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BRITSCHKA LANDAU, light and airy, having all the advantages of a Britschka or Baroue'ne, and working about half their draught to horses, TO BE SOLD. May be seen at 43, Crawford -street, Bryanston-square. CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT, PANTECHNICON, near BELGRAVE SQUARE.—The Nobility and Gentry are respectfully requested to inspect the largest Stock of New and Second hand CARRIAGES on SALE in the WORLD, particularly CHARIOTS, BROUGHAMS, and PHAETONS. Ele gance, Fashion, and durability have been the study of the builders. Carriages and Harness received for safe keeping. The Building is considered fire-proof, and is effectually pre served from damp. EVENING SUN. AF Z - 1 - 1 R( - 11. 7 ..AT10N RAILWAY COM- Li PA NX—The Uirectorsiuvite uublic attention to this 'highly inipArtant I:IIPROVUIEA' in the CONS I'II.I:CTiON RAILW A Y.S, wttereby the advattaire of equal =peed tiles; ;n i;rdinary use will b , :wand to be ecmbiticd with dimi n;shed expenditure to proprietors, and perfect security to tra idlers from danger to life or proper . y. An experimental test of the effiCiency of this Nalaable invention is about to be irr• mediately made by laying do ‘An a line of sufficient dimensions for the purpose, Application for shares, on which a deposit of 1/. only will be required, may be made at the Office, 1, Wallbrook•buildings, where models and drawings may be examined and prospectuses obtained. MANCHESTER & LEEDS RAILWAY TENDERS FOR LOANS The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and LEEDS RAILWAY COMP kN Y are prepared, under the powers of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for enabling the Manchester and Leeds Railvray Company to raise a further sum of money , to RECEIVE TENDERS for the LOAN of MONEY, in sums of not less than One Thousand Pounds each, on interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum, for the terms of five er seven years, at the option of the lender, the repayment to be secured by mortgage of the property of the undertaking and the rates, tolls, and other sums, arising or to arise by vir tue of the several Acts of Parliament passed relating to the said Ri.ilway. The Tenders are to express the sums and the term of years for which the same are proposed to be lent, and are to be ad dressed t o th e Chairman, t the Company's Offices, Clowe's buildings, Hunt's B an k ; Manchester. Dated this 4th day of June, IS4I. H. HOULDSWORTH, Chairman. ESTABLISHED 1821. THE LONDON MARBLE and STONE WORKING COMPANY, are enabled with their PATENT MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Mo numents, Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every dew) iptien o( such Work, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution , beauty and durabilit y o f Polish and - eduction of cost, which cannot b e , obtained els ew h ere. r eduction _ The Public are i nv i ted to inspect the i r extens i ve SHOW- Rum's, containing the largest stock in this country. The Trade supplied w i t h ev ery description of Rough Slab , Blocks, er Scantlin.s; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order. Esher-street, B olywell-street, Millbank, Westminster. P l ease to b e accurate ix copying the Address, to prevent im position, the Company having no connexion with any other Establishment but that in Esher-street. TELEGRAPH COACH TO EXETER, PLYMOUTH, AND DEVONPORT, IN THE DAY. MESSRS. TOWN SHE ND and ELLIOTT, in the establishment of the TELEGRAPH, are enabled to offer to the PUBLIC the much desired, but never before attempted, accommodation of a DAY COACH to these Towns, performing the JOURNEY THROUGHOUT in SIXTEEN HOURS, thus avoiding the great discomfort at tendant upon NIGHT TRAVELLING, so long and justly complained of. The Proprietors pledge themselves that the appointments of the TELEGRAPH shall not be exceeded ; and having made the comfort of the TRAVELLERS their most anxious study, confidently rely on receiving from the Public their most generous and liberal support, The TELEGRAPH leaves the Great Western Railway Terminus, Paddington—Morning, at SIX PRECISELY, arriving at Plymouth at Ten, and Townshend's and Elliott's Hotels, Devonport, at Half-past Ten, the same Evening. Townahend's Hotel, Devonport, Aug. 19, 1841. FURNITURE SALE DEPARTMENT. PANTECHNICON, BELGRAVE SQUARE.—The largest and best selected Stock of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE ever exhi bited for Sale, is always to be found in this Establishment, the quality of which is warranted of the best description, and every article plainly marked at the Manufacturer's lowest price. Goads carefully packed and forwarded to any part of the world. Houses of the first class furnished throughout at a few days' notice. TO be DISPOSED OF, a FAMILY LI NEN and WOOLLEN DRAPERY BUSINESS of high respectability and long standing, the proprietor being about to retire. It is a profitable concern upon the present returns (although limited), and is capable of being considerably ex tended. None need apply who cannot command a capital of 2,000/. Inquire for particulars personally , or by post, prepaid, to Messrs. Caldecott and Powell, 25, Cheapside. SHEFFIELD PLATE. GM. HORTON AND CO., 36, LUD vi • GATE-STREET, St. Paul's, now offer to the Poblic their STOCK of superior genuine SHEFFIELD PLATE at the manufacturers' prices, subject to 10 per cent. off the same. The stock embraces every article useful and orna mental, and of the most elegant and tasty modern designs. Splendid Tea and Coffee Sets, Ice-pails, Dish-covers, and Corner-dishes, Silver and Plated Dessert-knives and Ferks in sets, in great variety, and every article plated on steel, as also on German silver ; Rodgers and Son's Table Cutlery ; Co loured Wine and Spirit Bottles, splendidly silver mounted, only 12s. 6d. each. SUPERIOR CANDLES. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax Candles, ls. 2d. ; Fine Wax, ls. sd. ; Cocoa Nut, lOd. ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, lid. ; Transparent Wax, 2s. Od. ; Genuine Sperm, 2s. Ocl. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. ' • Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60 s . per 112Ib s . ; Mottled, Qs. and 665. ; Windsor and Palm, is. 4d. per pac ket ; Old Brown Windsor Soar, Is. 9d. ' • Rose, 2s. Od.: Cam phor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6cl. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; Sperm Oil, 9s. Od. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. For Cash, at DAVIES'S. Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter s Coffee-House. NFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC- A. .TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR RH(EA, GLEETS, and'all DISEASES of the GENERA TIVE and URINARY ORGANS. Notwithstanding the above Institution is dosed, Patients way Continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap plying at his own Masa instead of the Charity. Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings and from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the Morning, but not in the Evening. RADICAL CURE OF RUPTURE. DR. J. LAFOND, of 23, Rue Vivienne, Paris, Hernial Surgeon to his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans; of the Hospital of Paris, &c. ; whose pecu liar and successful treatment of Hernia by MEDICATED PAD TRUSSES has acquired him so extensive a reputation in the Medical World, will be happy, during his sojourn in London, to offer his services to persons affected with rupture. The means employed consisting of Medicantes, are mild, and the duration of treatment short. • • of - The Eighteenth Edition D r. J. LAFOND'S MEMOIR on the RADICAL CURE of RUPTURE by MEDICATED PAD TRUSSES, containing numerous cases of Hernia cured by his method, and the approving Report of the French Prac tical Society of Medicine, can be had at M. Bailliere's, Re gent-street; and at the Author's, 362, Oxford -street, where he may be consulted daily, from Ten to Four o'Clock. Gen tlemen calling on him will have an opportunity of inspecting the great variety of Medicated Pad Trusses, adapted to different cases. SALUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. • DISEASES arising from the irregularities o f youth speedily removed by eminent Surgeons of long experience in the Metropolis and the most virulent GONORRHCE A (if recently contracted) cured within a week, or no charge made for medicine after the expiration of that period. The most successful method of treating Syphilis, Impuissance, and all the diseases of the Generative organs. Physicians' hours of attendance, at 118, HoL born-hill, from Eleven till One, and 344, Straud, one door from Catherine -street, from Twelve till Two o'clock every day, Surgical attendance at each establishment every evening from Seven to Nine. The sufferer from immoderate indulge ce of the passions, or the prac tice of a solitary vice, the destructive effects of which are manifesteu In loss of virility, dorsal consumption, and in many other disorders which so often renders life a n unvar i e d scene of despondency, will r -ive at this establishment such