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EVENING SUN. - NEW, FAST IF The (‘ RAIL WA The " BRUNSWICK And "SONS OF THE TIMES FROM ELACKWALL. Morning, at 9 past 9 10 •• past) AND GRAY ESEND tON STEM BO AT:* " BLACKWALI.," FATHER THAMES," THAMES," STEAM BOATS. OF STARTING. FROM GRAVESENP. Morning, at 7 Town Pier • past 7 Terrace Pier • past 8 do. • past 11 do. Afternoon, past 12 de. 2 Town Pier • past 2 Terrace Pier • past 3 do. • past 4 • past 5 Town'Pier .„. past 6 Terrace Pier • past 7 do. A c ternoon, L. I ... p..st 2 past 4 past .5 5 past 6 pas 8. FARES. Week Days—Chief Cabin, Is. ; Fore Cabin, 3d. 0 Sundays Chief Cabin, Is. 6d. ; Fore Cabin, Is. THE RAILWAY TRAINS no from the NEW TERMINUS, Fenchurch-street, and aLso from the Minories, Shadwell, Stepney, Limehouse, West India Docks, and Poplar Stations, and from the Blackwall Terminus, every quarer of an hour, from half-past eig ht in the m orn i ng , till a quarter before ten at night (except en Sundays during Divine Service, viz. from half -past ten till one). N.B. On SUNDAYS the Trains will start from the. MI NORIES Station instead of Fenchurch-street. 60, Fenchurch-street, 'Aug. 2, 184,1. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAIL WAY COMPANY.—Notice is hereby given, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of this Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 9th inst. until MONDAY, the 16th inst., preparatory to the allotment of the new shares. It is important that all out-standing Transfers should be brought in on or before'the 9th inst. for registration, in order that the allotment of the•new shares may be made to the par ties properly entitled to them. By order of the Board, J. WARRINGTON, See. 60, Fenehurch-street, August 2, 1841. NORTH KENT RAILWAY FROM GRA VESENDto ROCHESTER, via the THAMES and MEDWAY CANAL. Capital ; 300,0001. Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. les. per Share. Prospectuses may be obtained, and application for Shares made, at the Company's Office, No. 42, Lombard-street. GEO. WALTER. NORTHERN & EASTERN RAILWAY. OPENING OF THE. LINE TO HARLOW. The Public are informed, that this LINE is NOW OPEN to the TURNPIKE ROAD near HARLOW, and for the First Fortnight the Trains will tun as fallow : DOWN TRAINS. UP TRAINS. PROS( LONDON TO HARLOW, FROM. HARLOW. 1 past 8 Morning past 1 Afternoon past 11 ~ past 4 ~ past 4Af.rernoon past 7 ~ past 6 „ AND ON SUNDAYS. past 9 Morning • past 8 Morning it past b Afternoon I past 3 Afternoon The Fapast 8 ~ past 7 Fares to Harlow will be 25., Is: 6d., and Is., and to Lydon Is., 9d, and 6d., in addition to the Fares now charged. to or from Broxbourne for First, Second, and Third Class assengers respectively, making the whole Fa res to or from London as.folloW t-- let Class. 2d Class. 3d Class. London to Harlow.— ss. 6d. 4s. Od, 2s. 6d. London to Royion 4 6 3 2 0 Third Class Carriages will be run with the First and Last Trains only, in each direction, on Week Days, and with all the Trains on Sundays. The Trains will continue to rnn between London and Brox bourne as usual. WM. BOURNE, Secretary. Shoreditch, London, Aug. 9, 1841. 111 ' . ONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. -4.4 ALTERATION of TIME from and after July 25. This Railway is NOW OPEN from London to HAY ,h_ARD'S HEATH, near Cuckfield, for the conveyance of Passengers, parcels, horses, and carriages. The trains will rlin as under : DOWN TRAINS Vll leave the Station at London-bridge, at half - past 9 and h ti , f -past 11 a.m., and at half-past 1 and 5 p.m. ; a Down Train at 9 p.m. for Croydon only. UP TRAINS Will leave the Station at Brighton, at 7 and 9 a.m., and at h alf-past'l2 and half-past 4 p.m. SUNDAY TRAINS DOWN, W ill leave the station at London-bridge, at 8 a.m., and at 2 and half-past 5 p.m. A Down Train for Croydon only at 8 and h 41 -past 9 p.m. SUNDAY TRAINS—UP, 1 . leave the station at Brighton, at 7 a.m. , and at a q uarter Past 5 p.m. h Passengers will be conveyed by coach between Hayward's eath and Brighton, and the Fares throughout from London to fighton , or fromlrighton to London, will be, for the First Class Carriages, 15i.; and for the Second Class, lls. Ch ild r en „ "naer‘ten years of age half-price. The whole journey will be ;°Topleted in four hours. Passengers will not be conveyed from B righton to Harvard's-heath, unless proceeding by the trains. area to Croydon, First Class Carriages , 2s. -; Second Class, 11. 64. , N.B.—ln order to insure conveyance between Hayward's fleath and Brighton,' passengers for the whole distance must 40 0 k their places on the preceding day, at either of the f0110w ,,,411g offices :—Griffin's, Oxford - street , Green Man and Still; tiatchard's, Piccadilly; 41, Rege nt-circus ; S p read E agle, Regent-circus ; Golden Cross, Charing-cross ; George and 'hie Boar, Holborn ; Old Bell , Holb orn ; White Horse, Fet ter -lane ; Cross Keys, Wood-street ; Spread Eagle, Grace- O lurch-street ; or at the Station, London-bridge, at all of / 1 11 iith places parcels may also be booked : and in Brighton, at the Blue, the Red, and the Spread Eagle Coac h and Railwa y vf aeeS, Castle-square. 8i11,, 1 containing the time of departure from , an d the fares be tween the intermediate stations, the terms for convey in g horses and carriages, with every other requisite information, nbe obtained' on application at the termini at London go and Brighton • at the respective booking-offices ; or at -- "v offices of the Company, 10, Angel-court, -Throgmortou 3treet. By Order, July 24, 1841. THOMAS WOOD, Secretary. 4ANCHEST ER & LEEDS RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR LOANS. e The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and LEEDS RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared, under the powers of 1 11 Aet passeti in the Fourth Year of the Reign of her present ajesty, intituled " An Act for en ablin g the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to raise a further su m of mone y ," , ItECEIVE TENDERS for the LOAN of MONEY, in ' ti ros of not less than One Thousand Pounds each, on interest at th e rate of Five per Cent. per annum, for the terms of five tr seven years, at the option of the lender, the repayment to .° secured by mortgage of the property of the undertaking and the ra t es , t o ll s , an d other sums, arising or to arise by vir t` of the several Acts of Parliament passed relating to the said Railway . The Tenders are to express the sums and the term of years or which the same are proposed t• be lent, and are to be ad br"sed to the Chairman at the Company's Offices, Clown's ttildings, Hunt's Bank, ' Manchester. ate this 4th day of June, 1841. H. HOULDSWORTH , C hairman. riThRMINGHAM AND RMCANC Z TION RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR LOANS ON MORTGAGE. ~,:yhe DIRECTORS of the BIRMINGHAM and DERBY `ItbUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared, under e Powers of their Acts of Parliament , to receive TENDERS for the LOAN of MONEY, in sums of n ot less than 300/. each, and for a term not less than three years , and to GRANT d MORTGAGES of the TOLLS and WORKS of their ITh ortaking as Security for the s e, bearing interest at the rate rive per Cent. per Annum. am The above Loans are in substitution of others heretofore ad aneed to the Company for a term of years, the Debentures Panted for which are now expiring. tn Interest Warrants for the whole term for which the Loan is th ad e r ; Payable half-yearly, on the Ist January and Ist July, at d el . `-' o lnpany's Bankers' in London and Birmingham, will be Ivered to the Lender with the Mortgages. The Tenders are to express the sums and the term of years whieh th e y a re proposed to be lent ; and are to be addressed Birthe Secretary, at the Company's Office, in Waterloo-street, mingham ; to 11. Patteson, Esq., at the Office of the North :Idland Railway Company, No. 6, Warnford-court,• Throg ,_ P orton-street London; or to Messrs. Laurence, Cazenove, and eaxce, Auction Mart, London. By order, THOMAS KELL, Secretary. .....tend this 21st day of July, 1841. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN :s, and OTHERS Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the P a t r onage of his late Majesty , her Roy al Hi g hness the t, Uliellen of Kent, aod the Lords of the Treasury, is universally eecomousaded by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis %Mere incident to the Eyes and Head. ,SIGET RESTORED !