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EVENING SUN. HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. ON FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, NOV. 5, 1841, Will be repeated SPOHR'S ORATORIO " THE LAST JUDGMENT," AND T iIAYDN'S SERVICE, No. 111. Ai. s • gtaNCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMERS. Doiby, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. H. Phillips. Wed : f) u Band Chorus will consist of above 500 Performers. p TiCkets, each • Reserved Seats, 55., may be had of the and Music- se lle rs ; o f M r . Mit c h e ll, 39, Charing-cross; -"" of Mr. Ries, 102, Strand, opposite Exeter Hall. THOMAS BREWER, Hon. Sec. LONDON INSTITUTION. N • i s OCTOBER 28, 1841. tifNotice hereby given that arrangements have been made tr the deli very o f t h e follow i ng CO URSE o f LECTURES tiring the ensuing season : F IRST COURSE.—Four Lectures on Magnetism, by W ' It Grove, Esq., 111. A., F. R. S., Professor of Experi- Z e i n s ta , l l2 P 2, h 2 il 9 o . sophy in the London Institution; Mondays, Nov. SEC OND COURSE.—Four Lectures on Meteorology , by W. ILB, Brayley,l J un., E sq , F . L . S ., F. G S. , &c.; Thursdays, 25, Dec. 2. _ T HIRD COURSE.—Six Lectures on Manufactures , by !t;dw.ard Cowper, Esq., Lecturer on Manufacturing Art and Machinery in King's College, Loadon ; Mondays, Dec. 6, 13, „: 2 7, and J an. 3, 1 0, 1 842. '(3IJRTII COURSE.—Three Lectures on the History and Antiquities of Rome, by Robert Vaughan, D.D.; Thursdays, '"'e. 16,23, 30. FIFTH COURSE.—Four Lectures on the Physical Ele '43 of the A nc i en t Phil os ophers, by Professor Grove ; T hursdays, Jan. 6, 1340, 27. F SI XTH COURSE.—Six Lectures on Painting and the nieß. R. H" Arts, b' d Es • Mondays, Jan. 24, 31, Pe 7 ‘; 14, 41. S EVENTH ENTH COURSE.—Six Lectures on Church and ,s, - 3 ,l amber Al us i e, b y H. J. Gaunt l ett , E sq . ; Th u r s days, Feb. , 17. 24, March 3, 10, 17. EIGHTH COURSE.—Six Lectures on the Fossil Remains u! Extinct Animals, by D. T. Ansted, Esq., I\i. A., F.G. S., : t r lessor of G eo l ogy i n Ki ng ' s C o ll eg e, London, and Fellow i'Agsos 21, 28, Coll ffe Cambridge ; Mondays, Feb. 28, March 7, NT -40134 ace re' 'out :ce l 101 i ri l'll riP s P' al ',; poll- - i • 51 0 till t o e# t ,ee 11 0 •0 00 OP " 1, 06 0f t D 1. • O a 09 , ;0 pot • 'l4l 1 541 :4 , of ' e e- 03 y. sh j ot t O S° iar.,,,111 tioP Kph e' !a 9 ',01 SCr i : t r :C: Jo e e . 1 4 . of P". 10 0 ° I ‘ . Q •a rand' sties A new inventions are pi acs:tie !Sing and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Hiuh litr Princess Esterhaz the Princesses Mary and Rosa,' the he the Duchess Dowager ' of Bedford, and their Graces Itfehbish or , znei, e ., of Canterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire and Albemarle -street, S'e• .------I—Jbomarle-street, and 76, King William-street, Bank. lAIPOIITANT DISCOVERY, AND BENEFIT TO MANKIND. tiumpa REY'S CAMOMILE PILLS. amble A Preparation of unaralleled success, from this inesti- Plant, recently discovered by Mr. Humphrey. It pirt asittilld cleanses the blood, strengthens the stomach, invige latut the c onstitution affords certain and speedy relief to tes rt l n eY, ks; of appetite, drowsiness, giddiness, nausea,. tilio u . nr4 ; and in all - eises of irsligestion, headache, stoma t 15044,!r bcirmis affections is unrivalled. Its preparation is sale in 1Y superintended by Mr. Humphrey, and its its .leaey the 1 0(4;1 y of his residence is the best proof of i ' scientific a d laborious research for the benefit . ouste—'4 Patient l a c rd '' valud fiend led to its discovery ; its to t ,herb ful e Properties induced the Proprietor to extend its salo wi t ,tic& ef the afflicted. te r ci Tit d escending, to the quackery of saying it is a cure . tall y t'erclers, )et the virtues of the camomile are so sk.il keett"tracted and combined with other invaluable me ma lteltheisjo:rmoet,s.erevnedtehre it the most p _ tusorders. perfect remedy discovered for genuine have the Proietor's ih name wr,ite )Ublie t he Government stamp in his own handwriting. from t he u,, tn aY depe n d open getting the medicine g enuine the foiloal Whole sa l e P atent M e di c i ne Warehouses, and from appointed A gents v,"age - ,"Y, . 41, 1 03. Oxford-street ; Spurr, Oxford-street ; D u ke-;t .I " lt echapel '• Kent, Blackfriar's- road ; Reynolds, Cen; Borough ; Beatson, Dockhead ; Hands, -'treet ; • Griffiths and Wand, Pen ' i4k -sheet • Y Q) 1 ' W I rth • Leare , Peck " ot; ,; ate, Hoxton ; Cullen, aw 0 _ ,! °l l r y t id ge , Deptford; and Russell, Blackheath. u4ou' Pe and 2s. 9d. each. careful to . inquire for Humphrey's Camomile Pills. •I• °,l eSt vivere s e d va l e re vita..r—MA RTIAL. rtit Life is only life, when blest with Health." kitr e in dufinest System of Ethics is to confine with e ounds, and thus to regulate the barriers cod insubordinate, impetuousl destroy those )a tit '; 4 * 7ii" and Morality have made sacred; to curb, but not L air efi c o , m, aPpears the lesson of prudence best calculated to y ,e, cence te,Zedge"rganization.of the human frame requires great medical o I ,Ne ° (% l rn V,'PedY, and the public welfare is promoted when r t - the suggestions of the envious and in c. 134,441 b, .%e their studies the treatment of those complaints gc :trtatil.ett' P\r"ituisreengeading to and the ebullition of the passions at an :i t o_ t 14, 10 Pe 4 1e nt• The strength of a nation consists in the health i . t1 1 6 4.. l but it is melancholy to reflect on the daily ,t sac a r s fl_ar tettii-4141e, ? ) ,'t and unf:ell g empyricism, and to eounte u r m at ai . tty f tinw 4,4', further ravages we offer to suffering b ; the s cat jj!Y vi eti ° wn experience it - l i the various disew es of Debility. The ? as,I t TI of solitary vice (early acquired a! school, be, plating ttat ell her right over t. e mind), wal, in contempyti into - the' e ' become susceptible of enlivening sensations, in know r;,,c)st corriplicated - state of exhaustion may be roused 4 an t : tro,,:`NY • Intense study immoderate. anxiety—long re_el toN, the 1,(,,1eal Climes, and many other causes, will frequently das -11, g d . e r ! of r o ' r '''lls Syqem ;in such cases we can hold out an : r ha - t l uin - l at 'irnation, by treatment which has long answered haii, -( 'Pes of Patients of both sexes. t ' h„ .(9 nurtan hannecs SYPHILIS, can now he treated . th - ibiti -- ' 4 e or th-lleppred state ' Medical Science having divested its iicer,_. cistressing properties that so long rendered its ex e wick au ve notn and harrassing our attention p ;eculiainrities lncitental to fin . '" eseipe4 which mildness, *4 '4 ' ours °ll eac!, has superseded the means usually adopted r Y‘tern it uni q ue, te culiarly energetic, and eminently Lrorn t i s att etda -g aitt ' e enui l t n " i s given tot personal consultation; and n letters 443. , immediately answered ; these must co l' 4l l of t ;fr Advice and Medicines, which can be forward ed t .e world, however distant. o k 4 st (.Tweet near Waterloo -bridge, Strand third s Editio n ), I. The EGIS of LIFE, y oreilli.tpirnentar on Debility and Nervous Diseases.-2 The !It, 44 treating' of Venereal Disease.—a HYGEIAN A, ad tothe female Sex. May be had of Sherwood and _r. , s „ , _ riostrr OW -.l * " ran NI Onwhyn, 4, Catherine-street, Strand and of all Booksellers. Price ss. each ; by CAUTION. --The • extraordinary deMand for PARR'S LIFE PILLS has induced several shopkeep ers, of mean and dishonest principles, to try to impose on the incautious various counterfeits composed of the most per nicious ingredients, merely for the sake of reaping an extra profit, totally regardless of the dreadful consequences which must ensue. . . Observe, that each Box of the genuine medicine has pasted round it the Government Stamp, in which is engraved these words, PARR'S LIFE PILLS, in white letters on a red ground. None other can be genuine. In no instance has this invaluable medicine failed to effect a perfect cure where due patience and perseverance has been ex ercised. Read the following . EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Mrs. Joseph Simpson has been severely afflicted, for the last 30 years, with a violent cough and difficulty of breathing. The affliction has been so steevekereeetlhdat she could not fulfil her domestic obligations. She when p only 15 years old, and the cough never left her sl.auSdha laudanum u h m a had g a e l almost quantities, every IF III A-------- ----- A ri' Pills about last Christmas, and as soon MP TON °N's PILL OF HEALTH. She heard of Parr 's to . P li s x - tilton f e t ra h sh i e n de g itcohoek affordedahardrr'hsealLideiftf.eakPe taken l l l„. re 4 coient r _ Price Is. 11Ad. per box t 'QM. n g all Dr ad Y PILL IS a Stedicine of long tried efficacy for "eursehde, had d d t w ak as en ne a v h I t „,. Ins of - . . sorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common never afflictedt half a box in shethe foundslightest manner comple telyduring N, n ,,4lek ilexicti are Costivene Flatulency,Spasms, Loss of A ppe i. " th e p ae he Oiddi ss , than she has ever . been in her life. .ti ke -Nti on e — Yes, brow ' alter Meal- Dir ness Sense of Fullness . , ,- i '. the severe weather that followed, and is now better in health th„ivn 3 , o , pr e d nnin tiness . , an d p ain . in Liver, and Doweis. , This cure does indeed appear miraculous, but for the satis tee rata. fhe nou.sa Torpid State of the , and a cons e quent ; faction of the mot incredulous, she has kindly consented to kh-hrs, : wilt in ti l, m causina disorganization of every function of 14TP, i 44 ocfrettually most excellent c preparation, by w a little p v er n s c e ; Churc h-hill addressed " Mrs. Joseph Sampson,Son, 4kv,11(312th. Rtes salutary effects. sh e , o Y t ake , he the. or three d y res s l ily n i , answer any inquiries, either by personal applicati on sc or lo b s y e, le o tte ld r ects. . stomach di p_ regain 1 Lenton, near Nottingham." action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will . 