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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION The DAILY PUBLIC LECTURES delivered by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoffner, and the other Lecturers, are varied and extended to all the most recent DISCOVERIES in ART and SCIENCE, and are familiarly illustrated by means of the best MODELS, APPARATUS, aneDIA GRAMS, including the COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MA CHINE. Dr. Lardner's Working and Sectional MODELS of the STEAM-ENGINE, &c. &c. The subject of the Daily Lectures (for each week) is suspended in the Hall, and the hours at which they are delivered are Twelve, Two, and Three o'clock in the Day, and at Eight o'clock in the Evenings. On Saturday. at Two o'clock, the Lecture will be on the S TRUCTURE and FUNGI lONS of the EYE, by Dr. Ra leigh Baxter. The extensive Exhibition is open Mornings and Evenings, except Saturday Evenings.—Admission, Is. Schools, half-price. ACLERGYMAN, long: accustomed to prepare a few PRIVATE PUPILS for their several stations in life, wishes to add another to the four or five now with him. Any letter addressed to the Rev. D. D., to the care of Mr. West, No. 1, St. James's-street, London, will reach Lim in the country-. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR• ANCE SOCIETY, FOR OK A NTING IFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNIIILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. L AMIE MURRAY, F. q., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, E:q. • John Gri ffi th Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. I Georg e L ung l e y, E sq . Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. It. S. I Professor Graves, A.M.F.R. S. Acrun ,S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. rHYSICIAN-4. Elliot:on, F.R. S. SuaascoN—E. S. Svmes, Esq. S uraerrosts—Messrs. Sweet ; Sutton, Ewers, and Ommanney. RAwirxes—Messrs. Glyr., Halifax, Mills, and Co. The most rational motives to -Life Assurance are found in the plan adopt e d by thi s S oc i e ty ; v i z . j o i ne d t o a sec u r e Provision at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre •'r4 payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. niEONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN l„, LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. '-aarlotte-row, Mansion-house, & 55, Chancery-lane, Loffdon. • TRUSTEES. Ke nnett Kingsford, Esq. I Benj. WI, Esq. I J. Bidden, Esq. All the advantages peculiar to mutual Lile Assurance, aria lng from a division amongst the assured of tiv,whelp.of- the Profits, and that security and freedom from responsibi tYt which Proprietary Companies can alone afford, are corn yl,ned bv th e constitution o f th e L o nd on , Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Assurance Company, which is the only guaranteed foal Society. The rates of premium are somewhat lower tha n 4 in m ost o ! t h e mu t ua l o ffi ces , and for the non-p ar ti c ip at i ng , an d for those who effect assurances for temporary purposes, o r debtor and creditor transactions, Tables of Premium have been rPared, by which a less immediate payment is required than Y,. ‘ any other plan. ' 3 3' a half premium credit system one-half of the premium , aY be retained for the first seven years, and repaid at the con of the assured : and by the Ascending Seale a greatly "Linish e d rat e o f premium is required for the first twelve years. SPECIMEN OF ASCENDING TABLE. sflg e. loirst 1 - Second . Third Fourth R mainde 3 Years. 3 Years. 3 Years. 3 Years. of Life. 1 12 19 1 -7— k. 7 56 1 iTT171 £1 18 4Tr 4 9 f 6 6 1 14 7 2 2 8 210 9 213 10 f) 113 5 2 5 7 217 9 3 911 4 2 1 Go 216 3 310 10 4 5 5 5 0 0 514 7 811 5'17 4 7 5 9 814 2 10 2 7 rhe Policies granted by tins Company have this great and Ileetiliar advantage, that they are declared by the Deed of Con -I,tlltion to be i n defe as ibl e a nd indisputable, unless they have ea obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation:. prospectuses, Schedules, and every information requisite to "iiaile,parties to effect Assurances, will be forwarded, free of el tOerise, by the Agents or Manager. ALEX. ROBERTSON. Manager. g dlo PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION, w ing the many valuable advantages enjoyed by parties connected with the SCOTTISH ( WIDOWS' FUND ) LIFE ASSURANCE. Especially to that Important Class of Assurances effected as FAMILY PROVISIONS. I tt,jts January, 1820, being then 38 years of age, insured h:s tro cie for 3,00 W. paying an annual Premium of £93 7s. 6d. is now 60 years of age, and has art actual vested Bonus or Addition, declared and attached to his Policy of £1,035 125., which, w i t h the 3,0001., the original sum assured, shows the ul; amount of the sum presently contained in the Policy to e.. b . , „e ...................... £4,035 12s. may' i f desirous receive an Advance or Loan, on the seen of his Policy, (the only expense being the stamp for the here N o t e ), t o th e amount o f .£1.440. ere A to dig after Payment of his premium for the current Q e . c , iri the sum p a y a bl e un d er th e P o li c y wou ld b e £4,358 9 s . re he to die, in 1845, after payment of his premium for that 0 Year,th e sum payable under the Policy would he£4,600 1 ls. 6d. r if it were an object to him to reduce his present annual contributi on he might, by giving up his Bonus, reduce his 0. future premiums from 931. 7s. 6d. to £22 9s. 6d. If he p rem i ums receiving immediately the present value of ▪ bus Bonus,. he would, by surrendering it, be entitled to a sum of ... k l'rom the above it will be Observed, that a policy steadily i , e l-`t tip during a prolonged life, will not only at death prove a ii 2ce of "Y va t lua he party, be ble inherit u ance seful, in especially to those 'engaged deed, but may also during t in he limerfe - ~ s-At t • h 'le* pursuits and be made available to the most valuable r t ‘rpoe ). • ILs of the Prospectus, Forms of Proposal, and every ne -I.,,,OTformation, may be obtained at the London Office, 7, ti 4.2 HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. I,i 1 1 ', 4 -ANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM- Clip"NY, PRINCES-STREET, BANK PA , LONDON. " "'BRED BY SPECIAL '' O ACT F RLIAMENT, 4th VICTORIA, CAP. 9. WiIIis IRECTORS. g a 'ar o. Bardgett, Esq. John Drewett, Esq. Tri Rfyington, Esq. Robert Eglinton, Esq. • Veclney 41ack Esq. Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq. Oeo nAlex. Robert Irvine, Esq. p NO. , man, Esq. - Aj ii , i s !ge Coh e n, Esq. Peter Morrison, Esq. Coventry, Esq. Henry Lewis Smale, Esq. Thomas Teed, Esq. .1.11 A UDITORS. ' 4 " ingt , Esq. IF. P. Cockerill, Esq. IJ. D. Dow, Esq. "IcAL Orrtcoe..—John Clendinning, M.D., F.R. S., aNnt 1 6, Wimpole.street. Cavendish-square. CouNsEL.—The Hon. John Ashley, New-square, --ineoln's lon ; Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P., Temple. 114 80 Lteurott.—William Bevan, Esq., Old Jewry. rt s.—Messrs.Drewett and Fowler, Princes-street, Bank. re 's I nstitution is empowered by a Special Act of Parlia ab", and is s o cons tit u t e d as t o a ff or d th e b ene fit s o f Lif e As tii-4", in their fullest extent, to Policy-holders, and to pre- fe ted fireater facilities and accommodation than are usually of ;trio h by other Offices. The decided superiority of its plan, ih ke Z s elaim to public preference and support, have been proved ,i i . estably by its extraordinary and unprecedented success. , P Ap ' AN CES MAY EItHER BE EFFECTED Blt I.N•fiI.,;ES ON THEIR OWN LIVES, OR BY PARTIES oia-itESTED THEREIN ON THE LIVES OF 11 1 '• e effect of an Assurance on a person's own life is to Itlea„ se !_t once a Property in Reversion, which can by no other th e ; s 00 realised. Take, for instance, the case of a person at bri t - a g e ,of thirty, 'who; by the payment of lg. 3s. 4d. to the e s , ea n ., " . ia Life Assurance Company, can become at once pos et ori i ahe reathable property, amounting to 1,0001., sub qua rt , Y to the condition of his continuing the same payment In k y rly during- the therm"emainder of his life—a condition which Ive4iie fulfilled-ley re saving of EIGHT SHILLINGS '' l ight Y d in his e:cp enditure. Thus, by the exertion of a very as e gree of ecooomy—such, indeed, as can scarcely be felt whichaponvenience, he rimy at once realise a capital of 1,0001., Proper." can bequeath or dispose of in any way he may think All .ard Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. the tailed Prospectuses and every requisite information as to mode of effecting Assurances, may be obtained at the Office. li PETER fiIORRISON, Resident Director. beral Commiesion allowed to Solicitors and Agents. • a R t , ''` IIP PERS, OWNE RS, CAPTAINS, and OTHERS qCopies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. RINIbTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the I)eneti,essl:;trona.ge of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Kent, :wed the Lords of the Treasury, is universally . '4,,,tcariencled by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis 1, tr,incident to the Eyes and Head. k(..1 -1T RESTORED !--NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE I IY th AND DEAFNESS CURED! It s . s ,-e meat simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! 4 ,„ 1 td fr ee of application is fraught with pleasure t , rc tr .a iti n i y .g thoii re ase, - :'',, have been accomplished by t rts t. u . se . , H a .s i. a be necessary ex tol rict'..l,.'tertain in its op vration.lf i o ng i s, Lords, and GM.. Ochs ;:te'e the sufferer to make trial, !ts si s : av e used it. The Lor ds of the Treasury have sanctionee cr uF n‘. -• Thei r l a t e Maiestrus,the. D . uchess of Kent, the most bah, "t Oculists, M erlir rlPractitioneGrs---.mweitteheetpeateegleihgraanttei,c, heri],' The Press_have eulogised . ler . 1 -ce,"113 C ompound, known as Reads e—Gearri in ,removing t to the Eyes and t , qr;stone's e Snuff," Rs ) '• k .uthrie E a s l q l . d , I , (1. s Lette r iFse.anse.ss.incisdeeen J. B. Lichfield, iroeneillr. Abe: .‘..a national bless;ino• 1:11,,1ii,te......ha'51 Dr . Thomas. Dr. Andrews e T a h ll e s , weiethhismßa.nepvorottshteoruse,hrinegeoimtsmueti:ditlarim. 's EYe Snuff, and call it ~ Man's best Friend ," and the of ~:rteurl,.ent's.Vade n.f...e t , m ,"_ Se; the many thousand Letters the f ""nies, of it icloubted medical authority, with others of rit respeetat"' c'..18 Nttingham 0 8thug., 1841. ex traordin ar y eu,!e is attesteod by Mr. , James A Wilcockson 1 ,„ ~.. Foreign Snuff as td Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. ",,Ir. IV. Grimstone, :39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London. 11.,;:71- feel great pie %sure in sending you the particulars of n , se, and 1110 miraculous cure performed on myself, by 93,1 1 ' ) our truly valuabt s Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my tIG v Y, e ttr, and a native of ' Holland, have been in this country 1 i ll ` ar s. Whsther from ,shange of climate, or my advanced age, th e er r ,' say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, Ireli:'ore unabl e to folk me my business. I do most sincerely th e ,`_'.e I should have re tnained in darkness and pain but for b,_l;!nd reeommendation ` of a friend to use your invention. I 4:Vethased a 2a. 4d. canint e r of your agent, Mr. Wilcockson, to sotnoist, who knows the a Wye to be facts, and will bear wit lesti,,,rnY e xtraordinary :recovery of that most inestimable f„; ':,,, of our life--', Pe r fect Sight"—l declare has proceeded j ug ne use of your nuff. For the sake of those suffer atuefrei:syoori:ernnady make what sae you please of this letter, Mr. Wil many others l vouch for its truth. I refer the i tuovr e to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so cell n in Nottingham. 2 , ‘ L I am Sir your ()Used servant, .. -t,, A u , 1 , , P, s ~,,:* 84 1. ..!LNNIS .ZENIA MASSENIA. reli ef . • *---,7,1r,—1 should non do you justice without stating my freed frog almost instantaneous. My eyes became clear and 'tnli v 7 l Inu "ur, and by persevering . in its use very .fro krlas, am enabled to :.ead small print without the aid of free f 9 s, and continue to en,iov God's grcatest blessing—Sight ! 41 :2 0 : : 7-, r,g P h a r, a i ra n. I have rei nto be grateful, and do recom- N ''.'" u r Eve Snuff to all I know . A. Z. M. °b `"ve . the Caution...— . W. GRIM STONE is the sole hi ll_ ~It the only genuint ,is prepared by him. . „.111... odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in e sel ,' l ,e v rs, at 8(1., le. 3d., 2.1. 4d., 4s. 4a., Bs. and 15s. 6d.. 3 1 " or n i:, the Proprietor, W. Grimstone, at 39, Broad-street, riti es `2 4 "! , Y, and can be obi Rifled in all the principal towns and 4 s A liberal allowanct •to shippers, owners, captains, and is sj:}irld''' of Orimston ' e's Eye Snuff. This - celebrated Snuff vi_ ~ PPed to all quarters of the globe, amt retains its benign 4 ' itles in every elirnate, 41181:W1i anll Cigar ‘.hipped on e is,..ertest notice. SUPERIOR CANDLES. _DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax Candies, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, ls. sd. ; C om p os it e , Is. Od. ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, iid. ; Transparent Wax, 2s. 2d. • Genuine Sperm, 2s. 21; Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. • Yel l ow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. uer 1121bs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor and Pail., Is. 4d. per pac ket; .Old Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ' • Rose, 2s. Od.: Cam phor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per b. ; Sperm Oil, Bs. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 4s. Ott. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter s Coffee-House. yiEcHrs PAPIER AIACIIE TEA TRAYS are decidedly the most unique and elegant ever ma nufactured. The designs are very various as well as the prices, and the economical may be suited as easily as those whose wealth entitles them to seek for the most recherche articles which art can produce. The Papier Mache Work-tables, Work-boxes, Tea Caddies, Writing Cases, Inkstands, Hand screens, Card-boxes, &c., are really superb. Mechi has a stock of Dressing Cases not to be surpassed; also an immense assort ment of Writing Desks, Table Cutlery, Sheffield Plated Ware, &c. His Cushioned Bagatelle Tables are renowned for their superior construction. Manufactory, 4, Leadeuhall-street, London. ('1 OLD WATCHES. LONDON-MADE.—T. v...)4 COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, No. 47, Cornhill, Lon don, seven doors from Gracechurch-street, submits for selection a very large STOCK •f GOLD WATCHES; the whole of whick are carefully examined by experienced workmen on the premises, and each is warranted for correct performance. SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches , jewelled, in engine -turned ' gold case.. and gold dials, warranted — £lO 10 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, w;O2 double-backed • engine-turned gold eases and gidd dials, warranted 12 12 Patent. detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, warranted SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches ; jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed 'geld cases, war ranted Patent detached Lever Watches ' capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and enamel dials, warranted l7 17 0 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, - double-backed gold cases and gold dials, warranted 2l 0 0 Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had in gold hunting cases, for 3/- 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-hand' Watches purchased in exchange. VEAVER'S EMBROCATION for GOUT, I: RHEUMATISM, TIC DOLOREUX, &c. Copy of a Letter addressed by Trevor Holland, Esq., Surgeon, of Carmoek, near Walsall, Staffordshire, on the 6th July last, to the Editor of the " Tltnes:" think it a duty I owe to the public t?ina t k a e ll known the efficacy of a remedy which I met with acedon w hich has been of such wonderful benefit to my se lf Some and m onths ago I met with a very severe accident, having dislo cated o- ca ted and fractured my ancle severely. From the great tender. ness of the joint I was quite unable to walk, the limb con tinued very much swollen and adematous, and I suffered dreadfully from severe attacks of spasms in the night, which extended from the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, and to the arms. Having exhausted every resource of relief which I and my medical friends in the country could suggest, to no purpose, I set out for London with the intention of con sulting Sir Benjamin Brodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea bathing. By accident I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-hill, who applied his Embrocation, and, to my great astonishment, 1 had no spasm that night, nor have