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One Calendar Month, into the Medical Stores at agi l w.ithirt • a.lesty s N ictuallic , Yard at DEPTFORD, the under mentioned Articles, vi • *g CALICO . z. lO,O °Yards Li , „ , ........................................ • • EN 1 ILLOW CASES .. Si 3 O No. FEATHERS 1, 5 00 tbs. • FLANNEL WAISTco vcs WO No. SHIRTS •20•1 •- ' BLUE wNs Bl „ CLO Go TH COALS lOO ,x-. SHOR T TOWELS.. Of li I , ..., _ 1 4$1iN 5um ,...._. • • t • itta,VeS Or Valr3 IE'OIG4O4. r' r rl4 ''-144417114"......"."t11..'. i C(16'1" •w ---. , -..,..., rc-.....,..„ ybe seen at the said Office' ' . Tri.:!: Tender will b e received after ono o ' clock, on the day of for h tY, nn in t , d u l • anY notic e d, unless the party attends, or an age n t y authorized in writing. .Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralt'n and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for .• ac comp by a Lett er s i gne d b y a res p ons ibl e P erson , en !aging .0 become hound with the Person tendering in the I kr a of 25/• per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contracts —____ • jONDON N‘ 'ESTMINSTER WATER COMPANY. Offices, No. 7, St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar-square. Capital 600,0001. in Shares of 50/. each. beposit (in order to comply with Ow Standing Orders) 51. per sh h re. Applicants for Shares in this Company are respectfully re 'lllftted not to transmit cash with their applications, as the Ili tte, when the shares are allotted, must be paid at the B a nk ers , :lessr s . Jones, Loyd, and Co., or Messrs. Drummond. The 'loner already sent for Shares has been returned to the parties l 'hn have sent it. Th e allotment. cannot be made immediately, but will be made ry, speedilc. in order to eomplete the arrangement: in time 4)ieemply with the standing orders of Parliament. tfo n , the mean time applications for Slut es may be made to any e Niowi n Members of the Sub-Committee appointed by the / G .ft e ri n 7 4l Committee for considering them—Wm. Chaplin, Esq. mr Euston- square ; Thomas De Year, Esq., Lisle- Il r l t o ' Kensington ; and Captain MacDougal, Fir-grove, North toy. Britto n or to Our,elves. No. 16. Bedford-row; the Seere- P a d; • 7 , St. Martin's Place ;W. S. Northhouse, Esq., E. •WrJuson, Esq., ntary Age-it, No. 4, Parliament-street ;orto M. Guildhall-yard. Of all whom Mr. Ste ""'s Report may be had. WINTER, WILLIAMS, and WILLIAMS, Solicitors to the Company. WAX CANDLES, is. 21 per lb. ; Fine Wax, Is sd. ; Transparent Lights, prev,d • plaited \licks, I s . 9d. ; Genuine Wax, with the im e k '26. Sperm, I s 9d. ; Store Candles, 6}d. ; Extra-fine Waxed .1( Aloulds, Bd. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per ket Mottled, 6°s. and 66 5 . ; W in d sor, I s. 4d. per pae .tip Pal m I. 4d • Old Brown Windsor I. 9d. ; R ose , 2.5. ' pe r erinr Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Superfine Sealing ' Wax, 4s. 6d. fa r , th(n ; Gen u i ne S perm Oil , 9s. Od. per Gallon; Common. — F ,e new Solar Lamp, 3s. 8t °r Cash at I)AVIES'S Old-Est a bli s h e d W are h ouse, 6 , •AI • artin's-lane Trafalgar-square, opposite New Slaughter's Coff e ,, ..ouse. CAUTION 'lO PERSONS NEGLECT ING THEIR TEETH AND GUMS. lqreacr FRAM MONS., LE DRAY'S " TREATISE ON LOSS or TEETH." Among the various disorders of the Mouth, there is none more destructive than Scurvy, which on first entering the Gums ea u , them to bleed on the most trifling occasions, and pro tiuees the most offensive and frequently putrid breath. A s oft substance i nvar i a bl y accumulates around the necks of the Teeth, penetrates into the Gums, which gradually waste away, and the Teeth then become loose, and drop out whol e f rom th e i r soc k ets, and it is well known thto los s of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. On this subject a distinguished Lecturer makes the following ,hrervatioits When the disgusting effects o this accumt, n ation are consid erto : . , i t would appear impossible f that any per 4,asion etoltcl neeessarx to induce persons to ole6ate so great n uisance even on their awn account: or if ihey are too de based to procure their own comfort and cleanliness by employ 'flg a skilf u l D entist, they surely hare no right to shock the it4 7.es of oth ers , who possess more delicacy and propriety of ung than themselves. Yet, so it is; and the sight and the I'B° s mell are alike constantly outraged by the filthiness of some 1 4 , who seem to obtrude th e i r f aces th e c l oser in proportion the disgustwhi c h the y oceas i on. •' —Bell ' s Lectures, p. 199. aid gums Could such p ersons only see the horrid state of their teeth breath ,or fur a moment catch the odour of their own th they would not he s it a t e t o see k i mme di ate re li e f . To r1 0f(3,i0.1 men, shop -keepers, a n d trad esmen genera ll y , w h o .I'ra much intercourse with the refined and fashionable world, _W o od state o f t h e mouth must be of the greatest importance id 1 , , is n o t an offensive breath, which in nineteen cases out 4 1 twenty proceeds fro m the bad state of the teeth and gums, 'Cr y much calculated to prevent the blessing of matrimony? of tha I ' 4 h ow often, f rom i nadvertence or neglect, is the happiness Ouse a ;Marri age state most grievously interupled by the same The ineonveniencies attending the Loss of Teeth are too terwell known to require comment, but to those who have not ex ,ieneed the comfort of Artificial Teeth, Monsieur Le Dray 4 desirous of showing some of the difficulties more or less en• i: s r t ed . hy every individual without them. When the Teeth are t ' t t• js impossible to make use of salid foed ; and if the the is then loaded with pieces without being masticated, 'ne patient is exposed to the most distressing inoligestions, the notnach loses its power of contraction, and becomes weak in Proportion as it no longer digests ; besides, when the Teeth vr gone, a great vacuum is left in the m ou th, w hi c h occas i ons are muscle i n t h e face to be distorted, and the whole features wree:mpletely d rawn from their original position. T !lithinsist on the importance of the teeth, whether in regard e functions of digestion and articulation, to which they ; re so essential, or to personal app earance, i n w hi c h t h ey are coneerned, must appear a waste of words, were it not .i.o , iens that th , re are many p ersons who never give themselves itinl‘ a :rouble t o think upon the subject ; who seem scarcely t hat they possess teeth at all, while their gross and mil pable neglige stet assoe n ve renders th a f act too apparent to their friends 11,!astifiratiiales. 13. on is the fi rst process of digestion, and unless it P B olleri y , anti perfo rme d , the subsequent processes can never go on is ,sential is this preparatory process, that the neglect of it t, nfrB 'ent to occasion indigestion, a disordered stomach, ner ti ebility, depression of spirits, the skin becomes rough and t h ri p ri of a lead colour, the eyes lose their brilliancy, the lips for r. vermillion hue, and, in a word, it is no uncommon thing t-Zatthe whole body to receive such a shock as to cause re ion of the whole system, which produces an irritable , 4 , a P quite f ore i gn to the natural disposition, whereby t o LBecHno an annoyance t o our f r i ends, and a burthen beil°,,o%rselves But I need not d we ll upon t h e num eoncomitant evils whi c h may t h us owe their ktp" to" imp er f ect mastication. It is sufficient to r ot : , that M onsieur Le Dray's improvements will be t ope g [that be many years in advance of any system now in Eu and that art ifi c i a l teeth at e brought to such perfection, at t-,stablishment, No. 60, Newman -street, Oxford•street, as thtFlerforin this function in a manner equal in every respect to a s , :_ a toral teeth, and mav be used with every comfort. They eau," arranged as to restore the face to its former youthful a,,,a coirecting all deformities of the mouth, and entirely doirg ' a ith the old system of springs, clasps, anti wires. an essential point