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Sureon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Profeasor of Surgery in King's College, London. 1 . I have mane trial of Mr. Franks's Solution of Copaiba, at St. Thdomfemaleas's Hoc pital, i n a variety of cases of discharges in the male an, %aid the results warrant my stating, that it is an ctlica. clams effects of i;sip remely, aiba. and one whi c h does not produce the usual unpleasant (Signed) "JOSEPH HENRY GREEN, si4s, Line°ln's-Inn.lields, April 15, 1535." Prom 'Sransby Cooper, Egg., F.R.S. one of the Counc , l of the Royal College of Surgeons Londoa ; Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and Lecturer en Anatomy. lee. Mr.Bransby Cooper presents his compliments to Mr. Geo. Franks, Wad has great pleasure in bearing testimony to the efficacy of his So lution of Copaiba in Gonorrhoea, for which disease Mr. Cooper has rrescrib "New e -dstreet, t he Sol April 13,ution in ten Mls,"lv or twe ecases with perfect success. Irons Alexander Tweedie, Esq., Surgeon to thu Metropolitan Free Hospital, Carey-street, Li ncoln's Inn.fields. "MY DEAR SIR,-1 have notes of six eases, in which I Ititve admi. 'Watered Your preparation of CoNiba, for the cure of (lonisrhwa, in all of which the disease has been subdued in a shorter peritils of time than according to the onfinary plans hitherto made use of. Besides these cases of which I have taken notes, I have tried it in several in, Stances at the Greville street Hospital, and am quite satisfied that it potiesses a control over the urgent symptoms of Go rye r-flieving the discharge and mitigating the scaleing in making w a t er th at 1 Rave not observed in the usual methods of exhibiting Copaiba. In one instance only did it disagree with the stomach ; but in this it seemed to depend rather on the method of exhibition than on the re. !Rudy itself, for, on diluting it with a larger quantity of in S e nt be objection was at once obviated, and the patient got well in ten dr.ys from the time that he commenced taking the Medicine. I have not 'tad a case in which the discharge continued longer than ten days 'ter commencing this treatmen t. "I am, dear sir, your's very truly, Wit (Signd) " A LEX ANDER TWEEDIE . ,, Within a peri o d of 1 wo e Months upward s of Three Hundred Pa. tents aiere treated with It ANK 's SPFCIFIC SO f.UTION of COPAIBA, with perfect success, at th e a b ove M e t ropo li tan Hospi. apt etl tats, viz. St. Thomas' Guy's, and the Free Hospitals, by th e i r re- I s eSUrgeous, whoses Testimonials are given above. No. 15,1 2. CONTRACT FOR PARCHMENT, STATIONERY OFFICE, APRIL 29, 1841: THE COMPTROLLER of her MA JESTY's STATIONERY OFFICE is ready to re ceive TENDERS for different descriptions of PARCH ENTS required for the public service. Particulars of Contract may be obtained, and samples of the Parchment may be seen, at the Stationary-office, between the hours of Ten and Four. Tenders to be addressed to the Comptroller of the Stationery office, James-street, Buck'ngham-gate, and to be delivered by Twelve o'Clock on MONDAY, May 10, 1841, marked on the cover, " Tender for Parchment ;" after which day and hour no Tender can be received. CONTRACTS FOR RAISING MUD AND FORMING A BREAKWATER AT CHATHAM. _ DF.PARI MEN OF THE STOREKEEPER-GENERAL OF THE NAVY, SOMERSET-PLACE, APRIL 30, 1841. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of -the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 20th May next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with inch Persons as may be willing to Contract for 'RAISING and REMOVING MUD from the RIVER MEDWAY, and for FORMING a BREAKWATER opposite to her Majesty's Dock Yard at CHATHAM. The Conditions of the Contracts, and a Form of the Tender, may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad miralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Ten der for Works at Chatham," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter signed by a respon sible person, engaging to become bound with the person tender ing, in the sum of 3001. for the due performance of the Contract. TO SOLICITORS AND LAND AGENTS. ASURVEYOR of ;much experience in. the Surveying of Estates, for the purpose of Conveyancing, and Sales by Auction, begs to state that he Surveys Estates, for the above purposes, and gives highly finished plans of the mansion, scenery, and grounds, either coloured or lithographed, as may be preferred, on very reduced terms ; neatness, accu racy, and strict punctuality particularly attended to by the ad vertiser. References of the highest respectability given if required. Address, James E. 11Iacabe, 29, Castle-street, Holborn. HOTEL, TAVERN, AND COFFEE-HOUSE. In one of the most commodious situations in London, contigu ous to the principal Inns of Court. 9110 BE DISPOSED OF, by Mr. GAR DINER. The trade is of an unusuliy profitable des cription, and amounts to upwardsofs,ooN. per annum. It has been carried on by the present proprietor for several years, most be neficially. The promises are in good order, well arranged, and all held on lease at a low rent. The purchase money for lease, goodwill, and effects, will not greatly exceed 2,000/. Principals may obtain particulars of Mr. Gardiner, auc tioneer, 17, Hatton-garden. IMPORTANT TO THE STAMP RE that THE WEEKLY week a number more than equa 4 Examiners, or 5 St. James's Chronicles, or 5i Spectators, or 5i Mark Lane Expresses, or 51 Watchmen, or 5i John Bulls, or Observers, or 5i Eras, or 6 Globes, or 6 Standards, or 7 Records, or 7 Patriots, or The advantage to Adverti Office, 337, Strand. ADVERTISERS. TURNS for 1840 prove CHRONICLE publishes every I to 7 True Suns, or Britannias, or 8 Bell's New Messengers, or 9 Arguses, or 9 Evening Mails, or 9 Atlases, or 10 Planets, or 13 Ages, or 16 Shipping Gazettes, or 16 Evening Chronicles, or 29 Couriers, or 32 English Chronicles. isers is therefore obvious. PUBLICATIONS. THE NON-CONFORMIST will contain CORRECT REPORTS of the RELIGIOUS MEET INGS about to be held; for which purpose EIGHT ADDI TIONAL PAGES will be given. No. IV. Published this Day. Office, 4, Crane -court, Fleet street. This day is published, price 35., in cloth boards, DAWNINGS of GENIUS; or, the EARLY LIVES of SOME EMINENT PERSONS of the LAST CENTURY. By ANNE PRATT, Author of " The Field, the Garden, and the Woodland." London : Charles Knight and Co., 22, Ludgate -street. This day is published, in 2 vols. post Bvo., price 165., with a New Map of China, SKETCHES of CHINA, p ar tly d ur i ng an Inland Journey of Four Months, between Peking, Nanking, and Canton ; with Notices and Observations relative to the Present War. By JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Esq., F.R.S., &c., Late his Majesty's Chief Superintendent in China. London: Charles Knight and Co., 22, Ludgate-street. MR. GRANT'S NEW WORK. Now ready, DORTRAITS of PUBLIC CHARAC TERS ; or Sketches of the Most Distinguished Men of the Day. By the Author of " Random Recollections," " The Great Metropolis," &c. Lately published, by the same Author, 1. RANDONI RECOLLECTIONS of the HOUSE of COMMONS. Fifth Edition. 2. The GREAT METROPOLIS, 4 vols. Third Edition. 3. TRAVELS in TOWN, 2 vols. 4. WALKS and WANDERINGS in the WORLD of LITERATURE, 2 vols. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. In cloth Bvo., price 10s., FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY. By SAMUEL DICKSON, M.D. Late a Medical Officer on the Staff. " Dr. Dickson sets things in a clear light. In developing the Fallacies of the Faculty,' he has a rich material for his subject, and he has made au excellent and honest use of it. " Argos. _ _ _ If the eyes of the public be not opened to the nefarious practices of the apothecaries by these exposures, verily they deserve the treatment they receive at the hands of these cold blooded impostors."—Metropolitan Magazine. Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-court. The Fourth Edition, with import an t a dditi ons, price Sc. 6d. ATREATISE ON INDIGESTION : illustrating the Symptoms, Causes, Varieties, and Treatment of the prevailing Disorders of the Stomach and Liver, with Practical Observations on some painful Complaints originating in them, especially Nervous Affections, Tic Dou loureux, &c. By T. J. GRAHAM, M.D., &c. " We sincerely recommend it, and have long been convinced that such a work was imperatively called for."