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EVENING SUN. RA V E END AND BLACKWALL fo , A STEAM BOATS.—The Public are respetfully Alutd, that in consequence of an arrangement entered into Altst,-ee n the Directors of- the Hiackwall Railway and the S TAR " GRAVESEND STEAM PACKET COAT r'ANY, one of the Iron Boats v.ill, on and after THURSDAY, -the 2d September, leave the Brunswick Pier, Plackwall, for Gravesend, at a Quarter before Nine in the Morning, and that the VESPER will leave the same Pier for Gravesend at a Quarter past Nine in the M orn i ng . Th e ot h er I ron B oa t s w ill l eave at the same hours as heretofore ; and all the Star Beats will call at BlLekwall on their way up to London 60 , Fenchurch-street, Aug. 31, 1841. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY LIFE FO , R GRANTING ASSURANCES DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. • No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. EmpOwered by Act of Pari.ament. EIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. F.lliotton. M.D., F. R.S. John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUatroKs. Prolesaer Wheatstone, F. R. S. f Professor Graves, A.M. F. R. S. A CT , JA KY-W. S. B. Woolhonse F iloucuro as—Messrs. Sweet Sutton , Ewens,. and Orman- No 15,28 H SURVEYING CADETS FOR NEW ZEALAND. rPHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that some Appointments are still vacant in the Company's Establishment of SURVEYING CADETS. Youths obtain ing these appointments receive a first-rate Education in Sur veying and Civil Engineering, remain till of age under the special care of the Company's superior Officers, and obtain, besides a free passage, sufficient remuneration for their main tenance, without charge to their parents. The strictest in quiry is made as to respectability and character. For further particulars apply immediately to the Secretary. By order of the Court, F. DILLON BELL, Secretary pro tern. New Zealand House, Sept. 5, 1841. TELEGRAPH COACH TO EXETER, PLYMOUTH, AND DEVONPORT, IN THE DAY. 3ESS RS. TOWNSHENT D and ELLIOTT, 1 in the establishment of the TELEGRAPH, are (Tabled to offer to the PUBLIC the much desired, hut never before attempted, accommodation of a DAY CO Aon to these Towns, performing the JOURNEY THROUGHOUT in SIXTEEN HOURS, thus avoiding the great discomfort at tendant upon NIGHT TRAVELLING, so long and justly complained of. The Proprietors pledge themselves that the appointments of the TELEGRAPH shall not be exceeded; and having made the comfort of the TRAVELLERS their most anxious study, confidently rely on receiving from the Public their most generous and liberal support, The TELEGRAPH leaves the Great Western Railway Terminus, Paddington-51orning, at SIX PRECISELY, arriving at Plymouth at Ten, and Townshend's and Elliott's Hotels, Devonport, at Half-past Ten, the same Evening. Townshend's Hotel, Devonport, Aug. 19, 1841. ney, 6, Baiinglia..ll-street. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large Paid up capital, and accumulating funds, the following is one amongst ma ny o f the advantages which belong exclusively to the printinles of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori ginated by th. Society, viz.—Power to borrow (without de 'al', expense, or : orfeiture) Two-thirds of all premiums paid upon a Policy of Assurance. The annexed i s a s h ort Table, showing the Annual. Premium for assuring £lOO on the Whole Lite, or for a Term : FOR LIFE. A. B. Age. 'Without With For One For Five • Profits. Profits. Year only. Years only ---- ---- —______ 20 1 1 _ ---- 4 ' s ' d • iX.?. d. ti £. s. d. 1. - a • d Z 13- 7 117 4 . 017 0 0 17 - u no 40 24 4 29 3 019 6 10 0 50 21881 3 5 3 , 13 10 15 0 60 44 2 14 13 6 113 0 116 6 ; 61 3 is 1 7 1 11 4 30 0 39 6 , T .-- _ .. _ _ ____ _ - - Two-thirds of Profits divided annually amongst the Assured. DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. _By the pl an exclusively developed to by this Society, a single De tarred A nnu i ty is made, not o nly a nswe r the same object, but to far exceed in amount the entire benefit of all. the ad vantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious Classes through separate investment; in Savings' Banks, Be nefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is. a week) at th e ago of 20, will give the policy holder the fol lowing option, at the age of 65 -- Annuity for remainder of life... ......... 16 6 cash Policy, without further contributions, of 466 0 Aat death. Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60) may be also taken with similar advantages. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always availahle during sie'sness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to repre3entatives in ease of premature death. N.B. Policies, as collateral money-security, for periods of one to five years, effected at lower rates than are charged by any other Office, (See Tables A. and B.), with option of con tinuance for Life at the usual rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. THE LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN GUARANTEED. MUTUAL and PRO PRIETARY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3 , CHARLOTTE -ROW, MANSION HOUSE, and 19, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. 21, ST. ANDREW-STREET, EDINBURGH. And 64, FLEET-STREET, DUBLIN. DIRECTORS. Alexander Anderson, Esq. John Johnson, Esq. ,Al derman John Atkins, Esq Kennett Kingsford, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. John 111 6 Ctiffie, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth John Maclean Lee, Esq. Vice-Admiral Robert Honyrnan J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq. Benjamin Ifill, Esq. Alexander Robertson, Esq., James Hartley, Esq. Managing Director. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. SEC RETA RT.--F. Edgell, Esq. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS have been introduced into LIFE ASSURANCE PRACTICE by this COMPANY. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUT ABLE, unless they have been obtained by fraudulent misre presentation. - The Beard of Directors satisfy themselves upon the va rious questions proposed before they enter into contracts of assurance, and frame their policies in such terms as to pre clude all future questions as to their validity, and thus ren der them indisputable and negotiable aocuments of future debt against the Company. Parties ntay be assured either upon the participating or nou pyticipating plan ; the as sure d are re li eve d o f a ll responsi bility, and the participating class is entitled to the whole of the profits upon that branch of the business. Table to Assure £lOO, with addition of profits : Axe 25. I Age 35. Age 40. Age 45. Age 50. Age 55. £2 2 7 I £2 lb 10 1 £3 5 0 I £3 15 5 I £4 10 7 I £5 13 8 Persons interested in the lives of nominees or debtors may, for a trifling extra premium, be relieved from the risk of their Policies being forfeited by the parties going to foreign coun tries. ONE-HALF of the PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN UN- PAID for SEVEN YEARS, Affording a greater facility for Loan Transactions and Fa mily Provisions than any other plan which has been sug gested. Credit Tab'e to Assure £lOO Payable at Death. , 4 .1 Age 25. Age 30. Age 40. Age 45, Age 50. -‘0 l3 01 £1 0 7 l £l 3 71 1 £l It 51 1 £1 16 61 1 £2 3 9 The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents, and Medical Gentlemen are in all cases remunerated far their reports. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN and OTHERS. Cdpies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. RIM STONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the Patronage of his late Majesty, h"r Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally recommended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis orders incident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED !—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou sand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex pense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary toi a duce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com mons have used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculi s t s , M e di ca l P r actitioners—with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removin:.i- all diseases incident to the Eyes end Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. R. S. See J. B. Lachfield, Esq.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many ethers, recommend Grim stone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the " Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters of Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with otkers of the first respectability. Extract from the Second Edition of " Grimstone's `Feather Almanack." 7, Skinner's Almshouses, Milo End, Jan. 26, 1840. Slit —I think it my i ncum b en t d u ty t o re t u r n you my grate.. fug acknowledgments of the efficacy of your invaluable " Eye Snuff." You must understand, Sir, that I have for the last four or five years suffered much with giddiness in my head and dimness of sight. I naturally concluded (being in my 69th Year) that it was the decay of Nature, and was advised by a friend, who sa id so muc h in its favour, and the extraordinary virtues of your invention, I was induced to give it a trial, and I am happy to say that the great and sienal benefit I have de rived from the use of four of your 2s. 4d. canisters has enabled roe to lay aside my spectacles, has given me great relief in my head, and I feel so thoroughly convinced of its benign virtues, that soy gratitude shall ever be evinced in recommending it to all I may hereafter meet suffering with those afflictions. 1 am, Sir, your much obliged and grateful servant, ANN COLE. " To W. Grimstone, Esq., 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, Copy of a Letter dated Leeds, July 4, 1834. have alai-1 have rece i ve d great benefit from your Eye Snuff. uspouffty,tbi:en afflicted ten years with Cataract, and was given !I,,ll_l,edical Nen, but was recommended to use your make us :" . 