of beauty, the teeth must ever sten - 8- erninent. No regularity of features, no brilliancy of . om- Pleaitin, n sparklin g e y es , or s ilk en b ra id s o f jetty hair c ase that n lady bea u tif u l, w h o w h en she opens her lips (I honeh they be of cora l) , di sc l oses a set of teeth irregular or 'ibllow iseolour cr i. On the contrary, even homely features and a complexion are embellished and rendered agreeable by a ft°od set of teeth. A mouth large and ill-formed will pass 4Onotised, when it contains tet beautifull white and evn. On the other hand the effects of h decay, the y accumulation (if tBr tax, the bl ac k ene d and denuded fangs, and the tai n t o f th e rB ath, which i s a common concomitant of bad teeth, will %variably prove diswusti n and loath some . Regul ar tot tai, white, and free from all extraneous matter, n‘re an ornament equally attractive in either sex Those per ts wh o do not oossess this natural advantage, should en deavour, by extreme care and elean,iness, anti a timely resort %, 0 artilitnal :id, to remedy the imperfections, and supply the cefieiencies of nature, in circler that their teeth, if not an agree -4:l*able object, may be prevented, as far as possible, from hecomins Q lAllsive one. n Monsieur Lk: DR AY Surgeon-D en ti s t, 60, N ewman -street, ci af ord-str eet, respect fully acquaints the Nobility, Gentry, e rg y, and the inhabitants of London and its vicinity, that he "nooses to restore Decayed Teeth with his celebrated ?Attie oyNlartnoratum, so universally recommended by the Faculty nadand, France, and throughout the Continent, which ti "nee he i s so l e inventor and possessor of. The ope , on is pe r f ormed without the le.tst pain ; it is placed into ' e cavit y in an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds tna.rarr:cl,eltiinszinAtlofte, tritaiii‘urel. preventing and curing the Tooth Ache• progress of decry, allaying in one minute thi.a(.roost e xerueisting pain, and rendering the operation of cc ci Juni onnecessary, Ile also fastens loose Teeth, particularly Ne r" Persons, wh e th er aris i ng from neglect, the use of calo disers ( of the g ART IF gums, or a n y other cau se , bi i ciAL or NATURAL TE ETH of surpassing iIiZY,IO match equal in colour and shape thost left in the the fixed f rom one to a (ample e s e t, w ith out exttactina ( ! ()t ' giCivic,,, airy'pain ; anti they a re so exact l y formed to on te, th at the clost st observer cannot detect the difference, 11:is adva k `ar ntage, that th e y nev e r c h ange co l our, decay, or A 3 t the followi ng , Pori, charges : A ' 5 , 41 , , e 1 , * Artificial To oth r , n'Pl ......... ......... .. ......... _ _ A ete Set ..... _- at°' ..,, " JA 44. 3 I ; 0 3 4 171 F " 3 3 •, ,5. .9 9. ,5. If' ' ic, l l', h i i t , : ifs°. ' l ' l' o , ~`~~ ~~ _ . OCIETY of TRU HIGHLANDERS A GENERAL MEETlfG,of'this SOCIETY will c 4 "; place at th e B r i tish Coffe- .4oee, Cockspur-street, Tiffs .NisG, tee Bth inst., at Eight o'Clock, r.m., when it lattnuvv,l all the Members, with as many Friends as possible, will The BALL in AID o f th e FUNDS o f t h e SOCIETY w ill Jake plac e at the British Coffee-house as soon as the necessary a n - augm ents are completed. sTEAII,I---to MARGATE and HERNE BAY P \- , Direct. at Nine o'Clock precisely ; on TUESDAYS, TIIUNSD_AYS, and SATURDAYS, from London-bridge h atf, by the CITY of CANTERBURY or RED ROVER. of Alia to Canterbury, Dover, Deal, and all the eastern parts }C ent, by way or llerne Bay on the above days. Fast c oaches l eave Herne Bay for these places immediately on the arriv a l of the packets. Offices, 113, Fent:hut - eh-street, and at London-bridge Wharf. G' N-4:NERAL POST-OFFICE, JAN. 7, 1840. OTICE is hereby Given, that her Majesty's , Po stmaster-General will he ready to RECEIVE rvieNlvieEßS, on or before the 9 8th day of January next, at p oult o'Clock, for RUNNING a MAIL COXCII with y i ,„ HORSES between LONDON (via YEOVIL) and E I E at. , t ' s rb conditions ma be seen on application at 1112 Post-offices al ' sb u'') . , Yeovil y and Exeter, or at the Office of the Sur /eyor and 9 Th ol lperintendent of Mail Coaches in London. , • a Tenders are to be endorsed Tenders for the " London c) ll.Yet) v , l) and Exeter Mail Coach," sealed up and addressed her Majesty's Postmaster-General. By Command, W. L. .MABERLEY, Secretary. 10 10 0 -pct ...... inete Set . of Natural Teeth, beautifully ..' n } '"rited in artificial gums, or tine gold, 1 he sam' as A' '"g(11 Thirty Guimas 4 " t 'r ,, Set of Nlonsieur Le Dray's heauti!ul Mi ''r;il T„,h, hiolilv finished, in the first style, the .1 0 0 A. ! .. " , n p e as charged Forty Pounds ... to •7 i ,: . cd m i a principle yet inirival t., , t 1 1 rmiierin a t ,., sllnguish the Artitieial Teeth from the Natural )11 . e, g it impossible f t 4 v , Pri rtfi rrost satisfactorily all the purposes of the original ..t . , th mastication and articulation, imparting to the .counte . .- a you,„r ~,?.,1 iwprovol appearance, protecting the ''''' .ll l teeth arol remaining perfectly secure ni their plan's. k ,At Home every day f rom T en t i ll Six. • -,t,wlean-street, Oxford -street. i ~ -, PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, for establishing Steam Communication with British India, Sze. ; under Royal Charter of Incorpori.tion, granted November, IX4O. Capital One Mil lion, in 20,000 Shares of 501. each, with authority, under the sanction of the Lords Commissioners of her Maj(qty's Trea sur:,-, to increase it t DIRECTORS. *Arthur Anderson, Esq. Iticharti Bourne, Esq. Sir John Campbell, K.C.11, *Francis Carleton, Esq. Joseph C. Ewart, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. With power to add to their number, and elect a Chairman and Deputy Chairman. • 1 ' The Managing irectors. AUDITORS { The Hon. J. T. Leslie Illelylle. Jameaon Hunter, Esq. BANK r.RS—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere., and Co. STANDING COUNSEL—H. Bellentlen Ker, iCapt. Samuel Thornton, R.N. I Hobert Thurhurn, Esq. l*Brodie 11'Gliie Willcox, Esq. Charles Wye Williams, Esq. 'Peter John De Zulueta, Eq. SoLtcrrons—J. 13. De Mole, Esq., Merchant Tailors' Hall ; J. A. M`Leocl, Esq , 13illiter-street. SECRETARY-Mr. Janus Allan. The Directors have the satisfaction to announce to the Proprie tory and the public, that the Charter of Jr corporation for the Company, which, among other advantages, limits the responsi bility of Sharehelders to the amount their respective sub scriptions, has received the Royal Assent. Applicants for Shares are informed that the First Issue at. Par will be allotted on the 20th of January next, and that the Deposit of M. per Share will be required to he l aid on or before the Ist of February, 1841, to entitle Subscribers to receive a Di vidend out of the protit , , which will he declared in May, 1241. No further instalment on such Shares will be required for six months. The following vessels, now the property of the Company, are employed under the Mail Contracts with her Majesty's Governm2nt, for which services the Company receive annually 66,6001. : Tong. Home Power. .9RIENTAL ..., ~. ~. . . . 1,671 It rt P. A. T ) 'LIVE - 117'00 t",.. 1,5-40 • .. . ' t A GUS lIRAGANZA 687 IFIERIA ROYAL TAR NIONTROSE This Company has been formed under circumstances peen. liarls favourable for .osuring its success, and the prospects for the future arc based on the following advantages, viz.:— l. It is already possessed of property in steam-shipping, Eve., to a large amount, in active and profitable employment, and the proposed extension of its operations cannot fail to render the lines already established greatly more productive. 2. The management is under the direction of parties who have a competent knowledge of all the details connected with steam navigation, derived from long practical experience, some of them having been engaged in this branch of business for sixteen years. 3. An important branch of the Company's business arises from an already established trading and passenger intercourse with the Peninsula. 