I had one since. The next morning I came down stairs without my crutches, and was able to walk, the swelling of the limb soon subsided, and I am now rapidly recovering. Having for many years had an ex tensive medical practice in the county of Stafford, I know of no medicinal compound possessing such wonderful efficacy. In adding my testimony to Iklr. Feaver's Embrocation, lam ac tuated by no other motive than gratitude to him, and a sincere desire to make known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf ferers. Possessing, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice against everything in the shape of quackery, I should be the last man to uphold a system which, generally speaking, I know to be nothing but a nefarious traffic and humbug. " 1 am, your obedient servant, " TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. " Carmock, near Walsall, Staffordshire. " P. S. At the various consultations held upan my case, the Surgeons and physicians (including myself) were decidedly of opinion that the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter minate in lock-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not bad the slightest sympto ms of spasms since the first application ai o nn f yia t n h hy i ri s se o e s jpf x : t tse r ht atleayo respectable -celebrated abovenl ew a b r hr y aaoffi e lt ee n i sd i ca b tl i r reo o e I F e t o y n h T i o . so) may r'retail a b i e l .e bt Chemistaine h il is ," equall efficacious Country, at the Depot, corner of Wellington-street, Strand; or from the Proprietor, Mr. Feav er , 16, Ludgate-hill, London. „t 4 - 4,-tt 7 24 . 7- r-- --- */ • - ) / - ( ; --- 7 --- -z---4--G/ ..!, 1 /.. , ri. ' , ,i tfr , "- • r "-' -- _---/ . ~ , . , k ......„........, . .14. . , .. .. . .:S. X ' '` " .!. • ' ' .. e -•• . ' . ... - t I ......... ;4......0 1 .A., ... ~ , ~. v. SlO9 .... • 1111‘ . . 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THE SUN i s P u blished EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Time for the EARLY TRAINS and. TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERA'OOII' TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, f or POST, containin g PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that BOZO% - - ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, m orn i ng , Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. OFFICIAL PECULATION. The investigation now going on at the Court of Assize of the Department of the Seine, in revealing a system of official corruption; in perfection of plan and completeness of execution, if not in the amount of money raised from the public, rivals our Exchequer-bill forgery, and the misdoings of the em ployees of the Custom-house. But the inquiry insti tuted by the French Government is far more satisfac tory in its effect than the investigations made into the transactions which have so recently thrown a stigma on the character of two of our own establishments ; the publicity of the investigation before the Court of Assize, while it rivals the full extent of criminality in the accused, does not leave the mind of the public in that uncertainty in which. it may imagine the abuses to be greater than they really are • the exte nuating circumstances, also, if they can be pleaded, appear with the accusations, and a far clearer know ledge of the .whole mutter is thus attained. The name which most frequently occurs in the proceedings is that of M. Hourdequin, who holds an influential office in the bureau of the Department of the Seine. through this bureau . passes the business connected with the alterations and improvements of the city, which, of course, involve the interests of all the pri vate proprietors whose houses are affected. Fermis siorfs to = build, or pull down, the payment of the in demnity for ground on buildings purchased .by the city for making improvements, may all, be delayed, refused; or Witfilierd - hy the influence of the officials of the " bureau ;" the power thus given, has been made an instrument for exacting sums f money in the shape of presents or compliments, or as the French call them pots de via, which have a marvellous effect in expediting the movements of official machinery, and a large portion of these sums seem to have gone to M. Hourdequin, who occupies in the bureau, the position of the " Mr. Mother Country" of our Co lonial-office, subordinate, but all powerful—the power behind the Prefect, greater than the Prefect himself. A tradesman of Regent-street, or Ludgate-hill, who has sold off his stock to build a new frontage to his establishment, and having, to wait for official permission to proceed, his business in the mean time suffering from every day's delay, may imagine the feeling of the French proprietaire, compelled to dance attendance at the bureau of the Prefecture in vain, till the usual bribe brings the matter to a termi nation. This •is a general outline of the subject of the inquiry ; the details, however, are exceedingly in tricate, and withal interesting. The following specimen of a whole series of similar transactions, is a fine example of the " insolence of office," and the " law's delay," in combined action. The witness is a M. Bornet, who, having been called, the report in La Seicle says : " Hardly had the President uttered the first words of the usual form of oath, than the witness (whose agitation was extreme) called out, I swear it, I swear it ; I am a proprietor of the Rue Sainte Mar guerite, and an old teacher of drawing. " The President—You are too hasty ; wait for my piestions, and reply to each of them distinctly. M. Bornet--I beg pardon, M. le President, but I am afflicted with a nervous malady which attacks me whenever this affair is talked of. (The voice of the witness was broken, and his limbs seemed agitated and convulsive with emotion.) President—Sit down and calm yourself; we will wait a few moments. Having again put the question, the President asked if witness knew the accused ? M. Bornet (turning round)—Yes; I know Hour dequin, the scoundrel ! • President—Do not abuse the accused. Remember that if ypu have suffered through their means, the have•now their turn of pain and degradation. Tel me the truth and all the truth IRELAND. RESISTANCE TO ..POOR-RATES.—FATAL CONFLICT. Duumr:, Nov. 2:o.—For the first time blood ha been shed in consequence of resistance to the levy of the poor-rate in this country. The facts I have re cently noticed, resp-cting the growing spirit of hos tility to the Poor-laws, especially as manifested by the tone of Conservative journals, one of which actu ally put forward a requisition for a meeting to resist the payment of the rate—all this must have in some measure prepared the public for such deplorable events as the following, from the Cork .L'antilzer of Friday evening:— ,econd of the unfortunate country people. There were 63 of the police, under the command of two sub inspectors, all directed by. Mr. Gore Jones, engaged in the conflict on Thursday." MONEY MaikKET and CITY' NEWS. FROM THE MORNING P.IPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, MONDAY E VENING . TIMES.—The intellige nce from China of a settle ment of our dispute with that country caused a per fect panic among all parties interested in the prospect of affairs in the East. It came so suddenly upon every body, that most people, till they had well scrutinized the contents of the telegraphic dispatch, and the terms upon which peace is said to have been concluded, ap. peared rather incredulous ; recollecting most probably the trick on a former occasion played off by a section of the French press, in the publication of the fabri cated extract of the letter from Marseilles ; which, although its author was never discovered, has ever since retained a notoriety of the most questionable character. 