7 completely cured me in a few weeks. You may my name, if it will do you any good. Excuse my writing, Your's, ever faithfully. Harper-stre e t, PETER SANIJERSON. To Mr. W as. Grimstone, 39, Broad -street, Bloomsbury. Last Testimony, Feb. 10, 1840. Observe the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE the sole in ventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of H'srbs is sold in 2s. 4d., 45. 4d ., Se. , and 15s. 6d. canisters, at Bd., Is. each, by the Proprietor, w. Grim stone, at 3. , Broa d -street, Bloomsbury i , and can be obtained in all the principal towns and cities. A liberal allowance to shippers, owne , s, captanis, and all vendors of Orimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff is shipp e d t o a ll quar t ers of the globe, anti retains its benign qualities in every elimate. 41l Snuffs a u., Cigars shipped on he shortest notice. SCROFULA and SCORBUTIC AFFEC TIONS.—WRAY'S ALTERATIVE-TONIC POW IERS and PILLS, a certain specific for the removal of Scrofula , Glandular and Scorbutic affbctions, secondary symptoms, eruptions T: the skin, pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throat, chronic then "tistri, local and general debility, loss of appetite, depression of 11;nrits, and all diseases arising from an impure state of the blood. th ergons in the habit of taking quinine will find these powders by far t he most efficacious tonic. 'tepared only by the Proprietor, M. 0. Wray, and sold wholesale Od retail at 11S, Holborn-hill, and 344, Strand, one door from Ca ruerine_street ; and, for the accommodation of shipping and sea sgppl,Darkhouse-lane, Lower Thames-street ; may c t . % be had of Barclay and Sons, 9S, Farringdon-street ; Butler, 4, c"eanside; Sutton ind Co., 10, Bow Church-yard ; Johnston, 0 , , Iptehill; Sanger, 15 , ', Oxford-street; Lowe and Hornblower, 47, t o ' 4 ckfriars.rOad; and all re , pectable patent medicine venders in !ill and country. In packages, at 45. i , d., 1 , and each. 4.tlbjeined are a few ot the many favourable notices of the above 4 4ders, by the Press, with which M. 0. Wray has been honoured, t,s,alurnerous Medical Gentleen and private individuals have borne , linoey to their superior efficacy SA nSAPARILLA.—The specific virtues of Sarsaparilla have ie r n heretofore most unaccountably overlooked. It was reserved for andf Holbornl, to analyze the properties . of this valuable , is le ; he has come to the conclusion, that it is only by admi aNping it in substance. that its real effica9y can be demisted upon, 4% I MM which he has chiefly prepared his Alterative-lonic Pow eaC-they have proved of the greatest utility in the removal of all cal eruptions, as also complaints of a secondary nature, parti /,;;PIY those arising from an Impure state of blood. They operate as Plos ul I v erf Tonic, and are admirably calculated to restore health and to to To nic, Times dra w f,EBSONAL APPEARANCE.—There cannot be a greater 41ria denominated upon personal appearance, than those Eruptions of the Alt, r 4 enominated Cutaneous. In all cases of this nature Wray's Ille c h,atlve-Tonic Powders' have been found a most successful re rigr,;:,. They are prepared from Sarsaparilla, combined with other are ',4tents of the most efficacious nature. As a Tonic, their virtues great."— Chronicle. tesp ee , 5 1 ALE BEA U TY. —Th e exterior appearance, especially with th ,,t . to the female sex, is a subject of great importance. Blemishes Bar e ;lace have an unpleasant influence ; it is therefore with plea hevert.F. announce that Wray's Alterative-Tonic Powders' are a etna n .,lling cure for all Cutaneous Eruptions, and those disorders Prib e r l ha from an impure state of the blood. These powders are tiv,3 allyy prepared from Sarsaparilla and are combined with Altera. 't ,'t oerl Tonics "—Standard as ast, ,, IN IN E.--The popular opinion is greatly in favour of Quinine Thor. n g Powerful and efficacious Tonic, but there is a specific far ter ativ it in its nature and properties; we refer to Mr. Wray's Al. taee.4 i. l ,On c ic Powders and . Pills, of Holborn-hill. The . peerless vir titA in,,4rohfa2Cutr,siesotrTes Medicine Scorlut l i e en2.ieTrs any eulagium superflu tions, Cutaneous Erup cl,o,!! and all Diseases of the Skin, there is not to be found for beneti tit', 'patios! their qa it is rerpisite to observe that the itliera- Chron9wders and be found prclen alien tl y serviceable in all cliseaaw, and Rheumatic complaints."—Age. Just published, the Seventh Edition, price 3s. ; and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3s. 6d., A NHOOD : the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to these suf fering from the destructive eff.ects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORIMEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURT'IS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold by Bailiere ' Medical Bookseller to the Royal 'College of Surgeons, 219, Regent street ; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, London • Guest, Bir mingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ' • Philip, South Castle-street, Live:pool ,• Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier street, Dublin; Duncan 9 ll4, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to bo bad of all Booksellers. This Work, a Seventh Edition if which is now presented to the public, ten thousand copies have been exhausted since its first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general principles, as also by the insertion of several new and highly in teresting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily increasing experience in a class of diseases, which, far some unaccountable reason, have been either altogether overlooked, or treated almost with indiffer ence, by the ordinary medical practitioner. The proverbial and well known rapacity of unqualified practitioners, who traffic on the health and , z,redulity of patients, has been en couraged and aroused by this supineness, on the part of the regula r surgeon. I* order to obviate the pernicious effects sure to result from th e practices of such pretenders, the authors lttyhi h net a goy v e tlah, f ee u er r a eel rattfaeuienrnott nh classiord u convinced r oc 3 . oen b fsv l :f t ee i d m as eebs y;many feo feeling devoted 1 diseases,tnhge themselves thn ae te:thassicc tthyiona fr e i ex clusively undivided e rai:tlen 11 1 10 :an t° otnhl3i'sbe departmentacquired ical mberless instances daily occurring, whersin f rp r lr o na m sei tvi c ec e e r a. t n a d i r n e u t affections of the lungs, putting on all the t'qerappearances o f consum ption, which, how ever , when trac ed to their source, are found to result from certain baneful practices, fully proves We is ne - hesitation in that the principle of the division of labour, nowhere more atleved child ' • feel aaapypilnicgabthl eatthtahnerian ism medical aptnrabcatrice..l society by whom the book will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation pining of The PearpenAtß, a E P N r T ec:p s t , o h r o , o b r eh a nl Cl ds eitym . away, and fast app , in conse quence of some diseas e, roach w i h n i g rh t , o a fnrprweamnattunrfe careful investiga e score of con sumption, by perusing this work, be astonished sumption, will, on to find, is ca n s a e l s led of pn y l o m un n g nar p y erson s of b oth tion of its real cause, has been set down to th pran consumption, sthexaets,inwhnainpe-eterisnhthsnfowf what t e the habits origin has hear tbeen , t h e indulgence tapes, youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected in ce rtainc. sole destructive al- d least), the relation and responsibility of a and pa rent, The PRECEPTOR, also, who holds (temporarily at by perusing this work, be directed v er y whereby the h practices so often introduced into schools, assisted in investigating and detecting the too oten con cealedhealth and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to b_e a co w m . - . com promised, unless the evil be arrested in prope r time. n here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judge, when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the real causes of such attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character is at once concentrated the two-fold relation of parent and instructor, will here be directed as to the nature of those habits to which youth is addicted ; he will also be enabled to point out the dis astrous consequences which are sure to follow from them if not relinquished. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. Country Patients are requested to be as minnte as possible in the detail of their cases—as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, general habits of living, and occupation in life of the party ; the communication must be accompanied by tb. usual Consultation Fee of 11., without which no notice whatever can he taken G their application ; and in all cases, the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on. SUPERIOR CANDLES. 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A com plete Catalogue of the Pictures and Tapestries is also given ; and an alphabetical List of the Painters is added, with refer ences to their works in the Catalogue, briefly characterising their respective styles."—Spectator. London : Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trafal gar-square; and all Booksellers. This day is:published, B RITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW, NO. XXIV. I. Works of Thomas Carlyle. 2. Ceylon. 3. Milman's History of Christianity. 4. Colonies and Colonial Government—Java. 5. The Corn Laws. 6. Historic C.iticism of the Gospel—Hegel. 