The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-09 00:00:00

e€Tj , _i ~L MORNING SUN. , IWORNING SUN. LONDON and BRI ALTERATIO: DOWN TRAINS A. 11. 84 lined Train* 10i- First Class P. It . 12i (4)0(13• • 33 First Class 5.4 Mixed* GHTON RAILWAY. N UP TRAINS. A.M. 8 Mixed Train 9i Ditto* 103-, First Class 11. i. Goods* Mixed* 54 Mixed"' DAYS. ON SU DOWN TRAINS. EP TRAINS. 4./4 . 8 Mixed Train. I .A.ll. 103 Mixed Train . 5 $ Ditto* The T • I r at. Ditto" rains marked thus 'w call at all the stations; the re ...alder tall at First Class Stations only. , f ,..., * * * Second Cl ass P assengers w i ll be conveye d b y th e Goods --. 411_, 11 01 - 7s, ea c h th roug h out , or i n propor ti on f o r intermedi 4ustanceL 1 2 4 Y Tickets w ill b e i ssue d f or P acsongers t o an d from Lon ,l_7 and Brighton. First Class, 205.; Second Class, 15s. Bch Tickets not to be transferable nor available but for the qay far which they are issued. SHOREHAM BRANCH. At 8,9 i, FROM BRIGHTON. and 1 0 A. 31. ; and it, 4,5, and 63 P.M. FROM SHOREHAM. At Bi, and 10 A. at.; and 1. 2, 4 1 / 2 , 5%, and 7, r. at. ON SUNDAYS. Fromßrighton, at 9 A .at. ; and 2,4, 6, and 7 % P. 'roln Shoreha m , at 10 A.as.; and 3,5, 6 1 / i , and 8 P.M. These Trains are all mixed, and call at all the Stations. 14 By Order, THOMAS WOOD, Secretary. Angel Court, Throgmorton-street, Nov. 1, 3841. LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. c NOTICE-4n consequence of a fall of earth on the 1 1dnit Railwav; Passeng ers are conveyed to and from New sand the Dartmouth Arms Station on the Croydon Line miles) by Coache s , and the remainder of the Jou rne y b y PY, the B r i g h ton Line being now clear throughout. last trains from London and Brighton will start at a IRTER BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. , and no 7" T rains till further notice. b et s and Carriages can only b 3 conveyed on the Railway Weft, Croydon and Brighton. 10, A afiel-cL By order, TOS. WOOD, Secretary. ur, Nov. 3, 1841. H OS. ------ _____ • C I YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU k. ...0N REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS and i l OB except SATURDAY EVENINGS. Will i 4 " ), TS, ENGINEERS, and INVENTORS of merit Will ' l ntre have their Works Illustrated end Described in Pabli„ -119 With the view of further promoting and securing the 0 jii; l tention to their deserts, and of increasing the variety l 'EClif t , ° Pular Lectures. The subject of one of the NEW for pt i - .LS is Professor CLARK'S PATENT PROCESS TRoViPYING the WATERS SUPPLIED to the ME- IlletpLlS. The DISSOLVING VIEWS, with Additions. 'N s . T ,I L SSOLVING ORRERY, MICROSCOPE, and nearly Th e A.",tisand Works of eminent Art, Science. and Ingenuity. ber a j i Pg Bell and Diver. A VIEW of CANTON, ela. Iliwrbeished by a CHINESE ARTIST, and other COS . 'AMIC VIEWS, are added to the Evening Exhibition. Admission to the whole, One Shilling. Vel - 07kt i lilt H Evepnalf-asting.en T o'clock in the Morning, and Seven e SCOTTISH (WIDOWS' FUND) LIFE • ASSURANCE. tovxnao A.D. (815, ON THE ORIGINAL BASIS or tle a do g . THE LONDON EQUITABLE. I We e , EDINBURGH, 5, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE. , don ~.....7, P A LL - MALL WEST. al anehester...CßOSS-STREET, KING•STREET. Gla sgow ......30, ROYAL EXCHANGE-SQUARE. ONE FUND EXCEEDING MILLIONAND FORT 1 THOUSAND POUNDS. ONE , ANNUAL REVENUE EXCEEDING UUNDRED & EIGHTY THOUSAND POUNDS. ts I NSTITUTION is the oldest, and, in point of busi lle most extensive LIFE OFFIC in Scotland. da tt o consideration of the following E scatements will abun ,„_ Y..satisfy intending Assurers that there is not at this time c o '; , other Life Office in the United Kingdom which, whether erect of 1 ,, e sound principle s on which it is constituted, ;: unprecedented prosperity of its course throughout, , selectio n o f it s Li ves , he!ie successful investment of its Funds, and 12 4 I,le uniform promptness and liberality of its settlements , th oi °4l out more solid advantages, especially to that important • Thor Assurances effected as Family Provisions. 11)14,,ISHOLE SURPLUS PROFITS belong to the AS : AT‘us and are divisible septennially. lea & Mc n , ertained from the investigation at 31st December , ‘uvse Profits were sufficient to secure— ti 1 ,2 1 RETROSPECTIVE BONUS of Two per Cent. od""l'ure, of FOURTEEN per Cent. for the Septennial Pe. U to lant only on the Original Sum assured, but likewise on eONUS ADDITIONS PREVIOUSLY DECLARED. 117. A CONTINGENT PROSPECTIVE BONUS of g a tl'er Cent., per annum, to be paid from 31st December, t,e' on all Policies of Five Years' standing that may emerge • r,° December 311845, when next Investigation takes place. te lo n t Directors are , empowered to grant LOANS to MEM nn the Security of their Policies, to the extent of to that of their value at the time, and also, on application ADDITIONS effect being made by yarties, to convert their BONUS 1)„,ITIONS into an equivalent deduction from the future 'AUAL PREMIUMS, or to give them in ready money the 0 of the ons at the date of a. A ACTlCAL additi ILLUSTRATIONS ppIi cation OF THE ABOVE. A. in January, 1820, being then 40 years of age, insured his lit £9B ss. e for 3,000/. paying an annual Premium is now 61 Tars of age, and has an actual vested Bonus or Addition, de l clared and attached to his Policy of £1,035 125., which, with the 3,0001., the original sum assured, shows the full amount of the sum presently contained in the Policy to %n be were A to die after Payment of his premium for that year, the v surn payable under the Policy would be £ 4,277 14s. 9d. "se he to die, in 1845, after payment ofshis premium for that Qls‘r,the sum payable under the Policy wouldbeZ4,6oo 115.9,1. 4 it were an object to him to reduce his p:esent annual t e ohtribution, he might, by giving up his Bonus, reduce his oriu.ture premiums from 981. ss. to ' 1:124 9s. sd. t ! he pref erre d r ece i v i n g immediately the present value of • 'I" Bones, he would, by surrendering it, be entitled to a si tta of £6so Bs. 3d. A ssurances effected PREVIOUS to 31st DECEMBER, Ateiltitled to participate in the PROFITS OF THE CUR NT YEAR. r iv , r hurgh, JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. Sqtember, 1841. M'KEAN, 7, PALL-MALL, AGENT FOR LONDON. 1 41 — P ERIOR LOOKING GLASSES, AND SPLENDID f. GILT PICTURE FRAMES. tHARLES M.LEAN, 78, FLEET STREET (opposite the Dispatch Newspaper-office) , „etfully informs ca the Trade Artists, Upholsterers , and the !k. :" 'le, that they nbe supplied with LOOKING-GL ASSES ee ; P ICTURE FRAMES of the very best manufac ture, at never hitherto attempted. A al May s to be a had gratis... sent f ree of tny part of the Kingdom, po LARGE SHEETS OF DRAWINGS, Zresentin g the exact pattern and prices of One Hundred cid ': sixett Picture F r ames, and One Hundred and Twenty Lt tU g Glasses, elegantly ornamented with designs made ex y for this Manufactory. .14:2,elrade supplied with Frames in the Compo. Fancy .lc;`, Frame s and Moulding, and Room Borderings. Old N o r aes repaired and re-gilt. Glasses re-silvered. Thirty t ‘ ,4 l _knd Frames kepi seasoned for immediate delivery. All lkur ti n t approved of in three months taken back, and money t 4ET H.-MR. THOMAS'S N EW ME o tit „ ~„ T,,D of SUPPLYING the LOSS of TEETH, "E ,ngl• to ot h to a comp l e te set, on the PRINCIP L E of •, • - ,'" l -uIIESION or capillary attraction, without springs, ' °l* wires, and without extracting an y teeth or sumps /q• tt:c! t p t elnere ' secure and firm, and WI LL SUPPORT and "del tai `l 4 VE 'METH THAT ARE LOOSE, and do not and clumsy in the mouth as those made upon the '. II2 H E TEETH ARE OF an ENTIRELY NEW theywill never decay, corrode, or become L OOK AS WELL AFTER TEN the WILL e y L do the first day they are placed in 4p—‘l°llilrlialltArt as th UCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN TE D , H MUCH BEFORE USED OR IN -44 'heir EVER t resemblance to nature defies detectio n R th p"ost intimate e friend. Mr. Thomas continuesto d liz A ° Q „,-; DECAYED TEETH, however large the cavity, `'R• I] T$ NS LOOSE TEETH with his celebrated'SUO aorna,-. ' 4 , rendering extraction unneceoary. Mr. - 3 sUrg ton-dentist, 68, Berner's-street, Oxford-street. • At home from 11 till 5. 0 --- "IPPE Rs, OWNERS, CAPTAIN ..s, and OTHERS q%l eg o f T es timonials, Gratis, by all Agents. itim NZ'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the N ei Patro S tag?of his late Majesty, her Royal H is ig n hz e s r s sa t i h ly e t. , s ,test of Kes t, and the Lords of. the Treas u ry, . u . (hi,. ""eteiendedlyi the Faculty for its efficacy in remov ing IC c ili s incident -.to , tho Eyes and Head. TORED !—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE :IRT RE A2ND DEAFNESS CURED! 11._ t siinple, delightful, and fragrant Compound h ! Igs k 7 ale m p l'eation is fraught with pleasure; many t 0u ,.! -;:reshoafvaiteen. accomp lished by its use, at a trifling ex t47et certain in its oper ation. If testimonies be necessary thet t4 ace the su ff erer to ma k e trial, Kings, Lords, and Com ill I, 4 ' l 4tve used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned ' Ni 4m Their late Maje sties, the Duchess of Kent, the ost ut h l 4l , - ' qt Oculists , Medical Practitioners —with t hat , gigantic 4 4: es the Press—have eulog ised Grimstone s celebra ff tell , 7 ( *oils Compound, known as " G . rimstone's Eye Snu , ie4 -1 Olicaey in removine: all diseases incident to the Eyes and .ori G.. 7 Guthrie, Egl,, F.R. S. Sec J. B. Lachfield, i 'it ' h. % '. l -etter . Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. .Dr..And.rews ealls 14 11 . " 4 ii 4 Mal blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The • , Ilej i t- Abernethy, with many others, re commend Grim- E h Grim 8t ye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and th e of 7 , ee. at' s V a d e M ecu m. "—See the many thousand Letters th tit il nonie s , of undoubted medical authority, with others of P.: at 6 r espeetability. t tr.ons the Second Edition of " Grimstone's Weather Almanack." g t , 7, Skinner's Almshouses, Mile End, Jan. 26, 1840. tal sm r-ititkink it my incumbent duty to return you my grate ' li so iF,tlowle figment s of the efficacy of your invaluable " Eye lat i Ye a mu s t un d er stand, Sir, that I have for the last Ihei r- "/( 1 }Nears suffered much with giddiness in my head a nd hap t,_— s 4 of sill ht. I naturally concluded (being in my 69th 'ri ft ,' that it vs as the decay of Nature, and was advised by a virtu' 14 0 said so much in its favour, and the extraordinary I .....,4 of Your invention, I was ir.duccd to give it a trial, and liv e d t _ a PPY to say that the great and sianal benefit I have de tee to ",°m th e i toe of four of your 2s. 4d. canisters has enabled hem , lay aside s ny spectacles, has given me great relief in my that a° d I feel .to thoroughly convinced of its benign virtues, '4l f iu y ,„ gratitude. shall ever be evinced in recommending it to ""Y hereafter =Let suffering with those afflictions. 1 te e . Sir, your inuch obliga and grateful servant, so t ~.. ANN COLE. 4 W• Grivristone, Esq. , 3, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, s tut CO iIY of a Letter dated Leeds, July 4, 183 4. Ih o r••••• 1 have received gr,sat benefit from ). ' .ovr Eye Snuff. 4441gP4it.itibttsineeetheinNelhaeifidLiceapieitteeennl,y years wit'a Cataract, and was given riencoamfemwenwd,eeedlit.o use your You mav b eu nt red wa rn s e Excuse ° I my eame, if it will do you any good. Your's, ever faithfully, %Trtreet, Leeds. PETER SANDERSON. - -` . It ' Vi m. Grimstene, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury. , '-- O de - - List Te s ti mony , F e b. 10, 1840. • oe sktar 're the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE i• the sole in- Iv_ !_nd the only genuine is prepared by him. . csktast`l Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Illrbs is sold in `h, t'at, Vb rt „',, ltt 8 ,„d., ls. 3d., 2s. 4th, 45. 4d., 83. and 15s. 6d. , . kilo cia ir t ,"&e vroprietor, W. Grimstone, at 39, Broad-street , ' . rlti es. ' ''''! Ys and can be obtained in all the principal towns and 4 4 ~ 41 A liberal allowance to shippers, ownees, captains, and Is o, i l H or ,s of Orimstone's Eye Snuff. Thi4 celebrated Snuff Taal' ° q to all quarters of the globe, t.nu retains its benign 4 i g .5 ev er:y Slimuto. N Snu ff s anti Cigars shipped on attest usvee. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1841. No 15,343 R./ ARRlAGES.—Gentlemen in want of New or Secondhand Carriages, are requested - to inspect the Exten‘ive Variety at MARKS and SON'S, Langham-place, Cavendish-square, NOW SELLING at reduced prices, in con sequence of the Rebuilding of the Prernies. RITISH IRON COMPANY. --Those -11 r SHAREHOLDERS who are threatened with Writs. unless they pay the THIRD ILLEGAL CALL, are advised to forward the Writ to Mr. T. 1)1. VIOKERY, of 25, Lin coln's Inn-fields, who has instructions to defend all such Act By order of the Trustees for the United Shar BA ehOltlers, .lAS. ILEY. PRICES OF CANAL,DoCK,ASSURANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &C. FINANCIAL AND LEGAL REFORM Two Commissions:of Inquiry are about to be appointed by her Majesty's Government. The one at the suggestion of the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer--the other at the suggestion of the Lord Chancellor. The object of the first of these Commissions will be to inquire into the charge of collecting the public revenue, and of considering whether it will be possible to effect any reduction in that charge, either by the consolidation of offices or by the suppression of them, or by new ar rangements, for the receipt and transmission of the revenue. This Commission will also inquire whether any addi tional facilities can be given for carrying on the com merce and manufactures of the country without lois or risk to the revenue. We understand that Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bingham Baring, Mr. Milues Gaskell, and Mr. Pringle, have undertaken to conduct the inqui ries above referred to. Lord Granville Somerset, who will preside oxt[t t alie Commission, took a leading parts a in the investigatiMi on which the reductions made by the Duke of Wellington's Government in 1828, 1829, and 1830 were consequent. It is probable that the Commis sioners will visit some of the principal outports for the purpose of examining personally into the mode of con ducting business. The object of the second Commission, which the Lord Chancellor proposes to institute, will be to examine into the forms and modes of proceeding in the Courts of Equity, with a view of rendering the system lass cum brous, and the progress of a suit less tedious and ex pensive. We have reason to believe that Lord Langdale, Mr. Pemberten, and Mr. Wigram, who has been recently appointed Vice-Chancellor, have undertaken to lend their invaluable services for the conduct of this investi gation, which, like the other, will be carried on without any charge to the public. The preceding announcement, we are sure, will be read with sincere satisfaction. Perhaps there is no very great pecuniary saving to be made by the sup pression or consolidation of the offices connected with the collection of the revenue ; but saving is not the sole object ; another and at least equally important consideration is the feeling of the public, who revolt not so much at the actual amount of the total yearly levy of taxes, as at the proportion of that levy which is withdrawn from the national ser vices by the expenses of collection. The impediments, .too, which various branches of commercial dealing nut unfrequently sustain from the operations of fiscal regu lation, are infinitely irksome to men of business, and the removal or modification of them, as far as may be prac ticable without loss to the revenue, will be a boon very highly valued by all the classes connected with the foreign trade of Le country. The direction of the in quiry is committed to a Nobleman eminently qualified by his official experience to conduct it with sagacity and judgment ; and the whole measure, unforced as it has been by any Parliamentary requisition or popular outcry, affords a most satisfactory earnest of the Government's sincere desire to administer the public affairs fur the public good. The other of the proposed Commissions, that which has been instituted for the purpose of examination into the proceedings of courts of equity, holds out the pros pect of advantages still more important. The delays and expenses of those proceedings have for centuries been a curse to the country, and a slur upon its jurispru dence. The names of the Commissioners, two of them presiding over courts of equity, and the third, the ablest and most eminent man whom the bar of those courts has boasted in our time, are sufficient guarantees that no half considered, headlong changes will be at tempted ; but we trust, from their enlarged views and their elevated position, that they will feel them selves entitled to treat the subject boldly, and to recom mend a large re-casting, not, indeed, of the principles which regulate the decisions in Chancery, but of its general procedure—for instance, by an effectual curtail ment of pleadings, by a devolution upon the Masters of a variety of duties and powers now vested only in the superior Judges, and by an extensive substitution of parol evidence for affidavits and written depositions. Sir Robert Peel's reforms are not of the kind which fill the pockets of Reformers. The revisions here con templated tend on the contrary to the retrenchment of patronage and the reduction of expense ; and if they repay their authors, it will be only in the approbation and respect of the public.—Times. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 5. Number Dividend " ' s • • Price of per CANALS. net :leases. Annum. Paid. Shire 1 ,756 7 per cent. Ashton& Oldhern...Averageo7/.lBs.sh. 104% e,00.) 1.16 th. 101. Birmingham, 1,48 - 2 41. Ashby.de.le.Zotien Average llesiesh. 72 i,e6o Basingstoke r 1,005 54!. Brecknoek end, borgavenny ...150esh. 92 41'00 ..... .... Ditto & Liverpool Junce Pee. 611.1 0 0 25 600 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton.loo/.sh. all pi - Croydon... ..... " . ..Ave ' SOO 51. Cheimer wad Ma ;:water ..... .... 1001 .'n• 103 I.l(it'a share ..,,BV. Fe 711. :100 500 221. Coventry ...... s ., ees , _ ........... 1001. sh. Seo 2, 60 51. Os. Dud1ey....... lool.sh. 94 sem 131. Derby ... .......... 1001. sh. 120 :1,0,11 .1 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411 135 4d.pd 30 3,575 e 4 , ;4'J:311.26.10d. sh. -- Ellesmereand Chester Averegel332.sn. 76 231 621 Erewesu „ 5e „,„,... se „ e , .- ~...100Lsn. 735 ,297 351. Forth und Clyde..... Average 0001. 165. b. 610 11;600 74 Grand junction 1001. en 11 2,&194 255. Grand Union ....... 1001. sh. 26 • ,500 .... ..... Grand Surrey... es . ........ 1001.5h. 15 1,000/ 41. percent . Ditto (optional) Lean . 1602 . -006 Grand Western ............... 11. sh. allpd 101 % 500 131.125. odd. GlemorganthireS 749 I.s• Gran24l ' n .. .. e .. lsol.sh. 20.0 6 . 238 21. Os. Huddersfield " A:i 7 e;a .. g . ...... /1. 63. 6d. sh. 27 108 ... ...... Kensington .. Aver. cost 172/.13e.401. 420 100 sh. all pd 104 25,523 11.10 s. Kennet and A;07,...Av. 09/. Itis. 10d. sh 22es 146991 11. 7s. Lancaster ..... Average 47/. 65.: 5d 23 2,8971 1101 . Leeds and Liverpool ........... . ... 1001. s h 710 5451 111. Leicester • ese.„ „ .......... ....140 1 .'5 1 . 150 ,g 97 5/. Os. Leicester & Northampton Aver. 1+31,102 70 409 101. Monmouthshire ... ..... e ........... 100/.sn 200 2 '250 181. Melton Mowbray •..,«. «. .1(101. sh. 200 eOO 95/. Mersey and Irelfell .... .......... .. .. 1001. sh. 550 3,000 21. 