—London Medi cal Journal. " It is evidently the result of close attention to, and much experience in the subject. Mr. Abernethy spoke highly of it."—British Magazine. London : Published by Sinipkin and Co. Paternoster-row, and Hatchards, 187, Piccadilly. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, Seventh Edition, price 16s. 2. MODERN DOMESTIC MEDICINE; a comprehen sive Medical Guide for the Clergy, Families and Invalids, with a copious Collection of. Prescriptions, &c. " It is altogether deserving of permanent popularity."— London Weekly Review. 3. ON THE DISEASES OF FEMALES . A Treatise in which the subject is fully considered. With Cases and a Medical Glossary. Third Edition, price 11s. " It is an admirable performan ce , and should find a pl ace i n every family establishment." —Bath Herald. NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA. Just published, price ss. A PRACTICAL TREATISE on the CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, and their CONSE QUENCES. By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, And late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Core of Strieturesof the Urethra. .!ONTENTS, CHAPTER. I. Causes of Strictures. Divisions of Strictums. Symptoms resemble those of Stricture. Cossequences of Strictures. CHAPTER iv. Of tne Treatment of the Mala dies Consequen upon Stric ture. • CHAPTER 11. Of the Different Modes in practice for the Cure of Strictures, by the Rougie, tho Catheter, the Lunar Caustic, and Cutting In struments. The Author's Mode of Cure. APPENDIX. Cases Illustrative of the Su periority of the Author's Mode of Cure ever the Treat ment by the Bougie, Cathe ter, Lunar Caustic, and Cut. ting Instruments. CHAPTER 111. On the Diseases where the. Sold by liailliere, Medical E Simpkin and '.Marshall, rine-street, Strand ; Barlow, T ginale, Liverpool: and all Boot looliseller, 219, Regent-street; ners' •court ; Onwhyn, Cathe 3irmingham ; Ross and Night ;sellers in Town and Country. Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 3s. , and sent in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION ; addressed to those suf fering frsm the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold by Ralliere, Medica Bookseller, 219, Regent -street ; 59, Pall Mall; Sirange, 21, Paternoster-row; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand; 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin ; Duncan ,114, High-street, Edinburgh; and to be had of all Booksellers. The Work which is now resented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affec tions, which for some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost in difference, by the c , dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying that there is no member of society, by whom the book will not he found interesting, whe ther we consider such person to hold the relation of a PA.. RENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a CLERGYMAN. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho, from Ten till Three, and Five till Eight in the Evening; and Country Patients are re quested to he as minnte as possible in the detail of their cases, —as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, ge neral habits of hying, and occupation in life of the party ; the communication must he accompanied by the " usual Consulta tion Fee of 11.," without which no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; and in all cases. the most inviole t ble secrecy may be relied on. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1841. THE FIRST PUBLIC EXHIBITION o f MONSIEUR 11.10INAU'S PATENTED CLOCKS, which are kept in perpetual action, without winding up. The beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS, by CARY, with appro priate music, are exhibited at One o'clock, Half-past Four o'clock, and in the Evenings, after the MICROSCOPE, at Ten o'clock. The PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, and the numerous Works and Working Models, which display emi nent art, science, and ingenuity. The Diver, Diving Bell, Popular Lectures, and Experiments. Admission, One Shilling. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Will be OPEN for EXHIBITION on MONDAY, the 10th of May, 1841, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, RAYDON'S GREAT PICTURE of the GENERAL ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION, assembled in the Freemason's Hall, in June, 1840, THOMAS CLARKSON, Presidtga. The Artist has selected the interesting period when Thomas Clarkson delivered his solemn and impressive address at the opening of the Convention. The Picture contains 137 original Portraits. Admission, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence. THE KREMNITZ WHITE LEAD WORKS, BELVIDERE-ROAD, LAHBETH. The Proprietors of the above Works beg to offer to the Consumers of WHITE LEAD a very superior article in co lour and quality, at the following low prices, for prompt pay ment:—First Quality, 245. per cwt. ; Second Ditto, 225. ; Third Ditto, 20s..—Thc White Lead is made up in kegs, to suit Shippers and ethers. CARPETS. —LUCK, KENT, and CUM MING, CARPENTERS' HALL, 6ti, LONDON WALL, and 4, REGENTSTREET, CARPET MANU FACTURERS to her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, respectfully solicit the attention of the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, to their STOCK of BRUSSELS CARPETS. Be ing Manufacturers, they can supply a quality that can be relied upon, at prices hitherto unprecedented. • A large Assortment of Satin Stripe Tabourets, Damasks, Chintzes, and every requisite for furnishing, at their West End Establishment. A FEW WORDS TO THE OPPO NENTS OF THE CORN-LAWS. We trust that the Corn-law repeaters of Liverpoo. will not lose any time in assembling to express their satisfaction that her Majesty's Govern ment have determined to make the alteration of the Corn-laws a Cabinet question. What Minis ters have done is what the opponents of these laws have long and earnestly desired, and now that the Government has done its part, it remains for them to do theirs. No one can entertain a doubt, that the proposed change in these oppressive laws will be strenuously resisted by the class for whose be nefit they were enacted, and no one can indulge a hope of overcoming that resistance, without equally strenuous efforts on the part of those who have suf fered, and are still suffering from their baneful ef fects. We therefore earnestly call on the thousands of ,persons in this large community who regard these laws with just feelings of dislike, and who consider their repeal necessary for the prosperity of their own businesses, the comfort of their own families, and the well-being of the whole nation, to come forward and make a great and united effort to secure that consummation so devoutly to be wished. There is now an opportunity such as never occurred before, and such as may not occur again for many years, if it is now neglected, of doing something effectual on this al!- important subject. Those who refuse to exert them selves at this great crisis will richly deserve to endure all the evils which a continuance of the oppressive taxes on food must produce. If any thing can rouse men of all parties and classes to determined and persevering effort to free them selves and their country from the incubus which presses upon them, it will be the unparalleled state of suffering which exists at the present time, and has long existed, in every department of busi ness. We can fearlessly challenge any man to point out a single department of industry which is not, at the present moment, in the most deplorable state. Through the whole of the great cotton dis trict, which derives its supplies through this port, the mill-owners are working short time, and still arc unable to produce any thing like a revival in trade. The same state of things exists in ail other parts of the country, nor is there the slightest hope that busi ness will improve until food becomes cheaper, and the monetary system again acquires stability. From the experience of the last few years it is evident that neither of these things can occur until the trade in the prime necessary of life is placed on a liberal and stable basis. Under the present laws everything is fluctuation and uncertainty, the duty varying