7. Servia—her History and Prospects. London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. Just published, price lOs. DR. DICKSON'S FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY. Second Edition, enlarged. " This work has at last been fairly praised and abused into fame. It is a clever, stimulating, and suggestive book, and the present edition is considerably enlarged by the accumu la! ion of illustrative fasts. It is in other respects improved." —Tait's Edinburgh 'Magazine. " The best hit at the doctors that has ever appeared."— Revue du Nord. London: Simpkin and Marshall. Oliver and Boyd, Edin- burgh. A. Millikin, Dublin. In a sealed Envelope.—This day is published, .4 PRACTICAL and POPULAR TREA TISE, adapted and written expressly for the USE of the NON-MEDICAL READER, pointing out a successful and never-failing mode of effectually Curing those dire Dis eases depicted in the works of Drs. Tissot, Solomon, Jordan, Goss, and others. By WILLIAM HENRY CASTLE, Surgeon. Illustrated with Cases. This little work is not only distinguished but contra-distin guished from all °thus which have preceded it, its pages being exclusively devoted to the curative department, and hence it may be justly hailed as a great national desideratum. It con tains above one hundred choice recipes, adapted to various stages of the complaint, which is divided into three distinct heads and progressive stages of treatment, viz.:-Ist, Tho cleansing, or detergent ; 2dly, The strengthening, or tonic ; and lastly, The alterative, or purifying. Into these three grand divisions, theory suggested, and long experience has demon strated, the curative plan ought and must be divided. The treatment of this disease has, for obvious reasons, been hitherto confined to some cordial balin, occult tincture, or talis manic drops, which act merely as a dram—a temporary stimu lus, procured at the expense of the patient's future w-lfare. The invalid suffering under mental depression and decay, impotence, and a host of peculiar and inveterate infirmities, comprehended under nervous debility, will find this Pocket Manual written expressly for his use, and adapted to his va rious wants. London : Published by Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street and may be had of all booksellers. Price ss. By post free, ss. 6d. Just published, price 3s. ; or by post , free , 3 s. 6d . , ON the DEBELITIES of the GENERA TIVE SYSTEM in MAN and WOMAN; the Causes that produce a Premature Decay of the Reproductive Powers in both ; and the Means of their perfect Restoration. To which are added, Practical Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, and other Diseases peculiar to the Organs of Generation in both Sexes. By a MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS. Sold by Baillere, 219, Regent-street; Onwhyn, Catherine street, Strand ; and all Booksellers in town and country. ,---- / I .0* : :.it , ~. , ' ; 4 AfrAirl4k . -- • V: - 1.4 a..-,.- kt ~,_ :.„,I.4tpz -- 0 ,, ,, v . 5 . 0 ri Alllll4 ': ' - I;' 11 .....- I S , t . r so a t : Mr. itn+- : “ ' ZA '''' ....) 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An experimental test of the efficiency of this valuable invention is about to be in , mediately made by laying down a line of sufficient dimensions for the purpose, Application for shares, on which a deposit of 1/. only will be required, may be made at the Office, 1, Wallbroolc.buildligi, where models and drawings may be examined and prospectuses obtained. 110 be DISPOSED OF, a FAMILY LI NEN and WOOLLEN DRAPERY BUSINESS of high respectability and long standing, the proprietor being about to retire. It is a profitable concern upon the present returns (although limited), and is capable of being considerably ex tended. None need apply who cannot command a capital of 2,000/. Inquire for particulars personally , or by post, prepaid, to Messrs. Caldecott and Powell, 25, Cheapside. SPOONS AND FORKS, is. 2d. PER OUNCE. M. HORTON AND CO., SILVER • SMITHS and JEWELLERS, 36, LUDGATE STREET, ST. PAUL'S (opposite Messrs. Everinaton and Co.'s), offer their elegantly-finished SILVER FIDDLE SPOONS and FORKS at 7s. 2d. per oz. ; the King's Pat tern 7s. 4d. ; the Victoria and other Patterns, as also Tea and Coffee Sets, and other articles, equally moderate. A very great variety of Dessert Knives and Forks in cases of Sets. N.B. An immense Stock of splendid Fancy Goods and Jewellery at 25 to 30 per cent. below the usual London Charges. • A VISIT TO THE AGA OF PRO BOSSA. (From the Moniteur.) From the month of November, 1836, till the end of February, 1837, I was in garrison, with 50 men under my command, at Wonitza, a fort on the Gulf of Pro bossa. The rainy season had for the last month kept us mewed up in our barracks, during which time we were as dull as so many Turks. At length, how eves, the massive gray clouds that had obscured the sky broke up and sailed away towards the north, and the sun spread its dazzling light over the white houses of I robossa,\ a pretty town situate immediately opposite to Wonitza;. A number of fisher men's boats were ploughing the waters of the gulf, skimming rapidly along in the haze, like a flight of sea-mews. Probossa, with its lofty . minarets, the countless masts of the vessels stationed in the port, the many-coloured streamers fluttering in the wind, the dark cypress trees rising like black lances above the gardens stocked with citrons and lemon trees, whose waving stirred masses of golden fruit and rich blossoms—all this formed an enchanting picture which was reflected in the gloomy waters of the lonian Sea. Probossa rose before me like an enchanted palace, which old Poseidon had called u p f rom t h e b osom o f the sea. I could resist the enticement no longer ; I felt as though the barrack walls were crushing me beneath their weight. I sallied out, hurried away to the Mole, and; beckoning to Geozakys the fisherman, in whose company I had made many an excursion on the gulf, stepped into his bark ; and ere the shadows had begun to shorten beneath the noon-day sun, we had doubled cape Rephali tis Panagias, and stood before Probossa. The revenue officers invited me to take a seat ; " Katz Effendi," said they—a mixture of Turkish and Greek, but exceedingly polite for revenue officers, especially Turkish ones ; and when I had declared my name and quality, and explained the object of my voyage, they bowed and wished me a pleasant one. In the first place, I went to the English Consul ; the streets were silent and lonely, as is the case in all Moslem towns, where all noise and activity is centered in the bazaar. From time to time I encountered a Turk followed by a slave bearing his tzembucky (chibouk or pipe), and once I passel a lady, who, although muffled up in her veils, turned her head towards the wall s - an ex.tre.ssion of : contempt. An Albanese, wk.sswatiMs'king 111 - The sun, and whom I politely- requested to p o i n t ou t t o m e th e Con sul's residence, slightly raised his head, winked his eyes, made a sharp noise with his tongue, and quietly resumed his recumbent position—an expres sive piece of pantomime which I perfectly un derstood. In a short time, however, heaven sent me a guide in the shape of a venerable Greek dressed in the Armenian costume. The worthy individual, whose name was Antonio, gave me all the information I re quired, and moreover insisted on bearing me company, declaring that I should be his guest, and that he would never suffer a fellow-countryman of his king to lodge anywhere but under the roof of a Greek. M. Meges, the Consul, is a German by birth, a man of the most amiable character, and who for the last 17 years had been at the head of the general consulacy of Albania. He had had a pavilion constructed adjoining his own residence for the accommodation of strangers, and he offered me hospitality with the most gracious politeness ; but I could not accept of it without wishing to offend Antonio, who con ducted me to his own hcuse. He heralded my arrival by the most noisy demonstrations, contrary to the Greek custom, calling out lustily after his wife and four daugh ters, who were all four of the most remarkable beauty. At about four o'clock M. Carlos, Secretary to the Consul, came in order to present me to the Aga. An tonio accompanied us with five of his friends, that he might do honour to his guest, and enhance his import ance in the eyes of the Moslems. The Aga's house is entirely built of wood, with a magnificent yard attached to it, filled with fig-trees and cypresses ; in the antechamber a great number of slaves lay stretched upon the bare ground ; one of them rose and opined a door leading into a spacious apartment, but utterly unfurnished. A dozen slaves, who were then on duty, were gathered in a group, and intent on a game at cards. Through a second door we were conducted into the great audience chamber, the walls of which were tapestried with red cloth. On the divan were laid out several rich Smyrna car pets, fretted with black and green. Close to the chim ney, embellished with ornaments of gold, we perceived the Agra, in a squatting posture, whose motionless atti tude, carefully arranged beard, and grave unmoved countenance, gave him all the appearance of a lifeless figure. He was attired in black silk, and wore the Turkish red cap. By his side, on a carpet, sparkled a pair of Albanese pistols ; a magnificent yatagan inlaid with precious stones was suspended over his head by a red silken string. On his right stood four fine young men, attired in a picturesque costume, embroiderei with gold and silver, and near these were placed several subaltern functionaries. We approached him, respect fully inclining our persons, and placing our right hands on our breasts. After having returned our salu tation, the Aga bade us be seated by his side.. We were presented with tzembuckys, and coffee was served. us in little China cups and silver saucers placed round a plateau of silver, and covered over with a pieco of red velvet, embroidered with gold and silver, and surrounded __with a. deep golden fringe. We soon