105. Macclesfield ~....,.•..„ 1001.311. all pd. 23 247 174 Neath lOOl sit. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest Average about 78 1 .5 h. :, 79 21 , 418 89, Regent's (or Loudon) Av. 331.165.80. sh. 9 5,669 61. Rochdale Average 851.5 h. 00 eCO 81. Shropahire i 251 sh. 137 ••••••••.••••••••• ........... 04.14 • SOO 101. Os. Somerset Coal ........ . . 1501. sh. 180 3,600 2 . 4/ per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock -. 1 . 21. 10s. sh. 114 00 we, Stafibrd and Worcester HO/ sh. 666 50 0 15/, Shrewsbury,..,;. 125/. sh. 280 aoo ge Sturbridge...... .... 1451. sh. 396 3,1;47 21. Os. Stratford-en-Avon etver....791. 9s. ed, sh. 35 539 1241 Swansea .....„.„ , e ,......... 1001. sh. 265 3,752 21 . 10 e. Severn and Wee end Railway Av.S5l. sh. 45 2,6110 W, 321.105. Teent and Mersey. 4 share lOOl. sh. SSO 0,149 I .° °° ' l 9 181. Warwick and B'rmitegbam ...... 10131.511 230 I,oooSah. 9eo 13e Warwick and ..lateen' PAIL sh. 115 7,600 41 . Worcester & Birminebtan Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 55 5000 265. Wilts and Berke Average 67/. Ws 83. sh. 28% Eon tie Wylie. and Essingtor Mt. sh 74 526 ,„, se 6o:site:ten . ....... e . ........ ...- SeeL sh. 30 998 1.1 Wey and Arun. llOl. en. 20Se DOCKS. I° 6 Sr ,16515 h. P. • 5 per rent. East and West India c.0....a...5t0ck 10114 3,238,310; 1 . :31. p.e t. London Stock 73 Ditto Bonds 0,200 81. Os. sd. Bristol Average 1471.05. att. 75 68,e24/. 5/. per cent. D itto Notes, various amounts lOB 3e2,7te 5 iser cost. St. Katharine Stock 92 500,0413 43 per cent. Ditto Bonds -, lOO% -00.41410 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years D ep tf o rd Tier "01. sh. 201. pd 10 ...... BRIDGES, 1,600 11. H .. amm.sr/0U: 50/. sh. 21 1,201 S ou thwark, Old ...... ...Av. Gad. es Sri. sh. 33 e 1,700 IL 158. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent., sol.sh. 16 .4'oo .... ... W a terlog. ... . 100 1 . sh. :34 5,000 nos. 0:1. Pitta, Old Annuities of 81 00/. pd 21 401. pd 183 soesCOL 51. per cent. Ditto Bon s Vauxhall ...... ...Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26 5,000 19a. 3d. Ditto, New d Ditto of 71. 5,848 tete ASeIeIIANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/ ICs Attlee eool. sh. 501. pd 72 1.0,000 €b p nd 153 .er cent.] A lli ance ßritlsh es Foreignloo/. sh. 111. pd 14 e e :0,000 6 per cent. Ditto, M e rino lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 5 24,000 11. per sh. A l ias 5411. sh. 5/. pd 14 3 1,20045 h. 81 . Birmingham I' ire .. "ss/ sh. 55/. pd 107% 20,000 4/. per cent. B r itish Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 6/. per cert. leritee C0mm...111 5Ol. s' , 5!. pd . 6 5,000 51. per cent. Cle rical & Medical Lite, Mesh. 21106 pd see , 4,000 el OS County 100!. sh. 101. pd 10 MOO es. Eagle. •• •'••' 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 5 nee f 5 per cent./10001.5h. 250!. pd 400 'te j and 301 bs. ' 2,e71 221. percent. European Li. • "01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New '2Ol. ski. 2/. pd IFe ..000,C001. f /.per et Glebe Stock 113% 2.1,000 51. Om:Alan 30,000 4s. Oe. Hope ........... 50/. sh. W. pd 5 Economic Life 2,300 51. 12s. fid. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50!. pd 133 7,500 9s. Imperial Life ... 103/. sh. 10/. pd 10 13 ; 459 51. par rest. Indemnity Marine lOO/. oh. 8/, pd Z 2,020 31 lOs Kent Firc 5Ol. sh. all psi 92 3/. Ditto I,ife 5Ol. pd etS 10,000 16s. Law Life lOOl. sit. 10/. pd 5,000 less. London, Fire 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. pil ISSS 3,900 10s. London, Ship "51. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 18 ye Leno,ooo/. ... ..... hfinerva Life 100/. sh. 5 wine/. 3e.,0110 51. per cent. Palladium Lite 'Of. sh. 2/. pd et 6s 50,000 5/. per cen. Protector Lien pd 18e Od 10,600 4 per cent. t Protestant kesrenters .... IGO!. sh. 5/. pd 5% 9,500 1/. Provident Lite lOOl. eh. 10/. pd 20 201',G60 4s. Od. Rock Life e 9,0201 51. per cost. Royal Exchange Stock ISO 6,0(10 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 5!. pd 54e 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. eh. Si. pd 7U JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agri.. and Corn. of I relanci2sl. 1 h. 10/. pd 15,1)00 S per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 51 10,003 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 'eV. sh. 101. pd 13 10,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank 50/. sh. 101. pd 13% 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. pd 21% 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50 sh. 10/. pd Mg ..1,000 4 per cent. Len caster lOOl. sh. 501. pd 50 05,000 11; per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. lel/. tel 18% 50,000 le per cent. Manchester and Liver 1 501.2 h. 151. pd 9y, pool District 00,000 7 per ("eel Manchester 100:. sh. 10/. pd 5 20,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of IrelandlOOL sh. 251.p4 404 10,( 1 00 6, er ccet National Walk of Ireland 50/. sh. 1741. pd 15 1 4 10,000 6 per cent National Proveicial Eng.lool. sh. 351. pd 3 , 1,‘ 10,00 Ditto New... Wt. Ms. 10/. pd 10 .0,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 52 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGIrr AND CORD COMPANIES. 2,500 lOs Od Bath 20!. sh. 161. pd 22 5,000 British 40/. sh. 161. pd 18 5,000 Ditto Provincial . 2O/. sh. 19/. pd 24% 15 . 1 , . , p d esi i cert . 1 928 51 105 Birmingham 50/. el. 90 4,250 2 1 0 s Br i s tol eO/ sh. 36 e,250 3/ lOs Brighton 902 sh 13% 730 3/ lOs Ditto, New ..................... sh 181. pd 9 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General ................ ski. all pd 9% 6,000 71. 10s. Continental Consolidated ....75 1 . 02 1 1 . Pd 109 1,000 101. City of London.. ....... ...100/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 61 . Ditto ,New ............. . 1001. sh. 75/. pd 150 4,000 3 /. o s. E q uita ble 5Ol. pd 20 10,000 Si. per cent. Imperial 5Bl. sin 59 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sit. 20/. pd 1834 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 30/. ah. all r a. 56 11,000 4!. per cent. Phoenix 5 O/. e n . 391. pd 31 63 % 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 100 1 . 5h. SO/ . p d 000 F,0030 51. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 471. pd 31 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield ..........,•.••••251. sh. 22 2,600 3/. Westminster Chartered ..... ....COI. sh. 58 6,060 12s. Ditto New 5ll sh. 101. pd 11% 720 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. eh. lel. pd WATER WORKS 4,800 315. Birmingham ...................... sh. 25/. pd 21 4,423 71. East London .......................... 100/. sh. 162 5,500 21 155 . Grand Junction .........e 41/. les. 40. sh. 55 2,060 21. Kent 100/. sh. 52% X 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. ees 1,500 2 /105 New River London Bridge Water Ann. - CO 6,486 2/ les Manchester and Salford ........... e lW):. sh. 55% 1,000 5 per cent. South London ~ ................ . ... lool.sh. 11218,294 441. West Middlesex Average Metres. 9d. sh. 90 1,360 1114 S YOI:i Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 Birmingham and Derby ...... lOO/ pd 49 9,500 Binninghem and Gloucester KO/. pd 563 15,000 Bristol and Exeter 1001 sh. 60 pd 28 7,500 Cheltenham& G.Western 100Lsh. 62;e L 18% 3,004 Clarence 1001. sh. 1001 pd 20 8,000 ......... Dublin and Drogheda...... 1110/. sit. 5/. pd 51,00 e Eastern Counties 251. sh. 231. pd 7% 10,000 Great North of England 100/. sh. Mt. pd 63 10,1)18 IS per rent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh, all pd 500 25, 00 23 per cent, Great Western 1601. sit. /351. pc! 704 25,000 Ditto New 511/. sh '0! pd 55% 6eooo 5 per cent Gosport Junction... 'le. sh. 50/. pd 52 2e0013 5 per cent. Ei••• ' e pool 100/. oh. 1001. pd 145 3 54 8,000. Hull end Selby 501. sh. 50!. pd 29 9 , 200 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby leo sh. (154 511;11 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(1.sli. 100/. pc., 119 N ,9' 8 10 per cent. Ditto Half Share s 5O/. p d 90 11495 10 t ier cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "51. pd 45 30.0 00 „ ........ Lcilcio)i and Brighton 501. sh. 50/. ed 37 24,000 ......... reendon and Blackwell 2.5/. sh. 25!. rd 9 10,000 S per cent. London and Greenwich 201. sk. 201. pd 605 e 25,000 84 per cent. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 90!. pd 158 251;00 el. Cs. Ditto Quarter Shares ....'251. sh. 5/. pd 211 4 31:250 ......... Bit e New Shares 32/. sh. 3•21. lid 52% 36,000 5 per cent. London and SeeVestern Av. 381, 17s. 93. se3e 33,000 , ........ London and Croydon/ Av. 13/. 15s. Dd. 11% Ditto New Scrip....S 11% 13,000 3 per cent. Manchester and Leeds-100/. sh. 70/. pd , sii4 t 3,000 Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 251. pd '2l 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 701. sh. 4 0/. 20% Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2% 10,000 2/.l(e. Midland Counties... 'OO/. sh. lON. pd 83 . 15,000 1!. Os. North Midland 11.10 s. Ditto New 40/. pd 31% 10,256 ...... ... Northern and Eastern.... 501. sh 431. pd 15 eeicel Preston and Wyre 5O/. sh. 30/. pd 36 ' 44,000 south Eastern and Dover ...... ... 281. pd 1914 1,060 10/.per cent. Stccktoa and Darlington .... ...lOU sh. 2e5 0.600 ..... .... Thames Haven .50/. sh 51. pd .• 6.000 • MINES.' . ' • , , Albion Copper 51s T.• a 1.141 . Ist Altcn l6l. sh 12!. ut .1. pd 10 Angio elexiean s iss. 51, pneuxe. sh. at 1 e I le Ditto Subscription .................251. pu ig Bolanos • 1504 eh all pit 35 Brazili an I mp. Is s. 51. pm... 351. sh.2o/. pd 5 Macaubas & Locaes United 251.5h.251. pd 4 Ditto St. John Del Rey ...20/. sh. 141. pd . 1% Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sli. 20/. pd : I Ditto Scrip lO/. sh. 10/S pd 2 British Iron • lOW. sh. 601. pd British Copper 51.5 h. 441. pd 1% Cats Branca 641, pd beg Candonga ....,• 7ll. pd 5 Copiapo ..... 