—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its mo de of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou 1:44 cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex- Cse, yet certain in its o p eration. If testimonies be necessary n duce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com •-t:311, have used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned "e• Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most Zinent Oculists, Medical Practitioners —with that gigantic R e i a lu'e , the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated ftwr.Dameons Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," a lt ; e ffi cacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and p: G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. R. S. See J. • B. Lachfield, 1 Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews ealls a national blessing—see his Reports touching i ts utility. The lite Ai r . Ab ernet hy, w ith many others, recommend Grim- Ito .Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters of e Testimonies, of undoubted medical author it y , with others of first respectability. :Arad' from the Second Edition of " Grimstone's Weather Almanack." ;t e 7, Skinner's Almshouses, Mile End, Jan. N, 1840. e,—l think it my incumbent duty to return you my grate ful Sn uff" acknowledgments of the ef fi cacy of your invaluable "Ey e four Or 4 uft" You roust understand, Sir, that I have for the last fo_ five years suffered much with giddiness in my head and clittiness sf sight. I naturally concluded (being in my 69th rat) that it was the decay of Nature, and was advised by a f riend ; wh o sa id s o much in its favour, and the extraordinary rttnes of yo ur i n vention, I was induced to give it a trial, and a m happy to say that the great and sianal benefit I have de rived f rom t h e use o f f our o f your 2s. 4d. canisters has enabled rn e to l ay as id e my spectac l e s, has given me great relief in my head, a and I feel so thoroughly convinced of its benign virtues , ' T t my gratitude shallver be evinced in recomending it to may hereafter mee t suffering with those afflic m tions. 1 am, Sir, your much obliga.and grateful servant, ANN COLE. "To W. Grimstone, Esq., 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, Copy of a Letter dated Leeds, July 4, 1834. f l e,—l have received great benefit f rom y our E y e Snuff. have been afflicted ion years with Cataract, and was given VII the M e di ca l M en , but was recommended t o use y our which completely cured me in a few we eks. You may Th ."a" use of my name, if it will do you any g ood. Excuse l e7 writing. Your's, ever faithfully, Harper -street, Leeds. PETER SANDERSON. Te - Mr. Wm. Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury. Last Testimony, Feb. 10, 1840. Observe the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE it the sole ina venter, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in canisters, at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4 d., 4 s. 4d., Bs., and 15s. 6d. V•ch, by the Proprietor, W. Grimstone , at 3f. Broad-street, loornsbury, and can be obtained in a ll the principal towns and cities. A liberal allowance to shippers, ov.ne-s, eaptanis, and 8. 1 i etulors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains its benign qualities in every climate. MI Snuffs ono Cigars shipped on the shortest notice. No. 15,267 L./ AFETY ROTATION RAILWAY COM PANY. The Directors invite public attention to this hig,hly important IMPROVEMENT in the CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, whereby the advantage of equal speed' with those in ordinary use will be found to be combined with dimi nished expenditure to proprietors, and perfect security to tra vellers from danger to life or property. An experimental test of the efficiency of this valuable invention is about to be im mediately made by laying down a line of sufficient dimensions for the purpose, Application for shares, on which a deposit of 11. only will be required, may be made at the Office, 1, Wallbrook•buildings, where models and drawings may be examined and prospectuses obtained. ESTABLISHED 1821. riIHE LONDON MARBLE and STONE WORKING COMPANY, are enabled with their PATENT MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Mo numents, Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every description of such Work, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability of Polish, and reduction of cost, which cannot be obtained elsewhere. The Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW ROOMS, containing the largest stock in this country. The Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab Blocks, Fr Scantlings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order Esher-street, i 3 olywell-strect, Millbank, Westminster. Please to be accurate in copying the Address, to prevent im position, the Company having no connexion with any other Establishment but that in Esher -street. and SOUTH WALES £[25,000. In 6,250 Shares le 10th April and 10th October. ITALE of NEATH BREWERY.—CapitaI, of £l2O each. Dividends payabl DIREI 'TORS. • • 1, L Joseph Stancomb, Esq. AY V George Walters, Esq. William Brunton, Esq. I John White Little, Esq. W. H. Buckland, Esq. Joseph Rusher, Esq. The increasing demand for the VALE of NEATH ALE and PORTER, both for home consumption and export, in duces the Directors to make further issue of Shares ,in addi tion to the present paid up capital of 80,0001. Subscribers for Shares may either participate in the current profits rateably with the original Shareholders, or take a fixed and limited dividend of 8 per cent. per annum. The option to be signified at the time- of subscribing. The amount of 201. per Share may be paid promptly, or by three equal instalments, at intervals of three months. Sub scribers will he entitled to the benefit of the dividends from time of payment. Information relative to the trade and prospects of the con cern will be furnished by the Directors, at the Vale of Neath Brewery, Neath, Glamorganshire, to whom applications for Shares may be made, or to Mr. G. W. W. Mason, 33, Buck lersbury, London. , • ___ I NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 2r3, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parlament. EIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotoson, M.D., F.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Langley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R.S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman ney, 6, Basinghall-street. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large paid up capital, and accumulating funds, the follow i n gin is on to e amongst many of the advantages which belong ivly the principles of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori ginated by th• Society, viz.—Power to borrow (without de lay, expense, f)t - or feitur e ) Two-thirds of all 'premiums paid upon a Polity of Assurance. The annexed is a short Table, showing the Annual Premium (or assuring £lOO on the Whole Life, or for a Term : FOR LIFE. A. B. Age. Without With For Ono For Five Profits. Profits. Year only. Years only s. d. E. s. 41. E. s. 41. E. 9. d. 20 113 7 1 17 4 017 0 017 6 30 24 4 2A 3 I 019 6 10 0 40 2IS 3 >i 5 8 13 10 11 0 50 44 2 413 6 113 0 116 6 I 60 61361 7 1i 4 13'0 0 39 6 Two-thirds of Profits divided annually amongst the Assured. _ D EFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. By the plan exclusively developed by this Society, a single Deferred Annuity is made, not only to answer the same object, but to far exceed in amount the entire benefit of all the ad vantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes through separate investments in Savings' Banks, Be nefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (ls. a week) at the age of 20, will give the policy holder the fol lowing option, at the age of 65 • Annuity for remainder of life £47 16 6 Cash ... 394 11 0 or a Policy i witheut further contributions, of 466 0 oat death. Other periods of life (of 50, S 5, and 60) may be also taken with similar advantages. 2. Tyco-thirds at any time lent en deposit of policy, being a fund always available sharing sickness or wont of4„,mployment. 8. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in case of premature death. N. 13. Policies, as collateral money-security, for periods of one to five years, effected at lower rates than are charged by any other Office, ( See Tables A. and B. ), with option of con tinuance for Life at the usual rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, sec. • BANKRUPT'S STOCK of first-rate Gold and Silver Watches, Ship and Pocket Chronometers, Parisian and English Bracket and Ornamental Clocks, Time-pieces and Dials. Three costly Regulators for timing Chronometers, fine Gold Guards and Brequet Chains and Keys, &c., &c. Also the Agreement for a Lease of the Premises. MESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORR . have the honour to announce to the Nobility and Gentry and the trade, that they have received instructions from the Assignees to SELL at their Rooms, King-street, Covent-garden, on THURSDAY, August 26, 1841, and follow ing day at Eleven, without the smallest limitation, The genuine STOCK of Mr. HENRY MOLYNEUX, Watch, Clock, and Chronometer maker to the Royal Navy and Honourable East India Company, of No. 42, Lombard street, a bankrupt. The well-known and duly appreciated talents of Mr. Moly neux, precludes the necessity of Messrs. Debenham and Storr enlarging upon either the superiority of his workmanship or of the taste displayed in the execution and finish of every por tion of his stock ; they will, therefore, confine themselves costly and highly finished regulator, used by him for the purpose of timing chronometers, with mercurial pendulum. Spanishimaho gany case, and plate-glass front ; also two other regulators, with mercurial pendulums, finished in the handsomest and best manner, regardless of expense or labour ; several Parisian and English bracket and ornamental clocks, time-pieces, and dials, is rnahogany,:rosewood, gilt, ormolu, bronze, and China cases ; a large eight day church dial, excellent bronze and gilt ormolu, carriage clock!, some of them with repeating and lever movements , about two hundred and twenty gold watches of the most recent fashion, chiefly with ch meter, lever, repeating, duplex, and horizontal movements, most exquisitely finished ; about seventy silver tit watchf gold es of modern cons truction and in good taste ; a quany o guard and brequet chains a nd ke y s ; gold watc h-cases ; several unfinished ship chronometers ; chronometer cases ; mahogany 'show case ; zinc door, name, and window plates, labelled, &c. May be viewed three days previous to and mornings of sale, and catalogues obtained seven days prior at the offices of Chas. ‘Duff, Esq ., solicitor, 37 , Castle-street, Holborn ; and J. F. M Groom, Esq., official assig,nee, 12, Abchurch-lne City ; t No. 42, Lombard-street ; and of the Auctioneer, King-street, , Covent-garden SPOONS AND FORKS, 7s. 2d. PER OUNCE. (21. M. HORTON and CO . ( Late AVERY), •YJ~ Silversmiths and Jewellers, No. 36, LUDGATE STREET, ST. PAUL'S (opposite Messrs. Everinuton and Co.'s), offer their elegantly-finished SILVER FIDDLE SPOONS and FORKS at 7s. 2d. per oz. ; the King's Pat tern 7s. 4d. ; the Victoria and other Patterns, as also Tea and Coffee Sets, and other articles, equally moderate. A very great variety of Dessert Knives and Forks in cases of Sets. N.B. An immense Stock of splendid Fancy Goods and Jewellery at 25 to 30 per cent. below the usual London Charges. RUPTURES. RAY'S IMPROVED TRUSSES, pro perly adapted to the anatomical construction of the individual; single, bs. 6d., 75., and 105. 6d. ; double, 10s. 6d., bs., and 21s. each. Laced Stockings and Bandages for Va ricose Veins. Ladies' Umbilical Belts, Bandages, &c. for all surgical purposes. WRAY'S IMPROVED SUSPENSORY BANDAGES, of superior workmanship, and made of the best materials ' • ap proved of and recommended by the la te Mr. Abernethy for their excellent adaptation ; patronized by the Members of the Melton Mowbray Hunt, and the Subscribers to Tattersall's ; and should be worn by all sportsmen, gentlemen hunting, riding, walking, suffering from disease, relaxation, local de bility, &c. ; best Jean, ls. 6d. ; knitted or wove Silk, 2s. 6d. ; ditto, with fronts, 3s. 6d.; India Dimit', with real China net Silk Purses and elastic Springs, 7s. 6d. May be bad direct from the Inventor, M. 0. WRAY, 118, Holborn-hill, and 344, Strand, one door from Catherine-street. NO PUFF NOR IMPOSITION. P ENCER'S CELEBRATED CH INESE SLIQUID HAIR DYE.—The thousands of individuals who have had the pleasure of using Spencer's Chinese Liquid Hair Dye, pronounce it to be the only Dye extant which will c i s ange, in a.fei,v minutes, red or grey hair to a dark beffroewetnuaollryblack, and it can be proved ineontestibly that it is the safest dye in its use that ustaches, ever was p &c., are changed with repared. Red or grey hair, whiskers , eyebrows, m o using a comb wetted with the liquid; ou t trouble, by amply one application will produce a pleasing and a permanent change. The colour it imparts to the hair can never be discovered to have been effected by dye, it being so perfectly natural, and neither washing, perspiratiop, or anything will in the least fade or affect the colour produced. Hundreds of ladies who wore false hair, because their own became grey, wear now their own. Also, thousands of gentlemen who had grey er red whiskers, which was a great disfigurement have become quite dark from the use of SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID IIAIR DY B. Any lady or gentleman may dye their Hair with ease and secrecy in a few minutes without trouble. Price 3s. 6d., 65., an d 10s. er bottle. 29 p , Nottingham - place , To be had of the sole Proprieto rs, Fieldgate-street, Whitechapel-road ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Cornhill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; 45'Prout, 229, Strand, Sanger, 150, Oxford-street • Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-street , Coell, Camberwell -green; street ; Finnig, Kennaby, Brothers , 10, West Moreland-buildings, Aldersgate- High-street, Cheltenham • , -' lee' e d o V m e Vendors rs sendingin To Town sn remittance,aiid 30 , Afilsom t • t Bath ; Hanford, 363, Elmore, 31, Bull-street, Birming ham; Shirley, 40, George - street, H ugs • and of most Per ham; Shirley , l‘thieedkieining Please to ask for Spencer p S .a e id n . t to 1 and Co's Chinese Liquid Hair Dye. , Merchants and Captains will receive a liberal allowance for ex portation. 'Countvryo.st ; ... • , o . .. ,e 2 , ' " , . ' 22X, . • , . 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FIRST EXHIBITION of, and LECTURE ON, BAIN'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PRINTING TELEGRAPH, by means of which a Banker in London can write a Letter in the Office of a Correspondent in Edinburgh ; the Letter, with its answer, can be conveyed the 800 .miles in a very few minutes. SIXTY PATENTED ELECTRIC CLOCKS, by BAR WISE and BAIN • MOINAU'S PATENTED CLOCKS; CARY'S ORRERY, and the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, to which a magnificent Fire Scene has been added. PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, nearly Two Thou sand Works which display eminent art, science, and ingenuity. The Microscope, Diver and Diving Bell, Popular Lectures, and beautiful Experiments. CANTON, and other beautiful COSMORAMIC VIEWS, are added to the Evening Exhibition.' Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Morning, and seven o'clock in the Evening. Admission, One Shilling. OFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COM PANY of COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND, OLD BROAD-STREET, London, August 4, 1841.—The COURT of ASSISTANTS of the Governor and Company of Coprr Miners in England HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they have,this day made a CALL of TEN POUNDS per SHARE on those Shares the holders of which have not already availed themselves of the eption. of paying up their instalments : such Call to be paid on or before the 15th day of October next, at the Banking-house of Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Dull., and. Co.. Lombard-street . ; or at the Offices of the Company, Old Broad-street. THE DWELLINGS OF THE POOR IN LONDON. If it were required to draw a strong picture of man norally and socially degraded by misery, the savage Aires of distant zones would in all probability be se ected to sit for- it. Yet such darkly-shaded originals, :itch painful realities, need not be sought in remote, ands. Let the street beggar or the London thief ht. fol.- ' lowed to his home (if he have one), and mankind will be :een existing in degradation as great, endurin.: roisery as sharp, as the South Sea Islanders or the South Africans in their Ns:6l-st aspect. Amongst them poverty, vice, ig norance, have no contrast to heighten their effects; but here—in England, in London, perhaps at our own back doors—wretchedness the most acute, infamy the most ;hocking, exist upon the same square acre with a high . rondition of luxurf and wealth ; and despite this near neighbourhood, it may be safely conjectured that the British public know more of the social miseries of the sa vage nations than they do of their own poor. It is a fact that in St. GileA's, in the back streets of Drury-lane, around Westminster Abbey, in the parishes of Bethnal-green,,Shoreditch, nearly all along the Surrey shores of the river, and in the similar neighbourhoods of great towns, a state of social civilization exists, as low in degree as it is found in the far-off regions of Africa ! This is no rhetorical flourish—we have seen it. Beggars, street jobbers, and the poorer classes otherwise employed, either hire a room by the week, or seek shelter in a nightly lodging-house. 