1 1 . iiiii c a r l' o pea ra i r4e , and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and Aim- ' '''' Notice the above L'allyi, .Ult of t ..strength , activit -ind renewed health, will be the 1 . "', Life 2s. 9d:, I Is., with full C and of Old Parr," containing remarks on mu.. e e ac , akingtiii s m l' - y ' ' • d' Col o ! The '% e n box . .i ec icine, accordingtothe irec i is acc m. ..Caution. Sold in Boxes at Is. I id., P eraot ki y est. ; and iftaken after too free an indulgence at table, Disease,' Health, and the means of prolonging t e : ~ b ro s w n! a Fu T , the system to its natural state of repose : . . I with Engravings, Anecdotes, Poetry, &c., I of all Agents. slat i w ° f 131oZess, and may Life, h e h 3 a 2 d p g a r g a e t s , s , 4.lll.Artrt„ye4ymniAt,seiN"kieialin:iii‘gePin.E.:l;:ilvdettt a E, re ar szbj a ;t in to g Headache , fromemtoo a 1 G t. i mamaa d t ffi y . y n c e a i r e r r ie l d ie o w i t y h o t t ff b th u eir immLliate use. i andE Edwar ds,s.old i 4l,t;ehDes i-L4e s ,-, si , on: tv . , , u tb is e tr se es P si i n lls are most truly excellent, removing 1 by in os 6 t i' r e , s S p t e . c t P ab a l u e ? M s edici ne Churchyard, Vendors. holee al o Agent, ;, enii, b, ,,,,,, Die, _ Pts, DtliHneeassdaocrhesisgohnpertevvoaulsenAttfweictptotnhse. 1 TAE CURE EFFECTED, OR THE • MONEY CHAtIGED RETURNED. 4 s a mom to , aria Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and MESSRS. COOPER and CO., Members Lion of Ple asant the complexion. te e , t arniN 0 ' sate; easy Aperient, n'te the ecommenda I of •The Royal College of Surgeons,. )4F.11/I,tnt -,,,. peration with the most sues e s u -fu l 1 effbct r and require' in the , street, St. James's, , may -be consulted from Eight o'clock o ~,,,.„, ectiv. _ p . ti t l ,,nel or confinement during their use ;' and for EL- ‘ i Morning until len at Night, on e . very stage and . symptom of o f t. . LH"' 40,. hY the verlders Bai d ule ha l ,: 'E they wilt be found to be the most comfortable I t et ~, b y ./„. p rt. Prepared Secondary yrnptonis, &e. Their treatmen, is the result upwards • of twenty-five years' extensive and successful practice inLondon. No. 32 Jermyn ligh,,,,°lt Ana - ° ll t. 229 Strand , .• The most inveterate cases of Syphilis eradicated in eight or nine J-•nOdon, Price Is. I%cl. and Its. 9d. )4 k f days, and cases of a slight nature in two or three, at a moderate an t . sV. . _ of Medicines generally throughout the I expense, unaided by the dangerous and indiscriminate use of mercury, fib ' 4 ' 14 A i'' l an 0 ; 14 B PILL of HEALTH, and observe the The cure effected without confinement or hindrance from business. Vera— o t4r eu 0 qt it " 1 b orn as Prot; n 9 -..9,StTand, London," on the Letters (post paid) enclosing a remittance for medicines, will be Bt4l °l , answered by return i and Country Patients corresponded with Until recovered. - -..ir of Neology in •King's College, Lonaon, ana reiiow 1 4 4 csus College, C am b r id ge ; Mondays, Feb. 28, March 7, €l.ef 1 .21, 28, April 4. j t IN TH ? o COURSE..-Four Lectures on Numismatics, by n Williams, E.q. ; Thursdays, March 24,31, April 7, 14. At Ellll-I, CO • URSE. - -.Four lectures on the Northern and , t , , le : ' ~, il o l . s ant ie States of .America, by J. S. Buckingham, Esq.; Iso n'd'ks April II I 25 and May 2. A l t ' B' ' 4 .:;tiTfi COURSE.-Four Lectures on the Subordi- ,,, y ..,. ters. in Shakspeare's Plays, by Charles Cowden , , 3 1 3 1 L59-; Thursdays, April 21, 28, May 5, 12. he ... ~ - -Th. I,..tures will be uniformly commenced at Seven , , .. . ris s ,. ' -', , ~ n,tlie Eveninn. precisely. 13y order,. . ,vii ''' ' '...,:.l - ‘ XegENEAR .TROTMAN, Assistant Seefttary. i.O ll ( A , XP.ORTERS, RAILWA.Y CONTRACTORS, EN- c , .:. GINEERS,' SHIPBUILDERS, AC. &e. 1 0 1 •- A ) 1-1 ,,,P, PATENT AtOIJANG and COM- 1 0 , ' , i" ' ~rI4ESSING' IRON FOMPANY having their, works 0 0 .'. , '" °Peration, ar'eAcatlyJo eimite circlets, to any extent, , eci • ' i t, , e likiclermentioited, -articles :,,,,,,Thiler and Tank Rixets -of b' lirption Bolts fern -Machinerf, ArcbitecturaL.Agri- '' ill: ' ' ura 5111 1 , 41 eciactr - Brllidiug,, Gas, . , Witter, and-other - • 'ZirMt stis; rfi-, - Oefews So. . 0.. a . ,?, , , - ' - 0 '- i. la-s may b bt• bade avd &Peeirlacrs seen, upon aP- -4 .1 , - o o a , c p ‘ " ° -5-4 1 , +secetary, stlkthe Company's - .Works, Upper .-, finance -wharf, Roihethitrib. 0 ' 3, 0 4 A , 11 Y• Order o f tli oaxer JOHN ATLEE, Secretary. . . . . O • )` it EVitIitiE:.STREET, PICC4iIaItLY, (opposite :,-- ' ".t. * ' , '-th6* Y 0 r k Hotel), , uol •-• -' -••- ~ IttaituTßEEF, BANK of EN(4LAND. 't i • , '' •'• :' 06 1-I,E-A. RI NIG,: TESTI- ' ~ 0,,, ' 11, e , ' " ' 'AA s ail 4,i tc 11,Lesirs. S. and B, SOLOMONS' ':i; 0 I... D iri ',- ed ~'ELF IVLE LENSES and . INVISIBLE 5 v 0 t'ib '''' VW; S. 'lf. 1 OPICtE CWWUCTOII for Delf Persons : 15 4 •n , 4 ,4 r underAgneil, hav4leen'Tor some time making - of , i .,13,' ©* t Sr , !. Solanerrs'. noitv•lnvented 'Spectacle Lenses; V : t„ - „ s 4 D 4 K hing relief thil ard -- to iroperPet vision gives El decided ,reference to every other kind •of Lens oo oft * d ~ earness- of - the transparency . brings every object very r ' -11 'e nd enables individtiaLs to View the. most minute par- to t tl is ~ .' - !effect accuracy, •• They are particularly pleasant Lill Lill i't. ir, ' light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and soften r iv s ,ky ~.,, and brilliant liihts ;- 1 prfo k gt %itrildell, Esq., ~1‘113,, 1, Great George-st reet, 7est.. , 9 4 4 .......-j z i V° : 1 j . 7x ',..ilignionil, Esq., ALV., 21, Dover-street; II o o i n T e tti•rew, pl E i r Surgenn,X.R.S., Saville , rovr. 0 1 " 3 r ,} 344 ' ~,- , oth ß , - ' 4; 4 '0 4 91-, Aroad- - Street-bulldings., t otl'' 1 -- • laittl , g, urr,cotc; 3, ParliamentLstreet: . p al -jr %. i t t id. °' . ,, , ;.rA: , q. , . g4i l ,D; NCtylngt on-place, Kennington 3 r'/' . ' l lO 1 .,• ''' inhtori, '. MI/ , 7,. IJpper. QoAr,street. -11 :is° t ' e i l s r i:) ; b ' 1 :. 14,,.Eiq., ... ' urgeolip . 36„ Alb . emarle:ar,co. N ib , • ri' l . liMi l ean,Wdrgeonl, Siteadenhall-Street. ~,• b a , y I t . c , 11° '''''' '- 41114-"-41', 0 , edii;lsleW pr 1 li. • • , ..., I t o 1 , .j, 4404 n, Efq tr. 1„...„0,. Noy „ 8,r0a4. 74 5i1eet.4 . , . ~1 1 . ' 4 Tn.,l S . p., Eurter. • _, 0 ,. r. 1 •• • ... -..,... , • ',." e° :4 , t y,.. i ,. " . ..o i . alb,'" M.D. . '',. t f ,• II j„1,,,..,ie , Esck, Vmpl., Bennett-Zireet, Ba th ?' el ° 'l irr 'n ' -. W5e.q....kA1..D.:, Blandford. 1 ~,,, . Iv _y /A wl . , , IV "Tenby. . ,058 . , - , l'Pii r l " t t'i lfil 'f'° ' i n, , ce E ' :q.. q /iti " A rw sk `erfso " culist,2l, South A udleyr street do -., ~, L.._ , obinson,_Estv, M.D., Cheltenham. . - .. :le tli e t ''C ilit ° , Esi. -- 3 1.1)., P,Pighioh. _ o o f -,, . , tr. " ll -Cou l Ai v . Ea LA lLitioti e l.tpliliain• - ''''''', / JA 6, -i . ' Allnatt, - 'l,, d1ing4.14......--.. , ........,......:-..- 0 , ?, ntnas Willis, Esq., M. D„ ltrighton. °lll i 1 '• l4 til bs, Rut., Surgeop; Hammersmith. _ _ _ , t i nderick, Rig., Sulleon, Manchester-street, Manche, If ° lf ' ' % o r-I ' 4l re. -- IL §X.unally,'Usq : , Surgeon, Camden,town. 50 , Harle ford-place, .Is L Pb Mrnr . FiStii ,Sui li pbri, 2ti, y 8 ~ „N . m rcn. ...... ..... ' • ' 0 . 'k .13 0.0' %C "" 0, Esq S nr geon`,llo, , Parliament - i.treet. 415 . 1 AV L'llia . nner,.Esq : , sturgeo n , .6 Berkeley...sepia - re. ' 1 044 ii:.Ziglish, Esq., burgeon, Denmark-hill. ' 0 b''''Werbakre, Esq.,. Singeon, 10, Charlotte-street, Blooms. ▪ e O , ' ' ;ilrY.,•„, • 5/ •,.,;- '' o4 . Esq„ Surgeon, Kensington. 6 0 t '44 It :-.4: ~'' .7, , S - 't.i.roftin' 32', Golden a, .;,-,'`) ° - - ,tr . : Chataotte ~ ~. y i .., ' ' if h 1 ' to ' ' ,- trn , E sq. - Surgeo n, 46 Davies-street, . erkeley-square la a , , 111, -",, , ..n:a50n,. , Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire." . I I' th e k i ting the above liA of Testimonials b,fere the,public : 1 7• g, IN‘.4s...srs. Solemons, Opticians and Aurists, state that thei 10 t Whi c h FILE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, ls $ 4 55 b i . I.lotio t h ousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefitec •• ,• tike eay.rger than a seven-shilling• piece, and when fi xed lot 54 ' %M en : l Y of the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncomfort 1 6 . )13, i ts ur perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place 5 0 'Witt., ci l'iw the faintest whisper at a public assembly is hear ▪ 1 06 LsCpctness. • 5 1 I 'nes e , rsti, , ri?pertant new inventions are patronized by their_l% . I! i VCRED No 15,33(.5 PRICE 5d ~~~~~ ~~~~ ,~ LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1841. TO WHITE LEAI ), COLOUR MANUFACTURER • 4 ND OTHERS. FOR SALE :13 Y PRIVATE CONTRACT, HE VVHOL.E OF THE VALUABLE T "PLANT OF Ti HE KREMNITZ WHITE LEAD WORKS, BELVIDEII E-ROAD, LAMBETH. These works are extent ive—have teen erected in the best and most substantial mat )ner within the last three years, and are admirably adapted to the manufacture of White Lead, Car bonate of Barytes, or any Colour or Manufacture, wherein the use of Carbonic Acid - erzt is required; there being means of producing from common. c) Jke, 5,000 cubic feet of this gas in a perfectly pure state, per dour. There is a Dissolvin' ; Vessel of copper, capable of containing 3,000 gallons, and a P recipitating Do. of 2,000 gallons. Very large and superior Bar Is, two Hydraulic Presses, viz. a 15 -inch 'Ram and a 6-mcb do. with pumps complete. The Presses have been proved under : t pressure of five tons per square inch, Drying Rooms, capab ie of drying 12 tons of White Lead per day, Coke Ovens, Res re!rberatory Furnaces, Colour Mills ; in short, every requisite afo r manufacturing in the best mane on an extensive scale. • For particulars, appi'y to Mr. Betts, on the premises. C A RRlAGES.Purchasers are - requestfully to inspect the Extensive Variety at MARKS and SON'S, Langharn-place, Cavendish-square, NOW SELLING at reduced price!, in consequence of the Rebuilding of their Premises. Any Carriage may be taken on hire, and purchased if approved of. SIDEBOARD OF PI.: kTE, Magnificent Brilliant Diamond Ornaments, Oriental P earl Necklace, Splendid Jewellery, a Superb Dressing Case; with Silver Gilt Fittings, Choice Watches, Sheffield PlatPd Articles, Beautiful Orders set with &c . MESSRS.IIEBENHAM and STORR have the honour to• announce that they have received in structions to submit to-,PUBLIC COMPETITION, at their Rooms, King-street, t Covent-garden, on THURSDAY, Nov. 4, and following day, at Eleven, a Magnificent Brilliant DIA MOND NECKLAC E, Tiaras, Waist Buckle, Top and Drop Earrings, Large Sing le Stone Pins, Brooches, Studs, &c., of . the Purest Water; a Fine Oriental Pearl Neeklnce, and Pair ditto Drops, Set with Brilliants; an Extraordinary Fine Aqua Marine, set with Rubies ; Handsome Bracelets, Earrings, Brooches, Sevignys, Ril igs, Pins, Head Ornaments, &c., pro fusely set with Fine Sari:nhires, Brilliants, Emeralds, Carbun cles, &c. ; -Gold and Silver Mounted Biding Whips ; a Splen did Dressing Case, with Silver Gilt Fittings;_ a few Remark ably Fine Gold Watch's ; several Orders of Garter, Guel phie, Bath, St. Patrick, .