2O/, ale 131. pd 10 ins. 2 pm. 40/. M. all pd Columblan, ass. 51. pm. „ 551 . s h . 551. pd 0% English pc! 2 r x ip ican. General 5 11 ningAssociation20esh.18/. pd 14 Mexican Company WO/. sh. GO/ pd Polberou Consols .. ........101. eh. W. pd 4 Real del Monte, Unregistered - ......... 2% Ditto Loan Notes... ....... „.....,..1 301. pd 160 ....... 2% ' 4l pd 3 West Cork .......... 501.5 b 501. pd 28 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. ' 1 000 .. London, with Bronze Ticket ..asgs sh. .21 i'enn ....... London University ...... ...loot. alt all L, 700 .........,„ pd 7 790 ......... Russet' .............. «.»,.,«,..,3..• •• "25gs. utt, 6 King' College ...„1001 IoK MISCELLANEOUS. . to, yyj 155. Australian Agrimiltural.loo/eshe 28/. pd '59 5,300 1. per cent. British American Land Colnpany3se4 pd ss 10,000 el. per cent. Camel. C9_ 121 003 7 ... ...... lOW. sh. 321/,pd • 28 Unliitiiritttic;iliew Scrip Upper Lanai. Loan . City Bonds, 4 p e e VI ent ..... .e............ .. .. lea , "" ... ' . Ness BrUTISTtlek Lannel Competes...ol. " alSteam Zvi 20,000 le e s. Genet' , n „ gatien 151, 5h..14/. pd .24 10Lper cent. Hudson s Dee' stoels London Com. Sale Rooms ..., Av. ,CEO 1 .... Caoetcheue Comps y ** "-- V . 751 . sh. 19% 30,000 5/. per cent. 141. pd ; le% ienar Int• So pd . is /54 5/. per cent. iteeerS Y • c... 1001. sh. 100/. pd 95 1,100/. sh. 100!. pd 107 e Thames Tunnel 4 Ma ....... - Van Dieillela'S Land 501. sh. all ed 10 :moo 69. ....1001. alt. 1841. pd 4 9,633 51. per cent . . Ditto New PENDRELL'S PATENT FLEXIBLE PENH( a,DER.—To ensure ease and comfort is, the use of Steel Pens, now in such general use, W. P. has, at great trouble and expense, constructed a PENHOLDER. pos sessing four great requisites, viz., cheapness, durability, neat and elegant appearance. and flexibility. To quote here the many scientific opinions that have been given on the uses of Steel Pens, and of the great necessity of having Elastic Holders, would far exceed the limits of an advertisement. The Proprietor humbly, but with great confidence, lays before the public this little, but no less effectual, promoter of comfort, to all grades of society using a Pen; knowing that his Flexible Penholder has only to be tried to be approved of. Manufactured solely by WILLIAM PENDRELL, Silver smith, 17, Regent's-place, Birmingham. rtiIlHE LONDON, EDINBURGH , A ND DUBLIN GUARANTEES) MUTUAL and PRO PRIETARY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. :t. CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION HOUSE, and 5, GREAT MARLI3OROUGII-STREET, LONDON ; 64, FLEET-STREET,. DUBLIN.; and 21, ST. ANDREW-STREET, EDINBURGH. DIRECTORS. KENNETH KINGSFORD, Eq., Savage-gardens, Chairman BENJAMIN IFILL , Esq., Wclbeck-street, Deputy Chairman Alexander Anderson, Esq., York-place, Portman-square John Atkins, Esq , White Hart-court, Lombard-street James Bidden, Esq, Spread Eagle-court Captain F. Brandreth, Scots' Fusilier Guards James Hartley, Esq., Mecklenburgh-square John INl‘Gtiffie, Esq., Osnabur,gh-street John Maclean Lee, Esq., Seething-lane J. Alarmaduke Rosseter, Esq., Kennington-terrace Vice-Admiral Robert Honyman Alexander Robertson, Esq., Portland-terrace, Regent's-park, Manager. Au DITORS H. H. Cannan, Esq., Finsbury - square Robert E. Alison, Esq.,• Cornhill Mantean ADVlSER—Marshall Hall, M. D_ ,• F.R. S., L. and E. SECRETARY—F. Edgell, Esq., Noel-street SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bedford row. CONSTITUTION OF THE COMPANY. This is the only Guaranteed Mutual Life Compaay—All other Assurance Companies are either Mutual, in which the parties Assured are also their own assurers, there being no Share holders and no original Capital—or Proprietary, in which the assured have no share in the profits, which belong exclusively to the Shareholders—cr Mixed, in which the assured have the option, on payment of larger premium, of participating in a portion only of the profits. By the Constitution of the Lon don, Edinburgh, and Dublin Company, the Mutual Class of the assured are entitled to the Whole of the Mutual Profits, as if they had been assured in a purely Mutual Society, and they have also the security of the funds of the Company supplied by the Shareholders, who, 'guarantee by the subscribed Capital, the payment of the sums assured—the assured themselves being re lieved from all responsibility, and thus placed in the right of the advantages afforded both by Mutual Societies and Proprie tary Companies. Table to Assure £lOO, with profits : Age. £. s. d. Age. £. s. d. 20 25 35 40 Those who wish to assure a specific sum without regard to future additions, are charged according to a scale which is as low as a due regard to the complete security of all parties will admit of. Table of Premiums without addition of Profits : Age. £. s. d. Age. X. a. d. 20 25 35 40 PRACTICE OF THE COMPANY. Important improvements have been introduced into Life As surance practice by this Company, whereby the mode of ob taining Policies is simplified, all doubts as to their validity are removed, and their application is much extended. The Policies are Indefeasible and Indisputable, unless they have been fraudulent]) obtaine !. They at once create for the assured an unquestionable right in reversion, easily negotiable, and valuable as a collateral security in pecuniary transactions. One-half of the Premiums may remain unpaid for Seven Years, affording a greater facility and more economical plan for loan transactions and family provisions than any other which has been suggested, allowing a Policy to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured at a future pe riod, when loss of health may prevent him from obtaining a new assurance, to continue a Policy for double the amount of the sum for which he has paid premiums. Credit Tab'e to Assure £lOO. Age. X. r. d. Age. £. s. d. 15 .. 20 ...... ........ 0 18 0 45 .. 25 .. 1 0 7 50 30 Whole World Policies, entitling the party to go or to reside in any part of the World, are granted on payment of a small additional premium, according to tho circumstances of the case, but fixed and determined at the time of granting the Policy. Provisions for Old Age may be made by the purchase of an annuity to commence at any defined age, or by effecting a Life Assurance according to the following Table, whereby the sum assured is made payable to the Assured himself on his attaining 60 years of age, and in the event of his death before that time, it is payable to his heirs or assigns. To Assure £lOO to the Assured Himself at 60, or to his Heirs. Age. £. s. d. Age. £. s. d. 15 20 ... ... 2 8 7 40 25 30 Chronic Diseases form no bar to the granting of Policies upon the lives of persons suffering from them ; an additional premium being charged according to the nature of the risk. The Agents of the Company, and the Manager in London, will, on application, forward, free of expense, Forms of Propo sal and every requisite information, to parties desirous of effect ing Assurances. All Official Communications are considered as strictly con fidential. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM Tilt EVENING ?AYERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—By the law of England the unpaid Ma gistrates are the supervisors of the far ►arger number of the prisons throughout the kingdom. ;Until within the last half century they exercised their functions in this, as in almost every other depatt pAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50sL the SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe rior London Table Knives, with ivory handles 14s. per dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, 1 inch diameter, Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. &l. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet Eng, 9s. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR RANTED.—TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Knives, lls. ; Carvers, 4s. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white bone handles, as. Bd. per dezen , Dessert, 6s. Bd. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Macho Tea trays, gothic halm, 50s ; the set of 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, to be had gratis (post free). RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. (ORES EFFECTED BY PAItR'S LIFE PILLS.—The following are selected from hosts of other Cures, and must prove that PARR'S LIFE PILLS are all that are required to eradicate disease, however aggravated the case may appear, and to prolong life, free from every ailment, to the latest period of existence : FROM MR. NOBLE ' HULL. " Mr. Plaxton, of Cottingham, five miles from Hull, has long been afflicted with a most severe internal disease. So dreadful were the paroxysms that he frequently expected death was at hand to release him from his sufferings. For a great length of time he had been unable to sit down at all, even be ing compelled to stand at his meals. His next door neighbour having heard of the virtues and unpreiedented success of Parr's Life Pills, purchased a small box for him, and on his calling for a second box, he told me that such had been the astonish ing effects produced by one box that he was able to sit down, and on taking two other boxes his pains have left him ; his ap petite is good, and he is able to follow his vocation nearly as well as he ever did in his life." " Mrs. Shaw, wife of Mr. Shaw, yeast dealer, had been a great length of time afflicted with a severe internal disease. To use his own expre,sion, paying doctors for her had beg gared him,' so that at last he was compelled to send her to the Infirmary ; there she received no permanent benefit. Having heard of Parr's Life Pills, he purchased a small box; she be gan to mend immediately on taking them, and two more boxes have cured her. She is now as well as she ever was in her life." " Mrs. Stevenson, of Cottingham, five miles from Hull, has been severely afflicted with a bad leg for mote than ten years, and during that period has tried .211 kinds of medicines, but without any permanent relief. After taking four small boxes of Parr's Life Pills, she is able to go about her day's business in a manner which for comfort has been unknown to her for above ten years. (Signed) " EDMUND STEPHENSON, her Son. " Witness—Joseph Noele." " I have to acknowledge with delight the benefit I have re ceived from Parr's Life Pills, I have been afflicted for fourteen or fifteen years with pains in my body and limbs, with constant pain in my head. I applied to the first medical men in Hull, and to the various Institutions of the Town, and brought my self almost to poverty, but all to no purpose. At length I heard of Parr's Life Pills, and after taking only two small boxes, feel grateful to be able to add I now enjoy perfect health. " ELLEN HART, No. 20, Kingston-square, " Witness—W. Hart. North-street, Hull. 8,000 ...... .. 