'When, however, due consideration was given to the communication, there was a change of opinion, and the dealers in the public Funds dis played the feeling with which they were disposed to receive it, by doing business on an extensive scale for an advance. The consequence of this was a run upon the Consol market, where prices improved one-lalf per cent., the figure for Money and the Account reaching 94 ; 11. The purchases in the early part of the morning were general ; it was not the bargains of a few of the jobbers that influenced quotations, it was the desire manifested by the majority to come in as buyers that brought them up to the position they now maintain. This to a certain extent is strong evi dence of the view in which the news is regarded. The quick transit of it appeared to have been a question sorely puzzling to several of , the gossips of the City coffee-houses, but of the possibility and probability of such a mail coming to hand not the least doubt is en tertained, for in certain quarters it was really expected that intelligence of some description:would be received from China during the middle of the month by a spe• cial conveyance overland. The terms which the dis patch proposed as forming the basis of the freaty be tween the two Powers are regarded in a favourable light by most commercial men; but disappointment is expressed by some at the discovery that no provision has been made for the appointment of a British Resi dent at the Court of Pekin. The Government will, it is on all hands admitted, receive a proportionate re turn for the expensive disbursements by the payment of this 4,500,0001., should it be religiously adhered to, which, with the sources of trade opened at the new parts of s Nin.9po, Amoy, &c., cannot fail to compensate the country in some small measure for the long and harassing warfare in which it has been engaged, leaving for the while unconsidered the merit of the achieve • went of the subjection of this nation to terms of equa lity with ourselves. " Through Mr. Hurley, driver of the Skibbereen coach, we learn the following particulars of a melan choly transaction, accompanied with loss of life, which took place at Skibbereen. It appears that a party of police, under the command of Captain Gore Jones, S.M., proceeded about three miles from the town, to afford protection to the collectors of rates for that district : but having met with some resistance from the people, who were labouring under great ex citement, they returned to town to augment their force, which having done, they proceeded once More to the scene of notion. The people•were now pressing on them,:and one of them unfortgnately threw a stone at the police, when, they immediately turned round and fired on them, when one_'man, whose name we were not able to learn, - was shot dead, and three others wounded. We gave the above hurried particulars as they have just been communicated to us." A statement of this calamitous occurrence, exactly similar to the above, appears in the Liinerick Chronicle of yesterday, with the exception that the locality is described as Desertserges, about three miles from Bandon, and not Skibbereen. DUBLIN, SUNDAY, QUARTER TO FIVE, P.M.—We copy from the Southern Reporter of yesterday, the following afflicting details : "We received at mid-day yesterday, letters from correspondents at Skibbereen, giving an account of a most lamentable transaction, of which the neighbour hood of that place was the scene, on the preceding day, .and in which one man was killed and two badly wounded. depend for their prosperity chiefly on their breeding and feeding cf cattle. Had Sir Robert Peel at once opened up to British enterprise and industry, the markets of the world, the increased prosperity of the country, and the consequent increase of population, would have led to such an additional demand for the more perishable articles of agricultural produce, as would have counterbalanced any reduction in the price of meat, caused by all the importations we can have from Norway, Germany, Spain, and even the wilds of South America. But he did not do so ; at the bidding of the Duke of Richmond, and other Dukes, he limited his free trade concessions just enough to prevent them from doing good to the ma nufacturer, but not enough to prevent them from doing s harm to the cattle-breeder. EPSOM RACES.—N. F. OKEY of the Hero of Waterloo Inn, Waterloo-bridge-road, begs to inform his Friends and the public that his FIRST JUVENILE SWEEP will be DRAWN on TUESDAY NEXT, November 29, at . Eight, r.at. First horse, 45/. ; Second ditto, 10/.; and 1L fo r the other starting horses. Subscription only 10s. 6d. N.B. Post Office Orders attended to. " It appears that there has been considerable oppo sition, by the country people in that district, to the collection of the poor-rate, and that it was d eeme d necessary to send out a large police force, at the head of which Mr. Gore Jones, stipendiary magistrate, and a Mr. Alymer, the nephew and agent of Lord Car bery, who resides in that country, placed themselves in order to enforce the collection. "It is impossible to accompany any statement which has been yet received of this affair with an assurance of its accuracy, and we therefore wait for further ac counts from the place, which we may receive in the course of this day. The letter, which we subjoin, is from a most respectable gentleman, and was written with a full reliance that what is stated in it was faith fully true; nor is there anything in it, to lead to any doubt or distrust of its accuracy. Still we wait for further information * The failureolifessrs. Bell, Brothers, and Co., a firm of old and respectable standing in the Irish trade, was announced on 'Change to-day. Beyond the mere fact of their stoppage no well authenticated par ticulars have transpired. CHRONICLE.—The decided triumph of Whig policy, as consutnmated in the important intelligence received this morning of a treaty of peace with China has produced great buoyancy in the English Funds, and is justly looked upon as calculated, be yond all other acts of foreign policy, to restore vitality to trade, and to refresh the springs of our nafional industry. The immense population of China—its vast resoures and varied products—its endless wants and means of paying for them—all form new elements of trade, boundless in their re sults, which cannot fail, at the present low prices, to raise up a speedy d eman d f or goo d s , and afford em ployment to our manufacturing classes. Several samples of Chinese tobacco have been lately exhibited in the City of the very finest quality, and a rather recent venture of 100 pounds of gold lace, sent to the flowery land, was sold ant profit of 50 per cent. to adorn tie State robes of the mandarins. The influx of 7,000,000 of dollars of specie annually, for three years, will absolutely glut the coffers of th e Bank, and it is exp ec t e d that Peel will instantly convene Parliament to take off the Income-tax, and repeal the sliding scale, so as to give the country the full benefit of this glorious change of prospects. SUN.—The rise in English Stocks noticed in our Evening Edition has been fully supported, but the spe culators are rather disposed to await the confirmation of the intelligence received by way of Paris, ere they extend their operations for a further improvement. Consols for immediate transfer and Thursday brought 941 to 941, closing at 94g. Exchequer Bills re mained at 565. to 58s. premium, and India Bonds at 535. preminm. East India Stock improved to 2631 and 264. Bank Stock was dull at 1691; New Three and-a-Half per Cents. brought 1011 to 1011 ; Re duced, 100/ to 101 ; and the Three per Cents., 934 to 94. 6 , , Skibbereen, Nov. 17, 1842. " ' Our town to-day presents all the appearance of warfare. On getting into the streets this morning nothing was to be seen but Magistrates, amongst whom was Mr. Gore Jones, S.M., police, foot and mounted, commanded by sub-inspectors, making pre parations to proceed to the parishes of Creagh and Tullagh, to assist in distraining for poor -rates (which the farmers are determined not to pay). This mo ment my attention is arrested by the marching of this force past my window. I have counted seventy foot police, four horse, and two sub-inspectors, under the command of Mr. Gore Jones and Mr. Aylmer, Lord Carbery's agent. wh o , I u nderstand, goes out t o use his influence w ith th e p eo pl e (the greater part o f w h om are that noblem an ' s t enan t r y) to induce th em t o pa y . I cannot help p ronounc i ng this step of sen di ng out large arm e d f orces amongs t a quiet pe asan t ry, w h o oppositio n w ith h are resistin g a t ax pass i ve l y ( w hich they imagine is oppressi ve ), as i mpo li t i c, unwise , and uncall e d f or, an d one only cal cu l a t e d to i nereasee verY out compassin g any o bj ect, un less that which I fea r will be the re su lt. Sh ou ld an y unfortunate occur rence take place I will inform you. From the bon fires which were l as t even i ng li t on all the surroundi n hills, I fear l arge masses o f t h e peo ple wi , ll show in the direction of the destination of the pelice. who