4. It has the advantage of two beneficial Mail Contracts with Government. h. The liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their shares, by reason of the charter of incorporation. The Prospectus and form of application for shares may he ob tained at the Company's Office, 51, St. Mary-axe, and at 44, Regent -street, London ; at the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company's Offices, Liverpool and Dublin ; also of the Bankers and Solicitors of the Company. By order,- JAMES ALLAN, Secretary. T I ONDON STEAM DOCK COMPANY. Capital £600,000. To be Raised by Subscriptions for Stock of £lOO. TRUSTEES. SIR JOHN CAMPBELL, K.C.H. CAPT. J. W. DEANS DLINDAS, R.N. C.B. JOHN LABOUCHERE, ESQ. mitrcroltS. Henry Codes Bingham, Esq. Captain Sir A. Sir John Campbell, K. C. H. R.N., K. C. H. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Dundas William lye, Esq. Campbell. Charles Unwin, Esq. Captain lion. A. Duncombe, William Wilberforce, Esq. R. N. , I.P. AUDITORS—Thomas Sedgwick, Esq. ; James John Thompson, Esq. ; John Taylor, Esq. P. Green, BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. ; Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, and CO. SOLICITORS. James Phillips and Co.. 33, Clement's-lane ; Timothy Tyrrell, Esq., Guildhall. STANDING COUNSEL—PhiIip Twells, Esq. INSPECTING ENGINEER—On behalf of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Admiralty, Captain Brandreth, R. E. ENGINEER—WiIIiam Bush, Esq. SECRETARY—John T. Tidd, Esq. The beneficial effects arising from the construction of Docks has been amply proved by those already made in the port of London, where the vessel is placed in perfect security, and the property of the merchant is amply protected. The application of steam to merchant vessels has established a new class of shipping requiring peculiar accommodation, such as cannot be obtained in the existing Docks. The time appears therefore to have arrived, when the great. commercial interests of this port and city should he provided with a Dock for the ocean going steam ships which frequent the Thames : and besides this, the interests of humanity ask for the speedy inst. ation of such measures as shall prevent the awfully numerous accidents to life and property incidental upon the navigation of large steamers in the crowded parts of the river between Deptford and London-bridge. One opinion only can exist as to the necessity and importance of a Stearn Dock in the Pert of London ; and it is matter of surprise, that the Metropolitan Port should not have preceded in a matter of such pressing necessity, the other great Ports of the Kingdom, Liverpool, Bristol, and Bull, in constructing Steam Docks. To accomplish the result, the present undertaking has been projected ; which, besides the great and valuable objects it has in view, offers the prospect of a fair dividend upon the outlay to proprietors. To satisfy the public of the secure footing upon which the undertaking is established, it is only necessary to state that ar rangements have been made between the Company and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by which the Public Service will be greatly benefited in the establishment of this Dock, and whereby the Company will derive such advantages as must necessarily have the effect of securing its prosperity ; the particulars of which may be seen at the Office of the Com pany, by application to the Directors, or Secretary. The Commissioners appointed by their Lordships to examine and report upon the undertaking, were Capt. Shirreff, R N., Captain Superintendent of her Majesty's Dock and Victualling Yards at Deptford ; Capt.. Beaufort, 11. N., Hydrographer to the Board ; and Capt. Brandreth, R. E., Civil Engineer to the Admiralty. According to these arrangements the works are to be pro ceeded with, and finished with all possible dispatch, agreeably to Plans adopted by, and deposited 'with, the Board, who have appointed Captain Brandreth, R.E., to inspect the Wsirks during their progress ; and the line of frontage of the proposed Dock is to be subject to the approval of Captain Beaufort, R. N., Hydrographer to the Admiralty. Upon a careful examination of the different sites on either side of the river Thames, suited to the purpose of a dock of this description, there is not one which offers such excellent qualifi cations as that situate between her Majesty's Dock-yard and Deptford Creek. These advantages sre,—the depth of water to be obtained close in shore,`—the proximity of the various railways, south of the Thames, for the conveyance of goods and passengers,—and the low value of the property necessary to be taken. These advantages will also be increased by the depth of water at the Lock Entrance and Frontage of the proposed Dock. The Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having permitted to be adopted an arc founded off a radius of 4,500 feet, commencing at the Royal Dock-yard, and terminat ing at the Greenwich Pier, thus giving an extension of wharfage into the River, which will tend greatly to improve the navigation of that part of the Thames. Amongst the advantages to be derived by the Steam Ship Owner, may be enumerated the saving of wear and tear of en gines—of fuel—of freedom from risk of collision, and conse ,p,mt expensive results—safety of the vessel—facility for in spection after long voyages—convenience for fit in;; and refitting —an abundant supply of tittered water always et command— together with a depot of coals within the Dock. . A careful and detailed estimate has been made, and the same is to be approved by the Engineer of the Admiralty before the works are commenced. It will not be unimportant to know that the Dock will con tain quay-room for vessels to lay alongside, of about 7,476 feet, and capacity of water-room equal to the accommodation of 100 steamers, besides craft at one and the same time, with amply space for loading and unloading, and lauding and embarking passengers. The affairs of the Company will be conducted by a Board of Directors, consisting of not less than eight, nor mare than eigh teen, under a Deed of Settlement, to be approved of by the Counsel of the Company on behalf of all parties, and by an Act of Parliament, so soon as the same e,mn be obtained, to contain all such clauses and conditions as may by such Counsel be deemed necessary and available for the government of the Company, and the limitation of the Subscribers' responsibility. Application to subscribe for Stock, may be made to the Se cretary, post paid. A deposit of 10 per cent. to be paid upon subscribing, and no further call will be required for six months. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will be allowed upon a limited number of subser ptions for 100/. Stock paid in full at the time of subscribing--to be received half-yearly until the Dock is con.pleted, when the profits will be divided amongst the Proprietors. January, 1841. JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary. FORM OF ATPLICATION FOR STOCK. Sir,—l request you will insert my name as a Subscriber for Stock of the London Steam Dock Company, to the amount of £ , upon the terms offered in the Prospectus. Dated January, 18411.