entered into conversation. The Aga made me undergo a close examination ; the Turks are very fond of interrogating Franks on the minutest de tails of European life ; but beneath this apparent desire of gathering instruction there is a lurking curiosity, savouring considerably of satire. First of all we talked politics, and from that we went on to the mappers and usages of Europe. The Aga was anxious to know, among other things, how matters were conducted on the occasion of grand ceremonies, and whether women were present, and took part in the festivities. On my replying in the affirmative, he testified great astonishment, and added, with an ex pression of pride, that he too, like the Giaours, had only one wi, . This, indeed, was true, but the Moslem forgot to mention that, besides his legitimate spouse, he had a harem peopled with a round number of beautiful slaves. When we took our leaves, the Aga was kind enough to offer me the use of a horse, that I might visit, on the following day, the ruins of Nikopolis, which are about four leagues from Probossa : this offer I ac cepted with gratitude. After taking a stroll in the environs of the town, we repaired to the Consul's, who was waiting dinner for us ; he regaled us with Hockheim, and under his hospitable auspicies I found Turkish life very tolerable. Anto nio and I returned heme in high glee. I slept on the divan in company with all the family, including four young ladies. But notwithstanding this agreeable companionship, I passed a frightful night : the haun kions, a kind of gnat, whose bite entails con sequences of some danger, together with other insects, whoso names are less poetical, kept me in a state of per petual torment. Antonio, who was taking his rest by the side of me, had laid his hand upon my shoulder, doubtless the better to be aware of my movement s . But frustrated his precautions, and slipped away to breathe the fresh air on the terrace of his house. The pale moon and a few dim stars were yet visible in the eastern sky, over which a red tinge was already beginning to spread. The town was plunged in profound repose, and a distant splashing sound fell upon the ear caused by the waters of the sea rushing through a narrow inlet into the gulf. Suddenly the streets resounded with the noise of horses' hoofs upon the pavement below ; it was the slaves, who were bringing me the steed which the Aga had offered me on the preceding evening. I was soon mounted, and in a few minutes we were scouring at full trot through the winding streets, till, passing through the town gates, over the moat and drawbridge, we reached the open country. After a three hours' ride through an olive plantation, we arrived on a height whence we could descry the ruins of Niko polis rolled out at our feet. The reader will no doubt remember that Augustus built this town in memory of the battle of Actium. Beneath the arches of the entrance gate were erected several calibies, in front of which a number of Gipsy families were seated ; they cried out to me " You are an English man." I replied in Albanese that I had not that honour upon which they began laughing and said, " You will not own it. All the English do the same, they are afraid of being detained for ransom." Within a quarter of a league from this gate stand the remains of a theatre ; they crown a hill whence there is a view of the gulf, the open sea, and an aqueduct, which stretches across the country for a distance of more than al league. The theatre has lustily withstood the hand of time, and is of vast extent. I remarked the facade of an edifice, at the foot of which lay scattered large portions of columns ; its entire length was about 260 paces. The ruins of Nikopolis are disseminated over an immense tract, of which it took me a whole hour to make the circuit. _ _ When we returned at about mid-day, I observed to my utter astonishment that every one saluted me as I passed, whereas on the preceding day I was allowed to go by with the completest indifference. Of this sudden change I very soon discovered the cause. For when I had dismounted and was returning home on foot, a" these polite demonstrations were immediately dis continued, they had all been addressed to the Aga's horse, not to its rider. Geozakys pressed me to hasten my departure, for the wind was growing brisk. So I took leave of all my friends, and consigned myself to the care of my old Pahnurus. The breeze drove us rapidly across the gulf. The sea-mews had not 3et retuned to their nests, and I could still distinguish the streamers fluttering gaily from the masts of the war sloops sta tioned in the port, as I ascended the steep street which leads to the citadel of Wonitza. At Maginville, in the Manche, are an octoge narian couple, who have lived together in harmony, sup porting themselves by their own labour, for 60 years. Their neighbours, who hold them in esteem, prevailed on thorn, a few days since, to celebrate the sixtieth anni versary of their marriage, as they had suffered the usual epoch of the half century to pass by unnoticed. On the appointed day the whole village came to escort them to the altar, the bells were rung, guns were fired, &c. The venerable couple went to church, where a suitable ser vice was performed, and at its termination the old woman wished to pay the fees, but the priest refused, and went round among the congregation to make a special collec ti9n in favour of the happy pain SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNIWG PAPERS OF THIS ➢AT. CHRONICLE.—The landlords' majority has now the mastery of the nation. The Parliament and the Sove reign, the Government and the country, it has them all in its gripe. It has made a Ministry ; and it can, when ever offended, unmake the Ministry it has made. 'rho Duke of Buckingham and Sir Edward Knatchbull in the Cabinet are the outward and visible sign of a compact, with its most selfish interests and its blindest prejudices, like the bloated figure in Shelley's " Masque of Anarchy," "it is law, and King, and God." The efficiency of Par liamentary opposition to this enormous and triumphant power must depend upon its complete superiority to the ordinary tactics of the party. They are not merely the measures of the Whigs that have been defeated, but their principles. The late Ministers have not been ejected from office for the sake of this or that amount of reduction in timber or sugar duties, but because they touched monopoly by attempting any reduction. They have not forfeited place on account of their attempt to mitigate the bread-tax to Ss. per quarter, but for contemplating an application of the principles of com mercial freedom to the trade in corn. Nor will they recover what they have lost by the proposition of any extent of reduction, or amount of duty. The new Opposition in Parliament must shun points of petty con flict with its predecessors. The country took its propo sitions, as embodied in the Budget, not for a complete, final, and satisfactory arrangement, but as the indica tions of a Ministerial adoption of sound principles in commercial and fiscal legislation. Moral force and public opinion, by which alone an Opposition can be rendered efficient, require the broad and strenuous assertion of those principles, in whatever form they may be invaded by the victorious monopolists. Free trade is the banner round which their future strength must rally, for it to be that growing strength which will obliterate the late re verses in a coming and complete success. But it is mainly out of doors that the form and colour must be given to such resistance as may keep the spirit of Toryism in check, avert the worst excesses of its former domination, and preserve or obtain the means, as well as the will, for destroying any power not based upon public opinion and public interests. The people's party must follow the peo ple's lead. TIMES.—The correspondence which we published yesterday -relative - to Mr. Nixon's dismissal from the High-Sheriffship of Fermanagh, is perhaps as discredit able to the ex-Lieutenant of Ireland as anything his Lordship has yet done to signalize his ardent Whig reign. How Lord liforpeth, with the symptoms of im proved feeling lately evinced by him in Yorkshire, could allow himself to be instrumental in ministering to the paltry party-spite of his vice-regal chief in Dublin, does, we confess, surprise us. Had the noble ex Se cretary been at due pains to acquaint himself with all the facts before he undertook to write a letter to Mr. Nixon so offensively prejudging that gentleman's case as to have compelled him, from self-respect, to decline an explanatory reply, we cannot doubt that instead of having consented to be the vehicle of Earl For tescue's political venom against one of the most estimable public functionaries that Ireland can boast of, the same high regard to character which induced Lord Morpeth to decline the degrada tion of occupying one of O'Connell's spare seats, would have indisposed him to act the part of a mere dirty utensil at the conclusion of his official career. Of the general policy of the late Lord Lieutenant we have no wish to speak in terms of severe censure. As a guardian of public order, his practical enforcement of the laws has rendered his administration considerably less objectionable than that of his prede cessor. But when we have said this, we have said every thing he can fairly lay claim to. With professions of the strictest impartiality as an even-handed mediator be tween the political and ecclesiastical parties which divide Ireland, the Noble Earl has uniformly falsified his pro fessions by a systematic favouritism on behalf of those whom he believed to be best able and best disposed to prolong the ascendancy of his English colleagues. In deed the discrepancy observable between Earl Fortescue's promises and performances has been such as can in no sense be ascribed to a mere error of judgment. His Lord ship, while affecting to maintain an inflexible indepen dence, has on many reprehensible occasions been the wil ling sycophant of a faction. lIERALD.