'We visited last week, Charles, King, and Parker-streets, Drury-lane ; many of the houses are without fore doors ; sonic of-the rooms arc in the last stage of dilapidation, and exhibit fewer conveniences than the basket-work cone of a Bechuana, or the wig-warn of a Red Indian. The stairs are in a few cases broken away ; the out-offices — where there are any—are rendered useless from ac cumulated filth, and the sewerage is frequently stopped up. Some of the rooms have no grates, and large holes let in cold from without. The best of the habi tations manifest in some part or other traces of ruin—all afford but imperfect shelter, and no convenience, there not being any fixtures, such as stoves and cupboards, but those belonging to' the tenants ; the accumulation of dirt, refuse, &c., exhales effluvia scarcely tolerable on entering the passages ; it is quite unendurable to a visitor, especially after a shower of rain, and can only be borne by the inhabitant from long habitude. These wretched abodes are either let in separate lodgings by their immediate landlords, or are rented by persons who sublet them; a speculation which seldom fails to be a most profitable one ; for what does the reader suppose each of these dens produces per annum ? It may startle him to hear, from thirty-five to fifty pounds ! Thus : for the two cellars, 3s. per week are charged ; the par lours fetch 4s. per week ; the first floor, 4s. 6d.; the second, 45.; the attics, 3s. The Secretary of the London City Mission has calculated the rental of Charles-street, Drury.lane, and finds it to exceed 2,0001. per annum. To show still further how profitable the subletting sys tem is, and at the same time the horrible encouragement and temptation to crime it creates, it is only necessary to state the manner in which it is carried on. 'We will take the example of a blind man who has now become the sole proprietor of some houses near Drury-lane.' Some of the houses he originally rented of a superior landlord, and to make a profit he proceeded thus :—A single man or woman would apply for lodgings; he would ask what they could pay; if the answer were " Two shillings a week," he would say, " You can have a lodging for one and sixpence a week, furniture and all, if you do not mind a couple of companions—the bed is very large." The bargain is struck; and thus the old man would get . three lodgers at eighteen pence a week each for a room that probably stood him in less than a shilling. By this means he gradually accumulated money enough to pur chase the five houses he now owns, and will doubtless die rich ; but, by what means ? Let us see: the ap plicant for lodgings is possibly a young man who has some situation of from ten to fifteen shillings per week, without friends to provide any other home than such as his narrow income drives him to seek in a poor neigh bourhood. He is honest and well disposed; it is more than likely, however, that one, perhaps both his bed fellows, seem to him gay, pleasant persons, who live he does not know how, but, at all events, are seldom in want of cash. They take him to a " free-and-easy" now and then, introduce him to a female companion or two, whom he takes to the tea gardens on a Sunday. Being up late at night, he rises late of a morning and neglects his employer, who, of course, discharges him. His rent soon gets into arrear, and the landlord is troublesome ; but his companions pat him on the back when he des ponds, and ask him if he have " pluck" enough to do as they do. What is that ? The question is not long in being answered. Look for the hitherto well-disposed young man, who was till lately earning an honest living, and you will find him busy in some crowd seeking pocket handkerchiefs and other stray articles. He makes more money at this kind of industry (for a thief's is by no means an idle life) than he did in his former pursuits, till he gets kn)wn to the police, which generally proves the " beginning of the end ;" for after this stage of his career the step is but short to the hulks. This picture does not apply to kasnonlay. lodgingsA tambourin young ti i worker,e g i r samel, w perhaps a aay. Tb The bookbinder's i cl ba eo i r c 's landlord j s t o l t l i i e t r e rn i m i e e a 3 r - I , t e v s o ee sex m advises economy, and says how much better it would be for her to save sixpence a week by joining " the respect able young girl that lives in the two pair back ;" who is in fact a prostitute, and so will her new companion be in a very short time. These are no fancy sketches ; we can put our finger on the originals any morning in the week, from six o'clock till twelve. We have insensibly passed from the houses to their inmates : let us proceed. It will mostly be found that the basement of these houses, the kitchen or cellars, are preferred by thieves, for the con venient nooks and crannies they afford for hiding stolen property. The parlours are often occupied by a labour ing man, wife, and family. A journeyman, who works at home with his wife and family, will perhaps live on the first floor. The front room on the second floor houses a couple . of street walkers ; the back room a beggar ; and so on. Here is a mixture of vices in full operation, and of virtue surrounded by temptation ! The man on the ground or first floor may be labouring hard to bring up his family with credit, but is obliged to live where he does, because, from poverty, he cannot procure lodg ings in a decent neighbourhood. One of his daughters gets gradually intimate with one of the girls above, without perhaps knowing the course of life she pursues, and, through evil counsel, soon becomes vitiated. Per haps it is one of the sons who makes the fatal acquaint ance, and the consequences are, if anything, worse ; for the prostitute most likely introduces him to the young thief in the cellar, who is sure to be a friend of hers.— London and Southern Advertiser. EXPEDITION up the EUPHRATES. (From the Liverpool Times.) Some few of our readers may be aware that a vessel belonging to a leading firm in this town was sent to sea under sealed instructions, about eighteen months ago, having on board two iron steam-boats, and other cargo ,of a similar unusual description. The destination of the vessel, it now appears, was the Persian Gulf, the steamers having been constructed by order of the East India Company, to act as a flotilla for ascertaining the navi gability of the river Euphrates. The expedition has been highly successful, having traversed the course of the stream 1,100 miles from its mouth, an achievement Inver before accomplished, and fully establishing the superiority of modern skill and science over the ruder resources of the ancients. We have been favoured with the following extracts from a private letter written by Mr. Floyd, the surgeon of the flotilla, to a professional friend, Mr. Samuel Potter, of this town, and brought by the last overland conveyance. They will, we think, be found well worthy of perusal by those who take en interest in scientific operations, and in the remarkable countries to which they relate. The letter is dated Belis, June 6 : " I have travelled over the greater part of Mesopota mia., got licked and plundered. I have traced the expe dition of the 10,000 Greeks under Cyrus the Younger, and identified many of the cities in their route. lam now near Aleppo with the flotilla, having completed the ascent of the river Euphrates, without doubt one of the noblest rivers of Asia; here, at a distance of 1,100 miles from its embouchure in the Persian Gulf, it is 400 yards broad and very deep. What a boast for England, upon whose flag the sun never sets, that the British ensign now floats in the breeze in the very centre of the land of the crusades and of the Courtenays, one of whose castles, Jiaber,' said to be founded by Alexander the Great, towers majestically over our heads. " The 31st of May, 1841, was the happy day which crowned our efforts with success, and the distant Taurus :ooh re-echoed the Royal salute which we fired in ho nour of the occasion. " In a former letter I think I gave you a slight de scription of the Tigris river and surrounding country. The Euphrates differs little from the Tigris up to Hills, a Turkish-Arab town, built near the site of ancient:Baby lon, except that its banks are much better cultivated; and in some places the date tree (the palmus dactiliferus) adds to the picturesque meanderings of the river ; while in others a mosque, with its lacquered dome, rising from a grove of willows, is a pleasing variety from the mono tony of the surrounding district. Winding its way through the ruins of fallen Babylon, the river passes Perisalom, then the field of Cunaxa, where Cyrus fell, and the 10,090 commenced their ever-memorable retreat. Then come Umber, once the seat of a Christian bishop ; hen Charmand, some ruins opposite the Pylor of Zeno phon • and then Hit, the Is of Scripture, an d famed its fountains of bitumen and naphtha, which is in such abundance that it spreads itself over the earth. The river now is inclosed within a valley of high rocks, which extends from its source to below Hit. They are composed of gypsum, sandstones, and con glomerates with mica and felspar. The ancient Anatho, where Julian lost part of his' fleet, is the next place of importance ; then comes Ezri, the river Chabour of Ezekiel, Al I)eir, the Thapsac of Scripture, and the an cient part of Palmyra ; and lastly, the ruined cas tl es o f Raccaba, Tenobia, Rama. and Jiaber, all situated upon isolated rocks, commanding the . passes of the river. These fortresses, from their differing entirely from all others of a like nature in this country, and from the Roman arch prevailing, appear to me to have been the frontier hosts of that empire against the Parthians. The natives have a tradition that they were built by the English during the crusades, and it is not improbable but that they were occupied by the enthusiastic followers of Ceurtenay while he reigned at Orfas. 