-1 am, Sir, &c. [Name.] [Place of abode.] To the Secretary of the London Steam Dock Company, King William -street, London 13ridge. • At the average low water. neap tides, hi to 20 feet ; and 39 to 43 feet high water, ordinary spring tides, according to the Admiral y survey of Captain bullock. lt.N. ; thus giving steam vessels of the largest class the facility of arriving or departing, independent of the tides. NFI RMAR for the CURE of ST R IC TUP Es of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GOMM GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA TIVE ld URINARY ORGANS. ri„t th!tan,,i ng the above Instil Lai - iselosed, Patients ~ .tuntinuc tc receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (A:r. Courtenay, 4!, Great .Mariborough-street,) by ar ii;ying at his own hcJSC instead of the Charity. Hour. , of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings and front S,.ven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the Morninu, hut not in the Evenisig, CAUTION. NOTICE Ilereby given that by the recent VERDICT obtained by Messrs. MORISON against certain Impostor s for counterfeiting their Medicines, all persons attempting to dispose of medicines as and for " AIORISON'S PILLS," lAhich ar e i n f act mere spur i ous i mitations, are liable to have actions brought against them for every box sold under that came, which actions Messrs. Morison will deem it their duty to in force in every case that comes to their litiowiedge. British College of Health, Hamilton-place, New-road, London, Dec. 29, Is4o. BUCK'S HEAD HOTEL, 61, ARGYLL-STREET. GLASGOW. CHARLES M7lClio NALD (many years Head Waiter at the Bush and Coffee-house Hotels, Carlisle) in returning his sincere thanks to Commercial Gen tlemen, his Friend=, and the Public, for the very liberal pa tronage he Las received since his Commencement in the above well-known Establishment, begs leave respectfully to intimate that he has now fully completed his extensive Alterations and Improvements, the whole having been newly and ele gantly furnished with proper regard to the comfort and con venience of his visitors. He has selected a lar ge stock of first-rate Wines, Spirits, Scc., and as the business will be con ducted under his own immediate superintendence he hopes if will be found deserving public patronage, which it will ever be his study to deserve. N.B. Excellent Stables and Lock-up Coach-houses are at tached to the Establishment. Job and Post-horses and Nod dies let on hire. *,* The above Hotel has the advantage of being situated near the Edinburgh and Ayr Railway Stations, and Convey ances leave to suit each Train. Every facility is also afforded to passengers to and from the various steam-packets. Jan. 5, 1841 • NATIONAL LOAN FUND, LIFE AS SURANCE, ar.d DEFERRED ANNUITY SO CIETY, Di Cornhill, London.—Dec. 24, 1840. . , Notice is hereby given, that the II ALVNEARLY INTE REST, at the rate of 5 per Cent. per annum on the CAPI TAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, due on the 31st instant, will become payable on the 11th day of JAsuzinv next ; and Proprietors can receive the same at the office on that or any subtequent day, between the hours of Eleven and Three. By Order of the Court of Directors. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. ATIONAL LOAN FUND, LIFE AS SURANCE, and DEFERRED ANNUITY SO CIETY, 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament, DIRECTORY. T. LAAIIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. I John Rawson, Esq. H. Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. A u nyroas---Dr. G. Gregory, F. R. A.S. ; Professor Wheat- F.R.S. ACT A 2CY—W. S. B. Woolimuse, Esq., F. R. A. S. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large paid up capital, and accumulating funds, with moderate rates of premium, the following is one amongst many of the advan tages which belong exclusively to the principles of life assu rance and deferred annuities originated by tre Society, viz.— Power to borrow, (without delay, expense, or forfeiture) two thirds of all premiums paid upon a policy of assurance. Premium for assuring 1001. Age. I s. d. Age. _ 1: s. d. I Age. I £ s. d. 251 118 61 35 210 111 45 1 3 1 7 4 -- 30 1 2 4 41 40 218 81 50 1 4 4 2 DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. By the plan exclusively developed by the Society, a single ctef?r:ed annuity is made, rut only to answer the same object, hut to equal in amount the entire sura of all the advantages neretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes by separate investments in Savings' Banks, Benefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the .most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum ( Is. a week) at 20 will at 65 give the policy holder the choice of an annuity for life of 471. 16s. 6d.: 3941. I Is. in cash; or policy without further contributions of 4661. at death. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in case of premature death. The report to the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, prlspect uses, tables, &c., may be obtained at the office of the Society, by letter or otherwise, 26, Cornhill, London, or at any of its Branchos throughout the country. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Sec VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN COMPANY. No. 18, King William-street, City. Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. William Allen, Esq. John kind, Esq. renjamin Barnard, Esq. Evnialtin Lancaster, Esq. Charles Baldwin, Esq. '1 honir.s Nesbitt, Esq. James Cocknian, Esq. Major-General Robertson Bryan Dunkin, Esq. Daniel Sutton, jun., Esq. Aaron Guldsmid, Esq. O'Bryan Bellingham Woolsey, alit/Ilea Law .lones, Esq. Esq. iii.icrrotts.— :Messrs. Lake and Curtis, Basingliall.s.reet. ACTrAItY sso SECRETA RATRAY. Among other advantages offered by this Company are—Mo derate Premiums—payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly. Participation in Profits.—Facility in effecting Assurances on every description of risk depending on human existence. And a liberal and advantageous system of Loan, on real or on doubted Personal Security, to parties Assured with this So ciety. IQ ENEVOLENT FIRE and LIFE it IN SURANCE, and NAI'IONAL BENEFIT SO CIETY, 351, Strand. Capital, 250,0001. Under the Management of a Board of Directors. This Society, in addition to the general business of Insur ance. Companies, has been formed for the purpose of enabling persons of very moderate means to attain those objects hitherto confined to the more weathy, viz.:- Ist. Insurii.g their lives in sums from 51. and upwards, se curing Deferred Annuities as a provision for Old Age; Wee.c.y Allowances during Sickness ; and Endowments for Children, the Premiums being divided into Monthly Instalments for the convenience of the Insured. Also for the protection of such as possess only a small personal property, Insurances are effected against loss by Fire, in sums from 10/. to 100/., by Quarterly Payments ; thus Household Goods, Wearing Apparel, Stock in Trade, Workmen's Tools, &c., to the value of 20/. can be Insured, on payment of Sixpence every Three Months, duty included. The attention of the Public is particularly directed to this very novel feature, for the man to whom this fact is known, will heneKorth deserve little sympathy should hi become the victim of a calamity, against the evils of which he could so readily have guarded. Prospectuses, detailing at length the various modes and rates of Insurance, can be obtained on application at the office, 331, Strand, or to any of the Society's Agents. HENRY WILSON, Actuary and Secretary. THE CHEAPEST LIGHT. ROI3INSON'S PATENT BRILLIANT NAPTHA LAMPS are cheaper, more cleanly, and an excellent substitute for gas, oil, •r candles, simple to manage, require no attention or snuffing, not apt to be out of repair, free from grease, dirt, or sparks, and tv!ver chill. A post-circular of pattern, with prices, will he sent by forwarding the address (free) to H. M. Robinson and Co., No. 19, Minories, Aldgate.—Agencies and Licenses granted. A libe ral allowance to the trade. Naptha of first quality manufactured and supplied regularly. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, and OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. lIIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the 1 01 Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally recommended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis orders incident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou sand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex pense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com mons have used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. It. S. See J. 11. Lichfield, Esq.'s Letter, Whitehall. 1)r. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim stone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the " Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters of Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of the first respectability. Abstract of a letter from Mrs. L. S. Brewer, Dress-maker, 3, Edge-terrace, Kensington Gravel Pits. To Mr. Grimstone, Inventor of Eye-Snuff. Dec. , 1840. Sir,—l have been a sufferer for seven years, both eyes being so swollen as to cause blindness. Among the many Medical Gentlemen who attended me was the famous oculist, Dr. Alexander ; indeed. I do believe my case was beyond all their skill. " Physic, Bleeding, Blistering, with a seten, of all kinds of Lotions, but no relief," till chancing one day, being led by your house in 39, Broad -street, Bloomsbury, my guide inquired if I Karl tried your Eye-Snuff, on which I purchased a ls. 3d. Canister, opened it in the shop—took some, and was greatly relieved before I reached my borne. I car. with truth assert, and snake oath if required to do so, that it was your Eye- Snuff cured me. Sisal be happy to answer any inquiry. I am, Sir, yours gratefully, L. S. BREWER. Observe the Caution:—W. GRIMSTONE is the sole in ventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in canisters, at Bd., ls. 3d., '2 s . 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs., and 15s. 6d. each, by the Proprietor, W. Grimstone, at 38, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, and can be obtained in all the principal towns and cities. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and all vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains its benign qualities in every climate Ail Snuffs and Cigars shipped on the shortest notice. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. ESSRS. SLOAN and CO., Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, 4, ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-STREET, and 28, IRONMONGER.LANE, CHEAPSIDE, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the Morning until Ten at Night, on every variety and stage of Syphilis, with that delicacy and secresy they have hititerti ob served. The treatment they pursue will not subject any patient to confinement or hindrance from business. Cases of an ex treme nature they eradicate in eight or ten days, or if slight or recent in two or three, without the indiscriminate use of mer cury, and at a moderate expense. Generative 'lability, Gonorrhoea, and Strictures of the Urethra, unhappily so preva lent, are treated upon these unerring principles which have in sured to Messrs. Sloan and Co. so large a share of public ra.. tronage for nearly thirty yearsin London, and which it will be their future exertion to maintain. Letters, containing an enclosure, will be answered by return and patients, however distant, will be corresponded with until recovered. DALBY'S CARMINATIVE. Prepared by JAMES DALBY. The well.known efficacy of this Medicine for nearly a century, in the cure of Flatulence, Disorders of the Bowels of Infants and Grown Persons, Chclics, Fluxes, &c., has led to many spurious imitations ; to guard against which it is only necessary to be particular to ask for "Genuine Dalby's Carminative," prepared by JAMES DALBY Sold wholesale and retail by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, 95, Earring street, London (whose name is engraved on the Government stamp), and by all Me licine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom and the British dominions. Price Is. 9d. perbottle, stamp included, The Carminative will keep unimpaired in any climate, 1/ k YOUNG PERSON who has during the LA. Lot nine years been accustomed to SHOPKEEPING is desirous of entering a similar SITUATION. 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Please be accurate in copying the Address. R INGHA M and DERBY JUNC TION RAILWAY.—NEW SHARES. CALL of 5/. PER SHARE, in addition to the Deposit of 5/., makirg 10/. The DIRECTORS of the BIRMINGHAM DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY having resolved that an Instalment of 101, on each of the New Third Shares in this undertaking, created under the provisions of the Act relating thereto, passed in the last Session of Parliament (3 Viet. cap. 51 ), payable on or before the 29th of January next, should be called for, Proprietors of such New Shares in this Company are hereby required to PAY, on or before that day, to any of the undermentioned bankers, the SUM of 10/. on each of their re spective New Shares. RANKERS. London—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard street. Birmingham—The Birmingl:amßanking Company. Manchester—The Manchester4tuf Salfoal Bank. Derby—Messrs. W. and S. Evans. Burton-upon-Trent—The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Stafford shire Union Banking Company. Sheffield—Messrs. Parker, Shore, and Co. The Bankers have been severally instructed to charge interest at the rate of Si. per cent. per annum, according to the provisions of the Act. above referred to, from the 29th day of January next, on all sums which shall be tendered after that day. HENRY SMITH, Chairman of the Board of Directors. THOMAS KELL, Secretary. Waterloo -street, Birmingham, Dec. 31, 1840. The Proprietors who have paid the deposit, of 51. will have credit given them for the amount so paid on payment of the above call, and as part thereof. SOUTHAiNIPTON DOCKS. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST, computed to the 31st ultimo, at the rate of 41. per. cent. per annum on the capital of the Company actually paid up, will (pursuant to the Act of Incorporation) be PAID t o the Proprietors, at this Office, on and after MoNDAY Next, the llth inst., between the Hours of Eleven and Three o'Clock. The Directors take this opportunity to acquaint those of the Proprietors who cannot conveniently inform themselves, by per sonal inspection of the works at Southampton, or inquiry at. the Office in London, as to the actual progress of the uric:taking, that the construction of the first, the great tidal dock, of 16 acres area, proceeds with unremitting vigour and success. The Contractors have from 400 to 709 men, according to the wea ther, besides a large force both of steam and horse power; at work on it day and night ; and the Directors have perfect confi dence that they shall redeem their pledge to one of the large Transtnarine Steam Mail Packet Companies to be ready for the reception and despatch of their fleet of steam-ships, eight in number, by the Ist of September of the present year. Three other Steam Navigation Companies, on the largest scale, are at the present moment in actual negotiation for the adoption of Southampton as their port of arrival and departure. The se cond, sr close dock, of 14 acres area, for the reception of mer chant-vessels, is already in so forward a state that there exists no reasonable doubt that it F ill be in active and profitable ope ration before the close of next year. By Order of the Court of Directors, GEO. SAINTSBURY, Secretary. Southampton Dock Office, 19, Bishopsgate-within, London, Jan. 4, 1341. ECONOMICAL WINES and SPIRITS, for Public Institutions, Charitable Purposes, &c. war ranted Genuine, and of as sound and invigorating quality as those of high prices, for Cash only : Port Wine...i.:6o per Pipe, 10s. 6d. per Gall. 24. per Doz. Sherry ..2'55 per Butt, 10s. 6d. „ 245. „ Cape £26 ~ 6s. 6d. „ 15s. „ Brandy, 245. ; Rum, 12s. ; Gin. R e . per Gallon. HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and Co. Gray's Inn Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn, London. PUBLICATIONS. Price One Shilling. 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Holland's Balsam of Spruce gives immediate ease in all Asthmatic cases, and particularly in Hoarseness, Wheezings, and Obstructions of the Chest; while those who have laboured for years under the misery of a confirmed Asthma, have been enabled by its use to enjoy the blessings of life, and to pursue their avocations with a degree of ease and comfort they had been strangers to for years. Prepared by Charles Holland, and sold by his agent, T. Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by at least one person in every town in the kingdom. Price Is. 