—With the prospect of infinite honour to themselves, by responding to the expectations of the country at large, the new Government have certainly a prospect, also, of duties to be performed involving an awful extent of responsibility. Never did public men present themselves on the stage of their trial before the country which they are to serve, under a greater cer tainty of encountering more highly-wrought expecta tions. The imbecility of the Whig-Radical Ministers, their failures and their follies, their hollow faith and large professions, have generated such incessant dis appointments to the nation, that, from those who—by the mere force of sounder principles and steadier con duct have ousted them from office, an account of their stewardship, somewhat unreasonable, even, as to the products it will auticipate ; and somewhat minute in the particulars it wfk require—may be certainly looked for. But that tiAft are to hold office under a liability of this sort should never be felt nit any hardship by blle teauers of the Conservative party. What to dread from the strictest investigation into their mode of carrying out the most salutary and enlightened prin ciples of government, if they be always prepared to show that they have manfully endeavoured to make the best use of the means presented to them for honestly redeem ing the pledges they have given to their countrymen ? They have no "irrevocable compacts" to bind them to the evil purposes and unremitting machinations of reck less intriguers. They are under no moral necessity to vote, at the dictation, or for the purposes of a faction, " that black is white or white is black." They have no guilty adhesion to testify in secret to a treacherous cabal, the insolent head of which exacts from his creatures and dependents a divided homage and allegiance (in effect) with their common Sovereign. We dare answer for them. that no Minister of a foreign country, in a season of fierce hostility against Great Britain on the part of those whom his bad arts are working to a pitch of frenzied resentment—will ever be able to adduce in their open senate, letters of encouragement and intelligence from councillors of the British Crown, who deem themselves not precluded' from revealing the deliberations of the Cabinet, by the solemn arid exigent terms of their oaths ! The Conservatives will never have to fear such a challenge from delinquents who are arraigned for high treason, found guilty, and sentenced, as this,—" We have but followed your example ;—we have but com plied" with your own invitation, to meet for the discus sion of our grievances in this tumultuous way, and at dark midilight ; you are bound to advise the Crown to remit to us all penalty for what the law has branded as the highest of offences." The new Government will never afford to any individual or any community an oc casion for taunting them with having, through their own supineness or their own mismanagement, allowed one colony to be enveloped in the flames of a civil war, and another to be brought, by illegal and unconstitutional interference, on the part of the Colonial-official at home, with their legislature, to the very verge of a rebellion. POST.—If it be true that her Majesty, in acting faith fully upon the principles of the Constitution, has sacri ficed some personal predilections, the readiness and frankness with which her Majesty has made these sacri fices, will not be lost upon the nation, nor upon the party which, under her Royal permission, now holds the reins of Government. It is for mean minds to cherish re sentment against what may be supposed to be an unwill ing compliance with circumstances. No such feeling exists in the breast of any true Conservative. The party has sense enough, and principle enough, to view the reality of things through the medium of duty. If they believe that her Majesty's personal preference was not towards them, they are not the less, but the more sensi ble, of the devotedness with which they ought to serve a Sovereign, whO not only complies at once with the re- quirements of the constitution, but does so even against the bias of her personal inclination, who makes a sacrifice of her own liking in order to discharge the duties im posed upon her by her high position as constitutiom.l Queen of a free people. As to the assertion of the Whig journals that the people are against the party now in power, we can make nothing of it by any process of rea sonable examination. It seems to be the mere raving of Whigs whom failure and disappointment have driven out of their wits. The Whigs who constructed the Reform Act must condemn themselves, if they say that the House of Commons, as at present constituted, does not represent the people, and they are well aware, as we have already stated, that the voice of the House of Commons is certainly not with them, nor against the Conservative party. • ADVERTISER.—The more carefully we examine the composition of the new Tory Cabinet, the more thoroughly do we feel persuaded that the advent of that Cabinent will prove to the country a calamity of the most fearful magnitude. There is no expectation of good more generally entertained from the Peel Admi nistration than that of some substantial amelioration in the financial and commercial relations of the country. Be it our duty to expose the utter groundlessness of this expectation, and to prove beyond all question that come of the trade and commerce of the country what may,- nay, come what will of the country itself—the interests of the landed monopolists must be inviolably upheld. First of all we beg the people to remember that all the avowed partialities of the Premier are in favour of the landed interest. Whenever, in times past, the claims of corn and commerce have come into collision, Sir Robert Peel has always evinced a decided predilection for the former. He is notoriously a proud and ambitious man, and like most other men of ambitious aspirations, is ashamed of the commercial pursuits to which he owes his opulence and elevation in society.. For cotton, which has made him, he feels a sovereign contempt, and wishes that all the spinning-jennies in Lancashire were cast into the depths of the sea, rather than come between the wind and his aristocratic pretensions. The very name of cot ton, spinning-jennies, or anything else that brings to his mind the remembrance of the humble origin of his fa mily, grate on his ear, and are odious in his eye. He aims at being considered a landed gentleman, and all his sympathies and leanings are with the landed interest. As, therefore, the interests of commerce and corn are, in the existing posture of affairs, in a state of necessary and irreconcileable antagonism, and as the triumph of the one can only be achieved by the temporary prostra tion of the other, there - Cannot be the shadow of a doubt as to the interest over which the new Tory Premier will throw the shield of his protection. PRICE 5d MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROSt THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. CHRONICLE.—The settlement for the bills that fell due on Saturday has gone off better than was anticipated. The heavy paper, with one exception of a house in the foreign trade, has been all well met, but we regret to state that a considerable number of the smaller class of traders' acceptances have been returned unpaid. There has been a considerable exportation of woollen goods to the North American provinces, to Canada, and to Nova Scotia, for winter clothing, and a good deal of exports have been sent to various part of the Continent. The former branch of trade was to be expected at this season, and as to the latter we have frequently.explained that it was based too much upon the consignment system. to be looked upon as a feature of returning improvement in our European trade. The demand for money, contrary to expection, still continues, notwithstanding the removal of the pressurs required to meet the bills which came to maturity on Saturday. Considering the nature of the Bank notice, allowing money at five per cent. on deposit of bills having six months to run, it is surmised that - sOme under current for money is at work amongst capi talists, .preparatory to the appearance of the French loan. This continued pressure for money and depression in the manufacturing and trading interests, coupled with the numerous failures that have taken place, and others that we fear are yet to come, should obtain the serious and immediate attention of the Cabinet. It has been said that the decay in our export trade and stagnation in the demand for British goods have been occasioned by two causes, viz., overtrading and the unsettled state of our political relations. 'We have, however, endeavoured to show, and we believe successfully, that the origin of all the mischief is the disturbing influence of the present Corn-laws upon the currency. We have this indisput able fact in our support, that trade has been suffering un der great vicissitudes and distress ever since the drain of bullion to pay for foreign corn after the bad harvest of 1838, and that the Bank of England has been en gaged since that time in a constant struggle to get back her gold, in which, to this day, her efforts have been only very partially successful; while the " screw" has been in activer operation, and prices consequently very seriously, indeed ruinously, depressed, in the hopes of causing a favourable turn in the - Foreign Exchanges. The reaction in Spanish Active Bonds is not surpris ing after the recent improvement of 3 per cent., and the delay that has occurred in obtaining the loan of 60,000,000 of reals destined to defray the past due dividends on he Indemnity Bonds, and to provide towards payment of the interest on the capitalized Coupons. M. Surra y Roy has anything but a bed of roses. A new class of credi tors, too, have come forward, claiming preference of payment. We allude to those natives of Spain who supplied the Christian Government with ignds during the civil war, under the shape of forced "'loans." We cannot admit that these parties have any right of pre ference whatever over the foreign creditors, to whom the revenues of the State stand unequivocally pledged in security ; neither do we believe that the Spanish Minis ter of Finance meditates any postponement of payment of the interest on the Indemnity Bonds, or of the appro priation of the balance of the 60,000,000 reals to the liquidation of the interest of 3 per cent. on the Coupons of the debt to be capitalized. The upright and firm conduct of M. Surra y Bull are the best guarantees that he will persevere in the same course of public faith to wards the foreign bondholders that has distinguished his career since he came into office. TIMES.