4, 000 U. 53 . 0,008 ......... 2,060 101. 10000 1 1. los 6,000 11,000 ...... IC ,000 10,0b0 ••••••••• 20,000 ...... ,000 10,000 2,N50 20,000 6,155 3,000 11,500 ••• 31. 30,000 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPAN IES' PRICES OCT. 30. 1841. BANKS. aiillieLtnntdtoA.l:ocated •••••• ''' r . I mope ,. 61, p• ct. Bank ok§cotl i ind ...93 . / . ............................. p p c d l 1 1 5: 2 : r 5 0 eon o fi r :. 1 0 ( 50 ' 11 ,.. w e t 58 1 : .... p• P. : c c : t t: .. C. R Gc ll vvvv r io li me Y e 8: Western at s t i o h o : rE n f L t5 S 5 c o i jo i t il i 2 C o l . ' o d i r .a i . . .p . . . a. a . : . .n . . .y .. .50 Q.. .. 2 ... . 0: 1 1 .0.19 00r . . 7 / 1 1 5h. .. b s s .. : h h hi . : 10. a 0 a a010, 1 11 1 1 .1.. 1 p p p d ? p dpd d d d 2: 6 1 60 15 5 1 titlee ... .... . ... 1 1 00 0C i / . . s s h h . . 11001 pd dd 1514 nd .101. sh. all pd : : 9 Ni 51)° "'' 6 P" rs• 14"" w al Union . 4000,040/. 6 p. et. INSUR A N C E CODIP A N . . .1 : E .:0201 g. 0110: : :::: 10/. pd 19 • dery ...... 50i.sh 481 pd 4i . 1 1 0 0 1 :11. pd pd pd ' 251 2 1; ater.9.sl.sh. all pd 34 analso/.sh all pd 1 51 4 : , "°°° 818 .... II? : pp: et. Caledonian 1 2 605 5 70 0 : 1 0 00 09 sh . 1 6 11000 } p p pp. . : ec c ettt t .. . S s s ii nio : s:ti t c t hru l a s isiT h e, rcs C ie: .ci n so :4 ol ... z.. ta a . c . MISCELLANEOUS.cUkn v a • 100,000 Si p. ct. i ll r d o o i n ( i n t l i :S o L t n 0,000 s per scat. Edinburgh ft Leith Glass.2ol. sh. 16/.. pd 5% 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ......... 25/. sh. all pd ' 49 121 0 ,4 , s O( h F 2 l l p p e e r , cent. E s h d o it t l t b 6 . 4,450 10 per cent. Cla gOVI Gas ........... . .......... sh. all pd 52 750 7 i Per Cont,Leith Coal Gas ...... ... .. ........ all pd 204 415....... gdiourgh and Dalkelttulailway NI. sit 0 .• '44 % • . • - • - • ! Ado•-•. • • I k • .; , P';) , ' toU •.` „. t • • 411 L 41 'AO , 0 0/ T ' ,a. -4 fr -1 " 1 2. 10i DIE , int' F. • - . ' vessels. of the trade. went of their Magisterial office, without control or molestation from Parliamentary inquiry or public opinion. While the higher officers of the State were allowed to prosecute the policy ambition or interest prescribes, without the interposition of those salutary restraints which have been since gradually in creasing in number and in strength, it was not very pro bable that the public would be very acute in discerning where securities are wanted in the subordinate branches of administration. The improvement in the public mind, which has gradually exercised its influence upon other subjects of national importance, has included the discipline of criminal prisons within its range ; and cer tainly, " the secrets of the prison -house," as they have been successively disclosed, have not only been " worth knowing," as they have furnished food for the gratifi cation of curiosity ; they also exhibited a state of things which showed hew dangerous it is to intrust ir responsible power to the hands of any body of men, however estimable in their private and social rela tions, which, from the inherent infirmity of our na ture, is certain to be abused. We do not suppose that the great body of our unpaid Magistracy, either in the present or the former periods of its existence, have been worse than other men. Their actions show that they have not been better. The same me- Lives which govern other men in their several avoca tions have actuated them. Of these motives it is only necessary to observe, in order to subject them to a jealous scrutiny, that they invariably lead a man to seek his own happiness ; but that it depends (as far as re gards ordinary men) in a great degree, upon the situa tion in which a man is placed, whether he will promote that of others. Hence it is the duty of the Legisla ture to take care that every public functionary shall be supplied with a strong motive to perform well the duties of his office. Publicity—that is, having the internal state of several prisons laid bare to the public eye by means of authenticated periodical reports from responsible public officers, appointed by the Go vernment, and wholly unconnected with the Magis tracy, and having authority to enter the prisons at all times, for the purposes of inspection—seems to be the most powerful check to evil, and the best means of effectuating good. The powers thus subjected to public inspection and control may not, and probably will not, approve of this intrusion, but society cannot fail to de rive from it considerable benefits. STANDARD.—Sir Robert Peel has taken the earliest opportunity of the possession of office to re sume that character of a real and useful Reformer with which he commenced his public life, and which he has never for a moment laid aside, except when disabled by circumstances from acting in it. The reform in the administration of the law, which he began nearly 30 years ago, with so much benefit to the , publie, and which he vigorously prosecuted while in =office from 1822 to 182.7, is to be again taken seriously in band. A corn missioc—it is scarcely necessary to say an unpaid com mission—composed of the principal Judges in equity, has been appointed to consider of the manner in which suits in that department of the administration of justice, over which they preside, may be rendered less complicated, expensive, and tedious than they have hitherto been. If these Commissioners discharge the duty confided to them honestly and boldly, and free from professional prejudices —and it were unjust to doubt them—ehey will confer upon the country a benefit which it is impossible to overrate. The Courts of Equity are now practically closed against all the people, except where objects of very great value arc concerned, and practically closed against the less wealthy, whatever may be the object. If the Courts of Equity are good for any thing, it is a good confined to the wealthy ; and these Courtsare often a positive evil to the poor dragged within their meshes, without the power either to de-- fend themselves when enthralled, or to escpe from the thraldom. It is, howeve r, to present an a in• adequate view of the evils arising from the expense and tediousness of equity proceedings, to limit these evils to the cases immediately of equity jurisdiction ; three-fourths or more of the oppression and in justice committed by the aid of common law process is the effect of the inaccessible charac ter of relief in the Equity Courts. Take the common case of a debt unjustly charged, against which it may happen, from a thousand blameless causes, the party sued has no remedy at law : Equity provides a remedy against the injustice to which this attempt at fraud must in the Common . Law Courts inevitably lead. The remedy consists in a rigid examination of the plaintiff, and other means ; b ut at present i this remedy, by an equity process , is so dear, that it s never resorted t o , except when large sums are in jeopardy, and even then it need scarcely be mid . that it can be r es o r t e d to o nly by the comparatively rich. Thus th e p ara l ys i s i n the Equity Courts invades the whole administration of the law, and nurses a race of cheats an d sw i n dl ers , whose malignant influence upon the higher interests of credit and commerce, and even of public morals, can sca rcely be conceived by those who have not long in vestigated and seriously considered the matter. 0 The Toulon papers mention that the Monte bello and Hercule of the line are going to have hew masts fitted, and that they are to be made of Canada pine furnished by an English house. This is the first application of this wood in that dock-yard. ?Ric, m 5d MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING; PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TlMES.—According to a private letter from Macao, dated the 22d of August, and which is deemed in the City of very good authority, the following are the con ditions which Sir Henry Pottinger, under his instruc tions from this Government, is to demand from the Chinese as the basis of a treaty of peace between the two Powers : 1. The opening of all the Chinese ports situated on the eastern coast to all European nations without ex ception, who will be permitted to trade freely, subject to a, moderate duty on the entry and departure of their 2. The abolition of the monopoly hitherto enjoyed by the Hong merchants. 3. The appointment of an English Ambassador to re side at the Court of Pekin. 