'bd. a Bottle. Sold also by Johnston, 63, Cornhill ; .Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. JUVENILE FLAGELLATION.—THE SHERIFFS IN A DIFFICULTY. —Two boys, of the names of Regan and Donovan, were tried on Tuesday, and ordered to be whipped yesterday morning, and then delivered up to their friends. The work of flagellation is part of the duty of Calcraft, the executioner, than wham no official can be more punctual in the performance of his duty ; and he is equally punctual in his attendance to perform it. It hap pened yesterday morning that the " functionary" did not attend at the usual hour (eight in the morning), hence the Sheriffs were at a loss as to how they could carry the sen tence into effect before the Court opened at nine o'clock, the whipping post being under the floor, and the cries of the culprits are distinctly heard in it. It was at length announced that there was a person who acts as a mesien ger about the Court, who formerly held a situation in the House of Correction, and was there a practical hand, and could " wield the cat•o'-nine-tails with dexterity." Fur ther time elapsed before this amateur could be found, but, on his arrival, he readily agreed "to perform." It appears he gave such satisfaction to all (the culprits ex cepted), that the Sheriffs appointed him " instanter" to perform that duty permanently—s duty which was always repugnant to the feelings of the man whom he has super seded. Formerly it was the custom to flog adult prisoners publicly, and a few years ago 19 non were tied up in the court-yard on one day; but since the amelioration of the criminal law that degrading punishment lies been ii,ffeted only upon prisoners of tender age, and a birch rod has been substituted for the " cat." ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR NOT- TisoRAIL—We regret to announce that on Saturday morn ing last, another destructive and extensive fire occurred at Paplewick, nearly five miles from Nottingham. In one hour from the discovery of the fire, the roof of Forge-mill had fallen in, and in three hours it was a complete is rock and scene of devastation and ruin. The engines at rive' from Nottingham, but all the mischief was done ; the pro mises were burned to the ground. Oil the 30:b Nov., 1838, two years and a month ago, Forge-mill was de stroyed by fire, and was afterwards rebuilt, and fitted up with machinery of the most costly description. On this occasion, in addition to the loss of the building and machi nery, we are sorry to say a large stock of wheat, barley, oats, and flour have been consumed ; what the amount of damage is we cannot learn at present, but it mast be several thou sands of pounds. There is no doubt that the mill has been wilfully set on fire. The building belonged to the Duke of Portland, and the property inside to Mr. Charles A ll cock, an extensive factor of Bulwell, and was insured in the Norwich Fire-office.—Lir,coln Gazette. We understand his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge will i n the course of a few weeks be promoted in the army. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN AND THE ELEVENTH HUSSARS. (From the Alliyator.) We regret that we should have occasion to call public attention to the conduct of the Earl of Cardigan towards Dr. Sandham,. a most meritorious officer of this regi ment, which conduct has, however, bad the good effect of producing a just, but tardy and unwilling reprimand of the Earl by the:General Commanding.in• Chief, to whom corn. plaint was officially made. The circumstances, we understand, were, that Lord Cardigan had given orders that Dr. Sandham should at tend the troops to church and back ; on leaving, the doc tor passed through the little gate of the church-yard and fell in with the men, who marched through the large gate. When the troops reached the barracks the adjutant said to Dr. Sandham, " It is his Lordship's order that you fall in with the troops." " I don't understand you," replieel the doctor. "It is his Lordship's order," re joined the adjutant, and went away. On the dismissal of the troops Dr. Sandham went to the Earl of Cardigan and said, " My Lord, I have been ordered to tall in with the troops ;" to which his Lordship replied, " Those are my orders, Sir." " But I don't understand them, my Lord." " They are my orders, Sir ; and then his Lord ship, seeming to reflect, inquired; " Did you not come out at the small gate ?" to which the doctor replied, " I did." " Then," said his Lordship, I order you in fu ture, Sir, to come out at the large gate.' Some one overhearing the above conversation asked Dr. Sandham what the row was about, when he replied, " I came out of the small gate instead of the large one." His Lordship overheard, and sent for the doctor, and in the presence of two officers he gave him a severe reprimand. Dr. Sandham sent in a written complaint to the General Commanding-in-Chief, through Lord Cat digain, who called for a counter statement from the two officers, as his witnesses, of what passed, which exactly agreed with the doctor's statement. The Earl of Cardigan came to town to sec Lord Fitzroy Somerset, who was absent, but he had an interview with Lord Hill, and shortly afterwards the I Earl received the following reprimand : 7 _ " Horse Guards. . . " Lord Hill regrets to find that his recommemhtion to the Earl of Cardigan, on a previous occasion, has not had the eficet of preventing applications to the Horse Guards, by way of .complaint of tie Earl's conduct." We think that his Lordship would best consult his own dignity—comply with the %Indies of the army in general, and more particularly of his ownlregimcnt, and would conci liate the feelings of the British public towsrds himself, were he at once, by retiring from the army, to restore that harmony and good fellowship again to the 11th tars, which until his Lordship joined the regiment previ ously existed. We understand that the two cflicers, and Dr. Sandharn, expressed their intention of leaving the regimem in con sequence of this affair. * Dr. Sandharn entered the service in 1805, was at Buenos Ayres with the Carhineers, at the taking of the Cape of Good Hope, through the war of the Deccan, and the taking of the different fortresses, and at Bhurtpore.— The Doctor has been thirty years at least upon foreign service. TREATMENT OF FEMALE CHIL- DREN IN POOR-1101:SES. THIRD DAY. CUATITAII, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—Thi3 morning the Rev. J. Fornby (the Ctsairman) and other County Magis trates, with Mr. Tufnell, the Assistant Poor-law Com missioner, and Messrs. Ltissell and Heywood, the legal ad visers of the Bench, resumed the investigation into the eon duct of James Miles, the Master of the Hoo Union. After Phillis Danes' deposition was taken, which went to prove acts of cruelty towards her own daughter, as well as upon the person of Eliza Screese, the Magistrates di rected another witness to be brought in. Ruth Biils was then sworn.—l live in the floo Union, and have been an inmate there for four years last Novem ber. I saw Sarah Barnes flogged by Mc. Miles, our Master. She was heat with a birch rod in the hall. The Master flogged her while she was la ing upon a table. Her clothes were taken up by Mr. Miles. and he beat her upon her naked person. I saw her beaten again. Tile flogging was the same as before, and was done by Mr. Mika, the Master. I cannot say on what day it was, or how long, before she ran away from the workhouse. Both floggings were done in the last year, but I cannot name the month. I know Char lotte Barton. I cannot say I have seen her beaten, but I have heard her cry. I was in the same room at the time, but I cannot say that I turned round from my work at her crying. 