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'ZIII 7 6 _ ~~- zz/-( lam. .Le; Gil , ~~ c ~~GY-- yl~ .-~`~/ MORNING SUN. i ft r" imMent carried.O N ING S t. 4 - 411 CW ;..., amidst loud cr i es „ Ten to one he ~• . jf . 'lt t r* { tip .s p v o a l, t tii i r e i r d i e t l en t i li a e n r d o , vi o s f iz i g days' i l ha , • ••• oAr r (IP: 'I ten //, • t!T i A 4 - 1 * - k\ ° eak_A ;4 411/ NtL . . . . . _ , Ac A t, be given, and the meeting separated. qtrlg' , _ 4fr 1- • = ..z. 'Asi.-4 ; 4 )/(7/, M1141'1111. 1O 441 : k111;— ' •-• s‘ 7 4 1 -'l-1-n4.- RAIL WA Y S—PASSENGERS' s OITi • 4, , A ,ting LUGGAGE. No. 3. Winchester Buildings, Dee. 9, 1641. WEST INDIA STEAM PACKETS A ,,, 'N The DIRECTORS of the ROYAL MAIL S . TEAM ~_ET COMPANY hereby give Notice, That, in order Ili :prepared for the Distributbin of the Mails of the Ist Ja tbe follo wing Steamers will leave Southampton for their ,Ir3he:ive Stations as follow FORTH, on Thursday, the 16th instant, at One P.M., sm • Havana, calli ng a t N assau , p rocee d to New Orleans, Tam r7 and Ve ra Cruz, and thence return to Havana. f h a r b e SOLWAY, on Saturday. the 18th instant, at. One oarbad oes, proceed to St. y Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Sf u , adain t'Pe, Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Tortola , Isl Thonl as, St. Juan , Rico, Juan's, Porto co, Grand Key, Turk's d, Hayti, St. Jago de Cuba, Belize, and thence to Havana. Th f op TWEED, on Saturday, the 18th instant, at One P.M., Barbadoes, proceed to St. Vincent's, Grenada, Trinidad, i'atiGuayra, Porto Cabello, Curacoa, Santa Martha, Cartha pand thence to Jamaica. e;dli ne CLYDE, on Saturday, the 18th instant, at One P.M., rim n g at Mad e i ra , an d proceed direct to Surinam and Deme tilb.calling off Berbice. thence to Barbadoes, call at Tobago , 1, tcent Barba to Grenada. theof oterteamers wil be dspathe on or fore the 23th mon h th, S and timely notice i c be d given of e their route. r ° , ll and after the Ist January Steamers will be regularly Patched with the Mails, at intervals of fifteen days. will A PPlication s f or B ert h s to b e ma d e a t the Offices of the Com 3, Winchester Buildings, Old Broad. street. THE METROPOLITAN LOAN COM don._,PANY, Offices, No. 1, Craven .street, Strand , Lon bans, en are granted by this Company to resrectable per lot n the s ecur it y o f res p ons ible housekeepers, in sums of 15/., 201., 25/., 301, 351., 401., 45/ , and 501 . , for 1 ) ; . " 3 , at the option of the borrowers, of 25 or 50 weeks, to p ir r ePaid by w ee kly i ns talments.—Forms of application, and tleel ars , may be obtained at the offices, No. 1, Craven theet, Strand, London, which are open daily from eleven till 4:eel...o'clock, and the money is granted, if the securities b e rr without delay. I3ETTS'S PATENT BR AND.Y. fL The only Establishment of J. T. BETTS and CO. is Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bars, leading to St. John eet• Price Ei g ht een Shilli n gs per Gallon, for two Gallons pr wpale or coloured. Cash on Delivery. TWO BINS of very Rare PORT WINE, one full body and colour, the other tawny, and both of titra ordinary high flavour, at b3s. per dozen. HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and CO. Ora Y 3 Inn Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn. p n te---Single Bottles may be had at the Sample•room. fn. ri ce C urrents, conta i n i ng all the varieties of their Stock, _rded upon application. STABLISH ED in 1784.—DOUDNEY q.crr a „ nd SON, 49 Lombard-street.—Celebrated for BOYS' 136,` nING. —Hussar Suits, 245. ; Best Cloth, 345. ; Camlet t e isas, Bs. 6d. ; Cl o th ditto, 15s. A Gentlemanly Suit of the t rality, 3/. 12s. 6d. , s "aPerfine Dress Coat £ 2 7 6 "e•lfrock do. silk facings 2 10 0 T ag.ioni: or Great Coats lBs. to 1 1 0 shi Fi ' ng or shooting Coats 10s. 6d. 1 1 0 Morning Dressing Gowns Ol5 0 Buckskin Trousers 1 1 0 s ummer Trousers s ummer Waistcoats suit of best Liveries A tßly Cloth Blue Spanish Cloak, 94 yards rennd q,E.. . .ne New Waterproof Cloak Ladies' elegant Riding Habits, 41. 4s. "OUDNEY and SON, 49, Lombard-street. Established 1784. UAUTION.—The extraordinary demand for t h , 0 , PARR'S LIFE PILLS has induced several . shopkeep ia,44l,luean and dislutnest principles, to try to impose on the kiei otl ti ° ll s various counterfeits composed of the most per litolits ingredients, merely for the sake of reaping an extra . , totally regardless of the dreadful consequences which ‘ 4 o t ik ensue. ki tric fer're, that each Box of tha genuine medicine has pasted it the Government Stamp, in which is engraved these 10 - 0 ;7_,. PARR'S LIFE PILLS, in white letters on a red h i gu• None other can be genuine. kw to instance has this invaluable medicine failed to effect a treiee"t Cure where due patience and perseverance has been ex . Read the following G "To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. k e d i ,nl lemen,—Since I undertook the agency of this popular led ge el lie I can with truth aver, that it has, to my own know 141tp,ue_ien a very great blessing to scores of persons in this Di a l s -n " neighbourhood. Indeed, so numerous are the testi ttiki to the virtues of Parr's Pills in the cure of inveterate t t i7, that many persons who had been quite hopeless of any hil tr i h ave obtained a permanent and perfect cure. To parti krk„se would be useless, the cases are so numerous. One /t h" Wail cured of a bad leg of 15 years' duration ; another te e . e,rilTnatism of ten years' standing ; others of Asthma, &c. op 'lief are among the cures ; and numerous are the cases k;oi l t p i l l e i in Bilious and Liver Complaints, Sick Headache, lat i ° N Colds, and Diseases of the Stomach and Digestive Or the s, ,! ce p • k jetn these facts, more than from any mode of advertising , oe t ,,,,e_ of th e Pill s i s d a il y i ncreas i ng ; ever y person who has ilei t ,h;'"nefited i s anx i ous to recommen d them, and assist his ° "our,— e Enclosed is 501., which please send me in Pi lls b y it coach j c, „Gentlemen, yours respectfully, .rEPH NOBLE, Printer, Bookseller, and Stationer. • 4 ._ Dl arket-place, Hull, Jan. 18, 1841." 2s. Notice the above Caution. Sold in Boxes at Is. 14d., T . l;: n i l 1 13., with full directions. .:lease Health and Times of Old Parr," containing remarks on a wl% E r ; ilealth, and the means of prolonging Life, 32 pages, - A gra/ ings, Anecdotes, Poetry, &c., may be had gratis E.piterit s , sad vi od . °1 ) „ 67, St. Paul's Churchyard, Wholesale Agent ; 11A 14 blest respectable Medicine %end ors. F 1, - ‘AS ' S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF T h . , o , dur COPAIIIA. e 41 . 1 -' ll ll o e kent ingredients contained in FRANKS'S SPECIFIC 41, 1 e • OF CO PAI 13 A, are those advised by the most practi. ( Qtr , s o e s i entific in the profession, but, by a peculiar chemical pro ge oth' 4 ' , Pounded that each drug greatly increases the efficacy of ht e 's invaluable Medicine is recommended in the public and pri. Practice of SIR ASTLEY P. COoPER, Bart. F.R.S. SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE, Bart , F.R.S. JOSEPH HENRY GREEN, Esq. F.R.S. BR ANSBY B. COOPER, Esq. F.R.S. • ber f the Council of the Royal College ot Surgeons, London, many other highly distinguished members of the medical profes_ ii"„ 4, by whom it is deemed the only Specific for the cure of those ses to which it is more immediately applicable. o„ . hetestimony of these ge;itlemen cannot fail to convince every i 7ting mind that RANKS S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF I rAIBA is not only in every essential what it professes to be, but le o nsidered a most valuable addition to these legitimate and adopted tilicines daily prescribed by the faculty. IIe Pit ANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COP AIBA i s pr oved to tl o Ule most effectual, safe, and speedy remedy for the cure of POORRH(EA, GLEETS, all URETHRAL DISCHARG ES, th e „ ALBUS, SPASMODIC STRICTURE, IRRITATION of CIL ~ , lONEYS BLADDER, URETHRA, and PROSTATE Itpi KIDNEYS ; its purifying effects upon the general health renders ilthecularly applicable in al cases of relaxed fibre and nervous ty, Most delicate persons may take it with perfect safety. 