&c., set with Brilliants; two thousand eight hundred Ounces of Plate, consisting of a Meat Dish, Corner Dishes, Waiters, several Sets of Four Solid Candle sticks, Sauce Boats, a. Modern and very Splendid Epergne, a Pierced ditto ; Tea-Kettles, Tea and Coffee Urns Tea , and Coffee Sets, Brear,l-Baidcets, I gg Frames, Tapkarcis di a Set of Finely-Chased' Tqa Ctnnisters m Cade{ runt hishes, a Cu rious Roman Catliplic Plate/with Enamelled Compartments ; Excellent Sheffield Plate, in Dish CoVers;"rea 'km, Waiters, Ice Pails, Bread a,nd ;Cake "Baskets,' - Liquor Frames, ,Mottle Stands, CandlatiPlis and' Branches, Tea and Coffee Services, &c. ; Two. Mae CiieAts, .:and a'.. Variety of Valuable Items.— May be viewed, and Catalogues had, two nays previous to the Sale. uNivElyG . Lpg ASSURANCE OF VICE, li WILLIIN-STREET.,LQYDON. The Rates Of t S,Offite, #93tirMed A-the most accurate ob servations of the ch.irition of 'rattan life; are as moderate as is consistent with perfect seguritA One-fifth of- t WasoertainecLprnita.sf,the . five preceding years is divided:betweemthe pricy-holners and shareholders ; three-fourths to ase.forrner, anderic-fotzfAto the latter. The remaining four-lifklas are., set apatt to =forint° the average of the succeeding yea,:s;,_nll thus to proviht against un foreseen 4 . contingencies. .. .. . The first divistiiiiltprefits took .pla'eefli;the 13t1a - Of May, 1840, when a redtttiOn of 60 per Cent. • iat-declared on the current annual prrmilitos 'ii t f:'all thoie po'fit4ei entitled to parti cipation. Tha . S - ecotfd •dPeision of profit, was in May, 1841, when a similar reditelittir; , :vers" again declare. . The following tahhi will show the operation:of the reduction made by the Socidt - y':.:-- .f ' '^".•*'—....",- - . 'Reduced Annual Original p,„,,, ; ~,,, .. , Reduction Premium . ''''''''7" • - payable in 1841. —......,,..... ~.....- --......--- £l9 6-.. 8 .'• £ll 12 0 £7 14 8 •24 B'4. 14 13 - 0 915 4 31 10 ra; 11148 9 12 12 0 , 42 15 ,0 25 13 0 17 2 Q 000 1 61 11 .'B"' ;i9 19 0 26 12 g , . -t. This system of reduction in. the prettriums affords immediate benefit to the Assured, or enables them to secure a considerable bonus by effecting a new policy. Policies are grantedin London, and by resident Committees at Calcutta, Madras, autrßoinbay, on India.lisks, at very . ad vantageous rates;taletilated froxf extensiveaata and tables, ex clusively in the povession of this Society, to show the true risk of life dur'ng residence. iri India, and after retirement froin foreign service. - By order of the , - Board, DAVID JONES, Actuary. .. . . SCOTTIST -T --. Age " when Date of Sum Policy Policy. Miekt ed. was issued. 9 .0 May 035. !moo , ••• ••• 1033 I,oo' ••• ••• s:.:=-UN-D) LIFE 4ssuRANQE. .; FOUNDED A.D. 1.815,0 N T.HE ORIGINAL BASIS OF THE -LONDON EQUITABLE. Head Office, EDINBURGH, 5; - ST. ANDREW-SQUARE., London 7, PALL-MALL WEST. Manchester.: CROSS-STREET, KING-STREET. Glasgow ---AtCUNMI.ATUDA'IZND EXCEEDING ONE MILLION AND FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS. ANNUAL REVENUE EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED & EIGHTY THOUSAND POUND& This INSTITUTION is the oldest, and, jn point of busi ness, the most exterrsiKted.,l,F4 - OFFICE in'Sentland. A slight en of following stat,euientte4l4,l4uu4., ,, dantly satisfy intending Assurers that there is not at thretintei any other Life Office in the United Kingdom which, whether in respect of. The sound principles on whet it is constituted, The unprecedented prosperit pf its coutie throughotit, The selection of its Lives, The successful investment of its Funds, and The uniform promptness and liberality of its settlements, can holdout more solid advantages, especially to that important class of Assurances effected as Family Provisions. The WHOLE SURPLUS PROFITS belong to the AS SURED, and are divisible septennially. As ascertained from the investigation at 31st December, 1838, these Profits were sufficient to secure— lst. A RETROSPECTIVE BONUS of Two per Cent. per annum, of FOURTEEN per Cent. for the Septennial Pe. riod, not only on the Original Sum assured, but likewise on the BONUS ADDITIONS PREVIOUSLY DECLARED. 2d. A CONTINGEVT PROSPECTIVE BONUS of Two per Cent., per annum, to be paid from 31st December, 1838, on all Policies of Five Years' standing that may emerge before Deceinher 31,1845, when next Investigation takeS place. The Directors are empowered to grant LOANS to MEM BERS, on the Security of their Policies, to the extent of nine-tenths of their value at the time, and also, on application to that effect being made by parties, to convert their BONUS ADDITIONS into an equivalent deduction from the future ANNUAL PREMIUMS, or to give them in ready money the vain° of the additions at the date of application. PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ABOVE. A, in January, 1820, being then 40 years of age, insured his life for 3,0001. paying an annual Premium £9B ss. He is now 61 years of age, and has an actual vested Bonus or Addition, declared 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 be £4,035 12s. Were A to die after Payment of his premium for that ye ir, the sum payable under the Policy would be £4,277 14s. 9d. Were he to die, in 1845, after payment of his premium for that year,thc sum payable under the Policy wouldbe£4,6oo 11E. 93. Or if it were an object to him to reduce his present annual contribution, be might, by giving up his Bonus, reduce his future premiums from 95/. ss. to • £24 93. sd. Or if be preferred receiving immediately the present value of his Bonus, he would, by surrendering it, be entitled to a sum of £650 Bs. 3d. Assurances effected PREVIOUS to 31sT DECEMBER, are entitled to participate in the PROFITS OF THE CUR RENT YEAR. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. Edinburgh, September, 1841. HUGH M'KEAN, 7, PALL-MALL, AGENT FOR LONDON. PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s. the SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe rior London Table Knives, with ivory handles ' 14s. per dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curta ins, 1 i inch diameter, Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Bd. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet P.rg, 9s. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR RANTED.—TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Knives, I Is. ; Carvers, 4s. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white bone handles, Ss. 84. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. Bd. ; Carvers, 35. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Mache Tea trays, gothic shape, 50s ; the set o f full sizes. Catalogues, containing the prices, with Engravings of every Ironmongery Article necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25 per cent. under any other old-established house, to be had gratis (post free). RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. . • _ - . *t_ _ • 47P,,VC, , ...t - ;" r • --.4) • ‘l. *.t n CA : 111$ 4. 3t do. • k la •Sk . .4.4 004,. ' • • A4' Tel • - ° Y." • • —• I T rons. Since the reduction in the price of admission, the portion destroyed became more particularly knoern to the country at large ; but, singillar to state, a very few per sons visited the Armoury on Saturday; and after the place was closed, the Warden, whose duty it was to exa mine the place, went over at four o'clock, when every thing was perfectly safe, and not the slightest symp tom of fire was either apparent to the sight or smell. Within the last few weeks, two new pa tent stoves have been placed in the centre of the building, while, in that part of the Tower known as the Old Mill Barracks, a carpenter's shop was erected, , and which communicated with the Armoury, and where the fire is supposed to have originated. About half past ten o'clock, the sentry, belonging to the Scotch. Fusilier Guards, which are at present quartered in the Tower, and who was upon duty on the ramparts next to Tower hill, was alarmed by observing a large body of smoke to ascend, as if from the centre of the Armoury, and he immediately gave the alarm by discharging his musket. In the course of a few seconds the whole of the garri son and officers met, and immediately afterwards the Armoury was discovered to be on fire. Unfortunately not a drop of water was at hand, from it being low tide, and the ditch empty. Although every exertion was made to procure water, none could be obtained. Had even the small quantity of about forty pailaful been pro cured, the flames would have been subdued, and the great loss which the country has to lament, would have been avoided. From the dryness of the building, coupled with its massive timbers, the total destruction of the Armoury became inevitable. The drums beat the alarm, and messengers were despatched to the various fire stations for the engines, several of which were at a fire in the Strand, which broke out about ten o'clock ; in a few minutes the parish engine of Allhal lows, Barking-lane, arrived, followed by the engines from