—The result of the payments of the 4th has been remarked among the discount houses as having passed over extremely well, notwithstanding the demand whiCh was current for money throughout • the week. This is one evidence that the retail trade of the country is in7a healthy condition, as it is chiefly the paper run ning in this trade that falls due at this particular period. Our advices from the Mauritius state that the news received there respecting the Chinese expedition was to the effect that a misunderstanding had occurred between Captain Elliot and Sir J. Gordon Bremer, which led to the latter returning to Calcutta to require reinforcements, he being of opinion that coercion was - necessary to bring the Chinese authorities to a sense of their duty, while Captain Elliot thought that conciliation would effect everything, not only to the extent of carrying on the trade with European nations, but also to the final re conciliation of the English and Chinese Powers. It is said in these accounts that the representations of Sir J. Gordon Bremer had met the entire approval of the Governor-General of India, who had been invested with full powers to order Sir J. Gordon Bremer to act as the Co-Plenipotentiary of Captain Elliot till the arrival of Admiral Sir G. Parker. The Indian papers received by the - Overland Mail con tain a full account of the monthly report of the meeting of the Agricultural Society in May last. The principal communication made was the report of the Government Botanical Garden at Saharunpore, by which it appeared that in complianc3 with Lord Auckland's orders, large parties of collectors had been sent out early in the seed season of 1839 to the Ilimmalaya, who had made a valu able collection of seeds. In 1838 upwards of 500 species ' were sent from- the Himmalayas to England, but most of them were considered unworthy attention, while in the next year the seeds were selected rather on account of their choice quality than for the sake of obtainine• .Ariety. Ivrarlynll these germinated successfully, and the different kinds of Himmalaya pine had flourished almost in every instance, both in Great Britain and Ire land, as far north as Tessa, and south as Cornwall, the severity of winter having left the seedlings unin jured. The lucerne sent from Candahar and the Atfgban clover had likewise flourished in Eng land ; but the latter, which is said to be im portant on account of its luxuriance and the avidity with which it is sought for by cattle, had not attracted much attention. By the superintendent of the botanical garden a constant succession of useful seeds, agricultural, vegetable, and medicinal, had been received both from the India House and other parts. The carob tree, the seeds of which are eaten in Syria, was found to thrive, and expected to prove of great benefit to the poorer classes in India. Egyptian wheat had likewise proved productive, and an assortment of seeds from Switzerland had been found superior to articles of the same sort hitherto cultivated in India. An experiment had been tried which augured well for the cultivation of cotton. Some specimens of soil from theisland of Cheduba had been analyzed, as well as some specimens of American soil, and they were found to be precisely identical. In a few years it was expected that the island and its vicinity would produce cotton equal to the very best in America. All these facts, which transpired at the meeting, tend to illustrate the great and progressive development of which our Indian possessions are susceptible, and the continu ally new sources that may be opened in them, provided they are allowed every fair advantage. POST.—With the exception of Spanish nothing has been done in foreign stock. The first quotation was 221, which fell immediately afterwards to 22, and it remained A t that price until nearly the close of the market, when a desperate attempt was snceessfiilly made, by which the price was raised nominallyto 224 to 22+, at which it closed. The expose of the plan to entrap a few unwary purchasers has had the desired effect of prevent ing any one being taken in by the supposition that the Government was about to make a payment on account of the long standing debt, and that the present rise was nothing else than a desperate attempt of a few speculators to raise the prices, and make money out of their dupes. The only parties really interested in these Securities, or in any other of the bankrupt countries, are those who really held the documents at the time of the insolvency. It is for them and the *Government to come to an arrnge meta. The law here, and a 'just one, precludes the holders of notes of a bankrupt to prove for more than he • actually paid for them. • This evil is much increased by such bonds being allowed to be quoted, since it induces • the belief that some respectability is still attached to them. Meanwhile the agent is the only one who reaps any benefit, by charging a commission for endeavouring to effect the conversion, &c. Commercial bills which fell due on Saturday were all promptly met, with the exception of some acceptances by a toreigh house, which, it was understood, would be protested to-day ; the amount of the engagements, how ever, is not large. SUN.—The markets are comparatively quiet at present, but prices show little tendency to move either one way or the other. In the English market neither specula tion nor investments are at all brisk, and the closing of the transfer books limits the channels of business. Con , sols for immediate transfer brought 89t to 4, and for Account 99 -to 90. Exchequer Bills were 13s. to 15s. . prem., and East . India Bonds 2s. prem: The New Three and••a-llalf per Cents. brought 98+ to 1, and East India Stock was flat at 247: to 246. The Foreign Securities were not so brisk as last week. Spanish Actives, which opened at 224, receded to 22, and closed at 221-. Mexican Bonds were worth 254 ; Colombian, 201 to 2* ; and Chilien, 70. Danish Stock was at 79i, and Dutch Five per Cents. Old Bonds were firm at 1021. Shares have not varied much from Saturday's rates, but there nppear to be more sellers than buyers. Great Western Railway Shares were 14 to 131 ; the Fifths, 4 ; the Grand Junction, 100 ; the London and Birmingham, 69 ; the New, 22 ; the South-Western, 13i. to ; and the Greenwich Scrip, 1 prem. Brighton were 3i to 3; Bristol and Exeter, 30 ; Croydon, 1 ' - and North Mid land Thirds, 4 discount. Australasian Bank Shares were 141 ; London Joint-Stock, 2 to 4 ; and Provincial Bank of Ireland, New, 6 prem. DONCASTER RACES.—Bell's Life in London of Sunday next will contain the anticipations of Pegasus on the forthcoming race for the Doncaster St. Leger, with remarks on the promised sports of the week ; and on Sunday the 19th instant, Bell's Life in London will contain the fullest particulars of the Doncaster Meeting, and every event connected with its progress. Price of Bell's Life sd. Office, 170, Strand. To be bad of every Newspaper Agent in the kingdom. • - - LAMMAS WHEAT.—An Englishman, named Weathcrcroft, who emigrated on account of his opinions, settled at Caen, and had some seed wheat brought over from his own country. Among the crop, in the follow ing year, were two ears of Lammas wheat, and these two ears were the Adam and Eve of an innumerable posterity now spread over almost all France, and which threatens to exterminate the ordinary kind of wheat. It was in 1797 that these two ears were gathered. If France has lost millions through the war with England, perhaps these two grains of corn, sent accidentally from that country, have made ample amends for the mischief.— Excursions in Normandy. VENING MR, FEARGUS O'CONNOR. estorday evening a meeting of the working classes ,ondon was called at the Crown and .i!tAlor Tavern, nd, pursu a nt to advertisement, to co ngratulate Mr. 