144 Pared only by George Franks, Surgeon, 99, Blacktriars-road. hth unit and may be had of all wholesale and retail Medicine-venders C A . ed Kingdom, in Bottles at 2s. 9d., 4s. fid„ and I Is. each, P lie n° N.—None is genuine unless "George Franks, Blackfriars. " Is engraved on the Government Stamp attached to each bottle. 4 following Testimonials are selected from amongst numerous P r% others Henry Green, forwarded Esq to Mr. Franks. Joseph Joseph., F.R.S., one of the Council of the College of Surgeons Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and or of Surgery in Ki ng's College, London. h ave mane trial of Mr. Franks's Solution of Cops. iba, at St. 1 14 , 3 Hospital, in a variety of cases of discharges the male tit, % - male,and the results warrant my stating, that it is an effica. I ttet i ot e u e 4 a T a d one which does not produce the usual unpleasant (Signed) "JOSEPH HENRY GREEN. p ro 'aaan coln i s-Inn-fields April 15, 1835 ." ( Al e i t an sbY Cooper, Esti!,the Council of the Royal 4-ettt7; of Surgeons, London ; Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and .. er on Anatomy, &c. hdh •nrnsby cooper luti: great pie presents testimony to M . r. Gco. Franl , cs, easure in bearing to the ctficacy , of his So {keacri.°l.Copaiha in Gonorrhoea, tor which disease Mr. Cooper has "N" eo t he Solution in ten or twelvecases with per fect success. prota-street, Aprill3, 1535." Alex ander Tweedie, Esq., Surgeon to the Met ro p olitan Free hiLllty t ot Hospital, Carestreet, Lincoln's Inn.fields. Mere A n haven otes ot six cases, in which I have admi. f otiNr preparation of Copaiba, for the cure of Gonorrhce i t a . , in hit ell the disease has been subdued in a shorter period o une "ts foo,l di n the ordinary plans hitherto made use of. Besides 661 6,-es of g wniehl navetaken notes, I have tried it in several in. tV e msrft . , he Greville street Hospital, and am quite satisfied that it 6 4 „'isch:„ e cintrol over the urgent symptoms of Gonorrhoea, relieving t ,„e hot - "te and mitigating the scalding in making water . that I s.—"' ra t observed ° bllerved in the usual methods of exhibiting Copthba. In ed — Cnce only did it disagree with the stomach ; but in this it • it se -6 1 4 ,,ePend rather on the method of exhibition than on the re_ for i on diluting it with a larger quantity ofwatei,t he h th e ,as at once obviated, and the patient got well in ten slays ad et sm , that he commenced taking the Medicine. I have not liter ease in which the discharge continued longer than ten days "ericing this treatment. "I am, dear Sir, your's very truly, %▪ i t , (Signed) "ALEXANDER TWEEDIE." nin • V • .4 .:. Period of Two Months upwards of Three Hundred Pa t4pAlure treated with FRANKs'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION of 4 4' w_ith perfect success, at the above Metropolitan Hosp. Ihomas's, Guy's, and the Free Hospitals, by their re. *—lr geons. whose '1 esihnonials are given above. Just - - 1 t he l a th Edition, price 45., and sent Free to any part r tati r the' kinßdo on receipti of a Post-office Order, for 55., „.11 .4-1 E SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work, Pm",„ he INFRMITIES of the GENE R AT IVE • de n , both sexes ; being an inquir . y . into the cone led a_use ot - Z eetab"i i T Physical energy ,. and the ability of manhood, ere vigor ' 3 ollt ary Ten h,r empire; with . observations on the baneful effbcts Oetly e indulgence and Infection , and . on the Loss of the Repro illeet4"'ers; with Means of Restoration. The cons u-nces of 4 , 4 41 1 , Itonorrhcea gleet, stric pointedry sympfomeqs;antd_thye ih"travi: "Mercury 'on the skin are out and ir . ustra ed D "e 3 followed by observations on Marriage, F for 'lllti,val of disquilifications By R. and L. PERRY L and 0., Con , Ptibrkurgeons, Birmingham and Leeds. 1 6* NV . v ect the Authors, and sold by Strange, 21, Paterwrster: gi." ) 4 o'n ) .n,l2,llisho sgate.street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho; 4 o Co , 'New Bond-street, London ; and by t•uest, iVel• cuse- la ne ; Buckton, 50, Briggate, Leeds; and by seller s in Town and Country Pipe tk earf ully abused powers of the human Generative System re theestinue most cautious p ; and debility and disease cur g fr °Ta early indiscretion or enereal th i e nfection, demand, for tl t nye d e of those dreadful evils, that such medicines should be em i - e.„.. pat are mt ertain to be successful. It is for these case syiii erry_and C os O. c particularly designed their CORDIAL BALM A C M, which is intended to relieve those persons, who, by jltu t c'elerate indulgence of their passions, have uined their con 4te kess or in their way to th e consummation of thatdeplorable state, ,„,_r*ach ee twl with any of those previous symptoms that betray its ap i4eessas.the various affections oft h e nervous sydem, obstinate gleets, ° al i ti ," ll reglatitv, obstructions of certain evacuations, weakness, esti, Potency, barienness, inward wastings, loss of appetite, indi .4,113 c'4egression of spirits, trembling or shaking of the hands or o .4 cltf e b• !tinate couyhs. shortness of breath, or consumptive habits, h 0 limes arising from venereal excesses, in bottles, price I Is. i. • r ii be quantity of four in one Family Bottle, for 325., by which f, - av PERRY and CO , Surgeons, 4, Great ob se —reet, Biriningham . , and 44, Albion street, Leeds. rEith r „ e, none are genuine without the signatureand L. Per :` and CO „impressed in a stamp on the outside of each wrap. e-,1-:,ATL"TowiLtate which is felony of the deepest dye. The Five Pound oold C„' ue„ had as usual. • ~,,,ali Booksellers, Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders in E tH . - ". Country throughout the 'United Kingdom, the Continent O P o kesiir„ d ,:od Am experica -b * 4 errY ect: whenconsulted by letter, the usual fee of un. PERRI"S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS. Cib s . r Price 2s. 9,1 , 4s . 6d., and I Is. per Box, es ch v e the signature of R. and L. PERRY and co., on the outside "'be ti Wra PPer), are well known throughout Europe and America ;tag, 'e most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for every o r a r ts a Ym ‘ p . tom oF the Venereal Disease, in both sexes, including kiieets, Secondary bymotoms, Strictures, Seminal Weak ut nclency and all diseases of the Urinary Passages, without loss the In '. confinement or hindrance from business. They have effected ° °t surprising' when cures, not only in recent and severe cases, but Nos t s alivation and all other means have failed ; and are of the ut o, 41Portance to those afflicted with Scorbutic Affections, Erup— taint°llh,anY ! , art of the body, Ulcerations, Scrofulous or Venereal coun t 'wooe Justly calculated to cleanse the blood from all foulness e°4B tit u a t 9t every morbid affection, and restore weak and emaciated ions to pristine health and vigour. Perry and Co., Surgeons, may be consulted a! usual t a, 41,Tip!;narles.street (four doors from Easy-row), Birmingham, and Eight i . r n- street,Lteds, punctually from eleven in the morning until Prs on " the evening, and on Sundays from eleven