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EAST INDIA HOUSE, SEPT. 21, 1842. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a PROPRIETOR of EAST INDIA STOCK has postponed until the Quarterly General Court of the said Com. parry, appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th instant, the Motion of which he had previon , ly given notice, viz.:.— " That there be laid before the Court of Proprietors an Es timate of the expenie incurred by the war in Affghanistan to the 31q December. 1841." " That there be laid before the Court of Proprietors a State ment of the amount of any loan or loans raised in India, with the rates of interest at which such loan or loans may have been raised, since th e commencement of the Affghan war." That the Pretest of Mr. Tucker or any other individual Director or Directors, against the Affghan war, be laid before the Court of Proprietors." The said Court of Directors do also give notice, That ANOTHER PROPRIETOR has given Notice, that at the said Quarterly General Court he intends— " To call the attention of the Court to the Papers which have recent!) , been printed and laid before the Proprietors, in rela tion to the Commission of Inquiry held at Sattara on the Raja of Sattara, in October, 1836, and the conduct of the Commis sion who sat on that Inquiry." The said Court of Directors do further give notice, That ANOTHER PROPRIETOR has intimated his in. tentien tO propose to the Proprietors at the said Quarterly Ge neral Court— " To take into consideration the Copies of the Minutes of the Oovernor-General and Members of Council in Bengal, &c., relative to the death of` the late King of Oude, Nusseer ood been Hyder, printed by order of the House of Commons, on the 17th July, 1838, uttbn the motion of the late Mr. Praed ; and also the further Papers relative to the succession to the Throne of Oude, ordered to be printed by the House of Com mons, on the 31st July, 1838, Copies of the whole of which Papers were also moved for in the House of Lords, on the 31st J uly, 1838, by the Right Honourable Lord Ellenborough, and the motion agreed to. JAMES C. MELVILL, Sec. QUIPS FOR NEW ZEALAND, under Charter to the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY, to sail as un dermentioned, viz.: — FOR NELSON AND WELLINGTON. INDUS, A 1, 425 Tons, from London, Ist October. FOR WELLINGTON AND NELSON. PIHEBE, 471 Tons, from London, 15th November. For further particulars, apply at the New Zealand House, m road-street Buildings. A NTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE, -t-1. EVERY:SUNDAY and TUESDAY, from ST. KA THA RINE'S STEAM WHARF, next the TOWER, where Passengers embark and disembark without the use and risk of boats, and horses and carriages are shipped and landed. The ANTWERP COMPANY'S most powerful and splen did Stparn-sh_pi s leave the above Wharf as follows : FOR ANT WERP,—Ti,, ANTWERPEN, THOMAS JACKSON, Commander, every SUNDAY, arTwelve o'clock at Noon. Th e PRINCE SS VICTORIA, THOMAS MIN TER, Commander, every TUESDAY, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. Returning from Antwerp every WEDNESDAY and SUNDAY, at One o'clock Afternoon. Persons going: to the Rhine will find the route by Antwerp, (in consequence of the Railroad) incomparably more expedi tious and agreeable than by Rotterdam. The sea passage is also considerably shorter. The general accommodations for passengers to be found on hoard these favourite ships, their splendid saloons and spacious private and ladies' cabins, together with the excellence of the table provided, are entirely unequalled. Carriages and Horses may be sent to the Wharf up to one hour before the time of starting. For freight apply to the London Agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon, and to secure berths, at the Offices, 123, Fen church -street, and 44, Regent-street, Piccadilly, where (as well as at the Wharf) every information may be obtained. lAIPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN, 1839 , o f THIRTY MILLIONS of FLORINS, to be redeemed with 7 4,250,000 Florins, by the following sums, viz. :—One of 300 ,0008. ; Two of 28 1 0001 ; Six of 250,00011.; Six of 220,0008 . ; Six of 210,00011. ; Ten of 200,00011. ; Sixteen of 60 ,0001 ; Three of 30,00011, &c. (Ten Florins equal to 1/. sterling.) te NEXT DISTRIBUTION takes place on the FIRST of D ECEMBER, 1842, and the Prices of Shares are as follow, viz. :- 1 for 75 francs, or 12 ... 750 . 25 ... 1,500 100 ... 5,000 2OO Payable by Bank of England Notes, remittances, or drafts, Shares reimbursable in Francfort, Paris, or London, at the option of the holders, and lists forwarded to each Shareholder. POr further particulars and Shares, apply to J. A. „ I°C HWARZSCHILD, Banker, Francfort-sur-11fiain ; in Paris, Rue du Cadran, No. 20; and in London, No. 62, Great vrescot-street. AN ABSOLUTE SALE, HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO Cloth Manufacturers, Tanners, Capitalists, and Speculators, combining a capability for Parliamentary Botough , influence of rare occ urrence, so ld un d er a Fi at in Bankruptcy. 111 - R. GEORGEignees ROBINS is directed by the 1 Ass of .Messrs. Saunders, Farmer, and Saun ders t o OFFER to UNRESERVED COMPETITION, at the Angel Inn, Chippenham, on FRIDAY, the 21st of October, i n Three Lots, the following VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT FREEHOLD PROPERTY, *i t AN EXTENSIVE CLOTH FACTORY IN THE TOWN OF CHIPPENHAM, si tuate within a few minutes' walk of the Great Western Rai /rays erected at an EXPENSE EXCEEDING £2,000. It comprises in all THREE FACTORIES OF GREAT EXTENT, with numberless other Buildings, all in excellent repair, capable of manufacturing 40 PIECES, OR 2,000 YARDS PER WEEK of the best superfine cloth, which will readily insure an income of £5,200 A- YE AR. It is c omp l ete in all respects ; at present it carries on a lucra tive business, and, with the prospective improvement in the Cloth Trad e , arising from the settlement of American affairs, a of the vast i mpetus must ar i se , and the full power and capability the Facto ry be brought into operation it is fitted with A THIRTY HORSE-POWER ENGINE, the best inFOURTEEN HO the West of EnglandßS, erected b y H a ll , o f D art f or d ; FULLING also E - POWER ENGINE, FOURTEEN PAIR STOCKS, THIRTEEN GIGS, c. Every thing is the best th a t could be obtained, all are in & the highest condition. There are Two Acres of Land attached to the Factory, and a snug Cottage for the Manager. The whole is let to Mr. Bawling, a highly respectable tenant, for Next is the valuable £750 A-YEAR. FREEHOLD TAN-YARD, carrying on a lucrative trade, most advantageously situate, abutting upon the Factory, on the bank of the River Avon, with a never-failing supply of water, arising from a wear, which, with the hatches, are in first-rate order. There are altogether 106 Tan-pits, sev era l exce ll ent Sh e d s an d Barns, &c., and a VERY POWERFUL AND VALUABLE WATER WHEEL of eighteen feet diameter. There are also two acres of land t li 'rner taebed, and a very s nug G entee l R es id ence, let to Mr. It/or -1 , a highly respectable ma n , a t t h e i na d equate rent of of. a-year. The Factory and Tan-yard can INFLUENCE AT THE BOROUGH ELECTION AIiOUT FIFTY VOTES, Auld the land dis:days an irresistible opportunity, by building, to exercise that influence to a preponderating extent. Also every excellent and well-built Dwelling-house, situate at Bradford, fitted up in the Eli za b e th an s t y l e, w i th two acres of law n and pleasure -grounds at th e rear ; it i s a res id ence w(11 a dapted to a thriving manufacturer, and possesses ample accom modation. There are attached to it TWELVE ACRES OF RICH PASTURE LAND, Which may be turned to a considerable profit ; also Meadow ~a n d ; alsp a snug little Cottage for Gardener, Hot and Green /louse, Farm-yard, Barn, Sheds, &c Immediate possession may be had. The value for the whole is TWO HUNDRED GUINEAS A-YEAR th the with plans, will be ready, twenty-one days prior to English + and can be obtained at the Bush, Bristol ; John Esq., Solicitor, and the White Hart, Bath ; John t hr b : esq.. Solicitor, and the New Bear and Swan, Bradford ; i, Hear , Devizes; the office of the " Salisbury Journal," Ar u tul ; Angel, Chippenham ; King's Arms, Melksham ; Asbur s t, S o li c i tor, 137, Cheapside ; Messrs. Burfoot, IC O ffices, 4l 0 1 Bench -walk, Temple; and M r . G eorge R o bi ns ' s ovent-garden. {o' B . The resid ence a t B ra df or d can b e v i ewed daily until e S ale; the Factory and Tan-yard two day s p r io r t o th e S a l e , /11 '119th and 20th of October. MPATENT LEVER ,WATCHES. ESSRS. HORTON and CO., Watchmakers and Jewellers, Ludgate -street (opposite Messrs. verington and Co.'s), offer to their friends and the public theinir celebrated PATENT LEVER WATCHES, of work -aria/sip of the highest class of excellence, capped and jewelled, maintaining power, &c., at the following prices :-- t Ladies' Lever Watches, Gold Cases, and Gold Dials, 12/. 