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NO HUMBUG. 11, 1 1 DOE'S VENTILATING WATER ROOF FRROOFOCK, in o lieu f the " Mackintosh." More z-e ar years' extensive trial, and a host of imitations of p ro : 0 0 ve Well-known and e s tablished garment, are sufficient N o 4 1: of its s ucc ess. It is warm, light, portable, durable, hy nn ta ical, respectable, made adapted to all seasons and thiiles, and warranted (without confining perspiration) to tt r i e e any description or quantity of rain whatever. A great kil kh l always ready. Also of first-rate outer garments, of all % Id for the present season, ireally thoroughly Waterproof, 4 4 1 :liddin 8 defiance to all weathers. Made only D°E, Tailor, Waterproofer, Sce., 69, CORNHILL, t dew s from Bishopsgate-street. SAVE• - YOUR INCOME-TAX BY PURCHASING COALS AT THE ANTI-MONOPOLY COAL COMPANY'S J, Central Office, 9, Charing-cross. sa e GHAGAN, removed from 31 to No. 9, late manager, a l Purchaser and seller since 1839, to the following gentle t, °' all of whom have left 31, except Mr. Rennie. E wart, Esq., M.P. G. Pryme, Esq., ex-M. P. T•• Leade r ., Esq. G. Rennie, Esq.. ex-M.P. Lead er , Esq M.P. R. W. Rotham, Esq. • Le w i, E j • Gh Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. th it igan and Company beg to inform the public in general la. theird establi s h men t is enabled to supply the best coal at 04 • per ton less than at :31, in consequence of being based 27 practical experience, together with strict economy. Best A, 6,1 , Seconds from 245. 6d. to 261., Walls End Coals 235., at riracite 305., Coke 195., small 133., delivered within four ki, l er f Charing-cross, without extra charges, for cash on A '. trait ddress (pre-paid) to J. Ghagan and Co., No. 9, Charing- THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, THE 8, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON. "GLORIOUS NEWS" from the East is I ._ everywhere hailed with delight and gratitude. In con- s - at l eoce of the highly important announcement of " Peace i t ;:il China," we take t h e earliest opportunity of making known 4 r,Public, that we have commenced selling all descriptions T here much cheaper. 'aere is no longer any necessity for the public paying ex poiNant prices, in order to secure good Teas. The mono jieuf price, like all other monopolies, is found to be based on W t tl itice and selfishness. Every day's experience tends to Oni: that the first cost of the finest Teas in China does riot 1 3 ,, ai ant l e extraordinary prices paid is this country. The larg b e t ;,' of the importer is becoming better understood, and toeli n fqts, with the intelrgent tradesman, like prejudiced teu,e, With the better informed part of the public , are now Pref er "2l giving way, and comparison in value made the test of T h e following are our present Prices , C BLACK TEAS. s. d. ly' l ci ordin ary C ongon 3 4 per lb. G4 l Congou, good quality 3 8 recommended RtStrong Congou, full flavour Pi il ll ' l lg Congo u , bl ac kish Leaf 4 2 recommended Pi: Congou, Pekoe Souchoug kind pet Congou, wiry blackish Leaf full rich. Pi 4 : s ,4) e Souchong flavour It Lapsang Souchong tot o GREEN TEAS. Pi tu r n2o Twankay, or Hyson Skin 3 Bto 4s. t,o od - l oam Hy son 4 4 recommended li Hyson R 0pe 4.41 Imperial Gunpowder Pio r kie Hyson, rich delicate flavour b 8 recommended Fi ne Imperial Gunpowder 6 0 recommended C eCo small silvery 1eaf......... 6 10 recommended liri°44l Y fi ne Gunpowder 7 6 COFFEE. tt p c onsequence of the New Tariff admitting the Productions clis re igo Growth, all descriptions of Coffee are materially l ifer. • er s. d. j o y good Ceylon .. ... 1.. per lb. 1 2 • 4,, a, of superior quality iro fi nest " Mountain-flavoured" Ceylon „ 1 6 p i ere Y fine Laguayra and Jamaica „ 1 8 T ' . ! :Mountain Jamaica, and very choice Nitiocha latri t e l r ecornmend Families to pay One Shilling and Fourpence eb . for very good Coffee Shilling and Sixpence for (4,l4ent; and ()ne and Eightpence for as good as need be SIDNEY and HALL, Importers and Dealers, 8. Ludgate-hill, London. the econvenience and security of Families living at Ace, we have Packages of 41b., 81b., and 161 b. in Tinfoil ty e Canisters, whilh may be sent in safety to any part, and t o ;i ll ality of th e 'lea 'reserved. Parties taking an original tirt Chest, of 401 b. or 801 b., allowed the full overweight nted the trade. thei les in the Country aro respectfully requested to trans r orders through the Post, accompanied with a Post qe.,Order for payment. Address SIDNEY and HALL , London. OIL AND LAMP PHENOMENA, AND NO CLA n'‘• PUFF. tr -- and Co., Oil Refiners by Chemical process , 261, tektl' and 16, Picket-street, sell their UNEQUALLED de.".IFIED OIL, at 4s. 10d. per gallon, suitable for every Wiption of Lamp in present use, four gallons go as far as rifi e rlons of Solar or other common Oils, therefore their Cla „ () il is cheapest. Lamps burning , it require no cleaning, s ko rount of its purity, it produces a Splendid Light without Ihtt (if Their Fire-proof Smoke-consuming Glasses are used) 1.5„, - arns quite equal to Sperm with the common glasses. las, best workmanship and newest style at 111 ANUFAC 2i, ER'S PRICES. For instance excellent table lamps, ti er i , usually 38s. ; Cambridge reading or writing lamps (so ik:rt) 111. 9d , usually 215. ; ball lamps, from 2s. 9d. ; very tieV,? drawing and dining-room lamps, 455. 6d., usually 1545. ; aqC"fUl brass and real bronze reading lamps, 15s. 9d., usually ta ; these are only specimens of prices. Chandelier designs 1% 1 ' 4 leen in great variety. Clarified Oil 4s. 10d. imperial gal ., & A ",„-1 - Toof chimneys, Is. only. "op nIC. and CO., 16, Picket-street, or 261, Strand, three ke ll ;u l n the Stone pillars, opposite St. Clement's Church, Oh s ' k corner shop (to prevent impositions). olltd strictly CLARK and CO. stamped on the Glasses toeir d on the Oil-corks. likrt o f 4 3 , 1 1nd designs of Lamps (for every use) f orwarded to an y 'akin om. EAvEwS EMBROCATION for GOUT „ RHEUMATISM, TIC DOLOREUX , &c. a - il p °l a Letter addressed by Trevor Holland, Esq. , Sur g eon, to th —nl °ek, near Walsall, Staffordshire, on the 6 th Jul y last, e Editor of the " Times :" tit i a ir, —l think it a duty I owe to the public to make kno wn tehi„ - neavY of a remedy which I met with accidentally, and th o a Ras been of such wonderful benefit to myself. Some tat.„,, — " 1 ago I met with a very severe accident, having dislo tes-: and fractured my ancle severely. From the great tender till of the joint I was quite unable to walk, the limb con ned ,very much swollen and adematous, and I suffered e; t :""illy from severe attacks of spasms in Ale night, which eztn _aded from the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, and to the r o 1 . Having exhausted every resource of relief which I and vt i r Medical friends in the country could suggest, to no aci t t )°3e 9 I set out for London with the intention of con batiliPg Sir Benj am i n B ro di e o r Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea wh t4 g. By accident I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-bill, 1 hZ ti aPplied hi s E m b roca ti on , an d, to my great astonishment, &to" sPasm that night, nor have I had one since. The next ehi""mg I ca me d own sta i rs w ith o ut my crutches, and was s low t• walk, the swelling of the limb soon subsided, and I am t emi rapidly recovering. Haring for many years had an ex ile " medical practice in the county of Stafford, I know of edieinal compound possessing such wonderful efficacy. tti e _ di rl my testimony to Mr. Feaver's Embrocation, I am ac jeed by no other motive than gratitude to him, and &sincere fee to make known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf a„, • Po , sessing, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice irmst everything in the shape of quackery, 1 should be the bt ma n to uphold a system which, generally speaking, I know nothing but a nefarious traffic and humbug. " I am, your obedient servant, "'TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. C,„ltrrnock, near Walsall, Staffordshire. th ir ' ff r • 8 . At the various consultations held up3n my case, the opi and physicians (including myself) were decidedly of ORM that the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter hate in lock-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not of the slightest symptoms of spasms since the first application extraordinary embrocation.