was a t t h e scene, and ' Five o' ~c lock. " ' I have thi s moment got particu l ars fr om a gen tlemanupon his statement you may rely. O ne man, named Bawn, a widow's; only son, wa s s h o t through the back in the act of run ning away, f or t y yards in the rear of the po li ce, " t h e hall passing thr oug h hi s heart. Two o th ers were shot—the thigh of one dreadfully fractured, and an other through the calf of the leg. This took place at almost the chapel d oor of the parish of Rha. The particulars are stated to be these : •" ' As 50011 as the p o li ce arrived at a p l ace ca ll e d Old Court, they w ere j oined by a large number of country people, who shouted as they passed . along, and who, as they proceeded, were joined by crowds, until the concourse numbered about 2,000 ; and as they reached Rha, Mr. Aylmer attempted to arrest a man who had a stick i n hi s hand, and who resisted ; upon which. a mounted policeman rode up and made a cut with his sword at hi m, when two or t h ree b oys threw stones, and ther eupon orders were given to fire, without a word of expo s t u l ation or caution , advice, a firing was kept upon which the police obeyed, and, up until the face of a being was not to be seen. "The Constitution of this morning has the folloiving version. Of the conduct of the Magistrates as herein represented, who met on W ednesday, after t h e ad • journment of the sessions, and of the reso l ut i on to which to which they are s t ated to have come, i t i s impossible to speak but in approbation and praise ; and it is greatly to be lamented that the wise and humane determination to which they came, of using on Thursday, through Messrs. Aylmer and Jones only, on the attendance of advice and remonstrance on , the police, was subsequently so totally departed from —to which the deplorable results that ensued may be attributed." _ M. Bornet—l purchased, in 1824, the house which forms the angle of .the Rue St. Marguerite and the Rue du Pour; in 1830 I wished to make some re pairs, but was prevented doing so by the employees of the city, who made me undergo all sorts of vexations. They afterwards sent to me a certain individual, who proposed to purchase my house of me, but I refused his offer; after this 1 could not obtain leave to make the slightest alteration. Wearied out with all this, I resolved to go myself to the Prefect; there I was told, " You have an easy mode of bringing all you complain of to an end ; your property is much wanted; offer it to the city." I would not sell it; in despair, I asked permission to rebuild my house en tirely ; I was nut-more fortunate in this either. and it was .only after the most interminable delays that got any answer at all. Thus I was continually ex posed to the most cruel uncertainty with respect to my position and my rights. After having ex hausted all means of procuring justice, I at last decided on selling the house, and for this purpose was recommended to a surgeon, who said, " I have the honour to represant the city; how much do you ask for your house ?" I replied, that I was not accustomed to dispose of houses, but that I would refer him to the law. He said, " Your property is not actually of much use to the city, do not then be too exorbitant in your de mands." Seeing that they could not bring me to favourable conditions, this scoundrel, Irourdequin, by machinations which I never could penetrate, con cluded by signifying to me that my house would pass into the alignement, would he publicly sold and abolished. He did even more, M. le President, he got this resolution approved by the Municipal Council, for he was so decorated, and so powerful from his po sition, that nothing was done but by his order. To get out of this condition, I resolved in 1840, to de mand an indemnity; but I wrote repeatedly to the Prefect without ever receiving an answer. When I did it was. always Hourdequin who replied, just as he thought proper. You perceive how embarrassed was my position, and the whole affair has ended by re ducing me to the state of ruin in which you behold me, and which. obliges me to retire from Paris, and reside in the country. These gentlemen left me no repose, they changed their plans at their pleasure, suppressed them, or told me now one thing, now another. In short, in that bureau, there was a mys tery that might terrify any one—a mystery repug nant to every honest man. In another case, a Mme. Blanchet proved that the loss caused her by the city amounted to 200,000 f. When re called, she stated that she had been assured by M. Maillet, that a M. Combes said to him, " Money is wanted for M. Hourdequin, and if it does not exceed 500 francs, you had better add to it a present for Madame." In the Foreign market business continued active as regards the Spanish and Mexican investments. The former closed at the extreme decline of the day, 18 to I v for the Five per Cents., and 22f I for the Threes, while the latter advanced to 33f and 33/, in consequence of a report that important advices by the Clyde packet have reached our. Government in reference to media tion between the hostile republics. Portuguese New Five per Cents. were at 37/, and the Three per Cents. at 23. Brazil Stock touched 65/, but left off at 651. Colombian was steady at 214 to 211 ; Buenos Ayres at 22f to 23 ; Russian at 113*; and Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. at 52f to 53f. Shares did not participate in the improvement in Stocks, but the transfers were not on an extended scale, being this afternoon in the Bristol and Exeter at 251 discount, the Manchester and Leeds at 1/, South Eastern at 26f, and the Scrip 1a discount. Great Western, New, were 11k, Eastern Counties, New, were 2f, and Northern and Eastern Scrip 31 to f premium. London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 3f; Provincial of Ireland, 171; and Union of Aus tralia, New, 21 premium. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Yesterday, at four o'clock, Mr. Higgs, the Coro . ner for the City of Westtninster, held an inquest at the Rising Sun, Charles -street, Grosvenor-square, upon the body of Sarah Addy, aged 32. Frederick Hart, 7, Pitt-street, Fitzroy-square, said that he knew the deceased, who had lived with Mr. Phillips, carpet-warehouseman, of Lower.. Brook street, and had left upon the 25th of last month in consequence of a quarrel with her mistress.. Witness had heard that she (deceased) was discovered coming out of one of the gentlemen lodgers'. bed-rooms at a late hour of the evening,. and that Mrs. Phillips repri manded her for it. Had also heard that deceased had threatened to drown herself, and thinks that, as she was not seen after the 25th, she had gone then and thrown herself into the river. No other evidence being forthcoming the Jury re turned a verdict—" Found drowned." Another inquest was taken before the same Coroner on the body of 'William Bolton, a workman in the employment of Mr. Binder, builder, 75, Park-street, Grosvenor-square. Mr. Binder said that the deceased had come to his Workshop for some materials required at a house in Paddington, where he was on that day engaged, and while going with witness to a back part of the pre mises, he (deceased) stumbled, and fell into a pit where mortar, &c., was kept. The depth mi g ht b e about eight or n i ne feet. Witness called some of the workmen to his assistance, and descending, found the deceased lying nearly insensible. When assisted to rise, he was found to be very seriously injured, and a cab being procured, he was driven without loss of time to St. George's Hospital. Mr. Davis, house surgeon, said the deceased was admitted upon the 11th, and died upon the 18th inst., his thigh and three of his ribs were broken, one of which had punctured the lungs, producing inflamma tion.