12s. 6 s. Gentlemen's Lever Watches, Gold Cases, and W — "e'led Dials, 18s. Gentlemen's Lever ti Itches, Silver Cases, and Enamelled Dials, 6/. 6a . ; the Ho iizilatal Movement, in Flat Gold Cases, ill. 6s. to 1 2 !. 12s. ; 'V - H orizontal Movement, in Flat Silver Cases, 4/. 10s. ; the Vert ical Movement , in Silver Cases 2/. 12s. 6d. to 4/. 4s. A warranty for twe lve months. Ni".----A e lar se g s tock of new and tasteful Jewellery, Ladies' :,,"r Card Cas and Vinegarets, Gentlemen's Snuff Boxes, V great variet of other Fancy Articles, at prices consider -3' `clew the us u al London charges. kAVER'S EMBROCATION for GOUT, RHEUMATISM, TIC DOLOREUX, &c. t,yl r Y of a Lett er a dd ressed b y Trevor H o ll an d , E sq., S urgeon , to ~_a a lnock, ne ar W a l sa ll, S ta ff or d s hi re, on t h e 6 t h J u ly l as t, :Re Editor o f the " Times:"— Sir,—l thi n k i t a d uty I owe to the public to make known h. e eacy of a reme dy which I m e t w ith acc id en tally, and 141(1 al n has been of such wonderful benefit to myself. Some cst e n r t i ba am'in I met with a very severe accident, having disks tles and fractured my ancle severely. From the great tender t' ° the joint I was quite unable to walk, the limb con di:l:led very much swollen and edematous, and I suffered ~x ta df ully from severe attacks of spasms in the night, which tkrrtlended from the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, and to the lb 3 ' Raritan exhausted every resource of relief which I and I,l l .2 2 _:dical friends in the country could suggest, to no Nt r" , set out for London with the intention of con bfteg Sir Benjamin Brodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea *being' B Y accident I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-hi!!, had applied his Embrocation, and, to my great astonishment, lep,.no spasm that night, nor have I had one since. The next inng I came down stairs without my crutches, and was 11 4 to walk, the swelling of the limb soon subsided, and I am ra PidlY recovering. Having for many years had an ex ris 've medical practice in the county of Stafford, I know of I n medicinal compound possessing such wonderful efficacy. fueled my testimony to Mr. Feaver's Embrocation,.l am ac d,,ired by no other motive than gratitude to him, and a sincere fer er ; t° make known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf aß,i • Possessing, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice last t :t e verything in the shape of quackery, I should be the tb: a4 1 0 uphld a sy g stem which, enerally speaking, I know nothin, but a Oefarious tra ffi c and humbug. " 1 am, your obedient servant, _ • "T REVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. ~ muck, near Walsall, Staffordshire. sttrp. e ' B . At the various consultations held up3n my . case, the opi;'• n os and , physicians (including myself) were decidedly of r n i n l nn that the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter had 4 t , t e in lock-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not . of t s'e slightest symptoms of o n since the first application is extraordinary embrocati.—T. H." in any his justly -celebrated remedy (which is equally e ffi cacious of the above a ffl ictions) may be obtained of, or through u‘'" r espectable wholesale or reta il C hem i st in T own or nt ry. at the Depot, corner of 'Wellington -street, Strand; , mro the Proprietor, Mr. Feaver, 16, Ludgate-hill, London. I '317 twai is sd to 14 ince for 01 have been have bee" •Wrly sale. )se of JO/ as been in' th firmness ;h Oils for pen r ather fin e mon 35 _ 1 .. ; 1 c olor 30 , J pe r till!; Linsieu .dVanCed 3d per cvit ;3d. Fai r ' l t: Id per duty Pal ther dingl • al iallipolt a ry 511 to ! Ara crican t Cocoa Nu" ; on t he .rM s v fast Ore ; 475 6(1 s 6d to 41 to 465 9 uotat ioll S 5 ne ?P . § '• t° . All - 40 .1 44 3 "so *-- 16 31 40 Catherig rged I a nd co f 0 ° nerS o h Of Dial ig•US't I bl 0 hOaS el Unfi t feet si% . ea dth e t t h ►N a if a Sher an erOn ° ol loor fis twined vo os straW ang" or a I°l l ild due n ini,sll4 e r s L of a hilot rd. B irr nd ' af ter is sa fel, think , l e hat's th 9bservi, ty L °ll :' • er ea—rnA curious cru e l ' cting t° !Mai n did co . , state 7 3 is put le swins 31 , Cr 3e charg e l neglect Coe t° go fr ci° tours' ? , t iee? ze br e + brea th to the i 3 re : a re S hidi n g starting setting ents Br9 hed the loco"' na gr" 1 ;]11Ug • Bri t4l o ther 0 004 veri UPPER CLAPTON, TO BE LET, a COTTAGE. w ith goo d G ar d en , in STAMFORD GROVE, with immediate possession. Apply to view at the Lodge ; or for particulars at the Office of Mr. William Bromley, solicitor, Gray's Itm-square. A GENTEEL COTTAGE, with Stable and Chaise-house, in KENT, ten miles from London. 110 BE LET, and entered into immediately, a convenient COTTAGE, in the best state of repair, and in a beautiful dry and healthy situation, containing four bed rooms, two parlours, large kitchen, wash-house, cellar, and coal-house ; excellent pump-water in the house ; fixturescom plete ; a large garden, well stocked with choice fruit trees and bushes, in full bearing. Rent moderate ; easy and frequent access by coach within a few minutes' walk, and by steam•boat within 2 1 ,E miles. For further particulars inquire of Messrs. Dickson and Bell, surveyors and land agents, 30, nucklersbury, London. EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY I GRAND CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY, 200 Feet long, on which a Carriage of nearly 2001b5., con taining a Lady or Gentlemen, descends an inclined plane, pass ing round a vertical circle of 40 feet, turning the head of the individual downwards and the feet in the air ; the Carriage then descends the circle, rises a second inclined plane, and lands the individual safe, at the rate of 100 miles an hour. Which is just added to DUBOURG'S splendid EXHIBI TION of MECHANICAL FIGURES. consisting of an en. tirely new Collection of Groups, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, HA YM A RKE T. The Car Hill descend every hour. Saloon and Boxes; Is. ; Children, Half-price: Gallery, 61 Open daily from Eleven to Eleven at Night. N.B. The most distinguished persons who have Dmended in the Car, are Lord De Tabley, Sir R. Wilson, Counts Ba thyany, A. Esterhazy, Labrifse ; Capt. Polhill, M P., &c. &e. SILVER; PLATED CORNER DISHES.—A.B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit the prices of the following patterns of strongly-plated CORNER DISHES, with silver handles and edges, and silver shields fur engraving the crest or coat of arms : The Gadroon Pattern. I The Flower Pattern. Four strongly-plated cor Four extra strongly ner Dishes and Covers ....£lO 10 plated Corner Dishes Four extra strongly-plated and Covers £l3 10 Corner Dishes and Covers 12 12 N.B. The Covers are made they form extra dishes. Draw to any part •f Great Britain or with moveable handles, so that ings of the above are forwarded Ireland, postage free. PUBLICATIONS. This day, post Bvo., I2s. MURRAY'S HAND-BOOK f or NOR- I 4 LTHERN ITALY—The States of Sardinia, Genoa, and the Riviera, Venice, Lombardy, and Tuscany. With a Nap. John Murray, Albemarle-street. Next week will be published, in one vol. 12m0.. cloth lettered, FATHER OSWALD, a genuine Catholic Story. " And other sheep I have that are nut of this fold; them also must I bring, and they shall hear my voice : and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. "_.John, x., 16. London : C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street. THE THIRD EDITION. To be had of all Booksellers. A New and Popular Work, price 4s. 6d., THE WATER CURE. A Ne w System for re storing injured constitutions to robust health, fur the Radical Cure of Gout and Rheumatism, Stomach, Liver, and Nervous Complaints. Tic, Scrofula, Syphilis, and their conse quences, &c., &c., the result of Observations made on Two Thousand Patients. By JAMES WILSON, Physician to his Serene Highness Prince Nassau. London t John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. The Author has now formed an establishment similar to that of Priessnitz, at Great Malvern, celebrated for the purity of its air and water, and every other adjunct for giving the Water Cure its full effect. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Eiq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. J ose ph Th om p son , Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. Professor Graves,A.M.F.R.S, ACTUARY—W. S. 11. Woelhouse, Esq., F. R.A. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M. D., F.R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SoLiciToßs—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewees, and Ommanney. BANKERS—MOM. Glyni Halifax, Mills, and Co. The most rational motives to Life Assurance arc found in the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure provision at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. MINORARY 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 DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. H. DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Charles Graham, E s q. Esq. F. C. Maitland , Edw. Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, E sq . E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., As- John Ritchie, Esq. sistant Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq. SEC RET ARY. —Patrick Macintyre, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it, since its commence ment in 1834. In IE4I the Company declared an addition to the Share holders of one-half of their Stock, and also added 21. per Cent. per Annum, from the date of the policies to those par, ties who had insured with Profits. The Premiums nevertheless are on the most moderate scale, and only a moiety need be paid for the first five years, where the Insurance is for life. The amount of bonus added to policies since the commence ment of the Company in March 1834, to the 31st December 1840, is as follows : Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sums added to Policy. £l,OOO 6 Year!. 10 Months £136 13 4 1,000 4 Years IA 0 0 1,000 3 Years 6O 0 0 1,000 1 Year Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Frederick Hale Thomson, Esq., Surgeon, 48, Berners-street, attends at the Office daily, about Half-past Two o'clock. WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Office-49, Parliament-street, Westminster. Capital 500,0001; 10,000 Shares, 501. each. Deposit Si. each Share. This Society is established for the Assurance of Lives, upon principles combining economy with perfect security. DIRECTORS. H. Edgeworth Bicknell, Esq., 28, Upper Bedford-place. William Cabell, Esq., Newington-place, Surrey. Thomas Somers Cocks, jun., Esq.„ Charing Cross. George Henry Drew, Esq., Bermondsey. William Evans, Esq., Millbank. William Freeman, Esq., Millbank-street. Francis Fuller, Esq., Poultry, London an-I Croydon. James Hunt, Esq., Whitehall. John Arscott Lethbridge, Esq., Greenwich Hospital. Edmund Lucas, Esq., MillNank-street. George Kennet Pollock, Esq., Great George-street, West minster. James Lys Seager, Esq., Millbank. John Bazley White ' Esq., Millbank-st ree t , an d S wanscombe. Joseph Carter Wood, Esq., Artillery Place, Westminster, Henry Wrench, Esq., King William-street, London Bridge. TRUSTEES. William Whateley, Esq. I L. C. Humfrey, Esq. George Drew, Esq. AUDITORS. Ormus Biddulph, Esq. I John Freeman, Esq. John Bailey White, jun., Esq. CONSULTING COUNSEL—WiIIiam Page Wood, Esq. CONVEYANCING COUNSEL—SaMUeI Jay, Esq. PHYSICIAN—WiIIiam Richard Basham, Esq., M.D., 17, Chester-street, Grosvenor-place. Summons—Alfred Leggatt, Esq.; George D. Pollock, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Cocks, Biddn lph, and Co., Charing-cross. SOLICITORS—Messrs. J. L. Bicknell and J. C. Lethbridge, 25, Abingdon-street, Westminster. TABLE OF PREMIUMS TO ASSURE £lOO FOR THE WHOLE TERM OF LIFE. Age. Annual Prem 1 Age. Innual Prem. Age. tnn.Prem. 20 £1 14 2 I 35 £2 11 0 50 £4 3 3 25 118 11 40 219 6 I 53 55 4 30 2 4 8 45 3 9 1 60 615 3 The object of this Society is to afford to the Assured all the benefits of Life-Assurance, at a great reduction in the rates of Premium. FOR EXAMPLE. A person aged 30, may with this Society assure his life for 5004 , by the annual payment of 11/. 3s. 41, which in a Society where the Bonus is held out as a main inducement, would cost him 13/. 7s. 4d., or, in other words, fer the same annual pre mium he could at this Office assure very nearly 600/., whereby he derives AN IMMEDIATE AND CERTAIN BONUS OF 100/. All particulars as to Shares, Loans, Assurances, &c. may be obtained on application to the Secretary ; forwarded to the country. Parties in the country eligible for un d erta king Agencies are requested to apply.and, if required, A very liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agonts. EDW. T. RICHARDSON, Actuary and Sec. No. 15,626 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIN U Ng SEPTE MER B 21, 1849. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time .for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time f the AFTER NOO - N TRAINS or and a THIRD EDITION a t SEVEN O ' CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOR'N and COUNTRY CIRCULATION,at ONE CHARGE. SMOKE AND SOOT of FURNACES : THEIR INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain.) The most important, perhaps, because the most cheap and accessible authority for reclaim ing the execution of the law for the protection of the subject against nuisances, fbr punishing particular violations of it, was vested in the Courts Leet. The statute of the view of Frank pledge, 13 Edw. 11., directs inquiry to be made of waters turned, or stopped, or brought from their right course, and obstructions in ditches were presentable at the Leet; but the stopping up a watering-place for cattle was held not to be presentable as a common nuisanc.—(4o Lit. 56 a.) The juries, commonly called "annoyance juries," itnpanelled to serve on Courts Leet in towns, are accustomed to perambulate • their districts to judge of nuisances upon the View. But the state of this machinery will be seen in the state of the evils which come within its jurisdiction. With all this legal strength, however, there is scarcely one town in England which we have found in a low sanitary condition, nor scarcely one village marked as the abode of fever, that does not present an example of standing viola tions of the law, and of the infliction of public and common as well as of private injuries, the tenements overcrowded; streets replete with in jurious nuisances, the streams of pure water pol luted, and the air rendered noisome. The chimneys of the furnaces which darken the atmospheres, and pour out volumes of smoke and soot upon the inhabitants of populous towns, afford niost frequent examples of the inefficiency of the local administration, and the contempt of the law for the protection of the public against nuisances which are snecially provided for. Most modern private Acts contain penalties on gas companies permitting , their washings to con taminate streams, or using for steam-engines fur naces which do not consume their own smoke. The general statute, 1 and 2 Geo. IV., c. 41, em powers the Court to award costs to the prosecu tor of those who use such furnaces. Where the grievance may be remedied by altering the construction of the furnace employed in the working of engines by steam, the Court may make an order for preventing the nuisance in future. The specific effects of an excess of smoke on the general health of a town population has not been distinguished, but from the comparatively high average of mortality amongst the middle classes in situations undistinguished by confined residences, or defective drainage, or anything but an excessively smoky atmosphere; from the com paratively rapid improvement of convalescents on removal to purer atmospheres, there is strong reason to believe that the prejudicial effect is much more considerable than is commonly ap prehended even by medical practitioners. As the smoke in Manchester and other towns be comes more dense, the vegetation declines; and even in the suburbs the more delicate species die. Besides the prejudicial effects on the health of the population by the deterioration of the quality of the air that is breathed, a serious effect is created by its operation as an impediment to the formation and maintenance of habits of personal and household cleanliness amongst the working classes. Even upon the middle and higher classes the nuisance of an excess of smoke, oc casioned by ignorance and culpable carelessness, operates as a tax increasing the wear and tear of linen and the expense of washing, to all who live within the range of the mismanaged chim neys. In the suburbs of Manchester, for ex ample, linen will be as dirty in two or three days as it would be even in the suburbs of London in a week. One person stated that, on the Isle of Arran, a shirt was cleaner at the end of a week's wear than at Manchester at the end of a day's. The appearance of the towns on the Sunday, when nearly all, the furnaces are stopped, when there is little more than the smoke from the dwelling-houses, when everything is compara tively bright, and the distant hills and surround ing country that are never visible, though the atmosphere of the town in the week-days may be seen across it, presents nearly the appearance which such towns would assume on thOworking days, if the laws were duly executed, and the excessive smoke of the furnaces prevented. On inquiry of a peace-officer acting where redress is provided for under a local Act, how it was that the dereliction of duty occurred that was visible in the dense black clouds that darkened the town, he replied that the chief members of the Board were the persons whose furnace-chimneys were most in fault, and he appealed whether a man in his condition was to -be expected to pro secute his patrons? Just published, post Bvo., price ss. 6d. cloth, ON SPINAL IRRITATION, th e Source of Nervousness, Indigestion, and Functional Derange ments of the principal Organs of the Body ; with Cases, il lustrating the most successful mode of