almost every week, and the dealers in foreign grain being unable to regulate their transactions by any thing better than mere guess work. With great reason it was that Lord Howick replied to Sir Robert Peel's complaint that Ministers were going to leave the duties on corn uncertain for a period of five weeks, that under the present sys tem they were uncertain from one end of the year to the other, changing from week to week, and baffling the most careful calculations. Under such a system it is in vain to hope for anything like regu lar trade, but until that is established this country can never receive its supplies of grain from abroad without having the whole monetary system thrown into confusion, and without being compelled to see the Bank of England striving not to extend and uphold, but to limit and depress the trade of the country, as the only means of saving itself from bankruptcy. If the last two years of gloom, de pression, and ruin, resulting from these causes alone, will not rouse the country to proper exertions at the present critical period, it is vain to hope that any thing else will. We entertain better hopes, however, and feel confident that the offer of Government to give freedom and stability to the corn trade will be met as it ought to be, by those who are inte rested in its success. No time is to be lost, and we, therefore, again earnestly call upon the enemies of the Corn-laws in this town, at once to come forward and to express their desire for cheap food, and a steady and uniform admission of foreign grain. ---Liverpool Times. ABOLITION OF THE CORN MONO POLY.—REVISION OF THE IMPORT DUTIES—THE BUDGET. The whole political conversation is absorbed with the important announcements made on Friday night. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Government have been studying the Repo r t o f th e C o mmittee on Import Dukes to some purpose. They have promised measures which will raise the commercial community from one end of the country to the other in their favour—they have adopted a principl r that must, sooner or later, succeed-- they have determined to abolish the system of protective monopoly, and to adopt duties for the sole purpose for which their i:nposition can be justified, the raising of re venue—and they have boldly proclaimed to the House and to the country the alternative, the proposed reduction or additional burdens on th e i n d ustry o f the poor, and ulti mately a property-tax. The country has to choose be tween the two. and we have not the least doubt of the re sult. In the House they may meet with defeat, but an appeal to the country will confirm their opinions. Nor is this the whole of the valuable promise held out on Friday night, The President of the Board of Trade is to bring forward several practical alterations in other parts of the tariff, such as the duty on coffee, and the duty on French wines, to meet the requirements of the new commercial treaty about to be signed. It is stated confidently in the Tory circles, that, not withstanding the plain twaddle of Mr. Goulburn, the whole strength of the Opposition is to be brought down to defeat the Ministerial plan, when introduced in the shape of reso lutions, and they say that they are sure of a majority. This is not unlikely; the Conservatives, par excellence, are reckless enough for anything ; but if they do defeat the Budget in the House, they will have to answer for it to their constituents without delay, for there will be a disso lution, to try the issue between monopoly and justice. Nothing can exceed the delight, which the statement has given to every Reformer that we have seen, and it is a joy that will be participated in by every part of the community. The Ministers of the Crown have done their duty, and it now rests with the people to support them in the ap proaching struggle. Let petitions be poured into Par liament on behalf of the measures that have been an. flounced, and a death blow will be given to the principles of monopoly, from which it is impossible that they can recover. Whether the battle is to be brought to a close in the present Parliament,. or in that which is to follow, it is alike the duty of the people to make their opinions known, and the result cannot, in the end, be doubtful, if they act with sufficient promptitude and determination— Glasgow Argus. ANTI-BREAD-TAX TRACTS—No. 5. HOLY BIBLE. " And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, acd every tree in the which h the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat."--Gen. i. 29. " The bread of the needy h hip life ; he that defraudeth him thereof is a mat of blood."—Eccles. xxiv. 21. " The Heaven, even the Heavens are the Lord's; but the Earth bath he given to the children of men."—Prov. It'. 62. " Moreover the profit of the earth is for all, the King himself is sened by the field."—Eccl. v. 9. " He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him. —Prov. xi. 62. AUTHORITIES AGAINST THE CORN-LAWS. " The unlimited, unrestrained freedom of the corn trade, as it is the only effectual preventative of the mise ries of a famine, so it is the beat palliative of the inconve niences of a dearth. "—Adam Smith. " Wherever commerce is known to be always frea, and the merchant absolute master of his commodity, as in Hol land, there will always be a reasonable supply of corn."— Benj. Franklin. " Of all things, an indiscreet tampering with the trade of provisions is the most dangerous. My opinion is against an overdoing of any sort of administration, and more espe cially against this most momentous of all meddling on the part of authority—the meddling with the subsistence of the people."--Edind. Burke. " In England all other particular interests are over borne and crushed by one great particular interest, named, in the aggregate, the agricultural interest."—Jeremy Bentham. " All classes, except the landlords, will be injured by the increase in the price of corn."—David Ricardo. " Those countries which have depended the most upon foreign countries for their supply of corn have enjoyed beyond all countries the advantages of a steady and inva riable market for grain.".—James Mill, author of the Bistory of British India. " For the sake of its moral benefit, we know of no achievement more urgently desirable than that of a free corn trade. There is not a more fertile topic of clamour andsburniug discontent all over the land ; and were it but effectually set at rest, sse are aware of nothing which might serve more to sweeten the breath of British society." —Doctor Chalmers. " The larger the surface from which a country draws its supplies of food, the less likely is it to he injuriously affected by the varieties in the karvests.."—J. R. 111' Cul. loch. " Parliament has the power to go at once to the root of the evil, and remove entirely the cause of the disease. Parliament has the power to to abolish the Corn-laws. This is that which would relieve the people; no other re medy can eradicate the national disease."— Colonel Tor? ens. " We cannot persuade ourselves that this law will ever contribute to produce plenty, cheapness, or steadiness of price. So long as it operates at all, its effects must be the opposite of these. Monopoly is the parent of scarcity, of dearness, and of uncertainty. To cut off any of the sources of supply can only tend to lessen its abundance ; to close against ourselves the cheapest markets for any commodity must enhance the price at which we purchase it; and to confine the consumer of corn to the produce of his own country is to refuse to ourselves that provision which Providence itself has made, for equalizing to man the variations of climate and of seasons."--Protest by Lord Grenville, signed by 10 Peers. " It is my unalterable conviction that we cannot uphold the Corn-lams, now in existence, together with the pre sent taxation, and at the same time increase national pro sperity, and preserve public contentment. —Mr. Bushis son's Speech, House of Commons, March, 25,1830. " Food is the last thing upon which I would attempt to place any protection."—Jas. Deacon Hume. " I consider that the taxation imposed upon the country by our duty on corn, and the provision duties and prohi bitions a. e far greater, probably much more than double the amount of taxation paid to the T,e isury."