1 have heard her cry when the master had threatened her for having done wrong. I never held any girl but Eliza Screese when she transgressed. I held her down by standing opposite the master at the end of the table. The master her a few strokes with the birch rod. Ile tinned her clothes down, and hit. her across the shoulders. Ann Je•fierics held the child Eliza Scrcese down as well as I did ; Scrense untied her clothes herself. I know Mary Paste. I have not s-en her flogged. I never saw Sarah Rayner punished. I was not down where the children were. The next witness called was Mary Lewis, a married woman, whose evidence was of the same character as Ruth Bills'. She was subjected to a scorching examination, in the course of which the following facts were elicited : Mr. Tuffaell said there is one question I should like to ask the witness. She has said that the infants were taken from the breasts of their mother wheu the! were only ten months old by the Master. Ile had no authority to act so, and it is a very serious imputation of misconduct on his part. I wish to ask if there was any reason assigned for depriving the witness of her child ? Witness—The doctor said it would he better that the child should not suck the breast as I was obli4ed to take opiate. By Mr. Ellers—l do not know the reason the other pauper children were taken away, but there was one woman who cut her threat. She told the Master if he took her child from her she would cut her throat ; and he did do it ; and after she left the house she carried her threat into execution, aad did cut her throat. Mr. Prall—lf that fact is taken in evidonce, we must go into all the circumstances of the case. If such a statement ;s allowed to go forth under the Influence of an oath, we ought to rigidly inquire into all the details. It is a very grave insinuation agiinst the Master. Witness—l do not charge the Master with anything. I only repeat to you what the woman said to me, and she did cut her throat. Cross-examined—The woman was the mother cf Mary Paste, the girl who was flogged. The words used were these—the master said to a girl, " Take that child down to the school-room." The child was about twelve months old. The mother said, " I will rather cut my throat than my child shall be taken from me." The child was taken away from her. The Master did not threaten her at all, but said, " Pooh, pooh I go and get your supper." The next morning after breakfast she left the house and took all her children with her, and about a month afterwards she cut her throat, finding that she could not support her children (as the reporter understood the witness). A lengthy discussion here arose between the Magis. trates, as to whether they should proceed with the inves tigation or adjourn until afu ure day. Some of the Ma gistrates expressed their Willingness to sit until midnight, if there was any prospect of getting through the case. Mr. Essell said the next witness was an important one, and her examination would take several hours. After another brief examination, the investigation at aix o'clock ails rgain adjourned until Monday morning. MR. HILL.—We noticed in our last the recent death, at an advanced age, of Thomas Hill, Esq., fami. liarly designated by his acquaintances (amongst whom ho reckoned the most celebrated of the literary men, artists, and actors, and the leading publishers of his time), " Little Tom Hill." His good humour, and certain harmless peculiarities, rendered him at all times a wel come and an amusing associate. No one knew his age, nor could he ever be prevailed on to confers it—a re luctance which one of his friends ascribed to the acci dent of the destruction of his baptismal register in the great fire of London (1666) ; whilst another charged hint with having once admitted that it was he whe had contracted for supplying Guy Fawkes with gunpowder. But upon this point lie was banter-proof. Of late years he was celebrated as the supposed prototype of Paul Pry—a fact, however, which we believe the author has never ad mitted. That he was the original of the good-natured Hull in Mr. Hook's " Gilbcr' Gurney," and of many points in the character of Little Jack Hotobleday in Mr. Poole's " Little Pedlington," is unquestionable. Of his resemblance (accidental though it might have been) to Paul Pry, the following is an amusing instance, and may be relied on as true. Calling one morning upon Mr. —, the eminent bookseller in Pall-mall, he found him in his counting-house along with a gentleman with whom he ( Hill) was utterly unacquainted. Presently Mr. was called out, leaving the stranger and Hill together. Upon his return Hill took his leave. " Pray, Mr —," inquired the gentleman, " who is that extraordinary person that has just left us? I assure you he has asked me more questions in these ten minutes than I have been asked for the last ten months." " 0," replied Mr. —, laughing. " That is Little Torn Hill, the supposed original of Paul Pry." At that iden tical moment Hill popped his head in at the counting-house se door with—" Beg , pardon-1 forgot my umbrella . Brialiton Gazette. THE LATE ACCIDENTS ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.-On Mondsy an inquest was held on the bodies in progress, notgcaught hay of three meri killed on the Brighton R ailwa y , under the circumstances described in our paper of that da y . The occurrence seems to have originate d in the chi m ne y of a n engine used in the constructiono rg ftl: the v in " a heading." or tunnel,csss,orthkrsolutagsi:n trig teen sufficiently lowered in time. This was the fault of the men in charge of it, namely, two of the deceased. It brought down the soil upon the engine and tender, and caused them to be overturned. Verdict—Accidental death, with a deodand of Is. on the chimney of the engittc MORTALITY OF CONVICTS. --0, • Tuesday an inquest was held at the George Ura , Yon, Wool wich, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, on the bralies of two con victs, named Benjamin Lewis and Waiter Youn g man. The evidence of Mr. Bassy, surgeoa r;f* the dockyard, went to prove that the death of the deceze.,ed convicts occurred from natural causes, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect. One of the jury inquired of Mr. Bossy if it wa s true that the con v i c t s i n the dockyard were compelled to wash every Saturday night in cold water? Dr. Bossy answered that the convicts wa,l - 1 every Siturcias, out the water was Rlll4ll, The following catalogue of winters of extraoldinary severity, together with their peculiar physical and historical results, will perhaps at present be interestug% It will he remembered the thermometer was not invent ed till 1390, by the celebrated Sanctorio : nor reduced to a correct standard before the year 1724, by Fah renheit. We have therefore no precise observations of temper,:ture further back than a century prior to that period. We enu3t glean our information from the loose and scanty notices scattered through old chronicles respecting the state of the harvests, the vintage, and the endurance of frost and snow during the winter. A bulky work, published by Pilgrim, in the German lan guage, at Vienna, in 1788, dispLys wonderful indus try in this research, and from a translation of it the fol lowing passages art, abridged. The comparative mild ness of recent years will he particularly observable. In A.D. 401 the Black Sea was entirely frozen over. • In 452 the Danube was froz7n, so that Thvimede: marched over the ice to avenge his brother's death in S ,vab a . In .545 the cold was so intense in winter that tl e birds allowed thea:selves to be caught by the hand. In 703, not only the Black 6,:a, bu the Straits of tin Dardanelles, WSS frozen over. The snow in some places rose 50 feet, high, and the ice was so heaped in cities as in some pl4ces to push down the walls. In 822 the great rivers of Europe, such as the Da nube, the Elbe, and the Seine, were frozen so hard at to bear heavy waggons for a month. In 860 the Adriatic was frozen. In 874 the snow continued to fall from the beginning of &Nem},ler to the end of March, and incumbered the ground so mueh that the forests were inaccessible fLr fuel. In 591, rind again in 893, the vines were killed by the frost, and the cattle perished in their stalls. In 1037 the cold was so intense that most