4. Indemnity to the English merchants for the loss sustained by the destruction of opium and the abolition As usual when the Government is in any diffichlty on. a point of finance, there are abundant suggestions as to the best means of getting out of it, and no topic has been more fertile in this respect than the affair of the spurious Exchequer bills. One suggestion which has been current to-day strikes us as both novel and inge nious, and as it proceeds from one of the most expe rienced members of the Stock Exchange, it comes with some weight and authority. The notion is founded on that peculiar state of the market existing at present, which has paralyzed the sale of Exchequer bills, but has improved the condition of the funded debt, and would have improved it still more, had not the public been constantly supplied with the new scrip. Hence, it is thought, that as the Government have at their disposal the stock of the savings'-banks, they might avail them selves of it for the purpose of taking Exchequer bills out of the market, and thus substituting one security for another, with a small advantage on their own side. It is thought there is the greater propriety in this, as the funding, though chiefly effected by Exchequer bills, still leaves this weight upon the market. The alarm produced yesterday by the statements that were believed in the very best quarters, of a number of spurious Exchequer bills having been bought and sold in the regular market, has, in a great measure, subsided to-day, having proved upon inquiry to be almost wholly without foundation. After the most careful research, it seems that beyond 8,0001., sold by the Bank, and that since the first alarm, only one spurious bill of 1,0001. has been discovered, which was purchased as far back as last May, and would appear further to have got into circula tion almost by accident, for out of a large parcel of spu rious bills, one perfectly genuine has been discovered. It is supposed that the party to whom these belonged, finding himself short by one bill, namely, the bill that got into circulation, supplied its place by purchasing a genuine one. Hence the former belief is restored, that all persons who purchased their bills in the regular mar ket before the 21st of October, may consider themselves secure. CHRONICLE.—A member of the Stock Exchange who had been examined by the Committee touching his connection with Rapello's speculations in the Foreign Securities, and who stated during his examination that he had committed his books to the flames about three weeks previously, as he did not suppose they would be wanted again, has, it is understood, since found his books, which, by some miraculous agency, have again been brought back to existence. It is understood that at the period of the attempt of Louis Napoleon on Bou logne, the Rapallo party were actual and optional Bears of 3,000,000/. of Consels. On the failure of the attack the Funds rose rapidly, which must have pun ished those connected with the speculation most severely. It is of no use for the bona fide holders of the Exchequer bills to hang upon their oars in the expectation that the Government will come forward to their assistance. Heaven helps those who help themselves, and they need not expect to be made exceptions. The impounding of the bills and the retention of them, to wait the directions of the Lords of the Treasury, showed very clearly that those bills which do not correspond with the counterfoil will not be returned to the holders, and that payment will be resisted of the whole as forgeries. The object of seeking for a committal of Rapallo on the plea of uttering forged bills, knowing them to be forged, is evidently to justify the Government in their determination to resist payment of all the spurious bills. From prudential considerations the deputation to wait upon the First Lord of the Treasury was postponed, fearing, we presume, that it might compel him to deli ver his opinion prematurely. That is a fault which he generally takes special care to avoid ; and even if the statement of the case of the innocent holders should have the extraordinary effect of inducing the Premier to be explict for once in his life, it would surely be better for those concerned to know the best and worst of it than to remain in their present uncertainty. The notion of any benefit arising to their case from delay is, we suspect, perfectly visionary. The bills which have been im pounded will be produced in Court, we presume, if the holders raise an action for payment, but not otherwise; and as the notice from the Exchequer gave distinct warning .that the bills would be retained, we do not see that those who parted with their property under:such circumstances can complain of the impounding. We are not surprised that the Government should have laid such a trap to get the better of their own neglect, but we certainly are rather astonished that so many people of sound sense should have been caught by it. Some people, we believe, were induced to send up their bills, and others to remain quiescent in fear of exciting the hostility of the Government. Those well-intentioned gentlemen should consider, however, that the only way to obtain the good opinion of the Executive will be to submit quietly to the loss of all their bills. They will make no advance in the good graces of the Treasury by merely postponing their claims. They may injure them selves by that course, but they need not expect to get their bilis paid by waiting upon Providence. The only course is to let the Government know the danger in which public credit is placed by the course they have indicated their intention to pursue, and that if it be ad hered to they must be prepared with 22,000,0001. of cash in March and June next, to pay the bills which will then be sent in for payment, as the floating debt must in that case continue perfectly unsaleable and useless as a security for money. Our Contemporary the Post devotes more than a co lumn of its pages this morning to the cause of our ho nourable friend Mr. Tasker, and his everlasting Trea sury Bonds. The flood of virtuous indignation with which we are assailed in this fresh attack is irresistible. For our own part, we are fortunately used to it, but we should not be surprised if his Excellency the Spanish Minister of Finance really sunk beneath its force, and granted the preference to the Treasury bondholders over the other creditors of his country, which our Con temporary so eloquently advocates. We must hope for the best, however, and still trust that Senor y Hull will adhere to his bill of the Bth July, regulating the terms of admission of the holders of the Treasury bonds to the benefit of Gamboa's decrees. We see no dis crepancy between his letter to Mr. Tasker and the bill itself ; but we must repeat that on this point Mr. Tacker acts unjustly to himself and his constituents by withholding a copy of his letter .to Senor y Hull, enclosed in his appeal to Lord Aberdeen. With out that document his fellow-sufferers, as well as our selves, are totally unable to appreciate the extent of their Chairman's services, and the heinous character of Senor y Hull's delinquencies. All that we 'know of the con tents consists in that very small portion of information doled out to us by the Post, where it is stated that Mr. Tasker had " felt himself called upon as Chairman of the Treasury bondholders, to inquire of Senor y Hull upon what principle it was he intended to proce ed, so as to place them upon that footing on which it is admitted by him the special character of their claims entitles them to stand." We ought really to be favoured with a copy of this communication to the Spanish Minister, which, to use the emphatic language of our Contemporary " makes everything, clear, lucid, and intelligible," instead of "our crooked way of interpreting things;" whereby it seems that nothing can result but " discord and con fuson." We trust that our application may yet be lis tened to, and that this new statement of the case of the Treasury bondholders may be made public. Being with out the benefit of the information it contains, we may labour under error, which its light would instantly dispel. There is one point on which it is our duty, in the meantime, to enlighten our Contemporary. lie must ' not suppose, for one moment, that the " controversy has been revived," for this plain reason, that it never began. , n a y nd as i s n ai m lan ai t n s ia s i o ni m ng u t c h h e s , a , - d al u l e o w a n e d d u f o p r f i e ri i t t h ” e o i r f We have merely administered a little merited castig a ti on t o o wn a c f o e n w ce P i u t their bonds, that they could not suffer an opinion to the contrary. We have always satisfaction• in pulling down such jackdaws from their perch. POST.—The circumstances brought to light by the examination of Smith and Rapallo, the Mansion House, are such es eet and to at Bow-street 0 pletely that the whole of the Exchequer Pro L v i e lls v i e s r Le c d mby the former, without authority, are forgeries. Smith, in his admissions, expressly printed forms for the purpose of being filled up by an other hand, and the Government appear, therefore, to be fully released - from the necessity of treating with parties on the subject of indemnification. A claim is made in behalf of those who had the precaution to go to the Exchequer-office to get their bills verified, and who are assumed to have had no cause, from the statement there made to them, to doubt that they were genuine ; but these persons unfortunately addressed themselves to the criminal in chief, Mr. Smith, and who, of course, took care s to satisfy all callers on that head. . Many ., inquiries have to be made,. and many points d, be e , - law and commercial usage to be disCrese_. The fore the validity of such a claim can be cone d d Times, after insisting with great earne stness upon the . ted for examine surrender to holders of the bills de h p e osi forgeries were tion, under the mistaken idea that e d this within the walls exe cuted by a Government clerk, f a _ andons its .preten ' , now ab of the Exchequer-office itself, from the factious at sions on that score, and o , os d i piracy to refuse any further tempt to get up a and c to demand payment in money, exchange of papers assume s to-day a tone that denotes a consciousness of over-precipitation. __ The Times says : „ The confess ion o f Mr. Smith to Mr. Maule, the So that many bills were given to licitor to the TreiisurY, Mr. napall o with the numbers only, and without the sienature, is very alarming, since, as far as these bills are colicerned, it is doubtful whether they would afford a chance of action against the Government, never having iUBLICATIONS. This day, in 2 vols. 