—Evidence of J. AP Gregor, Esq., Joint Secretary to the Board of Trade. " All protection moans robbing somebody else. —Colo. eel Thompson. " The Corn-law is an extension of the pension list to the whole of the landed aristocracy of Great Britain."—Lon don Times. " To propose to enrich a nation by forcing a permanent scarcity of corn, and obst-ucting the natural course of trade, is indeed at variance with common sense."—Sir James Graham's pamphlet, " Free Trade in Corn the rent Interest of the Landlord and the true Policy of the State." " All that has been advanced on this point is a mere ex cuse for keeping up high rents."—Speeei of Mr. Baring (now Lord Ashburton) against the Corn Bill in 1815. " No better mode of cheating a nation could be devised than the present Corn-laws."—ord Morpeth. " Your device has been to create an artificial scarcity."— Lord Fitzwilliam's Address to the Landowners. " The Hon. Member for Kilkenny attributes the de rangement of the currency and the high rate of interest al together to the bank. But the present state of the Corn laws is at the root of the question."—Mr, Chancellor Spring Rice's retiring speech. " If there is any class of persons whose opinions on this question are entitled to deference and respect, they are un doubtedly political economists, men who have made the sources of national wealth the principal subject of their inquiry; and where shall we find one, from Adam Smith to the present time, who has not reprobrated the interfe rence of the Legislature with the price of corn ?"—Rev. Robert Hall. If the moral and religious bearings of this question were rightly understood, the room would have been filled with the clergy and dissenting ministers of London. It is impossible that they could resist such a call upon them, for they could not but feel that the objects of the society were founded in justice and humanity, and tended to the welfare of their fellow-men."—Doctor Pye Smith's speech at the late meeting of the Metropolitan Anti- Corn-law As sociation. " Let the British Parliament no longer display their hypocritical compassion, by dealing the bread by means of Poor-laws, to those whom they have first made hungry by means of Corn-laws."—Rev. Thomas Spencer. A very curious document has, within these few days, been discovered amon g st the ancient records at Guild hall. It is a contract made between Charles I. and his Privy Council on one part, and the Corporation of the City of Lon don on the other, in Which the King makes over in mortgage to the Corporation several large tracts of Crown lands in the counties of Northumberland, Durham, York, &c., for certain loans of money to him amounting to more than 300,0001. of the then currency. But the unfortunate Monarch never having had the power of redeeming these lands, they became legally part of the City estates ; and several years afterwards, finding that from their remoteness, and the rough unproduc tive nature of the soil, they were not very productive or profitable, the corporation disposed of the city interest in them to the ancestors of the present great coal-field proprietors, not, of course, having the slightest idea that they were throwing out of their hands the richest and most profitable soil in England, which would long since have produced them a net profit of above 490,000/. per annum. The document is quite perfect, and is very well written. The King's signature, " Charles R." is in a tine free hand, anti the signature of the members of his Council at the foot of the deed are easily deciphered, but are re markable for the diversity of the handwriting. That of Buck ingham's is quite different from the others ; it is very free, but in good taste. The Royal seal is affixed to the deed, and the seals of the signing Privy Councillors are appended likewise. On Monday, a party of Agriculturists assembled Lord Western's im gofpeas and b eans . I n he we a th er , th e p ar ty consequencedrill, Hall, fs t the Witness rlui en (fla t‘.oo t u h hr e aobr p si r ee i - n sh e to i a p et i l e e n f t was not so numerous as it otherwise would have been, and in disposition prevented his Lordship being present. Great satis faction was expressed at the way in which th e h orse -h oe i ng was performed. The party afterwards partook of a plenteous lun cheon, which the accompaniment of some of his Lordship's choice wines, Dr. Baker presiding, when a conversation took place relative to the Ministerial announcement on the subject of the Corn-laws, and it was the general opinion that pronnit and decisive steps ought to be taken to petition against any al teration,-.Essex Herald. r THE CHANCELLOR'S BUDGET. MOST IMPORTANT REFORMS IN THE SU ! GAR AND TIMBER DUTIES, AND THE CORN-LAWS. On Friday evening, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord John Russell announced to the House of Commons the intention of Government to commence a series of most important reforms in the commercial sys tem of the country. The changes proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer are a reduction in the pro tecting duties on Baltic timber, and a much bolder and more important reduction in the protectin g duties on foreign sugar. On th e f ormer ar ti c l e , t h e reduction is only Gs. :load, but on the latter it amounts to nearly 30s. a cwt. The most impoitant announcement, how ever, of all, was that made by Lord John Russell, who gave notice, that on Monday the 31st of May, he should move for a Committee of the whole House, to take into consideration the Acts relating to the trade in corn! It is scarcely possible to describe the the sensa tion which the announcement of these reforms produced on the House, and we can say from personal observa tion, that the sensation produced on the Liverpool Ex change, was scarcely less extraordinary. Amongst the friends of Ministers, the feeling is one of universal delight, that they have commenced a courie of reforms most ur gently required by the wants of the country and in which, whether they succeed or fad, they must cover them selves with honour ; and even amongst those who differ most from Ministers on general questions, especially those who are connected with the American and Brazi lian trades, the feeling of satisfaction is scarcely less decided. By all, or nearly all classes, these proposals are regarded as the commencement of a new commer cial system, which, if followed out to its proper results, will enable the country to bear its burdens, heavy as they are, without difficulty, and will raise the trade and commerce of England to a point of greatness unexam pled in ancient or modern times. By grappling with the strongest of all the monopolies, namely, those of corn, sugar, and timber, Ministers have struck at the very root of the evil, and have prepared the way for a complete change in the whole commercial system of the country. In the midst of the unexampled depres sion which pervades trade and commerce in every one of its branches, these bold reforms will revive confi dence, and excite the hope of better days. They have not come a moment too soon, for never within our re collection has the trade of Liverpool and the manufac turing districts been so profoundly depressed as during the last fortnight. This year, even the arrival of spring, which generally brings a revival of trade, has only been followed by a deeper gloom than that which prevailed amidst the winter. There are those who fear that the great change pro posed by Ministers in the Sugar duties will never be carried through Parliament. We entertain no such fears. It is perfectly clear, from the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement, that the nation's engagements cannot be discharged, and the nation's establishments cannot be supported, without art additional income of nearly two millions sterling. There are only two ways inwhich this sum can be raised. The one is by im posing additional taxes on the whole British people, who are already ground to the earth by taxation—the other is by giving a fresh spring and impetus to trade, by relaxing the protecting duties, and thus at once in creasing the income of the country and adding to the comforts of the whole people. The merits of the whole change may be stated in a sentence. It will add nearly a million sterling to the revenue of the country, and will reduce the price of sugar to every family in the British dominions. That