—Verdict—" Accidental death." FOREIGN CATTLE. (From the Aberdeen Herald.) Yesterday, the foreign cattle, the arrival of which we noticed in last week's paper, were exposed to sale by public roup. The prices obtained for both cows and oxen varied from 101. to 12/. ; and although con sidered low, looking at the appearance of the cattle, it is quite well understood that the importers have not allowed a single beast to leave them except at a fair remunerating profit. We mentioned last week that rumour made the average price of each animal set down in Aberdeen as low as 6/. A sort of contradic tion has since been published ; and it is quite possible that 6/. may be rather less than the actual cost, al thongh it is certain that one of the importers consi dered that his would not average more. We have no wish to pry unnecessarily into the affairs of our neighbours, nor do we desire to create a feeling of alarm among the agriculturists ; but we cannot help repeating our conviction that the cargo of cattle imported into Aberdeen, considering all the circumstances—the difficulty attending a first specu lation, and the expense of sending out a special pur chaser, instead of employing an agent on the spot— affords sufficient evidence that those parties were in error who imagined that Sir Robert Peel's promises of a reduction in the price of meat would not be ful filled. The Constitution's account is this tt of particulars we are not in possession, but all that prudent men could do was done by the Magis trates to induce a quiet compliance with the law. After the adjournment of the petty sessions court on ‘Nrades A. d P. Aylmer,the following D. gentlemen—A. O'Driscoll, O'Donovan, Lawton, Richard 11. IL Becher Michael Gal way, , :ponovan, and Gore Jones, ' S.M. Esqrs.—retired to th e i r private room, accom panied by G. B. Drew, EN., and W i ll i am G ar di ner, Esq., Sub-Inspector. Under the command of the latter, there had been assembl e d i n Skibb ereen a l arge portion of police for the purpos e o f l evy i ng th e ra t e d ue off a portion of the estate. of Lord Carbery, near Bal timore, ar.d where, on the 7th‘ inst., the police were resisted and assaulted. The object of the meeting of Magistrates was to confer on the best means of exe cuting the law without recourse to force. and we un derstand the following humane resolution was unani mously adopted : OLONIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-I am sorry to observe that excellent Re brmer, Mr. Gisborne, after describing at Derby n a masterly style, those most degraded of iuman beings, Conservative operatives, condemn ng the retention of Malta, Gibraltar, and our other dependencies. That our colonies are ren dered subservient to our aristocracy, and conse quently made less useful to the nation at large than they otherwise would be, cannot be denied; but which of our institutions is not? Are there more abuses, numerous and abominabl e as th ey unquestionably are, in the colonies, than in the army, navy, church, law, or even in the mo narchy itself; and would Mr. Gisborne destroy all, or any of these? I think with Sir Robert Peel, that our colonies arc invaluable, and i would be desirable to treat them as integrat parts'of the British empire. Let us have free trade with them, as Sir Robert wishes us to have, and we shall soon have it with all the world. I mu not like Lord Howick and many of the Whigs, who would not have corn and provisions at low rates from Canada, because they cannot have them from Europe on the same conditions. Let us take what we can get. If we arc not to have a free trade in corn and provisions, it is de sirable to favour Canada, as an inducement for our surplus population to go there instead of se parating themselves from the British Crown. In his differential duties Sir Robert Peel has shown himself to be a statesman, and if he were properly backed by the middle and working-classes, I be lieve he would not scruple to reduce the power of the aristocracy; for a clear-sighted man like him must see, that nothing short of the destruc tion of class legislation can save this country. Free trade may do much, but it will be insuffi cient of itself to restore us to prosperity; there fore, do not let us deceive ourselves. The aris tocracy must bear their share of the public bur thens; they must pay the land-tax in an honest manner; they must subject their estates to the legacy-tax like the tradesman's hard-earned pro perty; they must have an equitable income-tax (ifit be necessary to have one at all), which will make a distinction in the rate on incomes from realized property and from trades and profes sions. It has come to this, that our aristocracy must either let us have honest legislation or lose their estates, and lam glad of it. Sir Robert is without gratitude, and having sacrificed the most rabid of his fbllowers (who, by-the-bye, ought to have suspected him after the slippery trick be played the Church bigots on the Ca tholic question), be doubtless will not spare the aristocracy, who placed him iu office to serve them as a tool to retain their unjust privileges Tor them. I have great confidence in him, forhe has the good sense to feel that nothing but ho nest legislation, disagreeable as it is to himself personally, will extricate the country from the deranged state into which it has been brought by a long course ofmisrule.—l am, Sir, your obedieu servant, A REFORMER. Hull, Nov. W, 1842. CO VENT GARDEN THEATRE. It is to be hoped, that such hearsay evidence at two removes, is not a fair example of the testimony received in French criminal proceedings. The pe culiarity- of the present case may excuse it. In the sitting of the 15th we find that, " The President said—M. Le Comte Darn, one of the Directors of the Orleans Railway, was at present travelling in England, but that his written declara tion was as follows :---` I have often heard the heads of our department say in our presence, your business with the city will never succeed unless you give money to the bureau of the Seine ; without thatyour affairs will never terminate ; every one does it, and why should not you ? M. Senac (one of the Directors)—Such conversa tions were never held in my preence. The President—Have you ever heard it said in your presence, that it was impossible to buy anything of the city, if you did not distribute money in the bureau ? infor effective.'med Mr. Jo n oo t rn ...a e r n s 1 to Esq., nephew s(l.r. t 5.M.,0 Lo ` r ` d ' T C h a a r t be A r3 . ,) P , . w A rit y h lm J e o r h , n EsGq. or ( e ag p e shall accompany the collector of Do novan), on Thursday, the 17th, to the lands in n in e x q e u c e u s . - ti on ; and, if advice and remonstrance fail shall pro ceed, on Friday, the 18th, and put th e n v Y olunteering to was sh o o ff w ere o d f Hos tility;in. ti l; first, whatever; without and d a epaocliiic Magistrate policeman, or police were peltedotahnedrs:eviferieiloyt trates seem to attend in person, should that not prouvreeeris. Lawton, but " The first who volunteered was were obliged to have neither been ne callednor an o y n . o f A his s brother fa r as w l‘ e l an Aylmer and Mr. Jones were the - cml.y persons with may reach us thedee in deed, police.we presume, said a i R d e t s i i i s a t t a t n h c e e, s fi t r r e u , c a k h dwith one man stones. lv a Eventuallys shot, and they three be fore Tuesday, but , at present we have nothing further in our possession." more, were wounded. Particulars "REPORTER OFFICE, ONE o'CLocr.--At this hour the coach which left Skibbereen at a very early hour this morning has arrived, but we have received no fur ther account from any correspondent there. " A sergeant of police, however, w h o came up by this conveyance, and was the bearer of letters for the police department here, states that up to last night the ascertained number of persons who had suffered in the melancholy fray was two killed and four severely wounded. Two troops of hussars, from I3allincollig, passed through Bandon last evening, en route for Skibbereen, and further r einforcements are required from Cork. The Coroner, Franklin Bald win, Esq., has gone down this morning, to make ar rangements for the inquest on Monday. The scene of the fatal affair was about five-and-a• half miles from Skibbereen, in the direction of Baltimore. " HALF-PAST ONE 0'0:00C—A dispatch has just been received by the police authorities here, directing the immediate transmission of an officer .and thirty men of the East Riding constabulary force, to Skib bereen. The messenger states that the country for miles round continues to be greatly excited. A. re port reached Skibbereen last night of the death of a 1 The sudden indisposition of Miss Adelaide Kemble yesterday morning, was the cause of the theatre being closed at night, and at the hour of three in the afternoon, the following notice was posted on the walls of the theatre : M. Banes (another Director)—l have heard vague conversations, but I know not to whom to attribute them. They occurred on the occasion of some unsuc cessful treaty in which we were engaged with the city about four years ago. The President recalled the witness Rondy, and