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It being. one of my smaller balloons, I of course could not avail myself of the company of a companion ; and I may here add, that with the Nassau balloon to ascend at night, considering the obstacles which I might have to encoun ter in securing a landing, and, consequently, the pro bable damage that the vast machine might sustain, have prevented me hitherto from attempting a voyage by night with it. I struck the trigger of liberation from terra firma at a quarter to twelve, and mounted at a rapid but steady rate, clearing the gardens with scarcely time to .overlook my festive friends. ; my instinctive conveyance shaped its course east by north. I had suspended a beacon lamp about twenty feet beneath the car, which made my progress easily marked throughout my whole career, but the balloon itself, as a matter of course, was soon lost to the observation of my brother bipeds below. The direction of the wind carried me over Deptford, and on crossing the river by the Isle'of Dogs, I fired a blue light; during the combustion of which the effect was to my own fancy most magnificent ; the light was strong enough to display the entire of the bal loon and appendages, and the peculiar reflection from the bell was so beautiful to my eye that I regretted when the exhausted composition left me once more in darkness. I am convinced that the balloon, while the light was burning, musthave been an exceedingly interesting object, when viewed from the river or the river's banks, to those who might have been fortunate enough to witness it. I now had time to gaze, for a brief snatch, upon the only visible feature left me to contemplate of the vast metro polis and its vast adjuncts, its outlets and suburbs, namely, to gaze with admiration upon its countless thousand lights, between which individually distance had, as u y al s i t i u t e a r with °° l;i gems itr one mt* rs n prrlr - ing l 7:::a and as my position rapidly changed, fancy might have pictured it as an enormous centipede► using its many legs a escape my view ; as if distrUstful of one who envied i got*thad a design upon the glaring wealth of which it was poS4e4sed. The splendour, the grandeur of the scene, in fact; r tlia - s-far beyond my power of description. After crossing the river, I found the wind tacked round to east by south, but I was still on the ascent, and at the elevation of 2,000 feet from the earth I found the upper current was carrying me in a north-westerly direction, and which, by its rapidity, I calculated that in half an hour I should be carried out to sea, or at all events to a space of water wide enough to prevent me having choice of a point of descent. I conse quently, without delay, lowered the balloon until I had diminished the elevation to within 400 feet, and I then found the lower current of air moderately wafting me towards the direction of a part of Essex, where I thought it would be convenient to cast anchor. It be comes a matter of great consideration at this season of the year, the description of country in which a land ing- can be effected, and particularly at night, because, should there be full crops on the fields, there is the risk of doing damage to the property of the people who are the owners, and who of • course have a right to expect remuneration. I then lowered my guide line till it touched the earth, and, as on every occa sion that I have used it, I found its immense utility in enabling me to form an opinion of the country I was immediately passing over, as well as that which I was nearly approaching, and also its enabling the to deter mine more certainly my distance from the earth. From experience I knew by the noise indicated by the line as it dragged over the roads and the lands that a stormy wind prevailed on the surface, and that I must ex pect and be prepared for' a rude reception on my return to terra firma, and therefore 1 determined to make the descent on the first favourable opportunity that the country presented. By the light of the moon I could see with tolerable distinctness a distance of about two hundred feet in advance. I accomplished my ob ject shortly, in a spot quite befitting, in a large marsh, in the parish of Barking, Essex. When I threw out the grappling-iron, and as soon as it had taken firm hold of the ground, the balloon was instantaneously brought up with a tremendous shock ; occasioned by the bois terousness of the wind which at the moment raged so violently that I feared there might be a chance of the grappling-iron being forced from its holding. Not being able to obtain any immediate assistance, I exhausted the gas by the valve as speedily as I could ; but the balloon' still retained sufficient buoyancy to be beaten about roughly on the ground by the force of the wind, and single-handed I could not prevent its then sustaining considerable damage. I was within 100 yards of the highway, and my hallooing at length brought to my as sistance a young man, whom I dispatched for more help, and we soon secured my trusty vehicle, after a voyage of a quarter of an hour. Had the wind been in an inland direction, it was my intention to have kept up during the night ; as the wind was, I deemed that imprudence to risk. Among my earliest assistance were some of the police, who had observed the beacon lamp on its first as cension, and who had followed it with their eye in won der. At first they conceived it was a shooting star, but its extraordinary sphere of travelling, and its oscillating motion, had baffled all their philosophical knowledge ; but keeping in the direction of its progress, and coming to satisfy their curiosity, they were . the more ready to render me early help. Without personatinconvenience I returned to Vauxhall a little past three o'clock, and spent a pleasant hour with some of the friends with whom I had parted, and who had waited there to welcome my return. NEW WORK EDITED BY Boz.--We under stand that the entire first impression of this work was taken by the London booksellers on the day of publica tion, and that another is already preparing. AN UNREDEEMED PLEDGE.--About nine o'clock on Tnesday night a fine female child, about three weeks ohl, was left in the side slip of the shop of Mr. Cottle, pawnbroker, Borough-road, Southwark, dressed in a white calico bed-gown, white checked muslin night-cap, with three borders, and the skirt of a brown merino gown. The inhuman mother had put a piece of muslin, with eryni s g u , g a a n r d in it il,t,,aisnotonlythebychbieldin'sg kicked against mouth, to pre by a girl coming with a pledge that it was found. The parochial authorities were made acquainted with the circumstance of the finding of the infant, which, after a little delay, was taken into St. George's workhouse. THE • SIMPLON.—A correspondent, just re turned from Italy by the Simplon, informs us that although that magnificent route received much damage, between the years 1834 and 1839 from torrents and other , although in p a rts be. Th ere i s on ly causes on the Italian side , yet it has been sufficiently a lso on the Italian side, wh ere carr i ages rather c i s, r rt e r d enaa a mr n ,r d o w is e r in t hl g a e n o d it e u o s n e d a i i t o o n have to be ferried over. We mentioned some time ago (from the Swiss papers) that the Sardinian Govern ment, with that spirit of public improvement by which the King and his councillors are so much distinguished, had determined on again applying a portion of the large sumsna no a al utility,nnuall) expended in that country on wor k s ' o f ti to the further repair of the Simplon ; and the operations will, we have no doubt, be carried on with activity.