such a plan as this can ulti mately be defeated, we never can believe, and we feel al most equally confident that it cannot be delayed. There must be an additional revenue raised to meet the expendi ture of the country, and those who will not allow it to be raised in this manner, will themselves have to raise it by imposing additional taxes on the country. That Sir R. Peel will attempt to turn Ministers out and bring himself in by assuming so odious a position as that he would occupy if he succeeded in defeating this measure, and afterwards had to propose a heavy tax in its place, is what we have too much confidence in his sagacity to believe, without some decisive proof. We arc happy to see that we were right in our conjecture that the East India Rum Bill and the West India Provision Bill were mere preparatives. By those measures the mother country freed the East and West India colonies from the monopolies which formerly existed for her be nefit, and she surely has now a right to ask that the protections established for their benefit shall at least be mitigated. In this matter Ministers have wisely begun at the beginning, and we trust they will never relax their efforts to emancipate the industry of the country, until those efforts have been attended with complete success. This one alteration in the sugar duties, while it will relieve the revenue, and the whole people of England by its direct operation, will also save the Bra zilian trade, which is at the present moment of the an nual value of many millions sterling, and which, if it had not been for this measure, would, at the termina tion of the present treaty of commerce, which is just expiring, have been destroyed by the imposition of reta liatory duties on British goods. Great, however, as will be the benefits resulting from the reduction of a protecting duty on foreign sugar, they will be nothing in comparison with those which will result from the establishment of the trade in corn on sound principles. What Lord John Russell intends to propose in the name of the Government is at present uncertain, but from what is known of his own opinions, and those of several of his colleagues, especially of those of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it is believed that the fixed duty which he means to propose will be a moderate one. Every friend of the Government will rejoice if Ministers should make such a proposal, and, we trust, that even those who wish for a more extensive change will have the good sense to support a plan incomparably superior to anything that has been proposed by any former Minister of the Crown. The plan of the Government being a mode rate fixed duty. we cannot entertain the least doubt as to its ultimate success ; although we are not sure that it will be carried in the present Session. But even this is less certain than the supporters of the Corn-laws will be disposed to think ; for, whoever may be the Minister, the pre sent system must be abandoned, and Sir Robert Peel, who is already vehemently suspected by the country gentlemen of a secret hostility to it, will feel great he sitation in committing himself into direct opposition to a plan very similar to that which he will himself be compelled to adopt, if he should succeed in throwing out Ministers on this question. One thing, at all events, is quite sure, namely, that Ministers, by proposing a reasonable plan of settling this most important question, will do their duty, and place themsaves in a proper po sition before the country ; for although we do not alto gether agree with Lord Sandon in considering that no plan of Corn-law rcform, not proposed by the Govern ment of the country, can be deserving of support, yet we do quite agree with his Lordship that such a plan ought to originate in that quarter, to give it any chance of success,—Liverpool Times. INCOME OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND. In the year 1840 the total net income of the country was 47,567,566/., of which was derived from the First Class (Customs and Excise) ... £35,536,469 Second Class (Stamps 7,168 625 Third Class ( Assessed Taxes) 3,946,444 By which it appears that the portion of the public in come dependent on the consumptive ability of the whole community, and particularly the working classes, as pre ponderating so much in numbers, is about three-fourths of the whole ; while the second class, which has rather a mixed character, constitutes not quite one-seventh of the whole ; and while the third class, a tax attaching to property only, constitutes rather less than one twelfth part of the whole ; and if we put the two last classes together, they yield less than oce-fourth of the whole income. It may be useful to put in comparison with the distri bution of our taxes that of the only other country in the world the income of which assimilates at all to that of this country—France. In the year 1840 the net in come was 1,184,523,3631, or 47,380,932!., of whi c h was derived from Customs and Excise 398,915,000f., or about of the whole Stamps and Assessed Taxes 617,915,000 f., or more than of the whole The comparison will stand between this country and France, on the whole income of each country, thus : England. France. Customs and Excise, or Con sumption Tax ..... Stamps and Assessed Taxes, &c., or Property Tax 23 52 Tne direct assessed taxes, alone considered, being in this country little more than S per cent., while in France they exceed 33 per cent. of the whole income.—The Revenue, a Pamphlet by J. Wilson, Esq. DUNDEE TRADE.—Ou r markets have under gone no change during the last week. Prices of flax on the spot, and of linen and yar ns , are without a l terat i on . In h em p, hemp coda's, and flax codilla, no transactions of any consequence have pasted for some time back, owing to the scarcity of some, and want of demand for others, of these articles. The last advices from Riga are of the 3-15th instant, when flax and hemp were in demand, and the prices fully supported. Flax - coddle readily fetched 15 Spanish reels per Sibs., owing to its scarcity, which is much out of proportion to the rates paying for flax this season. Hemp cedilla was offered out at 44 reals, with no buyers thereat. Unless something unforeseen occur to depress the hoMe trade, it is generally believed that the present prices of flax will be maintained abroad during the summer, because of the superior quality of the new crop, which cannot be appreciated until the arrival of the spring vessels with the first supplies.--Dundee Courier. PRICE sd. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS IN AMERICA. The New York Herald of the 16th ult. contains the following account of the " sayings and doings" of Peter Robinson, who was executed for murder at New Brunswick on the preceding day. Robinson's brother James came to see him this morning (says the writer), and on leaving him appeared to be very much cut up. After a pause he said, " But it's a poor way to die, after all. Have you seen any of the preparations in front of the gaol ? I wonder whether they are going to run me up like a man to the yard arm of a frigate, or to let me drop with a run. I wonder which is the easiest death ; but I suppose there is very little difference any way. It will be all over in a few minutes." In answer to a question of mine (proceeds the wri ter), he said, " The books which I used ,ta read prin cipally were all accounts of pirates, and highwaymen, and shipwrecks, and banditti ; and I often wished that I'd had money to travel ; I should like to have seen foreign parts, and liked to have been a pirate. I'd a shown 'em all how to do their work. I used to read the Scottish Chiefs,' and Arabian Nights,' and Gil Blas,' and ' Rinaldo Rinaldini.' I was very fond of reading Rinaldo ; it was my favourite book ; but I used to read the Bible a good deal too, because my mother wished me. And, Sir, if I'd never been led into that miserable speculation with buying that lot, of Mr. Suy dam, he'd a been alive and I should have been a happy man. So much for giving notes. I learned to read well before I went to Barnes's ; and as I was down in New York and an apprentice, I used to get whatever books I wanted out of the Apprentice's Library. (Pause.) Oh, Sir, I thought I shouli make a fortune in buying that lot, but.Tveznade a halter instead." l's;o men were in the