—T. H." ti lit* justly -celebrated remedy (which is equally efficacious bY of the above afflictions) may be obtainettthrough oYunrespeetable wholesale or retail Chemist f in Town or ch. "41 G t rY, at the Depot, corner of Wellington-street, Strand ; the Proprietor, Mr. Foaver, 16, Ludgate-hill, London. / -, z- - r-.- - z- - z -- -' --- e-- -- '''---' 4 1` ---7 --- ------ •r-T o/ pro' lIMIIWIT 7./g-1% - \--Ir---"L. , r-• . • ~f ' . .:• . . . h' ,. .,: . t. , '4 ~,, _ 1 '''h ~: ' , • . . . , ..... ; :..1. 4.„ '".? e,.,"1 . i .v .• .. . _ . 1. 4111111 ‘ . , '• t o,:_f .0.1 41 - 6_ ,, ,, 4 ' Hc.4,3. 4.4 ,7 **z"--- f "ki 01 --- r - . , ~. „ T.: , ~ ~.._ -' . .-7. t ~ ' 4" ' li 'zt ----'. if. 4 ' . .--...•:.• , • - . 4-4:1 ~i' .. ! 'i.; t 4 '1 ; * • . - 1 , ::;. 4 t ,i5 7 :\3 1 \ - ;, :- /i f:, •^\'' ' i '''''-' ~ ~:,' -k b 8i1 e ,4 1 .4,,, •,, 7-\ \.'` '' .-7 - -"z' -,,, .ei ' .:' . 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Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers... £lO 10 0 Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers The Flower Pattern. Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers BLAIR ' S G OUTand RUIEUMATic PILLS CASE FROM LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE, COMMUNI CATED BY MR. PHILLIPS, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST. TO R. PROUT, .29, STRAND, LONDON Luton, Bedfordshire, Oct 19, ISO. STR,-1 feel desirous of expressing to Tou the great benefit which have received from the use of lair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, have for several years been afflicted with Rheumatis at and Gout, the attacks of which were excessively severe. During one of these pain. Kul visitations a kind friend presented me with a box of Blair's Pills, from the use of which I found immediate relief, and very soon en. irely recovered. At a subsequent pei io I I was so severely attacked that I thought it would be unwise to delay placing myself under me dical care. I did so; but not finding the relirf which I expeeted, I again became my own physician. At this time my legs and thighs were swelled to a very great extent. I immediately procu• ed a box of Blair's Pills fi om Mr W. Phillips, your agent in this town, and after taking wo doses I was free from pain, and the swelling subsided. I now nerve fail to use them whenever I am a'tacked by this painful malady, and they invariably give me relief after one or two doses. Several of my acquaintances use them, and experierve the same be. netit. I trust you will insert this among sour list of cases, as lam anxious to bear witness to the efficacy of this excellent medicine. um, Sir, yours, respectfully, Sugar Loaf, London Road, Luton. RICHARD STONE. The never-failing effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC rl LLS in curing every de cription of Gout and Rheumatism, have secured to them a c lebrity unequalled by any metbeine of past or present times. They not only give relief in a few hours, where the patient has be -n driven nearly to madness by the excruciating tortures of thi , disease, but restore to perfect health in an incon. ceivably short space of time. They are equalV speedy and certain in rheumatism, either chronic or acute,lumbago, sciatica, pains in the head or face, and indeed for every rheumatic or gouty affection ; in tact, such has been the tepidity, perfect ease, and complete safety of this medicine, that it has astonished all who have taken it, and there rs ti , t a city, town, or village in the kingdom, but contains many grateful evidences of its benign influence. Sold by Thomas Trout, 219, Strand, London; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. I rice Vs. 9d per box. Ark for BLA i R'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob. servethe name and address of " Thomas Prout, :IV, Strand, Lon. don," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each sox of the eenuine Medicine. tion of one selected bolt, situated either in her side or bottom. In such a case, and pains had been taken, when explaining the conditisns of the formation of the electric circle, to show that such especial selec tion would be the consequence, actual distribution of such electric matter not taking place until it had reached the surface of the ocean, he said, there was plainly every reason to conclude that the wood-work compactly surrounding a bolt so chosen would be splin tered off it with violence, while room was making around it for the free passage of the substance of elec tricity : and on this happening, the ship would thereby become exposed to imminent danger. An actual fact of this character—the especial selection of one bolt by passing atmospherical electricity, and when many others were in its vicinity, and the destruction of the wood work around it, was noticed ; and the Lecturer expressed himself confident that in all the cases afforded by Mr. H. of disruptions made in vessels' sides by escaping electric matter, could these cases undergo re-examination, it would be discovered that the frightful chasms then effected resulted solely from the mode •of operation he (the Lecturer) was then ex pounding. Two more of his many other forcibly ex plained and well applied objections, and the Report ends. The first is of that remarkably striking character as should not fail to attract the general attention it un questionably deserves, namely—that in most cases re corded, ships when struck by lightning have suffered only in the upper or loftier portions of their masts, and that from thenee the electric matter has passed harmless into the sea, and without penetrating their hulls ; a happy, most happy escape of the At structire-element, which, howerver Mr. IL's plan presumptuously inter feres with ; for instead of assisting this natural avert ing peccess he most deliberately and intentionally fa cilitates and encourages the admission of the unsparing agent into their very heart, vainly building his powers of getting rid of it upon his own vain assumption, that his plan provides for its safe general diffusion, whereas as has been before observed, such general distribution does not take place until the element to be disposed of has passad from a ship or through some part of her solid frame work and in a collected form into the sea. The second objection is equally pertinent as the foregoing, and, in the shape of a ques tion, amounts to this, that if lateral conductors, such as Mr. H. has attached to the under part of the main and orlop beams of a ship, he really useful for the dis charge and transmission into the sea of an accumula tion of atmospherical electricity, that might have de scended by means of those of his construction along the line of masts, why not, in the name of common sense, if not of science, have such lateral conductors leading from the different masts laid over the surface of the upper deck of all, and by such an arrangement, reasonably, judiciously, and more scientifically pre vent the matter of lightning entering her hull, as it must now do, to reach the main and orlop beams ? Here the Lecturer implored all present to answer for themselves the question he had proposed; and the re porter of his lecture, as he concludes his task, solicits the same from all his readers. N.B.