to one. Only one rer , al visit is requir«l scorn a coun , or patient, to enable Messrs. p,al7:,_nd Co. to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a t eetuP e nt and effectual cure, after all other means have proved Ina anci v,l-ountry Druggists, Booksellers, Patent Medicine Venders lierr,,,n3: other Shopkeeper can be sui plied with any .quantit withof ine tc.:_.,"urifying Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm of S ) riacum, Nte.,n_l allowance to the Trade, by mo.t of the principal Wholesale ' 4 medicine Housili in London. No 1.,374 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION, REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS and EVENINGS except SA'► [JRDAY EVENINGS. LECTURES on PERSPECTIVE, illustrated by a Series of beautiful Models, will be delivered by Mr. J. SMITH, on FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, at Eight o'clock, and on the follow ing SATURDAY MORNING, at Two. Other Popular LEC TURES Daily. Nearly 2,000 Works of eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity, among which ara BARWISE and BAIN'S METHOD of PRODUCING SYNCHRONISM by VOLTAIC ELEC TRICITY. The ORRERY, MICROSCOPE, DIVING BELL, DIVER, &c. MODELS of NOAH'S ARK, and a LARGE STEAM VESSEL, each built to scale, showing that the relative proportions are the same. The GREAT FIRE of the TOWER of LONDON, with the Military Signals, are added to the DISSOLVING VIEWS. A VIEW of CANTON, by a CHINESE ARTIST, the MODEL of the UNDERCLIFF, Isle of Wight, and various other COSAIO RAMIC VIEWS, are added to the Evening Exhibition. Admission to the whole, One Shilling. Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Morning, and Seven o'clock in the Evening. NATIONAL LOAN.FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parlament. DIRFCTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY,Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R. 8. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Weolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman ney, 6, Basinghall-street. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. LIFE ASSURANCE. An VANTA G ES. —Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and Profits annually divided. N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual rates. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of fered—£2 12s. per annum per week) at 20, will at 65 give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d., or £349 I Is. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any time, and Two-thirds returned in ease of premature death. The detailed Plan., and Last Annual Report to be had at the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSU RANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. Earl of Stair Earl Somers Lord Viscount Falkland Lord Elphinstone and Stenton Earl of Errol Earl of Courtown Earl Leven and Melville Earl of Norbury. Lord Belhaven DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. WM. PLASKET, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. H. B. Avarne, Esq. Morton Balmanno, Esq. Edw. Boyd, Esq., Resident E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., As- sistant Resident Charles Downes, Esq. H. De Castro, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. John Ritchie, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security, from an ample capital, and only re quires, when an Insurance is for the whole period of life one half of the very moderate Premiums to be paid for the first five years after the date of the Policy, the other half may remaine subject to the payment of interest at 5 per cent. annually, to be deducted at death, or may previously be paid off at convenience. It obviously becomes easy for a person of very moderate income to secure, by this arrangement, a provision for his family ; and should he at any time after effecting the insurance succeed to, or acquire, a fortune, he may relinquish his policy, having only paid one half the premiums for the first five years, instead of the whole, as in all other Companies. Thus a man of 25 years old may, by an annual payment of 28/. I6s. 3d. for the first five years, and afterwards the full premium, 57/. 12s. 6d. yearly, secure to his widow and children at his death payment of no less than 3,0001., sub ject only to the deduction of 144/. Is. 3d., being the amount of premium unpaid. On the Ist of July, the Board of Directors added 2 per Cent. per Annum as a Bonus to those assured upon the participating plan from the dates of their policies, thus appropriating 20/. a-year as an addition to every policy for 1,0001. The follow- Table will show the amount of the bonus on policies since the commencement of the Company in March, 1834 : Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. £l,OOO 6 Years, 10 Months... ...... £136 13 4 1,000 6 Years 1,000 5 Years 1,000 4 Years 1.000 ...... 3 Years 1,000 2 Years 1,000 ..... 1 Year ..... 20 0 0 This Company holds out, in various other respects, great inducements to the public. When such facilities are afforded, it is clearly a moral duty in every parent who is not possessed of a fortune, but of an income, however moderate, to insure his life for a sum which may yield a comfortable provision for his family. RATES OF PREMIUM. Age. Without Profits. With Profits. 25 30 40 50 60 Insurances may be effected on lives, however far advanced, and the half credit for five years is found particularly convenient en such insurances. Annuities are granted on very liberal terms. For the convenience of parties residing in the City, they may make their appearance and pass the medical examination before the agents, Edward Frederick Leeks, Esq., 2, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and J. F. Goude, Esq., Surgeon, 105, Cheap side. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, Edward Boyd, Esq., 8, Waterloo-place. Proposals may be accepted en Wednesday at three o'clock, and any ether day at half-past two o'clock, when Frederick Hale Thomson, Esq., the Company's Surgeon, is in attendance to give despatch to the business. PATRICK Al ACINTYRE, Secretary. PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s. the SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe rior London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, 11 inch diameter, Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Bd. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet Ir,ng, 9s. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR RANTED.—TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Knives, 11s. ; Carvers, 40. 6d. per pair ; Fable Knives, with white bone handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. Bcl. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea urns, 4 quarts, 27i. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Mache Tea trays, gothic shape, 50s ; the set o f full sizes. Catalogues, containing the prices, with Engravings of every Ironmongery Article necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25 per cent. under any other old-established house, t• be had gratis (post free). RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-stree Oxford-street. Established 1820. PUBLICATION S. Now ready, in a large volume, with numerous illustrations in the style of " Rogers' Italy," &c., neatly bound in cloth, 245., CHARLES SWAIN'S POETICAL WORKS; including " THE MIND," and other Poems. " And Charles Swain the Poet, of whom and of whose writings Southey has said, ' Swain's poetry is made of the right materials ; if ever a man was born to .he a poet he was, and if Manchester is not proud of him yet, the time will cer tainly come when it will be so.'" —Blackwood. Tilt and Bogue, Fleet •street. Now ready, in post Bvo., with Twelve fine Engravings, neatly bound morocco, 165., . THE CHRISTIAN SOUVENIR. Edited by the Rev. CHARLES B. TAYLER. The Scrip ture Illustrations by the Rev. 