cellar underneath his cell, one crazy and the other drunk ; when the clergy left him, Peter said, " I'm glad he's gone." " Why, Peter ?" said the gaoler. " Because them fellows below there are a carrying on so ; they put the old devil into me, and then I'm so afraid I shall burst out a laughing before the clergyman's face ; and I do solemnly believe that I shall burst out a laughing under the gallows. Oh if they would only let me have the big field, and a bald of music; Pd ask no more." Peter had once got his chains off, in the absence of the gaoler. He said to me to-day, "If my brother Bill had only sold my tools when I wanted him, and brought me fifty dollars, I'd a soon been out of this place like afl 16. I had all my chains off, and every thing ready ; but I had no money to start with. And now they have put a new set of chains on me, and I give it up for a bad job." He this morning expressed a most anxious desire that the Sheriff would 'take him out on the big field, as he calls it, and, added he, " then everybody can have a fair chance to see me, and I'll make 'em a speech an hour lone, if the Sheriff would let me." Mr. Strong and his assistant have just arrived from New York, and they are at this moment engaged in taking a cast of Peter's head. Ho is highly delighted with the idea of being handed down to posterity in this way, and complied with my request the first moment that I asked it. He said to me, " Now be sure that you put my head alongside of Gen. Jackson's and Gen. Washington's, and Napoleon Buonaparte's, and Lord Wellington's, heads, and the heads of all the great men and great murderers. Don't put me alongside of the heads of any speculators in lot s, and above all, be sure and don't let any of 'em get a mortgage on to my head ; or if you do it'll be a gone goose and no mis. take. A mortgage winds up pret y much everything ; it wound up Suydam, and it will wind up me to-mnr row, and I shan't inn down again like a clock after I am wound up." Robinson has lately kept his room so excessively hot that scarcely any one but himself could remain in it. He said I make my stove so hot that when I stand up right it makes my hair all crisp, and I want to get the room so hot that it will curl like dogs' hair." Well, in consequence of this there was a great deal of difficulty in taking the cast of his head, because his hair, after at least half a pint of oil was put upon it, was as stiff and crisp as so much wire. The first cast was broken, and some of his hair was cut off. " Oh," said Peter, " shave the whole of it off, it will make no differ ence to-morrow, and then you can make a good one of ma." " Oh," said the jailor, " but, Peter, you promised me the scalp, and I wouldn't lose that for 50 dollars." •' Very well," replied Peter, " the hair will all grow again ; or," he added, laughing, " you can keep me for a few weeks till it does grow. But after all, I believe the best way is to cut my head off and take it down to New York ; and then you can do it at your leisure, and be sure to make a good one. Bat, after all, I don't know that the old woman would like that at all." On the phrenologists first going into his cell, he rather objecied to having the cast taken ; says he, " I know what you want to do with it ; you want to hawk it about the streets of New York, and cry out, " Here's the head of Peter Robinson, the murderer, only half a dollar." At last he said, " Well, what other great men's heads have you taken a cast of ?" " Why," re plied the phrenologist, 4• we've taken Webster and Clay, and Van Buren, and"—Peter stopped him with, " Webster and Clay, I like them—l like Clay ; I don't like Van Buren ; he goes for too quick payments ; but will you put my head by the side of Clay's ?" He was told it should be put there. " Very well, then, you may take it ; what way shall 1 lay ?" And on being told, he laid himself down accordingly. The phrenologist told him he could change his posi- tion as it would be much easier. " Oh, no," said be, never mind, " I can stand hard knocks better than Suydam could." The phenologist told him he had some white hairs in bis head. "Yes," said Peter, but I ain't very old—l'm rather young ; but it makes a great difference when a man is obliged to work as hard as I've been forced to do all my life." When the phrenologist was feeling his head and making one or two remarks, Peter said, " Well, there was a man feeling of my head soon after I was put in gaol ; and if I'd a known as much as I do now, I would have asked him what it all meant." When the phrenologist ob served that he must be quick as all Peter's time ought to be devoted to religious exercises, he said " Oh, go a head with it ; we've got plenty of time, and you might as well make a good 'un at once. A priest is going to be with me all night to-night, but I don't know much good it's going to do, for what's bred in the bone must come out in the flesh. And I am a fellow that was alive to all kinds of fun and frolic:' When the phrenologist told him he must keep his face very steady, he said, " Oh, yes, I'll keep my face as steady as a minister's ; not like that Methodist Mi nister, though, that stood behind the Judge in the Court-room, for he looked as ridiculous as an owl in an ivy bush, when you see 'em by daylight. But I will look very amiable though ; I'll look as smiling as a basket of chips." A minister who was present said to him, " Peter, you should remember what an awful matter you have to undergo to-morrow." " Very well," said Peter, " suppose I have , it's onl y me that's got to suffer any of it." He was highly amused when he talked of shaving off his hair, and said to the gaoler, " Conover, you've got a night-cap you'd lend me to wear tomorrow, or this would do for a night-cap—this plaster ; a pretty tight fit to be sure ; but then I always was fond of tight fits." Mr. Graham asked how he thought he would feel at the last moment. " Well," said he, coolly, " I've tried to imagine how I should feel under the gallows ; but I know how I shall feel ; I shall feel pretty much the same as I do now, and the same as I did in the Court house. Didn't I look the Judge right in the eye then? I've always felt the same ; my feelings haven't changed, and they won't change, for I can't realise anything so dreadful about dying, only I should like to have a band of music, the big field, and 20,000 speP. tators." After musing a little, he said, with great earnestness, " Alter I'm dead and gone beyond the reach of all their tyranny, and grinding, and vengeance, I don't be lieve that a good many of 'em will be satisfied ; but whatever you do, don't let 'em dig me up and make medicine of me." I put my hand to his head and ob served to him that his brain seemed heated ; he smiled, and said, " You've just tnken your hand out of a warm pocket, and conceit is as bad as a consumption." FROM A CORRESPONDENT.—The budget, &c. has created a sensation in this neighbourhood ( Ashton and Dultinfield), the like to which has not been since the first Reform Bill. All here, Whigs and Tories, wish Ministers strength to carry their plans out. You will see from the Manchester Guardian of this dav, that the mills at Hyde, Ashton, Dukinfield, &c , will begin ou Monday to work only four days in the week. Mr. A. tells me that the arrangements adopted in these places are likely to extend to Preston, Burnley, Blackburn, and Rochdale; in fact, that the limitation sy stem be, never bean so general as it now is likely to be in the manufac. turing districts.—Evening paper. POPULA RI TY.