—lf ever question involved the scientific character of a country, the establishment of the per fection or worthlessness of W. Snow Harris', Esq., F.R.S., principle for defending ships from the effects of lightning does so. Men of science should look well into this matter—it concerns them all. LORD HUNTINGTOWER'S IN SOLVENCY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, DEC. 7. The examination of parties connected with this Nobleman in hill transactions was continued this morning at 11 o'clock precisely. Mr. Nias, as before, conducted the inquiry. Mr. E. James appeared for Mr. W. 11. Douglas, of Buckingham-street, Strand, who was the person exa mined on this occasion. Mr. Nias—How long, Mr. Douglas, have you been acquainted with the bankrupt ?—I have known his Lordship since August, 1839. I have received bills of exchange and promissory notes from him, but no other securities. The first transaction was on the 10th of November, 1840. I received on that occa sion two bills of exchange for 1,0001. each, drawn by his Lordship on Mr. Montague George Smith. I paid them 5001. his Lordship and Mr. Smith were to receive 9201., but 420/. it was agreed should re main in my hands, his Lordship being a minor at the time the bills were given. That amount was to be paid to his Lordship at the time he came of age and paid the bills, which I am quite ready to do. The money was paid to his Lordship and Mr. Montague G. Smith, but who had the benefit of it I do not know. Mr. James said, as Mr. Douglas had vouchers for his several transactions with his Lordship, it would perhaps be better that he should be allowed to give a narrative in detail. He admitted the money was raised at ruinous rates, but the whole of the trans actions were clear. Nias appeared to agree to this course, subject to his right of putting questions whenever they might occur to him. Mr. Douglas here put in a receipt for the payment of the money. I passed the bills I so received to Mr. Chandler, Mr. William Whitehead Chandler, about Nov., 1840, or soon after they came into my hands. Mr. Nias—What consideration did he give you for them ? Mr. James objected to the question. It was not a dealing with the bankrupt. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE ruled in his favour. Mr. Nias—What was your second transaction with the bankrupt ?—My second transaction with his Lordship was on the 29th of June, 1841, for elec tioneering purposes, and when his Lordship was a minor. His Lordship wished then to raise 1,0001., which I had authority to get on any terms. This sum I knew was necessary from other sources to secure his Lordship's return. I came to London from Andover, and procured 8001. in 51. notes. It was to make a great show, which effect it really had. I handed those to his Lordship up stairs. The notes, which were called the physic they wanted, having been exhibited to some of the worthy electors, there was, of course, a considerable sensation.—(Laughter.) I mention this to show that his Lordship could be hardly expected to account fully on such i transaction as that : it was like water running through a sieve. The notes, as I have said, having been exhibited to some of the worthy electors, I was carried into the room to be introduced to hi 3 committee, taking care laughter. as it was called.—(Loud u p r he the v e i p u h f s c humour exhibited by the wit ness created great merriment.) Mr. James—To be well shaken before taken, I sup gslhlatkere. pose.—Yes, precisely so ; and it had great effect upon the electors.---(lncreased laughter.) There were then four bills drawn of 1 ,000/. each, accepted by Lord William Paget, and endorsed by his Lordship, at six months' date, his Lordship promising when he came of age he would give me fresh bills. I now produce the receipts, which show that 1,0001. was given for the four bills of exchange, being 8401. - at the election and 2001. afterwards. I took from the holders and returned to him. It in cluded, likewise, 3881. 65., which I had paid Mr. Chandler for the purpose of obtaining the 2,0001. which his Lordship had received in August, and about 2001. for renewals that I had paid on other bills. The 3001. was afterwards paid in small sums, which makes up the 10,0001. I awned to give. That closes the t ra nsaction as far as c 'his Lordship was concerned. I have never made 1,0001. by Lord Huntingtower in all my life. Mr. James here stated that Mr. Douglas could show, if the Court thought it necessary, how his account stood with his Lordship in the shape of profit. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE said it was not at all necessary. Examination continued by Mr. Nias.—l parted with 14,000/. out of the' 20,0001. worth of bills I drew upon his Lordship, to W. W. Chandler, and the re maining 6,0001. worth to Mr. Chandler, through Edward Sherborn, of the Strand. This, I was obliged to do, because he was the holder of the four bills Lord Huntingtower wanted me to take up for the purpose of returning to Lord Wm. Paget; and as I only had two or three hours to get them, and Mr. Chandler was out of town, I applied to Mr. Sherborn for the four bills, which was the first transaction I ever had with him. Mr. Nias—Havo you had any other transaction with Lord Huntingtower ?—My next and last trans action with his Lordship was this—l was applied to by Mr. Cockell, of Berners-street, Russell-square, who stated that he had a friend who held a 5,0001. security with which his Lordship was mixed up, and had taken place during his minority ; if I could get his Lordship to give a security now he was of age, for that security he would make a further advance of 2,0001. to his Lordship, and give me 100/. for get ting the business done. This I did. In consequence I saw his Lordship, and two promissory notes were given—one for 5,0001., dated the 30th of Nov., 1841, payable three mouths after date to his own order, and endorsed by him; and the other for 3,5001., the same date, and drawn and endorsed in the same man ner. The 5,0001. note was a renewal of the old trans action, 3,5001. being interest due upon the 5,0001., the discount of the 3,5001., and the 2,000/., the sum then advanced to his Lordship. I now produce the re ceipt given by his Lordship at the time. That receipt was written at Hatchard's Hotel, Piccadilly, and dated Dec. 6, 1841. It has an endorsement of 1,7001. cash, and other items, which I will explain, making up the 2,000/. cash advanced. My explana tion of that endorsement is, that I pail his Lordship the 2,0001. in cash, the same notes I received from Mr. Cackell, and within half an hour ofiny getting them. His Lordship on that occasion paid me 1001. for a chestnut horse he had previously bought, 351. I had lent him a day or two before, and 1651. in consequence of the little profit I had made out of the 20,0001. transaction, which, with the 1,7001. cash, makes the 2,000/. Mr. Nias.