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GLOBE.—The Post treats as " City gossip" the statement of our City Correspondent yester- respecting the intentions of the Ministry to propose a change in the Corn-laws; and adds, that " the first leading article" of our paper was " devoted to commendation of the plan to which the gossip of the City has given birth." Consi dering that our first leading article consisted of three lines, the essence of eulogy must have been condensed within wonderfully small space ; and we should not have much trouble in doing what the Post has the malice to surmise, should Sir Robert Peel really propose a similar scheme— " eat," namely, " every word of applause we have uttered upon th e su bj ec t." The words of applause which we uttere d were " commutation and mitigation" — words which may excite feel ings of exultatio n at the Old Ba i ley , b u t consti tute no very rapturou s d escr ipti o n of a change of commercial policy. Whether what has trans pired is nothing more than '" t h e goss ip o f th e City," time will Show ; we ©i l ly say, at present, that there is nothing in the statement which should . suspend th e earnest e ff orts o f th e f r i en d s of free trade for a moment. Nothing but the necessity, t o l o loosen portents of the season, an d t h e p ressu r e o f puble their will holdinduce e v t leine thus partisans far ; no thing monopolyf thing . but urgency f or t h e w h o l e d e bt will ex tort from them even the first instalment. Mr. M'Culloch has given th e f o ll ow i ng just descrip tion of the existing "sliding scale"—that slippery h i snake which will be " scotched, but not killed," by the change stated as in contemplation 44 To the necessary fluctuations in the price of corn, caused by variations in the harvests, a gra duated scale of duties superinduce an artificial source of variation. " The duty imposed by the Act 9 Geo. IV., cap. 60, and at present chargeable on corn im ported into this country, is of this description. Thus, when the price of wheat is between 61s. and 625. the duty is 255. Bd., increasing by ls. for every ls. that the price is below 61s. ; but above this amount the progression is different. When, for example, the price of wheat is between 665. and 675. the duty is 20s. Bd., when between 675. and 68s. the duty is 18s. Bd. ; when between 68s. and 695. the duty is 16s. Bd. ; and when the price is between 695. and ygii•seatle3rs. Bd., the disproportion be as the price advances. N ow , practical operation of this duty, l e t ct7 i o t oo b niss. e llitnol a lgw a e p sdt p tlitl o llelt sed that when prices here are between 695. and 70s. a quarter, a merchant orders a cargo of wheat from Dantzic or some other port; and that in the interval between the giving of the order and the arrival of the grain the price has sunk to 625. In this case, the wheat will sell for 7s. or Bs. a quarter less than the importer expected; and the duty on it will be 245. Bd., whereas, when the order was given, and prices were between 693. and 705., the duty was only 13s. Bd. ; so that the merchant, besides having to sell his wheat at Bs. below his estimate, will have to pay on the article so reduced in price an addi tional duty of lls. ! No wonder that the corn trade should have been so very ruinous to those who have embarked in it of late years. The risk attending it is, under any circumstances, prover bially great; but our Legislation more than double that risk ; and, is in this respect, as con tradictory to every sound principle as can easily be imagined." COURIER.—Mob-oratory is ever exaggera tive and extravagant; its staple materials are loose statements, random assertions, vehement appeals, and vapid as illogical deductions. In after-dinner effusions its peculiar features are most prominently and strongly deve loped; although it sometimes seeks to display its beauties and compass its end in the s hape of a statistical essay or carefully conc oc ted guised, th e marks of i ts and de e pl y i mpresse d recognised. It l ove s fiction; an d d e li g h ts too on in the op en f a l se h oo d. reuo a tiado: the fie ‘ loi v ier e erred v ei e abtt l d i thyli aal y nn Is any portion of the population, any class of the people visited with the pressure of unusual distress, forthwith the faculty we are speaking of seizes upon the fact, and by the magic of amplification works it up into a fearful and startling picture of ruin, famine, and desolation. Has distress engendered discontent, and discontent clamour, forthwith mob.oratory shouts aloud " Hear and tremble at the voice of a starving people !" Does disappointed faction seek to console itself for present calamities by predictions of future s aid,ing greatness, and to hide the shame of re c e nt de feats Conquests, it sum mons and gratifies gaping xepapeoplesc mob-oratory n their announceme ntciotni their voic e w ill b e h ear d and nothing demands complied for lied we can call them eoet in tllstewitha gloryre unitedt ohtf to its that " if tii with." Now, through l all such dernn ex d i else, whether, as in Derby, th ey cons i s t o f di a l harangues, or as at P lymouth an d a post-pran in Bridgnorth, in cool combination s o f sp it e an d p eev i s h n ess, the glaring fallacy r uns o f cons i der i ng and representing a fraction of th e commun i ty as the whole body of the people—of speaking of a restless and dissatisfied minority as of the nation at large. This is the standing sophism with Anti- Corn-law men of every grade—with Acland as with Lord John Russell, with Cobden as with Palmerston. THE FLEETS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND. The French Journals continue to raise an awful clamour against M. G uizot for disarming and separating the fleet. Oa this subject we shall just vive a petition from the ship-owners of St. Brienne, in Brittany, pub lished by the Presse. It is as follows : " It is an error to suppose that, by increasing the number of armed vessels at so much expense to the country, our maritime force will become greater. In time of peace armaments proportionate to the number of French sailors, to the wants of the commercial ser vice, and to the protection of the national flag would provide great resources ; and a moderate term of ser vice for young sailors would augment, instead of dimi nishing, the maritime inscription. Let foreign nations be taken as examples ; the English Admiralty only employs one-fifth of the number of English sailors, whilst the French fleet employs half the number of French sailors ; and it is worthy of remark that all the sailors of foreign fleets since the peace had been volunteers. The Americans, who have a much more numerous shipping than the French, have much fewer ships of war for their protection than France ; they know by experience that in case of a war with Eng land they could not fight squadron against squadron, but that their best plan would be to have light vessels and destroy English commerce in detail. The Dutch have much fewer armed vessels than France, in comparison with their commerce ; and, neverthe less, the vessels of these Powers are not more molested for that, nor do quarrels more often occur. Persons who know little of maritime affairs have objected, that if part of the fleet was disarmed, a number of sailors would find no employment, and would be obliged to take to other callings. It is an error, for the men who would be sent away would be certainly employed in the