'Connor on his discharge :rom York Castle. lortly after eight o'clock the Chair was taken by FUSSELL, when the following resolutions were ?IA from the Chair • . The first, proposed by Mr. WATKIN and seconded by Mr. PARKER, Was 58 follows : " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the incar ceration of Feargus O'Connor,Esq., was unjust to himeell; and an insult and injury to the oppressed millions whose cause he had so nobly advocated ; and that we hail his re-appearance among us at this important crisis with joy and gratitude as a favourable omen to our cause." The second resolution was moved by Mr. WHEELER, and seconded by Mr. WALTON : That this meeting is of opinion that until the Cherter becomes the law of the land, no justice can be expeeted by the working classes, nor any relief from the exces sive hurthens under which they now suffer. On the motion of Mr. WILSON the following ta!solu tion was put : " That this meeting pledges itself to do all in its power to make the Charter become the law of the land —to recal Frost, Williams, and Jones, and to assist our oppressed brethren in Ireland in their endeavours to ob tain a repeal of the Legislative Union." Mr. GOODFELLOW having seconded the resolution, Mr. Fe:Annus O'Coxszoa rose, and was received w,ith loud cheering. He said, although his medical attendants had advised his sojourn at the sea side for some 61110, yet he chose to forego their advice, and plunge once more into the ocean of agitation. It was idle fir the people to suppose that they would be one- whit the better off under the administration of the one great party in the State than under that of the other. He was delighted to see in the present vast assemblage—not the resusci tation of the cause of Chartism, but the gigantic strength it had gained since his committal to prison. They had fought the battle so nobly, that Peel with his majority in the House of Commons, and his physical force out of it, had no chance of ever riding roughshod over the people. He should be willing to meet Mr. Sydney Smyth, and every other man who had written and spoken against Chartism ; but he should be very sorry to meet some of them in theileown Billingsgate slang. He considered the W hips to be done, and done for ever, and society was now composed but of two parties, the Tories and the Chartists ; and could any man oubt on which side the victory would be ? The Whigs told them that the Queen was now a State prisoner in her Palace. Would to God (continued the Learned Gen tleman) you were all such State prisoners. There is one thing, however, I can assure you all of, that she is not living in solitary confinement, or on chilly; neither dues she take her exercise on the treadmill. Had the Whigs remained in office for another year Chartism would have an end, and Republicanism be the order of the day. They had given the people Act after Act : they first gave them starvation, awl. they next gave then coercion to make them submit to that. starvation. The question of free trade had not been properly analysed. The duty had been taken off leather, but the mechanic still experienced no diminution in the price of his shoes, and the same would be the case with corn, and the other commodities about which the Whigs in the eleventh hour set up such a shout. The fact was, that the great capitalist, in the capacity of importer, the corn factor, the miller, and the baker, would all swallow up the pro fits, while the working man would still pay the same price. What he wanted was to make all the working classes producers themselves. He asserted—and he wished his assertion to be published to the world—that before seven months elapsed air Robert Peel would cease to be Prime Minister of England. Before that time he (Mr. O'Connor) would have visited every town in Eng land and Scotland, and procured four millions of signa tures with which to meet the Right Honourable Baronet on the Treasury benches, and hurl him :COM his seat.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It would be a rather dangerous experiment in the present state of affairs to send over the threatened number of regiments to Ireland. There was an old adage, "'Whale the cat is out the mice may play;" and the Rt. Hon. Bart. might perhaps find the six points of the Charter end the repeal of the Urion were handmaids, and should go hand-in-hand together. The time had now come when the oligarchy had banded themselves together, and he called upon the people to do the same. The Learned Gentleman, after toeching upon several topics at great length, amongst which were the cases of the Dorchester labourers, and of Messrs. Frost, Jones, and Williams, concluded amidst loud and long-continued cheering, by professing his eternal fide lity—even to the death—to the Peoples' Charter, and his determination by every means in his power to pro mote the repeal of the Legislative Union between England and Ireland. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman, the meeting separated, after (vide g three cheers for Feargus O'Connor, and three cheers for Frost, Jones, and Wil liams. To the latter manifestation of feeling the female portion of the auditory, who were very well-dressed and respectable-looking, seemed to respond with much warmth and sympathy. CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT, PANTECHNICON, near BELGRAVE SQUARE.—The Nobility and Gentry are respectfully requested to inspect the largest Stock of New and Second-. hand CARRIAGES on SALE in the WORLD, particularly CHARIOTS, BROUGHAMS, and PHAETONS. Ele gance, Fashion, and durability have been the study of the builders. Carriages and Harness received for safe keeping. The Building is considered fire-proof, and is effectually pre served from damp. WATERPROOF CLOTHING, NOT CONFINING PERSPIRATION. BERDOE'S VENTILATING WATER PROOF FROCK Is the only Garment which effectually excludes the rain, WITH OUT CONFINING PERSPIRATION. Its perfect effi ciency has long been fully proved by three years' trial, a very large sale, and the recommendation,of those who havecaelepted it, as the must convenient and vatuable protection from wea ther ever invented. It is light, gentlemanly, adapted to all seasons, and peculiarly so for the SADDLE. Also, THE WATERPROOF SHOOTING JACKET. Made from a new, much approved, and very durable Material, thoroughly impervious to the heaviest rain. Made only by WALTER BERDOE, TAILOR, &c., N 0.69, CORNHILL, eight doors from Bishopsgate-street. SYRIA. BEYROUT, JULY 24.--At a moment when Eastern affairs still occupy a large share of the public attention, the enclosed copy of a letter addressed by the British merchants here to their Consul, relative to the working of the new tariff in Syria,' may not prove wholly uninteresting to your commercial readers. ' The letter is couched in general terms, but may be consi dered as expressing the pervading feeling here amongst merchants, regarding the detrimental influence of the tariff. England is blamed by all as having been the first not only to frame the Convention, but also to in sist on its being put in vigour, and as many of the evils and abuses which the new tariff has given rise to were not contemplated when the Convention was framed, it is to be hoped that the British authorities in Syria will do all their power to bring about a speedy amelioration ; and if the tariff itself cannot be annulled or greatly modi fied, and the old one established in its place, they ought at least to see that the annoying and iniquitous abuses now practised by the Turkish authorities be reformed. As yet the Ottoman Government has neither abo lished nor modified any of the internal duties, whilst it insists on exacting those which the new tariff has so onerously increased on its foreign and domestic commerce. Indeed, the Turkish system of Govern ment appears to be only one of venality, intrigue, op pression, and perversion. The hatti scheriff, which has been made such a sine qua non in Egypt, is either not acted upon here, or it has produced no perceptible reform in the civil administration of the Government. Several changes of Custom-house officers have occurred since the new duties were levied, but every change seems for the worse, and the present Director adds to Other grievances by his unbearable insolence of manner, and apparently fanatical feeling. The currency is in the greatest state of confusion and derangeMent ; yet the efforts made by the local authori ties are so unenergetical, that no attempts at renovation hitherto made by them have had any good result. It is impossible to divine the views which impel the Ottoman Government to persist in such a state of affairs, but it requires not the eye of a politician or a statesmen to predict, that if sound and wholesome reform be not at once introduced, we may soon look for volumes on the " Decline and Fall of the Otto man Empire." Its ruin will inevitably be brought about by civil warfare, if by no foreign Power. The whole population of Syria is in a dissatisfied and almost rebellious state. It is said the Pasha of Damascus openly displays his hatred of the English, and now refuses to give travelling firmans or passports to British officers travelling in the country.- COPY OF A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE BRITISH CONSUL AT BEYROUT BY THE BRITISH MERCHANT-3 THERE. BEYROUT, JUN:: 30, 1841. SIR—We, the undersigned British merchants, have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your communi cation of the 24th inst., requesting a report upon the working up to the present time, within our observation, or to our knowledge, of " the commercial convention of 1838." The new tariff of import duties, though not exorbitant, is prejudicial to the interests of British merchants, since the duties paid by the subjects of other nations are lower, and to British commerce in proportion as the new duties ex ceed the old, the loss not being compensated for by the abolition of any monopolies, as the produce of Syria has for many years been exempted from any heavy or re strictive interior taxes. The exports of Syria, as compared with the imports, are only very limited, consequently the difference must be made up in specie. The principal production is silk, of which a small portion is consumed in the country, and the remainder exported.