information, famliarly explained, and a successful mode of self cure p :inter]. out, the result of a series of years' Practical experience , t - which will preclude the necessity of a personal interview . ems may con fi dently rely on a gradual but perfect restoratio nitheir original bodily rowers, by strictly ad_ nerin g t o th th establ, . ire rules laid down by the medical gentlemen attending physiei a , s " a n Zieht, ewohiscLi the been supported by the most eminent rem,,test parts t o n f !r t i fie country Persons residing in the Ye:ano Te o h p t a rl l a i t s . t . ed oi s l uccessf u lly on describ ing mit luteiy th e i r symptoms, age, a remittance for medicine, which Cr,, be forw if a e ;tl Bc ed ' 'toanu(ni enclosing the world, securely packed and carefully protected f i ro pz i„T o b o a l e b y r o ii n a t .. i i o t , l i l o i i : All letters to be addressed to M. 0. wray. London.' Patients during their indisposition can be accommodated with apart snorts in Mr. Wto's house. with or without board. I N cases of secrecy consult the TREATISE on every stage and symptom of the VENEREAL DIS EASE, in its mild and most alarming forms, just published by Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, 4, Great Charles-street, Birmingham, and 44, Albion-street, Leeds. The above invaluable little work is given gratis with each box of PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d , 45 and Il s , containing a full description of the above complaint. illus trated by Engravings. showing the different stages of this deplo. able and often fatal disease, as well as the dreadful consequence arising from the use of Mercury. The cau.es, symptoms and baneful effects of Lues Venerea, qric lures, &c., are explained in a familiar manner; to which are added very extensive practical observations on sexual debility, brought on by a deltuive habit, all it attendant sympathies considered, and the whole followed by striking cases, accompanied with fill and explicit direction; for an effectual and speedy cure, with ease, secrecy, and safety, without the aid of meal, al assistance; it also contains many hints and advice well worth knowing. PERRY'S PURIFYINti SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d , 4s. fid , and I Is. per box, is the most certain and effectual cure ever disco vered, for every stage and symptom of the Venereal Di• ease, in both sexes, including Secondary Symptoms, Strictures, Deficiency, and all Diseases of the Urinary passages, without loss of time, confine ment, or hindrance ft , m busbies.. ; they have effected the most sur. prising cures, not only in recent and revere cases, but when saliva tion and all other means have failed_ It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to this horrid di•ease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, mercury, ruin the constitution, cause ulcers ton, blotches cn the head, face, and body, dimness of sight, noise in the ears, deafness, metes on the shin bones, ulcerated sor e thr oa t s , diseased nose, with nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, till, at length, a general debility and decay of the constitution ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful .ufferings. Messrs. Perry and Co. Surgeon., may be consulted at No. 4, Great Charlet-street, B ' irmingham and 44, Albion-street, Leeds. Only one personal visit is required firm a country patient, to give such advice as wi lbe the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure, atter all t Vier means have proved ineffectual Letters for advice must be post paid, and contain the usual fee of one pound. PiAtRI"S CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is intended to re lieve those persons who, by an immoderate indulgence of their pas_ ions, have ruined their constitution, or in their way to the consun i . Mahon of that deplorable state are affected with any of those pre_ pious symptoms that betray its approach, as the various affections of the nervous system, e cesses, irregularity, obstructions of certain tvitcuations, weakness, ba t r e nn ess , B.c A perseverance in its use a been the happy means of relieving many thousands, and of re %toting a great number to the permanent enjoyment of life. It is 'ernarkable f r its effi •acy le all diiorders of the d gestive organs, 41 X1 is especially recommended to those who, on' the irregula ities sr Youth age, habits of studieus application, or a life of pleasure, tave fallen into a despondent state of mind, and that distressing Perain of symptoms commonly denominatQd the nervous. In such sons the mental are not less enfeebled than the corporeal powers ()M 7,1 toystic the habi m a remed pecul y tha sly t actsw es ith efficacy,without interfering with ts, is desirable Sold in bottles price I Is each, or the quantity of four in one family .ottle for;3s , by which one l Is. bottle is saved, duty included, and ' 44 3' be had of all medicine venders In London ; also in every town 4 ti na V flags throughout the United Kingdom, America, and the Con -17).t. of Eupope. Country druggists, boo!:sellers, patent medicine venders, and );,7 1 " . 5 , other shopkeeper, can be supplied with any quantity of Perry's - •.; • -••• pecinc rats and Cordial Balm of Syriacum, with the hy., - 4 4 . 1fi p2:ance to the trade, by most of the principal wholesale pa eat ine houses in Lehdoti. No 15,283 GRAVESEND AND BLACKWALL STE AM BOATS.—The Public are respetfully in formed, that in consequence of an arrangement entered into between the Directors of the Blackwall Railway and the " STAR" GRAVESEND STEAM PACKET COM PANY, one of the Iron Boats will, on and after THURSDAY, the 2d September, leave the Brunswick Pier, Blackwell, for Gravesend, at a Quarter before Nine in the Morning, and that the VESPER will leave the same Pier for. Gravesend at a Quarter past Nine in the Morning. The other Iron Boats will leave at the same hours as heretofore ; and all the Star Beats will call at Blackwall on their way up to London 60, Fenchurch-street, Aug. 31, 1541. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26. CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parlament. EIRICTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. 1 John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddel l Stodart, Es q . Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F. R. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A.S SoLicrroas—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman ney, 6, Basinghall-street. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy bolder of a large paid up capital, and accumulating funds, the following is one amongst many of the advantages which belong exclusively to the princinles of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori ginated by th. Society, viz.--Power to borrow (without de. lay, expense, or forfeiture) Two-thirds of all premiums paid upon a Policy of Assurance. . The annexed ie a short Table, showing the Annual Premium for assuring £loo on the Whole Life, or for a Term ; FOR LIFE. . A. B. Age. Without With For One For Five Profits. Profits; Year only. Years only. s. d. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. 20 1 13 7 1 17 4 0 17 0 0 17 6 30244293 0 19 6 1 0 0 40 2IS 8 3 5 3 ' 1 310 1 5 0 50 4 4 2 4 13 6 1 13 0 1 16 6 60 613 6 I 7 6 4 ( 3 0 -0 3 9 6 Two-thirds of Profits divided annually amongst the Assured. DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. By the plan exclusively developed by this Society, a single Deferred Annuity is made, nut only to answer the same object, but to far exceed in amount the entire benefit of all the ad vantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes through separate investments in Savings' Banks, Be nefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is. a week) at the age of 20, will give the policy holder the fol lowing option, at the age of 65 ! Annuity for remainder of life... £47 16 6 Cask Policy, without further contributions, of 466 0 oat death. Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60) may be also taken with similar advantages. 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. N.B. Policies, as collateral money-security, for periods of one to five years, effected at lower rates than are charged by any other Office, (ace Tables A. and B. ), with option of. con tinuance for Life at tho usual rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN COMPANY. No. 18, King William-street, City. Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. William Allen, Esq. John Knill, Esq. Benjamin Barnard, Esq. John Nolloth, Esq. Charles Baldwin, Esq. ',thorns s Nesbitt, Esq. James Cockburn, Esq. Major-General Robertson Bryan Donkin, Esq., }.R.S. Daniel Sutton, jun., Esq. Aaron Goldsmid, Esq O'Bryan Bellingham Woolsey, James Law Jones, Esq. Esq. SOLICITORS.— Messrs. Lake and Curtis, SO, Baslnghall-street. Assurances of every description may be effected by this Com pany, on a scale entitling parties to participate in profits, or on a low non-participating scale. Premiums, in any case, made payable to suit the convenience of Assurers. Loans, repayable by instalments, are granted to parties assured with the Com pany, on a liberal and advantageous plan, either on real or undoubted Personal Security. WILLIAM RATRAY. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY. THE LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN GUARANTEED MUTUAL and PRO PRIETARY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION HOUSE, and 19, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. 21, ST. ANDREW-STREET, EDINBURGH. And 64, FLEET-STREET, DUBLIN. DIRECTORS. Alexander Anderson, Esq. John Johnson, Esq. ,Alderman John Atkins, Esq Kennett Kingsford, Esq. James Bidden, Esq.. John M'Guffie, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth John Maclean Lee, Esq. Vice-Admiral Robert Honyman J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq. Benjamin Ifill, Esq. Alexander Robertson, Esq., James Hartley, Esq. Managing Director. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. SECRETARY.—F. Edell, Esq. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS have been introduced into LIFE A SSURANCE PRACTICE by this COMPANY. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUT ABLE, unless they have been obtained by fraudhlent misre presentation. The Beard of Directors satisfy themselves upon the va rious questions proposed before they enter into contracts of assurance, and frame their policies in such terms as to pre clude all future questions as to their validity, and thus ren der them indisputable and negotiable Qocuments of future debt against the Company. Parties may be assured either upon the participating or non participating plan ; the assured are relieved of all responsi bility, and the participating class is entitled to the whole of the profits upon that branch of the business. Table to Assure £lOO, with addition of profits : Age 25. Age 35. Age 40. I Age 45. I Age 50. Age 55. £2 2 7 I£2 15 10 1 £3 5 0 £3 15 5 I k: 4 10 7 l£s 13 8 Persons interested in the lives of nominees or debtors may, for a trifling extra premium, be relieved from the risk of their Policies being forfeited by the parties going to foreign coun tries. ONE-HALF of the PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN UN PAID for SEVEN YEARS, Affording a greater facility for Loan Transactions and Fa mily Provisions than any other plan which has been sug gested. Credit Tab'e to Assure 1:100 Payable at Death. Age 20. I Age 25. Age 30. Age 40. Age 45, .I Age 50. I I I £olBolElo7El3 7 El 11 5 1 £1 1661239 The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents, and Medical Gentlemen are in all cases remunerated for their reports. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSU RANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. TIONORARY PRESIDENTS. Earl of Errol Earl of Stair Earl of Courtown Earl Somers Earl Leven and Melville Lord Viscount Falkland Earl of Norbury. Lord Elphinstone Lord Belhaven and Stenton DIRECT:DRS. • JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. WM. PLASKET, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. H. B. Avarne, Esq. H. De Castro, Esq. Morton Balmanno, Esq. Charles Graham ' Esq. Edw. Boyd, Esq., Resident F. C. Maitland, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., As. John Ritchie, Esq. sistant Resident This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security, from an ample capital, and only re quires, when an Insurance is for the whole period of life one half of the very mod era t e P rem i ums to be paid for the first five years after the date of the P o li cy , t h e other half may remaine sduebdjuecettetdo the payment of int eres t a t 5 per cent. annua ll y , to b e death,at becomes asy previously a be paidoff ater ymoderate convenience. It obviously person ef very income to . , secure, by this arrangement, a provision for hi s family and should he at time after succeed to, o r having only a cqu ire, paio a fortune, he may relinquish his policy, instead of the whole, half the premiums for the first five years, Thus a man of 25 e,as in all other Companies. 28/. 16s. 3d. for y ear s e old may, by an annual payment of the full premium, 5 71. ' 10 first five years, and afterwards and children at his death pa -s* 6d. yearly, secure to his widow ject only to the deduction Yorfae_nt of no less than 3,0001., sub of premium unpaid. 1441 . V. 3d., being the amount On the Ist of July, the Board of Dire ctors Per Annum as a Bonus to those . assured upon the participati ng lan from the dates of their policies, th us P appropriating 20/.. addition to every policy a-year as an follow - Table will show the amount of the bonus on • • since . commencement of the Company in March, 1 .. „. ._ Assured. s (N 54 • SUM Assured. urn added to Policy. £l,OOO 6 Yea rs , 10 Months._ ...... £136 13 4 1,000 6 Years 1,000 5 Years 1,000 4 Years 1,000 ... ...... 3 Years .., ~ 60 0 0 1,000 2 Years — 2040 0 0 0 1,000 ..... ... 1 Year 0 This Company holds out, in various other respects, g reat inducements to the public. When such facilities are afforded, it is clearly a moral duty in every parent who is not possessed of a fortune, but of an income, however modera te, to insure fornsure his life for a sum vi hich may yield a comfortable provis ion his family. RATES OF PREMIUM. Age. Without Profits. With Profits. 25 ..... 30 40 50... 60 Insurances may be effected on lives, however far advanced, and the half credit for five years is found particularly convenient on such insurances. Annuities are granted on very liberal terms. For the convenience of parties residing in the City, they may make their appearance and pass the medical examination before the agents, Edward Frederick Leeks, Esq., 2, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and J. F. Goude, Esq., Surgeon, 105, Cheap side. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, Edward Boyd., Esq., 8, Waterloo-place. Proposals may be accepted en Wei lnesday at three o'clock, and any ether day at half-past two o'clock, when Frederick Hale Thomson, Esq., the Company's S urgeon, is in attendance to give despatch te• the business. PATRICK M,A.CINTYRE, Secretary. 4, - 0 , 6'l , CAC/Z ,e % ~ 4" . wi 4 1 : E. TIONEY MA k 0. x • t I ADVE t SE F i ct ir,„ ' fr; ,\ % , A (rit i om TI THE R AI .‘ ',670 - • . ) 'O4 Qat i 4 • 411-- . I'4 \ •+ 0 Ix ,\%.' Va. )4/ i it ,t / 1):* Ht0 , :;1- .1. 7 • rogoi PRICE 5d Commissioners cannot concur in this opinion. They believe that the mendicant classes will continue to levy their contributions, and that the fears and preju dices of the people will lead them to give alms, as here tofore, after the workhouses shall have been opened and the poor-rates paid ; and that mendicancy will thus be continued, and its evils perpetuated, unless the r,egisla ture shall protect the rate-payer from demands and threats, which, if left to himself, he will be totally un able to withstand. Such being the view of the case entertained by the Commissioners, they express their regret that the Bill introduced by Lord Morpeth into the House of Commons for the repression of mendicancy should not have been proceeded with, though no less than forty Boards of Guardians made strung representa tions on the subject. The distress ivhich has usually prevailed in the south ern and western districts of Ireland during the months of June, July, and August, from a failure of the old, and pending the incoming of the new potatoe crop, will pro bably occur for years to come ; but the Commissioners hope that it will be felt in a continually decreasing ratio. The intensity of the distress is necessarily in proportion to the length of the interval between the exhaustion of the one crop and the maturity of the other ; and this in terval, in the average of years and circumstances, can be reduced, and the duration and permanence of supply be insured only by the increase of forethought and pruden tial habits in the people. The increase of these qua lities is now, we are satisfied, in rapid progress in Ire land, and to this the Comthissioners mainly attribute the important fact that the pressure of last year was sus tained, not only without the usual aid from Government bnt with less suffering and privation among the people than prevailed during previous years. Yet the crops of last year, as a whole, were certainly under an average ; and that after the recurrence of two, if not of three, preceding short crops. The people must there fore, have become more provident, and must have hus banded their means. They have also begun to acquire a clearer perception of their real interests, and of the necessity of relying upon their own efforts. They are likewise better informed with respect to their social con dition, and the duties which it imposes upon them indi vidually and collectively ; and hence their improved habits and more general self-reliance. A portion, perhaps no inconsiderable portion, of this improremem may, we think, be attributed to the agita tion of the Poor-law question in all its bearings, in every part of Ireland, during the last five or six years ; a por tion is also attributable to the organization which has been established throughout the country by the formatiou of unions ; and, lastly, and that in - no inconsiderable de gree, to the spread of temperance