commercial service. And the more sailors commerce employs, the more new expeditions will take place, especially for the whale fishery, which has been paralysed during the last few years by the want of men. In spite of what has been said at the Chamber of Deputies, and what has been written on the subject, it is certain that recently several shipowners have been obliged to give up, be cause they found no sailors ; and that the crews of French merchant ships are generally composed of no vices or of men who are too old, and even foreigners. We could name a vessel which left Marseilles in 1840 for La Plata, having on board six Genoese and Mo naco sailors. This bad quality of the crews occasions daily misfortunes, and the consequence is that the ves sels already built are left in port, and those that are in course of building are left unfinished. Therefore we say that if this system is continued longer, the maritime inscription will be ruined, aid with it the future strength of our navy. We end as we be gan, by saying, reduce the fleet, if you wish to encou rage maritime commerce, and increase the number of sailors ; you will thereby do immense good to naviga tion and to the country." In order to calm French fears of our naval superio rity in the Mediterranean, we give the following letter, written by Captain Craufurd to the Malta Times, and published in its number of Nov. 20 : " THE BRITISH NAVAL FORCE.—In the number of the Revue des Deux Mondes of the 16th of October, there appeared an article on the French fleet—a clever and well-written article, but evidently not the work of a sailor. An exaggerated and most incorrect statement of the active force of the British fleet in line of-battle ships was appended to it, in the shape of a note ; and it appears to me worth while, if only for the sake of truth, to point out the errors to the editor of the review in which they had been published. They amounted to nine ships, carrying 706 guns, some of which had been paid off (desarmes) for more than a year. In the number of the Revue des Deux IWondes which has just appeared, these inaccuracies are acknow ledged, and a correct statement of the force is published, which is as exaggerated as the former one. It includes all the guardships and ordinary ships of our naval ar senals, which are neither prepared nor intended for service at sea, and most of which are old, and totally unfit to go out of port. " Under these circumstances, I thought it might be well to draw out a statement of the force in line-of , battle ships which Great Britain really has at this mo ment, either at sea, or preparing for sea (urines ou en artnement), and, as a naval officer, I can vouch for its correctness : "In the Mediterranean :—Howe, 120; Impregnable, 104 ; Rodney, 92 ; Calcutta, 84 ; Ganges, 84 ; Mo narch, 84 ; Powerful, 84 ; Thunderer, 84 ; Vanguard, 80 ; Cambridge, 78 ; Indus, 87 ; Revenge, 76 ; Ben bow, 72 ; Hastings, 72 ; Implacable, 72. Ships, 15 ; Guns, 1,264. " China.—Blenheim, 72 ; Wellesley, 72 ; Corn wallis, 72. " Preparing for Sea.—Queen, 110 ; Formidable, 84 ; Malabar, 72 ; Illustrious, 72 ; preparing for the flag of the Admiral lately gone to the North American station. " Thus the 31 line-of-battle ships, of which the Revue des Deux Monde: gives a list, are reduced to a grand total of 22, from which, in all fairness, as having no influence on European policy, may be deducted the three ships in China, and the one on the point of pro • ceeding to North America, for the flag of the Admiral on that station. There will then remain in Europe 18 line-of-battle ships, mounting 1,530 guns. The French fleet counts 20 line-of-battle ships-1,854 guns ; and to the credit of the officers belonging to it be it said, I have beard the oldest officers of our Medi terranean squadron express their opinion, that it is in better order, and more efficient, than any fleet the French have had at sea within the last fifty years. " Knowing, from personal experience, the liberality with which you admit statements intended to correct exaggerations that may exercise an improper influence upon public opinion, I have addressed this letter to you, and hope that you will deem the subject of it worthy of notice in your esteemed and widely-circulated Journal. " I remain, &c. " HENRY CRAUFURD, Commander, Royal Navy." EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE OF A FEMALE. A letter from Boulogne-sur-Mer gives the following extraordinary account of the courage and presence of mind of a female, 75 years of age. This person, who is a widow, named Boulanger, resides in a cottage, which is her sole property, in the hamlet o f L e Ben Marais, in the commune of Saint-Pierre-les-Calais, near Calais, but her cottage is at a considerable distance from any other habitation. The only means of livelihood of this female are the cultivation of her garden and the sale of the milk from her cow ; but as her habits are very parsimonious, she passes in the country for having saved money. On the 29th ult., at about six in the even ing, two men knocked at the door of her house, and asked her to allow them to light their pipes. She opened the door and admitted them, and as they said they had been acquainted with the former owner of the cottage, and had in their business of smugglers frequently deposited contraband goods there, a conversation ensued, during which they seated them selves before the fire. In the course of the conversa tion, they asked her if she resided alone. Having al ready conceived some suspicions as to her visitors, she replied that she had two sons, who were at the barn thrashing corn, and as she expected them every minute, and they would be very angry at meeting with strangers, she advised them to leave. They immediately rose, wished her good night, and left the house. In about an hour these men, who had probably ascertained that the old woman had deceived them, in stating that she had two sons living with her, returned, and knocking at the door, requested her to admit them, in order that they might take shelter from the storm, which was then raging. She refused to do so, in spite of their repeated entreaties, and they left. The old woman then went to bed quietly. At eleven o'clock, she was awakened and alarmed by repeated blows against the outer door. She jumped out of bed, and went into the kitchen in which is the outer door of the house, and asking who was there, she recognised in the voices which replied to her those of the men who bad already twice paid her a visit. They told her that if she did not open the door they would kill her, having with them a good knife for the purpose ; and they immediately be gan with this knife to cut a hole in the door. The woman, however, still refused to admit them, and im-. mediately lighted several candles, probably with a view to attract notice from without, if any body should be passing. The two ruffianr, finding that they could not succeed in effecting an entrance with their knife, began throwing large stones against the door, and then went to the cow-house, from which they brought a stable-fork, and thrust it through the door. They had succeeded in tearing down sufficient of the door to make an opening for a man to pass throug h, but Mine. Boulanger had armed h erse lf with a la rge piece of firewood, and threatened t o crus h the head of the first of them who should attempt to enter. The y did not snake the attempt, but th rust at the woma n with the fork through the opening. With the energy of despair she seized the fork, and, wresting it from her assailants, made it her we a p on of defence , whilst the ruffians ruffians brandished their k n i ves, and told her they