Wellclose-square, under the direction of Mackay. Upon their arrival at the entrance next Thames-street, the firemen found the gates closed, and the sentry upon duty refusing to open them, upon which Mackay declared that he would cause the gates to be burst open, when the sentry replied that the first man who dared to make the attempt he would run him through with his bayonet ; his orders were not to open the gates, and until those instructions were rescinded, he-dared not' open them. At length, after t.be engines, three in number, had been detained seven minetes, an order came to admit them and those condecfed with ‘ . the establishment: By this - time the flames had attained - an alaisming ascendancy., Euesithe after engine arrived efrbma tho various stations belonging to tbe London fire esta blishment, 407611 as those belonging to the :West of England' and the County. Independent of theSe'e thq i six engines belonging to the Toeier- were broug,ht ou ~and placed at 'various distances from the burning pia a yll a fa t l hi c cona tßict o s c a pa ll en ; ts al o th f o th u e gl fl i o e w v e e r ry , Of eP t g liej n ' e e eg w risl m i a a n rm ne y.. 4J r Fpot Guards, as well as efficient relays, -.There they shoos}, for not a drop of water, could l.lotnlig t. TIVO ,hours elapsed beforelanything like a pleettiN4uppli field be obtained, and.in the interim, the fire ragred. with ncontrolled fury, the flames• ettending front the centre = of t h e building, heth l eastwarcl , and wpstweuelesialub,e; one usly, threatening' deetruction_. to the ehauel and,tll4 jewel-o ffi ce, th e latter of which has shared the fate of ,the armoury. About eleven o'clock . a kraus. body of police., under , the direction of Mr. Superintendent Pearce, , c 1) attic H division, arrived, and was, followed .by detach nients from the various other divisions, accompanied "by Mr. Superietendent May of the Ai and Mr. M'Lean. In aditicin to theee ! a body of the City Police were in attendance, headed by Inspector. Lloyd.* being, with the exception of Mt. SUperintelidentPearce,all military erten, the orders which they '''' - issied were of the very utmost . importance, 'as they co-operated with the military. In addition to the regiment of Scots Fusilier Guards,' three hundred nein of the Grenadier, and the like nuttibeisTrenythe Coldstreain enierds, came down from the Charing-cross and. Wellinkton barracks, and to these maybe added a company i ess the Artillery 'stationed at present in the Tower ; the , sell* of this 'force, aided by tie' fi remen of the brigate; Vest of Eng ilind, County,- and Custom-House; sifissidea' the Thames police, acted as one man s , and every'lmovement waaper formed with military precision, yet, in spite of the great est exertions, the fire every minute, extended its ravages, -and it very soon became evident to'every person present ciusireaite,Jeweleliottse_ would fall a-prey to eb eeereftilagra don. Mr. Superintendent Pearce, v,itit ..vvraf:ef-the constables, proceeded to this place, and bean remove the regalia, the whole of which, lie - 14111 . 51:cdto say was saved, and carried to the house of Me or'' e and, as far as our Reporter couldlearn, ti ' - -single arti cle or jewel was lost. ... . . Upon the arrival -of Mr. Braidive4 fie' diretted the engines belonginefo'the London Fire EStablishinent to be,plaeed -id the following order :—tho A's facing the Clock Tower and the centre of, the Alatioary •• the B's at the west end and- round the Orntpel ; an d the C's and D's at the eastern and Jewel - offite Terrace and 1 the northern point of the White Tower, while one of the Custom-house engines was drawn up before the Gun Battery. The West of England, under the direction of the foremen, Connerton, took up its position directly op posite to the chapel ; while Carter, the foreman of the County, directed his attention to the White Tower. The engines belonging to the place, and the Custom house were placed at such distances as to render their powers of the utmost utility. Unfortunately but little or no water was to be obtained ; and for nearly five hours the fire remained unchecked in its progress, al though there were nearly two thousand men in attend ance to work upwards of twenty engines, which were ready to pour hundreds of tons per minute on the fire, and before they could be put into operation the entire building was one pile of flames. At this period the sight was one of the most magnificent which can possibly be conceived ; it required but a small stretch of the imagination to liken it to a town on fire ; and, certainly, if the looks of the spectators could be considered as an index of their feelin g s, it would realize the picture ; it seemed as if every one of them had sustained a personal and individual loss, and the heart bursting exclamations which fell from their lips, told how strongly they felt the calamity. "While the fire was thus raging, hundreds of the soldiers were employed in removing the new patent muskets, and it is with plea sure we learn that not a single stand of them was lost, those which are destroyed being the old lock and flint muskets. As soon as water could be obtained, the steam engine attached to the garrison was set in inotion, which throughout the rest of the morning kept continually at wo:k, forcing the water into the various reservoirs, while the Southwark Bridge and Rotherhithe floating engines, which came up at the turn of the tide, poured forth immense bodies of water upon the flames, but with no effect; for exactly as the Tower clock struck the hour of ono, the the clock, tower, and roof of the building, fell in with a tremendous crash; the effect which it produced it is im possible to describe; for a few seconds the burn ing pile was enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke and dust, and upon its clearing away the flames ascended to an extraordinary height in a pyramidical form, illu minating town and country for miles round. So in tense was the heat of the flames that it was almost impossible to stand before them, and thence arose the dread that the window frames of the "White Tower would have caught, and that this portion of the Tower of Lon don, which has been immortalized in the pages of Shak speare, Gay, Pope, and other writers, and with which the annals of English history are so identified, would catch fire, and become, like the . Armoury, a heap of ruins. To Carter, the foreman, and the firemen of the County, may be attributed the safety of this precious relic of our history, as well as the records which are deposited within its walls. As long as the slightest danger was to be apprehended so long did the County engine play upon the massive walls ; relays suc ceeded relays. So intense was the heat of the stones that as the water was poured on them it dried up, while at the northern end the engines of the brigade per formed the same good and efficient service. At this period the fire was extending its ravages towards the terrace on the east and the chapel on the west. This latter building, with which so many historical recol lections arc associated, was saved from destruction through the united efforts of Connorton, of the "West of England, and the Southwark-bridge float._ Our reporter, along with some of the officers belonging to the Guards, and Mr. Braidwood, entered the chapel, and singular to relate the interior was as cold as if the fire had been miles distant. Indeed the principal cause of apprehension for the safety of the sacred edifice arose from the explosions which took place in the immediate vicinity, and whence arose the rumour that thousands of rounds of ball cartridge were in the vaults beneath the Armoury. While by far the greater body of the military and firemen bad their attention directed to the part on fire, the company of Artillery were most actively employed in removing the large qua ntit y of ammunition which was lodged in the White Tower. This dangerous material was removed to the Lower Magazine, which was quickly filled, and the remainder was thrown into the river ; and, as a precautionary measure, every blanket which could be found was immersed in water, and when completely saturated, was placed upon the cartridges and barrels of powder six and seven deep. While these precautionary measures were being adopted, the fire was making rapid progress at the east end, and' shortly after one o'clock, the fire caught the upper window of Mrs. Lloyd's residence, the corner of the Terrace, and a large bod y of water was directed on it when it was extinguished; in the course of afew minutes the flames again caught, and were a g ain extin g uished. A third time the fire caught, and began to assume a very alarming appearance, and great fears began to be enter tained that the house of Me. Lloyd would fall a sacri fice to the flames, which, had it happened, no human ex ertions could have saved the Map-office and the line of houses on the Terrace or the Irish Barracks. The cause "of this part repeatedly catching fire arose from the wind blowing from the north-east ; but, as if Providence in terfered, on a sudden the wind dropped, and in two mi nutes after it blew from the south, thereby carrying the current into the body of the fire. But for this s udden change the whole To wer must have been utterl y consumed . Between four and five o clock the fire began to slacken, and it then became evident that all further danger was at an end. Unfortunately we have to record the loss of one life, and a serious accident in another instance, both of which occurred to firemen. About one in the morning as Wright, one of the firemen of the County, was in front k th s li tr ß u o lk a l l Y j rlg rra ht s e g n ave the w s a i y de and knocked of 'the Armoury, the upper portion of the wall imme diatelywhen some of upon being taken up it was discovered that t h h i two of his ribs were fractured and Otherwise seriously ein bd rol cw a k b n : : i : injured. The poor fellow begged to be conveyed to his own residence, which was accordingly done, but last night, in consequence of the orders of Mr. Beaumont, he