which has happily taken place of late. N N. RKEI anti CIT N E ••• 11ORKING rArEkb .! —The West India mans Ira; We come first to our own commes, - 4? advices as follows :—J anaica, July 29 ; Demerara, July 20 ; Barbadoes, July 20 ; and St. Thomas's, Aug. 4. In the first-mentioned c Tony very plentiful and re freshing rains had fallen, aid tais was also the case in Barbadoes, where the field , which before presented an arid and sterile appearance had gradually become in vested with a luxuriant and crateful clothing of verdure and richness. The canes were improving, and th, cul tivation of corn and other provi ions was become g• - n , -;'3l. This, it was hoped in Barbado .s, would bringdo'.l: price of food to its former level, and thus prove a in.... blessing to the poorer classes. General Darling h- • mimed the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Barb*oes, and had addressed the Assembly in a sixTch that lad given satisfaction to all parties. Sir C. F. Smith, it was reported, 'would be the Go vernor-General of the Windw tr 1 Islands ; and Sir C. Arthur was spoken of as the successcre of Sir W. CA. brooke. In Jamaica great efforts were making to extend euiti vation and increase the prAuce of the crops, with thr view of affording a better s tpply in future to the mother untry. The prospects of the Mount Vernon copper !Line seem to be very satisractory. At St. Thomas's flour was • seven do' ars p barrel ; American bills were three per cent. discount ; and b .;:k drafts on London, 485 to 490 dollars per 100!. Each day seems to bring with it more favour.o : le intel ligence from Madrid, as we hear now o. the ins ration Espartero's , Government to pay the interest on the Jn demnity Bonds. We only hope our countrymen may be doomed to no more cruel disappointments, wher,t .su3ll a fair prospect is opening befere them. CHRONICLE.—The accounts from Manchester this morning do not improve as regards money matters, fur ther failures of some importance having taken p!aoe. Money was in considerable demand to-day on the Smck Exchange. The Hebrew party were said to have been takers to a considerable amount, preparatory to the ex pected appearance of the French loin, but the prices from Paris do not show much immediate apprehension of that sort, an advance of ten cents, having taken place both in the Three and Five per Cents: for the Account. The general average for the last six weeks shows wheat at 71s. 4d., and thus foreign wheat may, now be entered fur home consumption, at a duty of Gs. Bd. There is now every prospect that the speculators will carry out their plans, and bring dawn the duty with certainty to 2s. Bd., and very probably to Is. when the stxk in bond, equal to 1,000,000 of quarters, will be thrown upon the home market. Our readers would be fully prepared for this result ; we have at least taken some i aim to make them so, and that after the bonded corn is disposed of the new wheats will be dealt in largely, which are not only generally defective in quality, but, when threshed, deti ficient in the yield per acre, and below an average pro duce. So much for the sliding scale. POST.—Her Majesty's ship Hornet has nrrivetl from. Cartha,q-ena. That town was blockaded by the troops of Ge neral Carmona, a chief of the insurgent party, but it would be able to hold out, it appeared, untit relief could be obtained from Bogota. The Hornet brings 48,000 dollars in specie. Sydney papers to April 24th have come to hand, but they have little information of general interest. The fol lowing extract from the South Austrelian Register, re lating. to the mineral treasures of the Colony, seems to contain the only matter of importance : .. " In additiori to the well-proved agricultural and rA3- ' torn! capabilities of the province, it has long been known to scientific observers that the mountain ranges con tained mineral productions of great value. Mr.. Menge's geological collection-at present exhibits 'numerous speci mens of gold, silver, copper, lead, and iron ores, found in the more northernly districts, and no doubt exists that the hills immediately behind Adelaide are rich in mineral wealth. A few weeks ago, indeed, this fact was placed beyond doubt, by the acci dental discovery of a splendid mineral in the im mediate neighbourhood of the town, combining in proportions not yet exactly ascertained—lead, silver, and antimony. The ore is in the greatest profusion, and of unequalled richness. In the true South Austra lian spirit of enterprise, a company has been formed to work the mine, and arrangements have been already made to ship a considerable quantity of the ore in the Cygnet, Captain Dalton, now loading for London. Since the above was in type, and at a late hour last night, we re ceived from a correspondent, on whose respectability we can rely, the following note :—' I have just seen a sample of coal, discovered a few days since. .It appears to be of the best description. All I could further learn at the moment was, that it was found within twenty miles or Adelaide, near navigable waters, and that thousands of tons can be raised at comparatively small expense.' " It is hardly necessary to add that:statements of this nature should be read with a due allowance for the exag gerations often indulged in by the authors of them. TIMES.—The feeling in the Foreign Market to specu late in Spanish Stock continues, and the ground upon. which the speculators are said to base their operations is that Spanish capitalists have been buyers of the Stock in the house to pay off their arrears due to their Govern ment on the purchases of national property. This is certainly a cause to influence prices, but it remains to be seen whether it does not originate with a view to make a profit rather than the actual intention s of taking the Stock out of the Market for the purpose saved. Ma necavres of this kind have been before practised, and the peblic especially ought to be on their guard. The accounts from. Liverpool to-day are again of an unfavourable nature. The well-known.houses of \foly neux, W'itherby, and Co. have come to the resolution of suspending their payments. This firm imported cotton to a great extent, indeed to such an extent that some report they are the largest importers in the country. In the best-informed quarters, their stoppage has occasion ed little or no surprise, as it had been considered fi►r some time past that they were carrying on business be yond their means, and their bills in London have by no means been thought of unquestionable credit. Private letters recived from Amsterdam, dated the 31st of August, state that the Second Chamber of the States-General bud finished its previous examination of Rochussen's plan for converting the Passive debt. No less than 45 members took part in the discussion, and the great principle of the plan—viz., that the Govern ment is entitled to pass over the law of February, 1818, and return to the law of May, 1814—has been admitted by a great majority, the law of 1818 being regarded merely as a temporary power granted to the stockholdeas by Government, with full liberty to revoke it at plea sure, and the present financial condition of the country being considered such as to justify the exercise of that liberty. The other principles, viz., that the Govern ment has a right •to anticipate the conversion, which, according to the law of 1814, is annual, but which is now proposed to take place at once ; that the Govern ment can equitably give the holders for their Deferred Stock Active Stock at the rate of 52 (the market price), when they are entitled to a conversion at par ; and that the discount may be fixed at the rate of 4 4-5 per cent., which is fur tibiae the rate in the country—hare been likewise agreed on. To the details of the measure, how ever, some objections have been raised, and it is expected that the Minister will have some alterations to make be fore he can procure its adoption. The Budget. has been less favourably treated, and it is expected that; unless some of the Ministers contrive to reduce their expenses, the chapters concerning them will be struck out, if in deed those Ministers arc not themselves obliged to resign. Papers from Bogota, which have been received to the 2d of June, are chiefly filled with documents giving a detailed account of a complete victory of the Government fortes over the rebels commanded by Vimga at Salamina. A great number of the enemy were killed and wounded, and among the prisoners was the leader Vesga, while by the Government forces scarcely any loss was susta i ne d . Among the persons on the GaNeritment• side of whom honourable mention is made, a heroine, named Maria Martinez, •is specially noticed, as having at tended the army through its perils and fatigues, and appeared armed with a spear in thefield of battle. The victory seems to be considered the most decisive that has yet been gained ma* the rebels. Telegraphic despatches showed that order 4440:1*0ii - completely restored in the provinces of Cauca - and Buenaventura. The Sydney papers Of the 25th of April state that business.in all branches was dull. There were'im local topics of interest afloat. Wheat was 7s. per bushel, and flow; - ranged from I9s to 26. per 100 lb. Poultry was scarce and dear, as were also provisions. SUN.