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Published by the Authors, and sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent street ; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie. 4, Bridges street, Strand, London ; Guest, Birmingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ; Philip, South Castle-street, Liver pool ; Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier.street, Dublin ; Duncan, 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Booksellers The following are a few of the numerous testimonials this popular work has received, and which the limits of an adver tisement will only allow of being published : The rage for books in all departments of Science, literature, and the arts, was, we believe, never so prevalent as at the pre sent time. The unavoidable consequence of this is, that we meet a very considerable proportion of indifferent, uselc.., and even bad kooks. With the force of this prejudice on our minds, we with no little reluctance were induced to peruse Messrs. Curtis's work, entitled "Manhood ;" nor did it re quire much perusal fully to satisfy us that the book was not one of the common stamp. The scientific views taken by the authors of the source and origin of many of the most distressing effects of certain depraved hubits, fully establish their claim to the character of experienced and judicious surgeons. To quote passages from the work in peed of our assertion would be departing from the established rules of the daily press. 'the result, however, of our careful perusal of the work, has been to impress us with a thorough confidence in the talent and skill of the authors, and to satisfy us that those entrusted with the care of youth are not a little indebted to them for fur nishing them with a means of preventing some of the most frightful maladies to which flesh is heir.—Old England. Alessrs. Curtis's work, entitled " Manhood," is one of the few books now coming before the public on such a subject which can lay claim to the character of being strictly professional, at the same time that it is fully intelligible to all who read it. The moral and medical precepts given in it, render it invalu e perusal of Mes srs. Curtis's book entitled " Manhood," a h b a le s li r — eal A l l y agnet' T astonished us by developing aseries of maladies, the never -failing consequence of the vicious habit of which it treats. The clear connexion pointed out between the assigned u s s om ex e : cause and the effertsbeiswoprekr.e_epAtigbele. to every capacity. We strongly recommen _ daily es t c i o o t rr i i a i b n l coming tendency, the n ey , m press, ad e BLAKESLEY THE MURDERER.—On Tuesday 1 nay most of them of last, Sheriff Mag - nay and the ordinary of Newgate com- The multitude of bookssyquestionable of this work ' by an intelligent municated to Blakesley that his execution was fixed for induced by the character given end now feel no hesite. Monday, the 15th inst. He received the communication tremely reluctant to take up another. Having, lioweier, been itsfproamgesits perusal instructedand as if he expected i , and seemed in no degree agitated. 1 ‘ •t friend,lion in w a l e y i s n ' ventured t thatr d eve to open arise In consequence of the great inconvenience felt, youth, and which are set diseases which proves so fatal to attended with injurious effects, to persons' eyesight in the country, 3 as the result of common edified. The clear exposition of the , source of many of those by their not being enabled to be properly suited with Spectacles, vicissitudes of tempe emies, sueh as exposure to cold, sudden down by the every-day were eettp present; ne theirsd e i n v► t i :Nu by l yw s &c.. and which have come under the notice (to some extent) of the convincing and extre rature, hereditary taint, &c., is truly , Messrs. S. and B. Solommis, Opticians, &c., observer 39, Albemarle.street, I a t y t h . i e t n h s v e e e l n n w t . h e s cl o t melt' satisfactory. c , as pulmonary Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William.street, Curtis have shown that many diseases, n sa of medi- City ; they have contrived a mode by Consumption, Epilepsy, &c., hitherto the opprobriaittpd We say " satisfactory," inasmuch as Messrs. to judi- remote Spectacles, part a so correct the o rre globe ct a I f c t a h n e be e person suited u w , tine, may, when taken in proper time, and subm termination cious treatment, be brought to al favourable a o too have never made use of Spectacles, stating the number of inches they as any other class of affections. 'We do not think we g can see moderate sized print from the eye, and those who are making far in saying that society is deeply in debted to the authorsuse of Spectacles by sending them, and making the same statement producing so useful, so much wanted , s o valuable, and for trulyso when in use. Immediately the Newly Invented Spectacles are moral a book. —Consery at iv e Journal. E t c.; to the p l a ced before imperfect vision that mist and dullness which appear We recommend the work entitled " Manhood, ' beforethe eyes is at once reiroved ; every object becomes clear and careful perusal of persons of all classes. The moral as well as distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight becomes bright and physical advantages sure to result from such perusal, will he brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. most readily recognised and felt by those who stand most in Their Sound Magnifiers Invisible Voice Conductors, will enable need of them.—Statesman. . persons at an advanced age, and of 40 and 50 years' standing of Messrs. Curtis and Company are to be consulted daily at extreme deafness to join in general conversation, and to catch the their residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. sound of a distant low speaker at a public assembly; they are not Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the least perceptible, nor more uncomfortable, than having a in the detail of their cases.—As to this duration of the come small piece of fine wool in its place. The Sound Magnifiers, luvi_ plaint, the symptoms, age, general habits of living, and occu ate Voice Conductors and Spectacles, are sent daily (by post) to patron in life of the party ; the communication must be ac various parts of the country. 39, Albemarle.street, Piccadilly, op. empanied by the usual consultation fee of I/., without which, . . roos ite the York Hote l, and 76, Kin g William-greet, City.—No no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; and la ' connect i o n with persons of the same name. all cases the most inviolable secresy may be relied fits. " July 6, 1841. " The numerous Cases of Cure in this neighbourhood are astonishing ; the good effects have ine4eased the sale to an enormous amount ; please send per coach Medicine to the amount of 1001., and the money shall be sent per return. " May 7, 1841. " Your's truly, JOSEPH NOBLE." CAUTION—BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. In order to protect the Public from imitations, the Hon. Commissioners of Stamps have ordered " Parr's Life Pills" to be engraved on the Government Stamp attached to each bee, without which none are genuine. Price Is. 4d., 2s. 9d., and Family Boxes lls. each. Full directions are given with each box. Sold by most respectable Medicine Vendors in Town and Country ; to be had Wholesale of Edwards, No. 67, St. Paul's, London. GRATIS. —The Life and Times of Old Parr, 32 pages, with Engravings, may be had gratis of all Agents. been regularly issued across the counter, but only acquir ing the power of circulation iu the hands of the party out of doors who might have added the signature." Our Contemporary conceives that the chance of the holders of these counterfeits is " doubtful ;" but, with due submission, we contend that there can be no doubt whatever in the case. Doubtful, indeed ! We hear that scarcely a bill of the unauthorised emis sions has been actually sold; and this point being estab lished, it is clear that the holders at large must have held under the most questionable circumstances. Re straints were imposed wl►ich indicated in the plainest manner that the bills had nut been honestly acquired. In the case of a genuine Exchequer bill there can be no occasion for mystery, or for whisperings, and conceal ment ; and where are we to look for parties among the self-called "sufferers" who obtained the forged instru ments by straightforward, open negotiation ? It is scarcely " doubtful," in our humble apprehension, whether individuals who knew, as these persons did, " what was going on" (for so Rapallo expresses it), ought, or ought not, to be severely dealt with at the hands of Government for the suppression of such proceedings. The Crown has far more to fear from the manifesta tion of a weak half willingness to connive at the gross immorality with which the EKchequer bill fraud is sur rounded, than from that of a firm and uncompromising determination to do justice. The public now perceive that the floating debt has , been subjected to much less official tampering than there was, in the first instance, reason to suppose, and we should consider it exceed ingly unwise in Government to give its sanction, in how ever negative a sense, to the daring liberties that hare been taken with it. It has not, perhaps, occurred to the Times that those who proceeded to the Exchequer-office some time ago to get their bills tested, did so possibly will the full know ledge that Mr. Smith was the only person in attendance to whom they could safely submit them. Recourse might have been had to the expedient as a crafty method of placing them in the comparatively favourable position in which they now find themselves in the estimation of the public. Such extraordinary caution, though not ob jectionable in itself, certainly betokens anything but that simplicity of dealing for which credit is taken. The Morning Chronicle defends these forged Exchequer bill holders, on the ground that the forgeries are not, after all, greatly inferior to the genuine bills. We have here his reason for the announcement of that generous conviction : " It is," he observes, " now established beyond all question that the spurious bills and the genuine are in all respects the same, with the sole exception of"—what is the reader prepared to hear?