--What became of the security you state was redeemed from Cockell ?—Mr. Cockell asked for and received from me a letter authorising him to hand the security over to Mr. H. Gompertz ; why I don't know. (These receipts were read and put before the Court, being a memorandum pledging the bankrupt to give fresh bills when required so to do.) Mr. Nias—To whom did you pay away these bills? —Chandler also received these bills. The third trans action I had with his Lordship was on the 9th of iinofa ge . Th e agree ment 5001. for a bill of 1,0001. INJualsyt,hlatB4lls,haonudldthgeivnehhe was at six months' date. I then gave him 2001. in the first instance, and the balance at a subsequent date. Here are the receipts for the payment, &c. These were read and produced. Ilia 1,000/. bill was also parted with to Chandler. Mr. Nias—What was your next transaction with the bankrupt ?—I agreed with Chandler to procure bills to the amount of 20,0001. of Lo r d Huntingtower, at six months' date, for the discount of which I pro posed to give him (Chandler) ss. in the pound, or 50/. per cent. per annum. I then went down to his Lord ship, and proposed to give him 10,0001. for 20,0001. worth of bills, undertaking to his Lordship I would pay to Mr. Chandler, or the holder of the bills, who ever they might be, the same interest for s ix months longer, so that his Lordship was not to be called upon for the payment of these bills for twelve months from their date ; by carrying out which agreemen t I should not have profited one shilling, except having the use of the . 5 s , in 000 1. for six My object in doing this "a consequence m o o f n . thhsa; having g the authority of his Lordship to raise 40,0001. by post obit, out of which sum of 40,0001. the whole of those bills were to be taken up ; and I should have made a cons id era bl e sum by completing the transaction. I wish to state that I never should have entered into the 20,0001. bill trans action, had I - not had reliance on being able to carry out the post obit. That contract will show (putting in a paper) the whole of that transaction, and the ac knowledgment of the moneys received. The 20,0001. were comprised in thirteen bills, and were all drawn by me upon his Lordship, and upon their receipt I gave his Lordship 1,000/., 500/. in cash, and 5001. in check. I now produce a paper corroborative of what I have stated : " It is agreed between the undersigned Lord Hunt , ingtower and William Henry Douglaz that the bill Mr. Nias.—By whose authority did you give that letter f— My agreement with Lord Huntingtower was to give him 2001., and as he never gave me any au thority to withdraw it or otherwise, I looked upon it in the same light as Mr. Cockell did, viz., that the original transaction was not worth a farthing, it oc curring during the minority. Mr. Nias—Did you take the precaution of cancell ing it when you gave the new note ?—I never saw it. I did not know what the security was ; whether bill, note, or bond, I know not. Mr. Nias—Did you take any undertaking from Mr. Cockell to cancel it ?—No ; I did not. My agree ment with his Lordship was merely to get the 2,0001. Mr. Nias—Then, did you in fact receive anything for the 5,0001. promissory note of the bankrupt, dated November 30, 1841, which you gave Mr. Cockell ? I received nothing whatever, neither money, security, nor anything else. Mr. Nias—What consideration did you receive from Chandler for the bills you have stated ? Mr. James contended this question could not be put. It was no dealing between the bankrupt and the witness. Mr. Nias said the question was proper. The agree ment of the 20,0001. bills showed an agency between the parties. Mr. Commissioner FONBLINQUE decided the con tract established agency on both sides, and that, there fore, Mr. Douglas must answer the question. It was the agreement of agent and prinwpal, in which the payment of commission appeared. Question repeated by Mr. Nias—What considera- for 10,0001. and the eight of 1,0001. each, and the four tion did you receive from Chandler for the bills you of .500/., all dated this day at six months' date, to he have stated ?—I cannot state what I received for the drawn by William Henry Douglas, and accepted by bills of Lord Huntingtower in all cases. For the 1 Lord Huntingtower, are to be arranged as follows : 14,0001. of bills I received in cash, or what realised 5001., which W. H. Douglas has this day paid to his cash (you had better call it cash), 4,7951 or there- Lordship, and the check of 5001. on the Union Bank abouts ; the rest was made up in discounts, old bills, of London, making together 1,0001., which his Lord- and 3881. allowance for the purpose of procuring some ship hereby acknowledges to have received, is on ac- cash—the 2,000/. noticed before as paid to his count of, and in part of, the sum of 10,0001. which his Lordship. Lordship agrees to take for the before-mentioned Mr. Nias—State what you received—the particu thirteen bills (the thirteen making together the sum lars rather of 4,7951., or what you call cash ?—Cash, of 20,0001.) ; and it is further agreed that the said IV. checks, and bills, but I cannot give you the particulars. H. Douglas will obtain the renewal of the said bills Mr. Nias—Can you give the particulars of any for six months if required by his Lordship so to do ; part ?—I should say the actual cash—l mean bank and it is lastly agreed that the balance due from W. notes—was 2,2951. I cannot give you the particulars H. Douglas to his Lordship, of 9,0001., is to be paid of the rest, I put it against myself as cash. on or before twenty-one days from this date. Mr. Nias—Whose checks were they that you allude "HUNTING-TOWER. to ?—I cannot tell you that. "W. H. DOUGLAS. Mr. Nias—State the particulars of the bills that " Southampton, 17th day of July, 1841." you say constituted part of the 4,7951. ?—I cannot I now produce a similar acknowledgment for the sum tell what bills they were ; they were mixed up with of 2,0001.: other transactions, and I cannot divide them—that is "It is agreed by the undersigned, Lord Hunting- impossible. tower and William Henry Douglas, that the 2,0001. Mr. NiasAre your transactions with Lord Hun paid by the latter to the former this day is on account tingtower entered in any books kept by you ?—No ; of the bills named in the agreement between the above I keep no books. My transactions are such that lam parties, and dated the 17th of August last, which with glad to get rid of them. I should not get any sleep the cash before received by Lord Huntingtower, and if I were to keep books. The bill dealings with the allowances for discount on the bills drawn by him Chandler respecting his Lordship are not entered in upon Montague George Smith, and the loss sustained any books of mine. 1 keep no books. I have no by W. H. Douglas for the purpose of obtaining the means of knowing what I received in those transac above sum of 2,0001., and what he has paid over this tions of the bills with Chandler further than what I day to his Lordship, kg_„ to be allowed and taken as have already stated. I received the 4,0001. bills to part of the consideration of the bills more fully set which Lord William Paget was a party from Mr. forth in the before-mentioned agreement, dated the Sherborn. In exchange for these, I gave him other 17th of the month last past. bills of his Lordship. I took him a bill drawn by " Dated, at Andover, the 25th day of August, 1841. Lord Win. Paget, and bills for 6,0001., constituting " Memorandum.