Treatment. By EVANS RIADORE, M.D., F.L. S., &c. London : John Churchill, Princes -street, Soho. At a inciting of manufacturers and others, held at Leeds, for the suppression of the nuisance of the smoke of furnaces, and'to discuss the various plans for abating it, the resolution was unani mously adopted, " that in the opinion of this meeting the smoke arising from steam-engine fires and furnaces can be consumed, and that, too, without injury to the •boilers, and with a savin: of fuel." Notice of legal proceedings being given against Messrs. Meux, the brewers in London, for a nuisance arising from the chim neys of two furnaces, they fbund that by using anthracite coal they abated the nuisance to the neighbourhood, and saved 2001. per annum. The West Middlesex Water Company, by ing the smoke of their furnaces saved 1,0001. per annum. The gas companies in the city of London were indicted for throwing their refuse into the Thames, and compelled to dispose of it other wise; and they found out that they bad been guilty of waste as well as of nuisance; and it is stated that the whole of what was formerly cast away has now become an important article of commerce. • In the rural districts the Courts Leet have ge nerally fallen into desuetude.' lii illustration of the feeble tenure on which they were held, I may mention that in some - instances, where it has been necessary to disallow payments of fees paid to the officers of those Courts from the poor's rates, the stewards have stated that they should hereafter discontinue the Courts; and it is probable that they did so. In the towns, Courts Leet are sometimes held, and inquest ju ries appointed; but it is objected to these bodies, and frequently to the bodies constituted under local acts, that they are usually composed of tradesmen, who attend unwillingly, and at an in convenient sacrifice of time; who can have little or no infbrmation in respect to the evils in ques tion; who have no arrangements to bring the evils in question betbre them; no time to master such information as may be brought before them casually; little interest and scarcely any real responsibility imposed for ensuring any mastery of it; and neither time nor adequate means at their disposal for the removal of such evils as those in question, when they are presented to them, and proved to exist. • EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN THE. FORMATION Or RAILROADS.—The Moniteur des Chemins de Fer says, one will remark with astonishment that nearly one-half of the labourers employed on the Vendre Railroad are females, who are preferred by the con tractors to men for works of importance on account of their superior docility, strength, and courage. The country of Liege has this particularity, that the fe males undertake all th ose wor k s which require supe rior skill and application that in other countries are re served for men. PRESENTS FROM. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. WINDSOR, TIIURSDAY.—Four beautiful Spanish en tire horses arrived at Windsor'yesterday morning as presents from Isabella 11. of Spain to her Majesty. These horses reached this Country shortly after her Majesty had left for Scotland, and were landed at Woolwich, where they remained till yesterday morn ing, when they were taken to Paddington, and con veyed from thence to Slough by the Great Western Railway, under the care of four grooms who arrived with them from Spain, and a superintendent holding the rank of Captain in the Spanish service. Yester day afternoon, at two o'clock, shortly after their arri val, they were taken by the Spanish grooms to the new Riding-house, where they were seen by her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, who were attended by Major-General 11 emyss Colonel Bouverie (E querry to the Prince). The the horses havi ng b een s h own to her Majesty, were after wards ridden by (her M a j es t y ' s E querr y) an d Royal Equerries, and subse quently by Mr. Myers, Prince Albert's riding-mas ter, by whom they were paces. put through their various DUNBAR, SEPT. 19, 1842.—Mr. Lyon, of Glas gow, the contractor for the new harbour here, has lately introduced that wonderful agent, the galvanic battery, to aid him in his extensive blasting opera tions. Several explosions of considerable magnitude have recently taken place. The largest contained 601bs. of powder, distribute•' in five bores of great depth. The bores were placed so as mutually to assist each other, and ' the conducting wires so ar ranged that the whole five were fired simultaneously by one battery. It was surmised that by this method the effect would be much greater than ex ploding the shots singly, and the almost incredible quantity of rock thrown down showed the correct ness of the anticipation. In another instance, in order to throw down a part of the celebrated Castle of Dunbar, three bores, fifteen feet in depth, were run obliquely into the rock below the foundation. They were exploded together, and lifted from its bed, in one unbroken and compact mass, a body of ma sonry weighing not less than 150 tons. These expe riments have been conducted by Mr. R. Thompson, a young engineer in Mr. Lyon's employment.—Corre spondent of a Scotch Paper. PRIVY COUNCIL.—Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council at 'Windsor Castle, either to-morrow or on Monday, when a proclamation will be agreed upon for further proroguing Parliament from Thursday, the 6th of October, to a future day. Her Majesty having made a selection of two for her own use, presented the others to her Illustrious Con sort. One of those retained by the Queen is a beau tifully marked skew-ball, standing 14 hands high, and six years old. The other is a well-formed cream-co loured horse of the same height, and rising seven years old. The tails of these two animals reach to within an inch of the ground, and are perfect curiosities from their extraordinary size and extreme fullness. The horses presented by the Queen to his Rvyal Highness (one a bay and the other a brown) are' both aged, and of the same height—about 1i hands. These have enormously large tails (compared with the great ma jority of horses of the English breed), but they are not nearly of the size of the other two. The manes of the four are very full and long, flowing to the length of upwards of 14 inches over either side of their necks. Their heads and necks are peculiarly large and full, very much resemblin,, the horses of Flanders and those bred in the Low Countries. PRESENT TO THE QUEEN. We have great pleasure in recording the following pleasing instance of her Majesty's considerate regard to a class of her subjects, who, although denied the gratification which so many thousands of her people enjoyed, of seeing her Majesty in her Royal progress in Scotland, and of witnessing the splendour and magnificence of her Majesty's reception, are never theless animated by as devoted a loyalty to their beloved Queen, and have felt as cordial an interest in all that they have heardof her Majesty's visit to Scot land, as any of the subjects of the realm. The inmates of the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind, on hearing of the Queen's intention to visit Scotland, prepared in their own quiet way, under the direction of the matron and her assistant, an offering for her Majesty, which was transmitted by Mr. Alston, the honorary Trea surer, to Lady Belhaven, who takes an active and benevolent interest in the Institution, and was pre sented by her 'to the Queen, when her Majesty was at Tay mouth Castle. Th© present consisted of a beautiful hassock, knitted with silk and worsted, gracefully fringed, and lined with satin, and intended for a sofa pill ow. Th e h assoc k w as a ccompan i ed with several oth er i ngen i ous spec i m ens of the wor k manship of the bli n d, inc l ud i ng a pre tty pl ay -b all for the Prince of W a l es. H er Majesty was graciously pleased t o accept t h e presen t, an d e x p resse d her ad miration of the taste displayed in the workmanship, her rhted sense to o add the feelingby commi ss i on i ng f our more h asso cks of th e same de scription t o b e ma d e f or h er M a j es ty; an d we are de dtha that her Majesty,whichprompted thi s offering by way of mar ki ng on the part of the blind, was graciously pleased to transmit, through Lady Belhaven, the sum of ten pound s for the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind. At the same time, her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland requested Lady Belhaven to order three hassock s , of exactly the s ame ki n d as h a d b ee n presented to her Majesty, to be made for her Grace. We are also in formed that Lady Campbell, the amiable lady of the Lord Provost, has commissioned two of the Queen's hassocks. —Edinburgh Paper. THE BREADALBANE FAMILY. • The present Marquis of Breadalbane is descended from Sir Cohn Campbell of Glenorchy, a younger son Of the fir s t enno bl e d person of the house o f C amp b ell ; he was one of the Knights of Rhodes, subsequently designated of Malta. The