were certain of entering, and would murder her immediately. They now endeavoured to enlarge the hole which they had made in the door, so as to admit both at once, neither having the courage to enter singly, but Madame Boulanger barricaded the door-way with a heavy kitchen table, and continued to sustain the siege with undiminished resolution. The assailants now broke the windows, but the cottage being an isolated one, the former owner had put up strong iron bars which resisted their efforts. They then went into the garden and began to beat against the back door, but this re sisted more firmly than the outer door. Their next effort was to entnr the house through the stable by digging a hole in the clay floor, and they would have succeeded but for a strong wooden partition deeply sunk in the ground, and a heavy oaken ccpboard which was set against it. Rendered furious by the obstacles which they had encountered, they now climbed up to the roof, and began to strip off the covering, at the same time tearing away a portion of the chimney, and throw ing it down the opening, not having courage to descend by it lest they should meet with a vigorous reception, and be unable, from their confined position, to resist effectually. Finding that it was not so easy to enter by the roof as they expected, they got down again, and finding an enormous piece of wood in the yard, they returned to the outer door, and used it as a battering ram. The prospect of effecting an entry was now so clear that they shouted for joy, and told the poor old woman to prepare for death, as she would meet with it in a few minutes. Madame Boulanger saw that all hope of suc cessful resistance was at an end, and prepared for her retreat. Opening the back door quietly, she flew across the fields to a neighbouring farm, nearly naked, and frequently, in crossing ditches, up to her middle in water. Oa arriving at the farm, the in mates were instantly aroused by her cries, and the farmer, with two of his men, armed with pitchforks, proceeded to the cottage. Before they reached it, however, the robbers, who had effected an en trance, had made their escape, but they had not had time to break open the cupboards, and had fled, car rying with them only some bread, butter, candles, and other objects of little value. The gendarmerie of Ca lais were not informed of the affair until five o'clock in the morning, when a corporal went with his brigade in search of them. They took the road to Gravelines, suspecting that the robbers had escaped that way, and on arriving there learned from the sentinel at the gate that two men, answering the description, had entered the town half an hour previously. It appears, how ever, that they passed hastily through the town. They have not since been heard of, and it is thought they have succeeded in reaching Belgium. PRICE 5d SPANISH MANUFACTURES. MADRID, DEC. 4.—The long-promised exhibition of national manufactures is now daily open to public view in the Conservatory of Arts, but the specimens hitherto forwarded are trifling in number, and by no means cal culated to give a favourable idea of the manufacturing capabilities of Spain at the present day. There is only one specimen of plain Barcelona crockery, and no cutlery to be seen ; and the few castings for grates, fenders, &c., are far from neat. A plough is there, with a cast-iron mould plate (a great improvement in this country) strangely disfigured by a bar of wrought iron rivetted across the surface thereof by way of strengthening it ! A Stanhope printing press appears, but so rude and un polished that it would be unsaleable in England. Glass from Carthagena, of a fine clear material, which in other hands would produce a brilliant article, but the choicest specimens sent hither for the admiration of Madrid aro disfigured with air bubbles, specks, and oily manes. The silk manufacture is by far the best, and it must be owned that Barcelona has produced some exquisite fabrics, but the colours are wretched ! Many specimens of superfine shawls, &c., perhaps intended to show off the delicate tints, strike an English eye as already much faded, and all the ribands are sad lack-lustre concerns. The blonde mantillas of Almagro are truly beautiful, both black and white (not withstanding the misnomer) and the specimens of raw silk perhaps superior to anything, at this side of China. But with the exception of their silks, all their woven fabrics are enormously dear, particularly the calicoes and woollen broad-cloths of Barcelona. These calicoes, plain, are marked from 4i to 51 reels per vara. (The real about 2d., and the vara 9-10ths of our yard.) The cotton prints of San Fernando factory, about three leagues from Madrid, are from 51 to 11 reals per yam. Even the coarse hard-spun mantas which serve the muleteer for cloak and blanket and saddle-cloth, and have no pretensions to finish or fine appearance, reach a price to which they could only attain by the rigid exclusion of articles of foreign manufacture which might fairly corn pete with them. An immense benefit will doubtless arise to the Spanish nation whenever any thing approaching to free intercourse shall be attained, not only to the great majority of consumers, but to the individual manufactu rers who now raise such a selfish outcry against competi tion, for they will be forced in self-defence into the path of improvement, and not be permitted, as they now do, to go idly plodding on in old, expensive, and (what Eng lishmen would call) exploded methods. As the case stands between the two countries, your Board of Trade need not be very anxious in the first instance to mould the contemplated commercial treaty to anything like a fair and reasonable level between nation and nation. Let them get their goods into the Spanish markets on any terms not absolutely prohibitory, as at present, and their intrinsic excellence will always insure a sale placed side by side with the unfinished workmanship of Spain. I speak not merely of such ordinary articles as cot tons, woollens, cutlery, leather china, glass, &c. ; but those more expensive ones, whose excellence depends in a still greater degree upon figure and finish, and here the difference is still more perceptible. Thus, these exhi bition-rooms contain a cabriolet and a grand piana-forte, both turned out in such a style that I doubt if any ma nufacturer in London, who valued his character, would affix his name to them. Here, on the contrary, they are " very superior articles," and those who have never been out of Spain cannot believe there is any thing finer in in the world. As far as Spaniards have had an opportu nity of appreciating articles of English manufacture, they manifest their opinion in a very decided way, and in fact, will have them, whether licensed or contraband ; and the Minister of Finance (who is well convinced of this, and is intent on turning the dollars paid at present to the smug glers into the national Treasury) has only to make a good beginning to enlist all the farmers and peasants of the country in his favour. It is in truth a struggle of a class of perverse manufacturers (who wish to go on in the style of their grandfathers, taking little trouble and reaping large profits), against the great mass of the agricultural po pulation, who want to send their corn, wine, and oil to England in exchange for her manufactures, and who are now kept in such a state of commercial destitution that a good boot or shoe cannot be had for love or money (not even in ester torte of Madrid); and throughout the kingdom tea is only known and taken as a medicine. The great difficulty and danger is in attempting to make any extensive or beneficial