was removed to the hospital, and is, we are happy to state, in a fair way of recovery. The other is a more lamentable instance of the uncertainty of 'human life. From the immense body of fire which raged at the eastern wing of the Armoury the. stone work became completely disjointed, and during the whole of the morning at various intervals large masses kept falling; the dangerous state of the wall was noticed by Guards Mackay, Wing, Cum mings, and Howell, who were on duty at the end of the Terrace, and which was pointed out to the soldiers and others, and particularly to Wivell, the deceased, but so ' anxious was ho to fulfill the instructions which had been given him, that he continued beneath the wall, playing on the burning ruins. About half-past eleven, and with out the slightest intimation, a large mass of the stone work fell, and an immense stone alighted upon the helmet of the unfortunate man, and forced it in. He was im mediately dragged out and carried to the guard-room, Where he was attended by the garrison-surgeon, who used every exertion to restore life, but without effect ; the immediate cause of death appeared to be from con cussion of the brain. The deceased was about twenty four years of age, and was a remarkably fine young man, belonging to the Chandos-street station, and had been about three years in the brigade. Singular to state, the mother of the deceased called in the morning at Chandos street, to ascertain if any of the men were killed, as she had an impression on her mind that something had hap 'pened to her son. She was informed that nothing serious had happened, when the poor woman went away overjoyed that her fears were unfounded. Al though so dreadful an event took place, it had no effect in keeping the soldiers and others away, who, in a few minutes afterwards, placed themselves in positions equally dangerous. At seven o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Superintendent May, of the A division, made a report of the fire and loss to Colonel Rowan and Mr. Mayne, the CotnnOssionere . af -who directly . transmitted an account to Sir Xarifes 6reham, the 'SecrititrY - OrSthti, and also to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, as Go• vernor of the Tower; and shout half-past eleven o'clock one of his Grace's grooms came doen with a letter to 114or' Blrington, desiring to be in - Mimed of the particu lars and origin of the fire. In a -subsequertt part of the day Loyd Hill and several General Officers, besides a number of 'the Nobility, carne and ,visited the scene. Amongst the implements destroyed- was the Sword of his Royal Highness the Dukeof York, which he wore, we were given to understand, at the siege of Valenciennes, and two ~exquisite ornamental guns,'which were unique. The .btiteling• destroyed'wal built in the reigns-bf William Inli.Mary, and upon its completion the II o,yal Pair dined "vithitt . its walls attended upon by the. woi-kmen en ed at the building, and consequentlytt waK the most dern portion'of the Tower,' except' the' barracks. s l.Frotin the time of the outbreak of the fire, throughout whOle of yesterday, thontukds of persons ' ' congre gated on Tower hill, and at one o'clpol: the Commis :Stoners seat down' an 7 additional-twenty men ,of the G, ;and at two o'clock the same number from the K divi sions of police, to assist in keeping Dhethoroughfares on the hill clear. While the fire was raging, the reflection 'of the flames produced a curious appearance on the vast mass of person s . From the parapets, turn the eye in every direction you might, a countless host Of human faces met the gaze, which produced a sensittion as curious as it was impressive. To the judicious orders issued for not admitting the populace within the walls, in a great measure may be attributed the non-occurrence of any accident except those already stated. About 7 o'clocitlast night the fire began again to rise, when orders were sent up for fresh detachments of the Guards to come . down from 'the Wellington and Charing Cross bairacks, and the - various enznes were also ordered to remain. To the officers of the different regiments of the Guards, and those belonging teethe Artil lery, the utmost praisejsr due. Like the.men, they were actuated with but One feeling,,--that flf usitfg' their indi vidual exertions, as well as their - Imited e7ergies, to step the progress of the flames. The same mood of praise is due to Mr. Braidwood and the whole of the Brigade, as well as to kessrs. Connortori and Carter, of the West of England ' and County. To. particularise one person above - another would be unfair, for upon no previous occasion;;..,taglk aattliPak-Ahe two Houses—of• 'Parliament- and- the toyal Xx.ehange were destroyed, did men exert themselves more than they did during the raging of the conflagra tion. To the various Superintendents.and Police the same !tined of praise' is due., All'ivere actuated by one common feeling. At the same time every information vas given by every person connected rvrtliiihe'Tower to the reporters: 4- It is rathela singulareirrthustance that Major Elription, who bras been et :Weymouth for some time palt; arrived at his residence- late on Saturday , night, and during the whole of the eventful night ren dered as much assistance as any of the individuals pre sent. Tho exact loss of property at present cannot be ascertained ; but to-restore the building,iirms. .&e., it is estimated will exceed a million sterling. OFFICIAL REPORT OF MR. BR•AIDWOOD. Major Elrington, being desirous to obtain all the ac curate information in his power, in order to furnish it to his Grace, states that he made application to Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the London Fire Bri gade, and obtained from him the following statement, which he with great courtesy handed to our reporter : " London Fire Establishment Station, 68, Watling-street, Sunday Morning, Oct. 31. " Sir—According to your request I beg to state that the alarm of the fire in the Tower was given at three quarters past 10 o'clock P.m., of the 30th inst. On arriving there I found the circular building behind the grand staircase, leading to the small gun armoury, com pletely on fire, and the flames were extending along the main building on both sides. The height which the flames had gained, and the construction of the building, with the very scanty supply of water, prevented any I hope of saving the building itself. Every exertion was, therefore, made to save those adjoining, which were happily preserved. " The Map-office. was at one timein var.y great danger, which was averted by the exertions of the firemen, with the very efficient assistance of the troops. " The White ToWer was also at one time in extreme danger, and the arrangements of the officers and exertions of the soldiers alone prevented its destruction. " The fire appears to have commenced in the work shops behind the large Armoury, but I hare not been able to ascertain the cause. " The engines present at the fire were :—Nine be longing to the Tower of various sizes, eight large en gines belonging to the London Fire Establishment, two powerful floating engines, also of the Fire Establishment, one belonging to the West of England Insurance Com pany, one from the County-office, one from the Custom house, and four parish engines. "In conclusion, I beg to say that the danger of the fire further extending now no longer exists, but, notwith standing, several of the Fire Establishment engines will remain on the spot. " Sir, I have the honour to be your obedient servant, "JAMES BRAIDWOOD, "Superintendent of the London Fire Establishment. " To Major Elrington, Officer in Command in tho Tower." Major Elrington also states that the workshops in question were closed about the same time as the gates of the armoury, five o'clock, and from inquiries he had caused to be made of the persons who were the last to leave, the buildings appeared perfectly safe. With re spect to the origin of the fire, he thought it was caused from the flues of the stoves. HISTORY OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. The following historical account of the events con nected with the Tower, and of the curiosities it con tained, prior to the fire, together with the deaths and burials of the illustrious persons who resided within its walls, will doubtless be perused with more than ordinary interest at the present moment : THE TOWER OF LONDON. The celebrated fortress of the Tower of London stands on the northern bank of the Thames, at the eastern ex tremity of the city. It at first consisted of no more than what at present is called the White Tower, and, without any authority, has been reported to have been built by Julius Cesar, although there is the strongest evidence of its having been marked out, and a part of it first erected by, William the Conqueror, in the year 1078; doubtless with a view to secure himself and followers a safe re treat, in case the natives of Britain should ever have re course to arms. That this was the Conqueror's design, evidently appears from its sit ua ti on an d i ts communica tion with the Thames, whence it might be supplied with men, provisions, and military stores, and it even still seems formed for a place of defence rather than of offence. The death of the Conqueror, in 1087, about eight years after he had begun the fortress, however, for some time prevented its progress, and left it to be completed by his son, William Rufus, who, in 1098,. surrounded it with walls and a broad and deep ditch, which is in some places about 120 feet wide, into which water from the river Thames was introduced. Henry Lotrengthened this fortress with additional works, and King Stephen, in 1140, kept his Court here with great magnificence during the festival of Whitsun • tide. That monarch conferred the custody of the Tower upon Geoffrey de Magnaville, Earl of Essex, who proved faithless to his trust, and kept it for the Empress Ma tilda until he was made prisoner at St. Albans in 1143, and constrained to assent to its surrender. _ About the year 1190 the precincts