—The progress made in the formation of the new Tory Administration has lost almost all its intere st in the. City, The Funds have scarcely varied a f r action to-. day. f N not this principally a scr ib e d to t h e nniversrlitv of the;feelingiliat Sir Robert Peel will not be ' 4 ' l ' l ' 4 long to hold the reins of power ? We are disposed to think so, and therefore we do not anticipate that there will be any fall of moment in the value of the Fund r.„ Consols for Account closed this afternoon at f9:4::118:.nd for Money at 89i. India Bonds were lint at 2 piemium ; but Exchequer Bills realised 14 to 16 In the Foreign Market there was "a brisk demand for Spanish Stockthis afternoon at an advance to 226 1. In the other Furgii.o Stocks there was o°Qr eel Y any varia-. Lion, the prices closing within a fraction- of those a t ., ma i n ,h d e cd n i a n i t w h i e ly ea s r i l l y a r p e a is r f t n o t f k e t h t heavily thi s after noon ; but the prices were n ot materiall y different from those paid yesterday. of: T arim into of simple unmixed ir • • i s the conversion meum by a legal act justice. It iv MONOPOLY n confers noth . essentially privative.. only takes away. It gives no rig ht—it m ere ly places right i n abey ance. It wou ld be we ll if this fe atur e o f it were tho roughly 1 understood. 00 commonly it i s regar d e d as somewhat given to a few, which in fairness should be given b) all. It is nothing of the sort. .It is a some what which all possess of natural right taken away from the mass, that the right left in the hands of a few may have a fictitious value. . It is not a crop raised on a certain spot while all the rest of the field is left bare, but a crop previously existing mowed down in all parts of the field except a little circle capriciOusly marked Out.. Monopoly: is defi ne d " t h e exc l us i ve r i ght of selling a thing ; but the right to sell that which is mine—in other words to exchange it for that which is yours, both rallies consenting—is possessed antecedently to government; and, to render it exclusive; either my right or your's must be taken away. The power which creates monopoly must do so by practising injustice. There is. no way to privilege but over. the mangl ed remains or right. The whole spirit, the direct precepts, and, we may add, the early practice of Christianity are dead against monopoly. "Do unto others as you would they should unto you,' and " Look not every; man on his Own things, but every man on the things of others,”constitutt. a two- e d g ed sword which cuts asunder all exclusive pre tensions. 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This Work, a Seventh Edition of which is now presented to the public, ten thousand copies have been exhausted since its first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general principles, as also by the insertion of several new and highly in. teresting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily increasing experience in a class of diseases, which, for some unaccountable reason, have been either altogether overlooked, or treated almost with indiffer ence. by the ordinary medical practitioner . The proverbial and well known rapacity of unquali fi ed praclitioners, who traffic on the health and credulity of patients, has been en couraged and aroused by this supineness, on the part of the regular surgeon. la order to obviate the pernicious effects sure to result from the practices of such pretenders, the authors have fur a considerable time devoted themselves ex clusively to a certain class of diseases; of the necessity of as doing, they were further convinced by feeling that tact in in vestigating the latent sources of many diseases, which arise from certain secret practices, can only be acquired by an ex clusive and undivided attention to this department of medical practice. The numberless instances daily occurring, wbersin affections of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of consumption, which, however, when traced to their source. are found to result from certain baneful practices, fully proves that the principle of the division of labour, is nowhere more applicable than in medical practice. We feel no hesitation in saying that there is no member of society by whom the book will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation of a Parent, a Preceptor, or a Clergyman. The PARENT, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in conse quence of 'some disease, which, for want of careful investiga tion of its real cause, has been set down to the score of con sumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of tho cases of young persons of both sexes, who ' perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tahes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by 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, by perusing . this work, be directed and very much assisted in investigating and detecting the too often con cealed practices so often introduced into schools, whereby the health and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to be com promised, unless the evil be arrested in proper time. He will here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to julg e, when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the real causes of such attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character is at once concentrated the two-fold relation of parent and instructor. will here be directed as to the nature of those habits t• which youth is addicted; he will also be enabled to point out the dis astrous consequences which are sure t• follow from them if not relinquished. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence, Nu. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. 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VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Flora, Hoge, 27th June, lat. 30 S., long. 27, by the Pilot, arrived at Swansea, Ocean, 20th ult., lat. 43, long. 36, Oporto to Newfound land, by the Hope packet, .arrived at Falmouth. Ann Brig Yankee, 30th ult., lat. 49, long. 10, by the ditto, arrived at ditto. Annandale,.loth ult., lat. 22, long. 30, bound to Jamaica ; Robert and Jane, 23d ult., lat. 43, long. 32, Cadiz to Newfoundland ; John Francis, of London, 24th ult., lat. 44, long. 28, by the Linnet packet, arrived at ditto. Richard, 4th ult. from New castle off Malaga ; Vivacious, sth, Newcastle to Algiers, by the Catharine, arrived in the Creek. Jack, London to Sydney, 20th Feb., lat. 31 S., long. 2 l W., by the Earl Durham, arrived at Sydney. Sheer Ilulk, of Liverpool, in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, sth ult., by the Julie, arrived at Bristol. Nerio, of Salcomble, from Liverpool, 21st ult., lat. 50, long. 10 ; Maranon, London to Quebec, 18th ult., lat. 46, long. 33, by the Englinton, arrived in the Clyde. Tomlinson, of Dublin, 10th ult., off Cape St. Vincent ; Fox, of Falmout, 23d ult., lat. 46, long. 9 ; Richard Watson, from Troon r and Black-Dog. 25th ult., lat. 49, long. 7, by the Fanny Palmer, arrived at Bristol. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS AT MESSINA. Messina, August 14, 1841. Sir—With reference to my respects 28th Jul . , (see our paper of the 14th August), I beg leave to inform you that a few days afterwards the vessels lately arrived from England were v%:th their cargoes immediately re leased from quarantine, which now continues as hereto fore on the footing of ten days of observation. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) J. A. FISHER, Agent to Lloyd's. W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary to Lloyd's, London. - SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POOR-LAW - COMMiSSIONERS. The Seventh Annual Report of the Poor-law Com missioners, just issued, carries on the history of the pro • gross of this great measure, both in England and Ire land, down to the present time ; and, with respect to Ireland, particularly, presents a very favourable picture of the benefits already produced by its operation, within a much shorter period than could have been reasonably anticipated. In England, the first point to be noted is the ope rat:on of what is called the " prohibitory order," during the last severe winter. • The prohibitory order, that is, the order withholding out-door -relief from a!ale bodied persons in health, was supported, with only a few exceptions, in which it had been for some time in force, and in the majority of the unions to which it had been more recently issued ; and even in the unions Which were un able to carry it fully into effect, a considerable progress was made towards its ultimate observance. The Com missioners remark, respecting the ()Oration of the pro hibition of out-door relief to the able-bodied in health, that it has produced the greatest amount of benefit, with the least amount of suffering, in the places where it has been in force for the longest time ; a fact which proves that the 'difficulties attending its enforcement has arisen chiefly from the changes which