—There is 6,0001. to be paid to part of the 20,0001. I had drawn upon his Lordship, Lord Huntingtower to make up the full amount of making together 9,0001., for which Ireceived the bills the bills before-mentioned, stat e d i n th e agreemen t o f for 4,0001. before mentioned, and other bills uncon the 17th of August last. nected with his Lordship, which produced me 1,6701. " HUNTINGTOWER." Mr. James—Has Lord Huntingtower paid any of The date mentioned in the last exhibit is a mistake, these bills ? Mr. Douglas—Not a shilling. and should be the 17th of July, as in the original Mr. James—Do you think they ever will be paid ? agreement, and not the 17th of August. This is ma- Mr. Douglas—Oh yes ; we live in hope—(Laughter.) terial, as it would appear his Lordship had had two But I believe (laughing at Lord Huntingtower, who transactions of the same kind. It was written on sat on the other side of the table) if he had the means board the Gitana, which will account for it. I now he would. exhibit another paper, containing two acknowledg- Mr. James asked Lord Huntingtower if Lord W. ments for the receipt of money as follows : Paget had ever been called upon to resign his seat for "Dear Sir,—l acknowledge this day to have re- Andover. His Lordship stated in the affirmative. A ceived the sum of 1,000/., making in all 5,0001., which requisition, signed by himself and 100 of the electors, I have received in part discount of my acceptances to had been presented to him, but he refused. When the amount of 20,0001. " HUNTINGTOWER." the deputation waited on Lord William Paget, he in- That was written at the hotel at Andover. suited th'm, and refused to resign. He did not in " N.B.—There is now 5,0001. more to come to me tend to do that, he said. There was also a private for bills to the amount of 10,000/. returned, being agreement between them as gentlemen, but that was dated since I came of age.—September 25, 1841." not regarded. " I have received 4001. more of the above. Mr. James said, he had been requested by a private " HUNTINGTOWER." friend of Lord Strafford to put a question or two to his This was all written at the hotel at Andover. I must Lordship respecting his dealings with Captain Byng. here state that his Lordship's credit had suffered so His Lordship had stated on his examination in Court, much from the improper conduct of parties who in that Captain Byng, in certain bill transactions with transactions with him had taken every advantage, him, had committed a breach of trust. He wished that I found I could have bought his bills for any to have an explanation of that, as the family felt thing that I chose to offer for them. I did all I could severely the imputation thus cast upon one of its where I found they had been offered at a nominal members. value to prevent their getting into general circula- Lord Huntingtower, in answer to the question of tion, by assuring all parties that the bills offered at the Learned Counsel, said, the bill transactions he had had in connexion with Captai n By ng were f o r a such rates must have been improperly obtained from his Lordship. I had authority from his Lordship to large amount. When he said or intimated that Capt. do so. By that means I prevented a very large amount Byng had not funiished him with the proceeds of of such bills getting into circulation. Lord Hunting.. certain bills, it arose from the circumstance of bills tower and Lord William Paget had !entered into an coming against him with Captain Byng's name, which, agreement that if the four bills of 1;000/. each upon as he knew nothing of them, he, of course, thought which they were both liable, and which were given Captain Byng would not have given up without re at Andover for the purposes of the election, could be ceiving some consideration. In the multiplicity of taken up a n d re t urne d by Lord Huntingtower to Lord transactions that had occurred between them, it was, William Paget, that then Lord William Paget would however, quite possible that these bills might have got resign his seat in Parliament for the purpose of Lord into circulation without Captain Byng having in any Huntingtower's being returned. To accomplish this, manner committed a breach of trust. I discounted the bills I then had of his Lordship's, In the course of the proceedings, Mr. Samuel - Bamford Hamer's clerk came forward to excuse his which I h a d d rawn u p on hi m , an d are more particu larly mentioned in the agreement of the 17th of July, principal's attendance to-day on account of ill health. and paid . the 4,0001., and delivered the same over to Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE said, as no medical his Lordship. I then obtained for his Lordship an certificate was produced, it was an insufficient reason, acknowledgment now produced. This states that the and without Mr. Hamer attended the next day named 10,0001., the sum agreed, is now reduced to 3,0004 his disregard of the summons would be treated acs and is dated Nov. 5, 1841. I must .here state that cordingly. this will account for the statement made by his Lord ship when he was examined under this fiat, to the ef fect that he had given a receipt for more than actually came into his hands. That was true, because in the receipt for 9,7001. was included bills for 4,0001., which ANTI-CORN-LA W MEETING AT WHITECHAPE L. One of the district meetings of the Anti-Corn-law Association was held last night at the Eastern Insti tution, Commercial-road. The great room of the building was quite filled by an auditory admitted by tickets, who observed the strictest order. At the hour , appointed, Ile CIIAIRMAN (Mr. Martineau) opened the 'pro.. ceedings. He had considered the Corn-le: ws for years, and he was sorry to say that who', a change was made in them, it was not for the ' . ..letter, but for the worse. Their sole end and olt ect was to prohibit the importation of corn, the wrist important article of food. This was no class 'question, it was the most general and universal tb.at could well be conceived. It concerned every ir:dividual in that room ; it con cerned every ind i :vidual of this vast empire —nay, of the world. "r e had mines of vast richness ; great and powerful 'machinery. We had the largest commercial navy c.;`: the world, and with all these advantages we had, of late years, been shackled and crippled in our commercial speculations ; and the first-and chief rea son of this was, that we could not import the food necessary for our artisans and labourers.—(Hear, hear.) The next most powerful and wealthy coun i try to ours wits America, and she had her pro hibitive duties, not on c orn , but on clothing, the next important article to food. It was only that morning he read an account of a large agricultural meeting in Somersetshire, where the two Tory Members, who voted against the discussion of the Corn-laws, told their constituents they must look for the future not to legislative protection, but to draining, to greater skill, to new descriptions of manures, and such re sources.—(Loud cheers.) Let us rejoice that our ranks were filled by any body of men, but more espe cially that the landlords and farmers crowded in on them.