— Gedignani. Just published, the Seventh Edition, price 3s. 6d; and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office order, for 3s. 6d., MANHOOD ; the CAUSES of its PR.E IV DECLINE, with plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the Treatment of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, &c., illus trated with cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY; Consulting Surgeons, London. SEVENTH EDITION. _ 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, Li •erpool ; Macken and Co., 8, D'Olier.street, Dublin; Dun can, 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Book sellers. 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, useless, and even bad books. With the force of this prejudice on our minds, we with no little reluctance were - innueed - ro — perub. 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 habits, fully establish their claim to the character of experienced and judicious surgeons. To quote passages from the work in proof 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. Messrs. Curtis's work, entitled "Manhood," is one of the few books now coming befor 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 able.—Magnet. The perusal of Messrs. Curtis's book entitled " Manhood," has really 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 cause and the effects is perceptible to every capacity. We strongly recommend the work.—Age. The multitude of books daily coming from the press, some, nay most of them, of a very questionable tendency, made us ex tremely reluctant to take up another. Having, however, been induced by the character given of this work by an intelligent friend, we ventured to open its pages, and now feel no hesita tion in saying that we arise from its perusal instructed and edified. The clear exposition of the source of many of those diseases which proves so fatal to youth, and which are set down by the every-day observer as the result of common causes, such as exposure to cold, sudden vicissitudes of tempe rature, hereditary taint, &c., is truly convincing and extre mely satisfactory. We say " satisfactory," inasmuch as Messrs. Curtis have shown that many diseases, such as Pulmonary Consumption, Epilepsy, &c., hitherto the opprobria of medi cine, may, when taken in proper time, and submitted to judi cious treatment, be brought to as favourable a termination as any other class of affections. We do not think we go too far in saying that society is deeply indebted to the authors for producing so useful, so much wanted, so valuable, and so truly moral a book —Conservative Journal. We recommend the work entitled " Manhood," &c., to the careful perusal of persons of all classes. The moral as well as physical advantages sure to result from such perusal, will be most readily recognised and felt by those who stand most in need of them.—Statesman. Messrs. Curtis and Company are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. 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TURES otthe URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR RYREA, GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA TIVE and URINARY ORGANS. Notwithstanding the above Institution is ciosed, Patients way continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap plying at, his own hcase instead of the Charity. Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings and from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the Morning, but not in the Evening. RADICAL CURE OF RUPTURES. nit, J. LAFOND, of 23, Rue Vivienne, Paris, Hernial Surgeon to his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans, of the Hospital of Paris, &c., whose pecu liar and successful treatment of HER NIA by . MEDICATED PAD TRUSSES has acquired him so extensive a reputation in the medical world, will be happy, duringhis brief sojourn in London, to offer his services to persons affeoted with ruptures. The means employed, consisting of medicants, are mild, and the duration of treatment short. The Eighteenth Edition of Dr. LAFOND'S MEMOIR on the RADICAL CURE of RUPTURE by MEDICATED PAD TRUSSES, c ontainingnumerous cases of Hernia cured by his method, and the approving Report , of the French Prac tical Society of Medicine, can be had at Mr. Ilailliere's, Re gent-street, and at the Author's, 362, Oxford-street; where he may be consulted daily from Ten to Feur o'Clock. 1 Gentlemen calling on him will have an opportunity of in specting the great variety of Medicated Pad Tiusses, rtiopted to different cases, PRICE 5(1 • Besides the towns which I have enumerated, there are several islands, many of which are well wooded : amongst them I may mention Juba, Haditha, and Moose, strongly fortified, having each 500 inhabitants, and beautifully situated in the valley of the Euphrates, between Bit and Anna. " This climate is delightful, and produces all the va rieties of European fruit, besides many of the tropical ones lower down the river. Here is the only obstacle to the navigation of this river. It consists in the remains of the water-wheels used for irrigation. In the short space of 130 miles we found nearly 300 of these wheels, about one-third of which are in operation at the present day. They consist of large parapet walls built into the stream, directing the current of the "river to the wheels, which are the most clumsy pieces of mechanism, made of branches of trees, and having slung round them 150 clay vessels to raise the water in. The wheels are forty feet in diameter, placed at the end of an aqueduct raised upon well-built Gothic arches. They are the nearest approach to perpetual motion that I have seen, and it is surprising the quantity of water which they raise to the surface. They cause a current six or seven knots with a fall of two or three feet where they are, so that this part of the river is difficult and somewhat dangerous ; but as it is, we have surmounted all ; I should rather say, the genius and skill of Messrs. J. Laird and Macgregor. who furnished the boats and engines, have overcome obstacles which baffled the well-disciplined legions of Trajan and Julian, when they went to besiege Ctesiphon, and failed to drag their fleets against the stream on account of the current. " The Tigris to Mosul, the site of the ancient Nine veh, and the Euphrates to Baulus—l might say to tl e ' heart of the Taurus (for we may go higher)—is now proved navigable. May British enterprise drive from this field the Austrian and Russian who now occupy it, and may civilisation, flying on the wings of commerce, carry with it the blessings of the Gospel salvation ! Yea, here is a fine field for the missionary and the merchant. To the former it opens up the Christians of a thousand hills—the Armenians, the Chaldeans, the Nestorians, the MaroniteS, the disciples of St. John, the worshippers of the Devil, (who inhabit the Tinjar Hills), and the Arabs ; but the time for the conversion of the latter, I fear, has not yet come. To the merchant it offers a market for the cottons of Manchester, the cutlery of Birmingham, and all sorts of trinketry ; in return they get the splendid wool of Arabia, far superior to anything I ever saw at home ; the Cashmere wool which is brought to Bagdad, gall nuts, the gum sandrac, myrrh, the balsams from the south, pearls, dian - o - ds, and tor quoises from Persia; all which might be co i .eyed by steam up the Euphrates to Bells, thence to the Mediterranean, a four days' journey. " So much for the commercial advantages to be derived from the opening of the Euphrates ; let us now look to the political. A communication is kept up with our In dian possessions, independent of that of Egypt—a great advantage in our late broil with that Power ; India is reached in a much shorter time than that by the Red Sea ; the mission in Persia is brought mueh nearer ; and the means exist of throwing an Indian army either into the heart of Persia or Syria, in the space of a few weeks. Surely these things, taken collectiVely, reflect credit on the wisdom of those who have designed and supported this expedition throughout, and placed it upon its pre tent prosperous footing." HIMLEY HALL, THE SEAT OF LORD WARD. The mansion is beautifully situated in the midst of an extensive and rich park of 600 acres, abounding with deer, and enclosed with a substantial stone wall. To the west a magnificent sheet of water of about 17 acres is seen, and there are the various lakes which cover about 50 acres, filled with numerous aquatic plants. In the background on the left, a steep rocky hill, finely clad with ancient and modern trees, appears, while the fields and hills gradually rise towards the horizon, where the spire of Sedgeley Church, and the windmill towards Dud ley, lift their heads amidst the picturesque scene, here so totally secluded by a barrier of hills from the manu facturing towns beyond. The upper part of the park; the woods and water on the right, appear to great advan tage ; the village church is a pleasing object, and the rising background over Swindon Common and Ashwood is enriched by the distant hills and woods at Enville, the seat of the Earl of Stamford. The walks through the woods and