alteration speedily in Spain. The revolution that the conjoint Bourbon family failed to effect might be brought about by the enforce ment of a liberal commercial tariff, for which the people were unprepared. It must inevitably be debated and wrangled about in the Cortes for a Session at least ; and during that time the Ministers of State and of Finance will assuredly " suffer for their country." Like the Emperor of China, "in sleeping or eating they will have no rest ;" but their prospective consolation will be, that when th measure is carried, the receipts on British goods imported will fill their Treasury without further trouble, and a market be reciprocally opened for the productions of their own soil, which will, in its happy operations on the public spirit of industry (a spirit that really exists to an admirable extent in Spain), secure a working majority in their favour that will henceforth set at nought the outcry of the selfish, smuggling, and manu facturing interests. DARKNESS OF THE METRO POLIS ROADS. On Monday afternoon a meeting took place in the vestry-room of Hammersmith Church, and, by adjourn ment, in the large room of the Latymer school. The Rev. F. T. Attwood, the vicar , having been called to th e chair, read the requisition and the notice issued by the churchwardens calling the meeting ; and having briefly r e s o - explained the objects for which it had been called, Dr. Bowling said he rose with great pleasur m e o t t o io move excepting a previously lotion of more importance than any moved in that vestry—(Hear, hear) not ev il en the emancipation of that parish from that of Fulham.— (Hear, hear.) After the recent dreadful act of robbery and desperate attempt at murder which had been made at Turnham-green, it beho ve d, h e Would contend, the shopkeepers of the dist r i c t, so saw present, not to oppose the many would have no purchasers at theirof whom he —(Hear, hear.) The motion he p r opose shou l l i d ghti adopted within the distric t the shops n g a , f after wasrr t dark. h :— ey " That the provisions of the meeting proceed to General Lighting Act be and fix the amountabove-named, and also that of elect inspectors under the Act, The Rev. T. T. yeitr." He contended that lighting ll ra , te to be granted for the ensuing d b a en ng efi er t s th o e f gAhNtiEnßgFtlhEeLDroadssecownodueldd not the so much motion. uch higher murderous rates, who as those would classes classes who paid no u thereby be protected from the present assaults and robberies—(Loud cries of ,b,yHteha e r p , uhbeliarc'2o—nvaenydaneferof the dangers from Mr. WADDEN felt it to be a duty he owed himself and his fellow-parishioners to oppose the motion.—(bear, hear, hear.) After commenting. in strong terms on the Report of the Committee appointed by the Vestry to consider the subject of lighting the high roads, &c., the speaker concluded by moving as an amendment, " That the meeting, and the purposes for which it had been called, be adjourned until t h at day six months.ers.) Mr. HEARDON said , as a poor ratepayer, he had stood up to say that out of the ratepayers who would be affected by the measure if the Act was adopted, there were at least a third who already find it a matter of the greatest difficulty to pay their poor-rates.—(Loud cries of ~H ear, hear, hear," and " It's too true." He had himself not long ago been obliged to pawn his watch to pay them, and it therefore would be out of his power to pay a lighting rate. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting amidst continued interruptions from Captain Ackerley, who in a stentorian voice, called out " Explain things fairly— no humbugging." The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to put the amend ment, for which an immense forest of hands was held up, and against it but a comparatively small number, when, Every one who travels by the railways in England complains of the want of due regulation respecting the luggage of passengers. It is surprising that the ma nagers of railways, who are for the most part clever per sons in their way, and who must naturally desire to attract customers by giving them every reasonable ac commodation, should up to the present time have ne glected to " give satisfaction " in the matter of luggage. Some people talk of the risk of travelling by railway ; but it seems to be pretty generally admitted that the risk of losing life or limb is by no means considerable. The risk of losing luggage, however, is by all considered to be imminent. It is snatched away from the dis tracted traveller at the moment that he is thrust into his seat, fearing that if he delay half a second he will be either left behind or killed. He knows not where his luggage has been put, and, alas ! it is very probable he will never know. When the train arrives all is con fusion. If he regain all his luggage without much trou ble the traveller is very fortunate—if he regain a part of it he is better off than some of his neighbours--if he lose it all, where is his redress ? The great railroads have very arbitrary Acts of Par liament on their side, and as they are sole possessors of the means of getting from one place to another, we must be content to bear with the consequences of great power upon which their is no efficient check. But as the managers are powerful, may we not entreat that they would be merciful also ? Will they not have pity upon passengers, and not rend asunder those ties of tender affection which commonly subsist between a man and his luggage ? To be parted from it during a journey is enough of trial for ordinary sensibility, but to be separated from it for ever is too cruel. They manage these things better in France, or at all events in Belgium, which comes pretty much to the same thing. There you deliver up your luggage when you come to the railway, and you get a recept for it. If beyond a certain weight, you pay something for the surplus, but you have your receipt, and feel quite comfortable about your trunks. There is a luggage apartment attached to each train, and your trunks are deposited therein, each box or bag having chalked on it a number which corresponds with that on your receipt. The luggage is numerically assorted in the apartment assigned to it, and a guard is appointed who attends to the luggage and nothing else. Surely there is nothing in this so difficult but what it might be copied in England, and the additional comfort in travel ling would be very great. We entreat the managers of our railroads to take this matter into their serious con sideration. We know they need not do it if they don't like, for they have their Acts of Parliament and their "exclusive right of way." But if they would be pleased to like to do what the public would like to have done, they would set about reforming the luggage grievance directly.