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. HALLWAY came forward to move the first resolution. It had been thought best to con centrate their views in the following resolution : " That this meeting, considering the alterations made in the last session of Parliament in the Corn and Pro vision-laws to be invidious and unjust—invidious as operating indirectly in the reverse of their import ance, and unjust in continuing the sliding-scale system, a system which injuriously limits the trade and commerce of the kingdom, and prevents the develop ment of its resources, the source of general employ ment—do, therefore, feel themselves called upon to continue and increase their exertions for the imme diate abolition of these and all other partial and un just restrictions and monopolies. That this meeting warmly appreciate and fully concur in the proceed ings of the Anti-Corn-law League, both in Manches ter and in London, and therefore consider the League justly entitled to our pecuniary assistance, believing that the most effectual means of weakening mono poly is to arm its opponents with the all-powerful sinew of war, and opposing the monopolists' plan of perplexing and amusing by an united and general endeavour to enlighten and arouse." Mr. RICARDO, M.P., seconded the resolution. He knew that he did not stand alone in such views ; for though there was no other Member of Parliament present, there would have been but that they were engaged on another mission. He was glad the metro polis had shaken off the apathy which had long cha racterised it, and taken a due part in this glorious struggle. The only parallel which he knew to their apathy was (mind, he did not believe it) the case of a man who had his leg cut off without being aware of it, from magnetic influence. They were awakened, and there was no chance of their leg being cut off without their consent and approbation.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) I want to know (continued the Hon. Gentleman), what a stranger to our manners and customs would think of such laws ? They tell us there is a Chinese Ambassador coming amongst us.— (Hear, and laughter.) I wonder what he'll think of them. Let us suppose he writes to his Emperor ; will not his story be something of this kind?—" Oh most noble King of the Celest;al Empire, these barbarians are a wonderful people, Since I have been here, I have seen, wherever 1 travelled, large shops for the sale of goods, and manufactories to make them • I have seen ships in which to transport these goo d s ; but I felt it my duty to see there was no deception in these appearances. And when I came to examine matters closely, I found chimneys without smoke, factories without occupants, habitations without tenants, and whole families without bread.—(Cheers.) I thought it right to inquire why this was so. I find this country has great resources, riches, industry, ane,, skill ; and yet, from an insufficiency of food, com merce is crippled. But your Majesty may ask, ' Why is this ? With manufactures, and ships to carry them to all parts of the world, why don't they bring back a sufficiency of corn for their people ti•onr those countries where it is the staple production ? ' The fact is, the great Mandarins here—(A laugh)— are the law-makers and proprietors of land. They , met together, and said let us make a law to prevent ships from bringing food from the north, south, east, and west, until our own corn is sold at a price that gives us an enormous profit. They went down to Parliament, and, backed by an armed force, they made this law. But in process of time the population in creased, but the land did not increase an inch—(A. laugh)—and the people began to murmur. They said that the goods of Providence were distributed over this earth, but they could not enjoy the blessings vouchsafed them. They said, other nations want our commodities; we their corn. They said these and many other things, but the Mandarins in the blue, red, and white ribbons—(Laughter)—said These things shall not be.' The advocates of the people pointed out how foolish it was in the Mandarins to destroy their own customers; that trade and agriculture grew on the same stalk, and that commerce could not flourish and agriculture decay at the same time. But to all these arguments the Mandarins answered not one word, but that these things shall not be. To argument piled on argument no other response was given. But then the people murmured again, and formed a political asso ciation, with ramifications throughout the empire, and they called it the Anti-Corn-law League. Not a town or district that they did not inoculate with their principles, and they found the people willingly con tribute part of their means to furnish the funds of agitation in order to save the remainder." So far goes the dispatch, but supposing his Royal Highness does not write it until may it not conclude in this way ?-- "When the Mandarins saw the determination evinced and the money raised for the purpose of destroying their monopoly, they began to tremble exceedingly, and not daring to resist any longer, these laws w ere re . pealed and totally abrogated. " When we see the effort* now making by the people, and the Prime lktinister enunciating a principle about buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest (and any old wife might have told as much) ; and when we observe the Secretary of the Colonies acting on perfectly free principles of trade in his department, it is not too much to expect that in another twelvemonth this mo nopoly will be no more.—(Loud cheers.) We shall have sincere pleasure in attending its funeral. Dr. TAYLOR was then introduded by the Chairman as the author of a clever pamphlet on the manufactur ing districts. He began by saying—lf I told you that I came as one of a deputation from Cork, you must at once admit, from the few words I have spoken, that.l bear unquestionable accentuated credentials.— ; (Much laughter followed this allusion to a rich Mun ster brogue.) But as I come from Manchester, and as you have just heard a very good harangue in Chi nese, perhaps you would have no objection to hear a few words by way of justifying my appearance here in Irish.—(Continued laughter.) In the first place, I have to read a letter from Mr. Ashworth, apologising for his non-attendance [Dr. Taylor read the letterl. I shall only notice one or two of the arguments some times urged in defence of these laws, but now almost completely abandoned. It is said these laws are ne cessary, for agriculture must be protected. Is it pro tected ? Does the labourer get a fair reward for his work ? Does he get, in the words (of the best com mentary on the Divine text, that man must eat his bread is the sweat of his brow—l mean a fair day's wages for a fair day's work ? He does not. He had lived in a country where the industrious farmer was turned out of his home—where the roof of his cabin was driven to accelerate his flight; and where he was compelled to take shelter in a ditch, with no better covering than the withered branches of trees. When I hear of protection, then I always take it to mean the protection of the withered boughs by the road side. Another argument often resorted to is, that cheap food will cause a reduction of wages. I deny the fact. In America food is cheaper and wages higher. ,Wages are paid with money, or they ought to be. Now, we have a saying in our country—Solomon was a very wise man, and Sampson a v e ry s t rong one , but it would puzzle either of them to give you 2d. if they had not got it.