it necessitates on its first introduction, and that they are not inherent in the con dition of the labouring classes, and in the means by which they obtain their subsistence. The number of unions and parishes under Boards of Guardians to which an order, prohibiting out-door relief of the able-bodied has been issued in some form, is 437 ; the number to which no such order has been sent is •151. - In their report for 1839, the Poor-law Commissioners stated their objections to the system of advertiling fur the services of medical officers, and gave their opinion that the best mode of remunerating medical officers was by a gross sum in respect of a pauper list, cornpriAng all those who at the_ commencement of the parochial year are in the receipt of relief, with the addition of a fixed sum for _able-bodied paupers and their families, who could not properly be placed on the pauper list. They also recommended that the districts fur medical relief should be of moderate size, so far as circum stances would permit, and they indicated within certain limits. the amount of remuneration which they deemed to be reasonably, suggesting that fractures, amputations, and other difficult surgical operations, shoe'd ho paid for at a separate and higher rate of charge. Early in the present year the Commis sioners took the subject of medical relief again into their consideration, and issued a circular on the subject to a large number of Boards of Guardians throughout the country : The answers to this circular showed to the Commissioners that the Boards of Guar dians generally are averse to the adoption of the per-case system of medical remuneration, and that they will con tinue to remunerate their medical officers by fixed sala ries, unless prevented from doily , so by the regulations of the Commissioners, or 'by the direct interference cf Parliament. In consequence of some recent instances of excessive or improper punishment inflicted by masters of work houses upon some of the pauper inmates, the Commis sioners have prepared a new set of regulations on the subject, which are to be issued generally to the unions. The Commissioners have also kept constantly in view the securing to the unions the services of an efficient body of officers ; and although this object can only be partially effected by the Commissioners, since the officers are appointed by the Guardians, the Commissioners have endeavoured to raise the standard by dismissing incom petent officers, and by maintaining the salaries at a pro per height. The Commissioners some time ago issued orders to a large number of the Board of Guardians, authorising them to appoint a clergyman of the Established Church as chaplain to the workhouse. A Board of Guardians resisted the validity of the order, and it was brought be fore the Court of Queen's Bench. The judgment of the Court was confirmatory of the validity of the order, and established the power of the Commissioners to direct a Board of Guardians to appoint as chaplain for the work house a clergyman of the Church of England. Out of the unions and parishes governed by Boards of Guar dians, 346 unions end eight parishes hare appointed paid chaplains. In order to carry into effect the spirit as well as the pro visions of the section of the Poor-law Amendment Act, which secures to every inmate of a workhouse the power of receiving the visits of a minister of his own religious denomination, the Commissioners, looking to the help less and unprotected condition of the inmates of workhouses, have thought it objectionable, on grounds of general policy, that they should be exposed to at tempts made for the purpose of changing their religious opinions. With this impression they have expressed their conviction that inmates of workhouses, who are members of the Church of England, ought not to be present at any divine service performed by a Dissenting minister in a workhouse, especially if the inmate be an adult. On the other hand, they have not thought it ne cessary to object to the indiscriminate presence of Pro testant Dissenters of all persuasions at the divine ser vice performed in a workhouse by a Protestant Dissent ing minister. Progress has been made in extending the provisions of the new Poor-law to new districts, espe cially in the manufacturing districts. Thus Manchester and Liverpool are now under Boards of Guardians. The number or plaoos not yot pinood under Boards of Guardians, and which are still under local Acts, or Gilbert's Act, is 776, containing a population, according to the census of 1831, of 1,715,156. . „ In consequence of instructions from the Government. measures were taken for reducing the number of Assist ant Commissioners in England. There were seventeen Assistant Commissioners, each having a district. At the present time there are thirteen, each having a district. The Commissioners intend to fix the number of districts at twelve, below which number they do not think they ought to be reduced. Some of the districts, from their area, and the number of their unions, almost exceed the powers of a single Assistant Commissioner. For instance, the whole of Wales, with parts of Herefordshire and Shropshire, form one district. Another district compre hends Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, and the North Riding of Yorkshire. The Commissioners, in concluding their account of their proceedings in England, affirm that they have faith fully endeavoured to fulfil the intentions of the Legisla ture, as embodied in the Poor-law Amendment Act ; and declare that, so fat. from their powers being absolute and arbitrary, as they are sometimes supposed to b, they are subject to nearly all the possible varieties of responsibi lity, both legal and moral, in respect of their official acts, forming,l in the aggregate, a security against the abuses of power which can never be obtained against tha acts of a merely local authority. In Ireland the introduction of the Poor-law has been very general. The whole country has been divided into 130 unions, which are all formed, and there is reason to believe that the new combination into which the whole of Ireland has now been formed will work harmoniously, and be productive of very important benefits, independ ently of Poor-law administration. A large number of union work-houses have been built, or are buildlng. The chief desideratum at present is a suitable nio.le of employment for the inmates of the workhouses. The mate paupers are, for the most part, elderly, and more or less infirm, although most of them are able to do something; and with the view of keeping such of them from idleness as are not employed in stone-breaking, oakum-picking, cultivating the garden, and in the several kinds of house hold work to be performed in their own wards, a hand mill has been provided for the use of the establishment, and other means will be resorted to as time and opportu nity serve.• For the female inmates there is less difficulty in finding employment. The ordinary occupation of the establishment, joined to making and mending the linen, &c., knitting stockings, picking oakum, and attending the children and the sick, have hitherto furnished occu pation for the far greater number of them ; but still so numerous is this class of inmates, and so much has been accomplished in the way of needlework and knitting, that houses are at this moment supplied with a sufficiency of clothing, made by the inmates themselves. Shortly after the workhouses of the two Dublin unions were opened, a marked reduction took place in the num ber of beggars who usually infested the seeets and neighbourhood of the city, and persons who had before been sceptical as to the results of the poor relief Act, were now heard to express themselves favourably of a measure which thus appeared to Wave rid them of the mendicants. A considerable portion of the beggars had then in fact been received into the workhouses, and thus the public were relieved from their solicitations ; but this relief was only temporary, for the vacuum caused by the reception of these beggars into the workhouses, was soon filled by a fresh influx f-on, the surrounding districts. Many, 'also, who had entered the workhouses, either as an experiment, or through an apprehension that mendicancy would no longer be per mitted, again left them, and resumed their for.ner habits of idleness and irregularity, subsistin o t , by begging, as before ; and thus, after a short time, the streets and su burbs of Dublin were as fully stocked with beggars as ever, or perhapa more so. This circumstance seems to have opened the eves of the inhabitants of Dublin, and to have produced a very general conviction of the necessity of some enactment for the suppression of mendicancy. The repression of mendicancy is stated by the Commissioners as necessary in every union, and so long, as the workhouse is open, and available for the relief of the destitute. This conviction, they are satisfied, is also felt generally throughout the country, particularly by the small farmers and occupiers, who are indeed the chief sufferers, the contributions being for the most part levied upon them. The congregation of the beggars in towns at certain periods, or at certain hours of the day, gives an appearance of the pressure bring greater than in the neighbouring rural clistricts ; but such is not the case, the alms which the mendicant col lects in the country being almost always taken to the tow a for consumption, or for the purpose of being sold or exchanged to supply his wants or minister to his ap petites. The Commissioners think it manifest that this state of things should not be permitted to continue, and that it becomes a duty to protect the inhabitants of a union from the pressure of mendicancy, when they ere compelled to pay a tax for relieving the destitute. It has been thought by some that persons will cease to give to beggars when called upon to pay poor-rates ; and that mendicancy will thus, without the enactment of any new law for its repression, be put an end to, cr at least be so reduced as no lonner, to be the great public evil it unquestionably Low PUBLICATI ONS This day is published, in Sva., price 15s. boards. il E HISTORY OF GUERNSEY. By JONATHAN DUNCAN, B. A. This Work gives an account of the Laws, Institutions, Natu ral History, Commerce. and Antiquities of the Island 1,17. th a mass of curious and instructive matter, alike valuable to the Historical Student and the Tourist. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. Guernsey : Henry Brouard, Star Office ; and all Booksellers. 13, Great Marlborough street. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK, CHARLES CHESTERFIELD; or, The ADVENTURES OF A YOUTH OF GENIUS. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, In 3 vols., post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations by Phiz. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—Cicely, M'Leod, from New South Wales, at Liverpool, sailed from Sydney, April 25, Pernam buco, July 17 ; Hopkinson, Stephens, from Bengal, off Liverpool, sailed April 21 ; William • Gillies, Clarke, from Bombay, off Liverpool, sailed May 12 ; Champion, Cochrane, from Bombay, at Liverpool, - sailed April 15, St. Helena, July 11 ; Onyx ; Browa,: - fom Ceylon, off Salcombe, sailed .AprP 4, St. Helena, July 2. Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales.--Argo, Bil ling, from Mauritius and Hobart-town ; Harlequin, Ire land, from ; Jane Eliza, White, from the South Seas; James, White, from Liverpool; James Matheson, Brans combe, f-om Liverpool ; Piscator, Ivl‘Queen, from Ho bart-town ; Sir John Falstaff, Gordon, from London ; Star, Campbell, from ; Cheerful, Pal .4elt, from Cha tham Islands ; Mary Ann, Holton, from Hobart-town ; Indus, Clarke, from Port Philip; Venice, Perit,Ccom Phila delphia; Transfer, Monro, from Hobart-town; Beatrice, Harry, from llamburgh; Champion, Spencer, April 18, from London ; New Holland, Russell, from Adelaide ; Neptune, Ferris, from Port Philip ; Mary Ann, Edice, April 19, from Liverpool ; Jane, Cooper, from the' South Seas ; Governor Philip, Boyle, April 20, from Norfolk Island ; Onyx,'Brown,. April 21, ffoin the South Seas with 950 barrels sperm oil ; Laura, Day; April 21, from Hobart Town ; Thistle (steamer), Wishart, April 22, from Plymouth ; Earl Durham, Cabell, from Dundee. Departmw from Sydney.—Black Nymph, for Ma nilla ; Charlotte, for Launceston ; Cintra, for Manilla ; Kate, for New Zealand ; Australasian packet, for Port Philip ; Martha, for Hobart Town ; Jane, Gifford, for BataA la ; Glenswill, for Si ngapore •, William, for Laun ceston ; Nimrod, for Singapore ; I)auntless, for Guam ; Prince George, for China ; Rose (steamer) and Geor gians, for Newcastle. ' CANADIAN POLICY OF THE TEEL GOVERN mENT.—A leading article of Tuesday's Timo contains the following passage :—" Passing from foreign to colo nial affairs, Lord John Russell takes credit to himself for having restorcl free institutions to Canada,' without confessing to any culpability in the transactions which made it necessary to take these institutions away. By coquetting with treasonable practices at home and abroad, these men educated the spirit of rebellion in Canada, and afterwards by their vacillating incapacity encouraged it to make head and break out into overt acts. The flame of civil war once kindled, was quenched by no wisdom of theirs, but by the gallant British troops, and the loyal British settlers. How have those settlers been since treated by this Governmeat, which claims praise for restoring free institutions to Canada ? In such a manner as may probably teach those whose patriotism is not proof against temptation to seek their own interest on the next similar occasion, by taking part with the insurgents instead of putting them down. And if the course of Whig Administration had not been ar rested, there is too much reason to apprehend that such an opportunity might have been speedily found." All, this, being interpreted, means that the recent Govern ment of Canada has been mischievously popular, and that it behoves Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley to re store the dominion of the old family compacts. It will be read thus in Canada. If it were also read there as an expression of the views of the Peel Government, it would almost suffice to produce that third rebellion, which the writer in the Times, in utter ignorance of the state of Canada, thinks would have happened if the course of Whig Administration had not been arrested. —Cu/unit:l Journal. The Cherbourg Journa mentions that, a few days ago, no fewer than seventy-seven casks of wine at Valognes, in the Manche, were condemned by the Ma gistrates as unwholesome, and were by their orders staved, and their contents emptied into the river. The shores of the stream next day were covered with an immense quantity of dead fish, and the inhabitants are ,:l.out to institute proceedings to recover compensation L !l E a ß ni vN, damage thus done to their fisheri es . AUG. 25.—The hop s i n t hi s e promising,and if the present favourable weather continuos, there is ev er y p ro b a bili ty of a good crop. The la te cold weather mater'ally checked their growth, but:, they are now getti ng n i ce l y f n r t i ° g: leL bourhood look very another thing in . Extract from the Second Edition of . Grimstone's Weather :-. Almanack." ever been known 7, Skinner's Almshouses, Mile End, Jan. 26, 1840. sent ; there is not the least Silt —I think it my incumbent duty to return you my grate- to be so clean as at pre i t i l l i t l li f ° a P vou a t n • filth or honey-dew to be seen. The harvest is also d is :g t r h o a w t grate ful acknowledgments of the efficacy of your invaluable " Eye the crops are generally good, i t n i f ey v l i g ) a o ‘ r , e ou h s a l y r 1; 1 y Snuff." You must understand, Sir, that 1 have for the last prog ressing favourably ; four or five years suffered much with giddiness in my head and and a great deal has been cut and carried during the dimness of sight. I naturally concluded (being in my 69th last few days. The barley is laid in many places, but year) that it was the decay of Natur e , and was advised by a if this warm weather continues, will not ,receive much friend, who said so much in its favour, a n d th e extraordinary damage. The wheat crops are generally good, and it virtues of your invention, I was induced to give it a trial, and lam happy. to say that the grea t an d sivial benefit I have de- is supposed will yield an average crop. —Lincoln Gazette. EXPENDITURE OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD rived from the use of four of your 2s. 4d. canisters has enables me to lay aside my spectacles, has given riA great relief in my FOIL 1840.—Bread, 2,3501.; butter, bacon, cheese, and head, and I f ee l so thorough ly convinced of its benign vi r tue s , eggs, 5,150/4 milk and cream, 1,5001.; butchers' meat, that my gratitude shall ever be evinced in recommending it to 10,0001. ; poultry, 4,250/.; fish, 2,180/ 4 grocery, 5,0001.; all I may hereafter meet suffering with those afflictions. oilery,ll,Bso/. ; fruit and confectionery, 1,9801.; vegetables, 1 am, Sir, your much oblige.' and grateful'servant, 520/ 4 wine, 5,2501.; liquors, &e., 2,000/.; ale and beer, ANN COLE. 3 000/.• wax candle , 2.150/.; 1amp5,14,950/ • fuel, 6 I • , 980/ • "To W. Gri ms t one , E sq., 39, B roa d -str e et, Bloomsbury, '• ' '. / " . I * stationery, 8,0 .; turnery, 4001.; braziery, 950/.; china, Copy of a Letter dated Leeds July 4, 1834. lass g, ticc., 1,576/ • ; linen, 2,504/.; washing of table and Sra,—l have re ce i ve d great bene fit from your Eye S nu ff. have been afflicted ten years with Cataract, and was given other linen, 3,250/.; plate, 355/. Total annual, expendi up by the Medical M en , h ut was recommended to use your tune of the Royal Household, 69,765/. Snuff, which completely cured me in a few weeks. You may A n Anti-Corn-law Association has been formed make use of my name, if it will do you any good. Excuse at Birmingham, the declared object of which is to obtain my writing. Your's, ever faithfully, - Harper-street, Leeds. the total and immediate repeal of the existing Corn PETER SANDERSON. an d P rov i s i on -l aws by a ll l ega l an d const i tut i ona l To Mr. Wm. Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, means, by the formation of Other associ a ti ons , the de- Last Testimony, F e b. 10 , 1 8 4 0. Observe the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE it the sole in- livery of lectures, and the distribution of tracts. ;No venter, and the only genuine is prepared by him, party politics are to be discussed at its, meetings, which This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Heibs is sold in are to be confined strictly and exclusively to the objects eanisters, at Bd., ls. 3d., 2s, 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs., and 15s. 6d. of the Association. The General Committee are to each, by the Proprietor, W. Grimstone, at 39;Rn:tad-street, elect out of their own body a Sub-Committee, to be Bloomsbury, and can be obtained in all the principal towns and ' called the "Executive Committee," whose duty it shall elfin* A liberal allowance t o shippers, owners, captanis, and b e t o con d uc t th e b us iness of the A ssoc i at i on ; an d a l so a all4ondors of Primstone's E ye snug. Thin celebrated Snufi Committee, t o b e ca ll e d the "Finance Committee," to i s shipped to all quarters of the globe, anti retains its benign receive all on moneys on account of the As soc i a tion, and qua lities in every climate. MI Snuffs an. 4 Cigars shipped .. -- -- pay the souse to the treasurer. t b e shortest notice. 1 THE WEATHER AND CROPS. The bslautiful weather has made a great and excellent chenge in the hat rest, a great deal of all sorts of corn has been secured in good order, and many farmers in the Weald have carted all their wheat ; but on the Downs, the quantity of seeds and green stuff in the barley has induced the farmer to use every moment he could to secure that crop, and hence we see large pieces of wheat s.lll stantung out. Another week of fine weather will secure, pretty nearly, an average crop of wheat, but of course there are exceptions.—Brighton paper of Thurs • day. The wheat crops come to hand much heavier and better than was expected. The forward oats have been got in well, and the backward crops look promising. The late fine weather is expected to work great im provement in the barley. The peas that have been har vested tuin out well, and the beans are flourishing.— Maidstone Gazette. The harvest has begun generally in the neighbour hood of Newark, and in some places a good deal is housed ; but the rain of Tuesday night has greatly re tarted the harvest.—Lincoln Gazette. The harvest on the Tyne side has commenced, and will be general in this neighbourhood in another week. No new wheat has yet appeared in Newcastle market, but it may be expected that samples will be shown on Saturday next. It is generally considered that the wheat in the northern counties will be better in quality than that of the greater part of the southern districts, where the weather has been more unfavourable than with us. The weather has been very warm and dry since our last.—Tyne Mercury. The weather is very fine. We need scarcely add that the farmers have been "making hay while - the sun shines," and that the harvest is awing to a close in our locality. The accounts as to the yield are very con tradictory, some maintaining that it is an average crop, and others that it is not nearly so.— Worcester Chronicle. EAST LOTHIAN.—The bar - vest has become very gene ral in the eastern divisions of this county ; we observe fields cut on Palmerton, Thorntonloch, Skatera, East Batas, Barneyhill, Oxwelhnains, Wester P a rkerton, Brandsmiln, Newtonlees, East Broomhouse, Newhouses, Lochend, 'West Barns, Belton, &c. The barley and oats seem of an average bulk, the wheat generally " stooks" light. The weather has been very wet, but should it clear up, next week harvest will be general.—lnverness Courier. On Friday and Saturday the weather was dry and favourable fur harvest operations.; and the farmers for merry miles round were all busily engaged in their im portant labours. The harvest has merely been protracted to a rather late period of the season, which, so far, is of course unfavourable ; but with such a breadth of grain everywhere ready for the sickle, even a few days of fine weather would secure a large portion of the crop. The wheat after potatoes being as general short in the straw, is mostly standing, and that part of it which has been bad down is in general after fallow.—Edinburgh Obse..mr of Tuesday. KENT HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Gazette.) MAIDSTONE.—The warm weather of the last week has worked wondei ial improvements in the hop-grounds. The hops have come out freely and vigorously, and in many grounds, where it was expected not more than three or fort- bags per acre would be got, six bags are now looked for. These remarks apply to those grounds, however, which are not affected by mould. Where the mould has been found the Miles make little compa rative progress, and although the mould has not increased so rapidly as was expected, yet it has increased. The mould-stricken bines may produce a few hops at top, but the growth of the lower branches is completely im peded. Below the hills, in the Weald of Kent., the hops are generally much forwarder than in Mid-Kent, and w :If be ready to pick ten days or a fortnight earlier. They w;l1, however, come in. two crops. Some of the hops on the same bines will be dead ripe long before the others will be fit to pick. WATERISMIURY.—The hops have improved within the last week beyond the growers' most sanguine ex pectations, although a fortnight • since most persons doubted as to there being an average crop, and the qua lity being good. There are now some exceptions, but they are few end far between. RENCIILEV.—The present warm weather is very suitable to the hops, and they have made extensive pro gress during the past week, notwithstanding that several of our gardens are still in a backward state, though they bear a very luxuriant appearance. The season is too :ilr advanced for them to realise an adequate weight to the show of bine. I observe some few grounds tinged with the " rod rust," but we have no indications of mould here. TOWN MALTING.--Hops in this neighbourhood. are fast progressing toward a crop, and seem taking,all the advantages that favourable weather can offer. Where a fortnight back they seemed, as the planters term it, to hang in the kurr,and further threaten to stick there, now " In golden clusters hang the bitter crop," thanks to the timely change, by which they have shown what they can do in the eleventh hour. ROBEILTSBRIDGE.—The planters in general, and in particular the Sussex ones, who attend Robertsbridge fair, do a great deal of mischief in setting their own prices, as it is impossible for them to know what quan tities and qualities there are in hand so well as th e fac tors and merchants. CANTEHBURY.—The few days of fine weather have greatly improved the hops, notwithstanding that the continued wet of the previous weeks has much accele rated the ravages of mould. Opinion is 'Much opposed as to the ultimate realization of the calculations of the betters in favour of the duty.. The burr has shown itself generally, and 160,000/. is freely backed. Tick:imam—ln this and adjoining parishes the plan tations have certainly made improvement during the pest week, and the hops. now show themselves, yet there are very many grounds short of bine, and which cannot do much. GOUDHURST.—The very fine warm weather, with fogs, we have had recently, ripens the hops very fart We had a great many factors and planters at Goudhun t but the opinions were very. wide apart as to the amount of duty. Many were of Opinion that the aphides, which have appeared generally during the last week, may do much mischief, as they have come upon us quite sud denly. It was the opinion amongst the factors that there was every probability of planters this year making up a little of the loss of the last two, the consumption of hops being adequate to the new duty. If we consider the small quantity of hops in hand, which was supposed to be very great two years since, with the immense increase of beer sent to India, &c., which-is little else than a very strong decoction of the purest hops, and which is now generally recommended to invalids by the faculty, this view is accounted for. " I'll back out of this, if you please," as the crab said when the girl put him in the pot. ROUEN, AUG. 24.—We have had beautiful weather for several days, and they say there is not near so much mischief done to the crops as reported, and that :he result will be not much short of a fa►r average• Se veral English dealers are over here purchasing corn. A new and extensive English establishment has commenced here for building locomotive and other carriages, and other railway business, and it is said will employ from five to six hundred workmen. Our hotels are full every day with English, Americans, &c., and the Grand Hotel at Rouen has been .obliged to send away 30 or 40 per day, although they make up near 100 beds. EPITAPH. Here I lie bereft of breath Because a cough Carried me off — Then a coffin They carried me off in. —New York Evening Post. 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