plantations extend between six and seven miles. Welking along my intention was taken by an old veteran Yew that had stood the vicissitudes of many centuries ; and I was afterwards furnished with the fol lowing lines written by one of the late Lord's visitors, W. T. Fitzgerald, Esq.:— " This stately Yew, which has for ages stood, The gloomy monarch of its native wood, Perhaps some Norman Baron planted here, Who lived by rapine and who ruled by fear ; The tree a symbol of its master's mind, Emblem of death, and fatal to mankind. Beneath its boughs no verdant plants are seen, Its baneful branches poison every green ; And thus the feudal tyrant's hated reign Oppre§s'd the village and laid waste the plain. To these dire scenes a happier age succeeds, No despot threatens and no vassal bleeds ; At Ilimley now the poor man finds relief; Forgets his poverty and checks his grief, Raises his languid eyes and drooping head, To bless the lib'ral'hand that gives him bread ; While in the mansion mirth and song attend, To cheer the stranger and delight the friend. But still the Yew, though hastening to decay, Retains the venom of its pristine day ; Its branches still their gloomy nature show, And frown upon the cheerful scenes below." This old Yew is likely to survive many ages yet ; it measures at one foot from the ground, 24 feet 10 in ches in circumference. Some distance on, is a Yew re markable for its fine trunk, its extreme height is 80 feet, at two feet from the ground it is 12 feet 6 inches in cir cumference, and at 27 feet 6 inches, 11 feet in circum ference. The Oak, the pride of England, towers above its bumble neighbours in majestic style—a sure proof of the rich iron and coal mines below its roots. When a boy, trampling over the Glamorganshire hills and vales, I always admired the splendour of the oak, where its bark shines as if varnished when its roots penetrate the coal and iron mines. Adjoining the park are spacious woods, through which are commodious carnage drives inter secting each other, for many miles. On the south and west sides of the house are well-arranged gravel-walks ; disposed about the lawn are various clumps of flowers,, such as roses, geraniums, verbenas, hydrangeas, fuchsias, salvias, tropceolums, pansies, and petunias, in masses ; and several beds of American plants, all forming a pleas ing and cheerffil contrast to the lofty monarchs above the house. From this we walked for some distance to the westward, and entered a lofty greenhouse, and con servatory, and orangery, whose inmates were mostly turned out for the summer. In the kitchen-garden are three peach-houses, six vineries, one stove, three pine pits, well stocked with healthy plants, large mushroom houses, five ranges of pits, and three new houses erect ing for propagating and forcing early flowers. Mr. Whit tle, the gardener, has not been there many months, but appears an intelligent young man, a true lover of British plants, which he is collecting from all parts.—Gardener's Magazine. CHEAP BREAD! CHEAP BREAD TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. [The subject has been mentioned before, but we repeat the contradiction of the Tory lie, for the sake of our Correspondent's letter.l Stn,—The subjoined paragraph, taken from the Mai:- chester, .Courier, I found transcribed into the columns of the Glasgow Courier, and have inclosed it to you, in the hope that you will have the goodness to enlighten the benighted Ignorance of those two Tory journalists on the subject of American Currency. The shilling of which they speak, they will be pleased to note, is not sterling, but the sixth part of -a dollar (Pennsylvania currency), the intrinsic value of. which, rating the dollar ay 4s. 2d., its full value, will, o f course, be Eildat, s for the loaf of five pounds' wei g ht. 'English, Perhaps the two journalists in question having, of course, no other object in view than an exposition of truth, will quote the pride of American flour, and show how many pounds of it may bhad for a shilling, or,_ to save them the trouble, perhaps, I may as well say that a barrel of 1961b5. weight, net, may be purchased upon an average at something less than five doll ars — sa y fur 1/, sterling, or 91b. 4-sth s for a shilling English money. I would simply ask these sapient reasoners, if what they argue be the fact s o f the case, how comes it that they are so alarmed when the abolition of those infamous poor-starving laws are hinted at ? Here is the paragraph alluded to : AMERICAN The fo verbatimCHEAP copy of BREAD." anade in an American paper : . et. cor ner LARGE BREAD. —Five pounds of baked bread for ls. at W. S. Wilkston's bakery, 4, Madison . - I st t z of Chesnut ;warranted us good as any rtisement League in to expose the fallacy of the Anti-Corn- The above cannot be too widely circulated,-aa:s:it will tend their late ex hibi t i on through t h e American shilling other towns i n E ng l an d o f t h e l ar ge streets of this and e are subject to a bread i s so ld i n th i s town, wiu lo re af and in the land of loaf, a n d t h e small E n li s h shilling loaf. The best g Corn-law, at l O id . f or t h e 61b. flour from, it is advertised We aro to h ave so mu ch cheap plenty—Am er i ca , w h e re there is no Corn - law , and where as cheap-51b s . f o r ls.—very n ear a halfpenny per pound 1 I servant, than in this town.— T tbeUNITED STATES. An ENGLISH RESIDEN lanckester Courier. I am, Sir, your obedient Glasgow, 9th May, 1841. LEWES.—The good folks of this town and its neighbourhood, xceedingl the Conservatives, h ave b een t ular edt l h y is Assize. They were l e d t o e dia p pp ai: , t i i n e expect, from the bills issued by Mr. Thomson on the 25th of June last, that he would have brought to trial the party charged with " gross bribery," who, he an nounced, had been that day detected, on the Whig side, But, lo ! and behold ! the Assizes are gone and passed, and no trial has taken place, thus proving that no charge could be substantiated against the party accused, how ever easily one could be trumped up. This is the second disappointment the leaders of the Conservatives have sub iected their friends to, and a third will speedily follow. ‘By-the-byo, what will become of the 25 sovereigns which Mr. Thomson stated he held possession of ?-7Brighton - Guardian, EVENING SUN. IRELAND. THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.. DUBLIN, AUG. 10.—It be worst than 1:.• conceal the fact that the pm:et:dings of this • " Loyal" body of revolutio! - •ists are beginning te • considerable alarm in the .minds of well-db:pose,. .- well-affected men of all creekts and parties. The avowed determination of accepting foreign-aid .te • their insane projects into execution, and the Fri.... threats of retaliation on England for her alleged n.. of this kingdom, as declared by the rabid orators at yc• terday's meeting, demand that the strong arm of pow,— should be promptly and vigorously put forward to err:-t, at this, its ripening, a rebellion in embryo, having f'o:. end and aim the not-disguised plan of the elevatif-, one party at the cost or utter extirpation of the oth,: From the early hour at which I was compelled 1!.., close my abstract of Mr. O'Connell's speech at Bt” quay yesterday, I was necessarily obliged to curts:, concluding, and by far the most reinaritabie port this inflammatory address, and in snaking the adc:- shall be as brief as the limits of your space and th, ture of the speech itself will permit. After having reiterated his thrice-told fable of ;;••-i , being no blood spilt during the progress of the r , elections, the lion. Gentleman proceeded to ask already highly wrought-up mob auditory—" Have; • • not seen a paragraph in a morning paper, quoted fr-.:, journal published in Cheltenham, and known a ;:-• Cheltenham Journal and Stroud Herald? I will r:•• • -• for your edification.—(Laughter.) It is headed Ju to Ireland,' and thus proceeds—' What would be ju to Ireland ? What would be the greatest blessing could be conferred on Ireland ? The answer to t. questions is prompt, and comprised in a single wee. Conquest ! Conquest !' Let them try it if they —(Great cheering.) We are the Queen's subfeets,l- • loyal, more devoted, more true-hearted, than any 0: • • under her sway. Yes, we are the subjects of her ••• jesty, and entitled to protection by the law, and ;• ruffians who would enslave both her and us approaci- • shores with such intent, in the name of our Queen --•-• under the banner of our country's laws, we will them foot to foot, and they shall see that I—even i. •- • • have all my life been the advocate of peace, and s: dered at the unsheathing of the sword—may pan; 7". the hour of peril, and take my place in the front of battle to strike the ruffians down.