asked him Vile did not at one time offer the post of Keeper of the Records in the Chamber of Peers to Jaconbet ? Whatever journalists may say, there can be no doubt that th e o p en i ng o f this new trade has created an immense sensation among our agriculturists. Yesterday, we are assured, there were not fewer than a thousand people present at the sale ; and the anxiety to obtain a glimpse of the beasts, as they were set up, caused so much confusion that it was hardly possible to know what was going on. Just when the excitement had nearly reached its highest point, it received an additional impulse by the announcement that another vessel, with forty cattle, had arrived. This was found to be the Frederick et Marie of Aalborg, of the burden of 60 tons, with a cargo of forty cattle, consigned to a gentleman in town. This additional proof of the activity shown by our merchants in taking advantage of the new tariff seemed anything but pleasing to the farmers who so unexpectedly met with it. It has been alleged that our object and that of other newspapers which have noticed the progress of cattle importation, is to excite an unjust feeling . of indignation against Sir Robert Peel, among the agri culturists, with the factious view of bringing the Whigs again into favour. Now, we must solemnly protest against any such conclusion. We say now, and have always said, that Sir Robert Peel, in so far as he has adopted the principles of " Free Trade," has done right, and deserves the gratitude of every liberal and enlightened man. We say now, and have always said, that the agricultural interest of this country has nothing to fear from the fullest adoption of sound prin ciples of commercial policy; but, at the same time, we say now, as we have always said, that the provi sions of the new tariff, as regards the importation of cattle, unaccompanied as they have been by pro visions for admitting bread, the prime necessary of life, at an equally low duty , must prove highly injurious to those Scotch and Irish counties which M. Jaconbet---M. Rondy did not offer me the place in the name of M. Hourdequin ; he came to me and said (not officially but officiously, and without autho rity) that the place was vacant, and that I might very well obtain it. The distinction between offering a bribe " offici ally and officiously," is rather good ; many of the de tails are, indeed, as amusing in effect as they are de plorable in their illustration of the state of official honour and honesty. The bribes which have been taken are very various in kind and different in value, from sums of money counted by thousands of francs, down to cases of wine, and there is one instance of the presentation of a plate of fish ! All was good that came to the official drag-net. (TO BE CONTINUED.) " Theatre Royal, Covent-Gm den, Monday, Nov. 21, 1842, two o'clock. The Public is respectfully informed, that inconsequence of the sudden indisposition of Miss Adelaide Kemble, the theatre is unavoidably closed this evening." The following certificate has been received from Miss Kemble's physician : " Dover-street, Piccadilly, Mond, Nov. 21, 182. " Sir,--I have visited ` M iss Kem ay ble this aftern 4 oon, and consider ber incapable of undertaking her profes sional duties this evening. " JAMES ARTHUR WILSON, M.D. " To the Manager of Covent-Garden Theatre." MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.—Robert Malcolm, Esq., whose recent death has caused a vacancy in the office of surgeon to the Surrey county gaol, has bequeathed the sum of 1,0004 to be paid at the demise of his wife, to the Royal Naval School at Camberwell, to found a scholarship or exhibition, to be entitled the " Malcolm Exhibition." Mr. Malcolm, who was a surgeon in the navy, was one of the council of the Royal Naval School, and was much respected by his olleagues. Loss OF THE RELIANCE. — Some further par ticulars respecting the loss of this vessel were re ceived yesterday, though there appears to be little probability that there will, for some days at least, be anything like a detailed account of the melancholy disaster made public. It has transpired from one of the survivors that a short time previous to the ship grounding, Captain Tucker, who it will be recol lected was one of the passengers, went into the mizen rigging, and told Captain Green that he thought he saw a light on the larboard beam. This, it is stated by nautical men, goes to prove that the Reliance was reckoned to be off the English coast. It is also known that the lead had been kept going during the night, and the man in the chains was heaving it at the moment the keel of the vessel struck the sand. The body of Mr. Blake, one of the midshipmen, was washed ashore on Friday, and interred at Boalogne. The bodies of Mr. Walsh,the chief officer, Mr. John Green, the second officer, and Captain Tucker, have not yet been found. The remains of the wreck have been already sold. The damaged tea has been adver tised for sale on the 25th inst. SELF DEVOTION, OR THE HISTORY OF KATHARINE RANDOLPH, by the Authoress of "The Only Dough ter," edited by the Author of " The Subaltern."— The remarkable talent manifested in this work, no less than the touching circumstances under which it is given to the world, tends to render it the most at tractive production of its class that has been recently produced. The Literary Gazette with justice observes w that it is "a tale of rar e mer it an d engrossing interest; displaying in every page great power, rect and beautiful taste. Th e story is as told as a cor with infi nite skill from first to last; incident arising out of in cident with such propriety, that you are never for a moment induced to ask how such and such an event could have come to pass. And the style is so pure, so vigorous, yet so full of poetry, that you linger over the descriptions of p l aces with the same sor t of delight very descriptions which you would gaze upon the scenes themselves were they spread out visibly before you. Self Devotion' is entitled to take a high place among modern works of fiction." Lord Melgrund has left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave street, for it into Castle, Scotland. THE LATE STORM AT MADEIRA. The following letter contains, probably, the best account that has hitherto appeared of the storm whiCh has devastated Madeira : FUNCHAL, OCT. 29.—T0 enable you to enter into the statement I am about to make, it is necessary that you should call to mind the physical character of the island of Madeira, which may be described as a chain of volcanic hills, ascending one above another, to a height of ab ou t 6 , 000 f ee t, an d i ntersected in all di rections by precipitous ravines, into which thousands of mountain -streams find their way, and are thus con , ducted to the sea in torrents, varying at different sea sons in size and velocity. Of these large ravines three pass directly through the town of Funchal, and have bridges thrown over them at:suitable - distanceS. They are called " ribeiras," and are distinguished by the names of St. John, San Luizia, and Our Lady of Calhao. In the more elevated parts of the mountains these ravines, or - fissures, are many hundred feet in depth, but as the hills decreaSe in height the ravines ' diminish in depth. In .the upper . parts of Funchal they may be 30 or 40 feet deep; while in the lower they come out on a level with the shore, which is strewed with boulders brought down from the moun tains during successive centuries. . These are well rounded by the long journiee they. have made, and by the buffetings of the angry torrents which originally disturbed them from their natural beds, and which are ever unceasingly, 'though gradually, propelling them onward t owar d s the sea.