—(Much laughter.) If employers have not means, in consequence of their markets being diminished, it is impossible for them to remunerate properly their labourers. The cry that the price of food should be kept up in order t o secure wages to t h e labourer, reminds me of a proposal once made to me by a friend (who was a Corn-law man) when we were on our road together to Trinity Col. leBe. I was exceedingly tired, and proposed that we should have some brandy and water. " Very well," said he, " but I'll drink the brandy, and you may have the water." The monopo lists drink the brandy themselves, and they leay e the labourers the water.—(Laughter.) I remember when the prospects of our success were not so cheer ing as they are at present; but, as my countrymen say, the darkest hour is that which precedes the day; and when a people are once convinced that their ob ject is a just one, they should not despair of the means of attaining it. I may well address you, lolling at your present mighty movement after ',our past struggles, in the words of the lo ver : " Thou art not conquer e d ; b eauty ' s y e t Is crimson in thy lips, and in thy - e 'h ee r cs, And Death's pale flag is not ed- Mr. EVANS told the ineetinr .anced there." how happy he should be to announce to the Pe`ipl'e of Manclester how warmly this questionwf. Mr. P. taken up by the metropolis. TIY . L° II !. of the Young Men's Anti Corn law Association. The Gent)•• oelivered a clever speech. ,man who wrote some letters on the under the signature of "Diogenes," was called on, and made a short address. • Mr. Tirosiesosi was sure that Sir R. Peel only wanted the opportunity to strengthen himself by in troducing free trade principles, for he was evidently convinced of their justice. After all, Freat questions of this kind progressed more by feeling than argis ment. It was only the other day that Mr. C. Wood (intimately connected with Whig aristocracy) pro. claimed himself " a whole-hog man."—(Hear, hear.) Mr. S. SMITH made .a long speech, in which he al luded to the display lately made by the scions of aristocracy. Let him first introduce them to Lord Huntingtower. How did he dispose of his share of the bread-tax ? Why, in the purchase of race horses ; and he was remanded by the Commissioners of Bankruptcy because he could not give a satisfactory account of his liabilities. But the moral and physical line of beauty was full of variation. Turned he then to another Noble Lord—Lord Frankfort.—(Loud groans.) To what purposes did he convert his share of the bread-tax ? Why he provided carriages and livery for a class of females not to be further observed upon in the presence of the women whom he saw at that meeting. These sums he wrung from the poor Irish peasantry, who gladly toiled for 6d. a day. There was a third Nobleman, the lineal descendant of one who wrote a book to show how a man might be a very fine gentleman and a very great scoundrel. Well, so things wenton in the West-end; but how fared the poor of the East ? Why you know that the poor shirt makers of this parish were staring, though they worked eighteen hours a day, and gave 2d. out of their 6d. to enable these Noblemen to carry on their meritorious practices.—(Hear, hear.) The meeting shortly after broke up. SWINDLING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You will oblige several subscribers by in. serting the following cases of swindling : A person calling himself Moorhouse, and professing , to be a commercial traveller, is going through York shire, stopping a night or so at commercial hotels, and decamping without paying his bills. This IN did last week at the Black Lion, Burlington ; the Bell, at Scarborough ; the Bell, at Duffield; and, I believe, the Tiger, at Beverley. He stated at Burlington that lie was from Manchester, and in the drapery trade. He is dressed in a black surtout-coat and trousers, his hat is much worn, and he appears from 45 to 50 years of age ; is very fond of spirits (chiefly brandy), is of good address, and fond of talking politics. Should this meet his eye he will do well to remit the bills he has left unpaid in the above towns, as active steps are being taken to have him apprehended. Bridlington, Dec. 2, 1842. To THE LADIES. — The results of inclement weather are frequently subversive of comfort and attraction to Ladies, by causing a naturally delicate skin to become rough and red, and frequently accompanied by chaps and chilblains. These innovations are successfully opposed in their progress, and thoroughly eradicated on their completion by the use of that inestimable production " Rowland's Kalydor," which possesses the most radical and purifying qualities for effectu ally excluding and resisting, with a rapid energy truly astonishing, all disorders which disorganise the beauty of the countenance, and as increasing the fair• ness and transparency of the stein exceeds all compe• tition. THE MO/MUD:W.—PERILOUS FEAT.—Testerday morning a crow d o f persons were as sembled in the neighbourhood of the Monument, their attention being drawn to a man standing on the summit, above the gilt part, which is intended to represent flames. It appeared that some portion of the iron-work at the ball at the top required repair, and some workmen were sent. up to do it, when one more venturesome than the rest got through the trap-door, and after shutting down the opening stood upright at the top, to the 'astonishment and fear of the spectators, lest he should fall from the tremendous height. He re mainee, there for some minutes, and then descended in sefity. 'TILE WELSH HARP ABROAD.—Who would have thought of hearing the old Cambrian air, "March Megan," struck up, on a real Welsh harp, beneath the walls of N an kin, the ancient capital of the Chinese empire ? The fact is so, strange as it may sound. A performer on that instrument accompanied Tudor, commander of the Pluto, armed steamer, the gallant bearing of which vessel in the important vic tor ies at Woosong, Paoushau, and Shanghse, i s s poken of in terms of the highest admiration by Sir William Purker, and " struck up a lilt so gaily' :ooping spirits of the Chinese. to cheer the LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS. The following are outlines of Lieutenant Sabben's lecture on lightning conductors for ships, delivered at the Green-roW -rooms, Portsmouth : The first observation of the Lecturer, who, it must be understood, is an unswerving supporter of the old principle of conducting the matter of lightning di rectly from the truck of a ship over her side into the sea, and by means of the strong, flexible, and conti nuous wire-rope now manufactured, and not break able but by heavy strain or pnrposed violence was an allusion to the word unscientific, applied in his post ing bills,. giving notice of the lecture, to the opposite system of W. S. Harris, Esq., F.R.S., whose mode of disposing of the same consists of a bewildering right-angled zigzag process, introducing that very destructive element into a ship, by conductors made of strips of copper, inlaid the whole length of her masts down to her very kelson, and then, by a still more confused and unintelligible process, discharging the same through her submerged frame-work. He said, so firmly convinced was he of the erroneousness of Mr. Harris's arrangement, that he had purposely annexed that harsh term to it as the means of giving full expression to his own dissent, and