—Post. THE SKATING-ROOM. The title of this article may seem as strange to many as it did to ourself, labouring under the ordinary impres sion that skating -, would be associated with th e natura l atmospheric phenomenon, which must imply the cer tainty of a sheet of ice suffiiernt to afford the means of exercise of skating on all and every days, without re gard to times or seasons. Such were our notions when we went to enjoy the view, .by especial invitation. There were many obstacles that presented themselves, we have no doubt, even to those who had admired the amusement for its healthfulness and the scope for the cultivation of elegance of action which it affords; that, by any artifi cial substitute the skater could be permanently assured of field for his sport ; and we went to view the skat ing-room under all these impressions in their deepest dye. We, however, were agreeably undeceived ;we left the place in the full conviction that the invention was complete in theory, and demonstrated to be per fect in practicable application to the indulgence of the graceful amusement of skating at all times. The skating-room is not strikingly capacious, but has been studiously confined to bounds sufficiently limited to show that many premises are capable, without material archi tectual alteration, of affording all that is necessary for skating parties. The room we saw on Monday, that had been fitted up for the purpose, on experiment, did not exceed twenty-six feet by nineteen feet (certainly not more space than would be required for a commodious bil liard-room) ; and thus it appeared to us that it might be applied to residences of ordinary magnitude in private life—to public establishments on a moderate scale, such as schools, and other establishments of different descrip tions. The room, of which we have given above the di mensions, was originally the seed-room of the late Mr. Jenkins, of the Nursery-ground, New-road, near Dorset square, had of course been built without reference to the purpose to which it is now so efficiently made applicable. The floor• the original fabric which once presented its fair appearance, has now been transformed into a minia ture lake of ice. The lights are admitted through tran sparencies only, representing beautiful winter land scapes, tastefully contrived to harmonise with the in ternal decorations of drooping trees and snow-be sprinkled benches, or rural resting-places. The object altogether presents a perfect panorama of still life, ad vantageously and delightfully fitted-up for real life con venience and gratification. These remarks, however, apply only to the external appearance of the apartment, which may please, but nevertheless are of minor import ance compared with the principal object, namely, the artificial ice, which composes the supposed little lake, upon which the skaters are to have their play. The com position, in appearance at the first glance, is exactly that of real ice, and in its use as here intended, has seemingly every property which the experienced skater can desire. It yields to and resists the skate in the same proportion. so as to leave the previously proficient in the exercise little or no practice to make them as much at home as if on the natural surface to which they had been accus tomed. We saw several skaters of celebrity exhibit their skill, and they afforded a great treat to the visitors, among whom were a great number of ladies. One of the skaters was Sir W. Newton, an artist of eminence, and President of the Skating Club. Mr. Kirk, the in ventor, and one of the patentees, exerted himself consider ably, and put the artificial ice to the utmost test, far ex ceeding that which real ice is ever called upon to endure, and the composition resisted all effort to damage it, nor did it mar in the smallest degree the display of Mr. Kirk's superior capabilities. We left the view in the full conviction that the invention, in all its professions, was in fact perfect. The room was beautifully charac teristic in its appearance, and the lake substantially sound for use. We were informed that the above was only an epitome of a more extensive establishment, to be entitled the Glaciarium and Frozen Lake. An interest ing model of the projected building is to be seen on the premises, the production of Mr. Bardwell, which itself would repay the trouble of a visit to any one of ordinary taste. It exhibits a lake of 300 feet by 130 feet, sur rounded by Alpine scenery. The lake, of course, being preserved for the skaters, while the curious visitors may ramble in fanciful reality through Swiss villages, loiter in cottages, 101 l on benches, or take their view of the sports below from romantic bridges, and make themselves be lieve in summer's height they are abroad contemplating the beauties of winter. The distance is to be managed in the exclusive admission of light through transpa rencies in all directions, above and below ; and, when completed, the building, we presume, will be the largest arena perhaps in Europe. The invention is capable of vast recommendation to the lovers of skating, and may be the means of creating a taste for the amusement on an extended scale. Ladies may take lessons without fear, and enjoy an exercise unexceptionable. There will be no danger of ice breaking, nor any risk from expo sure to weather: The composition, we are told, re mains good at one hundred degrees ; and, when the Skating Club gave th e i r approval of t, they skated in an atmosphere of 85. Seasons or times cannot affect the lake; and the principle may be readily applied to col leges, club-houses, schools, and mansions generally, de scending to within the compass of people of very mode rate means. On the most extended plan it is certain to prove an immense attraction to the metropolis as a pro menade. It may not be out of place to hint, formation of our northern neighbours, that they are likely now to have an oortunity • of " curling," when for the in they are inclined an,.. that the may P ill Midsummer. We saw a number of visitors of distinc tion at the view, all of whom expressed grea t app robation. lay" bone-spoils " rd captainL Adolphus Litchfield, Captain Sir W. B. Newton, Among them we may name:—Le. Smith, Colonel Gore, Duke Captain Warren, Dr. Pye of Brunswick, Lady Walpole, Colonel Seymour and friend f rom B u ckingham Palace, Mr. Hardwick, and many others of note. A fine black tiger, from India, a very rare spe cies, has arrived at Havre, for the Garden of Plants, and also some gazelles and a dog from Java Died on the 25th ult., at Palgrave, Mary Minter, aged 30. She had been subject to fits from her infancy, which impaired her faculties. She notwithstanding at tained to full stature, but afterwards became a lunatic, and was confined to her bed for sixteen years. So - _ great were her sufferings that her lower extremities Were drawn up, with her legs almost imbedded in her bod y and her knees up to her chin. When a corpse she mei: sured only 2ft. Sin. in length, and 15in. over her body Added to the melancholy scene of death , h er father hi d . lain twelve years in the same bed, in a deer state, unable to get up !—Norwich Mercury. A BENEFICIAL RESULT TO DEFE CTIVE E YE - SI GHT.--..A - gentleman is desirous to acquaint the - AI Public essrs . o f s t . I a a e n d b e l l e . fit so li e % i h e a n s s derived , newly inventedPeetacles.e s " I consider it my duty in justice to the public and those gentlemen to state that my eyesight had been in a bad state for many years, so much so that I could not walk n l p t ro in procure the li out, without a personto lead me. I h ave been under metropo s to spectacles, and after doing so at the principal Opticians, I could not find n t hoe effect. .o of ever ythen e denaNe n u t r Oculist to is ur any to afford me relief, and on the 15th A pril last, I ap lied to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 31 eminent 31, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, to be suited with spectacles, to assist m y sight, and to my most astonishing surprise they suited me with a pair of their newly invented spectacles that enabled me to discern objects with distinctness, and from that time to the present my sight has been progres sively improving, and I can walk out and see In j y way a bout without the slightest di ffi culty. My case is well known to every eminent Oculist in London ; as also to my neighbour; and may be ascertain e d , upon i nqu i ry, b y any individual. J. 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