-- After a heavy fall of rain _the torrents rise with as tonishing rapidity, though, as their depth is great and the. fall so rapid, they can dispose of almost any ordi nary quantity of - water which may flow into them from the mountains. To forth an estimate of how great this quantity must sometimes be, you should. remember, first, that in this semi -tropical climate all the rain falls at particular seasons, those seasons being singularly short and the loins proportionately heavy while they last ; and, secondly, that from the nature of the country, whose rocks resist the infiltra tion of water, nearly the whole cti antity of rain diffueed over a . surface of about thifty square miles is brought into these three_ ravines passing through . _ ...... the to NU. Funchal stands on the sea-shore, facing the south, and climbs the amphitheatre of hills which rise about it majestically with - bold and angular outlines. The streets, following the slopes of the hills, are all more or less. steep. They are narrow; and paved with large shingle pebbles, slightly inclined from the sides to the centre, to conduct the water from one street to another, till it finds a suitable egress in a ravine or in the sea. Through several of the principal streets, partly in na tural fissures of the ruck, and partly in artificial oon duks, some of the clearest and purest of the mountain streams are conducted underground, for the supply of the town. In summer these " levadas," or aqueduets, are always abundantly supplied; and, after rain, the rush of water through them is sometimes terrific. The rainy season, which generally lasts three or four weeks, set in on the 13th inst., since which rain has fallen .for several hours every day. On the 17th and 18th it f e ll i n torrents, accompanied by stornistof thunder and lightning. During the three following days we had intervals of sunslune ; but the ribeiras had already swollen into rivers, which rushed with angry vehemence along their stony beds, forming a succession of foaming waves and cataracts. It was reserved, however, for Saturday, the 22d inst., to con vince us, by terrific example, of the mighty power latent in that element by which the world was de luged, and ever ready to be exerted when it pleases God to " open the floodgates of Heaven." From snorning till night, and from night till morning, the rain fell almost perpendicularly in steady, heavy streams. During Sunday and Sunday night there was little or no intermission. The sun and the moon were darkened. There were no clouds, but the slat was veiled in a mantle of waters. There was no tbk,, yet the sea before us, and the mountains immediately above, were, even in the day-time, hidden from our view, fbr the rays of light passed through fulling streams of water. If anything beyond our windows were visible, it was rather in the night than the day, when the liquid fire ran from peak to peak, mimicking in its jagged course the rugged outlines which it re vealed—but revealed only for a moment, to be again enveloped in their shroud of waters and of thunder clouds. On the morning of Monday, the 24th, hope was still deferred. The sky, which had been discharging itself for 48 hours, yet lowered heavily, and the rain descended without intermission. The barometer con- e, tinued to fall, and gave indications of something worse yet to come. Apprehensions now began to be, excited. All were on the alarm. In some less pro tected parts of the town destruction had already com menced its work. In the higher quarters most of the windows and many of the roofs of the houses proved an insufficient protection against the wet : in the lower, the ground floors were under water, and all moveables were stowed in the higher stories. Through the day the flood of waters continued. Alarm was converted into terror, and fear into the assurance of heavy calamity. In the afterioon, as the crisis approached, it was impossible to apply the mind to any casual occupation. The war .of elements increased, and we could scarcely avert our eyes from the windows, where the indistinctness of all we saw enhanced the terrors of the scene. About four o'clock the fury of the rain reached its climax,. and never surely was the assurance conveyed by God's covenant bow more needed than now. For nearly three days it had rained in torrents, but now seas of war descended from the sky. It was no casual and passing waterspout, whose violence is quickly spent, and its effects, however dreadful, as speedily known; it was rather one continuous fall with the violence of successive water-spouts pro longed through several hours. It seemed as though: the fountains of the great deep had been broken up, and inverted over our heads. Nature's self was dis organized. The air was exchanged for an atmosph ere of water, and this fair portion of God's creation, this bright oasis in the watery waste of the Atlantic, was threatened with dissolution—with being once again submerged under the ocean - from which it issued at the fiat of the Eternal. The horrors of this awful day were enhanced by the unnatural sounds which met our ears. The noise of the water was deafening, as it: poured into the streets from the elevated spouts on, the roofs of some thousands of houses. The wind howled as it rushed down from the mountains and whirled round the corners of the buildings ; while the torrents in the ribeiras thundered, as they rolled impe tuously down their inclined and rugged planes with the velocity, and almost with the precipitousness, of waterfalls. Not a human being was to be seen, ex - cept where a drowning • man, whose house was under water, fled to a neighbouring abode for succour, or where a half frantic parent was hurrying in wild and fruitless search after his missing child. In these rare case the contest was short and decisive. Human strength was quickly prostrated in combat with the elements ; and the sea above, and the sea below, soon drove back the venturous sufferer to his miserable dwelling. In the course of the night a sudden rise of water in the streets took place, not- to be accounted for even by the continuous rain ; and the destruction of the lower part of the town seemed inevitable. The cause was soon too obvious. • The immense pressure or water in the' levadas, or subterranean acqueducts. above referred to, had caused them to burst, carrying away the pavement and the walls of several houses, and leaving, instead of streets, deep chasms partially . filled up by huge stones and fragments of fallen buildings. At the same time one of the ribeiras, that of Calhao, no longer able to contain the accumulating water, broke away the thick parapets raised on the surface on its rocky natural barrier, near the embou chure, and inundated the lower portion of the town. Imagination can ill conceive, much less can w or d s describe, the terrors of this moment. Whole streets of houses were evacuated. Their occupants fled to ' the roofs, and saw their property carried Off into the sea. The warehouses (or, as they are called, stores) of some of the merchants participated in the generat destruction, and pipes of wine floated along the streets. One gentleman is said to have lost 50, but no estimate can as yet be formed of the total loss of property. A subscription 'for the sufferers was immediately set on foot, in which the E ng li sh are the chief movers. Many of our countrymen have contributed up to, if not beyond, their a bili ty; and, though only2oo or 300 in number, they have subscribed, up to the pre sent hour, six ti mes-as much as the whole Portuguese gentry and middling classes; who, however, It is to be hoped, will follow their liberal example. Such a calamity h as never been known in the island, nor any thing approaching to it, within the last forty years. In the early part of this century an inundation oc curred, ever since known by the name of " the Flood," in which more lives were lost, and some entire houses carried into the sea; but an Englishman who has lived here more than half a century, told me that the fury of the elements was less on that occasion than on this ' • and that if the town had now been con structed as it was then, not a vestige of it could have survived. In those days the rtbeiras were nar row, and no drains existed to convey into them the water from the streets; the houses were built of wood, and plantations of trees stood within the limits, or in the immediate vicinity, - of the town. These, beinr 4 i carried down the ribeiras, and encountering masses of rock, formed embankments, which early dammed up the beds of the torrents. Thus a comparatively small quantity of rain made them overflow their banks, and the wooden houses, severed from their foundations, were floated bodily into the sea, and traced by their lights (for it was night) as they gradually sank lower and lower into the devouring eletnent. . Letters from Paris announce that the new Post.of fice treaty between France and England bad been signed, as well as a treaty for regulating the cod fish eries of the two countries. Lord Francis Egerton has been re-elected Lord Rec tor of Aberdeen University - GREAT LEAGUE FUND £50,000. The COUNCIL of the NATIONAL . 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