also of drawing that public attention to a subject which, all must acknowledge, deeply affected the maritime in terests of the country. The plan, he continued, viewed in whatever light, appeared to him so deserving of rejection, that it was impossible for him not to feel humiliation that necessity existed for the task he had undertaken of exposing its many inconsistencies, and its many glaring unscientific mistakes. After a few other preliminary remarks, but all of import ance—the exposition of these errors took place, the Lecturer, as he went along, pointing out the single ness of the electric spark when a battery or Leyden jar was discharged—that, too, of a flash of lightning; and in connection with these distinct cases, the singleness of their resulting effect, each evidently owing its distinctness to the electricity then in motion, invariably preserving a collected form. This fact it was main tained received strong confirmation from the many instances Mr. S. Harris had himself published of damage done by the matter of lightning to ships when escaping from those it had entered. And in connec tion with these recorded accounts. it was acutely argued, as the disruptions in the vessel's frame-work so injured, invariably took place near the surface of the sea, on which, on all sides, it was admitted, dis • charging atmospherical electricity sought to distribute itself, that there was in consequence strong presump tion for saying that all Mr. H.'s very laboured, very complicated, and very expensive arrangement, below that level for disposing of such intruding electric matter, was altogether superfluous. Nor should it remain unremarked, that here a benign Providence seemed to take the matter out of Mr. Harris's hands, and to be ever ready to defeat the rash and irrational proceedings of conducting lightning into a ship, when by a more ready, direct, and scientific process, it is possible to divert it from her. The true conditions and formation of the electric circle were long dwelt upon, the Lecturer being evidently anxious that all should understand that electricity when running the circuit, employed, only one set of conductors, even though thousands of others were in the vicinity of that one set; that on the selection being made, the rest remained perfectly unaffected, wholly uninflu enced by it. This he satisfactorily proved by refer ence to Mr. Harris's own experiments, as well as to others, and strenuously maintained from these condi tions, being unquestionably true, that it inevitably followed that Mr. H.'s idea of conveying electric matter out of a ship, simultaneously by many bolts in her side or bottom, was an untenable assuniption; and which before being made required from him the proof that he could form, not only one, but many different electric circles during one discharge of the Leyden battery. It was particularly impressed, also, that the success of Mr, IL s first experiment with the Orestes in Portsmouth harbour, the second being a failure in one of its particulars, was by no means affir mative of the efficiency of his conductors ; the use of which would have been entirely and most advan tageouly superseded, and rendered altogether useless, had there been a small wire, or wire-rope conductor, hanging loosely from her mast head over her lar board or inshore side into the sea. Likewise that, from the success of the first experiment, it was re marked, how manifest it was rendered that all things in connection therewith were under the immediate ordering and control of the experimenter ' • not so, however, in the natural event, which was ever governed by local attractions, and peculiar circumstances, which we had no power to adjust or regulate as we please ; and which, in its limits, extended no farther than from the surcharged cloud to the surface of the sea or earth. Be fore concluding his comments on this experiment, the Lecturer said, that it must never be overlooked, that no such thing occurred in connection with it, neither would it happen in the natural phenomenon, as a general distribution of the electricity then in motion, as Mr. IL's assumption would lead us to ex pect, over the metal bolts of a ship and copper sheath ing; otherwise the experiment could not have been completed; its full success depending on the fact of its running unerringly and in a collected form the exact course designed for it by Mr. Harris. An important observation was made by the Lecturer, respecting the nature of the electric spark and of lightning, which we unwillingly omit in our haste to notice that, under the head of attraction of conductors, he was bent on showing that, although Mr. H. had denied the existence of such influence, all in reality he had done to disprove it was the substitution of the term "an easy line of discharge" for the word " attraction," leaving all things else pre cisely in the same state as before. A diagram, copied from Mr. H.'s published papers, was next exhibited, and one of his foot-notes read; both for the purpose of evincing that that gentleman fully admitted the uni form diffusion of electricity over the entire surface of conductors ; and yet, unaccountable to explain, as the Lecturer strikingly observed, he had nevertheless, in the very face of the fact he had taken pains to illus trate, and the reasoning deducible therefrom, inlaid his own in the masts and attached them to beams, like one determined that their entire surface should not come into use. This, the Lecturer said, would be, however, the absolute fact whenever his conductors were really brought into action, and had to transmit, not the trifling accumulation of a Leyden battery, but a large col lected volume of atmospheric electric matter, de scending in all its fury, fully employing and occu pying his conductors ; and, furthermore, as it was demonstrable by galvanic experiments, that not only, as Mr. 11. had himself particularly shown, did elec tricity equally distribute itself over a conductor, but that, as it moved along it, it assumed a revolving mo tion, as a waterspout is seen to do round its axis, it therefore became manifest, both facts ar►d their col lected effects duly considered, that not only were loose hanging conductors, on the principle the Lecturer was advocating, requisite for the safe discharge of the mat ter of lightning, but that, if not free, mischief and destruction must be expected to fall on the material in connexion. All this being certain from the foregoing reasons, it follows that masts fitted according to Mr. H.'s plan are thereby exposed to imminent danger—inlaid conductors along their entire line possessing not the re quisite space on all sides around them for such general superficial diffusion and revolving motion as have been described to attend passing accumulations of electric matter, when transmitted by prepared conductors. At this place the Lecturer most solemnly descanted— keeping the previous observations steadily in view— on the fatal effects that might be expected to happen to a ship protected on Mr. Harris's plan, when a large volume of the matter of lightning intentionally and daringly brought into her by its means, had to be discharged from her by the employment and occupa- ~.. 12 12 0 13 10 0 N.B. The covers are made with moveable handles, so that they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above forwarded to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free. 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