of the Tower were considerably extended by William Longchamps, Bishop of Ely, and Chancellor of England, who, having been left at the head of the Regency by Richard Cc cur de Lion during his absence in the Holy Land, thought pro per to surround this fortress with an embattled wsdl of stone, and " a bade and deepe ditch," by which he ro greatly encroached upon the adjoining lands, and had part of the city wall " broken down for the enlarging of the Tower, to wit, from the poster gate towards the river Thames." For this proceeding Prince John besieged him in the Tower. After one night the affrighted pre all his for late agreed to surrender, an d to give up sca permission to retire to the continent. King John frequently held his court at the Tower, and both repaired and added to the buildings. Henry the Third, in 1240, ordered a stone gate, bul warks, and other additions to be made to this fortress, and the original Tower to be whitened, and from thence it was called the White Tower. During Henry's reign PUBLICATIONS. Just published, medium Svo. , with numerous Illustrations, 21a., THE STUDENT-LIFE of GERMANY. By WILLIAM HOWITT Author of 1 ' The Rural Life of England," Szc. From the Unpublished MSS. of Dr. Cornelius. " The historical passages are pregnant with solid learning. The darker colours of the picture, the wild excesses, the poetical fervour, and the festive and chivalrous elements of which the youthful character is naturally composed, which is nurtured in open freedom, are all painted by a bold and truth ful hand To this book, then, dismissing all previous pre judices and prepvse,sions, we earnestly recommend the serious attention of everybody who is desirous of, obtaining, at one view, a faithful panorama of the most. picturesque class of edu cated life on the surface of Europe."—Atlas. London Longman, Brown, and Co. FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING FOR 1842, Edited by LEITCII RITCHIE, Esq. This Volume, besides the usual number of Engravings, contains contributions from nearly forty writers, many of whom are highly distinguished in Literature and Fashion. Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill, London. IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS. Just published, price 6d., neatly T;;;;edinClemYBvo. double columns, embellished with a Lith og raphic Sketch of New Plymouth. 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A labouring emigrant's letter, now be fore us, calls the site of New Plymouth a fine place,' and Mr. Petro'• testimony is also greatly in its faveur."—New Zealand Journal. • London : Smith and Elder, Cornhill. Edinburgh: Charles Smith, Princos-street. Devoripoit : W. Byers, Fore-street. GREAT FIB*. IN . THE TOWER OP - -LONDON. -------A s , Aboukhalf-past ten on , . ;tkey night, a fire broke out in the Tower, which, ern egret to state, has beets attended with great loss of proPerty. The flames burst forth, according to some accounts, from the house of the Paymaster-Sergeant, next door to the Queen's Head public-house ; and, as soon as seen by one of the senti nels, f e l the s the firemen drums i beat, n the riverthe Aaeen a nc l pdel n eaan. i t • rrgi m hgliesißensh b fieyrn e bs.r l eos l te: dthinge : ie ‘ s\ri • l a vnelotze i rli r nhent u oceehs n faoett g rhohAdcieel t iiti h itini e lerluea g li )itl o o. oei i n , r:diyae g eisci s . .. gtsl e vhp e ae c eeil t nee,e i Ndi o dq n lo.yu s ra , ite: a ftien n -lag d ytia.hi t .tuie l e i nl e siwlp l ae v teasi l zi i te ele of the soldiers in garrison were . h n tt d ,h iAn express had been despatched to the brieeide force, `and Inspector Brardwood and e• g down, and in a few mounts they had commenced a well-directed play of their heee on the flames. The public houee otthe Queen's Head now caught the flames, and tbe .scene inside the gates became terrific.. A guard was , placed at the western entrance, and the most rigid ex= "elusion :prevailed. Egress and ingress was denied tO every olio but the soldiers, : the police, and h and the e e t fi et r a e l m ( l el n The flames now reached the armoury, otructibn of the. north-east end of the. building seemed inevitable. The exertions of the fire brigade and the soldiers were beyond all praise. The screams of women onti side the gates, jeho had relations within, vas most lieart rending, ; and a great number of persops of the first re: epectability, to 10 made the most urgent entreaty to b 4 .admitted, Iveee repulsed. - At half-past one a battalion , of the Foot Guards arrived, to render further aid ; and' as they entered the north gate a terrible rash took place to obtain admission with them, but the public were again. repqlsed. Aes e prdifig 42 other accounts, the flee broke out in a wolvi,sTop occupied by persons engaged in the finishing 4. 4' f armoury, and in,a very short time it spread over an • immense Villa e in.- of 342 feet long and 64 wide. Aftee e - '-elic Alta was given, 3lr. Pearse, the thiperintendent or .. .theft division ,of police, with a strorree.body of consta bles, arrived:ean the spot, and used eeeely effort in their power .to renieve the property that vvite• likely to fall a sacrifice to the flames, vdich by this time had gained a most eltraotclinary ascendancy, but eyeing to the scarcity, of water from We ordinary pipes, their efieirts weekeein availing, and }it a short time the whole exenge of heng was one entire mass of flames. At this time the Crown jewels, whicli Are estimated at the value of 100,0001, be came an-ribjedt of peculiar consideration', and Mr. Pearse and ethers—ler-gad ..- the proprieereoreer-oniovinee - these' upon Mr. Swift, the person appointed to have the care of them ; Dee their removal wits a task much more difficult than ordinary persons could irnegine. It may be in the recollecti:on of those who have vieieed the Tower, ancrlarticularly the Jewel-room, that they were separated' efeein the precious amid valuable baubles by a very strong iron railing, behind which the jewels were placed, and were . described beethe female who usually, went round with the visitors.- Mr. Swift, the master of the Jewel-room, occupied thi outer key to the Jewelroon), but the inner Iwy was ill..the possession of her Majesty's Chamberlain, and t4ere:ore a mast formi dable difficulty presented itself in reaching the diamonds through theoetrong iron. mil*. Such., h4lVeVer i wag-the 'urgency of the occasion, that It was decided on to force or break open the bars, and take out the diamonds. This was much easier conceived than executed, for after hammering away for at least twenty minutes at the grating, it was found that very little effect could be made upon that portion of it which consists of wrought iron, therefore the attention of those present ids directed to a portion which was cast-iron, and in ham mering at it a sufficient apace was made, in about a quarter of an hour, to admit Mr. Pearse, superintendent of the II division of Police, and ho instantly laid hold of the crown, and handed it out to Mr. Swift. He after wards handed out the other various valuable antique cu riosities ; and while doing so he was repeatedly called to get out of the place as soon as possible, else the build ing would fall about him. He, however, with the ut most coolness, removed every article before he left ; and Mr. Swift; guarded by the police, succeeded in removing his precious burthen to the house of Major Elringtoa, where he deposited them in perfect safety. By this time the whole range of building called the small armoury was one mass o flame. Such was the heat emitted from the burning pile that it was impossible to remove any portion of the property from destruction. At one period of the conflagration it was supposed that the destruction of the Jewel-office, the Qrdnance offices on the east terrace, from which a great number of the maps and charts had been removed, as well as that most beautiful arid antique portion of the ancient fortress, the White Tower, must have fallen a sacrifice to the-flames, but by the well-directed efforts of the firemen they prevented this additional calamity, as they played with their engines continually on those buildings. There was another point to which the attention of the firemen was directed, and that was the beautiful and truly an tique specimen of architecture, the church, at the south end of the building then in flames, which was commenced Just published, the Seventh Edition, price 3s. ; and sent free, in the reign of Edward 1., and finished in that of the on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3s. 6d., . late monarch, William IV. By the judicious manage- MA MATURE IN T HO OD: DECLINE,the CAUSES lai o n f D i i t r s oot P ioo ß s E fo - r anent r i a n n t c e l n d s t e r n e e n e u o e u f s C c x a e p r t a t i i o n n s ll o r f al te r fi r e e f m e t n h , e under Fusilier ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf- Guards, it was preserved, and at five o'clock the fire was fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, got under, being confined to the building in which it Solitary Habits, or Infection; followed by Observations on the broke out, but which at this time was reduced to a heap TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, of ruins. In addition to Mr. Pearse, the Superintendent &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. of police of the district, with Inspectors Donnegan and By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Norman, and a large body of constables, there were Su- Consulting Surgeor.s, London. by Bailiere Medical perintendents M`Lean, of the 11 division ; Mr . . .Young : of Published by the Authors, and sold the K, with a number of his men ; Mr. May, of tne A divi- Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, ' Regent street ; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, London ; Guest , Bir- sion ; and a number of the City police, with two of their in mingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ' • Philip, specters. During the whole of the tinie,from half-past 11 un- South