—" with the sole excep tion of the signature ; the signature of Monteagle, which the Deputy-Comptroller states he oan at once detect to be forged, as it is neither in his own handwriting nor that of the Comptroller-General." Our Contemporary alludes to the conflicting statements of Smith and Rapallo. Rapallo is so far at issue with his ally as to declare in the teeth of the latter that he had the bills from him in a complete state, yet this the Chronicle deems of little consequence, so long as another momentous assertion remains nntouched—namely, that the stationery is the same. He says—" Be that (the dis crepancy in the statements of the two prisoners) as it may, we now see clearly that the whole of the bills al leged to be forgeries are in all respects identical with those admitted to be genuine, with the single exception of the signature." But a little farther on we Lind that there is also some slight discordance between the forged bills and the coan foils : " The paper, printing, and stamp, are all confessedly the same in the genuine and spurious bills. There is no attempt to dispute that fact. There is nothing in ques tion but the signatures, and the technical point of agree ing with the counterfoil." Our Contemporary goes, as usual, strongly for the " broad, equitable principle," and accordingly winds up with the comfortable conclusion, that "even if the bills were not signed by him (Mr. Smith) the case of the in nocent holders is still entire, and, in every equitable point of view, clearly irresistible." The same fertile genius has favoured the world with many amusing essays on the purity of financial economy, but, on this occasion, he surpasses him self. He writes in the trite spirit of the modern free-trade school. Monopoly is his abhorrence, in whatever shape or guise it comes before him. Even a monopoly of signatures is incompatible with the temper of the times, and no longer to be endured. What is this moral we are to draw from his strictures on this Exchequer bill fraud? It is neither mere nor less than that, if a merchant's clerk should think fit to put his employer's name to the draft of a bill, as a name more current than his own, he must be careful only to have the right material for the purpose. "The paper, print ing, stamp," and such like important particulars being strictly in rule, the bill may be safely discounted by any . body that can furnish the cash for it, as it must unques tionably be paid at maturity. The time has The by for any absurd boggling about signatures. " The case of the innocent holder is still entire, and, in every equitable point of view, irresistible." All things connected with this business have be come a matter of intense public interest, and we trust that the inquiry in progress will be kept °pert until the whole of the infamy attaching to the stock gambling system is very thoroughly exposed, and ripe to be submitted to the Legislature for correction. It is affirmed that one of the parties who have negotiated. largely in Exchequer bills only eight or ten years ago returned from Brazil so impoverished by unsuccessful mining speculations, and so destitute in consequence, as to have been obliged to take his passage before the mast. It is further stated that another of them is a clerk to a concern in which most, if not all, the delinquents are largo shareholders, and which concert, has absorbed some 400,000/. of British capital in the pumping up of water and breaking of stones by slave labour. It is added that the clerk referred to, although employed on a salary of 2001. per annum, has, during the year, built or purchased several houses at a fashionable watering-place. The Committee of the Stock Exchange sat again to-day, but their proceedings are kept private. The forgeries are said to be the work of a female. We are informed, upon authority in which we hare every reliance, that important changes in the Stamp office are under the anxiouseonsideration of the Treasury. ADVERTISER.—Conneeted, as Mr. Smith has been, with Rapallo, and as it is known that the latter had large speculations afloat, the favourable issue of which de pended at one time upon the success of the attempt of Louis Napoleon to revolutionize France, it is thought now rather remarkable that the same parties who were Bears of Stock to a large amount before the news of the Boulogne affair was made public, should have been ex tremely active in predicting a fall in prices immediately before the fires broke out in the dockyards at Sheerness and Devonport. The writer of this article was assured the day before the fire at Sheerness that something would be made public within twenty-four hours that must lead to a fall in Stocks. To say the least of it, these transac tions had a suspicious appearance. To-day there were various reports as to certain parties having met in the City to concoct the Exchequer bill fraud, and the relative one, it is said, has left this country with some 40,000/, of the proceeds. It would be unsafe to particularize. Inquiries have almost hourly been made to learn the fate of the Exchequer bills. The anxiety upon this sub ject may be conceived when it is stated that ene firm has held not less than 80,0001., another 60,000/., another 45,000/., and many others smaller sums. That the in vestigation now proceeding at the Exchequer-office must be yew protracted is certain, as bills of the aggregate amotiZt of 22 millions sterling have to be compared with the counterfoils of this de p artment . We are not enabled t o confirm a statement made a day or two since, that the amountCliale o r lfait these eosfe bils. London, l Sir James Shaw, holds a large CHALLENGE TO MR . ALLEN, FOREMAN AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PAR LIAME2: T. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sift—Findingin the morning edition of The Sue,this day a letter from Mr. Allen, denying the charge made against him on .Friday ni g ht at the Crown and Anchor, we beg leave, through the medium of your, journal, to again challenge Mr. Allen to come forward and : prove that these charges are not true. We are willing to itobr, niip the case t o ar bi trat i on, and M r. A l len can b r i n g the evidence that he can produce to prove. that the charges are false. Now, Sir, it is quite clear that to submit thoess . , t t : arbitration is th e on l y j ust means t h at can b e ad oin n prove the truth or f a ll acy o f t h ose c h a rges. 41 8 in . Allen be innocent, h e nee d not s h r i n k from Pu b lie However, if he refuses to accept this cluael j 3 g ro at ug th rt public will at once be convinced that the charg es against him cannot be refuted. Signed, on behßalofßofEtßhTe OAtigAlfarsehairman. s Infdiii:nsac ecogfsirallos-f WOOLWICH —Nov. 6. ROYAL ARTILLERY. fire at the Tower of London, it is intended to remove Owing to the great destruction of muskets by pAo t nr h ti e i these at present used by the Royal Artillery and in stor e in order, re e v h : ceoerre, bt, openl y , lEeti o h I at Woolwich. amounting to 7,000, to the Tower, in Case shortl le a r t 7 the will they oilt liees.h mount o ual,chlrebugeartrlcierg:t.tit,ssreilliamsdnvimfd.ooerrd:rpsiivireentrsigctahuovlefaerst hanifsterlrleßvacimoc)aecalr.naoeuildutne,nertwthrstaehaotsekilf men of the Royal Horse Artillery. fEKCCSSION SHELLS. It will be in the recollection of the readers of The Sun, tuhlearpsahsets at Woolwich, the liberality of the that va shells during jn t he lions experiments made by several inventor s s ui Board of Ordnance having afforded every facility for that purpose. It now appears that nearly at the same time these n e n t s were experiments carried 0 - e bn r e y thmpoceil?piatreetcesisis.licicNStiocotln:iotlfh, Louis Philippe and th they are ordered to Go vernment, but so secret that they were standing all the care ntheotl‘rneonticehedb that akteteipi their t e n h u e rn e b x e p r er o i f m s c h n e r ls a fi n r d ed w e r r e es t 2 i th l o t o to tice tr l eF ed ren a ch i na th v at wo- NAVAL INTELLIG b tli e ir in ds tro o d f u t c h e e d m in s r been appo inte d. ct,:eesttuadte:tuezt_akthrie The Dasher, steam-vessel. :1Z aster `. White (acting), has had her repairs as Commander Robert caulkers in the Woolwich leave Woolwich to resume her station completed, and will Mr. Henry Bannister has be at Weymouth. Dockyard, vice Moore, dec. FIRE AT PRIOR PARK. --At the moment of going to press, we learned that Prior Park, Bath, the residence of the Catholic Bishop, Dr. Baines, was on fire yesterday morning, during the hours of Divine Service. Captain Carroll and the police were called out of church to assist in extinguishing the flames. We have received no particulars, and therefore cannot state the cause of the. fire, nor the extent of t h e i njury sustained. It will be recollected that Prior Park was accidentally burnt down about four or five years slim—Evening PaPal a a s P i