—The natural drollery of Jeannot not only rendered him the idol of the thea.re at which he performed, but gave him the entree into the . best seek ty . He soon received invitations to the most fashionable par ties in Paris. Nothing was talked of but Jeannot. N ot only was his portrait to be seer in every shop-window, b ut to the ex clusion , . for a time, of , instead of lead- Queen, too busts and figures of him were to be found on every draw mandarins.. The g these busts todistri c in i f in -r a oo v m ase e s hi a m u n d ey n - o p d i d ec in e g , • f etl the bu o s r t d s irnega: l t y h t e o fa f s a h ll io i n n , to pu th re. e ha e s r e r d or a. o ci f ua f n ol t l iz e y w o m f bute among the courtiers, which crested a considerable sen - tion in the palace, They were regarded as insignia e o e f order, those, bkinsieguhitt,horaoiclingThoonsley asw h k o nig r h e t e s ti: plaster or whose busts were of alabaster or Sevres chin , a, werecon sidered grand cordons, or commanders. Luckily, Jeannot was not cut in bronze.... Theodore Hook's French Stage. From the deputation which has been sent to London by the Scots Banks to watch over their interests, we natu rally infer that some scheme is in agitation which they dread as injurious. Certain it is that many projects arc at present afloat which are wild and chimerical, and not a. little hazardous. The mercantile calamities which have of late years befallen this country have naturally excited a deep sensation, and a general anxiety to ascertain the cause. This was to be expected; and the best conse quences might have followed from inquiries prosectitedl with caution arid sobriety. But unfortunately a rash spirit of speculation was engendered; and as the subject is doubtful and intricate, and not exactly to be understood by an intuitive glance, hypotheses doubtful and vague, dashing theories and bold projects , w ere substituted for the cautious investigations of true philosophy. It has been unfortunately taken for granted, it being an easier process to assume tbati to prove, that of all the commercial convulsions which have occurred of late years - ,, paper currency, and the mode in whic h it is managed by the banks, are the sole causes ; although it can be provzd from history that trading countries, such as France, Erg land, and Scotland, were, each in their turn, subtectrid is mercantile shocks of precisely the same nature, before paper was introduced into the circulation. The paper circulation being thus held to be defective, the point is. where is the fault, and where the remedy ? which affords a wide field for every kind of speculation. The Bank of England is abused at all hands for its mismanagement, although this charge has never been brought to the test of any intelligible fact. That the Bank has contracted and enlarged its issues is certain. But how those variations arc in any degree connected with the coneul sions that have taken place, has never been pointed out. Among other projects, it has been suggested that the issue of paper should be confined to one bank, and the whole capital, industry, and skill invested in the various esta blishments throughout the country at once annihilated. Such a proposition, however, hardly merits notice. It is not worth powder and shot, and we only mention it as a specimen of the wild spirit of speculation that is afloat on this difficult subject, and that would so easily sweep down every thing in its way. It is the same class of projectors that are for abolishing the one-pound notes in Scotland as in England, and with no better reason. The one pound notes have nothing whatever to do with mercantile convulsions. The circulation of those notes, payable on demand, cannot possibly be injurious, while they are extremely convenient, as in a country less opu lent than England, they give the necessary stimulus to industry in the remotest corners of the land. The y form an essential elemeut in the national prospertv, which, if we were rudely tearing away, we should inflict a painful wound that years would scarcely suffice to heal. Words would fill, indeed, to characterise the extreme rashness and folly of such a proceeding. Experiments on the con cerns of society, even for the removal of admitted evil:, are frequently critical. But to tamper with the machinery of a society which is working so admirably to its appointed end, to alter what is already nearly perfect. and of which none complain—to incur the risk of change where there is no evil, argues a degree of rashness and self-confidence that must end in mischief.—Edinburgh Paper. THE BUDGET. _ - - On Friday evening, prior to the opening of tie Bud. get, Lord John Russ II gwe notice, that he would, early in June, move, " That the House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House to consider of the Acts relating to the Trade in Corn." The Tories will, there fore, shortly be called upon to legislate on their darling Corn-law. Now, " the question is made to turn upon the interests of the landlords or farmers ; whereas," says their oracle, and it says truly, " the only safe and rational way of dealing with the subject is to ask, What arc the interests of the millions ?" If we may judge by the howls and the groans which the announcement of the intention of the Ministers extorted from the Times' " scoundrels," we should think that they are not yet prepared to legislate on the Corn law, or, indeed, on any question involving the rights and the happiness of the "millions," in "the only safe and ra tional way" of dealing with it. What are " the interests of the millions," when placed in the scale against the " inte rests" of the hundreds? Nothing, absolutely nothing; not even " the small dust in the balance." The howling anti the groaning with which the Tories rent the air of the House of Commons, on Friday evening, were, how ever, symptomatic of the fears with which they were seized lest the success of the Ministerial modification of the Corn-law should deprive them of a por tion of the poll, or, rather, of the mouth tax which they now levy on the " millions." Let the Minis ters bring forward a bold, a well-considered altera tion in the Corn-law; let them, having once brought it forward, take their stand firmly upon it, neither giving way to the solicitations of their friends nor to the Ore it enings of their enemies—let them, in short, in dealing with the Corn-law, consult "the interests of the millions," and they will take the only course which, while it insures their own continuance in office, can enable them --" To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes." —Liverpool Albion. THE LOVE MA Maberly, we perceive, has produced a second picture of high life under the attractive title of " The Love Match," which we have no doubt will shortly be in as great demand at the libra ries as her clever novel " Emily" was last season. The general desire to read her works, however, does not rest entirely upon her position enabling her to know that parti cular part of society the rest of the world arc so eager t, learn something about—the talents she has displa3ed in all her literary undertakings, and the accomplishments that have excited so much admiration in the circle in which she is consilered so great an ornament, have at least assisted in creating it. Besides these advantages, there is a pecu liar interest in the story of her new novel which is likely to make " The Love Match" even more generally real than its predecessor. [ADVERTISRNIENT.] THE SKIN.— ['he increased quickening powers of the sun during spring, by giving an additional stimu lus to the circulation of the fluids, is frequently the cause of throwing to the surface of the body the impurities of the blood. To this fact may be attributed the numerous cutaneous visitations which occur at this period of the year, and which medicine internally taken is frequently unable to banish. The extraordinary celebity which Rowland's Kalydor. as a purely vegetable production, has long claimed to itself as a thorough extirpator of impurities from the skin, is during the period of spring most pleasingly evinced. It never fails of thoroughly cleansing the skin, and is remarkable for inducing a fairness in the complexion, previously unknown. DANGER OF PREMATURE INTERMENT.— A few days ago the wife of a man employed at the Lyceum at Mannheim having, as it was believed, expired, and her death been duly certified by a surgeon, who at the same time, practises as a barber, was ordered to be b ur i e d ; b ut at t h e moment of screwi n g down the coffin, she opened her eyes and smiled. She has since remained in a weak state, hnt is gradually getting better, SCOTLAND. PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON..--This Presbytery met at Hamilton on Tuesday the 27th ult. After some routine business, Mr PROUDFOOT, of Avondale, brought forward his mo tion for an overture regarding the principles of non-intru sion, and the exclusive spiritual jurisdiction of the Church, and for an address to the Duke of Argyll, to thank him for his defence of the spiritual privileges of the Church, and to assure him, that a Bill to secure the principles of non-intrusion and exclusive spiritual jurisdiction, will prove satisfactory. Dr. RUSSELL, of Dalserf, seconded the motion. Mr. DEWAR, of Stonchouse, moved, that the presby tery dismi.,s the overture and address, on the ground that patronage is inconsistent with the right principle. Mr. BUCHAN, of Hamilton, seconded the motion. Mr. MONCRIEF supported the overture and address. He said, that, while the majority of the Church could con scientiously act under the law of patronage, as formerly understood, they found it necessary to act in opposition to the Civil Courts in some of their recent decisions. The important point, therefore, was to get matters into a state in which they could conscientiously avoid the collision. The roll was then called, when the overture and address were carried by a majority of 1 I. SYNOD OF MORAY. --- The Synod of Moray met in Forrei on Tuesday, the 27th ult. Arter a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Maclachlan, of Cawdor, they were occupied with several subjects of minor importance. The seven suspended ministers of Strathbogie did not appear, and a motion was made and seconded to strike their names off the roll of the members of Synod until the suspension be removed. which motion was carried. On Wednesday the Daviot case was brought up on a complaint, by Mr. Clark, on a deliverance of the Presby tery of Inverness, refusing to make the minutes in which a person of the name of William Macintosh claimed to be admitted to the roll of communicants a part of the re ference made by the Presbytery of Inverness to the ensu ing Assembly. _ _ Mr. Bircray moved, and was seconded by Mr. Gentle, that the Synod dismiss the complaint, and affirm the sen tence of the Presbytery of Inverness. The motion having been unanimously carried, Mr. Maclennan, for the presentee, appealed to the ensuing meeting of the Assembly : and Mr. Clark entered reasons of protest upon the record. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, MAY 4.—Wind this day at noon fresh breeze from S., rather cloudy. STANGATE CREEK, MAY 3.—Arrived the Chandos, Hayes, from China; William, Brown, Mogadore. DEAL, MAY 3.—Wind N.E., fresh breeze.— Arrived from the River and sailed the Margaretha, for Batavia; George Marsden, Quebec; St. Lawrence, ditto; Edinburgh, ditto ; John, Palmer, Cape Coast Castle; Adonis, Cape de Verdes. Sailed the outward-bound, except the Penelope, for the River St. Lawrence ; Ariel, Morris, Greenock, not Mauritius as before reported. Sailed the Strathfieldsaye, far Port Philip ; Urania, Monte Video; Liverpool, Quebec. OFF THE LIZARD, Aran, 30.—A ship from Newfound land, with loss of top-masts ; Sir Wm. Scott, Sierra Leone ; Edward (Sw. Bry) ; Nelson, Malta for Rotterdam. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 3.—Wind N.E.—Sailed her Ma jesty's ship Cockatrice, for Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, MAY 3.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Adolph, Groman, from Cette to Riga, dismasted in a gale on 20th ult., lat. 45, lon. 11 ; Essex, M•Leod, Calcutta. FALMOUTH, MAY 2.—Wind S.W. to N. S. W., fresh.— Arrived the Courser, Olivard, from Gallopili ; Nocolai 1., Krant, Marseilles, with loss of bulwarks; Crane, packet, a cruize •' Lotus, Head, Barbaffies , Glory, M ess i na , Caw halton Park. ; Dove, Sierra Leone ; Swallow, St. Michael's. LivEaroot, MAY B.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Iris, Bouchem, from Wilmington; Lord Nelson, Quinton, St. Mi chael's ; Sarah, Nuller, Smyrna ; Caroline, Walters, Galli poli; Salopian. Bell, Batavia; Isabella, Demerara; Virgi nian, New York ; General Wiltshire. ditto. A sloop from St. John's, New Brunswick, was wrecked near Cape Sable, the latter end of Mar,h—crew saved. The fleet of the Oriental Republic, Monte Video, was at anchor off Buenos Ayres, Feb. 16, with hostile intentions. _ _ BRISTOL, MAY 2.—Arrived the Tareline, from Alexandria, not Jones, as before reported. BEERHAVEN, MAY 29.—Sailed the Kangaroo, Prosser, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrived off—the Esqui maux, Place, from Barbadoes. WHITBY, MAY 3.—The Prince of Wales and Harinday, which were on shore, have been got off,—the latter proceeded without apparent damage, the former also proceeded with extra hands. The Exchange, of Lynn, coal laden,ran on Katheness Rocks, during a fog, but was got off and brought in here leaky. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. -Triad, bound to Kirkaldy, 26th ult., lat. 45, lon. 32 ; a barque with P. G in her burgee, and a brig with B. W. in her burgee, 23, lat. 48, lon. 23, by the Acadia steamer, arrived at Liverpool. John, Bristol to Quebec, 18th ult., lat. 45, lon. 24, by the Iris, arrived at Liverpool. Woodstock, Austin, Liverpool to Mauritius, 16th ult., lat. 38, lon. 16; Swift, 30th, lat. 50, lon. 9, by the Sarah, arrived at ditto. Latona, of Sunderland for Falmouth, 23d March, off' Messina ; Libra, Naples to Liverpool, sth ult., off Cape de Gatt, by the Courser, arrived at Falmouth. Victoria , of Liverpool, 18th tilt , lat. 44, lon. 29 ; Emerald. of London for Montreal, 22d, lat. 43, lon. 21, by the Car shalton packet, arrived at ditto. Rapid, bound to l3our dcaux, with loss of main and mizen-mast, Ist, lat. 50, 7, by the Swallow, arrived at ditto. Edward, River Plate to Hamburgh, 19th ult., lat. 43, lon. 27, by the Guernsey Lily, arrived at Cork. Dennison, of Liverpool, 25th ult., lat. 49, lon. 8 ; Schooner George, of St. John' s, 18th ult., lat. 47, lon. 10, by the Naden, arrived in the Dovrns. Mary, of Whitby, 23d, lat. 46. lon. 17 ; Harold , of Exeter, 26th, lat, 51, lon. 9, by the Britannia, arri ved at Biisrol. A large steam-strip, 1 lth ult., lat. 45. ion. 31, by the unsissoLiver.. Glasgow, arrived at Longhope. Elizabeth Walker, bound to Mauritius, lat. 37, lon. 15; pool to Africa, lat. 38, lon. ;as Eaglisb brig, No. 217, iu the River. lon. 9, by the Lord Redesdale, a rrived lat. 44, lon. 1•2 ; Mary, of Newcaftle for Quebec, lat, of wool imported , and 1--01 - 1 the mo ________. -__,_..----=---vvo 0 woollen yarn, and woollen, manufactures oi 1840• The s 2 •F i , h . s e l total ,o , 9i b s. amountw were imported SHEEP AND LAMBS' lion of Mr. Baines an account has been laid before t h e , 2,770 3 p 7 o 9 r i t b e d House of Commons of the clua" l Y of British wool, exported in the year 5,,63,1b5. from Russia was 49,710,3961bg. from Germany, 4,5,8; from Peru, and 12,848,-(32lbs. from British peon ' ' P. 1364 , ;: ,. 01.19, Proportions :--N ew in the following South W a les pion:len s Land 2 ,626,178%. l" 6,215,329 1 b5. , v E ast 3 territories 2 , 4 41,3701 b 2,626,178 l India ConwanY' s., and the re- Port Philip, the mainder from Ca p e, &c. The total. quan tity exported was 4,81 . 0 3871b5., o f • which 4,108,3161b5. were exported to .. Belgium. The quantity of worsted yarn exported gra; 3, ‘96,6441b5. ) more than one-half of which was - seat to Germany The total declared value 'of Bri tisb woollen manufa ctures . ex ported was 5,327,e531., to ' -1 t h e United States 1,069 7 /, Germany (exclusive of Prussia) 751,2271., East Ind ies and China 608,5521., Mexico and South A • mcrica 641,329/., and Brazil 307,9301. The declared val of slue the amount exported to Russia was only 45.11. _ BOOKSELLERS.—The first meeting of the cred•tors in the bankruptcy of John Hayward and William Cosier Fletcher, of Manchester, wholesale booksellers and stationers (who have traded under the firm of Baneks and Co.) was held there on Saturday. The amount of debts proved at this meeting was about 50,0001.; in cludino., in round numbers, 20 , 210/ . b y .t h e Bank of Manchester; 8,716/. by the Unien Bank cf Manchester; 4.3201. by Grote and Co. ; 2,8571. by Cole and Co. ; 4,810/. by Charles Knight and Co. ; 960/. by Longman and Co.: 5251. by Orr and Co. ; 5621. by Leartnouth ard Co. ; 440/. by Whittaker and Co. It is supposed that the debts will amount to between 80,000/. and 100,000 L—Local Paper. The active Reformers of Cockermouth have not been slow in aiding the movement for a repeal of the Corn-laws and for the revision of the Import Duties. During the lait week petitions to Parliament praying for the adoption of these measures were agreed upon in that spiri el borough, and in the course:of a day or two they were severally signei by upwards of 600 men,— White. haven Herald.