Castle-street, Liverpool e Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier- ail two o'clock, the appearance of Tower-hill, the Minories, street, Dublin; Duncan,ll4, High-street, Edinburgh; and to and Lower Thames-street, presented the appearance of be had of all Booksellers, a bright day. The smallest print could be easily read so This Work, a Seventh Edition of which is now presented to high up as-the Custom-house. the public, ten thousand copies have been exhausted since its London ; Southwark, and Blackfriars' bridges were first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged crowded with spectators, and from these spots the sight by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general was the ' most magnificent that can be well imagined. principles, as also by the insertion of several new and highly in- The flames were distinctly visible, and, the night being teresting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the haiy, the whole horizon appeared a complete blaze ; result of very ample and daily increasing experience in a class of diseases, which, for acme unaccountable re ason, have been every now and again a body of fire shot upwards, as either altogether overlooked, or treated almost with indiffer- though it were projected from the crater of a volcano, ence, by the ordinary medical practitioner. The proverbial and again subsiding, it would sink into an apparently and well known rapacity of unqualified practitioners, who sudden calm, but only to vomit forth its burning embers traffic on the health and credulity of patients, has been en- with increased fury. couraged and aroused by this supineness, on the . part of the During the progress of the fire, cabs and vehicles of regular surgeon. In order to obviate the pernicious effects every description were employed to convey documents to sure to result from the practices of such pretenders, the various places of safety, and these were guarded by de authors have fur a considerable time devoted themselves ex clusively to a certain class of diseases; of the necessity.ef.so tachments of soldiery and police. The scene altogether vas one . of the most stirring and intense interest, and doing, they were further convinced by feeling that tact en in fvreosmt i g e a e t r i ntegi certain e e e latent r a e s toiuerecse,diseases, acquired wh b in y h an ar e i x se_ ntheectecycluvmithstaentcter o b f is t t h b e ric o a ld l e .r s e t c b ol u l i e l c d t i i n b g n in London con s being about to s can many onlyb e elusive and undivided attention to this department of medical fall a prey to the destructive _element, gav e a p ang of practice. The numberless instances daily occurring, wherein severe regret to th e bosom of the most indifferent *pee- 1 affections of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of tator that surrounded the Tower. Indeed, the feeling consumption, which, however, when traced to their source, Was unlike that we ever saw or felt on a similar occasion. are found to result from certain baneful practices, fully proves with particulars received It appeared as if every spectator had said to himself—" I that the principle of the division of labour, is nowhere more have sustained a personal loss in the destruction of this applicable than in medical practice. We feel no hesitation in saying that there is no member a society by whom the book up to a will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation ( n el t s io o n T a H l E b ß uil l icn . ctu , NT, late hour last night.) of a Parent, a Preceptor, or a Clergyman. sorrow o t f r wo o r p o f to l h i r s e of the small armoury in the The PARENT, who beholds his belayed child pining It is with feelings of the deepest regret we have to re away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in conse- cord the total destruction quence of some disease, which, for want of careful investiga- Tower of London, a loss which we regret to state is a tion of its real cause, has been set down to the score of con- national one, and which will be severely felt from one the em a sl n o sws e h a a r i ne l early gumption, will, on p eres i n e thi s work, b e as t on i s h e d to find, end of the country to the other. When the report was that in nine-tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, f r a r t t e he national monuments of the hour yesterday morning, it was generally disbelieved; heart disease, tubes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has when the reality broke upon the inhabitants but one been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by first circulated throughout tohfreasboml youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. The PRECEPTOR, also, who holds (temporarily at least), the relation and responsibility of a parent, will, country, a loss which is i_ pa A feel ing toe, al d e P s t r by perusing , this work, be directed and very much were used in the wars of Queen r e n d e o t i i n e i n n predominated, e d ;le t e h . age the under Marlbo assisted in investigating - and detecting the too . often con- rough, in Flanders, Fonteney, and Blenheim, and which cealed practices so often introduced into schools, whereby the raised the military glory of England to such a pitch, are health and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to be corn- totally lost, and upwards of 100,000 stand of arms are promised, unless the evil be arrested in proper time. He will buried in the ruins, while all that remains are the naked here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of outer walls of the building' n which those records of the this moral labyrinth, and a.standard whereby to judge, when , s nation' greatness were deposited. Shortly after the out delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the real causes of such attack may be, and thus break 'of the fire up to the peri d o when it was got he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. under, :our Reporter was present, and from being The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character is at once an eye-witness, as well as from the inquiries which concentrated the two-fold relation of parent and instructor, will were made upon the spot, from the officers of the here be directed as to the nature of those habits to which Guards and Artillery, and wardens, the following par youth is addicted; he will also be enabled to point out the dis- titulars of the melancholy catastrophe may be de estrous consequences which are sure to follow from them if not pended - on. That part of the Tower which had relinquished. fallen a prey to the conflagration, is situated opposite the Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their White 'Tower, and was joined on the' western end to the residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. - • Chapel; while, at the eastern end, was situated the Jewel- Country Patients are requested to be as minntd as possible in ce' ... m • the back abutted on w hat is termed the Old Mill the detail of their cases — as to the dura ti on of the complaint, '3 toms age, general habits of living, and occupation in the symp , Barracks, thelen gt h inthe building b eing of life of the party ; the.communication must be accompanied by depth, and which, i feet, and 60 or 80 feet _. from the the usual Consultation Fee of le, without which no notice band of the Regiment of Guards stationed in the Tower whatever can be taken of their application ; and in all eases, the • performing on a Sunday afternoon, was a place of consi most inviolable secrecy may be relied on, • i derable resort to the inhabitants of London and its envi- THE HON. H. W. 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Edward L, soon after his accession to the throne, eon , siderably improved this fortress, by greatly enlarging the 1.1 ditch, or moat, that surrounds the whole ; he also .I strengthened the principal entrance towards the west by fresh outworks. These may be regarded as the • last additions of an military importance that were ever made to the Tower prior to the invention of cannon. Of succeeding events relating to this fortress a very brief account must suffice. Edward IL occasionally retired into it as a place of security against . his subjects, and still further strengthened the works. : Ws Queen was here delivered of her eldest daughter, ( •alled, from her birth-place t Joan of the Tower. In Ed -1 vard the Third's reign this fortress, which bad been 1 ised as a state prison from the early Norman times, be came the place of confinement of many illustrious per s ons; among whom, at different periods, were David, li :ing of Scotland, and John, King of - France, with Philip, k is son. " During the insurrection of 'Pat Tyler, King Richard L I. took refuge here with all his Court, to the number o f 600 persons. Being compelled, however, to attend a .e .onference with the insurgents at Mile-end, when the -gates were opened another party rushed into the :. Tower, and seizing. Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chancellor, and Sir Robert Halos, '',. Lord Prior of St. John's, the Treasurer, together 1 with the King's Confessor, and one of his Sergeaets-at a krms, they put them to the sword upon Tower-bill.. ;tow, speaking of the Archbishop, says., ' There lay bis Tiody unburied all that Friday, and the morrow, tin after ttaoone, none daring to deliver his body to the sepalture; his head these wicked tooke, and nayling thereon his !hoods, they fixed it on a pole, and set it on London 'bridge, in place where before stood the head of Sir John • . Minstarwor th.' After the quelling of this rebellion, by the death of Vat Tyler audits subsequent consequence; I :ethe Archbishop's head was taken down off the bridge, nd e lYat Tyler's head was set in that place.' l` ,l>iring the long and sanguinary contest between the k. s.of York and Lancaster the Tower was the scena ehtty memorable events. In 1460 Lord Scales was ' .... i ' here by the Yorkists, but in endeavouring to 1 R apeby water, was taken and slain. Edward IV. fro kill tly kept his court in the Tower with great magni 3 - 4 . * e ; and in 1470, during the temporary subversion t :f =>>s - power, it formed the chief residence of his queen. I lenry VI. was twice imprisoned in this fortress; r, Id it was also the scene of his death in 1471, it ill a mystery. In 1478 George, Duke of Clarence, was, le .cording to tradition, secretly drowned here in a butt of tr.,airusey. ring.. - --........ -...44.:- ' - ii-- . ';'"r.- " The death of tOird HarthrligrivAillhetuft '- - - ,he 13th of June, 1483, lyeef e ,er or tbe Pro ;or _Glo cester (on a log of timber in front ofklie e thepel) e the7ei- . !ure of the Crtni:n by Richard, ad the suilgen and niVs * 2rious disappearance, and suppoerdee ()Otis i ephews, Edteard V. mad the beila,:of York,: ere aillir-, ....., emstances of ill - fez-Win the annals of this fertres, In the - reign of Henry VII. the: T'Oti•br teas rt.egifertiy. used as - a Royal 'resiclen4.;. be et ' ftare ,ftieeularly by the Queen, who sought riqlk, sere • from '' the society of her sullen and - mid- 43,c1 ..-- /I eshand:' 'Henry held his Court .here in 1414, ets:' . .1r Winiaire - Stanlexe,Lord Chamberlain, was consigned le 1 G an ninnerlfed -patkon Tower-hill, for an expression el lich was construes . to' favour Perkin, Warbeek. In 15( )1, tht King held a splendid tournament in the Tower. i ' Henry - VIII. frequently held leis Cori in this for tr.t., , s, and here many of - the victims of - liiS tyranny stif f. 4 ed'ieftprisonment and death. Among Omit *ere iwo CA eens a 'the beauteous but ill-fated Anne holeyAlaid the infanions Catherine Howard ; the former wia 6-, hee led in front of the chaßel, on the 19th oillay, :534 an i. 1 the latternelir the same spit, on the 11th of Fe bi s tary, 1542. At a" Edivardstrkheld his CeuttAiarelor , nearly a month p I , ior to his.coronation; and hdre his urafprfunate unclp„ t h. e Protector - SOnSerset, was twice imprisoned boTorc his , d .e capitation, on Tower e hill, on ;Jae 224 of January 1552.:. , I ):t his decease Lady Jane Grey, OfiCrIIITI a vietim to the ambitions viewsiof her lather-in-law, John Dudley, I,`n. ' )f Northumberland, entered this fortress as Queep of 3 3ngland ; but in the short space of three weeks shesvas t eimmitteh to it as a captive, together with her youthful I (usband, titeJeckrAi .Cs etilcif.utait Dnelley. .The Duke% of _I Vorthumbeßiint - vfith many of bis partisans, ha& been r reyiously consigned to these gloomy towers, before' he IA gas decapitate& on 'Tower-Nth During the early part o r these ptocteielingt, Queen Mary`heldher Court in the '1 'ower .; " and it wus there that slio fdrined her rouribil, a d first openly showed her deterMination to subvert tl le religion -a the Reformed Church," by celebrating th t - funeral exequies of her brother according to the Re •i sish ritual, although the Prince was buried at, West mi ti ster, according to the Protestant faith. Theyising of ~.. .ir Thornis 'Wyatt furnished the Tower with fresh ~. . ca:)t ives. 'His insurrection was followed.- - by.a dreadful sc, ei a of. eapguizear,e, .triepgeige D ecie j ) i le a r y 1,,, eee 1f,, in e the- hexer of .116i.yrIfItd hitio respected the your' th and 'virtues of Lady 7"06 — Grey, but she W a , i' now (}evaled to death, togoill& with her bus ba,v 1, Lord Gnihlford Dudley t • and both of them weee beheaded on the 12th o f 'February, 1554, - the forme er on the green before th¢ chapel - Within ihe Timer, and i the latter on Tower-hill. Elievew days afterweerels . . the 1 Nike of Suffolk, Lady Jane's father, was decapifiletT - . on tl to same scaffold. Nntue s ers Other victims of vent e and intolerance bebatne inmates of the Tower . dune 1g this sanguinary reign, among whom, passing over mare y per,oere of inferior rank, were the Bishops Ridley and. Latimer, and Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (ally of whom were burnt at Oxford in 1554 and 1555), the Earl of Warwick, the Marquis of Northampton, Colt :tenay, Earl of Devonshire, Lord Cobham, and Sir Jo! a i Cheke. w ~ti. A tno period of our history was it more " cohstantly thr.l aged with delinquents" than in the reign of Eliza beth . The Archbishop of York ' the Bishops of Win che s 'er,'Lincoln, Ely, Worcester, Exeter, and. Bath, and the Abbot of Westminster, were very early imprisoned het x • for denying the Queen's supremacy. The more ilb e arions captives in the same reign were Thomas Hol card, Duke of Norfolk (beheaded on Tower-hill on the 2d of June, 1571) ; Philip, Earl of Arundel ; ILu ry, Earl of Northumberland (who shot himself in con! nement in June, 1585) ; Sir John Perrot (the Que. m's natural brother) ; Robert Devereux, Earl of Es:;t •x (Eiizabeth's great favourite, yet consigned by her to t 4 e scaffold, and beheaded within the Tower on Ash Weil nesday, February 25, 1601). ..,i Tames L kept his Court at the Tower for a sly•rt time, after his accession and arrival in London ; and, on two ( e. three different occasions, that Monarch and his Quct n gratified their curiosity by witnessing combats of r 4 ld beasts, which were kept there. In this reign the unfortunate Lady Arabella Stuart, was imprisoned in the '1 ower, to which also was committ e d th e ga ll an t Si r Watts r Raleigh, Lord Cobham, Lord Grey, of Wilton, and ~j tilers, on a charge of plotting to raise that .Lady to the throne. Raleigh, on the 29th of October, 1618, fell ben ti th the axe of the headsman in Old Palace-yard. " In the same reign, aimo '1605 the gunpowder con spii tttors were imprisoned in this &tress, which also in 161 t - became the scene of the murder of Sir Thomas Ove elniry. Gervase, Lord Clinton • Sir Thomas Lake ; the .E . s . rls of Suffolk, Armidel, and' Oxford ; the Lord Chance llor Bacon, and Sir Edward Coke were also con fined lit re in the same reign. Durit g the disastrous contention between Charles I. and the Parliament, many of the leading partisans in the transacts ons of that period were imprisoned here. Among t hose of the greatest distinction were Lord Lou don ; Wontworth, Earl of Strafford, beheaded May 12, 1641 ; Li .ud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheadeo Ja • nuary 10, 1644 ; the Earl of Pembroke, &c. Under the. Government of Oliver Cromwell, and in the reigns of Charles IL and James 11., the Tower was oc casionally thronged with prisoners, the victims of State p y. , The late King's judges were part i cu l ar l y t h e objects ic . of vengeance ; and with them, between the Tower and the scaffold, there was but little space. Al gernon Sydney, and William, Lord Russell, were among the last imprisoned here in King Charles's reign ; the former was beheaded in Lincoln's-inn-fields, on the 21st of July, 1684, and the latter on Tower-hill on the 7th of December, in the same year. In King J a mes IL' s re i gn, the King's unfortunate nephew, the Duke of Monmouth, after a confinement in the Tower of two dajvs only, was beheaded on the alamnt scaffold on July it., 1685. On the eve of the gltriang revolution, of 1688, ti.e Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops were committed to the Tower, by a warrant signed by Lord Chmacellor Jefferies, and others of the Council. During the reign of William lIL, numerous Jacobites and other conspirators against the King and State were • confined here, and several executed on Tower-hill. In the succeeding reign feW persons were committed to this fortress, bra in that of George 1., when the Stuart in- terest had gained strength, it was again more fully tenanted. In the summer of 1715 the Earls of Oxford and Scars dale, Lord Powis, and Sir William Wyndham, were ot com mitted to the Tower; and on the quelling of the rebellion in the latter part of the same Derwentwater, Nithsdale, Viscount Kenmure, and others were and were also sent • thither as traitors. Derwentwater • 'll on February Kenmure were decapitated on Tower-hill . owasto the 24th, 1716; but the Lord Nithsdale, 1 1 year theE!c,rlseorfs' have suffered with them, made his escap ing night in female apparel, which h ad be c en wn c t o h n e ve l ;d e to ing celebrated Bishop Atterbury was kingdom on June the him by his own mother. At a sub s equenteommitte7iriottl the Tower, and thence banished the 17th, 1723. d by the Chevalier St. George, In the year 1745 a fresh eldestrebellion s in on S t : otthl the n p d ;e l t i e e i t t le with new inmates. Of these the furnished - the Towe end Lord Balmerino were beheaded Earl of KilmarnockAugust the 18th, 1746; Ratcliffe under . on tats Bth of December . following; s decapitated on April the 7th, 1747, Lord Lord Lovat ownenTtoawasrim-bilaia; fate Has in his 80th year, and although from old obliged o e supported to the scaffold t 1) warders, he met . , his fate with a dignified j ocose by H e e xpressed surprise that so vast a concourse ness. le should assemble to witness the t Perron was taking off of an aler t ti ro L°d rnafitrmw infirmity of people old gray head. ,‘ On the 13th of February, 1760, Ea r l committed to the Tower for shooting his steward, for which crime he was hanged at Tyburn on the sth of May f o llowing. During George lll.'s reign many persons we re imprisoned here on charges of high treason and other political offences. Among others was the patriot Wilkes, for a libel, 1762 ; Lord George nordon, in 1780, as the presumed instigator of the great riots in London' in that year ; Francis Henry de la Motte, the French spy, who was executed at Tyburn on the 27th o (July, 1781 ; John Horne Tooke, Thomas Hardy, John Thelwall, Wm. Holcroft, and several others, in 1794 -,_ Arthur O'Connor and James O'Coigley, i n 1768 ; and Sir FrF cis Burdett, Bart., in April, 1,1110. Sir Francis was im prisoned by order of the House of Commor3, for an alleged libel on the House, in a letter to hie constituents, the electors of Westminster. • ." On the 3d of March, It2o, the following persons who had engaged in an atrocious plot to subvert the Govern ment by assassinating his Majesty's Ministers whilst at PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BREWING. 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