—(Loud ;thee. which lasted several minutes.) Conquest ! Is it quest.they talk of ? Ah ! I seehow it is. They it is Irish serfs they will have to govern. But from spot I hurl at them my defiance, and tell them au+ they come here for conquest, and that the fortune mastery, battle yields to them the it is dead bodies th• will have to reign over, for to the last man will we re:,..4 the tyrants.—(Cheers.) What ! in the face of civili" 'Europe—before the whole universe- 7 withitt hearin: America, where there are 22,000 Irishinen within two ri,t march of New York—will . they dare to talk of conquest Those who confide in them—the men- who rely upfet their good faith, and are weak-minded enough to believ , , in their lenity after victory—these, and such as tlies,, may, and no doubt will, afford them an easy conquest ; but we who know them well, who feel that there is no hope for us, no safety—but to look for none save what is in our own valour —we, I repeat, will not be conquered by them.—(Great applause.) Ah ! no, they will n 0 .,, they dare not do it. They talk of re-conquering Ire land. I wish they would attempt it, so help me Heav but no ; I am a Christian man, and as such I cannot de sire the shedding of human blood. But, if the day muA come, I shall rejoice in the hour that will let me take my stand for justice in the battle-field of her liberties."-- (Loud applause.) A voice—Napoleon never had more recruits than you will have..--(Cheers.) Mr. O'CoNNELL" But let us turn once more to this notable production—' Ireland, though under the domi nion of England, has never been conquered by her.' This is truth.—(Hear.) England has succeeded in domi neering over us, not by the right arm of prowess, but by reason of our interval divisions, and because we relied too confidently on her honour and good faith. Our brave men laid their arms down and trusted in the ho nour of England. She turned on them in every case, and treacherously betrayed their confidence. We were not conquered then, but swindled.—(Loud cheers.) But the:- have taught us a lesson.- In the warfare which they pro claim against us, let them conquer us if they can ; but they never again shall swindle us.—(Cheers.) Now, I will venture to say, that if an army came here to cut down the Queen's subjects, Wellington and his army were not in half the peril at Waterloo that they would iv in.—(jlear, and great cheering.) If they come her e it will be without the sanction of our Queen, to whom vie are devoutly attached.—(loud cheering.) The Irish ha - ce now cause to be more devotedly loyal than they ever hail in their lives; and, in the name of the Queen, I proclaim that if an enemy came here to cut down her peaceable and loyal subjects, Waterloo would be a cheap Victory to what they would have to encounter.—(Cheers.) But I am only talking of a dream. Such an event cannot possi bly arise, except our enemies become utterly mad, and wish to rush upon their own destruction. They dare not, in the face of Europe and America, attempt anything so sanguinary and atrocious, no matter how they may be in clined.—(Hear, hear.) We will proceed with the Repeat agitation without intermission.—(Hear, and laughter.) All Ireland is being organized, and we will never relax our efforts to accomplish the legislative independence of our native land. An offer night be made to hir, the Whigs come in again if we give up Repeal, but my answer shall be the loudest " No" that ever was heard.—(Cheers.) Any one who holds back at present, merely wishes for an excuse to do so, and I tell Irisi.- men that their only security against such a party as ft!.? Cheltenham miscreants is to become at once Repeaters, and make an effort for their country's regeneration.— (Hear, and loud cheers.) I have spoken of resistance, but it is not resistance to the legal power. But if an il legal and sanguinary party, no matter whether they he Saxon, Dutch, or French, invaded the Queen's island - I; , r the purpose of cutting down the Queen's subjectfi - 313 - people will be found in the front of the battle, and si.:;i-. conquer or die to a man.—(Cheers.) But, as I have said, such an event cannot arise unless the party who no,, hold out those threats lose all their senses in the =dm,: of bigotry and fanaticism. We have the majority of Scotland with us, we have a glorious minority in Em 4 -- land with us, and the paltry cowards who now hold those threats would be the first to fly if the hour of dan ger arrived. I call upon the people to arouse for Re p.n.! ! We conquered Peel before, and, whilst we call for the aid of every honest Reformer in England to con quer him again, our cry for Repeal shall be augmented.— Times. .THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather reaping has commenced on several farms in the neigh bourhood of this city. Alarms have been raised ; but, as far as regards this and the adjoining counties, nearly all concur in representing the various kinds of grain as likely to prove very productive, if we should now be favoured with fine weather. Several breadths of land in the midland and northern districts, however, are le;'s cheering. The appearance of the crops in the whol.: district between Derby and York will nowhere bear a comparison with the forward abundance of the more fa voured districts of Worcestershire and Herefordshire ; wheat, in particular, is thin, wiry, straggling, backward, and apparently diseased.— Wo rces t er Journal. During the last few days the weather continued showery. We have had, however, an occasional gleam of sunshine, but scarcely sufficient to redeem the injury done to the growing crops, particularly the wheat, whieli, we regret to perceive, is completely prostrated in many places in the neighbourhood ; indeed we fear the seriuits apprehensions felt will, unfortunately, be too sure] . ) realised. Similar weather has prevailed in Tipperary. Kilkenny, and Wexford, and the same fearful results. A favourable change took place about mid-day on Sunday , the atmosphere cleared up, and the weather continues of a most cheering description.—Waterford Chronicle. , The crops of all descriptions in Somersetshir e a pp ear in a st a t e o f profuse bearing, and fine weather isal?:.:v wanting to secure a h arvest o f t h e m ost luxuriant ei .. Iti,iieter, heavy' rain ra,cter.— Taunton Courier. east, has still in creased,rain, and a strong wind from the and though we hear ti); Since the last no progress has been made in the harvest ; scambling the wheat ; actual increased,t or any progress i: damage to the crops is not: ig gone without any p still a weQlr. strong and good, but are The barley and oats wereler y and situations, the seeds gettin now laid flat in a 3 ni The p e as were very good, and many ripening, and the wheatiin harvest must now be very lat,.. through them fast cut some time ; the continued raid:; pieces have been The harvest is now pretty generally CHICIIESTER.7 libourhood, but the corn in some plact., begun in this nog have injured them considerablyighton Gazette. looks very green. llANTS.—Notwithstanding the showery wea ther, . on Tuesday last has thrown down tl:.• t h e hay harvest has been carried in fine condition. places. Should it prove fine, harvest ~‘ ill corn in , -, es.te, b e general here in the course of the week. —w Luminary. UNLUCKY NAMES.—On Friday last, after a few days illness, died at Petworth, William Death, the eldest son of Mr. Death, of that place; and on the ta lowing day, at Shoreham, Mr. Deadman, landlord of the Star Inn. The surgeon who was examined at the In quest on the body of Mr. Deadman, stated that the death of Mr. Deadman was caused by the breaking of a blood vessel. AGE OF AXIMALS.—A bear rarely exceeds twenty years; a dog lives twenty years; a wolf twenty: a fox fourteen or sixteen; lions are long lived. Pom pey lived to the age of seventy. The average age of cats is fifteen years; a squirrel or hare seven or eight years; rabbits seven. Elephants have been known to live to the great age of 400 years. When Alexander the Great had conquered one Phoras, King of India, he took a great elephant which had fought very valiantly for the King, and named him Ajax, dedicated him to the sun, and let him go with this inscription, 4 , Alex ander the sun of Jupiter, bath dedicated Ajax to the Sun." This elephant was found with this inscription 350 years after. Pigs have been known to live to the age of thirty years ; the rhinoceros to twenty. A horse has been known to live to the age of six ty-two, but ave rages twenty-five to thirty. Camels sometimes live to the age of one hundred. Stags are long-lived. Sheep seldom exceed the age of ten. Cows live about fifteen years. Cuvier considers it probable that whales some times live one thousand years. The dolphin and por poise attain the age of thirty. An eagle died at Vienna at the age of one hundred and four years. Ravens fre quently reached the age of one hundred. Swans have been known to live three hundred years. 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