of the travellers of Germany were frozen to death on the road-. In 1133, it was extremely cold in Italy. The Po was frozen frnw Cremona to the sea ; the heaps of snow rendered the roads impassable : the wine-easke were burst, and even the trees were split by the action of the frost with immunse noise. In 1179, the snow was eight feet deep in Austria, and lay till Easter ; the crops and .vintage failed, and a great murrain consumed the cattle. In 12:34, the Po urns frozen, and loaded waggons crossed the Adriatic to Venice ; a fine forest was killed by the frost at Ravenna. In /236, the Danube was frozen to the bottom, and remained long in that state. In 1:269, the frost was most intense in Scotland, and the ground hound up ; the Cattegat was frozen between Nor,..ay and Jutland. la 1221, such quantities of snow fell in Alstria as to bary the very houses. In 1292, the Rhine was frozen over at Breysach, and bore loaded waggons ; one sheet of ice extended between Norway and Jutland, so that the traveller s passed with ease ; and, in Germany, 600 peasants were employed to clear away the snow for the advance of the Austrian army. In 1;303, the rivers of Germany were frozen, end much distress was occasioned by the scarcity of provisions and forage. In 1316, the crops wholly hii'ed in Germany ; wheat, some years befme, sold in England at Gs. a gum . - ter, now rose to 21. In 1323, the winter was so severe that both horse and foot passengers travelled over the ice from Den. ni3rk to Lubeck and Dantzic. In 1339, the crops failed in Scotland, and such a fa mine ensued, that the poorer sort of the people were re duced to feed on grass, and many of them perished miserably in the fields ; yet, in England, wheat was, at this time, sold so low as 3s. 6d. a quarter. In 1344, it was clear frost from November to March, and all the rivers in Italy were frozen over. In the year 1408 was one of the coldest winters over remembered. Not only the Danube was frozen over, but the sea between Gothltuid and °eland, and be tween N , ,rway and Denmark, so that wolves driven from their forests came over the ice to Jutland. In France the vineyards and orchards were destroyed. • The tuxessive winters of 1432, 1433, and 1434 were uncGrnmonly severe. It snowed 40 days without inter mission. All the rivers in Germany were frozen, and the %cry birds unit snelter in the towns. In 1460 the B tltic was frozen, and both horse and foot passengers crossed over the ice from Denmark to Sweden. Th. Danube likewise continued frozen two months, and the vineyards in Germany were destroyed. In 1468 the winter was so severe in Flanders that the wine distributed to the soldiers was cut in pieces with hatchets. In 1344 the same thing happened again, the wine be ing frozen into solid lumps. In 15G4, and again in 1665, the winter was extremely severe and protracted. The Scheldt froze so hard as to support loaded waggons for three months. In 1571 the winter was very severe. All the rivers in France were covered with hard and solid ice, and fruit-trees, even in Languedoc, were killed by the frost. In 1594 the weather Sias so severe that the Rhine and the Scheldt were frozen, and even the sea at Venice, In 1621 and 1622 all the rivers of Europe were . frozen, and even the Zuyder Zee. A sheet of ice covered the Hellespont, and the Venetian fleet was choked up in the Lagoons of the Adriatic. The winters of 1658, 1659, and 1660, were intensely cold. The rivers in Italy bore heavy carriages, and so much snow had not fallen at Rome for sev.:ral centu ries. It was in 16.58 that Charles the Tenth of Swe den crossed the Little Belt offer the ice, from Holstein to Denmark, with his whole , rmy, foot and horse, fol lowed by the train of bagga;e and artillery. During these years the price of grain was nearly doubled in England, a circumstance which contributed, among other causes, to the Restoration. In 1684 the winter was excessively cold. Many forest trees, and even the oaks in England, wero split by the frost. Most of the honks were killed. Coach es drove alona, the Thames, which was c )vered with ice cluen inches thick. Almost all the birds perished. In 1691 the cold was so excessive that. the famished wolves entered Vienna and attacked the cattle and even men. The winter of 1695 was extremely severe and pro tracted. The frost in Germany began in October, and continued till April, and many people were froze❑ to death. In 1709 occurred that famous winter called by dis tinction the cold winter. All the rivers and lakes were frozen, and even the seas, to the distance of several miles from the shore. The frost is said to have pene trated three yards into the ground. Birds and wild beasts were strewed dead upon the field, and men perished by thousands in their houses. Thu more tender shrubs and vegetables in England were hilled, and wheat rose in its price front two to four pounds u quarter. In the south of France the olive plantations we re almost entirely destroyed, nor have they yet reco vered Ihat fatal disaster. The Alriatie Sea was cp.tiio frozen over, as was the coast of the Mediterranean about Genoa ; and the citron and orange groves suffered ex tremely in the finest parts of Italy. In 171 G the winter was v.'ry cold ; on the T.iates booths were erected and fairs he'd. In 1726 the weather was exceedingly severe. Io 1729 much injury was done by the frost, which lasted front October till May. In Scotland toolti tu,les of cattle and sheep were hi!led by the snow, and ninny of the forest trees in other parts of Europe were • killed. The successive winters of 1731 and 1732 were Gkc wise extremely cold. I I I. he cold of 1740 was scarcely inferior to that of 1709. The snow lay eight or ten feet deep in Splin and Portugal. The nyder Zee was frozen over, and many thousand persons walked or skated on it. At Leyden the thermometer fell ten degrees below thi zero of Fahrenheit's scale. All the lakes in Etiglani froze, and a whole ox was roasted on the Thames. Many trees were killed by the frost, and postillions were benumbed in their saddles. In both the years 1709 and 1740, the General A ssembly of the Church' in Portu ga l , t l :e houses, th roug h of Scotland ordained a nation.d fast to he held, on ac count of the dearth which then prevailed. In 1744 the winter wa s again very cold. The Mayn e p w e a o s p c irc e o r t e i t l l dsheivaercnilywecerkees,paonudtaot fEvt their ,l heaps of snow. Th e winters of the five successive years of , 174-':) '' 1746, 17 47, 1748, and 1749, were all of the sis very culd. In 1754 and in 1753, the winter was a< • rain execed_ ingly cold. At Paris Fahrenheit's t 1 tertno ne ter sunk to the beginning of the , scale, '' - and in Lngland the strong est ale exposed t o the air in a glass was covered in less than a quarter of • an hour • an inch thick. A ith ice, an eighth of The winters of 1766,1767, and 1768, were very cold all over Europe. In Frame the thermometer fell .six degr,!es below• the zero of Fahrcnhelt's In 1771 the snow lay very deep, and the Elbe was frozen to the bottom. I \ n n e l t 7 ro 7 z 6 e in the cellars muchlstowf both in fell, and d the cold was intense. France and Holland, Man people were frost-bitten, and vast multi tude s . both of the feathered and fiuny tribe, perished. Yet ti e quantity of snow which lay on the ground had checked the penetration of the frost. Van Svinden found in Holland that the earth was congealed to the depth of 21 inches on a spot of a g arden which had been kept cleared, but only nine inches at another place near it which was covered with fur inches of snow. • The winters of 1784, 1765, and 1789 were exceed-. • ingly cold, and of 1793, when tho republican armies of France overran Holland. The, winters of 1799, 1800, 1809, and 1812 were re markably cold. In 1814 a fair was held on the river Thames, which w as frozen over, and punting presses were set at work on the ice, In 18'24 . the son of the lebratod Radical, Henry ' Hunt, drove for a Wager 114 u k er i ablackin-van) drawn by six horses, across the ice oil, a Seroone. Y" 'I