fourth in descent from this warrior, also named Sir Colin Campbell, of Glenorchy, built the ori g i na l house, the name of which was till a recent . p er i o d Balioch that is bealoch, a mouth or gap, exp ress i ve of the situation of the man sion at the opening of th e valle of the Tay. In 1681, Sir John Campb e ll of Glenorchy w as raised to the peerage by the titl e o f E arl ' of Breadalbane. • H e h ad married, in 1657, Lady Mary Rich, daughter of the Earl of Holland, th e celebrated founder of Holland House, at Ken s i ng t on. This young lady having a fortune of ten th ousand pounds, was esteemed one of the most desirable matches of her time. When Sir John Campbell, out of innumerable suitors, suc ceeded in gaining her hand, he retired with her to his Perthshire fastness in -a truly primitive fashion. Upon one of the two Highland ponies which he had taken with him to London, he himself mounted, with his bride behind him ; Up on the other he disposed his ten thousand p oun d s, which was all in gold, and at each side of th at precious horse-load he dis posed a full-armed Hi g hl and gilly, who ran beside it as a guard. The s t range cavalcade arrived safe in all its parts at B a ll oeh : and a small room used to be shown in th a t o ld castle, which, for some time, formed at on ce the parlour and bedroom of the happy pair. This gen tl eman possessed great natural talent s , w hi ch, with his rank and fortune, gave him considerable political im portance. It was to him, after the rebellion of Viscount Dundee again s t t h e Revolution settlement, that the Ministers of King 'William entrusted the sum of 20,0001. for the purpos e o f purchasing the peace of the disaffected Highland chiefs. His answer, when afterwards called upon for an account of the disposal of the money, is yet remembered :—" Gentlemen— the money is spent, the Ifighlands are at peace, and that is the only way of acc ount i ng among friends. " In 1716, w h en a dvanced t o hi s eighty-first year, he was ie gravity o f " a S paniar d, i s as . l a G overnment spy, i n t h ese .i. as a serp ent, fourth E arl of Breadalbane, was and slippery as an eeeu wordsln.,n, described i nT: g_h ae, s, b late Hay fe 0 11 3h 1 0, a a h e s 1 k 1 wise ,ta created a British Marquis at the coronation of William IV., in 1831. SINGULAR RECO VERY of STOLEN HORSES. On Saturday se'nnight, about twelve o'clock, two labouring men, who were rather groggy at the time, were coming, out of the Magpie public-house, at Whittington, when they observed a couple of men, with long frocks, ride by, having neither saddles nor bridles, but guiding their h orses w i t h h a l ters. B e i ng primed for a good spree, one of the labourers called out to the horsemen, " I shouldn't wonder but you've stolen them horses." The riders made no reply, but instantly galloped off as quickly as they could. This at once aroused the suspicions of the labourers, and they pursued them, calling out " Stop thief!" In de scending the hill they kept up well with the fugitives, but lost ground again in rising the opposite itsce.t. At this juncture they saw a man coming in the oppo site direction, and called out to him to stop the horsemen. No sooner did the latter perceive that they were, likely to be captured than they dis mounted, jumped over the walls at the road side, and scampered off, being soon lost in the dark ness. The labourers immediately took the horses which they had so unexpectedly captured to the stables of Mr. Cupit, a neighbouring farmer, for whom they work. Next day one of the animals, a black cart mare, was discovered to have been stolen from the premises of Mr. Cox, of Calow ; and the other, a three-year-old, was found to he the property of Mr. Biggin, of Chesterfield. Mr. Cox's son called at 'Wittington, in the course of the morning, having. traced the footmarks of the mare towards that place, on account of the peculiar form of one of its shoes; and was equally surprised and gratified to recover it, -and to learn _the .Inanner of its recapture. Mr. Cox, sen., had observed two men answeriwg to the descrip , lion of the fugitives strolling near his premises on .the Saturday evening. On learning; the manner in which the animals had been relearni ng; ed,,he generously presented the labourers with half a sovereign, and promised to use his utmost exertions to induce the Chesterfield Association for the Prosecution of Felons (of which he is a member), at their next meeting, to reward them further, for the seal and determination they evincel in the affair.—Sheffield Iris. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. CHATHAM, SEPT. 22.—Last night, about 10 o'clock, as one of the parish watchmen was going his rounds, his attention was directed to an unusual quan tity of smoke issuing from the back part of the premises occupied by Mr. Coster, plumber, painter, and glazier, High-street, Chatham. Feeling per suaded that the house was on fire, he knocked at the door, but finding no one answered, immediately alarmed the neighbourhood, and the shop door was soon burst open ; the air having been thus admitted, the whole house was soon in one body of fire. The flames extending rapidly, threatened destruction to all around ; and from the many combustibles on the premises used in the trade, the scene became terrific and grand ; every minute volumes of flames were thrown up to a very considerable height ; fortunately the night was calm, or the damage would have been most extensive and calamitous, as upwards of a dozen small tenements, inhabited by poor people, abutted the premises in rear of the fire, not one being injured. The Kent county engine was first on the spot, and was soon followed by another, belonging to the Royal Marines, and one also from the Royal docky ar d, manned by the third division of the Dockyard police, under the superintendence of Lieut. Wise. Several others, with the Sun engine, followed in rapid suc cession ; but owing to the want of water, they were rendered useless until a supply was furnished, brought in beer barrels on drays, from the brewery establish ments of Mr. John Best, Messrs. John and Michael Lock's, and from Mr. Hulk's, at Rochester. A sup ply, of water having been thus obtained enabled tlw engines -to work with the greatest effect for nearly three hours. The fire having strong hold, seemed to bid defiance to the streams of water poured upon it, and the flames soon extended themselves right and left. The premises occupied by Mr. Cooper, boot and shoe maker, are very considerably damaged, his stock and furniture not being insured. Two of Mr. Cooper's children were taken out of bed, at the top of the house, by a ladder, and safely conveyed to a neighbouring house. A widow lady, named Ar lidge, lodged in th e h ouse , an d escaped unhurt, but she has suffered severely in the loss of property; she also is not insured. By one o'clock the fire was so far got under as to allay all danger. The fire is sup posed to have originated in the back parlour, as it i. stated by Mr. Coster that when be left his residence, about nine o'clock in the evening, with his brother, there was a small portion of fire left in the stove, with some shavings near, and a cat 'lying on them, but how the fire originated no one can tell. Some of the neighbours state that the fire originated in the workshop. Mrs. Coster and her two children were from home, attending the exhibition of Price and Powell's Circus. Mr. Coster's stock and furniture are insured in the Royal Exchange. The four houses partly destroyed are insured in the Kent. The inha , bitants canna bestow too much praise on the goo(' conduct exhibited by th e m ilit ary on t hi s as on a l , other similar occurrences. ACCIRENT TO THE MAIL TRAIN ON THE NORTH ANION RAILWAY.—AS the up London mail train, which passes through Preston at three o'clock in the morning' was proceeding on tts journey ria Wigan, it came, when about three or four miles from the latter place, in contact with some cows which hai strayed on the line up to Coppall. On examination it was found that two of them were killed, one of the carric.ges being thrown off the line, and drawn in th a t state for more than 100 y ar d s . Th e engineer, finding something wrong, stopped the train as soon as pos sible. It was immediately ascertained that no ma terial injury was done to the passengers, although some of them were mu c h a l arme d, p ar ticularly those in the latter carriage, which was the one thrown off the line. Although there were many cows, and also a horse, straggling on the railway, yet they all escaped uninjured except the two before-mentioned,which were quite dead. The morning was an extremelydark one, and a luggage train coming up in the opposite direc tion at the time of the accident, made it almost a miracle that no further damage was sustained. The carriage thrown off the line was unhooked from the others, and left behind, and the passengers occupyieg it requested to take their seats in the other carriages ; but, although they were then only about five miles from . Wigan—the place of their destination—it was with the greatest difficulty that any of them could obtain accommodation amongst the other passengers in the train. To such a pitch was this incivility car ried, that one gentleman, on soliciting admittance into a carriage which the passengers objected to his en tering, found a seat totally unoccupied. Two or three others were allowed, as a favour, to sit amongst some ladies, and five were compelled to ride on the engine-tender the remainder of the distance. These gentlemen were returning from the Guild, at Preston. The cattle, we are informed, belonged to Mr. William Swift, of Standish, to whose servants tke blame is at tributed of leaving a gate open, by wh'sei the cows entered upon the line. Of the latter we are not cer tain, but we suppose he must bear the loss, which to him will he a serious one.