— As this is an article of very expensive production, and rarely produces a profit proportionable to the labour and risk of cultivation, it is natural to suppose that the new duty of 12 per cent. imposed upon it will be the cause of loss to the grower, who cannot be remune rated by the price it yields. The cultivation of silk in Europe having been greatly extended, the inferior qualities of Syrian silk are neglected by con sumers, who now only buy them at a heavy reduction on former prices. The silks of Syria now pay an export duty of twelve per cent, in lieu of half per cent., as formerly paid, which in an equal proportion will diminish the resources of the country in paying for its imports, or, in other words, have a restrictive influence on its foreign commerce, particularly with Great Britain. These remarks do not apply to silk alone, but equally to all articles of Syrian production and export. It is well known that Syria has latterly furnished grain only sufficient for its consumption during a portion of the year, and is consequently forced to have recourse to importation from other countries for the means of sub sistance. This article (as in all countries) can be paid for only in cash, and, being charged with an exorbitant duty, is another heavy drain on the resources of the country, which is greatly augmented by the unjust and ruinous duties levied upon grain transported from one part of Syria to another. These imposts are highly detrimental to the interests of the country and its commerce with other nalions, and are the means of discouraging the ex tension of agriculture, for which the capabilities of the country can scarcely be surpassed. The abolition of all imposts on grain—particularly the production of the country—would be attended with the most signal benefit to the commercial resources of Syria. Since the new treaty was put in execution, in the month of March, it has had the effect either of suspend ing sales, or of forcing importers to submit to the loss of the differences betwixt the old and new duties, which, consumers refusing to pay, consequently fall upon goods imported. In exportation it has suspended trans actions, to the serious prejudice of both merchants and producers, who look forward to some amelioration of the present system, as neither the producer nor the exporter can support the new export duties, in the face of present prices of Syrian exports in Europe. In addition to the advantages of an increased rate of import and export duties, we believe smuggling is car ried on to a considerable extent, and a large portion of the British trade being now in the hands of the natives, who nva consider it neith e r a cr i me nor even di sreputa bl e to a engaged over n according s t m h e n g a g i smuggling, t 0 n d g e , a ol dealer using e newyonmd scale,ea w n h s a they he h o m avoid any would avpeaan - ad - ilconsider g tnhte dutiese g e p e o l s e s s i l b e l n e : cha l n n co ts in particularwe. s suffer r y f remark, rem ts s that of ßritish g sm, be er - cause the subjects of other nations who have not accept ed the new tariff can buy and sell on conditions which would leave a loss to the British trader. We have the honour to be, very respectfully, Sir, Your most obedient humble servants. To Niven Moore, Esq., her British Majesty's Consul, &c., Beyrout. SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.---About eight o'clock last Saturday morning, while some boys were p l ay i n g on the causeway in front of Hermitage-street, near the entrance to the London Docks, they discovered the mutilated remains of an infant buried in the mud. The lower extremities and the right arm of the child had been cut off. The skull is :fractured, and the features mutilated, as if for the purpose of preventing the corpse from being recognised. The infant does not appear to have ban Wore then tWQ months ow, C% ~~~~ ~.. %~ MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS. (From Morning Post.) We understand that Alexander Pringle, Esq., M.P. for the county of Selkirk, and J. Milnes Gasket!, Esq., M.P. for Wenlock, have been appointed Lords of the Treasury. Sir Win. Rae is appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland. We are also informed that Captain Sir George F. Sey mour and the lion. Captain Gordon are to be two of tho Lords of the * Admiralty. It is generally believed that Sir Edward Sugden has not .accepted the oflice of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, win that the proper tribute of respect having been paid previous possession and transcendant ability, this high office will devolve upon an eminent member of the Irish bar. The names of Mr. Pennefather and Mr. Sergeant Lefroy have been mentioned. It is probable that the former of these learned gentlemen will be the Irish Chancellor ; but, what we venture to announce as posi tively certain is, that the present. Ministers of the Crown, in filling so important an office, will not insult a nation for the sake of perpetrating a job. Jt generally - believed, that Mr. Emerson Tennent, a very useful and diligent member of the House of Com mons, is to be the, new Clerk of the Ordnance. We hear that the Earl de la Warr is to be the Lord Chamberlain, and the Marchioness of Abereorn the Mistress of the Robes to her Majesty. These appoint ments are propable, but we do not vouch for the accuracy of the statement. It is understood, and we mention the fact in order to allay public anxiety and curiosity as to appointments in her Majesty's household, that the Countess of Gains 7 borough, Lord Byron, and most of the other exalted persons who have the honour of holding °flees at Court without any close connection, personal or political, with the late administration, have consented to retain their several positions.—Morning Post. SPORTING INTELCIGENCE: TATTERSALL'S-YESTETIDAY. TIIE ST. I.F.GER. If we may judge by the betting this race is now a greater certainty than ever for Coronation. 2to 1 was laid on him yesterday to nearly 20C1., and afterwards currently offered, and at the same time 5 to 1 laid in three or four quarters against Van .A.mburgh ;11 and 12 to 1 taken about The Squire, and no other mentioned. On the Derby the only bets m: de were 23 to 1 to 50/. against Lord Verulam's Robert do Gorham, and 45 to 1. to the same amount against Mr. Greville's Gunter. LEAMINGTON STAKES.-5 to 1 offered on the field, and 70 to 10 laid against Kingston Robin. Wanwicx RACES.—The following horses have arrived up to yesterday morning for the Leamington Stakes : Caravan, The Lord Mayor, Warden, Modesty, King ston Robin, Bosphorus, Currycomb, Champagne, Marialva, The Recorder, Rodanthe, and Tupsley ; some others were expected. MR. COBDEN.—Since our last, the newspapers have been busy with Mr. Cobden. He has already the honour of being one of the " best abused men in E.ig land." As a set off against the bitterness with which he has been assailed by the Tories, however, he has met with the most liberal praise from the ablest Reform jour nals in the kingdom. Among the numerous testimonies to his merit, we venture to say that the following, from the Stockport Chronicle, will be more grateful to his heart than the proudest eulogiums of the London pa pers. It is like the endeared voice of fireside :riendship softly echoing the trump of public fame :—" That his own constituents are, in the highest degree, satisfied with the prompt manifestation o f hi s d eterm i nat i on to make their wants and wishes heard, by the monopolists in .Pttr: liament, was evinced by the delighted groups which, for two or three days, might have been seen, in ever' congratulating congratulating each other on the humble part whieltiai! Live, had taken, in the return of so valuable a represeheia and gratefully acknowledging how amply theYV on al ready repaid for their exertions to secure his cca , c 4 po 7. and even many of the more sensible of our w hich has vents have candidly acknoWledged the hones of Mr. Cobden, and the great improve ableenrougde—Bol taken place in the representation of this ton Free Press. .—fn consequence of honesty "hick ability EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA. lar -e hill or mount:: a severe shock of an earthquake, a e that river, bed of the Attock, which cointrie was shaken from its foundation, and thrown into the - enabled to cross over so entirely that passen g ers o t the natural course of the ed,mtleleasial it4hnh:t'ofjll eT to n ,spre whichad a i l i v d a s i n totallyun d ate im mersed, place called- Ghelan dryshod. This check,i,.):ll stream nlers neighbouring: Taloolia , : , !,.! io _ to a June there was so considerable for sailny. tile 91 . an inilu~ of across in t he Attock, that the mount a i n was ~vhicli vas laid thrown water r ss i ts bed tural channel restoi With such force did this torrent o•snsl ie b inurtrncd d own , t h a t the country for five toss on eaph bank Na and several people were swept,nway in i o urse ; many left th e ir ho us es and pro ., a nd betook themselves to the hills. The Qusba li)rtlii;rahad, with its fortress, wrs levelled in this all destroying sweep, not a vestige of them remaini ng . come , e About thirty of the inhabitants of this Qusba lost their lives on this occasion, the remainder having saved them selves by flight. The houses of a community of fisher men located in the neighbourhood were also destroyed. There was such a swell of water that it overtopped the fort. There is no describing the extent of the ravages committed by a torrent. The ilaqua - of Lachine was entirely washed away, with the extensive crops which were standing at the time. The farmers have sustained much loss.—Bombuy Gazette. , . MANGANESE ORE.—The Du k e Ri c h mond does not intend working his iron mine on the estate at Tomintoul, owing chietfy to the long land carriage ; but a vein of manganese has been - discovered at the same place, which promises to be productive and valuable._ Men are at present engaged at this new vein.--Aberdeen Herald. _ )74 M. THIERS, LATE PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE. This day, in five volumes Bvo. bound, 10s. each, embellished with upwards of forty Engravings by Greatbach, the lIISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVO LUTION. By M. A. THIERS. With illustrative Notes, from the most authentic sources. This work may be had in 45 parts, price Is. each. " Unquestionably the best history that has yet appeared of the French Revolution, being scrupulously accurate in its de tails. This edition is copiously illustrated with notes and anec dotical reminiscences, from the most authentic sources. We are all of us intimate with the names of Mirabeau, Danton, Egalite, Robespierre, Marat, &c., but fex of us know anything about their private characters : the present work supplies this deficiency."—Sun. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.)