—Liverpool Chronicle. THE INNKEEPERS' HARVEST IN SCOTLAND.—The Edinburgh Bonifaces reaped a capital harvest during the period of her Majesty s visit to Scotland The same may also be said ot that fraternity in a the other towns in those neighbourhoods which her Ma jesty and the Prince honoured with their presence. Beds, and indeed every other description of furniture which could be, however tortuously, appropriated for a resting-place at night, were amazingly up in the market; chairs and tables at a high premium, mattresses and paillasses scarce, though eagerly in quired after, and only to be procured at an im mense advance; and as for easy chairs and sofas, happy and fortunate was he who could secure the half of a couch, or the loan of a little bit of an easy chair, at the rate of some thing like half a sovereign per night. One gentleman connected with the Royal household slept, or rather attempted to sleep, for six nights, upon the only resting-place he could procure at one of the largest inns at Edinburgh, which consisted of three very hard serpentined wooden-bottomed chairs. For this species of " accommodation" he was charged by the modest Bonifitce the very moderate suns of only half-a-sovereign per night. A story is told of George who, stopping to breakfast one morning at a road side inn in Germany, was charged a guinea for a new-laid egg. The king very naturally inquired if eggs were scarce? " Not at all, your Majesty," re plied Boniface, " but Kings are." The Scotch, no doubt upon the same excellent principle, caused evert thing, from a mutton chop to a feather bed, to look up in the market during the Royal visit to the land o' cakes, and attributed the sudden rise in creature comforts to the scarcity of a Queen north of the Tweed. RATING THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL . W . A . y , CORSIIAM, SEPT. 21 —The long-expected decision of the Mastrates in this case was g i ven at the Petty Sessions held h ere thi s day. M r. Saunders, the ret ol Se cretary, Mr. Knapp, th e S o li c i tor to the Company, Mr. G. Goldney, an d severa l ot h er private a fair ti ng just of l u partiestte rbi interested s t t he l ee in the decision, w ere 'p resen t. Mr. e Chairman, regrett e d th a t Sir J. A wdry, who had taken very gre a t p a i ns , an d had gon e i nto a variety of calculations t o ena bl e him to come to conclusion,the j tlsti N ce v a s s , notsir ,John present: hadAt stated t o th em his a reasons and calculations, in which the other Magistrates entirely concurred, an d they had accordingly come to the conclusion of adopt ing the principles l a id down by Lord Den man at the late contested case in the Court of Queen's Bench, but reducing the sum at which the Company were assessed from 1,450/. to 9001. per mile. Mr. Knapp and Mr. Saunders thanked the bench for the trouble they had taken, though the latter, with due submis sion, thought it a very unsatisfactory result, and re quested permission to see the calculations of Sir J. Awdry. This was of course thought likely + to open the whole questio n aga i n , an d therefore coul not be com plied with, without the consent of Sir John Awdry; but the Chairman would make the application if Mr. Saunders wished it. The decision now given was, however, final, as far as the Magistrates were concerned. Mr. Saunders then applied for expenses, which he thought ought to be allowed, more e s pecially as the reduction from 1,450/. to 9001. per mile was so very considerable. He would not, he said, press the ques tion, had it not been for the monstrous effort made by the parish to rate them so high. Mr. G. Goidney ob served in reply to the latter remark of Mr. S., that he had gone again and again through hi: figures, had furnished Mr. Saunders with them, and conscien tiously believed his calculations to be correct. The Bench thought each party ought to paY their own expenses. The rate was then amended. Nothing was said of an appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench, which must be made within five days. disappr o b a ti on_____ ,- • REAL CHARACTER.—MorIand , author of L e Ca priceuse, was in a box of the theatre d u ri ng the first r ep re sentation of th a t comedy. The pit loudl y , ex pressingprobability o f some traits in th i s c h arac t er, the author became impatient. He put his head out of the bo x , an d called, "Know, gen tl emen , this is the very picture of at the extravagance and. im probability my mother-i n -l aw. What d o y ou s ay now? ' By a recent order of the King of Prussic., Catholics as well as Protestants are in future to be received into the Ist Regiment of Guards, from which they have hitherto been excluded. . . . amr . d " 1" ; 0 , 44 47 3 • . 4 • 6717 7 -...- C ail‘ • •te e - 1 (1: 1 z: ~• j. - A 1 fit , 4% ' 4) 1,6,4 _ ' 04t, ;c i 1, „ s''"lll.tlii N ,• - * - • k‘i * Z , il 911/1.1- 5 ,./ 0 11 N • , „mt: //. -2,.e - -e—.o--e.e) 1 , 11031 LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 21, 1842. The (Peen has been pleased to appoint the 'Right Hon: Henry Ellis to proceed on an Extrabrdimtry and Special Mission to the Court of his Majesty Vie Em peror of Brazil. • FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 21. It is hereby notified, that her Majesty's Principal Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs has reeeiveVa dis patch, dated the 21st of . June last, from her Majesty's Minister in Mexico, stating that, according to Ric, latest advices from Tampico and Vera. Cruz, respeitiv e ly of the 10th an d 16 t h o f t h a t mo nth, no v e s se l s had ap peared at either of those ports to enforce the . blockade. proclaimed by the President of Texas on the 26th of March preceding ; and it. is also hereby notified, that her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State has received a further dispatch, dated the 21st of Jui c y last, front her Majesty's raid Minister, stating that the latest acconats from the Mexican ports do not mention the ap pearance of a blockading force on any part of the coast. hence, it appears that, down to the middle or July, no real blockade had been established by the Government. or Texas, in pursuance of' the declaration made by them on the 26th o f M arc h ; an d i t is therefore hereby furthernotified, that the blockade so declared on the 26th of March, is held by her Majesty's Government to be null and of no effect. oFFICE ORDNANC, SEPT. ". Erratum in the (7a F z O ette of the °Of h E instant- 4 The com mission of Capt. Mitchell, as Adjutant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is dated the sth January, 1842, instead of the 15th, as therein stated. Clovmesmtisin ssnoiiwlr),yetthieitll4..oi jrudenLtieoifttextaeonntloafnSr3o.ilictar,saelt:_irei.,. E. Clarke, Gent., to be• Cornet, Sept. 7. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet 11. C. Woodcock to be Lieutenant, vice l'ochen resigned, March 18 ; Cornet. J. Philips to be Lieutenant, Viet Wood, re signed, Aug. 15 ; J. I'. Maneott, Gent., to be Cornet vice Smith resigned, April 15 ; F. S m i t h , Gent. to be * 7 Cornet, vice Philips, promoted, August 15. •Erratum.in the Gazette of 6th instant. —The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry Caruiry.— For Michael George Grazehrook, Gent., to be c ornet, read Michael Phillips Grazthrook, Gent., to be Cornet. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY THOMAS HARRISON, hotel keeper, Tavistock-row, Covent. garden. BANKRUPTS. JULIUS EWALD BEERBOHM and WILLIAM EDMUND SLAUGHTER, merchants; Fenchurch street, to surrender Oct. 8, at twelve, and Nov. 4, at (lee . at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee Basinghall-street ; Crowder and Maynard, aansion house-place. WILLIAM CHAPMAN and CHARLES MASON WOODVER, coal merchants, Wapping, Sept. 29, at one, .and Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman bury ; Overton and Hughes, Ohl ,Tewry. WILLIAM BROCKSOPP, grocer, s high-street, Southwark, Sept. 29, at twelve, and Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Bennett and Belding, Scot';;-yard, Cannon -street. JOHN REID, chemist and druggist, King William street, City, Oct. 6, at one, and Nov. 4. at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Smith, Basinghall-street. JOHN JAMES ISELIN, merchant, St. Bennet's place, Gracechurch-street, Oct 6, at twelve, and N0v..4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Basinghall-street ; Druce and Sans, \ Billiter squ a re. JONATHAN THOMPSON, dealer iii paper hang ings, Oxford-street, London,' Sept. '29, anti Nov. 4, ut two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Alderthaq bury, official assignee ; Mayhew, Johnston, and May hew, Carey -street. Lincoln's Inn. WEST HENRY PARKES, hosier, Birmingham, Oct 6, at two, and Nov. 4, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official • assignee ; Reed and Shaw, Friday -street, London. SANDERS CHEW, flour and. malt dealer, Clipston, Northamptonshire, Oct. 8, at ten, and Nov. 4, at one, at the Ram Hotel, Northampton. Andrews, Market liarborough ; Bridges and Mason, Red Lion-square, London. . At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Crosby, B. Vallentine, and B. White, hardware men, llounsditch, Oct. 17, at half-past eleven—J. Cla rence and J. G. Chaldecott, coffee dealers, Abchurch yard, City, Oct. 17, a t half-past one—T. and G. Seddon, upholsterers, Calthorpe-place, Gray's Inn-road, Oct. 17, at half-past two. • In the Country. B. Fell, bleacher, Sharpies, Lancashire, Nov: 1, at three, at the Swan Hotel, Bolton-le-Moors-W. Parker and IV. Smith, money scriveners,- Worcester, Oct. 17, at three, at the Unicorn Inn, Worcester-IL and R. Ilild yard, wine merchants, Brigg, Lincolnshire, Oct. 25, at twelve, at the A nge l Inn, Brigg-G. Rudston, Woollen draper, Kingston-upon-Hull, Oct. 22, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull -F. Bayntun, surgeon dentist, Bath, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath-,T. Byng, sen., hop merchant, Kegeorth, Leicestershire, Oct. 17, at three-G. Barnard, coal -mer chant, Portsea, Hampshire, Oct. 17, at eleven,-at the George Inn, Portsmouth-J. Taylor, miller, Willow holme, Cumberland, Oct. 27, at one, at the Bush Inn, Carlisle-W. Hartley, grocer, Colne, Lancashire, Oct. 13, at twelve, at. the Town-hall, Preston-E. E. Day, surgeon, Bristol. Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Cinemercial rooms, Bristol-E. Sheppard, sen., and E. Sitepparel, jun., clothiers,. Uley, Gloucestershire, Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Ohl Bell 'lnn, Darsley-W. and Win. Rich, joiners, Wigan, Lancashire, Oct. 1 3 , at eleven , at th e Swan Inn, Bolton-T. Porter, egg merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 21. at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool- J. Gibson, corn merchant, at twelv e , at t h e G eorge I nn, Kingston-upon-Ilnll,.Nov. 10, laigston-upon-llttll-D. Bolton, mrn merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, Nc.v.,,„1, at twelve. at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull-J. Ware, tanner, Tiverton, Devonshire, Oct. 25, at one, at the I London Inn, Exeter-E. Jcnes, grocer, Liver pool, Oct. 28, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver pool-M. Newby, merchant, Northampton, Oct. 18, at eleven, at the George Ilotel, Northampton-R. Ilardy and W. ThrOfall, cotton spinners, Lancaster, Nov. 3, a t four, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-J. P. Brandstrom and \W. J. Thompson,commission merchants, Kingston -upon-Hull, Oct. 21, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull-J. Walker, R. Ackroyd. and E. Autey, stuff merchants, Leeds, Oct. 18, at half-past one, at. the Commissioners'-rooms, L:vds-G. Womack,. cloth merchant, Leeds, Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Com missioners'-rooms, Liverpool --,J. G. Bond, draper, Great Yarmouth, Oct. 17, at.two, at the Star Tavern, ,Great Yarmouth-R. Martin, carpenter, Beceles, :.:.tillidk, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the King's fiend Inn, Beeeles-J. Bald win, wire drawer, Edgbaston,. Warwickshire, Oct. 18, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms. Birmingham-J. Weldon, feather merehant,.Kidderminsfer, Oct. 15, at one, at the Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster-W. Gaudern, felt monger, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, .Oct. 15, at ten, at. the (Alice of J. Jeffery, Newland- J. and W. Walmsley, cotton spinners, Beaton Norris, Leftist-hire, Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Comntissionere-rooms, • Man chester-J. Johnson, quilting manufacturer,. Manchester, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Connnissioners'-rooms, Man chest-T--G. Jackson, timber merchant, Birmingham, Oet. LI, at three, at the Waterloo•rooms, Birmingliam- Oct 17, at twe l ve, a -W. Belton, dr a p er, D eep i ng St. James, Lincoln:hire, t Stnndwehl's Ilgtel, i:tainford-J. and It. ItrulhinT, cotton spinners, Greenscres-moor, Lancashire, Oct. 15, at ten, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester -J. Bridges and .T. Dew, brewers, Bristol, Oct. 23, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol -J. and R. Thomson, merchants, Liverpool, Oct. 15, at In o, at the Clarendoa-rooms, Liverpool-J. Marto and T. Moody,- wholesale drapers, Newcastle-sport-4ne , Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-up on -T yne -J . V . • Storey, linen • 4raPer , Newcastle-upon-Tv ue Oct. 17, at one, at the Baukrupt Commission-room,Neweastle-upon-Tyne-G.Y. lit"'"un and A. Samson, calico printers, Manchester, Oct. 13, ut ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Alanchester-74. 31at ,piydn t . e 't : Si . W. llohhouse, thews, builder, Ledbury, Herefordshire, Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Feathers Inn, Ledbury- , -- J. Philloti; and C. Lowder, bankers, Bath, Oct. 15, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Bath-S. and W. T. Clough, alkali manufacturers, Eceleston, Lancashire • Nov. 1, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. CIiIiTIFICATE-OcT. 14. . J. Early, jun., girth web manufacturer, Witney, O x fordshire-11. G. and A. D. Kellock, brokers, Liverpool. C. Braysbaw, tailor, Great Castle-street,. Regent:street merchants -.1, Hargreaves, worsted spinner, Kildwiek, Yprkshire. PA RTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. . E. Ackers and li. Gregson, manufacturing chemi6ts, Liverpool-F. Weston and J. Woolley, d ea l y.....J. Reeves, sen., J. A. Reeve s ,end F s Bristol-R. Newberry, jun., R. Blake, and T. Newberry, re gent - street--Ili - linen drapers, Taunton, Somersetshire (so faros re rard ' ' Beeves, cork cutters, Brilsit:gle-nt_Tst. %Vert heimer, King-street, and J. S. Atkinson, stuff - war _L ou en semen, 1 riday-streat, Cheapside-J, Hemming and W. Marv' , • jewellers, Birmingham-T. Allis and T. vur .son, nival, jun., earthen , w are manufacturers, Hanlev, Staffordshire . Kaye and 4., Fisher, fancy manufacture c l" T. Ebbern, sen., T. Ebber r., kirkheaton, Yorkshire ben, Jn. Ebhern, F. „.). ( 11 ) inn, IV. Ebbern, .Th. Eb- Coventry- J. now I nn t d h •rn„ and .G. Ebbern, farmers, ?üblishers, Fleet-str .T. Parsons, booksellers and tailors, 117heatle , ~. Pet, City - 11.' and ' .1. Slater, and w. 13, stook 3 p ' I) .xfordshire-M. Stooke, J. B. Stooke, vonshire-e. , Irii Umber merchants, Kingskerswell, pc- Thants, Cliffe, Sussex -T. e, sen., and C. Wille, jun., timber mer chants, _ s, shenie.(ussex-T. and H. Makin, file mannhic "Ter I l 11. Day and 1). Stone, teacherS of chemistry, Manchester -J, J. Sires, T. Sims, e E. IV- Rabone,-and J. Tildasle)-- iron tiatnders, Aston, War wickshire -J. Priest! •:'• 3 - Priestley,,fun., and J. e 3, sen., J. . P ) e riest] • , Cotton sp inners, L ower Clowes, Lancashire (t:o ,ar as regards J. Priestley, jun,) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.. JOHN GRAHAM and ROBERT MAILER, mil lers, South Bridgend, Criell; Aug. 10 and 31, at twelve, it the house of R. M•llvride, Criefr. JAMES SMALL, and CO.. meat preservers, Kirk aldy, Sept. 29 and Oct. 28, at one, at Sheiton's Inn, Kirkaldy. DONALD STEWART, writer, Tain, Sept. 30 an at one, at the National lintel, Dingwall. BENJAMIN S U THE RLAND,sen.,fish direr, Lime kilns, Fifoshire, Oct. 3 and 24, at twelve, at Ross's lan ROBERT NEIL, merchant, Edinburgh, Sept. 3 and Oct. Edinburgat two, at th e Ch ambers of H. Callender, h. JOHN MURRAY, manufacturer, Paisley, Sept. 29 and Oct. 20, at one, at the Office of Reid and Henderson Paisley. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar. cginrcte from the Returns made in the Week ending Sept. 2.0, IAI2, 375. 3d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. COURT OF CO3IIIION COUNCIL. A Court was held on Thursday, after the discussion in the Court of Aldermen, for the dispatch of business. Mr. ANDERI ON ►ave notice of a motion that it be referred to the General Purposes Committee, to con sider and report to the Court the expediency and the means of reducing the names of persons put up in Common Hall, to be elected as Sheriff or London and Sheriff of Middlesex; and also of a motion that a return be made of the persons (not being Al dermen) who were put up to he elected Sheriffs on Midsummer day la , t, with the date 3 when they were first put up. EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. Mr. Lorr asked the Chairman of the Navigation Committee whether that part of the Report which related to the embankment of the Thames had been taken into consideration ? He stated, for the informa tion of the Committee, that Sir Frederick Trench had given notice that he would move in Parliament, next session, for a Select Committee on the subject of the Thames embankment, in order to show that the work might he done without making a demand on the public purse, in such a manner as to improve the' navigation and beautify the banks of the river, and to promote the health of the inhabitants of the metropolis. Mr. Walker, the engineer, in his Report, as adopted by the Committee, was of opinion that a splendid commu nication might be formed, from Chelsea, or higher up, along the river, into the heart of the City, a commu nication which had excited much interest out of doors. An answer was promised to this question at the next Court. PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS IN TILE CITT.—ST. PAUL's. It will be recollected, that about six years ago, in structions were given by the Court to the City Lands Committee, not to take steps for letting any further ground at the west end of Cheapside, till the further order of the Court, as it was expected, .and with very good reason, that the Government would join with the City in throwing open a considerable space between the Po3t-office and St. Paul's Cathedral, so as to exhibit the magnificent Cathedral to great ad- Tantage. Murmurs have, particularly of late, been heard amongst the inhabitants of that district, in con sequence of the delay, and Mr. KING gave notice of a motion, which was brought on yesterday, to rescind the resolutions, in order that the space might be filled up. Ile repre sented that a great deal of inconvenience resulted from the interference of the Court to prevent the building of houses upon the spot, and he said he felt convinced that the present Government, to whose judgment the citizens might look with some degree of confidence, would not sanction an alteration which could pro -.duce no real advantage to any portion of the public. It was, he thought, rather extraordinary . that Mr. IL L. Jones, whose voice was so 'effective in carry ing measures of positive utility, should advocate the alteration to which he adverted, and at the same time refuse to exercise his powerful influence in prevailing upon the Court to widen Watling-street and other places of great traffic, which were so narrow as constantly to endanger life and limb. Why was not Newgate-street widened, and why was not some thing done to improve the approaches from Coleman street to the Guildhall ?—(Hear, hear.) He could not account for such conduct as had been adopted with respect to the project for throwing open St. Paul's in any other way than by setting it down as ' a job. Mr. R. L. JONES, said that Sir Matthew Wood, who was alluded to by Mr. King, was as remote from the idea of jobbing as any man that ever existed. Even those who were opposed to that most active and able man in public life, were ready to admit that fact. —(Cheers.) Ile regretted to, see any symptom of a paltry spirit in any of the corporation, when an im mense public improvement was in contemplation. For What purpose should the large funds of the :Corporation be expended, if not with the view of ac complishing splendid improvements ?—(Hear, hear.) If they miserably refused to embellish the City with .a liberality adapted to their means, the Court might 'depend upon it that their extensive funds would be appropriated to that object by other hands.—(Hear.) He had good reason for believing that her Majesty's Government ; would join with the City in effecting an improvement which ever y one must l oo k forward to with hope whose taste was not entirely brutalized.— (Laughter.) He looked with confidence to the Court, in the belief that they would do themselves the high honour ofuegativing such a motion. Mr. ANDERTON requested to know within what time the contemplated improvement might take place Mr. 11. L. Johns replied—Within two years. Mr. ANDERTON said, that under such circum stances, he should consider it extremely imprudent to fill up the' space.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. PEWTRESS rejoiced that the subject had been brought forward by Mr. King, as the discussion was likely to have the good effect of bringing it bef o r e the London B r id ge C omm i ttee an d th Government without much delay, It would be very advantageous to have this improvement completed, but he was of opinion that six or seven years more of delay ought to be prevented'at any rate. Mr. R. TAYLOR seriously asked whether the Court was likely to mend its character for wisdom by agree ing to Mr. King's motion ? Would it not look as if the Corporation wanted to build a few large houses in order to have the opportunity of pulling them down as soon as the Government saw the propriety of throwing open St. Paul's.—(A laugh.) He admitted, at the same time, that he was in a sort of dilemma as . to the period at which the improvement was likely to take place, for Mr. King and Mr. Jones, who both supported the present Government, and were, no doubt, in the confidence of the Administration, very much clashed with each other in their opinions of the views of its members on the question.—( Laughter.) Alderman Wir.soN said the Court ought to show the Government that they had no wish to waste money by adopting an alteration which could be at tended with no utility. If Mr. King's motion was Carried, the intentions of' Government would, in all probability, be speedily developed. The Corporation had no doubt plenty of money for improvements, but not for such as that of widening still more a place which was already much too wide, and that for no other purpose than obtaining a better view of a small portion of the Cathedral.—(Hear, hear.) if th e i.;ourt meant to improve the neighbourhood of St. Paul's, let them begin at the south side. Air. W. LAWRENCE ridiculed the notion of build, ing upon the space, which would after all produce no more than 601. a year ground-rent. Mr. limits. insisted that it would he no improve ment at all to throw open St. Paul's. Deputy WEsTwoon said that the empty space was positive nuisance, and the parish suffered from being obliged to pay rates, which ought to be paid y the occupants of hous es w hi c h m i g ht h ave l ong since been built on it. Mr. King's motion was then negatived by a large majority, and the Court adjourned. DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD AT ABERYSTIVITIL—A few days ago this town was visited by a terrific flood. At eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a noise was beard re sembling that of distant thunder, and the inhabitants were soon apprised of the cause by a tremendous laxly of water rolling several feet above the waters of the river Ithydol, carrying with it carts, wheelbarrows, 11)rks, rakes, and various implements of husbandry. On its reaching the harbour, thQ force was so powerful as to raise the shipping which were lying a-ground, and dash them on each other with such fury as to smash the masts, yards, and bowsprits of several of them to splin ters ; others sunk at their anchors, and were nearly co vered ; several boats were instantly dashed to the bottom and hurled to the ocean. The waters continued to inereaze for upwards of two hours, stripping the fields adjoin ing the bed of the river, of hay, wheat, oats, and bar ley and although the waters were increasing and coming down, dashing and foaming headlong, yet the children of Trefechan were to be seen up to their middle in the midst of the stream, endeavouring to catch the spoil borne on the bosom of the apparently infuriated element. A singular circumstance connected with this phenomenon was, that although the wind was blowing west, with a tremendous heavy sea, y e t the waters of the riyer forced the ocean back to the apparent distance of a mile, filling the .) bay remaininge edi n a g , i fl. ll 7; a n G i r s a irf ig 1 eight o hours no pier m t a h m f a r tm e i soolniuno water,mountain in th e l and and briny elements took place, th e fres h free from salt as if'it had been a Hertft»?/ Paper. A Brest journal, after noticing that the English have cast Paixhans howitzers of ten-inch bore, equal to carrying balls of 1501 b. weight, say s th at several o f the same calibre have been also cast at Emile, upon the system of Captain Perrinon, of the Marine Artil lery, and tried at Lorient. To reduce their weight, they are short in proportion to their bulk, but still weighing 11,5601b5., although equ a l on l y to a bo lb . charge. On t r i a l, they have been found to carry with great force and Precision, but before any number is to underg o experiments board shipgreat cast several are s cn MO' 'ogior of A' Egv Rev I col o ' c, th e ovo , cilia], a l S f Esq.' t ied, r n lio° o r 3, ter CI Ego* ) 1 1 1 : j. 1110 4 _,' ite G I .-- MI il , ill